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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
GOETHE ON THE CANAL,
Interesting Remarks on Great Pana-
ma Project by Poet in 1897.
(Harper's Weekly.)

The canal opens next month. Per-
haps the first interesting remarks
about 1t were made by Goethe. Eek
ermann's first reference to canal
building is to the union Of the Rhine
with the Danube-a project Of Eu-
gene Napoleon, Duke of Leuchten-
berg, that was to be realized In the
nineteenth century. "Charlemagne
had the same plan," said Goethe,
'and even began the work. but it
soon came to a standstill. The sand
would not hold; the banks were al
ways falling in on both sides"
This was Goethe's table talk in
; 1924. Three years later he was dis
cussing Humboldt's project for ca
nal piercing Panama 1t would be
even better il use could be made "of
some streams which flow into the
Gulf Of Mexico" Listen to the en-
thusiastic poet:
81 should wonder If the United
States were to let an opportunity es-
cape of getting such work into their
own hands. 1t may be foreseen that
this young State, with its decided
prediction to the west, will, in 30
or 40 years, have occupied and peO-
pied the large tract of land beyond
the Rocky Mountains. 1t may, fur
thermore, be foreseen that along the
whole coast Of the Pacific ocean,
where nature has already formed the
most capaCious and secure harbors,
! important commercial towns will
gradually arise, for the furtherance
Of great intercourse between China
and the East Indies and the United
States. In such case, it would not
only be desirable, but almost neces-
Sary, that a more rapid communica-
tion should be maintained between
the eastern and western shores OF
North America, both by merchant
ships and mer of-war, than has
hitherto been possible with the tedi-
GUS, disagreeablG, and expensive voy-
age around Cape Horn"
We read Goethe a great deal and
always find something new. Perhaps
he prophesied, in some conversation
that we have overlooked, the estab-
lishment Of Chinese republic in the
twentieth century.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
Where Pins Go To.
(London Answers. }

For many years the world has been
baffied by the problem of where the
pins go that are turned out in mil
lions of millions by the pin factories.
But the problem seems to have
been solved at last. "A Paris scien-
tist, DR.. Xavier, has been experiment.
ing on pins, hair pins and needles by
the simple process Of watching a few.
He states that they practically dis
appear into thin air by changing into
ferrous oxide, a brown rust that is
soon blown away in dust.
An ordinary hair pin took only
Sd days to blow away. A steel nib
lasted just under fifteen months. A
common pin took eighteen months to
vanish. A polished needle defied the
ravages Of the atmosphere longer,
taking two and a half years to dis
appear.
So the reason why the world is not
foot deep In the pins it buys is, 1t
seems, exactly the same which makes
an iron surface scale off when ex-
posed for a long time to the atmos-
phere without the protection Of paint.
Mr. Privett, Darlington county
farmer, sold his tobacco crop from
20 acres last week for $6,487 cash.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE HUERrA
Mexican Soldiers Not Patriotic
Fighting for the 90 Day.
washington Post. }

