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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-07-25

The United States CircuiC
Court of Appeals has reversed
the judgment cf Judge Land S
in the case in which he fined the
STANDARD Oil Co. 500, ,24O, 900
tor accepting rebates. But the
end is not yet.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-07-25

Mr.. III. II. Taylor, who lives
on Mr.. }. j. SmalPs place in Flat
Greek township, captured cou-
pie Of biddies the other day that
had evidently been Matched out
by a partridge, which they were
following.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-07-25

hennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup acts
gently upOL the bowels and thereby
drives the cold out of the system and
at the same time it allays Intiamma-
tlon and stops irritation. Children
like ii sold by All Druggists. W 4 5
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-07-25

The Scranton, Pa, man who
married his cook wants divorce
because she doesn't know how TO
darn socks. s.-Anderson Mail.
Why should he care a darn so
long as she's a good cook?
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-07-25
Weak Kidneys

xss::s Ss' Psas e. e a. xsst .ns d9s. e.
Stomach. fnd their weakness not ip the organ
itself. but IN the nerves that control and guide
medicine specifically prepared % reach thess
controlling nerves. To doctor the Kidneys alone
we'll.
II your back aches or is weak. II the urine
scalds or is dark and strong, II you have symptoms
OF Brights or other distressing or dangerous kid.
1ey disease, try DR.. Shoop's Restorativea month
Tablets or Lquid-and see what Il can and win
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-07-25

According to the August a
Chronicle, st. Louis has a DO
liceman named He'll. Wonder
if he ever catches himself.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-07-25
TRADE AND THE PUBLIC ROADS

hindered the progress of Winns
boro in the past. There were
suggestions many, but one spec
tally that is worthy of consider
alton. 1t was said that there is
not an instance in which the
people living in Winnsboro have
contributed TO the improving of
a single road leading into town.
The foregoing is the introduc
tory paragraph of leading edi-
torial in this weeks Winnsboro
News and Herald on the road
question as it relates to the trade
of that town. Further on in the
article our esteemed contempo-
rary shows conclusively why it
is TO the interest OF the business
men of Winnsb0ro to raise by
subscription or otherwise sum
of money, as large as possible, to
be expended in improving the
roads leading into the town. In
it's conclusion the News and
Herald says:
Fairfield county is rich in re-
sources. Wlnnsboro is the ma.
tural market for the most of the
produce that is raised in this
county. The one thing that
more than anything else prevents
the town from getting the trade
that naturally belongs to 1t is the
roads that lead into town. There
is nothing else that would so
stimulate trade in this section as
the improving of the public
highways. A start must be made.
What is so we'll said of Wlnns
boro is equally true as to many
other towns in the State, Lam
caster among the number. 1t
would be interesting to know,
even approximately, what this
community loses annually in
trade on account of the condition
of the roads. 1t certainly
amounts to a good many thous-
an1s OF dollars. Monroe, Wax
haw, Kershaw and other points,
each get a large trade that would
naturally come 10 Lancaster were
the roads leading 10 this town in
good condition, particularly dur
ing the cotton marketing and
fertilizer hauling seasons.
1t was only the other day that
Mr.. William Hayes, one Of the
best farmers OF the county, load.
ed his wagons with corn, carried
he grain 10 Monroe and sold it
for a 81 a hushel, when he knew
before he lett home that be could
sell it on the Lancaster market
for 81 .O5. Why did he take his
corn to Monroe, which is farther
from his home than is Lancaster.
and sell it tor less money than
hp had hcap ffere1 hpyF1 Sim
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-07-25
DR.. Shoop's
Restorative
rGNDtRBu2N PHARMACY.
~UNDtRBu2K PHARMACY.

time the stores close on Saturday
night. But we have discu ssed
this subject so much that it has
become threadbare.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
Wheat and Gold.
BY AGNES C. LAUT.

