HOB WHITE FARMERS' FRIEND. Scientist, Demonstrates Partridge Val uable as Man's Ally. (Charleston News and Courier.) The following extract ls from "Useful Birds and Their Protection," by Edward H. Porbush, ornltholo gist of the Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture. It is a most inter esting and valuable work, finely il lustrated with portraits ol' hirds and the harmful insects which hirds aro intended by nature to keep in check. It ls well known that without hirds man and animals could not continue to oxlst. for all vegetation would ho devoured hy countless hordes cf in sects. Hirds are nature's police and maintain the equilibrium of creation by feeding on insects. In proportion as vegeatlon nourishes or degener ates, man himself nourishes or de generates, for the farming Interests, tho food and clothing producers, are far more important than all other in terests combined. Tho above hook has been publish ed to educate the public by means of an appropriation of $5,500 hy the Legislature of Massachusetts, and ls distributed gratuitously in certain local quarters and sold to the out side public for a mero fraction of Its value. Besides this, Massachusetts has established and rigidly enforces judicious laws for the preservation of hirds through a thorough system of honest and active game wardens, and has, as have also thirty-five other States of the Union, a hunters' license, which more than defrays the expenses. She also employs at good salaries competent official experts to scientifically and practically ascer tain what ls advisable for bird pres ervation. These New England peo/ ple have never been accused of spend ing one cent In a public or private capacity without a well assured cer tainty of an ample return for the ex pendtlure, and therefore lt is clear from the above what Importance they attach to bird preservation, lt is obvious how incomparably more important it is In South Carolina, where agriculture ls incomparably more Importnnt. Moreover, here un happily, we have a visitation, which kind Providence has spared them, in . hordes of idle negroes of all ages daily roaming around tho country and t.'.klng care that the work of bird extermination goes merrily on at all season? of the year. Yet our people are probably more densely ignorant of the subject and more blindly reckless of the consequences of their Ignorance than any civilized race on the face of the earth. We have laws for bird preservation which are not enforced; a game war den without a cent of salary or other pecuniary provision, thus making the whole thing a ghastly joke; no hunt ers' license, (although thirty-five en lightened States have), which even at one dollar a piece would supply mote than ample funds to enforce the law, besides greatly curtailing ihe number of vagrant negro tres passers i dbaerve thai, Mrs. Russell sage h.'..* domwd * i 5rt,OQ0-.towards bird "proitetvat'Ht ju louisiana. While we ave- ftp much evicted over ?be he .'iuies.< wc Buffer at the hands of hill np.naires, ( which aro indisputably numerous enough), would it not he well to pull the beam out of our own eye and lay up a little credit balance iu Heaven to chock against in the hereafter? The extract above referred to is as follows. lt concerns only ono bird, hut that is an important one, the paltridge, (miscalled "quail," a bird which does not exist in tho United States, according to the American Ornithological Union, an undisputed authority ) : "The feeding habits of tho Hob White are such that it must be ra lili ed by the farmer as one i>f the most useful birds of field and garden. It is very nearly harmless, as it takes little grain or fruit. Occasionally In the corn field it pecks at a broken down ear of corn, and lt picks a good deal of waste grain in the stubble of oats and wheat. It sometimes eats a few strawberries, but these are ev idently not a favorite food, for hirds in captivity have refused them when hungry. On tho other hand, Hob White, during spring and summer, feeds on many of the most destruct ive pests of garden and field, and In fall and winter eats great numbers of the seeds of many noxious weeds. Dr. Judd makes some interesting cal culations regarding the quantity of insects and weed seeds consumed by