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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-06

,,tn III traln fro". Augusta ms kcsT close
Senho"r,H9 a Calhoun Falls for ali poiIiis on
Cicse connect ion Mt Greenwood for nj, ,,t,ints
Smo,,a" >: ~; T.: and q; and -. Hallway, AID at
lE2t,t"m lEnr E DnrE wlth Southern Railway b.
tor any Information relative IL tirikets
rates. schedules. address, ~ ''lt'' ~
T. M NoWW.riIJ,; !; CRAIG, Gen, Pass Age3t,
H. ooI Agent. Augusta GGp.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-06
Remarkable story About Ants.


a traveller returned from South Africn
tells Of II singular combat that he once
witnessed III a deep forest in tho heart
Of the dark continent Happening to
cast his eyes toward the ground no no.
tircd II caterpillar crawling along at II
rapid pace, followed by 100 or moro
small ants. Being quicker in thoir
movements than the worm, tho ants
would catch up with the caterpillar, and
one would mount his back and bite him.
PausinE for an instant, the caterpillar
would turn his head and catch tho ant
in such II way us to kill it almost in
stantly. This slaughter of their follows
did not seem to have any effect upon tho
attacking hordrs, tho place Of tho dead
warrior being presently filed by another
hero willing to sacrifice his life. After
Strengthening Il dozen or moro Of his tor
mentors the worm began to show signs
Of fatigue, whcrcupon the ants mutlo n
combined attack. At this the worm
sout.t safety by climbing IL stalk Of
grass, going up tail first and defending
himself with his hrud and strong jaws
Seeing themselves outdonc Oh that scoro
the ants set to work and non fcllcd tho
stalk with their munlibl, Whom this
was done, they all polrnc, a upon tho
helpless worm and made short work Of
linn. Louis Republic.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-06

Me0Inche stopped in 20 minutes by Dr.
Niles PAIN PILLS. "Onco cont u dose."
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-04-06
SI.EEnING CNI, E,,,,,,l


Triple daily passenger srryic. h,,w..n Flor.
Ida and New York. "
:, Nos; 81 and }2-Ncw York and Florida Lin.
tied. Through vcStiiltlci train hctworn 81.
AuhuSin.r and New York, leaving each tcrmi.
hai point tSt. Augustine aud New York; daily
except sunday, composed Of Pullman cnmpnr;.
ncht SiccpinE cars. Pullman drawing room
SiccPinE cars, Pullman observation cars and
hotcl dnlnG ears Also Pullman drawing roou
York ' A No"
, Nos u and S--Washngton and Southwestern
Limited; Solid Ncstihulcd train with dining
cars and first class coaches north of Charlotte
~, human drnwingr"o,n Sccpig cars hrlwcrn
and New York. ~ n "
Richmond. w "'''
p,,S Nns. 10 and %'-U. $. Fast Mil. Through
iullman drawing room buffet Slcrrng cars h.,-
tween .'acksonvillo and New York and An.
EuSta ana Gh;'rloitc. Pullman sleeping cars
between .arkS1nvillc ami Columbia, On routo
NShcvillc. ~ VI"
w. II. GREEN, T. M CHIP
w W WI wv; " aShinGton. u. NJ, WASHINGTON
w. y, ltkM. =. II. " NhRDWICK,
" a.. w aSllnEtO'l. y. q. - A..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-29
nRlEE nur INTERESTING.

In all their wars the BritiSb, have
won, the splendid average Of 50 per
cent. ot all the4E battles- s. ~
- OF the i1,ouoOuo square miles of
Africa only about 100000 remain
which have not been Chained. NY Some
European power and more than half of
this lies insthe desert OF Sahara. II
SIR William Thompson calculates that
the number Of molecules i'd g. cubic
inch of any gas is 100000, 600, oOO, OoO,-
000,000,000, and in each of these mole
cules there are severcl atoms moving
among themselves as the rate of 70
miles a minute.
In the course of bit of photograph
ing California physician placed a
piece of gold-bearing quartz upon the
plate. Upon developing the plate there
were specks and spots at intervals with
in the outlines of the piece of quartz.
This showed the presence of gold. BY a
Series of experiments he has discovered
that X-rays will show the presence of
gold in rock without the expense that
ordinarily accompanies such tests. a
number of mining experts are arrang-
ing to use these rays in prospecting for
the precious metal.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-29

