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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Plausible.

1t frequently happens that statuary
claims respect more for the sentiment
which prompted its production than
for its artistic qualities. Very few
cities lack in tributes to heroism which
are none the less touching because
they are not convincing evidences OF
the sculptor's skill. 1t was at such
specimen that couple, evidently from
the country, paused to gaze:
SIT looks kinder queer" was her
comment.
sI dunno much about such things,
but the proportions seem kinder onus-
ual."
"Husb," she exclaimed, "we're show.
in our ignorance. It's the latest thing
in art. II we have poster pictures, it
stands to reason that there should be
poster slatuary, too. Chicago Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
An Ideal.

The yonng man that writes verses
WAS standing out in the night gaz ing
tthe sky, when a friend ran across
him.
'sWhat are you doinga studying as
tronomy?"
$50 away and DON'T disturb me. I
ara gazing into infinite distance"
81 don't see what satisfaction you
find in that"
That's because you never had any
experience with editors. You don't
know what q comfort it is to find some
place where nothing is scrowded out for
lack OF space. Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

| treachefous s5orges which lay between
there and the White Blackbird, the
trackless woods, through which it was
difficult enough to find ones way even
in the sunshine of MONDAY, and
worst of all-the lonely track across
which an "express" shot like meteor
few 1aihhtes before midnight. Oh,
heaven! what possible doom might l
not have brought upon myself by the
wretched passion in which | had gone
away that morning.
The town clock, sounding dim and
mufied through the storm, struck
eleven as I hurried down the hill.
Eleven-and who knew what length
of time might elapse before I could
find her? And like fiery phantasma-
goria before my minds eye, I beheld
the wild rush OF the midnight express,
and dreaded, / knew not what. Fot
all that could realize was that the
storm was growing fiercef with every
rnpmeht, and Polly and the baby were
out in its fafyl
as steadily as I could I worked my
WY down the track, but more than
once became bewildered and had to
stop and recollect before I could re-
sumo my quest. And at length I came
out by an open wood and water station
on the edge of track, I knew that l
was full hall mile below the White
Blackbird.
And in the distance I heard the long,
shrill shrek of the midnight train.
Some one else had heard it, too, for
as / stood thus I saw, family visible
through the binding snow, shadcwy
figure issue from the ruined shed and
come out upon the track looking with
bewildered uncertain Dir up and
down-the form of Polly, my wife,
with the little baby in her armsI
hurried down to her as fast rs the
rapidly-increasing snow drifts would
let me, but it was only just in time to
drag her from the place of peril, and
stand, breathlessly, holding her back,
while the iery-eyed monster OF steam
swept by with rush and rattle that
nearly took away my breath.
"Polly!" cried. ''Polly, speak to
mel"
She turned her wandering gaze to-
ward me, with her vague eyes that
seemed scarcely to recognize me.
"Have you seen my husband?" said
she; tone Jacob Cotterel, brakeman
nm the local eSpress?"
"Poliy, little woman! don't you
know me?' gasped.
"Ahd I thought, perhaps" she ad-
ded, vacantly, "you might have met
him. It's very cold here, and
and"
And thr n she tainted in my arms.
The long, long brain fever that fol-
lowed was sort of death. There was
time when they told me ahe would
never know me again; bus, thank Godl
she did. She recovered at last. Aud
since that night have never tasted a
drop, of liquor, aud, please heaven, 1
never will again. The baby-bless its
dear little heart!--wasn't harmed at
all. It 10y snug and warm on its
mothers breast NIL the while. But if
hadn't happened to be close by them
at that instant the night express
would have ground them into pow
der.
And the white stripe came into my
hair on the night of that fearful snow
storm. That's how it happened, sir.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
,,erlpboned Railroad Sandwiches.

An Atchison man, who recently re-
turned from q trip on the Central
branch, ran across lunch counter in
his travels that served railroad sand
wiches tied with pink baby ribbon.
The sandwiches were made of tough
rolls and moldy ham, but the ribbon
was bright and new. The strange part
Of it was that man conducted the
business. s.-Atchison (Kan. Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Anuring.

