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AUTUMN LEAVES. Flower and leaf of vine and tree, Grass Of meadow. weed o0 nure Summer gathered them to be Faggot for the autumni' fire. S oe-11,ike haze on vale and hill: Flames of gold :wl crii)n bri-ht Into life Pow leap and fill Field and forest witi their light. All he glory o' the year Kindled into beauty so: Soon the winter will be here. Soon the curiew-then the .,now. So these lovely leaves I lay In my 'oook. all gol( .l red; Eibers for a winter'. day When the autumn's tire is dead. -Frank Demioster Sherman. in the Amer ian ilhtrated M;tgazine. A 4 TERiNr' E FiX. By Eben E. Raxford. p athre'ad oi IwO n.mahsit'ated. 11 ye tabouIa plan 1"i i.'t barie I '*ae down here." ni -I :i to kn:ow ' asked Mirs. C:. in great surp'rise. "I never told any 'y excjit .in1. and I'm suir. lie as'tiet it omu." "No, he hasn't." anslwetred \r. Bangs. "But the minute I ri'ad your letter. I felt what was in the wind. You didn't say in s-, many words that y;)Ud got a match planned out. bt:- I understood it well enough. Who is it. Selina? lIet ter get the load off your mind as soon as possible. I'm prepared to know the worst." and 'Mr. Uanugs gave utterance to a igh of forced resignation. "It's a widow,' answered Selina; "just the kind of a woman to suit you, 'IRastus. I do hope you'll be sensible this time, and itt let your foolish bash fulness spoil your chances of getting a good( wvife." "'A widw!"-MIr. Bants turned a trifie paler, and shivered-"I-I'n afraid I can't stand this siege, Selina. I eame mighty near knocking under to tha: old maid last summer, but I was lpe.lPod out of the serape some way. I've always heard say that a man couldn't hold out long against a widow if sh-'d got her mind really made up to get him." "Don't be a fool. 'Rnstus." said her sister. tersely. "Maria's too good for you, and. if you know when you're well off. you'll make sure of her." "Maybe she won't be made sure of," said Ir. Bangs, to whom this conver sation was somewhat alarming. -Oh. ycs. she will." answered Selina. "I've talked with her about matters. and I know she'd have no objections." "Good gracious. Selina'" exclaimed 3r. Bangs, perspiring all over, "you dlo't mean to say that you've actually talkiad with this woman about my mar ry ing her, do you? Why. she'll expect n's to do it, if you have. and, if I dont. sbcill be having me up for breach of "Of curse she expects you to marry her. and so do I," answered Selina. as -- if that settled the matter. "Be a man. 'Rtastus. I wouldn't be afraid of thec women, if I were in your place." "You don't know what you're talk int about." said Mr. Bangs. shakingl his head dolefully. "You're a woman, anid can't be expected to know." "Well, come down, and let me intro duee you now," said Selina, and she finally got him to consent. "I feel like a lamb being led to the slaughter," -said poor Mr. Bangs, as he paused at the parlor door to wipe his face. "I wish I were home again, Meina." - "onl't be such a fool. 'Rastus," re pested his sister, by way of cneour agemenlt. and then he was dragged over the threshold, and 'ae remembered afterward that something in the shape of a woman rose up. and said some thing. after Selina had said something. But w.hat those something were, he never knew. WWh he came to. sufficiently to realizie what was going on about him. he was alone with the widow. She wasn't a bad-looking woman. he had to adtmit. In fact, he rather liked her Well, the result was. he fell in love with 3Mrs. Smith. He generally fell in love with the women Selina selected as$ proper subjects for matrimony. But this time he felt so completely done for that he .:'as sure all his capabilities for falling is love were exhausted. He would never love again. At the end of a week he felt that his love had reached its climax, for he picked up a rose she had dropped, and slept with it under his pillow. "You poor, old fool." lhe said to him self the next morning, as he stood be fore the glass. "To think that you've got spoony enough for that. I'm glad no one know.s it. But the widow is very attractive, and I don't see as I'm to blame. I-I can't help it." One day Selina and MIrs. Smith went out shopping afte:- tea. As Mir. Bangs was grinrig through the hall he saw that 31rs. Smith's room door stood partly open:. and an irre'sistible impuls". to agejus oe pepintov it camei over him. Hie did so. Hangingr over the Uliak of a c'hair wvas a1 walking skirt. a nil iii.'t my'sterious article of feminine 'pae ' scnate him so much that he ve'' uredi in, 'and begain to c::amine it. --i' now. i; that do~i.n't beat the Tah:-.' "'a'id 3Mr Iiani . holding it ro "I wo 0aler how; I'dL look in suc'h a thin~?