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Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1902-06-11
WinthrOD COL(eOe Scholarships
tina Entrance liItdfiOJLs,

The examinations for the
award OF vacant scholarships in
Winthrop College and tor the
admission of new students will
be held at the county court
house on Friday, July 11th, at 0
a. m.
Applicants must not be less
than fifteen years of age.
When scholarships are vacated
after July 11th, they will be
awarded to those making the
highest average at this examina-
ton.
The next session will open Sep
tember II, 1902.
For further information and a
catalogue address President ID.
B. johnson, Rock Hill, S. @.
5-2S-7t.
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Sleeping Car Service.

hxcpllent daily passenger service between
F1orids and New York.
Nos. S and et-New York and Florida EI-
prSsS. Drawing grOOm sleeping cars between
Augusta and New York. Pullman drawing.
room sleeping cars 6etwoon Port Tampa, JAcf
tonftns, Savannah, Washing gton and View York.
PulfmAn sleeping cars between Charlotte And
Richmond and Charlotte and Norfolk. Dtaing
oars betueep Charlotte and Savannah,
Noe. " aaa S5-U. 3. Fast Mail. Through
PuilmAp drSwing Z room bufst sleeping ears be
t~eon JaSksonriIle and New Y0ra and Pull
m an slsaf4nR oaFs between Augusta end ChAr
lette Ane S9tarlotts and Hchmopd. Dining
sars SsrvS ~ meals earsuts. Pullman sleep.
Ing cars hQfA'eSu Jacksonville md UdlVnbia
snroute dHf hstveen Jackson Vino and Cinoin.
nsh, Via 2hSvihO.
FRANK T. CANNON, HH HARDwICK.
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Grand Rapids Post-Democrat ::
ThePhilippine Island are becom.
ing the graveyard of not only
many young Americans, but for
the American reputation for
honor.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1902-06-11

doors of the chapel were in no
way slighted In receiving it's
quota of the work in hand. In
the hallway of the buildings
skulls and cross bones were drawn
and various other marks.-State.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1902-06-11
Graded on an Iceber-.

A thrilling story of VS. lis
encounter with an iceberu is tpid
by Captain Chester of the siiuo
ner Elwood. The San F. acisco
Chronicle, whose narra. ve we
condense, reports that w.lle the
schooner was on a fish.ug cruise
In the northern water, Captain
Chester sighted an in, :nense ice
berg apparently fast ou a reef
known to exist just off Hoonia.
Its lucky find I" thought the
captain, as he headed the Elwood
for the berg, that he might fill
the hole with ice, to preserve the
fish he expected to catch.
When the schooner was within
a few yards of the berg, the an
chor was dropped. The vessel
swung around until she came
alongside the berg to which she
was made fast with lines. The
tide was at the full a gangplank
was thrown over to ledge in the
ice, and the men began breaking
off chunks of Ice and hosting
them aboard. All went we'll un-
TIL evening when thirty tons of
ice had been slowed in the hole.
Meanwhile the falling tide had
caused the berg to settle upon
the relief, and to tip toward the
side opposite the vessel. The
gangplank rose in the AIR, and
had to be made fast to ledge
nearer the water to keep it hor-
izontal.
Captain Chester suspected
that all was not going to be we'll,
ordered the crew to make sail.
Before they could man the hal.
yards, the iceberg, with a grind
ing roar, rolled off the reef and
started to turn over.
A jagged spur of ice, which had
formed the bottom Of the berg,
arose on the starboard side of the
vessel and beneath it. The Ice
struck the keel, and the vessel.
lifted out Of the water, rested in
an ice cradle. Chester ordered
his men to get into the boats and
out Of harms way. Cutting the
lines that held the schooner to
the berg, the men pulled to a
safe distance and waited.
The anchor held fast, and the
schooner tugged at the chain.
The tide dropped a few more
inches, the iceberg careened still
farther, and the Elwood rose
higher. This proved the schoon-
er's salvation.
The tendency of the iceberg to
roll over and raise the vessel
brought such an enormous strain
upon the anchor chain that some
thing had to give way. Some
thing did, and to the JOY of the
fishermen, it was not the anchor
or the chain.
The iceberg lurched, and the
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No. Il, leaving Lapcastcr 6i5 a. m, makes
close connection at Chester with Southern
Railway No 80 for Charlotte and points north
ana Scabourd Air Line ATLANTA Special" for
Atlanta and points west Also with Carolina
northwestern Ry. No IL for Lenoir y. c.
ana Intermediate points, and Southern Rail-
way No. 33 for Columbia and points south.
NO. IL, leaving Chester 5. UU IL. m. connects
wi;h Southern Ry., No 81 from Col Imhia and
points south; Seaboard Air Line ATLANTA Spe-
cial from Northern and Eastern roints and
southern Ry, No. 33 from Northern ana East
crn points and at Lancaster with S. G. & 6. +.
for BluCksburg.
No. lb' leaving Lancaster ; Is p. n, connects
at Lancaster with $. C. & G.. f.. from Camden
and Marion, Southern Ry No p arc hester for
Charlotte and points north
No. l5, leaving Chester 1000 m. connectsa.
CreSter with southern GALWAY No. "A from
Columbia and points south.
LEROY SPRINGS,
d. NJ. II FAITH, President
Genl. Pas. gent
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26
Eating His Wny.

