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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
Treatment of n Lawn.

Nothing adds more to the appear
ance of home than neat, well-kept
lawn. 1t is within the range of possi-
bility for every house owner to secure
n good stand of grass, and to keep the
growth strong and healthy by line
of treatmentwhich is by no means
difficult. The first essential is to have
a we'll. prepared bed. A good plan is
to make compact bed of clay and
then improve this by top dressing.
Nothing is better for this purpose
than raw ground bone. This will
serve as bedding, and also furnish
some of the plant food needed to
nourish the grass. In choosing a
grass one must be governed largely by
local conditions, but the aim should
be to get kind which will grow we'll,
last we'll and look we'll throughout the
spring and summer months.
1t is just MS necessary to fertilize
lawns as field crops. Grasses need
the same elements of plant food,
namely, nitrogen, phosphoric acid and
potash. 1t is better to supply such in
the form of chemicals, as these are
more concentrated and easier to han
ale, not to mention that they are less
offensive and not unsightly in appear
pearance. Stable manure is splen-
did fertilizer for grass, but lawn
covered with this product in curly
spring does not look especially invit-
ing. Again, in using stable manure
there is always possibility of foreign
weed seeds being introduced, the
growth of which detracts from the
appearance of the lawn and makes
trouble in eradicating them.
The simplest fertilizer for lawn is
mixture of ground bone and muriate
of potash, say, about four parts of the
former to one of the latter. The mix
ture may be applied at the rate of five
pounds per square rod, and then
worked we'll into the soil. After this
mixture has been applied, simple
Decentralization treatment will great
ly improve the growth of the grass,
and give it that rich, dark green color
which is so desirable in lawn culture.
Thir consists simply in light top
dressings of nitrate of soda, say one.
half pound per square rod, at success
sire periods. The first dose con be
put on just after the grass starts to
grow in the spring, and if used i'm
mediately preceding rain, the effects
will be visible within "a hours. Two
more doses can be made at periodical
intervals. If the nitrate be mixed
with several times its bulk of fine, dry
earth, the distribution is greatly facil-
itated. Regular moving with a lawn
mower is necessary, and the fertilizer
treatment recommended should be
followed annually.-George K. Will
son in American CultiYator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
A JAPANESE CHARACTER.
The Crafty Jinrikisha-ina the Dane and
blessing OF Travellers.

The Crafty Jinrikisha-inan the Bane and
blessing OF Travellers.
Onoto Watanna, the gifted Japan
ESQ writer, writing of 1.-The Horseless
Carriage of Japan" in The Woman's
Home Companion, gives this descrip-
ton Of the most picturesque laborer
of her native land: '"rhe iinrikisha-
man waits at the street corners and
solicits fares, though this is contrary
to the exact police regulations. How.
ever, the jinrikisha man is not always
as principled as be might be, and has
little, if any, regard for the police or
his regulations. He has no compunc-
tion whatever in overcharging the
scale of fares set by the police, but as
rule the customer himself pays but
little attention to this. The fare is
usually higgled over before riding,
and while they walk, and sometimes
great distances are covered before
terms have been reached. The jim
rikisha-man also generally unlawful
ly) demands drink-money, especially
when he is forced to wait at tea-houses
or pleasure resorts on the road. He
is constantly being set on by the
police for charging more than agreed
on, threatening to put down female
customers unless his demands are ac-
coded to. "A woman hiring vehicle,
for instance, may sometimes find her
self within impossible walking dis
tance OF any town or point, and o
surly man demanding extra fare or
threatening to dump her. Counter
threats do not affect him. Better pay
and be done with it. However, when
you have melted his heart with hand
full of sen he becomes friend worth
having. 1t is true he may spot you
as one whom it is worth his while 10
keep in touch with during your visit in
the city, and you will find it difficult to
leave your hotel without encountering
him hard by, approximately soliciting
your patronage, though on each and
every oRasion he will call to you as
though you we're an utter stranger to
him and he has never seen you before,
or does not appear to recognize you as
the person who tipped him 30 we'll the
previous day."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
AAAAA.MAAAAAaAAAAA
FOR FARM And GARDEN.
Reasons for keeping Bees.

