Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A PRGrVIDENT When ihe Circle'-:ar wr ended An' the member' e. t Ir e nt To agree on how to spend i: ior An' airabeto cs:m an' the C Sister Sa:ah No-::en Tar'oox thot On the mini,:el's *no -. an' Until Sister Mary Col*y I inted Under sub-divis:on si-:x 01 Sister Sarah. sq!echti. set sient Save thet now az' then. sarcastic. To the heather. fat an' lazy In a An' the preacher ou-en flour mor Sister Prudnc" Wi~son Connors h Thet the niiuister was needin' 0' An we argyed on *t. prayerfull. By a lee,1e p'int of order raised b' Sister Prudence set there though With her Chrlstian sperrit ruffled Fer the elcarin' of her conscience fi we threw it in the river. it was S-ster Amy Ellen Droppens thougi To some needy Soui an' honiest at But the hi--aws of the Circle. so On the pian of lendin' montey rva Sister Amy.\ Ellae h;ntcd she had i On the plan the-t she sugges-ed ef But she said t was a pity the coll Hadn't irawed the Circle's by-law Sister Evalina Spriggins sa.d she What a Furrin M.ission Cirde's bo An' she couldn't see how preache: With the Furrin Mission Circles At which Sister Phoebe Lucy Br, Said she uuessed she :e- her du An' to he'ar a sister hintin' in a n Thet tt"' Furr'n "Mission Circe!c wz An' then Sister Spriggins told her On the Furrin MIission Circle an', Said she knew that Sister Phoebe An' she'd heerd -shc knew most e\ Then good Sister Patience 1iteiheo &-rery cent of it than quarrel. and At which Sister Ellen Jackon -riz An' decared there was an error it 'Stid o' havin' orty dollars over a! She had found we had a deficit of She had got her iggers crosswig I An' had put expended itens in the So with harmony prevailin' Sister An' Sister Phoebe Lucy Brown ot Thet we're ali poor, mortal creete How the good Lord holds us, help] INLOVE W1 By MAE ' , -ir _ The Casiro des Fitrurs wats ab-1;ze wtlh light. As you came up the hil! you couthl see through the orange trees and cypresses of its garden the fasli and glitter of its many colored lamps slung from bough to bough. Along the terraces and balconies gleamed rows of brilli-nt tin:el lihtKs. and the soft. mellow :bow of shaded lanuterns swnug and flickered in the charmed April air. Carrio-:e after carriae stop ( at the steps to set down its burden of cloaked and masked ligures. Within. ihe rooms were already crowded, yet still more and more guests politely shouldered their way 'nto the big hall, for it wras the night of the White Redoute, and all Cannes and half of Nice and Monte Carlo were there. "One has to go, you know," said a stout Englishman in ra wthite Turkish dress trimmed with gold embroidery. "though I don't suppose it will be much fun." His companion put his hands into the pockets of his silk breeches-be -was dressed as a Breton peasant. "One seems to be making an awful fool of one's self," he said. "but they tell me I must go. and Duval sent me in this dress. I suppose it's all right." And they passed on. In the ballroom dancing had already b'egu n. A young man dressed in the costume M a cavalier stood dangling his white -fenaI~ed hant by the door. Below the golden loveloeks a touch of shadow -rouud the ear betrayed his com plexion. and a long, drooping mous tache marked strikingly that portion of a pale face which the black velvet usk had left visihle. it presently becamua evident that he was waitinig for some one. A nGirinili- of admiration r'an along the double rows of spectators who stood at the door watching the new ar riv'als. A wotman wvas coming up the red-carpeted steps, on a man's arn, of course. At the top of the steps she dropped her hand from his sleeve, and walked forward alone. This woman was clothed in long. flowing white draperies, erinitly and sparkling as with dew or diamonds. Long ribbons of golden waterseed an'd great glistening white water lilies formed a wreath that fell from her shoulder ateross her' hosom. and so down to the horn of~ her skirt. "Undine:" sahl voice after voice, as she went arlontg. $ihe went by the~ waiting enva'ier with the black mrousiatche, turned het hieatd. sm iled :imd pa~stsed on.. But that hmalf-tur' was enon;;'u. lHe follewted Ler. "You w;il'h."' he said. off'ering his -arm as he gain:ed her side. "Howt is one' to r'ecegniz2 you? Thank IFate, the mras doeiars nrot cover the mtttt h, or I should -ntever have k nowni yon." "Thanuk me. r'ather." she saeid "W\ould you have known me if I hadn't been at the pains to somll your wry?" "No." he answered, frankly. "a! least not at once." They danc'ed, mtany a olown, many ci punch and preasant watched the cav alh r enviously as he swung his par't ner around to thre smooth step of th( wtalItz. But when the last notes died awa.) she