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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-07
s'art with. Next year, and for
three years, 1t made l 900 pounds
seed cotton per acre.

VII SO So'oS ~ hIouO I,oOO pouhuS
seed cotton per acre.
HE OWNS A REMARKABLE HEN.
have hen eight wears old
that has just finished laying 152
eggs on straight stretch, only
missing few days III time. The
reason | kept her so long [ found
she ate all the terrapin bugs off
my cabbage and learned all her
ha ch to do the same. She is y
mOngrel.
WILL PLANT FOR 7 CENT CoTTon.
| expect in the next few weeks
to see more advice to us farmers
about acreage IN cotton than
little; and nine times out nf ten,
II from farmer, If you will visit
his house yUu Will lind him dOuh
ling his own acreage while advis
ing others 10 reduce. ! dId re
GuCe my cotton acreage last year
for the simple reason | could not
get any Labor TO work 1t, and fear
| shall have to still further reduce
this season for the same reason.
When it comes to white folks hav
ing all the work To do, especially
backbreaking picking, we need
not fear any over production. Bot
for ProvIden q stepping in when
most needed by adverse seasons.
farmers would soon bankrupt
themselves regardless OF what the
Southern COttO Association
might say or do, The poor plant
ing season last year and gloomy
outlook in the entire season put
cotton up and short crop has kept
1t up with good demand for manu-.
factured goods.
| shall plant for six and one
half to seven cents next fall to
try and have enough hog and
bOminy to carry me through.
w. w. Ralney.
Brunswick Co., Va.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-07
Impoverished Soil

Impoverished soil, like impov-
erished blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyz-
ing the soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. 1t may be you
need a tonic, but more likely you
need a concentrated fat food,
and fat is the element lacking
in your system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimi-
lated as
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-07
MONEY TO LOAN.

am prepared, as usual, 10 negotiate loan
on improved COLtbn farms, in sums OF 500
ana upwards for i've years. Interest at pc
cent on sums OF 81, 600 % and over Under
81 600 90. per cent. interest. No brokerage
or commission chaTRcd-only a reasonable fee
for bstrsct Of title.
X. Z. WYLIE,
AttoTney.at Law.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-07
A Virginia Farmer Gives His
Experience.
From the Progressive Farmer.

From the Progressive Farmer.
have been farming just fifty
years and made good living at
1t, and have raised sixteen chill
dren. 1t is an independent life,
but slow way to make money.
[ am called by my nelghbors
good farmer, especially for,cot-
ton. While | have made cotton
my money crop, l have always
kept plenty of hogs, milch COWS,
and large truck patches and gar
den, and my wood-pile we'll sup
piled at all times-good stove
wood for the boss, and have at all
times been under petticoat,gov-
ernment, having had three wives
and always baby to amuse and
keep me company. | have an
orchard of over $50 fruit trees of
nearly every kind of fruit, good
straw berry patch, fifty grape
vines well assorted have sold 100
pounds Of butter in the last sixty
days at 20 cents per pound keep
fifty hens and sell eggs every
week ; also keep bees.
A TEST WITH FERTILIZERS.
Recently have been subsoiling
as an experiment. Lands very
rolling, with hard red clay for
nation, hard to get in and hard
on team. l am not able as yet to
say whether it pays. l use hill.
side bitches; don't think terrac-
ing would do for my land never
tried any.
] had tried every brand Of fer.
tilizers | could get hold of, but
none paid pr oft; so last season
| got some high grade Peruvian
guano (have forgotten analysIs).
l applied 500 pounds per acre: |
picked and weighed correctly. |
got only 1876 pounds seed cotton
to pay SO, which it cost me cot
ton worth $5 A, including seed :;
loss per acre, $4.56. Some years
back | took square acre, perfect
ly level, applied 100 bushels cot.
tonseed, 10 two.horss loads of
manure and 1000 pounds of fer.
tilizers and got 836 pounds of seed
cotton and paid Davis Dixon $5
for ibushel of seed to plant it.
Checked three feet each way, two
stalks to hill; land very poor to
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1906-03-07
South Carolina Farming.
Twenty Y ars Ago and
Twenty Years Hence: Re-
view and a Prospect.
Charles Petty, of Spartanburg, in
the Progressive Farmer.

