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Nebraska Democrats Dethrone World Renowned Orator. i -. LEADER FOR TWENTY YEARS Delegates Silent "When ?oil Call ol Counties Proceed But a Storm of Cheers Follow Result of Vete. Grand Island, Neb., Special.-Amid a tumult of cheers from the former followers of William J. Bryan, per manent Chairman Smyth of the Demo cratic platform convention Tuesday read the result of a test vote of the gathering practically taking from Mr. Bryan the Democratic leadership of Nebraska, which he has maintained for 20 years, The vote carce on a motion made by Congressman G. M. Hitchcock, a ?andidate for the senatorial nomina tion, and in effect was to eliminate the idea of platform planks, with accompanying speeches, unless sub mitted as a section of the majority or-> minority report of the comrnitte* on resolutions. Mr. Bryan, seated as a member of the Lancaster county delegation, was upon his feet at once with a protest and proffered an amendment that would modify that intent /of the original motion. A dozen delegates made as many motions and heated speeches on the subject, thc; Bryan adherents denouncing the Hitchcock motion as "gag*rule" and their op ponents assertinsr that li individual rule" must not prevail 'in the con vention. Chairman Smyth ordered a roll-call on the amendment and the gathering was silent as the vote of the coun ties was called that would determine the strength of Mr. Brvan. When two-thirds had been Called foes of Mr. Bryan realized that he was defeated, and a wave of cheers Chat drowned the roll-call began. As Chairman Swyth finally read the re sult, 465 against the amendment to , 394 in favor of it, the delegates sounded a fresh volume of cheers that seemed to indicate their relief from the uncertainty that had existed ! as to the strength which Mr. Bryan' might develop in the convention. The original motion of Mr. Hitchcock then was adopted. x Race Rict at Ariland, W. Va. Blu?fidd, W. Va., Special.-A race riot occurred late Monday afternoon at Ashland, W. Va., on the Norfolk and. Western Railway in which six men were injured, two perhaps fatal ly. Knives and'rocks were .used with which to cu^, stab and fhrow, ac cording to a report received here. The situation was extremely serious for a time. Negroes, it is stated, in vaded quarters of white men ' at a coal operation and trouble, on account of whiskey drinking due to the recent pay day distribution cf money, pre cipitated an encounter. The fight soon became general and twenty-five men took part in the riot Two white men were stabbed and two negroes received injuries ?hat are likely to prove fatal.' The' names of the victims are not given. Too Late for Arbitration. Montreal," Special.-The e.'?orts made by MacKenzie King, minister of labor for the Dominion, to bring the Grand Trunk strike to an end by ar bitration, have proven futile. In an swer to a further request that the matter should be left to arbitration. Mr. Hayes, president of the Grand Trunk, wired to the minister that while the company had been agree able to arbitration before the trouble started, the time for arbitration has passed and all that the company now required to operate the system was the protection of their employes from molestation. Determined to Capture Assassin. Ridgeway, Va., Special.-At a special meeting of the town council Tuesday afternoon a reward of $500 was offered by the town for the cap ture of the murderer of ex-Mayor Bousman. The governor of the State and authorities of Henry ounty will be asked to duplicate the amount. It is believed friends of Bousman will fifer personal rewards. Man and Woman Tried to Sink. St. Louis, Speejal.-Bound together with two steel chains and 15 feet of rope and weighted with a valise filled with sand, two revolvers, an axe, an oil stove and other junk to insure their sinking, Brice Womack, a wealthy farmer of Troy, Mo., A*;-! Mrs. Mollie Anderson, of St. Lou-J, jumed from a skiff into the Missis sippi river here Sunday. They were rescued by people on the bank, and when brought to land were revived and arrested. Womack is charged with the theft of the skiff, from which he and the woman leaped. Mrs. Anderson is in the city hospital. Gamble cn Farmers' Product. Chicago. Special.-An extreme ad vance of 4 3-4 cents was registered in the com market here Monday. The market was wide aid excited on re ports cf heavy damage due to the heat and drought. The December option was the most violently affected. It closed at GO 1-4 to 60 3-8 cents; and during the forenoon sold up to 6? cents. September gained 3 3-8 cents, selling at 661-8. and May 4 cents. Sales at R61-4 cent.':. Hostess of Three Generals. York, Pa., Special.