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'^HTf?ATlONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA j L. C. EAYNB, Pres't. F. G. FORD, Cashier. j Capital, $250,000. Snrplns and ) <M 9f\ Oflfi Undivided I'po?is } H> I [ Facilities of our magnificent New Vault [containing 410 >afety-Loclc Bose?. Differ lent Sizes aro offoreU to our patrons and I the public at $3.00 to $10.00 .per annum. D?lTSS VOL LXVIII. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. DON'T DR "Ks an easy thing, if you want to know Kow sweet the summer is, just to go Down in the fields, or deep in the wood, Or fain toward the swash of the sea. For they all will teach you how heaven] good _ Such wholesome places be. Ii you seek the soul's warm summer, too, Don't dream, but do! Don't sit at homj with your brain-bor book And balance questions and pry and look Askance at this, or wonder now Thjit squares with some ancient doubt; But get in touch with the throbbing now, And let your heart go out To your fellow-men who are spent am blue. Don't dream, but do! THE Knik River, as a glance at the map will show, is a small, unimportant stream in Southwestern Alaska whicL empties into the Kulk Arm, a shallow Indentation from the head of Cook's Inlet. When the ice in this river .breaks up in the spring it collects in the arm, which- is really a wide estu ary, where, for days, and sometimes a ?week, the floe formed surges back and forth with thc tide, until Anally It all works 1rs way out to sea. As the tide of the arm comes in with a small bore the floating ice is swept back up stream with great force, aud the waters of the estuary being thickly studded with bars, the tide driven floe often jams ou them and piles up to a great .height. It was in one of these janis that John Hardman, a young naturalist, who had come to Alaska in the interests of a zoological society iu one of our Eastern cities, had au ex tremely perilous experience in the spring of 1001, while voyaging up the arm on lils- way inland. Hardman was bound for <he hoad ?waters of the river, for the purpose of capturing alive some of the mountain sheep so plentiful there. Owing to the fact that the lambs must be taken, if at all, when very young, he was in a hurry to reach the mountaius. So wheu the ice broke up he did not walt for it to go out to sea. but started abojt the first of May from the head of Cook's Inlet with his party of four one white man named Caulklus and three Knik ludinus-in a large river boat or scow. He intended to fight his way through the vast floe that filled the arm. As at this time it was possible to - travel only when thc tide was setting In, thc method of proceeding was to walt until the bore passed and then launch the boat among the ice fields behind, rowing wheh the water was , npon np/* '1-,"t]\-??' -- ? .^.enT>??a~4?u> cakes closed in around. To prevent the boat from being crushed .when the '.ce jammed on the numerous bars required untiring vigilance' and prompt action, but Caulkins handled the scow so skilfully that for four hours the first run with the tide had all gone well." Then suddenly a wide area Of the floe began to pile up on a bar directly lu front of the voyagers. Fortunately for their lives they were near shore. By quick work they succeeded lu getttlng the boat to land before the ice could close up and catch them. To drag the clumsy scow with Its cargo of SOO pounds of provisions out on the Ice heaped bank was no small feat, yet they did it. Here In safety they watched the floe make itself into miniature mountains of blocks on thc chain of bars across the arm. until at last the tide spent its force aud began to recede, carrying back all thc Ice not jailed fast on the shallows. Left on thc largest bar about half a mile out was a huge, ir regular heap of big cakes, most of $ them fully th?ee feet thick, which cov ered about two acres and was nearly .forty feet high. On the smaller bars beyond, with open channels between, .were several other mounds not so large, and in the broad channel be tween the shore and the big mound 'was an uneven field of tightly packed ice. As they could not get any further at present camp was made to wait for the tide of the next morulug in thc hope that by then the jam would be broken. But in tho morning lt was found that the tide which had come in during the night iustcad of breaking thc barrier had only added more ice to It and somewhat changed its shape. It was not safe to attempt to ruu the narrow channels now; thc only thing to do was to walt until the insetting current should clear a passage for them. Per haps the next tide wouldvdo this. At about 9 o'clock Hardman, taking bis camera, left camp alone to get a closer view of the jam and some pic tures of the mounds. Going along the shore about a mile he came to the portion of the floe stuck in the wide channel. It made a perfectly safe bridge clear across to the main bar, and over this he made his way to tho base of the great white pile of jagged blocks. .After taking two or three photo graphs at favorable points he was seized with a desire to get a view from the summit. Climbing up by way ol the front slope, which was a long ant quite easy ascent, he was a third ol the distance to the top when h( reached m giant cake, broken iu two ii the centre. The lower half lay at ai angle of forty-five degrees, the uppei half at not more than thirty. Betweei thc two was a crack three feet wide and beneath It au opening several fee deep. . Resting for a moment on the uppe edge of the under cake. Hardmai stepped upon the one above, uot notic jog how insecure was its position. In Bluntly his foot slipped and lie fell int the crack between. Ke clutched at th Slippery edge as lie went down, hun, suspended by his arms ."or a secout then, his hands loosing their hold, h dropped just in time to escape bein crushed. For thc lightly poised bloc bad been started downward by bl . 