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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
ChoctaIk.


Choctalk is. in two principal re-
spects, perfectly secret language. 1t
is absolute iargon to the untaught lis
z tener. and it is fairly easy to learn il
one is possessed Of common-sense and
a little patience. But though choc-
talk is learned or taught viva voce
without difficulty, yet since it is al
most impossible as written Ian
guage, it is extremely hard to explain
ii, in print.
But if one cares. enough TO learn it
to study the directions carefully, after
he has mastered it, he will have no
trouble in teaching his friends, and
the fun Of using it will amply repay
him.
Firstly. then, each word of choctalk
is an. indication of the English word
which it represents, and is accom-
plished in the following manner: The
first letter of the English word is pro-
nounced, not sounded. but given its
full name rs in the alphabet. If the
initial letter Of a word is C, say see;
if it is h, say. aitch; if W, say double
you: if q, say a. After the initial let.
ter is pronounced, sound all the other
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
Gowns for tho Trousseau.

If the saying is true that all the
world loves a lover,it is also true that
all women are interested in wedding
trousseauy, no matter whether the
outfit is to be for themselves or for
somebody else; and certainly every
woman who is to be married wishes,
very naturallT, to provide suitable
outfit for herself It is supposed that
the trousseau shall contain what is
sufficient for a year at least; but of
late it has been rather the fashion for
women not to buy gowns enough for
a year, but simply to bpy what is
necessary for the time being. and put
tie money aside to buy what will be
necessary the coming season. This is
vastly more sensible now that fashions
change so often; and not ouly the fash
ion in gowns, but in materials as we'll.
Lingerie does not change SO every
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
No MSuncrduous WoInen.n

The government has published a
map showing for each state in the
Union the number of unmarried men
and unmarried women over 20 years
of age.
With peculiarly childlike faith the
census officials believe they know the
exact ages of all the unattached fe-
males," and accordingly they are
grouped in fve-year periods. In that
particular the statistics are manifestly
untrustworthy, but apart from that
the figures are absolute.
And they are very astonishing. They
show definitely that the surplus
woman" is a myth. There is no sur
plus of women. There is shortage
of 9 100000. There are in the United
States 5,427,767 bachelors over 20
years of age and only 1924, 494 un-
married women above that age.
But this is the least astonishing part
of the matter. The chart shows that
in absolutely every state there is an
excess of bachelors over maidens.
Even in Massachusetts, where ira
dition fixes the home of the surplus
woman, there are 22e, 1854 available
bachelors and only 219, ,255 spinsters.
In Rhode Island there are 2 per
cent more bachelors than unmarried
women, in New Hampshire 8 per
cent, in Connecticut 20 per cent, in
New Jersey and Virginia % per cent,
while in Idaho the excess of bachel-
ors over maids is 1000 per cent, there
being 16, 5S4 unmarried men and only
1926 women. Wyoming and Arizona
closely follow, while all the far west
ern states have reason to regard
woman as one of the precious met
ais" because of her scarcity.
But the one fact of greatest interest
is that there is in the country not one
single state which has not men enough
to furnish a husband apiece for oil its
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
wart Wizard Dying with His Secret.


Uncle John Pate, one of the last of
the race of -bellum negroes left in
this vicinity, is dying. He belonged
before the war to the Pate estate, and
is now II years of age. Uncle john
nie has always been considered one of
the characters of the town. He was
a racehorse rider in his younger days,
and in moment of frankness told q
white friend that he only threw" one
race in his life, and he was paid to do
that. Uncle Johnnie has always been
looked upon with awe b. the other
colored people of the city. This is
because he bears well-established
reputation as ''conjuror. y 1t is a
matter OF local tradition that when
Uncle Johnnie does "wart talk"
those unsightly protuberances fade
away as the me- lg dew before the
sun.
Uncle Johnnie has always kept his
"wart talk" secret. He says it was
transmitted to him by an ancestor. and
that it has been in the family since
Ham started in to colonize Africa. He
will not accept money for his services
as wart conjuror, and says that even
au expression of thanks will dispel the
charm. He promised to impart the
wart secret to some friend before ne
died and give the formula of ''wart
talk" so that Cloverport should al
ways have real, live ''conjuror" to
conjure away it's warts in au hour of
necessity, but, as Uncle Johnnie is de-
lirious and nigh unto death, the chances
are that his secret will DE buried with
him, and that'he will be the last of the
"coniurors. - Breckenridge (Ky.)
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StMtvvu ~ M Nvu.--

