20,1905, Pages. 3 and 4. THE POLK COUNTY NEWS, COLUMBaS, N, C, 4uly Don'i .Feafr ; Too -Mtich. Education '"v" By Caroline. .... HERE is a certain class of people who do a great deal or talking ' about the mistake that is being made in this country of educating . people above their positions. Thank fortune that such a mistake can be made. It is a mistake to glory in, not to weep over, C , m If an Individual can- be educated and trained to fill a higher rftcifinn thnn hu fafher or mother filled, it is not a thing to be lamented, but rather to make us rejoice, rf or it means the advance of the race. The upward step of an individual helps forward the world. The world is only a company of individuals. - - ' . Dissatisfaction with one's achievements and one's surroundings is a sign of growth. '. , , . When discontent moves to action it is more than a sign of growtn it is growth. , '" ' i . Some of the greatest benefactors of the human race have sprung from the humblest social condition. They have been educated above their positions. To glance simply at our own country, most of our great men have been of humble origin. ; m , . . Benjamin franklin, born a poor boy, educated himself above his position, and he appreciated his education to such an extent that he was willing to give time and money that others might be educated. He founded in Philadelphia a college, now the University of Pennsylvania, and established a free library. Abraham Lincoln was great because he was dissatisfied with his position. His whole life was given to educating himself to fill a higher position. He would no more than attain a position than he realized that there was a. higher one which he might fill, with the result that he filled the highest position this country has to offer. . " " ' - Would he ever have done this if he had been satisfied with life in a log cabin in the wilds of Kentucky? . ' ... Don't be afraid of educating people so that they will be dissatisfied with their position in life. It is their only chance for growth. . If people could be taught that dirt caused disease, and could be made to feel the horror of sickness and disease, even though they were healthy them selves, streets would be cleaned and houss would be clean and sanitary. It is because the majority of the people are satisfied with the dirty streets that the. streets are dirty. - Make every individual in the city dissatisfied with the way the streets are cleaned. You will find the streets no longer dirty. Make every person in the State dissatisfied with the roads that connect the Various towns and you are bound to have good road. -- . .. Don't be afraid of educating the individual above his position, for in the education of the Individual lies the salvation of . the country. New York Journal. ' . " , Ihe Men and Boats of Boston Fishing Fleet By Tames B. Connolly. ; V AILING out of Boston is' a beauty of model, and speed, n Kx enmiissoii fhpir J class of vessels that sail bar the famous fleet of Gloucester: This Boston fleet is manned by a cosmopolitan lot. who are u vaaaaio Tortiiari v of their sailing quaii- ties. Good seaman all some beyond compare Irishmen still with the Deguiims brogue of the south and .west counties, Yankees from Maine and Massachusetts, Portuguese from'the Azores, with a strong infusion of Nova Scotians and New foundlanders, and scattering French, English; and Scandinavians. No .class of men afloat worry less about heavy weather than do these men, nowhere will you find men more deeply versed in the ways or vessels or quicker to meet an emergency; none will carry sail longer, or, if out in a, aory, will hang on to their trawls longer if it comes to blow, or the fog settles, or the sea kicks up. In the matter of courage, endurance and skill, they are the limit:- v-' ' ' , The standard for this superb little navy was first established by a lot of men cf Irish blood, from Galway and Waterford originally, who chose this most haz ardous way to make a living and in other days, with the old-class vessels, it was ' terribly hazardous who chose this life, tender-hearted men and men of family though most of them were, in preference to taking orders from uncon genial, peoples ashore. . They are still there, an unassuming lot of adventurers taking the most desperate chances In the calmest way great shipmates all, tenderness em bodied and greatness of aoul. beyond estimation. Scribner's Magazine. ' " - In Defense qf J By Dr; Robert G. Eccles. 