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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
Never nse crease or tar on the bark

Never use grease or tar on the bark
of fruit trees:
Try whitewashing for the scale and
other insects.
Cherry trees grow best in grass and
on high land.
To rid vines Of striped bugs sprinkle
dry cayenne pepper on the leaves Of
night.
For growing potatoes, use "com-
plete potato fertilizer" 500 to 1000
pounds per acre. Buy of any large
fertilizer manufacturer.
1t is better TO mulch the bush fruits
than to depend upon cultivation, for
two reasons. First mulching is
cheaper, second it retains the mois-
turo during drouth better than cul7
tivation.
To destroy cabbage worms, dilute
strong beef brine one-third With
water. Sprinkle over the plants with
whisk broom. Is also fertilizer.
Not good for cucumbers, squashes or
pumpkins.
The chickens need no food until
twenty-four or thirty-six hours out of
the shell, and after that they need but
little at q time and often, gradually in
creasing the periods between feeding
time rs they grow older.
Cut or pinch out suckers and super
fluous twigs as fast as they come.
Then in October cut back the growth;
for young trees abost one-third.
Large limbs should never be cut, but
if done, let it be with exceeding care,
and the wounds painted over in the
| month of,May or June, just after the
flow of the sap.
To transplant large trees retain oil
the roots possible, and then prune
the top accordingly as the roots are
prrmed. The balance between the
branches and roots must bepreserved.
Then pour water into the hole as
the dirt is filed in, making mud, SC
that the roots will be perfectly i'm,
bedded in the earth after the water
drains of. Water frequently and
thoroughly during the summer.
If theSe is any time when it pays tc
fix up fancy food for chickens, it is
during the week or ten days before
they are to be killed for market. Tha
is the time to crowd them, and care
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
the barber's!" s!"-n.---

cat the barber's!
Full OF Grand Marches and Quick
steps.-Oletimer els your married
life one grand sweet song?" New
lywed-"Well, since I got baby It's
more like O grand opera, with loud
calls for the author every night. -
Puck.
Blind Beggar-"This dime you've
given me seems to be off color" /" Ola
Lady-"Impostor! What do you
mean by wearing that sign and mis-
Blind Beggar-"Sign doesn't say Inn
blind, does it?"-Philadelphla
Record.
"Thackeray master of style!" re-
peated Chollie to the earnest person.
''My deah fellaw, you pawsitively don't
know what you are saying. I've seen
dozens of pictchaws of the old job my,
and not one of them showed coat
that had the least approach to lit. =
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"My wife," said the tall. lantern
;awed man, sis as womanly woman
as you could find, but she can ham
mer nails like lightning" "Wonder,
full" sang the chorus. Lightning,
the tall, lantern-jaw man continued,
"seldom strikes twice in the same
place. ."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Dear me!'' exclaimed the girl with
pensive, brown eyes and ink on her
fingers, "I wish I had entered school
q wear sooner" "What is the matter.
dear?" Things are in such an un-
settled state that scarcely know what
advice to give the country in my grad
uation essay. Washington Star.
Little -"Papa, did you ever
see cyclone that blowed everything
up in the air; COWS and horses, and
houses and things, upside down."
Papa-"Well, no, Tommy, although
I've heard of it often" Little Tom
my-"Well, 7 think it'd be rather
tiresome to live so long and never SEQ
anything" Harlem Life.
Now the gravediggers had become
aweary of what they deemed those
elderly y jests. "Sad dog, he, one OF
them consequently took it upon him
self to remark, indicating Hamlet.
"Great Dane," replied the other,
boldly. This fable teaches how easily
uncouth persons my Jump from the
frying-pan into the fre,-Detroit
Journal.
MARIE" he cried passionately, as
he threw himself at the feet of the rich
widow, "will you be my wife?" eyes,
john" she murmured. cit means
the sacrifice of my fortune, for my in
come from M late husbands estate
ceases at my second marriage; but my
my love for you is such" Marie,
7 cannot accept the sacrifice! 1t is
too much! I will be brother to
you!"-London Tit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
Salt Of Little value For Onions.


