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fA RED HIOT ANSWER CoL A. B. Williams Takes Bishop Potter Severely to Task SOME VERY BRILLIANT ARGUMENTS 'The Editor Challenges the Slanderous New York Bishop to a Show of Hands as to Moral Condition of His Diocese and the South Generally. Bishop Potter of New York is one of the pet superstitions of this country. He is part of the general New York superstition. Because New York is big, most of us assume that any man who becomes prominer' there must be a very large and great man indeed. We persistently forget that as many fakirs, humbugs and lightweights rat i tle and swell .around in large places in New York as anywhere else in the world. As for Bishop Potter, he has said and done as many silly things as any other old gentleman we know of. A recent experience of his indicates i that his manners are as bad as his morals in some respects are defective, his ju7dgment is bad and his arragence extreme. Some time ago he undertook to discuss the divorce question in a New York newspaper. As we recollect, he foundered around the subject a good deal and failed absolutely to make any definite suggestion or to in dicate any coherent policy for his church or legislation. In the course of his somewhat flabby and 'charotic remarks. however, he said that the ab solute abolition of divorce would not do. H'ie added: "We have an example of what would result from such as measure in South Carolina, where the laws do not recognize it. Prohibiting divorce is merely putting concubinage at a premium." This does not im press us as a high or a churchman lige view. Certainly concubinage is not at a premium anywhere in South Carolina. The editor of the Columbia (S. C.) State wrte Bishop Potter a very re spectful :etter, pointing out to him that he had done the homes and peo ple of the State serious injoisfice, re ferring him to the bishop and clergy of his own church in that State for evidence and asking him to make care ful inquiry into the facts and then -take such steps as equity and justice may dictate." In reply the editor received a most insolent letter from Bishop Potter, in directly denying that he had used the language attributed to him and de scribing the editor's letter and article ' on the subject by Judge Benet, en closed with it as "equally unwarranted and impertinent." The editor of the State replied with another respectful letter, in a perfect ly proper and deferential way, taking off the bishop's hide. He pointed out that the offensive paragraph had been published prominently, that Bishop Potter did not seem fit to make any denial or correction of an outrageous and shameful slander against the peo ple of a whole State and that his de nial suggested in his oWn letter was A as evasive as discourteous. A few days later' Bishop Potter printed in the New York Globe a brief statement on the subject, in which he said he had no apology to make to -South Carolina and extended his slander to the people 'of the whole Sou.th. He is quoted as saying: "He had simply remarked that in view of the prevalence of miscegena tion in the South, the 'pose' of loftly and superior virtue on the part of its people, anywhere had in it an element -equally comic and pathetic." An acettsation like this cannot be sustained or disproved by statistics or affidavits. It can be considered only in the light s of general and obvious facts. Virtue is not a things of sections or of countries. The good are good and the bad are bad everywhere and wherever human nature is. the affec ~' t'Ins arnd passions of men and women stray in forbidden paths. One thing. however, is certain and plain. That is that the mcral tone is indefinitely L cleaner and the social standards are indefinitely higher in South Carolina than in Bishop Potter's diocese. Cer tainly' a woman divorced from her husband and married to another man inside of twenty-four hours would not be received in respectable society any where in the South. Yet a woman who did that v'ery thing is a leader of New York's most exalted society. Nobody knows the seetst annals of vice; but every obser-ver who has met and known the people of New York and any- Southern Sta'.e knows that in the South vastly less filth is talked and written than in New York. The natu ral and inevitable presumption is that uives in the South are very much clenie:. The women whose conduct andI c"nversatrion are so distinctly loud and bad as to justify definite criticism is tahoced in every Southern State. Bishop Potter cannot say that that is the case even in the highest arnd theoretically most exclusive so ciety of his own community. I- would he interesting to know wvhe~re Bishop Potter got his impres sions5 cf the morals of the people of the South arnd how he would go about j ust ifying himself for circulating such a cruel and injurious charge as that concubinage and miscege'nation are general in this part of the country. The tr::h is that miscegenation in its legal sense is impossible anywhere in the South because it is forbidden and scyvrely punished by law. We do not hesitate to say that the charge that these vices are general or even widespread in the South is false, and in making that assertion we will do better than Bishop Potter. We will effer good evidence to convict him of falschood if he is willing to dare the :ssue. We will pu' on the stand the Protestant Episcopal clergy of the wn'ie South. from bishops to dleacons. 