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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-16
expensive part of commercial fertilin-

expensive part of commercial fertilix-
ers.
The other staple farm crops, such a.
corn, wheat, timothy. blue grass, rye
and millet, have not the power Of
gathering nitrogen from the air, and
must depend upon the available sup
ply already in the soil. This, in part,
explains why clover and COW peas, al
though producing a hay crop rich in
the elements of plant food, will leave
the soil on which this product is grown
more productive than before
On land that rs badly worn the care
full saving of the farm fertilizers and
the proper rotation Of clover and COW
pease with the other farm crops, will
keep UP the fertility ofthe soil, and
will avoid the necessity of the purchase
of any commercial fertilizers.
Unfortunately, there are many fail
ures, often under the very best man
agement, connected with the attempt
to grow clover. The experiment sta
ton at Columbia receives more in
quirieS as to the best method of seed
ing and caring for the clover crop than
any other problem in agriculture. AS
result of these inquiries the station
has undertaken a series of experiments
TO determine the proper season to SOW
clover and the best methods of pro-
cedqre.
On the station grounds for the past
two years, once each week, clover has
been sown from the 1st of February
to the 10th of April. The result Of
these experiments have demonstrated
that the best time TO SOW clover is
about the middle of March. When
sowed earlier than that, an early warm
spell will terminate the seed too early
and leave the young plants the victims
Of late frost.
The COW pea appears to have the
ability to thrive ON land too poor to
grow red or crinlson clover. 1t is not
affected so seriously as clover by ex-
cesUive heat or drought, and is not
easily smothered out by weeds.
On moist soils in central and south
ern Missouri it yields a larger quantity
of vegetable matter containing E, larger
total quantity of nitrogen than does
red clover. In the sections of the state
where the climate is we'll adapted to
the growth of COW peas it is believed
that they will prove more satisfactory
as a green manure crop than either
red or crimson clover, especially on
poor soils, inasmuch as there is less
risk in securing a stand. and there is
no danger of the hot weather in the
midsummer killing the young plants.
Compared with other fertilizer crops,
the COW pea seems to grow especially
we'll on poor land. On piece of nat
Urally poor upland clay, which has for
the past fifty years been grown in
corn and wheat without fertilizer, the
section began last spring a number Of
experiments in methods of restoring
the soil 10 productiveness. On six of
these plots COW peas were sown with
out fertilizer The average yield Of
vines and pods was very large, and
aside from the fertlizing properties Of
the crop showed it to have value of
$3.50 an acre.-Missouri University
Correspondence PoSt-Dispatch.
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HINT ON THE SAFE SIDE.
Loser by Fire Thought Iced Drinks
Should Have Hand Grenades
for Chasers.

Fire insurance contains many surprises
to the lay mind said Marshall s. briggs,
president of the board of underwriters, ac-
cording to the New York Sun. "One man
who came to me for a policy on some ice
houses xnIch he had just acquired almost
refused to credit our statements in ex-
planning the high rate. Ice houses are extra
hazardous risks because they are liable to
spontaneous combustion. 1t happened in
this case that the applicant received tele-
gram while We were still discussing the
matter. He was informed that has new
properties mad burned to the ground. It
CHANGED to be a very hot day and we ad-
lourned for refreshments.
will have d tumbler full of cracked
ice with a pint of Apollinaris, L said to the
waiter.
Why not a hot lemonadey' suggested
the stricken ice house man.
With the thermometer 99!' L protest
ed.
He waved his hand.
''<Consider the risk he said. The fire
rate on ice Is six, seven, even ten per cent,
per annum. At least, if you are going o
risk spontaneous incarceration, you had bet
ter drink a few hand grenades for a
chaser.
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WHAT'S THE USE
To Keep a "Coffee Complexion.

