Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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?^^^?? V*ipi( TUrtf Jft/rts*. ' Jn <b? Easvsrt is }? tot j often that wo soo ttiorv than two! hOf?*rX htttti&i&:<i tOgOtfcfeT, OZ'.OjA Oft j tho bindor. ?ot it would s?m?rtlw<rs ! b* profitable- to use throe horsos for j farm work. I have of ton found it a i gfOftt advantage to US<7 such a team J Oft 4 plow or harrow; havo used thorn < Ott a stoneboat, and also on a wagon J? hauling manure To use ihroo horses on a wagon you j must have an offset iron on tho ; ? tongue or else use a double (tongue ; made for this purpose, A three-horse j ovener may bo made by any handy j man, Have fifty-one Inches between j the end holes; seven*een Inches from j Otte end hole bore the hole for the I draw plo. Three horses make an even, steady j f team to draw a plow or*a spring-tooth j barrow. If you have so too hit? stones to haul oft a stoneboat they will work to much better advantage than two horses, or one team ahead of another. On some of our hilly farms there are a few fields which seldom receive much manure, because It Is such slow work hauling It up there; at least this used to be the case at home. If you use three horses and the bills arc* not too steep, you can haul good '; loads, and get the mnnure where you ?; want It, I have seen three-horse teams used for Ion* hauls on the roads where there were some steep hilts to be climbed, the work being performed at much less cost than It I could hare been done with two-horse teams.?John Upton, In the Country :1; Gentleman, f ?tr ri.Jm*. Pfe - Corn meal Is a poor feed for little chicks, at least until tbey are several f". weeks old, Hulled oats are one of the best available foods for little chicks, especial fy the first few weeks. Wheat screenings are good any f tjme, and cost little on the average farm, t Don't forget about those sudden storms and thunder showers. Have some ready means of escape available to the chicks. \r Ketp the chicks busy. The bes, * way Is to scatter seeds and small grains In litter, making the chicks cratch and hunt for them, fr Too low a temperature In the brooder, Improper food and Injudicious feeding?each plays an im; portant part In producing bowel disorders, f* If vou fluff the little chicks while ! they're alive, you'll soon have plenty 'Of dead ones you can stuff?If you feel like It, After your chicks are a few days old, give them a chance each day to eat grass. It will do them more good v than all the patent "chick growers" and other stimulants you can buy in a year, t Tame chickens are more pleasureable and more profitable than wild ones. And there Is no earthly excuse why one's fowls should be otherwise. There Is no necessity for having the perches more than two feet above the ground. Also, they should all be on a level,?The Epltomlst. Mare and Colt. I When the colt Is out to grass comw?anc? fAArflnc him unmc ernln which can be dona In this way: Build a pen In some suitable placo which is the moat convenient, making it high enough no that the mare will not try to Jump it, and have the apace from the ground to tho bottom board sufficient, to allow the colt to pugg under. Put in a handy gate, then an ample feed trough. Lead your mare and colt into this enclomire, and let them [tat together two or three times and ,they will soon learn where the food It, Take out tho mare, shut up the gate, leave the colt in. Keep a good upply of oats there, and you will find the colt there regularly, running in and oat, getting his ration. When tlx months old, it is time to wean the colt. The colt will have learned to cat, and the result is that when he is taken away from his dam he does not miss her so much. Tho care of young ' 'colts is also vory important. Give thftm ft crtfw! roofflv nlaeo. nllowlnc [plenty of exerclae. and be sure and jhtndlo them from the very start. 'Pick up their feet, rub them, and as *tboy get oldor, take Homething, or uie your hand, and strike them on -the bottom of tho^oof, and when the time In tholr life cornea for Hhoelng them It will not bo altogether new to them. Do not let the colt run with other hor?en. ^ Always teach thom gentleness; never be unkind to them. Give them a lump of sugar or apple, it 1m better than a whip, and teach but ono thing at a time In training.?J. I\ Fletcher, tn The Cultivator. ? f.'