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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
An Unpopular Game.

A game that was introduced among
town boys aoout week ago has al
ready become unpopular, despite its
uniqueness. The boys place COM
rade in large bag, and when man
comes along two of the lads are tug
ging at the bag as if in efforts to lift
it and carry it away, while the other
youngsters are out of sight, but on
the watch. The two boys at the bag,
painting as if out of breath, appeal to
the passing man for help, and nine
cases out of ten the reque is COM
piled with. In his anxiety to give
the boys lift the man pluuges right
in and raises the ''boy in the bag" off
the ground. Immediately he is
startled by cries OF murder" and
s.help," which come from the bag and
inform him that he has been made the
victim of boyish prank. In most
cases the victim Joins in the laugh, but
q few nights ago a fatherly-looking
individual upon whom the Joke was
played got his dander up and seized
the kid in the bag, roughly pulled him
forth and then, turning the much
frightened lad across his knee, admin
istered an old-fashiored spanking.
In that neighoorhood the game has
become unpopular recause OF the
difficulty of getting boy to go into
the g.-Philadelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
shallow or Deep cultivation for Corn.

> Shallow or Deep Cultivation for Corn.
! We have been from boyhood be-
lever in shallow cultivation of corn,
eYenSwhen the work was done with q
plow by most farmers. The first cul-
hyator we remember seeing was like a
small spike-toothed harrow with plow
handles attached. It mellowed the
ground to make easy hoeing, and
Killed many weeds when they were
small, which was an inducement to
use it frequently. But we never knew
how much gain there was by the shall
low cultivation. At the Nebraska
experiment station they tested four
cultivators on as many different lots
one of which worked the ground six
inches deep, and the others went three
inches deep. Where the soil was
worked six inches deep the yield was
SO bushels per acre. On the others
one gave 68 bushels per acre and the
other two So bushels each, loss of
about one-seEenth by deep cultiva-
.tion. Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
New Mattress Covers.

Covers for the mattress, which most
housekeepers now consider an essen
tial part of the furnishing of every
bed, are made of strong white muslin
with flap to button over at the foot.
It is better not to use the unbleached
muslin since it is apt to give yellow
tinge to the most snow-white linen.
These covers are great protection to
the mattress, but they require fre-
quent washing, and after being ez-
posed to the dust and dirt all summer
long this is one of the first things
which needs attention when putting G
house in order. The mattresses them
selves should they require making
over can be sent to the upholsterer,
who can generally be prevailed
upon to return them the same
day. Many ladies prefer to employ a
visiting upholsterer to do this work
under their direct supervision, but it
requires room to be given over to
the purpose, which is not always
convenient.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
The Fer.ility That Crops Use.

From table published by Professor
Ormsby upon the manurial value of
farm products, which shows the
amount and value of fertilizing con-
stituents carried away from the soil
by different products, it can be seen
that the farmer who sells ton of hay
sells fertilizing ingredients which, if
purchased in the form of commercial
fertilizers would cost him about SIS. 10;
that if ne sells 1000 pounds of wheat
hs sells an amount of nitrogen, phos
phoric acid and potash which it would
cost him 81. 81 to replace in his soil in
the form of commercial fertilizers.
Or, looking at it from somewhat
different standpoint, farmer who
sells, for example, SO worth of wheat
sells with it about $2.63 worth Of the
fertility of his soil. In other words,
when he receives his $40 this amount
does notirepresent the net receipts of
the transaction, for he has parted
with 50. SO worth of his capital, that
is, of the stored up fertility os his soil,
and if he does not take this into the
account he makes the same mistake
merchant would should he estimate his
profits by the amount of cash which
he received and neglect to take &c
count of stock.
The department of agriculture sug-
gests that tho farmer, instead OF sell
ing of his crops, feed them to live
stock on the farm as far as possible,
eff the business of. stock feeding is
carried to the point where feed is pur-
chased in addition to that grown on
the farm, considerable addition may
Id this way be made 20 the fertility OF
Lie farm at an almost nominal cost,
since it is assumed that feed will not
be bought unless its feeding value will
st,lesst pay its cost.
This cemmendable system of indi-
rect purchase of fertilizers in feeding
stuffs il practiced largely in England
and other European countries, and ac-
counts for no small share of the
srosits of stock-raising in those coun-
tries. Though OF conrse these adynn-
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Tragedy of q ColIarette.

