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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
Admiration Of Plants.

- 10 matter where plants grow, how
IN favorable the soil or atmosphere,
they always manage to adapt them
sci res to circumstances. Excepting
the greatest ocean depths, there is no
place in the world where vegetable
life does not exist. Of Terra del
Fu ego, where the tremendous break
ers roar and crash against the rocks
they wear away, there foate on the
SUI face of this turmoil of waters acres
of merine plant which rises from a
del,th 200 or more feet, its roots inn
betlded in the ocean bottom. No force
shs kes it loose. Its stem lie never an
inch through, and is round and slip
Del v, yet few of them will support
| an immense weight. Darwin, in writ
| ing of the sensitiveness of the tip ends
Of he roots of plant, says they are 80
sus ,eptible to external impressions
that they are, in reality, brains, and
dir.ct tie movements of the other
parts of the plant. There is a plant
which, by the opening and ..closing OF
its leaves. foretells rainy weather; the
compass plant of New Mexico has
lea,es so sensitive to magnetic cur
ren.s that the bewildered traveller can
tell from the way it arranges its leaves
which way is north. Great fields OF
the sensitive plant in Brazil will, at
the tramp of o horses hoofs. shiver
Eard close up, the circles and waves
oye the field while this is going on
being very curious. The Venus fly
tral is well known; the leaves nre d1.
yid3d by the midrib into two halves,
which are set with blistles, and il
fly y,r insect alights on the surface the
two halves instantly clap together and
holl the fly prisoner for life. While
there movements are automatic, there
are plants which seem to move when
eyei, they take notion to do SO. A
legllminous plant of the East Indies
puzzled spectators by moving Its
leaves up and down whenever it takes
notion to do SO. The sundew is an
other remarkable plant. The leaves
are covered with hairs, in reality
glands, each tipped with sticky fluid
looking like drop OF dew. Flies, at.
tracted by the bright red color of the
glands, and the seeming water, alight
for drink and meet sad fate, the
sticky fluid pouring forth, envelop-
ing them and digestiug them. oh!
cago News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
A Twc.IIundred Foot Airship.

John F. Cooley, once of Hornells'
vile, but now of Rochester, who for
several years has been devoting his
time and money in the hope of solving
the problem OF aerial navigation, has
secured subscriptions amounting to
$500 to be used for the construction
OF an airship. Mr.. Cooley has signed
O contract to construct an airship aud
make at least four ascensions during
the present year. The contract re-
quires that the ship shall be 200 feet
long, with sail area of $4,000 feet,
and capable of carrying at least six
persons. Six young men have already
been selected, and will soon go to
Charlotte to be instructed as to their
duties while on board. The ship has
been named the Aroc. Rochester
IN. y Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
Dreams About Horses.

Dreams, like girls, 'are queer, and
dreams wherein horses figure largely
take rank among the queerest. I
81 all give few dreams. not of "fair
W ,men," but of horses, told one day
bltween heats. In the year eighteen
hundred and ninety something q gen.
tlaman entered promising PAGER for
race to come off some time during
the summer. He was speeding the
horse on the last Of the snow, and
wiote to his wife, who was visiting in
Instant town, that his prospects for
a ace horse were rosy. That night
the lady, although not especially an
admirer of horses, dreamed that she
Wis sitting in the stand watching the
finish OF the race wherein her hus.
ibs nd's horse was to take part. Re-
plying to the letter she said that his
hcrse would win the race, the last heat
Sc 7eral lengths ahead of gray horse,
thu only other ono she saw in her
dream, and that the Judge announced
thu time 2.201. The letter caused
90 cd deal of amusement in the family
during the month previous to the race,
and finally when the day came five
horses started, among them being o
ark gray. The dream came true in
every respect, the race being run IN
three heats and at the finish the gray
was the only one in it, the rest just
co ming into the stretch; time, 2.2O9.
Ttis dream / can vouch for, as I saw
tn, letter weeks before the race took
plnce, says Tony Reek in Trotter and
PAGER.
Another gentleman who was sleep
inl, at an inn beside the track where
hit; horses were stabbed dreamed that
he saw the window Of the stall con-
tanning valuable young horse being
stealtbily opened from the outside.
III en- fire flashed and fell among the
straw, revealing the horses in a state
of terror, paving and snorting loudly.
The dream was go vivid that he awoke
an fancied that he could in reality
heir the horse striking the walls OF
his stall. he partially dressed and
raj out, and not moment too coon.
So ne miscreant hands had thrown a
ole th burning and soaked with oil in
thi ough the window. This had ignited
tht straw, and in few seconds more
the horse must have perished, though
fortunately as it was he was but slight
ly injured.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
"yest pocketu Soda Water.