If I should tell you of a new gold
mine which yielded more gold in a
single year than Alaska has yielded
In all the years since gold was first
discovered there-can you imagine
the stampede of people from town
AID country, from the big city and
the village hamlet? / once had the
luck, or ill-luck, to be present in
such a stampede to one of the minor
gold fields. l was on one of the first
trains to enter the new camp. Men
and boys climbed in the engine, on
the cowcatcher, on the coal tender.
Talk of standing room. The train
was packed literally two and three
deep; for men, and women too,
crowded from the interior of the cars,
clambered to the roofs and perched
on the trainmen's planking, out-hoot.
ing the engine, shouting themselves
hoarse, as the train whistle an.
nounced the beginning of the jour
ney to the gold mines. Yet that gold
camp had not produced ten millions
OF gold in year; and its total gold
production since has not reached
forty million.
If I should tell you-and prove up
my telling-of gold mine that pro.
duced more gold in single year than
California and Nevada and Arizona
and Alaska have produced in all time,
what kind of fool would you think
yourself for not knowing about that
mine? What kind OF fool would
you think yourself for not investing
in that mine, for not getting in on
the ground floor and backing up the
engineers who exploited it with sal.
aries that would put the Steel Trust
to the blush? The Steel Trust has a
capital of P billion plus, and thinks
it does wen to pay dividends of four
or six per cent. The mine of which
write pays yearly dividends equal
to fifty per cent. on the capital of the
Steel Trust; or a half a billion dol.
lars yearly.
Such mine is Americas wheat
hard and soft and semi-hard, Red
Fife and Blue Stem and Turkish Red
and Durum, and all the subdivisions
and crosses and re-crosses of these,
which have so multiplied that thor.
oughbred or pedigreed wheat to-day
must be named and Catalogued by
numbers as pure-blood stock is reg
istered. - From Harvesting the
Wheat" in The Outing Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
Good Digestion Follows Right Food.

Indigestion and the attendant dis
comforts of mind and body are GER
tain to follow continued use of impro-
per food.
Inose who are still young and ro-
bust are likely to overlook the fact
that, as dropping water will wear a
stone away at last, so will the use OF
heavy, greasy, rich food finally cause
loss Of appetite and indigestion.
Fortunately many are thoughtful
enough to study themselves and note
the principle of Cause and Effect in
their daily food. A N. Y. young wom-
an writes her experience thus:
Some time ago had lot of trou-
BILE from indigestion, caused by too
rich food. got so was unable to
digest scarcely anything, and medi-
cines seemed useless.
"A friend advised me to try Grape
Nuts food, praising it highly. and as
last resort tried 1t. l am thank
full to say that Grape-Nuts not only
relieved me of my trouble, but built
me up and strengthened my digestive
organs so that can now eat anything
desire. But stick to Grape-Nuts. "
There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read The Road to
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time TO time.
They are genuine, true and full of hui
man interest.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12

Snow Balls.-One cup sugar, one
cup flour, two tablespoons milk, one
teaspoon baking powder, three eggs:
flavor with lemon. Put one table,
spoon in a buttered cup and steam
twenty minutes. Roll in powdered
sugar while hot.
Heavenly Hash.-Three quarts cur
rants, stemmed, one quart red rasp-
berries, tire pounds sugar, one
pound raisins chopped fine, three or
anges, peel and all chopped fine. Boil
all together slowly until thick two or
three hours or less, according to juic-
mess of fruit. Delicious with meats.
Apple SuOr.-Whites of three eggs,
three-quarter cup apple pulp. Pare,
quarter and core four sour apples,
steam until soft and rub through
sieve; there should be three-quarter
cup apple pulp. Beat on a platter
whites of eggs until stiff (using wire
whiSk); add gradually apple sweet
ened to taste and continue beating.
Pile lightly on glass dish and place on
ice to cool.
One Egg Cake.-One-quarter cup
butter, one-half cup sugar, one egg,
one-half cup milk, one and a half
cups -four, two and half teaspoons
baking powder. Cream the butter,
add sugar gradually and egg we'll
beaten. Mix and sift -four and bak-
ing powder, add alternately with
milk to first mixture. Bake thirty
minutes in shallow pan. Spread with
chocolate frosting.
Potatoes, Somerset StyIe.-To two
cups hot riCed potatoes add two tea
spoons butter, one-half cup grated
cheese, yolks three eggs. slightly
beaten one-half teaspoon salt and
few grains cayenne pepper; shape in
forms of birds, dip in crumb, egg and
crumbs, insert slices of raw potato
cut to represent wings and tail, and
cloves to represent eyes. Fry in deep
fat and drain on brown paper.
Veal Loaf. - Wipe three pounds
lean veal and remove skin and men,
brane. Chop finely or force through
meat chopper, then add One-half
pound fat salt pork (albo finely
chopped, six common crackers,
tablespoon salt, one-half tablespoon
(rolled), four tablespoons cream, one
pepper, and a few drops onion juice.
Pack in a small bread pan, brush with
white of an egg and bake slowly three
hours, basting with one-quarter cup
nork fat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12

