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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-09-18

animation of the stonachs Of the
birds at different seasons. 1t
has been discovered that birds
prefer wild fruits and wild cher.
rles, and grape vines have been
planted near orchards and found
to be a great protection to the
cultivated fruit.
Birds are used in variety of
ways, for food, pleasure, for
sportsmen, for plumage, for mil
linery purposes, and for guano.
United States bulletins on Econ
omic Ornithology and other liter
ature on the value of birds may
be obtained by any one who
wishes them, at Washington, by
applying to the congressman and
senator's from his or her district,
or perhaps just as we'll to II. S.
Palmer, department. ot agricul-
ture.
Now, | love birds and wish to
have them protected, and for
this reason have tried to encour-
age the boys in Rock Hill and
York county to build houses for
birds nests rather than fight
them away. Many of the boys
report to me that they have blue
birds and Jenny wrens building
in their houses. Bluebirds and
wreDs are my favorites, and
sometimes think that the blue
bird should be our national bird.
not that the eagle is not a grand
bird, but that the bluebird comes
nearer having red, white and blue
Besides, he is an inhabitant of a
greater part of America than the
eagle and he is very useful bird
for the protection of gardens and
orchards.
| will mention some of the
books that are devoted to birds.
that is, those that will interest
children "The Citizen Bird"
Birds That Hunt and Are Hunt
ed" and "Bird-Cralt," also a
phamplet called birds and Ma
ture." wish every man, wo-
man and child would read the
Educational Leaflet No. T., is.
sued by the national committee
of Audubon societies.
| am sure if the ladies' who
thought they were fortunate in
being able to buy aigfettes fol
their hats would regret having
Worn them or any kind of ieath-
ers on their hats.
| hope to have collection of
bird houses TO exhibit at the
summer school, which / hope
will hold its meeting at Win
throp next summer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-09-18
Former Lancastrian Show
ing Rock Hillians How to
Farm.

Rock Hill Herald: Mr. j. II.
Comes, who runs II farm near
The Highland Park Mill, brought
a stalk of cotton into this office
Thursday that measured 5S inch
es in height and contained $50
bOlls, matured and unmalured
10 blooms and 81 squares.
Mr.. Goines has about an acre
OF this cotton and says that the
stalk he brought us is only 3
tair sample.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-09-18
The County Lire Contention
Views of a Former Re-
sident of KershaY County.

Editor The News: l am not
personally or selfishly interested
in the dispute or the contention
now going on between Lancaster
and Kershaw counties over the
boundary line dividing the two.
But 1T does seem to me passing
strange that at this late day any
thing of the kind should be sprung
upon the people. In my own
opinion, the town of Kershaw is
the bone of contention, for, you
see, prior to the building up of
Kershaw there was Tor seemed
to be) no dissatisfaction concern.
ing the county line. The coun y
commissioners under the Harper
regime were the first to agjtate
the question of establishing 8
new line. They employed Mr..
@. ID. Ragsdale, D. S., and-did
survey new and different one TO
what has always been recognized
as the dividing line. (No,e that
was not until after the town of
kershaw matured)
The RagsdaIe survey started /
mile above Peay's ferry on the
Wateree river "a mistake by
nearly l mile), and as might be
supposed, had to defect at Ham.
mond Spring 10 make G-ier Hill.
So we might say if all the line
was wrong, why recognize the
corner stone on Grier Hill. Take
any map of South Carolina and
you will readily see a straightiline
from the river to Grier Hill. 1
was reared near Liberty Hill,
and alter the war for 12 or Is
years was overseer and warner
on Peay's Ferry road. The coun.
ty line cut this road at what was
then known as Sow Pit bridge.
Mr.. w. r. Duren, d. S., in 1866,
l believe, or '67, in surveying
the Perry lands had to find the
county line, which he did, and !
believe to be the correct one.
This line starts t to { of mile
below Peay ferry / was always
told when boy that Mr.. James
Summerville's house on River
road, 2t miles from Liberty Hill,
was the line. The Duren line
would strike the house (Pre
sent residence Of Mr.. f. q. Per
n.y. | give you diagram show
ing the two lines ,Ragsdale's and
Duren's 10 Grier Hill. Beyond
that arose dispute over tn he
corner at Miller's (for Kersh aw
is on that part OF the line.)
am not prepared to say much be-
tween Miller's aud Lynch'sRiver,
but do say there is no use in
spending county funds for wha,
profits might accrue from it either
way. if both parties receive jus
iice. You may publish ifyou
see fit. j. w. Denton.
Rock Hill, Septic, 1907.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-09-18

