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The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17

the field buyers vying with each other
for the possession OF the nuts. bid
ding in some cases as high as 81 per
bushel.
Having received q great many in
quifes as to the preparation for and
cultivation of peanuts. I have prepared
the following form in order that | may
mail one to each individual asking for
information upon this subject.
sandy loamy soil is best adapted
for the growing of peanuts, either In
the hills or bottoms. it being vitality
necessary that the soil should contain
an abundance of lime. For bottom
lands where the soil is loamy. would
advise putting the rows three feet
apart. with one double peanut every IL
inches in the drill, covering about one
10 one and one-half inches deep. For
hill land. would make the rows about
three feet apart. with the double pea
nut every ten inches In the drill. COW
ering the same depth.
Either broadcast your land from No
vember Is to March / and re-bed with
four burrows about the first to fif-
teenth of May and plant at once, or. IL
delayed in work. list your land from
January / to April /, and break out
miyldles with middle buster. allowing
the land to remain until about first to
fifteenth of May. when you can re-bed
yolr rows dry enough for the soil to
kerfxe thoroughly. and plant at
oilee. aS a60Ee dffected.
1t il not necessary to soak seed or
crack the nuts for planting
Drop the double nut, in its dry
state: when. in your judgment. all OF
the seed have sprouted and appeared
above the ground. soak some peanuts
IS hours. and replant skips with them.
Keep this up vigorously until you have
a perfect stand. Remember a good
stand is absolutely necessary to insure
a large yield Hoe early and often at
first. and carefully, for once grass and
weeds get the advantage OF the crop
II is a hard matter to chop and clean
properly and retain a stand.
Cultivate clean with sweeps or
shovels, and lay by with a middle
buster. as this enables you to use a
pota D digger in harvesting your crop.
In ca.e you are unable TO procure a
digger, bar off your rows. then re
move the wing from No. plow. use
a sharp point and run under one side
so as to cut the tap root just under
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17

not acted upon il. ! am authorized to
give IT TO you for publication"
OF course, Mr.. Nordhoff was only
too glad TO have the opportunity 10
publish in the columns of the Even
ing Post the first announcement of
the first resignation from President
Grants cabinet. excepting that F. Il.
Washburne, who was secretary OF
state for two weeks. II having been
understood when the appointment was
made that 1t was only temporary. And
the publication of this nationally i'm
portant information forced President
Grant to accept finally General Cox's
resignation.
1t may not be OUT of the way to add
that though General Cox. as a cabinet
oficer. could not agree with the presf-
dent. and forced him 10 accept his
resignation from the interior depart
ment. their personal relations were
not involved. and they remained warm
friends 70 the end
Downright 1910 By L. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
observation-disclosures a Thief

meeting the word having been passed
along that John Sherman would be
there. and at the proper moment, the
presiding elder arose and said:
Brethren, the Lord be praised that we
have this great meeting; the Lord be
praised that John Sherman. brother OF
General Sherman whom so many of
you remember. Is with us tonight.
John sherman is President Hayes's
treasurer of the United States. All
the millions and millions of dollars
the government has passes through
his hands-sometimes three or four
million dollars day. Now, you can't
expect a man to have millions of dol
lars pass through his hands without
having some of the money stick to
them And so / sag. Brother Sher-
man, let us colored Methodists have
your hands: put 1t in the contribu-
ton box to help along the school we
are going to endow.'
The appeal created a great shout
ing of Amen. But II so happened
that at the last moment an imperative
matter. that came up suddenly. made
II necessary for Mr.. Sherman TO stay
away from the meeting. He insisted.
however. that some of the subOrdi-
mates who were with him should at
tend the meeting. This they did. and
to their unconcealed Joy when they
heard the accusation so ingenuously
made that government money had
stuck to John Sherman's hands. And
when the contribution box passed be-
fore them they felt so grateful to the
presiding elder that they put many
dollars into It,
After the meeting was over they
could not get, back TO Secretary Sher-
man fast enough 10 tell him what the
colored brother had said about him.
For a moment Mr. Sherman was great
" disturbed. but when he learned all
the circumstances surrounding the ac-
cusation he. too. was intensely
amused. At last he asked:
"I hope you put some money into
the contribution box?'
They told him that they did.
Then that is sufficient John Sher-
man replied drily. That will wipe
away the stain of the government
money that has stuck to my hands "
Copyright 1870 by f. J. Edwards. AL
Rights Reserved)
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
GOOD SOIL IMPR0vER
Velvet Beans Is Best Legumin-
Gus Crop to Grow.
May BE Grown Entirely a. Catch
Crop. interfering Little With Corn
and Giving Feed to Cattle
Worth $e Per Acre.