0 begin with all of the most of thp fond wa Afl i. Nature, II ' I We have been consuming I . ' a XI ancestors consumea inem ior millenniums ukiuib ua. , Two" grains of salicylic acid' will preserve a pound of food for a reasonable length of time. A grain is the amount most lv 11 cod Tn order tonreserve the same amount of food W I J I m-j ' - - - ' m - - with equal safty one pound of sugar would be required. In fifteen pounds of well-preserved food there would be thirty grains of salicylic acjd. It is a very common thing for physicians to administer to their patients thirty, grains at a dose and keep up the administration for many days with benefit to the pa tient. Fifteen pounds of food preserved to an equal extent by sugar would require fifteen pounds of sugar.- How long does the reader suppose that any person could retain good health if they undertook to eat fifteen pounds of sugar at a single sitting and keep taking such doses for weeks at a time? As a grain of salicylic acid will preserve more food with equal certainty than an ounce of salt, and as fifteen grains of salicylic acid would equal in preserving power over a pound of salt, who would hesitate in choosing the alternative doses of . thirty grains of salicylic , acid or of two pounds of table alt? One pound of salt is a fatal dose. Public Opinion. Ants that Eat Rock. - The engineers in charge of ft tele graph line at Hong-Kong were1 sur prised recently by. the discovery that about seven miles of their cable, though it was well protected, and laid underground in a concrete trough, had been severely damaged. For the greater part of the length oval holes " had been bored quite through the cas ing down to the copper wire itself. It was agreed that insects must have been the authors of the mis chief, though what kind of insects was not obvious. It might be pos Bible to find one which enjoys perfor ating lead. But these insects seemed to have drilled the holes, not in order to. make a passage, but by way of making a meal! : They had taken a dinner of six courses, consisting first ' of tarred rope, then of lead, then of twisted rope, then of tape, then, of fibre and lastly of India rubber. - The copper strand had been too much 'for them. x Portfona'of the damaged cable were ent to the Natural History Museum trh h hone that some opinion might be given, and the oracle re plied that there could be very; little doubt that the damage was caused by white ants. Specimens of their ?pecu- and industry are kept 'in the museum, which "show not only that' they will ' eat lead, but will also bore through, hard sandstone tock. jLcnaon spectator. An American" ftwi - An aUeged American who has been very auccessiui a a swindler of dames t on the wing, the noi!nA hstmr n-n. ittill tO find him atlVwhAre Haana, . czz cttcful seajching. The man fleet of fishing scnooners mat u and stanchness in heavy weather are near admirers say equalled by any the seas; and, saying that, they do not Preservatives common among them are constituents herself, has nut them into our food. them since time began. Our savage M 111 1 1 9 .... . ew of a celebratedt transatlantic mil iionaire, and bowled around Paris in a magnificent motor car. He went to the nocturnal restaurants and made the acquaintance of many women to whom he offered presents, and whom he treated to dinners and lunfiheona. After a few days he borrowed money from his dupes, to whom he subse quently gave checks purporting to be' on a well-known American bank. The checks were found to be worthless. It is said that the swindler raised $20,000 by his transactions, but this is probably exaggerated!. At any rate, his victims have been thronging, with tears in their eyes, to the police sup erintendent of the Pare Monceau dis trict. The same swindler, is said to have victimised several tradesmen and hotelkeepers by his spurious Am- ? erican checks. London Telegraph. Be Topical. There has been an article receiv?. ed at this office, in. the first part, the writer gives a, mournful declaration of his .dead mother and then endings with a hot discussion dn politics, by mud slinging and vituperation that he Js throwing upon his colleagues. X would advise the party when he has two subjects to write on, giye them under two headings. Hyden Thou sandsticks. - " f In Germany it has often happened that the universities were closed be cause all the students and professors had Joined the army. The woman who has nothing but evil to say of her men associates pro claims Kbst: 'own weakness and frivol. Jty. of character. - ''' , jcj icr" in, ""-T7'''lA mm- ' v .'a.';;. v-Jn " 7-; - - r Fruit Production. " The family that consumes a bushel of - good fruit this year will want a larger quantity- next year; hence it would appear that both quantity and quality should be our aim. When we Srodcce fruit for sale, we often think le people want nothing but quantity, whet in reality they also want