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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11
He Had to Express His Joy.

old Pete had been one of tn
beseslsves ever owned in the Stat
of ouisiana. He had LIVED
thnod two generations of th'
Plaza ssfamily, and in the thire
Was 81 EaesUld thatlno7 one yentured t.
tsEy fo@ was; IL tthough hothel
slaves when asked would say, "Ht
mus be oyeh q hunder."
He had been good servant, anc
in his declining years received the
care which faithful slaves in those
days got from generous and kind.
hearted masters. He had his OWL
cabin, and special rations were
allowed to him. Among other
favors which he enjoyed was that
of taking three drinks of whiskey
every day. Three times each dav
the old man tottered over to The
rat ations store to get his links.
Rain or shine, he never fail,d, for
he dearly loved those drinks.
When he picked up his glass
his knuckled hand shook so that
the whiskey was fain to leap from
the glass to the floor. Old Pete
would raise it slowly, look at it
fondly, and then let it slip down
his throat. He would close his
eyes while his puckered and shriv-
elled face went through: most
wonderful contortions. But the
end of his enjoyment was sight
to behold. He would lower his
chin, while his frame quivered and
trembled in its dry skin until his
bonesrattled, and then a mingled
smack and long-drawn "A-a-h"
would come through his thin lips.
Once his owner said to him that
if he would emit the wry face, the
shiver, the smack, and the "ah" he
should have another glass of whis-
key. Pete said he would try 1t. He
had not the courage to look at the
mellow liquid this time, but
the glass into his mouth
with single motion. Then came
the struggle. He shook like wind
beaten read, but kept his face
firmly set. His teeth were clenched,
and he was the picture of an old
man, resolute and heroic.
Courage, Peter" said the
planter.
But the sigh of delight conquered
MIN. 1t slipped between his hard
closed teeth, and came out in a
ong tremor.
eth Lawd bress me, mas'r," he
II c'u'dn' do ct. Et was
90 good. I he'd t. 'spress my JOY"
IN. Y. Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

Samuel J. Tilden drew up the
platform of 1875 upon which he
was elected to the Presidency by
$4,000 majority of the popular
vote of the country. That plat
form said, eve demand that all
custom house taxation shall be
only for revenue. The Demo-
cratic platform of 1892 reiterates
that denand.--Sandusky (O.)
Evening Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

The exact geographical centre of
the United States is marked by a
grave-the last resting place Of
one Major Ogden, who is buried
on little knoll a short distance
northeast of Fort Riley, Kas,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

A man with q mind for statistics
has computed that over sixty-fve
quadrillians of people have lived
on the earth since the beginning
of time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

President Harrison is evidently
very doubtful of his hold on his
own State, as he found it necessary
to take another cabinet officer from
Indiana. If Indiana can't be in
duced to go Republican under the
pressure of a President and two
cabinet officers it will be safely
Democratic in after years-Nash-
vile Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

H.C. Settlemire shot and in
stantly killed his fellow workman,
]. F. Bayerby, at the Beaumont
Cotton Factory, at spartanburg on
asday morning. Cause un-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

Statistics show that more money
is spent in the United States for
eggs than for -four. Farmers went
to look after their poultry and i'm
prove it by getting the best stock.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

Miss Raines, a daughter of L.
B. Raiaes, of Pelham, formerly of
Greenville, committed suicide
Monday last by jumping in a we'll
and drowning herself.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

A farm In Pinola, Pa, which
was bought some years ago during
the oil excitement by Chicago
spectators $4,000, was sold
recently at tax sale for $1,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

A strong solution of alum to
which there has been added a little
glycerine and vinegar, is a sure
cure for mosquito bites.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

The largest farm in the world is
said to be in Louisiana. It is one
hundred by twenty-five miles, and
embraces 100000 acres. 1t costs
$4,000 to fence it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

The thimble was first called the
"thum BELL" because it was used
on the thumb instead of on the
finger, as at present. The word
soon evolnted into thumbell. The
word thimble is comparatively
modern.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

There are signs in the New York
Tribune and elsewhere that tho
Republican leaders are beginning
to repent that force bill plank in
the Minneapolis platform. But the
party is squarely OH record in its
favor. No regrets can alter facts.-
Boston Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

d-cans sbgb saten 260 a5imes
thinner than printing paper. One
ounce will cover 146 square feet.
A cubic inch at $1S per ounce, is
worth S21O.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