- I 'm going to 'ry' it on." 3 . ordi~"y. ') go hod of the belt. as re e to invest himself i in it,I afar th '.'mo of putting on --it buc-kies. I s'pose :" he said. pulling the i-ut togetiier- "Yes- there it is. Lord: wouldn't I cut a tine tigure in --si:t$." tand MI. Ilantgs c lnced a hlorin pipo to tihe accomipatnimuent of a swvish Th".e iial door' baitguli. --Geoii grael~ous:" ,:'id poor Bangs. Fvery' hair On his he'ad stood up with friat. HeI grahhed at the hblt. but it w'o&.dn-l un~buckie. Hil heard steps on itce stairs. and! wvomen's voies Srut-k mocrt :errrci to his guilty soui1 "'than the smundl o' Gabriel's trumpet He glanced about him. There was no escape. A closet door stood partly open. Into that he crowded himis 'lf, and pulled the door together ju: as Mrs. Smith anme in. Ie could hear her buItlflg albout, taking off her jacket aid bonnet. What if she were to come to the closvet? It was altogether likely that she hung hr things the're. Ie felt as if he were going, to faint. Then he thought of the ridiculous appearance a fainting man in a skirt would make, and made up his mind that he wouldn't faint he'd die first! There: She was coming tiat way! What was to be done' A thousand wild thoughts fl:ished through hIs brain. lIe felt her hand upon the door There's a man in your room:" he roared out. in awful b IIe didn't know how he e:uine to say it. it was the inspiration of desperation. prob ably. "-Oh-hi. o-o-h:"shikdIr.mt, and ilni in terror. "I've got 1) get (ot t iore any one" coines." sa id 3M.Rns.gvn not own. There ws oly on w V of en'in it. -.. that was r:: the -e (n.lIay ~p'ailioll cover'ed 1111n k L 1 10o hed to foj. "You stay here. ad I'll e '..h l:ard Selina say, in the hal. "I :in't Ie put his eye to the keyhole. and S.,W is s:si' enter the room. "'Selina :" he called, in a splba tone. "Selina" "WhTlo (als ine Selina'" demanded Mrs. (reeii. dranatic:ly. tiourishiint the feather dustelr. which she had brought alhng for a weapon of (e fense. "I do." answered "Mr. Thinzgs. "IT's 'Rastus. your brother. I'm shut up in this closet." "Well. I never!" exclaime~d Ml's. Green. staring at the cioset as if she expectod to look it out of counte ne. "Let ic our. and dou't be a foo4" cried Mr. Bangs. Thus appealed to, Mrs. Green 'en tured to open the door. and out stepped 'Mr. Bangs. with his skirt swishing about his legs. "For the hnd's sake!" cried Selina. with uplifted hands, and mout'h wide open. "Why. 'Rastus Bangs!" "I--I thought I'd have a little sport." explained Mr. Bangs. looking about as foolish as it is possible for a man to. "but you erme back too soon. erd I couldn't get it off. and slipped into the closet. Hell) me out of the confounded thing. Selina, and keep it to yourself, and I'll buy you the iii('est dress in town." "Selina: Selina!" 'caled the widow from L.he bottom of the stairs. -D. you want any help'" "Hurry u-!" exclaimed Mr. Bangs. "She'liibe h.:.e in a minute." "I'll tell you what I'll (10. said Se lina. "If you'll promise to ask Ler to marry you insile of three days. I'll lp you out of the scrape. If you .1on't, I'll call heric in." "I-I dassent." groaned Mr. Bangs. "T': en I'll call het'." said Selina. "I-I will!' said her brother, desper ately. Mris. Green gave a peculiar twitc'h to the strap, the buckle let go its hold, and the skirt. fell to the fioor. Mr. Bangs stood up a free man. "Now. remuember." said Selina. warn ingly. "if you haven't proposed to Mt's. Smith in tht'ee days from this time-axt half-past six precisely. Otn Thursday. the time'il be up-I shall tell the whole Oh. those three days: They seeme'id three years to poor Bangs. He tricd seven different times to make his prem ise good, but every time his tongue love to the roof of his mouth. and lie was speechless. Thursday, at G o'clock. Selina came to him. "Have you asked her'. 'Rastus?" she demanded, solemnly. "No. I havcn't." answered Mr. Bangs. "I can't. Selina." "You've got just half an hour's time left" said Selina. unfeelingly. "Sup per'll be ready in fifteen miutes. The half hour'll be gone before we get through eating, and I shall tell the story the minute the time's up. Maria's in the parlor, alone. If you want to see her, you'll never get a better chance." "If you had any sisterly regard for me-" began Mr. Bangs, but Mi's. Green cut him short with the remark: "A bargain's a bargain. Do as you agreed to, or I will. Don't be a fool, 'Rastus." And with that she opened the parlor door and pushed him in. Mr. Bangs doesn't know what he said. He never knew. But the widow said he asked her if she wanted to marry him. Being a tr'uthful woman, she said she did, and so the poor man was spared the recital of the story of his terrible fix. "It was lucky that it happened. a fter all," he told Selina. "for, if it hadn't. I never would have got coui'age to propose-nev~r."