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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23

without number that the reign of the
horse is forever over. In illustration
of this statement the unprecedentedly
low prices at which horses have lately
been sold are quoted, and there come
crewsome stories from the West OF the
shooting of entire herds Of horses on
the ranges, in order to save the pas
ture for the more valuable beef crea-
lures. As supplemental these tales,
it is even said that canning factories
have been established where horse
flesh is put up in potted form for our
use or unsuspecting foreigners. The
paraeraphers and cartoonists have had
their fling at the subject, and if one
should take the signs of the times,
everything would seem to point to the
virtual extinction of the equine species
in the not remote future. But those
who love mans best friend and servant
among the dumb beasts, and who do
not care to surrender him for studs of
steel or naphtha fed cabs, need not be
unduly alarmed. In fact, horsefesh
would seem to be an excellent invest
ment at this very moment. With the
fall in prices, that was due to a variety
of reasons, horse-breeding has been
giving adequate returns for the past
few years, and more brood mares have
come upon the market than ever before
in IN equal space of time. Compare.
lively few foals have been born, and
prices are bound to rise before long.
Aside from all questions of value,
few people who livein suburban places
care to be without horses, and the
question of housing them suitably has
to be met by q large proportion OF
builders.
The carriage house and stable must
be influenced more or less by the ma
ture of the grounds and the relative
position of the house to which it be-
longs. The general rule, of course, is
that it must be inconspicuous, or if il
is where it must be seen, it should not
suffer: in comparison with the finished
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
Frog Breeding.

Every little while some item about
the great profits in frog farming ap-
pears in some sensational paper. But
after diligent search, we have not been
able to find that such an establishment
is in existence anywhere. There are
many damp localities where frogs
thrive better than in other places and
where catching them for their legs is
quite an industry, but this is only
natural development and there is no
culture OF farming about it whatsoever.
American Agrio llturist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
Some Royal Blood.

There is man living in Florida who
san rightfully boast of royal blood
coursing through. his veins. A. J.
Murat, of Apalachicola, Fla, is the
aristocrat, and he has some very high
family connections. He is a great
great-grandson of Marshal Murat,
Napoleon's famous general, who after
ward became King of Naples. He is
the great-great-nephew of four kings
Napoleon, Louis of Holland, Joseph,
King of Spain, and Jerome of West
phalia. He is third cousin of Louis
Napoleon and great-great-grandson of
Napoleon's mother, who died in 1886,
the year he was born. Mr.. Murat is q
man of about sixty years of age, and
one of the quietest, most unassuming
men imaginable.-Atlanta Constitu-
tion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
bined with strong and artistic lines,
always gives the best results.

The accompanying plan shows
stable that would grace any suburban
place, and yet it is not very expensive
or pretentious. The general plan is
capable of many notifications. AS
originally drawn, it provides for all OF
the newest improvements, single and
box stalls, carriage room, washing
stand and harness room, all on the first
floor; on the second floor provision is
made for the hay loft and the quarters
for the coachman. The foundation IS
of stone, the exterior rough clapboards
and shingles, upon which if we use
red and green stain the effect Is ad-
mirable.-Copyright, 1897.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
: Peas for Poor Soils.

There is no better way to fertilize
poor land than to SOW it with peas,
using phosphate of lime to furnish the
mineral fertility that this crop requires
toSerfect the seed. 1t is not nitrogen
which the,pea crop most needs other
than what the pea roots supply by dis
integrating air in the soil and liberat-
ing its nitrogen. But to form the grain
both lime and phosphate are required.
With these supplied the soil will grow
richer every year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23

In the Suicides Cemetery at Monte
Carlo sixty-fve new graves were filed
in last winter. The cemetery is in
barren, uncultivated land, and within
it are buried any who have taken their
lives through losses at the Casino.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
Fine seed Red for Onions.

The roller is indispensable for pre-.
pairing onion ground either for seed
or sets. That with shallow cultiva-
lion to the depth of two inches will
make better seed bed than will
deeper. tillage. If the soil is made
friable deep down the onion may grow
large, but it will likely be thick necked
and grow crop of scullions.-Boston
Cultiyator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23

There ere thirty-seven newspapers
and periodicals published in Guate-
mala, according to recent consular
report. Of this number seven are
dailies. fourteen weeklies and twelve
ara issued once q month.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
Decorating a Bald Head.

