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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Booths ses. characser.

It was In high priced restaurant.
They were discussing the characters In
which Booth had been most successful
and the young man with a blond. mus.
tache was satisfied that Hamlet was by
far his best part. s
"If you ever saw him in that part
when he was at his best" he said, ''yor
wouldn't dispute the assertion for mo.
ment.
"Saw himl" exclaimed the man with
the dark beard scornfully. 1--WE seer
him in about everything he ever played
Why. his Hamlet was poor compared
with some of his other characters His
Othello was better than his Hamlet. and
his Macbeth
Macbeth" broke in the young mar
with the blond mustache. "Why, that
wasn't up to Romeo, and that's saying q
good deal His Shylock was better thar
his Othello.'
Every one in earshot was interested by
this time. but just as the man with the
dark beard was beginning scathing
retort with some side remarks about the
"Fool's Revenge" the little fellow with
the single eyeglass reused himself and
said:
"I say! You're both wrong. you know.
I'm not much on drama. but Booth never
played anything as well as he did Shake
speare. ."-DetroiG Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
A1igators' Eggs,

The natives Of the Antilles eat slli-
gator eggs and esteem them as Q great
luxury. They are said to never trouble
themselves about the, freshness Of the
egg. H half incubated it Is all the bet
ter in their estimation.-E1change
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

Gentlemen, we have the handsomest
line of fine dress Shoes in this market.
Prices low. Give us call and we will
please you. More new dress goods to
arrive this week. j. M. COBB.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Do You uAppreciate

The advantage of buying always
from a.clean, fresh stock of goods? If
you do, you can have that advantage
by buying shoes, slippers aud hats
from Mulherin, Rice & Co., Augusta.
Prices are lower than the lowest.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

Have your Buggy painted and
remodeled at G. B. Courtncy's re-
pair shop.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Taxable ? OIL List.

In accordance with an Act OF
the General Assembly, approved
December %, 1891, I hereby pub
lish the names of the Taxable
Polls in the several School Dis
tricts of Edgefeld county, as re-
ported tome by the Trustees of
said districts:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
An1ioua to Close Up.

Hostess ss-Won't you sing sonnet thing,
Mr.. Greene7 - !. = : y
Mr.. G.-There are so many strangers
here Il
Hostess+Never mind them; they'll be
gone before you get half through.-E1-
change.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
WHITES.

| WHITES.
S h D Adams,
10 n Agnew,
Sam Agnew,
P H Bussey,
T j Bussey,
John G Bussey,
John Bush,
| Will Brooks,
Jack Brooks,
John Bailey,
F Pickens Bailey
Frank Bussey
w w Burnett,
Joe Bussey,
o M Burnett,
Tom Brown,
r L Bodie,
L Fl Bledsoe,
DrTH Burkhalte
T j Calliham,
j w Collins,
Jas Carter,
J w.R Delaughte
John Dow,
M Doolittle,
Arthur Dorm,
Press Doolittle,
Sam Doolittle,
| J w Delaughter,
w F Elan,
Chas Eubanks,
II w Eubanks,
Will Mckenzie,
A ] Mcdaniel,
G w Mathis,
r E Overstreet,
Charley Parkma,
J d Quarles,
C E Quarles,
T B Quarles,
III w Quarles,
VIII Quarles,
J. B Quarles
l. G Quarles,
B F Quarles,
T A Quarles,
/ J M Reynolds,
is T REYNOLDS.
Joe Wilson,
Calvin Williams
Tom Willis,
| Will Willis,
P r Watesy
Z E Wood,
William Wood,
coLoRED.
Paul Albright,
Mace Adams,
Bob Bland,
! Miles Brown,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

mounted troops were justly the popular
heroes of the day. I can only remember
the refrain, which ran thus: "If you want
to smell hell, just jine the cavalry-jine the
cavalryw
In Difference to this prejudice on the part
of many gallant American soldiers, for
whose deeds and valor entertain the great
est admiration, shall, in the course of the
following article, usually refer to their
mounted troops as cavalry. But it is essen
tial that others should understand it was in
reality what We now term mounted infantry,
and what was in the seventeenth century,
and early in the eighteenth, known Is
dragons. In those far-off days, all regular
armies were officially described as consisting
of horse, foot and dragons. The latter
were armed as infantry, with long muskets
and bayonets, the former carried in sort of
Namaqua bucket like that now used by our
mounted infantry
They Did Not Use the Saber.
The generals in the Secession war have
taught us that, although country may be
entirely unsuited for purely cavalry opera
tions, and where the shock of charging
masses of horsemen is a physical impossi-
bility, still, mounted troops are more val
uable than ever; but they must be men
taught as the mounted troops of both N0th
and South were-that their great mission is
to fight on foot. In letter written a few
years after the end of this war, the cavalry
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