Mice and rats are not to be encour-
aged when they begin to show taste
for fiat life. An uptown woman Wis
tied the shopping district the other
afternoon and carried home with her
collarette that was mostly tails. She
lives in sort of fat where no one
speaks to any one else and, therefore,
one of the other tenants was sur
prised when the next morning early
brought the woman with collarette
to her door.
81 bought this yesterday" said she
in tragic accents, "look at it now."
The rats had eaten away every one
of the big fluffy tails during the night.
Nov York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Marketing the Onion Crop.

The method of selling onions al
harvest time aud deliv ering to the
railroad station direct from the field
has many advantages over that of put
ting them in store for future sales.
Probably most important is that,
when taken from the field, there is no
loss to the grower from shrinkage.
More or less dirt will always adhere
to the bulbs, which, with the outside
skin, comes Off by future handling,
and the onions also lose moisture.
Yet the practice of storing the crop
for winter sales is becoming somewhat
prevalent. Especially is there a dis
position to hold the crop following an
Advancement of prices during the pre-
ceding winter.
The disadvantages which follow
holding the crop are the deprivation
of the use of the money which ready
sale would bring and the risks. These
are several. Perhaps the first to be
cited would be the loss from shrink
age in weight. Much depends upon
the manner in which they are kept,
the place of stora ;e, the temperature
of the storage room, and whether dry,
well ripened and cured when put in
store. If not, they are liable to sprout
Sprouting causes the bulb to- grow
soft aud uumerchantable. If the crop
can be stored in building adapted to
the purpose and kept continually al
most at freezing point, there will be
comparatively little shrinkage. I
would prefer them to become chilled,
or frozen some on the outer edge of
the receptacle in which kept than
stored in a warm cellar. But they
must notbe allowed to freeze and
thaw repeatedly, neither should they
be handled when frozen, but allowed
to thaw out gradually and put upon
the market at once. When frozen
they should be kept in that condition
till wanted for disposal. Some per-
sons keep a part of their crop by stor-
ing in their house cellar, where they
become offensive and disagreeable to
those living i'll rooms above.
Onions intended to be kept for late
sales should be harvested with the
tops uncut. They are much less liable
to grow, as the tops, being usually
free from moisture, will absorb any
moisture that the bulbs may have.
Being dry, they will sustain greater
degree of cold, and will be kept in a
better condition. The tops will have
to be cut when marketed, unless a
sale can be made with tops on, which
is sometimes done when onions are
commanding q good price. There is
yet another risk in holding the crop
WHICH is common to all crops, the dan
ger of depreciation instead of apprecis-
tion in market value. Anyone who
continues to hold any crop after it is
ready. for market, i'll sepse becomes
q speculator, and should take into
consideration the danger of a falling
market. The writer has known in
stances where crops of onions were
kept through the winter and then
found no sale, being finally thrown
away, total loss. Unless farmer
has abundant capital and is able to
bear the loss of part or the whole of
his crop without embarrassment, the
surest way is to sell when he can get
a fair price. John III. Smith in
Orange Judd Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
The wav TO Chop.

