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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
The Justices Wedding Fee.

A Few days since o couple from Bur-
lington, VT, visited Plattsburg in
search OF q magistrate who would tie
the nuptial knot. When the mar
riage ceremony was over the groom
wanted the Justice to kiss the bride,
saying; esquire, you kiss her first. )"
The Squire did as he was requested.
The groom asked him how much his
bill was. The Squire, highly elated,
said: "Well, young man, seeing as it
is you, I will call it S." GAIL right, "
said tie groom; "you have had q kiss,
haven't you?' "Yes," said the Squire.
"Weil, then, you give me a receipt
and 1 will give you 80, and that will
make it square,.
s'The Justice hesitated moment,
and said: "dow do you make that
out9" swell" "said the groom, ''you
have married us, haven't you, and you
have charged me $5?" eyes" "And
you have taken the first kiss from the
bride?" "Yes." "Well, have charged
you So for it, and that leaves 81 due
YOU" every WE'LL" said the Squire,
"lf that is so, will take the other
two now," and as he was IN the act OF
kissing the bride again the groom
drew off and gave tho Justice a left
handler that knocked him to the floor.
The result was that the groom was ar
rested, and when arraisned pleaded
guilty and was fined S. and cost.
Both the Justice and the groom have
concluded that they are better and
wiser men than before this happened.
ALBANY Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
A Remarkable Oil Well.

The Kirkbride No. 1 OIL Well is
located in Madison township, Sandus-
ky County, Ohio. The flow of oil
commenced November 18th. The
spect acle is described as one of the
most magnificent ever witnessed in
that part of the country. First ap-
peared column or water rising eight
or ten feet in the air; this was fol-
lowed by black stream of mud and
sand which gradually changed to yell
low; then, with a deafening roar, the
gas burst forth in an immense volume,
hiding the derrick from view. AS this
cleared away solid golden column a
foot in diameter, shot from the der
rick floor hundred feet into the air,
there breaking into fragments and fal-
ling in shower of yellow rain for a
quarter of mile around. For q Pc
riod of fvo hours this great column of
oil shot upward. In very few mo-
ments the field about the we'll was
covered several inches deep with Pc
troleum within three or tour hours,
the bitches for miles around were over
flowing with oil. Dams weare con-
structed in order that the product
might be estimated; but these were
oyerAowed end swept away as rapidly
as built. Some persons living in the
vicinity, alarmed at the spectacle,
packed their household goods and
fed. The Buckeye Pumping Station
mile distant was compelled to ex-
tinguish its fires on account of the
gas, and all other fires within the dis
trict were put out. 1t was literal
food of oil, the estimate production
for the first twenty-four hours being
IA, $50, 900 gallons. About eighteen
thousand barrels per day have been
saved and marketed since the oil has
been brought under full control. The
owner has refused an offer of FIVE hun
dred thousand dollars for the well,
being content with the income of ten
thousand dollars per day which it af-
fords him. Frank Ieslie's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
Garden Notes.

Making hot bed is not very great
task and it advances the season weeks
some times, when the spring happens
to be late.
With good garden there is health
and variety of food, both very desira-
bic, not to speak of the saving in of
household expenses.
Level culture is best for almost every
crop. Killing up is often disastrous
in dry season, where level culture
would have succeeded.
It does not hurt csbbages that are
buried to freeze once, but if allowed
to freeze and thaw and freeze again it
is spoiled. After the ridge is frozen
through cover it with straw and it will
not thaw out until spring.
Onions will stand more fertilizing
than any other crop we know of. They
are rank feeders and pay well for extra
care. They do best on loose, friable
soil that will not bake after rain,
though any land that will grow corn
will produce crop.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
Perfumes as Preventives Of Mould
tness.

