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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23

against the WALL, After that he lay
quite still. I believed at the time that
I had Killed him, but we knew after.
ward that it was that blow which pre-
served his reason.
snThe rest can be told in few words.
After that I: lay there like one in a
dream, while the pestilential air slowly
did its work. Sometimes Z, fancied L
could feel cool breezes blowing down
ON me, and at others heard some one
telling me to wake up, for that the
whistle had sounded at the pits. How
long I lay so, can only conjecture. L
really knew nothing more until I was
reused by the sound of that coal bar
rier crashing down before the picks
and spades of o dozen rescuers, and
the hubbub from dozen throats as
they broke into our tomb.
"Only just in time. Old Jim's face
was only just out of the water, and
they said that no human being could
have lived in that atmosphere for an
other two hours. And young Jim?-
we'll, there was just enough life left in
him to last three days.
s'Till the end of that third day, 1
kept to my bed; and then they sent to
say that he was going, but thas he
wished to see ne first. I reached the
house just in time to catch his last
whisper.
"iYou-you'll take her, mattel Marry
her-no one else! Only--only, you'll
let my ring stay there. Promise--me
that
'eWhat could I do but promise? I
had no thought then of marrying his
sweetheart-but it was his dying v ish,
and for years Jim and had been like
brothers.
M.Just q year later I asked her if
there was room in her heart for me,
and--and-well, that's enough. Now
you know why my wife wears two we'd
ding rings. ."-Tit-Bits.
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manner as to carry off surplus moisture
readily and prevent flooding by the
hardest rains. This can best be ac-
complished by filling in until the floor
of the poultry house is six inches high
er than the surrounding surface. The
filling should be clay, if it can be got,
and in any event it should be slightly
damped and pounded down firmly and
allowed to dry beforeeing p but to use.
Then cover with two inches of garden
soil or dust as dry as is convenient.
As soon as there is any foul odor about
the house this coat of loose soil should
be removed and new one put in. In
the summer months this must be done
about twice month, but in the winter
a longer time may elapse, provided the
soil is raked over and the droppings
mixed in it once week. The soil that
is taken out is one of the best fertiliz-
ers about the farm, and may be used
on garden crops with great benefit.
The objection to board floor is that
it becomes saturated with the drop
pings, and not only offensive, but dan
gerous as a breeder of disease. A
board floor is q good breeding place for
vermin, while one of earth acts as a
preventive in great measure, the dust
arising from the floor acting as an In
secticide. Voice.
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CARNATIONS, such as corps, divisions
and bripades. to erect their own mon

CARNATIONS, such as corps, divisions
and Brigades, to erect their own mon
nments. Nine handsome granite mon
uments, all different, to the United
States regulars, have been set up by
the Government, at cost Of $500
each. Eight pyramidal monuments,
each ten feet high, constructed of
eight-inch shells, have been erected to
mark the spots where brigade COM
Fmanders on each side were killed.
Each battery engaged is to be marked
In its most important fighting position
by guns and carriages of the patterns
used in the battle. There are thirty
five of these positions for each army
on the Chickamauga field alone. Five
observation towers of iron and steel,
seventy feet high, have been built, two
Ion Missionary Ridge and three on
Chickamauga field, from which the
whole landscape below appears clear
and recognizable with its markings.
All designs and inscriptions for mon
uments and tablets have to be submit
ted first to the Chickamauga National
Park Commission and receive approx
al by the Secretary of War in order to
insure reasonable Uniformity and har-
mony, as well as artistic propriety and
historical accuracy. All monuments
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23

streets of the city with electric lights
for the same price that is now paid for
the very unsatisfactory lighting with
oil lamps.
Charles Burckhalter, the astronomer
OF the Chabot Observatory, of Cali
fornia, will travel halfway around the
world SO that for two minutes, in far
of India, he may endeavor to photo
graph the sun during. solar eclipse OF
next January.
True mama is said to be found on
the blades of blue grass growing in
Queensland. Nearly. three parts of it
consist of mannite, which, though
sweet, is not a sugar. Masses as large
as.marbles appear on the nodes Of the
stems. The Misunderstanding grass is
not only indigenous to Australia, but
is. found in tropical Asia and Africa.
Telegraph and telephone poles are
the latest development in the line Of
manufactures from paper. They are
made of pnlp in which small amount
of borax, tallow, and other ingredients
are mixed. These are cast in mold
in the form of hollow rod of the de-
sired. length. The poles are claimed
to be lighter and stronger than wood,
and it is. said that the weather Goes
not affect them.
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A Covote With a Bell.