Mr. u j. Lowry, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. I. Lowry, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
l.. Hunter aud Mr.. Robert Row
ry returned SATURDAY. from
visit to the jamestown Exposi-
ton.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-09-18

Miss Alice Beckham, of the
Van Wyck section, is visiting
the Misses Ste wart. Rock Hi
Her Ii.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-09-18
Birds the Farmers Friends
An Interesting Article on our
Feathered Friends by the
York County Game War
den.

would like very much to have
taught in all of our schools econo-
mic ornithology-that of birds
and bird values.
UP to 1850 very little study
was given 10 the value of birds.
and then only by few indi-
viduals. Since 1850, some of the
states in the United States have
made an appropriation for the in.
vesligation of the value of birds,
and since 1885 very much has
been done, especially by the
United States. Out of 1,125
species OF birds, only about six
or seven species have been found
to be really injurious to the far
mers.
Immense quantities Of bird
stomachs have been collected
for investigation. Many OF our
birds were supposed to be in-
furious TO the farmer, and far
mers for generations have tried
to destroy them, which is a mis-
take.
From 1000 stomachs of the
common black crow, examined
by the government, 8 per cent.
of all their food consisted of corn
in the milk, that is, in roasting
ear ones. A trivial portion of
their food consisted of fruit and
eggs, while most of the food was
injurious insects and mice; there
tore crows should be protected
although crows do pull up corn
and eat the kernel 10 some ex-
tent. But this can be prevented
oy taking seed corn, pouring
kerosene oil on it, stirring un.
I'll each grain is greasy with oil
then putting in -four of sui lphur
until each grain has had a co 1T
o. sulphur. This should be done
just before planting. The oil
and sulphur applied in this way
will make 1t distasleful to the
crow, and he will abandon field
planted in seed corn treated in
this way. The corn 'reated with
sulphur and kerosene will also
be protected from the worms.
Another bird that has been
supposed to be injurious is The
king bird, or bee martin, which
the boys were taught to shoot.
because they ate bees. On the
Investigation of many bee mar
tins stomachs, 1T was found that
a small per cent of the bee mar.
tins food was bees, and most of
these were drones, because the
honeymaking bee sings, and ma
ture provided the bee martin
with eyes TO enable him to d is
tinguish between a drone and
the honeymaking bee for at least
100 feet distant The majority
Of The bee martins food consist
Of mosquitoes, robber flies and
iujnrious insects. The robber fl F.,
is a bee hawk, that is, large
fly that catches the bees wher
they go to and from the hive anC
SUCKS the blood from them.
In studying bird food, depend
'ence is chiefly placed upon ex-
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-05-11
WOMEN OF COURSE HAVE
SOULS

Dear Truth:
An article appearing in Truth on
Saturday, April 27th, needs answer
ing, but by an ADLER pen than mine.
The article referred to is headed"The
Absolute Woman" by Professor Otto
Weiniger. The subject is of almost too
benighted period to take up. Such
items appearing in papers do harm.
| would like to tell why l think men
get the impression of no individuality
in woman, if as the professor implys
such is true, and if they do show that
characteristic as general thing, it
is because, to use woman's phrase,
1t has been so smothered in the feel
ngs of women by different causes,
OF which one is, that women as a rule
like peace in the family and there is
usually husband, father or brother
IN that family with decided opinions
OF his own on religious, political and
other subjects, and decidedly antag-
onlstic to any one, especially his wo-
men folk disagreeing with him; and
as such matters have been discussed
and agreed on from the beginning of
time, the women of the family think
1t not worth while disturbing the
peace, arguing, and so let affairs
move along more or less smoothly,
thus smothering their own individ-
uality, battling with their feelings
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-05-11

Mrs. L. P. Palmer left Tuesday for
Coldwater, Mich, for a visit of two
months with her mother.
Mrs. Thomas Marioneaux enter
tanned the Bridge club Wednesday
afternoon at her home on E street
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Catrow have
moved into their new home at AZ
Fifth East street.
Mrs. Edward Moore has gone to
Seattle to visit her sister, Mrs. Jo-
seph Grant.
Mrs. c. X. Won Knoblock has gone
to American Falls, Ida, to spend the
summer.
Mrs. D. Elliott Kelly expects to
leave early in June to spend the sum-
mer in the east.
Miss Irma Clawson is in Brigham
City, visiting Mrs. Orson Hudson.
Mrs. Ida Dusenberry, of Provo, is
the guest of Mrs. R. E. Little.
DR.. Jack Murrietta of Phoenix,
Ariz., is visiting with DR.. F. B. Steele.
Miss Ruth Wilson is in town from
Park City visiting her sister, Mrs.
c. T. Mixer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reed have taken
apartments at the Whitley.
The Sewing club met Wednesday
afternoon with Miss Mercy Berkeley
Mr. and Mrs. George Dern are in
town from Mercur.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-05-11
Il In the Social Realm II

