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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-01-27
LOCAL ITEMS.
Churches.

Churches.
On Sunday morning next, the Rev.
MIR. Mood will preach in our Methodist
Church, and the Rev. Mr.. Walker in our
Episcopal Church. The Baptist Church
will be closed, in the absence of the Rev.
Mr.. Hundley at Union Meeting. Mr..
Mood will also preach in the Methodist
Church at night.
McKendrees
McKendree's Chapel, near Meeting
Street, and of time-honored Methodist
fame, was, at the annual Conference OF
1879, detached from the old Edgefield
Circuit and assigned TO the Johnston Cir
cult. But at the late Conference, at the
desire of its members, if we mistake
not, it was given back to the Edgeiie.d
Circuit. and is now in Mr.. Moods pas
torate. st. Paul fought with beasts a.
Ephesus. but what was that to Mr., Moods
trips this winter TO McKendree's and
Middle Ridge-over those roads?
The Johnston Circuit?
The Rev. w. a. Rogers, the popular
and beloved. pastor of the Johnston Cir
crit, sends us his appointments for the
present year; and We would advise his
members to cut out this local and save it
for reference. On the first Sunday of
each month, Mr.. Rogers will preach at
Harmony in the forenoon, and at john
ston ut night. On the second Sunday, he
will preach at Spann's in the forenoon
and at Bethlehem at 3:30 in the afternoon
On the third Sunday, he will preach at
Johnston in the forenoon; and at Har-
mony at 8 in the afternoon. On the fourth
Sunday, he will preach at Bethlehem in
the forenoon; and at Spann's at $3.50 in
| the afternoon.
Edgefe!d Circuit.
We will publish the Rev. Mr. Moods
| monthly appointments next week.
Two Important Notices
! See the notice from Treasurer Bryan
| concerning Delinquent Tax Sales, and
the announcement from School Com
missioner Edison of the school fund ap-
portionment.
Garfield or Yorktown?
Are the Edgefield Rifles going to the
Inauguration of Garfield on the 4th OF
March, or to the Yorktown Centennial
in October next?
Long Care Academy.
Furman University never turned out
better pupil than our young friend who
presides over this excellent school, Mr.
Jeff. C. Lewis. And certainly no section
of our county is more desirable us the
sest of a first class school. See Mr..
otx r,r,1t1
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-01-27
Long Care Academy.

Furman University never turned out
a better pupil than our young friend who
presides over this excellent school, Mr.
Jeff. C. Lewis. And certainly no section
of our county is more desirable us the
seat of a first class school. See Mr..
Lewis card, in anotker column.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-01-27

Secretary Smith-with kindly and per-
haps not mistaken consideration-winds
up his official note to us by saying: "And
we hope that Brother Bacon particularly
will be present-et the installation, as we
wish to fill him up one more time ,otth
something good" One more timel
Is he Cf 0urss
Wonder if this is one of our Blockers:
"R. r. Blocker announced in his last
contribution to the Early County (Ga.,
Ne,cs that he was engaged to Miss john
son, of Florida, lady possessing the
love of venns, the judging head of Mi
nerva, and the dignity, without the pride
and haughtiness, of juno He announc'
ed further, that he hoped he would be
elected Ordinary on the first Wednesday
in January, aud stated his intention in
that case of launching out on the sea OF
ua,rimony the following Monday. And
he sras elected
II clu6 e SllOW IhOt 4Sop
Eighteen months ago when Capt. Joe
Bouknight sold out on Salnda, and con-
cluded to leave the regions where his
foreiathers had lived since long before
Adam and Eve, we were in the deepest
distress. We could not bear the idea OF
such mon leaving old Edgefeld. But
time has broughtthe matter very straight.
Joe, after coquetting with the low coun-
try for year, has discovered that there
is nothing true but Heaven, and come
b ,ck hom~. He has boughtth the old Ken
neg place very near Harmony, from ,diss
Lizzie Yarbrough, of Seneca City, ard
will thero set up his everlasting rest 1t
lies on the G. c. S A. Railroad, between
Johnston and Trenton, and contains oz'
acres. The price was $4,000. Between
Johnston and Trenton, but we learn that
Joe's sympathies strerch out altogether
towards Trenton. Next?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-01-27
Two Important Notices

See the notice from Treasurer Bryan
concerning Delinquent Tax Sales, and
the announcement from School Com
missioner Edison of the school fund ap-
poriionment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-01-27
Garfield or Yorktnwn2

Garfield or Yorktown?
Are the Edgetield Rifles going to the
Inauguration of Garfield on the 9Th OF
March, or to the Yorktown Centennial
in October next?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-01-27
State Of South Caroline
EDGEFIELD COUNTY.