A lady says: Postum has helped
my complexion so much that my
friends say am growing young again
My complexion used to be coffee col
ored, muddy and yellow, but it is now
clear and rosy as when 1 was a girl.
1 was induced to try Postum by a
friend who had suffered just as l had
suffered from terrible indigestion, pal
pitation OF the heart and sinking
spells.
After had used Postum week
was so much better that 1 was afraid
it would not last. But now two years
have passed and 1 am a we'll woman,
/ owe it all to leaving off coffee and
drinking Postum in its place.
81 had drank coffee all my life. ]
suspected that it was the cause of my
trouble, but it was not until actually
quit coffee and started to try Postum
that I became certain; then all my
troubles ceased and am now we'll and
strong again." Name furnished by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's q reason.
Look in each package for copy OF
the famous little book, THE Road H
MELVILLE"
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Rape For Pigs.

Rightly handled rape makes a good
pasture for pigs and, at the same time,
is beneficial to the land The way to
do is to have a portable fence of hur-
dies and thereby picket the animals
on the plots fed each one after an
other The ground is thus not only
thoroughly titled and all weeds -exter-
minated, but an economical crop cheap
ly Srown-econOmical in that 1t fur
nisheS most excellent fare for the pigs,
and quickly brings them into the best
condition for the final finishing by grain
food. If other requirements are equal,
such pork will be of the finest quail
ity, and yet produced at cost con-
siderably less than that made by feed
ing chiefly on grain; in truth, rape has
a healthful influence on the system Of
swine that largely augments the
effects of the after feeding. The ex-
pense Of fitting the land for it, and
procuring and sowing the seed, is more
than offset by the animals roofing
over the ground and turning the crop
into Immediately available manure for
the succeeding one.-Epitomist.
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Twas Badly JumbIed.

While Secretary Hay was in the
country one summer an important
piece of oG1cial business was pending
relates the Argonaut, and he arranged
with Washington that any news thai
might arrive concerning the matter
SHOULD be telegraphed to him in cipher
'3y after day he waited, but no tele
Iram came. One morning, happening
to 50 to the lonely little telegraph Of
fee, he said to the operator:
Il suppose you have received no dis
patch for me?"
Why, yes, SIR the operator repli
ed there was dispatch for you the
other day, but it was all twisted and
confused, and 1 couldn't make heads
or tails of it, so 1 didn't think it was
any use to send it up to you"
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had no appetite. When doctors failed
to help me / began using Doan's Kidney
Pills and improved until my back was
strong and my appetite returned. Dur
ing the four years since stopped using
them have enjoyed excellent health
The cure was permanent"
(Signed) George w. Renoh.
A TRIAL FREE-Address Foster
Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, 80 cents.
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D UT there are dangers peculiar to
- children of light. 1t is said that
every plant has it's enemy, and surely
every Christian has his perils which
confront him. What are the dangers
which confront the child of light?
want to mention two: Hid lights and
extinguished lights. The hid light is
the useless light. Of no practical value
to the possessor and of absolutely no
use to others. But how many hid lights
there arei Christians who have not
backbone and courage enough to shine
for Jesus. Lights under bushel, they
go about and mingle with the children
of darkness and try to be and do so as
not to be conspicuous. Such lights are
next door neighbor to the extinguished
lights, the Christians who have back
slidden and no longer walk in the fell
lowship with God or their brethren.
They have loved this present evil
world better than the Christ who had
drawn them from darkness to His mar
velous light, and so they have gone
back to the darkness. There is danger
of the children of light being drawn
away from Christ, step by step, until
the light is extinguished. If your feet
are slipping, beware! If you are grow
ing cold in your spiritual life, bewarel
But there are rewards for those who
are faithful. BE thou faithful unto
death-that is, even to the point of
yielding up your life in effort to shine
for Christ-ano thou shalt receive a
crown of life" Yes, and there are re-
wards for this life as well. Righteous
ness always brings its own great re-
ward. Goodness is profitable in all
things, for this life and the life to
come. And the children of light who
realize their great privileges. who meet
their obligations, wEo satisfy the needs
Of the soul, who prayerfully avoid the
dangers, will surely reap the blessed
fruits of their labors. Walk, then. as
children of light
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bondage of sin unto death to liberty
and life in Christ Jesus. He is called
disciple because he is a convert and
adherent to the teachings of Jesus.
Jesus likened the disciple unto
branch of vine to illustrate the init
mate relationship which existed be-
tween Himself, Who was declared to be
the vine, and His followers, and again
He called His disciples friends, to as
sure them of the cordial and pleasant
intimacy which existed between them
and their Master. He also called them
the sheep and pointed to Himself as
the Good Shepherd to impress them
with the thought of His tender care
for them, His leadership, and His pro-
lection from every enemy. In the epis-
ties we meet repeatedly with the ex-
pressions sons of God" and children
OF God" and are taught that those who
have been saved through the cleansing
power of Jesus blood hold peculiar
and vital relationship with God. In
the truest sense God is their Father,
and because sons of God, they are
heirs and joint heirs with Christ to
all the riches of the Fathers house.
The term "bond-servant," or slave" is
also used, which conveys forcibly the
truth that the Christian is bought
with a price" and that he no longer has
q right to think of himself as apart
from his Lord, or aS doing anything
Independent of His will. Eye are not
your own, we are bought with price,
is the plain declaration of Scripture,
and if this is true. then bond slaves"
OF Jesus Christ.
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Mrs. Elizabeth H. ThOmpsOn,E
of Lillydale, N.Y., Grand Worthy
Wise Templar, and Member of
W.C.T.U., tells how she recOv-
cred by the use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM IL am one
of the many Of your grateful friends
who have been cured through the use
of Lydia r. Pinl1ham's Vegetable
Compound, and who can to-day
thank you for the fine health l eniov.
When l was thirty-five years old, 1
suffered severe backache and frequent
bearing down pains; in fact, / had
womb trouble l was very anxious to
get well, and reading of the cures your
Compound had made, L decided to try
it. took only six bottles, but it built me
up andcured me entirely of my troubles.
My family and relatives were
naturally as gratificd as I was. NV
niece had heart trouble and nervous
prostration, and was considered incur
able. She, took your Vegetable Com
pound and it cured her in a short time,
and she became well and strong, and
her home to her great Joy and her hus-
bands delight was blessed with a baby.
/ know of a number of others who
have been cured of different kinds of
female trouble, and am satisfied that
your Compound is the best medicine
for sick women" Mrs. ELIZABETH H.
THOMPSON, Box los, Lillydale, NY. -
$4,000 forfeit If oYi1indi of d6oUe letter pYoufHo
GenmHeHeSS cannot De produced.
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HERE AND THERE.

