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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31
Cats Garry Diphtberia.
The Spectator.

! ne spectator.
Horses, and even. sheep, occa-
lsionally suffer from form of sore
throat resembling diphtheria, and
DIR. Turner, in a report made to the
Local Government Boarn in 1887.
records his surprise at discovering
1.-THE number of diphtheria victims
lin country districts, whose occu-
patton had been the management
|pf animals. Commonly they were
q blae ekslnitt ttlhs. hep
herds. y s
But the animal now almost uni
versally suspected is the household
cat.
The old saying that if ths cat
had a cold it would ''go through
the family" seems true of far
more serious charge. The instances
collected are so many that it seems
impossible to doubt the connection
between diphtheria in man and a
very similar disease, with almost
Identical symptoms, in cats, as
well as with another, which, as in
the case of the COW, is less obvious
and less serious in the animal. In
addition to the cases reported by
DR.. Bruce Low, at Hendon, and
quoted in The Times, cases of cat
diphtheria, have been noticed in
Hertfordshire, at Aldershot, Farm
ham, and Yately, in Surrey; at
Moulton, in Suffolk, where the
conditions were reversed, and milk
used by a sick child gave diph-
liberia to the cat; and at Peters
field, in Hampshire. In this case,
the evidence was very clear. The
children in row of cottages were
attacked by diphtheria, and the
cats soon contracted a similar dis
ease.
Chicken diphtheria is now
thought to be biol ogically distinct
from the human disease. But the
condolences of the two occurring
simultaneously are very strange.
In the Greek island of Sklatos, for
instance, where diphtheria was
unknown, a sudden epidemic at
tackled the town, which was traced
to a house to which turkeys had
been brought from Salonica. All
these turkeys but one had died
from fowl diphtheria, and the sur
vivor was found suffering from
paralysis of the feet. But the part
played in the spread of diphtheria
by animals must be small in COM
parison to the direct contagion
conveyed by human beings to each
other.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31

The Royal Institute for fruit
and wine culture at Geisenheim,
Germany has experimental sue
cessfully in the use of copperas as
G stimulant for plants that lack
green color in their leaves. The
copperas should be dissolved in
water and applied near the roots in
early spring.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31

The longest reach of railway
without a curve is claimed to be
that of the new Argentine Pacific
Railway from Buenos Ayres to the
foot of the Andes. For 211 miles
it is without curve, and has no
cutting or embankment deeper
than two or three feet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31
For THE TH0UGHTFIJIE[

SELECTED.
Everything that God does means
something.
Truth never lodges, no matter
who shoots. 6
Prayer is the golden key that
opens heaven.
Anybody can be good and yet
good for nothing.
The actions of this life shall be
the fate of the next.
A man is never eloquent when
people do not believe in him.
Discomfort is the want Of self
reliance; it is infrmity of will. S
1t is only those who do not know
God who boast of their own good
ness.
Better be friendless for principle
than popular without it.
Live for Christ and you will
know that he lives for you.
You are sure to punish yourself
when you hate somebody else.
Ante-rooms to both heaven and
hell can be found in every great
city. l
The Holy Gnost cannot Ell 8
man who is already full of hini-
self.
The average self made man has
relieved the Creator of a great re-
sponsibility.
The Bible is the only book writ
ten that gives the whole truth
about ourselves.
No matter what the devil says,
if you well believe what God says,
peace will be the result.
AS drop of ink destroys a let
ter so one bad act may ruin a char
acter it took years to build.
Before you boast too much how
bad you have been be sure that
you have gotten entirely over it.
You blame Adam for the people
lost through his fall, but who is to
blame for those lost through yours.
Christ built no church, wrote no
book, left no money, and erected
mo monuments; yet show me ten
square miles in the whole earth
where Christianity is not, and
where the life of man and the
purity Of woman are not respected.
Incidents by the way indicate
more accurately the spirit that is
in a man than do temple duties.
The latter implies intervals and
contemplation, hence preparation.
The former being casual and fire.
quent, necessarily indicates more
accurately the spirit of man. The
priest and Levite were evidently
temple religionists; when on duty
doubtless very sanctimonioua,
when off duty evidently they lack
ed one thing, a fellow feeling. The
two represent sacrifice or cere-
monial religion. The Samaritan
represents mercy or practical re-
ligion, Jesus said "I will have
mercy and not sacrifice"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31
Notice to County Assessors.

