The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 29, 1905, Image 6
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TOPICS Oh INTEREST TO HhEPLANTi
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Helplul Cliatr.
A farmer of the Piedmont country
carried about forty chickens and turkeys
through the winter. If lie secured
from that number fifty pounds
of niahure it was not visible. The
manure for that number ^f liens should
be worth $10 a yeai. He carried five
or six cattle through the year. He did
not have two 'oads of manure to show.
He lost $'J0 tliere. He bought two tons i
of guano for $41. He applied that to |
poorly prepared land and the grass
in the first two weeks of June used up
half the plant food. There he lost $J-.
That is, a small two-horse farmer,
through carelessness and Easiness, lost
$o2, besides the loss in consequence of
f. poorly cultivated crop. There are
hundreds of farmers iu the land that
lose by one or the ether of these leak.-.
A dozen or more men with families
have, said to the writer that they would
not piant Irish potatoes. They had no j
luck with them and they did not care j
for them any way after the first moss ;
or two. The man who depends on luck
in farming ought to hire out to some ,
good white man for wages. He is not I
- qualified to conduct a farm. Thoi " is j
no luck oven in this section of the.
country in raising the white potatoes,
as they are called up North. Good
soil, well prepared and fertilized, and
cultivated rapidly will insure a fair
crop, provided the hugs are kept off
by Paris greou. It is said that if the
potato patch is covered with pine,
needies the bugs will not trouble them. .
Even green pine tops placed around I
the plants will keep them off. according j
to reports. There is no trouble in rais- j
iug sweet potatoes. Tiny bring a dol- j
lar a bushel now. and tlie crop is
proiitable at thirty-five cents, if sold j
from the field. Some people who do
not depend on luck always keep potatoes
till planting time. What one man
does any other man can do if he tries.
Many of the oats sown broadcast
last fall were killed. Some sown with
wopo tnnpli itniirod.
it ?Jiru i uitii ?\*v iuv.vU ..v?
Those sown with the oat drill came
throuch the severe winter in fine stylo.
The farmers trying that plan say that
they will never sow another bushel
broadcast in the fall. This plau enables
them to sow the heavy, productive
varieties, which are always better
than the late kinds that make much
straw and light grain. In sowing small
grain the most work should be put on
the preparation of the land. Af'er it
Is broken with a two-horse or disc plow
and well harrowed, it is an easy matter
for a hand to put in two to two and
a half acres a day. He lays off. distributes
the fertiliser, plants the oats
and covers them at the same run. with
a five-inch shovel: the rows will be
about fifteen inches apart. A smaller
plow will not leave the open furrow
deep enough.
Farmers who have harrowed wheat
and oats March 23 to April 20. claim
ibat the yield is greatly increased. If
the soil is in fair condition a weedcr
Is better than a smoothing harrow.
This implement pulverizes the soil
about one inch deep. A band with
one horse can run over fifteen acres in
a day. A second cultivation, provided
a rain follows the first, will be bene?r.i?l
T)?o fnrmors in this section wllO i
have tried this plan believe that it adds
ten to twenty per cent, to the yield.?
Chas. Tctty, Spartanburg. S. C.
n.
i A l'rob>in In Irltli Potato Cnltnrc.
\ Mr. L. A. T. writes: '"Would you advise
planting potatoes 011 land that
yields fifty to seventy-five bushels of
corn per acre? It is upland, but very
fine and easy to cultivate. Potatoes
bring from forty to fifty cents a bushel
here iu the fall. Please give me a good
fertilizer and state how to apply it for
a loamy soil with a clay subsoilV"
Answer.?Land tbat wiii bring from
fifty to seventy-five bushels of corn in
your section of the State should grow
a fairly satisfactory crop of Irish po
tatoes. In a favorable season ann wuu |
proper fertilization, you should set -00
bushels or more to the acre, which at
from forty to sixty cents will pay you
very well. Of course, the potato crop
Is a more laborious crop to harvest and
care for than corn. Potatoes give their
Lest results on land of a loamy nature
well supplied with vegetable matter.
They do exceedingly well as a rule
after a clover sod. or the plowing under
of any leguminous crop which will add
nitrogen and vegetable matter to the
soil. Farmyard manure is not a satisfactory
fertilizer for Irish potatoes, as
it often causes them to become scabby,
and therefore interferes seriously with
their appearance when placed on the
market. Land for potatoes should be
deeply broken and carefully prepared
so as to secure a fine seed bed.
