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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Primitive Agriculture. :.

The bnilders of new country are
Of necessity agricultural in their pur-
suits and tendencies, md the products
they wrest from the desolate barren
ness of the land give life to new indus.
tries that form the business fabric and
social sustenance of nation. In the
primeval forests they toll endlessly
against unfavorable conditions that
either warp and destroy life or develop
character and sturdiness; the fields,
reclaimed from watery wastes and the
wilderness of untamed nature, respond
sullenly to their repeated efforts, and
barely return sufficient crops to pay
for all the back-breaking, heart.rend-
ing labor; and the very meadow lands
and prairies seem to grudge the pio-
>oers living, as though they consid-
cred them interlopers como to rob
them of their pristine virginity. Un-
derneath the broiling summer sun
that dries and parches the scanty veg
citation that they have nourished into
sickIy growth, and in the teeth of
wintry storms and icy blasts that
freeze and CONCEAL the blood of the
body, they work out the destiny of a
new nation, imparting yigor aud de-
termination or weakness and imbecil-
ity to future generations, according
to whether they conquer their environ
ments or permit themselves to bernas-
tered by them. The conflict extends
through many years of desperate dis
couragement, and the end is not fore
seen even by those who die OF ripe
old age in the rank and file of the
army.-Lippincott's Magazine.
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Ho.lgklns' Disease.

Hodgkins' disease, which caused
the death of Yale student, is curl
Gus, but, fortunately, comparatively
rare affection. 1t is characterized by
the appearance of glandular tumors,
first appearing in the neck and arm
pits and extending in groups through
out other portions of the body. Young
Adults are the most frequent subjects.
The malady is always associated with
impoverishment of the blood and the
relative increase Of its white cells, also
with marked enlargem ant OF the spleen
and changes in the bone marrow, and
generally ends fatally within two years
after the first appearance OF symp-
toms. The swellings, which are at
first isolated, vary from the size OF O
bean to that of q hens egg, and final
" multiply and coalesce, forming an
almost continuous chain of growths,
those encircling the neck being often
larger in circumference than the head.
The early removal of the primary
enlargements is sometimes beneficial
and occasionally curative, but, as
rule, the fundamental error of nutrl'
tion, which is at the bottom OF oil the
trouble, is scarcely possible of correc-
ton by internal remedies. The pre-
disposing causes of the disease are not
hereditary in character. In talr
nronortion of cases the initiatory
swelling of the glands is caused by
some comparatively trivial ailment.
such as au liberated tooth, an infamed
throat or running" ear. Life is
terminated by exhaustion. Some
times, however, death results from
suffocation or from starvation in con-
sequence of obstructive growths IN
the throat. New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
u,,i,e D;IIe are gentle, mild, efSec
nUVu > liiS tive. All druggists. 25c.
Antics OF Electricity.

The mention of electricity Of frisky
behavior will suggest to most people
some of its actions on the trolley, or
about the street cars, or in connection
with electric light wires, when 1t
breaks loose-which are all of too dan
gerous character to be amusing; not
ing not at all its pranks on their own
desks, though no live" wire be within
a mile of them.
It does not always occur to our
minds that electricity is playing lit
tie trick when we take sheet Of writ
ing paper from pile and find it does
not come alone, but drags along an
other sheet or more, sticking closer
than brother"
Similar action of the Immense sheets
Of book paper on a printing press IN
certain states of the atmosphere-when
one is slid on to the form of type anu
has one or more others partially ad-
herring to 1t for a moment, then taking
flight away from the press to some
dingy resting place-frequently keeps
the pressmen in an uncomfortable
state of fdgets.
Such action results from the attrac-
tion and repulsion of frictional elec-
tricity-the same kind that is produced
by the chafng of the silk flaps against
the rotating glass disk in the so-called
electrical machine"
An experiment with the same kind
of electricity. which can easily be tried
Is to apply gentle friction to a thin
piece of cloth or paper; when, on bring
ing 1t near the wall Of the apartment
twill be attracted thereby, and adhere
to the surface-be it wood, plaster OF
paper-for a brief time.-Lippincott's
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
POPULAR SCIENCE,