-New' York Weekly. Why Single Paddles Reign. "No." said the oarmakor. "for faust paddling the single paddle cannot coin pare with the dotuble paddle; but you see 100 single paddles where you do one double piaddle. Of course. some canoe enthusiasts think that the sin gle blade is mor'e picturesque. but it is the men who sell canoes that hotve brought the single blade into vogtue. "It became the custom for the dealer to give away a dlouble paddle with every canoe purch'lased. Oin' dealer began it, and. of course. all tin' rest had to follow. But the dloublle pad des are rather expensiv'e. o sonme bright dealer conceived tihe se me of ~uttng in a big stock of single Pad dIes and giv'ing one with eailh lur hase. T1his continued the court esy of throwing in something with ev'ery canoe sold, but it cut down grci i the expense of the gift."-N!w. York Ntot His Cue to "Knock'." The evening school pupils wer'e diS ussing Hannibal's crossing of the Alps. A brawny young fellow wa~s in ('lined to belittle the deed. "I don't see as it was anything so great," he sad. scornfully. "See here." sa id a little fellow at his sde. "Did you ever try to get an ele ~hant over a muountain? We'll. uints. you have tr'ed, you don't want to knock T-Tnmihan.' Baby's .hort Clothe%. When mother is making hahy's short clothes she Will fi ia : grea- savin'g of labor if she will do these two things -make the neekhands of te little dresses a trifle lar!'ger than: ne'essary: t draw very narrow tape "brough. When nmakinig the sleeves. cut them a little longer than neellde. an11d 1saw hori zortal tucks below the elbow. Baby gows very fast. and as t:he amS ngthen the tacks can be L 0ur. :and th tune 1is not drawn so tight. In this :y the drss1s will last nmich longer, v.!hut being outgrown.-Utica (N. Y.1 Salvation in Resi.ful Couch. Ist ful conces are said to have svl moro mlinds a nd ner'vous 's.stems th:nn all the p.iy:%7(i.-ns and mledicine I*,(,..,- puft together.1Te r teb fugce that The overworkedl houe mis tress his and (irnly shorte ain g i.,' in want of use. Few wono a know how much refresliient they can gain Ifrom a couch and do not half cnougi u-e them. The restful couch is not a yard and a half contrivance withi. tough coveringsZ5. It is broad and comifortable and soft and luxurious. on which a woman may nestle in peace among the pillows and be cozily comfortallc. Every room ean make use of a cmuch. When distracted by her intinite cares or worried over a bill a woman finds in .inite relief in a place where she can throw ienrself .ovn. a::d. strciehed at case. allow her troubles to strai-hten themselves out of their own accord. as they always do when the troubler's mind can ease frn troubling in a droami. By this means hy-4eria is averted, blamy is preserved, and woli a:.kind's chances for salvation trermen dlously promoted.-Iniaapois News. T-terior Ilumirating. Thc fl;t considerI*tationl. as always in th lurishings of a house, is '.1i.it of utily. We want lz;hts that we may :.! and that 'n the way best adapted , ho ns.itiv e structuirc of tlie (y. ila delicater 'in.t shirinks inst inctively froin a hnar.sh. b:'i!!!ant light. and from (roe hvlich strikes mercilessly lipoll it without shatde or softening in tic* of any kind. It requires a steady light. and at the same time a strong oi?. but ust :s we soften the direct rays of the sun with shades and draperies. and as unture herself seeks to do wth foli:go and softiy drifting clouds. h obving h tained the strongest and steadiest light possible. we must make it as soothingZ ad as agreeable as well. Much also dep n(s5 upon here the ights are placedl to obtain -he most atisfactory results. Every onie is con eious of discomfor't, cven on a day that s slightly overcast, in walking when he sun is dir'ectly overhead. w.'liie thi: hmating rays dipping over ont's shoul a 7:re most aigreeab~le. The results re the* same with artiiielal l ghts. If the ceiling is very high and the lights sth-letly shade~d to b)e IIinonpliuous, .lhey are permissible in1 a roomi devoted o enter'tainhing. but even umnter those molifons there should be side lights o f,:ns the attention rather tian direct it to the ceiling, wheh is ustually neith -r' brautiful nor interesting-Martha Ca er, in H-arpers Bazar. Planin:a the WVardrolm . The wardrobe must be plarned each ason. The average woman does well o decide on a few colors, the most be oming, and stick to them. Hler very jewels should be made to I'armonize with the ehosen colors. What is the use of owning diamonds if they arc not becoming? Of what use is a necklace f emtera:lds