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I f ! THE NATIONAL BANK OF ?UGU'iTA L, C. HAYNS, Pr ea't. F. O.FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,0A0. Sarplus and ) Undivided l'ro?lts \ Fac1IUIe35 ot our magnificent Now Vault lexmtatnlng 410 ?-ofoty-LooB: Boxes. Differ, (enc Sizes are offered to our patrons and ?tao public at $3.u0 to 510.00 j-er anuum. $125,000 THB PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS AUtiUSTA, GA. Pays Interest on Deposita. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Haine, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXVIII. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 2. 1903. NO 36. ^pfpora} Groen!" the o*ierly orlod, Here!" was the answer, loud and clej?r, From the lips of the soldier who stJOCT near Aad "Here!" was the word the next r?p?tetl. "Cvms Drew!"-then a silence fell This timo no answer followed the call; Only his rear-man ha I soen bim fall, Killed or wounded, he could not tell. There they stood in thc failing Uuht; These men of battle, with gravo, dark looks, As plain to be read as open books; While slowly gathered the shades of night. The fern on the hillsides was splashed with blood, And down in tho corn where the poppies grew Were redder stains than the poppios knew; And crimson-dyed was the river's flood. Fdr the foo bud eroised from the olher side That iay, in the fae? of a murderous lire That swe.pt them down ia Its terrible ire And their life-blood went to color the tide. -_ An Unde ^ By Flore There was a man's voice, and a woman's, and through them both the insistent voice of the sea. The woman's voice, cloar, tra?nante, began in a sioerfieial, well-bred so ciety tone: "How strange, Mr. Dwight, that\we should m^t here after-dear nie! I dare not thii. . how many years! So unexpected, but delightful, I am sure>" The man's voie?, deep, musical, for mal, replied: "I do not think it very strange, Mrs. Van Ness. The places one knew in one's youth always have a strtJBg attraction, and draw one back to ?ora-soon or Inte. Bat perhaps it is soiBWhat si?gi?lhx that we both should ch?O?V? this summer for our visit to oI?i Nan?pachenict-after so long an absence. Pardon me, I think you ,said this is your first visit since-" The woman's voice, quickly, "Yes." Doubtfully, "I don't know that it was really very prudent for us to come down to the rocks toge*her." The man's voice, hastily: "Why, not, Mrs. Van Ness? What harm can come from it?" The woman's voice, hesitatingly: "Oh, no real harm, of, course; only -you know people might--say unkind things-because-" The man's voice, coldly: "Because we are married, and your husband and my wife are at their hotels, you were go ing to say?" The woman's voice, wistfully: "Yes. People do not know;-that " we are old | friends-such very old friends-and and it jsj>leasant_ta jtalk. OD The man's voice, dryly: "Oh, yes, ry pleasant: "hut one1 doesn't know1 just where to begin -when-" After "a pausev"the woman's- voice," impatiently: "When what?' The man's voice, s?oVly: ' :: *'When there arc-things to be left out-things we can't talk about." ^ * * * . Silence a moment, then the man's voice, lightly: "Well, Mrs. Van Ness, you certainly have had no reason to complain of your lot during the last ten years. Ten years! It doesn't seem possible. You are not changed in. the least. I could fancy you just the same little Dol-I was going to say you have had a very brilliant career, if one may trust the society columns of our news papers^ I have read very often about the beautiful Van Ness, her gowns and h<?r jewels, her presentation at the Courts of Europe, her dinners, and rer eeptions in New York, her charities, and everything else that goes to make ? up the life of a rich and fashionable woman." The woman's voice, quiet and even: "And you? Surely you have u?en hap-; py, for you have accomplished the things you planned to do:: If the pa pers have kept y ou? .Informed of- my frivolous life, they have at the same time told me of your achievements in the world of science." The man's voice, indifferently: "Hap py? Ah, well! I have had my work." Earnestly: "Yes, thank God, I have had my work; it has been everything to me." Slowly and thoughtfully: "And yet I have not accomplished what I once hoped to do-what I ought to have done-in ten years. Somehow, I lost a great deal of my early ambition. Things have not seemed worth while." A pause, then the man's voice, al most timidly: "You have been hap py?" The woman's voice, cynically: "We modern society women have little time to think whether we are happy or not. We do not probe our deeper "feelings to know if they still live." A bitter lit tle laugh, "Society has no Use" for deep feelings, and we cannot afford to cultivate anything "which society does not denand." The man's voice, softly: "You have children, perhaps?" The woman's low and tremulous: "1 had one. She was but a little thinj when-if only s"he had lived!" The man's ?volee, tenderly: "Forgiv< me, I did not know. I have had nc children." ? ? . ? Silence a moment. The man's.voice quietly: "Ah, well! I suppose no man'i life is just what he planned it to be He must do his duty as he sees It, un< let happiness take care of itself. I hav tried to do that all these years. But have always longed to know that yoi were happy with the lot you had chos en. I have tried-hard not to blame yoi or to harbor unkind thoughts- of yoi thought it was a'cruet blow, Dolly ,v cntel blow." The woman's vole?, hot and bitter "You talk of unkind thoughts! Yo talk of a cruel blow! I think.you hav forgotten who struck that blow." The man's voice, firmly: "It was nc I, surely." The woman's voice, as firmly: .