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THE HAGUE COURT Will Be Called Ipon to Settle Some > - Recent Complications MR. HAY ISSUES A CIRCULAR NOTE president'* Promise to the Peace Congress at St. Louis Redeemed Through the Secretary of State, Who Says That the International Conferen:e of 1899 Left Various - " - ? - ? Mailer* ror a ruiurc ?? ? ? <>'? Progress of the Russo-Japanese War No Obstacle, Inasmuch as the United States and Spain Had Not Concluded Peace on the Prior Occasion. Washington, Special.?In a circular hote. Secretary Hay has carried out the president's instructions relative to proposing a second Hague conference. The note not only contemplates the reassembling of the Hague conference for the consideration of the questions specifically mentioned by the original conference, as demanding further attention, such as the rights and duties of neutrals, the inviolability of private property in naval warfare and the bombardment of ports by naval forces, but goes on furtner oy pracucauy endorsing the project of a general sys' x tem of arbitration treaties. The issue of the call while the present war is in progress is justified by the fact that the first Hague conference was called before our treaty ol peace with Spain was concluded. Mr. Haj's letter says that the Hague conference of 1899 marked an epoch in the history of nations and that a great work was accomplished, although certain phrases of the general subject were left for a future conference. The letter ascribes to the Inter-Parllmentary Union considerable credit for preparing the nations for the conference and says that this union at St. Louis recently reauested the president to call a second conference of the Hague. It adds: "In accepting this trust, the president was not unmindful of the fact - so vividly brought home to all the world, that a great war i3 now in progress. He re-called the circumstanes at the time when, on August 24. 1898 his majesty, the Emperor of Russia sent forth his invitation to the nations to meet in the interests of peace, the "United States and Spain had merelj halted in their struggle to devise means of peace. "Whjle at the present moment ar armistice between the parties now contending is in sight, the fact of an existing war is no reason why the nations should relax the efforts they have so successfully made hitherto toward the adoption of rules of conduct whlct may make more remote the chancet for future wars between them. Ir J899. the conference of the Hague k dealt solely with the larger problems which confronted all nations, and assumed no function of intervention oi suggestion in the settlement of the terms of peace between the United States and Snain. It might be the same with a re-assembled conference at the present time. Its efforts woulc naturally lie in the direction of furthei oodi float ion of the universal ideas ol right and justice, which we call inter Joational law; its mission would be tt give them future effect. "The president directs that you wil bring the foregoing considerations t< the attention of the minister of for ?ign affairs of the government tc which you are accredited and. in dis oreet conference with him. ascertain t< what extent that government is dis posed to act in the matter. "Should his excellency invite sugges tion as to the character of questions to be brought before the proposec second peace conference, you may saj to him that, at this time it would seen ' premature to couple the tentative invi tation thus .extended with a cateaorica programme of subjects of discussion It is only by comparison of views tha a general accord can be reached as ti the matters to be considered by th< new conference. It is desired that li the formulation of a programme th< distinction should, be kept clear be tween the matters which belong ti the province of international law am those which are inconventional as be tween individual governments. Amonj the broader general questions affect ing the right and justice of the rela tion of soverign states, which wen then relegated to a future conference were: "The rights and duties of neutrals the inviolability of private propert: in naval warfare; and the bombard ment of porta, towns and villages by i naval force. The other matters men tioned In the final act take the forn of suggestions for consideration by in terested governments. "The three points mentioned cover i large field. The first, especially touch H ing the rights' and duties of neutrals B is of universal impportance. Its right B ful disposition affects the interests ani well-being ofc.all.jthe world. The neu tral is something more than an on looker. His act of ommision or com mission may have an influence?direcl but tangible?on a war actually ii progress; whilst, on the other hand he may suffer from the exigencies o the "belligerents. It is this phase o warfare which deeply concerns th world at large. f "Other matters closely affecting th rights of neutrals are the distinctio be made between absolute and con ditional contraband of war. and th inviolability of the official and privat correspondence