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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-13
FALL OF SANTA CRUZ.
Lawton's Picked Men Dispossess the
Rebels with Considerable Loss.

Lawton's Picked Men Dispossess the
Rebels with Considerable Loss.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE fol-
lowing dispatches were received from
| General Otis today:
i !. MANILA, April 10.-Adjutant Gen.
eral, Washington: Lawton now on OPP
posite side of Laguna de Bay with 1900
men. Condition of troops excellent;
sickness slight. OTIS.
MANILA, April 1O.--Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington: Lawton's COM
mand captured Santa Cruz, chief city
of Laguna de Bay, this morning; cas-
ualties, six wounded; insurgent troops
driven, leaving sixty-eight killed on
the field and large number of wound
ed; considerable number captured.
Lawton will pursue westward. OTIS.
MANILA, April 11.-General Lawton
has captured Santa Cruz, at the ex-
IRENE end of the lake. He drove the
rebels, who were commanded by a
Chinaman named Pao Wah, into the
| mountains. The Americans had SIX
wounded. The rebels lost siXty-eight
killed and forty wounded
The expedition of 1,500 men under
Major General Henry, w. Lawton, that
started last night with the intention
of crossing Laguna' de Bay, captured
the town of Santa Cruz, on the east
ern shore of the lake, and then sweep
ing the country to the south, consists
of 200 picked sharpshooters, chosen
from the various regiments; Haw-
thorne's mountain battery, Gales
squadron, three troops of the Fourth
cavalry, unmounted. with Bronko's
and Tonnon,c no fo1 pf ha
teenth infantry, Linck's battalion of
the First Idaho infantry and Frainos
of the First North Dakota infantry,
under General King.
The f1otilla of twenty canoes, towed
by tugs and conveyed by the gunboats
Laguna de Bay, Oeste and Rapidan,
and preceded by the launch contain
ing General Lawton and General King,
started from San Pedro Macati, on the
river Pasig, moving toward the lake,
just as evening was setting in. 1t was
truly picturesque scene. The men
were all in high spirits and carried ra-
lions for ten days, with the lightest
marching equipment.
In General Lawton's absence the Sec
ond division is temporarily command
ed by General Ovenshine, whose lines
extend from the beach near Malate,
south of Manila, to the shores of La
guna de Bay, beyond Pasig, a distance
| of about seven miles.
The withdrawal Of the eighteen
companies constituting the expedition
airy force made a gap in the line from
the beach to Culiculi, just southwark of
San Pedro Macati, which was subse-
quently filled by the Fourth regular
infantry.
The rebels on the extreme right haA
evidently been informed of the with
drawal of the troops and they at
tempted to sneak through after night
fall, but they met with a warm recep-
ton and fell back upon discovering
that the line was still intact.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
Caution In Introduct!ons.

Outside of ones own house every
one should be careful in the matter OF
making introductions. a lady at q
friends house may safely introduce
two persons whom she knows well. A
man makes introductions more care
fully, and both men and women must
first, if possible, get the consent of the
persons to be introduced. An excep-
ton to this rule, which hardly needs
to be noted, comes when three or four
persons are thrown together, some Of
whom are strangers to all but one OF
the others. In this case to save awk-
wardness a simple introduction should
be made. Some persons of genial dis
position feel it necessary to introduce
all ersons in their immediate neigh
borhood at any social function. 1t is
needless to say that this wholesale In
PRODUCING Is entirely 4 mistake, and
that those who engage in it usually
make themselves very obnoxious to
their acquaintances. A woman has al
ways more freedom than a man In
making introductions, and a man, for
example, will hardly offer to introduce
two ladies to each other unless he
knows them both very well.-Woman's
Home Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
Paying the Doctors Fee.