leaned heavily on his arm. "I am tired.' she said, rather wearn ly; "let us rest: unless y.ou have any other inme on your programme foi thme next dance?" "You kntow,". he answered di'ee't!y "tlst I only came here to see you. want to tal1k to you. You have nero: givat nc anyvthing but dances-rc've: vrnate. or' a rose fronm your dress o'r een leav'e to spend a moment witl you except in the dancing room. Giv; ni" something to-night. Give me ax haur to talk to you in." Thypassed through the crowd tinrm:ch the room with the greel tdhes. wheore the "little horses" has just cased to spin around to the tum or rising or falliing fortune. He pushe' b k a bright embroidered cnrtain, ant ope"~ned the long window that led ox to the balcony. Tleere was no on-i there, for the ai: [AL DIS.OVERY wr had fort' do::ars net, 1 1 e:: du;yv calzled a., met r:ce s ru~es an' as gh:.t :rto to ao to pay . :r1h hadl Iwr 1 :' n wouldn't say a word o the Circle she referred ar-off fu:-rin cline, :n h ih th-: ror:a! time. unlv ventured to sIggCst Sunday coat an' Vest. -il the who'e pan was knoc.ked out Siser Susan Stout. :ful through the follerin' debate, an' allowed she orto state het she wouldnt oncet demur all the same to her. t the mdlIey sh'u'd be lent a moderate per cent.. aid Sister Sophy Squeer, 2't exactly plain an' elear. the :tw stood in the way, nittee on expense in accord with commnon sense. thought it plain to see unden duty orto be. -s of t-he Sperrit was to roam pendina' money here at home. )Wn arose, an', summat het. :y. an' she didn't choose to set ost onebristian way s a-goin' fur astray! thet she hadn't meant no slur leastwise of all, at her, knew her business. it was true, crybody else's business, too. ek said the Circle better burn she motioned to adjourn, u, slowly on her feet the Circle's balance-sheet. It he fair's expense sixty-seven cents, vhen she added up her sheets column o' rec:ipts! Spriggins led in prayer, 4erved to Sister Blair s. who don't seem to undersfand ess. in the holler of His hand -J. W. Foley, in the Century Magazine. f1 A MASK. MVARTIrN. They stepped out, and he closed the window after them. The gardens lay stretched before them, 'athed in mocn light. In an angle of the balcouy he, set a chair for her, sat down beside her, and spoke. "I have thouglht of nothing but you ever since I saw you last. and I have made up my taind to tell you every thing, and to ask you-but first I want to tell you in the plainest words what you know already-that I love you. and I want you to tell me in your darling voice what I should insult you if I doubted-that you love Ie" IUndine fluttered her fan nervously. "Three meetings at public dar..os. monsieur,'' she said, with a light laugh that had a little discord in it. "'Oh! don't trifle with me any more," he broke in. "This is not play now; it is deadly earnest. I love you. I am going to show you my whole life, . y whole heart. Have you i tainig to say-nothing real? I can't speak un less you tell me you love Ir.e." She held out her hand, from which she had taken the white glove, aind1 clasped his brown fit~ers with a strong. soft pressure. "'Speak." she said. "To-night when we waltzed together ' I knew that you loved me, and that we must say good-by to-night, and never see each other again." She drew a short, startled breath. "And why?" *"That is what I am going to tell you. If I were free, I should now be asking ~you to be nywife." She turned her face to hip. "You would ask me-me, a strange woman, whom you have only met amusing herself at public dances, a woman whose very name you don't knowv, whose past you are ignorant of --you would ask me to be your wife?" "I would." he said. "Heaven knowsr with what a humble heart hoping fort a good answver. But I am not free. I am married." "And do you love your wife?" she I asked, quickly. "No," he answered. "I don't love my wvife. Be patieat with m. and let met tell you the whole miserable story-t no concealments," he added, half tot himself. "When I was a young man I was a fool. I got into debt. I gam bled. I lost"--his voice trembled, andt he set his teeth hard. "I gambled andt lost.' he went on, in a firnmer voice. "and I forged the name in whose oilice I was to pay my debts. I meant to pay it back if I won on the next race. It was As&cot. I could not pay the money back. My employer behaved admirably, told me that he knew my secret, and allowed me to pay the sum out of my salary. That cured me of gambling, once for all. When I came into the baronetcy and the estates, of course. I left his office, and for some years I saw nothing of him. But I heard with regreit that his firm hand faui led. anid thait lhe himself was living in what I feared was pinched retire' mlent, no one knew wvhere. Two years :go he sent for mue. He was living at Boulogne. When I r'eached him he wa yn. anid when I saw him lying there in that poor' room, and rememn bered that. but for him, I should have been a branded man, cut off from any society that I could ever care for. a sot't of rush of gratitude came over me. I f elt that there was nothing that I w ould not do for him in that hour. " 'h is it you want?' I asked. 