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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-12
Cheap Rations for Horses and
Mules.

Mules.
To the Editor of The Farmer;
Farmers from various sections of tho
state nave been writing asking about
the ACCESSIBILITY Of feeding horses and
mules on cotton seed meal and bulls and
also asking for a cheaper ration thar
Orn
The following prices are given in a
letter from Scranton, 8. O.: Corn, $40
per ton; oats, $40 per tom: wheat bran,
$2o per ton; cotton seed meal, $25 per
ton; rice meal, $22 per ton. OF course
corn and oats are out of the question as
a o for horses and mules at the above
prices. 30 something cheaper must be
looked for.
The analysis shows that rice meal has
about the same composition as corn meal
and we have found that it is lust as good
for feeding pigs. We have fed t to
horses with good results. l think we
are safe in saying that 1t may DO used in
place OF corn pound for Lound.
Ii no hay or fodder is used in the
ration and hulls are resortcd to as rough.
ness some heterogeneous food such as bran
or cotton seed meal must be used to
supply protein. Hulls may be fed with.
out any further fear of injury to tho ami
NAL. Should they refuse to eat the hulls
ii'tlc Corn meal or bran Sprinkled over
the surface will tempt them.
a good cheap ration may be made up
as follows:
Six pounds Of rice costing GO cents.
four pounds of wheat bran costing SO
cents; two pounds of cotton seed meal.
costing 90 cents ten pounds of cotton
seed hulls, costing 80 cents {; total cost
OF ration per day I'll.
The above Is for q horse or mule of
1000 pounds in live weight.
1t III evident that q ration made nm of
corn and fodder and containing the same
amount of digestible matter as the above
ration would cost much more than the
above.
The North Carolina experiment station
fed cotton seed meal and bulls to
horses with good results, but the expert.
ments sloDg this line have not been ex.
tensive enough to say that cotton seed
meal can be fed in unlimited quantities
for any length of time without injury to
tho animal.
Numbers OF farmers, however, have
reported that they have fed cotton seed
meal to mules and horses with good
o. NJ. CONNER,
Asst. Agrist. 8. q. Experimental Sta
lion.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-12

Harris Springs. +Daily except Sunday.
For Rates, Time Tables, or further in.
formation call on any Agent, or write to
w. q. CHILDs. President,
II. M, EMERSON, Traffic Mgr,
sc.
III. NJ. EMERsoN, Gen. Freight and Pas
senger Agt, Wilmington, N. q.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-12
How the Farmers Can Save Money
To the Editor of The Farmer:


The following communication issued
by the Assistant Agriculturist of Glenn.
sou Agricultural college is Of 30 much
value to the farmers OF this State on &C.
count of the present high price Of all
leeu products for farm animals and
stock, that | have determined to get YOU
to publish this as an advertisement for
which u company will bear the ex-
pensc.
AS some OF the products made up in
the ration as made by Mr.. Conner NAV
not be available to various planters, 1
suggest that any planter write to MIR.
Conner and state what food products
are available to him, both rough forage
and concentrated food, and Mr.. Conner
Will take pleasul C in making up a ration
to suit his needs as he has done in this
instance.
Yours truly,
@. FITzSIMMoNs.
General Manager The Southern Cotton
Oil Company.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-12
<57he Wonderful MedYcIne.''
Wasted to a Skeleton.

oAbout six years ago my health failed writes
Miss Alcthea L. Green, of Coopstown, Hartford
Co, Maryland. al kept getting down lower and
lower, until could scarcely walk across the
hoor without Struggling and gasping for breath.
biiity and catarrh of the throat, but although he
did all he could, lie failed to even relieve me I
tried various remedies, but all of no avail. I
soon wasted away to n mere skeleton. Finally
/ was persuaded to write to Dr.. R. v. Pierce, Of
Buffalo, N, Y, which I did immediately. And on
use of his Golden Medical Discovery and 'Fa-
vorite prescription I took fourteen bottles of
the Golden Medical Discovery and nine of the
'Favorite Prescription and to-day 1 am a we'll
woman. 1 do heartily thank God and DR.. Pierce
for my good health"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free OH receipt of stamps
to pay expense of mailing oniy. Send
Al one-cent stamps for the book in cloth
binding, or III stamps for the paper COW
cred volume. Address DR.. II. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-12
The Entering Wedge

