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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09
A sa5oo SPLINTER.

A most remarkable Judgment was
rendered by jury in our Circuit Court
on Tuesday afternoon. 1t was the
case of Semonis VS.. the L. and N.
Railroad Company, in which the plain
tiff asked for SIS, 900 damages for in
iuries received on the defendants road
while helping to carry piece of tim
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09
A Chinese Giant.

At Yunan Foo Mr.. and Mrs. II. D.
McIlrath, the wheeled correspondents
of the Chicago Inter Ocean, who are
cycling through China on a bicycle
tour around the world, met Chang,
Chinese giant, who towers seven feet
nine inches in the air. ,The photo
graph taken OF the party with the giant
in the centre shows his " on 4erful pro-
portions, Mr.. McIlrath, although con-
siderably above the average height OF
men, being six feet and three-quarters
of an inch tall, sinking into insignifi-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09

. Some of the growers have realized
big profits in the berry business.
James Gould is said to have made $7OO
from an acre patch in single season.
Mrs. E. F. Brown, whose place is
within mile of Hammond, told the
Record, correspondent that she had
cleared $3.50 from her single acre.
This season has been too wet for
Strawberries. When shipped wet, in
which condition they have frequently
been sent away, the berries fail to stand
| the trip to Chicago, and are little more
| than an u1lsightly mass of pomace when
| the commission men receive them. 1t
Pc said tbet thara--haa mob -1,~-- '----'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09

This house can be built in the vicinity
of New York for $3.50, not including
the heating apparatus, which would
would cost from $190 to $3.50 accord
ding to whether air or hot water was
used.
Copyright 1897.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09

RS. G GRANTLEY
was holding a long,
confidential conver-
sation with her in.
innate friend, Mrs.
Dinsmore, and the
two faces looking
into each other
were full OF cha
grin.
"You remember
what o beautiful
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09
THOs. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR
THE BEST FOR THE COUNTRY.

the country. whatever the powers b
The birds bomsshe rivers dash on to the
The storm feel rainbow however the thunde
THE same sun shining pendor-he all!
country there for the night and the
The ringing of bells away;
There are stars midnight however the shadows
The same skies bending usthe God all!
Let's eount with her banners uned
The breath showerng blown wo
The seed that and musical that CALI
The worlds the glory Of the God that ALI
Atlanta Constitution
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09
A Curious Graft.

Professor Baily, of Ithaca, N. T.,
has succeeded in grating tomato on
potato vines. In this case the toma-
toes grew to full size, but the potatoes
remained small.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09

appointment OF Professor Forbes, the
eminent electrician, to make report
with this end in view, and he will
commence his studies in the autumn.
1t is expected that the results will be
of high importance to Upper Egypt
and the Soudan.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Electric light is being introduced in
all the cars of tho Swiss Jura'Simplon
railway.
It has been computed that between
SO, ,oOO,0O and 37,00o,O0o babies ar.
rive each year.
Paris policemen are now supplied
with electric dark lanterns with which
they can see at q distance of $50 feet.
Rotary snow plows are being used
with some success in throwing water
off the railway tracks in South Dakota.
The Canadian Government has ar
ranged system of cold storage on
railways, at ports and on steamers,
for the preservation of perishable
goods.
The railway metals between London
and Edinburgh, distance OF 400
miles, are 21O yards longer in summer
than they are in winter, owing to the
expansion caused by the extra heat.
Scientists say that the atmosphere
surrounding the globe is gradually di-
minishing and that in the course of a
few Thousand, or perhaps few hun
dreds of thousands OF years the supply
will be exhausted.
A new steering device for ships con-
trolls the rudder by pneumatic pres
sure, the air being forced into CYL
inder on either side of the rudder
post by means of the steering wheel
in the pilot house.
We need nearly 5000 cubic feet Of
fresh air per hour for breathing pur-
poses, but we can do with as little as
$500. Children need less, and there
are now building schools to give the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09

foliage and flowers of many varieties.
The houses are mostly of the cottage
order. These new Southerners dis
play a eommendable outlay in home
improvements.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09
Johnson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is & ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
N Hours
What to Do With Wet Boots.

