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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-03-01
$500 Reward.

we will pay the above reward for any case of liver
complaint, dyspepsia sick headache indigestion.
constipation or cOstlyeness we can not cure with
Vests V, getabe Liver Pills when the directions arc
srcty complied with. They are purely vegetable
and npver fail 70 give Subtraction. sugar coated.
ured only by the John q. West Company, Chicago,
III. Sold By z. d. Felt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
zinc Are of Coal iBuruinr..

have heard that wien King Hudson,
in the zenith of his fame, was asked az
to what his railways were to do when
all the coal was burned out, he replied,
that by that time we should have learned
how to burn water. Those who are asked
the same question now will often reply
that they will use electricity, and doubt:
less think that they have thus disposed
of the question. Tho tallacy OF such
answers is obvious.
A SO called water gas" may no doubt
be used for developing heat. but 1T ts
not the water which supplies the energy.
Trains may be run by electricity, but
all that the electricity does is to convey
the energy from the point where it Is
generated to the train which IN - mo-
ton. Electricity Is itself no more a
source of power than is therope with
which horse dragsa . boat along the
canal.
The fact is that very large part OF
the boasted advance Of civilization 10
merely the acquisition of an increased
capabiIty of squandering.3 For what
are we doing every day but devising
fresh appliances to exhaust with ever
greater rapidity the hoard Of ooal.-
Robert Ban in Fortnightly Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
individuality !. Your Belongings.


The daintiest perfume for ones ward.
robe and bureau drawers, and the ona
that is least likely to pail, or. worse yet,
grow oppressive, is lavender. Big, com.
Portable, fat looking bags of this clean,
sweet perfume can be bought at any
druggists for very little, and half a
dozen scattered among your belongings
will mako them dainty and sweet. It is
never well to use much perfume, still
less Is it advisable to use the new ones
as they, come out in rotation, but select
one that Is not heavy and make 1t by
constant use 80 much part Of your per.
sonality that Whit Of it blown across
room or q street win suggest you q,
once. This idea Of individuality in your
small belongings is pretty vanity.
There is sweet woman who never
uses any note paper but peculiar gray
shade, 20 that all her friends seeing per.
hsps only the corner Of an envelope
peeping from under pile Of correspond
encs know at once they have letter
from her. a. certain much admired 30.
eiety authoress uses q deep shade Of
pink paper for the Same reason, carry.
ing the fancy so far. as even her manu-.
script. These women are all clever
enough, however, to see and avoid the
ine which divides the individual and
the bizarre.--New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
sossibIe. line :

[p9sslble. line
carefully tended, and at length rne>ulnv
comes when they burst out into flower,
and the fields look like sheet Of silver
as the white petals of the flowers glisten
in the morning dew.
These beautiful petals are the first
produce of the crop, for the women and
children of the cultivators' families
come forth and pick them off one by
one and carefully dry them, so that they
may serve afterward as the covering .of
the manufactured cakes of opium. Then
the poppies, with their bare capsule
heads, remain standing in the open.
field until it is considered that they are
ripe for lancing. The cultivators. then.
come forth in the evening. and, with an
implement not unlike the knives Of q
cupping instrument, they scarify, the
capsule on its sides with deep incisions,
so that the juice may exude. iol
In the early morning the cultiyators
reappear with scraping knife and their
earthenware pots, and they scrape of
the exuded juice and collect it in their
pots. And this is crude opium.-Black-
woods Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
Tho Speed of Elevators.

Vita the modern elevator almost any
speed desired can be obtained; it all de-.
pends on the power used and the dis
tance travelled. In building which has
shaft of $50 feet speed of from $50 to
1000 feet minute can be obtained On
rise of $50 feet it is easy to get speed
Of $50 feet per minute with weight Of
1000 pounds aboard the elevator. In
New York the fastest elevators are in
the Union Trust company's building on
Broadway, near Wall street. They shoot
up or down, carrying 5000 pounds, at a
speed of 600 feet a minute. When tested
with lighter weights they have Travelled
from 800 to 900 feet in minute.
But the average speed Of elevators in
Office buildings iii and around New York
is 300 feet minute. It is best adapted
for work, and experience has demon
strated that more passengers can be car
ried daily in a car going at that speed in
the ordinary large building than any
other. The increase in the size of ele-
vators is in keeping with improvement
in other directions. Chicago Journal OF
Commerce.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
1903.
Harper's Magazine.
ILL UsTRATD.

