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The Press and Banner TPiblWMi mry Wednaerteg kt V I ?ur ta adniMi. 1 Twelve Pages. Wednesday, Oct 29, ?902. VfeM *? PlMt Frail Trwo. |Tk* WluilMO Now* Md Herald itjri: "November to perhaps Um beet moo lb to art oat muttreee. Be ear* to pot oat a tbw tUefell.llTua have to ride oataaeoafstyoar neighbor* and be* ko? eclona. Better put aataayaMtortrMtbaa hav*aoaoataU." TMPna tad Banner would atkt u*U ooj lo Ute aOaot that November Maboot th* poorest aoaih to a*t oat fruit tmt or any other klod of treat, with aay bop* of th*lr u?m. Th* aamrymm are rwpoaalbi* for tb? Not?bar foUaoy about anting oot traea This reepooalblllty liaMUMd teoauaetb* p*opl* hav* Mora noo*y la Nov?b*r than ta Maiah or April, tb* proper Ua* to mi oot th* a? Wot tb la raaaoa th* aunnfaN can irathlBllr my ttet Mot?bit to u>? best * ?ttl ThipMptoinBMmoAiapnpinl to pay for Mt tratt In U? Pall tbu la tba SprlocThis to Um oaty mm that ? b? fairly bit ?i tor Fall mttlof or Uam, m batnf b*ttor tbaatbaSprint?toaU?. Ittobcttor tor tb? Miwy?, bat not bauar tor tba tram-or tbatwoaktba oar taatlmoajr, bamdon atn or torn azpaiimo*. THIS 8ETTLES IT. (Hum* Path CferoolcJe.) Last spring a Itmrhrav tokl oa ibal all aaaaU grain plan lidlo drllleMood oold belter IkaawfeMMwabrotdeait And bow Lmmm Ooanly burner who bee Hie eeemwortbe baetneee telle tbe Ad TWtleer the eeme tale bad edde to it. Hie flu le tble: Prepare lead end nee gaaao euMee toreotloo. OpeadrlUelsor 30 laebeeapart. Drop tbe eeed wheat, oatear rye through a fnano born Joel like patting oat gaeao la Jaaaary plow one farrow to tbe raw. la ffcheaary plow a farrow to the row aga^Md 70a will Bake grain anlll you are m ^ PHILIPPINE LETTER. Llgao,Frov. of Albay. Dear Mead I aa like a negro before a iway, aare of eottoa. I hardly know where iaeler*. hat 1 eajored year letter eo at neb that I feel It eneoaabeat apoa see to aaawer it aleaaawtthjbe hope^j*yo? a?y again *I^kSrtinrttRgNeeM jerky aad broken aalghS. it te beeaaae I have jart beard tbat Mf MMfcbOrlDff W rnlmn. bu MAlA *-i- -Ha haw eaasL MM iMliBMb Qi IfeM Itoroogb tbt aawa mw. nvMMWNUna w?w who hfctUX Maaatala dtotrtf, and wboawaop dawa oa tba mmU imtm tt laumh im atml aod oat ap tboaa wbo realM. with (Mr Mm. It la wiMii tba* ttaj will tMi IkiatMibalMW Idaat kaov wbatbar yaabaaacxparlaoaadltor aot, kat It Mabaa a??lMaaaMwapH iaaxpUoablaptalac tor tfMQallUj vIm lalMM Uattba aaaiaat tawa wm vtattadby tba rattan aad that this gff'isrjS'ssArajsu'sss: leva la a; provftooa. rMte* tba ho? of tb? 5s?s.??;*M7sssf xrsrs & ssstfsri^ssi'tjrffffs? 4m*, ta bta report of tba OUr wrota Um mnhm "qreetutdtm Im Mtai atMpMia." Fy tbagMMOftbatiadall tbapoUMaaftcapad I Tba maMaata ra ta amNMUi wort * wraaMa wiMMHary or ua PhlUpptoa aoo Hr* taolTMwanilai bwa li aaw la m aad o?u iaoatVad? ! <mI piagila ou mnk. Tbay areaoiobUiei ?' war*, aataia m?1<? tar Uhm. Hurl; (Mf (Ma baa lta Halt, rtoa W aaaily eoiu1MA PfMtaoa paw wild, eoooaoati mrrnbwa. Tba waawa www tbatr owa flott, auM. wbidb nabas a vary Utbt hiooi i?T iffcn iMk. Hmbp Is the artoOpi* ftaoteof export kin. TIM poet of I aietpla, i waH ton i? ailM troaa boro,oo? IMH.W aont^wtU^ft y* lASq!^Then tbibtBpUWN pUauiiMt mrtw Urn yaari to tow, ifur that theietafothlaf etaetoMdooe. YtePhilUploole UkdtoMmli mm r? SiMiLMPMWIy ta the miw or ftmnii. iHilkiMkMkm IltwaMd m Board MtaHh fertkttovn.ud it <tovoiv? apoo toMUl Ik* ndmn Mhn hartal. Of iilllMiMa I haveaot MM OH IMT iHi Mr aay >%tM of eenoMoa wbMmr. TMAMmumt la el vara la ttevirjr MM Immmv i>4 lanrttUr om mi dear era MmH* ik? I |ln hla or Mr a death earSttT IftliMaMMMUm the tovoMMMiton bM ite Mad?to wort bin to the eeaMterr. The other day afttr writing to Ulltob I tval to Um sebool bMN. by the Mwmuw, maid loM m proud m'q pol Mm o? ooUtekUod to hit alaaUoa. The rtittplaolii Mohtotbt Into order, ?arythtatf hodoMawMhe of thejuatfea, wad It will leoateeaaaeh 11 ma ud KMttloo toaat aii um UaplMMata, Mthaalnl ud other* i ? J TK? PhlllniaAMft ??? 'py*ii ris"* is tboaxla vbleb ItMd?from* woodalmoatm Urt M Lignum VUmt, to iM>w>J to lb* vtobaato tod ttfhliy vtdnd, ao tbat Um vlMb ud asi* dbn aoud m U umy tm % oao ptoNg tboa a poofi to.oat la Um uli, MrtMh wboaL ud oorroapoadlnd (tooth la tb? taaictto ftaa* kUM on. Um inoNiUMItawboitor.MdMrtliaauii?L TbotrloUon toaotlaUMbab.batoa Um axtoaad flwMk tMaaitoan my bao*y ad Haav bat tbo Cbraboa or Wator Bal bb>? UfaaoMttoaaaa oaltod toaqoal to tbo MWM. Tbo Watar Baflblo nta IM bum flma tba feat tbat Uia ?ary toad of waUr. It toawy tofgoool?I of dub, daa ootor. Mty atoaat aad baidy. tad vary ttaoUbia oa* toawmmudttobltto wo?m tkuon ?oraaad boTLTba anlnal to Nana la tbtoprovlaoa at praaaat owtaato dlaaaaa, aad a good OMilw la f?tb MUM Max. Ia aooaa* qaaMaof .tbk aaaadty ?f draft aataaata porapbNRUlkbm For iMtom, it aoat M tOM toe tranaportattoa toe aayaalf aod vlaa.aadlbr wbatbooac* wobodTmxn Lacaapl to mod,adtotanoo of l? sltoai and tbla waatbalocal rata as tbo tiaa*. abort Uaao tafcn, a aart oarryinc iaoo lba. marl a tmoo naai trlpa. All tba tiaaaportatioa of rloa apadbaaap todoaoby tboaa oarta: It vaqalraa ibroo dara to aaba tba reoad Lrlp of ? nutoa. Tfca carta in oowod wiu> Nip*. wbieto t? ary n a wary her*, capastaur lo in* nigj mm*. aad aU Um travoalag la doa* atalgbt. idt H Is too hot daring Um day. For m Mgbt. jMMM ltd ma ordlaary MUt ara aaed Tbo iMMlalaalalMd aroand with Bagoao, a aaaaU jrtaaaoTua.aadawtek wttbln latnaar tod wftbte Um aaoaib of Um bottta. Tata bona