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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Knack of onlon-Growing.

Those who grow onions in beds in
amateur gardens must have noted that
Then s. few seeds get scattered on a
patch Of ground that has been tramped
bard and solid the result is o crop Of
onions much larger and finer than
those grown in the looser soil devoted
to the onion bed proper. This would
certainly indicate that well compacted
soil is preferable for the greatest sue
cess in onion culture. In many parts
of America, however, the onion is per-
mitted to have two seasons for its full
development, They are sown COM
paratively late in the spring and
mature by midsummer, making bulbs
about the size of large marbles, which
are known as onion-sets. These are
then replanted the following spring
and grow to large size by mid-sum-
mer, when they again mature. But
the fact that we have noted in relation
to compact soil ought to be as true of
the onion-sets as of the plant which
grows in o single season to its ma
turity.-Meehan's Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Johnson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.
n Hours.
The Electric Bug.

"These swarms of bugs of which I
see complaint is now being made il
st. Louis are the product of our rapid
development of the electric force, re-
marked E. W. Cashion, of Indianapo-.
lis, at the Linden. "They were un-
known few years ago, and now they
are pests in all the towns and cities In
this country where electricity is in
considerable use. I talked with q
college professor at Indianapolis about
them recently, and he is convinced
that they have sprung up as Q sort OF
spontaneous outgrowth of the increased
utilization of the electric force. Ana
tomically, the electric bug is sui gen.
eris, and appears to imbide its susten-
ance from some property in the air
currents that lie in immediate contact
with the electric currents. The col
lege professor to whom I spoke has
been studying them closely, and says
he is convinced that in the end they,
will prove a blessing instead of curse.
BE thinks it probable that after awhile
the enlarged use of electricity will
generate new germs and microbes in
the atmosphere that will be additional
sources of disease and bodily ills to
the human race, and that medical
science will be unable to cope with
them for long time. Meanwhile, ma
ture is responding to the new demands
on her storehouse by sending these
swarms of bugs to purify the air of
poisonous things put i'll it by the arc
lights and the trolley. He declares
that he has watched this strange new
bug closely, and has thus far been un-
able to find out on what it 5ubsists un-
less it be some unknown foreign sub
stance brought into the atmosphere by
the electric currents. For that reason,
he says, they are very properly de-
nominated electric bugs, and he be-
lieves they are destined to serve good
purpose as scavengers of the air in the
years to come. st. Louis Republic.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
A Father of ROYALTIES.

The oldest reigning sovereign in Eu'
rope-the King of Denmark, who is
thirteen months older than Queen Vic
toria--is the oldest reigning sovereign
in Europe. Though the Queens senior
in years, he has not reigned much
more than half as long; but that is
longer than all the others, including
King Leopold, who only succeeded to
the throne of Belgium in 1S65-two
years after Christian ks accession.
He has been singularly tactful and
prudent monarch, intensely beloved by
his subjects, and carrying weight in
the counsels of Europe far greater than
the more size of the kingdom would
justify. No family is SO extensively
allied with The Royal houses as his;
the Emperor of Russia is his grandson,
the King of Greece his son, the heir to
the English throne his son-in-law.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Quinine and other fe-
yer medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever
Jol1nson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures i'm ONE DAY.
Sunday Feeding.

Under the heading of the "Sunday
Penalty of Irregular Feeding" the
Medical Record points out that in our
progress from bsrbarism We have
evolved people with whom regularity
in eating is absolutely necessary to
good health. As result of this arti-
fetal existence, the secretions are
poured out and ready for action with
the monotony of clockwork. If this
system is neglected, the violstor not
only suffers bodily discomfort, but an
actual injury is done to the digestive
apparatus, which has been so educated
that it requires q definite amount Of
exercise and positive promptness in
feeding that requirement. The stom-
ach having poured out its secretions,
as customary, waits only short time
before allowing them to be absorbed
without the accompanying nutrition
which goes to the formation of more
secretions. After g few such expert
ences, the secretions become less in
amount and activity, and indigestion
ensues. Dyspeptics are ordered to
eat at infexibly regular intervals.
Normal stomachs are by no means
many, yet this rule, SO imperative to
sufferers, is regularly disregarded by
the well. Once a week, the three
regular daily meals are replaced by
late rising and abstinence, followed by
gluttony. The gastric juices know
nothing of a seventh day OF crest"
and the result is discomfort, stupidity,
and loss of appetite on Monday.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
The Coming Vehicle.