A curious apparatus for making soda
water at home is being shown by an
English concern. The method COM
prises the compression of the liquid
carbonic acid at sixty atmospheres
into small steel ear.shaped cartridges
about five.eighths OF an inch in diamo.
ter at the largest part. Such car.
fridge is placed in the mouthplece at
tached to soda water bottle, and q
cap is closed over it. In completing
the closure tiny ebonite plug in one
end of the cartridge or "gas drop" is
punctured and the gus escapes into
the bottle, dissolving in the water.
Twelve OF these drops weigh three
ounces, New Ideas,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
Song of the sower.


When sunshine and shadow sweep over tht
fields brown and barr
And the chill OF the north wind yet lingert
adlift in the air,
In springtime. advancing with rhythmical
motion and slow,
I scatter the grain that shall bring TO man
blessing or woe.
1 walk in the way that leads out from the ole
to the now
And face al the future, upsprlnging, bap-
tizsd with the dew,
Yet hear In my wake the swift oncoming
armies that sweep
On. on, till they rest at the last, in one in
finite deep.
Lo! the tides ebb and flow, and the winds
they are never at rest!
And the races OF men seek forever way to
be blest.
Thought guides them, love sways them, be-
hold, I am the light Of the way.
And the broad earth shall my arm in beauty
and virtue arrayl
For part of that plan whose beginning and
ending is dim,
au one with the tides rs they sweep, With
the stars rs they swim.
One with labor and love and the lark's song
that thrills in the east,
And know that the sower shall sometime
be in ct the feast.
Charles w. Stevenson, in Independent
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
Explained

Ned-Why, I never saw loveliei
girl than Miss Atherton, and she seems
to be very fond of you. What do you
mean by saying that there are weighty
objections to your marriage?
Jack-Have you ever seen her fs'
ther?
Ned-Why, no.
Jack-Well, he weighs 240 pounds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
1nnds. Lands, Lands,

In the Carolnas and Georxis along the line
of the Scaboard Air Line, the grent through
route to and from the South aud Southwest
Fruit and Agricultural Land in the Southern
Statea. 500 TO $1,000 per acre, Peculiarly
adapted 4 10 raising early frults-peache
grapes, plums. pears, apples. etc. Early veg
etabies-cabbages, Tomatoes, potatoe.,, tur-
nips. etc. Grairl-corn, wheat, oats, rye, etc.
Tobacco, cotton. grasses. Happy homes sur
rounded by sunshine. health and plenty.
Choice mill sites and factory sites with
abundance of water power. For particulars
prices of lands and illustrated pamphlet, write
10 Geo. L. Rhodes, General Agent Seaboard
A ir Line Portsmouth, Va
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
Coin In Bulk.

A financial authority says that
1000, 900 standard gold dollars weigh
25,SOO,OOO grains or $3.50 ounces
troy, or 4479 1.6 pounds troy, of 576o
grains each; or, 3GS5.71 pounds
.uvoirdupois OF 1000 grains each; or
1S43 "short" tons of 1000 pounds
avoirdupois each, or 1645 'long" tons
of 224O pounds avoirdupois each.-st
Louis stsr-sayipgH, /
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
STATE OF oHIo, CRY OF TOLEDO,

STATE OF OHIO, CRY OF TOLEDO, l.,
LUCAS COUNTY, ."
FRANK ]. CHENEY makes oath that hs is the
senior partner of the firm Of Z. J. CHENEY &
Co., doing business in the City Of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm VIII pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS fer eact
cured by the use HALLS CArARRH CURE.
FRANK j. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
~, presence, this 9th day Of December
sEAL} a. D. 1856. A. w: Sata.., GhEAs9s; p,,;s,,.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood aud mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for Testimonials, free.
F.J. CHENEY 81 Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Unli,s FAMILY Pills are tho best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
But Only Thee.

