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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03

negro vote, but were awfu1ly de:
feated and their pants let down &
E.button-hole'lower. 1t was good fol
them. The people served them
just right by giving them real
Waterloo defeat, which these old
sore headed broken down aristo-
cratic politicians have not gotten
over yet. They may just as well
rest easy; they are laid upon the
shelf to stay.
Senator Gordon said he did not
come over here to electionser for
anyman. Itdidnot look SO when he
lauded edsse1atorB tier TO Die skies.
It's true Senator Butler has filed
his Office satisfactorily to his con-
stituents, but it is high time when
the next election comes off to elect
some other man. I don't believe in
giving one man all, and others who
are as well qualified none.
4 I have heard men on different
occasions discussing the Dispen-
sary law. They said they were
we'll pleased with it, and believed
it would work well and be a great
benefit to the young and rising
generation, and save many young
men from drunkenness and ruin.
Most of the opposition comes from
the antis, and they don't all oppose
the law, though some of the antis
are kicking and making a mighty
fuss and rumpus. But that won't
do them any good. They had bet
ter quietly submit and obey the
law, for just as sure as they vio-
late it they will get into trouble
and law suits, which may cost
them a great deal of money. It's
mighty easy sometimes through
heat Of passion for men to get into
a difficulty, but hard to get out,
and when they do get out they are
badly worsted, and then they
can see when it's too late, how
foolish they we're. The Charleston
News and Courier and tho Colum-
.bia State have given some unwhol-
some and unsound advice. People
had better be careful about taking
their advice. Remember if they
get You into law suits and trouble
they are not going to pay you out,
you will have to get out the best
you can, and do all the paving.
The whiskey men murmur and
complain and say their rights have
been trampled upon and taken
away from them, and monopolized
by the State. Well, years ago the
State monopolized the country
peoples rights and deprived them
of selling whiskey, and conferred
their rights upon you rum-sellers of
towns and villages and they sub
mitted without a murmur. You
have not been treated any worse
than the country people, whose
rights you have Leen enjoying for
many years, but, 20, incl that
was all right.n You then said that
was a good law,. and commended
the Legislature for taking away
country peoples rights and con-
ferring them upon pon.yeeu--Fhe-
country people have just as much
right to sell whiskey as the town
people have, but they did not COM
plain as the whiskey men now do,
and bid defiance to the law. No..
the country people quietly SUBJ
mitted, and acted with more sense
and better judgment than whiskey
mon now do.
LOCKER On.
Elmwood, S. G.
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NOT so HARD as 1T SEEMS.


A patent strikes most people as an
appallingly formidable thing. The idea
is that an inventor must be natural
genius, like Edison or Bell; that he
must devote years to delving in
complicated mechanical problems and
that he must spend a fortune on
delicate experiments before he can
get new device to patentabls de-
gree of perfection. This delusion the
company desires to dispel. 1t desires to
get into the headSof the public a clear
comprehension of the fact that it is
not the great, complex, and expensive
inventions that bring the best returns
to their authors, but the little, simple,
and cheap ones--the things that seem
so absurdly trivial that the average ,
citizen would feel somewhat ashamed
of bringing them to the attention cfi
the PatentsOffice.
Edison says that the profits he has
received from the patents on all his
marvellous inventions have not been
sufficient to pay the cost of his ex-
periments. But the man who conceived
the idea of fastening bit of rubber
cord to q child. IS ball, so that it would
come back to the hand when thrown
made fortune out of his scheme. The
modern sewing machine is miFScle
Of ingenuity-the product of the toil
Of hundreds of busy brains through q
hundred and fifty years, but the whole
brilliantresult rests upon the simple
device of putting the eye of the needle
at the point instead of at the other end.
THE LITTLE THINGS THk MOST vALU-
ABLE.
Comparatively rev people. regard
themselves as inventors, but almost
everybody has been struck, at one
time or another. with ideas that seemed
calculated to reduce some Of the little
frictions of life. Usually such are ideas
dismissed without further thought.
"Why DON'T the railroad company
make its car windows so that they can
be slid up and down without breaking
the passengers backs?" exclaims the
traveller. "If I were running the road
1 would make them in such way"
What was the man that made this
saucepan thinking OFF" grumbles the
cook. "He never had to work over a
stove, or he would have known how it
ought to have been fixed"
3Hang such collar button!n growls
the man who is late for breakfast off I
were in the business I'd make buttons
that wouldn't slip out, or break off, or
gouge out the back of my neck.n
And then the various sufferers for
get about their grieyancet and begin
to think of something else. If they
would sit down at the next convenient
opportunity, put their ideas about car
windows, saucepans,and collar buttons
into practical shape, and then apply
for patents, they might find themselves
as Independently wealthy as the man.
who invented the iron umbrella ring
or the one who patented. the..fifteen
puzzle.
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PRIZES ON PATENTS.
How to Get 2,500sDo
for Nothing.
The Winner Has a Clear Gift of
a Small Fortune, and the Losers
Have Patents that may Bring
Them In Still more.

