Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^^J^H^Vwiilbms Takes Severely to PmPHpyBXILLIANT ARGUMENTS TfT^fijtor Challenges the Slanderous Nfcw York Bishop to a Show of Hands as to Moral Condition of Hib Diocese and the South Generally. ri . " Bishop Potter of New York is one ot the pet superstitions of this country. He is part of the general New York * supe&ltion. Because New York is big. nJt.st of us assume that any mars who becomes prominent there must be I * a very large and great man indeed, g We persistently forget that as many ,r fakirs, humbugs and lightweights ratI tlVand swell around in large places j| in New York as anywhere else in the i " world. As for Bishop Potter, he has * aaid and done as many silly things as f any other old gentleman we know of. A recent experience of "his indicates 1 that his manners are as bad as his i ^ moraJ.s in some respects are defective, his judgment is bad and his arragence extreme. Some time ago he'undertook 1 to discuss the divorce question in a New York newspaper. As we recollect, i he floundered around the subject a ( good deal and failed absolutely to make%any definite suggestion or to in , L dicate* any coherent policy for his \ I church or legislation. In the course , ft of his somewhat flabby and charotic J TOtnOrlro Knwoi'or Ko oaM tKot *Ka oK. solute abolition of divorce would not K do. He added: "We have an example B of what would result from such & measure in South Carolina, where the laws do not recognize it. Prohibiting Mu; divorce is merely putting concubinage till a This does not im IB press us as a high or a churchman rat liite view. Certainly concubinage is ^^"^not at a premium anywhere in South I Carolina. I The editor of the Columbia (S. C.) I- State wrote Eishop Potter a very reI 8pectful letter, pointing out to him I that he had done the homes and peoI . pie of the State serious injnstice, re ferring him to the bishop and clergy I of his own church in that State for evidence and asking him to make care fol inquiry into the facts and then B 'take such steps as equity and justice B^aaay dictate." B^^^In reply , the editor received a most B ?olent * ,-M Bishop Potter, in ectly deny!it' .ZL he had used the guage attrib^wroto him and de~ B bing the editor's letter and article the subject by Judge Benet, en B *d with it as "equally unwarranted K Impertinent." e editor of the State -replied witt ter respectful letter,- in a perfect deferential way, taking BB off the bishop's hide. He pointed opt ^B that the offensive paragraph had been published prominently, that Bishop BB Potter did not seem fit to make any ^^B denial or correction of an outrageous |^Hand shameful slander against the peo ^^Bple of a whole State and that his dej^^Bnial suggested in his own letter was g nu evasive as discourteous, a iew nays f H^Bater Bishop Potter printed in the New r ^DHi'ork Globe a brief statement on the s Subject, in which he said h? had no j Bpolojry to make to South Carolina c ^^^Bnd extended his slander to the people t the whole South. He is quoted at s Btyinphad simply remarked that in c H^Hew of the prevalence of miscegena i c in the South, the 'pose' of loftly 5 I'd superior virtue on the part of its : g H^^Bppie, anywhere had in it an element t ^^^Huallv comic and pathetic." s accusation like this cannot be ^^^^Btained or disproved by statistics or ; davits. It can be considered only U^JHthe light of general and obvious ! Virtue is not a things of sections a countries. The good are good t the bad are bad everywhere and I HH^Krever human nature is, the affec > and passions of men and womer t ^^^^^Bin forbidden paths. One thing, I t is certain and plain. Thar I ^ is l^t the moral tone is indefinitely c cleaner and the social standards are 1 c indefinitely higher in South Carolina, e than in Bishop Potter's diocese. Cer t tainly a woman divorced from her ! 0 husband and married to another man 1; MLSiae ut iwuuiy-iuur uuuib ?uum uwu * be received in respectable society any- j e where in the South. Yet a woman who j did that very thing is a leader of New York's most exalted society. Nobody j knows the secret annals of vice; but | . every observer who has met and known the people of New York and s any Southern State knows that in the e South vastly less filth is talked and c written than in New York. The natural and inevitable presumption is that lives in the South are very much t cleaner. The women whose conduct e and r ^conversation are so distinctly 3 loud and bad as to justify definite c ^flicism is tabooed in every. Southern J5tate. Bishop Potter cannot say that *"^rthat is the case even in the highest and theoretically most exclusive so cietv of his own community. It would be interesting to know ' where Bishop Potter got his impres- h sions of the morals of the people of ^ the South and how he would go about . justifying himself for circulating such 8 a cruel and injurious charge as that 11 concubinage and miscegenation are 1< general in this part of the country, j] The truth.is that miscegenation in its ^ iCgai sense is impossiuie auywuere in the South because it is forbidden