Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, August 29, 1900, Image 4
TRUNKS WEBE WANTED.
After a While He Ott a Chance to faaksto
His Prc fere nco of Varieties.
The tall floorwalker found hhs wan
dering around the big store ag though
. bewildered.
"Have you been waited on, air?*
"No. I would Ilka to see some
trunks."
'Trunks? Yes, sir I Simmons, take
this gentleman up on the elevator and
ebow bim our new display of trunks."
Simmons, a smart -lerk with a chip
diamond and a ten-story collar, piloted
the customer to the trunk department.
"Here they are, slr," began Sim
mons In a rapid-fire tone of voice.
"Everything In trunks that a person
could possibly wish. We carry exclu
sh e styles and sell more-, than any
gifler ?ouse In the city."
am afraid you do not understand
rae."
"Ob, yes, I do. How ls this trunk
over here?"
"Really, sh-, I
"Oh, I see, you wish, eometblng
larger. Going down to the sea, eh?
jg&ll, I wish I bad the time to go. But
What do you think of this size?;
do not-".
; ??Still wish something larger? Well,
I guess you are right, a man cannot be
igp careful with his stiff hats, etc.
E^rer hbiu that Joke about a man buy
ing a 4xG trunk to carry his tooth
In? But how is this trunk?
f you will only-"
et you do your own selecting? Of
tourne I will! I hare.been.presump
tuous bx oren suggesting. But what
do you think of - this white enamelled
trunk? Isn't .it a beauty?"
"I do: not-:";
"Too fancy, eh? Well, I guess you
aro right. ' Something durable would
suit you better. Here ls something
that will defy a railroad collision."
"If you will only lister*-"
"I guess you don't wish this old style,
round top?"
"I don't wish any-- :
"Then you'd like to see some
satchels?"
"No, slr; I don't wish any satchels."
"Well, sir, I always try to be court
eons, but there ls a limit to patience."
"There ls a limit to mine. I have
"been trying to tell you that I wished
to see some bathing trunks for the last
twenty minutes,"
"Bathing trunks? Well, to think that
I have been standing here all this time
for nothing." And then the smart
clerk turned on his heel and left the
customer to ftad the bathing trunks in
J the - "gents* furnish in' department."
Chicago Dally News.
? Soapsuds For th? Crops*
Soapsuds are to be had on all farms,
as wash days occur everywhere. They
are usually thrown away, but can be
used with advantage on the rows of
celery and asparagus. If thrown around
the. peach trees, so as to soak down
to the roots (or the soil loosened for
that purpose), they will destroy the lar
vae of Insects which sometimes dam?
age the trees at the roots.
> ,_
The American Working Man.
* Mach comparison has been made between
the endurance of the Chinese and the Amer
ican working man. Those with authority to
. .speak say that tho averags working man ot
America is as superior to tho ?hineso aa Hoe-1
tetter's Stomach Bittern ia to any other dys-.f
pepsla cure. The Bitters does not claim to
core everything, but it does cure constipa
tion, indigestion, dyspepsia, . biliousness^
liver and kidney troubles, and prevente ma
laria, fever and ague. f\ -a a i
Profitable Politeness.-* S vi
Tiioso Now York shop girls, to whom Hrs.
Emma A. Scaley bequeathed 85,000 on ch, mere
ly .because they frere courteous to her wn?lo
selling goods to her, are Hying proof that po
Utenoss pays.
To Cure a Cold In O ie Oar.
Taite LAXATIVE B?oao-Qunmra ?' .--^ra. AU
druggists refund the money 1! lt falls to cure.
E. W. GKOVB'S signature ls on each box. S9c
.Abrogated.
. "What do yon think Alice said?" "I can't
-> guess." "She s-ld yesterday would have been
her birthday If she hadn't quit having thom."
Indianapolis Journal.
Carter'? Jok
. is so good and so cheap that no family caa
afford to be without it. Is yours Carter's ?
Accounted .For.
