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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11

The great secret of success in life is to De
ready when your opportunity comes
Disraeli.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11

Lutk is often but another name for hard
horse sense-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-11

stops the Cough
and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets. Price 25 cents.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12

less vehicles is the farmers trolle.
road, which will make it possible for
the raiser Of produce TO come to town
with his load, dispose Of it and return
home without the aid Of his team, the
electric current being made to do all
the labor, through the medium of the
apparatus shown in the Illustration.
The inventor contemplates the install
lation Of private lines by the farmers
in a certain locality, or the rental of
ban trolley companies which now cover
the country around every large city.
AS will be seen, an electric motor is
placed on the wagon and power is OBJ
tanned from the overhead wire, the
connecting pole having a flexible adj
justment to overcome all inequalities
in the roadway. The horizontal por-
ton of the conductor is divided and
insulated, receiving the current from
one wire and returning it to the other
after it has passed through the motor
to drive the wagon. The reason for
using a return wire parallel with the
power wire is to avoid possibility of
shocks to the driver when standing
beside the wagon and in contact with
it, which might prove dangerous if the
return current passed to the earth after
use, By gearing the driving shaft low
very heavy loads could be transported
with comparatively little expense for
current, and as there are no heavy
storage batteries or power generators
aboard there is plenty of room in the
wagon for the loading of produce, etc
Daniel S. Bergin is the inventor.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
Points in strawberrn Raising.

Y. e. Vandeman, the well known
fruit grover, says:
There is one point in strawberry
culture by the matted row system,
that is rarely understood as it should
be, and this is, in regard to not allow
ing the plants to set too thick in the
row. A strawberry plant is a weed
in strawberry patch, where it is not
needed. 1t is the first or earlier plants
that set that produce the big berries,
while the late plants make the little
things that are nuisance to grower,
the picker, the dealer and the con-
sumer. The average strawberry grower
is too apt to let the rows mat so close
ly that none Of the plants can do its
best, nor nearly what it should do. AT
ter the plants have passed about the
first of August they probably will have
set enough new ones to fill the rows
twenty inches wide, or a little more:
provided the runners have been trained
lengthwise of the rows and placed so
as evenly to fill the spaces properly
allotted to them. About six inches
apart is close enough for them When
they are thus set it is a mistake to let
any more take root between them, as
they are sure to Go if not prevented.
Instead of spending time in keeping
the middle spaces between tho rows
clean of weeds and strawberry plants
it is better to let these spaces alone fol
a month or two and give close atten
ton to the centres or bearing spaces
With fork hoe pull loose or dig III
whatever tries to grow between the
early plants, and drag the runners into
the spaces between the rows. Some
times it may be necessary to cut then
Off This may need to be done more
than once, in order to prevent the thicl
mat OF plants in the rows that are Il
do the bearing. Those that are set il
the middle spaces viii do no harm, no
the weeds either, for the time being
When the cool weather of autumn
comes on plow or cultivate the middle
thoroughly, leaving the bearing space
about twenty inches or two feet wide
and let the field go into winter quarter
I. so, except that light mulch the frs
of December may be applied"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12

tural strength of the shell. Greater in
genuity had to be exercised in sub
hitting shells to internal pressure, ow-
ing to the poor nature of the hens
egg. 1t was necessary to render the
specimen water-tight without increas-
ing it's structural strength. This was
finally accomplished with the aid of a
toy balloon which was inserted into
the shell through one of the two small
holes, and the imitation accomplished
by hollow wire A hydraulic gauge in
dicated the pressure at the moment the
shell broke, and eleven trials gave for
ty-four pounds per square inch as the
breaking pressure. Three specimens
withstood pressure Of sixty pounds or
better.
The most wonderful development of
strength was seen in the resistance to
external pressure. The average col
lapsing pressure of egg shells was 54J
pounds.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
Poultry Feed.

