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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-09-29
SOWING FALL OATS.
A Plan Described and Approved
by The Southern CultivatOr.

The usual rotation has been
cotton, corn, oats or wheat, varied
sometimes by wheat or oats after
cotton. Its convenience doubtless
caused it to be adopted, because
corn could be gathered in time to
SOW down in grain and cotton
could not. There is one great de-
fect-it leaves the cotton field
bare of living plants from October
to May. From the continuous cul-
tivation Of cotton land through
the summer nitrification is greatly
developed, and at the close of the
season the soil is supplied with
soluable nitrates, ready to be
leached by the winter rains. 1t
will be seen that 1T is of the ut
most Importance, therefore, to
cover the cotton fields as quickly
as possible after the cotton plant
dies, with some growing crop
which may take up these nitrates.
1t would be we'll to start said
crop in advance of the death of
the cotton, and oats sown in Sep
tember meet all the requirements
of the case.
The great question to be deter
mined is how to SOW the oats
when the cotton is still on the
land to be sowed. We have come
to the conclusion, says The South
ern Cultivator. that sowing oats
in such manner that they would
come up little below the general
surface of the land, in drills, is
the best single preventive against
cold. 1t shields the plants from
the cold winds and counteracts
the heaving action of freezes, by
allowing dirt to fall in the drills
from their edges and re cover the
exposed roots. How shall oats be
drilled in standing cotton2 Just
after the cotton is picked over
run two shovel burrows in each
middle, siding the cotton as close
ly as it can be done without
breaking off limbs and bolls.
In these furrows drill the seed
through an ordinary guano horn.
The end of the horn trailing in
the furrow prevents the scatter
ing of the seed by the leaves and
limbs which would occur if sown
from the hand. Follow with
one horse harrow and cover the
seed. In cotton rows four feet
wide such procedure would make
the oat drills about two feet apart;
less for narrower rows. This is
wider, perhaps, than is desirable,
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-09-29
MONSTER LOCOMOTIVES.
Southern Railway to Have the
Biggest Engines i'm the World.

The three biggest and strongest
passenger locomotives in the
whole world will be placed in ser
vice this fall by the Southern
Railway, the largest transporta-
tion system Of the south, which
taps every state south of Mason
and Dixon's line, except Texas,
Arkansas and Louisiana. Some
idea of their strength may be ga
thered from the fact that each is
fully twice as strong as the cele-
brated "999," which belongs to
the New York; Central Railway and
hauls the empire state express,
nearly three times as strong as
the engine that hauls the Flying
Scotchman from London to Edin-
burgh and more than three times
as strong as the engine which
takes the mails from London to
Holyhead. Tc put the matter in
another way, one of these engines
could haul as much as ten ordi-
nary elevated railway engines, or
four of the average passenger To-
comotives used in this country.
Coupled with their extraordi-
nary strength these engines have
a remarkable capacity for high
speed. One of them could pull
at the rate of sixty miles an hour
on piece of level straight track
no less than thirty three Pullman
cars weighing forty tons each.
Such a train would be more than
two fifths of mile long.
The six coupled driving wheels
of these engines are each six feet
in diameter,and the working steam
pressure is 200 pounds to the
square inch. The cylinders are
of the ordinary simple type, each
81 inches in diameter. No loco
motives now running have SO
large combined cylinder area and
steam pressure as these new Go
liaths.
You may make the moving
parts of a locomotive as po werful
as you please, but unless there is
fire box and a boiler big enough
to match the running gear your
engine will soon be short of steam
with probable showdown be.
tween stations. This catastrophe
is not likely to happen to one OF
these engines--as long as the coal
holds out-for the fire box is 10
feet long and 80 feet wide, with
total heating surface of 1914 square
feet while the boiler is 5 feet 3
inches in diameter, with no less
than 2,29s square feet. Soft coal,
of which about eight tons will be
put on the tender at starting will
be the fuel.
An engine may also have great
power and yet be unable to utilize
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-09-29
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your life Ab.,

netic. full OF life. nerve and vigor. take NoTo
Bnc. tho wonder. worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists. soc or eI. Cure guaran
teed Booklet and sample FREQ. Address
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or New York
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-09-29
Who Can Measure