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and'an institution has been opened
in connection with Reading college,
where they will be trained specially for
the work. 1t was founded for the
definite purpose of enabling women
over the age of 16 to obtain thor
ough training Theoretical and practi-
caD in the lighter branches of agricul-
ture, viz: Flower and fruit growing
and packing for market, especially
bush fruit, tomatoes, mushrooms, ETC..
bee and poultry keeping, dairy work.
The council of Reading college have
consented to provide the necessary
courses OF instruction, and to recog-
nize the Countess of Warwick's Hostel
as place of residence for women
students. The full course of instruc-
tion will extend over two years, but
those who wish to do so may join the
short courses and special classes
London Telegraph.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
REMEDY FOR HOG CHOLERA
Donkcys Used Chiefly for Preparing the Inn
mune Serum.

After experiments extending over a
period of twenty years, and the e3'
penditure of many thousands Of dollars
lhe United States Government is al
las. combating successfully tnose
most pernicious diseases. hog cholera
and swine plague. The results oo'
tanned by the Brredu Of Animal IN
dustry Of the Agricultural depart
ment, especially during the last year.
have been highly satisfactory, and the
scientists who have devoted so much
time and labor to the work feel amply
repaid for their efforts.
The discovery of serum when
renders hogs immune from the raTag-
es of cholera and plague is an impor-
tant one. 1t means great deal TO
one of the foremost American indus
|. tries, and the benefits arising from 1t
are almost inca 'culable. The propa-
CATION OF the serum requires the use
IF many animals. At the experiment
station, where it is made, there are
1onklys, cows, calves, mules anu
horses, all patiently submitting 10 the
process of incubation and Dlood
drawing. Strange as it may appear,
not a single hog is used in making
the antitoXin fluid which Is such
blessing 10 his family. Hogs have not
been found well adapted to the pur-
pose for which the Government uses
The other animals. Donkeys are the
fayorites with the .experimenters.
The station at Bethesda, Nd; eight
miles from Washington, is a unique
Institution. On the well kept farm
there are dozens Of horses and mules
that are strangers to the plow and
harness. There are COWS wose days
for giving milk are over, and whose
lives, In the eyes of the scientist, are
devoted to higher objects. The farm is
presided over by Dr. Ernest G.
Schroeder, a man who, although still
young, has made name in the scien-
lllc world.
DR.. D.. sEsy Salmon. Chief of the
Bureau of Animal Industry, said a
few days ago:
"We have used serum on 1,OOC anil
mails this year and lave saved over
80 per cent. of those treated. While
the treatment was going on obserVa-
tions were made of LOO hogs in other
herds not treated for the lack of
serum. and 80 per cent. died. Last
year the percentage Of hogs saved
ont OF 24O treated was 10, while in
other herds not treated IS per cent
died.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
Exercisinc oueen1v Authority.

The National Magazine tells this
story of Queen Wilhelmina: ''Two of
the court children were missing one
day and grave fears were entertained
as to the probability of their being kid
mapped. A prolonged and careful
search resulted in finding no traces of
them and two attendants were ar
rested as suspicious characters. On
further inquiry it was learned that
these two children were last seen play
ing with the little queen the previous
day. On questioning her as to their
whereabouts, she said that they were
locked up in an old cellar that could
be reached from the courtyard. 1t
seemed they refused to do her bid
ding, and so exercising her preroga-
tive as chief executive OF the kingdom,
she had imprisoned them for rebel
lion"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
.rhe rounrer Generntion,s c1othes