'weight, and crashed against the lowe one ns ho struck in a heap below. Il was caught like a squirrel iu a bo trap in a narrow, irregular spa ce anion the blocks, about three feet wide, liv feet long and six feet high. For a moment Hardman did not r EAM, BUT DO! Work in the world for the folk thereof; With every deed that is done in love Borne crisscross matter is smoothed f< aye; 7 The spirit 6ees straight and clear; And heaven draws close that was fi away, As you whistle off each fear. Work, for the days are ileet and few. Don't dream, but do! n Yon may worry over God'6 grinding laws lou may probe and probe for the grey . first cause; But an hour of life with an honest thrill Of self-forgetting joy Will ease your mind of its moody ill J And make you blithe as a boy. The plan is simple; then see it through: Don't dream, but do! -Richard Burton, in Brandar Magazine. ! nlize the gravity of his situation. H< ' felt sure that he could cut himself om ' with lils jack knife, or at least make fl i hole through which uo could signal tc camp for help by thrusting out his i coat and waving it. Tile sunlight fil tering In through a chink gave projnlsc of this, and helped to relieve the semi darkness of his prison. He inspected his camera in a leis urely fashion, glad to find that it had not been in the least injured by the fall, took out his knife and then looked at his watch. It was 10 o'clock; the tide was due at three minnies of 12, Then all nt once the peril of his posi tion flashed upon him; tho tide would set the whole jam in motion, perhaps demolish it. If he did uot escape he would be ground to powder. One movement of a cake would annihilate him. For an awful moment a sickening terror clutched him, but shaking It off he began to make a calculation. Ile had just one hour and fifty-seven min utes in which to cut his way out and get ashore. Could he do it? A tunnel large enough for the passage of his body must be made through more than thirty inches of hard, brittle ice by means of a rather slender knife blade. Sclectiug the most vulnerable point of attack, the sliirht crack between the cake that formed rue cover of the trap I and the one that formed .the lower ? wall, he began chipping away the ice. At first he worked with feverish anx iety, but gradually his usual coolness returned. When he had cut steadily upward to a depth of ten inches, he noticed that he was letting thc hole get smaller the deeper it went Into the ice. If the dimensions were allowed to decrease any more he saw that tho hole would be.much too narrow for bis exit by the time the cake was pierced. So. ^beginning at tho bottom, he enlarged Us necessary convergence would Sun leave a wide enough opening when tho surface was reached. Soon operations were again delayed. He was obliged to stop and cut foot holds in the almost perpendicular side of the lower wnll that he might raise himself enough to work with auvan tage. At last, judging that he bad cut half way. Hardman looked at h!o watch again. It was seven minutes past eleven. He bad been sixty-seven minutes in cutting the easier half. Only fifty minutes remained; lt seemed useless to go on. "Time and tide wait for no man;" the trite old adage struck him with a new and appalling force. But bc must and would get out in time. His de spair gave way to resolution, and he set to work with renewed vigor, strik ing so forcibly that the blade threat ened to break a* ??very Jab. Although surrounded with walls of Ice, Hardman's whole body dripped with perspiration. Every muscle in bis orme and shoulders ached intol erably with the strain of clinging to thc vertical wall and picking away thc relentless ice overhead. Showers of chips poured down upon his face, half biiudlug him. and be worked in a great measure by guess. Yet slowly the tunnel was cut upward inch by inch until he estimated there could be no more than three inches left. . At this point he was seized with a lurking fear that another block from above would slip down and double the thickness of thc cover. In a frenzy of haste he struck recklessly. The blade b.napped short off at the handle. Not dating to look at his watch. Hardman opened the small blade, and steadying his nerves, began again, very carefully now. A dozen strokes and the knife pierced clear through thc cake. There was nothing on top. He listened for the roar of the ex pected tide, but the only sounds he heard were thc soft lapping of thc waves ct .the foot of the