Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

.. . i.JLiJi -JE .tWhsi autumn pins a scarlet badge up " Ario' ?rets'lhe uttle'captive elves iron And o'er the meadow-clover lays a ix Jpon my1 hearthstone, wide and sm?( Above a sturdjvoaken log with Crean A td in the spaces new white chips ai Th. n. when the early sunset leaves a As ' ? ? faded poppy in a dark and w And.. hurled against the slanted roof, . From out the cavern waves aloft a s A tawvy thread creeps up the pile ai And thin a rushing gale of gold and < Within its wobd-green undertones and By some sweet mystery of dusk the a And fair before me slants the sun on Across their grassy terraces, bv zephy The coreopsis squadrons march, in 01 And brilliant conflagrations of the Ir In fern-set dales and hollows where t Gleam oddly fashioned fungi, capped " And feathered foxtail-grasses flash lit ? .. . ' . ? . . With sudden burst of flying sparks th Against the pillared portico the-ram, A~loosened vuie, ?drip with rain, the ? seek mv strand of memory gems-b And, with the trail of ruby stars thai Th? s-/Ivan pictures vanish an a iilmv -Harnet V WHAT WOULD ? -3> Ey II Or EWE J ' .You know I. can't go, Burton. I'm right in the midst o? housecleaning, and-" "Leave your old housecleaning, and come along." "Leave my housecleaning! What are you thinking of? Do you suppose I could go away with my house in tliis condition and enjoy myself?" "I don't see why not. It won't hurt anybody or anything, and this is thy first outing of the Engineers' Club since our marriage-and you know I .can't go without you-" "You don't have to stay at home on my account, I'm sure. What would people say if I neglected my house as you propose?" "What do you suppose people would say if I neglected my wife, as you suggest I should at least appear to do? Married six months, and al ready away -fer a good time, and leav ing her behind! You'd be proud to nave such a husband-'brute,' people v .would call him." "Well, I suppose you'd oe proud to have a wife that everybody called a sloven." The voices were becoming gradual ly more' sharp, the words more un pleasant to tlie ear. "What do I care what people call you? I think you might consider my pleasure once in a while." "Consider your pleasure! Just as .it I wasn't slaving here from morn ing to night trying to keep this house clean for you to live In, cooking your meals, darning your stockings, doing everything a woman eau to make a man comfortable! And this is all the thanks I get." Tears were coming by this time, and Burton Stevens hated tears. With a great appearance of calmness, he said: "I certainly never would have mar ried you if I had supposed it would make you so miserable." "Wei!, I wish you never had," was the quick retort. "I supposed I was marrying a man of some feeling, who would appreciate all J did for him, but as it is, I wish I'd never seen you." i This was a little more than.Stevens could stand. He rose abruptly from the table, grabbed his hat and coat .as he rushed through the hall, and passed on out of the house, slamming the door behind him. .Whereupon Genevieve dried her eyes and sat back la her chair, "to think," as she called it, bnt in reality to give way to tumultuous feelings that surged over her in recurrent waves. i This was what ihey had come to after just six months of married life!' She had known that feelings changed after marriage, but not like this not so soon as this. Where was all the love and devotion that had trans formed their lives a few months be fore? Once she had thought that to serve Burton's breakfast would raise .her to the seventh heaven of delight. Well, she did en joy'that still. But he was so unappreciative. He seemed not to understand how she slavea-. yes, slaved was the only proper word -from the tims he left in tho morn ing until he came back at night to keep their little nest, as he had once called it, spotlessly clean. Ke was always coming home and wanting her to.go off with him on some lark, and he never failed to be put out when she-could'not-go. He oughtto ap preciate her self-sacrifice, but he never did. He ought to. be thankful that his wife was a good housekeeper, 'hut he was not. Was it worth-while, after all? Had she not been wiser to refuse Burton, as she had done all the others, and remain single, free to live her own life, loved and- appreciated and ad mired by her own doting family? Here the tear3 of self-pity came once more. If things continued as they were', she ar d Burton would get to hate each other in time. Would they have to go on living together and hating each other, or would Bur ton some day get a divorce? She shuddered at the thought. Divorces were getting mort and more common, but she