the Bob White in Virginia and North Carolina. Estimating that there are four hirds to each square mile In these States, and that each hird con sumes half an ounce of weed seed daily from September 1 to April 1, ho concludes that one thousand, three hundred and forty tons are eaten by quail (partridges) annually III tho two Stiitow. and II? insects form about one-third of the birds' food from .lune I to August 1, he es timates that partridges eat three hundred and forty tons of insects in these States within those two months. "It is somewhat remarkable that tho partridge feeds on most of tho superlatively destructive crop and garden pests in North America, among them the Rocky Mountain lo cust, chinch bug. cotton worm, Mexi can cotton boll weevil, army worm, Colorado potato beetle, striped cu cumber beetle, May beetle, bean leaf beetle and several species of grass hoppers, More. .!;;;:! one third of its food for Angus! consists of Insects, of which very ?few are useful species. The partridge eats many ground bee tles, hut mainly those species which feed to some extent on vegetation and which become destructive If al lowed to increase unduly, lt is prob ably the most effective enemy of the Colorado potato heidie. A corres pondent wrote me that he had watch ed the partridge feeding on potato beetles and other insects on his farm, believed that each hird raised on hin place was worth five dollars to him as an Insect-killer. He declines to allow any more part ridges to bo kill ed on his farm. "Dr. Judd says that C. IO. Romaine, of Crockett, Texas, wrote that quail (partridges) were nesting about hie fences and even in his garden, and had kept his potato patch entirely free from the Colorado potato hug, Prom seventy-five to over one hun GOOD OLD SCUPPERNONG WINK. 1 Product of ? Descendant of Wild < Southon? Grapes. Tlie scuppernong 1B tho popular grape with the people ol' tho South- t ern States, and they are also fond of ' i the vine. But the scuppernong vine j1 ls in a class hy Itself. lt ls the - near-descendant of a wild species, ( and retains many characteristics of I . tho uncultivated vine, which loves to run when and where it will. ' Tho vinos are propagated from \ runners which may he had from any I, estahlished vine by pulling or dig-1 ( ging up the overhanging and rooted brnncheB. These should be set out 1 in tho fall, and may be trained | either on a scaffold or trellis, the for- ? mer requiring less attention, while the latter affords easier access for pruning and gathering the fruit and j1 gives tho vine more fruit-bearing i surface. : The running poles are best if of j i large cypress or juniper saplings, , three to tl ve inches in diameter, strip lied of their bark; yet any sort of pole or rail may bo used for this pur pose, as it may easily be replaced : when rotten. If trellising is pre ferred convenience may again be re- ! garded In the selection of posts, as on account of their small sl/.e lt is not dilllcult to replace thom when needed. The old theory was that tho scup pernong vine did not need pruning, but the recent li vcstlgatlons of Prof. Ilusmann, of the United States de partment of agriculture, and ol other careful observes show that the scup pernong viney, whether grown on ar bor or trellis, do better if properly pruned. Tho grapes grow In small clusters, each of half a dozen berries or less, like bunches of cherries. When ripe the fruit is not picked by hand as you lind in other vine yards, but on account of the high running vines the grapes are shaken into large sheets of burlap or cloth spread underneath the vine. The growers sell their crops not by the ton, but at so much a bushel. Ac cording to tho American Wine Press, the scuppernong grape bas a peculiar llavor and odor which are always rec ognizable in the wine. The qualities of the fruit are such that they are not easy to handle in a dry wine, and so most of tho scuppernong is made into sweet wine. EVERY STREET IN WALHALLA Uns Its Share of tho Proof that Kid ney Sufferers Seek. \ Backache? Kidneys weak? Distressed with urinary Ills? Want a reliable kidney remedy? Don't have to look far. Use what Walhalla people recommend. Every Btreet in Walhalla has Its cases. Here's one Walhalla woman's ex perience. Let Mrs. Hunt tell it. Mrs. Mary M. Hunt, South Broad otreet, Walhalla, S. C., says: "I suf fered ? groat deal from weak ,}>?d- . ney.