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f >: LAN I, VOL. IX. Problem of Better Living. i IJY DUANK DOTY. American Farmer Chicago. For Hevoral years the writer has susteined such relationship to a large community ot working people, aB has enabled him to make a thorough study of their raode3 of living, and he feels ful ly warranted in making what ho deems a conservative statement, to the effect that a largo majority of these people, probably from a want of knowledge of what is for their highest good, not only pro j vide themselves with unnecessarily costly food, but have the nutritive value of their food much lessened by improper cooking. Is not the food question, to day, the most important one with which the working man has to deal? ^ Science can bring him invaluable assistance. Students of social science and economics cannot render civil society so valuable a service, at this particular junct ore, as to teach the working man and his wife how to select and prepare wholesome and nutritious food at a much lessened cost to them than that to which they are now subject. The aggregate of the money value of small economies on the part of an entire popula tion is something stupendous. It i? :i ? _i *' ? u?u ue oMHiiy hiiuwii inai ai least fifty dollars a year could not only be saved on the cost of food for every one of the fifteen millions * \ of families of our country, but that these families at the time, could be furnished with better fT nourisment than they now get. \ The whole sum that might be saved on this conservative estimate would be $750,000,000. What would be the results, with such a sum which might be expended in books and other means of culture? Certainly a better and more enjoyable social life would be one result. But this particular phase of the food question must be deferred for future consideration. Before food can be prepared for man's consumption it must be produced, and it is this matter of 1 1.' :iL V. * - L I- 1 pruuueuou wiui which we snail first briefly deal. The observation of Dean Swift that, "He who causes two blades of grass to grow where but one grew before, is worth more to the world than all the politicians in it," is an im1 pressive statement which cannot 7^ be too seriously pondered. A century ago the economist Malthus expressed his corvviction that the popu[ation of the earth would certainly increase beyond a point where food could be produced to support it, and as a consequence, famine must result. We now know that Maithus used incorrect data, and that the results he Spain's Greatest Need. Mr. It. 1'. Olivia, of Barcelotiia, I Spain, spends his winters at AiI ken, S. C. Weak nerves had \ caused severe pains in the back m of his head. On using Elictric Bitter-", America's greatest Blood if and Nerve Iiomedy, all pain soon I f*. L ! w V - leu mm. ne says tnis grand medicine in what his country needs. All America knows that it cures liver and kidney trouble, purifies the blood, tones up the stomach, ^ strengthens the nerves, puts vim, vigor and new life into every muscele, nerve and organ of the body. If weak, tired or ailing you ^ need it. Every bottle guaranteed, only 50c. Sold by Crawford Bros., Druggists- 1. % . ' ' > JASTE LANCASTER, | predicted are in all probability,' beyond the domain of possibility.! j Sir Williams (Jonkes, president. ^ jot' the British AflROciation for thoj I advancement of science. in his re , cent annual address, also pictures: a somewhat gloomy outlook rela ( tive to our future food supp'v.. and expresses a fear that the in| crease ot popalation will outrun! the increase ot food production, urr -- ii ui<in iiwill n in H II K(l t'OIIspilMI our are carfullv read and thought fully considered by all 8rudem~ <?l economic science. It is no difficult matter to show th?t Pp>sess?>r Orookes is wholly in error hi ttie matter of th?^ world's resuircep in wheat production upon wmcIi i ? ; lays special Mress. In our own country our wheat crop i* pr?> duced upon an acreage no I art." r than the stare of Illinois. The writer has no hesitation m allum ing, and the sffirmation is i?*ved upon extended nhicrviiiiiii travel in North Amerov*. th.rj this continen. easily h >s times the area adapted whet raising thai is now devot* it to ft. . cereal, and, further, that twice r?o average crop per acre now grown could he produced. That wh?crop of the U tilted States lor 1808 ia 650,000,000 bushels. When tin grain is required, five times t'opresent wheat crop of the world can be grown in North America alone. Professor Crookes has been oauij misMiiormea in regard to the extent of wheat lands in th?* Western Hemisphere It is now well established that as people become enlightened fewer children are born. A care ful study of the question of the growth of populations, and an in vestigatiou extending over sever al years convince that by the time the world has four times its pres ent population or 6,500,000,000 people, the number of human b* ings will remain about stationery, and that by the improved methods of agriculture, which w.ll then be universal, the food supply will not only be ample for the susten ance of this vaRt number of toe world's inhabitants, but if will be of a tnuch better than now. Mai thus, in whose time families with from eight to fifteen children were not uncommon, jumped i<? the conclusion that human beings increased in a geometrical ra io and would continue to do ho. II* was wholly mistaken in tin*, and, further, he did not, take into a count the i inpi wvetuei.i.s wind; were to come. not nnlv in loo t production, out in merh unc-al dustries, in transport;!*) >.i t i I i easy and universal inter counn i nication. In the subjnuaiiou ?