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The age-herald., 1901-04-02
China Will Refuse.

New York, April IA dispatch to the Tribune from London says:
 Dispatches from Shanghai report that an imperial edict will be Issued announc- ing the decision of the Chinese court to refuse ratification of the Manchurian agreement
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
THE CITY
Bank cIearings.-Bank clearances yesterday were s176,87941.

Dropped Dead.-Annie Fulenwiler, colored. dropped dead at 6 o'clock yes terday morning at her sisters house on Eighth avenue, between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets. She had re- turned there Friday morning complain ing about her throat and head. The coroner is Investigating the case.
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
Report Denied.

London April 1.-The foreign office here tells the Associated Press that 1t is quite untrue that Great Britain has protested at St. Petersburg against the Manchurian convention, and it does not believe that any other power has done so.
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
Asks Accommodation.

London, April Zone thousand stu dents of the University of Kieff have forwarded a petition to the Holy Synod" says the Odessa correspondent of the Daily Express ',in which they asked to be communicated with Count Tolstoi."
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
Covert Carries Evansville.

Evansville. Ind, April Manifestations late tonight point to the election of the Republican candidate, Charles G. Co., vert for Mayor, by about 100 majority. It Is believed the Democrats will elect two out of seven eouncflmen
The age-herald., 1901-04-02

Heavy Hail Storm.-A heavy hail storm prevailed in Jones valley about 3 o'clock yesterday morning. In some places hail lay on the ground for some time before melting
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
DEMOCRATS CARRY
 LARGE OHIO TOWNS
Continued from First Pase.)

and he and his followers assert that Judge Elbridge Hancey. the Republican nomi- nee. is favorable to extensive grants to the street car companies The Repubii-
 cans deny this and declare that Hanoey
The age-herald., 1901-04-02

The attraction of Birming- ham-Miss Otto and the Whiteley exercisor-in win dow of Birmingham Arms and Cycle Go.
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
MICHIGAN.
Republicans Are Successful, Though Vote Was Light.

Detroit. Mich. April i.-Robert M. Montgomery of Grand Rapids. Republi- can, has been reelected justice of the Supreme Court by about 4O.ooo majority. and Frank w. Fletcher of Alphena and
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
Piles Cured Without the Knife,

Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Your druggist will refund your money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure you. 50 cents.
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
Biscuit Crumbs From Windsor.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 Miss Emily Sartain, the daughter of the late John Sartain, artist, and herself the head of the School of De- sign for Women in Philadelphia, tells
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
Turkish Transport Wrecked.

Jiddah, Arabia, April 1.-The Turkish transport Aslam has been wrecked near Yembo. Twenty soldiers were drowned.
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
Marriage in Huntsville.

Huntsville, April 1.-(SpeciaD-D. A. Mauldin, formerly of Rome Ga, and Miss Mary Edwards of Lexington, Ky, were married in this city last night. Justice Jessie L. Ferguson officiated.
The age-herald., 1901-04-02

For men of brains-Cortez Havana cigars-made at Key West.
The age-herald., 1901-04-02
Announcement Is made of the approach-

announcement IS made or the approach ing marriage of Miss Susie Huff of Guntersville to Ephriam H. Foster, Esq, of this city. The wedding will be sol emnized April at the residence of MT and Mrs. W. P Newman, Adams ave- nue. The bride to be Is popular young society leader of Guntersville. MT. Eos ter is a member of the law firm of Cooper & Foster
The age-herald., 1901-04-02

Is to love children, and no home can be completely hap py without them, yet the ordeal through which the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
nndan,s pisorderIy Element.

