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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
.RlElACE. :REIGNS In. Rio NOW.
Admiral ,Da Cana Escapes
oh,a French Steamer.
ADMIRAL MELLo HAS DESERTED
His Eollowers-If Caught They
Will in all Probability be
Court Martialled.'

Bio .6s JANEIRo, M.rch A.
Fforinc' Peixoto is triumphant.
:sThe. nslrsent vessels surrendered
last lsl night without having answer
eawith a single gun shot the
anu6aading from the hill to bat
.teEies,::.
The: e':feport that Admiral da
Cara had fled was confirmed this
mtrain,g. He sought safety on the
French cruiser Maagan.
The American Officers Of the
gosernnfeut.war ships came ashore
this AFTERNOON. They report that
ths crews Of the vessels are we'll
and delighted that.tRey got through
without a fight. Excepting the
officers, nobody aboard Peixoto'a
men-of-war seems to have been
eager for a battle.
IN coming up the harbor this
morning the government feet sa-
luted the United States flag ard
arAdmiral Benham. The United
States fleet will disperse soon.
The men aboard the American
war ships are in excellent health.
The end of Insurgent power in the
harbor has been welcomed with
joyIIih the city. Exchange has i'm
proved 25 per cent. Business is as
usual. Not symptom Of disorder
has appeared in the city.
The. people are preparing 20
celebrate the collapse'of the in
'sprreQtion. The Aquidaban and
Requisites, which constitute about
all that is left o.. the Insurgent
cause.are. reported to be: ms South
Braziliss waters. Both aresssaid
to be aissblede
gdlhiral NJ gHos has just been
SIS q e Il Mont sEildea.
He has deserted his followers as
Admiral da Cana deserted his
officers and men on the harbor
fleet.
The Insurgents sailors here will
be pardoned. The officers will be
court martialcd.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
Tillman's Fidelity to Duty.
Frank Leslie's Weekly.

Frank Leslie's Weekly.
Governor Tillman of South
Carolina is by no means an ideal
parsonage, but he has displayed
some qualities as an executive
which must commend him to the
approval of law abiding citizens.
His course in reference to the en-
forcement of the Dispensary law
has certainly shown that he is
absolutely fearless in the per-
formance of what he conceives to
be his duty. This law has been
stubbornly resisted in Charleston,
where something in the nature Of
a conspiracy against it and the
officers with it's execution has
been organized by the liquor in
terest. 1t is said that spies and
spoilers dog the steps of the con-
stables and harass them with
threats of personal violence; that
this defiance of the law is encour-
aged in more influential quarters;
and it is this state of affairs which
provokes Governor Tillman to
aggressive action. He meets the
bulldozing of the liquor sellers
with this declaration: "Ihe law
will have to be obeyed. I will
stop illicit whiskey-selling in
Charleston if it takes all the mill
tary and constables in the State
to do it, and even if we have to
kill few Of these Italian cut
throats and bulldozers." There is
no mistaking the meaning of this
declaration. The Governor is not
wise, perhaps, in his talk about
killing, but he is right in his de-
termination to maintain and en-
force the laws, and if he should
actually employ the military, as
he says he will if necessary to do
so, and those who defy him should
become victims of his displeasure
and their own folly, right-minded
people would overlook his intem-
perance of speech in their approx
al of his fdolity to official duty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21

down with it. could raise a win
ter or early spring crop but 1t
would choke out any corn or cot
ton crop I could plant.
Five years ago I raised alcrop Of
Irish potatoes on it, then planted
it in corn. Before it was large
enough to hoe, it was a mass OF
green nut grass, and to get it out
of the hill I pulled up nearly all
the corn. II was very dry at the
time, and by the time 1 was
through, my corn was nearly all
dead, but the grass was doing finely.
/ concluded to try heroic treat
ment on it. So I took a Planet
(Jr. cultivator and tore up every
blade of corn and grass in the
field, using a hoe around the
fences.
In about four days new crop
came up. Then I cultivated it the
other way, always in the hot sun
The fourth time I plowed it deep,
and I got another pretty good
crop OF grass started, which l
cultivated as before.
In one mouth, l think, I had
sprouted and killed every vestige
of ii, as not a stalk has appeared
since, and it has been planted
corn or sweet potatoes every
since.
You can take this for what it is
worth, but the only way to get rid
of it is to keep it from seeding,
either top or root: and cultivate
and Ygerminate all dormant seed
and kill them by cultivation in
the dry hot weather OF May and
June.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21

