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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-27
Washington Happenings.

1t is likely that if American battle
ships go to Turkish waters they will
aot sail before August 1.
Representative ]. w. Babcock, chair
man Of the Republican Congressional
campaign committee speaks hopefully
of the outlook.
Baltimore is third in list Of four
cities which lead in negro population,
Washington being first.
Extensive plans for the erection of
war college building and other i'm
rrovements at Washington barracks
are being pushed.
The Canadian Government, it is un-
derstood, may protest against what is
styled the Kidnapping of Louisiana
alleged defaulting postmaster in Mon
treal.
Reports received in Washington in
dicate that the Perry memorial fund is
swelling rapidly.
Major Theodore A. Bingham was re-
tired as brigadier- general.
The War Department intends resell
ing s3,OoO,OO0 short-term Philippine
bonds falling due September l next.
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zehras as Reasta Of Burden.

South African native traditions
have it that in the long-forgotten days
the zebra was domesticated animal
and was held In complete subjection
by it's master, man. In modern times
several attempts have been made tc
train this hardy beast. Experiments
at the London geological gardens in,
dicate that zebras can be readily
made serviceable. There are innu-
merable herds of zebras running wild
in South Africa and if they could be
broken to domestic use their subjec-
ton would solve a problem which for
generations has been puzzle to the
best experts. For the zebras of South
Africa are immune from the tsetse
fly and the horse sickness which has
lately been ravaging Rhodesia and
other portions of the continent.
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ENGLAND IS EXCITED.
Russian Bear Now Up Against Truly
Serious Proposition
THE sTAlDEsI PAPERS STIRRED UP
A Storm of Indignation Among All
Glasses at What is Regarded as
Russia's Dire Insult to the British
Flag.

London, BY Cable.-The Associated
Press interviewed many prominent
persons connected and in close touch
with the government relative to the
seizure Of British volunteer feet in
the Red Sea.
Asa result of these inquiries there
is shown to be remarkably hostile
feeling against Russia, Of a strength
and bitterness almost without pre-
cedent since the Crimean war. Even
the most coservative who have been
in the service of the government for
many years ard who openly deplore
the haste with which they thought
Great Britain had plunged into the
Transvaal war, frankb' ,eclare for a
policy of reprisal against what is re.
gardede here as Russia's violation OF
treaties and her piratical attack on
British commerce.
The warlike tone Of such papers as
The Times, The Standard, The Morn.
ing Post and The Daily Telegraph
which, in national crises hitherto, al
most invariably advised caution, has
had its hovitable effect. There has
been stirred up storm of indigna-
ton among all classes in the United
Kingdom and of strength with which
the government itself eau scarcely
guage.
Those who deplored the outbreak OF
the war between japan and Russia and
insisted publicly and privately that
Great Britain, crippled financially after
her South African experiences, must
not, at all costs, be drawn into the far
Eastern struggle, are now amongst the
most outspoken champions of physi'
cal force that will prevent the repeti'
ton of the Malacca incident in the
Red Sea.
Lord Lansdowne," says the Daily
Telegraph, voicing the views OF the
government, "has faced the situation
created by the abuse of the right of
search in the only manner worthy of
a British minister compelled to defend
the interests of British commerce and
the honor Of the flag, and acting with
unhesitating flrmness and prompitude
which recall the strongest days of the
national policy, he has justified the
trust of the country. While not one
rash word should be said which would
have the effect of increasing the ten.
sion of anxious and dangerous inter.
val, it would be futile to disguise the
character or to minimize the risks Of
the situation which has arisen. We
hope and believe that a solution of the
difficulty may still be found in the
withdrawal Of the Russian government
from its false position
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-27
TREATMENT OF THE SOIL.