'Be lieve me. vou can count on me for "verything.' 'ke catre of my daughter,' he - nii.' leave her to you.' S-he wa 's at the other side of the led. in shabb~y grey gown, her eyes ted withL weeping." ' e'ry plain. I suppose," put in Un- - dine. IHe frowned a httle. It nsn~t't her fault that she looked ike tat." 'he said: '.'sbe had been cry ne till she could hardly see out of her 'But what am I to do with your (iataughter?' I asked. and I saw in a minute what a position hers woulid be as the war'd of a young unmarried -man. I cared for no one else. I was a fool: but at that moment noth'na Ieme.1 to m., to matter oenet that I he should die wtn nis nund at roas So I said: *If your daughter wil marry me. I wii imake her'- goL hIsband. I wiI tak:te care of her.' "'Vhat did the gir! say?" asked Un "4he said 'Nv. with obvious and un tiatte2ring si'!cerity," he answered, wvrit a hard laugh. "BDut the old man raised himseil in bed and said: -Celia, this is a chance that will never come to you again. Thi's i- a good man'-Godl bless hiAm for say!:. that-'and if you marry him I shalI die easy and rest in my :rave. Let me rest in my grave, Celia, and know that y-ou are well cared for.' "So we 'were married-aud the nex- t day be died." "And what did you do? Did you take your wife howe? Was that what you did'" "No. That's 3what I ought to have done. She would not see ne after her father's death, and I left her there while I went home to make arrange nents for her reception at Everson Court. When I came back she was genm. She had left ne a letter-here it is. I have never seen her since.' Undine took the letter. and spread it out with hands that trembled a little. It ran thus: "Dear Sir Albert Everson-You' goodness and generosity in marrying me to please my poor father have coi ferred an obligation on me that I can never forget. The least return I cau make to you is to leave you all the freedom our unfortunate situation per mits. Forget me and forgive me, if you can, for having brought this trouble into your life. "CELIA." "What a stupid girl," said Undine. "Not at all," Everson answered. "I didn't see what else she could have done." "Have you never heard from her again?"' "Yes, she r.rites to me every three months, and says she is doing well." Everson answered. "Oh, what a ,hastly farce life is! Here I an. tied to her. She does Lot want ine. And [ want you, and all the tune of life 'ings backwards." "The old man was right," she said, you are very good." "And is that all you have to say? )h! give me some werd of pity-sume vord af comfort'" "What car I say or Jo?" "You can say 'Good-by and God hies rou:' You can take off your mask. ad et me Just this once see your dear 'ace. Tell mae your name, and tell me 'ou forgive me for having loved you. d for having told you so." "Tak- off your itask first," she said. Te 'broke the string, and it fell besiCe ,im on the 1oor. "Forgive me,"' she said for hav.g nade you love me." "I have nothing to forgive," he an wered. "Show me your face before ve say good-bye forever." She had locsened the mask, and w'as ciding it in its place with her hand. "W1.y should we say 'Gcod-by ?'" "He looked at her doubtfully. "W'hy? Have I not teld you why?" She spoke sharply, resolutely "I have made it the business of' my ife to see you; to talk with you. to cke you love me. so that we- need tever part again. You love thme masked dy. Will it kill your lov'e to know." he asked as she dropped the mask on er knee, "that the masked lady is 'ur wife ?"-Ne w I.>rk Ne ws. Magnetized places-spots attracting ron like the lodestone-are often no iced in v'ok-'aic rocks. They have ceen ascribed by Folgheraiter to light ing. inut he knew of no magnetized ocks that had been tested before the ighting struck. Two investigators had been testing ocks near Mount Etna when. during he night lightning fused a telephone rire, from which an uninsulated earth yire in along a basaltic wall, which iad previously shown see reely a trace f magnetism. Next morning the tones of the wad were i.trongly mag etic for five irnches on I~e ' sides of he wire, the pola--it3 indicating that e c(arrent passed upw'ard. To enable people to send thei-- voices o their friends through the mails is he ambition of thre French