HARPER's MAGAZINE for; 1898 will
continue to maintain the unrivalled
standard of excellence which has char
acterizede it from the beginning.
Among the notable features of the
year there will be new novels by A.
Conan Doyle, Constance Kenmore.
Woolson, and William Black. Short
stories will be contributed by the most
writer's of the day, including
Mary E. Wilkins, Richard Harding
Davis, Margaret Deland, Brander
and many others. The illus
trated descriptive papers will embrace
articles by Julian Ralph on new South
ern and Western subjects; by Theo-
dore Child on India; by Poultney
Bigelow on Russia and Germany; by
Richard Harding Davis on London
Season; by Col. Il. A. Dodge on East
ern Riders; etc. Edwin A. Ahper's
of Shakespeare's Come
dies will be continued. Literary arti-
cles will be contributed by Charles
Elliot Norton, Mrs James L. Fields,
William Dean Howells, Brander
M Matthpwc and others
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
A Tragic kindergarten Episode.

-
"A certain kindergartenis blessed with
the attendance of a very original youth
named Richard. He is q very honest
little boy and highly respected by his
parents, but the other afternoon when
he came home he acknowledged frankly
to his mother that . punishment had
been inflicted upon him at the kinder.
garten. 80 8 ..s'14,'.5 :.
"Why, what have you done"
"Well, you see" he answered, "John:
ny and got tired Of being good, and VIZ
made up our minds that we would just
get our heads together and holler out
the very naughtiest word we could
think of, both together"
The mother was inexpressibly shocked.
Johnny was another very nice End well
bred boy. But she managed to ask: 2:
"Weu, what did you sayp
"We i.1st screamed out .Bedbugr as
loud as we couldp
Probably this tragic episode has never
had its duplicate in the history of kinder
gardening Boston Transcript.
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lit Costs Yon Nothing.

We are pleased to announce thaj
we have made arrangements by
(which we are prepared to supply
free to each of our subscribers a
lyear's 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 yearsin ad-
vance, and to all new subscribers
paying. one year in advance. The
American Farmer is strictly Ma
tional in its character. It is a
high-class illustrated 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
localities, being National in its
make and character, thus meeting
with favor in all localities. It is
strictly non-political and non-
!sectarian. 1t has trained corps
of contributors and is carefully
edited. The various. departments
of Farm, Horticulture, Sheep and
Swine, The Home, The Horse and
the Dairy, are filled with bright
and useful matter. The readers
of the American Farmer are uni
versal in, its praise and look for its
monthly visits with keen anticipa-
tion. The regular subscription
price to the American Farmer is
$1.00,a year, but by this arrange
mentit costsyou nothing to receive
that great publication for one
year. Do not delay in taking ad-
vantage of this offer, but call at
once or send in your. subscription,
Sample copy of the American
Farmer can be seen at the ADvER-
r1sER Office, or will he supplied
direct by the publishers.
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Not QUITO one Same.

Slight mistakes in speaking foreign
language, or in understanding it when
some one else speaks it, are commonly
nothing more than amusing, but MEM
ber Of the Alpine club mentions an in
stance of a more serious nature. He
was climbing one of the Alps with a
guide, who persisted in talking bad Eng
ish instead of Indifferent French.
"My guide. he says, chad just crossed
snow bridge over wide crevasse, and
turned to await me on the farther side
I asked him if it was weak; he an
swered, No strong
Naturally attempted to walk across
it instead Of crawling. 1 had almost
reached the other side when the bridge
gave way, and after delirious scramble
to save myself I subsided helplessly
into the crevasse.
. However, did not go far, and when
I had crawled out, with snow down my
neck and up my arms and in all my
pockets, I discovered that my friend
had meant Not strong I Istrongly en-
joined him to reserve his English hence
forth for use in the valleys .n-E1change.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
4 wlTHERED ROSE.

