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The Washington times., 1903-08-30

TIED to the town by circumstances.

TIED to the town by circumstances. |
many girls who have athletic in
stincts and longings have dis !
covered that besides all its other attrac-
tions and compensations New York city
has a back yard into which one may
run on a short half holiday and do some
pretty vigorous stunts that are usually
considered to be reserved for the re-
mote and difficult regions which only
money and leisure make possible.
sew York's nice, roomy back yard is
full of rocks and trees and precipitous
bluffs, with wild flowers and ferns, Just
as If il were a hundred miles away. II
is just over the Hudson River, where the
Palisades are sufficiently indefinite and
wooded TO be inviting rather than awe
some. In a very few minutes one may be
transported from the walled-in streets
of the mid city to a shaded spot on the
rugged river bank.
In the back yard short dresses, bare
heads, stout slaves, and shirt waists
reign. The lunch basket is conspicuous
ly in evidence, for one gets very hungry
with the activities OF this broad play
ground The botanist will have her
microscope. her knife. and perhaps her
trowel. The geological enthusiast goes
armed with a handy hammer, and a
naturalist with a liking for winged
things has a net
Many varieties of wild flowers flourish
on the Palisades. Not a season but
brings forth its own particular flowers,
its grasses and little wild fruits. In
the shady places among the grass there
are anemones of different varieties, the
snowy white anemone. the pink and the
golden blue. with its soft and velvety
petals, and If New York girl wishes
20 send a souvenir to some friends at
distance. showing them what is contain
ed in her flower garden, the anemones
make most beautiful pressed and pasted
flowers and are eminently suited for such
purposes.
There are other tiny pink and blue
flowers that look as though they had
been dropped from the sky 10 live among
the grasses. These delicate plants are
so small, and apparently belong to so
many flower families that it takes care
full examination TO decide Just where
they should be placed.
Under the lodges of the rocks in the
shady hooks and corners there are ferns.
maidenhair, coffee ferns. ferns with the
fronds resembling the fan-shaped sec
lions of an elk's antlers- Some of the
fine and feathery ferns would make
most beautiful cover to any back yard
book"
Not only can one find great variety
OF flowers and green things to study, but
there are fungus growths that, ugly as
they are, make exceedingly interesting
studies.
Italians journey 10 the back yard to
gather these growths. and if you arc
fortunate enough TO find one in a con-
versational mood, he will tell you that
every growth of the mushroom character
is good 10 eat IL the skin peels off in
little sections. but that the skin peel
ing in long strips covers a poisonous
pithy substance. However, until this
good 'Italiano' indicates TO you which
of the growths are best TO eat il would
be advisable not TO take them from the
back yard with other than a scholarly
purpose in view. 1t is always best 10
The Washington times., 1903-08-30

As the fad for brown arms and dis
colored face is no longer thought highly
Of. and the novelty of turning young and
Comely girls into savages has passed, the
girls who go out TO climb do not -oH
their sleeves up. They may. If they are
in the shade but in the sun they are
sensible enough to wear their cuffs but
toned.
In the midst OF the back yard there
are many fresh water springs. Here
luncheon may be eaten. and there may
be seen many a modern Psyche drinking
from the little brooks, her chin touching
the water. the tip Of her nose Just i'm
mersed, and her hands on the bank to
keep her from tumbIing in.
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
Who Was to Blame?