inventors. vho have united their ing:enuity in the roductionl of a wax-like material ,alled "sonorine." which may be spread ipon a postcard. Spoken mecasages nay be impressed upon the prepared ards by placing them'in a phonogra 3hic apparatus, into which the sender peaks. and the receiver of such a card a1s ocly to put it through a receiving phonograph in order to hear the voice f his friend as in a telephone. What is now known as hypnotism wvas heralded nearly half a century e.: "s of gr'an irQg:'t, ace in wcehl mugasis and as a moral aid in train ing 'hildren, and much greater powers have been assigned to it in recent years. A. late French writer has shown that its usefuln'ess has been greatly exaggerated. It affects only wills too weak to be aided, and it can have no value in systematic education. Gr:'s set has concluded that it is so often Larmful that it should be employed only by the practiced phnysician. Forgery by phionograph is a n p crime discovered in Hungary. The sou of a wealthy peasant proved an ora. will of his father by testimony of serv r ts who heard a voice from the dying parent's bed, saying. "I leave all my property to my eldest son, Alois, and nyothir children are to get nothing." Such a statement is valid in Hungary. Sub~seqently, however, the police were informed that the voice the serv ants heard was npt that of his father, but that Alois had spoken the words into a phonograph. He had plamced the instrument under his father's bed. and when the old man lost consciousnes' ralled the servants in and set it goint. The police searclied his house and found the phonograph record as dle scribed. , Aloa is now to be charged @000 000 SOG00099000:980esl6 How to Dittinfect a Room. G 1t a Iarge-size metal bath. ant partly till with water. Pr'tly fill pail with water. and stand in the bath On the pail place an old metal tray ;l'i see that it stands tirll:. ("-. ItheI tray put two or' thre puountis 0 powde;red sunIjl u r m ioistoe w 'IIf-1N"Il methyhte(l spirit. Have :III ipwriurs salve your door of exit. elb'ely h and all their crevices stopped. Se lire to the sulphtir. - When you have quitted the room at tend to the door. Open twelve hlour. later. Although this reads very sini ply, the matter is not so satisfaetory as inight he supposed. W.ll paprs and not seldom colored fa.blri's are damaged by the fumes. TIre writ-r's Opinion is that fumigation for cloth ing, etc.. is a mistake. Evr? dry air fails because it does not pentiratc properly. says Home Notes. Boiling, or trearting by superheated steam will alwa ys aive good resuit Kitchen Helpt. A kitchen convenience w.".iich is.O present in every household is a pair of sharp scissors. Scissor: are used to in lamp wicks-which is wrong and cut papers and string: 'nit seldom for trimming bacon antl Iani rinds. skinnling aud trimming sahids. These are proper uses for the seissors, and the use of therw saves much labor. Every housewife should cultivate the habit of five-minute n:.ps. After working hard a few hours a woman is apt to feel sleepy or "dregged out." and imagines that it is only that or dinary sin of the flesh-laz ness. But if she gives in to the feeling. and rests for a short time on a comfortable lounge she will feel wonderCully fresh ened and will do better aad quicker work than if she had fo:'egone her ctnap. Green food is almost inclispensable to caia-y birds. but if lettui'e is searce a good substitute imay he. had by planting a little cf their favorite seed in sumall flower pots and nllowing it to grow. Warx to Serve Coff.!e. Various are the ways ofterving cof' fee. and the heverage s renlly .ser ously affected in taste by Vie way the cream or m!lk and sugar nie added to it. The English way is te pour into the cup simultaneously coff ee and ho: milk. This kind of coffee is said to make the least denmands or: the diges tion. The Freneh prefer cfe au lait at the morning meal and biack cof fee at other meals. Cafe al lit is sometimes made- by adding hot milk I) plain coffee. but i better when mnade as follows: ILice inl an ear:h'.n or granite wart pot a 1umrtr W milk and let it heat almost to. boil ing. Then add four taIhesnoonfuls of frehly ground coffee. Shutle the- pot back and forth on. the stove umil the afe comes to a heil-. Let it rest nB'e minutes before ser'vnir. 