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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12
No Wonder She Blushed.

An elderly Bishop, a bachelor,
who was very fastidious about
his toilet, was especially fond OF
his bath, and requested particu
lar care of his tub from the maid.
When about TO leave town one
day he gave strict orders to the
housemaid about his "bawth-
tub" and said that no one was
to be allowed the use of it.
Alas! the temperature grew on
the girl and she took plunge.
The bishop returned unexpect
edly, and finding traces OF the
recent stolen bath, questioned
the maid so closely that she had
to confess she was the culprit,
and was very sorry.
IL hope you do not think it is
a sin, Bishop" asked Mary in
tears.
Eying her sternly, he said:
Mary. your using my tub is not
a sin, but what distresses me
most is that you would do any
thing behind my back that you
would not do before my face"
-EX.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12
Carried Bullet in His Leg for
Forty-SiX Years.

Winston Salem, N. c., special
in the Charlotte Observer: To
carry an ounce bullet In his
right leg for forty-six years and
then for 1t to push its way
through the skin is the strange
experience of Mr.. M. II. Mitchell
Of billiard, Stokes county, whose
son, Mr.. M. N. Mitchell, is with
the Peoples National Bank here.
Mr.. Mitchell was sho; at the
battle of Seven Pines, May 9th,
1862. He was member OF
Company III, twenty. second
North Carolina Regiment. The
wound healed soon, but the ball
was never extracted, and Nj
Mitchell suffered greatly from It
sometimes. Last Saturday he
felt a pain ust on the surface of
the skin of the right leg and saw
the bullet literally forcing its
way out, which it actually did a
little later, leaving only slight
abrasion to mark its course.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12
Democratic Outlook--Bright-
er than a Month Ago, Says
Bryan.


Bryan.
Chicago, Sept. 9,-William j.
Bryan told the members of the
Democratic national committee
at their meeting today to discuss
campaign plans before the cauI
didate makes his swing through
the Eastern States that with q
perfect organization to conduct
the pi esidential fight the victory
for Democracy's cause was as
sured. Mr.. Bryan said that he
and Mr.. Kern had presented the
issues, carefully and that he was
absolutely confident that he
would be elected if there was a
strong organization to hold the
ground that had been gained.
The outlook tor victory, said
Mr.. Bryan, was much brighter
than it was a month ago. The
candidate told the committee
men that he was more than
pleased with the work of the
national committee and hoped
the work would be continued
with the same spirit.
There we're meetings at head
quarters of the national commit
tee and advisory and finance
committees early in the day and
this afternoon all three commit
tees joined in a general confer
ence in which Mr.. Bryan took
part in the council and made
speech.
All Democratic members of
the senate and house of repre-
sentatives and Democratic gov
ernors have been requested by
the national coInmittee to lend
their services. The commit
teemen passed a resolution
calling upon all Democratic se-
nators, congressman and COVER
nors to give all their time, If pos
sible, to making speeches in the
campaign and asked the chair.
men in the debatable States and
the speakers bureau of the ma
tional committee to arrange
speaking dates.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12
w. M. MOORE, Lancaster, S. c.

home without avail, she opened
lire on the Jug with pistol, one
OF The shots taking ffectin Barn
hllPs hand. 1t is feared that
the wound may result in the loss
OF his and.-Toombs County.
GA. Local
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12
New Way to Stop Drinking

Joe Brown and II G.. B,rohill.
of Stillson, BulIoch county. were
engaged in disposing of a Jug of
whisky SATURDAY. night when the
wife of Barnhill appeared on the
scene, and, after trying to per.
suade them 10 separate and 90
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12

Millions of bottles of Foley's' Honey
and Ter have been sold without any
person ever having experienced any
other than beneficial results from it's
use for coughs, colds and lung trou-
BILE. This is because the genuine
FoIey's Honey and Tar in the yellow
package contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs. Guard your health
by refusing any but the genuine
Funderburk Pharmacy, E. w. Han
mond, Heath Springs, 5. c.. s
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12

When you have a cold you may be
sure that it has been caused indirectly
by constipation and consequently you
must first of all take something to
move the bowels. This is what has
made Kennedy's Laxative Cough Sy-
rup so successful and so generally de-
manded. 1t does not consuipate like
most of the cid fashioned cough cures,
but on the other hand it gently moves
the bowels and at the same time heals
irritation and allays inflammation of
the throat. Sod by j. +. Mackey IL
Co. w-s
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12
Piano Tuner Killed.