Col. Edward X. Dunn, mining en-
gineer, of Nome, Alaska, formerly of
Texas, and a close friend OF the Post
master General, was visiting friends
in Washington yesterday. Col. Dunn
called upon the Postmaster General.
In his earlier days Col. Dunn spent
much time in Mexico, and his views
on the situation in that republic are
interesting.
1T has been two years since | was
in Mexico, but in all / have spent
good part Of 33 years in that, coun-
try" said Col. Dunn, at the Shore
ham. Il think the administration is
making mistake in the manner in
which it is handling Mexican affairs.
II this nation had recognized Huerta
Mexico would be at peace now. !
cannot see the reason for insisting
upon the resignation of Huerta If
Huerta resigned he. would surely fol-
low Madero. He would not live 4S
hours. The only safe way for Huerta
| to resign would be to go to Vera
Cruz, get on board a vessel, and send
his resignation ashore. Then he
might get away. Huerta cannot stop
fighting. There are so many revolu-
tions in the country, that without
money and without the moral sup
port Of the United States, he has got
to keep going. The soldiers Of his
army are not patriotic. They are
fighting for the 50 a day that they
are getting or hope to get. They are
having the time Of their lives. They
have not been so happy since the
early days of the Diaz regime, when
the country was overrun with plum
derers."
Says "Free Meat" Won't Work.
Col. Dunn recently returned from
an extended tour Of Australia.
'Australia is at the mercy Of the
laboring classes" said Col. Dunn.
"The labor party is in control Of the
government, and the brightest lead
ers are members of that party. The
result is the working classes feel that
they can do about as they please
and they do. Employers have to hu-
NOR them, and even then the work
ingmen take advantage of them For
instance, on my return, | booked
passage on boat scheduled to sail
at 3 O'Clock in the afternoon. 1t
sailed the following night at ten
O'Clock, and the delay was occasion
ed by the slowness of the working
men employed to load a cargo of
frozen meat. The master Of the
ship told me that if he protested the
men would have walked out 1t Is
the same in all classes Of trade-the
laborer surely makes it impressive
that he is worthy OF his hire
This free meat schedule in the new
tariff bill will not, in my opinion,
work out. To make beef cheaper
Australia and the Argentine would
have to lay down big cargoes of
meats every day or two at the ports
Of the Pacific and Atlantic. Austria
liza neither has the shipping facilities
nor the meats to insure regular and
frequent shipments. Then, too, il
has paying market in England. II
is the same with the Argentine
There are ten ships that run between
Buenos Ayres and England that carry
only frozen meats and passengers
and even with this service England
takes all it can get"
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
Child Meets Accidental Death,
(Florence Times, 13th.)

NTTUTUICV IITHVS, IoIH.J
Little Miss Lizzie Matthews, the
five-year-old daughter of Wade II.
Matthews, a prominent farmer near
Cowards, died in local hospital last
night, death resulting from an acc-
dental gunshot wound inflicted late
yesterday afternoon while the little
girl and her twelve-year-old brother
were playing with gun. 1t is re-
ported that the shot from the fatal
shell had been extracted and only the
packing, or wad, remained. Being
in close proximity to the muzzle of
the gun the pulp matter made It's
way through the walls Of the infants
stomach and was later expectorated.
The child was conscious until late
last night and told the story Of the
accident to members of the family
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24

rounds after dinner at the Queens
Guard, in st. James's place, London.
On one side of the lid is the legend:
"Hoof Of Marengo, Arab charger of
Napoleon, ridden by him at Marengo,
Austerlitz, Jena, Wagramin, the Rus
sian campaign, and at Waterloo" and
around the silver shoe the legend
continues:
"Marengo was wounded in the rear
hip at Waterloo, when his great mas
ter was on him in the hollow road in
advance of the French position. He
had been frequently wounded before
in the other battles"
may here mention, incidentally,
that in 1869 i hal the pleasure OF
conversing with Gen. Phil Sheridan
about his beloved Winchester. How
Little Phil" loved that horse! Rub
bing the glass that covered the pic
ture of the horse, he said:
"Ah, my good friend, If it had not
been for you, where would | be to-
day?"
Winchester's bones have a place Of
honor in the museum on Governor 8
Island.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
DOminick Will Run.

Columbia, Sept. 19.-Assistant
Attorney General Fred H. Dominick
stated positively this morning that
he was in the race for Congress from
the Third Congressional District for
wyatt Aiken, and that he would be
in the race to the finish.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. I.
Republican Takes Gaynor's Place

New York, Sept. 13.-Ardolph L..
Kline is the new mayor Of New York
city, who automatically became the
executive head Of the city govern
ment through William j. Gaynor's
death at sea on the steamship Baltic.
He is Republican. Having been
president Of the board of aldermen,
Col. Kline will be at the head Of the
New York city government until
January /, 1914.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
Indians Name on All Currency.

Washington, Sept. 1S.-Gabe e.
Parker, a Choctaw Indian, Of Acad-
emy, Okla, arrived here to-day to
as register OF the treasury. This is
the first time in the history Of the
country that an Indian has held the
Office. His name will appear upon
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
Anderson Warehouse Sold.

