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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
rb. Striped cucumber Beetle.

Because of the striped beetle, few
cu,umbers are raised in some locali-
ties. Its name is diabrotica vittata; it
is yellow, with black stripe on the
wing covers. 1t feeds on all kinds OF
vines, damaging the plants by eating
into the stems of the young shoots,
and hides in the middle of the day be-
low the surface Of the soil. The larvae
or worms live in the roots OF the
plants underground. They are very
troublesome, but we believe that IL
the. readers of the Southern Agricul-
turist will purchase a pound of Lon
don purple, which is a poison, and mix
it with a bushel of dry wood asnes,
and dust the mixture around the Gu
cumber plants, it will drive off the
beetles or kill them out. This. in
many instances, has saved the canta-
lol1pe plants,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
No More Fighting.

There has been no renewal ofsfaaAt-
ing on a large scale between the Rus
sian and japanese armies in the Far
East. At St. Petersb -g, the people are
harassed by rumors Of impending dis
aster to General Kuropatkin which
find ready credence because of the lack
of official information and for. the mo-
ment the popularity of the head of the
Russian armies In the field is in eclipse.
In that capital, too, there is much uu-
easiness felt lest the Japanese advance
IN Manchuria should afford occasion
for the growth Of an anti-Russian spirit
in China and the ultimate projection OF
that mower into the conflict.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
WINTER AT HARBIN. lin.
Russian Armies Have Been Working.
Toward Winter Quarters
ALLEGED PLANS ARE MADE PUBLIC.
There Yet Remains, However, Two.
Months Before Extreme Cold
Weather Sets in and These May
Be Changed. ~

Inactivity Of the opposing armies Of
Russia and japan continues and no
fighting OF a general character is re-
ported. Information coming from an
authoritative source in st. Peters:
burg Is that the Russians will winter
at Harbin, but the fact that there
will probably be two months of good
weather for military operations before
extreme cold weather sets In, leaves
room for a revision Of this purpose
In the light Of events that may trans.
pite. ifhe Japanese are reported to
be collecting taxes and otherwise ad.
mihistering affairs id Manchuriia, as
though that country were conquered
territory The publication of General
Kuropatkin's report Of the fighting Of
August 26, until the retreat upon Muk-
den, has created better feeling in
st. Petersburg. The report distinctly
places upon General Orloff the respon.
sibility for the failure to hold the
heights in the vicinity of Sykawantun
and so check the Japanese advance.
General StoesseI re repulses OF
the japanese at Por, arthur.
st. Petersburg, BY Cable.-The En-.
peror has received the following dis
patch from General Stoessel (comi
mander of the Russian military forces
at Port Arthur) dated August 2S:@'
''I am happy to report to your maj.
esty that at three o'clock in the morn
Ing of August 81, during q violent
rain and thunder storm, the Japanese
again attempted to capture our left
flank positions, near Fort No. 1. and
Udan Mountain. Their attack was
everywhere repulsed. Our losses
were small-three men killed and
two officers and SO men wounded.
The wounded were brought in and
are being carefully attended. A mum,
Der of japanese corpses would have
been picked up by us, but the enc.
my prevented US from so doing by
opening fire on the hospital attend
ants who had been sent out under
the Red Cross flag"
Another dispatch from General
Stoessel 70 the Emperor, dated Sep
tember 2, says:
"On the night of September 2, the
enemy attacked Visokaya and Dim
maya Mountains and the neighboring
Notifications, opening simultaneously
IN artillery fire on the forts and
mountains. The leading files of the
enemy with the japanese columns fol-
owing were found in good time and
our batteries opened on them The
leading files fortunately encountered
some automatic mines and many OF
the enemy were blown in the air. The
attack was repulsed in an hour. Our
losses were inconsiderable-one OFF,
Ger and seven men wounded.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
Putting in Wheat.

