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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-01-26
It is Thought by Many

when the Creator said TO woman
"in sorrow shalt thou bring forth
children" that a curse was pro-
nounced, but the JOY felt by every
Mother when she first presses to
her heart her babe, proves the
contrary.
Danger and suffering 1urk in
the pathway Of the ExpeCtant
Mother, and should be avoided,
that she may rcacn the hour
WLen the hope Of her heart is TO
be realized, in full vigor and
strength.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-01-26
effect Of over r-planting, we make
the following summary of crops
and prices:

1862 S''"'''di '42 3a',5i7's5'
1t will be seen that in 1S93-9l
"A crop of 7,549,G17 h.,., !; sold for
$i.Ol4,395 more than the large
crop Of 9,oOl,251 bales the next
year in 1895 % a crop Of only
T157,3l6 bales brought &3.2IS.-
032 more than the 9.D0l .o51
crop, and the crop of S.7S1.95I
bales last year brought $3S,G29.
$50 more Cham was received for
9.00.35I bale, marketed in
IS9i-g5.
Srnl ;ncon4cstoMc facts chow.
what enormous ro..ns tho South
has susi ,iuaJ hv ovn,.nrodnct,n,
and arc sufficient to cause r,I,cal
changes in planting oparat;o-s
1t is conceded on every hand
that the price thus lor rac,ivaG
for this wear. cr,p has Welded
no profit 90 the PLANTER. and even
though more than two.tbirls of
the crop have been sold TO this
date nrices orc oven vet haloy
the cost of production
On account of the laroo cron
and low prices rcsultin~ there.
from. il is of vital inheritance NOT
only to the South, but the whole
country, that the cotton acreage
for next wear be materially re-
duced, in order to advance the
price of the greatest staple pro.
duct of the United States to 4
paving basis
If the planters of tbe Soutb
suffer loss. the peon)e Of the
whole country must share if
The South cannot stand another
cotton crop of same dimensions
as This years, without bringing
about disaster and bankruptcv to
planters and handlers of cotton,
and relative harm to tba yanar,l
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-01-26

If the SOIL is piney woods and
liable TO rust, We would increase
the kainit to 500 or 800 pounds.
but for oak or hickory soils the
above formula is about right.
2. II the land does not require
potash we would simply leave it
out and mix the acid and meal in
the proportions given. If you
propose to use n very small
amount to- the acre, and it is an
oak or hickory soil, you might
safely leave out the potash. But
in all cases where it is intended
to apply a liberal amount it is
better to have complete fer
tilizer. We so advise in this case
and would apply 500 to 600
pounds of the formula to the acre,
and get one bale, or more, per
acre. 1t is better, as a rule, to ap-
ply 800 to 600 pounds to the acre
on ten acres than 200 to 300
pounds to the acre on twenty
acres. The ten acres (of your
soil so fertilized would probably
produce ten bales; while twenty
acres of the same soil with only
half as much fertilizer would
probably yield no more than fif-
teen bales.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1898-01-26
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HELD THE TRAIN.
Until the Old Lady's Good Blue Hen
Made Up the Full Doc.
en- of EGGS,