Jan IL. 1881. ,-.lsie 51.s!::seli ,t,tei
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09
HOW % manage ! KItehen.

ga clean kitchen makesa clean house,
Is O SAYING which has great deal of
truth In it. As all the food of the fami-
ly has to be prepared in the kitchen, and
as most working people have to take
their meals and sit in the htchen-in-
deed, as the one day-room has to be
parlor, kitchen, and all TO many honest
families-2it ought TO be clean and neat,
or it will not be comfortable and healthy.
First Of all, the window and the fire
place must be clean and bright. No
room is cheerful with dirty Fireplace.
Every morning the room must be care
fully swept and any hearth-rug, mat, OF
piece of carpet must be taken out Of
doors and beat daily The hearth must
be- cleaned every day. and the stove
brushed, the fre-irons, rubbed with q
leather once q week at least, the CRATE
must be black headed, and the fender
and irons thoroughly polished, and all
well secured down twice week, Cup
boards want great care to keep them free
FROM dust, cool and neat. Supposing
there are two cupboards, one ON each
side of the fireplace, it is well to keep
one for stores, as groceries etc., and one
for crockery Everything should be
clean that is put In the cupboards, and
EneTe 8QOulQ DO "a f1bCo AOE every dAAAcA-
ert thing, so that il you wanted anything,
even in the dark, you could lay your
hand upon it BE sure, whether you
keep the lids bright OF not, 10 keep the
inside of every pan OF pot used IN cook
ing 30 clean that it il perfectly dry and
sweet. II you neglect his you may be the
cause of poisoning yourself and your
household. Many families have been
poisoned by food being cooked in dirty
pans. Besides, even II food il rot made
poisonous, it is spoiled bynot being clean
" cooked. Be very particular about
this. It il q good plan to have . jar Of
soda IN some handy place, where you
can, whenever you wash mp, take bit
and put In the water. II Is very cleans
ing, and both crockery and tins washed
In hot was6r, with q bit Of soda In, viii
be sure to shine and be sweet All tins
should be polished ence o week. Kitch-
en- towels require good management IL
is q very nasty habit to be careiess about
towels. Tea things and glass should bo
wiped with thin, coarse towel kept for
that purpose. II you have . aplate-rack
over the sink, plates should be washed in
hot water, rinsed in cold, and put to
drain IN the rack; but II You have no
rack you must wipe the plates; keep .
good diah-cloth to wash them with, and
4 good coarse towel to dry them with,
and use your dish-cl0th and your dish-
towel foT nothing else. o nst
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09
Fond for fhe Sick.

The following advice as to admins
tering food to the sick deserves the at
tention of nurses and of oil who are
called upon to look after nervous pa
stients: . ntl4- aeA9t4
. 1t is a great mistake to have large
Quantities of fruit, biscuits, ETC., lying
about a gck-room. z,s., f--..,. 4asag.
A very few grapes, an orange peeled
and divided, and two or three milk or
water biscuits ar9 quite enough to have
displayed at oneatifne. y s1
The same may be said of food. goi
I have often been panied, when visit
ing some of my sick pensioners, to see
their friends, with well-meant but mis-
taken kindness, bring large basinfuls of
horrible compounds, which they dignity
with the name of gruels or sago, or tap
iooa, as the case maybe i-a - a
Yhesnere, sight of the food seemed to
set them against it. Whereas, If little
care had been bestowed upon its prep
aration, and small cupful provided In
stead of the large quantity I name,
they probably would have partaken of
it with pleasure.
Another error, committed with the
best of intentions, is to keep asking the
patients what they would Ike, If they
could take this thing or the other. The
sickened, wearied expression ] have
often seen fit over the faces Of people who
are recovering from lingering Illness,
when their oficious relatives come teas
ing them as to their requirements
During the lingering illness of dear
relative, I verify believe we made her
often eat, just by providing dainty NOR
t,els of food, displaying them temptngly
arranged, and taking them to her bed
side quite Unexpectedly.
If she had been asked could she eat
anything, I feel confident the answer
would have inevitably been: "No;
thanks. I don't feel at all inclined to
eat" -...-. 10
A very simple and expeditions way of
cooking little bit Of chicken or fish is
to butter paper thickly, place the food
to be cooked within the paper, and place
it on the gridiron over clear fire. A
very short time suffices to cook it thor
oughly, and I have often found that to
be eaten when all other modes of invalid
cookery have been tried IN vain.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09
Sheep Raising.

