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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-24

" 40 llOuOlcu
ness, irregular and
painful menstrual
Il t i o n, and leu
co rr h GOA. The
doctors medicine
did mo no good.
L have taken one
bottle and n half
of your Vegetable
Com pou n d, and
t h Il n X Is to your
medicine, my pains
are gone. / advise
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-11-24

tito poor, sick at
IS t o IN n CHI every
morning, every
thing | eat hurts
me, am very weak,
thin, and sallow.
" | have tried n
doctor, but he did
not seem to do me
any good" ~ Miss
MAGGIE POLLARD,
'31o So. 4th St.,
Richmond, Va.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Danger In Green Sorghum.

Science is up the stump. She can't
find out why green sorghum should be
so quickly fatal to cattle. says an eX-
change. Sorghum rapidly is coming
into favor as a forage crop. Owing
to the large yields obtainable and to
It's high feeding value, stockmen are
beginning to depend upon this crop
for fodder and rougtage. But fatal
ties in herds pastured : on the the
growing cane are frequently reported.
With the increased use OF this crop
for forage there has followed an IN.
crease in the. number of fatal cases.
Gases are recorded Of cattle dying
within FIVE minutes after entering 9
sorghum pasture. The true reason. for
this fatal effect is. not known, but
many stockmen believe 1t may be
found In the presence on the leaves Of
the cane of poisonous. fungi. One
Nebraska farmer was driving his COW
across small strip Of cane, and be-
fore the animal had gone more than a
few rods she dropped. and in a few
minutes she was dead. Another COW
that was killed by greeu soi Ihum had
eaten only one stalk, apparently, and
that was still in her throat. The Ne
braska agricultural experiment station
has analyzed stalks of green sorghum
that. being partly eaten by cattle, had
killed them. It found none Of the COM
mon known vegetable poisons except.
ing a small quantity Of oxalic acid
that could not be fatal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
New Zealand Amazons.

New Zealand girls have banded to-
gether seriously to form real, prac-
tical, ready-to-hght regiment. They
have named their corps the Lady
Douglas Irresist;Sles," In which social
rank does not seem to have dictated
regimental rank. Miss Edwin Is the
captain, while Miss Seddon, the daugh-
ter of the Premier Of the colony, is
only sergeant-major, and the daugh.
ter Of Sir Arthur Douglas, the Under
Secretary for the Defence Of the Col.
ony, is q mere lieutenant.
Women have always played an i'm
portant part in stimulating nation to
great and heroic deeds, and 1t Is found
e1emplif1ed In all the wars Of history.
1t Is we'll known fact that women
have fought, and can fight, but It is
doubtful IL the ability of modern ~o-
men, enervated by an artificial civiliza.
tlon, can exhibit the endurance de-
manded Of soldiers during q campaign.
There Is, however, no reason why wo-
men should not shoot as accurately
and rapidly us men, once they have un.
dergone the necessary training, but
their presence In the battlefield would
be q reproach while there was sim
gle man left capable Of fghting.-New
York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Ha Nna Armed.

I'm the days when highwaymen
were more numerous and successful In
Mexico than they are at present, II
was the common practice OF the ma
tIves to travel unarmed and to sub
nit to robbery tamely. With foreign
ers a different sentiment prevailed.
The author of "Me1icans at Home"
tells a good story Of n German who
travelled In that country.
This gentleman always carried arms,
with every intention Of using them
rather than to allow himself to be
robbed. On one occasion. when he
was travelling by diligence in the in
terior-he being the only passenger
armed-the coachman suddenly pulled
up and announced that robbers were
In sight.
The German prepared to defend the
coach, but the other passengers begged
him not to do 80. as that might COM
promise them. Consequently when
the robbers came up he jumped ont,
and going to the side of the road,
called out that they were quite wei
come to rob all the other passengers.
but that they would please first take
down his portmanteau and place te
beside him. This they did; and when
they robbed the others, he ordered that
his portmanteau should be replaced,
which was done. He then took bis
seat 10 the coach, and the journey vac
resumed,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
The Style In Tapestrles.

