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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Tho Hen nn,, Her Cara.

Every keeper vf poultry shoald have
o light, WARM house and one that is
convenient for feeding and caring for
the fowls. 1t should be built in q
warm, sunny place, whore it viii be
protected from the cold winds. Tho
front of the house should be 10 the
south, and it should have windows
enc ..gh to admit plenty OF sunlight, as
the sun will help warm it in the win
ter There should be walk running
the entire length OF the house on
the north side, 80 you can feed
and get the eggs without going
into the pens. The feed boxes and
water tank should be made in the
shape of drawer, SO you can pull
them out and keep the birds from
getting into their feed and drink when
You are feeding and watering. Tie
nests should also be made 80 that they
may be drawn out as you do the feel
boxes. The windows are to be cased,
the same as they are in the house, so
that there will be no cold wind enter
ing. Cold dranghts are sure to make
your birds sick and stop them from
laying in winter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Too Smart a Dog.

It was one evening not long ago
when everybody had been trying to
outdo everybody else in telling of the
wonderful sagacity of animals he had
known. or seen, or heard of that Rev.
DR.. Herrick, o. S. A, retired, told
this story. On any less authority I
confess I should have had my doubts
as to the truth of it, but DR.. Herrick
actually knew the manlto whom the
thing happened. 1t was about dog, of
course. The town, I believe, although
7 am not quite sure, was Atlanta. DR..
Herrick's friend was driving along
Peachtree street when he met the
man who owned the dog, on foot.
DR.. Herrick's friend Immediately
invited him to Jump in and take ride.
The dogs owner said he would go
with great pleasure if he only had his
gloves with him.
"Shall T drive around to your Office
and get them?" asked DR.. Herrick's 8
friend.
80, no." said the other. 'Tll just
send my dog FOR them"
So he called that wonderful dog,
made signs to him, showed him his
hands, and sent the intelligent animal
off to the Office to fetch what was most
frequently in contact with his hands,
his gloves, of course. The dog was
gone only o few minutes. When he
came back he had something in his
mouth, and he was wagging his tail
merrily. He had brought the belt
from the stenographer's waist
Washington Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
MINERS AND MORPHINE.
A Necessary Custom which Is Not PIels.
dnt 70 Bnfein piute;

A Necessary Custom Which Is Not Pislsa
s.s.. dnt to Contemplate.
'sWhen was in the northwest dur-
ing last October, " said gentleman
with some money invested in mines,
81 employed prospector to 60 out
into tile mountains looking for prop
critics which had be n recommended
to me. One day he Was to have gone
from our camp over into very rough
and rocky district, but when evening
came he reportedthat' he hadn't made
the trip"
/" why notT inquired.
"sBecause didn't ha' my NOR
phine with me, he responded in
very matter Of fact manner.
'Morphine?' said I in astoaish-
ment, what has that got to do with
it? You are not morphine fend,
are you?
"'Not rs much of one rs you are
o tenderfoot,' he laughed, and pro-
ceeded to inform me that every pros
pector who knew his business always
CnTrl6Q Will uiul ouOuBu luOt phLuo w
kill man easily, and that lie did SO
In order to end himself quickly in
case Of an accident which would dis
able him fur away from assistance.
There were many instances of pros
pectors falling over cliffs aud cripplins
themselves, or breaking leg in hole
among the rocks, or rendering them
selves helpless in some, other way, aud
death was sure.to follow by starvation
.orfreezing, or in nesssections 2by
being aevoured by wolves or other
wild animals. In order to prevent
such a horrible death as any of these,
the prospector simplifed matters by
always carrying little packet of NOR
phine, which not only quieted the
pain, of the hurt he had sustained, but
put him to sleep pleasantly to wake
no moro On earth. 1t struck me at
first as uncanny,. not to say wicked,
but got over that feeling after mar
row escape or two, ard I carried my
little tin box just like a veteran
would. Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Keep Your Stable Light.