Mouldinees is occasioned by tbs
growth Of minute vegetation. Ink,
paste, leather and seed most frequent
ly suffer by it. A Glove will preserve
ink; any essential oil answers equally
as we'll. Leather may be kept free
from mould by the same substances.
Thus, Russian leather, which is per-
fumed with the tar of birch, nevsr be-
come mouldly; indeed, 1t prevents it
from occurring in other bodies. A few
drops of any essential oil will keep
books entirely free from it. For har-
ness, oil Of turpentine is recon-
mended.
Alum and resin nre used to preserve
bookbinders' paste, but Intellectually,
oil of turpentine succeeds better; but,
by small quantities of oil OF pepper
mint, nnise, or cassia, paste has been
preserved for years. DR.. MacCulloeh
recommends the addition to the flour
and water of some brown sugar and o
little corrosive sublimate; the sugar
keeping it flexible when dry, and the
sublimate preventing it from ferment-
ing and from being attacked By in
sccts. A few drops of any essential
oil may be added to tho paste when it
is made. 1t dries when exposed to
the air and may be used merely by
wetting it. Seeds may also be pre-
served by the essential oils; and this
Is Of great consequence when they are
sent to distance. OF course mois-
ture must be excluded as much as pos
sible, as the oils or ottos prevent only
the bad effects of mould.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
Wool Secured with Naphtha.

In new method of securing wool,
naphtha is employed as the cleansing
substance. By means of o pump the
naphtha is forced through and through
the wool, extracting all the natural
oil. 1t is claimed that the naphtha
does not injure the fiber of the wool,
as alkali cleansing, but leaves the
fleece in better condition than when
cleansed by any other process.
A further valuable feature of the
new method is that after the grease is
extracted from the wool it may be
again extracted from the naphtha in q
pure state, thereby becoming valuable
as medicinal agent or for seponifi-
cation into the purest of soaps. 1t is
claimed that plant following this
method secured 100000 pounds of
wool, and hSl saved product of S0,.
600 pounds in pure wool oil.-Scien-
tifc american,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
Fell First In tie Revolution.

Hezekiah Butterworth, in "The
Patriotic Schoolmsster, says that the
first person to foil in the war of the
Revolution was not Crispus Attucks,
but boy. If Attucks, who fell by an
accidental encounter, merits monu-
ment as the first who fell for liberty,
so does this boy.
There were few merchants in Bos-
ton who continued to sell taxed arti-
cles; they came to be despised and
hated. The boys, in their hasty pa
triotism, made on a placard a list of
the names of those who imported and
sold prescribed articles, and put in on
pole that bore wooden head and
hand. They set this image up before
an importers door, with the wooden
hand pointing toward it, and this
made the importer angry, and he fired
musket into the crowd of boys.
Christopher Gore, afterwards Gov
ernor of Massachusetts,, was slightly
wounded.
Little Christopher Snyder, q boy
whose mother was a widow, and who
had followed the spirit OF the times,
fell mortally wounded. They took up
his form and bore it away, and the
whole city wept. Never in America
was there boy funeral like his. They
made him patriots coffin and bore his
form to the Liberty Tree, which stood
near the present corner OF Washing
ton and Essex streets. On the coffin
was this motto: Innocence itself is
not safe." The boys of nearly oil the
schools, some 600 in number, gath
cred around the body as an escort.
The bells tolled, business was closed,
and some 1900 people followed tie
first martyr to the grave.
As the procession marched, not only
the bells of Boston, but those of the
neighboring towns were heard tolling.
1t was almost spring, and there was
mellowness in the air. That procession
was prophecy Of the events to come,
protest against the injustice of the
royal power. The sons of liberty
should remember little Snyder;
grave. Detroit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
An Old Revolutionary Camp.

A few days ago the workmen eln'
ployed in this city when making the
extension of Ninth avenue near 20lst
street, near the Harlem River and
Sherman's Greek, came across the
traces of m old Revolutionary camp.
MIR. Saville, of the Museum of Natural
History, unfortunately, had the fact
announced to him too lutte, but was as
soon as possible on the spot. He
found at depth of five feet the rem.
nants of brick hearth. portions OF
an iron crane, on old lock, and but.
tons belonging to the royal provincial
troops of the Seventeenth and Thirty
third Regiments. There was hand
some glass Auted bottle and fragments
of glass. Some Of the workmen found
English penny pieces, the oldest being
Of 1892, New York Times,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
To Make a Chair Cushion.