of neutrals. "As for the duties of neutrals towar the belligerent, the field is scarcely les bread. One aspect deserves mentior from the prominenece it has acquire during recent times; namely, th treatment due to refugee belligeren ships in neutral ports." PALMETTO AFFAIRS i Many Newsy Items Gathered From all Sections. Genial Cotton Market. I Middling. ' Galveston qijiot 9 9-16 Baltimore, nominal 9.75 Boston, quiet 10.05 ' Philadelphia, qiuet 10.05 I Savannah, quiet 9H New Orleans, easy 9^ 1 Mobile easy 9?fc I Memphis, easy 9ft j Augusta quiet 9% 1 Charleston, quiet 9? , Louisville, firm 9% I T mils niilpt 9* I Houston, quiet , New York, quiet 9.90 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Good Middling 9H , Strict Middling 9\4 Middling 9ft Aiken Landmark Burned. Aiken. Special.?The residence of Sheriff Owen Alderman, on South Boundary Avenue, was totally destroyed by fire last week. When the fire I was discovered the roof of the kitchen was burning fiercely, and, the 11 weather being so dry. the building i i burned like tinder. The residence ! was situated on the extreme edge of i the city, and was some distance from the engine house, and when the firemen reached the scene very little could be done but save the outbuildings. The fire is supposed to have n.UlnataJ Iw annrlfc from thft kitch | uugumivu uj v? ? I en flue. Very little of the furniture " was saved. The building was one of the landmarks of Aiken, being per? haps 50 years old. Sheriff Alderman estimates his loss at about $3,500. This is partially covered by insurance, ' ho carrying *1,600 on the house and i $600 on the furniture, not including the two pianos saved. South Carolina Items. > The representatives of fertilizer mills who were here last week seem to be very much pleased with the out, look. It was reported unofficially that i suits now pending in the courts will I be suspended, pending definite action by the fertilizer board, which is to meet here in November, and will then give the mills another hearing. The . law requires the fertilizers to have certain definite quantities of chemi . cals. In some parts or tne ouue me board has found fertilizers which fall below the requirements and the sellers have been made the defendants in legal action. The matter was ar' gued before representatives of the j board and the mill managers were r told that there would be anothe meetj ing of the board. The fertilizer mills disavow any intention to sell impure l or worthless fertilizers and declare that they want the law enforced, but . they argue that the law is imperfect. . ?Columbia State. > Spartanburg. Special.?A serious I and perhaps fatal accident befell J. l Walker, a well known young man who i was at one time engaged in the insur1 ance business in this city, but who ' more recently took up work in the ? Spartan Mills, some time near the noon hour. He was found in an unconscious condition lying^ at the foot 5 ol a ladder leading from' one of the 1 work rooms to the tower in Mill No. - 1, and the supposition is that in at1 tempting to mount the ladder he fell, 1 robably a distance of not more than * ten feet. The floor of the room is r made of cement and the force of the " fall uon the hard covering resulted in, > it is thought, concussion of the brain. 1 A special from Johnston to the Col, umbia State says: "Tuesday on the Padgett place, J aooui SIX UII1CS II Ulll II*:I C, CL ivuuiv . house occupied by John Holloway, colj ored, and his family, was destroyed, . with its contents, by fire and three of the children burned to death, aged . about 1 month, 2 and 5 years. Hollo5 way and his wife, it is said, were j in the field at the time the house was , discovered in flames, which is supj posed to have caught in a pile of . cotton on the floor. The door was 2 not fastened, but even the older child failed to escape." t At Greers Wednesday morning 5 Edward Braswell and Thomas Stiles ? shot each other. They had a misun9 derstanding about a well which they - were using. Both were shot through the body. Stiles' condition is critical. Fire on Paris Mountaiif at 5 o'clock 5 Wednesday morning destroyed, with - AtavMwtAw orvtf Q (TO rvf P/Mlf. l.uuitruip, cue ouaiuiui wvvwD^ vt m. vwv - master J. F. Richardson. The origin e of the Are is unknown, e Lynchers in Federal Court. P Huntsville, Ala., Special.?The . United States grand jury baa made a ? report to Judge Jones, covering the " lynching of Horace Maples, and ex1 pressed the opinion that had Maples " not been a negro, he would not have been taken from jail and lynched. 