The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, January 31, 1906, Image 6
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Attack Was teverf
"has. W. lKI , 1st Lei.
r!-m. Md.. as fo::ows:
Though somew hat ive!s . :'
medicines. and stili more -v'2.tv rse --:
v , a professional atidarit Mn1. tuItiz
:: a plai:n duty in the prest-ni m.rn.ee
add my experiece to the :wiAmnm -f1
n-tly written co:eerning the -tr; po
"Is of Peruna.
-Ihavzebee-n uaeticular~yit'etiHed
y us u.Icrr c-.Ids int the IemIl sapI
throaI. 1 have been Wbleto/ni!atire
tyseil of a nxost se ert- aLtt-- inr
forty-elght hoat.rs by; its us~eac ord
ing to direczLons. I use it ais , pre
wreivre whenever threatcod r ilt
U2L a t tack.
-ber s of m a!v r-- mr
iike ailments. \\ e are rt(tnzni.; IL
-I has. i x -
0f Interest to the E
A called " The nProzres (i -
fe" touches upotn thet *
. uteisils. Deliciousre -
no and cakes- andde
-, e mdnted by ai in.tv'eret:s .
ruczive art icle. on 'M
es," anld the pag"es.. -
n a0kery are ext ireuei'
~rdening and house fxie~ sh
oertopies or~ part ien!
increae Ybr -
Vields e
One Of The~ Results
of. liberally using o'z: .
ers, is to pay uff a rntarxge~
on the old farm. Read ithe fi
owing from- Messrs. W bhry
&Son, o-wners of the Msgcua
ruit Farm. Durant. Mis.
$W d 900 froma aue to
trwrries, on wixih yoxur
fertilizers were used. Si:th'
years ago we bought thzu (9him
at 320 per acre. It: w'ts ithen
considered to havt, been a ma
out twcnty years ,Corce L3
by liberally usir.
SVrginia-Carolina Fertiliyzers
under peas and velvet bex~nn.
ecanow grow almost -iny
4 thing, and have been offere
250 per acre for the place. No
experimonted with a re .
many brands of ferihzer".
but tind the highest per-cent
cheaper." Now don't you think:
Virgmnia-Carolina Fertiliorm
-would enable you to off nt
mortgage If you had oudn
Well, don't use any other.
VrniCaroliachemkai-o
Richmond. Va.
Norfolk, Va.
-Durham. N.C.
Charleston, 8.0.
.Baltimore, Md.
-Atlanta, Ga.
4Moptgomery, Ala.
Memphis. Tenn.
Farr
Very Per
can nio:b
out a libers{ ar
in the fertitizer
een per ce - t I
form of Suliphai
highest qtuaity.
"Plant Food" and1 :-Truc
books which tell of the succes
other garden truck nt fi-ee
Nesw York.-93 Nassau Strecc, er
A Mood.
Is goo to striy against Winld an,
.-am
.fn the? keen'. sweet weath-r thaft auttumn
brings.
vild bor-', shakos r.ct th' drops
fromv his mno.
T wild ir , iks not the wet from
nher wn.s
::d i th n intoss fr'o
T - ii 1 o.:d of my ir;t
r2a tm the- wird& on the1r el
\'d 1 the !-mes i frms with me.
.no in reach Tr to woumi: or ehoo:
,e d f.:-ing aInd S',%n rAt SOuL
N. ith: nay trouble me: i ean hear.
1t the wins- !oud !au:. and the
rsof rain ~i Spl3
O tar,. ear days. y- ari her.' agai
I w!l1 wo yo. as maidefns are wooed of
. h Iat-s forgot n ;r.d broil-:n creeds:
v. shsll not lael for the sun's fiVr-ee shin
V: the 'rki o. mL hair will I make
- y'er I awn. rid f-rest- g: no re
:, I:- my 12ps: xi!! Yr. Ftill b- Sd.
*mfort ye. enmfort yoe1. diys f io' i.
I ': of sh.dow. 4of wrath. of blas'i
I .'ho v e an cOMe :.I ls.
to weiolco m a l
Fo: wild am I as thy winds and ra
Fi e'-to vo;r- :ind to go as they:
..- moon swaysnt the tides of my
s no voice thit can h):d me stay.
t a:-? away on tlhe drpncherl. brown
m to tihe great, glad hCar: .f the
N..thing to grieve for. notiine.: to foer;
. .wless. n ma
--Reooth s::in.:y .I-:-ald.
