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Hull Uog stopped seventeen uar?. The glance of a bull dog's eye aud the raising of a few hairs on the brute's neok stopped seventeon street oars Tuesday afternoon, blocking the Mitohell and Whitehall lines for fully fifteen minutes, while hundreds of puzzle*J. passengers oraned their nooks in an effort to see what the matter was. Only those in the car with the dog got the benefit of the comedy enaoted in which two street oar men and two polioemen figured most prominently. A passenger boarded the oar at the corner of Whitehall and unconcern edly took his seat. Following him came a heavy-set white bulldog, whioh curled up beneath his master's feet. The keen eye of the conductor caught sight of the animal and he made haste. "If you haven't a dog pass I will have to put that dog off," said the co J. ductor, pleasantly. The passeuger smiled. "Hore," said the conductor, "he can't stay on this oar." And no made a movement as if to grab the dog by tho collar. Then tho dog looked at him. Some say tho animal winked, The conduotor oame back with thc motorman, who also said the dog had no right to rido on tho oar. Thc motorman squatted down, looked thc dog over, then shook his head. "Look here," he said, "It ain't my businesi to put dogs off cars. I run cars. What do you conductors got paie for?" and he went back to the from end, where he pounded the bell im patiently. The conductor sot out icj search o a pol iceman. Ia the meantime th< oar remained stationary, and the dot beneath the seat closod his eyes. Ont by one the other passengers took i look at him. Behind the oar in which the doj lay wore other oars, all motionless. Each minute increased the nuiubei until tho string reached to Whitehall whore the congestion threatened al sorts of th tugs. Accompanied by two polioemen the conductor returned, and, point ing out tho dog, said, "There he is. One of tho offioers put out his hand but drew it baok. There was a brie consultation, and tho older officer rc ferred to a book of rules in hi pocket. "There isn't any city ordinanc against dogs ridiug on tho cars, said the senior oop. "At least never heard of it. It's against th rules of the company, but then, w don't work for the company," an the officers marched .way. Two bells sounded and tho ca went ahead. Tho dog dosed bot eyes. In two minutes more the cor gestion was over and the lines wei clear.-Atlanta Georgian. Condensed Knowledge. Elevators with a platform oighteo feet square aro in use in somo Ne York garages. Tho Sirius, tho first stoamer f cross the Atlantic, was 178 foot lon? and her tonnage 450. Food valued at $2,175 is brougl into Great Britain every minuto < the day and night. Greece is said to be tho poorei ?country of Europe. Her tot wealth amounts to 1(1,000,000,000, < about half that of Switzerland. A modern incandescent lighthoui lantern, with 3J-inch mantle, givi ?.,400 candle powor, and uses i more oil than the old 6-inch wi( burner, which gave only 700 cand power. Tho ostrich yields about 8 pount of feather? /oarly. China and Japan together produ 125,000 tons of silk annually. England has ?50,000 persons wi a single leg or ann. The Japanese havo a coin calh the "mousang," which is worth oi two-hundredth part of an Englii penny. Europe and Atnorica have abo 8,000,000 hives of honey bees. Tho birth rate of both Englai and Germany is decreasing. Th of Gormany is at presont 84 p 1,000, while England's is 28 p 1,000. Tho condor can fast for forty da ?nd tho eagle twenty-eight days. France has 2,000,000 dogs. Europe has fifty languages, wi 587 variations. A young plant is 75 per cent wat and the remainder carbon, which ' has taken from the air. Tiiu average amuuul o? ?J?/&? J taken from an English hive is 50 pounds, doublo the American ave rage. The reoord -Hake'' from any hive was 1,000 pounds, from a stock of Cyprians. The Australian tallgalla is the only bird whioh leaves the egg fully feathered. The London and Northwestern railroad has in its regular employ an artificial limb manufacturer. The best microscopes magnify about 16,000 times and make a tiny pile of flour look like a pile of stones. The average sise of the heart is about that of the dosed fist of the person to whom it belongs. A normal man breathes 20,000 times in the course of one day. In the oonsus of the world the per centage of blind persons is 64 to every 1,000,000. The fortress at Malta is regarded as seoond to Gibraltar. Every