+lVr T ' v ' L . The Farm Dor. I I bellovo tho farm dog 1h aa much help to tho farmer's wife aa to tho farmer himself. Many men think there is not a place for a dog on the farm. This la true an he la generally treated, But If you huvo an Intelligent animal ho can be trained mo that ?? *- * I ? ?!??. w umi ou 'I'hn 110 Will lilt 111* 11>J II l III llluu; n?jn, . ..W dog's place In primarily around the 'bound. I do not believe ho should go upon tho road with u tenm. If ho 1m useful ho will not ho in tho Hold luuch of tho tlmo. i Tho Scotch collie 1m tho Ideal farm dog. Ho 1m Intelligent and woll adaptr od to tho farm house. I have known Woll Hoveral of those dogs. Wo had one ourselves and our neighbor has one now. Hot It of those showed un extreme degree of Intelligence. Our ? dog was morrr of a pet, although be knew la a moment when anything was wrong around the place. He never w<rot a*ay from Lome with a team, and he stent little of Lis time in the field. He watched the cbkken yard closely, and whenever a fo ./l gave the warning that a hawk was In view he was up and ready to chase It away Just as soon as he could catch sight. of the Llrd he would begin running around under It and barking vigorously. Very few of our chickens were taken during his lifetime. It any of the stock got out of place because the fences were down or gates left open, he knew Jri a moment and did hi* best to get them hack or Inform us. II- wa* very fond of the children and never showed any signs Of soapplshnes*. As a watch dog the collie will he of great help. The farmer's wife 1* often left alone, both In the daytime and at night, and If she ha* such a guardian she feel* safe.?Dairy Farmer. '?j&> Farmers' Club*. It was my privilege several years since to attend many meetings of farmers' clubs In the Htate of Mlchl gan, and it may Interest your reader* to learn something of this club movement and how the meetings are conducted. In the flr*t place, these clubs are models not for men alone but for ladles, and In this respect are models for farmers' clubs everywhere. At the time of my visit I think there were over 100 of these local clubs, and their representative* met together once a year In State convention. The aim of these club* was to have a social time and to improve their methods of farming and housekeeping, L'suaily these club* met once a month at the home of one of the member*. If, for Instance, there were twenty-four families In a particular club, they would meet with each family In turn. Hence It would take two year* to meet with each and every family. One of the strong attraction* of the*e club meeting* was ' - * ' ?, .! the oinner mat wa? invariaujy ?>:r?eu. It 1? an old Haying that yon can reach a man's heart through his stomach, and whether this Is strictly true or not, It is certain that the average man find* a meeting more attractive If he I* euro of something good to eat. Providing the dinner, however, Ih ho great burden, for It doesn't come often, and then It I? a sort of picnic anyway, and 1b worth all it coat*. At aorae of the raeetlngB I attended I found that each family took along a folding Hewing table and used It a? a table to eat off of. In this way there was no trouble with the table problem, and a? far as chairs were concerned the clubH usually owned a lot of folding chalrM, which were carried from place to place an needed. A literary program was always provided for each meeting, some of the topics being what would be called "heavy" and otherH being "light." Some of the children were usually on for a recitation or two and music often enlivened the proceedings. These meetings usually had the effect of making the host clean up his place ho that It would look well to the visiting neighbor*. If he was bo fortunate a* to keep fine stock of any kind, these came-in for a good share of attention from the other club members. The writer remembers, particularly In one Instance, how Interested many of the members were In a flock of Raraboulllet sheep which the host had in fine show condition for all the visitors to see and examine. These meetings are primarily social gatherings, but they are also intellectual stimuli to the visiting members. This club movement is a good ono and might be copied with profit In other States.?A. D. McNair, in Farm and Ranch. Farm Notes. Keep the flower bods and garden free from weeds as summer advances. Weeds suck up the much-noedcd plant food and moisture. Don't feed cheap, half-spoiled grain to your fowls. Give thorn wholesome, sound grain. It need not firdtle high, but should bo sound. If those who believe that scrub fowls are as good or profitable as pure breeds will hatch some of each In a brood and keep them running together they will learu a valuable lesson. A good and cheap way to kill cabbage lice: Save tho dust that comes off