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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-27

General.
A matchmaker named Sedgwick Of
Elgin, ILL.,, has invented a machine to
transmit cipher codes.
The farmers of Southern Illinois
have formed a trust to battle with the
commission mans trust at st. Louis.
Three hundred children in the Nc.
Gosh school, Chicago, have struck be-
cause their drinking water was cut off.
Congressman James s. Sherman of
New York announces that he is not a
candidate for the speakership Of the
house.
Postponement was secured In eight
cases connected with the trial of For
mer Delegate Schneider, which came
up in Judge Ryan's court.
Politicians Of Indiana have started a
boom for Gov. Winfield T. Durbin for
vice president in 1904 as a running
mate for President Roosevelt.
The Ministerial Alliance of Salt Lake
City, is making preparations for a Wig
orous fight against the election Of
Apostle Reed Smoot to the United
States senate.
According to 0. A. Turner of Mil
ford, Utah, an old volcano on the Wolf
range, in Southern Utah, which has
apparently been extinct for centuries,
has broken out.
Communications have been seat out
to a score or more of stove manufac-
tnrers, giving instructions to put into
effect at once a 10 per cent rise in
prices on all kinds Of stoves.
The Union Pacific and st. Joseph &
Grand Island railroads have signed a
freight traffic agreement by which the
jobbers of Omaha are given equal
privileges with those OF other Nilsson
ri river towns.
At the annual encampment OF the
Union Veterans union, department of
New York and New Jersey, Col. George
]. Oaks of Sherman Regiment, No. 2,
Rochester, N. Y, vas expelled for tlea.
sonable and revolutionary acts.
The municipal council of Cienfuegos
has appointed H. ]. Reilly of New
York to draw up plans and specifca-
tons in view of the construction of q
market, water works and sewer sys-
TEN at an estimated cost Of $4,000, 900.
A Baby room will be one of the
features of the new school OF educa.
ton at the University of Chicago. In
the room mothers with babies can
leave their little ones while visiting
the different departments of the school.
A cable message to the Oregon
Railroad and Navigation company
from Hongkong states that the steam.
- T9.- Il - a. oHt~ Ys--L-
ra left Portland Sept. 8, with a cargo
Of -four, and on the voyage was caught
by a typhoon.
Discoveries that certified laborsrs
in the New York street cleaning be.
partment were being impersonated by
outsiders, caused the municipal civil
service commission to adept the Ber,
tillon system OF measurements, to hs-
certain the identity Of any man en-
ployed by the city.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-27
sEMlNoLA s~uRRENoERs.
Ladrone chleftaln comes In wit

Fifty of His Followers.
Manila, Nov. 24.--The Filipino Sem,
inola, with fifty followers, has sur.
rendered to the constabulary at All.
bay, Luzon. Seminole surrendered
with the chief Bellarmino at Legaspi
In July, 1901, and took the oath Of al.
legiance. but subsequently fed and
organized a band of ladrones.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-27
casualties.

.##ra . t CASUALTIES - .e
The Hotel Blanco, at Monte Vista,
Col, has been destroyed by fire, in
volving a loss Of $4,000.
The Depew knitting mill at Lancss-
ter, a few miles east of Buffalo, was
destroyed by fire. The loss is $4,000,
with $50, 900 insurance.
The high school building at Marion,
Ind, caught fire from the heating ap-
paratus and was destroyed. The loss
is 100000; partly insured.
The Land Pebble Phosphate plant,
the oldest phosphate works in Polk
county, Fla, has burned. The plant
waa established twelve years ago at
q cost of s250,000.
Explosions of dynamite occurred al
NEST simultaneously in three localities
ON the South Side, Chicago, the other
night Al were in the real of saloons
or gambling houses.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-27

Che neWS
Washington Notes.

