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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-09-30
Backyard.

Having established d BrsckyRfd AZ HANG
WI MAhkAs near Lepnardtown, bog 10 no.
Furnish Bricks oI all grades nf the following
qaah pFlcest VI y and 80 per M. Wen
y. r. 0REENWHLL,
LoonardtoWns Nd.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Prosperity of the Average Man.

do not know whether or not it has
ever been worked out as principle
of political economy, but anyhow it is
unquestionably true that wealth is by
nature not aristocratic, but demo-
cratic The poorer every other man is,
the poorer you are. The richer every
other man is,. the richer you are.
Every man whose earning power is
below par, below normal, Is a burden
on the community; he drags down
the whole level Of life, and every
other man in the community is poorer
by reason Of his presence, whether he
be white man, or negro, or what not.
Your unframed, inefficient man is not
only a poverty-breeder for himself,
but the contagion of it curses every
man in the community that is guilty
of leaving him unframed. The law
Of changeless justice DEGREES that you
must rise or fall, decline or prosper,
with your neighbor. You will be
richer for his wealth, poorer for his
poverty.
And SO to-day every man who is
tilling an acre of land in the South so
that it produces only half what intel
ligently directed labor would get out
of 1t is a burden on the community,
is dragging down the level OF life for
every other man il the community.
Suppose you ars his fellow-citizen;
then because of his inefhciency, his
poverty, because of his failure to corl-
tribute to public funds and public
movements, you must have poorer
roads, poorer schools, a meaner school
house and court house, shabbier
church, lower priced lands; your
teacher will be more poorly paid.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
How to Grow Satisfy and Passnips.


If you have never grown satisfy,
or as some call it, oyster plant, now
is the time in the South to sow the
seed. 1t needs deep and strong
garden soil, but not fresh narure, as
that is apt to make it grow forked.
The best place is after some early
crop, like early cabbage that has
been heavily maEured. Add to this
some acid phosphate, and you will
have good conditions for making sal
sify. The variety known as Sand
wich Island is the best.
Satisfy is very hardy plaat. and
in the South will grow all winter. 1t
is ready for use at any time after
winter sets in and will improve till
spring. The roots are boiled and
then made into cakes and fried and
they very greatly resemble oyster
fritters. Or they can be cut in pieces
and boiled soft and served with drawn
butter.
Parsnips can also be sown now.
and these demand the same condi-
tions as satisfy, and are, perfectly
hardy and improve with frost. But
do not handle the parsnip tops with
bare erms when wet, for the wet
leaves will blister the skin on parts
generally covered by clothing. I once
had a large patch of parsnip3 and
they needed thinning. told my fore
man to have them thinned, and before
1 got out in the morning fro1a my
classes he had set the men to work
with their sleeves rolled up. I
stopped them and told them to wash
their arms in water with little am
monia, but still they had watery blis-
tiers all over their arms, where they
touched the wet leaves. Wher the
leaves are dry they can be handled
without hurt.-W. F. Massey
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Never Drench Cattle

More cattle die from the effects OF
being drenched than from tubsrcu-
losis.
Perhaps the best tway of demonstrate
ing the danger of drenching cattle
is to advise the reader to throw back
his head as far as possible and at
tempt to swallow. This you will find
to be difficult task and you will find
1t much more difficult and almost i'm
possible to swallow with mouth opeR.
It is for this reason that drenching
cattle is dangerous practice. There
fore, If cows head be raised as high
as possible and her mouth kept open,
by the drenching bottle or horn, a
portion of the liquid is very APP; to
pass down the windpipe into the
lungs, sometimes causing instant
death by smothering. At other times
causing death to follow in few days
from congestion or Inflammation of
the lungs.
We are constantly receiving letters
at this Office describing the sudden
death or animals tnaC were alllng Wltn
such minor ailments as constipation
or loss of appetite, and upon investi-
cation find that they had been
drenched and the cause of their death
was due to same. This is oftentirles
proved by sending out one of our as
sistant veterinarians to hold pest
mortem upon such animals, only to
find that a portion Of the drench was
still in the lungs; other cases where
death had been prolonged and larer
the animal had died Of mechanical
pneumonia.
do not feel that the stock raisers
Of this country realize the danger in
drenching cattle and the enormous
financial loss brought about by same.
DIR, David Roberts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Harvesting Cowpea Hay.

