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A ViSIT TO THE OLD FARM. Can you find the spring in the pasture-lot Where the sweet-Hag used to grow. And the garrulous, laughing little brook Where trout flashed to and fro? Can you show me once more the broken wall, Where blackberries ripened first, And we crushed their thin and tapering flasks To quench our childish thirst? Oh, take me again to the spicy grove On the western slope of the hill. Where we never knew that the day was done Till told by the whip-poor-will. Ah. here is the same smooth, rounded stone That locked the lips of the well; How many a sweet and homely tale That sentinel crav might ted! Look! through the low and crumbling wall The old-time berries shine, Where else but in this sunny lane Was ever found such wine! But the hollyhock path to the old farm door, Once smooth to feet unshod. Is thorny now with the brier-bush, And choken by the golden-rod. And out of the windows where love looked forth Peer only eyes of the dead? Though I thought I heard the spinning wheel That stood by the trundle-bed. It was only the south wind stirring a ' dream In the heart of the lilac-tree, While my soul grew faint at the old perfume And the lazy drone of the bee. Now the sun has set; we must both turn back From the land of the long ago, Where blossomed the reddest rose of all And fell the whitest snow. For if we wait till night shall fall, Our hearts may break to see Xwo children's faces that smile in sleep, Dreaming of years to be! ?Mary Minerva Barrows. ?1 I ! I I I I I I I I ii . * i i i i I i i i i i I |f THE PRETTY COOK? .a By MAE MARTIN. e. JtOK. GAR mother, will be down 3 V on the twenty-fourth, with O [ I O my friend, Allen Estwald. . TL*-' ^ He's a splendid fellow, but rich, and a little fastidious, perhaps?so have everything in trim. But that warning is not necessary; you are always ready. Your affectionately, Royal Dent." That simple little note brought consternation fcno the Dent household, for the cook and maid of all work had just taken French leave, and it jwould be impossible to fill her place on such short notice, for servants did Hot flourish readily in the quiet little ' Tillage. "What shr.ll we do?" exclaimed Mrs. Dent, glancing around at her three daughters with an expression or tragic despair. "Telegraph to Royal that he must - bring a cook down with him," said Ange, the youngest, with an irrepres cfible smile. "Nonsense! To-morrow is the twenty-fourth, 00 we shall have to all enter the kitchen and take our turn, uhtil I can engage a cook." "Oh, mother! you know it would spoil my complexion to bend over that hot stove. That plan will never do," said fair Gertrude, folding her soft, {illy-white hands. "And if we do the cooking, who .will entertain Mr. Estwald?" said Mira. "Well, you know we cannot get one now for love or money," sighed the * troubled matron. "Yes, you can, mother mine. Here Is one for love," said brown-haired brown-eyed Ange. "I will be cook until you can get one, and Royal's fas\ tidious friend need never know it My name is Polly Ann, and I'll prepare tbe daintiest dishes, and you can engage a boy to wait in the dining room." "You are making quite a sacrifice, 'Ange, my dear child, and I do noi *hke to have you banished in dial style." "But it is self banishment" said Ange, gaiiy, giving just one regretful > , dtgh, and then entering heartily intc the work before her. Royal came at the appointed time accompanied by a handsome man ol eight or nine and twenty, with fail hair and moustache, keen, clear blu< & # eyes, and the winning ease and grac< |;^ % of one long used to the cultured cir j'. cles of society. The Misses Dent were faultlessly dressed, and charmingly cordial, anc Mrs. Dent beamed graciously; bu Royal glanced around with a dissatis fied look. ? : "Where is Ange?" "She?she ", the mother begai and then not being in the habit of tell ing falsehoods, she broke down. "She has gone on a visit to Aun Mary's," said Gertrude, smoothly. "Must have been rather sudden!" h< said, surprised. "Oh, yes, Ange, dear child, is s< flighty," murmured Mira, turning t< Mr. Estwald with a sweet smile, an< there the subject dropped. But passing through the back par of the house an hour later Royal wa astonished to find a young persor half hid in a huge apron, in his arms to