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I?PROOT EVIE. TO PURIFY THE HEART WHAT is the significance of this purity which is the condition of the most radiant beatitude? Perhaps If we seek analogies In nature, and see the use of the word in some remote relationship.-,, it may help us to clarify our conception of .what a life is like that is pure in the eight of God. Here then is a land that has been purged of monsters. The beast has been driven out. We have a vivid description of the emancipation of one of the earlier "Idylls of the Xing." The beasts would creep down to the homesteads and steal and de stroy. They were a perpetual menace to Quiet living. A crusade was ap pointed for the destruction of the de stroyer, and the land was cleared of its foes. Now such an area, rid of ?he masterful beast, was a purified tfealm. And surely in the fields of the soul there are beasts of prey. There ls the lion of passion, the serpent of ?nvy,?the bear of boorishness, the fox jof -deceit, and many others which find {their home and their sustenance in the iholy place, writes Dr. J. H. Jowett in The Continent. And to get rid of these beasts, to *"let the ape and tiger die," would be to ?reate a condition in human life which {would reflect one characteristic of the jpurified state. Purity's Crystal Transparency. ! Let me take another analogy. Wa iter that is free from all sediment, that ns clear and transparent, reflecting levery pebble on the river bed, could V ?be -described as pure. Everything is Sadd and lucent. Nothing ls shady. (Nothing is hiding in a muddy cloud. . tit is pure. And here, too, I may find Sragge6tion of the purified life. The ?oui that is clean and clear in the jBight of Qod has nothing dubious about its character, nothing shady and ^nothing muddy; there Is nothing hid ing In the folds of duplicity. The char acter ls transparent like the sea of ?lass which the great seer gazed upon ?before the throne of God and the ?Lamb. Take another usage of the word. "When the farmer has gathered out the . ?tones from a field, when dead roots and "fibers have been removed, when fall Injurious growths that absorb the ^?racious nutriment haye been extir ?gfe<L_.the /a^mep^T d?^fribes^^Th? 1 ?leansed ?rea as "clean." The us age is still prevalent in every farm .Staad of our country. "Like unto pure gold." Here ls an other usage of the word. It is de scriptive of gold in which there ls no alloy, no adulteration. The thing is mh&t it appears to be. It is true gold Sa its untampered simplicity. So ls it -.with a pure heart. No baser stuff 1B allowed to mingle with its truth. No cheapening compromise gains an en try. No bits of worldliness are per mitted to intrude into piety and devo tion. There is no attempt to mix God and man. Life ls simple and alngle, "like unto pure gold." Purity's Potent Champion. And how is a heart like this to be gained? How can we drive out the heast? How can we make It like the crystal river? How can we cleanse lt like a farmstead that ls ready for the best seed? H wv can we transform it into a home of truth that is like unto unadulterated gold? Most cer tainly no man can effect this change Sn the power of his own will. I pity any man who sets about to purify his heart without the help of the eter nal Christ There Is an old hymn, the last verse of which runs as follows: "Rise, touched with gratitude divine, Turn out his enemy and thine, . That soul-destroying monster, sin, . And let the heavenly Stranger in." But that is just what I cannot do. I cannot turn the monster out and let the Stranger In. And indeed that is not the order of things which I find in the gospel. The gospel is this: let the Stranger in and he will turn the monster out! Our concern is to bo with opening the door to the -nighty Presence in whose power we shall find the secret of pure and sanc tified Ufe. "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith." That is what we need-to get the Christ in, for him to make his dwelling place there, and for him to do his own ex pulsive cleansing and purifying work ."The blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanseth us from all sin." There is nothing in the whole realm of the poul, from a beast of passion to an il licit compromise, that he cannot deal with and expel. But more than that. The Lord Jesus aot only rids us of a tyrant. He also repairs the damage. He not only emancipates, he beautifies. Whatever is the need of the human spirit, wheth er it be In tho tyranny of actual sin OT in the grip of guilt, bound to its .yesterdays or In servitude to today, the Lord Jesus can give "the glorious liberty of the children of God." And thus lt ls that he provides the means by which we may realUe the fruits o-' his own beatitude. In the Lord Jesus is to be found all the dynamic of cleansing. Our hearts are purified by faith. Faith enters into Tital fellowship with the Christ, and the energies of his life and sacrifice are imparted to our souls, and "we shall be like him, for we shall see him ,as he is." LIZARD VERSUS SNAKE RATTLE BETWEEN GILA MON STER AND BIG RATTLER. Former Gains Victory