Charms of Alaska.
"When I tell my friends that In
ilaska during the months of June,
July and August. we have almost con
taual sunlight, and that it rever gets
1ark in the summer months. they in
cariably ask when we sleep." said a
merchant from Council Alaska, re
:ently.
"Well. we sleep whenever we have
he opportunity. Very few of us have
-t regular time of going to bed and
rising except the miners, who work Z
in shifts and have to be more method- t
"fn the winter there is practically
athing doing, and the few people who
tay there can sleep all they desire.
"But. when spring opens up, busi- t
ness flourishes. Everyone has to I
work all he possibly can, because the
.mmer is very short, and a great
te:l has to be accomplished to make
p for the stagnation during the win
r-r months.
We have wonderful summers at
ouncil. as it never gets very warm
ir cold. Several times though. I have
seen the thermometer register 90 de- k
rVees. The verdure and the brush a
row with a rapidity that is astonish
ng in the warm months. Plants grow
o rapidly that we can raise berries t
mnd the hardier vegetables before the
rost sets in."-Portland Oregonian.
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OATr or Oro. CTTY oF ToLEDO,
.CexS CoUNTY.
.. CusvsY maks u ath, t iat be i i
CaUor partur of the Rrn 9f F. J C(IENET
m. doin. business in th- City of Toledo.
(uuiv and State aforesaid,. and I hat said
rr wvill ray the sum of OSE tH UNDiEI)ii.
.AS tor ~ea'ch andi every .ase oM (ATA itn a
at' e-ot he enred by the um~ of HIAT. 5
C:A.'un cURE. Fr'Asr *. CtENET.
'*or., to before me and suh-ribed in my n
-presem-rs, tni- 61h day of Drern a
hg. er. A.D., 18S6. A.W.GTLE4so"' b*
hail-3 Catarrb Cur e is taken internally.and
d ir: tlynon the blood and muflfOui -ur- e
- of the. systemi. Sendt for te in:0omnIC,
'."J. CHgENEY' & Co-.Tid,.
s. iii 1v all Druggists. 75.
Tale -ali Family Piils for coa2i i"ii
Getting into debt is an easy way .1
'I 'ing to the dlevil. So. 5-'01.
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Good Teeth a. Good Temper
Are characteristic of the
Atkins Saws always.
That is because they are
made of the best steel in the I
world - Silver Steel - by ~
men that know how...
Atkins Saws, Corn Knives, Perfection Floor I
scrapens, etc.. art sold by all good hardware ii
eealers. Catalogue on request.
E. C. ATIIINS (m. CO. Inc.i
Largest Saw Manunscturers in the World
Factory and Executive Offices, Indianapolia si
BRANICHES-New York, Chicago, Minneapolis
Portland (Oregon), Seattle. San Francisco
Mcnaphis, A tlanta and Toronto (Canada) I1
Acceptnes.ubstiute-insistenw.the Atkins Brand~
it
rers Say
est Remedy on Earth.
pavin Curb or Splint
ietrating. Kills Pain.
N,615 AL.BANY STREET, BOSTON, MASS.
maly"~ potatoes
produced with
ut of POTAsH
-not less than1
must be in the
e of POTAsH of
k Farming" are two practical
ful growing of potatoes and the
to those who write us for them.
AN KAt wORKs.
Atl.... n.-224 So. Broad Street.
MOTHERLESS.
Be w so nall, So very ,nnll.
That siiie .he cael tO r) .
'Twas eas. just to pa.,s 'n; by,
Forgettir he wa, ther<:
But thou . tl uht i i p h se-emed'
Of i to eC
Onle hel.la:- a love. ill, it :I iore'
As ;1,~0l~
lIe wa; -, por, so vry :
That no-w. -inee .,he had d-d
lIe ad a ta\ tre l I ..
W ith11 nothing'm*Tuch i-lie:
Vi. ai i tr1-aur heIIC i 1:d
And asked of we rnwi:
A~ 11glty. :D'*wn-Ill' *: '
-i.1orenct" . l 'aes l lG e
Bazar.
PURSUED BY WOLVES
By WM. A. STIMSON.
0no 11EN faltl!er mu'Oel to Ska:
w .IV in the ear'ly .even
0 ties. that portiol of WViz
con01 1n waZs 4 wvifldeness-.