Out of the twenty-six Barons
who signed the Magma Charta,
only three could write their names.
The remainder made their mark.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

The Rev. Manning Brown, dis
tinguished Methodist minister,
died in Columbia on the morning
of the 29th ult. Mr.. Brown was
well known in South Carolina as
an able minister Of the Gospel,
and the news of his death will
cause sorrow to many hearts. The
funeral services were held at
Washington Street Church in the
afternoon.-Register.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

Galileo's first telescope was made
from part of a lead waterpipe, in
each end of which he cemented
common spectacle glasses.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

You may be sure of this: if you
are doing all you can to make a
child better you are doing some
thing that pleases.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

Kansas has four cities in which
the vote of the women is larger
than that of the men. One entire
act of councilmen are women.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11
MANAGING A MULE.
IRWIN. RUSSELL.

IRWIN RUSSELL.
You Nebuchadnezzah, whoa, sab;
Whar is you tryin' to go, sab?
I'd hab you for to know, sab,
rs holdin' of de lines!
You better stop dat prancin,,
You's powerful fond Of daneinssae..
But I'll bet my yeah's adyaIf SS
Dat I'll cure you OBJ youiS ss
Look heah, mule! Better Kls
Fus' ting you know you'll ffR
How quick I'll wear dis line Uqk
On your ugly, stubbo'n back.
You needn't try to steal up
An lif' dat precious heel up,
You's got to plow dis fieP up, !.
You has, for a fac.
Oar; dat's de way to do it!
He's comi"' right down to it,
Jes' watch him plowin' t'roo it! !
Dis nigger amt no fool! q
Some folks deys would beat him;
Now, dat would only heat him
know JET. how to treat him;;
You must reason wild amufe.
He minds me like q niger;
If he was only bigger
He'd fotch mighty figger,
He would, I tell you'll Yes, sab!
See how he keeps clickin',
An neber thinks o. kickin'-
Whoa, dar! Nebuchadnezzah!
\
Is dis heah me, or not me?
Or is de debil got me?
Was dat q cannon shot me?
Hab I laid heah more'n week:
Dat mule do kick amazin'
De beast was spilled in raisin'-
BY now I s'pect he's grain
On de oder side de creek.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11
A Poor Argument.

Reference has been made to the
bad spelling of some of the peoples
party and their official documents
This does not amount to a row
of pins in the controversy Of
contending factions. Some of the
greatest men of action in all the
world were poor in spelling and
weak in grammar. Napoleon was
often criticised in this way, and
some of the letters we have seen
from General Washington were
very faulty according to a severely
critical modern standard. Perhaps
the most eloquent and eminent
Virginia lawyer of twenty-five
years ago was the worst speller in
the Union. He knew it and de-
plored it, but this technical defect
did not prevent him from acquir-
ing and maintaining great fame.
The political leader in the Demo-
cratic party, who, up to a recent
period had no rival in the know
ledge and management of affairs,
is reported to be very bad speller
Of the simplest words. We remem-
Der how Mr.. Stephens annoyed
Senator Gordon by rattling him
about the misspelling of the word
"Marshal," which we find spelled
wrongly in the correspondence and
prosf-reading of the Chronicles
dispatch from Fountain Inn. Good
spelling is gift. Bad spelling is
an imperfection of the mental con.
stitution that, in vigorous natures
and otherwise highly-endowed
intellects, does not in the least
initiate against a successful.
care We once heard a bishop,
celebrated for his erudition, say
that some reputed wise men were
very sadly lacking in common
sense; and SO it is with spelling.
There is many a person who does
not know how to spell accurately
at all times, and yet is distin-
guished and prosperous. There are
some persons who never commit
a lapse in grammar and yet can
not get along at all in this prosy |
world. Once John Kelly, when
an undisputed political monarch
n New Yol was reprieyed for
assigning to most important
duties in Tammany affairs g per-
son so utterly uneducated that he
could neither read nor write, much
less spell. Mr.. Kelly justified him
self by saying that his subaltern,
it was true, did not have any schol-
astic training but "he understood
how to manage men," and SO was
singularly fitted for the work map
ped out for him. One of Senator
Gorman's most powerful auxi-
iaries in Baltimore can hardly
'ign his name, but he is a notable
power in the primaries and at the
state capitol. And SO it goes. When
classic Senator Hoar declared that
sturdy "Senator Beck's mind was
1t rest when he. was speaking"
Beck replied that Hoar "remin-
led him of the Virginia soil
described by John Randolph, |,
which was poor by nature and
uined by cultivation" :
If this campaign were to be :
ought on issues of grammar, the ,
Peoples party would probably ,
uccumb without much resistance; .
'ut, as Judge Sam Rice used to =
ay, when twitted with his old .
ime declaration that Southern
nen could whip Northern men =
nth pop-guns: 81 say so still, but i,
onfound you fellows. you would =
ot fight it that way!"-Augusta !,
Ierald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11
I'd the number of SOU