BY E FERRIS. Director of Mcneil
GsIiss.) Experiment Station.)
The velvet bean is a native OF India
and is supposed to have been intro
duced into America about 1872 II re-
ceives its name from the velvety ma
ture of the pod. Ii is a twining plant
and frequently reaches length Of IS
feet The growing season is long and
in order to fruit to best advantage the
seed should be planted as early in the
season as possible. 1t should not be
planted until danger of frost 10 over,
for 1t is very susceptible TO cold. How
ever. it is not always best from
money standpoint to plant the beans
extremely early. In order to fruit well
they should be planted with some
crop to give them support. The best
crops for this purpose that the writer
has seen tried are corn and sunf1ow-
ers. Since the money value OF the
sunfiower crop is rather uncertain.
corn is now regarded as by far the
best crop TO grow with velvet beans
The writer has seen a good many
beans planted here between cotton
rows of the year before and the old
stalks used as supports for the vines.
These beans were not worked at all
and made a fair crop of vines and
pods.
In order TO make the most beans,
the two crops should be planted to-
gether as early in the spring as the
season will permit.
The Mcneil experiment station has
adopted the plan Of planting the corn
two months before the beans and
makes first class corn crop and a
fair yield of beans. Last year on
about ten acres OF our thinnest hill
land, corn planted in March made an
average of about thirty-five bushels
per acre and was harvested in August.
Beans planted in this corn in May
completely covered the field before
frost and made & fair yield OF pods.
even the frost was three weeks early.
If planted this way velvet beans may
be grown entirely as catch crop, in
terfering little with the corn and CIV
ing a feed for cattle worth around SIS
per acre and a fertilizer for succeed
ing crops worth fully as much.
No leguminous crop tried here has
come up to the velvet bean as a soil
improver They shade the land more
thoroughly than any other crop, make
as great If not greater tonnage per
acre. fruit much better than the cow
peas, and may be harvested without
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
How Gen. Jacob D. Cox of Ohio Com
PEELED Grant TO Permit Him
to Retire From the
Cabinet.

Jacob ID. Cox, major general in the
Union army, governor OF Ohio. secre-
tarT OF the interior in Grants first
cabinet, president of the Wabash rail-
road. member of congress, president
of tho University Of Cincinnati mil
itary historian. and eminent in micro
scopy, was born in Montreal in 1928
That was because his parents were
living there temporarily, his father
having been engaged to construct
the, great Notre Dame cathedral after
various European engineers had fail
cd ANONYMOUSLY in the task. Gen
eral Cox, who died In 1900, would
therefore have been eligible to the
presidency; and In his own state OF
Ohio. after ne had been elected gov
ernor, there were many Republicans
who believed that in due time he
would become a prominent candidate
for the Republican nomination for
president
General Cox was elected governor of
Ohio while still in active command IN
the Union army, and he resigned that
command so that he might be inaugu-
rated as governor In 1866 Between
him and General Grant. and especial
~ between aim and General Sherman.
a warm friendship. which ripened into
close intimacy. was established II
was in part due to this friendship that
President Grant, in 1869. asked Gen
erai Cox to enter his first cabinet as
secretary of the interior. A year and
a half later General Cox resigned the
office OF secretary of the interior. and,
while leading Republicans knew that
this net was due TO a difference of
view between him and President
Grant respecting the administration
Of the interior department, neverthe-
less there was never n clear under
standing on the part of the American
public as TO what the difference was.
Yet the matter was easy to explain.
When General Cox became secretary
of the interior he decided that the de
partment should be administered rs
far as possible along the lines Of real
civil service He objected earnestly
TO making the department an asylum
for hack politicians; he wanted eff
cheney and merit the standard An his
department. President Grant. how
ever was unable to resist the i'm
portunities Of certain place hunting
Republican politicians. and at last q
clear issue was raised between him
and his secretary of the interior
While this issue was still on Gen
eral Cox sought out two of his broth
ers for consultation and advice. In
my view" said the general. the ad
ministration of the treasury depart
. rrent. and also that of the interior,
sholld be based wholly upon merit
and Efficiency. 1t IS view which
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
African Methodists of Atlanta Wanted
4tSome of the Money That Had
Stuck 10 the Hands" of
Their Guest.

