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Copyright 1S05, by Charles Morris Butler.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Auction of Women.
After the noise had somewhat sub-
sided and order had been restored,
the crier announced that an allotment
of women would then take place.
As was the usual custom, upon the
arrival of marriageable females into
the community, ballotting for the priv-
ilege of claiming a mate was about to
take place. As explained by the crier
ithere were eighty-three men who had
registered their Intention of competing
for a wife. The mode of procedure was
Very simple; into a basket were
placed as many slips of paper as there
were competitors; but as there were
hut twenty women, so also there were
but twenty numbers, the balance neing
blanks. The numbered tickets alone
gave the holder privilege of choosing
his mate. The women could refuse to
marry the person who asked for their
hand only by accepting some other
person. The matter of choice, then,
was slightly limited, and often led to
the buying and selling of chances.
As the numbers were being placed
In the basket, I^ang said; "Place me
on the list."
"And me," said Wilson.
"Take your places with the other
contestants, then," replied the king.
Lang and Wilson did so. Each read
the other's thoughts; either if suc-
cessful would ask Pearl Huntington
to be his wife; there was no doubt
in their minds that she. too, would
be forced to enter the lists.
The crier held aloft his basket. "In
this basket," he said, "are twenty
numbers and sixty-three blank slips.
Those only who obtain numbered
tickets have the privilege of choosing
a wife. Ready!"
"One moment!" interrupted Golden,
speaking at the people and at the
same time to Schiller. "The trier an-
nounces 'twenty women!' and that the
owner of a successful slip can be the
only competitors. I count twenty-one
women! This woman, Pearl Hunting-
ton, she is in Paradise; if she belongs
here, if she remains here, she should
become a citizen. As a citizen she
has a right to make a choice. I de-
mand that she be put upon the list!
The king, if be wishes to enter the
contest, can have the same oppor-
tunity as the rest of the citizens. I
and Pearl, placing her hand within
that of ling's, outstretched to receive
her.
"Curse you!" said Schiller. "I will
be even with you yet!"
"Be careful, Schiller!" calmly re-
torted Golden. "A threat—though you
be king of Paradise—is a punishable
crime!"
Fearful of another scene, afraid to
trust himself further, with a muttered
curse ho walked away to another part
of the room.
Before the crowd dispersed there
was a ballot taken by the assembly to
see if a certain person condemned to
die should expiate his crime (1) in a
duel with another man; (2) or against
a mountain lion in a hand to-hand en-
counter; (3) or go free. Three slips
of paper were placed in the basket
as before, with the three propositions
written on the different slips. The
condemned man being brought into
the ring blindfolded, was assisted to
take a slip from the basket. The per-
sonage drew the slip which condemned
him to fight a duel to the death with
some antagonist as soon as one could
be furnished either by volunteer act,
or by some other criminal.
While the people were enjoying
themselves visiting among themselves,
the king and his council, which was
Rogers, Golden and Albert Fish, the
treasurer, saw that the candidates
signed their names, and allotted them
certain places to sleep and duties to
perform. Everything passed off quite
smoothly until it became Lang's turn.
As was the custom, newly married
couples were given a house to live in.
Each woman was supposed to do the
cooking and washing for two persons
besides her husband. Pearl Hunting-
ton had never been brought up to do
such work and when allotted her
duties, foolishly made objection.
This was Schiller's cue. "Ignorance
is no excuse," he said.
It was foolish of Lang to enter into
discussion about the merits or demer-
its of the case; mortal, like the rest
of us, he retorted, when it would have
been safer and wiser for him to have
held his peace. "This is revenge," he
said to Schiller. "You would overlook
these faults in her did you not wish
to punish her!"
The outburst gave the king the ad-
vantage. Schiller did not blame
"Will you be my wife?"
move you that such be the will of the
people!"
"So be it!" came the cry.
"This is an outrage!" thundered
Schiller, white with rage. "This is
a scheme to cheat me of my revenge!"
A mighty combined howl of derision
was the only answer he received, and
realizing that it was useless to plead,
Schiller bowed to the people's will.
Pearl Huntington rose from her
««at. "Mr. Golden," she said, In a
voice choked with emotion, "thank the
people for me, for their small favor!
Tell them that rather than become the
wife of such a man as Schiller, I
•would tako my own life!"
