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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
GRAIN AND sTovER COMPARED.

A crop of of sixty bushels Of
corn per acre gives $3.50 pounds
of grain at time of harvesting.
When dry tie weight may shrink
to 5000 pounds. The stover at
time of harvesting may weigh
from $500 to 4,5oo punds, and
will also weight after harvest, but
when the yield of grain is heavy
the weight of the grain and that
of the stover may be safely claimed
as about the came. The grain
contains twice as much nitrogen
as the stover, but the latter con-
tains FIVE times as much potash
as the grain, and nearly as much
phosphoric acid. Allowing that the
grain contains twice as much as the
stover, it is plain that the stover
from crop of corn yielding sixty
bushels per acre is alone worth
as much as grain crop of thirty
bushels, basing the value upon the
nitrogen.
So far as the fat and carbo-
bydrates are concerned, they are
too cheap to be given value, asthey
lake nothing from the soil, while
both the grain and stover largely
abound in caronaceous matter.
The larger share of the mineral
elements are contained in the
stover, the ash being four times as
much as for the grain. The nitrog-
eli in the stover, fit could be
nude Immediately available for
plants, would be worth $3.50 aaa a
fertilizer, but when fed to livestock
large portion eventually reaches
the manure heap and is returned
to the soil. The potash and phos.
| phoric acid in the stover, it ready
for the plants, is valued at about
"a per acre if a sixty-bnshel3 crop
of corn is grown. The farmer who
grows corn, therefore, should at.
tach fully as much Importance to
the stalks as to the grain.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29

Close connections at Greenwood for
all points on s. A. L., and G. and G.
Railway; and at Spartanburg with
Southern Railway.
For information reiatiye to tickets
rates, schedules, etc., address
,,r w. j. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agt
... Augusta, Ga.
T. NJ. ,EMERSoN,
= Traffic Manager,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29

Houston, Texas, reports that IL
charters have been sc cured in
Texas for cotton mills with a cap
isalization of about one and q half
millions. They are in various
stages of progress.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29

ga dispatch from Pretoria states
that President Kruger is anxi ous
to surrender, provided q satisfac-
tory promise is given as. to his ul-
timate destination. xxtF ,.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29
PERIOD OF HARVESTING.

When harvesting corn crop the
object should be to preserve the
fodder by cutting down the stalks
while they are somewhat green
As soon as the leaves Legin; IL
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-29

Bryan and Stevenson were Off
ciallynoti6ed of their nominations
at Indianapolis on Aug. 8 at Mill
tary Park IN the presenceof 10000
enthusiastic democrats.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
Where Different Sta tes Excel.

: The Maine man declares that the
only corn fit for human being to eat
is produced in the estate of Stumps.''
Kentucky claims a monopoly of all
the good whisky and California boasts
OF the finest grapes on earth. Florida
is admitted to be the only part of
this hemisphere where the orange at
tains perfection; New Jersey has
mosquitoes of unrivaled size and un-
sapproachable ferocity; North Carolina
has the finest cabbage and Virginia
the most delicious apples: There are
few men bold enough to stand in the
presence of Georgian and express
a doubt that his state produces the
most luscious peaches that ever
blushed under the kisses of the sun.
It is: dangerous to touch any state on:
its tender spot Of pride /
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
WOLF IN NEW YORK PARK.

