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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-04-15

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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
The Best Tobacco Pipe.

The white eartheu pipe, porous arc
permeable to liquids, Is put first, be-
cause it is q good absorber of nice
tine; the metallic pipe is put last
because it allows all the noxious pro.
ducts formed during the combustion
Of the tobacco to reach the mouth Of
the smoker. The meerschaum, which
Immediately follows the clay pipe,
deserves its place only On condition
that it is not too old. Ii it is SEA.
soned it IS as bad As a wooden or
porcelain pipe. The seasoning, OF
which poets have sung. may be full
OF charms TO the amateur; to the
hygienist it simply indicates that tie
pipe has had it's day, and is now sat.
urated with tobacco juice, and that
it must be replaced by another one,
or be passed through the fire TO purify
it, as is done in the coff.e houses OF
Holland. Every old pipe, Drowned
with Ions nee, leaves on the lips and
tongue an acid aid strong smelling
liquid which irritates the tissues and
corrodes the mucous secretione. When
it has reached this condition the
6nest meerschaum is no better than
the meanest scorch throat. Popular
Science Montklu.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
She Rtads the Newspapers.

Mrs. De Blank-"Well, I will tr,
you If you have good recommends
uon from your last place p
Domestic-"A what, num2"
"a recommendation, character.
"A charaok ter, is it, ye want? An
sick as you ask me, me for charack
ter?"
"Well, well, and why not ?"
You, mum-you, the wife Of a
sneakthafe, black-leg, a william, the
man what murdered his erandmoth, r
and stole the pennies from dead
pauper's eyes-you-"
Mercy on usI What are you
talking about ?"
Yer william of husband, of
coorse. Sure didn't rade the papers
when be was ruDniL fur Office p
Ph,lodelphio Cali.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
FOR SALE,

WTHAT Is commonly known as tht
w SHEPPARD PLANTATION, OF
part of it. is for sale. There are 39(
acres, lying in sight Of Edgefield c. H.
divided about as follows:
About $50 acres of fine upland, 20 ol
which is fresh. all fine grain or cotton
land;
About 100 acres Of native forest, from
which 10 loads Of wood can be hauled to
the village per day, and which will pay
for one-third of the entire place, and
which will sell tor as much after cleared
AS before; splendid building lots, with
timber for building and shingles imme-
diately adjoining;
The remainder of magnificent bottom
land, which, properly prepared, will
make GO bushels oats, 10 bushels corn
and 20 bushels peas the same year. With
little extra labor it can be irrigated.
With the railroad completed, the whole
would bring from $75 TO SlOO per acre.
7 here is also cottage of rooms, and
out houses; also half dozen springs.
will sell all or portion of it. Ifnot
sold in month, will be rented.
81. w. ADDISON.
Aug. 20, 1884.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25

NAL to, make track on it Some
think oats will not succeed we'll in
oats stabhle; my impression is that
this epends very much on the pre-.
paration of the land; if properly
done, it may be sown for years on
the came land. This kind of farming
very materially leads to rearing
more animals which increases the
manure, and enriches the land, and
greatly increases the income. Under
this syetem ourimpoverished country
would eoon recuperate her lost
strength, and We can become pros
porous and happy people, which
very much fear will never be the case
SO long as we depend entirely on cot
ton, and then the white man can do
his own work.
J. WASHINGTON WATTS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
Bill Arp on Dirt.
Atlanta. Constitution.

When 1 showed Mrs. Arp my fingers
that the peaches had madeso clean it
reminded me of the venerable Judge
Hillyer, the old patriarch, whom !
used to venerate when was roJ,
tor he was handsome and eloquent,
and used language with such precision
and accent. He was always looking
int, the reason OF things-the why
and the wherefore, if he saw any.
thing strange he stopped and pc
rused and ebquired until he got to the
bottom of it. The first time he ever
we to New York, Howell Cobb was
his companion, and Howell had a
hard time in getting the judge along,
tor he wanted to ecu everything and
know everything. Now Howell :"
said be, Just stop right here and
tell me what that Ia, and what it ls
for Howell do you suppose that
all these people have got pressing
business that hurries them along 80
fast p Howell have you any idea
what that store of Stuart cst?'
{ Obj was hurrying him along back
street when the judge osped, and
looking over window screen into a
room, PAW The heads and shoulders
of two men, going up and down with
a curious motion. HIS curiosity was
excited and says he, Howell what
are those men doing" "Oh, I don't
know Junius. Come along" said
Howell. 1--WE will never get to the
hotel if we keep stopping to examine
everything you see. But Howell,
want you to look at those men.
They are engaged in something very
peculiar, and conecientiously, would
like to know what it is"
Howell peeped through an opening
in the screen and said. why, Junius,
they are ,reading up dough in a
trough, they are making bakers bread.
Don't you see?'
The judge was amazed. He looked
earnestly at them as they tramped
the dough with their bare legs and
feet. and with great emphasis, said
slowly and distinctly. Z" Howell, do
you suppose their feet are clean?''
Il havn'ta a doubt of it, Hillyer,"
said Cobb. 81 know they are clean
by this time And be hurried him
along. i.
Cobb said afterwards that the Judge
was very fond Of bakers bread, but
he noticed that he didn't eat any
more of it in New York.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25