-Mrs. Mary Weaver, of Dover, this county, the woman : who had thc distinction of having fed three Southern generals 47 years ago when part of the South ern army bivouaced near her home, died Sunday. She was 73 years old. Mrs. Weaver supplied General Fitz hugh Lee, Wade Hampton and J. E. B. Stuart with griddle cakes, eggs and ham when they visited her home just prior to ty* battle of Gettys burg. KING COTTON RAMPANT Speculators Cannot Fill July ex tracts-Jump3 73 Points. .New York, Special-.-At the open ing of the cotton market Thursday Frank P. Hayne, one of the New Or leans bull leaders bid 15.30 for 50, 000 hales of July and then 15.S5 for 25,000 bales. This startet! a rush of covering by belated sholl? and inside of the first half hour July coWon had sold at 16.10, or 73 points above the closing figures of last night. The shorts found very little cotton for sale and are estimated to have secur ed less than LOOO bales on the afr vance. Before the close October cotton sold at 13.64 or 33 points' above thek previous day and at the highest level Teached since early, in the year. The general market closed firm' at a net advance of from 23 to 53 pointe. Every facility of the New lort cotton exchange is now being strained to the uttermost in the effort to pre pare cotton for delivery on contracts between now and the end of Ue month. The largest amount of cotton on record for any one day was in spected Wednesday a total of 15,JJ8 bales were passed by the bureau. Christian Scientists in Trouble. Birmingham, Ala., Special-The coroner and city health officials have ordered a thorough investigation of the death of 9-year-old Roger Howell, a son ol' Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Howell 839 Herring avenue. Tho boy at the time of his death and for some time previouslv had been in the care of Mrs. R. H. Kerr. Mrs. E. H. Foster and Miss Hulet Thompson, Christian Science practitioners. They claimed Tuesday that death was the result of a- vaccination performed several weeks ago. Dr. R. B. Harkness, city health of flc:r state*, however, that he can se? nothing that could have brought on death other than lack of nourishment 1 and medical attention. Dispensary's Attractive Feature. Charleston, S. C., Special.-Thc statement of the dispensaries of Charleston county for the second Quarter endimr June 30 show net pro fits of $47,016.94 which is about $13. 000 in excess of thc corresponding quarter of last year, making the pro fits of the last half year about $90. 000. or' an annual business, if the business holds up during the next two quarters, cf $180.000 ~or a net in crease of $40,000 over the business of last year. The statement is particularly inter esting for thc showing of the revenue that is possibb in the dispensary sys tem for Charleston county, if the law 1.s strictly enforced and the patron age is given to the legally establish ed institutions for the sale of liqnoi. Since the Charleston comity dispen sary system was established, the an nual business ha<* sbown an increase yearly 0f from $10.000 to $15.000. Policeman's Narrow Escape. Augusta, pa., Special.-Police Of ficer -William Caudle was shot and at first it was thought" that he was fatally injured, and John Crabbs of Barnwell, S. C.. said to be of a prom inent family, was shot through the brain and killed in a struggle on a bridge near North Augusta, Thursday afternoon. The shooting attracted a great crowd and for a time it was thought that there would be trouble but the arrival of a police platoon brought quiet. The wounded officer was hurried to the hospital where it was found that the bullet had hit his shield directly over his heart and glanced off, the man_ not being injured with the ex ception of the bruise from the im "Dftct of the bullet. Form National Currency Association. Washington, Special.-First Wash ington and then Atlanta and New York, with a number of other cities close in their wake, ia the way the program now appears for the crea tion of National Currency Associa tions to provide additional currcney, to be issued by the banks wfcenevor it is deemed best in ?naneial crisis. Knew His Death Wa3 Near. New York, Special.-Convinced that he was about to be fatally at tacked with hydrophobia as the re sult of the bite of a pet cat, James E. Hardy, 57 years old, of Bayonne, N. J., a Standard Oil employe, de liberately went about making arrange ments for putting his affairs in order and arranging for his funeral. Early Thursday the hydrophobia developed itself as he beliaved it would. Hardy was hurried from his house ot the hospital but nothing could be done for him there and af? ter an hour of aconv he died. N Too 3-d, Children. Nashville, Tenn., Special.