"Jimr..y, take this awful looking cabbage
straight back to the grocer, and tell him tb
send me a respectable one." "Ho won't take
lt back, ma; ms and Dicky Jones plared ball
with K rii the way homo. '-Indtnapolls Jour
Kal,_
i Euch package nf POTHAJX FAEELZBS DIB
'. colors cither Bilk. Wool or Cotton perfectly
jvat one.bolling. Bold by all druggists.
, vv Value of ? Good Appetite.
Mrs. SKlnner-rjn glad lo hoar you say you
have such a good appetite.
' ?C'Newboardar-Landladies generally fear
a good appeUfo. -'.
, ;Mcs. Skinner-T don't,. When a man has a
good appetite ho eats almost anything.
Plso's Cure for Consumption ls un InfaUl
: bio medicine for cousis and cojds-??. W.
SAMUEL, Ocean Urovo, R. J., >eb. 17, 1900.
M rs; Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tertBHDg. softens the gums, reduces lnnamma
Uou, allays pain, cures wind colic. 23c. a bottle:
"What the Ey o Doesn't Soe, tte.
De Auber-"I am thinking seriously ol dc
cuting ono of my paintings to somo puhUo tn
stituUon. Wnlch ona would you suggoett"
critlcus-"Wen. lt strikes mo- that tho blind
asylum would bo Just the-, caper?"- Chicago
Dally News.
" MY BWH SELF ACAIH."
MM. Gates Writes to Mrs. FInkhan,
FbUows Ber Advise and te Made WsU.
" DSAB Maa. PETKHAM Tor nearly
two and one-half years I have been in
feeble he sith. After my little child cara e
it seemed I could not
get my strength
again. I. have
chills and the
severest palas in
my limbs asd top
of head and cm
almost insensi
ble at times. I
also narre a pain
' yest to the right of
breast bone. It is
so ; severe at tuneo
that I cannot Hs on
nty right side. Please
write me what yon
think of my ease."
36 Mas. OJUSA GATES,
Johns P.O., Itfisa.,
April 23,1898.
"DSABMas. PIHKHAM:
: I haye taken Lydia E. Pinkham's Vega
tab}e Compound aa advised and now
^ send you a letter for publication. For
I s?-veral'years I was in' auch wretched
health that life was almost a burden.
I could hardly walk across the floor,
was so feeble. Several of our boat
physicians attended me, bat failed to
help. I concluded to write to jan for
advice. In a.fsw day? I received such
cn kind, motherly letter. I followed y our
instructions ?cd am my 'old self1
again. Was greatly benefited before I
had used poe battle. May God blata
you io? whit you we dotof fer infle??
lo?:woffl!?;"^MM, Gi*** um
FOR FARM ?ND GARDEN.
Woods AtjaSj Walks
The beat way io kill out weeds on
tte odge of a gravel walk is to now on
a lot of cheap salt aa soon as the weeds
appear in the spring. The same treat
ment can be used where weeds grow
up between the boards of a wooden
walk.
? ?*oper Shoes for ITorSM?
The weight of shoes ls too great
troon nil ri asses of horses except the
trotter. There is a theory that heavy
?hoes last longer than light ones, and
the theory appears to be plausible,
but lt is not also true, as has be*n
shown in a number of case*?. Ml that
a shoe ls for, except there ls ice, ls to
prevent the wear nt the walls, and a
light shoe will do that as well as a
hoary one? Of course a heavy horse
needs a heavier shoe than a light
horse does, but because of thc in
creased concussion which taft heavy
shoe necessitates a lighter shoe than
that with which the heaviest horses
are shod, would be better.
Ture of Hen* In th? Bummer.
Try to keep the hens cool Cot Very
hot weather is not good laying weath
er. The hot hours ?hould be passed
by the hens under a shade. It hens
are confined give them plenty of green
grass or tops of vegetables. Do not
stint the poultry on pure cold water.
Fowls need water even when they
have plenty of milk. Do ?ot feel
much corn meal in Very hot weather.
When hens are laying they need plenty
of food. Laying does not indicate
health for even a sick hen will lay In
the spring. "When hens have been lay
ing all winter, they should have a rest
in the spring, if they can be made to
take lt Kale 16 excellent for poultry.
Breeders should test the fertility of
every egg before sending lt out When
chicks become chilled they will have
bowel trouble.