Artistic Wife Ito bald husband)-
"Let me paint spider on your head,
darling, so that the flies won't come to
trouble you while you are having your
little nap. ."-Tit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
THE MODERN STABLE.
Extreme Simplicity Should Mark This At
tachment to Country Residence.

The great vogue of the bicycle, the
extension of trolley railroads, and the
introductions of the Auto Mobile cabs;
have called out many dismal predic-
tions. The public has been told times
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
THE SAME OLD SONG.

Mothers, out of the mother-heart,
Fashion song both soft and low.
Always the same, dear mother art,
. Rocking the baby to and fro.
Always q lazy, loving oroRe, 20 - ::
Hummed in sleepy undertone.
Down the baby snuggles to sleep
Winking as long as wink ne may.
New with kick he tries to keep
The tricksey god from his eyes away.
We-wa, we-wa. long, long ago; 90
The Indian mother chanted low.
Weeing, she said, on the baby's brow
Softly struck with his wee war club.
Astride OF his nose splayeth slow,
With his little fist /. rub-a-dub.
We-we., we-wa, tender and low
Rocking the baby to and fro.
Le-ro-la, le-ro-la, ever a mum,
Like murmuring bees in the golden light
Under the ralm trees mothers come
Ethiope mothers, dark rs night
Chanting the same old silvery fow,
Swinging the baby to and fro.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23

Mothers, too, with the snowy skin,
By-lo, bylo, tenderly sing, y
And tell the dustman coming In,
s'Into the baby's eyes tosfiing
= Atoms of dust to make him wink,
And into dfeahland gently sink.
We-wa, we-wa, by-lo, by-lo, {
Le-ro-la, ie-ro-la, ever the same ;,
Ever. the tune Of the long agol..; - =
Y Out of the Inotherly heart it came,
Born of sense that mothers know,
Rocking the baby to and fro.
White or black or bronze the hue,
Always the same sweet tune is heard.
The sweetest song earth ever knew,
Happy. as trill of the nesting bird. :
Mothers content In the twilight gloy
Are rocking their babies to and fro.
Mothers, out Of the mother-heart,
Fashion song both sweet and low.
Always the same, dear mother ar,
Rocking the baby to and,fro. .1r.
Always lazy, loving crone,
Hummed in dreamy undertone.
The Home Queen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23

A forty-pound turkey was served at
en- Allentown Penn feast.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23

ARSON" /" I said
invol u n t arily
STOPPING to knock
the ash from my
cigar, ''perhaps l
ought not to ask,
although 1 have
known you for
IL
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The Best poultry House Floor.

The Best Poultry House Floor.
The subject of floors for poultry
houses has been discussed more than
almost any other point about poultry
hnildings. The best authorities are
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Munich, Bavaria, reports bottled
iquefed air.
Some comets have more than one
tail. The great comet of 1744 had six
tails spread fan shape.
Two French biologists find evidence
that fasting lessons the effect Of diph-
liberia and other microbial poisons.
The largest mammoth found in the
Siberian ice fields measured seventeen
feet in length and was ten feet high.
Electricity has been adopted as the
motive power of the machinery con-
nected with the drainage system in
New Orleans.
TO guard against disease the Legis-
latnre of New Hampshire passed a law
providing for the inspection of all ice
sold within the State.
The eye of the vulture is SO con-
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y each organization are concisely

It is left to the States having troops
in the battles to erect monuments to
regiments and batteries, and to the
military societies and the larger Or
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WHERE SOLDIERS FELL.
THE GOVERNMENTS THREE GREAT
MILITARY PARKS.

now the Battleaelds of Chickamauga,
Gettysburg and Shiloh VIII Look TO
the Coming Generations-Some of. the
Characteristic Monuments Erected.
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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16

tar emetic. Confne the dog in a room
or tie HIN, and give him the doctored
egg. In an hour or two he will be try
ing to turn himself wrong side out
AS soon as he is over the nausea
give him second egg and third if
he will eat it. When he refuses to eat
the egg, and let's it lie by him several
hours untouched, pry open his mouth
and force the egg down his throat.
Afterwards you may trust him in
your hen house. The object in tying
the dog is to let him get nothing else
to eat while he is under the treat
ment, or he may think it was the last
thing eaten that made him so sick.
The idea is to convince him that eggs
will no longer lie on his stomach
Farm. Field and Fireside.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16