Consider the younger generation,
how it is growing this winter most
rapidly into very advanced tailor made
fashion. With the little girls this is
most noticeable, for they are as close
of skirt and as braided of body as
their elders. As to the small boy.
there are few articles of his fathers
wardrobe he does not possess in min
iature. 1t is true, OF an evening he
only wears dinner jacket, as claw
hammer coattails are not yet hic, but
very impressive is his little bell
crowned silk hat aud the amply frocked
coat in which he trots TO church, to
family weddings, and to such func-
tions as the boy under Is is entitled
to participate in. The military activ-
tiles of the time are also reelected in
juvenile raimeut, for the knee breeches
of him who still takes an interest in
mumblety-peg are by choice OF rich
blue cloth and show band of narrow
black braid down the outside;of either
leg. The coat is cut on the pattern
of an officers fatigue Jacket, hooking
up snugly from hipalfne. to chin, and
this, with dark blue fatigue cap,
braided in black, gives fair idea of
what the approved autumn school suit
should be- Straight buttoned dark
blue cloth coats, with couple of
capes, are what the little men wear
over these shits on chilly days, and to
further emphasize the exceeding man
illness of their wardrobes, the school
Loys, when in full dress, wear shirts
that have board bosoms and lofty stiff
collars. A touch of gayety is lent in
scarlet velvet waistcoats with gilt but
tons that the older masculines might
profit :. adopt, just as some of the
small dinner jackets have their lapels
faced with sky blue or bright red
satin. Altogether the little boy is a
very pleasing object to contemplate
these days, even if he is triAe pro-
rreSSiye
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pick out what they could. AS by that
time frosts had cut the leaves and
ruptured the stalks, they were then
of little more value than dry woody
fibre, as most Of their juices had dried
out Z Naturally enough, with only the
upper third of the corn stalk saved as
being worth keeping, corn stalks as
food for stock were little thought Of,
and not considered nearly as good as
hay. :
All this suddenly changed when
farmers began the cut corn from the
field Tor soiling COWS. Though they
broke off The ears of corn so as to not
make the food too rich, the COW al-
ways seized the corn stalk, not by it's
butt and still less by its tip. Sac
would grasp the stalk with her tongls
Just where the ear WAS broken of,
draw it into her mouth and double i:
up, tnenfchewing vigorously both ways
until the taste did not suit her, when
she would bite off a part of butts and
the tassel, aud let them drop out Of
her mouth on the ground OF in the
,manger. If the stalk was not turned
to woody fibre at the butt, very little
of the lower part of it would be thrown
out. The tassel and some part OF the
stalk below, it would, however, always
be left uneaten, thus expressing the
cows practical Judgment that this was
the least valuable and least palatable
part of the stock.
In eating corn stalks the COW knows
what is best for her. It'behooves men
to learn from her if they would feed
her sensibly. Just at the time flint
corn begins to glaze, and most OF its
substance is in the milky stage, the
stalk is sweet and full OF juices down
to the root. But Immediately after
this the lower part of the stalk hard
ems. That cuts off most of the sap
fromthe root, and the sooner after
this the corn is cut the better the
stalks will be. Experiments have
shown, too, that if corn cutting is de-
layed after this there is very little, if
any, gain in the weight of grain. The
juices in the stalk and the carbon
elaborated from the leaves continue to
fill ont the grain on the ear, perhaps
not as well as they would before the
corn was cut, but enormously better
than they could if the leaves or stalks
had been frostbitten. $50.
The safest rule, therefore, is to cut
corn any time after the surface has
glazed, and especially if there seems
danger that frost will scorch and brown
the leaves, thus at once stopping their
further use in helping to deposit starch
in the grain. When corn has been
frostbitten before cutting the leaves
have their sup vessels ruptured, and
this poisons the sap, often causing the
stalks to turn sour. Stalks thus in
iured cannot be kept in any way, :e1-
cept by cutting them and packing SO
closely in the silo that they will be ex-
posed only to the fumes of carbonic
acid gas generated by their own de-
composition. This is the principle of
the silo, and therefore there is slight
ly sour taste to even the best-kept si-
lage, and very decidedly sour taste
to that which is put up badly.-Amer'
lean Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
Variety of Feed for Hogs.