More than 100000 series of arc
lamps are in use in this country now.
In Bielefeld, Germany, there is q
colony of epileptics, numbering about
1900. The colony was established
in 1868, and patients from oil parts OF
the world go there for treatment.
Large fish can be killed or stunned
to prevent trouble in getting them
into the boat by using o new spring
pistol, which has chisel'shaped
point, to be released by trigger, and
shot out by the spring to sever the
backbone of the fish.
That caterpillar secretes wax to
line its cell is a known fact. 1t now
appears that geometrid moth covers
its eggs with silk. 1t is contained in
a pouch at the end of the abdomen in
the form of dense bundles about two
nm. long, and resembling in miniature
locks OF wavS fa1en hair.
Projectiles used for the United
States Army for its great modern guns
cost as follows: Solid shot, s-inch,
S69. 80 each: lO-inch, S144.50 each;
12-inch, S212 each; Pinch mortar
shells, weighing 500 pounds. STA
each, and 12-inch mortar shells, weigh
ing 1000 pounds, s195 each.
Victims of "rose fever" ebay
fever" and "ragweed fever" will be
interested to learn that q German doc
tor has added "bean fever" to the list
of these popular summer epidemics.
His discovery has been christened
"Favismus," and the cure for the dis
ease is to beware of bean fields.
A German paper maker has recently
obtained letters patent on bottles
made of paper, for use on board ship.
The new bottles are made of compo-
sition which, with the solution in
which they are made water-tight, is
still the inventors secret. After be-
ing impregnated with this fluid the
paper bottles are slowly dried in gas
stoves.
A doctor in Paris has made the dis
covery that q solution Of one part pic
ric acid to seventy-fve parts of water
will cure quickly the most serious
burns. The pain of the most terrible
burns is instantly removed without
blistering or irritation, and healing
takes place in four or five days. There
is left yellow tint on the skin, which
can be removed by solution of boric
acid.
The collector of butterflies may not
know that specimens are sometimes
made up of two or three different
species, and even ordinary insects
are often dyed and made to appear as
if they had been native to the tropical
forests. The collectors of butterflies
are also orchid hunters, the flowers
AID insects that so closely resemble
each other being alike denizens Of
dangerous and inaccessible jungles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
WORDS oE WISDOM.

Brevity is tho great charm OF elo-
quence.-Cicero.
Where the speech is corrupted the
mind is also.-Seneca.
He who fears being conquered is
sure of defeat.-Napoleon.
The reward of thing we'll done is
to have done it.-Emerson.
He that is good for making excuses
is seldom good for anything else.
We can do more good by being
good than in any other way.-Hill.
Not to enjoy life, but to employ
life, ought to be our aim and inspir-
ation.-Macdiff.
Envy is a passion SO full of coward
ice and shame that nobody ever had
the confidence to own it. Rochester,
Esteem cannot be where there is no
confidence; and there can be no con-
fdence where there is no respect
Giles.
We should never make enemies, il
for no other reason, because it is SO
hard to behave toward them as we
ought.-Palmer.
The greater the difficulty the more
glory in surmounting it skillful
pilots gain their reputation from
storms and tempests.-Epicurus.
Honest good humor is the oil and
wine of merry meeting, and there. is
no jovial companionship equal to that
where the jokes are rather small and
the laughter abundant Washington
Irving.
Every man ought to aim at emf
nence, not by pulling others down,
but by raising himself; end enjoy the
pleasures of his own superiority,
whether imaginary or real, without
interrupting others in the same fe-
licitY.-Johnson.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Ignorant Ursm Taught.

! Returning from school with pump
Kin seed in her hand little girl in
formed her. mother that her teacher
had taught her that the seed was white
but the pumpkin was yellow. The
mother asked: "What is the color of
the vines?" The 6ve-year-old said her
teacher had not taught her that.
'tBut," said her mother, "you know,
for you have seen the vines in the
garden"
ssOf course I have, but we are not
expected to know anything until we
have been taught"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
A PriceIpss BOou

usual work and stopped taking tho pills.
"Our daughter Anna, twelve years old,
was also afflicted with decline and debility.
She lost flesh, seemed to be bloodless
and had no ambition. She took two boxes
OF the pills and they restored her appetite;
aided digestion and brought color to her
cheeks. She ia now in the best Of health:
think Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People the best medicine we ever had In
our family and recommend them to all
needing remedy for toning up and re.
building shattered system.
No discovery of modern times has proved
suoh blessing to vomon as Dr.. Williams
Pink Pills for Palo Pcoplo. They restore
strength and health to exhausted women
when every effort OF tho physician proves
unavailins. These vegetable pills ara
everywhere recognized as q specific for
diseases OF the blood nnd nerves.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
PITH AND POINT.

