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Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-31

New frst-class line between Omaha and
Chicago, over new road recently built
through Council Bluffs, Denison and Rock
we'll City to Tara, Iowa, to connection with
the Central's western line through Fort
Dodge, Webster City, Waterloo, Independ-
ence, Dubuque, Freeport and Rockford to
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-31

Five Dollars $500 for full treatment of
d TO him with a guarantee to cure sexual
cure %shrunken parts and stop all unnatural
u pIaln weakness or money TO be re.
for three year,. Should a weakness return,
ee OF charge. Hahn's Pharmacy, 18TH ana
his guarantee TO our customers.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-31
CHICAGO EXPRESS
5HsEt' 1910 81 Bii' N

A fast vestibuled train doing more or less
local work. Included in its equipment is a
through sleeping car between Omaha and
Chicago. Dining car service enroute.
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-31
In Addition a Fort Dodge Local Ira

Through trains from New Union Station,
CITY TICKET OFFICE, 1902 Farnam
Omaha daily bee., 1900-01-31

The city is TO be congratulated upon the
final adjus tment of accounts and disputes
witt the railway companies in connection
with ViaduCt construction. The Tenth
street viaduct is now being resurfaced Upon
plans mutually agreed upon by the en-
gineering departments o: the city and the
Sixteenth street viaduct Is now progress
ing satisfactorily and in my Judgment Will
be completed and open to traffic by June l
pleted OF the lines of the proposed Twenty
fourth street viaduct and / hope to reach
an agreement soon with Chief Engineer
Berry, representing the Union Pacific and
Burlington Railway companies. as to the
general features which Will enable me to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Chnrconl asn Fertilizer..

There is scarcely any fertilizing. ele-
ment in charcoal itself, excepting the
small amount of potash that it con-
iains. Even. this is not so available
asit would be if the charcoal were
completely burned and reduced to
{dsb. But the dark color of charcoal
enables it to absorb the heat that the
5sun's rays bring to it, 80 that when
spread upon garden land where q
warmer soil is desired it may often be
an:advantage to early vegetables, pro-
viding always that the plants where it
is spread be covered at night, SO that
the-warmth gained by day may be re-
tanned during the hours Of darkness.
But charcoal may be made directly o
fertilizer through its great capacity
for absorbing ammo 10 after it has
been placed in stables where nitro
genous manures are fermenting. This
ammonia the. charcoal will retain,
uniting with whatever potash is avail
able for such use in the charcoal, and
thus forming a nitrate of potash.
Charcoal is the best thing to place in
the bottoms of small plant pots to
give the roots drainage way. Stones
are often used for this purpose, but if
any fertilizer material sinks down to
tbe stones it would run through and
be lost the saucer holdi G the. pot.
Where charcoal is used it would re-
lain all the heterogeneous fertility SC
+ that roots coming il contact with the
fertilized charcoal could use whatever
itscontained that they needed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Clutter Places.

Clutter places are nm abomination
to neat housekeere". Do not allow
refuse of any kind to accumulate.
Even old tin CANS may become the
source of mould and decay, and thus
he menace to health. The danger
lies in the fact that they are generally
neglected after being opened, and
remnants OF their contents are left to
generate mould and impurities. The
best way to dispose of old tin cans is
to put them in the ash pail, where they
will be purified by the ashes, aud can
he thrown away with them. If you
wish to save these cans to paint for
flower pots, wash them out at once
and dry them. Old leather and any
animal matter like old woolen can be
buried with lime and soda, and will
soon form valuable fertilizer. There
is a place for everything in n well
ordered house, and there need be no
dangerous clutter places il everything
is put to use. Take special care of
anything which will engender mould.
II you have not time to put this to
the proper use by burying it, burn it
where the odor will not offend the
nostrils. aud use the ashes for fer:
tilize-. No place makesa a more dan
gerous clutter place than the cellar.
Here mould and impure germs grow
very rapidly il the damp, cold mir.
Physicians believe they have traced
cases of diphtheria to apples sto ed
in such cellar and handled by chill.
dren. York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
African Rivers.


