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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
A sMoKEsTACK PROBLEM.

MANY Schemes That Failed Before the
High Chimney Was Painted.
At the cement works on the west
shore of Hampstead harbor there Is
smnk.stack 1913 feet high and feet III
diameter which has long needed pant
ing. The manager thought the time had
come to dispose of the job. Two Oh .ne
foremen, the shovel engineer and a
Young carpenter set their wits to work
to contrive a way of getting rope up
through the pipes interior and down on
the outside so that an apparatus coulo
he rieged to hoist the painter.
One of the Italians suggested letting
a pigeon loose to fly up inside OF the
ehaaa dofd, it al and then sent @ them skylark
ing through the pipe. AS spectacle it
was fine, but the heat from the powder
burned off the chain, and the string
was left at its starting point. Then the
younger foreman tried. He had made a
kite having two strings, one of which
went through pulley attached near the
kite, which had small iron weight
fastened to its upper end, the intention
being to fly the kite until it was, direct
ly over the smokestacl, and then lower
the weight down into the interior.
The kite worked beautifully until it,
was time for it to be useful, when it
turned somersault, tangling itself in
the pulley tackle, and the whole thing
came to grief. Then the carpenter began
to talk. He, too, remembered boyish
pastimes and believed they could be
turned to account. His idea was to as
oend the cable tower, 30 feet distant
and 1S0 feet high, and from this posi-
tlon throw into the smokestack weight
tied to string. The wind was blowing
gale, bus this did not discourage the
man, and he with the two foremen, as
'ended the tower for performance No. 8.
To throw two pound weight fasten.
I'd to string was no easy matter, and
t was exceedingly difficult to keep a
oothold on che tower. After three trials.
however, the weight fell as planned,
ave that the string broke. Later the
arpenter tried again, casting the weight
our times before it entered the stack.
When the rigging to hoist the painter
vas In order, there was a call for vol
nteers, but only one man responded
ie was the shovel engineer, Will Sny-
or, from Chicago. He has had an ex.
erience in work in high places, for
'henever the steel cable, 14O feet above
ne ground, needs tarring Snyder gets
amt pot swings himself astride the
'amework of the traveller and paints
le cable as the traveller goes back and (
nth on its regular business. =
Several of the men employed at the
'ment works seem to be born acrobats,
i'd they work far up in the air as easily
on the ground, so that when repairs
Q needed on the towers or cables
Id cool, level headed men must be had I
ere has never been any necessity to 90 o
!tslde OF the regular force. New York ii
In,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
A Pearl Farm.

There is only one pearl farm in th
world. 1t is in the Torres strait, at th,
northern extremity of Australia, and be
longs to James Clark of Queensland
Mr.. Clark, who is known as "the king
of the pearl fishers" s" originally stocked
it with 10000 pearl oysters. Now
1000 men-2O0 of whom are divers
and $50 vessels are employed in har-
vesting the crop.
Il have been IL years engaged in
pearl fshinr Mr.. Clark told a CORE.
spondent of the Melbourne Age. "I began
In small way and have given the fish
cries my close attention during all this
time. My experience has LED me to the
belief that, with proper intelligence in
the selection Of a place, one can raise
pearls and pearl shells as easily as one
can raise oysters.
Il started my farm three years ago
and have stocked it with shells which I
obtained, in many instances, far out at
sea- To grow shells successfully, how
ever, according to my experience thus
1ar, the water must not be too deep.
My pearl shell farm covers 5,0se
square miles. Over most of it the water
is shallow. In shallow water shells at
tain the greatest size, and, besides, it is
hard ON the divers to go down deep for
them.
II ship my pearls to London in my
own vessels. The catch each year runs,
roughly speaking, from 5000, 900 worth
up to almost five times that amount. "
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Farmers do not seem to be

Farmers do not seem to b.
aware of the double loss sustained
through the grinding of cobs by
millers. Corn is taken to the mill
at the rate of 70 lbs to bu. Fourteen
It's are deducted for cobs and are
not paid fer, but the miller grinds
these with oat hulls, making No 8
chop. which sells at $12 to IA per
ton, thus giving the miller a clear
profit. This cheap chop Is un.
bealthful and its sale should not
be allowed. A friend of mine
recently lost two shoats and was
unable to assign a cause. He called
q veterinary surgeon, who found
that death had resulted from clog
ging of the intestines with this
cheap chop. The man had paid 81
for half ton of chop and had
lost $50 from its use. The man
ufacture and sale of it should be
stopped and then there would be
an increased demand for rye, oats
and corn. State Grange Master
Leonard Rhone is investigating
She matter in that state. Why |
shouldn't we have pure food laws
for the animals as well as for hu |
mau beings?-A. B. Steele, Center
Go, Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
our Society Leaders.