Taking it for granted that all South
ern farmers, who are progressing some
what, will prepare their lald thorough
ly for wheat, the next consideration
is the method of sowing it. The drill
is the best machine for putting IN
wheat and fertilizer al the same time.
For the farmer who sows only three
to eight acres that is expensive. The
community ownership Of drill does
ret work we'll. The hiring Of one is
1ot always satisfactory. But il a
farmer has land suited to the use OF
machinery and he sows forty to eighty
acres in small grain, he can afford to
buy drill. Always get a disc drill,
for the hoe drills are not satisfactory,
except in land free from weeds anu
cotton and corn stalks. The siX-dlsc
piAll iis-better- -than-a-la larGer- one, -tQr
it is lighter and more easily turned IN
corners around terraces. With it one
rlay put in eighty acres daily. but
the small farmer cannot afford to IN
vest $50 to S15 in drill to put in a
few acres of wheat. Sowing by hand
and covering with small shovels on a
double foot plow stock, or with O cut.
away harrow will secure a good
stand. BY that method small por'
ton Of seed is lost, being left on the
surface or covered too deep. But a
good hand will get regular stand,
and it often seems to do better sown
that way than with drill. The e3-
ira labor comes il when scattering the
fertilizer by hand. But that is no
great burden, as one can sow the fer
tilizer on all acre in an hour. Inc
drill plants the seed so regularly mat
none Of it is lost. That is one advan-
tage. The sther is the regular dlstri-
button of the fertilizer.
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SANCTUARY IN A CHIMNEY.
From inaccessible Position culprlt
Defied EnuliSh Law.

From inaccessible Position culprlt
Defied English Law.
For the past ten days the town of
Newry, in Ireland, has been con-
uilsed over the curious strategy by
which a small contractor, named Jas.
Gill, has defied the efforts of the po-
lice to enforce the penalty of 40s.
fine or a months Imprisonment, to
which he had been sentenced for
drunkenness.
The man had recently undertaken
the demolition Of a factory chimney,
round which the scaffolding necessary
for the work had been erected, and he
sought security from the clutches of
the authorities at the top of this
structure, climbing by means of q
short ladder, which he drew up after
him as he reached each successive
platform OF the staging. Food and
drink are furnished to him by his son,
and raised to the summit of the chin.
ney by an ingenious mechanical de-
vice. The other evening. Gill man
aged to descend to the ground and
reach his home unobserved, but he
returned to his lofty perch early on
Monday morning.
Large crowds of people have flocked
from all the country round to Sugar
Island, where his hiding place is sit.
uated, and the police have now re.
signed themselves to waiting till the
work Of pulling down the chimney Is
completed before attempting to arrest
him.-Reynold's Newspaper.
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Seven pIe in a Fire.

New York, Special.-seven persons
were burned to death and six others
were injured seriously in fire which
partially destroyed tenement building
at Nos. $3.50 First street early Tues.
day. More than 20 families were
asleep in the building and thrilling
acts Of bravery completed their rescue
by the firemen and police. 1t was short
ly after 2 o'clock when the alarm was
given. Within the few moments that
had elapsed the flames were found to
have gained great headway from the
first floor and the neighborhood was In
a panic Of terror.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
A DereIict Picked Up.

New York, Specialize steamer
Pathfinder arrived from Norfolk with
the derelict British schooner Theta
ir. tow. Pathfinder picked the
derelict up at sea last Sunday
near the Five-fathom bank light
ship, while bound from Norfolk for
Boston with a cargo of coal. When
she sighted the derelict her sails were
all set. She evidently had been
hastily abandoned after being in COLI
sion with: an unknown vessel. The
fate Of her crew is unknown. Her
starboard side was stove in, but other
wise the hull was in good condition.
She was leaking badly, but was kept
afoat by the cargo Of hard pine tim.
Der in her hold. The Theta Is three
masted schooner of 420 tons register.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
. SOUTHERN :: FARM J: N07Es,
70e,cs Of 7HEpsrEa TRUCK GROWER
:n-=5p.@ @.dH-p.