It is a distinguishing feature of
most African rivers. that they. contain
no water for at least eight months OF
the year. It is true that water can
almost always be found in rive ''"d
by digging for it, but in o"t- ;..u ap-
pearance river is usr ~ broad
belt of sand lying betw cen high aud
precipitous banks. Many and many
q coach has been upset i'll one of these
drifts, as they are called. The de-
scent is always steep, frequently so
steep that the brakes cannot hold the
coaches.
They start going down at crawl,
and then the coach gathers way and
goes on with arush, the mules are
driven into heap anyhow, and one
wonders that they do not get their
legs broken; but they usually land
ali right, while the coach, practically
unmanageable, goes down like sort
of toboggan, jumping from stone to
stone, and swaying like ship in a
sudden squall, and may or may not
arrive right side uppermost at the
bottom. In fact, the passenger who
has gathered his ideas of coaching
from a trip to Brighton or drive to
Virginia Water, finds that he has a
lot to learn about the subject when ne
gets to South Africa. Still, on the
whole, it was wonderful how few ac-
cidents did occur, and if one considers
that the coaches ran night and day,
and that when there was no moon it
would sometimes be too dark to see
the mules from off the coach, it re-
fleets great credit on the drivers. The
Gsntleman's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Warm Shelter for Hogs.

protecting fattening hogs from
the cold of winter, it is best to depend
rather upon warm sheds and wind
breaks than on the amount of bedding
loo much exposure will make neces-
sary. When chilled by exposure, hogs
willinYariably pile up, and with large
heavy hogs this will prove disastrous
stossome Of the herd where any num-
bers are kept together. Too much
bedding will only add to the danger.
Last winter a neighbor, on one bitter
lys cold night, lost more hogs than
would have paid for help to have made
warm and sheltered place for the
swine to sleep in. A hay shed three
feethigh at the back and four and a
half feet high in front, facing the
south, would have cost him nothing
for material, as it was lying about his
place unused. and if he himself could
not have found time to construct the
shed, he could have hired the work
done for less than the cost of one hog.
Itlis looking at such things rs these in
time that mark the difference between
the successful and the unsuccessful
farmef.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Clearing and Fencinrin Winter.

During the next few months there
will lie considerable length of time
which can be devoted to clearing. and
fencing. Thickets and hedge rows OF
b?iers surrounding fields that are be-
ginning to encroach upon the culti-
vated lands should be cut back. We
oftentimes see small five or ten acre
fields divided by strip of two or
three acres of second growth pin>.
These little orchards of pines could be
easily cleared and the small fields
thrown together, making large one.
Time, a most important item, would
lie saved by bringing ali the work pos
sible in one field. The sunshine
would have better opportunity to
reach and furnish the growing crops
with its lie promoting rays, while the
evil influences of shade from surround
ing trees aud their constant drain
upon the soil would be dispensed with.
There is never day, even in bad
weather, when the farmers cannot find
some useful employment for all the
labor on his premises. There is not a
farm, little or big, which does not at
every season Of the year find use for a
good, well fenced pasture. Keeping
the cow, calf and horse enclosed within
lot and no pasture in which to let
them Craze is AN expensive luxury.
Oftentimes the trouble about provid-
ing water in sufficient quantities each
day becomes hardship on certain
mem bers OF the household, and the
work is but poorly done. 1t is rare
that one sees cattle confined in these
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

two pastures, one located on bottoms
where grasses can be found growing
during winter and the.other on higher
lands if desired, to utilize the summer
grasses. Every pasture should be
occasionally plowed and narrowed if
possible, and such grasses and cloyers
sown as will give best returns for the
labor expended, through the cattle
and stock for which they are intended
to feed. There is too little attention
paid to our pastures. Oftentimes
when the pasture looks green and in
yiting, the grasses are deficient in
nutrition and the stock do not fatten
and thrive near as we'll if better
grasses were used. There is no finer
grass for permanent spring and sum-
mer pasture than Bermuda, AMI no
grass which can be more easily sodded.
For upland or bottoms nothing is
superior, and it is the most nutritious
of all grasses grown in the United
States. Let us have more and better
pasturage. sit will mean more and
better cattle. II will give to each
farmer larger profit on his business
and more satisfaction and pleasure in
The conduct of his affairs.-Atlanta
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Points About Milking.

