Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1866-09-26

inclination on their part. The conversations
were not strictly private, for several parties
were present.
FACTS VS.. THEoDlEs-"Givc me place to
rest my lever on says Archimcdes, sand |
will move the world "Gire me pure and
unadulterated drugs" says Medicus, of the
oldcn time, "and will cure disease"
In one sense, both of these learned pupdits
were the verest charlatans. They knew there
was no place to rest their lever on, either to
move the world or cure disease. Mechanism
was in backward state, and the medical
profession was but another name for sorcery,
aud all the adjuncts of magic filters and
charms Of the "cvl eye" DC.
But these latter days have borne unto us
something more than evensuperstilion ard its
crew ever dreamt of in their maddest philos-
ophy. In these days of practical science,
what was theory Of yesterday is fact to-day,
and all the old time notions become as bab-
bles in the sun. and burst and break with
every breath we draw:
Let Archimedes shoulder his lever and we
will find resting place for it to move the
world. Lei. mine ancient Me !icus pant and
toll TO moro for the drugs lie so sorely needs,
for we have them at our hand, ever ready to
serve them at his beck.
Refined in the laboratory of DR.. Maggie,
the finest materials known in the medical
profession are obtainable by any ono. His
Bilious, Dyspeptic, and Diarrhea Pills stend
unrivaled, and his Salve operates with magi-
cal effect upon burns, scalds, a1d all sores
and ulcers Of the sAla.
In fact, we think MAGGIEl.'s Pills and Salve
are the wonder Of this century, and we are
happy in tho thought that many others Of our
brethren Of the craft agree with us. We
would earnestly counsel that all families pro-
vide themselves with DR.. Maggiel's Prepara-
lions at once, and keep them ready st hand,
60 as 10 use them at the raost opportune time
and as occasion Palley Sentinel.
fy The call for the Cleveland Convention is
signed by 40 Major-Generals and SO Brigadier-
Generals. Probably two-thirds of all the U. 8.
officers who took part in the war will be repro.
sonted.
@s- A dispatch of ATS words, in cipher, from
Emperor Macmillan, of Mexico, to the EmprcSs
Carlotta, now in Europe, passed over the Atlantic
Cable on Friday. The cost Of transmissiOn was
over $4,000,
nsD- In New York, whilo a wife was dying
with cholera, her husband got drunk on her mcdi-
cine.
ns- Ketchum lives we'll at Sing Sing, keeps o
refrigerator receives calls in the prison parlor,
but has to wear the stripes, march lock-step, and
20 to meals with his poorer brethren.
s~ There is not man in the nation that res
poets Brownow, or respects any human bong that
respects him, or even any dog that will follow him.
Very few dogs will follow him. at all. Dogs fol-
low man by the scent of his footsteps, but al-
most evory dog that chances to hit upon Brown
lows trail is SO overcome by the concatenation o.
foulest stinks that ho goes of Aowling to his
kennel. -
ns- The New York Herald has an article on
tho spread of gambling, in which it is asserted
that Ben Wood has recently lost Ey his ventures
in games of chance, moro than quarter OF
million dollars.
ns- A rural gentleman went into a drug store
in Hartford, on the 4th, and drank eight glasses
Of soda water, scrupulously waiting over each
tumbler "until tho scum sottled." 49, =
ns- If you wish to recollect mans name, go
security for his house rent For keeping your
me mory fresh thero is nothing like it. ~
ms- A negro ae st. Louis was asseisodswith ohol-
sra, when the physician bled him, eHd, ,pre'cribsd
bi-carbonito Of potassa to be used In theform 'f
nm unguont. The negro misunderstood tkesdirec-
tiop, swallowed the preparation, and in anshour
or two vas perfectly cured, although fe was in
state oe collapse when the physician was called.