and J3 severely punished by law. We do not hesitate to say that the charge that these vices are general or even widespread in the South is false, and . in making that assertion we will do j better than Bishop Potter. We will ' offer good evidence to convict him of j falsehood if he is willing to dare the ! issue. We will put on the stand the ^ Protestant Episcopal clergy of the wnole South, from bishops to deacons. They live among the people and know a them and have ample opportunity for r knowing their life. We may assume c that some of them, at least, are men who are not afraid to tell the truth in any circumstances or at any cost. T For New York, v/e will ta^e the com- J bitted evidence of the clergy, the r courts and the newspapers. Like the > editor of the State, we invite Bishop Potter to take the evidence, or join us in taking it. If it sustains his accusations. v.e will confess with shame, but frankly, that he is right. If they . contradict him, will he be willing to I( confess that he has circulated an out- si rageous and infamous scandal anc j> slander? We do not care whether h? it attributes it to ignorance, recklessnes or malice or to a mixture of the a three. If he evades a simple and hon- P est test like this, he will stand convict- w cd of having disgraced himself by a , wholesale slander unworthy or a gentleman and of having brought -shame {; and Injury upon his own church, so 1! far as his jurisdiction extends.?Rich- p mond News Leader. * 1 First Report of the Opening 8eason J Issued by the Department. , M< During both January and February I the temperature was persistently low : and unfavorable for the growth of win- i ter grains or of ti^ck, but with the aJ- j vent of March the conditions improved i ga rapidly and the latter part of March ; \e was warmer than usual and stimulat- j Mo ed the rapid growth of all forms of veg-, ^ itation. The month was unusually free' ^-0 from frost, only one heavy frost and ; Ba two light ones having been generally No noted, and none of these were damag-1 ! rn ing. During the last week, day tem- , pj0 perature of above 80 degrees was com- Au mon. Me The precipitation was below normal ^ during January and about normal dur- j ing February, and was deficient during j March. In the first of the year the | 1 conditions under which the precipita- g?f tion occurred and that portion in the q0( form of snow and ice. melting as it 3tr did slowly, were conducive to the retention of practically all the precipitaHon f Ko* f/%11 ?r*/l o/vll : mat icu, ami iuc oun was ?c^i i supplied with moisture, but the absence Df rain during the second half of ^ March rendered the soil dry in places; he? on clay lands it became baked and ' son hard. In most places and on all kinds , |oa of upland soil the ground was in good i j^er condition for tillage. j his Plowing, and in general, the prepa- j bel ration of lands made rapid progress ; the during the second half of March an ;1! up are at this date as well advanced as; sw< usual. : w-a< Tpland corn planting is nearly finish- ; bef ad in the eastern counties and has be- 1 the gun in the western ones, with some by corn already up in the former regions. Evi While a few fields of cotton have been att< planted in the southeasterly counties, hea this work is not really under way. and ; the the preparations of lands are scarcely half finished. Other spring crops have been planted in the earlier portions of the State. Rice planting has been be- F gun in the Colleton districts. Gardens ; tea* ire either planted or ready to plant, sch Wheat and oats made a fair growth mei during the last week and where fall ure sown oats were not winter-killed they Cot look promising. The damage from I Hal winter killing was considerable in parti; I pile 3f the State and very slight in other leac parts. There was a large acreage of abo spring oats sown and some spring to wheat. Both are coming up nicely. ber Tobacco plants are of fair size in tht indl beds. Truck did well during March, san with lettuce and radishes being ship- atte ped and peas almost ready to market ten* Fruit trees of all kinds are in bloom ind the indications at this time are fa-; rorable for a large fruit crop. j ^ i Q]a A Hospital For Georgetown. J ..Qn Georgetown. Special.?A syndicate sau omposed of the medical fraternity of and he city has been organized for the and >urpose of establishing an infirmary j unl lere to be known as the Georgetown in- ore irmary. A site has been secured for wit he erection of the buildings and all hid dans have been perfected to make Lev t one of the most complete and mod-! sev >rn in this part cf the country. A flic! lospital is something that has been lish nuch needed here for a long time and inol ieveral times in the near past steps futi vere taken to endeavor to establish >ne. but without result. The one now inder contemplation is practically as- T ured and will probably be in full op-, . ration by early fall at the latest. The ?' 