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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
L.u,ehable .superstition

ga curious illustration of the .yalue Of
superstitions, said Mr.. Kunz, the dia-
mond expert for Tiffany & Co., was
afforded the other, day. by lady who
brought q set Of opals here for tho pur.
pose of selling them. She felt obliged
to part with them on account ofn series
Of misfortunes in her. family which abe
feared were attributable to the gems,
so VIGOROUSLY unlucky. On examining
them / found that they were merely I'M
itations. A, few weeks ago. I had in my
possession three seashalls which bad
been transformed into opal Their orig
:inal hmy material had. been dissplxed
out Of the rock by which thegsvsfsiu
closed, and the precious isHbeb4pee was
deposited by water ili place Of the aine,
retaining the form Of the SHELF. A
graduate Of Harvard college bs1ghtaAe
curiosity and presented II to that lusH.
tution."-New York, Sun. :. {
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

a n oEtnts
which we propose to send to you, transpor.
tation paid. The little darling rests atsafnst
pillo<y, and !s in tho net Of drawing on f@
pink sock, the mate Of which has been pulled
or aud flung nsiJe With tr1prnphant COO.
The dasa ,tssr 5 Stand
sitere.roductinoioft this grcatesy palsalng oa
Ida Wauis, Che most celebrated OF m moaesn tSssa
painters uf @iDy fGl arc 70 Re gren g MosS fa1se
zine for 1854. The reproductions cannot oe
told from the original, which cost St0, snd
ara the s0rie e.z. llT1as inches,. The babyD
life szo, and absolutely lifelike. We have
also in preparation, to present. 70 our sID. -
such artists as Percy STornn, Maud Humphrey.
Louis Dcschamps, and others OF worid-Wioe
renown. Take only two examples OF Gnat
,es did daTaE tRS @Efo EafsS ease % tho
wife of President Harrison, and you Will seo
what our promises mean.
Thosewho Subscribe for Demorests Family
Magazine f9r 1888 will possess gallery y o. eI.
Magazine that cannot be equaled BY any In
the world for Its beautiful illustrations and
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VIC Sys yoa d,19r IRE % eeS fSc Pand
In any size you choose. Send in your sub
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The ADVERTISER and this famous
Family Magazine all for $500 6
year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
Property Among Ants and Bees.

The collective system Of property
must have lasted among ants and bees
for many thousands of years, for, apart
from cases of Generalization such as
may, for example, be produced among
bees by giving them a taste for drunk
enness, these intelligent insects show
the most absolute Difference and deyo-
ton 8 social property. Their primi-
tive selishness has broadened out into
a collective or patriotic egoism. But
these very social species, with their
more than Christian charity, have not
reached this high degree Of civilization
at one bound. In the ant and bee
worlds, as in our own, there are saw
ages. There are still at the present
time certain species of ants ignorant of
the division Of labor carried so far
among their civilized congeners.-
property: Its Origin and Develop
ment /"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
An Absentminded ssurnaliss.

Jim Faberpusher is, one;of the most
industrious Journalists In New York.
He thinks of nothing but his professional
duties.
One day his wife to whom he was se.
Gently married) said to him:
"You don't speak to me any more.
Haye you ceased to love me9"
"Oh, no, but ! just can't find time.
I'm pressed for time"
"Yes, but don't get pressed ct al,
responded the neglected wife. This well
merited febuke reminded the Journalist
Of his obligations to his better hail.
Texas Sifings.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
Sportive Lambs.

A flock of ewes and lambs were once
observed in adjoining fields, separated
by fence with several gaps in it. "Fol-
low my leader" was the game most in
favor with this flock, the biggest lamb
leading around the field and then jump
ing The gap, with all the others follow
ing IN single file. Any lamb that took
the leap unusually well would give two
or three more enthusiastic jumps out of
sheer exuberant happiness when it
reached the other side. Fawns played
sort of cross touch from one side to
the other, the s'touch" in each case be-
ing by the nose.-London Tit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
ut Costs You Nothing.