A great deal of Indifferent chopping
can be charged to the American chop
ping knife, utensil which is not
often seen in Europe. The chef who
is accomplished in his business ig-
nores the familiar knife and bowl of
our kitchens and chops herbs, minces
meat, and other things which it is
necessary to chop on a board using
his keen bladed cook knife. This
knife is not so heavy as our chopping
knife, and it does not crush as well as
chop, SO that pasty mince is always
the result, unless the chopping knife
is of steel and very sharp. The aver
age chopping knife is dull blade
that cannot be kept sharp. 1t is good
enough for cutting vegetables for
chowchows and similar minces made
of tender,regetables, but it is not q
good article to chop meat with. 1t is
too cumbersome to take out such
large apparatus simply to mince up
few herbs, when this can be easily
done with an ordinary sharp knife,
such as is in continual use in cooking,
and board on which meat or bread
is cut The cooks knife is open to
the same objection as the chopping
knife in cutting meats. 1t does not
cut them esenly; it grinds part of
them to powder before the remainder
of them is minced. The best utensil
for preparing minces of either cooked
or raw meat, or of minces of any
other kind, is meat chopper. This
is similar in its form to sausage
glinder, and grinds whatever is prt
in it in even dice or in fine, even
mince, as is desired. A simple ma
chine of this kind can be taken apart
so it can be thoroughly cleaned and is
valuable addition to the cooking
utensils.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Recipes.

Drawn Butter-Put quarter OF q
pound of butter into dish, rub in
one dessertspoonful OF -four, add five
tablespoonfuls of cold water, place
over pan of boiling water, heat un-
til it begins to simmer, then remove
instantly.
Hot Sweet Cakes--Rub one table,
spoonful of butter and one of lard,
and two OF granulated sugar into one
quart of pastry flour, add one beaten
egg, with sufficient milk to make a
H. int dough. Roll out ABOUT m inch
thick, cut into squares aud bake In
quick oven until done. Split open
and butter before serving.
Satisfy in Onion Sauce -Scrape
eight medium sized ones, rub each
with lemon and drop them in cold wa
ter. Put two pints of boiling water
in stewpan with one Glove, add the
satisfy and cook one hour. In half an
hour add a'lsvel teaspoonful of salt.
Drain off the water, pnt the satisfy in
deep dish and porr over IL an onion
sauce.
Breadcd Sausages-slx small sau-
sages, half pint of dried bread
crumbs, the yolk of one egg, one
tablespoonful milk Beat the yolk OF
m egg, then beat into it the milk.
Prick the sausages with fork and
roll them one by one in the egg, then
in the crumbs. Have fat smoking
hot; arrange in frying basket; cook
ten minutes; drain and serve.
Maple Parfait-Beat the yol OF
four eggs left from the timbales and
add slowly one cup of hot maple
syrup. Cook over the fire until q
uoating is ormed on the spoon. Cool
ana beat in one pint of thick cream,
stity whipped. Turn into mold,
cover with sheet of paper and then
tho cover OF the mold and pack in
equal parts OF ice and salt, keeping
packed four hours before serving.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
A Touching Incident.

Captain Peyton, Of the Manchesters,
.narrates q touching incident Of the bat
tie Of Glands Laagte. Those wounded
inst before dark lay there until 5
o'clock in the morning. One man Of
his regiment remained throughout the
bitterly cold night with his arms
around him to give him such warmth
as was possible from his own body,
both having been drenched by the
heavy rain just before assaulting the
position, with no better covering than
their wet Khaki uniforms.--Lendon
News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Know Your Cow.

A proper daily ration will supply, in
appropriate forms, the protein needed
toform the nitrogenous materials of
the body and the energy required for
heat and muscular work, and proper
feeding standard will call for sufficient
digestib1e protein, fats and carbohy-
.drates per day to meet theseneeds. But
Justywhat,tnese weights should be is q
matter of considerable uncertainty.
Differences in breed and individual
specnliarities of the animals. and in
the food and handling as well as other
conditions known and unknown,
bring it about that the best ration for
one cow may not be the best for an
other The feeder must know his
owsand fit the food to their wants.
Butsin so doing he may be greatly
helped by feeding standards.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Artistic Decorations for Evening Slippers

Artistic Decorations for Evening Slippers
Here is pretty idea for decorating
evening slippers. One of my girl
friends has sent me some patterns and
designs, and says she bought two
pairs of slippe-s-one pink satin pair
and one white kid. The pink satin
ones she has embroidered in gold
thread in large sort of bowknot de-
sign, and she writes me they are ex-
tremely pretty. The white kid slip
pers she painted in l.oppies and green
leaves. This time 1 think I have
struck really practical idea and one
which we can utilize in winter. Edith
Lawrence, in Ladies' Home Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
EAGLEsEYRIF. july 80. 1888.
Curious Stoves of 1ndiann.