Not new way, but a very good and
simple way to make chair cushion Is
as follows:
When tits desired to give the cushion
height, square corners may be secured
by turning in tho corners, after the
cushion is filled, and sewing together
the two vertical edges thus formed !;
the amount turned in decides the
heighth or thickness of the cushion.
This is much smaller than the sewing
of strip between the top and bottom
of the cushion. In covering the same
plan may be pursued, except that the
material for the top should be cut large
enough to cover the sides and front,
turning over the lower edge where 1t
may be faced with anything conven-
lent. II preferred, the cushion proper
may be made in the way described,
and the cover made with strip OF the
same or contracting material sewed
between top and bottom to form the
sides.- Wonaankind.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
WORDS OF WISDOM.

vulgarity means mediocrity.
Debt depresses the sensitive.
The laws delays pile up fees.
Delay is sometimes judicious.
A quill pen is as good as gold.
We unconsciously Judge MI men by
ourselves.
No one deserves high praise for do
ing his duty.
Reading and travel are both fine
mental feeding.
A man who does his best does not
deserve censure.
Women admire handsome men, and
love homely ones.
Genius begins great works. lebor
alone finishes them.
A man habitually malicious must be
habitually miserable.
A mans company is material IN
making his reputation.
Advice to the young man who wants
to get good pay-earn it.
Some people are too intellectual, as
some people are too nice.
How far better to win by kindness
than to conquer by violence.
Let your performance always sur
pass and excel your promises.
A wise man discovers by patient
study what fool stumbles upon.
While a man is thinking how q
thing ought to be done woman will
do 1.-THE Great West.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
IN BONDAGE.

Her eyes were wild, her hair was in
disorder, her face was flushed, her
hands were clinched. She was q
deeply injured and desperate woman.
"oh, cruel one," she cried in an
guished tones, 81 have borne with
You too long! You have injured the
very foundation of my being! Day
by day you have tortured me, and yet
I could not bear to give you up.
When first We met, how your ease and
polish attracted me! When you be-
came my own, how my friends envied
me- But your understanding is too
small for my large soul. You are op-
posed to my advancing myself. You
have injured my standing in society.
II we had never met | might have
walked in peace, So now BECOME
We part forever.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.
One Valentine-A Woman's Idea-AH
He Needed Was Time-One at
Time-A Spot That
Would Out, Etc.

I remember how lovely she was,
remember it clearly, because
There are some things one cannot forget.
I Iswore by tho light of her eyes,
T measured her love by my sighs,
And might have been doing 1t yet,
Had 1t not been for ST. Valentine
As expressed in her wishes and mine,
In manner did not expect.
I sent her tho best I could buy;
A twenty it cost-they come high
mean fine ones, imported direct.
! sen! her tho dear valentine.
$50 one dearer, ] hoped TO be niue"
Then waited to get one from her,
And got one-no fate could prevent
She sent back the one that sent,
With an unkinl and emphatic mo, Sir J
I remember low costly it wac,
I remember it clearly, because
There are some things one cannot forget
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
Does prohibi.lon prohibita

When the tall man slipped down on
the ice in front Of drug store, and
lay there apparently in faint, a crowd
quickly gathered.
{ Everybody with advice on hand took
it out and proffered it. Then q man
ran hastily into the drug store, as
hastily reappeared with q glass in his
hand and kneeled down by the fallen
stranger.
sWhat is itP" whispered the strang-
er, feehly lifting his head.
"Water," said the man with the
glass.
The fallen stranger rose to his feet
and stalked Indignantly away.
"This is one-horse town anyway,
he hissed, between his set teeth-be-,
tween his two sets of teeth, in fact
Rockland Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
HOW SHE REMEMBERED.

Binks-s1 don't see how you can
remember the birthdays of all the
children"
Mrs. Binks-"It's very easy. The
first was born on August II. 1 re-
member it because on that day you
gave me q pearl necklace with my
name and the date on the clasp. The
second was born July 90. On that
day you gave me q fifty-cent book
with my name on the Ay-leaf. The
third was born May 6. Or that day
you got mad ut millinery bill which
had just been sent in, and it isn't paid
vet. New York Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
A SONG OF sLE1GH-HELLs.