Do not neglect to feed charcoal;
its worth as a digester cannot be too
highly estimated. Apples are not only
a relish to fowls, but an excellent
change in the green bill of fare Milk
is a complete food, valuable alike to
old and young stock. 1t will pay better
to feed the milk to the pigs, as ex-
periments will easily prove. Rye is the
poorest Of poultry feed; chickens can
hardly be made to eat it, and a dough
made of its -four will quickly kill off
a flock of chicks Corn and bucllwheat
have their value as feed, but being of
very fattening nature they must be
fed sparingly to laying hens. Boiled
oats make a good occasional meal in
stead Of the morning mash. While
cooked vegetables are specially valua-
| BILE as q part of a winter ration, 4
smaller amount must be given if there
is lOoseness Of the bowels. Glover hay
stepped all night, or boiled for several
hours, makes an excellent addition to
the bill of fare; it is bulky food and
fills up without fattening. Being full
of lime, soft-shelled eggs are almost
unknown where it is fed Green bone
is also an excellent addition to the
poultry feed, but should not be given
oftener than three times week, as too
much raw meat will make fowls lrri-
table and produce worms. Wheat is
the most complete of all foods, and
should be a part Of the daily bill of
fare. Millet seed is a great egg pro-
Queer and should be a variety. Beans
are excellent being highly nitrogencus,
and should of course be fed cooked.
Barley should be given occasionally
so should popcorn.-Dixie Farmer
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
shoep as NYeed neatroYors.

Professor Thomas Shaw says the
extent to which sheep may be used as
weed destroyers is not so generally
known as it ought to be. If it were
they would be used to a far greater
extent for this purpose than ever they
have been in the past The idea is
general that sheep serve a good pur-
pose in cleaning a farm, but the idea
of using them as the destroyers of
weeds to the extent of Graduating
them practically in cultivated fields
has not yet become rooted in the pop,
ular mind
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
SOUTHERN = FARN ; GOTES.
BOO
7aScS 0FR7E9ssT TO sS.AgTEa S70cgRgO 7sgcs o70gsa

return. MS far as possible. 10 Che soil
Of the ferulizne ingredients OF cotton
seed and greater attention 20 live
stock industries, and he AIDES: u be-
lieyc that the South viii nos uHch
longer DE known and thought OF prl-
marily as The land o. cotton but as
q crca, and prosperous region Of varied
agricultural industries. With the great
industrial progress OF the Southern
States ana the Development OF their
wonderful mineral and manufacturing
resources comes the best OF an markets
for the farmer-the great home market.
More and more ] hope to see agricul-
ture of the South diversified as this
great home market expands Lei the
cotton crop continue to increase i'm total
production, but let It's growth be rather
by a higher average than by a very
large extension of the area under this
crop. Let Southern farmers keep the
plant food at home and send the
product Of the farm to market in the
| form Of manufactured articles (manu-
featured on the farm by natures pro-
cesses) rather than ia the form Of raw
material. Let them grade up their
flocks and herds, and keep many more
Of all kinds Of domestic animals. Let
them renoyate the soil by the use Of
legumes and save all the fertili2ing
material that the farm itself produces.
Then will the agriculture of the South
show in the census to be taken in 1910
advances greater by far than even
the great progress made in the last
twenty years Of her history. "-south-
crn Farmer
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
ONE OF NAPoLEoN's wATCH-TowERs ON
THE FRENCH COAST.

at the time when he was contemplate
ing the invasion of England This
particular lookout-which is in a very
good state of preservation stands on
the cliffs between Wimereux and Am
bleteuse. and on clear days England
can be distinctly seen with the naked
eye One can imagine the watchers in
those little towers gazing out across
the sea towards the hated land whose
vigilant fleets and Thanksgiving armies
were the main obstacles to the univer-
sal success Of the arms of the En-.
peror,-The Wide World Magazine.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12

strength Of empty egg shells. He made
records Of the compressive strength
and the resistance of external and in
ternal pressure. The common parlor
experiment of endeayoring to break
an egg by pressing upon it lengthwise
when held between the palms of the
hands, exemplifies the first measure Of
its longitudinal resistance to pressure.
AS it is well known, it takes pretty
strong hands to squash an egg held
in this position. When mechanical
means are subtituted for manual ones
the squashing pressure is readily meas
ured,and was found to be from forty
TO seyentv-fve pounds. the average be
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12