There is no better known local character
in Lancaster than Jim Dillon, and he has
as many friends as any man in Garrard
county His intimates call him cold Crow"
The other day." said he to party of
friends, Il boarded train on little jerk
water railroad that runs through nearby
You know this line doesn't claim a speed
equal to the Empire State express, and the
friends Of the officers say they are salts
fed if the road can clear two dollars day.
On the occasion l refer to the wind burner
was nearing my destination when it came to
dead standstill. stuck my head out of the
saw the conductor talking to an old woman
with bonnet and shawl and Sunday toggery
on and small basket in hand
Being curious to know the import of the
dialogue between the two, I went forward
and learned that the woman had tagged the
and going on to town to sell dozen eggs.
She told the. conductor, however, that she
had only IL in the basket at that moment,
but that an old blue hen of hers, then on
the nest, was momentarily expected to lay
the egg necessary to complete the dozen;
that it would be great accommodation If
he would hold his train until this should
occur, as it would be pity to proceed to
market with fewer than dozen eggs. The
conductor consented, and then our wait be-.
gan.
FINALLY, after the lapse of about 20 min.
womans shanty. A moment Mae 1 later rtat blue i
hen futtered into view, followed by the old
lady, who came running toward the cars,
smiling and holding aloft in triumph the
coveted egg: She placed it, while it was
yet warm, in the basket wit the others,
thanked the conductor and clambered
aboard Then the train again got under
way."-Louisville Post.
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The second care is oyster shells or
whatever you use for shell material.
The amount that flock of hens will eat
seems almost incredible, but they know
best; your only lookout is to see that
the boxes are never empty. A dull,
mopy hen rarely lays. More probably
she eats and grows fat, and still doesn't
lay. Scratching pens are desirable, but
everybody cannot afford them. An ex-
cellent substitute is made by throwing
down bushel of hayseed every few
days on the floor of the common pen.
The hens go for it at once and with a
vim. It absorbs moisture, gives exer-
else and sweetens the atmosphere Won
derfully. On farm there is plenty of
waste hayseed on the barn floor. Feed
ing is not among the lesser things of
poultry keeping, yet the feeding, it's
kind and regularity, is worth care and
study. A warm mash in the morning
of three part meal, corn, oat and fine
feed (mixed at the dealers), stirred up
with small potatoes and animal meal,
or condition powder. Oats at noon
and wheat at night, except now and
then corn supperforR change. Water
should be clean trel Esr=n when neces-
sary and ever p| &nAg Be regular as
to your feeding h,rs d do not forget
to feed them. Eternal vigilance from
the day-old chick to the stewpan is the
one thing needful to make hens lay
Annie L. Rogers, in Farm and Home.
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HELPFUL FARM NOTES.

Always use a good thermometer
when churning.
One serious objection to selling hay
from the farm is that it carries away
too much of the fertility of the farm.
10 make the most out of it, plan to
save all of the liquid manure as well
as the solid by using plenty of bed
ding.
Agricultural papers help to build the
farmer up by being alive to his inter-
ests, and every farmer can find profit in
reading them.
While theoretically budded trees are
the best, yet, practically, there are
just as good trees growing by root
grating as by budding.
1t is only when good care has been
taken to maintain the fertility of: the
farm that it can in any way be con-
sidered advisable to plant young trees
where a very old one has died. 4
The soil for the orchard should be
dry, firm, mellow and fertile. Gener-
ally soil that will produce good
crop of corn or wheat will grow good
trees and fruit. 1t should be worked
into good condition before planting
Farmers Union.
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the eyes of the police the end justifies
the means, and an experienced officer
and thief-catcher such as Inspector
Shea has very little sympathy with sen.
timental theories.
If man really attempts to reform
will he be able to do it? Will the police
prosecute him and call up his past and
prevent his earning an honest liveli.
hood: The police say not. 1t is claimed
that many reformed crooks are living
quietly in Chicago without any bother
from the police. Some of them have de.
odorized their records and gone into
politics with great success.
When Maj. McClaughry came to Chi
cago to be chief of police under Hemp.
stead Washburne he visited every sta
ton in Chicago and met face to face
every officer in the entire depart
two policemen whom he had known as
convicts in Joliet penitentiary when he
was warden there. He recognized them
as they stood in line, and of course
they recognized him. Both men came
to the chiefs Office to plead with him.
They expected to be let off the force,
but the chief assured each man that he
might remain in the department on his
merits as an officer, and the fact that he
had been a convict would not count
against him in the least. He also prom
Used to keep the secret. Both men had
made good policemen and had lived
down their early misfortunes.-Chica-
90 Record.
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VALUE OF ARTICHOKES.
Them to BE Equal in Value
to Six of Corn.

