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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14

Hoods Pulls cure all Liver Ills IS cent
The Jacauese Pagodas.

The pagodas before the temples in
Japan seem to be the only class ,of
buildings that seem to be able to resist
the, faction of. the earthquakes occur
ring in that country. Many Of these
struct Tres are centuries old, and are
as firm and substantial as when first
built. Though very high, the construc-
ton is such; that their equilibrium is
not disturbed, and they withstand
ashocks that are sufficient to utterly de-
slish neighboring structures. The
reason for this stability Is to be found
In, the peculiar manner in which they
'fiaYe been CONSTRUCTED. The pagoda,
which consists Of O framework Of
heavy timbers, rising from.ta wide
:. base, has suspended from its apex
j long, heavy. beam, two feet or more in
AT the lower end are bolted
ottseach of the four sides, four heavy
''i'fti 'ftiHaaibers,, and,in the case Of very high
pagodas even more. The affair acts
as huge pendulum, reaching as it
does to within six inches Of the ground
and at the occurrence of th, earth
quake it swings in unison with the mo-
ton Of the earth, always keeping the
center Of gravity ut the base Of the
pagoda. In this way the. equilibrium
is never disturbed and this simple me-
chanicaE. arrangement has served 10
keep intact, through many hundreds Of
\: years, many of these high structures.
which at first glance would appear to
be particularly susceptible to destruc-
ton by earthquake.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
ercise to make the pose natural should
be practiced.

De pTactlceu.
ssSome one has said somewhere that
the number of cultured generations
back of an individual may be judged
by the degree of curve in the little
finger. Observation will prove this
more or less true. When one sees a
person holding glass or cup with
the little finger thrust out and curved
until it resembles hook, little in
vcstigation will almost invariably
show that the desire for culture has
just awakened in that particular fam
lily, and in its newness is somewhat
overstepping the mark. Affectation
is sign of lack OF breeding.
"Some of the old painters under
stood hands to perfection. Long,
rounded hands, with slightly curved
:::ngers and gently bent wrists, are
characteristic of the women whose
beauty they have made memorable.
Sometimes, perhaps, the beautiful
hands were those Of some other model
than the pictured one, but the paint
ers knew that beautiful hands were
as necessary as beautiful faces to
make harmonious picture.
t'The people of almost every other
nation have more graceful hands than
we have, and those who use their
hands most freely when conversing
are by far the most graceful. The
hands that make no superauous
movements, which appear to obey
readily and easily their owners will.
whose movements are free, rhythmic
and gentle, are the really graceful
ones. New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
Proper Tillage.

The object of tillage is to secure the
proper arrangement Of soil particles
with relation to- each other. The
stirring of the soil is very beneficial
in the destruction of weeds, but any
system that will keep the soil in the
best physical condition will also keep
down the weeds. Soil temperature
can be considerably influenced by
physical conditions. The water hold
ing capacity or facility with which
water can move through the soil and
consequently the supply of plant food
which may be carried to the roots OF
the crop, the amount of water taken
to the surface and evaporated, are
governed largely by the arrangement
Of the particles. The free access Of
air can be secured in sufficient guam
titles, supplying the necessary amount
of oxygen, and the soil can be placed
in such condition of fneness rs to
allow the perfect root development.
The Importance of these points makes
it necessary to give great deal OF Mt.
tention to the preparation OF the seed
bed.-South Dakota Experiment Sta
ton Bulletin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
Bananas for Typhoid Patients.

After a long experience with typhoid
patients, q foreign specialist maintains
that the best food for them Is the ba-
mana. He explains by stating that in
this disease the lining membrane or
the small intestines becomes intensely
infiamed and engorged, eventually be-
ginning to slough away in spots, leaV-
ing well-defned ulcers, at which places
the intestinal walls become danger
ously thin. Now, a solid food, If ta-
ken into the stomach, IS likely to pro-
duce perforation of the intestines, dire
results naturally following, and this
being the case, solid foods, or those
containing large amount Of innutri-
tious substances, are to he avoided as
dangerous. But the banana, though 1t
NAV be classed as solid food, con-
tanning. as it does, some ninety-hye
per cent. nutrition, does not possess
sufficient waste to irritate the sore
spots. nearly the whole amount taken
into the stomach is absorbed, giving
the patient more strength than can be
obtained from other food.-NeW YorE
Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
Fashion Becoming Kinder.