wada huap kItm a warjr brilliant ligbt MdMbtNwkralbi. Wbao twenty or ioeeflbwottaielteenbertb* apaataate la * vary novel ooa, Mgmrtally wbon viewed tfosa a dtotaooaTlt loofea likeaa Imaianaa I glow worn la Ita twMta aad torae. The driven of tbee* eaurta eat. alee? aod live l? Uwueed Um aaile maba aa niae boeaa aa taaay otbar booaaa bara: tboy bavf a cover, aad fbat laaofflelaoL Tbo aartuto ara at ao oapaoaa otbor ibaa tMrovo fbod,;tlM earakMbafiUaaalt Aaywbere bara wbare tba MM laeiear of troaa, tba gran gfova aralat blab aad blgber, and tbo aaraboa baa'fton all rtlaiila tbo aadbalag an til alzat nlcbt to aalp blnnlft aad bo iMkaa good aaa ofhla Uaaa. Tbo aaraboa tbat work ovary nlgbt an savor tod aaytbtag other tban wbat maa tbay aat daring tbo day. Wbeo tbo Sadtae tab*a pliawrodrtaoaaaraboa la bliobadto tbo Qadtos, wbleb la Joat Ilka tbo earriage la tba Btalaa of baUf ajhaadrod yaatra ago, aaeept tbat It baa two wbaala laatnd oflbv. Tba aaraboa alao aaakaa a facy naa aaddlar (?) Tbba two bamboo atlaba aod baod tbaca In Sblbeabapa of oe booa, Uo tboaedeof tbo 90 la tbo aoda of tba otbar. aod yoo bara a PbllllMno nddla. I doaotbaow wbat parpoMthta aaddla aarvn oaJaaa It la tbat It g1*m roa? to tba leel Wall, I aoold go on wltbaoab Jargoo ad Jkdtmm, feat know It woald not lntomt yoo, mo will eioaa. QlvaBUl mj ragarda, and tall May to drop ta aod aaa Uom, wo woald bo do1Mbtad M aaa bar. Aad wtth baat wtabaato all, I aa^ Toor friead. W?,R. Bradley. W? will teka gnat plcamia In abowlng you thfooatk otf Iumv ohioi dmrtMiti iod tMiaar* w mm pbmm ao? and all Id ttota Uaa. A. M. Snith 6 Co. Mm/ prill >a?filii? Id drtpary ud op bowii from dcfit to fifty onto a yard. also WMnllitM Ml ud nobby la oordoroy* forj soaking ladta cltlrta. . M. Smith * Ca I V * * SUPEBVISOB'8 jUARTERLT REPORT. 'he Following Ol&imi Were Audited and Paid by the Board of County Oommitaionen for Abbeville Ooanty for the Quarter Ending, September 30th, 1902. R. Hoodtoj J 1H 75 ? *. wTm. Gordon 12 30 J.UPwrlo ?>? K. K. Hill, JnU?e Pn*?U in ou Hoctuaro R. B Ull M. K. Holllp??worUJ - *7 ?? F. B. MeUae - ? 11 00 K M. Gkddis - U W <iJ. Ljoa 2?* W. B. Going* H. T. WsraKw 2 oo r.B.MeLue ? W T. W. Urn mho 15 70 J. P. Pratt "50 T. J. PrlM and J. K. Brown... 50 00 T.Y. H*rrl? 27 85 J Q. and *. M. Huekat?e *? 75 Mamoel * C. B Etui 85 00 U?a. C OrivM .......... 18 75 -- - ? A.hlm 4(1 1U J*A. ttofiInioT"mTb 'IZ1 SOU ' C A. Houab....... S 00 A. A. Ed? artia A Laoler 25 tO R. M. Pratt 4 00 A. R. * D. . B. KilU 25 00 J. W.AJ. F. Young 20 10 A. O. Omul 12 ii K. U Waldrop 17 M A. F. Calvert. 15 0U D. L. Haddoo ! ?. 1 25 J.W. Beagla |?n ii. H. Nick let 21# M Abbeville Hardware Co. M 65 J. H. Qieno .'. 1# 4? H0(h Wllaoo 74 06 . J. F. Miller li 05 A. & Morip 8 OH C. W. Kendall t SO J. W. MeK?* Jr 2& w Lb W. Wbtla 1180 Cobb A MoDavtd 110 M?DU1 A Lroo .. ..... 17 7? A. M. Smith A Co. in W. D. Barkadale ?9 20 P.BowDbcn* Oo. tld 67 Atoavtlla H&rUwara Co. lit 80 E.A. Tempieioa 4 96 AblMVllI* Oil Mill It 24 Geo. M. Sttltb 26 46 W.E. Doun 109 99 ss Will Erwlc 6U6 A. & Marti o 1 18 , J. T. Johnston * CO 37 18 P. K. Blaka, M. D 14 60 J. D. Wilson. M. D 3 OU Ham Hoia>M 1 so H. A. McCurrj 6 00 P. B. MeLaoa 28 so Arthur William#. 2 60 D. J. Orlflktk, 8api 380 49 A. P. 8eawrtgbt 9 61 J. M. Wlitili. 19 48 H. JL BoiMl 9 00 John W. Blgo t 00 J. M. Haokabea ? S 00 C. J. L/oti ; 91 77 J. H. SprouM .. .. 17 00 C. A. Mllfortl 10 86 R- c. Brownie* .. 171 M Ga& D. Barnard ? ? U Ob O. A. Vmitfwr, M. D 87 00 F.B. MaUat. 8 00 h. w. iavmo 8 71 8. K. Nfcknla 1100 C. q. Kay u.. , l ? 0. J. Laca IK 80 R. H. Killlngawortb 1 0U H. If. Ifcta * Oo. 1? 80 fid Kalaar. too J. A. WaUlna 4 50 J. ft. Brown 8 00 J. JL Jobnaoc _. 86 O. B. Kvana. _. 1 to Artbnr WUUaau It 00 J.R.Browo 8 00 J. H. Kamay 187 D.B.EIII * too W. M. Barn wall ,8 00 kT. HUL M. D 8 00 B. MeLanc tS 00 J. H. Raoty 8 40 K. .R. Hempblll 17 80 Can Miltortf - 41 t3 R. H. Annatronf 10 00 D. B. Kills. 1 CO C. a Oanbrall, M. D 9 80 F. B. MaUaa? 10 n B. 8. Link - - 10 OO ? IX) H.T. Morrteon *00 J.W.BhwI* ttM L.T ATTm. llllMT 00 ? W. D. BwfcadiU* T 00 X*. W. WhIU 80 CM H. X. Nl?fc?to UK Abfervllia fUixi war* Co. 10 40 J. Alton BmtUi, Jr ? ?7 J. B. Cochrma y ft A. M. HLI11A Hot* ft 1ft P. BoMobWf k Oo. M 08 C. A. Mll/ora It 5ft J. T. John*too aOo 14 a * jf. Twb^MHOH 4 60 K. H. Bookar <ft Bon ? M John W. MonnOi... 8 4ft Tbomaoo Brai 0 1ft D. follmkoff 8 50 J. W. MeKaa S 01 Hp?rd Drag Cb 7ft lft A. M.HmUb ftCo. Un J. 14. Wllkano? * ao Will Irwin 1 00 R. F. Morrta ? 8 at Pntstor*0? 8 1ft T. W. OrmbMi 17 S> i$?SL==: IS 2 a V. Hammond ft m D. J. Q MB til 306 00 Itaj A ttnwnefet. 12 80 JTW. Bbaimrd 16 oo W. A. Poor# ? I oo B. W. Aabiaj in A. J. Woodborvc. 7 00 T. A. MrAltatar _ 28 00 J. W. Bira 2 00 Mn. bTX Mabrj 6 00 r. b. moLam a ao C.J. Lyon? r. B. McLana 16 00 H. K. BnrdaU- 3 00 Bldnar A. MoCarry ft 00 J. C. Oodaoo ? 12 00 .J.P.Pratt 4? F. B. Mo Lane ?.... 20 00 W. A. 1 rwln ? 8 00 W. W. WUtou 11 7ft B. M. Qaddli .... 1 W W. a Shaw 25 J.H.Bwty 1? R. E. Hill. .. 10 Oft L. W.Wtalta 2ft 74 J. W. Sign 1 00 B. D. Purdy 1 00 Lttcuar CI1dk*o?1m *" 1? g. w. Oaivcrt ao oo A. P. Beawrlffbl 1 70 Ward law * Morrow...~~. 2ft 80 F. B.McLase ft 00 M.B.ff!ck?la.___ Sib H. K. Bardott 3 00 J. B. Brill, M. D ? 80 Llndaev WUNmm - 7ft K. B. MaLaoa 2ft 2ft U. W. Cada._ 4 70 J. W. Basgle ft 37 L. AlCWloe 4 ?6 Aboerlil* Hard vara Oo 21 07 LT.ftT. M. Miliar ? 81 L. W. Wblta lft 40 Aisoa B. Mom 84 33 " ? ? - III in il. M. oniui tu v? IV W. A. Nlokels 111 Mdaw A. MeCnrry 5 00 J. M. Wllkerson S 10 Anderson Ktoney ? 