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DOMESTIC LIFE IN AFRICA Iv ??? ? No More Than in Christian Lands Can tha Little Ones Escape the Eve* ning Ablutions. I went with my lantern ?nto Ze's , ' little hut: 1 sat down by the Are. and 111 there was the family too. writes Jean is. en yon Mackenzie, In the Atlantic, i , Mendom was heating some water in ; a big black * kettle. The youngest ' Mploga, still without teeth, was howling in the arms of little brother. Pres- i f. ently to the light of my lantern Mendom brings her three-year-old; she i emptios her hot water into a wooden bowl; with a sponge of crushed leaves 1 she washes first one little foot and i N then the other Kid howls His feet are sore, poor little duffer?he holds ! ? out his hand for hie father to hold. f Mother is relentless until both feet are soaked; then she opens a little 16 leaf packet; thero is salve made of ' c the bark of the redwood tree; she h adds a little palm oil to this, and very ! carefully she anoints the little feet. The sobs subside and the child walks 'c olT on his heels. Now the mother ! pours more water into the bowl, tnkes the fretful baby out of the hands of ], little brother, stands the weeny thing | in her belt of beads on the clay floor and swabs her down with water, i*1 There is the familiar Initial gasp. With her maternal hands she cleanses that b little person all glittering with wet. 1 and she says, looking at me and smil- ! ing, "Qod has sent me much trouble." And the father says, apropos of noth- I) ing, "All these have been baptized." 1 ii sit on my stool by the Are and feel j steeped In the most human domesticity. Everywhere In the woHd at this hour little children are whimpering ' over their evening ablutions. It la a mistake to think that any child of a c good mother escapes. So much for j. the Illusions of little boys who would ( like to be heathen. I PLANT BURIES ITS OFFSPRING Peanut Has a Most Effective Method 1 of Protecting Them From Their Enemies. f Here's a plant mother that buries * her children to protect them. While t the children of other plants are being t kidnaped by animals and birds, these j youngsters are carefully hidden away ( beneath the ground so they can grow in safety. Hut man won't permit the f mother to keep her children long. He y, digs them up?and eats them. The 1 plant is the peanut. I Its leaves look like a four-leaved tiuvur. n.a uinsHonis are a nainiy yei- | low, shaped like those of the sweet < pea. When they wither anil fall off the mother plant begins to worry ahout her seed children, for If the birds and animals kidnap them bef^j-e they ripen they won't have a chance ! to grow and produce more plants next 5 year. So she bends her stalks downward i and each head where the flowers havo fallen off she pokes Into the ground. ( There the little seeds develop inside of wrinkly, paperllke pods. Sometimes the little tunneling moles find them aud eat them, or maybe hogs will como and Toot them out. Usually, however, they're safe from oil marauders. < America gave tho world the peanut. It was found first In Brazil. Since its . commercial value was discovered it has been planted all over the world Since 1861 It has been a staple product of southern United States. i 11 TREATMENT FOR THE INSANE < How greatly the world has ad- ' vanced In the treatment of the in-: * : I sane Is seen in comparing conditions now with those of a century ago. ( The present institutional treatment i with its careful provision for alleviat-j' lng the distress of unfortunates in ' accordance with recent advances in ' science was as unthinkable then as' the necessity for clean prisons to guard the criminals and remedial: treatment to cure them of their vi-j{ ciousness. The murderer in the p!uc>|" of penitence, or penitentiary, was given a foretaste of that hell which his guardians felt sure was certain to be his lot; the "possessed" were regarded as afflicted in persons housing