Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Advice flo the Sick. fcJy Elljcabeth Wtuurt 1,llllK Up from our *unkon natures many a buV ' *e<l thing? patiouce, or k<*x1 aylriu or *olf -obi iteration- hut n nan not done lt? duty ly us till it haa drugged out o t our quivering depths the lnilltury <|uaUtltiB. I know a woman who ?aid ' I 1uiv? Wm till invalid for thirty yoara. >1 ?m now fciowwix o!<l, learned the and my remaining duya are /cw. 1 thought I hal lesions that God umant t<> hv ouiivnug. iiut I Uave only niagtorod the ea*le#t of th?m. I thought 1 must try l?> b#i a aalnt. ,Now I t?e that I muat be a aoldler." Fhysioal malalHO play# Ktrange tricks with Ita victims; It conjurea yuri* ously. Regard it us un enemy aa long an you can. Nothing 1b eaddor than tjittttiikt-n friendships, and to make a friend o( one's pathological calamities inav he an important error precisely because one does not suspect that it Wj ttucb. Recovery may he more a matter of will power th*?n we suppose; or It may not hp. Why not give ?t the benefit of the doubt?? Harper's Bazar. The Root of Indecision. Ry Waldo P, Wfirrft ri BSOOIATIONS are what make things dear to us; but they chango color often as the years cast u different IJght upon them. Hlde ou? bods are kept becuuim |>eople have died in them; elumay bureaus take up needed room, and marble-topped tables wobble on an Insecure centre leg, because they belonged once to some body who thought t hem beautiful. It tteeuig a tsort of utunl lege to part with them. Yet tlhoy are dumb, Imutfinvato tilings if the WesBed onos who arc gone > are no longer associated with them bo au to add pleaaure to their possession? It 1h rather as If we felt that tbey were holding ua to account, uud would be deeply tiurt Lf we wore wi/rro-unded by furnishings fchjat w?re graceful and con venient and choorlng. I hoard a woman once remark: "I sometime? wish this house would burn down wlUi every atlek of furni ture In it. It has the most depressing hi lluence on me. Hut I can't make up UJ.v mind to dispose of It In any way." And even w&tn our associations aro still a living power for our own help and /urtherment, we need to be very careful that they do not clutter up the place Ijaniperlngly for other people. It 1b sometimes a stern awakening to look at them with the eyes of the younger generatloiu^-ilarper's Bazar. * Misery and Its Causes. Poverty Not Nei:e??iarlly Due to Per?onal Depravity. By Edward TP. Deviric, Gonerul Secretary 1 ot the Charity Organisation Society. HAT vtow of poverty is unproved and unfounded whioh rents upon the assumption that the need of assistance Is connected neces sarily with some form of personal depravity or shortcoming. Tho only thing that I believe we are warranted In taking for granted when a Jamily asks for assistanco is that they believe themselves to he in need of assistance. The Btorle? which the annals of the tenoinent houses tell are not of oovertv. even as they are not of punishment,, They are, in the anain, of maladjustment, of ad verse conditions over which the individual who suffers is Unalble to exercise effective control .which nevertheless are not beyond control. The qualities that lhave ca\ised the Euoce?9ful to survive and to overcome will not always boar scrutiny. Cunning, rather than strength of character ; ineensd'bMlty, rather than patience; the i*hyeical endurance of an animal r.ature? rather than the higher and xnore complex spiritual organization of a fully civilized iman; conformity to vice, rather tfhan to superior virtue, may account for the better showing of those euocessiful in the eiconomlc struggle, which is only in part as yet a moral struggle. Woman Coming Into Her Own Last Note of Rejoicing Sounded That She is Emerging Fro^n Pouition of Subordination to Man. By Alice Davl?. OT the least of Uhe discoveries of this scientific age Is woman'* ? discovery of herself. If it cannot be said that woman lias at last arrived, it may bo said wdth truth that ahe Is fast arriving... At last wocnan is actually going to 'be somebody in her own rl&frt, She Is going to be a human being. Heretofore she has ! been an adjunct of man. She has been his viotlm under various names ? sometimes a witch, sometimes a siren, a fury, a saint, an evil spirit; a Rood angel, a pot or & slave. But in each and ?very form Tier existence has derived 'importance only from its relation to man. She has toiled and drudged While he received the compensation. As far biick as we have historical records men have -willingly allowed women to efface themselves ,to sacrifice themselves in order to promote men's selfish purposes. The Maid of OrleanB is only one of many women who have l<ed men to victory only to be ruthlessly abandoned. ' 1t would be interesting to know what part of the sum total of human achievement which is credited to man's account ds really due to women. The self-effacement of women has tended to foster the selfishness of man and to moke t1m incapable of seeing any question exoe^t in its relation to filmself. Upon/women, the tendency to subordination, to make of herself a stepping stone for man to rise upon, has been disastrous in the extreme. It ihas narrowed her interests, chocked her Individuality, hindered her moral and Intellectual development and correspondingly retarded the progress of the hu man race. It Ls with profound satisfaction. therefore, that the more progressive type of man. as well as woman, welcomes the advent of the new woman, this woman who Is now struggling for pollticnl and economic freedom as her right. Rut now. as always 'before, when she has taken a stem upward on the ladder of progress, woman finds the Ignorance, arrogance and selfishness of man ex erted to the utencst in order to prevent her further ascent. Ihe Reformation of Reformers By Elbert Hubbard. UT in the seething world women occasionally walk off the dock In the darkness. Socloty jigs ami ambles by with a coll of rope, but before , throwing It demands of the drowning one a certificate of char acter from her jrnator, a letter of recommendation irom her Sun day school superintendent or a testimonial from a school iprln clpal. iNot being able to <produco the document, the straggler is left to go down to her death In the damp. * I think I'll start ? crusade for the reformation of reformers. I am fully (persuaded ffrat our besetting sin, as a floople, is neither intemperance nor grafting, <but plain pretense. iff- ? 'We are not frank and honest with ourselves nor witlh one another. The disposition is to cheapen and adulterate and get the start of our fel 4ows. ? We ere copper cents trying to pass for 'half dollars. ~~ ? Then let each man and woman sot a guard over theif own spirit and try to be greater than he who taketh a city. In otftver words, Just do our work and practise the old, plain, simple vir tues of gentleness, charity and honesty, doing unto others as we would "be done toy. ' By this method we would not <have to talk so much, and so could think and rest and (dream and love. I'm sure It would .be better for our nerves ? -that are getting outside of our clothes? and possibly just as wol! for the heathen and drunkard. ' Stop tflvls violent running to and fro and be simple and honest-? oiriy for a veart And then possibly at the end of that time -we could sit in the .pres ence of one another and bo silent without .beliv* uncomfortable. bet <>? try be In* gentle in our Judgments ? Just kind? and 'see if we can't reform mors wrongs than by going after folks who have made a mistake with o<xr.e-?iouxs and tka loud -bavh^hoo and a brass plated fcaaooj^.., let us be kiad^-?uffi?t!iins r*allv that the ^orld has never triad. ? New York American. imWiAllon <rf ?l?*r#tu in^i. only by th?~ 4m**m oj -tho *uty from omt Sftwirr* ft* * ?hort ttme I *70 nmrtm to 700 ranrto?. gg SUGGESTION SHOWING SIMPLE DEVICE FOR BEHOVING I AUKS' HATS IN CHUBCH PRICES OF WHEAT AND GARDEN PRODUCE AT THE HIGHEST NOTCH Flour So Dear Bakers Are Keeping Loaves at Usual Size by a Heavy Charge of Air. IS THERE A VEGETABLE TRUST? No Such Sums Paid in a Decade For Potatoes, Lettuco, Asparagus, Etc. | Yet Retailers Say the Profit Is Not Theirs-* Wholesalers Deny There is a?Comblnation . Chicago. ? James A. Patten was victorious again, whep he was able to sell more of his May wheat at the record price of $1.3 8. The deal for a time worked out very well for Mr. Patten, but the real burden is being borne by the people, who are working hard for their loaves of bread and are getting less and less 'for their money every day on account of the high price 6t