sIasm for him increases with each
tick of the chronometsr.
After It was over | counted up
the gate receipts and found that there
was $3.50 left for me after paying eX-
penses. l went back to the hotel in q
fever and fervor Of exultation. A
squat, well dressed, curly haired man,
with a swarthy skin and a thick
black mustache, was talking with the
landlord when | strolled into the ho-
tel ONCE. The stranger turned and
smiled a very agreeable smile when
he saw me.
"'My friend he said to me, hold
ing out his hand, I congratulate you.
| listened to your lecture. 1t was
and as he was foreigner he halted
for a word-'lmmense. When | re-
turn to my own country am going
to give an illustrated lecture on IT.
bet.
"'Oh, you've been in Tibet, them
l said to him.
"'Oh, no he replied, still smiling
that engaging smile. That's why
I'm going to lecture on it.
THAT squat man was sure enough
green tourist and scholar who had
just happened to drop into Walla
Walla in time to hear nee lecture
about Greece. The memory of his
saturnine grin is a nightmare to me
yet. Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
CURE FOR SNAKE BITE.
How RahChman Treated Wound
When Far From a Settlement.

How Rahchman Treated Wound
When Far From Settlement.
Bitten by a rattlesnake in the calf
of the right leg in the Santa Ana
Mountains last Saturday, John Nc
CorniCk, a rancher of Grapeland,
saved his life by making an incision
with his pocket knife and inserting
piece of the reptiles flesh in the
wound. He bandaged 1t tightly and
walked seven hours before he reached
his ranch, where he could receive
medical treatment. DR.. Summer j.
Quint was called from Los Angeles to
attend Mccormick. When he arrived
he found that his patient was suffer
ing from a slight poisoning. He de-
clares that Mccormick saved his life
by his own treatment.
Mccormick was hunting through
scrub oak when he felt a peculiar
sting in his leg. He looked down
and saw the snake dragging on the
ground as he walked. Its fangs had
become fastened in his leggings and
it was unable to withdraw them.
With the butt of his gun McCor-
nick knocked the snake off and then
crushed its head with his heel. Aa
quickly as possible he ran into the
open and carried the snake with him.
When he barred his leg he squeezed
all the blood he could out of the two
punctures which the fangs had made.
Then he opened a cash, cutting
through the two wounds and letting
out the blood and poison. He cut
a piece of flesh out of the snakes
back and inserted 1t in the wound.
Mccormick used his Handkerchief for
bandages and then tied his leg again
just above the knee to stop the poi
son from working through his sys-
TEN.
Mccormick was miles from any set
Element where he could secure medi-
cal attendance. so he started back to
Grapeland. His leg pulsated with
pain and he soon became deathly sick
In his weakened condition he was
compelled to rest on the road time
and again. When he finally reached
home he was almost exhausted and
his leg was dreadfully swollen and
almost black.
Mccormick says that his treatment
was famous among the Indians for
snake bites and he has known of a
number of instances where its appli-
cation has saved lives.--Los Angeles
Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
Wool.

Wool Is raised extensively in all
parts OF the United States, including
Wall Street. 1t is used as garment
for wolves and to adjust over peoples
eyes. In Wall Street wool takes the
form of fleece and is highly priced as
protection for both bulls and bears,
who are often too thinly clad for their
own comfort. Thus the tender lamb
is glad to help out its brothers in dis
tress. The shearing hours are from
10 to 3.
Wool is obtained from sheep that
we remember to have seen in oil
paintings dotting the landscape. Dot
ting the landscape is, however, not an
occupation in itself, but is only a
means toward an end. Most of 1t
is imported to other countries, but
occasionally traces of 1t are found
in our domestic wooden underwear.
The phrase "All wool and a yard
wide" was invented before the mod
ern laundryman. Since his advent it
has been revised to IAN wool and
three inches wide"
Sheep are very simple in their hab-
its. and although they never use hair
tonics, or wash or dress their hair
every night before going to bed, they
seldom become bald or obliged to sit
in the front row. Their name is also
always the same, so they are not like
ly TO get lost. When we say sheep
we simply mean lot of Sleeps gath
cred together.-Succes Magazine.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
Take Your Choice.

