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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
x AGRICULTURAL. *
Stone Fences.

While the stone fshces common in
all sections where stone abounds cost
nothing for material, and with hard
work are therefore within any ones
ability to construct, they are not usual
" very satisfactory, Horned stock
soon learn that tie top stones can be
easily displaced and then the fence
can be jumped. When stock once
learn that fence cannot hold them
they practice on IL with more zeal than
the most ambitious college athlete,
snd in tine will learn to go over al
aaost anything. Even stake with
rail over the top will not hold breachy
stock. The best way to stop jumping
is to place barbed wire over the
fence, Fastening it to stakes firmly IN
the ground. It may seem cruel, but
the stock must learn not to jump, and
they won't get hurt. But when sheep
have learned to jump low stone wall,
even O barbed wire over it will not
stop them. There must be several
wires, SO close together that the sheep
cannot get their heads between. That
will stop the first sheep, and no one
of the fook will try to Jump after tins.
leader has turned back.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
Granulated Honey.

Almost all extracted honey will
granuiate and become like sugar dur
ing cold weather. Heretofore this
has been considered rather a detri-
ment to the sale and use OF extracted
honey. But, when brought more
prominently before the public, and
consumers become better acquainted
with it, it may almost be called the
leader.
We have always taken the ground
that honey after granulatiou is in the
most perfect form in which it can be
used,
Granulation improves the appear.
ance OF any quality of honey and never
fails to give it q lighter shade. It
also has tendency to drive from it
any wild taste and make it purer
sweet. In this condition it is in the
best possible shape for keeping any
length Of time.
Being free OF wax, and taken from
the comb just as the bees placed it
there, without any melting of the
combs or mixing OF any kind, by the
latest improved machinery, it is. with
out doubt, the purest Of all sweets.
It's easily returned to its original
form by simply heating it, and if
scaled up air-tight while hot, 1t will
remain in liquid form for long time.
Farm, Field and Fireside.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
OF INTEREST TO WOMEN.

Probably owing to the fact that the
duchess Of York's wedding jewels wers
largely composed Of turqucises-her ia
vo-ite stone-the turquoise has been
coming more and more into fashion.
One Of the latest developments is to
carve heads and initials on them.
It has become quite the fashion noT
for bridesmaids to carry baskets OF
flowers instead Of bouquets. Special
baskets are made, generally Of white
chip, with tall, slight handles. A bow
Of ribbon can be added at the: top ant
the flowers are securely fastened in
position by means Of needle and
thread.
American ladies, says an English
writer, have a new fad. They carry
about with them c living mascot" o1
charm, in the shape Of black kitten,
the idea being thai II will avert catas-
trophe to friends or relatives taking
part in the war. The kitten is some
times carried in 8 bag. 1t is absolute
ly necessary that the animal should be
black. How the idea originated We
are not at present Informed.
The daehess Of Portland is very
keenly interested in Temperance and
has done some good work 20 the cause,
though, no doubt, her natural reserve
would lake he- ahrinA from the pub
Ecity it involves. In spite of being
the wife Of one Of the richest men IN
England and mistress Of one Of it's
finest nansions, Lady Portland does
little entertaining. She is, however.
we'll calculated to shine as a society
hostess, fer she has a great charm OF
uarner and a stately sort Of beauty.
She IS tall and graceful, with dark hair
and lily and rose complexion. Her
maiden name was Miss Dallas York,
and she is the daughter of Yorkshire
squire. It is said that the duke Of
Portland first saw Ter at a railway sta
ton and was then and there ca2tivated
with her diE beauty ana her
charming ma E.i,ef~a";l meeting
her by chahstt lh~a - .awing-
room, he begau.tc2- .2ve with
her which led -
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
Eepopulation in France.