Anderson, Sept. 1.-THE Farm
ers' Union warehouse, located at the
foot Of McCully street in this city,
was to-day sold at public auction,
the purchase price being $500. The
sale was authorized by the directors
Of the company owning the ware
house, and the directors were the
purchasers.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
Safest Laxative 70. Women.

Nearly every woman needs a good
laxative. DR.. Kings New Life Pills
are good because they are prompt,
safe and do not cause pain. Mrs. NJ
c. Dunlap, Of Leadill, Tenn, says:
"Dr. Kings New Life Pills helped
her troubles greatly" Get box to-
day. Price, 25c. Recommended by
all druggists. adv.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
WHENEVER YOU NEED
A GENERAL TONIC take GROVES
The Old Standard Groves Tasteless chilli Tonic is Equally
Valuable General Tonic because it Acts the Liver
Drives Out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up
the Whole System. For Grown People and Children.

taking
bitter
and is Taste Chile and Fever
Mothers and Pale scky Children Buness without pufging
and
purifes the blood Tonic and Complete sngene
family should
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24
To Prevent Blood Poisoning

apply at once the wonderful old reliable DIR
PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL, a sur
gical dressing that relieves pain aud heals a
the same time. Not q liniment. 2Sc. soc. 81 90
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24

There were IT'S students present
at the opening of Winthrop college
last Wednesday morning.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-24

One short sleep past, we wake
eternally, and death shall be no
more.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

hvered SO often, and in the coolest
weather, when there is danger of
freezing in transit, the small can
is again more easily managed.
The advantage of having the
warm skinned milk to feed to the
stock is of two-fold value, the
chilled milk which is sure to come
back from the creamery being in
no way equal in feeding value to
the fresh milk, which even if re-
heated still lacks in value while it
has increased in cost of production.
At every turn there is an indie
pendence gained, and this is M of
the great things to the farmer. The
more he a plan to do his work
independent of others and of the
weather the less will be the fric-
ton, the more complete the salts
faction.
It is at the last end of the pro-
cess that the real profit stands out.
There are expenses connected with
dairying-heavy ones, and after
these are met the rest is gain.
There is not a fixed percentage OF
profit on the whole. Legitimate
cost must come out, no matter wha,
the receipts and the more we car
save at the last end of the process
the greater will be the pure gain.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

hight, they can push ! fp-~s-d and
go out at viii.
1t may be used to advantage in
fattening fogs that run with the
stock hogs. After putting out the
feed the feeder raises the gate and
lets in those to fatten, then lets il
fall; all others are kept out, vet
those IN the pen may go out when
through eating.
This style of gate is also convere
lent for the lamb lot where one
uses a creep. The gate should be
just large enough to admit a good
sized lamb.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
TO get the most wax from an

10 get the most wax from an
apiary it pays occasionally to
scrape the frames, honey boards
and the inside of the hives, and
when old frames arc broken up.
They do make nice kindling wood.
but before using them they should
be boiled, for there is wax stick
ing TO the old frames even after
they are scraped seemingly clean,
and as each pound Of wax repre-
sents several pounds Of honey, all
cappings removed when preparing
combs for the extractor. all scrap
ings AID trimmings and bits Of
drone comb are TO be saved and
rendered into wax.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
A USEFUL GATE.

In feeding the little pigs with
Older hogs, it is necessary to have
some Sou OF a separate feeding
pen for the pigs.
The older ones a be kept on,
and the pigs prevented from enter
ing the pen while the ,roughs ar.
being filled by means OF q swing
ing gate.
This gate swings outward only
It is held up while the little pigs
enter the feeding pen, aid being
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

The county officers who " All
tolnobiles DO not, for reasons east
~ guessed, make their campaign
trips about the county in their ma
chimes. The farmers. however. who
are fortunate enough to WI autos
are not ashamed TO ride about In
them, whether in the city or in the
country-all year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
FERTILIZING THE ORCHARD

The fall is the ideal time in
which to fertilizer the orchard, as
a goodly portion of the fertility
elements will have penetrated down
to the roots of the trees before the
ground freezes up and the work OF
re luyenation Will have been we'll
started before spring.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

It's a good plan to get away
from home occasionally. just to G
what other folks are doing on their
farms. The man who sticks to his
own place year II and year out and
docs not mix with his neighbors Is
the il who begins to slip back
ward after he reaches middle age.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
MASSEY'S VIEWS
CONTINUED from Page TWo.)