The program for events at the
Country club, the Herald says, will
be out shortly and is arranged as fol-
lows: Saturday, May 18th, opening
day, tea will be served at a o'clock.
and an approaching and putting con-
at the same hour. A table d'hote
dinner will be served at $780, and
there will be dancing from 9 until IL
The hostesses for the afternoon are
Mrs. Union Worthington, Mrs. Ar
thur H. S. Bird, Mrs. ]. R. Walker,
Mrs. d. c. Roberts and Miss Will
liams.
May 18th, the hostesses will be
Mrs. Windsor V. Rice, Miss Keogh.
Mrs. Ernest Bamberger and Miss
Katherine Geddes. There will be tea
and tennis at a o'clock, and table
d'hote dinner at 6:3o. Mrs. Benner
X Smith and Mrs. w. M. Ferry will
be the hostesses for May 25th, when
there will be table dhote dinner at
6:3o and dance in the evening. Both
the Wednesdays of the month ia
BILE d'hote luncheon will be served
and a buffet luncheon is on for De-
coration Day.
Rowland Hall was the scene Tues
day evening of large and Brilliant
gathering in celebration of the open
ing of the new building recently COM
pleted. The affair was a reception
given by Bishop Spalding and the
members of the faculty, and it was
attended by some 400 or 500 guests.
A buffet supper was served in the
study on the upper floor, this being
in charge of the sophomores.
Bishop Spalding and Miss Clara l.
Colburne, the principal of the school,
received, and they were assisted by
the entire resident faculty and by
Mrs Charles G. Plummer, Miss Ora
tia Flanders, Miss Geneve Eller-
beck and Miss Spalding. The sup
per was served by the sophomores,
who were Miss Virginia Beatty Miss
Eleanor Kennedy, Miss Meta Pow
ell, Miss Mary Williams and Miss
Mary Abbott.
A copy of the Toronto Star re-
ports the marriage in Toronto of
Miss Marjorie Seymour Machray and
Lieutenant Irving Monroe Madison
formerly stationed at Fort Douglas
with the Twelfth infantry. The
groom was attended by Captain Jim
mic" Heidi, and Lieutenant Hardt-
man was the groomsman. The we'd
ding was followed by reception.
Later Mr. and Mrs. Madison left for
a trip west, after which they will re-
turn to Fort Niagara, where the
groom is stationed
Mrs. Montague Ferry was the host
ess Monday at an elaborate reception,
Mrs. E. o Howard and Mrs. Walter
cnHaa opI tho
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-05-11

JOY piDoOii, Nii oiN JNhhihtoSi
Miss Katherine Williams, Miss Maud
Thorne and Miss Katherine Geddes
A string quartette in the hall furnish
ed fine musical program.
The tea given at the new st. Marks
nurses home, the Bishop Leonard
Memorial, Tuesday afternoon by the
ladies of the Hospital Aid society
was dangerously attended. Bishop
+. S. Spalding, and the outgoing and
incoming head nurses, Miss Edith
Bellam and Miss Fannie Lees received
and the young nurses assisted i'll re-
ceiving the guests. Mrs. Windsor
V. Rice poured coffee, in which ar
duous duty she was assisted by Mrs
{. r. Pearsall, Mrs. A. ]. Gorhanl,
Mrs. Warren Benjamin and others.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Walker celebra-
ted their crystal wedding Tuesday
evening with large gathering OF
friends at their home on Sixth East
street. The host and hostess were
assisted in receiving by Rev. and
Mrs. p. A. Simpkin and their daugh-
ter; Miss Edith Walker, Miss Chand-
Ter, Miss Josephine and Miss Mar
garetta Johnson also assisted. Mrs
McAleer played some piano numbers
and Joseph Simpkin played violin
solo.
The Girls Friendly society of ST.
Marks Cathedral gave drawing room
musicale Monday evening at the
Spalding home, at which large num-
Der of their friends were entertained
A fine musical and literary program
was given. Those who gave musical
selections were the Misses Amy and
Isabel Osborne, Miss Halle Foster,
Miss Katherine Denny, Mrs. Graham
f. Putnam and Karl Scheid.
The young people of the Epworth
League of the First Methodist church
gave a reception Tuesday evening at
the Ferris home on Third street, in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Eber-
hardt. Musical numbers were given
during the evening by Mrs. Alfred
Peters, Miss Beatrice Davis, Miss
Helena Critzer, Miss Davi and Miss
Elliott.
Mrs. w. ]. Browning, Mrs. Ru-
dolph Dumbeck, Mrs. Hudson Smith
and Mrs Hoffman of Chicago left
in a party Monday for stay of a
month in Los Angeles.
Mrs. E O. Howard will leave early
in June for the Atlantic coast, and will
be joined later by Mr. Howard.
They will spend the summer in the
east.
Judge and Mrs. John A. Marshall
have moved to the Knutsford, where
they will be at home till the last of
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-05-11
TRUTH