years IlSumOnG OOutn tarOllna
has moved forward in all her in
dustries. This is especially the
case on the farms. The ideal
farmer is the one who makes his
own supplies, improves his land
every year, has comfortable and
attractive home, with good work
animals, good schools and good
neighbors. Very few have reach
ed a point where they can say
that they have done their best
But comparing present conditions
with the past, there is room for
congratulations. The first mark
ed difference in the present and
past is the increased intelligence
of the farmers and their families.
Twenty. five years ago the average
farmer knew little about plant
food and its application. He
bought blIndly and applied it in
the same way. So it was guano
with popular brand on it he
would buy regardless of the cost
or value. He has also learned
how to judge agricultural imple.
ments. 1t is pretty difficult for
an agent, although hypnotist to
unload a lot of cultivators and
rights to make fence and 800
lightning rods (on $75 houses) on
the farmers as they did quarter
of a Gentry ago. They understand
the elements of plant food in the
soil and the kind of fertilizer to
apply to this field or that.
Another great improvement is
harmony existing between all of
our business people. Formerly
the farmers were taught to con-
slider manufacturers, middlemen
and bankers as their enemies.
That was the day of the cheap
politician. Some of the same
sort are left. But the farmers
have been at school. They have
no enemies now except them
selves. They feel and know that
general and lasting prosperity
must depend on good fellowship
and harmony amongst all busi.
ness classes. Every one who pro-
duces anything or handles the
products of the soil, or adds to the
country, is the farmers friend,
and he knows it.
Great progress has been made
IN the cultivation of the soil. (
Men are now using brains instead
of brute force. They have been
seeking reasons for doing this
or that thing. They are working
intelligently. They have better
farm implements and use them
more skilfully than ever before
They are learning how to deepen
the soil and bring into available
condition the vast stores of pot.
ash and phosphoric acid locked |
up in the red clay. They begin |
to understand how to catch and
hold the nitrogen in the air and
turn it into plant food. With |
improved implements they are
doing as much work now in one
day as they did in two In former
days. Another great improve
ment is the increase In yield of
various crops. Only few years
ago the yield of lint cotton was
about 133 pounds to the acre.
They have increased that about 40
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
WILING to Opliqe.

\ farmer in the ncighborhood of
Lanark lately took unto himself as
his better half IA Young damSel who
0lliciated as his kitchen maid. The
newly made mistress was no sooner
installed in her new position than
She began to give herself the airs of
Il duchess. and naturally the other
servants about the farm resented
this and sometimes treated her with
scant courtesy.
a week or two after the marriage
the farmer bctook himself to "a
ncighboring fair for the purpose of
hiring another kitchen maid, his
wife strictly cnioining him to get Il
''cecyil spoken hizzie," On meeting
with one whom he thought would
be suitable for the post he engaged
her, after expressly STIMULATING that
she was to be "ralc cceyil to the
guild wife"
An. mind We" he continued, If
We an her can draw thegither
therc'Il maybe be bit 10 shiIings
or sac mair at the term end for We"
81 faith, MASTER" exclaimed the
girl, Use dae her biddin', an I'll
tell We what" she added. with a
quick perception of the situation,
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01

The Normans are called the lan-
KEGS of France, which is a compI-
ment to them, no doubt, though it
sometimes has reference to their
extremely thrifty habits and to the
craft which they employ in evadlng
a service that may cost them some
thing. 1t is related that one good
Norman farmer went early one
morning to another's house and
found him still in bed.
Art thou asleep, neighbour he
asked, somewhat falterlngly, in the
tone of IA man who is going to ask
a favor.
"lf | were not asleep murmured
the other from his bed, what prob
ably wouldSt thou want of me-
80 borrow thy donkey to go to
the fair at GisorS."
well, then, neighbor, | am sound
asleep"
Bah, Thou canst not be asleep
when thou talkest to me-
Nonsense! 1t is only a dream
| am having, ncighbor."
And the other had to 90 away
without the donkey.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01

