Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, October 27, 1897, Page 2, Image 2
Kill Arp's I.ot-ter.
Here is a letter lor the hoys,
t believo that oven an impcr
feet knowledge of many calling
renders a man happier than per
lection in any one and com para
live ignorance of all the rest
(treat scientists, discoverers ant
inventors seem to 1". necessary
for the world's program and tin
good oi mankind, but ibmr vvor!<
is generally at the expense o
health ami happiness. Sir i an
Newton in lu> iast days exelaiine(
with a si^ii, al have math aslavt
ol myself.'* Mistreat mind wn:
always on a .-drain in ??i?*.
tion It is - >i l of him riiat In
I >) |?()' ? ?M?4 ?? t ' > f\ '
( . the door for hi - :V cat tt
out t ami exit, and wh -I t ii.a
a pair of kittens ho had tut
smaller hoi s cut h r 'hem. Tin
nam. is iilvo ii. body, ii mas
h:. .v a v;.. ioly d" fo : !. 1 i i. lib?
t.i i:,as d % i !ho :. >. r \j,s
If only >n ' are r ! the other
hit'o:;!" weak nd w'H gradw 11*
perish away.
! was talking not long ago to ;
learned judge, a man of lin<
judicial mind and literary at
tainnumts, but who acknowledge!
his very limited knowledge o
nature and nature'? laws.
hardly know one tree Iron
another," said lie, 'h-xee^ting, o
eour.se. he chest nut, hickory mi
and v .inut. Yes, of course,
know the jiino and tho oak. In
deed, 1 have never had any oe
casion to know more, for I wn
raised in town and hooks hav
_ I _ _t 1 . _ . . M
ansoroeu me.
I was ruuiinatiug about tin
because our little girl's mother i
teaching her to draw and to paint
ami 1 asked her to draw me
chestnut tree, and oak tree and
maple tree. She is working 01
them now and has to go out am
look at them and examine ih
bark on the trunk, and the shaj>
of the limbs ana the leaves,
wonder how many hoys ,?nd girl
can draw a hickory leal wit lion
looking at one. I should like t
see their specimens. Thousand
of boys, especially country boysknow
all th" common trees of thoi
neigborhood, but it requires clos
and careful observation to do
scribe them 'ind point out tin
dilTbrenoo. Now there are ton >1 i(
ftrent kin of oaks in this conn
try, but vorv few town raiset
people can nanio half of tlicni
1 hoii 11loi'o arc dillorcnl kinds o
hickories and pines and ash am
<_ !'ii 11cos, besides tho hae'.b. rry
box older, popiai. bcocli. .oeus
and cottonwood. Kugcnc 1,*
liardy wa \ r\ lo.iruod .u.<
h ft litifi? Frenchman 1" f 1. ; i .-1
*!i.t Amori in cotton yrow -
the n w< ' trcec' r: ! 4! ;
we at he red it bv osjti ' ladders
!t is said t!.;it a Mr. Jack u, ?
AI aula, is trying to introduei
the ladder kind now ami has j?o1
tin !.c u,> to b '. '. nit t ' if;!.
I iie study ol tiie trees .tie
shrubs <>l lb.- southern country
i- a deiiyhlfui ami iiisliueli\ re
creation lor younjx people, an I 1
wis1 f1 >v would pay more "d
tention to it. < M' cmi'se this stud\
requires some knowledge o
I'd 11y, Mill I iial i~ . u'ljiiiii
This !;iiui <>l knowledge i> mor?
useful iiid more rotntorting thai
a col lego smattering <?I ealrulm
and comic sections and rhetoric
and logic. 1 do not believe t hen
are ten men in Hartow county
who would know ginseng it' they
were to see it. Not many men
know what is father gray beard 01
white ash, the medicinal shruh
from which old A. Q. Simmon*
lirst made the original Simmons
liver medicine in (Iwinnett noun
tv. I know about, that, for when
I was a young merchant 1 sold
the first he ever made and continued
to sell it for him for several
years and he told mo what it
was made of. I think, though,
that tho father graybeard g:
out about the time the old n
died.