"The law is," said Golden sternly,
"that you take a husband! If Schiller
is the only person to ask for your
hand to-night, the law will grant him
that! 'Between two evils' let me re
mind you, 'choose the least.'"
"I understand you!" she said.
The ballot box being held aloft king
Schiller stepped to the front, placed in
Ills hand and drew out a paper.
Whether it was luck or chance, or
through the power he wielded, Schil-
ler drew a numbered ticket!
Wilson was next—fate seemed
against him—the paper he drew was
blank! "I( all defends on you, Lang!"
said he.
Lang quietly put in his hand and
-drew out a paper. He walked toward
Miss Huntington as he opened the
packet. It contained a number.
King Schiller was standing before
Pearl. "I ask you, my lady, to be my
wife!" said Schiller. "Think well be-
fore you refuse—I have you in my
power!"
"I do refuse!" said the indignant
girl.
"Miss Huntington," said Louis Lang,
stepping to her side, with his slip
in his hand, "will you be my wife?"
"I will!" said Pearl stepping to the
side of our hero. But there was a look
of shame upon her face.
"Then by virtue of the law, I pro-
nounce you man and wife, said Col-
dsn, quickly stepping between Schiller
Pearl—it was but natural for the im-
prisoned and abused girl to be spite-
ful—but he was murderously revenge-
ful at Lang for stepping between him
and his desires.
"I will overlook your wife's short-
comings," said Schiller, "but your
charges against me 1 will not over-
look! For insubordination I hereby
sentence you to work in the mines for
a year."
Golden and Rogers, though they
were perfectly aware of the advantage
Schiller was taking of Lang, did not
interrupt the king. The main body
of the populace had retired for the
night, and without the restraining in-
fluence of the people it would have
been open folly to have pitted them-
selves against the recognized head of
the community.
The silence of his champions forced
Lang to realize that he had made a
mistake. Discretion being the better
part of valor, then the youth attempt-
ed to remedy the evil done without
really understanding how he had got-
ten himself into trouble. "I am a new
arrival here," he said, "and was not
aware that to speak the truth even to
the king was a criminal offense." It
was a poor attempt at an apology
without weakening.
"You have made your apology,
Lang," retorted Schiller, haughtily,
the flush of victory and power again
appearing on his face. The oppar
tunity occurring to him, he added,
"And to show you that I sympathize
with your ignorance, I hereby grant
you the privilege of coming to earth
each night."
Louis managed to say, "I thar.lc you,
sir!" and added to show that he felt
the force of the king's words: "I un-
derstand the honor that you do me,
•ir!"
Schiller smiled sneeringly.
Pearl, having no protector but Louis,
though looking upon him as a desperate
criminal, and therefore holding him in
something of repugnance, fully rea-
lized the extent of the danger he
*r*8 running for her sake, and clung
to him aa If he were really what ka
purported to be.
"The lady, perhaps," said Schiller,
noticing how Pearl clung 'o Louis,
"would like her father to livo with
her?"
"Most gracious king!" said Pearl.
It was the first favor she had deigned
to accept at the scoundrel's hands.
"I grant your request," sa'.d the
king. Pearl bowed. The reason for
granting this concession was soon
made manifest. "As I have issued a
decree to the effect that your father
be housed in the haunted house until
he expressed a desire to comply with
the laws of Paradise and begin prac-
tice, in order for you to bo with him
I will have to compel you both to live
in that forbidding place! It is your
own fault, however," ho said, as he
noticed Pearl shudder. "I offered you
a palace, you chose the hovel!"
The haunted house was, of all the
houses in Paradise, the one Louis
Lang would have chosen to livo in.
It was not haunted to him, but on
the contrary was the only entrance to
freedom through the tunnel. He could
not have asked for a greater favor
than the privilege of being there.
"You can report to Rogers in the
morning, I-ang," said Schiller, who
could not help but show his exulta-
tion In his face and in his voice. "To-
night your home is ready. As we
have been expecting Pr. Huntington
to make trouble, and be n guest of the
city's for some time, you will find
the house in better condition than
usual." Louis bowel. Wilson was
standing aloof awaiting the otdcomo
of his case. For the first time Schil-
ler appeared to notii •> him. Tliv king
beckoned to him. "Wilson, you can
show your friends to their home. As
a reward for the blow you gave mo
yesterday you will work out a vear's
penance in the mines also. As you
seem to be pretty fond of Mrs. Lang,
I also grant you the privilege of liv-
ing under the same roof with her!