When a man arrives home with wet
boots he will usually either stand them
in the fireplace or simply throw them,
with their soles down, anywhere out
of the way. The former method does
harm to the boots, and the latter to
the wearer. Boots must not be placed
too near fire. To dry them, they
should be- set at distance Of about
two feet away, with soles toward the
fire; they will then dry gradually. If
trees are available, put them in when
the boots are about half dry; but 1t Is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09

France has kept 100000 tons of coal
stored at Toulon since 1893, to be
ready in case war should break out.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-09

Scan this be Amy? How ugly you
have grown?"
The wordswere ungracious, the tone
still more SO, and the sensitive, loving
heart felt as if heavy hand had
crushed all sweetness out of life. The
cold kiss, the few forced words of well
come, added to her pain, and, lifting
streaming eyes, she faitered:
81 am so sorryl I will try to be
good!" like grieved child. harshly
reproved Tor fault. She did try to
atone for that inyolutarY crime, the
loss of her childish beauty, and while
Mrs. Grantley mourned over it, spoke
often of her bitter disappointment,
and vainly tried by every art of dress
TO recall the lost charms, she yet felt
creeping into her heart day by day o
love and respect for this homely girl
she had never felt for the beautiful
child.
Sometimes she sat and thought OF
Amy with a wondering admiration, as
of some strange specimen OF humanity
that had never before crossed her path.
"Shs is like flower" she thought,
"that gives out its sweetest fragrance
when it is crushed. I have let her see
too plainly how she disappoints me,
and she is humbly conscious of my
chagrin, and yet she is SO tenderly
loving, SO anxious to please me, that 1
believe I shall end by loving her as
we'll as if she were beautiful. Leonard
Gresham says she is the loveliest wo.
man in society this winter And yet
she is positively homely!"
And Leonard Gresham was not alone
in his opinion. To Mrs. Grantley's
amazement, Amy was the centre of a
circle in society that looked beyond
beauty to find attraction. A circle
that hung entraneed upon the pure,
highly cultivated ss-ice that was al
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26
FARM AND GARDEN.
ABOUT EGG FARMING.
Three Elements Which Are AbsO-
IuteIy Essential to Success.

Three Element. Which Are AbsO-
IuteIy EsseztfaI to Success.
In these days of specialties farm
ing is much more divided than former
ly; we have fruit farming, dairy farm
ing, duck farming and egg farming.
OF those who have attempted the pro-
duction of eggs on large scale a few
have succeeded. The chief cause of
failure with those who have not been
successful has been that they seem
ingly undertook it with the idea that
all they had to do was to multiply the
small flock with which they did well
by 100 or 1000 to get 100 or 1 900 times
as much profit. Multiplying the num-
Der OF hens is the very smallest factor
of success in egg farming.
The first element in successful egg
farming is small f1ocks; the second is
economical housing; the third, facili-
ties for handling and cheaply caring
for the fiocks. The fiocks being small,
each one can be cared for and treated
though it was the only one on the
place. The houses should be warm
and convenient for the birds and the
attendant. 1t will be much cheaper to
limit the range of the fiocks by their
own free will instead of by fences
runs. To do this, place the houses at
short intervals apart-ten or twelve
rods-and have them of different col
ors and with different surroundings, so
each may be readily distinguished by
its occupants when they wish to seek
quarters" at night or for laying.
One of the most successful egg farm
ers in this country arranges the houses
of his hens along streets, ten rods apart.
through his farm Half of the 12O-acre
farm is used as hen yard one year and
the other half cultivated. The next
year the houses are moved over to the
cultivated half and the hen yard used
for cropping purposes. The houses are
built sills which form runners. and
a good team is used for moving them
in the spring. During the summer they
are moved their length every week; in
this way the houses are kept sweet, as
the soil where they are to stand is
plowed before the houses are moved.
The object of this is to keep the houses
healthy with fresh soil as an absorbent
OF the droppings, which renders the air
pure without the labor and expense of
q daily cleaning, and also fixes the
fertilizing elements in the droppings
and enriches the soil for next years
crop.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26
CHANGE is BENEFICIAL.
why Hogs Should Not Always He
Kept in the Same EieId.

