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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
An Anecdote of washington.

1t was while plunging through the
"leaden rain and iron hail" at the battle
of Monmouth that Washington's horse
was shot under him. The chief coolly
stepped from the prostrate charger, and
having received from the hands of an
attendant orderly fresh horse, ready
caparisoned, be turned to the sable body
servant who followed him close through
all dangers, and without the presence of
whose ebon visage a picture of Wash
ington and his family would not be
complete, and quietly said
"Here, Billy, take the saddle from
that dead horse and look out for it,
And then he dashed away to direct the
planting of Oswald's battery.
"Gollyr' exclaimed old Billy, as he
related the incident to one of the family
on his return home, "who ebber did see
such man as Mas'r Washington? Who'd
ebber a. thought OBJ dat saddle but him2
I tell ye, Inas'r remembers eberyting-
eb'ryting down to de berry littlest. -
New York Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
A sor. of pieital Depression.

Did you ever notice when man
smites his thumb with hammer while
putting down a carpet under. .~wifely
supervision and criticism how quickly
he thrusts the bruised and throbbing
member into his ready MOUTH People
think it. is because the application is
soothing. But no; it is an involuntary
movement, same as winking. The man
cannot help it. Nature knows what the
man would be apt to say under the cir
cumstances, and 30 she has provided
him with a stopper and has ordained
that whenever he hits his thumb hard
enough to hurt-and it doesn't take very
much to nearly kill a man when he is
doing something. he doesn't want to-by
sort of interlock ocking system the thumb
flies into his mouth and stops him up, so
that he can't say anything. Some men
whom you and I know should be pro-
vided with an extra thumb which they
might carry about in their hand all the
time it wasn't in active use. 1t would
be a great thing, wouldn't iR-Robert
]. Burdette in Ladies' Home Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
Modern Education.

With all its novel modern powers and
practical sense I am forced to admit that
the purely scientific brain is miserably
mechanical; it seems to have become a
splendid sort of self directed machine,
an incredible automaton, grinding on
with its analysis or constructions. But
for pure sentiment, for all that spon-
taneous Greek waywardness of fancy,
for the temperature of passion and the
subtler thrill Of ideality, you might as
well look to wrought iron derrick.
Science found education laundering
peacefully along, cultivating half of the
mind with charming results and letting
the other die Of disuse; it worked the
startling. miracle Of electrfying this
dead half into life and bringing it to
perfect activity, and straightway, satis-
fed with this remarkable achievement,
it proceeded to neglect the ideal half
which the classics had made 80 much of
and caused it to perish. 1t has substi-
tuted new sort of half man for the old
one.-Garence King IN Forum.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
Skill in the Wrist.

It is wonderful what a part the wrist
plays in exercises in which physical skill
and delicacy are required. After man
learns to play billiards well enough to
be familiar with the cushions and the
English, the important thing to cultivate
is his stroke. It is the hardest thing
about billiard playing to get good
stroke, and sometimes the greatest play
ers .fall down" because they lose con-
troll of it. Now, the stroke wholly de-
pends on the. action of the wrist. Jake
'Schaefer, ,or any good player, will make
a shot of seven cushions with less ap-
parent force than o beginner will exert
in getting three. This is due to the su-
perior wrist movement.
|. It's the, ,same-way with violin playing.
The quality and touch all depend on
wrist manipulation. SO with ourving a
baseball Great pitchers always work a
strong wrist movement on the ball as it
leaves the hand. IF they didn't it
wouldn't curve at all.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
How She Wrote Il.