innate field OF labor" Maybe this is
the circumstance it refers to: Mr..
Coole spent some time in Carson
Last winter trying to get through a
bill removing Mr.. Booher of the
INDEPEN DENT from the board having
control Of the, Elko county high
school. Having none but personal
reasons therefor, the legislature very
properly repudiated the pernicious
and wholly unjustiiable effort to
have it cast discredit upon Mr..
Boober simply because he was not ON
friendly terms with the man ~ who
wanted him ousted. We do not
know for sure, yet it is very likely.
that members of the Press Association
did take the trouble to see that the
facts Of the case were brought before
the legislature and thus neutralize
the effects of any lying statements
which the aforesaid !acoolie" might
make. We will wager that this is the
@true inwardness" of the mean III =
situation made i'll the above para
graph quoted from the Argonaut, but
of course he is very careful to make
az empty charge, not daring to hint
at the facts.
The menbers Of the Nevada Press
Association need no defense against
any charges which the Argonaut has
made or may hereafter make. The
throwing of Stink pots" is the we'll
known Chinese method OF warfare,
and the "coolie" in question cannot
reasonably be expected to choose an
other. ... 49,.
This is all cor the present, Mr..
Cooie. Crawl back into your ioath.
some den and stay there for il you
emerge it may become necessary for
us to cut off your queue.-Silver
State. ',->-...... t..'t. .'s 80:
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-29
The u. p. Sale.

Ex-Attorney-G General Harmon pub
fishes a statement in reply to" recent
criticisms regarding the proposed
sale OF the Union, Pacific road. . He
reviews the action taken by Mr.. o.
ney and himself and what was done
under the Cleveland administration.
He says the statement that the fore
closure Of the government lien on the
main line and that Of the Kansas Pa
citic line should have been III a single
suit, and that possible loss by break
ing the unity of the property might
have been avoided by afterwards con-
soldating the several suits. Is wholly
unfounded. AS the property is in
seven different States and judicial
districts, separate suit has to be
brought in each. The disadvantage
Of this to the government was plain
from the start. Accordingly, Mr..
Olney and himself urged Congress to
provide for a foreclosure Of all the
government liens in single court
but the bills prepared for that pur.
pose failed to pass Congress.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-29
in FOREIGN LANDS.

Hiram S. Maxim was the first man to
pay fare for an?electfic cab when
they began running in London q few
days ago. ana il ~ !
In his next book Z eff Were GodS' Mr.
LIE Caffeine will advise the; Almighty.
The idea seems to be conveyed from
Heine's "Schopfungs;Li eder."
Kaiser Wilhelm keeps up medieval
traditions. He has made Gen. Count
Caprivi, his dismissed chancellor, a
canon Of Brandenburg cathedral; his
only duty will be to draw his pay, which
is $3.50 a year. .'.-i...
Lese majestic has sent young en-
g.neer of Iiegnitz, in Silesia, to Jail for
SIX months. lie expressed his opinion
Of Kaiser Wilhelm at the dinner table,
and his loyal mother-ip-law atonce de-
mounced him to the police. 3
Cinematographes seem to be decided
,ly dangerous. IA fire broke out in q
Paris theater from one recently, pro-
ducing pahic,sas the audience remem-
bered that the machine was the cause
of the charity bazar tragedy. 80
Tristan d'Acunha, the lonely island
III VIII
a framed portrait of Queen Victoria,
sent by her to the head man, Peter
Green, "in recognition Of his efforts in
saving life from shipwreck during the
,ast co years"
After partaking of ginger bepr, APP
pies, nuts, chocolste, three bottles OF
ginger ale and some sherbet and wa.
ter at picnic, and then prlttinp nIyay
his regular tea at home, a nine-year-old
London boy complained ofsn pain in
his inside. The coroner next day called
it gastro-enteritis.
Prince Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, the
IIindoo cricketer, has been the subject
oflspecial legislation in Australia. The
ellen labor laws rigidly exclude China
men, Japanese and Indisne md sev.
eral colonies Had to pass special actt
to. enable the prince to land with the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES when they make
: their tour this fall.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-29
EASTWARD THROUGH
THE ROCKIES zNSSS

