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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
The Public Schools of Mexico.

have it from pretty good authori-
ty, says recent traveller in Mexico,
that it is the purpose of the Mexican
Government, within four or five
years, to establish q complete system
of public schools, reaching into every
corner of the Republic. Tue teachers
therefor cannot be obtained here,
nor for years to come. This will
make demand for probably 10, 600 or
Is, 900 teachers. In view of. this it
will be seen how important it is for
those who have an idea OF teaching to
study the Spanish language, SO as to
be able to avail themselves OF the op-
portunity which will thus be opened.
Kansas City has already moved in this
direction by making Spanish a part
of her common school course. Tbs
students of Mexico are now ahead of
us on this question. They recognize
that English is the rival language of
the continent, and they 60 to col
lsges in the United States for the sole
purpose of adding English to their
literary stock in trade. Mexico is
developing scholars who can hold
their own with any on the continent.
They are delving into every research
and are we'll read and liberal-minded.
The literature of Mexico is now quite
extensive, covering the field of history
biography, political economy, science
and poetry. Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
r.. L. Steyenson's PRAYER.

The British Weekly publishes the
text of prayer, composed by the late
Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist.
This prayer, it appears, was read aloud
to Mr.. Stevengon's family on the night
before his death OF Samoa in Decem-
Der last. The prayer is as follows:
"We beseech Thee, 0 Lord, to be-
hold us with favor. Folk of many
families and Nations ale gathered TO-
gether in tne peace of this roof. Weak
men and women subsisting under the
cover of Thy patience. Be patient
still. Suffer US get while longer,
with our broken purposes OF good,
with our idle endeavors against evil
suffer us a while longer to endure and,
if it may be, help US to do better.
Bless to US our extra mercies, and if
the day comes when these must be
taken, have us play the man under
affliction.
"Be with our friends. Be with our
selves. Go with each of US to rest,
and if any awake temper to them the
dark hours of watching, and when the
day returns to US our sun and COM
forter, call us with morning faces end
morning hearts. eager to labor, eager
to be happy, if happiness shall be our
portion, and if tie day be marked to
sorrow, strong to endure it.
"We thank Thee, and praise Thee,
and in the words of Him to whom
this day is sacred, close our oblation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
Hoods Sarsaparil
Is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the Public Eye Today.
Electricity Delivered to Families.

Electricity, put up in storage bat
teries of all sizes, like milk in jars, IS
to be prepared for delivery at the
doors of consumers in New York, just
as milk is nov. A company has been
formed for the purpose, and also to
push the electric storage battery in
general use. Mr.. Isaac L. Rich, one
of the officers of the new company,
who has done a great deal to perfect
the electrict storage battery, in re-
cent interview said: ''There seems to
be general idea that in order to have
current on tap one must have dyna-
mo and steam engine to run 1t, and
thus incur large expenditure at the
start. Nothing could be more erro-
neous. There are thousands Of per-
sons who would like to run sewing
machines or coffee grinders by elec-
tricity, or to burn one or two electric
lights, but who have no use for the
current in large quantities. They can
now be accommodated. Storage cells
are now made in all sizes. The small
est weight but four ounces, and fur
nish current enough for one lamp.
We intend to sell electricity exactly
as the milkman sells milk. We first
supply the cells. When the current
is used up the maid will put the empty
or exhausted cells in the hallway or
beside the basement door, and our
man, as he makes his morning rounds,
will collect them and leave freshly
charged ones in their place. The same
cells, of course, are used over and over
again great many times. columbus
En0uirer-t
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
The Hindoo Plant Trick Revealed.

a French scient tist, NJ. Ragonneau,
has discovered that the formid acid,
with which ant hills is impregnated,
greatly stimulates the growth OF seeds.
After little experimenting with this
acid the learned Frenchman was able
to duplicate perfectly the Hindoo trick
of making plant grow with great ra-
pidity. His further researches have
led him to believe that this discovery
may be proftably applied to agricul-
ture. By infusing ants in boiling
water acid as strong as vinegar can be
-obtained.-,M. Ragonneau has achieved
the best results and most perfect
growth by using earth moistened with
o solution of 5000 parts of water to
one of acid.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
Discovery of Ca tSup.