Auditor Lawshe figures up the losses
to the Philippine treasury on account
of the depreciation of silver since Jan
uary, including the last decline, at ST.
o54,000 gold.
The navy department Is informed
that the cruiser Panther left Colon for
Culebra Tuesday, with all the marines,
who have been operating OF the line
of the Panama railroad for the protec-
ton of American interests.
Minister Dudley, at Lima, has re-
ported to the state department the
proposal of an American company to
the Peruvian government to build a
railroad from Plura or Lambayeque
to a point on the Maranon river,
thence to a point near the Manseriche,
In the effort to reach navigable waters
emptying into the Amazon. The same
company proposes to build a line on
the Maranon to Cerro de Pasco, with
branches reaching into lands capable
Of exploitation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-11-27
or the Weck

AS a consequence of the f1~uctuation
ia the price of silver the Nicaraguan
government has Increased its customs
duties by $50 per cent.
Statistics of the population of the
Russian empire published recently
shows an increase of 1000, 900 during
the past year. The population now is
10000, 900.
The provincial court at Vienna has
decided that a marriage between n
kolischer, IN Austrian, and an English
man, was Invalid, because of a differ
enc in religion of the contracting par
ties.
The Norwegian ship Telefon, which
left Norfolk. Va, Nov. 81 for Cardiff,
Eng, has been abandoned, near st.
Michel, Azores. Thirteen of her crew
were drowned, including all the
officers.
The London Daily mail reports that
during the recent visit of the United
States training ship Hartford at Made
ria, a hundred of the rev were al
lowed to go ashore for five hours. and
drunken riots resulted.
Gerald Balfour, president of the
board of trade, win introduce a bill at
the next session of parliament, dealing
with the improvement of the port OF
London or the lines indicated in the
report of the royal commission.
The British cruiser Phaeton, which
left Port of Spain, Trinidad, for Gu
dad Bolivar, Venezaeia, is reported to
have forced the blockade and taken in
the mail and provisions for the Eng
lish colony, which was in a destitute
condition.
Vandals have again broken off parts
of five of the statues on the Sieges
Alice, the historical series erected by
Emperor William at his personal ex-
pense. Pieces of the decoration of
the bases were broken, apparently by
hammer blows.
Sir Henri yIrving and Arthur Bour-
CHER, with their companies, gave a
brilliant performance before the king,
queen and German emperor at Sand
bingham, England. Sir Henry and Mr.,
and Mrs. Bourchier had supper with
the royal party after the play.
Small prices were realized at the
auction held In London recently, under
bankruptcy proceedings. of pictures by
Frederick Goodall. THE Flight Into
Egypt" realized $1,275, while "The
Snake Charmer" brought $1,000. For
these pictures MIR. Goodall once re-
fused $20.4 400. q
William Fife has decided that the
deck of the Shamrock III. shall be con.
structed of aluminium, while adhering
to mild steel fer all the essential
parts of the huh where the strain is
severe. Capt. Wringe is assisting in
the superintendent of the work ON
the challenger for the Americas cup.
A remarkable story, duly authenti-
Gated, of the discovery of hidden Aztec
treasure of fabulous value, has just
been reported to the government a u
thorities at Topic by Pablo Mertino,
the parish priest of Yesca, An arch
aeGiogist named Hoyerick, who got his
bearings by means of a chart copied
from an Aztec stone tablet in the n
tionaT museum in the City Of Mexico,
is the discoYerer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
FEEDING A DAIRY HERD.

l Lave silo have filled for two
years with a pea vine ensilage for
which l have paid So per ton for
what I have bought. All it has cost
me is hauling the overplus from the
factory. l commence feeding twice
"a day. After milking feed eight or
ten pounds per cow. After they eat
this l give them coarse fodder, what
they will clean up. I gradually in
crease the mess Of ensilage to twenty
or twenty-five pounds per feeding. l
give them all they will clean up after
they get used to it, with hay or stalks
at noon.
My experience has been two years
feeding with good results. When l
change from ensilage to hay or corn.
stalks, find the flow of milk de-
creases to some extent. To get the
best results in feeding pea ensilage,
the grain rations should be two
thirds wheat bran, one-third gluten
meal. I find my COWS stay in good
health and fine condition, with large
flow of milk.-Frank Lawyer, in Or
snge Judd Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
Immense Hotel Opened.

On July Sd the Crescent Hotel, at
Eureka Springs, Ark, was opened as
an al!-year!round resort, under the
management of the Frisco System.
Extensive renovations and improve
ments have been effected which will
make the Crescent Hotel the equal Of
any hostelry to be found In the South
west. This hotel is on the main line of
the Frisco System; is on top of a
mountain, and has springs of wonder
full medicinal qualities. Round trip
tickets, good for three months, now on
sale.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
"Don Ouixote" EyegIass.

