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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-04

The Alaska commissioners 10 the
Presbyterian General Assembly, The
Rev. DIR. Hall Young, walked 1900
miles in moccasins and snowshoes to
reach the coast and his steamer. lie
brought With him for the moderator a
gavel made of a walrus tooth, as al
ready related.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-04

A London medical journal says that
American apples are cored, sliced and
dried, sent to France, and there con-
verified into cider. With the addition
of carbonic acid gas and yeast, and a
little iavoring powder the cider be-
comes champagne, anil much of it goes
to England and is drunk under the
delusion that it is of the best brand.
Two pews IN a fashionable and
wealthy Washington church were re.
Gently sold for $2,750 and 81 600 re.
s%pectively. Comparing these figures
with the $75 900 paid for a seat on the
New York Stock Exchange, the Boston
Transcript thinks the contrast shows
Z" where most people are looking for
their treasure"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-04
CaIlSthenlcS

Are a benefit to healthy womer. But to
women who are suffering from diseases
peculiar to their sex they are an injury.
when there is weak back or bearing
down pains, aideache or other ~indications
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-04

Close connections at Greenwood for al
poihts on d. A. l.. and g. & IL. Railway
and at Spartanburg with Southern Rail-
way. ~
For any information relative to tickets.
rates, schedules, etc., address
W.. CRAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Angus.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-04
DEATH OF DIR. b. Nj. PALMEk
Famous Pulpit Orator Was Fa-
tally Injured by a Trolley
Car.

DIR. Benjamin NJ. Palmer, of New
Orleans, died on the 28th of May
from injuries received on the 5th of
May, when he was run over by a street
car within a short distance of his
home and dragged for fully a block.
HIS right great toe was cut off and
injuries were inflicted on the fore
head, and his right ley was broken in
two places just above the ankle. He
fingered from the time of his injuries
% days.
Rev. DIR. b. NJ. Palmer was born
IN Charleston, s. c., ia uary 25, 1918,
son of DIR. Edward Palmer, who after
sixty years of service i'm the church,
died in 1882 at the age of 90. DIR.
Palmer passed his boyhood at Nc
Jacksonville and was ZEN to Amherst
college when only ID years of age.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-04

DAILY. Tuesdays. Thursdays, and Sat
urdays.
Nos. So N 80 Solid trains between
Charleston and G~reenyire, s. o..
Nos. 6S and % carry Through Coach be-
tween Charleston and Columbia.
III M Emerson, Genl Pass, Agt, II. Nj.
Emerson, Traffic Manager; j. r. Kenly,
Gen Man.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-06-04
Atlantic Coast Line.

Traffic Department, Wilmington. N G
March 26, 1902.
-FAST LINE
Between Charleston and Columbia and
Upper South Carolina, and North Caro-
lima.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02

David Buffum, in Success.
The principles involved in the training
of horses are not hard of compression or
many in number; and. if you once grasp
them thoroughly, you have the key Of the
situation, so to speak, in your hands. 1t
then becomes a matter of choice with you
how far to carry the training of your horse
whether to teach him just a few simple
and entertaining things (Which, for an
amateur, is perhaps, wisesD, or to under
take his higher education"
The first thing needful is to understand
thoroughly the nature of a horse, and the
way in which his mind works. The intellect
of a horse does not differ from that of a
man in kind, but it does differ, very con-
siderably, in degree. Hence, as we would
naturally expect he reasons far more from
experience than from observation. A SIM
pie illustration of this is found in break
ing colt to halter. When first tied, 1t is
he invariably tries to. Convinced after
several attempts, that he cannot do this
he gives 1t up for good. and subsequently,
when tied by a smaller cord, 1T does not
occur to him that he can break 1T. So dur
ing his whole life he reasons from that first
experience. and permits himself to be tied
by halter that he could snap like a
thread. if he but knew it. An old horse,
it is true, sometimes becomes a halter
perience; for, some day, he unexpectedly
and unintentionally breaks a weak halter.
and this teaches him that all halters are
not alike. Consequently, the old rogue will.
thereafter. try the strength of every halter
that is put on him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02
ATCHIsoN'S CORN CARNIVAL.
This Year the Affair Will Guido All
Records.
Kansas City Journal.