-'] otn-tainly was not I." The man's voice, excitedly: "Whi do you mean. Dolly? I don't undei stand. In God's name, don't you call a cruel deed for you to have man-it another man the day before I reach* home, after two years In Europe, wh< you know how much I loved you,'ai that I had worked hard those lox CALL. "Norbert Kline!" At the call there carno Two ataiwart soUUers Into th? line, ' Bearing between them th is fiorbert Kline, Wounded and bleeding, to answer his name. "Ezra Kerr!"-and a voice answered, "Here!" "Hiram Kerr!"-but no man replied. They wore brothers, these two; tho sad winds sighed,. ,. And a shudder crept through the cornilold near., .... "Ephraim Deane!"-then a soldier spoke: "Deane carried our regiment's colora," ho said; "Whero our ensign was shot I left him dead, Just after the enemy wavered and broke. "Close to the roadside Us body lies; I paused a momout and gave him drink: He murmured his mother's name, I think. And Death oame with lt and closed his eyes. 'Twas a victory; jcs. but it co t us dear .For that company's roll, when called nt night, Of a hundred men who went into the ilnht. Lnbered but twenty that unswered "Hero!" -Nathaniel Graham Shepherd. ---: ^current. I *5 Ila Estes. %%%%%%%% %% yeirs, buoyed up by my faith in you, and the thought that you were to oe my reward-my wife? Don't you call that a cruel blow. Don't? My God! I was nearly crazed!" The woman's voice, frantic with pain: "Stop, you shall not talk so to me. It was you who were faithless. Do you think I did not know of your let ters and gifts to Kate Oakes? Every ? one in our set knew, for she boasted of j your devotion to her.- Oh, my heart | was broken, and my pride hurt beyond endurance! And when Mr. Van Ness asked me to. marry him, I was .glad glad although I did not love him"-for as his wife no one would ever know how you had hurt mc. And six months later you married Kate." Silence, broken only by a quivering sob. The man's voice, slow and dazed: "My letters to Kate! My gifts to Kate! There was a mistake somewhere. Why, Dolly, surely Kate gave you all the let ters and gifts I sent her? You remem ber your father was displeased because I would not study law, and when I went to Germany to compl?te my studies,"'hie made: us promise that we would not write to each other during my absence, hoping our love would die of silence and separation. I kept the letter of my promise, but not the spirit; I could not write to you, but I did write, to Kate for you. She was such a friend to us both, ana she knew our situation. I believed I could trust pDause, t r^ri^yrjy^'Dnnv^atft woman's I voice, sweet, tender, almost joyous: "Do yon knowy Jack, I love this bit of rocky; coastr^better than any other spot on earth!. Nowhere else in all the .world are the sunsets so beautiful. Just look at the sky now! T/juu perfect ?lory of color " would drive Turner mad with despair. '.'Do you remember the first summer you came down here with Tom? You were a big, handsome college boy, and I was a spoiled child, who would go everywhere with you and Tom. You were so good to me always, and so pa tient. Do you remember how we used to fish from that level rock down close to the sea? You used to carry me ia your arms over all the rough places. "You came here every summer after that." The voice became low and sad: And when Tom died-I was sixteen then-you came down herc io comfort meV for ? had no one_in all the world but Toni. Pa was so cold and stern that I coula not love him. Do you re member how i begged you to be my brother in Tom's place?" * * * . Silence. The woman's voice, .clear and happy: "And two years after came the best summec.Qf. all, -whoji you know what happenedf-and we'plan ned your future, and talked of the ?am? and fame you would win. I was so proud of you, and we were very hap py, and-" Tue man's voice, hoarsely: "Don't Dolly! For God's sake, don't! I can't bear it. If only I had known!" The woman's voice, ineffably tender: "It doesn't matter so much, now that we know, Jack. You did love me, and you were true to me? Say it again, Jack. It can't be wrong: for you to tell me that you loved me before! " The man'y voice, brokenly: "Loved you, Dolly, little sweetheart! Did I love you? Oh, Dolly, I have always-" The woman'js voice, quickly: "No no, Jack! We have no right no. But it won't be so hard to bear, now we know, and life is not so very long, and perhaps, sometime-somewhere-" A little ?itct?ing sob. The man's voice, deep, tender, trem ulous: "God bless you, little., sweet heart! God help us both!" The gorgeous crimson and yellow of the sunset had faded, to dull purple, and 'twilight had fallen on sea' and land. The fretful voice of the sea had grown soft and slumbrous. with the ebbing time, and peace brooded every where, save in .the hearts of the chil dren of men." ".; A man and a woman arose from the rock, and, ar., they passed the' niche Where I, unseen, had witnessed the pageant of departing day, and had heard rehearsed the supreme tragedy of .life, the man raised the woinan'f hand to his lips, and gazed silently pr her uplifted face, glorified: with -thi love which through all time "endures and is patient."