The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 21, 1905, Image 6
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Tunic Effects In Skirts.
It is mmored that tunic effects in
.kirts are to appear with the first melancholy
days. In fact, some ultra
smart wnrm-n -or** ipmi-i""
?X ? U4V "VUl nit) IUIIU UCM> .
The bell-shaped tunics, short at the
sides and arranged over a plain or
flounced skirt, are the most attractive.
Other tunic models have a square
apron effect slashed up at the sides,
and for stout figures this style is best,
giving long lines. If you think of
having a woolen street gown made
now. be sure that the skirt is cut in a
modified bell or umbrella shape.
Women at the Bar.
One of the graduates of the Law
?^ School of Boston University at its recent
commencement was Miss Edith
W. Peck, a young woman of social
prominence in Cincinnati. Ohio. It is
said that she will enter the law office
of her father, who is a judge, and attend
to a general office practice. Another
woman to enter the profession of
law is Miss Anm Grace Kennedy, a
graduate of the Baltimore Law School
and the second woman to receive the
degree of bachelor of laws in Maryland.
She received in addition to this
degree two medals, one for the best
thesis and the other for being the highest
grade student in the senior class.
I# Modern Conrtshlp Quick?
An American lady has discovered
that courtship is a swifter business
than of old. This does not result, as
you might suppose, from tlie increasing
"hustle" of these happy days, nor
from the higher speed of the maidens
of 1905. In olden days, When the
lovers "stoic a word or two between
the pauses of a minute," things
araggeu. .now that a "couple can
golf all day undisturbed by a chaperon
* * * if a man doesn't make
record time"' in courtship, why,
blame the man. This is all very well.
But in the days of the minuet they
could, if we believe the romancers,
put on the pace. Mistress Lydia Languish
would meet Mr. Roderick Random
for the first time at tea, and be <
off to Gretna Green before supper.
Golf is not in it. 11
Fall Materials and Colors.
No one need fear to invest in a 1
plaided or cheeked costume, for man- 1
ufaeturers are now weaving and getting
readj to weave plaids of all i
sorts for the fall and wihter. Shadow 1
plaids, cheeks and also stripes are a I
feature of the autumnal uress mater- l
ials. These made their ^rst appear- j
anee In mohairs, and since then they
have been manufactured abroad in ]
melrcse, in satin prunella and other ]
goods. ,
Stripes are pushed this autumn, and i
ought to find favor with tha j
woman at least.
In colors for the autumn royal blue ]
is a leader abroad, while in this coun- i
try the shade termed inauguration j
blue is a much-used color. Green in i
myrtle reseda and other dark shades ?
are fashionable, while browns fall behind
their run of last year, while the
dark shades of plum, purple and kin- ?
dred hues are being manufactured
in quantities.
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What She Kmbrolder*.
Linen buttons. J
Stamped chemisettes aud elbow
^sleeves. v
T.inpn pnrit tr? mot/.h >>f>? ""A" '
V?vvw ?v 4UUIVU UVi JIUVU
dresses.
Stock ties of handkerchief linen, already
stamped.
Towels for wedding presents, giving
them a scalloped edge.
A butterfly design on her uudenvaist
and other lingerie.
Handkerchief bags, which may be
bought ready stamped for a quarter.
Linefl covers for heart-shaped pillows.
These have embroidery ruffles.
Fine white pique oases for the handkerchiefs,
gloves and cravats of her
male relations.
Pretty collars and cufTs sets, which
come ready stamped on linen for thirty-five
cents.
And for the same price one may
buy the entire little outfit wherewith ;
all this may be done.
CnltiTatlDCthe Grace*.
Keeping up appearances may be considered
vulgar, but within rightful
limits it indicates a prime essential
to successful attainment. In the matter
of behavior, if one wishes to appear
graceful andamiable \ she perforce
makes an effort not only to seem but
to be amiable and graceful. The rec
ognition of what is seemly is the tirst
step toward its attainment.
With the decline of the kitchen and
life in apartments, grand functions
and state occasions are being left to
those with spacious homes and limitless
means. But the spirit of hospitality
is not dead: only its outward forms
are put upon a more simple and perhaps
more genuine basis.
Having eliminated from domestic
service much that is superfluous, and
having gained a broader knowledge
of what constitutes the art of living,
the housekeeper of the future will
<Vr>euse her income and time to greatc*advantage
than she has done in the
past and her hospitality will subserve
more than a single end. Nor shall its
leading feature be confined to the
woman's luncheon on which occasion
the family needs entertainment or shelter
abroad until the dread hour of the
function has passed.?Indianapolis
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The Ideal Guest.
