Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE LAS (A:,rapos fu Dr. saw b1m onec bre As he u'd n th , A. again The na .emenz stns r 1:m As he to rer0 'er the .uwl With his cane. ThI -vs.1 that in his-;w C : him1- downl, Not :, better m .an w f nd By the crer on his ro)und Thro' the town. But now he walks ihe stre-tz, And he looks at aill he mce:s Sad and wan. ANnd he shakes his feeble head, That it seens as ii he Naid, *Tley are gone." The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear )Jave been carved for mauy a year On the tomb. WHO GOT THJ By Boodi E.\LL I 9ow bona. this is A\ iot like you to oject to my u to Uurtonville. You now a man's business :as to be attended to. let u:atters c as they may. I'd like to let you go to the Springs, but I really nmust go to Burtonville. and You can get cousinl Melissa to come stay with you wvldle I an away." And _Mr. Lee iooke(d haif eagerly at the pretty face of his wife as she busied herself witli the tea nouring. 'Mona Sayton had lbeen married to Horare Lee for about three years. and he had been quite a model husband: but here of late he had mide two or three trips off without asking her to .ieeompany him, a thing Mona did not quite understand. and. she resolved she would see Imiore into it. "Wh' he said. looking up from the 11t muin she was buttering. "I thought you attended to that nusiness en the last trip you made up the lud sol with 'Mr. NMoutin." "(Oh. yes"-his fair. handsome face fluishing cr.Imson-"so 1 did go up to attcd to it: but there was a hitch soiewhere. Women don't understainid business. ad I don't want your pretty head tilled up with dry dLet-Hils. but thirk about youir music. your birds. am go dolwn; t. Stedart's :m'd get that silk pa:tern yon admired so much. There. w that keep you from teas ing? Riii nlong and pack :ae a change or two of linen in limy valise. there is a pretty girl." he continted. as they os from the hreakfast table. 'Mrs. I.Ce said nothing more. but as she0 busied iherself in packing her hus band's valise. ther~e -n as a resolute gen n in her pretty browvn eyes 1that spoke vo~ms had 31r. Lee not been so aL'sorltcd in his own alTairs as not to *notirce it. "Hi'n:'" he muttered. "She was eas her to manage thani I expected. I thought there would be the lest bit of u scene, but she took it niore quietly tlzon I thiougiht. 1 reckon it is some-' what lonely here for her when I am gone. When I comle back I'll take her for~ a trip to her uncle's, out in the ('oJ;]i ry. i'll show her I in raeu ror' her ateg::i eseenee in this matter. '-lurry up. nmy pet, or i'll be too ;ate to ca tch the train." glancing nt the 1itl :0 cerk that stood on the mantel. ".It's a guarter' after seven now. *na I've 1barely time to rechf the s::ntion. TiIer.. Tihanks: I'm~ ever. so taineh Thi;Wged. Shdall I leave w'ord for. cousin Ili'hissa to emnel tup tih's 1:trning o ti::s Vrth:g-:- ihe intquired. as he was "aTI~aks. You need not st09- as T ci v:lil he p:-r.e for time. I've half umnl t te'~a w::d nnp till this even ma. wben VII call ait ant Slinna' and by' us:i LihsstaUne: with inc. --Wg. e byal n:ean. Tak.e the ]y. ia. y\ wit \'2up thue inst nb.rht at I.rs Har s recption: Imr. don't for g:to en!ir is sa. Fil be bac:tk in the or. 41--das at furthest. Tztkc care of yourttself. By. hy" After hec was :gone pretty Miona Lee sat drwn and indnlged ini a heariy cry as ahn:iost anly wonmani would in lIte circuni~ttacs: but she sooni dried her eyes a:id set about packing hecr rekw:In suc~h 1:istLe that all preCpara-t tionis were ermplete in a few hours. Taking out her purse, she ecnunted over her u n'ntey with :tn amNliots face. "Two hundred-yes, two fifty. Sure ly thlit is a.. much as 1Fil need. But. -for fee: of an accident. hIl go to Ifor tnee's p'arrtne. Mr. Blye, and draw~ an other huntdred. I can tell him Pm go ing nut of the city during Horace's ah see. whaih I amn-and I dont care wh1o kniow.s 1 amn going. so no one knowvs wiwre I ani going. Hobrace thinks he is de'nelving tme. but we will see son-lin abIi~ t out that busines whi ch is so liard to :attend to. andi' w~omen enn't u ndcrLmnd. Wel., we wvill see what we will see." SiheL ran her i dtl anmd wvhen tihe 5er I--ty yo've beeii wishing to pay your moter at visit. Youi can go and ste-: tiX si'rida:y. Here arc your wges. D kind enough to relluest the Jmsipr to remai~tin andU i ke ci:Ire of the hou till next Friday. Shne enn htn'Ut'y. he: ;il :ose whoi tak' holiday to be~ heee by extI 'i.....n..nng * * * * .::y. .t~:'w~tas:N0 frn --is Sil n a1 w:o -nt'r -risa!. Shie is a regular lbeauty. thouih. -*%. yo 'hu\*w her. 41o you? Intrcidcee vne 0: bo. wn tyot: eagerly in qe air M. Horace Lee, as he and his friiw!, H arry Noreross. sat on the verandol of one of thIe most not'ed hotels 31 a finitinatie waterin plae.iiW So the urgent business ihat wos so pressin m.titat. lie had refused to tatke his youn g wlfe to the Springs was here at this I:ntel e-1 the veranda, and it semleed 1o be 1(mtinmg mnore nom less r LEAF Oler's Joke.'