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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-08-31
COTTON MARKET REPORT,

Americas, Ga, Aug 30 Receipts
today at local warehouses 1873 bales.
Received previously ..... .. 3O7 4"
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HERE'S A BABY
Its Mother is Well.

The baby is healthy because during the
period of CESSATION its mother used the
popular and purely vegetable liniment,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-08-31

OECs Ward will move what remains of orr
"a lap and other fire Silk WASTING.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-08-31

taE RRApfIELD CIRCULATION col, ATLANTA, GA
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-08-31

Miss Louise Montfort, one of the
most charming and popular of the sea-
sons visitors here, the guest of Miss
Mary Mclaughlin, returns to Rey-
nolds Monday.
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&C. Counter. On Monday we will exhibit
y lOc to 15c You'll wonder how we do it. 0'ner-
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23
Tat an ttts TsnyrolI.

Ten dollars for food for the post.
Office cat Is, perhaps, the most curl
Gus allowance made by former Post
master General Smith. In the post
Office In st. Paul, Mimi, is cat that
has endcared itself to the employees,
not alone by it's gentle ways, but by
it's ability to catch the rodents which
infest the place. The postoiIlce In st.
Paul Is an old affair, and great caution
has to he taken with the mails to pre-.
vent their being nibbled by the rats
and mice.
Many efforts have been made to
get cat that would appreciate Its
official position and work In the inter
csts of the government. but all failed
until finally n cat came that evidently
meant business. She was, however,
cnticod tn a nelghboring building,
where though the atmosphere was
less aristocratic, the fare was better.
Numerous other specimens of the
feline race came, tried the position of
government rat killer and left. appar-
emily dissatisfied with the pay roll.
NV mans uih hbl 'bildih 'dNdbi'N'
and strict diet of rodents was not To
their taste. Any self.fespecting cat
demanded an appetizer in the shape
Of milk or cream.
Finally. the present incumbent ap-
reaieG and has given such general
So siaction that the government has
matc special requisition in its favor,
and it will he supplied with all the del
icacies of the season. This is one of
the few instances where a cat has
been placed on the payroll of Uncle
Sam.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23
Prevention of MiIk IeNcr.

The last case of milk fever we had
was in 1875. The veterinary said: ut
In your own fault having these cases;
YOU feed too highly near calving." |
did not feel flattered that by either
ignorance or stupidity | had lost the
COW, so concluded that We would not
lose another from the same cause.
Since that, when we start to dry
COW we always reduce the grain ra-
tion. and in some cases feed no grain
for week or ten days after the cow
comes in, increase the grain feed
gradually as long as she increases her
milk flow.
Another thing we think very i'm
portant Is to milk the COW out dry
when you have her nearly dry. Leave
her for six or eight days, then go and
strip her out dry. mis- treatment we
have found equally good to prevent
garget. or retention of membranes,
we have had one case in ten years,
and that was when the COW was on
grass. We feed large amount of
wheat to our cows; whether that is
tHe redSOn Ut not, VIC nave no tTOuDle
from ii. | never saw but one case of
inversion of the uterus, and that was
40 or more years ago. We have had
from 10 to % cows freshening each
year since 1895, and have not had a
COW lose teat or one get Off her feed
with milk fever, although two cows
that we sold since that have died of
milk fever. We think the veterinari-
an was not far wrong in his state
meit,-H. c. Clarridge in Ontario
Farmers Advocate.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

Every hog raiser should prepare a
pasture for his hogs, and good one,
not just one or two acres for so or
more hogs to run in all season. Get a
good large pasture and plenty OF
range, as 1t is a great profit with little
cost, and it will not pay to keep hogs
In dry lots the year round. They will
not make you much money after you
count up the cost of the feed. Brood
scws should be on grass alone in the
summer after the pigs are weaned.
This Is the way treat my sows, and
It accounts in part for the good litters
in the spring. The feed that we use
we raise on our farm, and 1t is most
ly corn nd hogs, and to our sows we
give bran and shorts while they are
snckling pigs, and they do well on this
kind of feed.
With this feed you can develop
bone, muscle and growth. After the
pig is weaned we give him corn and
oats ground together, one-third oats
and two-thirds corn, with mixture
of shorts and bran in about equal
parts, with plenty of grass. This
causes the best development and
growth. | do not believe it is reces-
sary TO buy carloads of linseed meal,
hominy hearts or so much prepared
food of different kinds to make ones
pigs grow IL one is onto his business
as feeder. AS successful raiser
Of hogs one must use judgment in
raising his own feed and preparing 1t
so that he will get the best results.
This gives the greatest profit, and
that is what We are looking for
American Swineherd.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