General, s. d. Lee, says: "Nearly all the
cavaly used by the Confederate States, and,
in fact, by both sides, was nothing more than
mounted ri1emen. The saber was done
away with by the Confederate States cavalry
pretty well, and rarely used IN action by
either party" And again: '1n every in
stance under my observation the revolvers
replaced the saber," etc. One of the most
distinguished cavalry leaders in that war,
Major General T. l. Rosser. in letter of
about the same date, writes: 'Neither the
Yankees nor Confederates employed cavalry
in the late war, it was all mounted rifles"
After these expressions of opinion from
well-known American calvary leaders hope
I may be forgiven if 1 say that in neither
of the contending armies was there ever q
brigade or division that would have been
regarded as regular cavalry in Europe. The
cavalry made use of by both belllgerents
did splendid service and had role of its
own, but that was not the role of regular
cavalry.
Forrest Early Dearned to Fight.
General Forrest was born in 1921 of very
humble parents. He was, therefore, just 40
when he first donned the soldiers garb as a
private in the Tennessee Mounted Rifles.
In the wild borderland of civilization,
where he had been reared, he had, however,
been accustomed to the use of arms from
earliest boyhood. There life was held
cheap, and even the peace-loving citizen
went about his ordinary avocations duly
armed with pistol and bowie knife. Many
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

'who is he ?" asked the real estate man
ndiferently.
'It's that Nansen, Mr.. Hardy. be-
ieve he has done up Greenland before.
"You never can tell" said Royal Sterne.
"He might immortalize himself by going
up little higher than anybody else before
him."
"He can't l'' interrupted grutf, decisive
voice They all turned with surprise toward
the speaker. 1t was the first exhibition Of
interest the silent traveller had shown since
they left San Francisco.
'Well, why not?" asked Royal, with a
wink at the tutor, as If to say: "At last,
we've brought him out"
"Because he will first starve and then
freeze to death. He must have a chain of
depots in his rear" The stranger spoke so
authoritatively that the student was 81
lenced
"You are right" said the tutor, with a
lf,sigh "He can't The North Pole is
an 4bsolute impossibility. Only fools try
it,"
The millionaire, the inventor, Jack
Hardy and Royal Sterne nodded approval,
as if they considered the subject disposed
Of But the silent man. flushed, as if he
had been struck, caught his breath hur-
riedly, and then replied with obvious re-
straint:
IT beg to differ from you. Nansen can't.
But the North Pole is possible. 1t only
needs to be reached at intelllgently. If
Stanley can traverse Equatorial Africa,
somebody can get to the North Pole. 1t
requires faith, endurance and gumption,
but 1 believe it will be accomplished before
the end of this century-and by an Ameri-
can"
'tBravo!" cried the inventor. "Let me in
troduce myself to you formally. I am
Professor Wilder. Here's my card and my
hand"
"Spoken like patriotl' said the Chicago
merchant, smiling at the silent traveller.
"And Chicago ought to fit out q party that
would do it."
The unapproachable stranger had thawed
out. He took the inventors outstretched
hand cordially. and smiled upon the rest Of
the party for the first time.
It was noticeable that his smile showed
the downward curves of hopeless sadness,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
BY HERBERT D. WARD.