WOLF IN NE" YUM EAnNs
Tt Steals a woman's Mun and Then At
tacks the Keeper.
The largest exhibit in the range Of
wolf dens in the New York Geological
Park, a great gaunt brute which few
months ago roamed the steppes and
forests of Russia with his mate, is
ably sustaining the reputation of his
kind for ferocity and treachery. His
first exhibition of temper occurred last
week, and a woman was his victim
She was standing by the. cage and ex-
tended her muf toward it while call
ing the attention of her escort to the
animal. The wolf bounded against the
bars with barred teeth and hair brist-
ling in his rage. He aimed a vicious
blow between the bars at the woman's
extended arm. He missed her arm by
so narrow margin that he caught
the muff in his claws, and dragging it
into the Enclosure tore it into ribbons.
Among the remnants was a purse, the
contents Of which far exceeded the
cost of the muff; although that was
valuable. The woman had about re-
covered from the shock of the beasts
attack when Edgar Stephens, one of
the youngest of the keepers, came
along and found her bewailing the loss
of her valuables. Armed with a club
Stephens entered the Enclosure and Sc
cured the purse, the wolf greeting him
with an angry snarl, but sinking off
on seeing that he was armed. Three
days later Adm J. Loring, curator of
the mammal department, entered the
Enclosure unarmed, depending, as he
had often done before, on his fami-
liarity with the animals under his
charge being a, sufficient safeguard
against attack. The wolf loped about
the Enclosure, keeping well away from
Mr.. Loring until he thought the man
was off his guard, when the brute
sprang full at his throat. Loring
jumped aside, but the VOLTS jaws
closed on his shoulder and the animal
bore heavily upon him in an en-
deavorr to drag him to the floor. The
sharp teeth of the wolf cut through
the several thicknesses of winter cloth
ing until Loring was able to tear him
self free, at the sacrifice of his gar
ments. He slipped out of the inclos-
ure, leaving the wolf snarling over lib
eral samples of his uniform. The
VOLTS teeth had grazed his shoulder.
but the thickness of the clothing had
saved him from any material injury
New York Sun. +. -. - ,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
Secondhand Cipars.

EVERY Friday afternoon said a
Market street shopkeeper, "an old col
ored man in black, with an antique tile
and white bow, like a minister, goes
past here on a still hunt after cigar
butts. He finds a good many of them.
It is possible, if you'll notice, to pick
up ten or twelve in every hundred
yards Of = a well-traveled street. !. I
called him in one day, made him a
present Of an imitation ebony cane
with an imitation gold handle, and
then asked him boldly what he. did
with all the butts he scavenged. He
said he used some, and some he sold.
He wouldn't say to whom. 4 thought
darkly that maybe other cigars were
made out Of those foul findings. That
may be so-who can tell? " But il it is
SO, it is no worse than the way our
clothes are made out Of shoddy. The
dirtiest, flthiest rags are bong -old
umbrellas and such things and these
are torn in pickers until they are ii
the fluffy, loose state Of the natural
wool or cotton, and then they are
woven into cloth which we wear on
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

The Society Of the Gideons, which
has adopted a lamp and a pitcher as
device. throws light upon the sur
~lval Of the fttest in business CONNIE
tition. Not long ago, commercial
travellers had so bad name that a.
noted detective often assumed their
garb and manners as a disguise. AS
drummer he could go into any den
of vice unchallenged. Wholesale deal
ers began to observe, however, that
their largest orders came through So
her, moral and Christian gentlemen.
and culling process began which has
changed the whole personnel of the
class. Last summer three CONNER
cial travellers, meeting in a western
hotel, proposed to organize a Chris
tian band among their fellows. With
in six months three hundred mem
bers were enrolled. and SO warm has
been the reception OF the idea that a
Thousand members are expected to
Join in celebrating the first anniver-
sary next July. ..Gideon's Band"
promises to be a powerful agent for
isobriety and rightness in the bust
ness world. :s% "a ..=.s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
WHEAT LANDS TO BE OPENED.
No Danger That Worlds Supply Will
Soon Be Exhausted.

No Danger That Worlds Supply VIII
Soon Be Exhausted.
Inc alarm about the early exhaus-
ton or insufficiency of the worlds
wheat supply may be somewhat abated
by the facts in connection with the
application for charter of new Cana
dian railroad. The title of the proposed
road is the Quebec & Lake Huron. and
its route is from the mouth of French
river, on Georgian bay, across the Or
= taWa at Mattana and the st. Maurice
at Grandes Piles, to Quebec. The dis
lance is 40 miles, or 1876 miles shorter
II than az {; from Parry sound. Included in
the line is a great plateau, embracing
100000 acres of forest and farming
lands, now out of reach of railroads.
and said to be capable of easily sup
porting population of 100000. The
region through which the new road
will pass is well adapted to wheat
growing, and the plan includes great
grain elevators for the accommodation
OF this resource. Incidentally the
project calls attention to the fact that
Canada has other large tracts of I'M
developed territory adapted to the
growing of spring wheat. This area,
added to that about to be opened by
the Trans-Siberian railroad, will GER
tainly postpone for some years the
shortage predicted by Sir William
Crookes. Meantime the wheat farmer
is not receiving price for his product
indicative of any popular fear of spec
ulative belief in the failure of the sup
ply.-Pittsburg Dispatch. g
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