o,,,,Z, e,,yer-and the flower is withefeo,
Only n rose with the color flown.
The one that a careless hand has gathcfeo
Ana left to .lic in the dust alone!
Only 4 rose! Is It good to treasure q,
Dreams of Dreams that were ore'Alus -
A.fnritiye pane for an hour OF leisure
= A thrill OF pleasure, throb OF pain,
Ern,n Inc past that cannot return againf
VINO shall slyf But n magic fingers
,Rounfl this colorless rose today
Now no then. whom her soft white hngers 8!
.p,nctea the bloom from the bendins
nom spaS as then, when the summer splenaor =
warmed the land with its wealth OF noMe,s san ,
AM, the beautiful skies were blue ana telas,' LUZ
And the bird songs sounded among q tne po@,
Now @ rs then. in the golden hours
,nave kent the rose. but It's bloom has fadea,
The leaves have withered. the seen. mas
And el tho skies are clouded. the world Is
The summer ia over, the flowers are dead;
And ile beautiful love that was tair anu
pleasant .,,a-sno,vs
Ia buried deep meath the fallen SHOWS,
And leaves no trace in the empty present
Poor. perished love-of its long repose
Hut this dusty relic-this wlthereo rose. rose
1T. Ferguson in Once Week. *.
49,
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":rl,e Bcgnts."

The late Mr.. Conington, professor
of Latin in the University of Oxford,
was noted for his prodigious memory.
at a very early agei it began to showit
self. When he was child of fSa1r or
thereabouts he was sleeping ona night in
the same room with relative, when, at
the dead of night, his voice was to be
heard crying out in the darkness from
his Est1e cot in the corner:
Uncle! Uncle! l know the Begats.
Uncle-The what? Go to sleep, my
boy, you arc dreaming.
Child know the Begats. Listen!.
And lie began: abraham begat Isaac
and Isaac begat Jacob and Jacob begat
JUDAH" and so on to the end, some
forty-two generations, without 3 ulis-
take, ,-London TitBits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
In crowalng the ,Yses,

. (. :
Jtiswell known that the coEneefion
between the nerves in the feet, and espe-
cially those in the great toe. and the
brain and general nervous orgamzssson
is strong. DR.. Brown-Sequard mentsons
patient who, whenever he bore the
weight Of his body on the toes % his
rieht foot, became violently insane. he
also speaks Of another case where pres.
snre on the toe caused severe nervous
.paroxysms.
These cases simply show the mpor-
tance of proper care of the feet, 9 por-
tion of the body that many people neg.
slect They think that they can crowd
their feet into tight shoes and abuse
them without serious results. They
can't do it, however. This crowding OF
five toes into space not large enough
for three, results in pressing the joints
out Of shape and sometimes making
them inactive and powerless.S No man
with his toes half paralyzed can walk
nronerly. The control of the toes is
necessary ne for springy step. Broad
soles and.lo heels give room for all the
toes and allow perfect freedom OF action
to every muscle. People who have
false standards of beauty for the feet,
however, insist on wearing shoe thai
is not natural in shape, and the result il
great discomfort, and in some case.
death.
AS a consequence Of these abuses we
are forgetting how to walk properly.
Perhaps you don't believe it, but just
watch the parade on Broadway some
fine afternoon and see how few men and
women walk on the street as 1t they
were not conscious Of tight shoes and
deformed teet.-Ipteryiew in New York
l C,,,, -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19

The e-best Raape for Il . wood is in logs
tour to TEN inches IN diameter. free rom
knots and used as soon after fellmFg as
possible The next best form is inss ssthe
shape OF deal ends from sawmills. {; In.
ferior qualities of paper are made From
slabs and edgings Of wood.
A great deal depends on the quality Of
the wood II the wood is poor and eik.
ing m fiber, then the paper made, from.
1t VIII be weak and lacking in tough
ness. The wood which can be used. for.
paper making costs all the way from
$7.5o to $40 cord in the east, and as.
low as $3.50 a cord in the west.
In Michigan the lowest prices OF all
prevail.-New York Evening Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19