The farmer should keep bees be.
cause they work for nothing and
board themselves, only requiring a
house TO live in. Because there is 80
much surplus nectar which the bees
cau convert into honey. The farmer
can exchange the honey for money
after he has set 100 pounds of it aside
for family use. Because honey is the
only product on the furm which will
not spoil if not hurried to market.
Because bees willpay better revenue
Per acre than any other department. of
agriculture. Because only little
capital is needed to make start. The
number of hives can be increased very
fast. Now is the time to get ready
for next spring. Study up during
the evenings and be ready to put
your knowledge into practice when
the time comes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
PEARLS OF THOUGHT,

Happiness doe, not depend on
money, but it cert ainly prospers on it.
An air of super ority and condescen-
sion is the raw m erial of revolution.
When clock or q conscience is audi
BILE at midnight there is something
wrong.
Where there is emulation, there will
be vanity; where there is vanity there
willbe folly.
In the darkest hour Hope used to
strike match, but now it presses the
electric button.
Occupation is one great source of
enjoyment. No man, properly occu-
pied, was ever miserable.
Envy is passion SO full of coward
ice and shame, that nobody ever had
the confidence to own it.
There is no dispute managed with
out 9 passion, and vet there is scarce
a dispute worth passion.
Failure to the man who learns,
means experience, and experience is
equipment, and equipment is wealth.
He is incapable of truly good
action who finds not a pleasure in con-
templating the good actions of others.
Nothing is SO wretched or foolish
as to anticipate mlsfortunes. What
madness it is to be expecting evil
before it comes.
Amiable people, though often sub
ject to imposition in their contact with
the world, yet radiate so much of sun
shine that they are reflected in all
appreciative hearts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
Shall stubble BE Turned Undcr.

The answer will depend on the con-
ditions of the stubble land, and
amount of stubble, and whether it can
be turned under early enough to Sc
cure rotting before the drouth of mid
summer sets in. Generally turning
under the stubble proves the best
thing that can be done, but the
writer has known cases where it
proved the worst thing that could
have been done. One man in Michi-
gan turned under his stubble one
spring only few years ago, and after
properly narrowing and preparing the
ground, planted it to corn, The
spring was exceptionally dry, and the
summer that followed was not much
better. The corn crop on that field
of turned stubble proved very uneven.
Wherever the corn came in contact
with the bottom of the furl 1U's the
stand was as fair as could ha been
expected in dry year. Blu, ,ere
the corn was planted directly a
mass of turned down corn sta or
coTu StuUuie tue piauIs Wuteo IL
died, and, on Investigation, the sell
around the roots of those corn snlks
was found perfectly dry, with not a
particle of soil water in evidence.
The stalks and stubble below the
turned earth had not rotted but had
created and held space that pre-
vented the capillary water in the soil
below from reaching the soil above.
Perhaps the land in question was
not plowsd till after the spring rains
had ceased. The one question to be
considered is whether the stubble and
stalks plowed under will mix with the
soil nnd rot or whether conditions are
such that the furrows will simply lie
free from the subsoil, being held up
by means of the dry condition Of its
top and the presence of the stubble.
In ordinary years the conditions are
such that the turning under can be
lone with safety, but in occasional
years it is best to burn.-Farm, Field
md Fireside.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
The Irishlnan.

The Irishman is more citizen of
the world than the Englishman. The
former is sensitive, imaginative, mac
curate, light-hearted and verbose. The
Anglo.Saxon is staid, solid, silent,
with freezing manner that stings
rather than chills the expansive Celtic
nature. Few Englishmen have any
conception how repulsively offensive
thew Gun make themselves to the
Latin, Celtic and Teuton races by
their stony stare. The insularity of
England has been one of the chief
sources of her safety-like the skin
of IN armadillo-but as Che British
grenadier wears upon his head bear
skin hat to make him look more for
midable then he is by nature, so the
average English official. in Ireland
there are, of course, some excellent
exceptions-adopts as his official man
ner an mir of s periority and conde-
scension which is the raw material of
revolution.-Arnold White, in Har-
per's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20