if green is not ir.cluded in me'sC color scheme? Of course, col ored stones may be worn wtith black ; white, but it is better to consider ns jewels in rela tion to ihe entire ardrobe. The first advantage of hav ing a few coiors is economy. One silk petticoat. one hat, on~e wrap, etc., may e made to go twice or three times as far as they would it many colors had t> lbe matched. Another advantage is that one gains a cer'tan individuality in her appearance. A certain artist's wie confines her colors to bhtck, white and yellow. She never departs from those hues. and the result iis that she is called handsome without actually eg aore than fine looking. She is lvays perfectly dressed, an:I the hiar roy of her gowns, hats, jewels, flow rs and accessories is most attractive. One ned not carry the limitation quite as far as this. A da:'k woman miht choose navy blue, bro wn. yellow md white, with perhaps a little red and bright green carried into the trimmings of her hats. A blonde woman would substitute black for brown, rand mauve or violet for yellow. Stickirg to these colors year after year, the wardrobe v~oud1 soon become harmonions and distinctivc. The study of harmony in color is well worth while to the careful dresser. The most exquisite combinatioins are see in hedsN of paniss or nasturtiums, or hi hydrangeas. if one can conoquer the feminine shudder there is nothing more beautiful than a richly-hued cat eruillar or a painted butterfly. All srts of color hints are to be gaiaed by kepng ones eyes open to nature. Haing selected one's colors, it is comiparatively easy to decide onl thme nrinber of gowns ene needs in a sea soin. It. is also mreh eas'er to avoid ~uyng usless things. A de:'p blue chifl'on broadelo)th cos luae is smartly iinished wit'im fiat brass buttons in three sizes. Small tucks serv.e to adorn and to at'h in the fulncess of the Eton-like blouse, while two c~f the large- buttons serve a car slide. top and b)ottcm. The laee revers ar; faced with tucked tafi'eta iniad. which also faces the culs. Tiree me~diumn sized buttons are (' tei upstandinig part of eneh cuff. The' yeke is outlinied over the sleeves with tihe tiniest buttons. which also serve for' fastening the skirt each side the narrow front nania'l. A button catches time sectiens of tucked inlaid e nme:ia aronna the skirt. )eai Taffeta covered buttons are the fen tire of this rose eolienne. The large oies are thc size of little French peas; tl.e small ones are more pinihleads. T iey fairly :-ove'r the front panel of the tecked skirt. and the waistvoat, :nd iso appear at the rouning of the bo lUro a!nd the cuffs. Th! frills are of Val. lace. Though Luttons of lace or enamel mi;:ht appear on this dress of cheeked voile in: ehr(.SOpiraISe gree an11d white. thosE( that Catcl the girdle of gree:1 taffeta are made ot great pieces of chrysophras.e s-t In rhiniestones. As for il e trizmminf-4 of the triple skirt. it von sists of a Mecin luce ap plique with two tiny friils of V:i. he low. The same idea serves for the broad collar. save the r ti!re's ono row wOf lace. IT::S (pens m0 shvw a swathed front of iv-y white '-hiffon. This. of v mrse. is riit merest glimps ig of the outton subject.-Newark Ad A New FIl. Every sn:airr liorist in the oiniry will be interested in the hited fad at Newport-paper flowers for dec-ora I ions. The craze has taker some of the fiorists off their fet, but none of them knows why .ilIded Newport is turning the cold shoulder on beauty roses, orchids and gardenias grown in 1:othouises to go wild over the artificilal varietics made in the slums. All paper towers thus far used at Newjort have been furnished by the most promint'nt firm of stationers in New York. with branches ir. other large cities. Accord ing to tliei: special agent at Newport, commission is being paid by the firm to one of the three most celebrated co illion leaders in New York society, but this is supposed to be a dcad sc ret. It seems cruel that 11ekle Caney .lolld despoil the poor. ho:est florist. who is so Trateful for ycur patronage thliat he enploys the sane roses ovir :d oveir again. but the use of paper !Iowers will rel:eve social entertainers ,f a prograin that has causcd many of till to lose hours of sleep. Paper co ilioa favors are already in vogueC, and ,ow a man who has the entree to every siiart liuwe' in the country. but who eeds the xtra money, is at Newport boiinig poapcr flowers. Aiready the -omnmittee in charge of the annual Voachmen ball at Newport has pre ared to imitate fashionable soclety. 'd Oddfe:ows' II::l wvill I probably bhe orned int> a bower of paper roses la'h-n Hannah and Dennis have their zreat spree.