demons or tainted witn1 X witchcraft, and like the violent maniacs and criminals they were Ainnoi *"o I n rvrl na ** IKAIM 111 ? ? ? w.iuii u?uv\i uo ivy men iiiM-i urn anil cut off from all human sympathies. Idiots and dwarfs were Just passing! Anally out of favor as sources of amusement for kings and princes,1 and It took a nineteenth' century Wordsworth to invest an "Idiot Roy" with the purple of romance. In Pope's day, as a print of the time shows. It was the fashionable amusement of the wits and elegtnt "females" of the best London society to visit Bedlam to view the violently insnne shackled behind heavv Iron bars like wild beasts. In literature 1 the madmnn'a confession type of ? thriller remained long popular. Certainly little understanding of the na- s turo of mental dlseane or the recos- ' nlt'on of claims of Infirmity upon society for aid showed itself In the I1 minds of the people of in provisions u by tho more enlightened of the y physicians for adequate treatment of ? this class of patients. Failure In h meeting this condition is perhaps the n WEEKLY BULLETIN OF THE! BUREAU OF MARKETING. (Continued from Page 14) 3 young Huff Orplilngton roosters rice reasonable, or will exchange Tor plo of Anconas. 1 rooster and 2 liens. Triumph and Queen of the South weet potatoes, lr per lb. f. o. b. , harleston. ,"i(l hit. nntntnpa nmbo Kaut I o. b. Loris. 200 bu. Georgia buck sweet po*toes, $1 bu. 25 bu. Irish potatoes, Lookout I fountain, $2.25 per bu. Hardwood, delivered or standing, ood site for factory. 20 pairs of White Homer pigeons; pairs of Brown Carneaux, will exhange for tfood cow giving 3 gal>ns of milk, or fine pigs. One second hand Tower riding ultlvator. $18. or will exchange for1 Iluroc-Jersey sow pigs. One-storv 3-70 saw gin outfit with ! *test improvement; terms to suit. One girl's Mead bicycle with coaser brake. Extra fine red and yellow canna ulbs, 26i per dozen. Tomato plants, 50c per 100. Canna bulbs, 1 to 10 crates, $1.30; ieets, 65c per 100; choice green onons, 5c per dozen; carrots, 50c per 00, large and tender. 60 lbs. okra seed, 25c per lb; for he lot, 15c per lb. Tomato plants 50c per 100 by parels post; egg plants, 75c per 100; j tell pepper plants. 75c per 100; on-1 on sets 25c per 100; all by parcels; tost. 1 upright piano cheap. A refrigerator in good condition, ,00-lb. ice capacity, $20, or will ex- i hango for hogs, home cured meat,: tr lard, or corn at market price. One Aerinotor engine, pump and galvanised tank. $25; one walnut exension dining table; one 4-h.p. In-! ernational engine, $160. Surveyors' level and tripod, $15; >r will exchange for Duroc-Jersey lilt of same value, peas or corn. Ribbon cane syrup, 50c per gallon.; vlll exchange for cow pens at $1.25 >er bushel. Japanese Ribbon Cane seed, $1.50 [>er bushel, or will exchange for >ow peas or velvet beans. Canned sugar cane syrup In 10-lb. ians, $3.1 f? per half dozen cans. .10 bushels Silver Dip cane seed, fl per bushel or will exchange for sound mixed peas. 40 bushels small Spanish peanuts ;ood for planting. 10 bushels rice threshed, but not dcaned. To exchange five pure Carnenux "ed pigeons for 2 settings of White' lock eggs. Registered Collie pups, males $10 \aeh; females, $7 each. _ i VOTICK TO l)KM(N 'llATIt' CI,I lls Notice is hereby given that all loal Democratic clubs will meet on the fourth Saturady of this month, at I p. m., for the purpose of organiz-i Ing and electing delegates to the county convention which meets in he Court House at 11 a. m., the' 'irst Monday in May. Each club will be entitled to one lelegate for each 2.1 members or iiHjoruy imotion thereof. The num-j >er of rluh memberships to be the tame ns the totnl vote oast in the 'irst primary eleotion in 1914. R. S. Stewart, Co. Chairman Dem. Com. April 13, 1916. 