The Fairfield Recorder. (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, February 6, 1903 Page: 3 of 8
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THE GOVERNMENT BOLL WEEVIL EIGHT
Ba«i« of n Practical and Effective Sy.tem of Producing Cotton in Spite of
this Moil Destructive Parasite. Its Territory and Damage.
jmfomoSft.18 Dre Hunjter?^ the haJ f“p?rofch««Bucb «n elevation,
been working and
*bo„, ,h, boi,
The division of entomology has
worked with the bdl weevil since the
‘oonUruious 2S
ont/’r^i “aandUTe ‘means
uLm* nil*?1 11 waa not' however,
«t UM,ihVa8t 5ea8°n ‘hat the funds
8t...th« disposal of the division per
mltted extensive Held work.
■A 8pec,al appropriation, which b*.
oamg available on the 4th of Juab,
l
V
1902. madb It possible for the division
{^fcs,jaist's53«
|r*e and presentable results. .The
^ement consists of a ' contract
y.certain planters agree tc
^^^Wltivate and care for the crop,
,,*W. In accordance with the direc-
tioilPbf an agent of the division.
In this way 200 acres at Calvert and
150 acres at Victoria were used for «x-
latoS81 purp08e8' A complete fleld
y, WM e9tabllBhed at the tat-
*7d tZe,J?r W°rw breedlng parasites
StessTBAruffa:
assRBrjr-
ti.Ji2Sf&L?>niewl,at handicapped by
*5® *^e at which the appropria-
became available, the work of the
past season has demonstrated many
i“*°«ant Points! The principal oneli
surhP n D.ted her«with, together with
such previously acquired Information
as constitutes. It Is believed, the basis
of a practical and effective system of
the staple anywhere that
tho boll weevil oecura:
Territory Effected — Though* still
cornffped to Texas, the territory occu
p the cotton boll weevil at pres-
®".^Btades about 28 per cent of the
TM^Kreagr 0t the United States.
TMg^^||*ia, 1900 produced 34 per
crop of this country.
*”r® of the crop of ‘he world
on lit* J,ea.r' ThU region is bounded
on the north by Bed river, and on
,)y the plne forests of the
S6 bftw^“ ‘he Trinity and the
Sabine rivers, it includes all of the
twenty one counties which, In 1899
duced'%&VthMWelfth Cen8US- pr°-’
duCed, 40,009 bales,i0r more each.-
re*lon- however,
of Da,,as ai>d
-*^*1in?ect- -though seatter-
\<'-t!ESrP5e8ant' has not multiplied to
ngp s® «Xtent as to cause much dam-
A mount of Damage—Various
------, as It la In Texas now.
Methods of Combatting—^ Is wholly
beyond possibility that the weevil Is
ever to-bp exterminated. Its history
1n Mexico and since reaching Texas,
as well as the history of many related
Injurious Insects, offers no hope that
large settle, It will ever be mucB. less destructive
piSSls™
rows as sooq as the plants are uproot-
ed, la feasible, effective and economic
UcedaDTh?rTently *enera»y Prac-
ticed The tendency of some planters
fuirt plants 10 8tand ln ‘he
,ln ‘h* hope of securing a top
crop la one of the moat serious obsta-
cles In the fight
The statistics as
Basing the estimate on a careful
study of annual increase in territory
since the insect reached Texas, as well
h^ upon careful attention that has been
paid to the means whereby it reaches
new territory. It seems safe to predict
that ln from fifteen to eighteen years
the pest will be a serious drawback to last nmrt.Vv ”*~ ■“ luc
cotton culture everywhere throughout fore safe to slat 18 ‘hare-
the south, as It Is In Texas now ?tate ‘.ha‘ tbe «al« to the
against the weevil.
ns >iin _ .---w*H as the testimony
os tne most experienced cotton planters
in Texas, show that there has not been
any appreciable top crop produced in
exas In more than three years In the
SSSSS?isS
*“ *■« they are much more likelv
to be Injured than the ordinary varie-
ties of American upland cotton. The
tendency of the varieties of Egyptian
cotton observed, Including Matiffl and
Jannovltch is to grow a very large
stalk. Absence of Irrigation does not
appreciably modify this tendency.