'lhey. lyve among the people and know them and have ample opportunity for knwn: hir lif. We may assume thr-t some of them. at least, are me-i who ar no)t afraid to. tell the truth in any circumstances or at any cost. For Ne York, we will take th ic om. birned evid ence of the cler, the coutsan the newspapecrs. L ike the editor of the State. we invite Bisho.p i-otter to takeC the evidence. or joil us n tkin it If it sustains his ac csatios, we will1 (cnfess with shame,~ but fr nkly. th'at he is right. It' they cenradict 'im. will he be willing to confe that he has circulated an out rageou's and infamous scandal and s Vner e (10 not care w.hether he atrbut'es 't to ignorance. recklessness orm 'ie or to a mixture of the the.If he crades a simple and hon 's aike this, he will stand convict ed ot h'aving disgraced himself by a wholesale slander unworthy or a gen theman and of having brought shame and injury upon his own church. 'so far as his jurisdiction extends.-Rich mand Nw& Leader. FIRST CROP BULLETIN First Report of the Opening Season Issued by the Department. During both January and February the temperature was persistently low and unfavorable for the growth of win ter grains or of truck, but with the al vent of March the coinditions improved rapidly and the latter part of March was warmer than usual and stimulat ed the rapid growth of all forms of ve; itation. The month was unusually free from frost, only one heavy frost and two light ones having been generally noted, and none of these were damag- 1 ing. During the last week, day tern perature of above 80 degrees was com mon. The precipitation was below normal during January and about normal dur ing Fel ruary, and was deficient during March. In the first of the year the conditions under which the precipita tion occurred and that portion in the form of snow and ice, melting as it did slowly, were conducive to the re tention of practically all the precipita tion that fell, and the soil was well supplied with moisture. but the absence of ra-in during the second half o! March rendered the soil dry in places: on clay lands it became baked anel hard. In most places and on all kin'is of upland soil the ground was in good condition for tillage. Plowing, and in general, the prepa ration of lands made rapid progress during the second half of March and are tt this date as well advanced as usual. Upland corn planting is nearly finish ed in the eastern counties and has be gun in the western ones. with some corn already up in the former regions. While a few fields of cotton have been planted in the southeastern counties. this work is not really under way, and the preparations of lands are scarcely half finished. Other spring crops have been planted in the earlier portions of the State. Rice planting has been be gun in the Colleton districts. Gardens are either plantef or ready to plant. Wheat and oats made a fair growni during the last week and where fall sown oats were not winter-killed they look promising. The damage from! winter killing was considerable in parts of the State and very slight in other parts. There was a large acreage o! spring oats sown and some spring wheat. Both are coming up nicely. Tobacco plants are of fair size in the beds. Truck did well during March, with lettuce and radishes being ship ped and peas almost ready to market. Fruit trees of all kinds are in bloom. and the indications at this time are fa vorable for a large fruit crop. A Hospital For Georgetown. Georgetown. Special.-A syndicate composed of the medical fraternity of the city has been organized for the purpose of establishing an infirmary ere to be known as the Georgetown in firmary. A site has been secured for the erection of the buildings and all plans have been perfected to make it one of- the most complete and mod ern in this part cf the country. A hospital is something that has been much needed here for a long time and several times in the near past steps were taken to endeavor to establish one, but without result. The one now under contemplation is practically as sured and will probably be in full op eration by early fall at the latest. The offiers of the Georgeton Infirmary company are as follows: President, Dr. M. P. Moore: vice president. Dr. W. E. Sparkman; treasurer. Dr. L. B. Sal ters. secretary, Dr. H. D. Beckman; superintendent, Dr. Win. M. Gallard. Presidential Tour Begins. Washington, Special.