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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
The Orchard.

The head of tree needs to be fairly
open to admit sun and air for full
growth perfection of fruit. Further"
more, a moderately low head on a
tree is desirable inasmuch as it aavors
the economical gathering of the crop
Of fruit.
It is considered good plan TO oc-
casionally put on trees q coat OF strong
soft SOAP during warm spell in win
ter. It aids in destruction of insects
and parasites that are harbored in the
back of the trunk and larger branches.
Of course the soap will eventually be
be washod off by rains. The eggs OF
fhe tent caterpiller are now to be
found readily upon the naked branches
of the spple tree. They appear in
bands g1tled on near the ends of small
twigs.
Out OF the twigs and burn them,
thus making sure of the destruction Of
the eggs. How many orchards ap.
pear, especially among our older set
Elements, that they are really unprotit-
able and useless! The trees are
starved, z.un out, and show but q poor,
mean scraggy growth. Manure lib
orally AMI prune severely and ofttimes
these seemingly worn trees will be in
duced to take upon themselves a new
lease of life.
Tillage, manure, care, are all i'm
portant with an orchard. A man cam
not expect to receive paying crops il
he does not work and labor and strive
and plan for the same. Do not hesi-
tate to give the orchard at least as
much attention as you would crop OF
corn and potatoes. Not only is it
wise to take care of what trees farmer
may have, but it will usually be profit
able to set out new orchards.
The man who makes business OF
oreharding and uses all modern ap-
pliances to aid him in his work prac.
ticed, follows the best idea in spray
ing, care of trees, marketing fruits,
ETC., and studies modern papers and
books on horticulture, will, we think,
find he has an industry that year in and
year out will yield as good returns as
any branch of agriculture.-W. P
Perkins, IN Nebraska Farmer.
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Source of the Missouri.

An explorer says that the Missouri's
source is at the crest of the Rockies,
5000 feet above the sea level, just with
in the boundary of Montana. The
stream is two feet wide and two inches
deep, its water coming from melted
snow. This source is 1921 miles from
the Gulf of Mexico and 2945 miles
from its confluence with the Missis-
sippi, making the river the longest un.
broken c1rrnnt in the world.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

by conquest, treaty or settlement in
the reigns of Victoria's predecessors,
yet the population and development
thereof have been accomplished mostly
within the past sixty years.
It is not the number Of square miles
that make nation great, but the num-
ber and the quality of the men to- the
miles.
In 1841 (the year of the first Vic
torian census) the United Kingdom
had 81, 900, 900 inhabitants. In 1891
it had nearly 3S,OOO,OOO. It appears
that the Queen is ruling to- o-daysoyer
about 11,G00, 900 more subjects than
she did in 1887.
During the same period the United
Kingdom has sent out about 8, ,000, 600
surplus population, one-half of whom
have come to the. United States.
The actual. increase in the number
of the Queens white subjects at home
and abroad appears to have been about
23,OO0,OOO. Sir Walter Besant esti-
.r,ntn" +hat scattered over the whole of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

o. matter or weeks. Uhvo ~ wnlle
the male bird relieves his mate from
duty, and takes a turn at keeping the
four eggs warm while the female flies
up and down the pond.
Big swans are formidable foes, and
when angered by anyone approaching
their nest fight with wonderful fierce.
ness. It is bold man who dares to
risk his eyes in battle with them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
UNCLE SANS JUBILEE, 81
SIXTY YEARS OF GROWTH m TIE
UNITED STATES.

