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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Crnss Fed Reef.


Professor Humford in referring TO
his six months observations wtiie IN
Argentina. South america, says that
very fine herds OF cattle are produced
in Argentina without a nouthful of
grain. These cattle are fed simply
grass and alfalfa and were never in a
stable. He saw breeding cattle in
extra fine flesh On alfalfa pasture.
Grass fed mutton has gone from
Argentina to London market too fat
to sell. On one ranch of 1907 900
acres there are 1860 cattle, 10000
sheep and 1000 horses-all market
fat without a pound of grain. Most
of the cattle country is fiat and level
and the climate Is ideal for growing,
as blizzards and severe weather are
unknown.
Argentina is q real competitor of
the United States and has during the
past three years. shipped considerable
more beef to Great Britain than has
our own country. The beef can be
delivered in London from Argentina
as cheaply as it can from Chicago.
Our beef growers have not awak-
ened to the dangerous competition of
the South American country. but the
facts IRE indisputable. Our great
ranges have practically disappeared
and new methods of beef raising are
coming into practice. But still bet
ter methods must be adopted, else it
will be- impossible for our farmers to
raise cattle probably on our high
priced lands in competition with our
southern competitors.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
TIE sILo AND ALFALFA.

Professor ". j.. Fraser, of the Hi
nois Agricultural College, in referring
to silage and alfalfa as great helps
for the dairy farmer says:
The summer silo gives the best and
most economical protection of all
against drouth.
One of the very greatest crops for
the dairyman, and one which is now
being successfully grown on thou
sands of farms in Illinois, is alfalfa.
ivory dairyman should have a patch
~ ,,o,l- II,o
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Reflections of 4 Bachelor.

The way to learn to hate q man is
for him to succeed where you fail.
We fix our eye so intently on our
little virtues that we can't see our
big faults.
A woman would rather have YOU
make love to her and not mean it
than mean it and not do It.
Where a farmer has a grand time
is being able to put all the blame for
his mistakes on the weather.
All women's feet would be very
tiny If they were up around their
knees, where nobody could possibly
see them.-New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Care of Horses.

The hide and flesh OF a young horse
are more tender than those Of an old
work horse. If the shoulders of the
young horse are allowed to become
sore during the first seasons work 1t
is likely that, they will be sore or ten
der all the rest of the animals life.
If the young horse passes through the
first season without injury the Shout
ders become toughened, and with
good treatment are likely never to be-
come sore.-Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Developing Milking Strain.

Experiments in developing a milk,
ing strain of short horn cattle have
been begun by the dairy division of
the United States Department of
Agriculture in cooperation with the
Minnesota Experiment Station and
with nine Minnesota breeders, the lat
ter having agreed to allow their herds
to be used and to manage them &C
cording to the instructions of the de-
partnent.-Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Good Scheme.

Tall Office Boy-"What's the cid
man giving YOU his good cigars to
smoke for? Does he want YOU to cut
out cigarettes?'
Short Office Boy-"Naw, His wife
IS coming down to make a touch be-
fore she goes shopping. and he wants
her to think no is ont,"-Boston Post
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

ever date the pasture l....
it is difficult to have a constant sup
ply Of other soiling crops in the right
stage of maturity at and during the
uncertain time of the drouth.
Never, under any conditions, allow
the COWS to so hungry and suffer loss
of milk during the summer drouth,
which for several reasons is the most
trying season for the dairy herd.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
pLoW DEEPLY.

Pillow deeply in the fall and apply a
liberal dressing of we'll rotted manure
on the garden plat, Then plow and
thoroughly pulverize the soil early in
the spring, rememberingthat ground
we'll prepared is half cultivated" Buy
seed from a reliable scotsman and
the possibility of disappointment in
results will be remote. Farmers
Home Journal,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
She Never Let Go.

It was a wizened little man who
appeared before the judge and
charged his wife with cruel ana
abusive treatment. His deetter half
was a big, square-jawed woman with
a determined eye.
I'm the first place, where did you
meet this woman who, according to
your story, has treated you SO dread
fully?" asked the judge.
well" replied the little man, MAX
ing a brave attempt to glare defantly
at his wife, 81 never did meet her.
She just kind of overlook me -.
New York JoIrnal
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
GOING BERRYING.