-The Household-Led ger. . ii-? How He Knew. One day mother called Tommy ;ani Mabel to go down the garden witl her. She took them to the greenhouse where a quantity of soot had been scat tered all over the floor of the green house, and the. path in, front of iL Mother asked each,child if he or sh had done it. . ..Both'.answered In thc negative^.Thjt; she said : ' "Oh, TODS my, I saw yon do* it out ,c my bedrom window!" "No, you didn't," said Tommy, "fe I looked at all the windows before did it!"-New York News. P?lY?CY OF THE SEA. LANDSMEN HAVE AN ADEQUATE IDEA OF ITS VASTNESS. A Voyage of Three Months and Its Impressions Upon the Traveler The By-Gone Whaler-Wide Indeed ls Old Mother Ocean's Bosom. Whether expressed or implied, there is certainly a deep-rooted idea in the minds of shore dwellers that the vast fenceless fields of ocean are in these latter days well, not to say thickly, populated by ships; that, sail or steam whither you "will, you cannot get away from the white glint, of a sailing ship or the black smear along the clean sky of a steamship's smoke. There is every excuse for such an attitude of inind on the part of landward folk. Having no standard of comparison against which to range the vast lonely breadths of water which make up the universal highway, and being mightily impressed by the statistics of shipping owned by maritime nations, they can hardly he blamed) for supposing that the privacy of the sea is a thing of the past One voyage in a sailing ship to the Australasian colonies or to India, If the opportunities it afforded were rightly used, would do far more to con vince them of the utterly, wrong notion possessing them than any quantity of writing upon the subject would do. But unhappily, few people today have the leisure or the Inclination to spend voluntarily three months upon a sea passage that can be performed In little more than one. Even those who by reason of poverty or for their health's sake do take such passages, almost invariably show signs of utter weari ness andi boredom. As day after day passes, and the beautiful fabric in which they live glides gently and leisurely forward, their impatience grows until in some it almost amounts to a disease. This condition of mind is not favorable, to say the least, to a calm study of the characteristic feat ures of ocean itself. Fow, indeed, arc the passengers andi fewer still are the sailors who will for the delight of the thing spend hour after hour perched upon some commanding point in wide eyed sight strengthening gaze out upon the face of the sea. Upon those who do there gro" s steadily a sense of the most complete privacy, a solemn aloofness belonging to the seas. The infrequent vessel, gentle though her progress may be through the calm waters of the tropics, still strikes them as an intruder upon this realm of silence and loneliness. The voices of the crew grate harshly apon the ear as with a sense of desecra tion such as one feels upon hearing loud conversation In the sacred peace of some huge cathedral. And when a vessel heaves in sight, a - tiny mark a point from which the eye can faintly calculate the immensity of her sur roundings. This sense of solitude induced by contemplation of the ocean is ex ceedingly marked even on the best fre quented routes and the most crowded (?) waters. To enter into it fully, however, it is necessary to sall either in a cable ship, a whaler, or an old slow-going merchant sailor that gets drifting out of the track of vessels. Even in the English channel one can not but feel how much room there is. In spite of our knowledge of thc numbers of ships that pass and repays Without ceasing along what may truth fully be termed the most frequented highway in the watery world, there is an undoubtedly reasonable sense in duced by its contemplation that how ever much the dry land may become overcrowded the sea will always be equal to whatever demands may bo made upon it for space. There are many harbors In the world, at any rate landlocked! bays that may rightly bo called harbors, wherein the fleets of all the nations might line In comfort. And their disappearance from the open sea would leave no sense of loss. So wide is old ocean's bosom. Perhaps this is even now more strongly marked than it was fifty years ago. The won derful exactitude with which the steam fleets of 'the world keep to certain wel defined tracks leave the intermediate breadths unvisited; from year to year. They are private places whither he who should desire to hide himself from the eyes of men might hide and be certain that but. for the host of heaven, the viewless wind, and the silent myriads beneath, he would indeed be alone. They are of the secret places of the Almighty. Occasionally the great steamships that lay for