The taste for tapestry Is the
craze of the hour. They are used
for every purpose unuer the suu thai
hotise furnishings cah afford. Seats
and chair backs, composed Of small
squares, reproducing in text stitch The
paintings of Lanlcr aud Wouverman
are the latest for drawing rooms, Will
curtains and carpets to match.
A new plan In Library, dining Feohi
OF living rooms decorations shows 4
straight hahd Of TAPESTRY oh eitlie;
side, framing the window, while across
the top, framing these, there Is d
straight cross band of Henry III style
They are lined in some heavy textile
to match the color scheme Of the toorti
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29

NIT the fiuid 10 fow into the ehahi.'
bered block when the Dlanges Is raised
and the upper ports permit the liquid
above the hiahger to be forced back
Into the reservoir. Symbol carrying
plates are removabiy occurred to the
chambered block.
The symbols consist Of letters, hs
ures or other characters, and are
formed Of tubular pins. In using the
instruments the levers ure used to sep
arute the jaws. BY reason OF this mes
tlon the plunget will be drawn Upward
to permit the liquid froih the feservo'f
to flow into the chamber. After plac!
ing the impression block earried BY
tue lower jaw against the butter slide
Of the ahimal's ear the ieverh are
operated to force the tubular pins into
the ear, Thereby causing the plunger to
inject the liquid into the wound. a
Spring within the tube holds the plum
ger normally below the lower ports, so
that the liquid will not escape when
tie device is not In use.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Potato Blight

1t Is not yet fully decided, or ut least
parties are not all agreed, whether the
leaf blight is the cause Of the potato
rot, or whether they are entirely diff
ferent fungus resulting from similar
conditions. We incline to the latter
opinion, because we have found rotten
potatoes where we saw no leaf blight.
But it Is surely the case that when the
leaf is badly blighted the crop is dam
aPn'!, and there is likely to be rotten
potatoes in the hill. 1t Is, therefore,
better to prevent the blight by spray
Ing with the Bordeaux mixture. It Is
not claimed that this will cure the
blight when 1t has once got foot
hold, but Is Is a preventive, and even
may check Its spread when 1t has ap-
peared in part Of the field. The direc-
tions given by the experiment stations
for effectual work in this is to begin
spraying when the vines are six inches
high, and repeat one in 10 days or two
weeks, Us long s, the vines remain
green, which they are said to do much
longer than when not sprayed. This
gives longer season Of growth, even
on fields where the blight would not
have come, and this results in heavier
crop. A case has been reported where
part Of field was sprayed and part
left without the treatment. The blight
did not appear in either part, but the
sprayed part kept green longer and
yielded more. The cost Of material to
spray an acre is placed at about so
cents each time, and the number of ap.
plications at from five to seven.-Amer-
lean CuItiyator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Woeiuq Under Difficulties.

The difficulties of lover In Brazil
are many. On Sunday evening ne Is
welcomed into the bosom of his be-
loyed's family and is received In the
ner,or where a row Of chairs extends
along the four walls. The chairs are
occupied by the family, and In the
presence of nil and in the midst of gen.
eral conversation the unfortunate
young man is supposed to do his WOO
Ing. If he desires to take his tiancee
to the theatre, her family accompany
her, and they walk on ahead, leaving
him to follow.
It is not regarded as correct for the
young people ever to be alone, and, OF
course, the natural result is that clan
destine wooing is very usual.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Skill in the Garden.

The gardeners work depends more
upon skill than upon strength. The
grub hoe, the pick and the breaking up
plow for new land need to be strong.
but in the garden n light tool in good
condition will make the work easier
and accomplish more than the. heavy
tool. Keep the hoes sharp and the
teeth of the cultivator and horse hoe
down to cutting edge. and good
points on the plows. and keep every
thing clean and bright, so that dirt
viii not adhere to them to double their
weight and lessen their efficiency. The
light tool may not last as long as tue
heavy one and II it seems to be using
up the hoe very fast to grind it every
tday, at least IT is better to wear out
! several hoes than one man or boy.
Many a boy has become disgusted with
farm work and with the farm itself,
simply because he was given wornont
tools to work with, which had been
condemned as unfit for q good work
man to use. Put such tools into the
Junk heap, or lay them away to be useo
only In cases of extreme emergency,
and give the boys good tools and teach
them how to use them and take care Of
them, and even IL they do spoil them
by not knowing how to use them. it
will be better than spelling the boys.
We remember when our fathers
|. bought us a new hoe, small and hgnr,
suitable for boy, and in showing us
how to use it he found 1t work so well
md easily that it was not long before
he had a new one himself.-American
Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
= Eeoper Shoes for norres,