The influence of the motherl 1t
shapes the course Of unborn gen
erations-goes sounding through
all coming ages and enters the
confines of Eternity.
With what care, therefore,
should the Expectant Mother be
guarded, and how great the ef-
fort be to ward off danger and
make her life happy.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-09-29

IL Woman's Safe and Reliable Friend. Re
licves monthly paincs, cures EcrS oYsness and
hystera and restores TO perfect health. Sold
by druggists and dealers for 81 a bottle. Pam
phlet mailed on application. II you can't get
il from your druggist send n to the proprietor
and he will send you repaid by express. Chas
Rsley, Wholesale Druggist, 81 Cortland ST
Zew York
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-09-29

system that Childbirth is made
easy and the time OF recovery
shortened-many say stronger
after than before confinement" ."
1t insureS safety to life of both
mothe' and child. Ali who have
used Mothers Friend" say they
will never be without it again.
No other remedy robs confine-
ment of it's pain.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-09-29
YOU HAVE
BEEN TOLD

That the "NEW HOME" ma
chine is the best. But you
want to decide that question
yourself. You do not buy
sewing machine every day.
You want good sewing ma
chine at reasonable price,
a light running and an easy
treadie motion that does not
make rour back ache.
The herald., 1897-06-27

eeoe - ; G1eGker Or len dearee ths non.
c0nductint powsrb of o1aso ana allied
substances We must not forget the
fact that non-Iuminous heat waves are
thrown on BY heated bodies And this
10 what II called radiant energy-some
thing which most people read about and
do not understand. The body OF the
strong, the healthy, man or woman
throw3 off this radiant energy. The body
OF the sick man needs nothing so much
as this same radiant energy.
Therefore, to repeat again, the essence
OF what the electric light bath gives to
the human being is, simmered down,
nothing more nor less than radiant en-
ergy. Therein lies the benefit. Contact
of the heated air with the skin of the
human being is what constitutes the
Turkish bath. In the vapor and Russian
baths. the combined influence of heat
and air is experienced. Now, air is
very poor conductor, and therefore COM
municates heat to the body slowly. The
skin also hinders the absorption of the
heat, being an excellent con-conductor.
Heat absorption is further delayed by
the rapid evaporation of moisture from
the surface of the skin. Under these
conditions the skin of a person is cooled
SO quickly that he may enter and re-
main for considerable length of time
exposed to a dry atmosphere at tenn
perature far above the boiling point. 1t
The herald., 1897-06-27

is possible for person to take a Turk
ish bath at a temperature of more than
800 degrees without suffering inconven-
ience.
The experiments which have been
made at Battle creek are attracting the
widest attention among all interested
in medical science. 1t is an established
fact that the farther the heat can be
made to penetrate into the tissues, the
more beneficial will be the effect. The
reason for this is that it thereby influ-
ences large number of the more deli
cate nerve fibers, making it's effect on
the nerve centers much greater and
thus helping the nutritive process. 1t
may be that the electric bath can
be made to keep the tissues in repair.
and thus prolong life indefinitely. Ger
tainly the medico and the layman will
await with equal interest the result of
future experiments in this direction.
The herald., 1897-06-27

interest in seeing that the government
which they control shall be once more re-
stored to its condition of progress and
prosperity. And I pray God that that
time may not be long delayed. I thank
you and bid you all good afternoon"
All this may be very good, but will the
prayers of the goldbugs be heard?
Wouldn't little free silver coinage, for
instance, have done more good than
prayer?
An eminent surgeon was once doing a
thigh amputation, when the chloroform-
ist, also a prominent medical man and a
divine, became alarmed and cried out:
doctor, the poor man is sinking; let's
all kneel down and pray for mi."
Pray hi" said the gruff old Aber-
crombian, Tets cut off this leg first and
pray afterwards"
If Mr.. Mckinley will lop off some OF
the goldbug gangrene from the body
polite, his graceful prayers to the throne
of grace will be much more acceptable to
the American people, if not to Deity him.
self.-Needles Eye.
The herald., 1897-06-27
PooRHoUsE FOR A RICH MAN
An Iowa Farmer Buried $4,000 in
1893 and Forgot the Spot