A learned Judge was explaining the
intricacies of evidence to young
friend and gave the following story in
regard to conflicting evidence:
Usually, he said, one statement is
far more probable than the other, sc
that we can decide easily which to
believe. 1t is like the boy and the
house-hunter. The house-hunter, get,
ting off train at a suburban station
said to boy.
my lad, am looking for Mr.
Smithson's new block Of semi-de'
tached houses. How far are they
from here%
About twenty minutes walk" the
boy replied.
Twenty minutes!" exclaimed the
house-hunter. Nonsense! The ad.
vertisement says FIVE"
We'll" said the boy, "you can be.
lieve me or you can believe the ad,
vertisement, but l amt trying to
make a sale. "-Washington Star
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
Tie
General Dem and

Of the Well-Inforned of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; a Laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
Wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt in action.
In Supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination Of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir Of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one Of many reasons why
Syrup Of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine-manufactured by the Cali
iornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists, Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
Mover Worried Hcrself.

In declaring that she never knew
her husband S first name Mrs. Esther
Nieman, OF Monroe street, created
laughter at the central police court
II have always called HIM Pop
from the .,rst day married him, and
as he did not object never worried
myself about his first name said
Mrs. Nieman, who had her husband
arrested on the charge Of failing to
support her.
The accused husband by direction
Of the magistrate was Undue / to tell
his wife his full name.
Certainly, I'm glad to do it," re.
marked the defendant, but | think
my wife has known right along that
am Jacob Nieman. philadelphia
INQUIRER.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
Progressive Christianity.

Bishop Potter" said a New York
clergyman, was progressive, but he
thought that some churches went too
far in their effort to attract the pub.
lie.
HE was talking to me very serious.
ly one day about churches that give
moving picture entertainments, and
hire actors and opera singers, and
have billiard rooms, and allow smok
ing-and all of q sudden he broke of
with a laugh.
"'Why, Jim,' he said, If this keeps
on, things will come to such a pass
that when the wife, putting her head
out of the window at o'clock in the
morning, and sternly asking her hus.
band where he has been, will be met
with the startling reply:
"'"I been-hic-to church, M
dear! '"-Washington Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
FARM AND HOME.


Alfalfa is gaining ia popularity In
every section tried, The Vermont
Agricultural Station gives the results
Of alfalfa growing in that State. The
average total yield per acre ranged
nom two and a half to six tons. The
methods of culture Endorsed include
thorough preparation Of the soil early
seeding with grain, preferably with
oats, the use of twenty pounds OF
seed per acre, a light annual top
dressing With commercial fertilizer,
and the use Of land free from weeds,
especially quack grass and doddpr.
On proper soil the crop had fair 5 -.
cess, and all the growers interested
pronounced it profitable, particularly
on certain kinds of soil Grayelly OF
slaty clay loans with good natural
undertakings and gently slipping to
provide surface drainage gave the
best results.-America Cultiyator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12

Considerable discussion is being
caused among the medical fraternity
by the increased use OF whiskey for
rheumatism. 1t is an almost infalli-
Bile cure when mixed with certain
other ingredients and taken properly
The following formula Is effective:
ITO one-half pint of good whiskey
add one ounce of Toris Compound
and one ounce of Syrup Sarsaparilla
Compound. Take in tablespoonful
doses before each meal and before re-
firing"
Toris Compound Is a product OF
the laboratories Of the Globe Pharma-
ceutical Co., Chicago, but it as well
as the other ingredients can be had
from any good druggist.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
DOMESTIC PETS.
Parrots, Dogs and Cats as Home
Animals.

