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" ' * 4 \ 5 FABH MD Mil 5w^f^r?T?^w??>frf7fK Always Treat tlie Stock 'Well. Stock well wintered Is half surn Ken ]. When poorly cared for tliey grow poor. and half the summer's pasture is 'est: by the time the summer is enilet! such stock has just hejrun to fatfen nicety. Treat stock well for profit's jsake and for humanity's sake. cri... .... !.?. Th? \ ladmill has become a necessity on fj.rm-. Iu proportion to cost It sjives more power and service than any machine or iuiplenicat 011 a farm. Not only M ill a windmill pump water, but -will al? > grind the grain. saw wood. | ct; the coarse food and furnish power for many other purposes. They have been givr.tly improved, and are capable of doing much more than many suppose. Developing a High-Class Kroeil. Th. .mract eristics of a breed can be fixed tidy by careful selection of the lies: ?p einieus year after year, inbreeding being resorted to by breeders In order to avoid out-crosses. It may require half a century to bring a breed fo the desired position sought, hence loose who cross two different breeds are liaMe to destroy the good-qualities of both. Parsnips For Mitch Cotts. Tho parsnip is probably one of the f?ost roi>.< ever grown for milch cows, and it lms a great advantage in that it may remain in the field until spring win 11 other roots are all gone, and then he used until grass has grown. It Is as easily grown as the carrot, and like that root it wants a deep, rich and mellow soil. Many object to growing it oven in the garden, because the woods are apt to get such a growth before the parsnips come up that the labor of weeding is greatly increased, but this may be remedied by mixing a few radish <ecd with the parsnip seed, which will come up so that the rows can be sun and hoed out long-before lae parsnips are up. They can he pnllrd when the parsnips are thinned. Ventilating the Cow Stable. The cow stable attached to the farm bam owned by G. XV. Emery may be ventilated with a trap door over the feeding alley or manger, or. Letter yet. Hv n flv.-to rnnninc from tho ceiling through the roof, as indicated in tbo accompanying illustration. This chute must he closed at the I H???> , ^ ; r. **? I . b COW STABLE WITH VENTILATORS. lower end with a slide, so that the cir cnlatlou can bo controlled. Fresh air maj be admitted through the opening in the rear at a, care being used to place the opening so as to prevent direct drafts upon the animals. If the cow.n face the feeding alley running 'alorg the side next the main barn, a good place for the introduction of fresh air would be at the end of the alley, say at b. During very cold weather these openings may be closed entirely. In ventilating through chutes one should be placed every twenty-live feet throughout the length of the barn. ?American Agriculturist. ... Raising Irish Potatoes. Success in growing Irish potatoes de puims uij iuu miugs cuieaj. uut' lo deep plowing anil thorough pulverization of the soil before planting and the other is early cultivation. Other things being equal, potatoes that are planted in deeply stirred, thoroughly pulverized soil will produce a third more potatoes during a dry season than if planted in comparatively shallow ground. Deep plowing is best lor a rainy season, too, as the surplus moisttire passes down more readily, and the top soil may then be cultivated oftener than if plowed light originally. In fact, in growing this crop deep plowing is very essential to success. It is much easier to dig or plow out the potatoes, too, when the soil has been deeply and thoroughly stirred during cultivation. That in favor of early cultivation is imnnn.nnt- Jn*f as snon ns the sprouts break the soil the cultivator should he applied and used often until the vine is in bloom. In laying the *.top by a heavy double ridge should be thrown to the row. This is another feature of importance should the weather turn out dry during the latter part of the season, whieh is so often the case. With the Seed deeply planted in loose soil, the rows thoroughly clean and well ridged up a: blooming time a good crop. J; ay he said to l e assured. 