One Of the qualities necessary to sue
cess in any line of work is the ability Il
think and act practically upon the every
day questions Of life.
a: young woman who had charge o.
the cataloguing Of the accounts OF {
Phifadelphia bank employed as an as
Isistanti girl apparently intelligent ane
well educated, TO whom she gave ths
necessary directions for the work. ON
OF the Instructions was that, while sht
was to write out the full name where al
sbbrevation was used, she must never
abbreviate q name.
One clay the young woman in charge
found the following peculiar name and
address, neatly written out by the as
ssistant,, .Sam1.. Brown, trustee fol
George and Minnie Section, Academy o.
NafuraLS Sciences |"
Somewhat surprised at the. address
shss Asisdsto see the ledger from which
It was copied. The ledger read, asaml
Brown, trustee for Geo. and Min. Sec
tion, Academy Of Natural Sciences" !"
Tie young woman had never studied
either geology or minera1ogy, but when
hereinafter was explained to her she
1 found, that thesword .sSection" is not al
WAYS q surname, and that "Geo.a may
be an abbreviation for. something quite
different from George Youths Com
panion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
Big Field Gums. and Their Effect.


fyouinsist on:high velocity you-have
TO add so much additional machinery to
your gun carriage and have to so greatly
strengthen its construction that you
destroy its mobility, while even if you
gain a long range you are still unable to
make use Of your most efficient projec-
tile at it. Moreover, since the remain
ing velocity of its shrapnel is truer
measure of the value of a gu. than its
initial velocity, and the two are by no
means directly proportional, it does not
follow that we benefit as much ,as we
might expect by submitting to these
disadvantages. Thus, the 12-pounder
has an initial velocity Of over 1,7O0 feet
per second and a remaining velocity at
5000 yards of 1862 feet; while the
13-pounder, with an initial velocity of
only 1850 feet, has at the same range a
remaining velocity greater by six feet
per second than that of its rival.
One of our highest authorities on field
artillery has, indeed, recorded his opin-
ion, that, as regards the efficiency of
shrapnel, we gain nothing by the in
creased muzzle velocity of 1.-The best field
gun in Europe" at all practical ranges.
Moreover, it is the attempt to squeeze
out the last few extra feet that does all
the harm.-London Saturday Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
An Awkward Blunder.

At q certain court of justice an awk-
ward blunder was made by the prisoner
in the dock. He was being tried for
murder and the evidence was almost
wholly circumstantial, a chief portion of
it being a hat of the ordinary "billycock'
pattern that had been found close to
the scene of the crime, and which, more
over, was sworn to as the prisoners.
Counsel for the defense expatiated upon
the commonness of hats of the kind.
"You, gentlemen" he said, "no doubt
each of you has just such a hat as this.
Beware, then, how you condemn a fell
low creature on such piece of evi-
dence," and so forth. In the end the
man was acquitted, but just as he was
leaving the dock he turned in respect
full manner to the judge and said, "If
you please, my lord, may I ave my 'at?'
London Public Opinion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
cHARleYs PRECIOUS HAIR
Heartless Deception Of Trusting Mai
nv n Bald Young Man,

Heartless Deception Of Trusting Maid
by a Bald Young Man.
He had the air. Of q man Of the world.
His dress was, becoming and not too
snowy. He seemed to be an Individual
who had dined well, who would tell
good stories at the club.
Stretched out in the barber's chair in
the hairdresser's room on School street,
instead of settling down with that in
different, self satisfied air that usually
comes over man in that situation, he
seemed troubled. He looked about from
chair to chair, and yet he was not happy.
The barber shaved him and was so i'm
pressed that he even forgot to talk him
to death. Then the man sat bolt up
right in the chair and took an envelope
from his pocket. 1t was scented; the
barber could tell that. It was written
in lady's hand too.
The strange man opened it, took out a
note, read it over and over again, then
from its folds withdrew lock of hair.
Il was golden, and the victims who were
waiting for their turn in the chair saw
him kiss the sunny lock and put it back
in the envelope.
"Hair cutp" asked the barber, as he
rubbed the tufts of hair which sur
rounded bald spot on the strange mans
head.
"No, no, not for the world" he re-
piled, 81 cannot spare any,"
"Man in next chair has hair like yours,
only little more of it," suggested the
barber.
"By Joye, he has," said the troubled
man, and he darted out Of his seat and
almost jumped to the occupant of the
next chair.
"Going to have hair cuts" asked the
strange man.
"No," was the rather curt reply.
"Well, will you have hair cut at my
expenseY' said the man without hesita-
ton. 81 must send my best girl a lock
of hair, and can't spare mine. Come,
how much is it worth?" and the eyes of
the colored boy who brushes coats
bulged out beyond his forehead.
sSell it for small bottlel" replied
the man with a good growth on his
head, and the stranger answered, "Tl
go you" :,
The barber began his work, and a lock
of the mans hair was handed over to
the stranger, who put it in little silver
locket that bore a monogram. Then,
when the work was finished the two
walked out together.
The stranger was smiling contented-
ly, the clubman grinned, the barber
laughed and the customers gazed on in
astonishment.
"Wasn't Charley dear, good fellow
to keep his promise and send me q lock
of his hairl" said the pretty girl that
night as she took the daintiest sort of a
lock from the little box. And all was
still but for the beating of her faithful
| heart.-Boston Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