Egyptian cotton Is therefore invaria-
bly late ln maturing, setting no hot-
tom crop. leate dotton, wherever
grown, ig bound to be Injured by the
nothin* In the plant
TWO SINQERS AND A SONG.
By ESTKLLINE BENNETT.
(Copyright UM, by D*hy Story Pub. Ca)
(
1088 °ccaslone(l to the cot-
ton planters during tile past year have
' 7’hey range 1,10,11 850,000
,0 500,000._bales, representing from
$8 000,000 bTf25,000,000. In the very
522?! of tb€ cage BUCh estimates
must be made on data difficult to ob-
tain, and in the collection of which
many errors must inevitably occur
As is well known, there Is a general
tendency to exaggerate damages that
la a return of a combination of many
influences, Before the advent of the
boll weevil in Texas, unfavorable
weather at planting time, summer
uroath and heavy fall rains as well
as the attacks of many other noxious
Insects, caused very light crops to be
produced:
Now, however, the tendency is to at
tribute all of the shortage to the
weevil. Nevertheless, not only on ac
count of the very serious work of the
Insect, but also on account of the rath
or unfortunate previous condition of
the cotton-producing Industry, the boll
weevil Is among the most favorable
mapaces to an agricultural industry
that ever arose In this country or else-
where. It seems well within the
bounds of conservatism to state that
during 1902 the .Insect caused Texas a
Jobs of at least $10,000,000. In spite
of the generally serious outlook, It
- must be stated that the fears of dam-
age the weevil may do are often, and
especially in a new Invaded district,
very much exaggerated.,. It is by no
means necessary to abandon cotton.
The division of entomology has dem-
onstrated the - past season that the
crop can be grown profitably in spite
of the boll weevil. Moreover, the ex-
perience of many counties In South
Texas shows that a locality can, in
short time, adapt Itself to the new
system of cotton raising made neces-
sary byttae weevil. The experience of
Victoria county illustrates this point
well. Besides | ‘ fj
successful continuation
ture In Victoria county since the
weevil reached It. It Is clear that the
crop Of the United States at large has
varied year by year ln much the same
way in which the crop of Victoria
county varied, showing that crop con-
ditions which affected the entire cot-
ton belt have been a much more im-
portant factor than the weevil in re-
ducing the crpp in a series of years.
Future Prospects—The most,serious
aspect -of the situation lies In the fact
that the pest is constantly spreading
and Will undoubtedly eventually be dis-
tributed all over the cottbn bolt. There
are no Influences that can check It
short of tho limit of its food plant In
this country. In Mexico, where the
insect haa existed as an Important en-
emy of cotton tor a much longer pe-
riod than in the United States, the In-
vestigations of the division of ento-
mology, as well as the the Mexican
government. Indicate that the only
factor in limiting Its distribution is
that of altitude. In the famous La-
guna district of that cotfntry, lnclud-
than now. Nevertiwess, It has bean
demonstrated Aha^otton can be grown
profitably by means of * few expedi-
ents in planting and managing the
crop where the insect is present. The
expedients Involve no appreciable ex-
tra expense In producing the staple,
and, accordingly, are coming to be gen-
erally adopted in preference -to direct
means, such as po
which, aside from their doubtful util-
ity under many conditions, involve ex-
penses for labor or material that soon
hopelessly reduce the margin of profit.
During the past season the division
of entomology has been engaged in
fleld experiments to demonstrate that
cotton can be produced successfully Sp
spite of the boll weevil. Some of this
work was conducted on the plantation
of Col, K. S. Peters in the Brazos val-
ley, near Calvert. This valley is, on
account of its low and moist situation,
the presence of timber, and the almost
exclusive production of cotton, the
most seriously affected portion of the
boll weevil territory. In fact, the mosi
favorable conditions possible for the
multiplication of Insects are there
present, and Col. Peters' plantation Is
a typical one. The soil is the typical
alluvial deposit of the valley, and prac-
tically Identical throughout the 120
acres included In the experiment. The
seed was the ordinary seed of the re-
gion, grown on the same plantation the
y«ar btdfrre^of an^y njc pn vpi-jely. as
stand was equally good everywhere.
planters the following season ln a less-
ened number of weevils will always
more than compensate him for the loss
of any top crop he Is likely to obtain.