>' m itur ? ? ' 1 ; A Narrow Escape. ThanK*nt words wrtu no, Mr-, i Ada E. Halt, ot Gi'oton. ,S. 1). j |"WlO .Hi V11 i i i... 1 . I ?n i; i settled o i my lungs; .o ; . and iinm 11v ternuone i n ?' sumption. Koiir I) n-mr* g v? saying 1 could live hi a en time. 1 i?hve nivse'i o;> ;> in Savior, d^tci mined it ? uid stay Willi rnv friends o?\ irth, Ij J would meet niv absent one? a ti >v- , Mv husband ass advise I ? > g t( i Dr. King's N w Disc var\ t >r Consumption, Doughs and Golds , i u a triHi, took in -Hi elRht i 'bottle". It hiiH cured me, and . thank God, I am flavor! and now j a well and healfhv woman." Trial , bottles free at Crawford Bros.' Drug Store. Regular gize 50c and $1. Guaranteed or price refunded. 1. . r En SBMI:WEEKLY. S. C., WEDNESDAY man's uses, grerter progress has been made in the past threeecore-years-and ten than in all preceding time. Advancement along agricultural lines has been far from keeping pace with that on mechanical lines. As mechanics has largely become applied mathematics, so must agriculture in a uiiv Hoi uisiani, ueconie applied chemistry. While we must ^ admit that sen nee is today more , than ever before, popularized and j ulaced within reaeh of the tillers of the soil, we are obliged to ac- ' knowledge that most of the farm 1 work of our couutry is still an ' unintelligent expenditure of me- j ehatncai and brute force. Science is only classified knowl- ' edge; this knowledge in printed , from is no more nor less than a , record of the best experiences of , capable men, and as such it ought 1 ?o be studied by farmers tor its 1 inestimable value. If Farmer Al- 1 Vn makes a success in raising \%hite bonus his neighbors nave , no hesitation in looking into and t i.(opting his methods of produc- 1 nig that crop. Science telles what hundreds of Aliens have done in nil departments of farming indus- j try. The writer, brought up on a i farm, and later an owner of farms and farm stock, has had experi Mice enough in those lines to make him something more than a theorist ; he feels that he can talk as a farmer to farmers. Let us tor a moment look at the overages per acre, in the United States, of our leading farm products: ()f corn we have au aver age of 27 bushels ; of barley 24; of oats 29; buckwheat 14; wheat 13; rye 14' potatatoes 100; of cotton two-fifths of a bale, and of hay one and a quarter tons to the acre. Is not this average yield of products so small as to be almost pitiful? There is enough knowledge to day in accessible form and which can be had at a very small cost, that farmers might apply with the result of producing twice the average yield per acre which they now get, and their work would not be very largely increased. 1 recently had an opportunity to studv an object lesson in which 1 became profoundly interisted. In.July last a gentleman named Air. Charles Wallace, who has devoted a hle-tnue to the study of agriculture and, incidentally to naiiiiary questions, took a quarter oi an acre of land on G3d street, Chicago, and began transforming the s-pot, uninviting at (be time, into a garden. On the occasion ol my visit, in the latter pail oi September, 1 found about Inly varieties ot vegetation, all growing luxurniitly there. Two piles o! manure stood in the gard ii, and vegetation of several ' :orui8 and of vigorous growth fuliv covered their sides, but there; > as not ibn faintest trace of any I ..li ens, vo odors arising therefrom. J .\ lew I ii in a | o plants were so la ! e-n w. li iruit that I computed, *1 their rate of yield, an acre of j .( acre ol land would produce not ess than GOO bushels. Began late I in the season (.Inly), hero was a garden probably unmatched for A Frightful blunder Will ottfii cause a horrible Burn, Scald, Out or Bruise. BuckIcn's Arnica Salve, the best in the world, will kill the pain and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores, Fever S >re?, Ulcers, Boils, Felons Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best 1'ile cure on earth. Only 25 cts. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by Crawford Bros., Druggists. 1 TERP , JUNE 21, 1899. Absolutely 1 Makes the food more de its productiveness in the state. I could but acknowledge as I realized it tliat the adoption of Mr. \Va' h's methods would revolu ti?> arket gardening in the abui. ce and quality of garden products. While our Agricultural department in Washington is doing wonderful work, it seems somehow to be too remote from the vast body of( farmers. If every State had an Agricultural Bureau, with a subordinate bureau in every congressional district, and later on, a branch department in every county, there could not fail to be an awakening and a forward impulse in all agricultural and cognate industries. Such . i.. *... 1 .. . . ~_ ? ' - ? ritituw uepariuunis uugui Decouie I the agencies for the distribution of circulars and bulletins from < the department at Washington, and very farmer of the land would at once be placed within easy reach of intelligent aid in ell his etrorts. Any railroad which has lands to sell could have no better way of calling attention to them than by operating a small farm at some easily accessible point on those lands. Such farms, when once started, would more than defray the expenses of their operatiou. No philanthropist could render his fellow-men better service than to send such men as Mr. Wallace when they cau be found, into agricultural regions to lecture to meetings of farmers and directly interest them in the higher and scientific phases of their avocation. I believe such work as these qualified and practical men could do, would return a thousand fold more than its cost to society, in increased and better food proif * ~ - -f * i - VI14 u i n. 11 irii poi UUUl. Ul lilt) money expended in political campaigns to determine whether a set of Democratic tax-eaters or Republican tax-eaters should live upon their country for the next two or four years, could he given to the direct instruction or farmers, the results for good would be incalculable. On every hand we hear the cry for aid in living well and economically. With bettor food, and that in greater abundance, we have the problem of economical living half solved. That Throbbing Headache Would quickly leave you, if you used Dr. King's New Life Rills. Thousands of sutlerers have proved their matchless merit for Sick and Nervous Headaches. They make pure blood and strong nerves and build up your health. Easy to take. Try them. Only 25 cents. Money back if not cured Sold by Crawford linos., Druggist. 