y few wears ago IN Il murder case
being tried at Pennington, Me, the
Hon, {. \. Blanchard of Wilton,
now member of Governor Cobb's
council, was conducting the case of
the accused, for whom he was try
ing, with doubtful success, to make
out case of insanity.
1t appeared during the trial that
the prisoner had been in many quar-
rels and had been brought many
times before the courts to answer TO
the law for his conduct. At one Of
these trials ex-Judge Richard
Thompson, formerly of Boston, but
now retired farmer in the town of
Jay, Me, presided US trial justice.
Thompson was witness at the
murder trial above alluded to and
was being questioned by Mr.. Blanch-
ard. The attorney, true to his pur-
pose of establishing the insanity of
his client, queried the ex-judge as
follows; Judge Thompson, did YOU
notice any evidences of mental
|. weakness or peculiarities in the de-
PENDANT at this trial."
"Y-e-s.' drawled the ex-judge
ole employed YOU for counsel"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
81 BEG YOUR GRAcE's PARDON.

ignorance, broke in with, Il beg
your gaccs pardon, bat At Oxford
We always call this word Car-lus.'
"oA, very good, replied the duke.
"I'il remember in future. "
Presently the name JacobuS oc-
cured, Which the duke boldly read
As Jacobus, pronouncing the 90
short.
Again the don interposed. Il
beg your gracc's humble pardon. but
we prefer to call that Latin name
Jacobus, with the % long
NO, hang it, said the duke.
Won can't have it always Your own
way! If your reading of CaroIuS
is Car-us ,lacobus must be- Jaco-
bus ",'-WestmlnStrr Gazette.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
FREE SAMPLE TODAY

Esuer's Instant Cough Cure sud b.
.,.,i,r..J that it j. the lz->i. u = guar
,r,.-,.I in eur 90 your iuon-y refunded
&. N. Giddiuss. Il Weeks Mills, Ne
writes Your Bau-T's Instant Cough
Cure Is a great seller aud gives the hest
satisfaction of aiy cough medicine al"
the market. have never had hotil''
rrturu-d. II sell ou- hottie they are
sure To- con e after the second one and
tell their friends OF its merits. viii
Senl another order soou." For sale 10y
John ". ThursiOn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
WINGED SEEDS.
How Nature Provides Fsr PnoPsss""s
Some o. Her Plants

Many seeds seem, b. their lorna
,;on "a he especially designed for
Transmission through the AIR, and oi
these several are quite n good iiiu'.
,rations a, the thistle. The seed Of
the common dandelion, a plant To
lac seen on every common, mas
wings that will carry 1t away on The
slightest breath of air. The wings
Sre very slight iilaments, radlatins
backward from the seed, 80 thst
when the latter finally lodges II
falls tip first in the most favorable
position for taking root.
Country children often hnd
amusement in blowing the seeds
from the stalk and watching To see
how far they will 20 before falling
70 the ground. but whenever there
i even a moderate breeze the eH-
pertinent is a failure, a. the heecy
seeds ily out of sight, and the next
season dandclion springs up where
the plant was never seen before.
The common tumble weed Is all
other example of the winged seed.
The plant grows in a woolly bunch
which, when dried, Is easily separat-
ed from the stalk, and light breeze
ret, the ball rolling over the ground,
Ia scatter =, seeds wherever 1t goes.
The seed, of many ferns and MI
croscopic plants are ~ constructed
~ to he readily lifted and carried
away by the wind. while some, OF
considerable SIZE, are provided WIN
An elaborate arrangement Tor aerial
transportation. The common maple
is an example of the last kind, for
projecting from its large head Is a
membrane CLOSELY resembling IN size,
shape and general appearance the
wing of the locust. When the seed
is separated from the tree, even II
the air be quite still, it does not fall
directly to the earth, but. by its pc
culiar construction, acquires IN fall
ing spiral motion that takes IT
several feet from beneath the start
ing point. and when brisk breeze
is blowing one of these winged seeds
has been known to twirl through the
air for six miles before its journey
came to an end.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
Meeting OF Extremes.

The lrishman evidently had been
drinking a little He climbed into
one of the two bootblack chairs in
front of the corner building, and,
after settling himself comfortably,
glanced at his next chair neighbor
Then he laughed. His neighbor,
who was fat, pompous negro,
about fifty years old, dressed III
clerical garb, frowned.
"Well, Smoky" said the Irish
man, ignoring the negro's look of
disapproval. this surely is a queer
countree. Here | am. and there you
are. Its not So long since | was a
bog trotter, and | suppose YOU were
slave. And here We have two
dago descendants of Julius Caesar
shining our brogans. New York
Press.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
FINGER RINGS.
They Are Circles Of Sentiment Win
histories Centuries Cd.