Would you like to make twenty-five
hundred dollars? If you would, read
carefully what follows and you may
see way to do it.
The Press CLANS Company devotes
much attention to patents. 1t has
handled thousands of applications for
inventions, but it would like to handle
thousands more. There is plenty of
inventive talent at large in this coun
try, needing nothing but encourage
ment to produce pratical results. That
encouragement the Press Claims
Company proposes to give.
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1890.

aI submit the within described in
vention in competition for the
Twenty-Five hundred Dollar Prize
offered by the Press Claims Company.
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ELECTRIC BUILDING.

We visited the Electric Building
at night. 1t is a very brilliant
sight, and the place is lighted up
SO as to be equal almost to day
light. A very wonderful thing
then is Edison's latest invention,
the klnetograph for taking instan-
taneous pictures. 1t reproduces
the speech of a person and the
likeness also.
I reckon I have gone far enough
as I could not describe the whole
exposition. I have only touched
upon few things, but it is we'll
worth seeing by all who can 60. ]
would not have missed it for any
consideration. We have seen the
great lakes, some of Canada, Mia.
CARA Falls, the st. Lawrence river,
and Montreal. If I have a good
opportunity I may write you again
MAMIE J. NORRIS.
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CONVENIENT BUILDING.


The Government Building is
very large, and I believe the. most
intricate and tbs hardest to.s of
all for it contains a vast variety of
exhibits: Models of the Govern
ment departments at. Washington; (;
the Patent Office; the Smithsonian
institute, which is very curious
and interesting, containing many
old relics, such as Washington's
sword and pewter camp service,
and a vest embroidered by Marie
Antoinette, the twelve goblets used
at the Passover feast, silverware
brought over in the MayAower, etc.
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A Vivid DESCRIPTION
OF THE WORLDS FAIR AND
IT'S woNDERF UL EXHIBIT
By Our Fair Correspondent-You
May Not be Able to go, so Read
This, the Next Thing to 1t.
WINDSOR HOTEL,
MONTREAL, CANADA, July %, 1913. I

MONTREAL, CANADA, July %, '93. !
DEAR ADVERTISER: While going
through the great Fair and trying
to see as much of it as possible,
I could not then find time to at
tempt to write any description of
what I saw. Besides it is very
laborious and tiresome to walk
through it day by day for week
and try to get only glimpse of
the numerous and various and
wonderful things that are there.
1t is impossible to give any sort of
description that would give any
fair idea of it in a short letter. If
it were written in a book, and each
article described in its history and
in all its aspects, it would fill a
series of volumes.
The fair grounds are situated on
the border of the lake, seven miles
from the city. There are ample
and various ways ofreaching them.
The elevated railroads, street cars,
drives, boats, and other means Of
transportation, carry the people to
and from the Fair by the thous-
ands IN very short space of time.
Everything goes in rush, every
body moves in a push, 1t is as
Julian Ralph says: "The voice Of
the genii of the West crying clang
clang, hustlel Clang clang, be
livelyp
On reaching the grounds the
whole spectacle isalmost bewilder-
ing. The huge white buildings
cluster around the lagoon, and
large statues are placed all through
the enclosure.
There are large number of
buildings, but some of. the main
one are, the Transportation build.
ing, Manufactures and Liberal
Arts, Agricultural building, Elec-
tricity building, U. S. Government
building, Fine Arts building, Wo-
mans building, Fisheries building,
Music Hall. etc.
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P. G.. LsNGlEY, JR.,
T. G. ToMPK1Ns,
R. H.'WELcH,

P. S.-These resolutions were
unanimo oHsslly- endorsed BY the en-
tire corps of cadets.
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| TEMPTING OFFER.