-Town Topics. About Feedin Children. Do not forget that the baby out ~rows his food. just as he does his lothes. and that timely additions to as dit tary are a valuable means of reventinug seurvy. rachitis, (diarrhleal lituranices and other diseases of diet 'tie or'igin. says Medical Brief. Mainy children are peevish and ill :cmpe~red bcceause they are imipropecrly murshted. A revision of the diet with uitale additions will satisfy the child id transform it into a happy. grow g youngster. A healthy child has an nstinct fo: sweets, and this should be rratiied inL moderation. Honey is one >f the best of sweets, or a little good utter sco ch or sweet chocolate may )e used. It is better to overfeed, than to uin. erfeed a growing child. Overfeceding s less apt to occur with a properly se ected diet, for the child will be satis ied with a lessened bulk of food- It is tot a good plan to feed children on :hin soups and similar fluid foods, as :hey are tilled before the demand for ourishment is satisfied. Children often eat too much meat. resulting in abnormal stimulation of :he nervotus system and imperfect nu rition of the bony and muscular Crameworkt of the body. Cereals. po :atoes, whole wheat bread, milk, eggs, heese, nuts, green vegetables and sal ids furnish the elements of growth id repair in a satisfactory form. When children lose appetite, instead >f pampering them with injudicious ndulgenees, try feeding them nothing >ut fruit for a day or so, when appetite ivill quickly reassert itself unless some hisease is incubating. Childrer who are properly fed will ~uffer litt'e, as a rule, from toothache. edache, nerves, broken si. -ei., etc. ~roper ventilation, daily outdoor exer 'ise and regular meal times are all es etial to appetite and good digestion. A pale brown beaver. silky in ter :ure, was in a sailor shape. The wool waist gains in favor over leay linens and cheviots for cool veatheri. Large and realistic birds. one regrets o note, are numerous in the milliners' hindos. Among the wool waists batiste, flan -el. mohair, albatross and veiling are favorites. The lingerie waist will be worn all vinter, arid soft silks havec by no means ost popularity. The sweater has become almost at acessity of life in the wardrobe of ivomen -who love out-of-doors. A while felt hat had a wreath of haded h.ue roses around the middle of the low erown and a twisted band of alue velvet under the wreath. Black strap slippers, dainty white toekings. a fine white linen dress and shirren. mull hat with tricorne ten lecs complete a vecry pleasing rig. The idea of the drooping veil, which in chiffoni does suggest more or less the ld-fashioned "weeper" once worn at funerals. is carried out with excellent effect in ostrich plumes. A typical hat was a brown beaver, sailor hape. iwith a rolling brim, trimmed with a wreath of autumn hued roses, pale browns shadling into icien nelw nnd soft reds. 17UTER N +ol F - @ TOPICS OF 17TEREST TO THEPLANTEJ The Cot or Ignorance. "Ignorance and the lack of informa tion la cost the Southern farmer many dollar. and in many ways. First be cause we have not h..d the practical, chemical knowledge of our soils. We have spent millions of dollars in sup plying our land with fertilizing ma terial th:it lty were not deficient in. For instanip. some of our lands are well supplied with nitrogen or ammo nia. especially a f ter certain crops have been grown the previous year. Others contaiii potash or iilme. or acid ph1os phante. Stiil. is a rule, the farmer will buy a complete fertilizer for his crop. wIen nll y certainll Imaterial is needed. tus l spendi n i nr: siis of iney for material wvith wii his soils are 11 --We lav' wasted time and money '1n 'or p 1:1 11ln of tihe soils for our (lops. and :41n thie 'iproper cultivation (if s:unec. "Thme laek of knovowl-dge in jildging live-stock and the prnoper care of same has amlso been expenive to the South ern fariel'. ".Another tiing- that las cost the f:-n:ers of ou!' S .1 1eeormi.ous sun,! Of mloney is the hiabiit we haive of ro ing froni home to buy our ltules. hay. corn. meat and other thin-s we could so easily raise at home; for instance. Iigecollbe County raised last year aucout .35.000 bales of cotton that sold for about one million dollars. and she spient the same year for mules, meat. imay. corn and fertilizers about three iftls.of this whole amount, or $600. 0ol0. Not only did we pay out this large amount for something we could have raised at home, but the over production of cotton cost us nearly an amount equal to this, the difference in price we could have gotten had the cot ton erop been reduced sufficiently to I have enabled us to raise these things at home.