One of Charles Stoll's boys, Of Hun
CRY Hollow, caught coyote in trap
recently that had collar around its
neck with bell attached to it. This
would indicate that some one had been
breeding coyotes for their scalps and
that this one had either escaped or the
party OF parties had gone out OF the
business when the State appropriation
was shut off.
Another thing that leads to this be-
lief is the fact that coyotes are now
more numerous in that section than
they have been for years. A little in
vestigating might produce scme inter-
estineresults. The Mails correspond
ent from that section has complained
for the past year of the unusual num-
ber of coyotes in that section and the
great annoyance and loss they have
caused the farmers. If the State was
still paying bounty of $5 for each
scalp the breeding of coyotes would be
quite profitable industry.-Wood-
land tCaL.l Mail.
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must be either of durable stone or
bronze, and all inscriptions must con.
form to the official reports and bepure-
ly historical.
Under the law establishing Ma
tional park at Gettysburg, introduced
by General Daniel E. Sickles, the
Government at once proceeded to ao-
quire the 800 acres and rights of way
over avenues owned by the Gettysburg
Battle Field Memorial Association, and
also to acquire other lands on the bat
tie field by purchase or condemnation:
Additional roads will be opened and
tablets will be set up definitely mark
ing the lines OF the troops on both
sides. The rights, however, OF States
and military organizations to plats OF
ground on which markers and monu-
ments have already been placed, will in
no wise be prejudiced. The Gettys-
burg National Park Commission, like
that of the Chickamauga Park, will CO.
operate with State commissions in fix
ing positions that are not yet determ-
ined. =.
A special and noteworthy feature OF
the Gettysburg Park, authorized In the
Sickles law, is huge bronze tablet on
q pedestal bearing medallion Likeness
of President Lincoln and the whole OF
his immortal address on the occasion OF
the National Cemetery dedication at
Gettysburg on November 10, 1868.
There are now nearly $4,000, OOo
worth of monuments on the Gettysburg
field erected by States and regimental
organizations and military societies.
But until o few years ago there were no
lines of battle marked, and visitor to
the field, noticing the absence OF
monuments on the Confederate side,
would be prompted to ask: Against
whom were the Union troops fghting|
This lack has been supplied, and the
lines of all troops carefully indicated
by tablets, as at Chickamauga, without
censure and without praise, and, above
all, with historical accuracy.
The Shiloh Military Park for which
Congress passed an authorizing act un-
der the lead of Representative David
B. Henderson, of Iowa, comprises
about 5000 acres, woods and farming
lands. Over 1000 Confederates lie
buried on that hard-fought field lAprl
Iand 7, 1862, and in the National
cemetery are 5000 Union dead. A
commission like those OF Chickamauga
and Gettysburg has located the battle
lines and sites for tablets and monu-
ments for the 258 organizations en-
gagged in the battle. The arrangement
Of roads and brigade sections has been
placed under the supervision OF the
best landscape architects procurable
by the War Department. The regula-
tions as to tablets and monuments will
be uniform for all three parks-Chicka-
mauga, Gettysburg and Shiloh.
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Electric Light rs Bait.