The horseless wagon is surely COM
ing. AS previously chronicled, an
electric phaeton" was successfully
tested at Hartford last week, and day
or two later carriage with a kerosene
motor had a satisfactory trial at Mid
dletown. cit weighs" We are told,
"only 625 pounds, and the cost is
$500. Mr.. Whitney, the inventor,
took out several of the prominent resi-
dents of the city for spin, and the
wagon went up the steep hills of the
city as quickly as it passed over the
macadamized principal thorough
fares" The cost of running the vehicle
is said to be two cents mile. Its speed
is from ten to fifteen miles an hour. -
Providence (R. I. J Journal.
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!sGoina down ., asked Bale.

George nodded and looked about
him, rather evading Bales eye than
not, said an Indifferent thing or two
about the weather and 80 on, and
went his way.
"Ting!" said the little bell. Bala
handled his levers, and watched the
dial face.
''I could smash him like an egg,"
said Bale, 'and not a living creature
would think it was anything but an ac-
cident."
Georges mind was in his work, and
he had no guess of what was passing
in thoughts of the man who at the in
slant controlled his destinies. The
descending skip swung to its stopping
place like feather. The married man
stepped out and made his way along
the workings in pursuit ofhis own bust
ness. The bachelor above ground
folded his smeared arms across his
chest, planted his back against an iron
upright which ran from floor to ceiling,
and pulled at his pipe, awaiting the
next signal.
"Here, youw he shouted to the boy
who passed the door. ''What do you
mean by letting all this cotton-waste
lie about here? Clear it out"
"Allright, gafer," said the boy. "In
a minute"
"Ting!" said the little bell. Bale
set down his pipe, and took the levers.
The pipe fell over. When his i'm
mediate task was finished he looked
for it, and could not find it. He raked
the cotton-waste here and there with
his foot. No pipe. Bale cursed q lit
tie to relieve his feelings. 'Ting"
said the little bell, and he went back
to his work. He swung the skip up,
the careful eye seeking the dial every
now and then. Being free once more,
he began his search again. He kicked
the oily waste savagely, and all at once,
as if it had been living thing, flame
broke out at him. Heraced swiftly to
the door and shouted "Fire" 'Ting!
ting! ting! ting a-lingle-ling-ling-ling!"
The little bell was mad.
"Shaft afre!" roared a voice from
the side Of the distant downcast.
'My Godw said Bale, and dashing
back to the engine house, he fought
wildly with the growing flames. he
stamped out the blazing waste, and
turned again to his levers. Round
spun the shining wheels. Smooth and
steady went piston and crank, round
crept the hand on the dial. He looked
behind him and the floor was smoul.
dering.
"Fire here!" he shouted. Engine
house afre''
':Ting!" said the little bell. There
were hundred and fifty men below,
and he was their one helper. He
obeyed the bell, and then rushed once
more int lie = 't'-o with
VI:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

American manufactures increased in
value nine-fold, as against two-fold
increase in! the value of British manu-
factures in sixty years.
Mr.. Mulhall, the celebrated British
statistician, has pointed out that ''the
productive power of q nation can be
measured at each census with almost
the same precision as that with which
the astronomer indicates the distances
of the heavenly bodies" An able
bodied male adult has daily working
power equal to that required to lift
500 tons one foot. On this basis Mr..
Mulhail reports the physical power OF
the American nation to-day to be equal
to 64O6 millions of foot tons per day.
To that he adds the horsepower aud
steam-power of the country, and re-
ports the total daily lifting power in
the United States at 129, 9,sO6 millions
of foot tons. The meaning of this
statement is better understood when
it is added that, by Mr. Mulhalls
computation, "the United States pos
sess almost as much productive energy
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