1 be department’s experiments show
that the matter of spacing the rows is
rather uncertain. The discontinuance
depends upon the nature of tire soil
and _the variety of the cotton -grown.
Much depends on the season. During
a very wet year plants will grow to
such an extent as to make the great-
est feasible distance unimportant from
the weevil standpoint. In this matter
the planter must always act In accord-
ance with experience he has had upon
ouoyicu iu jjreierence to uirect his land It will he well *
means, such as poisons and machines, I bear ln min.1 that \
which, aside from their ..... tween plan|*jn the row is 8 im-
portant as the distance between the
rows. - The nearer the soil area to each
restless congregation was hushed.
Only the muffled roar of the stamp
mills on the opposite side of the
I broke the Bilence with Its mon-
hlf hiefUh tD l'n*ect ^hlch ln Me*' otonous reminder of something ddarcV
loo has been fend ln tree | than a day of rest. Through the ojen
away in a whisper. For a moment the t, 'T °f °Ve and r,*ht
.......... moment the n opened up the gates of heaven and
made honesty and purity and even
windows of the Church came the odor
or pines and the <Jamp sweet fresh-
ness of spring, a small boy looked
wistfully out and thought of the cro-
bloon,,nK.....under the rocks on
the hillside. A young girl, with he/
been foand working
cotton and in Texas In s<n Island cot
ton, both as far removed bptanlcally
from American upland as is expedient,
In the field at San*Antonio by the mid-
dle Df September the pests had in-
creased to such an extent that every
square was punctured. t»nd the conse-, - - ~--...........
quent absence of the specified places l eyes on ber prayer hook i«t her fa-v v
nSd VflVfn them l.° any Stray t0 a wlndln« mountain road, and
issrs. Tshfr s ■«w„>h
only three and a half fee? \tl height t’h'atn8i0f the -processional, but above
produced more stapl^ per plant than tbem clpar and shrill rang the notes
tho aurrou-ndlag Egyptian plants 8 popular Bine a man was whistling
renunciation worth while. “He ,i|„,|
to make us good,,r and'the listeners
w<ijiilersd tba^ their hearts had ever
grown hard and their
wrong.
There was a hush over the church
when, the sln*er finished. hrVkeu only
by the stlfli ij sob of a woman.
Uvea gono
who spent six days of the
plant approaches a square the greater
the yield will b«. At the same time
top great spacing, besides decreasing
the yield, actually delays the fruitage
and Is therefore especially io be avoid-
ed. As nearly as a rule can be formur
Men
- 1 — week in a
rush of business which knew neither
music nor religion furtively wiped
their eyes; a soprano in the choir
rowed her head on the back of the
seat in front of her, and cried softly
five and a half feet high.
Recommendations: The work
of the division of entomology for sev-
eral years has led to the recomraenda-
Dons which follow. It has been demon-
strated Id the experimental
street. Following the glitter* |
lug cross down the aisle came the
vested choir, led by the thin/ shrill
treble of the little children. In the
rear walked the soloists, marking the
^department °f the hymn wlth dumb ^rlnt
of many cotton planters that b? ushag ' P8 ° 8aVe theIr V0lce8‘ °ne of
fated it may be stated that on the river
bottom _soil, which producw the
No means of fighting the tfeevll what-
ever, aside from those mentioned', were
practiced. In none of the fields did
any of the insects aside from the wee-
vil cause any considerable damage.
The boll worm was preswt, but did
very little Injury. The sharpshooter
was scarcely noticed, and the leaf
worm did not appear in sufficient num-
bera to warrant poisoning.
