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A A NONCLiMeER.

He Shows . Singular Repugnanos -
Becoming "Arborsal."
Climbing runs in families, for steepls-
Jacks are often the sons Of fathers who
were In the business, but IL II somewhat
odd that man, though he learns to swim
20 we'll that armed only with q knife hs
oan encounter . shark In It's native clio
ment, and judged by the extent Of his
mining operations In comparison with the
size Of his body SURPRISES by . thousand
times all animals that work underground,
has never become . good climber or shown
the slightest tendency to become "arbo-
real" as he has become aquatic and sub
terranean.
South sea babies that cannot walk
will roll into the sea and swim, COLLAR
boys at IA will take pick and Lamp md d.
scend into the mine almost az naturally -
young moles, but We believe that In spite
Of the danger from wild beasts In forast
regions and the fact that in such places
there is ten times more life on the lsvsl q
the tree tops than on the ground thas =
no single instance Of tribe which, proper.
II speaking, has become "arboreal" and
learned to climb Like monkeys. Though
not q few make huts in trees they approach
these by ladders, and except in the huts
which they use - a refuge and sleeping
place they spend their time on the ground.
Even In forests whers the upper levels
Of the trees arc * closely laced together
that . comparatively slight adaptation
would enable the Indians to progressfrom
tree to tree, and where nearly the who's
Of tho fruit and the greater part Of tbs
birds and animals used for food arc found
only In this upper story" man q not
and always refuses to become, a''climbinG
animal" Natural r~epugnancs to this
form Of enterprise seems characteristic Of
savage men, and ven Of animals which
run no risks whatever. African nadves
who have only lived In n storied huA
show the greatest dislike to going up
stairs and have been known to creep up ON
hands and knees, while large dogs when
required to ascend stairs for the first ttms
often refuse to do 30 except under strong
persuasion and with evident relustanoA-
London Spectator.
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Dumas Adaptations.

Alexandra Dumas, who hated the Eng
ush, would have cursed In his breesisst
style had he known Of the number Of nm.
authorized adaptations and lamentations Of
his "Three Musketeers" which bristle on
u boards. Beerbohm Treepu on the Ills
toris oonglomeration In ~gorgeoudy pano-
remie style at Her Majesty's. Sidney
Grundy, play adapter In ordinary, prepaf.
ed that version for tho stage, and bis name
appeared in bigger type on the posters than
that Of Dumas. Dumas was lucky to b
mentioned at all. Most If the playtinkers
here erase the name Of the original author
altogether and insert their own. A. 1walk
along the Strand I sometimes think ]
hear Grundy and Comyns Carr and Hum
ilton and Rose, all the modish native
adapters of the day, sing In chorus To
good old oouplet4:
Bring me tho works Of Y. sardou,
Bring me tho works Of 3. Angler,
Bring me the paste and scissors, tos-
am tho man to write . play.
London Letter.
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The Wife Knew Better.

"Charlotte, my dear, how Il It I ind
you weepingi Have you bad bad news
from your husbandf"
"Oh, worse than that! Ny Arthur
writes me from Carlsbad that be would
die with ardent longings for mo were u
not that he could gaze affeotionately a
my picture and cover it with . thousand
kisses every day"
"That Is really very nice Of him. And,
pray, Is 1t that you arc crying for9 !
would give anything to have such . poetio
and tenderly loving husband a. you hayel"
"Ah, yes, my Arthur Il very posticall
But let mo tell you that, just to Try him,
I slipped my mothers photo into his tray
cling bag instead Of my own before he
started. London Tit-Bits.
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FERr1LIzlNe TIE CROP.