available to show what the aggregate
national wealth of the United Kingdom
was in 1897. But there are abundant
later statistics to warrant the state-
ment that, great as the growth Of
British commerce, manufactures, rail-
roads and the resulting total produc-
tion OF wealth has been under Vic
toria's rule, the contemporaneous
creation of wealth in the United States
has been much greater.
Editor Stead, in the current Review
of Reviews, says that the wealth of the
United Kingdom has been multiplied
four times since 1887. If he is ccr-
rect, its valuation when the Quesn
was crowned must have been about
$12, 500, 100000.
The census taken in 1910 showed
that the aggregate wealth of the
United States was about 81, 000, 00l-
600, or an average of $40 per capia,
As last computed, by the census Of
1890, the total wealth Of this county
is S65, 5,O37, 900, 900. That is justabolt
thiriy-three per cent. greater than tie
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
A Rat killing Dnel.

A bet was made at Villa Rica, Ga., a
few days ago between W. 81. Barton
and John Bass as to who could kill the
most rats in two hours time. The
two men repaired to Barton's barn. 1t
was full of corn and fodder, and an in
viting home for rats. They moved the
corn and the rats moved out in great
numbers. Each man was armedlwith a
club. Barton killed AL and Bass
436, Barton winning by five rats. In
a cotton basket the dead rats were put
and weighed an even hundred pounds.
-Douglasville (Ga.) New South.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

O. matter or WEEKS. vAoo III wnlle
the male bird relieves his mate from
duty, and takes turn at keeping the
four eggs warm while the female flies
up and down the pond.
Big swans are formidable foes, and
when angered by anyone approaching
their nest fight with wonderful fierce.
ness. 1t is bold man who dares to
risk his eyes in a battle with them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

by conquest, treaty or settlement in
the reigns of Victoria's predecessors,
yet the population and development
thereof have been accomplished mostly
within the past sixty years.
It is not the number of square miles
that make nation great, but thenu
Der and the quality of the men tofthe
miles.
In 1S41 (the year of the first Vic
torian census) the United Kingdom
had 27, 900, 900 inhabitants. In 1891
it had nearly 3S,OOO,OO0. 1t appears
that the Queen is ruling to-dayloyer
about 100000 more subjects than
she did in 1887.
During the same period the United
Kingdom has sent out about 5000, 900
surplus population, one-half of whom
have come to the United States.
The actual increase in the number
of the Queens white subjects at home
and abroad appears to have been about
23,000,000. Sir Walter Bessnts esti-
mates that, scattered over the whole of
the B. ~a are nov
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
UNCLE SANS JUBILEE,
SIXTY YEARS OF GROWTH IN THE
UNITED STATES.

Great as England is, the United States Afe
Greater-In Population, wealth, Manu-
actures, Railroads. Education and Pros
ductive Power This Country Leads
The burden of the Victorian jubilee
song, says the New York World, isthe
great growth of Great Britain at home
and abroad during the sixty years OF
Victoria's reign.
But, in the language of the Man :in
the Street, "there are others"
Uncle Sans jubilee, for instance,
would be very much more impressive
even than Queen Victoria's.
The British Empire in 1897 includes
a total area of II, ,335,s06 square miles
and population of $50, 600, ,0o0, using
round figures. While great part of
this vast territory was acquired either
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

But we can dwarf these figures also.
Sixty years ago the total imports and
exports of the United States were less
than 5000, 900, 900 per year. Now they
are over 81, 500, 600, 900 ayear. While
British foreign trade has been multi
plying fve-fold American foreign trade
has multiplied seven-fold.
In the matter of railroads, Mr.. Stead
says truly that the great bulk of Brit
ish railroad mileage has been built
since Victoria began 10 reign. Even
80, our railroad building record beats
it call hollow"
The total railroad mileage of the
United Kingdom to-day is about
81, 900 miles. The railway mileage of
the United States is more than nine
times as large. We have over lSO, 600
miles of railroads already built, and
that is more than the combined rail-
road mileage of all the nations of Eu-
rope put together.
Coming next to manufactures, Mr..
Stead gives q diagram showing that
between 1887 and 1897 the value OF
British manufactures has about dou-
bled. That is good lively gait, but
it does not touch the pace at which
the manufactures have grown in the
United States. Our statistics are not
complete enough for close comparison
away back in 1887, but we have the
figures from 1850 to 1890.
In 1850 the gross value of the man
ufactured products of this country was
81, 900, 900, 900, using round figures.
III 1880 the gross valne of the product
Of American manufactures was 49,,
400, ,00O,O So that in forty years
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
computed total OF the wealth of Great

