Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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-rw t-/ -**0* AUTUMN LEAVES. Flower and leaf of vine and tree, Grass of meadow, weed of mire? Summer gathered them to be '* t\ Faggots for the autumn's lire. ^ Smoke-like haze on vale and hill: Flames of gold and crimson bright Into life now leap and fill Field and forest with their light. A'llthc glory of the year Kindled into beauty so; Soon the winter will be here. Soon the curfew?then the snow. So these lovely leaves I lav In my book, all gold and red; * Embers for a winter's day When the autumn's tire is dead. ? Frank Dempster Sherman, in the American Illustrated Magazine. ~zrTro~i.ij.-j_i ~ IN A TERRIBLE FIX. Dy Ebin E. Rexford. I 1. J. I J I .?, OW, 'Rastus"?and liis sis/K tor picked a thread or two Noff his coat, and hesitated, as if thinking how to break i \S/ W ^ JSK the news gently?"I want to tell you about a plan I've got in my head." "I know what it is," interrupted her brother, turning pale. "I knew all about it before I came down here." "I'd like to know how?" asked Mrs. Green, in great surprise. "I never told anybody except Johu, and I'm sure he hasn't let it out." "No, he hasn't," answered Mr. Bangs. "But the minute I read your letter, I felt what was in the wind. You didn't say in so many words that you'd got a match planned out, but I understood it well enough. Who is it, Selina? Better get the load off your mind as soon as possible. I'm prepared to know the worst," and Mr. Bangs gave utterance to a sigh of forced resignation. "It's a widow." answered Selina; "just the kind of a woman to suit you, 'Rastus. I do hope you'll be sensible this time, and not let your foolish bashfulntss spoil your chances of getting a good wife." "A widow!"?Mr. Bangs turned a trifle paler, and shivered?"I?I'm afraid I can't stand this siege, Selina. I came mighty near knocking under to that old maid last summer, but I was helped out of the scrape some way. I've always heard say that a man couldn't hold out long agftinst a widow If she'd got her mind really made up to get him.M "Don't be a fool. 'Rastus." said her sister, tersely. '"Maria's too good for you, and, if you know when you're well off. you'll make sure of her." "Maybe she won't be made sure of," . said Mr. Bangs, to whom this converi sation was somewhat alarming. "Oh, yes, she will." answered Selina. M've talked with her about matters, ] and I know she'd have no objections." : "Good gracious. Selina!" exclaimed . Mr. Bangs, perspiring all over, "you : don't mean to say that you've actually talked with this woman about my mar. rying her, do you? Why, she'll expect 10.to do it, if you have, and, if I don't, . she'll be having me up for breach of promise." ( "Of course she expects you to marry . her. and so do I," answered Selina. as j if that settled the matter. "Be a man. 'ltastus.. I wouldn't be afraid of the . i women, if I were in your place." < ' "You don't know what you're talk- j Jng about," said Mr. Bangs, shaking t his head dolefully. "You're a woman. t and can't be expected to know." "Well, come down, and let me Intro- t duce you now," said Selina, and she finally got him to consent. , "I feel like a lamb being led to the daughter," said poor Mr. Bangs, as ^ he paused at the parlor door to wipe his face. "I wish I were home again, t Seliiia." ? "Don't be such a fool. 'Rastus," re- ( peated his sister, by way of encouragement, and then he was dragged ? <?ver the threshold, and he remembered afterward that something in the shape j of a woman rose up. and ?aid something. after Selina had said something, j But what those someunug ^ never knew. f When he came to. sufficiently to . realize what was going on about him. he was alone with the widow. She | wasn't a bad-looking woman, he had to admit. In fact, he rather liked her looks. J Well, the result was. he fell in love with Mrs. Smith. He generally fell in , love with the women Selina selected ) as proper subjects for matrimony. But this time h? felt so completely done for that he was sure all his capabilities for falling in love were exhausted. He would never love again. At the end of a week he felt that his ' love had reached its climax, for he picked up a rose she had dropped, and slept with it under his pillow. "You poor, old fool," he said to himself the next morning, as bo stood before the glass. "To think that you've got spoony enough for that. I'm glad no one knows it. But the widow is very attractive, and I don't see as l'm( to blame. I?I can't help it." One day Selina and Mrs. Smith w ent out shopping after tea. As Mr. Bangs was going through the hall lie saw that Mrs. Smith's room door stood partly ?pen. and an irresistible impulse to take just one peep into it came over him. He did so. Hanging over the back of a chair was a walking skirt, and that mysterious article of feminine apparel fascinated him so much that he a?hat'in tn ?