had been taught to shun the very thought of them as she would a plague. But she must get her work done if her heart broke. The woman would soon be there to go on with the clean ing, and 3he must be ready for her. Burton did not come home to din ner. . A perfunctory telephone mes sage informed he:* that he would be detained at the office until late in the evening. Genevieve nursed her grievance, and was not her bright cheery self even by the time they sat down to breakfast next morning. Op pressed by her chilly politeness, Bur ton, in his tura; began to wonder if "the .boys" were right when .they told tim that "marriage didn't pay." The same thought persisted in Genevieve's mind for a week. When ever she went out to an afternoon social gathering, only the "bachelor maids" seemed to be free to enjoy themselves. They talked about par ?n the m?ple-tTe<*, a milkweed prions free, ?osted filagree, ?th, thc beechwood bonghs are crossed ty mold embossed, id fringy bark are tossed. red end,sullen stain ", ithered plain, come spurts of spiteful rain lender lilac plume; ad trickles through the gloom, ximson sweeps the room. [ mauve and umber shades, utumn bleakness fades, bloomy summer glades. r-people sown, .ange ruff and zone, idian pinks are blown. be skeins of mist are spn?. ivith pearl and buff and dc?. e silver in the sun. ? ' . . . ?. . e slender forestick snaps; g tempest taps; window-casing raps. ehold. it breaks in two, t sparkle up the Hue, blur of hlue. Whitney Durbin, in Youth's Companion. PEOPLE SAY ? 6-r i v .JL. HEPSTJ?N. . . ties and flowers ?nd drives and pic nics; but the others discussed .the trials of married life, the difficulties of getting help, the unappreciative ness of men in general, itnd certain husbands in particular, and the aw ful drudgery involved in keeping a house. Genevieve had not, as yet, reached the point of taki:ig part in these discussions; she still kept un what she bitterly called to herself "the fiction" of being a happy- bride. Eut when she thought of the years stretching before her, laden with this awful burden of drudgery that appar ently oppressed every woman with a t )me to look after, she wanted to scream. How could she ever stand it? How could she give up- all her dreams of happiness with Burton? They had planned to read together, she was to keep up her music and play and sing for him; they had talked of rides and walks in .the sum mer to come, when they were to be "always together." But even how she was too tired, when evening came, to read, and went to sleep in five minutes if Bur ton tried to read to her. She hadn't found a minute for practicing in the last three weeks. Would things be any better when summer came, or would she have to give up all those plans as well? Honestly, what was the use of being married? They had had ever so much more fun when they were engaged-and, yes, they had seen more of each other than they were doing now. Burton spent so many of his evenings at :the office that she seldom had more than a few hurried words with him at the break fast table. ' At first, Genevieve had been glad when he stayed down town, and she could go to bed early. But aa time went by, she realized that they were growing farther and farther apart. What would the end be? Burton, too, seemed to be unhappy. His face showed her that, and she was compelled to admit that her hus band was suffering as well. What would be the solution of their prob lem? "Where've you been keeping you? I self, lately, Genevieve?" asked her[ father, in his cheery way, finding her In the old home one evening upon his return from the office. "We've missed you." Genevieve had stayed away because she feared they would discover her unhappiness. Instead of giving the real reason, she said: "I've been too busy, father. You. know I have all the housework to do alone." The. swift 'onk of- penetration and madness that her father gave her startled her. "Come here, little girl. Sit on my knee once more, and let's have one ! of our o. * time con fabs." Then with his arm about her waist in the old, loving way, he be gan: "Been out with Burton much lately?" "No, father, he seems to be" too busy, and I don't know as I mind that as I'm generally too tired." "Why weren't you at the Engi neers' banquet? You went last year, j and Burton has never missed it be fore, I've been told." "I was too dead tired. I was right in the midst of housecleaning week, .and-" "Didn't you know when the ban quet was going to be?" "Yes, but I had to take the womau then or I couldn't get'her until the very last of May." "Would it have hurt the house to i go a month longer?" "No, but father, I didn't want peo- j pie saying-" ; J \ T?e flldi Him 9 9 .? -s3fc- O S G S -"^ ? Q<B* 9 No gentleman will wear anyt 00 At the close of the Civil 99 pajamas had not become gene AA of Newport that this unhappy 33 It is a pity. ?A There was a freedom al vg shirt, with its flowing tails, ti ??? to add to a man's moral stat 00 meut was never beautiful. Bi 99 to be. Men do not pace the sti f)0 shirts, unless they have been . 