England's total wealth to-day is
estimated by her own famous statisti-
eian, DR.. Robert Gifen, at $50, 49,
600, 1000. So she is behind the United
States in the size of her pile by about
$14, 900, 100000. Uncle Sans farm is
worth more than John Bulls in the
proportion of at least thirteen to ten.
In the one item of real estate the
valuation of this country stands rela-
lively to that of Great Britain as two
to one. The lands and buildings of
the United Kingdom were last valued
at about $40, 900, 900, 900, and those of
the United States at just about $4O,-
0O0,00O,0OO.
The wealth in houses in this Gland
of the free" represented an annual in
vestlnent of about $3.50 per inhabit-
ant for the twenty years ending with
1890. The annual average ia Great
Britain represented an annual invest
ment of less than Sc per inhabitant for
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
The Orchard.


The head of tree needs TO be fairly
open to admit sun and air for full
growth perfection of fruit. Further
more, moderately low head on a
tree is desirable inasmuch as it favors
the economical gathering Of the crop
Of fruit.
1t is considered good plan TO oc-
casionally put on trees coat of strong
soft soap during warm spell in win
ter. It aids in destruction of insects
and parasites that are harbored in the
back of the trunk and larger branches.
Of course the soap will eventually be
be washed off by rains. The eggs Of
the tent caterpiller are now to be-
found readily upon the naked branches
of tho apple tree. They appear in
bands glued on near the ends of small
twigs.
Out off the twigs and burn them,
thus making sure of the destruction of
the eggs. How many orchards ap-
pear, especially among our older set
Elements, that they are really unproft-
able and useless! The trees are
starved, run out, and show but poor,
mean scraggy growth. Manure lib
orally and prune severely and ofttimes
these seemingly worn trees will be in
duced to take upon themselves new
lease of life.
Tillage, manure, care, are all i'm
portant with an orchard. A man can
not expect to receive paying crops If
he does not work and labor and strive
and plan for the same. Do not hesi-
tate to give the orchard at least as
much attention as you would q crop OF
corn and potatoes. Not only is it
wise to take care of what trees farmer
may have, but it will usually be profit
able to set out new orchards.
The mar. who makes business OF
oreharding and uses all modern ap-
pliances to aid him in his work prac-
ticed, follows the best idea in spray
ing, care of trees, marketing fruits,
etc., and studies modern papers and
books on horticulture, will, we think,
find he has an industry that year in and
year out will yield as good returns as
any branch of agriculture.-W. P.
Perkins, in Nebraska Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Ouack Grass ON Sandy Soil.

It is very difficult to rid sandy soil
of either quack grass or of its equal
pest the Canada thistle, because
where there is no hard subsoil the
roots lun too deeply for the plow to
bring chem up. The sandy soil is also
so porous and has so little vegetable
mould that the quack roots do not die
quickly, even if not allowed to send
up shoe OTIS. But on land wholly desti-
tute o. vegetable matter it is hardly
worth while to get rid of quack. It
will keep a sod and prevent the sand
from blowing, which is difficult to do
With any of the cultivated grasses or
with clover.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

