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The People's Journa PICKENS S.C AN OSTRIIOHi FARM. 1311 Arp Tells o' th Big Birds ai ilow They are Brod In Georgia. Ti oi:rich farm was planted ho: on lat 1hanksevi ng day. It ls a bran< of the onle at Galveston. A few yoa ago these Cnterpriz' Ing men gathori and brough tt jifty-tLwo young birds A frica. T1ey chartered a vesse1 at blnded thirty-nitine of tteil safoly Galveston. The others died. Last fa Mr. P earSOln, Wh1o is a I iiSi j)Iip1 brought over here a number of adu birds and also pair of those that can: front Africa. lte has hero now abot thirty which are grown and marri and has a nuinber of chicks from twA days to four months old. Thero Is large inlosure, w here the males an females of marriageable age are turne in and kept until the male makes h choice. The female acquiesces witi out any coquetry. This pair are the transferred to a smaller inclosur w here tli male at once begins the pr eces of subjugation. le treats hI iost shamefully--strikts her, biti her, pursues her and gives the po< thing no rest. I saw him at It, at wanted to tak3 a big stick and ma him. Complete subjugation is his al Ius and after he gets that and -I humbles herelf to the ground at )leads for IL rey his whole nanner changed. lIe takes her to wife at treats ler w itht hle greatiest cons idert tion aid kinalu tes the ret Of their Ma ried life. \'ery many of t hese hirds have Inater and t very pair. lia a separate encio Ure, ay aboit 50xlo feet, w1herte the raise their yountg. The hen iays frol twelve to twety -ggs - lays them the gioun nd int a "aueer liikc plael WhleI-e thelk sitid ai 1ben scoopcd oil Tile e are in full view and tiave r proteethlot. Whe n 1lhe litter is all lai the niale b11id is the ittcubatiOn a set' uponi thil every day from. *l I. Il untii 0 O'itc'Wk next tnorniing. The fl iaile thin prottly takes her piace wi sets from a. m. until I p. tm., hi always takes a few tiites Iollf abol noun to partake of her din ner, wIhit the keeper provides, and ttconists Chopped cabbage atnd clover hay ai small stones and oyster shells. I f( got to luention that the hlen lays egg every other day and the time of i cubation is forty days. My sion, w vaus vith me,. remarked to the old I gIlishiman that our conaittotn liens It ati egg every Iy antd in (1-1 Sutnday tl laid two. " i. that -o, said le. was It. aware of that. It is itdt very wondefulfi, and hioV does the I knw when Suni ay coIes '" "Oh," said my son," they hear chureni bells rinlig." "Woiderful, wonderful," said the - mn with thle simlplesit creduilty. So devoted is the male hird to tirst love, his liatncee, that lie can41 by force ort pu Ilasiont he indilc t take another. We saw a l po. i ahle, lacerated lhetn itt htolpital (p ters. ihe had all the skit torn I htrt breas. t and NIr. 'earson said kepClert mIde a luistike when ihe i.t ferred a paitr and placed the wrnw, male itt the inelosu'o atnl the tried to kill her imttediately atl I to have ucteeded. Shte was not bride and he lite w it. As soon as the ci iCks break the and come forth they eat nothing fot or three dlay s. The tmothier Lakes I up gently w it~h her hill and wi tltettt ttnder ier 'v igs or llovers - them in Lihe sand . I suppolise Lh; whee thIle e xprllt: otn eatti fo llL.er the eladow (I thy wings saw'. lt41 otie tnewi lilti[ ehielc, It titly two diiys old. Th'l'e were tju t~ibietr of |al f-grown Itiis atid ate tntl race ftlI, it 1ilse1 tyI. atli al hideous. Intdeed, the adult birds nott itnuchI beLte r aftLer thteirt ph have bteetn pltled out. lyj~ llioltilet t ley hlavetoi gad at in, for t i oL tIit(I II'l~ch tiale hird il twetlve black lumiles at a piekI n thlese are w9'Orth fro(ill$* t iThese ate exquli:'ltely beautiful ti l ad bietn iel I would have j)ll'el ai li t fIllytI liie. Tlie fetitales pi luint ill a seatilt), hlt Liey dh AIl-. I '.arsont .ays that ostriches kept Jive to lbe seventy-i ve year atnd i t doe' nntL.eost ttuieli to kCeep --int hlalf as tttueL . s it doe to k~l horse tIr ai e~uw. old (Yroviet Gle\-eiln Is the Ia whlen er-let, ablout elevetn feeti fitnest tfemtale hi rd. T1hiey hiave t The IlrinCC of Wales atnd hiis w ife, Ilaangtry-, are the tnext best. Cotmes MIat-k I iannta andti wife at K i nly tani tn wife f or, alas, lhe I lher iin a lit (If pa uiontln has tt choi n inthe.tIlttiili'et hil wife, Cu,: aintdi tei little Scleyi and wife atnd next MrtIt. 