us the connecting nerves of civilization penetrate these arcana, for their- path must be made on the shortest" line between two continents heedless pf . surface tracks. And the wise men who handle these wonderful handmaids of science know how pri vate are the realms through which they steadily steam, leaving behind them the thin black line along which shall presently flash at lightning speed the thought-essence of mankind. The 'whaler, alas! is gone; the old leisurely I ?South Seaman to whom time was a -' 2?thing of no moment. Her ruler knew ! -that his best prospect of finding the prey hie sought was where no keel dis turbed the sensitive natural vibrations of the wave. So these vessels saw more of sea solitude than any others, Saw those weird spaces unvisited even by wind, great areas of silky surface Into whose peaceful glades hardlj rolled a gently undulating swell bear ing silent evidence of storms raging half a world away. So, too, upon oc casion, did, and does, a belated sailing ship, such as one we met in the south ern seas bound from the united king dom to Auckland that had beoi then nine months on her passage. In to what dread sea solitudes she hat intruded. How many, many days ha? elapsed during which she was th solitary point rising from the shinlni plain into the upper air. Her crev had a wistful look upon their faces, a of men whose contact with tho worli they dimly remembered had been ef factually cut off. And frilly to manj news of. her safety came In the natur of a message of resurrection. Book of account concerning her had to b reopened, mourning garments lal aside. She had returned from th silences, had rejoined the world c men. , AJI the tracks along which ships travel are but threads traversing these private waters, just litle spaces like a trail across an illimitable desert And oven there the simile fails, because the track across the ocean plain is imagin ary, rt is traced by the passing keel and immediately it is gone, 'vnd the tiny portion o' tho sea surface thus furrowed is btu the minutest fraction of the immeasurable spaces wherein ls enthroned the privacy of the sea. London Spectator. CITY'S FIER DWELLERS. Queer Abodes for a Part of New York's Population. When an alarm of fire was sounded last Monday from the foot of East Six-, ty-second street "the firemen hustled out of their quarters with all the speed they were capable of, as the alarm had been sent in from the neighborhood of Flower hospital, which is at Sixty i.hird street and avenue A. Thc firemen were greatly relieved to 1 find that the fire was not in the hos pital, but they were surprised to find that-it was on the pier. As the en gines and trucks, the fire patrol wag-, ons and the battalion chief raced down Sixty-second street from First avenue-: they saw a mass of black smoke rising^ apparently from the East river, and ;: they at first thought that some ves- ? sel was on fire, but they soon got near enough to understand the situation. "Another dock on fire and the last one was only a week ago," one fireman ^ said to another. Burning piers are of recent occur- j renee, and, in the opinion of firemen, a unless something is done to change the conditions which arc favorable to the origin of such fires thero will yet be a disastrous, blaze on thc water front. There ls a Street Cleaning Department dump at the foot of East Sixty-second street and it was under the dump that the fire started. Considerable damage was done to the pier, the dump and the scow which was tied up there be fore the blaze was extinguished. Luck ily, the flames did not extend to any of the shipping In the neighborhood. The firemen made an investigation as to what started tue blaze, and so did the inspectors of thc street clean ing department, and they decided that. is was accidentally started by the Ital ians- who have their home undei the pier or dump. It is a queer placr for human beings to have their home, but such as it is men, women and-child/en. live there. The men are engaged in the work of "trimming" the scows which carry the city's refuse to its fin-' al destination. The trimming consists In sorting the paper, rags and other material which may be tumed Into commercial value. The men only are" supposed to do the worK, but in real-;, ity the women and children work as hard as the men. The srow isti|sk|U?41 come along and empty their loads intojf: the scow. .Ji Then the men, women and children scramble about with iron hooks, turn ing over the refuse. In warm weather the children have but little clothing on, but their half naked bodies are coated thickly with dirt. The women, too, are scantily clad, for they live in semi darkness under the dump when not at work on the scow, and when so en gaged they are not on public view ex cept fronvpassing boats. They live under the dump winter and summer. They cook, cat and sleep there, and not even the close proxim ity of so much water can keep them clean. There are a number of such dumps along the North and East rivers, where Italian families are domiciled, and whose lives are passed amid the surroundings of the city's refuse. Truant officers don't think of going there for children of a school age. It was found that the fire