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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
YANKEE DOODLE IN LONDON.
The American Flag Displayed in
Honor of the Fourth.

Honor of the Fourth.
London, July 4.-The weather was clear
to-day and the sun shone brightly. The
United States embassy, the United States
consulate and the West End hotels were
all decorated with American flags in hon
or of the anniversary of American inde-
pendence, and flags were flying from the
American shipping at London, Southamp-
ton, Liverpool, Glasgow and other ports
The vehicles in the coaching meet in Hyde
Park were also decorated with the Ameri-
can colors.
United States Ambassador Bayard held
the usual Fourth Of July reception at the
embassy this afternoon.
Sir Walter Besant, the novelist, smoke
this evening at meeting called to promote
the idea of the unity Of the English-speak-
ing people of the world.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
BURSTING OF A CANNON.
One Man Killed Outright and Two
others Badly Injured.

Woodstock. VT. July 4-By the bursting
of a cannon in to-day's celebration at
Bridgewater Corners this morning, Charles
Beldour was killed and william Coudrey
was so badly injured that he may die.
was otherwise injured. Bert Woodward
also had a leg broken and was hurt in
ternally. Several others were slightly in
jured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
GniIford,s Annual CeIehrnfinn-

winston, ". c., July 4.--Ten thousand
people attended the annual celebration at
me historic Guilford battle ground to-day
THE address was delivered by United
States Senator Marion Butler.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
ORE MINES CLOSED UP.
Heavy stock and Light Demand
Throws !, 800 Men out of work.

Ironwood, Mich, July Am extensive
shutdown occurred at all of the mines Of
the metropolitan Iron and Land Company
last evening, and fully 1900 men were
forced into idleness. The cause Of the shItt
down is the light demand for iron ore. Tbe
fact that they have in the stock piles ahouf
500,00O tons of ore and that The season is
about 100000 tons, prompted the shut
down.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-05
EVERETT MILLS CLOSED.
sept. the Date Fixed for Reopenin~
the Doors.

Lawrence, Mass, July 4.-Owing to the
present unsatisfactory condition of bust
ness, the Everett mills will shut down
Friday, July 10 and remain closed until
Tuesday, Sept. 8, unless there should be
sufficient Improvement in the business
situation to warrant an earlier start
About 200 hands are employed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
SelEsilness Makes Him Eat.

Several days ago one OF the two tiger
cubs in the Central Park menagerie
suddenly lost his appetite, probably
on account OF the heat. The animal
belongs to the Barnum & Bailey Circus,
and considerable anxiety was felt be-
cause his mother died from tubercu.
losis several weeks ago, and the cub
has shown indications of weakness OF
the lungs. Director Smith tempted
the cub with all sorts OF viands sup.
posed to be held in high esteem by
tigers. But the cub would not eat.
Yesterday MIR. Smith instructed
john Winner, the tiger and lion keeper,
to put the two cubs, separated here
tofore, together. When this had beer
done the we'll cub received piece o
meat, which was quickly devoured
with growl. When the second piece
of meat was thrown in the sick cub
grabbed it and gobbled it down on
the general principle, probably, that
anything was preferable to allowing
the other cub to have anything to eat.
The director says he supposes he will
be able to compel the sick cub to eat
simply by trusting to his natural eel
fishness and i'll nature.-New York
Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
FACTS ON Fogs.

One would think that if any ship
should neglect wind and weather it
would be the great mail steamers
those that run across the Atlantic, for
instance. But we find that the Ameri-
can liners take weather very much in
to consideration. The captain of a
vessel went across with, says Rear
Admiral Maclear in the Nautical Mag
azine, made a very great study of the
weather he would meet on the coast
on both sides, and especially of the
fogs. he took care to note from time
to time where he met fogs, how long
he was running through them and
what the size Of the fog was, and he
came to the conclusion that the gen.
eral eize of fog in the Atlantic was
about thirty miles in diameter and he
could ruu through in certain time.
There were two sorts of fog he had to
encounter; one was the thick, low fog,
with fairly bright aky overhead, ana
the other o dense mist. He coul0
calculate, generally speaking, how
long he would be in each, and whether
it was better to run through at full
speed and get out Of it, or go slow
and wait for it to lift.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
Most Elaborate Decoration.