'ran "\ Wh'., a:Id I, Genillral Whlt fla-n't anyt ife. "No, butt hc watnts otie all the sat sid lie:- andl netxt camei Koh l-'itz. t lit, 'aidt lh, fill lie i' ant exceI to the rule anti lights his wife evthi\Lin ai' &e iln sight. ipair.' weitb were called flow'ey ife ad 1anrothlert .pair t calledt Sag andl wtif. Thi l enough tol give the yc pcopl (anI Ieua aboutt o triehtes at wold~l have pleased thtetm to see onl the:'e noble birds Iti tched to the het futl little bu ggy andI drivyentartut MI r. Petarsn~i. Al together, it was ta velationt to mie, and1 1 entjoyed miy y It .i 11m1 to tme to be ta very sit bu1ne5 and25 lil n thOLtat dloes nolt req an ty tmolre geniuis Lthatn raising muktil COWS or shieepi. Jacksonville is a bet fuli town I. It has grown into bei withitt the last few yetars. Its cle: net- is ai mfo:t attractIve tetttur-o. beautitutl wide btreCets paved itth v lied brick, its handsome public bl ings and pivalte residlenees, Its geri altr of cotmfot-t atid hospitality, ant pol1ite atnd well-tmanntered pe~ole, Its evergreens that havo defled hard w intter, all make It a lovely I for the sick or the well. The sob have gone butt the toturists ar~e here. I left home in a blizztard hurried down here, but the chlly beat me atnd has jutst passed over gone. BILL4T Al *-Sir Arnt'ur Co ton is otne of fand a oldest soldiers, being In hIs year. O)n tour difTet ent occasion medIcal advisers told him hc not a week to live, and sIxty-four ago, when serving In Persia, hIs was dug In roadinosa fo, 111 0 DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS NEWS. Tihe Experience ofa Young Reporter on a Country Newspaper.' o. Atlanta Constitutionn. --1 The man who has never worked on a country newspaper doesn't know a tenth part of the trials and tribulations I of the business," remarked a young kl I coportor. " At one time in my career I was 0 'city editor ' of a small afternoQn paper hi in a 'small and sleepy old Southern rs city, and during the few short months d that I hold the desk I got more hard n earned experience than I ever dreamed d of getting. I came to the town with certain preconceived notiors of what constituted news-notions that I had 2 acquired after come youers' experience it In larger places. The first thing I 0 found necessary was to readjust these it notions to my altered environment. d The readjustment process was where 0 the rub came in. a " For instanco I discovered that the d chance meeting and incidental scrap d of Captain Jones and Judge Smith's 3 respective dogs was worth a column and a half, and that if I didn't give it hat much the public was disappointed. But I( Captain Jones and Judge Brown lhappencd to be present during the r tight and wore drawn Into the encoun ter and one of them pumped a few s i slugs in the other, I was instructed to I feature tine dog light and add at the i tail end of the story a paragraph set ting forth the fact that the captain e an( the judge could not agree over the i. ncrit of the contest and ' had an ani Smiated tirgumnent.' " It took just two visits from angry citizens who threatened me with dire . destruction if I mentioned them in con nection with such stories to convince ine that it was best to abandon my . herished hope of introducing metro. y politan newspaper methods In the n town. " What did I do for news? Why , you could take out a search warrant t. and hunt all day and never find an o item worth three lines. The result d was that I developed into one of the I most prolific fakirs that ever shocked n the sensibilitics of a sober-mind com nmunity. The gigantic pumpkin% the d five-legged calves, the two-headed it dogs, the midnight visits of safe blow It ers and how they mysteriously blew h out of the city without doing any dam of age, and the multitudious other yarns i that I conjured up to kill spaco caused r. the town to be divided in