-Twenty eight hundred ice cream cones were seized and destroyed bv Deputy United States Marshal Shirley. The cones were shipped by a Birmingham. Ala., concern to a local firm and were seized on the ground that thev contained boric acid, which is held injurions to health and renders thc pioduct subject to condemnation and seizure under the pure food and dru? laws. Ohio's Nominee for Governor. Columbus, Special.-The Republican candidate for govornor of Ohio is W arren G. Harding, of Marion, O. once lieutenant-governor. Despite the efforts of Sena!cr Bur ton's Ou.yahoga county delegation to stampede thc convention for Nicholas Longworth, .'.ml George B. Cox's every effort in behalf of Judge O. B. Brown, the Dayton man, a combination of thc "progressiva?" with the national ;ul ministration men broke up the fight on the third ballot. HOW IT CAN BE BONE Practical Scheme to Pull Maine From Mud. mil REQUIRE THREE MONTHS tf Engineers Plan Successful Ship Could Leave. Under Own Steam Hulk Could he Easily Inspected. Washington, Special.-John F. 3'Rouke, the engineer who bridged ;he Hudson - at Poughkeepsie and 3rove the Pennsylvania railroad tun ael under the North river, has laid before Mr. Oliver, acting secretary of war, his plan for raising the Maine from the mud of Habana harbor. Briefly, this newest plan is based apon a system of pneumatic caissons, such as have made possible the build ing of extremely deep foundations un 4er water and which contributed tergely to the success of the building af tunnels under the Hudson. No divers are used and the pontoon sys tem is put completely aside. The aiethod proposed is to swing the Maine in a cradle of powerful cables and lift her completely out of the water, where a complete inspection of her hull' will be possible. While the ship is suspended above water Mr. O'Rouke declares she can 1? repaired as readily as if she were in dry- dock and after being re launched from the cable cradle can Leave Habana harbor under her own steam. This is said to be the first plan yet proposed which would pre sent the Bhip to a naval board in pre cisely the sam/ condition as she sank on the night of February 15, 1S98: First a wharf pf piles would be built on either side of the submerged WTeck. Then between the wharves and the hull, 12 pneumatic caissons *ould be sunk, six on each side. Practical tunnel building operation? j would be epmloyed thereafter and 100 little tunnels would be driven ! through the mud under the Maine's keel between the opposite caissons. Through each tunnel a powerful steel , sable would be run and each end j would run up the outside of th? cais- ? son to the wharf above, so there ; would be a steel cable under the hull i ?very four feet and the aggregate of j all would be calculated to be capable j of raising four times the weteht of j the wreck, which is about 7.000 tons ! Each cable end would then be at- ! bached to a system of pteel screw xods'i and the screwjack principle would ; be employed. In that the war dc- ; partment would he asked for a thou- j ?and men k> operate the hand screws. j and b.y every man turning a lever at ? a given signal, ii is plriv-^d to pull . the hulk up in the cradle of eables in j practically the same way as the ' pyramids of Egypt are supposed to j have been built by man-power. Be- j ing swung above the water line, the gap between the wharves would be bridged and the engineers would ; work under and around the hull. I When repaired she could be let defwn | iuto the water by a rev - sal of the j process by which she wa- raissd. Mr. O'Rourke expressed the opinion ! to Mr. Oliver that the job could b? j done in thrsp months. Mr. Oliver and ! General Bixby examined the plan in ' minute detail. Mr. O'Rourke wo? as-' sured as on?. condirto* that, should ' an army board pass favorably upon ! the project, his patents in the ap paratus would be protected. Attorney General Wiekersham ar ranged for th? protection of the plans. Shame on Louisiana. Monroe, La., Special.-Unidentified men broke into the city jail here and earned off Laura Porter, a negro woman prisoner, at whose home white men are reported to have been robbed on several occasions. It is generally believed that she was thrown into the Ouxaehita river and drowned. Old Scheme Swindled Negroes. Alexandria, La., Special.-Scores of negroes in this section have been vic timized within the past 10 days by a white man who obtained the sum of $1 from each of them "as a fee for tiaving their names enrolled as ex riaves in order to secure pensions." Che swindler has not been appre hended. $71,000,000 Couldn't Prevent Death. New York, Special.-Edward R. Harriman was worth $71,000,000 at the time of his death. The records of the State Comp troller's office into which inheritanc? taxes are paid, show that Charle? A. Peabody, president of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, "who has acted as Mrs. Harriman's adviser, since her husband's death, paid on March '5, last, $675,000 as the amount to which the State was entitled .unde^ the Transfer Tax law. A little arith metic shows to those familiar with the law that the estate on which this tax was paid was valued at $71 - 053,737. ' Music Demoralized Girls. Cleveland, O., Special.