10 your consideration is gen.
iaiiy the cost, though cost shonld
si@ays be relative to value to he a
1alr test. The lumber we saii mo nom
hu always be the cheapest in price.
u us always cheapest in the
long run, because we give the best
Ie' thoroughly kiln-dried, pro.
perry sawed and planed, yon,n
md it matches" we'll. and LII
90 a life-long source of ~satisfac-
H.Hudgens & Son.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-12

Close connection at Greenwood for all
points on 3. A. L.. and 9. & G.. Railwau
and at spartanburg with Southern Rail
&c any information relative to tickets
faI9s, schedules, ETC., address
W.. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent.
IL. M. North, Sol. Agt. Auon 10. 10
I'm. EMERSON, Traffic \ snsgs,.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-12

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sears tho The Kind You Have Always Bought
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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-03-12
LOCAL CLINTON TO ATLANTA.

bin Newberry & I.aure Ran
way tram NO: 81, leaving Columbia, Union
station; at 1920 q m daily, connects at Gin.
e eeh a %ifh 3 a H. Ry No 50, affording short
Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville ST. unnia
ohIcago and all points West.
Caose connection AT Petersburg, Rich
m9nd, Washington. Portsmouth-Noitoik
GG0UiumDia, Savannah, Jacksonville and
Magnihcent vestibule trains carving
ohToug Pullman sleeping cars between
etc, apply to orV"'iohs'
w. p. SCRuGas, r.. p. A.. Savannah ~
IN BARR, 1sr. V. p. N q. NJ. r. &c -
BUNCH, = A, Portsmouth, Va.
eIualied SCHEDULES to Pan-American
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
Rad Conditions in Venezuela.

The Independent: .s x,orezuela there [. ii noarcitv even of common fruits grea.. n,, scarcifv of raiment,N and real udnsc' G ,ife This general and now rapia pr a,aes toward anarchy has alreau! 'i-''- sd inc stage of brigandage m nu.hg,uIf ;,soif eootinns and is liable to manifest Hseil % s an,. country district. In the cltleS there is more open vice than at any pre- .ions tinnp Drunkenness, once rdre' ID already a monstrous ana sui saa.t.s criI Gambling. lotteries and pun nshts sA ali licensed by the government-aDrsorp s,. a. ,,ajI.hIe cash of the people. Irue the hnII fights have recently been sus- nandcd as they demand greater oulia! Int even the theatre has been star N. ont. Meanwhile. flor cents man .a .t' U. q woman may get rum fHoueh ' xnti,aIi,, nangs of hunger, and as enectuaHy arown all sense of shame. The majority of families do not succeed m gettihs one fair meal a day-many do not nave a, lI'a' and vet not a little luxury in women ; dress Is seen on the streets. Tor almost o,1,.vthinr ut ia sacrified to obtaln a new gown and hat, while hunger gnaws thelr Ta r,ilies at home It is not strange that the rate of mortality or Caracds Is NerS high. while the level Of social ire anu morals has fallen lamentaoly lo". Many of the better class have left the country for Cuba, Porto Rico and other less ais turhed countries. All foreign investments are quoted at below par and going lower True. paper money has not be neIauncn- ed upon the country, but gold IS scarceiy to be had at any price. Silver coin there ia from one dollar down. Banknotes are no longer taken. although the bank IS so involved with the government that It's credit would hold good If that govern nent were good. At intervals the Die tator has sent gold out of the country to buv silver to be coined in France and brought back for circulation at gain to Castro--of 100 per cent.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
Holman Hunt Still an Active
 Worker.

