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MEXTOAN WOMEN AT WORI Have Few Outside Interests and Ci Nothing for Athletics. Mexican Herald. As the Moors practically controll the commerce and education of Spv for over one hundred years, t Spaniards acquired to a great exte the same ideas held by them of t education and treatment of wom< Aid they in their turn carried the ideas to Mexieo. In fact, the Me: can women of the upper classes we much freer under the Aztecs tk they were afterwards under Spani rule. And until quite lately this cm dition of affairs has prevailed Mexico since its freedom from t Spanish crown. Not so ninny years ago when a Me ican woman went shopping she i mained in her carriage in the stre and sent her servant into the store call one of the clerks to wait upon l He cnnic out and received her orde and brought the goods to her for e: amination. This peculiar method shopping was due to the old Mexict idea that a lady of good family shou be exclusive and should shield herse from the gaze of the publie and i fact from everyone except her ow immediate relatives and most intimal friends. This idea has been dyin hard for over a century and it is sti far from being completely buried i sonic parts of the republic. The Mexican woman is naturally home lover. She has no clubs to tak her away from her home, and she ha few outside interests. Even when sh is philanthropically inclined, whic she very often is, her ideas of lif tend to make her 1)lace her charitab] contributions in the hands of siste superiors of convents or direetors o charitable institutions and works fc use in the cause she has at heart. The Mexican women of the middl inld upper classes have never bee athletic, at least since the Spanis conquest. This. of course, was du to the secluded life they led. Bi the women of the lower classes hav ever been stout and muscular, fc much work of a heavy kind has a ways been their lot. On account c her quieter disposition it is nlot prol able that, for years at least, the Mel ican woman will take the interest i athleties that is now being shown 1) her American sister. Anothor reaso is that the sympathy of the Mexica people is all against her doing so. Inll the Mexican schools the girl i taight many things iin tihe way C needlework, painting, eibroiderin draingan deiging, and thes later serve to fill in her peaceful, un event ful life after leaving school. 'T, this must be added music. For herc as in Spain and other Latinl countrieF m)lost women of the middle and IIIppe classes receive an excellent musica educat ion. In thle homes, and in their own way the Mcxican womiien are delightfu entertainers and their knowledge o: music aids not a little in their cuter toaiin g. TIhie ianoo always forms a very imi poirt ant factor in the entertainmnen at a Mexican house. No matter hov' small t he gothlering oif friends, thern is always some one who can play wiell and1( his or services are requestedl am always cheerfully given, for a Mexi (can niot (only likes to help entertali his friends and his friends' friends liut lie looks upon it as his duty to (14 so. WithI thle piano also goes singing of the popular songs (if thme day. MYTHS ABOUT SNAKES. Good as Food, But Not as Pots, No Hostile to Man. "Snakes are all right as food bum very unsatisfactory as pets, fo'r th reason that they hove no psychole gical nature.'' said a scientist. Din ing a six yeahrs' residenice in the Wes lie niade a close st ud'y of snakes ani studyl~ unconfined and abo~ut his pri inis4es in n umbers, lie became faim liar with thenm. The wisdo(m (if a serpenit lie pr<i nounciies a myth, though lie admuii liat snakes have much eunniing, m1 wily to a degiree, aind perfectly undo: standl their powver anid limnitation For examle, a rattlesnake does ii retreat in haste when' disturb)e Realizing that its bite ends the gain it is invariably deliberate, but if le to itself in its own good time makes off. Other venomous snakes also ree< slowly, understanding as does ti iattler, .that they are equal to mo emergencies. Contray to the comm miotion, siiakes are 'not hostile to ma Thme most venoihons and powerful wi 1 runl from man if possible. It is on) in, self-defense that any poisonom snake strikes. T'hgt a rattlesnake rattles to gia wainihgof its presence is 'a popult ,allav lt ioelly does nnthing Qf t . kind. The tails of- all snakee"qu when they are exclted and thep, w. the rattler is heard when distur Why it has rattles on its tail nd has been able to find out. The chief difference between ways of a poisonous snake and ed of those whose bite is no more h in' than the sting of a mosquito is he the deliberate withdrawal of the nt and the hasty retreat of the o l1e in case of danger. The large ma n. ity of snakes are quite harmless se slip away with all speed at the ni- proach of either a human or an i re mal, knowing that the ability to < in ceal themselves is their own met si of preservations. n- While not crediting snakes v in wisdom, it is stated that in mn Ie ways they are the reverse of stil They are very curions, and w K- they can do so without danger Q- themselves, they examine an unfar et iar object with keen and repea to attention. r. It is related by this scientist t rs in attempting to capture a wa snake lie put his foot on it and soft. ooze at the creek side but fai n to hold it. To see what. the sm d would do, lie stood perfectly still, a if in a few moments it came