4
/ Cartington's wedding day. and an
important question was on his mind
as he came in and put his arm lovingly
around his bride-to-be.
Jack was nothing If not business-iike
and methodicaI. and he determined that
nothing should be left undone to mar
their happiness.
Darling" he said seriously, this is
the last night we can be together be-
fore our wedding. and I want to discuss
our trip with you. Now. I have been
thinking it over. and I'm going to offer
you your choice of two trips You can
go to California or Europe. What do
you say?''
For some time Mabel Merlin did not
speak. Finally she started up APOLOGIZE
cally.
Forgive me. dearest" she said
when you spoke I was trying 20 think
just what I would have on my wedding
gown. These details don't interest you.
Of course. but they are important TO me.
What did you say?"
81 said. dear" said Jack, that you
could go to either California or Europe
for your wedding trip. I will give you
your choice. Personally. think 1 should
prefer California. I have never seen IL,
and think one ought TO see ones own
country first; but don't let this influence
you
Mabel looked absently out OF the win
dow. Mother has some old point that
would be fine" she said. but we are all
afraid il isn't long enough In that case
l shall have to use Valenciennes. After
ali. 1t might be better
Eyes. think so. too,'' replied Jack.
with considerable tact, but. as I was
saying"
His hancee smiled up at him sweetiy.
"Of course" she said. you were tair-
| ing about the trip. Now. dear. do as you
please about IL. You know best. of
course. I had my heart set on that old
pcirt, but still"
The next day Jack made arrangements
| for their California trip. He collected
time tables from all quarters He in
| l6TNiShcu P0ooth6OA oeSANo oA1
nation men galore. and finally, true to
his methodical mind. had his six weeks
route mapped out in perfect detail.
And then, after making large hole In
his bank account for railway tickets, hs
tied the whole mastsup in a neat bundle
and put IL in the safe, all ready for the
| trip TO begin.
| What he did or how he lived up to the
! ceremony he did not afterward know. It
was enough that the time finally passed.
/ like a strange dream.
At last they sat in the carriage on
| their way to the station from the
| church.
Darling Jack murmured, "can you
realize that il is all over and that We
are at last on our way to Californian"
/ His bride gave a startled cry. Cali
/ formal" she almost screamed. I'VE are
not going to California, are WEI"
/ Certainly" said her husband.
Didn't 1 give you your choice, and
His better half OF thirty minutes
/ burst into tears.
California;" she muttered. Why, I
/ hate California;, / thought. of course.
/ you must know 1 wanted to go to Eu-
rope"
The Washington times., 1903-08-30
THE MILLIONAIRE.

Nowadays a mans not rich
With a mean and paltry million,
His palm must twitch with mighty itch
For cool and princely billion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
Cooperative Egg Selling.

At the present day there are in tho
province of Hanover, Germany, 95
cooperative societies for the sale of
eggs, of which Sc are connected with
poultry-breeding societies, II with CO.
operative dairy societies, 10 with
agricultural societies and two with
societies for the purchase and sale of
agricultural produce, 35 being inde-
pendent of other organization. The eggs
are mostly sold to wholesale dealers.
The sale of eggs by mail to private per-
sons has not answered expectations,
the quantities so sent, added to those
sold to private individuals on the spot,
being scarcely five per cent of total
sales. So far, only few societies have
been in position to sell eggs by
weight; nevertheless, nearly all buy
in that manner, a least weight being
fixed as a guarantee against under
sized eggs. This manner of selling
has, nevertheless, been adopted by
other German towns with the best re-
suits. For packing the eggs, wooden
boxes, with cardboard apartments,
are used The result of this cooper
ative method has been to increase the
price received by producers of eggs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

it was possible to see any part
house from outside the gropnd bricked
UP or covered in, and no one but mem
bers of the household staff was al
lowed inside the gates.
Lord Salisbury gets carriage re-
served for him when travelling by rail
on any arranged journey, and when
travelling q short distance In public
carriage busies himself in book, and
II often noticed at all by the other
travellers.
But of all famous people who detest
being surrounded is Rockefeller, the
oil king, and the richest man in the
world. He passes from one house to
another, often seeking solitude in the
little cottages built for him in the
Adirondacks and other semi-wild dis
tricts, seeking always to keep away
from the wGrld at large. His chiet
exercise Is digging, at which he never
misses at least one hours work a
day, and he goes into large cities as
little as possible.
Having a good many enemies-on
paper, at least-ne has often been
warned against the danger OF isolatlns
himself, for it Is said he gets-or used
to get an average of two letters a
week whose writer's threatened to
shoot him. To these and the warnings
he pays not the slightest attention, but,
If he finds himself worried by curious
people In one spot, simply moves TO
another.-Lcndon Answers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
When a Queen Bee is Lost.