tho tobacco when stripping and handling It and put this on the cabbage In the morning while It is still wet with dew. I)o not forgef that beef-scraps, either dried or green, vegetables of almost any variety, and clover rnoal or cut clover will bo relished by tho fowls and will greatly strengthen tho fertility or the eggs. A good churning temporature Is forty degrees Fahrenheit. Cream should he kept at that temperature for an hour or so before churning, In warm weal her, or the butter will not harden well us It forms. ? ' At... 1 I * I., ~ In lUUKUlK umuuiy uuy, il m ? | good plan to cut. Into In tho afternoon, us much nh can he harvested In ! tho following afternoon; then in the morning, after tho dew Is off, ted or rake It up Into loose windrows through which the wind may pass. Timothy hay Is .not suited to tho needs of the sheep; digestive disorders occur when timothy hay Is fed, which ofteu results In tho loss ol the sheep (Mover and mixed hay may he fed to tho llock with good results. New York City.?The simple tailored shirt waist fills a place in the wardrobe that nothing else supplies, and Is consequently always In demand. Here la one of the latest model* that la smart In the extreme, and which allows a choice of two styles of collar and sleeves. In this Instance It Is made of white linen with large pearl buttons as finish and Is worn with a separate turn-over collar. But It can be cut out slightly at the neck and finished with a collar of the material as shown In the small view, and It can be made with elbow sleeves so that there are practically two waists In one. Linen, madras, and. Indeed, all the washable waistIngs, and also such materials as taffeta, pongee and light-weight woolens are appropriate. The tucks are arranged to give exceptionally becoming lines to the figure and the double - breasted effect is distinctly novel. Tho waist is made with fronts and back and Is laid In tucks that are stitched for Its entire length. It can bo closed by means of buttons and | buttonholes or Invisibly as liked, but in either cuse the two rows of buttons are used on the front. The sleeves are gathered at upper and lower edges and the long ones are finished with regulation cuffs, the short ones with cuffs of the turn-over sort. The quantity of material required for the medium size is three and Crowning Madness. Huge veils and feathers continue to be chosen by ultra fashionables. A well-known actress in Paris, who now and then takes this town by storm with her smart dressing, apnenrod recently In a hat bearing a r - '? plume nearly a yard long and a veil that not only covered head and shoulders, hut fell nearly to the bottom of the skirt In the back. A veil must be fresh and whole. l 'v."' '" **r J... ,:V^..'V;V " ' ' '-. ' .' -" seven-eighth yards twenty-seven, three and a half yards thirty-two or ! two and a quarter yard:-, forty-four ; inches wide. 1 Nine-Gored Skirt. The plain nine-gored skirt Is a!- ! ways a durable one. It never really i goes out of style, the many seams ' mean satisfactory fit and good llnea, ' while it is always a desirable model i for washable materials, as it laun ders with singular success. Again, j the very fact of Its simplicity makes j it possible to use trimming of many ; sorts. Here is a very satisfactory [ model that, as illustrated, is made <?f dotted linen with trimming of linen braid and which i3 entirely satisfactory. It could, however, be utilized for every possible skirting material while the trimming can be varied in an indefinite number of ways. Straight bands of heavy lace inset are much used on washable fabrics, while for the pongees, silks, voile and the like bands of graduated width of contrasting material are much in vogue and there are countless bandings that can be Applied to suit individual taste. The skirt Is made in nine gores and is laid in inverted pleats at the back. It is perforated for walking length and consequently suits both the street and Indoor gowns. i The quantity of material required for the medium size is eleven yards twenty-seven, five and three-quarter yards forty-four or five v^rds fiftytwo inches wide If materlar has figure or nap; seven yards twenty-seven, four and a quarter yards forty-four or flfty-two inches wide if it has not. Bright Blue in. Paris. A great many bright blue gowns are being worn in Paris, now. One : of the new features of white blouses is a scarf of the same material as the skirt put carelessly around the collar and knotted loosely. It is usually made of Liberty satin. Veils May Be Washable. Unless reckless expenditure be in order veils should be chosen with a view to washing. Some DlsqnietlngFacts About Incompetent Doctors B j E. F. KEMP. That 3000 oat of the 4000 graduates turned oat by the medical colleges each year are -wholly unfitted to practice medicine and are menaces to the communities In which they settle was stated by Dr. Chester Mayer, of the State Board of Medical Examiners of Kentucky, at a meeting of the American Medical Association's Committee on Medical Education, hei#d in Chicago, not long ago. Dr. Mayer said that only twenty-fire to twenty-eight percent.of the graduates are qualified. Fifty-eight per cent. AVOfn(f1^ {? f trfintV. Ui. Kki*z ^iauuacco ^niiuw VV*V*?