keep on getting sicker till ] did. Peo-
IKE can't plant their potato crops in
the dark Of the moon, because there
won't be any. And when I die the
moon will come back, and all the peo-
pie will be glad"
He went to bed and tossed for q
long time; he slept finally, but what
sleepl Old women came and begged
him to give them back the moon.
They couldn't make soap without it.
Maidens came and on their knees inn
plored him. There was to be no more
love-making. Poets Aocked from afar
to revile him; and the ocean stood
dead, with no tide. When he awoke
the sun was shining. And he smiled,
believing that it was all dream. but
just then ne heard his father talking
in al adjoining room. ''Yes, they
were having a good time over at
Smiths, but somebody shot out the
moon, and"
jeff fell back, sick almost unto
death. They called him to breakfast.
but ke moaned that he was sick, and
they let him lie there. He was gag
ging when his father came into the
room.
What's the matter with you
JeAf?"
'.I don't know, sir. )"
"What time did you get home?"
'sI-J don't know. sir"
Seem to be sorter short on know
in, don't you? Were you at Smiths
when the moon was shot ont? What's
the matter with you? Why, you've
got the ague. Well, sir, it was a
funny thing. You know that Smith
doesn't like for his company to stay
late. so he told the boys that they
might remain till the moon went down.
Well, an ingenious fellow hit upon a
plan. He got hold of cheese box.
put q kerosene lamp in it, pasted a
piece of creased paper over it and
just as the moon was goin' down be-
hind the hill, hung the box high up
in tree. The old man can't sec very
we'll, and it fooled him completely
till some follow came along and shot
what's the matter with your What
are you sayin'? Coin to git up, are
you? What makes you cut them
capers? Folks say you look like me,
but L never seed the day that had as
little sense MS you've got Saturday
Evening Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
Chicken Roup.

Roup often causes O very sore
mouth and gattling in the throat,
which is consequence of canker in
the windpipe. Wash mouth and nos
trils with weak soda water, quite
warm. Take wing feather, and with
it wipe out the split in the roof of the
mouth; then dust with burnt alum and
borax. Leave it q minute or so, and
then wipe out rs dry MS possible; then
apply the following mixture: One part
turpentine, one part sweet oil and one
third part iodine. Shake we'll before
using. Drop this into the nostrils
twice day until the fowl is better,
then once daily for few days. AS
soon as the eyes begin to swell. paint
the head with iodine, but do not got
any into the eyes. If the eyes are the
only parts affected, just drop little of
the mixture into the nostrils.
It is very necessary to good, sound
food. Do not feed corn to roupy hens,
but give wheat. oats and vegetables
cooked and thickened with wheat bran
until quite dry. Salt the feed as you
do your own. See that the poultry
house is clean and dry. Keep the
fowls in during wet weather.
To prevent the spread of the dis
ease, take shovelful OF live Goals to
the poultry house when the fowls are
on the roost, pour on some tar, and
hold the shovel we'll under the perches
for quite while. Do this on three
successive evenings, and again smoke
for three more evenings. Be sure to
give clean water to drink.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
Mr. Ganthony's Quiet Fun.

Robert Gauthony asked Weldon
Grossmirh to read play which Gan
thony had written. Mr.. Grossmith
took the comedy, but lost it on his
way home.
Night after night" he snys. 81
would meet Ganthony and he would
ask me how liked his play. It was
awful; the perspiration used to come
out on my forehead as I'd say some
times, 4 haven't had time to look at
it YETI or, again, The first act was
good. but I can't stop to explain,
etc. must catch a train That play
was the bane OF my existence and
haunted me even in my dreams.
Some months passed, and Ganthony,
who is merry wag, still pursued him
without mercy. At last it occurred
to Mr.. Grossmith that he might have
left the comedy in the cab on the
night it was given to him. He went
down to Scotland Yard and inquired.
ooh, yes," vas the reply "Play
marked with Mr.. Ganthony's name;
sent back to owner four months ago,
as soon as found."- London Weekly
Telegraph.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
Profit in Chickens.