inoh of the human skin con* tains 3,500 perspiration pores. The female brain begins to lose weight at the age of 30, but that of tho male not until ten years later. On tho average the coolest part of the day is at 5 o'clock in the morn ing. The wettest hour of tho day is at 3 o'clock in the morning. Tho life of a North Atlantic ice berg is often 200 years. Tho light of one candle power is plainly visible at one mile, and one of three candle power at two miles. The wreck record of the Baltic sea is greater than that of any part of the world. The average is one a day throughout the year. The etficionoy of the human heart is greater than that of any other piece of machinery, taking into con sideration the size It pumps nearly eight tons of blood daily. Nearly half of the railroad mileage of the world is in tho United States. Eighty-seven per cent of the Canadian farmers own their farms. Tho Automobile Club of England, founded ten years ago, has 2,900 members. Out of the 212,000 women in Aus tralia qualified to vote, 174 exercise the right of franchise. Prehistoric Skulls In Nebraska. Prehistoric skulls havo been found in Nebraska. Of six skulls found two were of the modern Indian type. Hut beneath these and covered by a layer of ashes resting ou a stratum of slit compacted by the fire nbove four skulls of a remarkable character were un earthed. The only Implement found with them was a small broken trian gular flint knife. Unfortunately the back of each of these crania ls want ing, but the portions which remain ex hibit low cranial capacity and are be lieved to approximate to the Austra lian type. The forehead Is even moro flattened and receding than tile Aus tralian forehead. These skulls Indi cate a low cerebral capacity, inferior to the modern Indians or the typical American mound builders. Their aver age stature was about five feet ten inches. Even if not of KroatiSJitlqulty, says Professor Osborn, lt ls certainly of a primitive type and tends to in crease rather than diminish the prob ability of tho carly advent of man in America. People Still Moving Westward. "Westward thu course of empire" in a modern exodus 400,000 settlers strong every year. New Ideas In agriculture, outside of the results secured from experiment lu the ordinary course of crop production, have come to the fore. Irrigation ls enormously developed and has added many hundred thousand acres to the tillable aroa of tho west. Pumping machinery bas been cheap ened and perfected. Natural reser voirs have been utilized to a remark able degree, and the projects under way enormously Increase the land. Scientific farming has multiplied the value of western lands. The west has entered on a new ern. It thinks lt knows exactly what crops to raise and how to cultivate them to secure a per manent Income from the farm. It ls so confldont of this that it pays large prices for real estate. Tho prices are based on the net income. Impure Milk Dangers. Professor E. von Behring, discoverer of antitoxin, recently made this state ment: "The milk fed to Infants ls the chief cause of consumption." Dr. Bryan Bramwoll of Edinburgh, Scot land, n recognised authority on tuber cular diseases, said. "Infection by milk ls the most Important source ol tuber culous disease." Slr Frederick Troves In au address to thc National Health society of London said, "Tho absolute ly reckless use of raw unpasteurized milk Ss little short of n national crime, for which we ore paying heavily In Ul health, dlseaso and death." Substitute For Platinum. A now alloy which serves electri cians as a substitute for platinum con-' p'stH of sixteen and a half ounces of silver, four and a half pounds of nick el, half an ounce of bismuth and fifty three pennyweights of gold. Tho cost ls about ono-thlrtleth of that of plati [ num. CORRECT PRUNING. Th? Right and Wrong Way Illustrate*! and Dasorlbad. The question frequently arises when to prune. Among the earlier horticul turists this question was often an swered as follows: Prune when your knife ls sharp. Thia ls a comparative ly safe method to follow with some plants, but where the problem involves the management of extensive commer cial plantations it Is not so easy to prune in this miscellaneous fashion, re marks New England Homestead. The work must necessarily be done at some particular season and carried on in a systematic manner after some definite plan. With most orobardlsts and gardeners pruning can best be done during the winter or