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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Smooth Surface and Traffic.

The increase of efficiency in vehicles
having q smooth surface on which to
travel is very great. Perfect rails are
necessity for the steam engine, and a
smooth road-bed is essential if a high
speeds to be obtained. The motor car
riage, which has already become an es-
tablished feet abroad, depends for its
efficiency on good road surface. The
bicycle gains enormously in ease of
propulsion, in speed, and in adapta-
bility to new fields Of usefulness by
having good roads. About these three
there is no dispute, but it seems neces-
sary to prove by argument, illustration
and statistics that carriages, wagons,
trucks, carts and nil other vehicles,
are equally benefited by o smooth
travelling surface.
The steel ball in bicycle is worth
less unless it has q perfect surface on
which to run. A we'll fabricated axle
is an essential, but will not ensure easy
propulsion if road-bed is rough and
stony. The efficiency of every horse
drawn vehicle is more than doubled on
good roads as compared with our
average highways; the strength and vi
tality of the horse are conserved, wear
and tear on vehicles reduced, and time
saved when often it is ready money.
The load that can be drawn must be
regulated by the worst or steePest
portion of the road. When grain was
to be shipped to the starving in India,
DELAY was caused by the condition of
the roads being so bad that the farm
ers could not reach the railroads
promptly. =,
All classes feel the benefits, which
are mutual between rural and urban
residents. The saving in time and
money to the farmer is not surpassed
by the improvement he secures in
social and educational advantages,
due to uniformly easy means of inter
communication for himself and family
with neighbors, school and church.
The merchants in towns and cities
which are good road centres get iu-
! creased trade, and the people have
new avenues for recreation opened to
them. The pleasures and possibilities
of the tourist are indefinitely IN
creased. Let all classes pull together
and make our highways tho basis OF
renewed prosperity, better understands
ing, and closer relationship between
NIL classes.-L. A. ". Bulletin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Cares are comforts; such by heaven
designed, he that has none must make
them-or be wretched.-Young.
A beautiful woman pleases the eye,
q good woman pleases the heart; one
is q jewel, the other treasure.-Na,
poleon /.
Brooding over trouble is like sur
rounding ones self with fog; il
magnifies all the objects seen through
it. Occupation of the mind prevents
this.
The only faith that wears we'll and
holds It's color in all weather is that
which is woven of conviction and set
with the sharp mordant Of experience.
j. r. Lowell.
The heaviest words in our language
are the two briefest ones, yes and
no. One stands for the surrender of
will, the other for denial; one for
qualification, the other for character.
Theodore T. Munger.
Silence is, in truth, the attribute OF
God, and those who seek Him from
that side invariably learn that medita-
.tion is not the dream, but the reality
of life; not its illusion, but its truth;
not its weakness, but its strength
James Martineau.
The new dignity that comes to hu-
man life by regarding it in its true're-
lation to the divine is q significant
factor in its transformation. It lifts
it from selfshness to service, from
the passivity of desiring to be helped
to the noble activity of desiring to
help.-Lilian Whiting.
These glimpses into the inner re-
gions of q great soul do one good.
Contact of this kind strengthens, re-
stores, refreshes. Courage returns
as we gaze. When we SEQ what has
been, we doubt no more that it can be
again. At the sight of man we, too,
say to ourselves, let us also be men.
-Amiel's Journal.
If you wish to be miserable you
must think about yourself, about what
you want, what you like, what respect
people ought to pay you, and then to
you nothing will be pure. You will
spoil everything you touch, you will
make sin and misery for yourself out
of everything which God sends you;
will be rs wretched as you choose
Charles Kingsley.
Take up your duty, whatever you
can do to make the world more bright
and good. Do whatever you can to
help every struggling soul, to add
strength to my staggering cause.-The
poor, sick man who is by you; the
poor, wronged man whom you with
your influence can vindicate; the poor
boy in your shop that you may set
with new hope upon the road of life
that is already beginning to look dark
70 him. You know your duty. No
II ever looked for it and did not find
- hillips Brooks.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Clean Roads.

On the principle that the greater al-
ways includes the less, good roads
naturally imply clean as well as q
smooth and durable surface. But
sometimes the only step that can be
taken toward better roads is to first
keep the poor ones clean, and bad
road that is clean is not quite SO bad
as one that is not, and more or less
covered with refuse. In New York,
for year or two, the streets, poor as
they are for the most part, have been
kept remarkably clean, and since this
happened it is said that the demand
for rubber overshoes has materially
decreased there. In towns and in the
country, if live stock were kept off the
highways and properly confined, the
roads would be much cleaner, the
farmer could do away with nearly all
his expensive fencing, and travelling
would be far more agreeable.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
OUR BUDGET OF HUM0Rl
LAUcHTER.PRovoKlNc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Patter, Patter-A Palpable Distinction-a
Good Thing-The Criterlon-The New
Addition During the Honeymoon
His Stirring Appeal-The Reason. Etc.
The frost has picked the bury JOCKS that
held the forests yield,
And posing in their velvet hooks the fruit
age is revealed,
And now hear, as winds do sweep the
chestnut's swaying top,
The patter Of the nuts as on the fallen
leaves they drop.
Another gustl and now, the FURNISHED mug
gets raining down.
feel youths thrilling ecstasy from feet to
very crown,
And eke its tr epidation, us I hear, to blight
my glee,
The patter Of the farmers feet as he comes
after me.
Richmond Dispatch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Efficiency of Wide Tires,