10 Stop a Dog From Sucking Eggs
The following is recommended: d.
vide heaping teaspoonful of tartar
emetic into eight or ten doses. Break
off the end of an egg, empty part OF
the contents, and stir into the remain
der left in the shell dose of the tar
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16

n, TWENTY-FIVE ACRES of very desira-
i BILE pineapple and orange land on Mer-
ritt's Island, one mile north of Georgiana
postoffice. school and M E. church, 'front.'
ing on Indian river; high river front,
partly improved; one hundred orange
trees and variety of other fruits, Japa-
nese Persimmon, Peach, Mango, Guava,
Lime and Surinam Cherry. Address Rev.
J. Fl. White, Georgiana, Fla. I'm
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16

cellent idea lin the case of open
wells), to cement them from top to
bottom an dtnen keep them constant
ly closed"
In the same report Mr.. Persons
gives other valuable information on
this important subject. He says:
Probably, on no other single
agency is the good health of both man
and brute more dependent than pure
and wholesome water, and, in no Sec
ton, perhaps, is the necessity for en-
ploying pure water for all sanitary
purposes appreciated to the extent
that the great Importance of the sub
ject to life and happiness demands.
hundreds of cases of typhoid fever,
cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery epidem-
ic and other diseases that are annually
occurring, are, in numerous instances,
directly attributable to the employ
ment for household purposes Of pol
luted water.
cine impurities in waters may be
said to be of two varieties; those held
in suspension and those held in solu-
ton. The former are visible to the eye
and can usually be removed by strain
ing, or filtering. The latter can or
dinarily be detected only by chemical
means. The following properties
(chiefy physically, are worthy of con-
sidera ton in arriving at an opinion in
regard to the adaptation Of water to
drinking purposes. Manifestly, they
are applicable only in the preliminary
eXamina ton of water:
"O. 1t should be colorless and
odorless. If cloudy, or muddy, or, if
of a greenish or yellowish color, it
should be rejected, for such celebration
is usually indicative of animal or veg
etable contamination.
''(2). It should not be too cold. The
most desirab BILE temperature for drink
ing purposes is, approximately, from
eight to fifteen degrees Centigrade,
but waters are not to be rejected for
drinking for failure to come within
these limits.
"(3). 1t should possess an agree
able taste-neither swedish, flat, nor
brackish. A certain degree of hard
ness and certain proportion of dis
solved gases contribute TO that "spar>
kle'' and flavor that are highly desir-
able, but an Over-amount of the pro-
ducers of either of these properties
is to be avoided. The quantity of sa-
line matter in solution influences the
degree of hardness, and as just stated,
a certain amount is essential to i'm
part to a water good taste, but too
much is generally to be avoided.
What has already been said is appli-
cable chiefly in the preliminary exam,
ination of a water where it's use is
contemplated for sanitary purposes.
While the points noted are not with
out merit, they are not sufficiently
reliable to warrant an unqualified
condemnation of water, for it is pos
sible, Though not probably that a
water may comply with nearly all the
above desirab BILE tests and still fail to
possess the necessary merit to be COLI
. o.ood Il Wa ter While
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16

. ,ITRUS NURSERY TREES and bud
" wood. - Satsuma, Parson Brown,
Stark's Seedless, Homosassa, Jaffa, Tan
gerines, King ,Tardiff, Grape Fruit, Villa
Franco Lemon and other varieties such
as Majorca, st. Michael, Maltese Blood,
Centennial and Nonpariel. Address A.
l.. DUNCAN, Mgr, Milwaukee Grove
and Nurseries, Dunedin, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16

PINEAPPLE PLANTS. = All the best
L varieties. Grown at my Indian river
Pinery, Waveland, Fla, Smooth Cayenne,
Abbaka, Enville City, Golden Queen, Rip
ley Queen, Porto Rico and Red Spanish
slips and suckers for sale cheap. Write
for prices.-CHAS. H. ROWLAND, 1882
Chapel street, New Haven, Conn.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16