I wish that our young peo
would acquire habits oi'observ
s things more closely as tl
. journey along through life. So
people see everything and so
see nothing hardly. When alio
trees be cut down that are wan
for wood What kind of wooi
tho strongest kind and will b
the greatest burden? Wl.d k
is most ol i die ? What kind
j hardest to split ? What kind \
last the longest in the groin
What kind most suitable
' pianos, chairs, furniture or wai
noting? What kind for mauls
s wedges or canes' Dr. Oli
Unimex must have studied
i bo lit these when he wrote
i "i )ne Moss Shay."
t !
| "So tl??? tie iCrtn inquired of tl.?? vrjftp* folU
VVhoro ho tould tin . lb< itroucca
That n* in r bo ^lit nor 1 km t nor ro
i Tiitit .M.d for -pok* s and Bool ?ii . s
Ho sout * ** 1 ftncowood i" tiiftko tho tlu '
*iit?: i roasbti wcro ash f/oui rr
trees
Th i? tiiD irt \v oro wn' e wood tl?cut
t'lieuHu,
j Alt i iho a >f log i fr m tl e 1 But
perhaps Dr. Holme go
all from, some old honest wa;
. tl..,.. I........ T-ll
IuitWM i * *wi uiry r\iiww. I II
that Mr. Pradley, of our t<>
can answer every question,
i hoys ought to find out that bl
i! locust and chestnut and os
orage make the best posts.
1 black gum the Ihubs.
1 persimmon the best wedges
1 .Juts, and sassafras the 1-st b
a and white oak the best bask
>1 1 n Kngland it is claimed Ih;
t yew tree post will last lou
I than an iron one. The lj
ought to know that the harks
all trees are nonconductions
s heat and cold and keep tl
o cool in summer ami warm in v
ter, and the green leaves are
s lungs that inhale the carbon h
s the air and not only make \v
, for the ttee, but purify the atn
a phere that we breathe, t
a hence every habitation ough
n have some trees about it.
1 hoys ou^ht to know about th
e l)enntiful islands in the so.t t
e are of coral formation and k
I growing until they ^ot ahovo
s water, and then some cocoai;
came lloating aloii? and lod
0 there and sprouted and irrcw ,
s the leaves ol the trees fell d?.
i, and rotted and made a
r for more cocoanut, and in col
e of lime the island heeame a ps
disc. 'I'iiat is the testimony
e the rocks. 1 li*i hoys .-lioiild i
the little gossamer hall thu' !<
away in the air from the nv
1 little dandelion plant. So li
. and so feathery that it would t
t | a thousand of them to wei^h
11 ounce and yet the seed are tii
:'i . r* Tiw\rii j i ml *1..
I I l,,< J
t; wrapped,a it wor , i'i a b! 1:1
j to protect them troin the vinb
1 ! eold. So it m with the seed
tithe Scotch tliistlo that Is hi
i ' about by i lreath or*:tit* !iI:?
'' vi' !i f'>*??" In1' i' the
'lie "in'n}o o| 1 iI i I if, ai'. 1 v
r inui i h)i . . I 11 r j 'hi* il
ami sleep until spring, ami :!
i | make no mistake. It will
' ' . ',
l|.stjie!y make a tin .tie. In
hurt ici'!tur il g tr-1 < ?i >t !. ?m
are ra pberrv plants tha r i
' from .'?ied foitn 1 in <i ?o .
'omaeh wb > lei ' >n
' 1.700 years.
I'J Study nature a li; tl as y u
. I along, boys, an 1 it will no
'! you wiser ami beltei ami hapj
i men. Find out wliv it is that
< dead bird weighs more than
live nni> sml tiv vvleit f'< >> ? <?
! power a hii/.znrd can sail roil
' run! round in t ho ??ir above
an I n. v ?r hat a win:: nor \vav?
feather.
