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SUB-IRRIGATION IN ALASKA. * Novel Agricultural Method Has Be< Pronounced Very Successful. Washington, July 27.?Farming 1 sub-irrigation and with the moistu supplied by melting ice is a novel a; ricultural method adopted in the i terior of Alaska, according to the o ficial report of Chief Special Age: McKenzie, who supervised the takii of the recent census in the fourth di trict of that Territory. The system proving surprisingly successful. Mai kinds of vegetables are being grow thus rendering living conditions mo: tolerable in the far northern countr The future is mosi promising m iu respect, believes Mr. McKenzie. Not only enumerating the popul tion, but gathering statistics on agi cultural, mining and manufacture , conditions was the work of Mr. M Kenzie. All the concrete facts wi be given in figures which will 1 given out later. The census agent remarks regarding the farming o; erations are most interesting. Isavs that some homesteads have bet taken up and that on them farmir is conducted on a considerable seal "Agriculture in this portion < Alaska is yet in its infancy," says M McKenzie, "but it has arrived at su< proportions as to be considered a most wonderful in its results. If a the returns are taken they will sho a very remarkable condition when .< ' is considered that it is a conditio existing within the Arctic circle." All the growth is attained betwee May 20 and September 15. He attr butes the fact that crops ripen m only to the fact that the sun shin" from sixteen to twenty-four hours p< day. but to the correlative fact th; the plants are supplied with moistui from beneath, where the melting i< affords a regular and constant suj piy. "Rain is practically unknown," 1 says, "but the necessary moistui ? .. ? comes from below." The thaw nev< extends deeper than three feet, ac often not farther than fifteen inche but the thaw is regular and the wat< supply sufficient to force a rapi growth. Celery, lettuce, radishes, cabbage turnips and potatoes thrive, and M McKenzie declares, they are so muc better than in "the States" that tt high price charged by the growers quite justifiable. Raspberries gro to be as large around as twenty-fiv" 1; cent pieces, and blueberries and crai berries grow wild in great profusioi Experiments have been made wit strawberries and grain, and while n great success is recorded the outloo is encouraging. The dog is the favorite carri* throughout Alaska. The horse can t used only on the government trail and the reindeer has been found to t unreliable. "As a beast of burden, tb reindeer has his limitations." saj Mr. .McKenzie, "and so far has nc proven a substitute for the dog. ] the reindeer wants to work he wi do so, but if not so inclined he wi quit wherever he may be and all tb driving in the world will not get an: thing out of him. Horses are goo only on good roads, but the dog wi travel anywhere. The dog will wor . at any temperature while a horse cai not work below fifty degrees. Manufacturing is confined to tb city of Fairbanks. It consists larg< ly of making tin stoves, windo' sashes and doors. The total product of the mines wa easily obtained by Mr. McKenzi from the banks, but it was difficu jae* % to get individual returns because c the lack of method on the part of tb mine owners. Very few keep book ?*-V" except to show the outline of produ< f* , ' tion and the food purchased. "The are content," says Mr. McKenzie, there is a gain in their bank a< counts at the end of the year." Railroad Shops Burn at Chester. Chester, July 29.?Fire that star ed from an unknown origin at o'clock this morning totally destroye the shops of the Carolina & Nortl western railway, located here. B< sides the buildings and contents, tw engines and a passenger coach ths were practically ready for the roa were burned up. The loss is estimated to reach moi than $100,000 and the insurance wi! but partially cover the loss. The shops were located adjoinin the Springstein cotton mills and was only through the most heroic e forts on the part of the firemen an the able assistance of a number c citizens that the mills were kept froi being consumed, but to their aid cam a brisk wind while the fire was at il height that carried the heat of th burning shops away from the mills. Much property adjoining the shop has been more or less damaged by th fire. The fire will throw about 10 skilled mechanics and many unskille workmen out of jobs until the shop can be rebuilt, which it is stated, wi be done at once. The fire came at a very inopporturi time for the Carolina & Northwes ern, as the road needs every bit of tb equipment that it can possibly g< just now to handle its heavy bus ness. RUNNING TRAINS ON ONE RAIL ?n Several Different Types of Monorai Roads that Have Proven Practical. 