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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
The Future of the Horse Industry.

Many horse breeders are led to be-
lieve that present low prices will con-
tinue almost indefinitely, writes O. j.
Vine, of Ohio. To imagine that horse
raising will never proveremunerative,
or that horses will never again bring
good prices, is in my opinion a great
mistake. The farmer must have his
horses. The mature horse on the
farm to-day need have little fear of his
being displaced by machinery. No
motor of any kind will give the same
satisfaction under all circumstances
that n good team will, at an equal cost.
Steam has been triedas amotive power
in plowing OH large scale, but it has
never come into general use. Electri.
city cannot be used on the farm until
q perfect storage battery is invented.
Electricity will do very we'll for pro-
pelling rect cars on their smooth,
solid tracks, where each successive trip
is made over exactly the same route.
On the farm it would be quite differ
ent. The bicycle has undoubtedly
taken the place of many horses, but
not to the extent generally supposed.
Because horses are cheap now, is no
reason why they should remain SO.
Any other branch of the live stock
market fuctuates with the supply and
demand. Because the horse market
has been away down for several years,
is one of the best Of reasons for pre-
dieting an upward turn before long,
and horses will then be as high as they
are low now. Horses will become
scarce as we'll as other stock. They
are certainly scarce in our section now.
Very few strictly good marketable
horses can be found. Farmers quit
breeding years ago. 1t did not pay;
horses could be bought for less money
than it cost to raise them. The sup
ply has been cut off at both ends.
There are several classes of horses
that are bringing good prices now, and
will so continue in spite of steam, cleo
tricity or bicycles. The extra heavy
draft horse and the fancy coach Or
driving horse will continue to be in
demand for the next century at least.
The supply of horses that will mature
and be marketable in 1900 is very
small indeed. The farmer who owns
O. good brood mare or two can very
proftably turn his attention to raising
good horses. In order to raise good
ones, he must breed finely built,
sound mare to an equally well built
and sound sire. Constitutional and
structural defects are largely heredi.
tary, and should be carefully avoided.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
What a London Fog Costs.

In an article in London" on fogs,
some details are given o. the increased
expenditure and the loss entailed by a
days continuous dense fog in Lordon.
Figures taken from an official source
show that the excess in the days gas
bill would represent the supply of a
town with from 10000 to 10000 inhab-
itants for a whole year. The total
consumption on. one foggy day was
150,0O0,O00 cubic feet, the excess in
the output by the Gas Light and Coke
Company alone being 35,0O0,00O cubic
feet. The total cost of the gas con-
sumed was $4,000, Of which about
fS,G00 was due to the fog. In addi-
tion there must be added the cost OF
electricity. oil, etc., and the loss of
business by stoppage of traffic and
lack Of custom is a serious matter for
the West End shopkeepers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
A Whole Meal in the Coffee Pot.

It is not exactly the way to make
the coffee, but the way to take it after
it is made. 1t is valuable method
to learn, for it gives condensed meal,
which can be taken in short space of
time without injury to the digestive
organs. and it answers the purpose OF
soup meat. coffee and dessert all in
one. This is the way to do it: Dessert
comes first in the preparation. First,
six Jumps of sugar in large coffee
cup; break into this two raw eggs; fill
two-thirds full with hot milk; finally
add the coffee and there you are. This
would be Invaluable for quick lunch
rooms, the only objection being that
the ingredients ought to be first class
and quick lunch room patrons object
to frst-class ices.-New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
Curiy-Haired Men.

tits not generally known that there
is well-defned prejudice against
curly-haired men when it comes to
choosing jury to try criminal cases,
says the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
The prejudice, when it is manifested,
comes from the defense. When asked
to explain the objection to curly
haired men a prominent practitioner
recently said: "When was just start
ing my legal mentor inculcated that
idea in me. He said that curly-head-
ed men had almost invariably been
pampered darlings of their parents,
and in their youth had been SO used
to having their own way that they
had come to believe that everybody
on earth was wrong except themselves.
In this way the seeds of opposition
are sown, and when they grow older
they make it a point to disagree with
everybody and everything. If every
body. else on the jury votes for ac-
quittal they vote for conviction, as a
matter of course. They live on COM
bat, and are as stubborn as the days
are long. A curly-haired man never
gets on the jury when am defending
a man if can see him in time"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
THE FIGHTING cuRKHAs.
gomething About the Men Who Win Eng
lands Battles in India.