Potatoes should be planted in shallow j
furrows six inches deep in rows three
fee? apart and eighteen inches apart
in the drill. The best practice favors
planting medium sized whole potatoes
rather than to cut the seed, using only
one or two eyes to the piece. Where
the seed is cut it should ne spmiKicu
lightly with gypsum or lime, which
heals ti:? wounds and keeps the
News of the Day.
A. Swanson and Lieut.-Gov. Jos. E.
Willard addressed a large body of
voters at Heathsville yesterday in the
interest of their respective candidacies
Senator Martin ,and Judge M&nn
spoke in Lexington yesterday in the
county courthouse to a large audience.
The grand jury of Alexandria city
is investigating the reports of illegal
sale of liquor and gambling and has
summoned all the poliosmen and j
nearly 100 citizens.
A committee representing the Lynchburg
Board of Trade went to Roanoke
Monday, saw President Johnson, of
the Norfolk & Western Railroad,
and preseiued to him the needs of
better passenger station facilities in
Lynchburg. *
During a storm at Ivor the telegraph
office was struck by lightning
and two sets of instruments burned
out. The operAor was badly shocked
and was unconcious for some time.
The United Grand Grove of the
Ancient Order of Druids, which has
been in session in Petersburg, adjourned
to meet next in Newport
iNews. 1 J!
ARM fJOTES. 11
\R, STOCK VAN AND TRUCK CHC WER. \
moisture in the potato. :o that the
seed does not dry up and fail to ger- |
miuate. It takes more seed when |
whole potatoes are used, hut the yields j
are generally considered to be more 1
satisfactory.
As to a fertilizer for Irish potatoes J
one or xue nest woum >>o iwu> jm w..?. j
nitrogen, eight per cent, phosphoric
acid and twelve per cent, of potash, i
I'se the sulphate of potash and not the i
muriate, as the muriate has an iu- j
jurious effect 011 the formation of j
starch and results iu the production <>t' !
a soggy, wet potato. If the sulphate is !
used the potatoes will as a rule he J
more mealy in texture when cooked.
The fertilizer may be made up by using
cottonseed meal, which contains about i
seven and one-half per cent, of organic
nitrogen, or nitrate of soda with acid ;
phosphate and sulphate of potash. To |
obtain the above percentages mix
about 2."0 pounds of nitrate of soda.
.">00 pounds of sixteen per cent, acid
i phosphate and 2.">o pounds of sulphate
j of potash together, and apply at the
rate of ."100 to 000 pounds per acre, i
The fertilizer may he applied broadcast j
or under the drill rows so as not to j
come in contact with the seed, and tl^^
is particularly important if you shoultM
use cottonseed meal to supply the nitro-J
gen. The nitrate of soda is best ap-,
plied separately, part when the pota- j
toes come tip and part in four to six
weeks thereafter.?Andrew M. Soule. i
tirau ami Dairying in the South.
Less capital and fewer acres of land
are needed to go into truck farming ,
than is needed for a dairy farm. (
The latter has many advantages. ;
however; the product is not so likely 1
to strike a glutted market. Butter anil | i
cheese need not he sold at once, hut '
may be stored until prices are more satisfactory.
While a severe drouth will
affect the feed of dairy cattle the ef- ;
feet may he more easily remedied than <
is possible in trucking unless you are
prepared to irrigate. We have fro- ]
quently recommended dairy fanning
on a beef cattle ranch as profitable
business for Florida farmers.
Good grass is a necessity in either '
case. There is a very widespread opin- 1
ion throughout the North and West 1
that we cannot grow grass in this 1
State. It is true ttart "bluegrass" does ! 1
tin* irvnxx- in ITlnrifli TllllS fill' tilllOtllV '
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wild clover have never been grown sue- |
cessfully on a large scale. As to clovor,
we have heard o some good clovep tooing
grown in little patches. If it j
be grown on a city lot. it can be grown j
also on a field of many acres if the ,
same conditions are insured. We feel
very confident that experiments will
show that on moist -oil well enriched
and inoculated with the proper bacteria
red clover will do well in Florida.
On drier land probably alfalfa may be
grown in its place.
We know positively from personal
observation that on flat woods land
white clover will grow without care
or cultivation, spreading gradually and
smothering out the native grasses.
All things considered, we see no
reason why the cattle business in any
of its branches will not prove more
profitable in Florida than in the Northern
States.?Florida Agriculturist.
Corn and Cob Meat For Slieep.
It. L. O.. Hiukle, writes: Will corn
or crushed corn and cob mixed with
wheat bran hurt to feed sheep?