When in darkened stable the iris,
or brownish curtain around the centre
of the eye. expands so rs to admit the
passage of sufficient rays of light for
distinct vision, but on emerging into
the glare of day the same aperture i'm
mediately closes or grows less, q
smaller quantity of light being neces-
sary under these altered circum-
stances. Any person who has felt the
pain and inconvenience of coming
suddenly from dark room into the
full blaze of day will readily conceive
the necessity for lighting stable in
the proper manner. This is too often
neglected in confined stables, and the
consequences are most distressing to
human observer. The poor horse,
led suddenly out to his work, shows
his pain by unmistakable signs, stun
bles, and runs against anything that
may happen to be near, until the eye
has in some degree accommodated it.
self to the rev circumstance under
which it is placed.
Nor is this al. By o continuance
of this change from darkness to sud-
den daylight the eye becomes seriously
injured. The retina, or sensible ner-
vous expansion, becomes deadened
and more or less useless; the horses 8
sight is injured; he starts and SHES at
objects which he sees imperfectly; and
many rider who has received dan
gerous injury has had to thank his in
attention to this simple cause rather
than any vicious habit of the animal,
to which it has been attributed.
Blindness is almost certain to be
caused by inattention to the above
caution; but even blindness itself is
less dangerous to thc rider than i'm
perfect sight. In the first case the
horse is forced to trust entirely to the
bride; but in the latter objects only
half distinguished terrify and startle,
though they would under ordinary
circumstances be passed without
notice. IF. D. Coburn in The Horse
Useful,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
A Northern Publisher With Sense.
From New York Town Topics.]

From New York Town Topics
A society has been formed at Mont
gomery, Ala, with Colonel Francis
G.. Caffey as chairman, that deserves
the cordial commendation and support
of all sections of the country. Itpro'
poses to hold annual conferences to
discuss the race problems of the south.
such as tbs franchise, the education
of the negro, religious work and So
gcial order and equality. The society
has no theories; its directors are d.
vided in opinion upon mosS of the
problems; It invites the fullest and
freest discussion in order. to get at
the truth. I am glad to know that my
lifelong contention, that the southern
people are best fitted by knowledge
and experience to deal with their own
difficulties, Is now conceded. North
ern interference, even with the best
motives. can accomplish nothing,
because of ignorance of the real
conditions. The south must work
out it's own salvation, and l believe
that its people are intelligent and con-
scientious enough to do it grandly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Work of tho Beavers.

A stick of wood cut frornsthe trunk
of small tree by the keen teetlio q
beaver has been presented to tha4free
museum by Joseph Paquet. ItSwill
,e no novelty to such as have fshed
along streams frequented by beavers,
but beavers are becoming acarcenow,
and there are thousands of people in
Portland who have read of how beay-
ers cut down trees, but have never
seen sample of their work, and to
these the stick will be very interest
ing. just how large tree q beaver
or beavers can cut down only aa old
srapper can say, but it is no trick at
all for them to fell an ash OF, alder
tree six inches in diameter, and they
have better luck than the; aysreaS
wood. chopper Ia falling trees 81 tS0
d!rectaoa shey desire;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
mIt cama Ont All Richt.n

The Village blacksmith stood within
the shade of the chestnut tree. His
heart was heavy within him as he be-
walled to the new parson his hard lot.
'Tt is verv different to what it was,
SIR" he said. "It's hard now to get
a living, what with the rise in food
and, worse than NIL, the competition. !"
"You mean the young man who has
recently opened n forge .at the other
end of the village" queried the min
lister.
'Yes, sir.
swell, WE'LL" answered the minis
ter, preparing to take his departure.
"you must go on trusting and hop
ing" and with these words of COM
fort he left.
A few days afterward, passing the
same way, the minister stopped to in
oAire as to how things were going.
This time the blacksmith met him
with a cheerful visage. Things are
looking up" he explained; 81 went
on trusting and hoping, MS you ad
vised, sir, aud it's all right now. The
Young mans deadr'-Judy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04