OIl a. continent itself = tie
ring. Anon. the Italians "i the
sixteenth and -eyenieenth cent?
re, II was customary for women 10
eive 10 their lovers rings which con
'aincd their portraits. These rings
acrr IN the forlus "f ~" clasr"d
iaud-. in which a hidden spring
ron@r-ic1 'hc picture.
Another quaint custom al the
long age MI that at breaking
.iur for hc,rnthal. Such rings were
ra-h,oncd for the purposc, he;ns
made of two twin circles. and were
allied g.mmal rings, from the word
.cmelli. meaning twins.
\ ring Of pure gold she from her finger
And - la Ih.. middle the same there she
huulsr.
,uoth she. - a token Of love you this
TAX
And Ills as a pledge l will Keep for your
sake"
The gimmal was also favo-!te
wedding ring for many years. Dry
den Thus describes ii in Don Sc
ba-tian:"
curious artist wrought 'ern.
with joints 80 close as not To be per-
C,v,l.
Yet ar. they both each others counter
part.
Her part had Juan inscribed and his had
Zayda.
In the modern fondness for rings
is seen survival Of the harharic
love of display. of superstition and
Of sentiment. The habit of loading
the fingers with Jewels. which Sene-
ca condemned in hi, day, saving,
"Our fingers are loaded with rings,
each joint is adorned with precious
stone" is still in favor with class
in whom the barbaric instinct is not
vet cXterminatcd. while many a
modern belle would like to wear, as
did the Empresscs Faustina and Do
militia. rings which cost S2O0,0oO
and S3Oo.OOO. And she doe, often
wear. as did her Roman prototype,
"SardonyNe-c. ia>perS and emerald,
on the joints of her fingers"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01

His majesty's inspector was test
ing the class in general knowledge
"Now, lads he said, graveIv, "vour
teacher, | expect, has explained to
you the meanings of most of the
notices which apply to the months
of the year. Thus, If February
give much snow, fine summer it
doth foreshow,' and In January if
sun appear, March and April pay
full dear. But | wonder which of
you can remember what comes in
like lion and goes out like a
lamb"
There was an awestruck silence
for few moments, and then pale
looking boy said:
PLEASE, sir, it's our landlord
when he gets his arrears paid up."
London Queen.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM.
In Their Origin ssth Rsi,i5as Are
Es,stis and Semitic.

la th.ir origin Christianity aud
Islam are both Asiaiir, boIh >emlt-
d., and Jerusalem j, hul q ieT han
dr,-,l mile, from Merga. In reear
Ia the numbcr 81 their ad. ercnls
10th have steadily increased from
th, beginning q" the present u'i,-
But MohammcdanlSm ha- been
practicallv confined To- ASIA and NJ
r.,a. while Christianity has been
the religion Of Europe and il" ne"
world. aud politically II ruic- now
over all the world, except CHINA and
Turkey.
Alohammelanism has been id"ntl-
fled with a stationary civilization
ana Christianity With a progressive
one. There wa> time the
eighth century L. the thirteenth
when science and philosophy iloJr-
i,hc,. at Ra.dad and toTdnya Gndrr
Mo>lcm rule. while darkne>- rri%ncd
in Europe. But Rcnan ha- shown
that this brilliant period was neither
Arabic nor Mohammcdan IN IT, >plr-
il or origin. and, although h:> state
menis may admit of some m"dI ca
ton. it Is certain that, however brtl-
liant while il lasted, this period ha'
left no trace in the Mo-lcm faith
unless it he in the philosophical
basis of Mohammcdan law. while
Christianity has led the way IN the
progress of modern civilization.
Both of these are positive r"h
gions. Each claims To rest upon
divine revelation which Is in IL
nature final and Interchangeable. We
the one is stationary and the othr
progressive. The one is based upol
what it believes to be divine com
mands and the other upon dlvln
principles-iust the difference tina
there is between the law of Sna
and the law of love, the Ten Com
mandments and the two. The tc
are specific and Interchangeable; tn
two admit of ever new and progress
i've OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Re
view.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
Following The Fig