1 The grand jury Indicted several al" leged members of the mob. The re' port says that something must be " done to put a stop to lynching in the 3 South, and that all good citizens . sfcoyld welcome anything that may ~ have, that effect, whether from the State or Federal courts. Judge Jones ' thanked the jury and said he was will ing to have 85 millions of people pass ' on the righteousness of the grand jury's action. e Elected Honorary Malitiaman. e Augusta, Ga., Special.?Former Capn tain Robert M. Hitch, who had been e dismissed from the military service by e order of the Governor, upon the recommendation of a court-martial was Tues^ day night elected an honorary member j9 of the Oglethorpe Light Infantry, the d company Captain Hitch commanded. It e has been the custom of the Oglethorpes d lo elect all of its retiring-commissioned officers honorary members. | THE TRIAL OFM'CUE Progress of Peculiar Case in Virginia Criminology TWO WITNESSES GO ON THE STAND A Lynchburg Attorney Retained in Place of the Counsel Who Was Taken III?Prisoner Bursts Into Tears When His Brother, Dr. FranK McCue, Narrates the Finding of the Body?Dr. C. S. Venable Describes the Wounds of McCue and the Deeased?Gunshot Wound in Mrs. McCues's Breast Powder-Marked. Charlottesville, Va.. Special.?The McCue trial, which opened regularly on Monday, has made satisfactory progress. Tuesday and Wednesday were occupied in hearing testimony. Charles Skinner, the negro who testified that he heard the crying of a woman, and then a shot coming from the McCue house, recounted his testimony at the request of jurors. In answer to a question, he sai dbe heard the "coarse" crying, like that of a man, a little after the shot was fired, and before he heard a man running down the street. W. J. Walker testified that he and his wife entered their home, neat door to the McCue residence, about 20 minutes to 9. on the night of September 4, and were in the front of their house some little time before. He said they heard no crying and no alarm until they were informed of the shooting by a passer-by. Virginia Bragg, a telephone operator, testified that on the night of September 4, the defendant "rang in," and his first remark was "give me some one." Then he asked for the resl dence of Mrs. T. J. Williams. Miss Bragg said 3he informed Mr. McCue that the lino was busy, whereupon he said not to tell him the 'phone was busy, as some one was in the house and had shot and probably killed his wife. Witness then gave the Williams residence, when ho repeated that some one was in the house and probably "had killed Fannie." At the instance of Mrs. Williams, witness phoned to the police station to send some one to Mr. McCue's residence at once. The witness had no recollection that Mr. McCue had called up Dr. McCue, the police station or any one else, but she would not say positively that he bad not. Lillie Busie, who operated the telephone switchboard upon which was Mr. McCue's number, said she did not recall a call for Dr. McCue for the accused. Mr. Conway, business manager of The Daily Progress, testified to a rent *1 fWM nfforad hv tha ?r?r>iisaH. J. S. White, an attorney, said that in the course of a conversation with the accused at the jail, the latter said to him that for the last four or five years his life had been "a perfect hell," and that "that woman" was the most jealous he ever knew, and that he had worked hard to build a happy home. While he could not say that the accused spoke of his wife in an affectionate way, the witness said he spoke of her in a respectful manner. WilHam Hurley, a negro who had worked for Mr. McCue, said that some three or four years ago he heard Mr. McCue say someth'ng about his wife being jealous and something about its effect on his life or his pleasure, witness could not remember definitely what the language was. This witness said Mr. McCue told him that he saw the man who came in the house in the mirror as the latter passed his door, and that Mrs. McCue was in the bath room; also that the accused told him at the jail that he thought too much of his wife and family , to do^ what he was accused of doing. The shot gun ra evidence, he said, was kept between the wardrobe and the wall, and the cartridges in the wardroom. R. T. W. Duke, formerly judge of the court In which the McCue trial Is now being conducted, said the accused told him that he heard a noise when he got home from church the night of the tragedy, and that he grappled with a man in the passage, broke away from him, but was knocked down and his gun taken away fromr him. Charlottesville. Va., Special.?The attorneys for ex-Mayor McCue, charged with the murder of his wife, who announced late Tuesday that because of the illness of Mr. Harmon, chief counsel for the defendant, that they felt they could not proceed fuVther, stated at the opening of the court that they had decided to go on. Mr. Coleman, attorney from Lynchburg, has been retained in Mr. Harmon's place. Dr. Frank McCue, a brother of the defendant, was the first witness. He was callprl tn the hnme nf the accused about 9:15 on the night of the tragedy He said when be got inside the house he met the brother now on trial at th? staircase, who said to him that there was someone in the house who had attacked him and "probably had shot Fannie," hia wife. He detailed the finding of the dead body of Mrs. McCue, clad in a night robe in a bath tub on the second floor, and described the wounds, there being one on the right ear, another on the left side of the breast. The water was running in the tub at the time. On coming out of the bath-room, witness told his brother of the