Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Erin= Out Your Old Lace. Colletors of old lace will have an op portUnlity to display their "real" ok fabrics this fail, for there seems to bE an abundance of lace on almost al the new costumt's. Heirlooms are be ing ruthlessly slashed into, and ont 'ressraaker absolutely refused t handle old lace unless she could cut i as she chose. :-ying that even thi band:tone laces are far from decora tive if clumsily arranged. Long lie Empire coats are among the season:* fads. Some of them are lined witt cnifon and adorned with ermine col lars. The color is about the onlI warm thing about them. and, as they are being desitned for v:inter wear, i1 looks as if prid would shiver this wi ter. New Ruffs in Dernand. Several of tli milliners who g abro::d every summer brouht boel wihLl thi m this fail onie novlty ii tli wayV of en adition to a wonmn's toile that his already caught on like wild tire. It con.iVs of an Elizaethatit. ruff n:le aNf colored net. and Is usuali. made of a siale of he tiltuv stiit I 1natch the wearr's Iowl. The favor ito colos are the iiht slinde of blu that is so polir jtist now, thougi sone of the rafls are seen in pink. and they are ,lso made up in back am' white. Mrs. Ciarence 3Iackay took het Duchest of Marlborough to her favor ite milliner one day this week. aml before the Duchess left she had ordered half a dczen of the new ruffs. Thest triflcs cost from .15 to $2,) each. au the deimandL for them is so great thal in the few tig siiops that keep theN there is a stict rule that none of thE ruffs muay be sent out of town on, up prova!.-New York Press. Fnr H!igh in Favr. Ft.r is to bie nlunuseiy fashionable. and long coats. short jacwkets. an-d fancy wraps of every des'ription arc vc-y start. Mink and caracal are to be in reaz demand both for neckplece" and inuffs to match and in long co:ts. tha long cracal ulster and the three quarter-length (o):t being worn not only fo- antoing. but for street wear. Bands of fur are to trim all kinds ol cloth costuime. both rough and smooth e,." a1nd will also be used on house Sening gowns. and the most ex pen.sive as weUl as the cheaper qjuali ties will ie employed. Greer.. gray. red, blue at1 brown will a'l be fashionable colors. while ail black and all-white gowns will be fa' more popular tihan last winter. In gen eral appearatnce there will not be so marked a change in any detail - of dress as the re was last yeat. and yet there is enough individualiity about the fashicus for the winter of 19000 la snake them extremnely distinctive. St yies in Footgear. Speatking of footgear reminds mnc that the openwork stocking is "de tuode." the plain stocking has taken its piace. From an esthetic point of view there is t:othing more atttractive than ai plain silk stoeking molding a diaincy instep and ankle. Whether in black, white, light tan or gray. wit~h shoes to match, they are the stock ings that a fastidious woman affects. For theC fashionable sat in shoe for eveuing wear the new stockings are latserted with smnall lace tredallions in stead of the width of Chantilly, either black cr white. that was so general. 5 'ith pretty gowns it is indispensable that shoes as well as hats and gloves shall correspond in tone. The smart new shoe is made of thin glove kid and fastens mysteriously at the side. This niodel does not show a pretty foot to advantage as do the shoes opening in front, still it's a fad. A pair of lilac kid glove shoes were very fetching with buckies in brilliants fastened to~ black patent leather straps. Our grandmothers wore colored shoes and uscd to send to the shoemaker a piece of silk or satir. from each new skirt. The elegantes of to-day are equally anxious to match the color of their shoes and dresses, but they have kid dyed to harmto' ize with the samples of naterial they send. This it appears is no easy matter as very fine kid does not take the dye as ea shy as the coarser kid. Sch otHae The most serviceable of school hats are these n~ade of cloth with stitched brims and soft crowvns. SomeltimeltS the entire hat is srite'aed and is entirely devoid oft triaing except for ai small cuill. There is noe end to the range oIl cobors in which thiese are shiown, an a!!l the new ant fasiln:desaI :e retleeted. :hus hav ig on exaelh t:-hing:lte little one's coa9oi(ok t ire of .iuvenil mlinery. UTh h w"t wide - ash ribont kntattedl ina h;;hoe infrot.is aiway. in the biest c; :s:: 3:1 ::.