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PLAN YOUR HOUSE WISELY Your Own Interests and the Interests of the City Alike Demand Care in Building. One factor often overlooked in fix ing the value of a house is the mis lakes in judgment that often occur in planning and locating it. ."You have often heard the remark, ?There stands a 55,000 house on a $3,000 street" Meaning that while the house point ed out cost $5,000 to build, the other .houses on the street average only 13.000. Such mistakes In judgment in bund ling would be less frequent if two ideas were kept in mind by more peo ple when building. Heal estate men have found that ?as a general rule, a ratio of about three .io one should exist between the value loi a single family dwelling and the lvalue of the land it occupies. Also, houses should be made to har monize with other buildings in the block. Keep these two facts In mind Wien buying. Then-fine houses are sometimes built near undesirable surroundings, such as noisy factories, livery stables and the like-which are sure to lessen the value of the house. Under mistakes in planning comes the "freak" house, built to suit some man's personal whim. Such a house .may be very costly and yet not at all salable. The cost of unusual or unduly or nate fixtures and decorations is gen erally disregarded in fixing the value I of a building. These things must all be considered In fixing the value of a house-in con nection with the cost to replace, de preciation and obsolescence, if any. WORK ON BUSINESS BASIS City Parks Association of Philadel phia, Might Well Be Copied in Other Communities. The City Parks association has for .a good many years now performed a most useful function for Philadelphia. It has managed to combine and con centrate the efforts of a large number of civic organizations upon a certain definite line of endeavor. This was originally, as its name indicates, the creation of a comprehensive park sys tem-the enlargement of existing breathing spaces, the creation of new ones and the linking of all into a well-ordered system. While this great work is still in the making, the asso ciation has expanded its functions and lt has done yeoman service in keeping alive high ideals of city planning, teaching the people of Philadelphia the importance of the larger vision in dealing with problems of urban beau tification and pointing out far ahead of their actual realization the great works whic'1. must be carried through If Philadelphia is to continue to be a city of homes, alive to the progress of the times, a beautiful as well as a comfortable place to live and work In. Milwaukee's Trees. ' One of the charms of Milwaukee, a charm not so distinctive as lt should be, is the shade trees along the streets. Greater care should be taken of these trees. They should be protect ed ugainst vandals and against de structive insects. They should re ceive other care that many of them do not get. Instead of being permit ted to grow in a helter-skelter way, for Instance, they should be pruned. The elm tree, naturally a thing of rare; ^gauty, is not pleasing to the eye! when ragged branches reach almost! ?to the ground. '.' .' ? 5S???f%?to- } ? The trees that adorn our streets are j a boon to the community. They give! the city a touch of nature that noth-l ing else can give. The community \ which benefits so greatly from their presence should take care of them, j Nobody can do this except experts, men who know the different kinds of j trees and their habits. Milwaukee has been suffering for years, and is '< suffering more than ever today, from j lack of scientific management of shade trees. Milwaukee needs a city forester. Milwaukee Journal. t Unwise City Administrations. Any city administration whose acts are prompted by petty jealousies and whose officials, either elected or ap pointed, refrain from performing the duties they owe the people because of those jealousies, ought to be im peached. Honest, efficient service can not be rendered the people when their public servants have such a narrow vision that they fail to appreciate the value of public opinion, and therefore commit those acts which prove that such narrowness of vision really ex ists. The public servants who accom plish public good are men of broad vision, whose first aim is real public service, and not self-advertising and personal glorification. Jealousy can allow murderers to escape; permit in competents to remain in office; create inefficiency in official labors, and bring about n chaotic condition so apparent to the people that they cannot fail to see it. Some cities are today suffer ing from just such causes.-South Bend JTribune. HEALTHY RIVALRY IS BEST Boys and Girls Need Something 3e sides Home Training, Asserts Eastern Journal. The father of two school children who refuses to have his offspring vac cinated, and therefore doeB not send them to school, says the mother ?B just as well qualified as any teacher to in struct the children at home. This parent misses the point of something more than the inoculating quill, the Philadelphia Ledger asserts. Of course, the mother knows her own children, and no doubt has retained from her own schooldays and subse quent reading enough book learning to qualify as their instructress. Many wise men and good women have profit ably gone to school at the mother's knee in the three R's as well as in piety. But the rule is that children do better who face the competition of the schoolroom and undergo the disci pline of healthy rivalry with their comrades. There is less danger of growing up a spoiled or a solitary minded child. Every boy and girl needs that part of schooling which comes from other pupils, not from the teacher. There is evil sometimes mingled with the good, and a careful supervision must go as far as it can to check any pernicious influence. But the child grows up to a world to give and take, and must know how to "fear God and take his own part" In lt. Moreover, there ls nothing like