its estimate n of Inme. ti- "The charitably disposed half was ho of tine opinion that I had missed my n. calling and ought to have gone in for 6itliction, while tihe other half was un ey compromising inethe statement that I 1 was tine higgest liar that ever hit that eni ineck o' tine woods. en "I One day whilo court wats in session the conty fair wias on and my time .he was divided between tine two. One of the cases that came up for trial was a Vld particuhariy interesting one. and I was anxious to got al tine details. Just his b;efore tihe conclusion of tihe closing not speechin I hn ad to rush to the offico to to look after thin make-up. \Vhon I re jer- turned tine trial was over and the mar- crowd had dispersed. So I hunted Up 'omn tine aged clerk and asked him for the tie verdiCt and the incidrnt1s that ha5d onl- t'annspirePd while I wa absent. 1ie fe. told im1 tlat thO jInry ha-d decided in' iale favor of Colonel iMlank, but wher ked proessed for particuliars, ho said tha1 his nothing of Inportance had happened that tine trial had bun devoid of spe .ggs cia! inlterest. two " ' Cotes ain't what they uster bo hnem said hno. ' W~hy I romunmber back irmns 'hi we uster have seime excit'ament or ov~'er~ dur iin' enoto day-' st is '' lnt, I dIdn't have timo t> listen t mn~- anclint, hnistory andi rushned back t') th "I uilc and wrote tine story. lFiftoe w~ ainm i nu tes afteor tine last paper was striwe ite aL oil one of mny suibscribhers sauintg'rod they and remarked, after t~afanctory' din no-a conse oni thun au~,~~mr -, are !'3thin wvay, did youi hear 'bot ni nn'81 Sison wIih a dialir at tihe couirthnous s tie- tinis afternooin '" tine '' I Ihadn't, heard about tis bit ( hei pileasaintry, but I feigned a comphl mand kznow ledge of t~ne whole aifair, and wn acthi. mnutalily agreed that Ilainlton had hoc od if a trill ninhasty. No suoiner had my I atsedn formantn. left thnan L chased hack to .ti are' in coiurthiousoe and asked tine clerk why and tine inamo of tihe inine gods ine had r idried told me about thne light. >inot " * f I hat's whlat, yer call now Iyenung mnain, you'dh botter' go b~ack whoin well yer~ conni fiomn. News ! Why then s ol wuz/ no guns drawed, inc blood sine thneim aind ini lifteon miinutes af ter it hnappein a. lil o inumn forgot abount It ! "iteok his advicee aind returni rge'st wheinre I camno fromn. ai Mis I .A vie'r I DOLLnA i.-Uiharles stn nlner, eingranven- in thne Piladelph m~ed in t is drawling tine design foi' ti thert'i dol lar to he mn inted by tine Uinitt ll1'States in eomnimeimoration of Lalayott Ihe lThi lie di rector, of tine mint, hnas recelvt e-a letter from Robehrt J. Thnompnso se L~ crttary oif tine Lal'ayete mnoinumer ty',commiinisslion, sunggestinig thbat on os silde of tine coini tine faces of W~aenin~ iti oin, L ai~aye'tte, Lincolmn, McKfinley an G~ % rant ' appeaclr, andit thant if' practicanbi mainl the signatuires of La1"ayotto and LIrs I'S0i colin be gi vein in fac simieo. On the uothe vife- sidonl Mr. Tihnompiison suggests tine us< Cili of tine prayer- of Lal~ayette for tm ,United States, wich consists of abou It hans met beein fonund practical t< ~nnuse tine siginatures of Lincolni and La lFayette, aind Pr'nosaidor~t McKinley hai aund given puositive ordeors that nothing per .talining to huim appear on the coin line The prayer of Lialayette will probabi; aond be used. Lstna Then priop)osition to have tine ouitlin' of thme Lafayette inonumeont on the coel imin inas boon abandoned. The mnonumen i it is to be erected in Paris by the Lal'ay Sof ette monument comnmission with cot |ntL tributimns of patriotic Americans an, ')by will be unveiled on July 4, 1900. Cot rL3- gress auithnorized the secretary of th bsit. treasury to buy silver bullion and min ipl(3 $J',000, to be given the commission an uIr disposed of as souvenirs. The bullio :5 ()' for these coins'will be the first bough "int by the United States since tine repet utof the Sherman act. Its itri- -John C. Sheehan, the Tamman nild- chnieftain, was In St. Louis recent,13 oral and in tine course of an interview hi I Its said " In my opinion IBryanism aind stronger than