O 'We lived at the northern
%1d of B Lake. .1 pre'tty sheet of
ter. eiglit miles long. while Rock
:nd w:s :it the southern extremity.
etweeni tio two places the forest
tretched unbroken. and thiere was not
t single house on either bank.
The winters were eold. and from
Ieember to April of every ye:.r the
ake was a sheet of smooth ice. We
>ys became experts in the ume of
kates. and most of our leisure ime
vas spent on the ice. The greatest
ivalry existed )etween the two lake
owns. and skating -matches were fre
tuently held. Although the country
ras sparsely settled. nearly all the
vild animals had disappeared before
-ur coming. but there were bears in
he forest and wolves-big, fierce fel
)ws that iinger sometimes made dan
VriOUS4.
One cold afternoon toward the end
f Jainuary I buckled on my skates
or a tiI to Rockland to make final
rraingements for a skating match be
Weii teais from thi iwo towis that
ras set for the next day. I was late
:i startin-r. and the buy! at Itockland
ept me so long that it was after sun
et before I left for home. But it was
ulI moon. and the big yellow orb was
tt peeping over the woods at my
ight as I struck out.
I was in no hurry aml skated along
.sily, saving my strength for the mor
w. I hb:d gone a:bout a quarter of
.e distance when. from somewhere
way otf in the forest. there came to
1y ears the howl of : wolf. All was
Ilent again for a few minutes. then
C sornd was repeated. It -as not
>far off this time, and there wa~s no0
uswr1ing notoe from the opposite shore.
That these beasts would attack a
ian never occurr-ed to me. but: being
lione cn tihe lake and far awvay from
aie, the close proximity of the
olves made me- Iueasy, and I quick
ied my strokes :a )ittle'.
By this time rthe moon had risen
g:li eo)ughl to maike everythirg light
i day, only along the eastern shore
ie shadows were still dense. Sud
:ny fromn the woods on my right an
her series of howvls broke out on tihe
ght air., andt as ~1 inced around I
tw lalf a dozeni long. gaunt, gray
-eatm-ets leave the underbrush antd
)!me racing towatrds inc 4Lver the~ fee.
I. reatlize'd tihein tine the wolves wecre
asinig me andW grew thiorouighly
-iirhteed. MIy fear~s weret intcreasedl
heni~ I 5:yW sever'al morel~ ileve thetit
er of lhe wvesterni hanik. end( entting
agnzaly across, join rhe ttrst pack.
buttoned ray shotrt coat ai'd strue-k
i a:. my beSt pace'. thinlkilig thti
iiei thley s1 ftm leaving thenm they
ould give upi tihe putrsuit.
Tat Was a~ mlistake~L. its I soon1 saw.
hey, too. ;ncr-eased their spced,. and
tite bounding along after mie,. their
)idies almnost touching the ice.. Every
ow and thcn one of themt would give
oice to a shrill bark. One big fellowv
i the p)aei by several yprus- The
ae was telling on me and my pur
ilers vere. gainling every second. A
lance backward showed thern not a
undrd yards in the rear.
Hone was stilt four miles away and.
Llcre was no help near. I had noth
ig in the shape of a weapon except
vy .iack-knife. and as I sped along I
r-w this from tmy pocket and opened
be big blade.
The paick wa~s at mty hack when it
curred to me that I mtight yet escatpe
ie by putting in practice some tae
hs famtiliar to every one who has
dayed the gatme of' -tatg." These
aties were nio'.hing mlore than dodg
tg tile wolves when they came close
tough. antd I knewv that oni the smooth
ce I. had. theml at a disadvantage.
Slaekening my speed. I waited for the
(ender' of tile paxck to approach a little
i-rer. Oin he came. Until I couli
e the lire tiach from his eyes antd
~e froth drop from his half-open
ws. When he gaithere~d himselif to
:p:'ing. I tii'rned shairpdy to the right
1 in dtedl off at futll speed.
The iua~inoeuvre' worked perfectly.
l'he wolf leaped .just ats I spuni about.
iid iinstead of alightinig upon mttY
0l:niders. lit VIem.) 5 lippit.g and slid
ina over the~ ice for a distanc(e of seve
arl yards. The -:est of the pack, in
theirn attempt to turn'i quiickly, lost their
feet and fe-Il over each other1 givitng
me seveltal prec(iouls seconds. whiel'
used to advantage,.
By may tri(-k I had giained some dis
tance(, but the wolves w'erc ('losing in
onl lmle :gain. I waited utntil the
eader wvas alnmost upon me the second
time then swung about to the left.
