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# Very Odd Mistakes That We All Make. =? m?& & SK#)j0tQtCI(*CMY many buttons have you <?"*- on your waistcoat? This ^ | -l $ Is no catch, just a stiuplc ** ** nuostlon, and If you can 3fcjK2ICtOICK.fc answer it without count ing, wuy, it snows tnat yon possess powers of perception above the a vein Re. It is an absolute fact that nine iuen out of ten cannot tell offhand how many buttons there ?n> on the garment they put on every morning ami tak> off every evening, says Pearson's Weekly. This is just oik* of those things which exemplifies how absolutely most people fail to cultivate their powers of observation. Here is another: A watch is a fairly familiar object, yet if you are asked whether the numbers on tin; face correspond with the ltoman numerals what would you say? Ninety-nine persons out of a hundred wouUl answer "Yos." Yet the ninetynine would bo wrong. Tlie symbol for four is not the customary IV., but 1III. One cowld multiply such instances to sinned any extent. It is safe to hot almost any man except an architect that lie does not know how many stairs there are in any particular tlight in his own house, even though lie has climbed them thousands of times. It is not (bat wo have not the faculty of reinem! such facts. That we do possess lis is proved by the comDSll'Jltlvolv nwtnnlcliiii" f ' ? . . ? ... f/MIPUUIn I ^ ?l lll'-lllory encli of us perforn ,Iy in his or her especial line of occupation. A cook will carry in her heart hundreds of different recipes, a shipping clerk hundreds of address:1.--., a shepherd can recognize in an instant a single individual sheep out of a flock of sovera 1 hundred. The mischief is that no few of us train our powers by observation outside our own particular lines. l'erhnns nowhere is this better exemplified than in courts of law. In n recent murder case a man suspected of the crime was seen on tlu> road near the house by tlirei? different persons. One. a sweep, said that the * " v .ini.ii was rainor snort and stout, hail a l>pard and mustache. ami wore a ?lnrk suit of clothes and a bow lor hilt. A second witness. a woman, declared that lh<? man was above medium height, had a black board and whiskers, but 110 mustache, and wore a cap. Of his clothes she wa:. not sure, but thought they wer > light in color. The third witness, a young laborer, was positive that tlie man was short, thin. elderly. had a gray beard and mustache, and wore a brown coat and -corduroy trousers. Luckily for the cause of law and justice. it eventually turned out that the su-no -t was inuo in. nir me 10:11 criminal was nfter"wardn disoovorod. Motor car oasos furnish sotno Instruoroadins as to tho valuo of ovi<lonei\ A driver was charged last year at llrontwood with driving at rxrosxive spood. Two polioomon declared thai tin* live and a half iuil?.s between Hrentwood and Jnsatestono wert4 covered in ??itjhl*>i*.:i minutes. (Jisestionod as to tho color of tho oar. ono policeman said that it had rod panes; that own or pointed out thai his car was dark u/oon. Vol ho was con vW'tlvl *\r\.l Tljera is no point in which average Imuran judgment errs more completely thnn in the estimates of distance, length, depth, height and speed. An amusing proof of ihis was recently offereil by the Mayor of a ct rtain south country town. ICdnuiml Davis, a well-known motorlst. eonvleteil of tra \? iii>tr at excessive speed in tho liinmuh in question. made ail offer to give ?.">00 pounds to the poor of the town if the Mayor could estimate his speed within two miles an hour on three successive trials. Hut tin* Mayor, 110 douhi. mistrusting his power:*, did r.- I even reply to Mr. Davis' sporting challenge. An interesting ; >crinient was tried nt 1'crlin in 1 > -inher last, with fl view to throv r.g .1 light oil tills jm-?stioil of the eontliet Of rtvid !!' . Its original* r was t'.; well ! .iowu i'rofussor Von Li.-Kt. lie got np a i.uar:.*I ' ey.v ; 1 two of the pupils iu liis r! ; of stud'M.ts. Only the two puoils a ' tli professor knew that tli i.e.arrel was i> t ike place. To tlx* ? it.. : r.;' r persons in fir- room the \vh >!e :iTi"::ir < ai le as a total s irprise. The quarrel, it was airmgul, was t-? take place in two p ins, lastly, ti < change of ahu>e an I aagry epithets; secondly, th > u of a pis: 1 and w;di.iag stick, TI: p:-!<l v.; !!. of < mrse, load <1 oiilv Willi litiin!