Continued from Page Txo.)
holds all told about twenty gallons
of water.
This is the cheapest heating ap-
parat,,s for a small place l have
ever seen. ] bought the entire out
fit from the Chicago House Wreck
ing Co., for 1905 in Chicago, and
the plumber charged me $40 to set
it up. The little house and the
heating apparatus cost 1ne about
500.
| use it in the early winter to get
some flowers from narcissus and
hyacinth bulbs planted in shallow
boxes, till time to SOW tomato and
other seeds. | can start enough
plants in there to take forty sashes
on the frames in the garden foi
transplanting. | used on the frames
the double-glazed sashes that keel
out all frost, and | can transplant
the tomatoes, peppers, etc, thu
first Of March, and then use thu
greenhouse to grow a lot of flow
ering plants from cuttings to Sc
in the garden III the spring. Tn
boiler uses suuall-sizcd hard coal
but / cover the fire at night witt
some soft coal slack, and it keep
the heat from 10 p. N. till Z a. m
without attention. The onl,
trouble | have is to prevent it heat
ing too much.
In a span-roof house OF sashe
YOU can take. the flow pipe alon
; under the ridge and drop to tn
return pipes under the benches q
the farther end and return to tn
: boiler. The flow should go at ono
to an elevated expansion tank all
all the rest Of the piping dow
: grade so that the tank will take 0
! the air that will collect in the pipe
If you get the book called Ca
: dening for Profit" by Peter He,
: derson. it will tell you all abo,
{ these little sash houses, with eli
, in full.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

The mar who will choose be
tween q good and Indifferent tree
merely Oh account Of the difference
Of a few cents ii price certainly
does not look very far ahead. The
saving here will be wasted manv
times as the crops come on.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

A leaky roof means that there
is something wrong with the house
when it rains. 1t also means that
there is something wrong with the
man that lives in the house.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

Whenever you see a lot Of chick
ems roosting on the farm machin-
cry lying around unprotected in
the fence corner, YOU may be sure
that the owner will have a hard
time getting his note renewed at
the bank.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

A letter addressed to John
Brown, Esquire, rested comforta-
bly, in a little town Of Germany i'll
the "E" compartment of the post
department waiting to be called for
by Mr.. Esquire. One OF the guide
books warns against the use of this
form Of address explaining how il
may be mistaken for a name.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

The farmer who can keep j sun
ny face through thick and thin Is
the one that is making this old
world better to live IN. Be that
man in your neighborhood.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
PRUNING THE RASPBERRY

The raspberry is too often left
alone OF prepared by rule of thumb
methods only. When this is the
case it is useless to look for good
crops. The canes that have borne
fruit should always be got rid Of
as soon as they have performed
this duty.
Choose fine weather for this
operation and leave three or four
young shoots to each stool Man
ure and let them grow away until
spring. Then if they appear very
crowded let the side shoots be
shortened back before midsummer,
down to about six or eight leaves
from the ground. By doing this
the light and air will have free
play and without their beneficial
agency no good results can be had
The canes of the bushes mus,
never be allowed to press one an
other. When this is the case goot
fruit is impossible. Ovcr-crowd-
ing is fatal to either fruit or flow
ers.
The great object i'll pruning is t
open the heart of the tree or bust
SO as to admit the sunshine and air
The thicket of young sucker
should also be removed. To form
a raspberry hedge, plant the cane
a foot apart and train on wire:
Cut those that have borne an
tram the young canes SO hat the
are six inches asunder.
In regard to varieties, the yer
large kinds | consider very unde
sirable, except, as the dealer sal
when asked What the utterly ust
. less razors he had to offer wel
; made for" ITO sell!" Thes
q they lack the juice and the pee,
mammoth varieties look we'll, b,
liady delicious acid flavor Of II
raspberry.-W. r. Gilbert.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