early spring months, and where the object 1? the removal of small branches this season is undoubt edly quite as satisfactory as any oth er. In fact, pruning during late PROPER ARD IMPBOPKR PllUNENO. spring, about the time or just previous to the beginning of growth, Is particu larly advantageous with the peach, be* cause at that season, as a rule, all in-' jury to the animal growth from win ter killing will bo apparent, and the pruner cnn luke advantage of this to remove all dead or Injured branches and at thc same time modify his plan so ns to leave a maximum quantity of wood In order to secure a profitable crop of fruit, which might not be pos sible were the usual practice of re moving half the annual growtb follow ed in such seasons. With apple and pear, which suffer less from winter killing, the annual pruning can as well be done in March In tlie north as at any other season. With the grape, however, which ls like ly to produce a heavy flow of sap if the pruning Is delayed until late in the season, lt ls undoubtedly liest to do the pruning during the late fnll nnd early winter months. When tlie pruning involves the re moval of .annual growth rather than large branches, the cut should invaria bly be made Immediately above a bud, aa shown In tlie first figuro nt A. Nev er cut as Indicated nt B, O and D. All wounds that are made should be left smooth-toot is, If lt ls necessary to uso a saw in removing a large branch the cut surface should be left smooth and clean, particularly around the edges. To obtain best results in removing Jarge branches two cuts should ho made-that ls, the branch should be sawed off eighteen or twenty inches above the point of its origin to pre vent splitting down and tearing off a considerable portion of the bark. After the weight of the branch bas boen lessened by cutting away the main part a second cut can be made and the stub held In ponltlo i until the cut ia completed. This prevents tho splitting down und tearing of the bark which sro likely to result from the careless re moval of large branches. The evil results of splitting can bo overcome frequently by cutting first on WRONO AMD ill OUT WAV. the under side of the limb and then upon tlie upper side, as shown in the second figure, so that the breaking of I the tissue occurs near the middlo of the wound Instead of at one side. When this ls the case, tearing and split ting seldom occur. Farmers' Institutes. Not the least of the bencfltn of farm ers' Institutes ts that they ar? teaching farmers to think when stnndtng on their feet and facing an audience. The old fashioned farmer felt bungling and awkward in public. He could sit and soe bolos In tho other fellow's argu ment, but he liccame speedily a victim of stage flight when he arose to ex press bis own views. - Iowa Home stead. Burn tho Branches. Never leavo pninings of trees and bushes lying round. Rum them In the garden fire, and you will know then that all tho Insects upon them aro de fltroyed. The wood ash, too, ls an ex cellent fertilizer for every crop grown, but especially useful for tomatoes and all fruits.-Hardening The Sun Jose Louse. The sea lo under which the louse hide i ls impervious to most insecti cides, and during a certain season tho louse can crawl shout or lie carried from place to place by birds, heavy winds, etc. Strong, healthy trees soon succumb to the attacks.-Farm Jour nal. [ IRON COWPEA. A Great Soil Improving Crop-Half Dozen Bout Varl??**?. Cowpeas aro becoming one of the great soil Improving crops of the coon try. For a long time the cowpea crop has been regarded as one of the beet crops that could be planted In some sections of the south, but lt has been only in recent years that the crop has attracted national attention, so to speak, states a writer In Farm and Fireside. This ls due to the improve ment in varieties and a greater study Of soil conditions. The Best Varieties. While there are more than 160 vari eties of the cowpea, there are a few of them so much superior to the oth ers that lt ls ?seleJH to plant any but the half dozen best ones. These ar? recognized in the south under the names of the Whippoorwill, the Un known Whippoorwill, Unknown Won derful, Black Iron, Sugar Crowder and Little Cream. The latter two are ta ble peas, and the Iron ranks as the very best for all sections except pos sibly for New Bra, which might be best for extreme northern sections, as it ls a pea that requires but a short growing season. Disease Resistant