The discovery OF catsup and how
the odd-sounding name came to De a2-
piled to that common and important
table:garniture was, curiously enough,
due to blunder by preserve maker
many years ago when the canning in
dustry was in its swaddling clothes.
This statement was made by veteran
member of the Western Gamers and
Packers Association.
It is only another illustration how
mistakes sometimes lead to important
discoveries: In the East many years
ago O well-known preserve maker,
now dead, while boiling u huge caul-
dron full of tomatoes for preserves
one day accidentally put the wrong
spices assd other ingredients into the
boiling mass of vegetables.
He did not discover Lis error until
somo time afterward, when, tasting
the mixture to ascertain whether it
had been boiled to the proper consis-
tency, he saw that something was
wrong. Tomato preserves never
tasted like that. He smacked his lips
and puckered his mouth and made q
very wry face as the bitter-sweet and
now familiar pungent flavor OF the
mixture made itself felt.
"Well," said he, with rueful ex-
preston on his face, speaking to an
attendant, "the cats up" meaning by
that slang term that the tomatoes had
been spoiled.
The whole mess was about to be
thrown out, but, fortunately for cat
sup-loying mankind, happy thought
suggested itself to the author Of the
trouble. The taste of the new mix.
ture still fingered on his palate, and
he had to confess that it was very
pleasant.
"l wonder how that will taste on e
piece o. roast meat" he remarked,
and the suggestion was Immediately
acted upon, with the result that the
cauldronful Of boiled tomatoes was
carefully bottled, and it soon became
popular table adjunct and source
of great profit to the discover.
The namo ':ketchings" was first
used to designate the new condiment,
and it is yet to be occasionally met
with, but the proper name is "cat-
sup" from the angry expletive OF the
cook when he exclaimed "The cats
up!' on discovering what be had done.
Chicago Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
Hotels in East India.

A hotel in India is in some respects
quite unlike hotel anywhere else in
the world. Every guest has q servant
of his or her own. The hotel has
some servants, but the guests do not
depend upon them at all. My SER
want takes care Of my room, brings
me my tea and toast when I arise,
prepares my bath, ana waits upon me
at table. He also keeps my clothes
clean and my boots blacked, sees to
my laundry, gets mo carriage when
I want one, and does my errands.
When travelling he will attend to the
tickets and the luggage and make my
simple bed on the cars, for India is d
country of magnificent distances, in
volving considerable night travel.
There are no regular sleeping cars
like ours, but the seats are long
enough for the passengers to stretch
out on and wide enough to make O
reasonable couch, which the traveller
provides With his own thin mattress,
pillow and wraps. The number o'
servants in o great hotel is confusing
first. In long corridor you see one
before each door. They usually
sleep there, wrapped in sheet OF
blanket anu curled up on the floor
Scientific American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
CURIOUS FACTS.

England uses 600, 900 pounds Of tea
daily.
The Chinese divide the day into
twelve parts of two hours each.
The sea has no herbivorous inhabit'
ant. Its population live on each
other.
No part of the Atlantic Ocean be-
tween Europe and Newfoundland e1-
ceeds 2400 fathoms.
The Italians reckon twenty-four
hours round, instead of two divisions
of twelve hours each, as we do.
Every tiny protuberance on a
branch of coral represents living
animal, which grows from it like o
plant.
The banks of Newfoundland are
formed by the sand. earth and stones
brought from the North by the ice.
bergs.
Outer blinds for windows were un-
known until the fourteenth century.
The Venetian or interior blinds are so
called because they were first used in
Venice.
It is calculated that if the children
under the care Of the London School
Board were to join hands they would
reach from London to Carlisle, q dis
lance of 800 miles.
The word clock is derived from the
German word "clocke," which sjgni-
fes bell, and was so called because
the hours were published originally
by being struck upon bells.
"Rule Britannia" is usually credit
ed to James Thompson. 1t first ap-
peared in q play entitled "Alfrcd, by
Thompson and Mallet, in l74O. The
air was by DR.. Thomas Arne.
The famous house at Eisleben, Ger
many, where Luther was born, has
been repaired and restored and newly
opened to the public few weeks ago
as kind of museum of relics of the
great reformer.
When Prince OF the Austrian
Royal family dies his horse follows
the funeral covered with black cloth
and lame in one hoof. The lameness
is produced by driving a nail through
the horseshoe. This is the sign OF the
deepest possible mourning.
In Turkestau, where rivers flow
from the roof of the world, growing
smaller, until they lose themselves in
big evaporating lakes, the fate OF cities
as old as the flood is determined by
wafer. The city which is furthest up
stream has the advantage every time.
"The Blue Bells of Scotland" was
the work of Annie McYicker, after
wards Mrs. Grant, the daughter of n
Scottish officer in the British Army.
The melody was long believed to be
Scottish, but it is now known to be OF
English origin, being an old English
folk song.
The empire of Turkey is called the
Sublime Porte from the principal en-
trance of tine seraglio being q huge
pavilion with eight openings over the
gate or porte. This gate, from which
the Ottoman Empire took its name, Is
very high and is guarded by fifty
capidjis Oh porters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Camphor placed next to furs will
make their color lighter.