NM ANATEE NURSERIES-Orang lem
WI on and pomelo, grown on new, high
hammock, ideal orange land. Best rooted
and thriftiest trees. sc varieties, and
continued effort has been made to get
them thornless. Budwood, best strain
tangerine rs cents per 100 King, $1.OO,
most varieties so cents. All true to name.
"A. J. PETTIGREW, Manatee, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16

AHOR SALE-Near Indian river, between
l. two railroads. Fourteen acres, part
in grove will bear this year. House three
rooms, good garden spot and pump, one
mile from postoffice. Box &c, Titusville,
Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16
CHEAP COLU M N.

w. LII w A~ ~ AVA 1Vs
IGOR SALE-Smooth Cayenne and Abbaka
4 suckers and slips.-ST PETERSBURG
PINEAPPLE CO., st. Petersburg, Fla. IS
II REEL will extend my offer of send
IL ing few Centennial buds to any one
sending his address to B. H. Walker, In
terlachen, until June 10.
sTOR next sixty days will sell fine Muir
sery Buds at large discount. Send for
price list.-C. w. FOX, Villa Lake MUIR
series, Fruitland Park, Fla.
~ END for price list fine Nursery Stock
- at greatly reduced prices. All leading
varieties on 4, and year stocks.-C. w.
FOX, Villa Lake Nurseries, Fruitland
Park. Fla.
NOU SHOULD SEE those 5000 two year
l. King buds on and year stocks. The
most profitable orange grown.-C. w. FOX,
lila Lake Nurseries, Fruitland Park, Fla.
6-o-tf
~ HAVE THEM. 10000 fine Orange and
w Pomeo Buds on A. and year stocks. l
want to sell $1,000 in next 60 days, by discount.
VILLA LAKE NURSERIES, Fruitland
Park Fla. 6-o-tt
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1897-06-16

EOR SALE-Smooth Cayenne and Abbaka
suckers and slips.-ST. PETERSBURG
PINEAPPLE CO., St. Petersburg, Fla. IS
The news & observer., 1897-07-01
A LIVELY TRAIN WRECK
Continued from First Page.)

in the wreck; Frank Owens, fireman, of
Terre Haute, mangled under the engine"
Train No. IL left indianapolis in two
sections, on account of the heavy San
francisco travel, occasioned by the
national meeting of the Christian En-
deavOr Society. Orders were given to
meet No. 6, the east-bound passenger
train, at Vandalia, these two trains be-
ing due to meet at that place about ! 80
o'clock this morning. 1t seems, from the
best information Obtainable, that the
west-bOund train pulled out of Vandalia
without waiting for the train from st.
Louis. The headlight of the west bound
train was extinguished for some time
before the crash came.
Horace Kerns. of this city, was con-
ductor on train No. II, and Tom Mana
fee, of Terre Haute, was the engineer
%See of the passengers on either train
We're injured
The news & observer., 1897-07-01
FARMERS INSTITUTE.

Farmers Institutes will be held at the
following places during the month of
July: Guilford College, July { and 8;
East Salem (HalD, Forsyth county,
July 8 and 10; East Bend, Yadkin coun-
ty, July i and 10; Statesville, Iredell
county, July IA and 10; Salisbury, Row
an county, July 16 and II; Concord,
Cabarrus county, July 10 and 20; Char
lotte, Mecklenburg county, July 21 and
%. These institutes will be held by
DR.. D. Reid Parker, assisted by Com
missioner Mewborne and professors Of
the A. and NJ. College. The farmers in
attendance are also expected to take part
in the discussions.
These Institutes are intended to be,
DIR. Parker announces, travelling
school of Agriculture, for not only edu-
eating the farmer in improved methods
and the practice of advanced and sue
cessful farming. but for awakening an
interest and pride in the Agricultural and
Mechanical College.
The news & observer., 1897-07-01
DOGS GOING TO THE COUNTRY.
To Escape Taxes or Death-A Reform
Badly Needed.