In referring to the most recent birthday anniversary of Holman Hunt. writer in Mainly About People has this to say or the English artist:
 .'Indefatigable even at the clcse of his 18th year, the great painter is still busy working at the congental task Of painting replicas of two of his greatest canvases, ''rhe Triumph of the Innocents, and The Light of the World It is a proof of the faithful consciousness of the artist that when making studies for his great picture he experimented uponmoonilght. He got lens-the biggest procurabie- and with it concentrated the moonbeams through a stained glass window upon a white sheet. The light so obtained MT. Hunt discovered to be a golden yellow, and this effect was embodied in his mas terpiece.
 This question of light arose again in a curious way Mir. Hunt had been talk ing with Sir John Millais on the subject of his famous picture. The Eve of St. Agnes in which the late president. fol- lowing the poet. had made the moon- beams shining through the stained glass upon the naked beauty of Keats Made line, throw colors. MT. Hunt expressed the view that tbis was not the fact. but the poets mistake. Sir John. true to ms pre-RaphaeIi methods. determined tC test his friends criticism, and being on a visit to Knowsley (Lord Derby's house) he was able to make the experiment.. He found that Mir. Holman Hunt was right and that the moonlight did not cast the colors Keats so eloquently descripeo.
 "Holman Hunts face reflects the sweet ness of a nature which endeared him to Millais and to all who have been privi- legged really to know him. It is a face with that beauty of earnestness SO re- markable in ToIstoi, but it is gentler in is expression than that of the Russian novelist The keen. deep set eyes, the high, wide forehead. the sensitive lines of mouth and chin. the full beard and sha g. gv head of hair make Holman Hunt 8 ennearance remarkable in any company. Jf his home at Putnam he lives quiet fife. devoted to the art he loves so well, \ slow worker many of his pictures take him a year or more of unremitting labor and study. There are those who have dared to call him the Leonardo de Ninci of the moderp world in his stalking and perfect accuracy of composition and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25

not at once accomplish everything de- sired in the mapping of the territory and the study of the mineral and water yss sources. To more quickly obtain these suits of immediate value. and to avafl themselves of skilled and experienced specialists a number of States from tima to time have appropriated funds. Whicn have been supplemented by like amountS from the Geological Survey for the pros- ecution of work within their borders Thus the Federal organiza ton has been able in these States to conduct invesuga5 tions more rapidly. and In greater detaii than would otherwise be possible
 Cooperation began in connection withs topograp phic mapping. This was found to be of much value basis for exact work in economic. engineering. statisticais educa ttonal and other lines. As conse- quence nineteen States mostly on tho Atlantic Seaboard. have co-operated Dy legislative action and over 100000 square, miles of detailed mapping has been done.
 Later as the water supply. both Of the East and the West eama to be recognl1eo as of increasing value for power, muni- cipal uses and Irrigation. cooperation m Photographic work was sought ana the rivers of New York, Pennsylvania, Maines (by private subscription). North Carolina. Dakota. Colorado Nevada, Arizona and. California are-being carefully gagged. Sev-' eral of the States have also obtained co- operation for strictly geologic work. thus enlarging the knowledge ot their re- sources.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
HAWAIIAN EELs.
One of the Remarkable Product Of
 Hawaiian Waters.
E. S. Boyd. Hawaiian Commissioner Of

E g Boyd, Hawaiian Commissioner or
 Public Lands. in Washington Hines.
 Among the mlny remarkable things abo,It Hawai- are it's cells. Just oetore | left Honolulu to come here l saw one fiva feet long and five inches in diameter at it's thickest part. Now. this Is not fish story. Such eels are common Witn us. This eel belongs to the local speclee' which most resembles the true conger, and is gray in color. It was captured al low tide in a pool of water which IL hao entered. probably in pursuit of prey. anu out. of which 1t was unable to escape
 There are three well-known Varieues of eel found in our waters. The largest Is the biz gray fellow. which So closely resembles his cousin. the conger. lie IS voracious and fearless. and the natlFes tackle him with caution, for when cor nered he fights yiciously and can inilct nasty wound with his powerful Jaws which bristle with needle-like teeth
 The other species are fat. nAbby-look- ing customers, with fantastic markings Of hIack and brown, and many shades or cray. On an eel of this sort the skin snpears to hang loose from the body, and when disturbed the head swells like ruff adder's. These cells seldom attain greater length than three feet and love to locate in the crevices of q stone break water, from which they dart out lnces-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
Taking Advantage of a Dutchman's
 Ignorance.

Judge William l.. Stark of Nebraska, now a member of Congress said recently when discussing the prosperity of his State that he had seen he time when Nebraskans were glad to give away wha;- ever real estate they had acquired in that section of the country. Their willingness to surrender land did not always imply the opportunity-to do so.
 Tn one of our bad years. said the Judge, II met an old farmer driving to- ward the East. Railing aim, found that he was on his way back to Illinois, where he had formerly lived He told me, an awful hard luck story, explaining how he had lost everything on the farm ex- cept one COW, a cart and handful or farming implements His nearest neigh bor was a Dutchman, and to him the man went, in his distress, with the proposi- ton to trade his COW and cart. his farm toais and half his freehold. about eighty acfes, for the Dutchman's blackboard and team of spaViHed horses.
 And continued the Judge, "1 said to this man. I suppose the Dutchman ac- cepted your offer?
 '' He did was the reply. and what Is more when found he couldn't read. l deeded him over the whole 16O acres. That's why I am able to pull up stakes and make tracks for Illinois.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25