>*:n!iiine it. TPIIIUI'CU <11, <<?v* "Well, now. if* that doesn't beat the Dutch!" said Mr. Bangs, holding !t up. "I wonder bow I'd look in suck a thing? I'm going to try it on." Accordingly, he got hold of the belt, and proceeded to invest himself in it. after the manner of putting on trousers. "It buckles, I s'pose!" be said, pulling tlie b -t together. "Yes, tbere it Is. s "Lu*? wouldn't I cut a line figure in skirts," and Mr. Bangs danced a hornpipe to the accompaniment of a swishing skirt. The hall door banged. "Good gracious!" cried poor Bangs. "They've come home!" Every hair on his head stood up with fright. He grabbed at the belt, but it wouldn't nnbuckle. He heard steps on the stairs, and women's voices struck more terror to his guilty soul than the sound of Gabriel's trumpet yould have* done. He glanced about him. There was Bo escape. A closet door stood partly open. Into that he crowded himself, and pulled the door together just as Mrs. Smith came in. He could hear her bustling about, taking off her jacket and bonnet. What if she were to come to the closet? It was altogether likely that she hung her things there. lie felt as if he were going to faint. Then he thought of the ridiculous appearance a fainting man in a skfrt would make, and made up his mind that he wouldn't faint? he'd die first! There! She was coming that way! What was to be done? A thousand wild thoughts flashed through his brain.i He felt licr hand upon the doorknob. "There's a man in your room!" he roared out. in awful bass. He didn't know how he came to say it. It was the inspiration of desperation, probably. "Oh-h. o-o-h!" shrieked Mrs. Smith, ami fled in terror. "I've got to get out of this before anyone comes," said Mr. Bangs, giving a push to the door. Horrors! it would not open. There was only one way of opening it, and that was from the outside. A clammy perspiration covered him from head to foot. "You stay here, and I'll go in." he heard Seliua say, in the hall. "I ain't afraid." He put his eye to the keyk"*^, and saw his sister enter the room. "Seliua!" he called, in a sepulchral tone. "Selina!" "Who calls me Selina?" demanded Mrs. Green, dramatically, flourishing the feather duster, which she had brought along for a weapon of defense. "I do." answered Mr. Bangs. "It's 'Rastus, your brother. I'm shut up in this closet." "Well, I never!" exclaimed Mrs. Green, staring at the closet as if she expected to look it out of countenance. "Let me out. and don't be a fool!" cried Mr. Bangs. Thus appealed to, Mrs. Green ventured to open the door, and out stepped Mr. Bangs, with his skirt swishing about his legs. "For the land's sake!" cried Selina, with uplifted hands, and mouth wide opeu. "Why, 'Rastus Bangs!" "I?I thought I'd have a little $port." explained Mr. Bangs, looking about as foolish as it is possible for a man to. "but you came back too soon, and I couldn't get it on, nnu snppeu mio w?r closet. Help me out of the confounded thing. Selina, aud keep it to yourself, and I'll buy you the nicest dress in town." "Selina! Selina!" called the widow from the bottom of the stairs. "Do you want any help?" "Hurry up!" exclaimed Mr. Bangs. "She'll be here in a minute." "I'll tell you what I'll do." said Selina. "If you'll promise to ask her to narry you inside of three days, I'll help you out of the scrape. If you don't, ['11 call her in." "I?I dnssent." groaned Mr. Bangs. "Then I'll call her." said Selina. "I?I will!" said her brother, desperately. Mrs. Green gave a peculiar twitch to he strap, the buckle let go its hold, md the skirt fell to the floor. Mr. Bangs stood up a free man. "Now. remember," said Selina, warnngly, "if you haven't proposed to Mrs. Niuith in three days from this time?at lalf-past six precisely, on Thursday, he time'll be up?I shall tell the whole itory." Oh, those three days! They seemed hree years to poor Bangs. He tried even different times to make his prom se good, but every time liis tongue love to the roof of his mouth, and he vns speechless. Thursday, at C o'clock. Selina came o him. "Have you asked her, 'Rastus?" she lemanded, solemnly. "No, I haven't." answered Mr. Bangs. 