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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15
SAVE YOUR OWN SEED.

| very lew farmers appreciate the lIIl-
portancc OF selecting and saving their
own seed for next years planting.
lhcy uo not realize how much depends
| upon this. Often two men on ad Join
ing farms do about the same amount
OF work and plant about the same mum =
Der of acres and one will gather very
much larger crops than the other,
simply because he used better seed.
We have in mind farmer who SOwcd
largely of wheat one year ago. His
land was much the same quality. He
prepared it all alike. lie spent as much
upon one acre as another. But he
sowcd about nnc-third in one variety
of wheat and the twO-thirdS in another.
The seed upon the smaller acreage
were better. The result was that he
made us much upon the One-third as up
on the two-thirds. But the cost was only
Onc-halr as much. SO that the profits
were mOlc than LOublc.
If he had used the best seed upon
all his crop he would now be about
five hundrrd dollars better of. That
means that he had lost five hundred
dollars by using an inferior seed. But
even his inferior seed had been saved
with care and we'll sUwcd and that part
many Of lns nvlyhbors. II all the
community had sowcd tue better
variety of seed the resulting crop
would have brought many thousands
of dollars into that community for this
single crop. This is only one instance.
| There arc thousands more like it all
over the country.
The same truth applies to every
clop we try to grow. The best seed
are the cheapest seed and the best
farming can never hr done with sorry
seed. Get the very best, and then
save your OWN seed with the very best
care You can "ivr them. You can
make no worse mistake than planting
inferior seed hrrHli,r they are cheaper.
Ayain we have wondered WHY our
farmers are So careless about taking
care ui their seed. Why they continue
from year to year to buy seed. Every
farmer could and should save his own
cat seed. but we see millions of
bushels OF oat seed bought 10y farmers
every year. We can all save our lrisl,
potato seed. But this is a large and
increasing trade throughout the South
Many actually believe that IRISH pota
toes grown North Will make bette,
crops than those We grow here. Thi.
Is great mistake Try it and 80,
will soon hr convinced. They rcall,
become Acr,imAtcd and make laruel
and better crops than shipped seed.
OF course II Is some trouble to say,
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

MIR. Herbert Putnam, librarian of
Congress, who has returned from his
visit TO- Europe in search of books.
spent ST. 900 for volumes needed by
the institution of which he is a. the
head. Tie visited all the principal
cities Of England and the continent
and rummagcd through dark, dusty
secondhand stores, besides examining
the stocks of tic lirst-class book dealers:
The Arizona Indians have pecu.
liar and effective way of branding an
lmals. The brand is made Of steel,
with knife edge. 1t is fixed on the
head OF an arrow, and shot with a bow
at the animal to be branded with such
force that it cuts the mark in the hide.
When the wound heals it leaves a scar,
which !cc!;s as though burned with Il
branding iron.
The principal cotton mills IN China
are those: at :. Shanghai. They, now
number eight, ;and have 273 600 spin
dies and $3.50 looms. AT Nngpo there
IS one; mill at work, with II ,OUO spiu-
dies, and, at 'lIankow There are two.
with 10000 and $4,000 srindIcs re-
spcctivcly. .' f.. 49,.
: Rub lamp chimncys with newspapers
on which. has been; poured a little kero-
scnc. This will make them much
clearer than if soap is used; thew will
also be less liable TO crack. -
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15
FEEDING RICE MEAL.

The following bulletin is from the
dairy division of the South Carolina
experiment station at Clemson College.
:. G.:
Rice meal is used quite extensively
III the lowe: part Of the State us stock
food and as no data could be found as
to lis feeding value it was thought best
to make Il test Of it,
The results of feeding rice meal
with milk to pigs are gwen in bulletin
No. 80 Of which the following is ;
summary.
When fed With skim milk rice mca
has feeding value equal to that o
corn meal.
Pigs six months old made an aver
age gain of 1.72 pounds per day for 81
days when fed on rice meal AMI SKIN
milk at the ratio Of one pornd of mea
| 10 four pounds of milk. The lot fed or
corn meal and skim milk at the same
ratio made an average gam of Is,
pounds per head per day for 81 days.
1t took lis pounds of rice meal and
9.?l pounds Of skim milk to make one
pound OF gain.
1t took POI pounds Of corn meal and
l0.2S pounds of skim milk to make ono
pound OF gain.
One pound of gain cost :i.Si cents
when rice meal was fed and I g.; cents
when corn meal was fed. the price of
corn meal being so per ton and rice
meal SD per ton.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15
PAPER FROM COTTON SEED
IIULLS. -

