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The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
Crop Reports.

The crop reports recently issued by
the government make very favorable
showing for this year. They show the
aggregated condition Of wheat, both win
ter and spring, to be 1 per cent. better
than one year ago. The total yield as
indicated for this year is 6O3, 900
bushels as compared with total Of
5SO,OOO,OOO bushels last year. The con-
dition Of corn on the whole Is not quite
so good as it was last year, the total
yield as indicated being 1876 5000, 900
bushels, while last year the yield was
100000 900 bushels, or 27OOO,0OO bush
els more than this year. While the trade
reviews show that the average level Of
prices for staples is the highest 1t has
been for five years and that the volume
of business in this country is the great
est 1t has ever been.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05

direction and II properly managed it
will not only prove to be Of immense
benefit to the Palmetto State but will
establish a most worthy example for
her sister States to follow. The South
might properly be called textile Coun-
try. It's principal production Is Gotten.
This year 1t produced over 11,00O,0O
bales of that staple. 1t also produces
large quantities Of wool. 1t is high time
that 1t should establish and foster tex
tile schools to educate the people in the
manufacture Of It's own productions.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
Large or Small Eggs.

AS eggs are now usually sold there is
little or no inducement to secure eggs
large In size. The market price is gen.
orally so much dozen without regard
to the size. Some prudent and thought
ful housewives carefully sort the eggs
before taking them to market and keep
the largest ones at home for use in their
own kitchens. No one can possibly
blame them for doing this, for in the
market a dozen is a dozen, large or
small, but at home eight large eggs are
as good or better than a dozen small
ones. II eggs were sold by the pound,
as they ought to be, there would be an
inducement to weed out the hens that
lay small eggs and to keep only prolific
layers Of large eggs. A few years of
such wedding out would greatly improve
the quality OF the fowls both as to the
size and the number Of eggs.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
NOn-DrhnkIng Animals.

There are several kinds Of animals,
points out Cosmos, that have never swal-
lowed water. Among these are the
llamas Of Patagonia and certain gazelles
Of the far East, and a considerable num-
Der OF reptlles-serpents, lizards and
certain batrachians-tha live and flour
ish where there is no moisture. A kind
of mouse Of the arid plains of western
America also exists where moisture Is
said to be unknown. In the London
Geological Gardens a paroQuet lived
fifty-twO years without drinking drop,
and some naturalists believe that hares
take no liquid except the dew that some
times forms on the grass they eat. Even
cows and goats in France, in the neigh
borhood Of the Lozere, almost never
drink, yet they produce the milk from
which Is made the famous Roquefort
cheese.-American Cultivator.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
Dual.PurpOse Cows.

There is some controversy among SCI
entifc dalrymen as to whether there is
such a thing as a dual-purpose cow,
that Is cow good for the double pur-
pose Of milk and beef to such an extent
as to make her profitable for both pur-
poses. Some claim that there is no place
for such COW on the strictly dairy
farm, but all seem to agree that for the
average farm such double-purpose COW
Is an exceedingly desirable animal. The
average farmer, who constitutes the
masses of the farmers Of this country.
wants a COW that is good for milk, good
for butter and good for beef. And he
wants the very best cow that he can pro-
cure for these purposes. The average
farmer has not the time, nor the means,
nor the inclination to specialize. He
cannot afford to keep two or three diff
ferent kinds OF cows on his farm. He
cannot afford to keep poor mixers in
either quantity or quality, for the sake OF
their calves alone. Nor can he afford to
keep good mixers that produce only
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
SKINNED MILK.

A controversy recently arose in Penn
sylvania as to what is skinned milk.
A woman was arrested and fined for
selling milk from which the cream had
been taken by separator. She sold it
as skinned milk and the cans In which
she kept 1t were plainly marker as con-
taining SKINNED milk. But the learned
Judge of the trial court held that skim
med milk meant milk that had been set
in pans and from which the cream had
been removed with skinner in the old
fashioned way. The plucky woman ap-
pealed her case to higher court where
1t was reversed and she escaped the fine
or the dungeon because the appellate
judges In their wisdom held that skim
med milk meant any milk from which
the cream had been removed and that
the method by which 1t had been done
was wholly immaterial.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
A Large sIlO.