The ~east was anticipating some sucht
mtovmer.t onl my part, for he (lid not
spring. sud I found that I had not
gained the start that I did the first
time. H-owever. it helped, for as
heard the quick breathing of the paeli
at my .'ieels once more. I saw the
lights of the village around a bend ii
the bank.
But the mur-derous heasts were to<
Intent oni their prey to be frightenef
of even by the prioxiraity of the set
tlement. My -strength was near3
gone and I was afraid, that I cotuk
not excute the dodge this time wvitl
the suecess that had followed my othe:
efforts. Nerving myself for a su
~reme effort I alter-ed my course again
..,d fot 11m thud time the woives wen
sprawlin, bdt in turning I gave my
rirlit ankia twist. and wifh a sill
(rY Of pain,1 fell full lengthl u1ponl thet
!1 ga t !yself up1 fl'o lost :1n11 wai1 -
lin- :Grtwk w ith ly kieready.
Whe hey .:n\ m1e- at bay tie wolv.
it'ted. hI:t 4nly for : imoient. OnIe
'A. !'kelow in:nd- a1 leap for Iny thlro:n.
wit-n th.- -:imc a Shot frolmi t
'iore. followetd by a gunshot tiat 1d1'.4
ilm wol)ilo1. Itis death was the si'
nll fr the flihit of the others. anl
:nway Thley went.% pursued by svrl
ria h-a lls ttv . .l
Whe linmy father and two brothers
reaichedt ini I was so, weak from frighit
i m pain thatt they had to cairry 1:10
liome. On thr- way they to!d ine how
ine of til le nihbors. heing out on the
ice, hai heard wolves howling. This
ahiirmned my father as i, knew I was
away aloi. and when I did not rentrn
at sunseith and imy brothers started
out; to mleet me. Well for me was it
tl:it they did so.
The Inmatch came off the next dlay
:i( the Skagway team woini. but vitl
out any help from me. My sprained
anki' l revented my taking any active
part in the race.-resbyterian Ban
ier.
WINDS AND DRAUCHTS
Scientist Shown That the Former Are
Beneficial and 1he Latter Dangerous.
Prof-ssor Max Herz. an Austriai
scientist. has just published an essay
upon the difference between wind and
draught. which is likely to convince the
public that the old-fashioned preiudice
against draughts is not altogether un
justified.
By a draught is meant the currents
of air in an enclosed space. Our fore
fathers attributed nearly all the evils
that beset them to draughts. and they
would not have slept in uncurtained
beds for anything. Of course. their
windows and doors were shaky and
houses stood far apart, so draughts
were nerly inevitable. But. the mod
ern scientific world tries to deny
draughts altogether, and :alls them
winds, which are harmless and even
healthy to a certain degree.
1)r. Herz says that any one who cares
to. lind out the difference between a
wind and a draught can do so in any
apartment which has windows on dif
ferent sides of* the house. Let him
open a window on a windy day on the
side of the house toward which the
wind blows. The air which comes in is
quite harmless if the perison exposed
to it be dresseld in warm clothes. and
little children may take the air in a
room thus vent.ilated. But let him open
a window past which the wind blows.
:nd it will be found that the air in tie
room is novedl by a number of cur
rents. all of whi;-h strive to reT-h the
opening. It is the passing wind which
sucks up the air in the room and draws
it out. and this causes the room to have
what is called a draught.
The effect upon sensitive persons is
imediately felt, like the for-erumnner
ofi painf to comec. A draught will al
wa'ys be felt as colder than the wind.
Very dangerous draughts ar-e those
that are produced in railway ears by
te rapid motion of the train. It is
nt wind that gets into the carriages.
but the air of the car which is sucked
ot. A Iighted. match held to the chirk
of the window will prove this--as thei
iame will be drawn toward the win
dow, not. blowva from it.- -
At Last, the lesson.
"A few years ago." remarked a man
who shaves. -the barbeing fraternity.