ShLupuOE pldCou aSAt w Aoto "11A
make their color lighter.
In blackening the kitchen stove,
better results are reached IL the
blacking is wet with coffee instead OF
water.
Mud stains may be removed from
velvet by washing with water to which
has been added spoonful of OK gall
and little spirits oi wine.
Try some way of amusing your child
if he cries during his bath-a cork
which will bob about with every
movement of the water, or an egg with
the contents blown out.
Do not neglect wounds (no matter
how slight from dull or rusty instru-
ments that might produce lockiaw.
They should be Immediately soaked in
hot brine; and the smoke from burn
ing woolen rags will also prove benetl-
cial.
A new style of bottle for poisons
has the neck on one side, and is of
such shape that it will not stand up.
Lying on table the word "poison"
and the label would always be IN view,
and by reason of its peculiar form it
would not be mistaken for the ordi-
nary bottle.
It is a mistake TO make o large tea
biscuit. Properly speaking, tea bis
cult should not be more than two
inches in diameter and proportionately
thick when baked. This gives q deli
cate, moist, faky biscuit, which will be
cooked through before the outside
crust has become hard or over brown.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
Did Not Recognize the Cow.

Several good stories are told OF the
Observation-Disclosures of some well known
divines. OF one popular clergyman it
is said that when walking on the
street his mind is generally SO thor
oughlY fixed upon some subject that
he will pass by his most intimate
friends without the slightest recogni-
tion. Once, when in the country, this
minister ran full into COW, which
was calmly chezing her cud by the
wayside. without noticing the nature
of the obstruction, the absent-minded
clergyman lifted his hat and, with
bow, said, 81 beg your pardon. !"
Upon realizing the Righteousness Of
his error he made mental resolve
never to commit like blunder again.
Somewhat further on in his rambles
and while still pondering the same
weighty subject, he approached q
sharp turn in the road, beyond which
he could not obtain sight of any nov
ing object. Turning the corner quick
ly he came face to face with lady,
and, before he could check his speed,
nearly knocked the woman down.
Dim recollections of the COW episode
evidently flashed through his mind,
for be said, sharply, SEQ away, You
dirty beast" What the lady said is
not recorded.
Of another clergyman the tale is
told that he was once riding with
companion through the woods in Yer
mont. For q long time nota word had
been spoken, as the mind of the rev.
erend gentleman seemed wrapped up
in some matter far from his surround
ings. Suddenly fox darted across
the road, directly in front of the
horses head. The clergyman did not
see it and his companion exclaimed:
"There goes fox!" As if nothing had
been said, the minister continued
silent; still thinking of the weighty
subject of his reverie. Fully half an
hour elapsed before he asked, quite
innocently, "Where?"-New York
Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
The Old Hen Farmers Sign.

