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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
Kitchen Hints.

Baking powder is expensive but if made
al home it will not cost nearly so much
and is as good as the high priced powder
The following is a reliable recipe: Six
ounces tartaric acid, eight ounces best
baking soda and one quart of best HOUr
Mix we'll together and sift Ave or six
times through a fine seive.
To scour steel knives, moistcn coal
ashes with kerosene and use as a polish
and they will shine like silver If the
ivory handles have become spotted or
yellow. rub them with fine sand paper
and then polish with finely powdered
pumice stone and they will look as fresh
come dscolorcd, and an easy way of re-
moving the stain is to put q little
chloride of lime in the pan, fill it with
cold water and set it on the back Of the
stove where the water will keep hot and
let it remain for several hours, then
scrub with hot suds
A good cement for mending tinWare is
made by mixing together litharGe and
glyceriEe until it is of the consistency
of thick cream. This cement is also good
for mending earthenware and for faste9
ing lamp tops The article mended
should not be used until the cement is
hardened.
Soda is excellent for cleaning tinwarc.
Apply with a damp cloth and polish with
a soft dry cloth, and when dishes bcgiH
to look dark they may be frightened by
using soda in the same way, ard dishes
and glassware may be made beautifully
clean bv washing through hot suds made
by stirring enough pearline in the water
to make a strong lathor. good cement
for china or glass is made of plaster Of
pairs and a thick solution of yum arabic
and the gum which is found on cherry
trees is also good for mending these
articles MARTHA.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS
Estimates For improvements Submitted to the
Chief of Engineers.
(Bv the Associated Press.

Washington. July 24.-The Chief of
Engineers today received several annual
reports of officers in charge of river and
harbor improvements, making estimates
for the final year 1904. Lieut.. Col. Chas.
J. Allen submits an estimate of $4,000
for the Rappahannock River.
Major James b. QHinn submits the fol-
lowing for the Norfolk, Va. district:
Harbor at Norfolk and its approaches,
s24O 131: Improvement of Hampton
Roads, Va, s215, 900; Appomattox River,
Va, $156. 900: harbor at Cape Charles
City, Va, $4,000.
Captain j. C. Sanford submits the
following for South Carolina:
Waccamaw and Little Pee Dee Rivers.
s25 500; Great Pee Dee River. $4,000;
Winyah Bay, $500 Wateree and
Congaree Rivers $40, ,000 inland water
way between Charleston harbor and op-
posito McClcllanSvlle, $50, 1000; Charles
ton harbor 26-foot project, 100000, and
for 21-foot project $4,000
Captain Spencer Cosby submits the
following fer the Mobile, Ala, district:
Mobile harbor $500, 600; Black Warrior
River from Tuscaloosa to Daniels Creek,
5000, ,OOO Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers,
$500 COO Bigbcc River from mouth to
Demopolis, s2SOOOO Padcagoula River and
Horn Island harbor, Miss, $4,000
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29

melloWlng effect on a clay soil and its
moisture retaining nature on all soils.
make 1t the most important addition to
any old cultivated land. The man who
thought fertilizers alone are needed and
VINO advised us to give humus a rest =
knew very little about soil physics and
had never studied the cotton fields of the
southern uplands, where long, clean cul-
ture has used up the humus and the
sail is unproductivc SO that men imagine
1t worn out. The fact is, as we have
often said, that soil that was ever
good can ever be worn out. 1t may be
unproductive with the management it
has, but let it alone, and in the course
of time nature, with the broom sedge
and the pine tree will make new land of
it. What nature does through long
years we can do in a short time if we
study our soils and treat them properly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
THE LUTHERAN SYNOD
Work Progressing on the Carolina and North
western Read
Especial to News and Obscrvcr.)

