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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
Danger in s.emminE Flowers.

Bad effects at times attend the stem
ming of flowers; that Is, the addition OF
wisps to short cuttings to make needed
lengths in constructing bouquets or
large forms of decoration Inthis work,
thin, threadlike wire is used for binding
the lengths together. This wire Is In
pieces about six inches long and nesrly
as sharp as needles. In fast work the
points are likely to run under the finger
nails or enter the muscles Of the hands.
As they are more or less rusty, an acci.
dent with them calls at once for the To-
ton bottle and wrapping rags. or per-
haps poultice OF salt. pork applications
later.
In response to question, an old florist
remarked, II don't know that any one
ever suffered lockjaw from these
wounds, but Eve seen good many
chaps jaws loosened pretty we'll to give
vent to unprintsble expletives called
forth by these narrowing tiny staha
New York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
PAWS GOT RELIGION.
Paws got religion. WHO'S my paw?
He's Judge Technique, atterney-at-

Paws got religion. Who's my paw?
He's Judge Technique, atterney-at-
law;
He b'longs to meetin' and so does nav.
Paw got busted an moved out West
To run for Congress-'f his friends
thought best;
Or maybe for gov'ner-at ther request.
But, Lord sakes, now don't you know
AT paw didn't have one ghost OF a
- show, 49,.
The weeds choked up his political row.
They all want office out West, it seems,
Old kermudgins, boys in their teens.
And babies seek office and smile in
their Dreams;
So nav riz up an',s,ested to pop,
AT running for office want no sure
An she's s'posed it was time fer him
to stop.
Then paw read the statutes most SIX
weeks.
AM hung out his shingle as Judge
Technique,
AM the court hears law wen my paw
speaks. :,
Some peoples fools; my paws wise;
He's got religion to advertise,
AM sits in the amen corner an signs.
A sly old Methody's paw Technique;
A cold water Baptist, humble ana
meek,
Is INV dear maw-one day in the week.
1t paws to spread out; so sister Marire's
A Presbyterian an sings IN the cnolr-
Pm an outsider-brand for the flre.
It's bully religion at my paw wears
Wen he speaks in the church OF Ills
worldly cares, 49,
AM tells the brethren he needs ehelr
prayers.
It's a paying religion 'at my paw
Whenever the brethren git into ther
courts, =, ..-
They hires my paw to "hold their
forts"
So all the saints from churches three,
Hires my paw wen they disagree .
With wicked outsiders; catch on: seer
Paws got religion for value received,
An it's nobody's, business what ne be-
lieved;
If he he'ps pay the preacher, there's
nobody grieved.
Paws got religion; paws got wit;
Paw gifts revenue outener 1t.
Things hang high wat paw can't GIT.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
Hhx tha Rren Ia Kins.

The wren is chased every st. Stephens
Day on account OF it betrayinS the Saw
iour by chatterins in ciump OF furze
where he was hiding. It is called the
liking of all birds" because it concealed
itself beneath the wing OK the eagle when
that lordly bird claimed supremacy by
soaring highest. "Here | am said the
wren, mounting above the eagles bead
when the latter could 90 no higher
Irish TimeI
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
The French Broad

The French Broad hlVer
although it has but few claims,
to celebrity, size or importance
has a beauty all its own and is
we'll worthy of mention. Rising
in the Blue Ridge Moutains OF
North, Carolina, celebrated for
their picturesque and magnificent
scenery, tpursues a winding course
for about 100 miles and then
mingles with the waters of the
Ohio. The springs that give it
life are situated in the widest re-
cesses of the mountains still
known to sportsmen as the haunts
of the bear and deer. For the
first fifteen miles of its course it
is an ideal trout stream. with
waters clear as crystal and cold as
ice. The early spring is the proper
time to..visit this portion of it, for
then it's beauty battles description.
During the month of May the
mountain laurel and wild rhodod.
endron are in full bloom, and as
the banks of the stream are fringed
with them the dark green leaves
of these shrubs, their pink
blossoms and the sparkling water
create picture so lovely that no
eye could fail to De charmed by it.
But after rushing through many a
mountain gorge, some Of which
are so narrow and deep that the
light of day never penetrates
their gloomy solitudes, the French
Broad reaches the valley below
and there it's character undergoes
a complete change. Tits: trans.
formed, as if by magic, from q
roaring torrent to a peaceful and
slow moving river. It's banks are
n, longer clothed with dense forest
and almost impenetrable thicket,
but covered with we'll kept and
prosperous farms. One could
scarcely believe this broad stream,
with hardly a ripple upon the
surface of its placid waters, to be
the same that a few miles back
came leaping down the mountiin
side, creating many a miniature
waterfall and cascade in it's de-
scent.
However, sad to say, the French
Broad soon loses it's picturesque
aspect, for the charming mountain
stream deteriorates into a muddy,
sluggish river, aid the country
through which.it flows, although
highly cultivated and fruitful.
does not bear comparison with the
rugged grandeur of that above
described as embellishing the first
few miles of its course.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
An Incident In m Engineers Life.