A S required by law as prescribed
n in Sec. 253, &. S., | do hereby
appoint the following named free
holders as Boards of Assessors for
the purpose of assessing the value
of real estate and personal estate
in their respective Townships and
School Districts for the purpose OF
taxation. Their duties and COM
pensation are prescribed in Sec
tions 253, 254, and 255 Of G. S.
County Equalizing Board to meet
in the Auditors Office second Tues
day of March, 1891:
Blocker #. ST E Bird, G M
Zimmerman, Jas T Ouzts, Jr.
Butler S. D.-Zed Crouch, NJ E
Coleman, J w Banks.
Centennial S. DIS T Edwards,
WO Carson, H C White.
Cleveland S. D.-F w Trotter,
TT Etheredge, T G Moore.
Coleman T. S.-W A Mitchell, J
S Amacker, Larken Rice.
Collier T. S.-Mal. Zimmerman,
D T Mathis, Thos l. Miller.
Collins T. S.-W L Mcdaniel, J
H Bussey, Amos Eubanks.
Cooper T. ST V Cooper, T A
Pitts, B B Kinard.
Edgefeld S. D.-D R Durisoe,
WN Burnett, ] E Schumpert.
Eureka S. D.-F P Johnson, R
T Strom, Henry D QUITS.
Germanville It. Sd L Caugh-
man, ] G Drafts, Jesse H Black.
Gray T. S.-R P Holloway, A J
Clegg, E J Pickle.
Gregg S. DIS W Gardner, Geo
w Turner, C NJ Horn.
Hibler r. S.-W H Yeldell, ] W
Callisoll, E H Youngblood.
Higgins S. D.-A P Coleman:
Wellington Sheppard, F Fl Kemp
son.
Holly S. D.-J N c Fulmer, W
B Hslly, J A Bedenbaugh, Jr.
Huiet r. S.-Geo w Black, Jacob
L Werts, J w Herbert.
Johnston S. D.-Jesse NJ Hart,
w NJ Hazel, Mark Toney.
Kirkseys s. DC A Arlington,
JE Partlou, w M Still.
Meriwether T. S.-H Fl Townes,
PB Lanham, J F Atkins.
Mobiey T. S.-P B Watson, ] w
Edwards, Robert S Wright.
Moss T. S.-W P Brunson, A R
Nicholson, II L Hill.
Norris T. S.-John R Watson, "
w Holson, Thos L Cato.
Parksville S. D.-L F Dorm, J c
Morgan, Jno R Blackwell.
Pickens T. S.-A f Broadwater,
Frank NJ Warren, J B Tompkins.
Pine Grove T. S.-P G Stevens,
r S Lewis, ] B Mitchell.
Ridge S. DC B Crouch, c G
Barr, J w Seigler.
Ryan T. 81 H Tompkins, DR.
] H Jennings, + A Searles.
Shaw It. S.-J w Hardy, G NJ
Smith, J L Courtney.
Talbert T. S.-R A Cochrane, E
C VIM, R Y Quarles.
Trenton S. DC A Long, e Il
Ryan, B J Day.
Union S. D.-L B Blease, M NJ
Payne, w A Webb.
Union Grove S. D.-J w Alton,
J M Gaines, A G Stalworth.
Wards T. S.-M w Clark, A
Horn, L V Claxton.
Washington T. S.-W r Parks,
ia Butler, Winchester Mcdaniel.
Wise T. SIS B Mays, Thos II
Rair sford, P F Ryan.
Zoar S. DR. P Coleman, Luke
NJ Crouch, J D Wells.
j. B. HALTIWANGER,
Au1itor r. r.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31
Notice.

nURING my absence meeting my
IL appointments throughout the
county, Probate Judge j. d. Allen will
receive assessment returns of real and
personal property at his office at Edge
field, being furnished with blanks and
authority for that purpose.
J. B. HALTIWANGER,
Auditor T.. G..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31

Aim high and breed upward.
There is far less competition at the
top, and consequently prices are
much better.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31

The onion was almost an object
of worship with the Egyptians
1000 years before the Christian
era. It first came from India.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31