'I can't, Selina." "You've got just half an hour's time eft," said Selina. unfeelingly. "Sup>er'll be ready in fifteen minutes. The rnlf hour'll be gone before we get hrough eating, and I shall tell the story the mjnute the time's up. Maria's n the parlor, alone. If you want to see her, you'll never get a better diance." "If you had any sisterly regard for ne " began Mr. Bangs, but Mrs. 3reen cut him short with the remark: "A bargain's a bargain. Do as you igreed to, or I will. Don't be a fool, Rastus." And with that she opened the parlor Joor and pushed him in. Mr. Bangs doesn't know what he said. He never knew. But the widow said he asked her if she wanted to marry him. Being a truthful woman, she said she did. and so the poor man was spared the recital of the story of his terrible fix. "It was lucky that it happened, after all." he told Selina. "for. if it hadn't, I never would have got courage to propose?nevo\"?New York Weekly. TVlir Single 1'nJdleg Ueign. "No," said the oarmuker, "for fast paddling the single paddle cannot compare with the double paddle; but you see 100 single paddles where you do one double paddle. Of course, some canoe enthusiasts think that the single blade is more picturesque, but it is the men who sell canoes that have brought the single blade iuto vogue. "It became the custom for the dealer to give away a double paddle with every canoe purchased. One dealer begau it. and. of course, all the rest had to follow. But the double paddies are rather expensive. So some bright dealer conceived the scheme o* putting in a big stock of single paddles and giving one with each purchase. This continued the courtesy Of tlirOWltlg 111 soun-iuiufi ?II?1 nil. canoe sold, but it cut down greatly the expense of the gift."?New York Press. Not HI# Cue to "Knock." The evening school pupils were discussing Hannibal's crossing of the Alps. A brawny young fellow was in. clined to belittle the deed. "I don't see as it was anything so great," lie said, scornfully. "See here," said a little fellow at his side. "Did you ever try to get an elephant over a mountain? Well, unti. you have tried, you don't want t$ knock Hannibal." / f,, liaby's Short Clothed. When mother is making baby's short clothes she will find it a great saving of labor if she will do these two things ?make the neckbands of the little drosses a trifle larger than necessary; then draw very narrow tape through. When making the sleeves, cut them a little longer than needed, and sew horizontal tucks below the elbow. Baby grows very fast, and as the arms lengthen the tucks can be let out, and the tape is not drawn so tight. In this way the dresses will last much longer, I ... >. ?T/V VI WllllOUt UL'lllg uuiaiunii.? v nv.? Observer. Salvation In Ecatfnl Condi. Restful couches are said to have ! saved more minds and nervous systems than all the physicians and medicine chests put together. They are the best refuse that the overworked house mistress has and their ouly shortcoming is In want of use. Few women know how much refreshment they can gain from a couch and do not half enougha use them. The restful couch is not a yard and i half contrivance with tough coverings. It is broad and comfortable and soft and luxurious, on which a woman may nestle in pence among the pillows and be cozlly comfortable. Every room can make use of a couch. When distracted by her infinite cares or worried over a bill a woman finds infinite relief in a place where she can throw herself down, and, stretched at ease, allow her troubles to straighten themselves out of their own accord, as they always do when the troubler's mind can ease from troubling in a dream. By this means hysteria is averted, beauty is preserved, and womankind's chances for salvation tremendously oromoted.?Indianapolis News. ~ Interior Illnininatlnir. The first consideration, as always in the furnishings of a house, is that of utility. We want lights that we may see. and that in the way best adapted to the sensitive structure of the eye. The delieateretina shrinks instinctively from a harsh, brilliant light, and from one which strikes mercilessly upon it without shade or softening influence of any kind. It reQhirrs a steady light, and at the same time a strong one. but just as we soften the direct rays of the sun with shades and draperies, and as nature herself seeks to do wth foljage and softly drifting clouds, having obtained the strongest and steadiest light possible, we must make It as soothing and as agreeable as well. Much also depends upon where the lights are placed to obtain the most satisfactory results. Every oue is conscious of discomfort, even on a day that is slightly overcast, in walking when the sun is directly overhead, while the slanting rays dipping over one's shoul- ( der are most agreeable. The results ( are the same with artificial lights. If the ceiling is very high and the lights sufficiently shaded to he inconspicuous. , they are permissible in a room devoted , to entertaining, but even under those . conditions there should he side lights . to focus the attention rather than direct , it to tlte ceiling, whcli Is usually lieith- , er beautiful nor interesting.?Martha , Cutler, in Harper's Bazar. Plnnnin; the Wardrobe The wardrobe must be planned each season. The average woman does well ] to decide on a few colors, the most be- , coming, and stick to them. Her very ( jewels should be made to harmonize with the chosen colors. What is the use of owning diamonds if they are