William johnson, who has just re-
turned from Binghamton, N. Y, from
q trout fishing trip to Delaware County,
made a successful experiment with
number of small incandescent light
bulbs, which he used as bait. E.e at
tached bulb about the size OF those
used by physicians, to his line near
the hook. Then he made trip up
the stream at night, throwing the
lighted bait into the water, the current
being furnished by pocket battery.
His success was phenomenal.
The fish attracted by the light would
flock around the strange object and
snap at the baited hook. Mr.. Johnson
says he has consulted counsel, and
finds that this manner of fishing is not
prohibited by the game laws, and ex-
perience satisfies him that it is most
remunerat!ve from fisherman's point
of yiew.-New York Press.
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How the Eattlefields of Chickamauga,
Gettysburg and Shiloh Will Look to
the Coming Generations-Some of the
Characteristic Monuments Erected.
The Government has created three
elaborate National military parks on
the three greatest battlefelds OF the
Civil War-Chickamauga, Gettysburg
and Shiloh. It is intended that they
shall serve as permanent object lessons,
of American courage and Yalor, and
each of them will be constructed on a
scale of magnifcence not to be seen
elsewhere in the whole world.
None of these parks will be merely
ornamental pleasure grounds. The
prime idea is to restore those historic
fields to substantially the condition
they were in at the times of the battles,
and, in harmony with that idea, the
parks to be created on their sites will
be devoted strictly to the illustration
of the supreme struggles which rem
dered them famous for the benefit of
future generations rather than of sur
viving participants. In these parks
every incident of the battles will be
treated from the impartial standpoint
of history, without sectional animosity
or bias, and in all the markings and
monuments rigid justice will be shown
alike to the vanquished and yictors.
Chickamauga and Shiloh were the most
memorable contests of the war in the
West, and Gettysburg was the most
momentous conflict in the East, and in
all three the most distinguished Gen
erals. Union and Confederate, COM
manded, and troops from typical sec
tions fought, so that by securing and
preserving those fields intact as repre-
sentative examples of the greatest
battles of the Civil War the Govern
ment will be able to perpetuate theil;
history in concrete physical form fol'
all time to come.
Each of those three battles, however,
was in measure representative of the
whole country. Twenty-nine of the
thirty-three States east of the Rocky;
Mountains, which comprised the
Union at the outbreak of the war, had
troops in the Chickamauga and Chat
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
Extensive Pruning.

F. J. Kinny, the Worcester garden
ell and fruit grower, does not believe in
much pruning for trees. At recent
horticultural meeting he cited the in
stance of neighbor who had fine
orchard but who had his trees trimmed,
with the result that his crop of apples
has since materially deteriorated both
in quality and quantity. He thought
it was an admitted fact that you could
remove very large limb from tree
without injuring the growth of the
whole tree. The best orchards he
knew of were those that had been
trimmed the least, but which were well
fertilized. News.
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soan From- suntlower Seeds.

Those interested in new industries
may be glad to hear that it is possible
to manufacture good soaps from sun
flower seeds. Sunfowers grow easily,
and neel little attention. A company
has been organized in the United
States to manufacture this sort of soap.
1t is claimed that the average yield Of
plants to the acre is $500 pounds gross;
percentage of oil is one-third the
weight Of the seeds, SO that 600 pounds
of seed will make 200 pounds of, oil.
The latter, when refined and ready to
use in making soap, is worth about
81 a pound, and is said to make the
finest of toilet soaps. The net profit
of the sunfowers to the grower is put
at 81 an acre.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23

years, but is it usual for wife to wear
two wedding rings?"
Dead silence. He had just low cred
his violin, after very soft solo-for it
was considerably past midnight when
I ventured that curious question.
There had been an evening party, and,
as was to stay at the house till morn
ing, Carson's wife had said "Good
night" and left US to finish our inevita-
BILE smoke and talk. His mouth
twitehed little, but it was some time
before he retorted in a low tone:
SIS it usual Tor man well under
forty to have hair rs white as mine?"
"Well, perhaps not-but L thought
you attributed that to some shock or
other. What has that TO do with.
with the two rings?"
Everything" He listened at the
doo1. for g moment, turned down the
lights and then came and sat down,
spreading his hands over the fire,
1.-Two rings? Exactly, one is the ring
put on her finger when 1 married
her; the second was put there by an
other man, and will stay there as long
as the first"
'Never mind now" I said. His
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
Derivation of the Names of the Days.