Yesterdays Charlotte Obser-
yer: Stephen Gruber, son OF
Mr.. S. f. Gruber, a well-known
musician of Marion, was stabbed
TO death at BLACK VILE, 5. G., yes
terday afternoon by a man by
the name OF De " lit. Young
Gruber was there tuning pianos.
No particulars OF the homicide
could be learned last night.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12

When Trifles Become Troubles.
If any person suspects that their
kidneys are deranged they should
take Foley's Kidney Remedy at once
and not risk having Bright's disease
or diabetes. Delay gives the disease
a stronger foOthold and you should rot
delay taking Foley's Kidney Remedy
Funderburk Pharmacy, +. w. Ham
mond, Heath Springs, >. G.. 3
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12
Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers.

Foley's Honey and Tar affords i'm
mediate relief to asthma sufferers in
the worst stages and if taken in time
will effect cure. Funderburk Phar-
macy, r.. w. Hammond, Heath
Springs, 3. c.. g
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12
Agricultural ~
j Department
Sowing Wheat and Oats.

formulas to make fertilizers for
grain! Below we try to give in
condensed form answers to all of
them. Your question may not
be printed. but the answer to it
may be found here nevertheless.
Read carefully what is said
about rotation of crops and pre-
paration of your land.
A lady farmer who is a new
reader of The Progressive Far
mer wishes to know the best
method for sowing wheat and
oats on land with red soil on
very stiff red clay sub-soll. The
best method is TO plow the soil
well and then harrow, and har-
row till perfectly fine and well
settled and sow the wheat after
the first white frost, with a drill,
using five pecks Of seed per
acre. Oats should have the soil
as we'll prepared and should be
sown as early in September as
practicable.
Disk the land thoroughly by
going over it both ways repeat.
edly to make the surface fine.
Then drill the oats in deeply at
rate of two bushels per acre
early in September. The Vir-
ginia Gray winter oats are as
good as most varieties. The Ap |
pier is highly esteemed by many,
but l have never tried them.
You may perhaps get these from
the State Test Farm at States
vile. IF the corn was on man.
ured sod the fertilization would |
be more simple, for in that case
| would use only acid phosphate
and potash, say 800 pounds of
Is per cent acid phosphate and
twenty-five pounds of muriate of
potash per acre. If the corn
was not on a manured sod, then
| would make a mixture of 1,200l
pounds of acid phosphate, 500
pounds of cottonseed meal and
200 pounds of muriate of pot
ash, and use 800 pounds per
acre. For the wheat, make the
surface as fine as possible, going
over and over with the disk har.
row, remembering that the finer
YOU make the soil the better the
chance for wheat Work in in the
disking 400 pounds of acid phos-
phate and twenty five pounds OF
muriate Of potash per acre, and |
do not drill the wheat till there
has been a white frost, so as to
avoid the fall fly.
If cowpeas grew on your land,
cut the peas and cure for hay. |
Then disk the stubble and apply |
the fertilizer tirst-named above
for the manured sod.
Sow any good winter oats.
The Virginia Grey Winter oats
are as good as any. The Texas
Rust Proof oats are excellent, but
II the seed come from Texas you
will run the risk of getting J John
son grass seed with them. Cut
the crop when the clover is in
bloom without regard to the oats.
On the black sandy soil where
clover was turned for corn, |
would cut the corn and shock
it for curing and then would
iish the ground we'll, making
the surface as fine as possible,
lodging around the corn shocks
so as to cover all the ground ex-
cept the spots on which the
'hocks stand. In this disking !
would work in four hundred
pounds of 16 per cent acid phos-
phate and twenty-five pounds Of
muriate of potash per acre, and
would drill the wheat after the
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12

ID Wits Little Early Risers are
small rills. easy to take, gentle and
sure. Sold by J. f. Mackey IL Go. w-s
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-09-12
Stop That Cold