Here are the keys to tho house, Let
me warn you against allowing Dr.
Huntington out of the room allotted
to him. You can see that ho gets
food, but at the same time give him
no outdoor air or allow him no free-
dom!" Having done all the harm pos-
sible, Schiller then bid his company
adieu.
As soon as the king departed Wilson
led the way to tho haunted house.
There were no lights burning in any
of the rooms and the dwelling pre-
sented a very deserted and dilapi-
dated appearance. The house had
been used for a prison for some time,
and there were bars across the win-
dows, while a bar of iron faced the
front door, which was held in place
by being locked with a huge padlock.
The front room, so the story went
(as told by Golden) was once tha
scene of a most foul murder. A man
had killed his wife by beating her to
death with a heavy stove-poker. Tho
noises heard on the inside of tha
house were supposed to be the echo
of the blows and groans emitted at
that time. Even Schiller, educated
man that he was, believed tha*. this
place was haunted. Perhaps his
crimes made him a coward. In con-
demning Louis, Wilson and Pearl to
live in this place, then, he Imagined
that he was inflicting upon them a
most cruel punishment. This was true
to a certain extent with all but Lang.
To Lang, however, the place was a
blessed spot, and had each room of
its six been peopled with departed
spirits, it' would still have been tha
place of all places for him.
Not content with condemning our
friends to live in this unholy spot,
forever seeking a way to be revenged
on Dr. Huntington and his daughter,
and now also Lang, who had snatched
from him his revenge, Schiller, before
retiring for the night, placed a spy
upon the track of the trio to discover,
if possible, some means of further
venting his spite upon them.
(To be continued.)
MURDERERHANCS
RUFUS BINYON, CHILD MURDER-
ER, PAYS PENALTY OF CRIME
COMMITTED IN MAY, 1900.
IHE NtCRO COOL IN Ttlt FACE OF DEATH
SHE IS FOND OF FLOWERS.
Late John Hay's Eldest Daughter It
a Floriculturist.
Instead of driving a four-in-hand or
running a gasoline chariot, Mrs.
Payne Whitney prefers quieter
pleasures and finds other outlets for
her talents, says the New York Press.
Floriculture, sometimes called tho
most feminine of fads, is her hobby,
and she finds her flowers a never-end-
ing diversion. The large gardens
which are laid out on her picturesque
estate at Manhasset are under tier
constant supervision and contain t"he
largest collection of roses in the coun-
try. in these fields blossom roses of
every variety, large and small, single
and double, from simple of dress to
the heavy colored. Mrs. Whitney re-
cently paid a fabulous sum for a rose
imported from Paris, which is said to
be a radical departure from anything
ever seen here before. The French
capital has the rose craze just now
and many rich floriculturists there are
vying with the orchid collectors of
London, among whom Joseph Cham-
berlain is the leader, for supremacy in
the size of collections. It is even
said that some of this interest pro-
ceeds from a belief that speculation
in flower culture forms an agreeable
digression from commonplace margin
deals in stocks.
Fvery Effort Exhausted to Save His
Neck, But of No Avail—Appeal to
President Made in Vain—First Le-
gal Hanging in Southern District
AHDMORE: The first legal execu-
tion In the Southern district of the In
I 'ilan Territory occurred here Friday.
I when Rufus Hlnyon paid the penalty
Imposed by tho laws of his country.
Hlnyon was first convicted of mur-
der In May, 1900, and sentenced to
! hang, but his attorneys have fought
the ease persistently until it was final-
ly dismissed in the supreme court of
| the I'nlted States for want of Jurisdic-
tion, and the sentence was then or-
dered carried out. Recently his attor- ,
neys, Wiggins & Brown, a firm of col-
ored lawyers of Ardmore, applied for
a commutation of sentence, and enlist- j
til the aid or Bishop Anwtt, of Ohio,
but the president declined to inter-
fere. Thursday the lawyers exhaust-
ed the last hope of relief they had and
applied to Judge Pickerst n, of Chick-
asha, for a writ of habeas corpus, al-
Icglng that Hlnyon was Insane. The
application was denied, but at the tele- |
graphic suggestion of Judge Dicker-
eon, I'nlted States Marshal Colbert
empanelled a jury and conducted an
examination, the Jury's verdict being
that he was "not insane."