Chickens are machines by means of
which grasshoppers, cut worms and
other injurious insects are converted
into eggs and marketable poultry. Is
there not profit in keeping them on
the farm, even if they do eat little
grain aud annoy US little by scratch
ing? 1t is claimed that poultry man
ure, if properly taken care of, and ju.
diciously applied, is worth half of the
food the fowls cat. Poultry manure
contains 2.43 per cent. of phosphoric
acid, 2.26 per cent. potash and 3.25
per cent. nitrogen rs ammonia and
organic matter. 1t is claimed that
poultry manure is worth from five to
eight times as much as the same quan-
tIty of stable manure. A little more
attention to the chickens and other
poultry on the farms, would enable us
to considerably reduce our fertilizer
bill, or better, leave it at what it is,
and increase our yield from the farm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20

best use possible OF what he has. He
should keep them better and raise
more grain, thus lesseuing the ex-
pense of maintaining his herd. Grain
is very costly in this part of the coun-
try and ought always to be raised if
possible. He should not make the
mistake of keeping too many. cows.
/ Discard the poor ones Of the herd and
give the remainder better stables,
better feed and use more care in hand
ling the milk. do not believe with
many that the profits of the dairy are
smaller than they used to be. We
have gotten into the habit of shipping
milk, which may be more profitable
for the time being, but nm afraid OF
the final outcome. In my section we
have condensing factory which pays
we'll for milk and consequently sup
plying this factory is a paying bust
ness.
Another mistake is that .dairymen
depend too much upon buying cows to
replenish their herd, instead of rails
fag them. 1 can raise good calf on
middlings, water and oil meal, and
have raised calves on bread and water.
I can raise calf very much cheaper
than I can buy a cow. Up to the time
she is two years old she will cost me
but S15, and rs rule is much better
than n COW which is bought on the
market for S35 to $40.
Another mistake is in having milk
shipping stations inside the village. 1
would have them outside for tho rea-
SON that it is easier to keep the milk
pure if it is away from buildings.
Another great mistake is the failure
to treat tue COW with kindness. Any
thing that disturbs her nervous con-
dition will lessen the flow OF milk.
Make her comfortable by good bed
ding, good stable and the like. Never
scold or swear at a cow.-J. s. Shat
tuck in American Agriculturist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
An Unbroken Rule.

'Look at that bicycle, exclaimed the
woman as she identified lin the cloak
room aud saw that it had been knocked
about badly.
"Yes'm, I've been looking at it, !"
was the humble reply of the official.
"It's all smashed to pieces"
"Yes'm H."
"And it was done on this line"
"Yes'm."
"Well, what do you propose to do
about it?"
"rll report it to the foreman. ma am,
and he'll report it to the station mas
ter, and tho station master to the
general manager, and the general
manager to the board of directors,
and some day, three or four years
hence, lawyer will call on you and
want to know why you didn't travel
with your bicycle in q properly made
case. That's our routine, ma'am, and
we never deviate-not even when the
guards forget to leave us a piece OF
the machine. !"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
An Effort to Explain.

A gentleman who had engaged an
intelligent French maid was at work
in his library at one end Of his house,
when it struck him, from certain
sounds, that something must be wrong
in the drawing-room, at the other end
of the house. So he rang his bell,
and the maid came.
What are those cries that seem
to hear in the direction of the draw
ing-room, Marie?" he asked.
* do not precisely know, monsieur"
she answered. ".At one time sink 1t
is madame who sing, and at anozzer
time am sure. it is re cat and re dog
who fight, monsieur!"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
EXTENSIVE HAIR CUT.
Some Porty Thousand Sheep Being shorr
at New Brighton, MINI.