It is very important to be able to
learn at once when queen Is lost
during early summer The loss of a
queen from a hive, even for single
day, will make marked difference in
the strength of the colony, for good
queen will lay from 1000 to 5000 eggs
in a day at this season. Whatever
you do be careful and not drop the
queen off the combs when handling
them at this time of year, and do not
interfere with her work by changing
combs about to expose brood.
BY a little attention you may be
able to detect Queenless hive by
the manner in which the bees act on
the outside. When they stand around
in a care-for-nothing manner and no
bees going in with pollen, it would be
we'll to open the hive and take look
at them. If you find eggs and worker
brood you may be quite sure the queen
is there; if not, go ahead and find out
If there is no queen. Finding none
proceed at once to take frame of
brood from another hive and watch if
they start queen cells in about "a
hours. If not, then they have been
some time queenless, and if such is
the case, give them queen if possi-
ble.-George H. Townsend, in New
England Homestead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
A STORY IN MYTHOLOGY.

"Tell us about Venus" said one
cherub. mo, / want to hear about
Cupid. He's sitting in the hall on
the stairpost. just loves him" the
other cherub added. ~ - -
"You shall hear about Venus and
Cupid, t6s,p said the Sweetest Mo-
ther. Cupid was the son of Venus.
Some of the. old fables-saX that We.
90 : ~ - u IEsrusald
n tier OF :
Dlone. Others say mat Venus sprang
from the foam Of the sea. The
zephyrs waited her along the waves
to the Isle Of Cyprus and from there
took her to the assembly of the gods
on Mount Olympia. All the gods
we're charmed with her beauty, and
each one wanted to marry her. But
Jupiter gave her to Vulcan because
he thought Vulcan was a fine fel-
low and deserved reward for forg-
ing thunderbolts so successfully. And
that Is the way it happened that the
most beautiful of all the goddesses
became the wife of the most ill.fav.
ored of gods A very interesting
Thing THAI is told about Venus is that
her girdie. which was called Cestus,
had the power of inspiring love. Her
favorite birds were swans and doves.
which are even now emblems of love
and affection. The fower-posies
which she liked most Of all were
: sweet roses and myrtle.
Cupid. the darling cnild, was the
constant companion of HIS mother.
who loved him dearly. You have L.
ton seen pictures Of Cupid with his
little bow ana arrow. He is on all
valentines, which are supposed to be
love messages.
There is very sweet story about
Curid and lovely girl named PsycAe.
Tomorrow night You shall hear all
about it. In a grsat and wcrd erful
building in Rome there is wonder-
full bit OF sculpture. showing these
| TWO famous swonthearts. Many
great writers told the story, and you
| should know about it. Milton wrote
about them, and William Morris and
| dear Tom Moore and Lewis Morris,
and Keats AMI Coleridge. and others
too, that YOU will enjoy reading when
you are big. Psyche is the Greek
name for soul; it also signifys but
terhy' Pictures of sweet little
Psyche always show hnr with fragile
little wings"
Must be funny to be butterfly"
said one cherub. Fine to play air
ship, wouldn't az"
"Oh, Psyche wasn't silly like that"
| remarked the other cherub in lordly
way. "She wouldn't play air ship.
she wouldn't"
But tile first cherub. got even, for
he poutcd and muttered:
Would tGo! But she would.
Wouldn't she, Mommy ?"-Helen Fol.
lett, IN Chicago RecordHerald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
The intelIioent Snake.

The naturalist John Burroughs is
opposed to nature books that treat OF
animals too imaginatively-that i'm
pute to animals sentiments of love,
pity, tenderness and refinement.
Sometimes in reading one of these
nature stories am reminded" Mr..
Burroughs said one day, "of the story
of the intelligent copperhead. This
story is quite as true as many that
are implicitly credited.
According to it, there was man
who had the habit OF teasing copper
heads. He would find q copperhead's
hole. and then he would wait beside it
till the snake returned-till it had got
40 far into the hole that only the end
of It's tail protruded. This he would
seize, and with quick movement he
would throw the snake 20 or 80 feet
away.
"One day the man did this to cop
perhead of unusual intelligence. The
snake on alighting did not make for
it's hole again Immediately, as the
others had always done; but 1t lay
still and regarded its tormentor, think
Ing. For q long while 1t thought.
Then, very slowly, it approached the
hole, turned around and entered back.
ward-cntcred tail first-sneerne
slightly at the man whom it had thus
duped. New York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
SAFE IN THE DARK.