-Twenty eight girls employed in the hot roll ers, kneeders and cutters room at the American Chicle Company's plant, driven to desperation by the tantalizing music at a dancing pavil ion in a nearby park, went out on strike here Monday. The ?irls have been getting $1 per day. They want $1.25. the wages paid the wrappers of chewing gum. 4-11-14 For Johnson. Albany, Special.-Jack Johnson champion pugilist, has an automobile license from New York State whii>h ought to tickle every om- of Iii? brethren of color, but mos! of all those who years ago were addie! ed to policy and I lie formation of gigs. The conquere- of Jeffries was ar rested in New York the other dav and | arraigned in couti fur uver-speedin^. i There it was discovered I hat he har no license for his big automobile. He applied for one immediately and gol it-No. 4-11-44. . ' ' You Think I Bave Fslic i - Cartoon b MM COMMUNITIES ASK FOB I BUT SOUTH AND WEST F Postmasters Report Savings Seek F From Marny Communities for DE Foreigners and People iq Mc Most Insistent-? Hi Washington.-Perhaps the most in teresting documents now coming into Washington have to do with the ap plications of postmasters who want their postoffices designated as branch postal savings banks. Practically all of these letters, more than 200 of which have now been received by the postmaster general, have been written in answer to a demand by the patrons of the postoffices, and in many instances the postmaster gives the reasons advanced by his patrons for asking for a postal bank in the community. It is already evident that the country at large is taking a healthy interest in the new institu tion created by law of the last con gress, and about to be created in fact by the board cf trustees, composed of Postmaster General Hitchcock, Secre tary MacVeagh and Attorney General I Wickersham. The pleas on hand to date indicate that those communities where a large part of the population ,is composed of wage earners, foreigners or people in moderate circumstances, are those most insistent for postal banks. Ru ral communities somewhat removed from banking facilities are also de manding the new banks, and the pre diction is freely made by postmasters that the result of their establishment will be to bring new money into cir dilation, increase thrift in the com munity, and - inspire a patriotic inter est in the affairs of the government. Among' the interesting letters re ceived, none has been of greater sig nificance than that written by the postmaster at Pueblo, Col. After pointing out that this Community is mostly a wage earning community, in which foreigners play no small part in the mining and smelting industry, the postmaster cites actual figures from his records to show that there has been sent from Pueblo to foreign countries in international money or ders during the last five years more than $1,000,000, which might well have been retained at home. These disbursements, by years, were as fol lows: 1905, S19S.000; 1906, $294, 000; 1907. $376,000; 1908, $186, 000; 1909, $151,000. From Jackson, Tenn., comes a re quest for a postal bank, based on the ground that most of the inhabitants of that city are persons in medium circumstances, who would like to de posit their small savings in a govern ment bank. The postmaster at Bellingham, Wash., a city of 30,000 inhabitants, writes to the postmaster general that he has a large number o? poor for eigners as patrons of his office, who will welcome a postal bank. He writes that, in his opinion, the depos its in postal banks in that community will increase the money in circulation perceptibly, encourage thrift and help put a stop to extravagance and poverty. The postmaster at Everett, Wash., a city of equal size, has also reported that, in his opinion, a postal bank at that place will bring out not less than $150,000. He bases his es timate on the banking already being done with him in the shape of money orders made out In favor of the pur chaser. At Madison, Wis., the postmaster thinks he has found an ideal place in which to try out the postal bank system. He points out that he has a diversified population to serve, rang ing from university professors down to foreign laborers, and he believes an Intimate study .of the relation of each of these classes to the postal bank system will be highly instruc tive. From North Adams. Mass., comes a plaintive tale that the cotton and woolen workers in the textile mills, most of whom are foreigners, want a postal bank in which to place their savings. There is much human interest In the plea of the postmaster at Breck enridge, Col. He says the town is small in comparison with many other applicants, but a postal bank is need ed to "help the young men who are Pittsburg Official Says Municipal Hennery is Keeded in One Section. Pittsburg.