TO an Atlanta man belongs the dis
| tinctlon of having discovered q pro-
cess by which the common cotton seed
hulls can be made into paper at about
One-half the cost of the manufacture
from wood pulp. The inventor is
Robert Thomas, formerly superintcn-
dent of the Glendale paper mills, Il
large plant owned by S. Nj. Inman and
Col. W. A. llcmphill. Mr.. Thomas IS
at present Il resident Of New York city -,
and has already interested several we'll
known capitalists in the enterprise with
the result that Il s. 200, 900 company
IS to be organized in Trenton, n. }. .,
Tor the purpose of erecting large plants
in various parts of the cotton belt.
1T is expected that Mr.. Thomas's
discovery Will GU, the present price of
paper in half. According TO the in
vcntor himself this latest consumma-
ton of the cotton seed hull about cx.
hausts the use of the cotton plant. The
cotton itself Is used IN making cloth, il
| line oil is extracted from the seed,
which is used in Europe il place of
olive oil, the hulls have been used for
STOCK iced, and even the stalks of the
plant have been utilized.
| MIR. Thomas was for many years in
the paper maxim" business in the South
ana lew months ago, while operating
small mill in Florida, he learned the
chemical action which will reduce the
cotton seed hulls to pulp. Realizing
at once that he had made IN important
discovery, he disposed Of his plant and
devoted the entire proceeds of the sale
III purchasing machinery with which
to prosecute his experiments. The
cost OF producin" the new pulp will be
about onc-half the cost of manufacture
ing the wood pulp. Its tensile strength
Is said TO be very much greater than
wood fiber, which will make it invau-
able Tor bags and wrapping paper.
In an interview with an Atlanta
friend MIR. Thomas tells of his dis
covcry rs follows 9" have discover
ed method Of converting the common
cotton seed hulls into Il fine paper
fiber suitable for making writing paper
Of a high grade. Now this discovery
winds IN lhc cotton crop product com.
plclcly, and gives everything Il market
value. Now. rs large sums OF money
cannot Hc raised IN the South, came
on TO New ork city TO look for capi-
tai, and | have been very successful,
having about reached the point OF
organizing Il s. ,O0u,0 SEQ company fer
the purpose Of erecting large plants in
tn" cotton belt Of the South Iiiuntu
t"a>'ih tiDa. ::
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15
"ulTCH YOUR WAGON no \
STAR.n. e

That is, have Il high ideal in all your
work, and ontinually be; wotking to-
wards it. . You may not attain to
your ideal, but you will be Il better
farmer, better: man and q better
citizen if you arc always striving to-
wards improvement. Improvement in
stock and the buildings for their COM
fort, Improvement in seed and, crops.
and OF course, improvement in the
land itself and in. ali the processes
needed for the cultivation of the soil.
The season Is near at hand when the
farmer Will have an opportunity to
review the season just past and TO
note wherein he has failed and the
cause OF the failure, TO study his sue
ccsscS and the methods that led to
them, and can thus be IN better con-
dition TO plan for the future season.
llan to have moro of the successes and
fewer of the failures. If the season
has taught you The reason for your not
getting better results with a certain
crop, do not let the lesson be lost.
II every farmer could keep brief
notes OF every days operations on the
farm in Il brief and compact shane, he
would have at the close Of the season
a mass of hints for the future. 1t is
the men who plan most in advance
who make the greatest successes, and
are never behind hand. Determine
now that during the wiu,cr. vOu will
study more than ever, and that you
will use less gucsswork. IN ,ypur farm
ing. There lsi nothing, like. .reslucing
f,N, ,,,ii, /
measure. and weigh cS,py,hing.
If you: do: not know the exact
aontcnd Of every. one .sf yelr fields,
measurc" Them. accurately when you
have leisure Drfll mea$urn' iii seed :
i!ngg wheat and thres.hcr. messure in
storing the crop do not xlvaIyou an
ACCURATE knowledge of tho size of your
fields or the number, or. hIs4sCAs you
can sell OF the crop ''. .i',v.
Study the feeding: of your,Anlmals
ahd prepare ratlons' that> als, best
adapted to the needs of each land try
[" compound the ratlons with some
degree Of accuracy. Weigh your milk
ana 40 not credit Il cow with a lot of
foam and call it quarts of milk, Not
only weigh the milk of each COW, but
test It's quality with the Babcock
machine, and see whether that COW is
paying for her feed. Put a high ideal
before you for the COWS to come up
to as well as for every other animal
kept, and all that are not approachinu
the ideal get rid of as soon as possible
Set a high ideal on the farm hands and
treat those well who try to come up to
your ideal of what a farm should be.
The man who comes up to your ideal
Is worth far better pay than the com-
mon run Of men. In word, weed
out lntcriority on the farm and take
the best care of the developing ones
from the farm hand down to the pig.
$50 shall your barns be filled with
plenty. .'--Iractic0l Kramer.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

