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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Hoods Pills With S5f shf Hoeas sday gs ss taGs
Production of Diamonds.

Professor (Sir William) Crookes, in
a recent lecture, expressed his opinion
that Moissan, in his experiments in
diamond making, has thrown much
light on the way in which nature has
formed these gems. In the artificial
process pure iron was packed in a
crucible with pure charcoal from
sugar. In the electric current the iron
melts rapidly and saturates itself with
carbon. When heated above 1000
degrees, the current is stopped and
the crucible plunged in cold water and
held until it diminishes to dull red
heat. The sudden cooling solidifies
the outer layer of iron. The expan-
sion of the inner liquid in solidifying
produces an enormous pressure, and
the dissolved carbon separates in
crystalline form-diamond. The
metallic mass is then attacked with
solvents to liberate the grains within.
Professor Crookes pointed out that the
diamond of the chemist and that of
the mine are akin as to origin, and
that the diamond genesis must have
taken place at great depths, under
enormous pressure. It has been
proved that iron at high temperature
and under heavy pressure, conditions
existing at great depths below the
earth's surface, is the long-sought SOL
vent for carbon.--Chicago Inter-
Ocean.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Bacteria in Ink.

Bacteria, dangerous to health and
life, have been found in the mir we
breathe, the water we drink, in various
kinds of foods, and even in the mucil-
age on the ubiquitous postage stamp,
but it remained for the eminent Ger
man scientist, DR.. Warpmann, of Leip-
zig, to discover the poisonous bacteria
living and thriving in ink.
He has recently made microscope
cal examination of si1ty-seven samples
of ink used in the schools in Germany
and in other countries. Most of these
were gall inks, and contained various
sorts of bacteria, as we'll as those
other minute organisms known in the
scientific world as saprophytes and
micrococci. Nigrosin ink, taken from
o freshly opened bottle, which had up
to that time been tightly corked and
sealed, was found to contain bacteria
in large quantities. Red and blue
inks of the sort so frequently used in
Offices also yielded numerous bacteria.
To determine whether or not these
bacteria were really as poisonous as
chemical analysis would seem to sug-
gest, DR.. Warpmann decided to "cul-
tivate" some specimens for actual ex-
pertinent. The result of these expert
ments showed that bacillis from or
binary black ink would, if introduced
into the blood of o mouse, prove fatal
within four days. Similar expert
ments the doctor in the interest of
science performed upon other small
animals--rabbits, guinea pigs and the
like--always with the same fatal re-
sult.-New York World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
KIondilse Mines in Clutches.

''The mining claims i'll the Klondike
region, reports areturned miner, ''are
500 by 666 feet in area. They are oil To-
Gated on gulches, and the 500 feet really
represents the length of each claim,
the 666 feet being taken crosswise.
The idea is to give man from hill to
hill, and if what you might call the
walls are closer together than 666 feet,
why, you're just that much short, that's
all. You can't get more than 500 feet
along the gulch, no matter how mar
row it is. None of them is supposed
to be under 666 feet, but where that is
the case you have no claim to anything
more than the land between two side
lines SO far apart" The mines are
under the control, so far as any con-
troll is needed, of a Mining Commis-
sioner, who seldom interferes with any
one, however, for there is rarely any
trouble. At the same time he can in
terfere, and to some purpose, if 1t be-
comes necessary, for he has any
amount of power, and what he says
goes. A squad of Canadian mounted
police is under his orders. A couple
of men were shot in the ,aflray in Cir
Gle City, on Alaskan soil, some months
since; but in British territory "every-
thing is like church. New York
Gun
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
MANY Bison Still Live.