When the first pods begin to ripen
the cowpeas are ready to cut. Now
in the forenoon. In the afternoon
rake and make up in small, compact
piles. They should be carefully built,
high and narrow-say, thirty iIches
in height and about as wide at the
bottom. This is continued day by
day, until the whole crop is cut. The
vim IS, in green, slightly wilted state,
settle down, leaves overlapping, and
be .ng heavy in the centre, and sloping
evenly ut the sides, make perfect
watershed; rain does not penetrate
tt q. mass. The piles should be left
undisturbed until perfectly dry and
cured. The sun and weather will
bleach the outside, but the inside will
be green and sweet. All hay should
be air-cured, but not sun-dried; hence
the advantage of raking while partly
wilted and curing in the cock. II
hay is allowed to cure in the swath
it. loses much Of its value by bleach
ing, and the leaves shatter in raking.
When dried end cured hay is put in
piles it does not pack, and rain goes
through it like sponge. Hay stacks
should always be topped off with
green stuff-swale hay or coarse
grass of some sort; this makes solid
waterproof roof, because it settles
down, by its verdant weight, to a
closely woven, compact mass.
The weather favoring, cowpea hay
will cure in four or five days, but If
rain interferes the piles should be left
undisturbed until dry. They may be
left three weeks without injury
When ready for hauling to the
barn, if the vines are cured, but
damp, begin about 10 o'clock and turn
each cook over with a fork, and the
whole mass will soon dry out. Care
should be taken not to tear the piles
apart; handle each one as separate
1wad" as far as possible in loading
and placing in the NOW. This keeps
the leaves from shattering and the
hay occupies less space in the NOW
and perhaps. keeps better.
This system costs nothing for
poles; there need be no worry on ac-
count Of foul weather, except for such
hay as may be left in the swath; the
leaves, which constitute the best part
of. the plant, are preserved in the very
best condition, and loading and un-
loading is conducted with the most
economical expenditure Of labor.
The value of cowpea hay in stock
feeding is better understood than ever
before, and ignorance Of safe and
practical method OF harvesting has
alone stood in the way Of a larger use
! Nf this crop Southern Planter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Sun Eetter Than. shaCc.

Concerning trees for the roadside,
my advice is, that the less trees on
the roadside the better for the roads,
either in summer or winter, writes a
correspondent of Orange Judd Farm
er. One reason is, thet il Summer
they shade the roads too much in
rainy weather. thereby l-seping the
roads wet too long whore there is too
much shade, while the otter parts OF
the road dry up quickly. In winter.
where there are trees on the road,
the snow accumulates, piles up too
much in windy weather. making it
difficult and sometimes dangerous to
travel, and takes longer in the spring
time to thaw away and consequently
keeps the roads much longer in bad
condition than If otherwise were the
case. I agree, however, with the sug-
gestion that on 160-acre farm, ten
acres should be devoted to trees.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
A Case .For Sympathy.

Two matrons of certain Western
city, whose respective matrimonial
ventures did not in the first instance
prove altogether satisfactory, met at
a woman's club one day. wien the
first matroa remarked:
Hattie, I met yolr 'ex,' dear old
Tom, the day before yesterday. We
talked much Of you
as that so?" asked the other "a
tron. "Dic ne seem sorry when you
told him of my second marriageo"
Indeed he did, and. said so most
frankly"
"Honest?"
Honest! He said ne was extreme
ly sorry, though, he added, he didn't
know the man personally. .p-Lippin,
colts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

The second forbids any of his family
from writing anything but small
hand, as it is waste of ink to make
large letters. The third stops lis
clock at night in order to save wear
and tear on the machinery. All Of
them decline to take their counf;y
paper on the ground that it is a ter
rible strain on their spectacles 10
read newspapers even in the DAY.
time. From the Boston Traveller.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Point Of Difference.