The sheep industry In the United
States is vast and important, and IN the
consideration of which there are two
partially distinct, and at the same time
interlocking interests. Sheep were in
early times grown almost solely for their
wool, and with the annual shearing came
the years income but In later times,
and never 50 prominently as now, the
carcass is looked upon as an important
item in sheep husbandry. Mutton az q
cheap and acceptable meat has of late
grown greatly In popularity, and mutton
now stands as one Of the two important
factors In the successful raising Of sheep.
In view of the fact that the merino Is
essentially wool-producing breed, with
a fleece OF the finest and best quality, IL
is evident that the pure-blood rnerfno,
though it may supply our manufactures
with the material for the finest Of woolen
goods, on the other hand cannot
satisfy ths butcher. The sheep having
to both feed and clothe its keeper, IL Is
an important question What Is the
best breed of sheep to do this 2 Eyi-
IDENTIFY not the pure-blooded merino.
Though the growing Of the pure -bloodcd
merinos has its place, and an 1mpor-
tant one, and the demand for their wool
lunCAOeb Tic kS1OSpoAAty VI An0AuAACblho
Of the finest goods, it is by thscrossingof
them with other breeds IN which the
hesh-producing qualities predominate
that sheep best for both meat and wool
is produced A cross-breed Is the one
that in most localities is to pay. The
merino is slow of growth and small Of
carcass when mature but when crossed
with rapid grower, one that natures
early, is high feeder, and lays on desh
rapidly, but not remarkable for its wool
either in quantity or quality, sheep is
obtained that pays for itself In its wool
Of prime quality, and furnishes good
quantity of mutton as profit. OF such
character are the crosses Of the msrino
with the Cotswold and the South-down.
But with the great mass Of American
sheep on the Western plains, wool Is the
important product, and here the cross
must be with the merino upon the
native race Of sheep which has
grown out Of q variety Of early irnpor-
tations to this country-en intsrcroasing
of various breeds In which many Of the
good points have been lost. In this field
the merino has & great work TO do to
raise the yield of wool one, two, or more
pounds per head, and give it a higher
value.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09
THE sToRY. OF mIL1rA
BIZ PAUL N. RUSSELL.

OF Al the old women that ever were seen.
The crossest and oldest was Militia Green
She thought II her duty al scandal to know,
And she, In relating, her wisdom would show
BY making story as she would desire.
In spite OF the protest OF friend or Of neighbor,
Shed scatter the news like q telegraph wire;
Her tongue neer known by the town folks to tire
One day zhs fen sick, and abe moaned and sh
groaned;.
And joy In the hearts Of the people was throned,
For news went about that old Militia Green,
The crossest old woman that ever was seem,
Was crying, and sighing, and probably dying;
To hasten her of to that beautiful shore
Where old maids are happy and grief is no more;
But she had no notion, with such slight commotion
And spite of her moaning and groaning and pain,
Old Militia soon was reviv1ng again.
But, strange to relate, her most pitifnl fate,
Her too-fatthful tongue was indeed paralyzed-
She mosnsd her misfortune both early and late,
Well knowing her pleasure and labor was DER.
She was not the Militia Green as of yore;
Her dark locks grew gray and her looks more pro
Her silence would many stranger astound,
Who'd question what sort Of q woman was she
Who Joined In the revels yet silent would BET
Alas for poor Milital She could no more
Bring stories of scandal from door unto door;
Fer mind coud not speak and her tongue would not
stir. atsl.lfy-e = if-Sls= III
And gossip and scandal were wssk without her
Assistance; peace broodsd on AfnNidA and plain,
And happiness came unto households agetn-
Her mission was ended; her sorrow was brief.
She laid herself down and abe died-died CT grief.
You troublesome tattlers who deem II rare sport,
Or duty to scatter each doubtful report,
BewareI oh bewzrel there Is grief for us AL;
The fairest Of trees shed their leaves In the faM
Nor beauty or usefulness ever can save
rose from destruction, man from the grave.
Bewarel oh bewarel how you tell what you've seens
ABINGToN Mass. az 50
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09
Men and Women.