not 1 becoming? Of what use is a necklace of emeralds if green is not included in cue's color scheme? Of course, colored stones may be worn with black ; or white, but it Is better to consider ore's jewels in relation to the entire wardrobe. The first advantage of having a few colors is economy. One silk petticoat, one hat. one wrap, etc., may 1 be made to go twice or three times as ! far as they would if many colors had to be matched. Another advantage is that one gains a certa.'n individuality ! in her appearance. A certain artist's ! wife confines her colors to black, white and yellow. She never departs from those hues, and the result is that she 1 is called handsome without actually being more than tine looking. She is always perfectly dressed, and the har- ; mony of her gowns, hats, jewels, flowers and accessories is most attractive. One need not carry the limitatior' quite as far as this. A dark womafi might chocs? navy blue, brown, yellow and white, with perhaps a little red and . i?*n thn trlinmines i.)rJ mn grwii tuunu imv of her hats. A blonde woman would substitute black for brown, and ma;- o or violet for yellow. Sticking to $ colors year after year, the wart would soon become harmonious . J 1 distinctive. The study of harmony in color Is well worth while to the careful dresser. The most exquisite combinations are seen in beds of pansies. or nastu- tiums. or in hydrangeas. If one can c lquer the feminine shudder there is nothing more beautiful than a richly-hued caterpillar or a painted butterfly. All sorts of color hints are to be gained by keeping one's eyes open to nature. Having selected one's colors, it is comparatively easy to decide on the number of gowns one needs in a season. It is also much easier to avoid buying us.lcss tilings. Buttons. A deep blue chiffon broadcloth costuny is smartly finished with flat brass lnt tons in tbree sizes. yinall tucks serve to adorn and to n tr-ii in the fulness of the Eton-like i iS^use, while two of the large buttons | serve at each side, top and bottcm. The lace rovers are faced with tucked taffeta inlaid, which also faces the cuffs. Three medium sized buttons are on the upstanding part of each cuff. The yoke is outlined over the sleeves with the tiniest buttons, which also serve for fastening the skirt each side the narrow front uanel. . A button catches the sections of tucked inlaid strapping around the sliry ? ) Taffeta covered buttons are the feature of this rose eolienne. The larse ones are the size of little French peas; the small ones are mere pinhends. They fairly cover the front panel of the * 1 1 .1.1.1. 1 ?v. . on/1 I urwru Mvii i, aiiu. iur ? also appear at the rounding of the bolero and the cuffs. The frills are of Val. lace. Though buttons of lace or enamel might appear on this dress of checked voile in chrysophrase green and white, those that catch the girdle of green taffeta are made of great pieces of chrysophrase set in rhinestones. As for the trimmings of the triple skirt, it consists of a Mechlin lace applique with two tiny frills of Val. below. The same idea serves for the broad collar, save that there's one row oof lace. This opens to show a swathed front of ivory white chiffon. This, of course, is the merest glimpsing of the button subject.?Newark Ad. vertiser. A N*e\f Fad. Every smart florist in the country will be interested in the latest fad at Newport?paper flowers for decorations. The craze has taken some of the florists off their feet, but none of them knows whv c'lded NeWDOrt is turning the cold shoulder on beauty roses, orchids and gardenias grown in hothouses to go wild over the artific ial varieties made in the slums. All paper flowers thus far used at Newjort have been furnished by the most prominent firm of stationers in New York, with branches in other large cities. Accord, ing to their special agent at Newport, a commission is being paid by the firm to one of the three most celebrated cotillion leaders in K'ew York society, but this is supposed to be a deed secret. It seems cruel that fickle fancy should despoil the poor, honest florist, who is so grateful for your patronage that he employs the same roses over and over again, but the use of paper flowers will relieve social entertainers of a program that has caused many of ai. - Af clonn Partnp r>n? tllCLLI IU iU.'Str JIUUl-5 \JL OICV]'. A U|/v> vw tillion favors are already in vogue, and now a man who has the entree to every smart house in the country, hut. who needs the extra money, is at Newport booming paper flowers. Already the committee in charge of the annual Coachmen's ball at Newport has prepared to imitate fashionable society, and Oddfellows' Hall will probably be turned into a bower of paper roses when Hannah and Dennis have their great spree.?Town Topics. About Feeding Children. Do not forget that the buby outgrows his