. My ;randmanmma has sid IPoor old :ady, she is decad Lont ago Tord he had a oani no. Arid his 'heek war like a rose In the snow. But ::hiiS nose is -0'., And it rests ;, i his chin Like a stafi. An,! a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his !ath. I know it is a sin For mne to sit and gria At hint he-e: But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so qu er! And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the trec In the spring. Let them srile. -s I do now, :1 the old forsken bough Where I elinz. -OXivez Wendell Holmes. ~0 BEST OF IT? a Smith.$ 1 few days' pleasiure at this summer esort while his wife riinled at home alone. or, at best. her ol!y company her old maid cousin. Th's was the business that woien cou in't under stand. No doubt lie thought he could best nfjoy himself minius his wife's com pany, for here at the Springs he did not scruple to pass as an inimarried man, and many were the tiirtations lie ngaged in while on these trips. Of ourse. he meant no real harn, but lie should have thought how lie would bare liked his wife to have done like WIse. Ti'ree whole days passed before he ould succeed in getting an introdue tion to Mrs. McKenny. for she was re:y exclusive: but at last. one evening. ijist at dusk. lie saw her promenading )u the piazza in company with a lady mvith whom he was well enough ae 'uainted to ask the favor of an intro luetion to her friend. nrovided. of ourse. "the Iady would do him the onor." "Ma:iy the fiends seize the darkness: [ can't catch even the slightest glimpse f her features: but from what l've al *e:dy seen. and with that ::.uperb form. 4e cannot be aught else than beauti tul. At any rate. I intend to cultivate ier acquaintance so assiduously as to nake up for the lost time. Jovel I've tot to move fast. for my time is run dg short. Well. here goes for a. day )r two of fun." From that night Mrs. McKenny was )esieged. Bouquets of her favorite owers. with tiny notes hidden in tleir 'ragrant depths. found their way to her oom constantly. He was her escort m their moonlight sails. rambles and rives; but one singuhir thing that truck him was that he had never yet ucceeded in get :ing a sight of her acC. HeI could niever meet her in the aytimne. It was always night. and she nvariably wore a vei! and a long. eey scarf of sncwvy whiteness. whic-h he wound turban-like around heri roat anid head. and which he inwvard y anathematized. "Why wvon't you remnove your vc: ometimesr" he would say. "I nn lver see your fae. Will you not raise t now?" he pleaded, on one of their roenades. "No. no: not now. ''she hastily re >lied, in a hiusiiy voice. "I caninot -oti out in thle ev'ening ail' w'ithout ne' sc'ar'f. I hare to wxear' it for pro etion. I am suh1)jC't to a1 weak thiroa:. mdt I really canuo,. do without it." "But you ecuhl raise it from your" 'ac just one half minute. ('a .ae mtt Iteflect that I never yet have saui cour face." "Do you really enare to see :ry fac' ind,. it so. wihy? I may' disapi-)n rui.' she r'ejieid. ''No. no: I knii'w. that y'our' face cant ite nloni othe: thanl~ mo.<t lOveiy. i" :unmer myi~ dev'ion't. I prayi yo~t. Myv soui is starving f'or' a look into t:h::: "I warn you that you wit! h' '.:ap iointed. You moust take all the h'.txm' upon01 yourself, anad I assure youm ::ow that you will regret it ini two secoitds after it is done" "IRegr'et it? No. no. I shall he---" "There are tod many observers niow. hut if you real]y desite to meet m'e L'ace to face. meet me inl the back dr'awx' ig room to-mcerrow ev'ening a~t half' past eight. That room is usua!!y de' sected at that hour." "How can I crecr tha nk you? Bat 1 don't think I can survive through all the long hours~ till eight to-morrow But I shall live by anticipations of the: sweet triumpis of thatt hour." All through the hours of thle tnext day Horace Lee lounged about the~ hotel. whistling, smoking anld trying to while away the tedious minutes. Al dusk lie went out and bought a mnag ntent bouquc t of freshly cut tioxxers --amellias. heliotrope, tuberoso aral geraiumn leavyes-which he sent up ti M's. McKennyr's room,. with a w'ritten verse'5 of tender. lov'ing poetr'y, and at th bottom of it a request 