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voeacy of this great cause. He had his own views of this public interest. and to have them was to express and 10 defend them.
 pr. West was q devout Methodist and from his native temperament he could be none other than an intense one, but the compass of his being was loo great to eircumscribe him to the boundaries of his own denomination n his relations to others. Numerous were his friends and associations beyond the pale of his own people. With the intensity and tenacity with which he ciung to his church. there was not sufficient power embodied within the church to restrain him from q criti- cism of its policies or methods if they happened to run counter 10 his own convictions With The uniqueness of his Individuality he impressed all with his earnestness and sincerity and much as one might oppose him, he could not withhold regard for his convictions. The sincerity of hls convictions did not
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

Gladstone's greatest forensic triumph s were won at a tune when most men are in their dotage And Victor lIugo-what a ripe old man he became, By many persons "rhe Man Who Laughs is considered his greatest book. He was nearly seventy when he wrote it. Activity is the law of life. He who dies in the harness lives tie longest. And there is the Joy of work up to the very last. As Robert Louis Stevenson somewhere asks, in substance: 'Is it not better ta go on to the preciplce. pouring vour full life over the Niagara of Death than Id dribble it away?"
 When should one quit work?
 Never,
 When you cease putting fuel under your boilers you are a dead engine. You can not go forward unless some other engine hitches onto you and drags ycI along to the side track.
 Oil the old machine
 Feed in the fuel. toot the whistle, ring the bell and
 Stay on the main track,
 This is the fine story of a woman whe. by her request, shall be naneless. Hef one plea is that she be permitted 'o do good in secret.
 She is the convict's friend.
 Her great service was rendered in the days before Warden Tynan af fhes Colo rado penitenti2ry introduced his huinane misunderstanding prisoners as if they were human beings.
 This woman lived in Canon City, where the state prison is located and she used Ter opportunity to study the prisoners.
 She could rot see that they were par ticuarly different from other people in most cases. It seemed to her there were persons as bad-if not worse-on the out side of the walls.
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1 Progress" progressive" progres-
 siveness," without attaching any, the least definite notion to the words or kindred ones are now of the current | coin of literature, science, art and con lversation until they din a perfect bab- ble of generalities into our ears from
 the dizzy heights of this modern tower
 erected by the learning of universal
 wfsdow. We are reminded of the coun- tryman who declared that he was an
 Episcoplan. peripatetic of that de-
 nomination having partaken of the hos pitality of the countryman. thought to make some return by shedding the light of his learning on the countryman's s pathway, and eased into conversation with him, proposing to lead up to the tenets of Episcopalism by asking his
 host If there were any Episcopalians in those parts. 'Y-a-s." drawled the countryman. I'm | CT Piscopalian myself" You an Episco- palian.' queried the minister. 'Y-a-s' again drawled the countryman and, hav- | ing noted the astonished infection of the | minister's voice, the countfyrnan volrn- teered: I'll tell ye how tis parson." T
 wuz down at NOrleans at the last re- union of the Vetrans. and nv Sunday mornin' I wuz awalkin' up and down ! the streets, and I passed by church where I hearn the people a'talkn' back 1 erds and furrerds at the minister, and l went in to see whut sort O ioins wuz ! goin on in thar. and jest as I got inside, 1 heard the minister say. o Lord we have 1 done the things we oughtnt to do. and 1 have left undone the things we ought to CT done and right thar l slapped my | hand on my knee. and sez B'gosh. that's s hut I am and didn't know it afore. and right thar knowed Lwas CT 'Piscopalian | an I've been one eyer since. Parson., "Yes. I am furever doin he things ought not to do an leavin undonc the things l ought to dov whcreupon there ensued an impenetrable silence. during which the Parson ruminated. chewing the l cud of bitter contemplation.
 Suppose your mathematician your chemist, or your astronomer were to ad- init such laxity into his notions. or were tc allow himself to be deiuded by the
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panoplied and never averse to vindi- cate lustily any cause which he might espouse. Still he was a cultured gen. tleman and numbered many friends among those with whom he denom- nationally differed. Nor was his dis- putations directed alone against those Of an opposite school of theology, but within the pale of his own people his sword was often brandished in the es- pousal of a view which he cherished It was in the field of controversy that Dr. West was at his best. Happily those days of controversy. often not conducted in the gentlest spirit are well behind us. but the time was when the clash of ecclesiastical combat re- sounded the country through. They had the redeeming value of stimulating thought. producing much literature of sort and creating schools which else would not have been. Not to be comhatant in those early days was to be man of inertness and of narrow influence.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
yVy7 F have to think of democracy \x/ as a social gesture with its w end in view the betterment

