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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The polar currents are said to con.
tain less salt than those from the
equator.
Experiments in England have proved
that fine coal is an excellent material.
for sewage filtration.
Glaciers are formed by the accumu-
lation of snow Oh mountains or ele-
waited table lands. The snow is come
pressed into ice by it's own weight.
Lord Kelvin puts the age of the
sun at 100, 600, 900 years. Atits pres
ent rate of combustion the sun will
last from 100000 to 100000 OF
years before burning itself ont.
Certain butterflies have very trans
parent wings aud these are thought by
Haase 10 be even more effectual for
protection than conspicuous warn
ing" stripes or other markings.
Bacteria are found everywhere in
the air and in our homes, 6ho5 are SO
minute that $50, 600, 900 could be ac-
commodated on penny postage stamp,
and they multiply with incredible
rapidity.
Twelve thousand mail cars of the
German railroads are now lighted by
electricity, storage batteries being ens-;
ployed. The light has given full sat,
isfaction and is also said to be cheaper
than the gas light used hitherto.
Experiments made In COMPRISING
flour show that the bulk may be re-.
duced two-thirds without injury to the
quality. tits nodded by hydraulic
pressure into bricks, which are sweet,
wholesome and proof against damp.
A musket ball may be fred through.
q pane OF glass, making hole the
size of the ball without cracking the
glass, if the glass be suspended by a
thread. It will make no difference.
and the thread will not even .vibrate.
Sunstroke generally occurs to per-
sons laboring in the open air and sun
shine. but it would be better named
heat-stroke, for it can occur even in
winter in O close, darkcned room.
where the temperature is for q long
time above the normal.
Astronomers generally now admit
that the moro recent studies of the
plar ,ts Mercury and Venus tend to
confirm Schiaparelli's opinion, iad-
vaucea some years ago, that both OF
them turn on their axes once while
revolving about the sun.
A new life belt is made of sheet
rubber, which passes round the neck,
across the chest and round the waist,
and can be inflated in one minute by
the mouth; its weight is about one
pound, and it is alike flexible, light,
and easily placed in position.
1t is estimated that human being
takes in by respiration 10000 germs
each day, or 100 millions year. Not
only are most of them harmless, but
they give flavor to butter, cheese,
game, etc., and they are the scayen-
gers of nature. They are absolutely
necessary for the Ground of life.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

In Germany they teach patriotism In
the popular schools; IL England 1t is
not taught any rate, not officially.
In Germany the Kaiser's birthday, the
anniversary of Sedan and other ma
tional landmarks are celebrated in the
national schools. They have feasts
and music and excursions; but the
children have kept clearly before their
ewes the reason for their rejoicings.
Indeed the law impresses upon parents
and children that all voluntary abb
sence from these school feasts Is an
offence. There were parents who kept
their children back, especially from
Ihe Sedan commemoration, and this on
conscientious grounds. But now no
longer; "for," says the magistrate,
"any unexcused absence from patriotic
festivals established by the school
shall be considered as voluntary non
attendance, and inspectors, teachers,
and the authorities concerned are here
by Instructed to this effect"
Patriotism la pedagogue, perhaps,
but patriotism none the less; and the
children of a great empire might per-
haps do well to take leaf out OF
book made in Germany.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
The Home of Buddha.

Far away on the border of Nepal,
the home of Gautama Buddhaha been
discovered Buddha lived about 500
B. c., and was the son of the Rajah of
Kapilavastu. A pillar, inscribed by
the Emperor Asoka in the third CEN
tury B. G.. marks the city's site. The
ruins are all OF brick and are covered
with jungle and so extensive that their
exploration will require years. The
city was destroyed during Buddha's
lifetime. It was a mass of ruins in
A. D., 40, when the first Buddhist
Chinese pilgrim made his way there.
The buildings now being excavated
are older than anything known in
India heretofore.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
STATURE oE AMERICANS.
Surgeon In the Uuitcd States Army Says
the Average Is CT Inches.