6 OA R. M. Hill ? 00 R. C. Wntktns. # 00 J. Alton Htnltb, Jr 17 S4 W. H. Napier 2 00 O. H. Cobb 11 16 Abbeville OH Mill II ao H. T. Ward law 2 00 T. N. Moon 5 fiO J.W.HIbd -... 8 00 J. M. Mabry ? 25 F. B. McLaoe 6 66 Carl Mllford ? 03 J. W. Bsagls 18 2ti C. O. Kay!! 1 oo W.T. Penney - 6 86 C. J. Ijroo 32 40 T. B. Martin 8 00 8. J. Todd 10 48 D. J. Ortffltb 208 00 H. M. Tata A Oo 21 11 F. B. MaLane l? l? J.J. Edwards 1 25 A. B. Kennedy 10 00 J. C. Martin 8 21 W. R. Clark 1 50 Mlsa Lilly Link 4 oo J. R. Blake, Jr 14 65 J. R. Blake, Jr S 1ft* a J. Lyon 275 oo Crawford Brothers 3 88 J. E. Brown lea 5 00 J. E. Loufvx 1 00 H. D. Prsssly 1 oo E. H. Rlebsy 2 16 A. kt. Held ? oo F. B. McLao* _ is 00 D. B. Elite 12 so U. W. Carroll _ 2 60 D. B. Elite. 2 00 A. F. OftlTMl 15 <10 a E. Ntflkcte 29 10 A. T. Brown 19 Go J.T. 1'bornioo .. 7 80 F. B. McLane 2a 00 n?rl Mllfbrd ? 00 W. F. Lanier U 60 YJL Sutherland.. ??00 J. H. Ramer ~ ~ 1 8? Brads and Bridges. L. B. Ramejr ... J 2 76 8. T. Monday 20 flP A. U. Tolbert - .. ? ? M J. R. Wraoa 1? ? ' F. L. Bushy 5 *. J. E. Knot. t 35 And/ Cllnkacalee 9 86 , A. P. Carwile, Jr I 15 1 W. E. McCaslan IB 00 H. E. Nlekeia. 10 00 , 8. T. Monday ? 10 40 Jim Pair . 1 Si . F. W. Wrlgbt t <J0 %J U.OUD _ lib W. 8. Wllaou 14 66 I T. J. Wlleon 12 00 < A. T. Brown? - 8 to J. E. Enoi. 2 75 . T. L. Kerguaou 1 00 8. T. Monday _ 23 36 J. A. Kin* 2 16 I W. P. I an* icy 3 00 C. D Connor ? 6 25 J. W. Boyd .._ 3 00 I KT.Llnk 7 00 M. N. Patterson 75 00 J. D. McGaW 3 06 I C. D. Waldrop tt to ' K. T. Munday 4 So a A. Ward law I 30 1 J. O. Back In 1 90 i Jauooa K. Cllnkacalee ? 3 00 P. 8. Cromer *25 1 Wiley Birtekiand 1 00 ( L. A Jaekaon ~ 9 on J. H. and W. J. Crawford .... 1? 72 < W. A Frith ...... 14 65 T.E.MMB 1100 Hoary W ideman 8 00 8. P. Wlderoan 5 00 8. W. MeLano _.. 2 50 K. T. Broodwoll ? 50 8. T. Munday 8 ftj i W. H. Munday 2 10 W. F. WrlDfbl - 1 70 J. W. A. Flab or 1 ou Oner Bberard ? 30 , A. B. Young 4 50 W. L. Daweoo 2 SO P. M.Oothran 8 oo W. C. Rhaw 14 So T. N. Mooro ........... 7 4fl I Mra. W. O. Cromer 30 Ou J. A. May Held 4 00 K. E. Cllnkaoalea ti 31 ! J. W. Yonog 11 50 K. A Man 9 34 Weal Dial meeting Co 60 uu i H.HttfunaMoBaAOo... tb 16 T. W. Miller I 35 15 T. J. Wllaoo.... low B. J. Martin .. 3 HO R. B. Hamptoll I IS 00 J. P. Crawfbrd *40 1 * J.M.Anblay 14 25 | O. Glib?ri 10 Oil 8. T. Monday U UO I W. 8. Wllaoo - M 00 M. A. ttlrapaoo S u> J.L. Roblocoo 1 10 Henry W Idem an 12 ou i J. H. SprooM 14 67 Mm. Martha Cano 4 48 Joaeph R. Brown 6 77 O. A. Law i on 3 60 B. E. oibert - ? 1? 81 1 W. J. Wren a 4 0) K.D. Wlllltma 4 25 D. P. Hannab S 00 B. A. Ball S 00 i E. B. William* 11 50 u# n u.w.ii I M #nT i i gu W.G. BrowD .? MX 05 Young Brotbere Si 85 W. A. Qailaogber... 17 00 8. A. Hell IS 00 J. K. Ttioruwu....? ? to J A. n?on 1 00 R. c. Browalee..? 4t ao Walter Hvmoo S 75 J. W. CltafcMftlM is 83 D. L. Ward lav 10 V> A. T. Brown...~ 4 25 Max Below 6 50 T. W. Mara 14 T. L. Fergoiou - 9 75 K. T. Broadwell 10 20 T. N. Tnlbert ? 00 , W. W. Color- 1 & 8. T. Yoaof ?... 7 00 I W. O. Mara 2 25 G. W. Ml lee 60 W. D Bell....,? .. .... 1 00 J. Cferguaoo 3 60 I K. M. Crowiber ? 4 80 J. R. Woodbearet 8 oo R. K. Hill ? 7 00 J. P. HaIheriMiiC..... 1 ? C. H. Link SOO AodrevHtone ? ? J. A. Crocker 3 15 W. R. Me \dAQM 8 48 Jobo Pell 3 oo i G. N. NICKLES, Supervisor. POTATOES. ?. The Art e( Nlele lelriei Pally Ex plslaetf. The time is near at band when the sweet potato crop will be hnrveeted and, a* usual, put away to spoil. Perhaps there is no crop spoils on the farmer's bands equnl to the potato crop. It is safe to say that one half of the potatoes put away for winter and spring use, spoil by rotting in winter or sprouting and drying out too much iu spring. Such heavy ioeeee od thia valuable crop put me to thinking and experimenting. Of oourae success did not oome the flrat year, but It did come, and now 1 do not low one per cent of my crop, and I believe I can keep them In an absolutely perfect condition until August. It was thus that I came to make my disoovery: I ooticsd wheo I put away my potatoes that those nearest the bottom of the pit, lying od tbed mp earth in oontact with uo straw or other forsign matter kept better than those wnloh were protected by straw or other oovering, and I reached the ooucluslon that if I put my timbers deep enough into the esrtb, keep out all rain and oold, that the problem was solved. This I have proved beyond a doubt. As toon ss the flrat froet in October nips or bites my potato vines I plow and hand rake and harvest my crop. I dig pits three feet wide, six feet long and five feel deep, fill It with with potatoes to within two feet of the top. Any kiud of de?n dry staff, each ahay, fodder, rloe, oat or wheat straw will do to fill up the remaining space to the surfboe, then a roof of boardii is made to shed off the rain, and upon this roof is thrown two or three iocheti of earth to keep out the cold. Potatoes thus put away will not rot or lose oue pound per bushel in weight or sprout until midsummer. And they sweeten and get softer as they mellow and age in their sepulchrial-like receptacle. N Just here I am led to think that this method would be an ideal one for keeping apples, late peaches, pears, grapes; In met. all kinds or fruits and vegetables, perfectly fresh from one season to another. Fruits and conserves were exhumed in Pompeii only a few yean ago as fresh as when they were {>ut away II cans and jars