Growing Crops In sn Orchard.
The disadvantage of having grass
or growing crops in an orchard ls not
entirely due to the chance of the crops
robbing the soil of fertility needed hy
the trees. If it was it would be easi
ly remedied by the manure applied to
the hoed crops, of which the trees
would get their share, or by turning
s beep into the orchard to eat tho grass
and the fallen wormy fruit, who would
enrich the soil by their droppings. But
the greater trouble comes from the
summer and ?nil droughts when the
trees need all the moisture to perfect
their fruit If the gross or other sur
face crop takes lt there will be a large
amount of fruit fall which might have
been saved If there had been moisture
enough to carry it through to matu
rity. Where water can be supplied by
irrigation this difficulty is net as
great
Dangar In Oreen Sorghum.
Science ls up the stump. ?She can't
find out why greeu sorghum should he
so qnickly fatal to cattle, says an ex
change. Sorghum rapidly is coming
into favor as a forage crop. Owing
to the large yields obtainable and to
Its high feeding value, stockmen an'
beginning to depend upon this crop
for fodder and roughage. But fatal!
ties in herds pastured on the the
growing cane are frequently reported.
"With the incrensed use oT this crop
for forage there has followed un In
crease in the number of fatal cases.
Cases are recorded of cattle dying
within five minutes after entering *
sorghum pasture. The true reason for
this fatal effect ls not known, "but
many stockmen believe lt may he
found in tho presence on the leaves of
the cane of poisonous fungi. One
Nebraska farmer was driving his cow
across a small strip of cane, and he
fore the animal had gone more than a
few rods she dropped, and in a few
minutes she was dead. Another cow
that was killed by greeu sot .rhum had
eaten only one stalk, apparently, ?nd
that was still In her throat The Ne
braska agrlcnlturol experiment ?tiitlon
has analyzed stalks of green sorghum
that, being partly eaten by cattle, had
killed them. It found none of the com
mon known vegetable poisons except
ing a small quantity of oxalic acid
that could not be fatal.
?Skin in the Garden.
The gardeners work depends more
upon skill than upon strength. The
grub hoe, the pick and the breaking up
plow for new land need to be strong,
but In the garden a light tool lu good
condition will make the work easier
and accomplish more than the heavy
tool. Keep the hoes sharp and the
teeth of the cultivator and horse .hoe
down to a cutting edge, and good
points on the plows, and keep every
thing clean and bright, so thot dirt
will not adh?re to them to double their
weight and lessen their efficiency. The
light tool may.not last* as long as the
heavy one and If It seems to be using
up the hoe very fast to grind lt every
day, at least rt ls better to wear out
several hoes than one man or boy.
Manya boy has become disgusted with
farm work and with the farm itseir,
simply because he was given wornont
tools to work with, which had been
comdemmed as unfit for a good work
man to use. Put such tools into the
junk heap, or lay them away to be usen
only In cases of extreme emergency,
and give the boys good tools and teach
them how to use them and take care of
them, and even if they do spoil them
by not knowing how to use them, it
will be better than spoiling the boys
We remember when our fathers
.bought us a new hoe, small and light,
suitable for a boy, and in showing us
.how to use lt he found lt work so we'l
and. easily that lt was not long before
he had a new one himself.-American
Cultivator.
Mew Wny of Brandi ns;.
Almost any humane person would
be glad to know of some way of
branding which would not be so cruel
a". n.any of ' he >?* methods. It seems
that Walter A. Cameron of Stacy,
Mont, has invented an instrument to
be used with an indelible fluid instead
of burning. It would seem that it
would be an effective and permanent
marking and probably as convenient,
or more so than most of the old meth
ods.
The branding instrument au dc
?cribed by the Scientific American,
consists of two levers pivoted together
and provided with jaws. On the low
er jaw a soft metal Impression block
lu secured, and on the upper jaw a
block is carried, having a chamber
communicating by means of a tube
with a reservoir containing the indeli
ble fluid. The tube incloses a plunger
operated ivom the uppep lever ana1 m
proYl?i? witt Utan] ports at Sta uppar {
ul law wu, w \mt pails ju I
?Sr- ' . :.'