-Directer E. R. Walters of the department of public health has diverted his attention from the smoke nuisance to hens. He says the negro hill district must have a public henhouse. He found hundreds of families keeping chickens in the cel lars of houses. Since they must have chickens, and cheaply, there is only one solution, according to Mr. Walters, and that is a municipal hennery or poultry stock yard and slaughter houso Xcws of Sports. Leon Morane won four fir:! prizes at the Bourne-mouth airship meeting. The Hurlingliam Polo Club decided to adopt the American system of han dicapping players. If Jeffries had placed himself in ibo cara of Delaney. Muldoon thinks Hie result of thc big fight might have been different. A rule has boc:, made at Trinity Colloq that a man must, competo for his collers team i'i the course of the academic year and mustn't make en gagements'to appear for organizations outsIde^ Q Away Mach, Uncle Ssa? y??J. Ropers, in Kew York Herald. '08TAL SAVINGS BANKS, AIL TO ENTHUSE OVER THEM 'lace of Deposit--Interesting Pleas isignation of Branch Banks iderate Circumstances the ?lp to Young Men. far from home and who find it hard to save money." Inasmuch as these "young men" are undoubtedly scions of eastern famUies who have gone forth to seek their fortunes while the fathers and elder brothers remained at home to take care of the lons-estab lished business of the family, this in terest on the part of the postmaster in their welfare and in their success gives a touch to the paternalistic side of the postal banks which is interest ing. The postmaster says he will not get an extra cent in salary for the estra work involved, but that he is personally willing to work overtime in order that these "young men" may be encouraged in thrift and economy. Superior, Neb., reports that there is ho savings bank within 100 miles of that place in any direction, and it wants the first postal savings bank al lotted to that State, as it had the first rural route. From Great Falls, Mont., comes the plea that the city has'more wage earn ers in proportion to its population than any other city in the country, many of whom are foreigners. ^The postmaster is certain that the patrons of his office will appreciate a postal bank. The postmaster at Onarga. 111., points out that while the ?inhabitants of the cities have savings banks ga lore, the rural population of the coun try in large part is without conve niences of this kind." He sucreests that the postal savings bank will be come even more popular in the coun try than in the cities, and asks that they be given a fair trial in the coun try districts, Including the territory in the vicinity of Onarga. At Centervllle, Ia., the postmaster reports a large foreign nopulation. which either buys international money orders with its surplus savings and sends it out of the community, or carries the money around on its person. This feature among the for eigners has already been emphasised in the mining districts of Pennsylva nia, where thousands of dollars have already been reported in the hands of the foreigners working the mines of that state. The postmasters of Pennsylvania feel sure this money will go into the postal banks. Astonishing indifference appears to prevail in the south and west with regard to the benefits supposed to flow from postal savings banks. Those sections were supposed, while the bill was under consideration, to be de manding such legislation with great fervor. Of the CO,OOO postmasters in the country but 195 have reported the least interest in their localities in the matter. Of the 14,000 or 15,000 banking institutions in the country but 462 have signified a desire to be come depositories for the money to be placed in the postal savings banks. The banks manifesting curosity are distributed through 42 states, and the postmasters who have made inquiries are in 36 states. Texas and Oklaho ma are the only states cf the south Where the subject appears to have aroused much interest. In Texas 20 postmasters(.have written here for in formation and in Oklahoma nine. Postmasters in Louisiana, Missis sippi, Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina have ignored the matter The officials of the postoffice de partment believe they will be able to establish a few banks by the first of the year 1911. They realize they have a big task on their hands. Thus far, however, there are no indications of any rush on the patt of the people in demanding them. Secretary MacVeagh recently urged the banks to form associations to avail themselves of the privileges of the Aldrich-Vreelaird currency plan, but thus far there Is not one such associa tion in existence. Futile efforts have been made to form them so they may be in existence when the next curren cy pinch comes, but the banks are un willing to even go to the expense of preparing the necessary papers for associations. Chicago Now Has Continuous . Water Course to thc Ocnn. Chicago.