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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-04-04
YOU WANT: INFORMATION ABOUT
. G n S I q 2 S
ADDRESS LETTER OR POSTAL cARDTo
THE PRESS CLAIMS COMPANY,
JOHN WEDDERBURN, Mnging Attorney,
p. O. Box 40, WASHINGTON, ID. G

Honorable discharged soldiers and sailors ninety days.
or over war; entitled if partially wholly diabd
ordinary manual labor whether disability caused by service
not, and regardless of their pecuniay circumstances.
such soldiers and sailors entitled M remared
soldiers death due to not if dependent
upon labor for support Widows dependent upon their
labor entitled if the soldiers death due service
Children entitled f under sixteen in almost all where
there was no widow she has since died remarked
Parents entitled soldier left neither widow child provided
soldier service from effects of service and they de-
pendent upon their labor for support 1t makes difference
whether served died in late regular
Soldiers of the late penoned under law apply for
higher under other laws without losing any rights
of soldiers drawing from 50 $40 month under
entitled higher rates under law not only
disabilities for which pensoned hut also Others
whether due to service or not
Soldiers and sailors disabled in time Of duty regular army
entitled whether discharged for disability
or not.
Survivors, and widows the Black Hawk Creek Cherokee
and Seminole Indian Wars of 1882 to S42 entitled
der recent act.
Mexican War soldiers and their widows also entitled sixwo
years of age disabled or dependent
Old claims completed and settlement obtained whether pension
has been granted under later laws or not.
claims reopeped and settlement secured rejection
improper illegal
Certificates and discharge obtained soldiers
sailols OF the who have lost their original papers,
Send and information No charge for ADVICE No
less successful Address,
THE PRESS CLAIMS CO.,
JOHN W.EDDERBURN, Managing Attorney
P O. Box 463. WASHINGTON, D..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-04-04

peen left the day before. Iwh1stled sofcy
to myself, then going quickly on deck
looked for his boat. But it, too, was gone.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The twentieth century begins Janu-
airy 1, 1901.
In the time of Queen Anne soap was
taxed 928 per ton.
The smallest bird in the world is the
golden crested wren.
Russia raises 81, 500, 900 a year by
the sale of passports.
A tax on dogs was levied in Rome
during the reign of Nero.
A hearth tax was formerly assessed
in many of the German States.
The rate of taxation has nearly quad,
rupled in France since 1880.
In 1888 the people of Great Britain
paid taxes on 492, 200 carriages.
In parts of Peru taxes are paid in
cocoa leaves and Purevian bark.
The soap duty in Holland brings
$3.50, 900 a year to the government.
Charles II. formed all the customs
for an annual payment of $3.50, 900.
In Portugal the tobacco tax brings
1900, 900. and the land tax 97OO, 900.
Male servants are taxed in Great
Britain and several other countries.
A single nerve, the pneumogastric,
supplies the heart, lungs, stomach and
bowels.
There are more than 1900 ordained
priests of the Anglican church without
parishes.
The best remedy for the presence of
ants is cayenne, sprinkled freely in
their haunts.
The huge guns of modern navies can
be fired only about rs times when they
are worn out.
The eight hour day is to become uni
versal in all British government es-
Establishments.
The brain of an ant is larger in pro-
portion to it's size than of any other
known creature.
United States mail wagons have the
right of way as against ambulances
and fire department apparatus.
Many scientists now believe that the
atmosphere is not less than 100 miles
deep, and may be 200.
The wages of female servants in
Prussia range from $14 % to ST. 40 per
year; of males, $3.50 to $95 30.
On many railroads of Germany the
station agents are permitted to keep
bees, which thus form a small source
of income.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
A QUESTION OF SEX.

"Yondor she comes" said tall Iank
man who was sitting on a trunk in a
station.
"Yonder who comes9" asked a fat
good-natured looking man who sat
near.
""The train we've been waiting for,
nearly half an hour" said the first
speaker.
"Why do you say 'Yonder she
comes7'" asked the other.
"Well, that's the way of speaking of
a train, lent it, Every body says 'she,'
speaking of a train"
"Well, 1 say, you should have said
'Yonder he comes" said the fat man.
"Oh, pshawl Nobody says he
sheaking of a train" returned the
lean man.
They both agreed to ask the station
Master what he thought. They found
that official, and the fat man asked:
"What is the sex of the train just
drawing near the stationG"
Its a mail train" was the answer.
Then the lean man went out and
bought the fat man a good cigar.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
ALLEGED FUN.