5.V re Within a few months the tern monorail road has acquired a new sig n_ nificance which is likely to becom< if_ exclusive, in the successful opera tion of the gyroscope cars upon ? single rail laid upon the level of th< g_ ground, says a writer in the Nev is York Press. In the older application of th< n* name to the cars or trains suspend ed from an overhead rail no ne\* principle was involved. The balanc* *is of the moving car was nothing mor< than the usual result of the attrac a_ tion of gravity. i- In the Elbcrfeld to Barmen rail lg way, which runs along the valley o c- the Wupper, in Rhenish Prussia, th< [11 monorail, or single rail, is carried 01 3e steel girders supported by A-shapec ;'s trestles, the cars hanging downwan p- and running between the legs of th< le A. This road is something over eigh ;n miles long, and proceeds parti: !g through the main streets of the town: e. it traverses, and partly suspendet of over the river Wupper. r. Its steepest grade is one foot ir twenty-two feet, and the sharpes' ,1- curve is a radical swing of 295 feet L11 The working speed is about thirt: w miles an hour. it The cars are 37.5 feet long anc >n 6.o feet wide, with a capacity o fifty passengers. ?n Each car is hung from two two i- wheeled trucks, or bogies, twenty six feet apart, the wheels of whicl v are thirty-five inches in diameter 5r These wheels are driven by electri< it motors mounted on the bogies. A re car when loaded with fifty passengers makes up a total weight of fourteer p- tons, or an average weight of aboui 620 pounds per passenger, whicl ie compares favorably with the weighi re per passenger carried on A-shapec sr trestles, as in the Elberfeld road, bui id running on the outside of the legs ol s, A, instead of between them. In ad ?r dition to the supporting rail at the id top there are two bearing rails or each leg of the A and steady the cars s, when in motion. r. Such a road is projected betweer :h Liverpool and Marchest'er and at the ie proposed speed of 120 miles per hour is the distance, thirty-two miles, woulc w be covered in but a little over a quare ter of an hour, including stops. A i- road built on this principle, with some a- variations, is projected to run through h Pelham Bay Park to City Island, ir lo the Bronx, New York city, k A third class of monorail road consists of a single rail laid on the level -r of the ground, being essentially hall of an ordinary two-rail road. The s, balance of the cars is maintained d> arms, which reach out laterally, and are supported by a man or a horse 's walking at one side and supplying >t the motive power at the same time. If It is a simple and effective mode oi 11 transportation for loads which would 11 require much more expulsive power e proportionally to move by usual methods. d To form a fourth class comes the 11 gyroscope car, running on a single k rail and preserving its own balance? i- the germ of the monorail road par excellence. Two types of the gyroe scope car have been produced, the -- first by Louis Brennan, of England, k" who exhibited a model car early in 1907, and a practical service car forts ty feet long and ten feet wide and e weighing twenty-two tons, which It successfully carried forty passengers >f in December, 1909. e The force made use of in main s taining the balance of the gyroscope > cars is the resistance which a rapidy ly revolving wheel exerts against any if change of the plane in which it is ro> tating. In the Brennan car the upright position upon a single rail is preserved by two wheels revolving side by side t- in parallel vertical planes. These 3 wheels weigh 1,500 pounds each, and d are placed in vacuum chambers to i- escape friction. They are made to re? volve in contrary directions to o counteract certain tendencies to wabit bling, and at a speed of 3,000 revolud tions per minute. The other gyroscope car was ine vented in Germany by Richard Scheri. It differs from t'he Brennan car in that the gyroscope wheels rog tate edge to edge in the horizontal it plane of the floor of the car, wheels, f- weighing only 125 pounds each, d The latent power of these gyro>f scopes overthrow them when in mon tion would be sufficient to crush the e material out of which