We suppose Parson Hiott will
be posing as martyr pretty soon.
The Tillman press and people are
after HIM with a vigor that is
appalling. One of his churches
has summoned him to trial for
degrading his calling. He is on
trial 5fonbefore all the people. for
beinga deep dyed Judas Iscariot
political fool. Many. people who
long. .ag'o became dlsgusted with
his abominable bigotry now have
an opportunity to render their
verdictina a substantial manner
Oconee News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
Marriage by Proxy.

A curious custom among the rulers of
the Old World is marriage by proxy.
For instance, Francis II, the ex-king of
Naples, was welded by proxy in 1859 to
Maria, duchess of Bavaria. Ofcourse
the marriage by proxy goes no further
than the ceremony. Exactly why it
should be done at all is not clear by past
or present history, unless to save the
prince the trouble of going after his wife
and give her decent excuse for coming
to him.
In the case of Francis, he had never
seen Maria, and their first interview is
said to have been attended with consid-
erable disappointment. In fact, if the
young man had not been already mar
ried by proxy he would probably have
never married the lady at all.-Drakes
Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
The F1infam..

a Customer-Give me dozen shirts
ShopkeeperE Here you are. SIR. the
best quality.
s Customer-How much?
Shopkeeper-One fifty each.
ssfC Customer-All right, wrap them up
Now. how much are these socks3
Shopkeeper-Fifty cents pair.
Customer-Well, I'll take three dozen
pairs instead Of the shirts.
The socks are done up and the Gus
toner starts for the door with the bundle
Shopkeeper - Hold on there. yor
haven't paid for thosi socks.
Customer Certainly not. Itook then
ine1chanee for the shirts.
shopkeeperYes, but you didn't pay
for the shirts.
Customer Certainly not, because
didn't take them.
Shopkeeper-That's q fact, and h
spends The next half hour trying tomak'
his cash balance.-New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
washing Little Indians.

We were camped at the Hot Springs
on the Lo Lo trail, made famous in In
dian annals by the escape of Chief Jo-
seph and his band Of ,Nez Perces. Just
above us was q large camp of Flatheads
who were making their fall hunt. One
morning we were awakened by shouts
and cries. Evidently there was great
excitement somewhere, and we promptly
jumped up. Itwas just after daylight
and cold clouds of steam were rising
fromsthe big basin shaped pool at the
foot Of the granite wall, from which
poured a thick stream Of boiling water.
The pool was SO large that at the lower
edge the water was almost cold. The
nearer you approached to the place
where the water burst from the rock the
better chance you stood Of getting boiled.
At the edge, at point where the water
was of q comfortable temperature, stood
two Indians, one on the bank and the
other on stone in the water. Near by
were dozen other Indians guarding a
number of little Indian boys and girls
who had nothing on and were bowling
and crying.
When we looked out Of the tent the
two Indians at the pool had an Indian
boy, one holding him by the feet the
other by the hands, and were gravely
swinging him backward and forward
through the warm water, while he yelled
at.every dip. As soon as they had fin
ished with him he was set upon the bank,
and ran to the willow brush near by.
Then the noise redoubled, for each
child in the group guarded by the In
dams feared that it was his turn. They
all tried to escape to the brush, but their
elders pursued and caught them, unit.
the very last one had been put through
the cleansing process.-New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
s@ftlio once In China.