When the G. g. o. Railroad was con-
structed along the Ohio River, many
farms were necessarily divided. Thi:
greatly angered the farmers.
The road passed between the house
and poultry yard of farmer named
Left. The old fellow did not like it
very much, and he took advantage OF
every occasion to speak i'll of She
"pesky old contraption for hauling
stuff"
When the road was finally COM
pleted and the first train went rattling
along, the fowls in Mr.. Left's poul-
try yard became frenzied with fright.
As many of the geese, ducks, chickens,
etc., as were able, flew over the fence
and wandered away in the woods.
Those that could not fly endeavored
to force their way through cracks in
the fence. Some succeeded in escap-
ing in this way, others only managed
to break their necks.
Mr.. Left had witnessed the havoc
among his poultry, and to say he was
"mad" is only to put it mildly.
He went to the barn and painted a
huge board with fiery red brick paint.
When this was dry he took shoeblack-
ing and painted notice after his own
heart. a stake was driven in the
ground near the railroad track and
The board nailed to it.
:'That'll fetch 'em," growled the
farmer, as he learned against the
fence and awaited the results of his
labor.
: A rattle, rattle, rattle soon gave
evidence Of an approaching train. A
cloud of black smoke was next seen
and then the engine appeared coming
around the curve about two miles up
the track. The engineer caught q
glimpse Of the red sign, and fearing
all manner of danger, reversed his en-
gine and signaled to put on brakes.
Slowly the momentum of the train
was checked and it came to rest a
few yards from the farmer.
"Great Scott yelled the engineer.
"What's the matter? Where's the
danger"
81 reckon you kin read" coolly re-
Piled the farmer as he jerked his
thumb over his shoulder toward the
sign.
Great was the amazement and an
ger of the engineer rs he turned to
the sign and read: "Run slow by
Lsft's lot; you'll kill all my chickens, >
-~Cinainpati Tribune,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Beauty is only skin deep, even in n
COW.
No COW can keep q sweet temper
when her owner has sour one.
The COW that gets kicked kicks back
by shrinking lar milk.
Long-lived trees should be selected,
such as the varieties of elm, water oak,
willow oak, white oak or varieties OF
mapi..
1t is not so much the quantity Of
fluid in the milk pail that counts, as
does the number of butter globules it
contains.
Common sense and kerosene will
prevent more diseases among your
fowls than all the poultry medicine
ever invented will cure.
Feeding with salt fat pork, cut up,
is one OF the quickest methods OF
stopping poultry from the disagreed.
BILE habit of feather eating.
Corn and wheat middlings, oats,
bread and other sIops from the house
should all be fed to fowls, changing as
often rs twice q week, They must
hayc variety in food to do vol,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
GIRDIED TREES.

The girdling of trees by mice or rab.
bits is an annoyance and loss to which
all farmers are at times subjected.
With the advent of spring comes the
question how the ravages may best be
repaired. If the inner bark is un-
touched the operation is compare
lively simple. 1t consists in the appli-
cation of stiff plaster made OF COW
manure, clay and little water. This
plaster must be placed over all the
barked portion and be held in place
by piece of cloth, which should be
moistened occasionally in dry weather.
But if the damage has gone deeper,
the only hope for the tree lies in graft
ing. Both skill and perseverance, are
necessary to win the day. The accom-:
panying illustration from Farm and
Home shows how correspondent man
aged to save fine apple tree. 1t was
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
Where "Blind Stewsv Are Popular

Although everybody in Philadelphia
eats oysters, it is doubtful if one in a
thousand ever heard ofa "blind stew"
That is, of course, excepting the deni-
zens of "Fishtown," for what they
don't know about fish and oysters is
not worth knowing. Representative
Fow's district is just on the borders OF
aFishtowr," and Fow has become
thoroughly familiar with oil the dishes
of that section, and his favorite dish
is a "blind stew" BE completely
stumped the chef of leading Harris
burg restaurant, however, when he or
dered one, and the redoubtable legis-
lator had to explain the mystery OF
compoundingit, which consists of SIM
ply cutting out the eyes of the oysters
used in the stew. After explaining
what "blind stew" was, MIR. Fow
also showed the oyster opener how the
bivalve could be separated from its eye
neatly and quickly, and now "bllnd
stews" promise to become favorite
dishes with the law makers at Harris
burg. Philadelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01