The largest silO in the world is said to
be in Jefferson county, Wisconsin. 1t
is sixty-twO feet in diameter and forty
eight feet high. It cost $4,000 to build 1t.
It takes 200 acres of heavy corn to fill
It, It is questionable II such large
sllO Is as convenient or useful as several
smaller ones which in the aggregate
would hold the same amount. 1t would
undoubtedly cost more to build the sew
eral smaller silos than a single large one
but the convenience in location, filling
and distributing the contents would be
greatly in favor Of the smaller silos.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
The Sofa Bean.

The sofa bean is proving to be one of
the most valuable crops that farmers
can grow as fodder crop for stock. The
bean is rich and oily and the fodder is
very nutritious. On good soil and with
good cultivation 1t will yield from ten
to twelve tons to the acre and when
properly saved for fodder ten tons will
produce 240 pounds Of fat, 1850 pounds
Of protein or fesh-forming food and
2,4OO pounds of carbohydrates or heat
producing food. It is usually planted
in rows two to three feet apart, depend
ing upon the richness Of the soil, the
poorer the soil the closer the rows can
be planted. The seeds should be dropped
from one to two inches apart in the row
and 1t should be given good cultivation
to keep the ground free from weeds and
the surface mellow.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
Meat FamLne In Germany.

Germanys discrimination against our
pigs and cattle has inflicted on her some
thing like q meat famine The price Of
all varieties Of this commodity has ad-
vanced so much as to impose a serious
hardship on the poorer classes and
greatly inconvenience those who are bet
ter off. Within the last three years the
importation Of horned cattle has fallen
off more than one-third, while that OF
swine has almost entirely ceased Home
breeders have been unable to supply the
demand, and famine prices now rule
New York Tribune.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
Next Years Garden,

The proper time to begin to make gar
den for next year is this fall. Enough
stable manure to cover the soil at least
an inch deep all over should be thown
into @ pile by itself and frequently turned
over until 1t Is thoroughly rotted, which
VIII be In a few weeks, This prevents
the manure from firing, and gives the
grass and weeds an opportunity to
sprout and to kill them so they will not
interfere with growing crops.
AS the crops are taken OF the ground
this manure would be spread over the
surface, and when the last crop is gone
the whole plowed under to live until
spring. This is the best sort Of prepara-
tion for next summer and IL it is at
tended to the garden work for next year
will be much more profitable than II
would have been If fall plowing and ma
nuring had been neglected. Farmers
Voice.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
Seed Corn.

Too much care cannot be used in Sc
lecting and keep seed corn. Good seed
is always half the crop. A poor stand
next season may be the direct result Of
neglect in not properly saving good seed.
Do not believe that it is just as we'll to
take the seed from the corn crib at plant
ing time next spring. AS soon as the
corn is fairly ripe and before husking
begins go through the best field on the
farm and gather the seed corn. Select
the largest, best matured and best filed
ears, from the most thrifty stalks and
from stalks having two or three ears
where such can be found. 1t will not
take very long to do this and even IL 1t
does take some time it will be well and
profitably employed. Be sure and gather
few bushels more than you think you
will need. Something might happen SO
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
The Idle Bull.

Idleness is generally said to produce
mischief but with the bull it is far worse
than mischief for it makes him vicious
and even dangerous. Confinement and
idleness will also tend to injure his use
fulness as stock breeder. He needs
freedom and exercise to make him Wig
Orous and fertile. He should be taught,
from the time he is a calf, to roam in
the pasture and behave himself. If he
becomes vicious and unmanageable then
tie him up, fatten him and send him to
the packing house where they will make
him into sausage. His pasture should
be we'll fenced with a strong, high,
woven wire fence so that he cannot learn
the bad habit Of jumping over or break
ing through. A vicious bull is a dan
gerOus animal on any farm. It is better
to send him to the slaughter house and
buy new one every year than to run
the risk Of having some member Of the
family MANNED or killed by the unruly
beast.
The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
Textile EducatIon.