The London policeman sometimes
belongs to the army reserve, and a
large number have been withdrawn
for service in South Africa. promoting,
1t is thought, In some degree the curious
and malignant outbreak Of rufianism
expressing itself in murder, robbery
and various forms Of outrage from
which London is now suffering. A
number Of unusual remedies are pro-
posed, one being that all hom!cides
shall be hanged no matter how young
they may be, and another that floggins
shall be introduced on sliding scale,
graduated to fit the crime and applied
while the latter is fresh in the culprit's
memory. Such an eXpedient promptly
arrested an epider'ic Of garroting
which broke out t.lere generation
and more ago, and as an emergency
measure probably retains It's old eff
cheney. London's disorderly elements
are always abundant though in gen
cral q few whacks on the head from
the local copper are sufficient to
keep them from pe-nicious activity.
But 1t Is evident that the ranks of the
latter ought not to be reduced on any
urgency of foreign or other service.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
High School Education.

Secretary Hill, of the Massachusetts,
Board of Education, is much pleased
over the justification Of 4 step taken
by him five years ago, when he placed
the normal schools 4 distinct grade
above the high schools, his purpose be-
ing to improve tine quality Of the
teaching force in the public schools.
Before that time it had been permit
ted to graduates of grammar schools
to enter the normal schools, but the
new requirements obliged applicants
for admission to the normal schools
to have had the equivalent of high
school education. No other State in
the Union had such system at that
time, it is said, and it was feared
by some that applications for admis-
sion would fall off and the supply
of teachers would decline. Just the
reverse has happened. Under the
new policy the number OF admissions
is sixty per cent. greater than under
the former policy, showing that the
men and women who have to teach
for a profession appreciate the higher
professional training which the State
schools afford.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
Storing the Squash Crop.

After the crop has been cut and
piled, not over three deep, lor couple
of days. with the object of having the
end of the stem scared by the sun, the
sooner the squashes are stored in some
southern exposure where they can be
readily protected from the frost of
night and uncovered to the sun by day,
Is good temporary substitute. 1t is
not wise to leave then piled in the
field, for exposure to the long, cold
rains which are common late in the
fall is apt to injure heir keeping quail
ties. have known a crop Of Marrows
that had been so exposed to spot all
over with rot within few weeks after
they had been housed Shall we store
our squashes in cellar or in some
frost-proof, airy building. such as
squash house, double plastered, with
double windows and with a stove for
colder weather? I have stored hun
dreds Of tons both ways and therefore
can speak from large experience. To
cellars in general there is this objec-
ton: They are damp and tend not on
ly to rot the squashes, but to keep
from ripening those not fully ripe
when gathered.
The one argument for using them is
that the squashes come out of them
as bright celored as they went in and
hence are very attractive in appear
ance, but this is more than Offset by
the objection that waen kept late In
esllars they are more liable to rot on
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
DEVELOPING THE DAIRY CALF.

The calf destined for the dairy
should never be fed q ration which will
make it put on fat. If the lesh--grow-
ing habit is acquired By the young
growing animal, 1t is retained after
ward and the animal is injured for
dairy purposes. T. w. Hodson, former
superintendent of tho Ontario Farmers
Institutes, recommends to remove the
calf from its dam as soon rs dropped
and to put in separate pen, where it
must be thoroughly rubbed dry with
a cloth. Some prefer to let the cow
clean the calf, but he CONSIDERS 1t
doubtful If any good is served there
by, and In the case of heifer with her
first calf, the longer the calf is left
with her the more troublesome she is
likely to be, especially as regards hold
ing up her milk.
Teaching the calf TO 'l-ink IS not q
troublesome process when it is rcmov-
ed early from the lam. Always give
the calf the colostrum, or first milk, and
let It have the dan's Iuilk for a week.
Feed frequently and in small quanti-
ties, never more than two quarts per
feed Feed the milk at & temperature
Of from 90 to 90 degrees. At tile end
of the week, begin to substitute
skim-milk There is no better substi.
tute for the butter Fat removed in
skimmlng the milk than faxseed or
linseed meal. Take a quart OF flax
seed, soak for five or six hours in six
or eight quarts OF water and boil for
an hour. Give half u teacupful OF this
Jelly at each feed and increase as the
calf grows.
An English dairy farmer gives the
following as his methoI Of feeding
calves: He makes a. porridse of four
quarts Of corn maal, two quarts Of
ground buckwheat, four quarts oe
wheat bran and two handfuls Of lin
seed meal. Each calf receives II heap
ing tablespoonful FOR each meal, which
Is made into porridge with water and
added to one quart of sweet milk, in
which pinch Of salt Is put. The grain
Is gradually increased each week. As
regards this ration, it ma:I be said that
skim-milk could well be substituted rs
more economical .haa new milk. and
also that the feeding Uf corn meal and
ground buckwheat would have q ten
dency to induce fcsb-furning habits in
the animal.-American Acr:culturist.
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A FREAK OF NATURE.
A Dam in the West Which Is Made OF