Not unfrequently both men and
women expect mo: 9 from marriage
than it is in human nature to yield.
In the r mantle courtipg days the
love- making is fresh, and sweet, and
all engroasing, and the unreasctiDg
innocents are deluded into the be-
lief that the bonds of matrimony are
alone needed to secure Them life OF
love and Joy at the high fever heat of
the warm, youthful moments. But
such an anticipation Of heaven on
this earth can notbe. The heat must
cool down and the intoxication OF
love sober into the trarq ility OF
friendship. 1t is great matter to
get safely through the cooling pro-
cess. The danger is that, when 1t
begins, one or the other, Ignorant
that it's cauee lies in the nature OF
things, may throw the lame on an
innocent partner, and in his or her
sweet heart sigh ever the awful mis-
fortune Of a dreary union. This
would not happen SO frequently as it
does, if as is not often the caae,. the
husband and wife were to sober down
at the came rate. As a rule, the
lady will hold on to tender love-
making much longer than the gentle
man. It is the man that cools, and
the wife that is broken.hearted.
Among the causes of evil lying
nearer the surface there ia our sys-
TEN of courtship, which seems as il
especially designed for mischief. lie
be kind and attentive to the object Of
ones affection is natural on the part
uf both man and woman. But, &C.
cording to custom, the gentleman
must do all the wooing, the labor Of
love. making falls to him, and as 8
rul-, he does not spare himself. Fol
weeks, for months, for years, he wor'
ships at the feet OF his fair one with
compliment, Aattery and endless at
tentions. He seems the slave OF hel
smallest wish. In all this there {
much acting, often much conscious
acting, Marriage ls the dropping o.
the curtain, with it ends the merry
but, IN its consequences, melancholy
farce. And when be sees the effect
of the play, he sincerely wishes ii
had never been. The attentions
cannot continue. Nor ls it desirable
that they should. Yet in getHne
.sxsasp are tt44ugh'
n = y zazl5 = sll:-==3f:- The arfang
ment TIsnts Is nttfslel to women. 1t is III
, the practice Of first spoiiiug childre
and then Furnishing, them Tor beil
spoiled.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
Small Grain.
Substitute Oats for Cotton as q Hopied
Crop.

Crop.
Correspondence Of the Cotton Plant.
I made q promise while at our
Summer Meeting at GreeDvills to
write you an article on come Agri-
cultural subject, while out among the
Eills of Tennessee, which I will now
try 70 DO. and will take for my sub
jsct, the practicability Of substituting
oats for cotton, as our monied crop.
The small farmers of South Carolina
all start with..a two horse farm, say
one hundred acres of cleared land.
We have to star. in January, and'as
Spring oats are rather an uncertain
crop, ve will begin with the usual
half cotton and halfcorn plan, thirty
scres of each, and fen in oats in Jan;
uary. AT. the last planting of the
cotton We would SOW it all in red oats.
Now turn over the ten acres Of oats
stubble. Fret sowing about half bushel
to the acre, which with what has
Been shattered out by resping will
insure good stand, then break we'll
twenty acres Of the land that was
Left upcultivated. and SOW it, and
better plow it in with a gang plow or
some such harrow az the Acme by
this time the corn is far enough ad
vanced 30 as not to be injured by
p!owing, and We would SOW oats in
Gil the corn land This would give
us eighty acres in oats, all b
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
Warner Wileon del;horo.e,v

Warner Wileon deliberately got
drunk when about to die, at Vernon,
Mich, because he had observed,
throughout his religious experience,
that intoxication always aroused him
to especial fervHr. His acquainiances
say that he was sincere in this, as lie
was deeply impressed with the sol.
emnity of the occasion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
%. 4s, DAILY-MArLAND ENTREES.

