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*M? m TOW Helps PUT THE SCHOOL YARD FIRST Some Truth in Writer's Criticism of Communities' Method* In America. If it were not pathetic one could well laugh to see how foolishly the average small town and rural com munity expends its time and money upon outdoor ornamentation. Fre quently the only well-cared-for spot Is the ctmetery, the abode of the dead?past all earthly help. The Echool yard, where character Is formed and lasting Impressions are made, is as bare as a paved street. From no stand point may any tenable argument be made that the dead are entitled to greater consideration or better sur roundings than our children, who are but clay in the hands of the parent potter. He who cares properly for the living is never lacking in respeot for those who have passed away. Another fact has often puzzled the writer; to eee a community making efforts to raise a fund to purchase and ornament a public square when their district school yard, of equal dimensions, was entirely bare of trees or plants. Is It not strange that the only plat in a district in which all have common ownership should be tbe barest and most unsightly yard In the community! No plausible excuse can be given for such a condition?It costs but little to get started right. Almost every one in the district can spare a plant or easily-grown cuttings of the hardier plants. Get started on the right plan and do not leave too much to the teacher, who i* to be changed every year; tlhe work must be carried out under the super vision of permanent residents. Have plenty of room In the school yards and put It to a beneficial use. We de plore the fact that the United States Is absolutely behind every other oiv llized country in the embellishment of Bthool grounds.?Los Angeles Times. pniMTQ ARninr tmf fountain I Excellent Rule* to Bo Obeerved by Those Thtafcing About Setting Up One of Theao Orrvameote. A fountain should be a garden orna ment; a statement that needs to be kept In mind, for almost every one knows of fountains that are neither garden ornaments nor ornamental in themselves. A very exoellent rule ia never to get up a fountain unless it Is good and beautiful in itself, and fills a definite place in the garden scheme. Do not. in any event, use it simply because It happens to be handy. Fall ing water is always beautiful, and th< function of a fountain Ls to introduce falling water into the garden?a reeult that ls not the leas true because it must first he projected upward before It can come down. Everything in this device should look toward beauty. The fountain keeif should be good to look upon, whether it be a simple vase, a fish, bird or human figure. The more complicated the device the more diffi cult the artistic problems Involved; for the human figure is of all subjects, the most difficult for the artist. If hu man figures are used, tbey must be well done, or it would be better to break up the fountain and discard it altogether. The water part must also be well arranged, and adapted in vol ume and in fonp to thp structure of the fountain. Finally, It must be so placed as to harmonize with the gar den scheme. Tk? Mado?na LfJy. Remember to start this Aoguot bulb# of the Madonna lily, a beautiful plant which should adorn every garden. It ls not generally grown, perhaps, be cause of the necessity of starting the bulbs in the late summer. The soil should be fairly good, in clined to dampness, but well drained. The ground should be worked over a foot deep, and If It is poor manure should be worked tn below where tjie bulbs are to be placed. The bulbs should not come in contact with the manure. The bulbs should be plgnted at least four Inches deep and the bed max then be covered with a light layer of manure. Considerable growth will be made In the fall and the following spring or early Bummer wtll produce beautiful fragrant white flower# on talks three or four feet In height. After flowering the plant die* to the ground and remains dormant un til beginning Its new growth late in the summer. An established clump should not be disturbed until the plants begin to show eigne of weak ness or disease. Thlct condition may not develop for many year*, apd when it does another clump should he start ?d In a new location. Weeds In Lawn*. Aside from dandelions, plantain and noxious grasses, the greater number of common weeds may be kept out of lawns by frequent mowings. In new lawns nothing more encourages grass or discourages weeds than close cllp ninar hb often as there is sufficient growth for the machine blades to catch. To be sure, there are weeds that thrive splendidly under the treat ment outlined, and we must get down on our knees and pull them oyt by the painful process kqpwn ^ "hand weeding." But then * good lawn is worth all it costs. He Wasn't an Angel. During one of the earlier discussion* ?f the United States tariff In the Canadian parliament, an opposlt%ro jaember characterized the attitude of ie government on the question as "a light that would make angels weep md jackaesos laugh." The Hon. Frank DJiver, who was then minister of the interior, replied, with fcis usual delib erate calmness: "I have observed '.hat the honorable gentleman has >een one of those who laughed."