A good mixer. con not make good
cow out of poor one, but q poor
:miiker can and will spoil the best of
COWS and neutralize the most Judi
cious feeding. The foundation for q
good or poor mixer is laid at the very
start. 5, .
In order to succeed, the beginner
should have n liking for the business.
! He must become acquainted with lis
COWS and not only krow them by s'Rnt
but should study their individual
characteristics and temperaments in
order to know just how to handle
them. He should also have some
competent person to show him just
how to begin. No one could reason
ably expect children to become good
penmen by giving them pen. bot
tie of ink and some paper, but that is
the way majority learn to milk.
They are given pail, stool and
shown COW, and left to themselve
A miserable failure is often the result.
The COW on which to begin should
be quiet, easy mixer, and one that
is not giving large quantity. Under
no circumstances should the beginner
continue to milk after his arms or
hands commence to ache. Better
have another finish the COW. This
will only have to be done few times.
Milk we'll and milk fast from the very
start, but don't milk too much. Al
ways avoid that jerky motion which is
90 common. Also the habit of strip
ping with thumb and finger. The
practice of wetting the teats is very
bad, as it induces the growth of warts
and scabs and is MS unnecessary as it is
filthy. Deal gently but firmly with
the cows, aud bear in mind that good
mixer is always skilled workman. -
New England Homestead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
The Forests OF Cuba.

Perhaps most OF US associate all
tropical forests with terrible wild
beasts and reptiles. In childhood's s
days we had picture books illustrating
the anaconda reaching down from a
tree 70 circle around o man and
squeeze him. There were the jaguar
and the dead hunter, the tiger carry
ing off a woman on his shoulder, the
lion springing on the bull, etc. In
Cuba things are different. A returned
prospector, one of rich sydnicate.
that is buying all the land it can find
for sale in the "Pearl of the Antilles. "
says that wild beasts are practically
unknown there. There is wild
animal, about the ,ize of our black
squirrel, called the ''hutia," which is
choice eating. Deer have come over
from Florida, aud abound in somc
parts of the island. Only four species
Of snakes are found, and all are harm
less. One may sleep uncovered in
the forests without fear of molesta-
tion by beast, reptile or insect
New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Vain hope to make people happy by
politics Carlyle.
The good mans life is like the spark
that is brightest at the close.
:. When interest is at variance with
conscience, any pretence that seems
to reconcile them satisfies the hollow
hearted.
Idleness is d craven's goal. No
man of worth wants to be free from
work. Without work life is not worth
the living.
If you want knowledge, you must
toll for it; if food, you must toll for
il; and if pleasure, you must toll for
it; toll is the law.
To let man know that you recog-
nize and rejoice in some good quality
of his, is to bless him with new
heart and stimulus.
Courtesy is the passport to success.
We double the power of our life when
we add to its gifts unfailing courtesy.
The world always begrudges room to
a boor.
The habit of blaming others when
things go wrong is al insidious and
dangerous one. Far more is it to the
purpose to inquire within whether the
fault, or much Of it, may not lie at
home.
Benefcence should never be exer-
cised at random, nor upon irrational
impulse, but should be the outcome
and expression of disposition trained
and nourished in the atmosphere of
human friendship.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Mirror In the Ceiling.

Formerly, when young woman sat
with eyes uplifted and m expression
of spiritual serenity on her counter
ance while she discussed such impor.
tant subjects as the composition OF
sandwiches or the last new cotillon
figure, it meant that she was fully
alive to tho attractions of the up
tured eyes pose and that she had found
it effective by more OF less incessant
practice. Now it means that she is
aware that carefully inserted in the
ceiling of her den is mirror which
reflects her graceful positions, her
dreamy eyes and the expressions Wis
Avis when he turns to regain his lost
self-possession.
The mirror is now a needed compile
tion to the draperies, the sanctuary
lamps, rosaries, Malay creeses, cnsh-
ions and the immune able other things
of the most charming and popular
uook in the house.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Blind Persons and prsu,ns.