''oh, it can't FAIL" he said in ex-
planning his scheme, '.aud there is a
whole mint of money in il. It's the
greatest thing in the magazine line
th | y ever heard of. You see, I
w,a-.. .ffsr special Inducements to
poets aud literary amateurs and accept
everything that they sent in"
"But that would bankrupt you"
Not at all. It would make my for
tune. would accept everything ito be
psid for on publication, and I'd have
every poet in the country buying the
magazine. Just think of the circula-
tioni" Chicago Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
You thief" !"-La Reforme.
A Quaker Courtship.

"MartEa, dost thou love me?" said
young Quaker. "Why, Seth, We are
commanded to love one another. ""Ab,
Martha, but dost thou feel what the
world calls love?" 1 hardly know what
to tell thee Seth. 1 have tried to be-
stow my love upon all, but I have some
times thought that perhaps thou vast
getting more than thy share. It'd
Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
WORDS OF VISION.

The black sheep is often the smartest
Of tie flock. !
Alowly origin does not preclude o
lofty destiny: !
Alithe reasoning of man is not worth
one sentiment of woman. /:
Go back far enough, and you can
fndta scandal in every family.
Tf is always dangerous to take a
yelled woman for beautiful one. :,
Many tear can be dried easier with
bank notes than with handkerchief.
II you have both tracts and bread
to give the hungry give them the bread
first.
People seldom improve when they
have no model but themselves to copy
after.
The whisper Of beautiful woman
can be heard farther than the loudest
call of duty.
tits the greatest compliment friend
CAL phJ you W ooAno w "" ~ AF
in his troubles.
Whenever boy empties his pockets,
his sister always sees something that
belongs to her.
Every man who has hoped for a lot
of things that never came to pass has
had romance in his life.
Never does q man portray his own
character more yividly than in his
. manner of portraying another.
If q wife would be as good to her
husband as she is to her mother, the
husband would always be satisfied.
No home SO small but that it has
still feom for troublei no heart SO
weary, but that d glimmer of hope
might still enter it;-The Southwest.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Interesting License Decision.

No decision of the United State iu-
preme court has attracted more wide
spread interest than that delivered by
Chief Justice Bradley, exempting
agents, canvassers, statesmen, etc., from
all special, state, county and town
taxes. All such special license of tax
laws are declared unconstitutional,
aud any law officer who attempts to en-
force them is individually liable for
damages. Agents will do we'll to go
around with copy OIL this decision,
and if molested, produce it and de-
mand instant relase.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
For the Gigantic Telescope.

The block of glass which is to be
made into o vast mirror for the big
telescope which is to be one of the
features of the exhibition Of 1900 has
just arrived in Paris from Belgium,
where it has been cast. This immense
telescope is to bring the moon to an
apparent distance of fifty kilometers
from the earth, and is being construct
ed under the direction of NJ. Froncois
Deloncle.
The polishing of the glass for the
mirror OF the telescope will be done in
Paris.-From the European Edition OF
the Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
An Imperial Kitchen.

The German Emperor has curious
arrangement with his kitchen depart
ment. The Empress arranges the
menus and he pays the cooks about SO
for each plate on ordinary occasions
and So to 81 on state occasions.
Luncheon is served at 2 and dinner at
6. The Empress shares all his meals,
and ct luncheon they usually have
company-courtiers, artists, savants,
authors or distinguished foreigners
VINO happen to be in Berlin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
FOX MOTHERS TO KNOW.

That rapid eating is slow suicide.
That lump of sugar saturated in
vinegar is efficacious in most cases OF
hiccough.
That in sleeping in a cold room
establish habit of breathing through
the nose, never with the mouth open,
That severe paroxysm of coughing
may often be arrested by table.
spoonful of glycerine i'll a wineglass oil
hot milk.
That to compel o child to eat any.
thingagainst which its palate naturally
rebels is cruelty at the momen md
is likely to produce evil effects later
Oh.
That o few drops of the tinctrre OF
benzoin put into the water in which
tho face is bathed will prevent the
shiny appearance Of the skin with
which go many people are affected,
especially in warm weather. Chicago
Record;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
ColorIne Leather.