jam and thc hoarse scream of a raven wheeling in the still air high overhead. Cutting out thc opening to a s>.c sufficient, he thought, to permit tb? egress of his body, Hardman grasped the upper edge and raised himself until the top of his head was above tb? level of the ice. Then the breadth ol his shoulders refused to let him gc farther. As he struggled vainly, a sullen rom far down the arm heralded the com In; of the tide. It was now or never With a sudden inspiration Hardiuai dropped hack, pulled off Iiis thiel outer coat, aud then, with almost su perhuman strength forced hlmsel slowly upward out of thc vlse-llfo grip of the narrow opening. He rose to his feet, free of an ic: tomb nt last; but. he found there wa no time to cross to the shore hefor the ice-lad^n wave of the bore woul< strike. It was already within liv hundred yards nf him. Knowing that it would lake man times more force to move the jai resting on the har than it would t move the field in the channel. Han! mun quickly realized that tho bei thing to do was to stay on the mourn The safest place was at the summit so to the one big cake funning Iii pinnacle bc made his way. and croud ing on Its slanting surface, waited. Over to the southwest was the cam In thc shadow of the foot-hills. N one was In sight. There was ?>o tu in shooting to let his men know of h danger, for above the roar of tl water his voice would not cany ba the distance. Nor could thc men ai him if they should hear. So in siicne ho'turned his glance to tho fou m In crest of the advancing wave, notln )r thc endless stretch of dull white ie following it. The mound, extending down fartho ir than the shoreward ice, was the firs to receive the shock. Although tte whole mass shuddered, it held firm a the first of thc monster cakes carrie? hy the bore struck, reared up, am 't began to accumulate at the begiunin; of the slope. The packed fleid nea shore gave way a little, became con vulsed throughout its entire length yet still hung in the passage. Out 01 the other side the .open channels be came obstructed, so that the progr?s; of the floe was now checked cleat across the arm. This made the pres j sure ou the mound terrific. ? Driven on by the immeasurable ! force behind, cakes weighing a hun ? dred tons were heaved and pushed uji ? the incline toward Hardman, a? it \ they were nothing bu: Jilps. With j fascinated gaze he watched the huge ! blocks climb higher and higher, and saw them pile up with a grinding, crunching sound throe deep over the ; frap out of which he bad just escaped. The sight made beads of cold perspira tion stand out on his forehead. . 1 As the floe drove in harder, the ; tumbling, heaving cakes crept upward; ' thc mound trembled and was shoved backward. The block on which Hard man stood rocked with thc pressure: it seemed about to topple over and pitch down the steep declivity at the back. . Tlien there came a mighty roar, a crash and a chaos of grating, crack ling noises-(he jammed floe in tho inward channel had broken loose nt Inst and was moving. At once the press on the centre was relieved, tho icc began to deflect shoreward, and the movement of the mound censed. Weak and limp. Hardman reclined on the summit, while the greater part of thc floating ice turned in and crowd ed through the opened channel In a rolling, pitching procession of much broken cakes. At last a shout on thc shore drew Hardman's attention. There Cn ulk ins and the Indians were making frantic gesticulations. Hardman waved his hat lu return, and settled himself to wait for tho passage to clear. lu half an hour the icc thinned out, and Caulking had the boat manned, came out in lt and took Hardman to camp. Youth's Companion. ?ai Flower growers have found a way of producing lilacs in autumn. It seems that lu a state of nature the lilac bush requires a period of rest before blos the plant is exposed to the fumes of ether and put to sleep for a little while it proceeds afterward to blossom in thc fall. Pots containing the plants are set in a lurge box which contains au uncorked bottle of ether, and are exposed to thc vapor forty-eight hours, the box being air tight. The operation is repeated a few days later. Thou the plauts are ready to blossom. A notable enterprise in fish acclima tization has just been carried through successfully in Australia, where fish from the coast waters of Great Britain have been pur out In New South Wales. Species selected for the experiment comprised sole, crabs, lobsters and some others. The fish were placed in specially constructed tanks, which were connected with reservoirs of sea water kept constantly supplied fresh from the ocean by thc ship's pumps. A large proportion of the fish survived the trip of 11,000 miles, although the lobsters fared badly, only one female surviving. It ls surprising that some successful mechanical hand street sweeper bas not already been devised lu view of the almost phenomenal success of the domestic device. Several such ap pliances have appeared on the market from time to time, but it is only recent ly that success has attended their in troduction. One style is now being used in the eily of Washington. Its use enables one man