An IncidenS.in IN EnBineef's LILO
Far, for down the track IS dark spot,
over which hovers q great cloud. The
engineer sees 1t, hauls ont his watch,
glances at it. then resumes the business
Of looking out Of the window. BE was to
meet an east bound freight at that point
He did not know II the switches were in
place; he did not know but the pasaen-
ger train would dash into that freight
and the desth Of many people follow.
There was no way for him to know ex-
cept that it was the duty Of his fellow
employees to see that the switches were
right. He did not slacken his. speed.
Rapidly the huge mogul on the side
track loomed up. A roar and dash
and No. 81 flew past the waiting freight,
passing within three feet--Chicago
Tiuas
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
Happy at Last.

Bishop Williams OF Connecticut
is celebrated as a racontenr. He
tells of Canadian lady who for
years lived unhappily with her
husband. The man was a good,
easy-going fellow, but hie wife's
temper was ungovernable, and at.
length drove him into a premature
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
mea.le. More Fatal Thar Influenza.

The mortality from measles exceeds
anything that can thus far be directly
attributed to influenza. It appears that
over $4,000 deaths from measles occur
annually in England and Wales, and the
rate Of mortality has greatly increased
during tho last decade. Why do we
take no account Of it? Because, l sup
pose, measles is most fatal to infants,
whereas influenza chiefly carries off the
aged. We all Of Us expect to grow old.
but we can none Of us hope to be young
again. Yet the life of healthy infant
is of more value than that of sexage-
marian who has not strength to combat
the influenza microbe. Truth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
An UnIoue rum.tumm,r.

The finest guitar in Portland belongs
to lady who thirty years ago took les
Sons Of Anguerra, of Boston, who was
one of the best guitarists in the world.
Under his supervision this guitar was
made for her after an old Spanish model.
There are very few like it in this coun-
try. The box part is curved. It was
made of rosewood that had been sea-
soned for 100 years. It is consequently
now lS0 years since the tree was cut
Bangor Commercial.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
Ths n.hy.s Ftrs. Words.

Mary, the nurse girl. comes in from q
walk in the park, carrying the pride OF
the family, . young gentleman whose
age amounts to some fourteen months.
:"Oh, ma'am., little George spoke this
afternoon for the first timer
Really; what, did he ssy?'
"Why, when l was showing him the
animals he made me stop before the
cage of monkeys and, clspping his little
hands several times, he called out, oh.
papaj papar"-New York Herald
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
What the Teacher Lacked.

The teacher who took tho opportunity
to clean her fnser nails while keeping a
pupil after school to berate her for draw.
ing a comb trough her bangs during
school hours has something to learn Of
the consistency Of things.-Good House
keeping.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
DR.. Hollands Advice.

After J. G. Hollands woman lecture
In a New England town, where emsnci-
patton had been embraced to consider
able extent, young lady who was en-
gagged in the study Of medicine said to
him, doctor, what you say is very good
ior women who have husbands and chill
dren, but what do you soy to those Of us
who have none?"
NJ say get them." answered the doc
tor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
Tho Heart Rests Eight Hours Every DA

Tho HeHtt hesta EtEnt HuufS msssy DsY
That wonderful piece Of mechanism
the heart, appears to work continually
day and night, from birth to death, but
in reality there are short pauses oe rest
between e,lch bent. which. though mi
mute in themselves, mount mp in the ag'
gregate to eight hours out OF every tveo
ty-four. These short peuses enable the
heart to repair the waste which constant
work entails and without which rests II
would break down.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
The True Story of a Horse.
By EMMA c. DowD.