The returns of the census for France
which was taken in March, 1897, have
now been published and compared
with the statistics Of the previous cen
sus, taken six years before. A year
ago the number Of people 1e France
was sS,228, 1863, and ct the 1891 census
& was $685. $50, so that in the six
years the population Of France had
only increased 133.S19 persons. And
even this trifing Increase is more ap.
parent than real, for it has taken place
entirely in the large towns, and is due
to the influx Of foreigners, such as
Belgians and Italians, who are to be
found il Increasing numbers among
The urban populations Of France.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
4 IARoR.sAYrNG TRUCE.

sary to eztemporizs q wagon to meet
the demand. The cut shows such G
device. Two long pieces Of joist are
bel$hh;s right distance apart By strips
OF Board nailed across them. The
forward ends are fastened upon the
>axIe ossa pair Of farm wagon wheels,
while tsscks support the rear ends.
A very sood load could be hauled
without The trucks by rounding off
the rear ends OF the joist, so they will
drag easily over the ground. Such a
frans is exceedingly handy, as it is
low, and can be approached so readily
from all sides, there being no large
wheels in the way.--New England
Homestead.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
Etreef-Car Manners,

Even Mrs. Tro!lope and Charles
Dickens, who could sec nothing else
to commend in this country. noted
with admiration tbatln our public con-
veyances no man sat while a woman
was standing. How isit to-day? How
many men surrender their seats to
women in the street cars or the subur.
ban trains? It is no answer-it is in
deed cowardly lie-to say that men
have ceased to show this courtesy to
women because women did not ac-
knowledge it with a word of thanks.
Not one woman in hundred will ac-
capt G mans seat without thanking
him ior ii. r. we are going to be
bcors let rs lot lie about it.-Chicago
Chronicle
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
Selling Farm Fertility.

In deciding what should be the sala-
bic products of his farm, one of the
most important questions is whether
such sales will take a small or large
proportion of the fertility which is the
farmers best capital. Most New Eng
land farmers have for years given up
growing wheat, though it is probable
that those who have turned their land
to producing tobacco or garden crops
could now produce wheat in,:largsr
crops than they ever did before. But
it would take from the soil mineral
elements that they can better Ause in
other ways. -,
Whether farmer shall sell milk or
take off its cream and make it into
butter, while using tho skimmilk as
food for pigs, poultry or other ami
mails, may not depend wholly on the
amount Of money the butter or the
milk would sell for, but upon the ef-
feet on soil fertility. The salo Of but.
ter removes nothing Of value from the
soil. Neither, and for the same reason,
does the fattening of fully grown stock.
But in the growth Of any young ami
NAL, and in the production Of milk,
the most valuable elements Of fertility
in the food are drawn upon. It was
on the light lands of England that had
long been pastured by mich COWS that
supplied London with milk, that soils
first gave OUT and would not grow
grasses as they used to do, until
guano wss applied. TWAS found
afterwards that phosphate Of lime was
what was most needed, as.it made the
lands as productive as the guano could
do.
Of all our grains Indian corn takes
least from the soil. It's stalk and
grain are both mainly carbon, and this
can be got in abundance from the air
through the broad expanse of leaves
which the corn plant shows. But the
fax plant is the direct reverse Of this.
It's root robs the soil Of both nitrogen
and phosphate. Hence it is so ex-
haustive crep that it is now little
grown except in the Vest, where the
process of selling farm fertility so as
to. get ready money is still going on
about as actively as it ever did,
American Cultivator.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
Cabbage Tor Poultry.