-a wr!l. Ther' :re (0e ::I istot F'rene i felt. faced ii; wa >u.:-eaIt the brim with: Iev: an lbh croiwn a>: :ist en :411 aothr goo:1 model is of the FrI-: ''-.:::. by tihe way, a nothet who cn al.ord it will do n ell to buy a andI ouai~y of relt. its service is St muh1:n.7 TIhte b rim of thIis1 .m:1 alsin rceful !!nes. tand ltia small larg. T. ,n .rown of silt enactvlyith sam :-had asthe felt. WVida bands of the -ik.th ed.s d eply stutoed. are ::, tdt omth r rn .* pe.re te- r tmel~ pas. Of corse. they :2 o:,t *. ' ueson fo:- selao we~r butman of ileL :11 pictur egely s.:pfle ini (iuti::e :td in trin Os~rch is <tce-.va on somne of t'hem b-tt maty n:aihers. even in the wea~th for :17.no av? ana aversiain to the -~ vZ -hi nhnmnge oni little folks bonnets, and these will Cloose the large velvet hats rolled away from the face sligntly to one side of the front, bent over the hair in the back. the crown and upper brim caught with a huge bow of the same mater ial. Women Who Earn Money on the Farm Much has been said and written of the boy and the farm, and of methods and means wherewith to check the constant movement of the young men toward the cities. Yet we hear little of plans to keep the girls on the farm. Wit-i the ever-increasing list of oppor tunities open to women in the husiness and professional world. the rural con munities are being as swiftly drained of the best of their young women as of their youn i men. Where one remains at home to ta ki' an :wtive interest in ami life, ten go forlt to swell the army of teachers. stenographers. book keipirs. eler and factory 1mnds-the l.iving triute iony yearly demanded by the ;ireat nt'res of (ivilization. One ;reat fa lor inl producling this moveme:Nt is that the girl on the farmi too often has no noney of her own. but is dependent upon her parents for ciothes and spending money until she imarries. Many girs leave home for hard and often uncongenial work n an otice or factory simply beeause it offers them a chance of having money of their own. There is, however, an opening for girls upon the farms, which, to those who have a taste for out of door life. should prove more healthy. :nore at tractive, equally remunerative and less confining than many professions com monly adopted by women. Some of the lies 'vhich appeal particularly to women and along which women are to-day securing fair incomes. are poul try-keeping, bee-keeping. pigeon-rais ing. either fancy breeds or squabs; t!ower-;:rowing. either out of doors or green house work: forcing of early vegetables, orcharding and the nising of aromatic or medicinal herbs. There is no reason, also, why -women should not own and operate successful grail, dairy-or fruit farmns. Within my own circle of anquaint ances three women have gone exten sively into poultry keeping. another is successfully managing a fair sized greenhouse, and another runs a small fruit farm, with strawberries as it prin cipal crop. A girl just graduated from college is going into partnership with her brother in a large fruit raising ven ture, Three of the women have been successfui teachers. and several are col lege educated. One girl, the daughter of a prominent New York business man, became interested in a wornout Vermnont farm, which was classed as a losing nuumber in the liit of the famt ily's goods and chattels, since both father and son had tried their hands at managing it. She took a eourse at an agricultural college, begge-d and re -eived the farm from her father, and within two years it was giving fair dividecnds to its new manager. Not all girls, of course, care for the farm or for farm life, but give those whio dio a chance. Let themi have some thing of their own, of which they bear all the expense of running, and from which they receive all the income. If they are interested in crops or vege tables let them have a plot of ground, teach them -how to till it, help them secure labor and show them how to market the produce to advantage. If they like poultry give them a flock of two hundred or three hundred hens. Make your girls take an interest in farm life by giving them something to be interested in. and there wisil be few er permaturely old women comin;; home to rest, broken down by the ner vous strain of the schoolroom. or the long hours and close confinement of the office.