July, where she will sail to join her
daughters in Europe.
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Lake
have returned from Los Angeles,
where they went on their wedding
trip.
Mrs. William A. McEnery will be
here on Sunday from San Francisco
and will spend few days in town
with friends.
Mrs. Eskridge of Seattle, formerly
Miss Eta Keith, is in town, visiting
her parents, MIR. and Mrs. David
Keith.
Mrs. Thomas Gouldstone Griffin
left Tuesday for the coast to visit her
mother, Mrs. Thomas Carter, at
Long Beach.
Mrs. Robert R. Hampton and her
little daughter have gone with her
father, Judge Howat, for an eastern
trip.
Miss Leda Pinkham of Wichita,
Kan, will be here Saturday to spend
a month with her aunt, Mrs. Elmer
B. Jones.
Mr.. and Mrs. Birch formerly of
Fargo, N. D., are at home for the
summer at 258 West Third South
street.
DR.. and Mrs. E. D. Woodruff en-
tertained the Bridge Whist club on
Monday evening.
Mrs. E. p. lie Compile and daugh-
ter, Hannah, of Park City, are in
town for stay of week.
Mrs. Graham +. Putnam will be at
home for the next two weeks at II44
East Brigham street.
Mrs. S. NJ. Day has returned from
Ogden, after a visit of a week with
her daughter, Mrs. John T. Hurst.
Miss Agnes Dahlquist gave a studio
recital Tuesday evening at her home,
+23 South West Temple street.
Miss Goldthwaite and niece, Miss
Irene Leonard, have gone east to us
it relatives and friends.
Misses Alice and Laura Farrell en-
tertained at dinner Monday evening
for twelve of their friends.
Mrs. Percy Nelson is in from
Bingham spending week with Mrs.
Russell Schulder.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-05-11

DR.. and Mrs. ]. c. Landenberger
have moved and are now at home at
4I2 First street.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-05-11

Judge and Mrs. John A. Marshall
have moved to the Knutsford, where
they will be at home till the last of
the week. Mrs. Marshall will leave
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-05-11

Miss Edith Belam left Thursday
for San Francisco, where she will
visit for the next six weeks or So
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Home ouarreIs

The home should never be the scene
OF quarrel. a man cannot afford to
quarrel with his wife; it is undignifed.
woman cannot afford to quarrel with
her husband; it is unladylike. Parents
cannot afford to quarrel in the presence
of their children; it gives them wrong
views of life, and weakens their respect
for home. Every quarrel leaves an ug-
" scar, no matter how well it may be
patched up. Small differences must oc-
cur in every household, but they can
hardly be called Quarrels. To quarrel
with the person who stands nearest
and dearest to you is to put strain on
love that in the long run snaps it.
There is no sadder sight than to see
two people who have grown so used to
pickering that they do it almost me-
chanically. When a man and woman
make up their minds to tread Iife's
path together they should make up
their minds to make it as sunny path
as possible, and to avoid all the STUN
bling blocks to happiness that they pos
sibly can. Marriage is the best thing
in the world, but it cannot be improved
by quarrels. A quarrel brings out the
ugliest, meanest side of a persons ma
ture, and surely no one can find virtue
IN anything that does that.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
wisdom's wise whispers.

Women abuse men merely to appear
original and independent.
A man is at his best when he has a
purpose in being agreeable.
Men dearly love to be referred to as
an authority on odd questions.
The man most austere in business is
usually most genial in private life.
4 man talks about dress as though
ne felt ashamed of the conversation.
Men want to be regarded as capable
of pointing out the errors of others.
Few women have the capacity for
carrying dates and events in the mind.
Women like to talk of the days when
they had beauX galore-even if they
never had them.
Every woman wants the world to
give to her the consideration she thinks
belongs to her sex.
When a woman reaches a command
Ing position she regards marriage as
the next best thing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
More Voc Tor Man.