14 lt-c noat saddening feature of that outvardly brilliant age. One turns with a sigh of relief t > ecords of this work of the more nodern hospitals for the insane. Sverything in them conduces # to heer and to the restoration of the >atlent. In reality they are hospitals vlth skillful experts in attendance, 'irst in the body, then in the mind, s tne order of Improvement. Since roluntary effort and pleasant work lave a steadying effort on the nerves, nany forms of interesting active la?or nre undertaken and persistent ffort is made to restore to the mtient his will and bring back to lim his self. Of course, the proedure makes heavy demand upon ho skill and taet of those In charge, 'he profession advances so rapidly hnt great efforts and Improvements oust be made to keep abreast of the Imes. South Carolina must not remain atisfV-d until tho treatment of pnients Is made to i onform more elose\ to that pratlced in the best equlpx'd institutions according to needs s shown by the specialist* in charge.; inv logging behind, through force f fircumrtanceH, in tho neighbor-1 oorl of eighteenth century practices' iilist he one away with. The State.1 * ,? THE LANCASTER NEWS TINY VILLAGES IN ENGLAND V li Two Hamlets In Which There Is Only One Inhabitant, and Many With Tj But a Few. P It takes two to make a quarrel, but , It only takes one to make a village. Jlvj For an example of the truth of this ^ latter statement you need only to take p trip to Skiddaw, in Cumberland. ! v?| hngland. This Ulliputian village con- > tains only one villager, who complains bitterly because he cannot voto. The reason that he cannot vote is that ,, , . +. mere is no overseer to prepare a vot- -T-,| or's list an?l no public building to publlsli one. as the law demands. , Yet one-man villages sometimes | VH have their benetits. In a Northumber- 1 land humlet the single inhabitant re- Tfuses to contribute money to maintain ^ the roads, declaring that the one he has is quite good enough for his use. ^ Twelve inhabitants of a tiny village in Tthe Isle of Kly are similarly blessed. They have no rates, no roads, no publie institutions of any kind. V' lluckland-in-the-Moor is another curi osity. Public houses, policemen, doctors and paupers are unknown there, though the population is nearly a bun- v? dred. All the "oldest inhabitants" are pensioned by the owner of the estate. (* who himself recently celebrated his go'den wedding. T; ONE GOOD QUALITY HE HAD ? r Truthful Man Could Not Go Far In Eulogy of Dead Man, But Ha Did His Beat. There was an old farmer who was widely kftown as the crossest, closest. ? and most generally nonlikable citizen ; in the whole state. Like other mean men he lived to a ripe old age. but ' eventually he died and his friends ? went ahead with plans for the funeral. \ Now. it is customary, in the case of rural funerals, for those who at- ] tend, as they stand by the coffin, to < murmur some eulogy of the dead. A number of farmers tame in and said things which didn't square at all with the old man's life. < Finally, an aged man, who had \ known the deceased all his life, hob-, bled in and stood by the coffin. The ! need man u-nw linnun ii? Iho mncl truthful man in the county. Hence, 4 the other people present waited with v interest to hear what he would say. j !\ The old man gazed down silently + for u while. He paused Finally he 4 spoke. V "Wal," he said earnestly, "nobody kin deny that he was a great hand T for closin his stable door o' nights." 1 <4 - 12 Mr. Gladstone and Mortgages. 4 The late Lieutenant Gladstone ex- -. pressed in his will "the solemn hope1*1 and expectation" that his uncle will, , * from time to time, reduce any niort-: . gage on the Hawarden estates. In so 4 doing Lieutenant Gladstone was loyal to the Gladstone tradition. The great statesman had a horror of mortgages, 4 the "mischievous consequences" of 4 which had, as he baid, been "terribly > felt (the word is strong but hardly too stroftgi In the cr.se of Hawarden." 4 Writing to Lieutenant Gladstone's fa- 4 ther. the lat?