-Philena B. Fletcher, in the New York Tribune. If the girdle is right, the gown is pretty sure to be. It will be all right to touch your black gown tip with bright-colorcd~col. lar and cuffs. Bratiding is again in vo-.ue. and is consl itunus on many of the new au tmtan costumens. Lon:: kid ;:loves with lace insets are nice, if you1 care' to paZy 513 a palirf for your hand coverings. Besidles the ti-hu proper, every one whlo enn n'fford it owas ai collection ot scarfs to wvear over the shotulders. The' newest thing in leather purses is shlapedt like a fan and worn on a longl cha in around the neck. Smnall ecrls. with thec point Of ad I i ieee "a refully conocealed in the well drrsmed co:ffurt, are extremteiy fasi ionablhIe. T 1here is a declightfull new chiffon veil, ho: dered with appliced velvet leaves in the red, brown and yellow tints ci The woma-1 wh~o desires to be fash iona bly gowned on a small income will find a safe investment in black More curioos than r'retty are some nuew shirlit wvai st sets, wherein each hut ton renresenlts a black cat's head with green eyes Melted colors is the most descriptive term to apply to the new plids, in whiichi several soft shades run together Siperceptihbly. Flt~ haads are going to be used a lot on skirts, and one of the newest n!otins is a b~antd of tauffeta with a i)or der of little silk balls sewed dat to eaoch edge. Coral jeweiry is Inuc-h tb the fore. The dark silk shirt waist suit. is en l ivened by belt buckles and studs of coral, and often the huatpin tops are of coral and a necklace of the same red hue is worn. I 15E . LD FAIRS CLEANING INr)IA RUBBER GOODS To clean india rubber goods a piece of clean household flannel shouuld be rubbed upon a bar of common yellow soap. .When a lather is obtained. apply the flannel to the rubber and pass it briskly over the surface. This will speedily make the article clean. Set to dry in a cool breeze. TO REMOVE INKSTAINS. Chloride of lime and water will re move inkstains from silver if well rubbed on the stains and then washed ol at once. the silver being polished as ordinarially. The solution for the purpose is four ounces of chloride of lime to one and a half pints of walter. This may be bottled and kept ready for use. USES OF KEROSENE. Instead of using water to wa sh paint ed walls take a basin of kerosene :md the walls will look as if just painted. Kerosene is also good around the sink to keep it clean and to be a menace to the omnipresent Croton bug. Try kerosene on your scwir.- machin- if it clogs at all. Kerosene bV its lu1bri eating qualities prepares the machine for its special eli. HANGING CURTAINS. The most effetive way to hang eur tains. especially if they :re' of fine material and attractive pattern. is to 'rape them straight over poles and let them fall to the floor without being raught to the sides of the windows with ribbons of silk or silk cord. The number of chairs in parlor depends en tirely on the size of the room and the persons in the family who will use them. They should all be put in con venient places and near the wall and so arranged that they will be inviting and not stiff or formal lAking. No tidies. lace or any kitid of hanging should ever be put on parlor furniture. and even the most elaborate sofa pil lows are out of place in a well regula ted one. Women who delight in decorating their homes with pieces of fancy work -nn rightfully in duhre this fad only in their bedrooms, but good taste de mands that these should be simple. TOMATO PASTE. Tomato paste is a good thing to have in the house, and may be made when tomatoes are plenty. Hall a peck of tomatoes, a carrot and- an onion may be sliced together. and To them is add ed a good sized bunch of celery cut in pieces. leaves as well as stalks. Eoil all very slowly until they are a saft paste that can be put through a veg Ptable press. Return this pulp to the tire with a tablespoonful of salt, a tea spoonful of pepper. and cook slowly nce more until a little, spread to cool in a saucer, thickens to a jelly. spread it out in pie plates in layers about half an inch thick and let it dry in the sun or in a cool oven. When it is dry it must be packed in bxes or wide mouthed jars. To use. rook together a tablespoonful each of butter and flour, until they bubble, pour on half a pint ofi water, put in a pice of paste about three inches suare. and stir until the sauce is thieck an d smooth.