The primary object In using fertilizer
;a 10 d q larger yield Of the crop
hat is to be Immediately grown, or Is
already growing. on the land to wnien
the fertilizer Is to be applied. AS a rue
it eontains from ten to sixteen per cent:
OF more or less promptly available plant
food. In other words, a commercial Ter
tilizer contains In every undred polaGs
weight from 10 to 1S pounds OF avaiinU,e
%phosphoric acid, either alone, or tnat
amount Of p~hosphoric acid and potash
combined, or Of these W and nitr"sen
combined, making in the latter case, What
IS called q complete" fertilizer. NOW,
this 10 to Is pounds In eaeh ~ l~ b pou ans
should be, practically soluble and avail
able al once, or within q week or Two,
for the use Of the crop. says virginia
Carolina Fertilizer Almanac.
The remaining portion OF the derei.i1ss'
or the "a to 30 pounds In each 100 POUNDS:
is a mixture Of insoluble phosphate and
sulphate q; lime, some sand, water, or
ganic matter and other things that are
necessarily incident to the manufacture,
and cannot be be- ei ,fftIs i%msd,a Iem TSiSe
to either the crop or the soil.
90 when we apply q high-grade fertil-
izer to the soil the object Is to Supply
the plants with soluble plant 1000 ano
grass, or whatever the crop may be:
Incidentally, however. this fertilizer does
help the land, because it induces a larger
Growth OF stalk, roots n foliage OF the
pIants-or those parts that will De re-
turned to, and become part. or the SOIL
A dose Of this fertilizer, for instance
not only Increases the yield OF seed cot
ton. but also the size OF the Stalks
the foliage, hulls and other parts ina,
go Immediately back and form a part o!
the soil In the shape Of humus Sdecayee
vegetable NATTER. But the principal wa!
TO improve the soil itself. Is to add v"ge'
table matter to It In the form Of staolt
manure, renovating crops. rotation o.
II would seem manifest, then, II vi
vish TO increase the yield Of corn, cotton
-hest oats. grass, etc, tina the ferti!ize
shonid contain the three elements" o
plant food in the proportions that ar
heat suited to the particular crop. .Thi
IN narticularly true II the purpose Is U
roe liberal amounts Of fertilizer per acre
IN such case the deficient supply, IN tn
natural soil, of any one or more OF IN
fhree valuable" elements phospnorr
acid. nitrogen and potash) need not d
specially considered. a.,
According to carefully conducted neil
experiments, conducted at many OF IN
sTperiment stations, 1t has been loun'
fhst cotton requires a fertilizer that con
fains about one part each OF nitrogen an
noSash and 8 1-3 parts OF available o
nhoric acid. This demand would De me
Sv A fertilizer containing 10 per CEN
AVAILABLE phosphoric acid, 3 per cent .
nitrogen and 8 per cent: OF potash; o.
"a ordinarily expressed, 10Y IerdliiSei
One %analyzing 9I2.70-1.D; or $1,000
or 7La.1o-2.10, ETC., would answer JUST a
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PECULIAR ENGLISH SPELLING.
Bsst Difioult of All Systems - ~
qn1re Except the Chinese.

Bsst Difficult Of All Systems t. ~.
qu1re Except the Chinese.
English spelling is the most unsystsm-
alto and therefore the most difficult Of al
systems to acquire, except tho Chinese.
The French has not q complete alphabet
to represent all Its sounds in q simple and
gystematic manner, but the French uss
the incomplete and defective Roman Al
phabet much more consistently than va.
The object Of writing Is to convey thought.
An ideal system would allow Of the con-
veyancs Of thought with the least e1pandi-
ture Of energy on the part Of both writer
and reader.
The sounds Of the spoken Language
should be represented by the simplest,
most complete and most logical system.
There are in English 40 distinct sounds;
40 distinct letters are needed to represent
them. With such . system tho intermina-
BILE difficulty of learning to spell would
disappear, the time spent in printing and
writing unnecessary letters would be saved
and tho learning Of the language BY chill
dren and foreigners would be greatly ia
oilitated. There is no valid objection to
phonetic spelling except tho difficulty OF
introducing 1t. The genealogical objec-
hon is unworthy Of serious consideration.
The etymology, for example, Of "soph.
Ism" (Which, by the way, does not import
. wise saying) resides in the real word,
not In It's spelling. Any one who knows
tho history Of the word would associate
that history with 1t, however 1t might be
spelled. The Pathological association f.
vors phonetic spelling. It Is, Of course,
impossible to make 90 radical . change a
once, but 1t does not follow that the bene-
ats of phonetic spelling, the metric system
or any other great improvement will come
to us in the surest and best way by simply
leaving the matter to chance. There Il .
tendency to shorten spelling, but the bene-
fits to be derived from improvement are
10 great that definite action should b
taken to Q them early and to mako
the changes In the way that will be most
beneficial. Changes for better and for
worse win continue to come by chance a.
they have come In the past, hut chance
,hange in 30 important q matter a. the
language Of the most enlightened and
most progressive people Of the world
Should not be satisfactory.-Seh Culture
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riE DAYS EYE.