back ai n swimming slowly round and rou n his foot, examined it most earful e not as might be supposed by looki g at it, but by touching it at ev4 point with its tongue, not once I n again and again. The quick thrusting out and dra a ing in of the tongue is a snake's %v C of finding out what things about mean. The tongue is the most i 0 portant sense organ. It really I h1 very little sensation elsewhere, a 'e those that are most poisonous can, e not restrained, or hurt, be moi r about with impunity. f Yet those who handle and stu r snakes constantly invariably h them by the back of the neck, a C cat does a kitten, and both seize v n liberate them with alacrity. Bef 11 they are seized the rule is to k4 C out of striking distant which is t third the length of the snake. r Making Cheap Milk and Butter f Large amounts of timothy hay ; often fed to dairy cows because it thought to be a very rich and nouri n ing foodstuff, but in experime y made with twenty-four cows at n station last winter, it would seem 1 n shredded stover when well mAde c preServed can often be used to s place (he timothy hay to advanta f As fimothy hay brings from $10 $15 a ton on the market and shrcdd e stover is practically a waste prodi - on tle farm, the economy of util ing the lat ter is apparent to all. 'lThere is another question of mi Uhan passing interest to the dairyn r and (lint, is tle balancing up of 1 I ration with some concentrate rich protein. Gluten meal and cottense ,meal were fed on the basis of icontent of digestible protein for t1 E purpose andl provided the mar] -lprice is the same per pound1( of dig, tib)le protein, there is little to cho< between the two, except thati I gluten meal was not as readily eal by the cowvs and it made the butter soft, whereas cottonseed-meal v , readily eaten and increases the mel ing p)oint of butter, which gives it decidedl advantage for feeding in su These results show that tIhe priol basis of comparing foodstuffs is cording to the, amount of digestil protein that contain. It is thus parent that farmers often make t mistake of feeding wheat-bran wvhi We have know tne b4 and have r them. THE versible Dis iver eontains only twelve pereelit of di fore gestible protein, as compared with bed. cotonseed-meal, which, when pure, one contains 37.2 per cent of digestiblo protein they contain. It is thus ap the wheat bran can often be bought at one practically the same price, the farmer arm who buys wheat bran pays three times in as much for the digestible protein Vne contained as the farmer who utilizes ther cotton seed-inead, which, when pure, jor- Dean and Director Va. Ex. Station. and ap- , The Netherlands of California. ini on- The people of the east have uni lod doubtedly read a great deal of the fertile soil of California, its vast .ithl wheat fields, wonderful trees, immiense [ny orchards, the raising of two to four >id. erops of alfalfa. and from four to live hen rops of berries, but few have heard to Calfornia's Netherlands which are lil- Imore wonderful th"n all the tales ted written and published in prose and poetry about this land of never eeAs hlat ing wonders. ter The teachers who will come to Cal the ifornia next July, to attend the Na led tional Educational Association con ike vention, will have an opportunity to und see this great delta consisting of some ad, millions of acres of the richest land mnd in the world, many feet below the ly, level of the water in the adjoining ng rivers. 'ry Special excursions, at very small ut cost, will be arranged so that.. the teachers who will visit California mav ,w- have an opportunity to see this, the ay greatest wonderland of all, and they it will be more interested than ordinary m- travelers and tourists because. they ias are more observing and more apt to ,id retain the knowledge of what'they see. if - To convey but a faint idea what red California's Netherlands really are, it may be stated that the land has dy been reclaimed from the sea by old sturdy 11ollanders who found an ex a cellent opportunity of reclaiming the nd richest bottom land by building dykes Dre and draining the sloulghs in the San 3ep Joaquin Valley. TI ese pioneers mc started out to create a New Nether lands similar to wlhat they had left in Holland, tlhey ended with turning the San Joaquin delta into the rich est groid on tihe face of the earth. are The Holland farmers reclaimed only is a few thousand acres, then the gov sh- ernment took up tihe work and re nts claimed millions of acres, and the soil [lie proves icher and better than that mat found in (lie famous delta of the Nile. mld It will be a curious experiee for re- the passengers traveling in a'fioat'on ge. one of the canals which serves' the to dual pirpose of draining and irriga led ting, 'when lie looks over the side of let the steamer and finds the richest iz- farming land fifteen or twenty feet below tlie river on which tle vessel >re floats that carries him. an All that fertile land was once cov lis cred with water from the bay to the in depth of many feet at. high tide. ad- New industries have been startedl he in this delta and have grown in value 1is giving emp)loymnent to thousands of' Cet p lersons. Inm this dleltal is founid .the ns- largest asparagus farms in the wvorld. >se 'Three tivusands acres in one farm are he devoted to the raising of that vegeta en ble alone, while 6.,000 acres are de at voted to the same indlustry in smaller 'as farms. The