by Quick, Clever Work-Deadly Revenge of the House Cat. The "rattlesnake season" this year In the southwest was unusually de structive of life and was marked by some startling and dramatic incidents. It is estimated that some 50 deaths from snake bites have occurred this season in the plains country and in the mountain regions of New Mexico, Arizona and Texas, a New York World's Dalhart, Tex., correspondent writes. E. B. Van Veen of the PInal moun tain district tells of a fight between a rattlesnake and a gila monster. Bob Henry, on returning from his camp by the Pinal mountain road, was at tracted by the sound of a rattlesnake. Turning, he saw a rattler about seven feet long and three feet away a gila monster sitting on an ant hill. The snake stood up from the ground high er than a man's knee In the shape of an elongated S. The remainder of his body was upon the ground behind him in a straight line.^Tn addition to rat tling, a hissing sound issued from his mouth. The gila was standing up aB high from the ground aB his Bhort legs would permit. His tensed at titude indicated that trouble was ahead. Suddenly the snake sprang at the big lizard, but lt evaded the stroke, by flattening itself on the ground. The snake drew himself up again and struck again and missed. The third time tho snake drew back and struck, but the lizard was two inches to the right. The snake start ed to draw hack for another attempt when the gila monster made a light ning-like plunge and the next Instant the back of the rattlesnake's neck was In the bulldog jaws of the eighteen lnch lizard, which was shaking it like a rat. Several times the lizard was thrown violently into the air and as often it was dragged on the dusty road, with its feet vainly attempting to find a hold. But the jaws held tight, and in two or three minuteB the snake lay_ dead on the ground. From Flagstaff, Ariz., comes the story of John Gustafson, who. bitten in the palm of the right hand by a rattlesnake at Russell's mining camp in the Copper Basin district, has fully recovered. Not only that, but inocu lation with the -deadly venom has cured insomnia, from which Gustafson had been a sufferer for five years. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Nelson of Jerome Junction, Ariz* vouch for a story told of a fight between a house cat and a rattlesnake. The cat, the mother of S sS^?teiisT^was pleramhui?tlng "among the little mounds of a prairie dog town when she was attacked by a rat tler and bitten on the cheek. She re tired to her neBt under the house and for several days her head was swol len to several times Its normal size. As soon as she recovered, she set out in the direction of the prairie dog town and an hour later returned to the house with a big dead rattlesnake in her mouth and showing evidence of a bard fight. Near Bisbee, Ariz., Alfred Kinney, seventeen years old, encountered a rattler by the roadside and battled with it. After the snake, apparently Etunned by the repeated strokes from , the boy's riding whip, retreated to Its lair and the boy was preparing to mount his horse, it sneaked out of the hole and blt the boy and he died a few hours later. The eighteen-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Max Otto of Skldmore, Tex., was bitten by a large rattler and died within a few hours. Samuel Dunlap o? Comanche, Tex., while on a visit to his farm in Miles county, discovered two large rattle snakes in a pile of brush and under took to capture them alive. He pro cured a large fishing cord and placed them in a nail keg and took them to Comanche and placed them on exhibi tion. Each had seven rattles and a button. Voice From the Past. Wrhen Weber and Fields got to-, gether In January, after ar eight-year separation, they hired aB many of the survivors of their old company as they could find. There was one chorus girl, how ever, who seemed to Joe Weber's critical eyes too elderly a veteran even for the collection which she adorned. He turned to William Ray mond Sill, Field's man of affairs, to whom he had intrusted the job of rounding up the old-timerB. "I don't seem to remember that woman," he said. "Did she belong to our original company?" "No," said Sill, "she didn't. A newspaperman asked me to give her a chance." "Who was that newspaperman," asked Weber. "Horace Greeley?" Saturday Evening Post. $25 for Each Australian Baby. The Australian house of representa tives recently passed a bill providing a maternity allowance in respect of any child born in Australia. Mothers will receive a maximum benefit of $25, which must be claimed within three months from the birth of a child. The measure excludes aborigines and Asiatics. The Australian method of the en dowment of maternity is the most di rect yet in existence. In Paris largs blocks of flats for working people have been erected, and every tenant has a quarter's reut remitted to him on the birth of a child. ARMOR MAY EE ABANDONED Cost and Weight on Battleships Out of All Proportion to Value as Protector. Will battleships soon be built with out armor protection? Many naval experts believe that they will. The protective