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The silver star., 1900-06-22
SWIFT SHIPS As MESSENGERS.
Cablegrams to ken,pn Unanswered and
Washington Authorities Are Growing
Anxinpa.

Washington Authorities Are Growing
Anxious.
Washington, June 1.-THE third day
passed here without single line o1
news from any official source respect
ing the critical situation in China. AL
day the telegraph offices at the White
House and in the state. war and navy
departments were manned. but no word
came. Inquiries of the cable coinpan
les showed that not only We're the com
munications by wire from Pekin. Taku
Tien-Tsin and all northern China sus
pended, but the notices conveyed mite
encourag cement for the hope that they
would be soon reopened.
The War Department early in the
day received the following message
from the Western Union headquarters
III New York:
THE only news from the East TO-
day is the notice of an interruption OF
the Great Northern lines between Blag-
uwestshensk and Tschita- which cuts
all communication with China and
Japan via that route"
The line referred 10 is land wire
running out of Pekin TO Tschita to the
north and connecting with the Russian
Siberian system. Thence land wires
run through Korea and by short ca
ble across TO Nagasaki. Japan.
The Navy Department during the
DAY made an effort TO reach Rear Ad-
uIiral Kempff on his flagship Newark
AT the Taku forts. at the mouth of Pei
Ho river. A cablegram was addressed
to the commander of the United States
ship Yorktown at Chee Foo. the near
est treaty port to Taku. on the northern
side of the Shan Tung peninsula, re-
peating the message intended TO Ad-
niral Kempff last Thursday, inquiring
aS TO his situation. the conditions at
Pekin at last report. and into his need
for more men and ships and directing
the commander to take the message at
once to Taku and return with the an
swer. The department is now pretty
well assured that the original message
never reached Admiral kempff. The
department does not know whether the
message to Chez Foo can be delivered
but made the effort From Chez Foo
to Taku IS only a single days run for
the Yorktown. SO that an answer from
Admiral Kempff should he received by
Monday night. IL Chez Foo can be
reached to-day.
Failing this effort resort will be
speedily had to other measures. if
meantime word is not received from
some one in authority in China. Just
what course VIII be followed is not yet
determined
Meanwhile If the communications re-
main uninterrupted with Taku. it is
certain that a message will be ordered
al once al Manila TO dispatch more ma
val force, or troops on transports. to
reinforce Admiral Kempff and extend
aid 10 the Internal atiouai relief column,
which. it is beginning TO be feared, is
istelf in sore need Of help.
The State Department to-day receiv-
ed numerous kilograms from relatives
and friends Of Americans in northern
China and In Pekin. praying for news
touching the welfare of their friends.
Mr.. Ledyard of Detroit. father of the
wife Of the German ambassador at
Pekin. reported TO have been killed by
the Boxers. was one of the most anX-
ious Of these inquirers.
The silver star., 1900-06-22

4 popular color for canary-5irts in
England at present is reddish yellow.
or deep orange. This color, 1t is said
can be produced artihcially by dieting
the birds on a number of different sub
stances, the chief Of which is cayenne
pepper mixed with molaszes. Dealers
are able to produce particularly de-
sirable shades by varying the guam
tity Of pepper and by adding occs-
sioaally a little turmeric or madder.
Each dealer has his own formula.
which he keeps secret The plumage
Of the birds thus treated IS apt to fade.
and they are kept as much as possible
out Of the light.
The silver star., 1900-06-22

The play OF Robinson Crusoe" is
now given In one Of the Paris theaters
with four animals in the cast Of
actors. These are goat, a monkey.
q paroQuet, and chief of all. dog who
enacts the part OF Robinson's faithful
companion. Toby" The dogs real
name is Faro, and a writer in La
Nature says he will respond TO that
name only when in the street or at his
masters home. but on the stage he
answers promptly TO the call. Toby.
When Robinson shoots a bird, Toby
runs and picks it up, climbs up lad
Ger into Robinson's hut, and gives the
bird to Friday" who acts as cook.
The silver star., 1900-06-22
Ginrk Carries Nontnnu.