"Thcrc are very few Southern farm.
crs who know how their lands should
he treated" says the Savannah Nec$
g The trouble with them is that they
are cTcry year so anxious to raise q
big crop of cotton that they give all
their timc:and devote all Of the land to
cotton. Thcy work hard cultivating a
hundred or more acres under unsatis-
factory conditions, and do not get as
much in rctarn as they would from
onc-lifth the number. OF properly cult.
waited acres. in ,limo they will come
to the conclusion probably that it is
better to treat their land so that 1t will
yield from one to two bales of cotton
to the acre instead Of one bale to three
acres
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15
A new use has been found for

"A new use has been found for
glass, says the Scientific American.
IT consists in packing butter IN Il box
made of six sheets of ordinary window
glass, the edges being covered with
gummcd paper. The closed box is
then cnvcloped in layer Of plaster Of
Paris onc-fourth of an inch thick, and
1t is covered with Il specially prepared
paper. AS the plaster is bad con-
ductor of heat, the temperature inside
the hermctlcally sealed receptacle re-
mans constant, being unaffected by
external changes. The cost of packing
is only about &c per pound. IL is used
to great extent in Aust:alla. Butter
has been sent from Melbourne TO KIM
bcrley, in Africa, and the butter was
found to be in a perfectly sound con-
dition. Cases are now made winch
hold as much as 200 pounds OF butter.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15


''On ,tAc new, locomotives of the Den
yer and Rio Grandc railway nozzles
have been placed on. the roofs of the
Cars pointing at the rear of the tender
and the platform of the front end Of
the baggage car. These connect to the
hot water Of the boiler through cock
convenient TO the engine driver or the
fireman, who can instantly send q let
of mixed steam or boiling water, at 200
pounds pressure, that would effectively
kill anybody happening to be in. its
range. The jet is for protection against
train robbers.
The silver market has shown an up
ward tendency during the past few
days. Bar silver is now quoted at
about G5 cents per ounce. This would
make the commercial ratio Of silver to
gold about 81 to |, and the value of
the bullion III the silver dollar about
81 cents. rhc New York Herald saws
that the resumption of silver coinage in
India is the chief cause of the rise in
the white metal. The price is now
higher than it has been in four years.
The official announcement of the
total population Of the United States
for 1900 is 7G ,295 ,220, of which 7l,527,-
007 are contained IN the Ij States
representing approximately the pop
ulation to be used for apportlonmcnt
purposes. There is total Of 1874 1853
Indians not taxed. The population in
1890 was G3,050,75G, which shows a
gain Of 1925 AGA. The population of
south Carolina is ,340,3l2 as compar-
cd with l ,14l ,140 in 1890.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