quality. I believe the planting of fruit is being: overdone, and those who have planted for quantity only will find no market for, their fruit at profitable prices. A few years ago, fall and winter varieties of pears of high quality brought good prices, but' the large planting of Kief f era drove out even quality, and the people have lost their taste for pears Weekly Witness. Feeding Fowls. ' : The manner and - time of feeding . fowls is of nearly as much importance as the feed itself. We always adopt a regular system of feeding, and only change with the seasons of the year, or when conditions absolutely require it. We have known a change of feed and the time of feeding it, to make a dif ference, with1 our own flock of Leg-' horns, of over four hundred eggs a day , inside of two weeks. Too much stress cannot be laid on regularity in feed ing, and the adherence to a steady sys tem, only changing when there 'Is a good reason for so doing All soft feed should be fed on wide boards or in' troughs which are kept clean, and the fowls should never be allowed, to huddle together any more than is nec essary. Exercise is of prime Impor tance when trying to produce eggs dur Ing the winter months. By keeping the floor of the house littered with dry , straw, chaff or leaves, and scattering the whole feed into it, the fowls-get all the exercise they need. Weekly Witness. The Stretching Wire. As I have seen a lot of ways to set and brace corner posts for pastures in your valuable paper, I will give you my way of stretching wire a half mile J fcmg.' Get a wagon and, back it up to te corner post so that the hub of the hihd wheel is in line with the rest of the posts.. Next get a post or a piece of 4x4 timber seven feet long and put from the centre the corner post or half-way up the post, to the hind axle of the wagon near the wheel. , Then raise the hind wheel off the ground, next get a small piece of chain with grab hook to fasten around spoke of wheel, then fasten the wire to the end of the chain and start turning oh the wheel. One man can stretch wire so tight that he could break it if he turned too much on the" wheel.. When the wire is stretched as tight as .wanted either tie with a piece of rope the hind wheel to the front wheel, or have a stick to put between the spoke and under the wagon box to keep the wheel from turning back, and then go and drive in your, staples. You'll find this is the quickest and best way to stretch' wire a long distance. Chas. H. Sim-' monds in the Epitomist. 4 v 5 Silage Better Than Cured Corn. The raising of corn for the silo and the feeding of silage is in great favor in this section among our milk pro ducers. There is one point I . think some writers have overlooked, and that is in comparing the amount of waste in the methods of dry curing, and siloing corn. In the dry curing the cattle leave the butts and' in the silo some rots in the corners and on top. It seems : manifestly unfair to compare the losses on equal terms. The reason is that corn raised for ; dry curing is always our native field variety and Is of small growth, and would not make more than five to eight tons, green, per acre after the ears are 'off; while corn that is in tended for the silo is usually a large variety that would not be suitable to dry and . Is consequently raised much cheaper and will produce ' fifteen to twenty tons per acre. In making com parisons, we must reckon at T least three times as much waste4 in : the silo to equal the one part waste in the dry curing. Another point is that in ihe dry fodder there is usually no corn in it at all, while for the silo the ears'are usually all. cut in, which makes it much the richer feed without extra cost .of husking, etc. . - " " The American Hog. o About two-fifths of - the world's hog supply is produced in the V United States, according to an advance . proof of a short bulletin to be issued by the Department of Agriculture on market ing swine, and about 85 per cent, of these are produced in the Mississippi valley; hence this section of the coun try has developed the fat or lard hog and has set the standard for hogs in other parts of the United States. J , ! The fat or lard hog is such because corn . has been his .principal feed and because there has been a demand for pork from such a hog, and he will con form - to the present prevailing type Just as long as corn remains his prin cipal feed. ' iTi'-V" ":-J s Butcher hogs are. the best hogs from the fat or lard hog standpoint that come to market, and should be used as a standard for comparison; ) From the bacon market standpoint the English bacon hog is the ; ideal toward which hogs are being devel oped.' J J- ,'.