Kansas City journal.
Kansas is commencing to talk about the
Atchison corn carnival-that most unique
of all the Western public festivals. The
Atchison corn carnival has come to be the
barometer of the corn crop. When the
than average, the Atchison folk content
themselves with their Sabbath schools,
prayer meetings, singing schools and other
crop is a bumper one Atchison announces
carnival, sets her hat over on one side
of her head. gets a big cigar in her teeth
and goes prancing down the highway like
hired hand out for some doin's OF q Sat
urday night
1t is no use trying to describe the Atchi-
son corn carnival. 1t means simply day
of sports and amusement, with music and
folly and laughter, and all the relaxation
that makes children of men. While corn
is the excuse for the celebration, II does
not cut much of a figure in the programme,
save that everybody throws it at everybody
else. OF course, the corn is shelled before
Ii is thrown, and that is a wise provision
for the present year. II one should be hit
by a gigantic of the kind grown every
where in Kansas, he would cease to have
interest in the festal scenes about him. On
the morning after. one of these carnivals
tons OF corn are shoveled from the street,
mostly in the form of corn meal, tramped
from the kernels by thousands of feet.
However, corn is made a prominent fea-
ture of the decorations of the city and in
the grand parade which opens the festiv-
tiles. And. all I'm all, it may be said to be
as closely connected with the affairs of the
day the theme is to the average comic
opera.
Inc Atchison folk declare that they ex-
pect to Guido all former records with the
coming celebration. They have ransacked
the country to secure novel amusements.
They will have the Banda Rosa and
lot of other bands. They will give free
shows on platforms erected on the street
corners. They have listed such a bewil-
derig array of exhibits and features" that
ii is hard to keep track of them But
the main success of the Atchison corn car
nival is due 20 the spirit I'm which II is
provided and the spirit with which IL is
enjoyed. People come from everywhere 10
have a day of harmless frolic. People who
were never joyous and hospitable before
become so from the sheer influence of their
happy surroundings. You can go to Atchi-
son on corn carnival day and see dignifed
bank presidents, college professors and
preachers playing FRANKS like so many
school boys. And Atchison was wiser than
she knew when she hit upon the idea of
inviting the people to come to her streets
and make genial idiots OF themselves
through one livelong day.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02
Farm Notes.

A. H. Gates Mason City. Ia, claims to
have sure" hog cholera cure-no cure
no pay
1t is claimed that mulberry trees make
durable posts. AS the mulberry Is quick
growing tree, this advantage in Its favor
of serving posts should not be over
looked in planting trees for future USE
Fussing with the cows may seem small
business for man grown. says writer IN
a farm journal. But life is made up OF
small things, anyway, and kindness among
the cattle is no mark of small nature.
On the contrary, ii proves man TO be just
as good as the animal he pets; and II all
pays the best way, too. Kindness always
does pay.
In setting cuttings leave as few buds
above ground as possible. All that are
TO supply the growth made above: The
start will not be made until the cut
end is hardened. To save time this may
be dipped in liquid-grafting wax or in glue,
or by touching Ii 10 very hot stove plate.
The dust bath is to the fowl what the
wash tub is to the individual with ne
dust bath the hen cleans her body; She
uses IL also for exercise When hen rs
incubating she comes off as regularly TO
dust herself as to feed; instinct teaching
her that it is the best of methods for rid
ding herself of lice. Dust is cheap, aud
should be used plentifully.
Tomato leaf Juice is being used as an in
secticide with considerable success es-
pecially against plant lice. The leaves are
macerated in cold water for twenty-four
hours. The water is then drained of and
applied as a spray or with a watering
pot with fine rose. Farmers say freshly
cut tomato stalks hung about the harness
of horses on the road will keep off flies, and
hung in open window will not pass them
to go in or out.
Wrapping fruit in paper keeps IL fresh
in appearance and prevents decay. Peaches
from the same basket were tested, and
those wrapped were perfect when the 9TH
ers were all gone from rot. Apples that are
wrapped will be plump and sound for
weeks after others not wrapped are shriv-
eled or rotten. Wrapping tends to keep the
skin tender and bright. Exposure to the
air makes ii leathery and dull colored. OF
course. the fruit must be sound when
wrapped.
The Canadian method of preventing the
souring of silage is to fill the bottom of
the silo TO a depth of three feet with cut
wheat straw. There will be no loss, as the
straw will be eaten by stock as readily as
is the silage. Another method is to scat
ter pieces of marble carbonate of lime),
the size of an egg, through the filing, say
FIVE pieces on top Of each four feet of
filling. The carbonic acid gas generated will
expel the lighter oxygen and prevent fer
mentatiOn.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02
Elsew