factory in which the as It- paragus is canned employs over 600) a hands, and runs (lay and night during mi- the season. The product when canited is shippedcc to thme east and1( different ~er parts of the world. Few who relish te- the dlish have an idea that thme vege ile table wvas grown upon reclaimed land. tp- Just a little further down .on the lhe 'same reclaimed land thousands o /f ch acrcs arc devoted *to the culture of P L been in the I] ast. We have icked the Cha CHATTANOOGA REVEl c Plow built. celery, which has also, become quite. a -profitable industry. The greatest dairy farm in this a same Netherlands boasts of 'more reg istered cows thai any othe' dairy d farm in the world. One of them is f the famous Juliana do Kol, the world's prize heifer. She holds the g highest record in the world. In 100 D (lays she gave milk which yielded 285 pounds of butter. Besides the raising of asparagus, celery and cows, this land is better 0 0 than any other for the raising of on- a ions, potatoes, string beans and a va- 'I riety of other vegetables. i It will surprise the teachers when they find a crop of string beans grow ing. upon the same soil which has pro- 8 duce<l an abundant crop of onions <hiring the early part of the same sea Son'. ''The Last Days of Ponipeii'' ought ta to be among the best selling books of the hour. r "'1The Man with the Muck Rake'' is all right. The Augean stables must be cleaned. Another bun governor of a Russian r province has been given Mhe 'grand L bomb degree. ho Danger From the Plague. There's grave danger from the plague of Coughs and Colds that are so-preva lent, unless you take Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and A Colds. Mrs. Geo. Walls, of Forest City, Me, writes: "It's a Godsend to people living in climates where coughs and at colds prevail. I find it quickly ends ol them. It prevents Pneumonia, cures p< LaGrippe, gives wonderful relief in Asthma and Hay Fever, and makes ei weak lungs stroug enough to ward off 0 Consum ion, Coughs and Colds. 50c. m and $1.0. Guaranteed by W. E. Pel- al ham & Son's drug store. Trial bottle at free. O1 A matchmaker'. match is worthless g when it comes to lighting a fire on a P1 cold morning. S Every man knows some other man whom lie would like to kick. 01 There would be more wisdom in ni many a head if it didn't leak at the mouth. Inventors of excuses seldom require - Ihe assistanice of a patent attorney. A Young Mother at 70. "My mother has suddenly been made young at 70. Twenty years of intense suffering from dyspepsia had entirely disabled her, until six months ago, when she began taking Electric Bitters, which have completely cured' her and r restored the strength and' activity she r had in the prime of life," writes Mrs. W. L. Gilpatrick, of Danforth, Me f Greatest restorative medicine on the globe. Sets Stomach, Liver and Kid neys right, purifies the blood. and cures C Malaria, Biliousness and Weanesses, Wonderful Nerve Tonic. Price 60c. t Guaranteed by W. E. Pelham & Son's drug store. Better a homely wife than one who isn 't home much. But the prettier a girl is the less sense other girls say she has. Girls prefer mixed parties, hut mar-" riedl women priefer hen parties. C ALL KIND Of Plumbing , Done on Short Notice t J. w. WHITE. VIPLEMENTt handled all's ttanooga aftE SIBLE DISC PLOW' Ha Show us a man, who can be trusted nd we will show yo one that Owes lot of other men. The average woman is unable to im erstand why her huslianl doesn't ael sorry for his bachelor friends. .Boy babies learn to talk sooner than irl babies, bit the latter' more than take up for it in after years. . A Badly Burned Girl r boy, man or woman, is quickly out r a if Bucklen's Arnica Salve is, p1 led - romptly.. G. J. Welch, of ekonsha, Michigan, says: "I use it i my family for ctits, sores and all d n -injuries, and find it perfect." uIckest Pile cure known. Rest healing xlve made. 25c. at * W. E. Pelham& on's drug store. Eyery time a fussy woman lets her usband have his own way she does it i such a manner that. it leaves a bad tste in his mouth. The more a man rests the more he .sts. Blood Poisoning silts from chronic constipation, which quickly cured by Dr. King's New ife Pills. They remove all poisonous irms from the system and infuse new !e and vigor;cure sour stomach,nausea, iadache, dizziness and colic, without -iping or discomfort. 25c. Guaran ed by W. E. Pelham & Son druggist. PIANO OR ORGAN FOR YOU. To the head of every family who is nbitious for the future and education his children, we have a Special Pro sition to make. No Article in the home shows the idence of culture that does a Piano or I rgan. No accomplishment gives as I uch pleasure or is of as great value in 'ter life as the knowled e of music id the ability to play well. Our Small Payment Plan makes the vnership of a high grade Piano or Or? in easy.I Just a few dollars down and a small tyment each month or quarterly or mi annually and the instrument is mrs. Write us to-day for Catalogues and ir Special Proposition of Easy Pay ents. Address Malone's Music House, Columbia, S. C. AVE EVE Among ihe various tESOLUTION S or' the year 1906 on't forget to resolve D Save Every Penny hat you can. There ore You Mtust Buy lood Goods CHEAP.: 'his you can only ac' ornplish when trading t O. KLETTNER'S, -eadquarters of denu le bargains. It will be mone' .o buy from us. 0. 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