99 o? fire. ?A Every man should, when 33 of making himself as unlovel; AA Pajamas db not accomplish tl line, and when in bed give oi 2? being dressed for the evening. 00 The old fashioned night 99 reducing every man to the san A bishop, ' accout'red in one, 99 prize fighter. ? ? And is there any man v 33 perience of standing in one ? ? furnace fire, shoveling in coal v7 not recall with almost blindi: A> sublimity he has reached upo 00 eceecceeeceeceeeeceeeeeece "My dear, do you care more"aD?uT 'people;' than you do about Burton?" -But the -work?" "Dp you care more about work: than you do abp?t' Burton ? My dar ling, listen to a f?w words of wisdom from, your wise old father. Burton didn't marry you because he wanted a housekeeper;, he married you be cause he wanted a companion, a com rade. Doubtless he'd get soine one j to do the work if hs could." "He's always wanted to get a girl , for me, but it seems an extravagance ' when his salary's so low and I am perfectly able to do the work." "But you make htm pay just the same and something worth infinitely more to him than money. Is it fair?" j "Do you think we ought to have a girl?" "Not necessarily. . Have you ever studied the question of 'wise neg lect?? " "But, father, jurt think what everyone would say, if-" "Do you really love your husband? Or is pride more to you than love? Let me whisper a secret in your ear. 'What people say' should never come botween two people who love each other. Sacrifice your pride-just a little of it-to your husband's happi ness. " Genevieve was silent. And after a moment her father went on, very gravely this time. "My dear, I have see many mar riages spoiled by this fetish of house work. A man always prefers his wife's company to a spotless house. Just think about that seriously, dear child." Genevieve did think about it. His words sank deep into her heart, until finally she decided to' act upon them. She could not make a great change at once, but little by little she learned to eliminate the unnecessary thing. A simple:: breakfast, she found, en abled her to appear at the table with \ an unfiushed face and an unruffled temper-and E.urton never seemed to miss his more elaborate meals, though he brightened perceptibly un der her more gracious manner. She put away useless bric-a-brac, so there was less dusting to do. She gave up her plan of always having cake and cookies on hand, and fre quently substituted simpler deserts for the customary pies and intricate puddings. She did less sewing; wore simpler clothes, and had less ironing; used the sweeper instead of the broom occasionally; let the windows go unwashed for more than a week sometimes-and was amazed to find how well the home looked in spite of her neglect. She found herself sitting down at the plano now and .then, and taking up the old song. She even ventured to sing for Burton one Sunday after noon and was almost shocked at the magnitude of the pleasure he evinced. She stayed awake evenings, and once suggested a call upon a nearby friend that almost resulted In expression of gr?tltude from her bewildered hus band. - s As, little by little, the old com panionship was resumed, Genevieve awoke to the enormity of the wrong she had done both her husband and herself. Vhis was life; this was growth. Now they were really be coming one, as they had once dreamed of in their courtship days, i Compared with this what wa3 housework but a false god that wom en raised and worshiped, ofttimes to the famishment of their own souls and the destruction of the peace and happiness of their loved ones. God forbid that she should ever again endanger the stability of their home j by any such worship of idols. The true Ideal is home-making, not house keeping, Genevieve had learned, and the motto to be kept ever in mind. "Wise neglect."-Good Health. Taxing Resident Aliens. Americans who live abroad be? cwise, having small incomes, they find it cheaper there than at home, will need to keep away from France if the proposed law taxing the in comes of resident aliens is enacted. According to the measure now before the Chamber of Deputies, foreigners resident in France would be taxed on the basis that their taxable income was seven times the rental value of their residences. The example of France might be followed gradually by the other European countries where small incomes go a long way, for they are all in need of money.