It will not hurt sheep to iced tnem i
corn or crushed corn and cob meal
mixed with wheat bran, provided of
course you do not feed too much. Your
ewes should not receive a heavy grain j
ration for some time before parturition
and for several days thereafter, j
What grain is fed at the period men-1
tioned should consist chiefly of wheat
bran. Ewes which are receiving a'
fair amount of shredded corn stover j |
with clover or pea hay will not need j
a large amount of grain, say from <
one to two pounds per day. depending (
on the roughness fed. You may feed ]
a mixture of one-half corn or corn and ,
cob meal with \vheat bran to ndvant- '
age. Wheat bran is much more ex- j
pensive than cotton seed meal when ,
the protein content is considered. }
Wheat bran contains about twelve per ,
cent, of digestible matter as compared ]
with 37.2 per cent, in cotton seed meal, j
atui you should be able to buy the cot- ,
ton seed meal in small lots at about ]
$23.00 per ton. Do not feed more than ]
a quarter pound of cotton seed meal to ,
your sheep. As much as a half pound, ,
of course, can be fed when the ewes j
are "well accustomed to it without in- j
jury. Cottou seed meal is not nearly ,
as satisfactory for young iffinbs as .
wheat bran, but the small amount they ,
eat while running with their mothers ,
sliould not injure them. Owing to the J
much higher protein content of cotton ,
seed meal, it is much cheaper at the ,
price mentioned that the wheat bran.? <
I'rof. Soule.
The recent birth rate for St. Oeorge'sin-the-East.
London, the headquarters
of the alien invasion, is at the rate of
00.8 per 1000. ;
Jets and Flashes.
If some wives would hand their husbands
a few more smiles at home they
wouldn't purchase so many at
saloons.
A man thinks he is mighty charitable
when he gets somebody else to
give $10 to his favorite cnanty.
A married man say3 the easiest way
to manage a wife is to let her have
her own way.
Nothing is more popular than Home
Missions on Foreign-Mission Sunday.
Better the hands that ache from toil
than the heart that aches from trouble.
The Fredericksburg Star states that
Congressman J. F. Rixey has appointed
Chancellor IJailey Colemjan,
son of Dr. W. J. Coleman, of Louisa
county, as midshipman at Annapolis,
and Joseph M. Blackwell, of Fauquier
county, as alternate.
Mr. Mason, of the firm of H. Mason
& Co., merchants, five miles from
Jarratts, Sussex county, was struck
by lightning and killed instantly. He
was found lying on,a counter of the
store. A bunch of keys in Mr. Mason's
pockets had been melted and his clo*
thing was badly burned.
TREE LICE.
For the tree lice, the New Hampshire
Station successfully dips the infested
twigs of young trees in a weak solution
of live soap. Probably kerosene emulsion
would answer the same purpose.
^ A\?n
1 N U M'liAllAUO i-> U.>r?
Recent tests at the Geneva (X. Y.)
experiment station suggest that the
thorough spraying of scale infected
trees with a sulphur wash may take
the place of the first one of the combined
treatment with bordeaux mixture
and paris green for scale and
scab. It is found that the sulphur
washes kill many other insects besides
the scale and result in considerable
benefit to the tree. On the other hand,
it was noticed that in spraying old
orchards some of the buds were killed
on the lower branches by the large
quantity of the spray which they received.
The effect was to thin the
fruit and decrease its number, while
improving the size and quality. The
lime and sulphur washes proved efficient
scale destroyers on all treated
trees.
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DUST SPRAYING.
This method of spraying fruit trees
has been practiced for several years
[>y Western orchardists with success.
This season an apple orchard in Batavia.
X. Y., has been treated by the
application of dry sand and the usual
chemicals with remarkable success.
The apples of various kinds are remarkably
free from fungus or other
defects. This so-called spray is coml>osed
of sand, with the same ingredients
used in water. The sand is thrown
by a current of air upon the foliage of
the trees when they are wet with
dew. My opinion is that this method
would be more successful in a dry
season than a wet one, and in a dry
State like Missouri than a wet State
like New York. The opinion is that
it would wash off sooner than the
usual water spray, but there is no
proof of this.?Indianapolis News.
PLANTING FRUIT TREES.
The broken or mutilated portions of
the roots must be cut off, so as to leave
the ends smooth and sound, and the
ends of all the other roots should be
pruned. From these ends the new
fibrous roots usually start.