Though worth considerable money,
James Webster a farmer living four
miles from Eldora, Ill, will probably die
in the county poorhouse When the
panic of 1893 came Webster turned his
property into 100000 in coin and buried
it in casks upon farm which he still
held as tenant. Three months ago his
mind failed, and, although he seems to
nave some recollection of burying his
money he cannot remember the hiding
place. He is now a charge upon the
county, having no relatives upon whom
he can depend for upport.-Chicago
Chronicle.
The herald., 1897-06-27
Praying Tor Prosperity

The st. Louis Post Dispatch gets after
the prosperity jugglers after this FASH
ION: "The old negro in Washington who
Is praying for prosperity is setting good
example. Prayer is much more likely
to bring prosperity than tariff tinkering
and currency contraction" Whatever
opinion may be held as to the efficacy of
prayer, everybody must believe that the
Lord had nothing to do with the tariff
monetrosity now before congress. while
the strictest construction of foreordina-
ton could hardly connect him with the
appalling evils wrought by the single
gold standard.-Los Angeles Herald.
BROTHER Mckinley, the tariff tinker
and currency contractor, evidently be-
lieves in the old negro's doctrine. too. for
at Nashville the other day he wound up
one Of hds front-yard speeches with the
following peroratlon:
EVERY man and every woman has an
The herald., 1897-06-27

A minister's wife who conducts large
The herald., 1897-06-27
ODDS AND ENDS

overheard one workingman ask an
other: How do wages run down where
you are?" "They don't run. they walk. y
was the clear yet unsatisfactory reply.
Inquiry was prosecuted no further.
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The girls who sell goods behind dry
goods counter great many hours a day
for comparatively small pay, to be sue
cessful in their vocation, have to be good
judges Of human nature. just as much so
as IL they were getting $50 a week in
stead of IS. The happy faculty of say
ing just the right thing in the right place
sells goods and makes friends, but no
halfway work will fill the bill. 1t won't
do to say the right thing in the wrong
place. It's a great thing to be able to
size up a customer.
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A few days ago one of the big local dry
goods stores advertised to return the
purchasers car fare home on all rar-
chaees Of 81 or over. 1t was very warm
day and walking was burden to be
avoided.
The herald., 1897-06-27

A woman came into the store and
made few purchases that amounted to
more than 81. The girl who waited on
her got the change and returned it to the
customer, at the same time handing her
neatly sealed little envelope contain
ing the car fare, with the following re-
mark
There's your car fare home, madame,
and I'm sure you will appreciate it such
day as this, when it's SO hot and walk
ing is so uncomfortable"
The woman looked rather unpleasant,
but said nothing. She took the car fare
and left the store. If the girl had been
able to leave her place at the counter
and follow her customer to the door she
would have seen the woman get into a
handsome carriage and drive away. She
was obviously offended, because her
position in society as the owner of a
carriage and pair was not recognized
even by an humble saleswoman, and
she was still more offended at the un-
intentional suggestion of the clerk that
she might have walked home in the
blazing sun rather than pay the car fare
out of her own pocket.
Now, mind you, l am not defending
the woman for feeling insulted because
the clerk was not mind-reader enough to
know that she came to the store in her
own carriage. But, dismissing all ques-
tions of the sentiment or ethics, the girl
made mistake from business point of
view. She said the right thing, but said
it to the wrong woman. Still one must
not expect too much.
=
remember another case where SINH
lar mistake of judgment was made
through inability to read human nature
and size up things in a general way.
Some years ago there was an article of
woman's wear that was having a great
run-ruching or something of that eort
Nearly every woman followed the fash
ion, but one girl clerk learned to her cost
that caste rules even in the wearing of
dry gods.
A woman came into the store and
called for ruching-we'll call it ruching,
whatever ii was. The girl seemed to
know her business, and from the be-
wildering variety laid before her, and
after the invariable and inevitable hesi-
tation and looking around" that es-
pecially characterizes feminine shop
The herald., 1897-06-27
The Hen and the Clam

