The National tribune., 1909-07-15
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proper names very distinctly. Do not alb
b1eviate your words. Give your posteffice and
State. We get letters occasionally in which
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J. G. s.. Portsmouth, O.: Camp No. /.
Sons of Veterans. U. S. A., was organized
at Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. %, 1879. Near
ly every Northern State is now represent
ed. The first lodge of the Ancient Order
| of United Workmen was formed at Mead
vile, Pa, Oct. u, 1868, by John Jordan
Upchurch; The first Grange of the, Pa
Washington, ID. C., Dec. 4, 1867. There are
negro lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows,
/ Knights of Pythias, and of nearly all the
other white fraternal organizations. The
colored folks, too. haye many societies pc
culiar to themselves with officials bearing
der Of X. of p. is known as the Knights
of Pythias of North and South America,
Europe, Asia and Africa.
| J. L. B., Trenton. N. j.: The phrase
| God Almighty hates a gutter" was used
by Samuel Fessenden at the Presidential
Convention, when the Maine delegation
Iswung its vote away from Tom Reed.
When the vote was announced he arose
to his feet and shouted to the chairman
this now famous expression.
i L. G. T., Boston, Mass: The South is
making rapid advances in industries of
all kinds. Cotton mills are springing up.
I adjoining the fields where the white fiber
grows. In 1880 all the textile plants of
: fha hud hr1fE Ef.Y rely
rs per cent of the total in the United
States; now they are credited in round
numbers, with 10.500.000 spfndles = prae-
tically 30 per cent of the number in the
entire country. The capital employed has
grown from S21 10000 to nearly $780,
annually used from 100000 TO over 2.1O0,-
900. No other manufacturing section
lever Increased its spinjles in as large per-
icentages. South Carolina has 100000
spindles as against 100000 in 1890, and
North Carolina in the same period in
/, B. 100000. OF the cotton manufacturing
States South Carolina is second, North
Carolina third, and Georgia fifth. Massa-
chusetts still leads. but the outlook is that
it will soon drop behind one of the Caro-
iinas. The growth of factories in the
South means increased local demand for
farm products. Florida leads the country
in the production of Sea Island cotton,
the long staple from which thread and
lace material is made.
C. G. L., Russell, Iowa: Radical and i'm
tportant changes are in progress in edu-
cationaI methods. The three Rs, Read
ing. 'Riting and 'Rithmetic," are being
displaced by the three H's-Education for
the Hand, the Head. and the Heart. Tech
nieal education that shall give the youth
trimming for a livelihood mo- so much
l do oI, adtr Of Va m
uaI faculties-is the present order. The
education of the head is such as to aid il
to cooperate with hands in the production
of serviceable goods. 1t is remarkable how
plant is the mind of the youth and what
results may be gotten in the broadening
of the life in its development thru the
agency of serviceable education. In these
times inventive genius has opened mar
lvelous avenues of intelligent application OF
basic laws TO the work of life, and there IS
or should be no distinction drawn between
the brain worker and the hand worker.
The farm life now under the impetus given
by the National Department of Agrieul-
ture and State Agricultural Experiment
Stations and Colleges. offers a wide field
wider and more important that that oil
ordinary business life. improvements in
food crops and the creation of new forms
of vegetation provides a Gmitless field for
brain and hand workers. In the educa.
tion of girls account is now being taken OF
domestic economy, and the wife and mother
of the future is being now prepared Tor
her place and functions, thru training, to
fit her for the avoidance OF the errors OF
the past generations, and for the conserva-
, tion of all the resources of the home, for
the uplifting of its standards, the wider
diffusion of comfort and the protection OF
children from the dangers. physical and
enYironmental, that formerly were part
of child life and experience. In this edu.
- IL Il,w nNRfl
! the head is set forth and correctIves ap-
piled for the mere sentimentaiity that is
both unintelligent and destructive.
E. I'll. Frederick, Nd: Joan of Arc
) was burned May 80, 1431. She has just
been canonized by the College of Cardinals
at Rome, and is now Saint of the Catho-
lie Church, her day being that of her
: death, as is the case of all saints of the
Roman Church. The day of their earthly
death is the one on which they are born
into the better and everlasting life.
G. p. F., Erie. Pa: The distance you
plant orange trees should be governed by
the kind and quality of your land, and
| also by the variety of trees. The varie-
ties originating from Florida seedlings
usually make large spreading trees, and
, should be planted at least D feet apart
each way. This will allow 40 trees to the
acre. and makes a pretty grove, as profit
able feature of hve-acre tract. tree
will yield fram 10 to 30 boxes. This will
; give man an income of from $1,000 TO
$1,000. Trees planted 2l X Il feet apart
will give 100 trees to the acre. The Kun
quat is very unique little tree. producing
miniature fruits resembling small oranges,
and presenting a very ornamental appear
ance in the Fall and Winter. when loaded
with the little yellow globes. Trees fire.
auently bear in the first year in nursery
rows. The fruit. rind and all, is edible,
but it is largely used for table decorations
and preserving and crystallizing. II sells
in northern markets at from S4 to ST per