In Germany new process of col
oring leather is being exploited. Elec-
tricity is utilized. The leather is
placed upon zinc table. which forms
tho positive pole. The dyeing mate
aial is poured over this and the mega
tive pole connected to the leather.
Under the action of the current the
coloriug matter penetrates the leather
AMI patterns may be designed upon the
surface by covering it with q pattern
plate connected to the negative pole.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
The Robber Robbed.

A stroller on the outer boulevards
was stopped in the middle of the night,
an incident of frequent occurrence
just now in Paris.
'Your purse or your lifel"
The stroller handed over his purse.
The robber opened it, counted seven
coppers and contemptuously ex-
claimed:
"You thief!"-La Reforme.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Am ImnroYed Snake S.orY.

An improved snake story comes
from Calcutta, India. Two tame py--
thons were kept together, when one
swallowed the other. The inside snake,
feeling uncomfortable in the others
midst, proceeded to eat its way out of
the other end.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
PITH AND POINT.

The Woman Question-"How much
is he worth?" Minneapolis Journal.
Lots of people fool around love just
as il ii wasn't loaded. d.-Atkinson
Globe.
The question of precedence" now
adays, is generally settled by mans
ability to hustle.-Puck.
"That's mighty loud suit Parke is
vearing now" $50? What material
is it?" "Crash. Buffalo Times.
!. There must be some mistake about
orange juice being good for you; it ia
SO pleasant to take.-Atchison Globe.
The reason talk Is always cheap,
Declares cynio neighbor,
Is cause the major part OFF
:. Is done by female labor.
fsS, New York Herald.
The young man who is waiting for
something to turn up, finally discovers
that he has been turned down.--Adams
Freeman.
The cathode rays will approach the
miraculous if they can make some peo.
pie We nave seen appear brilliant.
Statesman. I
Hiram (reading the paper).-"0o
You know what they mean by a Strad-
ervar'us2" Silas-"Yes. AStrativer'us
is the Latin name fer a fiddle. -
Puck.
A school journal advises: "Make
the school interesting" Johnny
Chafie says that's what he tries to do
to the best of his ability. Texas
Sitter.
"Cholly is we'll provided with
the necessaries of life." She---"Yes.
It is good thing for him that the
necessaries of life do not include
brains" ~ Puck. I
Mr.. Gotroks-"I am worth a cool
! million. Do you think you could love
me?" Miss Highfyer-"Oh, dear,
dear Mr.. Gotroks, I'll just love you
to death l"-Judge.
Cumso-''I'd like to see a photo
graph of cloud made with the catho-
die ray." Cawker-'Why?" Cumso
-"I'm suspicious about the silver lin
ing."-Detroit Free Press.
Dick-"You know that fellar work.
IN Shaft No. II, who was always kick
in for O raise?" Mick--"Yes." Dick
-'Well, he kicked over can of dy-
Mantle to-day, and got it. Up To
Date.
oficer-"The opponents of our
military system say that standing
armies are disastrous to the country.
Can you name anything that is more
disastrous?" Cadet-"Yes, runaway
rmy."-Standard.
"For three months during the war
occupied the most dangerous posi-.
tion in my company" "Indeed"
eyes; every morning curried the
eight mules belonging to our commits
sary." Detroit Tribune.
Small Brother-"Pa says he wishes
you'd propose to s;s." Young Man.
"Then he is willing to let her marry
me?'' Small Brother-"Tain't that.
He says you won't come SO often after
you have been rejected: standard.
Mrs. S-sWe are not going to move
after ALL" Mrs. C-"But I thought
| you considered the location un-
healthy?" Mrs. S-"We do; but
Charlie says if any of us get sick he'll
take us to Europe next year" DE.
troit Free Press.
A sky-blue COW,
Aud purple pig;
sea-green horse,
And yellow gig;
An indigo maid,
And saffron lad
Is art-hlgh art,
10 the poster mad.
Family Call.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Deflnltions.

"Moral courage" said the teacher,
sis the courage that makes boy do
what he thinks is right, regardless OF
the jeers of his companions.
"Then," said Willie, ''if feller has
sweets and eats them oil himself, and
ain't afraid of the other fellows calm
him stingy, is that moral courage?"--
Pearson's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Had One Good Quality.