"The most elaborate decoration l
ever saw was in Milwaukee" said A.
u. Daniels, OF that city, at the Airing
ton. "It was designed by Milwaukee
electrician, and l do not know where
the work was done. The walls OF the
house were covered with the most
beautiful roses, lilies and other flowers.
In form and color they were so perfect
that it was almost impossible to realize
that they wero not the products of
nature. They were made of glass,
colored to initiate tho flowers, with
tiny electric lights inside. There
must have been thousands of these
lights, each giving out only y sufficient
glow to bring out the flower dis.
Elnctly. and the colors of the glass
were SO blended that the whole ap.
peared genuine. The cost of thus
covering the walls and chandeliers
with flowers was over $40, 900, and the
idea will, therefore, never be sery
widely adopted. "-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
A LObster's Legs.

The lobster 'slegs, all told, are ten
in number. But only eight of these
are largely used in walking. The
front pair, or big claws, have been
specialized, as in the crab and most
others OF the higher crustaceans, into
prehensile organs for catching and
crushing the prey. Their use is obvi.
GUS. HOLSTERS feed largely off mol.
lusks of various sorts, and other hard
shelled marine animals; in order to
be able to break or crush the shells OF
these, and so get OF the softer flesh
within. they have acquired such large
and very muscular nippers or pincers.
That is not all, however; not only
have the two front legs been diffsren-
tiated and specialized from the eight
others in this manner, but also, by a
rare exception to the symmetry of the
body, the right claw has been special
lied from the left, each being in
tended to perform distinct function.
One is a scissors, the other Is q mill;
one is cutter, the other is cracker.
As q rule the right claw is the slen.
derer and longer; it has toothlike
projections or serrated edges on its
two nipping faces, and it is rather
adapted for biting and severing than
for crushing or grinding. The left
claw, on the other hand, is usually
thicker, heavier and rounder; its
muscles are more powerful, and in the
place of sharp teeth it has blunt tu-
bsrcles or hammers of different sizes;
it acts, in fact, more like a nut cracker
than like teeth or q saw; it is a
smashing organ. Nevertheless you
will find it interesting to observe, by
noting the Holsters served to you OF
table, that this differentiation has
hardly as yet become quite constant;
for sometimes it is the right claw that
displays the hammer.like nut cracker
type, and the left that acts as nipper
and bitter, while sometimes no differ
ence occurs at all, both claws alike
being sharp toothed or blunt ham
mered in the same specimen. Long
mans Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
Camera and Microscope.

The camera, in conjunction with the
microscope, reveals some remarkable
facts. The microbes or germs of dis
ease can easily have their portraits
taken, though at low computation it
would take 300, 100000 OF them to
cover square inch. Seven complete
portraits of persons have been pro-
duced in the space occupied by the
head of an ordinary pin, so thai TO-
600 could be included in one inch
square. Another great feat in micro.
photography las it is called) is that OF
the Lords Prayer inscribed in space
the size of one-one hundred and fifty
thousandth of square inch. The
height of each letter was but one-one
ten thousandth of lineal inch, there
fore the space occupied by q letter
such as Il or n, which is as wide ns it
is high, was actually no more than
one one hundred mllIionth OF square
inch, -Chsmbars's Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
Blue Butter In India.

"What was the most striking thing
you saw in India?" was asked of a
woman who has just returned from a
tour around the world. Butter"
she replied. "That seems strange,
but it is fact that in India butter
made from the thin milk of the native
COW is blue, instead OF yellow. When
1 came across this azure subsistence 1
vowed / would not touch it, but others
did 80, with evident enjoyment, and,
curiosity getting the upper hand,
tried the butter, and, to my surprise,
found it delicious. You who see the
golden pots of fresh butter used in
America can hardly realize what it is
to see bread painted blue. The blue
butter of India is preferable to tho
stuff they serve rs butter in Norway
and Sweden" continued the globe
trotter, "lor there VIC had nothing
but oleomargsrins. New Orleans
Picayuae.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
The Nurses Danger.