finding of the body, when the latter exclaimed: "Oh, my darling wife!" As the witness repeated this, the accused buried his face in a handkerchief and burst into tears. The witness also told of the finding of a gun and a baseball bat in the bath-room, the latter bearing a red stain near the end. The exhibits were identffiefid by witnesses. The gun was a repeating shotgun. Witness believed bis brother came into the doorway of the bath-room and saw the dead body. On entering the bath-room the odor of burnt gunpowder was present witness said. On meeting his brother in the house he asked where his wife was, when the accused, he said told him to "go look for Fannie." He said he couid get no replies to his questions from his brother; that he seemed dazed and that when he went to attend his brother later he offered him a stimuTt?or /looHnorl ThO wl inoao I CI 11 I , V> UitU nuo UVCKUVU. x IT X lliVOO said he observed a wound on his brother's cheek, from which blood was drippiDg on his shirt TO CONTROL PRICE OF COTTON Speeches Made Along This Line at the Meeting Wednesday NightOver One Hundred Present. There was a large attendance of farmers at the meeting held Wednesday night at the Y. M. C. A. hall, over a hundred being present. Most of those who attended were representative farmers from various parts of the State and the price of cotton was the dominant idea of the meeting. The meeting was called to order by Mr. W. B. Harris, of Anderson, and Mr. E. D. Smith, of Lee, both stating that' the object of the meeting was to .forward some plan for the control of the price of cotton. Mr. N. C. Murray, of Texas, was present. Mr. Murray is a representative of the Farmers*' Co-operative and Educational Association, of Texas, and represents a membership of 30,000. He advocated a secret organization and a ware house system, which was operated in Texas. Tho fees and dues are $1.00 initiation fee and 60 cents a year. Most of those present were opposed to any secret organiiation, remembering the wreck of tho alliance. There was also some discussion on the admission of bankers and business men to (he organization, and the sense of the meeting seemed to be that they were willing to admit anybody willing to help. After much discussion the permanent organiaticn was effected. E. D. Smith, of Lee, was elected president, and- John Cantey, of Kershaw, secretary. Addresses were then made by a large number of those present, but no new ideas were advanced, the idea being to simply fix a standard price for the staple. The following executive committee was appointed: P. L. Hardin, Chester; R. A. Sublett, Clarendon; W. H. Irvine, Greenville; John Wharton, Laurens; Jno. Canty, Kershaw; E. D. Smith. Lee; J. H. Str|ibling, Pickens; T. H. Rainsford, Edgefield; F. H. Weston, Richland; B. M. Pegues, Marlboro; J. W. Wylie, Lancaster; W. C. Brand, Colleton; H. A. Richardson, Barnwell; B. O. Harris, Anderson; J. W. S. King, Florence; E. W. Dabbs, Sumter; B. F. Killar, Orangeburg; H. R. Galloway, Marion; J. W. Ed?wotvic Snnrtanhnrz: W. H. Stewart, York."' * From this committee, which consti-, tuted a representative State body, the following committee of five were appointed to meet next Friday at 11 a. m. at the office of Mr. F. H. Weston: E. D. Smith, I>ee; F. H. Weston, Richland; W. H. Irvine, Greenville; R. A. Sublett, Clarendon; P. L. Hardin, Chester. W. D. Evans, of Chesterfield, was afterwards substituted for Senator Hardin.?Columbia State. Mental Anguish Suit. Lancaster. Special.?The court of common pleas has been in session since Monday. Judge Watts presiding. The most important case thus far tried is that of W. Alonzo Hughes vs. the Western Union Telegrapr company. The suit was for $1,900. brought under the recent mental anguish act. Mr. Hughes resiues ai neaiu OpI ILJfeO in this county. On December 18th last hie brother, working in a mill near Coleman. Fla., was accidentally-Ailled. His sister wired him from Cofet?an, Fia.. to that effect at 11:50 a. m. the came day. The telegram was not delivered to Mr. Hughes until 2 p. m. the next day. Owing to the delay in the" transmission and delivery of the message the plaintiff did not reach Coleman until two days after his brother '?vas buried. The jury rendered a ver-, diet for the' plaintiff for $700. R. E. Wylie, Esq.] represented the plaintiff end J. Hardin Marion, Esq., of Chester and C. D. Jones, Esq.. the defendant. The court will occupy the remain, der of the week with jury cases. Fatal Wreck on Augusta Southern. Augusta, Ga., Special.?Albert M. Humphrey, conductor, was killed and Tom Holley, colored, train hand, injured in a wreck on the Augusta South cm Tuesday afternoon. The caboose of a special freight train jumped the track rear Sandersville. about 80 miles from Augusta, and overturned. Opposition Ends. Panama. By Cable?The resignation of Toraas Arias, Secretary of State of the republic of Panama, apparently ends the division of political parties here. Pablo Arosemena, leader of the opposition, said to the Association Press: "Opposition to President Amador's government is impossible now." It is reported