-With cheers and good wishes resounding through the Pennsylvania Railroad station. President Roosevelt left at 9:45 a. nm. Monday on a special train for a trip through the Southwest. The special train. which is one of the finest the Pennsylvania Railroad has ever sent out of Washington. consists of three cars. the President's private car. Rock et, the Pullman sleeper. Forest. and the combination baggage and buffet car. Viceroy. The train is handsome-: ly fitted and contains every know?: ap piance to insure the comfort and saf ety of the passengers. Russians Report a Capture. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-Generall Linevitch in a dispatch dated April 2, says: "The situation remains unchang ed. A Russian patrol during the night of. March 27 surrounded a Japanese patrol consisting of six dragoons, in the village of Baicbanchentse. on tne extreme Russian leAt. Five of the Jap anese were killed. A sergeant was captured." Off For Viadvostock. St. Petersburg. By Cable.-A letter from Vice Admiral Rojestvensky to his wife, which has just been received here, indicates that the departure of the second Pacific squadren from .Iada gascar waters is fineal, and that it is now on the way to Vladivostock. In the letter, the admiral wrote that the rail ing of the squadron had been fixed for March 19. but naturally he avoided mention of the route which it was in tended to follow on tne voyage east ward. The admiralty admitted this de terination on the part of the admi ralty to order Rojcstvensky to proceed for the Far East- - To Attempt a Freak. Richmond, Special.-General Fitz hugh Lee, president of the Jamnestowi Exposition company. announces thai an effort will be made to have the re mains of Pocahontas, the Indian prin cess, daughter of Powhatan, brough: from Gra% esend, England. where the:. now lie, for re-interment in the olk Janesown. churchyard during the pe riodl of the Jamestovwn tri-centennial in 107~. Counterfeiters Arrested. Pen::a-oa. Vla.-A gang of counter' feitrs. v:ho have been operating for scoe wecks. have been ec.'ught by the~ nolice court and United States autho: ies and are now in jail. The mn ar all residecnts of this place. The picc also captured the mo~i:s. which wee cof plaster of Para'. The molhl wre made to east dimes. quarters, dol lars and ten-dollar gold pieces.: A large amount of the money has been placed in circulation and it is a very goo imitation. PALMETTO MATTERS Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. General Cotton Market. Middiling Galveston. quiet ............7 11-16 New Orleans. steady ............ Mobile, steady ................ Savannah. steady ...............-5/ Charleston. steady .............---- s Norfolk, steady ................. ' Baltimore. normal ............. New York, quiet ..............8.05 Boston, quiet .................8.05 Philadclphia. quiet ...............8.30 Houston, quiet .............-7 11-16 Augusta, steady ...............7% Memphis, steady ..............7% St. Louis, steady ...............7% Louisville, firm ...............- - - Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Strict good middling .......... Good middling ...............--7 Strict middling ..-................7 Middling ......... ........... 7% inges ..................6% to 7% :tains ...... ............71/2 to 6% Hays Released. Marion. Special.-The preliminary hearing of H. Hayes. charged with ar son. was held and resulted in his re ease. Hayes, it will be remembered. is the white man who was arrested ere last week charged with burning his meat market and Mr. A. L. Camp bell's store. Mr. H. J. Holloway from ).he comptroller's office, who worked up the case against Hayes, and who swore out the warrant against him, was here today to attend the hearing before Magistrate Oliver. who issued the warrent. Hayes was represented by Messrs J. W. Johnson and J. H. Evans, and the State by the town's attorney, Mr. W. F. Stackhouse. The hearing cousumed the greater part of the day. The Pickens Teachers. Pickens. Special.-Pickens county teachers will attend the State Summer school at Clemson colege this sum mer. In order to arrive at the pleas ure of the teachers in the matter, County Superintendent of Education Hallum sent out a circular letter. Re plies have been received from all the leading teachers of the county and about 95 per cent. of them favor going to Clemson. Judging from the num ber of favorable replies received the indications are that there will be the same number of Pickens teachers in attendance at Clemson as usually at tended in the county school. Escaped Arrest. Magnolia, Special.-Jack "Boss" and Claude Simpson. brothers, white, are "on the wing," being charged with as sault with a deadly 'weapon, assault and battery (in another case) of a high and aggravated nature and carrying unlawful weapons. Tom Taylor. col ored, charged with assault and battery with a deadly weapon-a razor-is hiding out. He attempted to murder Levi English, colored, a few days ago, severing one ear from the head and in flicting an ugly gash in his neck. Eng lish has the reputation of being a very inoffensive and peaceable man. These futigives will be captured if possible. New Corporations. The Darlingtonl Trust company was gIven a charter last week. The capi tal stock will be $200,000. The offiers are: R. Keith Dargan, president; E. Keith Darhan, vice president and gen eral counsel; A. Watchman, second vice president; E. C. Lide, secretary and treasurer. The active directors are the gentlemen abcve named and the following: W. S. Gibson, R. G. Rhett. W. F. Stevenson and A. C. Coggeshall. The advisory board conl sists of S. Wolfram, G. K. King, A. G. Kollock, W. A. Dowling, A. L. Flow. ers 0. J. Sands, W. F. Early, J. A. Weinberg, W. F. Dargan, D. D. Witt cover, W. 