w s'.' .s. 's s1'ss s:;'s,: s' S:s E;
 W end in view the betterment of 1iving-not merely a militant party bounding the country over for ballots Truly the reins of government must be got in hand before any social gesture may be large and free-before, say, we may make effective the old demo- cratic dogma of tariff for revenue only;" but in our vision of the party, whether winning or losing, we must keep undwarfed in our minds the old purposes of democracy.
 And why recite at this late time the old dogmas? Because to keep clean and free of blame as a right worthy servant of men, we must look some what farther than the mere getting of suffra ges just now. Indeed, to get a democratic President elected just for the sake of busting another party from power would not in itself be a brilliant performance. The wisdom or unwisdom of such change could only be determ- ined by the future acts of the incoming party contrasted with the political his- tory of the outgoing party.
 1t would be even well, think, if we could dispense with the names of par parties. But names designate princi-
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As has already been said, there was an independence of character in Dr. West that awoke admiration in all capable of appreciating force and worth. AS firmly rooted as a mountain on it's base he was incapable of plausbility which veers foward unsta bleness. No matter in what relation, there was no misunderstanding any position which was taken by Dr. West His countenance was an index to his firinness. He was sometimes firm even to sternness, an inherent quality of his character which was doubtless strengthened by the controversial period through which much of his early life was passed. But to have known him with any degree of intimacy was to find that be- meath a somewhat rugged exterior beat the heart of a genuine man. Advancing age softened and mellowed much of that which often led to a misinterpretation of his real nature.
 Among the productions from his pen was a work entitled, The State of the
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as is all history. for, as Goethe puts It -"The best thing which We derive from history is the enthusiasm that it raises in us"
 But the service rendered the state bv pr. Anson West Is not to be re- stricted to his history of Methodism He was a tower of strength in his generation, a man of commanding pull nit ability. a scholar of decided liter ary taste. and a character possessed of originality of thought and boldness of expression which challenged admir- ation even though 1t did not always carry conviction. Not unlike most preachers, especially of the Methodist and Baptist ranks, of the period when his life dawned into manhood, Dr. West was typical polemicist. In those early days of ecclesiastical controversy the man who could wield the most trenchant blade and deal the heaviest blows elicited the most popular ap- plause. pr. West was a born debater and every antagonist found him full
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22
ALABAMA-ANSON WEST-By B. F. Riley,

fail 10 find vent through his powerful tongue and the sharp nib of his pen.
 There was a wonderful blend of he- roic manhood and unquestioned spirit ualitv in the life and character of pr. West. This served to make him im- pressive and oftentimes powerful. Back of his often stern declarations lay an unquestloned spiritual force and the combination of the two gave to pr. West an assertiyeness always to be reck oned with His gifts and &C., quirements ntted him for q high sphere in the councils of his own communion. and while others differed with him. often wildly. his sincerity was never question. nor was his integrity ever challenged.
 He passed through many testing periods during his eVentfal career and went from the earth leaving behind him trail of influence for good and g vast contribution to the good of the public He rests from his labors ans his works do follow him.
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" HE REV. ANsoN WEST. D. D..
 was the chief Methodist his torian of the state. While the work of which he is the author prop erly relates itself to the history of Methodism in Alabama, there is much collateral history necessarily embraced within it's compass, which makes 1t a valuable contribution to the archives of the state. In it's scope his history extends from the earliest settlement or Alabama by the whites to a period well within the last decade of the nine teenth century-a span of well nigh :. hundred years.
 The history of a people, such as the Methodists are and have been from the fountain source of statehood and even before. is not without immense value. Methodists have been mighty force in Alabama and still are, and the rec ord of their achievements affecting all the orbits of life is a mighty stimulus.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-22