An excited man writing in London
Truth, announces with an exclamation
point that cit appears that the halO-like
arrangement which decorates the wom-
en- of the time is formed by wrapping
the hair around a frame How much
more of their general appearance is ere
ated by frame contrivances?" he asks.
The editor tries to reassure him by
saying that while man is necess sily
ignorant of the secrets of the modern
woman's surface composition, this cir
cumstance need not throw him into a
panic. Since beauty is but skin deep it
NAV be limited that it. really makes lit
tie difference whether that little be of
wire. wool. buckram or rats
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
AS Clean as a whistle.

Any one who has witnessed the man
ufacture Of a rustic whistle can be at
no loss for the origin of the saying,
"As clean as a whistle" A piece of
the thickness Of finger is hammered
all over with the handle Of a knife I'M
til the bark is disengaged from the
wood and capable of being drawn off.
A notch and a cut or two having been
made in the stick, the cuticle is re-
placed, and the instrument is COM
pleted. When stripped of It's covering
the white wood, with its colorless sap,
presents the very acme of cleanness.--
London Answers.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03

There is much variety in the shape
and style of coats for spring.
Madeira work, which is much like
the broderie anglaise Of last summer,
is coming in on the new waists.
For school wear serviceable brown
or blue linens trimmed with stitching
and black or red tie are very smart.
Tight-f1tting coats, buttoned simply
down the front, some rather long, 9th
ers short, will be worn with severe tai
lored costumes.
For best frocks for the little girls a
fine white material daintily trimmed
with good embroidery of valenciennes
lace is the very prettiest OF all.
Silkier and more attractive than
ever are the new cottons, though 'cOt-
tom is no longer evidence of their
cheapness, for these will make very
dressy gowns.
Unique will be the woman arrayed
in the latest Importation in English
suitings, which is a huge check, three
inches square, alternating white with
some pale color like lavender or brown.
Children's frocks are made of the
prettiest stripes and plaids imaginable,
linens in rainbow-striped coloring and
the most brilliantly tinted small plaids
being used, with white embroidery
trimmings.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03

Embroidered and lace-trimmed lin
gerie blOuses will be worn, but it is no
longer necessary to have always the
most expensive sort of waist. For the
morning, for instance, with a plain
skirt, a decidedly severe model waist
has just recently come into vogue. This
summer, for tennis and golf, when it is
played, the regulation tailor-made bod
ice will be smart once more, for the
stiff cuffs and collar on waists of rath-
er heavy material are so infinitely
more sensible than the blOuses that
have been fashionable during the last
few seasons, that its return to favor
was inevitable.
The bottom of q silk skirt will be
improved by interlining the hem with
flannel rather than lining. CrinoIine
should never be used, as it would cut
through too quickly. Heavier skirts
that are to be finished with many rows
of stitching should have flannel basted
on the wrong side as deep as the stitch
ing will be, then skirt and interlining
are stitched in rows, having an easy
tension on the machine; the hem is
then turned up and lightly hemmed
down, or if very heavy, sew a bias
strip of lining to the raw edge of the
hem and sew the other edge of the
lining down to the skirt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
Keepine Dresses Fresh.

One of the incest ways of keeping
especially evening Ones-fresh
is to sew throughout the lining tiny
perfumed silk sachets. Any odd bit or
silk does for this purpose. Make the sa-
Chef about one inch square. Put in a
layer Of soft white wadding, into which
has been sprinkled some sachet pow
der. Sew up and tack firmly to vari-
Gus places in skirt and bodice. This
gives the delicate elusive fragrance to
your frock which is rather hard to at
tain when liquid perfume is used. 1t
also has additional benefit of keeping
away destructive moths when the gar
ment is laid aside for a time.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-04-03
HAS PAID FOR MURDER.

Charles WhaIen, Sent Up for killing
Chum, Cuts Time by Behavior.
The State prison doors opened the 9th
er day for Charles Whalen, who finished
a sentence of twenty-five years for muir
der in thirteen years and nine months,
owing to good behavior. Whalen was
sent up from Portage for killing Gerald
Spaulding of Sparta to get a few cents.
They were companions upon a tramp.
Spaulding's body was found in the Port
age canal and Whalen was captured after
a hot chase by Sheriff Irwin of Portage in
st. James, MINI. After change of venue
Whalen was tried and convicted at James
vile. He has been a model prisoner, and
is now about 40 years old.