'P. DuBose and R. F. Howie. The Charleston Billiard and Bowling association, capitalization $1,000, was chartered. The News Publishing company of Flrence seeks to be incorporated. Capital stock will be $3.000. Corpora tors: P. S. Jeffers, WV. M. Waters and Dr. F. H. M~cLeod. i'istriaI in Peonage Cases. Charleston, S. C.. Special.-After be ing out all night, a Federal Court jury reported inability to reach a verdict in the peonage case involving Italian labor contractors, who were chargee with holding employes in involuntary srviude. .Judge Brawvley ordered a mistrial recorded, and dismissed the uv. This is the first case in the South in wvhich it was charged that white men were held as peons. Brakeman Kills Conductor. CharlestOn. Special.-A, special from~ Orangeburg says that Conductor Char les Oliver, of the Southern railway. in charge of a freight train at Stilton. three miles from this place, was killed aout 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon by Brakeman Mickel. The Brakeman walked tOoOrangeburg to give himself up. He stated that Oliver assaulted hm without cause and stabbed him it the shoulder. Picking up an iron bar Mickel threw it and struck Oliver ir the head, the blow crushing the skull Oiver was a man of thirty years o: ae and leaves a family. Peaches May Not be Killed. Gainesville, Ga., Special.-Opiions differ as to whether the peach crop! were killed or not. There was thE heaviest frost Friday morning morning seen here in a long time, and there was considerable ice in various local tes. Garden truck in some mnstance: was damaged badly. The thermome tr rgstredl 31 degrees at the low et. It is not yet known positivelU tat the peaches were killed. thougl tey are more or less injured. Fakedl Money Orders. Birminghm. Ala.. Speial.-W. A Roclwll. a young man in the count. jal on the charge- of grand larceny trred to raake $500 bond with a forget mnony order for small amounts fron a(listat State. and these were so tam pered with as to make their aggregat I $0. He waited until the money cr de department at the postoffice ha been closed and presented them to .l ofcers as his bond. Suspicion wa: arused and the postoffice inspector: were put on the case. He is now helt on two charges. CHUMSIANODWOD NOJES APRIL SIXTEENTH. Glo'ifying God in Our Recreations. 1 Cor. 10::31; Ps. 16:5-11. Bible Hints. It is precisely as necessary to play "to the glory of God" as to work for His glory (1Cor. 10:31). It 'is not a favored few whose lines are fallen in pleasant places, but all Christians can say that, in whatever place they may be (Ps. .6:). The secret of a glad heart (Ps. 1G: 9) is a present God (Fs. 16:8). There is no other secret. hi God's presence is fulness of joy. Absolutely no true pleasure is omitted from the Christian life (Ps. 16:11.) Suggestions. God is the Creator; of course he takes an interest in our re-creatior.s. It is not a re-creation unless it re creates us-restores our energy, our health of body and of mind. The test of any sport, and a suffic ient test, is this: can I readily think of Jesus as engagiag in it with me? If our sports are to re-create us, we must plan them as carefully and as prayerfully as our work. lilustrations. As the best rest of one set of muscles is often to use another set of muscles. so often the best rest from one kind of work is to turn to another and very different kind. Are our recreations the high lights in our life pictures? There is noth iag that the painter so carefully studies as the high ligh.ts. We can learn many lessons from what we may reverently call God's recreaiions in nature-the colors of flowers, the songs of birds, the splendors of sunsets. Hearty laughter at one's meals will do more to ward off dyspepsia than all the doctor's pills; it is as good a specific against spiritual dyspepsia. Am I taking my recreations at hap hazard? Am I selfish in my sports, or do I play for God's glory? What is the unconscious aim of my sports? Quotations. Oh, there is a thrill in the joy of doing good. It is the most magnifi ent recreation to which a man can aver put his hand, his head, or his . eart.-Talmage. I John Wesley's mother once wrote to him in college: "Would you. judge >f the lawfulness or !he unlawfulness of a pleasure, take this rule: what Iver weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, >bscures your sense of God, o' takes >ff the relish of spiritual things; whatever increases the authority of Iour body over your mind-that thing .o you is sin." Christians can sometimes do more )y shining for God than by speaking 'o Him.-Andrew Bonar. [PMOflT LEGUE LESSONS APRIL SIXTEENTH, Glrifying God in Our Recreations. Pea. 16. 