People who are not aware of the
conditions do not realize the continual
risk incurred by doctors and nurses in
hospitals, in the operating room and
when dressing sores. In spite OF the
most stringent precautions, sterilized
instruments, antiseptic washes, etc.,
slight cases of blood poisoning are Lot
uncommon, and the appearance OF a
nurse with a bandaged hand excltes
comparatively little remark. The
first signs of danger are so quickly
detected and treated that there are
few fatal cases. A nurse whose in.
fected finger had been lanced to the
bone and scraped, said cheerfully: 81
ought to be thankful that l shall not
lose the nail. Miss SawboAs is in
far worse state. Fer whole arm is in
famed, and she has lost thumb nail.
She went to bed apparently we'll, but
awoke in an hour or two with shoot
ing pains in her hand and arm. How
ever, she's doing we'll now, and will be
ell right soon. New York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
stuffed Cucumbers.

Gut the cucumbers into halves and
remove the seeds. Boil four table
spoonfuls Of rice for thirty minutes /;
drain and add to it an equal quantity
Of chopped meat. Peel two tomatoes,
cut into halves and press out the seeds;
cut them into small pieces, mix with
the other ingredients; add half-tea-
spoonful of salt and dash of pepper.
Place the mixture into the cavity from
which the seeds were taken; put the
halves together, bind the cucumbers
into shape with piece of twine and
stand in baking pan; add half cup
of water; bake slowly for one hour,
basting four or five times. These may
also be baked by stuffng the mixture
into the space from which the seed
were taken and baking in the halves.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
PITH AND POINT.

"The way OF some transgressors is
extremely suave."
The hail.fellow well met is usually
a man it is we'll to avoid meeting.
"Music is the food of love-" but it
also puts away large quantities OF
candy and ice cream.-Puck.
eff you can convince man who
thinks he is martyr that he is only a
chump, not much more is necessary
Puck.
George-"That's VERY sad about
poor ole Fred, amt it." Bill-"Wot!
Is he dead?" George-"Worse than
that-they've got i'm some work!'
She-"Since my return from the
south of France I'm another woman. p"
Sarcastic Friend-"aow delighted
your husband must be. "-Tit-Bits.
"Good morning, Lieutenant! hear
you are engaged to Miss Rosenberg.
Whereis she now?" Lieutenant-"Oa,
she's at home congratulating herself"
-Fllegende Blaetter.
Mosquitoes are hateful, aren't
they?" eyes; I don't mind their
eating me if they didn't keep up such
an everlasting complaint about the
way I taste. Chicago Record.
Where She Had Him: He-"Wife,
there are 1000, 900, 900 stars in the
sky She-"Oh, there must be more
than that, if you stayed out last night
till you had counted them. Detroit
Free Press.
Old Bramble "Want to marry my
daughter, do you? Let me say, sir,
that you are not exactly the sort OF
man l should like for son-in-law."
Young Gentleman-"Well, you are
not the sort of man should like for
a father-in.law but, then, you know,
we needn't be chummy unless we want
to. ".-Household Words.
The street car gave sudden lurch
in rounding curve, and the charming
young girl who was clinging to strap
nearly sat down in the lap of the mau
who was sitting in the corner. 81
beg your pardon, sir" she exclaimed
hastily. "Not atall, Miss. he replied,
encouragingly. "Try it again. /
don't mind it at all. "-Texas Sitter.
"Really, Mr.. Graduate" said the
broker to his new clerk, this.year
gradunte of Yale, 81 am very sorry,
but after Saturday ] shall have to dis
pense with your service. I OF coulse
admire your enthusiasm, but really
can't stand having you giving your
college yell every time the market
rises few points. ."-Harper's Bazaar,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
A Remarkable Conscience.

"I'll tell you the querrest thing you
ever heard" said Chief Dickinson, of
the fire department, the other day,
'.spd it is true story at that. In
1854, toward the end of the war, I was
a. Fort Lincoln, at Washington, the
leader of the hand of the 150th Ohio
regiment. The war was hot, and, Of
course, We were all intensely interest
ed in the very latest We could get about
it. Newspapers were scarce, and when
We managed to get hold of one we re-
garded it as treasure.
"Oue day I was fortunate enough to
get hold of copy of the Philadelphia
Inquirer, which contained lot of war
news After I had read it I handed it
around among the boys, and finally
lnaned it to man named Breymeier.
Yesterday who should walk into my
Office but Breymeier, who returned
the paper with thanks. he was look
ing ovet his old papers to get informa-
tlon to assist the widow of an old COM
rsde in getting pension. aud he ran
seross the Inquirer. What do you
think OF the conscience of o man who
would return paper after all that
time ?"-Cleyelsnd Leader.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
A Remedy for Hay Fever.