flour, consequent upon the advance in the price of wheat. Bakers admit that bread is more expensive than It has been for a long time, although the increase is care fully concealed from the buying pub lic. The retail price of bread is still five cents a loaf, but if housewives were to take the trouble to weigh the loaves which they purchase ;they would soon discover that they are rapidly diminishing in weight, al though the size may remain the same. Corpulent loaves can be manufac tured by a heavy charge of atmos phere, but that counts for little when it comes to assauging the pangs of hunger. Bakers are not taking at all kindly to the game of boosting the staff of life now being played on the Board of Trade. New York City.-: ? While the Patten bulls in wheat in Chicago rushed prices up to war quotations, some thing of the kind happened in the local market for vegetables and fruits. In Washington Market, for instance, dealers were getting $7 and $7.25 a barrel for Bermuda potatoeq, as against 55.50 a year ago. Aspar agus sold at $5 a dozen bunches, as against $3.25 a year ago, and let tuce brought twenty-flve cents for three heads about as big as a man's hand. A year ago dealers were glad to get ten cents for three heads. Cu cumbers sold for bIx to ten cents each. Applos are almost as scarce as wheat. Seven dollars a barrel is the nominal quotation, but only the big dealers have any to sell, and tho best are being s<_*nt to London. Tho New York State crop was bKdly damaged by the dry spell last summer, agd when It was sou'-' * to ->ut the apples in cold storage rney wouldn't keep. Colorado apple* were sin liarly af fected. Thousands of barrels, deal ers say, rotted rnd had to hi thrown away. The vegetable mn -Icet has been stiffened lately by thiro Revere frosts in Virginia, which 1: tiled all growing stuff. a:;d the farniDrs have had to replant. The keeper o" a small f uit and vegetable stand in Washing! in Mar ket said that, w'.jile it would be de nied. ho was sura there was a trust which controlled wholesale pr'ses and had put them up to tho present high level; "The United 1'ruit Dcalerr* Asso ciation Is doing fills," he sat<'. "and It tells us prip-a are goinf still higher. Every ?'ealor in tbU place pays tho same pr.'ce. There is np es cape. Tho bulk of the *? potable ?tuff we sell at this season comes from ChariCTTtvp, - s. c. ; Bermuda and Florida, both by rail and steam ship. Some stuff also comes from California. There loems always a scarcity, though now. after the Easter demand has subsided, prices ought to go down. The Virginia frost will be It Is a Crime to Girf op Tmkfi . a Tip in Washington State. Spokane. Wash. > ? Advance sheets of tha new criminal code adapted at the recent seaaion of the legislature show that It contains a strict antl tlpplng law, which provide* that "every employe of a public house or public service corporation who solic its or receives any gratuity from amy guest and every parson giving any gratuity shall be guilty ot a muu? . meanor." X _ . . ' This was the first Intimation that such a law passed t>e Leglflatur*. used now as an excuse for the high prices. We are making no money at all." Several other dealers said they didn't know whether there was a trust or not. but they were aware that prices for all garden stuff hadu't been bo high In a decade. One re sult of the high prices had been to force some of the small dealers out of business. Quite a number of stalls ! In Washington Market have "For Rent" signs on them. | A member o^Mfcfre firm of John Nix & Co., who are said to be largest wholesale dealers -In fruits and veget bles In New Yofk City, and who have buyers In California, Florida, Ber muda, the Carollnas, England and elsewhere, was asked about the charge that there was a fruit and veg etable trust. "Never heard of It," he said, "and there is no such trust. If any man or set of men tried to corner the market he or they would fall. There are too many sources of supply. , It Is true prices are high, but the demand Is here, and the law of supply and de mand rules. "Naturally wo get all we can for our goods. My opinion is that tbo Grocers' Association is responsible for the present high prices. Long af ter wholesale prices have dropped, grocers go on charging the high prices irrespective of