1 i ii ii i AU ur i ll ft tu>-1 UAKKK KIVEK. (ioveriiniPiit's Work to llegiiioiii September First. It is not. going to bo vory long beforo tlio work of dor polling the chillinel of t ho Congaroe river will bo niidor way and when once started it is likely to be pushed to the earliest possible completion. The condom nation proceedings in the matter of the property desired on the Lexington side of the river arc to be begun immediately, it is stated. By some it is thought?and all hope ?that H. S. Engineer Iteid Whitford, who is now in charge of the government work at Ueorgetown will be placed in charge of the work. It is RISE. NO 27 j Baking Powder E>ure licious and wholesome IQEff CO.. NEW YORK. likely that this will be done, but there has as yet been no definite announcement. It is stated upon reliable authority that tho nttro work will be under way by Sept 1 next and in- completed in less than ihrec years, including the removal of the two sands below Urunby. It is believed by the engineers that the appropriation will be sulhoient for the com i>letion of the work and will insure the desired tepth of water at the foot of tiervais street. This will mean the securing of the long detired water rales to Columbia und another neans ol keeping up the city's onward move ivill be obtained.?The state Is W. M. GaBagner, of Bryan, I'a., says : "For forty years I have tried various [J >ugh medicines. One Minute Coiifch lire is best ol all." It reletves instantly and cures all throat and lung troubles. Crawford Bros. $45,000 For Johnson's Island. Port Clinton, Ohio, June 18.->Johnson's Isi* land, I.ake Erie, which was famous as a orison for Confederate soldiers durimr the civil war, has just been sold at auction for $15,000. The island lies in Sandusky Hay, a few milts from the city of that name. There is a time for all things. The time to take I)e Witt's Little Early ^ Risers is when you are suffering from constipation, bilousness, sick-headache, indigestion or other stomach or liver troubles. Crawford Bros. OUR LOSSES AT MANILA. Nearly Eire Thousand Men Al ready Dead and Diseased. The Philadelphia Times which has editorially supported the administration in the effort to subdue tho Filipino rebellion, a few days ago published a dispatch from Washington?its information coming, it is said from an administration official which announces the practical failure of *he campaign In the Philippines, says in substance. "General Otis, with -2,u00 men, began an aggressive warfare on February 5, near Manila, drove the insurgents many miles into the interior. and finally returned to Manila on June 10, with his forces depleted and his arm? disheartened. He is now defending Manila with the aid of the navy. "In this campaign of four mouths 41 men wero killed and 1,1*5 men wounded. The total casualties were 1.416. I'he list of sick soldiers and those dying from disease lias not yet been obtained, except approximately. Upward of It.OOJ men have been disabled by sickness and about ROD bave died of disease. "The cost of the campaign his been 'I 'll), two each day, so that the total cost bar i-een approximately i 120.000,001 Thus it appears that General Otis marched up the hill an t then marched down again, at terrible eost of blood and treasure, and accomplished nothing, save to achieve his own belouguermeni and leave the insurgents masters oi the greater portion of the Island "Tho plain fact of the matter is that tie- situ ation of the American forces on tins Island of Luzon is deplorable, and the condition of the soldiers is pitiable. The campaign of General litis has ended in failuro. "President Mclviiiley li is n > competent military advisers. The war has tieen manured by men incompetent to manage it, and s<>mc of them are unworthy of high places. "President Mclvlnley's advisers have ven a secretary of war who never conducted a in Hilary campaign and whose disli ni irahle disin ssal from the army was recommended by Generals Custer, Merritt and sn- ri I in: an n-?s stunt secretary of war who is honorable and up* right, hut without military experience, n t an adjutant-general who was ofllciailv declared ui ttie civil war to bo uniii to c nutn in t l> avo men. "Tlie authority of the American fo -ces ja the Philippine islands is being contested bv up ward of IW.OtK) troops thoroughly acclim.ied anil believing in tle-ir independence. M ireover, there are approximately .'?)i)01*) ddiers In the Philippine is' mils r ow preparing f r offensive operations. "The Filipinos ate working their farms lor eight conseeutivi days a:: l hen y-tetii i ieallv drilling tin ler poo I officers f -r t vo I iy< Thus two days out of ewry tea are devoted t > drill* ng. "There \\ i 1 soon lie a volunteer Filipino foree which in ty be nncomiuoruble Aga.nst this military front the president has decide t to send two negro regiments of regulars. Their lives are also to bo needlessly sacrificed. " Dr. M. A. Simmons Liver Medicine creates a good Appetite, Tones and Strengthens the Stomach, aud builds up the Health.