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Irreverence. We have bad some wort ol religious performance 011 our streets several times of late. Some of the slnglDg has been very good indeed, and such as would draw an assemblage of the ourlous. A very large part of the talks consisted In telling how bad the speaker used to be and how good and happy he !a now. It seems that the whole was Intended to Instill a religious sentiment Into the hearers. For this reason, we presume It Is, the police have not arrested him for Irrevereol and frequent use of the name of the Kuler of the universe. He, like some preachers, used his profanity ' F.m thin rnnHon It In lur reiiK>"U3 fui ><uocn. ? ? ? ? presumed the police did not. Interfere wltb the performance. As a rule profanity Is noi tolerated on the public Fquare. If we want to hear profanity we must seek other place*. The prevailing sin of this country seems to be prefanliy or a violation of that command which foi bids the Irreverent use of the name of the Author of our being. If the average laymnnshould be required to testify, would he not say that In our pulpits and In our religious newspapers, Instead of being taught reverence for the Name, we are too often shown examples as to how easily the Name may be used flippantly? Our testimony would be Ibat we sometimes, in half hou>, bear more profanity from the pulpit on Sunday morning thau we hear on the streets In year. To Counect Seaboard and Southern. Railroad Commissioner, B. L. Cougbman, wltb the superintendents of the Southern ***111 Ka 4 r* A Ithavl lit. KQQ OCBUUtiru (BIIIUDUK, ITIM uu >u I.vvv... Thursday morning on Ibe 10 o'clock train. The Immediate occasion ol their visit la to reacb an agreement on tbe proponed connection ol tbe Southern and Seaboard roada In tbe city, by Bide track. A meeting of tbe citizens ol tbe town la deaired at eleven o.clock. Thursday tbe 21st to co operate wltb tbe visiting party, and every body4s urged to be present. Tbe meeting will be beld in th< Court House. JL<et tbe Business Men's League take tbltmatter In band, and while we have tbe rond* and tbe Kailroad Commissioners so ablj, represented In tbe gentlemen wbo will be bere let ua take up some otber necessary improvements. For instance we mlgbt ask tbe superintendent of tbe Seaboard for a better passenger depot. Tbe Seahoard road bas done mucb for Abbeville In a substantial way, and we feel sure that If tbe attention of tbe officers la cat ed to tbe poor accommodation in tbe matter oi a passenger depot, tbere will be something doing. Spalding! Spalding! Spalding! Full line everything, ready Av* flo m o 1v1 buv udauvi Abbeville Hardware Co. The Ship Subsidy. The Washington Post Bays: "80 far as we know, the only Democratic paper id the South tbal lavortd ibe ship subsidy bill, wblcb failed to pass the Fifty-ninth Congress, was the Greenville News." If tbe Press and Banner Is big cnongb to be ooonted, the Washington Post may put this paper down as unqualifiedly In favor of tbe aforementioned ship subsidy. We are not only in favor of tbe subsidy, bat we are In favor ol tbe existing tariff. We would not for any consideration do anything to disturb tbe pro?p?rlty of tbe country. This editor Is a Democrat and exp<cts to vote that ticket as long as he lives, but be hopes the country will be saved from any i similar calamity as that wblcb Cleveland inflicted upon this country. Under bis rule cotton went down to 4,8 and 6 ceuts. We want to see a Democratlo administration, bat we want tbe party oo act with a modicum of common sense. People Tbat We <ould spare. Tbere are men Id Bamberg who bave made every dollar tbey bave right bere, and yel tbey haven't a dollar Invented Id any of the enterprises of IbetowD. Tbere la not much cbaoce for a town to grow end prosper when snob a eplrlt le dlspiajed.?Bamberg Herald. Tbat newspaper is always saying something;. If we are not In error tbat same paper not so long ago positively but respectfully Id -vlted all croaker*, faultfinders and leeches to leave the towD. The Herald urged those who did .not like tbat tpwo to go to some town which might be more to their llklDg. The Bamberg Herald is an outspoken paper, which has do use lor 6ocb citizens as do nothing to build op the Iowd, but are always ready to find fault with everybody that Is better than themselves. Dog* Being: Civilized. We Dever before beard of such a thing, but It Is now said, tbat some of tbe most blgbly prized blooded dogs In town bave recently died of diphtheria and membraneous croup. We bear tbat fine doge belonging to M ijor McM :llan sod Mr. Wallace Harris are among the dogs tbat bave died of dlpbtberia. Tbe aid of physician* was sought In efforts to save some of tbe canines, but despite antltoxjDes and Dewly laid eggs tbe canines wtnt tbe way tbat all good dogs go. Sorry for Mr. Robert?on. A most excellent young lady's sympathies go out to Mr. Lawton Robertson in tbe school matter. She thinks It an outrsge to take bis money to pay dividends to the other subscribers to tbe school luiid. She thinks. If a collection Is not made to refund bis money tbat a hot supper should be bad to raise tbe money. To Littht tbe Way, Tbe Episcopalians bave a good aud much respected lector to lead tbem In tbe way to holiness and purity ol living. Tbe congregation, in turn, are now actively maklDg arrangements to secure lights for tbe ieet of such pilgrims hb are goiug toward tbe holy city. Tbe electric light company will put the necessary Illuminating gl >bes In tbe cburcb lor the benefit of such worshippers as may assemble for evening vespers In tbe holy temple. E. H. Anil. Col. E. H. Aall, of tbe Newberry