Joy our bells are ringing
Der the snow;
Happiness is springlng
Where we go.
Life Is bright before use
Storm-clouds hang not o'er US,
Hope and faith uphold US,
JOY and love enfold US,
The while We sing,
And slelgh-bells ring!
Has life e'er a sorrow2
Hint not so!
Troubles shall We Borrow?
No, ah no!
From Hopes light-loaping fountains
To fur rose-tinted mountains
Full bravely we have started,
And, merry and true-hearted,
Shall gayly sing,
While sleigh-bslls ring!
Before US lies hollow,
Dark and low,
Whose winding path wc follow,
Will or no!
In that valley lowly
Shadows deep may slowly
Hide the moon, declining,
Still we know her shining!
So gayly sing,
While sleigh-bells ring!
Helen Evertson Smith, in .Harper's Bazaar
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
VALUE OF SCIENCE,

4 man with spade was loading a
pile of earth into G. cart when Profes-
sor Snore, who is very learned, asked
him what he was doing. Upon hear.
ing the mans explanation the profes-
sor said:
"Why DON'T you dig a mole aad pat
the pile Of earth into it?''
"What would become of the earth
I'd dig out Of the hole?"
''Make the hole big enough to hold
both. Why don't you use your brains,
or haven't you got any?" and the
professor passed on with a superior
smile. e.-Texas Siftings.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
Cure for a Cold.

When the unmistakable indications
of bad cold are felt glass OF hot
lemonade before going to bed will
sometimes correct the mischief The
feet may be soaked in hot water with
a couple of tablespoonful of mustard
stirred in it if the cold is in the head.
But when this is done warmer stock,
ings than usual should be worn the
next day. If the chest is sore, it may
Be rubbed,with warm:oil OF, Spirits OF
turpentine, and an extra layer OF fan, :,
mel placed next the skin before going
out.-Good Housekeeping.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
WRECKED.

els there any history attached to
this ragged old hat9" asked the visitor.
'1t looks as if it had been in pow
der-mill explosion.
"No; it belonged to Russian gen.
eral," said the museum owner.
"Oh! And he tried to talk through
it, eh?"--Cincinnati Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
WORKING JONES FOR 1T.

sSmith is q good natured man."
"Why do you say 500"
"Jones is telling him all the cute
things his baby says, and Smith is
laug hing heartily end seems inter-
csted."
stSmith wanted to borrow S. from
me Just now and I couldn't let him
have New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

NOT so WONDERFUL AS HE THINKS IT Is.
Husband with desire to say some
thing pleasant) -'tDo you know, kit
ten, could recognize you from your
style anywhere?"
Kitten SET should tlIink you could,
seeing that you hare let me wear this
same style for two years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
Gur in tbe Cold.

Political candidates may be Unexpectedly
loft out in tho cold when the returns como
IN, but people who elect to use Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters for dyspepsia, liver, kidney
or bladder inactivity, constipation, malarial
complaints or nervousness. are never left in
the cold or elsewhere. Well may physicians
lend their unqualified sanction to this time
honored and unfailing medicine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
loSG-pIsTANCE VIEWS.

"Out in Oregon" said man from
that State, "the mir is so clear that
you can see the peak of Mount Shasta,
in California, from the peak Of Mount
Hood, in Oregon, distance of 276
miles"
'sHere in the East we can see much
farther than that.
80, come now.
sIt's fact. The moon is 240, 900
miles away, but we can see it on
clear night. Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

Tho management of tho &c W.P: R. R., al.
ways alive to the comfort and convenience Of
its patrons, will put on an extra sleeping car
between Atlanta and New Orleans during the
period of the Mardi- Gras festivities at the
latter point. Diagrams are now ready at the
office Of Mr.. Geo. w. Allen, T. P. A, No. 1s
Kimball House, and those desiring to make
this trip will do we'll to call on him some days
in advance to secure sleeping car accommo-
datiops.
GEO. w. ALLEN, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
JNo. A. GEE, Gen. Pass. Agt, Atlanta, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
A SUGGESTION.

Featherstone-sI'7e just dashed off
few verses and put them inside Of
this valentine tor Miss Summit, and I
only hope she'll read them.
Rugway-tYou would better let me
address the envelope. She knows
your handwriting. Lille.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
ONE AT A THE.