Freezing Injuries butter, but if it
is to be held long in storage it will
be more damaged if kept unfrozen.,
fheFs are good dairy COWS IN all
breeds and poor dairy COWS in all
breeds. 1t is a question of cow
rather than breed.
Salt mixed with stable manure
will hasten decomposition and
render it. more quickly available
for the use os crops.
There is no objection to people
buying oleomargarine if they want
it. The fraud comes in when it is
sold az butter.
It it a mistaken idea that starv-
ing stock and exposing them to
cold will harden them. 1t will
either stunt or kill them.
A new variety of wheat is re-
ported at LIE Roy, N. Y. 1t is a
cross of the Clawson, and is ex-
pected to out-yield any other.
This is the time to make plans
for the spring work, and to deter
mine to plant only as much land
as can be properly cultivated.
The cantaloupe is a native of
America, and so called from the
name of place near Rome, where
it was first cultivated in Europe.
Cloves come to US from the Indies
and take their name from the
Latin clavus, meaning a nail, to
which they have resemblance.
Sheep are docile, easily handled
animals, which will thrive on a
great diversity of food and require
less grain than any other stock.
But all these points become disad-
vantages if the owner goes to the
other extreme and bestows neither
food nor care. Because the sheep
ask little is no reason why they
should get nothing.
In feeding cattle for growth
roughness can be largely used, but
in fattening the ration must con-
sist of a much larger portion OF
grains, and the grain should be a
fattening one. In feeding for
growth the cost can be lessened by
using more roughness. But wheth-
er feeding for growth or to fatten:
care should be taken to give q
sufficient amount to maintain q
steady gain.
In New York City there is 8
restaurant whose proprietor has
made a fortune during the past
twenty years off his Welsh rare
bits, which are justly famous. The
cheese for the rarebits has been
furnished all this time by an Ohio
farmer, who is said to bc satisfied
with his part of the bargain. Al
all events he continues to ship all
he can produce without the inter,
vention of any middlemen, who
are apt to eat up the profits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31
Do the Sick Ever Sneeze.

Medical Record.
For somewhat over twelve months
the readers of the medical litera-
ture have been confronted in small
caps with the conundru,n: "Do the
Sick Ever SneezeW We do not
know why this inquiry has become
SO popular; no prize has been at
tached to its proper answer; in
fact, comments and replies are not
even solicited. But the simple
query has been travelling around
from Sheffield and London to
Texas, Oregon, and Philadelphia,
and it has not been answered yet.
There are some problems which the
human mind shrinks from grap-
pling, sometimes because they are
too deep and too consuming, or
again because we dread the conse-
quences of an awful certainty. No
medical man has yet dared to come
out squarely and say in so many
words that the sick do or do not
sneeze; and the world is curious
to know whether this is due to fear
or incompetency; or is it that doc
tors simply do notknow? Perhaps
despite the fact that this question
which was first thrown upon the
world by Mr.. Jonathan Hutchin-
son, the greatest living authority
on a number of things-we say
despite the fact that this question
has been 60 continually pressed
home to students of medical
science, it may not yrt have made
the impression it ought. There is
a deal of fippancy in the world,
and some may have said:on read
ing the inquiry, supposing the sick
do sneeze, or do not, what the
dickens is the odds? Well, we
shall still have cakes and ale ir--
respective of sternutation, but
science exists for the purpose Of
adding to the eternal verities;
hence the question of sneezing
must be dealt with seriously and
answered in accordance with the
illumination furnished by thor
ough and matured knowledg dge. 1t
cannot be lightly thrust away by
appealing to points Of economies
Wegare aware that collective M
here issan opportunity for fruitful
work, and we should like to have,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31

One thousand rose trees are Or
dinarily required to supply two
ounces of altar of roses.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31

Subscribe to the Edgefeld AD-.
VERTIsER.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31

uOi 10 OH oouy ~ -
work, and we should like to have;
our readers lay aside mental in
dclence and address themselves
boldly to Mr.. Hutchinson'a prob
lem in hyperkinetics: "Do the
Sick Ever Sneeze?" The eminent
author himself has never seen
sick man sneeze; On the other
hand, we venture to say that we
have never seen a man sneeze who
thought ne was perfectly we'll. Be-
tween these wide ranges of expe-
rierce there lie rich fields, fructi-
flying study.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31
Bridge Letting.