The people Of the Southern States are
rapidly awakening to the benefits OF in
dustrial education. A textile school has
recently been opened in a South Caro-
lima college. This is a step In the right
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05

Carson Weekly.-From present in
dicatious it would seem as though
the Ormsby county grand jury is GO
ing to take up the matter of the Or
phans' Home investigation and find
ont where perjury was comitted.
Saturday night an Italian got into
a row at the Silver Brick saloon and
took two shots at a sheepshearer.
Neither shot took effect. Constable
Triplett arrested the Italian in Henry
jones yard. where Henry had him
covered with a shot gun, and took
him to Jail.
While you arcIooBIng for a change
N the weather. examine the latest
patterns in wall paper at the Postof-
flee. All goods first class and Mt the
lowest living prices. Cali in and ex.
anime my stock. No trouble to show
goods. /. N. Sherwood.
1. is rather amusing to the enditor
OF the INDEPENDENT to be hailed on
the street and asked for the latest
news by people who never contribute
a dollar III any way to the support OF
the paper. Their exhibition OF gaul
Is the amusing part Of the perform
ance especially when they nearly
stretch their necks out of joint to
catch glimpse Of dispatch.
Commissioner Woolverton came in
yesterday. He reports fine prospects
for hay and grain in his section, but
says there is q scarcity Of help.
Nearly all the young men have en-.
listed aud the Indians that have here
totore done good deal OF the work.
in baying and harvesting have evil
IDENTIFY been frightened by so many
soldiers passing through on the rail-
road and have gone to the reserva-
ton, very unusual thing for them
10 do.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05
Tho Fourth I'm EIko.

The Fourth Of July passed off very
quietly in Elko. There was the usual
amount of tirecrackers burned 10y
young America. The older people
were somewhat hilarious over the
INDEPENDENT dispatch, which came
early Ill the morning. announcing the
destruction of three battleships and
two torpedo boats of Cervera's fleet
i'll their attempt to leave Santiago
harbor. The news OF Sunday that
plainly Indicated that General Shat
ter had been badly crippled in his
assault on Santiago had left de-
pressing influence and there was not
much genuine rejoicing until au-
other dependent special came in
the afternoon confirming the one of
the morning and announcing the safe
arrival of the first expedition at
Manila and bringing the glad news
that Sbafter was master Of the situa
ton at Santiago. When this news
became known. JOY lit up the faces Of
our people and many cheer rent
the air.
Had it not been for the enterprise
OF the INDEPENDENT orr people
would have been without the good
news until this morning. Those who
like to hear the war news, while it is
news. should remember that tele-
graphic messages cost money and
give their support to the only paper
in the county that gives the latest
news.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05
Red Cross Proceedings.

On June 30ch, SlOO was sent from
the funds of the Elko Co. Sanitary
Commission to Lieut.. Charles b.
Henderson at Jacksonville Florida.
to be used as needed, for the volun-
teers from this county. ........
Oh Sunday, July 3rd, a speciad
meeting of the officers of the Red
Cross. WAS called by Miss Russell,
President. when it was decided to
care for those volunteers, not other.
wise provided for from the fun Is Of
the Societies, until they leave for
Carson with Capt. S lnders. 1t is
requested that all subscriptions not
yet paid, will he handed without de-
lay to Mr.. Edgar Relnhart Treasurer.
And general subscriptions are So
icited.
BY order of the Elk. Com.
\ UGUsTA PLUMMER FOSTER,
Sec'y.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05

Captain Sanders is ra nbly re..rul =
ing his company and blue coats are
getting yer. numerouS ON the street.
lie boys are strong sturdy luT of
men, far superior physically to those
who have passed through here frcm
the East. Ii the rest. of Nevada's
battalion averages up with the l:u
company, it will certainly be a creult
to the State. Col speed you, boys.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05

MIR. Riddle received IL letter from
Homer this mornmg stating that the
boys were at jacksonville, Florida.
and were all well. lIomer says the
days are extremely hot and the
nights cool and pleasant. He Says
there are l2,OOJ soldiers encamped
the e and that the Nevada boys are
not SO anx ons to go to Porto Rico as
they we're.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05
ICEI ICE! ICE!

We are prepared to furnish ice to
business houses and families in guam
titles to suit and deliver regularly at
reasonable rates and no excessive
charges. Leave orders at the office.
DEPOT HOTEL Co.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05
Fox SALE.

