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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Great Russian Canal.

The Great Russian Canal to connect
the Baltic and Black Seas will be begun
in the spring. The. minimum water
way is to have depth of twenty-eight
feet four inches, width at the bottom
of 116 feet eight inches, and a width
at the top of ZIG feet eight inches. Its
total length is some 1000 miles, but
only 125 miles will be an artificial
channel. The route is from Riga along
The Duna as far as Dunaburg. From
that point to Lepel, on the Beresina,
an expensive cut must be made. From
ths Lepel the course of the Beresina
will be utilized as far as its junction
with the Dneiper, and then the line
will follow the latter stream to Cher.
con on the Black Sea,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
PHOTOGRAPH. PARTIES,
A Notwithstanding emit Which Comes From
Across the Water.

t,.. .
Entsytainars are always eager to fnd
some new amusement for their guests,
but many Of them will probably have
too much: knowledge Of: human nature
to try q certain newly. devised enter
tainment, which:is said by Photo
graphy to have originated in England.
Il may be called photograph or por-
trait party.
On every invitation to such o party
is written a request from the hostess
that the guest will forward. Mt the
earliest possible moment, picture of
himself or herself taken at some early
period in tho history of the person
portrayed-justh how early is not stated,
When the souvenirs OF the young
days of the guests arrive, they are ar
ranged on large screen, md form al
example of the art of taking IN
its various stages, Daguerreotypes,
tintypes, silhouettes, cartes-de-visite,
and cabinet photographs, are arranged
side by side. 70 each portrait is
affixed number, and when the guests
assemble they receive tablets contain
ing numbers corresponding to the pic=
lures.
The fun begins when the guests are
asked to write by the side of each
number the name of the person to
whom he or she thinks the juvenile
portrait belongs. The mistakes that
are inevitably made, and the remarks
that inadvertently escape the lips of
the guessers, are not calculated to pro-
mote deep feeling of peace and har-
mony in the company.
When q visitor whose infantile up
pearance has been perpetuated by a
daguerreotype overhears sly discus
sion about the length of time that has
elapsed since that form of art was in
fashion, and catches the remark that a
daguerrcotype baby cannot be very
young at the present day, she is not
likely to feel peculiarly angelic. A
little coldness is apt to appear before
the party breaks up.
1t is pleasant to have the face OF
figure of ones childhood praised, but
when the praise concludes with,
Greatly, I am quite taken by that pic
ture. It is 30 attractive. Do you
know, I can hardly believe it is you,
though there is slight resemblance,
lit takes some self-posscssion to be
neither too warm nor too frigid in
ones answer. On the whole, the pho
tograph party is not calculated to be a
brilliant success, and on the whole
should not be commended.-Youth's g
COMPANION.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Sugar alone will apparently sustain
life for considerable time.
Poor window glass is responsible
for eye strain on account of the faulty
refraction, according to oculists.
Taking DR.. Elkins's measurement
of its distance the star Arcturus ex-
ceeds the sun in actual brightness
5000 times.
Extract of the red marrow of bone
stimulates the formative process and
increases the rate of production of the
red blood corpuscles.
Sir Robert Ball, the astronomer,
says that for communicating with the
Inhabitants Of Mars we would need
flag as large as Ireland, and pole 500
miles long.
The safest course If caught in a
thunder storm is TO allow ones self to,
become thoroughly soaked. The
chances of safety from lightning are
ten to one in favor of the wet person.
If, after eating pure food, fresh out
door air is breathed, the blood will
show large increase in red corpuscles,
but by drinking stimulants, the red
disks are decreased in serious proper
t1ons.
An exhibition of acetylene gas is tc
be held at Caunstatt, W.urtemberg,
aud will include an exhibition of vari-
ous generators, lamps, etc. The ex-
hibition promises to be Of considera-
bic interest.
In birds the organ OF sight is highly
developed. British naturalists declare
that the kestrel is possessed of such
wonderful powers of sight that it is
able to see mouse when it is itself
at such height in the mir that it is in
visible to the naked human eye.
1t is said that DR.. Alexander Eding-
ton, bacteriologist to the Cape of Good
Hope Government, has found that the
blood of animals affected by rinder-
pest, when treated with citric acid
and kept for such time as to insure
the death of the contagion, will, when
injected, immunize all animals ex-
posed to infection. Dr. Ellington has
practiced his protective injection on
several large herds, and always with
satisfactory result, the largest mortal
ity having been little over three per-
cent. or eight animals in herd
234.
An extraordinary account comes
from Devonshire, England, of club:
found in muddy pool, that had evi.
IDENTIFY pushed its way when young in
to cage-like space formed by the
roots of tree, and being unable to
escape, had grown into the shape Of
it's close-ftting prison. Lack of room
had caused the tail to develop only to
the extent OF little deformed stump.
The back fin also had vanished, md
the whole fish had been distorted into
the gnarled aud twisted form of the
root cage, being hideous in appear
ance, yetseemingly strong and healthy.
1t is difficult to imagine how fish
could get food for years under such
conditions.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Time. Two Minutes.