It's an ill wind that blows nobody
good. July is almost here-will be here
Thursday 1t brings hot sultry days,
but it is the time also when the dog tax
falls due. This means that there will
be a general thinning out of worthless
ours.
Not one-tenth Of the dogs in this town
are worth $1-the tax-and their owners
have no idea of paying it. Ihey VIII
kill the cur rather than do so, but the
trouble is that they are too often allow
ed to escape. Owners hide them, run
them out into the country and use all
kinds of devices to elude the catchers,
while a few are forced to pay. Already
this annual migration of dogs to the
country has commenced and it will pro-
gress pretty lively between now and
July list. =.
1t is of course hard matter to find all
the dogs-to locate them-but if the law
is made more stringent the work will
be less. Make it compulsory to have the
tag kept on them all the time, year in and
year out. then the officers can have
plain sailing. AS now practiced man
keeps his dog out of the way until the
time for paying has expired, or longer,
then he comes out to prowl about, max
ing himself a menace to human life and
general nuisance. If owners cannot
be made to pay tax on their canine prop
erty they can at least be made to keep
it at home. There ought to be an ordin-
ance against allowing dogs to run on the
streets.
The news & observer., 1897-07-01
KI GUDGER LANDS SAFE.
Claudius Dockery Comes "Next''-Holton
Hanging Around for His Job.

IClaudluS DOcKery comes Next '-IiOltOn
Hanging Around for His Job
Washington, d. c., June 3O.-(Special.) }
The story is out tonight that the Rev.
Ki Gudger has landed safe and sound.
Senator Pritchard was at the White
House to-day and saw the President once
more in behalf of the Rev Ki. The re-
suit of the interview was, so the story
goes, that the President rendered the
position of United States Consul to Val
Iparaiso, and that the offer was accepted.
The nomination may go to the Senate
tomorrow. If it does it will remove one
more Tar Heel Republican from the
anxious bench.
The next one of the applicants. for a
Consulship is Claudius Dockery. The
North Carolina delegation, it is said, will
now give strong pull for Claudius and
he ought to stand a good chance to land
Il winner.
a. r. Holton, Of Winston, who is
slated to succeed United States District
Attorney Glenn for the Eastern District,
is in the city, and was at the capitol to-
day and had a long talk with Congress-
man Linney. Holton's appointment will
not be made until Glenn's resignation
goes into effect.
The news & observer., 1897-07-01
RALElGH'S GOOD HEALTH
NO TOWN ANYWHERE HAS A BEL
TER HEALTH RECORD.
Health Inspector Sales Report for
June--Typhoid Fever for
Nine Years.

There is not a healthier town in North
Carolina than Raleigh, nor is there a city
that has better health laws or a more eff
ficient corps of health officers.
Raleigh is proud of her record in this
respect and is willing to have her vital
statistics compared with those of any
other city of the same size, anywhere.
And especially do we throw ourselves a
bouquet on our record for the month just
closed.
Health Inspector Sales report for the
month of June shows deaths registered at
the Health department as follows:
Whole number of deaths 11-white 6
colored 5. Deaths under years of age
8; over seventy years of age ,. This
leaves only persons that died at ages
below the expectancy of death.
The report shows a decrease in our
death rate over corresponding month in
1896 of more than 80 per cent. The
death record for 8 years past shows the
number of deaths occurring in the month
of June to be nearly 100 per cent more
than for the present year. In 1888 there
were 80 deaths; in 1889 there were %
in 1890 there were 80; in 1891 there were
35; in 1892, 49, in 1898, SO; in 1894. 80;
in 1895, 33; in 1896, %; while for 1897
we have only IL.
This is indeed a very remarkable show
ing.
Deaths resulting from typhoid fever
for these nine years in June we're as
follows: In 1888 there were deaths from
typhoid fever: in 1889, >; in 1890, 4 in
1891, .: in 1892, A. in 1898, i in 1894,
1; in 1895, /; in 1896, 1; while in 1897
he had none resulting from this cause
Temporary annual death rate for the
white race was 0; for the colored Sc;
for all coIors it was SIS This is the
lowest death rate shown since the keep
ing of the records was commenced, and
possibly lower than that of any city in
this country or in Europe, where correct
vital statistics are kept. There were
cases of typhoid fever reported during
the month.
Births were reported as follows: Whole
number 21-white 9, colored u.
The sanitary condition of city is good
and its health was never better.