-Hlarper's Bazar, . RECiPES 2 Preserved Plum s-Wipe your blums. vhich should be ripe and tirm. Make a syrup of two cups of sugar to a quart of water. Drop plums in boiling syrup and cook until soft. Can while boilinig hot in clean hot jars, filled to overflowing with about two-thirds fruit and rest of syrup. Lemon Jeliy and Nut Salad-Make a sti! lemon jelly the day before it is to be served. When ready to use cut in dice, add sliced orange and English walnut meats minced, moisten with French dressing and serve in orange cups or on lettuce leaves with a tea spoonful of thick mayonnaise on top of each service. Canning Corn-If the corn -is young and juicy it will require no water, but if, on the other hand. it is old and dry, you should add just enough water to make it moist. It should be slowly heated on the hack of the stove and stirred often. Be sure it is heated to boiling point before putting in cans. Fill cans full and srcw on tops iimme diately. Chicken and Nut Salad-Stew until tender a lump. one-year-old chicken. having the broth in which it is cooked well seasoned w.ith salt. pepper andl a little celery salt. Let the chicken cool in the broth over night: when ready to use take the b:'east of the i-hickena and cut in sm-adi pieces, adding an equal quantity (.f tender celery and a half cup Englis'i walnut mnts or but ternuts, cut in small pieces: mix well, adding a little more pepper~ and salt. if needed, and a squeeze of lemon .inice and moisten with a little of the bro:h in which the c-hick'. a was cooked. Add mayonaise to taste and toss mgn tly: arange on the lettuce leaves anmd crown each portion wi th mayonnamisc. A Mighty Voice, A new method of sending a mighty voice across thle sea involves the use of a diaphragm which is made to vi brate by electricity. To this are at aded two huge megaphones which emit a dleafening roar that can be heatrd for many miles. The machine goes by lockork, and when wound up at tends to business for weeks without -euiring further attention. A dyna mo furnishes .the requisite current. The terrible blast that bursts fr-om the gap ing mouths of the twin horns. each of which is fifteen feet long, can be heard aboe the noise of the tiercest gale. It. literally shatters the air. Once started, this vociferous guardian does duty nmight and day, and never goes to sleep. It is designed specially for use on pints of rocks where bell buoys and whistling buoys are inadeqluate by rea son of the fact that the noises they make are drowned by the roar of the FF Your - Chile IF I WERE QU'EEN. If I were Queen of Anywhere I'd have a golden crown. And sit UDon a velvet chair And wear a satin gown. A knight of noble pedigree Should wait beside my seat To serve me UT)Ooi benaed knee With things I iiked to eat. I'd have a birthday cake each day, With candies all alight I'd send the doctors all away, And sit tip late at night. .-Lucy Fitch Perkins, in St. Nicholas. WHY THE OCEAN DON'T FREEZE. If the ocean did not have salt it would freeze somewhat more readily than it does now. but there would be no very marked difference. The ocean is prevented from freez ing uot so much by its salt as by its size and by its commotion. On ac count of its size, large portions of it extcnd into warm cimates at all <ea sons, and by re-ason of its great depth it is a vast storehous of heat. Its current distributes muli warm water among tile cold.-St. Nicholas. THE BABY BEETLE'S CRADLE. If. at any time of the year, we walk through the woods where the red. sear let, black or pia oaks are growing that is, where we and those that ripen their acorns in two seasons and there fore belong to the pin oak group, says St. Nicholas, we shall probably tind on the ground fallen branches that var: In size from that of a lead pencil to that of one's thumb or even larger. These at the broken end appear as if cut away within the wood, so that only a thin portion is left under the bark. Within the rather uneven cut, general ly near the centre of the growth, is a small hole tightly plugged by the "pow der post" of a beetle larva. Split open the branch or twig, when a burrow will be seen, and the little, white, soft, hard-jawed larva that made it will, be found or perhaps the inactive pupa. A HEELING MATCH. By looking at the picture you will see just what is needed to prepare for a "heeling match." A stout broomstick for what you might appropriately call your "heel bit" and two lengths of stning clothesline or light rope secure ly knotted to each end of the stick for the reins. Grasp the reins firmly in your clenched fists and draw the "heel bit" taut so that the balls of your feet are off the ground and your weight resting entirely on your heels. The course must be short, as the race AT THE START OF THE MATCE. must be run entirely on the competi tors' heels. This would not seem at all hard, but the "heel bits" must be kept in place, and it is this condition which makes the race much more difficult thn it appears. The second you lift your heels from the ground there is a chance of your heel bit slipping out of its position, which instantly disqual ies you. You are also disqualified if you let the ball of your foot touch the ground, a ruling that will compel you to pro ceed slowly and with care if you want to show your competitors "a clean pair of heels."