= The traveller, tourist or business
man Is wise whep,he selects the Rio
4 rande w Western Railway sGreat Sal {
/ Lake Route for his route to the East
il ID the only transcontinentalS line
passing directly through Salt Lake
City, and in addition to the ghm pae
Eit affords Of the Temple City. the
Great Salt Lake and, picturesque
Salt Lake and Utah Valley, it affords
the choice of three distinct routes
through the mountains and the most
magnificent scenery in the world.
q On all classes ofetickets stopevers
are granted at Ogden Salt Lake
City, Glenwood Springs, Lesdsille,
Colorado Springs; Denver and other
points Of interest. Double daily
train service and through Pullman
and Tourist sleeping cars between
San Francisco and Denver. Tourist
cars through to Omaha, Chicago and
Boston. 60 q ;tF1 ESf
Dor illustfated pamphlets descrip.
| tive OF the sGreat Salt Lake Route,
| write to Fla. WADLEIaH, General
| Passenger Agent. Sslt Lake City
i
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-29
BITS OF PHILOSOPHY.

Every old man remembers snatches
of old songs that were popular in his
boyhood. tzgEa 4f t.
1t may be virtuous to sit still and let
q man hit you, but it is real aggravat-
ing. ,...-... -..-..
We wish somebody would invent a
salt box and pepper box that could be
told apart. ..l~s = g
A doctor will always tell you he
could have done better if he had got the
case sooner.-Washington (Ia) Dem
ocrat.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-29
$4,000.

Can't make the best soup
with a pigs ear-and even good
cooks can't make really fine
cake with weak or alum baking
powder.
SchtlllKg's Best baking pow
der is good for your reputation
and your cake.
A Schilling Company -..-.
San Francisco 1900 '
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-29

1900
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-04

give a small flock proper attention
one keeps a flock for pleasure the Ia
Dor is bestowed without regard to
ferent. When birds are confined they
learn vices. They begin to eat their
eggs, and pull feathers from the
breasts and bodies of one another.
This is due to idleness. If idleness
can be avoided, the fowls will not
learn vices. Fowls in yards become
pets, and they are fed by every mem
her of the family. AS the hen soon
learns to recognize their friends, they
run to the attendant upon the first
sound of approaching footsteps, and
the result is that they are given food
frequently, because they are sup
posed to be hungry. Their crops are
always full, and they become lazy
and fat, having nothing to do; then,
like all other idle creatures, they
learn vices. There is no point more
essential to learn in keeping fowls in
yards than that of when not to feed.
All know when to feed, but to have
the courage to withhold food is the
most important requisite in the man
agement.-Farm and Fireside.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-04

warm new milk until it softens, when
it may be worked up with spoon in
to proper consistency. Whether the
pigeons milk be natural or artifi-
cial it should always be given luke
warm. The advantages to be derived
from a stock of well tried feeders are
we'll nigh incalculable, for, as already
stated, young pigeons cannot possibly
of pigeons milk" and when the par
ent birds assume high and mighty
air or slothful disposition, the more
willing commoner steps in to supply
the defciency.-R Richard Woods, in
English Stork Keeper.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-04
Experiments in Incubation.

In order to succeed in artificial in
cubation it is necessary to understand
and closely initiate natural incuba-
ton, and this is not so simple a pro-
cess as most people think. The hen,
at intervals, turns, cools and airs her
eggs, and the same must be done in
the incubator. The result of some
experiments in this line are stated in
a report of the French minister of ag-
riculture as follows:
1t was also found that the eggs of
better than those of fowls which were
confined. In tests made with an in
cubator it was found that eggs which
were repeatedly cooled and warmed
Matched much better than those that
were kept at a warm temperature all
the time.
In one experiment the eggs were
cooled by exposing them to the air
for an hour and half daily during
the whole period of incubation. This
treatment retarded the period of in
cubation for three days. The eggs
became quite cold, and it requires
about twelve hours to bring them up
to 40 degrees F., the temperature of
incubation. In the experiment 13 out
Is Matched vigorous chickens. The
incubator had been previously used
with satisfactory results.
From a second experiment it was
inferred that the gradual heat of the
eggs was as essential as the process
of cooling. Twenty-Five eggs, which
had been laid on very warm days,
were placed in the incubator and eX-
posed to the air, as in the proceeding
case. The temperature was such that
the eggs were warmed up to 104 de-
grees in two or three hours. This
temperature was maintained until the
brood Matched. The chickens pierced
the shell, but they were SO weak that
they died before leaving the eggs.
1t was found that the eggs upon
which fowl is sitting are not all of
the same temperature, those upon the
outside being cooler than those that
lie inside.
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-04
Pigeons Milk.