At various times during his Incar- j
ceration the condemned man has dis-
played symptoms of Insanity, and
many of the officials who have been
in close contact with him for so many
years firmly belVned him to be Insane,
while others are firmly of the belief
that he Is practically a moral degen-
erate.
Blnyon, up to the time of his exeru
tlon, evinced no outward signs of
nervousness or fear as to the result,
although realizing that he must surely
be hanged, but has seemingly been
unconcerned as to the outcome of the
efforts of the lawyers to save his neck.
He has been one of the coldest men at
the jail during the time of the prepa-
rations for the hanging, and the noise
of the carpenters erecting the instru-
ment of death failed to affect his
nerve.
The execution look place In the
rear of the federal jail In an enclosure
erected for that purpose, and the at-
tendance was limited to a few officials
and guards and tho reporters for the
newspapers.
The execution was quickly over;
the condemned man shot into space
within six minutes after reaching the
scaffold, the fall breaking his neck.
There was hardly a tremor of a mus-
cle, save a slight twitching of the fin-
gers. On tho sraffold Winyon sang the
song, "I'm Going Home to Die No
More," then said "Good-bye to you all;
be good people." Tha straps were
then adjusted, and he repeated tho
I.ord's Prayer, at the end of which a
signal from United States Marshal
Colbert, the trap was sprung by Dep-
uty Marshal Sublette, of Mill Creek.
Tho crime committed by Hlnyon
was the murdtr of his step-daughter
by hitting her on tho head with a
board. He then attempted to conceal
the crime by burning the body in a
fireplace in his house. The mother of
the child discovered the crime and no-
tified other negroes In the neighbor-
hood, who brought him to jail In
chains.
Capt. King, of the Lawton engineer
corps, lias been ordered to go to
Chandler with his company to place
the camp in readiness for the annual
reunion of the Oklahoma National
Guard.
CAN'T FORQET OLD OUTRAGE
Burning of Two Seminole Indians Still
Fresh In Mind of People
MUSKOGEE To tie person famil-
iar with the history of Indian Terri-
tory it Is not at all strange that the
larg st contribution made to tin4 sep
urate statehood campaign fund should
come from the Seminole nation, prac-
tically surrounded, though It Is. by Ok-
lahoma, and would naturally be sup-
posed to favor union in statehood with
that territory. If there is more
marked antipathy for Oklahoma In
one so tlon of Indian Territory than
another. It is in the S mlnole nation,
and this feeling dates back to 1SX9.
the time when a "Seminole war" was
threatened.
In that year two Indians crossed the
Oklahoma line and got drunk on Okla-
homa whiskey. Before they return
they met and outraged two respecta-
ble white womt n In Oklahoma, and
then murdered both of tlieni. All
southeastern Oklahoma was outraged
over the episode. Every attempt was
made to find the two Indians who had
committed the crime. Every while
man in the country armed and went
on the search. The feeling was verv
bitter, for in thos > days Indians were
regarded more as savages than th«v
are now. Circumstantial evidence
pointed to two young Semlnoles, and
the Infuriated whites, failing to find
conclusive proof of the guilty ones,
came over Into thu Seminole nation,
dragged the two Indians captives back
Into Oklahoma, and there burned
them. They were chained to Hie trunk
of a large green oak treo with log
chains, and a fire built around them.
This aroused the Semlnoles, nnil a
war was narrowly averted by the
rushing of troops to tho border and
the excellent counsel of trusted white
men among the Indians, who had
traded with them for years.
A peculiarity of the laws prevented
bringing the persons who had partici-
pated in the burning to trial for mur-
der in Indian Territory. Every Indian
knew that no jury could be summoned
in Oklahoma that would punish the
offenders. But the law did not permit
the arrest of p 'rsons In Oklahoma on
a charge of kidnapping anil conspir-
acy in Indian Territory. Several who
took part In the burning were arrest-
ed and brought to Muskogee, where
they were tried li fore Judge John R.
Thomas on charges of conspiracy and
kidnapping. Five were sent to the
penitentiary. During this trial strong
evidence was brought out to prove
that the two Indians who were burned
were not tho ones who committed the
crime.