-New York Evening M1ail. TRIOK~S OF ANIMALS. There are a surprising number of Quaker animals-animals whose regu lar method" of self-protection is to of fer no resistance to their enemies. The 'possum's trick of "shamming dead" is an old story. The hedgehog and some of the armadillos refuse to light, but they are protected by sharp spines or armor. Among marine animals is a starfish, often called the "brittle star." which is the despair of collectors, It seems to make it a point that none of its family shall- be shown in a bottle or on a museum shelf. When taken from the water this starfish throws off its l'gs and also its stomachs. The story is told of one collector who thought he had succeeded in Coaxiniaa snecimen into a pail, only to see it dis neber itself at the last moment. W. H. Hudson describes the death-feign ing habits of a small South African fox common on the pampas. If caught ii a trap or overtakenl it collapses as if dead, and to all appearances is dead. Sonc kinds of beetles. many of the wvooly caterpillars which have po0ison oIs hairs on their backs, and numer ous spiders adopt the same trick. Per laps' the commonest instance of pas sive resistance is the land torioise, wvhich draws up its front piece and pulls in its head and legs and defies its fes by locking them out. TE SPELLING EXAMINATION. The day of the spelling examination had come at last, and Johnny went to shool in a very nervous frame of He had worked hard and faithfully. and had studied ihis little blue spell ing-book until it seemed that he knew There was to be a prize for the child passing the best examination. It was a beautifully bound boo stories. Johnny did so want the and now at last the day had c Ech, scholar was given a st paper ruled ofI' into twenty-five The teacher was to read the w~o give three minutes to write it in. were to be twenty-tive words. Johnny tried his pen, and, it did not write easily, he rai hand and asked for a new one. ..:.-- b. ..., with his litt head drawn into a scowl. he wrote the heading and waited for the teacher to give out the word. He looked around, and he was so excited that nothing seemed natural. The clock looked as though it was laughing at him, and the big insurance cab adar seemed twice as large as befoie. "Running." The teacher pronounced the word slowly and distinctly. John ny knew how to spell that all right, and he quickly wrote it down. It seemed an age before the teacher gave out the next word. Johnny soon got used to waiting. and when the twenty-fifth, the last word was about to be given, he knew he had all of them right so far. If only he could get the last one' *Business." said the teacher. Poor Johnny v:as heart-broken! It was the onle word in the whole book that he could no: remember. Did the"i" comle before the "s." or was it "b-u-s i-n-C-s*s'" For the life of 1im he couldnt toll. So he sat there looking bl:n1:y at the c:l;idar, slowly reacd ing the tdvertiS::ment. Suddenly a ulush ce.1 to his cheeks, and with :1 icttfk glaneo at his teacher, he wrote down the word1 correctly. The iext (loy on which the prize was to bfa ;ivon. Johnny went to school with a sorry little heart under his jaCket. Even the thought of the prize could not make him fee'l happy. After the morning exercises, the tmacher stood up to give the prize. "The spelling of the class has pleased me greatly," she said. "It was a hard examination, and I did not expect any one to have them all right, but one boy did have them all right, and an other had all right but one. I am go ing to give the prize to Johnny Fair banks, as he had every one right. Tommy Jones had all except one." Then she started to pass the book to Johnny. Johnny was very white and seeied to be trying to say something. Finally he burst out: "Give it to Tom ~y. I cheated, Miss Hawley. I couldn't think how to spell that last word, and I was looking at the calen dar there, and the word was on it; and I didn't say anything about it, but wrote it down just as fast as I could." Peor Johnny! if he hadn't looked at the calendar he might have had 1he prize; for without that last word he had as many as Tommy. But the teacher had given the book to Tommy as he had asked. That evening at the supper table Johnny told all about it to his father and mother. His father said: "I had rather see you man enough to own up than to see you win a thousand prizes." So Johnny went to bed happy. Two days later his joy was made complete by a handsome hook of stories, prettier than the prize book. On the