The capriciousness of hay fever and
the occasional relief obtained from an
entirely empirical method of treat.
msnt warrant the publication of any
means which has proved successful
in tine hope that it may be OF use to
some other person afflicted with this
annoying and disabling disease.
Feber, Of Hamburg, reports his own
case, which has been 80 severe as to
necessitate his using closed carriage
all through the summer. His relief
was brought about from accidentally
noticing that in the winter coryza
was usually accompanied with hot
ears, which regained their normal
temperature when the discharge from
the nose was established. He deter.
mined to try reversed order of effect
on the hay fever in the summer, and
began accordingly to rub his ears un-
til they became red and hot. 1t is
now the third year that he has been
able to lead an endurable existence
during hay fever season. Gas soon as
the least sensation of fullness IN the
nose appears there is recognized GER
tain amount of pallor in the ears. A
thorough rubbing of the ears, at times
even to confusion, has always sue
ceeded in freeing the nasal mucus
membrane from its congestion. The
rubbing, however, must be thorough,
and repeated as often as the least
Symphonic of congestion return to the
nose. Since using this means I have
been ablo to take long sandy walks,
sit and even sleep in my garden with
out distress. Several patients have
had relief from this treatment, always
in proportion to the thoroughness OF
The rubbing, and / hope by this means
some other physician may be able to
give his patients the same great re-
lief. Detroit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
WORDS OF W1sD0M.

Whoever has bad habit has mas.
ter.
When the outlook is not good try
the urlook.
We best serve ourselves when we
best serve others.
The man who has no God to worship
worships himself.
A fault will attract more attention
to us than q virtue.
The man who has the "big head" Of
ten wears small hat.
It is not the longest prayers TINT
are answered quickest.
The spots we see on Others are
nearly always on our own glasses.
Every man who does wrong is help.
ing to lead an army of boys astray.
If some men wonld give up more,
and lay up less, how soon they would
be rich.
There sro people who never care
for music except when they play the
first fiddle.
The man who is trying to hide be-
kind hypocrite now, will not do it in
the judgment.
Some people talk much about what
a happy place heaven is, and do moth.
ing to make their homes resemble it.
One of the first marks OF backsliding
is worldly conformity. We are
anxious to please Mrs. Grundy in
proportion as we fall in grace.-Ram's
Horn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
Ii Takes Nine Tailors 10 Make Man.

Curran, the famous orator and wit,
never hesitated to sacrifice his friends
for the sake of joke. On one oc-
casion the Merchant Tailors' Guild of
Dublin gave banquet, to which he
was invited; in fact, ne was the guest
of honor. He kept his hosts amused
all evening. There were just eighteen
of his entertainers and when Curran
took his leave he waited till he reached
the door, then with smile aud bow
said: 'sAnd new, gentlemen, 1 have
the honor of saying good night to
both of YOU" He made his escape
before the eighteen tsilors realized
the joke and then it was too late to
catch him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
It Was True.

Late in the evening report spread
through the train that we had fellow
passenger, q man worth $40, 000, 600,
who had gotten on at Buffalo. 1 made
inquiry Of the porter of my car and he
replied:
"Dst's what dey say, sab, but yo'
can't allus tell. He's in de next car,
but can't dun say if mes rich till
mawnin'."
Next morning the porter beckoned
me into the smoking compartment and
said:
''Dat story was all true, sah."
"Then he's worth $40, 900, coo, eh?'
'All of dat, sab, and mebbe mo-"
Glow did you fiud out?"
"From de odder po'tah, sab. De
gemain has jest gin him 10 cents, while
everybody eise has cum down wild o
quarter. ."-St. Louis Dispatch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
A Valuable Distinction.

The report comes from India that
Charles Rockwell Lanman, professor
of Sanscri. in Harvard University, has
had conferred on him the distinction
of being elected an honorary member
of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, in
Calcutta, in recognition of his distin-
euish,d services as SanscrIs scholar.
This mark of recognition is the moro
to be valued inasmuch as the Asiatic
Society is the oldest and most famous
of all existing Oriental societies, hav'
ing been founded by Sir William
Jones in 1884. The list of honorary
membership numbers but thirty
names.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
Noise of Railroad Trains.