to do considerably more work and do it better and cheap er. In fact, the cost of cleaning per unit bas been reduced by its use from eighteen couts to fifteen cents. These are nut very different from the familiar household sweeper, the only difference being iu tba size and character of the brush aud in convenient provision for dumping the sweepings. For use c dry asphalt they are very rapid and properly operated they do the work better than a broom and scraper. The one merit of uot raising a cloud of dust should bc sufficient recommendation to warrant their use, even were the addi tional merits of economy and case of operation lacking. The statement is made by Alton D. Adams writing in thc Engineering Magazine on '"The Physical Limits of Electric Power Transmission." that "electrical energy may be transmitted around thc world if thc live voltage I? unlimited. Tills follows from the law that a given power may be transmitted to any distance with constant efficien cy and a fixed weight of conductors, provided thc voltage is increased di rectly with the distance." Unfortu nately, thc physical conditions of pres eut known insulating devices do not permit of such Utopian transmission Distances of 1HO miles are now pructi cally spanned by power transmission circuits at from 40,000 to ?0.000 volts This, however, represents the limit ol present construction. One of the ne.v steps will bc the employment of an in dividual pole linc* for each wire of : transir.it 1 lng circuit, as at voltages ox ceeding the present which may casi Ii bo attained by known methods, lh? sparking between wires located on tin same pole, even though spaced sevei or eight feet apart, would be prohib? live. Cost of Knslnnu'fl Convict*. In England there are about 15,00 coin lets. Their maintenance cont about $3,000,000 a year. Itrldan Ind lit'fl Population. According 1o the census of 1001 th population of British Iuaiu amouuts ' about !??3,U00,U??J persons To Destroy Ants. ' Q" Make holes with a crowbar or ie r'enient stick, from six inches tc ? foot deep, and about 15 inches a 3> over the ground infested by the l* and into each pour two or three Jj spoonfuls of bisulphide of cai D stamping the dirt into the hole as 0 as the liquid is poured into . it. $ bisulphide of carbon at onco vapor rfN and permeating tho ground dept & tho ants, but will not injure plo ? Ono should remember while using\ . substance that it is highly inflama . and should not bring near it a fla 1 or lighted pipe or cigar.-L. E. Kerr Tho Epitomist. Humus for the Soil. Thc black prairia lands from JP" years of rotting vegetation were ort a!iy rich in humus, much more so ti jj heavy clay land. Bat even the pr* j? lands, when farmed long without- ' i turn of manures, show a want of 1*. tility in production. The ' growth*'H clover, oowpean and 'other legiffi' cannot be too strongly urged iori purpose of restoring humus on landa. Some experiments in New Tel-j are referred to, showing that lar?, supplied with nitrates and humus ja such cultivation, resisted drouth mur J bettor than any others. A field wi planted with several different grain and varying quantities of humus wa supplied in different parts of the flo! Where the humus was most plentlf. the grains were heavier and of a mud darker color, with great vigor growth, and were little affected .bi severe dry weather. In portions wb?r? hut little humus was supplied th* growth was small, thc plants wer light in.eoler and soon succumbed 4he drouth.-Indianapolis News. Nutritious Elements of Milk. Milk ls valuable according to its con stitueut elements, and should really bc sold according to its quality, Insteafij of quantity. And in basing the valf of the milk upon quality, it is not be inferred that cream alone should tx the standard of measurement. It ? a plain fact that it is not always tht rk-nest milk in cream that is the most nutritious, but a combination of cream ?'md other nutritious substances that serve to make thc whole a complete article of food. The cow t?-at giv ten quarts of milk containing 12 pec cent of nutritious matter is fully eqim_ to ono that yields 20 quarts contain ing only six percent of nutritious matv ter; but, unfortunately, thc dairym is not always compensated for dlffei1"*0 *^*^**?* ?'??'?? -- -ote!ar and lar* loss Imperceptible, yet thc fact exists ai should receive consideration. Many good cows are often condemned for yielding small supplies, when, in fact, tho production of the milk from them, if sold according to quality, would render them thc mo?t valuable ani mals in the herd. Hints for Duck Raisers. For thc young ducks thc houses should be In good shape. Sec that there are no leaky roofs or poor floors. Tho floors should be made of good hoards raised a few inches off the ground. Do not feed the ducklings in their houses, unless the weather ls too bad to feed outside. A good plan is to have the fibers covered an inch deep with sand, which should bc changed often; over the sand put an inch or so of clean hay or litter. If the sand cannot be had, thc floors -will need to be cleaned, more or loss, every day, because the moisture will soak through the bedding. Remove the lit ter and scatter coal ashcj