Just how far one may be able TO
crop the soil and return to it the mini
mum amount Of fertilizer and do it
proftabIy depends upon the soil. 1t
is known that certain plants will sup
ply the needed nitrogen to the soil
much cheaper than it can be supplied
by fertilizers; it has also been demon-
strated that the almost unlimited sup
plies Of potash in the soil may be re-
leased and made available to the plants
by a proper system of soil cultivation.
Hence, by these methods, the cost Of
supplying fertilizers to the soil is ma
terially reduced.
1t must be confessed. however, that
the usual way of fertilizing is to sup
ply the soil what manure the stock
make during the winter with, perhaps,
small quantity of commercial fertil-
izer. Further, too often it is the case
that the fertilizer which would be
only a fair quantity for dozen acres
is spread over twenty. A bushel OF
shelled corn will take from the soil
about one pound of nitrogen, one-quar.
ter of a pound of pota sh and something
over half a pound of phosphoric acid
besides what's consumed by the foil"
age Of the plant, yet the usual appli-
cation Of fertilizers, in any form, is
hardly as much as this to the area Of
soil which produces the bushel of
corn.
In other words, most of us take
from tn, soil more than we give to it
in the form of fertilizers, when we
should furnish enough fertilizer to
grow the plant complete, seed OF fruit
and branch and enough more to allow
for leeching and evaporation and the
keeping up Of the fertility il the soil.
When we begin to fertilize OH that plan
then tIe crops will pay well.
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Miscellaneous Doinus.

. Messrs. Cochran, August Belmont
and McCarren had conference with
Judge Parker at Esopus.
In 1900, 29,O73,233 persons were en-
gagged in gainful occupations in CONT
mental United States.
A general strike, which began at the
Western stockyards, is expected to
throw 10000 people out of employment
and raise the prices Of meat.
No checks will be cashied by Ito Ohio
hotels after September /, unless pre-
sented with hotel credit letter issued
by the National Hotel Keepers Protec-
tive Association. Edgar A. Walze,
president OF. the association, said at
Cleveland, O., that wholesale houses do
not seem to understand that hotel
cashiers cannot distinguish fraudu-
lent signature from the genuine.
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RandoIph's Wheat Crop.

Asheboro, Special.-An unprecedent-
ed crop of wheat has been gathered
from the farms in Randolph county
this year. One Of our roller mills
bought from wagons on Saturday last
more than 1000 bushels, paying 81 per
bushel cash for it. The high price paid
for last years crop Of cotton has in
duced a number of our farmers to ex-
pertinent with it this year. We have a
number of acres planted within the
corporate limits of the town that is
looking fine and beginning to bloom
that is quite a novelty in this vicinity
as very few of our home folks ever
saw it growing before.
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NEWS THROUGHOUT TIE COUNTRY.
Paragraphs Of Minor Importance
Gathered From Many Sources.
Through the South.


The city of Greensboro, N. c., voted
on Tuesday to close the saloons after
Jan. LIST.
1t is thought that Senator German,
Of Maryland, will be chairman OF the
Democratic National Committee.
1t is believed that the Atlantic and
North Carolina railroad will be leased
at an early date.
There has been placed in the State
Library, at Richmond, plate armor
taken from the body of Federal sol
der on the Seven Pines field. 1t Is
claimed that this sustains the charge
that Northern soldiers wore armor.
row escapes.
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HANDY FODDER TIE.

The following illustration shows a
handy fodder Eie. 1t is easily and quick
ly made thus Take piece OF light
timber 1x1 1-2 Blackgum prefcrred)
saw about twenty OIL twenty-five inches
long. Then lsy the stick down on the
fat side, bore q hole in one end half
an inch from the end, large enough to
admit a large white twine. Put the
end of the twine through the hole and
tie knot in it to hold it there, now
saw a notch in the opposite end Of the
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RIce for Japanese Soldiers.