Artichokes are not given the atten-
ton they deserve; there is no crop on
the farm that will give as great returns.
They are drought proof and certain
preventive of hog cholera. One acre
will feed 80 shoats five or six months,
as 500 to 500 bushels per acre is a
common yield, while on rich soil 1000
bushels is frequently produced. AS
milk producers, fed to cows, the arti-
choke stands without peer, and the
tops make excellent feed for horses.
They also make excellent pickles and
salad when properly prepared, and
withal are excellent fertilizers and east
ly grown.
Prepare the ground by blowing deep
and pulverizing the Jumps; mark the
rows as for potatoes, four feet wide;
cut to one eye and drop IA inches apart
in row; cover about three to four
inches; cultivate same as corn or po-
tatoes. Plant from list to 18th of May.
1t is not necessary to dig them for hogs,
as they will do their own harvesting,
and freezing does not hurt them. Do
not store in the cellar, but put in pits
and cover with a layer of straw and
four or five inches of earth.
I consider one acre of artichokes
worth six acres of corn; try them next
season, if only small patch.-R. T.
Patterson, in Agricultural Epitomist.
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EGGS FOR MATCHING.
Get Rid of All Males Now and Procure
sNew Blood" for Next Spring
and GUNNER.

While it is pro- ~:r telkeep the breeds
separate during those periods of the
year when the eggs are to be used for
Matching, it is saving of time, labor
and fencing to let them cut on the
fields together until spring comes. 1t
is the impression on the part of some
that when birds of different breeds are
allowed together the purity of the
flock will be impaired; but if the breeds
are separated month before the eggs
are used there will be no evidence of
impurity in the chicks hatched. Where
che has two or three breeds it is some
what difficult to keep them separate
without combining them in yards, and
as by so doing more work becomes nee
essary, it is not advisable to separate
them day longer than the last egg
for Matching is taken. There is safe
guard, however, should doubt be en-
tertained in regard to retaining the
purity of the breeds, and that is to get
rid of all males now and procure "new
blood next spring. 1t is not necessary
to have the males with the hens, as they
will lay as many eggs without the males
as when they are present with the
fock.-Farm and Fireside.
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HOOd'c D;11e are the only pills to take
AOOA > AAAo with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
A CURE FOR Fo0L1sHNEss.
How Bunon's Family Got Him to Re-
sign from the Buckers and
kickers.

Button is rich and proud. He comes of
good old family and is recognized society
leader of Detroit He, with some of his
swell bachelor friends, organized the 'FBuck
ers and Kickers," of which he was made
grand high contortionst. The order had no
object but fun, yet it maintained show of
mysticism and announced its meetings in
way to arouse general curiosity.
Button went east for rest and change.
His immediate family and friends did not
like his belonging to fraternity with such
name and such doubtful aims. They saw
an opening and proceeded to get even. The,
first day at a New York hotel he received a
dozen letters, and on the envelope of each,,
in big type, was his name and his title as
grand high contortionst, followed by the adj
dress to which the letter was to be returned
il not called for. The clerk noticed it, and
others who were getting their mail could
not but see what was as plain as hand bill:
envelope, and Indignation became explosive
ness when Gotham theatrical manager
called on him, asked if he belonged to the
"perfesh," and if he were open to engage
ments. =
Button fired a hot letter home, bearing an
immediate delivery stamp. He informed the
folks that it was in the worst taste to send
private correspondence in business en-
velope. He wanted no more of it. 1t had
cost him a great annoyance and he was going
to change his hotel at once. But that grand
high contortionist" pursued him like an
avenger until he returned home raked all
his relatives over the Goals, resigned from
the Buckers and Kickers and made bon
fire of the stationery which he held as grand
high contortionist-Det Free Press.
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TREATMENT OF PIGS.
At Eight or Nine Months of Age They
Should be in Good Shape
for the Market. GF