I'd the number of square
yaru. floor or wall: Rule
Multiply :, length by the width
or height Tin feet) and divide the
product by 9, the result will be
square yards.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

1t is impossible to- eeuh till
ion. Had Adam counted scon-
tinuouly from his creation to the
present day, he would not have
reached that number, for it would
take him over 9,5t2years. At the
rate of 200 minute there could be
counted $4,000 an hour, 2sS,OoO a
day, los, 10000 a year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11
Extracts from a Sermon by Rev
Sam Jones, Delivered in
Nashville, Tenn.

/
Nashville, Tenn.
Hear, OIL mothers love. Their
in no ocean SO broad or deep, nj
plain SO expansive, as to encom
pass the love of mother, mother
mother! See her, forgetful o
everything, all surroundings, he:
own sufferings, her own hardships
Oh f! mother, mother, mother, my
mother, motherl I believe the
saddest fact of my life is that
kissed my mother goodbye wher
Twas an eight-year-old- boy i
my mother could have guided me
I should never have wandered in
to ways of sin and death as / did
She taught me the sweet little
prayer, "Now 1 lay me down tc
sleep,"- and somehow, even now
whenever I lay me down to SLEEP
that little prayer is whispered in
my ears. And if 1 ever get to hea
ven will find my mother and put
my arms around her neck and
kiss her again and again. Thank
God for mother, mother, mother
Oh, those gray heads! You Will
never go 30 far that you will ever
forget mother. l care not where
your journeyings may be; no
pathway ever 80 old, no spot,
where you will forget mother.
Mother loved you, has sacrificed as
no one else sacrifices for you. Let
all the world malign, abuse her
boy, but mother sticks closer to
him at last. When you are sick,
mother will watch by the bedside
longer than all others; and alone
in your room mother watches, and
when the last quiver of the body
tells of death, she falls over the
bed with agonizing walls Of grief.
When did that mother get such
love as that? / answer, it is just a
little of the nature of God. Now
how much more will God cling to
his wayward children? Thank
God for such bottomless love as
his I have more than G thousand
times gone beyond the patience of
mother, father, sister and brother,
out in all my wanderings from
God he looks with sympathy upon
ne.
You tell me that one of my
children is in trouble to-day, and
here is not fire too thick to skeepl
ne from going to my child. Love,
ovel
I have more respect for a drunk
than I have for a sober
me. A fellow that will do his
levilment when he is drunk is
'etter then that man who would
10 devilment in his cool, sober
loments.
I have absolutely won my dog
When I go home he prances
rouud me and kisses and loyes
ne and says, "What made you
tay 80 long?" He says, ''If you
7ant a bird-hunt tomorrow I will
Iunt them and find them for you
ask him, "Why do you love me
OF" Amid his kisses he says,
You never said an unkind word
o me in my life, and 1 love you
ecause I cannot help it." 1 stray
own to tho barn where I have a
rand, noble old horse. I like a
ood horse, I love fine stock. And
am going through this country
rying to get the people to improve
be stock of folks. This horse
ooks at me and says, Il am so
lad to see you back. Do you
ant a horseback ride to-day? Do
ou want to drive NEIL will give
ou The finest ride you ever saw" I
SIX, "Why do you love me SOP"
[e says, "When you left you
,oked after my interest, and said
ont let him get hurt. That's why
love you so,"
How to Measure Corn in Crib,
Hay in a Now, Etc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11
WHERE'S BILL9
CARL SMITH.