3 Rice and dried fish is the uniform
food of the Japanese army in CAM
5paign1ng times. This is the way in
which the rice is cooked: It is boiled
until quite thick and glutinous. Next
1t IS placed on a ceramic slab, rolled
out, and cut into squares. The squares
are then placed in the sun to dry and
often turned. When hard as sea bis
scuit3 and greatly reduced in weight,
1 they can be stored.
A certain number are allowed each
day to the. soldier. All he has to 10
sis to break up square in boiling
water and to add the dried fish. In q
few minutes he has what seems to
him delicious thick soup. If de
cannot procure boiling water, he sim
ply eats his rice dry. In the fruit sea-
son he substitutes fruit, when he can
obtain 1t, for the lfish.-Chicago Tri'
hume
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The MaIacca Enroute.

suez, BY Cable. The Peninsula and
Oriental steamer Malacca, captured by
the Russian volunteer fleet steamer
St; Petersburg in the Red Sea, while
bound from Antwerp to Japan entered
the canal on her way to Libau, on the
Baltic. The company's agent attempt
ed to board the vessel, but the Russian
commander refused him admission.
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Wants Mosquito Wire.

Washington, special.-General Davis,
governor general of the Panama Canal
strip, has advised the Panama Canal
Commission that he wants 100000
yards of wire gauze to prevent mos
au!tos' invasion Of the zone. General
Davis says that this will be perhaps the
largest order for mosquito netting ever
gwen. For the hospitals, 10000 yards
will be needed, while for screening the
l;ouses along the canal zone, $4,000
yards will be required. Two thousand
yards are to be used to protect the De
!.esseps houses at Cr!stobal
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HoRT TICULTURE5
81 EEagMGZz IM
SPRAYING.

Spraying the trees aud vines should
be made a portion of The routine work,
whether disease appears or not. as a
protection to the neighborhood. An
orchard may become affected and not
show such diseased conditions until
the next year, when more work will
then be necessary to keep the trees
from attack or injury.
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stick, as shown in the illIstra tiQn. so
that when the string is drawn tight
around the. fodder, one Of these knots
on the other end of the string may be
adjusted into this notch to hold it
there. The string should be about
three feet long. When the bundles are
in their proper place in the NOW, re-
lease the tie and the tie is ready for
use again. If several OF the ties are
used person can put away q wagon
load of fodder at one time. If the ties
are taken care of properly they will
last for several years, then new strings
may be needed. We have used these
ties for several years and find them
handler than twine strings.-Walter q.
Reed, in The Epitomist. 49,, :.
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lustration, has proved to be by far the
best of the late varieties, although it
has been grown in many sections as
the one variety for the main crop. The
plants are dwarf and require little OF
no stalking, and are met remarkable
producers. The pods grow in pairs
and are filled with from seven to nine
peas each. The flavor Of the peas is Of
the finest, which flavor is retained
even. when little old. This feature,
together with the fact that they also
retain their green color, rarely turn
ing yellow, even when very old,
makes the variety peculiarly valuable
to the market gardener. -,
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FARM TOPICS.
PARIS GREEN ON POTATOES.
4&4ssses4e4ssAAA&

Most potato growers use paris green
too strong when spraying potato
plants to subdue the beetle. declares
the Indianapolis News. Experiments
have shown that. one-EaYf pound OF The
paris gre: to each barrel & water is
sufficient and will be strong enough for
the season through if the season is
started early enough to destroy the
beetles while they are small and conf
partiyely tender. If the paris green is
combined with Bordeaux mixture for
spraying double the quantity may be
used. There can be no injury to the
vines if the proportions applied are as
indicated.
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GROWING GARDEN PEAS.

The money in growing garden peas
is in the early and late sorts. the me-
dunn varieties bringing low prices as
a rule. Nearly all market gardeners
confine their operations in pea grow
ing to the early sorts, which is Often
a mistake, and particularly so if one
has good market for the reason that
many people will buy the late sorts
who will not eat the mid-season va
rieties because they are likely to be
tough and hard On the grounds Of
the writer the Juno, shown in the il
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-27
Strikers in Control.

St. Paul, Mimi, special.-With the
exception Of the reputation by the
Butchers Union officials Of nominal
control Of the blockade at the Swift
packing plant there has been little
change in the situation at South st.
Paul Tuesday. The women stenosraph-
ers and several Of the leading officials
of the Swift Company's branch were
the only. persons allowed to pass the
picket lines, and all efforts to increase
Z the force Of men who have been in the
plant for several days were apparently
successfully resisted,
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More Wage Reductions.