In a single year the protestant
churches of the world have expended
about $1e,000,000 under the superin-
tendence of 1900 missionaries on the
field, aside from the staff of secre-
taries and others at home, says Har-
per's Weekly. The results secured
by this money appear to be out of all
proportion to the efforts put forth.
1t is no slight thing to gather a. mil
lion and a half of communicates out
Of the communities of india. Africa,
Japan, China and other lands; to Or r.
ganize and conduct several thousand
schools OF every grade: to establish
hospitals and dispensaries in lands
where medicine has been identified
with the crudest superstitions; and
to be the medium of distribution of
large sums of money and to conduct
relief works for those who are strick-
en- with famine and pestilence.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

about 1000 meters mile and a half
above the sea level, after eight or
ten days are seized with violent pains
in several teeth on one side of the
jaw, the gums and cheeks on the same
side becoming swollen. The teeth are
so sensitive to pressure that mast1-
cation is extremely painful. These
symptoms increase in severity for
three days, and then gradually entire
ly disappear. 1t seems to be purely a
phenomenon of standardization, for
all newcomers go through the COM
plant, and it appears never to recur.
New York Press. y4 ~
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
L Hoaxed the Congress men.

:@ Congressman BromWell recently told
an instance Illustrating how careless
j N / are in signing petitions presented
to them. They often do so without
/ looking to see what the caption Of the
paper is they sign. HeSsaid petition
was circulated in Washington in ref
erence to the colored children Of the
District Of Columbia. After many sig
!. !: natures had been placed on it some
wag circulated one il the house Of rep
xresentatiVes and it received a. number
of signatures by congressman before
some one discovered that the heading,
q tne petltlon5 was as folloWs:
the parents Of colored child ren, etc 4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
THE LAFAYETTE DOLLARS.
Big Sum for Monument in, Honor OF
y ..': Marquis. + -;

Big Sum for Monument in Honor OF
: ..,: Marquis.
* Readers of The Companion have not
forgotten the American monument to
the Marquis de Lafayette, which is to
be erected in the city Of Paris by the
aid Of subscriptions raised by the
school children, of the United States.
BY an act of the last Congress, the
United States mint was authorized to
strike off fifty thousand silver dollars
the setting up Of this monument, and
to turn the coins over to the associa
ton which has in charge the erection
Of the monument in Paris. By this
association the dollars will be sold
for two dollars apiece. The sum st
one hundred thousand dollars thus
realized will be added to the fund for
the monument. On December ~, 1899.
the director of the mint, Mr. Roberts.
presented to- President Mckinley the
first of these dollars which came from
the mint, and Mr.. M Kinley announced
his intention Of presenting it III turn
to the. President OF the French Re
public, Monsieur Loubet. This, il fact,
was done on the third Of March. On
one side Of the coin are the heads OF
Washington and Lafayette, and on the
other is repro AUCTION Of the proposed
monument. Across the face of B the
monuments is this inscrip tion s Erect
ed in the Name of the School Children
OF the United States. Paris, 1906. =.
Youths Companion. 8..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

Experience in the Russian winter
maneuvers shows that for marching
snow is much more firing than ordi-
nary muddy roads. The tactics pro-
vide that cavalry squadron is to
march at the head Of the column to
tread down the snow, and this and the
leading infantry company are to be
changed occasionally. The necessity
of paying attention to the thickness of
the iSe and the chances of weather
changing, to the difficulty of passage
over water when the ice is too thin
for the troops to pass over it and yet
too thick to allow of pontoons being
used, is insisted on, and it is further
pointed out that to get the troops wet
IN frosty weather is fatal to their
health. OF the question of field forti-
fcations, six feet of snow is estimated
AS sufficient to keep out a rife bullet,
while twenty-three feet is necessary to
resist field-gun fire.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
PEAT BoGS OF q ANADA.s
substance IS Prepared ii various yvsys
!, a rTS - n I'm ~

