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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
New RnudoIr Decorations.

Some bright New York woman a
few years ago spent the winter on the
Florida coast and noticed that the
inner bark of the palmetto bore q
rough resemblance to an animals fur.
She secured a number Of pieces, and
in her idle moments painted flowers,
leaves, and other patterns in oil
colors upon the shaggy surface. When
she returned to her home in New
York City she decorated her boudoir,
and for many weeks was the recipient
of congratulations and amicable envy.
The idea was so pleasing that it start
ed small traffic in the bark, which
has kept on ever since. The pieces
can now be secured in many sizes,
some three feet wide, and eight and
ten feet long; but most are two by
four or three by six. They take paint
in about the Same way as plush or
Canton flannel, the globules of the
paint adhering to the ends of the
hairlike flbres, and seldom permeat-
ing the body Of the bark. The color
ranges from dark maroon to sepia, and
umber, and n.akes an admirable back
ground for dadoes and striking wall
surfaces for country houses. The
bark is singularly free from all in
sect life.-New York Commercial
Advertiser
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
pecadenee Of an oyercoat.

Where do the old overcoats go?" Is
q query that Is natural successor to
the old riddle, ""Where do the flies go
in winter?" The old overcoats seem
somehow to fade away, 10 one knows
just how. The overcoat starts its
career on the back of it's owner who
paid s45 for it. 1t keeps him warm
and shelters him from cold winds and
from storms until it commences to get
frayed at the edges and the pockets
are torn down the sides. Then the
owner uses the coat for rainy days
only, and no more does he take it to
call on his fiancee or to recline on the
back of chair while he is reading at
the club. re keeps it another sum-
mer and the moths get into 1t, and
when he takes it out in the fall it has
holes here and there.
So the owner gives it to the janitor
If the janitor is not a cold, naughty
man, and the janitor wears it awhile
until his wife gives it to the tramp
who wheeled out the three barrels of
ashes. The tramp wears it until the
old coat commences to fall apart. Then
he gives it to another tramp, and it
falls apart still more. And then, some
day, the coat has entirely disappeared.
No one knows how or when. The coat
just simply faded away. That's all
anybody knows about it.-Chicago Tri-
bunc,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
Hens Stop Laying.

There is some cause why hens sud-
denly stop laying, though certainly
not always a lack Of food. as the
cessation may happen in single day.
Neither is it due to disease, as the
hens may be very healthy. 1t is moth
ing more nor less than a lack of
warmth, the heat produced from food
being necessary to keep up the ami
NAL heat. leaving nothing toward the
production of eggs. -.,...o-,..,...
2 A certain amount Of heat is due
the body of the fowl and should the
building not be- sufficiently warm,
then that food which should go toward
producing eggs is devoted toward sup.
plying heat for the body.
One cold night with insufficient pro-
lection for the hens will stop their
laying for fully a week. this occasion
ing loss far greater in the end than
would have been the cost Of warm
building.
Don't neglect the hens in winter If
you expect to have them lay eggs.
Watch carefully for each sudden
change in tie weather and change
the house accordingly. During the
day keep the hens hustling from day:
light till dark and the cold will have
no effect on the egg supply.
Let the morning feed be very light,
only one-third of a full meal, then it
will not be difficult to keep them
busy.-Home and Farm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
Make the Pig Grow;

Give the young pigs good start.
It will be to your interest to do so.
A young pig that has once been stunt
ed will never wholly outgrow it, no
matter how good the subsequent care
may be. ANY animal being grown for
meat should have feed enough to make
a good gain every day from birth to
slaughter, If there is ever time in
that animals life when no. gain is be-
ing made in weight. all feed consumed
during that time is practically lost, for
the profit all comes from the feed
that makes the gain above the amount
required q to maintain the animals
needs. In other words. certain
amount of feed necessary to keep, the
animal alive, and the profit must all
come from the little extra feed that
makes the gain in flesh. A young ami
NAL will gain more on given quantity
of feed than an older animal on the
same feed. 1 think we might safely
say the younger the animal the
greater the gain for the feed con-
sumed. That is why it pays better to
feed young stock.-Swine Advocate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
To XIII Needs.