IF the steps of your piazza TO the
summer cottage are painted gray
brown, pearl or gravel yellow, to match
the porch and are, therefore, hard 10
distinguish by evening light, you can
remedy matters in this simply way:
Get can of thick, pure white out
side" paint, and go over your porch
steps carefully. painting well'deiined
border on ihe front and side edges'
The bordrr must be at least an inch
wide: it would be best to make 1t two
inches. See that this also borders tile
ends of each step. OF dark, moon
less night you may be sure your Vl3f
TORS will bless you as they ascend or
desce nd your piazza steps in safety, IN
stead of risking their necks by the
chance of stepping too short or too lar
or of going over the end of step fof
a sudden descent in the unknown dark
If you have a hand rail and porch
rail the dangers of plunge are less
oned. But the white border to the
step Is a genuine boon t6 your friends
and acouaintances. 1t stands out wei
on q dark night and is a real assist
ance to the near sighted but socially IN
clined individual. Philadelphia Record
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
Notes on Pia Feeding.

Figs should be veil, but not overfcd
A good bacon pig of II stone ought
to be produced in seven months from
its birth. 1t should not be crammed,
neither should it be half-starved, put
fed steadily and regularly. Figs led
steadily and regularly will give the
most satisfactory results to the feeder
when weighed in the factories. A hog
which has been half-starved at any
period of his life, even though well
fed afterwards, will not do so. Feed
three times day at fixe9 hours; never
leave food in the troughs after the
pigs have finished. The flesh of the
pigs is soft and 1iabby If fed on brew
cry or distillcry waste or on turnlps
or beets, and in comparison to their
size their weight in the scale is mis-
erable. They may deceive the buyer
who buys by guess" but they will not
deceive the scale-weight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
An Object Lesson,

don't see how you can say I've been
neglecting my home and wasting my
time attending club meetings." pro-
tested Mrs. Dorcas you men arc
so sordid in your views You can't see
good in anything unless there's money
in it,
"Well, what good is there in that
club of yours that keeps you from
home most of the timo?"
"Intcllectual good, my dear" re-
turned his better half; something
more to be desired than all the money
in the world. For instance, our club
has gone in for nature study, AMI
have learned all about the habits of the
interesting little creatures of the in
sect world"
"You have, eh?" sneered Dorcas
"Well, all | can say is that if you'd
kept away from your old club and stud
led insect life at home. l would have
been spared the shock receiv d or
opening the wardrobe and finding al
my best clothes full of moth holes"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
highly paid mechanics and prices rule