'mit the fluid to Bow into the cham
bered block when the plunger ts raised
and the Upper porte permit the liquid
above the pluhger to be forced back
Into th* reservoir. Symbol carrying
plates ?ire remoTabiy secured to the
chambered block.
The symbols consist of letters, fig
ures or ot nor characters, and are
formed of tubular pins. In using the
Instruments the levers nre used to sep
arate the jaws. Hy reason ot this mo
tion the plunger will Ive drawn npw?fd
to permit the liquid from the rtServblr
to lbw Into the chamber. After plate
tag the Impression bi'Vck curried by
tafe lower jaw against tlie outer side
Of the animal's ear toe levers . aire
operated to force the tubular pins Into
the cab, thereby 'causing thc plunger to
Inject the liquid luto thc wound. A
Spring within the tube holds' the plun
ger normally bolow the lower ports, so
that the liquid will not escape wheo
thu device is uot lu usc.
Care ot *rtVH?piuutSa Tr?e?.
Enough cannot bc said in favor ot
mulching trees ns soon as they are
planted. It 16 all important to protect
the roots from the effect of evapora1
lion for at least six months after plant
ing. Thc small libels must be allowed
to form and get ft good hold of the soil,
nlid large feediug roots must be abie
td reach out, so as to make ture of a
supply of focd and drink for the
growth that takes place lu limbo. Jt
is not euough to pour ou Water lr?tn
above. This, of course, must be uOTm
ta very dry weather, but ftb irregular
supply of this sort does not meet the
demands of the roots. Cover the soil
so far ns lt has been disturbed by tue
spade with a layer of three or four
Inches of coal ashes, or sawdust, or
loose strawy manure. Avoid using
rich and raw manure. Tanbark is ta
some cases available, and where uoth*
lug else can be obtained use weeds ot
fresh cut hay. This application will
retain the moisture lb the soil, and,
what ls equally important will keep
the roots at an equalized temperature.
Without a mulch, the more you pour
on water the more liable the ground is
to baking and becoming Impervious
to a nntural circula ton of moisture.
Above all, avoid sprinkling the toll
with a slight supply of water.
The care of tret s, for the first year
after setting, consists in pinching out
every bud that starts out of place. Be
sides keeping out the superfluous
shoots, in October cut back the year's
growth one-third to one-half. Some
people advocate pinching lu the growth
during summer, In order to retard the
flow of 6ap and hasten the formation
of fruit buds. This can be done, but
In the production of healthy, long lived
trees, lt is unwise. By following these
simple rules, any one can make a suc
cess of tree planting. It ls very sel
dom that trees come from any nursery
in such a condition that they will not
thrive under this manngement.*-K. I'.
P., ta the New York Tribune. /
Compact Bedder?.
Not only the bedding plants that are
well started Into growth when trans
planted to their summer borders, but
especially the annuals, will be vastly
Improved If they have .a systematic
"pinching back" at this season. Mow
er beds are often noticed which are
too large for the number of plants
placed in them; this gives a bare un
pleasant appearance to the beds until
late ta the summer when the plants
have thrown out enough branches to
cover up thc spaces. A smaller bed
moderately close and compact Is much
more satisfactory and effective.
A great deal can lie done however,
to Improve a bed that appears slightly
bare at first, by slightly pinching back.
By pinching out the tiny leaves and
centre of each shoot (not taking off
slips), the plants will soon throw out
new branches; and when these new
branches attain two Inches or less ta
length they may also In turn be
pinched out and In this way each
plant will become quite bushy and
cover more space.
' To keep up vigorous growth give the
beds a top-dressing of fine manure,
which will also act as a mulch to the
plants and be of great benefit to them.
Do not let the soil become hard; lt
should be stirred frequently to keep
the plants In good growlnr condition,
and with this slight care the bedding
plants will soon become compact and
filled with blooming branches that wlii
keep up a continual display of summer
and fall bloom.