The pleasure of huckleberrying is
due to the season, the late summer
time. The poignant joys of early
spring are passed, and the exuberance
of early summer, while the keen
stimulus OF early fall has not yet
come. Things are at poise. The hay
ing is over, the meadows, shorn OF
their rich grass, lie tawny-green IN
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Horrible Example.

Mrs. Hartman now is said to be
the richest widow in the world. If
Hetty Green had saved her money in
stead of blowing it recklessly for SIS
flats and thirty-nine-cent hats she
might have been able to make a
showing in that line,-Chicago News
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24

Within two years from the great
earthquake which undid San Fran
cisco, that heroic city has put $780,
00O,G into building operations, of
which, according TO trustworthy state
ment, all but S4,000.009 came from
local sources,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
To His Wife.

Perhaps the wife whose remains lie
beneath the following epitaph would
be pleased at the sentiment, could she
read it once; could she read it twice,
she would probably look for the
broomstick-and her husband:
"Thou hast gone before me
TO thy last, long sleep;
Tears cannot restore thee
Therefore | weep.
by her husband
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
ACCEPTED ON IT'S MERITS.

"My money is as good as any
body's," said the aggressive citizen.
Yes answered Miss Cayenne,
fortunately for our commercial sys-
TEN, a dollar is not judged by the
company it keeps" - Washington
Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
FRYING TO A HIM.

O what school does that novelist
lg?"
don't know. Dut from the re.
liable theories ne ppesents l should
$ that he is a Chicago college
~ssor."-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
A TO A FRAGILE.

az don't notice so many references
to the Man in the Iron Mask as used
to-"
mo; those automobile goggles
have made him seem quite a common
place parsonage" - Boston Trans
cript
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
OF MIND.

well, SIR" said the aviator, Eve
had reached the height of a thousand
feet when our motor broke
Good heavens" cried an excited
listener.
Down, down We rushed at ire
mendous speed. 1t seemed as if Moth
ing could save us from destruction,
nothing. Suddenly 1 had an inspira-
ton. Reaching aloft, 1 grasped the
skyline and hung on for dear life. A
cheer broke from the crowd below.
We were saved."-Boston Transcript
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
RANG WENT TUPPENcE.

Frugal North Briton Gin his first
experience of a taxi)-"Here, mon,
stop! l haze a weak heart. l Gamma
stand that hang't wee machine O.
yours markin' up thae tuppences.'-
Punch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
HARDLY COMPLIMENTARY

Griggs-"Hickson wants to borrow
some money of me Do you know
anything about him?"
Briggs-"I know him as we'll as |
do you. l wouldn't let him have a
cent"
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FIERY PARTICULARS.

"Here, this writer in describing the
fire says the flames ran along at a
rapid pace. 1 wonder what sort Of a
path they ran on?"
"Must have been a cinder path
Baltimore American.
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IS @sIDWE1@{
e NnlNV
DV{N5 ON
FoR PREVENTING BLIGHT.

To prevent the loss Of muskmelon
and cucumber crops by blight spray
the vines frequently with Bordeaux
mixture, to be had at any drug store.
The young growth should be kept
covered with the mixture until it is
we'll up.-Indianapolis News.
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PAINLESS.

"Do you think that man is suffer-
ing from exaggerated ego?'"
"a man never suffers from eXag-
gerated ego," answered the eminsst
aHenist. He always appears to en'
"-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
LAPsUs LINGUAE.

Curate-"Well, Mrs. Jones, are YOU
coming to the temperance meeting in
the Parish Hall this EVENING""
Mrs. Jones Suffering from ohesi-
ty)-"I'm afraid not, sir. as to do
exercises every night to keep down
my DISQUALIFICATION Opinion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
DOUBTLESS.

Mother Ito son, a student)-"My!
Emil, how fat you have grown!"
Student-"Yes, and it has cost me
many sleepless nights, too" Flies
gende Blaetter.
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CLIMBING BIRD.