stuffs were substituted for corn; the
crops used were sweet potatoes, cas-
sava and low-grade syrup. Owing to
the bulkiness of sweet potatoes and
the smallness of the stomach of the
horse, this substitution did not take
place to the extent that all the corn
was displaced by sweet potatoes or
cassava. In. the case of sweet pota-
toes, three pounds were substituted
for one pound Of corn. From ten to
ffteeE pounds were fed per day, de-
pending upon the size of the animal.
-Four mules and four horses were
used in the test; All were doing hard
work; except the team Of ponies, which
did nd regular work: The teams were
divided into two lots; one of each
team being in Lot and the other in
Lot 2: Lot was fed on a one-half ra-
ton Of corn and one-half ration of
sweet potatoes, with all the beggar
weed hay they could eat At the end
Of six weeks, the rations were changed
and Lot was fed on sweet potatoes,
and Lot 1 on an all corn ration, thus
making the experiment extend over
twelve weeks. All animals, but two,
made slight gain while being fed on
sweet potatoes, which proves that the
ration was satisfactory. On the whele,
the sweet potato ration was censld-
cred more satisfactory than any otber
fed.
At the end of the sweet potato eX-
pertinent, cassava was substituted for
sweet potatoes, but this ration was not
found to be as satisfactory as the for.
mer one, on account Of the fact that
the animals did not seem to like the
cassava so we'll. This was also true
when one mule was fed on ten pounds
of sweet potatoes and ten pound OF
cassava hay per day, with no corn, but
all the hay it would consume: The
potatoes were all consumed while more
or less of the cassava was left.
One team was put on ration OF SIX
pounds Of corn and five pounds OF
syrup, which proved very satisfactory.
Since it is shown that three pounds
Of sweet potatoes may replace one
pound Of corn, provided this substi.
tuition does not exceed one-half the ra
ton, it follows that one acre yielding
$50 bushels Of sweet potatoes, is equal
to a yield Of fifty bushels of Germ,
whereas the average yield Of corn, on
such land as would yield $50 bushels
Of sweet potatoes without fertill. II,
is about twenty-five bushels. 1t
seems that the sweet potatoes are be-
coming more and more important.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
! BEE HUNTING a PAsTlME.
There Is a Fascinating Charm Abou.

Il Some bright young women who
spent last summer in western Mass
sachusetts town, tired of hunting birds
which never sat still, turned bee hunt.
sers. Discovering a veteran bee hunt
ser and overcoming a feminine dis
trust Of the little insect who so sharp
! " resents interference with her af-
fairs, they were Initiated in the art Of
lining bees. and thereafter every
tramp afleld was with an object In
view.
Bee hunting possesses a charm Pc
culiarly its own and it can be prac-
ticed wherever flowers grow, even
within the limits Of town. The nee.
5essary outfit consists of a box three
Inches square and as many deep.
This is divided into an upper and
lower story by means of a slide. The
cover Is fitted with a glass window.
In the lower compartment is placed a
piece Of comb Hlled with q syrup of
sugar and water. The slide is pushed
I in place and the nearest flower bed
or clover patch Is sought. With the
box In one hand and the cover in the
other, it is an easy matter to trap a
honey bee busy robbing "a flower OF
Its sweets. Watching her through the
glass window, the moment she Quiets
down the slide Is gently drawn. It
does not take the bee long to discover
the syrup, and she at once begins to
load up with this treasure.
The box IS now placed on a post
and sharp watch maintained. Pres
emily the bee is sated, and, circlsng
6 Tor her bearings, starts straight for
the hive or tree. When she comes
back, for she will surely return, she
, Will bring another bee with her, and
In turn this one will bring a third,
and so on until line is established.
Then, while one or more fill with the
syrup, the cover is replaced and the
box carried forward along the line OF
flight. From the stopping point a
new line will be established as before
Thus in time will the bees lead
straight to their home.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
Norfolk Storm-Swept.

Norfolk, SpeciaI.-This entire section
was swept by a wind storm Wednesday
the velocity of the blow reaching 81
miles an hour in Norfolk. The govern
rent wires along the coast went down
and information from that section is
meagre. No marine disasters have been
reported. The blow caused many steam
ers to leave after schedule time and
Hampton Roads shelters many storm
bound craft. Telephone and telegraph
service is being badly crippled and the
river has flooded many low streets, in
terfering with the trolley system. A
great amount of minor damage is re-
ported, but no fatalities have occurred
so far as can be learned.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
Bankers Choose Officers.

New York, Specialize trust COM
pany section of the American Bank.
ers' Association elected E. A. Potter,
of Chicago, chairman. Among the vice.
presidents are r. r. Presidentss OF
Chattanooga; ]. T. Main, of Radcliffe;
Va. and ". E. Allen, of Greensboro,
N. O. F. H. Fries, of Winston.Salem,
N. g., was elected a member of the ex-
ecutive committee.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
A Train Held Up.