-E. L. Daughtridge in ad drss at Farmers- State Convention, leigh. N. C. Fertilizer For Small Grain. In the old days when a new groullnd was cleared every winter, the farmer always had fresh land well supplied, with plalt food f r his wheat. le generally gathered corn as early as possihle and sowed his wheat by plow ilg in with tongue or shovel plows. A two-horse brush or harrow was run over the land to smooth the rough places and 1:nock down the corn stalks. 'vhat was the old method and good rps were made on the virgin soil. Iut the new ground days are over and our smaill grain has to be made on land (evoid of humui111s to a great ex tent. Some kind of ftertilizer is neces- 4 ary to make a good yield. Stable Ind 1 lot manurell' is the best aplplication, but no farmer hais eoughi of that. Cot-t toll seed applied at thme rate of twenty to thirty bushels to tile acre is excel- 4 lent for wheat or oats. That is very expensive, however, for thirty bushels of seed at t'iily rcnts would buy 00 nounds of standard fertilizer, or about I 500) pounds of cotton see4 meal. It s not well to mal~ke a hit applien- I tion of niltrogen in the f: speilly the quick kinds. such as are genlerallyv used in the high grade and high priced I fertilizers. Ammonia whien qulit- solu ble is inert in tile winter ant, muchl 4 may be lost by leaching atnd evapora tion. Apply only 'poats! and phos phoic acid in' the fall. Farmers should mix their own fer-i tilizers. When they buy them mixedt they pay $2.50 to $4.00- a ton for the mixing. Buy fourteen per cent. phos horic acid and gainit. or muriate of t potash. If the land is in "good heart"r as it is called, and there is humusi enough in it to keep it in good condi tion, use the following for wheat: 1000 pounds fourteen per cent. phos phate. 000O pounds kainit. The anlalysi; will be 9.S and 3.75 and the cost of a tonl will be $13.30 cash. It requires little time to mix it. If 1: the land has little nitrogen add to thei above about tifty pounds of nitrate of lI soda. or 300 pounds of cotton seedp meal. If the wheat is yellow and nott groing well when the first warm 13 days of spring come. appiy fifty to seventy-five pounds of nitrate of sodat and~ run a smoothing harrow or weeder over it. For oats put in with a drill in the open furrow mix the following: I 1000 pounds foumrteen per cent, acid;'y 600 pounds kainit: 400 pounds cotton seed meal. Mix thoroughly and apply 200 to 300 l nounds to the acre. Applying 200e pounds to the acre the cost will b,-e about $1.75. If the oats are not mak- 11 ing a vigorous growth in March apply: ify pounds of nitrate and run smooth- f ing harrow" over theml. -Charles r Petty, Spartanburg County, S. C. r in Tour Garden Now. Mainy farmers work hard all summert and ralse fine crops and have fine gar dens. but as soon as crops are laid by r they stop all manner of work. In ae short time all vegetables are over-3 grown with grass and weeds and brush Pointed Paragraphs. No, Cordelia. the milk of human kndnss isn't dispensed from cans. i Many a man's winning ways are dl' to the way he deals the cards. It is usually safe to judge a wo-'i man by the things she doesn't say. Peter Smith, the white rapist, was haged at Marshall, Madison county, Oil Monday. Listen whenf two women quarrel if o would hear the truth. An invitation has been extenlded to the entire State gulard1 to attend the fair at Raleigh during Presidem Roosevelt's visit. U nfavoi'able action was taken Onl ie netit ion of Susaiinah Malachi. ai oloed wo)man (of Bennettsville, sen-r teneed. to serve tive yecars on the charge of arson. The sentcee was~ mposed5C~ Macl of this vealr. It is 5aid that tile woman is weakened and that the building was not burned, erey a smh being charred. IRM ''- OTES. -:Q f D 7, STOCKMAN AAN11 yRUC G.9C WER for want of attention. I know farmers now iand unfortunately their name is legion). who have from this sort of neglect lost all their vegetables and ow their wives are put to it to find something to cook. Now this ought ot to be so. Work while you work; play while you play. is the way to be heerful, happy and gay. but too much of it will put you on short ra Lions. No one likes to see the young and >ld folks enjoy theniselvcs more than [. but there should be moderation in ill things. Have hours to work and bours to play. Now begin to cultivate your turnips. l'hose tomato viniC that have fallen lown and died with bushels of neg eted tomatoes on them, can be , ut )ff. cuiti-ated and maimed suckers will put up from the roots. These wiil bear a crop of late tomatoes. Some iill get ripe before frost. Then take ll green ones that are grown or icarly so. wrap them in paper and lay thei on a shelf. They will riper In his way I have had ripe tomatoes Mristmas day. I have treated mine o two