Lady, although thou art not wondrous fair,
In thy clear eyes see
What makerh dimpled cheeks and sunny hail
AS naught to me.
For in their clear brown depths unwilling'y
Lie mirrored holy truth, II
frank maiden courage, delicate Bodesty,
And tender ruth,
A heart to love and love, perfect mind,
And yet a spirit free,
Healthy aad sportive as mountain wind
chi bright leu.
So love I, lady, not thy tender lips
Although full dear they be-
Nor any charm that feels times swift eclipse
But only thee.
y. Whitmore, in Harper's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
The Cheerful Idiot.

"They don't have the melons now
that they did when you and I were
young" said the landlady to the
Cheerful Idiot, and the Cheerful Idiot,
who always resents remarks about his
approaching middle age, said, sadly:
sI guess they don't have the same
melons now, but do think we have
the same butter. indianapolis Jour
nal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
Family Circle Long Unbroken,

There is family in Macon, Ga, in
which there has not been death for
fifty years. The head Of the family
is seventy.three, and his wife is sev.
enty-two. They celebrated their
golden wedding the other with their
ten children and twenty-five grand.
children, Augusta (Ga) Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
A Dreamer in the Grass.

Far away the tollers reap;
Bat in grasses cool an deep
Winds are singln' me to sleep.
An the river, rs it streams
In the shadows nm the CLEANS
Ritples music through my dreams.
Far away the noisytow
Where the clouds O. traffic frown;
Hero, the blossoms bendin' down. =
Here the winds sweep DER the plains;
Here the bes tho honey drains;
Here, the tinkle O. the rains.
Here the waters as they pass
BY the dreamer in the grass
Are tho liiy's looking glass.
What's city2 Bricks and towers,
Where they toll the heavy hours;
Here's a kingdom in the flowers! I
Here forever let me be
Where the river sings to sea.
With Gods blue sky coverin' mel
F. L. Stanton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
WOMEN WANT TO KNOW.
TO WHOM GAN THEY TELL THEIR
.TKoUBLES2

a Woman Answers "To Me"-Anxious
Irquirers Intelligently yAnswered-Thou
sands of Grateful Letters.
Women regard it as a blessing that
they can talk to a, woman who fully
understands their every ailment, and
thus avoid the examina-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
Awonaerful Phenomenon.

The man who should pass through life with
might 10 fitly regarded as wonderful phe-
nomenon We doubt if such q privileged
mortal has ever existed Itso, we have never
daily relieved of dyspepsia by Hostetters
Stomach gitters. the popular remedy for that
truly national complaint, as well a for fever
and ague. debility, consiipat' on, rheumatism
and kidney troubles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
knew Enough.

"I suppose you know all about the
financial question" said the intimate
friend.
81 don't say that I know all about
it," said the candidate, "Jut I know
enough not to talk about it. Wash
ington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
A Sea Change.

Who am That yesterday
/. Cut ndrifi from books and scholars, 8 Z
Fashion s round o. vain display.
Art and commerce, bills and dollars =
Left oehin1 the murky pnrt,
PASSED. the grim,y-irowning fort,
Gazeu upon the open sea,
Changed into the present me?
Am he who, in tho whirl
And the glamor Of the city,
Deemed the mariner chnrl,
Scanned the roustabout with pity?
Whom am /, thss torn apart
From the counting-housa and mart;
From the superficial me?
could VOW am not he.
Something strangely odd, yet real,
Like Il shadowy recollection,
Broods upon me till feel
But an ancestors reflection.
Dar. speak should command
(I who feared to leave the laud!)
AS the Vikings did OF yore,
"Crowl on sail and steer from shore!"
Hail familiar scenes OF old,
Rustling sails and heaying blllows;
Piping gales, that for the bold
Scatter slunber DER their pillows!
Hail! the-uCh!-h-h-ow very queer!
I'm m-m-myself ag-g.gain. I f-fear.
Curse that frivolous maiden's m-mirth--
Steward, Observation-Disclosures!
William T.. James, in Century
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26

penny wise and pound foolish" are those
who .hink 1t economy to use cheap soda and
rosin soaps, instead OF the good old Dobbins'
Electric Soap; for sale by all grocers since
1866. Try 1t once. Be sure, buy genuine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
APhr.icInn,a Tenlimony.