%/ five States were refused licenses. I With few exceptions these failures ! took a second examination in a few j weeks and only fifty per cent of them | passed. j " This doe3 not mean that deficieni cies in their training were corrected in those few weeks," Dr. Mayer said. ; "It shows that experience showed ; them what the test would probably be ; and they 'crammed', for the examiai ation. Dr. W. T. Gott, secretary of the Indian Board said; "The majority of our schools now teach their students how to pass examinations, not how to be good physicians." At the session of the ""American Medical Association held in Atlantic City in June, Dr. M. Clayton Thrush, a professor in the Medico-ChirurgimI rvtiiaoro in Pbflfldftlnbia. said: "Many doctors turned out of the medical schools are so ignorant hi matters pertaining to pharmacy that they know nothing about the properties of the drugs they prescribe for their patients." Dr. Henry Beats, Jr., president of the Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Examiners, after "scrutinizing the papers-of a class of candidates for licensure, said: "About onequarter of the papers show a degree of illiteracy that renders the candidates for licensure Incapable of understanding medicine." A great many more physicians and chemists might be quoted in support of the astounding charge that 3000 > incompetents are being dumped onto an unsuspecting public each year. What the damage done amounts to can never be estimated, for these int rr?mnptpnt? eninv the urivileze of diagnosing, prescribing or dispensing drugs -regarding the properties of which they know nothing, and then of signing death certificates that are not passed upon by any one unless the coroner is called in. Probably there is not a grave yard from one end of the country to the other that does not contain the buried evidences of the mistakes or criminal carelessness of incompetent physicians. During the last year there have been .perhaps, half a dozen known cases where surgeons after performing operations have sewed up the incisions without first removing, the gauze sponges used to absorb the blood, and in some cases forceps and even surgeon'^ scissors have been left in the"wound. .How many gl tjiesg cases there have been, where the patient dies^therejs no mean's of knowing, and comparatively fjj>w of the cases where the discovery is made in time to save life, become generally public. Reports, from sanitariums for tne treatment or tne arug.naDii snow that members of the medical profession are more often treated in these institutions than members of any other profession, and that a majority of the patients, excluding the physicians themselves, can trace their downfall directly to a careless physician. How many criminal operations are performed by physicians is also a matter of conjecture. Operations of this class are, unfortunately, very frequent in large cities. Some graduated and licensed physicians, many of them of supposed respectability, make an exclusive practice of. criminal medical and surgical treatment. Dr. Henry G. W. Rheinhart, Coroner's physician of Chicago, estimates the number of criminal operations, onnnallv In fViIra on Q lftno of 3 8 _ 000. How many resulted fatally are unknown, as when death results, the - real cause is disguised in the death certificate, which the physician signs, and which no one but himself and a clerk sees. Probably not one case of malpractice in 1000 ever becomes thjs subject of a law suit, but in the last yfear appro tlmately 150 cases wherein the plaintiff has alleged malpractice have been reported in the newspapers, and owing to the social prominence and the favored positions of many physicians not more than half the new suits stated, probably, result in any newspaper publicity, but it would probably not be an exaggeration to state that the total cases of malnranHoo iiAt Jnvnlvlncr rrlmina! on erations or criminal medical practice, would amount