the cars are s built and their momentum is such .e that after the motive power is cut off, as might happen in case of an >s accident to the machinery, they will ie continue to revolve many hours, n I odontatinn nf this nrinciDle to v I X UUMJk/ VWVtV" J. ? d practical railroading is yet to be ac?s complished. Obviously, if tbe cars 11 are to be run at the speed obtained by ordinary trains and carry the ie same loads, they would have to be t- practically the same strength and ie weight. To concentrate upon one ?t rail the weight now divided upon the i- two necessitates a much stronger rail than is now in use and a more sub . stantial form of road bed. The bearing surface of the rail will 1 doubtless become more circular in C sectional outline to receive the thrust of the cars when rounding curves, j and the curves themselves must as_ sume the form of parabolas that the c 3 inward learning may be acquired 0 _ gradually and as gradually released. a Tf a mart hp<i ran hp se- + 1 " * r? ? -- u ? cured the argument for safety is al- t together on the sill of the gyroscope t car. All accidents due to the spread- g ; ing of the two rails in the present a . form of railroad must necessarily be u : eliminated. The concentration of v ? weight upon the single rail will mean s i greater tractive power; the construe- 0 _ tion expenses of the road and bridges e must be greatly reduced; the up- F keep much more so, and a very sub- P ^ stantial lowering of the cost of transi portation result. u - ? t 1 A HUMOROUS TAXIDERMIST f 1 t * W. Potter, of England, and His * Unique Museum. 1 I Beneath the shadow of the ruined ^ 3 j castle at Bramber, England, there is a i novel and interesting museum, well ^ ^ worthy the attention of all who find . themselves in that prettiest of South Down villages. The exhibits displayed - [ therein are principally examples of * the art of the taxidermist, but the p j subjects are treated in such a humor- ? ^ ous manner as to render the museum unique in England. From a child's ^ point of view it is a veritable Wonderland reminiscent of the strange 1 t sights seen by Alice when she made I her journey into that delectable coun- j ^ try. It is not, however, only the juvenile who is captivated with the ex- j hibition; the adult is none the less ^ amused and agreeably surprised at ^ t the wonderful ingenuity there dis- * ^ piayea. t The idea of thus combining the art " ^ of the taxidermist with that of the t humorist was generated in the brain ^ of the veteran proprietor, Mr. W. Potter. In 1861 Mr. Potter set to k work to construct the "Death and P Burial of Cock Robin." The work " i s< was done in Mr. Potter's spare time, t and was not completed until seven v years had elapsed. The nursery u 1 rhyme is too well known to repeat J here. The whole of the incidents in ^ ' the story are graphically portrayed, ^ and, as evidencing the patience and I perseverance exercised by Mr. PotL ter, it may be stated that no fewer * than 100 specimens of British birds 1 are included in the setting. In ad-' 1 dition to the birds which figure in the story there are the cuckoo, night- * ingale, goldfish, hawfinch, bramble| finch, whyneck etc. Considerable in" genuity is displayed in the arrange5 ment of the "fish with his dish," the ^ "fly with his little eye," the owl, the ^ bull rendered in minature, the rook, ^ 'k and the mourning birds all a-sighing ' and a-sobbing.?Strand. m P The Best Hour of Life r t is when you do some great deed or t discover some wonderful fact. This r: i came to J. R. Pitt, of Rocky Mt., N. tl C., when he was suffering intensely, as he says, "from the worst cold I ' ever had, I then proved to my great S . satisfaction, what a wonderful cold t; ' - rr; ?_ \*? T\J? * ana cougn cure ur. jtvmg s .\en i-?x?covery is. For, after taking one bot- ^ tie, I was entirely cured. You can't S say anything too good of a medicine g i like that." It's the surest and best ^ remedy for diseased lungs, hemor' rhages, lagrippe, asthma, hay fever? T 1 any throat or lung trouble. 50c, A $1.00. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed \ by Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. No Ceremony There. < 2 "What is the meaning of the word s! ' Easter?" said William J. Kellev, at i 1 the Lambs' Club. 1 No one could answer the question, c says The New York Telegraph, and S! ' Mr. Kelley went on: ' tl "Nobody in New York reads the a ' Bible now. Ignorance of the Bible and biblical things is amazing. d "Not long ago, at a dinner, I got in- tl ! to a biblical argument. When the ar- t< gument was over a young woman o 1 said: p " 'I enjoyed that discussion splen- t< ' didly. But do you know, I always ' thought that Sodom and Gommorrah c? were man and wife?' q "Another young woman comment- (r ed: e 'Oh, well, I suppose they ougnt a to have been, lr tnev were not. ir ? tt State of Ohio, City of Toledo, o) Lucas County. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of ei F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business pi ' in the city of Toledo, county and ! State aforesaid, and that said firm c ? will pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every case of ca- s: tarrh that cannot be cured by the b use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. p FRANK J. CHENEY. g) Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De- 0 cember, A. D. 1886. tl (Seal.) A. W. GLEASON, a Notary Public. ; Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, o 1 Send for testimonials free. p ^ F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. v [ Sold by all druggists, 75c. | Take Hall's Family Pills for con- Q stipation. P Buy your fruit jars at Hunter's hardware store. Prices right. p CROP 722,000 BALES SHORT. ireat Deterioration in Georgia Cot ton Condition Xoted. Atlanta, Ga., July 27.?Georgia's otton crop will this year fall shori if the yield last year 722,000 bales ccording to an estimate issued bj he State department of agricultur* o-day. Commissioner Hudson states hat reports from all sections of th( tate show that 8 per cent, of th< creage has been abandoned and th< nfavorable weather conditions pre ailing for the past month has re ulted in deterioration in every pari if the cotton belt- of Georgia. Hi: stimate of the present crop is 6' ier cent of that of 1909, which wai pproximately i,900,000 bales. Corn has also been affected by th? mfavorable weather, necessitating he abandonment of 5 per cent, o he acreage. The Summer Fisherman. it break of day he takes his pole, Lnd there is music in his soul. l jug of "water" from the well At least that's what we've heard hin tell.) Lnd then he takes his trusty boat ind soon he's on the lake afloat. le seeks the shady spots with care, Lnd hour by hour he fishes there. "he sun goes up and down again, Jut not a nibble does he ken. "he jug is emptied, lunch all gone Jut he is never quite forlorn. Lnd when the shades of night hav< fell, le paddles back to his hotel, "he boarders try to jolly him, iut ne is game up 10 me unm. It's not the fish I caught," says he 'But just the fun of going, see?" ?Boston Herald. Staggers Skeptics. That a clean, nice, fragrant comound like Bucklen's Arnica salve wil istantlv relieve a bad burn, cut cald, wound or piles, staggers skepics. But great cures prove it c ronderful healer of the worst sores leers, boils, felons, eczema, skir ruptions, as also chapped hands prains and corns. Try it. 25c ai 'eoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C. CORN GROWING IN THE SOUTH. Atlanta, Ga., July 27.?With 26, 77,000 acres planted in corn this ear, being an increase of 1,535,00< ver 1909 and 2,776,000 acres ovei 908, the farmers of Virginia, Nortl !arolina, South Carolina, Georgij Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, anc Iississippi are furnishing very sub tantial proof of the fact that the outh is constantly devoting more at ention to raising its own food suplies. These figures are from the lasi eport of the bureau of statistics o] be United States department of ag iculture. The acreage in corn foi he three years in these States is hown in the following table: 10HS 1QOQ 1 <410 11/vu> x </ v v* ? v v . 'ir. 1,925,000 2,040,000 2,142,00( C. 2,787,000 2,898,000 3,072,00C . C. 2,973,000 2,218,000 2,418,00C [a. 4,300,000 4,400,000 4,532,00C :v. 3,366,000 3,568,000 3,639,00C enn. 3,350,000 3,575,000 3,718,00C ,1a. 3,050,000 3,233,000 3,524,00C liss. 2,650,000 2,810,000 3,232,00C Total?1908, 23,501,000; 1909 4,742,000; 1910, 26,277,000. The table indicates that each Stat* howed an increase over 1908 ir 909 and an increase over 1909 ir 910. The condition of this year's rop as reported by the department bows the States of the South leading be country, Mississippi being first .labama second and Georgia third. This great increase in the acreage evoted to corn is considered one ol be most hopeful signs in the Soutl 3-day. In a letter to the directors f the Southern Railway Company 'resident Finlev called particular at?ntion to these figures and said: "The increase