EAST BUFFALO. Sept. 1.-Cattle-Receipts
$500 Good cattle steady; common. 15925c lower
Prime steers. S.5Oqs; choice 1900 to /, 800 lbs
ssG7; fair to good. s.. 25; choice. 1000 to
l500 lbs S. 25Gls; fair 10 good, so; choice
heifers s. s5l5 T5: fair TO good. s4G475: light to
fair, s. 25aS.75 best fat cows, A75Q5.25; fair to
good 50 50lf4 IS 81 7502 so; export bulls
sid4 so; butchers. S3.5044; sausage, S3d3 %;
choice stockers and feeders, steady: common to
fair l5425c lower; feeders. 81. 2594.75; stockers
S.. SOFA Is; stock heifers, s3q3.25: good fresh
cows and springers steady: common. s2d3 per
head lower: choice. s4S@55; fair to good. s35i4O
Veals-Receipts. 1900 The market was easier
Tops. E75qs fair to good. Sg7.so; common to
Hog~Receipts. a. 500. The market was fairly
active. Light grades iGG15c lower; others steady
Heavy. s.. so4f.9O: mixed. s7.6SG775 pigs. S. 5ea
$50: stays. ss95, SO; grass-fed. s75oG7.eo. The
closing steady
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 1900 Sheep
steady: lambs easier Lambs. $5S5a5.50: fair
to good. ss15.25; culls to common s.. 50d4 so:
yearlngs. HG425; wethers. s375Q4. Sheep-Top
mixed. s.. 25f3.50; fair 10 good. $3.50; culls 10
common. si-T5d225; ewes s.. 25Q350
SOUTH OMAHA, Sept. 1.-Catte-Receipts
5000. The market strong and Toe higher
Native steers. ~. sodS30; cows and hefers. s3d
525; Western steers S4Gf6 Texas steers. S. 7S6D
Is; cows and heifers. 81 s0Qs70 Gamers, 81. Is
az: stockers and feeders. 81 50g5.i0; calves, s3d
SO: bulls. stays. etc, s1d45o
Hogs-Receipts. 600. The market was 5di0c
higher. Heavy. N25d7.2; mixed. E.90Q7.7 rs
!ight, s7Sgz4o; pigs. se97.2s; bulk OF sales.
shsep~Receipts. 1900. The market steady.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02
Gas Engines for Farm.

Boston Globe.
Some of these days" said r. F. Rogers.
philosopher from Ottumwa, Ia, who
travels for an Omaha supply house, "some
of these days ii is going to be up TO some
body TO write a book about the passing of
the farmland. His days are numbered
because his usefulness is vanishing. Peo-
pie in the city don't realize what perfection
the farmers of Iowa and ranchmen of Ne
braska are attaining in the equipment of
their places. 1t hasn't been so mighty long
since it was a case of main strength and
awkwardness with the honest yeomanry,
and i'm those days it required a hand for
everything that horses couldn't do. But
Yankee inventive genius has made great
strides and the last clever trick was the
creation of the gas engine and incidentally
the automobile
1T is only within the last two or three
years that the engines have been perfect
ed into practicability but it would surprise
you TO see how many farmers have already
invested. They can make one engine serve
SO many purposes, you know, and the
Western farmer can recognize a good thing
Just about as quick as anybody. Purchased
originally to run pump, these engines
they Impress into a diversified duty that
includes running cream separators and pro-
pelling corn shelters. The other day l was
told about ranchman who came from
connecticut, L suspect. for he had coupled
his engine on to some homemade fans in
his dining room and was turning them
with rope belt.
And though IL may seem a bit strange.
1T is nevertheless a fact that the auto
mobile boom has done a great deal for the
farmer in an indirect way. 1t has resulted
in much attention being given to small
motors and engines. with the result that
they have been much improved In make
and lessened some in price. The horseless
carriage has stimulated manufacture, and
the big concerns have shipped their plants
grades
styles of power-makers. In another two
years believe We will find ourselves living
in such an era of gas and electric power
as few people now anticipate. Already
the country towns are talking automobiles
with a vengeance, the residents of many
OF them have purchased machines, and IL
preparing TO buy, or at least say they
are"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02
Destruction of weeds.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
There are two classes Of weeds-those
that come from seeds and those which are
propagated principally by means of their
roots. Weeds which spring up from seeds
the seeds in the soil to the surface, where
they terminate. The seeds of some weeds
have great vitality and remain in the soil
for years. Some are enclosed in clods and
are retained for another season, but when
the clods are broken and the weed seeds
exposed to warmth near the surface, they
are put out of existence by the harrow as
soon as they terminate, for which reason
it is impossible to clear a piece of land
from weeds in a season unless every clod
is pulveriZed. The oft-repeated inquiry:
From whence come the weeds?' may be
answered: From the clods." The weeds
and prevented from growing by frequent
cultivation, because they cannot exist for a
great length of time unless permitted to
grow. If no leaves are allowed on such
plants they perish from suffocation, be-
cause they breathe through the agency of
soil in the work or weed destruction re-
duces the cost of warfare on the weeds,
for every time the harrow or cultivator is
used the manure is more intimately mixed
with the soil, more clods are broken, a
greater proportion of plant food is offered
ened and the capacity of the plants of the
crop to secure more food is increased The
cost of the destruction of weeds should not
be charged to the accounts of a single year
only, as thorough work during a season
may obliterate the weeds entirely, or so
reduce their number as to make the cost
of their destruction during succeeding
years but trifie.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02
Status of the Farming Industry.
mber Reviews of Reviews.