III NEW rDIlSutou, Miuu.
Nineteen professional sheep shearers
have begun shearlng 10000 sheep at
New Brighton. The task will keep
them busy for over month. The men
use specially designed power instru-
ments and they will each draw from
ST to $40 per day.
The trusting sheep are enticed into
pens where they are ut the mercy OF
the shearers who are paid by the piece
and consequently work with oil pos
sible speed. The up-to-date shearing
instrument operates on the same plan
as barber's hair clipper, and makes
clean sweep of several inches in Its
trips back and forth across the body
Of sheep. The most skillful shearers
work the clippers along the body OF
the animal with great dexterity and
as they proceed the wool falls away
In solid bunch as thought the animal
had been skinned instead Of shorn.
When the clipper has finished Its
WOTk tue WOOL lies Oh lAe hooi IL -
bundle, the naked and indignant sheep
scampers away, and O man with a
hand-car goes up and down the long
row of operators and gathers up the
wool, takes it to the packing room,
where it is tramped down into large
burlap bags, which, when filed weigh
about 335 pounds each.
The men are paid from Z to 8 cents
per head for the sheep sheared, and
125 Is good days work, although
there are men who claim to have
ssheared as many as $50 sheep in a
day. When the 10000 now at New
Brighton have all been deprived of
their wool the band Of shearers will
move on westward, the most industri-
Gus of them finally ending up In Ne
rada and California, where there are
single ranches with as many as 3Oo,'
900 sheep belonging to one man. From
there they will come up through the
south to Minneapolis, whence they will
start out to cover the circuit again
next March.-AIinneapolis Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
4 sAcflELoR,s DREAM.

Out on the porch amid the scent
OF honeysuekle rich with bloom,
sit and watch the coming night,
Thefire flies dancing in the gloom.
The moon drops down behind the hill,
The shadows deepen on the floor;
wander through the yesterdays
With one that walks with me no more.
see On old house long and wide,
And hear the night winds whispering 10
Across the field OF rustling corn,
And cotton white as drifted snow.
The porch is hung with tangled vines,
That hide the lovers sitting there,
Who dream and plan with happy smiles,
For future days so sweet and fair.
I clip ring upon her hand,
She leans on me with loving trust;
Ah, me, how long the years have been,
49, Since that slim finger turned to dust
And yet sometimes it seems to me
= But yesternight, and once again
\ Isit'by her, aud here once more
IS The 'darkeys singing in the lane.
hear again her happy voice
Upon the night air softly fall,
And dreaming of the life planned,
wander why l lost 1t all.
Lose! No did not lose It all,
She waits for mo somewhere; and yet
Whene'er dream Of those old days,
My faded eyes with tears are wet.
-Adella Washer, in Lippincott's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
Rein Holde or.

To securely hold the reins when the
driver leaves the wagon new dash
board attachment has fat tube pro-
vided with a sliding rod, which sup
ports pair of pivoted jaws at the end
of the tube, an internal spring pulling
the rod down and closing the jaws over
the reins. ... tt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
A Curious Article From Alaska.

A mong the curious articles Of COM
merce are toothpicks made Of walrus
whiskers, quantities of which are ship
ped from Alaska to Europe. Those who
are engaged in the trade pick the
whiskers out of the animals one by one
with squeezers. The toothpicks thus
secured are used principally by the
wealthler classes in China and Russia,
and are also beginning to come into
favor in the most noted clubs in Lon
don.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
The PhiIlpplne Climate.

The effect Of the climate in the Phil
ipplnes is very evident in the amount
of sickness among the officers as well
as the rank and file of the army and
navy. Scarcely a day passes that a
new name is not added to the list Of
those who have broken down from
tropical service. The hospitals are filled
with men. The good health which
was so long q feature Of the feet has
ceased to be.-Manila correspondence
Army and Navy Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
An Unforeseen Embarrassment.

The strenuous efforts of the church
had been crowned with success, The
promise of the ages was fulfilled.
Every day was Sunday, now, in other
words. "But when," exclaimed the
Ladies' Aid Societ.v, "shall we hold
our oyster socials md bean.bag par
ties?" Alb, here wss an unforeseen
embarrassment.-Detroit Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
Are You Itchy2

If so, something is wrong with your
skin. Ask your druggist for Tetterine,
and you can cure yourself without a
doctor for so cents. Any skin disease,
ringworm, eczema, salt rheum, etc. Or
send so cents in stamps for box prepaid
to J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Go. Try
q hox.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-06-20
The Savage Bachelor.

'I will admit that woman ought
to marry man cleverer than she is,"
said the sweet young thing, in the
course of the after.dinner argument.
'tBut if he's cleverer than she is, he
won't give her the chance" said the
savage bachelor -Indianapolis Prssh