Sunday is SO called, because it was
anciently dedicated to the worship of
the sun. Monday means literally the
day of the moon. Tuesday was dedi-
Gated to Tuisco, the Mars of our Saxon
ancestors, the deity that presided ever
combats, strifes and litigation. Hence
in England Tuesday is assize day; the
day for combat, or commencing litiga-
ton. In Shis country it is generally
the day selected for the opening of
court terms OF sessions. Wednesday
is SO called from Wodin, or Odin, a
deity or chief among the northern
nations Of Europe. Thursday was
named by the saxons from Thor, the
old Teutonic god of thunder. Friday
is from Frea or Friga, a goddess of the
old Saxon mythology. Saturday means
simply saturn's day, the name being
derived from the deity of that name.
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TALE OF TWO RINGS.

other. The only thing I recollect is
that his face was gray as marble, and
that line of froth stood on his lips.
'tHe was the first to come back to
sense: He gave one choking cry of
'Jim! and staggered forward to that
black pile: The boys hand was stick
ing out from the bottom of it, clutch
ing conyulsively at nothing. I sank
down and watched, in sort of dreary
fascination, as old Jim, uttering
strange cries, tore at the mass in 8
mad frenzy. God help him! Jim was
the only thing he had in the world to
love-. In less than five minutes he had
dragged him out, and sat down to hug
him IN his arms. Dead? No; he could
just open his poor Justified ayes in
answer to his fathers whispers; but
we kaew at once that he would never
again make the galleries echo his pierc-
ing whistle.
"For whole hours, T suppose,
neither of us attempted to realize our
situation. We sat on in the dead ST.
lence, waiting for something to hap
pen. Once or twice we saw young
Jim's blackened lips move feely, and
each time his father would mutter
brokenly. 'Ay, my precious boy, we'll
look after her'' Once the old man
broke out, quayeringly, into the hymn,
''Abide With Mep but he got no fur
ther than the third line. That, per-
haps, was about S.o'clock, but we
could keep no count Of the time, as my
watch had stopped. Hour after hour
must have gone by, and still old Jim
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
Remarkable Surgical Operation.

DR.. William T. Bull has lately given
to the world an account of the entire
restoration to health of woman who
had carried a plate of artificial teeth
in her esophagls for twenty-five
months, her health meantime being
ct a low ebb, for the removal of which
he successfully operated. In that con-
nection he relates some most interest
ing experiments with the X-rays. 1t
seems that there are many things that
may be swallowed-one surgeon emu
merates twenty-five that have been,
and more than half OF them are SUD-
stances that can be discerned by the
aid of the X-rays, hence he considers
that "this addition to surgical resources
cannot be overestimated. New YORK
Independent.
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Why take Johnson's
Chill & Fever Tonic?
Because it cures the.
most stubborn case
ofFever i'm ONEDAY.
perfect Skull of a Mastodon.

The Museum of the Missouri State
University has just received what Is
declared TO be the most perfect skull
of a mastodon in the world. It was
presented to the museum by R. A.
Blair, well known geologist of Seda-
liza, Mo. He reserves the privilege OF
retaining the skull, but it is hoped
that it may remain there permanently.
With the skull were found other mas
todon remains Of less value, and they
also are placed on exhibition. The
largest and most valuable collection OF
mastodon remains hitherto has been
in the British Museum, and the next
In value is at Berlin, Germany. Both
these collections are made up almost
altogether of remains found in Mis-
sOuri
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
A Mile From Land.

An old tourist, recalling Captain Jud-
kins of the sidewheeler Scotia, tells
how that worthy skipper used to be
trundled about in q rolling chair when
his gout was bad. And he also recalls
the delight with which the irreverent
Young men heard the anxious spinster
ask the scowling autocrat three days
out) how far they we're from land.
"About a mile, ma'am," snapped Jud-
kins. "Indeed! How interesting! In
which directionP" "In that direction,
ma'aml" shouted the captain, pointing
downward as he turned his back toward
her
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
Rat killing Their Fad.