The stoves OF the Bolivian Indians
are curious things. "A hole is dug in
the ground about Is inches deep and
a foot square, and over this is built q
roof of clay with holes of different
sizes to receive the various cooking
pots. Roasting is done on spita
passed through the holes, so that the
meat comes out very much smoked un-
less great care is taken to have only
live Goals at the bottom of the oven. S
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
The open Pasture Ditch.

Many q farmer tha Mt would not think
saef having anything but a covered
Sdrain inyhis meado.s or grain field
still keeps the old-fashioned open
ditch in his pasture. Yet the pasture
drain ditchis always nuisance and
frequently source of expense. The
roll of the banks is constantly being
washed by the rains into the bottom,
and in the case of heavy freshets this
washing sometimes amounts to land
slide. The whole line OF the ditch is
disfgured and the owner of the past
nre is put to great deal of expense
in keeping the channel sufficiently
open to allow the water to runlat all.
Weed seeds find it place where
shey can lodge and grow without dis
turbsnce by: the mower, = and, from
which they can in turn send out new
myriads of seeds to resow. the adia-
cent fields. Too often in summer
time stagnant pools collect in these
bitches and the cattle seek them for
drinking purposes. AS they readily
become foul with the droppiugs of
The farm animals and with decaying
gegetation they become amenace both
TO the purity of the milk Of the cows
and to the health of al the farm stock.
Being open, they prevent the pasture
being included in the rotation of
crops, or, at least, make it extremely
$inconvenient, for the reason that the
plow, could not run close to it and it
would become an obstacleto the free
passage Of the teams at all times.
Added to these things is the fact
that it takes out of the pasture con-
siderable aera, and we can readily see
That to put covered drain in it's place
is q wise procedure in almost every
:ase.-Farm, Field and Fireside.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Mornonieun.

This is question that should interest every
one II fs q blot upon our fair land-a symp.
tom ~ governmental ill-health. The right
laws laws would act as speedily upon it as Hostel
ter's stomach Bitters does upon constipation, :,
or dyspepsia. They would quickly clear II II
out and restore healthy purity; ana tnls 10
inst what the Bitters does for the human con.
stitution. 1t makes the stomach strong Dy
curing indigestion, biliousness ana liver
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Re,utv Ia Blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean ekin.,, No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep 1t clean, py
stirring up the lazy liver and drt"ing all Inn,
purities from the body. Begin To-Day &c
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, oiscKneaos
and that sickly bilious complexion py 1eklae
cists. satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, Csc, Soc
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Whiten:n (. Ivory.

Ivory may be whitened by washing
we'll with soap and wa er, and allow
ing it to-dry in the sun. This process
must be repeated for several days. If
the ivory be attached to any heavy
article that cannot readily be moved,
another process is to put thin paste
of lime over it until it turns white.
1t is then dried and polished.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Deafnes, Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the
disensed norton Of the ear. There is Only one
vav 20 cure deafness, and that is by constt,l-
tioi,al remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition OF the mucous lining Of the
EustacAian Tube. When this tube gcts In.
dnmed you have a rumbltng sound or 1mper
feet hearing, and when 1t ts entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the tnllam
nation can be taken out and this tube restored
10 it's normal condition, hearing will DO dc.
sfroyed forever. Nine cases out of ron are
caused by cntsrrh, which ts nothing but an In.
named condition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
cnse of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars, free.
Sold by Druggists, 7bc.
UnIl,s Family Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

France has 20G, $50 square miles in
Europe, 3OE, a9S in Asia, 3, 706. 752 in
Africa Including the zone Of Frenck
inHnence), 1882 in America and 15-,
O5S. in Oceanica.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

VITALITY low, debilita ted or exhausted cured
by DR.. Kline's Invigorating Tonic. FREE 81
trial bottle for 2weeks' treatment. DE- hline
Id. 9S1 Arch St., Philadelphia. Founded 1871.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

"Good-bye. Alfred. darling. You have
oheered me up. If get lonely and depressed
again I'll just look at your dear, photoIthat's
sure to make me laugh and laugh and
leuRh PUCK.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Recognized 1t.