AS every fancier is aware, quite
young pigeons are entirely dependent
upon their parents for the means of
their sustenance, and during the very
earliest stages of existence, they are
fed by the nHnnv secretion from the
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-04
Fowls in Confinement.

If poultry confined in yards could
be well managed, theywould pay bet
ter than when given range, but to
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-04

breeding, the supply of this precious
pigeons milk is of the greatest i'm
portance, for without it, newly-hatch-
ed squads cannot be reared. Freshly
Matched and featherless pigeons are
without doubt the most helpless, and
at the same time the most eXtraOrdi-
nary, specimens of the columbarian
extraordinary in SO much that
if properly fed young pigeons grow
with remarkable rapidity, so much in
fact that unless one can almost see
them increase in size, it may be safely
assumed that either the parent birds
are not doing their duty, or the
youngsters are weakly or diseased.
This natural and very necessary pap
py food, commonly called pigeons
milk, usually makes it's appearance
about the time the youngsters are due
to emerge from darkest eggdom, and
is pumped by the parent birds into
the squeakers' crops as soon as re-
quired, and in almost next to no time.
For three or four days at least this
secretion is quite milky in consisten-
cy, but gradually it becomes thicker.
owing to it's being only partly digest
ed. When the young birds are about
a fortnight old the supply of quite
milky food is discontinued, and the
young are then fed by their parents
with partly whole corn, which is rem
dere>. easy of digestion owing to it's
having been softened and warmed be-
fore being administered. During the
early months of the breeding season
the supply of pigeons milk often
runs short of the young birds require
ments. Hence the heavy mortality
frequently experienced.
In pigeon feeding it is a mistake to
select the hardest and driest corn for
use in the breeding loft. [ am greatly
averse to giving very old corn to
breeding pigeons. 1t should also be
remembered that some cereals are
more easily digested than others, and
consequently more readily assimila-
ted. Sound English wheat is perhaps
the best of them all. Indeed, [ ques
ton very much whether any other
grain is so speedily converted into
pigeons milk" as this. Dari is, [
know, very extensively used by many
pigeon keepers, although the birds eat
it greedily, I have yet to learn that
this foreign product possesses any
high feeding value. Certainly it fills
a gap and helps to make a change.
In connection with the subject of
pigeons milk" it may be mentioned
that the commonest, hardest and
most active birds have usually the
greatest secretions. In fact, the bet
ter the birds, from fancier's point of
view, the less they are inclined to feed
their young, the all-important milky
secretion very often being quite scan
ty, and then the young ones, to be
saved, must be transferred to foster
parents or "wet nurses" whose line
age is not so high. But it sometimes
happens that these common feeders
are not available just at the right
time. Then artificial means must be
resorted to, and the nearest approach
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-04
The Moulting Season.