To be successful with the summer
bloomers practical common sense will
be more satisfactory than all the luck
theories. Many professed lovers of
flowers cling to the fallacy that suc
cess In the culture of plants ls purely
a matter of "luck." They think that
"flowers always grow for some folks."
while others "never hnve a blt of luck*'
with them. This theory should be ex
ploded as speedily as possible. It hns
no foundation, ta fact lt ls purely fal
lacious. Luck rarely has any part ta
the successes of life, and lt has little
to do with success ta the culture or
flowers. Suceess In this direction ls a
question of unceasing watchfulness,
Industry and Information, with a mix
ture of common sense.
As men do not grow figs of thistles,
nor gather grapes of thorns, neither rio
they grow flowers of weeds, nor gather
bouquets among the sticks and stones
of an uncared flower garden.-Phil?
adelphla Record.
He Vf?? Armed.
In the days when highwaymen
were more numerous and successful In
Mexico than they are at present, lt
was the common practice of the na
tives to travel unarmed and to sub
mit to robbery tamely. With foreign
ers a different sentiment prevailed.
The author of "Mexicans at Home."
tells a good story of a German who
traveled In that country.
This gentleman always carried arms,
with every Intention of using them
rather than to allow himself to be
robbed. On one occasion, when be
was traveling by diligence tn the In
terlor-he being the only passenger
armed-the coachman suddenly pulled
up and announced that robbers were
in sight.
The German prepared to defend the
coach, but the other passengers begged
him not to do so. as that might com
promise them. Consequently when
the robbers came up he Jumped ont
and going to tbe side of the road,
called out that they were quite wel
come to rob all the other paseen gora,
but that they would please first take
down his portmanteau and place ft
beside him. This they did; and when
they robbed the others, he ordered that
his portmanteau should be replaced,
which was done. Re then took hrs
seat ta the coach, and tbe Journey wat
resumed,
Tho neiden opportunity of ? mans
life ii wta tie feu fi tynm to QM If
M MfUM .
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Cleaning l)ra??work.
Chased braes goodB are easily clea Bod
In thts way: Wash In hot soap and
water and dry thoroughly. Ont a
lemon In half and with it rub the brass.
When lt looks clean. ritlBe lu warm
Wnter, drj and the? polish well with
a Chamois leather. ChaSed work
should neVef be cleaned With any kind
Of powder *
One Way td cienti a bresi.
By the exercise ot c?nsia?radie
jbdgniebr. n'?? patiente ft uite dregs
may b? cleaned without taking lt ajiait.
To cleanse a challis trimmed witn lace
and silk, soak it overnight In soap
bark and cold water, and wasn it next
morning In the same, being sure to
rinse lt thoroughly, lt Can he iru~?M
like any other goods, but lt requires in
genuity to get at all the but of the way
plates-.
The Stylo In Tupmtrloi:
j The taste for tapestry is the
craze of the hour. They are used
for every purpose unll-.r thc silt! that
house furnishings cai! afford. Seals
find chair backs, t-bmposed of smnil
squrtrps. reproducing in text stitch tile
paintings of Lanier in d Wouternian,
are the latest for drawing roomsv with
curtains and carpi ts to match.
A new pinn iii library, dining r^??hl
or living ibbms decorations shows .1
feti-?ight bttlld of tapestry oh either
bide? framing the wintlow, while across
the top, framing these, there is rt
straight cross hand of lien ry lt style.
They are lined in some heavy textile
to match the color scheme bf the roora.
A KoVeliy In FnrnltnrO.
Another piece of furniture has at
laBt been added to mademoiselle's
pretty bedroom, lt linds its ^vay to
the chamber of the matron abo. lt ls
known as the shirt waist box, and is
a handsome addition to the room, be
sides being rxtremely useful, lt ls a
capacious box fitted with hrass ningi s
and lids, but has no lock or Key. it is
about three quarters of a'ynru m
length, stands half n yard high, ano is
. of nhout that breadth. It ls covered
with pretty cretonne, pink or niue
flowered with dog wood blossoms, or
some other pretty design, lt is nc.iuy
lined to inntch.
You can have your shirt waist box
covered to match the upholstery or
your room.
The Children'? Lnncheom . .
The preparation of the school lun
cheon basket Bhould occupy more time
or nt least more thought, than it usually
does. It is impossible for little ones to
attend properly to their studies if they
lack substantial and appetizing food.