5-11; 1 Cor. 10. 31. This psalm Is a beautiful psalm 'of trust and confidence In God, express ing the delights and pleasure~ of re ligion. The "lines had fallen in pleas ant places," the place in which he lived was "a godly heritage." His heart 'was "glad," his glory "re joiced." In God's presence was "ful ness of joy" and "pleasures for ever more." Even to the Old Testament saint there was nothing gloomy or sad about religion. He found joy and gladness in the service of God. His recreation was in new and diversi fed service for Jehovah. 'i ie verse from Corinthians i a summary 0of duties from the preceding verses which ought to be read in coinectiton with this one, a principle 'vdtich will guide rightly our pleasures and rec rain;to make eating, dirinking, playngandvacation all glo:lify God and honor our piety. Tested by this standard we can easily determine what is right or wrong in our amuse INothing is more abused than the word 'recreation." Recreation is re creation. To call sports that kill, and amusements that degrade and alien ate from Christ, recreation, is a misnomer and a lie, Nothing Is "recreation" that does not rest and re-create arid quicken body and mind. Those things which defile and fag mind and body are injurioust and not recreative. Vacation should be help Iful and bring one back to better work. Only that kind can glorify God. Va cation is n'ot a.release from Christian responsibility. Play, fun, and frolic are designated to help) and not hind er. These things may be made to glorify God as well as praying and singing hymns. There is nothing in Ireal recreation but what will be hon orable and helpful to the saint. What are the conditions of glorifying God in our recreations? That They Be Clean. There are taints upon some sports wh'ich render thenm dangerous and questionable. There are others which give life to the body and rest to the mind. John Wesley's mother wrote hirni when in school: "Would you judge the lawful ness or unlawfulness of any pleasure? Whatever weakens your reason, im Ipairs the tenderness of your consci ence, obsc'ures your sense o)f God, or takes away your relish cf spiritual things, is sin to y-ou, however inno cent it may be to others." Select those recreations that are clean and pure if you would glorify God. I Won Each Time. About thirty years ago a remark 'Iable het was made between Capt. M a racing celebrity, and another offi cer who wns r.oted for his activity. Capt. M- bet $5') that his fellow Of fleer would not hop up a certain flght of stairs "two at a time." The ofier was taken. but, as therE were forty-One steps in the flight, hc foud, fte taingtwenty hops. thai 'e was left only one step to negotiate andl had lost. He accused Capt. M of sharp practice. but the latter re plied: "Well. I'll wager you another .'50 I dO it." The officer, thinking to get baci i s money. again accepted. Capt. M- then hopped 1:p fort: steps in twenty hops. and. hoppiing ack one, finished by going up thi a two steps, and won. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL INTERNATiONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR APRIL 16. Suject: The Supper at Bethany, Jbn xii., 1-11-Golden Text, Mark xiv.. 8 Memory Verse. a, 3-Commentary ou the Da3's Lesson. I. Jesus entertained at Bethany (vs. 1. 2). 1. "Six days before the pass over." Six days before His crucitix ion. lie prob.Ibly reachd Bethany about the beginning of the sabbath. as the Jews reckoned from 3unset to sun syt. "Bethany."' Bethany means 'House of Dates," or "House of Com fort." It was a village beautifully sit uated about two miles soutneast of Jerusalem 6n the eastern slope of the mount of Olives.' It was often visited by Christ. "Where Lazarus was." It may have been in honor of his restora tion to life that this supper was given, and in gratitude for it that our Lord was anointed. 2. "fade Him a sup per." In the house of Simon the leper (MIatt. 26:6). This man had evidently been a leper. and had probably been cured by Jesus. According to a tradi tion Simon was the father of Lazarus; according to others he was the husband of Martha, ow 31artha was his-widow. "MIartha served." etc. It is clear that the family of Bethany were in all re spects the central figure at this enter taiinient. 1artha seems to have had the entire supervision of the feast. and the risen Lazarus was almost as much an object of curiosity a- .Tesus Him self. In short, so many thronged te, see Lazarus. that the iniracle whIch had been performed on his l)ehal f caused many to believe on Jesus. "Laz anus at the table." The supper w probably the next day after Jesus' ar rival, after the close of the Jewish sabbath. II. M1ary anoints the Savior (v. 3. . "A pound." This was a Roman pound of twelve ounces. "Ointment." By the ointment we are to understand rather a liquid perfume than what we commonly know as ointment: "Spike nard." A aromatic herb imported from Arabia and India. "Very costly." It was worth three hundred pence or denarii, silver coins worth fifteen to