feel the fond pressure of soft arm around his neck, the touch of a velve cheek to his. "Halloo!" he cried, falling back ftep. "Oh, Royal, don't you know me?" "Ange!" he gasped. VNo?Polly Ann, the* cook," she coi rected, with a soft laugh. "What is the meaning ot all thi mystery?" he inquired sternly. "Don't speak so loud," she said, an then explained the situation. "Hang it all! I'll have a cook, : I have to go back to town after on< Here I've brought Estwald down 1 see you, and then find you banishe % ? to the kitchen! I've a great mind to | raise a row." "If you do, I?I will spoil the din- j nerl" she cried, in alarm, then disap- j peared in the pantry. Royal glowered at the bare wall for j a minute; then a smile suddenly spread i over his face, and he went back into : the drawing room, whistling cheerful- i ly. The dinner was faultlessly cooked and served, and after it was over, ' and her mo .t came out, insisting j on washing the dishes, tired Ange bathed her face, put v?n a fresh, white gown, and taking a book, sought the f solitude of the orchard. She climbed to her favorite seat in the fork of an old apple tree, and had been there long enough to get rested and cool, when a gentleman came sauntering along through the shady sweetness of the old orchard. Ange did not see him in time to run away, or even get down from her perch, and sat still and almost breathless, hoping he would pass by without seeing her. But he came on, straight to that particular tree, a fold of hllr dresa brushing his sleeve. He glanced up, and said quickly: "I beg your pardon." "It is granted," she said, frigidly, apparently intent on her book. He stood still. "I am a stranger here; came down with my friend Royal Dent this morning. You are a member of the family I iresume?" lifting his hat, and s^eakin^- in the most respectful tone. Ange raised her sparkling eyes, a slight smile curling her fresh, red lips. "I am the cook, sir." "Ah, yes! It must be delightful to serve so charming a family," leaning against a low, sweeping bough, and friendly eyes, thought Ange, feeling a trifle warm. "Are you laughing at them, sir?" - - - ?? T, m. "Ao, indeed. i am in rarueau ah? quickly cried. "Just as I thought?ready to flirt with mistress or maid," said Ange to herself. She stole a glance at him. "He is very handsome; but beauty sometimes covers a very deceitful heart. I shall test this fine gentle* man." He interrupted her thoughts. * "May I have an apple?" "If you like them so green." Encouraged by her friendliness, the gentleman drew nearer, and while they partook of green apples their acquaintance progressed rapidly. That meeting was only the beginning. A week passed, and every day Allen Estwald managed to see the cook, for Ange still filled that position. At last they succeeded in securing the services of a stout woman, and. with a little nervous laugh Ange said Aunt Mary wished her to return home. "I will come this evening, and be introduced at the tea table," she said, and went away to her favorite haunt in the orchard. She felt sorely troubled. It was her duty to betray Estwald, but she shrank from the task with trembling dread, and finally decided to keep silent Just as she had - 1 VA. arrived at the generous couuiusuuu nC made his appearance. 1 "So your situation ha* been taken from you?" he said, with grave com cern. "Yes," heaving a sigh. "What will you do?" , "Try to find another." "I can offer yon one if yon will accept it," speaking slowly and doubtfully, and coming quite close to her. "Yon are kind,"' she murmured, averting her face. "What shall I have ' to do?" "The first and most important duty will be to love me as deeply and as truly as I do yon," coming nearer still, and stretching out his arm until it half encircled her. | "Mr. Estwald? sir! how dare you?" she cried out, turning her flushed face ; and flashing eyes toward him. "Hush, Ange, until I have finished." "Ange?" You know me, then?" "Yes," he said and boldly took her . hand. "Now, how long have you known?"1 ' she faltered, blushing deeply. "Royal told me the first Cay. I fell ; In love with your ficture before I ; saw you, and Royal's account of your | manifold perfections determined me [ to see and.win you, if I could." He talked eloquently, and must have won her complete forgiveness, for when he lifted her down