"And so, Mrs. DEG ollyer, your poor
boy was killed by savagesG" "Ah,
yes!' "South Africa9" "No-col-
lege."
Nurse lat the circus)-You are too
big to be begging for peanuts. Arthur
I hain't neither; I hain't half as big
as that ere elephant.
Spencer-Did Mrs. Nagleigh talk her
husband into getting his life insured2
Ferguson-No; she talked him beyond
it. The mans dead.
Uncle Treetop-That heifer is two
years old. City Niece-How do you
know9 by her horns" "Oh, to be
sure; she has only two"
Mrs. Breezly-Do you believe those
stories about men selling their wives7
Breezly-Oh, 1 don't know; there are
some fools who would buy anythingl
The other day Johnnie saw a branded
mustang on the street. ooh, mamma"
he shouted, lust look how they've
gone and vaccinated the poor thingT"
did you tender your resignationG'
said a man to an ex-oficeholder. 81
resigned by request, sir, but there was
nothing tender about it. 1t was tough,
sir"
Thompson-Did you hear about
Jenkins? Married his dead wife's sis
ter. Johnson-You don't say9 Thomp-
son-Yes; and refers to his dead wife
as his sister in-law.
Little Dick-Let's hurry, before
mamma gets back. Little Dot-She
won't be through for ever so long.
She's gettin' the baby's picture taken
by the instantaneous process.
Miss Plaign-I had a strange dream
last night. Idreamed 1 was in Heaven
and met Miss Vaign. Miss Scruple-
What did she say9 Miss Vaign-She
asked me if her halo was on straight.
Ethel-Why are you going to marry
that horrid Mr.. Slimsy3 I should
think you'd seen enough of him during
the last three years. Genevieve-
That's just why I'm doing it. I want
to see less of him.
Miss Bellefield-I always turn down
the gass when Mr.. Sappy calls. Miss
Bloomfield-Why is that? Are you en-
gagged to him9 Miss Belleield-Ol no;
but we don't need the gas. MI. Sappy
is light headed himself.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
UNTRUE, OF COURSE.

A good story, which is, of course,
untrue, is told on Judge Durham. The
incident is said to have happened while
he was Controller of the Currency.
One Sunday, so the story goes, the
Judge, who is a devout man, went to
church in Washington. The audience
was an inspiring one, and the sermon
a good one. When the minister had
quit speaking he said:
Now let us return thanks to the
Great Controller of the Universe"
No sooner had the words been uttered
than the judge, who is a gentleman of
the old school, arose and publicly
thanked the preacher for the distin-
guished honor he had paid him.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
THEY WERE MEN

Here is a conversation between two
men that I heard yesterday morning.
If they had been women I wonder
what would have happened:
"Have you met the new D srtner in
that firm yet9"
Eyes"
els he a young man2"
''No; not very young. About your
age I should think"
do you think I am oldQ"
'Oh, not very old, but you are con-
siderably older than I am"
81 doubt that, but how old are youG"
I'm thirty six. How old are youY''
Thirty seven"
"Then I am younger, but I thought
you were even older than that. You
look older"
"Oh, you think soG"
Yes. Maybe it's the bald spot that
makes you look older Then you have
an old figure, too"
All this was said in perfect earnest
ness, and yet the men parted friends.
Washington Post.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
GETTING ALONG.

Richard-''By the way, how do you
and Miss Smart get along9"
William-"Oh! that affair is all
over"
Richard-"You don't mean it9'
William-''You see, I'd made up my
mind about a week ago to bring mat
ters to a crisis. So I began hv saying
that I had a question 1 wanted to ask
her."
Richard-''Yes."
William-"She tossed her head and
said any fool could ask questions"
Richard-"And you?'
WiIliam"I merely told her perhaps
it would be just as well, then, to let
some fool ask my question ."1Boston
Transcript.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
A FULL STOP.

Chicago councilman-'I can stand a
good deal, but this is too much"
Friend-"What's the matter9"
Chicago councilman-"I didn't mind
voting to make st. Patrick's day q
legal holiday, and I didn't object when
it came to adding Emperor Williams
birthday to the legal holidays, but
when these Chicago Chinese laundry
men come forth and demand that we
decorate the city hall and suspend
business because it's the anniversary
of the day that the great Confucius
caught the measles, l think it's time to
draw the line. Life.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
HIS BOARD WAS GOOD.