If YOU look at a candle fame through
piece OF very fine silk gauZe stretched
over 4 frame of cardboard the flame
will appear drawn out in four direc-
tions, at right angles TO each other,
forming luminous cross, the arms OF
which are fringcd with rainbow colors.
This is an example 0f what physicians
call diffracticns, and is of the same
nature as the colored halos seen
around lights in fog.
Now, this little experiment may be
made very amusing by constructing OF
stout paper windmill, or the facade
of one, with small hole where the
arms should cross, and placing within
or behind it lighted candle, with the
flame just behind the hole.
Then darken the room and call in
your friends to admire your windmill,
which glows dimly by transmitted
light.
Ii any one asks where the arms are,
hand him your Don Qrixotc eyegiass"
that is, the frame with the gauZe.
Looking through this, he will see the
arms resplenGent with all the colors
of the rainbow. and the mill will turn
just as fast as he rotates the eye
glass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
Green Corn for Table Use.

Near some of the summer hotels
there a.-e farmers who grow sweet
corn for them and they plant corn
almost every wee kfrcm May to Au-
gust /, that they may sell 1t every
week while the guests are there. But
many farme-s and gardeners not hav-
ing this special trade to cater Tor,
make but one or two plants, and
though it may be favorite food with
the family, there is but short season
that 1t is available. We can see why
the market gardener may desire to
have his corn crop harvested and out
of the way that he may grow another
crop upon the same land, but where
land is so abundant that one does not
want to produce double crops on it,
we see no reason why this succession
of crops shorild not be kept up. We
have had it on our table nearly every
day from July until November, and
liked it as well at the last picking as
at the first, and we know it to be
wholesome and nutritious, and know
that it's use reduced both meat and bread
bills. The late paintings might have
to be picked before the first severe
frost and kept in a cool place until
we were ready to use the corn, but
even then, they should pc as fresh as
much that is sold in our markets.
The Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
Farm Notes.

The stables should give shelter,
warmth and ventilation.
Do not feed lambs on rape alone, but
accustom them to it gradually when
fed with other fodder.
The barn and all the outbuildings
should be reached with dry feet even
in bad weather. Good paths are
needed.
1t takes horse over an hour to mas
ticate four pounds of hay, half an hour
for whole oats, and only Is minutes 10
masticate ground feed.
Some COWS give more milk and milk
that is richer if they are fed little
while milking. 1t will pay to humor
the whims of such COWS.
Never give sour milk to the brood
sow with a young litter Of pigs. To
do SO is to invite securing and ruin
the prospects of the litter.
The state veterinarian of Nebraska
says it Is unwise to ring the noses Of
hogs. If they have plenty of salt and
ashes they will root very little.
An excess of corn in the diet of the
SOW and also of the young pigs is apt
to produce scours. The pigs should
have no corn until six weeks old.
Frequent change of pasture is of
great benefit to sheep, and is to be
recommended even though they have
to be removed from a field where the
grass is good into one where it is poor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
Leaner Pork In Demand.

Real bacon has been so little grown
in this country that the public are
only now getting familiar with it.
Until recently it was not far different
with our mutton, but in that line of
meat production the change has been
marked during recent years.
The trend of change in the public
taste with other classes of meat is al
together in the direction Of leaner
meat. Because Of this change, the
large, heavyweight steer of eighteen
hundred pounds has been set away
back in the markets of today The
handy weight early maturing steer of
1900 to 1900 pounds has taken his
place, and old fat wethers weighing
120 to 1S0 pounds alive are now be-
ing superseded by the lamb under 12
months and weighing from 70 to 100
pounds. 1t would seem Incredible to
the writer that public taste should
change so much in the direction of
leaner beef and leaner mutton, and
that there should not follow CORE
sponulng change in the same, in the
line of leaner pork-that is to say, in
the line of pork that is more Of the
bacon type.
. A certain Iowa packer of pork pur-
chased last autumn at least three car
loads of large improved Yorkshire
swine. These were taken down into
Central Iowa-that is to say, into the
very heart Of the corn belt. They
were not taken there for purposes Of
slaughter but for breeding uses. The
males were chiefly intended for being
crossed upon the types of sows al
ready in that country. The purchaser
told the writer that his object was to
induce the farmer from whom his sup
plies were obtained to grow swine that
were more of the bacon type. He
wished such animals, he said, because,
all in all, they suited his trade better
than. toe other types of swine, such as
he had been purchasing.
When the. average farmer Of today
kills swine for MS own use, which type
of ANIMAL does he prefer? Does he
not pass by the large, heavily laden
hog and choose such as are lighter and
not so highly finished? If the taste of
the farmer himself is veering in the
direction! of meat more nearly resem-
bling the bacon types, why should
not the taste of the customer for
whom he grows it veer in the same
direction ?-Professor Thomas Shaw,
In TweEtieth Century Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06