The Importance of wide tires for We.
hicles is not sufficiently realized.
They save expensive stone roads from
being worn into ruts, cut up and
ruined, and they improve dirt roads
by wearing them down to q smooth
surface. Experiments show that a
loaded wagon with two-inch tires will
soon form bad and deep ruts in dirt
road, while the samo load on wagon
with four or fve-inch tires will roll q
compact surface. The power required
to haul the load in the latter case is
reduced by one-half.
In Michigan one-quarter Of the as'
sessed highway taxes are RENTED to
those who use wagons with tires OF
three and one-half inches or over for
loads of 800 pounds and upwards.
In Providence, r. l., the following
widths of tires are required by ordin,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29

Z y. CHbNI % OO'N = OI'
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Cat Fornces For Itself.

Squire Meltons, of Sunbury, Penn,
whose cat caught twenty-eight chip
munks, ore snake and rabbit during
the last season, was regarded as the
winner in its class until the record of
the cat belonging to NJ. E. Ritenbouse,
of Briar Creek, was recorded.
This sprightly cat one day recently
caught quail for breakfast, q red
squirrel for dinner aud frog for sup
per. and during the year killed numer.
Gus minks and skunks, and is one OF
the best rat-catchers in the county
New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Five Important Facts.

An inch of rainfall is equal to A.
100000 gallons per square mile.
The average weight of an American
man is 1419 pounds; of an American
woman, 1244 pounds.
The falls of niagara carry down TO-
600. 900 cubic feet of water per min
ute, equal to about 100000 horse
power. ,ooo
Gold can be beaten 1900 times
thinner than printing paper. One
ounce will cover LAG square feet.
The big trees (redwood) OF Calave
ras grove, California, are so in num-
ber, ten being ever 80 feet in diane.
ter. They range il height from l5(
to 237 feet and in age from 1000 te
$500 years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
GOOD ROADS NOTES.
Good Roads and Population.

~
The drift of population is from the
country to town and from town to city.
Great cities are o danger to civiliza.
tion. Nothing will equalize the con-
ditions of town and country SO we'll as
easy communication between them.
This is possible only through roads
that are good oil the year round.
Road instruction In Schools.
Competentinstruction in road-build.
ing and the economics of transporta.
ton has been urged upon our colleges
and higher institutions of learning,
and is provided by some OF them; bu!
why not begin farther back and teach
something Of the economic value oi
good highways in the public schools
Every pupil can understand something
Of the fundamental principles involved,
because of his practical acquaintance
with the subject. In few years the
influence of vast number would be
thrown naturally on the side of per.
manent highways, and the Good Roads
problem would be solved. Then, too,
this instruction would make easier
other instruction now so sadly needed
on economic subjects.-L. A. W. Bull
letin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
SLEEP AFTER EATING.
IS II Beneficial, or Does Il Retard 0iges.
ton. Results OF Experiments.

ton. Results OF Experiments.
Advocates of the after-dinner nap
have a powerful, and to them convinc-
ing, argument. in the fact that most
animals sleep Immediately after eating.
Yet the propriety of such habit
among human beings bids fair to be an
open question for some time to come.
One authority has recently added
his mite to the collection OF statistics
upon this interesting subject by max
ing a series of experiments upon two
persons of normal digestive abilities.
The stomachs of these two persons
were emptied few hours after meals,
some of which had been followed by
sleep and others not, and the contents
analyzed.
The. normal stomach acts upon its
sontents by churning them about, and
( II this manner subjecting every parti-
Gle to the action of the digestive fluids.
The above mentioned investigator
found, as the result of his experiment,
that the constant effect Of sleep is to
weaken the churning. movements OF
the stomach, while the acid quality OF
the digestive juices is at the same time
Increased.
On the other hand, he found-what
is quite as interesting-thats simple re-
pose in horizontal position stimu-
lated the motions of the stomach with
out increasing the acidity Of its juices.
The conclusion reached by this e1-
perimenter was that while recumbent
position after eating is not to be re-
garded as harmful, one should be eau
tious about sleeping directly after q
meal Especially should this caution
be observed in cases where there Is an
overacidity of the digestive fluids.
When all is said, however, the above
experiment proves little more than
that in such matters each person is
law unto himself; that the after-dinner
nap differs in no respect from other
habits, which can be INDUCED in with
impunity by some, while they work
havoc with the health and happiness
of others. Rest after eating is GER
tainly beneficial, both from a rational
End physiological standpoint.
Whether sleep can be advantageously
INDUCED in is q question that must be
determined by the individual himself
by careful experiment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Dlcycle Roadside Marriages,