It has been said that women may be
divided into two classes, that of the
"born hostess" and that of the "born
guest," audathat neither fits into the
other's role with any degree of success!
There is one charming woman who is
known among her friends as "I. G.."
which mysterious appellation 9tands
for "Ideal Guest!" It is so silly! And
one can be a perfect guest if 9he only
tries. All you have to do is to, be
pleased with your entertainment, and
try to help your hostess make things
agreeable for others. Yea, I do visit
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cfjfyrK
a great deal, and I make it an inviol
able rule never to repeat in one house
what I have seen cr heard in another."
It is very modest and quite prope:
that the "Ideal Guest" should thu:
make light of her qualifications. Those
of us. however, who have a faculty
for observation know of other require
ments of the character she has noi
named. The "Ideal Guest." for in
stnace. makes the care of her room a.<
easy for the maid as possible. Wher
she leaves it In the morning the be<
is stripped and the mattress turnct
to the air. When she leaves it for din
uer or supper in the evening, all hoi
own belongings are carefully put away
in closet or drawers, thus making ik
"picking up" after her?work whicl
is wearing to the maid and whicl
takes much time. The "I. G." also re
members at noon, or when the guesl
room has the most blaze of sunlight
to cloce the blinds or drop the awnings
thus helping to keep fresh her hostess
dainty furnishings.?Harper's Bazar.
""The Business Woman's Problems.
Why the woman who works fotM
living is usually more nervous and ^
less exuberant health generally thai
the man who works, has been a mattoi
for much discussion in clubs and news
papers, and without any satisfactory
verdict having been reached, but then
are those who do not find it hard tc
understand the phenomenon.
The man who works usually docs one
sort of work. lie is a physician, a law
ycr. or a clerk, and when he has closet!
Mis office door for the day, if he is r
sensible mdn. he puts iu the remaindei
of the time enjoying himself in what
ever way best fr.its him.
And the woman who works?well
she is usually jack of a (loz^n trades
and master of none.
When she comes home from her ofTre
it occurs to her that there are a half a
dozen pairs of stockings to be darned?
and she sets to work forthwith on this
nerve-tearing work. When the stockings
are finished, she Is just as likely
as not to sew on the lace that the
laundress has ripped off a skirt, and
she goes to bed with her head aching
and absolutely unrefreshed.
In the morning she remembers that
there are a dozen little lace collars to
be laundered, for they were much too
fragile to go in the general laundry,
and that afternoon she gives over to
the "doing-up" of these troublesome
tittle things, adding a couple of white
belts, three pairs of white gloves and
a veil to the pile.
When she has finished with these,
her back is aching, and she is glad to
lie down and read by the light of a
distant and dim gas jet the afternoon
newspaper, thereby bringing on the
ills that come from eye strain.
She discovers the next afternoon that
Iter hair needs washing, and she spends
a good two hours at this hard work.
She doesn't feel that she can afford tli
seventy-five cents or $1 that a hairdresser
would charge her for this ser
vice, and which the latter can do union
better than she can do it herself, and
so she expends strength that is worth
more to her than money, in half-doing
this work.
She manicures her own nails when
she should be taking a nap. and raak(s
shirt waists when she should be exercising
in the open. She makes caramels
by way of fun. and fusses over
them until she herself admits that she
is "half-dead."
She finds things for herself to do
that really needn't be done, and bv
the end of the summer she is a limo
and nerve-rackea rag.
"But I have to keep nice." she wails
"and I cannot afford to hire some onto
do my mending and to groom inj
hair and nails!"
It is, indeed, a problem how the busl
ness woman shall manage, but, never
theless, these are some of the reasons
why she who works* for a living is
usually a thin and anaemic person
who looks haggard and old before hei
time.?Baltimore News.
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Widespread is the fad for so-callet
odd jewelry.
Pique collars and cuffs are a fea
ture of all summer frocks.
Trimmings lead off with quillings o
the same silks as the gowns.
All-over embroideries with flounc
ing9 to match make most beautifu
dresses.
Chiffon taffeta and chiffon clotl
gowns must be included.
Exquisitely embroidered impor'e;
blouses attract one's attention at ever:
side.
The pattern or robe gown, as it i;
called, helps to make life easier by fa
this season.