over the floors; let remain for about half an hour, then scrape up' thc ashes and sweep the floors; nearly all thc mcis *urc will be taken up by thc ashes. Let dry out and then put in fresh bedding. Of course the ducklings must be put into separate pens while this work ls going on. Now in regard to water, if the food cannot be given in water, a vessel of fresh water should bc placed convenient, so thc ducks can drink and rinse their beaks at will. As soon as they aro done eating, empty out the water and replace with fresh, for ducklings make such a muss that fresh water must bc provided often. -Clarinda L. Burns, ih The Epitomist. Corn for a Fodder Crop. The lister is a double plow, or right and loft hand plow set. together at thc land sides, so as to throw thc fur row both ways, and make a ditch. Be hind, attached to the back end of the beam, is a subsoiler; this stirs the bottom of the furrow. Then follows the drill, drawn by one horse, unless a combined lister a..d drill, and drills the corn In the bottom of the ditch, which is always frosh and clean of weed seeds. The advantages are, tha{ no plowing and harrowing, marking or checkrowing, are necessary, con sequently the farmer has more timo for small grain In ihe spring, and is rea sonably sure to get his grain planted in good season with less labor. All weeds will bc killed when the corn is planted. This gives the corn an equal chance with the weeds. The worh can be commenced as soon as the list lng is done, with no danger of thc horse tramping on thc corn, as thej walk cn thc ridges, thc corn is in thc ground so deep that it is not easil] blown down, and the crop will staue a longer dry spell than when plante, on top of the ground. In listing. on< should always list tip and down hills as then each row will carry off Its sui plus water without injury to the corn but. if listed the other way. across th< hills, thc ditches will fill with watoi wash in and cover up tho corn Bo doe that it will not get through. The firs tool to uso on' listed corn is a hr.rro\ or planter, or both; then usc the cult valors; it has been found a great doa les3 labor than thc old way.-f iliado phia Record. Forcing Beets in Hothouses. The carly spring now beets are i demand in the markets of large chic and frequently bring fancy prices, con sequently they arc a good crop for tho northern market gardener to grow, who has plenty of hothouse room. To grow beets large enough to market lu March, they must be started in a good seed bed in a greenhouse carly In Jan uary. "Tho seeds may be sown broad cast in a bed or by drilling in rows about thr?e inches apart. The latter method I prefch ? The soods should be covered at least one-half Inch deep, and. deeper ls better, After the seeds ar nicely up and have commenced to grow, the plantn should be thinned to a half an "inch or an inch apart in rows. In this;way they can grow until three or four inches high, when they are ready for the permanent beds. Beots arc strong feeders and require a very rich soil, A house in which a crop of lettuce has been grown and was heavily manured at setting- time, makes a good place. Another applica tion of well-rotted stable manure spaded in helps tho crop along and a sprinkling of some good commercial fertilizer in addition is a benefit. Nitrate of soda sown broadcast ever thc bed followed by a good watering, when thc beets are about half grown, hastens their maturity. Thc rows should bc made ten or 12 Inches apart and the beet plants trann plantcd three or four inches apart in rows, A pointed stick is a good tool to usc, in transplanting. Make a hole deep.enough to allow, thc roots.of the beet to go down straight to sesd leaves. The dirt sfronld be brought against thc roots firmly by crowding the pointed stick down alongside of the roots and pressing thc dirt against them. The bottom of the hole should be well filled, for unless it ls an air space is left and thc beets do not grow as well. After they are trans planted the ground should bc kept in a moist condition and loosened up fre quently to keep the beets growing rapidly. When about half grown, run ning the finger around the beet and pushing tho dirt away from it hastens its maturity. Beets stand quite a good deal of heat and the house can bc kept as warm as ls, desired. Like radishes, it is better to start thc crops under rather a low temperature, increasing the heat after the crop has got nicely to growing. If good, thrifty plants arc sot. six weeks is sufficient to grow the cop. The re gaining beets grow faster after part L?f thom are pulled. |Beets In carly spring, two and one galf inches In diameter, are considered No. 1 if sfnooth o nd symmetrical. Four pjj^iomtied together arc sufficient for jtajpjj^flozi'ii bunches can a bunch ano^ffWhtafcijiJcrv- box. In <?isily be sb ip pod in a^lHfc^^lUnc^J ' jfreparing for market after P^P* Ucv should be looked o'ver. one by one, it e broken, tops removed also all ycl \\\\- and dried leaves. The beets should 'bunched to run as uniformly in r??nH_^washed clean af village I found myself confronted wi the fact that I had no suitable place for a garden. Now a garden of greater or less dimensions has always