the Average Is G7 Inches.
In paper read by Maj. Henry S.
Kilbourne, surgeon of the United
States army, before the Association of
Military Surgeons of the United States,
he advocated the theory that the phys
ical power of race Of people, and
consequently theI capacity for work,
is measured by their average stature.
For every inch of height between
five and six feet the extreme breath
ing capacity is increased eight cubic
inches; the vital capacity being at its
maximum Mt 35. years. A table of
measurements Of 100, ,G21 native white
Americans, accepted for the military
service of the United States, shows
that the number OF men below sixty
three inches in height, is but little
greater than that of the class above
serenty-three inches. The most nu-
merous class is Included between sixty
seven and sitty-nine inches, and this
standard class would have a greater
chest girth than the average.
The mean hight OF l25 United
States naval cadets above the age OF
23 years was $3.50 inches. AS these
men are drawn from all parts aud
classes of the United States, they
representvery nearly the typical phys
ical development OF the American peo.
pie Of 25 years of age.
Major Kilbourne concludes that the
commingling strains of Celtic, Danish
Norwegian and German blood among
our people have thus far worked no
deterioration OF physical quality.
"Not so the swarthy, low-browed and
stunted people now swarming to our
shores. Absorbed into the body OF
the people, these multitudes must in
evitably evolve an inferiority of type,
To realize the result of such contin
gency, let it be considered that the
loss o. IN inch in stature might bring
in its train the loss of national ascend
ency. Let us take care then that the
state shall suffer no harm Boston
Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
Carving ns an Art.

Only persistent practice and def
mite knowledge make carving a pleas
ure and success. Neither illustca-
ton nor diagrams are of much assist
ance in learning this arts AS dis
tinguished authority on carving says
in his monograph on the subject: '1l-
lustrations cannot prove hopeful be-
cause tho actual thing before us bears
faint resemblance to pictures, these
being able 10 give us only surface
with no hints OF whatmay be inside"
By right of precedence, the carvers
chair belongs to the head of the house,
either father OF mother, butweariness,i
preoccupation, or, more often, q par:
sent,s pleasure in contemplatingth the ins
creasing deftness Of aclever son or
daughter in presiding over and prop
erly distributing joint, fowl or fish,
leads the elders to resign in favor of
the youth when guests are not pres
ent.
Carving ct the table, it is said, is
now considered not only q useful art,
but social accomplishment as well.
A practical knowledge of it's process
should be part Of the education Of
all young people.
Children should know how to carve
by the time they are fifteen years old.
In France boy is required to take
his turn in cutting and serving meats
ut the table as soon as he is strong
enough to handle the knife aud tall
enough to readily reach the joint or
fowl. Sometime he stands upon q
broad stool made for tho purpose, and
he is proud when he is successful, and
ashamed when found imperfect
Philadelphia Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
WOMEN AS hlEN IN ARMY.
Disguised, Many Have Served for Months
Wltbcut Discovery.

Military records contain quite q
number of instances in which women,
disguised as men, have entered the
army and distinguished themselves on
the battlefield, their sex not being dis
covered for many years afterward.
In 1872 q soldier who had enlisted
under the name OF Paul Daniel attract
ed the attention of sergeant while
drilling a body Of recruits at Ports
mouth. at the conclusion of the pa
rade he sent for Daniel and stated his
suspicious in regard to Inc recruits
sex. On seeing that the game was up,
Daniel confessed that he was q female
and burst into tears when Informed
that she could no longer continue with
the regiment. 1t appeared that her
husband, after getting through large
fortune, had fed to Germany, where
he had enlisted, and his wife per-
formed the deception in the hope that,
MS a soldier, she might be dispatched
for service In that country and thus
discover her unfaithful partner.
A most remarkable woman was
found to be serving as an ordinary
soldier in q certain German corps to-
ward the end of the last century. Her
sex was. revealed owing to q false
charge Of theft being made against
her. after she had been performing
her military duties Of the regiment
for over six months. Before this she
had served in regiment Of the cuiras-
sIcrs for two years, In one regiment re-
celyfng q wound in the arm, and after
ward joining the grenadiers. Being
captured by the enemy, she managed
to escape and promptly enlisted In q
regiment of volunteers, and but for
the unfortunate charge referred to-,
might have spent her life in military
pursuits.
In 1TG0 q woman made determined
effort to enlist in the East India COM
pany forces. Although she was dis
guised perfectly as man, her voice
and her manner gave her away. When
the magistrate told her that her appli-
cation was hopeless she burst into
tears, saying that this was her only
chance of seeing her husband again,
who was then serving in India.
A woman who boasted that she had
unique career, died In 1852 at Pop
lar, For the greater part Of her life
she had served rs an ordinary sea-
man on several men-of-war, where her
true sex was not: once suspected.
AS opposed to these women, who
have fought in the ranks, there are
no less than eight women colonies In
the German army to-day, several OF
whom draw their pay regularly. They
are the Empress of Germany, the
Dowager Empress, widow of the late
Frederick Charles Of Prussia, the
Queen Regent Sophia, the Duchess or
Edinburgh, the Duchess Of Connaught
and Queen Victoria.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
Things Worth Knowing.