By EMMA C. DowD.
s:.You must put Old Jim out of
the way before l come home J"
That was the parting order OF
Mr.. Bardwell, as he drove away to
Poultney, on that dreary November
morning.
The matter had been pending for
weeks, and, yet the words cast a
sudden gloom over the household.
Nobody ate much breakfast, and
there was little talking.
Old Jim had been the favorite
family horse for years; but he was
now too old to be of much use, and
Earmes Bardwell could not afford
to keep him through another win
ter. Crops had been poor, and
with Jasper in college, and Tina at
boarding-school, it was all the
farmer could do to make both ends
meet. Mr.. .Bardwell was too
merciful a man to sell the horse,
perhaps to let him be worked to
death in few weeks or months.
So he had come to the conclusion
that the most humane way was to
kill him outright, though it nearly
broke his heart to think of it. 1t
was not often that the farmer
shirked his duty, but now he had
arranged that a small bit of busl-
ness shonld keep him in Poultney
all day, forhe argued:
"The boys will do it easier than
1 could, and shall be thankful to
have it over with"
John -Bardwell knew that a
command from his father was not
to be trihed with, SO after the
chores were done he brought
out his gun, saying, eff we must
do this thing, we must I suppose,
and the sooner the better. Come
on, Joseph!"
Joseph followed his brother to
the barn without a word, but
when he came to Old Jim's stall
and heard his familiar whinny, it
was all he could do to keep from
crying, big twelve year-old boy
that he was.
The spot selected for the tragic
scene was hemlock grove about
two miles from the farmhouse,
chosen because Mrs. Bardwell had
said, eff I hear that gun go off, it
will kill me !" So John and Joseph
and Old Jim plodded across the
desolate fields toward this remote
corner of the farm.
The brothers were never boys of
many words, and now they were
silent till they reached the edge
of the little wood.
There John, who had been stalk
ing ahead, paused irressolute. He
took an apple from his pocket, and
let the horse eat it from his hand.
Then he buried his face for a
moment in the gray name.
'.You must do it, Joe-I can't, !"
he said at last, holding out the
gun.
"oh, john! No, mol" pleaded
the younger boy, with a sob in his
voice.
"Well, somebody's got to, and
I sha'n't! So go ahead. You can
shoot as well as I. Only be quick
and sure about it; that's all"
Joseph was naturally a timid
boy, never asserting his indepen-
dence, as John often did, and
without another word of remon-
STRANGE he tnrned down the wood
path, his arm around Old Jim's
neck.
John threw himself on the
ground and waited. 1t seemed a
long time, and then the sound
came that he was dreading to hear
II ,o,,ort &c bio o,1p With n
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
Open, TIME.

Opon. Time, and let him Inas
Shortly. whore his feet would bel
Like q leaf at Michaslmaa
Swooping from the tree.
Ere its hour, the manly mind
Trembles In q sure decrease.
Nor the body now can find
Any hold on peace.
Take him. weak and overworn
Fold about bis dying dream
Boyhood, and the April mosn.
And the hrawling stream.
Weather on 9 sunny ridge,
Showety weather, far from hesa
Under some deep ivied bridge
Water dancing clear.
Water quick 10 cross and part
Golden light on silvery soundl,
Weather that Vss next bis heart
All the world around
Soon upon his vision break
These. In their remembered bluat
He shall toll no more, but wake
Young; in air he knew.
he has done with roofs and men
Open, Time, and let hiIn peks,
Vague and innocent again.
Into country grass!
Louise Quincy In New York Independent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
w. E. Eubanks
HERE'S BOTTOM

Corn, in lots, Csc.
Bacon, 800 lbs, sac.
Meal, in 5 SIX lots, $l.30 pr SIX.
Hay, $l.2O per hundred.
Bran, $l.2O per hundred.
Gran. Sugar, 90 lbs. to dollar.
C. o. Aolasses. lSc. by barrel.
Magnolia and Kingan Hams.
Ga. Ratchet Plow Stocks, 9Oc.
Harman Plow Stocks. $3.50.
d. B. Stock, complete, $l.S5.
35 Dowlaw Cotton Planters, $3.50.
Full ,,ot Building and Plantation
Hardware.
Nails, basis, $3.50 per k"g.
Counting the freight, which is &c.
per bushel on corn, lie. per sack on
meal, &c. per gallon OH molasscs by bar
rel, *a.20 per ton on hay, etc.. etc. You
can buy as well in Edgclield rs Au-
gusta. Come in and see, we have a
big stock.
f j. NORRIS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
GEORGE B. LAKE,