telenn. Mont. June 11.--The Demo.
cratic primaries have been held in ey.
cry county. senator clnrk's friends
carry nineteen counties and divide tho
delegation In one. The Daly forces
cnrried -four counties. not n single
sia'e officer who signed the protrs,
nrnnat scnnior Clark being admitted
TO y sent In the Emitted States ls sent
10 lils county or state convention.
Clark will head the delegation to Kan.
sns City,
The silver star., 1900-06-22
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indianapolis. Ind. June 17.-Friends
OF w. >. Tnylor Of Kentucky. who will
be In the pnrty going to the phllndcl.
phln convention which the Kcntuckinn
IL expected to join. declare they will
resist TO the utmost my attempt to
get possession Of Mr.. Taylor while en-.
route and will go prepared 10 defend
him. Mr. Taylor II still In the city.
The silver star., 1900-06-22

Since logs cut on timber lands leased
by the government of Ontario must
hencsforth be manufactured within
that province. many Michigan lumber
mills are being removed TO Canada.
The millmen seem TO take the matter
calmly. Other philosophers and all
statesmen should do the same. Can
ada is only doing as, under like condi-
tions, the United States wonld prooa-
bly, do, and II we were to be generous
We might even congratulate her on
finding a ne~ way TO increase her
trade and population
The silver star., 1900-06-22

A new island has recently sprung up
near the northwest coast OF Borneo,
opposite the town Of Labuan. Its for
nation is connected with the earth
quake which was observed on Sept 81.
last year, near Hudat British North
Borpeo).
The silver star., 1900-06-22

The Associated Jewish Charities OF
In abolishing henceforth all balls.
fairs and charity bazaars as methods
of swelling their fund. They have re-
solved to give of their means according
to their ability, and promise that their
already magnificent philanthropies
shall not suffer by the change Gen
tiles may we'll ask themselves IL their
own entertainment" are not some
times repulsiye rather than attractive
The silver star., 1900-06-22

The opposite of rest is not work, /, is
Testlessness, an one Of the popular
''quick-lunch counters" is its exponent.
The modern time-saving young man,
says keen satirist, gives his order be-
fore removing hat or coat. thus econo-
mixing fifteen seconds. When his or
der arrives. he gets his fork into 1t as
1t appears over his shoulder. and cleans
the plate before the sauce appears.
which thus has to be eaten by Itself
Cups of coffee go down in two swal-
lows. Little piles OF cakes are cut in
quarters and disappear in four mouth
fuls; and the really accomplished
auncher assimilates his last quarter OF
cakes, wiggles into his coat and pays
his check at the desk at the same mo-
ment. The next he is half block
away in pursuit. OF receding trolley
The silver star., 1900-06-22

Minnesota alone produces approx
mately about so 100000 bushels OF
wheat, or about one thirty-seventh OF
the total production Of the world. or
this she is able to export two-thirds.
OF the Dakotas. not having begun TO
reach their limit of productiveness.
North Dakota raised in 1898 $1,000 900
bushels, and South Dakota 1900, 900.
Oregon produced "a 900 900 bushels
The silver star., 1900-06-22

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The silver star., 1900-06-22
SILVER STAR.
Qaublished weekly.)
JOE H DE WITT. Editor and ProR
DOLORES, COLORADO
Terms: szW psr year.

Some girls who profess to be highly
educated have merely been Immersed
in a weak solution OF accomplish
ments.
The silver star., 1900-06-22

At the Royal Technical school in
Cha-lottenburg. Germany, Prof. Josse
has recently tested, with remarkable
results. a method OF increasing the
efficiency OF steam engines. which was
invented by two Germans some ten
years ago. but has only now been ef-
fectively applied. The principle de-
pcnds upon the employment of the
exhaust steam from an ordinary com
pound engine to evaporate another
liquid having lower boiling point
phurous acid. The heat OF the exhaust
steam 10 sufficient TO liberate sulphur
dIoxide gas. and this. passing into the
cylinder OF an auxiliary engine. acts
the part OF steam. 1t Is afterwards
condensed and goes back to the vapor-
izer. The result is said to be that
10 every indicated horse power devel-
oped In the main engine about half a
horse power is added by the auxiliary
engine. without increasing the con-
sumption OF fuel.
An Interesting discovery. showing
another link between the living forms
0f the old and new worlds In former
ages. was announced at recent meet
ing OF tho Cordilleran section Of the
Geological Society OF America. Some
bones discovered at Glen Eyrie ut the
foot OF Pixies Peak proved to be the
remains OF goat-antelopc, unlike any
animal OF the kind now inhnbltlng
America. but closely resembling tho
antelope OF the Hlmalayan region in
Asia. Other bones found In the same
place belonged to slender-limbed
species OF horse now extinct.
The silver star., 1900-06-22

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
When a Horse Is Worth Most.