"Miss Daisy, you are writing to
that little brother of yours who is Wis
iting out west, arn't you?"
eyes. He's dear little fellow. I
miss him so much"
''He is, indeed. Have you sealed
the letter yet, Miss Daisy?"
''Not yet.
'sAdd postscript, if you please, and
tell him want to know how he would
like me for big brother"
(Demurely:) 'Mr. Sponamore, it
will be at least two weeks before you
get an answer-if you ask him."
land the matter was settled in about
two minutes. Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
WORDS OF WISDOM

Character is measured By. the dis,
tanoe travelled from the starting poilts
and everything depends upon whether
the progress has been up stream or
down.
A ship in the water is all right, but
let the water get into the ship, and
down she goes. 1t is the same With
Christian people, as soon as they get
contaminated with the world they are
in fair way to be lost.
Of the five senses, two are usually
and most properly called the Senses of
Learning, as being most capable of
receiving communication of thought
and motions, by selected signs; sand
these are hearing and seeing.
Some people scorn to be taught,
others are ashamed of it, as they would
be of going to school when they are
OLD; but it is never too late to learn
what it is always necessary to know.
And it is no shame to learn so long as
we are ignorant is to say, 80
long as we live.
Whatsoever it be that disorders, an
noys, grieves you, makes life look
dark and your heart dumbly ache, or
vets your eyes with bitter ten :. look
at it steadily, look at it deeply, look
at it in the thought of God and His
purpose of good, and already the pain
and annoy of it will begin to brighten.
There are some spirits which must
go through discipline analogous to
that sustained by Elijah. The storm
struggle must precede the still small
voice. There ore hearts which must
be broken wit: disappointment before
they can rise into hope. Blessed is
the man who recognizes his Fathers
voice in the uudertone of the tempest,
and bares his head and bows his Fnee
as Elijah did.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
NEW OCCUPATION FOR WOMEN,
The Brseding OF Angora Cats Presents
Financial Possibilities.

The Brseding OF Angora Cats Presents
Financial Possibilities,
Forrest Crissey, in discussing "The
Breeding Of Angora Cats as a Voca-
tion," in the Woman's Home Compan-
ion says:
'1It is the general opinion of these
cat fanciers that the culture of Angoras
is an occupation which any young
woman with o fondness for pets and
a little of the commercial instinct may
pursue with profit as we'll as pleasure.
1t is an occupation in which success
does not depend upon special talent.
One cannot succeed in literature, mus
ic, the arts, or in teaching, without
course Of training and an Unborn adap-
liability, but the rearing Of cats calls
for no mental preparation, or for any
rare power in any particular direction.
Capital, however, is necessary. An
CORA cats bring a good price, and 1t
will cost something to establish a ken
mel. The amount will depend upon the
magnitude of the beginning. One may
expend a hundred dollars and secure,
perhaps, three choice thoroughbred
adults, or at an outlay Of twenty-five
dollars, or thereabouts, one may pur-
chase male and female kitten and
rear them herself The fitting up Of a
suitable kennel need not cost much,
but there are important points in the
construction and care OF the kennel
which should not be neglected, and
which any owner of Angora cats is al
ways ready to explain. The essentials
for successful Angora kennel are not
elaborate. Most important is an am
pie outdoor runway, made of woven
wire, with a roof Of the same material.
This should connect with cosy house
or dormitory Both apartments
should be provided with elevated
shelves, as the cats like to sleep as
far from the ground as possible. They
also enjoy the exercise of jumping up
to and down from their elevated
perches. Fresh grass and pure milk
are absolute necessities. The Angora
has been much slandered animal.
The general public believes it to be
delicate in physique and surly and
treacherous in disposition. This Is
as far from the truth as is possible.
They are almost uniformly amiable
AM affectionate in disposition, and
possess hardy and vigorous constitu-
tions. They are full of interesting &C.
centricities. however"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
An Envelope to Be Used Twice.