stHow does it happen, David, that
you haven't finished your work?"
aWhy, you see, pop, tn boys have
been helpin' me. Judge.
'sMrs. Blims, how is it that you
know everything about Mrs. Sims?"
ooh, my hired girl worked for her
three years. Detroit FREQ Press.
Drummer-"Who presented the
play at the town hall last night?"
Ruralyille Merchant-"A gang of
people disguised as actors. Judge.
Klondike Kit-"Say, what sort of
cuff-buttons is them?" Dawson Dave
-"The real thing, my boy. They
are carved from genuine corned beef.
--Cinclnnati Enquirer.
'You ind the new boarder,' said
the landlady, ''seem to be hand i'm
glove" "Why not?" he replied.
IDidn't you know that we were kids
together?"- ?"--Indianapolis Journal.
"What i, song recital, Uncle
Christopher IA song recital? Well;
somebody sings all afternoon, and an
audience of women talk through the
whole performance. Detroit Free
Press.
First Boy-sMy papa knows more
than your papa does" Second Boy
ct bet he doesn't. Did you ever
see my papa? His forehead reaches
down to the back of his head. LION
don Tit Bits.
Miriam (skeptically)-'I wonder if
Miss Antique exclaimed, 'Oh! this is
SO sudden' when he proposed to
her?" Melicent-"It is more likely
that he thought it when she accepted
him" Puck.
"Well, little boy, what's your
name?" "Shadrach ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Yocts." "Who gave you that name?"
'sI don't know. But if I find out when
I gets older they'll be sorry for it,
London Punch.
Miss Oletimes-"I am not quite
sure whether lie loves me or not. He
hasn't asked me for lock of my hair
yet" Miss Newbudd-"Why, of
course, he loves you-if he is so con-
siderate as that. Judge.
Fuddy-"Do you really think that
Baskers cares much for his wife?"
Duddy-"Cares for her? He dotes
on her. Scores Of times I've known
him to make faces for his wife when
she had to take nasty-tasting medi-
cine. Boston Transcript.
Tramp lin the country)-''Yes. I
once rode er wheel, but had ter give
it up" Biker-"Why?" Tramp
"Well, yer see, the owner wuz comm
down the road behind me, and the
policeman had rope stretched across
in front. London Tit-Bits.
eyes," said Miss Passeigh, IT en-"
Joy the society Of Mr.. Airylad. He
keeps me interested. He is always
saying something that one never
hears from anybody else." "ReallyP'
rsjoined Miss Cayenne. elias he been
proposing to you, too?"-Washington
Star.
Talking Of office boys," said the
man in the checks, "what nuisance
they are!" "Right," said the man in
stripes. "A new one isn't we'll
enough acquainted with the business,
and an experienced one is too well &C:
quainted with his boss. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
''I'm afeared," remarked Farmer
>Corntossel, "thet the period of use
fulness fur that politician is about to
be drawed to o close" ''What's the
matter?" inquired his wife. "Is it
case of oyerwork?" No." was the
answer; "tain't nothin' so onnsual as
.overwork. It's plain, old-fashioned
case of oyertalk. Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
A cheerful Woman.
from the Democrat, Braztl, Ind.