The gentleman from Boston stopping
with a farmer, and a new guest arriv-
ing, he was much impressed by the
conversation of the Bostonian. Later,
in talking with the landlord, he re-
marked:
"By the way, that gentleman has an
extensive vocabulary, hasn't he7"
The landlord was greatly pleased.
well" he responded, you'd ought
to "a seen it when he first come; twain't
nothing to speak Of; he's only been
boarding with me two weeks, had to
let his waist ban out four times
Detroit Free Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31

called up by this man whom the world
smiles at and whom I call the most in
teresting is~not the most important
figure on the Pacific coast.
follow him in fancy as he stalked
up the hill, wrapped in his bearskin,
going back to his simple life on the
hills, and wished the message he is ut
tering might reach the heart of every
murderous city, of every insanely sell
fish business man in this America of
ours Garland, In Rocky
Mountain Mems.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
HOUSEHOLD.
PEAS A L'ANGLAISE.

EEAO "A Il NANOA%&AAO"e
Rda the peas until tender, drain and
mt them into a saucepan, allowing an
ounce of butter to a pint of peas. Set
On the stove, stir gently till thoroughly
hot, add a little chopped parsley and
the yolk of one egg, and serve.
ASPARAGUS SALAD.
Boil the asparagus until tender, drain
and put on the ice, when very cold
serve with a French dressing poured
over it, or if you prefer, serve the
dressing separate in a gravy boat. If
the salad is to be eaten at a one o'clock
dinner, it will be necessary to boil it
early in the morning, as it takes it some
hours to cook.
CUCUMBERS
Cucumbers should be gathered while
the dew is yet on them, and put imme-
diateIy on the ice. An hour before
dinner pare and slice them very thin,
and let them lie in sailed ice water till
dinner is ready, then drain them and
put them into a glass dish, and sprinkle
bits Of ice over them. Serve them
with a French dressing in a separate
dish.
BAKED LOBSTER.
Take a lobster weighing about three
pounds, chop it fine, and add a table
spoonful Of chopped parsley and three
good tablespoonfuls of -four. Mix thor
o1ghly; put in a stewpan and heat,
then add gradually a pint of milk;
season with a teaspoonful of onion
juice, a teaspoonful Of celery salt, one
fourth t~easpoonful red pepper, salt to
taste, and a lump Of butter the size of
an egg. Stir constantly; just before
taxing from the fire, add one we'll
@aten egg. Stir thoroughly and re-
move from the fire. Turn into a dish,
cover the top with fine bread crumbs
and bits Of butter, and bake a nice
NoTn. 1t is very nice baked in shells.
FRIED TOMATOES.
Select firm but thoroughly ripe to-
1atoes for this purpose. Peel them
Saa lay them on the ice 50 they will be
Voo and firm when needed. Cut them
asIces not less than one half inch in
~-Sckness. Have a deep kettle of fry
.u5lat ready. Heat it until it smokes
!ne centre. Dip the slices in an egg
SuIch has been beaten up with two
"aSpOontuls of water and a few drops
union juice. Sprinkle a little salt
~1 pepper over the sliced tomatoes
W ZIP them in fine sifted bread
%uas8' Egg them again, and put
DSao crumbs over them a second time.
Nv 'aem on a wire spoon and immerse
~ T'u IN the hot fat for eight minutes.
~u'n they rise to the top of the fat,
~ tnem over, and in a moment or
IGNORE they will be done. They will
%su even golden brown on both sides,
~nclou5 to the taste, and a very orna-
'u'"l dish when served, as they should
w. " q napkin, one slice overlapping
~ rssuer IN a circle and a garnish of
"'1 { -IeTy IN the centre.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
Poetry.
~fo r THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER.1
["r'S THE SUN-BONNET.