Dull gold gallons of various width:
are much used in combinatoins witl
a brilliant color.
The modified leg-o'-mutton sleeve i
the favorite sleeve, says the Pliilade!
phia Bulletin.
Under lingerie hats the hair will b<
seen to be garnished with pert butter
I fly bows of crisp silk.
Of the making of collars, chonj!
settes and cuffs, as well as under
sleeves, there is indeed no end.
Using different linings make a lot o
variety in embroidered dresses, for th.
effect is quite different with eaci
color.
By that silent agreement which i
fashion's Marconi system, every wel
dressed woman, it seems, has orderet
one or more black costumes.
Several new kinds of pleated bind
ings and ruchings are shown; amouj
these is one designed to take the placi
of a neckband with a two-inch and i
half frill below to lie flat around th
throat, It is of pleated chiffon. ^?
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THE PERSONAL COLUMN.
Dallies Think Items Silly In Weeklies
That Are Proper In Their Sheets.
We can all understand the interest
and appositeness of the personal columns
of the newspapers. They have
a news interest. Additionally, they
have a personal interest to others.
They take the place, to a degree, of
the exchange of personal information
that used to be made at the church?
and which still, under circumstances
that give it value, is made there.
There is. besides, in the personal column
a human side. It represents in;
terest in people amid the multifarious
concerns of other kinds with which
the newspaper is freighted. This por[
sonal column is the same in its characteristics
wherever it is found?the
same in London, Indiana, as in I.ou~
don. England. (We speak, of course,
to the purely private personal informa*
tion: that which gets no warrant front
j official position or commercial fuue
j tion.)
j And yet few thinsrs arc more arnusIiiy:
to a community than the personal
] column or items of another community.
There is more fun in it than in looking
^ at the fashions of last year or the last
decade. We know* how consumedly
funny tight trousers look in an era of
loose trous?rs, or tight-waisted. longt
skirted coats in a time of straight garments?never
reflecting that when
' fashion swings round again the prCs;
ent styles will look precisely as ridiculous.
So. each community finds fun
in the personal columns of another
community, and seldom with the reflection
that the converse is the case.
L Few newspapers indulge in this sort
L of fun so frequently, and (it must bc>
p'get so much enjoyment out of it. as
those of our great imperial city of New
York. It is almost a standing feature
' for them to copy the personal informa?
tion of some other community. The
) enjoyment that it occasions can he
imagined from the frequency and
? prominence with which it is done. A
recent example was the reproduction
I in one of the metropolitan papers of
i the personal column of a paper of a
small Kentucky town. One of these
items so solemnly reproduced (there
were others of its kind) was this:
"Mrs. Mann, of Ewing. Ky.. is visiti
ing her brother, C. M. Boone, of this
place."
This was doubtless very funny. But
the same New Y'ork paper contained
this item for itself:
t "Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Hunt have
arrived from Europe, and are guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Julian W. Bobbins."
. * And doubtless there was nothing
funny at all to the New York paper in
that. But why should the one be sobet
and the other silly? The Hunts and
the Iiobbinses are as much unkuown
quantities in the Kentucky community
as the Manns and the Booties are in
New York. As for the in^iortance of
the event chronicled to the two com
munities, manifestly it is "horse, and
horse." Similarly another "funny"
Kentucky personal "was copied, thus:
"George and New Fox started Monday
to Illionois, where they will make
their home this summer."
Rut the New York paper chronicled:
"Mrs. James McVickar has left town
for Brookside, her place at Dobbs
Ferry, on the Hudson, for the season."
Again we have Kentucky:
"Mr. W. L. Staggs bought of Mrs.
James Mason a farm of eighty acres
at per acre."
And New York:
"Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McKenn. who
are at present in Paris, have rented
Pince cottage No. 3. in Narragansett
avenue, for the coming season."
Where is the difference, if any? The
persons involved are equally unknown
In the "other" community, and both
alikQ in a third community. All are
in private life. They touch the public
in nothing. And certainly there is as
much dignity in buying a rarm as
, renting a house; and for the matter of
that the one implies n life of industry
, which means something added to the
country's riches; the other implies a
, life of idleness, mere dawdling with
nothing more intelligent in it than the
play of children with hobby horses and
. 'dolls.