says he, about eight inches in cireum.
ference, and Iput in five scions, which
were cut from this same tree before
using. They were taken from vigor-
GUS growth of the preceding year, be-
ing little larger than IN ordinary
lead pencil, first fitting the scions as
in tree-grafting, but at both ends IN
stead of one. I set them firmly at
either end in the sound bark q short
distance apart, thus making a com
plete bridge over the bare part OF the
trunk. Only two of the scions failed,
the remaining three growing to about
m inch in diameter the first year. The
following spring I replaced those
which had died. They then grew un-
til met by tho others. So that in
few years the new growth. entirely
covered the affected part, but it makes
quite bulge on that portion OF the
trunk.
In doing this work I not only use
plenty Of wax where the scions are
entered, but also wax the whole bare
portion of the trunk before putting in
the scions, and afterwards bind cloths
securely around the whole. One i'm:
portant point in this kind of grating
is to have the scions set firmly. That
is, cut them enough longer than the
space you wish to bridge, SO that they
will bow outward somewhat and have
spring enough to hold them in their
proper position without being too
tight. I see no reason why any gir-
died fruit tree could not be saved in
the same way by CRATER if the work
was carefully done, for if only one
scion should live the first year it would
keep the tree alive, and more could be
added until the bark was entirely re-
placed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
A Lame Man Suddenly Healed.

A severe tumble upon the ice re-
Gently at Norristown, Penn, accom-
plished for William r. Roop, of the
Stony Creek Railroad, what surgeons
could not do. Seven years ago Rcop
dislocated his left hip and it could pcs
be reset. Consequently hia lctSS leg
since that time has been two inches
shorter than his right one.
This morning he fell on the ice,
striking the hip injured seven years
ago. When physician was sum-
moned it was found that the jar of the
fall had shot the hip bone into the
socket, and now both legs are the
same length. .-Philadelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-01
A WAR ECHO.
EVERY HONORABLE VETERAN DE-
SERVES A PENSION.
And the Lone Limb is not tho Only Ke1@
son for q Government Reward
Eifher

And the Lone Limb is not tho Only Re.-
son for q Government Reward
Either.
(From Journal, Let1iston, He.
Samuel B. Jordan has just glvsa the Jour.
nal an account OF hts life, wlch In view OF
his extremely hard lot for. the past few years
will be read with interest.
'T am AZ years old and have always lived
In New Portland. enlisted In ths army IN
1862 as private in Company A, 2Sth Me.
Volunteers. My army experience injured my
health to some extent, although worked at
blacksmithing some part OF the time. whom
suddenly, several years ago, I was prostrated
with what able physicians pronounced Lo-
comotor Ataxia- At first could get around
somewhat. yet the disease progressed quite
rapidly until had hardly any feeling In my
legs and feet, they felt like sticks OF wood
and grew 50 much worse that could not
move for three years without help, as my
neighbors and friends could testify. en-
ployed several physicians in my vicinity, and
elsewhere, and they all told me that msdi-
cines would not help me, that they could do
nothing to effect cure, and that in time
should become entirely helpless. became
discouraged. was acgreat care to my wife
and friends. Shortly after met IN old army
comrade, Mr.. All. Parlin, q resident OF Mad
ison, Maine, and he incidentally mentioned
how he had tried DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
severe case OF rheumatism and spinal aud
malarial trouble, that he had suffered with
consequent Of his army life, and been greatly
benefited by their use. BY his earnest rec
ommendation was induced to try the pills:
After taking them for time began to lee!
prickly sensations in my legs and return OF
strength 30 could move them little. After
few weeks I began to feel marked I'm
provement In my condition. Isoon was en-
abled to walk around little with the help
Of crutches. After taking for some time
can now walk without crutches, my general
health Is much improved and I have re-
gained my old-time Hgor. ! can walk
feel very thankful, and this happy result is
due to the use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are not a patent medicine in the sense thai
name implies. They were first compounded
as a prescription and used as such In general
practice by an eminent physician. SO great
was their efficacy that It was deemed wise to
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are now manufactured by the DR.. Williams,
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, and
arc sold in boxes (never in loose form by the
dozen or hundred, and the public are eau
toned against numerous limitations sold In
this shape) at so cents a box, orsix boxes for
50. so, and may be had Of all druggists or di-
rect by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Comnnnv