2-0 juattcr what kind of weather may c..:jo iaur.?II. Ik (Jeer, in The Epitutnlst. IiicrcRRlnc Soil Fertility. Any system of farming that has Within i?s consideration the improvements of soil, is incomplete without yrop.-r di-pesal of crops. The increasing cJ crops is generally to bo consid r V ; " i ' \ ercd of paramount Importance, nn^ their disposal only loss so. To fcoil all crops, with perhaps the exception ot wheat, upon the farm, is to increase the soil fertility in the quickest way providing, of course, the feeding is properly done. To begin with, no farm is complete without its horses. On a farm of forty acres two horses will be sufficient. A sixty acre farm will need three, and so on for each additional twenty acres up to 100. After that one horse for each additional forty acres would be sufficient. I am speaking of work horses that are necessary for plowing, sowing, reaping, hauling, etc., on the farm. Should one care to raise young horses for market they would take the place of some other animal. Cattle anil lioes are and should he the main dependence for stock on the average farm. Cattle should have first place in that tkoy are so very helpful in the profitable raising of hogs. When pigs have a part milk ration their growth is fast and their health assured. Cows are the greatest consumers of rough provender, thus converting what would otherwise he a total loss into a gilt-edged article. The farm of the dairyman is a farm always increasing in value and fertility, and as a general thing the dairyman feeds more than he produces on his farm, thus bringing in fertility from elsewhere. The average fanner should keep more cattle, and there should be a preponderance of milk cows. For every good cow there should be a good brood sow, for in the economy of a farm these two animals go together, the hog supplementing the cow. The idea is to take everything to market in a condensed form, leaving all refuse to increase soil fertility.?A. X. Springer, in The Epitoinist. SURCERY WITH A MATCH. A Painless Operation That Surprised a Cleric in a Fifth Avenue Book Store. An aged, well-dressed nan, with white side whiskers and a general appearance of substantial prosperity an.l eminent respectability, stepped into the retail store on Fifth avenue cf a hook publisher the other day, and asked one ol' the young clerks in a cca* tidential undertone: "Have you a match?" "Certainly, sir," replied the yovng man, producing a handful of lucifers from his vest pocket, "but ytu will permit me to say that it is against the rules to smoke in this shop." "Oh. that's all right," replied the old gentleman, amiably, "I never smoke." With that he began to fumble in his pockets. Not linding what he wanted, he asked the clerk for the loan of a 1-T^Sfrv tli/i nntrth Mnw if u.*iiivr? x uvn uv iu iuc i.i.uui, i c out Immediately and began to sharpen the burned end into a point. "Ah, I see you need a tcothpck," remarked the clerk, as he watched the the whittling process. The old gentleman made no reply, but when he had put a nice point to tkr match he again spoke. "Perhaps," he said, "you have a quiet place where I could sit down for a few moments without being observed?" The clerk, wondering what the old gentleman might ask for next, politely led the way to a corner of the store fitted with easy chairs for the benefit cf such patrons of the firm as might want to glance over a book before buying it. The old gentleman sat down and without a moment's hesitation rolled up the left leg of his trousers to a point above the knee. Then, using the back of the knife as a hammer, with a few well-directed blows be drove the match into his knee. Then, readjusting his trousers, lie handed the knife back to the astonished young man and said: "I am very much obliged to you. You see I have a wooden leg nud one of the pins holding It together fell out. The match will do very nicely uutil I can get home. If you should happen