know very we'll that pigs cam ot
be entirely fed on corn with profit
until they, are finished, unless they
have grass. The past winter. I did
not remember it until I had relearned
it at some expense. January 15 I
weighed bunch of July and Septem-
Der shoats that had been fulfilled on
corn from the time they began to eat.
The first week fed 7 bushels of oats
and 90 bushels corn, WHICH produced
7 1-2 pounds of pork for each Dushel
fed. The second week 2 bushel oats
and 1S bushels c,rn produced S4-17
pounds Tor each bushel fed. The third
week 8 1929 pounds, the fourth and
fifth weeks rs pounds. No oats
were fed the fourth and fifth weeks.
I sold part OF the hogs and turned
others out on a pasture range, ms they
we're not doing we'll. They had all
the corn they would eat, but always
seemed to want something they could
not get. Their stomuchs were worn
out and were in fine shape for dis
ease. weighed Is of the thriftiest,
principally Darrows. The first week
they ate Q bushels oats and 1-2
bushels corn, several buckets full OF
salt and ashes and two OF three bushels
of partly decayed apples. l had
noticed them chase the hens for their
droppings. Taking the hint 1 wheeled
out from the henhouse several bushels
which they ate ravenously. This pro-
duced IS S-11 pounds of pork for each
bushe, of grain fed.
This gain was so large thought !
might have weighed the hogs at an
unfair time. The next week made
the circumstances of weighing like the
previous week. The shoats showed a
gain of 10 10 pounds for each bushel
of grain fed. Quite quantity OF
ashes, apples and droppings were
given. After the hogs had eaten a
part of they would return at once to
corn. There ara certain elements in
these feeds that aid digestion. The
hogs I turned on pasture range and
gave limited amount of corn have
made a great improvement. j. B.
Martin in American Agriculturist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
Penal irony,

Mr.. Filigate of the Bombay Jail de-.
partment seems to have in mind the
Mikado's motto of making the punish
.ment fit the crime, when, in the ab-
sence of remunerative employment. he
turned the Deccar. gang upon the phil.
.anthropic work oi,.!siing s impoverished
cultivators by digging new wells and
cleaning old ones. THERE'S something
grilnly humorous in the idea of en-
ploying convicts on philanthropic la
Dor, and we can imagine the feelings
with which q seasoned old Deccan
dacoit would prepare for cultivating
the land of the villagers whom in his
freebooting days he was wont to loot
and torture, India Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
a Fad in ,Jewe1ry,

Elastic bracel, is that open at Jsach
of q spring just fir enough to permit
one to pass ones hand through, and
then close firmly rot nd the wrist, are
new, pretty, and in l o q .nger of be-
ing lost. They are of gold and come
in u variety of handsome designs.
Some are in scrolls, otheis in beauti.
full entwined rings, each ole studded
with single pearl, ruby or EN- srald.
AS watch bracelets they are exec lent,
rs they stay in position instead of en-
dangering the watch itself or its time
keeping virtues by constant slipping
up aud down on the arm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
lence.

lence.
and such silence! Gold hunting
seems proclamation of the majesty it
gives to that vast soitudes. Here AMI
there tributary stream rolls its cryS
tai waters into the tawny flood, suS-
gesting remoter silent lands. Now and
then a few Indians budding by the
shore. or q white axman standing
companionless; ut rare intervals 4
miners village; but all about, prime
val savageness and sense of sweep
ing loneliness. One cannot cut across
the great mcnotony Of wildness with
~odt feeling that an infinite deal re-
mains unlearned as to the mineral re-
sources of Alaska.-Chicago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
Making the Best of Corn Stalks.

Corn-cutting time never comes
around without making the writer
smile at the ideas which prevailed
among farmers when and where hewas
boy. The first of corn cutting was
always topping it, soas to secure
fresh and green the top part of the
stalks with the tassel. This part tbeing
fine and small, it was supposed conld
be eaten better than the larger stalks
below the ear. Then, as all the val
liable part of the stalk was supposed
to be gathered, tie ears were left TO
ripen on the long, butts, and after they
were hasaed stock was turned in TO
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
a Rold Desperndo.