Inquiry comes from an enthusiastic
writer as to the value of some Of those
pottei plants, which are offered quite
freely, to bear lemons. oranges, etc.
writer is quite mistaken In supposlng
them to be frauds. The Otaheite
orange Is worthless as fruit--or
nearly so-but IL Is a delightful plant
for house growing. The flowers are
profuse, summer and winter, with the
orange fragrance. The fruit, which
Is vi good size, Is quite abundant
and hangs on for two years. The little
trees do not grow more than two or
three feet high, and need pots of about
one foot in diameter.
The Kumquat is another orange Oh
real value. II is a bush that can be
grown In pot or box and bears tiny
little fruit no bigger than n plum. 10
Is said to be exceedingly good eating.
skin and all. There are two varieties.
one with round shaped and the other
with plum shaped fruits, the latter
almost thornless. Trees two feet high
will bear 100 oranges. Both these and
the Othahcite are quite hardy, but
cannot he left out of doors through
the winter. During the summer set
the pots out Of doors in a sunny place.
A much better plant than either OF
these is the American Wonder lemon.
This IL a real lemon. with splendid
foliage, and IL bears fruit that II not
only enormous in size, but of excellent
quality. A small tree growing In a
pot viii produce fruit weighing two
or three pounds. II Is everbearing and
everbloscsoming. The flowers are a
special feature, because they are as
largo as a small tuberosc, and as fra
grant as orange blossoms. II we had
sat down to conceive just about per
feet home plant we could not have
devised anaything more perfect than
this American Wonder lemon.
Another splendid fruit bearing plant
Is the Guava. This Is very rapid In
growing, and bears when quito young
large number of pear shaped fruits
which arc Eood eating. This Is the
fruit which Is asked for making guava
paste or jelly. The foliage of this
plant is a bright green, and the tips
of the stems have reddish color. On
the whole, I consider this with the
plants above, the best investment for
housewife who cannot indulge in a
conservatory. They will do well in
the kitchen or the home room, and all
of them can be set out of doors
through the summer. My Otaheite is
at least 20 years old and is loaded
with fruit and flowers, and my Guava
has at the present time plenty OF
blossoms. It's fruit will not keep long
after ripcning.-E. p. Powell, in Now
iork Tribune Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23
ExPLAINs PELEE's ACTIONS.
Views Of Prof. verriIl on the Recent
ERUPTION.

Some Of the phenomena attending
the destruction of st. Pierre have
been dificult to explain, especially
the sheet of flame that seems to have
accompanied or closely followed the
violent explosion of gas.
Prof. Verrill of Yale states his view
to be that the heat is sufficient to
cause the dissertation of hydrogen
and oxygen from water coming sud-
denly into contact with the lava In the
crater, and that in the case OF sea
water chloride would be dissociated
from sodium.
These gases suddenly elected with
great violence and exploding in the
air above the crater would produce
the effects manifested on so great a
scale at Martinique.
The people were killed by the sud
den explosion of vast volume Of
hydrogen and oxygen; and this ac.
counts for the sudden burning of flesh
and clothes, as well as of buildings
and of vessels in the roadstead.
The chlorine combining with some
of the hydrogen would produce hydro
chloric acid, which is poisonous and
suffocating and would quickly kill all
those not destroyed by the first ex.
plosion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

narrow that they have all the good
there is In this world Of ours.
And Il looks to me that the man
who is looking for horse knowledge
will soon find what he wants and the
breed that Is selling the best, and
that there are a great many more buy
ers looking for the hest horses OF the
same breed than others. Let us re-
member that there Is room enough
at the top for all the s,oo,l ones, while
the bottom will be crowded with the
poor ones of all breeds.
II farmers will post themselves and
make the horse more OF study, so
they can tell n good one from Gull
Uhat would not be noticed In good
company. II will make greater i'm
provement In the class OF horses that
will go on the market ten years hence
than one could read in lifetime. Fur
ther. when smooth talking agent
comes along with one of these culls.
he will he able to distinguish the diff
ference between II and good indi-
vidual. and will not hesitate to let his
opinion be known.-H. A. Briggs, ir
The Breeders Gazette.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23