first page his father had written: "To take the place of the spelling prize which your honesty made you girpuD." -Success. NOVEL PAPER BOX. Cut a seven-inch square from heavy paper and fold first-through the cen tre, corners to corners: next-fold each corner to centre line; thirdly-fold each corner to line beyond centre; continue folding until you have a square of squares, as the dotted lines in the cut indicate. Now we are ready to do some cnt ting, says the American Home Jour nal. The three-cornered pieces marked X must 'omne out. Then cut the slots marked C. allowing the small squres to turn in, forzting the cor ners of the box. The slits marked A are cut in the cen tre of the points, and those marked B are cut from opposite sides of the other two points, and then fold to the centre of the point, making it possi ble to slip the one point through the slit inl the other point. X . PRTT L~rE APE Ex Whenbot sies reareull close youhae aprttyan unqu litl sizesn andh didffere crefa ull coe them hung frmosae a prettyanuiqeltl oraeandi, the makibnbog oes will help to pass away a rainy after Weird Funeral of a Mlaori Chief. 3ajor Te Keeopa Rangipuawile. the last of the great chiefs of the Arawa tribes of New Zealand, who died at the age of eighty, has been accorded a remarkably weird funeral at Ro torua, New Zealand. After his death the Arawa tribes assembMt for the obsequies, and held a 'tangi"' for three wveeks-weeping and feasting. A military funeral was accorded by the government, and the nrocesson, which was strangely di verse in character, comprised many hundreds of natives and Europeans. The body, covered with the Union Jack, was carried by native chiefs to a grave on the summit of a conical hill. while Maori chilren chanted reds the ef. ched sels, atic The I En; CNItIUZED Roads and Road Making. HE problem of good roads is always uppermost in the 1 farmer's mind. In some 10 calitis we have stone or gravel roads. 'ot in numer ous sections of our coun try nothing but dirt roads (an be found. If there is anything that will depre ciatc the valup of land it is a poor road. It is not always necessary that a dirt road should be a poor road. but the system of working the roads in most of the districts is abominable. to ay the least. It.is not an unconunon practice for the road boss to plow a strip of land alongside the road. and -ery carefully have this loose mass put pon the road bed only to -make a mire f it at tei next rain. We have seen a road boss order a man to plow shut agon ruts. and to continue plowing on oth sides unti! the last furrow was Dtside of the road. Such letlods :1re not road mn'yking. but road destroyiig: ihraina:ge and a hard road bed are the :"vo priuri)Ples involved in all road mak In construc'ting. a road it is necessary o c-t it sIiellntly in the centre to ive drainage. The arching varies tvith the soil and the lay of the land. ut for the average twelve foot road e would suggest about a four inch rching. In our clay soil it is essen tial that the water is carried away as apidly as posible. The ditches along the side should be wide, but rather hallow. and .seeded with grass to pre vent washing. On hillsides an ocea ional dam. built of stone, across the .tch to break the rapidity of the water is advisable. When the road bed is once made it an be kept in good condition by the se of King's road drag. This drag is nade of two half logs with a piece of steel as a cutting edge nailed to the front piece. By hitching the horses off the centre the soil is pushed into the ad from the outside, thus maintain ing the arch. In many communities the farmers have decided to keep up the rad along their land; by the use f the drag soon after every rain re markable results have been obtained. It reouires but a few minutes to run the drag up and down once or twice as the road deiands it. and it does away rith the foolish. time wasting meth1od f -road workin.g."