A mile is 800 rods.
A mile is 1760 yards.
A mile is $3.50 feet.
A rod is 16 Is feet or IL yards.
A square rod is 272 IA square feet.
An acre contains 160 square rods.
An acre contains 43, $50 square feet.
An acre is about 20S fleet square.
A pint of water weighs one pound.
A solid foot contains 7. 4S solid pints.
A square foot is IA square inches.
An acre contains 1910 square yards.
A quarter section contains 160 acres.
A square yard contains 8 square
feet.
A solid foot contains 1928 solid
inches.
A pint of. water holds % 7-S solid
inches.
A gallon of water holds 231 solid
inches.
An acre is rods wide by 20 rods
long.
A solid foot of water weighs 62 1-2
pounds.
A barrel III IL gallons) holds l-o
solid feet.
A section, OF square mile, contains
$40 acres.
A bushel (struck) contains 215O
solid inches.
A gallon of milk weighs 8 pounds
10 ounces.
A struck bushel contains about Ia
solid feet.
A bushel (heaping) contains 1 IA
struck bushels.
A chair breadth" is 1-4s of an
inch.
Space has temperature of 200 de-
grees below zero.
A grain of magnesia will color 5O,-
100000 grains of water.
An inch Of rainfall is equal to A.
100000 gallons per square mile.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
rhen He Got Mad and Didn't.

'eIf you don't have me-" he cried,
"I'll blow my brains out.
"Ah!" she said, 81 knew you didn't
love me as the man who wins my hand
must love me. Blowing your brains
out would simply amount to nothing.
It would be the least thing you could
de."-Cleveland Leader,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
An Immense China Closet.

The czar of Russia probably owns q
greater quantity of china than any
other person in the world. He has the
china belonging to all the Russian
rulers as far back rs Catherine the
Great 1t is stored in an immense
closet in the. Winter palace at st. Pc
tersbure.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
The Oldest Volunteer.

A New York State doctor, aged 100, volun-
tecred his services to the President recently,
and expressed dcslre to enter the army as n
surgo6o Even at his advanced years ne can
readwilhout glasses, and walk l0 70 10 Tilss u
doy Tho oldest standard medicine is Hostel
ter's Stomach Bittcrs, which has no equal tor
indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, feVers
aud bad blood. 1t strengthens, purines ana
yitallzes. Ono bottle docs muci good.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without il. Cascarets, Candy Cathor.
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy. liver and driving all i'm
Puritjes from the body; Begin Il, to-day ID t. to
and that sckly bilious complexion by taking
Cascurets,-beauty for ten cents. AL drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, Csc, Soc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
Scrofula.
owing sym ptons:
and eyelids, rot

: With the following symptoms: Inflammation
Of the no .trils and eyelids, rotten gums, poor
lseth, swelling Of tho glnnds of the neck. caus-
Ing s:rofulous ulcors. sometimes called Lupus
All cured by B. B. B. A powerful vegetable
blood remedy. Largo bottle Sl.OO. At drug
gists. Send for book, froe. Blood Balm Co.,
Atlanta. Go.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Tour life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netlc. full OF life, ncryo and Vgor, take No-To-
Boo, the wondcr-worl,er, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure guaran-
tccd Booklet and sample FREQ. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Out OF eighty military posts in the country
fifty are without chaplains.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Lyon & COS ssPick Lea :" smok:n. Tobacco
does not mako every mouth as sweet as q rose,
S,lt comes mighty nigh"-does give every
ono q most delightful smoke. Try it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Cotton is RI pdly collected by new picker
consisting of a piece of hose, one end attached
to suction pump. the other to the arm OF ths
onerator to suck in the ecotton picked by hand
and fed toward the open mouth of tho hose.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Rev. Fl. p. Carson. Scotland, Dak., says:
1.-TWO bottles of Halls Catarrh Cure complete
IL cured NV little girl" Sold by Druggists, I5c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

We have not been without -Piso's Cure for
Consumption for 20 years.-LIzziE FERREL,
Camp st., Harrisburg, Pn., May 4, 1891.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
moss n fter first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorcr So trial bottle and treatise FREQ.
Dp r n KLINE Ltd Bl Arch ST.. Phila.. ia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Fifteen wears ago Beading. Pa, did not
harca single hosiery mill. Now IL mas To-
employing 2,50O hands.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething. softens the gums. redTceS tnlSmme-
tion allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

To Cure a Cold in One Day.
Take laxative Broro Qninine Tablets. Al
Druggists refund money IL 1T fails 10 euro. NC
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarcts.
Candy Oatharttc. cure onstIpatioa forever.
lec, 25c. II ~. G. C.fail, druggists refund money
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

The bull ring of Madrid was built in 1874 ut
q cost, 1t Is said, of 5000 pounds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Tako Cascarets Candy Cnthartic.. 1oc or 2oc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Corporal Anthony, the brave marine on the
ill-fated Maine. is now on tho Detroit
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Mime. Melba sings the "Stnr Spangled Ban
nern in the costume of n Spanish senorita.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

"our future shall be determined by us and
not for us" says Prof. Theodore S. Woolsey.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit euro makes weak
men strong, blood pure Soc, 81. All druggists.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

A remarkably handsome assistant surgeon
with Kansas volunteers is DR.. Evn Harding.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

Lyulph Stanley. wealthy, all-round sport,
enlisted in Colorado regiment.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24

M ANTED-Case Of bad health that IT AN 5
w viii not benefit. Send cts. to Ripans Chemica'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-24
Patriotism In Germany.

