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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15

DIR. Burkharts Vegetable Compound is
unequaled as Spring Blood Medicine, Do
not delay. but strengthen the constitution
and build up the system so that you can
enjoy the beautiful spring. Positively
cures Headache, Constipation, Neuralgia.
Nervousness, Catarrh. Liver and Kidney
Diseases. Stiffness of Limbs, etc. All drug
gists.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15

The Travellers accident
policies pay your doctors
bill in addition to the weekly
indemnify
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15
Fast Service Via. the Mobile & Ohio
Railroad

Fast service via the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad for Cairo, St. Louis and points
In the North, East and West. New
equipment, through sleepers. Superior
service p. S. Hay. 8. e. p. A. No. I
Commerce street. Montgomery, Ala C..
N. Shepard. q. p. A. Mobile. Ala
E-X-6
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15

From this date the Besse-
mer dummy will not come
into First avenue and Nine
teenth street, but will turn
at Second avenue and Eigh-
teenth street b. r. L. & p.
Co.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15

The Travellers accident
policies pay your doctors
bill in addition to the weekly
indemnity.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15
Life.

From the New York Press.
Life is short. Three-quarters of 1t is
a "lie" and half of it is an If
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15

All kinds of cuts. Age Herald I'm
craving Department.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15
Gives His Secret
to the World.
/ Remarkable Discovery bD a
Remarkable Man.
The Art of Fascination, the
Power of Charming, the Sc
crets of Personal Magnetism
Fully and Completely Re-
veaIed at Last

A Marvellous, Mysterious Force Which
Gives Wonderful Mental and Physi-
cal Strength, Overcomes All Dis
eases; Enables You to Know the
Secret Natures of Others and to
Handle Them as You Please.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15
Magic City Floor Finish
(Made to walk on.)
Johnston & Walter Paint Co.

1000 Copies 5O.cent Sheet
Music at 5 cents per copy
Monday only. T.. Williams,
2OO7 Second Avenue.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15
Lonoinos of the Soul.

And if one soul may cease to exist why
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-15

For Physical Weakness from Ia Grippe for Coughs Colds
and Caarr1, Lame, Weak Back Easy Fatigue Pains and
the Head Chest for Nervousness Brain Fag,
Lasstude Want of Energy, Indigestion Constipation and
Nervous Dyspepsia.
membranes of the body by specific effects the
CenterS
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
TO PREVENT SWARMING.

With a colony which Is provided
with an extracting super, even the
primary swarm can often be prevented.
When the colony shows signs of be-
coming too populous, it should be ex-
amined and if the brood combs are
well filled with brood two or three
frames containing sealed brood should
be removed to the super and their
places filled with empty combs. If
there Is drone brood in the brood
combs it should be removed be-
fore it Is placed above. The perforated
zinc mat between the hive and super
will not permit the drones to pass
through, hence the reason for Destroy
ing the drone brood.
Such an arrangement will give the
queen plenty of room In which to de-
posit her eggs and the worker bees
will continue to store honey and to
care for their brood in the super above.
AS soon as this brood has hatched, the
operation of exchanging frames should
be repeated, not only once but again
and again, until the press of brood
rearing is over. This plan is equally
as successful as extracting the honey
from the frames Of the hive proper.
The colony is not weakened by having
more or less of its unsealed brood de-
stroyed. The bees are not distressed
or excited, and there is no danger OF
robbing them of needed stores in case.
of q sudden dearth of honey.-Millie
Honoksr, in American Agriculturist
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
GOOD MICH COWS.