Every woman cannot be beautiful, but
cheerful face often supplies tho deficiency
But no one can be cheerful and bring Joy I'd
others unless they have perfect health.
Fortunately, science has placed this price,
less boon within the reach Of every woman
as the following incident proves.
Z Mrs. Amanda Robinson, wife Of William
Robinson, farmer and stockman, near
Howesyille, Clay County, Ind, Is thirty?
two years old and had for several years
been in declining health and despondent.
For three months she was not only unable
to attend to her domestic duties but too
feeble to be up and about. To-day she Is
In good health and able to attend to her
household affairs. She relates her OK
porionce as follows:
II was afflicted with female troubles end
was in delicate state OF health. lost
my appetite, grew thin and was greatly
depressed. After taking various remedies
without being benefited I was induced by q
friend to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
OUR BUDGET OF EUMOR.
LAucHTER.PRovoKlNc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Tho Struggle OF Life-And Fine Play
Too - About Matrimony - Tennis
Episode-Looking Also For Trouble
Handicapped "A Dissembler, Etc.
How hard struggle it's to live,
And satisfy our inner cravings;
An ector may live con the boards"
A barber must exist on shavings.
And he who kneads our daily bread
May need his own some day most sadly,
While he who has the cure Of souls
May, to his boots, want new ones badly.
Yet rich or poor, or high or low,
The ends the same, to all intents;
The beggar lives upon his rags,
The millionaire upon his rents.
-T,ffe
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Two Curious Clocks.

The ingenuity of the scientist who
established O'clock of flowers" by
planting in regular order specimens
whose corollas opened at specified
hours has been matched by German
who has composed a o'clock of birds. "
This is especially q night clock. The
birds and hours of their songs are as
follows: The chafinch, 1.30 to 2 a. m. ;
the titmouse, 2to $50; the quail, 2.3O
to 8; the redstart, 3 to $50; the ousel,
$50 to 4; the warbler, 4 to 4.3O; the
marshtit, 4.3O to 5; the sparrow, 8.
This arrangement is, of course, good
only in the Old World and not in
America.
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A Condition Explained.

eyes," said the man who is gen.
orally to be found with his feet on q
desk, "there's no doubt about it; col
lections are terribly hard"
'Do you speak from personal ex-
perience?" inquired the friend.
Certainly. I haven't been able to
collect dollar in three weeks.
"Have you tried?"
''No; I knew it was no use. That
is-er-well, to tell the truth,
haven't been feeling much like work
lately, and when come to think OF
it, there isn't any one who owes me
a dollar. Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
LOST GLORY.

Oh, var has lost its romance!
There's nothing In fight
But vessels blown to lands unknown
With deadly dynamite!
No long and glorious battle
On ocean lists made dim
By tho cennor-smoke and rattle
or the frigates taught and trim!
No shouting OF the captains
No sabers flashing free;
N3 battling, man to man, to gain
Tho glory OF the seal
But dynamite from left to right
Quick death In carnage dim;
And nothing OF the romance
or the frlgates taught and triml
Frank l.. Stanton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Fa,IInrs of Great Minds.

ct don't know what to do with that
clock" said Professor Thinkard, look
ing up in perplexed way at the time
piece that hung on the wall of his
study. "The servant carelessly let it
run down yesterday and it stopped. I
wound 1t myself this morning, but it
won't CO."
"Why don't you start the pendu-
lum?" asked the caller.
"Sure enough" exclaimed the pro-
fessor, rising to carry the suggestion
into effect. "Inever thought of that. "
CHICAGO Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01

Mrs. HARRY HARDY, Riverside, Iowa,
writes to Mrs. Pinkham the story Of
her struggle with serious ovarian trou-
bic, and the benefit she received from
the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. This is her letter:
"How thankful I am that I took
your medicine. I was troubled for
two years with inflammation of the
womb and ovaries, womb was also very
low. I was in constant misery. I had
heart trouble, was short of breath and
could not walk five blocks to save my
life. Suffered very much with my
back, had headache all the time, was
nervous, menstruations were irregular
and painful, had a bad discharge and
was troubled with bloating. I was a
perfect wreck. Had doctored and
taken local treatments, but still was no
better. I was advised by one of my
neighbors to write to you. I have now
finished the second bottle of Mrs. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and am
better in every way. I am able to do
all my own work and can walk nearly
q mile without fatigue; something
had not been able to do for over two
years. Your medicine has done me
more good than all the doctors"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Safing the Day.

An eide de camp rode hnrriedly to
the generals side and gasped, "Gen;
eral, the enemy's bicycle corps is pre-
pairing to charge"
"Ah," replied the general; with
great satisfaction; "now we have an
opportunity to see what our tack:
throwing mortars can do. Let them
open fire OF once"
In three minutes the intervening
ground was strewn with tacks; and
the attacking corps was obliged to re-
treat in confusion. The day was saved.
Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Rcnutx La blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. Nc
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body: Begin, to-day to
Danish pimples,, boils, blotches, blqckheads;
Cascarets,~beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, Csc, SOC.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
What is Tetterine?