-F. Knorr. Minne ~ot: Experiment station, in Inland Farmer. Fualse Shoulderi. Many a highway commiiissiier. anx >u11s to serve his town and atdvance ils oad work, leaves what are knowni as alse shoulders on the side of tile roadl. n operating his road scraper he fails o put the toe of the blade clear to the* .th onl the side of tile road, but lces it a foot to at foot and a half earer to the mliddle of the road. tihus aking a new ditch and leaving a ~houder of dirt between the newv ditch nd tile old one. Somie highway commissioners do this a the expectaney tihat tile next year bey will eutt this shoulder away to tile )riginal ditch and gradually widen their road to the lines of the former ithl. Thlese hiighway commissioners lways open waterways at frequent in tervals between tihe new ditch and thfe !d ditch through the shoulder, letting the wate-r runli to tile proper place. thers neglect to ptut in these water ays thi'ough the shoulder, and they ~oon find that the roadbed is badly ashed,. and they wonder wvhy it is that they have suchl bad luck, when they tried so bard to serve their town well. It is not an easy thinlg to be al high my commlissioner, and it is not an easy thing to build or maintain a road, d it requires experience from the re ilt of mistakes. If a man who has been an indifferent highway commis sioer his first year improves in his work the second year, he may be re eleted, and become :1s valuable :1 ~ommisiner as the town could ob a. He nmust have his heart in his ork or he cannot do hlis town credit. New Yiork's Wagon Trafme. Over 1:',000.000 tons of agricultural products are carried over the ordinary agon roads in the State of New York achl year, anld this is not taking into 'onsideration tile delivery of quarry and forest prodtucts, or mnerchla ndise. fertilizer. etc.. carried away from the marketing points back to the farm. It seems safe to say' that at least 40,. l0l.00 tOnls are carried over the wagonl oads of New York State every year. Terefore. if tihe roads of the State Of New York were imlproved until they ~ee equlal to those of European couni tries there* wotuld be a savIng of over :: 4),OmmRiN each'l year to the people of the State of New York:. in :aecordance ivith the best es;timatte mlade by the nit wd Statecs ljripartmnict of' Agrieul ur.-ranlk D). Lyon, in the Auto Ad ocate. Snre and Good Roads. Niw York Tribtune: "'If by a eomnpar tivly slight increase in the cost the 11nin1 highw~ays of the State may he lrouglt to thi' degree of excellence de landed by mtodern) ideals and up-to late methods of travel, and at the same le ma~de safe from the danger of grade crossing accidenlts, neither the t:tate nor tile towns, affected sholtld rudge the expenseC. Experience has shown that thle railroads are ready to tand the sha~re' of the cost which tile aw compe1)ls thlem~ to atssiume." Travels WIth Bis Cat. 'wo of thle most novel visitors to \\inchester this week were Mr. Chares Roe and his large maltese cat. ir. Rle caine froml Baltimore, and ter spendling the (lay inl Winchester fr for Nattural Bridge. completing a portion of a tr'ip from Mailn'. As long as the wveathier is good and In roads inl condition lie wvalks. riding m the train 0 only when bad weather His colmanionl is an eighateeni pond naitese cat. whichl he saved. from death ight years ago and whlichl follows him verwere. - Winchester correspon ee. R-altimaoro erald.' THE SUNDAY SCHL001 INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS F'"' 0ECEMBER 3. Subject: Neheiniah Rebuilds the Wals of Jerusalem."Neh. iv., 7-20-Golden Text, 3latt. xxvi., 41-Memory Verses, 19. 20 -Coinmentary on the Day*s Le-son. I. A conspiracy (vs. 7, S). 7. -Sanballat." An officer of the Persian Government, holding a mili tary command at Samaria. He was a native of the land of Moab; therefore his hatred to the Jews. "Tobiab." A descendant of the hated race of Am monites. "Arabians." Headed prob ably by Geshem, and in league with the Samaritans against the Jews. Read S. The building of the wall was con straed to a design to fortify them selves and then revolt and become an independent State. "Ashdodites." In habitants of Ashdod, one of the great cities of the Philistine plain. S. -Con spired." The enemies of the Jews were so bitterly opposed to the rebuilding of the walls that they employed every form of opposition in their power. II. Praying and watching (vs. 9-11). 9. "Nevertheless." Notwithstanding the conspiracy and all other discour agements. -.Made our prayer." Nehe iniah was conscious that he was work ing according to God's will, and be knew the source of power. -Set a watch." Opposite to the place where they were encamped, probably on the north side of the city. Faith-and works go together. Watching and praying. weak when apart, a Gibraltar of strength when united. 10. *Judah said.' That is, the returned captives. most of whom were of the tribe 6f Ju dah. This verse expresses the despair of the little nation. Many of the peo ple had no heart for the work: some of the nobles were in *correspondence with the enemies (6:17-19). Even the bigh priest had relationship with hos tile foreigners (Ammonites-Tobiah and his son married Jewish women), and gave them favors (13:4, 5. 