\ VERY delightful 1t is to know that N amid the competing chatter of this
 age there are some who preserve the old Ioyalties, the old ideals, untainted and unashamed. If, in modern France we could happen upon some ancient fam fly seat and there get into conversa- ton with some surviving lady repre- sentative to find her quaintly confident that the seventeenth century. with its laediaeval and aristocratic chivaliers, Is still governing France. we should be both astounded and amused. For there is something very attractive about in- nocent toryism, pathetical1y clinging to what has already gone beyond the west ern clouds. You wonder why the pull Of the earth does not tear these de- voted ones asunder, as they cleave to what is going. going, gone.
 Over in Ulster. and in London. and in some spots nearer home, there are these essential conservatives, these devotees of the past, these acolytes or priests at the shrine of deceased ancestors. Now and then you find them blatant, fero- : cious, swashbucking survivals of the baronial soldier and highwayman. They
Evening journal., 1912-04-24

very different from those Of the or
iinary type that require new material
to properly construct them.
These managers have no bottoms and
for that reason are light and easy to
handle. They are OF fairly large ca
pacity and for that reason are very
handy for the man with but few
sheep, and for the man who some
times wishes to keep little hay be-
lore his sheep while the pasture is
short They can be put in corners
and out OF the way in a manner that
cannot be done with the ordinary
type. When throwing hay down from
the NOW they are much easier to hit
than the common kind as they are
far wider at the top In length, We
usually make them about eight feet
as we have more boards Of that
length around than Of any other.
The dimensions are: Corner posts
.2x4 inches. cut on a slant; bottom
cut Is inches long and top cut q
inches long; open space. inches
wide; total width, 40 inches; total
height, "a inches; total length, feet
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Z arm ono
Garden
FoxGLovE GROWING.
Medicinal Plant Promises Fair Return
on Cost and labor Of Production.

Medicinal Plant Promises Fair Return
on Cost and Labor Of Production.
Foxglove has for some years been
cultivated as a commercial drug plant
in several European countries. 1t Is
fairly hardy perennial plant. 1t is Of
easy culture. growing best In rich well
drained garden loans, but does not
thrive to advantage IN wet soils or bar
ren. sandy ones Seeds and leaves both
contain medicinal virtue. but the latter,
carefully dried In the shade to preservs
the natural green color. form the only
product that Is now marketable. The
current price ranges from IL to II
cents per pound. dry weight. The most
reliable estimates OF yield do not ex-
ceed GOO pounds dried leaves TO the
acre. says Rural New Yorker
Foxglove promises a fair return for
the cost OF growing. but any consider
able acreage grown IN this country
would quickly overstock the market.
The present drug requirement. that the
leaves be only picked from plants OF
two years growth at the commence
ment OF bloom greatly increases the
cost OF production.
II is best TO use the typical purple
lowered form Of Digitalis purpurea.
which may be had from most seeds
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GARDEN and
FARM NOTES
Kafnr COIN makes GOOD silage.