Society in Europe has certain re.
etricted meaning which enables one 70
picture to himself what ''in society
means It is not necessarily brilliant
distinction, but it is at least a sufficient
ly ineligible definition. But here so,
c;otv leader" and ''clubman" may mean
something or nothing, as the case may
be. Here again democracy exaggerate:s !:
the very sentiments and positions It is Is
mnposed to ignore. Every woman with
two changes of headgear is a society
woman I" and every man with a top hat
and two pairs OF trousers is a club,
man " One hears, too. more talk about
"old families" here than anywhere else
Why it is I know not. unless it be be oe Dc
cause they secretly feel that they are al
90 new. :. America and American!
From French Point of View. "
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

The American Cotton Growers Pro
tectiye Association Convention IN
Augusta recently was not largely
at tended. Georgia, Alabama and
South Carolina were represented:
President Hector D. Lane OF
Alabama was ID the chair. An
address was adopted urging the
farmers of the cotton States to
make their place self sustaining by
growing an abundance of corn
meat, hay oats, peas, potatoes 1o1
all the people on the place ano
grow all the cotton they can II
addition. Every individual tarme,
is asked to resolve in his own mlno
without regard to what others ma,
do, to cut down the cost OF produlc
ing cotton bv planting onlv tn !;
best land in the staple and Il
thinner parts in grain &c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
WARNED OF DANGER.
Apparition That Saved Woman Fro
Being Bitten nv n Cobra

Apparition That Saved Woman From
Being Bitten by Cobra.
The following remarkable occurrence,
an absolute fact, was related by a lady
visiting friend ~ Hartford as it was
told her by her cousin in Meerat, north
western India. 1t took place in the
house of the sister Of the narrator. Of
its absolute accuracy there can be no
question. The two sisters in India arc
connected with families of repute and
with officers in the British army in In
dia. We give the story as the lady here
related it. She is a devout member of
the Episcopal church and is incapable
of misrepresenting in the slightest par
ticular.
Her cousin, in whose house the occur
renee took place, was seated at lighted
table engaged in reading, when, think
ing it about time to retire, and happen
ing to lift her eyes from the book, she
was astonished to see seated in chair
before her, and between herself and the
door to the bathroom, man, stranger
to her, who calmly regarded her. 1t was
too great surprise for her to speak and
demand who was thus intruding unbid-
den upon her privacy and what was
She remained for moment in
silent astonishment.
Then it gradually dawred upon her
hat the figure was probably not that Of |
/ person of real flesh and blood, but a
visitor from the unseen world of life
She remembered having once, as child.
een a similar figure, under circum-
tances which seemed to preclude the
dea that it was any person still in the
'ody, and in later years. in revolvil:;;
hose circumstances, she had remember
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

A young Italian is working
miracles in London-performing
fea!s which are miraculous in
comparison for instance, with the
revelation of the Roentgen rays.
Nothing more startling could be
asked, in the way of scientiury
sensation for the closing years of
the century. than the spectacle of
this boy of twenty two Marconi by
name, telegraphing without wires
for a mile or two through the
heart of London, the massive
buildings. offering no more
resistance apparently than as if
they were thin air. The account is
to be found in McClure's
Magazine. He telegraphs to the
light ships anchored off the west
coast of England, and this sug-
gests freak possibilities in the way
of signals from lighthouses to
vessels in fog, or from one vessel
to another. Right here comes in
the most shocking, overpowering
suggestion of all. The electric |
current which Marconi's in
Instrument produces is capable
of igniting gunpowder at long dis
tances; it has done it. What is to
prevent one war vessel from
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
SOME TRAINED CATS.
The Clever Tricks They Have Been Taught
to Perform.