seventeen cents each: hence the oint ment was worth betveen forty-five and fifty dollars. This would be equivalent to ten times that amount at the present time. "Anointed the feet." The perfume was an alabnster bottle, or flask, which was made with a long niarrow neck. MIark says "she brake the box," or the neck of tile flask. The seal which kept the per fume from evaporating had never been removed: it was on this oc-easion first optned. MIatthew says she poused it on His head. There is manifestly neither contradiction nor divergence here between the evangelists. Mary poured the ointment over His head and then over His feet. John notices the anointing of the feet. not only as the act of greatest humility and the mnarki of deepest veneration, but from its un usual character, while anointing the head was not so uncommon. She who had so often sat at His feet. now anoints them. and alike for love. rev erence and fellowship of His suffer ings, will not wipe them but with her hair. The anointing shows her faith in Christ and her love for Christ. "Wiped His feet." She took "woman's chief ornament" and devoted it to wiping the travel-stained feet of her Lord. It was the utmost possible ex pression of her love and devotion. "House was filled." The house was filled with the odor of the ointment. and to-day the church and the world are filled with heavenly fragrance whenever loving deeds are performed for Christ. III. The hypocrisy of Judas rebuked (vs. 4-8).. 4. "Judas Iscariot." JTudas began to find fault at what he called a waste. His mutterings convinced songe of tile other disciples, so that they joined with him In the condemnation of the act. Whenever there is an act of splendid self-forgetfulness there is al ways a JIudas to sneer and murmur at it. 5. "Given to the poor." Mark says they murmured against the wom an, and their words and manner were also a reflection on Christ Himself, because He had permitted it to occur. U. "A thief." Judas was bad at heart; he was playing the hypocrite. "The bag." The cash-box in which the funds of the small company wvere kept. "And bare." etc. Not bare it ott by theft, though that he did: but simply had charge of its contents as treas uer. T. "Let her alone." Christ was indignant at the hypocrisy which made at pretended consideration of the poor an excuse for attacking gnd condenmn ing an act of love toward hIlmself. "gainst the day of 317 burying.' It is not for nothing. as your reproaches suggest, that she has poured forth this perlfumfle. She has embalmed Mie beforehand. S. 'The poor always." This act of MIary's will not interfere with your' care for the poor. You can do good I to thuem at any time. "MIe not ahl~vs." Christ's bodily presence was about to he removed from thmem. W\hat thley did for Him must be done quickly. IV. Curiosity and conspirac'y (vs. -11). 9. "Of the J1ews." John, who was a Galilean, often gives the title of JTews to those whlo were inhabitants of Jerusalem. "Knew that Hie wyas there." Large earavans would be comi ing up for the Passover from all por' Itions of the comitry, and the news would spreadl quickly thlrough the sifting crowds that Jesus and Latz arus were in Bethany. The r'esulit was that many of them believed. -30. "azarus also to death." As long as he lived, they satw an incontestable proof of the divine power of Christ. 1. "Believed." The resurrection of Lazarus c'onvinced many that Jesus was the MIcssiah In Common Things. Sek rot afar for beauty. Lo! it glows In do'w- wet grasses all about thy fee'.: In birds. In sunshine, childish faces swe't. In stars. andl mountain summits topped with snows. o not abroad for harpiness. For. see. It is a ntowe':' that bI'scrs by th E frinu t.'v-' and juistie home: and then no mor - Thu'it uoier in what dwelling .jo:. may Di' am not of nobi serv.ice elsewh.'rt .uty.tbt awaits thy handi L'!'C~ fi e'' i-s bulia aU thatsa I.oo fr uod, and fancy liim ec Put it. - arth' common things lI Whih- amn tIi.wers and suars i: Th marna. 'nan '- k. the city bright Tfhat a'Vm bev\ :: the stars fo'r long Is onyiv h'nman godnes in the skios. Iahs 'd teds. w ell donc- glow into heav' enly lih. --31inot J. Savage. 'The greatest sorroWw ay be but a small price to pay for enlarged sym pth. SOUTHERN F) TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTE1 The Peach Tree Borer. r Recently we have received a number of inquiries regarding the peach tree borers-an insect that in one of its stages bores into the lower part of the stem of the peach tree and which in so operating does a great deal of harm. The creature which thus appears is a species of moth, Sannina exitiosa, and the fact that it is so in possession of the tree may be known by the large quantities of gum exuded. Every tree thus affected should be suspected to be in the service of this enemy. The moth to be held responsible for the business "appears most numerous ly in August and September." The female is "of a steel blue color, with a bright yellow band about the middle of the body. The male is of a grayish color. "Unlike most moths, both