There are any nnmber of dainty, ap-,
petting sandwiches to be made from-:
leftovers. Preserved fru't chopped1
and mixed with n teaspoonful of sweet -
cream, ls an excellent niling for a
sandwich. A scant teaspoonful of
mayonnaise spread \ipou bread and
butter, with finked fish left from the
breakfast table is delicious. Mayon
naise can also be mixed with chopped
chicken or cold lamb, with a blt of
chopped celery added. Cream cheese
mixed with chopped nuts makes one of
the best kinds of sandwich tilling.
When there are desserts to be made
puddings, custards or pies-one naked
In a small dish will serve as a dessert
for the little student's luncheon.
Fruit is always desirable.
Itecipes.
Chop six onions, boll 20 minutes in
a-.plnt of salted water, drain, ana pu
in a bowl with a tcnspoonrul or pepper.
Stir together, put in spoontuis on not
buttered toast and garnish with suces
of hard bolled egg. r
Roast Ducklings-Draw clean and
singe a pair of young ducks, rut a
teaspoonful of butter inside or euua
one; put In a baking pan, add nair a
cupful of wpter find a teaspoonful of
salt; set in n hot oven for a hair-nour
and baste every ten minutes.
Dixie Foam-Two cupfuls of thieu
creom whipped stiff and seasoned wua
one cupful of powdered sugar and one
half teaspoonful of extract of almonds.
Beat Into lt six slices of pineapple cut
Into small pieces and half a pound
of stoned California cherries, serve
with lady fingers or wnfers.
Green Pens a la Duchesse-Pare and
boil six large potatoes; mash them fine.
Add one teaspoonful of salt, two table
spoonfuls of soft butter, yolks of three
eggs, four tablespoonfuls of grated
cheese and two tablespoonfuls of
cream; mold Into oblong pockets or
cases, brush with egg and bake
brown. Fill the enses with hot cooked
crenmed or buttered green peas which
have been previously seasoned. Serve
warm In a folded napkin. Delicious.
Tomato Jelly Salad-To one pint of
the juice drained from canned toma
toes add half a teaspoon of salt ano a
fourth one of pepper, a teaspoonful of
chopped onion and two cloveB. anti
cook slowly for a quarter or an uour.
Add half a box of gelatin soaked In a
little cold water, stir, take rrom tne
fire and strain into a border mom
rinsed out In cold water. When tne
jelly IR solid turn lt out on a platter.
With the scallops mix half a cup of
mayonnaise and pour in the center.
Old Fashioned Gingerbread-To make
good gingerbread first in
sist upon having dark molasses. Being
provided with the proper kind of mo
lasses, the recipe given below should
be carefully followed, and the material
mixed in the order stated: One cup
of molasses, one-fourth teaspoonful
of salt, one teaspoonful ginger, one
half cup of butter, softened (less if
cream is used); one cup sour milk or
cream, three cups pastry flour (less of
any.new process flour), one full, not
heaping, teaspoonful of soda dissolved
In hot water; bake in one large or two
medium-sized loaf tins about 40
minutes.
Mig Thunder'? Canoe Trip.
Big Thunder of the Penobscot tribe
Of Indians on Old Town Island ls pre
paring to take a 3000-mile canoe trip
to Bee the Great White Father at
Washington. Big Thunder is 80
yenrs old, but he ls strong and active,
and declares he cannot fail In his en
terprise. Peter Nicola, nu Indian of
strong frame and In his prime, will
accompany Big Thunder, and together
they will float down the Penobscot to
the Big Wnter, and follow down the
const to the home of tht Great White
Chief.
Their canoe will be of special con
struction, nntl built from the coat of
the silver birch. The canoe will un
doubtedly have to go 3000 miles in
order to reach her destination, as the
Indians will follow the shore closely.
Big Thunder and Peter Nicola will
live on fish which they will catch on
the way.-Bangor (Me.) Correspond
ence, St. Louis Republic.
?he engine of an exprcsi train oon?
piH?sf 12 &f water tor tm mil*
4
Look at your tongue.