why Hogs Should Not Always He
Kept i'm the Same Field.
One of the important things general
ly overlooked or disregarded by farmers
is the changing of hog pastures. 1t
would be grand thing for hog raiser
if his land was located so that he need
never keep hogs in the same lot two
years in succession. OF course we know
this is ideal, and wholly impra cticable
in most cases, but every man who keeps
hogs should arrange to change as often
as he can. The greater the number of
frequently changing from one field to
another. The eXcrement permeates
the surface to such an extent as to
make it a veritable hot-bed of disease
in many cases.
The character of the soil and the form
of the surface also factors. A
mucky soil without good drainage is
especially dangerous. Land upon
which hogs have been pastured usually
produces the best corn. By cultiva-
ton the soil is purified and again rem
dered healthful. At least two lots or
fields should be used if possible, even
if you have to move the fence when you
make the change. If you cannot do
ing quarters, and change the feeding
place; clean out the filth and whitewash
the pens and fences. All these things
require time, and may necessitate the
expenditure of a little cash, but the
pigs will thrive better and you will be
amply repaid in the end.-Rural World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26
HORSES DECREASING.
Good An finals VIII Be Hard to Get
u Few YearS Hence.

The large ma ority of farmers who
own horses seem to be quite anxious to
get rid of them. even at low prices
Where the farm is mortgaged, and the
horses can be spared better than any
thing else on the farm. this is all right,
as it is better to lose the horse than the
home; but where it is not, we regard ii
as very unwise and foolish, says the
Kentucky Stock Farm. In a country
like ours, where one extreme follows
another, it is not wise to float with the
current or follow the herd. From 1880
to 1890 we bred entirely too many
horses of all classes. and as natural
consequence we are now suffering a
period of low prices. Our next predica-
ment, if all signs do not fail, will be a
great scarcity of horses We base this
opinion upon the fact that everybody
is selling and that very few are breed
ing. We do not believe there are more
than ten per cent. of the horses being
bred in the United States to-day that
there were six years ago. This can
not possibly help but produce a great
shortage, and this shortage in supply
can have but one effect-namely, to in
crease the price. AS it takes five years
to produce a four-year-old colt, and as
the time cannot be abridged by any
possible means, and as the breeding be-
gan to fall off quite materially in 1898.
four years ago, the shortage is bound
to begin to manifest itself inside of the
next two years. The produce of mares
bred this season will not be four years
old, or ready for market, before 1902.
and between this und that time
we predict that there will be a much
greater shortage of horses of all kinds
than has been seen in this country for
many Years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26

John NJ. Jamison, 1 noticed several
portable pig houses which he loaded on
sleds and moved where he run his swine.
1 stole his idea, and think 1 improved
on it by erecting the sly on sled run
ners, ready to hitch team to and haul
about.
The illustrate shows the idea, which
is simple. The runners are two by eight
inches, and eight feet long The roof
is made from 12-foot boards cut in
half. The width is six feet from out to
out. There are two cross ties, one at
each end of sled, with two upris hts for
door, two by four inches; all parts well
nailed together One of these houses is
an excellent shelter for brood sows, is
they seldom lie on their young, owing
to the ridged roof
They afford excellent shelter, are
warm, dry, and will hold half dozen
2OO-pound pigs. When they get foul a
team will move it in a few minutes to
a clean spot, and the accommodations
underneath and around it's last loca-
ton can be hauled away.
By all means the farmer should raise
enough pork to supply his own needs
in meat and lard and to consume waste
which other animals will not eat
George E. Scott, in Ohio Farmer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26
NOTES FOR SHEPHERDS.