The Los Angeles Herald wants to
know what is the matter with the hens
Not a thing, neighbor; not thing. OF
course they are blank, staring idiots and
lay no eggs to amount to anything ex-
cept when they are worth only cents
a dozen or so, but they are all right. We
ought not to feel hard toward them
because they know less than does the
unpretentious clam. The Almighty
made them so, you know-Fresno Re-
publican.
The herald., 1897-06-27

ping exepdition. the cusomer Appeared
about e select certain style.
Then II was that the clerk made Z
fatal mistake, 0he raw the woman hesi-
tate : little and sought to close the
transaction through persuasion.
"Oh, you ought surely to have some
of that kind" calculated the girl, ITS
just the style now for everybody. Why,
all us girls are wearing It..
You are? Indeed, then don't want
It." And the woman sailed majestically
out of the store, leaving the clerk gazing
after her in astonishment.
Now, that girl intended to do the right
thing, but she had not the good judg-
ment and knowledge Of human nature to
know that her wouldbe customer was
just the kind Of q woman who would not
wear what everybody" was wearing.
used to know dry goods clerk who
was a little, dried-up, bald-headed man
and cross-eyed to boot, yet that man al
ways commanded large salary and
could work in any store in town that he
pleased He understood dry goods, but
more than that he understood human
nature, and women would wait a long
time for the privilege of being served by
him.
A minister's wife who conducts a large
The herald., 1897-06-27
A Pessimistic View

Miss Rosebud-Wasn't it sad about
Mr.. Larrabee?
Mr.. Gimp Can old bachelor)-What is
it?
Miss Rosebud-He was married on
Tuesday and died the following Friday.
Mr. Girop-Yes, it is sad; marriage
doesn't always prove fatal SO soon.--
Boston Traveller.
The herald., 1897-06-27
Lack of Cordiality

Miss Cynic-I hope we shall be en-
tirely settled the next time you call.
He-When do you expect to be set
tied?
She--Oh, not for a month or so.-Yale
Record
The herald., 1897-06-27

NOV. dld ~ ~ 81 yonnnon. ~ l>yl-
|cogrepher. johnson. the author ok ~
immortal "Raegelas.' the literary king
Of his time. A6ord the basis Tor the
coarse Joke Of Z NEGRO minstrel'' Ia
this latter part Of the nineteenth cen-
tury. Or. was It mere coincidence?
Stranger things have happened, and
there are many short cuts In life.
C.X. b.
The herald., 1897-06-27
Obsolete Conditions

A mans chivalry becomes dissipated
when his feet ache from standing The
practice Of being extremely courteous to
women was inaugurated before wo-
men became 80 numerous around the
workshops of men.-Atchison Globe.
The herald., 1897-06-27
Always on Hand

Visitor Cat dime museum) What do
you do when you feel the need Of exer-
else?
Living Ske1eton-I take q walk around
the fat woman-Chicago Tribune.
The herald., 1897-06-27

Juvenile Sunday school class, tells the
following good story-a true story. of
course, or the minister's wife would not
have told it.
She had been telling the class about
the miracles performed by Jesus Christ,
how wonderful they were and how inn
possible Of performance by any ordinary
human beings. The miracle of the loaves
and fishes happened to be the particu-
lar miracle cited by way of Illustration
Yes" pipe0 up small voice, II don't
believe anybody could have done that
except Jesus and Hermann"
1t is not always safe to judge thing
from appearances or first impressions.
The last time Thatcher's minstrels were
in Los Angeles a monologue by the
mirth- h-provoking George was a leading
feature of the program. He told, among
other things, about a boarding house
where he used to exist. 1t was not a
heightened boarding house, but various
kinds of home comforts were provided,
some of which could not be obtained else
where 1t seems that no napkins We're
provided, and George and the other
boarders used to take turns wiping
their hands on the hair of the New
foudland family dog, that was kept con-
veniently near.
\ 4 \
This story, and Thatcher's manner of
telling it, never failed to bring a gener-
Gus round of laughter and applause, but
most of it came from the gallery. There
was an element of coareeness about the
story that did not appeal to fastidious
mind, and one instinctively felt that it
gained nothing by the telling.
But wait a moment. Some weeks
longer I had occasion to read up briefly
on Samuel Johnson, a great master of
English prose, and selected his biog-
raphy appearing in the Encyclopedia
Britannica. AS everyone knows, John
son was at times reduced to sore straits
! to maintain life, living at the very cheap
| est of boarding houses, where the mean
est food was served. The biographer
| said that it was the custom of Johnson
| and the other boarders to wipe their
greasy hands on the hair of New
foundland dog that belonged in the
family, for want Of better article for
| that service.
Decorah-posten., 1897-03-12
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