food, just as he does his clothes, and that timely additions to bis dietary are a valuable means of preventing scurvy, rachitis, diarrheal disturbances and other diseases of dietetic origin, says Medical Brief. Many children are peevish anil illtempered because they are improperly nourished. A revision of the diet with suitable additions will satisfy the child and transform it Into a happy, growing youngster. A healthy child has an instinct for sweets, and this should be gratified in moderation. Honey is one of the best of sweets, or a little good butter scotch or sweet chocolate may be used. It is better to overfeed than to underfeed * growing child. Overfeeding is Jess apt to occur with a properly selected diet, for the child will be satistied with a lessened bulk o; food. It Is not a good plan to feed children on thin soups and similar fluid foods, as they are filled before the demand for nourishment is satisfied. Children often eat too much meat, resulting in abnormal stimulation of the nervous system and imperfect nur\f thp hnnv jind muscular muvu v* i.iv ^-.v framework of the body. Cereals, potatoes, whole wheat bread milk, eggs, cheese, liuts, green vegetables and salads furnish the element? of growth and repair In a satisfactory form. When children lose app< tite, Instead of pampering them with injudicious indulgences, try feeding taem nothing but fruit for a day or so, when appetite will quickly reassert itself unless some disease is incubating. Children who are properly fed will suffer little, as a rule, from toothache, headache, nerves, broken sleep, etc. Proper ventilation, daily outdoor exercise and regular meal times are all essential to appetite and got d digestion. A pale brown beaver, silky in texture, was In a sailor shape. The wool waist gains in favor over heavy linens and cheviots for cool weather. Large and realistic bird*, one regrets to note, are numerous In the milliners' windows. Among the wool waists batiste, flannel, mohair, albatross atd veiling are favorites. The lingerie waist will be worn an winter, and soft silks*have by no means lost popularity. The sweater has become almost a necessity of life in the wardrobe of women who love out-of-doors. A white felt hat had a wreath of shaded blue roses around the middle of the low crown and a twisted band of blue velvet under the wreath. Black strap slippers, dainty white ; stockings, a fine white linen dress and a shirred mull hat with tricorne tendencies complete a very pleasing rig. The idea of the drooping veil, which in chiffon does suggest more or less the old-fashioned "weeper" once worn at funerals, is carried out with excellent effect in ostrich plumes. A typical hat was a brown beaver, sailor shape, with a rolling brim, trimmed with a wreath of autumnhued roses, pale browns shading into golden yellow and soft reds. . f .. 4 f . 1 , ..... _ I \y? - ? i r .1 SOUTHERN * Ft C? Ttf/VCS 0/ INTEREST TO THE PUNTER K??? The Coit of Icnorance. f ''Ignorance ami the lack of informa- n tion lias cost the Southern farmer many ], dollars, and in many ways. First be- n cause we have not had the practical, B chemical knowledge of our soils. We s have spent millions of dollars in sup- n plying our land with fertilizing ma- p terial that they were not deficient in. c For instance, some of our lands are n well supplied with nitrogen or ammo- t nia, especially after certain crops have been grown the previous jear. Others 0 contain potash or lime, or acid phos- i phate. Still, as a rule, the farmer will a buy a complete fertilizer for his crop, h when only certain material is needed, thus snendina larae sums of money for i material with which his soils are al- j ready supplied. "We have wasted time and money 0 In poor preparation of the soils for our v crops, and in the improper cultivation b of same. v "The lack of knowledge in judging a live-stock and the proper care of same n has also been expensive to the South- tl era farmer. tl "Another thing that has cost the q farmers of our St: te enormous sums s of money is the habit we have of go- a ing from home to buy our mules, hay. corn, meat and other things we could e so easily raise at home; for instance. a Edgecombe County raised last year y nuout 33,000 bales of cotton that sold g for about one million dollars, and she h spent the same year for mules, meat, tl hay, corn and fertilizers about three- y fifths of this whole amount, or $G00,- ^ 000. Not only did we pay out this large amount for something we could p have raised at home, but the over- g r\t nnat IIS np.irlv an n inuuucuua vi wiiv?t \ww? ? v amount equal to this, the difference in price we could have gotten had the cot- 0 ton crop been reduced sufficiently to tl have enabled us to raise these things p at home.?E. L. Daughtridge in address at Farmers' State Convention, _ Italeigh, N. C. c; a Fertlllier* For Sm?)l drain. (1( In the oid days when a new ground tl was cleared every winter, the farmer Q always had fresh land well supplied with plant food f r his wheat. He t) generally gathered corn as early as ^ possible and sowed his wheat by plowing in with tongue or shovel plows. A two-horse brush or harrow waj ru:i over the land to smooth the rough places and knock down the corn stalks. u. 