power of armor plate has increased only 2.3 times in fifty years, whereas the power of gun fire has in creased in the same period eight times. The result is that no armor the ship can carry is of sufficient thickness to stop the high power pro jectiles. The question now agitating the na val constructors is whether the effi ciency of the fighting ship will not be increased by doing,away with the armor weight, which amounts to about 30 per cent, of the displacement of the most recent vessels. This weight handicap, which makes the war vessel "loggy" in a seaway and perhaps dan gerous, could be used in added gun and steam power. It is argued by the no-armor crowd that the best defense of the vessel is in its own gun fire. If this can be made powerful enough the ship will need co other protection for it will be able to demoralize the enemy and prevent it from firing* accurately enough to do any damage.. It is argued that the recent demon strations in which the United States used the former battleship Texas as a target and the British demolished the Edinburgh showed that the cost and weight of armor are out of all pro portion to its value as a protector The high, power shells were able to penetrate the steel walls without diffi culty. The first armored ships carried wrought Iron protection. The Moni tor and the Merrimac were the first on this side and the Warrior was the hrst British iron clad. The latter had 4.5 Inch armor and ItB nine inch gun could penetrate eight inches of Buch armor at 3,000 yards. The pres ent vessels have armor of from eight een to twenty-four inches. The pres ent 13 inch gun at 3,000 yards can penetrate about twenty-six inches of this protection, or what is equivalent to sixty-one inches of wrought iron. The century old struggle between the attack and the defense has been go ing steadily in favor of the attack. First Tweed Trousers. Sir Wralter Scott's black and whlie tweed trousers figured In a paper deal ing with the designing and coloring of Scotch tweeds read by Thomas Welsh at the opening session of the Textile congress at Harwick. The author was one of the earliest wearers of the tweed and the first pieces made were in the black and white design. Colored checks were introduced ?y accident. A manufacturer had i^jK numter of pieces and CIBwl^jB so impure and soiled they couldnoP^ sold. Then some one suggested that if the pieces were dyed brown the defect would be covered. The sugges tion was acted upon and a new check of black and brown was the result. The new color was sent to London and aold rapidly. It was a short step to dye black and green and blue, and to make broken checks and the trade increased amazingly. Ideas for colors were collected in the bed of the River Garry and the pass of Killiecrankie. It was now pos sible for a lady to have a reversible skirt made up in such a way that she might appear at one time In a modest blue and at another in the tartan of her clan.-London News and Leader. Recording Sea Temperatures. The superintendent of the Johns Hopkins Botanical Gardens, William H. Witte, has given to the public his ingenious plan for automatically re cording changes in sea temperature when a ship is passing through the ice fields. Water flows through a small tank in the bow of the vessel, in which three distinct appliances serve to record the changes of tempera ture. These include a high and low thermometer, a copper plate which, lengthening or shortening, operates a lever and records the changes of temperature on a revolving drum and series of tubes filled with alcohol, the tubes being connected by a small alco hol filled pipe with a diaphragm which, through a lever and a pen, also records * the changes of temperature on a drum. All records may be read in the pilot house.-Scientific American. Golf That Is Mostly Ball Hunting. There are two sorts of golf. One ia where you do not hunt for the bal!. Those who play the other sort are never found in the championship rec ords. They traverse the links with amateur caddies or with no caddies at. all. They sally out In twos, threes or fours, and play all against all. They expect to spend most of the Lime In ball hunting, which they have reduced to a Science. They spread out in a line and walk the suspected .area, each rallying to the other's need. Only when the ball is found does the game continue, and the players are lucky if they do nine holes before luncheon. Estimating. They were coming down town in tho Fifth avenue bus. "Do you know what, I'm jutht crathy for?" lisped Bhe to him. "One of thothe cute thapire and di.-.mond ringth for the little finger. Would that be very expenthive?" "That would depend," said he sage ly, "on how large the sapphires and diamonds are." "Well." said she, consiaering, "I should thertainly want them large ! enough." Then, after a pause, "How much would that cotht?"