Herr Schubert am trying to
make your parrot talk, but he won't"
Newly Knighted Parvenu-"Ah, he
won't talk to ordinary people now"
-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
HOT FOOT.

"Just saw Deadbeat hurrying for
the train"
"of to escape the summer heat.
eh?"
More likely to escape the man
who supplied his winter heat."-3os'
ton Transcript.
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HE'S NOT TALL.

you're going to marry the baron!
Why. he's up to his ears in debt"
"That doesn't matter. He's not
very tall."-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
H8etAbr Children
NFHEH0me7
CHILD BOTANISTS.

No fewer than 100 different speci-
mems of wild flowers were shown by a
Halberton England child at the To-
sal flower show. Another child had
LOT kinds.-Philadelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
MOTHER TO A CHICKEN.

One day last summer my mother
and I went for a drive in the country,
and on our way home (Which was at
dusk) we found a small chicken in
the middle of the road. AS there were
no farmhouses in sight, we decided
10 take it home, and after tea l Sc
cured a small grocery box from
man and lined it with hay, and into
this I put the chicken, which was
about two weeks old. The next morn
Ing, much to my surprise, found the
! chicken had crept into another box
where a cat and. her kittens were,
J and seemed to have found both a
home and a mother there. The chick
en- stayed there under the cats pro-
lection until she became SO large
we were compelled to take her from
her foster mother. The hen Is laying
nearly every day now.-E. u. Taylor
In the New York Tribune.
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DOES THIS REFER TO

DOES THIS REFER 10 -!
"I hear that De Millyuns is looking
for a divorce from his wife"
Indeed. On what grounds"
ION the grounds Of economy. 7
fancy."-Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
RUDE INSULATION.

Miss Young-"Next week I cele-
brate my twenty-fourth birthday
Miss Jubious-"That's singular. SO
do l."
Miss Young-"But I celebrate mine
tor the first me."-Boston Trans
cript.
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LITERAL.

Dentist-"When did your teeth be-
gin troubling you?"
Patient-"When I was cutting
them."-Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-24
Sells .;.2 Improving.

---Awosid:s soils are
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
Cotton Touches I'D Gents.

Norfolk, Va, May 1S.-There was
made today new high record in the
Norfolk cotton market for the present
season, middling cotton being quoted
at II cents. This is 21a cents per
pound advance since December 16
last year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
NEWSPAPER WOMEN.
Kansas Women's Press Association
VIII Banquet Tonight.

The Kansas Women's Press associa-
ton is holding it's annual meeting in
Topeka today. The sessions are being
held at the National roof garden and
will conclude with a dinner tonight to
which the husbands and gentlemen
friends of the members may be asked
Time was when the Women's Press
club scorned the men and didn't invite
them to the meetings. But as the men
didn't seem to mind and went on their
way with the most annoying preten-
sions of ignorance of It's existence the
club could think of no other way to at
tract their attention except to let them
come to the parties.
The Kansas Women's Press club. like
some other so-called Kansas organiza-
lions which hold their annual meetings
in Topeka, is largely composed of To-
peka women. And they are not all
newspaper women either. A woman
who has written so much as a Pro
Bono Publico letter to the papers seems
to be eligible for membership. Any
woman who has ever had a story or a
verse or an article accepted by a news
paper or a magazine can get in. OF
course this takes off the lid and makes
the membership practically universal.
But the cleverest newspaper woman in
Kansas, Miss Frances Garside of the
Atchison Globe, is not a member and
has never attended a meeting of the
club, and there are any number of
practical newspaper women who done
belong.
The club had meeting this morning.
and another this afternoon and will
have dinner tonight. The speakers
of the day are Mrs. Isabel Worrau Bal
of Washington, D. c., Mrs Matte Britt
Hale of Abilene, Mrs. Fred Dumont
Smith Of Hutchinson, Mrs. Margaret
Hill McCarter Mrs. r. E. Rice of Law
renee, Miss Nan Wilson of Kansas
City. Kansas, Mrs. Minnie D. Morgan
of Cottonwood Falls, Mrs. Lila Day
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
LETS DOWN BARS.
State Auditor Nation Reyerses Posi-
ton on Summer Schools.