Biil-"That's my rich uncle. Isn't he
mean looking man?" :.
Jill-"Yes; now you come to spe9k OF is,
there Is family resemblance. y ohkers
Statesnan.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

piso's Cure Is the medicine to break up
ohii5ren's Coughs and Colds.-Mrs. NJ. u.
HInNr. Sprague. WASH, March 8, 1894.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
'pon4 tobacco spI, and Smoke Your Lilo Away.

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lie Away
To QUIT tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
petic, full Of life, nerye and vtgor, take No-To-
Bac the yonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, boc or 81. Cure guaran-
iced. Booklet and sample FREQ. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or Now York.
A cynic suggests ns An appropriate motto
tor unmarried women, Hope on, hope ever. VI
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Returned.

"a stolen kiss or a borrowed kiss,
Which Is your favorlte smackY
"A borrowed kiss" replied the miss,
Chicago News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
A4AAM.AAAAAM..AMAA
|FoR FARM AND. GARDEN.
I A Pointer FOR ssan Raiser,..
yYVV.wYYYYY.YY

do not know just how true it is,
but I have read that the common
black butter bean will bear continu-
lously through the season If the pods
are all picked as soon as they are large
enough to use. If any are allowed to
ripen, the plant has fulfilled its mis-
sion and will die.-New York Weekly
Witness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

No spring medicine yet discovered can cure
.ha law man OF that chronic tired feeling.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

Mre, Wipslow's Soothing Syrup for children
taethinc, softens the gums, reduces tn1amma-
tsnn aiiays pain, cures wind collie. CSC. g bottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

Ina mtne near Butte, Mon- live hundreds
of cats that have never seen the light OF day.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

Educate Your Bowels With Cascnrets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
,cc sbc. If c. C. c. TAIL. druggists refund money
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

This is not an ordinary ALMANAC,
but handsome book. eopiously
illustrated, and sold for S cents
on ali stands. (We simply
allow you the two cents you
spend in postage for sending.)
Great men have written fot
the Year Book. In it is summed
up the progress Of the 10Th cen.
tury. In each important line Of
work and thought the greatest
living specialist has recounted
the events and advances Of the
past century and has psophesied
what VIC may expect Of the next.
Among the most noted of
our contributors are :
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, on
Agriculture; Senator Chauncey N.
Depew, on Politics; Russell Sage, ca
Finance; Thomas Edison, on Elec-
tricity; Dr.. Madison Peters, on Re-
ligion; General Merritt, on Land War
fare; Admiral Hichbon, on Naval
Warfare; "Al" Smith, on Sports, etc. {;
making a complete review Of the whole
field of human endeavor and progress.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

M matter how often a clock may 60 on q
etrike its hands refuse to stop work.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24

There is a horrible rumor sfoat that Dom
PauIwhiskers will be popular this winter,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
How Arc Your Kidneyus

family divided by strife may be said tc
he in reduced circumstances.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
Ronoh On Alfred.

Sweat and fruit acids will not dlscolor
goods dyed with PUTNAM FADELEss DYES.
Sold BY all druggists.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-24
A Postal Card Tragedy.
u '"f O"
EAGLEsEYRIF, July 8, Is

EAGLEsEYRIF, July y, 1917.
DEAR JAcK-Here I am, installed
for the summer. It seems to be q very
pleasant place--plenty of walks, drives,
boating, fishing, ETC., and the people
are very nice. There is one girl, "a
Miss Summerson. who is simply stun
ming. Better knock off for couple
of weeks and run up here for little
vacation. Yours, JIM.
EAGLEsEYRIF, July 16, 1899.
DEAR JAoK--This is certainly q
great place. I like it moro every day.
Miss Summerson is the most delight
full girl L ever met, but, confound the
other chaps, I can't see MS much of
her as I'd like; only q walk, or dance,
or drive, or something like that, o
day. Do quit srubbisg and come up
here for while. I want to know
what you think of her.