Two second hand Miller's Little
Giant Hay Presses witt wagons, in
good condition. Car size bales. Adj
dress The II. G. Shaw CO., Stockton,
California.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05
SALMAGIiNDI

4 Additional summer goods just re-
! we'd at Alexander's.
The Yankee pig seems to be get
= e there all right.
latest styles of ladies' gents and
ldren's shoes at Alexander's.
". A. Core came down from Wells
terday and enlisted in Captain
bders' company.
Ride a Crescent tandem and be in
swim. They sell for S75 at Alex
9er's.
s ttorney Wilson and wife left for
Zip TO Denver this morning. They
be gone two or three weeks.
attest designs III wall paper and
der and ceiling to match just re-
BED at AleXander's. +
fred McAvin, a ,Tuscarora hoy,
e down to enlist Saturday and
d not pass the medical examina-
When told that he was reject
lcAvin cried like child.
|ne Damask table linens, napkins
patch, lace curtains, portiers, etc
received at Alenander's. 4
resent chalnless wheels sell for
Send to &. Alexander, agent,
Nevada, for their catalogue. '
F." ccle bTations mt Wells and
h Fork are said by those who at
fd TO have been fine affairs. Big
DIS we're III attendance at both
IS and everything passed off
Rthly. "
you are thinking of getting IA bI-
send to @. Alexander, Elko
ia, Tor Crescent catalogue and
CANT line of gents, yonths' and
fen.s summer suits. straw and
latest style hats just unpacked
exander's.
people OF Elko should not per.
captain Sanders company to
here without giving them Il
ng send off. They have enlisted
mold the honor and dignity OF
Puntry Oh the field Of battle and
be made to feel that they have
Prhdence and support of every
J. Let US honor them as they
DnorIng our country. ~
Enemy to Health is impure
as it leads to serious disease
|reat suffering. Hoods Sarsa-
meets and conquers this enemy
'erts the danger.
oDS PILLS are the only pills
re with Holds Sarsaparilla.
R'I liver ills.
Doll informed the INpEPEN-
"day that he wonld be COM
" quit work at lie morse kill
'ot during the hot weather on
OF the stencil. He will
the horses on hand aud let
IN on the range until cool
FfSets in when he will start up
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05
Notice to Transfers.

Wanted teams to contract to haul
1900 tons Bulk Sulphur or any part
of it from mines to Humboldt Sta
ton Nevada. Distance 33 miles
Humboldt Sulphur Co., Winnemucca
New. lw
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05

Dave Casper has Just received a
Dew lot of sarpIn~ OF Spring and
Summer Clothing viii III will he made
TO order from $751; up. X
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05

Port Said, July 5.-Camurra's fleet
of ten vessels has entered the Suez
Canal.
Madrid July 3. The general public
believes that Cerverra's fleet has es-
capped. The Minister of Marine says
that Cerverra is deserving OF much
praise.
Washington July s. General
Pando with COCO troops has entered
Santiago. This is official. No bonn
bardmen MT will uow take place until
General Shafter is rein forced as the
Spanish army in Santiago numbers
10000. Little fighting has taken
place about Santiago since Satur-
day. Tie weeks les amount to
1900 killed and wounded. All the
wounded are dong we'll.
The foreign consuls ask a cessation
of hostilities until the foreign resi-
dents numbering 10000, can be re-
moved.
Madrid, July 5.-There is much
adverse comment here over the de
parture Of the foreign warships from
Manila ON the arrival of the Anne. j..
can transports.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05

cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
FL. CHENEY & co,
Toledo, Ohio,
We, the undersigned, have known +.
j. Cheney for the last Is years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in
all business transactions, and finan-
cIally able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST q TRUAx Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, Ohio.
WALD1NG, K1NNAN q MARVIN, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter.
nally, and acts direc ly on the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Price Too. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halle family Pills are tue best.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05

Washington. July 4.-Sampson
says: @Cervera's fleet ate mpted to
escape at 9:aO Sunday morning and
mt O'Clock all were destroyed. The
Chri 'tobal Colon, Infanta Maria,
Teresa, Oquendo and the Viscaya
were forced ashore, burned and blown
up. Our loss was one man killed and
two wounded. The Spanish loss is
probably several hundred from gun
fire, explosions and drowniugs
Thirteen hundred prisoners were
taken, including Cerverd."
Hong Kong. July 4.--Dewey say 8
that the transports and the Charles
ton arrived yesterday. The Charles
ton stepped at the Ladrone Islands.
captured the garrison, which it
brought here, and hoisted the stan S
and stripes.
Siboney, July 4.--Shafter says:
a have given Santiago twenty four
hours to surrender before lombard
ment. The proposal is being cen
sidered. l am master of the eitua-
ton"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05
HOw's This.