Freddie despiscd the multiplication
table. It was easy enough to learn to
read and spell-nnd writing wasn't
anything. But it made you ache all
over to say your tables. my, how IL
made you ache! And you couldn't re.
member.
Mamma got mp and went out of the
room. When she came back she had
the glass jar of tiny colorcd candies
that you put on birthday cakes in her
hand. She was opening II and pour
ing out splendid neap on the table
cloth.
My" breathed the boy who could
not remember, and who didn't like
multiplication.
Nov" said she, brightly, here are
FIVE little candy dots in q row. Here
are eight rows. How many candy
dots?"
Forty" promptly.
Yes. Now make seven times nve
and four times five and the rest When
you have made the whole table. learn
II. When you have learned Il, eat it,"
"Oh!"
II was the most splendid way TO
learn your tables! Freddie forget they
were tables. They were tiny red and
yellow and white canlies He went to
work with n will, and when the
teacher 49, that is, mamma said
Schools out he had learned his five
table. lie didn't eat Il till after school
The next day they went back and re-
viewed the two table and the next day
after the three, and the next day after
that the four. Freddie had little pic
mics out IN the back yard and shared
the multiplication tables mean the
candy dots-with the ne2t-door twins.
The next-door twins we're six, like
Freddie, but they went to a school
with blackboards and desks in it. One
day the next-door twins teacher was
making their mother call Freddie
was making one on the nextdoor
twins.
Don't you go to school little boy?"
the teacher asked him.
"oh, yes'm,' politely.
ooh, you do? Well, | suppose you
think the multiplication table Is per-
fectly dreadful, too?" she asked, smil.
ingly.
"Oh. no'm!" eagerly; I'm very fond
of mine"
Indeed! How far along ere you?"
1--WE only eaten as far as seven times
seven yet" said Freddie. And he went
home wondering why the neXt-door
twins teacher had opened her eyes SO
wide,-Youths' Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26

A clay farm Of 100 or 12O
acres should first be divided
into fields of eight or ten acres, AMI
fenced so as to save as much farm
ing land as possible. One field of sod
should be plowed each year for corn,
putting on IL all the manure made iur-
ing the winter, plowing the coarse un-
der, and putting the fine on top of the
plowed ground before narrowing. The
greater part should be seeded to wheat
in the fall by narrowing and drilling
as soon as the corn is in shock. an
using some fertilizer. From two to
four acres should be kept for oats in
the spring, the best of all feed for
poultry and horses. The following
year the entire field should be seeded
to wheat, putting at least 200 pounds
of some good fertilizer to each acre.
sowing one peck of timothy per acre,
and resolving in the spring with tim
othy and one gallon of red clover per
acre. This field should be kept for
meadow two years. possibly longer.
This plan of farming should be con-
tinued in rotation from year to year.
From one-half to one acre of potatoes
should be raisel There should be n
large truck-patch of all kinds of vege-
tables for family use. with possibly
some to sell. A farm of this size
should have an orchard of three or
four acres, of apples. peaches, pears,
plums and cherries with all the small
er fruits In abundance for home use.
The stock that shoull be kept on this
size and kind of farm should be three
good work horses, three or four good
cows, several head of growing cattle.
about forty good brood ewes. several
heads Of hogs, and poultry of all kin Is.
Ewes are specially profitable on a
small farm. since they may raise
lambs for early market, quickly enrich
the land, and keep down briars and
shrubs. As far as possible good shell
ter should be provided for all stock.
as protection saves feeding, time and
labor
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26