from her ' perch, he kert her close in his arms a . minute, and stole a kiss from the sweet lips unrebuked.?New YorK News. Do Vegetable! Breed Typhoid? One of the theories concerning the ! origin of typhoid fever ascribes the in. fection to the agency of vegetables grown in contaminated soil. Some renrnarimonte mfldp in Enrone to { ICllt CAptlluavuvw _ determine the facts had interesting re? suits, which are described in Harper's Weekly. A thorough test was made 5 with cultures of bacteria applied in va3 rious ways to peas, radishes, cress and i other vegetables. The results showed that in only one of the four experit ments could any typhoid bacilli be s found, and the final conclusion was lf that "even in the event of bacteria being present on the roots or leaves they s were not able to reach the interio' l structures." A Cheerful Giver. a Bobby's father had given him a tencent piece and a quarter of a dollar, telling him he might put one or the other on the contribution plate, r- "Which did you give. Bobby?" his father asked, when the boy came from s church. "Well, father, I thought at first I d ought to put in the quarter," said Bobby, "but then just in time I reinemif bered, 'The Lord loveth a cheerful give. er,' and I knew I could give the ten:o cent piece a great deal more cheerfully, d I so I put that in."?Youth's Companion, rs3iMrMCMCMC\jrsirsj? I 2 SOUTH CAROLINA 1 \ STATE NEWS ITEMS, g CMC\ic\jrj?xirsirsicNJ? Stnalls Execution Delayed. Bob Smalls, the white man sentenced to be hanged at Darlington on May 5th for the murder of a negro, will not be hanged according to the pro| tram. Notice of perfection of appeal to the supreme court was received, | in Columbia, just in time to save him. ! The governor has notified the sheriff ' to hold up. ! May Merge Warehouses. i I IltJ /I51L IU Uill UJL'O. liiU pcxoL, nt^j\ I ! cf Daniel Sully, the great cotton bull, | is expected to result in the merger. o? all the larger warehouses of the state into one concern backed by Columbia capital. These warehouses are valued at five million dollars and the new company would represent all the officers of the smaller companies with a central governing board in Columbia. * * * Engineering Department Planned. A most important movement in the interest of Newberry College is now being agitated by the friends of the institu'ion in the Southern Lutheran church. This is the addition of a mechanical and engineering department and the erection of another building on the campus for the use of the department. The movement is meeting with much e ncouragement and it is probable tuat the new building will be erected during the summer months. * * * Publishers to Meet in Charleston. The annual meeting of the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association ? ;n v.. i /.u i. Pha.lacf/in \Tatt 9. nnri Will UC iiciu JU ^uaiibuwu ? 3 at the Charleston Jhotei. Over one hundred representative ^publishers are expected and the sessions will be interesting and pleasant The Charleston committee, composed of members council, the Commercial Club and local newspaper men, "have arranged to give the visitors a delightful time, the program including trips to the Isle of Palms, the navy yard, magnolia gardens and a reception and banquet. * * * .laMed on Arson Charge. Henrv Hollins, the negro charged with the burning of a barn near Campobello, and who it was reported was taken from officers and lynched, was given a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Pasley at Spartanburg and committed to jail to await trial on the charge of arson by higher court Hollies was tried with his father some time ago on a charge similar to the one under which he rests at the pi esent, and the elder negro was given a sentence in the penitentiary, but his son was released, there rot being sufficient evidence to connect him with the first crime. * * * Flag Belongs to Georgia. A Columbia news item says: Gov ernor Terrell of Georgia has proved Georgia s claim to the Sumter flying artillery battle flag which the war department sent to the South Carolina Ponlvinir a Ipftpr from Governor Heyward, Secretary of War Taft has written that upon further investigation he has discovered that the flag belongs to the Sumter flying artillery of Georgia, otherwise known as Battery "A," 11th, or Sumter, Georgia, artillery, and