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case OF Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-07-05

Com Portable Rooms
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-05-11
o3ITUARIES.

Ellen Lerora k!eckley, daughter
of Daniel and Sally Corley, was born
November l9Sb, 1929, and died May
lst, 1898. She connected herself in
youth with St. Stephens Lutheran
church, at Lexington, lut later in
life transferred her membership to
Providence Lutheran church of which
she was a member at her death.
She was an earnest Christian and
like her Master, went about doing
good. Many were the deeds Of love
and helpfulness flowed from her
life into the lives of those about her
in seasons of their sickness, sorrow
and need. She was the mother of
six children and the grandmother
of nine grand children aud there also
survives her one sister. We all unite
and share with then in their grief
and attiictioD. Rev. J. G. Graichen
preached the funeral sermon, at tie
home Of the deceased. The inter-
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-05-11
A Wasning.
% the Editor Of the Dispatch:

To the Editor Of the Dispatch:
A few days ago, I got informa
tion cf an effort in my district to
collect membership fees in an alleged
Farmers Secret O ganization Com
pany with headquarters at Columbia.
S. G. This Company, it is alleged.
was originated by the C,tton Con
ventiou representing the entire cot
ton belt. In consideration Of the
fee and the promise on the part Of
the farmer to cut down his cotton
acreage, the company guarantees 10
cents for cotton in 1899 and indem
nifty to the farmer. I lave made an
investigation and want to say to the
farmers, that no such organization
has been authorized by any Cotton
Convention. Any claim of that sort
is an imposition without the posi-
bility of benefit. A similar efforts
may be going on in other districts
and States, deem it my duty 10
expose it through the Public Press.
J. VIM. Stokes,
Washington, D. G.
May 4th, 1898.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-05-11
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the
public to know cf one concern in the
land who are not afraid to he gener-
Gus to the needy and suffering. The
proprietors Of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, have given away over ten mil
lion trial bottles of this great medi-
cine: and have the satisfaction of
knowing it has absolutely cured
thousands of ofhopeless cases. Asthma,
Bronchitis, Hoarseness and all dis
eases of tie Throat, Chest and Lungs
are surely cuel by it. Call on j.
E. Kaufmanp, Druggist, and get a
trial bottle free. Regular size SOC.
and 81. Every bottle guaranteed, or
price refunded.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-05-11

The greater includes the less.
Hoods Sarsapari'!a cures scrofula'
and may he depended upon to cure
boils and pimples.
Speaking Of lions, that WAS quite
an idea Of the hard-shell preacher
who WAS discoursinS of Daniel in the
den of lions: There he sot all
night, looking at the show for moth
ing; it didn't cost him cent.
1t is great leap from the CID
fashioned doses of blue mass and
nauseous physics to the pleasant
little pills known as DeNltts Little
Early Risers. They cure const'pa-
ton. sick headache and billiousness.
J. T.. kaufmanr.
Focg says he begins to think there
is no perfect state in this world.
When be was young he was always
in the way Of the old folks; and now
that he is old, he seems to be always
in the way of the young people.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1898-05-11

why SO many people continue to
suffer through spring and early sum-
mer when Pe-ru-na is such prompt
and perfect relief. As family med
icipe I believe Pc ru-na to have no
equal" It relieves at once cramps,
collie, prostration from heat, the ILL
effects of sudden checking OF the
perspiration. and all ether bad effects
of hot weather. As a remedy for
nervous prostration it has no equal
and the thousands OF men who ''have
rerves" find it priceless remedy.
Every family should have a copy
of s:Facts and Faces" Finely illus
trated. One of the best books OF
testimonials ever published. Sent
free. Address The Pc ru,na Drug
Manufacturing Company, Columbus,
Ohio.