Herald & News, made a few hour's visit to our city yes terday. Col. Aall Is President of tbe State Press Association, wbich position be has perhaps held longer than any other mac. IbrouKb bis skTfnl management newtpaper men have had more free rides and more pleasant entertainments than durlog any period of tbe existence of the Peess Association. Col. Aull Is always genial and whole souled and we were sorry that be bad bqcb a short time to spend In Abbeville. Rodenlierg'* Luc>?In. We haven few Lndies' skirts which we of* fer at a dargaln. P. Rosenberg & Co. If yoa want a bargain In a ladle's skirt oorne before too late. P. Rosenberg <fc Co. We handle Stetson Hats everybody knows what they are. P. Rosenberg <& Co. We are going to close out our ladles' skirts. So don't miss iuo opportunity 01 ? oRrgaio. P. Rosenberg A Co. We have some very pretiy odd piece China. P. Koseubtrg & Co. Webavesoroe very pretiy China tultable for wedding gifts. P. Rosenberg & Co. We leel sure we csd please you lu a ladles' klrl. The prices are right. P. Rosenberg & Co. Mi'ford's Snrsaparllla 18 the best blo^d purlfler on tbe market. l)od't take * ur word for U but ask your neighbor who lias taken It. Mlllord's Drug Store. ? 1 Observation of Carolina Day 111 City School*. Aproprlate exercises were held In all the city ycbools on Monday'last. celebrating the newly Instituted Carolina Day. The following are the programs in each of the grades. GRADE I. The exercises In the first grade consisted In recitations and In mARtng the flng of South Carolina. Appropriate decorations adorned the boards, one of which consisted of the picture of John C. Calhoun between two South Carol I ua tUgs. GRADE II. Hnnir?A merlfia. Recltatloo?Sarah Helgler, CarollDe Reese' and Ruto McLain. Paper od Calhoun?Mary Aiken. Recitation?Hiram Lbwsod. Dialogue?'Carolina," by eight ohlllren. Paper on South Carolina?Allen Harden. Recitation?Luclle Gray. Sing?Carolina. Story?A Little Bag of Rice, Pauline Jones. Dialogue? A mos Monte, Kemp ton Billings and Wllilam Puckett. The Indigo Story?Lllllau R'chey. Dialogue?Maig*retShlvc, Walter Wilkinson and class. Kecitatlon?By six children. Recitation?Rodnt-v Stephens. Song?salute the Flag. Recitation on John C. Calhoun?Roddey Stephens. Dixie on Autoharp?Edgar Harden. GRADE III. Song?Bonnie Blue Flag. Acrostic Dialogue?Carolina, eight little girln. Recitation?G?rry Hall. Composition?John C. Calhoun, Andrew McDUi. Recitation, to Calhoun?Cora Raines, Lovlnla Coleman. Song-Caro]>na. Recitation?C iroiina our Pride, Fraser McDM. Recitation?Bianoti Smith. Composition?Calhoun in Congresp, Grace Siuhbs. Recitation?Norwood Graydon. Recitation?Song of Marlon's Men, Kate Schroder. Recitation?John C. Calhoun, Percy Leach Song?Dixie. GKAUE IV. Song?Dixie. Recitation?To Calhoun. Composition? Life oi John C. Calhoun. Reel tatlon?Carolina. Composition?A Little Bag oi Rice. Reoltatlon?Fergusons Defeat. Reading?Emily Gelger's Ride. KecttatiOL?Bob>'i> Aiie. Composition?Tde It dlgo Story. Recitation?SoDgoi Marion's Men. Recitation?Ho lor Carolina. grade v. Son*?1?alute the Flag. Roll Call of South Carolina Ce'ebrltles. Recitation?Carolina. Janie Morse, Hattle L' on and Jo?apbene DuPre. Reading?'The South In the Revolution, LeaHe McMillan. Sketch of the Life of John C. Calhoun?Robert ColemaD. Recitation?Song of Marlon's Men, BlandD ck. Industries and Education in South Cnrollus ?Emma Kiugb, Janle Rlchey, Sarah Periln Margaret MoCord and Lucy V\ bite. Recitation?To the Women of the ConfederKty, Esther Graydon. Sketch?William Henry Drayton. Paul Mann. Recitation?Fergerson's Deleat, FannieDrennan. Song?Ho for Carolina. grade vi. Song?Carolina. Reoiiullon?South Carolina, William Harden. Recitation?Calhoun's Birthday, Kettle Edwards. Composition?The History of Abbeville, Frances Lhwnoo, Recitation?Carolina, Marnaret Sondiey. Recltatloo?To Calhoun, Willie Jone?. Readi g?The South In the Revolution, Edward Smith. Recitation?The Swamp Fox, Mary Bowie and Clyde 8pmu*e. Recitation?Carolina, Ltzzle Edmunds. Composition?The Progress of the Soutb since the Civil war, Mary Hill. RecltatiOD?Butler and the Palmetto Regtmenl,Cecil C'omer. Recitation?Song of Marion's Men, Jas. S. Cotnran. Sketoh of John C. Ca houn's Life?Mary Bradley. RecitaMon?To Women of the Confederacy. Qladys Thomson 8ong?The Bonnie Bine Flag. grades vxi. viii. ix and x. RecltatiOD? Carol Id a, Caroline Gary. Reading?Ferguson's Defeat, Frances Mabr* turn JWI lll'ij?X Lie OUUIU 1U VUG AkOTViuwtuu, Septlma Holllngsworib. Recitation?Carolina, Ada MrMlHan. Composition?History of Abbeville, Alice Jones. Recitation?The Swamp F 'X, Ro*? Mllhr. Composition?Sketch ot Jobn C. Calbonn, Andrew White. Reoltatton?Carolina, Alex Dirk. Reading?The Calboan Massacre, Bessie Jones. Recitation?Emily Gtlger's Ride, Anna Clark. Recitation?The Women of Confederacy, Louise Allen. NATIONAL BANK Statement or condition at cl? Resources. ! Loans and Discounts $198,064 00 Overdrafts .. 10,336 00 U. 8. Bonds 18,7.50 00 Other Securities 500 00 Real Estate 9,383 00 Redemption Fund 937 00 Due from Banks .. 