-' Springfield Republican. Called His Bluff. "I'm in a pretty fix, I can tell you," said an Oxford undergraduate to hil pal.toward the end of the last terim "I wrote to my father the other daft giving him a list of books I urgentlj needed, and asking him to send nu money to buy them." "And didn't he?" asked the pal. "No; he sent the books."-Tit Bits. Of the 147,000,000 of Russia's pop lation 100,000,000 are peasants. l? ?light Shirt I .fe.?-*cy?-*e> ?-?^?^?^?^?^? ? ??^?^?-^?^?^?"^??*?>?',*>W? hing but iMi'amas.-Men's fashions. V ? War the practice of wearing ral. It was only with the rise ?:.* custom originated. ?? bout the old fashioned night hat somehow or other seemed 33 i0 ure. It is true that this gar ut then, it was never intended Qv :eet at night clt.d only in night 99 rudely awakened by the cry Q$ 99 by himself, have the privilege* AA y and comfortable as possible. ?a his. They constrict the waist \A ie the embarrassing feeling of shirt had the grand quality of ie level as his fellow creatures. 99 was no better looking than a ?? 99 ?ho has been through the ex- AA of these garments before the in the dead of night, who does A A ng tears the heights of moral vy n those occasions? rv ec?c??eecec??e????????ceeC M?CHAI ADV! DIVER? Care For Young Chicks. Without doubt, the dry method is the easiest, safest and most economi cal method of feeding small chicks. It is always a risk to the health of young birds to feed moist mashes. Experienced poultrymen have ob tained very good results from feeding raw or cooked mashes, but it will be wisest course for the beginner to con fine himself to the dry method, using sound, sweet grain. The chicks should be kept confined close to the mother hen for the first two or three days. For the first two or three weeks the hen should be kept shut up in the coop, letting the chicks run free. Keep fresh water in a clean drinking fountain where the hen and chicks can reach it, also keep before the chicks at all "times a supply of chick-size grit, granulated bone and charcoal. Scatter a little commercial chick food in some fine Utter,, and let them scratch for it. Feed four or five timei daily, but do not feed so much at one time that they are not willing to scratch when the next feeding time comes. After ten or fifteen days the chicks may be-gradually weaned from the chick food, - and cracked corn and wheat fed in its place. If possible, always have a grass run, or'If that is not obtainable, give a substitute such as cut clover, alfalfa, sprouted oats, or cabbage. It is very natural that chicks as well as human beings should tire of one bill of fare day after day, so it is necessary to supply some supplemen tary feed to stimulate the appetite and to prevent the chicks from get ting off their feed. For this there is nothing better than cooked wheat or cracked rice. The grain should be boiled thoroughly, first seasoning the water slightly with salt. Boll until the grains are very soft and almost . all the water has evaporated. Do not stir any more than necessary I while cooking, as it is desired to have the grains as whole as possible. This 1 food should be allowed to cool before feeding. When ready to feed remove the amount you intend to give the chicks and sprinkle a little bone or beef meal over it, bone meal prefer ably. Feed on clean boards and spread sufficiently to give all chicks free access to it without having to trample all over the food. Give as much of this food as they will clean up in from fifteen to twenty minutes. Remember to keep fresh -water be--. fore the chicka all the time, and keep the'drfnking fountains clean.-R. R. Roberts. Orchard Cover Crops. The tests made at the Experiment Station during the past five years and reported, show Conclusively that young, rapidly growing peach trees are made hardier in wood and fruit buds by the use of a cover crop that will, by drying the ground somewhat in late summer, check" the growth of the trees and cause them to mature their wood properly before the ad vent of freezing weather. Cover crops that survive the win ter, rye, for instance, are detrimental to orchards, as they dry the ground excessively in spring when the trees need abundant moisture. Cover crops that are killed by the early frosts are better tban those that live later, because, as soon as killed, they stop drying the soil, catch fall rains, and check evaporation. For the past seven years, at the time winter has set in, the the ground in the Experi ment Station orchards has been as moist in the plats that grew frost killed cover crops as in the plats that received- thorough cultivation throughout the falL Cover crops that live until killed by severe freez