Holworthy. '95 Ito small street
Arab, with whom he has just collidedl
-"Be careful, boy! Why don't you
look where you're going?"
Small Street Arab-"Why don't
YOU? There's no need O. two lookin'."
Harvard Lampoon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
SOMEWHAT HALTING.

Teacher-"Why didn't your brother
come to school to-day. Johnny?"
Johnny--"He hurt his foot this
mornin' so he couldn't hardly walk. :"
Teacher "That's q lame excuse |;
but I suppose I must accept it,
South Boston News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

Rev. George E. Ellis, Of Boston.
left Harvard University large sum OF
money to be uscJ at the discretion Of
the Trustees, providing none of it wes
spent to further theological education.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

MANY farmers are in the habit Of
giving their COWS hot water for their
drink in cold weather, claiming that
they yield one-third more milk than
when given cold water. Care should
be taken not to give the water so hot
as to burn the cows throats.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

have fully tested the curative qualities o!
Tetterine upon several cases Of Eczema OF
stubborn character and long standing, with
perfect success. l candidly believe that 1t
will cure any case of Eczema. G.. I. S. Cam
thon, NJ D. Sent by mail for SOC. in stamps.
J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah. Ga
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
ALL HE NEEDED WAS TINE.

The Husband (bitterly)-"I wish I
had known rs much before I was mar
ried as I do now"
The Wife-"So do I. You might
really have amounted to something by
this time. Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

There was moments convulsive
breathing, gritting Of teeth and
sharp sigh. It was all over. By o
supreme effort she had pulled off her
new shoe.-Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
A woNfAN's IDEA.

Dentist Madam, you will have to
have some bridge-work in your
mouth"
Patient-"All right, doctor-sus-
pension or cantalever. Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
Tact Of Miss AspinWall-
BIZ WILLIAM EARLE BALDWIN.
ISS ASPINWALL

Jones has watch
ed it from the
very beginning
with the interest
most people take
in other peoples
love affairs, and
she feels exceed
ingly sorry that
it has all gone
wrong; that is,
she is sorry for
Laurie Jerome.
She thinks A unes
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
Not Exactly.

A--What, you call me swindler?
B-No; but am prepared to give
ten marks to the one who proves to
me the contrary.-Deutsche Wespen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

DR.. Kilmer.s SWAMI ROOT cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet and Consultation free.
Laboratory Binphamtop, y. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

Karl's Glover Root. the great blood purifier
gives freshness and clearness to the complex
ion and cures constipation, % cts, 50 cts, 81.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
NOT IMPROBABLE.

Paddington-"Do you know what I
am going to do with the first one hun
dred dollars I earn?"
Elaine-"Pay your entrance fee to
home for aged and infirm men. =
Truth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
A SPOT THAT WOULD OUT.

SfOI 1HAI "OO1D oo1'
Little Boy-"That ink that papa
writes with isn't indelible ink, IS it?"
Mother-"No."
'.1'm glad OF that.
"Why?"
'I've split it all over the carpet. ~
Good News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27
School Children

will cat swestmeats and you can't prevent It,
The first you know Of it there is q headac che;
the child is bilious and something must be
done. Use Ripans Tabules, d remedy which
is standard for such troubles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

Icannot speal, too highly of Piso's Cure for
Consumption.-AIrs. FRANK MoBBs, 2l5 W
22l ST. Now York. Oct. %, 1884.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

AIrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
rseethinc. softens tho gums, reduces inflnmma-
,inn. ailays pain. cures wind collie 25c n bottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

temper, fear of impending calamity and
thousand and one arrangements OF boqy
and mind, result from such pernicious pTas.,
tees. All these are permanently cured Ry
improved methods of treatment without the
patient leaving home.
chaste language, treating of the nature
symptoms and durability of such diseases,
sent securely sealed in plain epyelope, on
receipt of this notice, with 10 cents in stampsit
for postage. Address, WORLDS DrsIREss
sAR9 MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, Ny
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-02-27

It isn't always tho one who labors the
hardest that gets the reward.