1 ifficers of the Georgeton Infirmary ompany are as follows: President. Dr. ?r? 1. P. Moore; vice president. Dr. W. E. iparkman; treasurer. Dr. L. B. Saleis. secretary. Dr. H. D. Beckman; j uperintendent. Dr. Wm. M. Gallard. J I the Presidential Tour Begins. Rhc "Washington. Special.?With cheers nd good wishes resounding through j sist 1 !- I r, 1 nt? reiiuujivauiti iwniuau oiuuv?, > ? 'resident Roosevelt left at 9:45 a. ni. : ers, ionday on a special train for a trip We hrough the Southwest.% The special , cov rain, which is one of the finest the -j 'ennsylvania Railroad has ever sent a?s| iut of Washington, consists of three cha ars. the President's private car. Rock- i t. the Pullman sleeper. Forest, and T he combination baggage and buffet Fio ar. Viceroy. The train is handsome- Cap y fitted and contains every known ap- tors dianee to insure the comfort and saf- Dr. ty of the passengers. Russians Report a Capture. ^ St. Petersburg. By Cable.?General; jng Jnevitch in a dispatch dated April 2, rep) ays: "The situation remains unchang- j , d. A Russian patrol during the night jab< ?f March 27 surrounded a Japanese | latrol consisting of six dragoons, in sen he village of Baichanchentse, on the mis xtrerae Russian lc.'t. Five of the Jap- jur? .nese were killed. A sergeant was in aptured." mei Off For Vladvostock. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?A letter C rom Vice Admiral Rojestvensky to his Ora rife, which has just been received les iere, indicates that the departure ol cha he second Pacific squadron from Mada- thr< :ascar waters is final, and that it is abo iow on the way to Vladivcstock. In the Bra etter, the admiral wrote that the sail- wai ng of the squadron had been fixed for up. larch 19. but naturally he avoided aention of the route which it was in ended to follow on the voyage east- lllc rard. The admiralty ^dmitted this de- Mic ermination on the part of the admi- the alty to order Rojestvensky to proceed Olii or the Far East. age To Attempt a Freak. Richmond. Special.?General Fits- G nigh Lee, president of the Jamestowj diff Exposition company, announces thai wei n efTort will be made to have the re hea nains of Pocahontas; the Indian prin- see ess, daughter of Powhatan, brought was rom Gra.esend. England, where the> ties tow lie, for re-interment in the olc wa! amestown churchyard during the pe- ter iod of the Jamestown tri-centennial est' n 1907. tha ; the Counterfeiters Arrested. Pensacola, Fla.?A gang of counter- p 'iters, who have been operating for Ro< ome weeks, have been caught by the jail olice court and United States author- trie ;ies and are now in jail. The men mo re all residents of this place. The a d olice also captured the molds, which rere of plaster of Paris. The molds rere made to cast dimes, quarters, dol- bee irs and ten-dollar gold pieces. A offi irge amount of the money has been aro laced in circulation and it is a very wei ood imitation. on my Newsy Items Gathered ?rom all Sections. General Cotton Market. Middling Iveston. quiet 7 J.l-16 w Orleans, steady V/2 bile, steady 7% Hannah, steady 7% arleston, steady 7% rfolk, steady 7~? Itimore, normal 8 w York, quiet 8.05 ston, quiet 8.03 iladelphia. quiet 8.30 uston, quiet 7 11-16 gusta, steady 7% mphis, steady 7% LouiS, steady 7% uisville, firm 7% Charlotte Cotton Market. 'hese figures represent prices paid wagons: ict good middling 7% >d middling 7% ict middling 7% idling 7% iges 6% to 7% Ins 7Vfc to 6^ Hays Released. darion. Special.?The preliminary tring of H. Hayes, charged with ar-1 l, was held and resulted in his rese. Hayes, it will be remembered, I the white man who was arrested e last week charged with burning meat market and Mr. A. L. Camp- j i's store. Mr. H. J. Holloway from comptroller's office, who worked the case against Hayes, and who )re out the warrant against him, j 5 here today to attend the hearing ore Magistrate Oliver, who issued I watrent. Hayes was represented | Messrs J. W. Johnson and J. H. ins, and the State by the town's )rney, Mr. W. F. Stackhouse. The ring cousumed the greater part of i day. The Pickens Teachers. 'ickens. Special.?Pickens county jhers will attend the State Summer , ool at Clemson colege this sum- i r. In order to arrive at the pleas- ; of the teachers in the matter, j inty Superintendent of Education Hum sent out a circular letter. Re- j s have been received froih all the I ling teachers of the county and j >ut 95 per cent, of them favor going Clemson. Judging from the numof favorable replies received the ications are that there will be the ; te number of Pickens teachers in i mdance at Clemson as usually atded in the county school. Escaped Arrest. iagnoiia. Special.?Jack "Boss" and ude Simpson, brothers, white, are ! the wing," being charged with us- ! It with a deadly weapon, assault ' battery (in another case) of a high I aggravated nature and carrying awful weapons. Tom Taylor, cold, charged with assault and battery h a deadly weapon?a razor?is ing out. lie attempted to murder i English, colored, a few days ago, ering one ear from the head and inting an ugly gash in his neck. Eng Has tne repuiauua m uemg a ??; (Tensive Snd peaceable man. These gives will be captured if possible. New Corporations. he Darlington Trust company was Dn a charter