him, he'd got out the sponga, and
about half Of his face was jet black.
This was a nice fix, for I knew
nothing could get the black off
his face, and when mother came
she would say the baby was spoil
ed and had done it. Now I think
an all black baby is ever so much
more stylish than an all white
baby, and when I saw that the
baby was part black, I made up
my mind that if I Lacked 1T all
over it would be worth more than
it had ever been, and perhaps
mother would be ever so much
pleased, so I hurried up, and gave
it a good coat Of black. ;.
You should have seen how that
baby shined! The polish dried as
soon as it was put on, and 1 had
just time to. get baby dressed
again, when mother and Sue came
in. I wouldn't lower myself to
repeat their unkind language.
When you've been called amurder-
ing little william, and unnatural
son, it rankles in your heart for
ages. After what they had said to
me, I didn't even seem to mind
father, but went up stairs with
him almost if I was going to
church, or something that didn't
hurt much. The baby is beauti-
full and shiny, though the doctor
says it will wear off in a few years.
Nobody shows any gratitude for
all the trouble I took, and I can
tell you itisn't easy to black baby
without getting it into his eyes
and hair. I sometime think it is
hardly worth while to live in this
cold unfeeling world.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
Rank Treason.
The Columbia State says:

The Columbia State says:
''If the statement attributed to
President Cleveland that the pass
age of the Bland bill will be de-
structive of the repose which now
surrounds the financial condition
of the country was really made by
him, tits an unfortunate remark.
The financial repose' of the coun-
try is the repose of stagnation.
The money centres may be satisfied
with this 'repose' but the rest of
the country isn't, and the sooner
the President understands that the
better it will be for him and his
party. A veto of that bill, ap-
proved by four-ffths of the Demo-
Gratis in Congress will give an i'm
petus everywhere. The repeal of
the State bank tax may be oh
iected to on the same ground; but
it has to come. Prosperity for the
country is better than 'repose' for
Wall street."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
IT COM ES. AT LAST
A Grand Victory for Gov
ernor B. R. Tillman.
OLD MAN sIMONTON HAD TO COME
To Time My Son-Hufrah for
3. r. Tillman and the
Reformers.

CHARLESTON, March : 13.-The
State gained a decisive victory
over the railroads in the United
States Circuit Court to-day, when
Judge Simonton filed decree in
the much litigated railroad tax
cases. Last year the assessment
on all the railroad property was
arbitrarily laised by the board OF
equalization. The railroads refused
to pay the taxes on the increased
assessment and carried the case
into the United States courts.
They, however, rendered the
amount of taxes on the old assess
ment. The case decided to-day
was brought by D. H. Chamberlain,
receiver of the South Carolina
Railway, to test the constitution
ality of the assessment made by
the board of equalization. The
court, in a lengthy opinion, decided
that the assessment was not uncon-
stitutional and orders the receiver
to pay to .he State the balance due
and a so costs of the action.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
How They Loved Him.