not to the Sumter battery of South Carolina. "The official records show," says tho letter, ' that the last named organization was discontinued in January, 1865, ai.d, therefore, could not have lost a flag at Appomattox on April 8, 1865." The flag will at once be sent to Governor Terrell. * * Inspecting Good Road Work. A party of Abbeville men consisting of the mayor of the town, two aldermen and the county supervisor, were ir. Spartanburg a few days ago for! the purpose of inspecting the work of the county good roads gang and the machinery near Cedar Springs with the view of purchasing a plant and begin permanent improvements on the highways in their county. Spartanburg s fame for excellent road building is known and visitors from other piaces frequently go there for the pcrpose of seeing how it is done. The methods in vogue are thorough becauso the county is by nature a difficult proposition in road building, and it is a safe test when the work is such as to withstand the usual difficulties encountered in working out the plans of the engineers. ? * * Mob Kills Negro Farmer. Abe McDaniel, an industrious ne gro farmer and land owner, was killed ir. his house, fourteen miles southwest of Laurens, late Saturday night by a party composed, it is said, of white > men of the same community. Members of the mob attempted to enter i the front door and were fired upon i by McDaniel. The fire was returned by the mob with fatal effect. At the inquest McDaniel's daugh' ters, who were taken out of the house ' subsequent to the killing of their father and whipped by the mob, swore that they recognized Powell H. Bald ' w:n as one of the parties. A warrant was issued by the acting coroner for Baldwin's arrest, and he was arrested ai'd placed in jail at Laurens. Baldwin says he knows nothing .of the affair. He admits that he had trouble with the negro a few weeks ago, but the matter was settled and he denies any connection with the work of the alleged mob. * * * Rails Being Laid Hapidly. The rails in the new railroad connecting Union with the Seaboard AnLine are now being laid rapidiy. A large force is already at work without the corporate limits of Union, and rails would be run right into where the new station will be located, were it not necessary to build a trestle. The new railroad has been fortunate in securing one of the most practical, hard-working railroad men in the s*ate, Colonel P. I. Weiis of Columbia to be vice president and general manager. Colonel Wells was, for a number of years or.e of the best superintendents in the south employed by the Southern railway, he relinquishing this position to become general manager of the street railway system of Columbia. It is reported that when the new line is put into operation trains will run from Union to Prides, over the new road, thence over the Seaboard Air Line into Chester. This cannot, however, be confirmed. 4 * * Doctor Jailed on Bigamy Charge. Upon information furnished by parties at St. George, Chief of Police Fischer of Orangeburg arrested Dr. Kenyon V. Millard of Indianapolis, Ind., nnon the charge of bigamy. Dr. Millard was married to Miss j Sallie Kenyon of St. George by Rev. Mr. Lightfoot at Orangeburg recently, a minister at St. George refusing to perform the ceremony on the ground that Dr. Millard was a divorced man. It was said the coupie intended to go to Augusta to have a second ceremony performed under the Georgia laws but for some reason they did rot do so. v After his marriage Dr. MBllard attended prayer meeting of the Baptist church of Orangeburg and upon the pastor's invitation addressed the congregation speaking in a general way of his work and travels. The coctor has been' placed in jail in default of $500 bond. Millard was detained at a boarding house for sev-1 oral days under the guard of an officer, but was later locked up. Attorneys for the family of his bride are now at work preparing their case, and as much of the evidence is to come from Pasadena, Cal., where, it is said, a living wife resides, it will be at least two weeks before a p-eliminary hearing can be had. In the meantime his new wife has returned to her mother's home at St George, to await developments. BETTER THAN WORTHLESS DUKE Carnegie's Niece Married Poor But Honest Riding Master. It became known at New York Wednesday