Owing to circumstances over which
he has no control State Auditor Ma
ton has decided to allow the state
educational institutions to continue to
advertise their summer schools ana
special advantages of various kinds to
the public through the newspapers as
they have done in the past, providing
they do not spend a sum for this pur-
pose in excess of an amount agreed
upon between them and the auditor.
Some time ago the auditor took the
stand that the state university and
normal schools should not be allowed
to spend the states money for adver-
Using for more pupils when, at every
legislative session, the heads of these
schools appeared before the ways and
means committees and declared that
they had more pupils than they could
care for.
The state Agricultural college. how
ever, went ahead with its advertising
campaign and it now develops that
the auditor can not help himself. as
the Agricultural college receives
money from the government Tor TINS
purpose and the state auditor has no
Jurisdiction over this money.
Mr.. Nation concluded today that 1t
would be unfair to the other schoois
of the state to be refused equal priv
leges in the way of publicity with
the Agricultural college, so he has
rescinded his former order.
s'There is only one thing that can
be said. in favor of this advertising
campaign inaugurated by the state
schools" said Mr.. Nation today, and
that is that the newspapers of the
state will receive money from the
schools in payment for advertising
and thus in partial payment for the
vast lot of free advertising all the
naners have given in a more or less
degree to all the states schools for so
many years..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
MRS. NATION NOT RICH.
f. NJ. Stoves who Visited Her Says
Story Is a Hoax.

The report that Carrie Nation, the
woman who made Kansas famous,
has ceased to yield the Ratchet and
has retired to enjoy a quarter of
million or so in cold cash, is entirely
unfounded says Mr.. F. M. Stoves,
who has recently returned from
Alpena, Arkansas. IS miles from
Eureka Springs. 1t is true that Mrs
Nation has secured a promising farm
of 800 acres, two and a half miles
from Alpena, but the facts of the
case are that the farm has yet to be
paid for in full. and Mrs. Nation is
still in the 1ecturing business Mr..
Stoves is about to publish a cheap
10000 edition of her book which is
expected to meet with a ready sale.
Mrs. Nations farm of 800 acres is
in a fertile district, and includes an
orchard of 1900 bearing fruit trees.
She will occasionally retreat to this
restful spot. but expects to continue
with vigor her campaign against the
liquor traffic. Mrs. Nation has had
a great opportunity to travel through
out the United States, and has made
at least one trip abroad but the
rumor that she has amassed a fortune
is entirely incorrect, says Mr.. Stoves.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
A, r. AND A. M.

Topeka lodge No. II will confer the
Master Mason's degree Wednesday
May 10th, afternoon at and evening.
Supper at $40. Refreshments at 10.
w. E. ATCHISON, Master.
CARL w. NEILIS, Secretary.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
GRAHAM HEARD FROM.
Topeka Attorney Sent Letter to
Switchmen's Convention.

Peoria, ILL.,, May 1S.-To reduce the
official family of the organization from
four to three, to increase the board of
directors from three to five, and elect
them for four years instead of two,
were the questions before the biennial
convention of the Switchmen's Union of
North America today. A letter from
Attorney Graham of Topeka, Kan, dis
cussing the general conditions of the
railways over the country, was read to-
day.
ST. Paul, Kansas City, Pittsburg and
Lincoln, Neb., are candidates for the
next convention.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
CHOSEN UNANIMOUSLY.
John Kiry Succeeds Van Cleave as
Head of Manufacturers.

New York, May 1s.-John Kiry, jr.. of
Dayton, o., was the unanimous choice
of the nominating committee for presi-
dent of the National Association of
Manufacturers to succeed James w.
Van Cleave of st. Louis, at today's ses-
sion of the convention of arbitration.
Discussion of the labor problem was
the feature of today's session.
President Van Cleave spoke in pro-
test against the possibility of special
legislation in favor of organized labor,
pleading for consideration of the sub
ject on the ground that such legislation
would constitute menace to the coun-
try'S welfare.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
NOT THROUGH WITH HIM.
Officers Promptly Rearrest Paroled
Convict.