that Eantiago Guardia, minister to Costa Rica, will replace Arias. y j SOUTHERN F a? D-(g \ TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANT* K Saccredlns With Lat? IrlMi Pot?loc?. Have been much interested in the Ideas presented in your paper relative to Irish potato culture. As I was raised in a Northern State wnere <1murphies"are grown very extensively, will be able to give some Idea of the industry as carried on there. In many places the Irish potato forms the bulk of a farmer's crop, as cotton does here, here. I notice your correspondent last week, and others I have read, say to let potatoes turn green and sprout before planting. I think this Is a mistake, for It is unnatural for this green condition to exist. It only comes as a result of exposure to light, which an Irish potato should not be subjected to at any time. I am reminded of the way grocers In the South expose potatoes in their stores, until they turn green and are strong and unfit for food. Keep Irish potatoes in the dark. To sprout Irish potatoes before planting is certain to cause many to fai! to grow. This is the reason your correspondent of last week says to allow for a failure of one-half to grow. If the seed is good and ground In good condition, there is no reason why late potatoes should not do nearly, if not quite, as well as early ones. For a late crop the late varieties should be nlanted. as early varieties planted late will not do well, neither will late ones planted early. 1 Attention to a few points will injure plenty of Irish potatoes in the South, and with the same convenience for storing them as used in the North, (the South need not continually pay big prices for Northern seed. Every farm house at least should have a good, roomy cellar. And a cellar is so easy to make in this climate where frost is not so severe and searching. In my father's cellar we often found !t necessary to put up a heater to save out fruit and vegetables from freezing, and the walls were of stone a foot thick, too. If it is desired, I will give some further points on Irish potato culture, which were picked up In its natural element, the sandy fields of the North.?E. R. Allen, Stanly County, N. C., in Progressive Farmer. Sowing Sorghum For Fodder. H. P. D., Greeneville, Tenn., writes: What quantity of sorghum seed should be sown f?pr acre on average clay soil, sod turned during winter after two years in grass? I wish to use it for roughage for cattle. Should it be broadcasted or drilled? Would it be better to mix with cowpeas aud wliat fertilizer is best? , There is a diversity of opinion as to the best method of planting sorghum for forage. Some prefer to sow it broadcast and cure it us hay; others to sow if in drills and cut with corn harvester and cure in large shocks in the field. Personally I favor the latte;* method and believe a larger yield can be obtained, and that the fodder will be just as satisfactory if run through a cutting box as where the t K?Ao/lni?cf T iIa tint' hp. | LTU|< 13 suit 11 IUU.lUl.llOI. uv uv. lieve it is any more difficult to cure the fodder in shocks thau to make it Into hay. Plant in drills about three feet apart, using eight to ten pounte of seed per acre. When broadcasted from one to two bushels of seed are often used in order to get the stalks line enough to cure out readily as hay. The climate of Texas and other States lying further south of us is probably better adapted for the making of sorghum hay than ours, as the season for icaking the crop into hay in Tennessee is often wet, and therefore it is a difficult matter to cure the fodder satisfactorily. Where sorghum is sown thickly, either broadcast or in drills, it shades the ground so completely that the cowpea will not make a very large growth; probably not enough to more than pay for the seed. If the seed is sown thinly on the ground the cowpeas will make a very good growth, but not enough to make up for the smaller yield of 4 6orghum. As to fertilizers, there is nothing better than a liberal application of acid phosphate with some potash, say 2C9 to COO pounds of the former with fifty pounds of muriate of potash.?A. If. Soa.'e. . - A I.ate Strawberry Patch. Those who were so fortunate as not to be able to set a strawberry patch In the spring, which Js the proper time4 or were in any oth? way kept from doing it. need not be discouraged and fail to do it this year. This is especially true of the South, where the falls are late and mild, and the plants will grow well and set their fruit buds. Prepare ground In the very best possible manner, making it rich, deep and mellow. Go to a neighbor who has a patch of good berries and ask to buy some plants n ne is noc generous enough to give them freely. If this is not easy to do, then send to a nursery Sharps and Flats. ^ , An Austrian genius has made the dlscoveiy that celluloid, prepared in a 6peciil way, provides a material out of which hats and the mostCellcate flowers can be made. These hats are not only beautiful in themselves and can not be told from those made of the usual material, but will stand the most severe