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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

An English agriculturist has sue.
ceeded in the cross fertilization:tof
grasses, clover, cereals and other food
plants.
During the hot months in Venezuela
exposure of the bare head to the sun
for half IN hour means certain fever
and almost certain death.
C. A. Parsons, the English engineer
who makes turbine engines for ships,
says that the new rotary engines will
cause vessels to travel sixty miles san
hour or even more.
The proposal has been made by NJ.
Gabriel Wand, French chemist, to
obtain easily assimilable iron tonics
from vegetables by feeding the plants
judiciously with iron fertilizers.
With most men the growth of the
beard is stronger on one side of the
face than on the other. 1t is usually
the case that the hair grows more
rapidly on that side on which we are
stronger.
The Semaine Medical publishes de-
tails of the successful experiments
made in Naples by Cantani, in making
guinea pigs immune against the in
fuenza poison by vaccinating them
with sterilized cultures of the influenza
bacillus. &
A new typewriter has been perfect-
ed for the benefit of blind people.
The letters are raised, and they are
palpable as we'll as visible. Commun.
cations made by this machine can BE
read alike by the blind and those who
are blessed with sight.
A new method of testing steel bull
lets has been devised in Germany
The balls are dropped from fixed
height on to q glass plate set at an
angle. If properly tempered they re-
bound into one receptacle; if they are
too soft they drop into another. &
To test the power of the telephone
in transmitting tlneful sounds, Mrs..
Helen Buckley sang two songs into las
funnel at the Office of the Chicago
Telephone Company, and the notes
were distinctly heard in New. York *
u HumDer 0T mIsiJM 7mG1agers who
had assembled for that purpose.
Mr.. Wragge, the meteorologist, who
established and worked the first OBJ
servatory on Ben Nevis, and who is
now meteorological observer of
Queensland, recently visited the sum-
NIT of Mount Kosciusko, the highest
mountain in Australia, for the purpose
of establishing IN observatory there.
Apropos of New York's proposed
rapid transit tunnel, it is declared i'll
London that the health of employees
on the Underground Railway is better
than on any line in England. The at
mosphere is said to have positively
cured cases of quinsy and bronchitis
and to have benefited people with lung
troubles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
! UNCLE SANS SIGNAL CORPS.
Field Telegraphy and Military Baloonng Described.


direction the line was to take. One
of them halted at about fifty or sixty
yards from the battery wagon and
thrust the sharpened end of the steel
bar into the ground. The other passed
him and went twice as far, when he,
too, thrust the sharp instrument into
the yielding soil. The first man had
now run around him, and his place,
where he had dug the first hole, was
taken by group of men armed with
one of the lances, an insulator, and
the end of the wire, which was now
spinning out of the rear end of the
wire wagon. In less time than it takes
to tell it, the lance or pole was set, the
insulator was in position and the wire
was attached. The men were already
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
An Old House With a History.

One of the places in which tourists
in England revel is Bulls Tavern. 1t
looks to-day just as it did when it was
erected in 1912. When repairs were
necessary they were made with the
dea of carefully preserving the ap-
pearance of the old place.
1t was here that Oliver Cromwell
made his headquarters for nearly q
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
The Costliest Bean on Earth.

It is not generally known that the
vanilla bean is the costliest bean on
earth. 1t grows wild, and is gathered
by the natives in Papantla a, : Mis-
anita, Mexico. When brought from
the forests these beans are sold ut
the rate of $11.25 per 1000, but when
dried and cured they cost about $11.25
per pound. They are mainly used by
druggists, and last year over 9O,OOO,-
900 beans were imported into this
country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
na.,ons That own Telegraphs.

Austria, Hungary, Belgium, France,
Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy,
Portugal, Sweden, Norway and Swift.
zerland own all the telegraph Lines in
their respective territory. :
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
How the Brain Acts.