It >reras to us that there is a large
field for the metropolitan papers to
. cultivate with reference to the personal
. intelligence department, and that is to
, get over the idea that such items in
s other communities are ridiculous, while
in theirs they are of the utmost dignity
r and moment. Both alike have their
local value, but not one stiver of worth
outside of that, and both are equally
inane to a third party; and if there is
any difference the New York items are
the inaner of the two, for they are a
vain repetition of the names of the
same sot of idlers?the folk that lltor)
ally do nothing, and all that is chronicled
of them is just that: They come
to town;" they pro to the country; they
. go to Europe; they rent a "cottage;"
they give a dinner; they attend a dance,
et cetera ail nauseam. For the Kentucky
folk it can at least be said that
the personal mention that they occns'
ionally get dors not represent all they
do in life.?Indianapolis News.
] How Pi rtlaiid Was Named.
Frank \V. Pettygrove, of Seattle, has
the penny that named the city of Portland.
Ore. On the toss of this coin
1 depended the question whether the
r Willamette metropolis chould be
known as Portland or Boston. Twice
the coin turned "tails" and the town
( was named after Portland. Me., the
former home of Mr. Pettygrove's father.
A. L. I.ovejoy. of Massachusetts.
5 - noWp flint- ill Id out
" :: jiie.ijinrv vi mc JM.? ij * ?
: Portland. desired to name it Boston.
after the most important city in his
s State. Pettygrove wanted to name it
Portland, after the most important
city in .Maine, his native State. They
t agreed to toss a penny, heads to mean
Boston, tails to mean Portland, the
best two in three to be the choice.
Pettygrove won the first toss. Lovejoy
won the second, and the third
proved to be tails, and Portland it
was. The younger Pettygrove still
has the identical penny, and would
f not take any amount of money for it.
" His father kept it for a pocket piece.
and it has been .anded down to the
5 sou. who bears his father's name. It
is dated lS3o. nd is one of those
1 large coins in v(?,Tie at that time,
about the size of a quarter of the present
day.?Seattle Times.
t
E tVerda, a small town in the kingdom
31 of Dahomey, is celebrated for its temE
j pie of serpents.
If a ton of coal is placed on the
ground and left there, and another ton
Is placed under a shed, the latter
loses about twenty-five per cent, ol* its
heating power, the former about forty-seven.
per cent.
According to the Scientific American,
the power generated in a modern
steamshin in a single vovaire across
the Atlantic is enough to raise from
the Nile and set in place every stone
cf one of the great pyramids.
A French journal describes an attempt
to produce a sufficiently thin
sheet of alumiuum to serve as a substitute
for tinfoil as a wrapper for articles
of merchandise that might be
injured by moisture. Paper coated
with tin is also emloyed for the same
purpose.
It has long been known that ozone
is a powerful germicide, and a number
of different methods of using it to
purify city water supplies have been
devised. A well known plant for that
purpose is situated at Wiesbaden, r.crmany.
Another has boon installed al
Philadelphia.
Enormous swarms of butterflb
move along the Amazon and other
South American rivers. M. Goeldi. ol
Para. Brazil, linds that detached
masses make detours to visit trees
in hftnm hilt <1?ps not pinlnin flip rroii
enwmigration. One suggestion is that
thff great flights are mail? tip of tomales
seeking mimosas as a place oi
egg laying.
Electric waves and sensitive receivers
offer a means of performing a variety
of operations at a distance. Professor
E. D. Branly has been trying
to attain such results, and has shown
ihe Paris Academy an apparatus by
which he can start an electric motor,
cause incandescent lamps to glow, and
cause an explosion. These effects may
be produced or discontinued in any
desired order, one after another.
Veterinary surgeons know, but the
general public probably docs not, that
some animals are as liable to meningitis
as are human beings. Goats and
horses are the principal sufferers in
the dumb creation, and from them the
infection may be transmitted to man.
In horses the disease is known as "hydrocephalus
aeutus." Of horses affected
with the disease, seventy-eight potcent.
die. and the remainder have a
r?1nv,nif? tnmloii r>v tr? rr?'-ili--n?T.ondon
Ulobe.
CANADA'S NORTHWEST POLICE.
No Other Snch System of Public Guardianship
in the World.
Beadiness for duty in any form has
m;rcle the Royal Northwest mounted
t-x>lice what they are, the trusted guardians
of life and property in Western
Canada. Their held is from the United
States boundary to the Arctic
coast, and in this vast territory. KXX)
miles from south to north. 800 scarletcoated
men keep peace and order.