Australian papers which have re.
Gently arrived in this country contain
columns about a stage hold-up sensa-
tion which developed into comedy.
The first report had it that mail
coach in New South Wales was held
up, and that bushrangers had made a
big haul of checks and postal orders.
Most of the passengers by the coach
lost their jeVelry. Mounted police
were in hot pursuit and arrested a
man named James King. Then it
came out that there was only one rob-
Der, who relieved the passengers
while he had dummy figure stand
ing by the fence. Moreover, he held
up the coach with a toy pistol. The
police have found upon him five or siS
caps of the sort that children use with
make-believe firearms, IN, Y. Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
A Ouecr Legacy.

A gentleman who died at Mons,
France, left a legacy of $4,000 to five
friends, the money to be spent on din
ners served in different restaurants,
and at each meal certain dish to be
eaten, and certain wine of which he
was very fond, to be drunk. Further
more, his memory was to be toasted at
dessert, the five companions were to
dine in black clothes and gloves, and
enter the room preceded by flag and
the music of an accordion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
; FOR VOMANS BENEFIT.
Beautify the Finser Nails,

Finger nails can be made strong and
of delicate pink tint by the use of
the following recipe: Melt two drains
of pure whit wax and add few drops
of almond oil, t'en mix in the yolk of
an egg until paste is formed. The
nails should be rubbed every night
with this, 1nd gloTes should be worn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
Clipping Wings.

Many hesitate to clip the wing on
account of an almost certain distigure-
ment that is likely to be the result.
If care is taken in cutting, the wings
can be clipped in such manner that
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
! FOR FARM And GARDEN.
YwVW.vwwwVV.Vv
pestroyinc Ante, Nests.

If the ant hills are not very large
the ants may be destroyed by pouring
boiling water over them, or better
still boiling tobacco tea, but the most
effective remedy is bisulphide of car
bon poured into holes, six inches
deep and two feet apart, filing in inn
mediately after the liquid has been
poured in.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
ills q Mistake.

To cnclude that the smallest room
In thehousc is large enough to sleep
In.
To scep exposed to draught at any
seasq
ToIimagine that whatever remedT
cauS $ one to feel Immediately bette.'
as acoholic stimulants, for example,
is g. cd for the system without regard
to tie after affects.
II eat as if you had only a minu'e
in. which to finish your meal or TO ca
without an appetite, or to continue AT
er i has been satisfied to sratify the
taStc. -
10 give unnecessary time to a cer'
ttln established rule of Housekeeping
When it could be much more prohta-
Ilv snent in rest and recreation.
To take off heavy underclothing De-
cause YOU have become overheated.
To think that the more person eats
tbe healthier and stronger ne VIII oe'
come.
10 believe that children can 90 as
much work as grown people, and th''
the more they study the more tnsS
/learn. .;s,
To 20 to bed late at night and rise
ct daybreak and imagine that ever!
hour taken from sleep is an hou'
gained. ,, -,.. :,
To imagine that if a little work o.
exercise is good, violent or prolonged
exercise is better.-Weekly Banquet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21

We offer ono Hundred Dollars Reward for
pryrase of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrn Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co. Props. Toledo, o.
We, tho undersigned. have known +. j. Che
ncy for the last II years. aHd believe him per.
fcctly honorable IN all business transactions
and financially able TO carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio
WALpISG. KINSAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo. Ohio.
iInll's Cntarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ingdrcctly upon tho blood and mucous sur.
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold
by nll Druggists. Testimonials free.
HallsFamily Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
Confession of a millionaire.

A millionaire confessed the secret Of his sue
GEES in two words-hard work. He said he
put in the best part of his life in gaining col
lars and losing health, and now he was put
ting in the other half in spending dollars to
get back health. Nothing equals Hcstetter
stomach, Bitters for restoring health 10 the
overtired body and brain. 1t gets ut the start
ing point--the stomach-and overcomes ner'
yousness, sleeplessness, dyspepsia and In
digestion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21

An electric Gnor mat has been invented.
which rings bell as soon as ans one steps
on it, thus making it safe 10 leave the
6Oorc oman
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21

..,..urIua4,y-opened.r TO the public for the
first time In forty years. 1t has been known
since the davs of the revolution as the. 30
Stonchousc,r
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-12-21
Farm and Garden Notes.

Sunlight and pure air are potent
elements in promoting health and
vipnr in horses as we'll as other stock.