Although the brain is perpetually
active, the whole of it is never active
at one time. The two hemispheres or
halves do not operate simultaneously,
but alternate in action-now it is the
one-half, then the other.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
9NCLE' SAM has

I Gle S AM has
some little tricks
up his sleeve, which
in time OF war
could be brought
into service at o
moments notice
ind which, says ".
J. Rouse in the
New York TIMES,
would prove very
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
THOs. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR.
THE WOMAN LOVING YOU.

thing that lift the soul above both and woe
Ands we'll that 1t
filled their
Shiny charge
path has disappeared from view
world s not a woman's loving
pulled watch while in sight
million light obscuring night
The white hand waving kiss from lips hatlov
all their blame.
the worldyou feel that this is true
given you the boon the woman loving
w Chicago Times Herald
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16

wear. Ten births and six weddings
are dated here, and there is story of
a murder to lend charm for those
who love the morbid.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16

ESSIE and I
were friends.
We had al
ways been
friends since
we'll, since
W Q W o + e
dresses to-
gether. That
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-03-16
THE FOREST FIRE,
BY LOUIS z. VAN NORMAN

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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29
National Plumbers Association

San Antonio, Tex. Apr. B to l6, lS9S
 For the above occasion the Cotton Belt will sell tickets at rate of $1775 for the round trip. Tickets on sale April 9, 10 and II, good returning 15 days from date of sale. An exten- sion of 15 days will be granted if tickets are deposited with joint agent at San Antonio on or before April 22nd. Side trips will be nude from San Antonio to Monterey and return at rate of $5.5o; Mexico City and re- turn, going and returning same route, :S25; or going via Laredo and returning via Eagle Pass OF vice yer sa, $50. H. BRINGMAN, Agent.
 E. ". LEBAuME, G. P. & T. A.
 St. Louis, Mo.
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STRAINS.
Why They Arc So Severe and Few They
 Should Be Treated.

Why They Are So Severe and Few They
 Should Be Treated.
 It is commonly said that sprained joint is worse than a broken bone, and this is often true. for in a severe sprain the injury is really greater than in 2 simple fracture. The ankle is perhaps the most frequently sprained of all the joints, though the knee, elbow and wrist are also very liable to be injured, in falls especially.
 A sprain of a joint varies greatly in severity. It may consist of q simple wrench, without the tearing of any of the fragments. or it may be Q more ex. tensive injury, stopping just short of dislocation.
 In moderately severe case one or more of the fragments of the. joint will be torn slightly, or possibly completely across. The membrane beneath the lig- aments, which retains the lubrieating fluid of the joint, will be ruptured, per mitting the escape of more or less of this fluid into the parts about, and giv- ing rise sometimes to a considerable swelling. This swelling may be inereas- ed also by an effusion of fluid into the joint, especially if inflammation sets in, and finally there is usually slight or even sometimes quite pronounced es- cape of blood into the tissues, and this, gradually working to the surface, ap- pears as black and blue stain.
 In more severe cases the tendons pass ing over the joint and attaching the muscles which move it to the bones may suffer considerable damage. or one of them may be broken or torn from it's at- tachment, bringing with it silver of bone. Where so much harm has been done to all the parts-bones, fragments, tendons and museles-it is easy to un- derstand that much pain will result and that the cure will be tedious.
 In the treatment of sprain the first thing to be aimed at is to relieve pain and prevent inflammation, then to favor healing of the torn structures, and after that to restore the use of tho limb.
 The first of these objects is accom- plished by absolute rest of the injured part, the limb being raised, and by lead and opium wash, spirit lotion, or such other local applications as the physician may prescribe. Swelling is prevented in a measure and pain is sometimes re- lieved by firm bandaging with a fan nel bandage.
 When the swelling, heat and pain are gone, the limb should not be used too soon, but should be brought gradu- ally back to health by cold touching, dry rubbing in direction toward the body and passive motion. It is some- times necessary in very severe cases to treat the sprain by means of splints, ex- aotly as if it were a fracture CT disloea- tion. Youth s Companion.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29
THE STEAMERS CHIMNEY.
Some Details of Interest Regarding It's
 Construction and Use.