- 1 ; i- 1' ' ? At the time np;?i ?v 11 :!k< <;uarrel took place jur.iil tiviae n'.uv.s exciteneat. The prO >s ">r sum I ><! ii pu.'tiny n slop ! > it ami u iliiv; 1. ?1?I i f ,he si.iokini; p'.-'ol. At the * : of ti - hoi r he told his class that the jtinrrel !.::<! heen a sham one, but a:<".?rd th?> youi u :ncn t > consider it .is real. A wool; later ho tured <>:? (lie difficulties >f evidence, and afterward too'.; in private the tesil. m>ny of thos^ win had witnessed the quarrel. </iit of these twenty-three well educated J'onng : i th-> evii! -nee of in two was exactly alike. No fewer than eivfht. different names were yiven as that of the originator of the tijjht. The actual tiring of the j?itoI was accurately described by nearly a'l, hut tlier^ wore four separate versions of the exact period of the quarrel nt which it. was tired. The professor's twu attempts U tauell the disturbance ^g; 1 was told In c1:T*-t different versions and the result absolutely conlbyned the futility of corroborative evidence in a court of law. The sense of sjglit Is deceived In a hundred ways which are rarely eonsld. ered. For Instance, stand and watch the revolutions of the cups of the anemometer?the instrument used for lllnnam>l?<T tl.n I...V ?*iv m*?v IIJ VI 1 III" H1UU. You may gaze for several minutes us carefully as you please. yet at tho end of that time still be puzzled as to the seal direction In "which they are turning round. The more uncertain the wind and the greater consequently the variation of speed, the more is the difticulty of the task increased. Again, standing below ? high building and looking up, many will aver that the wall is not exactly perpendicular, but inclines overhead in a threatening maimer. The longer the wall extends tho stronger becomes the illusion. Another simple illustration of the difficulty experienced by most people in making exact observation is the failure to notice mistakes in type. In a recent experiment copies of uncorrected proofs were distributed among a number of scholars in the highest grade of a primary school. The average age of the class was fourteen years. The average number of errors found | was only twelve. Some of the children only found three. The actual number as marked by u professional proofrender was forty-one. A particularly interesting point about this experiment was that the elder children, as a rule, found fewer mistakes than the younger. l'roof of Knrtli'tt Curvature. Although it was demonstrated more than 2000 years ago that tlie earth is globular in form, there are certain per- J sons who maintain that it is flat. About thirty yours ago a controversy on the subject wnxfd so hot that it was determined to put the matter to direct experiment in order to settle the question once for all. The place chosen was near Bedford, England, where there is a straight six milo stretch of water. At both ends and in the middle of this water posts were erected, each of the same definite height above the water level. Upon looking with a telescope along the tops of these posts it was clearly seen that the centre one overtopped the other* by about six feet, owing to the curvature of the surface of the earth. These experiments were recently repeated in a more scientific manner by II. Yule Oldham, who read a paper on the snbiect heforn tlm mw,. inu of the Kritisli Association. Tho same result was obtained, with tlio important difference that by the employment of a telo-photoicraphic Ions and minora Hio six-foot prominence of the middle post was recorded in an unntisI takablo manner. A Masculine Trait. ' .Moil 11 s a class aro certainly not in the habit: ol' boasting of their good looks," said Miss Xaida ben .lusnf, t!ii) distinguished photographer. ".At the same time, though, every man is sure, and rightly sure that there is it, his face some unique and admirable quality, and on account of this quality ln> would not change faces witlu any one. "There is an Arabian story," Miss i bon Jusuf resumed. ' which brings out I well inon's liking for their own faces ! ami their distaste fur the faces of their fellows. "Two camel drivers, according to the story, mot in the market place and the lirst said: "'I mot a man to-day who declared that I roseinldcd you.' " "Toll me who it was,' said the other, 'that 1 may knock him down.' "'Oh, you need not trouble,' said the lii'-i camel driver, 'I did that at once.' " ?Cincinnati 1 Inquirer. 