Mr.. Stephen s. Pagenhardt and Miss
Mary Lamont McKinnon left Lonacon-
ing on their wheels, presumably for
Westernport, Allegany county. About
ihe same time Rev. G. Forrest Moore,
Messrs. Lee Pagenhardt and James
! Woodward left Westernport on their
Hcycles, The two parties met and
dismounted, and Mr.. Stephen Pagen-
hardt and Miss McKinnon were mar
ried by the roadside. Baltimore Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Power of Words.

The King of Dahomey knit his
brows and was at no pains to conceal
his anxiety.
"Think you the amazons will obey
when we give them the word?" he de-
manded.
POSSIBLY, if you make it the last
word" answered the chief of staff who
had not dwelt with women all these
years for nothing.-New York Jour-
nal
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
A stamp That Represents $4,000.

OF the $50 United States stamps
which have been issued, the values
have ranged from one cent to $4,000.
Five dollars is the highest value
among postage stamps, but newspaper
stamps reach the hundred dollar mark,
while revenue stamp may represent
$4,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
GOOD ROADS NOTES.
WEIGHT of Rollers

In many sections Of the country the
rollers used in laying down new mac
adam, andiin repairing, are entirely
too light. They only succeed in
smoothing the surface through the aid
of clay or other Grinding material. !"
The weight of the roller on the b.. r
ing surface, in order to get the best
results, should be, per square inch, at
lsast equal to the expected weight, per
square inch, under the wheels of the
heaviest loads.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Chance for a Reign.

A West Africc King mas just had an
umbrella mada for him twenty-one
feet in diameter. When he use this
umbrella, which opens snd closes in
the usual way, it is fixed in the ground.
and there is room underneath it for
the king and thirty guests to take
dinner,-PhiIadelphia Inquire.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
NeItI,erWould Move.

Some time ago the Grand Junction
Canal at Berkhampstead. England,
upon which large quantities of perish
able freight are conveyed to the Lon
don markets, was blocked for twenty
six hours because two boats got into
the lock at the same time, and neither
one would back out. More than fifty
boats were blocked before the canal
authoritiesNcompelled one of thsscap-
tains to giYein,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
The Light That Failed.

"And, in spite of all the light that
has been brought into your lives, you
still burn missionaries?"
The savage was palpably confused.
eyes," he answered, sadly; II must
confess that civilization doesn't seem
to have made our cooks appreciably
better"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Parenthoods

Children bind husband and wife more
closely than the wedding ceremony tsch.
One half OF married misery rs aao 70 h;nS SnS
makes Child bearing dreaded burden and
prevents those close relations between nus,
band and wife. without which happiness
cannot exist. How important tEen Is Is =
that the woman be brought to as perieGs .
condition s Rs ao Te her opns lisp
her abundance Of life ard spirits. DF:
simmons M samaw vino Wine viii do this;
ii will purify her blood, tone up her nervous @
system and give her courage and asSuos e
ance Of safety to so through the orosal SA
childbirth
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
A Eour.N1illlon-pollar Craft.

The French cruiser Jeanne dare is
estimated to have cost about 81, OOO,
0OH. of which perhaps s2,OOO,00O was
for auxiliary fittings, such as armor,
gun mountings and mechanisln, tor,
peao gear and special fitting,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Not Ouite.

Son-"Papa, what is countess?"
Father-"A countess, my boy, is
the wife of count"
Son latter little thinking)-'"Then
is q governess the wife of Cover
nor?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
During the HONEYMOON.

Mabel Tin her new riding habit
"Do you think look pretty in this
habit, Tom?"
Tom-.sMy dear, you have habit
of looking pretty at all times. Chi
cago News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
The Criterion.

The Professor-'Is he so very clev.
er?"
The Bicycliste "Wonderfully SOL!
He can mend any old kind Of pune
ture,"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
A Safe Steed.

Mrs. Timidity-"You are sure this
horse is perfectly safe-there is no
danger of his running away?"
Liveryman-"No, indeed, ma'am!
Why, we call him Lord Nelson.
Mrs. Timidity-"That is o very
funny name for horse. Why do you
call him so?"
Liveryman-"Because 'he would
rather die than run. Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
The Reason.

Teacher-"Who knows why Colum-
bus spent SO many years in going from
one European Court to another?"
Pupil-"He was looking for m
angel"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
The New Addition.