Poultrymeu are agreed that in the
cabbage they have almost an ideal
plant to furnish winter supply of
green food for poultry; but the cab
bage, like most cultivated vegetables,
has its insect and fungus enemies,
which in some localities SO ravage the
crop as to discourage its production.
The matter of keeping them through
the winter and spring months in a
sound condition, and in such way
as to he accessible at all times without
regard to weather conditions, has been
serious question in New England,
and the lack Of its thorough solution
has doubtless prevented many who
wished to use cabbage On large
scale, if at all, from attempting to use
them. .
For three years We have been sue
cessful in both growing aad keeping
them ior our poultry on q more or less
extensive scale, although apparently
we are located where all. Of tie dis
eases of tie plant abound;
When harvested, they are pulled up
by the roots and taken to the forest
few rods from the poultry houses. A
sloping place is selected, free from
brush, and the cabbeges are placed,
heads down, tApon the leaves in a
long bed running up and down the
slope. They are packed closely to-
gether in beds six feet wide, and as
long as you wish. The line Of the
bed should follow the slope of the
land, so that the water, when there is
any, will run beside the row and not,
under it. The forest leaves are next
raked up from each side and thrown
upon them until they are covered out
Of sight, then a few pieces Of brush
thrown on to keep the leaSes from
blowing. Packedin tbs way they are
easily taken out at any time during
the winter, and it is not necessary 70
wait for thawing time to set them,
as when they are covered with earth
in the common way. They freeze and
stay frozen. A load may be taken
out and placed where they will thaw
out, when they are as fine as when
placed in the bed. By this method
we hare kept them clear through The
spring months, until other green
foods could be readily obtained. The.
soft, poor heads are used first, and
arc packed in a similar way on the
north side of the poultry-house.-
Farm Poultry.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
Tho Care of Pure3red Cattle.

Ifeed my thoroughbred shorthorn
cattle the grain and forage that I pro-
t.uce on the farm. T grind my cora
in the ear and mix it with oats. Ny
young animals are given this sort Of
food for grain rations as soon as they
will learn to eat. I feed twice day
il summer and winter, Just the amount
that will be consumed nicely. All are
stabbed ct night throughout the win
ter season. They are turned out in
the yards during the day whenever
the weather will admit. Bad, stormy
days they are out only long enough to
drink and have the barn cleaned. My
yards are protected by q willow grove,
and there are only lew days too bad
for the cattle to bs out. I have tanks
in each yard, that they may drink at
will.
For roughness, I give in the morn
ing, as soon as they are turned out, a
light feed OF corn fodder unhusked. I
have silo that holds about $50 tons Of
ensilage. At noon we draw a load of
ensilage and feed it in troughs made
something after the style of feed box
such as is used to fatte1 steers. Ifeed
this about the middle Of the day dur
ing cold weather. as it is the warmest
tine and the feed freezes the least.
Then at night everything goes into the
barnard has timothy and clover hay
in the managers. I feed no grain to
the older cattle in the barn excepting
an old COW or one that is sucked down
thin. I sometimes have them feed a
little meal in the barn. The shocked
corn in connection with the ensilage
and hay will keep the cattle in fine
condition.
=. My barns are so arranged that after
the cattle are turned out we can go
through with horse and little sled
made for the purpose, and clean out
all litter. I think this is perhaps
about as cheap and convenient way
as harn can be cleaned. Visitors
have remarked to me that it must cost
a great deal to take care Of these cat
tie. Iwould say in answer that one
man takes care OF 100 cattle, cleans
the barn. gets out the ensilage and
does everything excepting haul the
corn fodder and grind the corn. NY
cattle are always in fine condition.-H.
= D. Parsons, in Grange Judd Farmer.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
Dismarck's Banker.

Bismarck's money was invested priA'
cipally with the famous banker Bleich'
roeder, of Berlin. A story is told thai
at the ending Of tie Franco-Gernar
war, whex korsy indemnity de-
nandr ~ * threatened to ter
mtnaxcAS negotiations, Bis
marcR< -. 4hed Ble.chroeder tc
come toE:SsSilles. Five nilliar6s
war indemnify exclaimed Jules Fav'
re. "That is an outrageous demand,
Does monsieur lie count know ho"
much that is? It is i've thousand mil
lions of francs, and if man mad BE-
gun counting this SUN from the birtf
of Christ, and continued counting tc
the present day, he would. not yet have
his task completed That's what J
Thought" said Bismarck. "1 therefore
sent for my friend B!eichroeder. lie
can count back to Adam, os at a2>
rate to Abraham"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
To preserve Wagon wheels.