It is not quite safe to plunge into
the use of chemicals for the destruction
of weeds. 1t is possible to do more
harm than good. We have known some
fine trees, vines and shrubs. to be killed
by the careless use even Of kerosene
and of common salt. Mr.. L. r. Jones
names some solutions. with, directions
as to the strength and use. that are
worth preserving. "In fields" he says,
weeds can usually be killed more
cheaply by cultivation or digging, and
chemicles used in sufficient amount
to destroy the weeds are liable to In
jure the grain. An exception, to this
lies in the use of blue vitriof to de-
stroy kale in grain fields. 1t is said
that percent solution of blue
'vitriol in water sprayed over weedy
grain field will kill the kale without
injury to the grain. We have not
tested this ourselves as yet but pro.
pose to do so this summer. The hawk
weed or paint-brtsh may form another
noteworthy exception, since it is
readily killed by sprinklipg with salt
in an amount which does not in
jure the grass. In general We advise
cultivation to destroy the hawkweed,
however.
Chemicals may be used most advan-
tageously in gravel walks, drives, ten
mis- courts, paved cutters and similar
places. Common salt. applied dry, can
be used for the purpose, -.ut it,requires
so heavy an application that it Is liable
to- wash into and injure adjacent grass
borders. Either of the following selu-
tions are more effective than salt,
more enduring in their action and do
not wash; They may be applied with
a. watering, pot at therate Of abouteight.
gallons to the square rod, and one
or at most two such applications dur
ing. the season will entirely prevent
weed growth.
(a) Crude carbolic acid, one pint in
four gallons. Of water. This is very
powerful and quick acting, but not
quite so lasting in effect as the next.
It:mag be- objected ITO on account Of
odor% this. disappears after the first.
day, however. % ,Arsenate Of soda,
one pound in eight gallons Of water.
(c) White. arsenic, one pound; wash
ing soda, two: pounds; water, nine gal
Ions: Practically the same as (b), less
convenient but little cheaper.-Farm,
E;oJd ,od P{rncydo
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
The Solids In the Milk.

Although the law may fix a mini
mum percentage of solids in the milk
sold in market, yet milk varies accord
ing to the kind of cows and the food
and water allowed. 1t is possible to
water milk through the cow. and the
milk from one COW will vary day after
day. The highest percent of solids in
milk found in England when tests
were made was 14.49 and the lowest
was 11.O2. The proportion of fat
ranged from 2.20 to 4.S5 percent, show
ing that some of the milk was more
than twice as rich in cream as others.
in the United States the percentage
of both solids and fat have been
greater where tests have been made:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
Tho wastes ON American Farms.

+ n The Wastes ON American Farms.
American farmers are the most
wasteful in the world. and American
farming the most wasteful business
in our wasteful country: They waste
land by keeping many acres unused
on which they waste money by pay
ing taxes. They. waste their crops by
leaving 9 large portion to-d!e and dry
up in the fields. or they leave their
grain standing until wasted by wind,
rain, insects and, fungi, or shock it
and leave it to take Ftha- weather as
it comes. They waste seed after saw
ing to feeding it in a wasteful man
ner., They waste fertility of their
fields ,by careless methods Of cropping.
while. the home supply Of manure is
permitted to waste by means of sun
and rain. They waste their substance
by buying on credit lfor which privi-
lege they. pay a liberal tax in over
charge) or borrowing money for which
they have to pay interest as well as
principal.
They waste tools and implements
by leaving them exposed to weather
and then must further waste valuable
time working Ineffective tools. Waste
is found in the kitchen and IN every
department of the household as well
as in the fields and barns. The success
of German farmers, Chinese farmers
or farmers from any other country is
mainly attributable to their practice
of system of farm. economy, learned
where economy, or starvation were al
ternatives. Here the alternative is not
so exacting. 1t is merely economy or
comparative poverty, In this country
;farmer:may;live and emerge from the
wears business without actual loss, and
at the same time waste enough TO feed
a foreigner or several horses. or
enough to ;fattep a beef or two. or
several hogs. Rigid economy may not
be actually imperative here. but it is
judicious.-Farm and Ranch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
The Furnish,n. of n House.