-Chicago is now connect ed with St. Louis and other Missis sippi river ports, and therefore with the ocean, by a continuous water course deep enough for barges and other craft of light draft. The con necting link between the drainage ca nal and thc old Illinois and Michigan canal at Lockport was formally thrown open. It is estimated that the link will afford a channel with at least five feet of water. Minor Mention. Every piece ol' ordnance in the J army will be tested and further safe-J ty devices added. Engli-h ai d Chinese capital is be ing freely iir.estod in mining ^roper ties in th? Philippines. Captain Uen: r, thc Canadian polar exploro-, will attempt to find the Northwest Passage by a new route. Through assistance called to tiici:" aid by wireless tho crew and passen gers of the burning Southern Pacific steamer xMomus wero saved of! the Florida coast. Notes of Inten Fruit Grower Trap Nest For Laying Hens. The larger illustration shown gives a fair idea of a trap nest that anybody can make in a little while with only a hammer and a saw for tools. Of course, if you have many hens you will have to make several nests to ac commodate all, and then all other nests must be closed or torn up. The trap nest has been quite an im portant factor in building up strains of heavy layers among most of the popular breeds to:day. Using it, the _tit Trap Nest. breeder, by a process of elimination and culling each year, breeds from only the best layers in his flock. The small fancier has been more success ful along this line, as he has had only a few hens and had more time and cared more for his little flock. The nest is made in two compart ments. The box proper is fifteen inches square by thirty-two to thirty six inches long. The hole or opening between the compartments need not be,round as pictured unless you care to make it so, but it should be just large enough for a hen to pass through easily, and no larger. The size of thc opening will depend upon whether you are raising a large va riety or a small variety. A large stiff wire is bent in the shape indi cated, and the part passing over the opening is made to work freely up and down like a lever and under wire staples. When the hen starts to pass under the wire to g?t into the nest proper she lifts the wire arm up with her back and thus the other wire arm back from beneath the door, where it has been held up under the lid of the box, letting it drop in place. Blocks are fastened in front of the door so that the door can not be pushed out and the hen can not escape, no mat ter how hard she tries. The lid on top may be made of two separate lids or as one piece, as you please. With a little experimenting on your part you can bend the wire just at the right angle so that it will work per fectly each time. The wire arm over the opening should be placed high enough EO that the hen will naturally want to pass under it instead of try ing to step over it. The first compartment should be from four to six inches longer than the drop door is high, so the door will not strike the hen on the back as it is released. ? Each hen should have an aluminum or copper leg band on one of her -egs with a number on it. Then as you re lease the hen you can put the egg down to her credit if she has laid one in the nest. Sometimes tuc hens will enter the nest from curiosity, and es pecially is this true when the system is first installed, but, after they be come used to lt they will seldom enter except to lay. To get the hens ac quainted" with the nest the door may be propped up for several days. The trap nest is excellent for sit ting hens-you can release the hen to get her /eed and trap the door, and then after she goes back on the nest she shuts the door after her and o:her hens can not enter to bother her or break her eggs. You can easily catch the hen that is an egg eater with the trap nest, as some of the broken egg .rill be found in the nest with her. BUCKWHEAT FOR Buckwheat is a good crop to grow on weedy lanjs; it is a nitrogen gath erer like clover; it may be sown late with safety, when the rush of other seeding is over, and it is a good yielder. Whole buckwheat has about the feeding value of corn, but its middlings have a high protein content, 22 per cent.; oil meal has 28 per cent., and the 'panure from that feed is rich in nitrogen. Ground buckwheat made GO TC BARLING Before insuring else\vher< Old Line Companies. HMttff? Lt The Farmers [ ?ethods ?d in the South. ist to Planter, ind Stockman The oilier illustration abova ls a double nest box for sitting hens; the/ method pf fastening the door Is shown by the L-shaped catch. Yon will notice that the nest is made quite deep, but does not have to be as long as the trap nest.