& Yes" said the bride >of three
short months, 'T had made up my
mind to remain in the spinster class,
then John appeared upon the scene
and + accepted him because he was
SO unlike other men,
Oh, Of course, he's different, !" re-
Piled the envious lady friend, "He
proposed. From the Yonkers
Statesman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Out of the Ordinary.

Gc--.a.l;;ne-"Why did you ask for
az iat-coduct:on to me and why do
you NOW, knowing so little of me, ask
ME 10 be your vife?"
Geraid-"I decided, the day that
saw you alignt from street car
and noticed that you did not get off
backward, that you were remark
able woman" New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
rhe doctor nodded.
Higher Mathematics.

A passenger on a New York and
Chicago Limited train, upon looking
under his berth in the morning, found
one black shoe and one tan shoe. He
called the porter's attention to the
error. The porter scratched his WOOL
ly head in bewilderment.
well, an don't dat beat ALI" he
said. Oats de second time dis
mawnin' dat dat mistakes hap,
neutrality-suspicious. Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Southern Agricultural Topics.
Modern Methods That Are Helpful to
Farmer, Fruit Grower and Stockman.

your preachers salary will be smaller,
your newspaper will have a smaller
circulation, your town will have
poorer market, your railroad smaller
traffic, your merchant smaller trade,
your bank smaller deposits, your
manufacturer diminished patronage,
and 80 on and SO on.-Progressive
Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

Speaking of tightwads, a little
Texas paper has unearthed a trium-
yirate of parsimony that make the
estimable Hetty Green look like O.
green and giddy young spendthrift.
1t says:
"It is reported that three of the
stingiest men in the State were in
town yesterday. One of them will
not drink as much water as he wants
Enless it is from another man IS well.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
How About Them?

The teacher was describing the dol
phin ard its habits.
"And children" she said impress
sively, ga single dolphin will have
two thousand offspring"
"Gooiness!" gasped little girl in
the back row. "And how about mar
ried ones" ?"-Everybody's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
An Offended Artist.

"TheTes no use O. talking said
Farmer Corntossel as he sat down on
the horse trough. 81 can't git along
with some O. these here summer
guests"
whats the trouble?"
81 have jes' been lectured by that
gooc-looki1, young woman with
glasses fur spilin' the color scheme
Of the garden by putin paris green
on the vegetables. Washington
Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Twins.

"Yas'm. Missus Johnsing has done
named the twins at last. Her old man
wanted to call 'em Pete and Repeat,
but she done thought that was too
common TO-: her family. But she
done hit it at last. She's goin' to have
'em baptized Max and Climax. In
dianapolis News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Us Germans.

Some Federal officers in the Civil
War once songht shelter for the night
in an old, tumbledown shack. About
two o'clock a polecat announced its
presence in its own peculiar way. A
German sat up and looked helplessly
about linn. The others were all
sleeping peacefully.
"Mein Gott!" he exclaimed in
tones of despair. "All the resht
ashleep, unG I've got to smell 1t ALI"
-Everybod!'s Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
A Eenefcent Rule.

$50 you are niaety-four years old!
To what do you attribute your long
life?"
"A good many things have con.
tributed to it, the most important,
I think, being the care which J. have
always taken not to get into fight
with a bigger man than myself
Chicago Record-Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

The strongest, blacklist Kentucky
or Missouri tobacco, if kept and prop
erly cured for two or three years,
whether chewed or smoked, has the
smoothest, finest effect upon the sys-
tenn Of, any tobacco extan&. >-.-.--.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
To Protect a Glut or Wedge.

After giving it tho proper shape
and length take piece Of tin or sheet
iron and bend it over the be6eled end
and fasten with small tack. Then
take a piece of wire such as comes off
baled hay and wrap it round the top
end of the glut (that is the name we
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
The Doctor Explained.

The doctor had brought a patient
to the hospital. The operation was
not to be a complicated one.
"Was it really necessary for the
patient to- go to the hospital" asked
somebody.
The doctor nodded
ayes" he replied. at means a
roof for che new house I am build.
ng."--Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
|zZ'YE,'zz
,plowed. Plant and cultivate one
-=~.