to 20 about with hoods on SO they;
could Not see, and to be shut up in
dark places without food or water for
a week OF more. 1t is not necessary
to resort 10 cruel methods to, break up;
hen that wants to sit says d writer;
in Blooded Stock. What is %ahtea isi
to turn the desire TO sit into the dessIgsst
to lay again. 1t VIII be but little ad-
vantage Ia have them broken from
wanting to sit and have them lay fobhEr..
Oh i've eggs. only TO Sgaih become
brdody, which they Will do if they are
hot cal'ad bf as they should be. The.
Reason for this is that the conditions;
which caused the hen to .become.
broody have not been changed and,
they caunot be changed by feEca.
When hen becomes broedS it meahs.
that the egg producing capacity Of
her system, fol- the time being, has
become exhausted and that resapefriss;.
tion IL needed. The first stop tS aach.
recapetatIon is rest, And Being an IN
dustrions Bird, they feel that they
might as well raise q brood while
Nesting as to fool away their time.
Some animals and birds may he stilnu-i
lated to do that which is not natural
for them, but is it bests 4'he tired
horse muy be urged Oh by the aid of =
whip
Apraetice that il recommended BY
same thoaghtfui Breeders which %iSa
break the HON, and ut the sams time
nave her In a good condition To 60
right to business, is to place one egg
under her, le ting ler sit for one
week, feeding her once III two days
during the time Is If she were really
sitting Uh q whole clutch. But very
little food will be needed on account
Of lack Of exercise. At the close of
the week place her in coop with a
Slated bottom raised n few inches
from the ground, fer couple of days.:
and she Will lose her desire 10 sit and
IN 4 few days will begin laying in
earnest. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
1tems ofInterest to Farmers,


Keep charcoal and salt where the
fattening hogs can have easy accesste
them.
Breed tie young sows so that they
will farrow their young filters in the
spring after the grass has come.
That the hog is filthy animal is
the fault of its owner. Hogs, prefer
cleanly quarters and will take, them
wheA they cah get them.
Only small amount of cornmeai
should be used in feeding the pig, and
it should be combined with other feed
that makes bone and muscle.
Growing pigs must have exercise,
but not TOO much of it, If they run
over, an extensive range they cannot
lie kept in sufficiently good condition
to give the best results.
It takes the least feed from the time
of weaving until the pig is finished
for market if it is kept always in good
condition. If it loses that condition
there must be extra feeding and longer
time to bring him up to it again.
TO raise them proftably the pigs
should be kept in good health aud
continually growing. There is some.
thing wrong in The breeding CT care II
the pig cannot be mnde ready for mar-
ket by the time he is ten months old.
The scraps from the table and
kitchen and vegetable waste, fruit
peelings, etc, should all be utilized
as feeding stuff. The pigs and chick
ems will eat them. and they. furnish a
variety, and the kind of food that is
needed. ~
When the weather Is cold and wet
remember that q portion of the feed is
employed in keeping up the animal
heat, and that consequently more feed
is needed ut such times, Well-shsls
tered, clean, dry, warm quarters.
economist feed. &; 3;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
fho lie as sswea1 Glaxan

In aa address at Sedalia oh shii
renovation by Dr.. d: j Waters, dean
of the Missouri agricultural college, it
was said that the common sweet clover
is not the pernicious, dangerous weed
80 many seem to think. 1t eau be
easily killed out by moving twice a
year for two years. he said, aud it is
one of the mest valuable soil renoyat-
ors knewa, 1t will grow and thrive
on land too poor to grow clover or
eowpeas, and it is especially suited to
build up the millions Of acres Of nihty
hDIs that are now. absolute waste,
growing up In brush. Experiments
made at Columbia show that in this
quality of soil sweet clover is more
Valuable than thu ordinary clover,
After fes years of sweet clever, saeh
soil is built mp to point where It will
grow other reaosaeefs. In such lands
1t can hs easily seeded aud will
smetber other weeds, and in addition
it will furnish as by-product large
quantities of honey.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
klhney Id Lnllablss.

A hew industry is that of lullaby
singing. Young women who Pc stu71'-
Ing vocal music very often turn Their
growing talent to small account, !"
least, by going to nurseries two or
three times a week to sing to the chill
dren at bedtime hour soft, grooming
lullabies. 1t is in households, Of course,
where the mother has no singing voice,
and who believes in the influence of
sweet and correct singing on the de.
veloping ear of the child. This may
seem the 'eSaggeration OF detail, but
) in these days 1t is the trifes that are
considered in their bearing upon the
large results.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04