ing weather, oats, for instance, sometimes keep the ground so dry that there is danger of serious mjury to tender roots should the following winter be very cold. Vegetation that stands erect does not furnish as good direct protection against severe freezing of the ground 1 as crops that mat down like a litter mulch. Cornstalks, for instance, af ford little protection against freez ing when there is no snow, while a cover of oats furnishes considerable protection under similar conditions. Cornstalks and other vegetation that stands fairly erect hold drifting snow very well, thereby furnishing excel lent indirect protection. Millet, cane and corn were the best of the cover crops tried at the Experi ment Station. Millet is the best of all, except for the fact that, when sown the latter part of July, it some times ripens seed enough to cause trouble the following summer. - R. A. Emerson, in Southern Fruit Grow er. Soil Capillarity. Water in the soil is drawn to the surface by what is known as capil lary action. An ex?mple of the work ing of this capillary force can be ob tained when open tubes, having a very small bore, are placed in a ves sel of water or other liquid. It will be seen that the level of tl-;- liquid Witty Sayings. There is one thing that should be said to the credit of the boys; they never pretend to like people they dislike. There are but two classes of peo ple in the world just before an elec tion: The angels who belong to your party, and the devils on the other side. Some men will take an awful lot of abuse to keep from paying their bills. Some women cook for men as though only women lived in the house Md then expect the men to be satis fied. In a little country town, the ex treme in fashion always looks fast. Automobiles are like people; the cheap ones are noisy. When a woman says to her hus band: "You know I haven't a hit of jealousy in my nature, but I would like to know, etc.,'' look out for storms. No one ever thinks I hat a boy may be tired. [CE ABOUT SIFIED FARMING in the tube has risen higher than the general surface in the vessel. Sim ilarly, if a piece of loaf sugar is placed upon a saucer containing . a small quantity of water, so that only a fraction of the sugar ls immersed, the liquid will be observed to mount rapidly through the substance of the sugar, until the whole piece is satu rated. The ascent of the water is also due to the working of capillary force, and water in the soil rises to the surface in the same way. The following notes are extracted from an article on this subject, which is one of great Importance to the practical cultivator, that lately appeared in the American Journal of Agriculture: Water deep down In the soil ls at tracted, and drawn to the surface of the soil grains there, the Toll particles above them attract and draw the wat er to themselves and up till lt reaches the. surface. Once at the surface, the air claims the water and it is taken away from the soil by evaporation. Soil particles not only have the power of drawing water to them selves, but of holding it as well. By a simple mathematical law, the small er the particle the greater propor tional surface it has, hence the finer the particles are, the more water a given soil is capable of holding'. Also, the closer together the soil grains are the more retentive is the soil of mois ture. For this last reason deep plow ing for breaking up large masses into fine grains, and heavy packing to bring these grains into close contact, are employed in dry farming opera tions, and may be adopted in any re gion,. In dry times, to make deep soil hold large amounts of water. The practical application of tho principles of soil capillarity consists in first loosening the soil to as great depths as possible for creating large surfaces of exposure, allowing the soil to catch and imbibe as much wat er as possible, if it be not already sat urated, and then stirring the surface frequently to prevent loss from above. The farmer who understands fully the laws of capillary action and so handles his soil as to receive and re tain large amounts of moisture has mastered one of the greatest points of successful farming. - Agricultural News. Lawns For the Farms. Why should not farm houses be surrounded by well kept lawns? Of late years farmers are taking more interest in their home surroundings than they did a decade or two ago. Many a farm house nowadays is adorned by a neatly kept lawn and the only fault that can be found is that there are not more attractive farm homes. It was, until recently, the practice to have barns for the care of live stock much more com fortable and attractive than the dwelling house of the family. In or der to have a nice lawn