sexes have the wings more or less transparent; this gives them a close resemblance to certain wasps, and such is especially the case with the male. The re semblance is rendered all the more striking by the fact that these moths fly in the hottest days of summer." The mating and laying of eggs may be assumed to be in progress soon after the moths are about; the eggs being. as indicated, getting deposited "-on the trunks of the trees at, or near, the surface of the ground. Within a week the eggs hatch into small white caterpillars, which at once bore in through the bark to eat out the inner bark and sap-wood." Here they stay until full grown, doing much damage to the tree-in fact, killing thousands of trees every year. Most of these borers reach full growth in the spring after they are hatched. They, the larvae, leave the tree when they are full grown and spin cocoons "*under the surface of the earth and within an inch or two of the stem of the tree. "During the summer one may easily find the cocoons by searching for them in the guru and earth around the bases of the stems. They are a little over an inch in length, and are usually covered with bits of dirt. chips and the like." Soon the larvae becomes a pupa,. and in two weeks the moth appears and the life-story repeats itself. How is this enemy of the peach tree most successfully fought? It is soon after being hatched inside the bark, and so is beyond the reach of poisonous applications by spraying. Experience says that the moths must be kept from the trees. for if not they will act in accordance with their instincts, and then the borers are to be destroyed while thef are in the trees. This means that worming by hand has to be done, and so with all the nec essary care, if the object sought is to be really accomplished. In the present part of the job the "earth is removed to a depth of two or three inches. The gum wideh is thus exposed is scraped away with a knife, and the injured bark cut off at the burrows. In these burrows the larvae must be found and llled. They are stout bodied, with distinct, brownish-yellow heads." It is necessary for a desirable out come that 'the person entering upon this work should be Instructed in every detail. A stout knife Is needed. Some times it is found well "to have a short piece of strong wire by means of which the larvae are reached when they are so deep in their burrows as to be out of reach of the knife." That no unnecessary work may be done, it is to be noted that "there ar@ certain very slender, white worms, which are often found in the gum oozing from the base of injured trees." These are not the larvae of the peach tree borer. The slender white worms seen under these circumstances in no way injure the trees. To give any time to killing them is wasteful. TIhe lpeach tree borer may most ad vantageously be attacked any time dur ing winter. The mon&h of March is regarded by many as th Dest month for the purpose. Some of the leading growers of peaches "prefer to' worm twice each year." They thus get many of the borers before these have had time to do much damage. "This is, of course, an advanta~ge, but if trees are wormed once thoro~ughly each winter and kept mounded during the summer, one worming will usually be suf firent." Regarding the devices introduced to prevent the moths from laying eggs, it is thought t..at though there may be merit among these devices, it yet is ad vised that the principal dependence be still "upon a thorough yearly sys ten of worming by hand and mound ing." And now as to this mounding part. The instruction is that "after the trees have been wormed in late winter, earth should be banked up against the stems to a height of four or six inches above the level of the ground. "Tis compels the moths to lay their eggs high on the trunks, where the lavae can be reached when the tinme comes for worming. About Thanksgiv ing Day the mound is removed, as all eggs have then been deposited, and by Pointed Paragraphs. If you would knock a stubborn mnan Idown instead of stopping to argue with him you would save a lot of wind and much valuable time. When you hear of people who fairly blaze with diamonds you may rest as. sured that they are not going to set the world on fire. The government has decided to push the rebate cases against the Santa Fe railway. Gave Drug Store Monopoly. The people of Milton, Vt., are now buying their liquors at one place for a time. A fire in the drug store which holds the only other license in town made removal necessary, and change of location under the law invalidated the license, another of which cannot be issued without three w.eeks' adver tising. A man hardly ever knows enough to pretend to think his wife knows more than she Anoe IRM '- fUES D-/ S STOCKFM N A Mr. TRUCK GA, MiER. emoving the mound the larvae are left xposed to the rigors of the winter. Chen when the trees are wormed again n late winter the mounds are replaced. 