The Gurkhas, to whose valor we owe
so much on the Indian frontier, are
not afraid of death in any shape OF
form, have the instinct of instant and
unquestioning obedience to orders
from superiors, and take an actual and
physical delight in fighting. It is a
popular error to suppose that they are
without caste. There are about th;r-
teen different castles among them, and
several subdivision in each caste. But
when serving in British regiments and
while on campaign, Glrkhas do not
allow their caste system to interfere
with their comforts, and will eat and
drink freely with Europeans and
among themselves. They have no OBJ
lection to taking pull at British
soldiers flask, and will share "cha-'
patti with the most menial camp-fol-
lower. They will gladly take cigar
OF tobacco from European, but on no
account must man of one caste smoke
in the company of another.
All Gurkhas trace their descent from
the Rajputs, of Central India, the
Thappas and Gurungs especially claim
ing to have the bluest Hindu blood in
India running in their veins. They
have, however, intermarried for gen
erations with Mongolian women.
Gurkhas have one physical peculiar
ity. Their stature is below the aver
age and as they do not wear boards,
and their mustaches, in spite Of much
care, never attain luxuriant growth.
md to q casual observera Gurkha reg
iment appears to consist of boys, not
men. 1t is on record that when Lord
Roberts was marching through the
Kurram, the Pathan women and chill
dren came out to ieer at the striplings
whom he was leading, as it seemed, to
tLeir certain death, and they only
changed their opinion, when, largely
owing to tie heroism Of these same
Gurkhas, the Afghan army are driven
headlong from the Peiwar Kotal.
The colonel of a distinguished regi-
ment used to tell a story of a Pathan
who had travelled long distance to
get glimpse of the terrible soldiers
that had defeated his countrymen.
When he saw the little boyish-looking
Gurkhas standing guard at the Bala
Hissar, he committed suicide ''for very
shame" at least-and this is the best
part of the story-so the guard de-
clared when asked to explain the
presence of the dead body.-London
News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
To JniI For a Hnir Cut.

William NJ. Tibbs, ful1-blooded
Zulu, who acknowledged no home
and VINO was haled before Cincin,
natl Judge the other day, was SEN
fenced and imprisoned because he
would not have his hair cut.
This is tho first case on record
where "a man Of much hirsuteness
sacrificed his liberty for lis locks.
But Tibbs is q Zulu, and hair to the
Zulus is sacred. The head adornment
of Tibbs stood in the air six inches
above his scalp, and when he looked
too long upon the wine that is red his
hair never turned nor wilted, but
lifted itself erect in open defiance Of
the Court.
The technical charge, according to
Justice Schwab, was too much hair,
and t. have it cut the bronze gentle
man from Africa was sent to the Gin,
cinnati Workhouse. Tibbs VOWS ven
geance. What kind Of vengeance lie
will wreak upon his jailers remains to
be seen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
hallway Station Under Church.

The resources Of modern tunnel EN-
gineering have been strikingly shown
in the running of the new London
underground electric railway from
Stocllwell to London Bridge. One of
the stations had to be built at the cor
ner of Lombard street, on which q
church is standing. The question was
to preserve the church intact, and at
the same time to get the station and
railway beneath. Most of the old
foundations of the church had to be
removed and new method of sup
porting the edifce introduced. The
south wall had to be supported en-
tirely on steel girders, and these sup
ports were extended for some distance
under the north wall. A new founda-
ton had also to be made for the twelve
stone columns which supported the
central structure. All this was carried
out without the building-which
weighed about 1400 tons-moving q
hairs breadth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
Hot Drinks,