3Substance - Prepared In VariouS2 vi way
1 81 Il. and Used as Fuel.
The best authorities say there are
100, 900 acres Of undeVel Hoped peat bog
in Ontario, principally in the counties
of Perth, 5Welland and Essex. The
largest area lies IN the county Of Perth,
eight miles north of the city of STRAIT
ford, on the Grand Trunk railway.
Here is swamp of 10000 acres, with
depth Of peat bog that varies from a.
foot to twenty feet. The process o.
manufacture is as follows: The peat;
is cut and air. dried, after which it is
pulverized by being passed through a.
picker, and automatically deposited in
a hopper, which feeds a steel tube
about two inches in diameter and if-
teen inches long. The pulverized peat
is forced through this tube by pres
sure and formed into cylindrical blocks
three inches, in length and almost
equal in density to anthracite coal.
The fuel is non-friable and weather
proof by reason of its solidity and the
extreme glaze imparteed to it by gfric-
tional contact with forming dies. The
Inherent moisture of the peat is re-
duced to II per cent of the mass. In
weight it compares with coal as fol-
lows: Eighty-three pounds per cubic
foot of peat equal seventy-three pounds
of bitunlinous or ninety-three pounds
Of anthracite coal. 1t is claimed for
peat that it is superior to coal in it's
absolute freedom from sulphur and the
absence of smoke. SCOT, dust and clink-
ers during consumption. In a great
measure this solves the problem Of
furnishing cheap, clean. uniform and
reliable fuel for all domestic purposes,
as it is equally serviceable for CRATES,
stoves, cooking ranges and furnaces,
giving long, bright fame and in
tense heat almost from the moment Of
ignition. 1t has been tested in loco
motives with excellent results, show
ing that the thermal value of 100
pounds of peat is equal to 9515 pounds
of coal. 1t was also tried at the pow
er-house of the Metropolitan street
railway, Toronto, and gave great sat-
lsfaction. The heat produced was
much greater than that of coal, but it
was per cent deficient in lasting
power. 1t requires but little draft and
burns best in shallow firebox The ma
chinery used in manufacturing peat
fuel is not expensive and requires but
little attention when in operation
Buffalo Express,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
MISS MAUDE FEALY.,

4 Perhaps the youngest actress on the
stage to make a profound impr ession
upon her fellows in the profession for
her real histrionic ability, aside from.
any sentiment arising from her cute
ness or youth, is Miss Maude Fealy5
I She plays the part Of 5Eunice in Quo
/ adis" and gives to it a reality that
is astonishing to old hands in stage
craft. Every line seems to find In
her exactly the proper interpr ation,s
while her ability to portra the chang
ing, varying moods of human nature is
surprising Maude Fealy attracted the
late i 4AAugustin DAILY attention just be-.
fore his death. and it was his. inten-
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
ENGINEERED OUT OF TOWN
Liquor Men Got the Best of the Prohi.
bitiOnists,

Liquor Men Got the. Best OF the PrOhi-
bitionists.
Il reckon we've got the oldest town
in our state that there is in the United
States" said West Virginia man.
Ever hear of Culloden? / don't mean
the clans of Culloden described by the
poet Campbell. I mean Culloden, W.
va. Well, sir, about half the popula-
ton OF the town doesn't live in the
town and can't vote in the town, al
tnough they are right in the town. I'll
explain. The good people, and they
are are N the majority, too, are downison
saloons and liquor in any shape. They
got up temperance meeting and pro-
posed to drive the liquor men out of
the town. When you find West Vir-
glnian who believes in liquor you find
man who is ready to fight for it. The
liquor people got together and in some
way got the confidence of the town en-
glneer. l don't know whether he was
liquor man or not, but they got him
on their side. The engineer discoy-
cred that the town was not laid out
right, and he got authority to change
the metes and bounds When he fin
lshed the job the temperance people
found out that they lived just outside
OF the line of the town, no matter what
part of the town their houses were in.
A man could stand in his back yard
and talk to a man whose place was
right up against his place and who
was voter, but the first man had lost
his vote. The lines of the engineer ex-
cluded, as I have said, the temperance
people. It took in the license folk all
right. The map of Culloden as it now
is looks a good deal like a sheet OF
paper after fly with ink on his feet
meanders across it. You can tell how
citizen Of, Culloden stands on the.
liquor question by the place where he
builds house, if he builds one, which
doesn't often occur. In spite of it's zig
gag boundaries, however, Culloden is
contented community. New York
Sum- i %-.-4
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