az know 1t to be radical cure for tetter.
salt rheum, eczema and ali kindred diseases
of the skin and scalp. never prescribe any
thing else In all skin troubles"
NJ. l.. FIELDER, NJ. D.,
Eclectic p. o., Elmore Co., Ala
box by mail for SOC. in stamps.
]. 7. SRuPrnrsE. Savannah, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26

FITSstopped free and permanently cured. No
FITS after first days use OF DIR. KLiSE's GREAT
Free Sc trial botteand treat
ise. Send to DIR. Kline, 31 Arch ST. Phila., Ps.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26

After physicians had given me up, was
saved by P.so's Cure.-RtLpH ER1IG. VIII
Transport, Pa, Nov. %. 1883.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums. reduces in fiamml-
ion alIays pnin cures wind collie 25c. a hottie
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
GIodness Comes

With a better understanding Of the
Wv transient nature of the many phys.
ical ills which vanish before prop-r eff
forts-gentle cfforts-plcasant efforts
rightly directed. There is comfort In
the knowledge that so many forms OF
sickness arc not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi.
ton of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupof Figs, prompt-
" removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, aniis
everywhere csteemci so highly by. all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects arc due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. tits therefore
all important, in order to get its bene-
fetal effects, to note when you pur.
chase, thatyou have the genuine article,
which hismanufacturcd by the California
Fig Syrup Co. only, and sold by all rep
utable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, then laxa-
tives or other remedies are not needed.
IF afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most sliil!tul
physicians, but il in need of laxative,
then one should have the best, and with
the well.informed everywhere, Syrup OF
Figs stands highest and Is most largely
used and gives most general satisfaction.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26

An liberated tooth caused the death of a
m.n of Hcboken, \. j., by producing blood
Ooisoninp
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26

Every bicycle used by the French soldiers
has an electric light
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
SPOILING A SCHEME.

HE crowd grew thicker
every moment, till it
became almost impos-
sible to move in the
ball room. The char
ity on accounted which
the entertainment was
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26

A flash of lightning so terrified n lady Of
Flemington, n. j., that she died Of fright.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-08-26
thus avoid the examin

tions, expert
ments and the
ories OF incom-
petent physi-
,ians, whose sex
deprives them
of knowing by
experience.
SN The end
4 less conf
~ placed
. in Mrs.
.Pinkham by
.J American
' women,
pts them to seek
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-15
1 Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
City Hall, Portland.
Thursday, Apr. 18th, 1896,
At Eleven O'clock A. m.

for the purpose Of selecting six candidates for
electors of President and Vice-President Of
the United States. aud four delegates ut large
and four alternates to attend the National Re-
publican Convention, to be held at st. Louis
Missouri, on Tuesday, June I6th 1896, and
transactng any other business that may prop
erly come before it.
The basis of representation will be as fol-
lows: each City, Town and Plantation will be
entitled to one delegate. and for each seventy
five votes cast for the Republican candidate
for Governor in 1894, an additional delegate,
and for a fraction of forty votes in excess of
Vacancies in the delegation OF any City,
Town or Plantation can only be filled by n res
ident OF the County in which the vacancy
exists.
The State committee will be in session in
the reception room of the hall at nine O'Clock,
on the morning Of the convention. for the pur-
pose Of receiving the credentials Of delegates.
Delegates in order to be eligible to participate
in the convention. must be elected subsequent
to the date of the call for this convention;
and delegates, under this call, should not he
elected to the State convention to be here
after called for the purpose of nominating a
candidate for governor.
All electors Of Maine, without regard to past
political differences, who are in sympathy
with the sentiments expressed in the call of
the Republican National Committee for the
Republican National Convention. are cordial
ly invited TO unite with the Republicans OF
the State in electing delegates to this Conven-
ton.
Per order Republican State Com mittee.
JOSEPH H. MANLEY, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD. Secretary.
Augusta, Maine, Jan. q, 1896.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-15
The Nansen Expedition.