71,720 00i Cash in Vault 21,000 00? $330,690 00| Oldest and Strongest Bank 4mple Resources for all de Interest Allowed on Depo? FERTILIZING THE CROP. The primary object in using fertilizer is to produce a larger yield of the crop that Is to be Immediately grown, or is already growing, on the land to which the fertilizer is to be applied. As a rule, it contains from* ten to sixteen per cent, of more or less promptly available plant food. In other words, a commercial fertilizer contains in every hundred pounds weight from 10 to 16 pounds of available phosphoric acid, either alone, or that amount of phosphoric acid and potash combined, or of these two and nitrogen combined, making tn the latter case, what is called a "complete" fertilizer. Now, this 10 to 16 pounds in each 100 pounds of the fertilizer is supposed to be, and should be, practically soluble and available at once, or within a week or two, for the use of the crop, says VirginiaCarolina Fertilizer Almanac. The remaining portion of the fertilizer, or the 84 to 90 pounds in each 100 pounds, i fa a mfY+iirA r?f incnhihlp nhncnhnto onrl sulphate of lime, some sand, water, organic matter and other things that are necessarily incident to the manufacture, and cannot be economically removed. They are of very little immediate value to either the crop or the soil. So when we apply a high-grade fertilizer to the soil the object is to supply the plants with soluble plant food and increase the yield of the cotton, grain, grass, or whatever the crop may be. Incidentally, however, this fertilizer does help the land, because it induces a larger growth of stalk, roots and foliage of the plants?or those parts that will be returned to, and become part of the soil. A dose of this fertilizer, for instance, not only increases the yield of seed cotton, but also the size of the stalks, the foliage, hulls and other parts that go immediately back and form a part of the soil in the shape of humus (decayed vegetable matter). But the principal way to improve the soil Itself, is to add vegetable matter to it in the form of stable manure, renovating crops, rotation of crops, etc.. in a more direct n.anner. It would seem manifest, then, if we wish to increase the yield of corn, cotton, wheat, oats, grass, etc., that the fertilizer should contain the three "elements" of plant food in the proportions that are best suited to the particular crop. This is particularly true if the purpose is to use liberal amounts of fertilizer per acre. T? ^Afln|An? onnnlu In fVlA Xii 3UV/? vaoc nic uciiv^ictiv ?mv natural soil, of any one or more of the three "valuable" elements (phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash) need not be specially considered. According to carefully conducted flela experiments, conducted at many of the experiment stations, it has been found that cotton requires a fertilizer that contains about one part each of nitrogen and potash and 3 1-3 parts of available phosphoric acid. This demand would be met by a fertilizer containing iu per cent, available phosphoric acid, 3 per cent, of nitrogen and 3 per cent, of potash; or, as ordinarily expressed, a 10?3?3 fertilizer. One analyzing 9?2.70?1.70; or 8?2.40?2.40; or 7?2.10?2.10, etc., would answer just as Calvert & Nickles. ? Headquarters for ? White Hickory Wagons 5 Owensboro Wagons, * Rock Hill Buggies, j Summer Buggies, I Cheap Buggies, Harness, Laprobes, etc. \ Calvert & Nickles. ' Pdb. 21. 1904 tf 3 v DR. J. A. DICKSON. ; SURGEON DENTIST. [ GOLD FILLINGS; CROWN AND HKIlxn fc WORK A MPW'IAL^Y. OFFICE OVER BARKSDALE'B STORE. L a A Policy against loss by [ fire in a good reliable Insur- t ance Company is conducive s to sound sleep and gooi di- I gestion. The cost is small. ; Consult with me on the sub- c ject. [ J. J IiIiTSf 1 The embroidery sul0 at White'* )? goine o . all the Mroe, ?n?l mrh prices are put upo hl8 goods as makes them go every time. u t Are you tired, fagged out, nervous, t sletpless, feel mean? Hollister's : Rocky Mouutain Tea strengthens the i nerves, aids digestion, brings refresh- i ing sleep. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets, i C. A. Milfurd. Mary?Dark circles under the eyes j indicate a sluggish circulation, torpid liver and kidu^s. Exercise ami Hoilister's Rocky Mountain Tea will make . you well aud beautiful. 35 ceuts, Tea * or Tablets. C. A. Milford. Potato Heed. ( Sweet potato seed for sale. SI 00 per bushel. ' W. T. Bradley. i The R. n. Haridon Co. I.ochIh; Its looklnc clocely after rietal Is ibtit inaltff . oar store service attractive. E?pccli>l y ii> staple notions do we try 10 excrll. We call ' attention io a few of the many nete^sarj | small ankles which ran always bo loutxt uere snil ol the best quality. Elastics. % Inch English elastic we>\ black . and white 11M yura. % Inch English elastic, 1 11 tck and white,5o. I French silk elastics. % Inrh wide black, \ white, light blue, pink, yellow, 25o a yard. I Hose supporters for children and misse* | BI-tck nmt white, the best tuubts oLly.10 15c , 20c and 25j pair. readies fcose snpporters, with w?1?t. hmdn Black, white, light blue, pluk, yellow. ?5?tr 1 50c. I Stay binding, best quality. Incb. % Inch | % Jncb, Inch, % Inch wide. Price 8*! to 8 , roll. Linen tape, linen bobbin, bias tape <n axi and nainsook. Seam braids, the lamest slock ' to select from. I Black L'at Hosiery. Has stood the le?t for years. Try it once and you will buy It again. , Harris Lvthla water fresh at all times at I Mllfora's Drug Store. ( International and Pratts Stock lood and 1 Poultry food at Mllford's Drui Store. Pr.on? i 10T. i The winds of March have no terror to i I he user of DeWit'tB Catboliznd Witch I Hazel Salve. Itquickly heals chapped i and cracked skin. Good too for boil- i and burns, and undoubtedly the best ' relief for Piles. Soid here by-C. A. ' Milfotd. i OF ABBEVILLE." | >se of business Dcc. II, 1906. friabilities. Capital Stock $75,000 00 I Surplus and Profits 23,060 00 i ;National Bank Notes 18,750 00 i Bills payable 10,000 00 I 'Deposits .. 