been to me one of Lfle actual necessities, hence I be gan W, once to cast about as to how to overcome thc obstacles to success along the line. The lot I had purchased and upon which my present residence is built being so located that thc whole lot had to bc filled and graded up to the depth of several feet of course none of tho original soil remained at the surface. And thc filling having been (on the part where I desired to make my vege table garden) all done from a bank ad jacent composed of an almost clear gravel with an admixture of sand it really amounted to simply a gravel bank on which to const! ucl-if that is the proper expression-a garden soil. Of course I might if I could find the place from which to prccure it have had a surface soil suited to gardening drawn and covered over the garden plot. But I knew of no place where I could obtain such soil and even if I could it would have been expensive to hire it carted for this purpose and I decided to try if I could not secure thc desired results by making thc addition to this gravel of the elements necessary, for producing and sustaining a growth of garden crops. First off then I knew that it would bc Important in a soil constituted so largely of clean gravel as was this to add largely of humus in some form and to this end I made a heavy ap plication of partially rotted stable ma nure but coarse enough that it con tained a large proportion of decay in vegetation. # This I supplemented with a heavy application of a commercial fertilizer containing a large percentage of nitro gen and phosphoric acid but low in potash as I had an abundant supply of wood ashes which I- used for that cle ment furnishing it thus more cheaply than I could in any other form. Then upon thc surface I used a heavy mulch of stable manure about all the coarser growing vegetables, this helping to retain the moisture and at the same time making a gradual but continuous addition of humus in the process of decay. The flr?t. season's growth was fairly satisfactory although tho season was a dry one and the soil of course was somewhat lacking in retentive power but the following year a repetition of the application of a generous top dressing of stable manure in combin ation with the undecayed portions o? the mulch applied the previous season seemed to perceptibly increase the hu mus contents of the foil and the gar den crops grown thereon this second year were very satisfactory. And the past season's growth-thc third in succession from tile sta rt! nf point has been so entirely satisfactory with all classes of vegetables grow as to warrant me in recommending .* trial of this method of soil building t( any who may have occasion to try J like experiment. As I have said the growth of al vegetables thereon has boon most snl isfactory and successful and with ?;om such as melons, early cucumbers, tc matoes, sweet corn, etc., requiring warm soil the results have been pat ticularly ratisfacfory.-E. J. Brownol in Farm. Field and Fireside. COLD STORAGE OF EGGS. How They Are Tested and Kept Frj6h for Montha at a Time. fold Etortge of eggs is ono of tho greatest' * conveniences of modern times, giving housewives eggs in abun dance at a season when there would otherwise be an egg famine, and en abling the produce merchant to con trol the market the year round. Be fore this was done there was no cer tainty of obtaining fresh eggs except in spring and early summer, and spec ulators were continually arising to "bull" thc/ market, a process which of ten met with al)]*'. failure. "No soon er was the market cornered than hens all over the country began laying," said an unfortunate speculator. "And there was no possible way of controll ing the hons," he added, sadly. Today the prices of eggs are definitely con trolled by the cold storage houses. The demand teems to be always equal to, if not. greater than, the supply. It ls estimated that every five years the consumption of eggs doubles, and only ? tho success "f cold storage keeps down 1 thc prices. In cold storage houses eggs may be kept for an indefinite time aa fresh as If they were just laid. The secret of success in this matter lies in careful sorting and packing of the eggs in a uniform temperature. An old picture in the Dresden gal lery?, represents a Dutch housewife "testing eggs," and shows that the method in usc today was in vogue more than a hundred years ago, ex cept for thc substitution of a strong electric light for the ancient oil amp. The interior cf the egg is examined hy the glow of light which shines di- ' rcctly through it. If a perfect ball of ro:<y red ls. found floating in clear li quid in a clean shell, the egg is fresh, if there is a slight vacuum at one end it is fresh enough for ordinary usc, but not quite so frosh as the first one. Evaporation has set in, but for cake- | j making and for many purposes this egg is better than a perfectly fresh ono. Finally when thc egg has decomposed, the yolk sticks to the shell; it is stale ind unfit for use, though it may not be odorous. Eggs which this test shows io be practically fresh laid may not dave been in the barnyard for months, ivhilc those that have not been prop erly stored