Once in his long career as mem
Der of congress, secretary of the
treasury. and secretary of state, John
sherman was publicly charged with
having allowed some portion of gov
ernment money which passed through
his hands to stick to his palms. Curl
ously enough. that accusation was
made at a religious meeting in the
city Of Atlanta at a time when Mr..
Sherman was secretary of the treas
ury and visitor there. II Is bit
of new news that is vouched for by
Rt Rev BENJAMIN j. Kelley. now Ro-
man Catholic bishop of Savannah. and
for decade a pastor in the Georgia
metropolis
"As is we'll known. President Hayes
was sincerely anxious to bring about
a good feeling In the SOUTH" said
Bishop Kelley. "and for that reason
he made former confederate lieu
tenant colonel from Tennessee. David
McKendree Key, his first postmaster
general. For that reason. also. 1t was
thought advisable that Secretary of
the Treasury Sherman. about the mid
die of his term i'm that Office. should
visit the south and come into personal
touch with the business men of that
section. His itinerary included the
city of Atlanta. which at that time
gave promise of becoming a very In
fuential industrial center.
1T so happened that at the time of
Shermans visit to Atlanta a great
meeting of members of the African
Methodist Episcopal church was be-
ing held in the city. When the elders
heard that the distinguished brother
of General Sherman had reached the
city. they Immediately got busy, and
a committee of the colored brethren
called upon him and asked him to
honor them by attending one of their
meetings The secretary replied he
would be greatly pleased TO attend
the meeting-and he named the one
and the hour-when he would take
opportunitv 10 show his sympathy for
the work his callers were doing.
There was a great crowd at that
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
81
Fdr'IllNOtGS

Bone meal Is an excellent feather
maker
Sweet potatoes being sugary are
fattening
Rye has practically no value as a
poultry food.
A change of food will often tempt
. poor appetite
Fowls during 'molt need an extra
amount of food.
AS a general thing fowls prefer
wheat TO barley.
Improvement in domestic animals
depends largely upon variation
The big potatoes come from the
hills containing only few tubers-
The treatment the heifer calf gets
will partially determine whether she
will be a profitable COW or not.
In most cases where man says he
likes the light horse better than the
draft horse. you will find he never
owned a draft horse
II is a real art to feed just enough
grain to keep the eve gaining without
getting her overfat.
One of the most serious leaks on
the farms is in the poor care given
TO farm implemen nts when not In use-
The amount Of humus and nitrogen
can be Increased by growing legumi
nous plants in the soils of good aver
age fertility.
The man who expects TO make
dafrying pay cannot anord to use
scrubs or the so-called milking strains
of beef cattle
A COW which Is gentle and which
has never been known to kick Will
soon learn to kick II she II beaten
she will treat ron pretty much A. you
treat her.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17

loss at any time during winter by
either cattle or hogs.
The seed cost abo,n $3.50 per
bushel and about one peek is required
to plant one acre. II plan ted at some
time with corn they are Usually plant
ed in alternate rows, but il grown as
a catch crop we usually plant the corn
in four-feet rows and at second or
third cultivation in early May r,;n a
scooter plow on one side of each row
of corn. drop the beans by hand, and
cover with cultivator as the corn is
worked.
Being a leguminous crop and grow
ing late in the season, a nitrogenous
fertilizer Is not necessary for these
beans and only the mineral constitu-
ents furnishing phosphorus and pot
ash need be applied in a fertilizer.
Experience here shows that our soils
have enough potash already so that
phos ,horus alone is all we use.
The velvet bean leaves a greater
quantity of rotting organic matter on
the soil than any other known crop
and In the presence of this decaying
vegetable matter, or humus. raw phos-
phate rock is brought into solution
and answers all purposes of acid
phosphate and at a cost only one
fourth as great As handled here the
beans are grown as a catch crop. corn
is harvested as early as it will stand
housing. and the beans allowed to con
tinue growing until killed by frost
then dairy cattle are turned in on
them and allowed to eat everything
they will After this the remaining
vines are cut up with disk harrow and
turned under before Christmas.
Crops following on land so treated
will be greatly increased in yield and
a much cheaper fertilizer may be
made to produce the heaviest yields
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
I0NEY IN RAISING PEANUTS
lost Gratifying Results Obtained
Where Proper Attention Given 70
Many Little oet1itsL