over in the West an tine Soth, iand those portions of the cour lace try practically dominate the Domi liers cratic party. IndIcations point to yet Democratic victory, for despite t~h and successful conduct of tine war the prol blast ent p)olicy of imperialism is each da and making now enemies for' the Ropubl wr. can party." -Three Presidents of the Unite Eng. States were born in April: Thomi 96th Jefferson A pril 13, 1743 ; James Buel s his anan April 23, 1'l91i; Ulyseos S. Gear mad A pril 27, 1822. ecars -Gen. Wheeler has recently had e rave as cuff buttons two buttons which wor mupa- shot, from his uniform during the civ HOW MUOH IT TAKC. A Comparison of Our War in tbe Philippines With the Conquests or Other Nations. In the- Review of Reviews, which favors the expansion policy, the follow Ing interesting figures are given : It is only after some processes of re flection and comparison shat we can fully appreciate the magnitude that our expedition to Asiatic waters has assumed. Gen. Kitchener performed wondrous feats last year in his march ing against the "Fuzzy-wuzzy " of the desert, but there were only 7,W00 or 8,000 white soldiers urder his com mand, the remainder of his expedition (12,000 men approximately) being made up of the Egyptian troops of the Khe dive's army. We are now, therefore, using five times as many white-skinned English-speaking men in our campaign for the pacification of the Philippines as Gon. Kitchner will have used in eatablishing peace and order through out the Soudan. In their recent cam paign against the tierce warriors of the mountain tribes of northwestern India on the Afghanistan frontier, the British made use of more than 32,000 troops, but of those only 10,000 were white soldiers from the British islands ; the others were native Indian regiments. The French, having annexed the great island of Madagascar to their empire, found it necessary in 1895 to wage a considerable war in order to make good their possession; but the number of Fronoh troops sent to Madagascar was only 15,000. The most severe of England's Zu.u wals in South Africa was fought with less than 7,000 British soldiers. In comparing our own position in the Philippines with that of the Spaniards, it is worth while to note the fact that when the Filipino insurrection of 1896 broke out there were only 2,000 or 3,000 regular Spanish troops on the island. There wore, of courso, volunteer com panies, consisting of young Spaniards resident in the Philippines for busi ness purposes or as oflicials in the civil service ; and there were regiments of native troops under Spanish olcers. But the largest number of Spanish troops ever sont to the Philippines was present at the tin when Gen. Primo do Rivera subdued the rebellion and subsidized Aguinaldo and the other leaders to leave the island. It would seem at that time, and also probably at the time when Admiral Dewey sailed into Manila bay, that there were ap proximately 20,000 Spanish soldiers throughout the Philippine archipelago. Without vouching for the precise ac curacy of these statistics of Spanish troops, it is probablysfair to say that we have now a'great many more sol diers in the Philippines than Spain over had there, if wo omit from the reckoning the natives whom the Span lards had enlisted. Not only have we assembled a large army in the Philip pines, but we have gathered there a far more formidable fleet than the Spaniards ever took into the waters of the Pacific-in fact, a flot three times as efectivo as any that the Spaniards ha:1 employed. TitEMS FOl OAMP CHASE. lonoring the Men Who Now Sleep in Nameless Gravos at CoIunibus, Ohio. The following extract is from the - Columbus (0.) l'ross-Post in regard to the planting of trees in the Confeder ato comuotory at Camp Chase on the n 8th of Aplrii: - The planting of troos indigenous tt the States which once formed th< u "Confederate States of America" it e CJamp Chase Confederig, guoex'. n Satur!t;- iniorning was an event of uin * usual and unh1(1uo importance in th< n succesion of (ovents w h 'ih liii the -measure of a dlay and a lifetime, n one which the future hiatoran will