A mistake is very often made in as.
Stunning that cold drinks are necessary
to relieve thirst. AS matter of fact,
very cold drinks frequently increase
the feverish condition of the mouth
and stomach, and so produce that very
condition which is sought to be
alleviated. 1t has been shown by ex-
perience that hot drinks relieve the
thirst and cool the body, when it is
unduly heated, in more effectual
manner than ice-cold drinks. Indeed,
O higher temperature is to be pre-
ferred, and those who are much
troubled with thirst might do worse
than try the advantages to be derived
from hot drinks instead of the cold
ones to which they have been accus-
toned. Hot drinks have the addi-
tional advantage of aiding digestion,
instead of .iniuriously affecting the
stomach and bowels. Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
bIicro-Orpanisms.

The Investigations of Nenki have
led him to conclude that the time will
come when it will be possible to re-
move all micro organisms from food.
As regards the question whether their
action is necessary for the normal pro-
cess of digestion, he presents reasons
for lelieving that it is not, this con-
clusion being based on the following
grounds: The acid of the stomach
destroys the majority of the micro-or-
ganisms, only small number escap-
ing this fate and getting with the food
into the intestinal tract. In the small
intestines their action is confined to
the decomposition of the carbohy-
drates and the formation of Tactic and
succinic acids, alcohol, etc. tits only
in the large intestine that the decom-
position of albumens and the formation
of aromatic bodies, and of the different
acids under their influence, take place.
New York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
"a CLEVER RAccooN.
Althougha Captive He Managed to Dine
Nightly on Poultry.

. -
Omaha is believed to shelter the
smartest coon that has ever been dis
covered. The animal is member of
the Riyerview Park collection. When
Mr.. Coon was installed as a perman-
emit member of the Riverview Park
family there was a lack of adequate
accommodations. AS q temporary ex-
pedient he was hitched to one end of
stout chain, while the other was or
namented with steel ring, which was
slipped over the lop of stout stake.
As the stake was nearly ten feet high
and firmly imbedded in the ground it
was believed that this was sufficient
.precaution toinsure his detention.
AS it turned out, Mr.. Coon had not
the slightest intention of deserting.
But beginning Immediately thereafter
there were continual complaints from
neighboring residents that some one
was taking liberties with their hen
roosts. Every night someone missed
a nice fat pullet, and in spite of every
effort to discover the invader lie re-
mained unsuspected.
The first suspicion attached to his
'coonship few days ago, when the
keeper discovered few stray chicken
feathers sticking in his fur. But this
was dismissed rs O rank injustice to
the coon, as his ring was still at
tached to the stake. But the next day
the feathers were again in evidence,
and it began to be apparent that there
was some connection between the
coon and the trespasses. A watch
was kept, with the following result:
The coon slumbered quietly until
long after midnight. But toward 2
O'Clock the animal stretched himself
and quietly began to shin up the pole.
When he got to the top he managed
TO wriggle the ring off the stake and
was free. Ten minutes afterward
there was clearly audible cackle and
confusion in the direction of the near
est henyard, and in.half an hour Mr..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
The Chinese Oil Tree.

In recent report of the United
States Consul General at Shanghai
there is an interes, lg description of
the Tung, or Chinese oil tree. This
useful tree grows to height OF fifteen
feet, and is of beautiful appearance, it's
leaves being vivid green and its flowers
a pink-white. The seeds are poisonous,
and it is from them that the oil is
extracted in the most primitive fashion
by wooden presses worked with
wedges. The oil thus obtained is used
all over the country in the manufacture
of paint and varnish, for water proof
ing paper and umbrellas, and in some
district for Illuminating purposes. But
it's chief use is for calking boats. On
the submerged parts of vessels it is
applied hot, but on other parts It is
painted on in thin coats quite cold. All
Chinese boats are thus oiled twice a
month, and so are made to assume a
glossy appearance, while the wood is
greatly preserved. Like most other
commodities, this tree oil is often adul-
terated before it is sold by retailers
chiefly with cottonseed oil.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23