The weight Of shoes is too great
upon. all classes Of horses except the
trotter. There Is theory that heav5
shoes last longer than light ones, and
the theory appears to be plausible
but It is not also true, as has BEEN
shown In a number of cases. AL that
a shoe is for, except there Is Ice, Is 20
prevent the wear ef the walls, and a
light shoe will do that as we'll as
heavy one or course n heavy horse
needs heavier shoe than a light
horse does, but because Of the In
creased concussion which the heavy
shoe necessitates lighter shoe than
that with which the heaviest horses
are shod. would be better.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
cars orHsn, in the Summer.

Try to keep the hens cool FOR very
hot weather is not good laying Wrath'
er. The hot hours should be passed
by the hens unaer shade. If hens
are confined give them plenty of green
grass or tops of vegetables. Do not
stint the poultry on pure cold water
Fowls need water even when they
have plenty of milk. Do not feel
much corn meal In very hot weather.
When hens are laying they need plenty
sot flood, Laying does mot indicate
health for even a sick hen win lay In
the. spring. When hens have been lay
ing all winter, they should have rest
in the spring, If they can be made to
take it. .Kale is excellent for poultry.
Breeders should test the fertility Of
every egg before sending it out When
chicks become chilled they will have
bowel trouble.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Now WAY of Branding.

IS Almost any humane person would
be glad to know of some way OF
branding which would not be so cruel
assmany Of the IA methods. 1t seems
that Walter A. Cameron of Stacy,
Mont, has invented an instrument to
be used with an indelible fluid instead
of burning. It would seem that it
would be an effective and permanent
marking and probably as convenient,
or more 30 than most Of the old meth
DDS.
The branding instrument, as dc
seribed by the Scientific American.
consists Of two levers pisoted together
and provided with jaws. On the low
er Jaw soft metal impression block
is secured, and ON the upper jaw q
block is carried, having a chamber
communicating by means Of tube
with reservoir containing the indeli.
ble fluid. The tube incloses o plunger
operated from the uppes lever and 10
provided With Iasegai ports at !ss uSpas
Sas .awsg aaasl ghb iswes pssts per-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
A Novelty In Furniture.

Another piece Of furniture has at
Inst been added tp mademoiselles
pretty bedroom. It finds its way to
the chamber of the mntron also. 1t Is
known as the shirt waist box, and Is
a handsome addition to the room. he-
sides being extremely useful. 1T is n
capacious box fitted with brass hlnses
and lids, but has no lock or key. II 10
about three quarters Of a yard III
length, stands half yard Digh' ano ~
of about that breadth. 1t Is covered
with pretty cretonne, pink or pl"e
flowered with dog wood blossoms OF
some other pretty design. 1t is neauy
lined to match.
You cum have your shirt waist box
covered to match the upholstery OF
your room.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Growing Crops In nm Orchard.

The disadvantage of having grass
or growing crops in an orchard is not
entirely due to the chance Of the crops
robbing the soil of fertility needed by
the trees. If it was it would be eaSl-
ly remedied by the manure applied to
the hoed crops, Of which the trees
would get their share, or by turning
sheep into the orchard to eat the grass
and the fallen wormy fruit, who would
enrich the soil by their droppiugs. But
the greater trouble comes from the
summer and inll droughts when tive
trees need oil the moisture to perfect
their fruit If the grass or other sur
face crop takes it there will be large
amount of fruit fall which might have
been saved If there had been moisture
enough to carry it through to matu-
rity. Where water can be supplied by
irrigation this difficulty is net as
great
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
BIr rhunder,s cnnoa Trip.