ot made of pastebOard slips
10 BONN mn in calico,
SeWTeeJts as sweet as any gLl
she l 70 II ats ali the go
che looks in homemade 1rocK
low TN IN her well-knit form
DA~rOqnu when, with toss OF head'
Ard emit nnts that bonnet on
had a poets gift
wish a first rate sonnet
Tow could do justlce 10
s0tnSaTP[oII in her bonnet
ron see her, like I have,
OBJ Go on ready for a stroIls
she'd ave Ger you stole.
,uossed in naught but calico,
TbGugnr the earth a queen;
oITarOn of WOmannOou
} RacS"55ti7ate, l ween.
made hat, with feathers decked,
10 3tOa1 a head like that!
Lrii0Iate kind natures gltCs
She uesa9ra Haunting hat.
.,me whose natures seem to lack
There FACE of natures gilt,
~ Eek adOTnment from
Anu onv sort Of shift.
thing adds to PoIly's charms;
She's like 3S a 49 sS9w SITS its beauty more
lTy RR pT not in a bouquet.
bonnet IL ough it takes my eye,
Ilat OCCa1tivates-Oh me!
ri aHa TO peep way into 1t
ITT To- Sc What l can see'
+bare, with in that vista deep,
an "a face is seen, the while,
,.I rr"%TSish eyes aglOw, back there,
v I'm with sweetest smile.
..borId YOU, ravished, took too long,
bII in Tvs son blush Of shame
Al Ian suffusing DER those cheeks,
N34 q ! loves fond t~eIl-tale flame.
n. snrggest l iding-place it makes
IT, fancy all you may
otUbaf GOES on back there when eer
Her face is turned away.
I'D then. when she reveals, u~pturned,
al Those eyes to view-Oh my!
10 Iove-Et lights they shine, and tell
Of the sweet by-and by.
,rd so. T bless that bonnet's help
To court a timid maid,
rr na'er would she have pledged her love
Without its precious aid.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-07-31
OF! H SAFE D

hI ~, 9lmson-"W Willie, didn't you go
hin ,us 'rQnkmaker's yesterday and tell
A.. 10 send around the trunk I or
iIbe-"Y Yes, sir"
sn r[, Slimson-"Well, here is the
snrtp: out no strap. Didn't he say
1 W;Iis about the strapY"
gls su5e-" Yes, sir; but 1 told him
ssan ~ you hadn't better have any
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-30

Years ago. in a little town III north
err Alabama. Richards * Prlngle's
Georgia MINISTRIES were billed to ap-
pear at the town hall. At night there
was a crowd present; but, strange as
1T may seem, there was not a white
woman III the audience. The people
wese in the t@st Of good nature, and
on the lower foor could be seen the
leading citizens of the place. Every
body seemed to enjoy the perform
ance. which, by theSway, was the
first colored show hat had ever visit
ed the town. When the curtain fell
on the first part, a dozen or more
''colonels" and Observation-Disclosures
went back to the door and said to
Mr.. Richards. the manager:
Look hyah, majah, is you alls a
goin to give the balance of the show
as good as tbisf'
Why, our 'olio' is by all odds the
hest part of our performance" re-
sponded Richards.
well, sub" said one of the south
ern party, I'VE alls thought this show
was not a propah place TO bring ouah
ladies, sub, but if you alls promise
that nothing will be- said or done 70
offend them, sub. we will give you
alls $500 to stop this hyah show while
we alls go out and mt ouab wimmin
folks, providin yoa1l commence all
ovah again, sub"
Manager Richar7s ''reckoned" that
he could agree to This, and the titled
southerners departed. In half an
hour the performance was begun
aGain, and before the curtain went
up On the FIRST part the sum agreed
upon was ~cheerfully paid over to the
manager in cold cash. Chicago
TINES.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-30

We think of soldiers as fighting.
We think of them as men who are
interested only in guns and powder,
annon and balls. A southern news.
paper tells the story of a soldier go.
ing into battle who heard the cry of
a little kitten. He stopped a mo-
ment, found that the kitten was over
the fence just where the shot and
shell were falling thlckest, but he
sprang over the fence, got the kitten
and put it i'll his pocket, saving it
from death. The kitten became the
pet of the battery and took its after
noon maps i'll times of peace OF top of
the cannon. The bravest are the
most tender hearted. 1t is the bully
who is cruel, and the bully is usually
a coward. He hurts flies and little
kittens, and steps on ant hills. and
pulls off butterflies wings. He thinks
it fun TO whip the horse and trips
up small boys. He never interferes
with anything big enough to hit
back.
The bra,est are the tenderest.
The loving are the daring.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-30
THE ENGLISH r

A wonderful joy our eyes to bless,
In her magnificent comeliness.
Is an English girl of eleven stone two,
And five foot ten in her dancing shoe.
She follows the hounds and on she pounds
The field" tails of, and the NUTS diminish,
Over the hedges and brooks sas bounds
Straight as q crow from find TO Enish
At cricket her kin will lose or win
She and her maids, on grass and clover.
Eleven maids out-eleven maids in
And perhaps an occasional made over"'
Go search the world and search the sea.
Then come you home and sing with me,
There's no such gold and no such pearl
As a bright and beautiful English girl.
Her soul is sweet as the ocean air,
For prudery knows no haven there.
To find mock modesty please apply
To the conscious blush and the downcsst eye.
Rich in the things contentment brings,
In every pure enjoyment wealthy,
Blithe As a beautiful bird she sings,
For body and mind are hale and healthy.
Her eyes they thrill with right good will
Her heart is light as a floating feather
As pure and bright as the mountain ril
That leans and laughs in the highland
heather.
w. ;. Gilbert in utopia. Limited"
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-30
People WIZ Look Alike.