keeping the definite hours and following the plan of impartial, inflexible routine in the school life. Home is a respecter of persons; the mother is likely to be led by her affec tions into an overtenderness that tem pers the wind to her shorn lamb. The republic of school stands upon the doctrine of equality in human rights. Fair play is its reign of law. It is not disparaging the mother to say that in normal pupilage the teacher who is "no relation" is the best. DERIVED FROM RARE EARTHS Where Some of the Most Valuable Metals Known Have Been Dis covered by Scientists. Rare earths are the oxides of such metals as thorium, cerium, titanium, zirconium, tantalum, niobium, tung sten, uranium and vanadium. The most common and familiar uses of these metals are: For thorium and cerium in the making of gas mantles, and for tungsten in the making of In candescent lamps. Tungsten, to gether with vanadium, is also used in making certain kinds of steel. Thori um, or one of its compounds, is used extensively in searchlights, motor car headlights, and In flashlight powders. Cerium alloyed with certain metals makes the flaming alloy used in cigar and gas lighters and to trace the flight of artilleiy shells. The same metal, or one of Its salts, is used in pho tography, in dyeing leather and for coloring glass. Titanium alloyed with iron is often used to purify steel, cast iron and cast copper. Zirconium oxide makes crucibles and similar vessels that, even when brought to a white heat, can be plunged into cold water without cracking. Tantalum makes surgical and dental instruments that will not rust and that can be sharp ened like steel and sterilized by in tense heat. Nine-tenths of the tung sten and the vanadium produced ia used in making steel. Old Wines. Some time ago a bottle of ancient wine was found during the demolition of an old house at Finsbury, England. It appears that this ancient bottle is eclipsed by the treasures of France. Some of the cellars in Paris contain bottles of Sauterne at least two cen turies old. This Is a very respect able age, but it is nothing compared with a certain Ribeauvilliers of 1652, or a Steinwein of 1540, or a Jewish Passover wine of five centuries and a half. Still, in the museum at Reims there is a far older wine, or rather a bottle containing something which was, once wine." "*" '''"'; .' - *~" It ls said to date four centuries be fore our era. This, tradition says, was found in a tomb of the Gallo-Roman period. Berthelot, the celebrated chemist, has left cn record that he once analyzed a bottle of wine made in the neighborhood of Rome about Nero's time. In this case the analyst had only a dry residuum to work upon. Couldn't Blame Him. "You were pretty well pickled when I brought you in last night," said the copper to tho man who had been ar raigned in municipal court. "Was I?" replied the man, whose thumping head was also telling him that he had drunk not wisely but too well. "You sure were. You gave the desk sergeant your name and address, but you couldn't for the life of you tell your occupation. You tried and tried, but you couldn't say it." "Well, no wonder! I'm a statisti cian!" The Usual Way. "Say, Grimshaw! Would you rec ommend young Sam Skook as being of good moral character and entirely worthy of confidence? I have a po sition of trust for which ho is an ap plicant." "Certainly!" replied Grimshaw heartily. "Give the young fellow a show, Jinglefritz." Then after the in quirer had passed onward, satisfied, Grimshaw turned to Trotter. "Who the deuce is young Sam Skook?" he asked.-Kansas City Star. JANE LAWRENCE By ELLIS DICKSON. "If I had known about Jane Law rence I never would have become pres ident of tho board of managers of St. Prisca's home. But then how was I to know? But If I had known of the case of Jane Lawrence I really couldn't have done lt. I have actually stayed awake nights over lt. And thlB after noon, when I ought to be spending all my time at the tailor's and dressmak er's, I have to have a board meeting here Just to discuss the matter." Mrs. Stoddington had been sitting for fully ten minutes before she began her complaint, at the little spindle legged desk in her study. Tom Blaine, younger by ten years, was sitting impatiently waiting at her side. Besides being the wealthy wid ow's only brother, he was her attorney. "The trouble with Jane, Tom, is sim ply this: She is very pretty. Not just rather pretty, but dangerously, absurdly pretty, and a girl in an in stitution of that sort really has no right to be pretty. "Whatever are we going to do? She is only eighteen now and she has not left the home, but in a month she must begin to go out to earn her living. "For several years we have realized that Jane was different from the other children in the home. She is really a beauty. The matron has been wonder ful, too. She has done all she could to keep the girl from realizing. When the other girls have had pretty hair ribbons Jane has had none, and she has been made to brush her hair as plainly as possible. When the other girls have gene on excursions Jane has beeil kept at home. In her lit tle room the matron even took down the mirror so she would not be tempt ed to be vain. Still the girl seems to crave pleasure, still she seems to be at heart quite a coquette. If we could only get her married off to some hon est, hard-working person who would give her a heme with plenty of work she would be all right." If Tom felt any special interest in the case of the little orphan girl he did not show it "To begin with," he said in his most professional tone, "you have gone about it in the worst possible way. It doesn't take a lawyer or a deep stu dent cf human nature to tell you that the best way to arouse a girl's in terest in pretty things is to deprive her of them." Tom paused for a moment and thought "Here's my remedy," he re sumed. "Call off this board meeting this afternoon. Then give the girl a real taste of happiness. If she is well behaved invite