-New York j Evening Sun. COMMON VETCH C Common Weed Seeds In Vetch Se c. Cleavers; d. Field Bindweed; e, Bail Wild Mustard; g, Wild Oats; h, Darn (By C. V. PIPEP. and F. H. HILLMAN. United States Department of Agricul ture.) Common vetch is nearly always grown in rotation. Continuous crop ping to vetch for seed production usu ally results in reduced yields after two or three years, according to Ore gon experience. The effects of cut ting the crop for hay seem to be far less marked, but, nevertheless, con tinuous cropping to vetch is unneces sary and undesirable. In Oregon and Washington common vetch is usually grown after spring sown oats. It is advantageously used ulso in rotation with potatoes or corn. In the region about Augusta, Ga., the most famous vetch-growing sec tion in the south, the crop is mostly grown in rotation with Johnson grass, this being especially true on valley lands where the Johnson grass volun teers. Vetch, commonly mixed with oats or other small grain, is usually planted in October on well-prepared land and harvested by the middle of May. After the vetch cop is remov ed, the Johnson grass, more or less mixed with other grasses, begins to grows and commonly yields two hay cuttings during the season. Where Johnson grass does not per manently occupy the land lt is not ad visable to sow lt, as it is extremely difficult to eradicate. In this case va rious summer crops can be grown in the rotation, such as sorghum, cow peas, sorghum and cowpeas, soy beans, peanuts, etc. Common vetch is not well adapted to rotating with cotton unless used merely as a green manure. The vetch cannot be harvested soon enough to permit the early planting of cotton, even when the seed 1B sown between the rows of cotton. Common vetch ls somewhat In clined to persist when once grown, especially where the winters are mild. Examples are known of Its reseeding itself in pastures for five years. In fcA][tlv^ted_field8 It volunteers readily, sohlen Ts especially objectionable lu the wheat crop owing to the difficul ty of separating the vetch seed from the wheat. There ls no danger of vol unteer vetch unless a seed crop is grown or at least some of the seed al lowed to ripen. In such cases, to avoid volunteer vetch, the best plan is to follow with a crop of vetch and oats for hay, pasturing the stubble, PROTECTION FOR THE THUMB j Metal Flexible Shield Invented by Na bra8ka Man-Can Be Used for Rough Farm Work. An objection to the ordinary rubber or cloth finger-cot or thumbstall, or whatever you choose to call it, has been Its lack of protection from an accidental knock. Many a wound thus shielded from dirt also needs protec tion from blows, and it took a Ne- | braska man to design a thumstall which should answer this latter pur pose. The article shown in the Illus tration is the result and its charac teristics can be seen at a glance. It Metal Thumbstall. ts made- of a number of U-shaped links , of metal, so joined that they fit closely together and keep out the dirt, yet are . entirely flexible, giving the wearer the , use of his thumb to nB great an extent as his injury will permit. Encased in this veritable coat of mall, there is no danger of a wound being opened by an unexpected jolt, lt is also worn , when shelling corn, removing husk or other rough farm work. Protecting Chickens. Tt is said that farmers are. in some ! parts of the country, living along j roads frequented by motorists, plow Ins furrows across the highway. A j chicken always runs under a car in- , stead of away from it. and the furrows { compel the drivers of cars to go slow. KOP IN ROTATION ed; a, Corn Cockle; b, Cow Cockle; Mustard; f, English Charlock, or el. (Enlarged and Natural Size.) so that no seed is allowd to ripen. A cultivated crop should be grown thf next season, and then the land caD be planted to wheat without any dan ger of the vetch volunteering. The use of low-grade screenings ir adulteration usually introduces vari ous weed seeds which are few 01 wanting in the best vetch seed. Some of these are generally recognized ae noxious, and seed containing them should not be sown. Corn cockle, or cockle, seeds prob ably are the commonest of the weed seeds with vetch seed, particularly seed of hairy vetch. This seed is recognized by its spiny surface, angu lar form, and dark-brown or black color. Cow cockle seeds, often referred tc aa cockle, differ from the preceding in being spherical and not spiny. They are black and about the size o? the smallest hairy vetch seeds. The seeds of cleavers are somewhat hemispherical, the flattened face hav ing a depression or cavity at the scar. The surface is roughened and gray or light brown. The gray color aids in distinguishing these seeds from vetch 6eed. Field bindweed seeds are angular, brown or gray, the surface being fine ly rougheped. They are similar in form to those of the morning-glory They are not common in vetch seed, except in low-grade lots. Rall mustard seeds are inclosed singly In small, straw-colored or brown, net-veined pods. The pods are somewhat flattened and are about the size of the smaller halo' vetch seeds. English charlock, or wild mustard, seeds occur in some lots of poorly cleaned Beed of hairy vetch. The char lock seeds are smaller than those of hairy vetch, andfthey are spherical, black or brown. They 6hould not be confounded with the previously de scribed cow cockle