The newest fad in Scott County,
Indiana, is 'trat killings" The vicinity
has lately been invaded by hordes Of
rats, which are doing much damage.
When "killing" is arranged all the
men and robust boys in the neighbor-
hood are invited, and, armed with
clubs and accompanied by dogs, they
begin systematic cleaning out OF
barns, haystacks and corn cribs. The
rats are very fierce, and several men
have been severely bitten by them, but
the work goes on nevertheless, and the
average mortality of rodents at n kill
ing is about 2Oe.--Detroit Free Press
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-23
Quinine and OTTER fee
yer medicines take hrom5
to 10 days TO cure fever.
Johnson's Chill andFeyer
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.
ONE OF cRETE's kElGHecR5

Corfu is a Sort Of GeograohicaI Mosaic
Corfu and Crete are said by re-
cent writer to he the most beautiful OF
the Ionian Islands, and the former has
been described by Bishop Wordsworth
as "a sort of geographical mosaic to
which all the countries of Europe have
contributed colors." Corfu was never
conquered by the Turks, and its in
habitants are considered to bear a
strong resemblance to the ancient
Greeks. 1t has belonged at different
times to the Romans, Venetians, Nea-
politans, French and English. In 1868,
when Prince George OF Denmark was
chosen by the powers for King OF
Greece, the Corfotes petitioned thar
their island might be incorporated in
the kingdom of Greece and Great Brit
ain consented.
The climate of the island is delight
full and the scenery enchanting. In
other portions of Southern Europe the
gray-green of the olive groves grows
somewhat monotonous, but in Corfu
1t is relieved by stretches Of green
grass. Pomegranate and fig, orange,
lemon and banana trees grow in pro-
fusion, and palms, eucalypti and paTy-
ri flourish. There are quantities Of
oleanders, magnolias and roses. The
inhabitants are so lazy that they hardly
attempt even the easiest cultivation,
and fortunately for them the soil and
climate render it almost unnecessary.
A Corfu olive tree left to its own de-
vices will frequently yield as much as
two gallons of oil each season, with
no more labor involved that a. simple
oothering and pressing Of the fallen
fruit.
Corfu is the favorite place Of resi-
Ience Of the Empress Elizabeth OF
Austria, who has built there winter
palace, which she calls the Villa Achil-
eion. 1t was rumored that the name
was given in reference to the one vul-
nerable spot ever discovered in the
heart CT the Empress. Several million
dollars nave been spent in identifying
the palace and surrounding park, and
an ideal spot is the result. A most
beautiful and artistic monument is
erected in the, grounds to the memory
of Prince Rudolph, the son of the En-
press, who, less Spartan than his i'm
perial mother, fed from unhappiness in
love by the way of suicide. When at her
''Ff7,-e-;.e- Corfu the Empress Elizabeth
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and constitutes fitting third in the
trio of our greatest battlefelds.

When completed the park will be the
most comprehensive and extended
military object lesson in the world. 1T
contains 1900 acres, and the central
driveway, passing through and over
looking oil the heavy fighting ground,
is twenty miles long. The old roads
of the battles have been reopened and
new roads closed. Over forty miles OF
the main roads of the field have been
rebuilt in substantial manner. The
details of the six battles-Chicka-
manga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout
Mountain, Orchard Knob, Wauhatchie
and Browns Ferry-are set forth upon
historical tablets within the park.
These tablets, numbering about 1000
in all, are cast iron plates, four feet by
three feet, with embossed letters:
After casting, the plates were glazed
black and the embossed letters
whitened, making the inscriptions dis
tinct at distance. Each plate con-
tains from 200. to 400 words of his
tosical text, and is fastened to an iron
post, set in concrete, They mark the
positions Of army headquarters, corps,
divisions and bfigades; both Union
aud Confederate, and the parts taken