The following letter written by Mr..
en Gray Of Shreveport. La. in reply
a query on the peanut industry is
lf-explanafory:
take great pleasure in giving you
the information ~ my command
bon this important industry. the
hite Spanish peanut
Before going into the preparation
the soil. cultivation. etc. would like
make few preliminary remarks
The whole south has been. and 10
i'll being preached AT upon the i'm
brtance Of raising hogs. corn, cattle
hd alfalfa. with peanuts as an ad-
nct. claiming that these crops. by
ymonstration, have proven TO be the
1eapes. and most economical feed
DR. the successful raising of hogs for
he market. A few pioneers in our
drritory undertook to plant the white
spanish peanut. Lo. when this crop
7 1as harvested there appeared upon
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17

A MOTHER financial situation in
IA I.atin-America which is seriously
engaging the attention of the state
department. with a view TO protecting
American interests, is the confused
monetary condition of Haiti.
II is proposed by Haiti to substitute
for the Hatien National bank.
French corporation which controls the
financial dealings of the country. .
similar banking concession TO be
granted to a group of German. French
and American bankers, the German In
terests predominating.
Some time ago the United States
protested against the proposed ar
rangement on the ground that Ameri-
can interests were not properly pro-
tected. Since then the Haitien gov
eminent has made some notifications
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
Left Husband to Pay Bill

Give me the change" she said
My husband will give you the hun
dred francs" Then, having put the
money in her purse, she rang the bell
and walked quickly down stairs. The
messenger was received by the tenant
of the house whose name the young
woman had used when ordering the
flowers
confused discussion ensued. and
by the time the two had finished with
their explanations the adventures
was miles away. The police are now
looking for the smart young woman
and her accomplice, the valet do
chambre--Paris correspondent Lon
don Globe.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
AhAcnf. Minded.

There was $1O5 in the left trou
sers pocket" painted Whitehead
man as he all but fell into The little
tailor's pressing and cleaning shop.
The tailor glanced nt the excited
citizen and went on pushing The
goose.
After n minute the new arrival got
his breath, but lost bis temper T
say there was sos in the left tfou.
sers pocket" he repeated. shaking hia
fist
Well. didt I sedt dere wasn't ihe
little tailor asked. "Derc iss do pants
Mebby he iss dere yedt." pointing TO-
pair Of trousers on a nail
The left pocket gave up a roll or
bills and a cigarette cahe the right
pocket a bunch OF keys. penknife mud
n pound Of other junk. the right back
pocket magazine pistol and hand.
kerchlef. the left bnck pocket % big
memorandum book and the fob pocket
watch with fob and charm attached
and some bills tightly folded
After the absentminded one had
given the tailor 81 for his honesty
the knight Of the goose soliloquizod
some day dot feller fergit his hants.'
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
Smart Young Woman and Her Ac-
compiice Work Clever Scheme on
Paris Florist

The ingenuity of the Paris thief is
at times astounding The other day
florist in the Rue du Bac received
the visit of an elegantly dressed young
woman, who asked that bouquet,
for which she gave instructions.
should be brought to her address in
the Boulevard st. German. close by.
Five minutes after the departure Of
the lady a valet de chambre. wearing
the usual yellow striped wnistcoat
and white apron. brought the florist
note from her. asking that whoever
took the flowers home might also
bring the change of . hundred francs
less 13 francs. the price Of the b0u-
quet The messenger, o. arriving at
the address given was met outside the
door Of the apartment at which he
was to leave the nowers BY the lady
who had ordered them. She was ap-
parently just leaving the house.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
a Generous Gift

Professor Munyon las just ismod A
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month. IL also tells oil about card read.
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gives the Interpretation Of dreams IL
teaches beauty culture, manicufinE.
gives weights and measures and antid0tat
Tor poison. In fact, IL is a Magazine AZ
manac. that not only gives valuable in-
formation, but viii afford much nmusc.
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especially for parties and evening enter
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most invaluable.
lt will he sent 20 anyone absolutely
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edy Company, Philadelphia, IA.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
HONEST CONFESSION
a Doctors Talk on Fcod.