1VI r.u-di'K T.mira. Apropos of the celebration of the (Sooth anniversary of Petrarch's birth, says the Westminster (JaK.'tte, a discussion has arisen as to the identity of Petrarch's l.aura. The old story was th;it siio was l.aura di Moves, or d'Aiicataine a member, at all events, I of an old Provencial family -who mar- j j rlod oao Hugo d" Sade, of Avignon, | anil was the lineal ancestress of the i Marquis d.* Sade, of inglorious memory, j On investni, however, this story . appears to rest upon little beyond tho unsupported word of a certain ! I>' "l\!i illtll I'l.'ltVI'V \lil><> .1.. I wanted t) llnt'.iu* his vanity with mm inteivsiiir-c jjoncaloiiy. M. < Jebhart, the well-!; nown French writer on tin? i Kemiissipice, inelint s on Jh;> other: hand, to the opinion {iuit ti>?> immortal sweetheart ( f tin- poet is unite unidentithihle, was uiniost c.nainly ??;' i d iiii:: >rhtiice ar.d was of [ i beian sin. I) ? We 1'nt Too Miicli or Too l.ltltr? A sa!V generalization oil this subject is that those who ea:i have all the to ul :hey desire art" very apt to rat for the pleasure of eating, and eotninoniy eat t >d n: n il. This, however, is not trim o!" n. >st of those who have ? ? earn 111 . I ; br-'atl iiy daily industry in occupations mi .i c.ii u iii in lit (iri'vniiui.n rule oi \v,agos. Very few of this ela>s are ovei'fc I nt any period of life, ami that I more generous diet would l>o to (li- ir advaiiiiivn is more likely to ho true than tliat thoy need to 1>" ndvisod to j oat loss. I Sad cooking and monotony ! i:i diet art.* much ominonor evils. -Xuw York Tin: ?. Woiililn'l liriliicn Hour* | A recent attempt to reduce tho dally hours of female fa < dory i workers at Freiberg. (iernany, was opposed, on the grounds that rompetltion with Italy. Japan and China would not permit it, and that, if factory life were made too attractive, domestic help would l>o still more Uiflicull lo obtain than :.i iu now. To Kid tho Anl*. To get rid of ants, mix equal parts of sugar and borax and sprinkle shelves and floors. They will eat so much of the sweet mixture that the l)Or.1X 'will kill tlinm To Kill Insect*. There is no necessity for buying expensive carbolic achl to be used as an insecticide. The ordinary crude carbolic acid is not only cheaper, but much better than the refined for the purposes of the farmer. It will, like kerosene, easily emulsify with a solution of hard soap. T.arKO llwets. To grow large beets use lime 0:1 the soil. Experiments made demonstrated that lime gave better results on beets than did some of the best prepared fertilizers. This does not apply to sugar beets, but to those grown for stock and for the stable. As lime is cheap, farmers should give It a trial on beets. Sowlnjj tlio Crop*. T^mir finwic no 1 ?... ........ ,,o iniivit van utr grown on an aero of land by the use of wheel j hoes anil hand seed drills than when tin* land is cultivated by horse power, as both tln> rows and the plants can be closer together. Whether the hand I system will pay depends upon the I kinds of crops grown and the location of the farm to markets. Sweet l'otuloen ami Melons. Such plants as sweet potatoes and nielras can endure longer periods of dry weather than some others, but much depends on the work of the grower. No weeds must be allowed to grow near plants in the "ows, as more moisture is taken from the soil by weeds than by some crops. Can bage plants should be worked often, as they thrive nit the better by frequent cultivation, and it should be the rule to kill every white butterfly, as they are the parents of the cabbage worms. Much of the- injury from drought could be reduced if the farmer would keep the surface soil cl vays loose. About >Vo??<l Ash. Wood ashes not only contain potash, but serve to loosen stiff soils and perform valuable service as a chemical K .i^nu. j his is uno io uit' large proportion of lime contained in ashes? about thirty-tivo per font, -which is in the best form in which it can be used. About 1-0 pounds of potash is the proportion to a ton of wood ashes, while Too pounds of lime accompanies it. These proportions may be more or less, according to the kind of wood from which the ashes are obtained. Ashes are worth only !>?i p : ton, according to the above proportions, so far as the actual potash is concerned, though the lime and other substances contained possess value, the phosphoric acid ranging from two to the per con I . Incubator i)nn'lH. Don't use oil less than l.'O test. I Inn'l li.a.i 1 I... . || IV l\ Will <M I 11 I* SilOII. Don't fail to till the lamps every evening. Don't sot tln? incubator near I ho window. Don't use tin? same wick f?