Des Moines, Iowa, Speculative BAN
dts perpetrated successful hold-up
of a passenger train on the Chicago,
Rock Island & Pacific, near Let's, Iowa,
early Tuesday morning. The statements
Of expressmen are that the robbers Sc
cured no money, though the safe was
blown open and the contents taken.
The officers assert that the safe con-
tanned merchandise Of some value,
company papers in transit, etc. but ne
money,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
Major RyaIs Dead.

Savannah, Ga, Specialization. M.
Garland M. Ryels died here Tuesday
afternoon after having had his right
leg amputated on Sunday because Of
diabetic gangrene. He was IS years of
age. Major Ryals was one of the most
prominent planters in Georgia. He
was a pioneer in the truck-growing in
dustry, having extensive lands near
this city under cultivation and peach
farm in Worth County, this State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
Damage at Newport News.

Newport News, Va, Special During
a. terrific wind and rain storm, which
ragged here Wednesday night, the Ches-
apeake G Ohio steamer Louise, broke
irom her mooring at the ship-yard and
was blown several miles out into James
river. Two tugs recovered the vessel.
Wires were prostrated, fences leveled,
telegraph and electric light poles up
rooted or felled in several parts of the
city. No serious damage to shipping in
the harbor is reported.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
Horses Swan River with Load.

1oTSSS SWdH nIVer WIN Load.
While trying to get two-horse rig
loaded with hay on board of the ferry.
boat at Suncook, N, H, both horses
and dray were precipitated into the
Merrimac river. In falling the pole
In some way became caught on the
boat and the whole was safely landed
on the other side. The river is 1000
feet wide at this point and the horses
by swimming kept up with the boat
over the whole distance.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
RelEc of Solomon.

Hughes lie Roux, the we'll known
French journalist, has discovered In
Abyssinia the original manuscript re-
lating the story of Solomon and the
Queen Of Sheba, which has never
h,thsrtl, been authenticated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21

ing the soul at fireworks display.
The time to break off bad habit Is
before you begin.
Winds of passion never yet brought
vessel into port.
Many preachers expect to unlock
hearts with steel smiles.
That for which anything is good
enough Is good for nothing.
There can be no such thing as an
education without ethics.
It is always the other mans track
that looks smoother than our own.
It Is hard to comprehend Gods ways
while you are walking in them.
Life is the only school for character.
There are no losses in loans Of love.
You cannot use virtue for varnish.
What ever coils the soul must be SIN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21

OF the Rebeccas, OF
Topeka, Kans., Room
10, 812 Kansas ave
nue., writes: Il used
Doan's Kidney Pills
during fhe past year,
for kidney trouble and
( Kindred ailments. /
was suffe from
pains in the back end
headaches, but found
after the use Of one
box Of the remedy
that the troubles
gradually disappeared,
SO that before l had
finished a second
package l was we'll.
], therefore, heartily
anHnrc-o rnrv rnroI-u -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
In the North.

The election in Maine resulted in a
Republican majority of $4,000.
John Isaacs, a negro. shot and severe
ly wounded MadSie McGill, slightly
wounded Claude Gardiner, who was in
an adjoining room, and then committed
sicide, in New York.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
su.et POTATOES and cassaxa

Is bulletin giving the results of feed
ING horses and mules Oh homegrown
feed stuffs has just been issued by
Prof. Chas. NJ. Conner, Agriculturalist
OF the Florida Experiment Station. In
this experiment, homegrown feed
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
Washington Happenings.

President Roosevelt S letter accepting
the Republican nomination for the
Presidency was made public at Oyster
Bay.
Mr.. Roosevelt heard sermon on
"The Peace of the World" preached at
Christ Episcopal Church, Oyster Bay.
Five hundred members Of the Fifth
Massachusetts, Regiment met Judge
Parker at Esopus and all clamored for
a handshake.
The commerce Of the United States,
with its non-contiguous territory, the
last fiscal year was valued at $1O3,5S6,-
sOS.
Democrats in washington believe the
declination of Senator .Kearns to stand
again for election will help that party
materially in Utah.
Receipts of crop money at the Treas
ury Department this year aggregate
s7,145,0O0.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
The Case of the Lena.