After all that has been said the AM
srican bison isn't so nearly extinct as
had been supposed. Forest and Stream
has just completed ID investigation
which shows that at present there are
at least 600 bison or buffalo in captiv-
ity, mostly in game parks, where they
have free ranges and natural surround
ings, which make it likely that they
will breed and multiply. The largest
captive herd is owned by Charles and
Joseph Allard in Missouri county,
Montana. 1t consists Of $50 fine,
healthy and fairly young animals;
Austin Corbin's herd comes next with
80 head; Charles Goodnight; in the
Texas Panhandle, near Petty, in that
State, has so; J. g.. McNair has 10 in
St. Elmo, Oregon county, Me-; D. F.
Carlin has 80 in Leslie, N. D. Buffalo
Bill has "a; Sir Donald A. Smith owns
Is in Winnipeg, and William G.
Whitney holds 13 in his preserves.
There are scattering specimens and
even small herds in various geological
gardens and in the hands Of private
individuals, many Of whom hold. them
for chow purposes. Among uhese is
the father-in-law of famous military
man, who owns Be1sn bison.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Romnnce and Reality.

Romantic Miss--"Do you love me
we'll enough to do battle for me?"
Ardent Suitor--"Ay, against thou
sand"
"Well, Mr.. Bigfsh is paying me o
good deal of attention. Would you
fight him for me?"
eyes, I would.
"Could you defeat him?"
EMO; he'd probably thrash the life
Jut of me-"
:'Mercy! Well, never mind. I'll
AXE you without any fighting, and, oh,
70 please remember, my darling,
,romise me on your honor, that if you
ver see Mr.. Big6sh coming, you'll
IN. New York Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
noats Carried on tho Heads of Men

The achievement has often been re-
ferred to of the carrying of steamboats,
on the backs of men. The expression
is not quite accurate, for the Congo
natives are trained from infancy to
carry burdens on their heads. When
o European on the lower Congo sent
his black boy to store to buy some
cigarettes, he was surprised to see the
servant return with the tiny packages
on his head When GGcsngo woman
has smoked hser much-loved pipe, the
treasra-e is likely to repose on her
.l1ead Until she again requires it; and if
her husband, unfortunately, has been
able to procure q bottle of rum, he
walks home with it nicely balanced on
his head, throwing stones at the stray
dogs and cats on his way, without the
slightest idea that he is really an ex-
pert equilibrist. Most of the many
thousands of pieces Of steamboats, were
carried on the heads and not on the
backs of men.
The $4,000 natives of the lower Con-
go who have been carrying these
steamboats, and oil other freight around
the cataraets ore the very men who
could not be induced, eighteen years
ago, to give helping hand to MIR.
Stanley. eHe wished to carry 1880 man.
loads, and he had only 100 Zanzibar
and Loango porters for the work.
Some of the natives would sell him,a
little of their time, but they would
not carry his goods more than two OF
three miles beyond their homes. Stan
ley's failure to secure the carriers he
needed along the river delayed his
work on the upper Congo for more
than year, and the labor question
was the most perplexing problem with
which he had to deal. He brought
his carriers thousands of miles, from
Zanzibar and other coasts of Africa
Harper's Round Table.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Queer Names,

A traveller who spent some time isS
the wilds of Texas says that he found
families who named the children to In.
dorse a sentiment after this peculiar
fashion, "One Too Many Harry, :" or
ssNot Wanted James" It is to be
hoped that the names did not embar-
rass their owners with more than ono
sense Of superfuity. The negroes OF
the south, when left to their own
methods Of naming their progeny,
strive for the most romantic and poetic
or historic names they can find, and d
good long string of them, too. A COLI
ored girl in Laurena county, South
Carolina, is named "Fair Rose Beauty
Spot Temptation Touch Me Not"
The youths struggling under the pa.
tronymics of George Washington
Henry Clay Benjamin Franklin An
drew Jackson" are SO numerous as to
excite no comment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
A Telling Argument.

"The two best men I ever know
began the raconteur.
"Excuse me, interrupted the pre-
else man, "but you ought not to say
that"
"I.hadn't got started yet. How did
you know what I was going to say?"
'tI was referring to your English.
Best is superlative, you know. There
can't be more than one best"
"Humph! That shows how much
you have read"
s.There is nothing to prove the con-
trary."
eyes, there is. Take any newspaper
and read the bicycle advertisements. "
washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
WORDS OF WISDOM.