Tho Clever Tricks They Rave Been Ta'iSn'
to Perform.
One of the most difficult things 10
teach a cat is to follow like dog. AS
rule, they will not follow, but OCCASION
ally there is an reception. A New aorA
yonnp lady has cat that trails SO close
after her as to be almost stepped upon.
THE chief clerk of the state department.
at Washington has cat with the same
accomplishment. He has owned IL 1or
seven or eight years. twill follow hlm
about the streets for miles just like
doc and is excessively fond of going out
for a walk, provided its master selects
evenings for his meanderings. In day
light it prefers not to go on these ram
bies, evidently because it does not ike
IN come in contact with small boys ana
dogs, who are then too numerous OIL 'ne
streets of Washington
It has often been observed tnat cats
really care nothing for master OF
mistress. but become attached to place
and not to persons. Not SO with TINS
narticular cat, for at one time when lts
owner changed his residence ne pur-
nosely left his cat with friends who oc.
cuoied ths house he had vacated, but
the cat was not satisfied until It had
found where the new house was and
taken ND its abode there, with evldent
delight at finding its old friend and pro-
tector.
, In the treasury department at WASH
inston there is one very wonderful cat:
, His name is Tom, and when addressed
he will quickly respond, even waxing
ont of a sound sleep to go toward the
speaker. Sometimes, to confuse hlni'
the clerks will sing out some word OF
words in which the syllable tom" II
emphasized, and to that he pays no al
tention. But let any one call, rom
: it's dinner timer' and forthwith M NJ
walks across the room, reaches up will
!, his paws to a tin pail, claws 1t dow
ard comes bringing it in his mouth
Tom is passionately fond of music: A
o the cry of 'sHand organP' he climbs
q high window seat, but at the woro
Il "Here's dogp' he sinks under desc
" One of the most accomplished cats
England belongs to Lady Randolp
% Churchill. 1t is maltese Angora, will
% out spot and with particularly cul
n ming face. This cat was bought for tf
to late Lord Randolph Churchill durin
o that year or two when his strong min
" failed and every effort was made
o 80 u---------ssp: Z, eai& over
tent meowing If a strange step came
Is and of course her children were yer
If bright When this Churchill cat wa
- told to "Go play the piano." she woul
Immediately walk back and forth upo
the keys of the baby grand in the bou
@ doir. Nov sit for youi picture, mean
to assume demure position with he
9 paws in line, her tailneatly ourlet
: around them and her head nicely ben
to one sidapas If trying to "look pleas
ant. Our Animal Friends.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS,

The County Board of Equaliza-
tion at it's last meeting passed a
resolution that the Township
Boards of Assessors be instructed
to assess all frst-class work mules
and horses at not less than tltty
dollars per head, a.: milk COWS at :,
not Ices than ten dollars per head
vearlings and other cattle at hve
dollars or more each, sheep at one
dollar each, goats at fifty cents
each, and hogs at one dollar OF
m,re each, and that all merchan:
disc, mills and machinery, and al
other property be assessed at llS
true value, and that this notice oe
published i'll all the county Papef'
and that it be a sufficient notlc'
| to allwho have failed to return al
their property for taxation, ant an
such as the fnregningLMlt lth-th!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
prand Erom the Burning.

After the German invasion an officer
of the Turkos could not settle down into
civic life, but went off to Africa on an
exploring expedition. In one OF the ma
tive villages on the Niger he saw an IN,
telligent, bright looking lad tied up, ana
on inquiry found that he was being fat
taned for a feast which was in contem-
nlation in which he was to appear roast
ed He bought the lad for case OF old
Tom gin and brought him back TO fafls'
where he was sent to school, astonishing
everybody by his capacity. He has just
died in that city, closing history III
which his rescue shines as the mos'
memorable incident
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
WHAT MY LOVE is LIKE.