seeds, which are larger. Wild oat seeds are similar to the seed of the cultivated oat, but can.be distinguished by the cup-sbaped scar at the base. This seed is either brown or straw colored. Some seeds have brownish hairs, and a twisted awn from near the middle is more or less evident. Darnel seeds are similar to those of rye-grass, but are larger and heavier. The elender awn is often broken from the apex of the seed. The flavor of the egg ls Influenced by feed. Save ali the leaves and use them in the scratching shed. The older the hen the larger will be her averaged sized eggs. Double-yolked eggs are the result of over-fat, or a diseased ovary. A good time to cull out the in ferior birds is when the market is up. Fix it so your fresh cow will not see or hear their calves if you can. The best milk flow cannot be main tained without variety of feeds for the cow. There is truth in the argument that milk should be aerated before it ls cooled. Eggs are colored by a pigment, which, it seems, does not exist In all fowls. The dairy ties one to the farm pret ty close, but it oftentimes unties the bond of debt. a Where the dropping boards are made of matched lumber the Job of cleaning them is easier. There is one important thing to re member when trying for winter eggs: Make your hens scratch. The first eggs of winter are gen erally larger than those laid at the close of the summer season. Ticing to run a dairy without a cream separator is like attempting to steer a ship without, a rudder. A horBe will not dowell shut up In a tight box stall-he should have plenty of air and light at all times. The best plan for weaning colts ls to keep the mare and colt apart until they have entirely forgotten each other. Unless more butter ls made from i can of cream than lt contains pounds of fat there ls something Arong. Only rich men can afford to keep ;ows that do not earn their feed. The poorer a man ls the better his cows aught to be. The dirt and sweat which accumu late on the horses during the day mould never bo allowed to remain on hem overnight. A fine, bright, sleek, clean-haired iorse nearly always has nerve, action ind endurance, coupled with a nery JUS but gentle disposition. Pedigree is only proof of breed ing. Any kind of stock likes variety of feed. Sheep are the quietest and easiest handled of all farm stock. Provide light and ventilation. Use plenty of bedding for absorbent The hen that :s on her job, is a hap py hen. Mistrust the hen that never sings. Avoid all extremes in feed and exercise when caring for breeding stock. Graceful carriage and stylish action are the leading qualifications in a coach horse. A little time spent now training the spring colt may save trouble and acci dents later. Worms in sheep or hogs are caused by infected pens or pastures. Watch these places. Thorough grooming of work horses saves feed and adds to comfort and health of the animals. There is as much difference in the milking qualities of brood cows as there is in dairy cows. Some men have to be fairly dragged into believing that hens are paying property on every farm. Two or three hours of exercise a day are necessary to keep the dairy bull in the best of form. Any great transportation of live stock requires the closest attention be cause lt is prolific of disease. The more rapidly an animal can be made to gain the less the cost of that gain, other things being equal. Early maturity means that we have created an animal that we can put upon the market at an early age. A matured breeding sow raises stronger and better pi^s, as a rule, and more of them at a given age. The dairy cow should be removed to? comfortable quarters outside the stable when sick or at calving time. A good ..ollie dog will save, you aa lnestimatable number of steps. Be sides he makes a likable companion* Th? only cure for sows laying soi new born pigs lt. to provide a suitable place where this ls least liable to hap pen. As you improve your herds andi flocks, improve your methods of caring for. feeding and keeping them, or results will be unsatis factory. PROEESSIOZST A L DR. J. S- BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFij?L Residence 'Phone 17-R. Cfiice 3. A i-. CORLE Y, Surgeon &. Dentist. Appointments it Trenton on Wednesdays. Jrown and Bridge werk a pecialty. James A. Dobey, DENTAL SURGEON, Johnston, S. C. FFICE OVER JOHNSTON DRUG CO. Make the Old Suit Look New We are better prepared than ever to do first-class work in cleaning and press ing of all kinds. Make.your old pants or suit new by let ing us clean and press them. Ladies skirts and suits al so cleaned and pressed. Sat isfaction guaranteed. Edgefield Pressing *' Cluhtjt. i WALLACE HARRIS PROP. Light Saw, Lathe and Shin gle Mills, Engines, Boilers, Supplies and repairs, Porta qle , Steam and Gasoline En o-ines, Saw Teeth, Files, Belts and Pipes. WOOD SAWS and SPLITTERS. Gins and Press Repairs. Try LOMBARD, AUGUST Ak. ?TA. No.. 666 This is a prescription prepared espe ciallv tor Chills and Fever. Five or six dos. s will break any case of Chills and Fever, and if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c.