hired men the man caught and gave
to Archie for pei a young crow. A
crow, even in the widest state, is
sort of half-domesticated animal. It
is no trouble at all to tame them, and,
aside from their Unsuitable desire to
get into all sorts of mischief, they make
nice pets. Archie and his crow were
pretty good friends by the time they
got to the house, and this wag of the
feathered tribe opened up rich run
of the funniest, drollest things for his
young master during all that summers
vacation. The bird never lost an op-
portunity to play practical joke on
anybody and everybody; but he seemed
especially delighted when his victim
was the old man. Archie's grandfather,
all Of which was accepted in good part
by the old gentleman, until one day
the crow carried his jokes a little too
far, and came perilously near being
a dead crow afterward.
Although the old man was rich, be-
yond the necessity of labor, he believed
in plenty Of outdoor exercise, and was
especially fond of working in his own
garden and orchard. In the kitchen
garden there was beautiful big pear
tree, in which the crow used to perch
himself and watch the old man sow
seeds, set out young tomatoes and cab
bage plants; while Archie enjoyed tho
same sight from his hammock on the
back porch.
One day grandpa stretched d line
some fifty feet long, by the aid of
which he intended to set out straight
row OF young cabbage plants. There
are few more back-breaking JOBS about
farm than this setting out Of young
cabbage or tomato plants. On this
day all the old gentleman's attention
was on the Job in hand. He was not
thinking Of Archie or the crow, or
anything else except those cabbage
plants, which were in a pan by his
side, as he worked slowly and patient
ly along toward the end Of the long
line. Every twelve or fourteen inches
he would punch q hole in the soft, rich
loan with sharp stick, slip the root
of young cabbage plant down in this
hole, press the earth compactly around
it, and then make another hole at the
proper distance off, into which he
inserted the root of another plant.
The old man never took his eyes off
his work until he got to the end of his
line, by which time his back and legs
were so nearly broken that he was in
sore need OF the satisfaction Of survey
ing hard task, well done Alas! alas!
When he did turn around to view with
pride his work, what was his disgust to
see that Archie's crow had followed
along behind him and quietly pulled up
every solitary cabbage plant, after
which the wicked imp of bird had
flown into the pear tree, where he lok-
ed as innocent and solemn as If there
were not cabbage plant within a
thousand miles. Archie was asleep in
his hammock-thats what the old man
said TO himself He was sure of it. 1t
was the wind and not the little rascars
laughing that shook the hammock so.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
Cream of stra awborries.

Steam a pound and a half Of ripe,
sweet strawberries; rub them througha
fine sieve into bowl and three table
Epoonfuls of powdered sugar and stir
until the sugar Is dissolved. Heat one
quart of creamer rich milk, mix two
tablespoontuls of arrowroot in lit
tie cold milk to dissolve 1t and stir
it into the hot milk; stir and let cook
for few minutes to thicken. Put the
puree of Strawberries into dish and
when the cream Is cooled pour 1t over
them and stand it in cold place for
the cream to set. Heap whipped cream
or the whites of six eggs beaten to a
stiff froth over the top. The cream or
eggs may be colored with a little
vegetable coloring paste pink or green,
if desired. Decorate with few whole
large berries.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
Soil Feeding.