? fudge. . . * Main St. CASH OR C PRESENT S OF AI (Clemson Ext The following bulletin attempts to han dle only the Important points In connec tion with the damage of the pest, ar.d its control. Any further information desired will bo cheerfully supplied upon request to the Division'of Entomology, Clemsoti, Oollege, S. C. It is well to impress the faet that the 'insect about which there is so much cur rent excitement is not ihe,sjime a.* the otton le?-if worm or caterpillar which was [. resent in the cotton fields last fall. Mere are at present so far as specimens ' sent in and investigations made by this livisiotis chow, no cotton caterpillars in Ids state, though they are doing damage i 11 lowur Alabama and Georgia. The cot uon caterpillar is injurious only to cotton; lie grass worm does dtim age more ^en ( -ral tin character?to grass, corn, peas. | -otton, etc. This later in.wt is doing I usiderable damage over aliu-?st the on* I ire. South; so this state is not alone sus liniiiK the effects of its ravages. The preferred food of the f;t|| army 01 Lrrass worm is grass, such as crab grass rt'rmuda, water, grass, etc. The p?>st i prcsent every year, but unnoticed. The wealth of grass due to lack of proper cul ure last fall and spring has given it tlds - ? ... i........I. yt'Jir uih'xc Mn-u i>p|HuLIIUIL1I73 iifi ui. . .! in^r. The almost total absence of its natu TO CO'VRionrco 1910 MAMBUFKitR BROS & COk BALTiriORC.ria In addition 1 The :redit TATUS I IM.Y WORM ensicn Work.) 1 nil enemies also promotes the marked in" I j crease in numbers this season over pre- J vious season of recent years. They have i reached such enormity of numbers that there has been a shortage of the preferred food and the pest has been forced to mi- , grate to |the adjoining corn and cotton fields to make its living there and to carry on its destructive damage in so doing. The worm begins its work in bottom lands, < and at llret appears in the grass. Here it ; can-bo most easily controlled, by deep , turning of the gross and worm, or tlior oroutfh spraying or dusting of these acres ] with arsenate of lead according to direc- j lions given below. ( The generation of worms is now enter- j ing the ground to change into moths. These deposit eggs, which hatching in a j very ?h??rt .time, will produce another generation of worms. It is well to boar ! i this fact in mind; for the ^apparent eessa- j tion of injury is due to this cause. j < On the first appearance of the worm the < farmer should dust the infested areas j with powdered arsenate of lead, undiluted, i usill^ three pOUMlS Ot poison W lilt! m-rr. ! It is best to niuk't tlio application when i I In; leaws are moist with <l:w, us is gen ' erally the cast' early in the morning. At- ; gentile of lead paste may lie useil in the form of a spray the strength of two to , < J/ WW WHEN YO Clothing, +r? eon TIC! V^UllIC UU OUU U.O. ar SEE So come and ! represent them ;o our very at which ar( m Wo Pnvrn V V Vj Jtm U.JL *.A J Cellar to P Stoves, Furnitur When in Kerr Fi three pounds of arsenate to lifty Ions of water with the addition of three pounds of unslaked lime. Paris green also will poison the worms but it is not safe to use since even if extreme e.ire is exercised in the dilution and appli ation or it, serious damage of foliage from burning often re sult*, sometimes not becoming apparent until three or four weeks afterwards. Powdered arsenate of lead is about as cheap, sticks to the leaf better, and can b?i used uniluted without burning the foliage. It would be no mistake, even In tho ease of this however, to Add a small quantity of air dry, slaked limo, to neutralize any free aeid present in the substance, since it is this acid that does the burning. WHERE POISON CAN 15E SECURED. The powered arsenate of load can be se cured from your nearest local druggist. If he does not have it in stock, he can se cure it immediately by communicating with his nearest wholesale diuggist sup ply house or you cau get it direct from the same places. It will cost somewhere nbont *25 cents a pound; making ine cost per acre about 75 cents. METHOD OF APPLYING THE POISON. The following directions for application are taken from Circular No. 153 Bureau of Entomology, and explain elearly nnd in detail the application of the poison, and I'autionB to be takon : The method of application by means of sacks applied to a pole carried on horse back through the Holds, which came into general use some years ago, will be found U> be perfectly satisfactory. By this means a single farm hand can poiso i 2 rows at a time and cover about 20 acres luring a day. B8$B BOB ffiH BSLb* EL** ^ U ARE IN STORE YO fHEN YOU WANT Shoes, H We always cariM id are always glf fivir. ic iinu i*j see for yourself i: tractive price 3 