All the pigs may be treated alike un-
ill they are five or six months old, be-
cause no matter for what purpose they
are intended, the first work in the prep
aration for that purpose is to build up
the frame, to develop the bone and
muscle, says Texas Stock and Farm
Journal. Whenever the weather per-
mits the. sows and pigs should have free
and wide range over all the farm not
devoted to cultivation, and pasturage
should be looked upon as essential to
their development. If the pasturage is
good the amount of roofing they will
do will not be damage to the range
or the farm, for they will destroy many
insect pests and the exercise will be
benefit to the animals. A patch Of
peas should be grown on every farm for
the young pigs as well as for other
purposes, and the pigs should run in
them an hour or so every day. The peas
have much the same nutritive qualities
as milk and are cheaper. When the
pigs have them in sufficient quantity
their frames have rapid development
and they can be brought on to the corn
feeding later with less risk of injury
than if they had passed through the
summer on grass or alfalfa alone. But
wherever in Texas the alfalfa can be
grown, and in many portions of the
state it will thrive well, it ought to form
u most important part in building up
the frames of the young animals. After
they have become five or six months old
those that are to be kept as breeders
should be separated from the animals
that are to be fed for market. The
methods of handling the former should
not be materially changed, and such
changes as are made in feeding the fat
tening animals should be made gradu-
ally and cautiously, watching them I'M
til they have been brought to full feed.
At no time is it well to confne them
solely to corn. Some green stuff
should be given them, and some va
riety of food, with plenty of charcoal
and salt, abundance of pure water, and
they should have clean, well-sheltered
quarters. Corn, of course, will be the
principal food in finishing, but it
should never be given so freely and
exclusively as to cause the hogs to be-
come in the least tired of it. And at
eight or nine months of age they should
be ready for the market.
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Polish for Old Leather.

Take two parts of good glue and soak
in tepid water until it is thoroughly
softened, then add five gills of water
and two gills of brandy or common spir-
it's, rubbing it until it becomes smooth;
stir this into the mass, and afterward
stir in two parts of wheat flour mixed
in cold water. The mixture is then put
over a moderate fire and allowed to
steam off little, but not to boil, stir
ring it well while over the fire. 1t can
be used Immediately, or made up into
small cakes which can be dissolved at
any time in little water or beer. It
can be put on with a brush, thin coat
only being required, and afterward
rubbing it with linen or silk cloth.
1t will restore old dash boards of leath-
er, or leather tops, where the enamel
is not off.-Western Plowman.
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Mixed.up Horse breeding.

Do not do as many did when all horses
were a fair price and street ears used
up plugs. Then one who had mare
that could travel little bred at once
to the first fast horse, regardless of
color, form or breeding, intending to
raise flyer" Mares showing some
draft were bred to draft stations
Seeing draft horses were selling for
good prices, some bred small, light
mares to draft horses, and, finding
that heavy animals could not stand ex-
cessive heat, bred their half draft
mares back to light horses, thus pro-
ducing plugs and scrubs. The owners
Of these are mostly the ones who COM
plain of horses being low.-Southern
Stock Farm.
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WHAT THE KAISER WEARS.
Dress Suits and Umbrellas Are
Things the Emperor Does
Not Like ut All.

The kaiser is a military man from
crown to foot. His numerous ward
robes contain only five suits of ''mufti,"
mostly made in Vienna. Like most
German officers he never looks well
in them. He never wears an evening
dress suit. He has a particular lab
neigung" against swallow-tail, which
reminds him Of the somber surround
ings of a funeral. This unconquerable
objection is accountable for an imperial
regulation ordaining that wherever
possible courtiers and guests shall
wear the frock coat, lAnglais, other.
wise the newly-introduced court dress
is de rigeur. The black swallow-tail
is thus fast being forced out of German
court circles.
Umbrellas are his pet aversion-7he
never possessed one in his life--and as
to sticks. they are usually the cheapest
he can buy. His rifles are under the
special care of the leibjager, and kept
in special cupboard. A remarkable
feature of this collection is the hunt,
ing sticks which his majesty has cut
with his own hand while out hunting
or received as presents during his ex
petitions from gentry and peasantry
alike.
The kaiser's wardrobes occupy suite
of five rooms in the old castle at Berlin.
They are massive and are of oak. In
the middle of one of the rooms is a
large table for spreading out the uni.
forms. There is sixth room in which
small repairs are undertaken. Here
tailor is permanently employed, for
Kaiser Wilhelm does not throw away
clothes until they are we'll worn. He
keeps about IS pairs of white military
gloves in use. These are cleaned and
repaired from time to time. The
glover receives a small yearly sum for
his services. Each pair is supposed to
lave a certain ''life." Should the lea tn.
er show any defect, it is returned to
the unlucky glover with peremptory
demand for an explanation.
When a suit is ordered, woe be to the
tailor should it not fit like glove
though "try on" is never permitted
Directly suit has been taken off, it is
returned to the wardrobe, and there
subjected to the closest scrutiny. The
orders and decorations are kept in an
iron safe, and represent in value about
1900, 1000 marlls.--Pall Mall Gazette.
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AGRICULTURAL HINTS
EARLY SPRING CARE.
Success i'm the Hen business De-
ponds ON Details In Feeding, Wa
tering and Supervision.