- AGENT FOR -
The MUTURAL LIFE INSUR-
ANCE CO., of New York. The
largest and best Life Company
in the world.
Agent also for the following Fire
Companies:
HOME, of New York.
GREENWICH, of New York.
HAMBURG-BREMEN, of Ham
burg. Germany.
LANCASHIRE, of Manchester,
England.
ST. PAUL-GERMAN, of st. Paul,
MINI.
MECHANICS and TRADERS, of
New Orleans.
TRAVELLERS ACCIDENT ms.
CO., of Hartford, Conn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
Strayed or Stolen.

From my premises on Monday night,
the 21st inst, dark bay horse Mule,
seven years old, of medium size, hav-
ing peculiar eyes. am willing to pay
for any information which will cause
me to find him.
CeIestia, P. O., Edgefeld Co.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-07
Richmond & DanVille Railroad Co

SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION.
Condensed Schedule, in effect January II, 1899.
Trains run by 18th Meridian Time.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-15


Some comment has been heard about q
letter which Mr.. Cleveland sent to ex- Sec
rotary Fairchiid some ten days ago. In
this letter the candidate thanked in q per-
functory way Mr.. Fairchild and the other
ant-snappers tor all that they had done for
HIM. and he asked Mr.. Fairchiid to pass
the letter around" so that every body could
see what his sentiments were. Mr.. Fair
child admitted having received such q let
was private correspondence, Nevertheless
he would not groan greatly il, by some ac-
cident, the letter should appear in print
The pass 1t around" letter is likely to
attain considerable nOtoriety. While the
letter has not been passed around. except
ing TO TWO or three persons, the story of it
has. Mr.. Cleveland was not passing around
letters TO men who at so much risk under
took the "ant-snapper" movement at the
time that effort promised success. In-
stead, he was seeking their company. He
invited them 10 his parlOrs at the Victoria.
He walked up Fifth avenue two or three
times in the evening arm in arm with ono
or another of them. and he was kept we'll
informed of the progress OF the movement
from the time of It's inception until the del
egatos went to Chicago. He gave it en-
couraQoment, and he seemed most cordial
in his friendship. Some of these men are
now inclined TO think that perhaps tho
stories that have heen told of Cleveland
are true. and that in politics no knows no
friends excepting those whose friendship
Is Immediately available.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-15
THE SOUTHERN DEMOCRATIC WAY.

The Nashville Banner, one of the lead
ing Democratic papers Of the South, has
a remarkable editorial on the Alabama
election. The spirit of the article ap-
pears in the following extract:
The regular Democracy in Alabama have
greatly overshOt the mark. In their frantic
zeal to elect their State ticket, regardless
of the methods employed. they have not
only brought affairs In their own State into
a deplorable condition. but have done great
damage to the national Democracy.
That the most unscrupuious and bare
faced cheating was practiced &c defeat the
Kolb ticket can no longer be questioned.
This will be apparent to any one with Or
binary candor and intelligence who will
take the pains to inquire into the situation.
kolb boxes have been stolen and thrown
away for alleged irregularities and the
kolb vote suppressed in so many ways that
the diaphanous fraud has become an open
outrage.
kolD mas indisputably carried a large
majority of the counties in the State, moro
than two-thirds of the white counties be-
ing set down In the column which even
the Jones people allow him. The victory
claimed for Governor Jones is based mostly
on large major ties ROLLED ND" in fourteen
Black Belt counties where the negro vote
exceeds the white on an average of five to
one that of the 25 900 majority claimed
for him in that region at least twenty
|
on the assumption that the count was fair.
That il was not fair is shown by the fact
that no kolb inspectors were allowed at
the polls, and in many places the vote
polled was mnch greater than the mum ber
of citizens In the precinct.
Whatever the justification urged for the
employment of such methods as these to
overthrow the carpet-bag regime. or TO pre-
vent the supremacy of semi-savage planta-
tiOn blacks in politics. they certainly can
nnf he m q ned m AM an "a 4 n
which recently took place in Alabama. In
that instance the will OF the white major
ity was set at nonght by q handful of un-
ecrupulous political tricksters, with no
cause more sacred than their own faction al
advantage to Justify their nefarious meth
ocs
Put Kolb in. He can't do much b arm to
the Democratic party as Governor. but the
party will suffer IncAloula bio injury If he
il cheated out of the position to which he
has been unQuestionably chosen.
If this be done Alabama will ne much
more certain for Cleveland in November.
aud the Congressman TO be chosen from the
districts counted for kolb In the recen {
election will be much more likely to DO
Democratic Congressman.
On this we remark, first, that it is q
full confession by a Democratic paper
that the election of Governor Jones was
the result of gigantic frauds. The facts
in regard to it have been kept out O
Northern Democratic papers and the
election of Jones has even been heralded
as gratifying victory and notable
triumph of Democratic principles. There
has been no hint of fraud in any Demo-
cratic paper of the North. But here is
a Democratic paper, published in an
adjoining State. which. after a review
of the evidence. asserts that the So
called Democratic victory in Alabama
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-15