it is not necessary to attempt extensive land scape gardening. The life of a lawn Is the mower, and the lawn must be mowed because it kills out the weeds and stimulates the growth of the grass. If there are not already old forest trees on the home place, some variety of trees should be set out, the kind depending upon the lati tude and climatic conditions. Fruit trees may be advantageously raised on the country lawn, and they will serve two purposes, as they furnish both shade and fruit. The lawn should have a few walks with flower beds and shrubs to make it more at tractive. There are many kinds of roses and shrubs that can be grown almost anywhere. During the win ter months plans may be made for the laying out of the lawn and for the planting of the flowers. To Waterproof Cloth For Hot Beds. Linseed oil. one quart; acetate of lead (sugar ot l?ad), one ounce; ros in, pulverized, one ounce. Dissolve thoroughly in iron kettle over a gen tle fire. With flat brush apply hot, to yard wide muslin tacked to 3x6 frames. The mixture renders the muslin airtight and nearly transpar ent. The cost is about one-eighth as much as glass und the loss under such covering is never serious. Government Experiment. The farmers of the country sur rounding Shreveport .will this year plant 250 acres.In peanuts, at the in stigation of government officials, who have recently come South for the pur pose of testing the value of the pea nut as a producer of fine oils. The cotton seed oil mills, which are usu ally idle during the spring and sum mer months, will be equipped for the experiment.-Beaumont Journal. Look Out For Bumble Foot. This is a good time to examine the feet of your old birds, and if you find they are in bad condition take stefld to cure them. Your cock birds espe cially are apt to get bumble foot and other foot and leg troubles, and a little care just now may discover these in their incipiency, when th?y can be quickly and easily cured. Pointed Paragraphs. A pup is as friendly as ac andidate two days before election. Every man makes a different noise when he sneezes. We used to think that big railroad men were about thc smartest things that ever drew the breath of'life, but lately we are catching them in a lot of fool things. There are many occasions to say human nature should be changed, but yon can't chance it. Fear is a belief in your inferiority; nothing else. It so often happens that hy the time one is well off in this world he ls well on toward the next. Carelessness causes more men trouble than laziness and wickedness combined. "The mint" says a wise man, "can make money without advertising, hut no one else can." The less a man has to clo, the more he complains that he does not have lime to accomplish that which ix ex pected of him. Practical Road Making. y One of the most popular and prof itable courses given by the University Extension Division of the Univer-liy of Wisconsin is thai in highway con struction. The purpose of this course is to give highway officials, and oth ers who have the responsibility of building and maintaining .public roads in the State, an opportunity to acquire a thorough and up-to-date knowledge of the best material and best methods to be.employed in their work. Heretofore many of the offi ciais charged "with road construction and road maintenance have been obliged to depend largely upon the experience of the people in their own town. These practices and experi ences are naturally limited. The lo cal knowledge has not been broad and complete enough, and enormous sums of public money have been wasted. While this course was not given until January, 1908, the results have already become apparent in many partB of the State in the better use of the money given for highway con struction. Citizens and public offi cials of Wisconsin who have charge of the work of making roads in the State are taught without fee, and are charged only the bare cost of the ma terials which are used in correspon dence, amounting to but seventy-five cents. The course consists of sixteen lessons. ! After discussing the primary con sideration of proper road location, ?road building is taken up. Under this head are considered three elements which enter into the making of a road -foundation, drainage and surface. These three things are very thor oughly studied. Road maintenance 'ls also very? carefully studied. A searching study is made of the vari ous kinds of road machinery-points bf efficiency and economy, in general as well as the merits and demerits of any particular machine. When one consideres the enormous sum of ijoney that ha& been wasted in Wis consin in the building of roads and the other wastages which have r? sulter, from bad roads, it