Animals.
Some people are born with a love
for domestic pets; others have do.
nestle pets thrust upon them. One
of whom, as Artemus Ward used 20
say we are which To the domestic
pet in reason we do not object A
dog here, or cat there, finds in us
warm supporter. 1t is when dOmes
tic pets become numerically eXces
sive that we object. We may stand
alone in this respect, but we must
confess to a personal prejudice
against parrots. The parrot is Il
bird which, in its native Businesses
may deserve and win all considera-
ton and respect. In the forest which
is its home, it may squawk to its
hearts content, to the delight of its
mates and the establishment of the
peripatetic human being. But in ar
English home we respectfully submit
that it is out of place. 1t makes a
noise which is neither pretty nor sub.
dued. Its remarks, when ineligible,
are foolish and beside the point, and
it bites like blazes. He is not vic
ious," said a parrot owner to us re.
Gently, casting a fatherly eye over
the green and red lump OF winged
sin in the cage, "only playful. II
nearly nipped my thumb off yester
day." he added. We backed away.
No. AS pets parrots cannot be al.
lowed to pass. Dogs should not ex-
coed 81 XII number, and cats should
differ in color from the hearth rug.
With these restrictions, let the cult
of the domestic pet continuation.
don Globe.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
III. Ninety and Nine.

A certain minis or was deeply inn
pressed by an address on the evils Of
smoking given at recent synod. He
rose from his seat, went over to fell
low minister. and said:
Brother, this morning | received a
present of 100 good cigars. have
smoked one of them, but now I'm 60
ing home and burn the remainder in
the fire"
The other minister arose, and said
it was his intention 10 accompany his
reverend brother.
Il mean to rescue the ninety and
nine" he added.-Phladelp Ledg.
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1908-12-12
DAirY Barns.

The Maryland Agricultural Expert.
ment Station received an appropria-
zion of $4,000 in 1907 for the purpose
81 constructing a new dairy barn. Ma
serial was high and labor scarce, and
che problem of building a modern
dairy barn for experimental purposes
With that amount OF money was
solved in the following manner:
A small movable sawmill was Sc
cured, and most of the required lum-
her sawed from the college farm
forces, which consists of five acres Of
oak, pine and poplar trees.
Gravel for the concrete was OBJ
tanned from a small stream which
runs through one corner of the farm.
One two-story barn ten by fifty feet
and two single story barns thirty-six
by sixty feet were accordingly con-
structed.
Concrete was used for the walls of
the single story barns, and for the
first story of the large barn. The
floors and space between the barns
are all of cement.
The lumber and slate shingles
from an old dairy barn. which was
torn down, were also utilized in build
ing the new ones.
The object of the three-barn sys-
tenn is to compare the differences in
their efficiency, sanitation and praC-
ticability.
The first single-story barn is an
open barn; that is, having four feet
of open space between the roof caves
and the top of the walls. This barn
may be used for sickly cows as
fresh air treatment-a guard against
tuberculosis. Muslin curtains may be
used here in cold weather. The King
system of ventilation, with ample
window space for light and muslin
curtain ventilation, installed in the
other two barns.
The open barn has no stalls, bnt Is
provided with a side room into which
three cows may be driven simulta-
neously at one entrance, fed and
MIXED. and let out at another. The
other single story barn Is equipped
Win thirty
The cement managers slope Just
enough to permit water to flow from
a hydrant at one end to a drain at
the other. Cows may thus be wat
cred on cold days without being eX-
posed to severe weather, and the wat
err may be drawn off before becoming
stale. Removable sheet iron parti-
tons are inserted in the managers at
regular intervals to separate space
for each COW during feeding time.
The two-story barn contains the
same kind of stalls as the other; also
stalls for calves and box stalls for
bulls and cows during sickness or
confinement. 1t has a cooling room
and bath room on the first floor, and
rooms for grain and hay on the sec
Ond. The cooling room is located on
the side next to the small barns and
Is easily accessible from all three.
Three slos are in process of con-
struCtion. Various crops will be
used for ensilage and soiling in our
experimental work.
We hope TO secure some interesting
data from the results thus obtained
in connection with the use of the
three different styles of dairy barns.
&C. w. Melick, of Maryland Agri>
cultural College Farm.