The following is a summary of the
results of these experiments:
1, Early planted cotton with thor-
ough cultivation produoed twb-thirds
or a bale per acre.
2. Early planted cotton with careless
cultivation produced one-ninth of. a
bale per acre. ^ ”,>>•
A Early planted cotton with fait cul-
tivation produced one-half bale
acre.
4 kate planted cotton with wide,
rows produced about one-fourth of a
bale per acre.
5. Late planted cotton with narrow
rows, sprayed thoroughly. yieldi*
about one-fourth of a bale per acre.
1 he evident conclusions are;
L Profitable crop In thq, moat unfa-
vorable situation can #<s -produced by
f,a ‘y plalU,**1 and thorough cultlva-
t fi-'^rTh*8t.fle <1 pr2fluced °b® hale to
ttb® avo,r^Vrod uctlon In the
United State*- i>JOhe bale to 2.3 acres.
e.xpfrment' ni9rcqver,‘ was per-
formed during j)robrf»y the most gen-
erally destructive season for cotton cul-
,tbre ln Texas for twenty-five years
2 Eariy planting, not followed by
Pirm'nf’cultivation. Is ot no avail
hrom this comes the Important sugges-
t---1----bulk
of the Texas crop, a distance of five
and a half f*et between the. rows in a
series of years would not hp too great
while there are very few upland fields
where four feet wouhi be too great.
Anpther point In this connection Is
frequently overlooked. 1. e . the saving
of labor when the rows are^ wide. For
Instance, It costs about onerthird less
to crop a field with j-ows six-feet apart
than one with rows four feet apart.. |
Ineffective Means of Combattink the
Weevil—In order to savef -the cbtton
growers useless expenditure of time
and means, attention is oalled to cer-
tain ineffective means of combatting
fhe boll weevil. Several specifics in the
way. of poisons for the destruction of
the boll weevil have been widely ad-
vertised. At the laboratory in Victo-
ria these have all been tested and
found absolutely useless. The weevil,
being an insect that In. all-.stages ex’
cept one feeds well protected ln the
square of the boll, takes nourishment
In the remaining stages almost exclu-
sively by Inserting Its beak well with-
in the tissue of the fruit,and will never
be reached by such means.
It can not be Stated too emphatically
that money paid for these Ingeniously
advertised substances is wasted. In
this connection it may be stated that
there Is no known variety of eottdh
that is immune against the attack of
the boll weevil, notwithstanding the
advertising claims of the certain seed
per dealers. The only advantage one va-
riety can possibly have over another Is
ln point of «rty maturity.
Macbinls—Many attempts have been
tSSJv-1° P«rfect a machine that will
assfht in destroying the weevil. The
division of entomology has carefully
investigated the merits of representa-
these simple means a profitable crop
be pr°duced in any situation where
the boll weevil occurs:
I!Lah,t^r,y' Plant 1f Possible, the
seed varieties known to mature early
or at least obtain seed from as for
north as possible. It Is much better
ri8k,of replanting, which Is
!not an expensive operation, than to
have the crop delayed. The practice
or some planters of making two plant
Ings to avpld having all the work of'
chopping thrown into a short period Is
a very bad policy from the boll wmsII
standpoint. Taking a series' of years
Into consideration, It wUl not be found
too early to plant cotton in the latitude
or Houston and southward by the 25th
of February: lj, the Brazoa valley as
Lr"2rth af wac0’ by the flr8t week in
March, and at no place In northern
March 8ter than about th,e 20tb of
2 Cultivate the fields thoroughly.
IJ'p.rn^1 In this comes
from the Influence that such a practice
has upoq the constant growth and con-
sequent *arly maturing of the crop.
Very few weevil* are killed by cultiva-
tlon. Much of the benefit of early
planting Is lost unless it Is followed by
thorough cultivation. In case of un-
avoidably delayed planting the best
L0,P/,0f‘ha pianter 18 to activate the
it. most ^borough manner pos-
slble. Three choppings and fike plow-
mgs tfonstitute as thorough a system of
Cultivation as Is necessary in
cases.