We are pleased to announce thai t
we: have made arrangements by
which,we ARE prepared to supply
free to.each of, our, subscribers a
years subscription to that well,
known monthly home and farm
Journal, the, American Farmer
published at Springfield and
Cleveland, Ohio. we make this
offer to each. of our subscribers
who will pay up all arrearges on
subscription and one year in ad-
vance, and to all new subscribers
paying, one year in advance. The
American Farmer is strictly Ma
tional,i in its character. It is a
,high-classa allustrated journal filled
with entertaining and instructive
reading /, matter, containing each
month much information that is
invaluable to agriculturists and
of special interest to each member
of every home. 1t is suited to all
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with favor in all localities. 1t is
strictly non- n-political and non-
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Of Farm, HORTICULTURE, Sheep and
Swine, The Home, The Horse and
the Dairy, are filled with bright
and useful matter. The readers
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Sample ccpy Of the American
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
poes Iiehtninr Sour the MILF

q =
/ It Is a well known fact that milki ID
especially apt to sour during the preva-
lence of q thunderstorm, and from this
it has been surmised that the electric
discharge held some mysterious sway
over the tactical fluid. An italian e1-
perimenter, one Professor @. Tolomei.
has been making trials Of various sorts,
the object being to throw some light on
electric influence over milk molecules.
In his first experience he passed an cleo
tric discharge from a Holtz machine be.
tween two balls Of platinum hanging
two inches apart In bottle containing
quart Of fresh milk; secondly, by send
ing current between two strips of
platinum at the bottom Of v tube
flied with the same fluid; thirdly, by
subjecting milk in a test tube to the ac-
ton Of strong battery current through
silk covered copper wire wound spl-
rally around the tube.
In each one of these experiments,
which were as thorough as any lover OF
science could wish, it was proved that
acidulation of the milk was delayed in
stead of hastened, as had been expected.
Three equal portions Of milk from tho
same milking thus treated began to
grow acid on the seventh, the ninth and
the sixth days, respectively, while other
portions Of it which had not been treated
with electricity was rankly acid on. the
evening Of the third day. Having thus
disproved the popular theory Of lightning
being the direct cause Of the aciHfcs-
ton Of milk, Professor Tolomei tried
ozone and found therein tho mystic
agent of milk souring. In his second
trial Of oEone he brought the surface OF
quantity Of milk close to the twolballs
Of the machine used, and tbs fluid al
most instantly became acid In conse-I
quence. a
Here at last q mystery that has puz-
lied professors and peasants alike has
been made plain.-St. Louis Republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
Tho co1ors of Amber.

Amber has wonderful variety of
colors. Some of it is as clear as crystal,
some as yellow as honey, some light
blue and again transparent green.
Then it is found as white as snow, the
color of cream, and often many of these
tints are blended in one piece. There is
popular notion to the effect that am
ber has curative qualities for such all
ments as Group and sore throat, and
many thousand necklaces Of it are sold
annually. for that purpose.-Interview
in Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
FADED PICTURES.
Only two patient eyes to stare

Only Two patlent eyes 70 STARE
Out of tho canvas; all the rest,
The warm green gown, the small handl
pressed
Light in the lap, the heapy hair.
That must have made the sweet, low brow
So earnest, centuries ago,
When some one saw it change and glow.
All faded. Just the eyes burn now.
] Tdarcsay people pass and pass
Before the blisterod little frame, :
And dingy work, without name,
Shut in behind its bit of glass;
But I-well,. l left Raphael
Just to come, drink these eyes Of hers,
To think away the stains and blurs,
Aud make all whole again and well.
Only for tears the head will bow,
Because there on my hearts last wall,
Not one tint left to tell 1t all,
A picture keeps its eyes somehow.
William Vaughan Moody In Scribner's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