practical jokes; always enlivenins in his
boyish, honest way the dullest hours; al
ways manly in his most mischievous
moods; always liked. He had gone out to
inspect mine in the far Northwest,
preparatory to going into it next fall. On
this trip, as the reader will surmise, he had
struck up an intimate acquaintance with q
grizzly.
Jack Hardy was representative scion of
clerk in Kansas City real estate Office; had
seen fortunes made In q day, and melt away
In a week, and was now about to meet in
Chicago his future partner, young fellow
like himself in the same line of business.
"We shall set up some time in the sum-
mer," said Jack Hardy in confidence to Mr..
Vanderlyn, a well-known grain millionaire,
and one of the most influential and public
spirited men in Chicago.
'T believe you will succeed, Mr. Hardy"
said this good-hearted capitalist with
smile Of encouragement, that, coming from
such lips, seemed to mean everything to the
young man.
ian war cloud?" asked the third young man
Of this party, Mr.. Frederick Ball, a young
astronomical tutor.
TT all seems to lie in the difference be-
tween South American"-"Peep! peepl"
interrupted Royal Sterne, initiating young
chicken with rare talent, "and North Amer
ican cock
Sterne thus gayly tossed off the astronomi-
cal tutors sober questions much to the mer-
riment of the inventor, who had sat dream
ing, talking little, and observing less, dur
ing the whole of the long cross-continent
trip. Even the icicle of the party smiled
the sixth man, whose name no one knew,
nor his business nor his destination; who
had refused to talk and be drawn out during
the five days, imprisonment on the train.
None of the good natured, albeit some
what impertinent innuendoes, traps and
tricks of tho Tech. student had found this
traveller off his guard. His eyes, which
seemed trifle weak in the glare of the sun,
would flash, however, at any open disre-
spect. Finally he was let alone. 1t was
winter, and on one occasion when the steam
gave out, and the car almost froze up, this
man became radiant He had evidently
suffered from the closeness of the car, and
this arctic atmosphere affected him like
bottle of champagne. No one had learned
his name or his business.
The train was due in Chicago now and
was two hours late. In despair the young
astronomer took up a paper and glanced at
1t for the sixth time. The rest puffed
gloomily at their cigars.
"Here's another fool p he said contempt
uously. "Here's Norwegian idiot who is
going to tramp it across Greenland to the
North Pole. I, for one. am dead tired of
relief expeditions. His friends, for the
sake of sympathizing humanity, ought to
lock him up in an insane asylum and keep
him there p
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03
UNTAUGHT FIGHTERS.
Lord Wolseley Finds One
Worthy Type Among the
Generals of Our War.
HE WAS n. B. FORREST.
Never Saw West Point, but dis
Methods Satisfy Students.
NATURE WAS HIS INSTRUCTOR.
A Slave Dealer, FroRtiersman and Master
of the Bowie Knife.
HE WAS n. B. FORREST.
NATURE WAS HIS INSTRUCTOR.
A Slave Dealer, FroRtiersman and Master
of the Bowie Knife.
FACTS ABOUT THE CAVALRY SERVICE
WRITTEN FOR THE pIsPArcH.i

WRITTEN FOR THE pIsPArcH.i
1t is a remarkable fact that, in the Seces-
sion War of 1865, almost all the best
known Generals of both contending armies
had been educated at the West Point Mill
tary Academy. Those who desire to en-
phasi8e the necessity of close military study
for all ambitious soldiers often point TO this
fact in support of their contention. During
the progress of that prolonged war few
civilians, however, were given high mill
tary rank. Some obtained it through per-
sonal influence, but still more through party
interest, and a few by the gallantry and
natural military ability they had displayed
in battle.
But none of these political Generals are
known to fame, and though one lawyer Gen.
eral from the North became for the time
notorious, the names of very few among
them will be remembered in history. OF
that few one of the most remarkable was
General Forrest, a great organizer and
leader of what used to be known in Europe
as dragons, but now called mounted rifles
or mounted infantry, though still spoken of
and written about as cavalry in the United
States of America When any English
writer refers to General Sheridan's men as
mounted infantry" a host of gallant
American cavalry officers spring up to de-
fend the title by which his command was,
and still is, universally known in America
They seem to regard the designation of
mounted infantry as derogatory, and as
doing some injustice to the gallant soldiers
who followed that able infantry soldier.
General Sheridan.
a Soldiers Opinion of Himself.
In all epochs the horse have very natural
lv thought themselves superior to the foot
A name has often much to do with the fight
ing value of soldiers; and if man is proud
of the official designation given to his arm
of the service no one but an idiot who had
to get hard work out of that arm would use
anv other, no matter how technically wrong
such a title might be- You cannot make
the cavalry soldier or the mounted soldier,
whatever NAV be his functions in war,
think too highly of himself His training
teaches him that he belongs, as it were, to
the aristocracy of the army, and that has
work, always in the front, is the most i'm
portant, and places him in a position far
above that of what the Indian sowar terms
the "Peldal Wallah." This feeling was
given full vent to in a cavalry song of the
period when Forrest, Fitzhugh Lee, Nor
San, Sheridan, Stewart and other leaders OF
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