The hole must be large enough to
receive the roots freely, without cramping
or bending them from tffeir natural
position; the larger the better. Let the
tree be the same depth it stood in the
nursery (the old mark can be readily
liscerned) and not deeper, except in
rases of dwarf trees. These latter
should be set so that the point of union
diould come two or three inches below
the surface of the ground. The tree
jeing Jieia uprigiu, iue nnesi auu um
?artb from the surface should be care'ully
worked among the roots with the
ingers. filling every space and bringng
every root in contact with it. Set
he tree as firm as a post, but leave the
surface filling light and loose.
This is done by placing a layer of
wirse manure from three to six inches
leep. extending one or two feet further
n each direction than the roots. This
irotects the earth about thrt roots
igainst drying or baking with wind
>r suu. retains to it the requisite molsure,
and obviates all occasion for a
irnetice (generally of injurious effects)
-the watering newly planted trees.
The stems should now be put in conlition
for the formation of the top by
amoving al! the limbs to the point
vhere it is desired to Lave the top;
hen out back each remaining limb,
caving from four to six inches.?II. S.
iViley, in Massachusetts Ploughman.
SETTING STRAWBERRIES.
As a farmer that is fond of s;rawjerries.
and anxious to see this most
landsome and delicious fruit grown
>n all farms. I will have to take exceptions
to rl. W. Henry's article in
Parmer in regard to the use of the
spade in setting strawberry plants.
Too many farmers imagine that strawjerries
are hard to grow, without being
liscouraged by being advised to obtain
special tools, and then have to "crawl
ilong on the ground" to set the plants.
[ sometimes imagine that such advice
s given by commeieial growers in
jrder to discourage others. Now. Iam
not going to claim that a spade is the
best implement with which to set
plants, but it is something that I"
available (or should be) on all farms,
it is speedy and reasonably sure. I
have used one for years and expect to
continue doing so. The worst failure
with plants and the poorest berries
that ever I grew happened several
rears ago when, as a beginner. I unlertook
to follow directions given in
in article in a farm paper, and two of
us worked the greater part of a day
in setting out 700 plants. Since then
I have been a "lazy man" and used the
spade, and have always had berries,
and most of the time more than we
could possibly use. Of course, if the
farmer goes out in the spring with a
rusty spade and with some of the dirt
from the last job on which he used it
the fall before sticking to it. he must
not expect'to do good work. But if he
has a bright spade, and will stretch a
line across the ground as a guide to go
by, and then with a small boy to hand
him the plants, he can soon set (or "put
in the ground") enough plants to supply
his family with berries.?I". S. Girard,
in Indiana Farmer.
His Admiration.
The admiration which Bob felt for
his Aunt Margaret included all her
attributes and even possessions which
the aunt herself was not wont to consider
desirable. M
"I don't carejmich for plain teeth
like mine, AuiyMargaret," said Bob
one day, afterla long silence during
which he had TOfched her in a laughing
conversation TOh his mother. "I
wish I had some copper-toed ones,
like yours."?Youth's Companion.
"Can't I go out in the back yard and
play in the garden, mamma?" "Certainly
not, child. You must stay in and
study your nature books."?Life.
Ta\e? unit fr'tirm*.
.iHOfV HE farmer will ask. "How a
j J I. much would the tax be 011 s|
! q ^1^ O my farm to have good si
X 1 * roads?" This is a vital
question, and it rocs to the
! heart of the whole matter. As the an- ^
| swer to the question depends on the
i size of the farm, its value, the assessed
i value of the township, and the county,
i and its location, no answer can he
| given that will tit every ease. The tc
I following example, which is based on m
.-uuuiuuii* mai represent iuf iivniijif
! situation in Illinois, as stated, will fur- gi
nish an approximate answer: Let us -si
I assume that John Jones owns a quar- gi
ter section in a township in Central II- w
linois, where the county is made up of P<
sixteen townships. The records of the ra
State Board of Equalization show that
i $1800 is an average assessed valuation
of such a farm. The assessed
| valuation of a farming township is
: $300,000 or over, but we take $300,000 01
1 as the basis. Then the assessed valu!
ation of the county would be $4,800,000, f*
tv
and under a State and county aid road ^
i law (which seems to be most equitai
ble), the cost of hard roads is divided ^
; in three parts, charging same to State, ^
1 county and township. j ^
ThjiState's portion of the cost would '
be mii\ in cash from the one mill tax !
| lew- The county and township paid '
' by issuing bonds, payable in twenty
I annual instalments, with tliree .and a
| half or four per cent, interest.
I To meet these bonds with the inter- P<
est the county and township must bi
. raise, upon an average, $1200 a year of
1 for twenty years.