A novelty in stationery is an en-
velope that can be used twice. This
necessity may not often arise, but
when it doea it must be urgent. This
envelope is, of course, not stuck, and
is of oblong shape. The two square
side flaps cover each more than halt
the address part, and these turning
over from the top and bottom part, al
though triangular in the mein, are
cut in o peculiar way. Instead OF
ending in q rounded corner, as the
ordinary envelope does, athree.lipped
arrangement, separated from the flap
proper by perforated line, is pro-
vided with gum and closes the en-
yelope, one lip sticking on each flap.
When opening such a letter it must,
of course, be torn along the perforated
line only. When used the second
time the envelope is folded inside out,
and the other flap, which remained in
tact and is gummed according to its
position, is stuck down. II is almost
impossible to tamper with such a
letter, as all parts are perfectly Sc
cured and the perforated lines would
snow the slightest injury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
has Plenty to Say Now.

"Does old Grualy ever say anything
to any of the men in his employ, aside
from giving business orders?"
'tBless you, should say he did. He
talks so much to them that they actu-
ally have to stay after Office hours very
frequently in order to get their work
done. You see, he only recently be-
came father for the first time. p
Chicago News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Third Centenary of the Fork.

There arc every day, if We wished
to-, celebrate them, anniversaries OF
some kind or other. The third cen.
tenary of that modest and useful table
utensil tie fork is just at hand, and
should not be passed by in silence. II
is three hundred years since that very
necessary instrument was known and
used in France. It is much more re.
cent than the spoon, which was OBJ
ligatory in all ages for the consuming
of liquid foods.
AS to solid foods, they were eaten
in the style of Adam. The nobility
and wealthy adopted the fork about
1900; it did not become common
among the lower class for more than d
hundred years afterward. For two
hundred years it has been in common
use. This knowledge does not seem
to have been general, for at repre-
sentation of Moliere's Bourgeois
Gentilhomme" the characters are rep
resented as eating with forks at q re-
past served in one of the principal
scenes, when to be entirely correct
they should pick the dainties out Of
the dishes placed before them with
their fingers.
The fork became q general fashion
among the nobility in 1900. Henry
". used it entirely, because Tale.
ment des Reaux tells us of plot
against the King, in which it was de-
cided to poison him by means OF q
fork, in the hollow prongs OF which
the poison was to be inserted, end
would then flow into the morsel he
was eating.
A curious pamphlet of 1905 pictures
a strange country, i'll which the in
habitants, instead of eating with their
fingers, as oil the world did, used this
strange utensil.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Homeless Task.

"What strange methods some men
adopt to get wives" she remarked as
she looked up from the newspaper
which she had quietly appropriated as
hers by right because she was first at
the breakfast table.
"What happened now?" he asked.
"Why, New York widower has
made application for one at the Barge
office where the immigrants land" she
explained. ''He says he wants wo-
man who is thoroughly respectable, of
kindly disposition, fairly good look
ing, good to children, obedient-"
"Hold onl" he interrupted. ''What's
that last?"
"Obedient.
"He might as we'll give up."-Chi-
oago Post,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Quite Different,

Caller-"Sir, am reliably informed
thnt you have been insinuating that T
was liar and q thief, and I have called
to demand On immediate retraction,
or, in lieu thereof, your worthless
hide, sir.
Editor of the Eagle-"All the Eagle
has ever said about you, Major Gore,
has been in political way"
"Oh! I beg your pardon. Twas un-
der the impression that you had been
attacking my character. "-Indianapo-
lis Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
His Notion of It.