203.880 00 i i I < I $330,090 00 1 In (he County. rnandN. i Its 111 Saving;* Department. i ???? well, provided these lower grades be ap- i piled In heavier quantities. So it has been found that corn, sugar cane, sorghum, grasses and other crops belonging to the grass family respond best to a fertilizer that shall contain 10 parts of phosphoric acid, 5 parts of nitrogen and 2 parts of potash? or a 10?5?2 fertilizer. The following formulas are in precisely the same proportions, only they are of lower grade, and would give practically the same results only when a correspondingly larger application shall be made per acre?viz., 9?4.50?1.80; or 8?1.00?1.60; or 7?3.50?1.40, and so on. Of course, these lower grades can be sold at lower prices than the high grades; but, as a rule, the farmer will find It more economical to buy the high grades, both on account of their cheaper price per "unit" and also the saving of freight the latter being precisely the same, per ton. for both high and lo./ grades. APPLYING FERTILIZER WHEN PLANTING. While it Is certainly true, in our experience, that the greater part of the fertilizer should be applied about two weeks before the crop is to be planted, well mixed In the soil of the bedding furrow and bedded on, there are circumstances that would justify a farmer in making one or more lntercultural applications, including one at the actual date of planting. The following are such circumstances: (1) When a farmer has not been able to secure the whole amount of his fertilizers before planting time. (2) When he concludes, after his crop has been planted and is growing, that he did not buy and apply as much as he should have done before planting. (3) When the yellowish green color and want of vigor in the appearance of the plants indicate that more nitrogen is needed by the crop. We believe it may be safely accepted as a general rule that a small portion of Virginia-Carolina Fertilizer should be applied with, or near the seed, at the time of planting. The efTect of this small application Is to supply the young plants with available food during the first stage of their growth, inducing prompt and vigorous development. For this purpose 40 to 50 pounds per acre may be applied of the same fertilizer that had been bedded on two weeks before planting. A second application of high-grade fer- . < tlllzers may be made at the second or I third plowing of cotton, or at six or eight e HIVIKTO iiClgm Ul uio pifcluia up iu ao iiiuiies. or the middle to last of May, and the . middle to last of June. i The interrultural applications may he , made In the siding furrow, or the fer- t tllizer may be strewn along in the middles ahead of the plow or cultivator. There . is no need to fear that the plants will : not get the benefit of a high-grade fer- ; tllizer If put anyhere, on or between the j rows. June 2Gth is the latest date at ' which the writer has ever applied fertilizer in this way to either corn or cot- 1 ton, although there is little reason to I doubt that even later applications would t benefit the crop; but probably not enough ? to pay the cost of the fertilizer. -| i 11 WCULIAtt ENGLISH SPELLING. tut Difficult of All Sriteius to A? Quire Exccpt tlie Chinese. English spelling is the most unsystem tic and therefore the most difficult of al ps terns to acquire, except the Chinese 'he French has not a complete alphabe 3 represent all Its sounds in a simple am petematlc manner, but tho French us be Incomplete and defective Roman tvl habet much more consistently than we 'he object of writing is to convey thought Ln ideal svstem would allow of the con eyanc? or thought with the least expend! are of energy on the part of both write nd reader. The sounds of the spoken languag hould be represented by tho simplest lost complete and most logical system ?here are in English 40 distinct sounds 0 distinct letters are needed to represen hem. With such a system the intennins ile difficulty of learning to spell woul .isappear, the time spent in printing an writing unnecessary letters would be save nd the learning of the language by chil [ren and foreigners would bo greatly ft ilitated. There is no valid objection t ihonetic spelling except the difficulty c ntroducing it. Tho etymological objec ion is unworthy of serious consideratior The etymology, for example, of "sop! sin" (which, by the way, docs not impoi k wise saying) resides in the real wore lot in its spelling. Any one who know he history of the word would associat hat history with it, however it might t pelled. The Philological association ft ? ?-V.l!r?? Tf 4c nf nnnrci Ui~9 pilUUCUiU Dpuiliii^. iu *o, v/i. vv/ui^. mpossible to make so radical a change i ince, but it docs not follow that the bom Its of phonetic spelling, the metric systei ir any other great improvement will com o us in the surest and best way by 6impl eaving the matter to chance. There is endency to 6borten spelling, but the bem its to bo derived from improvement ai 10 great that definite action should I aken to secure them early and to ma! he changes in the way that will be moi >eneficial. Changes for better and fc vorse will continue to come by chance f hey have come in the past, but chanc thange in so important a matter as tl anguage of the most enlightened an noet progressive people of the worl thould not be satisfactory.?Self Cultur MAN A NONCLIMBER. I? Show* a Singular Repngnanoe 1 Becoming "Arboreal." Climbing runs in families, for steepl acka are often the sons of fathers wl vere in the business, but it is somewhi >dd that man, though ho learns to swi 10 well that armed only with a knife 1 ?n encounter a shark in its native el nent, and judged by the extent of h nining operations in comparison with tl ilze of his body surpasses by a thousar iimes all animals that work underground las never become a good climber or show ;he slightest tendency to become 1' arb