II N my opinion that O. VIII pay every
planter living within q mile OF tine
railroad TO plant q part of his crop la
cane a.a" The best land should be
used f1e a. The Same implements on
the cotton farm win do the work for
cane. Flowing for cane should be- done
deep and well ana 500 pounds Of fer
tiliZer used per acre and the crop
thoroughly cultivated Now that we
use derricks and sings for taking The
cane from che wagon to the car the or
binary cotton wagons answer well for
delivering cane to the car
TO make a comparison, land which
will produce without fertilizer three
fourths Of a bale of cotton per acre,
with proper preparation and thorough
cultivation and with the addition Of
s. worth Of fertilizer will produce ff
teen to eighteen tons Of cane. The cot
ton crop win sell for S2G25, and the
cane for S50.25 to SG72O. Deduct fifty
cents per ton for freight TO the fac
tory, and we have for the gross pro-
ceeds $40 and $50 against $2G.2j for
cotton. At present sugar cane is as
salable as cotton. There are several
factories along the railroad which will
purchase all that is offered and con
tract to do so for a number Of years.
Sugar cane is a hardy plant and will
stand storms and wind better than
any crop we have, but it requires good
cultivation and plenty Of moisture and
will yield well in favorable seasons
When the months of July, August and
September are excessively dry. the
tonnage will be light.
The amount Of money coming IL
from fifty to 100 acres Of cane is sc
much greater than that received FOL
cotton that 1 am sure planters vii
find it profitable TO have a small acre
age Of it every year. think cane car
be grown on the same terms with tn,
labor as cOttOn-viZ, on halves, tn
cost of seed and fertilizer being equal,
divided between the planter and tn
labor, the planter giving close enough
attention to the planting and cultiva
ton to insure proper work. Wher
the cost Of seed and fertilizer is a
great as for a crop of cane it will no
do at all to plant in a careless manner
Good stands are essential to goo
growth, but when this is done l sc
no reason why the crop should nc
make money for both. l have on m
plantation a number of tenants VIII
plant small patches Of cane, and a
of them seem to do well and are til
first to pay up accounts.-Hon. U. {
Dougherty, Louisiana, before Farmer
Institute.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
Cuoumbers, Canteloupes ana squashes.

Cucumbers, Canteloupes ana squashes.
Cucumbers, cantcloupes and squashes
should be set in hills five feet apart
each way. Give each hill a good
shovelful of well-rotted farm-yard
manure, and mix a good handful Of
highgrade fertilizer having, say, six
per cent. Of ammonia, four per cent.
of phosphoric acid, and seven per
cent. of potash in each hill before
planting the seeds. Put three or fur
seeds in each hill, and thin to one
plant when we'll started. The young
plants should be protected from the
melon bugs and louise by covering
them with a small frame on which
plant bed muslin is stretched until the
vines are strong enough to resist the
bugs. Busting the young plants with
bone meal when wet with dew win
often help to keep off the bugs.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12

Recent scientifically constructed tests,
undertaken in a spirit of curiosity, but
continued in wonderment, demon
strated that a shell not more than
thirteen one-thousandths of an inch
in thickness has astonishing strength,
comparable with the best of mans
artificial products. Albert e. Gray re-
Gently conducted a number of inter-
esting experiments to demonstrate the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
Egg Shsll S Strength
That 1t is Easily Broken is Not
Due to any Structural
Weakness.

AS fragile as an egg shell, as easily
broken as an egg shell, are two popu-
lar sayings, based on erroneous obser-
vatiOns 1t is true that an egg shell
is quite easily broken, but this is not
because of any structural weakness in
the composition of its material, but be-
cause of its extremely thin walls
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
High Fertiiizing For Turnips.

The turnip being a rapid grower will
pay for very high fertilizing. If you
can get stable manure, 1t is the best
fertilizer for this crop. Ten to twenty
tons per acre, spread on broadcast
and thoroughly mixed with the soil
by blowing and narrowing viii never
fail to yield a profitable return
Southern Cultlvator.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
A Relic of waterloo DAYS.