NOTICE is hereby given that one or
~ more of the county commissioners
will be at Graddick's Mill, and let at
9 o'clock A. NJ, on Feb. 10th next,
bridge to be erected and constructed
across little Saluda River, reservlng
the right to reject any or all bids.
j. A. WHITE,
DIV. PADGETT,
j. w. BANKS,
c. 4. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-01-31
AGRICULTURAL NOTES
Strain the milk before the cream

Strain the milk before the cream
begins to rise.
Medium sized hogs now bring
the largest prices.
The milk is largely affected by
the physical condition of the cow.
There is a scarcity of beet sugar
seed in Europe owing to the
drought.
There are 100000 of cocoanut
trees growing upon the island of
Ceylon.
It requires about twenty-five
pounds of milk to make a pound
of butter.
The number of sheep killed by
dogs every year is said to exceed
100000.
Experienced butter-makers say
that too much washing spoils the
flavor of butter.
The. great food crops of the
world are wheat, corn, oats, rye,
rice, and potatoes.
To maze dairying a success, a
dairyman must be a worker and a
business man.
In Schleswig-Holstein there are
468 creameries run on cooperative
princi, 'les.
In England acorns mixed with
grass are considered good food for
sheep and pigs.
The currant crop of Greece this
year is estimated to amount to
300,O0O,00O pounds.
Well drained lard makes the
soil better, and manures act more
readily and with better results.
The average weight of feeces
produced in the United States has
doubled within the last twenty-five
years.
Of late years more improvement
has taken place in the dairy than
in any other part of farm work.
Freezing Injuries butter, but if it
is to be held long in storage it will
be more damaged if kept unfrozen.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-09
A Blind G,rp. Sense Of rouch.

Constant practice indeed has given to
Helen Keller's sense Of touch delicacy
and precision seldom attained even by
the blind. Sometimes it seems as if her
very soul were in her fingers, she finds
so much to interest her everywhere. Peo-
Pile frequently said to me at the fair,
"She sees more with her fingers than we
do with our eyes" And in one of her
letters she says, 81 am like the people
my dear friend DR.. Holmes tells about,
with eyes in their fingers that spy out
everything interesting and take hold Of
it as the magnet picks out iron filings"
Descriptions are to Helen what paint
ings are to us, and her well trained i'm
agination gives the light and color. One
evening as we sat il gondola l tried
to tell Helen how the thousands of tiny
electric lights were reflected in the wa
ter of the lagoons, when she asked,
"Does it look as If shower of golden
fish had been caught in an invisible nett"
Is it any wonder that DR.. Holmes says
of her, "She is a poet whose Tyre was
taken from her in her early youth, but
whose soul is full of music"
So we see, pathetic as Helens life must
always seem to those who enjoy the
blessings of sight and hearing, that it is
yet full of brightness and cheer, courage
and hope.-St. Nicholas.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-09
CALIFORNIA; EXPOSITION,

Journalists may remark with modest
pride that it is no wonder the Pacific
Midwinter show is success, because
newspaper man, NJ. H. de Young, was
at the head of it as director general. The
reason given by Governor Markham of
California for attempting the Midwintor
fair will be interesting to the rest Of the
country.
He says California was the first state
to make an appropriation for the Worlds
fair at Chicago. Only one state-Illinois
herself-made larger one. All was
done that could be to set the Golden
State adequately before the country and
the world. Then, when the big show
opened, Californians visited it by the
thousand. They looked at first, of course,
at the exhibits from their own state. But
they shook their heads and said: This
show does not at all represento our state as
it should 1t is impossible to transplant
California to Chicago"
Then the disappointed ones put their
heads together and planned out how to
bring the world to see California on her
own ground at home. Thus, and thus
only, could she be fifty judged. The re-
suit is the beautiful Midwinter EXPOSE
ton begun just FIVE months ago and
wrought out with all the spirit of west
ern enthusiasm. When the Chicago fair
opened in May, the flowers and grass
could not yet grow because of frost.
In beautiful Golden Gate park at San
Francisco the lawns, beds and borders
around the exposition buildings are even
in midwinter covered with emerald green
and rainbow hued flowers. Fruits in a
bewildering profusion never before dis
played anywhere will make the eyes of
the world stand out round and big with
wonder. Happy California, happy visit
ors to the Midwinter exposition!
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-09
The Chicago Girls First Inquiry.