wee ks ago. or a part of them, it least. They are now blooming. Work out your celery and begin to arth up slowly. ~ Work your parsnip md carrots and beets. Look after our Irish potatoes. If they are on the ;round take up and put them in the ouse till cold weather, then keep :hem away for the winter. Look after rour small fruit vines or bushes and lowers. Your cows now should be fed with plenty of succulent food and some rain. too, or they will lose their flow )f milk. That pork will be higher goes with >ut saying, so push your hogs. varying .heir food. using corn, peas, and sweet Jotatoes alternately. With plenty of fine fruit. vegetables -peas. beans. green corn-both fresh. -anned and dried. poultry, eggs, pork ind beef, with fresh and salt fish, weli ooked and prepared, what more could he President of the United States. )r any of the crowned heads of the .vorld ask-except the dowager Em ress. who perhaps would like a few ats and some birds' nests for desert? No reason why the farmers who raise verything should not be 'ie best fed eople on earth: so don't neglect your )portunities.-J. H. Parker. Perqui ans Couny, N. C., in Progressive armer. Hlarvesting and Shredding Corn. With six years ot experience in utting and shredding my corn, and ir.g asked questions very often in -egard to the matter, I have decided o ask you to publish through your aluable paper a few thoughts of my xp erience. First. Don't cut your corn too green. Vait until the corn is thoroughly ripe. L'he shucks should be somewhat ye! om and the fodder thoroughly ripe eit stand a week longer than most )opie would if they were going to m-il the fodder. Twoc. Shocking is a matter that must > well considered. Do not have hoks too large or too small. If your orn is very large stalk put about 100 talks to a shock; if medium, 125 talks; if small. 150 stalks. This will 'ause your corn to cure better than n larger shocks, but do not make hem too small, for they will not tand up so welt. A great help in shocking corn is to ake a 2x4 scantling fifteen feet long, mail two legs four feet long to end of t, let the other end rest on the :round. bore one and one-half inch uger hole through the fifteen foot cantling about twenty-four inches rom the legs, put something like an ld fork handle in the hole, then set -our corn about in tne four spaces .nd your shocks will stand up much etter than to shock it without any hing. Take a rope about twelve feet ang. tie a ring in one eud of the rope. ut it around the shock, draw it very ight. and then tie the shock withi inder twine about middle way be ween the ends of shock, and also near he top. Let your corn stand from five to sit reeks in the field, owing to the eather. It is better to shred it as on haul it, as it saves handling it so auch. Nowv as to the grain in harvesting -our corn. I can cut ten acres of orn. shred it. put the rotgh feed and orn in the barn for aboht one-third ss than to zather it in thme old way. I have doubled the quantity of rough eed, and I find that the shocks will edily eat .eighty per cent. of this ough feed. which gives me thirty per ent. more than I would get if I nould pull the fodder. 1 also save irty-three and a third ptr cent. in athering. thirty per cent. in value of ough feed and get heavier and better orm than If I should pull the fodder. I. E. Blalock. Norwood, N. C., in tanly Enterprise. Jets and Flashes. The size of the lion's share depends apon the size of the lion. A bullfight, in which the bulls and :he matadores were heavily padded, .ook place at San Monica, Cal. Too many men use up all their re igion on Sunday-and consequently ive none left for the balance of the ,teek. Flashy people give the world little Prsidnt R'oosevelt has decided to -isit New Orleans the latter part of his month. Camt. Oberlin M. Carter, who is be n, sued by thme governimenit for the ecovrv of over hali a million dol ars. which lie is supposed to have ibtained dishonestly. declared on the tand that iC his father-in-law, now [end. had given certain testimony he SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29. African Missions. .Psa. 68. 3M Isa. 9. 2; 45. 