NV love is like-is like rcso
Kissed by the morning dew'
Yet never rose brief summer Xno"s
So fair, my love, as you.
And when vile winter willis she leai
And the pink petals come TO grief
Stay, love, and shame the rose'
Nv love hath bosom like the snow
Less cold and doubly fair.
Rnt when earth's wintry fleece must go
When spring breathes in the air
And flowers spring to bless tho slgn0,
Love rules the heart with added migns'
Stay, love, and shame the snow
My loves dark eyc shines Ike a star
When the rude day has fed.
Ave. fairer far, thy avatar
Brings blessings on my head.
The star, that distant biGes, Is Wise
To shrink from riv.:lins t!y eyes.
Stay, love, and shame tho star.
j. l.. Hsaton in "The Quilting bee'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
READY for INSPECTION.

our line of Wagons and Buggies,
both in open and tops, Carriages aHa Ma
Breaks are ready for inspection: we
are offering rare bargains ana cor
daily invite yon to call.
HARNESS.
This line is complete. We have just
received large shipment OF wagon
md Rneey Harness together with all
narts a of harness-such as Riding,
Riind. Carriage and Open Brides;
Wagon and Buggy Collars, Harness,
Tugs, Traces, Cockeye and Buggy
Traces. Gig Saddles, Gig Pads and
Collars. Pads, Belly Bands folding and
single Lines double and single, Hame
Strings. Crouples, Breeching both
WAGON and buggy, Slip Harness, Tie
Reins. Breech Straps, Choke Straps,
Dntch Collars and Traces, Web and
Leather Halters, Wagon Breeching all
sizes, at living prices.
FURNITURE.
Oak and Poplar Suits, very. pretty
and very cheap; Dining Tables, ex-
tension and plain; Bureaus. Rockers
IF all kinds; Easels, Hat Racks, ana
everything to make home comfortable
HARDWARE AND WAGON MATERIAL.
A fine line of both, such as Rims,
Smokes. Hubs, Tire Iron, Round Iron,
. SQUARE Iron, Band Iron. Hoop Iron
In fact everything that is in the make
up of wagons or buggies. Hand a 1, saws VS.
Augers and Anger Bits, Hammers
Hatchets, Squares, Axes, Chlsies
Riacksmith Tongs, Files, Rasps, Rules
Tapes, Lines, Planes, Braces and Bits
also Cook Stoves, all sizes and prices
COFFINS.
This line is always complete, W
carry large stock of Cofins, Casket
and Metaliics all sizes and prices.
Calls attended to promptly nlgnG Q
day. Hearse furnished when wantee
Our prices are right on everything W
= sell. and if we should not have every
thing you want in stock we will orde
IL for YOU. We invite you to come.
RAMSEY & JON JGS,
Successors to Ramsey & Blan
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

Coy. Ellerbe has commuted Muir.
nbv. convicted of the murder OF
Treasu ,er copes, of orangeburg, to
life Imprisonment in the peniten-
tiary. New evidence submitted
to the governor raised doubts in
his mind as to Murphy's guilt, yet
he could not grant fu'l pardon
for there remained a strong doubt
as to his innocence of the terrible
crime.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
pie.
-, 81 The phosphate works

Business at the phosphate works X
in this State has been unusually
good this season, despite the al
legged gloomy outlook. The man an
aeerg of the mil 5 admit that the
quantity of fertilizers sold during
the months of January, February
and March exceeds that of a like
period for many years back.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
cREDo.

Beyond the curtain Of the Eravo
What shall befall us none may kno"
Save this: A manly heart and brave
True to friend, fair to foo,
That, passing, leaves record clear
May face the void without 8 fear.
And not by homily, but deed;
By upright life, not bended knee;
Bv Grace and worth, not garb or creeo'-
The honest man, whoe'er he be.
To nroved of heavens bliss an heir
Beyond the gravc-if heaven be there
II l.. Heaton in "The Quilting Bee.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

The cretans aided by Greece are
gaining victories over the lqfks'
Popular opinion has forced Eng
land to withdraw from the BLOCK
ade. and 1t is rumored that France
will follow Great Britain's exam
,,1o
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
EDGEF1ELD COUNTY.
ronrt Common Pleas.


Jennie C. Hammond as Admins
tratrix of the Estate of Fannie
P. Hammond, deceased-Plain-
tiff-against-C. W Hammond,
ct al-Defendants.
PURSUANT to the docree in
this cause, all persons holding
claims against the late Fannie T
Hammond, are required to prove
the same before me as Master on
or before the 3rd day of May, 1897
or they will be declared. w
w. +. ROATH,
Master E: @.
March 31-97
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
FOR SALE.