Is it coated? t
Then you have ? bad
taste ?? your mouth every
thorning; Your appetite
is poor, and food dis
tresses you. Y?? faaVc
frequent headaches and
are often dizzy. Your
stomach 2s weak and
your bowels are always
constipated?
There's an old and fe*
iiable cure t
?
*4
Don't take a cathartic
dose and then stop. Bet
ter take a laxative dose
4 each night, just enough to
wj ??Us? one good free fiiove
m?ht the day following*
You feel better, the
very next day. Your
A appetite returns, your
'J dyspepsia is cured, your L
" headaches pass away, jr
your tongue clears up, |>
your liver acts well, and
your bowels no longer
give you trouble.
M
Price, 25 eenie, All druggists.
" I havo taken Aycr's Pills for 33 ?
year?i and 1 consider them the best ?*
made. Ouo pill does me more good
than haifa box of any other hind I
havo over tried."
Mrs N.B.TALBOT,
March SO, 1899. Arr lng ton, Kans.
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New Zealand Amazons.
New Zealand girls have banded to
gether seriously to form a real, prac
tical, ready-to-flght regiment. They
have named their corps the "Lady
Douglas IwcaistWes," In which social
rank does not seem to bav? dictated
regimental rank. Miss Edwin ls the
captain, while M4ss Seddon, the daugh
ter of the Premier of the colony, ls
only a sergeant-major, and the daugh
ter of Slr Arthur Douglas, the Under
Secretary for the Defence of the Col
ony, is a mere lieutenant.
Women have always played an Im
portant part In stimulating a nation to
great and heroic deeds, and lt ls found
exemplified In all the wars of history.
It ls a well known fact that women
have fought, and can fight, but lt is
doubtful If the ability of modern wo
men, enervated by an artificial civiliza
tion, can exhibit the endurance de
manded of soldiers during a campaign.
There ls, however, no reason why wo
men should not shoot as accurately
and rapidly as men, once they have un
dergone the necessary training, but
their presence In the battlefield would
bo a reproach while there was a sin
gle man left capable of fighting.-New
York Tribune.
Why Do Toa Scratch ?
When you can cure yourself for fifty
cents? All skin diseases, such at tetter,
salt rheum, ringworm, eczema, otc., can
be surely cured by au ointment called
Tetterino. Any number of testimonials
shown for the asking. Nothing else is
as good. Unless your druggist Lan it,
send 50c. in stamps to the manufactu
rer, J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Qa.,
for a box postpaid.
Wooing Under Difficulties.
The difflculites of a lover In Brazil
are many. On Sunday evening he ls
welcomed Into the bosom of his be
loved's family and ls received In the
parlor, where a row of chairs extends
along the four walls. The chairs are
occupied by the family, and In the
presence of all and In the midst of gen
eral conversation the unfortunate
young man ls supposed to do his woo
ing. If he desires to take his fiancee
to the theatre, her family accompany
her. and they walk on ahead, leaving
him to follow.
It ls not regarded as correct for the
young people ever to be alone, nnd, of
course, the natural result ls that clan
destine wooing la very usual.
Do Your Fcot Ache and Burn?
Shako Into your shoes Allen's Foot-Ease,
a powder for the feet. It makes tight or New
Shoes feel easy. Cures Corns, Ingrowing
Natis, Itching, Swollen, Hot, Callous, Sorb
and Sweating Feet. All Druggist? and
Shoe 8torefi sell it, 25e. 8ample sent FREE.
Address, ALLEN S. OLMSTED, L?Roy, N. Y.
familiar Experience.
Cutton-Wero you caroful when you took
your btcyole apart and cleaned lt not to lose
any of theiparteT
Dryde-Not to lose any of them? Why, when
I put the machino together again I hod nearly
a dozoD pieces left over.
The Bett Proscription for Chills
and Fever ls a bottle of G nova's TABTKLISS
CHILL TONIC. It ls simply Iron and quinine In
a mst el ees form. No cure-no pay. Price 90c.
A Word to Brides.
One little simple song we sing,
To brides but newly wed;
Just make the best of everything
Especially of bread.
-Detroit Free Press.