| Especial to News and Obscrvcr)
| Newton, n. c., July 26.-On SUNDAY. the
| Lutheran Synod held it's last session at
| Daniels Lutheran church, four miles
| northwest of Lincolnton. The crowd was
estimated at from twelve hundred and
| fifty to fifteen hundred Rev. Mr.. Mil
| Ter preached in the Lutheran church and
| Rev. E. j. SoX, of Lenoir College, HEX
| ory, preached in the Reformed church.
Both were packed to their utmost ca
paclty and still two or three hundred
persons were on the outside
These two churches are situated with
III three hundred feet of each other on
the Iincolnton and Morganton road in
cne Of the most prosperous sections Of
the county. The Lutheran church was
dedica ted July %, 1889, and cost ST OOO.
The Reformed church was dedicated in
1892. Both the buildings are brick eIc-
giant in design, commodious, substantial
and creditable to the congregations that
erected them. The spirc OF the Reformed
church IS visible from the court house
square at Lincolnton.
The worshiprors at this ancient shrine
once gathered from the country for many
miles around and there was meeting
house where these churches now stand
was astabl shed.
Adjoining the church let stands Daniels
school house. This Dutch community
las ever put into practice tho truth that
education and religion should so hand in
hand. Some years prior to 1767 the Dan
iels Schoo1-hOuSe was erected and main
tanned for over a century. Then in 1882
the citizens of the community decided to
erect more commodious building. A
ST lendid brick building was erected on
the let adjoining the church It is the
best public school house in Lincoln
county and is a credit TO the community
In Lincolnton a force CT hands is busily
engaged in making the cuts for the now
road of the Carolina and North
western Railroad
The road from Hardin to Liucolnt on
has been completed and a broad-gaugc
freight train runs daily between these
two points and carries yarns. etc, from
he High Shoals factory the Long Shoals
factory the Laboratory mill and the
Daniels mill to Lincolnton and carries
freight back TWO forces of hands arc
working towards each other from New
ton and Lincolnton and the broad-SauSe
track is nearly completed between these
two points.
The C. and N. w will use the South
ern track between Hickory and Newton
temporarily. The broad gauge track Is
almost completed from Hickory to i-c-
noir Loads OF broad gauge rolling stock
pass b5- here to Hickory by way or the
Southern for tho use Of the G. and y. y.
It is confidently expected here that tho
broad gauge trains will be running py
August 18th.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
| SLOOP CAPS|zED
Four Lives Lost Through a
Boys Terror.
Ine Captain by Heroic Efforts Rescues All But
His Baby and Aged Mother Who Are
Drowned,
tBy the Associated Press. }

Savannah, Ga, July 23.-The sloop
Lowell Dell" owned and sailed by Cap
tain Allen \. Calder, of Thunderbolt,
and having on board a pleasure party,
was capsiZed in the Ogeechee River, near
He'll Gate, during d squall yesterday af-
ternoon. and Captain Calder's aged
mother and infant daughter were drown
ed. Captain Calder's mother and wife
were seriously injured and his father
may die.
On the sloop were DR. and Mrs. stephen
A. Calder, of Sunbury; Captain and Mrs.
Allen n. Calder, of this city, their five
children, Vernon, II years DID, Frank. 9
years DID, Lawrence. years old );
Delacey, years old, and Olga, IS
months old. who was drowned. and Mrs
Sandiford, who is sixty years old All
except Captain Calder and his son Yer
non, were IN the cabin at dinner. Yer
non was holding the iib sheet When
the storm struck the craft Captain Calder
ordered his son to slacken the sheet
The boy was frightened and became ex-
cited. Instead of doing so he pulled
tight on the lib halyards. and the sloop
refused to answer her helm.
Without warning the craft was cap
sized and those in the cabin were in
stantly submerged in water. They were
penned in like rats in a trap as the
entrance to the cabin was under water.
With desperate courage Captain Calder
dived into the cabin and succeeded in
dragging out all except the baby, Olga
whom he could not find. Mrs. Calder,
the captains mother. died soon after
being brought out. .
Stephen A Calder and Mrs. Allen A.
Calder died tonight of congestion of the
lungs, brought about by taking in water
while in the cabin of the capszed sloop.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
SOIL. AND SOILS.