'This also is fairly innocuous, but what is to he said for Cuban coffee. which is deliel:ous. tt least. The coffee is raade exnra strong. much too strong for hdal:-h. and is served wvith the cup, half :'ul of "'"I: et cream. Do You Know That cake may be kept fresh hy pirf ting a fresh ripple in- the ecake box. That any kind of-e:ann'ed ish'shotid be put into a colander ar few hours before it is used an~d bo:ling: water poured over it. That if sourp is too salty seve:i slees of raw potato shoukc he added.. Boil a few minutes ioonge when rhe potato will be absorbed wi rIr the salt. says the Newv York Manil. That cracked egg may be boiled if a spoonful of vinegar is :nled to the water. That if lettuce heaves th it have-.just been washed are dropped into a hag made of old table linen tIme moisture will be immediately absorbed if the lettuce is shaken about. That mashed potatoes ar? very much improved if bits of green pepper are worked into them. That the taste of boiled water may be improved if it is thoroulghly beaten up with an egg heater. That the bread box will be in a much better condition if it is lined with heavy manila paper that is changed twice a week. Thle bread keeps much longer, without any possiblilty of mold ing. PRiPAR3 THSH~ Fruit Cooki.s--neu cup choco'lateL raisins, one cup bmmuter, three cups lour, three egg5. onie-hailf :up .moa.es two-thirds cup su;.:rr. M1ay Biossom Ca ke'-Unt to a crtym three-quarters of a cup ol butter. with one of sugar. :idd oneii-half ('upfull of sweet milk and two cupfuls of flour whites of ten eggs. and a fter' beatin thoroughly togiher add to the cake nxture0: stir in two tealspoonfuls of haking powvder andt lastl7 a ('11)1>1 of blancbed almoni1". Coven with a wvhite icing and place alinondt meats on torp to suggr.ent blossoms. ihread Pudditt--One anmd (l0uC-Irl sie1s of b~read. one pint of mildk. two eggs. piece of butter as larrge as Eng lish walnut. Sugrar to ta t e. Salt anu11 a little nutmeg. 11)1. Chocolate Siam for iPudding--Boil ono (.1p wate"' andi~ one-halIf cup sugar thrieeIll mites. Mi thee teaspoonis grated .lhocolate amnd one teaspoon eornstareI with two thirds cup otf miik'. Stir in with sugar and water. Boil until it thickens5 a little. Lemon Pie-One cup .sugar and one large cooking spoon of flour. maixed thoroughly. Then add jumic~e and grat ed rind of one large or two small lemons. one (cup boiling water. small piece butter anid one whole eeg~ -jnd yolks of two rmorc. Stir all together and cook in doublje boiler (or~ oven' hit water until t'hiik. Bil:0 (enst lii'st Make a richi crursi. pricl: with a for'k :it over'. every ineh: bake a nice )rownl. : urn ini the tillingr anmd (oVer vith mneringueC made Xf whites of Speech of a Wise Man. Oo) roads was the keynoie of oiie of the ablest spoeche. made in Cong-ress' this sesin it delivered in the House of Rep ntivsby Represemiative I.-c. of riwho, with telling foree, blrouht out fact after fact about the deilorable conlition of American roads ; y. It is a inifieant fact that his sv'eeh was listened to with the aztention by members of the .e:resellf titve Ie began:m by Sayinl tha: all civilized govermients bjuitl roads. and that all save our own h've soime t etilis-ed system fOr bnilhdig atnd na' taining puhlic lighways. In r the direction1 ofsmilled and coimpe tent officals. Early in this century some w6rk of this kind was done by the Federal Governmeiit. The 1hawn 6 railway building and steam transpor tation, he said. senms to have largely drawn puble attention and enterprise from our colmmon highways. as a nat ural consequence. for more than fifty years-yeirs that have been full of throbbing life and vigor for us as a na tion: years that have no parallel in the history of our.race for triumphs of man over nature: years that have been filled with a sucession of wonders and triumiphs in every field of human thought and endeavor. But the great est wonder of all these wondrous years is :iat as a nation we have utterly i nored oirr country roads. and we seem u rpriseyl when we look about us and find them no better than they were half a centiry ago. Confinuing. Mr. Lee said: "The able Secretary ofAgriculture estimates that the cost, the extrh burdens iipoed upon this country by bad roads, is not less thau $600.000.500 annually. These figures almost stagger credulity. but who can gainsay them? And yet. when a bill was recently introduced in -this IIou.e to appropriate $25.00U.000J an: nually for abating this great and con tinuing .10s, it was ridiculed in some ouarters as a fake-visionary and hi practic:ble-as if it were wild an1* un reasonable to stop a leak of hundreds ol millions of (lollars with this compar Iively m:mall appropria tion. But tos4 who reviled it have not seized upon the opporrtunhty to propo-se a better plan. .Forty millions of doiars were nromptly handed out from the ruoli tresm-y to p::y for the privilege of srending~ $4).00.000' more to diz a diteh in foreign lands more-than 10^10' mI es from lionie. Not one-hundredth of on Ver cent. of our people w:ll ever see it: not one i:i 1000 of our people w;il