Big Thunder of the PenobScot tribe
Of Indians on Old Town Island Is pre-
pairing to take 3OOO-mlle canoe trip
to see the Great White Father at
Washington. Big Thunder Is 80
years old, but he is strong and active,
and declares he cannot fail in his en-
terprse. Peter Nicola, an Indian Of
strong frame and In his prime, will
accompany Big Thunder, and together
they will float down the Penobseot to
the Big Water, and follow down the
coast to the home Of the Great White
Chief. 80,
Their canoe will be of special con-
struction. and built from the coat Of
the silver birch. The canoe will un-
doubtedly have to go 5000 miles in
order to reach her destination. as tile
Indians will follow the shore closely.
Big Thunder and Peter Nicola will
live on fish which they will catch on
the way.-Bangor (Me.) Correspond
ence, st. Louis Republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Some Wonderful WoundA

Quartermaster Sergeant Johnson.
Second Beds, writes from Bloemfon'
tein: 81 went to see Sergeant Shin
mans in the hospital here. A bullet
hit him on the outside Of the knee,
passed out at the top, slightly graz.
ing the kneecap, and then again passed
through the knee on the left side and
through the thigh Of the left leg, SO
that one bullet made six holes, but did
not damage any bones seriously. Some
Of the other men In our regiment have
had really marvellous escapes. One
man was shot in the left side Of the
head, the bullet passing out at the
front, just above the ball Of the eye
and without hurting the eye at all. An
other man was shot through the body,
just above the heart. and was appar'
emily none the worse, except for hola
through his chest.-London Leaoer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Comnacf Retidora.

Not only the bedding plants that are
we'll started into growth when trans
planted to their summer borders, put
especially the annuals, will DE vastly
improved IL they have q systematic
"pinching back" at this season. tiow-
er beds are often noticed which are
too large for the number of plants
placed in them; this gives bare un-
pleasant appearance to the beds until
late in the summer when the plants
have thrown out enough branches 70
cover up the spaces. A smaller Deo
moderately close and compact is much
more satisfactory and effective.
A great deal can be done however,
to improve a bed that appears slightly
bare at first, by slightly pinching back.
BY pinching out the tiny leaves and
centre of each shoot mot tnking OH
slips. the plants will soon throw out
new branches; and when these new
branches attain two Inches or less In
length they may also In turn De
pinched out. and in this way each
plant will become quite bushy and
cover more space.
To keep up vigorous growth give the
beds a top-dressing Of fine manure,
which will also act as a mulch to the
plants and be of great benefit to them.
Do not let the soil become hard; 1t
should be stirred frequently to keep
the plants in good growing condition.
and with this slight care the bedding
plants will soon become compact and
filled with blooming branches that will
keep up a continual display Of summer
and fall bloom.
To be successful with the summer
bloomers practical common sense Will
be more satisfactory thnn all the luck
theories. Many professed lovers OF
flowers cling to the fallacy that sue
cess in the culture Of plants Is purely
a matter of "luck." They think that
flowers always grow for some folks
while others "never have bit OF luck
with them. This theory should be -x-
oloded ms speedily MS possible. 1t has
no Foundation, in fact, it Is purely faf-
locious. Luck rarely has any part IN
the successes Of life. and it has little
to do with success In the culture OF
flowers. suceess in this direction Is n
ouestion OF unceasinR watchfulness.
industry and information, with mix
ture Of common sense.
As men do not grow figs of thistlfs,
nor gather grapes Of thorns, neither DO
they grow flowers Of weeds, nor gather
bououets among the sticks and stones
Of an uncared flower garden.-Ph'l'
adelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Tho chlldren,a Inncheon.

The preparation Of the school luh'
cheon basket should occupy more time
or atleast more Thought, thanit usually
does. 1t is impossible for little ones to-
attend properly to their studies If they
lack substantial and appetizing food.'
There are any number Of dainty, ap-
petizing sandwiches to be made from
leftovers. Preserved fruit, chopped
and mixed with teaspoouful Of sweet
cream, is an excellent filling FOR u
sandwich. A scnnt tenspoonful OF
mayonnaise spread upon bread and
butter, with flaked fish left from the
breakfast table is delicious. Mayon.
naise cnn also be mixed with chopped
chicken or cold lamb. with @ Dit OF
chopped celery added. Cream cheese
mixed with chopped nuts makes one OF
the best kinds of sandwich filling.
When there are desserts to be made
puddings. custards or pies-one Dakeo
In small dish will serve as dessert
for the little students luncheon. :.
Fruit is always desirable.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
CURIOSITY or THE CHINESE.
tiarishlps European Woman Encountered
In the Empire.