to be over in Newark and have anything the matter with your leg, just step into my office and I shall be glad to assist you." Then, as he handed the clerk a card bearing the name of a prominent financier in Newark, he smiled, bowed politely and walked out. ? New York Times. Quick to Learn. A bride and groom who recently went to housekeeping on Cedar avenue are blessed with a maid of all work who is fresh from the Emerald Isle. This is her iirst "place," and her ignorance of domestic affairs is only equalled by her adaptability and her cheerful willingness to learn. At first she didn't know the names of the ordinary household utensils, even mistaking, on one occasions, when there was company at dinner, the ice pick for the carving steel. One day last week the bride bad been doing some snoppmg, and among other things she bought au umbrella stand for the vestibule. It was late when she reached home. "Did any packages come?"she asked. "Yis. mum." was the reply. "The wagon cum wid th* cuspidore for th' umbreliies."?Philadelphia Record. Excavations in the valley of the Somme. in France, have brought to light many relics of the palaeolithic age, among them engravings of fish that are at least 1210,000 years old. ANOTHER HOT WAVE Plays liavoc With Crops in Southern States. ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS BROKEN.' Corn Drying Up Under the Torrid Blasts That Come With FurnaceL'ki Heat. Memphis. Special.?Friday was the warmest day of the year in the ceni tral Southern States. Many places in west Tennessee. Arkansas, north Mis sissippi, Louisiana Alabama ana Texas, report all heat records broken during the afternoon. In Memphis the official report was 102 degrees at 5 o'clock. This Is the highest tem- 1 perature ever recorded here. Selma, , Ala., was the warmest place in wie South, 112 degrees being recorded. Montgomery report 105 and Mobile 102. At Little Hock, Ark., the highest temperature ever recorded was officially reported 10G. Pine Bluff, Ark., reports the warmest day on record ] with one fatality. In Mississippi the heat was intense. At Jackson, Vicksburg, and Natchez, all records were broken. Crops, es- 1 pecially corn, all through north and east Mississippi are drying up. Louisiana is also in the throes of the hot waves. Shreveport reports the hottest day in its history, the government thermometer registering 99 in the afternoon. The intense heat has been broken somewhat in a few counties in west Texas. San Angelo, Colo., Midland and Bid Springs, all in the extreme western part of the State, re port a rainfall varying from 1 to 3 inches. These points are in a section devoted almost exclusively to stock raising. The agricultural part of north and northwest Texas Is still unrelieved from the drought. In some places rain has not fallen in some months. Austin had good rains that i | broke the long drougnt in mat vii elnit.v. San Antonio also reports a ' ; rainfall of 1.17 inches. The crops in I the southwestern section of the State j are in fair condition. Showers fell ! at Richmond and Sequin, and Houston ' and Galveston report good rains In I the last few days. At Dallas rain has been an unknown quantity for nearly six weeks, while the temperature has ' ; been hovering around the 100 mark for several days. Mills to Shut Down. j Charlotte, N. C.. Special.?A called i meeting of the Southern Hosiery Yarn I Spinners' Association convened in this ' city Thursday afternoon. The object of j the meeting was to arrive at some ~ 1 agreement as to the best methods to I j employ to raise the pfice of hosiery i yarn. The manufacturers claim that at the present price of cotton and the marketable value of yarns, the mills j are run at a loss and, as a matter of , protection, something has to he clone ( at once. After a lengtny discussion ^ it was decided that a curtailment of products was about the only means by which a better condition of the yarn market could be brought about. While many of the manufacturers dislike I j very much to close down" their mills, 5 they say that the