September Reviews of Reviews.
There are 10,43S.922 persons engaged in ag-
ricultural pursuits, while all other indus
tries engage 1S,S45.0OO persons. One-third
of the entire area of this country is de-
voted to filling of the soil. There are to-
day 5.739,657 farms in the United States.
and the value Of farm property, including
improvements, stock and implements. is
$50 5l4, 0o1 ,S3S. The number of farms has
quadrupled In the past fifty years, while
the value of the farming land to-day is
five times as great as the selling price of
fifty years ago. More than 100000 farms
have been laid out and fenced in by set
tiers, principally in the West, in the past
ten years. Fifteen thousand farms were
given away by the government during 1901
When the Indian Territory is opened for
settlement. about 1904, 100000 acres of fine
farming land will be offered for sale at low
prices. and farming will receive another
valuable acquisition to its ranks There
are SOC, 900 600 acres of unsettled land in the
United States ready 70: immediate occu-
pancy.
The total acreage used for farming DUR
poses is SAL 100000 acres-an area which
would contain England, Scotland Ireland
Wales, France Germany, Austria Spain
Japan and the Transvaal, leaving sufficient
room for several smaller countries to GO in
around the edges. None of these countries
or all of them combined, would make a
respectable showing with our agricultural
products. The value of farm exports in
1901 was $951, 62S, 33l.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02
Varieties of sheep.

Wool Market
While America can lay claim to having
developed the most remarkable breed OF
wool sheep that the world has ever known,
we must yield the palm TO England for
having produced the most remarkable types
of mutton sheep. The Englishman is
natural-born shepherd. he loves his flock.
and no amount of encouragement of low
prices, of disease or death can destroy his
preference for his fiocks. The history of
the development of these breeds of mutton
sheep show plainly that sheep require
especial and continuous perservering care
to secure from them high-class mutton.
Sheep require not only special care, but
the different breeds of sheep require care
that is peculiar to each type of animals,
and we find the English shepherd spe-
cially efficient in giving these particular
types Of sheep the attention required. More
mutton is consumed per capita In England
than elsewhere, and the chief profit from
sheep husbandry arises from the sale OF
mutton. We find, therefore, the English
breeder to have succeeded in developing the
mutton type of sheep to the greatest per-
lection and comparatively little attention
has been paid TO wool.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02