The production of oranges in the
United States amounts to twelve mill
ion boxes, of which over two-thirds
in Florida.
The planters of the south who pull
fodder in the fall and bum their corn
stalks in the spring are burning up
$3.50 to IS per acre, which can be saved
by using shredder.
The best means of obtaining a
profit with any class of stock is to
keep the best and keep it well, and this
applies especially to sheep. There is no
animal more Improbable than poor
sheep.
The discovery of the lower silurian
phosphate beds in Maury county,
Tenn. may be reckoned among the
most valuable contributions to agri-
culture ever made in any age or in
any country.
The first and most important in
fluence of the agricultural press in the
live stock industry of the country is
the encouragement in breeding the
best, the healthiest, the largest and
the most vigorous ANIMALS.
The man who is SO situated that
he can use purchased protein feeding
stuffs profitably is able to enrich his
land in the cheapest way possible.
When he is buying bran, middlinss,
etc.. he is getting the elements we pur-
chase in a commercial fertilizer-nitro-
gen. phosphoric acid and potash.
The dairy farm is the place to
grow vetches. This crop must not pre-
cede one of wheat as the vetch seed
will become mixed with the wheat
Sow vetch one year, plant corn the
next. and then SOW wheat, corn or
grass. The culture of corn puts the
ground in excellent condition for wheat
or grass.
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A Moral Lesson Spoiled.

King Canute was just about to con
vey a striking moral lesson to his
deeply interested courtiers, says the
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Waving his scepter at the advanc-
ing waves, he harshly babe them re
Cede.
why don't they recede?" inquired
n courtier presently.
because" replied the wise old mon
arch as he hastily hitched his chair
out of the wet, because they are
tide" :
And he let it go at that.
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Always Food for Laughter.