A German engineer has devised o
method for preventing the noise made
by trains in passing over iron bridges
that may come in for consideration,
He puts decking of one and o quar-
ter-inch planks between the cross
girders, resting on three-inch timoers
laid on the bottom fanges.
On the planks double layer OF felt
is laid, which is fixed to the vertical
web of the cross girdcr. At the con-
nection with the girder timber.cov-
cred joint is placed on felt, and the
whole is bolted to the bottom fange.
Four inches of slack gravel cover the
decking, which is sloped toward the
center of the bridge for drainage pur-
posed.
A layer of felt is laid between the
timbers and the planks they rest on,
and the iron work in contact with
decking aud ballast is asphalt.
The method is found very satisfac-
tory in reducing the noise of passing
trains, and it is to be hoped that its
principle will soon be largely adopted
in this country. Already the fact
that some consideration is due to ones
neighbors in the matter of piano
practice and other domestic noises is
becoming recognized, and quite trade
has sprung up in the "deaiening"
materials.
Of these, probably the most in re-
quest is mineral wood, q layer OF
which is placed under the floor, in the
walls, and over the ceiling if need be.
In a room thus surrounded the most
rabid musician can do his worst with
out interfering in the least with t1e
peace of mind of the rest OF the in
mates of the house.
Another easily handled material
which forms an efectual dam for the
vibration of sound waves, and which
is not open to the objection which
mineral wood presents, of turning
powdery, is quilt composed OF long,
fiat blades of sea grass, which cross
each other at every angle, forming
innumerable air spaces, which give
almost perfect conditions for outlining
both heat and sound. Baltimore
American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-30
nioions. vhich. In The light Of subss.

picions, which, In the light OF subses
quent experience, may indeed have
been founded on mere jealousy. Yes,
I will say I was jealous. ] thought in
beginning this veracious account that
I might we'll leave the solution un.
given-like the famous riddle of the
lady and the tiger. OF our two sys.
TENS OF tactics, which was the more
likely to win with girl like Rose Bur-
ton2 If Tommie at times had the bet
ter, there were other days when ]
seemed to be more in her favor. Once
I eccused him of using my batteries,
of not paying fair, when he retorted
that I had known him long enough to
trust him.
"You never can trust even your own
best friend when there's woman in
the case. %
FLETCHER" said Tommie graveIy at
this, "that ancient saying is gospel
truth"
From that moment l felt that it was
not fair test case; but, indeed, ! had
! ended by not caring fig about tho
T, test. I wanted to win.
Now, one day the climax of the stu.
alton was reachedin this wise: | heard
she had gone wheeling by herself.
That, of course, was o chance. / pre-
pared to follow, when who should up.
pear but Tonlmie.
HWhich Hay ?" he asked.
81 was thinking OF following,
hem"
$50 was T." he said.
SITS ridiculous for us both to follow
her." / observed.
'sYes, it is; but I'm not inclined to
turn back, for"
"Nor l." said Tommie, quietly.
"It's fair to leave it to the wheels.
The one who overtakes her first"
"All right" said I.
And then began that contest
which certain Tartar tribe conduct
more regularly chaae for woman.
Up and down hill We scorched; now I
before-now Tommie. But it was
oftener Tommy before than I. He
drew away from me, until in sheer
spite at my luck and him, I gave it
up, dismounted and wandered drearily
enough into the woods and threw my
self down; and then fell to laughing,
when heard voices-her's and Tom.
mics. I declare I couldn't avoid
hearing them.
"Ah, have been chasing thief, Z"
he was saying.
"Will you never stop teasing mea"
she cried. That remark semed to
show that he had been playing fair
after all.
"Will you keep my heart which you
stole"
"That's a very silly speech" she
said. / thought SO, too. Besides,
it was Wheel" she added.
"No, it was the other essential to q
mans comfort.
"Well, if you'll have it so," sne
said.
AS for me, I turned away. They
didn't notice me. In the evening !
ventured to say to her:
"Ah, I've been congratulating
Tommie."
"He told you?" she said, turning
very red.
CAB, yes" I 6bbed. "You know I
thought you thought him-well,
rather disngreeable?"
."I did-at first. But, you know l
believe that was the reason I thought
so much about him that" She
paused in confusion.
"Then it's true that you can make
moro OF an impression on girl by be-
ing disegreeable to her than by fa:ter-
ing herr"
"oh, don't know" she said.
don't beIieve,she did--Neg York