:1 most people remember, was for a
tender period between: two legislative
sessions under the direction and con
trol of a State commnis-sion of exami
ig barbers, and before a barber could
shave a bewtc:isker-ed emtzeni wtih 1u!
legal effect he had .o- obtainl a licensec
for a license was subjected to a riid
examiation,. and at the time The
troubtes olf 1he Barber Comn~iissioni
were being exploited in public- I
chanced to notice a list of the ques
tiois asked in: the comisiS~on's ex~iam
inatious~. One of the questions gas:
'Why is the upper lip- ahvays shuved
lasts I have never been able to- find
an answer to that question in all of
thse succeeding year-s. I have- asked
every barbet that has shaved me in
that time, aind only one out of the
whole number-he is a barber down
ini Sydney, New South Wales--could
give an intelligent answer to the ques
tion. When he had -tnished shaving
me I asked: 'Why is the upper lip al
ways shaved last2'
"'My wordr he said, with much
astonishment at my native dullness:
'That's the last part of the face I
reach.'"-San Francisco Chronicle..
Irvings Stagecrait.
It chanced to me onice, and only
once, in a life of some far-ing by hand
and sea, to- ride up a K~urdish gorge
at early dawn, the sky still starry, as
the charcoal-burners had begun their
work, and to~ see over all, as the smoke
rose, a gray-blue light as of the depths.
sonc touch of deep-chilled enveloping
air on gorge and mountain-side. as
though a sapphire had aged, and growni
gray and wan. Once only I saw this.
and never again. When, in Faust, the
curtain rose on the Brockenl. I saw
before me the same miracle of gray
blue. "Ho-w did you." I asked once at
supper. "who ride abroad so little and
are so rarely on the moutin-side.
ilt on tis, the rarest of lights?"
"Once" and lie took up a small plate,
"I saw ini a gaillery." and he niamed
it, but I have forgotten. "a landscape
by Durer the size of. this p)late. a
nountainside in the early morn ill
this same gray-blue light. It gave mte
I the light I wanted for the Brocken."
Talcott Williams, in the Atlantic.
od~ dorigin of "Oranae."
Oranges came originally from India,
having been carried westward by the
Arabs. The first crossed from Africa
to Spain with Mohammedanlism. while,
probably, the crusaders were to be
thanked for bringing it to Italy and
western Europe among their trophies
of the East. The name is Arabic
naranj"-and of Eastern origin,
though a legend that it comes from
Ktwo - words meaning "elephant" and
-be ill." because elephants ate oranges
to make themselves ill, is absurd.
Probably in French the initial "n" is
Idropped off from naranj with the final
n" of the indefinite article, just as'"an
apron" represenrts "a napron" and the
spelling with an '.o" points to falsE
associton with "or" (gold)-New
KYork World,
SOUTH ERN
TOPICS Of INTEREST TO THE PLAN'
The sclence (of 1farmiuz.
"Th W scin eo f f .r ning s in i in
fancy." so d:! -es Caj~taiU T. .1
Jn:res. of E Caue! (ounty. Ca.. One 01
oiU lzi ' :i e~tsl ces farm.
era. repor.ts the Souithern, Cultivator.
Captain .Tam1s .say: i have built and
ani now devoting myself to fa:rnin'.
While I have nmad a success in all
three callings. it takes more brains t
farm thiian to pursue any other calling;
to do it in ihe inoszt sicces f4u manner.
New things and m-v methods come up
continually for solution, and there are
miaiy probleis to be solved yet un
thought of. As an example of how
things change, the first fertilizer I evei
used I bought from John Merryman &
Co.. of Maryland: then - they com
menced to manufacture it At Savannah,
and I bought it thiem. Nor. I manufac
ture it upon my owIn farm.".
Captain James makes 800 bales of
cotton a1 year. and says: "I have put
it into Harvie Jordan's hands for fif
teen cents." He also raises pleni-y of
corn and feed for his plantation. We
delight in meetin~ with farmers of
Captain James' ealibre. and we alse
like to see them making a suc-ess of
farming npon a largre scale: then we
like equaily as well to meet and he!
the experience of some farmer. who.
though upon a small scale, is making
a success and is stamping his individ
uality indelibly upon his farm and is
making an impression for good upon
his community. The other day we got
actuiinted with such a man in the
person of Mr. P. E. Duffey, of Clayton
County. Ga. Mr. Dnffey's converas
tion ran about as follows: "When I
came of age. I did like so many of our
young men in the country. I came to
Atlanta to hunt for a job. but they
treated me with so much indifference
and insolence that I went home ana
swore an oath that I wou!d never ask
another man for work. I took a mnle
and wagon and hauled some wood for
my first money: the next year I farmed
on halves. In two years I saved f40o.