q mhFguefaeesl "
Virginia. margueritesi
How yonr hillTtde home, from the sky to -
river.
sione In the summer heats,
With each Of your silver selves a-quiver.
Beautiful marguerites!
1 hundred thousand hearts Of gold
To greet the opening day,
4 hundred thousand at night to fold
In silver leaves away.
o margueritesl
Delicate margueritesi
Opal hued petals, fringed and fine,
TIMBER hearts with the scent Of pine,
You tangle across the autumn's path,
You nod at her from the limestone Ledger
A part Of her beautiful aftermath
You leave to the brown brooks edge,
Or, lost in the heart Of the cedar woods,
You scatter intangible sweets
To woo her steps to your solitudes,
Beautiful margueritesl
Fanny z. johnson in Youths Companion.
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Home Made Cattarh Care.

Any one a mix right at home the
best remedy of its kind known. The
name Cyclone" is given to the fol.
lowing prescription, 1t is supposed, be-
cause of its promptness in driving
from the blood and system every YES
tige of catarrhal poison, relieving this
foul and dread disease, no matter
where located. To prepare the mix
ture: Get from any good pharmacy
one-half ounce Fluid Extract Dande-
lion, one ounce Compound Kargoll
and three ounces Compound Syrup
Sarsaparilla. Shake we'll and use in
teaspoonful doses after each meal and
al bedtime.
This is a harmless, inexpensive mix
ture, which has a peculiar action upon
the eliminAtive tissues of the Kidneys,
assisting them to filter and strain from
the blood and system all catarrhal
poisons, which, If not e~radicated, are
absorbed by the mucous membrane,
and an open sore or catarrh Is the re-
suit.
Prepare some and try it, as it is the
prescription of an eminent catarlh spe-
cialist of national reputation.
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LOGICAL ARRANGEMENT OF THOUGHT
a Couple Of Illustrative Incidents In
Prezchers Experience.

4 Couple Of Illustrative Incidents In {
Preachers Experience.
The appended anecdotes concerning t.
late President Robinson are given tot
public as too characteristic and too 60
to be lost. They are from the recollection
Of the Rev. DR.. A. ]. Sage:
"Once In the classroom Dr.. Robinson
was expatiating on the Importance Of care
full logical arrangement Of thought In dis
course, when he drew the following illus
tration from his own experience: 'Once,
when 1 was preaching, q peculiar incident
occurred. I had, gone through my intro
duction and first division, when my mem.
DRY failed me. 1could not recall my second
division, but instead Of 1t came up the
first point Of the application. After vainly
trying to recall the missing head, I stated
to the congregation that for o special rea-
son I would pass at once to the application.
I did SO, and when I had discussed the
FIRST point, the missing part Of my dis
Icourse came back to me q l went
through 1t all without further difficulty.
On reaching home ! set myself down to
inquire the meaning of this incident, when
I discovered that that which had planned
as the first point Of my application should
have been really the second division. of the
sermon. The mind In the activity OF
speaking had been more loyal to Its own
principles than 1 had permitted it to be In
the toll Of preparation
"The doctor was speaking to the class
on the Importance Of keeping the mind
free from preoccupying and disturbing
thoughts when about to speak extempore.
He said: Il was on my way to preach one
Sunday morning, absorbed In my Dis
course, when a gentleman met me who
said, "Have you heard that -- Is going
to marry Miss -f' mentioning two per-
sons in whom ! was interested, whose
marriage would be particularly insult
able. The suggestion took possession OF
my mind, and In spite Of my best efforts
I could not get rid Of 1t. All through my
sermon my thoughts were full OF tho
haunting idea of that unfortunate misal-
lance. My discourse vas a failure. You
may imagine that my feeling toward the
source Of this LII timed information was
not exceedingly amiable. I could have
helped him over q tall tence.'"-New
York Examiner.
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Grades of q