'It is an amazing fact that Of all
bills sent to family, that of the doc
tor is in hundreds of families the last
one to be paid, and in more cases than
it is pleasant to contemplate it is;
never paid at all, writes Edward Box
in the Ladies' Home Journal. 1T have
recently gone to the trouble to make
some inquiries into this matter, and:
have been astounded to find that not
one-fourth of the bills sent by doc-i
tors are paid with anything like
promptness. There is quickening.
of the conscience, simple realiza-
tion of proper sense of duty needed,
in this matter. It ishigh time, in the
case of hundreds of families, that this
matter should be brought home to
their sense OF fairness and justice.
And as with them the doctors have for
so many years been the last to receive
their due In the payment Of their bills,
II would be only simple justice that
hereafter nthe last shall be frst." No
worker ii the Geld Of human industry
deserves better at the hands Of the
people whom he serves than the doc.
Tor, and to pay his Zee promptly and
ichaerfully 10 the least we can do for
tho Deryice which he gives us"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
AWeed Garden.

It fs remarkable how many really
beautiful flowers are discarded be-
cause ordinarily they are classed as
weeds. A woman who had plenty of
land and O taste for experimenting
made tweed garden" this year which
Is O great success. She doesn't know
the names Of all the outcasts she has
gathered in, but she noticed last year
all the wild things that grew and flow
cred neglected by the wayside, and
transplanted those that appealed to
her most strongly.
1.-THE main reason" she urges, "that
they attract so little notice when grow
ing wild is that they are not massed
and arranged as we place cultivated
flowers to get the best effect. Now,
that is what I have done. A wild
flower, or q weed, rs it Is scornfully
termed, that is too fragile to be
thought much Of will make delicate,
feathery mass which will be vastly
admired when planted together by the
score or more"
Even such O despised thing as the
common ragweed is worthy of admira-
tson If you happen to look at it Alright,
and It is finely effective as foliage for
cut flowers.
This weed gardener has provided for
a succession Of blossoms from violets
and dandelions to golden rod and late
fall grasses, and nothing has repaid
the gardeners efforts with better re.
suits than these absolutely free flow.
ora-Roston Herald
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20

4 4. > .
tering to their voracious appetites,
and preparing their systems for the
severe task of putting forth their dress
of feathers, this, US all breeders know,
being the most critical period in the
lives of the young chicks. Numerous
persons, both male and female, have
taken mp the business and made sue
cess of it without previons experience,
but in majority of cases they start
in. modest way with a:few hens the
first year, and work into it gradually,
thereby gaining knowledge that no
amount OF reading could impart. A.
good paper, devoted wholly or in part
to the subject is a great aid, but
practice makes perfect" and it is
essential to begin OF the bottom and
work out and prove yourself the ideas
cleaned from your books. !
Poultry raising in its various phases
is science, cbut.we. can answer the
question that heads this article in the
affirmative, provided the would-bc
poultryman has capital sufficient to
equip small plant, and patience and
diligence to enable him to work cau-
tiousIy, and build UP his business DIS
he attains to knowledge.
Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
Room for Him, Too.

A bland and patronizing New Yorker
was passing through new hamlet in
the west, which its proud founders
had dubbed B. City, and were sure
would soon become thriving hive of
human beings. Addressing o lank
and lazy youth who was lounging Mt
the door of one of the rude shanties
that passed for n ''shoe emporium"
the New Yorker inquired, sarcastic
ally:
"Who is that important looking
gentleman with the red flannel shirt?"
"That's Sam Peters, was the proud
reply. "He's just opened the new
postofice."
"And the tall person with no col
lar?"
Hes Long Mike. Just opened a
grocery store. ~
"And the plump individual with
the bald head?"
Handy Jim. Owns the new sa-
LOOM"
"Indeed!" said the New Yorker.
"Your city seems to be pretty well
started. I should suppose there was
nothing left for stranger like my
self to open?"
"Oh, l dunno" drawled the lanky
one. "We amt got no loonatic asy-
lum yet. You might start that. -
New York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
Farm and Garden Notes.