last Mon day was caused by the faraijy '-"oohing stove falling to pieces while the wom an was at work on the scow. The fam ily midday meal was on the stove, but the arrival of several loaded street cleaning carts induced the woman co go out to help her husband, thc chil dren and the boarders in trimming the scow. A similar fire occurred in one of the dumps further up the East river a short time ago. The firemen say the matter is serious, from the fact that such fires are a menace to shipping. New York Sun. The Force of Imagination. Max O'Rell died as he had lived, passing humorous messages about among his friends. During his tour through Australia some years ago death was once close upon him, as it seemed to him at the time. Lying in bed one night in a Bush hostelry, wor ried by mosquitoes and thinking of the snakes against which ho had been warned, he became aware of the pres ence alongside him of a cold, treacher ous snake, probably a death adder, as it was only about three feet long. Death from the bite of this playful ad der is rapid and painless, and the Frenchman recorded afterwards his reflection that it was better perhaps to die that way than of gout or rheuma tism. After an hour of agony, how ever, he slipped out of bed, struck a light, and went about, the room search ing for the favorite walking stick he had carried specially for defence against reptiles. After a weary and nervous hunt he found lt at last among tho disordered bedclothes!-London Chronicle. Sugared Timber. Among new uses to which sugar has recently been put. is in the pres ervation of timber. Much interest has been aroused by the announcement, as tho result of a prolonged series of ex pertinents, of a method of so treating timber ns to secure, even from soft wood, a largely Increased toughness and hardness. The treatment to wliicl: the timber ls subjected is, roughlj speaking, that of saturation at hollie point with a solution of sugar, the wa tor hoing afterward evaporated at ? high temperature. The result is t< leave thc poreg and ?ultepjtlces of th< wood filled f" with solid fatter, am tile timber vulcanized, preserved ant seasoned. -The nature of moderate!: soft woodall is claimed, ls in this wa: chnm^tffto n tough and hard snbstnnci yvj?uoiit littleness, and also withou ?ny tendency to split or crack-Lon I don Globe. .rooi uinien6?ons of a Creamery. I;. 2t 1B rather difficult to give the di sensi?n of a creamery to suit all con itlons. However, there is this fact be borne in mind: The working pms of a creamery should be built small, compact and convenient, in or der to save labor in keeping the cream ery clean. As an approximate esti mate I should say that a creamery j,handling milk from 400 to 600 cows should contain from 900 to 1200 square Bt'of floor space, not including coal pace and store room.-Oscar Erf, of University of Illinois. Spreading Manure. ty*hen the manure is not decomposed i.tbo heap it must be decomposed in soil .before the plans can utilize .?it-as a food, and the sooner the manure :is spread the better it'will be for the crop. As it is difficult to spread ma ?nure on plowed ground, owing to the ftabor of hauling over the rough, soft ground, the method practiced by those vWh? plow twice is to spread the ma .nura on the unplowed ground, plow it under and leave the ground in the ; rough (not harrowing), and when the land is cross-plowed later on the ma 'nure is more intimately mixed with the isoil. Guineas. ?. Tho value of guinea fowls Is undcr ?estimafed by the average fannel, doubtless due to the fact that so few really know of their genuine merits. ?Guinea fowls arc truly the watch dog ?ot the farmer, and at thc first approach .of danger their signal of warning is Instantly sounded. No hawk or crew, mink or weasel eau encroach on their preserves, and at night, woe to tho prowler who disturbs their rest. They are good layers of small, though de liciously flavored eggs, and their flesh, though dark, possesses a gamey flavor not found In any other domesticated fowl. They are hardy and seldom subject to any of thc many diseases ..that afflict the bn rn yard fowls. They are useful and need to be better known ito be appreciated, and their ability to hustle for their food makes them an economical fowl for every farmer. Home and Farm. jj .' Producing Good Bacon. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Experimental union at Guelph Professor J. H. Grisdale, Ottawa, men tioned a few facts in connection with hog-raising and the production of good bacon, which apply with considerable force to conditions in the Western He said: "Proper^.cared Airy, .roomy, light quarter right sort. If space is an consideration, as it usually ?Bj*'6Spe? | dally in winter,- then let the small space be well ventilated, well lighted and kept clean. Large runs arc not necessary where the other conditions are provided. The quality of thc feed supplied is undoubtedly an important consideration. Barley is unsurpassed as a feed for the production of finn bacon. Oats also are excellent. Where skimmilk or whey can bc se cured it ?3 an infallible guarantee of a good quality of bacon." Feeding for Eggs. Cooked feed for thc morning meal Is excellent, if