The opinion of men, roughly speaking,
is of great importance TO women, and the
opinion of women, roughly speaking, is
of very little Importance to men; but
there is just as much difficulty in being
Just on one side as on the other, only the
difficulty is of different kind, and shows
itself in different direction. Miss Mar
tineau says in her autobiography
(specHng of what she appears to have
known, at one time, at its very best) that
no relation is so unsatisfactory as that
between brother and sister. To the mind
of the present writer, about as many in
stances of a happy sisterly intercourse
occur as of almost any other not the OBJ
ject of choice; but unquestionably what
brothers and sisters need is mutual JUS
tice; and what men and women naturally
give each other is something different.
And if we may speak with the vagueness
and exaggeration which is necessary in
order to deal with such subject In a
small space, we should say that the way
in which the change in the position of
woman has affected the relation of two
sexes, is that whereas formerly a man
looked on a woman as possible wife, he
now has to look at her also as an ideal
sister. She was being to be protected,
cared for, controlled. She is. a person to
be met IN the field of work and claim. In
such modulation we must expect some
discords. -
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09
Meaning of Words.

The word ''watch" was originally used
IS q term of endearnlent, similar to
'.dariing. The word ''wench" formerly
was not used IN the low and vulgar ac-
ceptation that it now is. '.Damsel" was
the appellatiah OF young ladies of quality,
and ''Dame" n title of distinction.
ssKnave" once signified a servant
'"Varlet" was formerly used in the same
sense as Udtct. On the other hand, the
word 'sCompanion" instead of being the
honorable synonym of associate, meant
the same as 'fellow." ''Villain" was q
bondman ''Pedant" a schoolmaster.
Many words have deteliorated, and
gained a sinister meaning at first foreign
to them.
The word "cunning" for example, for
merly meant nothing sinister or under
handed ''Demure" Is another of this
class. 1t was used by earlier writers
without the imsinuation which Is now al
most latent in it, that the external shows
of mOdesty and sobriety rest on no cor
responding realities. ''Facetious," too,
originally meant Ilrbane, but now has so
degenerated as to have acquired the
sense of buffoonery. 'Indolence" origi-
nally signifed freedom from passion or
pain,r ,rbut.nesFsiR4pIish shd edkafiDA II Ian
guild non-exertion 'fInsolent" was only
''unusual. Gossip" was a sponsor at
baptisms. A poet is person who writes
poetry; and, according to the good old
custom, q poser was a person who wrote
prose, and simply the antithesis of poet.
The. word has now a sadly different sig
nificatiOn
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09

Buck beer is demoralizing In its ten
denoy when it moveth itself Alright II
layeth hold of the intellect, and twisteth
it out of shape.
My son, go not with them who go to
seek buck beer, for at last it stingeth
like the brocaded hornet with the red
hot narrative, and hcketh like the chol-
eric mule.
Who hath woe? Who hath babbling?
Who hath redness of eyes? He that
goes to seek the schooner of buck beer.
Who hath sorrow? Who striveth
when the middle watch of the night hath
come to wind up the clock with the fif-
teen puzzle? He that kcketh against
the buck beer and getteth left.
Verify, the buckness of buck beer
bucketh with a mighty buck, insomuch
that the buckee riseth at the noon hour
with head that compasseth the town
round about, and the sweetness thereof
waxeth more and more, even from Dan
TO Beer-Sheba. Current joke in the
Holy Land
Who clamoreth with a loud voice and
saith /: Verify, am not / not bad
man ?" Who is he that walketh un-
steadily, and singeth unto himself /:
"The Bright Angels Are Waiting for
Me?"
Who wotteth not even fractional wot,
but setteth his chronometer with the
wooden watch of the matchmaker and by
means of toothbrush ?"
Go to. Is it not he that bangeth his
intellect feminist the buck beer unto the
eleventh hour ?-BiH Nye, IN Denve,'
Tribune.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09

According TO theJewish aud Mohamme'
dan tradition, King Solomon, who was
wise beyond all othermen, knew the Ian
guage OF animals, and could talk with
the beasts Of the held and the birds Of
the air. A Rabbinical story is told OF
him which runs in this wise One day
the King rode out Of Jerusalem with .
great retinue. An ant.hill lay directly
in his path, and solomon heard its Little
people talking. n
"Here Gomez the great King f" he
heard one of them say. "Hia hatterers
call him wise and just and inerciful but
he is about 70 ride over Us, and cruah
MS without beeding our suferings."
And Solomon told the Queen Of bheDa,
who rode with him, what tile ant said.
And the Queen made aIiswefs
"Hs is an insolent creature, o King
II is better fate than he deserves TO be
trodlen under our feet.
But Solomon said l,ff
1t is the part Of wisdom TO learn of
the lowest and weakest"
And he commanded his train 10 turn
aside and spare the anthill. Then All
the courtiers maryeled greatly, and the
Queen of Sheba ahe bowed lIer head and
made obeisance 10 Solomon, saying:
"Eow know L the secret of thy wis
dom. Thou listeneBt ~ patiently 10 the
reproaches Of the humble 90 20 the hat-
teries OF the great
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09
The DIRECTORY Man.