will not bear "candling," ihough they have been laid only a few ?veeks. Tho cold storage houses begin to Hore eggs in thc month of February, md stop storing after the month of Tune until cold weather comes again. :n the hot, sultry weather of August 3ggs, like all other perishable pro Iticts, spoil easily, and are usually un it for storage purpose by the time brought to market. The^^TSg^^3^ ^VT'" packing houses -c?m>*S? }he ftr south. In March the middle sftlSi^V those near by send in their eggs carloads in market to>J? will not lay." At these packing houses the tem perature is kept at 30 degrees Fahren heit by means of pipes through which brine circulates, exactly as steam does in modern houses. . The secret ol storing eggs successfully ' consists in keeping them at only two degrees be low freezing point. In surroundings of spotless cleanliness, and in sorting '.hose that have begun to be stale from thoso that arc strictly fresh. Meanest Man In New York. People who are interested in the problem of trying to determine who is the meanest man in New York, will find an interesting candidate in a man who drove up to the Bridge entrance in an automobile at about G.30 o'clock thc other night, when traffic at that peint was unusually congested. He stopped his machine in the middle of the roa.l and shouted to a newsboy to give him a baseball extra. The boy handed up a paper which the man pro ceeded to read without paying for it. never heeding the remarks from driv ers behind him. As soon as he had learned thc result of the ball game he handed the paper back to the waiting boy, pulled thc lever cf his machine and drove away. The boy chased him but the machine was too speedy. Then the policeman on post on the roadway, said he was sorry he hadn't arrested the mean lobster for blocking tho road.-New Yoru Sun. Legend of a Lake. A climbing accident on Pilatus is re ported. The mountain is interesting, says the Westminster Gazette, as the I first of the Swiss heights to which ! climbers turned their attention. There was a legend to the effect that the body of Pontius Pilate had been thrr. :n into a lake close to the summit, and that whenever a stone was pitched into the lake a storm im mediately occurred. Thc consequence ' was that people were curious to ascend the mountain to tost the truth of the story, and that thc Luzerne authorities forbade them to do so unless a respect able burgher of the town accompanied them. In the sixteenth century, how ever, the state pastor of Lucerne dis pelled the legend by throwing stone after stone into thc lake In the pres ence of his entire congregation, and calling upon them to witness that nc untoward consequences followed upor his action. Bantam Hen Raises Snakes. Several weeks ago one of the resi denis of Smoky Hollow found 13 ad der's eggs under a decayed stump and, placing them under a bantam bed awaited results. In due time thc cinch ing mother hatched out 13 little stripe; adders. Tho brood was different fr~n thc downy darlings which she bad prc viously reared, but the faithful har tam accepted her trust and did th best she could under the circuit stances. Several of the strange bron fell a prey to the family cat and other receded from civilization and took t the woods, but six of thom are sti following the puzzled bantam ahpi the premises In the daytime anil i night sleeping in tho ftraw nest I which they wore hatched. Tho wi gling brood have become sufficient! domesticated to respond to thc clue! lng of .'.heir foster mother.-Nev/ Ye herald. - Large Shipments of the best mali received. Our stock of furnltui pie te. Large stock COFFINS an always on.hand. All calls for our to. All goods sold ou a small mar I will save you money. B, J. ? W. J. Rutherford. "RT MANUFACT? AND DEAL Cement, Plasi Fire Bru Ready Roofing and Write Us P Corner Reynolds and AUGUSTA, = RECIPES. Eggs with Tomatoes.-Fry some ripa lomatoea in a very little butte/, wlp them through a coarse sieve; beat up three or- four eggs (ao. :ording to the size of your di3h), idd. ^to , the tomato, and -'then ?mbl?~a5'v^ou would eggs alone."! three minutes. Then pftir off flu water and drain asparagus well Put into another saucepan with a Jittli warm water, a tablespoonful of but ter, teaspoonful of sugar and a large slice of onion. Set. over the fire, where it 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 sorve. 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 I cold cooked fish; season with salt and j pepper; add two hard boiled eggs, j chopped; sorve with toast; cold cooked i cod, haddock, turbot and sole are the ? preferable fish to serve in this man- j nor; a dash of nutmeg is r.n improve- I ment. Small Soda Biscuit.