-''" ' 4 To the close observer it is apparent BEN that the gradually changing conditions brought about by the development of the United States, and the increase in the price of , corn resulting from its varied commercial uses, cause the hog. to be fed a more mixed and usually a morev nitrogenous ration. This will in the future affect the type of the hog of the United States, so that it will more nearly approach that of the Eng lish bacon hog. Farmers' Home Jour nal. - ' ,. , i rV , The Staple Crops. According to the final calculations or the United States Department of Agri culture crop yields were bountiful this season.. Values are. high on the whole. The corn amounts in total to 2,467,480, 9$ bushels, the " second largest yield on record, of a value on the farm of $1,087,461,440. This figures to some thing over 44 cents in the bin. ' With 4such a value and a second best-on-record yield the corn status leaves little to be desired. The wheat show ing is not quite so satisfactory. The total crop of the winter and spring Varieties amounts to 552,399,517 bushels, but the weight in the spring wheat States is light compared .with that of arear ago, showing the effects of the black rust which invaded the Northern fields last fall and caused such a furore in the grain pits In every large city in the world. This lowers the milling value of the . spring wheat. The re turned value in the bin on the farm is close to $1, in fact one may call it dollar wheat this year. The weight as promulgated is for Minnesota 52 pounds, against 55 in 1903; for North Dakota, 51 pounds, as against 56, and for South Dakota, 50 pounds, as against 58 last season. Oats made a splendid crop. The total reaches 894,595,552 bushelSi which is not far from the pre liminary estimate of 900,000,000 bushels jn'ade ' in October. The main feature, however, of the 1904 oat crop is not so much the yield per acre as the super lative quality of the grain. It is prob able that more of this crop will be fed out duringthe cold weather, than in any other jSeason,. for the reason that in comparison1 wfth corn, oats seem cheap- and the farmers for the most part are. able and disposed to hold. Barley, rye and the other grains hold their own well and the figures show that hay is worth very nearly $9 per ton In mow and stack: Breeders' Ga zette. VALUE OF LIGHTNING RODS. Proper Installation Needed Rules for Setting Up Protective Apparatus, XM.' R. Chavannes discusses the gen eral prejudice "against: lightning rods in Paris Electrlcien, and his argu ment is translated and adapted by the Electrical Review. He calls attention to, the need of investigating more thoroughly the value of these devices so as to remove this feeling. A dis- I faction " is drawn between lightning arrebters vparaiouaresj ana ngntning rods (paratonnerres), the former be ing that type of apparatus intended to iitotect objects insulated from the earth, and the latter protective devic es for objects not so insulated. The reliability of lightning arresters has been taken up by a Swiss commis sion, but its report has not yet been rrtade public. M. Chavannes holds that lightning rods are valuable pro tective devices when properly in stalled, but the way in which this should be done is not well recognized. The original idea of a lightning rod was a device which would allow at mospheric charges to escape slowly to the ground, but, in fact, the action of the device is generally otherwise. Discharges are sudden and severe, and have apparently an oscillatory character. M. Chavannes has con ducted experiments on a laboratory scale, with a view of studying the ef fect of sudden oscillatory discharges, "using for this purpose high-tension transformers. . These experiments have given the following results: The surface, of a lightning conductor is as important as its cross-section. The ohmic resistance of the conductor is of little Importance. Breaks in the continuity of the conductor are of small consequence.' The self-induction of 'the conductor , should be as small as possible. Induction between the lightning conductor and neighbor ing circuits may give rise to discharg es in these circuits, and offer a re sistance, to the discharge of the main 'circuit. A - house covered with a metal roof is analogous to a condens er, and may set up resonance phe nomena. , , The following rules should be ob served, wherever possible: All ligh. ning protective apparatus should be placed exterior to the building. The rod, ' the conductor; and the ground plate should be placed in a straight line J v The coefficient of self-induction should be sensibly zero: -While it is J noi aiways possioie to arrange " the diffensat parts of the lightning rod in a