Very few practical onion growers
use salt as fertilizer. Those who
have tried it claim that little or no
effect was observed from the applica-
stion. At least the benefit is so small
that it is found impracticable to use
it.
Professor Roberts, of Cornell Uni
versity, says: "From 800 to 400
pounds of salt evenly distributed per
acre sometimes materially improves
the crop. At other times no
beneficial results are seen. There is
no evidence that it would be more
likely to improve onions than the
cereals. The full action of salt ap-
Piled to land is not very well known.
It assists the soil in conserving moist
ure and in securing moisture from the
air. An application of equal parts OF
salt and gypsum, 200 to 300 pounds
per acre, is often beneficial, especial
~ on dry soils. Since the onion
thrives best OH moist soil, it is more
tnan likely luaI lcuSoiitoiS "PP
tion of salt to the onion land would be
beneficial.
George W. HallocL, of Long island,
las not applied salt to onions, but
found that piece of ground usually
devoted TO onions after being Hooded
by al exceptionally high tide, would
not grow onions the same season.
He therefore concludes that salt is not
beneficial and may be n detriment.
The Ohio Experiment Station applied
salt to onions with no observed result
except possibly an increase OF soil
moisture. It seems, therefore, unwlse
to apply salt Us fertilizer for onions.
Davot ''g lonev and time to other
Il IN--
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
Homo of the Rarest Bird.

To find the rarest bird in existence
you must go to the mountains be.
iwcen AMMAN and Loas, where there
= certain kind of peasant. For
1uany years it's existence was known
ouly Ly the fact that its longest and
most splen iiG plume WAS i'll much re-
Guest by mauuarins 20. their head.
gear. \ single shin is worth S400,
and the bird Ii,ing woula be priceless,
fer it aeca dies il captivity. -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
HUMoR OF THE DAY.

We may amplify little; but, after
all, Solomon said about all there was
to be said.-Puck.
"she makes no secret of her ignor.
ance." "Why should she? She
couldn't keep it. Puck.
She is q mighty worthless girl who
does not improve man by marrying
him.-Washington Democrat.
Quisz-"How'o you tear your trous-
ers?" Sprocket (iust returned from
country ride)-"Chainless dog. DE
troit Journal.
sis your wife honest? ! mean, do
YOU ever find her short in her ac-
counts?" "Well, L should say not!
You ought to hear her!'
"Now, Bobbie," said the teacher in
the natural history class, "what IS
panther?" ga man that makth panth,
iisped Bobbie. Boston Traveller.
Mrs. Bilkins-'The new girl broke
four plates to-day" Mr.. Bilkins-
"Did she assign any reason for not
breaking the entire set?"-Ohio State
Journal.
Mrs. Flint (skeptically)-"H'm!
What kind of q job do you want?" Sell
dunn Fedd with surprising candor)-
"Any kind of a job dat I can't glt,
mum. Puck.
Mr.. Newtied wrestling with breadl
-"I thought you had cooking-sch,oool
diploma" Mrs. Newtied (tearfully)
-"That is for cake. Inever took the
bread course. Puck.
Hoax-"If the driver of an ice
wagon weighs 200 pounds, what does
the man on the back of the wagon
weigh?" Joax-"All right; I give it
up." Hoax -"Ice." Philadelphia
Record.
"I have o doctors certificate here
that T cannot sing tonight" said the
nrima donna. "What!" roared the
manager. "I'll give you certificate
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
THE FIRST or THE WHEEL CRAZE.
1t Began to Rage in America as Long ago
as the Year 1869.


as the Year 1869.
Frank H. Eizeteny tells ''Tho Story
of the Wheel" in st. Nicholas. Mr..
yizetelly says: The spring of 1863
found the wheel craze universal. Car
riagc-builders were led to add to their
factories plants for the manufacturing
# velocipedes. Over one thousand
Of these machines were turned out
overy week, while orders were pouring
in by the tens of thousands. To
quote from newspaper of about that
time: "As nh Indication of the extent
to which the manufacture of veloci-,
pedes was carried on, it may be men
toned that Mr.. Calvin Witty, the
purchaser of the Lallen,ent patent.
employed the resources Of seven large
carriage-makers, and kept their estab-
lishments busy day and night. He
had seventy men at work in one
establishment in New York, and he
also kept men actively employed in
two factories in Connecticut, one in
Wilmington, Del, and one in Newark,
N. j."
But few people had expected that
the mania for this new style of wheeled
vehicles would be so great.
Among the earliest who exhibited
their skill on the velocipede in public
were the Hanlon brothers. They used
O. somewhat clumsy type Of wheel from
France. These, ct best, were but
heavy things, which were soon i'm
proved upon by American makers.
Schools for teaching learners to ride
were quickly opened; and that OF
Frank PearsalI, the well-known New
York photographer, was perhaps the
first of these. His school was on the
corner of Broadway and Twenty-sec,
o1d street Together with his brother,
he turned out upwards OF three hun
dred well-taught riders within two
months. Three months later nearly
fifty bicycle-schools thrired in New
York and Brooklyn. These schools
We'd one with the other in high-sound'
ing names. One was the "Amphicy'
clotheatrus," another, the "Gymnocy'
clidium," etc. The cost of tuition
was fifteen dollars each; but this
amount carried with it the right to use
velocipede and to practice in the hal
for one month.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
Wa:ercress Sauce.