choked, blinded. linen neip 49,
roar of voices. "Tingr' said the
inexorable bell. He held on to hispost,
fighting against death. Outside, men,
formed in line. passed buckets from
hand to hand, and the contents being
dashedupon the flames filed the room
with scalding steam. He could not
see the dial any longer, but he worked
by instinct, and the instinct never be-
trayed him once. 'TTing!" and the
first stage of the cage was filed with
rescued men. "Ting!" and the sec
ond stage was filed. ''Ting!" and
the third stage was filled. Then he
tore her up like fire, checked her,
coaxed her. stopped her to foot.
"Ting" and citing" and cling" and
the three stages were empty, and that
batch of thirty was back to life again.
Then he sent her down like stone,
and lived along the plunge in his own
mind until he felt she should be there.
Instinct proved true again by the
bells voice.
His body was in hell, but his soul
leaped with passionate intoxication
of revolt and mastery to defy its pains.
The men outside dashed water on his
burning clothes. They howled ap-
plause at him. Some among them
wept as they cheered, and one went
shrieking, with both hands writhing
in the air, as if he himself were tor
tured.
1t was all done at last, and there
went up cry of triumph terrible to
hear. Bale reached the open air
charred, blackened, scarce human
to look at, and as he fell into the
nearest comrades arms the roof Of the
engine house dropped in. They car
ried him to the nearest cottage, and
all that could be done for him was
done. He was conscious to the end,
and he made shift to as for Selma
She came, her mother " her.
"I wanted you to kno said Bale.
'tI could't ha' gone thro, with it ii
your George hadn't been vn."
Selma stopped and kisseu him, her
tears raining on his face,
."There, there!" said Bale. ,"That's
the end of it ALL"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
as Great Britain, Germany and France
collectiYelY.n

collectively"
He tells us further that Oh average
farm hand in the United States raises
at much grain as three farm hands in
England, by reason of his superior
machinery and tools. Whence we de-
duct the fact that the daily working
power, or capacity for productive
labor, of the United States is about
three times as great at least as that of
Great Britain.
Finally, there is the matter of edu-
cation, and perhaps after all this is the
point of comparison of which we have
the best right to be proud. The
census of 1890 shows that eighty-seyen
per cent. of our total population above
the age of ten can both read and write.
In the words of Mr.. Mulhall, Gin the
history of the human race no nation
ever before possessed 41,OO0,0 900 in
structed citizens"
Great Britain is no doubt the lead
ing nation in Europe in the matter Of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
THOs. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR.
s'TIsLovE THAT MAKES THE WORLD
GO ROUND"


A thousand years ago, or more.
A maiden and youth
Discovered for themselves anew
An old, yet living TRUTH
For through their love these lovers
found
twas love that made the world go
round,
AS youths and maidens had before
thousand years ago and more.
4 thousand years from now, or more,
A youth will know the bliss
or gazing into eyes that flash
The love-light back to his;
And send the world for many day
A-spinning gayly on its way, s&
A-spinning faster than before, y
Another thousand years, or more.
Aud, Love, have you and I not found
IT'S love that makes the world go roundP
Gustav Kobbe, in Harper's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28

But swarm of little sparrows, as if
knowing how easily the big birds are
angered, like to hop and twitter mis-
chievously. about them.
The Park keepers are greatly sur
prised at the spot chosen for the nest.
Last year there was also one solitary
nest for the entire season, but the par
ent birds, couple of white ones, made
great effort to hide their home, even
adopting the remarkable expedient of
building false decoy nest to. attract
attention from the spot.-New York
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Source i of the nIissonri.

An explorer says that the Missouri's
source is ut the crest of the Rockies,
5000 feet above the sea level, just with
in the boundary of Montana The
stream is two feet wide and two inches
deep, its water coming from melted
snow. This source is 4221 miles from
the Gulf of Mexico and 2945 miles
from it's confluence with the Missis.
sippi, making the river the longest un
broken current in the world.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Portable Houses.

An occasional change, not only Of
food, but quarters as we'll, is conducive
to the health of the hog. Many of
our more successful swine raisers keep
their herds divided up, using small,
stoutly built houses without floors, the
sills Of which are rounded up at the
ends, so that with team the houses
can DO 'tsnigged" to q new location.
This encourages the swine, while dis
couraging disease germs and other
yermin. Agricultural Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-28
Johnson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.

A Kentucky strawberry grower re.
ports clear profit this season OF
$729. on seven acres of ground.
Numbers Of women and children who
would have earned money in no other
way made one or two dollars day
picking berries. Another grower OF
strawberries reports his clear profit to
have been $357.50 on two acres OF
ground.