for the market, and especially fo- the
rearing of early ducklings, several of
them shipping upwar,. of 10000 duck
lings by midsummer, and some Of them
producing more than 10000 in the
season. The prices realized for the
earliest ducklings marketed might
seem almost fabulous, but that they
are we'll earned is evident to any one
who will visit these farms and see the
work and the great care, as we'll as ex-
pense, which these earliest hatched
ducklings require. Still the raisers of
early ducklings claim that they find
the growing of young ducks more pro-
ftable than young chickens.
Ten to twelve thousand ducklings
are often yarded on five acres of
ground; however, the most successful
farm we know of has IN abundance Of
acreage ON which to grow roots and
green food for the stock, this being o
very important factor for their success
full production. An ample supply of
green food for the old breeding stock
seems necessary to keep them in good
condition for early laying. Last sea-
son the market opened in spring with
forty-fve cents per pound for duck
lings. This season it was lower, only
thirty-seven, but prices have kept up
longer than they did last year, so the
season may perhaps prove quite as
profitable on the whole product Of the
year. The cost ofrearing young ducks
is put at five cents per pound by these
large growers and the ducks are mar
keted at about nine to eleven weeks,
when they weigh about five pounds.
The average price of the whole sea-
sons product is put at about twenty
cents per pound in the market. The
Pekin ducks in England have been
classed after the ASlesburys and
Rouens, but in America they have
proven by far the most profitable of
all when reared on large scale, arti-
fcially, for the market.-American
Agriculturist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
BE Grows Tea.

J. NJ. Hodnet, q progressive farmer
living near Lilac on the dividing line
between Milan and Williamson Coun-
ties. Texas, says that the Chinese tea
plant grows luxuriantly on his farm,
even in the fence corners, and requires
no cultivation, save being kept free
from weeds. The plants come up vol
UNFAIRLY every year, spread rapidly
and by the uninitiated would often be
mistaken for noxious weeds. AS IN
experiment Mr. Hodnet imported the
seed several years ago from Oriental
China through our Ambassador. He
now gathers the leaves, dries and
uses them in making most palatable
tea, almost if not quite equal to the
imported product. t.-New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
ODD BITS OF INFORMATION.

Michigan contains 4,545 lakes and
about $4,000 streams and is consid-
cred paradise for anglers.
Species of snakes that are enemies
of one another in captivity will coil
up into their winter sleel in the same
bundle.
The water is so clear in the fords
of Norway that objects an inch and a
half in diameter can be distinctively
seen at q depth of $50 feet.
1t is estimated that there will be q
total registration of 100000 in Greater
New York for the election on Novem-
ber Cd, and total of $50, 1000.
"Ancient" coins, lnany of which
ante-date the Christian era, are made
in large quantities in London, and
find sale all over the world.
In London only twelfth of the
postoffice staff is employed on Sunday
duty, and the average length of Sun
day duty is less than six hours.
The school for convict women the
superintendent of the state peniten-
tiary at Joliet, ILL.,, started some time
ago is meeting with complete success.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23

wide TO take solid food. The doctors called
the disease spinal sclerosis, aud all said he
could not live.
For three years, no fingered in this con-
dition. Then by some friends he was ad-
viscd to take DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. He took them and there was
slight change. The first thing noted was
tendency to sweat freely. This showed
there was some life left in his helpless body.
Next came little feeling in his limbs.
This extended, followed by,prickling sensa-
tions. until at last the blood began to course
freely, naturally and vigorously through
his body, and the helplessness gave way to
returning strength, the ability to walk re-
turned, and he soas restored 10 his old time
health.
The above is the substance Of the first
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
A Total Disability Claim Of $3.50 Paid to
Man who was Afterwar(l Cured.

nent. Inl,sd I am in eUen better health than
,cl.m gaUc yow the first interuie,o."
"Do you still attribute your cure to 20
use OF DR.. Williams Pink Pillsp" asked the
Monitor.
"Unquestionably do" was the reply.
Doctors had failed, rs had also the numer-
Gus remedies recommended by my friends.
Nothing took had the slightest effect upon
me until began the use OF DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. To this aoonderful medicine l
ope nay release from. the living death. have
since recommended these pills to many OF
my friends, and the verdict Is always In
their favor. shall always bless the day I
was induced to take them
Such Is tho history OF one OF the most re-
markable cases OF modern times. Can any
one say, in the face OF such testimony, that
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
Improved pekin Ducks of America.