ad. .t vert to as an epoch making one. TIh< r' trecs were planted b~y metabers of th< e local camp of Confuderate veterans assisted by Colonel W. U. Knauss, i1 Union veteran, wno is resp~onsible foi ,e Confederate Decoeration Day, (com e ineinrated here every Juno at Gami n Chase cemetery in which are burle< 1- over 2,000 Confederate dead in name e less graves,) as well as the plating a ni the trees yesterday riorning. '. T~he trees wore all sent here by mom hers of camps of United Confederat s, Veterans in response to a circular 1I1 -e ter sent each camp in.Southern State e b~y the commandler of the organ izaitor dI, General George Moormnan, of New Oc id leans, La., who has been one of Colout Kniuss' warmest admirers and mnos id zealous co-operators in keeping trree the 2,200 Confederate graves at Cam Chase, a few miles west of here. General M oorman's circular was in spire by Colonel K nauss' suggestion athat Southern trees should( be plantem Sandl wouldl no doubt thrive well ii nothern soil made sacred and conso Scratedl to mien who fought bravely ant svaliantly for the lost cause, and in re sponso to the commandcr's appeal hav( come to Colonel Knauss here not onl3 'saplings yearning for the earth and -soil in which to stand andl grow as a Lmonument to the reunion or States Llately enunciated b~y the Hlispano American wvar, but letters containing sentiments inspired by sad and tender memories, by hope) for the future and by conidence in the present. These sentiments at times are geme of prose-p~oetry, and merit a place, il not in the world of books, at any ratc in the literature of the day and the hour. A VicioUs ErIMPIsANT.-RLajah, ihe famous man-killing elephant, hai Skilled his ninth man. Frank Fisher 3 his keeper, had had trouble with hii t sweetheart and was on a big drunk t< - relieve his feelings. Ho went lute thi - winter quarters of Lemon Brothers :1 circus at Argentine, Kan., scarcela - able to walk, and in a spirIt of bravad( B went to Rajah and commenced to teasi t him. He tried to muake him open hil El mouth, and when Rajah refused ti a obey his orders he struck him on the t trunk with his first. At this the pen LI derous beast knelt on him, crushini his life out instantly. Fisher had aboon Rajah's keepe nearly ever since he had been in capti 'vity, which is about seven years. Dur 'ngthat time he has seen his oharg< ekill eight other men, most of them em Sployees of the circus, who had growi careless a~nd too venturesome in Rajah' vicinity, and had had several narrot escapes hiiasolf. a Rajah is an unusually large ole 0pliant, and has alw ays been troublesom< aside from his propensity for killinj meu. Last fall lie broke loose and ter rorized the peopie of Argentine fo two days before he was recap*.ured d In the mean time he made all kinds a 'a trouble for the railroads, which hay Lyards at Argentine, by tearing ul i their switches and disarranging thei signals. He blockaded the Santa F t track for several hours by throwing e box ear off the track. Hie was recapi I1 tured only after beinrg shot repeated; with a rifle. THE IMPROVEMENT OF FARM s HOMES. 1 0, SMALL EXPE1NDITUIE OF TIME AND MONEY MAK Es THEM ATTRIACTIVE. f To thn~o who have had the oppor- a tunity of noting the development of f our western country during the past " quarter of a century or more, the pro- t gress made in fariniig and the improve- i ment effected in the general appear- B ance of our farms, and the character R of the farm buildings, including the t( home, is in a certain sense, wonderfui, a testifying to the industry, energy and business ability of the average farmer, g whoso labors have been rewarded by a a remarkable degree of succees, afford- 0 lg him ample means, and abundantly f warranting him, as a rule, in now tak- g ing all the reasonable enjoyment out b of life that he and his family desire, i even to the indulgence in such luxu ries as contribute to healthful and com mendable pleasures. Looking over the farm we observe that his field are in a high state of fertility; his stock in excellent condi tion; his barns and other out-buildings I ample, neat and substantially built, the