Pugglcs' home is i'm Italy, in n
clcrgyman's fnmily, and he is the very
prcttiest pug" that ever was.
lie always went in to dinner with
the family, and after the plates were
removed from the last course and cof-
fee was served, he would mount the
table from his usual coZy place i'm the
lap of his mlstress's pape. and grave
ly seating himself, would cat a bit of
sugar and lap some coffee.
One day, while party of ladies' and
gentlemen were taking their coffee.
Puggles' mistress took a piece of cake
of which he Is very fond, ana laid a
morsel before him, saying, stolen"
Puggles' nose was instantly elevat-
until she said, Paid for" when he at
once snapped it up.
Then she laid bit down, saying.
Monday we eat" He ate. She put
cnother crumb before him, saying.
tuesday we eat" and he licked it
up. "Wednesday we shake hands"
He shook hands and ate Wednesdays
piece. lHuiSuay we eat. lie ate.
Friday is solmcn fast" Up went
Puggles' nose, and be became still as
a stone until his mistress said, sat
urday we eat" when he at once ate
up Fridays portion.
Sunday We eat double" laying
down two bits, and he ate them,
amidst the noisy approval of all, while
Puggles sat quite unconcerned.
The performance was repeated. but
as the young lady said, TUESDAY We
eat" and Puggles' head was going
down to the coveted piece of cake, a
gentleman said, "Stolen." Puggles's
head went up, so he said, paid for"
and Puggles took his honestly OBJ
tanned swects.-Youth's Companion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23
GRIM OLD NewoAre PRISON.
Scene OF Much Crime and Misery Con-
demned to Destruction.

Grim, forbldding old Newpate
prison, which In the course of its cen.
lury and half OF existence has housed
so many men and women condemned
to destruction, hps been condemned to
destruction itself so many times and
still remained undisturbed In all Its
uglness and dinRiness that IL would
not be surprising II any further an
nouncement of the historic prisons
impending doom wcie received with
polite incredullty similar 20 that
which greeted the young mans cry
of Wolf"
However. such an announcement
must he made, for II has now been
decided definitely that the long-de-
ferred destruction and rebuilding OF
the famous Jail shall begin May "a. Al
ready the wardens are beginning to
move. Temporary cells are being built
in the "Old Balley"-the scarcely less
famous court house which adJoins
| Newgate-where the prisoners now
awaiting trial can be kept, and on the
day mentioned the soot-blackened jail
house where Jonathan Wild. Jack
Sheppard, Mrs. Brownrlgg and many
other criminals almost as famous
were confined and executed will be at
tackled by an army OF workmen, the
| great blocks Of granite of which 1t Is
built will be loosened one by one, and
SO one of the most interesting remains
of old London will pass away.-Lon
| don Exchange.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

Grandpa saw the two little girls
walking toward the cherry tree.
Don't pick my Cherries" said he,
sharply as he hurried into the house.
The little girls looked soberly at
ry tree.
Lets so to the barn." said Jessie.
Let's play NJ der thc cherry tree"
said Eeatrice, 1--WE needn't pick his
old cherries"
The grass was thick and green un-
der the tree. They sat upon il, lean
Ing against the trunk. Birds flew in
and out OF the great tree, unafraid of
the girls and the children envied the
birds.
IL can climb this tree" cried Jessie.
80 can l." said Beatrice, "just as
easy; let us do it and play we are rob-
bins"
They fetched a long fence board
and placed one end against the tree
and so managed to scramble at last
upon the. large branches. Here they
sat, swinging their feet and singing
for several happy minutes. But above
them. high in the tree, the cherries
looked red, much redder than they
looked from the ground.
Il tell you what" said Beatrice, lets
climb up to that bough yonder and we
can reach up and eat cherries like
robbins do. Then Grandpa will never
know. think Grandpa is selfish"
Jessie looked first at Beatrice and
then at the cherries. 'He is selfish"
she said. and the two girls climbed
higher and soon were pulling down
the twigs with their shining fruit.
1t was slow work for the eager little
mouths to eat the pulp and leave the
pits and stems on the twigs, but they
ate a great many cherries. The breeze
blew the bsansa out Of their reach
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