Reminiscent Of the storm and stress
of NapOleonic days is the little snap
shot reproduced here, 1t shows one of
the lookout stations built by Napoleon
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12

ing nearly ffty-fye pounds. This, too,
with specimen eggs taken at random.
An empty egg she'll was subjected to
Il test by being placed endwse on two
rubber cushions and made to support
box into which shot was slowly
poured. The rubber pads protected the
shell from the hard contact, and this
experiment demonstrated the struc-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
Agricultural Progress in the South,

Secretary Wilson, of the United
States Department of Agriculture, in
a survey Of agricultural progress in the
South in a Government paper urges
a greater average yield per acre
than a greater acreage Of cotton the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12
THE FARM
TROLLEY WAGON

Horseless Vehicle For the Country
Roads.
The inventors seem to be striving
faithfully to relieve the horse Of all the
heavy hauling which it has in the past
been called upon to perform, and it is
probable the day is not far distant
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12

The worlds output Of coal in 1900
was 767 100000 tons.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-12-12

when pleasure drivers will be the only
ones who viii lind use for this animal.
The latest idea along the line of horse
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-04-01
SIX LIVES LOST.
Earth at Cleveland Taken
Out Dead, mH

Cleveland, o., March 26.-As the re-
suit of a cavern of a huge bank of
earth at the main street plant of the
Cleveland Gas Light and Coke COM
pany Tuesday afternoon six men are
dead. Their names are: Colegero
Amati, aged 81 years; Giuseppe Ber-
gozzo, aged 35 years; Vincenzo Lisuz-
20, aged % years; Andrew Hahn, aged
rs years; Peter Preast, aged IS years,
and an Italian whose name has not
yet been learned. Edward Lynch, an
other laborer, was injured, but it is
believed not seriously so.
The men were working close to a
bank of clay, when it suddenly gave
way without the slightest warning,
burying them beneath the mass of
earth. Fellow-workmen immediately
began the work of rescue and in very
short time six of the men had been
taken out. Some of them were alive,
others were already dead, their lives
having been smothered out. The liv-
ing were started to the several near
by hospitals, but died en- route, and
their bodies were then taken to I'M
dertaking Adjustments. Workmen
employed at the scene of the disaster
give as cause for the fall of clay the
thawing of the ground by the warm
sun, which made the clay looser than
it had been previously. There were
35' or more men at work on the eNcava
ton, which is being made for the cree
ton of a new building, and as they
all lived nearby their wives and chill
dren, who had learned of the disaster,
rushed to the place and added to the
confusion by their terror-stricken
cries for their relatives, whom they
were not able to locate instantly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-04-01
GALE PROVES FATAL.
Two Men Killed and Much Property
Damaged by Windstorm in
Louisiana.

Crowley, La, March ga great
storm of wind swept through the
neighborhood of Bayou Quene de Tor
tue, 10 miles south of Crowley, in Yer
million parish, Monday night, and re-
ports are coming in of great damage
done. AS far as known two men were
killed, Delmas Richard and man
named Stills. Bigue Abshire was so
badly crushed that he will die. At the
residence of John c. Ellis, ~ miles
south of Crowley, Richard was killed,
and Mr.. Ellis sister was considerably
bruised by falling timbers. The house
of Mr.. Burleigh was blown down, but
the family escaped with slight in
juries. About three miles from the
Ellis place Mr.. Donnelly's house was
blown from the foundation and the
stables were destroyed. At farm pot
far from the Donnelly place a man
named Stills was killed while trying to
escape from his home, which was com
pletely wrecked, and three other men,
bers of the family were seriously in
jured. Twelve houses are reported as
totally demolished. Fruit trees were
torn out of the ground and destroyed.
1t is thought there were several other
fatalities in the remote parts of the
parish. The property loss will be very
heavy.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-04-01
IMPORTANT MEASURES.
Revenue Tax and One for the
Protection of the President.