A TEMPTING oFFER.l
To induce people to keep track of
their bright ideas and see what there
is in them, the Press. Claims Company
has resolved to offer prize.
To the person wis submits TO it the
simplest and most promising inven-
tion, from comnerciaI point Of view,
the company will give twenty-five
hundred dollars In cash, addition to
refunding the fees for securing the
patent.
It " Ill! also advertise the invention
free Of charge.
This offer is subject to the following
conditions:: ::
Every competitor must obtain a
patent for his invention through the
company. He must first apply fora
preliminary search, the cost OF which.
will be five dollars. Should this search.
show his invention to be unpatentab,c
he can withdraw without further ex-
pense. Otherwise he will be expected
to complete his application and take
out a patentin the regular way. The
total expense, including Government
and Bureau fees, will be seventy dollars.
For this, whether he secures the prize
or not, the inventor will have patent
that ought to be valuable property
to him. The prize will be awarded-by
a jury consisting of three reputable
patent attorneys of Washington. In
tending competitors should fill out the
following blank, and forward it with
their application:
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'Ed dgeffield Ad tiiser j
.THURsDA Az AU G. s, 1893.
/ LOCAL. BRE VlTIES,

If you have turnip seed prepare
to SOW them now.
Delightful rains on last Sunday
afternoon and night.
Melon growers of this county
are not finding remuneratiye sales
fortheir crops.
Miss Lucy Arthur is visiting
relatives and friends in and
around Johnston.
The ApyERr1sER Job Office does
all kinds Of job printing. SEND
US your ordere. Satisfaction guar
anteed.
The cotton crop is about two
weeks late in this county and the
picking season, as consequence,
will be behind time That much.
Miss Maggie Miller, OF Beecn
Island, who has been visiting the
family of Mr.. N. u. Brunson, has
returned home.
Mr.. R. #. Ables, a bright young
gentleman Of the Batesburg sec
ton, is reading lawswith the firm
Of Sheppard Bros.
Cotton is coming out wonderfully
and with a favorable fall two-thirds
of q crop may be made i'll Edge
field county, but the plant is too
small to make a big crop.
Dr.. Manly Timmons will be
absent from his Office during the
whole of next week in attendance
ON the State Dental Assertion,
y which meets in Columbia,
There isSa woman whose pastor
recently asked after her health.
Hereby was: aI feel very vel, but
Ialways feel bad when ami well,
because / know am going to feel
worse afterward."
Sensitive people can purchase
Humphreys Specifics by sirnply
asking the druggists for the needed
number alone, without disclosing
OF. mentioning the disease for
which it is a cure.
When you discover that the
people whom you regarded as your
friends are in the habit of saying
unkind things about you, remem-
Der that you have possibly said
unkind things about them.
Secretary of Agriculture Morton
has decided to go out of the seed
distributing business, and will
turn over all the remaining stock
of seeds to Drs. w. E. Lynch and
w. B. Penn: of Edgefeld, to be
burnt.
W. L. burst. President of the
Greenwood Cotton Mill, has just
returned from Providence, Boston
and Chicago and purchased the
necessasanpaach chineryN to fill the
mil and in a fewzweeks 1t Wiiaas see
running to its full capacity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-08-03
LIBERAL ARTS.

We visited the great Manufac-
lures and Liberal Art Building.
It is said that no one has ever seen
everything in that gigantic build
ing. The whole Paris exhibition
could have been placed within it's
walls. There I saw the huge Co.
lumbian clock and tower, showing
the time at Greenwich, Madrid,
Paris, and Chicago; Tiffany's
wonderful 100000 show case of
diamonds; beautiful Italian stat
uary; the old watches of Crom-
well, Milton, Lady Jane Grey, and
other distinguished persons; Hin
doc idols; China service used by
Queen Victoria: fac simile of the
Salon of the Dutchess of Meter
mich; fac simile of Japanese house
and parlor with furnishings; the
celebrated Dore vase, and thous-
ands of things, enough to occupy
ones time inde finitely.
We spent a whole day in the art
museum. Every kind of art is
there. Rosa Bonheur's cattle pic
lures, many works. in bronze, beau
tiful frescoes, marble figures, char
coal, pastel, and porcelain. The
tapestry pieces are very fine, many
of them covering the side of the
long room There I met Miss
Alice Spring, the art teacher at
the "College for Women" and
Miss Fulkerson, the vocalist.
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TRANSPORTATION BUILDING.