Kaffir corn makes good silage.
Keep the manure spreader busy.
Why not try patch Of alfalfa this
season?
Plow the garden deep when you
plow it.
A true saying: "A good garden is
half the living
Flax is a plant that does we'll on
varoety Of soils.
The well drained garden has many
things in It's favor
Millet hay. to give the best results,
must not get too ripe
A good gardener will not be content
with raising one crop a year.
The careful stockmsn gives his ma
nure spreader daily exercise.
Grasshoppers may be materially de-
creased by winter or early spring disk.
ing.
Rhubarb is one Of the standard gar
den crops in the vicinity OF large
cities.
The green food problem in winter
isn't much Of problem If there is any
alfalfa hay on the place
All the kernels Of an ear OF corn are
approximately OF the same compost
tion, but different ears vary consider.
ably.
Experienced onion growers do not
advise nor follow the practice of plant
ing onions on raw or new land as a
first crop.
Consider the clovers. It often means
the difference between failure and sue
cess. The clovers are almost indispen-
sable in the farm scheme.
The sooner manure is spread in the
field, the smaller the loss OF fertility
incurred and the smaller the amount
OF labor required to handle it.
The common disk harrow is more
generally used than any other nipple.
ment to cultivate alfalfa. and when
properly adjusted does good work.
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INDIVIDUAL HOUSE FOR HOGS
improved Shelter for Swine Should be
Built as Closely as Possible
Good Dimensions.

For twenty years the A style Of In
dividual house has been in use. We
were we'll satisfied with them until
we saw a neighbor using something
that we liked better Then we were
anxious for some Of the old ones TO
90 10 pieces so we could build few
OF the new style to give them trial.
Recently We built three and liked
them so we'll that we. shall take TO
pieces the balance Of our old-styled
ones and make them go as far as they
will in building the new ones.
The most satisfactory dimensions
are as follows: Six feet square. two
and one-half feet high at the back and
FIVE and one-half feet at front. The
front always 10 the south. The creep
door, is inches wide and two feet
high, cut in east end, six inches from
the southeast corner. The larger door.
Is inches wide and four and one-half
feet high, cut I'm south side at east
corner. Should be built OF the best
matched lumber, battened or tongued
and grooved Of best quality. II metal
is used for the roof II should be laid
over paper or felt Of some kind TO
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trimming reached from to so per
cent. and the gain by weight was
very marked. In one instance reach
5S per cent.
The plants we're grown under or
binary field culture and they we're
started in the green house April l..
planted in the field June and head
ed back July "a, August s and Sep
tember 5.
At each trimming the leading
branches we're shortened about six
inches and most Of the side shoots
below the first clusters were removed.
the others being shortened, and the
sunlight was thus freely admitted.
Training tomatoes on wires to run
from FIVE 20 ten feet high is becom-
ing a common practice. This method
increases the yield as the sunlight
reaches all Of the fruit and makes
picking much easier
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Car. Of the nrooder.

Brush out the brooders every other
day. changing the material used in
floor covering. This may be OF bran,
sand, sawdust, or paper. but must he
dry. Damp bedding induces disease
every time.
When Il is necessary to wash The
brooder choose warm. sunny day, so
that the chicks will not need Il, and
Il can be thoroughly dried before re-
turning them az night II these con-
ditions cannot be complied with, a
temporary brooder may be used for
the day by means Of a box and one or
two jugs OF hot water well wrapped
in flannel. the latter serving the
double purpose Of holding in the heat
and preventing a chick being crowd
ed up and burnt.
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54SS .SSM
Ssss5E7Ss7a75SS 81
Device for Smoothing Soil Before
Seeding.

that will not exhaust the high fertil-
fly necessary to onions. Continuous
cropping with onions will cause the
land to become diseased and filled
with insect enemies.
One OF the most important things
in onion-culture is to mix the fertilizer
with the soil well. On land that is not
thoroughly drained, pillow in beds, leav-
ing double furrow between the beds
10 carry off surplus water. These
beds may be rs to $50 feet in width.
The disc-harrow puts the land in
fine condition after it has been thor
oughly plowed in the fall. For finish
ing the soil a tool is now made. which
when drawn over the ground will nil
and obliterate all tracks. leaving the
surface smooth and even, and in fine
condition for either seed or trans
planting.
The feeding-roots of the onion run
close to the surface, and should not be
disturbed by deep cultivation. After
a rain, break up the surface of the
soil by means of a steel rake. AS
soon as the plants are growing well,
the cultivator should be started and
kept going. in order to keep the soil
in good condition, and to prevent
weeds.
The single wheel.hoe is an excellent
tool for this purpose. Some Of the
large growers near Chicago have
adopted a hoe stock, consisting OF a
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LIVE STOCK
ESROFES- shN