Ujd you ever think what your soil
really is2 What. in fact. is the nature
OF the soils on your farm, for there are
few farms on which the nature OF inc
coil is all tho same? Hence there is need
for studying each character of soil Wnlcl
is found on tho farm separately. EN-
rerieuce NAV have shown you that a ccr-
tain field makes better wheat, or corn or
grass than other fields on the same farm.
od you ever try to find out why this is
so2 There is 10 study of more i'm
Tortancc to the farmer than study OF
his soils The chemist may make ar
analysis Of your soil and tell you what
Us i'm it. But he cannot tell you why
soil which has in it large amounts OF
plant food of all sorts, is still an uh-
productive soil. But it is evident that
there are many such soils, waiting oniy
for some method by which this plant 1000
can be brought into state in Whlch
plants can use it. II may be the nara
mechanical condition of the soil when
prevents plants thriving. IT may pc an
excess Of Uator that shuts out air ana
prevents nitrifcation. 1t may be an
acid condition unfavorablc to many
plants. But whatever it is, it is for the
man or the farm to find out and no one
i'sture Of the soil is all right, it may
D." that some Of the essential clements
"| plant food are deficient in amount OF
ar" lu such a form that they cannot dlS-
""I." IL the soil moisture so that plants
'"h Ha" them. Then the question arises
7'"ii "e supply this element artlhfally
: .''al We make use Of some means Tor
"hdering The materials already in the
3"l available. No man cultlVatlnS the
7'I ras d right to consider himself
@'"3 farmer until he has made hmSelf
''aialntcd with the soils on his farm ana
."'t needs. The mere matter OF de-
.'N"E of available plant food may DC
."on#tratod by plant experiments with
'"' different fertilizing elements or
.".'"f combinations of elements. II II
''iF compact Claycy nature that IS
Hihrult, drainage and the accumu-
''H ot humUs- ma king organic matter
"' cure it. while on the other hann'
@a9e accumulation of humuS VIII
"' t" make a leachy soil moro reten-
~ moisture and plant food. Many
@'H which has an abundance of plant
'H IL IS unproductiye solely because
90 Lack Of this humus for humus or
" of@2niC matter is fully as Nalu-
y not more valuable. for its me
''i effect on the soil than for the
oi plant food it may cantain. Its
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
Schwab's Nerves Give Way.
(Bv the Associated Press.

Atlantic City, n. j., July 26.-Charles
W. Schwab. President of the United
States Steel Corporation, while out driv-
ing here this afternoon suffered an at
tack of what is reported to be nervous
prostratiCn, and tonight is under the
care Of physicians at his handsome cot
tagc on Pennsylvania Avenue. Mr..
Schwab came from Now York today in
his private car to visit his father and
mother who have been occupying the
cottage Mr. Schwab had spent the
greater part of the day at his cottage,
but in the afternoon took a drive. When
a short distance out Mr. Schwab COM
planned of feeling unwell and the car
riagc was hastily driven TO his cottage
and d physician summoned. Tonight Mr.
Schwab was reported as resting fairly
we'll
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
Major Glenn is From Greensboro.
(Specia1 to News and ObSerVer.)

Especial to News and ObserverD
Greensboro, n. c., July 26.-lnterest
being revived in Major Glenn, OF Philip
pine Water Cure fame, it NAV not be
amiss to recall the fact that he was born
and reared in Greensboro, the son of Dr.
r. w. Glenn, a very prominent Ihysl-
clan. His mother was Gllmer. and be
has a brother, Robert Gllmer Glenn,
druggist here He is also first cousin to
the eminent Evangelist Rev. r.. {. Glenn.
He was appointed to West Point by
Gen Scales, afterwards Gov Scales. and
has always been q most popular officer.
In Norfolk and Richmond especially,
where he was at different periods sta
toned. he made friends by the thous-
ands.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
NEW INDUSTRY FOR AsHEvILLE.
To Manufacture Articles of Tale. Juniors Cele
brating Fifteenth Anniversary.

Especial to the News and Observer
AsheVille, n. c., July 23.-The Ma
tional Manufacturing Company, J. II.
Simply, manager, is to be esta blishcd
here shortly. The company will manu-
facture articles from tale. All the ma
terial will be obtained in North Caro-
lima and home labor will be used. The
market for the output in the North
and abroad. Mr.. Simply is from Chat
tanooga.
At meeting of the Board of Trade
held here tonight the opening of Ashe-
Vile College was considered
j. G. RumbauGh, son of Col J. H
Rumbaugh, was married to Miss Flor
once BrightsOn, at Hot Springs last
night.
The Junior Order United American
Mechanics is celebrating IS fifteenth an
nversary today With sports.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
NOTES OF THE FARM.
CIV. F. Massey, in Practical Farmer

There is a great deal written about
velvet beans. There is no doubt of their
1alue in the lower South, but north of
the southern line of Eastern North Caro-
Ina. the season is too short for hem.
and they cannot compete with the COW
pea and the soy bean. 1t takes all Of Ave
months of warm weather to nature the
velvet bean, and where this length of
warm weather cannot be had the re-
lance of the farmer should be on
lesumes that take less time They fail
"a 10 ripen seed in Central North Caro-
lima. though planted in April The
growth was very heavy, and it takes but
few seeds to plant an acre, as ours were
planted eight feet apart and covered the
ground waist deep. Even where they
fail to ripen, they NAV have value for
the purpose of getting a large amount of
Eumus- making organic matter OF the
soil TO plOW under in the spring after de-
oaving through the winter. But it takes
the whole season to do this, while the
cow pea can be grown after grain crop
i'm the South.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
THE ADVANCE OF THE SEASONS.