Watercress sauce is made by stew
ing chopped watercress in butter for
ten minutes, then adding o pinch OF
salt, the same of pepper, the same also
of mustard and a spoonful also OF
vinegar. Beat till quite Smooth with
q wooden spoon, then add the gravy
from the roasting joint. This is served
in o sauce-tureen, and is pleasant
change from ordinary gravy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
Tho Rights of Newsboys.

The judgment comes from the Dis
rict Court at the National Capital
that the sale Of newspapers on the
streets is legitimate business, and
that newsboys have right to enter
street cars and sell papers to .passen-
gers provided they behave themselves
and leave the car when their business
is finished. One newsboy was forci-
bly elected from car in Washington
some time ago and had a leg crushed
by car running on the other track.
he has just obtained on award OF
$4,000 from o jury under instructions
ta the above effect by the Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
THE BALTIc:srAcK SEA cANAI; !;
rne Cars Vast Engineering -ProtecsS
outlet For Russia's Snips:

>
The Siberian Railroad is not gnllFs
only vast project which Russia has pI
hand for the development of her-ss-
sources. The young Gear lis ambl-
tious, and has set his hand to a.swor5k Fl :
which will do much to revolutionlze
the trade of the western half of MS
dominions. allude to the project
for uniting the waters of the J5aitlc tl
with those of the Black Sea by meaRs 9
of canal. A glance at the map pi
western Russia will show that the
head waters of the Dwina flowing into
the Baltic; and those of the Dnleper
flowing into the Euxine, approaeh
within measurable distance Of each
other. It is proposed to unite then,
and the confguration of the land iren'
ders this quite possible.
The Baltic end of the canal will he
ut Riga, and its course will be up this
river as far as the city of Dunaburg:
From Dunaburg artificial excavations
will be made for 125 miles as far ga
Lepel on the Beresina, and as Bers:
sina is on the Dnieperi there is thus
complete waterway to Kherson on
the Black Sea. The entire distance
from Riga to Kherson will besabopt
1000 miles. The beds of the Dwins,
Beresina and Dnieper will be deep.
ened so that the surface breadth OF
the canal will be 2161 feet and its
bottom breadth 1164. The depth OF
water in average seasons Will he
Iwenty-eight feet, so that ships OF
heavy draught will find no difficulty
in steaming along the whole length 9f
the canal. I hear that all the prellm.
mary surveys have been finished, and
that the work can be commenced n
the spring of this year.
The Russian engineers compute
that the entire cost of the undertak.
ing will not exceed $25, 1000, 000t and
that the time required for it's compts.
tion will be under ten years. Both
from the commercial and strategic
point of view, the Baltic-Black Sea
Canal will be of the first Importance.
Seventeen towns and cities of consid-
cradle population will be touched by
the canal and brought into direct
communication with the sea. The
chief of these are Kieff, Krem tehug,
Dunaberg, Ekaterinslav, Alexan-
drovsk and Nikopol, all of them
immense grain emporiums. Grain,
therefore, and the other staple prod
ucts of southern and central Russia
will be shipped from these districts
to the north and west of Europe ~
one-half the time and at less than
one-half the present cost.
But it is, perhaps, from the strategz
ical point of view that Russia w;A
reap the finest benefit from the conf
pletion of this vast undertaking. Ast
The present time the Russian RlanI.
Sea fleet is locked up; mr
warship can pass throug
,pelles without the consf
or without raising q sto 11 y.
powers which signed
Paris. With. the Ba'
Canal in working ordel
ships ii Che harbofsfof
Nicolaieff could reacl
four days, or the Bait
sert down to the Ell. 81
same time. It is saiu ,uuu INC o~--
is carefully going into every particu-
lar himself, and is determined to make
his canal success.-New York OBJ
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
Oufck Cure For Burns,