real," as he has become aquatic and su ierranean. South sea babies that cannot wa ivill roll into the sea and 6wim, colli soys at 14 will take pick and lamp and d icend into the mine almost as naturally 1 poung moles, Due we Deueve tnac in spi if the danger from wild beasts In fore regions and the fact that in 6uoh plao there is ten times more life on the level the tree tops than on the ground there no single instance of a tribe which, prope ly speaking, has become "arboreal" ai learned to climb like monkeys. Thouf not a few make huts in trees they approa these by ladders, and except In the hu which they use as a refuge and sleepii place they 6pend their time on the groun Even in forests where the upper levc of the trees are so closely laced togeth bhat a comparatively slight adaptati< tvould enable the Indians to progress fro tree to tree, and where nearly the whe of the fruit and the greuter part of t! birds and animals used for food are fotu only In this "upper story," man 1b nt and always refuses to become, a' 'climbii animal." Natural repugnance to tl form of enterprise seems characteristic savage men, and even of animals whii run no risks whatever. African nativ who have only lived in one storied hu show the greatest dislike to going i stairs and have been Known to creep up < hands and knees, while large dogs whi required to ascend stairs for the first tlx often refuse to do so except under stroi persuasion and with evident reluctance. London Spectator. Dumas' Adaptation*. Alexandre Dumas, who hated the Ed llsh, would have cursed In his breezlc 3tyle had he known of the number of u authorized adaptations nnd annexations his''Three Musketeers" which bristle < i>ur boards. Beerbohin Tree put on the h torio conglomeration in gorgeously par ramlo style at Her Majesty's. Sidn Grundy, play adapter in ordinary, prep? ad that version for the stage, and his nar appeared in bigger type on the posters th that of Dumas. Dumas was lucky to mentioned at all. Most of the play tink< here erase the name of the original auth altogether and insert their own. As I wa along the Strand I sometimes think hear Grundy and Comyns Carr and Hai Llton and Rose, all the modish nati adapters of the day, Blng in ohonu t good old couplets: Bring me the works of V. Sardon, firing me the works of E. Angler, Bring me the paste and scissors, too? I am the man to write a play. ?London Letter. The Wife Knew Better. " Charlotte, my dear, how is It I fL you weeping? Have you had bad ne' from your husband?" "Oh, worse than that! My Arth WTltes me irorn uarisuau unit uo wuu die with ardent longings for ine were not that ho could gaze affectionately my picture and cover it with a thousa kisses every day.'' "That is really very nice of him. Au pray, is it that you are crying for? would give anything to have such a poe and tenderly loving husband as you have "Ah, yes, my Arthur is very poetia But let me tell you that, just to try hij I slipped my mother's photo into his tra ellng bag instead of my own before started."?London Tit-Bits. Another Ancient Mystery. Johnny?Pa, is there anything mc valuable than diamonds? His Father?No, son. Why? Johnny?Oh, I was just wonderli what they gavo Methusaleh on his fl hundredth wedding anniversary.?Jew era' Weekly. An Old Pulnce. Tnmlwk nolni.n T.r?nf1ofl Vi Afl KAAT1 t home of the primates of Canterbury 1 over seven centuries. This plaoe can fehc specimens of almost every style of aroJ teoture which baa prevailed sinoa 1190. IHcMurrny'M Lweul.s Garden seed. The kind which come i Set tbem at the McMurray I?rnir Co.'s store You eel results when you plunt our (jurd leed. McMurray Drug Co. Flower Reeds which will r??inp you llow( -not weeds. McMurray Drug Co. Don't run the risk of IihvIiis; to do yn )ianMDK twice t>y uhioc mierior Keen. * he BEST. MeMurray Drug (X Your warden win he the envy of your neli >orbood if you use the kiud ol heeds wlii ve sell MeMurray Drug Co. Our Prescription huMn(f< in h-mv f! <i ias ever heen during i.ur Inisir.-hn car?*i Herlt and good nervlee will tell,the people a >ound to appreciate It. Milluid'a Dr (tore. ' %< I O roj*.*gaerlt??l YlrginAl ninrpiirfiteal Aow your hillside home, from the sky to <? river, I S'jone in the summer honts, With each of your silver selves a-quiver, Beautiful marguerites I ? ' a hnndnd thous?".r.il hearts of gold 3 To greet the opening day, 9 *, hundred thousand at night to fold In silver leaves away. I O marguerites! : I ti?I " I ?-? i' Dp:il liuod petals, fringed and fine, i? i tJmber hearts with the sc< i:t of pine, r : i'nu tanple across the autumn's pnth, j You nod at hrr from the limestone led#rv e j A part of her beautiful aftermath j Yoti lf.',vo to the brown brook's edge, ' j Or, Ic.tst in the heart of the cedar woods, L | You scatter intanKihle sweets '! ] To won lu-r steps to your solitudes, ,t | tvautiful marguerites! k- j ?Fauuy K. Johnson in Youth's Companion. d j tl logicalarrangementofthought , d j ?-? I [- , A. Couple of Illustrative Incident! In a ! Preacher's Experience. o : The appended anecdotes concerning t l?f latn President Robinson are given to i 5- ; public as too characteristic and too go j i. to be Inst. They are from the recollectim i- j of the Kev. Dr. A. J. Sago: "t J ' Once in the classroom Dr. Robin&on ' 1. was expatiating on the importance of care- I 8 ful logical arrangement of thought in di?? course, when he drew the following illustration from his own experience: 'Once, *- ! when I was preaching, a peculiar incident 3) : occurred. I had gone through my intro- . it duel ion and first division, when my mem- i 9- | <?ry failed me. I could not recall my second | n | division, but instead of it came up the ! - * - ? O A ,.?i r, ' tirsi point oi i.'iu ah,Vi .u.w.j , y ! trying to recall the missing head, I stated a to the congregation that for a special rea- ! 