Through any part of it. prairie, wilderness
or woods, a defenseless woman
may go alone and have no fear. To
make thus easy the traveler's way
meant years of vigilant policing and
even of fighting. Those were stirring
times, when mounted police service
had zest and giory. To-day there is
less glory and more hard work: for as
the country is settling farther north
the police, too. are moving up and widI
f.i Cnmorrrlorci All tllA
CIlUiK liivii uruia. k'uu,.nino Vu >Uw
l>order, thieves on the ranches, criminals
in the settlements, tires in the forests.
to guard against these and to represent
the law in a laud that would
easily be lawless arc their duties today,
and to these have now been added
the carriage of the mails in the extreme
north and the protection of the
whale fisheries on the Arctic coast.
The Royal Northwest mounted police
afe unique. There is no other such
system of public guardianship in the
world, nor are there now in any other
country quite the same conditions
which called it into being. ? Aubrey
Fullerton, in the World To-day. * *
Kerplnc In Step.
It was such a stormy day that then
were few people in the library. The
librarian, therefore, did not find the
girl who always came in with a grisi
of questions so tiresome as she usuallv
was. When she had asked aboui
Byron's birthplace and Whittier's fa:n
ily and Kipling's age and the best place
to buy an atlas and the date of Jane
Austen's death ard how to find oul
what the women n Norway wear or
holidays, it was evident that there was
still something on her mind.
"Do you know German?" she whis
pered, petting as close as possible tc
the ear okher bureau of information.
"A little." said the librarian, eau
ticus from long experience.
"Do you know how to spell 'owf''owfwe'
"?began the girl, and ther
stopped.
"I think you must moan 'aufwleder
selien.'" the librarian said, pleasantly
and she spelled it slowly, while tin
girl copied it on a slip of paper.
"Oh. thank you!" she said, as she
carefully bestowed the paper in hei
bag. "You see, I have a particulni
frier d?I'm really engaged to him?an<
he's a Germany: and I thought if h<
real that I wus making an effori
to k right along with, him in tin
lnngn^e he'd be so gratified! Good
by!"?Youth's Companion.
Knconrntint.
A good Story is torn or rue earij <-iforts
to start a paper mailo by ex-Governor
Furnas, who died at Lincoln
Neb., on June 1.
"One enthusiastic pioneer." said Governor
Furnas, "subscribed for twentyfive
copies of my paper. After s
proper length of time I presented inj
bill, fifty dollars. 'Why. you don't expect
me to pay that, do you?' gasped
the man.
" 'Certainly I dor said I. 'You sub
scribed for that many papers, didn'l
you?'
" 'Yes, but I didn't think you would
want any pay for them. I only sub
scribed to encourage you.' "
A photographer of Chicago claims t(
have taken the largest photograph ii
existence.
WHhih* Furmy \
Change or Diet.
She said: '"Give us our daily bread"?
Then heaved a little sigh.
And said: "To-morrow night, mama,
1 ai going iu iui
?Houston Pos;.
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... Privilege.
Knicker?"Does your cook cat wit
l the family?"
[ Booker?"No; the family dine wit
> her." ,
Not Quite Plain.
Kind Lady?"Poor man! Wouidri
you like a nice chop?"
( Tlie Hobo (suspiciously)?"What kin
| uv a chop, lady?lamb or woodshed ?"Chicago
Daily News.
A Heartfelt Revelation.
Fidelia?"Aunt Fidelia, why did yo
never marry?"
Aunt Fidelia?"My dear, the only ma
; that I felt sure could manage me ueve
[ proposed to me."?Brooklyn Life.
1 HeatlInc Hltn Off.
i Hicks?"My wife dropped in to se
me at the office to-day. and "
Wicks?"Sorry, oid man, but I'v
been touched, too; can't lend you
' cent."?Catholic Standard and Times.
Ad Old Standby.
"A good many people seem to dh
. like Toucherly?yet he appears t
. stand by his friemls.."
"Yes?and I'll bet you never saw on
, of them offer him a chair."?Clevelau
Plain Dealer.
Same Thine.
Shaver?"Do you believe that 'earl
to bed' makes a man wealthy?"
Oid Boy?"Well, er, yes. You see, 1
he goes early to bed It keeps him fror
squandering his money at night!"?Dt
troit Free Press.
An Optimist.
"Oh! yes, he's quite an enthusias'
He goes in for things in real earliest.