Washington Post
"Gen. Robert e. Lee once told
me of an ovation he received that
touched him more than any demo-
stration ever made in his HONOR"
said the venerable Judge White, of
Virginia, to Post man at the Ma
tional. Following closely on the
surrender of the Southern army,
the commanders in-chief of the
Confederacy went to pass q season
at the home of his particular
friend, E. R. Cooke, who last
November ran as the Populist
tteana aay nor agSinst
Col, O'Ferrall. After a few weeks
of the most hospitable and ele-
CANT entertainment General. Lee
was called to the presidency OF
the Washington and Lee Univel-
sity. Bidding his kind friends
adieu he started for Lexington on
horseback and alone. He had gone
some miles and was passing
through rather dreary stretch OF
wooded country, when he espied a
plain old countryman mounted on
sorry nag coming toward him
AS they passed each other both
bowed as is the fashion when
strangers meet in out of the way
places, but the old farmer in the
homespun suit started hard at the
soldierly figure as though not
quite certain of recognition. He
went his way a little further, then
turning his horse around, cantered
back and soon came up with the
General again.
"I beg your pardon, sir, but if
this Gen. Robert Lee. Did I ever
meet you before, my friend?"
"Then the old Confederate
prasped the chieftain's hand and
with the tears streaming down hif
face said: General Lee, do you
mind if I cheer you. The Genera.
assured him that he did not mind
and there on that lonesome pine
bordered highway with no one else
in sight, the old rebel veteran with
swinging hat lifted up his voice
in three ringing rounds of hurrahs
for the man that the Southland
idolized. Then both went theil
way without an other word being
spoken"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
For THE THOUGHTFUL.

SELECTED.
Egotism is an unmatched devil.
To mules ears a mules voice
is music.
Read about Jesus, how he suf-
fered and died for you.
Believing the word of God will
always give rest and peace.
There is no such a thing as the
right use of a wrong thing.
1t is the one who will not forgive
who is always in the wrong.
1t takes dark days to show us
that we really do trust in God.
Trials never weaken us. They
only show US that we are weak.
No man can have a Daniels God
who is Lot willing to go to the lions
den.
All cannot be rich, but all may
become well off by being con-
tented.
Days which begin in darkness
and storm often end in a glorious
sunset.
God has promised that the man
who will have mercy shall re-
ceive it.
Faith is the one thing that makes
the Christian seek after he has lost
every thing else.
Living without a plan is as fool
ish as going TO sea without a com
pass in the ship.
Paul preached resurrection as a
truth, lived it as fact, and waited
for it as hope.
You can never pay your debt to
God by money you have stolen
from your neighbor.
Don't be always asking who
Gains wife was. 1t is none of your
business. Don't be always hanging
around the whale that swallowed
up Jonah. If Jonah had minded
his own business the whale would
not have touched him. If you
don't mind yours youswil1 besWal.
EloWedsbyea worse whale. =
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
How toKill Nut Grass.
John Axtell.

John ANteII.
I have seen several inquiries
lately for a method of killing nut
grass. I used to think the only
way to get rid of it was to move off
aid leave it but I have found q
better method Of treating it. |
had about one acre of very rich
garden land thoroughly seeded
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
Truly,

The strong man held up the
n;ano on his chest. He also had
the strength to support the player
but thenl Alas! The player
played "Daisy Bell" and with a
groan the strong man collapsed.
twas too much for his strength.
The last straw had broken the
camel's back.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21

"What is your name?" asked the
police magistrate. The prisoner
"I stutter a little and with your
Honor's permission I'll spell it
O, double t, i, double you, e, double
/ double you; double o; dee,'
whiskers on the prisoner were
shorter than the moss on this
chestnut, but the clerk made the
proper entry without any trouble,
and so can you.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
THE JUDGMENT.
A Vivid Picture of the Great
Day, by a Negro Preacher.