Where's Bill? Yes, o. course I'm glad to
See tn old town cnce again;
When turned tn bend l had to
Jes git up an yell, an when
I seen that old steeple risin'
Like guide post on tn hill,
Leapin' up frum tn horizon,
L jes had to- Say, where's Bill?
Know that meetin,honse9 guess so,
An that's whereswe uset to go.
Us boys! Settin' stiff an ;es SO,
Like we was putyup'to show.
There's the graveyard back behind it,
With tn old stone on tn hill;
I believe could find it
II tried to now. Where's Bill?
When we two was boys, Bill showed it
To me one day, an tn year
Cut in it was There, l knowed it
Wasn't fur away frum here,
See, it's old, an stained, an breakin'
Grass-growned, too, an cracked until
1t seems like some poor, forsaken,
Homeless thing that Say, where's
Bill?
Bill an me we often wondered
Whose that stone was; for we guessed
It'd laid down there hundred
Years or more at very best.
An he ust to say: 'sNow don't
Want no better tomb, l will
Lay there when I die" Say, why don't
Some O. you-uns say where's Biz?
Yes, old pard, this is the stone, an
It's the one you ust to claim
Pshaw! You talk about yer own, an
Sich fool things. Why-what's this
name.
Here. cut underneath the creeps
AM tn moss? Why are you still?
His name! Here among th' sleepers-
AM L Well, I'ye found you, Bill.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

The largest library in the world
is the Imperial at Paris, which
contains over2, 900, 900 volumes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

The following is the number of
delegates each county is entitled
to in the State Democratic Con-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

Over three-eighths of the words
in the English language are der
ived from the Latin, over one
fourth from the French, about one.
tenth from the Saxon, and little
less from the Greek. The indebted
ness from other langAages is
small.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11
POPULAR FALLACIEs.
The Erroneous Belief That Co
1umbus Discovered America.

Mrs. Frank Leslie, in writing of
popular fallacies, gives a bit of
information about the discovery
of America, which is not generally
known.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-08-11

modern.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-17
NOTICN or ADMINISTRATORS
SALE.

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE CoUN
j. ty Of Los Anaeles, state Of California.
In the matter of the esoste Of Clara x. Kysor
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance to
an orderof the Superior Court of the cou1ty Of
ass asa sf fsS
istrator with the wall Annexed Of the estate of
CLARA Hxysor ascessed, wiz sell at private ss,e,
Unitea etatee, and subject 20 the confirmation
John D. Bicknell, Fnsson block No. 2c7s New
High gtreet, inthe city Of Los Angeles, county
Of Los Angeles, and stste Of California. all the
right, dtle andhinterest of said deceased, in and
to the following Described property situate, y.
ty Of Los Angales and state Of California;
Lot three s3) of the Bunker Hill tract, -
%s on 1875 ssS
described as follows= Commencing at q point
on thsnorth line of Temple street fronAwhich
Ser s % Hi avenue beaw nossh % a s' degrees VEST
distant three .hundred four 7-1O 1904 7-1O)
feet, and running thence north forty SAX de-
thence NORTH. forty four degrees west fifty (5O)
feets thence south forty-six degrees .west one
hundred and fifty 1901 iees to Temple street
and thence south ferty-four degrees east to the
Also the southerly sixty (so) feet of the. west.
erly thirty 800 fees of lot twelve (l2at Of the
Bunker Hill tract, as per map OF satd tract
made by H G. Stevenson In December. 1875,
and being the same land conveyed to Frank A.
t1cSoniDy freQ w. WOOQy Dy 0eed niea IOt rec
ORD In the.office of the county recorder of Los
Angeles county, onJune 9th, 1885, and,record.
ed In booa 447, page l68 Of deeds, records OF
Los Angeles county. to which said deed refer
ence is had for further description.
Also all the right, title and interest OF said
Diseased in and TO- the ST kp OF land ten feet IN
width along and adjpinsng s.id aforementioned
lotand extending thelefrom to Sand str, ct,
which,is, rtfcularly described in conveyance
by FredtW. Wood ct al to ]. Q. McCollum ct al. |;
recorded in book 2z2, page IL Of deeds, records
ofLos Angeles county. to whichsoonveyance
reference is had for further particulars.
l. AlselOt number twenty three (2S9, in block
, 3d." of the Sunset tract. according to ma 2
thereof recorded In book II, page Al, miscella
neoUs records OF, Los Angeles, said property be-
! ing situate in said county and state of Cali
| fornia. M
Bids will be seceiyed for all or any portion Of
the above described property from the date of
this notice, up to and including Tuesday, the
| 2lst day of June, 1892, on which day safd
| property will be sold. All bids must be &C.
conapanied by deposit of ten per cent of the
\ amount bid. All such deposits will be returned
| to the unsuccessful bidder on.the approval Of
| the sale. tAE
Dated, Juno 4th, 1892. M
| e. W. PERRY,
! AdministratOr, with the will annexed, OF the
| estate of said Clara Z. Kysor.
| John D. Bdeknell, attorney for administrator.
\ je4-td
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-17
NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS.

