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Lt;litly !:i tlic Warm Season.
]H!:i::;^ the summer mouths fowL
should not ho overfed: that is. thoy
should not he triwn more than onehalf
the iiiuuutii of food whieh thoy
ordinal ilv would sret uurinj; the fail
ami winter mem lis.
' Ami, furthermore. that which tlioy
get should l>e of light character. such
as will produce the least heat ami fat.
'1 he old fowls, if 011 ratine, should
iia\e scarcely auy .trraiii food, except,
perhaps, whole oats, at night.
The insects and seed that they gather
during the day will plentifully supply
their wants, and keep them in a
healthy state.
All food which produces heat and
fat should lie avoided, and we believe
better results can be had if fowls are
given only a slight feed of "whole oats
late in the evening.?Home and Farm.
Intelligent Animals or Scrubs?
There is just as much difference between
the intelligence of blooded animals
and scrubs as there is between
tiie intelligence of educated and uneducated
persons. As a rule educated
men are "as kind as kittens." If they
have any "crochets" it is very rare
that they exhibit them. They eudea^
-or to make themselves agreeable td
everybody, high and low. and it is a
pleasure to have associations with
them, while the uneducated are too often
boorisli and unpleasant to deal
with. They have their notions of matters.
often not founded on either fact
or reason, anil if crossed in their
views, an ebullition of temper is apt
to result.
The thoroughbred man. when in conversation
with a scrub'mau, generally
tries to ascertain what the latter really
does or does not know, while the scrub
usually goes on with a voluble tongue
and tells all thai he knows and much
that lie does not know, and his speech
is chock full of great I's. And this is
the difference. A scrub horse does not
know much for a horse, neither can
he learn. There is not enough gray
matter iu his skull to be a fairly teachable
animal. Balky, runaway, vicious
horses are almost invariably of this
'class. Thoroughbred equines are altogether
different animals. They
take'' to education as a calf dees to
milk, and seem to delight iu being
tutored. In acquiring knowledge there
is as much difference between them
and scrubs as there is between day
and niglit.?F. II. Sweet, in The Ephoinist.
Iiilclliccnt Swine Feeding.
There is quite a revolution going on
fn swine feeding, which must not only
finite a beneficial effect upon the health
el the animals, but upon the quality
of the pork. We are still inclined to
consider quantity more than quality
in this feeding, but gradually we may
expect to see the old methods of feeding
the animals with slops give way
CA,.,nlkh,n ISI-n vl... ? ....... |.? , . n 1 1 ...1
tu iMfti.t ui.u^ uuu u iitu uv v.?im u
a reiiued a ml civilized diet. A irootl
deal of the prejudice existing against
pork iti the past was due to this slipshod
aiul careless method of feeding
the swine. Any old thing was considered
good e nough for the pigs, and the
pens and feeding trough were iu many
instances so literally dirty and filthy
that it nauseated one to look at either
from the inside. People who were
fond of pork vowed they would never
eat it again after looking in a filthy
pigpen and seeing the kind of food
the animals devoured. As a partial
excuse for this the pig was said to be
dirty and filthy by habit and nature,
and that it preferred to grub its food
from dirt and mud.
This theory js not sustained by actual
practice. Turn the pigs out into
a clover field, and they will keep as
clean as the cows, hut if you shut
then) up into narrow pens where they
<lo not get the food tliey need, they
cannot help from gettiug dirty. Contine
human beings in the same narrow
quarters and they would prove almost
as tiltliy in their habits. It is the artitieial
life we gave to the pigs that
made them degenerates. ? American
Cultivator.
Grub* and Cutworns.
The eggs that hatch out white grubs
.are laid l?y tlie May beetle, which usually
does not come till about Juno
with us. The eggs are deposited in
/ thin grass, a? a rule, so the young
grubs can Uto on the roots when tbey
hatch cut. They are three years getting
their growth. The last year they
are very large aud white. Now, as a
rule, the beetle will not lay any eggs
in thick, heavy clover and grass. At
the time she comes such clover and
grass completely covers and shndes
the ground. Instinct teaches her not
to lay her eggs in such a place. It
would be too damp and cool for them
to hatch. She goes to an old, run-out
sod. or thin grass, where it is drier
and the sun can get in better.
Sometimes eggs may be laid under
refuse on the surface in a stubble Held.