"Yes. if some one were to send hir
on a wild goose chase he'd speak c
himself afterward as a sportsman."Philadelphia
Press.
No Chance Vor Percy.
Ida?"Are you going to spend tlia
dollar In a present for Percy SappV"
May?'"No. I promised papa
wouldn't spend It on anything foolish.
?Chicago News.
Fixed Fop the Fretting.
"What a supremely satisfied loo
Mrs. Witcherleigh has."
"Yes. She has just succeeded in ge
ting her husband paired off with
homely old lady who won't let him g?.
away from her this evening."?Chlcag
1 Record-Herald.
' A Gentle Reminder.
Mrs. Blue?"My husband is so tire
i hearing about coal bills that I don
dare mention it to him again, an
we're all out. What shall I do?"
Mrs. True?"Let him freeze for
while and he'll think of It himself."
' Detroit Free Press.
8lie W??.
t The sweet girl graduate was readln
' her essay.
t The fond mother, sitting near- tli
front row, was gazing at her wit
' rapture.
"You ought to be proud of her." Mr
t Higbmus." whispered the admiriu
i friend sitting alongside.
' "Indeed I am." answered the rnothe
"It cost her $75, and flts her like
glover*?Chicago Tribune.
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Saturnine.
"No malaria around here?" said tb
man with a tourist's cap.
"Nope." answered Farmer Corntosse
i "Nor mosquitoes?"
"Nope."
"You must have some of the annoj
t ar.ces of country life."
! "Yep."
"What are fhoy?"
? "Summer boarders. But wc have 1
put up with 'em."?Washington Star.
j ileal Thing.
tVJ.of crtrt nf Inhor Is best T)ald I
t this country?" asked the English tou
? 1st.
"Field labor." answered the nativ
American.
"Is that a fact?" queried tl:? Enj
lishman. who was inclined to be a b
" skeptical.
"Sure." replied the other. "Tou ougl
to see the salaries our baseball plr.i
c~3 get."?Chicago Daily News.
Husband of the Futnre.
1 First Clubwoman (u few years henc<
?"Men are enough to drive a wornu
crazy."
1 Second Clubwoman?"Indeed the
are."
First Clnbwoman?"Only think! Fc
five nights last week I remained at th
club terribly late, and j*et when I wei
' home I didn't find my husband waitin
at the top of the stairs to upbraid m
for neglect. The heartless brute wr
, in bed, sleeping like a top, and actuall
, jmiled in his dreams."?New l'or
Slobe.
V' iriwiiSrlHik
SOUTHERN ? f
a? CM
7W/CS Of INTEREST TO THE PLANT
\
SktIok Pem-Vlne H?y.
The various methods of saving ppavine
hay with the least labor and
greatest value demands the best
thought of every farmer. Much labor
and energy often go to waste by following
the usual plan?to cut when the
first pods begin to ripen and let them
lie and tedder till cured, or otherwise
put In cocks or hang up on posts till
ready for the barn. If rain and dew
11 falls, shattering leaves and stems and
taking the aroma and green cast out
^ of the vines, never mind that; toil on;
they are well worth the cost, even if
the half-grown pods are moldy, minus
the leaves at feeding time. But the
thought of the enormous labor expend#1
ed or paid for in saving a green pea crop
" is by uo means thrilling or encouraging.
It suggests and clamors for better
methods. The very nature of the
plant forbids the idea of saving the
u succulent vines and green; half grown
pods for hay except through a dry-kiln.
u My experience with others proves
r that there is a cheaper way of saving
and increasing the value of the pea
crop by letting all the pods ripen fully
on the vines before cutting,
e It is evident that tb; whoid crop of
ripe pods (say. five, eight or ten bushels
e per acre), cut and saved-with the dry
a vines even after frost gives more good
feed than the vines and half growr,
moldy pods. For several years I have
been feeding the dry vines with all the
5" dry pods therein. It is the most sut0
stantial roughage I have ever had. It
costs less to cut and put in the barn
0 than any I have ever saved. I plant
J all my oat land in peas?in rows, and
work them with a view of cutting after
every pod is fully ripe and stems
1 dry, even after frost. I then cut some
fine morning till noon and haul direct
to barn in evening. A sheet or tight
wagon body will save all the shattered
peas, and in rainy days I thresh out
seed from this store of vines. The
dry vines are Interwoven with long,
dry pods, so rich and nutritious that
you wonder why you had not with eom"
plaeency watched the showers and
n heavy dews ripen the crop into greater
,( value to be quickly and safely har_
vested, instead of worrying when the
first pods ripen.