to 150,000, or moie than one case to each physician in the country. This estimate is, of course, more or less conjecture. Untimely deaths and permanent,, disabilities are frequent, and occur within the knowledge of almost every one, when life could have been saved, or health restored had the physician been skillful, careful and competent. Ti .ii _a o..i... Hi V11 VI OUUBUtUIIUUt "Give me a two-cent stamp please," remarked the woman In the drug store. "I am all out of twos, but I can give you something just as good," said the absent-minded druggist, producing two ones.?Philadelphia Record. The other day at Aldershot Tommy Atkins had a pageant of his own? 1000 soldiers paraded in all the uniforms that have been worn in the British army between ;?Q7 and y 07. UNITED STATES SENATOR: FROM SOUTH CAROLINA PRAISES PE-RU-NA. ?* \ 11 ' 'J&x&yjS&iS ^^RttSn '??* ^/y 0P^n Cx-Seaator M. C. Butter Dyspepsia if Oftfr Caw d by Clitrrh I of the Stomach?Peruna Relieve* Catarrh cf the Stomach and is Therefore a Remedy ?L??GC? *..! Hon, M. C. Butler, U. S. Senator - "* ^ from South Carolina for two term*, |, in a letter from Washington, D. C., > ' | x writes to to the Peruna Medicine Co., '! j | as follows: ; i I tfIcan recommend Pornna far ;; J? i I dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I ! I have Been using your medicine \' ' , ; 1 for a short period and I feel very < ! J much relieved. It is indeed a ;; ^ J teonderful medicine, besides is < > ; % good tonic." . ...* r\ ATABBH of the stomach is the correct -<=s?| V name for most cases of dyspepsia. Only i an internal catarrh remedy, soon as Peruna, is available. Peruna Tablets can now be procured. - -* j ? j THE MEASURE OF EFFICIENCY. Frost?Do you know anything ot business principles? Snow?gjb, confound it I thought. I did, but the first thing I knew I was arrested for stealing.?Brooklyn Life. I ~ V-.? TIRED B*CKS. % m ? ?? The kidneys hare a great work to do in keeping the blood pure. When they get out of order MIU9C9 UaVA<UU&| . headaches, dizziness, zJBl^ languor and dlsiressi ?iM urinary troubles. am Keen the kidneys veil i 3B Jfi and all these suf/erings will be saved you, Mrs. S. A. Moore, proij . hSa ffik prietor of a restiu' rant at. W*fer-'le. ; * tfo., says: rEofore i using TJoan's Kidney Pills I sufi fered effcpything from kidney troubles for a year and a half. I had pain in the back and head, and al- ?$-& most continuous in the loins and felt weary all the time. A few doses of Doaii's Kidney Pills brought great relief, and I kept on taking them until in a short time I was cured. 1 think Doan's Kidney Pills are won- r derful." For sale by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Mil burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. big as an egg plant. Now hell probably worry himself to death trying to ' decide whom to, send it to, prophesies the Cleveland Leader. BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND AMERICAN FOODSTUFFS, Contract For Canned Meats Placed in .2 Chicago?British War Office Has Every Confidence in the Stocs* yard Product. Another large contract for tJhned meats for the British Army has been placed with Libby, McNeill & Libby, of Chicago, through the Director, of Supplies Department of the British War Office. This contract .vas a comnetltive affair. England, Canada. Ana tralla and Brazil entering with tenders. It was quality and method of packing that got the Chicago firm the business. General Clayton, of the War Department, in an interview, according to the London Standard, stated that the British Government is highly satisfied with the foodstuffs supplied by Chicago, and they have every confidence in the manufactures entering Britain from the Stockyards. "The food for the Army will ..be packed tinder the supervision of British representatives at the invitation of the packers," he said, "although the Government is ready to rely upon the new Pure Food regulations recently inaugurated in the ' United States. All the talk about the inef flciency of the new law is sheer nonsense. British officers in America have gone fully into the .matter and the authorities are perfectly satisfied to place orders in Chicago .when con* dltions call for outside supplies of canned meats." Some men get as much satisfaction out of a political campaign as some women get out of a church revival Mrs. Window's 8oothing Syrup for Children teething, softens theguma, rednoeshriUmTnation, allays pain,cores wind colic, 25cabottl? A man can run a store without advertising and he can wink at a girl in the dark?but what's the use? ' V. >* v :i~\ . ;