straight line, unnecessary bends should be avoided.' M.' Chavannes be- Mleves that, when the question has been studied thoroughly and the nec- essary conditions ; more fully under stood, the real value of lightning rods will; be recognized, and that by means of - them, the accidents due to atmos pheric, discharges will -be greatly re duced. ; ' A Tip as to. Porch Pilloyvs. A writer in a current magazine gives some useful suggestions : for porch and roof garden furniture. Among other things, she recommends that cushions be covered on one side with oilcloth. At night the oilcloth side should be turned uppermost, so if it should rain they will suffer no harm. Moss is used for stuffllng the pillows, since dampness is fatal to feathers or down. To" Look Young. If you wrish to be young looking and happy adopt as your principle in life never to expect : too much of people. A large amount of worry and trouble arises from bur too great expecta tions of others. We expect loo much of our children; they must be gifted, beautiful, obedient, little compendi ums of all the virtues, and If they are not this we think bitter, things and sew wrinkles and gray hair for ourselves. We expect too much of our friends, and ill nature is the result of the disappointments encountered. The housekeeper develops into a do mestic pessimist who does not find the orderliness and cleanliness which she expects. ' Importance of the Belt. There is possibly no one way. in Which a woman may so easily- make or mar the smartness of a costume as by a belt If this be of a color seen no where else in her gowning, it attracts criticism to itself and thereby detracts from the force of the entire outfit. While the silk belt is still worn, it is not so smart as the leather belt or that of the material of the gown. The suede belts are very popular for shirtwaist wear because they-.are soft in texture and conform easily to the lines of the waist These are in all of the new: mauve and pastel shades and are worn with buckles of mother-of-pearl or leather. The buckles are colonial in design and shape, many beautiful ones being shown. - : For Morning Wear. The plaid ginghams, which will be osed for morning wear are rather a relief to the sameness of solid colors. They appeal more than figured de signs. The plaid should not be decid ed In contrast or it utterly takes away from the smartness of the frock. Two or three shades of blue and pale green, or pink, black and white, may be- used. They do not look ' as glar ing as they sound. They are deftly mingled and fade one into the other in a way that does not jar the artistic sense. ' ." , When the fabric is plaited, which it is intended to be, the "effect is quite refreshing. Take a pink and black and white plaid all shaded into a good whole and make it with knife-plaited skirt opening on a box plait back and front and a three-inch hem stitched at top, with a blouse in fine plaits running on the bias from shoulder to waist show ing a V-shaped front and back of eye let embroidery and white linen, and you get a very pretty morning gown. ' Silk Stockings. It- is growing more - and, more the fashion for women to do up their own nice frocks and silk underwear and embroideries, in order to save them from the devastation of the laundry. It Is i really fascinating work and there is no reason why brains should not be put at the service of this brand of household art as well as into the embroidery work, says the . Philadel phia Inquirer. Stockings should- be washed and rinsed In lukewarm water, then wrung between ; towels. C Silk un derwear : should be soaked V half an hour in warm suds and ammonia water, allowing a tablespoonf ul of ammonia to a gallon of water. Rub gently with the hands, pressing and squeezing, but not rubbing on . the board Never rub soap directly ; on the garment, and do not be too generous in the matter of soap. Above all jthings taboo chem icals or strong; washing . powders. Rinse through , two warm waters of the same temperature as the- suds, adding to the last a ..trifle of ultra marine blue, and a tablespoonful of IU quid gum arable. Smooth out: and hang as carefully as possible, in order to avoid the wrinkles so hard to iron out of silk without Injury, to the fab ric. When almost dry press under muslin. . r ''Gosh," and ."Oh Fudge." A dispatch" from Carbondale, Pa says: "The local branch of the W. C. Tt has addressed ; an open letter to women and school, girls admonish ing against the common use of such expressions as "My Lord!" and "Good Heavens! ? They say that the men are the principal offenders in this respect, but they despair of reforming: them. The leaders of the union interviewed said that it was the Intention , of the loeal union to start a crusade against the use of all slang. "By Qeh!w "Oh, 'Lordie!" 