The following law books, apply
at ADVERTISER Office.
Bishop on Criminal Procedure
Vol. / and g..
Wharton on Criminal Law, 3 vols.
Willcock on Corporations.
Williams on Executors.
Hills S. Carolina Reports, Vol. q
Chitty's Blackstone, 2 vols.
Stephen on Pleading.
wills on Circumstantial Evidence
Foublanque on Equity, 2 vols.
Chitty on Contracts.
Paschal's Annotated Constitution
Martindale's US. Law Director.
(1S74.)
Brevard's Reports, Vol. 2.
Hale's Please of the Crown.
Greenleaf on Evidence, Vol. l.
Chitty on Bills.
Rice's Digested Index:
Harrison's Chancery, Vol. L.
Bays Reports, Vol: l;
ChittH3on Pleading. Vol. 1.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

The president is a Methodist but
there are three Presbyterians, one
congregationalist, one lndepena' 40
emit. one Unitarian, and one Cath
nlic in his cabinet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 81, 1897
The news of another Armenian
massacre comes-seven hundred
victims of Turkish cruelty.

Congress is still dilly-dallying .ag
over the arbitration treaty with
England, and it. is probable will
eventually refuse 10 ratify it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

100000 worth of cotton drills
has just been shipped from IN the
Piedmont and Pelzer mills to
Shanghai, China.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

touching off the powder mag azlne
of another, or the men in the coast
Notifications from blowing up. the
enemy's vessels in the samei way?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

Weather conditions now indicate
additional heavy rainfall in the
middle and lower Mississippi val
leys, which will materially
intensity conditions. ->s'
Those living iu districts overfowed
in foraspyears should be on the
safe side and transfer stock and
movable property to places of
known safety while there is yet
time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Auditors Notice.

AuQ1JOr S Notice.
I will DE at the following places
on the days below mentioned tc
receive tax returns:
Red Hill, Monday. Jan. II.
Golfers, Tuesday, Jan. 12.
Cheatham's Store, Wednesday.
January ks.
Clark's Hill, Thursday. January,
15.
Parksville, Saturday, January 1e.
Plum Branch, Monday, January
Quarles', Tuesday, January 19.
Longmires, Wednesday, Jan. 20.
Callison's, Thursday, Janury 21.
Kirksey's, Friday, January 20.
Williams Mill, Saturday, Jan. %.
Haltiwanger's, Monday, January
Meeting Street, Tuesday, January
26.
Pleasant Lane, Wednesday, Janu-
ry 81.
Trenton, Thursday, January %.
Johnston, Friday, January 29.
Edgefeld G. H., from Jan. 3Oth
to Feb. Goth, 1897, after which
time 30 per cent penalty will be
added to the value of all property
OF parties who fail to make tax re-
turnrg.
J. B. HALTIWANGER,
h,,l.La |
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

Chitt:NR3on Pleading, Vol. 1.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

The Mississippi river is still
Using. reports to the contrary not
wi thstanding. The chief OF tno
weather bureau at Washinfton
under date March 2Sth, says:
aThere is great danger yet to
come from the food in the region
from Helena southwark to New
Orleans. - r;se
n the region
o,.hward t.
yioksoa "a 80 nse during
,o.ear naeiait--i,of Yi1ksbuss
la Ia :oai4 the levees
~ j be one OF
floods ever
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

l have carefully examined ,he iorceo;nr 5. .tc.
ment and find the same to be corre,t; !aii.i les
calculated by the Insurance Dcpar,me.t
CHARLES A. PRELLEs A,.;li,cr
From the Surplus dividend will be appcrtioacd
as usual
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

Close connecti
all points on s. (
Railway, and s
Southern Railws
For informati
rates, schedules,
w. j. {
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

Lv. Col'bia, S.C.&G.Ry.
Ar. Charleston
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-11-04
THE ELECTIONS.

The elections of last Tuesday
have marked a decided reversal of
the vote of a year ago. In Greater
New York the Tammany candidate
swept i'll with a huge majority, and
the whole state went democratic.
In Ohio Hanna has been undoubt-
ly defeated, and at this time the
question OF state Offices are in doubt
being claimed both parties. Ken
lucky, Maryland and Virginia have
returned to the democratic ranks
with large majorities. In Iowa the
republican majority of over 10000
last fall has fallen to II 1000. In
Nebraska and Kansas the fusionists
were victorious.