The portraits of Pekin ducks shown
in the large picture are of the best
typeno reared at the large duck farms
which send immense quantities of
ducklings to the best paying Eastern
markets. These long, deep-keeled
ducks have been much improved by
these extensive rearers, as they have
learned that the very best bodied ducks,
that mature the earliest, are the kind
that can make the most money for
them. There are few who realize the
magnitude of the business carried on
by these establishments, operated ex-
clusively for the production OF ducks
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23

article published by the Monitor. Now fol-
low some clippings, taken from the same
paper two years afterward, and there is not
the slightest shadow of dc-bt, in view OF
this testimony, that Mr.. Petch's cure Is per-
manent. Hers follows the account:
On being again questioned, Mr.. Petcli
said: "You SEQ those hands-the skin is
now natural and elastic. Once they were
hard and without sensation. You could
pierce them with pin and would not feel
it, and what Is true of my hands Is true OF
the rest OF my body. Perhaps you have
observed that have now even ceased to
use cane. and can get about my business
perfectly well. You may say there Is dbso-
latc!y no doubt as % ny cure being per7G-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23

Reports are completely uerifed, the cure is per-
naanent, and they publish a fac sisnile of the
check qtoen 6y the Canadian Mutual Life As
sociation for $1650.oO amount of total disa-
6ility claim paid by them TO Mr.. Pctch.
The first account stated that the patient
(see address below had been paralytlc
for five years, that there was such total
lack OF feeling in his limbs and body, that
pin run full length could not be felt; that
he could not walk or help himself at all; for
two years he was not dressed; furthermore
that he was bloated, was for that reason
almost unrecognizable, and could not get
his clothes on. Tho paralysis was so COM
plete rs to affect tue face and prevented
him from opening his mouth sufficiently
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
Two women split LOGS for a Li:;ng.

Splitting logs is the vocation fol-
lowed by two women in the woods
back of Wallis station, on the Penn
sylvania railroad. Annie and Mary
Wilson are the names of these two
women. They are sisters. They
split rails and make pit posts and caps
for the Spring Hill Coal Company,
whose %Srks are between Wilmerding
and Wallis. They do all the work of
telling the trees, saving them into
proper lengths and finally with their
axes splitting them into pit posts.
They are assisted to some extent by
their younger brother. The girls
work together always and can swing
an eight-foot cross-cut saw through an
oak tree with apparently as much ease
as some women run typewriter.
When the tree is sawed through
and ready to split one of the girls sets
an iron wedge into one end of the log
and with large maul weighing about
twenty pounds drives it in, splitting
the log from end to end. The opera
tion-is repeated until the log is split
into sizes for posts. Then the axes
are brought into play and the posts
trimmed up and shaped. The girls
came from Indiana.
'The work is not hard when you
get used to it, said one, ''and then
we can make more money splitting
rails and making pit posts in one day
than we could in week working in q
kitchen. What's the difference, so
long as the work is honest, how one
earns o living? Although I work
hard every day, rain or shine, I never
get sick. was never sick in my life.
The people around here Ill talk about
us, but we don't care for that. We
are earning a good living and don't
owe any one cent. Omaha Bee.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-23
Remarkable Hair.

Some remarkable dogs were seen at
the London dog show recently-none
being more worthy Of note than the
French bear" dogs. This is breed
raised in the south Of France for the
especial purpose of fighting bears in
the mountain Businesses. The dogs are
enormous and very fierce, and even in
a dog show they are none too quiet.
Esquimau dogs were also among the
features of the exhibit. Hairless Mex
lean dogs, Australian wild dogs" and
"chow-chows" from China were all
centers of attraction