The most WOnderIul sermon
ever heard, said a business man
recently, in conversation with a
Pittsburg Dispatch reporter, was
delivered by colored preacher in
South Carolina, shortly after the
war. I happened to drop into a
large gathering of .colored people
one night and was informed that a
new preacher was about to tried. by
The preacher arose back of a pub
pit; that had-@been4 impro Hised
from barrel turned bottom up
ward, on which was lighted can-
die stuck in a bottle. He began
to read the Bible, but stumbled at
every word, spelling some through
out before pronouncing them. A
man in the rear said, Go ahead
with your sermon, and the preacher
ceased reading. He stood up at
length, and in the dim Pickering
light of the lone candle looked
more like an apparition than a
man. His subject vas "The Judg-
ment." Here came in that wonder
full imaginative power for which
the colored race is noted. In going
about during the war he had be-
come imbued with the military
spirit, so he began by giving a
vivid word picture of the hosts OF
heaven lying in their tents asleep
the night before the judgment day.
Then he worked up to a point
where the bugle sounded to pre-
pare for tho descent upon sinful
world. He pictured the heavenly
hosts hurriedly running out OF
their tents to form in line of bat
tie with the Great Commander in
front. Then he described the still
ness that reigned when all was
ready, awaiting the command tc
advance. By this time the who lie
congregation, including myself.
were sitting with nerves strained,
excited in the extreme, and
as the preacher described the
tramp, tramp of the mighty host
approaching the earth. 1 saw
several members, terrified, get
under the benches. He then fol-
lowed a courier coming down from
the distance, who reported, "Death
on o white horse" as having ap-
peared far away. When the
preacher described the Commander
detailing squad of his soldiers to
$50 capture DEATH" a terrified
groan came from the audience.
Finally he brought the army of
heaven down to earth just be
fore day break, and had them
resting on their arms, awaiting
Gabriel's trumpet. He pictured
at length how quiet everything
was, then putting his hands to his
mouth he initiated the bugle call,
which so terrified and completely
unstung his audience that the
greater portion of it arose hurriedly
and rushed out of the building. In
all my life I have never heard a
sermon that had such startling
effect upon congregation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21

The new pastor of a country
church said to one of his Deacons:
"I find that Brother Linkum has
very liberal religious views. Yes"
replied the Deacon, Brother
Linkum is more liberal in his
views than in his contributions"
Chicago Standard.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
MAY LYNCH GOV. WAITE.
The People Worked Up
to a Frenzy.
WILL HOLD THE HALL IF IT TAKES
Dynamite to do 1.-THE Military
Gathering from all
Over the State.

cal light Waged by Gov. Waite cul-
minated to-day in the most ex-
citing scenes, and mob violence
was imminent many times during
the day. Fortunately the common
citizens was calm and collected,
and the prompt action of leading
citizens, in leaving their business
and appearing in solid bodies to be
in time to consider the situation
carefully, caused a delay that prob
ably prevented bloodshed, and the
probable assassination of Gov.
Waite. In all probability, had a
shot been fired, a mob would have
quickly formed, and have captured
the Governor before official assist
ance could have reached him.
At 6 o'clock the intelligence that
the Governor had called upon Gen,
McCook, to preserve the peace, set
tied all fears of a contest between
the militia, and the police, backed
by as fearless a lot of deputies,
sworn in by the sheriff as could
possibly be gathered together.
Soapy Smiths crowd of sports
had been sworn in as deputies, and
they were placed at the hall to
await orders.
From 2 o'clock until long after
dark dense mass of humanity
empacked in front of the City Hall /,
and upon the streets adjacent.
They cheered and chaffed and
joked, yet did not hesitate to ex-
press indignation at the situation.
IN MOTION TO ATTACK.
On Fourteenth street the First
Regiment of the Colorado National
EGuards stood fanking the Chafs
tiHery, consisting of four
gattling guns, with cassion, filled
with ammunition. Their position
commanded the entire front of the
hall, and once the militia was un-
der motion for the attack on the
hall, when Secretary Lorenz ar
rived with a message from the Gov
ernor to stay the attack for halt
an hour, to permit a conference
looking toward peaceful settle
ment.
From that time until the United
States troops were called out, the
most intense anxiety prevailed
All sorts of rumors foated about.
The sheriff issued an order to ar
rest the militia and take their
arms away. A friend of the deposed
members of the fire and police
board went out of the City Hall to
apply for warrant to arrest the
Governor.
A committee of the most in.
fuentlal citizens were arguing with
the board, with the militia, with
the Governor and with the police
but nothing was accomplished
The Governor declared he would
order the militia to fire upon the
City Hall regardless of crowds OF
spectators, and the police board
within maintained their position
to resist attack.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21

He-What a sad face that wo-
man has.
She-Yes, poor dear. She must
have either loved and lost, or
loved and got him.-The Water
bury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
WATTENToY.

P. S.-Me says and the little
ones say, "Come to see US and l
would be proud, glad, yes come
please, and I would shave, kill a
goat, keep the little ones home
from school, and all take holiday,
even to the cream-flly, "Ginger-
Snan" The old roam "Ellick' he
he is gone.
Truly, w.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1894-03-21
.TOBACCO!
TOBACCO !!