hot bed but there is reason for its
being constructed so as to be comforN
table for the hens. A scratching shed
should be made light and roomy; IL
should be made with a great deal OF
floor space, and tnat space should be
covered with litter in which an indus
trious hen delights TO scratch. Sheaves
of oats will make n very good litter
for this purpose. The hens will scratch
the straw about for the oats and gain
n great deal of healthful exercise in
obtaining the same. Ripe millet hay
will also be found n good litter for
the scratching she'd and 1t will be sur
prising how the hens will scratch for
the small seeds of millet. When OBJ
tanned In this way they will do no
harm. but a great deal of good.
The scratching shed may not only
be termed the dining room. but IL
may be named the living room. Hens
are fed some good mess once a day,
in the morning or the evening. and
what grain they get should be fed
through the scratching shed route.
The hens are kept busy obtaining it
because their appetites are sharp and
they wish grain to appease II. The
more they scratch the better the ap-
petite and the better the food Is assim-
ilatel. The better the assimilation
of the food the more healthy the hens
and the greater their aptitude to lay
eggs and become profitable.
We are of the opinion that scratch
ing sheds should be entirely inclosed
in some manner. The south side may
be made of combination for the best
results. Poultry netting should COM
pose the south side of the shed. AM
during stormy weather n large cur
may be let down to keep out the
snow. This will admit of light, AMI
the room will be found airy. When
ever the sun shines there should be
some way of admitting It to the shed.
No roostlng places should be provided
in this room for lazy hens to occupy
Keep up the temptation 10 scratch and
keep It comfortable. BY comfortable
we mean that 1t should be built In
whatever plan that will make them
comfortable. In some localities 1t
may be necessary to make the scratch
ing shed very warm, and the south
should be for the most part construct
ed of glass. Even then it must be
made roomy and airy so as to not i'm.
pair the health of the hen.--Poultry
Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26
1elephons ou,t, vsntrlloauy.

Contrivances have been invented
and patented for the production of
vontriloquil sounds on the stage by
means of telephone. The receiver
Is placed in the mouth of the dummy
figure and the voice heard is not that
of the performer Immediately be-
hind the footlights. but that Of a per
son behind the scenes. Ventriloquists
have varied their performances OF Iatc
by the introduction of stuffed pigs.
horses, dogs and other animals. which
appear TO join in the conversation.
In these instances the telephone
method greatly assists in producing
good effects.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26
Tcrtiliyprs mud Mnnurc.