The Chineee system Of government
lacks entirely the progressive and uni
tying eIemess-H popular election. The
people have no voice in the choice OF
lthsf irulerS Snd the rulers consider the
people $3.50 many sheep to be feeced.
The Officials ARE paid estarvingly low
salaries, and many offices are openly
bought Corruption and e1tortion may
thsEefore be said to be almost sane;
toned, the only restraint being tbs dread
:ofinsurrection and the power OF guilds,
clans and secret societies. There Is i'm.
perfect protection from robbers and
pirates, many villages preferring to sub
sidize lebber bands rather than to have
10 deal with the worse form of robbery
practiced by the officials. w estminster
Review. -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
Good story About a saco Lawyer.

Good Story About a saco Lawyer.
A Saco lawyer lost his Office key and
with it, on the same bunch, the keys to
his safe and house.
There is spring lock on his Office
door, and he concluded that he must
have left it in his Office and have come
out and locked the door. He accord
ingly borrowed a long ladder and
crawled through the back window of
his Office.
No keys were to be seen, and after
cogitating over the peculiar state of af-
fairs he at last let himself out, and there
on the outside of the lock were hanging
the keys.-Bangor (Me.) Commercial.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
Beating the Earth.

The highest velocity ever given to a
cannon ball Is estimated at mile in 3.2
seconds. The velocity Of the earth at
the equator, due to its rotation on its
axis, is mile in 8.6 seconds. There
fore, If cannon ball were fired due
west, and could maintain its initial
velocity, it would beat the sun in his ap-
parent journey around the earth.-New
York Journal.
A white headed vulture which was
caught in 1905 died in the aviary at
schonbrun, near Vienna, in 1924.
What Free Silver Means.
BY .free silver" Is meant the free
coinage of silver, the placing of silver
on an equality with gold in the mints of
the United States. At present any man
who has gold can get it coined without
charge; but man who has silver bull
lion must sell tt to the government,
which coins 1t or issues certificates
against it-Naw York Sun
The Armless Huntsmnn.
The feet of Thomas Roberts, the arm
less huntsman once in the employ of Sir
George Barlow, were made to serve in
place of hands. Roberts manufactured
most of the instruments which he used
while ON the chase, and could shoot OF
throw with as much precision as the
average hunter in possession of both
arms and hands.-St. Louis Republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
Used to Smoke in Church.

The Rev. DR.. Parr, when perpetual
curate of Hatton, Warwickshire, which
living he held from 1888 to 100, regu-
larly smoked in the vestry. while the
congregation were singing long hymns,
chosen for the purpose, Immediately be-
fore the sermon. The doctor was wont
to exclaim. My people like long hymns,
but prefer long pipe. All the Year
Round.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
How a Hindoo Uses clocks.

The Hindoo places clock in his show
rooms, not because he ever desires to
know what the hour is, but because 8
clock is foreign curiosity. Instead,
therefore, of contenting himself with
one good clock, he will perhaps have q
dozen in one room. They are signs Of
his wealth, but they do not add to his
comfort, for he is so Indifferent to time
that he measures it by the number Of
bamboo lengths the sun has travelled
above the horizon.-Temple Bar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
rhe Size of solomon,s Temple.

solomon's Temple, as described in the
Scriptures, would not be regarded as 8
very imposing structure In this day and
age Of theworld. Its length was 1G7
feet, breadth So feet, and it was 54feet
in height, with portieo or veranda 86
feet long and 1s feetwide. We, have
private houses that overshadow such an
unpretendins structure.-St. Louis Re-
pshlin-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
A Lover.

A lover is one driven hither and
thither by doubt and longing; whose
everAaction gives to himself dissatis-
faction; whose every sensibility, merged
into that of anxious excitability, poised
delicately as magnetic needle, fuctu-
ates between hope and despair. Who
experiences the involuntary departure
Of his own self worthiness to the in
crease of that of his idol, thereby rem
dering that object seemingly beyond
his reach.-Cor. Philsdelphia Music and
Drama
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
rno-n,me enta1 publio Functionaries.