THE ADVANCE OF THE SEASONS.
On recent trip from North Carolina
10 New York we were very much inter
tsted during the last week in June in
Observing the gradual advance of the
season northward by the condition OF the
crops. In North Carolina corn was made
and in full ear. At Richmond, Va, it was
just shooting tassels. Near Washing
ton D. c.. the corn was about waist high
and showing no tassels. About Phila-
delphia it was knee high. and near New
y ork the farmers We're in the field thin
ming the corn from few inches to ten
inches high. 1t showed the wonderful
adaptd bility of the corn plant TO climate
In the longer June sunlight as we come
North, it starts perhaps later, but makes
up by rapid growth so that in few
weeks the corn fields about New York
city will have fully caught NJ with the
crops south, and will have done it in 4
shorter time Of growth It also showed
the Importance of breeding corn for the
climate in which it is grown. The corn
that was in full ear in Central North
Carolina, if it had been planted about
New York city, would have been far
later in maturing than the cCrn that we
sa " of so small size there, for it has
gotten into the habit of taking its time
with the full knowledge apparently that
there is no need of hurry. On the other
hand the corn growing in New York has
taken from the climate the tendency to
make haste so as to get out of reach OF
frost Further North the same tendency
is intensified, and we see the small
stalked long cared eight rowed corn of
Northern New York and Canada which
has no time to make the giant stalks
Of the South, but must make all the
haste possible in order to reach ma
turty. This adaptation to climate is
shown by the gradual moving north OF
many plants. Corn has done it very
gradually and resists any sudden change
from North to South or vice versa. The
same adaptation is now being shown by
the Southern COW pea, which in its early
varieties is being grown for seed in Wis
corein. The lesson is to breed and de-
y"lop plant in the climate where 1t is
to be grown.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
MURDERED BY LADRONES.
The Podies of Four Teachers Missing From
Cebu Recovered.
(Ry the Associated Press.)

Washington, July 23.-The War De-
partment today received the following
cablegram regarding the school teachers
who have been missing from Cebu, June
10th:
John E. Wells, 209 Montgomery Ave-
nue., Providence. r. l.. and his cousin
Louis A. Thomas, same address; Ernest
Heger, 413 Vine street, Cincinnati, Ohio );
Clyde A. France, Bcrea, Ohio, missing,
Cebu murdered by ladrones, bodies re-
covered. Leader murderers killed; eight
others captured by the constabulary.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
First New Cotton at Savannah.
(Rv the Associated Press.

Savannah, Ga, July 23.-The first bGlA
Of new cotton Of the season of 1902 g.
was received here yesterday and solo
this morning at auction in front of the
Cotton Exchange for / cents per pound
The bale will be exported at once &C
Liverpool. 1t Classed fully middling.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
ICE CREAM DROVE HIN CRAZY.
Negro Boy Thinks He IS the President and a
MoLke
,Bv tho Associated l're s. }

'I'E III -N93DT u III ? -
Louisville, July 22.-A negro bos.
Amos sridgewater, aged Is years. ate a
gallon of ice cream Friday. As a con
sequence today he was sent in irons to
the insane asylum. The boy developed
violent symptoms Immediately after
eating the cream.
RridseWat"r was freshman at the
Colored High School and was considered
quite bright in his studies. fl imaGines
by turns that he is the Mayor Tn" Gov
ernor. the police, President Theodore
Roosevelt and monkey
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
Water Works Extended.
Se
(SncciaJ tn NcWS and Observer.

(Special to Ncws and Observer.(
Goldsboro. N. c., July 26.-In order to
enable the Board of Aldermen to extend
the water works system up Park Ave
puc from Daisy street to the Park, Mr..
Sol. We'll has offered to lend the city the
money This extension will not only
give water to large number of citizens
and the Park but will also reach the Odd
Fellows Orphans Home.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
Value of
Will Publish the Democrat.
Especial to News and Observer

Murphy, n. c., July 26.-NcSsrs. Bruce
and George b. Craven of Trinity, Kan
dolph county, have purchased the Wes-
tern Democrat. a weekly paper, pupliSh-
ed here by Alfred Morgan Mr.. bruce
Craven is superintendent of the Murphy
graded school and Mr. George =. Craven
Will edit the paper, and will take charge
about August 1st.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
Senator Pritchard's Wife.