composed of the proper Ingredients and fed regularly. A good mixture may be made of equal parts of cornmeal, fine middlings, and bran, ground oats and ground meat. This should be stirred in a pot of cooked vegetables, while boiling hot, until thc mass is very stiff. The mixture should be seasoned with salt and cayenne pepper. Potatoes, beets, carrots and turnips, clean and free from decay, will be acceptable. The above contains a variety of food elements, and such as compose the egg and the bone and muscle of the hen: Thc fat forming elements not being prominent. For the noon meal, wheat is thc best sin gle grain. It may be scattered in chaff or leaves on the feeding floor. The night feed should be whole corn. Plenty of grit should be accessible at all times. Unless the morning feast can be given early, we would advist putting a little dry meal in a vessel for them to pick at until their break fast is ready-Mrs. C. Carpenter, in The Epitomist. Feeding Working Horses. The average farm house has but lit tle read work to do during the winter, and, as a rule, is riot well fed. As a result he is in poor shape to take up the work of thc farm in the spring. While is is unnec essary to feed horses who are doing little anywhere near a full work ration the food must be of a character to keep up thc strength of the animal and enable it to respond fully to the in creased ration when it is given in the spring. In other words when the in creased ration is given the horst should not be in such poor shape that it will require this ration to subdue the state of semi-starvation in whieli it has been during the winter. One of the best authorities on horses ii tile country makes it a practice to feet a bran mash throughout the year, th( mash consisting of four quarts of brai moistened with scalding water and fee quite hot. This is given at least twic< a week. Thc mash keeps the bowels ii good condition and keeps the horse which has been on short, rations dur lng the winter, from running dowi badly. Attention should also be pai< to the working horses in the matte of care, especially during the spring They will perspire easily, and if no properly cared for, catch cold. J good plan is to clean the animal a soon as it is brought in from thc wor o? tlie day, and blanket it while eatinj By the time lt. is necessary to elene n for the night the blanket may be n moved and the horse will have drie off and be in shape to enjoy its night' rest.-Indianapolis News. Hens and the Family Garden. "I am a green hand in the country and don't know just what to do wit my hens. I guess other folks are i the same fix. If I house them they cos too much, and lay ftw eggs. B I let them loose they dig in my fl beds, cat up my carly peas and my strawberries. What shall about it?" Plant your strawberries where can most conveniently surround plot with wire netting two or t feet high. Surround your veget plot in the same way. This nei ls not expensive bought by the and if properly cared for, will lasi twenty years. It should be rollet when out of use, and Stored in ; barn. You will find that hens not jump over a two-foot barrie this sort. If they do, kill them off raise a stock cf Plymouth Reeks, white Leghorns are turned very re ly. Once In a while a jumper is foi and the best place for her is in pot. Hens are particularly fond of go berry, ealing them as soon as they in blossom. I am obliged to surro ray gooseberry plants with neti very early in the spring. Hens are valuable on thc country place, with a little care they can be illo^ to run loose. Feed them carefully ; thcroughly three times a day, and n the barn, and you will not find tl very troublesome. I presume t those who have but a few bushes raspberries will be oollged to 5 round them also with netting. In case I allow them to roam fre through my berry gardens and vi yards. They rarely touch a curri and they meddle only with th grapes that are near the barn and : allowed to hang low.-E. P. Powell, New York Tribune Farmer. Turnips a Summer Crop. Thc root crops are greatly overlook in this country, but in Europe no far er wculd expect success without t aid of turnips, beets, carrots, parsni or potatoes, for it is well known tl under very favorable conditions lt bushels may be grown upon an ac though such yields arc exceptioi and the averages arc much less. England much of the literature dev cd to agriculture Is of steck raisi and root, or bulbous crops. When is considered that the English farm pays an annual sum for rent equal the cost of a farm in the United State and that he makes sheep and tumi pay all the expense, it should encoi age our farmers to give more atte tion to the mutton breeds of she< and to the advantages of the root ero] as food for stock. Farmers shou carefully se?!ect seed from the be varieties, and also from the be plants, as well as make comparatif tests, in order to determine the mo suitable varieties for each partlcuk farm, as well as the quality and ak the yields. By so doing the varietic can be greatly improved. In Tact, t selection the farmer can double h: jyelds^ and a]^JSj^^^'arJcu\clnbj %^Sfs,W'^ small and w .leTyT^tirrrl Ift?T have noticed wonderf changes in corn, wheat, oats and ot er plants that have been made by s lection. The root crops have also bee improved for every year new and bc ter varieties are offered, but moi work is before those farmers who ai willing to improve in that direction. The improvement of farm root croi - mangels, turulps, etc.