Workers in behalf CT our songsters
may take heart from the latest modes.
Perhaps their kind efforts have af-
fected the demands of fashion. An
entire bird is seen very rarely on q
new hat. Occasionally some great
creature, which may have been an
eagle, hawk or a rooster when it was
in life, squats upon some common
hat. But this mode of trimming is
not popular. -
Even the ''breast" quills, us they
are called, and which do resemble
white or colored breasts Of some large
bird, really are single feathers from
some king or queen of the back yard,
covered and edged cunningly with
wee bits of fluffy feathering oYerlaid.
It would puzzle an expert milliner
to tell exactly what some of the
feathery ornaments are made from.
But she uses them with her accus-
toned hauteur and with rather un-
common grace. New York Press.
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Produce Only the Best.

The farmer should not only try to
reduce the cost of production, but he
should try to produce the best of
everything. Quality counts in selling,
and any reasonable expense entailed
in the production OF extra quality in
any farm or garden crop will be amply
repaid. A little extra care in the Sc
lection of the best varieties, and in
their cultivation and care, will usually
accomplish the desired end. The mar
ket is seldom over-stocked with goods
of extra quality, and the best always
sell first at an advanced price.
Selection, thorough cultivation and
fertilization by means of stable man
ure or commercial fertilizers will re.
suit in marked difference in the
quality of berries, fruits and field
crops. They must have favorable
circumstances under which to grow
and mature, or they cannot be first
class. No fruit tree can do its best
when standing in wet, poor soil.
Underdrain, cultivate, manure and
prune properly, then you can expect
good results. The farmer who pro-
duces the best grains, can, with lit
tie push and energy, dispose of the
most of his field products for seed,
and in this way get more for them
than they would bring in the regular
market. There are always sections
where good seed of various kinds is
scarce. Others wish to change seed
every few years-a very good prac-
tice. This creates demand for grain
of extra quality.
The market for fine fat stock and
breeding animals is never S'uttcd.
But second OF third-rate stock is apt
to 60 begging for purchaser. 1t mey
cost little more for the sire and DAM,
but the feed costs the same, or, in
fact, costs less for o thoroughbred
animal than SCI nb, because in the
former it shows to better advantage
and sells for more per pound. The
scrub is usually long-legged raw
boned animal that requires q great
amount of feed to maintain it, and still
m ore to fatten it. A hard feeder in
every sense of the term, there is little
or no profit in handling that kind of
stock. A careful feeder who under
stands bis business should always
make fair profit, even in an of year,
by handling improved stock. J.
Vine in New England Homestead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
He Noticed the Likeness.

a Partisan swell recently had q
crayon picture OF himself made,
which he afterward pretended to
find fault with.
''It does not bear the slightest re-
semblanca to me-" said he, land I
will not take It,"
The artist protested, but to no
avail.
After the dandy had left the pain
ter added to the portrait a magnif-
cent pair of ass ears, and exhibited
it in the window, thus altered, to the
gaze Of the curious public.
1t hadn't been long exposed when
the dandy entered the artists studio
in q towering rage. Finding that
threats amounted to nothing, he al
last offered to buy it, even at con.
siderable advance upon the original
price.
at wasn't strange you didn't recog
nize your resemblance to the picture
at first" said the painter, "but
knew you'd notice the likeness rs
soon as 1 added those rs."-Spare
Moments.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
Care of the Hands.

There is no excuse for a woman's
having absolutely unattractive hands.
no matter how badly nature has shaped
them, if she keeps them we'll. She
must do this if she goes gloveless, and
many women do this nowadays. par
ticularly athletic girls. Kate Eggle-
ston, in en- article on Physical Gull
ture for Girls" in speaking Of the
hands. says:
1.-The fact that the hand looks shape
lier and more graceful when the mid
die and third fingers are slightly
curved in and away from the index
and little fingers is shown by the
models in the glove store windows,
and while it is alfectation to hold the
hands in such position, yet this ex-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
A CHICAGO puN's WRINKLE.
Use Of Young Woman In Collecting
Bill From m Obstinate Debtor.