her to your own home, treat ner as you would a guest pro vide her with.a few pretty clotS?yand take her about with you. Let her Bee the normal side of life. Let her real ize that a woman can be pretty and at tractive without being a sinner." It was two weeks later, and Mrs. Stoddington was again seated before her spindle-legged desk. Tom again sat before her in apparent impatience. "That plan is a failure, just as I thought lt would be," she began. "Why I ever thought you could advise me in the case of young orphan girls is quite beyond me. Oh, yes, she was very sweet and lovely for a while and all my friends declared she was beautiful, and two or three of the bachelors who never look at a debutante suddenly dis covered a decided fondness for my drawing-room chairs-I needn't tell you that for you are much in the same boat yourself. There was nothing in \he least blt forward about her though. She was as sweet as a girl of our own class-and then suddenly she went off yesterday. And at the teatime she came in smiling and refused to tell me where she had been. She is up stairs In her room now. I am going to have her packed up tomorrow sent back to St Prisca's. It is really too disgraceful. Gone a whole day and won't tell where she went! Tom, it is all your fault." Tom drew his chair closer to that of his sister and this time showed evi dent interest in the case of the little orphan girl. "Suppose I could tell you where the girl was yesterday. Suppose I could prove to you that she left the house on an expedition to find the one to whotn she felt indebted for her little liing in the world of normal pleasure and happiness. I believe she did ask you who it was and you told her. And then, of course, suppose you knew that that humble benefactor, quite in spite of himself, persuaded the girl to have luncheon with him downtown, and then sent her home with a promise not tc tell where she had been, would you blame her very much? I thought that I might explain it more easily than she could." Tom had risen, as if to go, but of course, he had no such intention, for he had net yet seen the little girl in question that day. "You know your idea was a good one, perhaps even better than mine," he told his sister. "You know you said you would feel your task complete when you had seen her married to some honest, hard-working person. I am quite sure that I am hard-wcrklng and, In gplte of my profession, I make certain claims to honesty. It ls a rath er hasty decision, but I have gained Jane's consent. We are Just waiting for your permission." (Copyright, 191fi, by the McClure Newspa per Syndicate.) An electrically-lighted cross revolves on top of a San Francisco steeple. Sale of Land in Edge field County. By virtue of a deed of trust made to us by E. C. Lassiter, and Mrs. A. L. Bird, recorded in the Clerk of Court's office for Edge field County S. C., in Book twenty ty-five (25), page two hundred and fifty-five (255), we will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash (if not sooner sold at private sale) at Edgefield. S. C., on salesday in October next ( 191 ?). the real es tate herein-afttr described, the pur chaser or ourchasers to pay extra for stamps and papers. We will sell the land as a whole or cut up same into as many tracts as we deem best and sell the tracts sepa rately. The land is described iu said deed as follows: All that piece, parcel or tract of land situate in the County of Edge field, State aforesaid, containing 777.7 acres, more or less, being all of the 1613 acres of land in said County and State, hereinafter de scribed, except 835.3 acres, more or less, conveyed to Mrs. Elizabeth L. Sparks and Alkethea Sparks by deed dated December 13th, 1913, recorded in Clerk of Court's office for Edgefield County, S. C., in Book--, page-. A fuller de scription of the 1613 acres of land as follows: "That certain tract or parcel of land situate and being in the Coun ty of Edgefield and the State of South Carolina, formerly owned by Mrs. E. A. Talbert containing 1613 acres, more or less, bounded by lands of T. W. Morton, - Cart ledge, W. J. Talbert, - Price, lots 12 and 15 of the Talbert lands and others, and is made up of the following lots or parcels; Lot No. 1 Burton Tract 130 acres; Lot No. 2 Burton Tract 126 acres; Lot No. 1 Talbert Tract 250 acre?; Fox Mill Tract 85 acres; Lot No. 2 Talbert 82 acres; Lot No. 3 Talbert tract 70 acres; lot No. 4 Talbert Tract 76 j acres; Lot No. 5 Talbert Tract 116 \ acres; Lot No. 6. Talbert Tract 101 ai-.res; Lot No. 7 Talbert Tract 05 acres: Lot No. 10 Talbert Tract 91 acres; Lot No. ll Talbert Tract 100 acres; Tract No. 14 Talbert Tract 115 acres, all of which tracts or parcels are shown by a plat of W. H. Yelldel made for the Scottish American Mortgage Company, and is the same laud conveyed to the McCormick Land and Lumber Com ber Com [ any by said Scottish j American Mortgage Company, and j conveyed by McCormick Land and Lumber Company to R. Frank Hall, i land by R. Frank Hall conveyed to! H. S. Williamson and E. C. Lassi ter. Reference to said The McCor mick Land and Lumber Company deed is craved for a fuller and further description of the lands herein conveyed. M. L. BONHAM, G. CULLAN SULLIVAN, Trustees. Aug. 1916. Worn Ont? No doubt you are, il you suffer from any of the numerous ailments to which an women are sub aject. Headache, back- ^ ache, sideache, nervous- ?J ness, weak, tired feeling, HP are some ot the symp toms, and you must nd yourself of them in order, to feel well. Thousands of women, who have been benefited by this remedy, urge you The Woman's Tonic Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky., says: "Before taking C a r d u i, I was, at times, so weak I could hardly walk, ana the pain in my back and head nearly killed me. After taking three bottles of Cardui, the pains dis appeared. Now I feel as well as I ever did. Every suffering woman should try CarduL'' Oetabottle today. 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