From the elevated railroad we
reached first the Transportation
building. Here we saw exhibited
all the different kinds of trans
portation from the earliest ages to
the present time, from rude carts
and wooden rails to the magnif-
cent and luxurious palace cars of
Pullman and Wagner, and all the
progressive improvements in water
transportation, from the canoe to
the finest and largest modern ves-
sells; very interesting were the
models of the three ships IN which
Columbus came over. In this de-
partment were many foreign ex-
hibits. The German and French
had specimens of their best cars.
They cannot compare with Pull
mans, however, but seem to be
very pretty and comfortable. The
popularity of their structure is
that the cars are divided into Sec
tions of four seats each, and are
not open like our cars, something
like our sleeping cars with the
divisions permanently fixed. The
model of the Victoria, the ship
that went down o short time ago
in which SO many lives were lost,
attracted q great deal Of attention.
MUSIC HALL.
We visited Music Hall. Thomas's
Orchestra was laundering forth
some of the finest pieces Of the
great master composers. 1t was a
great treat and I'VE enjoyed the
whole programme thoroughly.
This hall is devoted to concerts by
famous musicians, and contains
no exhibits, but the interior and
exterior are highly ornamented
with carvings and statuary. The
acoustic properties are very fine.
The place was crowded with peo-
III ,,,,,b;nr ond nroeo;no o1ono
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The Negroes Chances in Africa.

Elmwood, S. c.
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ml11 and IN q rev IG We
running to its full capacity.

A writer in the Southern Guilt
: -vator says that, eff every bloom
and young boil was pulled from q
stalk of cotton on the 1stof July
it would increase the final yield Of
the stalk, and that it would be
profitable to do this, if the labor
did not cost too,much."
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-28
THE ROYAL coNsoRT.

Caesar was epileptic, of feeble constitu-
tion, with pallid skin and subject to head
aches.
The Prince of Wales is very fond of wear
ing old clothes, probably because he doesn't
have to.
Lobengula, the African chief who has Civ
en- England SO much concern, smokes con-
stantly, smoking great quantities of Boer
tobacco. In fact, he may be said to live on
beef, beer and tobacco.
Christina, queen regent Of Spain, Is a
great advocate Of tobacco. She consumes
q large quantity of Egyptian cigarettes,
and his little majesty, Alphonso XIII, en-
joys lighting them for her.
The little queen of Holland is punished
when she is naughty. She evidently thinks
her lot n hard one, for she was overheard
scolding her doll, and in order to terrify it.,
threatened to turn it into queen If it did
not behave better.
King Oscar of Sweden is once more COM
ing to the front as an author, copies of a
stirring poem entitled Memories of the
Swedish Fleet" composed by him, having
just been placed upon the market by his
Stockholm publishers.
Princess Maud of Wales collects ivory,
and has an extensive museum of tusks of
elephants shot by her father and uncles,
teeth of walruses, seals, sharks, lions and
alligators, and of wild boars shot and sent
by the emperor OF Russia to enrich her col
lection.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-28
THE PHILOSOPHER.

If we would overcome the laws of nature,
we must not resist; we must balance them
against one another.
There is nothing ignominious about poy-
erty. 1t may even serve as healthy slim
illus to great spirits.
1t is not in our open exposed deeds that
we need the still voice of the silent monitor,
but in the small secret everyday acts of life
There is less misery in being cheated than
in that kind of wisdom which perceiYes. or
thinks it perceives, that all mankind are
cheats.
If we could read the secret history of our
enemies, we should find in each mans life
sorrow and suffering enough to dlsarm all
hostility.
A face which is always serene possesses
mysterious and powerful attraction. Sad
hearts come to it as to the sun to warm
themselves again.
Work paves the only way leading to
knowledge. The way is n long one and the
difficulties in it are many, but step by step
it can be trayersed if labor be the guide
You must not only work, but you must
order your work with intelligence; you
must be preparing the way for what you
want to become, rs we'll as do what lies to
your hand.-Montreal Star.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-28
THE OUNCE.