It Is difficult to say who does the
most mischief, enemies with the worst
intentions or friends with the best.
Such as thy words are, such will thy
affections be; such thy deeds as thy.
affections, such thy life as thy deeds.
There is great struggle between
vanity and patience when we have to.
meet q person who admires us but who,
bores us.
One of the highest mountains upon
which we may stand in this life, is to
be able to look back upon q long life
well spent.
Beware Of prejudees: Anlan's mind
is like d rat trap; prejudices creep In
easily, but it is doubtful if they ever
get out again.
Want of prudence is too frequently
the want of virtue; nor is there on
earth q more powerful advocate for
vice than poverty.
Don't get the notion that you are the
greatest person in creation. There
are plenty of other people who are just
as small as you are.
The worst penalty of evil doing is to
grow into likeness with the bad; for
each mans soul changes according to
the nature of his deeds, for better OF
for worse.
Patient, hopeful waiting is hard work
when it is the only work possible to US
in an emergency. But patient waiting
! is in its time the highest duty OF o
faithful soul.
A good and wise man will at times
be angry with the world, and also
grieved at it; but no man can ever be
long discontented with the world if he
does his ddty in it.
We should 80 live and labor in our
time that what comes to us as seed may
go to the next generation as blossom,
and that what came to us as blossom
may go to them as fruit. This is what
we mean by progress.
Many ideas grow better when trans
planted into another mind than in the
one where they sprang up. That
which was a weed in one intelligence
becomes a flower in another, and n
flower again dwindles to mere weed
by the same change.-The South West,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Roneh ON the Nurse.

According to French journal, an
inventor has devised an electrical
arrangement which consists of q
microphone placed near the head of a
baby in its cradle, and connected to
sort of relay which operates an cleo
trio bell placed near to where the
nurse is asleep. A cry from the child
will therefore cause the bellto ring.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Tho Landlords Kuse,

"What ever induced the Gazleys to
go to that wretched mountain resort
again? They said when they got back
last year that they would not return
there even if their board were offered
to them for nothing"
!. "Oh, then, you aven'theard? Why,
the landlord wrote to Mr.. Galley that
he had secured an impoverished foreign
nobleman to act as waiter. The old
man didn't intend to say anything
about it to his wife and daughter, but
Mrs. Galley found the letter in his
pocket, SO they packed up and started
the next day."-Cleveland Leader.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
A Case in Point.

Surburbs-"After ell, it doesn't make
much difference where O man lives
& Towns-"What? It makes all the
difference Imaginable, my boy. All
that half the world remembers about
Diogenes is the fact that he lived in q
tub Truth. :
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
THE DREAM TOWN SHOW.

And they sat on the moon and swung their
feet,
Like pendulums, to and fro.
Down Slumber sea Is the sail for me,
And wish you were ready to go.
For the dream folks there on this curious
isle
Begin their performance at eight.
There are no encores, and they close their
doors
On every one who is late.
The sun Is sinking behind the hills,
The seven O'Clock bells chime.
I know by the chart that we ought to start
II we would be there in time.
Oh, fair is the trip down Slumber seq!
Set sell, and away we gol
The anchor Is drawn. We are off and
gone
To the wonderful dream town show.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
His Experiences.

son the whole, said the aged weather
prophet, ''I have found that toe safest
course is to predict bad weather"
GLOW so?" asked the neophyte.
Because people are much more
ready to forgive you if the prediction
does not come true. Puck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
The Point of View.

Harduppe-"Isn't it beastly thing
to have lot of debts you can't payT"
Grabgrind-"I know of only one
thing worse" I"
"And what's tLat?"
"To have a lot OF debts you can't
make other people pay. Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
noasness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach the tho
diseased portion Of the ear. There is only one
Wsy to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. D afuess is caused by an n
famed condition of the mucous lining OF the
Eustachian Tubs. when this tube gets In
Hamed you have rambling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when IL is entirely closed
Deafness /. the result. and unless the 1pham-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to its normal condition, hearing will DO
destroyed for-ver. Nine cases out OF ten are
caused BY catarrh, which is nothing butan in
fIemed rendition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give Ono Hundred Dollars Tor any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cam.
not be cured by Halls Catarrh cure. Seno
forcirculars, free.
Sold by Druggists ;5c.
Halls Family Pills are the bssoe.
4 T rea p,.o,. cnre fe,-estonsumptton both in my
..!sso - No, "a -s,Secffce.-Dr G. W.. PATTERSON,
fnkster, Mich, Nov. ), 1894.
IYaf1lfcted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp.
son's Eye-Tater Druggists sell at Csc. per bottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06