that Andrew Carnegie's niece, Nancy, was secretly married about n TrooT npTi to a ridine master named Heaver, whom she met at Newport. The story was confirmed by Mr. Carnegie. "Miy niece was married to Mr. Heaver in New York about a year ago," he said. "Mr. Heaver was a riding teacher in the family. Thev family has no objection to the match. Mr. Heaver is an hoqest, upright young ; man. I would rather Nancy had married a poor, honest man than a worthless duke. We want no rich men in the family." Mr. Carnegie said Mr. end Mrs. Heaver went to Europe immediately ^fter their marriage. They returned t few days ago, and are now on a visit to New England. Mr. Heaver was formerly coachman for his wife's mother, Mrs. Thomas ML Carnegie, in Pittsburg, and at her winter home In Fernandina, Fla. He was a widower with two children. PRESIDENT GOE8 TO COLORADO. Leaves for Fresh Fields After Bagging Elghteer Wolves in Oklahoma. The president's great wolf hunt li? Oklahoma ended Friday, eighteen of these animals being the total number captured. The special train left Frederick at 8:15 o'clock over the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad, arriving at Vernon, Texas, at 9:10 o'clock, where the train was transferred to the Fort Worth and Denver railway and the Journey to Colorado begun. win he no dearth of game for the president. He will have all the Colorado bears he wantp and h*e oan choose his own methods. He may chase with the dogs, beat through the district with twenty-five men or personally track and kill at close quarters. HEALTH ON I8THM.U8 GOOD. Only Eleven Deaths Among Nine j Thousand Employes During March. The March health report of Colonel W. C. Gorgas, chief sanitary officer of the isthmian canal zone, received In Washington Sunday, shows a steady improvement in conditions there. There were about 9,000 employes of the commission at the end of the month. The sipk In hospitals numbered 153, and the total deaths' for the month were only eleven. s A Chicken-Feeding Machine By XV. Frank McClr-re. j>. RATTENING fowls for the m = mi ,J-V mer.ns of ma|| jp | chinery. 011 first thought |" L41 to most people seems ridta) vS? ieulous, hardly more so. however, than the hatching of chickens by means of an incubator a few years ago. Ihe incubator has come to stay, and the chicken feeder, although an innovation, has found a place in some of the largest poultry yards. Modem genius in recent years has affected the poultry farm just as decidedly as it has the apiary or the stock farm, and its problems have offered a wide field for scientific study. It is claimed that chickens fattened by machinery comprise sweeter and tenderer meat than those fattened in the ordinary way. Fowls are fed in this manner for two or three weeks prior to killing, and in that time increase in weight from two to three pounds. The chickens are not allowed exercise in this time, and are allowed no other food than that which is received from the niachine. The feeding is done twice a day, and one man can feed 300 chickens in a day. It is a patent liquid food that it is fed in this manner, the ingredients of which, of course, are known only to the maker. The feeding machine is nicely illustrated in the accompanying photograph. The food is forced through a tube by means of a suction pump, which in turn is operated by a foot pedal. The tube, which is about ten inches in length, reaches through the chicken's mouth into its crop. In the photograph this tube is shown on the ontsido of the fowl's.neck, reaching to about the same point as when inserted in the mouth. When the crop is full the flow of liquid food stops instantly, and the chicken is not injured in the least. This needing by machinery is done chiefly in the preparation of roasters for the market and for finishing the fattening* of broilers. Notable progress has also been made among poultry raisers in the increased production of eggs. It is claimed to-day that it is within the power of the poultry owner to make his hens lay on an average three years' crop in two years, and that even moulting is controlled at the will of the owner. This is an important discovery in this day, when the demand for eggs is so enormous and the price so high. In the last annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture, a statement is made which gives