highly paid mechanics and prices rule
high.
"Take the typewriter. Machines are
brought to England from New York
and Boston to the average value OF
considerably over $4,000 a week. The
cost of the raw material used in the
typewriter is comparatively trivial, and
the greater part of this outlay goes to
high wages for skilled labor. Time az
ter time English firms have endeaV-
ored to acquire this trade, but in vain.
At the present moment the only serl'
GUS competitor with the American ma
chine for office use is Canadian type
writer, the Empire"
When the English government es-
tablished a national telephone service
as part of the general postofiice DC
partment, it tried to get Its telephone
instruments from English makers. But
no English firm was ready to supply
them, and the big order went to the
Western Electric company Of Chicago.
Many million pounds sterling are to
be spent within the next few years by
England on telephone instruments,
md English makers seem to be entire
ly out of 1t.
In Parliament at the last session
bills were presented covering the con-
struction of electric railroads that Will
cost S120O00,000, and here again the
American constructors are taking the
bulk of the business. The author says
that about one-half of the motors on
the street cars in Great Britain are
American-made. All the new London
underground roads are equipped from
American shops.
In things domestic America has also
carried England by storm. From sew
ing machines to carpet sweepers the
English home. Is filled with things
made in America. Three out of every
four English women wear American
! shirt waists.
Turning to printing the writer says:
"Iiere the American makers are a0'
solutely masters of the field. NO
first-class daily or weekly paper now
when laying down an entirely new
plant would think of anything but
American presses" The Hoe machines
are used by every leading London
newspaper with one exception. The
provincial newspapers are rapidly
cquipping themselves in the same way.
The American machine tool is seen
, everywhere in English workshops. AT
the great Woolwich Arsenal SO an
healing furnaces are in use. In Shelf
field itself, the home of English tools,
the makers are now using American
apparatus and patterns and paying
American inventors heavy royalties
Moreover, the writer of this book de
clares that what is true of England is
also true of her colonies, where Ameri
can goods, particularly manufactures
Of steel and iron, are crowding out the
English.
Seeking to account for this state OF
things the writer says that the Ameri
can business man is more enterprisine
and works harder than his English
competitor, and that the American
workman does more work for the same
money than his English cousin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

better than to yell their commands.
They know that it is useless wssh
of words and physical energy. They
speak to he horse in ordinary tones.
Usually the horse in the ring however,
does not obey the word of mouth, but
the motion of the whip. But suppose
the ringmaster In towering passion
should yell and swear at the horse.
Need any one be told there would be
no performance; that the horse would
lose his head like the man? In many
places in this country horses are
driven to the plow without reins.
They are guided entirely by the word.
The horse understands the different
words of command and obeys them
implicitly. We have worked a team
day in and day out to plow and har-
row without reins, simply by the word,
and we did not yell, either.-NewarE
IN. J.) Call.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
Importance of Cleanliness.

We do not intend to repeat any
further how essential a feature OF
successful dairying is the observance
of proper cleanliness, but at the last
meeting Of Eastern Ontario Dairymen
DR.. Connell gave some fresh figures on
the question which afford further con-
firmation of the position held by all
progressive dairy workers.
The doctor gave the results Of an
alyses Of milk taken from COWS under
the different conditions as to cleanli-
ness. In one case-where the COWS
we're brushed before milking, the I'D
ders wiped, the stable kept in a thor
oughly sanitary condition, and the
person of the mixer was also clean
the milk still showed 4,300 bacteria to
16 drops of milk. In another case milk
was taken from COWS the udders OF
which had been wiped, which were
kept in a fairly clean barn, that were
milked into clean pails (but pals that
had not been scalded), and by men
whose hands had been wiped, but not
washed. In this case tho number OF
bacteria were 1880. In another case,
where COWS were milked under the
average conditions which prevailed on
the ordinary farm, the number of bac-
terra was 10000 to 16 drops. The bac-
terra found in the milk taken from
COWS under the best possible condi-
tions as to cleanliness were, it is be-
lieved, for the most part just. inside
the teat before milking began. The
old practice of squirting the first
stream of milk outside the pail has a
scientific basis to rest upon.
Absolute cleanliness in the stable,
cooling of the milk after milking,
sterilization of utensils by scalding,
cool curing of cheese, and no more
sending home of whey in milk cans,
are pointers which may also be
strongly insisted upon.
In touching on the question of wa
ter supply, 1t was stated that no fac
tory should be considered properly
equipped that is without pure water.
The Maritime Farmer. =. So
. T y. Z -HH- !
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
BEARDED Women of France.

Women with boards have been oc.
cupying the attention of a couple Of
French doctors, who have collected
elaborate statistics on the subject.
Tlosy have found that in France 29o
out OF every 1000 sane women have
heards. Of these 230 have only a
slight down upon their faces, hardly
visible to the naked eye; 40 have
heards which are distinctly visible
ond ten in every 1000 have well-devel-
oped whiskers. An examination of
1000 insane women showed that boards
were moro common among them than
among their more fortunate sisters.
OF the 1000 examined 491 had slight
beards and SO whiskers which would
have done credit to faces of the stern
er GeX.