One
was a stronger; the other, in
spite of dark rumors concerning his
fitness to wear a surplice, was the
favorite at St. John’s. He could sing
like an angel, if he didn't live like
one. His handsome, dissipated face,
brought out ln sharp contrast tho
pure, almost spiritual beauty of the
new tenor,
As the singers filed Into their places
and the belated worshipers who had
been detained in the vestibule hurried
to their pews, a striking looking wom-
an followed the usher down the
aisle to a seat. The people In the pew I ‘‘Then
crowded closer together to make
room for her, and some one handed
her a prayer book. , No .one noticed
the chant “Thin 'ThJ0168 ^ °Ut °D I 1<f,k®d up wltb a new Fight in “her thin
° Tben^« People turned to | pinched face as though she had found
something In life that made it worth
thp struggle. De Vere sat apparently
unmoved, but. his face was pale and
lino PS Wt>Fe 8Ct ln a thin 8tralBhf
Rectory
We’ll Go Dp to the
and Be Married."
without an eitfbrt at restraint; and a
pale, tired Woman in a frost pew
most
bSSSSSSS
In some cases turning cattle into the
fields is advisable. Aside from amount-
ing to practical destruction of the
p ants, grazing of cotton fields fur-
wht'n?!lderttb!,e f0raKe at 8 time
wb*n ‘V* generally much in demand
4. .riant the rovs as far
isor8 °!,alPthese classes, beginning iq (experience with “the Un^indlrotes U
1895 with a square collecting machine ***•’- - * ■ Rateg is
at Beeville that had attracted consid-
erable attention. Up to the present
time none of these devices have been
found to be practicable or offer any
definite hope of being successful. The
difficulty and expense of working
feasible and thin out the
the rows thoroughly.
plants in
Good Use for Fur Boas.
-....^v..,v -Hu cAinuin ui woraing a 1 ^ * ^Ul" h°a ,eseued a man
machine when most needed, as In very „ drowning in New Jersey. Here-
wet weather, will probably always pre- af,ter we sha|l make no criticisms
vent them from coming into use. If about length of these fetching ar-
It were not possible to raise cotton I ^ ^©nilnlne wearing apparel. If
profitably without the use of a ma- tbey are to be used as ropes when
8ituatl,on wou.1d be materially | caslon requires every woman
own fire or
ant more lanIi”than'“hr,"",“‘K .“.len'I18 8nown ,n thls bulletin, to produce
thoroughly '‘OvrrrroDbln^wm.i!^!?16 I* 8tapjf wlth«ut the use of any other .
strov ai| the benefit*1 of Ih!”,1! de-(means than those ^iat enter Into cot- _ Hospital as a Memorial.
ry Plant-(ton clutlvatlon everywhere here seems Friends of the late Rev. Richard S
no hope for them. If perfected at all Storrs, the eminent Brooklyn preacher
not be remedied by 'Wlte'ariani«5 -T^"u.Und“abtodly ®wt the. same who was for many years president of
look af her. Noah of the women knew
her; most of the men did.
"The psalter for the third day. ot
the month morning prayer," read the
rector in his deep, melodious " voice,
and then he waited while the prayer
book leaves fluttered and rustled and
the singers laid their hymnals face
downward to keep the place for the
gloria. ’’Lord, who shall dwell In thy
tabernacle, or who shall rest upon
thy holy hill?” He read in slow, im-
pressive tones and with a rush of
many hurried voices came the
response, "Even -he that leadeth an
uncorrupt life and doeth the thing
which Is right and speaketh the truth
from his heart.” •
For the first time in years the
words Caught the attention of De
Vere, and. with an unconscious asso-
ciation of Ideas he looked up at the
new tenor. He knew that the white
surplice emphasized the spiritual
quality in any /ace. He himself could
look almost aNmlnt In his vestments
and the subdued‘light of the church.