last week. The capistock will be $200,000. The officers : R. Keith Dargan, president; E. th Darhan, vice president and gen1 counsel; A. Watchman, second 2 president; E. C. Lide, secretary j treasurer. The active directors the gentlemen above named and following: W. S. Gibson, R. G. , itt. W. F. Stevenson and A. C. ;geshall. The advisory board cons of S. Wolfram, G. K. King. A. i Kollock. W. A. Dowling. A. L. FlowO. J. Sands, W. F. Early, J. A. , inberg, W. F. Dargan, D. D. Witter, W. P. DuBose and R. F. Howie. he Charleston Billiard and Bowling aciation, capitalization $1,000, was 1 rtered. he News Publishing company of rence seeks to be incorporated, lital stock will be $3,000. CorporaP. S. Jeffers, W. M. Waters and , F. H. McLeod. , Mistrial in Peonage Cases. \ harleston, S. C.. Special.?After beout all night, a Federal Court jury arted inability to reach a verdict the peonage case Involving Italian ; )r contractors, who were cnargea h holding employes in involuntary ritude. Judge Brawley ordered a trial recorded, and dismissed the r. This is the first case in the South which it was charged that white 1 were held as peons. _______ I Brakeman Kills Conductor. harleston. Special.?A special from , ngeburg says that Conductor Char- i Oliver, of the* Southern railway, 'n i rge of a freight train at Stilton, se miles from this place, was killed ut 4 o'clock Thursday afternoon by .keman Mickel. The Brakeman ked to Orangeburg to give himself He stated that Oliver assaulted i without cause and stabbed him in shoulder. Picking up an iron bar, kel threw it and struck Oliver in head, the blow crushing the skull. >'er was a man of thirty years of and leaves a family. Peaches May Not be Killed. -ainesville, Ga., Special.?Opinions er as to whether the peach crops e killed or not. There was the .viest frost Friday morning morning n here in a long time, and there 5 considerable ice in various localii. Garden truck in some instances 3 damaged badly. The thermomeregistered 31 degrees at the lowIt is not yet known positively t the peaches were killed, though y are more or less injured. Faked Money Orders. lirmingham, Ala., Special.?W. A. rkwell. a young man in the county on the charge of grand larceny, d to make $500 bond with a forged ney order for small amounts from istant State, and these were so tamed with as to make their aggregate 0. He waited until the money ordepartment at the postoffiee had n closed and presented them to jail cers as his bond. Suspicion was used and the postofflce inspetftors re put on the case. He is now held two charges. \ ss I APRIL SIXTEENTH. Glorifying God in Our Recreations 1 Cor. 10:31; Ps. 10:5-11. Bible Hints. It is precisely as necessary t< play "to the glory of God" as to worl for His glory (ICor. 10:31). It is not a favored few whose lines are fallen in pleasant places, but al Christians can say that, in whatevei nlacp fhpv niav hp fPs 1 ft - ft 1 The secret of a glad heart (Ps. 1G: 9) Is a present God (Ps. 16:8). Then Is no other secret. Iu God's presence Is fulness o1 joy. Absolutely no true pleasure Is omitted from the Christian life (Ps 16:11.) Suggestions. God is the Creator; of course he takes an interest in our re-creations It is not a re-creation unless it re creates us?restores our energy, out health of body and of mind. The test of any sport, and a sufflc ient test, is this: can 1 readily think of Jesus as engaging in it with me! If our sports are to re-create us we must plan them as carefully and as prayerfully as our work. illustrations. As the best rest of one set of muscles is often to use another set of muscles, so often the best rest from one kind of work is to turn to another and very different kind. Are our recreations the high lights in our life pictures? There is not# lug that the painter so carefully studies as the high lights. We can learn many lessons from what we may reverently call God's recreations in nature?the colors of flowers, the songs of birds, the splendors of sunsets. Hearty laughter at one's meals will do more to ward ofT dyspepsia than all the doctor's pills; it is as good a specific against spiritual dyspepsia. Am I taking "my recreations at haphazard? Am I selfish in my sports, or do I play for God's glory? What is the unconscious aim of my sports? Quotations. ' Oh, there is a thrill in the joy of iotng good. It is the most magnificent recreation to which a man can cvot put his hand, his head, or his heart.?Talmage. John Wesley's mother once wrote to him in college: "Would you judge Df the lawfulness or the unlawfulness of a pleasure, take this rule: whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, jbscures your sense of God, or takes jlT the relish, of spiritual things; whatever increases the authority of rour body over your mind?that thing a vnn Ic (tin " Christians can sometimes do more jy shining for God than by speaking '.o) Him.?Andrew Bonar. EPKI1TH LEAGUE LESSONS APRIL SIXTEENTH. Glorifying God in Our Recreations. Psa. 16. 5-11; 1 Cor. 10. 