"Why," she asked, edo so many OF
the poets write about goldenrod? 1t
seems as if every one of them had
tried to glorify it?'
"Well," replied the man who had
worked on farm, "the only explana.
ton + can give is that the poets prob
ably never tried to raise potatoes in u
asld where goldenrod had got e good
start t."-Cleveland Leader. -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Comprehensive Aims in Florida.

To benefit morally, mentally and
materially every resident o. the State;
to encourage immigration; to estab-
lish new enterprises; to increase the
value OF every acre of good land; to
set the debtor free by enabling him to
pay his debts: to aid the growth of
moral and religious sentiment in the
rural districts by ma.sing smooth the
road to church, and to confer upon
future generations the great boon of
general education by removing the
chief obstacles to attendance at school
bad roads and poverty, are the aims
OF the Florida Good Roads Associa-
ton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Translnting the Bible.

It is interesting to remember the
different periods at which the Bible
was translated into the vernacular Ian
guages of different countries. Of the
earliest editions Though not perhaps
the earliest) we may regard the Span
ish, 147S; German, 1922; English, 1886;
French, 1886; Danish, 1910; Swedish,
1541; Dutch. 1860; Russian, 1851;
Hungarian, 1889; Polish, 1896; Turk
ish, 1926; Modern Greek; 163S; Irish.
1886; Portuguese, 1858; Manx, It'll;
Italian, 1776; Bengalee, 1901; Tartar,
1914; Persian, 1916; Chinese, 1920.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16

A battle Of giants Is going to take place
this summer on 10000 farms IN America,
not in talk or votes, but in yields. Salzer's
new potato marvels are named as above,
and he offers prize for the biggest potato
Yield, also 5400 in gold for suitable name
for his corn Q7 inches long) and oat prodi-
gies. Only seedsmen in American growing
grasses, clovers and farm seeds and selling
potatoes at $1.50 barrel. The editor
urges you to try Salzer's seeds, and to
SEND THIS NOTICE WITH 10C IN STAMPS to
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis. for
II new farm seed samples, worth $1,000 to
get q start, and their big catalogue. A. C.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Another Gone.

"Another illusion gone" says the
st. Jamess Gazette. "How many
millions of pilgrims have reverently
stood by the pillar at Chillon and ez-
amined the footmarks left by the i'm
mortal prisoner with the chainless
mind? The surveyor to the Cantonal
Council of Vaud has been going into
the matter, and the footsteps are to
disappear as being mot authentic,
but pious fraud, restored every few
years for the benefit of credulous
tourists. F"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
In the Green Room.

"Ah," exclaimed the melancholy
Dane, complacently, "what, indeed,
would be the play without me?"
Old man Hamlet gestured fretfully.
"It wouldn't have ghost of show
without me" he retorted.
But that which irritated the Prince
particularly was to have Ophelia gig
gle that way.-Detroit Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
chronin RhenmatIaro. .

From me Industrial Ns,os, Jackson, Mich.
The subject OF this sketch Is hfty-si1
wears OF age, and actively engaged In farm
ing. When seventeen years old he hurt his
shoulder and few years after commenced
to have rheumatic puins In 1t. On taking
a slight cold or the least strain. sometimes
without any apparent cause whatever, the
trouble would start and he would suffer the
most e1crucieting pains.
Re suffered for over thirty years, and the
last decade has suffered so much that he
was unable to do any work. To this the fro
onent occurrences Of dizzy spells wero add.
ed. making him almost afelpless invalid.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
UP TO the Times.