Great as England is, the United States Are
Greater-In Population, Wealth, Manu-
actures, Railroads. Education andsP
ductive Power This Country Leads.
The burden of the Victorian jubilee
song, says the New York World, isfhe
great growth Of Great Britain at home
and abroad during the sixty years OF
Yictoria's reign.
But, in the language of the Man in
the Street, "there are others"
Uncle Sans jubilee, for instance,
would be very much more Impressive
even than Queen Victoria's.
The British Empire in 1897 includes
total area of II, 1885, ,506 square miles
and population of $50, 900, 0e0, using
round figures. While great part OF
this vast territory was acquired either
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

choked, blinded. linen neip
q roar of voices. "Ting!" said the
inexorable bell. He held on to hispost,
fighting against death. Outside, men,
formed in line. passed buckets from
hand to hand, and the contents being
dashedupon the flames filed the room
with scalding steam. He could not
see the dial any longer, but he worked
by instinct, and the instinct never be-
trayed him once. '"Ting!" and the
first stage of the cage was filed with
rescued men. "rTingp and the sec
ond stage was filed. "Ting!" and
the third stage was filed. Then he
tore her up like fire, checked her,
coaxed her, stopped her to foot:
citing" and cling and citing" and
the three stages were empty, and that
batch of thirty was back to life again.
Then he sent her down like stone,
and lived along the plunge in his own
mind until he felt she should be there.
Instinct proved true again by the
BELLS voice.
His body was in hell, but his soul
leaped with passionate intoxication
of revolt and mastery to defy its pains.
The men outside dashed water on his
burning clothes. They howled ap-
plause at him. Some among them
wept as they cheered, and one went
shrieking, with both hands writhing
in the air, as if he himself were tor
tured.
1t was all done at last, and there
went up cry of triumph terrible to
hear. Bale reached the open air
charred, .blackened, scarce human
to look at, and as he fell into the
nearest comrades arms the roof of the
engine house dropped in. They car
ried him to the nearest cottage, and
all that could be done for him was
done. He was conscious to the end,
and he made shift to ask for Selma
She came, her mother with her.
"I wanted you to know" said Bale.
'1 could't ha' gone through with it If
your George hadn't been down."
Selma stopped and kissed him, her
tears raining on his face.
"There, there!" said Bale. ''"That's
the end Of it ALL. +"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
ouack Grass ON Sandy soil. :.

It is very difficult to rid sandy soil
OF either quack grass or of its equal
pest, the Canada thistle, because
where there is no hard subsoil the
roots run too deeply for the plcw to
bring them up. The sandy soil is also
so porous and has SO little vegetable
mould that the quack roots do not die
quickly, even if not allowed to send
up shoots. But on land wholly desti-
tute of vegetable matter it is hardly
worth while to get rid of quack. It
will Keep sod and prevent the sand
from blowing, which is difficult to do
With any of the cultivated grasses or
with clover.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
as Great Britain, Germany and France
collectively"

collectively"
He tells US further that on average
farm hand in the United States raises
at much grain as three farm hands in
England, by reason of his superior
machinery and tools. Whence we de-
duct the fact that the daily working
power, or capacity for productive
labor, of the United States is about
three times as great at least as that of
Great Britain.
Finally, there is the matter of edu-
cation, and perhaps after all this is the
point of comparison of which we have
the best right to be proud. The
census of 1880 shows that eighty-seven
per cent. of our total population above
the age of ten can both read and write.
In the words of Mr.. Mulhall, "In the
history of the human race no nation
ever before possessed 41,O00,0 900 in
structed citizens"
Great Britain is no doubt the lead
ing nation in Europe in the matter Of
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GRoWrN
the same period.

the same period.
Inasmuch as economists tell us that
the outlay on houses is the surest
gauge of wealth, it thus appears that
the average accumulation of property
in the United States is more than
double what it is in the British Isles.
Coming next to commerce we find
Mr.. Stead claiming that British trade
and shipping are about five times as ex-
pensive and valuable in 1897 as they
were in 1887. He points to the fact
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