Our best farmers wno realize rue
feeding value of dry vines and ripe
peas grown in the corn fields, and the
quick and cheap manner of saving the
same, feed their horses and mules almost
entirely on this foragi and sell
their surplus corn to the more improvident.
They usually plant corn in four
to five foot rows, and at the proper
time plant peas liberally in the middle
of the corn rows, and after the corn is
cut and shocked or otherwise gathered
run the mower between the corn rows.
In order to do this tase an old mower
and cut hbout two feet off the cutterbar
and shorten all up- so it will run
between the rows without cutting the
cornstalk: or new mower, cutting three
feet can be bought that will run between
the corn rows, thereby saving
the dry peas and vines?both for seed
and forage?after leaving portions of
the field for pasture if desired. A short
mower that will run between corn
rows cutting vines and grass is one of
the most valuable farm implements.?
t M. F. B., in Southern Cultivator.
I Killing: Infect*.
A subscriber at McLauren, Miss.,
asks what should be done about the
plant lice, the- aphids, that get upon
and multiply to a ruinous degree on
k many cultivated plants, cucumbers,
melons, etc,
'* Professor Smith, in his Economic Ena
tomology, says:
* "As a general Insecticide, nothing is
0 better than kerosene emulsion, 'which,
when diluted teu times with water,
i-nia oil thn rnnnsr forms and adults of
^ the green species.
<t "It has been found by experiment
j that the black or brown species are
much more difficult to destroy, and one
part of emulsion in six or eight parts
of water is more likely to be effective.
"Fish oil soap does the work at the
rate of one pound in six gallons of
water; or, as against the brown speg
cies. one pound to four gallons of water.
"Thoroughness of application is al10
ways essential. It must be remem2j
bered that these poisons act by clogging
the spiracles ? the openings by
s which the breathing is done?or by en?
tering into the body through them.
"Unless the application is thorough.
r the insects may be weakened but not
a killed, or, if rendered helpless for a
time, they may recover, and a second
dose becomes necessary, where one
dose, more thoroughly applied, would
is have been sufficient.
u 5c tin* Advisable to UDttl.V
H XiClU A b ?w _
I. either of the materials just mentioned,
tobacco can be employed with good
prospects of success, either as a deooction
or as a very finely ground powder."
A great idea about all this annoyance
with plant lice is that they ought to be
:o fought "just as soon as they are noticed:
the longer the delay the weaker
News of the Day.
n
r. The story of the transfer of James
H. Hyde's stock in the Eqitable Life
e Assurance Society to Thomas F. Ryan
was told before the investigating committee
in New York.
Two persons were killed and nearly
50 injured in a wreck near New Castie,
Pa.
District Attorney Jerome is seriously
ill at his home in New York.
A Nebraska farmer and his wife
went insaae from the loneliness and
n monotony of their life and were found
^ wandering in Chicago.
Gen. John R. King was given a
>r diamond first commander - in - chief,s
ip badge by the Grand Army of the Reit
public at its annual business meeting.
Martial law has been declared in
|s Tokio, where 10 Christian churches
y were burned by mobs.
1c Alorroco has apologized and paid an
- indemnity to France for arresting i
1 Fren?h-Algerian citizen, _w
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'ARM JfOTESHH
?"/?, STOCKMAN AND TWO* GtC HER. f W
the plants become and the greater the ' 8
thoroughness required to reach all the S
specimens."?Home and Farm. 1
tT.nler Oats. , ,
The summer seasons are fraughtwith
uncertainties till farmers are logicing
more and more to winter crops and ' the
summer crops requiring but a short
growing season.
This leads to the planting of early
maturing varieties of cotton, corn and
cowpeas and other staple crops. Wlifflv "
these have been planted here this^e?a
fair crop has already been made.
Oats are becoming one of the leading
feed crops?one of the most profitable
?in Georgia, for after oats a good crop t
of cowpea hay can be made or a crop
of late cotton. By growing oats a cover crop
is kept on the land all winter, preventing
washing and destruction by 3
rains, and if eowpeas are grown tbe <M
laud undergoes a continual process of
improvement. Numerous experiments
have been made with different methods : .y
of planting, and it seems as if we are
to see a general Idea prevailing that
the ridge drill method is best. It is
argued that it prevents winter killing.