Soda.
Probably few people ever heard OF
a soda dam, but such a freak Of ma
ture really exists in an unfrcquented
part Of the great west. A. O. Wright,
of the Indian service, who travels e1-
tensiyely through that section Of the
country west of the Missouri River,
in speaking Of strange things he has
encountered in his tours alluded to
the soda dam. Asked what he meant
by q soda dam, he said:
"In Box Canyon, just above the hot
springs of the Jemcz River, Arizona,
is dam extending from one wall Of
the gorge to the other. This dam is
a nothing more nor less than massive
wall of pure soda, rising to height
of 100 feet, and probably 600 feet from
end to end. Natures forces, Of course,
started their work Of construction
away back in the dim and distant past
when deposits Of soda contained In the
water thrown off by the springs were
made at the base Of what has since de-
veloped into one Of the natural WON
ders of the west. Those deposits must
have been made with remarkable
rapidity.
Gust ten years ago the Jemez River
rose to IN unprecedented height, and
under the abnormal pressure Of the
torrent lower section Of the dam gave
way, leaving breach in the wall Of
soda about twenty feet high. When
the water subsidized the lake formed
by the dam was, Of course, destroyed
leaving the upper eighty feet Of the
dam high and dry.
81 passed through that section Of
Arizona this last summer, and pGr-
posely visited the soda dam. l was
most astonishcd to see that the
twenty-foot breach had been nearly
filed in. The soda from the springs
had made fresh deposits, and grad
ually patched up the hole made In
1890. At the present rate the breach
will be entirely closed in another year
and the lake will assume IFS former
| proportions.
Previous to the break in the dam,
the lake above was fully 600 feet wide,
and extended up the canyon for at
least three-quarters Of mile. Scien-
lists who have examined the dam are
of the opinion that it will never attain
q height much above 100 feet, for the
deposits in the water seem to sink in
that great depth before the brink Is
reached. AS they fall, however, they
will tend to strengthen the base Of the
dam, and will gradually decrease the
depth of the lake at its lower end
Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
Weedy Milk.

There are weedy pastures in the
land, and there are pastures free from
weeds. 1t is plain that the more milk
from clean pastures and the less from
weedy pastures we have in the cream
cry the better the chance TO get good
flavor. The creamery manager, in or
der to manage, must know the farm
conditions of each and every patron,
and the weedy milk must be separated
SO as to run as little milk as possible
into the cream. As it Is not practicable
to keep all the milk from clean past
ures separate from that coming from
weedy pastures at the weigh can-at
least it may not be practicable-the
proper caper is to separate all the
cream, thick and rich, running the
minimum o. milk into the cream; then
take the same cans of milk from pa
irons with pastures free from weeds
patrons who are neat and tidy, who
keep the milk pure and uncontaminat-
ed-and dump this milk straight into
the cream vat in sufficient quantities
to insure the right percentage Of fat
in the cream and cause it to ripen in
time. This is a winning method-a
winner because it is founded upon ma
ture and common sense.-Creamery
Journal,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
Living is Cheaper Now.