The township tax must be spread tli
over *aw.uuu vaiuauun, which win j
make the rate four mills. The county : si
tax must be spread over $4,800,000 ! in
valuation, which makes the county tax be
one-fourth of a mill. So. upon the j se
J farm In question the annual tax bill of
! will be:
j State tax, one mill $1.80 |
: County tax. one-quarter mill -to j
i Township tax, four mills 7.20
! ? ?
Total $0.43
I ar
The above is based upon only one of '
i the sixteen townships in the county jq
| building hard roads; for every other ^
! township where $00,000 is expended ^
; for hard roads the county tax will be
Increased one-quarter of a mill, equal
to forty-five cqnts a quarter section, g
which would have to be added to the ^
above. If every township in the coun- ^
i ty should undertake at once the build- ^
! ing of a similar system of hard roads,
I the county tax on the farm would be
j fom- mills, or $7.20, which, with $7.20 ..
i township and $1.80 for State tax.
would bring the total up to $10.20.
Suppose the farm in question is
question is planted in corn and yields ^
an average of forty bushels to the
acre, the tax then will represent one!
fourth of a cent a bushel on the crop.
Experience shows, and I believe every M
one will admit, that a wideawake farm- j
; er. having at all seasons of the year (
rood, hard roads, can. by watching the I g
| market and selling his corn under the ^
i most favorable conditions, get at least j
J one cent, and often five cents, a bushel
j more than he can under present condiI
tions. With hard roads he can take av
i advantage of the market: with mud to
roads the markets often take advantage
of him. And if our friend on the ! ro
farm will sit down, take his pencil and ; 01,
figure out the saving he can make by j nj|
hauling twice the load in half the time j
by reason of the hard roads, and the
, saving of wear and tear upon his "
teams, he will see that, in fact, no mat- '
' ter how he figures, he can save the
| cost of hard roads many times over ! (
1 510
I every year. : f
The building of hard roads on the i
main thoroughfares will reduce the j ur
| present road and bridge tax at least i
one-half: so the cost of hard roads is j:l
cn nr<*nlv Hint it dOCS not I
I become a burden. i
Usually fifteen, or. at most, eighteen, j W'
1 miles will cover the maiu roads in any ,
| township; these can be macadamized j be
j or gravelled, making n permanent hard t so
; road, at a cost not exceeding $00,000 in j ai:
j any part of the State, and usually for ! pr
! $od.00l>. In localities having material |
J close at hand the expense can be cut I C(
to $33,000 or S40.000. With modern j jn
road machinery the remaining dirt j i,c
roads can be graded, crowned and j )ir
draiued, greatly improving the same, j
and the whole cost will not increase |
the present road tax over ten cents an of
acre a year. The whole question is: t
Are hard roads and good roads worth ar
, $1(J a year for a quarter section? in,
Generally the cheapest and most ac- fo'
j eessible material should be used. In
i about ha^ of the State gravel can be
had: in tffb southern part of the State ^
a very g?k>d material, known as Nova- s;
culite. is found; in the vicinity of Joliet 0i
in
<ii>n rhiourn thpre is an abundance of
",iV4 v.-.s?.0w ? ?^ _
all road materials, gravel, limestone
and furnace slag, while Chicago's
great drainage canal has upon its
banks millions of cubic yards of good Pc
road material, and at the south end of ;l*
this stone pile is the Joliet peniten- it5
tiary.?Chicago Tribune. isl
. fr
No Penclon Vet.
"Well, to be honest with you," said ?v
the tramp, "I cau't exactly say that
I'm a veteran and have witnessed the lr
horrors of war. but I think I deserve
a pension, though." ju
"For what?" j,a
"Well, I was once locked in a freight r(?
car for a week, with the*weather at n;]
^ero, and nothing but a frozen turnip
to eat. and nothing but blocks of building
stones to keep me warm, and if I
am not entitled to a pension nobody w
else ought to have one. The horrors of re
that old turnip beat the horrors of a sc
battlefield all to pieces."?New York bt
News. I
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Women'! Good Looki,
Accor :g to an English specialist
who . as made a careful study of
the subj ct, the reason why women w
are better looking than men is because se
they are more indolent, and are not
called upon to use their brains as much ')e
as men are. Hard intellectual work
and assidious attention to business, he
says, are harmful so far as physical
beauty ia concerned.?Indianapolis ol
j Keys.
^household
jwjt^ affairs
PEAR HONEY.
Tick over and core fully ripe pears
nd cook with a little water until soft;
train through a jelly bag and then
ininier slowly until reduced about onelird
of the original amount. It should
e pale, clear and sweet, with a fruity
avor. This is excellent for use with
elieate griddle cakes.
SPICE LOAF CAKE.