With paying value for beef cattle
sight that reasonably satisfactory
prices will rule for an indefinite
time to come, steers and oxen on the
farm may again recveive a larger
measure of attention than is now the
case. True, great many of the hilly
and rocky farms in the state have
stock to oxen all the way along for a
~crhing team and have found It to
their advantage to do so, yet now that
cattle are ruling much more valu.
able there are many other of the
smaller farms whose owners will find
return to oxen as the principal farm
team. There are also many of the large
farms where oxen may now be intro
duced to advantage in sharing the
work with the horses.
We know from years of experience
with both kinds of teams that horses
will turn off more work in time than
oxen, yet on the smaller farms tne
teams have work but small portion
Of the, year. When not in the yoke
steers and oven will grow and fatten
and make handsome gain in value each
year. With team horses this is not
the case. The lesser work of the
oxen, as compared with horses, in q
few weeks of work on the smaller
farms, is far more than made up in
the gain put on to their value.
Now that oxen are bringing prices
that pay well for the growing, we
trust this matter will receive the at
tention it's importance demands. Even
without taking their work into ac'
count, steers pay as well or better for
the growing as any other kind of cat.
tie. Steers are easily brought to a
weight of twelve to fifteen hundred
pounds at three years of age, and, ac.
cording to their condition OF fatness,
are worth five or six cents a pound.
This is far more than even the promis.
ing heifers or the likely cows will sell
for in this condition of flesh. So
whether wanted for work or not, there
is now handsome money In raising
and growing steers.-Maine Farmer.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23
RELATIONS STILL STRAINED.
Little Incident in Church Did Net
Tend to Unite Lovers.

Growing out Of misunderstanding
in figure in the german, strained re
lations existed between Miss Guard
and Carruthers. Next morning in
church, Carruthers was thinking over
the situation, planning some delicate
means of modifying his sweet foe
While mentally perfecting the details
of the scheme, he felt an insect on
the back of his neck
Steadily the thing advanced, and he
could almost feel the touch of each
separate leg as it marched over the
sensitive skin. His first impulse was
to smash the creature then and there
but he took momentary pleasure in
seeing how long he could endure the
sensation with mastery stoicism.
At last he made a fierce backward
grab for the marauding bug. and
found in his hand the dainty feather,
ed hat of Miss Guard. whose pretty
head had been bent in prayer.
The strained relations still exist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23
NEW TRANSvAAL STAMPS.
Kings Head Replaces Bocr Legend
Orange River Coat OF Arms.

Orange River Coat OF Arms.
While peace negotiations were
pending in South Africa. the new
colonial government went ahead just
as IL the war was over and the terri
tory already at peace. The Trans
vaal government issued set OF post
rge stamps. which are in great de.
mand by collectors. There are ten va
rictios, each of different color. rang.
ing in price from one cent to $3.50.
All Of the stamps bear the head of
King Edward, facing to tho left. in
an oval within a finely beaded frame,
in gray black. Above the head is a
crown and at tho foot the word
"Trarsvaal." The one-cent stamps
are u bluish-Green, and the colors of
the others range from n scarlet to
orange, olive green and purple.
The British Colonial Office, mean
time, In considering new coat OF
arms design by Lockwood Kipling
father of the poet and novelist, for
the now Orange River Colony. which
was formerly the Orange Free State
The coat OF arms consists of plain
heraldic shield bearing an orange tree
and above il Tudor rose: on the
ground arc waved lines, the symbol oi
water, typifying the name Bloomfon
tein. Tw0 springboks support tho
shield.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23
WATCHED LIKE HAWKS.
France Increased Her Naval Force and
England Went One Better.