The eyes Of the world are upon China
ut the present writing, which makes
timely the appearance Of work by
Mrs. j. F. Bishop on "The Yangtze
Valley and Beyond" which embodies
the persona experiences Of the writer
in the Celestial Empire.
&rs. Bishop for the most part trav-,
eled alone, save for few natives, and
on several occasions nearly lost her
life &c the hands Of violent mobs who
had never seen European. The hard
ships she endured from the curious
crowds she thus describes:
IL sat In my chair In the village
Street the Unwilling center of a large
and very dirty crowd, which had
leisure to stand around me for an hour,
staring, muking remarks, laughing at
my pecuudritles, pressing closer and
closer till there was hardly air to
breathe, taking out my hairplns and
passing my glove round and putting
them on their dirty hands, and on two
occasions abstracting my spoon and
slipping it into their sleeves, being In
no way abashed when they were de-
fected. ;. The crowd which always
gathered during my passage down the
street rolled In at the doorway, block
ing up the yard, shouting, oftentimes
hootlng, and fighting each other for
d look at the foreigner. Fortunately
doors III Chinese inns have strong
wooden bolts, and when my baggage
and / were once ensconced I was &C.
cure from intrusion. unless few men
and boys ran on ahead to take poses-
sion Of the room before I entered 1t
or forced themselves in behind Be-
dlen when be brought In my dinner
If it were merely q boarded wall, q
row of patient eyes usually watched
me for an hour, and with much graft
fcation, for these rooms are dark With
the door shut, and my candle revealed
my barbarian proceedings. But worse
than this was the slow scraping OF
holes in the plaster partition, when
next, accompanied by the peculiarly
Irritating sound Of whispering and
eventually by the application Of O suc-
cession of eyes to the hole, more
whispering and some giggling.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Recipes.

.
Chop six onions, boil 20 minutes IN
q. pint of salted water, drain, ana Put
in bowl with tcaspoonrul OF pepper.
Stir together, put in spoontuls on NOT
buttered toast and garnish Win slAces
of hard boiled egg. :
Roast Ducklings-Draw clean and
singe n pair Of young ducks fut q
teaspoonful of butter inside OF eaCh
one; put in a baking pan, add halr a
cupful of water and teaspoonfui OF
salt; set In a hot oven for a halr-nour
and baste every ten minutes.
Dixie Foam-Two cupfuls OF thlcK
cream whipped stiff and seasoned wilh
one cupful of powdered sugar and ONE
half teaspoonful of extract of almonds.
Beat into it six slices of pineapple cut
into small pieces and half a pound
of stoned California cherries. Serve
with lady fingers or waters.
Green Pens n la Duchesse-Pare and
boil six large potatoes; mash them fine.
Add one teaspoonful of salt, two table,
spoonfuls of soft butter, yolks Of three
eggs, four tablespoonfuls of grated
cheese and two tablespoonful Of
cream; mold into oblong pockets or
cases, brush with egg md bake
brown. Fill the cases with hot cooked
creamed or buttered green peas which
have been previously seasoned. Serve
warm in a folded napkin. Delicious.
Tomato Jelly Salad-To one pint Of
the Juice drained from canned tomu-
toes add half teaspoon of salt and
fourth one of pepper, tcaspoontul or
chopped onion and two cloves, anu
cook slowly for quarter OF an hour.
Add half box of gelatin soaked In q
little cold water, stir, take from the
fire and strain into q border mold
rinsed out In cold water. When the
Jelly is solid turn 1t out on n platter.
With the scallops mix half cup Of
mayonnaise and pour In the center.
Old Fashioned Gingerbread-Tom make
good gingerbread first in
sist upon having dark molasses. Being
provided with the proper kind Of mo-
lasses, the recipe given below should
be carefully followed, and the material
mixed in the order stated: One cup
of molasses, one-fourth teaspoonful
of salt. one teaspoonful ginger, one
half cup of butter, softened Qess II
cream is used); one cup sour milk or
cream. three cups pastry flour Cess Of
any. new process -four, one full. not
heaping. teaspoonful Of soda dissolved
in hot water; bake in one large or two
medium-sized loaf tins about 40
minuteR
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
Why DO You Scratch 7

When you can cure yourself for fifty
cents? All skin diseases, such as letter,
salt rheum, ringworm, eczema, etc., can
be surely cured by an ointment called
Tetterine. Any number of testimonials
shown for the asking. Nothing else is
as good. Unless your druggist has it,
send 50c. in stamps to the manufactu-
rer, j. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga,
for box postpaid.