Everybody dreams more or less, but
have you ever reflected upon the fact
that people who are born blind have
only hearing" q dreams? In other
words, theft mental eye sees nothing;
they only hear sounds.
This interesting point came up before
q scientific society the other day, and
1t was found that of 200 blind persons
who had been questioned on the sub
ject those who had been born without
sight and those who had become blind
before their fifth year never saw
things or faces in their dreams, while
all those whose eyeGlght was destroyed
after the seventh year had as vivid
dream visions rs seeing people.
Blind pe!S1ns, it may be observed,
dream just as frequently as do normal
people.-Cincinnati Commercial Trib-
unn
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Is in the Eating. =
COSMOPOLITAN MANILA.
The People on Its Streets Are of Every Ma
ton, with Chinese Prcdominating.

Robert Godkin, just from Manila
recently said: aside from Its pure
ly physical aspects Manila is unlike
any other place l have ever been in.
The people on the streets are Of every
nation, but with Chinese predominant
ing. There are large numbers Of pure
blooded Chinese there, and the half
castles, Chinese and native Of the island,
are innumerable. Aguinaldo himself Is
one, and the almond eye shows every
where. The Tagal race is no longer
generally of the pure blood. The
Chinese-Tagalog crossbrccd is called
q mestizo, while Spanish-Tagalog
half-casre Is called n Filipino. These
latter are inordinately proud Of their
Spanish ancestry, hold themselves
aloof, and constitute the aristocracy Of
Manila Japanese, Malays and repre-
sentatives of other Eastern races are
frequently met, while Caucasians are
also occasionally to be seen, though in
fewer numbers. OF course, when I.
was there, the American soldier, in;
brown uniform and campaign hat was
oil over the shop, guards on every
street and groups Of them at every
corner. Is
"The Escolta, the principal business
street, Of an afternoon is q lively and
interesting place, with groups Of SOL
diers, Chinese coolies, and linen or
duck clad officers passing to and fro.
There used to be one old Filipino, who
drove every day alone, who was really
wonderful in his grandeur. Seated
alone, in the center Of the seat of his
victoria, he was always clad in along
frock coat, and wore high hat which
must have been one of the first ever
made. It was said to be the only one
in, or that ever had been in Manila,
and the old chap was inerdinately
proud Of 1t. f "
I'm the middle Of the day the. ma
tiyes and acciimatized Caucasians go
in for the siesta, and for two or three
hours business Is almost wholly sus-
pended, but with our people it was diff
ferent. Unused to the ways of the.
place, they have not us yet shaken of
the habits Of q lifetime, and pay no.
attention to the heat Of the day. As:
q consequence the streets are lively,
now at all hours, whereas formerly
there was a space Of time in the middle,
Of the day when they were compare.
lively deserted"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Indian cultivators of the Soil.

Those who contend that the Indian
is incapable of becoming good agri-
culturist take their cue from few
isolated cases. In most cases where
failure has been recorded the failure
comes from the inability or incapacity
81 those who are appointed by the
government to lead them. Whoever
has had the opportunity of travelling
through the country settled by the
Cherokees and Choctaws must have
seen quite as frequent evidence of ag-
ricultural success among those people
as could be seen among white people
anywhere. 1t is, however, to be sug-
gested that this is chiefly on, account
of the country being more favorable
to agriculture than localities further
north.
But we learn from the Helena In
dependent that the Grow Indians are
rapidly advancing in industrial agri-
culture. Crops have been raised in
The Crow region chiefly by irrigation.
In less than ten years these Indians
have constructed eight large irrigating
canals, sufficient to irrigate from two
thousand to ten thousand acres each,
and are now working on another that
is ever larger. It.is to extend for
probably fifty miles. A few white
men are employed as skilled artisans
by Indians; but the work itself is
done by them. Tt is said that they
are remarkably thrifty, not speeding
all their money, but saving some,
which is invested in iruly sensible and
business ways.-Meehan's Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Artificial Eye!ashes Ia France.