In Kentucky the public school teach
ers are not paid fixed salary, but re-
ceive SO much for each pupil. This plan
has one good effect, that of stimulating
teachers to secure scholars and thus e1-
tend the benefits of education, but some
have been found making false returns.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08
Ho,v 70 conciliate an Ed,tor,

sYou look awful blue. What is the
matter with you?"
aThat editor has sent back my last
batch Of poems. wish I knew how to
get his good WILL"
ssThat's easy enough DONE"
GLOW am I to do it to put him in
good humor"
"Don't send him any more of your
poetry."-Texas Siftings.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

All intelligent persons are familiar
with the fact that the body is in per
petual state of assimilation and elimina-
tion-rutrivion and waste. The two
processes balance each other in a
healthy and normal physical condition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Jas. NJ. Cobb keeps Charles
Hesier and the Rockland Co.'S. fine
Gents Shoes. Don't buy any other
and you will not regret it. The
best ,unlanndred shirt in town for
50.eta.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Ladies, don't dbe imposed on
with sshoddy shoes. Buy Jas. M.
tCobb's celebrated ,,$1.50l and $500
Kid Boots and you will never use
any other.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

serpents together constitute one order
Of the class Of reptiles, the other still
existing members Of that class consti-
tuting three other plainly distinct or
ders, namely, crocodiles, lizards, tor
toises.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

1t is an interesting fact that ont Of
sixteen cities of over 100000 population
in the United States, fourteen, Or over
81 per cent, are using the electrical rail-
way system or equipping roads with the
system.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

The yellow day lily is not as common
as it deserves to be. The flowers are Of
clear canary yellow and the foliage is
very 1uxuriant.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Air guns were first made by Guhr, in
Germany, in 1865, and the invention is
also accredited to Shaw, Of America, In
1876.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Why do you pay big profits on
Tobacco, when YOU can buy as
cheap from J. M. Cobb as you can
from any wholesale dealer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

J. M. Cobb is the Manufacturers
agent for Tobacco. 1000 lbs. inst
received. You can buy one box
from me as cheap as can be bought
at the factory. Try our 35 cts, 40
cts. and so cts. Tobacco.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Will sell Plow Hoes at 33c lb by
hundred. E. J. NORRIS,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Splendid Farm For Sale.
06Ol ACRES of fine land, about
LUL2 two miles from Trenton, 100
acres just cleared, and made ready for
the plow, balance in woods. Borders
the railroad "a mile. On it are dwell
ings, l barn, / crib, 4 stables, buggy
house, wagon shelter, horse lot planked
in, and a good well, all complete and
brand new. The land lies well and is
beautifully elevated. A fine oppor-
tunlty for misunderstanding, as
there is railroad switch on the place.
Now is the time to get the cream OF a
newly settled place. Will sell! cheap
and on easy terms. II desired will
sell also. on the place 3 Nne young
mules ages 4, 5 and 6, and wagon. For
particulars apply to n
ID. X. .DURISOE,
keal Estate Ag't,
Edgeffeld, =. G.
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]. w. SMITH,, Pr op'r.
no You WANT TO ADOPT ABABYf

DO YOU WANT TO ADOPT AtBkBYf
Maybe you think this Is Few business,
sending out babies on application ;ithAa been
done before, however, but never nave nose
furnished been 50 near the original 0mpleas
that's the sweetest baby ever sawi" This
little black-and-white engraving can give
you buts fuint idea of the exquisite original.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Crockery, Glassware, Wooden
ware, Grass Blades, at
e. J. NoRR1s's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Don't tail to buy your bill of
Shoes from j. M. Cobb while at
tending Court. Edgefeld's Head
quarters for Good Shoes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Coffees, Teas, Rice, Grits,
Fancy Cream Cheese, at
E. J. NoRR1s's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

2 cars Flour,
/ car Tennessee Meal, at
3. J. NoRR1s's.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

80 boxes wrapped and unwrap
ped Soap. E. J. NORRIS;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Want 900 bushels Seed Oatl
445cs In ii ade at. J..NoRRIs
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-12-08

Out OF the canvass all Inc reSts
The warm green gown, the small hands
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
a ship with yellow Fever.

NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-THE steamship
Moorish Prince arrived in quarantine
yesterday morning. The captain re-
ported that on November 26 Chief Of
ficer Hughes and Will m Fusch were
taken with yellow fever, viii the ship
was at Rio Janeiro; both died. The
second engineer, James Curncross, be-
came i'll on November 90 and died on
December 5. Robert Richardson, the
third engineer, was taken OH Dec mber
and died a day later. Since leaving
Rio Janeiro there mas been no sickness
on the Moorish Prince. The health Of
fcer detained the ship and will not
allow her to come to the city until he is
certain all danger of a fresh outbreak of
the malady has passed.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
HAD YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD.
The insurgents in Buenos Ayres are
Getting Troublesome.
DOISGS
HOUSE.
Free Trade Resolution OTered---A
ssh TrIes to XIII His Father---Two
Children Burned to Death.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1l.-Whether
Great Britain is or is not using her in
fuence with Chill to bring about salts
factory settlement OF the Baltimore out
rage is as yet IL matter OF speculation,
but there is abundant evidence that she
is showing the deepest interest inthe
preparations for war which our country
has been making. Our naval officers
have not failed to discover that two
naval attaches of the British legation in
this city, Captains William Fl. Way and
q. G. Langley, have been watching
every movement of the navy department
since the talk of war with Chill first
commenced. What these officers have
learned has, of course, been duly COM
municated to the home government, and
the reports doubtless have been the
means of convincing the British author
tiles that the United States is in sober
earnest in her demand for reparation.
1t is noticeable to those who have
watched the development of the Clfilian
controversy that the English influence
in the direction of peace commenced just
after the naval attaches began familiar
izing themselves with our naval activity.
These attaches have made personal
visits to different places throughout the
country where work on war materials is
in progress. Only few days ago Cap
tain Langley visited Mare Island yard
and the Union iron works at San Fran
cisco to see what truth there was in the
.rumors of hurried work on the coast de-
fense vessel Monterey and other vessels.
! Upon his return, day or two ago, he
told his friends he had been on few
days pleasure trip TO New York, but
this did not deceive some of the naval
officers here. Captain Langley is too
we'll known to the officers on duty on,
the Pacific slope to conceal his identity,
and he had not been in San Francisco
| many hours before his presence and the
object of his mission became known to
the department officials. There can be-
no doubt that he discovered that the re-
ports of great activity i'll the work on
the Monterey were not exaggerated, and
it is to be presumed that he lost no time
in informing his government OF her con-
dition, and what a formidable craft she
viii be when finished.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
The. strikes .Csosffident or success.

PORTLAND, Or, Jan. 1.-THE striking
brakemen on the Southern Pacific held
3 ameeting this morning, the outcome OF
which was resolution to- continue out
until the company rescinded the order
compelling one brakeman to remain on
the top of the train. The freight con.
.duetors on the Ashland division have
Joined the :brakemen. The strikers are
confident OF carrying their point, for the
reason that the company will be unable
to fill their places.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
NEBRAsKA ALLIANCE IN sEss1os n

ROCHESTER,, n. y, Jan. PA fierce
fire was raging here at noon. Hiram
Sibley's seed house, ten or twelve
story building, covering nearly whole
square is mass of flames. The heat
from the fire makes it impossible for the
firemen to be of much use in saving the
adjoining buildings and it is feared that
other fires will follow.
At II 80, half an hour after the fire
started, the south wall of the great
building fell, crushing in the rear of the
store of Howe & Bassett, which is in the
Sibley block, in the rear of the burnir g
building. a woman and baby were res
cued by the firemen from the third
story of this building.
A large portion of the southwest wall
fell, setting FIRE to the Second Baptist
church. Detective Long was in the
back hall of the top floor, with ten on
twelve firemen and citizens, helping to
rescue the people within, when the
walls cayed in and all were buried in
the ruins. When Long and two of the
fremen escaped they saw nothing Of the
rest of the people who were with them.
Long feels certain that some of them
are still in the ruins.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
/. Insurgents in Buenos Ayres.