Some Details of Interest Regarding It's
 Construction and Use.
 The stroller along the wharfs who should see rising from the smokestack of 8 big steamer small and at the start perfectly defined column of smoke which seemed to come from small smoke pipe within the big one might wonder if the great smokestaek was filled with smaller stacks, one for each boiler. As a matter of fact it is not so filled, but there Is within 1t smaller smoke pipe called the donkey stack, which is the chimney for the boiler of the donkey en- zine, which is used when the vessel is in port in hoisting cargo in and out. It is from this pipe that the small column of smoke is seen to issue.
 Tho donkey stack is placed sometimes against the forward inner side of the big stack, sometimes against the after inner side It may be complete pipe, or it may be formed of iron in the shape of half pipe, with fanges riveted to the main pipe.
 If a single one of the large boilers were used, as it might be when the ship is in port, it might be connected with tho donkey stack, but in their regular and common arrangement and use the uptakes of all these boilers run into the great chimney, whose whole interior is open, except for the braces running across it to strengthen and support it.
 The ohimneys of all large steamships, however, and of many other steam yes sells as we'll are built double, with an inner and an outer shell, with space between varying according to the size of the vessel. 1t may be from five to ten inches. The primary purpose of this chamber around the smokestack is to afford ventilation for the engine room and tho stokehole In at least one mod ern passenger ship ventilating pipes from tho passenger quarters have been carried to these chambers. Incidentally the space between the shells helps to keep the stack slightly, for thus con- structed the chimney is cooler on the outside than it would otherwise be, and so it holds paint the better.-New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

Now is the time to buy your Gaso- line stoves, as the warm season is just coming on. Do you know by actual test it has been found that four gallons of gasoline is equal to 1000 feet of coal gas fire for cooking purposes? Four gallons of gasoline will cost 60c, and would ask you, please compare this with the price of gas for cooking purposes, and see what the saving will amount to during the year.
 If WATERS PIERCE OII Co
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29
MuzzLED DUCKS.
Not Because They Might Bite, but to si-
 lence Their Ouaciing.

Not Because They Might Bite, but to Si-
 lence Their Quacking.
 A baggage man on the Santa Fe who runs into Kansas City from out in the western part of Kansas has lost lots of sleep It is doubtful if he can ever catch up with it. He leaves Hutchinson at night and reaches Kansas City in the morning. Nearly every night he brings in his car two or three coops of live do- mestio ducks. During the night, when he has no baggage to deliver at small stations, it has been his habit and privi- lege to lie down on an improVised couch and doze. With tho advent of the ducks the dozing stopped The almost constant quacking of the ducks, who could not understand their strange environment, would not permit of sleep.
 For many nights as be lay awake he planned relief. He thought of strangling the ducks or chloroforming them. But neither expedient seemed good One night bright idea came to him. After he had put it into execution the ducks were silent.
 The next night he had two eoops of unusually vociferous ducks. As soon as it came time for sleep be wrenched a slat from one of the coops, reached in and pulled out duck From his pocket he took small rubber band, which he slipped over the duck s bill just back of the nostrils. The duck tried to quaok, but the rubber band, while it stretched little, would not permit the duck to open it's bill far enough to use it's tongue. Only murmur came from it. One by one the ducks were muzzled, and the baggage man rested comforta- bly,.
 The commission men were surprised next morning when they received @ lot of ducks with rubber bands around their bills, and when the bands were re- moved the shouts of protest from the ducks were deafening. Kansas City Star
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29
SHE MISSED IT.
Because What the Congressman Said Did
 Not Apply to Her.