The age at which horse Is worth
the most depends very largely upon
his breeding and raising. In nearly
all cases we'll bred and well kept
horses will stand hard usage better at
an early age than horses that have
had struggle for existence and have
inferior quality of blood in their veins.
When q horse has been we'll fed and
cared for from birth so as to maintain
q steady growth, he ought to be well
matured by the time he is five years
old, and from that time till he IS seven
ought to be at his best. Other horses
that are let run, receive but little care,
are not fed as they should be, will
make a slower growth and may not
mature until seven years. A horse
should be fully matured before he can
be considered at his best, no matter
what his breeding may be.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
Fatal Efscts OF Green Sorghum.

I, There has been much discussion in
some of the western papers as to the
Cause of cattle dying suddenly after
eating green sorghum. All were
aware of the facts, yet chemists have
been unable to detect any poison in
the sorghum plant or in the organs Of
the animals that died from eating Z.
a writer in the Louisiana Planter,
who says he lost in this way last year
cattle that cost him S1o50, thinks he
can account for it. He says: 1.-THE
blamed stuff won't be swallowed. 1t
simply gets warmed and limbered q
little, coats itself over with the tough
sticky saliva, or slobber, repairs to the
glottis pastes itself smoothly over
the organ. closing the trachea. or wind
pipe, and the poor brute in the great
est distress and misery smothers to
deatb--dies for the want Of air. MY
remedy would be to swab out the
throat Immediately so as to remove
the bits Of blades that have pasted
themselves over the glottis, or open
ing to the windpipe. They will some
times stick there like wet paper to
the roof of the mouth. The saliva Of
the cow is more sticky than that OF =
human. and the smooth blades Of
sorghum stick worse than fuzzy
leaf" His explanation seems plaus.
able. at least, and those who lose
cattle in this way should examine the
entrance to the windpipe to see if
1t is closed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
Cut Glass Toilet Sets.

For table service fine china and cut
glass have in recent years to a large
extent displaced silverware in popular
favor and in anticipation that the fad
for cut glass may be adopted for toilet
use, an enterprising manufacturer has
just turned out a particularly hand
some and complete toilet set of cut
glass. Decorated china sets have long
been favoritcS in the boudoir, but an
entire cut glass set is something novel.
This one consists of two candlesticks,
two large bottles for perfume, two
smaller ones for toilet water, two more
for other liquid toilet preparations,
cold cream jar, powder globe, ring
stand and pin tray, making in all a
dozen articles exclusive Of Il mirrored
tray. TO the woman who likes cut
glass such Il set as this Is likely to
prove d source of delight, and with
the candles lighted or their brilliancy
heightened by the sunlight in the apart
ment. such an aggregation of scintil-
lating toilet accessories is certain to
produce Il beautiful effect.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
A Cure for AIndaw.

"What is a good cure for mildew in
clothes:" writes Il friend. The best
thing is to use the ounce of prevention
ili time. When the evil is done, how
ever, here is no use in crying over
spilled milk, though it must be admit
ted that any agent powerful enough
to remove mildew or blue mold from
linen is apt to injure the fabric. A
solution Of the chloride of lime, such
as may be used for bleaching, Is per.
haps the best remedy. a tablespoonful
should be dissolved in gallon Of cold
water by stirring with a wooden stick.
Soak the injured garment in this prep
aration, moving it about occasionally
until the stains are no longer visible,
then rinse very thoroughly, changing
the water several times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
Resul. of Stalking Tomato Plants.