Especial to News and obserycr)
Marshall, Y. c., July 26.-Whilc Mrs.
Pritchard's condition gives no Immediate
cause for alarm, an operation Will be
necessary. She will be taken to the
Mission Hospital at -AshevilIe Monday.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-07-29
Progress of Southern Textiles.

The following table, comparing the
amounts of capital invested ana 'he
values of products in the Southern tex
tile industry indicates the progress OF
that industry in twenty years
-on+bor, Value of
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-30

It is now ascertained that the
volcano in Martinique killed in
the city of St. Pierre %, 900 persons;
5000 were drowned in the sea in
order to escape the hot lava, that
there are 5000 refugees. The
President announces that no more
money is needed for Martinique,
and that all the sufferers will be
cared for. The amount raised in
this country is $500, 00O-$2O0, 900 by
act of Congress and 800, 600 by
private subscriptions. If other
countries have done their share in
this noble work. Paris contributes
$500, 900 francs, or $4,000. The
outpourings of the public heart
throughout the world in active sym
pathy will in history be regarded
as one of the memorabilia OF
modern times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-30
Republican County Convention.
OFFICIAL CALL.

A republican convention for the
county of Mobiles will be held on Tues
day, June "a, 1902, at the court house
in the village of Worthington at l
o'clock p. M, for the purpose OF elect
ing twelve delegates to the republican
state convention to be held at the city
Of St. Paul on July l, 1902, and for the
transaction of such other business as
may properly come before said con
vention.
All voters, without regard to past
political utilization, who believe in the
principles of the republican party, and
who desire its success in the present
campaign, are invited to participate in
the selection of delegates to this con
YentiOn.
Tie basis of representation Of the
various precincts for this convention
shall be one delegate at large and one
delegate for each thirty five votes or
ma ior fraction thereof cast for Presi
dent Mckinley in 1900. The several
precincts will be entitled to the follow
ing number of delegates in the said
conventions:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-30

Twenty-one families in one of
Sioux City's fashionable suburbs
have solved the servant girl
question. They have gone into CO.
operative housekeeping. They
dwell in their own separate homes
as before, but they have abandoned
their kitchens. They have a sort OF
club arrangement whereby they can
obtain good, ''homecooked' meals at
small expense. 1t is not boarding
house, as the good housewives OF
the club have voice in the selection
of the menu to the extent of elect
ing a committee of their number
for the purpose. The cost varies
within narrow range, but every
member knows approximately what
the tax upon his household is to be
for the week. Besides escaping
worry and annoyance attendant
upon the employment of ''help' in
the kitchen, the members of the club
find that they are saving money.
Minneapolis Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-30

union service in the interest of tho
High school. The pastor will deliv-
or the Commencement sermon to
the graduating class. Subject 1.-THE
Aim of an Education"
BAPTIST CHURCH.
The topic for morning services
will be 1.-THE Great Law of Christ. ~
No services in the evening on
account of the union meeting in the
Presbyterian Church.
M. E. CHURCH.
Morning topic 10:45 martinique
and Its Lessons. ~ Sunday school at
12m. Epworth League Z p IN.
No evening preaching on account
Baccalaureate service.
The ladies of the M. E. church
will hold their monthly market at
Golf and Gibson's Saturday June
9TH.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1902-05-30
SCOtt'S
f IllIlS sion

of Cod Liver Oil is the means
of life, and enjoyment of life to
thousands: men. women an>;
children.
When appetite fails, it re-
stores it. When food is (.
burden, it lifts the burden.
When youlose hesh,it brings
the plumpness of health.
When work is hard and
duty is heavy, it makes life
bright.
1t is the thin edge of the
wedge; the thick end is food
But what is the use of food
when you hate it, and can't di,
gcst it:
Scots Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil is thcfood that makes
you forget your stomach.
IF you have not tried, it, send fot
free sample, it's agreeable ste vii
.u sc6TT ~ : BOVINE. Chemists. =.
Soc. and 500; all dr3ss!sts,