YOU must have certain things as a
basis-things that you cannot do with
out; they must be purchased at once
and set in place; but they are the nee-
essities which are found in every
house, and which are absolutely In.
dispeasnble. That Is the bread=and=
butter part, and you may eat it as
quickly as you please, but the part that
can be done by degrees is the orna-
menting of the rooms-the addition Of
a picture, bit of bronze or marble, a
few coveted books OF an article Of fur
ni:ure which does not come directly
under the head of merely useful"
There is an excitement in the very
necessity Of making choice when,
there Is only a stipulated sum Of
money to invest, and there are so
many ways in which you want to
spend it-Sallie Joy White, in the
Wcraan's Home Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
THIS WILL INTEREST MANY.

To quickly introduce the famous blood
puriaer. B. b. B. Botanic Blood Balmj into
new homes, we will give awayD,0 900 treat
,ments. B. b. b. will positively cure I'll
bio I'd and skin troubles-ulcers, scrofula,
eczema, eating sores, itching humors, swell
.inrs, pimples boils, carbuncles, bone pains,
rheumatism, cutarrh. blood poison, affecting
throat, bones or mucous patches, cancer,
swellings, persistent pimple or wnrt B. B. B.
makes the blood pure ami rich, heals
every sore or eruption, and stops all aches
and pains. Druggists. 81. For free treat
ment, address Blood Balm Co., Mitchell st.,
Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble, and free
medical advice given until cured. D. D. Is.
cures old, deep.seated CAGES that refuse to
heal under patent medicines or doctors
treatment. 1t costs nothing to try Is. B. d.
Medicine sent at once prepaid. Write today.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
WAYS. OF. CATCHING COLD,
A.Physician Tolls of the Danger Of Be-
coming Chilled or Damp.

*
coming Chilled or Damp.
The various ways in which a cold
may be brought on are thus described
by physician: "a little. knife. blade
of air blowing in through crack: in
a window upon some part of the body
!: will chill that part, and the blood yes
sells of that region will become. con-
.tracted, affecting. somewhere in the in
terror Of the body an area in reflex
relation With .6;s portion of the sur.
face of, the body.
'..For instance, the blood vessels Of
the skin of the top of the shoulders
and the, chest are associated with the
blood vessels of the lungs, so that
whatever. happens to the blood YES
sells of the skin of the shoulders and
chest happens also to the blood YES
sells of the lungs. If there is contrac-
ton of the blood vessels of the back
of the neck, there will be contraction
Of the blood vessels of the
top of the shoulders and the
shoulder blades there will also
be contraction of the blood vessels
of the lungs. When the influence Of
the cold is continued, this contraction
is followed by congestion.
when one puts his hands into cold
water for p few minutes, they are first
pale and then red. This is reaction.
The longer the application and the
more intense the d" gree of cold the
greater will be the contraction and the
congestion. So If the back Of the
neck is exposed for long time to the
influence of cold. one is likely to have
a cold in the nose and throat. If the
shoulder blades and the tops of the
shoulders are exposed. one is likely to
take cold in The lungs and suffer from
congestion of the lungs. If the cold
is long continued. it may cause. not
only a. congestion, but an Inflammation
Of the nose or the lungs 80,
$50 If the bottoms of the feet be-
come wet or chilled a weakness of the
bladder may result if there has ever
been q trouble there, of a weakness
Of the stomach If there has been a
catarrh; Of that organ.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
AAHoUgEAokD
111 RECIPES
+ MNA. 90. o. o. %.