market condi-' tiona. The consumer should trade more carefully and not pay Buch prices as are exacted. If ho would study the markets more carefully, the grocers would soon find It out, and prices would be more reasonable." Owing to the high prices ruling for potatoes, large quantities are being shipped here from England. The wholesale^ price of Southern po tatoes is now around $3.50 a bag, the tariff on each bag, seventy cents, proving no obstacle. The steamer Minnehaha brought In from London 54,000 bags of Scotch potatoes. NO MORE CHEAP WHEAT. Head of Patten Corner Predicts Con tinued High Priccs. Chicago. ? James A. Patten re sponded to a telephone call from a country miller who wanted to buy a round lot of cash wheat. Before leaving the telephone booth he per sonally sold 6000 bushels No. 2 red wheat at 51.38, free on board cam hero, which Is the highest price of the year yet accorded for this grade. He expressed himself as being de ctded bullish on July wheat, believ ing It will reach even a higher level before the next harvest than yet re corded for May contracts. Ho be lieves all. of the new- crop months, which are now at a great discount under cash wheat, will have a big rise in valueB. "We will see no more cheap wheat In this country till there Is more ex tensive production to meet the grow ing consumption demands," contin ued Mr. Patten. "I see Utile chance for this Increase In production In this country this year because farmers all over the Northwest declare there Is more money In raising oats and bar ley than putting the land to wheat." New Brand of Night Rider Ac tivity Reveals Itself In Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind. ? Renters of land In Southern Indiana are notifying landlords that they will not work land on shares, and Investigation shows that many of them have been notified that If they till land for less than two-thirds of the crop their crops will be destroyed. An organisation has been formed iii rite ?s4 Ather counties on the plan of the night rider*. Land owners have refused to rent tot iw mafcrtjMQgg. -,<^..1 * "? f THB HILLS OF HOMft. Tbe wlivU uio wild in your mountain |)CllU>5, I h?sir them vn.ll it ml norc'fl ?n. ? Uwt the ?>u ( fir- lAjTjiu. J?M1# o< home tnMta'iiik* 4<>itiv a;i ;i <iwfm. TI0B hi'g vs n ? ? y# ?. ??!?!*.? .uiii fi ??. Am) (he *Mpx of ilwm.l >-.nl pn?t. W ? U ihuii l-m u \?.m> Know? lint llwy .ill. jvuvh l>pil il ioh;' OV'T your to'wi !?>;; i 'fbv MiniiKtM On. I. no w?>'. [{ill n ? l>lt?l on tin* htth hill* .?f homo Hluill w.'iniii Kuf" iiil iluy. Ami Ini IiS ilvllj-.lii tilbill l>e ' Illfll I'll'e V. ? h ? of hlooul, The ?i"un.l aitii the shine of the di#t:n?t ? . i Ami to-' lur/.i twoo<|'?? perfume, ? ' Voni inoun t.ilns rltnih (o tin- ?kv, 'i'liey tiru eiuWIleii likv with know. Hut, oh. (in' t li?? llulo hill* of home, The frJemily hjh? I kn?>w' Ol'tM-n to eueli KiiiHhy cieKt, FI<Avt?r-?l?n jiui|>lo ami white, WIOi wnnny aJ<)|>ea whole the lire?l may rest An<l wait for tin* eomlnx ni^ht! ? J. W. I. Inn, In Youth'* Companion. THE LADY. Ey Martin A!ma Prouty. / Tho mail and the dog had taken the Jong hill on Pond street wearily, dog gedly. Thoy parsed Sunset Hock with out a glance In its direction, ploughed through' the ruts without lifting their heads, and when they reached the ea ay walking along the marshes, not oven tho flickering of multiple wings nor queer dodging bits of light and dark fur awakened their interest. The dog hud JiX'pt jvt his master's heel, Content to follow him, and the ma* I tor had trudged on steadily because he wanted to bo al homo. When thry saw the pond, perhaps a light akin to the faint glow of the dying sunset had lighted alike the eyes of the man and * the dog, and yet had not been the re-' liection of the sunset light, but only the reflection of a passing thought. They had skirted the pond warily because all along the edge the water seeped inward and often they Bank ankle deep. An artist might have willingly gone hungry and worked his stiffened fingers gladly because of the prospect spread before these two, a landscape of silver tints like new sil ver such as one sees In windows und wonders about because it seems a* If nobody possibly could have money enough to buy It; like oxidized silver, blackened Into shadows; like old