But In this boy’s delicate, clear-cut
face thero was purity and strength
something DC Vere had believed In
years ago and had lost. And Errol,
the new tenor, seemed to look at him
across the chancel with the reproving
eyes of his own lost youth. On the
te deum he could hear the tenor with
Its peculiar thrill and from the con-
gregation came tne mellow contralto
notes of the woman, who was a
stranger there. With a quick sense of
mockery De Vere closed his lips and
with a movement of his hand to his
throat shook his head at the choir
leader. He sang his solo Just before
the sermon, ln a voice a trifle husky
and strange, using all his art to con-
ceal a lack he had never realized be-
fore. He didn’t know what tho ser- i
mon was about. He hardly knew
thTworkVZ,H8,’«lt1Can.be 8a,d tbat (that they may ' wa£u«tlr" te"idlto4 I ZZ T °f al1 p,,blio documents of
showTnVrr ;;.....hae8T^°]ogy r8,,y by *>«~n.i tZIIalu?,88ued by *b«
showing it generally a important I™ ^ .2thar very been circulated. This report
Imiation of cotton cul- .JPf ?!8' Among these Is the gain credence in some unar
Of Planting trap rows for the weevt? Is nnrt°a Meal-^«*ntly the re- Senator George S Vest hasdonated
s»ound^itycarMa^d^ ot Missour'a com-
In the crowded vestibule at the close
pf the service he met.the woman with
the voice and Joined her. She looked
startled, but the hard, dark face soft-
ened a little and De Vere showed no
trace of embarrassment, nor concern
as he walked beside her down tht
s.eps and out Into the bright sunlight
with the church people he knew so
well crowding him on all sides.
“I’ll never sing in church again,”
he said as they turned down the steps
leading tp Main street. "I have al-
ways known that some time long be-
fore I lost my voice I’d have to give up
this sort of singing. You know what
I mean, we've talked It over often
enough. It’s my better self that sings
In church on Sunday mornings. It's
the man I might have been. When I
sing sacred music I always Imagine
that other fellow I might have
been and I ve known that the time
would come when I would be too far
a*ay from him to do it any longer.”
"Yes,” the woman said softly, “but
I don’t understand why it has come
to you so suddenly. What’s the mat-
ter to-day? Is It this new singer, this
boy. He doesn’t sing as well as you
do, you know he doesn't. Yet he’s
thrown some kind of a spell over you
I saw that in church and I don't under-
stand.”
ment
fact that the use r>r n„,n 18 sain credence in some quarters, and
the seed of especially earTJ* *|n(1 un/0l'tunately. may reach a wide cir-
varlajtes Will Increase thi^adoin* "® CU at °n’ as did tb* faBaclous theory
of «Kn^ ln plsnTung^At^vnw^-ff Propounded last July that mineral
rorly fall^stenKofthsffianU ^e K,^,d the pest' The dlv‘«-
precedlne year ' ‘a plan“_.the *°“ of entomology has experimented
federal govern-
durlng the past twenty-four
years, the term of his service ln the’
United States senate.
preceding year was Yound" I or ie,nc”mol0Ky has experimented
about a very nXeablc ,liiron,J * (exhaustively, not only ln the labora-
the number of weevils For ln«*n ° !fly; but n 1116 n#id’ wltb cottonseed
as late of Oct 10 £^ ao.a^r instance, meal, and finds that U is totally use-
plants of previous years hadP°bronhd? ionflnJd" laborat°ry weevils were | 0,1 Milton’s poem and the censor ban
—----- -- “ - U Deen de- I conflnod In cages with meal and’ R because in his opinion It is "aerto
squares, and In other cages'with meal ( tural.” 18 80rlft'
And cotton leaves.
Literary Censor Criticised.