The grade Is the most important fac.
tor to be considered in the location OF
roads. The smoother the road surface
the less the grade should be. Whether
the road be constructed of earth, stone
or gravel, steep grades should always
be avoided II possible. They become
covered at times with coatings OF zee
or slippery soil, making them very dih
cult to ascend with loaded vehicles, aa
well as dangerous to desrtnd. They
allow water to rush down at such a
rate as to wash great gaps alongside
or to carry the surfacfng material
away. AS the grade Increases In steep
ness either the load has to be dim1n.
ished In proportion or more horses "a
power attached.
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that a suitable hall shall be hired and
obtain the use Of ten or twelve teams,
as many men and q sufficient supply
Of crushed stone to construct q length
Of good road as a sample.
When the train arrives, the engineers
will begin at once to build about q
mile of dirt road with the teams, men
and materials furnished by the local
ity. They will then surface or macad-
amize as much Of that road as their
time will permit. When the practical
bility of the movement has been thus
manifested, the mayor and commercial
organizations will unite In a call for a
public meeting to organize an associa'
ton. .
President Moore Of the National
Good Roads association says OF tho
project: .
.sThe south can have good roads II II
will, and the sooner the citizens get to-
gether and work along some well or
ganized and practical line these results
will be reached the quicker. There ID
nothing that will do more to increase
the value Of virgin lands and advance
the development Of the rural districts
than well constructed public roads.
The Improvement Of the road system
will have a wonderful effect upon slim
ulating the settlement Of people on
farms, and as these settlements are be.
Ing made SO will the value Of the land
increase.
wherever a city or town Is found
possessing well made roadways a
Ing therefrom you will find the busi-
ness Of that point is in a prosperous
condition. Therefore the citizens OF
every town la the south will be pro-
noting their own interests If they give
this movement their moral and II nee
essary financial support.
at Is hoped that every state, county
city and town officer will give this sub
1ect of better roads serious considera-
ton and then take the matter In hand
Immediately and show his constituents
that the movement for better roads
will receive his utmost consideration
and utmost cooperation.
1T is universally decided that good
roads are what we want. In order to
secure them we must pull together,
working systematically and on practi'
cal lines. This grand tour, planned By
the Southern Railway company, IL q
signal for action. If the states visit
ed are not alive to this and do not avail
themselves Of the opportunity to secure
information rendered by the good roads
special train, NO one will be at fault
except the citizens Of the states IN
which the exhibits are made"
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Third Train That Has Been Sent. Out
By the National Associntion-South
to BE Taught to Build Highway
Scientifically.
A train of twelve cars, known as
the "Good Roads Special" left Wash
lngton on the lines Of the Southern
railway early In November to stop at
ten or twelve of the chief cities reached
by the system and aid in organizing
good roads associations and at the
same time give a practical illustration
Of modern roadmaking. The tour will
end Jan. 1.
The train carried a full equipment
of roadmaking machinery and a party
Of eighteen persons. all skilled in tho
manufacture of good dirt and macad-
am roads. 1t is the third such train
to be organized through the efforts of
the National Good Roads association.
one having been sent along the route
Of the Illinois Central from April 10
July and a second having traversed the
district between Chicago and Buffalo
along the routes Of the Lake Shore
route and the New York Central. Ev-
erywhere the meetings have been wide
ly attended and have produced per-
manent organizations determined to
better the country roads Of the Sec
ton concerned.
Mr.. Martin Dodge, director Of the Of
fee of public road inquiries in the agrt-
cultural department, and NJ. o. FL
bridge, his assistant, with Mr.. W. d.
Moore, president of the National Good
Roads association, are in charge Of the
"Good Roads Special" Under their d.
rection fourteen road experts, Mr.. Il.
W. Richardson, secretary Of the ma
tional association, and several clerks
will undertake to organize in each nf
the cities visited a permanent good
roads association. To this end they
will confer with the mayor and city
council Of each city and the officers OF
its commercial organizations, arrange
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Near. but Yet So Ear.