Five women are now on the school COM
nlissioners' board in New York state
The increase of schools in every country
has generally been attended by decrease
Of crime.
1t costs but $500 a year for each man.
woman and child to support the public
schools of the country.
Children in the Isle of Man study spell.
ing by singing the component letters of a
word in concert to n monotonous chant of
two notes.
According to official statistics, the total
number of schools in the whole German en-
pire is $500 pupils. 1925, Gss; teachers,
12o,o 32, OF whom 1880 are women.
Professor Henry Drummond. the GIas-
gov teacher, says the universities in the
United States are something the country
has reason to be proud of, and their chairs
OF philosophy are, as Il rule, worthy the ad-
niration OF Europe
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-28
THE MONEY CHANGER.

From 1928 to 1915 platinum coins were
minted in Russia.
The first coming machine was invented
by Bruchner in 1853.
Aristotle says that money exists not by
nature, but by law"
Julius Caesar was the first man toput his
own image on n coin.
The notes used by the Bank of England
cost exactly cent each.
wampum was adopted by the New Eng
land colonists in all their dealings with the
Indians.
English coin was first made legal ten
der in 1916 Before this rents had been paid
in produce.
The earliest Greek coins bore lion or
tortoise on the diverse and punch marks on
the reverse.
In 1881 the English coined gold pennies
that weighed 1-l20th of pound and passed
for 20 pence.
Barring says that in London during the
crisis of 1917 il was found impossible to
borrow any money whatever on sum of
a6o, coo of silver.
Numismatists say that no human head
was impressed on coins until after the death
that were of deities.
Two hundred years ago the west coast
Africans had a money of account" the
standard being a bar of iron, and anything
supposed to equal its value was called a
'bar."
a Jewish gerah was equal to 2.75 cents;
bekah was 1913 cents; a silver shekel was
54.74 cents; maneh was 1919; kiddar
or talent of silver was 81 1920; gold shek-
ell was $50; gold talent, $3.50.
During the thirteenth century the Chi
nese emperors made money from the inner
bark of the mulberry tree, cutting it into
round pieces and stamping it. To counter
felt or refuse to accept it as legal tender
was punishable by death.-St. Louis Globe
namOcraf
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-28
THE HoUsEKEEPER.

The sticky juice OF the marshmallow root
mixed with the finest chalk forms cement
for onyx, ground glass or pottery.
To prevent crocltery glaze from cracking,
place the crockery in Il boiler of cold water
and give it 4 good boiling. Let the crockery
remain in the water till cold.
Clipped spots in pRrian may be filled
with plaster OF pariRn dust and oyster
lime Ofthe finest sort, mixed with the white
of eggs and smoothed with the bowl of q
spoon.
Much of the heavy cake and bread is the
result of the oven door being banged when
closed. Close the door as gently rs posi-
BILE. Nearly every one opens it gently
enough.
To remove claret stains from tablecloth
put salt on Immediately and thickly over
the spot. Rinse in cold water before wash
ing. II not entirely removed apply lemon
juice and dry in the sun.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1893-11-28
NY Foundry Department.

VIII make all kinds of Castings from pat
terms or old pieces of casting. Also have pat
terms for Crate Bars for Traction or Portable
Engines of Fricii's make and others. Make
Sash-Wcights for Buildings of all sizes, in
large quantities lower than tile lowest, and
am prepared to make all kind of Brass Cast
iu%s. | keep on hand the Challenge Pump,
and Water Elevator and Purifier, for deep
Wells and Cisterns. of which l have all eX-
ira Chains. Cranks. Wheels. &c.
Agent for the CROWN WHEAT DRILL
Would be pleased If any one in need of Il Drill
before purchasing elsewhere would give me a
call.
WIN thank the public generally for share
Of their patronage. Yours respectfully
JOHN e. WELLER.
Address P. o. Box 81.
September IL. 1SS0.