horses and cattle being comfortably hsr, housed in commodious quarters; his t dwelling house, too, preselts a very pileasing aspect, being generous in size and modern in all its appointments, having all the conveniences practicable a in the country. All this is a striking e ,ontiast to the sane farm as we re member it perhaps thirty years ago with its stump-covered clearing and its 8 long cabin, where the farmer and his wife found shelter and enjoyed a what comforts they could in a dwelling little, if any better Ihan that in which their cattle were housed. Yes, the improvemcnit is indeed won (lerful and reflects credit on the owner, whom we recognize as a successful farmer and shrewd business mani. And after ill, he is not exceptioial; lie is what we might call a fair average, and 8 like the average of mankind is not without his deficiencies as we shall c )reseiitly see. While admiring his splendid farm I an1d its appoinitiellnts, we are conscious, f as our eyes rest on his dwelling that f the otherwise very pleasinig picture C lacks finish. Ihis is one LI many , homes that was located in the heart of 9 a forest or in a forest clad country 1 where a tree, except as it possessed a market value as fuel or lumber, was looked uponi as the enemy of the farmer and consequently was doomed to the axe. The farmer began clearing around 1 his home, usally cutting (lowil overy 8 tree as lie went along, an almost inex- t cusable folly, or if, by chance, he 8 spared a few, they, in the course of time droo)ed and died, owing to the , exposure to which they were not accus- t tomled. In any event the inme(diate surroundings are devoid of trees, and his homo is exposed to simmer's scorching sun antid winter's storms. 1ht why ha s he left them so ? W'IV, for various reasons. Pen haps through all these yegrs he has been very much occupied with his legitimate business, and has had n1o leisure to tiunk of any thimg but his farm, and 1no time to do anlythinig except the seemingly ineycr enin~mg labors of farming, even if to~ had thoug' f it. croips aind stock miust have ~ppr at tentioni even to the sacrifice of per~isonal comnfort, ie may perhap1s have had at oine time a desire for beautiful home grounds, but through fo)rce of circumstances lhe ha~s becomie accuistomed to his surroundings and is no0w ind1ifferent. Pci haps, lie lacks a prloper~ appreciation of what we call the beautiful and is totally oblivious to everything which coinstitutes home gioundi~ adlornmlent,, or, it may be, that , through lick of knowledge of tile sub I ject he imaginies that, the beautifying of the haoime necessitates a vast, amlouint of lablor anid thme empiloymenlt of consid-. erable material, inlvolvinig a large out, lay of money, and so lie is dletetred . from dotinig aniythiing, and his home re a miainis t) say the least of it, v'ery unat ,trcie. Whereas by a small exp~end' - tr flabor and money the grounds Icould be renaered neat, even beautiful, a source of prido1 as well as comlfoiL and1( leasulre to hiis family and anl ex ample to hiis neighbhors, whlo would prjobabily nlot be slow to make simiilar imp~lroveimnts, until eventually the Iwhole neighborhood woif assume the aspect of thle rural (districts of Europleani countries so mulCh ad nmiredi, and justly so, by our tourists. Nay more thani that, suchl improve. menits wvouild inevitably enhance the value of the farms by making thorm more dlesirauble homes. But, ill the mleantime who is better entitled to an attractive home, with all its comforts andl pleasures than the farmer and his family wvho have worked hard to make the farm what it is ? Why, then, does lie delay ? If lie is indifferent to his own pleasures let him consult his fain ily's. Ihis wife and (daughlters are fond of flowers, and they enjoy resting uin der the shade of the trees (during the few spare moments they occasionally have in the afternooii or towards even ing. Thie boys, too, like to see a smooth andl beautiful lawni, which, if not wholly for the love of gardening, at least. spumrredl by the pr1ide they nat urally take in ani attractive home, they are usually perfectly willing to