nearly IWU U1UUWUU JCttlO AUU 11 UuJ (bin discovery sprang ibe great canning industry of today. In putting away potatoes in pits, tbere;are simple rules that must be followed: Dig or harvest potatoes before bard frost. Frost-bitten potatoes will not keep, and even if tbey could be kept, are not edible. Do not dig your pit deep enough for the water to seap [seep] into tbe pit. Put tbe potatoes on the cool, damp earth. Use no " Hidings" of anything against the walls of the pit. Let the tubes be Id contact witb the cool damp earth. Do not make the pits too Urge. Three feet wide, six feel loug and Ave feet deep will give good results on high land. On low land* three feet will be deep enough ; fill half full of potatoes when the pit is three feet deep. If the top filling of straw ir not free from all mould and rot and perfectly dry and sound, use no straw at all. Be sure that the roof of the pit does not leak- Use boards free from boles or nun /iroMia A laalru rnnf monnu ! rotten potatoes. Keep all cold wind out of the pit by < putting earth upon the roof aud 1 around the gables. Allow no water to i get into the pit. 1 By following those simple rules you 1 can have delicious potatoes on your ta- < ble the year round. The longer the ' potatoes stay in the pit the better < they get. < ~ ' T" wr&is*W^PSS GOVERNMENT ROADMAKING. Tark af Coastrnetlon BayylOMaM kj Lwtill? by u Expert. 8eversl weeks ago the department of sgricnlture began its flnt experiment la roadbailding at Ktw Brunswick, KL-J., under the direction of K B. Harrison, special agent of the ottoe of load inquiry. The model road being considered Is the first of several which the government is to build at the various experiment stations throughout the country. The government furnishes a rocXcruahBr, screen, engine to drive steam roller, (treading wagon and road grading maobine and two skilled operators. The rity furnishes the material, carta and laborers. The road will be of macadam pattern. An inferior grade of traprook is found in abundance near New Brunswick and this is being used in the substructure of the road. The superstructure is obtained from the traprock deposits in the neighborhood of Plainfleld and the Oranges. The model pavement will have a depth of a boot nine inches and the foundation be made of small, wedge shaped, broken stonea of aa nearly the aame dimensiona aa possible. The roadbed will be prepared by thoroughly rolling with a steam roller weighing about ten tons. Every bole will be carefully filled with the same material that composes the rest of the roadbed, and the finished cross section will be formed by two grades of one foot in 80 feet from the rigdes, uniting st the oenter, with tbe apex slightly rounded. Four inches of crushed stone will be spread an tbe A?II? tn fnun th? WWII Mil/ jucywcu IVMirau IV avaaaa -MV foundation of the substructure. Tb| largest of these stones will be crushed bo flue as to be able to easily pasi through a two inch ring, sod the smallset will be about half an inch in diamster. This foundation will then be sprinkled, making the stone as wet as possible without softening the roadbed, and the roller passed over it a few timet on til the stone is only slightly disturbed by the teams returning with the empty carta. The first foundation is not made deeper than four inches, because it hai bean found that a greater thioknesi causes the stones to "elbow" together, wealing off their sharp corners, making the "bonding;" which is the great de IIUUIIIUHi m ?w; Mvn y y ? X a impoasibility. When the flint foundation boa bees thoroughly sprinkled, a second coat ol similar stone three inches in thicknesi will be applied. After the stone bai been well" bonded" to this extent it will again be sprinkled, and while very wei thin coating of traprock screening! will be most ccrefnllj spread over the surface, just thick enough to fill tin mall spaoes between the stones. Tb? size of the stones of Ibis last application, which is called in the parlance ol roadbnilding the "binder," will be from half an inch in diameter to tb< dm* WH?n th? work has reached thia stage, it will be left untouched in the dry atate as long aa practicable tc harden and bind. The application d water and the paatage of vehidea will be preTented aa long aa practicable. Aa the work prooresaea Mr. E. B. Harriaon, who ia directing the work l<a the department of agriculture, will deliver lecture* explaining the proceaa d laying the road. Rutgers oollege studenta in the agricultural department and farmers will be invited to attend the lecturee and witness the work. taml Gnat r?Torad Good Boadii Nearly 80 years ago General Grant In enumerating neceaaary lines of public improvements, named the public schools and highways. Once, when hi and General Sheridan were in a rexniniaoent mood, the old commander aaid to "Little Phil,"apeaking of the latter'i famoua ride to the battle of Oedai Creek: "Sheridan, if that battle bad taken place after a prolonged rain and there bad not been a good pike iron: Winchester, yon would never have beei promoted to the bead of the United States army. Yon would not have reach' sd the battlefield to cheer your men, and there would have been a great defeat for the Union forces instead of i great victory. That would have lefl Meade and Thomas a long distanot ahead of yon in the line of promotion." ?New York Tribune. Ewp Um Boad Dry. F. A. Dunham, who has been prominently identified with the farfamed system of modern highways of Ken