fam ily silver, treasured bluff 'worn thin and softened like nothing else of its kind; and in the very centre of the pond, where the light concentrated, lay a great silver plate. Hut tho man and tho dog saw the pnilisade of tough young tree?, hewn in the far depths of the forest, twisted and backed into placo to form a barrier against storms and unwelcome guests. Entering the narrow gateway in the pullisade, at loal each of his own ac cord had thrown up his head. They had come home without game, . but home was good- after the long tramp even If they don't deserve much and were a little nshamod of themselves. And supper had been good, for the man knew how to cook and they had shared It together until both were sat isfied. Tho hut itself was roomy and plan ned with a view to comfort, partition ed into two rooms, the rough timbers overhead being partially covered with skins and with the clutter of snow shoes, canoe paddles, fishing nets, and ! tho like. In one end of the living room, a huge stone fireplace gave out warmth and sufficient light for their necds^bocause tho dog had no vanity of any kind and the master didn't care whether his necktie was tied or un tied, whether his lmlr was parted straight or not p.irtcd at all. They wero very happy together these two. The dog was as usual at his master's feet, and the master smoked his pitje. The master sat In an armchair he had made himself. It was big enough and strong enough, and Its workman ship did not trouble him. The chair was placed a little to the left of the fireplace and the dog lay towards tho centre. To the right another chHlr had been placed, not made by the mas ter, but rather of finely polished ma hogany, of perfect line and proportion, and having rockers. It had a r-een cushlcned seat, and another cushion rested against its back. It looked very inviting, so It was no wonder that the lady always chose it when she came in. First there was a little patter patter of steps outside and a slight rustllr.g of dried leaves as her dress brushed against them, then you knew that she had slipped softly in, and the slow, sweet smile on her face meant just that she was glad to be there and knew that tho muster and his dog we-o glad too. She never shook hands a* she came forward, she Just let her right had drift across the master's shoulder with a friendly little tap, and "thou settlo on the dog's head with an other little tap. Then she fitted into tho pretty chair, herself a pretty pic ture as over a man and a dog looked at. She wore a thick white cap and a heavy coat, but when tho master shook his head at h?r and pointed to the yooden hooks on the wall ' she I always got up and slipped out of the heavy coat, and shook her curls out of tho cap, and then you could see that sho was dressed In a dain<y little house gowu of tho color of crushed rose leaves. When 6he was back In her chair again, you would never- have known that tho lady was merely a guest, ahe seemed to belong right thero by all the laws that make folks happy. Sho always insisted on pu.tlng more wood In the fireplace herself, she wanted to crack her own walnuts, and pour her own comes. There was a very special chiii* cup end saucer for her, And Mte knew just where to flad them. It v\ua loo lm<J, of course, unit iiiuy boilj Knew ii , but jm>t as soon us they hud placed i hoi r cups wher? t hoy wouldn't knock them oii^iho lloor, and v ijf*n they were a: "XitfrrW? WrU4*?? on I anything <i> ?i>?, the} commenced an aigunieui that went, like tins, sho fit tiff ptrt ."TMtinn* vuLoy. und tt>K frrrwuid 'u'Wil her curls it I, most tombed |ii>, l^oe, cu-ucstly fighting for. her Vide, while he jtihi crouched deeper and t|i < r *i into hia i hair and looUcd I, ueK a her llcreely and pound' d hi.s it i on tin* arm* of ' ho chair while he U ii^ht lor bus bide, "Ary you goittK lo 'I* t nie come hero and stuy ulwa>8'.'" .the would begin, never varying her argument. "J. hliall not ho lonesome and 1 shall not 'he afraid when yon have to leave me here alone, and I bhall glut mips the comturti) I give up, and I shall hav'o no ?c grcts." "You cannot conic here to stay ul? ways." he Would answer, "It is not u lit place for a lady, I love you too much to usk you to share mk Ii a lite. V?,u art> my lady of .luxury und Unlit, ihu ludy of while Illy J.