It isn't every hoy who can bt
> Hon Franklin, but every hoy r
; learn something every day, a
, even one fact a day will in con
of time muke him a wise ide
what a boy was Franklin ! \VI
! n man ! The youngest of "ovi
teen children, apprenticed tc
candlomakor. next a printer; i
! away from Bonton to I'hilad
j phia whon ?eventeon years (
land hired to a Mr. Read, and f
:ive in love with Deborah, hi)
lan daughter; was never idle; rear
and studied in every leisure mo
p]0 nient; mastered French, Italian
inir Spanish and Latin; became I'ost
^ master of Philadelphia,then Post
* master Gener 1 of all the colonies
mo established the Philadelphia Li
m<> brary, vorsity of Pennsylvania
11'd and not long after he drew light
ted ning down from heaven with a
1 is kite and a string and a key.
ear What a man he was ! What s
ind !
,]U; MILL AHP.
vill
id 9 The Ways of the World.
for .
"s A young man who has alwavi
f OF i
. | worked on a salary has during
.^1 j the last year gone into businesi
(]u. tor himself. Although he ha?
been industrious and saving, ant
his family have lived comfortably
l?e never k:u w what it was ft
economize as they have beer
obliged to in the* last few months
i'f " j Working on a fair salary is fa
' "i safer a::d in many oases tr.ori
t ! sal isfnrtorv than. in Imci
" j - - ^ r. -
i*q?> ness for one'* self.
hot j Whilo visiting somo woll-to-d<
wn, relatives living in the country
l',u|tho young man is surprised ti
a?k j hoar his cousin repining at thi
a-lj | hard lot of a farmer and wishinj
., that lie might ieave the farm am
rind 1 . , .
I learn a trade m the citv. 1 Men l
or!
(W was that he told the young farm
,.fs. i <>r that life in a great city is no
,i. :t always all that it is supposed t<
igor J he, that there many things tha
toys are looked upon in the city a
of luxuries while in the countr;
they are only the ordinary com
'V forts of life. It is to be hop.ei
l,1M" that the cousin's eyes were open
od to the fact that the man whi
rom ,
( j leaves a certainty for an uncer
10S. tainty is decidedly foolish.
^Iuj From that homo of comfor
t to and convenience, where every
Hie thing was cosy and attractive
lose where plenty reigned, and when
hat, care and want were unknowi
?pt such as is felt by thousands ii
r'"' our villages and cities, the kin<
. am! generous-hearted hostoss di<
god . ,
tn(j not permit her guest to go ou
>wn empty-handed. When the good
soil ^3'e8 were said,the thoughtful wo
man put into hot nephew's hand
tin- a corded hamper which was fount
of to contain throe yellow-logget
chiekoua, several roasta of beel
'* a quantity c? tiieo pork, a bag o
beans, a jar of butter, and numer
ous other substantials.
;i!\0
an "v"
c>rt. How's Th is?
ai'O Wo or r line lii.n nil li.iilani Kew.iru f.i
, t i <if ( ;ir irrlt .that .tutu ' 1m- ctu?<1 l>
Uel li.iil > t At .it t . 11r*
K .t t'llKXry ACn I'rojw . Tolwlo, o,
L'? \\ < ltn> Ulnt. TAi. IU' t.llUM- Ktlliwn IV J, Chl'ltf,
.# f?>r Mm ta.il l& 'veariiWtd tMllevi blm porfoatl
I IIOIK'tAt !<: until l>unllllrl-l t ritUSUl* lltlllH Ulltl till
ii .... i'. t- ir- ? v ' '.4tti)n> ma?t
i by moil Hi m
f* it' wI l .T \\ v ; * Mr ' 1V?b*?b
|<? \\ K INNAN & M AMII N \Y holfftill
ff!l, ] M- . . i
.,. llik.i * i .itjirrh i 'u?*r In taken in i email .netlnt
'.lil '. ;j T K? - ! i > yurfaee* <?
' i he * -\t. t r: I'rif* ' T bottle. S?-.?l >?V ii
; I?ru?v. T ?.o".tais
p j Ii.il: l .ktu)?y t'iAn ap* tie b- Ht.
h (I | ?
\ 11otr itaisiiiic i.i South Caro'inu.
U,o
'.ii, I I : t r I: 1 K.rm
... , . .