Jersey, at a meeting of the Connecticut Valley Highway association, stated that poor material well put togethsa can be made to produoe better result! than first class material carelessly pul together. Nothing is more fatal to da rability than the drainage of the roadbad, and mora particularly the sufc drainage, which ia often neglected. A macadam road cannot be left to iteell after a completion, bat needs constant supervision. Beth Bard ma* *tmj. Good roeds are about the eeriest thinj In the world to make, onoe undertaken, but a boot the hardest thing there is to Cofficials to take hold of.?Parkare I (W. Va.) SentineL WhMl Trmek*. According to the statement of th? president of the Missouri Good Bosdi association, the people of that stat4 pens $490,000 during 1896 for rose improvement, while it cost them jusl $600,000 for roads supervisors. In oth er words, it coat the state $1,090,00< daring, the year for $490,000 worth ol soad improvement. In France there are 44,000 miles ol first class roads built by the govern ment, and about an equal number ol miles have been built by the different departments, as well as thousands ol miles bnilt by smaller divisions. From the beginning of the work to the em! there is a system, and responsibility k * ?. "I cannot Ikj of auy use," nays one "I cannot talk in meetings. I can no pray in publie. I nave no gift for vj? [ting the Hick. There it* nothing I cat do for Christ." Well, if Christian Her vice were all talking, and praying ir meetings, and visiting the Hick, if would be discouraging to such talentlees people. But are our tongues the inly faculties we can use for Christ^ rhere are ways in which silent people jan belong to God and be a blessing to the world. A star does uot talk, but A FREAK OF NATURE. MONTANA'S PUZZLING ANO CONTRA* ' OICTORY WELL. -fa the llMMvr It* Water Cmmm j t ul la tkt Winter the lee Malta I , 4 the Water Ileeooaee Waii Jk ] M)r*terle? Carrent at Air. j Seven miles to the north and a little to 1 the east of the Cheyenne agency In Costs* I county, Mon., Is a well filled with ioe that t id tea much curiosity among the ranchers end cattlemen of that section. J?rery cow- | boy who visit* tho well bee roach to tell eod invariably advance* hie own explanation. Many lngenloaa theories are given which tend to indicate that mankind of all degreee of ccicntillo knowledge pot forth an effort to find the origin of things, i However, they all agree that the Ice forma in tKn wall durinir the rammer and that It actually thaws during the winter. This ! apparent contradiction of the natural lawa , that govern the outside world has carried the fame of thla well for miles around and people hare traveled great dlstanoee to 1 witness the formation of icicles during the hot weather of July. Thle well la within a few hundred feel of the summit of Little Wolf mountains, I on the north elope, at the very beginning i of Greenleaf creek, which empties into Rosebud eight miles from where .the Roeebud Joins the Yellowstone river. Thle portion of the mountain la oovered with a ' growth of tall pines. Fourteen yean ago three men prospect* 1 Ing for silver, mistaking certain colore Is i the rocks, began sinking a shaft. At If i bet it wae disagreeably cold, at 20 feel | the oold hod increased so rapidly that they , were thoroughly frightened. They oould t feel currents of cold air rushing up from the crevices in the rock. They Imagined 1 they were digging into come mysterious underground cavern. They had heard Juel 1 enough of wonderful adventures at dig?1 ? ? nnfloMVPAnVtil UVii and being alone in this wilderness, where the very stillness permitted the ears to , hear and the mind to Imagine all manner of grew some powers hid beneath the rook, | so thoroughly filled them with fear of tanpending danger that they abandoned the 1 work which has slnoe gained such renown, i The summits of Little Wolf mountains ' are oorered with scoria, which has all the > appearance and texture of a good grade of i tiling. It la usually red, but varies la ooli or through all the shades down to black. These varying colors give the beautiful , tints to the thousands of buttes through' out the bad lands. In comparatively re- I ' cent geological times vast beds of Ignite 1 ooal were formed over the tastarn half of Montana, extending into western Dakota, , i rhe burning of these beds of ooal was the > beginning of the bed land formation. Tha j i fine deposits of clay above the ooal were , burned as brick are burned In a kiln and i formed the aooria. Where the heat waa 1 . greater and rock and sand were present it ] ' melted and mixed with the coal and ooal j 1 wh, forming large cinderlike rocks, which j > ire somedmee mistaken for lava. As the ( i ooal burned out from beneath theolay, i. norr baked into soorla and melted into dn. ders, it broke into small divisions and Ml 1 ?j promiscuously down Into the pita thus 1 formed. Volcanic ash Is found soattsisd : j over the Little Wolf mountains and the 1 [ | eastern portion of Montana. It must have i ' drUtedwitn tnewina rrom powerrtuarup- i i tions in the Rocky mountains, as there are ; > do Indications of anj volcanic action In < ! the vicinity of the Ice well. The Little [ Wolf mountain* ere merely a rough range of buttee apparently of the some origin aa 1 all the bad land buttes. Their summits, 1 ( towering above all the other buttso, haw J given them the name of mountain*, bat j ' they ere only at slightly over 4,000 feet al- j ' tltude. If loe