1 hat if she rc(ip'ostedi'f the tender feelinigs ex pressed in the verse. wxou.hld she gtrant his ireuest 1'; wxear a buinch of the teloi rope in it r hair at the couming ina When the appotintei hour' of the meet iig came lie 1epa ired promiptiy to the dra'wig. r'om. In the semi-dariknes' he thi' ugh~t 11th'oam unoccupiedcu but a: o~nhe awa :amiini:r tihure spirit ne nea the:ti. wxhhi allnam raisedinth act of tumrning on thu It rin hiis siep as he entered thei om. the latdy slowly turned hrer~ fa:c toward him. as at the samte momni she flooded tl'e room with light. "Merciful hieavens: Mona:" "Yes. Horace: it is I." Horaice Lee hung his head. When hi raised it shamie and remorse seemiet struggling fcr mastery. At last li spoke: "Well. Mon. you've got the best o1 it. If you will forgive me I'll solemni: swear Ihl never be guilty of thi: again." "'n forireyu Inn rTinee and ll1 for bar to ;- ehoaeh you; but are you ready to Zo 1o1e to-diay .' -Yes; but. Mna-and here he looked sheepish-"don't let this get out. Keep up the character, and just give out that you are going home. Go off Ly your self. and I'll overtake you at the iiext station. Nolbody will suspeet." Mrs. Lee was hurt, but she felt that she had so much the advantage that she could afford to he generous. so she pacied up and loft for home. 'Mr. Lee joined Mrs. Lee at the next station. and as they journeiyed to New York he promised faithfully that he would never be guilty of such an ind:scretLon 'Mrs. Lee never exposed hinm to any onw, and 'Mr. Lee reformed iron that hour. 'Mrs. Lee avers tliat he would have -one on for years. and brought her no end of trouble. had she not had the courage to follow him and play her little game. For. says she, sup pose I had done, as so i:iimy wives do sat down here at hoie and crie(d Ili my grood looks-away. and where would we have been? Separated. without a doubt. So let us rejoice that she was of true courage.-New York Weekly. The heating properties of a special coal. says the Engineering and 'Mining Journal. depend mainly upon the ear bon content. the oxygel being usually of no value. because it is colibin(ed with hydrogen .s water. li gas coals, however. the excess of hydrogen is a naterial factor in heat production. An exp'.rer who. by stress of cireui stances. has often been obliged to eat the flesh of animals not generally used as human food, says that grilled lion steaks are delicious and much super ior to those of the tiger. The flesh of the rhinoceros. he says, when proper ly prepared, has all the good qualities of pork. The trunk and feet of young lephiants resentble veal, and stowed boa constrictor is a good substitute for rabbit.. Tweity-four steel carriers of the larger class will join the ore and coal fleets of the great lakes during the comlin.;- season. They are mainly steam ;oats over live hundred feet long, only three of the two dozen big ones being in the four-hundred-foot ciass - one four hundred feet long over all, and two 464 feet long over ali. These tigures are interesting as- showing the tendency of miarine investment on the great lakes.-Milwaukee Wisconsin. A Washington mar. has invented a s.ow compressig iachile that may bie of practical utility inl removing snow from the streets of cities. sinc' the snow when comupressei occuiples i mutch less space t0an before. The loose snow is shoveled into a hopper wh ere cylindrical screw roll ers s: mi hr to those of a sausage grindter coml 1)rLSS it iinto six sided moulds and turni it out into solid caikes that mal~y e automatically cut into any desired leigth. Dr. L~edue. the well known Paris medical scientist. lhas been makin" some exp~eiments which show that electrieity may be the long sought ideal means of producinig isensibiizty in the huminan bodyv. His invest igations are outied in thme AunerieanI Inventor. He a: a direct volcanie current, of IL strnagth of tifty volts. mecchaniica'! V iiterruptedl at a1 rate of about 150 tties at secoiii. One electrode is plaed on the forehead and the other ver the symelt, at the small o3f the To~e ria of utiliizin*- : handoned~ tro le *'rs in the open-ni' treatmenc't of ineclss wvhinih has ense's Su l a h Pitte Ridbge ' ampi in Rhoda~e *s:Id is ' .vc to be' 3:t :0 t HIi for the car;' o 5'pnire: cuntve of H~udson ''::- N II u t h the .1 c a as ernbais than cany. ote bn a stor:-patvin 'csvomr tOg- palin up de t? No n wh: ler.Thfal s a a'lll ith~ i thet'c S" otena haew e ihapublisher wholt olt i" 2 would nota piush a certi adertisera herase hepiyil felt tathe' woul gos the binss dif hoe id.Wer ht faltl godis a ithe pronage o sa ho ws ei'aort slot pay, erdoeino ay ti' all': Take it home to yourself. If you do not meet salaries. how long do your men stay with you? If you do not nay your paper1 bill. how long does the paer maker stand by you? Do you tare ret'eive a bill from a crieditor,. moth a fter month, andut never say a word? Indeed. no. Yet, you have cus toers on your books .to-day, to whom von have sent bill after bill, and they have't paid as much :1tten'itioni to thlem asyo pay to a stray copyv of the Con gressiona! Record on a rainy aifterfnon. It isn't good business, and you 1:nowa it isnt. Then why continue it?