This is the cause that ts making
contributions to tho separate state
campaign fund pour in from the Sem-
inole nation in snrh remarkable de-
gree. It Is said that an Indian never
forgets, anil the wiiito men who were
in the Seminole nation at the time the
! tragedy referred to occurred share
with the Indians this resentment for
Oklahomans, and they are unwilling
to become a part of a state with them
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Plowing in the Fall.
do not believe that plowing
in the fail can be recommended
for all soils and localities, but
; I do believe it should be more
generally practiced by all farm-
j ers than it is. I always do all of the
; fall plowing that I possibly can, es-
j peclally where I intend to put in corn
| the coming spring. If sod ts tor,.cfl
( under In the fall the amount of plant
food will be greatly Increased for the
I crop the next summer. 1 have also
[ noticed that there are not as many
cutworms, grubworms and cornroot
worms the next spring as there were
the spring before if the ground is
plowed in tho fall. Every pest that
the farmer can get rid of he knows it
to be for his own good to do so. The
surface of fall plowed ground is drier
in the spring at planting time than
ground not so treated and some farm-
ers might think that It does not con-
tain as much moisture, but I find that
It does. The rainfall is enabled to
belter penetrate the sub-soil which al-
lows the surface of fall plowed ground
to dry more rapidly. If you have not
experienced fall plowing, try It, and
you will find that fall plowed ground
! has a drier surface and contains more
I moisture at planting time in the spring
than ground which hns not been
plowed in tho fall. I believe in locali-
[ ties where there Is much rain during
j the winter, it Is better not to harrow
the fall plowed ground In the autumn,
I especially w here there are lino clay
soils that run together and pack down.
If we have a dry summer we will find
that fall plowed ground will yield
better crops than spring plowed
ground.—J. S. Underwood, Johnson
Co., 111., In Farmers' Review.
Woman's Hat Causes Suit.
Prevented from seeing the stage at
the Sarah Bernhardt theater by a
woman's hat, a Parisian went Into a
better seat and sued Mile. Bernhardt
for the difference in price. But he
lost his case.
What Did He Mean?
Crimsonbeak—Did you ever eat any
alfalfa?
Yeast—Certainly not! I'm no horse.
"No, but other thlnjs besides honea
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EDUCATIONAL AND EXHIBIT CAR
Dates and Places Where Industrial
Car Will Appear
OKLAHOMA CITY: F. S. White,
Industrial agent of the Frisco railroad,
announces the following places and
dates he wfll visit on Ills tour of the
twin territories with his educational
and exhibit car. Mr. White has been
on the road since the 2Gtli of last
June, starting from Springfield and
visiting the principal agricultural cen-
ters of Texas and Arkansas. The
schedule is as follows:
Mannford. Sfptember 26; Keystone,
September 25; Terlton, September
26; Pawnee, September 27; Morrison,
September 28; Perry, September 29;
Covington, September 30; Lucvien,
September .10; Enid, October 2; Car-
rier, October 3; Goltry, October 4;
Helena. October 5; Carmen, October
0; Avard, October. 7; Sapulpa. October
9; Bristow, October 10; Stroud, Octo-
ber 11; Chandler, October 12: Guth-
rie, October 14; Wellston, October 15;
Luther, October 10; Jones, October
17; Oklahoma City, October 19. He
will work out of Oklahoma City to
Vernon, Texas, and from there to
Blackwell.
TOURING THE WORLD
W. J. Bryan and Family Will Encircle
the Globe
LINCOLN, NEB: Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. J. Bryan, accompanied by their
son and daughter, William and Grace,
have left for their tour of the world.
They will sail from San Francisco
for Japan, stopping in Honolulu for a
day or two, and expect to reach
Tokio October 15. From Japan they
will go to Manilla and will spend
seme time ill the Philippines. They
will then visit Australia and New
Zealand and will reach India In the
winter. They will proceed to the
Holy Land and other countries and
will spend next summer in the large
ciths of Europe. Mr. Bryan expects
to be gone not less than a year.
A hive of Maccabees has been or-
ganized at Midlothian, with seventeen
charter members. A Chandler team
had charge of the installation.
Paul's Valley Schools
PAUL'S VALLEY: The Paul's Val-
ley public school, the first public
school established in Indian Territory,
began the 1905-0G term Monday, Sep-
tember 25, wirti one of the ablest corps
of teachers in its history. On account
of rapidly increasing population and
inadequate school room, $25,000 in
bonds have been yoted for new build-
ings, work on which will commence as
soon as bonds are approved and sold
and the contract can be let.