Mrs. Gadd--How is your girl, Mrs.
Gabb.
Mrs. Caldwell, she's abominally
dirty; she spoils everything she cooks,
and she's lazy and impudent, but she
has one good quality, rarely met
with"
"Indeed. What is tbat?"
"She stays. Harlem Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOE
FEMININE READERS.
sHE WAS A MAJoR.

Major Belle Reynolds, the only NO.
man commissioned during the war.
lives now at Santa Barbara, CAL.
where she has q good medical practice.
Her husband was among the fret to
enlist in the,Seventeenth Illinois, end
she went with him to the front. He
became Assistant Adjutant-Gsneral on
the staff of General Met cClcrnand. Gov
ernor Yates commissioned her major
toF her splendid services to the wound.
ed and sick at Shiloh. She remained
with the army three years:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conf
pound. 1t speedily relieves irregu-
larity, suppressed or painful mers-
situations, weakness of the stomach,
Indigestion, bloating, leucorrhna,
womb trouble, flooding, nervous pros
tration, headache, general debility,
etc. Symptoms of Womb Troubles
are dil illness, faintness, extreme lassi-
tude, don't care" and "want-to-be-
left-alone feelings, excitability, irri-
liability, nervousness, sleeplessness,
fatulency, melancholy, or the blues"
and backache. Lydie e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound will correct ali
this trouble as sure as the sun
shines. That Bearing-down Feeling,
carsing pain, weight, and backache, is
Instantly relieved and permanently
cured by its use. 1t is wonderful 70,
Kidney Complaints in either sex.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
ROSES.

Lucent, clear dewdrops
On mist-looms spun,
Among the red roses
ALLOW In the sun; e
June's crimson roses,
Flowers Of the sum-
In q waste garden,
Through the nights noon,
Pale roses dreamily
Swing meath the moon,
Gold-gleaming roses,
Flowers of the moon!
Ladies' Home Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Literary.
"Ha7e you written your graduation

"Have you written your graduation
essay?"
"Yes," replied Manic.
"Wesn't it lot of work?"
'Just dreadful. First I had to hunt
up words that were big enough, and
then I had to keep looking in the
dictionary to see what they meant,
and, honestly, I began to think l never
would get it finished. Washington
Star
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Critical.

Gent-Madomoiselle looks more
beautiful every day.
Lady-You have been telling me 30
or good many years. What q hor.
rid sight 1 must have been to start
thl-Punch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Rome wn,n,, sui /, in a Day,

Neither are the obstinate ma,ad!cs. 10 the re-
moval of which tho great corrective, Hostet-
ter's Stomach Bittcrs, is adapted durable in an
hour. To persist in tho use of this standard
remedy Is no more than just Biliousness,
constipation, malaria, rheumatism, kidney
complaints and nervousness are among the
complaints which 1t cradicates.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Matted Too Long.

'T was around to your place last
night and took the liberty of borrow
ing some OF those new novels of
yours"
"Tbats all right. only wish you
had come around before read them.
-Iifa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Tho Modern ,Roauty

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form
CLOVIS with health and hor face blooms With
its beauty. II her system needs the cleansing
action of a laxative remedy, she uses the gem
tie and pleasant Syrup of Figs. Made by the
California Fig Syrup Company.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

1t is said that the habit OF tnrning around
three or four times before lying down has
survived in the edomestic dog from his a: cestry
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums. reduces infiamma-
Iio:l allays pain cures wind collie. &c. bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

puy q. 90 worth poSoins Floating porss Soap OF
suur r-roce-, scnd Wrappers to DoSbins Soap Mfg
Co, Philadelphin, Pa. Thoy VII send you free
OF charge, postage paid. Worcester Pocket Die
tinnary, SaS pa,es, bound in cloth, profusely IL
lustrated Offer good until Ausrss LIST only.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

SIX. CoSurn, Mgr, Clarie Sc ut, writes: al
find Halls C;ltarrh Ours valuable remedy"
Druggists sell il, 75c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
POLLY AND [.