and took this money and went to school
to get a better eduation. Then I went
back to farming. I have 250 acres of
land all paid for. and I am making :i
good. living. I rent out a seven-horse
farm and tend about twenty aeres for
my own crop. I have my terraces set
in fruit trees and from them sell about
$400 worth of fruit a year. I used to
wonder how it was that the people up
Northwest could raise corn at thirty
fie cents per bushel and make money.
while we could not raise it ait seventy
fve cents. I found when I went up
thre it was all in 1h~e way they plowed
and culi-vated it. By using gang plows
ad cultivators one man was enabled to
do more work than three down with
us. So I got meC better tools. As an
example. I had a~ boy helping ime last
year who eost met: ;iirty cents a day
and hoard. In onie day wec put five
ares in wheat. a.nd in another day we
sowed the same nye acres in peas and
sorghum after thme wheat: so> at an
expense of sixty cents for labor I
made two good {iropS on fir.e acres of
land." This sounds very mue':l li-e
business to urs.
Nc-w. such as lh:s. should give our
farmers f-vd for thro:rbt. Thoughi
(004 years old, our~ farming is in its in
fanc-y w.hen it comes .1 the use of bet
ter melthods andi~ ret:[ seeutifi( and
most su3c~Ssful oper:ations. And
whether we take it upon a largi' scale.
as in the catse of C:rptain .Thmnes. or
get down elose to Mother Earth. doing
with our own hands as with Mir.
Duffey. the fact ,4ill confronts us, that
there is nmuch to learn. more to do.
an still m.-tny things untried and yet
undiscovered- So let ns start in this
year for more light .md better efforts.
Good Eules For Scuthern Farnrs.
1. Intensivte farming. so as to make
the greatest possible yield per acre.
2. Diversific-ation, to maintain the
fertility of the soil and to make the
farm more self-stupporting.
3. Organization, so as to maa~ztain
profitable prices.
4. Deep plowing, to improve the soil.
to prevent washing and to increase
the yield.
5. Rotation of crops, to prevent dis
ease and as a soil improver.
G. Rapid and level cultivation, to
conserve the moisture and preserve the
plant roots.
7. Terracing anrd buil-ding dams to
keep our hiiis tron w-ashing away.
. The raising of more cattle, for
the profit in them and for their manure.
9. The using (of all improved labor
saving machinery.
10. A better system and more sys
tem in rentin:g our lands and hiring
our loabor.
11. More peas. elever and ail legmncs
to store up nitroCgenf in our soils.
12. Tne making and saving of ll
home-made maur: possibi o.
13. The shredding of~ ccre. to save
all stock food.
14. Tile dra~nin~ of all wet places
and bottoms.
Pointed Paragraphs.
Whiskey blossoms are often on the
It's rough on a girl if her beau nmeg
lects to shave.
It's a poor artist who is unable tc
draw an obese salary.
A waiter is a chap that has learnec
to labor wvhilc he waits.
It's lawful to fish for complimnen ts
in any und all seasons.
Nothing equals the arrogance of
some men 's so-called humble opinions.
Only a very lazy man is afraid te
earn mnoney because it may be tainted.
There is consolation in the Bible foi
all-except the woman who isn 't in
-ited when her neighbors give a party
The best way to defy sin is to den)
A hard reputation comes from an
easy life.
'The side 'door of a saloon is th4
r _.. oorn of hell.
ARM ':- /UOTES.
rER, STOCKMMA AN! TRUCfi G.W!O&'r
-5. The iiguing of :l thI land:
WO can.
it;. The usini: of daas. winlls
and gasole engines to soeure water
works.
17. The paiming of o1ur homes al
the whitewashing of all outbuilding.
18. The seiling of coitou through the
twelve m11onths of the ye:ar.
19. Better agricultural education fo
our farmer boys.
20. The feeding of cattle. so as tc
have more manure for the farms.
21. Keeping out of debt. so we car
be more independent and thrifty.
22. The mixing of fertilizers at
home. as a saving in pri-e, and getting
proportions to suit.
23. The careful. scientific selectior
of our planting seeds.
24. The setting of our a ornout hilli
in Be:muda grass for pernanent pas
tures.
25. The planting of trees and taking
jridicious care of our forests. Timbei
is becoming very valuable.
26. Learning to cultivate without sc
much hoeing. The using of weeder
and harrows.
27. The Inproving of your soil and
t:e improving of your mind.
28. That thorough preparation is
more than half the battle.
29. Raising of all home supplies. as
the only means for the most success
ful farming and independent life.