At the meeting Of the Horticultural
Society in Columbus, o., one Of the
essayists told of the results Of stalk
ing tomato plants and trimming them.
One hundred plants were set in a row
and tied to stakes. Another hundred
were set in two rows alongside of
these, as they were set twice ns far
apart. For the first three weeks Of
picking they had T16 tomatoes from
the staked vines, weighing 2G3 pounds.
From the others IA tomatoes weigh
ing 263 pounds. From the others 1I4
tomatoes weighing 263 pounds. The
yield in weight was the same, but
those on tho sIaked vines would have
sold better because of extra size, and
because none were discolored by lying
on the ground, as were many Of those
allowed to spread Mt will. The labor
of stalking and trimming was more
than made up by less labor in picking
and preparing for market, beside the
saving Of one-half the land occupied
by the unframed vines.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
RIVE As a Glover Crop,

While nitrogen is the fertilizing e!e-
ment most easily lost from manures
and soils. it is the most expensive,
costing almost three times as much Il
pound as potash and phosphoric acid.
The readiness with which nitrates are
washed out of the soil during heavy
rains when the ground is thawed sug-
gests that during the period of such
rains 1t should he covered with some
catch crop, which will feed upon the
nitrates formed and store nitrogen in
its tissues. For this purpose rye is
an excellent crop and is much used.
While it adds no nitrogen to the soil
which is not already found therein, rs
crimson clover does. it is Il much surcr
catch than the latter. and is thorough
ly hardy. 1t forms quite root sys-
tenn during the fall, starts off early
in the spring, and makes the finest Of
spring pasturage or early hay, and
leaves the ground in fine order for
corn, potatoes or cotton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
A Gentleman in Disp Use.

Some years iag. -Ephraim Mariner
tried a case in the circuit court for an
old Irishman.. The suit was against
the brother Of. Mr.. Mariners client.
1t was fought bitterly. and there was
a great deal of feeling displayed dur
ing the course Of the. trail, as there
always is when relatives get to fight
ing each other Mr.. Mariner wonithe
case. His client was in a. state Of
exultation. He: thanked the lawyer
again and again. When he reached
the south door of the courthouse he
paused before going down the steps.
and. slapping his lawyer vigorous
blow on the back, he said:
I'VE bate them, didn't we, Mister
Mariner
.Yes, Andrew, it came out as said
it would" said Mr.. Mariner, quietly.
"Alister Mariner" said the old man,
his voice trembling with emotion,
you're a gcntlenlan-in disguise"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
Every Girl Should Learn the Art.

Every girl who is planning to be a
housekeeper some time, and is busy
learning how to be, wants, among
other things, to learn how to prepare
and pack dainty luncheon. 1t Is an
important part of her training. She
may want to pack picnic
luncheon, a luncheon for traveller
or. for some one whose daily
duties take him away from home, and
where there is no opportunity to OBJ
tain a luncheon, so that he is depend
ent upon the luncheon-basket. There
are all these to be provided for occa-
sionally, besides the school-child. And
she wants to know how to cater to
this clientele. You instinctively know
the one who prepared the luncheon by
the way the basket is arranged and
what it contains.-Sallie Joy White, IN
the Woman's Home Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
Training the Saddle Horse.

In teaching colts the walk-rot-can-
ter, it is necessary that they have some
good Thoroughbred blood close up, and
II they, have good action they may
make admirable saddle horses, but II
they, are .low-headed and natural-gait-
ed trotters it will be difficult to teach
them the saddlc-horse gaits. First,
they should be properly shod, say with
eighteen ounce shoes forward and ten
ounce behind, providing they have
good action, but If they have poor ac-
don, add two ounce to each front shoe
at the heel and make the shoe with Il
roll toe A good way would be to let
the colts wear these shoes few days
before beginning to teach them.
We want them thorough Mt the walk
first, then perfect their trot by riding
them at brisk jog we'll taken in hand
and let the canter be taught last. Give
them several daily lessons in the bit
ting harness before mounting them.
and these lessons in the biting should
be continued daily until they are thor
ouGhly mouthed and hammered. 1t
should be remembered also that these
biting lessons are very hard work,
and the head should be but q little
higher than the natural puse In the
first lesson. The first lessons should
be correspondingly short, refining the
head little higher and the chin little
maze in each day. The first lesson
should not exceed thirty minutes, and
they can be safely increased in length
of time up to two hours.
The canter is taught by urging the
colt out Of the trot into the gallop,
and gradually taking him in hand un-
til he has the canter proper. You must
he on good terms with:the colt YOU are
te1ching, and the first thing of all is
to teach him that you are his friend.
and let your rule be not to overwork
him in his lessons. and he will learn
to love it. Do not fool away any time
on horse that is poorly bred OF
laggard, for you will sooner or later
give him up in disgust.-Dr. ]. c.
Curryer, in American Agriculturist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
Saving straw!Fr