ever- feel his burden lightenpel or his .oty and 'omnfortsof life increased when it is finihed- One-hai~f the stum it wil cot if intellizently e,:pendcd upon our public highwrtys dur'ing the next ten years, wouMd give 100 times as man.y conforts and pleaisures to 1000 times as many of our peopie. '.he canal will be ar great publie utility, no doubt. but etter roads are a crying pub!ie- need, now-every daiy. -1f the army needs a roafT it ge ts it Even our possessions in the Far East, the- Philippuine Islands. have been the objects of oirr solicitous are to the ex tent of expending $3.000.000 In building roads for them. Porto Rico. though not much larger thanu somne of our coun tis, has had over 8,000.000 expended upon its roads- since it camne into our possession.. During our brief occupant ey of Cuba our Gohverniment expended :2.30.000 upon its pubilic roads. Even thse little dots in the Pacitie. the H-a wiian Islands. have eome- in for ai share and have a cor.templated expen dliture of' .o.300.00 upon their roads. These various sums aggregnte S1:-1.00~0. (tO$ that have been expended during the past few years In building roads. not a foot of which lies wi:hin the Uni ted States. What have we against our own people that we should deny to them blessings that are freely extended to the idle Islanders of the seas? "But other interests and forces are "'tmig to the aid of the soltary and unorganized farmer. His friends in the cities. havig uraavn rich and equipped thenfselves liberally with self propelled vehicles, want better roads to roll them over, and they are inter ested in the problem of the roads. The manufaceturer. l'earn ing from exper ine that had roads interfere mate lally with ihis obtaining steady andu eon tinous supplies of raw nmaterialI. wante tme raads imin-roved. The miillions "1 oneratives in the miinc's. factories and shops are learning that haid roaids ia crrse the cost and disturb the reenlar supplyv of food prodnets from the farms which they must have, and they want better road's. The .merchant byar leired that bad roads retard and re press trade, and lhe wants them mend ed. Our Postotliec Dep~artmetrit is greatly hiintlered and hampered in its effrts to supply to the country reguir and reliale mail service for lack of better roadse. In fact. it would be hard to name an interest. :an industry, or an indvidual whon would not lhe benefited y better roads." Tepri-enta1Tive f.ee said that if he had the privi:ege of writing upon the stai:e hooks a law that had more of the pr.>mise and potency for immediaite aad last ingz aood to all the people thani any hIaw thtat ha~ts been proposed or dis mised in the Honaisc. i;. wvould be ai law retiing a D~epattment of Pubiie Hiuh wars. 10 act th'rougP. and ini conjune-i~ aat horii.s in r'eoeemnt the l: country fron the throes andl :hlraliom of its iiserablIe roadsl. and hie wouMd giv that departoonet not less thaa $.() ) a year uinti I1 te wt:rk hatd reachEa a sa i sfactory stage of advla iineen. .So here we arn." samd he. "riget !n the muiddce of thme road. andi the sorriest kinl of a read tt that. 'A coniditioni it years of ob)servationfl long eioughi to conviCe is thiat tihe roads will not re Have~ a Cnred Cod.I --.-.......a..r......i. e:'snta -'urv e a re -'-"0R .-ee:m\'e '.a ciy o f ..5r% cy ..w .. h~ -tv" -t re ? SSOUTH ERN f TOPICS OP iA EPEST TO( HE PLANTE The Say, Bean. A professor of Ithe Virginia Experi mleit Station wrotte to the Southern Planter a rcommnii dat:oe of the soy 0e:1an1. It mny not be _s valuable for this State as the velvet bean, but it has one advantage that will be appre ciatedl in many )laces. that it is Lot a elimber. The velvet bean is such a rampant grower that it is dihi:-lt to keep it- from overrunning the orange trKes in a grove. The evidence seenis to indicate that it :i duite as good for stock and less troulie to get in shape for feeding. The soy bean is one of our most val- 1 uable legmuinous crops. rivalling the cowpea, and surpassing it in many sec tioni vhere tie elevation is high and the climate cool. It withstands a drought very well, and will thrive sur prisingly well on poor, dry soils. Soy beans will grow under niany conditions of soil and climate unfavornhip to cow peas and other legumes. The value of the soy bean as a soil improver has I been known to the farmers of the State 1 for many years. but the charaeteristics of the different varieties are, as a rule, not well xjnderstood. This is unfor tunate, for some of these varieties are worthless. while others are good grain and forage prodnwers. Several varieties were grown on the' station test plant last season which I failed to mature seed. while others ma tured seed early in