When our soldiers went to Cuba and
the Philippines, health was the most
important consideration. Willis r.
NorrlNson, retired Commissarv Ser
geant |. :. A., of Rural Route |, Con.
cord, n. H., says: II was two wears in
Cuba and two years in the Philippines.
hnd being subject to colds, | took DR.
Kings New discovery for Consumption,
which kept me in perfect health. And
now in New Hampshire, we find it the
best medicine in the world for coughs,
Gods, bronchial troubles aud all lung
diseases. Guaranteed at John W. Thurs
tons, druggist. Price 50c and 100.
Trial bottle free.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
QUEER BELGIAN CUSTOMS.
Burning the Dead and Rsni'ns Graves
10 the INDECENT.

Il here u nulhih- va A"a-'Nl''s -
even a marriage, Ia which "a much /
pomp and shoW belong a 10 Ia
neral Ii J. the mo-t important
snow occasion Il career, and tie
.ypen,e must H. heavy tax on iis
average family. for one MI. not
economize in the details that Gus
TOM saws are necessary for the dead
II such ceremony can be prevented
When a death occurs Grape l. not
hung upon the door, but a notice l.
sent To all friends and relatives.
This when folded is about the size
of a sheet of commercial note pa
per. not placed in an envelol'e' but
folded 50 the address is written on
fine outer section. which has a black
border an inch deep.
On the receipt of this notice cards
are left at the house by men. who
call and represent the women oil
the family. No woman attends
funeral. though it may be her near
est and dearest who lies dead. nor
does anv woman 90 to the grave
Grief always appeals TO ones sym
nathies, but il l. difficult for Tor
q eisncr of Anglo-Saxon stock To as
sociate grief with the usual funeral
nroce.sion that one sees in Belgium.
, The hearse is gaudv with gilt and
looks top heavy with It's ornaments.
Ii is much like circus chariot IN
all but shape. The driver wears a
fantastic hat aud cloak. The hearSe
is drawn bv black horses with trap
pings of black. and two. sometimes
four, men follow il clothed in high
pointed hats with strcamcrS quite
to their waists and long flying capes
of black with more streamers. Then
comes line of carriages, the more
the better for popular esteem. 1t
is not necessary TO have any one IN
them. Often the men who ride are
smoking. ! have counted twenty
five carriages. half of them empty.
Only the very rich can buy land out
right for their dead. The other
people hire the grave for as long
time as they can afford, maybe a
wear. five wears, ten years and very
rarely TWENTY-FIVE wears. Then 1t Is
taken for another occupant.
Those opponents of cremation
who have sentiment as an argument
against it are asked to think OF tins
way of doing, which must one day
he the only alternative near the
large cities. The new coffin Is placed
upon the remains of the former un-
less one cares to remove what may
be left of what was once the home
of "A soul For the very poor there
is a harder lot still, as they cannot
hire a grave. The potter's field Is a
large ditch, into which the bodies
are placed and covered with quick
lime. Does not cremation seem even
in Il sentimental way preferable TO
this: Letting out graves explains
WHY there are no old time grave
stones. asked the workmen around
the place. where is the old part of
the burying ground" and received
for answer, There isn't any" which
stroll around proved. The oldest
grave could find was but twenty
five wears and was n CONCESSION per
petuite." the workmcn explained, to
the letting of graves, and the IN
quiries elsewhere verified all their
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Standard.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01
Lapland's Bio Ants.

The ants in apland are three
times as large as our common ant.
Their nests are hillocks of fir sprigs
and rubbish, often four feet high,
the inside mass of eggs and ants.
Well beaten roads diverge from
them in every direction like the
lines of a railway. These ants cross
the little streams and brooks by
means of natural bridges. One day
a naturalist was jumping over a
brook and brushed with his head
and shoulders two willow branches
which met over the water. In an
instant he was covered with ants,
which were making their way across
the bridge which he had disturbed.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1906-06-01

The island of Ascension, in the
Atlantic, is the property of the Brit
ish admiralty authorities and is
borne on the navy list as a vessel,
being classed as tender to one of
his majesty's ships of war. The
island is governed by naval cap
tain, and the men stationed there
Chiefly royal marines) are subject
to the same rules as they would he
on board ship. There is no private
property in land, so there are no
rents, rates or taxes. The hocks
and herds are public property and
the meat is issued in rations.