"Gonel' Amt Ksturah laid down
the spool of silk she was examining.
.sI hope she's not i'll. That cough
sounded to me exactly like consunp-
sion.t
ssI don't know whether she is i'll or
not, said she. 'tBut it wasn't on
account Of i'll health she left. She
vas discharged for tearing q lace fan
Ia point lace; over white satin, worth
S25. She was compelled to pay the
full YAlue besides. Mr.. Balcombe is
7ery particular about such things"
Ellan Pur1, 9 coleretl deeply.
"B,lt are they quito certain that
she dsd tear it?'' asked Ellen.
"Oa, she denied it, of course" said
the girl. "They always do. But she
was responsible for the goods under
her charge. of course-aud if she
didn't tear it who did9 That's the
question.
''I can tell you" said Ellen Purple.
quietly; 'I did,"
"You, miss!" The girl looked at
Ellen as if she thought her partially
insane. Aunt keturah was almost
equally amazed.
"My dear child" said she 81 don't
think yon know what you are say
ing"
'.Yes, do" said Ellen, peremp-
torily. She has allowed herself
through lack of moral courage, to fall
into an error whose consequences
were more serious than she had
imagined, and she was determined to
redress it as far as possible, 81 was
looking at.that fan q week ago." she
went on, "and through my careless
ness in shutting it one of the sticks
tore the lace. Where is Mr.. Bal
comhe? I must explain matters to
him. If anyone should roy the s25
it is I. And Miss Lowe must have
her place again"
"Quite Impossible, miss-the latter,
I mean." said the pert girl. "Her
place is filled. There is always plenty
Of. girls glad to get in here"
Ellen wrung her hands.
''Oh, auntie!" said she, "wIat shall
do? How shall! undo the. mischief
I have wrought?"
Aunt Keturah turned to the shop
. girl.
Cant you give me her adlressp''
said she ''We can at least go and
see heg'
And the apshot of the interview va.
THAT Eliza Lowe was engaged as seam
stress and companion to comfortable
Aunt Keturah at a salary that seemed
truly regal to hor. Mr.. Balcomb be
sent stiff note of apology, inclosing
o check for. .S25. which was duly made
good by Miss Purple-and Eliza
thought the millennium was at hand.
And Ellen Purple carried the point
lace fan, skillfully mended by an old
woman who made such needle-lore her
business, at her wedding with Fir.
Middleton
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
IN AN APzlcor ORCHARD.
How the Fruit Is Gathered, pFiod md
Prepared for Mar&eh

now the ErutC lS SutNeredS Dffod nnd
Prepared for Mar*eh
As soon as an orchard of apricots
comes into bearing, Advertisements
are inserted in the newspapers of ad-
joining towns for women and girls.
Thousands OF women leave their
domestic duties, taking with them
their families, to engage actively in
the sheds of the ranches, cutting the
fruit for drying, after the men have
collected it from the trees.
Sometimes 500 people will be en-
gagged upon o large orchard. Rules
and regulations are laid down for their
conduct; the women and girls sleep
in the tents provided at low rental
by the management, and either cook
for themselves or board with what
would be termed in. railroal circles q
boarding boss. The men, not so
many, occupy some distant part of
the orchard. The sole requisite being
the ability to pick and cut fruit, an
aggregation OF humanity representing
all classes of society, from the inn
pecunious English family with cult
waited manners and aristocratic connec-
tons to the nondescript who travels
from town to town in search of en-
ployment, is collected together in
industrious activity for the revenue to
be derived.
Each woman has small tray in
front of her, and, after cutting the
fruit with knife, she lays it open on
the tray. Each tray lis furnished with
raised end; when five are filled they
are piled up, and the operator shouts
''Tray!" whereupon an attendant ap-
proaches, punches o ticket with which
she has been previously furnished, and
takes the five trays to the sulphur
house.
The women are paid 10 cents boz,
each box containing 60 pounds of
fruit. All fruit has to be placed in
the sulphur house for several hours
for the purpose Of bleaching it, or
causing it to retain its natural color,
as we'll as to destroy all insect life that
may remain, otherwise the sun would
cause it to turn black. The trays are
then carried out and placed upon the
ground under the steady rays of the
glorious California sun. Should
clouds be hanging over, the trays are
placed one above the other until tbat
great purifier and dries of the uni
verse, old Sol, makes his appearance.
The fruit requires from three to
seven days to dry. At the end of this
time men go out into the orchard with
what are called "sweat-boxes. and
scrape from the trays all the fruit into
these boxes, in which it is left until
fully dried.
Finally it is hauled to the store
houses and piled up in heaps, perhaps
10 feet high, awaiting the eye of the
critical buyer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
The curran, Worm Giving Trouble.