Qualities. In many sections of the south it has been considered impossible to grow a crop of cowpeas on account of wilt or root rot, but thc Iron cowpea remedies this trouble. Unfortunately tho supply of seed now does not equal the de mand, and there are many farmers who do not recognise Itt? value as a resistant pea. Aside from its disease resistant qualities, the Iron pea holds Its foliage longer, than any of tho common varieties, even under ordin?r}* condition:*, ami this makes lt valuable under all conditions. Its Soundness of Seed. Another feature to be added to the commendable qualities of tho Iron pea ls its soundness of seed. It will keep through the entire winter season and germinate well If left out In the fields, and I have seen acres of them making good hay when the oata which had followed a previous Iron cowpea hay crop had been cut off and no prepara tion given tho soil. The cowpea crop ls a salvation to all sections of the country where the land needs renovation and building up. SEED CORN TEST. Important Point In Securing a Good Stand In th? Field. For testing corn take a tight wooden box eighteen Inches square and four to six inches deep (or of some convenient I_?J GOOD BAUO Ol' WHITS COHN. dimensions), put In two or three inches of moist sand and cover with a piece of white muslin which bas been ruled Into squares about two inchor across. Have the seed corn laid on a table or shelf where it will not be disturbed. From the first ear take kernels from near tho butt, middle and tip of ear, then turn the ear over and take three more kernels from tho other side. Place these six kernels In the first check or square (No. 1); take six ker nels from the second ear and placo in tho second square (No. 2), etc., until you have sampled all of the ears. Cover the grain carefully with another piece of cloth about the same size as thc box and also with a second piece of cloth enough larger to extend up on tho sides to the top of the box. Put in one or two Inches more of moist sand and keep the box in the ordinary living room temperature of the house. Add more water if the sand becomes too dry. The corn should germinate In from three to five days. Those ears whoso kernels do not all germinate in five days should be discarded. Fertilizer For Peanuto. A fertilizer formula for peanuts given by tlie Virginia experiment station ls 1,200 pounds m id phosphate containing 16 per cont phosphoric acid ; 400 pounds dried fish containing 8 per cent nitro gen and 8 per cent phosphoric acid; 400 pounds muriate of potash containing 50 per cent potash. This mixture con tains 10.2 per cent phosphoric acid, 1.0 per cent nitrogen and 10 per cont pot ash. Tho peanut being a leguminous plant. lt can obtain Its nitrogen from the air; therefore only small applications of thin material will be necessary. Qoldon Beauty Plum. Tho Golden Beauty plum will prob ably never be popular in tho central states, but lu those fruit regions bor dorlng on thc gulf of Mexico lt h is already mado a good name for itself. It la yellow, to bo sure, and not sult ablo for shipping to northern markets, but lt ls an excellont variety for cull nary ueo and will stand any amouut of hard shipment when necessnry. It Is hardy and thrifty In the south, bear ing regularly and abundantly. It be longs to tho Wayland group and ls a native of Texas.-F. A. Waugh In Gar dening. In Georgia. Mules are used excluslvoly on the farms, but the horse is coming into fa vor, and many Georgia farmers are raising a few horses for their homo use, and many are also growing mules. All now farming ideas in The Courier. Attention, Union Men. W st m i US tor, Ju 1:0 26.--Th? OcODOO Count} Farmers' Union ls called to meet at Bounty Land on Friday, July 12th, next, for the parp?se of electing dole-' gatos to the Stat? Union, which meets at Greenwood on July 24-86, and to transact suoh other mattera of business which may come before that b"dy. A full at tendance of delegates - and members is desired. The secretaries of all local unions are requested to ee.id to the County Secre tary, at the earliest ?late, a report of name and number of eaoh union, number of members In good standing-those who have paid dues for the current quarter, and name and address of officers. It ls necessary that we have a report of lum ber of members in order to know how many delegates we will be entitled to in the State Union. So please let each sec retary see that the reporte and dues are sent in promptly. Let every member come and help us to have a lively meet ing. J. B. Harris, President. A. IS. Prichard, See'y-Treaa. A Call. The State Farmers' Union of South Carolina will meet in Greenwood July 26, 20 and 27. O. P. Goodwin, State President. If you suffer from bloating, belohing, sour stomach, indigestion or dyspepsia, ttike a Riug's Dyspepsia Tablet after cac i i meal, and overoome tho disagree, ublo troublo. It will imnr^ve Mic appe tite* and aid digestion CJo'.d by Dr. J. W Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, - oncea. Thirty Injured in Trolley Wreck. Washington, July 4.