We have a fine lot of excellent
quality-Virginia and North Caro-
lima Chewing and Smoking. We
invite you to examine our goods
and see our prices, We will save
YOU money. We have q fine lot
but upsin CADDIES OF 10 AND
IL POUNDS for the convenience
of our farmers in supplying their
hands.
JAS. M. COBB.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
Impurities In Distilled Water.

Ice manufactured from distilled water
should, it would seem, be germ free. In
fact, however, it is extremely difficult to
prepare absolutely germ free water on a
large scale, and almost impossible to keep
it SO if once prepared, because every ex-
posure to the air or contact with utensils
in common use brings to it varying and
often large numbers of germs which can
live and grow in water. But these small
numbers of common bacteria are not of the
slightest Importance to the salubrity of
the water.
In most of the ice manufactures the dis
titled water is filtered through charcoal
before it is run into the freezing cans, for
the purpose of removing certain organic
compounds which have come in the proc
ess of distilation. But these charcoal
beds afford breeding places for such germs
as may have escaped the ordeal of the
heat The writer has repeatedly found
that while the distilled water before pass
ing on to the filter beds was very nearly
germ free, the number was increased a
thousandfold ON leaving them.-T. Mitch
ell Prudden in Harper's.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
John Kernell as u Hoodoo.

Mr.. John Kernell, after performance in
Chicago one night, met very seedy look
ing man, who approached him and said
while handing him piece of paper, "Ive
been waiting for three months to run
across you somewhere and present that"
Kernell looked at the paper with some
curiosity. 1t proved to be bill for $40.
"Why," said John, II don't owe you any
money. never saw you before"
"Oh, but you're responsible for my los
ing that amount" replied the self declared
creditor. Last summer l was at the
Sheepshead Bay races and had good
thing-a 80 to shot. was just going to
put up S. when you came along. You
looked SO dismal 1 thought you'd hoodoo
my bet, sure, so l put up only 81. The
horse won in spite of your Jonah look, and
l got $780, If it hadn't been for you, I'd
have put up the IS and won $3.50. Don't
you think you owe me the difference2"
Il think l owe you slap in the face for
your nerve," said Kernell.
'Well, I'll tell you what I'll do, said the
seedy man; "Ill compromise on drink OF
whisky. That's fair enough"
John bought him the drink and made
him receipt the bill, which the comedian
shows as evidence of the truth of his story
Buffalo Courier.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
knowledge of Oil Is Very Ancient.

Thomas w. Phillips, Jr., son of the Hon.
Thomas Phillips, of New Castle, Pa, was
in Chicago a few days ago, and a reporter
obtained some interesting facts from him
concerning oil. The elder Phillips is the
largest single oil producer in the world,
and there are very few men who know
more about it's history than Phillips pere
and Phillips fills.
Speaking of petroleum, the younger
man said: 1.-THE first mention of oil is in
the Book of Job, in which it is clearly
stated that the rock poured out rivers of
oil. Herodotus speaks of oil springs 500
years before the Christian era. 1t has been
known in the world 1000 years, and the
ruins of Nineveh and Babylon show it's use
as cement or mortar. In India, China,
Japan and other countries its existence
was known in ancient times. To come
down to modern times mention is made of
it's existence on the border line of Pennsyl-
vania and New York in Chicago
Tribune
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1894-06-13
Absence of Mind.

The celebrated Lessing was remarkable
for frequent absence of mind. Having
missed money at different times without
being able to discover who took it, he de-
termined to put the honesty of his servant
to the test and left handful of gold on
the table.
"Of course you counted it," said one of
his friends.
"Counted it?" said Lessing, somewhat
embarrassed. "No, forgot that"
At public sale there was a book which
Lessing was very desirous of possessing.
He gave three of his friends at different
times a commission to buy it at any price.
They accordingly bid against each other
till they had got as far as 80 crowns. Hap
PLY one of them thought it best to speak
to the others, when it appeared they had
all been bidding for Lessing, whose for
getfulness on this occasion cost him 80
crowns.-Sala's journal.