Gs1~& .
with Lieutenant Lock-
wood when that immortal
American attained the
highest altitude. I would
turn to the Pole again to-
day, as a privilege and a
post Of honor if the op-
portunity offered. :" He
tried to say more, but the
tutor at this point rushed
upon him.
''sThen," said the young
man, "then you are Ser
geant Willtwig." The
stranger nodded slowly,
as if the mention of his
own name overwhelmed
him with its tragical asso-
Citations. For q few mo-
ments there was an un-
usual silence in that
stuffy smoking compart-
ment.
eff you went again, +"
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'well," said Mr.. Frederick Ball, the
tutor, ~ do not like to differ from you,
sir. !" bowling politely to the stranger, 'for
you seem to know all about these things
But have read little on Arctic discov-
cry, and have noticed that from Cabot to
McClintock there have been no less
than 13O Polar expeditions, not
one of which has attained to within
800 miles of the North Pole. Millions of
dollars have been spent to reach it! Hun
ereds of lives have been starved and frozen
out. Think of Franklin and the utter an
Inhalation of his expedition! Remember
the best equipped party that ever left our
shore! Remember the Jeanette! Think of
the fruitless reliefs! Call to mind the
Greedy expedition
At this point the strangers eyes flashed.
His teeth bit nervously into his cigar, and
his hands clinched each other powerfully.
"What was obtained?" proceeded the
tutor, growing more eager. IA paltry $50
and "a seconds-the highest latitude trod by
man, it is true; four minutes higher than the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

He was the radiant men, The Tech Student
Der Of the party; always up to tricks or
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

The canal is an ancient institution. It
coexists with tho remotest periods of hu-
man history, since the primitive man dis
covered the value of an artificial waterway
stream to the navigable waters of another.
Historians allude to these artificial channels
as existing in Egypt and elsewhere in the
faraway centuries preceding the Christian
era.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

nelQ Cne 8CtentlOn OF
the smoking compart-
ment as he thus fin
ished recounting the
greatest experience Of
his life. He looked
from one to another
of his five companions,
shaking back his
blon de locks and
awaiting the applause
due to prowess and
adventure.
"Did you ever see
the b ear again ?"
asked his vis-a~vis,
not knowing what else
to say. This person
was of an entirely
different type, middle
sized in breadth and
h e i 6 b b. He had
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

straight hair, barely inclined to crispness,
and dark eyes, with look common enough
in the West, but rare in the East, of con-
centrated, well-reined daring He was of
the stock of men who have made the Great
West what it is to-day.
"Talking about sport" interrupted the
elder member Of the party, 81 remember
when partridges used to be shot where Lin
coin Park is to-day"
"Whst a change is that, my countrymenp'
calculated the ruddy young gentleman. He
delivered this stock quotation with a self
satisfied air of of originality. The Chicago
merchant said:
Every neat! Very well put" with the
indulgent smile of a kindly man, VINO
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03


rather than the up
ward lines of Joy.
Whether it were the
indomitsble spirit of
discovery that stirs
t he Anglo-Saxon
blood at a breath, or
whether it were the
thought of the su-
preme hardships and
t errib1e disasters
W h i C b inevitably
come to the mind
whenever Arctic dis
coveTv is mentioned,
or whether it were
the electric excite
ment of the strangers
bold words, or all
three combined-at
any rate the six men
moved their seats
closer together.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

would not make a boy
uncomfortable for q
trifle. In that smoking
compartment of tn Q
sleeper the party had
become very we'll ac-
quainted-that is, in a
general sort of a way.
Five days in a stuffy
box produces its peculiar
intimacy. They b a d
told each other almost
everything about them
selves. The ruddy young
fellow, who looked tor
all the world like a
young Englishman, with
checked suit and travel
ing cap to match, was
Royal Sterne, a Maine
boy, with six months
more in the Institute of
Technology, in Boston.
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CHAPTER L