It is fragrant. unctuous ointmento great
cooling and healing power. 1t is good for Tet-
ter, Ringworm, Eczema and all roughness of
the skin 1t stops pain and tohing at once and
If properly used will positively cure even the
worst of chronic cases. 50cents at drug store
or by mail for so cen s in stamps. j.. T,
Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Unyarranted Distrust.

First Office Boy-De ole chap work
fer is de most suspicious ole cod
ger ever seen.
. Second Office Boy (who has dropped
in)--Is he?
First Office Boy-Yes; I've been
here tree weeks, an he never gave me
de combination of de safe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
An Afectation.

ct believe" said Willie Wishing
ton, "that you don't like classical
music"
"I don't mind telling you, replied
Miss Cayenne, "that that is q polite
fiction. 1 have to say that som etimes in
order to avoid hearing it murdered. "
Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
A painful Dilemma.

Miss Dazzi-"I'm afraid you must
think me very unconventional, Mr..
Tharper. Tell me honestly, now."
Mr.. Tharper-"Please excuse me,
Miss Dazzi; you know only children
and fools speak the truth" "
"But you are no longer a child. -
Life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
& TennIs EDfsode.

Mr.. Frank Ball-"What's the mat.
ter, Jim?"
Mr.. Jim Ball-"Oh, Mr.. Racket is
such high-strung fellow that he gave
me the bounce few minutes ago. y
Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
An Amendment to the Code,

FIRST Citizen-"Of course man is
entitled to his opinion.
Second Citizen-"Of cor -se; and If
he's politician he's entitled to as
many kinds of opinion as he may need
in his business. Puck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
S,,a,roH H,to Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, % powder for the feet: I!
cnres neinful, swollen nervous, ,smarttpg feet
and Instantly takes the sting out OF eo5ns n
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dls.
Covery COW Of the age. Aliens FOot-Ease makes axe $
tight or new shoes feel easy. 1t Is certain
cure m for sweating, eallous and hot, tired
aching feet. Try il today Sold by all dTu g g.
eists and shoe stores, 25c. Trial PacE;a1gSs
FREE. Address Allen 8. .Olmsted LIE Roy.N.1
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
An Aqueous Lady,

She Ito the doctor)-"How did you
find old Mrs. Dawes?"
The Doctor-''I found her head
nearly submerged. She had water
fall behind and cataracts over both
yes."-Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Looking Also For Trouble.

Hoiack-''Why are you consulting
the dictionary? I thought you knew
how to spell?"
Tombick-"I do. I am not looking
for information, butfo corroboration. "
-Tit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
ToInIny's idea OF It.

Little Tommy-"Sister Lillian
likes to have you come here"
Mr.. Simperling-"Aw, indeed! How
do you know thatT"
Little Tommy-"Well, people always
like what makes them glad, don't
they?"
Mr.. Simperling-"Generally. But
how do you know I make her glad?"
Little Tommy-"I heard her tellin'
one of the other girls to-day that she
just had to laugh every time she
looked at you. Tit
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
His DeeD Wisdom.

Sally Gay-"That fellow Grimshaw
knows more about women than any
other man of my acquaintance"
Dolly Swift-"How 500"
Sally Gay-"He understands that
he doesn't understand them. Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
HaudicapDed,

"What? Resigned the position
got you as collector for Jones7"
"You bet! Why, I owed money to
most of the men he sent me to dun. u
-Harper's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01

Bootblacks are seldom seen on the streets
of Berlin
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Pancr Bottles.

Bottles now arc being made Of paper
under German patent. They ere for
use particularly on shipboard, whero
heavy weather works havoc amorS
glass receptacles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
A New Use For High-Tempered Women

Salina Ito Dorothea, noted for her
readiness for repartee) -"Ah, dear,
it's a lucky thing you are going to
marry Professor Theonine. A chemist
will find you very handy"
Dorothea-"What do you mean,
Salina?"
salina-"Why, you will always
have retort ready for him, you
know. Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-06-01
Another Rebuff.

The Tramp-Beg pardon, sir. I'm
a stranger in desc parts
The Farmer-Well, 1 dunno of any
body that wants to git acquainted with
ye.-Puck.