But swarm of little sparrows, as if
knowing how easily the big birds are
angered, like to hop and twitter mis-
chievously about them.
The Park keepers are greatly sur
prised at the spot chosen for the nest.
Last year there was also one solitary
nest for the entire season, but the par
emit birds, couple of white ones, made
great effort to hide their home, even
adopting the remarkable expedient of
building false decoy nest to. attract
attention from the spot.-New York
Journal.
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popular education, but the Q

popular education, but the United
States had o common school system
away back when Victoria began to
reign and long before, while Great
Britain has only had one for about
twenty-five years. Even to-day Brit
ish expenditure on public schools is
only S1.30 per capita, while the United
States are spending $40 per capita
for the same purpose, or nearly twice
as much
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
sTlsLovE THAT MAKES THE WORLD
GO ROUND"


a thousand years ago, or more,
A maiden and youth
Discovered for themselves anew
An old, yet living truth;-
For through their love these lovers
found
twas love that made the world go
round,
AS youths snd maidens had before
Athousand years ago and more.
4 thousand years from now, or more,
A youth will know the bliss
or gazing into eyes that flash
The love-lighS back to his;
And send the world for many day
A-spinning gayly on its way, Is
A-spinning faster than before, \
Another thousand years, or more.
Aud, Love, have you and I not found
IT'S love that makes the world go round?
Gustav Kobbe, IN Harper's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Portable Houses.

An occasional change, not only Of
food, but quarters as we'll, is conducive
to the health of the hog. Many Of
our more successful swine raisers keep
their herds divided up, using small,
stoltly built houses without floors, the
sills of which are rounded up at the
en6s, so that with q team the houses
can be 'snigged" to a new location.
This encourages the swine, while dis
couraging disease germs and other
vermin.-fAgricultural Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Johnson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.

A Kentucky strawberry grower re,
ports a clear profit this season OF
S729.63 on seven acres of ground.
Numbers of women and children who
would have earned money in no other
way mads one OF two dollars day
picking berries. Another grower OF
strawberries reports his clear profit to
have been $357.50 on two acres OF
ground. l
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

While the people who speak English
under the British flag have been about
doubling themselves, the people who
speak that language under the Ameri-
can flag have multiplied four and one
third times. Putting it most gener-
ously for our British jubilee friends,
we have been adding to our population
twice as fast as they have for the past
sixty years.
Passing now to the comparison OF
wealth, there are no official figures
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
The strawherrv 1YeeyiI.

In some sections of the country this
little pest is doing great deal of dam
age. It is not hard enemy to con-
quer when one knows the remedies to
use, b., il must not be treated like
weevil on plums, as the fruit is SO soft
and ripens SO early that it is not safe
to use arsenical poisons. The weevil
:: ---.- -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

lore, if one is in an infected district,
apply kerosene emulsion in the fol-
lowing way: For the emulsion use one
gallon of kerosene, one-quarter pound
hard soap one-half gallon of water.
Dissolve the soap in boiling water,
and while still at the boiling point,
add the kerosene, and mix by thor
oughly shurning or putting it through
G force pump until the oil is perfectly
mixed aud does not come to the top.
This must be diluted with ten or
twelve parts water, and applied with a
force pump or sprayer. 1t will have to
be done several times, but will prove
2 complete cure.-Vick's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

HATS the lust word, is
it?" It was Bale who
asked the question. He
had screwed his courage
to the sticking point at
last.
"Tha.'s the last
,,-n,.J 80 cold Saline
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