To check early colds or Grippe with Preventics
means sure defeat for Pneumonia To stop cod
with Preventcs is safer than to let IL run and be
obliged to cure 1t afterwards. To be sure. Pre-
ventics win cure even n deeply seated cold; but
taken early-at the sneezc stage-they break, or
head of these early colds. That's surely better.
That's why they are called Preventics.
Preyenticsare little Candy Cold Cures. No Ouin-
ine. no physic. nothing sickening. Ntre for the
chidren--and thoroughly safe too. II you feel
chilly. II you snccze Il you ache oil over think OF
PrevCntics. PromptuUSS IlIy also save hat! your
usual sickness. Aud don't forget your child II
there Is feverishnesS. nightor Gay. Hcrcin prob
ably lies PreVeptcS greatest efficiency. So!d IN
bc boxes for the pocket. also in Doc boxes OF -
prevcu.ics. Insist on your druggists giving you
Eorev2IltiCS
FUNDERBURK PHARMACY.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
Caster Driven Through Tree Limb.

the curious effects produced by one of
these, and for the following brief in.
formation, says Scientific American.
That number of houses should
have been wholly and in part destroyed
is naturally to be expected of any cy-
clone that is at all violent. But that
1t should pick up caster from table.
twist off the handle and drive the
spindle through the branch of wal
nut tree Is surely no common occur
renee. Mr.. Bricker assures us that be-
fore the storm the caster found a
place on the table of Mr.. G. F. Franks,
that it was intact with the bottles in
their intended positions; yet after the
tornado the base was found in a wal
nut tree limb, exactly as 1t Is shown
in the accompanying photograph. Tho
wind had unscrewed the top and taken
OF the turntable. One of the bottles
was found with twigs densely packed
into its neck, without leaf stripped
The bottle, however, was broken.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17

which the west produces moving east
in the direction Of Aberdeen. you
would have seen a blue-coated minion
Of the law stalking along the passen-
ger depot squirting tobacco Juice at
the station agents dog. but to-day
even the dog is missing from the
scenery thereabouts.
Moving day started several months
ago and the freight train conductor.
leaving with the last load Of live cat
tie which was to pass out of this
typical American city. was almost
moved to tears as he stood on the
rear platform Of his caboose when the
train reached rise in the plain and
looked back upon the town which had
been his ''hang-out" since he entered
the employment Of the road.
The writer, making quick trip
from Evarts to Aberdeen, was loung-
ing in the caboose. The sight became
unbearable to the railroad man and
he re-entered the trainman's apart
ments. I've seen that there burg grow
up from the time when ole Jess Atkins
lived in a shanty down by the river
just south O. town and owned six head
O. cattle. There warn't no spur from
Aberdeen then." he soliloquized, but
Jess used to drive his cows across the
prairie to where the river jines the
Moreau and there they'd ferry the hull
outfit across for a couple O. dollars.
Then he'd have a nice long ride to
Aberdeen.
"Once when Jess wife and darters
came down to live with him, the ole
man was ketched by some rustlers
from up north and they stole his
pony, cows and money. Jess had to
hoof 1t back to his shack Well,
sencs tibet time va be s'prised how
the place has growed. was on a river
sidewheeler then. was the pilot.
Well, pretty soon Evarts was doomed
and all US young cubs got the fever
to stake on bit O. land and set up in
some find O bizness, we didn't care
much what and We didn't know what
it'd turn out to be when we staked.
well, finally I accepted a loocrar
tive job ~ brake on this line and five
years ago got permoted to con-
ductor. Amt goin' to suffer, whom
soever. ~ they've give me job dom
tn same thing from Cakes to Aber-
deem whom get through with this
trip"
And the conductor Is not 70.
mancer, but his feelings were echoed
through the western air and In every
home In Evarts when It became
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17

recently broke all previous records for
climbing Mont Blanc by making the
trip to the top and back from Grands
Mulets in TN hours.
Prof. Hobbs has performed many
other mountain climbing feats, but
regards the Mont Blanc ascension his
proudest effort.
He has made several trips abroad
in the last dozen years or more for
the especial purpose of studying the
geological formation Of mountains.
and was present at Mt. Vesuvius at
the time of its last eruption. two
years ago. At that time he earned
the title of the crazy American" be-
cause of the lack of fear he showed
in going as near to the crater of the
volcano as possible, even before the
eruptions had ceased.
Prof. Hobbs was graduated from the
Worcester Polytechnic institute with
the class of 1888. and Immediately
after graduation entered the Johns
Hopkins university in Baltimore.
where he pursued four years course
and received the degree of Phi. D. He
then entered Harvard college for a
postgraduate course, and after COM
pleting his studies there studied in
German universities for several years.
He has been professor of geology at
Ann Arbor for two years previous to
versity Of Wisconsin.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
Money In Apple Orchards.