September. The soy bean commoniy use f throughout the i'outh is an excellent variety for many sections. but failed to < dhature seed at Blacksburg last season. This bean was sold by the seedmuen without any variety name for many I years, but was given the name of j Mammoth 'Yellow by this station on' account of its large growth and to dis tinguish it from other varieties. Lately this variety has been advertised by some of the seedmen under this name, and we hope to be able to get every seedmatn throughout the country to ; ive the soy beau that they are selling some definite name,. and then the "Ise ful qualities of the several va-r'.eies cn be deterniinked, The be.p yisliing varieties at this :ion Int year were. first, the .Tap which matured September. 1. 1 and gave a yield of 15.2.5 bushels per ai.e: the second hest yielding variety I Vas the tho San Yellow. which ma- t trred se( I September 17. and gave a yield of - 3 bushels per acre; the third r est yielding variety was the Extra Early Blael . which matured Septem ber 1. and gat.-e a yield of 1'P.2 bushels per acre. The Holybrook and Breck's o soy bean. which are simiTar to the f Mammioth Yellow. failed to mature seed at this station.. but woul~d no :itot do so on- the Costal plain region.t One can readily see that a great mis take could be made in buying seed e the soy bean without knowing the ariety name and understanding some-t hing about its- date of ripening and I yieldinmg power.. 11 At present it is not known b~y the; r rriter where seed of the .i.apanes~e p~ea t sy bean can be obtained, but the Vir iia Experiment Station expects toa Iave seed of this variety to distributet in small quantitie.s atongt the farmierse f the State this fall.. Those receiving -seed -will be expected to grow the beans undcr our direction ( nd sell them to their neighbors at a ; resonable cost so that anyv desirinit tot test the value of this crop may have an opprtuiity to do so. any informa~tion eeneerning the dif erent vairieties of the soy bean or their vruine in the rotation will be cheerfully I urnished to the staticn. SCost of Keepitt ffens. Farm and Ranch gives the figures of the cost oft keeping the hens and the best mtethds as. follows: Taking the hens as the basis-as the aiai invested-the gnestion of protit< hmiimes on her tlity. the amo~unt it I costs to iced her. and the number of eggs she can he made to or induced to lay in am year. or any given period of time. We are sure that this question ji is not taken very se'riously by farmers.I becanwe they seldom give their hiens: any particular care or attention, and in a great un:ny cases do not feed1 ther at all. exept in the non-productive vium er seasonl. Sill. the whole question of poultry keepng himges ri:.:ht here, for no one would care to en::ii to in a losing enter prise. TIhere mumlst the something tangI be about it-som!ingiiii like a fouinda tion to it. and th, chanees to gain by it throug~h work and~e time devoted to it by those who are in eatrnest. seek g to soire the~l proem fa voratbly. to th'ir Itintncial bettermnctt. To .vr' factms ;h:. arg~ of anmy v-alue to i lhers, a person01 enn omP~y fu1!y and '!t init cV'ti1te iersonalI experi en(ce. 1hc writer. a1s mo' st (of ouri readers know. lis a keeper' of pouitry. andt~ has had mu.-h to say on the 5iubjec.t in tmes:' colonufls. and in other papers. of simi::r cllss. for a1 period ofi twenty yers. .\nid yet. our' experienice is linm ited mil we stand open1 to conviction, Pointed Paragraphs. A homely girl always selects a girl ca:clior thtan herself for her brides- 1 lavenlv considerations often ap ear trirling to a man until he has one Itreasure there. Thei1 lBible 'ontaints the mathematies >f mralt v.theirionometry . of~ rmh i. to bilogy o4f thme blessed life. I tie s:ience of: thei saul. There are men of mcney who think tey are lending their gold to the Lord while the colleges are paying them back by degrees.I Te man whom God can only tuse to kindle tires cannot tiderstanid why those whol are' st rong' enouahI for ousts are not wh'itt led up as lie is. Even the lazy man mnakes at lea mefl trenumous~ effort to see how little e aut ac'conish You can alwrays. make a satisfacto 4 R M -:- 0TES. ? STOCKM 4A ANf rRUC GR&WEP. and ready to learn from others now But while this is true, we are able to ;ay we know there is profit in poultry 1eeping. because we have made it pay. md on practical lines. as well as with pure bred fowls in the fancy egg and poultry trade. And now to the facts of personal ex >erience on the question of profit: And n1 this summary is not taken into con ideration the production of the hens. s to whether they should be raised r purchased-taking the ground that h point