Good milcn cows are quite source
Of profit on the farm. And no matter
how good the breed, unless cows have
proper food and a sufIlciency of fresh
water daily, they cannot produce a
great quantity Of milk. All cow own
ers should study these questions If
they wish to get the best results. Grass
Is one Of the most important crops.
Red clover is the favorite crop. Next
to grass is corn fodder. Carrots, beets,
peas, and apples are all good. Every
farmer should grow carrots and beets;
they are far the best milk-producing
vegetables. Grow and feed yellow car
rots to improve the color of the butter.
The quantity required for a cow can
only be determined by trial. See to it
that the COWS are in perfectly good
health, which will enable them to re-
ceive full benefit from their feed, give
perfect digestion, and produce more
milk and butter. Water is necessity
to COWS, and 1t should be pure, cool,
and always within their reach. Water
before feeding and let the heaviest
feed be at night. Salt Is another neces-
sity, and about an ounce and half
should be mixed with their food daily.
Always clean the teats with dry cloth
before milking. Milk rapidly with dry
hands and be sure the udder is emp
tied. Never scold or hit the cow. Talk
gently to her and she will repay by
giving more milk. Have perfect vtn-
tilation, drainage and every thing
neat and clean in the stable or the
milk will become tainted Impure milk
Is caused by carelessness or diseased
COWS. Careful selection, good breed
Ing, proper stabling, common sense in
feeding and watering, will produce the
best returns for the time and labor ex-
pended in this branch Of farming
e. L. Morris, in Agricultural Epit-
omiSt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
Nerves and Breakfast.

The longer I live the more con-
vinced am that breakfast is the real
cause by more domestic friction than
can be accounted for by mere incom-
patlbility of temper. 1t is not in hui.
man nature to be amiable in the early
morning. The patriarchal system by
which four or five different branches
Of family live under one roof could
not possibly continue abroad were
the various families obliged to SUBJ
nit to the breakfast test. Your
father-in-law, your mother-in-law,
your brother-in-law and his wife, your
sister-in.law and her husband contem-
plated over dish of poached eggs in
the early morning would be impossi-
BILE, but by midday we have buried our
savage instincts, assumed once more
the Christian virtues and are pre-
pared to face the world Of relations
in-law with resignation and perhaps
even the semblance Of appreciation
After all it is great thing to be born
English; it teaches us to see the fol-
lies of our national institutions and
the happier methods of foreign coun-
tries-at any rate i'll the matter Of
breakfast.-"A Countess" on English
Customs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
TO KILL THE THISTLE.

One of the worst enemies of the
farmer is of the Canadian thistle. II
works more injury every year 10
farms in this country than many other
causes to which attention Is given.
1t spreads slowly apparently, but II
sooner or later takes full possession of
the land and unless eradicated the en-
tiro farm becomes worthless. Ihe
heavier seeds, which are carried by
winds, will germirate. but It's progress
is by means of long white root stocks,
which are proof against disease and
seasons. 1t is claimed that a piece or
root stock If left in the soil will grow
from six to ten feet in q season and
from each small piece as many as six
ty heads will grow. The best season
for beginning the war on thistlcs IS IN
June. Plough the land and then
plough again ev:ry few weeks until
we'll into the fall, the object being to
destroy the young growth as fast as
it appears, as any plant must succumo
If deprived of forming leaves, as
plants breathe through the agency of
the leaves. Another plan is to allow
them to grow until the plants are just
high enough to NOW and then run the
mower over the field, repeating the
work as fast as the plants appear.
AS the farmer may prefer to utilize
the land he can plough the land and
plant it to potatoes. If he will then
give the potato crop frequent cultiva-
ton he will destroy many of tle
thistles and tho potatoes will pay for
the labor. 1t may not be possible to
subdue the thistles the first year, but
IL the work is we'll Gone the thistles
may be completely destroyed the Sec
ond year, when the ground should be
ploughed in the spring and crop of
early cabbages grown. removing the
cabbage crop and broadcasting the
land, after ploughing and narrowing
with Hungarian grass seed. AS Hun
garian grass seed grows rapidly and
may be moved once month 1t gives
the thistles but little chance, while the
present cultivation of the cabbage crop
will have greatly reduced the thistles
in number. The point is to keep the
thistles cut down from July to frost,
after which they will be under control.
The roadsides musc also be carefully
attended to, for it is on tAe unculti-
vated roadsidcs that weeds are neglec-
ted and hence arc protected. Neigh
bors should also work harmoniously in
the destruction Of weeds, as frequently
some negligent farmer Injuries the en-
tire community by producing the seeds
of weeds which are carried by the
winds over a large area. Weeds may
also be carried long distances on the
tops Of railroad cars or by water; in
fact, there are so many modes Of dis
tribution that it is almost impossible
for any farmer to escape the nuisance
Of weeds, but all farmers can prevent
their spread, and in protecting his
neighbor he also protects himself. The
Canada thistle is not so great a nuis-
ance as many suppose If farmers will
determine to combat its spread.-Chi-
.cago Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
NaIiIe of the Hen.