Nos. So and So carry Pullman Sleepers
tween Augusta and Washington.
Nos. a. and ~ carry Pullman Sleepers
53t%een Augusta and Wilmington.
Ia II accommodation trains going North
N}nnect at Chester with trains on Chester
I'D Lenoir Railroad.
E Through tickets sold and baggage
|$ $eched TO all principal points.
81 q. II. TALCOTT, Supt.
M. SLAUG HTEE, Cen. Pas. Agent.
I'D. CARDwELL, ASST Gan. Pas. Agent,
{Rlumbih, s. c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25

In making the above estimate and
comparison we have confined our
selves to what Is thought to be good
average Of the present cropping, al.
lowing four hands for the cotton farm,
and but two for the grain farm, as it
will require two horses in either case.
We have left ont of the calculation
anything for hcrse.feed, farm imple.
nents, etc., as there would be no ma.
serial in the cost of each, except in a
reaper for the grain farm, and as two
mulss will only be required part of
the time, a good mare might be sub.
stituted for one Of them, and colt
be raised from her every year, which
would more thsn pay thu difference
in the expense in farm implements.
The -nsxt-wintar we would prepare
FIVE acres planted in cotton for clover,
and in March SOW it dowa in that ar.
ticle for hay. not allowing an AM.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
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gngsa'sl Aabsrtissr.
mANAeING A MULE.

.S
You Nebudcadnezzs, whoa, sab;
Whar is you tryin' to go. sab?
I'd hab you for to know, sab.
rs holdin' de lines!
You better stop dat prancin'
You's powerful fondiof dsncin'
But III bet my, yeahs advancin'
Dat III cure you oh de shines.
Look heah, mule Better min out
Fust Ting you know you'll find out
How quick I'll wear dis line ous
On your ugly. stubbo'n back.
You needn't try TO step up
An,lf dstprecious heel up,
You's got to plow dis fel up.
You has. for q fact.
Da.: dots de way to do It'll
Hes comm tight down to it.
Jes watch hin splowin' throo 1t!
Dis niger amt NO fooll
Some folks dey would beat him;
Now, dat would only heat him
Iknow jes' how to treat him;
You mus reason wild mule.
He minss.me like ainigger,
If be was only bigger
He'd fotch q mighty fgger,
he would ! tell YOU Yes, sab
Sec how he keeks a-elickin'
An pebe. thinks O. kickin-
Whoa aaFf Nsbudcadnez7"h
!, La dis heah me or not me7
Or is de asbil got ma.l.
Was dat s cannon shot mel
.Hsb1 laid hese mase'n a week?
Dat mule do kick amazin' !
De beast was spilled in raisir'-
But now I's'pect he's grain
On de oder aide de creek
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
More Attractive Than Ever!

Within the past few days we have
made so many additions to our stock Of
Jewelry that 1t is now more attractive
than ever before. Come, one and all, and
look for yourselves, and then come again,
for we are continually adding novelties
In our already full collection.
q. l.. PENN k SON.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25

1t is no joke that the Mayor of
Brainerd. Mimi, has issued an order
prohibiting Mother Hubbard costumes
lu the streets. The girls wore them
scant and thin. he says, and, as d
guardian of public morals, be felt
bound to interfere.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
EUFAULA, Ala, Dec, 12. 'S3

14N n TIT xknTf'i DOOs 2~i uUs
W. E. LYNCH, ESQ.,,
Ed0efeid c. IT., s. c.
DEAR SIR: Having learned that yor
are handling DR.. r. X. Hollis Dyspepti,
Elixir, I take pleasure in stating that
have known the proprietor of this medi
cine for several years, and that you can
rely upon any statement which he max es
concerning this or any other subject. ]
am also acquainted with DR.. Dozier, oi
Morris Station, fro II whom DR.. Holt has
a certificate with reference to his medi-
cine, and have no hesitation in stating
that he Is one Of the first men in the
whole of Qui,man Co., Ga.
Yours truly,
L. YANCEY DEAN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
4 p !!
We can add Hza acres