The eyes of horses and cattle,
equally with the eyes of man,
are cured by
Mitchells EyeSalve
which
was favorably known In this
region as far back as 1849.
You may place great confi
dence in this remedy.
Price 25 cents. All druggists.
HALL & RUCKEL,
New York. 1848. London.
CURIOSITY OF THE CHINESE.
HarJsblpS a European Woman Encountered
Ia tbe Empire.
The eyes of the world are upon China
at the present writing, which makes
timely the appearance of a work by
Mrs. J. F. Bishop on "The Yangtze
Valle/ and Beyond," which embodies
tho persona' exp?riences of the writer
in t ie Celestial Empire.
Mrs: Bishop for the most part trav
?le? alone, save for a few natives, and
on several occasions nearly lost ber
life ac the hands of violent, mobs who
had never seen a European. The hard
ships she endured from the curious
crowes she thus describes:
*'I sat in my chair In the village
street the unwilling center of a large
and very dirty crowd, which had
leisure to stand around me for an hour,
staring, muklng remarks, laughing at
toy peculiarities, pressing closer and
Closer till there was hardly air to
breathe, taking out my hairpins and
passing my glove round and putting
them on their dirty hands, and on two
occasions abstracting my spoon and
slipping it Into their sleeves, being In
no way abashed when they were de
fected. . . . The crowd which always
gathered during my passage down the
street rolled In nt the doorway, block
ing up the yard, shouting, oftentimes
hooting, and fighting each other for
a look flt thc foreigner. Fortunately
doors In Chinese Inns have strong
wooden bolts, and when my baggage
and I Were once ensconced I was se
cure fr?m intrusion, unless a few men
and boys run on ahead to take poses
Sion of the room before I entered it
or forced themselves In behind Be
dien when he brought In my dinner.
If lt were merely a boarded wall, a
row of patient eyes usually watched
m? for an hour, and with much grati
fication, for these rooms nr.? dark with
the door shut, and my candle revealed
my barbarian proceedings. But worse
than this was the slow scraping of
holes In the plaster partition, when
next, accompanied by the peculiarly
irritating sound of whispering and
eventually by the application of a suc
cession of eyes to the hole, more
whispering and some giggling.
Molasses for cavalry horses will ir
futur . be one cf tiit frercc of e.\pens<
for the ninlntenagcp of the army la th
Philippines;
CASCARET3 are absolutely harmless, a |
CARETS prompUy. effectively and pcrmancn
bat correct any ana overy form of Irregularity
good. Ifever sicken, weaken or gripe. Wri
Potato Blight.
It ls not yet fully decided, or at least
parties are not all agreed, whether the
leaf blight ls the cause of the potato
rot, or whether they are entirely dif
ferent fungus resulting from similar
conditions. We Incline to the latter
opinion, because we have found rotten
potatoes where we saw no leaf blight.
But it ls surely the case that when the
leaf ls badly blighted the crop is dam
a***"*!, and there is likely to be rotten
poiatoes In the hill. It Is, therefore,
better to prevent the blight by spray
ing with the Bordeaux mixture. It ls
not claimed that this will cure the
blight when it has once got a foot
hold, but Is ls a preventive, and even
may check Its spread when lt has ap
peared in a part of the field. The direc
tions given by the experiment stations
for effectual work In this is to begin
spraying when the vines are six Inches
high, and repeat one In 10 days or two
weeks, as long 51 the vines remain
green, which they are said to do much
longer than when not sprayed. This
gives a longer season of growth, even
on fields where the blight would not
have come, and this results in a heavier
crop. A case has been reported where
part of a field waa sprayed and part
left without the treatment. The blight
did not appear in either part, but tho
sprayed part kept green longer and
yielded more. The cost of material to
spray an acre ls placed at about 50
cents each time, and the number of ap.
plications at from five to seven.-Amer
ican Cultivator.
Beer. As a Lato Crop.
Beets may be planted as late as July
for a successive table crop. Ground
that has been well limed suits well.
For stock tho sugar beet is considered
ono of the best Mangel wurzels grow
to large size, but contain more woody
fibre and are coarser than sugar beets,
though they felve larger yields.
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EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 29, 1900.
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