31. This psalm is a beautiful psalm of trust and confidence in God. expressing the delights and pleasure of religion. The "lines had fallen in pleasant places," the place in which he livfed was "a godly heritage." His heart was "glad," his glory "rejoiced." In God's presence was "fulness of joy" and "pleasures for evermore." Even to the Old Testament BaiBt there was nothing gloomy or Bad about religion. He found joy and gladness in the service of God. Hi3 recreation was in new and diversified service for Jehovah, 'ine verse from Corinthians is a summary of duties from the preceding verses which ought to be read in connection with this one, a principle which will guide rightly our pleasures and recreations; to make eating, drinking, playing, and vacation all glorify God and honor our piety. Tested by this standard we can easily determine what Is right or wrong in our amusements. ' Nothing is more abused than the word 'recreation." Recreation is recreation. To call sports that kill, and amusements that degrade and alienate from Christ, recreation. is a misnomer and a lie, Nothing Is "recreation" that does not rest and re-create and quicken body and mind. Those things which defile and fag mind and body are injurious and not recreative. Vacation should be helpful and bring one back to better work. Only that kind can glorify God. Vacation is not a release from Christian responsibility. Play, fun, and frolic are designated to help and not hinder. These things may be made to glorify God as well as praying and singing hymns. There is nothing in real recreation but what will be honorable and helpful to the saint. What are the conditions of glorifying God in our recreations? I That They Be Clean. There are taints upon some sports which render them dangerous and questionable. There are others which give life to the body and rest to the mind. John Wesley's mother wrote him when in school: "Would you judge the lawfulness or unlawfuhiess of any pleasure? Whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience, obscures your sense of God, or takes away your relish of spiritual things, is sin to you, however innocent it may be to others." Select those recreations that are clean and pure if you would glorify God. Won Each Time. About thirty years ago a remark able bet was made between Capt. M;? a racing celebrity, and another offl cer who was noted for his activity. Capt. M? bet $50 that his fellow officer would not hop up a certain flight of stairs "two at a time." The offer was taken, but, as there were forty-one steps in the flight, he found, after taking twenty hops, that he was left only one step to negotiate and had lost. He accused Capt. M? of sharp practice, but the latter re plied: "Well, I'll wager you another $5C I do it." The officer, thinking to get bad his money, again accepted. Capt. M? then hopped up fort] steps in twenty hops, and, hopplnj back one, finished by going up thi last two steps, and won. ^ r i ?.. INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR' APRIL 16i Subject: The Supper at Bethany, John xil., 1-11?Golden Text, Mark xiv.. 8? Memory Verne*. 2, 3?Commentary on the l>a>'? Lenon. I. Jesus entertained at Bethany (vs. 1. 2). 1. "Six days before the passv over." Six days before His crucifixion. lie probably reached Bethany * about the beginning of the sabbath, as the Jews reckoned from sunset to sunr set. "Bethany." Bethany means "House of Dates." or "House of Comfort." It was a village beautifully sit* i uated about two miles southeast of Jerusalem on the eastern slope of the C mount of Olives. It was often visited s by Christ. "Where Lazarus was." It . may have been In honor of his restora nun iu uitr iuui mis supptr ?ti? ^ivru, and in gratitude for It that our Lord was anointed. 2. "Made Him a supper." In the house of Simon the leper (Matt. 2fl:fl). This man had evidently been a leper, and had probably been cured by Jesus. According to a tradition Simon was the father of Lazarus; according to others he was the husband : of Martha, or Martha was his wiuow. ' "Martha served." etc. It is clear that the family of Bethany were in all rc[ spects the central tigure at this entertainment. Martha seems to have had the entire supervision of the feast, and the risen Lazarus was almost as much an object of curiosity as Jesus Himself. In short, so many thronged to see Lazarus, that the miracle which ' had been performed on his behalf caused many to believe on Jesus. "Lazarus at the table." The supper was probably the next day after Jesus' ark rival, after .the close of the Jewish "fcfabbath. 1 II. Mary anoints the Savior (v. C). ?