-; and my back and head fn'hoil. i li was suuloot. to' dizzy nd iv iv->,!'. j ?pells and i seemed unable to . ge o'I ! r< def iinUl I obtained .Po-.n's h'.i. v v j Pill? ; i Dr Bell's dVu'f' . tore. y,'hOjk soon mane a marked imploveitieftl, and I continued their use until all symptoms of my trouble disappeared. My experience with Donn's Kidney Pills has boen so satisfactory that I can recommend tho remedy highly." For salo by all dealers. Price 5 0 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, solo agents for the United States. Remember tho name-Doan's and take no other. adv. Toddy's 5 Ith Birthday. Oyster Bay, N. Y., Oct. 27.-To day . as Theodore Roosevelt's fifty founh anniversary and he celebrated it quietly with his family. Mrs.Roose velt, Miss Ethel, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and his wife, and Quentin, sat down io tho birthday dinner with tho head ol' the family. In the after noon the Emlen Roosevolts dropped In to extend their congratulations, and Oscar Straus, Progressive candi date for Governor of New York, and Mrs. Straus, came from New York by automobile, Col. Roosevelt did not leavo the house to-day. His walk of yesterday tired him so much that it was thought best for him to rest. Dr. Al exander Lambert and Dr. George E. Brewer came from New York to dross his wound and found their patient continuing to improve. (Ired potato beetles have been found In quails' (partridges') stomachs. Clover-leaf beetles, corn-hill bugs, wire-worms and many other beetles and larvae are eaten. "Prof. Aughey found live hundred and thirty-nine locusts in the sto machs of twenty-one birds, or an av erage of twenty-five apiece. The Bob White not only linds many cut worms, hut picks ui? the parent moths, as well as ants, flies and spi ders. "The young are fed almost entire ly on insect food. Mr. Nash says they eat their own weight of insects daily. As ail Insect-eater the partridge ls worth its weight in gold to the far mer and gardener. If it could he protected and increased in numbers, and if lt could be allowed to come confidently about tho farmstead, per haps it would become the most useful hird of the garden. "In late spring and early summer its vegetable food is largely confined to such seeds as it can pick up. and to green grass, chickweed, sorrel, plover and other succulent leaves land some buds. In tho perennial problem of weed destruction there ls no greater ally of the farmer than this hird, lt eals tho seeds of over sixty species of weeds. Seeds form I one-half of its food, and among them tho ragweed seems to be tho favor i Ito. As many as two hundred to . three hundred seeds of smart weed, five hundred of tho red sorrel, seven , hundred of Ibo three-seeded mercury and one thousand of ragweed have i boen eaten at a meal. According to I Dr. Judd five thousand seeds of green foxtail and ton thousand of , pigweed have been found In a single hird." Edward L. Moll. J. 8. GLOllU-fl?lUIilNG SYSTEM., Jar Government Completes tho Most ! Powerful Plant In tho World. Washington, Oct. 28.-Crackling; ind sputtering with life, tho navy's mw wireless station at Arlington, : /a.-tho most powerful In tho world -to-night dung from its lofty pertala ; he first message which signalized ;he completion of an Important stop: n the building of a globe-girdling I vlreless system which will keep every j ddp of tho United States navy and : ivory insular possession within in cant communication of the capital. Wireless operators, professional and amateur, on one side of the | ilobe probably had their Instruments'j nt their ears to-night, straining to ' catch the faint buzzes as the power- ! ful appartaus sputtered out its calls j for Panama, Colon and the Atlantic coast navy stations. First Flashes Sent Out. Down in tho sound proof operat ing room, windowless and protected by double doors, some of the navy's most experienced opeurtors, directed by Lle;t Woodworth, snit out tho first lia.;..