0* ! sou I would pass at once to the application. | ^ j I did so, and when I hajd discussed the i 56 | first point, tho missiug part of my dis:0. course came back to mo and I went ! through it all without further difficulty. >r On reaching homo I set myself down to 18 inquiro the meaning of this incident, when 3? I discovered that that which I had planned 10 as the first point of my application should have been really the second division of tho ^ sermon. Tho mind in tho activity of speaking had beon more loyal to its own principles than I had permitted it to be In the toil of preparation.' " The doctor was speaking to the class :o on tho importance of keeping tho mind freo from preoccupying and disturbing e. thoughts when about to speak extempore. 1(J Ho said: 'I was on my way to preach one at Sunday morning, absorbed In my dt?m course, when a gentleman met me who 10 said, "Have you heard that is going e. to marry Mi6s ?" mentioning twopersons in whom I was interested, whose 30 marriage would bo particularly unsuitid able. The suggestion took possession of ^ my mind, and in spite of my best efforts rn I could not got rid of it. All through my o- sermon my thoughts were full of the |> haunting idea of that unfortunate misalliance. My discourse was a failure. You 11 may imagine that my feeling toward the er source of this ill timed information was e- not exceedingly amiable. I could have as helped him over a tall fence.'"?New te Yorii .examiner. at ea Substitutes For Hay. of It Is not an unusual occurrence that tb? 1* weather in the 6prlng is so dry that th? hay crop is short or an almost total fallid uro. It is strange that some way cannot bo devised for irrigating at least a suffl3h cient amount of tillable land to insure the t* farmer a good hay crop. There is no ration ig that will take the place of this, and the d. futilities for making sure of it are any>1* thins; but satisfactory. Every farmer should set apart a certain portion of hii }n low land for hay. In wet weather he is m likely to have a good crop anyway, and >le in dry timos a well cared for Held of low h? land will do much to bridge over the time between late autumn and early spring, >t? wheii there is nothing whatever out of 18 doom for stock to oat. The practice of sowing millet, sorghum, co^peas or ?* crimson clover late in the season, when the indications are that fall pasture will ^ bo poor, and that the hay crop is altogether unsatisfactory, Is becoming general. aP Cornstalks may be cut as soon as the ears an arc ripe. The earlier they are cut the more an nutritious they aro and the more valuable Qe for feeding. As a rule, farmers givo too 18 littln attention to cornstalks, which, when properly cured, aro among the most useful of food products for slock, esp*-cinliy so in * -? * * llOTT cou anscucu 01 uu ciuuuuuij^c ui gumi Ryo makes a good crop, but sho.cl.1 nevor g- bo futl to cows that are giving milk, aa it at imparts an unpleasant lluvor to the milk n- and is by many persons considered unof wholesome.?New York Ledger. on is- The Mind and Action. lo" I oncc asked a class of 16 girls to think Intently what it would feel like to lift the ^ right hand and touch the left shouldor. De After a few minutes had elapsed nine of them confessed having felt a desire to do ** it. I then dropped the subject and spoke !r> of something else. In a fow moments six actually did it. Most persons when concoutriitiug attention upon the thought of * what a given movement- would feel like, rn" And themselves becoming possesssd of a 7* desire to do it, and this desire marks the tendency of the thought to produce the movement. lJut as we not only feel but also seo our movements, we find th^t the thought of what a movement looks like has also motor value and tends to produce it. This is also true of touches and ideas of touch?indeed all or nearly all mental nlinnr?ua in tlKft Slate? priiuuuu aumu mutui b<juubvs> ? ?-~ body, but tho motor effects of sensations id and ideas of sound, taste and smell aro relwi atively slight.?Professor W. R. Newbold In Popular Science Monthly, ur : Jd London Restaurants. ^ In London wo are now in advance of *r Paris in tho matter of restaurants. To cito only one, tho Savoy, not o'aly is the cooking bettor, but tho comfort and tho 2 surroundings are superior to auything in ' Paris. Wonderful is tho progress that has been made. When I was a young man, Jhoro woro literally no restaurants in Lonx don?nothing but. tho Blue Posts, or the in* Hummums in Coveut Garden, and simi^ lar places, wiiero the dinner was of the old fashioned British inn type.?London Truth. A man never realizes tho superiority of a* i woman so much as when ho is sowing on I ii initMiii without .1 thimble. nushinar the needle against the wall to got it half way ng through and pulling it through the other ve half by hanging on to it with his tooth. al Nothing is rich hut tho inoxhaustible wealth of nature. She shows us only surfaces, but she is million fathoms deep.? he Emerson. or )W i The Egyptians used pencils of coloroi 4j. chalk, anil several of thesu ancient cruyjus have lw?ci? found in their tombs. "IT'S IX Til ip.: H e Ih'ivc just rcccivcd L ;n! sri-iwi-rs Fisi: cnoc u:. ' < .-/ ??,/ . j Vl/.UI LL /IL* //Li I'Ullllll mm ur' c'li ; ,l't| filers Ori^iiud Milk CI ;!jj Macintosh* Old English j Tnl'lc .7 .