The British naval squadron in New.
fcundland waters this year will be in.
creased to Ave ships. A few years
ago the service was regarded by both
France and England as merely patrol
work. for which obsolete wooden
corvettes and then slightly more mod.
ern chips were detailed After Fash
oda, The Frepch vexation found evi.
dence In sending out the powerful
armored cruiser Isly, the British re-
taliatlng by calling home the anti
Vudted frigrate Cordella in the middle
of'the season and sending out instead
the splendid third-class battleship
Charybois, match Tor the lsly in
tyery respect. The French the next
ebring reinforced the latter with the
fulton, a rainbow. fast.steaming gun.
boat The British equalized matters
by detailing the Pylades, ship more
than match for hei'. The next step
of the British w9s to add fourth
ship, both powefs having as their
third n small 'gunboat. The fourth
sritisher wasJan armed sloop, the Co,
aumbine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

To make Government" whitewash.
slack half bushel of good stone limo
in boiling water, keeping II covered
while Stacking; strain and add half
peck of salt dissolved In warm wa
ter. three pounds OF ground rice boiled
TO thin paste. half a pound of pow
dored Spanish whiting, one pound of
clear glue dissolved in warm water.
Mix all together and stand for sew
cral days. Keep in kettle and apply
as hot as possible with special clean
brush.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

A bulletin from the Minnesota sta
tion reports interesting results from
tests OF large and small seeds of vari-
in every case show best results from
tho largest seeds. In the case of radish
seeds the plants from large seed were
ready for marketing four days earlier
than those from the small seeds,
which produced but 3 percent market
able radishcs, and those from large
seeds 81 percent While this was the
most marked instance. there was
enough difference in many others TO
make the plump and larger seed worth
at least 80 percent more than small
seed.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

The thinking man who wants to
invest in the horse business will be
disguised with the mud and slush
that are being thrown by jealous
breeders. And II he is the wise and
thinking man that all Americans
should he, he will look up the market
reports and attend few of the large
sales that are being held at the yards,
and think he will receive more good,
practicl instruction in a few short
days of such study than in years read
ing the sparring matches of advocates
of the different breeds. who are 70
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23
RUSSIANS IN MANcHuRiA.
n N Unlikely That They viii Give
Up Their Grip There.

The number of Russian troops IN
Manchuria is said to be $1,000, but It
IL difficult to believe that the czar has
had an army of such magnitude there.
As for railway guards. 1t is said that
500 will be left in Sinking. 700 In
Kirin and $50 In Amur. or 1000 In all.
Gays the Chicago Daily News. These
guards are to be of the nature of po-
lice rather than of soldiers. Russia,
It is alleged. will hand back New
chwang TO China in December, but
only the most famous admirers of
Muscovite policy believe that the
great northern power will ever prac-
tically retire from Msnchuria. II is
not its policy to draw back from any
land that 1t has once occupied despite
treaties and agreements to the con-
trary.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

and stretching M 10 catch ;t one girl
lost her footing and fell against the
other. The slender branch snapped
and down through the boughs they
crashed to the ground.
"Oh, oh, OH" they screamed I'm
most killed" walled Beatrice.
my foot is all broke to piecesl"
cried Jessie. They could not rise for
pain.
Grandpa ran to them. "Oho, see"
said he, sternly, but after helping BE.
atrice to the house he carried Jessie
to her home. Each had spralned
ankle, khich kept them indoors for
more than week.
When Jessie came to see Beatrice
for the first time after the accident
the two little girls sat soberly on the
porch. They looked at the beautiful
cherry tree with it's broken limb.
II don't want to play robbin, do
your asked Jessie.
NO" said Beatrice, "and ! don't
want cherries when Grandpa says
not. They were not ripe
NO. said Jessie, II was awful sick
of en-"
II was, too chimed in Beatrice, II
b'licve | most died!"
Your grandpa wasn't SELFISH said
Jessie
"No, indeed" asscntcd Beatrice
They looked at tho tree and gave a
great sigh.
well said Jessie. cheerfully. Tets
20 to the barn and play we are hcns.'
and away they ran. Brooklyn Eagle
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-07-23

Brooklyn, New York.
four months, when my husband became
impatient because grew worse instead
Of better, and in speaking TO the drug
gist he advised him to get Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and Sanative Wash. How wish I
had taken that Mt first; IL would have
savcd me weeks Of suffering. IL took
three long months TO restore me, but
- is a happy relief, and we are both
most grateful 10 you. Your Compound
has brought Joy to our home and
health 10 me. y Mrs. PAULINE JUDsor,
~ Hoyt Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. -
$4,000 f0,feft " asooo Testimonial 10 not genuine.
It would seem by this state
ment that women would save
time and much sickness If they
would get Lydia T.. Pinlsham's
Vegetable Compound Mt once,
and also write to Mrs. Plnlham
Mt Lynn, Mass, for special adj
vice. 1t Is free and always helpss