Brush, the udder,. and surrounding
parts just before milking, and wipe
them with clean, damp cloth or
sponge.
It is useless to attempt to keep well
animals in healthy condition where,
they are compelled to eat and sleep
with sick ones:
It is good plan to have clean water
always accessible to the horse while in
the stable. It is natural for horse
to drink when thirsty.
Going from lot stable into The
cold air suddenly should be avoided,
as also to the contrary, as it produces
colds and violent inflammations.
Barley meal is good for hog, pro-
vided some muscle-forming material
is fed with it This can be supplied
in clover hay, green clover, shorts and
tho like.
Hens sitting late in the season will
often do we'll on nest on the bare
turf in shady place. The nest is
followed out just enough to put in a
little straw and to retain the eggs.
Forbid drugs being administered to
your horse without your knowledge,
especially nitre. They are not needed
to keep the animal in health, and may
do the greatest and most sudden mis-
chief.
Give the horse as much water as he
will drink three times day or often
er. When frequently watered horse
will drink less on the whole than it
watered at long intervals, and will not
do himself any injury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
His Reward,

Among the stories of that former
governor of Texas familiarly known
as 'Sam" Houston, is more than one
amusing tale.
There was financial agent of the
pepitentiary who had warmly opposed
the election of Governor Houston.
but was particularly anxious to retain
his own pleasantly lucrative position.
Consequently the governor was soon
in receipt of o petition in which the
mans years of faithful service and
special qualifications for the place
were set forth in glowing terms by
himself.
The governor sent for him, and said,
gravely: 1T appears from this petit
tion that you have been i'll the peni-
tentiary eight years?"
81 have" was the reply.
"And during that time you have
performed faithfully every duty that
has come in your way, to the. best Of
your ability?"
81 have" answered the agent, his
courage swiftly rising.
"Then, sir, )" said the governor, with
the mir of one comforting q priceless
favor, II pardon you out !"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
Sick Women : Advised to Seek
Advice of Mrs. Pinkham.
IIE77sR TO MRS. siskHAx NO. a4,sSal

LETTER TO X25. 7INKHAx NO. q4,86I
81 had inflammation and falling
of the womb, and inflammation OF
ovaries, and was in great pain. Itook
medicine prescribed by a physician,
but 1t did me no good. At last ]. heard
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and after using 1t faithfully I
am thankful to say I am well women
I would advise ali suffering women to
seek advice Of Mrs. Pinkham."-MRs.
G. e. CAAPpELL, GRANT PARK, LII.
"For several years my health was
miserable. suffered the most breads
ful pains, and was almost on the yerg6
Of insanity. I consulted one of the
best physicians in New York, and he
pronounced my disease fibroid tumor,
advising an operation without delay,
saying that it wns my only chance for
life. Other doctors prescribed strong
and violent medicine, and one said I
was incurable, another told me my
only salvation was galvanic batteries,
which I tried, but nothing relieved me.
One day a friend called and begged me
to try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. I began its use and took
several bottles. From the very first
bottle there was wonderful change
for the better. The tumor has disap-
peared entirely and my old spirits have
returned. 1 heartily recommend your
medicine to all suffering women."-
Mrs. VAN CLEFT, 416 SAUNDERS AVE,
JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, N. j.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
gsz ESQ g5IsA asls 9s s
I'd CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. @
~ Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Use k,d
EI - In time. Sold by druggists. Fl
con SUI gIS5agsIS Ss3|s
Got Their Mail at Sea.

An unusual incident happened on the
homeward voyage Of the Castle liner
Carisbrook Castle, which brought the
last mail but one from the Cape. The
English letters not having arrived be-
fore the Lismore Castle sailed from
Cape Town for home, the captain Of
the Carisbrook Castle, which was to
sail the following day, good-naturally
undertook to deliver the letters to the
disappointed passengers on the Lis
more Castle on the high seas.
On oyertaking the Lismore Castle
the captain had the letters inclosed in
q tin box and soldered up. This was
nut into -four barrel, with pole ut
tached flying red flag, and having
passing the Lismore Castle and got
well ahead Of her, the barrel was
dropped overheard, the captain Of
Carisbrook ct the same time hoisting
n signal which had been pre-arranged.
The Lismore Castle coming up on her
coarse in due time picked up the bar
rel, and SO the passengers received
their ranxiously waited news from
home. They expressed their gratitude
ON their arrival in England by sending
J. to the commander of the Carisbrook
Castle q beautifully Illuminated ad-
dress, on which was depicted a barrel
floating on tho high seas bearing red
fdag, the barrel being supported by two
pretty Observation-Disclosures Chroni-
z Gle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
Making an Impression.