*/ r/f/ Iftccjit P:ick:\ I Like ' :uiuts-thc more v<> " J re Tllli MCMURi un MOD Ml)S TRAINLOAD OF EXPERTS ON EDUCATIONAL TOUR. Third Train That Hai Been Sent Out by the National Association?Sonth to Be Taajtht to Build Illchwaya Scientifically. A train of twelve cars, known aa the "Good Ronds Special," left Washington ou the .lines of the Southern railway early In November to stop at ten or twelve of the chief cities reached by the system and aid in organizing good roads associations and at the ! same time give a practical illustration 1 of modern roadmaking. The tour will | end Jan. 1. The train carried a full equipment I of roadmaking machinery and a party of eighteen persons, all skilled in tha manufacture of good dirt and rnacad am roads. It Is the third such train to be organized through the effortfi of the National Good Roads association, one having been sent along (be route of the Illinois Central from April to July and a second having traversed the district between Chicago and Buffalo along the routes of the Lake Sliore route and the New York Central. Everywhere the meetings have been widely 'attended and have produced permanent organizations determined to better the country roads of the section concerned. Mr. Martin Dodge, director of the office of public road inquiries In the agricultural department, and M. 0. Eldridge, his assistant, with Mr. W. H. Moore, president of the National Good Roads association, are In charge of the "Good Roads Special." Under their direction fourteen road experts, Mr. R. W. Richardson, secretary of the national association, and several clerki will undertake to organize in each of the cities visited a permanent good roads association. To this end they will confer with the mayor and city council of each city and the officers of its commercial organizations, arrange LOAD IK WBONQ PLACE. tbat a suitable ball shall bo hired und obtain tbe use of tea or twelve team*, as many men &ud a sufficient supply of crushed stone to construct a length of good road as a sample. When the train arrives, the engineers will begin at once to build about a mile of dirt road with tbe teams, men and materials furnished by the locality. They will then surface or macadamize as much of tbat road as their timu will permit When the practicability of the movement has been thus manifested, the mayor and commercial organizations will unite in a call for a public meeting to organize an association. President Moore of the National Good Roads association says of the project: "The south can have good roads If it will and the sooner the citizens get together and work along some well organized and practical line tbese results will be reached the quicner. mere jb nothing that will do more to increase the value of virgin lands and advance the development of the rural districts than well constructed public roads. The Improvement of the road system will have a wouderful effect upon stimulating tbe settlement of people on farms, and as these settlements are being made so will tbe value of the land Increase. "Wherever a city or town Is found possessing well made roadways leading therefrom you will find the business of that point Is In a prosperous condition. Therefore the citizens of every town In tbe south will be promoting their own Interests if they give this movement theli moral and If necessary financial support "It Is hoped that every state, county, city and town officer will give this subject of better roads serious consideration and then take the matter In band Immediately and show his constituents that the movement for better roads tpih r?rv>ivp hia utmost consideration and utmost co-operation. "It Is universally decided that good roads are what we want: In order to secure them we must pull together, working systematically and on practical lines. This grand tour, planned by the Southern Railway company, Is a signal for action. If the states visited are not alive to this and do not avail themselves of the opportunity to secure Information rendered by the good roada special train, no one will be at fault except the citizens of the states In which the exhibits are made." Grades of Roads. The grade Is the most important factor to be considered in the location o 1 roads. The smoother the road surface I +v>/i inca tiio (rrnd<> should be. Whether [ the road be constructed of earth, stone | or gravel, steep grades should alwayi j be avoided If possible. They become i covered at tim?s with coatings of Ice or slippery soil, making tlieui very difficult to asce-Dd with loaded vehicles, ai i well as dangerous to des ?nd. They ; aJlow water to rush down at such a 1 rate as to wash great gaps alongside or to carry the surfacing materia] ' away. As the grade Increases Id steep' ness either the load has to be diminished In proportion or more horse? 01 power attached. 7J FILLING" m* Express n Shipment of i . OLATE AND BONBON'S is fine ns you have ever Tns- j my price. 1locohitcs J 10 nncJ locents \ltcs, ti cnt the more you want, RAY DRUG CO. [ P - f--' G?MS IN VERSfe. "T The Little Streets. I "Tomorrow I'll do it," aay? Banate. 