, W him 1 do not think it pays i
11 (larrner in this country to ruim
' | iio^a tor tno market, i know froti
| my own experience mat it payi
f I me to raise hocR for liome con
iKe | , , ,
r j sumption, because euch a larpt
per cent, of my ho?i feed is whir
! would he wusted or could not ht
1
I liKerl in nm ntl.nr ?.- ?v < V>ri
1(J|] should not ho selected as a prin
on oipal food for hogs, the bono* can
\ not he product 1 thorofroia, and
the animal v. ill succumb, as there
' a ! is but 1 itt1 o limn in grain. 17
:*'J make young animals grow rapid';,
' they should have foods rich u
i,,; lime, which is best secured by al
hat lowing a varied ration as potatoes
'n' apples, cabbage leaves, green corn
' 11 oats, slops, etc.
My bogs are shut up in a mul<
old herry orchard at night, and art
ell fed well, night and morning. Foi
? about three months in tho year
I tho mulberries from the trees in
this orchard furnish a large part
' of their food. They are allowed
. to run at large over tho woods dur,
inp the day, and always seem
willing to hunt for themselves af'
ter being cared for at night.
I never shelter my hogs only in
tho most severo weather to keep
i off tho dreaded mango and other
diseases.
! I have a sow now that was throe
! years old *n Juno. In June 1S0G,
I she had fifteen pigs, ten of whirl)
J were raised ; in November she
C was found with nine, which rrr
r'all doing well, and in July, IS'1",
i { sho had thirteen, eleven of which
< she has now. She has only eleven
1 [ teats. Can any of tho farmers
, beat this'* Thirty-seven j igs ;n a
> little over a year, thirty of which
i will ! o raised.
Tho nice, blocky hog is always
r sought after. The largo, raws
boned, pine roo' peel r hog h -
- seen his bed day, and what
I now ip as near a perfect ho?; on
J possible. ono that, will fatten ea,
sily and sell rapidly,
a Walker Floyd.
o Nichols, S. C.
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0 | Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
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One dose of it gives relief when
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STATE TEWS.
t Senator Tillman is said to be
- rapidly approaeb'ng recovery
i, from his recent illness. He hat
o lost abou' 20 in avoirdupois ; bill
, i,? I~~i- ?:__i ii
1 lio IUUA9 V.V.'IIIjmiftU*UI) WWII.
j Ten bale* of cotton were burnj
ed at the ginnery of Capt. S. E
t White, in Fort Mill, Monday
night, Oct. 18th, cause of the lire
not known.
s Mr. T. Monroo Oaten, a promi1
nent young farmer living noai
1 Tirzah, left for Haltimoro Wednesday
night, accompanied by
f I)r. W. F. Strait. Ilia object if
to take the Paatuer treatment
for hydrophobia. Three w??okf
ago Mr. OateH wan fondling one
of hi* dog* '.vInch was drooping
r: ami looked kick, ine dog ?>ir mm
v' on the hand and a few days later
.disappeared, Sunday a pup in
| , Mr. dates' yard began to droop
and act Htrangoly and soon aftor,
' ward disappeared. Mr. Oaiiv
. then began to feai that hyd.opho
i hi a Was the cause of th ) dog
action and disappearance, and,
thinking that "an ounce of prevention
iJ worth a pound of cure,'1
ho hastened to Baltimore, and if
lie cannot get the treatment
t there, he will go to New York.
llis many friends hope that his
j fears will be proven groundless.?
s Kock Hill Herald, 10th.
Dr. W. 1". Strait has returned
from the I'asteur Hospital at Balt
timore where ho accompanied
3 Mr. T. M. < )ates. Ho reports t!i at
i Mr. Dates is getting along very
well indeed, and has no anxiety
as to the outcome of the treat
Illt'IlI.
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J It is better to bo defeated thin
I to conquer t>y unfair moans.
Dishonorable practices aro, in
' tho lontr run and in tho noblest
* interests. A losing business. Char,
actor is won where "points" aro
t lost, and defeat is an honor when
it comes through being honorable.
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