Another storm of abuse Is sweeping
over the English literary censor be-
cause of his refusal to license a play
called "Paradise Lost." it Is founded
of squares wero uninjured on fields6",!
mwa t0 fl"d a CMe wberfl
more than 8 per cent of squares were
uninjured at that time. Tt wZIZ
esns^d ^Ict0rla that the weevils
csuBea lees damage to cotton planted
In no case during
continuous watching for several days
was a weevil found leaving the squares
or leaves to feed upon the meal. In the
field sacks of meal were placed In five
different cotton; fields where Weevils
were plentiful; examinations were
made dally for eleven days, but only
only moderately "early" (Zv endl« (? 8!n*,et weevil was found on the meal,
» 10), on • land *£?!*$*& If“_d *tbat "88n»^to be merely seek-
nta of preceding season had
Coa-
p‘"«
difficulties "in the" wa!raioPf°rt,,nt *0“Wal
1. It Is * *
there for
milling “from the lower
rHFS
* by IU altl- ,
-I----season htehbSn Iihf ' Dur,n«
destroyed by burning early in th- f!?, h •»«»««» days many weevils were
than In fields plantid late ,.JLl ta1’'tand np’*ced upon ‘b« aacks of
meal, but in no case were they found
there tl»e next day. It i’ difficult to
Bee how a more forcible demonstration
pla?t6d ,at« (week end
h«fnA,Pri on Und ‘hat had never
been In cotton, and which
were measurab' '
cotton fields.
of the futility of cotton seed meal as
an attractant for the weevils could be
presented.
Egyptian Cotton and
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Ing
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liar circumstances surround-
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him, but never a voice.
The sermon was ended,, the offer-
tory taken, and the ushers standing
expectantly in the rear of the church
when the organ rolled out the famll-
iar prelude.
"There is a green hill far away,”
sang Errol 1, and everybody listened
The voice was a rich, sweet tenor
lobusto, showing immaturity, some
glaring faults of technic and a lack
of that smoothness and finish that
Germany’s Most Noted Men.
The two grand old men of Germany
Just now are Professors Theodor
Mommsen and Adolf Menzel. whoso
united ages reach the Imposing total
of 173 years, of which 87 go to Meo-
sel. Mommsen being a year younger.
Granddaughter, of Ben Franklin. ‘
Walnwrlght and Miss Schroe-
dor. the latter a daughter of the gov-
W«hl„a, °Uam' haV0 Ju8‘ e"‘«rod
Vtashington society. Tho young la
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Policeman’s Unique Record.
Capt Stephen Hen ton of the Boston
police force retired from the deDart-
ment on New Year’s day after a
Wae • Rich, Sweet Tenor
Robueto.
waa the beauty of De Vere’s.
these are the thl
1 y0U? De Vere 8ald quietly.
Don t you know that he holds people
and always will, because back of his
beautiful voice and musical tempera-
ment Is a pure, good life and a char-
acter that’s worth something? Don’t
you know that his personal beauty has
1 little or nothing to do with it? He
| not only feels what he sings but he
lives It seven flays In the week.”
They had passed the dead line and
were-ln the bad lands, the district of,
dance halls and saloons. In the brief
silence that had fallen between them
the woman was waiting breathlessly
for what was to come. She. had never
before walked down Main street with
De-Vere in the broad glare of noon
Something unusual was bound to
happen.
“We’ll get dinner now,” he said in
his cool, practical fashion of arranging
commonplace details, “and theu we'ii
“p ,t0 the rectory and be married.
Well leave town on the night train
and begin all over again. It may be
too late to do us any good in this
world, but perhaps It will give us a
sort, of a start in the next.”
Another John.
A few Sundays ago, at the South-
western Reformed Church, the pastor
was telling the children of the Sunday
school about the Scriptures and closed
his remarks by relating; to them the
Ufe of St. John, says the Philadelphia
Ledger. When he had finished he
wanted to see If the children had been
paying attention to his sermon and
asked if any of them could tell him
about the life of St. John. After a few
mfnutea a little girl in the end of the
Sunday school raised her hand and
said;
"Yes, sir; I tin tell you about him."
"Oh," said tbe minister, “I am so
?,lad 8ome Qne has been paying atten-
tion to my remarks. Now let us hear
about 8t. John.”
The little girl began:
“John. John, tbe
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