Not Apply to Her.
 ''I know what am talking about, ' remarked 3 member of congress, when say that q congressman has trouble of his own. It's fine thing to be a states man and show up in the national pa rade of greatness at the capital, but there Q good deal more to it than that. And one of the things that is hardest to bear is what they say about us. Why, a lady can t come up here and ask to see a member that there aren t half dozen people to wink and shake the head and a lot more of the same to make him wish all the women were in hades. Of course there is some ground among us for remarks, just as there is among preachers and doctors and bod carriers nnd everybody else human, and know woman or two who find their chief delight in trying to involve congress men and other officials in any kind of q irritation that comes handy. They are pretty and persuasive, and before a man knows what he is about he is down in the senate restaurant paying for lunch and listening to some kind of a tale of woe.
 But they miss it now and then, and l am glad to note an instance. A mem Der from northern state had been in- vited to call at the lady's hotel the next day, and she had asked him to let her know if he could come. He wrote, say ing among other things, Tomorrow, madam, hope to see the loyeliest wom- an in the whole world Naturally she was pleased and told all the people around the hotel about it. The next day be did not appear, and the next she saw him at the capitol and asked him what he meant by treating her so.
 What did do?' he asked inno- gently.
 "'You said you were coming to see me, she said, blushing at the remem- branee of his words.
 think not.
 Indeed you did, she insisted. 'You said you would see the loveliest woman in the world. and she blushed again.
 Oh. beg your pardon, he said. smiling. T meant my wife. She just ar- rived yesterday. Washington Star.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

J. c. Womble, fac tory representa- tive of fine pianos that have stood the test, is making a special hit on prices and terms. He is having a large trade and you take no risk in buying his instruments, if you want good goods at moderate prices.
 I'm q & W
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29
Trying to Make It Out.

Theodore-I declared myself, Alfred but don't know whether she aocepted ne or not That's what I'm trying to make out, you know
 Alfred-What did you say to her?
 Theodore-I said that I thought the world of her, and she said, ''It's a queer world. " That was all. don't you knoy, and deuced it know whether it mean she is in love with me or not. Boston Tr3cSse--1.lt.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29
Little Rock Spring Race Meeting
March 30 to April T.

March 30 to April T. For this occasion the St. L. l. M. & So. By. will sell tickets to Little Rock and return for one fare. $125. Dates of sale March % to April ', in elusive. Final return limit, on all race tickets, April s.
 H. B. MIzELL, Agent
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

Tetricus, the barbarian, was the first man to wear trousers, the two part gar ment having been forced upon him by his captor. Aurelian, with the intention of making Tetricus appear ridiculous. The costume, however, seems, after sev- eral centuries of usage, to have made 8 hit.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29
Arranging For a Bargain.

Juvenile Customer Gin large candy store)-You mix candies here any way a fe2ler wants 'em, don't you?
 Shopgirl-Yes,
 5'uvenile Customer--I want niokel's worth. Give me some of every kind you've gof. Chicago Tribune.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29
Unappreeiative

Palette felt disappointed because you didn't attend his exhibition of paintings. !"
 ''I was detained. "
 But he kept the gallery open very late D
 "Yes, that's what detained me until little later. '-Cleveland Plain Dealer
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

The ancient Mexioans used wooden swords in war that they might not kill their enemies.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

The principal theater ill Havana, the Taeon, was built by convict la5or.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29
The Successful Remedy for
 NASAL CATARRH

must be non-irritating, easy of ap- plicatiOn. and one that will by it's own action reach the inflamed and diseased surfaces.
 ELEY'S CREAM BALM combines the important requisites of quick ac- tion and specific curative powers with perfect safety to the patient. This agreeable remedy has mastered catarrh as nothing else has, and both physicians and patients freely concede this fact. All druggists cheerfully acknowIedg that in 1t the acme of Pharmaceutical skill has been reached. The most distressing symptoms quickly yield to it. In acute cases the Balm imparts almost instant relief.
 By Absorption.
 Catarrhal sufferers should remem- Der that Ely's Cream Balm is the only catarrh remedy which is quick ly and thoroughly absorbed by the diseased membrane. It does not dry up the secretions, but changes them to a limpid and odorless condition, and finally to a natural and healthy character.
 The Balm can be found at any drug store. or by sending 50 cents to Ely Brothers, 57 Warren St., New York, it will be mailed.
 Full directions with each package.
 Cream Balm opens and elenses the nasal passages, aHays inflammation, thereby stopping pain in the head, heals and protects the membrane and restores the senses of taste and smell. The Balm is applied directly into the nostriIs.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