raa.n ta!. acr vsafs pegan TO now. The
dean inquired the cause, and learned
that it was her wedding day. They
were on their way to church, and now
her white clothes we're wet, and she
could not go.
"Never mind-Ill marry you," said
the dean; and he took out his prayer
book and then and there married
them, their witnesses being present;
and, to make the thing complete, he
tore leaf from his pocket-book, and
with his pencil wrote and signed
certificate, which he handed to the
bride:
Under tree in stormy weather, I
married this man and woman to-
gether; let none but Him who rules the
thunder sever this man and woman
asunder.-Jonathan Swift, dean of St.
Patrick's."
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figures that dragged the bloom from
the surface, and ran it on its iron
trolley to the steam-hammer, and had
waited to sec it beaten from its incan-
descent heat to dull red glow.
'tIt takes good stuff to abide that
kind of handling" said Bale. ''The
good stuAf's The better for it. But it's
no use trying it on Stag. AS a matter
of fact, you can't have the good stuff
without it, but it's pity to treat oil
sorts alike"
He was making q parable of the
matter in his own mind, and he walked
on thinking of it in sore-hearted and
rather empty-headed fashion. He
passed the frowsy town and came out
on the road to Quarrymoor, with its
almost instant hint of country odors
in the darkened air. 1t was late
spring weather, almost summer, and
the smoke veil hung high and thin.
The stars shone through it vaguely,
and dew was falling. He walked on
for an hour, clean into the country.
not knowing or caring where his feet
led him, and suddenly he was aware
that the moon had risen, broad and
full, and that nightingale was sing
ing.
'Why, Bale, old ladp q CHEEKY
voice called out. "What brings you
here?"
"There's nightingale in the copice
yonder," said Bale. ''Listen"
They kept silence for minute, and
the birds song, which had been
checked at the sound of the footsteps,
began again. The newcomer fdgetted
little, and after minute or two said:
"It's a pretty music enough. But
who'd ha' thought of your caring for
it, Bale? Going home again?"
"Yes," said Bale. cat least-I
don't know about home. I shall drop
in at the Sir Ferdinand.
"Ah'' cried the other, Ystriding on
again with Bale at his side, ST should
think that was more in your line"
"Well, yes," said Bale, 81 suppose
it is. Shall we set ourselves to walk
toward glass;"
"Why, no." said his companion.
'eNot tonight. I've better work on
hand. You've always been trust
worthy sort of chap IN way, Bale.
You can keep secret?"
eve kept one or two," Bale ans
wered.
"WhY," said the other. 'The
secrets this, Bale. I'm going to get
married"
"ohl" said Bale. you've squared
the old lady, have you?"
eyes. I've squared the old lady,
and I'm off now to the top of Hill Road,
my lad, to carry the news to the young
'un."
''The young lady?" said Bale.
"The young lady," said his COM
panion. "She's been rase - ,oFel-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

Minister Born When Washington Was
President.
This is 2 picture of a Coldwater
Mich preacher, who was born when
Washington was President. He was
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
= SWANS NEST UPON A ROCK.

A Unique Sight in New York's Great
Pleasure Ground.
There is swans nest in Central
Park, and two big black swans take
turns in guarding it. There are four
big oval eggs in the nest, and they are
very precious, for they are the only
swans eggs that will be laid in the
Park this year. The nest is built on
q bare open rock ten feet in diameter
aud rising but little more than foot
above the water Tt is in the lower
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

God has made nothing stranger
than man, to be blackguard and hero,
devil and angel in breath.-New
York Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

one hundred years old on the last day
of last February. 1t was his ambition
to round out his century and live un-
der still another Administration.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

anu Ier1ivu----,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

hearted this six months
old woman's opposition
up above a bit when IL
TO her. And look here
You and me have Away
|ione for other. There
difference ii our sssstiop
/ I've never made d dids.
/. account. Have {, now?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-28
MRS. LOGAN AT WAUKESHA
Warmly Welcomed by G. a. r.
Prominent Officials and Citi-
zens Gererall7

Waukesha, Wis, July 2S-Mrs. Mary
Logan has accepted the invitation of Col.
and Mrs. 4. NJ. Jones of this city to spend
some time at Waukesha, and she arrived
here at 5:45 last evening. Arrangements
for a royal welcome were made, and Col
Jones left for Chicago at 10 o'clock in
the morning for the purpose of escorting
Mrs. Logan back to this city. At the
station last evening there were the local
G. A r. post and various city officials,
besides prominent people, to welcome the
guest of honor.
Upon Mrs. Logan's arrival here she was
escorted to the Terrace hotel, where for
a month she will be the guest of Col. and
Mrs. A NJ Jones. Her sojourn at Wauke-
sha will secure her much needed rest at
ter the severe mental strain of the past
few days at Chicago. She was accom-
panied as far as Waukesha by her son-in-
law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Tucker of St. Paul. Mr.. and Mrs. Tucker
will remain in Waukesha until Monday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-28
A MODEL TENEMENT HOUSE
D. o. Mills Plans a Building to Pro-
vide Comfortable Homes for the
Poor at Low Prices.