"Owing to the recent increase in my
family, I have had to take new
house."
"Boy or girl?"
ssSon-in-law."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teeIhing softens the gums, reduces infamma-
f;oo curpS wind collie. 2OC. q bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
A Pa1pable Distinction.

ssMiss Highstepper is not very
courteous young woman. F."
'sNo; but aren't her society manners
exquisite ?"-Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
What Saved Him,

The policeman collared the scorcher.
"Here!' he exclaimed, "you bloody
Hello, you ride the same make OF
wheel I do. You'd better pump up
that :ront tire little, It's too soft.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
ANOTED INDIAN SLAYER.
A MONTANA MAN HAS MADE FORTY
REDSKINS BITE THE DUST.

he Killed Seven in Single Combat and
Five in Another-untes All Indians
Because Favorite Brother Was Slain
by Them-Wiry Lcwis Wetzeps Career.
"Lewis Wetzel, who lived in the
western part of Virginia, became not
ed as an Indian fighter previous to
and during the Revolutionary War, 7"
remarked an old-timer, who was in a
reminiscent mood yesterday. "He
was large, wiry, athletic man, who
became On Indian hunter because In
dians had killed oil his nearest kindred
in their raids into the settlements of
western Virginia. He possessed q
frame that it seemed impossible to
tire, and he was considered the best
shot with rifle in all that country.
He killed Indians out of pure revenge,
and he not only killed them when on
the warpath, but whenever he could
engage with them. He could load his
fife running, and, therefore, was o
dangerous antagonist. He was one
of the few men of the West who could
fire at the edge of knife and cut the
bullet in two every time OF distance
of ten yards, He enjoyed his prowess.
and when in the settlements he was o
companionable man, but hunting In
dians he was morose and disagreeable,
and much preferred to be alone. 1t is
said that he even killed Indian women
and children, and it is we'll known
that he killed Indians who were am
bassadors to the whites on peaceful
errands. If he ever saw an Indian
that he did not kill it has not been re-
corded. In the upper Ohio River
country his name has been handed
down from father to son, and many
exploits have been told of him which
never appeared in print. There is q
county in West Virginia named after
him, and romances have been written
whose heroes have his character.
montana has man now living
whose career has been something like
that of Wetzel. He has not probably
killed as many Indians, but that has
not been his fault. He is said to havo
slain at least forty redskins, and he
has not been particular what tribe they
belonged to or where they were. He
has taken as great risks in killing In
dians as Wetzel ever did. The reason
of his hatred for the whole Indian
race was the killing Of a favorite
brother in family of seven or eight
boys by Piegans. He was q good shot,
and used Winchester rifle instead of
the old muzzle-loading hint-lock rifle
that Wetzel carried. He is David
Warcham, of Fergus County.
'I have heard accounts of but two
of the..battles, but no doubt o history
of others would be just rs interesting.
he encountered five bucks, evidently
on the warpath, or horse stealing ex-
pedition. He had not his gun with
him, but he went home, which was
not far off, and returned with it. He
sought q good spot and began firing.
The Indians made fight, but he dropped
them 80 fast that two started to run
away, but he was too swift for the"-
even, and every one was killed.
"Another time he and pilgrj'
camping out, and in the nj
dians stole both the
followed the Il
did not er ;.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Consider the Poor Mother.

Mrs. Bigg-'Bennie disturbed me
so that couldn't take my nap this
afternoon"
Mr.. Bigg-"Pretty noisy, was he?"
Mrs. Bigg-.No; he was SO quiet
that I just knew he was sick. y
Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
g soon have universal free

soon have universal free
NE toll roads that still exist
:. southern and western portions
OF the State are to be done away with.
The last Legislature passed law
providing for the appraisement and
condemnation of toll turnpikes and
their conversion into free roads.
!; Since the good roads of New Jersey
have come to form such o network it
has been interesting to note how many
3 mant country h he #Hee-eemet to
fife, new road houses built, and way
side booths erected, while farmers and
sothets have opened their houses to
dispense refreshments to wheelmen
and other tourists. Travel has i'm
;mensely increased in districts that
were formerly well-nigh deserted, and
considerable money has been spent by
travellers in localities where it was q
boon to the inhabitants.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
A Good Thing.

Hewitt-"How is that hair restor-
err"
Jewett- -"Great. Ny wife can't
pull my hair out fast enough to keep
up with it. t."-New York Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-29
Fon Fou1-wHEELED VEHICLES.
FOR Two-wHEELED VEHICLES.
Erfects # Good Roads in New Jersey.

Pennsylvania pays o tribute to o
sister State through the columns of
the Philadelphia Press, when saws
that New Jersey Gin somr
surpasses all its sisters j.
civilization. It was the
still the foremost in the +
movement. 1t has g:
road law, and is -
ing section 81
sand ara II,
hard 4uad-
rpa power with
s,ok, and makes
.' md inviting as q