Providence, R. T., Specialize Unit
ed States Cotton Company, at Central
Falls, posted notices that commencing
July rs wage reduction, the amout Of
which had not been determined, would
go into effect. About $50 hands are en-
ployed. The mills produce fine sateens.
Statements made by local cotton mills
representatives predict that the en-
ployes will accept the cut down, and
similar action may ensue here, though
notices will not be posted this week.
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STATE OF ONO, C1Tr OF TOLEDO, |

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANZ j. CHENEY mako oath that he Is
senior partner OF the firm OF F. j. CHENEY Gs
! Co.., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will l.pay the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each. and every case Of oATAnR1
shat cannot be cured by the use of HALLS 8
SGATARKH CURE. s. FRANK j.. CHENEY
sSSWorn to: beforeme and subscribed in my
presence this 9th day or Decem-
~ sEar. Der; AL !, AsW. GLEIsoN,gi. *;
otGru: Pub lic.sss
asHans Catarr6 Cure istaken Internally, and
Saets directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces OF efsystem. q Send for testim onials,
sstree. .. 2 CAENEY &sC Co.. Toledo, o.
sSeld byalI Druggists Toe.
4 Family Pills for constipation.
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Japanese Re-Inforcements.

London, By Cable-The Daily Chron-
icle this morning prints dispatch
from it's Yin Kow correspondent under
date of July 19 saying that the re-en-
forcements for which General Oku has
been waiting are now being disembark-
ed under the protection of seven Japa-
nese cruisers. A fresh landing of troops
the dispatch says, is also being effected
to the north Of Port Arthur and inn
portaht events may be looked for this
week
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-27

Chez Foo, BY Cable.-A junk with
eight Russians and so Chinese on
board, arrived here Tuesday afternoon,
five days from Port Arthur. The Rus
SLAMS refused to talk, but the Chlnese aesse
say that on July II and u the Japanese
captured and occupied with 1000 men
one of the eastern forts near Port Ar
thur. Before .re-enforcements arrived
the Russians cut Off the 1000 troops in
the fort and exploded mines, which re-
suited in the killing Of every japanese
soldier there. -. II. -
The Chinese report also that the
night before they left Port Arthur 9 9
Russian torpedo boat. sank merchant
ship near Port Arthur, mistaking her her
for japanese transport: Many Chi
nese on board the merchantman were
drowned, but the white crew of the El
steamer and number Of her Chinese
passengers were rescued by the Rus
slams. If this story is true, the steam
er in question probably is the Hipsang,
belonging to the Indo-China Naviga-
tion Company, which yesterday was 4S
hours overdue from New Chwang, and
which was reported to have struck a
mine. The local agents Of the Hipsang
say they believe the steamer to have
been lost.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-27
Greensboro Votes Dry

Greensboro, special.-The official
vote in the prohibition election here
officially announced, shows 315 votes
for saloons and TAI against saloons,
thus insuring prohibition in Greensboro
for two years after next January.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-27

i. 1T is many years since, Maine Las
changed its representatives il Con-
gress, except when Speaker Reed re-
signed or death has interviewed. All
fonr. of the present delegation have
just been nominated for reelection by
Sthe Republicans of their districts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-27
Heart Disease in Prussia.

The Prussian war department finds
hat in every 1000 young men arriving
1t the age Of military duty, seventeen
ira suffering from heart diseases
Strickler, who has been studying the
subject, declares that the cause Of the
;reat prevalence is the increasing de-
ganeracy and nervousness OF the youth
of fhp land
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Finish of Years of Toll.

Dr.. Carl Schmidt of Heidelberg has
succeeded after seven years of hard
work in piecing together 1000 small
fragments of papyrus and translating
the contents from the Coptic. He
says that he has thus been enabled
to give to the world the first accurate
and complete account Of the acts Of
Paul. The papyrus was inscribed in
s180 A. D.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-07-27
Good Advice.