>r more tlill 11 one hatch. Don't worry with moisture gauges' or hygrometers. Don't turn nor cool the eggs after they aro pipping. Don't neglect cooliug tin; o'^^:s; It ; makes strong chicks. Don't try to hatch ?!uok and lion eggs In tiio same incubator. Don't trim the wick with scissors; scrape olT the charrod part with a match. Don't think you aro smarter than the manufacturer of the Incubator, for you have a lot to learn. Don't leave the large omls of the eggs pointing in d ifero:st directions: have tlii'iii all poll:'in*-; one way. Ityo or Turnips Afl? r Corn. I have boon sowing rvc nmv '<? years. 1 sow it in tIn* corn tiehl in September iis soon :is I can yet tin* corn in shock, ?*n!tiv;ito, then follow with Hi" jirain drill, put; in*; ?? ? :il> >ut two bushels of rye to ih > acre. I.-i -1 puinm'u- I sowed ?onn horn I sir j nips in the corn :it la t worhing in , turnips .July. They in ado a growth. Sowed ryi> alon : i !?? of tinturnips in October. We l:aiilc.l our , fertilizer out on tin? tur.iips and rye! lasi winter. Till* year before wli i ' land 1 had sowed in rye wo manured j in tin* winter. It urew nicely in (lie I sprinj'. Wo pastured it some, tin :: I plowed it down for corn e.^ain. It 1? - i hit? n cold and wet .summer. the < >rn . was no', a law crop. Wo had a heavy hailstorm a few days before it < am.* j out in tassel, which put It hac!;. I did not us ? and fertiliser wli :i sowing th > rye. a'lhorxh 1 believe it would niaU 1 n stronger growth in the fall. We plowed it under, what stock did not eat, the iast week in Anrii and tirsi <>r I Mny for corn. John 1". ZooU, in t!i American Cultivator. Age* of AnlmaN. At tin* Smithtiphl anil r.inninglm 111 shows l!it> following rules govern the judgment of the age t>f animals: C-itttie having their cpiiiral permanent incisors cut will b:? consldorpd ns excpodlng ono year atul six months. Cattle having tlioir contnil pprmanent incisors fully up will bo considered ns exeppding one year and nine months. Cattle having tlioir speond pair of permanent Incisors fully up will l><* considered exceeding two years and three months. pr !The Pla I )on't S< ee.nling twenty-four months. Sheep having their corncr permanent Incisors woll up, and showing murks of wear, will lie considered as exceeding three years. liOllui'H For Full I'df. Hot weather does not agree with lettuce. It is the easiest of vegetables to raise during the early part of glimmer, but the hot, dry days of July and August the seed germinates poorly and plants make an indifferent growth, unless given special care. But good lettuce an be grown for use in the fall, if one is willing to give it the nccessa ry attention. The following instructions, taken from the American Encyclopedia of lTni'f!nitM?Pn ??.-* A*. ? - ............, , ? ftv ii|#i iiiai nicy nrg quoted for the benefit of tlioso who desire lettuce in the full; "Lettuce planted as Into as the linio of tlio ripening of strawberries is not likely to do very well unless protected from the snn and heat. A supply of line fall lettuce may be secnretl if in August or early September we reninnure and spade the ground which was occupied by the Ill's l crop, and make a trench six or eight inches deep and till with water. When this lias soaked away, refill and repeat this from one to six times, according to the dryness of the soil. Fill tills trench with line, moist, not wet, soil, in which make a mark and sow the seed as in the spring. Cover the row with a foot wide board, and about three days later put some bricks under so as to hold the board about two inches above the soil. As soon as the plants are well up. turn the bricks so as to hold the board about four iiu-hes up, ami take it off altogether about ."? o'clock in the af uriiiiiiii, ieavillg II on until N or i> ill the morning. Oil cloudy days givo more exposure :is the plaids develop, until the shade is entirely dispensed with." A muslin shade should he as pood as a hoard, or better. An excellent quality of leaf may be obtained by this method.?National Fruit (! rower. Poultry Hint*. Small flocks are most profitable. One fowl with scurvy lops is apt to ; impart the disease to others. Let the old mid the young fowls have I as large a range as possible. When a hen is fed in food she does ; not require it is simply wasted. A lien likes to scratch, and slio should bo icivt?ii the opportunity. Tiu> chara-tor of the food tins milch ! to do witli tin- i]U:tlity of the e^. Tobacco stems covered with straw is :in excellent preventive of li:s;>ci brood- | in jr. Feeding broken oil cako to fowls twicc a week will often promote laying. ('loan the e^.