The care of thousands Of dollars
worth OF railroad property dcvolvcs
upon Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Rc,cKc, of
'al'orhla. Thcy arc in charge of a
NlSnal station ON The brow o. a lofty
peak IN the Sierra Nevada Mountains
Whcrc they keep sharp lookout, field
glass IN hand, Tor fires which NIGH,
hrcak out III the snow sheds that skirt
The railroad through the Rocky wills
II Il small flame should pass unno,iccf
for an hour The whole chain uf she'd
might be consumed and the tracks en-
dangcrcd. The woman watches D.
day and her husband by night
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

. Practical education Is needed on the
farm, bus it sconis to require n long
time for Southern farmers to.sproGt bV
their own experience, without saving
what they might do with thc atlvahtaac
Of using tie experience Of, Others.
Deep piowing has; been urged for many
years upon the farmers of. thi4 Section
but comparatively few arc really en-
gagged in this mcthodof bchelttng their
land and protecting their crGps~from
drought. The SouMe,w Ctgjti6utor
makes an excellent point Of p;resent
interest as follows: "The: present
short crop uf cotton is largely due to
the ignorance of the cotton" farmers.
Cotton requires a great quantity of
water when taking on its fruit. If we
had plowcd our land last fall SO deep
that the heavy spring rains would have
gone down. into the subsOil instead OF
into the creeks and rivers, then when
the dry weather Of August came, plenty
of water would have been at hand and
Ae shgd!Hng. WOULD. have been prevent
I'd and a heavy top crop would now be
on hand. Our ignorance prevented us
from proper preparation, hence the
shedding and tho light crop"
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

The expedition sent to Cuba bv
the Smithsonian Institute TO collect
animals and plants has returned
loaded down with specimens and with
tales OF adventure more strange than
the curiositIc> they brought with them.
Among other strange animal ccics
they claim to have captured rats three
feet long Qncluding the taiD and
weighing eighteen pounds. The hun.
cry advcn.urcrs ate these animals and
found them to be a delicious dish.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

In the early years Of the political
history of this country it was customary
to choose as the president the candidate
getting tho highest number of electoral
votes and to make the candidate
CASUALLY of the opposite party) who got
the second largest number of votes
vice president. This plan was adhered
to until 1924, when the present system
of popular votes for presidential
electors was inaugurated.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15
VIRTUE IN NUT DIET.
SCIENTISTS INVESTIGATE TIE VALUE
or A CHEAP ARTICLE or DIET.

or A CHEAP ARTICLE or DIET.
Uncle Sam has in his employed at
the present time II corps of scientific
experts whose business il Is to study
| foods and to advise American house
wives as to The most economical mode
of lilling the family market basket.
cost and nourishmcnt being Jointly
| considered.
These dictctic sharps, says the New
York Herald, are anxious to persuade
| the people to eat more nuts, which,
while approaching the grains in food
value, are decidedly cheap, or, in the
case Of some kinds, would soon become
SO If attention were paid to cultivate
them.
1t appears that even the nuts we do
eat arc largely fetched from abroad,
though nearly all of them might be
produced very easily in this country.
Dried and shredded cOcoanul is Il
| very important article Of commerce,
| and 4 vast amount of 1t is already used
| IN this country. The meat Of the fresh
| fruit is both palatablc and nutritious,
| while the milk, iced, is most delicious
| drink. Grated, the meat enters into
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The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

There is Il county III Kansas where
there are no physicirns, and druggists
do not make a living. For more than
n year there has not been sick mar,
in the entire county that has not been
cared for and restored to health by
''hcrhs" and other household remedies.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