ton to make her his protege, and care
fully develop her great natural ability.
He predicted Of her that she would
one day BE a star Of the first magni-
tude.. She is now scarcely Is years
old, but she has been brought up in
a theatrical atmosph and has been
carefully taught by her parents, both
of whom are on the stage. She has
played various parts in her short stage
career, but none hitherto SO preten-
#tious as Eunice. Her success justifies
Days opinion and keen Judgment. IN
the near future you may look to see
Miss Fealy make a decided impression
on the theater-g going public.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

German students are returning to
the medieval notion OF wandering
about the world. The modern Col
lards, however, are personally con-
hucted and know beforehand precise
~ what their journeys will cost them.
Last year they visited Italy; this
spring 1,5oo of them will go to Con-
'stantinople and to Asia Minor. On
the way they will fraternize with the
'Roumanian university students, who
are preparing big fruhschoppen for
them in Bucharest.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

After hearing eight divorce cases
IN one day in which the cause was
hab1tual drunkenness on the part of
the husband, Judge Bishop, of the
sDes Moines, a., district court, decided
that hereafter when a divorce is
granted on the grounds of habitual
drunkenness the court will serve for
NAL notice, upon every :saloonkeeper
ana every druggist in the city that
they are not to sell liquor to the man
VINO is thus designated as a habitual
'drunkard.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
The house COMMITTEES IN naval !

0 The house committee IN naval at
fairs has reported bill for a new
naval construction, which provides for
two frst-class battleships alta cost of
S3,600,000 each, three armored cruis-
aers alta cost Of about s4,250. 900 each,
and three protected cruisers to cost
about $4,000, 900 each. The authorized
cost in each case is exclusive OF armor
and armament. 8 The bill also author
lIizes the construction Of dry docks at
the Brooklyn and Norfolk navy yards,
capable Of receiving the largest battle.
ships .f. s$528s.I$
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

Authority attached in England to
simple custom or usage cannot be
better Illustrated than in the fact
that, although the cabinet has existed
as the real executive power in the
government for more than century
and half. it is an institution entire
~ unknown to the law, never having
been recognized by any act of parlia-
lment There is no official announce
ment OF the names of it's members,
and no official record of it's meetings.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
Study Newspapers in jail.

Miss Nellie Flood, the school teach
er OF the juvenile class in the Jail, has
introduced the study of newspapers
among no the boys. Miss Flood reported
yesterday that the boys had taken a
u vel interest in Il the discussion of
news in the papers, and that it not
only teaches them what is Of interest
IN the outside world, but also improves
their ability to read.-Chicago Record,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
I a Religious Senatnr

Senator P1att, Of New York s e 81 - x.
g aigious man an and member ii good.
standing sta Of the Presbyterian church. 8
He. Joined the ison square church.
when he first came reW FORK
more N than thirty years ago an Il was
"a na l nj OF y he choir for twelve.
years. Senat tor n latt is also licensed
pharn 1F acist, and q used put up pre-
sscription as well as any body.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23
B The sea Of matrimony swamps many
Q courtship. $5:i b \ ss
/ A proft-sharing firm at Evansville
recently distributed amongst Its en-
), ployes a sum Of money equal to 60 per
cent of their wages. n + \, HI @{ y.s.s

Or. S. Ogawa, general director of
prisons in Japan, thinks American jails
too gloomy. They are not exactly
suited even to occidental ideas Of COM
Tort, but number Of our prominent
citizens from time to time take quar-.
tiers in: them Notwithstanding their
grimness. T.. VIZ @!
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1900-06-23

our backs again. There's. many a
millionaire today, maybe, sporting in
MS handsome overcoat some stock that
figured six months back in the red
flannel undershirt of his porter. Well,
If this sort of thing is right in clothes,
it should be right in smoking, too.
Live and let live, I say."-Philadelphia
Record