shower and look even better after than before. They are used to some extent in Germany, especially in Vienna. ?JM /OTA > <3 ?D- ' i ' \' $ R, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. f ? ? "*4 for potted plants, but I like those front; nearby and plenty of soil about their-' roots. Take boxes t% the patch and' with a garden trowel carefully dig up' young plants from between the row* of older ones, putting them in the j boxes. Carry them to th$ place where they are to be set, and stretch a line j lengthwise of the space. Carefully,! set a plant under or beside the line. :z every foot. Be careful not to get them; ? loo deep or too shallow and press the) earth close to the roots. Move the line three or four feet and set another, ./r3 row, and so on until the patch is com-' :s pleted. Water the plants if the weather is dry. , * ' i ?3 Do not fail to cultivate the soil thoroughly until cool weather stops alt growth. Such a late patch, set even up to the last of September, will prob- "^-j ably yield a fair supply of fruit* the coming year.?H. E. Van Demau. - - ' ?'j Fertilizers For Cowpeas. J. D. D.. Kenton, Tenn., writes: B have a thin clay upland with no crop , | on it. I want to sow to Whippoorwill peas and intend to use acid phosphate and muriate of potash to fertilize with, when is the best time to apply; the fertilizer? Aim to sow wheat this fall on the land. There Is no better fertilizer for cowpens than acid phosphate and mnriate of potash; use 200 pounds of the former and twenty-five pounds of the lat- ... 3 ter per acre. Mix the fertMjer well gether and apply with the fertilizer jrt* tachment of the grain drill at the time j of sowing the peas or broadcast on the land and work well in with the yj harrow. I would put the fertilizer on the cowpeas in preference te the * wheat. When the cowpeas mature sof-. flciently cut for hay. l? C tnem crow; until about the 15th of September, /,, when you might disk the stubble and fallen leaves under unless the growth! Is too rank when plowing would be- " come necessary. Roll the land well whether disked or plowed so 29 to compact It thoroughly and harrow lightly; to hold the moisture. Seed the wheat ?* about the 1st to 15th of October. If. ' the season is warm and the fall late. 1delay seeding somewhat in order to ' " avoid the attack of the fly: if the season Is cold and the fall early, sow the * ' wheat earlier. ? S3 Kind of Farming Th%t Pays. We have seen some wonderful ire* suits from deep plowing. We saw* in South Carolina, a crop of forty acres in corn, planted four feet by one footThis gave about 11,000 stalks perr acre. Many of the stalks had four '? ears, and a great many three earn each. The ears were a fair slie Make your own estimate as to bushels. Over 20,000 ears per acre. J V. This kind of farming pars. T '? We saw cotton any where frort three bales per acre down to sis acres per bale. The difference was not in the land, but in the man, or, rather, in the preparation of the land. Deptls of soil makes the difference In that i yield. We are more than ever convinced * that it does not pay to spread ont over too much land. The crying need of the country is more grass and, more cattle to eat tho grass. We were pained to see so many still pulling fodder. Waste in 1 wrong. Save what you hare made.? Southern Cultivator. Old methods of farming hare ceased to be profitable. Intensive farming; must be the policy of the future. A! wave of industrial prosperity has swept over the South, creating a greater demand for the products ot the farm than ever was known before* and these changed conditions demand a readjustment of agricultural prac- * tice. The average farmer thinks the grow* ' j ing of truck crop9 and fruit a small^ petty business, and yet it offers prof- * i table employment for himself and s children. There are many farmers who own 100 to 150 acres of land whs are barely making a living because they are sticking to the old methods of an age that is past With twentyfive ncres of land in truck crops foe which there Is an excellent demand in their local markets, they would make a much better living than is nonf derived from the whole farm. JVhy^ not make the change? It is certainly) desirable. HortM* Sanihade*. % The German Omnibus Company, finding that the hats used for horses are unsuitable in the case of pairs, havs introduced "sunshides" for their protection from the sun. These "sunshades" consist of a wire framewprlc covered with canvas and rastenea u? the harness. The advantage clai/ned /or ' this novelty is that, besides protecting the animals from the sun, it allows tt ' free current of air to pass over theie heads. * Odd* and Ends. Women used their harplns a thoo- ? sand years ago much in the same way as they do today. That, at least, Is the impression one gets from the antiquities found during the last year at the Silchester (England) excavations. The most interesting discovery was the building which formed apparently the small altar, portions of capitals and bases, part of a large basin of Purbeck marble and pome singular pieces of metal. > ' "3