An advertiser proposed to reveal for
S25 cents an easy way for any young
sElady to keep her hands nice and soft.
"a budding damsel in Sturgeon, Mo-,
sent the cash, and received this advice:
Soak your hands in dishwater three
times day, while mother rests"
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our Roacon T,ipbts.

There are 5000 burning lights and
signals stretched along tile American
coasts, forming q perfect link, so that
the navigator never need be beyond
sight Of one of the beacons. One
thousand of these are located on the
Atlantic Coast, 1900 are scattered
along the rivers and inland water
ways, 500 Oh the Great Lakes, and 200
on the Pacific Coast. OF the grand to-.
tai, including lighthouses Of different
classes, buoys, beacons and danger sig.
nails, 5000 are lighted, giving forth
their warnings at night time. Of these
a score or more throw beam of 100,-
600 candle power. To maintain the
lighthouse service corps of over 4OO0
men is constantly employed and fleet
or more than fifty vessels. No service
in the world exceeds our own in com.
pletcness and efficiency. A modern
American lighthouse of the first class
costs between 100000 and 100000,
and Of this about one.third is spent for
the electric light and apparatus alone.
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Her Good Luck. y :: {.
ssDo you think there. is any luck in
-. poIo1,s,- o,,s ct o5 ro,,n,

IISt =
Ia ;fourleaf clover?" asked the young
woman.
swell; :, replied Mr., Wise, thought
fully CAM trace the connection be.
tween superstition and actual occur
Srences, but / knew a girl who was very
lucky; soon after she found a four:leaf
clover. ="
no ellsme about it.
s: There isn't much to tell. While
she was hunting the four-leaf clover
Q she got her feet wet and caught cold,
and everybody said she was lucky
that she didn't die
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1000 ARE BLOWN up
Report of Mine Explosion That Was
Carefully Planned
THE LATEST PORT ARTHUR STORY.

1t Was Taken to chefoo by Chinese,
Who Made the Trip on a Junk.
They Assert That The Japanese
Captured One of the Eastern Forts
Near Port Arthur and Placed
1000 Men Therein, and That the
Latter Were Cut Off and Blown Up
by Mines-Merchan Ship Reported
Sunk.
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Old Apple Tree Still Vigorous.

The oldest apple tree in the state
Of Pennsylvania is owned by Henry
]. Miller Of Hokendauqua. It is a
paradise dwarf, 21a feet high, with u
blossoms, and it bore two apples last
year 49, Z -.
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Loss Over 5000.

Chicago, special.-A special to The
Daily News from New Chwang says:
"Hard fighting has been going on for g
several days in the neighborhood OF
Tongschu, eight miles east of Ia Tche
Kiao. 1t is reported that the Russian
loss in last nights engagement was
210O, and the japanese loss 1900. me
japanese also have been in active con-
tact with the Russians east OF Hia-
cheng, where there have been many
minor actions. All along Kuropatklns
front and flank the Japanese are NOV
Ing into position, but the general at
tack is being postponed until supplies
and reinforcements come to the front.
Progress along the muddy roads ana
mountain passes is slow.
st. Petersburg, By Cable.-The news
that the Russian volunteer steamships
Smolensk and ST. Petersburg now
cruising N the Red Sea are stopping
ships of neutral nations and searching
them for contraband Of war, Is causing
the liveliest interest in all circles. Rus
Sla has eflOSuLly "S16aSo 49,
ton, believing herself to be within her
rights and neither fears or anticipates
International complications. Indeed,
some of the powers may have been
sounded by Russia on the subject.
Nevertheless foreign opinoon is await
ed eagerly, and more or less criticism
Is expected.
Members of the diplomatic corps
are keenly anxious to ascertain the
views their governments will take Of
the passage through the Dardanelles
of these vessels of the volunteer fleet
as merchantmen and their subsequent
conversion into men Of war. Another
interesting question raised Is whether
coal is contraband Of war and can be
supplied or not to Russian men-of-war.
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