1TI..V1 xvuuoer.- n.n? xuiocjter wiii De blamed as "swear" woras. 4 A.Mrs. Ann Brodie, suDerinte of; the department of purtt-v,at whose dictation the letter was written, said "Prominent members of the church are given to this form of profanity,, and yet they wander at the increasing blasphemy throughout the : country. Oh, for a woman actuated with the spirit to go out fearlessly and smash the blasphemers." "The teachers in the public schools," said another,, "are respon sible for a great deal of this form of, swearing. .They use such expressions, as 'Gracious and 'Goodness,' and in' my opinion these are at best substi-' tutes for profanity." , ' The Back Yard Beautiful. The back, yard beautiful is well:, drained. .To have a back yard damp from standing, water, littered and sog-' gy from household ' refuse, makes it ' impossible to be anything but an eye-' sore ir "and a constant menace to health, says the Washington Times. .' The water from sinks and drains, should be carried as far as possible . from the dwelling. Every solid sub-: stance should be carefully excluded '. from the drains and be destroyed by... burning. This is the only sanitary5, disposition of garbage, and each f am-j ily should burn its own daily. Where $ domestic animals are kept much can le fed to them, and on farms the re-, mainder thrown on the compost heap. Broken glass, dishes and discarded tin cans will " accumulate .. in every house and the best method of dispos ing of them is to have a barrel or cask tidily set aside to throw them in,' and when the receptacle is full the junk man or village dump is ready to re-. ceive them. Another barrel should be ready for all the odds and ends, torn wrapping r paper, superfluous and soiled papers, worn out bits of car pet and all kindred things that are too large to burn in the kitchen fire. Then when the garden rubbish is, burned each spring these will kindle the flames. . - : Coal ashes should be piled into as compact and unobtrusive a heap as possible and thoroughly cleaned away every spring. Well packed down, these garden beds, and are often used to fill hollows and holes with a lib eral coating of earth over them. A large part of the back yard should be sown to grass. ' A nice bit of grass kept as neatly as a lawn is the , housewife's pride, where she bleaches her household linen until "snowy white" is no mere" phrase. There are removed all stains, and all traces of ill odors are replaced with the freshness of evening breezes and morning dews, and here the bedding ' and clothes are hung until saturated with oxygen. When space allows, a garden is a back yard acquisition where early ' vegetables may grow as family tastes ; dictate. Sage thyme, balm, .sweet marjoram and lavender are, useful in making savory many otherwise plain dishes, and are especially fitted j to grow in a back" yard. Small fruits can fill many a vacant spot, in their; season add to the family comfort, and in their care and growth be a con- stant pleasure to the family gardener. - A hedge of barberry, arbor vitae, or cedar or osage orange Is far bet ter than a fence to divide the, front and back yards, or to confine the gar den. It requires a few years to have tbem grow properly and perhaps a slight fence for protection during the first year." . v A trellis of grapevines is admirable as a screen between the ' vegetable garden and front lawn. If something 1 of more rapid growth is wanted flow-' ering climbers are best, and with morning, glory or honeysuckle, climb ing rose or woodbine, to select from, every taste may be gratified. ' Fashion Hints. A suit of tan-colored voile was es pecially admired. ; ; White linen and muslin gowns are being shown in all the shops. ' A cl:.nrming gown of dark blue chi' fon voile in a tine quality was entire-' ly accordion 'plaited. - - A' dainty whHe gown with some nov el featuies was made of dotted Swiss and very sheer lawn. " A' pretty model In green and blue plaid was effectively trimmed with stitched green taifeta bands. The matching fad has been extend-1' ed to gloves. The latest glove is lined at the top with colored kid, in all' shades. :'';S. ' ,C:" - ' An extremely pretty suit of dark led .checked silk had a plaited skirt, Vie : bottom of which was-" trimmed . with puffed bands of the silk put on in a garland pattern. . A deea tan Continental shape, in a. fine, flexible straw, had a band of tan maline draped around the crown, and loose -bunches ; of rich . red roses and . leaves . in three of the dents in the brim. ' .v ;r . ; . fudge!'

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