Tasmania has long been known ~
the apple land of the south, but few at
home have any real idea of the money
that can be made, and IL being made,
out of apple growing in that island.
Last year, for instance. there were
many small orchards in the south
which returned as much a. 1900 bush.
els to the acre. and one owner of four
acres, who picked over 1000 bushels
of marketable fruit. which he sold at
four shillings bushel, reaped . gross
return Of $500. Az his expenses at
the outside would not be more than
a100, his profit an acre worked out
at something like 9175. OF course,
this was an extreme case, but or.
chards of 20 acres and upward aver
aged full 500 bushels an acre, and
yielded . clear net profit of quite
e 800 in each case. The area actu.
ally planted At the present time In do
mestic and commercial orchards IL
about 10000 acres. and upward of half
= million cases of apples were ex-
ported to this country last year.-Bri-
tahnia.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17

known that the railway was to build
a bridge which would take the bust
ness away from this town and allow
the building Of q new city where the
river was spanned.
known as Mobridge and it is to-day
what Evarts was several years ago. .
fiourishing. hustling little burg with
everything ahead of its Inhabitants.
and whatever their past may have
been, is forgotten.
While Glenham received many Of
the Evarts people with open arms, the
greater majority went to Mobridge.
for they declared they saw greater
possibilities there because business
could be more easily transferred from
Evarts to Mobridge.
So II you should happen to be in
the vicinity Of Mobridge. ask the post
master, the man at the wharf. the sta
ton agent at the depot or almost any
body the road to where Evarts once
was and take a jaunt down that way.
It's only a few miles south and when
you imagine what the little city once
was and what it is to-day, perhaps you
will be repaid for the stroll. Mo
bridge is to-day a typical little west
ern town where some one or other 10
continually erecting a shack which he
and his family call home. Homes
spring up in the night and when their
owners grow tired of them they are
either sold for fire-wood or some one.
perhaps poorer, accepts them for .
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
ocuL,sr A MAN OF RESOURCE.
Has = Blind eessar Woman to Adver
tlse His Business.

Enterprise takes various forms.
even in Warsaw. A young oculist.
finding that patients were few and fav
between, hit upon an original means
of advertising.
He engaged blind woman who sits
and begs by the Church of the Holy
Cross to hold light board whereon
are written his name. address, profess
sional qualifications and consultation
hours.
AS the church is in tho busiest
thoroughfare of the town the notice
attracts good deal Of attention. The
beggar herself says she is quite salts
fed with the results. as many people
notice her who would otherwise pass
by, and as the doctor has added his
assurance that she is hopelessly
blind benevolent old ladies' throw cop
pers into her tin mug, sure that their
money Is not wasted on an impostor.
It is not yet known whether the num-
Der of patients has increased.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
What is Pe-ru-na!e

Are We claiming too much for Peruns
when We claim 1t to DO an effective
remedy for chronic catarrhf Have w
abundant proof that Peruna 10 in real
ity such . catarrh remedy Let us zee
what the United States Dispsnsatory
says of the principal ingredients Of
PeruAs.
Take, for instance, the ingredient
hydrastis canadensis, or golden seal
The United States Dispensatory says
of this her bal remedy, that It Is largely
employed in the treatment Of depraved
mucous membranes lining various
organs Of the human body.
Another ingredient of Peruna, cory.
dalis formosa, is classed in the United
States Dispensatory Is tonic.
Cedron seeds is another ingredient Of
Peruna. Tho United States Dispense
tory says of the action Of cedron that
It 10 used a. bitter tonic and in the
treatment of dysentery, and In inter.
mittent diseases ~ . substitute for;
quinine,
Send to us for free book Of test.
monials of what the peoplethink Of Pc
runa ~ . catarrh remedy. Tho best
evidence is the testimony Of those whs
have tried 1t.
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
USED CHURCH As scHooLRooM!
Proceedings That Somewhat Aston
ished the Sexton.