7hus the trees are kept mounded from darch to late in November, and not nounded from December to March, be ng wormed during February or darch." This is the sort of work that requires atchful intelligence, the sort which nore or less will pay best in farming. -Home and Farm. Budding and Grafting. There are very apt to be times when t would be to the interest of every ood farmer to know how to bud and ;raft. The doing of these things is simple mough when once one has seen them lone by a person who really knows iow. More help can be given in such ases by one object lesson than by nany lessons furnished otherwise, and ience our advice to those who would )est and most assuredly be Informed *egarding these affairs is to go to.' mrsery and see &he work done. The principle to be observed in both >udding and grafting is substantially :he same. The idea is to so place the >arts to be joined that the one, is losely fitted to the'other and so to be ield by tying or otherwise until the >arts thus brought together become mnited into one growth. The ordinary play of the air should ye excluded until a union betweeir the )arts sought to be joined has actually yeen formed. In budding a bud is transferred from me tree to another. This is done when he bark on the tree Trom which the >ud is transferred and that to which it s taken will separate from the wood eel, as it is said. A sharp knife-there are knives mad# !or the purpose-to do nice cutting is equired to open the way to where the Jud is to .be inserted, and also in re noving the bud from its place of origin; After the bud is inserted in its new lace, the bark raised in giving it ad nission is brought caiefully and closely round it, taking care that the bud pro rudes above the tying. There are many different kinds of rafting-whip-grafting, veneer-graft ng, side-grafting, inlaying, cleft-graft. ng. bark-grafting, lierbaceous-graf-ting eed-grafting, cutting-grafting, inareh ng, double-working. And then the grifter uses what iS ommonly termed wax in this service. is is a mixture variously ipade, the bject of which is to cover ip and'ms ielp the grafts. Whatever the kind of grafting, it iS ilways required that bark must be loined to bark and young wood tli roung wood. Thus when a scion is joined to 4 ranch of tree larger than itself, it ii 1ecessary to insert it on one side of the arger growth. Though grafting has to be of variouS tinds to meet the many different re uirements that appear, the rule standS that growths of corresponding " age must be brought together and kept to rether If there is to be success in the. sndertaking. And then we know that some kinds f plants can be Induced to form per ect unions in this way and some canl. aot. Plants have their affinities and Exed antagonisms much as have ani sals.-Home and Farm. Sunlight N~eed by Fruit. It is impossible for good fruit to ~ ,roduced and well colored unless the rees-body, branches and leaves-as aell as the ground surrounding them se fully exposed to tige sunlight. Every rchard should be carefully gone over ?ach year and judiciously pruned, so "iat air and light will be admitted. oo much top should not be left to nduce overbearing; this obviates the ecessity of cutting away large branch s and adds materially in procuring irst-class fruit. - Southern Fruit Erower. Plowing and Spraying. - - A Missouri fruit grower in a talk be ore horticulturists said he plowed his rchard four times each year. and he ~prayd his trees about the same num >er of times. If any weeds grew in the rchard he mowed them down before they form their seed and lets them rot n the land. He realizes large profits rom his fruits. Parkman's Deed of Justiee. A story is told about Francis Park man, the historian, which shows that n spite of impaired eyesight he was :iot blind to injustice. A friend met rm walking along the street, holding :wo street boys by their coat collars. n rply to his friend's request for an xplanation Parkman replied: "I found :his boy had eaten an apple without lividing with his little brother. Now, 'm going to buy one for the little boy, id make the big one look on while ha ats it." Af ter reading this !ncident, we should yxpect fairness of treatment in Park nan's histories.--St. Nicholas. News of the Day. The American Board of Commission ers for Foreign Missions -decided to accept Mr. Rockefeller's gift of $100, 000, but postponed final action for two weeks. Attorney-General Hadley began pro ceedings in the Supreme Court of Mis souri to cancel the franchises of the Standard Oil Company in that State. The directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company decided to issue $100,000 of 3 1-2 per cent. bonds. Trustees of the University of Penn sylvania announced that there would be a full investigation of" the Hil precht controversy. Mr. William H. Hammond. one of he most prominent real estate men of Boston. committtu suicide at the Hotel Astor, New York. The Czar is still said to hold out against peace, andl *s credited with saying: "If I have to sign a peace treaty I cannot remain Czar." Other information, however, is to the effect that Russia has opened the way for negotiations by specifyin9 what she cannot accept