The management of the farm should
be with the view of maintaining its
fertility. The foundation of farming
is the riches in the SOIL and any sys-
tenn of agriculture that increases the
wealth of the farmer without reduc-
ing the productive capacity of the soil
will be the correct one. The average
crops of cereals, potatoes and grass
Ia this country are very low. yet the
American farmer has more opportuni-
ties for securing fertilizers for his
land than in any other country. In
our gas works there is saved large
amount of sulphate of ammonia, nj
trate of soda Is imported in great
ship loads, the ammoniates of the
packing houses amount to a large
proportion, and the cottonseej meal
supply is almost alone sufficient for
our needs, and yet the materials men
toned are those for providing nitrogen
only. This country also has large
phosphate mines, and but for the fact
that the required potash must be i'm.
ported there would be no lack of the
plant foods right at the doors of
American farmers for their use. In
the past the farmer has not assisted
himself in the employment Of fertil-
izers as he should. which accounts for
the low crop averages.
There has been a war between those
who favor manure and those who al
vocate the use Of fertilizers, the one
class claiming barnyard manure to
be a complete" ration for plants,
while the other class contends that
it is absolutely necessary to bring
plant foods on the farm in or Ter to
recompense the farmer for the loss
of fertility through the removal of the
products of the farm that are market
ed. The fact remains. however, that
this country has made but little prog
ress in the matter of increasing the
average yields. and the matter de-
serves consideration on the part OF
investigators. One error that has not
yet been overthrown Is that of suppos-
ing barnyard manure to be complete
plant food" There is nothing on the
farm that varies so much in qaulity
as manure, for. while some manures
may De as nearly complete as may be
desired, yet the large majority of the
accumulated heaps on farms are not
at all complete. 1t is not altogether
in the management of the manure
that its value is retained, but in the
foods from which it is obtained an
the amount of absorbent material used
ir its preservation. 1t may safely be
claimed that every year thousands of
tons of barnyard manure are spread
on land which is really not equal in
value to the labor required in the
work of applying 1t to the soil Wheth-
er in the form of crude chemicals in
the fertilizer bags. or in the form of
bulky manure. the plant foods are
the same. and the farmer cannot real
lie therefrom more than exists in the
materials used.-Philadelph Record
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26

1t was certainly a most beautiful
peach tree. and the best thing about It
was that Mildred Grey had planted il
herself, when she was tiny girl; she
had tucked away a peach stone in the
soft earth, close beside the high bank
wall which separated her home from
the Alden's, next door.
Lucy Alden was her dearest friend
and when the hidden stone put forth
its first shoots she was as delighted as
Mildred. BY and by the roots began
to creep into the Aldens' yard, but the
slender sapling sprang up on the
Greys' side of the wall. Every year 1t
grew more interesting. and when 1t
became real tree, its branches spread
as much on one side of the wall as on
the other.
The girls were wild with excitement
when the first blossoms appeared, but
a sudden cool spell scattered them, and
frightened away the baby fruit. so I.lat
when the leaves came out later on,
Lucy and Mildred could only see one
little hard green ball on an upper
branch that gave any promise of be-
coming peach. Then began an anx-
ious watching; 1t grew slowly but
surely.
When 1t was ripe they wanted to
pick it, but they afterward decided TO
let ii fall of its own will. and whore
it landed would determine its owner.
ship.
Every morning before breakfast, the
two girls hurried down to the wall to
see what had happened over night
and at last their patience was reward
ed. The peach, plump and rosy, lay on
the wall between them. And It had
fallen exactly in the middle of the
wall
ITS yours Lucy" said Mildred, in
burst of generosity.
mo, it's yours. If it'se anybody's."
said Lucy, not to be outdone.. "You
planted the tree
But you let 1t spread over in your
yard. You must take 1t, Lucy there'll
be plenty more next year, and want
you to have the first"
"But It isn't fair objected Lucy;
won't take it,"
And so, off and on, during the day.
they held spirited discussions, but
could come to no agreement. When
night came they covered the peach
with a goblet and went to bed to think
It over; but in the morning they found
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26
Mulch for smnII Gnrden.

AS early in spring as possible. or
better still in the fall. put the garden
plot in good condition by deep plow-
ing lengthwise and crosswise and fol
low by narrowing. When planting
time comes lay off in rows two feet
apart, manure well with scrapings
from the barnyard, poultry house and
COW pens. Hill mp the manure. max
ing sharp, high ridges which will in
sure good termination and quick
growth; plant in the usual way.
When the plants are up, stir the
ground once week or oftener with
hoe or plow. When everything is
growing we'll and up a few inches
from the ground. give a thorough final
working with the plow and harrow,
leveling the ground all over. Apply
a light covering of straw, and leaves
from the woods over the entire plot,
vegetables. In few days they will
grow enough to allow another coat
put on as before. Keep adding more
as the plants grow above II. until
the ground is covered three or four
inches deep, when you can consider
your garden work done for the sea
son.
Vegetables will grow to perfection
in 2 garden treated this way in spite
of heat or droutn. The mulch hol Is
moisture and keeps the burning rays
of the sun from the tender roots and
prevents damage from heavy beating
rains. There is nothing so cheap and
yet so valuable to the garden as a
deep covering of pine needles and
leaves. Potatoes should be on large.
high beds. and covered with three or
four inches of mulch at once. They
will come up through it as If 1t were
not there. With this treatment vege-
tables of all kinds will flourish and
grow, but weeds and grass have no
chance at all. In the fall rake the
straw in between the rows ani ridge
the earth over it. In the spring you
will find plenty of good fertilizer
Agricultural Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26
Peculiar - Itself.