association, of i g which they are members, think this | a the only way out of the trouble. A ! c prominent hosiery manufacturer said 1 S that the mills were short on cotton I I and if they continued to run they J I would of necessity have to purchase ? the raw material at the present high a prices and be forced to dispose of the manufactured products at the present . low price of yarns. On the whole, the l meeting was a most Important one and fl ! the decision reached will effect many I mills in North Carolina as well as B : other Southern States. H Flurrv In Corn. a New York, Special.?There was a a scene of great excitement in both the _ wheat and corn markets at New York Friday, trade aggregating one of the largest day's totals in a year or more, 1 and specially as to corn. Prices jump- t ed 2 5-8 during the day in corn, mak! ing G 1-2 advance for the week. OrJ dors ]?oured into the market so fast that brokers could scarcely execute ' them at the prices desired and the us- _ I ually small crowd around the corn, ? ring was increased to such an extent that at times it almost rivalled that in the wheat pit. Tile J argcsl Hnil ,\l<>s t < oinplcte b siubllshiiifiit >oiiti). GEO. S. HACKER & SON, ? MANl'FACTCREHS OF ? Sash. Doors, Blinds, ! j Moulding and Building Material, Sash We in/its and Cord CHARLESTON, S. C. | Purchase cur make, which we guarantee superior to auy sold South, and thereby save money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty. BUELL & R03ERTS' CASH DRY miSIORE. vVe continue offering Inducements to close oot our Summer Qoods. W# can mention only a few of ihn mauy goods redueedi iJiailies' 8c Utnlersests for ?0. lOo Ties ami Bowk for 8c, 26o 'J Irs ami Hows f r 15c. Initial Handkerchiefs, II. 8., embroidered, 3 in a !>ox, *>r 19e;25o goods. 15c Men's lilack luitiui Si.k Handkerchiafj , f .r in,. J Men's larce White Ficured, Drawn-Stitch, . Japonet Handkerchief for 16c: worth 25o. ' Six Lar?e White Fine II. 8. Handkerchiefs for oOc. iu f.-.ncy b. x; ch?-ap Ht 75c. ' Three large White Fine H. S. Handkerjniefs, in fancy box, for 40e* worth 5>?. Biacii-bordered Liuen Handkerchiefs for '.2o; cheap at 15a. Good Mourning Handkerchiefs for 4a. ( Handkerchiefs for lc. Handkerchiefs for 2 l-2o. J fi tidkerehiefs for Sc. < SS-lnch Madras for 7 l-2o; worth lOo. 86-la h Madras for 6 l-2c| worth 80. ^ LAWNS AND ORGANDIES FOR } LESS THAN COST. I Shirt Waists for much less than i? cost to ^ nake them. BIG REDUCTION ON SKIRTS. I 40c Pique Skirts for 25a. 66c Crash Skirts for 8lc. All Summer Goods are Mng sold at 11 luced prices. ? NSW GOODS. 6 On* case Lonircloth 5cj no starch. Fine Black Henrietta at 50c. TINSEL DRAPERY SILK ALINE, BALL FRINGE. Black Duck at 8 and 10c. KURSITURK DKPAKTMKNT. $ 10 piece Walnut Suits $75 to $ 100. 10 piece Soiid Oak cults $13, $22, $25, $30, 135. *40. $50. $i5. h Oak Hall Bucks, French Plate Glass, $7, 18.50, $9.50. Wardrobes $8 to #25. Bed Louuges 99 to $15. Bedsteads $2.25 to $10. ' 1 ?At? Du.la f enn fleiha A 1IVU W>iJ, At VU W Parlor Suits ISO to 150. & Baby Carriages 86.50, #7, 17.50. c Moor Otlolotb 30o. ,, Matting 10; 12, 14. 15, 18. 20, 23, 25, 27 and b KK\ 18-pleoe Chamber Seta 82.19 to $8. Window Shade* 11. 16.81', 35. 43o to 81.21 Rtovi'8 86.60. 87.50, 810to $1& UTrunka $2.50 to 66.60. li im ~ [Ivsneasia Cure ? - j ~r - i ? Digests what you cat. I' It artificially digests the food and aids Mature jn strengthening and recon- &I tructing the exhausted digestive or:ans. It is the latest discovered digestnt and tonic. No other preparation H an approach it in efficiency. It in- 0 tantly relieves and permanently cures (" Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,' ?h Tlatulence. 