an idea of the size of the annual consumption of eggs in this country. This report states that the hens of the United States lay 1,666,000,000 dozens of eggs a year, the value of which in one month is enough to pay the interest of the entire national debt for one year. There is little question that the scientific study that has been giver the subject of poultry raising in re cent years has added materially tc this annual egg production over what it otherwise would have been. Propei housing, for example, has come to bt recognized as an absolute essential Also, as pure air Is required for the healthy human being, so also the wellbred fowl to-day is given plenty ol m *- -i? ?t.ii? ?* rta oq mo Hrrw uesii an, vviiiiL at drafts are avoided. It is not unusual nowadays to se< numerous small chicken houses scat tered over a large field where th< poultry business is carried on upoi an extensive scale. This arrangement of course, admits of the various flocki being housed separately. Artlficia heat is seldom resorted to in heating these houses, except in extreme col< weather. With all surroundings con EBjsE^|L:^ST. ii V v : fe^TX.:-^-- > '': .' "* , ^ - r. " ? FEEDING CHICI> NWW.VWVWWVWWV ? ?I\A/VWVWVW How an Antoinobilist Lost His GirL A Parisian to whom the newspaper refer as "Count Albert H." invited hii fiancee and her sister for an auto trip Caught in the evening by an approach ing storm near Nantes, when riding a great speed, he noticed a severe jol as the machine jumped a trench 111 th< road, swerving badly. Devoting all hi; attention to steering, lie did not turi to speak to the girls for ten minutes Then he discovered that the rear sea was empty. Horrified, he returned t< the point where the jolt occurred. Botl ducive, it is not unusual for one hen S to lay sixteen dozen eggs in one year, 9 and even better records than this are -jl often made. Few poultrymen, how- \t ever, attain such records with their 3 flocks unless they have made a study jl of the numerous scientific methods of M caring for them.?Scientific American' '9 SCALES OW THE TRUCK. 1 Automatic Weighing Device on Freight Carriage* 9 In the operation of unloading vessels 9 and cars at important snipping points i* most of the work is done with great* 'W rapidity by machinery designed and m built especially for the particular work demanded. This holds good particularly where the freight handled is of' |j the same character, like ore, metal and ' TTK2GHING TBUCX. 9 such commodities, but where it is of 9 mixed character, like that handled by; >3j river steamers or about railroad! freight yards, the old methods of; '^|i trucking still prevail. i m Where it is necessary to weigh this. 9 freight, as is often the case, much 9 i time is lost la transferring it to audi i from the scales, and in order to over-i come this a new invention combines afj | truck and weighing scales. The latter] 9 x woinr fftt-W - -M l I are auiumauu auu ic^uu^ iu^ _ 1 addition to the regular construction off V , . the truck. The invention provides for. ; 9 ; a skeleton framework of metal whichj fl t adds very little weight to that of ?hej fl l truck and is said to Increase its* S strength materially. : 4* > When it is not desired to make use m i of this feature of the truck it is out off x J t the way, but to weigh the load of thej . . j truck it is only necessary to operate ' M > a lever which raises the weighing plat- * t form slightly above the truck frame J : and records the weight of the load on via 1 i a dial.?Philadelphia Record. I ; Oar Share of the Ocean Carrying; Trade. * J 1 American"ships "now carry about J I one-twelfth of our foreign trade and ] I foreign ships about eleven-twelfths; j We use to have almost all. ,1 ; ENS BY MACHINE ?From the Scientific American. . ? >/WWVWW>A^W WWVVVN.VVVrtfv>rtA(VVv? " | women had been thrown over the back /Jj s I of the seat and were found lying, un- & 3y hurt, in the mud at the bottom of the- sj , trench, unable to extricate themselves. [ They insisted .upon being taken to the t railway station at Nantes ana on ret turning by train the following dqy. e The automobilist received notice from 5 the girl that * their engagement wa' ^ 1 cancelled.?New York World. t The Siamese Navy possesses seven- p 3 ty-oue vessels, the largest one being a h cruiser of 3000 tons displacement v -Jj