Cost of living is less in the United
States today than it was in 1860.
Carefully compiled statistics show that
articles costing 500 then cost only SIS
now. 1t is true that few things are
more expensive, but commodities con-
sumed generally by families, such as
breadstuffs, sugar, rice, salt, woolen
and cotton goods, boots and shoes and
silk and rubber goods are considerably
cheaper now than they were 80 years
ago.
All manufactured goods, with hardly
an exception, are cheaper, mainly be-
cause of improved processes of manu-
facture, which enable the maker to re-
duce the cost to the lowest point. The
development of our vast arabic terri
tory in the West, Northwest and
Southwest, and the striking results of
irrigation, when applied to what were
formerly considered desert lunds, have
increased our crop supplies more rap
idly than the increase Of population.
Despite the dire predictions that
rrices of wheat, corn and cG&ton must
inevitably advance because little land
remained to be cultivated il! the West
and South, the fact is that millions OF
acres are still awaiting tillage. In
Texas alone an area almost as eXten-
siye as that of the original IL
states is virgin soil. The emigrant
NAV have to go farther and work hard
er to establish a homestead in the
United States, but Uncle Sanl is still
rich enough to give every ahle-bodied
industrious newcomer chance to own
Il farm.-Leslie's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
IrriCatIng the Holy Land

The Turkish government is now SER
iously considering the question as to
establishing irrigation works on a
large scale in the vast plain situated
along the shore Of the Jordan river
and extending from Lake Tiberias to
the Dead sea. 1t is intended to con-
struct a large number of canals, start
ing from the Jordan and leading 10 the
neighboring plains, which are said to
be very fertile, but which arc not titled
on account of lack of water. The en-
penditure involved in the construction
of these irrigations are reported to
amount to about sG00,O00. At the same
time it is said that this amount could
easily be regained in two or three years
by proper agriculture.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
SLOT MACHINES FOR MARBLES.
Ingenious Yankee Boys Who Are Doing a
Good Trade.

Even the schoolroom has been in
vaded by the slot machine. An in
genious contrivance arranged on the
principle Of a slot machine has been
the means within the last two weeks
of creating q corner on marbles in Ger
tain st. Joseph schools. The heavy
holders of that commodity" are the
owners of the marble slot machines.
This device Is one that any boy with
the aid Of q few tools can construct.
One manner Of construction is this: A
cigar box, from which the lid has been
removed, is nailed to an inch board cut
to the size of the box. The box Is
then divided into two compartments
by thin partition made Of the lid,
through which the slot machine maker
has bored three holes large enough to
admit q marble of ordinary size. In
one of these compartments Is arranged
a triangle Of shingle nails, driven at
even distances from each other, and
so placed that a marble will roll
through between them. Another open
ing Is made in the top of the cigar
box, through which the marble is
dropped.
The nails are so arranged that the
marble strikes one when it is dropped
into the upper slot. The force Of con-
tact throws it up against the next nail,
and thus it travels through the triangle
of nails in sinuous course toward
the partition containing the three
holes. If it drops through the centre
hole the boy who is playing the ma
chine wins. His own marble Is re-
turned to him and he receives another
in addition. If it drops through either
Of the other holes he loses, and the
slot machine keeps the marble. AS the
whole contrivance is in plain sight of
the boy who plays the machine, there
is no opportunity for juggling the mar
bles in their course. The chances to
win or lose are, apparently, about
even. The slot machine has proven
immensely popular at many Of the
schools, and some of the teachers have
forbidden its use on the ground that
it teaches boys gambling.-St Joseph
(Mo) News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
Fesd for Cows at ca.rins.

A writer in the Practical Farmer
claims COWS that are expected to be
fresh should not have any grain for
several weeks previous to the event. 1t
is often the case where a farmer has
an extra butter cow that he overfeeds
her at this critical period, or gives her
such quantities of grain, in tho hope of
making her do little better the next
time, that she is liable to have milk
fever or other disease that may cause
death. 1t is better to be on the safe
side and not feed any grain for at least
three days after calving. A COW Will,
undoubtedly, make as much butter IN
the long run when this is done, asH she
were fed grain right along. Even II
this were not the case, I for one would
prefer to avoid the risk which heavy
grain feeding always entails.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
The Toy Left on the Farm.