DURsUANI TO A RESOLUTION OF DIE
L board of directors Of Upton Irrigation dis
trict duly given and made on the 9TH day of
June. A. D. 1892. d
Notice e hereby given that said board otdi-
the bonds of said irrigation district te.the
amount ofSj$5O 600, bearing interest st the
rate OF per cent per annumh payable Somi-
annually, on the list day OF January. and July
OF each year on the presentation Of the interest
coupons ah the Office of the treasurer Of said
sale bonds are issued blythe board Of direct
ors OF Tipton. frrigauo1a dismict, in accord
ance with and by the authority of an act of the
legislature OF the state Of California, entitled
IAN act TO provide for the. organization and
vide for the acqpfsition Of water and other
property, and for the distribution Of water
thereby to5 :. Irrigation purposes" approved
Sealed proposals and bids for the purchase of
.aid bonds VII be received BY the said hoard Of
Of TulaIe, state Of California, and may be ad-
dressed to or lett with A. Treybal, the secre'
tary or said board, at Upton, Cal, 1t any tina
after the date Of this notice, ana unMl IL
O'Clock Am. on the 9th, day Of July, A. D. 1892,
at which time and place the said sale Will be
said bonds will be each Of the dissemination
Of $500, and will b negotiable In form and
will conform In all respects to the requirements
: The he board Q, directors reserve the right to
Bads must be sealed and addressed TO the sec-
retary of said board and tnd0rned, "Propoaals
for Upton Irrigation District Bonds"
Done by order OF the board of directors OF
Iipton Irrigation district. Juae 2. 1892.
E. r FRANCI6 President
A TREYBAL, Secretary.
6.lZz.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-17

TN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THR
i county of Los Angeles, State of California.
m the matter Of the application of Armand
La Pierce for change of his name
No. IL ,693-PetitiOn.
county Of Les Angeles, state OF California:
Your petitioner, Armand la Pierce, respect
That It Is his desire to change his present
name, te-wit. Armand La Pierce, and to as
sumo instead thereof the nsme Manuel Garcia
I was born in the city of Manzanillo, Cuba,
on July 90, 1S49, and was baptizee'as Manuel
am the legitim ate son of Jose Manuel Garcia
Napolesaad Dofia Marcelina Monies de Oo and
now reside In the city of Los Angeles, county
Of Los Angeles, state of California.
The reasons for the change OF name proposed
are the following:
About twenty years ago, petitioner being
door, and because he did not wish his relatives
TO be aware of his lack of good fortune, adopted
his present name, Armand LIZ Pierce, under
which he has ever since Seen kpown and has
transacted his business affairs. He has ascer-
tanned that he is entitled to receive as heir of
his said father and mother, both of whom are
now deceased, large amount OF property, and,
in order to enable him to SO receives Sucn benefits
it is necessary and convenient that he should
change his present name to his said b0ptismal
name, to-wft: Manuel Garcia Monies de Oca.
Petitioner further shows that the property
within the jurisdiction of SPAIN, and in said
Jurisdiction 1t is the custom fol-. child to bear
the family name Of its mother.
The near relatives of petitioner as far as
city, California; q brother, Rduardo Garcia
Monies de Oca, residing at Puerto Principe,
Cuba; a sister, Flora Garcia de Sand0val, resid-
ing at Habana, Cuba, and sister, Dolores Gar.
cia de Hernandez residing q sRsan
Filed, NAV "a, 1852. 6-25-lm
Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-17
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN Ex
IN animation Of teachers will be held by the
room Of the Normal school building, Los An
geles city, commencing Monday, June 81, 1892,
at 10 O'Clock O.. m, and continuing throughout
the week. All applicants for certificates must
be present at the commencement Of the exam.
nation. r
All teachers now holding temporary certif-
Gates and all applicants for the renewal of GER
tiicates must file their applications with the
secretary OF the board on or-before June 26,
1899. III, ~. rF .F
By order of tho board.
G1Otd w. w. SEAMAN, Secretary.