* but not-often, I think. Instinct would
prevent. So to keep tiie grubs from
injuring you make your land rich with
manure and tillage, and grow a heavy
crop of clover and grass. Then do not
let it stand to run down, but after
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mowing it oik* year plow, while frea
from grubs and plant corn and pota*
tops. In about .'our years seed down
again. I have found thousands of
young grubs hatched out just 0:1 th:!
edge of a lipid of heavy plover, but
none whatever i;i the plover, rule.-there
were thin places in ir. Ail can
not do this way, of course, but it i:
the sure way of keeping free from
grubs, and cutworms and wirewornis
will be discouraged, too. Such pest.?
acpuinulate in an old sod.?T. 13. Terry,
iu Practical Farmer.
A "Cut Carter" Cor Hay Ilaric.
To give the forewheels a chance tc
"cut under" the rack sides, use the
device shown in the cur. The curved
iron makes a neat appearance and "obviates
the necessity of bringing the
THE DEVICE.
rounds over the opening into the interior
of the rack to secure a support
for the lower end. A blacksmith can
readily make the iron pieces to lit into
the desired position, leaving a hole at
the top of the curve for the "round"
tomtit into, as shown. This makes a
much neater job than the usual form,
and gives a clear space from side to
sate in the rack.
firn oir> d^ctcd cv/ii
OiUlY nun rwx I kn liiui
Adequate Itestrlctlve Legislation Should {
lie Introduced.
The abuse of advertising by signs
arid posters has raised up in EnglaifJ
a Society for Checking the Abuses of
Public Advertising, the work of which
is interestingly described in to-day's
Tribune. In a word, the society found
that the system, which works so admirably
in France, of Imposing a
stamp tax on all posted advertisements.
was impracticable in England.
Instead of this, it worked to secure a
general law. which gave the local authorities
full powers to regulate, restrict.
or prohibit advertising that
challenges attention iii a public way.
Many towns immedk.tely adopted restrictive
legislation. Dover has takei
the lead, requiring a license for all
advertisements which are not contained
within a window, and for all
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vciucies cuieuy uscu ior iuaeiiKnu^
purposes, while absolutely forbidding
all sky signs. London, Glasgow. Manchester.
and many of the smaller
towns have passed regulations covering
various abuses, such as transparencies.
electric flash signs, and sky
signs, and regulating the size of the
letters permissible in a poster. Everywhere
a praiseworthy public spirit has
been shown in this matter, nud it may
reasonably be honed that England will
eventually be as free from this disligurement
as. say. France or Belgium.
What has been accomplished in England
is certainly possible here, where,
in fact, reform should he easier; for
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collective sense, and a less exaggerated
idea of individual rights. The English
precedent should encourage those
who are working to arouse public
opinion in this matter. If adequate
restrictive legislation can be introduced
in one of our cities, the work
will be half done. The busiest among
us will appreciate the comfort of walking
in the streets freed from the disfiguring
signs which now. as the
French say. jump at your eyes.?New
York Post.
Locust Porridge.
The every day life of a P.asuto village
is a very simple affair when compared
with the life of a British village.
Take, for instance, the food
supply. Porridge is made of mealies,
and thickened and flavored with sour
milk (mnfl) or herbs, and It is seldom
that a Mosuto? Basuto in the singular
becomes Mosuto?comes to bis meal
leaving bis appetite behind him. Another
standard dish is locust porridge"
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Jl (llflllll 111 ?U{ipi^ UVIU? Ul-Jfl ?lj? -jj till.
constant showers of locusts, which are
veritable godsends |0 tlie natives in
a country where food is very scarce.
The Bnsuto collect tons and tons of
these insects, and carefully store them,
first pulling off the heads and wings.
As occasion requires, they place quantities
in large pots and boil them until
soft and pulpy, flavoring the porridge
with fat. and making it savory with
salt. The locust to an unprejudiced
European is not unpalatable, closely
resembling the shrimp in taste, though
scarcely so nice. Greatly as the Mosuto
appreciates stewed locust, he likes
still better the young green maize
stewed and served with melted butter,
and certainly not the most fastidious
could desire a more delictus food.?
Chambers's Journal.
A Useful Invention.
The latest invention in the way of
improving methods for printing newspapers
is a machine that will set type
by telegraph, although the operator
may l>e a thousand miles away. Western
newspapers, who say the Inventor
is a young Iowan, named Frank
l'eame. assert that several telegraph
companies are striving to secure the
patent rights to the invention.
BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM I
Conditions In The Steel Districts Remain
Unchanged.
MJAlt i\tW MtA Ant AIIAUtU;
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The American Tin Plate Company At- j
tempted to Bring In Non-Union
Hen, But Ti:csc Are Attacked.