-should I done with regard to diminishing tl amount cf waler contained therein ar increasing the proportion of suga starch and protein. Experiments mac in England show that all roots have tendency to contain an excess of w ter, which In itself is valueless, ar some varieties are claimed to contai water to a harmful degree. In the roc crops a small deviation in the pcrcen age of water materially affects ttl feeding value, as a ton of one kiri may contain twice as much solid ma ter as a ton of another variety. It : an advantage, as well as a nocessit; therefore, that the farmer ascertal the weight of the solids in a crcp. Th he can clo by sending samples to th state experiment station. The specif gravity of the root is a guide to il keeping quality, and the specific gra ity of the juice is a guide to its fee lng quality, hence, when its density ! highest in both the juice and the who] root, the value cf thc crop for feedln is the greatest. The farmer can easil ascertain these facts without the ai of the experiment station, but the st lion can assist him in arriving at knowledge of the proportions of suga protein and mineral matter containei The proportion of sugar in roots important, as thc more sugar the grea er the value of the roots as assistant in fattening the animals. The farmc who knows something of the value t roots may secure a more valuable ere with less yield than from a large crop that contains a low pcrcentag of solids and an excess of water, an he should, therefore, endeavor to bi come thoroughly informed in that d rection. Roots add value to all other food because of the fact that during th wintor, when dry food ls the rule, th use of turnips, beets or carrots gives ( change from the dry ration to a mor succulent kind. Digestion is., then ! fore, promoted, and all kinds of foo - become more thoroughly digested an ! assimilated. Ccoking roots for stoc 1 is not now practiced, compared wit s formerly, as inventers have Introduce 1 slicers and pulpers, which prepar 1 such foods for stock with but little li i bor and with rapidity, thus placln 1 before the farmer of tooday advantage * which he should not overlook. It i 1 somewhat late for putting in crops c 1 beets and carrots, but July ls th '< month for growing turnips. Sine * much injury has been done crops i 1 some sections this year by drong! * and floods., the farmers who may giv r their attention to turnips will largel ;- recover their loss of feeding materia 1 The turnip crop is now ene of th cheapest produced on the farm, coi s sidering tho largo yields that ar 'l possible, as seed drills, wheel hoe ?. and hand cultivation enable the grov P er to put in the seed and keep dow *" the weeds with as little outlay pe (* aero as for corn. The turnip is 3 summer and fall crop, and can b grown in a short time. The grcwin of but one acre of turnips will pr? vide the farmer in the winter 3?aso Y, with a food that is valuable from h dietary point of view, even If it is lo' n In solids and contains a large propo 3t tlon of water.-Philadelphia Record. Wagons. F?RNI Large Shipments of the best ma received. Our stock of furniti P?ete. Large stock COFFINS an always on hand. AH calls for ou to. All goods sold on a small ma I. will Bave you money. G. P. COBB, J W. J. Rutherford. MANUFACT AND DEA Cement, Plas Fire Bri Ready Roofing an< Write Us F Corner Reynolds and AUGUSTA, = RECIPES. Eggs with Tomatoes.-Fry some ripe tomatoes in a very little butter, pulp them through a coarse sieve;' beat up three or four eggs (ac cording to the size of your dish),. add to the tomato, and. then j ? , -? y . -"""M riman-alana J, on buttered toast. ~ ? Asparagus In Cream.-Wash and irira a bunch of green asparagus, cut Into small r'eces; cover wl'h bci'.ing water and blanch for about three minutes. Then pour off the water and drain asparagus well Put Into another saucepan with a little warm water, a tablespoonful of but ter, teaspoonful of sugar and a large slice of onion. Set over the fire, where lt will simmer slowly for half an hour; remove thc onion and add a cup of cream thickened with one egg; sea ron to taste with pepper and salt, and serve. Fish and Rice for Breakfast.-Put half a cup of boiled rice and one table spoonful of butter in a stewpan; when hot add the same amount of minced cold cooked fish; season with salt and pepper; add two hard boiled eggs, chopped; serve with toast; cold cooked cod, haddock, turbot and sole are tho preferable fish to serve In this man ner; a dash of nutmeg is an improve ment Small Soda Biscuit.