sanity and make havoc among any school of small fry which may be innocently dis porting themselves within striking dis tance. These hooded eels have been known to haunt a particular spot for over a year. They are good eating. despite their unprepossessing appearance
 The natives who live near the sea marge hunt the ''puhi." or eel week in and week out. In the daytime they angle for him with a large hook attached to stout line, and by night they spear him by Ian tern light. or, coming upon him as he lies. dazzled by the rays of the light. on the bottom. break his back with a piece of hoop iron.
 When an eel is hooked. the fisherman standing knee-deep in water, swings the creature at arms length, with rotary motion, in order to kill him. the body of the eel threshing the water every time the circuit is completed When fishing Is good the spectacle of a lot of natives swinging eels reminds an onlooker or a flock of windmllls operating in forty mile-an- hour breeze.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
Living Up to the Letter Of the Con
 tract

George w. Byng, who leads the or or. chestra and composes so many oI .ne hailets at the Alhambra, the Londoh Mu, .h, sic Han. is an Irshman by pirtn tne son of an artist-David Byng. He is one oS inc most talented and experienced con Suctors fin London Mir. Byng tells an amusing story in referensce to tour ne once made with an operatisd and eompaSs. eo asrss, ment was made with the managers or provincial theaters, that an orcnesssa ,ss should always be provided of not less than thirty-two instruments. Arriv'hg m q small town, Mir. Byng went to me theater for he usual rehearsal of the op- era All the men were there; but he was was astonished to find that there were haroly half a dozen strings all told. Drums and flies were abundant.
 What is the meaning of this?' he ex- claimed. turning on the local manager. .'There's enough wind here to blow up up the theater! How can we manage our opera?' .l. ,h,r.v-tuo in- str,iments-and there they. are!" replied inc manager calmly. You didn say what instruments you wa wahIen: Ion., anu hands got these men from the local pahus What more can you want?'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
The Transfer of Slidell and Mason

The following Is from The Daiiy Ao- yertiser of Boston: .,
 story published recently In one oi tne morning papers. giving to Captain George Frost inc credit of moving from Fort Warren to the Government warship sne two Confederate agents, Mason ana Sn- dell. took byt surprise the many trlenas oA Capt. Daniel Baker. .. .,.
 ft was Captain Baker, owner or tne Starlight, at the time, to whom was as- signed this duty. u
 Fl remember it we'll said the captain who now Is a port warden or bos,on; '.Comander Hudson of the NaVy Iaru came to me one day at my onice' .
 I want boat he said 10 go .o Provincetown, where l % am solns at 'p tha tablish recruiting ofnce. De a' tne Navy Yard at ! a. m"
 when | got there I found file Of ,,ar,nes drawn dp and was introduced to MT. Webster of Washington n.
 "We then proceeded to the fort, ana It was then for the first time that Knew yy,n a little while Mir. Mason and MT. Sndell were brought aboard and we S'"f "i remember Mir. Mason well; as fine an aristocratic old gentleman as l ever met. , .,,.a v,ith
 "He came into the pilot house "ith me. and we had long talk.
 Mir. Slidell was very oid ana s'a9eu below most of the time. ..a
 Was Captain Frost aboard al the timer ,,>,,, bia name came to be associated al HI "tu inc episode. A little later he was III my a..,,,,d,. hut he was not at that time.
 Csntain Baker is one of the most Ia milisr figures in the Chamber oI oVnh, V,.,,, merce. and has often reiateu this "ip to his many friends.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
A Brace of Lilliputians From Col
 prada.

Senator Teller was called from his seat in Congress a few days ago to meet two political friends from his home State The visitors were very tall men and they had to stoop in order to converse with the Senator. who Is a man not above me- dium height While the three were en- gagged in conversation Senator Spoone-, who, with the exception of Simon of Ore gon, Is the shortest member of the Sem ate. passed through the Marble Room. He took in the group with look of great interest upon his face. and when his colleague had returned to his place. he turned to him and said:
 Do all the men from your State grow as tall as that?'
 ''Oh. no. responded Teller. those two were exceptions. They belong to the Lil- liputians."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
Always in Line.