30. To patronize home industries,
and to develop not one, but all out
resources.
31. To stand for that which is best,
and to keep gieur cf all fakes nnd
shams.-Southern Cultivator.
Preparatlon For Cotton.
The progressive, earnest farmer I
now planning for the next crop. He
has marked out the boundaries for
eaci tenant and special crop. As soot
as the last boll of cotton is picked the
work of preparation should begin for
ne:t year. Here is one plan: A farm
er said last week that he was going to
lay off his cotton land with a middle
buster drawn by two mules. There
were pine needles close to the field.
He proposed to haul them in and dis
tribute liberally in this furrow. By
throwing a light covering of dirt on
these needles they would be' ready to
supply plant food in the eariy summer.
To this he would add 300 to 400 pounds
of fertilizer. es:pecting to make ab1
of cotton to the acre on this land. If
one is going to plant cotton land in
eotton again. run out the middle with
a long. uarrow shovel. breaking the
hr&dpan. if a second furrow is re
quired to do the worl: well. Then take
the middle buster and run under the
stalks. The freezes of winter wvill
puverize the ridges between the fur
rows. The clay brokent up by the
plow:< will be incorporated with the
soil red increase its de'.ti! and platnt
food. Every suitable daiy fromi this
Cte on to the 1st of March should be
used for: sub-soiling and thorough pren
artion of land for the ne'. crop.
FortnuTa.
Sim~ply .'s guIdes we suggest for or.
(hinary soil in fair conditioni a'cout the
followingar
Cotonsed meal. ..... ... 300 lbs.
Acid phosphate.. ........'A00!bs.
Kainit....... .. ........ 303 lbs.
Use~ from 200 up to 500 pounds Per
For' corn:
Cottonseed menl...--...-.200 lbs.
Acid nhosphate.... .... .. p.600 lbs.
'Kainit.... .... ........ 2001lbs.
U~se 20{) up to 1000 pouinds per aere.
For oiatoes. melons. etc.:
Cottonsced meal..... .... 600 lbs.
Acid phosphate...-..---.1.000 lbs.
Kainit.... ... .........400 lbs.
Use 600 to 2000 pounds per acre.
For small grains and grasses:
Cottonseed meal.... .... 800 lbs.
Acid phosphate........1,000 lbs.
Kninit...... ....... ...200lbs.
Use 200 to 000 pounds per acre.
- One Way to Skin a Horse.
. iEdes are high now.. and even a
horse hide is worth taking off if done
in this manner. Rtip the b.elly and legs
and skini the legs down to the body,
and the belly back gix or twelve
inches. then loop a c'aain or strong
rope around this tail rump skin, run
ig it forward- past the head of the
dead brute. Fasten the dead horse's
body by rope on bind legs, then bitch
two good live horses to rope on hide,
and if they pull true and steady they
will sktin the horse "while you wait.'
Now, this in no theory, nor is it any
thig new, but it may be new to some
and applies to any large animal whose
met has no value. In skinning anS
animal that has been dead long, it is
a odplan to wear gloves or mittens
that have been wet in a weak solution
of carolic acid, to guard as much as
possible against blood poison. And if
tere is any pcssibility that a horse
has died of glanders. don't sin him at
l; but bury him at itast eight feet
I Bits of Brightness..
Is Touchem one of your promninen
sitizens?'' asked the stranger withi;
he gates. "Well I can't say as t
is prominence,'" replied the native
"but he is undoubtedly the bes
k owa man in the village."' "Wha
do you ina by that t'' quired th
stranger. "Y mean,"' answered th
ative. "that li. has to go out of towl
'vrv time he has occasion to borro'
money."'
"Why'' said the ticket seller, "i
this circus like a bad cigar?"' "BC
cause,'' replied the lion king, "the
band is its chief attraction.'' ".
know'' interjected the elown, "b
cause it doesn't draw well.'' "And,
offered the bareback rider. "it take
soch a lot of puffs to keep it going.
"No, '"remarked the ticket seller, pre
paring to ran, "because all who bu;
sit in tiers after being roped in.''
To forget God in the least may t
Ito forfeit our greatest good.
~ [POHH[ElgD LESSONS
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11.
The Freedmen's Aid and Southern
Education Society and its Work.
Matt. 25. 31-4G.
Lincoln Day.