-News paprdomu. - -- Whaol Hie Waited. Snyps5ing you watt inere in this '.uortahin sceat by3 tihe e,':iat'r wib' il t''a-ii s twot5iii samles of rlthon." std Mrs. .Miyfair sweety to 11(r juS hadlwh ha41 ld hbeenl enltaped into oing shopping with her. When 'she ae back she said contritely:. "Have I kept you wvaiting an'unpar donably long timle, you poor dear?" "Oh, I haven't minded it," lie said, chteerfuly. "'I just julmped on to at car and ran onlt to the league grounds and saw most of the ball game, and then I iok a little spin in the nark with Dorton in his new auto. Did you match the sanlples?" "One of thiam. It's so provoking. I'll have to come in again to-morrow, for they're closing tihe store now." iincnt' \tenzine. of the King., County Pi- . 0Oitentiary, believes thait thxe d(1ie prisoners in the va IMoW rious prisons and penl tenl iaries in the State could be ei ployed to great benefit t the State a1nd to hllemselves in the building of public roads. If the conviets were thus put at work, the Warden believes. the State would in time have the tinest system of highways ina the country. To demonstrate the practieisility of his theory, the Warden is just now ei g:iged in experimlenital work along these lines. He is employing the idle prisoiers in the Kings County Peii tentiary to lay out a street near tle prison. - This street is being laid thirotgh large plot of land owned by tie county to the south of the penitentiary. The street will be an extension of Mont gomery street. It is being cut throuah a sandhill. and about 1f00 convi - ts are being employed iii the vork. The, pris oners seem to enjoy the work, as there is nothing for thel to do ill the lw'ii tentiar',i and the road-building fill.; in their timle aid occupie< their xminds. "I think." said Warden Hayeys. d1:& ussinig his theory as to the e-npio. melit of Convics. "that the State mliuit well take up the question of rad building by conviets. It wculdA)e a most excellent thilg for1 both the State and tle ConiviCts thCIlSClVes. It would keep p::isoners from going insanii for walit of employment. for o1e thing. and ye- would place them in no direct competition with other workers. By the employment of inmates of penal institutions many miles.of good roads iigilt be laid out in tme State at very little cost. "The only expense the city will be sked to stand in the laying out of the street we are cutting through here will be for the curbing. The road wil' be about 750 feet long and 70 feet in width. When we have cut down to the grade level we will 1a3 a good iicadami roadbed. nxst of the stvne for which we are taking out right here. When this street is completed it will 1 be every bit as i-0ood a piece of road way as there is in Brooklyn. ard its cost will represent but very little more *tlain the expense of keeping te priS oiers. which woul have to be borne by the county. :mn::how. whiether the prisoners were at wor: or idle."-New York Tiles. Constraetior awd Ioads. In a serial article on American auto mobile construction The Automotor I ournal! of Eiglanf. says in relation to igt stem vehicI s: -'lie ight and lexible frame of at runabout,. which s all that is wanted oni smooth town avements. appears to be also almost the only thing which wvill stand the ad roads of the United States- It oes not follow that it is the best ar angement for EnglishI roads. Per-I aps it will be found thlat a nmore sturdy build will be better able to stand the more vibratory effect of a ard Englishl road than would the joited frame which is so well adapt d to wriggle over a eruder and more arthy bighway-" If this is not strict y correct wlthlout some reservation it s at least very well put. In thle samelU rtce other remarks of interest are made. such as the following: -TheI American likes to mlakce a runniing er, consisting~ of a frmie and wheels. hich lhe canl tr-eat as a comletlie' iig. The body can be added as a listinct part ot itsel:. The motor (ither tached to the fr:ue or fastened to the body and joined to the diriving