If you see pung of cart drawn by a
moribund horse, and containing three
or four gallus young fellows and a home
made wooden cage marked I'D. G." in
wavering lines of chalk, you may know
that you are in the presence of metro
politan dog catcher's outfit. The New
York dog catcher is no dude.-New
York Truth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
.NAn Autonatie App1auaer.

A Frenchman has perfected an inven-
tion by which managers of theaters can
ascertain on first nights, in practical
manner, the feelings of the public. The
contriYance is an automatic applauder,
set in motion by five centime piece
New York Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

The irregularity of Names coast line
is indicated by the: fact that q Lubec
man who bought a horse in Eastport
was obliged to drive the animal more
than forty. miles to reach his home, al
though ths, two towns are only three
miles aprt ina straight line.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
A Rem edy for a Bad Habit.

An efficient remedy for the nail biting
habit is to dip the finger tips after every
hand washing into strong solution OF
quinine and glycerin. Any druggist
will prepare it of requisite strength; the
bitter taste will stop children from fur,
ther biting, and will remind an adult q
well.-New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
Emile. zola,s Workine Hours

Emile Zola's habits are extremely regu-
lar. He takes a walk every morning,
usually leaving his house, whether at
Medan or at Paris, about 8 o'clock. He
lunches at midday, and writes from I
o'clock till 8, receiving no visitors and
transacting nobusmess in the afternoon.
He has particular liking for large and
massive pieces Of furniture, oihis writ
ing table and his library chairs are Of
colossal proportions, as Is also his ink
stand, which Is In bronze and represents
. hon.-Paris Cor. Philadelphia Tele-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
gse Tbei. Feet for Paddles.

The Banaka tribe, the most famous
canoemen on the west African coast,
will impel their light canoes with great
velocity over the waves and at the same
time use the feet to bail out the water
that happens to be dashed over the sides
of the light craft. If from any cause a
Bsnaka breaks or loses his oars he
throws his legs over the sides Of the
boat and propels it almost as fast with
his feet as he could with the paddles
st. Louis Republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
l.H,hat Pain DO Amman Feel9

What Pain DO Animals Feel7
When the sensitiyeness to pain Of the
negro, compared with that Of the Eu-
ropean,is but one to three, as DR.. Fell
kin concludes it5is, what relation to the
latter is borne by the sensitiveness Of
the monkey Of the hird7 Of the reptile
and the fish, Of creatures lower still?-
London Sunday Magazine?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

To the Eskfmos of Labrador belong
the tonor of having discovered that the
moon was tine paradise of the good, and
that the wicked are to be consigned to q
cold cave in the center Of the earth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

One Of the cotton presses de-
stroyed in the recent fire at New
Orleans was named the aFire-
proof" Thst name is as good a
4non-explosive oil.'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

If you want your umbrella, and es-
peciaily good silk one, to last twice as
long as it otherwise would, always leave
it loose, whether in use or not, and dry
it omen, handle down.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

A wester man says he always
envies a fat person when he sees
him laughing. There seems to be
so much of him having a good time
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

The man who never went to the thea
terin yhis,ife 10 usually the man who
declares loudesv against the immortality
cot the stage.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

The shoem.king business in Caltfor-
MIA is controlled almost entirely by
Chinese. Fully 10000 Chinese are en-
Moved in such labor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21
The Mystery Solved.

Mrs. Yerger is not handsome, and her
voice when she sings is dreadful, but
Colonel Yerger is very demonstratiye.
"Whyi he always kissing herr asked
a friend Of the family Of another gentle
man.
.1 can't imagine, unless it is to keep
her from singing. Siftings.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

Several women have been permitted
to practice dentistry in Denmark aft
hsYing passed the regular examinations
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-04-21

Being impermeable to air, newspapers
form excellent envelopes for vessels con-
tanning ice and fresh liquors.