Drowned Sweet Potatoes-Boil the
otatoes in'salted water until nearly
ne, then drain, take off the skins and
in melted butter. Place them in a
oping pan, sprinkle with pepper,
sa.t and sugar and bake until nicely
Drowned, basting frequently with
melted butter.
Pudding Sauce-Beat until light
one cupful of sugar, one level table
spoonful of butter. the yolk OF one
egg and two tablespoonfuls of flour.
Pour over this mixture one pint of
boiling water, stir until we'll mixed,
then cook for three minutes and add
the beaten white Of the egg.
Swiss Eggs-Spread the bottom of
a shallow dish with two tablespoon
fuls of butter and sprinkle with grated
cheese. Break eight whole eggs over
the cheese and season with salt and a
little cayenne. Add four tablespoon
fuls of cream. sprinkle again with
cheese and bake in moderate oven
for about Is minutes.
Beef Stew with Tomatoes-Put two
tablespoonfuls of lard into hot ket-
tie: when melted add two pounds Of
round steak cut into small pieces, one
sliced onion and dredge with two
tablespoonfuls of flour. Let all brown
nicely, then cover with boiling water,
season to taste and stew for about
two hours. Ten minutes before TAX
ing up, add one pint Of stewed to-
matoes. Pour over toast and serve.
French Rice Cream-Put three ta-
blespoonfuls of rice and one pint Of
milk in a double boiler and cook until
tender. Dissolve one and one-half table,
spoonfuls of gelatine in little water,
strain and add to the hot rice. Whip
one pint of cream, sweeten and flavor
TO taste, mix with the rice, put into
a mould and set in ice until perfectly
cold. When ready to serve, turn the
rice out into a dish and pour around
it a sauce prepared in the following
manner: Put, one tumblerful of cur
rant jelly in a granite saucepan, add
one-fourth of cupful of water and
let simmer until dissolved, then
sweeten to taste.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
The Terrors OF Wash Day.


Is it the coming of wash day" as
it is known in domestic parlance, or
is it the reaction from Sunday holi-
day which causes the phenomenon OBJ
served in many households as Mon
day crossness?"
The laundry work enlists the atten-
tion of the entire domestic force in
many homes. and consequently there
is more or less additional duty i'm
posing upon the mistress of a small
establishment before she can get her
house settled, for the day. The chill
dren, who return unwillingly to sbe,
confinement of school, perhaps. add
to her perturbation by losing their
school books and clamoring for miss
ing mittens, luRch box or umbrellas.
The Monday breakfast seems to be
Favored with soapsuds" somehow,
and the little folks in the nursery are
apt to be chidden for minor sins Of
omission or commission which would
pass unnoticed on other occasions.
The baby is taken out for an airing
by the mother instead Of by the nurse,
who is otherwise occupied with the
tubs. The mother seems impatient
with the delays and meanderings OF
the little folks who march by the side
of the baby coach. 1t is not their fault
that today is Monday, but they are
the victims of tart replies and impa:
tient behavior from their usually In
dulgent parent. Perhaps she is tired
or overworked. but all the same the
denizens of the nursery are the real,
though innocent. sufferers from the
Monday crossness of mothers.
philadelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
he Had just Gone out.

A woman entered the elevator at the
district government building and said
to the boy in charge
+: ."I want to see gentleman in. this
building. do not remember his name
and I do not know where he works.
Perhaps youcan help me find him"
.I'There IL NO use looking for him,"
replied the boy, she has just gone
out" -, -
:; :. "oh, thank you,"" said the woman
absentIy, "I am sorry, but tell him. Il
viii come again. Washington Core
spondence in Chicago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
HOw's This Z?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catnrrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY & Co., Props. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known j. Che
ney Tor the last Is years, and believe him per-
fec " honorable in MI business transactions
and financially ablo to carry out any obliga-
tlon made by their firm.
WEST Il TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio
WALDISG. KINSAH 6 MARVIN Wholesale Drug
gis,s Toledo. Ohio.
TInll's CAtnrrh Cure Is taken internally, nct-
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur.
fnces of tho system. Price, T5c. per bottle. Sod
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills nre the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
HoHsEHoLD HINTS
for the Neadle woman.

NVFIVe lVT 'HU ~O"uFO ""ftf""'
a professional sembroiderer advises
the use of thread Of green with all
white embroidery silk that Is used on
any piece of work which will require
much washing or cleansing. She says
that in the hands Of clever neelle-
woman the green will not show, and
yet it win surely keep the white silk
from turning yellow, as it is so apt
to do after being. laundered q few
t;r1nc
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
Plants Affected with Insects.