Certificates have been issued to the following
named Indianians:
origiual-Henry vescelus. Elkhart. s.; Henry
c. Chambers, Terre Haute, S.
Increase, Reissue. etc.-John G. Leonard
Carthage, $40; William Goldman, East Ger
mantown. sl0 Martin V. Arthur. Waterloo sl7:
George H. Puntenney, Nashville, sl2; Martin j.
Orcutt Hammond. 81: Josiah II. Barnurn Knox
SO; Louis ID. Mayer, National Military Home
Marion. si2; William J. Head JefrersonvilIe
$40; Solomon T. Basy. Upton. s24: Eli SwsIis
Terre Haute. sl4: Francis 1. Tinslay. Georgia
81; Hiram ii. Roberts. National Military Home.
Marion, SO; Obediah Mcclure, Vincennes $40:
William @. Hutton, Koleen, sl2; William l.
Fowler, Lynnville IS; Norman A Myers Hunt
ington. s1z; William II. Lancaster. India ma polls
siO Samuel W. Havens. North Manchester sl2:
Ebert NJ. Gibener, New Salisbury, flT Alonzo
Graham, indianapolis. SIT: Walter L. v Dun
bar India napolis s12; Jonathan H. Blackwood
Marco. SIT; Andrew Skirving. Aurora $40:
Samuel c. Harrison. Terre Haute. sl7: Lewis a
Powell. Marion. sl2.
Widows Minors and Dependent Relatives
Mary f. Nusbaum, Elkhart. s.; Sarah b. Green.
Fort Wayne s.; Emma Shearer. Elkhart S.
sarah j. Adair. Elwood. IS: Elizabeth c. Cain
war with SPAIN; minors OF BENJAMIN Nc
Creary, Springport, SIG; Polly Suffer SaltiIlo
IS: Elizabeth c. Bond. Marion. sl2 Almira Z
Seymour. Inwood. IS, Ellen r. Vow. westneid
sl2: Annie L. Beckett. Sullivan, sl2 Dellah o.
n Hall Madison. s.; Emma s. Carleton New
Albany IS; Lucinda Griffith. Algiers. IS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02
THE LIVE STOCK MARKETS
CATTLE STEADY, But THE OUTLOOK
FOR COMMON GRADES NOT GOOD.
Hogs Active and About Five Cents
Higher-sheep and Lambs steady
Condition of Other Markets.

UNION SrOCKYARDS. INDIANAPOLIS
Sept. 1.-Cattle-Receipts. 800; shipments small.
For a Monday market the receipts Of cattle
continue OF very fair volume. but the supply to-
day not more than half as large as a week
ago and more than three times as large as
year In addition TO the fresh arrivals,
there were a few loads carried over from last
week. and the supply on sale was liberal for
this time In the week. OF course. there were
Tot many buyers here there usually are later
in the week. but there a fair demand from
local killers for fat stock. and they supplied
their orders at steady prices compared with
those current at the close OF last week. The de-
mand. however. was not equa; to the supply and
only a fair clearance was made. There was not
much inquiry for feeding cattle and most Of the
supply of that class remained in the pens un-
sold. Therefore. while statesmen succeeded in
getting steady prices the market was not alto
gether satisfactory. because they could not find
an outlet for all of the supply. Nobody seems
inclined to make any predictions as to future
Developments. but no doubt most OF the dealers
will be surprised should there be any improve
msnt whatever In the market. and 1t is feared
that the common to medium cattle will be very
difficult to sell at former prices. Quotations:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02

Hogs-Receipts. 500; shipments. 1000. There
is very little change to note in the marketing of
hogs to-day compared with week ago and some
Improvement compared with a year ago. but the
supply smaller than the average for Mon
day market for some time past. OF course, the
different grades were not well represented. but
there were few OF nearly all kinds The mark
et opened with all buyers in the field, and with
reasonably active competition between packers
and shippers the bidding rather lively, and
from the start the offerings changed hands
promptly. 1t 10 rather difficult to give an ac-
curate estimate OF the position of prices on ac-
count of the small supply, but in general way
dealers claimed that sales were on basis of sc
higher than equal kinds sold at the close OF
last week. 1t is possible that few transactions
did not show the full strength OF the market,
but this probably account of some defect
the quality finish Of the hogs. II did not
take long to exhaust the supply, and the market
closed firm the advance. Sales to-day In
cluded loads averaging $50 to $50 lbs at s765,
with 223 to 22S Id hogs at $7.50lr1.60 and 1872 to
ISL Id hogs brought s7.30d7.37h The full
strength Of the market cannot be shown by rep
resentative sales, hut $T.72h offered for
heavy hogs and refused. Quotations:
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-02
Dipping Sheep.
National Stockman.

NaCOudl OtOchHdH
1t may be thought early to talk about
dipping sheep for winter. 1t may be too
early to do II, but it's never out of season
to talk about it, The shepherd who does
not dip at least once year is way behind
the times, and two clippings scarcely puts
him abreast of them. Long experience
has taught US that twice-a-year clippings
bring more comfort TO the sheen and
more profit to the owner Enough
more wool can be clipped at shearing time
from the twice-dipped sheep, cheap as wool
now is. to more than pay the total cost.
besides, the great comfort and thrift OF
the sheep and pleasure TO the shepherd
An Ohio man has held his clip OF wool
for seven years and finally sold consider
able of IL far below what he was offered
for IL. Such instances are numerous enough
TO illustrate the folly OF holding products
from year To year in hope of securing
higher prices for them. Better take a fair
price when offered than to hang on for