-Indianapolis News. Cider Making. The process of making cider is very simple, but the way to keep it from fermenting in this climate is another question. Old and experienced cider makers try time and again and fail. After a short time it had passed the hard cider stage and was on the road to vinegar.' The trouble is no> doubt due to the climate. All germs of fermentation seem to thrive with us, and one germ in a good medium, that is, material in. which germs delight to grow, will soon destroy the material if the tem perature is not kept very low. Cider carefully made and boiled and put into sterilized vessels will keep, if perfectly sealed. The boiling will destroy the flavor for some people, but if the juice ia treated as unfermented grape juice is before being put up, and the proc ess carried out to the end as is done with grape juice, an excellent Quality of cider can be made and kept Indefi nitely. Grape juice is slightly affect ed at the bolling point, and the de gree to which cider is affected at dif ferent points is something on which we are not posted, but there can be very little change when the tempera ture is kept below the boiling point. The essential considerations are, to keep the temperature about 190 de grees for about twenty minutes and never allow it to get up to 200 de grees. Keep it corked tight for a week or more, twenty days will be better, heat again to 175 degrees, but do not allow it to reach the same temperature as it did when heated the first time, or there will be a de posit of sediment. The methods of making cider are various. Some use a hand press and some use power. This depends upon the amount of cider to be made. The essential thing is to get the juice out of the apple, and a press is indis? pensable. . Cottonseed Meal For Horses. Dr. G. S. Fraps, State Chemist of Texas, at the A. and M. College, saya: Cottonseed meal has been used for horses and mules at some places with favorable results. The agriculturist at the Vanderbilt Estate in North Carolina said that he had fed work ing horses and mules six days of the . week for three years on the follow ing ration: Thirteen to fifteen pounds of cured hay and corn fodder, four pounds, wheat bran, two pounds cottonseed meal and six pounds corn meal. On Sunday he gave whole corn and oats and uncured hay. It was stated later on that the use of cottonseed meal was not found satisfactory at this place. At the North Carolina Experiment Station two old horses were fed for two periods of twelve and eighteen days and two and two and one-half pounds of cottonseed meal respective ly with four pounds each of corn meal and ship stuff, and clover and timothy hay. The animals ate the ration well and gained well. i A German experimenter states that ' draft horses do well on two pounds of cottonseed meal a day. Considering all thes*> facts. I would suggest to those " .. ."a to use cottonseed me' , tnat they do not nee over two p ands per day. I would not recommend cottonseed meal for mares in foal.-Rice Industry. Good Care Pay?. The harness and buggy may be made to last twice or three times as long by the judicious use of oil and paint. I bought a cheap buckboard and harness seven years ago. Twice every year I took the harness apart at the buckles-washed it with soap and then rubbed well with "neatsfoot oil,*" fifteen cents* worth. Every summer when the wheels began to rattle be cause of getting loose I got a half gal lon of linseed oil and put in a crescent shaped pan and bollad the "felloes" of the wheels in the linseed oil. For $11 bought enough ready mixed car riage paint every summer and treated the entire cart to a coat of paint. As a consequence my cheap harness and buckboard did almost daily service for seven years and was then given in part payment in buying another buck board and harness. There were oth ers who did not use oil and paint who had three or four new sets of harness and carts.-Mrs. M. G. Adams, in the Epitomist WEEDY LANDS. into a thick slop is good for the brood sow, and its flavor soon in duces the little pigs to learn to eat. Horses eat whole buckwheat, and they seem to do well on it and welcome it to break a monotonous diet. Fowls like it, and relish it for a long time continuously. As a crop for home consumption, as a weed killer and nitrogen source to laud buckwheat deserves a recognition ?MAME ) SEE i & BYRD Wegrcprcsent the Bes* & BYRD> > Bank of Edgefield