4T w?411 V? Kw 1' onva flftfh. f "Not dow?pretty soon," saya Jenal* "la a minute," say a little Beth. Oh, dear little people, remember That, true as the stars in the The little streets of Tomorrow, Pretty Soon and By-and-by Lead, one and all, Aa straight, they say, As the King's highway, To the city of Not at All! Annie H. Donnell In Youth's Pomps I?. S - If I Were Too. IfI werr yon, I'd see my path of dtttj Bo plain and straight, without a ourveorheBd, And walk upon it, without swerve or falter, From life's beginning straightway to its ted. I'd be so strong, so faithful and so true, I would. If I were you. < . ' & If 1 were you, I'd live upon a pittance And save np money for a rainy day And never buy a pretty gown or Jewel Dr take a bit of pleasure by the way,^ And then I'd be ao cheerful, never blue, I would, if I were you. If 1 were you and friends that knew yoa las* gest Would hurt and wound, advloe unmake 1 would give, | I'd still forbear and cherish all tbsir virtues | ever with them in oontentanent lire, I'd be so faithful, constant through aad through, I would. UI were you. If I were you and found some gentle woman Who gave yoa sweetness, trust and sympathy, I would not turn to them for consolation. But aeek alone the barren friendship fcrear Kor try to find a broader mental view. Ah, no; I would not?not if I war* you. And If a man should help yon with Ida llldag L To stronger purpoee or to braver dead i I'd do without his presence and incentive, 1 " Last all the gossips' tongues thereby should j P?ed.' . ! Although it take from life tta pleasures tarn? I would, If I war* you. If I were you, I'd stay In old lnclosursa And be consistent all the way along, Mo matter what the stress and strain ot life 1st ? Temptations, trials, sorrow* loss amoac. I All this and more I'd do, I would, if 1 were you. But for myself, as 1 am Just a woman, I'll take what help and gladness I oaa Had, Nor make a pledge to absolute perfection And all my way to hard heroics bind. Content to think, with kindly deeds as Iearsa. While here I dwell I lose no hope of heavs^ And so, withal, at last I may not rus Not doing as?1 would If I were you. ?Anna Olcott OommeltaL . i C ?_ and Mother. 0 mother, my love, If you'll giro ma your haai And go where I ask you to wander, > 1 will lead you away to a beautiful land, , The dreamland that's waiting out yondtvl ' We'll walk in the sweet poey garden oat tbtn Where moonllgh' and starlight are streaming And the flowera \nd the bird* arc filling tha ?r r, V With the fragrar-y? nd mnalo at dreaming,j There'll be ,no little, tired oat boy to aat,' No questions or caree to perplex 70a; - I There'll bo no little braleee or bumps to Mr rees Nor patching of it00kinga to vex 70a, for I'll rock 70a aw*7 m the alive* law stream And sing jon aaleep when you're ireory, I tod no one shall know of oar beaatifnl dvMBB But 70a and 7oar own little dearie. _ I V, / JAnd when 1 an tired I'll nestle n>7 bead In the bosom that's soothed ma to uftea, And the wide awake stars shall alng la ay steaA A song whlok 007 dreaming shall ecftaa. 0, mother, mj love, 1st me take jeor daaf . hand, And awa7 through the starlight wall VMr der, Away through the mist to ths beautiful lan& The dreamland that's waiting oat yniWI -SaganaliaM. . The Mirror. | 1(7 mirror tells me that m7 fee* is fair, y And can I doabt bat that It tells ma taaal My mirror sari that I have gpldaa hair And cheeks like the wild froaa and eraaal bine. I say, "Do I indeed these oharma poasaas, C1 trusty glass?" My mirror answsra "Yaa^ ITien lovers' tulea thla heart all freefroaaeart Have surfeited with flatter7'a olo7lng ariay Unto m7 mirror do I straight repair And ory: "0 mirror, is thla all deceltf ?ay, ao i mem pmn iua umi ? >? Then doth my. trusty mirror uuwer "t*" Deem me not vain, I pray, for wall I know That when life'a aklee have lost UMl hue I must one day unto my mirror go And say, "Oh, tell me, mirror, la irtras That every day my youthful oharma (Ml leaa f" , Then must my trusty mirror answer "lea" j And, oh, I trust that In that later day, The time of silvered hair and fading tffhfc When I onto my looking glass ahsll My, "0 mirror, with my beanty'a waning light Doth honor also fall and virtue got" Then may mine truthful mirror answer "Vffci ?Margaret F. Mauro in MoOlure's XagMlMb ' K*ch la His Owa Vwt, fire mist and a planet, A crystal and a eell, A jellyfish and a saurian And caves where the cave msa Then a sense at law aad beauty And a face turned from the oMr f Some cell It evolution, I And others call It (Sod. , | I A haze on the far horizon, 1 The infinite, tender aky j Tho ripe, rich tints of the ocrnftslls | And the wild geese sailing high And all over upland and lowUuid ; The charm of tke goldenrod? Bome of oa ooll it autumn. And others call it God. ; Like the tides on a crescent ass beach When the moon la new and thin. Into our hearts high yearnings Come welling and surging la, Come from the mystic ocean, Whose rim no foot has trod? Some of as call it l*nging. And other a call it God. A picket frozen on duty, . A mother starved for her br<*4 Socrates drinking the hemlook > ! And Jesus on the rood, The million who, humble and namala^ The straigkt, hard pathway trod? Bome call it oomseoratlon. And others call It God. ?W. B. Oarrutk in Christian Register. foil o'n talk o' martial heroea till th' tact 4 Gabriel's horn Mil J% u ucuiaiiu awut / wiu II ?? 0 ? hoar as, I But; they ain't th' blggeat heron that lata Ik' world waa born, Far compared with aoaaa th?lr worfc tf mighty coarse. Th' real heroes wear no tokena hot th1 UMM ) on their ban'a. They're th' toilers that aboun in evary a)baa> They're th* very bone an ainoe o' all timaa M o' all lan'a. , i They 're th men who keep a-hoatlla aA Ik' i time. ?Omaha World-Barald. God'a glory Ilea not oat of reach. i The moss we crash beneath oar feat, I The pebblea on the wet sea beach, Have olw maaaiags.strange and sweat ?Owaa MaradHfc, . BM.i.tlc Paints, oil?, varnishes and stains la anv otmntllv at MUford'a Drug .Store._I _j Sana to! Cold Cream, ' Tooth Wash, " T'oth Powder, Tnoth P tKip, B?th Powder, " lVoum Powder, " Tooth H'U'heu. The h??si T'?.|m|, preparations on earthjon sale at Mi Kurd's Drug store. ,/np-a-Lflo all shades [at MllforJ's Drug Drug JStore. Watch for Dargan's 5 and 10c Store. Special sale in Crockery to be held soon. 1 j 1.1 H V * ' ' ' jl\ ra..