II Is reported that Paris physi.
CHM has made a discovery that will
be of undoubted value to electrical
men who are so unfortunate as to be
burned by the electric current. The
Paris doctor says that solution of
one part picric acid and seventy-fve
parts water will cure quickly the most
serious burns. The pain Is instantly
removed, without blistering OF irrita'
ton, and tho wound heals in four or
five days. A yellow Iinsis ie't Oh IT,.
skin, which may be removed by ST.
luton Of boric acil.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22

Jlou as rnal winch WAS les. up---
grain, and the same thing is very like
" to be the case with poultry fed up
on fermenting OF decayed swill, rotten
vegetables, etc. If this has not been
proven by test it is so likely to be the
case that only sweet, wholesome food
should be given for at least two weeks
before killing time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
A Delicious Beverage.

Raspberry:vinegar is delicious
beverage mixed with iced water. Put
q quart of ripe red raspberries in q
bowl; pour ON them quart of good,
strong rinegar-letthem stand twenty
four hours, strain them through a
bag, put this liquid on another quart
of fresh raspberries, which strain in
the same manner-and then on q
third quart. When this last IS pre-
pared, make it very sweet with
pounded loaf sugar, then bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Baked Rllubarb,

Cut rhubarb stalks into inch pieces.
Butter O deep dish, put in layer OF
rhubarb and then sprinkle heavily
with sugar. Continue to alternate
rhubarb and sugar until tue dish is
full. Bake in moderate oven and
serve with whipped cream.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22

Beat the whites OF three egso
froth and mix the three yolks
three tablespoonfuls ofpowdered sugar.
Add it to the beaten whites and beat
for q few moments. Put the cake in
a long dish. Pour over the sauce and
place it for few minutes in hot
oven and then serve.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
Peas OH Poor Land.

Land that is too poor for anysother
kind of crop may be proftably sown
with peas, putting in with the seed
enough lime, phosphate and potash to
make the grain. This on very poor
land is better first crop than clover;
as the pea grain is large and will pro!
duce strong enough stalk to live,
while the young clover is SO small
that it may easily be killed out before
it gets root hold in the soil. 1t is hard
to get clover catch OH poor soil, while
peas will grow, no matter how poor the
soil may be.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
Orange Shortcake.

Slit one quart of -four with two heap
ing tablespoonfuls baking powder
Add one teaspoonful salt and one large
tablespoonful of butter or pure lard.
Rub the butter fine in the flour. Add
one pint of milk and mix it with o
'-nife into dough. Turn it on to a
fl. - al. Work it "a little to smooth
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22

The export of German fire arms b.!
way of Hamburg era luallly increased
from 81, 900, 900 worth il 1890 to 6yf
times that amount in 1876.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
}ON A ACIRCULAR SAW

ANY men can tell
stories OF thrill.
ing escapes and
of . saAvations n s
wrought SO mar
vellously that one
wonders if the
day of miracles
has i a d e e d
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22

When I recovered, 1 found myself
on the floor of the shop. My bonds
had been unfastened, aud several peo-
pie were beside me. One of them,
whom I took to be doctor, inquired
kindly how felt.
"Much BETTER" + returned, MS |
swallowed the brandy which he held
toward me; every much better. But
now tell me, please, what has hap
pened, and how it comes about that I
have been rescued. "
"You will have to tell us afterward, "
he said. pleasantly, Chow it came
about that You were bound to that
saw. BY Jove, you had very mar
row squeak. You see, the boiler
burst, and the machinery stopped
just in time. :"
understood all in moment. The
maniac, forgetful of all else save his
desire for vengeance, had doubtless
forgotten to open the safety valve,
with the result that the boiler plates
had become overheated, and the ex-
plosion had occurred.
looked up at the betting and saw
that it hung limp and inert.
"Ah, yes" said the doctor, MOTTO
ING nv glance, 'sthe shock of the ex-
plosion no doubt threw the belt off the
Shaft; but if you look Mt your shoes,
my friend, you will see what narrow
squeak you have had.
I looked at my boots and found that
the heels had actually been cut
by the saw, so that had not the boiler
exploded at that moment, I must
surely have gone out to one OF the
most horrible deaths lat the mind OF
man can concn;- -rit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22
Farm and Carbon Note