* Mr. W. H. Gladstone, in x T 1885, Mr. Gladstone said: "To mortgages 1 am greatly opposed. Whether t they ought or ought not to be re- ^ strained by law. 1 do not now inquire.' J, Hut 1 am confident that few -rare causes only will warrant them, and * that as a general rule they are. this- + chlevous. and in many cases, as to 4, their consequences antisocial and immoral. Wherever they exist, they ought! T to be looked upon as evils, which are to be warred upon and got rid of."? 4 Westminster Gazette. GHKKNVILLK MONKV + OOE8 TO LIBRARY + Special Ta\ for Maintenance Voted v to Continue for Fifty Years. * Greenville, April II.?Citizens of 4 ureenvute voted lo-day for a special f tax of $4,00 a year for 50 years t > * be used in the maintenance of a V county library. The plan is to hav:- v the county deed the site of the pres- j J ent record building situated across1!'! the street from the court house to; ^ the library association. Carnegie + will be aske for $40,000 with which to remodel or rebuild the Record , 'ji building and the c:ty will stand the v nin!ntenan"e .-xpeoses. Rest rooms and otTier conveniences for visitors I !f to th eclty will be incorporated In t the library building. It is under- -f stood that the Carnegie fund Is prac- y tically assured. There was no no- V ticeable interest in the election. ?- ; Blissful Depravity. In a border southern town lives an elderly negro carpenter who is localiv + distinguished for his use of large 4* words and his abiding fear o&bls wife, \ who Is big, Impressive and domineer T lug. ?r. this iuWii ?, trio ol >ojng pro ? lessional men keep bachelor quarters. 4> Not long ago one of the three called V tho darkey In to do tome small re- -J pairing. "Boss," Inquired the old man, in the + midst of his work, "does you white * genTmons live heah In total deprav- j Ity of do feminine sex?" "We do." was the answer. -fr From tho bottom of his henpecked ? soul the old darkey fetchod up a long,' i deep, sincere sigh. "Well, sub," he said, "ef I suz er + you Is. I should syttlnly remain so.' . 1 * APRIL 14, 1916 i I I The Farmer: j Trust C< i OF LANCA! jj r * ? TO ASSIST THE PIG CLUB BO^ r If they will comply with the ^ FIRST.?Each boy shall con ? esty and thrift, such recommend ? teacher, farm demonstrator, trus || SECOND:?He must give hi r terest, for the cost of the pig. \ ^ ment or take a mortgage upon tY r first, the importance of his obi 1-1 1 ineuaeu mm; second, his linane f THIRD:?He must agree to * acre of feed for his pig. | FOURTH:?We require a \ 4. dian that the boy is the sole o\ 4. guardian, will not claim the prof f FIFTH:?That each boy slu f him by the PIG CLUB AGENT + | The Farmer I Trust C. i ? W .H. MILL) ;+ ? I i *+-: +*+++++++++k^++++++++++ + + + * : * + :++ + + + + . + +-^4^:+ . + : + . ?! 4* -4*- + 4* 4* * 4* * : 4 4* r 4* < ;+ | Good Styles F ;+ You will be more in lit our Spring and Summer I Dry Goods, Clothing, * Gent's Furnishing Good Y 1 1* Rf* * ? ? Laaies, misses and Chi Id r | | M. POLIAK Don't fail to see our 1 1 purchases. M. POL! ; - 4- + + * -+ + + + 15 ."^i"*^.ti ,^\^*."^. <y~i~<y~r^*'. ^I'^'.'^^i w T ,' w i w i w y _4 3 s Bank and | impany 1 sTFP Q C fi m. iz: II |J 'S OF LANCASTER COUNTY. $$ following rules:? T1 ne recommended as to his hon- iS lation to come from his school tee or neighbor farmer. ^ s note bearing 6 per cent, inVe will neither accept endorsele pig, but make the boy feel: \ igation to the man who recom- 3* !..i _l_ 1 2 uti uungauon. m $* ) raise not less than one-half vaiver from his parent or guar. $2 vner, and that he, the father or $2 its nor increase of same. ill comply with the rules given ?T OR FARM DEMONSTRATOR. M I , I s Bank and g Tr I umpany | TV EN, Cashier. 1 .y.y.y.w.y+y^jfrnyiv + + : + + * + +-:-+-:-T:-+-:-4-:-+ ?i < f'ftJ-fvt r + + T + T * tv-Ji + iff + + + + +>? + TV 'cpular Prices | terested than ever to see +1 +v _ine of Goods. Shoes, Hats, Ladies' and s, Up-to-Date Millinery, t| ens Hats at attractive prices. +| i jj | 1AKOFF | / /