Cream one and one-half cups of buttr,
add two cups of sugar, one cup of
iolassos, one cup of milk, four well?aten
eggs, one level teaspoon of
round cloves, one and ene-half teamon
of cinnamon, cne-oi'.arter of a
ated in tmeg, five cups of flour in
hieh sii" level teaspoons of baking
)\vder are sifted, ai.d two cups of
lisins. Bake in two loaves slowly
DATE CAKE.
Cream one-half cup of bultor, add
ic and one-half cups of sugar, beat
ell, add the beaten yolks of four
;gs, beat again, add one nip of milk,
vo and one-quarter cups of flour with
?ur level teaspoona of baking powder
fted in it. then add one-half pound of
ites chopped and one-half teaspoon of
uiond flavoring. Bake in thin sheets,
>vcr with a thick icing and decorate
itli stoned dates. Serve in small
luares.
APPLE GINGER.
Pare and core apples and to four
junds allow four pounds of light |
own sugar, the juice and grated rind
' tiiree lemons and an ounce of white
nger pounded flat. Cook all together
iree or four hours over a slow fire
? + ;! fhft n nr.ln Innbc r?1onr Spfll ill
ail jars. The ginger can be bought
any drug store, and the pieces should
? taken out before sealing the prerve
or at any time when the flavor
ginger becomes too strong.
SHEPHERD'S PIE.
Cut up enough cold roast beef to
ake a quart of small, thin slices.
Mtson the meat with salt and pepper,
id after putting it into a deep earthen
sh pour over it a sauce made as folvvs:
Put two tablespoonfuls of butr
into a frying pan. and when it has
'come hot add two scant tablespoonIs
of flour. Stir until this is dark
own, and then add a pint of water.
>ason with salt and pepper and boil
r three minutes. Pare, boil and mash
?ht good-sized potatoes; then add to
em a cupful of boiling milk, a tableoonful
of butter, and salt and pepper
suit the taste. Spread this prepara>n
over the meat and sauce, beginng
at the side of the dish and workg
toward the centre. Bake for thirty
inutcs. Other meats beside roast
ef may be used in a shepherd's pie
desired.
aa^iJO^sbi^iijAi'ua?
N'ovcr put warm food of any kind
ray in a covered dish if you want it
lceep well.
When peeling onions begin at the
ot end and peel upwards, and the
0:1 will scarcely affect your eyes at
I.
If a piece of furniture is ink-stained,
t drops of nitre in a teaspoonful of
ater applied with a feather will rervc
it.
Glassware should he washed in hot
apsuds and rinsed in cold water. A
glass towel does the rest. - Use a
ttsli for cut glass.
l)o not us? a sponge; it no longer tills
bug-felt want on the toilet table, heuse
it is apt to become filled with
rras poisonous to the skin. T'se a
t of antiseptic cloth or the hands.
A spoug? or face tlannei which has
come slimy through constant use of
r.p should he well nibbed with salt
:d then rinsed in cold water. By this
ceess it becomes practically new.
Rust on steel may be removed thus:
)ver the steel with sweet oil, rub it
well, and let It stand for forty-eight
?urs; then rub the steel with unslaked
lie, finely powdered, till all the marks
ive disappeared.
In addition to the weekly scrubbing
the refrigerator, it Is a good plan
occasionally take out the shelves
id boil them with a handful of washg
soda. The wash boiler may be used
r this purpose.
Orange frosting for cake is made by
atiug the rind of an orange and
sczing the juice and a tablespoont'ul
bmon juice over it. Gradually beat
ro the mixture confectioners' sugar
itil the proper consistency is reached.
A diet of young carrots is said to be
:cellent for the skin and all its apndages
of hair and nails. This is
tribute:! to its anti-scorbutic salts,
5 oiiy matter and the iron which exis
in all red-colored vegetables and
uits.
A girl who develops her own photoaphic
plates tried many experiments
'fore she solved the problem of keepg
her hands, especially Iter finger
tils, clean. She found that lemon
ice, if used quickly after the hands
id been in the developer and the hypo,
moved stains from underneath the
tils.
A Valuable Pnalter.
A Tsalter. which belonged to Bosell.
was sold at Sotheby's in London
cently for ?15. It contained the in
ription: "James coswen, noo. *
>ught this for 2d at Greenwich, when
was walking there with Mr. Samuel
>hnsou."
Whltechapel Changed.
Whitechapel, London, the district
here so many crimes were committed
veral years ago. including the notorus
"Jack-the-Ripper" murders, lias
;en transformed by the police into a
jrly respectable district. *
Music boxes and blue light are two
! the latest things in the line of anesthetics.