Use Of n Young Woman In Collecting q
Bill From m Obstinate Debtor.
Speaking of collecting bills,'' said
the man from the West, 'we have q
most effective method in Chicago.
There instead of young men they en-
ploy young women. tried it myself
and it worked like magic. A fellow
by the name of Green owed me small
bill, matter, think, of SIT or 30.
It seemed impossible to make him pay
it, so engaged the services of pretty
and stylish girl. I sent her around to
his office. He was out. She called
again. He was still out, but nothing
daunted she made the third and the
fourth call. The fourth time he was
in, but he firmly refused to pay the
bill.
"Look here, Mr.. Green said the
girl, Il will make proposition to you.
Ii you will pay five cents day on
this bill I will call each day and col
lect that amount until you have paid
it in full
"But Green was hard party. Hc
again refused, and the girl left the
Office apparently crestfallen. The next
day she did not call ut his office, but
she did call at his house. The door
was opened by the servant
"Is Mr.. Green in?' asked the
young woman.
''No, ma'am.
"The girl left, but it seems that the
servant duly reported the call OF the
pretty and stylish young woman who
was so anxious to see Mr.. Green to
his wife. The next day when the
young woman again called, the wife
hung over the banisters, taking peep
at the caller on her own account. The
woman asked if Mr.. Green was in.
"'No, ma'am, answered the SER
want, 'but his wife is The wife had
told her to say this, of course.
Cells wife, stammered the girl,
why, has Mr.. Green wife?'
''The wife, hanging over the ban
listers, heard this. She turned pale
and gasped for mir, while the girl.
seemingly very much confused and
distressed at her discovery, went on
down the steps and into the street. 1t
is impossible to say just what hap
pened atthat house that night, whether
pokers and curling tongs were buried,
or the furniture torn from its founda-
tions and flung madly about, OF the
roof was raised skyward; but one
thing do know-the next day Green
promptly paid the SIT. And the girl
didn't call at his Office for it either.
He came around and handed me the
money himself, and he seemed to
think he was getting off pretty easy ut
fhof -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
Vegetarian croeodil.s.

A report by George Hoare, one Of
the officials of the British Central
Africa Protectorate, summarized in
the local gazette, contains some curl.
ous details of the crocodiles of Lake
Chiuta. They would seem to be
strict yegetarians. for not only have
they never been, known to attack the
men fishing in the lake, but their
tracks were shown by the natives to
the writer at distance of several
miles from its shoras, whence they
are said to travel overland in search
of roots. : This contrary to the
habits of all known species of croco-
dies, which are, in tie first place.
purely carnivorous. and in the Sec
ond,s so helpless on land from their
inability to !. turn, except in large
circle, that they never leave the i'm
mediate vicinity Of their watery or
muddy home. Efforts will according
.ly be made to obtain q specimen of
this abnormal type o. the formidable
amphibian.-London Tablet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
Preparation for Winter.

If bees 90 into winter in proper
condition to winter we'll, it is neces-
sary to begin early to get them in
good shape. Weak colonies may as
we'll be united early as late, for it vii.
not pay to undertake to winter them
if they are weak. If bees lack food 1t
is also best to feed early. The month
OF September is probably the best time
for all this work.
Breeding in autumn is one OF the
most important things in successful
wintering of bees, and very frequently
there is but little, if any.breeding done
at this time, on account of limited
supply of nectar bearing blossoms, so
that colonies run down in strength
and there are also no young bees to
take the place of old ones that die of
largely in winter. Bees bred in Sep
tember and October are of the proper
age to winter we'll, and it is plainly
noticeable that when bees have q good
fall flow of honey and the hives ere
we'll filled with brood, that they in
yariably winter better than when the
contrary circumstances exist.
Queens cease laying to o great ex'
tent after the principal honey har-
vest, and if honey almost stops COM
ing in they will nearly quit laying al
together. This is more especially so
with old queens, and those only reared
the present season will lay to any e1-
tent. In case of dearth OF honey in
autumn, it is we'll to feed tbs bees to
stimulate good blood-rearing. By
daily feeding small portion of sirup,
the queens will respond by laying
eggs, and if feeding is kept up for
two or three weeks, the combs will be
supplied with brood and the results
are that the most important bees OF
the season are reared.
Colonies may have good stock OF
stores and plenty to winter them, but
it matters not as to the amount OF re-
serve stores they may have in the
hives, breeding stops all the same
when the flow of nectar ceases.
Hence we may go into winter quartefs
with alarge colony Of bees that may
have any amount of honey but have
not bred any during the fall months,
and such colonies will not come
through the winter well, and in most
cases all perish before spring.
Lots of young bees in autumn and
plenty of stores in the way of good
sealed combs of honey are two OF the
principal essentials in successful win.
tering. Farm, Field and Fireside.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
KILLED a Deer with n Club.