If your hens arc not doing to
suit YOU look over the situation
carefully and find out where the
trouble is. You may be sure the
fault is yours, not theirs.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

During the last few weeks .. tie
hog f~attening period the dry sraia
should be increased and the i..n
reduced in order 10 avoid too
heavy a shrinkage on the road 10
market.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18

There is a chance for us all TO be
better farmers than we are. The
need is great, and the road IS not
blocked with traffic. 1t does not as
a rule go that way.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-02-18
SEPARATOR AD-
VANTAGES.
BY BESSIE L.

Many who grant that the sepa-
tator is useful in the summer do
hot fully realize that it is just as
useful in the winter time. III fact,
where there is a quantity of milk
|,o handle it is in some respects
|cven more of a necessity. 1t has,
|of course, many points which re-
quire special attention during the
cold weather, and to adjust these
seems to be the special mission of
the separator.
Almost everyone who complains
during the cold weather that the
cream does not rise properly, have
seen directions to obviate this by
heating on the range almost to the
scalding point when the milk is
iirst strained
Some have tried this with sue
cess and we'll know that it means
more hard work, and butter money
under such conditions is surely
earned. Yet, where the milk is OBJ
tanned in large quantities this
method would be out of the ques-
ton without special facilities.
The separator asks no special
fayors and the cream must sepa-
rate when it gets to work. The
process is equally thorough ant
easy in zero weather or when TIKI
MERCURY is travelling around amons
The nineaies.
Also, the cream Will be Of tn,
same uniform quality day afte
day. There is no danger of bcin|
compelled to churn for hours jus
because the butter refuses to como
which is usually the result of SLOW
gathering of the crcam-a condi
tion lessencd when all the cYea1
is bound to come, and that at tn
proper tirue. And the mixim6 q
too much milk with the cream tn
cream gauge arranges perfectly.
Butter made from separate
cream is uniform III quality. Thel
Is no need Of an apology becau>
the cream was a little this or tina
for where only the cream and NJ
tic milk must be kept at a certal
temperature the work is easil
done.
10 keep the mikl for hours
the most favorable temperate
might mean great inconyenien
III the household; but the small
cream jar may be placed near t
Kitchen range and thus easily Ike
al the desired temperature WithO
being very much in the way.
While ii goes without sayi,
Mat more butter is obtained |
cause all the cream is taken fro
the milk and kept i'll bst conditic
IT Is equally true that the product
uniformly good. There is no y
ration.
In this way if YOU IAN please
customer one day you can plea
him the next, aud this he soon d
covers and asks for your butt
Then the dealer who handles yC
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-11-25

following program was rendered
Reading, Mrs. Jones; very interest
ing paper on Child Labor Laws In
Different States, by Mrs. Dooley; also
good paper on ldaho's Industrial
Home by Mrs. Davis. The next meet
ing will be held in the high school au-
ditorium, November 26th, at 3 o'clock,
sharp. Each member of the club will
be allowed to invite guest. The
program will consist of violin solo
by Mrs. Shearer; a reading by Mrs.
Weaver; Prof. DoOley will give map
talk on 1.-The Panama Canal and What
it Means to the U. s.; music by La
dies Trio. Mrs. Dooley and Mrs. Rip
ley, hostesses.
Karl Hougen of Chicago, former
business man Of Filler, is here on le-
gal business.
The first of the series Of club dances
was held Saturday night and everyone
had an enjoyable time. Music by AL
fOntes orchestra. 1t was decided to
have a dance every two weeks.
Mrs. LOOMS Brown leaves shortly
for New Mexico, where she will visit
relatives.
Mr.. Walker spent Sunday on the
North Side
Miss Alberta Simonds spent Friday
in Twin Falls,