axle by a radial link. For Lmotor vehicles. in which thle driving axle must he at xi Iixed distiune~e from~ the era uk shia ft the former Imethlod i:ei its mor~ts, bitI it is tustually pre~ferred'( in practico to attah the motor to the~ body. For rogn roads and himgh speeds it is dli iultr to provide adt'lume 'sep:Uute tIt tachent for the nr oter. "The use of reaches. er an eqluiva lent, formting a framlewVCrk with the two axles. hais thle advanta-te. without iivolvinig the botdy, of transmlitting direct thrusts or pnlls betwee:1 the axles, thle membiers heing jointed in suhi a waiy as to allow vertical play. This arrangement directly prevents that hle.sitationl of the fronlt whleels, to monit all obstacle whlich ilneas~es jolting. anid it also makes the effect of braking one pair of wheels less i-n comfortable." Model Rtoads. Westehester County's roads received the highest conmmendattionl at the re ent Na tional G ood Roads Convenltioni. Te highways ruiniig from New York City to the Conlnecticut line and to Putnaml County were regarded by the Road Commissioners as the most im proved in the Unied States. One of the most praisc'Worthiy fea tures of the Westchester road syste:n is that the same miethodls are nlot used throughout the whle system, but thley are v-aried according. to thle soil, the trafic and thec grades. Maadam is ulsed for ordinary roads where the grade is not steel). This usually conlsists of a base of four inches2 of trap-rockt i)1raken ilto) pieces a iitte smaller than m a baseb-all. After this hats beenm thnr mughly rolled a three uineh layer of broken trapl-rock of smaller size is placed .on it and rollcd. On this rock so-eeniiigs are placed. and these also ate packe~d and r-ol 1u. Th 'We'stenee or :'aaI a impirovec oni Imi forlal: byu plagag' lhy~ landm lah .r of six jiches to mak~e a foundationi for tle manidaruia. Oil the grades axn wlh~o heavy in co: 2te and beldedl ini sand are plalCe.'i the samte foundationl. W es. 'ester County has also been tryi:: :his experiment of vittilied bnick ro.is. whliCh it finds less eXpensi ie to buildd thatn gramnite andi cheaper to keep in order than maaeadam.-New York World. There is a mnbx of eighty-Six in New York who has no: tasted meat in thir f-iht years. SOUTHERN ' TIPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANT Poultry Pests. This is the season of the year when liee are beginning to be most trouble some to poultry. Without question. lice and mites are the greatest nuis ance of the poultry business and their raids on the fowls will do more to destroy the prospects of a dividend than anything else known. They are constantly at work, never allowing the fowls a minute's rest from the everlasting torture. No wonder, then. that the poor. suffering hen is not laying her usual quota of eggs. The circumstances under which she is com pelled to work are certainly the inost discouraging any one could imagine trying to produce eggs and flesh frem the food supplied her, while legions of lice and mites are sapping her very life blood. Very often a setting hen will leave the nest or die thereon. If the farmer, the owner, will blame the fowl and say she is no good. and if the latter, he will say the death was caused by cholera.when nine times out of ten the cause was lice. If your liens are lousy you will find that, although the lice are almost in visible to the naked eye, they do an immense amount of damage. So much so that we feel safe in asserting that the person who is successful in rais ing poultry and makes money in the business is one who keeps down the lice, one who will not tolerate them about the premises. It is compari tively easy to rid fowls of lice, by the use of good insecticide and read ers who, are trou'>led with this pest are advised to keep a supply always on hand and use it early and often, for lice breed very fast. There are many varieties of lice which infest poultry, the exact num ber being nine. These live and breed on fowls. They lay their eggs or nits on the down of the feathers; the nits hatch in ten days, so you see. if they are not kept down and continually warred against you will have three crops of them each mouth in warm weather. The hen louse does not suck the blood of the fowls, but eats the skin and feathers: thus they are a source of much irritation and discomfort to the fowls. By the introduction of *a single lousy bird among your fowls, this pest is spread through the while flock. It Is a good rule to look each new fowl over carefully. and as a precaution ary measure give it a good dusting with insect pow'der before allowing it to run with