There Is an island IN Slumber sea
Where the drollest things arc done,
And we will sail there, II the winds are 1air,
Just after the set Of the sun.
'Tls the loveliest place in the whole wide
world,
Or anyway oit seems,
And tho folks there play at the end OF each
day
In curious show called Dreams"
We sail right into the evening skies,
And the very first thing we know
We are there ut the port and ready for
sport
Where the dream folks give their show,
And what do YOU think they did last night
When crossed their harbt oars?
They hoisted plank on great cloud bank
Aud teetered among the stars.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
A ProSe Poem.

EE-M. Medicated Smoking Tobacco
And Cigarettes
Are absolute remedies for Catarrh,
Hay Fever, Asthma and Colds;
Besides delightful smoke.
Ladies as well as men, use these goods.
No opium or other harmful drug
Used in their manufacture.
EE.M. is used and recommended
By some of the best citizens
Of this country.
If your dealer does not keep EE-h.
Send 13c. for package Of tobacco
And &c. for package Of cigarettes,
Direct to the EE-M. Company,
Atlanta, Ca,
And you will receive goods by mail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
A Gond EIpurer.

John A. Mccall, President Of the
New York Life Insurance Company, is
great man in addition. He can take
three columns of figures o yard long,
place finger on each, draw his hand
rapidly from top to bottom, and an.
nounce the sum. Adding machines are
not in it.-New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06

A live Southern insurance company, four
years successful operation, wishes live agent
in every county to write life insurance. Six
different forms, combination. life and accident
policies; most attractive insurance ever writ
ten; no trouble to sell; good commissions. For
information address 7OT-7Oo-711 Equitable build
ing, Atlanta, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Tho Yromn yyorked the Dentlst.

To. work on the sympathies of a
dentist who was at first hardhearted,
a tramp at st. Joseph, Mo-, asked him
to pull out two of his teeth which were
filed with gold; for, he asked, of what
ise were gold-flled teeth if ono had
lothing on which to use them? This
appealed so to the dentist that he gave
him some money instead of drawing
the teeth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06

A Baptist Church in Waterbury,
Conn, is by no means opposed to the
use of bicycles on Sunday. Bicycle
racks have been placed in the base
,ment, with q person in charge, and
cyclists of both sexes are specially in
vited to attend the services.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
. Winning Stroke

+ Shells that the winning stroke
you are rowing, Jack2"
He-''It is indeed, Helen. Your
mother wouldn't have let you come out
with me If I hadn't promised to keep
rowing it oil the time. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
The Cheerful idiot.

..sFor five years." said the aged
5boarder, "I had to use an invalid chair. !"
"And T., said the Cheerful Idiot,
"have been using crippled chairs ever
since ] became boarder. Indian
apolis Journal
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
An Unreasonable Beast.

Professor-"M "Margate, please take the
cat out Of the room. L cannot havo it
making such noise while Tam at work.
Where is it?"
Margaret "why, speycd are sitting
on it!''-Fliegep1ue Bletter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Summer Pessimism.

There is no such thing on earth rs
retributive justice.
"Why do you say so?"
"The person who leaves fypaper on
chair is never the one who sits down
on Detroit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06

In Maintaining Good Health is Pure,
Rich, Nourishing Blood.
The blood carries nourishment and furn-
ishes support for the organs, nerves and
muscles. It must be made rich and pure
II you would have strong nerves, good
digestion, sound sleep, or if you would
be rid Of that tired feeling, those dis
agreeable pimples, eczema, or scrofula.
No medicine is equal to Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla for purifying the blood. It is a med
icine Of genuine merit and will do you
wonderful good. Try 1t now.
Mana's Pills ss are the only pills to to tako
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
More Professional.