Des Moines, Ia, May 1s.-Leroy Ware
of Seymour, this state. who served IS
months in the penitentiary after convic-
ton for fraudulent banking in connection
with the Farmers and Drovers bank at
SEYMOUR of which he was cashier, was re-
arrested at Corydon today after having
been parolled by the state pardon board.
The parole was granted on Saturday and
kept secret until today
Evidence was submitted to the board
to show that Ware was made scapegoat
for the failure of the bank to the extent
of s25OO00 and that he was not responsible
for the heavy shortage
Wares arrest was based upon an I'M
tried count of the indictment for making
false entries.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
DIES ON WEDDING EVE.
Farmer Kills Himself While Fiancee
Awaits in Bridal Attire.

Lees Summit, Mo-, May 1s.-While
his 10 year old bride-to-be, Miss EIiz-
abeth Constable, waited anxiously for
him to come to take her to the little
church at Lees Summit, where they
were to be married today, Benjamin
IRVINE, aged "a, a farmer, took car
bolic acid in his home near here, and
died a few hours later. No cause is
known. for the suicide.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
stolen Pony Is Found.

The pony stolen from the Cheney farm
north of the city Saturday night was
found near Hoyt today by farmer who
had seen the description published in the
State Journal last evening, and Sheriff
WiIkerson was Immediately notified. The
pony showed signs of having been ridden
hard. The person who stole it was not
seen by the farmer who found the pony
standing in the road.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
NO CHANGE OF VENUE.
"Adam, God' Must Stand Trial In
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, May 1S.-John
Sharp, known as Adam God" who,
with his wife, Melissa, is on trial charg-
ed with murder for participation in a
riot in this city which resulted in the
death of five persons. was refused a
change of venue in the criminal court
here today. Sharp alleged that the pre-
judice against him here would deny
him a fair trial.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
LOCAL MENTION.

Stand up for Kansas-Use Bonner
Portland Cement. McCleery Lumber
Co., 4th and Jackson SITS. Both phones
$685.
Tires, Auto Goods Padgett, 11S E. 7th
If it is Long Distance you want, the
Independent reaches them.
Dr. C. E. Hulett. Osteopath, s13 Kan.
ave. Ind. Phone 31S. A;-dy in Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18

Monroe Mrs. Harmon Wilson. Miss
Nanon Heron and Miss Florence John
stone.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
Box Socia

Box Social
Tonight by the Spiritualists at 119 w.
9Th. Over Ladies' Exchange.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-18
successor to Watchorn.

Washington, May 1S.-William Will
liams of New York, was today selected
to succeed Robert Watchorn as COM
missioner of emigration at New York.
Morris tribune., 1909-02-20
GIBBONS ON TAFT.
Cardinal Hopes to Hear Him Called,
Like Gladstone, sour William"

Cardinal Hopes to Hear Him Called,
Like Gladstone, sour William"
Cardinal James Gibbons in a speech
at the banquet in honor of President
Elect Taft in New Orleans the other
night said in part:
I have known Mr.. Taft for several
years, and the more l have known him
the better I have learned to admire and
esteem him In common with thousands
Of others l have been fascinated by that
genial smile that will not come of-a
smile that is not artificial, but is the re-
Election of a heart full of benevolence and
Overf1owing with the milk of human kind
ness.
Judging from the enthusiasm of the peo-
ple of the Crescent City, I believe they
will bestow their affections on the pres
ident elect for 1854 days, and on the re-
manning day they would give him their
suffrage, and in SO doing they might
travel farthes, and fare worse.
Nearly thirty years ago saw that the
people of Great Britain and Ireland were
i'm a high state of enthusiasm a6yer the
election to parliament of Gladstone, whom
they called "Our William" and am sure
that the gentlemen assembled here to-
night and the men and women OF New
Orleans and the citizens at large through
out the United States will take equal
pride in calling our honored guest by the
familiar but endearing name of sour VIII
Ham,"
This statement was greeted by tre-
mendous applause.