The report that DR. Fridtjof Nansen,
the Norwegian scientist, had reached the
North pole, found land and is on his way
back, is one which may be accepted by
some but by the majority of those
acquainted with the circumstances is
likely to be regarded with good many
mental reservations until there may be
confederation.
1t will be remembered that DR.. Nan
sens plan for reaching the pole was by
means of a vessel, so built that when the
ice closed about it the vessel would be
lifted up and not "pinched" rs Is the
case with the ordinary vessel caught In
the ice foes. This vessel The Fran,
is rugged like three masted schooner,
and III addition to her sails carries Il steam
engine Of 1860 horse power. The vessels
displacement is eight hundred tons.
This expedition, for which many private
subscriptions, including one Of $4,000
from King Oscar and the Norwegian
Parliament $ appropriation of 500, 600, had
been made, sailed from Christiana, June
24th 1898 The party consisted of twelve
persons.
The plan to be followed was unique in
Arctic exploration, and by many OK
perienced explorers was considered OK
tremely hazardous. DIR. Nansen, who
had been connected with exploring expe-
ditions to Greenland and other parts, had
noted what he deemed to be conclusive
proofs of IL current in the direction Of the
North pole from the west to the east
The trend of the Jeanette encouraged
this theory and DIR. hansen had found on
the coasts of Greenland driftwood, which
he believed came from the coast Of
practical minds sufficient to base an ex-
petition upon but Nanscn was enthusi-
astic and apparently confident. He
started for the New Siberian Islands with
the determination of sailing from there
dne north until he entered the ice, and
then to drift at the rate of three miles
per day. A despatch dated Aug. 2, 1898
was received from him stating that his
craft had behaved splcndidly and he was
about to push into the Kara sea- Early
this year a balloon, which was thought to
be bearing dispatches from Nansen, was
reported from Kjollefjord. If there be
anything in this last report it is probably
based upon dispatches sent out from the
| that has been found.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-15

The Maine Reed club committee on
transportation has voted 10 engage
accommodations for ISL people at St
Louis
Pulitzer is To spend $50, 900 on his cot
tage a. Bar Harbor this summer. Last
season he expended about 5000, 900 in
building and rcmodeiling
The laying Of the double track on the
Maine Central from Portland to Bruins
wick has progressed rs lar a. Frecport.
Two hundred men from Brunswick are
employed in this work
The cutters in the Calais shoe factory
were notified Monday evening that they
need not return to work on Tuesday as
there Were no orders ahead and the out
look for work in this industry is not very
promising
\ report is current that the steamer
Lewiston, which has been on the route he
tween Bangor and Boston for several
years, is to be sold and the entire traffic
handled by the City Of Bangor and Penob-
scot until another steamer is built Capt.
Mark l.. lngraham, who has been master
of the Lewiston has been rendered the
command Of the Mt. Desert, one OF the
company ; smaller boats running from
Rockland to Bar Harbor and has &C.
ccptCd.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-15
Maine Educational News.

movement is underway for free
library at Milbridgc
FrycbUry Academy has now the largest
number OF pupils recorded for four years
IL is reported that the citizens of West
>toueham are about to take action to es-
| tablish high school.
The Auburn High School graduating
| class will produce the drama, "A Fisher
mans Luck Feb. 81 and % in Auburn
hall.
The members of the senior class Of the
Guilford High School have in preparation
drana, Past Redemption, which they
will produce at an early date
w. o. Hersey of Bridgton recently took
the State examinations before State Sup
erintendent of Schools W W Stetson. He
took examinations in twenty four
studies, including Latin, Greek and other
languages his average rank being ola
The junior class OF Mon son academy
| recently read their essays before the fol
lowing committee Of award Rev. S. G.
Fletcher. Prof W. $. Knowlton and !. f.
Sprague. The first prize was awarded to
Roy Gilbert, the second to Eugene Goodell,
and Addie Packard.
There is plan among the teachers of
Biddeford and Saco to celebrate Washing
tons birthday in quite an elaborate man.
ner. An attempt will be made to procure
the city hall In which to give an enter
tainment OF singing by a chorus of school
children, tablcaux and other exercises