February 12 is the birthday of
Abraham Lincoln. What more fitting
remembrance of it could be suggested
than the consideration of this noblest
of all charities in the South. which
is so effecri-:ely cont.inuing Lincoln's
work?
The Freedmen's Aid and Southern
Education Society is the Methodist
Episcopal Church at work among two
classes of people in the South-the
white people who would otherwise
have no opportunity for education,
andl the black people, of whom the
same thing is true, but whose need
is, if anything, more urgent.
All the Southern states, with a popa
lation of some thirty million people,
of whom nine million are colored, are
Included in the scope of the Society's
operations. There are forty-four
academies, colleges, and universities
-twenty-one among the white people,
and twenty-three among the blacks.
These schools had last year an en
rollment of over eleven thousand
students.
In these states forty-seven per
cent. of the colored population is 11
literate, and eleven pO cent. of the
white population. In some sections
these percentages run much higher.
When we remember that -this is
among a population which is Ameri
can-born, with from five to tOn
generations of American ancestry be
hind it, the figures have a menacing
eloquence. For ilifttracy among na
tive Americans in the North has prac
tically disappeared. That a whole
section of the country should be ig
norant to such a degree is an evil
portent, for Ignorance is accompanied
by other problems which are a direct
threat against the nation's peace,
But there is hope, and much hope.
prosperity and happiness.
Through such work as that done by,
the Frvedmen's Aid and Southern
Education Society illiteracy Is on the
decrease, and with the advance of
education, hand In hand with religion.
the evils whIch follow in the train of
ignorance are also growing less.
The work of the Society is three
fold, training the hand. the head, and
the heart. It was at work forty
years ago, and thirty years ago be
gan its splendid record of industrial
work, long before industrial educa
tion had become a Dopular thing In
other schools.
FEBRUARY FOURTH.
New Work We May Do "for Christ
and, the Church."-Luke 12:43
(last half); Gen. 12.1-3;
Gal. 3:9.
The sire, the influence, the oppor
trnities, the fame, of Christian En
deavor are all talents for which the
Society must give a good account to
God.
God never blesses any man except
with the purpose, that he shall be -a,
It is already true cf Christian En
deavor that in the roziety all familibs
of the earth are blessed. Our pledge
is repeated In all lands.
Every faithful Endeavorer that has
ever lived may help to makents more
faithful: and we may increase the
faithfulness cf all that come aftEr.
Suggestions.
If we do not now and then hunt up
new work to do, we shall soon ceasa
to keep up the old work.
A true Endeavorer so enjoys Chris
tian work that whatever he undertakes
for Christ, however menotonous to
others, has for him the zest of novelt y.
New plans, though no better than ,
the old plans in other respects, are
often better just because ie
new.
The true Endeavorer never asks,
"Why need I db this?" but alway?.,
"What more can I do?"
A merchant knows that if he woral~d
attract trade he must constantly get
new goods and adverise in new wiays.
It is so with "our Fatner's business."
Sometimes a hensewlfe merely re
arranges the furniture, and makes the
house look new. So in religious
work you freshen up old tasks by do
Ing them in new ways.
Quotations.
Let me be content with no sacond 4
bem. 'et me refuse to go to Bethel
when the road to Jerusalem lies open.
-Smellie.
There are those who do not do all
their duty; there are those who only
profess to do their duty; and there is
a third class, far better than the other
two, that do their drty and a little
more.--Andrew Carneie.
Doing is the great thing: for if, res
olutely, people do what is right, in
time tney come to like aoing it.-John
Ruslkin.,
Gen. Wheelel Has Pneumnonia.
New York. Special.-That General
Joseph Wheeler has a mild attack of
pneumonia w'as announced at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Sterling Smith. in
Brooklyn, where General Wheeler is
Cadet Sitman Alive.
Natchez. Miss.. Speccial.-Cadet Jo
tseph Sitman. of Green~sburg. La.. who
was said to have died from injuries
received at the hands of hazers at Jef
ferson Military College. is not dead.
Frominent Cotton Man Dead.
eNew Orleans, Special-James De
ibuys, for 32 years a member of the
New Orleans Cotton Exchange, and
prominent in the social and business
world, of this city, died suddenly
Tuesday._________
GCollege Flourishing.
Greensboro, SpeciaL-The semi-an
nual meeting of the board of trustees
-of Greensboro Female College was
held at the college Tuesday. The re
ports show the college to be in a flour
ishing condition.
~IVast quantities of capper disappsent
constantly in China from one cause
m. ~ another