28). "Strength-decayed." From the ex tent of the work, the fewness of the laborers, and the exhaustion of*their physical powers they seemed unable to complete their task. -Not able." Their statements were probably cor rect, but their conclusion was wrong. They were able to build the wall, and they did it. 11. "Adversaries said." In this verse Nehemiah condenses the hostile utterances of their enemies. This would cause a constant and dis eartening fear. III. Precautions taken (vs. 12-14). 12. "Jews which dwelt by them." Those who dwelt among the Samari tans and other enemies and found out their evil designs. They were anxious to have their friends and kinsmen re turn to their homes and families. "Ten times." Equivalent to -again and again." "Ye must return" (R. V.) Leave the work and go home because >f the threatened danger. 13. "Lower laces." Within the wall where it was not yet raised to its due height, and therefore most liable to the enemies' assault. "Higher places." Where the wall was finished and towers were set from whence they might shoot arrows or throw stones. This would show the enemy that they were fully prepared for their intended assault and would ive notice that their secret plan was nown. "After their families." In family groups, so that the men that uarded the wall had ,their kinsmen earest them. Thus the soldiers need ot be distracted by anxiety for their families, for those whom -they desired o defend were at hand. 14. "Be not e afraid." The pagan allies -had oined their forces; their army was ad ancing and doubtless in sight, and an attack impending, when Nehemiah :ade this short, stirring appeal. No' onflict followed, for the enemy saw rom a distance that the whole people awaited them in perfect order and equipment: so they lost heart and turned back. "Remember the Lord." The best of all arguments for patriotic ourage. IV. Working and watching (vs. 15 20). 15. "We returned, all of us, to he wall." Noble persistence in a good urpose. The momentary withdrawal from the work to be ready for the [ord's battle had neither changed their urpose nor dampened their ardor. 16. "My servants." probably a spe cial band of men given as personal uards, by either the fKing of Persia r the people ata jalem. "Half wought-half- his is no unu ual thing. even h rsent day in Palestine; peoples sowi ' elr seed are often attended liy an ar ed ,man, to revent the Aralbs fro -,~ng them f their seed, w ich.-hey not fail to do if not prot tkd. "Hab .e s." An old English ok'd for coataif-mail, from "halo" (n ck) and "bergenl" (to rotet). "'Ruler -behind." The chiefs stood behind th laborers statioted at different places along the wall, direct ing and encou aging them, reads to , lead on the ar ed force .if an attackw was made upo the laborers. - 17. "They w ich builded." Masons. bricklayers an the like. "They that bare burdens." The carriers of mate rial. 1S. "Th sounded the trumpet." The workmen abored with a trowel in one hand and, a sword in the other; and as they ' ere far removed from each other. N hemiah, who was night and day on thje spot, kept a trumpeter by his side. s~ that on any intelligence of a surprise eing brought to him an alarm might be immediately sounded and assistan de rendered to the most distant detacl ment of their brethren. 19. 20. "A d I said." etc. By these vigilant precajutions the counsels of the enemy were /defeated and the work was carried op.. God. when He has im portant pubije work to do. never fails to raise up iipstrumnents for accomplish ing if.s The vork was completed in the brief time o~ fifty-two days (6.15), end ing the last of September. The walls must have Iheen three or four miles long to reac i around the city. Shot Fox with Golf Bali. Foxes ha -e been trapped, shot and poisoned frj m pioneer days. but it has emained fbr Mortimer Fagan of Troy. . Y., to kll one with a golf ball, and Mr. Faganf is extremely proud of the exploit. Early i the week Mr. Fagan went out on th links to practice and had made th third tee when a strong head win came up and he was forced to drive ith all his strength to send the gutt percha ball any distance. Just hey nd the tee was a natural hazard c nsisting of a stone pile and a brook,, and to clear the latter he struck ith all his might. The b 11 went a bit low, struck the ston'e pi , caromed and, bounding over the wat r, struck in the bushes close to the ank. The instant the ball- - landed r. Fagan heard a weird, pe culiar y, and ran forward. The next instant he came upon a red fox writh ing at the edge of the brook. The hard b 11 had caught him between the eyes a he was drinking and he died before the man reached him.