The soil is like bank deposit. One
can check out until the deposit is eX-
hausted, thereafter checks are not
honored. He who would always be in
a position to draw on the bank must
continue making deposits. 1t is said
that many Pennsylvania farmers have
quite ruined their land by the use of
lime. Lime is merely a solvent. quick
ly making the plant food in the soil
available. Of course, If no attention
was paid tc raising clover, and no in
crease made in the stock fed, and the
freed plant food thus returned in the
shape Of manure, the Improvement of
the soil must have gone on at rapid
rate. But where the soil was fed, lime
was great and permanent advantage.
1t will often be good policy to feed
with a view to making larger Quanti-
ties of stable manure. If the gain in
flesh of the stock fed just equals in
market value the cost of the feed
stuffs consumed, then the manure pro-
duced is acquired at the cost of the
labor invloyed in caring for the stock.
!. 1t is often possible to feed on this
basic, and In most cases the fertilizing
matter win be better and cheaper than
il. bought in the form of commercial
fertilizers.
Some times. the cost of feeds used
may even exceed the market value of
the increase in weight and value of
the animal fed, and still be profitable
from our point of view. A feeder of
steers recently reported a gain in
weight of 80 pounds per month for two
months on ration of hay, silage,
seven pounds corn meal, two pounds
oil meal and three pounds bran, the
animals being kept in box stalls and
never exposed. Now in this case, at
present prices of feed, there may have
been. no margin of profit or very
small one. Yet where the entire ma
nure was saved. have no doubt that
the feeder was we'll reimbursed. For
fully so percent of the fertilizing mat
ter in the feed was lett on the place.
When stock is fed for manure in win
ter plenty of absorbent bedding being
supplied and clover or stock peas
grown. the manufacture of soil food
is carried on the entire year, and the
results will soon appear in abundant
harvests. Feed the soil, and the spil
will more than feed you-Cincinnatus
in the Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
A Cat That Cried.

''Do animals ever shed tears?" is a
question frequently asked, but never
satisfactorily answered. Some one
tells us of cow that wept freely when
separated from her calf. In one of the
large buildings of the city the other
day many people were witnesses Of a
weeping kitten. The wee mite had
strayed into the building, and there
had encountered fierce, barking dog
of the fox terrier variety.
She had run to escape him into
room in which was the roar Of much
machinery, had been shouted at, had
had piece of coal thrown at her, had
been caught by the napo of the neck
and flung by giant. had been taken
up in lift, and had had the tip OF her
tail pinched by some laughing men.
When she finally reached her desti
nation, a quiet spot at the top of the
tall building, she was a palpitating
mass of fur more dead than alive, with
no fight left in her and with tears
streaming from her eyes. Indeed,
more lachrymose sight was never seen.
1t took a good fifteen minutes of pet
ting and cajolcry to induce her to stop
crying, too, and to lift her head. But
finally, like the COW in the story, she
became consoled.-New York News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-08-06
Making Grucls for InvalIds.

Preparing food for an invalid or for
convalescent is thankless task at
best. There is nothing very inspiring
to the cook in gruels and teas uf the
various sorts, but since there will al.
ways be a somewhat steady demand
for these uninteresting foods, 1t Is
we'll TO know how they should be
cooked and why one way is better
than another. Grueis which are mix
lures of grain or -four and water or
water and milk need more careful at
tention than do many French dishes.
To be easy of digestion. gruels must
be thoroughly cooked, and therefore
the milk, when it is added at all,
should be added only when the grain
has been we'll cooked in water first.
If the water has evaporated in cook
ing, the original quantity must be re-
r.ored before putting in the milk and
the milk be hot boiling and loses much
of it's agreeable taste Another point
about gruels is that they should be
drunk slowly. The action of the sa-
liva upon the starch is considerable,
and therefore the more slowly the
Cruel is taken the more easily will it
digest.
The skill in cruel making comes in
when one knows how to vary the
flavor so as to render the food appe-
tizing. Sweet cruel is far from pleas
ant, yet it is we'll often to add very
little sugar. Cinnamon, grated lemon
peel, vanilla, nutmeg and almond are
1iavorings that may be used at dis
cre''on. Flour cruel is one in which
any of these t1avorings is used, al
though when it is intended for fever
ish patienl little lemon juice is rec
ommended To make it with CHINA
mon, for instance, mix one tablespoon
full of -four, one teaspoonsful of sugar
and one saltspoonful OF salt together
and moisten with two tablespoonful of
cold water, working to smooth paste.
Now add one cupful Of boiling water
and bit of stick cinnamon. Boil
gently for 20 minutes, taking especial
care that it does not burn. Now add
one cupful of hot milk and let the
mixture just reach the boiling point.
This IS to be served very hot and
should be strained to insure perfect
freedom from lumpiness.