New York, July 2S.-D. o. Mills, mui-
ti-millionaire and philanthropist, with
in six weeks will add another to his
charitable enterprises. Plans are COM
pleted for the model tenement house
which is intended to cover the practical
question of providing clean and COM
Portable homes for the poor at a low
price.
The new building will join the Mills
building No 1 on Sullivan street. It
will be six stories in height with a wide
side court, and will cost from $45, 900 to
$50, 600.
The house will be divided into apart
ments fitted with every convenience,
with no expense spared to make it coy
and homeli6e.
It's great neighbor, the Mills lodging
house, is fast nearing completion. and
will be ready for occupancy within six
weeks. The house contains 1,500 rooms
and offers every sanitary advantage
that skill has devised. A magnificent
feature is the grand staircase leading
from the ground to the main floor, where
the offices are situated. This is of Car
rara marble from the quarries of Carlo
Fabricotte. Each square foot is worth
$3.50, and there are 800 square feet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-28
HANNA ON THE "WAVE."
Says it Rolled SO High as to Delay
His Train.

Cleveland, o., July Ex-senator Han
ma has returned from Washington. He
will remain a few days, after which he
will leave for cruise on his yacht to
stay until August "A. In discussing the
tariff bill and prosperity, the senator
said:
prosperity is another name for high
tariff The work is done, the tariff bill
is passed; the people have an indefeasi-
Bile charter to an indefinite period Of
prosperity. You can see it all over the
country. In every town and state bust
ness is reviving. Prosperity preceded
me from Washington. L tried to get
back in time to give the good news
at home, but the increase in freight
traffic was so great that my train was
delayed.
THE final vote had hardly been TAX
en- in the senate before prosperity was
abroad. 1t was felt at the same instant
in Maine and California. The tele-
graph had hardly ceased to spread the
news before the wheels of industry
commenced to move. Congress touched
the button and the rusty machine which
had been idle for five years started to
work once again. The effect of the tar
if bill has been general; there IS no
sectionalism about it. see business i'm
proving at every place. Trade is heav-
Ter; there is an expansion OF loans ana
a general sense of renewed vigor in eV-
efy branch of business"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-07-28
QUEER STATE AID.
the People Must First Sub
scribe the Money.

Little Rock, Ark, July 2S.-The state
of Arkansas is inviting the citizens to
chip in and assist in building some new
railroads. The last legislature passed
bill authorizing the board of control
to go ahead, build and operate railroads
and telegraph lines and to provide the
manner for raising the revenue.
1t is a freak of law, to all appear
ances, but Governor Jones says that the
state will certainly build roads. He
gives his personal assurance that they
will pay, something unheard of for new
railroads.
The board will receive subscriptions
to stock, and donations of land or
money. If the people in a community
want a road built all they will have to
due will be to subscribe enough money
and right of way and the board will
build it for them. Wherein this is a
better method than for the people to
organize a company and build their
own road is not apparent. The board
proposes to locate the lines itself, and
this will be done in the order of the ap-
phcations. The first come the first
served.
No appropriation was made by the
legislature to assist the board in this
work and the subscribers will have to
foot all the bills, even paying for the
subscription books and the cost of the
surveys Whenever proposal shall
be sent to the board, the people will be
at liberty to open the books for sub
scriptions. If the people in one or more
counties want a road, but cannot show
that it will be profitable investment
for the state, that is not to interfere
with the project at all, provided the
citizens will put up the money re-
quired. AS soon as the money is pro-
vided the board will build, if it is asked,
no matter whether the road will pay or
not.
Governor Jones is quoted as saying
that he believes the people will begin
to subscribe for new roads as soon as
they have marketed their cotton. He
admits that great judgment will be re-
quired on the part of the board to Sc
lect the best routes.