There are no fairer set of men on
earth than the doctors, and when they
find they have been in error they ers
usually apt 10 make honest and manly
admission Of the fact
a case in point Is that Of practi.
toner one Of the good old school. who
lives in Texas. His plain. unyarnished
tale needs no dressing up
Il had always had an Intense prrll.
dice, which can now see was unWar.
rantable and unreasonable, against all
muchly advertised foods. Hence. l.
never read line Of the many ads ~
Grape Nuts. nor tested the food ull
last winter.
while in Corpus Christi for my
health. and visiting my youngest son,
who has four Of the ruddiest hoafhi-
est little boys ! ever saw, ! ate my
first dish of Grape Nuts food for Sup
per with my little grandsous
Il became exceedingly fond 81 81
and have eaten a package ~ fl every
week since. and fnd r. delicious. re-
freshiDg and strengthening food. leay-
ing no ill effects whatever. causing no
eructations with which ] was for
nerly much troubled, no sense ~
fullness, nausea, nor distress or at0m.
ach I'm any way.
There Is no other food that agrees
with me so well, or sits as lightly or
pleasantly upon my stomach az shis
does.
II am stronger and more active
since I began the use Of Crape-Nuts
than ] have been for 10 years. and
am no longer troubled with nausea
and indigestion Name given by
Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book. The Road 10 Weilville."
There's n Reason"
Ever vesd the above Iefferf a new
ooe appears from time 80 time. They
are gssufne, true, and full of humss
ssssvs~s
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
Southern Live Stock.

The coming live stock country OF
the United States is the great south
ern country Its splendid climate and
long grazing season gives 1t superior
advantages over all the rest of the
country In the past years millions
of dollars have been lost annually on
account OF animal diseases. but each
year this is decreasing and with the
splendid work now being done by the
government, as well as the state de-
partments, ii will soon be entirely
eradicated.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
centlemen's Fashion Notes.

Do not wear the whiskers pompa-
dour. The effect is fierce.
A new dress suit may easily be
made from ones black alpaca office
coat Merely turn inside out and
cover with broadcloth cut in the pre-
yailing mode for evening wear. The
trousers and vest may be purchased
with what money is left after the
broadcloth has been paid for
The proper thing for the holiday
house party Is stimulant- 1t should
be carried gracefully
Plush trousers are considered bi-
zarre.
II is impolite to leave in the midst
Of poker game unless you have lost
what you have
Rfhbonless hats are quite the vogue.
At musicales the uppercut is now
obsolete.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17

the nuts Allow your vines TO lay on
the ground two TO six hours and wilt.
not cure
have by personal experience this
year demonstrated that by observing
the above directions my yield was
81 bushels to the acre, with fraction
more than one ton OF hay TO the acre.
This in face of the fact that we had
two protracted droughts. which hit the
crop on both occasions at the time OF
full bloom. The mill here is paying
from 95 cents to 81 per bushel for
the nuts. and the hay is selling at this
time here for $14 per ton.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
Down Win 'En.

Young Lord Fairfax. in O. brilliant
nfter.dinner speech a. the club houHs
I'm Tuxedo praised women.
Down with the misogynist.' said
Lord Fairfax Down with that cyui
cal type of male brute who says with
the Cornish fisherman
Winners like pilchards When
ems bad ems bad. and when 'oms
good, EN- only middlin'f"
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
Sheep Flock Diminishing.

Because sheep need such extensive
ranges in order to get enough to eat.
sheep fiocks are uniformly din-inish-
ing in all countries. even in Argens.pa,
where sheep farming was believed TO
be one OF the best sources c. wealth
for an indefinite time. Only in dts-
tricts where the immense area OF pss-
ture land is out OF proportion to the
lands available for tilling it can she>o
be kept at a profit.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1911-03-17
He Guessed Wrong.

II have just been reading a sad
story about a man who was horse
whipped by a girls father because he
helped her TO elope.
Poor chap, ! dare say he thought
the girls father would give him boz
of cigars"