>. "A pound." This was a Roman ' pound of twelve ounces. "Ointment." By the ointment we are to understand rather a liquid perfume than what we commonly know as ointment. "Spikenard." A aromatic herb imported l'rom Arabia and India. "Very costly/' It was worth three hundred pence or denarii, silver coins worth fifteen to seventeen cents each; hence the ointment was worth between forty-rive and fifty dollars. This would be equivalent to ten times that amount at the present time. "Anointed the feet." The perfume was an alabaster > bottle, or flask, which was made with a long narrow neck. Mark says "she brake the box." or the'neck of the flask. The seal which kept the perfume from evaporating had never been removed: it was on this occasion first opened. Matthew says she poured it on His head. There is manifestly neither contradiction nor divergence here between the evangelists. Mary poured the ointment over His head and then over His feet. John notices tiie anointing of the feet, not only as the act of greatest humility and the mark of deepest veneration, but from its unusual character, while anointing the head was not so^uncommon. She wiio had so often saf at His feet, now anoints them, and alike for love, reverence and fellowship of His sufferings, will not wipe them but with her hair. The anointing shows her faith irf Christ and her love for Christ. "Wiped His feet." She took "woman's chief ornament" and devoted it to wiping the travel-stained feet of her Lord. It was the utmost possible expression of her love and devotion. "House was filled." The bouse was filled with the odor of the ointment, and to-day the church and the world are tilled with heavenly fragrance whenever loving deeds are performed for Christ. III. The hypocrisy of Judas rebuked (vs. 4-8J. 4. "Judas Iseariot." Judas began to find fault at what he called a wnste. Wia irmttoHrnre rvmvinnfvd ?nm? nf thp other disciples, so that they joined with him in the condemnation of the act. Whenever there is an act of splendid self-forgetfulness there is always a Judas to-sneer and murmur at it. 5. "Given to the poor." Mark says they murmured against the woman. and their words and manner were also a reflection on Christ Himself, because Ho had permitted it to occur. 0. "A thief." Judas was bad at heart: he was playing the hypocrite. "The ba;:." The cash-box in which the funds of the small company ware kept. i "And bare," etc. Not bare it off by theft, though that he did; but simply had charge of its contents as treasurer. 7. "Let her alone." Christ was indignant at the hypocrisy which mado a pretended consideration of the poor an excuse for attacking and condemning an act of love toward Himself. "Against the day of My burying." It is not for nothing, as your reproaches suggest, that she has poured forth this perfume. She has embalmed Me i Iwifarolinml 8. "The poor always." This act of Mary's will not interfere with your j care for the poor. You can do good i to them at any time. "Me not always." . Christ's bodily presence was about to be removed from them. What tljey did for Him must be done quickly. IV. Curiosity and conspiracy fvs. 9-11). 9. "Of the Jews." John, who was a Galilean, often gives the title | of Jews to those who were Inhabitants of Jerusalem. "Knew that He was there." Large caravans would be coming up for the Passover from all por- i tions of the country, and the news ; would spread quickly through the j shifting crowds that Jesus and Lazr arus were in Bethany. The result was that many of them believed. 10. "Lazarus also to death." As long as he lived, they saw an incontestable proof of the divine power of Christ. 11. "Believed." The resurrection of Lazarus convinced many that Jesus was the Messiah In Common Things. Seek not afar for beauty. Lo! it slows In dew-wet grasses all about thy feet: In birds, iti sunshine, childish faces sweet. In stars, and mountain summits topped with snows. 1 ? ?. -i j Unnnlncca Vnr see! (iO noi aurimii iui 11 a(l>.>.v?. It is a flower that blossoms by thy door. Bring love and justice home; and then no more Thou'lt wonder in what dwelling Joy may be. Dream not of noble service elsewhere wrought; The simple duty that awaits thy hand Is God's voice uttering a divine command; Life's common deeds build all that saints have thought. In wonder-workings, or some bush aaflme, Men look for God. and fanciAiim concealed But ill earth's common tBigs He stands revealed. ^ While grass and flowers and ^rs spel! out His name. The paradise men seek, the city b*ht That gleams beyond the stars forBonging eyes. Is only human goodness in th^WKies. I Earth's deeds, well done, glo^Pnto heavenly light. W ?Mlnot J. Savage. i i r The greatest sorrow way be but a small price to pay for enlarged sympathy. Ikr I | mmmm ! SOUTHERN * FA <]? I>(G)-C] TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTER, i\i?? The l'cmcli Tree Borer. rfl Recently we have received a number of inquiries regarding the peach tree T1 borers?an insect that in one of its iu stages bores into the lower part of the Tt stem of the peach tree and which in so Mi operating does a great deal of harm. ni< ? ?I n ( 1'iie creature wuicn tuos nppcais jo *?i a species of moth, Sannina exltiosa, M< and the fact that it is so in possession of the tree may be known by the large "wi quantities of gum exuded. Every tree thus affected should be suspected to be ? 