The COUNT haf made to your
daughter a-what you call it-proposi-
tion-proposal?"
Father-"H'm. Think proposition
sounds moro like business. Brook
lyn Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Mere Bundles of Nerv es

Some peevish, querulous people seem mere
bundles of nerves. The least sound agttate
their sensoriums aud ruffies their tempers. NO
doubt they are born 80. But may not their
nervousness be amellorated, if not entirely re-
Neved? Unquestionably, and with Hostetters s
stomach Bitters. By cultiva ting their diges-
ton, and tnsurinS more comp lete assimilation
Of the food with this admirable corrective, they
will experience speedy and very percept1ble
gain in nerve quietude. Dyspep sia, bilious
ness, constipation and rheumatism yield to the
Bftters
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Tho Pride That ia Pufred Up.

Customer-"Look here! All,the but
tons came off this coat the first time I
wore it."
Cohen-"Yes? Son1any peoples ad-
mire dot coat dot you shwell NIT pride
,und burst dose buttons of. "-Tit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Good MONEY After Bad.

"What makes Bumply SO down On
the long distance telephone9"
He called up man in Toledo that
owes him $2.5O They wrangled till
it cost Bumply $l3." Detroit Free
nresa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR.
kAUcHTER.PRovoKlNG STORIES TOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

The Plaint of an observation-disclosures
81 IA Creek Gift-A shrewd Reasoner-
OF Course-More Professional-Good
Money After Bad-HiB Experience ETC.
I never ran to hear band
Whose dulcet strains were drawing near,
But that the music always stopped
Just when got where could hear;
- Cleveland Leader.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
rbot Everlastinc irritating itch.

That describes letter, Eczema and other skin
diseases. so cents will cure them stop tho itch
at once 80 cents pays for boz of Tetterfne at
drug stores or postpaid for s. cents in stamps
from j. T. ShuptrIne, Savannah, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06

Bobby's Father (reading)-"Like
the cat in the adage-now, Bobby,
what is an adage"
Little Bobby-"Why, somethin' to
keep cats in, I s'pose. Pick Me- Up.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06

he teacher stood
by the blackboard
reviewing W i t b
Ralph Burrows a
problem in alge-
bra. Most of her
pupils were from
the lower walks of
life, rude in dress
and manner, aud
backward in in
tellionnce n h o
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Inactivity.

"But f thought your husband was
such an active man?"
'Activel If it weren't for me, I
don't believe he'd get up in time to go
to bed"
'tAh, we'll, that's better than some
husbands, you know, who scarcely go
to bed in time to get up "-Harper's
Bazaar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer S2triel bottle and treatise free.
Dir. r. Ii. KLINE. Ltd. 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06

He spake slowly, almost painfully,
as one not accustomed to much talk
ing. And yet he had been married
thirty years, s,-Indianapolis Journal,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
Generous.

Generous.
"Giye me bite of your candy,
please, Flossie?"
tsNo, but you may kiss mo while my
mouf is sticky "-Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
A Greek Gift.

Yisitor-"Does mamma give you
anything for being good boy?"
Tommy-3'No; she gives it to me
when I amt. Chicago Flips.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
WEASER TAN.
px MARGARET JOHANN.

into the house, and Wease, in the
covert of the high pump, softly stroked
the jays wing and watched the giver
out of sight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
A Shrewd Reasoner.

Clerk-"You say you will take this
hammock, miss?"
she-"Yes, but I want two of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
A Victim of Sport.

"Why, M. Embonpoint, you look
i'll! What's the matter?"
''Bicycle."
Bicycle? But you don't ride a
bicycle!"
"No; but the wretch that knocked
me down did" journal Amusant.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06
A c., ance to Make Money.

A glass Of not milk and a few peanuts IN axe g
good luncheon before retiring.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-10-06

Three Of a kind would have scooped the ork
as 1t had nothing but pairs.