This applies to St. Jacobs Oil used for
fifty years. 1t contains ingredients that
arc unknown TO any one but the manu-
facturers and their trusted employees. Its
pain killing properties are marvellous, as
testified to by the thousands of once crippled
human beings now made well and free from
pain by its use St. Jacobs Oil has record
Of cures greater than all other medicines.
Its sales are larger than those of any other
proprietary medicine and ten times greater
than all other embrocations, oils and lini-
ments combined, simply because 1t has been
proved to be the best.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26
samoa's oMciaI chaperon.

The chaperon is becoming extinct
here. but she is an important person
in Samoa. She is the constant COM
panion of the toupou, or village guide
who is appointed to entertain strang'
ers and show them the various sights.
Each village in Samoa elects girl
for this office, and it is necessary that
she should be the daughter of a chief
Her house is provided for her by the
village and she Is surrounded by q
Ncourt of native girls. No man who
lives in the village is allowed to en-
ter the sacred precincts, and the tau
pou goes nowhere without an elderly
woman. If the taupou resigns her of.
fee the chief can appoint another
damsel of high degree.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26

by local applications as they cannot reach tho
discussed portion OF the enr. There is only ono
way TO cure deafness. and that IL by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness Ia caused by an
inilamcd condition Of the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is in
ilamed you have rumbling sound or imper-
Deafness Is the result, and unless the inflnm-
mntion can he taken out and this tube re-
stored TO it's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out Of ten
are caused by catGrrh, which Is nothing but an
inlamcd condition Of the mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Cir
culars sent free. F.J.CHESEy & Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26
Weak and Sickly Children

Who, perhaps, have inherited a weak
digestion, continually subject to stomach
troubles, loss of flesh and general weakness.
can be made healthy and strong by the use
of Vogeler's Curative Compound. Every
doctor who is at all up to date will say that
Vogeler's Curative Compound will make the
blood pure and rich, bring colour to the
cheeks, and put on flesh where health de-
mands IL. Children who have been weak
and sickly since birth should be treated with
small doses of Vogeler's Curative Compound,
from two to FIVE drops, twice daily, most
satisfactory results will follow. tits the best
Of all medicines, because it is made from the
formula of great living physician.
Sample bottle free on application to the propretors
ST. Jacobs Oil, Ltd. Baltimore, Nd
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26
Short Name Got Him Place.

n. L. Chew, of Indiana, assistant
auditor of the treasury for the post
Office department. obtained his posi-
ton because of his name. The fact Is
that the assistant auditor of the treas.
ury department for the postoiiice de-
partment spends from 40 to 90 days
every quarter signing his name to war
rants. He signs at the rate of 5000 or
5000 a day. 1t can readily be seen
that Mr.. Chew can earn more money
for the government by signing his
name than could Edgar d. Crumpack-
er, the Indiana congressman. He got
the job because he had a short name
He can save three or four days in the
month over A. l.. Lawshe, his prede-
cessor, although Mr.. Lawshe was a
very rapid writer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-03-26

Scratching sheds were brought to
the notice of poultrymen some years
ago, and there are many poultry
houses that are not provided with this
convenience or necessity even at this
late date. There has been an errone-
Gus idea about the scratching shed
that should be brought to view. A
scratching shed IN Minnesota should
not be the same kind OF a shed as that
In use In Missouri or Kansas. Conii-
tions of temperature and climate
should govern the method of construc-
ton largely. Scratching sheds in a
very cold climate will have to be more
than q mere open shed. There is no
need of It being made as warm as the
'xcosting quarters, nor as warm as q