We can add FIVE acres in
~Fheat, and the first years WORK is
done. OF course the cotton and corn
nust be aaved, which leaves no rest.
In January We would break and sub.
soI fifteen acres for our corn and
cotton crop, and prepare compost
enough to manure it thoroughly,
which you Will have plenty Of time
to do, as we have 30 ANAL q plow
aud hoe crop. Ten acres of this we
would plsntin corn and Eve in cotton;
and in March or early in April, we
would som broadcast over the oats
one hundred pounds Of Acid Phos.
phats and fifty pounds KANT to the
acre. and harrow in with Thomas
Harrow. The small crop Of corn
and cotton can be put in complete
order by the time the harvest comes
in. and can be plowed and hoed
whenever desirable to do SO. In this
way the best results the land can
afford will. be obtained. and should at
least double the average all cotton
and corn yield. Now we will specu-
Late on the reasonable results of the
best crops and the expense
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25

After carefulirquiry, the Moravians
of Bethlehem, Pa, have decided that
the Esqnimaux CT Alaska present
greater obstacles TO conversion thau
any other people on earth, and there.
fore have sent missionaries to them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25

Forty years ago there was not a
telegraph. Office in existence, and the
telephone as a medium of communi
cation was not even dreamed of. To
day there are l,S40 telegraph Offices
in various portions of the world, and
they are increasing rapidly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25

An English bicycle rider has trav
elled from Lands End to John O.
Groats, S56 miles, with considerable
baggage in eight days and half.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
A Word About Babies.

EJoe Hopard IN Philadelphia Press.]
Speaking Of babies, how would you
like to be baby? A few hours ago
| crossed Fulton Ferry, and the boat
was packed with people didn't care
about, the children 1 did. Possibly
the children without the people
would have been pronounced
nuisance; but. as it Was, l had my
ten. per sorely tried and my patience
too, as l watched the idiotic way In
which tender, thoughttu kind heart
ed women treated their bables-ba-
biss who IN thirty years from no"
will know more in a minute than
know in all my lifetime. Whenever
Isee woman throw her baby in the
air, making the little "cuss" pale
with fear, breathless and asred and
wnl.e as the American flag, l f.el
like breaking a commandment, say
ing cuff" words and Draining her
Oh the spot, yet they all do ie Did
you ever think what baby has 10
put up with? The father rumFles It's
c;othes and =jait6As r. 80 Z ssfe,seil-
ZIG. - sother smoshsTs III lug
; it and squeezs it until its little fac
) Is as red as berry and the nRrse-
! well, the nurse, especially il she''
fat and wheezy, sticks her GGgers il
Its mouth, rams her thumbs down
Its throat and "tootsey- wootaeys" in
its face, till the poor child must wish
it was where it came from.
Ard, BY the way, where did il
come from? l wonder if there is any
such thing asa previous condition OIL
affairs. 1t seems to me that It is as
reasonable to suppose that there was
past as that there is 10 be future
condition. hardly believe if | had
had previous condition l ever
should have deliberately elected 10
come here. Somebody's responsible
ior putting me here, and whoever
that power is it certainly did rot give
ne throne to sit on or money. bags
for my tootstool. Does any living
man imagine for an instant, if l had
had anything to do with it, | would
Willingly have left my calm seclusion,
wherever it was, to plunge into the
red-hot business Of earning what !
am pleased to call my living by writ.
ing for the newspapers? What an
ass one must be to suppose such a
thing. And being here, upon whom
resta the responsibility me or
the agency which put me here?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
A NEW TREATMENT.
A CARD.

We, the undersigned, having received
greet and permanent benefit from the
use of COMPOUND OXYGEN" pre-
pared and administered by DRs STAR
KEY Il PALEN, of Philadelphia, and be-
ing satisfied that it is new discovery in
medical science, and all that is claimed
for it. consider 1t duty which we owe
tn the many thousands who are suffering
from chronic and so-called incurable'
diseases to do all that we can to make it,
virtues known and to inspire the public
with confidence.
We have personal knowledge of Drs.
Starkey & Palen. They are educated,
intelligent and conscientious physicians,
who will not, we are sure, make any
statement which they do not know or be-
lieve to be true, nor publish any testi-
monia!s or reports of cases which are
not genuine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
Poultry Powder,

TSED in all diseases incident to
" Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys,
&c., and a speedy remedy for Cho lera in
Fowls, Cape in young chickens, &c.
Price 20 cents.
June 10. D. r. DURISOE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
FOUR YEARS OLD.