losses occur in the poultry yard, and
the season that discourages so many.
1t is the time when they need your
greatest care and get the least. The
causes of neglect are apparent to you
all. The young stock is all old
enough to go to the regular roost and
get the feed along with the grown
fowls, and do not need the many at
tentions they received earlier. You
have quit setting hens, your grown
birds are ragged, broken feathered
and tanned. If not specially fed they
are laying you but few eggs. If you
have permitted vermin to get a good
hold on your premises, you are about
Disguised. Possibly you are not pay
ing the proper attention to the water
they are drinking, just at the time
they need it most cool and fresh. The
summer rains, perhaps, are leaving
filthy water in holes about the yard.
The roosts are filthy and foul. Pos
sibly the food is not given so regular
ly and sometimes they are hungry,
and at other times they have gorged
their crops because more hungry.
The hens are making new feathers,
and consequently Under a fearful
strain, and if attacked by disese they
are unable to resist it, owing to their
already weakened condition. The
vermin, bad water, improper feeding,
etc., invites cholera, and Should it
come, possibly it may take all; then
chicken culture is condemned when
really it was only your fault See to
the water, giving them all they need,
fresh and clear; fill the dirty pools, il
any about the yard, or if foul water
will stand where impossible to pre-
vent it, sprinkle lime in it, sufficient
to prevent them drinking it; clean
under the roosts often and sprinkle
lime If in your judgement you need
a disinfectant, put one ounce OF sui
phuric acid to one gallon of water,
and spray about the roots, runs, hen
houses, etc. (Be careful about the
acid, it is very dangerously. Provide
plenty of good road dust for their
baths; coal oil the perches and hen
houses thoroughly, feed mostly with
oats and rice, not much corn, and if
your hens are very fat, scarcely any
corn; give them plenty of sunfiower
seed if you have it.
It will not be amiss to occasionally
pour little coal oil over the corn
you give them, say half pint to
water bucket of corn. Should you see
any symptoms of cholera or diar-
rhoea or too many pale combs, dis
solve one ounce of hyposulphate OF
soda in two gallons of water, and
give them to drink once Or twice a
week, or every day if many seem to
be getting sick. Look at these little
matters I have dotted down in a sort
of medley, and it will pay you for the
extra work.
I have no fears of chicken cholera
as [ believe with little care it sell
dom occurs, and when it does, don't
consider it difficult to cure and eradl-
cate from the entire flock. Help your
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-08-04
POULTRY DEP ARTMENT.

Address all communications to Poultry De-
partment, Box 2oo DeLand, Fla.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-26

Rupsa, here no public opinion exist.
1t is also thought that no has assur.
anoes from his sleter, the dowager
empress oil Russia, to the effec, that
sho would use all her Influence for
him. Against him are chi,fiy the
capitalists who have invested money
10 Turkey and whose intere5.a might
be placed in jeopardy by radical
change on tho shores OF tho Bosphorue.
The opinion is Bt!ll Expressed 10
some quarters that Russia, notwiih.
standing all appearances To the con.
trary, supports King George. Should
this DO correct, the diplomatic repre-.
sensations at Athens must be regarded
as a means OF gaining more time. IL
a few weeks the hnTbors OF the Baltic
VIII be uavigable. Tho south Of Rus.
sia Will have spring weather, ana the
conditions for action will be more
favorable than at PRESENT The end Of
the struggle now commenced Is, per-
hsps, not yet 80 view.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-02-26


For the last four years Utah mas
been better eft financially than al
most any neighbOring state. Her
banks and commercial Institutions
have stood tho strain OF tho panic Of
1893 and the subsequent hard tim es
better than have those OF most OF the
ether far western states, while actual
distress among her people, on account
OF poverty, has been almost unknown.
Nearly everywhere else in the West
there has been more or less complete
sloppage o! the development OF local
resources and enterpriseF, ana public
improvements generally have been
pottpore1 indefiLi ey.
But In Utah, when the pressure OF
the panic was at its hight, several
great enterprises were being steadily
pushed. This lie especially true OF the
gigantic scheme OF the Pioneer Power
Dam company at Ogden, the Big
Cottonwood Power company OF this
city, and the extension Of the Rio
Grnnde Western railway 81 stem ia the
southern part OF this State, to cay
nothing OF tho vast amount of work
and money that have been devoted to
tho development Of our mineral
wealth slnca the panic fell upon the
country. When financial conditions
in most Of the other states, this last
four Year,, are considered, 1.-The progress
Utah has made in that tins is surprls.
iug.
One OF the chief reasons why THIS
gratifying condition has existed ia
his State is the conservative policy
the Legislature has pursued in respec,
to financial legislati II. II has refused
to pass bills that were calculated TO
alarm, or weaken the confidence OF,
capitalist and consequently the cred
it OF Utah borrowers has been good,
ana money to develop U h
enterprises has been obtainaule. Thu,
in turu, employment has bssu PROVE
ed Tor home labor, and home maEke,
has been created for farm produce;
thus again monsy has been pu. In cir
culatiou, TO the advantage OF the
merchant, aud In fact OF ali CLASSES.
True, there has been no boom
In Utah within the last five
years, and employment has not
been so plentiful as is desirRrl !
but financial conditions here have