A correspondent from California
writes saying that last spring her
gooseberries had small worms or in.
sects inside before they were ripe and
asks for remedy. The worm is no
doubt the one known rs the cdrlant
worm, which attacks currahts as Well
MS gooseberries, AS remedy use
about an ounce OF hellsbore to three
gallons Of water aad spray the plants
literally With the mixture. This treat
ment is pretty sure to accomplish all
that is required of it.-New York
Weekly Witness,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Breakinr mn sItters.

Some find the breaking up of sitting
hens very difficult thing to do, and
they really think they have to torture
the hen in order to make her abandon
her desire to brood. We have known
poultry men and women to duck the
hens In water several times and then
turn then ieosej have kHoWn the hens
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Trade SecretR.

First Shoe Observation-Disclosures is
poor. Why, I marked my stock down
to half price, and then. didn't sell any
thing"
secuad Shoe Merchant-"You're
foolish. I marked my stock down to
half sizes, and cold everything in the
house. Baltimore American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Ha FellTnto the Tran.

Wife did you mail that letter I
gave you; this morning2'
Husband -Of course; ], did!
Wife-.SEow pr6Fokingl I WANTED to
aasband {produSing the, letter.
Well, here it is. Why didn't you tell
NE that in the first placer
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
A Bargain.

May-How on earth did you come
to accept him'
Fay--oh, he,looked so cheap when
b. proposed ! couldn't help taking
himl-Ph!ladelphia Prosu.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04

Fer FARM AND GARDEN,
Grain for the Sheep.

Some breeders do not feed grain to
their ewes except at breeding time,
but there is hardly a doubt but what
farmer would gain financially in the
end by feeding it in small quantities.
all tho time. If yea use corn Aere
would not be much loss, and Certainly
time saved, hy feediAs it in the ear,
for it is claimed by great mahy What
It does not pay to grind tie grain fed
to sheep.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Nature As nm Inkmaker.

In Algeria there is rirer of ink. 1t Is
formed by the union Of two streams, one
coming from region of iron ore, the other
drain ng n peat swamp. The water OF the
former Is ifnpregnated With iron. that of the
latter With ,llc ncid. When the two mingle,
the acid with the iron for.us II true ink.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Bcn,,ty Us Blood Deep

cIr,.n blood means. clean skin. No
.leapty without It, Oascarets, Candy Gath aS::
tic clean your blood, and kseP 4 cleanii by
stirring up the lazS liver and diving tll iqi;;
Fs5,tsss tfem ths eoa BggipR tsoEdhaa E
eSd ,is sieflA li PiioS s2%plsSoh 81; y ssaElHg asg
fcfsts: :satisfactfon gGaranteed, lbc, &c, 56c
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
A Natural Ambition.

"That Durham is q man of bound
less aspirations. He's only milkman,
md yet he acts as If lie wanted the
earth"
"Nat's natural enough; lie know
it's half water"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
a Bargain.

May-How on earth did you come
to accept himP
Fay-oh, elooked SO cheap when
be proposed couldn't help taking
himt--PhNslelphis Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
po,,ieree No Obstacle.

"Percy Perkins is hunting up ali
his dissreditahle ancestors.
"What for?"
"His idea is to show what fine
fellow he is in spite of them. Chi
caco Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
Si6o Reward. si60.

TIE readers of this paper will be please I'd
learn thnt there is at least one dreaded dis:
ense that science has been able to cure Id al
rure is the only positive GVre how ka3wh tH
the medical fraternity: .CaarEh being aeon:
sti,ht5nai diseese. rcaulfes n, Constitutional
trratnn mr. Hills Cat;trfh CuFe Is Ken Inter:
fnally. acting directlyupoh the blood and mt-
cous surfaces of the sy stem, thereby destroy.
( ing the foundation OF the disease. and giving
the pntient strength hy building up the con;
stitut:on and assisting nature in doing, its
work. The proprietnrs have SO much faith ID
dr"d. Dollar for any ense that it fails to cure.
Send for list OF e,timth'als. Address,
=, F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O. :
Sold by Druggists. T5jc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-04-04
A Hit.

She wrote to him and closed het let
ter with these tneaning words:
'sI remain Gladys Fitzmautice."
q She sighed deepIy as she wiped her
pen upon hef bair. :: o.,
;'How long shall I remain this?''
she asked herself; in much agony OF
spirit. -.
Then she folded the missive and
sealed it with the ancient crest of the
house of Fitzmaurice. Detroit Jour
nal.