the rest of your poultry. Hens are seldom free from lice en tii-ely. yet it should be the practice of the breeder to keep them as free frqm them as possible. tAnother pest which is of no little importance is the mite.. This is not a louse,. but is a blood-sucking creature. There are several varieties of mites. -They live in the nests,. cracks of the houses.. old knot holes,. etc. These ver min attack the fowls at night and suck -the blood of their victims. Cracked roosts. dirty nests and cracks in the walls are favorite breeding places for them: in fact, they will stay and breed in any place which will afford them La hiding place by day and frbm which they can attack the- fowls at night. In straws, filth, or behind the sheath ing of the poultry house these mites can be found, and they -should be avoided by careful methods of the breeder, who should not allow such places to exist in his coops. These mites will live for a long time and have bee-n found in vaxcant poultry houses long after the fowls have bieen removed from them. Don't try to find an exense for the existence of lice and mites on your premises: there areino valid ones. These Lvermin ea'n be overcome. and it is theC duty every poultry raiser owes to himself that his fowls be free from !vermin of all kinds. Look for mites in all cracks of the buildings. in the neists in the cracks of the roosts, and behind the sheathing boards. They are sometimes found on the fowls in the d&ytinme, but not often, as it is not their natural abiding plnce. Lice are alw.ays found on the birds. and sometimes they will leave the fowls and crawl over the hands of hu man beings when the birds are han: dIed, but they do not stay on or live on the human body. To prevent lice and other vermin, the poultry house - should be whitewashed, all cracks be filled with plaster, and roost poles and nests painted with keroseng. And lastly, dust the birds with a good in sect powder. STo keep down the lice and mite pest t is a work that will pay a good divi dend.-Charlotte Observer. Im proving Itun-Downl Land. -Qucnion: I have recently purchased 150 acs of red soil land, one-half in timber, in the South. This ground has not been under cultivation for tif teen years. All 'land in that terri tory was formerly rented. I would like your advice as to what treatment Pointed Paragraphs. tTo be a success in the business world one must aim to master everything he -lays his hands to; think nothing be low your attention; do not be afraid f drudgery. eIt was Horace Greely, we believe. - who said the darkest hou~r in the life of any young man is when,~e sits down to study hoav t-o get money with out honestly earning it, and it might be adriced thiat this'is equally true of tbe old men as welf. Parents candot expect to make uiseful citizens out of' their sons and pure and chaste wome# out of their daughters f. they allow hem to run the streets at -all hours of the day and untillate at night. It is dae giving of so much lati tude to so ~any of our young that has brought so yiany to ruin. ,Some w 'nen seem to think it a duty to talk s andal because it pleases thei friends. Generaljlv you can tell by the way irl appears 'to be looking down at hel feet that she is really looking intC some manfs face. Better 4 live politician than a dena hero. fLOUSEHOLID AFFAIRS THE CHILD'S BATH. . simple expedient for overcomifn the fear of the bath which affliet: zoie nervous children is to cover thi bath with a sheet, and then lower th ittle one into the bath, sheet and all As he does not see the b;th. he doe aot realize what it is, and coming grad minlly into the pleasantly warm water lie rather enjoys ic, as a rule. In : very short time this precaution wil be found unnecessary, even with th< most nervous of babies. TO CLEAN PLUSI. Get some turpentine and pour I >ver the grease spott. and rub it witl t pie e of soft, clean flannel, ver: ently. until quite dry. When dr, rush the pile up, and hang the articli nu the open air. That plush may bi leaned is a fact of interest to thos< who hae looked sorrowfully at som, arment they supposed ruined b: rease that could not be removed. Chidren's plush coats that have be one soiled can- be cleaned without in jury by softly and delicately spongin! vith a little borax and water. A tea ;poonful of powdered borax to a quar )f water is the proper'proportion. Us< i very soft sponge.