The passing seasons increase my be-
lief that to get eggs it makes far less
difference whether you have Leg
horns or Brahmas, or what special
brand of animal meal you feed, than
whether you look after the details in
feeding, watering and supervision.
When the hens cannot scratch for eNer-
else or worms because of snow or frozen
ground, they must then have animal
food and an artificial incentive to
scratch. Cut bone is the cream of ami
NAL food and if you can get that it pays
the largest possible interest on any
output. Hens can stand more sighting
in other directions and still pour out
eggs, with plenty Of bones. If this is
impossible, kiln-dried meals will be bet
ter than nothing. Feed it literally.
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Legend of the Tea Plant.

Dharma, the ascetic priest, was the
son of a king of India. He went into
China, and for the space of nine years
he remained in contemplation in a
temple. Later he went to Japan, and
he died on Mount Katavka. He imposed
upon himself, as the first rule of his
life, privation from sleep. One day,
indignant at falling asleep, he cut off
his eyelids and threw them away as
miserable sinners. From the spot where
the eyelids had fallen sprang up bush
which is the tea plant, affording the
perfumed beverage which chases away
sleep,-Vick's Magazine.
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tailor told me that he had caught him
trying to get away with bolt OF cloth.
The woman had acted as stall for him.
He had got the bolt of cloth under his
oyercoat and started down the street
with it when it fell out. The tailor saw
it and ran after him and caught him.
II says to Murphy: You have got
down to stealing bolt of cloth, have
your Well, sir, he was all broken up.
It Inundated him to think that a man
OF his standing in the profession should
be caught doing such cheap work. 1t
seemed that he had just got out of the
Ohio penitentiary few days before
and landed in Chicago. He ran out of
money and decided to do any kind of
small job that would give him grub
stake as he called it. He got the wom-
an to help him, and didn't think there
was chance on earth for him to fail.
AS it was he was caught as easily as if
he had been an amateur. Itsettled him
for another term, too, just as surely as
if he had stolen $4,000"
Many people of humane sentiments
and a general ignorance of criminals
have protested against the police keep
ing watch over ex-convicts and all men
who have been photographed for the
rogues' gallery.
1t is true that certain criminals are
taken into custody on sight, whether
any definite charge can be lodged
against them or not. Theyar brought
in" and questioned, and sometimes
they are advised to leave town or else
threatened with a bridewell sentence
on charge of vagrancy.
The claim is made that sometimes
the criminals and ex-convicts are SO
harried and prosecuted by the police
that they cannot reform. The police in
tcrference prevents them from secur-
ing employment, and so long as they
are regarded as criminals and treated
as criminals they might as well be Grim
inals in fact and enjoy some of the re-
wards of crime.
| There is another side to this story, of
course. If the police worked on the as
sumption that every man returning
from Joliet had sincere desire to re-
fern and lead an honest life, and there
fore was not to be kept under surveil-
lance, there is no doubt that criminals
would flock to Chicago and operate
more boldly than at present. 1t is a
fact that those cities in which the po~
lice have arbitrary power and exert it
with severity on all recorded criminals
arc the cities which the crooks give
wide berth, and in which life and prop
erty are much better protected than
they would be otherwise.
When it became matter of general
knowledge that any known crook in
Pittsburgh would be put to work on
the stone pile without legal fuss or GER
enony the moral tone of the COM
munity moved up several notches. In