Washington, Special-The develop.
ment of the day, so far as it related
to the Russian cruiser Lena in San
Francisco, was the clearing Of the Of
fetal muddle into which the case has
gotten, owing to the doubt of which
Of the five departments of the gov
ernment should deal with it. It was
finally decided by the President that
the State and Navy Departments
should treat the case, acting Jointly,
decision calculated to greatly SIM
plify its handling.
Over night came telegram from
ADMIRAL Goodrich, at San Francisco,
showing that on his own Initiative
he had caused one Of his expert OIL
GERS to make preliminary examina-
ton of the Lena and he was able to
report results, namely, that temporary
repairs would occupy six weeks time,
and new boilers would involve eight
months delay. The President ap-
proved of this action by the admiral
and decided that hen should continue
to handle the case in San Francisco,
undez instructions from the State
and Navy Departments. This in.
yolyed further expert opinion OF
the ship. \
The admiral adopted the precaution
of guarding the Lena with his own
y.ssels, "a course also approved by
the Department. Agreeable to the
Presidents instructions, Acting Secre-
tary Adee, for the State Department,
and Captain Pillsbury, for the Navy
Department, had two conferences dur
ing the day and the result was the
preparations Of instructions to Admir-
nj Goodrich There is good ground
to believe that they contemplate the
allowance of sufficient time 10 the
Lena to make sufficient repairs. How
ever, there is growing belief here
that the vessel will be obliged to in
tern in the end, for it Is scarcely
doubted that by the time she could
be made ready to go to sea and would
be obliged to leave if she desired to
preserve her character as an active
warsnip, one or more japanese would
be off the Golden Gate ready 10 sink
or capture her. Foreseeing such an
event as a request for the right to
intern, the officials have already been
giving some attention to the solution
of the question as to what shall be
done with the crew-whether they
may be allowed to return to Russia
on parole or must be interned on
their ship in San Franc harbor.
On. this point mo decision has been
reached.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
Foreian Affairs.

The condition Of Prince Bismarck is
reported as extremely critical.
The Russian Baltic feet sailed for the
Far East.
New and bloody anti-Jewish riots
took place in Russia.
Emperor William was welcomed to
Mecklenburg- -Schwerin, the home Of the
| Crown Princes betrothed.
Natives Of New Guianet who murder
ed German missionaries were captured
and put to death.
Nine. Melba's automobile accidentally
ran over and killed an aged man in
Paris.
King Edward congratulated the off,
GERS Of the British Antarctic expedition
which has returned to England on the
ship Discovery.
The Emperor of Russia has received
dispatch from General Kuropatkin
announcing that considerable force
| Ol JdpGuSSS UGSu SCCii "
lcf the village of Biniupuza, 36 kilo-
meters southeastward of Mukden. No
further engagegents are reported.
Former Secretary of State Richard
Olney spent six hours with Judge Par
| ker at Rosemount.
Ten thousand knights Templars par
AIDED through the streets of San Fran
cisco.
The mutiIated body of Richard
Vaughan was found on the railroad
tracks near Ashland.
A cyclone destroyed several build
ings in Princess Anne county.
The heart that is, full Of JOY always
has room for anothers soTTows.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
A QUICK RECOVERY.

"A Prominent oficcr of the Rebeccas
Writes to Thank Doan's Kidney Pins
For 1t. ~
Mrs. G. E. Bumgardner, a local officer
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
e,,n. Vine uaa GROWN Laro.

Grape Vine Has Grown Large.
There is grape vine on the Eras-
tus Peck farm in New Haven, VT.
said to be so years old. that is l5e
feet long and % inches In circumeey-
ence at the base,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRe Restorer, ,S2trial bottleand treatise free
Dr.. R. n. KLINE, Ltd, 9S1 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21

Ptso's Curefor Consumption is IN infallIble
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. W.
.SANUEL. Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. II, 1900.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21

Pittsburg has already expended s25,000,.
900 in the skyscraper boom.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21
%ESEEyEs@E

(signed) MRS. 9. E. BUMGARDNER.
: A FREE TRIkL-Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale
by all dealers. Price, so cents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-09-21

Telegraph poles along railway are ar.
ranged thirty to the mile.