W. talked Of lie and death. She said,
Whichever Of US two first dies
Shall come back from among the dead
And teach his friend these mysterisas
Sbe died last night, and all this day
! swear that things of every kind
Are trying, trying to convey
Some message to my troubled mind
Hooked up from my tears erewhila.
That white rose dying in the cup
Was gazing at me with her smile. D..
It blushed her blush as I looked up
Il paled then with an agony
OF effort to express me aught
That would, ! think, bring peace to ms
Could I brt guess, and I cannot
And when the wind rose at my door
It clamored with q plaintive din,
Like some poor creature begging sore
To be Let tn. I Let IL in
II blew my light out. Round my head
It whirled and swiftly in my ear.
had whispered something ere. it fled.
1t had her voice. 80 low, 80 dear.
The looking glass this hvelong day
BIAS worn that curious, meaning air. ,
! feel 1t when I look away
Rehectins things that are not there.
For hours no breath Of wind has stirred,
Yet bends the lamps fame as II famed
The clock says DER and Ger a word,
But 10 Godl-can't understand.
Gertrude Hall In independent
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Speaking From Experience.

Speaking From Experience.
War amt any jokin, so don't you pack -
traps.
Ruther rest IN peace at home an cultivate the
craps.
Been erlong with Longstreet, spent some time
with Lee,
An peace I want ter tell you's satisfaatoryl
ter mo.
War uae vny ;okin They talks IT low IN
h,h,
But it tAantes its complexion when you hsss
the bullets fly.
IT'S fine fun-in the papers-but when I eco the
shine
o. bayonets right in front O. me III Just talks
home In mina.
Amt no fun IN fghtin. A Teller does his best,
But he always wears the pictur's o. bis loved
ones on his breast. VIZ
An then ter kiss an leave 'em. never more ~
meet,
Ter listen through . lifetime far the unrs
turnin feegi
War amt any 3okin. Et It comes, II comes;
An ! reckon that I'd answer ter the roll call q
the drums,
But I amt In any hurry fer paokin up my
traps
Ruther rest In peace at home an cultivate ths
craps.
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitution
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well, provided these lower grades be aH'
piled in heavier quantities.
So 1t has been found that corn. sugar
cane, sorghum, grasses and other crops
belonging to the grass family respond
best to a fertilizer that shall contain 10
parts Of phosphoric acid, 5 parts OF nitroo
gen and 3 parts Of potash. or a 100
fertilizer. The following formulas are
in precisely the same proportions. only
they are Of lower grade, and would CIV
eor~respondingly larger application shall
be made per acre-vizr e.e0-l.9; Or
S4.WEl.0; or 7-3.5O-l.4O. and"so on. OF
course, these lower grades can be 500
at lower prices than the high grades;
but, as q rule, the farmer will find 1t
more economical to buy the high grades.
both on account Of their cheaper price
per 'unit' and also the saving OF fre1gnt
the latter being precisely the same. per
ton. for both high ane loI grades.
APPLYING FERTILIZER WHEN
PLANTING.
While It is certainly true, in our ex-
perience. that the greater part OF the Ter
tilizer should be applied about two weeks
before the crop Is to be planted, well
mixed in the soil Of the bedding furrow
and bedded on, there are circumstances
that would justify a farmer In making
one or more intercultural applications,
including one at the actual date OF plant
ing. The following are such
ceS:
a. When q farmer has not been able
to secure the whole amount OF his Ter
tilizers before planting time.
(9 When he concludes, after his crop
has been planted and Is growing, that
ne did not buy and apply as much as he
should have done before planting.
(0 When the yellowish green color and
want of vigor in the appearance or the
plants indicate that more nitrogen Is
needed by the crop. T.,
We believe 1t may be safely accepted
as a general rule that g. small portion
Of Virginia Carolina Fertilizer should be
applied with, or near h 10 seed, at the
time Of planting. The effect OF this small
application Is to supply the young plants
with available food during the first stage
Vigorous development. For this purpose
40 to so pounds per acre may be applied
OF the same fertilizer that had been bed
ded on two weeks before planting.
A second application Of high-grade Ter
tilizers may be made at the second OF
third blowing Of cotton, or at six or eight
inches height Of the plants up to ID inch,
middle to last Of June.
The intercultural applications may bs
made in the siding furrow, or the Ter
tilizer may be strewn along in the middle!
ahead Of the plow or cultivator. There
is no need to fear that the plants vii
not get the benefit Of g. ~high-grade fer
tilizer If put anyhere, on or between tn,
which the writer has ever applied fer
, tilizer In this way to either corn or cot
ton, although there is little reason Z
doubt that ever later applications woulS
: benefit the crop: but probably not enoug,
J to pay the cost of the fertilizer.