Surveyor D. G. Wood of Herkimer,
N. Y, brought home the saddles and
hind quarters of two-year-old doe
that he killed along the Mohawk and
and Malone railroad with club. Mr..
Wood has been in the Adirondacks
surveying for DR.. Seward Webb, and
one day recently he started to walk
from Beaver river to Keepawu on the
Mohawk and Malone railroad track.
Near Brandreth station the road runs
through swampar the embankment
is about ten fs>' nigh. Just MS he
reacr =. point he happened to
look, over one side of the track and
there, not ten feet away, was deer
feeding in the underbrush, which
grew close to the track. He laid down
his instruments carefully, and, taking
a step or two toward the deer, hit her
over the head with his surveyors staff.
The blow felled the deer, and before
it recovered Mr.. Wood jumped down
the embarkment and cut its throat
with penknife. New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
FOR VOMAN'S BENEFIT.
Miss Gould's War Relief Services


The activity of Miss Helen Gould
in the public service has been recog-
nized by the municipal assembly of
the city of New York, in resolutions
passed Sept. 13, which take note of
her gift of war fund of 800, 600 to
the national government, and OF her
practical and womanly interest in
the welfare of our sick and wounded
sailors and soldiers by personal ad-
ministration and generous helpful
ness" and directs the city clerk to
convey to her the assurance of the
assembly's gratitude and admiration.
This is distinguished honor, but it
is one that has been we'll earned. AS
assistant director-general of the Won
ans National War Relief association,
Miss Gould has been exceedingly efi-
cient and useful in helping the siSl
soldiers who have come in such num-
bers to New York and its vicinity
Harper's Bazar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
The Army Button.

The girls have worn the army but
ton in every conceivable place and
manner. They have been made into
jewelry of all kinds, hat pins, stick
pins, brooches, belts, belt buckles,
shirt waist sets, and even used on the
tailor made gowns to fasten the whole
front of the tight fitting waists. It
remained a question what to do with
them next. r
This question has been settled. The
buttons are now transformed into gar
ter clasps or buckles. This was prob
ably the last resort OF girl who had
already covered herself from head to
foot with these emhlems and SOU
vepirs of her hero friends and had a
couple left with which she did not
know what to do.
It is a bright idea afte- all, as they
make very handsome clasps, and when
fastened TO the red, white and blue
garter ribbons, which have only five
elastic cords Mt intervals throughout
their entire length, leaving a wide
rufled margin, they do not seem en-
tirely inappropriate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14