Is plowed. Plant and cultivate one
row each side of line until beans be-
gin to vine, then set pole slanting,
tying them together where they cross
at the wire. This braces the whole
row, explains Farm and Home, and
beans can be cultivated with hoe.
Hills three feet apart in row with
one vine to hill are better than two
vines.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Seemed So.

Ella-"Fred is always in te7
wake"
Stella-"Is she dead cne?"
Ella-"What do you mean?"
Stella-"Ske must be, to have Q
wake. New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Undecided.

did you ever have arpendicitis?"
said the insurance man.
Well" answered the sEeptic, II
was operated on.ii. But I never felt
sure whether it was a case OF appen-
dicitis or case of professional curl.
osity. y."-Washingt Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
A Minifxine Estimate.

"D6es your son know the value Of
a dol'ar?"
yes" answered Mr.. .Cumroz, che
has some idea of it. He knows bette:
than TO invite the scorn Of the waiter
al whose table he dimes by Offering
him one as tip. Washington Star,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

gave them when 1 used to spills rails):'
now twist the ends together, to keep
the glut from fraying. Such glut is
a good substitute for an iron wedge.
1t is necessary to give check with an
ak for start.-Ambrose Blsney, in
The Epitomjst.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
The Goods.

awe live in exacting times"
Gas to how?"
Gone must deliver the goods, and
yet not be caught with them. -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Humor Came on Legs and Ankles
Could Not Wear Shoes Because
of Rad Scaling and Itching,

II have been successfully cured of dry
eczema. l was inspecting the removal of
noxious weeds from the edge of river and
was constantly in the dust from the weeds.
At night l cleansed my limbs but felt q
prickly sensation. paid no attention to it
for two years but I noticed scum on my
legs like fish scales. / did not attend to it
until it came to be too itchy and sore and
began getting two running sores. My
ankles were oil sore and scabby and could
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
No Chance.

st think it's wrong for married
man to gamble"
"I.'s worse than wrong. It's idi-
otic. His wife gives him fits II no
loses, and confscates the proceeds If
he wins louisville Cour!cr-Jour'
ral.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15

.ne surest remedy for cramps, collie and
diarrhea is Painkiller perry Davis'(: Get
the genuine. 25c, 35c. and 50;. bottles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Diversity of thought is the initia
point of mental development.
WHAT is PAINT !?

The paint on house is the extreme
outside Of the house. The wood ID
simply structural under layer. That
is as it should be. Unprotected wood
will not well Withstand weather. But
paint made of pure white lead and
linseed oil is an invulnerable armor
against sun and rain, heat and cold.
Such paint protects and preserves,
fortifying the perishable wood with a
complete metallic casing.
And the outside of the house is the
looks of the house. A we'll construct
ed building may be greatly depre-
ciated by lack of painting or by poor
painting.
National Lead Company have made
it possible for every building owner
to be absolutely sure of pure white
lead paint before applying. They do
this by putting upon every package
of their white lead their Dutch Boy
Painter trademark. That trademark
is complete guarantee. =.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Weak the conflict of one hand.

Rough on Rats, unbeatable exterminator.
Rough on Hen Lice, Nest Powder, Csc.
Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd, 25c.
Rough on Fleas, Powder or Liquid, 25c.
Rough on Reaches Pow'd, 15c., Liq'd, 2Sc.
Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c.
Rough on Skeeters, agreeable in use, 2sc.
E. S. Wells, Chemist, Jersey City, N. j.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Confusing Melody.

Knicker: "FIoy do you like the
new chimes 2"
Booker: Cline; they get my wife
so mixed she doesn't know what time
I come home.''- York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
lpfrnrnn aR 81 geana
1900 00D@~ GO 80 S>So@@
sN0SS C-S0 $oSoS@,W~Sa
automobiles and Good Eoads.