in the acreage oi orn, accompanied, as it is, by a uite general adoption of improved ultural methods, is one of the most ncouraging features of Southern gricultural progress. It Is one oi le results of a general movement iroughout the South in the direction ' diversified agriculture?a movelent wnich we are endeavoring to ilarge and assist as far as we can roperly do so." As the farmers of the South inrease their yield of corn, they will ave enormous sums which they have een spending in the west for food roducts and will consequently them=lves realize more from cotton and ther market crops. Economic aulorities agree in declaring the .merican corn crop the basis of the Duntry's prosperity since in such a irge measure the production oi ther crops as well as the pork suplv depends upon it and a greater ield of corn in the South conseuently means a greater share of rosperity for this section. Watch the date on label of your aper and renew promptly. I KEEP 5 ' There is no re< should drink wai hot days when 3 at such a reasoi livered in any qi pounds up at ai We Sell No. 1 Til ' QMflAIT'Q QAIF AMI IUlTlUnil V UflLL nil! J. J. SMOAK, Proprietor r [ DO YOU NEI I Right now, perhaps, you are wishi ) to invest in some good business off an old debt, or possibly, to en] And it's just this way every mc save many of the nickels and di time comes for profitable investi there would always be something ency. 9 Take care of the nickels and I count here. We pay 4 per cent, i I PEOPLES BANK - J EHRHARDT BAN] I Ehrhardt j I CAPITAL STOC We do a general banking busi I We are backed by a strong bo 9 every safety. We allow you 4 p< 9 ings department. We extend to 9 consistent with good banking, 9 als, firms, and corporations on J pleased to meet or correspond wi ing cnanges or opening new aceuu I J. L. COPE LAND, J. C. KIN 1 President. Vice-1 1' . ; IP' " ; Thirty-First Annual 1 'l Via Southen WEDNFSDAY, AU< LOW ROUND ' Tickets will be sold for all trains Au 3 to reach original starting point on t ) eluding but not later than midnigt r For detailed Informs l apply to tscket agent i , J. L. MEEK, L' Asst. Gen. Pass, Agt., Atlanta, Ga. I 31 I Horses : RllCTOTK & ! | ~ ; || Full Stock ii ! || on hand at ' || See us befoi , || A few Fan ; || Horses on H 1 ? AlTfin Ijuntb If BAMBER WEEK-END AND SUNDA 1 ?TOI CHARLESTON AND ISI ?VIA CHI TTUCDM juu i nurvn ( Effective Sunday, May 29th, and < , j son, Southern Railway will have on sal I to Charleston and Isle of Palms, S. C., ;1 also week-end tickets to be sold on Sal ! trains, beginning Saturday, May 28th, fl] J midnight the following Tuesday. ,1 Also cheap Sunday excursion tick j trains, good returning on last train le | j day night. For further information, rates, etc agents or address, J. L. MEEK, Asst. Gen'l. Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. . ... . .V ( jV~ - - ' - ?-> \ ' "'' v'v COOL ison why you rm water these fou can get ice table price delantity from 5 ly time of day. , nothy Hay Also D LIVERY STABLE Telephone 68 J ID MONEY? I | ing that you had enough money I proposition, or, maybe to pay B * large your business. I " i >nth of the year. If one would I nies that are wasted when the nent, or when bills come due, I with which to meet the emerg- I dimes by having a savings ac- I ' { interest, compounded quarterly. I - - - Bamberg, S. C. I '*" ttNG COMPANY. ' . s. c. K $20,000.00. J iness, and solicit your account. " ard of directors, insuring you ^ ?r cent, on deposits in our savour customers every courtesy Je receive accounts of individufavorable terms, and shall be th those who contemplate maknts. > ? * ARD, A. F. HEXDERSOX, President. Cashier. mm '1 101=31 M J lountain Excursion h "i Railway I GUST 17th, 1910 [I || rRIP RATES 55 vl i igust 17th, 1910, good returning my regular train up to and init September 1st, 1910.*. tion, tickets, etc., '?} s or address. W. E. McGEE, , ; Division Pass. Agt., < S * > Charleston, S. C. . . ,1 IP1 'ne 6 Mules ||: : Wagons || " i Our Line | i 1 ; all times. e you buy. ij j cy Driving [and.Y.Y.Y. BROS.,; G, S. C. ij >' Y EXCURSION RATES ? OF PALMS. S C. } RAILWAY xmtinuing during the summer seae regular summer excursion tickets Anni limip Drt/Yher 31st. 1910, ) 1MI llliai 11UUV v/ w -V -? , turdays, and for Sunday morning nal limit to leave destination before ets sold only for Sunday morning . aving Charleston 8:15 p. m. Sun,, apply to Southern Railway ticket W^E. McGEE, ^ 4 I Division passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. .vv3 4 / "AJ i si