were to be put into the well ( . during the winter, it would keep through- , ( out the summer nearly aa well ae If stared I away In ordinary icehouses. Byehanoe na- [ tore has formed almost the identical conditions that w" use of to pre* * serve ioe throughout the hot weather. The ; J shaft is the cavity in which to store the i ice. The volcanic auh, filling into the open ' space between the loosely piled rook, esrvee j the purpoee of sawdust in keeping out the ; warm drafts of air. The altitude and the j north slope are favorable to the preservation of the loe. Tall, dense forest prevents the heating of the surface rock by the direct rays of the sun. The rooks are too porous for the water to soak up, so to | speak, from beneath. The facte are that In i many plaoes near the tope of the buttes, , on the aidee where the rocks have fallen , loosely together, they are perfectly dry far . many feet below the surface, being moia. tened by the winter snow and rain ae it | may ?>11 and run down Iron* abort. During tho winter the wall la nearly filled with mow. Enough water from the k early spring rain* finds Its way through ' between the rocks to mix with the snow i and freeze into one solid mass of loa. Tho ' ice In the well Is formed by the oold of thw winter season, but does not begin to form eomeUmee till the winter Is half gone. In turn, tt la melted by the heat of the ' summer, but does not begin to melt until I the summer la half over. In the early ' part of the summer It Is still freering In 1 tho well, and during the first half of the [ winter It Is still melting. The well aots r ee a refrigerator. It reoelres the heat ! . tlowlyand then gives It off jost as slowly. . If the earth received and gave off heal readily, the hottest weather would be In - jane and the oddest In Deosmbsr In i ' feci, the Mesons follow nearly a month behind the sun. I It la a fact that if on a hot day you walk [ rapidly Into the oare to where the lee la II I j feels ee though a strong current of oold : air were blowing egalnst your faoa. The sensation Is so decidedly real thai II re- i quires careful demonstration to prove to the ooDtrary, and even then It almost ' [ as the demonstration has ' a kA eaellw fssfail Kv . J been ihiwmb u hw u? i?.iv ,. I mlnf mob, or bettor still, a rather < . heavy oolored glass. Again, if on* thoald ! | stand without the entranoe to the oave on ( a very warm day near enough to feel any draft that may be stirring, none oan be 1! felt coming from the cave. If one should ' stand directly above the ioe well on a hot, 1 i i (till day, even putting the face down te j < ? > the very opening into the well, no upward , i I - draft of oool air can be felt, but go down ; t j Into the well and one would state positive- j , i ly that there was an upward draft of as- , I j tremely oold air.?Boston Adwtiser. j Effect mt Water ea Tettk. Hot Rese has collected statistics in Ba^ f varia and Herr Foerberg in 8weden whloh tend to prove that the water we drink has ' Inflium/w nn thiitMth Carlsa t ; or decay In teeth, Is Iom common where , I the water It 'hard" owing to the preeenoe 1 of ohalk and magneelum aalta. Thehard! ' er the water the better the teeth. Prob* < ' I fthlj the preeenoe ot lime In the water : | benefit* the bonee la general ! ( j it* ralm, steady beam ahines down! > irinuilv nut of the xkv. mid Ih a1 benediction to many, lie like a star; J in your peaceful nliiniti^. and many ' ' will tliank God for your life. j The question of questions of all life j i it io know what is best, the destiny . t that is highest, to attain that which will leave personal awets that death j r ? cannot take away. 11 ' Clean thinking is one of the most r > important elements in life, and man's i intellect is one of the noblest endow- t ; menta <j *9?9SE555555E9S55ES9fiS59SHK9EBHK BAD ROADS TO BLAME. Why Ftnnm la the Eut Fial Tbclv Buiom Giprofltsbla. bigblr important feu tun of tbt lighwuya question is the effect good oc tad roada have upon the local market* ind their sources of supply, says the tfew York Tribune. In all the citiea and arge towns of the state there la a denand for farm products and for the milder and heavier products, such a* bay ind straw and grain. In many cases the surrounding oounary la quite capable of supplying that lemand; in all cases it should do so as !ar as poiaalble; in most cases it does not [nstead. supplies are brought in by rail v canal from far away, perhaps from rther states; while at the same time, rlthin a few miles of the market thus rupplied, an farms that have baas ibandoned as not worth working and )thers whose owners are in chronic diauntent and despair at the apparent im possibility of getting profitable prices for their crops. The big farms of the irest, they say, monopolize the markets, ud so farming here no longer pays. Now, one prime secret of the trouble lies in the bad roads, which keep tba producer and the consumer apart by making it difficult, if not impossible, (or the farmers to get their produoe ta market The farmer 1,000 miles away san get his crops to market by rail or anal more easily and more cheaply than the farmer only ten miles awsy can haul bis in over roads that are so hilly and rough and miry that half a ton is heavy load for a horse to draw at a slow toot pace. It is not that fsrms in the east are no longer productive, nor that the eastern market no longer offers fair prices. It is that the roads between the farms and the markets are so bad as to make