Pittsburg, Special.?Practically the
only significant event in the strike
was the positive stand taken by the
American Tin Plate Company in reference
to its course in the future. An |
official statement from this company
denies that there are negotiations look. |
ing to a settlement of the strike and
authorizes the statement that mills
put into operation during th* strike
will be continued non-union, and all
men going to work now will be retained
in their positions. This statement
will have its effect because of
the fact that the tin plate has always
been considered as among the strongholds
of the Amalgamated Association
and the deal appears to have been
brought about by the association declaring
a strike f^ainst the Tin Plate
Company after the scale for the year
had been signed. Notwithstanding
the fact that he Amalgamated people
claim justification on the ground that
their constitution provided for such
procedure, the officials of the Tin Plate
Company consider the action a breach
of trust and say that henceforth they
are determined to cut loose from union
labor entirely.
President Shaffer reiterated hi3
positive statement that all efforts for
peace that were being made by the
Civic Federation were without authority
from him. He said that if official
overtures were made by the combine
they would be considered, but that was
all. He denied that he knew of any
move that was being made in New
York except what he has seen in the
papers. Other officials of the Amalgamated
Association said that there was
no change in the strike. Everything
was quiet and the men were satisfied
with the way things were going.
The one place within this district
where the strikers have scored a victory
is at Irondale. O. At this place
the American Tin Plate Company was
compelled to close down its recently,
opened plant for lack of men to operate
it. The day was full of excite
A i ? lliil A ?rl11n<?A on/1 ctrftof
meni 111 me nine viua&i- auu ouvui.
fights came thick and fast for a time
until the inhabitants were wrought
into a state of excitement, bordering
o? terror. The first fight of the morning
took place when rive non-union
men left their homes and started for
work in the mill. On the main street
of the village they were met by a
party of about 30 strikers, who by
moral suasion tried to get them to
desist from their determination to go
to work. When this failed a stronger
argument was used and the men were
given a drubbing and driven back to
their homes. The village had scarcely
recovered from the surprise which
this attack occasioned when word was
passed around that a party of new
men were drli'lng overland from Wellsville.
Almost all the strikers at once
started to meet the carriage, and when
they passed the mill'offlce Ira Householder.
a non-union man. shouted at
them. The action precipitated a fight.
Manager Banfield saved Householder
by dragging him inside and shutting
the door with difficulty. The Tin Plate
Company then attempted to file infor
matlon before Justice Baisley, cbarg
Ing the strikers with riot, but the justice
refused to entertain the charge,
saying he would issue warrants for
those mixed in the fights charging assault.
but no more serious offense.
The attorney then began the preparation
of papers, for an injunction restraining
the strikers from interfering
with r.cn-unionists in any way.
It is learned that President T. J.
Shaffer has sent out letters to all
members of the executive committee
of the Amalgamated Association in
viting their approval of the peace
plan agreed upon last Saturday by the
representatives of the National Civic.
Federation and the Amalgamated Association
headquarters officials. The
plan proposes:
First, that the New York offer of
July 7, made by Messrs. Schwab and
Morgan, be accepted.
Second, that a provisional scale be
arranged but not signed for Painter's
Lindsay and McCutcheon's and the
Clark mill, leaving recognition of the
anion open.
Third, that the United States Steel
Corporation formally declare its attitude
toward organized labor, this
declaration to take such form as will
have a reassuring effect upon the meu
In the mnis.
Operatives Joining Union.
Col'imbia, S. C., Special.?Textile
Union No. 211 was in session for several
hourse Tuesday night and was addressed
by membera of the executive
committee.
Many additions were made to the
membership. A committee vas appointed
to look for houses for the 500
operatives who have been suspended.
The operatives declare that they have
been ehut out and that in ao doing the
fight has been forced on frhem. The
operatives still In the mills were not
required to renounce the union as the
president said they would be. This has
postponed the crisis. Officials of the
union say a strike cannot be averted as
the members are determined to stand
1 by the union.
THE COMING STATE FAi?..
Arrangements Progressing Rapidly
For a Good Show.
Mr. T. J. Lsmotte has been notified
that he has b<*en appointed assistant
secretary of the State fair. Mr. LaMotte
has been connected with the association
since its organization in 1S7S
and is familiar with the details of the
office. He began at once to distribute
the premium lists.
The late Col. Vance, who was assistant
secretary, was also a member of
the executive committee, chairman of
the committee cn grounds and buildings
and a member of other committees.
He was deeply interested in the
fair. It was mainly to his efforts that
the society secured a nice sum from the'
Seaboard Air Line for a right of way.
and Col. Vance gave much time.to tho
expending of this money on new buildings,
sheds, etc.