-Woman's Farn Turnal. A GOOD LAMP. During the months when the dayligh lims at half-past 4, and long even ngs make it necessary oftentimes t, lo sewing or reading at night, thi .iouse mother must take care to se, hat the light in the study and famil: itting-rooin is good and so avo< rying the eyes of the members of he amliy. A good lamp is without doubt th oftest light for tired eyes, and whe1 good lamp is secured it is still mor ecessary to keep it in good order. Not only is the odor of oil most un lIeasant. but a poorly trimmed viel s a destroyer of a fair light and ther s no good reason why either foul ;ould occur. In the first place, the care of th amps should never be left to inexperi need workers, and a woman did wel ecently to give the care of the lamp is a duty for one of her daughters ti erform. WITH MASHED POTATOES. Boil six good-sized white potatoe! fter peeling them in slightly salte rvater. When they are done so the, ilmost fall in pieces, drain the wate from them: then set the kettle bacl nn the stove so the potatoes will ge Iuite dry. Then mash them and bea hem till very light and white: add 3eping tablespoonful of butter and ill of cream. While the potatoes an )oiling, cook the sausages as follows eparate the links and put six or eigh f them in a frying pan with enoug1 od water to cover thenm to half thei: lepth. Pierce each sausage in thre< r four places with a shiarp forli stand the pan over the fire. Wze1 he water come to the boiling poin our it off. Return the pan to the tiret Let the sausages fry slowly.. lo-sel ~overed, till a rich brown; lift thi ~over and turn the sausages a conpi f times while frying. Put th, nashed potatoes in the centre of leep platter; make a hollow in th< niddle of the potatoes, and lay tha ~ausages in it. Pour the gravy ove: sausages and serv e at once. Clam Dlisque-Cook one init of clame iif a eupful of rice, a sp'rig of parsley n half a bay leaf in four eupfuis c eai stock until the rice is temdi ~train. add two tahlespoorfuls of tc nto c:'tsupl and on- -eupful of ho ~ream, bear vigorously. and se-:ve a Chery and Pineapple Soup-Set asid me c upful of pittedl cherries to serv' n the soup. then crack the stonecs an dd the kcernels to one pint of cherrie indl one grated pineapple. Cook in luart of water for twenty miinute 1i: two tablespoonfuls of airrowroc with half a cupful of sugar. stir-int le hot soup, and cook for ten minutes strain and set aside to cool, servin, very cold. Peach Compote-Use either fre4l canned or dried peaches. and stew ur til very soft; sweeten well and allot them to simmer in the water in whici they are cooked; then remove from th fire, and when cold turn and strai: into moulds of rice. Make the mould by lining ordinary teacups with boilet rice and leaving a deep depression t be filled with the peach mixture, whuic: may require a little gelatine if it doe not "boil down" to the .right consh tency. Salmi of Chicken--Put a tablespoo of clarified beef dripping into a saue )an and when it bubbles up over th lire add three or four thin slices o bacon and let the whole fry until nie( ly browned. mixing with it a tabl< spoonful of flour and a glassful of fla; ring extract. Turn in. a little at time, a eup)ful of hot water. Seaso with pepper. salt, a dash each of al1 5pic, ebwe~Vs and cayenne and a spoor ful of lemon juice. Cut the chicken: which you have parboiled, into larg a iecs. andi cook themn in the sauce fe an hour and a half. When done nica i, arranige on a platter, pour thi sauce over themi and gnunish wit~ rounds of irnmon and French frie~d pi tatoe. No Eulldogs Allowed. A gentleman bought, some days ag< for a vey high price a bulldog in Han burg, and brought him to his plac in Meklenburg. To his great asto:1sinnaent he w;e informed by the police that the in in Mekenburg-SchwerinI and Streli1 forbids keeping bulldogs, on ti: groundsof their danger: so the gentl man in question hias been obliged 1 return the dog to his forner owne of corse with a large pecuniary loss& ARM '- ffU SI ER, STOCKMAN AND TRUC! I MYER this soil should be under the conditions named. Answer: Much of , -;so - called abandoned land in toe lith can be brought into condition I roduce very good crops in a comp tivoly short time. all things considered., The land in question should first be broken deep ly. Probably this land has not had a good plowing in twenty years; some of it perhaps never since it was re claimed from the primeval forest. This may seem like an exaggerated state nient, but in many sections the prac tice has been to simply break out the middles between the old corn rows, bed up and replant to corn, cotton or tobacco. Good plowing,. therefore, is the first essential for reclaiming the soil. Of course, the land should not be broken too deeply in the beginning; say, commence with six inches. then at the next