There are in operation in Mexico
l3l cotton mills.
The prairie chicken, it is pl edicted
will soon become extinct in Kansas.
President Mckinley has appointed
Thursday, 10Th inst, Thanksgiving
Day.
Ordinary sticking plaster makes a
good remedy for cOrns. 1t keeps them
soft and prevents rubbing
Meat has been preserved in frozen
state for 30 years, and found perfectly
catablc at the end of that time.
The highest price paid in green
backs for gold during the civil war was
$2.S5, the quotation for July 1G, 1864.
The report comes from Germany
that many Confederate SO bills have
been passed there recently as Uncle
Sans p omiscs to pay. -.
The cotton industry of the South has
now 4 ,80l 1920 slnndfes in active opera
ton, and during the present year
AS ,497 more VIII be added, :.
Pipe lines have long been in use for
conveying natural gas, petroleum,
ETC., and now one is IN orc,ntion in
Utah, for Conveying suS,.r hry; syrup.
The line is % miles fong.
One of the most insrlious bcvcr-
ages consumed in Honolulu is known
as swipcs.' 1t is the native beer Of
Hawaii, and among the many lnorc-
dicnts used in its manufacture arc
sugar, corn, pincappl" root, sliced
pincapplcs, Chine &c ginscr, bran and
Irish potatoes. 1t fcrmcnts after stand
ing four or five daJ ., aud is lhcn ready
for consumption.
From the outbreak IF the contest
with the Beers up to lie end OF Sep
tcmher the actual wal expenditures of
the British government were $50 .OOO,-
600, and the official estimate OF paw
mcnts still to he made :. b lscd on Che
declaration that the war j. ovor-S So,-
100000 more, making a ,olal of $3,U,-
600 900. This is nearly ,jual to the
gross output of the South y Nfrican gold |
mines from their discover 20 ,i,y De.
of the war, period of fifteen
and half years.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

Germany leads all other countries on
tho continent in cotton consumption
with 81 100000, France and Russia
together equalling $05 100000.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-11-15

There are in operation in Mexico
l3i cotton mills.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-14
AT ST. PETER.
State Hospital Guaranteed Because of
Smallpox.

st. Peter Herald: DR.. Bracken, of
the state health department, was in
the city yesterday to investigate the
case of patient committed to the
hospital a week or two ago, and who
afterwards broke out with small pox.
1t seems that the party spoken of above
was picked up as tramp near Lake
Crystal and committed to the Blue
Earth county Jail 1t is probable
that the infection was caught from a
fellow who had the small pox, and
who had escaped from the Winnebago
City authorities to escape quarantine.
AS soon as it was discovered that the
patient had small pox he was removed
at once to the pest house. Although
there is no impending danger, DIR.
Tomlinson thought it best to take
every precautionary measure necessary
and accordingly, DR.. Bracken was
summoned. The hospital and grounds
adjoining were yesterday afternoon
put under quarantine Under existing
circumstances DR. Bracken also
thought it best to allow no committal
until Sept 23d, and so ordered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-14

Guy Empey. of Chat6eld Empey is
a brother of the hack driver Empey
who some years ago was working for
Mr.. Atchison and was the main wit
ness in the Walraven murder case
He claims he has brother working
for the American Express Co. at
Minneapolis. After landing his men
behind the bars, Officer Olmstead went
down and arrested the woman in the
wagon whose name is given as Flossie
Farnsw orth and who is travelling as
the wife of Fred Wood, also taking
wagon and all to the station. When
Officer Olmstead crawled into the
wagon the woman was lying on a
mattress with a rifle beside her. She
did not attempt to use it, however,
and Officer Olmstead took possession of
it. Arriving at the station the wagon
was searched and a lot of martingales,
rowels for harnesses, new towels,
table cloths and a lot of other stuff
was found in the trunk and wagon,
which had evidently been stolen.
After carefully searching the prisoners
they were removed to the county Jail
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-14

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-14
FlOssie FarnswOrth's Story.

Arriving at the county Jail, Flossie
Farnsworth, who is soon to become a
mother, after some inducement told
the authorities of the crime as far as
she knew.
Some time ago young man by the
name of Frank Peterson, who was the
owner of some horses and wagon, was
induced by the party above named to
join them, which he did After ira
yelling around for some time they de-
cided to visit the home of Peterson
which is in Tracy, which they reached
about Aug. 18th. They camped on the
outskirts of the city. On the night of
Aug. IS, while returning from the
city, fight between Wood and Peter
son arose, Wood claiming that Peter
son was paying too much attention to
his so-called wife, FIossie Farnsworth.
Farnsworth told Wood that Peterson
had taken liberties with her and when
the party of men returned from town
the night of Aug. 18th Peterson was
not with them. The horse and wagon
was taken by the men to Peterson's
mother and they told her that Peterson
had gone away and they did not know
which way, and that they would leave
his horse, etc., with her SO that he
could get it when he came back. She
says she did not see the crime com
mitted, but says they were all in it.