The hens of the United States alone
during the year 1902 deposited in and
around the barns and chicken houses
16 900, 900 900 eggs, always taking care
to announce each separate deposit
with triumphant cackle, to the end
that the same might be recorded
These white pellets brought in the
markets fully $15O,OOO,OOO, an amount
which, combined with the worth of
the poultry (s139,OOO,OOO). is nearly
double the value of all the precious
metals yielded up by the bosom of old
Mother Earth during lne period named
and six times greater than all the
wool fleeced from the backs of the
sheep in this country for the same
year.-St. Louis Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
RAISING BEANS.


The easiest wayiI5 ever raised beans
was on sod. a clover sodfis best, ifsyou
have one, although any other kind OF
scd will do if free from weeds; but low
meadows must not be chosen, as beans
require high, dry land to make good
crop. After danger of frost Is over
break it up quite deep, from five to six
inches, go over 1t lengtiwise with a
disk harrow and cut it up fine; avoid
going crosswise as this would turn up
the sod. Choose some dwarf variety OF
field beans; they will not be injured by
high winds as large growing varieties
would. Drill seed in with corn plant.
er dropping one bean every eight or
ten inches. They will require very III
tie or no wedding. When ripe pull, dry
and thresh at once.-Lewis Olsen, in
The Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
What the Lips Show.

The upper lip should be bow shaped,
while the lower should form the arc
of a circle, and to be ideally beauti-
full the lower lip should show more
red than the upper. The lips should
be moderately full.
Thick lips show sensuous tempera.
ment; thin lips, exhibiting little or no
color, while indicating firmness and
will power, are also indicative of a
lack of amiability, and. according to
other indications in the face, may
show meanness, if not avarice. Firm
ly closed lips indicate determination;
omen lips, weakness and vacluation.
The open mouth is characteristic Of
idiots, says Woman's Life.
The upper lip should have a slight
curve inward before its union with
the nose, for the straight lip indicates
its owner to be unamiable and unin-
telligent. Much depends on the length
of the upper lip The distance from
it to the nose should be one-half the
breadth of the mouth. A short upper
lip indicates liveliness, wit, fertility Of
invention, brilllancy of repartee. A
long upper lip is generally indicative
of stupidity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
CLEANING HARNESS.

Whether the harness Is black or
brown, a very little cleaning material
should be used, and a great deal of ell
bow-grease in polishing. Too much
composition or blacking gums" the
harness, and cause it to crack and
work badly. Harness that gets in
to this condition should be we'll
washed with soda water, sponged dry,
given a good coat of dye and oil. and
hung up for few days for the oil to
penetrate the leather before being
cleaned in the ordinary way.
A lump Of bees-wax rubbed over the
polishing brush increases durability
and the waterproof qualities of the
blacking. After the whole of the mar
ness has been cleaned, metal and
leather, rub it over with soft duster
or old silk handkerchief to remove
flnger-marks, ETC., paying special at
tention to the winkers, pad, collar and
other patent leather parts, which re-
Quire no other cleaning when new or
in good condition.-The Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
SORE SHOULDERS.