plowing go to eight and thiento ten, and aim eventually to turn the land at least twelve inches deep. If the sub-soil is very heavy and tena cious use a sub-soil in the fall. When the land has been thoroughly broken work down well with a disk and bar row until a good seed bed is prepared, and then sow in cow peas, soy beans or such other leguminous crops as will grow to advantage in the vicinity of Richmond. It is best as a rule to sow cow peas and soy beans in drills twen ty-four to thirty-six inches apart and cultivate so as'to destroy weeds and hasten growth. "'Before planting the crops it would be advisable to use a complete fertil izer on the land, say at tlhe rate of 150 pounds of 16 per cent. aeid- phosphate and 50 pounds of muriate of potash. As soon as the peas or beans come up a light application of nitrate of soda at the rate of 50 pounds per acre will be an advantage on laiid in this con dition. On land cultivated in peas for several years it would not be nee essary to use the nitrate, but in this instance it w,1 be an advantage. The peas and beans may be grazed down with hogs or me.de into hay. The hay will bring $10 to $15 a ton and you can obtain from 400 to 000 pounds of pork from each acre of land and have a great mass of vines and leaves left to turn under early in. the. fall. This will make an admirable seed bed for winter wheat or rye, -which may then be seeded down to grass. In the section of the State mentioned some of the stronger growing varie ties may ]I used. For pasture, or chard grass, meadow fescue, red tok and red or ilsike clover may be used to advantage. When the land is in btter coudition timothy may be used with fair success. Under present con ditions tall oat grass, orchard._grass and red top will be most likely to prove satisfactcry for hay production...Thiis, combination; will provide satisfactory. By this method of treatment the land . can be made to pay something on the jnvestment from the beginning, and if green manures. as provided through leguminous crops, are used freely and the crops raised feed on the land and the manure put back en the soil it will improve rapidly in a compara tively short time. As a rule these. soils need phosphates and in many instances potash as wve11. so that these forms of plant food should be supplied in liberal amounts. As a rule,*per sons who have farms of this kind to deal with attempt to reclaim too- much at once, and the undertaking embar rasses them and proves unprofitable as well. Go slowly but do the~ worik thoroughly and remember that persist ent cultivation, followed up with a ood crop rotation means salvation in the long run.-K~noxVilla Journal and Tribune. Spraying the OrcharT. Hlundreds of people who own small' orchards would like to spray their trees, but are deterred therefrom by the cost of a spraying outfit usuaily recommended by writers. For spray ing a few trees all the outfit this is necessary s a barrel to mix the poison in, and a small sled. One made of two planks tour feet long willido. Lay them side by side and fastei them se curely together by means of strips of board nailed across them. .Chip off the under side of the front &dges, set the barrel on it,mix the praying mate rials. and with one horse draw it into the orchard and wherever needed. AI good spray pump for a few trees does not cost much; a piece of half-inch rubber hose about eight feet long,. hav ing the spraying' end attached to a light stick the same length, will raise the nozzle high -enough to spray most trees. If the trees are very large, one can climb into them. draw up a bucket ful of mixture, set it firmly aznong the branches and send the snrav over the entire tree.--Farm and Ireside. A buffalo bulirecenltly slaughtered in Iowa brought"ts owner nearly. $1000. Odds and Ends. Hope springs eternal in the human breast Every married man hopes e able to do just as he pleases som day. A -man can get a very0 fair idea what spring feels like by sub ten from the thermometer and ima ining he has fallen off a ferryboat in linen duster. The woman who buys things has lit te time for shopping. It takes a lot of fcrtitude to be sepa rated from a rich wife. A man isn't necessarily a sign paint er because he believes in signs.' By buying tea in packets it is calcu lated that in 1903 the British public paid tea prices for 5,088,648 pounds of paper in twine. A woman who said she was Charlot ta, the wife of Maximilian, former Em peror of Mexico, is said to have serured - $40,000 from the members of the Italian colony in Boston on the pretense that Ishe is the rightful climant to the AuS trian throne.