keep it ini good order by cutting and watering the grass, when necessary, or (doing any other labor that may 1be requiiredl. As such work on the farm is generally conlsidered by the boys, and men, too, as mlore of a recreation lhan a labor, it is not a (difhlilt matter to get it (lone in the evenling when wvork for the (lay. in the fields is finished. T1o quote the old adlage, "'Where there is a will there is a way.'' Let mle therefore .. urge our farmers to (1o more ini the way of imlprovinig their homes or rather m their home gi ounuds. It is, of course, iilnderstood that I am iiot addressing~ those farmers who have already set such praiseworthy examples, a few of which we finid here and~ there through. out thle WVest, but the great mlajorty who, although they evidlently have the .money and have othierwise slenid ifarms, neglect the means by which they couldl mlake with little trouble mlost attractive homes. Failure to do so seems almost iniexcusable. TLo Sbeautify the home ground~s surely must .appleal to all as a strictly business prop ositioni. Let mue emphasize this simple fact. that imprmentn onsisinoing - >mething, if only a little and it is sur. rising how little will sometimes make great transformation. For eximple, a some farms I have in mind, if the wners would begin by housing thei trm machinery and implemvents in tead of allowing them to occupy th( ,ont lawn all summer and even-al inter too, it would greatly inprovl )e appearance of the yard and at leasi e no detriment to the machinery ut it would he a libel on this industr Ld an insult to the farmers in genera ) even hint that such extreme case! re common; fortunately they are ex 3ptional. However, we still see I ood many instances of carelessnes ad untidiness, where, in what mnigh therwise be a neat if not an attractiv *ont yard, we see weeds and tanglei rass, wood piles, tree stumps and rub ish of every description. Le a] iese be removed and a great improve 1ent is at once effected.-James Uur ic in Wisconsin Agriculturist. SOMETHING ABOUT FLIES. Once while calling at the house of riend, one of the noisy, big "bloi ices" was heard bumping reckless] bout, at the window pane. The lad ose and with a cloth soon put a quic us upon the pseudo-busy hum of th dventurer. Tle housewife went a lie matLer as though it was importan nd plied the cloth about with consi rable vigor and, of course, grace c movement. I didn't ask for an expllr ation of the performance, but undet tood the whole thing and was cor 'inced that she understood just wh he was about, or had inherited a ver hrifty trail. of character from som :nowing ancestor. Whatever the i4 entive, this prompt. waref.tre on th irst flies of the season I thought a ver ensible thing. Of the immense swarms of flies onl few pss the winter. Those whic ive over the winter to perpetuate th warms the following year hibernat ii our houses or out-euildings, in th ellar or ini the attic and about th hiimneys, hiding in any sheltere lace or crack. They then come fort i the early spring. These are mostl emales, ready to reproduce. A singl emale produces about 150 eggs. Th ggs hatch in a day or so and in fror even to ten (lays the larvfe or "map e ots'' attain their growth, and in a fec iore days become full grown flies, aun re have a new brood. These soon be in egg laying and the process is rc cated many times during the season f all eggs hatch and half of the firt rood are females the piogeny of ingle early fly at the second gener. ion would be 11,250 and at the thir 43,750. Considering this rapid ral f increase it is not a bad idea to tak, onie pains to destroy the first fly c lie season. Flies lay their eggs in decaying ai nal and vegetable matter. A pile iorse manure is a favorite breedii >lace. They multiply in other ui leanly places about the premise l'hey are apt to be extraordinaril tbundant in the neighborhot)d of ilaughtering or butchering establisl uent unless the muost rigid cleanliie! >e observed andl all waste prompt auriedl. Whd atendngto tus ~ fat '-*l ilso important to observe cleanline ibout the preises5C subsequently if v would redluce (lie aninoyance from