Nj. Westbrook, of North Carolina,
has method Ct preventing wagon
wheels from shrinking in dry weather
which be says avoids the necessity C:
having tires reset and in this way soon
savcs itself IL blacksmith bills besides
preserving the wagon.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
The trough. shown in the illustra,

The trough. shown in the illustra'
ton, is made Of sheet iron. In it hr
puts a supply Of pine tar, which is
heated over fire TO a boiling heat.
The wheel is then lacked up, the
trough placed under it and the wheel
lowered so that the tar will cover the
fellows.
The wheel is then slowly turned in
the tar which fills every nick and
crevice in the wood and between the
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
A LIVING WITNESS.
Mrs. Hoffman Describes How She
Wrota to Mrs. Pinkhan for
Advice, and IS Now Well

DEAE Mrs. PEkEAM:-Before using
your Vegetable Compound 7 was a
great sufferer. I have been sick for
months, was troubled With severe pain
in both sides Of abdomen. sore feeling
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

country than all other diseases put together.
aud until the lat few years WAS supposed t.
be incurable. Fora great many years doctors
pronounced it q local disease and prescribed
foca remedies. and by constantly faiing to
cure with local treatment pronounced it in
durable Science las provou catarrh to be
constit ltional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Hslrs Cararrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co..
Toledo. Ohio, is the only constitutional cure
on the market. It is taken internally IN doses
from 10drnps to a teaspoonfrL ira"ts directly
On the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn They offer one hundred dollars for any
cas- it fails to cure Send tor circu ars ard tes-
:;monia $. Address F. j. CHENEY Co., To-
Iedo, o.
sold by Druggists. &c. +
Halls Family PiIls, are the best.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

wood and tire, thus making it i'm
perSious to moisture or air.
With brush the hub is also treated
with coat Of tar, and il the wagon is
old the spokss also in lieu of paint
Farm, Field and Fireside.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
PHILIPPINES MINERALS.
Eo.d, Silver, Copper. Coal, Iron, Marble, and
Other Valuable Deposits


Admiral Dewey has forwarded to
the Navy Department a memorandum
sn the minera! resources OF the Philip
pines, prepared at the Admirals re-
quest by Professor George F. Becker:
of the United States Geological Sur
7ey. Professor Becker made exten'
sive researches and consulted al tae
available authorities. Only about a
score Of tho several hundred islands,
be says. are known to contain oe'
posits Of valuable minerals. DE ID
cludes a table showing the mineral
bearing islands and their resources
This table follows:
Luzon-Coal, gold, copper, lead, lron
sulphur, marble, kaolin. .
Cataanduanes, Sylvan, Bonol anu
Panaoan--Gold only.
Marimduuue--Lead and silver.
Mindoro-Coal, gold and copper.
Carraray, Batan, Rapu Rapu, Sem
arara, Negrcs-Coal only.
DIasbete-Coal and copper. !
Romblon-A1arble.
Samar-Coal and gold.
Panay-Coal, oil, gas, gold. copper,
IRON and perhaps mercury.
Biliram-Suiphur only.
Leyte-Coal. oil and perhaps mer'
curry.
CeburCoal, oil, gas, lead, silver and
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

NIindanao-Coal, gold, copper and
platinum.
Sulu 5rchipelago-Pearls.
Of the coal Mr.. Becker says that 1t
is analogous to the japanese coal and
that Of Washington but not Of the
Welsh OF Pennsylvania coal. It might
better be characterized as a highly
carbonized Ignite likely to contain
AS much sulphur as iron pyrites,
liable to spontaneous combustion aod
Injurious to boiler plates. Neverthe'
less. be says. when pyritous seams
are avoided and the Ignite is proper
!y handled, it forms valuable fuel:
especially for local consumption
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
Z. An Extern porized EnsiIaso Wagon.