Sore shoulders are more in EVIL
dence when the heavy run of spring
work Is on, after long winter Of ir-
regular work and confinement in tae
stable than they are now, but even at
this season there are cases when much
discomfort is caused that, by little
extra care, could be avertcd. There
arc horses with effectively shaped
shoulders or thin skins that are very
easily put wrong in this way, but, as
a rule, the defect Is more in the horse
man than in the horse.
The collar must be made to fit COM
fortably and be kept clean and smooth,
and the traces made equal length so
as to have the strain fairly balanced
to both shoulders. The collar should
be taken off as coon as the horse is
out of the yoke, and, if necessary, the
shoulder washed with cold water Car
bolized vaseline is an excellent appli-
cation, both to prevent and heal sore
shoulders. rs
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
Her Last Breath.

/. / Iheard a story the other day which
Is probably as old as the hills, though
I never had the luck to hear, it before.
'It was Of somewhat lengthy railway
Journey in very warm weather. An
elderly lady, seated in one corner of
carriage. was provided with an
ndia-rubber cushion for her greater
comfort, but unfortunately, owing to
the heat and continued pressure, the
cushion suddenly exploded. The old
lady was in despair. even to tears,
over the misfortune to the windbag'
and again and again reverted to her
misfortune. "Tuts, woman" said a
commercial traveller in another corner
OF the carriage. "It's not worth max
ing fuss about. You will get 1t re-
paired in town for about eighteen
pence" 'Tt's no that I'm vexed abooi
Its no the price. That's easy sort
ed. But the last time that bag waa
blawn up it wis by Aunty Jean, a.
malst WI her very last breath, ar
that Gamma be Observation-Disclosures
Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09

M ISIS NELLIE CURTAIN, GAG Pearl
Nl street, St. Paul, Mimi, head sales
woman in department store, writes:
~ haze charge of q department TN
a dry goods store, and after standfn0
the larger part of the day, I ,ooutd
90 home aUtth q dull ache, genera uD
through my entire body. 1 fused Pc
ru,ta and feel so much better that i
,UoLk to AMI iron, the store nou. J
EnoW Peruna to be the best medicine
on the market for the diseases pecu-
tar to 1Uomen. '-Mtss Nottte Cur
tain.
Nothing is so weakening to the human
system as the constant loss Of mucus. Ca
tarrhal inflammation OF the mucous mem.
branc produces an excessive formation OF
mucus. Whether the mucous membrane be
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
TRAVELLERS GIFTS.
Useful Things Fl. .Remembrances to
~ Tourls Friends.

Useful gifts to ny. traveller are the
rubber or oil SIX lined toilet sets.
These consist of bag for sponge and
wash rag, and aflat case, with flaps.
for soap. coml tooth brush, nail
brush and hair rush. The cases are
made of whiteor tinted linen, en-
broidered in chtrasting color, with
white as a fay.ite. Those who do
not embroider an bind the edges of
their cases andbags with narrow col
ored ribbon.
Only a TRAILER can realize the
comfort of thee rubber lined cases.
They occupy lss room than anything
else made forthe purpose. and keep
the dressing hg and Its contents per-
fectly dry.
A lap robe crocheted, knitted OF
otherwise. Is another useful gift to
the traveller Its usefulness neea
not be Idilate! upon.
Still anotlt # serviceable gift is
combination jillow and bag. This
consists of 1 long piece Of linen,
denim or cetonne, sewed together
mart of the way and stuffed to form
q pillow. rhe portion that Is left
open is turfd up on the side OF the
inflow and ewed to it at each end.
leaving an bpen pocket into which
q shawl, bbk or fancy work, or all
three may e tucked. A strap OF the
same matejal is fastened to the ends
of the pillw, which can be carried
in the han! or slung over the shoui-
der.
Such pilDws are usually MADE IN
dull colorsand simply worked around
the border on the strap and the hem
of the pol1et with feather stitching.
A narrow linen or cotton braid would
be quite d pretty.
Most wmen who go to the noun
tains are SO charmed by the beauty
of the fens that they yield to the
temptatio. to dig up the graceful
clusters and decorate their rooms
with then. Unfortunately, crinkled
paper ami other coverings for flower
pots canlot be procured in most
mountain resorts, and even they who
sell fern in tomato cans do not al
ways hiee their prestine glimmer
with birh bark. Travellers In the
mountaiIs, therefore, would be CRATE
. full for something to cover their fern
dishes.
The giver Of gifts would do well to
fashion number of bottomless bags
about he depth of a tomato can and
large snough to fit around small
wooden pail, of green denim or silko'
line, With a green ribbon passed
through little cords on the outside or
run though hem at the top and bot
tom. This draws the cloth into place
and isitied In a bow.
The woman who goes to sea knows
the comfort induced by a pair of SILK
sheetswhich do not have that clammy
feelins found in linen and cotton
sheet! on shipboard. Made of cheap
soft china or India silk, such a gift
may be adorned with fancy stitching
on tie hens and monogram EN-
broidsred in the corner
| Pretty bottles of smelling salts
( lavender and camphor are more ac
ceptable to the traveller than a box
oflcandy.-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09