When Johnny was child they laughed
at the ridiculous things he said. When-he
was youth they laughed at his baked
opinions. When he was a man they laughed
at his wisdom because they couldn't grasp
it. When he was old they laughed al him
for a crank There is always some one to
laugh, and this is a jolly world.-Newark
IN il News
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= n - - - - - 49, - -
used in the New
Testament to des-
ignate the Chris
tian. He is re-
ferred to as the
redeemed, suggest
ing the former
condition of en-
slavement to sin
and the redemp-
tive W ork Of
G hri s t whereby
the soul was deliv-
cred from If q
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Not a Hamper.

The Lady-Why are you so melancholy,
my poor man?
Gritty Georgia.. lady, it's sad story.
When | was a baby | was left in basket.
That was sad"
Eyes, NINA am. and it was a wash bas-
ket."-Chicago Daily News.
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ST., Phlladelpnle'
Pa. , a man of good
reputat ton and
standing, writes:
" Five years ago 1
was suffering SO
with my back and
kidneys that 1
often had to lay
off. The kidney
secretions w ere
unn n t ura1, my
legs and stomach
-ara swollen and
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free s. trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-16

To the ordinary view, the speculative
market makes the figure of a corner with
a side adjacent called the right side, and
side opposite called the wrong side
PncI
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am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.-Mrs. Thos.
Robbins, Norwich, n. Y, Feb. IT, 1900.
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Her only Comment.

eyes" said Dreamy Darius, II put all
my brains into this little poem.
And it's an awfully short poem al that,
rejoined Sarcastic Susan.-Cincinnati En-
qulrer.
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Not Far Of.

Teacher-Now. then. what de we mean
BY composition?
Little Girl agerly)-Please, miss, com
position IS the art of bringing simple ideas
into COMPREHENSIVE Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-16

There are people of whom we have but
one request, and that is that they Go not
try to entertain us.-Washington Qa.)
Democrat
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Children of
the Light ~
i Sermon by the Highway and ~.
n Byway" Preacher. y
tCopyright. 1904, by J. NJ. Edson.l

Chicago, Sunday, Sept. IL, 1904.
Text:-"Walk as children of light
Eph. SIS
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-09-16

LIE WHO has daily access to the
l l very presence of an earthly king
and is on terms of intimate fellowship
with him, knows theat there is no re-
quest which he may not make. no
favor which he dare not ask, and he
knows that if it is within the power
of the king TO grant them, he shall OBJ
tain his desires. What a privilege.
Children of light having access to and
fellowship with Him Who is the Light.
And then clear vision and a plain
path. Not children of darkness: blind
leaders of the blind, and both falling
into the ditch, but seeing plainly and
following safely in the pathway
marked out. And identity with God.
Children of light part of the Light
This thought Of identity with Christ
is suggested in the opening verse of
the chapter from which our text is
taken, where we are told to be ''imi-
tators of God" And in another place
Paul speaks of Christ being formed
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THE disciples of Jesus taken as ono

THE disciples of Jesus taken as one
L united company are referred to as
the body Of Christ of which
He, Christ, is the Head, thus en-
plasizing again in another figure
the intimate and vital relationship
between the Redeemer and the re-
deemed, and reminding the Christian
that he is not single, Independent unit,
but part of one glorious whole, and that
until the return of the Lord in glory and
the union with His body the church, he,
the Christian, is incomplete. And there
are other terms which are used to desig-
nate the follower of Christ-Christian
saint, etc.-and these all convey their
own peculiar meaning and express some
particular relationship which exists be-
tween Christ and the believer. And in
the text before us we find still another
term-"children of light"-which has
reference to the state and privilege and
responsibility of the redeemed. Light
is suggestive of purity and righteous
ness Just as darkness stands for moral
and spiritual corruption. Christ was
declared to be the Light of the world be-
cause, as the manifestation of Gods
holiness and truth in the flesh, He was
the great revealer Of human corruption
and sin. Light reveals, light purifies,
light marks the safe pathway, and for
this reason Jesus was called the Light of
the world, and for the same reason His
followers are declared to the children
of-Ught."
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In u.s." We sing, More like Jesus
would 1 be-" This is the thought:
Identity with God And lastly, the
privilege of knowing There is a pas
sion to know things in this our day.
The spirit of the Greeks has descended
upon us, and like the cultured an
clients we are always eager to hear and
tell some new thing. But the children
of light have privileges of knowing
such as the children Of the darkness
never dreamed of. The promise Of
Jesus when He left His disciples was
that the Holy Spirit should be given
unto them and when He, the Spirit
of truth, is come, He will guide you
into all truth" God reveals the Sc
crets of His Kingdom to His children.
They know of the hidden mysteries. 1t
is their privilege to know Of the things OF
time and of eternity. For the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep things
of God" and He reveals them unto us.
What privileges, then, are those of
the child of light? Access to and fell
lowship with God; a clear vision and
plain path; identity with God, and
the knowledge of God and eternal as
well as temporal things. So much for
the privileges.
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An Omen Secret