'Hint was the old method and good ^ crops were made on the virgin soil. But the new ground days are over and our small grain has to be made on land devoid of humus to a great extent. Some kind of fertilizer is neces- ci snry to make a good yield. Stable and bi lot manure is the best application, but rc no farmer has enough of that. Cot- tc ton seed applied at the rate of twenty vi to thirty bushels to the acre is excel- e: lent for wheat or oats. That is very expensive, however, for thirty bushels W of seed at twenty cents would buy 600 T nounds of standard fertilizer, or about lo 500 pounds of cotton seed meal. It L is not well to make a heavy appliea- pi tion of nitrogen in the fall, especially p; the quick kinds, such as are generally used in the high grade and high priced b< fertilizers. Ammonia when quit" solu- s! ble is inert in the winter an? much ct may be lost by leaching and evapora- st tlon. Apply only poatsk anil phos- st phoric aeiil in the fall. cj Farmers should mix their own fer- In Tilizers. When they buy them mixed tl they pay $2.50 to $4.00 a ton for the st mixing. Buy fourteen per cent, phosphoric acid and gaiuit, or muriate of tn potash. If the land is in "good heart" ni as it is called, and there is humus it, enough in it to keep it in good condi-, gi tion. use the following for wheat: at 1000 pounds fourteen per cent, phos- se phate. fr t!00 pounds kainlt. oi The analysis will be OS and 3.75 and y< the cost of a ten will be $15.30 cash, ai It requires little time to mix it. If b< ai.~ l>oo littla nitrnrrpn add to the tb lilt* litnu uao ititiv w0?.. ? ? .. above about fifty pounds of nitrate of lo soda, or 300 pounds of cotton seed pt meal. If the wheat is yellow and not tij growing well when the first warm hi days of spring come, apply fifty to tv seventy-five pounds of nitrate of soda tli and run a smoothing harrow or weeder over it. For oats put In with a drill w in the open furrow mix the following: w 1000 pounds fourteeu per cent acid; y< COO pounds kainif: m 400 pounds cotton seed meal. Mix thoroughly and apply 300 to 300 y< pounds to the acre. Applying 200 cc pounds to the acre the cost will be cc about $1.75. If the oats are not mak- le ing a vigorous g-owth in March apply fifty pounds of nitrate and run smooth- fe ing harrow over them. ?Charles re Petty. Spartanburg County, S. C. "re ' ct in Your Garden Now. s! Many farmers work hard all summer tb n-d raise fine crops and have fine gar- gt dens, but as soon as crops are laid by rc they stop all manner of work. In a cc short time all vegetables are over- M grown with grass and weeds and brush SI Pointed Paragraphs. No, Cordelia, the milk of human i a ?? .Hfnnncft/I frnm cans. li ILlIluiicraa ion v uioyvuuw? j ? Many a man's winning ways are dr.D j to the way he deals the cards. j |] It is usually safe to judge a wo- t< man by the things she doesn't say. Peter Smith, the white rapist, was ! li bunged at Marshall, Madison county,! h on Monday. | v, Listen when two women quarrel if you would hear the truth. li; An invitation has been extended to the entire State guard to attend the vj fair at Raleigh during President Roosevelt's visit. Unfavorable action was taken on the petition of Susannah Malachi, a in colored woman of Bennettsville, sen- r( tenced to serve five years on the charge of arson. The science was imposed March of this year. It is 0 said that the woman is weakened and ? that the building was not burned, , merely a sill being charred, bl > -,=*]RM flOTES. v' q O STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER. *. . i m or want of attention. I know farmers ow (and unfortunately their name is ?gion), who have from thi3 sort ot egleet lost all their vegetables and ow their wives are put to it to fird ometbiug to cook. Now this ought ot to be so. Work while you work; lay while you play, is the way to be heerful, happy and gay, but too [iuch of it will put you on short raions. No one likes to see the young and Id folks enjoy themselves more than , but there should be moderation in 11 things. Have hours to work aiid lours to play. Now becin to cultivate vour turnips, 'hose tomato vines that have fallen own and died with bushels of lieg?cted tomatoes on them, can be cut ff, cultivated and maimed, suckers rill put up from the roots. These will ear a crop of late tomatoes. Some rill get ripe before frost. Then take 11 green ones that are grown or early so, wrap them in paper and lay hem on a shelf. They will ripen. In his way I have had ripe tomatoes !hristmas day. I have treated mine o two weeks ago, or a part of them, t least. They are now blooming. Work out your celery and begin to ar*h up slowly. Work your parsnip nd carrots and beets. Lqpk after our Irish potatoes. If they are on the round fake up and put them in ths ouse till cold weather, then keen hem away for the winter. Look after our small fruit vines or bushes and owers. 