seems diffi cult to estimate the value of this di rect and practical method of aiding the people of the State. It is but an other illustration, however, of the di rect and efficient ways in which the university is endeavoring to help the people of the State, upon whom it has relied and must rely for its support. I Michigan's Specifications. The Michigan law creating the State highway department contains specifications as follows: (1) "Well graded road on which the steepest incline shall not exceed six per cent." (Six per cent.' means six feet gradual raise in each 100 feet of length.) (2) "Width not less than eighteen feet between side ditches." (3) "Wagon way or traveled track not less than nine feet." (4) "Properly drained." (5) "Made in two courses, or ap plied in not less than two layers." (6) "Thickness specified in table are measurements to -be equaled af ter rolling, and after bonding in suf ficient stone screenings in case of macadamizing cr uss of crushed ; stone." (7) "Crcwr.inr; cf both shoulders | and metaled traci: or wagon way to be sufficient for shedding water quick ly to side ditches." (S) "Thorough rolling or thor oughly rolled" is specified for Class C., D. and E. roads; and rolling is in cluded in specifications fer Class A. and B. roads. Summary.-All Michigan State re ward macadam roads must be graded and made not steeper-than six feet gradual raise in each 100 feet of length; drained; laid in two courses; crowned; "rolled and watered until it becomes so hard that pieces of rock will crush beneath the i dler beforej entering the road." Cost of Oiling Roads. A recently published report of the Boston park commission is interest ing. In 190G twelve miles of road were treated with oil to keep down the dust, and the result was so satis factory that in 1907 the whole extent of more than forty miles was treated in this way. Mr. Putnam, the engi neer, has carefully calculated the cost, and he says that the annual cost of sprinkling a thirty-foot road way was $489 a mile, whereas the cost of oiling the same roadway thir ty feet wide was $375. In addition to laying the dust the asphaltum in the oil had a binding effect on the surface of the road, and very .mater ially lessened the cost for repairs, i The oil is put on in an emulsion in which fifteen gallons of water' is mixed with 100 gallons of crude oil, the whole being agitated to the prop er point of emulsion, and then 150 gallons mixed with 450 gallons of water and sprinkled on the roads. The plan has given the very best of satisfaction in Boston, and might be tried elsewhere with correspondingly satisfactory results.-Utica Press. Breaking the News. Patrick arrived muela th? worse for wear. One eye was closed, his nose was broken, and his face looked as though it had been stung by bees. "Glory be!" exclaimed his wife. "Thot Dutchman Schwartzheimer -'twas him," explained Patrick.. "Shame on ye!" exploded his wife without sympathy. "A big shpalpeen the loikes of you to get bate up by a little omadhaun of a Dootchman the size of him! Why-" "Wist, Nora," said Patrick, "don't spake disrespectfully of the dead!" -Everybody's Magazine. Not Biting Now. Friend - "Don't worry because your sweetheart has turned you down since you lost your money. There are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught." Jilted One-"Yes, but I've lost my bait."-Harper's Bazar. sa? INTERNATIONAL T.ESSON COM? MENTS FOR MAY ? Subject: Paul's xirst Missionary Journey-Cyprus, Acts 13:1-12 -Golden Text, Mark 10:15-i Commit Verses 2, 3-Comments. TIME.-45 A. D. PLACE?-An tioch, Salamis, Paphos. EXPOSITION.-I. Barnabas and Saul called by the Holy Spirit, set apart by men, sent forth by men and by tho Holy Spirit, 1-4. The church at Antioch had five "prophets and teachers" -worthy of mention - by name. This early Gentile church be came a fountain of light and life to many other places. The Holy Ghost spoke to them "as 'hey ministered to the Lord and fas . " If we would spend more time and strength In ministering to the Lord and in fast ing, we would have more frequent and learer leadings of the Spirit. A Spirit-filled mind rarely accompanies an over-filled stomach. Greater sim plicity in our living would be condu cive to a clearer perception of the mind of God. It is not said how the Spirit spoke, whether in an audir' vole?, or silently, in the inner cesses of the heart, but Ho spoke in an unmistakable way. Tt was no vague, uncertain impulse sucn as men sometimes call "the voice of the Spirit." . He is ready to speak to-day, / if we will supply the proper condi tions and listen. It was the Holy Spirit's work to call; it was man's work to recognize the call, and net the called apart for the