BUENos AYREs, Jan. H.-Rumors are
current here that revolt has taken
place among the Second and Seventh
regimtnts of the line. 1t is commonly
believed that the reyolters were suborned
by the followers of General Roca. The
government has taken measures to sup
press the insurrectien. The First regi-
ment of the line and the Third artillery
have been ordered out to reinforce the
Buenos Ayres garrison, and cartridges
have been served to all of the men, but
it is feared that despite these prepara-
tions the insurgents are so strong that
they will march from Rosario Mendoza
and La Plata upon Buenos Ayres.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
vhe rnaucnza Spreading.

LoNDoN, Jan. l2.-There is no abate-
ment whatever in the epidemic OF influ-
enza which is sweeping over Europe.
Reports which are daily received from
hundreds of places throughout the con,
tinent show that the disease continues
to spread with increasing violence. The
number of deaths resulting from the
disease is very large.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
Murderoas SON.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 1.-THE
e!opement of married woman, of Cal
houn county, Saturday, almost ended in
a murder. Abram Garretson fired his
fathers house when the old gentleman
was lying on his death bed, and then
abandoning his wife and children, he
stole two of his fathers horses and
eloped with Mrs. Marion Boyce, who
left two young children to the care of her
husband. Garretson, sr., was rescued
from the burning building with diff
Guilty
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
.,nalanapolI. strike orowanx serious.

IsDiANAPoLIs, Jan. 12.-The street car
strike situation is growing oninous.
The company declared its Intention of
running today and asked the board of
public safety for protection. The strik-
ers say they will not allow a wheel to
turn.
This morning salt car started over
the College avenue line with an escort OF
police. Tire strikers attempted to stop
it and the row was only quelled by the
arrest of eight strikers. The strikers
Immediately telephoned to five en-
ployes of the Atlas Engine works for as
sis tance.
= The situation is becoming more criti-
cal every minute. The strikers arrested
were afterwards bailed out. There is a
possibility of the militia being called
out this afternoon. The police have al
been called in from the outlying dis.
trict to be in readiness for an emergency
and the board of public. safety is-now in
session.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
In The House.

( WASHINGTON, Jan. ia resolution
was offered by Breckinridge, of Ken
lucky. repeating the third section of the
Mckinley bill, and enacting in lieu
thereof section authorizing the presi-
dent to issue proclamation admitting
free of duty from any nation on the
American hemisphere, on which no inn
port duty is imposed on feed, corn meal
and other bread products, preserved
meatsSoil, lumber, agricultural imple-
ments and machinery, steel rails, and
was objected 70 by Burrows, of Michigan
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-12
In the Ohio Senate.

CoLuMBus. Dec. l2.-The senate and
house voted separately for United States
senator today. an the senate Sherman
received Is votes and James E. Neal
tdem.) 8. In the house Sherman re-
ceived SO and Neal 90. A resolution to
investigate the eligibility of United
States Senator Brice was discussed in
vigorous speeches in the house, but
action was postponed until Wednesday
afternoon.
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R.coxerea. a small yertict.

BUFFAIo, N. Y, Jan. '11.-Mrs. Mar
garet G. Allen recovered Saturday a ver-
dict of 1882, against the estate of her
uncle. Lewis F. Allen, who was also the
uncle of Grover Cleveland. The verdict
covered the amount claimed to be due
from the sale of a small piece of land
entrusted to her uncle, the proceeds OF
which had been paid to the executors OF
the estate.