-One quart of sifted flour, three level teaspoons of baking powder, half a teaspoon of salt and butter the size of an egg. Sift flour, powder and salt together several times and mix well, then rub in the butter with a flexible knife un til well mixed. Gradually mix in suf ficient cold milk to make a soft smooth lough, roll out on a slightly floured ' oard about an inch thick, and cut ?ut with a small biscuit cutter. Bake or ten minutes in a quick oven. Sour . ilk and 6oda may be used instead of he sweet milk and baking powder. ?ift the soda with the dry ingredients, allowing half a teaspoon to cup of milk. GENUINE SALLY LUNN. Genuine Sally Lunn is a Southern bread raised with yeast. It is always raised, baked and served in the sam* vessel-a stone pudding dish. Sift and warm one quart of bread flou" and add to lt a cupful cf warm milk, s cupful of warm water and half a cup ful of melted butter. Beat the flour water and butter together until the] form a smooth batter; then add, on? by one. four eggs, and finally foul teaspoonfuls of good, homemade yeas or a quarter of a yeastcake melted ii tablespoonfuls of water. Add a tea spoonful of salt. Beat the mixture un til It blisters well, and turn it into I buttered pudding dish to rise. I should rise six or eight hours In ? warm place until it is two or thre times its original ;bulk. Let it bak for three-quarters of an hour in i moderately hot oven and serve it ho on the supper or breakfast table. New York Tribune. Lord Hugh Cecil is in some way the most distinguished and remarks ble of Lord Salisbury's sons. He 1 a regular "chip of the old block," ful of intense convictions, fiery eloquence and yet not without something if th wiliness which so often stood hi mighty ancestor in good stead whe dealing with his imperious mistrcsi Elizabeth. Lord Hugh is full of th powerful religious feeling which ha long distinguished certain members c his fami'y; he is, as all thc worl knows, one of the principal pillars c the High Church party. There 4s a project of spending aboil $50,000,000 in draining several of th largest Egyptian lakes to secure vail able land for agricultural purposes. Buggies T?RE. kes of wagons and buggies Just ire, housefurnishings is com id CASKETS r Hearse promptly responded rgin of profit. Call to see me, ohnston, S. C. .minimi ti-Baaa.mt . R. B. Morris. rf ord & Co., UKEBS OF 5 LER5 IN ;ter, Hair, ck, Fire Clay, 1 Other Material. -or Prices. Washington Streets, = GEORGIA. 0 OUICK THINKERS. How Tricky Plays Help Out in Tight Places. Many pieces of work that affect the results of baseball games are not 'jg^ffl^acTrny^tanjan; .., .ty>yLu'>M.i spectators remain ignorant of *just exactly what brought the victory. An excellent case in point has "Lave" Cross for the prinzipal figure. The Athletics were playing Chicago last year in one of the closing games when the pennant race was hotest. The score was a tie. Cross was on first and Hartsel on third. One man was out. The captain started to steal. The throw to catch him was fast and accurate, and he was nailed fully five feet from the base. But although he had not a chance he slid head first and sent up a cloud of dust that en veloped himself and the shortstop. Hartsel made a break for home. Just as Davis, the Chicago shortstop, was about to throw the ball he- un accountably paused for an instant and looked down; then, without, recov ering himself, let go of the ball and made a gorgeous overthrow. Had the catcher been ten fet tall he could not have reached thc-ball. Hartzel tallied thc mn that won the game. Cross, who had been forgotten in the excitement that attended thc play at the plato, picked himself up from the dust and came to the players' bench grinning all over his face. "Why did you slide. 'Lave'?" asked Manager Mack. "You never could have made it." "Did you sec that wild throw?" re sponded the smiling captain. "Yes." "I was responsible for it." "Why?" asked Mack. "I pinched his leg just as he raised his arm to send it home."-Philadel phia Inquirer. COOKING ACCESSORIES. Among the" new supp'ies for the kit chen are som.} handy iiltle articles for the use of cooks of a scientific turn of mind, as well as for inexperienced cooks. With the aid of the thermometer there 'is no need of putting the cake into an oven that is too hot or too cold, or of one cooking eggs or anything else that requires just so many min utes. The kitchen thermometer is, indeed, an indispensable article to would-be good cooks. A new device ls the microscope, which serves a very essential purpose In washing and cooking fruits and vegetables and of deciding by the state of the meat the exact time and meth ods for cooking it. This invaluable little kitchen utensil brings to the light all lurking bacteria which would otherwise find a way Into the stomach. The household indicator, which lists all supplies. Is another important cul inary 'factor, and by its means one can know even to a box of matches just what has been ordered, thus simplify ing the rather complicated books anJ bills.-Brooklyn Eagle. Running Extraordinary. If we would see the most remark able racing !.. the world we must go to the cave-dwellers of Mexico. En durance and distance covered are more fsteemed among these people than speed in running. They will run a distance of 170 miles at a stretch, go ing at a slow trot, running steadily md constantly. Frequently a letter las been carried from Guazapores to Chihuahua, a distance of over COO miles, in five days, the carrier living all the time on a simple diet of pinole, a finely ground corn mixed with water into a thin kind of gruel.