of value they represent in henselves their cost of existence to heir keeper, that they can be disposed f ati any given time for what it cost :o produce them. With this fact set led. the question of profit is nat-rowed own to the single one of the cost of 'ood and tl value of the eggs pro Luced. In coun.ing the cost of food in our >ersonal experience. we - charge up very item excepting that of green ood in spring. summer and autumn, or we raise it ourselves. outside of ur chicken yards, and feed to them of morning while it is fresh and crisp. Ve raise Essex rape. oats and wheat prouts for this purpose. and as neither -equires any cultivation, the cost is a nere trifle. It may be that during the eason that grows this green stuff, the owls and chicks get all the bugs, in ects. etc.. that 'hey require. But dur g the cold season green cut bone is ed to them three or four times a week, nd on those days the grain ration is ut down correspondingly. - The meat nd the bone ration is much more nec ssary for the hers in cotd weather to eep them laying than the green food s at that season. On the other hand, n the mild sep on. the meaty ration an be dispensed with to a great ex ent. if the green stufi is freely sup died. We feed our hens grain-corn. oats d wheat mixed. twice daily. and the ,reen food, or out bone. as .the ease ny be. only one time on the days r-heu they are supplied with either. nd while the cut bone ration may be itted every other day. the green ood should be given freely in spason. e Essex rape. which produces a arge. flexible leaf. becomes in this ay one of the chief articles of- tat ens' diet. and not a mere relish. for hey eat of it more heartily. and it trongly cvlors their droppinas. It is most excellent egg producer. This,%* ystem is followed in keeping hens arded where there is some grass, but -hich is such a wiry nature that its 117 value consists in its being a harbor r bugs, etc., which the hens catch -of night and morning. Wie find that we can keep onr hens in mrft and profitable laying conidition fter this -syste:n.. at a cost of $7 per undred, monthly; or $84 per hundred nnually. And under these conditions hey lay an average of 150 eggs per err during the twelve months. The rice will average, taking the year. mnd. eighteen cents per dozen. al ough in the early springtime it 1& earer thirty cents :r dozen tihan the v-rtge price named. An easy calcu'.s ion will show that the value of the slaid by each hen is $2.25. while e cost of her keeping is about eighty tr cents. This is on a market basis. )f course, if a man has a fancy trade. ting $1.50 a setting for his eggs in e hatching season, and gets three itings from each lien during that iue. the profit from the hens is sev raf dollars each. Our purp~ose in this :r:ice. however, is to show we can ke and do make it pay on a market )siS. Better eep a (cow. The Southern Rtura list asks some Luestns and then gives some good ~ die. Only those who have 'cw~ that gave an abundant s.upply of nilk and butter, ad- ifie then been itout. can appreciate the value ot ich a comfort. How many cows dlo you keep on your ar': Do you have all the milk and utter y~ou need for family. and do -out maike any to sell? These are per inent questions. friends, for if you al to have all the milk and butter out need for homne consumption you ont half live. The writer remembers hen we onig had one cow at the iuralist f<1rm. an)d when she went dry. owv we were forced to resort to the ~n cow, and eat store butter until she ame in again. Thmin-;s went mighty tr'y. I can tell you. The cornbread was. iard and the biscuit didn't taste nat tral. Even Ted, the dog, sniffed at Iis dinner suspiiusly. :and ate slowly nd with little relish. We stood it for svle. and then we boug.ht another o and beganm to live again. Our' stom .h once morc regained that comiforta le feelIng, and we feel sure that a. -ase of indigestionl was averted. Not-4 uly 'this, lbut tihe spirits of the cook mevivr-d. anld we were no longet sha med to invite friends -home to inner. I->tter kl''p a cow. friends. aid be happy anmd healthy. Reflections of a Bachelor. All the world loves to laugh at a ver. Circumstances induced by a rail :ad wreck alter cases. Every man pays for what he gets -either in coin1 or self-respect. Some people take offense becau:se hem~ is nothing else lying around ~oo many men seem anxiouis to ;tive santamec majlesty mi:-e (6:'n hiS Most elopements are dume to the a~t that there are no wedding pres nts in sight. There is nothing more unattrIact :ve han a silk lhat that has outlived its mcfulnss. Hatred .is often the resnit of nowig but one side of a person. The middle aisle is tiie mosi, satis 'etory brile path.