Use large, well-built rams.
When sheep are feeding On rape they
need salt
When sheep are exposed to storms
they suffer loss.
Sheep husbandry is about the easiest
pursuit in agriculture.
Aim to produce uniformity in your
flock. Breed carefully.
There will be more money in sheep
than there ever will be in beets.
Sheep industry in the Dakotas is all
the time growing in Importance.
improvements in the sheep breeding
business will help the northwest
greatly.
Bean straw is highly recommended
for sheep, and anybody can grow beans,
and grow plenty of them.
1t is recommended to SOW rape seed
at the rate of three pounds in the corn
field at the last cultivation. Rape is ex-
cellent for sheep
elook for the time when sheep hus-
bandry will assume something like its
old-time Importance and profita bleness
in the west.-Western Plowman.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26
FLOAT FOR SAILING KITES.

combination of a balloon with kites.
Prof. G. F. Marvin, of the weather
bureau, has undertaken an investiga-
ton of kites and their construction.
Investigators who care to go into the
mathematical and scientific details will
find plenty of material in his report,
which was issued in July, 1896. His ex-
periments have been principally in the
construction of kites which will give
the best results. When this has been
accomplished the weather bureau will
make use of these kites in sending up
instruments to the
higher levels of the air. a knowledge
of the conditions at high attitudes will
add much to the information from
which the forecasts of the bureau are
made, and are expected to prove of
great value in it's work.
Mr.. Harbert's experiments have at
tracted great attention, not only in
Evanston and Chicago, but in many
ether cities. He has received many let
tiers on the subject, one of which was
from Chicago fireworks company,
who wanted set of his kites
in giving an exhibition of fire.
works in Dallas, Tex. For the
time he has been at work he has accom-
plished wonders. The beginning of his
experiments was made at Lake Geneva,
Wis, and there he expects to carry
them on during his coming summer va
cation His next experiment will be
with a kite modelled after the bony
framework of n bat. In the short time
he has been at work Mr. Harbert has
taken rank as one of the leading kite
experts o. the country.
A 8. CHAPMAN.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26
ANOTHER LEGISLATIVE ERROR.

The Acts Creating Several Kansas Judicial
Districts Unintentionally Repealed.
TOPEKA. Kan, June 19.-It has been
found that the legislative enactment
last winter repeating ''obsolete, re-
dundant and imperative" statutes
Intentionally repealed the acts creating
the Sixth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Seven
teenth, TwentyFirst, Thirty Fourth
and ThirtyFifth judicial districts
The attention of Acknowledgements
Boyle was called to this enactment
this morning and he holds that the
title of the bill is so much at variance
with the body of the statute and with
the real intent and purpose of the leg
islature that the repeating act is of no
effect and void and would SO be con-
strued by the courts should the ques-
ton be raised.
The districts named are composed of
the following counties: Sixth, Linn,
Bourbon and Crawford; Eleventh,
Cherokee, Labette and Montgomery;
Twelfth, Cloud, Republic and Wash
ington; Seventeenth, Phillips, Norton,
Decatur, Rawlins and Cheyenne;
Twenty-First, Marshall, Riley and
Clay; Thirty Fourth, Rocks, Graham,
Sheridan, Thomas and Sherman;
Thirty-Fifth, Wabaunsee, Usage and
POttawatOmie
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26