- - i
irrth the I U""!J|
I ~
Obnerve the Lovely Rhymes.
There once was a poet of Dominique,
Who never had written a limerick.
And the people all cried:
"If he has never tried,
For heaven's -sake, give him a medal quick.*
?Somerville Journal.
Wli e It Get* It.
"But don't you believe that virtue
always gets its reward in the end?"
, "Nope: sometimes it gets it in th<
; neck."?Houston Post.
Unattainable Wealth.
: "Loafley says being married to ac
heiress is not a success."
"No?"
"No. Says it's just like working ir
| a bank."?Houston Chronicle.
I "Ungrateful Truth."
"She has taken very great care ol
j herself, you know."
"Yes. But her age i. telling on hei
| at last."
"What ingratitude!"?London Punch
The l!liiis of Ignorance.
She?"Some peopledon't know what's
good for tliem in this world!"
He?"Yes. but they're better off than
the people that know and haven't the
price to get itl'^-Detroit Free Press.
l'lace to Acquire Knowledge.
Greene?"Would you call Brlggs ai
educated man?"
\V'hite?"Well, I think he knows mon
than he did when he first ventured int<
the stock market."?Boston Transcript
Trouble Ahead.
"Here's a man what say de worl
com'n' ter a end next July."
"My, my! En ter think, I done buyec
two lightnin* rods en a eight-day clod
on de installment plan."?Atlanta Con
stitution.
Mont Have Been Absent.
"Mrs. Qaintly wasn't at the receptloi
this afternoon, was she?"
"What makes you think she wasn't?'
"Since you got back you've doni
nothing but tell me thiugs you'v*
beard about her."?Judge.
Sarcasm.
Mrs. Knox?"Weil, I was in plenty o
time for the wedding, after all; and
enjoyed It immensely."
Mr. Knox?"Really? What was tbi
matter? Didn't the bride look he
best?"?Philadelphia Ledger.
Menagerie Pleasures.
m
Far from his native forest free.
Jocko swings with heart of glee:
Patiently stand his friends so tall.
Thinking of his coming fall.
Eaaj Appropriating.
Mrs. May?"I'm glad men don't weai
lace and ribbons and things on theii
clothes the way women do, aren'
you?"
Mrs. Kay?"Oh, I don't know! Tbinl
how convenient it would be for us ii
case we wanted something of th^ sor
tn a hurry!"?Detroit Free Press.
The Higher Education.
"Do you expect your son to beeomi
proticient in the classics while at col
lege?"
"No."
"Football?"
"No. All I want Is for 'em to giv<
him a good hazin, an' mebbe take soun
of the conceit out of him."?Washing
ton Star.
Proad Moment.
Mike?"Oi hear yez wor foined foiv<
dollars fer assaultln' McDooley."
Pat?"Oi1 wo; an" it wor a proud mo
mint whin OI hur-rd th* sintince
b'gorry."
Mike?"Pfwhats th* rayson av thot?'
Pat?"Faith, an' it show'd which ai
us had th' best av th' contist."?Chi
cago News.
Talent Rewarded.
Feminine Art Student?"What be
came of Mr. Hilight, who showed such
talent here last term? None of his
work has been published, has it?"
Masculine Art Student?"Oh, yes. but
It isn't signed. Hilight's on The Evening
Saffron. He draws those crosseiin
photographs which show where the
crime was committed."?Puck.
Disappointed.
"Luck never manages things just
right," said the irritable man who dis
likes music. "It might Just as wel
have been the other way around, bui
1* ?oon'f "
il TV UOU I.
"What is the trouble now?"
"My daughter, who plays the niano
has a sore throat, and the one whc
sings has a sore finger."?Wasbiugtor
Star.
ttoman'i Wiy,
"Yes. indeed, we had a falling out
He lives within a block of my house,
but I never see him."
"Never?"
"Well, once when I was placing
some flowers in the parlor window. ]
caught sight of his long overcoat."
"And that was all?"
"Yes, except?er?when I passed hi*
house he was at the window."
"And you looked up?"
"Only glanced, dear. Really?" .
"Then you smiled?"
"I?I?er?no?yes?"
"And spoke?"
J Well?er?just to?but I never set
n Honestly, we had a falling out*
?Detroit Tribune. /.