Automobiles and Good Eoads.
In the making of good roads in this
country there is always a new mud
nole in the way. Wherefore the work
moves slowly. There is steady pro-
sress toward the desired results; but
the most earnest and active figures in
che movement can but admit that,
considering the amount of energy and
brains put Tito the work in recent
years, results arenot what they should
be. Bad luck, which is apparently
sometimes sent to test the metal Of
men and measures, has waited upon
the good roads advocates, and when
this fact lis considered the degree Of
success attained by them In many
States is evidence Of an indomitable
resolution and an unfaltering 9aith In
the final triumph of public tntelli-
gence. It would seem at times as II
the hard roads people work the hard
est to get out Of one mudhole, as
means Of discovering, as soon as pos
sible, how far it may be to the next
one. Their curiosity. and untiring
energy in satisfying it, has shown that
the holes are never far apart.
The ancient and universal preju-
dice in rural districts against the cost
of such undertakings has Of late years
shown some signs Of abating. The
farmer has had to be shown that the
cost would return to him in increased
value Of lands and better opportuni-
ties for getting his product to market
at saving of time, which,, with every
farmer, as with everybody else, is
money. The farmer is shrewd busi-
ness man. He has studied the prob
lem closely, and had reached the
point of admitting that It had two
sides before the inauguration and
rapid extension of rural mail delivery
gave the good roads advocate another
argument with which to appeal to
him.
The extension of electric lines into
farm sections has also contributed
something TO make the farmer more
open to conviction. The objection is
no longer .as to the disparity between
cost and return, but it lies now
against "dudes on rubber tires" and
there is the mudhole in the good road
It is the crazy automobilist who is
turning back the hands of the clock
and stopping the wheels of progress
The farmer is getting ready to consid.
er the advisability of taxing himself
for the gain of wealth, but not fol
loss Of life or limb. And it cannot
be denied that, on many good
stretches of road in this country
built at the expense of the owners o!
abutting lands, there have been con:
slant efforts to rival the chariot races
in Ben Hur. This is the new mud
/ hole in the good roads movement, ant
it must be admitted to be deep one
Numerous appeals to automobilists b!
good roads advocates have been made
to give them a lift out of the mud By
reducing their time schedule and go
| Ing out of opposition to the railroad
! lines, unless. indeed. like railroads
they are willing to incorporate them
selves and put up their own none!
| for their own roadways.-Epitomist
4
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Good Advice.

It Is particularly advisable, in the
use of concrete for a surfacing ma
terial, and on account Of its mono
lithic nature that all sewer pipes,
conduits and mines for public util-
tiles. with their house connections.
as are likely to become necessary for
a number of years in the future,
should be installed during the build
ing Of the road to avoid. disturbing
the pavement after it has been laid.
It is possible, undoubtedly, to restore
a pavement that has been torn up
for the placing Of pipes, SO that it will
not show appreciable damage, but
the fact is that the care necessary to
accomplish this result is seldom or
never taken by those in charge Of the
work of repair and the pavement de-
teriorates and is destroyed much
sooner than it should be, entailing
large expense on the taxpayers in ad-
dition to the inconvenience Of having
the street repeatedly torn up.-Good
Roads MAGAZINE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
easy way to Pole Beans.

Set posts at convenient distances
apart and stretch q wire atsfhe top.
This may be done as soon as ground
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
Either Finishes It.

Lawyer: "What is your occupa.
toni"
Witness: "I'm piano fnisher."
Lawyer: "Be little more definite
Do you polish them or move them9''
Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
CUTICURA CURED HIS ECZEMA.

Temptation is the anvil upon which
manhood is forged. So. $780,,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
There's a Difference.

"Isn't stiffness the same as
silence?" asks the little girl next
door.
"No, indeed" explains the little
girl next door to her. "Silence is
when there isn't anybody at all in
the parlor, and stiffness is what you
don't hear when your big sister and
her beau are there. Life.
In darkness, in light, in sorrow, in
blight,
Be an optimist ever and things will
come right.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-09-15
More Information For Rollo.

Father" said little Roilo, what
S appendicitis?Y
"NlN SON." answered the cynical