The officers of the State Agricultural
and Mechanical society are:
W. D. Evans, Cheraw, president; J.
Wash Watts, Laurens, presidehf pro
tern.; Thos. W. Hoiloway, Pomaria,
secretary; T. J. I^araotte, Columbia,
assistant secretary; A. Gamewell LaMotte.
Columbia, treasurer; A. W.
Love. Chester, general superintendent.
The vice presidents by congressional
districts are: A. T. Smyith, Charleston;
R. B. Watson. Ridge Spring; T. J.
Klnard. Ninety-Six; J. Wash Watts, j
Mrmntviiie- .T W. Dunnovant, Chester; |
B. F. Williamson, Darlington; W. G.
Hlnson. Charleston.
The ?xecutive committee consists of:
C. FItzsimons. Columbia; M. L. Donaldson.
Greenville; A." Porter Haskell,
Columbia: T. 0. Sanders, Hagood, R.
P, Hamer, Jr.. Hamcr; J. E. Wannamaker.
St. Matthews; S. J. McCaughrin.
Newberry; J. G. Mobley, Winnsboro;
C. F. Moore. Bennettsville; A.
H. White, Rock Hill; J. H. Wharton.
Waterloo; D. F. Eflrd, Lexington; J.
W. Dreher, Leesville.
The following, all of whom are expresidents
of the association, are exoffieio
members of the executive committee:
Thos. W. Woodard, Rockton;
J. B. Humbert. Princeton; Thomas .
Taylor, Columbia; E. R. Mclver, Pad- j
?netto; B. F. Crayton, Anderson; R. A. ;
Jvove, Chester; D. P. Duncan. Co'.um- j
bia; Thos. J. Moore. Moore; T. J. Can- j
ningham, Clowney.
The following departments of the;
fair are presided over by the superin- J
tendents named: Held crops. M. L. j
Donaldson. Greenville; Stock. Jno. H. ,
Wharton. Laurens: grade cattle, A. ,
Porter Haskell. Columbia: horses,
mules, etc., D. F. Efird of Lexington,
and R. P. Mamer, Jr.. Hamer; sheep :
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and goats. J. wasn nana. ..w...... ,
swine. J. G. Mobley, Winnsboro; poultry.
A. H. White. Rock Hill and Geo.
L. DeHihn; household department. J. !
W. Dreher. Lexington; manufacturer's
department. R. B. Watson, e Ridg
Spring; mechanical department. J. W. i
Punnovant, Chester; agricultural im- I
plements, C. F. Moore, Bennettsville; I
chemicals, mineral;;, etc.. C. Fizsimons, j
Columbia; fruit and floral department.
B. F. Crayton. Anderson; needle and ;
fancy work. Dr. T. J. Kinard, Ninety- I
Six; fine art. B. F. Williams.
THE RACES.
The races this year will be very in- J
tere3ting as the purses are larger than J
ever, and the track at the fair grounds j
is becoming recognized as one of 'he j
- ?_ por {hat rea- |
fastesc in me ? _
son northern men who brings brings !
of fine horses south for the winter are !
setting up a circuit of southern towns j
with Columbia as the most attractive :
The following races and purses are an- I
nounced in the premium list:
FIRST DAY?TUESDAY, OCTOBER
29, 1901.
No. 1-3-4 Mile dash, weight for age,1
3130.
No. 2?2.16 Class, trot or pace. $230. |
No. 3-1-2 Mi'e dash. South Carolina J
raised saddle horses. $75.
No. 4?Gentlemen's roadsters (trot
or pace, owners to drive), $100. .
SECOND DAY, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER
30. 1901.
No. 5?3-4 Mile heat, weight for age,
$150.
No. 6?2.25 Class, pace, $200.
No. 7?Mile novelty, weight for age.
one-quarter of purse to horse leading
each quarters), $150.
No. 8?2.30 Class, trot, $200.
THIRD DAY?THIIRSDAY.OCTOBEIi
31, 1901.
No. 9?1 Mile dash, weight for age,
$200.
No. 10?Free for all, trot or pace,
$400.
" *1 " ' Ml1" ^oVi nwnars' handi
fto. 11?O-t ilium UUUU, V/ ..
cap, $75.
No. 12-5-8 Mile dash, weight for
age. $75.
No. 13-1-2 mil? heats, weight for
age, $100.
FOURTH DAY?FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
1, 1901.
No. 14?Mile heats, weight for
age. $150.
No. 15?2.20 Class, trot or pace. $-50.
No. 16?3-4 Mile dash (2 and 3 year
olds, weight for age), $75.