# lid " Sometimes she would ju?t look sad, und ngniu the would cry ever to little and just hug the don's head. and. then, ot eonine, hho went away, always let-, ting her hand drift act oku his shoulder With that friendly little tap that meant peace established once more. Hut It was different tonight. The loaves rustled with a heavier rustle, there were liHHty steps,. aud uonie stamping, too, and tne floor wan thing open until it gave a bang. She never I had made any noise before. When sho ! had Htepped inside her lips purled and I she made a llitlo hound between a laugh und u sob, and u Houud that your could really hear, and she Beem ed to expect the mtiHler to shuko handH. When he only "stared,' fitio sat down abruptly in her own particular chair und opened her usual argument without warning. Somehow he got his breath back, and somehow he answered that argu ment much aa usual, although he did not seem ho sure, lie got to the part "you arc my ludy of luxury and light" ? when she leaned so" far forward that her curls actually touched his lips, and she whispered: "And love," very softly, (tut very forcibly withal. The master looked at his dog and suw him with both paws 011 the htdy's knees, his nose In her hand. it was evident that ho wanted her lo come for good and al ways. Thus the master learned 0110 thing about u lady that he had never thought of before, that a lady will sooner or later get her own way.? ? Boston Sunday Poet. 80ME TUNNEL BUILDER8. The "Solitary Bees" Dig Out Their Homes Under the Earth. Not all tho bees one sees on the flowers are the busy little fellows who supply our tables with honey. Of course you 'all know that tho great family of bees may bo roughly divided Into the social bees, those that, live to gether in populous communities, and the solitary bees who live only one or' two In a home. Instead of building their homes of wax, Bomo of these Industrious littler Folltary fellows are tunnel-builders aud( excavate their homos in the earth. By no means is theirs a light task, and tho amount of work sometimes done by a single bee is enormous ? almost be yond belief. It has been approximately calculated that tne little blue digger bee (Augochlora) digs such a tunnel in proportion to her weight than if a man weighing 185 pounds would equal it, he must dig a hole four feet in di ameter and 1,295 miles deep. And thts represents less thau half the work done, for this computation takes no account of the branches and cella". Furthermore, It haH been since discov ered that this little bee digs two of tliese tunnels during her life-time. The tunnels of some of the solitary bees are driven horizontally in the hides of Btoep slopes, and others aro sunk vertically from the surface of the level ground, according to the habits of the different species. Leading from the main passageway, there are Bhort branches which terminate each In a widened chamber or coll. The whole interior of this cell Is plastered with a cement that makes the walls smooth and waterproof and also hard ens them so the earth does not fall in. These little bees differ slightly In tnelr opinions as to which is the best food and, consequently, some species store their cells with a pellet of pol len while others are sure that honey, witj) a little pollen added. Is by far the best food for a young bee. In either ease, an egg is placed on the food mass and the entrance to the cell closed up. When the lowest cell Is properly stocked and sealed, the next one above it Is undertaken, then tho next higher one. and so on toward tho top. In this way tho earth from each succeeding cell fills the passageway below It and so prevents access to the cells by the natural enemies of the bees. ? From "Nature and 8clence" lit St. Nicholas. The Age of the Microbe. People Just now are living In a state, of almost morbid apprehension concerning what they should eat and drink. There have been the palaeoll* thlc age and the red sandstone age. The present age would come to be * known as the bacillus, microbe and tu bercle age. ? Lord Rabblesdale in thy House of lyords. Sad Calamity at 'Postumvllls. "On with the d&nce!" cried the mas ter of ceremonies. "Nothln* doln', Silas," answered hie aosistant at 'PossuMTille. "The durned phony graft is broke!" ? Blrm ingnnia Age Hsr-M.