-One quart of sifted flour, three level teaspoons of baking powder, half a teaspoon of salt and butter thc 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 iieient cold milk to make a soft smoo-h lough, roll out on a slightly floured 'oard about an Inch thick, and cut it with a small biscuit cutter. Bake ?ir ton minutes in a quick oven. Sour .Ilk and soda may be used instead of he sweet, milk and biking powder, lift the soda with the dry ingredients, allowing half a teaspoon to cup of milk. fir? VALUE OF FOMENTATION. Good Health says that thc fomenta tion ls a simple and convenient means of making a local application of heat to the body. It consists of a cloth wrung out of hot water and folded In another dry cloth. The us? of an agent so sample and yet so important for the relief of suffering should be familiar to every household. There is no agent that can be employed in more different ways with benefit than thc- fomentation. Pain quickly yields to its mr.gic touch. Inflammation is readily reduced by its power to con trol the circulation. When applied very hot and only for a short time it ls a local tonic; when moderately hot and prolonged. It is a sedative. Its use ls indicated in every case where a poultice, a porous plaster or a blister is commonly employed. A blister will sometimes relieve pain by acting as a counter-irritant, but a very hot fo mentation Is to be preferred, since il is a perfect couiwter-irritant minus tin unpleasantness of the blister. Spray and gargles have their place in lh< treatment of sor* throat and tons*IIi )y their superficial action on the mi cons membrane; but they do not ai feet the deep contention of the '.ssue like a fomentation to the nocx. larg enough to extend over a part of th fare and shoulders. This produces dilatation of the blood vessels in large aroa of the skin, allowing mor blood to flow to the part and less t thc mucous membrane of the throa Tliis same principle applies to th treatment of all deep congestions, a of the liver, lungs, stomach and otbf Internal organs. Few men arc willing to at tribu? their bad luck to their bad habits. 2 ; V* : K '. i '.'?ii '?- ' - O 1 ./?.- ?r-iVl ;es o? wagons and buggies Just ' >e?^on^^JbJines. is com d CASKETS Hearse promptly responded gin of profit. Call to see me, ahnston, S. C. R. B. Morris. .ERS IN ter, Ha?r, :k, Fire C?ay, Other Material. or Prices. Washington Streets, - GEORGIA. Plant That Keeps Off Mosquitoes. . There would appear, to be some hops or those who suffer from files, gnats, nd wasps In summer time. -'Capt H. ). Larymore, who has recently, pre ented a growing specimen of the mosquito plant" to Kew Gardens, grites thus In the Times concerning room and alongrc^wlndward veran da, a house can be kept practically free of these Insects. I am really anxious to know whether the aforesaid "mosquito plant" will flourish ont of doors and in this coun try. If so, its proprietors will prob? ably make a fortune. The "mosquito plant" would be invaluable; but i am terribly afraid we shall presently hear that it will not flourish in the open air in thfis country.-London Graphic. At the request of Governor Nash th?> Ohio Bankers' Association has taken up the matter of raising a sufficient amount of money to procure a suitable memento to be presented to the battle ship Ohio, in the name ol' the State. About $25,000 or $35,000 will be raised for the purchase of a iorgo medallion bust or figuro of President McKinley, which will probably be at!ached to the forward turret. It is intended that the list of contributors shall be made a matter of permanent record, in a suitably bound volume, to be placed on thc battleship, with a duplicate of I he same filed in thc relic room of th? Statehouse at Columbus. Running Extraordinary. If we would see the most remark able racing in the world we must go to the cave-dwellers of Mexico. En durance and distance covered are more esteemed among thone people than speed in running. They wiil run a distance of 170 miles at a stretch, go ing at a slow trot, ? tinning steadily and constantly. Frequently a letter has boon carried from Guazapores-to Chihuahua, a distance of over GOO miles, in five days, the carrier living all the time OP a simple diet bf pinole, a finely ground corn mixed with water into a thin kind of gruel. Mr. Russell, the Government astron omer of New South Wales, thinks he has discovered tho secret of Australian droughts. He has the rainfall records for 1867-1003. a period of thirty-six years; he finds that they resolve them selves Into four alternating groups of roughly nine years each, with an aver age rainfall of 20.47 inches, 21.64 Inches, 28.30 inches, and 20.24 inches, respectively. This seems to show. Mr. Russell argues, that drought comes in cycles, and the cycles correspond with the relations of thc moon to the earth. German Socialism, as represented by the dominant wing of the party, comprises a demand for equal suffrage of men and women, payment of mem bers of the imperial and State Legis latures, responsibility of the Govern ment to Parliament, local self-govern ment, introduction of the militia sys tem, freedom of speech and of the press, church disestablishment, free schools and free courts, and a pro gressive income *aJ. CARE OF STEEL K NT VES. Sfeel bladed knives should be cleaned and polished aft-;r each using. This is best accomplished if a small box is kept on hand conta-ning a raw potato, a bath brick and a cleaning cloth. Scrape a little of the.brick upon the board, dip the cut end of. the potato into it and rub the blade of the knife until it is free from all stains. Then polish with the cloth and wash the knife In warm, not hot. wat? r.