: A Kansas correspondent of the
Farmers Tribune calls attention to
the great waste on many farms by the
careless way in which the straw is
put up, not in stacks, but in piles,
usually by a gang of boys who think
they are doing all that is expected
of them if they can keep it out Of the
way of the carrier or the elevator.
We think there are farmers nearer
than Kansas who have the same
fault, and lose money by it. Straw is
too valuable as a rough fodder i'll
sections where hay is high priced
to be wasted as it often is. And even
where hay is cheap there are uses foe
straw as mulch, as thatching and bed
iiing, for which it is worth more than
hay. Put good man at the straw
stack, or build good stack of the
straw after the threshing is over, and
then try to learn how to save money
by making a profitable use of that
which is now going to waste.-The
Cultirator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
snanIsh Mackere1 Salad.

Cut the contents Of a can Of picked
Spanish mackerel in thin slices and
put it in Il colander to drain off the oil,
then set OIL the ice. Peel half Of two
lunches Of radishes, selecting the larS-
est, and cut in thin slices. The bal
uncc of them must be trimmed in the
following way: cut the stems and large
leaves, keeping the smallest; cut the
roots and peel off evenly a small part
around the roots. With sharp knife
divide the remaining peel into small
equal-sized leaves.
Remove the outer leaves from a large
head of lettuce and cut the heart in
six parts. Cut the large leaves, stems
and all, in small pieces, wash in cold
water; and drain in 4 wire basket or
in "A towel. Boil one bunch Of ME.
diminished red beets 30 minutes in wa.
ter enough to cover them. Drain and
bake in n hot oven 80 minutes. Peel,
slice 5thin, and cool thoroughly. Cut
six gherkins in thin slices. Make a
French dressing. Decorate with the
radishes.-Harper's Bazaar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
Fresh A,rin Powders.


A new method Of purifying the at
mosphere of room has just been dis
covered by French physician. 1t is
novel, simple. scientific and wonderful
lyteffective. !,
He arranges his material like seidlitz
powders, in two papers of different
colors. One, of them the white, for
in stance) contains .bioxide5 OF barium,
which is strongly impregnated with
concentrated, perfume. This is, first
put in oil paper and then, wrapped in
the white paper. The other 'blue. or
any other color. to distinguish it, con-
tains permanganater of of'potash. When
the two powders are mixed the oxy-
gen is freed, mingles with the, .atmos-
phere aud drives out the bad air.
When the powder is intended for dis.
infection purposes only the perfume
is omitted 5.,#
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-14
A Commitment For England.

One of the most important matters
claiming the attention Of the English
engineering world at the present date
is the necessity for far-reaching reform
in British methods Of designing con-
structional iron work. Popular atten-
ton was concentrated on this point by
the Atbara Bridge incident, but much
of what appeared of this subject in
the press at the time, was totally be-
side the point. We all know the at
tempt which was made Mt that time to
show that English builders had not
had fair treatment, but the South
African campaign has shown us that
under present conditions British bridge
builders are quite unable to compete
OH equal terms with their American
competitors.
An examination Of the structures
which, in certain cases, have been sent
to South Africa to replace the bridges
destroyed for military reasons is sutfi-
cient to show any unprejudiced obser-
vcr that n radical change in our
methods of bridge design is essential
il we are to retain our fair share Of the
increasing colonial demand for con-
structional iron work. Germany is
supposed TO be country where labor
is cheap, and where at any rate, the
theoretical side of engineering is well
understood; yet it remains n fact that
the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, of
East Berlin, Conn.,, has found it pos
sible O. successfully compete with
German firms on their own soil in the
erection of factory buildings. The
material, after being nnished in New
England, was transported 5000 miles
across the ocean. and was subject to
n heavy import duty. Ye: as the result
of the economies arising from the keen
competition Of firms responsible both
for designs and construction, the
American firm could still undersell the
natiyc.-London Engineering.