*"-'. N-Ha-X, N-A-X, the call for Co lon, 1,785 miles away, was sent! hurtling through the ether. AL In tervals the instruments sparkled off N-A-R, the call for Key West, 975 miles off. No official messages were sent, but the results of the tests were noted at all stations on the Atlantic coast as well as Key West and Co lon and reports on the trials will be made to-morrow. The radius of the new plant will be 3,000 miles. This range, probably the acme of wireless operations, will be attained gradually and it may be weeks before the big plant is "tuned up" to its highest efficiency. Com munication with the Pacific coast will bc attempted only at night for the present, but later on throughout the day the secretary of the navy at his desk in Washington will be within Instantaneous communication with Key West; Guantanamo, Colon, the naval coaling stations, the win ter manoeuvre grounds and all At lantic stations. When the plant is working perfectly and the chain of stations is completed Washington will bo In touch with Hawaii, Samoa, Guam, the Philippines and Pearl Harbor. Cost of Plant $1,000,000. The completed system will cost about $1,000,000. The seas will not longer be n wilderness for the navy. Ships, because of weaker equipment, cannot talk with the powerful plant at Arlington, but they may relay messages to the various stations for transmission to Washington. Three huge towers, on the brow of a hill overlooking the Potomac and dwnrfing the Washington monument, hold the aerials. In their construc tion some skilled iron workers who '.?'d.'bravVj death on many skyscrape ?. ) ^'decRnmr t. work -at- si.ch dizzy c.-i?vatr. OMM Lowef; ie (Rm fee! j: ho vt : thc h li whole it'1 base ivs.'s, any! tba* Is&SffyTfoe? a bow the id Vi'. Thc oth m-'i i"i?';u.-15^ feet Moonshiner Gives Up. (Greenville Piedmont, Oct. 28.) William (alias Babe) Durham, the moonshiner, who took French leave Of the United States Court on Octo ber 17th, while the jury was out con sidering a case against him and live other mountaineers for illicit distil lation of whiskey, and for whose re turn to the court Judge Rose h.sued a hench warrant and also an order estreating his bond, "stalked" Into tho county jail during the wee small hours of last night. He was accom panied by his bondsmen, who had signed a bond of $3,000. This morning Durham called for a Piedmont reporter and made a full explanation of why he loft the court room so unceremoniously. He said that ho had "important biz ness to tend to." Ile said that upon leaving the court room he went immediately to his home In the upper section of Greenville county, and there he stayed until he had been Informed by his bondsman, T. M. Ballow, that In making tho bond the Clerk of Court had set it at $3,000 instead of $300. He said that since his so called escape from the court room he had spent the time at his moun tain home. The prisoner now "en joys" rations handed him through the prison bars. Conference Charities and Correction. Greenwood, Oct. 29.-The South Carolina Conference of Charities and Correction will meet next month at Greenville. Distinguished speakers have been secured, including Dr. H. H. Mart, of the Russell Sage Founda tion, New York; Owen R. Lovejoy, general secretary of tho National Child Labor Committee; Miss Jean Gordon, the noted philanthropist bf New Orleans; J, C. Logan, secretary of the Associated Charities of Atlan ta; Lieut. Governor Chas. A, Smith, Dr. W. P. Jacobs and Hon. Richard i. Manning. Civic leagues, literary clubs, asso ciated charities, Danica classes aro Invited to send delegates. All per sons interested in the work of char ity and reform will he welcomed to the conference, November 12 to 14. "Conductor!" exclaimed an Irate woman who carried many bundles, as she paused on tho platform of tho crowded car, "I thought I told you that I wanted to get off at. Fifty second street." "But, madam-" "Don't you say a word! I know all about your car being very full, and not being able to remember where everybody gets Off, I've heard all that before." "But, madam, I-." "You may be sure that 1 shall re port you, slr; and for your impu dence, too!" She alighted, the cont'actor rang his bell, and as the ear started he said, politely, as ho touched bin cap, "Pm very sorry madam, hut Fifty second street is half a mlle farther on." t?LETrliSTL SODA It is so FRESH and PURE that YOU USE ONE-FOURTH LESS than with other brands. You save money. You get better results. L^LE-THISTLE is packed right where it is made (the only soda factory in the South), and comes to you in sealed, air-tight, strength-keeping cartons-fresh and pure. 16 Full Ounces to the Pound. And no higher in price SPECIAL For a Limited Time Only. Cat oui the top from six Ka^le-Tlits&L pack age? md enclose with ???pb? .'