^s as soon as {lathered. Shells are porous and if dirty taint tiio I.ieat. l'Y.r layers, puliol.s hatelied aft or the middle of May will not hi' so profitable. Avoid in niul in breed ii:;.*. that is brooding from sioek too clo- ly r Inted. Onco well start d. it is < omparativoly ea>\ to keep the yoitn^ < hi i:s grow inj;. Xolhill--' I more I'dMi'.niMi.? i.> '!" health of tic fowls t!i::n p'.rni.\ oi pure air. Ci i " siior.'n! have plenty of | ::: ?? inid a |>r>:) 1. wlii a tli;'.v will ???-.t hut very iiiil". (iixtil care at all tiir.cs ami u;ul r .'ill ci|< uillstanci s is a priittO a; vs-dty ill hrccdiii.vr fowl*. Si t the hi i;s ia a place l y thems"l\i s. S " that tlir nests arc clean ami free from lice. If large sijco am! wi ;..lit arc d'virei!, leet large liens, hut. till' male should In- active ami vigorous. Never givasso a iitii:t: lrv.1, for if tho grease yds on the e;::s it will clo.so tin* pores and pivven; hatc';ing. Poultry lcct p'uu' mi iic made auxi'lary t<> otlr.'r puf. u.is v.iMjottt iti 'riii.^iiik upon the ttillof tile kr >p TA A mix I tire of thr e ounces ?f swee nil. one ounce of >tilpiir.r and twenty drops of carbolic acid wili cure scaly leys on fowls. tjnc 01 iiii* i. 's; nvu's to tjivc fowls intended fur exhibition is thiss ">d meal with other tfr:iit)K. It makes tliein look sleek and yioss.v and e'.ears the skin. SnnHowei seed may :iIsi> I?,? Kivon two or three tiir.ea a week to an advantage. From ihis time on espeeialiy silting liens sh ?uld not he fed while on ti.e nest. They need all of the e:;er<#>? th?*y are likely to uet. Too constant sittliiK makes them of hrid disposition und ditlleult to manage wh??u they I coaie off with a brouJ. Tho Klnd.Ynn Wnvo Aiwmra "n?? in use for over SO years, has ? and has 1 M All Counterfeits, Imitations and Experiments that trlllo with an |i Inftuits and Children?Experiei! ~f What is CA ~y3 Costoria is a harmless suhstitii goric, Drops and Soothing Syri contains neither Opium, Morpi substance. Its ago is its guarai and allays Feverishness. It cul Colic. It relieves Teething Tro! and Flatulency. It assimilates Stomach uml Bowels, giving li The Children's Panacea?The J>j i GENUINE ^ACTt vriw a X Bears the Sie | The Kind You Have In Use For Ove I _ I i Acid Dyspepsia a Very Common Di_^' <! ease. 5 iQ AND 51 ( Youth Gives Up TTiSTTife iTT"Attempt ?j Ing to Save a Younger Brother. Two boys, aoiiij of Mr. Carter, ol Cromers Mill, Franklin county, Ua., 1 were drowned while bathing in Nail? U creok Tuesday. The younger one, w in |rwad 11 years old,got into deep wafer ?. and could not awlm. Mis brother, w:<c I I was 13 years old, saw that the bo> was drowning and went to hia rest ue The drowning boy claaped both nriu* around tho neck of hia brother, and j both woru drowned. I Puts an End to it All. A grievous wail oftimos conies as a result of unbearable pain from over! taxed organs. Dizziness, backache, j j Liver Complaint and Constipation. ( Mut thanks to I>r. King's Xcw Life j IMUs, they put an end to it all. They ? j are g* title, but thorough. Try them, j 1 ; Only 25c. Guaranteed by Pickett* ! j Drug Co. tf i !J A MILLION FOR CHARLESTON. \ ; I 1. That Amount i3 Needed for Improve- , jmenta at New Navy Yard. Report a from the navy yard at J Charleston have be< n received at the/ j navy department and the recommendty I : lor a bijr shipmvnt of llour this \v i c >ii mnncv ?' ?!] ?m<1 ?r/.t r*.?f ; J J ' Sv " ",l" incc-Mornnv Cut thh out in I return to u* in>ide of thirty day* and nir.*i? y ; and Set W itch han.l.omely (n^rjveit. I he case* are mid* of 14K I WM guarantee an J will writ j lifetin I he movement 1* one of the t>? |B Clock AUilr, hut inslMd will compare with any f 00 wikli, I ho H whether you the dust prool or I idles' or (#ent\' Hunting fh I l>kV*?* Chain. one Intaglio Charm. one Pair u?tr Mmvi rut 1 or I Pearl Hack Collar Button* On* Topu Diamond Stud, (ill the t>e I I Teaspoon*. All the above *ent frraa provided you iliow u\ to sand v H $4<a We are willing to thlp the entire outfit 1* described C. O. [>. 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