1 in the service of this enemy. The moth to be held resKmsible for the business "appears mosrcnnmerously in August and September." The ^ female is "of a steel blue color, with a bright yellow band about the middle & of the body. The male Is of a grayish color. "Unlike most moths, both sexes have the wings more or less transparent; 110 this gives them a close resemblance 08 to certain wasps, and such is especially mi the case with the male. The re- be semblance is rendered all the more striking by the fact that these moths re' fly in the hottest days of summer." m] The mating and laying of eggs may ' be assumed to be in progress soon after Ae moths are abont; the eggs belvm as indicated, getting deposited Pa "oiyhe trunks of the trees at, or near, c'( th(Psurface of the ground. Within a week the eggs hatch into small white Pa caterpillars, which at once bore in un through the bark to eat out inner ' bark and sap-wood." Here they stay b? until full grown, doing much damage Pa to the tree?in fact, killing thousands of trees every year. 1 Most of these borers reach full on growth in the spring after they are hatched. They, the larvae, leave the bu tree when they are full grown and spin is cocoons "under the surface of the earth Pe and within an inch or two of the stem J of the tree. f01 "During the-'summer one may easily re* find the cocoons by searching for them bu in the gum and e*rth around the bases m< of the stems. They are a little over an inch in length, and are usually covered with bits of dirt, chips and the like." Soon the larvae becomes a pupa, and an in two weeks the moth appears and tn the life-story repeats itself. How is this enemy of the peach tree P1"1 most successfully fought? It is soon ini after being hatched inside the bark, in* and so is beyond the reach of poisonous Pe< ! applications by spraying. Experience buvs timt th<? moths must be keDt from ^ the trees, for if not they will act in coi accordance with their instincts, and Th then the borers are to be destroyed ?b. while they are in the trees. &e This means that worming by hand ^ j has to be done, and so with all the nec| essary care, if the object sought is to- Jo' j be really accomplished. In the present J"0 1 part of the job the "earth is removed 1 to a dqpth of two or three inches. The b" gum which is thus exposed is scraped away with a knife, and the injured 'ar bark cut off at the burrows. In these 1 burrows the larvae must be found and killed. They are stout bodied, with QQ distinct, brownish-yellow heads."" th{ It is necessary for a desirable- out- mr come that the person entering upon this work should be Instructed in every 013 detail. A stout knife is needed. Some- ^ times it is found well "to have a short ?* piece of strong wire by means of which *c< the larvae are reached when they are no1 so deep in their burrows as to be out of reach of the knife." ma That no unnecessary work may be done, it is to be noted that "there are j. certain very slender, white worms, which are often found in the gum j"** oozing from the base of injured trees." re These are not the larvae of the peach tree borer. The slender white worms e i seen under these circumstances in no orc AA( j way injure the trees. To give any time to killing them is wasteful. T Tim lmnnh irrm hnrpr rn.1V most ad- . ? vantageously be attacked any time dur- Ind ing winter. The moirfh of March is nec PR regarded by many as the best month ^ ^ for the purpose. Some of the leading rs growers of peaches "prefer to worm twice each year." They thus get many ? of the borers before these have had ^ time to do much damage. "This is, of for course, an adva-ntage, but if trees are or(1 wormed once thoroughly each winter gpr and kept mounded during the summer, j.er one worming will usually bo suf- orc ficient." * thc Regarding the devices introduced to Qn prevent the moths from laying- eggs, It fro is thought that though there may be merit among these devices', it yet is advised that the principal dependence A be still "upon a thorough yearly sys- ma tern of worming by hand and mound- in ing." not And now as to ^his moundhig part, hin The instruction Is that "after the trees tw< have been wormed in late winter, earth In should "be banked up against the stems exp to a height of four or six inches above this the level of the ground. div "This compels the moths to lay their I'm eggs high on the trunks, where the anc larvae can be reached when the ttiue cat comes for worming. About Thanksgiv- A ing Day the mound is removed, as all oxp eggs have then been deposited, and by ma: Pointed Paragraphs. If you would knock a stubborn man er< down instead of stopping to argue with ] him you would save a lot of wind and qq( much valuable time. we When you hear of people who fairly blaze with diamonds you may rest as- ce, sured that they are not going to set so the world on fire. St; The government has decided to push the rebate cases against the Santa Fe Rj railway. $1 Gave Drug Store Monopoly. Th6 people of Milton, Vt., are now be buying their liqucrs at one place for pr a time. A fire in the drug store which holds the only other license in town made removal necessary, and change 0t of locatioc. under the law invalidated H< the license, another of which cannot be issued without three weeks' advei> tlsing. sa tr< A man hardly ever knows enough to ^ pretend to think his wife knowa more ne than she does. ca : J _ JL? - RM flOTES.