shipment unprofitable. Good roads through* rat the farming regions adjacent to the dties and towns would do more than inything else to restore prosperity to the farmers, enabling them to get their joods to the best possible market easily, promptly and cheaply. Good roads iron Id mean good farms, good msrket* food prices and good time* for all oooMrned. MONTANA HIGHWAY8. Banal lanrs Provide Tor Thstr tyrt? ktlo inpionmal. The highways of Montana, by a bill passed by the state legislature, axe placed in the charge of the county surrey or, and the old office of road supervisor, usually held by an inexperienced man, is abolished. The act defines the powers and duties of county surreyars and provides for their compensation, By this act each of these offioers is required to keep the highways in hit Bounty clear of obstruction and in good repair and maintain bridges, to make ill plans and specifications for new roods and bridges, to report tome county commissioners on all work oompleted, and if tbe work is done according to the planS| specifications and contract be is to draw his Touchers for tbe same before payment is made. The county surveyor is chairman of ill boards of viewers of roads, keeps tbe records of road surveys and is tbe general superintendent of all roads. He may employ labor, teams, etc., and baa power to oontract for all work not exseeding $900 in cost For larger amounts tbe approval of a majority of tbe board at county commissioners is required. Fbe salary received varies with tbe glass of county, from $760 to $3,000 per year. Viewers and all assistants of tbe oounty surveyor msy not reoeive more than $8 per day. ROADS THAT ARE NEEDED. Brary WattenoB*s I dm la Thai Th?; Be Local, Not National. Henry Watterson takes issae with a good roads advocate who insists that the general government should have sbarge of road making?that there bould be national highways built and maintained at publio expense. The good roads that are needed, ?ys tbe Chicago Times-Herald, those that ire most needed, in tbe language of Colonel Watterson, are those that "lead from the farm to tbe railroad, tbe mill, tbe factory, tbe school, tbe church, tbe terry and the market" This apt remark of Colonel Wattersoo Is a condensation, a simplification, an ibsolutely plain presentation of what is most wanted in the matter of good roads. Carry oat that idea, and what will be wanting? It will meet the retirements of the farmer; it will ears the farming element hundreds of mil* lions of dollars every year; it will meet the expectations of the pleasure seeker; it will add to the value of every foot of land in the country; it will be of value to every merchant and every profession* r1 man; it will be a source of pleasure and profit to all classes, in all comma* aitiea. A Mnddj Bead. One day this week, as a teamster wsa ilowly working bis way through the quagmire commonly known as a oounW timoii ?k? ('nmmlnoi hill iIj iV/UU v^dtt vvm *mv vu. ?pw .... und Fossil, be espied a hat in one of the rata in front of him. As the bead gear appeared to be in fairly good condition be dismounted to pick it npi As be raised the bat be was astonished to hear a voice coming from under it sxclaim: "Hold on! That's my bat!" As soon as be had gathered his breath and wits tbe teamster asked, "What are jou doing down there?" Which brongbt forth tbe reply: "I'm in big luck to be where I am. There's a bone underneath m&"?Fossil (Or.) JoaruaL Worth Remambartnf. The community with the best roads is reiy likely to be the best community. A nanow tiro will dig a rat, bnt good broad tire will roll it shot Tho depth of a road is more to bs ireaded thou its length. The state of the road tells the sis* Jt the load. A man is greater than any form of itnal. The temple itself wan not the ink between tiod and mail, but only lit* symbol of the link. Sometimes t-e think that It consecrates the man. !t Is not so. It in the worshipper that jives value t<> the temple. We are living in trouhloUH times and nany are entertaining criticisms on he Hible. But tlie whole New Testanent breathes one spirit, and there is 10 room left in the New Testament for he exaltation of oue class above anther. 1 ' ^ ijnian WPPMBBIH STUDENTS' DUELS. - 'y # Stow Ik* 6?nua Palnnitr H? Aw Padded FMr the Fl|kt My friead bad vanished into thedresslug room, ?nd it Ural fiance I efttfrely failed to recognize him In the padded mooter that now staggered clumsily into the room, supported on eaeb side by bis second and sword bearer. The thick armor of leather and wadding with whlob be was bolstered entirely protected bis body and. limbs. His neck was rigidly incased in a blgb, thick oollar of silk and wblpoord, and bis eyes were protected by Iron goggles as large aa small teacups, from whlob a strap passed nrand the ears to be book led at the buck of the bead. Bis second was somewhat similarly equipped, and in addition wore a leather cap with a strong Iron peak. The other prinolpal presently entered the room and took op bis position at one sword's length from Zimmerman. He was closely followed by the umpire or unpartellecher. This personage was a obronio medical student of ten years' standing?a mass of genial rotundity, with a 1st, amorphous face in which features seemed a superfluity. Hs was duly qualified for bis responsible position by an unlimited capacity for bear and the glorious fact that be bad never pawed aa examination. Enthroned on aa armchair a*Kae efia^?a?ak Ka divided bis time pretty