.ATi below and 58c Lu partially JO.^X expense, and we will send you promptly, all charges prepaid, one set (6) Rogers' Guaranteed Silver Plated Teaspoons. These spoons are beau tiful in design and bear no advertising. Retail value $2.00 per dozen. All good grocers carry our soda? THE MATHIESON ALKALI WORKS, Saltville, Va. I encloao the tops cut from 6 Eagle-Thistle packages, also Money Order (or stamps) for 58c. Please send me, all charges prepaid, ono set (G) Rogers' Guaranteed Genuino Silver Plated Tea spoons. Miss (or) Mrs. P. O. County............. State. "4 HUH . J .RYELAND WML WED. iv miconienl of Betrothal is Made bj Princeton Head. Princeton, N. J., Oct. 30.- Mrs. Grovi Cleveland has authorized thc t nu ou (icemen t of her engngomoni to Th ?mas .' lng with her here. The .m louncement of the ongagc ri va. made hy President .lohn Oi ler ! I i 'dien, ol' Princeton Univer sity. Pro . Preston is 50 years old and ?es a comfortable fortune. fbC battleship New York, the gl'Cab warship In the American navy, v...-. launched at New York on October Doth. fflMcfcSttsi's Arnica SaSve iho ?.ir,-.-I Solve In The World? DEATH OF A HOOD WOMAN'. Mrs. Lena G. Harbert is No More Uriel' Iioeai Mention. (Mensant (Jrove. Nov. 1.-Special : This Community was saddened last Monday night by tho death of Mrs. IxMin Gilliam Harbert. She had been confined to her bed for some time with heart dropsy. Her remains were laid to rest in Pleasant Grove cemetery tho following evening, af ter appropriate funeral services by her pastor. Rev. II. E. Stovall. She leaves one daughter (Mrs. A. E. Lewis), two little grandsons, one brother and two sisters and a host of relatives and friends to mourn her death. Robert Craig is still confined to his bed. Ho has been in bad health several months. I3orn, unto Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickson, on October 30th, ti son. Our farmers are busy gathering their crops and some are sowing grain. Crops are not very good in this section. -- - "Yes, yes," said the doctor; you're all right now. You needn't come here again." "But, sir." remarked the patient, "vot about der hill? 1 ain't got mooch money. 'MU you dake der bill out in trade?" The sawbones looked the man up and down. "Well. I might." he replied. "What ls your business?" I "I am der leader of der liddle Che man band, sair. Ve viii blay in \ front of your house every evening for ono month." -? . *. Suit in behalf of Col. Roosevelt has been started against .i Michigan editor for alleged libel. THEY WERE HEM) PRISONERS. Girlfl Complain of Conduct of Three Georgia Farmer?. Augusta, (?a., Oct. 31.- Walter and Clarence Rhodes, brothers, and Walter Pounds, overseer for the for mer, all well known farmers of Burke, (5a., were arrested yesterday charged with violating the white slave law. They have been taken to Macon by Deputy United States Mar shal J. P. Murray. lt is alleged tba! the three men went to Bath, S. C., and took Lula Addison, Susie James and Ola Fra zier, three white girls, for an auto mobile ride and refused to carry them back bonn;. Instead tho mon headed for their Burke county farms, where, for four weeks, tho girls claim, they have been held in captiv ity and have not been allowed to communicate with their parents. A letter written ..v the Addison girl to her mother revealed the where abouts of tho girls and an investiga tion was instituted by the Federal authorities at onco. The girls told the officers that the men threatened to kill them if they tried to escape. Pounds mid Rhodes Meld on Charge. Macon, (Ja., Nov. 1.-Walter Pounds and Clarence A. Rhodes, ar rested yesterday, charged with vio lation of the whito slave law, were hound over to the Federal grand Jury to-day under bonds of $1.000 and $800 each. They woro arraign ed before United States Commis sioner Irwin. Chamberlain's "">iarrhoea Remedy. Never fails. Iluy lt uow. It ?wy ??vi. life.