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RMS F The author of " How the Oi-her Half Lives "will give in The OirnoOK an intensely human and vivid [ m< account of his experiences as a child in Denmark, I ail immigrant in America. .1 workman, a traveller, \V a reporter, 3rd linallv .1 Miiaerit of tenement house Oi problems, and an efficient atj to Theodore l<oosevelt ar, 1.1 rrjrjgiitizirg the New York police. Mr. Kus iu writes with simplicity, humor and vigor. | s LYMAN ABBOTT | c will eontfbrate a aeries of important papers oo farvdamental poiMoal prmaaptea a? applied to twentieth jy century probrenwt. ft will be raiUtd "Tut Kjovts or Ma*, and wiH iabmt isdeetrwl, (dueKUiw *od VI religious, aa well as poittcai, rigtoe and dtrtics. ^ Atlantic Coast Line. Condensed Schedule. Da:eJ .May litSth. l'JOl. TRAIN'S GOING SOUTH. No.35 No. 23 No.53 No.51 * AM P M AM Lv. Florence 3 00 7 55 0 40 Lv. Kiugstree 8 34 10 56 Ar. Lane* 4 11 'J 11 P. M 11 16 Lv. Lanes 4 11 911 713 1116 Ar. Charleston 5 40 10 55 8 50 1 00 A.M P.M. P.M. P.M. TR AINS GCAIN'G NORTH. No.78 No.32 No.52 No.50 * AM P 31 AM P M Lv Charleston C 45 4 45 7 00 4 15 Ar Laces 8 17 6 10 8 35 6 00 Lv Lanes 8 17 6 10 .... 6 00 'Kingstree 8 33 Ar Florence 9 30 7 20 .... 7 30 AM P1I AM PM Daily. J Daily except Sunday. No. 52 runs through to Columbia via :entrnJ It. R of S. C. Trains Nos. 78 and 32 run via Wilson and Fayettevilie?Short Line?and make close sonneetion for all points North. Trams on C. A D. R. R. leave Florence I any except auuuay ft o\> a. m., urrivo uacington 10 15 a. m., Hart3vllle 915 a. m., ]hera\v 11 30 a. m., VTadesboro 12 35 p. m. jeave F oreuce dally except Sunday 8 00 p. n.. arrive Darlington 8 25 p. in., Bennettsrille 9 22 n. m., Gibson 10 20 p. m. Leave "lorence Sunday only 9 50 a. m., arrive Darlngton 10 15 a. m. Leave Gibson daily except Sunday 6 15 m., Bennett.?ville 7 15 a. m.. arrive Darington 8 15 a. m., leave Darlington 8 50 a. M n., arrive Florence 9 15 a. m. Leave Wades- |fi ioro daily except Sunday 4 19 p. m , Cberaw lM 15 p. m., Hartsvllle 7 25 a m... Darlington m 29 p. m., arrive Florence 7 03 p. m. LeaTa & tarllngton 8 50 a.m., arrive Florence 9 15 |S m- 'I H. M. EMMERSON. Gen Pa*. Agent. 1 J. R. KENLY. G?*n'l Manager. ^ m X. II. E5I11ERSON. Traffic Manager. m I Skin Diseases. For the speedy end permanent cure oil L'tter. salt rheuia and eczema, Chamerlain's Eye and Skin Ointment >3 without at: equal. It r-olteves the itchng and smarting almost instantly and ts continued use etiecrs a permanent ere. It also cures itch, br.rl>er's itch, . ?uu .ic-K'i, sere mppies, Kciiuig piles, happed hands, chronic sore eyes and ?. ranulated lids. Itr. fadr's Condition Powders tor or sea are the best tonic, blood purifier au vermifuge Price. cents. Sold by Registration Notice. The office of the Supervisor of Regtrhtion Will be o]>ened on the first, foudny in every mouth for the pnr>uo of the registering of any person hois qualified ua follows: Who nhall have been a ro.-ident of ? ? State for two years, and of th? tuuty one year aud of the polling recinl iu which the elector offers to ?te lour months before theday oielee- v^" on. and shall have paid,six months be re auy poll tax then dne aud payable, id who can both r? ad and write any >otion of the Constitution of 1895 ittniitted to him by the supervisors, ' registration, or can show that he *up. i?rt<l bii pHi.l all t >XfS collectable iriiiK' the pre-eiit y*nr oa property in 11? State afSffMiJ at thine hundred >11 ur*? or more. J. J. EADDY, (ileik^)f Board. toMiiiIf sending sketch and description of opinion freo concerning the patenttent" sent upon request. Patents : our expense. Special notice, -without charge, in widely circulated journal, consulted rr%ca \us & co., )mnys,) V/A3HIMGTOW, D. C. Reading for I Women, in hook rrr: Magazine in one. Tells the story ^ clear-cut paragraphs. Lyman Abbott W. Mabie the Associate Editor. IALPH CONNOR Under this p-.eudonvm were written two of the ost striking of recent noveis, LJIjck Uock ' ac.l The Sky Hi!ot." A new novel ot Canadian and estem life by this author wilt appeir in The f jtio.tk dtirinc tlu. year. In spirit, humor, pathos I d strong character-drawing i; is even superior to predecessors. FECIAL1 To introduce^ The! > F F E R Outlook <0 nsw r"<lcrs we will send it for ro months' trial for 25 cents protfcd this peper is mcrdcr.cd. Address HE OUTLOOK, NEW YORK