the cutting out of ground is kept wet
By being covered with cloth that is
never allowed to dry, there will be no
danger that the buds shall dry up be-"
fore the root has started to sustain
future growth.
Before cutting can become plant
it must slowly dry in conditions such
that part of the sap will exude from
it's lower cut surface. This hardens
into what is called "callous. ~ Out
of this callous start white hair-like
threads whose purpose seems to be to
absorb water. When the bud begins
to swell it needs more moisture and it
draws on the sap in the cutting to
supply it. This, in its turn, draws on
the part below. Thus the moisture
which the threadlike roots have abb
sorbed is supplied to the cutting to
replace what the bud has taken. So
soon as the thread-like roots find they
are of use, they rapidly increase, and
extend themselves, furnishing more
and more sap to be elaborated by tne
leaves and sent back through the cut
ting to increase its size.
By the usual method of making the
cutting in spring and planting imme.
diately, the callousing of the base and
starting of roots has to be two to three
OIL four weeks after the buds burst
into leaf and shoot. So long as sap
in the cutting lasts there is appear
ance of life. But the experienced
gardener knows that a cutting thus
planted can seldom or never be estab'
lished on it's own root, and he is not
disappointed when midsummer heats
come to see the shoot wither and turn
brown, often after 1t has grown three
or four inches long.-American Gull
tivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
proparatinr by Cuttings.

To many people the springtime,
when trees and shrubs are putting
forth. new foliage, seems much the
best time to cut and plant cuttings.
But behind the tree or shrub are thou
sands of roots, each ready, SO soon as
the ground is at all warmed, to send
up sap to swell the buds into leaf and
start the shoots which nature has pro-
vided for future growth. In the cut
ting all these roots have to be pro-
yided, and the chief object of the
propagator who uses cuttings is to
keep leaf and shoot from sprouting
until Mt least some root can be made
to furnish it with sap and provide for
future growth. For this season late
in summer or early in the fall is q
much better time to plant the cutting.
At this season the ground is always
warmer than the alr, IT the top OF
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
WHICH, \, uuuIau y own.

WHICH 10 MUuIau own.
Important coeducational institutions
besides, Chicago university give in
struction now in domestic science,
while others are considering the mat
ter. Wisconsin State university has
already been mentioned. The Leland
Stanford, Jr., university has lately
doue admirable work under the able
direction of Mrs Mary Roberts Smith,
o graduate of Cornell, and for some
years professor of historyat Wellesley
college. These, with the Boston In
stitute OF Technology and Ohio State
university are a few which have al
ready been teaching the subject, while
inquiries are continually coming from
many more, as we'll as from large
seminaries. .-Chnrlotte s. Angstman in
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly.
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The Women and the Worm.

A calm, well balanced woman of
dignifed mien sat on seat in an open
street car, facing a dainty, birdlike
little creature of ker own sex, whose
face, while it was decidedly pleasant
to look at, bore witness that she was
sister of the "clinging vim" variety,
sadly devoid of strong purpose or
will power. She was one of those
atoms of womanhood whom even a
woman is inclined to embrace upon
the shortest acquaintance, and the
men, well, she was Of style that is
simply irresistible to the sterner ses-
The calm woman smiled amusedly
as she watched her vis-a-vis' bright
face, the very picture of innocence
and sweetness. Suddenly the calm
woman frowned md drew herself to-
gether with the faintest possible
shudder. For there, on the white
pique skirt of her pretty neighbor, was
small green worm humping its way
across the immaculate surface. She
leaned forward, intent upon informing
Gne Jug Slll VI tuo mouseei o pros
enc. ,ut drew back again, realizing
the possible results. If there was one
thing that the calm woman loathed and
abominated it was worms in general
and green ones in particular. If she
called the attention of the shy little
woman opposite her to the fact that
she was at that moment being trav-
ersed by q worm the girl would
scream, of course, and'whisk the oo-
jectionable reptile off her own skirts
onto those of her informant.
The calm woman, who was rapidly
losing her calmness under the ner-
vous strain inspired by the sight of
the worm, decided she would not risk
interference. All the way downtown
she watched the hideous thing NOV
ing blot upon her neighbor's immacu-
late apparel. She felt for the girl, but
dared not tell her of her predicament.
Meanwhile the girl remained in bliss
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-14
Wheat.fed Hogs.

AS wheat is now cheap again, more
or less of it is likely to be fed to hogs.
It does not make as nice-looking pork
rs does corn, as the latter shows more
fst, and therefore takes the eye of the
purchaser. But if sore wheat is fed
with the corn the pork will be as fat
as if wholly corn fed, and will be much
better in quality. The hogs will eat
more and digest better when wheat
and corn are fed together, because the
combination of these two grains make
o better-balanced ration than either
alone.