FOR RENT-Ffve room house; good well: would take good family horse in pay ment for rent. Inquire at this office.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

WANTE5B9,mBy nonresident ea manqfaetur, city and country grocery trade for a speciality line. Experienced party preferred. Refer ence required. Address +EXperienceo, this office. d6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

HAyANTED-one first class machinist. w Highest wages and steady job to the right man. PARKER 6S WATERS
 39 d6t Camden, Ark
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

XAyANTED.- Reliable busfnese man to meet
 w merchants and manufacturers. Per manent situation. MCGREGoR, .10l0 Caxton Building Chicago III.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

FOR SAILED mileh cows with young \ calves. Apply, A, Perdue & Co. FOR SALE-Horse. surrey and harness. l Half cash, balance on easy terms. h. quire at Brewsters stable.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-03-29

FOR RENT-My five room two story cot 4 tage, No. SIS South Olive street.
 3-25 St A. HOLLAND.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-21
Three Doctors in CoEsultation.
From benjamin Franklin.

When you are sick, what you like
best is to be chosen for q medicine in
the first place: what experience tells
YOU is best to be chosen in the second
place: what reason ii. e. Theory says
is best is to be chose in the last place.
But if you can get DIR. Inclination,
DR.. Experience and DR.. Reason to
hold consultation together. they
will give you the best advice that can
be taken''.
When you have a bad cold DR. Ia
clination would recommend Chambers
lain's Cough Remedy because it il
pleasant and safe to take. DR.. Exper-
fence would recommend it because Il
never fails to effect speedy and per-
nanet cure. DR.. Reason would
recommend it becase it is prepared on
scientific principles. and acts on na.
lures plan in relieving the lungs,
opening the secretions and restoring
the system to a natural and healthy
condition. For Sale by Porter & Co.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-21

Fitz & Websters' GA Breezy Time
at the opera house Friday night was
one of the best productions the theater
going public has had the opportunity
OF seeing here for some time. Each
part is we'll taken and the many eli
makes and humorous situations make
it Il play we'll worth the time and
money. Mr.. FlOhr is to be commend
ed for his judgement and success in
getting this company, as we'll as the
one which is to be given Monday
night, which comes we'll recommended
and whose successes here in the past
guarantee it a full house.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-21

wANrED-Several Trustworthy persons in
~ this state to manage our bu sineAs il
their own and nearby cOunties. 1t 10 maiulS
ONCE work and conducted at hnme. Salary
straight $@N u year and eXpenses-dedaitk.
bona tde. no more. no less salary. Monthly
$40. references. Enclose selr-addroaeAA
atampcd e@vsl0pe, Herbert E. Hess, Pfest. !,
Dept NJ. Chicago.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-21

The evergreen romance of country
Is the play of ST Perkins which is as
pure as breath. of mountain air.
No one objectionable feature can be
found throughout the entire entertain
ment. You can bring your mother.
sister or sweetheart with the assur-
ance that they will enjoy every mo-
ment of the entire entertainment.
Specialties of the high order accom-
panied by the symphony orchestra
which is necessary with any first-class
company. Watch for the Pus hit wn
Farmers Band parade. Opera House,
Oct. ,. Secure seats early. The
are now on sale.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-10-21

Some of the republican papers in
the state are openly asserting that the
vote of the 23rd regiment has been
bought by them. They evidently
think that it is too late for anyone to
interfere and they are trying to create
the impression teat the regiment has
been stampeded to the republicans
with the promise of a few federal posi-
tions when the United States govern
ment shall have established it's SOW
ereignty over Cuba. AS a matter of
fact there is no truth in this claim
whatever. and it was originally start
ed with the design of stampeding the
col Ored vote back to tho "enub'ljc3rs
here at a It's. Ltl>a al, oI cie gan,
stand plays of the present republican
state committee, it has done Eore ex-
&c tion in the recoil than in the dis
charge, for the colored people at home
have become exceedingly indignant
that the republi thought they
could buy and sell then Ike nogs in
the open market, and are. owing ven
gence on the perpetrators OF this
SANDER.