In many of the homes Of prosperous
and progressive farmers at this sea-
son the oldest boy or the precociously
bright one is being sent to college.
The neighboring high school had
graduated him with high honors, and
now the family name is to be made
glorious BY the brilliant achievements
of This favored son. In the fathers
plans for the boy are dreams of state
and national fame that are not won
behind plow or out in a hayfield,
while the mother may fondly hope that
the dear boy will be called to the min
istry, and in packing the trunk places
his Bible in conspicuous place. All
unconsciously these parents are prepar-
ing farm boy of stalwart Drawn.
clear brain and pure heart to enter the
activities of life in some distant city.
Every effort bends in this direction,
and that, too, many times at the price
of much toll and sacrifice. God knows
the city has need of such. If it were
not for the strong, vigorous, clean
young manhood of the rural districts
that comes to the centres of population
to vitalize them. urban social and busi-
ness problems would assume more
enigmatical character than they now
do.
But what of the boy left on the
farm? Has agriculture no demand to
be served? In our conception of farm
ing have many of us got far beyond
the Indian, just digging, dropping and
covering the seed and gathering the
harvest? Farming is business to be
learned, and needs the trained mind
as much as does any profession that
places alphabetical endings to the
boys name. If John is sent to college
to take medical course and Tom
must farm, then it is only just to Tom
that he may be given course in agri-
culture. Then the boys will be social
equals. It's not mere work that separ-
ates men socially; it is their mental
ity. Cultured minds will demand bet
ter environment Many farmers hav-
ing good farms we'll stocked, and even
having bank accounts that suggest
that the day of absolute need is not at
hand, will suffer themselves and their
families to go without many convenien-
cies that would lessen the farm labor.
At the agricultural colleges such farm
economic problems are given due con-
sideration, and the bright boy easily
adapts them to his own conditions and
environment World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
Winter Work.

Winter is upon us, and the farmer
should rejoice, not because it will be
season of rest, but because it will give
him an opportunity to do so many
things that he has neglected in the
hurry of planting, cultivating and har-
vesting. We fear that we should not
make success of farming if we were
In region Of perpetual summer. We
should hinder our work by trying to
do too much, and leaving undone the
work that should be done. There are
many little things for which there
seems to be no great haste. They can
be done at any time, and that means
that they are never done, or done in
great haste when they reach the point
where they must be done. When we
were farming we used the days when it
was not suitable weather to work out
of doors in putting all tools and ma
chinery in good condition, including
farm wagons and carts. and they were
painted, if they needed it which most
of them did even after one years use.
The work might not have been done
very artistically, but the paint served
to protect the wood from the weather.
Then harnesses were cleaned, mended
and oiled, and repairs made on gates,
fences, etc, while during the pleasant
days manure was drawn out, and the
summer wood brought lone. All this
so helped when the spring work began
that If we desired to go on farm
again we should much prefer to take it
in November than March, observes the
American Cultivator, unless we were
sure that our predecessor had been one
who spent the winter days in getting
ready for the coming season.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-01-23
DON'T Conflne tho Pnnltry.

The poultry keeper who is limited to
small yards for his fow' seldom sue
.ceeds well iu buying farm-raised chick
ems to I'LL his pens. The unusual con-
fnement seems to be irksome to them.
We mean such as are raised where
they have free range, which not all
have on farms in this section. Each
year the number CT farmers who Keep
their hens in yards is increasing. and
when We read. as we often do in some
Western or Southern papers, of the
trouble from the hens scratching veg
etable and flower gardens, picking
fruit. soiling the feed in the barn and
the tools in the shed. and stealing
their nests to bring out late chickens
when they do not want to care for
them, we wonder that any one will
keep them who cannot fence them into
q yard where they will do no harm.
We have known people to let their
hogs run about the dooryards and
roads, and we would about as soon
have them there as the hens.-Ameri-
can Cultivator.