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SHAKESPEARE AH He Learned Was !n a Oonstrictel Area Of Twenty Miles Around Stradford-in-Avon. Shakespeare was probably the most thoroughly alive man that ever lived. He was alive iu this sense: That he saw, felt, heard, smelled and tasted more than any other human being, i That is why a popular edition of ' Shakespeare, even today, will outsell, j year in and year out, the best of the ! current novels. Shakespeare was through school at j fourteen. Travel was difficult in his time. ; The range of his observation did not extend beyond a twenty-mile radius of Stratford-on-Avon. Later he went to London where he was able to see how men lived in cities. Within this constricted sphere he learned all he knew-—by observation. Shakespeare got his plots from books. For the rest of his informa tion he relied on his senses. Note what a wealth of detail, based on close observation, is packed in these few lines in whiche he out lines the construction of Queen Mab's carriage: "Her wagon-spokes made of long spisners' legs; The cover, of the wings of grasshop pers; ; The traces, of the smallest spider's web;; The rollars, of the moonshine's watery beams; Her whip, of cricket's bones: the lash of film; Her waggoner, a small gray-coated gnat, Not half so big as a round little worm { Prick'd from the lazy finger of a ! maid: Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, ! Made by the Poiner squirrel, or old grub." You will find these lines in Romeo and Juliet. How many birds could any one of us describe? Shakespeare mentions something specific about each of the j following: The cuckoo, lark, bunt- } ing, chough, owl, crow, dove, eagle. ! vulture, raven, pheasant, jay, swal- ) low, kite, thrush, robin, woodcock, { daw, wren, sparrow, cygnet, buz- ' zard, goose, nightingale, snipe, duck. ! lapwing, finch, blackbird, martin, } pigeon, rook, hawk, hen, starling, } cock, mallard, and osprey. A gentleman named Patterson who ! had plenty of time on his hands went i through Shakespeare's writings care- I fully and made memoranda of the ! many times natural objects were ! mentioned. When he had completed ' this job he found had one hundred ; closely written pages of letter pa- ' per. Of these twenty-two pages r^- ! lated to mammalia; sixteen to birds; ; nine to reptiles and fishes; two to j shells and minerals; nine to insects; ! thriteen to trees, flowers and fruits; , and twenty-nine to various natural ! phenomena with which every farm- ! er is familiar. Shakespeare was conscious of the opportunity which is offered all of us for self-education, if we will but be alive to our environment. He says: "And this our life exempt from i public haunt; Finds tongues in trees, books in the .running brooks, Sermons in stones and good in every thing. I would not change it." I don't know that this discussion has any particular place here, and it would not be included except that it seems to me there is a tendency today to look to much to books for devel opment. Why not listen to the ton gues of trees and study the sermons that are to be found in stones? -—The county agent of Pasquotank County aided his farmers to sell 700 bushelg of soybeans recently netting then $105.00 more than they could obtain locally. "Feeling Fhe!" "! was pale and thin, hardly able to go/' says Mrs. Bessie Bearden, of Central, S. C. "1 would suffer, when ! stood on my feet, with bearing-down pains in my sidesand the lower ) part of my body. 1 did not rest \ well and didn't want anything ' to eat. My color was bad ana ! felt miserable. A friend of mine told me of tAMM! The Woman's Tontc and ! then remembered my mother used to take it.. . After the first bottle 1 was better. I began to fleshen up and ! re gained my strength and good, healthy color. i am feeling fine. ! took twelve bottles (of Cardui) and haven't had a bit of trouble since." Thousands of other women have had similar experiences in the use of Cardui, which has brought relief where other medicines had failed. !f you suffer from female ail ments, take Cardui. It is a woman's medicine. !t may be f ust what you need. At your druggist's or dealer's. E.r HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR ROSES Raleigh, N. C. June 6.—Mildew on roses may be checked by dusting flowers of sulphur over the bushes and vines. The sulphur will not remove the mildew already present but it will prevent further spreading, suggests G. W. Fant, extension plant pathologist for the State College and State Department of Agriculture. He advises that the sulphur be dustel on the plants several times after blos soming this year, preferably while dew is on the plant, and then repeat ed next spring before blossoming. With this care the rose plants should be free from mildew by the time they begin blossoming next season. Mr. Fant says that considerable complaints have come in tothe Col lege this year about mildew and leaf j mildew getting a start. If one has a t blotch on roses. He recommends the ! dusting of early spring to prevent the j spray outfit, the use of commercial ; iime-sulphur spray will be found more effective than the flowers of j sulphur. In that case the liquid ; should not be allowed to strike the painted surface of the house as it ] acts on the paint. It will also remain } as a stain on the foliage until J washed off by the rain and for this reason should not be applied just be fore blossoming. " Well established rose bushes re present a considerable amount of trouble, are very beautiful anl there fore should be given the proper pre servative care," says Mr. Fant. —Cultivate the garden after every rain. Plant vegetables for success ion. —A good feed ration brought the production of 50 hens from 15 eggs per day, reports County agent A. B. Peeves of Pitt County. Foot Comfort. These balmy days, no matter how your fancy may "lightly turn to thoughts of love,"' you have got to bring it down shoraly to your humble servants—your feet. Hygienic shoes a-plenty may be found in the stores, chir and refined, but many prefer to tread the primrose path, with dainty toes and high heels, and to endure and cure the aching, swollen feet which result. A nightly wash and olive-oil rub; clean hose of a morn ing with a sprinkle of talcum in the shoes—this is the relief, if you must know. —That postoffice official who says the moderns don't write real love letters hasn't attented any divorce trials recently. KZEMA *f HUNT'S GUARANTEFD #KIN DiSEASE REMEDIES (Hunt's Salve and Soap),fr.' in the treatment ofltch, Ecz^ .ta, Rinerwonn.Tetterontheriteh ing skin diaeaaet. Try thie treatment at our ristr* MEET YOUR FRIENDS AT OUR FOUNTAIN When you make an appoint ment to meet a friend down town, plan to meet them at our fountain. Comfortable chairs and cool breezes make it an ideal rendezvous. OUR DRINKS ARE SUPERB! Are you acquainted with our magazine de partment? J. N. PITTMAN Druggist. The Wim^ewg t<a Yew YOUR EYES. KEEP THEM RIGHT BY GETTING GLASSES FROM * J. W. KNIGHT, THE OPTOMETRIST, 6 COLLEGE ST. DURING FRUIT SEASON you will need MRS, TOPS MD RUBBERS. We have the Mason and Ideal in half gal Ions, quarts and pints. 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