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? HHflH
SUNDAY,
The a
John 2:
It makes a great differa^Prera^^^^H
to an indestructible gem, whether
belongs to a crown cr a junk heaa?i^^^^H
Look around and see how the^^^H
world is treating God. and if you are
the child of God, do not expect to
frpntpH anv heftpr
Could you explain to a caterpillar
what it is to be a buterfly? No more
could God explain to us what we
shall be. \
, We become like whatever we truly
see, as the sunlight lightens up I
whatever it falls upon.Nind covers^^^H
the roughest stone that
with the brilliancy of
Our destiny is not to be meas^^^^^^H
by our accomplishments, .but by
purposes; not by time, but by eter^^^^^H
B I
If you want to glorify your earth.
think great thoughts of heaven.
True thoughts of the hereafter contribute
to the present; weak and
dreamy thoughts only weaken the
present.
. Half of Napoleon's power was his
consciousness of a splendid destiny.
When one loses that consciousness,
he loses his power.
Illustrations.
Every Christian is a king traveling
through a foreign, land incognito.'^
s That your life is of pure
does not make it a lovely star^fe.
L Take it to the Sculptor.
f The sky begins on the earth; so
does your heavenly destiny begin
with the duties of to-day.
Questions.
i Am I living as one with an immortal
destiny?
? Am I consciously preparing for my j
\ endless future? _ ' ;*
Quotations.
Without a belief in personal immortality,
religion is surely like an
* arch resting on one pillar, like a
bridge ending in an abyss.?Max Mill
ler.
c I feel my Immortality oversweep \
all pains, all tears, all time, ail fears.
?Byron.
As often as I hear of some undeserved
wretchedness, my thoughts
i rest on that world where all will be
made straight.?Fichte. 3a
\M
B THE NATIONAL CAME. ^
?
Clnrkson is winning right along for
Jersey City.f
Devlin is making great strides in the
? first class of base stealers.
: L'nglaub is proving a elever utility \
I man for Boston, after all.
p Beaumont was the first National
League player to make fifty hits.
Manager MeGraw began to play at
fifteen and was a manager at thirty.
Elberfeld has been laid off by New
York without pay until he can get into
shape.
The Clevelands are being heavily # touted
for the American League cham- . v.
pionship this season.
Stone is leading the St. Louis Erowns *
in hitting and run getting, and is ahead *
of Burkett on all counts. , .
Veteran Jack Boyle has succeeded
Jack Doyle as first baseman for the
Toledo American Association team.
Cleveland critics now claim for Jos#
the distinction of being the best fielding
pitclu r in the American League.
Joss, of the Cleveland team, is pitclij
Ing great ball. He has twice held clnbs
i down to three hits, once to four and
i twice to five.
The St. Paul Club has suspended
pitcher Boy Evans, indelinitel.v, without
salary, for derilictlon iu the per- *
forinauce of his duties. > 5
r New York critics are tossing boquets
r at Dobbs for his great fielding with the
t Brooklyn?. If he could only hit and
throw he would be a star,
z Young "Cy" Young, of the Boston ?
f Nationals, is the boss shut-out pitcher,
t with five such victories to his credit.
Killian lends in the American League
with three.
'T don't know that it is possible to
s legislate the new style of delivery out
. of the game altogether, but I do know
that it is possible to help the batting
by returning to the old rule regarding
fouls," says President Ban Johnson.
; RAM'S HORN BLASTS
m HE cause that ha*
J virtue does not need
r^/T"~5 ARM When prejudice
* B .jMK begins to convince
P. ** nhstinarv 'tis the
beginning of a long
njftfio He who rises
jMI ? against God is sure
ItV i^fc Great triumphs
are the fruitage of
f\j% # many trials. f
1 Love's wealth costs least to get and
? lasts longest. .
Many a man bites off his head to feed
t his face.
No worship ascends where nothing is
> given up.
Few things are more precious than
well-won praise.
Obedience is our obligation, the bles>
_ ing is His.
Men who want to be spirit-filled must
" be self-emptied.
. Those who live with us have the
greatest power to lift us.
God knows His servants by their
souls and not by their salaries.
' God lived as man that man might love
as God. {
1 The saloon bar is Satan's bargain
counter.
It is hard work seeking the Savior
and serving self.
He builds well the house who lays
aright the first brick.
The more the pruning the greater the
, promise of fruit. \ .
[
HIS AFFECTIONS SHIPWRECKED. '
"Nellie," spoke the youth, with an
? air of confidence, "only say the
word and you and I will sail together
on the rough sea of life, bravely buffeting
its waves, trimming our sails
to meet the adverse winds that?"
"Leave me, Harry, leave me," interrupted
the maiden. "The man
who takes me on that journey must
offer me a first-class passage on a A
steamer."?Seattle Post-Intelligenoec,