AN advocate of free trade recently
made a number of bold assertions about
British wages and prices, among which
was one that graduated sugar was only
liz cent per pound in Liverpool. An
English-lookinR workman, who was sit
ting by. said: Excuse me, but it is
only three weeks since left Liverpool,
and / don't know anything about your
free trade, but 1 do know this: that the
cheapest sugar ever sold in England
was 4l2 cents per pound; and know
further that the average English laborer
considers himself fortunate if he can
get four ounces of bacon day at cost
of 8 cents.D
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-15
THE UNCHANGlNG DEMOCRACY.
1t Favored Secession and REBEL ION, and Is
Now Hostile to American Interests.
or or tie Indianapolis Journal:

To the Editor or the Indianapolis Journal:
read, with more than usual satisfaction,
an editorial in the journal of the 18th in
slant. entitled. still Rejoicing Over Dis
aster." If ever an animal has been struck
sQuarely in the forehead. the De m0cratic
party got the lick in that editorial AS
read that editorial my mind travelled way
back to the dark days of the rebellion. and
it occurred to me that, verify, the Demo-
cratic party Is like unto the leopard. and
whyi Because the former cannot change it's
spots nor the latter its principles. Those of
us who lived during the civil war well re-
member that every Democrat was not a
rebel or rebel sympathizer. but that every
rebel and rebel sympathizer was Demo-
crat. We also we'll remember that every
Democrat who acted with the Democratic
party during the W ar had tears to shed over
Union victories and smiles and rejoicing
over rebel victories. The Democratic party
then was thorou ghly disloyal and opposed
to every thing favorable 10 our government
The war closed twenty seven years ago.
and how does the Democratic party stand
to-dayf lie it loyal to American in terestsf
During the war that party was in syMpa-
thy with everything under the sun except
loyalty TO America, declaring at their Chi
caGo convention. in 1864, that tho war for
the Union was failure, and demanding
cessation OF hOBtlllties to patch mp dis
honorable peace with Democratic rebels.
To-day the same party 10 engaged In the
same disloyal conduct toward American
interests. 1t has no liking for American
manufacturers, wage workers or domestic
prosperity. Prosperity receives no smiles
or rejoicing from the Democratic party.
Business failures. especially of manufact-
urcrs. bring broad smile and halo of glory
over the cOuntenance of every true
Democrat. Strikes and calnmities Of
ell sorts seem to delight the
genuine member of that party.
Although the Democratic party. In 1864. de-
clared the war for the Union q failure, that
war; nevertheless was a success. The
Democratic party to-day declares the Nc
Kinley law o failure; that law neverthe-
less, is q success. The party that opposes
American interests and favors foreign in
terests is not and cannot he 10y al party TO
our government The Democratic party
was opposed to our country in war. and
now Is opposed to NJ i'm business and ma
terial interests. Therefore, conclude that
the Democratic party can no more. In the
nature of things, change its principles than
the leopard can change it's spots.
MUNCIE, Aug II JOHN Z. EILER.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-08-15

The Republican press of Indiana was
never doing the party so effective serv-
ice as at tho present time. Its intelli-
gent and jealous work insures the ticket
thousands of votes. Indeed. if the
Democratic managers in Indiana could
have their choice of the Republican
agencies they would wipe out it would
be the Republican press. which is par
ticularly harmful in showing up the
Democratic tax law.