Senator Hana was recently informed by one of his colleagues that Senator Ju- Illus Caesar Burrows of Michigan. pro- posed to make a big fight against the Cuban reciprocity bill.
 'Oh. don't worry about that replied Hanna, it doesn't prove anything, be- yond the fact that Burrows has a re- markabie capacity for getting on the wrong side of an argument.
 Yes replied the other, but you don't know Burrows. He will fight on. and on, until the last moment"
 Senator Hanna paused and thon slowly surveyed his companion with the half compassionate smile of one who pities an- others ignorance.
 "of course he'll fight to the last mo- ment," answered the stout Ohioan, but he won't fight minute longer. Did you ever know Burrows to be out of line at the finish? l never did. He'll fall in with the procession all right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
GOOD ANECDOTES.
SHORT STORIES ABOUT NOTABLE
 MEN AND WOMEN.
Real Incidents Giving an Insight Into Natural Characters of
 Well Known Persons.
How Rhodes Entered oriel.

AOW 8snOUC8 0AyOECu OIxOls Brooklyn Eagle.
 An Oxford correspondent of a London newspaper gives in Cecil Rhodes own words the story of how the great em- pire-builder became--or rather nearly failed to become-a commoner of Oriel common room on the occasion of his last visit to Oxford: The morning l ar- rived here first from South Africa turn ed my steps not to Oriel, but to University College l had letter of introduction to the master of university. I was shown into his study and he read my letter. Then he looked at me and said, Well, MT. Rhodes. you have come long way
 .. Yes. sir. said I.
 of this hsd uSiser.,Hr SSr wsH! to become member
 Well. sir. I shouldn't have come all the way from South Africa if I hadn't 'The masters answer to that was: We are. very particular about the men we take. We only take men who seem ca- pablo of getting honors in the schools The upshot was that Rhodes was set down in corner of the masters study and told to do piece of Latin prose and afternoon for the verdict. He returned and the master informed him that his Latin prose was not up to the required standard.
 To continue in Mir. Rhodes own words "'Well. sir I said. your Latin prose would be shaky if you had spent the last few years as have done The master continued: Your essay is not without ! merits. l regret we cannot take you our | selves, but l will give you an invitation | to the Provost of Oriel.'
 | 50 1 found myself out in the High Street. Suddenly I remembered the on, Oxford name Jowett.
 50 stopped passerby and said. 'Wh is this Jowett one hears of outside oi Oxford so much?
 Oh. you mean the Balliol man. sait 1 he. Yes. that's the man.. We'll. he put me on the way to Balliol. and as I wen | along I looked up and saw 'Oriel Lane.
 And said to myself. Now, which il 1t to be, I'll toss up.
 And toss up I did. A man who wa, | watching me grinned, but 1t came dowr for Oriel. and I turned down Oricl Lane
 When got before the provost. h.
 read my letter. then l1e said 'Pff.' twice
 very contempuously. So the master o
 the university sends me his lesvings.'
 broke out at this. I don't know any
 thing about that I said. All I know il
 that l have come all this way to becom,
 member of Oxford University. And il
 the first day I am told that my Latii
 prose is bad and that I am 1eavings. He looked at me hard for few min utes, then he said more gently. Well
 Mir. Rhodes I think you will do. Tn,
 master says that your English essay | not without points, And that settled
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
State co-operation <Accomplishes a
 Great Deal

One of the important developments in the work of the United States Geological Survey is the system 0t state c0-optra- tton as shown bv the Director. the Hon. c. D. Walcott. in his last annual report The country Is so large that the Geolog- ical Survey with Its limited funds can
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25
To Remember When Packing a
 Trunk.

May Ladies Home Journal.
 If there be one principle more than an other to be observed in packing 1t is that the heavy things So at the bottom of the trunk. even though one Is sure that it Is to stand on end half of the trip
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25

Remember that you will never gaiu. but si- ways lose, by being afraid to dc the thing that seems 10 you right by following the crowd without cuitivating your own indiNidne ality-May Ladies Home Journal
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25

Though we scofY at snobbishness, we ST ~rsner,ous animals loving tho society Of ou Seliow-men. and 1t is also natural to n,i wisi aynon1 ,he class of people to which we fee we rightfuliy belong. May Ladies Home Jour nal.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25

of color. Ana certainly every one of his producti0ns b [ stron8 mans repuke 70 the mere comme~cialism Of art. against which he has ever persistentiy set ms face.