Artificial eyelashes appear to be the
latest French novelty. False hair Is
m ancient institution, and we have
long been accustomed to false teeth,
and even eyebrows. Henceforth, accor-
ding to the Medicine Franchise there
Is no reason why an other wise beauti-
full face should be disfgured by red eye
lids or ragged eyelashes. The process
may appear q little painful, needle
threaded with hair being passed
through the lid and the threads cut
in the middle with fine pair of scis-
sors, each end becoming an eyelash.
But what will not beauty endure II
thereby it may become more beaut'
ful?-London Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Recipes.

Veal Salad-Cut cold roast or boiled
veal into dice and for each cupful OF
the meat allow one cupful of tiny
sliced celery, season with pepper and
salt, mix lightly with salad dressing
and serve on crisp lettuce leaves.
Silver Cake-Cream together thor
oughly one-half cupiul of butter and
one cupful of sugar; add the beaten
whites of four eggs and beat again.
Then add one half cupful of flour and
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder.
Good cake can be made in the same
way by using yolks in place of the
whites.
Butter Palls-Beat a quarter of a
pound of butter to a cream, stir in
three eggs; then add three large tea
spoonfuls of -four, q saltspoonful of
salt. Have clear soup boiling gently.
Take up the batter in tiny portions
with the tip of n small spoon, drop
into soup. and let them simmer Is min
utes before serving. One-half or even
one-third this recipe would serve for
the soup of five people.
Lemon Tapioca-soak one.third OF
a cupful of tapioca in one half cupful
of cold water over night. In the
morning add one-half cupful of cold
water and the rind of one lemon and
boil until clear, then remove the rind,
add the juice of the lemon, half a
cupful of sugar, pinch of salt and
one cupful of boiling water. Let 1t
boil two minutes, then turn into wet
mold. Serve when cold with sugar
and cream.
Sweet Spiced Grab Apple-Remove
the blows from a peck of large, sound
crabapples. Make syrup of one pint
of vinegar, one-half pint of water.
five pounds of sugar, one tablespoon
full each of whole cinnamon, allspice
and cloves, and one-half teacupful of
mustard seeds. Put in the apples, a
few at time, skim them out when
soft and put into jar. When all the
apples are done, pour the syrup over
them
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
TRADING SHIPS CARRY NO CASH.
No Wonder The Piracy Business Has Fallen
Away to Nothing.

A son of the old time yachting cap.
tain, Jack White, Of Red Bank, picked
up Mexican silver dollar Of 1884 on
Sandy Hook the other day. Captain
Jack said it reminded him of many q
dollar he had seen that had been
picked up along the Jersey coast and
on Long Island shores.
Mexican silver dollars" he said,
"were the money Of the commercial
world during all the early part of this
century and you could find them when
ever there were wrecks. Nowadays pir-
ating would not pay, but IN those days
every ship had to carry lot of money
every time she went on voyage. Now.
adays q captain doesn't have to have
anything but O bit Of pocket, money
and 1t IS . -: go So. 80
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31


often had big sums aboard, also, that
were used in trading, c. that repre-
sented a cargo sold.
"It was not uncommon in those days
for q ship to start out with full cargo
bound for some foreign port, where the
captain would have to hunt his own
market. If the cargo wouldn't sell
we'll there, he had power to go to any
other port to hunt profitable mar
ket. Then when he had sold out, he
was expected to buy new cargo, either
for a home port, or perhaps, some
other part of the world. 1t was not un-
usual for q captain to handle half q
dozen cargoes on long trading voy-
age, and come home In ballast, with
a big box OF silver dollars to help keep
his ship up to the wind. Even the lit
tie vessels carried lot Of money
aboard.
II guess that dollar was wrecked
there nfty years or so ago, and 1t has
been drifting around in the sands ever
since."-New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
FOR THE HOUSEWIVES.
Deslgns on Table Linen.

The dainty housekeeper pays much
attention to her table linen. If she
can afford it she orders her tablecloths
and napkins woven especially for her
in some unique, chosen design. Often,
however, she contents herself with q
conventional pattern in stock when
she finds out the expense of the proc
ess. Special machinery must be
made, and that is no trihe. It must
be kept in repair, and that is neces-
sary consideration. Generally it is a
coat -of-arms that she wishes woven
into her linen, although patriotic sem
timents have been known to demand
some original designs in table linen.