But all that is necessary to secure a
good stand throughout the winter Is
to prepare the land thoroughly, put the
oats in tbe ground early enough and
you will succeed nine years in ten, and
if you want any more success tban^_? ?|j|
that try something else besides farm?
ing. ? Rhea Hayne, of Georgia, In
Home and Farm.
How to Keep Hogs Healthy. ,
Below we give three good cholera
prescriptions that our readers woultt^ ?g
do well to cut out and preserve. Choose ' <)'
one which you will have prepared to ffijB
give your hogs, say. every- sixty days,
and at any time they seem nnwe.'l.
(1>.?Wood charcoal, 1 lb., sulphur, 1
lb., sodium chloride, 2 lbs.; sodium hicarbonate.
2 lbs.; sodium hyposulphite,
2 lbs.; sodium sulphate, 1 lb.; antimony
sulpbid, 1 lb.
Pulverize thoroughly, mix well, and
give one tablespoonful to each 200 lbs.
of live weight of hogs treated, one a |
day for several days. j
(21.?Sulphur, 2 lbs.; copperas, 2 lbs.; > j j
madder, 2 lbs.; black antimony, % lb.; ,
saltpetre. % lb.; arsenic, 2 oz.
Mix with twelve gallons of water
and give one pint to each hog. This -j?
will be sufficient to dose 100 hogs.
(3).?Salt. 4 lbs.; black antimony. 1
lb.; copperas, 1 lb.; sulphur, 1 lb.; saltpetre,
Vi lb.; wood ashes, 1 peck.
Fulverize and mix thoroughly, moisten
and put enough in a trough to prevent
waste, and put where hogs can
hare access to it at all times. If dis- .
posed to have cholera they will eat it
very freely; at other timfs they will
cat less or perhaps none at all.
Sllo??Xow is the TJine to Bnlld.
This is a most favorable season for i-j
the building of silos upon the farm, ffiBj
and it should be done wherever a considerable
amount of stock Is carried or
green crops raised. Nothing has ever ^
iippn invented that Is so useful for the
saving of green food for the feeding of ' V-3
stock as the silo. In fact, the means
of preserving ensilage is of the greatest
practical Interest to every farmer,
stock breeder and dairyman In the
country, and is of commanding impor? j
tance to the agricultural world. This
process of preserving vegetation is far
more economical than the saving of
hay or the growing of corn. The. silo
furnishes the means of laying by an
abundance of forage for season oif*?
drought. More cattle can be supporteded
from a given acreage of land by ? j
the use of ensilage than in any other
way, and the quantity of manure can
be proportionately increased. The
word ensilage originally meant the act
of compressing into pits, trenches or ^
compartments, which are called silos.
It now means the materials compressed.
These silos may be built
above ground or in part below and in
part above the ground. In the Southern
States it is the custom to build
them wholly above ground.?Southern
Farm Magazine.
ltaior-Back Fork.
It is a fact, that can be proved by
innumerable witnesses, that the flesh
of a young razor-back pig which ha?
been fattened for a few weeks in a
pen, possesses a flavor that cannot be
equalled by any Northern grown pork.
We believe that if it could once be
introduced to the notice of epicures,
etc., in Northern markets, that the supply
would not equal the demand at
prices that would pay a good profit.?
Florida Agriculturist.
Fertilizer For tlie Cnrden.
* "* 11 ?n VA.
xn garuens wen uhhui >u vh*.,..
spects. a lack of potash may make
them less productive than their condition
otherwise will warrant. Wood
ashes mixed with soil aid materially In
keeping it moist. Gardens often dry
up by an excessive application of
coarse stable manure, and something
else is often needed to counteract tbia
effect. j
Facts Not Widely Known.
Ether was first used in surgical operations
in 1864.
Iron was discovered in Virginia
#
(the first metal found in America)
in 1715. 4
t . ' j
A machine is being perfected in a
Birmingham shop that is to turn out
from 90,000 to 100,000 finished wire
nails an hour.
j South Africa exports about $26,I
aaa Ann ?rtf itiamr nrls to London " J
WV,UUV nunu Ui. VI...? ..
every year.
The Belgians are the greatest potato-eaters
in the world, and the Irish
, come second
Of the 136,561 freight cars ordered
t for American railroads last year 35,i
000 were of steel construction. *
Sawdust is now used by some fans
i restaurant, the Ganlois says, as a
i dressing for cutlets instead of bread*
crumbs. It casts only 30 cents a sack.
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