strive to &nasome pioTusf S--- -, >..--,.,n
fairly well.
3 A Awoman's room should be her frame.
which completes and perfects the picture
of her individuality; butin the schemes
of the art decorator she is mere acci-
dent of no account, and he would design
a pomradour boudoir for Lady Macbeth
or Greek music room for Becky Sharp,
wherein to sing Yvette Guilberts latest
success to the Marquis of Steyne, with
out a qualm rufHing his serene self sat
isfaction. The genre ateler was one of
the modes of this craze for domestic
decoraaon, which was perhaps the most
ludicrous, when estimable souls who
knew no more of painting than a cat
does of case of pistols thought it neces-
sary to establish easels about their rooms,
and even went so far as to hang palettes
ready "set" for painting on their walls,
National Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
When Finished,

Busy persons. forced to defend them
selves from interminable takers, who
have little to say, can appreciate hint
to which Henry ~ of France once re-
sorted. A parliamentary deputy called
upon him and made a long speech.
! The king listened patiently for time,
then he decided that his visitor wonld
do we'll to condense his remarks. He
took him by the hand and led him to
where they could see the gallery of the
Louvre.
"What do you think of that building?
When it is finished it will he a good
thing, will it .notT
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
A Snake rha. Is Found in Many !

A Snake That Is Found in Many Places.
The common snake, which bears the
scientific name of Tropidonotus natrix,
is one species of genus (Tropidonotus)
which extends over Europe and North
America, and from northern Asia to
north Australia, there being seventeen
or eighteen Indian species alone. Our
common snake may serve as an example
of the largest family into which serpents
are aivided-the family Colubride- Of
which there are upward of 1856 species in
India alone. This family contains most
of the harmless snakes, and it is also il
lustrated by q small snake, Coronella
austriaca, which some years ago was
to be an inhabitant of Dorset
shire and Hampshire. The Coronella
feeds exclusively on lizards, slow worms
aud small snakes. Though harmless, it
will l'itc.--Quarterly Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
A Loving Jay.

Olive Tholne Miller tells Of q jay ths,
she once tanned, and that repaid her
kindness with every mark of gentle re-
gard. The jay never squawked Mt her
as he would at others, but whistled gen.
tly and cooingly. He always got az
near her as possible, and did as near
kissing as bird can; that is, he laid his
:beak on her cheek.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
Aroarons In Review.

Rayiews or maneuvers of the Amazons
are held frequently during the annual
cnstom and are not the playful affairs
that they are in civilized countries. In
a space used as a drill ground there Is
bnilt a bank Of thorny cactus bushes
aboSt / 800 feet long, 20 feet broad and
q feet high. Beyond and parallel With
this heap is a house representing a fort.
The barefooted female warriors have to
surnount three times the heap of thorns
which represent the Notifications, do
scend into the clear space like a ditch,
escalade the house, which represents a
citadel bristling with defenses, and take
the town simulated by the hut. They
are to be twice repulsed by the enemy,
but at the third assault they are victo-
,ious and drag the prisoners to the kings
feet in token of success. The first to
.surmount all the obstacles receives from
his hand the reward of bravery, fo1
says the king, ..We reckon military
yalor as the first of the virtues"
The king places himself at the head
of the column, haraneues his women
soldiers, infames them, and at given
signal they throw themselves with the
nj most fury upon the bank of thorns
which torture their naked feet. At the
first assault, when the most intrepid
had already gained the summit OF the
house, saw a woman soldier, who was
at one of the ends, fall to the ground
from height of sixteen feet. She was
wringing her hands and remained
seated, though her comrades were try
ing to reanimate her with courage.
when the king himself came up and
threw at her glance and cry of indig'
nation. She sprang mp then MS if cleo
trifed, continued the maneuvers and
carried of the first prize. 1t is impos.
sible to give an idea of the scene
GoldthHaite's Geographical Magazine.
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PER YEAR

The volumes of the MAGAZINE begin
with the numbers for June and Decem-
Der. of each year. When no time is
mentioned, subscriptions will begin
with the number current at the time
of receipt of order. Bound volumes of
HARpER's MAGAZINE for three years
back, in neat cloth binding, will be
sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt Of
So 90 per volume. Cloth cases, for bind
ing, so cents each-by mail, postpaid.
Remittances should be made by Post
Office Money Order or Draft, to avoid
chance of loss.
Newspapers are not to copy this ad-
vertisement without the express order
of Harper q Brothers.
Address: HARPER & BRoTHHns,
New York.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
An Incident in an Engineer, Life.