equally between a bago mug of Maocbeoer and a long pip* <rf which the painted cblna bowl reeled on tbe ground. He now proclaimed "Silentiuml" end proceeded to announce tbe duel. It wia to last for 20 minuter excluding all pauses, and aa usual to consist of abort bonta or "gangs," with brief Intsrvals of rest between each. Tbe ewoida ?long, natty looking bladea, abarp aa m* won and flexible aa riding awitchea? were carefully wiped with disinfecting lotion and banded to tbe ooosbatants. Tbe aeoonda took op their poeition behind and to tbe left of their retpoctive men, and gas# tbe word of command In tbe following tnditto Dal form: "Auf die Menanr blndet die Kllngenl" (Cross blades for the duel!) "Gebunden aindl" (Croaaed they aral) "hoar (Go!) Tbe words ol&tb together In the preliminary stroke. Then emmet brief hall* Horm of blows eo rapid that tbe eye ntmm to follow tbem and retains only a confused Impression of flashing steel and flying parka. Tbe bead of each oombatant aeema to be enveloped in a halo of gleaming points. It la Impossible to malls* that each of tbeee lightning strokes is deliberately and scientifically aimed and as deliberately and scientifically parried.?Pall Hall Magazine. MAMMA'S DEAR CHERUB. ^ Bo Peeervai a Speaking aad Oet a gtn*ger la Treble. x People never get eneonmgement for doIm th? mod Samaritan act In the Inter este of the public, li the man decided who offered to a Mist distracted woman and ameliorate the sufferings of a lot of people on a sobarbae oar. Tbe boy who bowla waa Id erldtnoe, tbe oarled darling of bis only own mother and * the terror of ererybody alee, and be bad kept tbe oar In a state of wild exoltemeol and exhaoatad tbe pattanoe of everybody, Including bis doting parent "Ob, If your father wero only bars!" aha ? m? ^.a-_ aja^L *.1 -* * m OM ftaia I or voa aiimo uai am mum mwmm Tainly to restnin the bowling terror. At that be stopped bowling long winwgh to beat tbe air with bis email shins, and tbe woman on the other side ot him ? marked audibly that a cage was tba proper place for savages like bim. "Johnny, dear/' aaked bis mother, won't 700 be a good boy?" Boars and kicks from Master Johnny. "Ob, I wish your father wen here to give you a good trouncing this very minute!" she walled as she struggled with bim. Then it wss that the philanthropist of tbe company asserted himself. Be had been trying in rain to rrad his morning paper ever since be started from home. "Allow me, madam," he said blandly. "I am a father myself, and 1 will be happy to chastise your cherub In behalf of his absent parent." "Ob, no, you won't; not If I know ttl" said Johnny's mother, rising In her wrath like a tigress. "There ain't that man log dare lay a finger on that boy?bit own ! father or any other ugly old catamount wbo thinks bo knows II all I" And sua abnl off debeto by going into tba next oat and taking tbo sweet infant with her.? Chicago Times-Herald. Tkm Orlfla of Mr. mm* xn In earlier times the ordinary man waa simply William or John?that la to say, 1m had only a Christian name without any kind of "handle" before it or sornaaia ! after it, says the Philadelphia Beeord. Some means of distinguishing one Jobs or William from another John or William beoame neoeesary. Nicknames d wired from a man's trade or bis dwelling plaee or from some personal peculiarity wan taoked on to bis Christian name, and plain John beoame ?John Smith, la yet these were no "misters" in tbe land. Some John Smith accumulated mors wealth than tba bnlk of bia fellow*?ha* oame perhaps a landed proprietor or an employer of hired labor. Then be bagaa i to be oalled In tbe Norman-French of tba 'day tbe "malatra" of .this place or that, 9 ! of these workmen or of tboae. In time tbe "malstre," or "malater," I aa It soon beoame, got taoked on bsfare bia name, and be beoame Maistsr Smith 1 ? - - a^ a?lak and bit wire wu juwcn ouiu. Gradually tb? mum of posssssloB was i j lout light of, and the title was woufwd I ! upon id; kind?by mere poMaki of i I wealth or bold log torn position of. man m ! or ka consideration and lm porta ass, g Xloa For Narrow fWfla. H A purty of Cambridge professors on ona gfl occasion undertook, for a ?clentiflo object, 9 to penetrate Into the depths of a Cornish mlno. 9 One of the number relatee the following SB startling Incident of bis visit: On bis 9 Moent in tbe ordinary manner, by insane 9 of a bucket and with a minor far a fallow H passenger, be perceived, as bo thought, tin- K mistakable symptoms of tbe frailty ot tbe H rope. "How often do you change your ropw, my good man?" be Inquired when aboot fl| half way from tbe bottom of the awfol a abvra. gfi "We change them every Hire# month*. M fir," replied the man In the bucket, "and H wo shall change this one tomorrow If we H get op aafe today, sir."?Peereon'e Weekly. M I 29 The greatest potato eaten are the people mB j of Germany and Belglnm. The oonsump- H | tion of thla vegetable average* 100 pounds fiX I per annum for each parson. According to the official report! of tb* H | Japanese government the island empire senUlns 02,690 teachers. 95 SI It In a bad day for you in which you do not nee wime defect in your owu character and try to remedy it. Our ta?k h uot to ahow that any fl| ground in i?*hh noiy man u wan 01 yore, mwc : hut that all if* holy alike. It in not njK that rathcdral aixl???* have lout their jHaticlity; it h Hot that the Sabhath jggfi rest hat* hi; tiered deaecration, hut that , every day and every place alike are aa