No. 17?3-4 Mile dash, consolation
(for horsea not 1, 2 or 3 at this meet),
*75. ..
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A GREAT CMNCROP
Bredstreet's F'gures for the Current
Season.
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A YIELD OF 1,400,000,005 BUSHELS
With An Estimated Value of $750,000,000?There
Will Be "Bread in
The Land" For Another Year.
New York. Special.?Eradstreet
says: Late advices as to the probable
corn crop yield and as to the resulting
effect upon the general business
of the country have made for a
rather saner view of the subject than
could have been taken some six weeks
or two months ago. With the idea of
getting a clearer view of the actual
situation in the closing week of August
Bradstreet sent inquiries to all its
officers nr.u correspondents not only
in the surplus corn growing States,
but in the leading Middle tnd Southern
States as well.
A consolidation of the replies from
the seven surplus States of Iowa. Kansas.
Nebraska. Mine's. Missouri, Indiana
and Ohio, percentages of increase
or decrease by States being
barnl upon the ieported yields as indicated
by the Department of Agriculture.
point to a reduction in the yield
nt thosA States of not far from 650.
000,000 bushels from a year ago.
Smaller decreases are likewise indicated
in the smaller corn producing
States, like Texas. Tennessee and
Kentucky, sufflcent to swell the shortage
by perhaps 25,000,000 bushels.
Against this is to be noted larger products
reported in such States as New
York, Maryland. Virginia and South
Dakota, which, while not sufficient to
offset these decreases, still limit the
falling off so that a shortage of not to
exceed 675,000.000 bushels in the country's
crop is to be looked for. A yield
of not le68 than 1.400,000,000 bushels
is indicated for 1901, a drop of about
30 per cent, from a year ago.
Replies to the question of farm
prices being out the fact that the
present prices per bushel are fully 40
per cent, higher than a year ago. The
farm price for the entire United States
a year ago as reported by the Department
of Agriculture was in the neigh
a- I ~ nne
borliooa or su cents, <tuu a. *?
cent, increase in price would point to
at least 51 cents per bushel being realized
this year, which, applied to a
total yield of 1.400,000.000 bushels,
would net a total return of about $715,000,000
this year against $751,000,000
a year ago, a decrease of only $36,000.000
or less than 5 per cent.
Special interest of course attaches
to the answers a3 to the probable effect
upon general business the coming
season of the shortage in corn,
and it is in a high degree encouraging
to learn that Bradstreet's agents the
country over in the majority of instances
look for little that is hurtful
to flow from the corn shortage this
year. The fact seems to be that the
agricultural interests are in pretty
good shape at present The wheat
yield is large, and prices received have
been very good. Those sections sending
the poorest corn reports, in fact,
send the best advices as to wheat
yield and returns. The results of the
inquiry are. therefore, to indicate that
far from being the failure earlier indicated,
a fair crop of corn will be
gathered and that, thanks to the goou
wheat and other crop yields, and to
the prosprous condition of the farming
interest, what would in years of
depression be regarded as a very good
crop outlook exercises little adverse
affect.
Extension of Seaboard Air Line Rail?
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way wvi ?
Effective August 25th, train service
was commenced on the Brunswick &
Birmingham Railroad, operating from
Thalmann, Ga., on the Seaboard Air
Line to Brunswick, Ga.; on September
1st, through trains will be inaugurated
between Brunswick and Savannah, Ga.
This gives the Seaboard Air Line an
entrance to Brunswick, St. Simon Island,
Cumberland Island, and JekyI
Isiand, and forms the short line be-,
tween Savannah and Brunswick and
between Brunswick and Jacksonville,
Fla.
DeLima Case Reviewed.
Washington, D. C., Special.?Mr.
Tracewell, the comptroler of the Treas
ury, has rendered a decision which disposes
of the famous De Lima case. He
holds that under the recent decision ol
the United States Supreme Court the
judgment obtained by De Lima & Company
for $14,597 from the Unite'd States
on account of duties paid by them on
goods shipped from Porto Rico to the
United States, between the date of the
ratification of the treaty of Paris and
that of the approval of the Foraker
act. may be paid out of the general appropriation
of the Treasury Department
without further action by Congress.
Lockouts flay Be Declared.
Hazleton, Pa. Special.?The miners'
onvention authorized the representaovpfiitlve
board to declare
iive uiaiiiw ?
lockouts where last spring agreements
have been violated by the companies.
Preparations wll be commenced at once
by National President Mitchell, and the
three dl3trict presidents for bringing
about a joint conference with the oper*
a tors.
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