Window plants that appear yellow.
or. do not have a healthy appearance
are overmat1-ed or affected. with in
sects. The pots should be examined
in order to discover if the drainage
is perfect. It is not necessary to have
the earth wet. but simply moist, and
to allow the earth to dry some will
do no harm. The dust in the rooms
will settle in the leaves of the plants,
which makes it necessary to give each
plant thorough washing occasionally.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
The DUTY OF MOTHERS.

What suffering frequently results
from mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must suf-
fer" and young women are so taught.
There is little truth and great deal
of exaggeration in this. If young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment, and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to physician for examina-
tion; but no mother. need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
Best For the Bowels,

No matter what ails you, headache to G
cancer, you will never get we'll until your
bowels are put right. .CAscAaETs help
nature, cure you without gripe or pain,
produce easy natural movements, cost you
Just 10 cents to stGrt getting your health
back. CAscARErs Candy Cathartlc, tho
genuine, put up In metal boxes, every tab.
let has Coo stamped on 1t. Beware OF
limitations.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
HIS GUN.

Bill-Did you say that gun OF yours
would shoot 1000 ynrds1
,till4That's what did.
"Weil, it's marked to shoot only 500
yards"
ayes, but there are two BARRELS
Yonkers Statesman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
Gold. Gold! Gold.

The latest Ell Dorado is reported to be on
the Nome City Beach, Alaska. Thousands
of people are fastening there, many OF
whom return broken in health. OF what
avail is gold when health Is gone? Guard
your health with the best of all medicines,
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. 1t will regulate
the bowels, stir up the liver. invigorate the
kidneys, and absolutely cure indigestion,
constipation; malaria, chills and foyer. It's
a good medicine to keep on hand.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
EoSRfH Hsns-sas:.
IfHz2 GARssN
sSsMlaaSSss - @
When to KiiiHors.

The best time to Kill hogs is just
as soon as-thel season is cold enough
In winter the cost of increase, in
weight is greater than in summer, and
the nearer the approach Of the animal
to maturity the slower it gains in pro-
portion to food consumed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
.Ihs Mystery Of Life and Death;

Strictly speaking, Of course, a man
can't be ready to die for two different
girls without leading double life
Detroit Journal
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
ThreM Them Both.

Dashaway-"uere comes Cawkerly. lie says
that you md he were thrown togethe quite n
coud deal last summer"
Cleyerton We were both engaged to
the same girl."-Detroit FREQ Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
The Wish of Hercules.

What is the matter, ,Hercules?" Jove
asked, as the former paused in his
arduous work of cleaning the Augean
stables.
81 was merely longing for the horse
less age" replied Hercules.-Judga
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
HE WAS THINKING OF THEM.

Boy-Grandpa, 1 wish you'd buy me
O pony.
Grandpa "a philanthropisD-My son,
think of the poor boys who can't even
get bread to eat.
Boy-I was thinking Of them-the
poor little boys whose papas have po-
MES to sell that nobody will buy
Gaiety.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13

Mrs August Pfalzgraf, of South
Byron, Wis, mother of the young lady
whose portrait we here publish, wrote
Mrs. Pinkham in January, Isg9, saying
her daughter had suffered for two
years with irregular menstruation =
had headache all the time, and pain in
her side, feet swell, and was generally
miserable. Mrs. Pinkham promptly
replied with advice, and under date of
March. 1899, the mother writes again
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound cured her daughter of all
pains and irregularity.
Nothing in the world equals Mrs.
Pinkhams great medicine for regu-
lating woman's peculiar monthly
troubles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
DOubtlegs.

Professor-What kind Of iron business is
your father in, Mr.. Freshman?
Freshman-Why-er, think It's metallic iron
sir.-thiladelphta Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13

II you want "good digestion to wait up
on your appetite" you should always chew
bar Of Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13
Dead Enay.

.sJinks has no faculty for keeping money"
Lets It go to whoever asks him for 1t, De.
lieve!'
Why, I'm told that even his wife con get
money from him, IL he has 1t ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-02-13

Mistress tastounded) You can't read, Nornh?
Coed gracious! How did you ever learn to cook
30 wsll2
New Cook--Sirure, mum, OF lay 1t { not bein'
able G rade tn cook. books.