s'I was much amused one day about
q year ago, when / was on my way to
washington" remarked a Detroiter
not long since. "I had finished good
meal in the dining car and was enjoy
ing myself In the smoker. Pretty soon
two young fellows came in who ap-
peared to me to be college undergradu-
ates returning to their alma mater.
They began to talk Of q visit they had
paid to Washington during the Christ
mas holidays q year before, and were
recalling incidents and episodes OF the
trip. They mentioned the name OF q
Congressman from a Western State
and told Of the good time they had
had at his house, One Of them was In
especially good spirits when speaking
Of the Congressman's daughter.
"'You know, had q great time with
her. he said, and flatter myself that
I made quite an impression. I guess
she hadn't seen much of society, for
l just waded in and took her off her
feet. I didn't do q thing but take her
to half-a-dozen functions" and / guess
I made her think she was the only
girl there was He said good deal
more in the slme strain, all of which
1 couldn't help hearing. The reason 1t
interested me was this. ! knew, the
Congressman and knew his daughter
quite well. She was about 30 years
old, almost ten years the senior of the
young fellow who had taken her of
her feet She had spent four years in
New York society. two years in Lon.
don, where she was q favorlte, two
years in Chicago, and had been for
four years one Of the most popular
young ladies in Washington social cir
cles. rather imagine that there were
two playing at the game Of making the
other think of being the only one there
was detroit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
The Rest Paws Best.

The great difficulty in making farms
pay il that most farm crops cannot be
assorted into good, better, and best.
They must be sold at so nearly uni
form price that there is no money in
it. In stock growing and in fruit
growing such wide differences in value
can be made that it is possible to
charge the very rich, who always want
the best, whatever the best is worth
more, and, if it be not too easily pro-
duced, more than this. So long as q
man grows only for the universal mar
.ket, he must sell at prices which even
the poorest can pay. But let him grow
something better than can be found IN
the market, and he can get enough
higher prices to pay him double for all.
his extra trouble: This is Che secret
of ge tt5sg rich IN all kinds of %busi-
ness. Money:is to be got from those
who have il, and not from those who
have it not. Does this forget the.
poor2 Not atsall.ss The struggle. to
improve quaIty,is always changing its
ground. The best of one year is thus
pAced wit reach Of, all q few
yenrs latef, and another best has
taken its place.
Barring accidents from untimely
frosts, it is the best fruit that pays
the most profit and that can be grown
most cheaply if the average of years is
considered. The labor of spraying
with insecticides and with fungicides
to make the fruit fair, and the further
slabor, of thinning it, produces so much
more fruit every year that it can be
sold with profit within the reach of
all. The very rich will still get the
best and pay for it, but the poorest
will get more and better fruit than
they, ever before, enjoyed. -Massachu-
sattslP qaghmsn. j.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
The Earnings of PIaYWrights,

Dramatists of established reputation
write plays only upon order. Their
ordinary prepayments are five hundred
dollars upon the delivery of scenario,
and five hundred dol-.rs more upon
the completion of play. "If the fin
ished work does not realize expecta-
tions," writes Franklin Fyles in the
Ladies' Home Journal. -or if the man.
ager for any other reason does not de-
sire to put it on the stage, the money
paid Is forfeited after certain lapse
of time, and the ownership reverts to
the author. But If the manager de-
cides to produce the piece the author
receives a percentage of the gross re-
ceipts, usually S per cent, payable
weekly, after the amount previously
advanced has been deducted. Ordi-
narily it increases with the amount Of
money taken in. More than one ma
tive drama has earned one hundred
thousand dollars for its author. A
dozen have yielded fifty thousand dol
lars each; three times as many, twen-
ty-fye thousand dollars, and goodly
number, ten thousand dollars"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
HoodJ, SasgqboaA
as!|Z!Ss72Esl516g
His Wealthy Wife.