Some of the best roads in Tennessee
are claimed by Hamilton County.
They are SO we'll appreciated by all
classes that the Chattanooga News says
"there is a growing tendency among
the farmers along our good roads t.
buy wheels, and this season finds hun
dreds OF them that used to have to
hitch up their teams and take rom two
to five hours for trip to town now
come i'll on their wheel and are back
home in less time than it used TO take
them to make the trip one way. Thus
the old world do move, and the farm
ers are not the least among the pro-
gressive Of their brethren.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
The Counts Mistake,

$50 Gwendolyn is not to marry the
count, after all?"
"No, poor man. He tried to tell
her that her singing was something
that made one glad to live, and his
pronunciation was so broken that she
thought he said it made one glad to
leave. And then she requested him to
leave. Indianapolis Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
OUR BUDGET OF HUMoR,
LAucHTER.PRoVoKINe STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

a Modern versionEWhen the Lights
Burn Low-The Matriponial. Mart );
Feminine-Knew. His, Business-Ouite
Dinerent-In the Green Room, Etc.
"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
"To marry a mill king, SIR" She said.
"Then what will you be. my pretty maid?"
"The -four Of the family, Sir" she said.
Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Size and Noise.

Remember" said the excited man,
"money talks. I'll bet seventy-fve
cents that T am right. Money talks. ="
And the man with a shaggy silk hat
and chronic expression of disgust
edged away from the crowd with the
remark: eyes, and its just like some
people. The smaller it is the more
noise it tries to make"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Ecnninine.

Maude-tDo you know, I really be,
lieve that Tom is going to propose"
Bertha-"Inoticed that he was look
ing terribly sad about something OF
other, but then, you know, dear, ii
may not be that. Perhaps his mother
is sick. or possibly heisn't feeling well
himself. Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
For Road Surfacinc.

Here is scheme providing
crushed stone ready at hand for SUI
facing country roads. In many Sec
tions of the Middle and Eastern
States old tottering stone walls flank
the highway o. either side. Owners
would generally be glad to get rid OF
these old walls. Let traction engine
propel the crusher along the road and
furnish power to do the crushing, the
old walls to provide the material
which is thus left exactly where it is
needed without the necessity of twice
handling.-New England Homestead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
A Puzzle.

Willy Addlepate-s'There is one
thing I cawn't understand, doncher-
no!''
Cholly NoddIekins-"What's that?','
Willy Addlepate-"Why, when we
stop to consideh-aw-how uncom-
Portable it is in a crowd-why, aw--
+ cawn't see why it is that there are
always more people in crowd than
there ere where there is no crowd"-
Puck
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Knew His Business.

"My dear, why are you applaudine
that piece?" asked Mrs. Snaggs in g
tone of remonstrance. "Don't you
see no one else is applauding? 1t was
beyond the performers ability and moi
worthy of applause.
"I know that, replied Mr.. Snaggs,
'but we must applaud pieces like this
in order to get something worth listen.
ing to as On encore. "-Pittsburg
Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
Tho Art of Management.

OF course, he thoughtho knew it all.
A man always does.
"When it comes to, the art of manag-
ing servants" he began.
s'It's very easily DONE" she inter
rupsed.
"oh, you admit it, do you?" he
asked.
"I do" she said. ''It's like manag-
ing children. All that is necessary is
to let them have their own way"
OF course, he readily saw that she
had mastered the subject. Chicago
Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured By
Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. J. CHENEY & Co.. Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Che
ney for the last Is years. and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
tion made by their firm.
WEST g. TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists Toledo,
Ohio.
WALDING, K1NNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
A Horrible PresentIment.

Business Man-'sIf I should CON-
NIT murder, would my policy remain
Waldo"
Life Insurance Agent-":Er-I'm
not sure about that. But you don't
expect to commit murder?"
Business Man-"Yes, I do. I feel
it in my bones that I'll kill a life insur-
ance agent some day."-Puck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-02-16
where the Lights Burn Low.

"Julia calls her new sweetheart 'in
candescent. ,"
''Whya"
"Because he is such gas-saver. -
Chicago Record