work. Those who ignore ordination by man are as uhscrlptural as those who ignore a eall by God. But it was "for the work whereunto" the Spirit called that they were to be set apart. Too often we set men apart for a work whereunf? the Spirit never called them. Spirit called men are a great need of our day. We have far too many men whom men have called; or. worse yet. who have called them selves. Every step in that early church was ta'cen in prayer. It was prayer to which men gave themselves so heartily that they withdrew them selves even from their necessary . food to pursue it (v. 3). The prompt ness with which this church obeyed the Spirit's command is worthy of note. He had demanded the best ' and they gave them up without a j murmur. They would have liked to - have kept Barnabas and Saul, but.the Spirit called them elsewhere, and . "they sent them away." But. while they sent them back of it all they were really "sent forth hy the Holy. Ghost."- Wonderfully suggestive and Inspiring words these. With what , confidence a man can go forth when he can confidently affirm, "I have been sent on the errand by the Holy_ Ghost!" He may not know jusfr where he ls going, or just what he is to do, or just what awaits him. No directions seem to have been given as to where they were to go ; so they made straight for the nearest port md thence for the old home of Barna bas (ch. 4:36). . H. Triumph of Saul, flllod with! the Spirit, over Ely mas. Full of all Guile and all Villainy, 5-12. They were true to their commission, "they preached the word of God." Many a man has been sent forth by the Holy Ghost who bas afterward forgotten what he was sent to preach; and so a - mission that was divine in its origin" has come to nothing in its execution. If,there was ever a day in which their example . needed imitation, it is to day, when mpn are preaching any thing and everything but "th> woFd of God" (comp. 1 Tbess. 2:13; 2 Tim. 4*2). Opponents of the gnsnel. who make great pretensions and do amaz ing things, are not at all new. One need not he frightened because men who mako astonishing claims, and who display extraordinary gifts, arise to lead men astray. It was so In the' first days of the church's history, and. yet the church went right on, in face of this apparently dangerous opnosi tion. The "theosophists" and "Chris tian Scientists" of to-day are no more dangerous than the Simons and Ely mas of early days. Spirit-filled men were needed to oppose and confound them then, and Spirit-filled men are needed to oppose and confound them now. The proconsul, Sergius Paulus, gave good proof that he was indeed "A man of understanding;" "he called unto him Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God." Whatever claims to prudence and wisdom and cointon sense a man may make, he is Bot "a man of un derstanding," if he is not desirous "to hear the word of God." Elymas did not give up without a fight. The. devil never does (2 Tim. 3-S). His chief business is turning men aside from the faith (v. 8: cf. Cor. 4:3, 4; Luke S:12). But the opposition of Elymas for all his marvelous powers were vain, for he had rub up against a Spirlt-fllled man. Paul had b?en filled with the Holy Spirit soon after his conversion (ch. 9:17). But now a new emergency arises, and there ls a new filling for the new need. Wo ought not to be content because we have once, or fifty times, kuown what it was to have the Spirit of God como rushing upon us and taking posses sion of our minds, and giving us words of wisdom, boldness and power to utter. As each new emergency arises we should cast ourselves upon Him anew. Paul's words are very se vere and very searching. They'ex pose the depths of the infamy of Ely mas. Plainness and boldness ot speech is a characteristic of a Spirit filled man ?Vcts 4:31; Eph. C:19). Sicily's Wheat and Fruits. Sicily was the "granary of Rome" In former days. Wheat grows to an enormous height, and the ears sel dom contain less than sixty grains. The rice is the finest on earth. I buy lt at 10 cents a pound to make that famous dish-"riso el buterro e from agio." No other rice answers the purpose. The most bountiful crops of Genm3ny and France, of England and Austria-Hungary, present to the Sicil ian the image of sterility. A Sicilian watermelon is a dream. It was the original nectar of the gods. No Geor gia rattlesnake variety ls in ita class. Indian figs and alces are won der'ul, the former serving 'as food lu. the poor. The .pomegranate reaches its highest perfection along the southern coast, and is shipped to all parts of the world under the name of "p?nica,'' in honor of the Punic war: It was brought from Car thage into Italy by the Romans.--New York Presf,. .j^jj