For lice on vegetation. dip In strong
tobacco tea.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22

OF workshop routine, he stopped and
switched the belt 5n to the shaft .os
the saw, Every now and again he
would take long, glance at. me, as
though re7elling ih my silent agony.
Poor fellow! AT this late date I can
even look back and pity him, for how
keen must have been the tortures OF
his mind, which drove his poor, weak
brain from it's throne, and left him O
fierce and bloodthirsty homicidal ma
hiac.
"Goodby, Graham" he said, speak
ing between his teeth. "Goodby:
and take my curse with you where
you are going"
He rushed from the shop and ]
never saw him agn:H.
It is no exageratlon to say that the
minutes passed like hours. Al
length, after what, seemed to me tc
have been more like a week than
some couple of hours, I heard slight
vibration, the floor began, to tremble.
the i" ring groaned and squeaked.
aud til, 1 knew, knew only too we'll,
that the end was near. The engine
had started and the machinery was
setting to work. In five minutes
time the section of the beam to which
I was bound would be caught in the
merciless teeth of the gigantic saw,
and then, goodby to life.
The beam being some six yards
long, and I being attached to the end
furthest from the saw, there were
some four yards now standing between
ME and destruction: knew that the
saw was moderately quick one; for I
had often watched it in an idle mo-
ment, little dreaming of what the fu-
ture was to bring forth for me in con-
nection with this apparatus, and l
calculated that five minutes at least
must elapse before I was caught by
the revolving saw:
I wonder if any human being; no
matter how great his imaginative
power, can realize, even dimly, my
feelings as I lay staring up at the
ceiling while the beam was slowly,
but surely, drawn by the automatic
pulley nearer and nearer to the saw.
And still the machinery whirled and
whistled, still the betting groaned,
still the wheels flew round, bringing
me nearer and nearer to death.
For few moments fancy played
strange tricks with me, and the clear
ness of my brain vanished. I thought
that 7 was dead and had passed to
some wondrous island, where Ella
was beside me. Then I awoke, and
the horrible reality came back to me
with sickening pang. For the ma.
chinery still whirred aud whistled,
the betting still gronned and the
wheels flew round, bringing me
closer and closer to the end.
Now I was a yard from the saw,
now only two feet, and soon, very
soon, I must reckon in inches.
Nearer and nearer still, the huge saw
revolving like some fierce monster, its
teeth shining in the warm sunlight,
waiting to taste my blood. Nearer!
God help me, nearer still!
Twelve inches, eleven inches, ten,
inches, and still the beam crept on.
j was parched and ehoked;; my eyes
seemed to burn with q. redhobferce'
ness. I tried to cry out, but breath
failed me. Nearer and nearer still!
On, on, on, went the beam, and
even as L gave myself up for lost, and
felt the wind produced by the saw on
my temples, heard q tremendous
noise, followed by piercing cry oi
human agony. Then Inconsistencies
came, and knew no more.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-22

same time. It is saiu ,uuu INC o-.-
is carefully going into every particu,
| lar himself, and is determined to make
his canal a success.-New York OBJ
! server
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-30

oolored eggs, stared at everything going
on about her. ooh, Mable," she ex-
claimed, 'just look at that little boy
rolling all his pretty eggs at once, and
oh, one Is broken and he's eating 1t"
she said with look Of disgust, as a
little boy in kills began quickly to de-
VOur his broken egg.
But soon we became too much en-
crossed in our own play to bother how
many eggs other children broke. We
had no eyes for the beauty OF the scenery
or for the grand Washington monument
as 1t stood grimly looking down upon
our happiness; and even the fountain
was attractive only because OF the bright
little gold fish swimming around by the
hundreds in It's cool water.
When our eggs had all been broken
from so many hurried Journeys up and
down the sides Of the terraces and we
had eaten them up (you see II did not take
us long to overcome our horror at see
ing the child in kits eating his eggs)
until our little cheeks stuck out like
two fat balls, then Ethel played she
was an egg and rolled down the ter
race herself / followed suit and soon
all the little boys and girls around were
rolling down the little hills. Oh, what
fun 1t was and what Jolly picnic we had
all day long. But at last we saw mamma
gathering up our empty lunch baskets
and Auntie coming to tell us that 1t was
time to go home. We were willing,
since others were going, too, and trip
ping out with dirty faces and soiled
dresses we crowded our way into cable
car, two Of the happiest little girls in
Washington.