1 Your cows now should be fed with lenty of succulent food and some rain, too, or they will lose their How f milk. That pork will be higher goes withut saying, so push youf1 hogs, varying aeir food, using corn, peas, and sweet otatoes alternately. With plenty of fine fruit, vegetable* -peas, beans, green corn?both fresh, mned and dried, poultry, eggs, por* nd beef, with fresh and salt fish, weli joked and prepared, what more could ae President of the United States, r any of the crowned heads of the orld ask?except the dowager Emress, who perhaps would like a few ( its and some birds' nests for desert? , No reason why the farmers who raise rerything should not be the best fed ' eople on earth; so don't neglect your ' rvnsvftiiniKoe ?T TT Pm-ker Peroui- I inns County, N. C., in Progressive armor. i I Harvesting and Shredding Corn. With six years of experience in itting and shredding my corn, and ?iug asked questions very often in 'gard to the matter, I have decided > ask you to publish through your llunble paper a few thoughts of my cperience. First. Don't cut your corn too green, 'ait until the corn is thoroughly ripe, he shucks should be somewhat yelw and the fodder thoroughly ripe et it stand a week longer than most *ople would if they were going to ml the fodder. Two. Shocking Is a matter that must ? well considered. Do not have locks too large or too small. If your >rn is very larpe stalk put about 100 a Iks to a shock; if medium. 125 alks; if small. 150 stalks. This will luse your corn to- cure ^better than i larger shocks, but do not make rem too small, for they Will not and up so well. A great help in shocking corn is to ke a 2x4 scantling fifteen feet long, lil two legs four feet long to end of , let the other end rest on the ound, bore one and one-half Inch iger hole through, the fifteen foot antllng about twenty-four inches om the legs, put something like an #i fnrk bundle In the hole, then set >ur corn about in tne four spaces id your shocks will stand up much ?tter than to shock it without any:ing. Take a rope about twelve feet ng. tie a ring in one end of the rope, it it around the shock, draw it very ght, and then tie the shock with nder twine about middle way hereon the ends of shock, and also near 1 ie top. Let your corn stand from five to six ' eeks in the field, owing to the 1 eather. It is betteMtfk shred it as >u haul it, as it savet^andliug it so ueh. Now as to the grain in harvesting >ur com. I can cut ten acres of ?rn, shred it. put the rough feed and irn in the barn for abont one-third ss than to gather it in ttie old way. i I have doubled the quantity of rough ed, and I flud that the shocks will adily eat eighty per cent, of this mgh feed, which gives me thirty per >nt. more than I would get if I lould pull the fodder. I also save lirty-three and a third pfr cent, in ithering, thirty per cent, in vulue of iugh feed and get heavier aud better ?ru than if I should pull the fodder.? . E. Bialock. Norwood, N. C.t in tanly Enterprise. Jets and Flashes. The size of the lion's share depends pon the size of the lion. A bullfight, in which the bulls and ip matadorcs were heavily padded, )ok place at San Monica, Cal. Too many men use up all their region on Sunday?and consequently ave uone left for the balance of the eck. Flashy people give the world little ght. President Roosevelt has decided to sit New Oilcans the latter part of lis month. Capt. Oberlin M. Carter, who is beig sued by the government for the 'covery of over half a million dol,rs, which he is supposed to have jtained dishonestly, declared on the and that if his father-in-law, now ead, had gi.en certain testimony he ad not told the truth. i s rmi?nfVTi7~i MRTIh SU i African Mi Africa is ti. foreign work of . begun in 1S33. TL was Melville B. Cox, who Liberia. His famous utit. "Though a thousand fall let Afri be redeemed," was a potent factor arousing the church to missionary ? thusiaJm. We have three distlr mioolAn a1 ^o horn tKn T ihoHQ uiioniuu UU1UO ilUl V vuv MWVI w^(4 ference, the West Central Africa IDs- ^B sion Conference, and the East Central ^B Africa Conference. Africa is an ira- fl mense continent embracing 12,000,000 w square miles, with a population of about 150,000,000. There only some 3,000 missionary work^/M all kinds in Africa. Our church/ hits about 60 altogether. The superis- '] tendency of our Bishops Hartzell and Scott is rapidly strengthening the \?l work 1n Africa, and the increase of colored missionaries will, in the b* 'i -1 lief of many, solve the problem <Jf J Africa's redemption. ? Liberia was born in. a mistaken zeal to colonize the colored man in # Africa. We have had varied success in this oldest mission. But the ooir jfl look is more hopeful In recent years. We have a strong church in Monro* via, the capital. It is not only selfsupporting, but gives much money to the college work of the mission. We <jj have our college in Monrovia and , about thirty other schools in differ y t ent parts of the republic. We alsc ' have a printing Jress which scattehj good literature over Africa. Hie. industrial schools are giving new hope to the natives. New churches are being erected in this mission. Bishop Scott, the new Bishop elected by the last General Conference, resides in Libria. There are three presiding elders' districts and a membership ef about 3,000 in this Conference. . . .tftH ' West Central Africa field includes the work on the West Coast south of the equator, and has a line of missions extending from Saint Paul de \: <& Loanda about 350 miles into the territory of Angola, which is under thePortuguese government. It also includes our. work in the Madeira Inlands. Our work began here under ? Bishop Taylor in 18S5. The Went Central Africa Mission Conference ^ >t^ was organized in 1902 by Bishop Hartzell. Over 20 missionaries and^^B nearly 1,000 members are in this^Hflj field. We own fine pronert^at East Central Africa Mission includes our work on the East Coast j and lies south of the equator. The , mission was organized at -Umtail, ** J 1 ? 1 ? 1AA1 117a kawft fwA nihil. " nnoaesia, m uui. "<*?*. .??.# w?- r, ters of mission work?one at Umtatl and the other at Inhambane. Thtyfla Cmtali' Academy is doing a good work. This is our newest, and in ' some sense our most primitive in the character of the inhabitant*. 5T1EWM0TB ' * v OCTOBER TWENTY-NINTjj^^ The Foreign-Mission Work of Our Denomination.?Dan. 2:31-43. ' The stone was cut out of the moun- > tain without hands. Missions need our hands, but they are powerless un- s til God ha3 set His hand to the task. X There is not an evil on the earth j hut the spirit of Christian missions will smite to its doom and this not - M cr.iy in distant countries, but in our own land. The world has seen nothing so I small it row to anything so big as'the 1 beginnings of Christian missions^ compared with their present stfpei^ dous size. If mere men had to do _thg/^ork that Ties before missions, they might well be staggered; but it is God's kingdom, and God Himself Is setting It up. A Programme for the Meeting. S While the missionary committee should oversee this work, planning lor It long in aavauce, jrwi should get all the society to takfejjgffcy ^ in the meeting, so far as possible, assigning the different parts to differ- .yVi ent Rndeavorers. The missionary^ Boards and the pastors will direct I you to full sources of information, i J All Endeavorera Should Know.*/ J> There are some things that every . J Ends:; voi er should know about foreign inis-ionr of hio denomination; - J just what fields are occupied; , how Jj they are occupied, whether exclusively or with other denominations; whera*s^B the principal living missionaries are 'fl - - ? 1 - ?U? nnmnp r\9 tVlA (TTOflfaaft JH Ul WOIH lliv uauico wi iuv vwww missionaries of the past, and what flj they did: the characteristics of tha^ M missionary work of his own denomt-' A nation; the Boards, and periodicals. H and other means by which mission- fl| ary work Is pushed among the churches: the present condition of the work abroad, at least in outline. Hoar many of these things do you know?" To Think About. OB Is there any one foreign missionary for whom I pray daily? MH Do I long for the spread of the pel over the earth? / What are my direct contribuUais j to foreign missions! Hospital Cars on Prussian Railways. The Prussian Ministry for Railways has placed at every Important railway center throughout the kingdom a magnificently built and appointed car Bor the transport of sick persons. These cars have been specially fitted up from plans supplied by sanitary authorities. Spring beds and every medical device for the alleviation of Bfl ? *? ? fnanfllf KqvA flflfl sunermg uunug u auou uaw ws^m utilized. There are ice safes, IH stoves for cooking, rooms for atfb*. jfl ants and ingenious devices for muf^H fling the sound caused by the motion 1 of the train. It Is not intended to fl make these carriages pay; they have been instituted chiefly on the ground 1 of homanity.?New York JVorld. " j Chelsea Characters., * ' ,;fl These characters are used in Chdl* I sea for china painting. ... I The marks are the "brands" oy fl 4, A t ?'J which the grade'of goods is revealed to those who know?and they are val'^H uable to buyers of fine china. CH