An Ancidenr IN an Engineers Lie.
Far, far down the track is a dark spot,
over which hoversa great cloud The
engineer sees it, hauls out his watch,
glances at it, then resumes the business
of looking outof the window. he was to
meet an east bound freight at that point
He did not know if the switches were in
place; he did not know but the passen.
ger train would dash Into that freight
and the death of many people follow.
There was no way for him to know eS.
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 few past the waiting freight,
passing within three feet.--Chicago
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The Volumes of the WEEKLY begin
with the first Number for January Of
each year. When no time is mentioned,
subscriptions will begin with the
Number current at the time Of receipt
of order.
Bound Volumes of HARPER's WEEKLY
for three years back, in neat cloth
e:nding, will be sent by mail postage
paid, or by express, free of express
(provided the freight does not exceed
one dollar per volume), for 500 per
volume.
Cloth Gases for each volume, suita-
BILE for binding, will be sent by mail,
postpaid, on receipt Of $1.00 each.
Remittances should be made by Post
Office Money Order or Draft, to avoid
chance of loss.
Newspapers arc not to copy this ad-
vertisement without the express order
Of HARPER & BROTHERS.
Address: HARPER & BROTHERS,
NaU Vnrk
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
Accurate,

Ina breach of promise case, the other
day, the lady on the stand said that
when C friend suggested that she would
make him q good wife, he answered.:
'.Hemr' "Did he really say 'Hemr" in
quires the counsel for the defense. "Hs
did" she averred, cor something Of that
kind" This reminds one Of the accu-
rate witness who swore that some one
had called over the banisters, "Tom,
Tom," or words to that effect San
Francisco Argonaut.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19

may be said of John Morley and Mr..
Chamberlain. Sir Charles Russell, the
leader of the English baron the occa-
sion of his two days speech before the
Parell commission, drank nothing but
hot coffee. which he declared was not
only good for the voice butan excellent
vamulant. Exchange.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
Many Ways Of Making Paper(

Waste paper can be worked over! !again
into good stock. Even if printed or:
written upon there are processes for re-
moving the ink and making the,paper
as white as ever. There are countless
processes for making the. Thousand and
one varieties of paper.-New York Even-
ing Sun,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
,Soo,, Tbat Paper Is Made From.

Wood forms the basis of all modern
paper. Almost any kind can be used.
but spruce isregarded by manufacturers
as the most serviceable in. the long run.
Other kinds which may be used to a
greater or less degree are white pine.
Norway pine, white fiji, pitch pine, pop
lar. beech, birch, cypress. tanaarack
sweet gum and hemlock.
Under the rule and inspiration or the
art decorator, curious confusion and
::-,+rnvArsinn nf ideas has come to pass
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
Pacific Coast Crabs.

There are two remarkable species Of
crabs on the Pacific coast, more ptlenti-
full there than any other kinds, which
are called respectively the yellow and
purple 'tshore crabs." Their bodies are
nearly square and their claws veryi large
for the size of the animals. -Phiaadel-
phia Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
Pidrin English.

A gentleman of many years, expert
ence in China says that the right wor6
is "Pidgin," not "Pigeon" English.
"Pidgin" is the Chinese pronunciation
Of Cuisines" and it is:in.the Cuisines
of the Chinese ports that this peculiar
dialect is ed.-Boston Journal. 8
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19
Cabmen,s Ex.mination..

Cabmen have to pass an examination
in knowledge of London streets before
they can obtain a license, and shis is far
moro necessary than might be supposed.
for 691 men in the year 1889 failed in the
examination, and not severe one a,
that, while 1,ell were passed. d.--Londop
Tit Bits
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1893-01-19

In some parts Of New Guinea whole
towns are built .'in the sea-" The in
habitants live in constant fear of. the
bush tribes. and as protection against
them construct their houses just off the
shore. =. ;E