equivalent lO-Li. JL \J 111 JLJLK > Garret on 0 ayment Plan Rugs, e of all Des the City call an jrniture A LITTL The apparatus for making the? applica tion is simple. A strip of hardwood 3 inches in width, 1 inch thick, and 1 foot longer than the distance between the rows should be selected. Two 1-inch holes should In* liored through the stick six inches from either end. The sacks to con tain the poison should be made of 8-ounce j duck or similar material. Flour sacks I will answer the purpose, but when power j oil arsenate of lead is used, two thickness - ! es will lie required on account of the ex ! treiue fineness of the poison. The sacks j should measure G by 20 inches and should | be left open on one of the long sides. The j open margins are then tacked'on the ends 1 of the poles, forming a bag, which is to be filled with the poison by means of a fun i nel inserted in the auger hole. Care should be taken to determine whether the right amount of poison is be j ing applied. This can be easily done by | weighing the pole and sacks before and \ after a known area lias been treated. Un I less this is done there is likely to be a waste resulting from the application of [ too much poison, or it maybe found that ! the amount that Is being applied is insur | ficient to cover the cotton. The operators i should be instructed to see that the poison j fulls evenly upon the plants. If too much or too little is being applied the amount j can be easily regulated properly by vary ing the amount of jarring of the pole. It I is important that the sacks do not eomo j into contact with tlio cotton leaves. If ! they do the poison will not pass through readily and it will be found that the amount applied is loo small. CAUTION. | Arsenate of lead and the other arsenic als ? ^ TOWN IV ?n eiWAUiri U ?\ 9AVUU THE VERY BEST latsand Fui 7 a full line of id to show them. BELIEV1 f our goods are r ;s we give yc to 5 per cent. )use from ur Easy Pictures, eriptions id see us. Co., ENOW. A LITTL I to which reference has lw?an made are vio lent poisons, but there is no danger in their use on cotton if a few common-sense precautions are taken. The only cAses of poisoning of domestic animals known have been where stock was allowed to break Into the cotton fields soon after poisoning or where some of the poison j was carelessly thrown upon the grass. | The only precautions that are necessary ! are too keep live stock out of the fields af- I ter poisoning and to avoid throwing any ! of the poison on vegetables that will be j devoured by life stock. It is advisable in j some cases to muzzle the mules upon | which the riders are mounted when th? application is being made. There Is practicallylno danger of poison- | ing live stock after one or two heavy rains j I t f subsequent to tne application 01 me pui- i son, or, in case of rain falls, after an inter val of about three weeks has elapsed. Tho arsenical poisons aggravate wounu's or sores* on man or domestic animale. Consequently all places whore the skin has been broken should be covered by j some means, or at any rate washed care- ' fully after the work has been done. In or der to avoid the [possibility of injury to the mules, it i.j advisable to throw several buckets of water over them after the work is done. Old at Three Year* of Ag*. If men lived on Saturn they would 1 be old at three years of age. Saturn's ! vop r in nearly 80 of ours In length. That is because it is 870,000,000 I miles from the sun, consequently J more time is required for It to oonv plete a circuit of its orbit IAKE OUR -nishings the above articles NO tot just as we >u Green Tra< discount. - riinni. ater BBEVILLE, S. C. ,E LATER. Formal Spanish Courtesy. In Andaluslan bouses no refresh ments ore offered to callers exoept on the saint's day of the hostess, when a large trayfuT of duloes or caker. Is handed around. These dulces are or* namented with little sugar Images of ?alnte and Hogali. If It b a first call that Is being made, the hostess otfers ber bouse and everything it contains A " ? ? ?^?Anlw KaW OQV. IO (He cullers, vriiu IU IC|?; uu.., lng that the bouse Is In the beat hands Id the world and that their only wish Is that the present owner may long have health and happlneaa to enjoy ft. Deep Childish Reasoning. Father (to Margery.-who has been a long time fetching the newspaper)? When you're asked to do anything, Margery, you should always run. Mar gery?Yea, I will, daddy; except, o! oourse, I can't when my legs ache. Father?Rubbish; your legs never ache. Margery (indignantly)?Hoo! what's the use erf the word "ache," then*?Punch. Rich Haul by Forger* The Bank of Naples (Southern Italy) has recently been the victim of fraud to the extent of $160,000, by means of "tiaotm thfl fleuree of which, guuutuv ?w _ however, had been cleverly altered and augmented with the aid of chemicals and a perforating machine. The trickster, of whom there Is no trac?, had checks cashed simultaneously at the branch offices In Turin, Florence and Rome. tore ling Stamps,