-Nearly thirty passengers en route from Falls Churoh, Va., to Washington were in jured in a collision of a street car with a freight car about three miles from here to-day. No one was killed outright, but two or three deaths ure expected to result among the badly injured. Stimulation Without Irritation. That is the watch word. That is what Orino I vxative Fruit Syrup does. Cleanses and stimulates the bowels with out irritation in any form. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell. I AM DETERMIN LIVERY B W. J. CARTER, M. D. -I> elitist Office two doors above the Bank? in Carter's Pharmacy* WKSTMIXSTKIC, fl. C. DR. W. F. AUSTIN, DENTIST, SENECA..S. C. Office Over J. W. Byrd A Co. IMIONK NO. 61. E. L. HERNDON, Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, S. C. 'Phone 61. J. P. Carey, I J. W. Sholor Piokens, S. C. | Walhalla, S. C. CAREY & SHELOR, Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Will in act ice in the State and United States Courts. Business entrusted to our care will re oeive prompt and careful attention. Twolve Mil? SIver Association. Murphy, S. C., May 18.-We, the com mittee Of the Twelve Mile River Associa tion, together with the State Board, have secured the servioe of Rev. W. M. Walker, the Baptist evangelist, from the Spartanburg Association, to hold revival meetings at the following obnrohes on the dates specified below : East atoe, from July 14 to July 81. Mount Carmel, from July 21 to July 28. Antioch, from July 28 to August 4. Bethel, from August 4 to August ll. Six Mile, from August ll to August 18. Shady Grove, from August 18 to Au gust 26. Pleasant Hill, from August 26 to Sep tember 1? Stamp Creek, from September 1 to September 8. Little Rivi-r, from September 8 to Sep tomber 16. Camp Creek, from September 16 to September 22. Golden Creek, from September 22 to September 29. Respectfully submitted, J. S. Cox, T. H. Stewart, Frank Heston, Exeoutive Committee. Pinenles for the kidneys and bladder. They bring quick relief to backache, rheumatism, lumbago, (ired worn-out feeling. They produce natural action of the kidneys in fi tering waste matter out of the blood. Thirty days' treatment $1. Money refunded if Pineuies are not sat isfactory. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell, Wal halla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Murder In Court. Paintsville, Ky., Jilly 4.-During tho argument of a case in the Pres tonburg Court yesterday Joe Fitz patrick shot Andy Coburn three times in the back, killing him, and Fitzpatrick and several relatives left tho court room in the panic and went home. Coburn was recently indioted for the murder of a cousiu of Fitzpatrick. OA8TOH.?A. BM? tb? _/f "iha UM You Haw Always BougJ* Signatar* Sf ND LAST .1 IND SHOES ide to all who lem. In style,! "Shield Brand Shoes'' of perfection. * M li ROM ANT? ONLY CO.. Manufacturers. TA, CA. ED TO DO THE US?NESS for this community. Come on and get your teams. Hanlin g Teams, Single and Double Buggy Teams and Saddle Horses, Always on hand. Prompt and polite service at reasona ble prices. Teams sent out at any hour, day or night. Phone 10 or ll for quiok teams. C. lt. HOUCHINS, Walhalla, S. C. DR. F. F. COLLIN* PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, WALHALLA, S. C.-WEST END. ?^~PnONE 87. J2| All Calls Promptly Answered, 8-8-00 Day or Night. DR. D. P. THOMSON. I> enlist, "Wolli nil a, S. C Office Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s ?tore, j*_Phone No. 80. DR. j7"alBljRGES8f DENTIST, SENECA, S. C. OFFIOK OVKR NIMMONS' STORK, DOYLM BUILDING. Office lloma: 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. " U 2 P. M. to 0 P. M. April 20, 1904. . tf I?TTT JAY??i?r Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. Bell Phone No. 20. Practioe in State and Federal Court*. Business entrusted to my oare receives prompt attention. 1-05 f