14. Africa is the oldest field in the foreign work of our church, and"was begun in 1833. The first missionary v:as Melville B. Cox, who went to L;iberia. His famous utterance, "Though a thousand fall let Africa be redeemed," was a potent factor in arousing the church to missiOnryen thusiasm. We have three distinct mission fields here-the Liberia Con ference. the West Central Africa Mis sion Conference, and the East Central Africa Conference. Africa is an :im mense continent embracing 12.000,000 square miles, with a population- of about 150,000,000. There are only some 3,000 missionary workers ofall kinds in Africa. Our church has about G0 altogether. The superin tendency of our Bishops Hartzell and Scott is rapidly strengthening the work in Africa, and the increase. of colored missionaries will, in the be lief of many, solve the problem: of Afric.'s rdernpticn. Liieria was borin in a nistaken zeal to colonize the colored man in Africa. We have had varied success in this oldest mission. But the out look is more hopeful in recent years. We have a strong church in Monro via, the capital. It is not only self supportiug, but gives much money.to the college work of the mission. 'We have our college in Monrovia and about thirty other schools in differ ent parts of the republic. We also have a printfng iress which scatters good literature over Africa. The in dustrial schools are giving new hope to the natives. New churches are being erected in this mission. Bish op Scott, the new Bishop elected by the last General Conference.. resides in Libria. There are three presiding elders' districts and a membership of about 3,000 in this Conference. West Central Africa field includes the work on the West Coast south of the equator, and has a line of mis sions extending from Saint Paul de Loanda about *50 miles into the ter fitory of Angola, which is under the Portuguese government. It also in cludes our work in the Madeira Is lands. Our work began here under Bishop Taylor in 18S5. The West Central Africa Mission Conference was organized in 1902 by Bishop Hartzell. Over 20 missIonaries and nearly 1.00 members are in this field. We own fine property at Loan da. East Central Africa Mission in cludes cur work on the East Coast and lies south of the equator: The mission was organized at Umtail, Rhodesia. in 1901. We have two cen ters of mission work-one at Umtali and the other at Inhambane. The Untali Academy is doing a good w-ork. This is our newest and in some sense our most primitive field In the character of the inhabitants. ell ITI 1 i1T OCTOBER TWENTY-NINTH... The Foreign-Mission Work of Cur Denomination.-Dan. 2:31-45. The stone was cut out of the moun tain without hands. Missions need our hands, but they are powerless un 131 God has set His hand to the task. There is not an evil on the earth bt the spirit of Christian missions will smite to its doom and this not only in distartc countries, but in our own land. The world has seen nothing so small grow to anything so big as the beginnings of Christian missions compared with their present stupen dous size. If mere men had to do the work that lies before missions, they might well be staggered; but it is God's kingdom, and God, Himself is setting it up). A Programme for the Meeting. While the missionary committee should oversee this work, planning for it long in advance, yet they should get all the society to take part in the meeting, so far as possible, as signing the different parts to differ ent Endeavorers. The missionary Boards and the pastors will direct you to full sources of information. All Endeavorers Should Know. There are some things that every Eneavrer should know about the foreign missior:- of' is denomination; just what flids are occupied: how they are occupied, whether exolusively or with other denom'inations; wvhere the princip~al living missionaries are at work: the names of the greatest missionaries of the past, and what they did; the characteristics of the missionary work of his own denomi nation; the Boards, and periodicals. and other means by which mission ary work is pushed among the churches; the present conditien of the work abroad, at least In outline. How many of these things do you know? To Think About. Is there any one foreign missicnary for whom I pray daily? Do I long for the spread of the gos pel over the earth? What are my direct contributions to foreign missions? Hospital Cars on Prussian Railways. The Prussian Ministry for Railways has placed at every Important railway center throughout the kingdom a magnificently, built and appointed car for the transport of sick persons. These cars have been specially fitted up from plans supplied by sanitary authorities. Spring beds and every medical device for the alleviation of suffering during transit have been utilied. There are ice safes, gas stoves for cooking, rooms for attend ants and ingenious devices for mu! fling'the sound caused by the motion of the train. It Is not intended to make these carriages pay; they have been instituted cliiefly on the ground of humanity.-New York World. Chelsea Characters. These characters are used in Chel sea for china painting. The marks are the "brands" by which the grade of goods is revealed to those who know-and they are val uable to buyers of fine chirna.