"Ah, madaml" sighed the artless
young bud, 1 would be loved as you
are loved Monsieur tells me it is
yourself who knows the alphabet OF
Charm
My child whispered the white
haired. wrinkled belle Of 20 years,
eliminate every Il from your CONVEX
sation and. instead. substitute You
That is the whole secret"
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TTHE apostle admonishes us to walk
L as children of light" The whole
life and course of the Christian is in
volved in that term walk" So walk
that you may enjoy the privileges which
belong to the children of light" So
walk that you may meet the obliga-
tons which rest upon you. So walk
that You may realize the needs of the
peculiar relationship. 30 walk that
the dangers which lie in your pathway
may be successfully avoided. So walk
that the blessings which are promised
to them who love Christ and keep His
commandments may be received and
enjoyed Oh, it means something to
be a child of the light. 1t is more
than wearing a badge or a button; it
involves more than church member
ship. or long prayers in the market
place or the chief seats in the syna-
gogue. It means something to be
known as a child of the light First,
then, what are the privileges? They
are almost innumeraoIe, but there are
four which particularly command our
attention: First, access to and fellow
ship with God; second, clear vision
and plain path; third, identity with
God, and, fourth, the knowledge of the
deep thugs of God. We have not
time to adequately unfold all that is
implied IN this four-fold privilege of
the children Of light, but let us briefly
suggest what 1t means, trusting that
you will with the aid of the Holy
Spirit come into fuller realization of
all it means to be a child of light
Access to and fellowship with God
Words cannot begin to express and
explain all that is involved in this
privilege.
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A ND with such obligations, what are
y our needs to meet those obliga
tions? Two things are absolutely neces-
sary: The oil of the Spirit and unob-
structed channels through which this
oil may flow to feed the light. When
the disciples were to shine for their
Lord they must receive the Holy Spirit
and so with every disciple of Christ.
If he is to be a true child of the light
he must have the indwelling presence
of the Spirit to shed forth that light
which will give light to others. AS
reasonable to expect your lamp to burn
without the oil in the reservoir as to
think that the Christian can shine
without the Spirit of Christ to feed
the flame. Over and over again this
truth is emphasized in the epistles of
the different apostles. BE filed with
the Spirit" This is the greatest need
of every Christian. 1t must be had if
ne would be equipped for service. And
the next essential is the unobstructed
channel. All, how it becomes choked
with our own selfish desires and ambi-
tons! How the things of the world
come in and dam up the river of Gods
fullness! What is it that rs stopping
the flow of God through your life? You
know what it is, or if you do not know.
God by His Spirit will reveal it unto
you. My lamp would not burn salts
factorily the other night. The oil was
in the reservoir, but it would not burn.
Investigation showed that the wick
was charred for a long distance down
and StOODed the flow of tho oil RI tho
top where the fame must be fed; and
in how many lives there is the hard,
charred surface, made so by sinful in
dulgences, and stopping the flow Of
Gods Spirit into our lives. Oh, get
the fullness of God, clean out the
choked channels and meet the obliga-
lions God has placed upon you as chill
dren of light.