We are sometimes hearing of peo-
pie strikingly similar to Mr.. Glad
stone. the Prince of Wales, Lord Ran.
dolph Churchill and the rest. Mr..
Parnell had a double in the person of
Mr.. Sidney Hall, the artist. Indeed
in the lobby of the house of com
mons and during the Parnell commits.
sion Mr.. Hall was constantly being
mistaken for the Irish leader. The
best known dou' X u the Prince of
Wales is Mr.. James j. Van Allen,
who was named as United States
minister to Italy.
Mr.. Alma Tadena and Mr.. G.. du
Maurier are s~trikingly alike. One
would hardly expect to find a double
in the strongly marked characteristic
countenanCe of Tennyson. Yet the
portrait of Mr.. Joel Benton might
very easily be taken for the late poet
laureate. The side face of Mr.. E. J.
Henley is a remarkable reproduction
of the side face of John Ruskin as
the latter appeared many years ago.
The late Mr.. w. X. Vanderbilt might
have been the twin brother of Jules
Ferry, and Bret Harte has his double
in an American judge-Mr. Melville
Fuller. Many minor personages take
delight in dwelling upon their like.
ness to some great individual. Mr..
Bolton, member for the St. Pancras
division. prides himself that he is an
exact counterpart to the great Napo-
leon. He arrangeS his hair after the
manner of the first consul and purses
his lips. He is always spoken of
among his friends a. Napoleon Bo-
naparte. -PittSburg Dispatch.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-30
A WOMAN IN THE CASE.
The Princess Saim-salm Spoiled the Plot ts
Rescue imi

TIE Princess saim-salm Spoiled the Plot to
Rescue Maximilian.
While Mexico was gaining her in
dependence from the French and at
tempting to oust the adventurer Max
imilian some American soldiers APP
peared upon the scene. At the close
of the late civil war. about 20 officers
of the Federal army who had obtain
ed their discharge left Los Angeles
for Eli Paso, Tex. There they were
Joined by about 40 other officers.
They organized into a company of
high ~privates," calling themselves
the American legion" and crossed
over into Mexico. Their services
were accepted by the Mexican gov
eminent, and the complimentary
term Honor added to the company
name.
The American Legion of Honor"
did good service and had the unlim.
tied confidence of the commanding
general until, at an inOpportune mo
ment, the so called Princess Salm-
Saim put In an appearance. She
w - AAA' lAAitS " y IliI
husband, who was besieged and could
not get out. Being an American
woman. she began to scheme with
the American commandment of the
legion, who had charge of the front
line. The Mexican general cavalierly
referred the whole matter 10 him. In
timating that as both were Ameri-
cans he knew whether ii We're best
to trust her. He passed the woman
through the lines. From that mo-
meut the Mexican general lost conf
dence IN the American Legion of
Honor, and their every movement
was narrowly watched. II was owing
to this that the scheme to rescue
Macmillan when he was condemned
TO be shot was abandoned. The legion
had arranged TO make a desperate at
tack. escu Macmillan and assist
him out of the country. But the wo-
man spoiled the plot.-New York Adj
vertiser.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-30
MAILS CLOSE.
Northern Pacific Time Table

LEAVE MILES CITY GOING WEST.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-30

. II am willing to split hairs with
my opponent all day if he insists on
Il, y said q very distinguished lawyer,
in . speech at the bar.
Split that, them" said the oppO-
nent, pulling a coarse specimen from
his own head and extending it
May it please the court. I d6n't
ssy bristles. London CULVER.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1894-07-30
Victims Of Injustice.

Nurse-Sure. ma am. the twins
have been making IA fuss all day.
ma'am.
Mrs. Olive Branch-What abouti
Nurse-lt's because they can I have
a birthday apiece. like the Smith
children next door. They think they
have been cheated. Indianapolis
Journal
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This Paper is kept on file at E. c. DAKES
Advertising Agency, 81 and IS Merchant. liz
mango, San Francisco, Cal, where contracts
or advertising can be made
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First ward-H. W. McIntire, c.. {. Whitney.
Sssood WaroSS. . ~. H.SDullasd