Iiwas the only passenger In the
Fifth avenue stage the other morning
when, ut Fiftieth street, the door
opened and O man and woman en-
tered.
There was no doubt of it. they were
newly married; the actions Of the Wo.
man showed that plainly. The man
was small, weazened and with
harassed look upon his face; further.
more, he had the air Of not being used
to- his clothes, which were of the most
expensive kind. The woman, on the
contrary, was stout florid, perfectly
groomed, and at least ten years older
than her companion.
After cursory glance, they decided
that was paying no attention, and SO
they continued their talk-that Is, she
talked. Her tongue ratified incessant
ly. she called his attention to q spot OF
mud on her new boot and reached out
one ankle coquettishly. She wanted to
know If he liked her new hat II he
thought that her gloves were not a
little too large-she had such q small
hand it was so hard for her to be
fitted.
Suddenly there was an iniperious
ring; they had forgotten to pay the
fare. He hurriedly produced his
pocketbook and began to search for q
coin, but found none. With n swift
movement she placed ten cent piece
In his hand.
at is pity If my wife has to pay
my fare" he exclaimed, pettishly, as
he dropped it into the box.
She gave q coquettish giggle. "Thats
what you get by marrying a rich wo'
man, my dear fellow" she said.
he flushed q deep red as If some one
had struck him and glanced up ut me
sharply to see If I had heard, but
was looking out Of the window. Not
for words would have increased his
punishment. AS for the woman she
was again chattering volubly, and
with her coarse nature she was prob
ably not even aware Of the stab she
had inficted.-New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
Protectine trees From isodents.

!. In many. parts Of the country rab-
bits and mice are very destructive to
saofchard trees. Usually the injury is
done to trees that are young and ten
der, and it is considered that trees
that have begun to bear are safe from
such attacks. ~ ,~
7ssEarious devices have been used to
protect Che treesafrom these enemies,
but most of them have proved of no
value. One man thought he had
found sure way of protecting his
trees, which was by planting cabbages
near the orchard and leaving the cab
bage stumps and large leaves through
the winter rs food for the rabbits. 1t
worked all right for some years, but
finally the rabbits got past the cab
bage field and girdled his young
trees.
Another man planted corn adjoin-
ing his orchard, believing the corn
would give them all the food they
wanted. IT seemed; to protect the Or
chard for time, but finally proved a
harbor for. mice, and rather increased
the danger to the orchard.
Here and there will be found nm
orcbardist that uses fish oil or crude
petroleum as q protection, but ex-
pesience has shown this to be dan
gefo1s procedure. Mineral oils 'es-
pecially are very likely to cause g
death of the trees.
One of the best known fruit grow
ers in Illinois uses axle grease on his
frees and CLAIMS it to be effective, and
that it does not injure the trees. The
safest way is, to make lath screen by
means of coarse wire. The wires are
simply crossed between the laths and
thus the shield ia,woven to the size OF
the tree. There should not be enough
reomi left between; the laths to permit
the passage Of mice. This lath pro-
tector is being quite extensively used.
fa2lFmm Field and Fireside.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
Told of the sultan,s Navy.

A good story is told of Turkish
man -of-war which was ordered to
Malta. When the captain had got His
ship clear of the Bosphorus, it strubk
him that it would be as well if he
knew where Malta was, for he had not
the slightest idea. So he inquiredof
a passing vessel, whose captain ofeled
to point it out on the chart.
But the Turkish captain preferred
to follow vessel which he knew Hhs
about to soil for that port. Unftr-
tunatsly fog came on, and whenIit
cleared off the vessel IL front was
no longer the same, though the cfp.l
tain knew 1t not. s
For days he followed the ship, aid
at last reached port, when, addressing
the authorities that came oh boarl,
he said, "Malta, I presumef"
"oh, no, was the reply. 'Thisia
Liverpool. Weekly Dispatch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-12-20
20 ssat ana wator.

Sheep naturally crave salt, as do oil
other. animals, Mild--o domestic, so
far as we know their habits, Whether
t1ggelt hassany y"other duty to- do in
tlieSaaimal economy than.to assist the
digestion we do not know, but it is a
well known fac. that. grazing animals
seem, to need it more than carniyorous
animals, and especially seem to need
it when their food has large PR por-
ton OF woody fibre, more than they do
when having a [ succulent food, like
green grass, roots and ensilage. But
with salt they need water. Sheep
drink but little at.a time, yet in winter
feeding upon dry hay, they drink very
often. The water shonld be'pure and
clean. Stagnant water is often oneiof
The causes that bring on stomach
worms, which kill many lambs, and if
not; fatalto older sheep,will keep them
wesk and in poor condition.