A LII parties indebted to the BoNAN-
II SALOON, formerly kept by T.
". Condor, either by note or account for
Wines. Whiskies. Champagness, Lager
Beer, Cigars, Tobaccos, &c, are hereby
notified that said accounts can. be found
at PENN'S DRUG STORE. Parties 30
indebted will please come forward and
settle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25

J. w. Mckenzie, Montezuma. Ga.
says DR. Hollis Dyspeptic Elixir cured
him of Chronic Liver Disease of three
years standing. For sale by
oU1 W, F.. I.YNCH.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June /, 1882.

In order to meet natural inquiry in
regard TO our professional and personal
standing. and to give increased conf.
dence in our statements and in the genu-
ineness of our testimonials and reports
Of cases, we print the above card from
gentlemen we'll aud widely known and
of the highest personal character.
Our Treatise on Compound Orygcn,'
con aiming history of the discovery of
and mode of action OF this remarkable
curative agent, and large record of sur
prising cures i'll Consumption, Catarrh,
Neuralgia, Bronchitis. Asthma, etc., and
wide range of chronic diseases, will he
sent free. Address
Drs. STARKEY Il PALEN,
llC0 and I'LL Girard Street, Philada., Pa.
Oct. IL. lSS3-45
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25

meIt s1s Is cruel to women. 1t is like
the practice Of first spoiiing children
and then furnishing them Tor being
spoiled.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1884-09-25
Before and After Marriage.

J. WASHINGTON WATTS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-07
PAYING FOR MS FooLrsHNrss.
BROOK

The October Grand Jury was sworn In yesterday
STRIKER :. williamson of GTavescnd. foreman.
John Rcardon. age thirty, rIvettcr, OF Jersey
City, while at work on the structure OF inc BROOK.
lyn Elevated Railroad, at Park and Vanderbilt
nycs fell 10 the street yesterday. fracturng MS
skull He died AT the Cumberland Street HOS
pital.
The Railroad Committee Of the Common CONNER
reported Yesterday In opposition to- granting 10 the
Nassau Cable Company the right to lay tiacks ana
operate railroad IN certain streets OF the city, on
account of the oppos lion of pioperty-owhets' Inc
report wnH confirmed,
1hr skeleton of u man, with the remnants ct u
nnt of clothes beside the hnnUH, wHH FOUND III tho
woods IN the town of Nrw-Gfccht 10y Two boys
trAirilnv. Ihcy told the police ~ the loiiNsA'r-
nnd street rolirc station, ahd hh undertaken VIVA
rrnt 10 remove the trmnnH to the mnitur, " Whn
Thought probable that tho skeleton IN thbt "i
huiotlr
William Dempsey, IL wel-knoWn tough nl ~"
Fourteenth Wand, STOLE u hofao aud wagon belong
ing To- milkunn Yesterday ART moon bul Wh7 cup
iufrd after sharp chase ana struggle WIN
policeman. Al the Fourth street Police station ne
scaled high brick wall when leit alone "a moment
In the Second chase after hun, Policeman Riley was
thrown from wagon by turning corner 700
sharply and received a probable fracture al the
skull Dempsey was rc-aIlcstvd 10y another police
man and held for trial
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-10-07
WINNERS AT CONVICTION.

COvINGTON. Oct. G-Thc falI mccting OF The
Tatouia Jockey cub was continued to-day. The FIRST
race purse 500 OF which 90 tO the second for three
yrllGdS that have not IN 1854 one mile. NJ the
scvcuthcehth, pole King kyrlc came io the 'front.' ana
was not headed Modci>on second hall length IN 'front.'
of TnStcr thrd. Tmc i:tT. French pools paid SIS.
second racc-Pur~c $50, handicap for all ages (;
one mile and u quarter. Asccnder won 10y q head with
Tom Martin second. and BrecChlOadcr third Ilnc
9:lOIa French pools paid So 30
Third racc-Ihc kimball stakes for two year Odds six
fnrinui.s Tr,mnaGoui won in pnllop by tive lengths
o. ardn second hall length IN front of Irish Fat thr
Time. li:lT. French pools paid SIG 20
Fourth Purse $500 for all agcs mile heats Salara
won hy a neck, Phil Lewis scco q. two lengths before
Kiohha thirl. Time. l:iG. French pools paid SO 10
second hcnt-Ph Lewis wa not headed throughout
the wm and won easily 10y two lengths with SAHARA
second two lengths ~ front of kiohhn third Iimo,
l:1Ca, French pools paid SO 90.
Third heat phil Lewis jumped into the lead al the
start and was never aitcrWaId headed. Winning IN p
Ion II, "A lclcih SAHARA second. Time, l:i"A. French
pools paid - go.