Recently young girl from Chicago, a
college student, upon her first visit to
Boston, was invited to begin her tour of
inspection in company with an elderly
Boston lady, who instinctively selected
the route according to her ideas of what
would be worth showing, and conse-
quently began at what proved to be the
wrong end for the desired impression
upon the Chicago mind. In other words,
she did not select the Back Bay costli-
ness and did select the district Of histor-
ical interest, which interest she at once
found herself called upon to bring into
high relief as an offset to the damaging
comparison of the city's poorly planned
streets with those of other cities within
the western girls acquaintance. The
lady began to have twinges of misgiving
as to her success in the character of
guide to Boston, but directed the steps
of the pair to Park street and at the
most favorable point of observation call
ed attention to our statehouse, her heart
swelling with pride. There was an i'm
pressive pause, and then from the Chica-
go girl:
How much did it COST"
The elderly Boston lady did not re-
member to have read.-Boston Tran
script.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-09

A great prize is to be won by some
body. Its amount is $50, 900, and it will
be paid by the Metropolitan Traction
company of New York city to the in.
ventor who can devise way to make
street cars run cheaper than by the ca
BILE, without horses, without any over
head wires and without tracks or wires
anywhere that cannot be crossed with
perfect safety by one walking along the
street. The motive power is of course
expected to be electricity, either in the
storage battery or underground conduit.
The Difficulty to be overcome is that of
insulation. Now, there never was yet
an obstacle that could not be overcome
or got around by the ingenuity of the
human intellect. That is what this life
is for-to overcome obstacles and gain
development thereby. 1t is certain that
the early years Of the twentieth century
will see just such motive power as the
Metropolitan Street Railway company Of
New York city are after. Many compes-
itors for the $50. 600 have already applied,
and one or two individuals are sure they
have found the right thing. The offer,
however, is still open.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-09
Scientific Child STUDY

The unexplored kingdom Of childhood
is occupying the attention of educators
now as it never has done before. 1t IS
not creditable to civilized intelligence
that up to this time no systematic effort
has been made to find out and classify
the thoughts of the little ones and their
estimates of facts and phenomena about
them. Parents can help in this new de-
parture by interviewing their children Of
tender age The quaint wisdom, oftel.-
times the real originality, of the human
being of tender years is a sealed book 10
mankind chiefly because nobody ever
thought of inquiring into the thoughts
and ideas of childhood. Parents and
teachers would be astonished at the re-
suit if, for instance, they should asl, a
child to describe horse. 1t is hoary
custom to "shoo shoe" the young ones in
to silence with the dictum, Children
must not ask questions How, pray,
are they to learn anything if the bright,
eager young mind does not ask questions?
An entertainment that would bring
rich results of knowledge to parent or
teacher might be set on foot by having
each young member of family or school
tell what made it the happiest and what
it most desired. The dispositions of the
children would thus be brought out in
vivid light. And the answers would not
all indicate preference for toys or
things to eat either. There would be
an originality that the xsool training
should not be allowed to crush out.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-09
Eorced Draft.

Our cruisers doubtless have as high a
rate of speed as those Of Great Britain.
There is no reason to suppose that the re-
suit OF the speed trials as given are not
exact. Yet only a novice will have the
idea that they will represent the normal
speed on the high seas. Contractors take
care that nothing is omitted to make the
speed all that is possible, with bottoms
perfectly clean, picked coal and the en-
ployment of the most expert firemen,
with forced draft. 1t is we'll known that
considerable repairs are frequent after
speed trials, from taxing the machinery
and boilers to their utmost, and perhaps
injuries result that do not come to light
for some time.
A forced draft is SO destructive to
boilers when inexperienced firemen are
employed that only few hours steam
ing may seriously impair them. Cap
tain Evans stated that when In command
Of the Baltimore in the Behring sea he
ordered forced draft in order to over
take vessel before dark. AS result
the boilers had 500 leaky bes.-NortE
American Review.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-02-09
A Spirit BELL.

There is spirit bell In Arizona that
b almost universally believed in,' said
w. H. johnson of Tombstone. ut is
about 40 or 80 miles from Tucson, at a
convent which was formerly a monas.
terry, 1t is one of the Oldest oathedr,.ls
and converts in the United States. hay,
ing been built long before Arizona was a
part of this country. The story goes
that there were originally seven silver
bells, but one night some sacrilegiolt
person stole one Of them.
''At midnight these chimes are rung.
and the seven bells can be distinctly
heard. One of them, however, is sep
arate from the others, and when they
are silent it keeps up its musical tones
as it passes down from the tower and
through the cathedral. Upon some holy
days spirit monk can be seen carrying
the bell away from the tower, but at
other times no one can be seen. The
chimes are rung at other hours, but
there are but six bells, and an inspec-
ton Of the tower discloses but six. The
convent is visited by almost every tour
LIST who comes to Arizona, but none of
them has ever solved the mystery of the
spirit bell. st Louis Globe Democrat.