ROUGH looking mana
Yes, perhaps 1 aih:
We aih't oil 3t us re-
sponsible for our out
side husk, no more
than a horse chestnut
or q hazelnut is. The
kind eft life ! lead
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

Oyster soup requires fr,m thrco TO four
hours for proper dicest'o on.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

Ihave found Ffso,s Cure for Consumption an
unfailing medieine.,sF. r. LoTz, LOS Scott
St. Covington, KY, Oct. /, 1891.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

Is Of course it's initiated
anything good always is
that's endorsement, not a
pleasant kind, but still en-
dorsement. HIRES Root
beer is initiated.
Nads oniJ b, The Charles &. Hires Co., Philadelphia
= zs psstssa aAsss gallons. sea sTsryrhsro. -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

Ifaf'icted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Ere-water Druggists sell IT 25c per bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

Ii takes moro grit and grace 10 rise up In the
defense of riyhtIn weakness than In strength.
FITS stopped free by DIX. kLtNE,s CHEAT
NERVE REsroRER. No fits after 1rstda use.
Marvellous cures Treatise and 81. 10 trial bot
rie free. Dr. Kline. 93l Arch-St.. Phila.. Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

That rapid eating is slow suicide.
That o lump OF sugar saturated in
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-11-14
500 Reward. 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
n dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that Is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the med
cal fraternity. Catarrh being a consti-
tutional disease, requires a constitution
al treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, acting directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease, n giving h patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing It's work.
The proprietors have so much faith in
Its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for n case that it
falls to cure Send for list of testimoni-
ais. Address,
F. ]. CHENEY & co, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-11-14
Tncre Had Been No Murder.

II spent a few weeks in Black Hawk.
Mont" remarked a treasury clerk 10 a
Washington Star reporter. 1T IS a typical
frontier western town, and by the tine 1
had been there a week three men had been
killed. I asked my hos. Il I was not I've
l.er than usual.
s.L.val.er? How?' he asked.
Ar there more murders than COM
NOM
Murders? ! have lived here sence the
ar ope,ed, I'VE years come mex month.
an 1 hev yet to hear Of a murder Back
Hawks as quiet as a New England vi
age
. Three men have been killed the past
week.
Y c. The fus. one called a Teller 2 liar.
so you can call tibet suicide. The secon'
one tired 10 tel. the barkeeoer how to run
his business, which was q straight ease of
BEN locoed, and 'iother feller danced
with a ga. ne knew was bespoke, which
showed he wanted to die. None of them
was murders. AS l sad, thar IAN been
a murder N the camp. but some hev died
sudden"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-11-14
ABOUT THE BABY's TOILET.
Observation Nude by nm Experience

Observation Nude by an Experienced
Mother.
That il rightly managed the babies may
cry when taken out of the bath, but never
when they are put in 1t.
That the little ones should not be al
lowed to look upon bathing time with
dread, but should consider it n delightful.
frol.csome time.
That the tub should be half full of wa
ter, and should be placed on two chairs or
a low stand, for there IS danger of
draughts II It is placed on the floor.
That IL possible he bath should be CIV
en- before an open fire, with all the baby,s
clothes warmed and well aired before put
ting them on
With soap. towels and sponges and every,
hng else In readiness before the child Is
undressed. "
That n winter, when giving a very
IN a large piece OF old flannel, and then but
the baby n the water gradually, without
removing the flannel until 1t has been In
the tub for n minute or two.
That when the child Is old enough to stt
IN the tub. alone 1t Is always well to have
some toy for it to take into the bath, such
as q tiny rubber doll, bail or animal, or a
little wooden or paper boat.
That It IS always best 10 wash the
baby's head. face, mouth and tongue be-
fore putting It into the bath, and to give
1t e teaspoonful Of water to drink.
matter to e 81 anu the ba eSRs,d fineer a ns diif'e hi.
that by folding some tissue paper INTO a
sharp point, and when using 1t calling
the baby's attention to something else,
The paper Is SO soft that it does not hurt
the tender flesh. yet Il g sufficiently firm
TO re:move every particle OF dirt.