Where there is large amount Of
corn to be cut up for ensilage, anum-
Der OF teams are required, and much
speed in getting the fodder to the cut.
ter from the field. It is often neces:
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

Switzerland's tourist business Is tea
moss profitable industry she has, aEd
what's better, she has a cinch on It,
It is absolutely secure from competi-
ION
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
seszty I. Rleed Deep>

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
bsass npes S sns SoiIs Doa boteSss, blsesasad SS
ana that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, s5c, sec.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

res~ after first days Use of Dr.. Kline Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise free
AZ H. Il. Nine. Ltd. 45l rch St. Pnila. Pa.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
Whv She Did.

clara, love to be with you"
why, Ed!th?" when I'm with you
J know you are cot gossipi1g about
me. ."-Tit-Bits.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

20 quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
net;c full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
BAG. .ae wonlerwocler, that makes weak men
Strong. IA druggists, soc 81. Cure graran-
tecd- Booklet and sample free. Address
SierJug Eemedy Co., Chicago or New EcsS
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

20 Cure Constipation ForeveE.
Gcie Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c OF 2Se.
G g G, C. fail to cure. druggists refund noney.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

That which Is probably one OF the
hardest sayings Of Christ to accept,
one that has received the ridicule OF
centuries, is illustrated by this incl
dent. The principle involved in the
command to turn the other cheek to
the smiter is utterly antagonistic to
natural human impulse. "a eoft an
sBer turneth away wrath" Is a form OF
presentation OF the same principle, that
in theory, at least, Is somewhat readily
acknowledged, and its truth was never
more emphatically verified than in the
incident we have described.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

About twenty new books are published
daiiv In Great Britain,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

4: E!yria, O.. the local Bell company Is
making a residence rate for telephones OF 30
tcD 5 Z m0Iih.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
To Care a Cold In One Day.

Det-oit merchants want trading stamps
aDol;aasi. So. SO.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

We have not been without Piso's Cure for
Con sumption Tor % years. LIZZIE FERKELL,
Camp St, Harri- burg, Pa. Maya 1894.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

Mrs. Wipslow's Soothing >yrup for children
teeting. softens the gums, reducing inhama,
ton. allays pain. cures wind collie &c bottle.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

Educate Your Bowels With CascaroS
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
aec. e5c. II c. C. C, fail, druggists refund noney
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
No-To-Bno for FIFTY Cents.

The incubator has been introduced on the
ostrich farms in California.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
s>sn>t Tobacco Sv!t snd Smoke Your Life Alvey.

The steamship Lord Char:emont recently
loaded 2,5e2 toas OF steel rails a. Canton:
Nj. .:ec Use on railway in Ireland.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

Over 5000, 900 loaves CT bread are con-
sumed daily in New York.
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God forgive you, my son, as I do

The rudeness that had counted on
bitter .hszating was softened in an in
stan mans coarse lips partec'
his hard esss fell, he tried to speak;
then he thrust his hands into his pock,
cts and pulled out # the silver he had.
This he forced upon the silent woman.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

both Of the silk factories at; WatertowD,
Cons, are working overtime.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weac
non strong, blood pure 5oc, g. AL druggists
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"Take it," he said, and then added,
as she looked at him in astontshment,
"God bless you, mother! It'll never
do It again!"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

Take Laxative Bromo Quin;re Tablets AL
Druggists reeond money fit fails to cure. 25c
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22

But the old colored woman did not
even look at her tornentor. She bent
and quietly picked up her apples.
There was not even an expression OF
resentment upon her face. She bent
here and stopped there, and when she
had recovered her last apple she turned
upon the astonished man with a pa
thetic dignity that forced respect. ana
said, in tones Of simple Kindness:
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-12-22
4 SOFT ANSWER.

A tramp steamer had just been tied
TO wharf in Boston. From her dlngy
hold there lesped upon the dock a man
who was evidently stcker. He was
black with CRIME, reckless Of face,
eager for release from an almost IN
bearable confinement, and ready fof
any animal qualification for which 2e
could find opportunity.
AS he emerged upon the main etreet,
looking probably for the nearest sa-
loon, he saw cclored woman walking
sedately toward him, carrying basket
of apples. Full Of mischief, the stoker
stumbled against her, upset the basket
upon the pavement, ard then stood
aside to laugh at the inVectives which
he supposed his trick would bring
forth.