long strands of frost killed grass,
which wind into a ball and gradually
include within their folds all that en-
ters the crop. The fowl eats raven
ously, but the food does her no good, as
nothing can pass beyond the crop; If
not relieved she must soon starye. II
taken in hand at the start, the congest-
ed food can be made to pass by knead-
ing with the fingers, but the fowls con-
dition is not likely to be noticed until
her crop is quite full, and the violent
choking-like efforts call attention to
the case.
The remedy then is to take sharp
penknRe and make an incision into
the crop. large enough to clean out It's
entire contents easily. Wash the crop
out with warm water, and then with
fine needle and silk thread sew up the
opening, also the incision in tie outer
skin. Put the fowl in a. coop alone,
feed her on soft feed, and in a few
days she will be all right.-New
York Tribune Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
American Energy VS.. English.

When the Egyptian government
placed a large order for railway
bridges of exceptional size In the
United States. British makers of such
goods excused their baclSwardness In
allowing the business to slip out OF
their hands on the ground that GER
tain American firms happened to
lave the very things required In
stock. The same extenuation was
pleaded when American locomotives
were preferred to English when oc-
casion arose to increase at once the
rolling stock Of some Burmese rail-
ways. But two new orders have late
ly been sent across the Atlantic which
surely ought to have: come within the
compass of British achievement. In
the one instance, gigantic American
drcdger will shortly be seen scoopiug
out the bed of the Thames to an In
creased depth Of four feet. In the
other, dozen motor omnibu5cs, OF
American design and manufacture.
threaten to add to the existing con-
gestion of traffic in London streets.
1t must certainly create an idea
among foreigners that John Bull. of
old the self.helpful. is getting played
out when he finds himself constrained
to invite American assistance in such
pr ely domestic matters. 1t was not
to be expected, of course. that any
British firms would keep in stock such
outof-the-way goods. But their Amer
lean competitors were, it Is said, SIM
ilarly circums tanced when the de-
mand first arose. The difference was
that they at once addressed their
minds and energies to supplying the
required articles-London Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-09
DEFECTIVE GARDEN SOIL.

Tho family garden may be improved
and put into high state Of fertility by
artificial means If it is found to be de-
fectire. 1t 1t consists of stiff clay, or
very heavy loan, add sand to it. Sand
should be spread evenly over the
ground from two to three inches deep,
according to tne condition of the soil.
Plow and work it we'll with disc and
harrow. Such treatment will make
the soil more porous and warm. If the
soil should be defective in humus, add
dead leaves, straw and coarse manure;
plowing all under deep. A crop Of
clover, cow.pease or rye, piowed under,
green, will further help to add fertility
and destroy troublesome weeds.