^ \ 5SES-> . ' iSTOCKMAN AND TRUCK GRC WEfi, f ? i 9 moving the mound the larvae are left posed to tlie rigors of the winter, len when the trees are wormed agal* late winter the mounds are replaced. ills# the trees are kept mounded from arch to late in November, and not junded from December to March, be5 wormed during February oc arch." nils is the sort of work that requires itchful Intelligence, the sort which ore or less will pay best in farming. Home and Farm, Bnddlng and Graft fug. There are very apt to be times when would be to the interest of every od farmer to know how to bud and aft. The doing, of these things Is simple ough whefo once one has seen them ne by a person who really knows w. More help can be given in such \ ses by ope object lesson than by my lesson * furnished otherwise, and nee our advice to those who would st and most assuredly be informed garding these affairs ft to go to xsery and see the work don'&r Fhe principle to be observed ii) EK7fJj_ dding and grafting is substantially e same. The idea is to so place the rts to be joined that the one ii >sely fitted to the other and so to be Id by tying or otherwise until the rts thus brought together become Ited into one growth. The ordinary play of the air should excluded until a union between the rts sought to be Joined has actually en formed. [n budding a bud is transferred front e tree to another. This is done when e hark on the tree from which the d is transferred and that to which if taken will separate from the woodel, as It ft said. I sharp knife?there are knives made. r the purpose?to do nice cutting it quired to open the way to where tht d fs to be inserted, and also in re? ' >ving the bud from its place of origin! ter the bud is inserted in its new ice,. the bark raised in giving it adssion is brought carefully and closely iund it, taking care that the bud pro ides above the tying. There are many different kinds of lfting?whip-grafting, veneer-graftside-grafting, inlaying, cleft-graftbark-grafting, herbaceous-grafting; ?d-grnfting, cutting-grafting,, inarch* X, double-working. \.nd then the grafter uses what llj mmonly termed wax in this service, lis is a mixture variously made, the Ject of which is to cover up and so Ip the grafts. Whatever the kind of grafting, it in f vays required that bark must be ned to bark and young wood to ung wood. Thus when a scion is joined to e inch of tree larger than itself, it is :essary to insert it on one side of tha, ger growth. Though grafting has to be of variousids to meet the many different reirements that appear, the rule stands it growths of corresponding age ist be brought together and kept tother if there is to be success in. the dertaklng. Lnd then we know that some kinds plants caw be induced to form per!t unions fn this way and some canL Plants have tbeir affinities and ed antagonisms much as have ani* ils.?Home and Farm. tintlTglit NeAd by Frott. t fs impossible for good fruit to be iduced and well colored unless the es?body, branches and leaves?aa II as the ground surrounding them, fully exposed to the sunlight. Every hard should be carefully gone over ;h year and judiciously pruned, so it air and light -will be admitted0 much top should not be left tc luce overbearing; this obviates the :esslty of cutting away large branchand adds materially in procuring it-class fruit. ? Southern. Fnlit ower. 1 Flowing and Spraying. L Missouri fruit grower in a tallt Bee horticulturists said he plowed his hard four times each year;, and ho ayed his trees about the same nam'of times. If any weeds grew in the hard ho mowed them down before ^ y form their seed and lets them rot the land. He realizes large profits m his fruits. .' " _______________ \ Turkman's Deed of Justice^ 1 story Is told about Francis Parfcu, the historian, which shows that spite of Impaired eyesight ho was ; blind to Injustice. A. friend met i walking along the street,, holding > street boys by their coat collars, reply to bis friend's request for an Sanation Turkman replied: "t found 3 boy bad eaten an apple without iding with his little brother. Now, : going to buy one for the little boy, 1 make the big one look, on while ha s it." fter reading this Incident, we should ect fairness of treatment in Parkn's histories.?St. Nicholas. News of tha Day. The American Board of Commission3 for Foreign Missions decided td cept Mr. Rockefeller's gift of |100,- ?' 0, but postponed final action for two \~ seks. Attorney-General Hadley began proedings in the Supreme Court of Misuri to cancel the franchises of the andard Oil Company in that State. The directors of the Pennsylvania tilrcad Company decided to issue 00,000 of 3 1-2 per cent, bonds. Trustees of th? University of Pennlvania announced that there would i a full investigation of the Hitecht controversy. Mr. William H. Hammond, on? e most prominent real estate mel Boston, committed suicide at th? )tel Astor, New York. , The Czar is still said to hold out ainst peace, and .s credited %vith ying: "If I have to sign a peace ;aty I cannot remain Czar." Other/" formation, however, is to the effect jgjg at Russia has opened the way for gotiations by specifying what &h? a nnat accept.