CHAPTER L
81 tell you that was the closest call ever
had"
A tall, ruddy young fellow of about %
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-03

said the tutor solemnly, "you would loss
your own lite"
"Perhapsi'' answered Sergeant willtwig,
with a superb shrug. 'What's that? Tho
next time should find the Pole"
sWell, how?" asked the practical mer-
chant. Joining for the first time in the dis
cussion.
sDepots must be advanced from Franz
Joseph Land" answered the Sergeant.
s0The preparation before the final dash
might take five years. The getting to the
Pole is not the difficult thing. Itis the get
ting backp'
"That's too long," said Royal sterne with
the careless confidence of youth 'Td do
it by balloon; not depotsp' He looks
around as is he had given vent to an origi-
nal idea.
At this word, Prof Wilder, the inventor,
gave sharp start. 1t was so noticeable
that Mr.. Vanderlyn looked at him inquir-
ingly.
"The balloon" answered the Arctic trav-
eler quietly, sis not the means OF access to
the Pole
"sat on!'' whispered Jack Hardy to
Royal
'iBut isn't 1t possible by airship?" asked
the inventor quietly.
To the surprise of all the Sergeant did not
Immediately annihilate the inventor. For
a moment he sat immersed in thought.
eff the airship were built" said Royal
Sterne, shaking his curly head with ire
sistible confidence, '1'd start in it to the
Pole as quick as wink-diploma or no
diploma My guardian wouldn't care
rap This was said off hand, and the
others seemed to take up the idea to kill
time.
..By graciousi would go for the adver-
tisement to the new frm,' said Jack
Hardy laughing.
81 would go for the love of SCIENCE.
said the tutor slowly. 'It really has been
the dream of my life that some time or
other should see the North Pole reached. :"
For the glory of Chicago and science I
would pay for the trip for the rest of you"
said the merchant. half laughing
During the conversation the inventor sat
back in his seat, gasping for breath, silent.
No one noticed him.
''Well," said Sergeant Willtwig gravely,
probably the scheme is possible in the
right kind OF an airship. have heard of
one airship which, if it does all they say
it will, might accomplish the feat. Have
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sledges of Markham, higher than Mares.
backed BY million of pounds. Did 1t payY
Where is the gallant LOCKWOOD?
More and more excited, he would have, re-
sumed his eager argument had not the
stranger laid his hand upon the young
mans knee, and bade him STOP
IT cannot suffer you to go on, he said
with trembling voice "You touch my own
experience, my own life. The North Pole
has not yet been reached, because God has
SO willed it, But has not all knowledge her
imperative claim upon paltry human hfe9
Shall not the uttermost part of the earth
call for her heroes until she is subdued?"
The stranger stopped for moment, breath
ing heavily. He was profoundly moved,
and he moved his hearers.
Gentlemen" he went on, very slowly.
and reverentlY. t1 was with GreelY. I Has
The Progress., 1892-06-18
THY Will be Done"

1t is not alone when our hearts
are aching and our souls are sick
that we need to pray that Gods
will be done. The prayer belongs
to our every day and hour; for,
besides its meaning of simple,
fiial submission, it is essentially a
prayer for righteous energy. We
know that our Father is goodness
itself: we are sure that he has in
store for his children a better
order of things than the world yet
sees: we know it is his will that
truth and righteousness shall
crown a blessed earth, and so we
naturally pray that this may be-
come a visible reality. But, as we
learn little by little, and one word
at time, to think Gods thoughts
after him." there dawns upon us
the wonderful and awful con-
seriousness that he often means to
be the agents of his purpose; that
it is through the instrumentality
of our human wills that his will Is
destined fully to reign in the life
of humanity. Our minds cannot
really grasp the conception OF this
any more than they can compass
the thoughts of eternity and
boundless space; it is our hearts
alone which dare believe it.-Our
Legacy.
The Progress., 1892-06-18
GENERAL ITEMS.
upon.

SHIPPING VEGETABLES The Times
has frequently tried to impress
upon the farmers of this locality
the advantages derived from rails
ing more vegetables. Take, for
instance, cabbage; more clear
money can be made from one acre
of cabbage than five acres of cot
ton. William Hill, Esq, who has
as fine a garden in the suburbs OF
Alexander as one could wish to
see, brought to this office this
morning, a head of cabbage weigh
ing l4l pounds. 1t was a perfect
head, solid, white and tender.
Mr.. Hill, besides having sold $500
heads in this market, has shipped
one carload to the Kansas City
market, and will load another car
for the same market next week.
We are not informed what price
be obtained, but he expresses him
self as being very well satisfied,
What is true of this variety of veg
etables is also true of scores of
other varieties-in fact almost
anything one would wish to raise;
The best markets of the North and
West are now open to us and the
sooner our people appreciate this
fact and raise more vegetables the
better off they will be.-Alexan-
dria Times.