A writer in Chicago says: 'I meet
the directory canvasser in my rounds,
and occasionally pluck few Interesting
secrets out of him. A weary, wayworn
wanderer he is at best, but this year be
is full of unspeakable trouble. It's
tough work, he remarked swabbing the
perspiration from his brow, tough,
tough work to get peopleTto give up. ,
Give up what?' said. Give up any
thing, said he; why, do you know there
are whole rows of good famiEesethat try
in every way to dodge away from us, and
when they can't dodge us they go to the
company and almost go down on their
knees to have their addresses left out.
What's the object?' quoth L sBlest if I
know, said he, but I can tell you have
just been offered, right here on Ohio
street, by lady, $40 bill to keep her
husbands address out of the directory.
Maybe the husbands in debt, or they're
afraid of their granger cousins swarming
in upon them st the conventions. Don't
know, of course, all the reasons, but I
know it's like drawing eye-teeth to get a
name out of 'em. They make me feel
like a personal tax man. I've got to fish
up neighbors all the time, and poke into
family secrets like detective"
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09
EdnOafnd Homen.

Educated women have wide sphere.
There Is, indeed, some discussion as o
It's exact bounds. Some doubt, for
stance, whether they have a legitml
function in the pulpit Our own view
is that character and fabilityare Gods
chart of duty. But, whatever may bo
decided in regard 10 the pulpit, there
is one field whore educafed women nrO
in demand. That IL the home. Tho
educated woman is, the bost wife, the
best mother, the best houBekeeper, the
best economist. The " coming men Z"
could afford TO pay all the expenses OF n
full training for their future wives merely
for the greater good they would receive
from them. In these dhyIi we pity the
! ignorant mother. Six years OF hard
study are wen invested, II for nothing
more than to be able to answer thou
sand questions which curious youngsters
viii be asking in few years.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1881-06-09
Causes OF the Present Figure OF the
Earth.

The Con1rtes Reldus of the French
Academy contains remarkable paper
by M. Faye en- the physical forces which
have produced the present figure of the
earth. After remarking ON the use of
the pendulum In determining the figure
of the earth from series of measurements
of the intensity and direction of the
gravitation force at different parts of the
earth's surface, he draws attention to the
very curious fact that while the direction
and intensity of gravity are affected per-
ceptbly by the presence Of hills such as
Solicitation and Arthur's Seat, or even
by masses as small as the great pyramid
of Gizeh, gigantic mountains such as the
Himalayas, and great elevated plateaux
and table-lands, do not affect the
pendulum indications IN any sensible
manner, except In certain cases where
upon elevated continents there appears
to beaveritable defect of attraction instead
of the excess which might be expected
Indeed, the observations are sufficiently
striking to seem to point to the supposi-
ton that not only under every great
mountain, but even under the whole OF
every large continent, there were enor-
NOUS cavities. More than this, the at
traction at the surface of all the great
oceans appear too great TO agree with the
distribution presumed by Clairant's
formula, which is exact enough for most
purposes. Sir G.. Airy's suggestion that
the base of the Himalaya range reaches
down into the denser liquid interior, and
there displaces certain amount of that
liquid, so that the exterior attraction ID
thereby lesssned, is one which, inherently
improbable, fails to have any application
In explaining why the attraction above
the seas should be greater than over the
continents. NJ Faye propounds the fol-
lowing solution to the difficulty: Under
the oceans the globe cools more rapidly
and to a greater depth than beneath the
surface of the continents. At depth OF
1000 meters Q3, 600 feet) the ocean viii
still have temperature not remote from
o degree O., while at similar depth
beneath the earth's crust the temperature
would be not far from 150 degrees c.
(allowing 105 feet In depth down for an IN
crease of one degree in the internal tenn
perature) II the earth had but one
uniform rate Of cooling all over II, 1t
would be reasonable to assume that the
solidified crust would have the same
thickness and the same average density
all over It II is therefore ar0usd that