The sexton of one church that keeps
open doors all day long didn't know
whether to regard the matter In the
exercise. He paid no attention when
the three women. watched by man
who stood at the lower end of the
aisle, walked the length OF the church
and back again. Even when they made
the trip a second time he scarcely gave
them a thought, but when the trio
started around the church third time
and the man called out, step a little
more briskly, please" he began to
wonder. and presently made inquiry.
II hope you won't be offended" the
man replied. II am physical culture
instructor. am teaching these young
ladies to walk. have already taught
them to walk In the street, in the
drawing room, in the theater and every
place else they are likely to ind them.
selves. I am now teaching them to
walk in church. Very few women can
walk there properly. Some lope, some
swagger, some skip. others adopt q
mincing gait All these styles are
very inappropriate for church. A dig.
nifled, subdued gait alone Is suitable
for devotional purposes. Church Is
the best place for pupils in walking to
receive practical instruction, therefore
l have brought them here"
Great fathers" gasped the sexton.
What next?"
But he said no more till the walk
ing exercise was ended. Then he fol-
lowed the class to the door. 4
II hope" he said. you will practice
the lesson learned to-day by coming
here to church once in a while"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
TUNES FAIL TO KILL; MAY BUY.
Aged Flute Player Makes Sure by Try
Ing Score Of Pieces.

A little old man entered large
music shop and asked the assistant to
show him book Of flute music.
Here. sir, is very fine selection"
said the assistant, land cheap at half .
dollar, seeing that it contains no fewer
than 80 airs"
The old man took the book, opened
1t. and laid 1t on shelf. Then he took
his flute out of his coat pocket,
screwed 1t together and began to play
softly the first tune in the book.
When he had finished the first tune
he turned the page and played tho
second. Then he played the third.
An hour later he was still playing.
The assistant thought 1t was time to
hurry him up a bit.
well, SIR" he said, do you think
the book will suit your"
II like these 30 far very much.
thank you" said the old man, putting
his instrument to his lips again, but
I have only played half the tunes SO
far!"
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17

bridge. received most of the Evarts
people. When rybody had left, the
railroad tore down Its depot, great
gangs of men jerked the tracks from
their cedar ties and the short line
from Aberdeen was a thing Of the
past
Across the barren plains between
Aberdeen and Evarts millions upon
millions of cattle Of every description
had been carted in great long freight
cars to be eventually disposed of in
Chicago. Milwaukee. St. Louis, New
York, Buffalo and in fact all of the
big eastern marts Of trade. On August
1, 1908, came the official ending of the
town. All its books were closed on
that date: its employees were officially
dismissed then and their salaries to
that time were paid them. although
most Of the public officials and their
families had left Evarts several weeks,
some of them months before.
The casual observer, perhaps in a
launch may go up to the landing at
the center of the town and there tie
his craft for . tour of inspection, but
LIB SAOEL6 W uuSAISA tA0 Lny btSiAOuo
about what was once Evarts will be
fruitless. for everything of any value
whatsoever has been carried away
and scarcely a stick of wood was left
by the economical natives, who now
call themselves citizens Of other
South Dakota villages.
Scores Of towns have suffered the
same experience which befell Evarts,
but the latter's passage to oblivion
was perhaps more sudden. more spec
tacular and more regretted than any
which have got into the public prints
in q decade or more.
If you had happened" into Evarts
two years ago and then dropped few
days ago you would pinch yourself
twice to see II you were awake. This
by reason Of the contrast. Two yea-a
ago you would have seen roughly claa
cattlemen hurrying hither and thither.
engines pufnng along the sidetracks.
trainloads Of some Of tAs ~ cattle
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17

lMER1CAN towns and cities.
especially in the west, spring
up in a night and generally
they flourish and develop
with each year. Evarts, sit
uated ON the Missouri river
The new era. (Walden, Colo.) 1906-19??, 1908-09-17
English Sense Of Humor.

In one Of his burlesque sketches ON
English history Bill Nye spoke Of
Julius Caesars jumping into the water
As he approached the English coast,
wadirg ashore, running up to Lon
don, and walking through Regent
street
IAN acquaintance Of mine reported
to me-" said Mr.. Nye, that he had
asked an Englishman how he liked
the story. Not at all, not at ALL wa4
the reply. That fellow Nye doesnl
know what he's about. There WASN'T
aay Regent street then. you know