been made, the covering Is seweo In
place, as tacks are likely to split the
light sticks. Pine sticks quarter of an
inch in thickens by an inch in width,
or whitewood sticks half an inch square
are the best size.
A kite IL feet long is quite another
thing for boys plaything, and the
man who should attempt to hold it
would soon tire of his fun. Mr.. Harbert
uses reel, set on a pivot, to allow for
the changes of the wind by which his
monster kites are controlled. The
string is another important question.
An ordinary cord is not to be consid-
cred when the thing in the air is pull
ing like team of oxen. Heavy iron
wire, or light telegraph wire is coul-
monty used. Piano wire is ideal for the
purpose, but is too expensive to be
thought of when half mile or more
of it is required.
Like other up-to-date kitefyers, Mr..
Harbert does not stop with flying one
kite from a string. Two. or tandem"
kites are common enough, and Mr.. Har-
bert has had as many as eight kites
in the air from one string at time.
October 9, 1896. during the twenty
fifth anniversary of the burning of
Chicago, Mr.. Harbert kept large flag
and 80 feet of bunting flying over
Evanston from a string of his kites.
His Investigations, however, have not
been conducted for the amusement of
his neighbors, but from the conviction
that the kite has wide field of useful
ness. In common with others, he has
experimental in photogra phing with 4
camera suspended from kite. In this
case, pushing the button was out of
the question, and the exposure was
made by pulling string attached to
the shutter of the camera. No satisfac-
tory results in photographing from
kites have been secured, but the art is in
its infancy. 1t is easy to see how pho
Biography might prove of the highest
value in warfare, if it can be employed
at high attitudes. Once it is possible
to take a photograph from a kite, and
the general of an army may send a
camera over his enemy's camp to get a
plan of his fortified tons. If dynamite
bombs can be dropped with their aid
into the midst of hostile army, the in
vasion of a country may be prevented.
For signaling between armies or a sea,
it will be seen that kites may be en-
ployed to great advantage. If signals
of distress can be displayed from a
great height at sea, the passengers and
crew of many a disabled ship may be
promptly rescued from their danger
The possibilities of kites in eNplor-
ing the upper regions of the air have
not been overlooked by the scientists
of the weather bureau. The gentlemen
whose good nature is depended upon
to furnish the right brand of wea Their
for picnics and parades have been great
ly hampered by their lack of knowl-
edge of conditions in the higher strata
of the atmosphere. Experiments with
captive balloonsshave been made, but
it was found that balloons were unable
to reach high attitudes in a strong wind.
No better results were secured with a
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26
LATE FORMS OF KITES.
Scientific Men Everywhere Are
interested in Them
kite sailing on the Water Made Pos
sibIe by the Invention of an ILL.,
nois Man-some Recent Ex-
perfments.
Especial Chicago Letter

Scientific kite flying owes much to
the experiments of Arthur B. Harbert,
of Evanston, suburb of Chicago. A
little over a year ago Mr.. Harbert's at
tention was attracted to the subject of
kite flying by an article in magazine.
His interest in the subject led him to
begin a series of experiments, in which
he has evolved new form of kite, and
has entered upon the new and interest
ing field of kite sailing on the water.
1t is in this latter connection that
he has come most prominently before
the public within a few weeks. All of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26

lator being arranged so as to be opened
or shut as desired. The roosts being at
the rear side and low, there is less LA
bility to draft than when the ventila-
ton is directly over the fowls. No VEN
tilation is necessary during very cold
weather, and the drop door should only
be opened on clear nights During the
day both the ventilator and the win
dows may be opened. The opening may
be protected with wire if preferred.
The building may be of any size de-
sired.-Farm and Fireside.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26
Denounced as a Gambler.

NEW YORK, June 21.-Herman Wars
zawiak, the Christianized He brew who
has been seeking admission into the
PRESBYTERIAN church as minister, was
yesterday publicly denounced before
the congregation of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian church an immoral
person and guilty of gambling. He
was also suspended from the commu-
MON of the church.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26
PORTABLE PIG STY.
One That AFFORDS Ample shelter and
In Warm and Dry.

In Warm and Dry.
We fully appreciate the fact that the
hog is not an attractive feature about
the home or dooryard, and would not
tolerate him running at his dear, sweet
will and risk chances of breaking some
of the ten commandments. We would
Put him to the rear of buildings, out
of sight, out of hearing (maybe) and
load his snout with curved steel.
We doubt the propriety of erecting
permanent hog houses, to be used for
years and years on the same soil, there
by often inviting disease and unhealthy
swine. Two years ago, while spending
a day with your able correspondent,
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, june 21.-The
new Kansas City Fair and Racing asso-
citation tried two reforms at the open
ing of the summer race meeting at the
Exposition track Saturday Objection
able characters of both sexes were
conspicuous by their absence. The
directors made an order barring pro-
fessional touts, while disreputable
women must go into place set apart
for them and negroes.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-06-26

DUNCAN, Neb., June 21.-A cyclone
of destructive proportions passed over
Duncan yesterday and shook up the
place to an alarming extent. A num-
Der of people were hurt by flying
debris. The storm extended north
ward to Monroe and Norfolk. No lives
were lost.