the: insects. Flies may carry (lie germs of disca or contagion from lahce to lace c their bodies. If a consumpItive is car less or filthy andl expectorates upon 1I floor a fly alights, andl feeding on t1 sputum, may alight next on (lie no: of a healthy personi anti laice (lie (lie germs of (lie disease. Aside fro this and (lie fact of (heir bemng so filt] andl annoying, flies are not to b~e class< as injurious insects. Tjhey (do mu11 useful scavenger work, and~ one writ says on (lie whlole they are perhaps useful ats annoying. If we would o serve cleanliness about (lie premisc however, this scavenger work wou not be necessary, andl agreeing oii thi we nmy safely, I believe, follow (I exalhhe of (lie housewife and kill (1 first thy of (lie seasoni if we can. .Do:1 think, however, that a "bottle fly" the parent( of (lie common housefly that the housefly caii ever grow into 'blue bottle.'" A little fly never b :omes a big fly. An insect with,win. is always full gro~wn, whatever its si r whatever kind of insect it is. E. W. Clemsorn College, 8. 0. The womatt who truly loves l ,( her husband a will keep a / ' hs helth.She w ~ill reiuenuber that if bis health S is negle~cted, any telephone call fromn the office may be a iuessage).) stricken by death. 'The average man does not feel that he has time to fool e. indspoitins.away about trifling indiposiions Heis too busy niakin: money. lHe says he leaves sic.kniess to th wopinen folks. That is the way meni cornmit suicide tetas of thousands of themn. A woimn cal stand between this danger and her hiusbane if she will. A little watchfulnes--a stig gestion ntow and then and a little of a goo< ge neral retnedy always at hand in sav her husband's life. r)r. Pierce's ,oldel bledical iscovery is a remarkable remned for hard working mnen and womuen. Ini r~ttain sense, it is a cure-all, for the reasol tat it goes down to bed-rook and curies th de Q4rs that at-e responsible for the tr Ittof serious illnessesB. It strengthen eh somach, and maakes the appetite keel shearty. It invigorates the livor. a the natural processes of secretion an< excretion. It makes the assimtilation o t1food pefc.I purifies the bloo, that build new adhealthy flesh tissue. I tones the iierves. It is the groat blood maker and flesh-buIlder. It our-es 98p centt. of all cases of laryngial, bronchau throat and kindred affections, whlich,i neglected, lead tip to consumiption. Iti also an unfailing remedy for all iiervou disorders. An honest dealer will not urg a substitute. " Unst winter I took sick with what the d1oct1 ;alledt la grippe," writes Mrs. sarah Farley, c F airfax, Atchison Co.. Mo. " was sick for nbo,, our months and nothing that I took seemeud i Aome any good. My friends thought I hadl col sumnption. I coughed tup biood for a loqg wii antd nearly gave up~ all hope of ever getting wel [ heard omDr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovet sutd thought I 'vouild try it. I hadl not fluishe the first bottle wheni I becgani to get better. have taken, two bottles of the 'OGolden Mcditc Dilscoverv' and one of the ' Favorite Prescri) lin'n feel bt etter than ever before in miv life. AVegetablePreparation forAs siatltiguhefoodalnRcgula lingtheStomchs and Bowelsof - PromotesDigesion,Cieeful ness and Iest.Contains neither Op lmiMorphine nor Mineral. OT NA1C OTIC. =floldn bib t fvrJ'd f Aperfect Remedy for Constipa - tion, Sour.Stomach,Diarrhoca, Worms,Convulsionseverish ness andLoss OF SLEEiP y bCSiile Signature of - "E~W YORK. a EXACT COPY OF WRAPPF.3 3 THE HONEST WIIITE OAA HOME-MAi w MA1)E GREENVILLE ( 1 Are the Chca Special Prices f eG. W. SIRRiNE, Supt. - 11 SOUTHERN RAILWJAY. l Condtemw I chted at a ,In EfI .'ur yi ST'I X . 10,fi Lv. Cottlbin.... 11 05 a ii 8 "Prosperity ..........t. 10 a mi I. 10 n'n " Nebery........... ., .1 aim 12 -p w " Ninety m. ..... i:. p B, (26~"Gr w I....... 4 a in 5 p ii 1 Ar. Hodgest . ... 8 ,a. a 2 15 p IF Aboevili.... ........8 4 a m 2 5 II. Boelton... ... ........8 50i a mn U 10 p ni: Ar .Andersn...........It5 a m s 8'> pn Ar. Greenillo...........T 10 1. a 4 15 n '~. 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