Pigs and an alfalfa field are good
company.
Every breeder holding an annual
sale should build sale pavilion.
There's nothing like alfalfa hay TO
keep the brood sows in good condi-
ton.
Blanket warmly, and brush we'll to
thoroughly clean and stimulate the
skin
Look out for drafts under and
through the floors. They are about
the worst kind
Horses that have heavy coats Of
hair should be clipped now just before
the new hair starts.
It is seldom necessary 10 grind corn
for work horses unless they are old
and have poor teeth.
Quick, intelligent attention will
often save lamb or pair Of them,
and often the eve as we'll
Too much corn has caused the loss
of many fine litter Of pigs. and often
the loss Of the SOW as well.
In a case Of twins one is often weak.
er than the other and would die II
not assisted to nourishment.
A tablespoonful Of oil-meal a day
for each eve, given regularly. is q
sensible addition to the ration.
Breed your hogs as much higher
than a kerosene barrel as you like,
but do not lose sight Of quality.
Silage is not as we'll adapted to
horses as it is to cattle. but, never.
theless, 1t is an excellent roughage.
A scrub with pedigree Is a worse
scrub than a scrub without pedi.
gree. But there are not so many OF
them.
If a SOW is restless or jumps up
when the pigs are nursing. examine
the pigs for sharp teeth. II any are
found file them on
It is common prophecy that cattle
will never be cheap again and II sure
ly seems that such a prophecy Il
based on good grounds.
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CEMENT FEED FLOORS BEST
More Expensive Than Others. But Pay
for Difference In Comparative
ly Short Period.

The writer constructed a floor 20x20
feet last September and has been us
ing II almost constantly and with tho
greatest satisfaction Though Il cost
about two weeks OF hard labor and S15
in cash I almost feel that / have a re.
turn for my outlay both In labor and
cash already, says a writer in an ex-
change Am quite sure / have saved
$15 worth OF feed and believe the ex,
ira labor in carrying out corn, a
basket at a time, through the deep
mud TO a dry (muddy) spot through
all that bad weather would have al.
most equaled the labor Of building the
floor, But more than this is the sat
isfaction Of feeding in this clean and
handy way, which can only be appre-
ciated by trying Il.
Our floor was made right beside the
cribs, in what had been a hog wallow.
Stones we're gathered from the fields
and laid in the bottom. These were
covered and leveled by smaller stones
and coarse gravel, then a thick layer
OF concrete (eight parts OF gravel 10
one Of oemenD. then the surface coat
of four or five parts Of coarse sand to
one part Of cement. the concrete be-
ing forced to the bottom on all sides
to prevent rat invasion. After remov.
ing the board forms, posts we're set
on three sides and the same wide
boards were nailed on the inside to the
posts. fitting down TO the floor Thus
inclosed noticed is rooted of the floor
and the cobs and other waste need not
be cleaned of so often. With bins on
one or more sides all cobs and manure
can easily be scooped into the same
and saved. The floor should be slight
ly lower at one corner for drainage
I While constructing our floor posts
were set in the middle, so we could dl
vide II for pigs and hogs. which make'
it very convenient. always having a
clean. dry. handy place to slop snt
feed the pigs. and also a place to per
them up quickly for any kind Of treat
ment-
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WYANDoTTE IN FAVOR
Fowls Are Doolle. Compared With
Restless Leghorn and 90 Not Eat
More-Lay During Melting.

For more than 30 years I was in
the poultry business, until last April,
when the last chick was sold and
took a three-month vacation. But /
missed my fowls so much that de-
cided that even II I had to use a
small yard ! would have some fowls
again, says a writer in an exchange.
So a flock OF White Wyandottes with
13 small chicks came into my posses
sion. 70 say that I am delighted Is
10 put Il mildly. They are so docile
compared with the restless Leghorn