September 29 the sheriff of Lincoln
county will sell at public sale tho
lands and town lots of the Warwick
Townslte Company, whoso property
was ordered seized by Judge Burford
on the plea that the company was
conducting a lottery scheme contrary
to the laws of Oklahoma. It Is esti-
mated that the projectors realized
$90,000 on tho scheme. The perons
who invested their money In the town
lots will receive nothing, as the money
from the sale of the property will now
go to the common school fund of Lin-
coln county.
NORMAN: The masonry on tho
new reservoir for the city waterworks
has just been completed. When the
remainder of the system has been
finished Norman will have the best
waterworks plant of any town In
southern Oklahoma. The basin Is
an immense tank, measuring more
than 100 feet in diameter, and hold-
ing about 400,000 gallons. The men
who are putting on the cement aro ex-
pected to finish the work in at least
two weeks, and another fortnight will
see the roof in place, when every-
thing will be in readiness for work.
TULSA: A census made at the
instance of a local firm shows there
are buildings under construction in
Tulsa at this time which, when com-
pleted, will be valued at $000,220 The
percentage of 'City building deduced
from this total is one-sixth of the pres-
ent city of Tulsa; or should allbuild-
lng stop when those structures now
under construction are completed, the
city would be one-sixth greater in
valuation than six months ago, the ex-
treme date of commtncing any of the
buildings.
Food of Root Tubercle Bacteria.
As yet our scientists know but lit-
tle regarding the great world of bac-
teria that has been opened to us in
this generation. We have supposed
that the tubercles on the roots of pod-
bearing plants were supplied their
nitrogen by the bacteria, which took
it from the earth and from the air.
When lime has been added to soils,
the bacteria have In many cases been
more vigorous, but this was judged to
be due to the neutralization of acid by
the lime. It may be, however, that
these bacteria actually use lime and
magnesium as a part of their food. A
French professor, II. Flamand, has
been making some experiments in the
development of tubercles with wa-
ter cultures. The different kinds of
pod-bearing plants behaved very dif-
ferently. Thus, vetches refused to
produce tubercles, unless they were
supplied with magnesium, while both
vetches and beans showed they must
have either lime or magnesium if they
were to produce tubercles. Potash
salts and lime salts stimulated the de-
velopment of the root tubercles. Now
the question is, do the bacteria re-
quite these elements for food?
Scales on the Farm.
So far as possible, farming opera>
tions should he reduced to an exact
science. The old ways of feeding by
guess and even buying and selling by
guess should give way to weighing
and measuring everything. In the
feeding of grains and ground grains,
scales rather than measures should
be depended upon. Different kinds of
grains vary greatly in their weight,
and if a man tries to measure them
out he is sure to give more at on*
time than at another. Some of tha
brans on the market differ exceeding-
ly in this respect. Some of them are
very light, being hardly more than the
hull of the wheat, while others are
quite heavy and consist largely of
middlings, if a man has scales, he
can very easily feed about the same
amount of food each day, and there-
fore become better Informed as to the
requisite food required to produce a
certain effect. Scales can now be
bought at a very low price, and a few
dollars invested in scales will give
good returns indirectly for many
years to come.
Vitality of Seeds.
The practice of sprouting seeds
between layers of blotting paper
does not give absolutely accur-
ate results, except to show what
per cent of the seed will germin-
ate under those conditions. If a lot
of seed be divided into two portions
and one lot be placed between sheets
of wet blotting paper and the other be
actually placed in the ground, the lat-
ter lot will show a much smaller per-
centage of germination than the oth-
er. It is one thing for a seed to sprout
under ideal conditions; it is quite an-
other for seed to sprout under hard
conditions, which obtain frequently
when the seeds are covered with
earth, and are put In at varying
depths.
Sewage Farms.
In many countries of Europe tha
large cities are disposing of their
sewage by means of sewage farms.
A large part of the sewage of
Paris is disposed of in this
way. The results are excellent, and
the fertility Is so readily available for
the use of plants that some of the sew-
age farms produce three crops of com-
mon garden truck per year. Such
things as lettuce grow well and sell
well. There is no prejudice against
the vegetables because they are
grown on the sewage farms. It was at
first feared that people would bo
afraid of disease germs, but the clos-
est investigators were unable to de-
tect disease germs In the products. |
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