Washington, March 22.-Two impor-
tant measures were passed by the SEN
ate Friday, the bill for the repeal Of
the war revenue taxes and that for the
protection of the president of the
United States. The revenue bill was
passed without division and after only
one short speech.
The bill for the protection of the
president was under discussion during
the greater part of the session. Sen
ator Patterson (Col.) made an extend
ed speech in opposition to it and Sen
ator Fairbanks Qnd.) supported it. All
amendments to the measure were re-
jected and it was passed by vote of
SO to Is.
The bill provides that any person within
the United States who shall wilfully and
maliciously kill the president or any off,
Ger on whom the duties of president may
deVolve, or any sovereign of foreign
country, or shall attempt to kill any of the
persons named, shall suffer death; that any
person who shall aid, abet, advise or coun-
sci the killing of any of the persons named,
or shall conspire to accomplish their death,
shall be imprisoned not exceeding 20 years;
that any person who shall threaten to kill
or advise or counsel another to kill the
president, or any official on whom the du-
ties Of president may devolve, shall be i'm
prisoned not exceeding ten years; that any
person who shall wilfully aid in the es-
cape of any person guilty of any of the
offenses mentioned shall be deemed an ac-
complete and shall be punished as prin-
cipal. The secretary of war is directed to
detail from the regular army a guard of
officers and men to protect the president,
without any unnecessary display" and
the secretary is authorized to make regu-
latiors as to the dress, arms and equip
mn of oh,
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-04-01
TRADE REVIEW.
of Further Improvement in
Many Lines.

New York, March 22.-R. G. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade says: "Evi-
dences of further Improvement are numer-
Gus. Labor controversies are less threat
ening. many settlements having been eff
fected, while others are momentarily an
ticipated; wages have been advanced, not
only through strikes, but in some cases
voluntarily; traffic congestion has sub
sided until it is possible to deliver goods
according to specifications; aside from
some idle footwear shops, the leading lines
OIL manufacture are very fully engaged,
while jobbing trade is of exceptional
magnitude. Retail dealings are also very
large. the Easter stimulus being felt in
al lines of wearing apparel, with domestic
demand SO vigorous it is especially en-
couraglng to notice gain for the last
week in foreign trade a the principal ports.
Pressure for iron and steel has not dimin-
lshed perceptibly, yet the impression is
growing that after July 1 the situation
Will become approximately normal and 1t
VIII be possible to secure deliveries with
some degree of promptness. This is the
more probable as there has been further
stlfening OF quotations and additional i'm
portatlons, which would have been much
larger but for the advance in foreign mar
kets For some time to come it is probab'
that foreign commerce exhibits as to this
industry will be less satisfactory, but 1t
1t worthy of note that imports are mainly
OF pig iron, billets and sheets, while the ex-
ports OF many lines of expensive machinery
and other finished products are fully sus-
tained. Large contracts are constantly
under consideration for structural mate
rial on domestic account. including railway
bridges. viaducts, car shops and office
buildings. In this respect the domestic
consumption this year will far surpass all
records.
Failures for the week numbered 209
in the United States, against 224 last year,
and 81 in Canada, against SO last year"
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-04-01
FOR GENERAL SURRENDER.
Believed That Trnnsvnal Officials Ne
gotiating with British Favor
Such n STEP

Wolve Foek, Orange River CoClony,
March 24.-The train having on board
Acting President Schalk- Burger
and his party passed this place, on it's
way to Kroonstad Monday. The Trans
vaal government officials were accom-
panied by Capt. Marker, Lord Kitchen
er's aid-de-camp, and five other mem
bers of the staff of the British COM
mander-in-chief in South Africa. The
impression here is that the Transvaal-
ers favor a general surrender of the
Boer forces.
Amsterday, March &c. = Abraham
Fischer, the Boer delegate, in an inter-
view Tuesday gave variety of reasons
why the Beers in the field should be in
mood to continue the war rather than
accept terms less advantageous than
those previously demanded. The latest
report from President Steyn, received
under date of February Is, says:
"Last year we fought hopefully;
now we are fighting with confidence,
not to the bitter end, but to happy
end"
The Boer forces have plenty of every.
thing except clothing.