Hoods Pills cure all liver ills. 25 cents.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-26
LOCAL BREVITTK,.'

Three cases of scarlet fever and one of diph
iberia have b :en reported since yesterday
la.gely attended caks wa k was given
last night at the colored Odd Fellows Hall.
Frank Psyne, colored, escaped rom the
chain gang to-day but was captured by off
Ger Knigh.
1t is understood that Mr.. j. Dreifus, of this
city, is interested in the recent purchase of
the steamer George Leary.
MIR. &. j. Pullman has at his place, Morven
farm, in the county, pulet which was
Matched last February and which now has q
fine brood of chickens.
Howard Gould and his wife, Katherine
Clemmons, ere expected TO arrive at the
Washington navy yard on their yacht,
NIAGARA this afternoon.
The B & o railroad company has placed
new ~nd larger transfer barge on the route
between this city and >hepberd's The new
barge carries two more cars than the old ole
The clondy weather OF yesterday evening
and last night brought rain this morning
which has continue at short intermisslons
throughout the cay. cold wave is said to
be in transi u. the result of the blizzard now
raging in the West
A meeting was held at Banner Hall last
night 81 which the First ward colored repub-
can club was organized. Resolutions were
adopted endorsing the republican State exec
utive committee, and their action in not re-
commencing republican candidate for Con.
gress from this district.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-26

r~ MEMORIAL BRIDGE.-Iu regard
.o'n- proposeO memorial bridge across
Itomac from the naval observa
= grounds TO the Arlington estate,
e. raj Wilson, chief of engineers, IN
q, sonual report SAYS: "a preliminary
,sum4te made by Colonel Allen shows
;lat bridge at the locality with ma
soarv piers aud steel superstructure,
c>pao.e of ornamentation, having three
liked spans and one Draw span with
roadway OF forty feet in width and two
sidewalks. each ten feet in width, and
with approaches affording the same
wld'no 'ravel way can be built for
about SI.@S5. COO
"l coucuy in the opinion of Colonel
A.iee, however, that the character OF
bridge should not be definitely decided
anon until after The subject has been
gwen further study and calculations
and estimates have been made, IN or
der to admit of comparison as TO econ
omy, architectural merit, and ability.
II all the work incident TO the proper
study and determination of the matter
Is done by the engineer depar ment a
.nrther appropriation Of $1,000 will be
needed, but to invite competitive de-
signs and estimates, to be submitte d III
accordance with general specifications
prepared under the direction of the en-
g.neer department, which is the prefer
able course, the sum of $500 will bt
required 10 defray the necessary ez'
ptuses, including prizes"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-26

ELECTORAL BOARDS The Electoral
Board OF Alexandria city met last night
and elect the following judges and
commissi" erS of election: FIRST ward
-Jud IS. Z no Hull (iemocrat) aud
W L Grev"s (repubi CAM; commis-
"n~r, Samuel A Mankin. Second waru
Judges J. c. Gill (democra J and AL
bert Lucas (republicap) commissioner
K. M. Latham Third ward Friend.
ship ecincD-Judges, Edward Pad.
gett (democrat) and r. w. P. Garrett
(republicaD) commissioner, R. H. Cox.
Third ward Court House precinci)-
Judges, John Il. Greene (democrat) aud
Thomas Edelin, (republican) commits.
siouer, 9. H. Yohe. Fourth ward
judges, James Lawler (democrar) and
Henry Kelley (republicau); commits
sioner. c. R. Davis. No registrars were
elected owing to the fact that the term
OF the present registrars does not expire
until May, 1899.
In the First ward Mr.. Hill takes the
place of Mr.. ]. D. Stanton; in the Sec
ond Messrs. Gill and Lucas take the
places of r. l.. Adam, deceased, and n.
Kirby, who has o government position;
IN the Friendship precinct, Third ward,
Mr.. Greene takes the place of Mr.. T. II.
Fisher, and in the Fourth ward Messrs.
Lawler and Kelley take the places of
Messrs. c. s. Fisher and Edward
Hughes. The latter is candidate for
Congress.
The County Electoral Board met yes.
terday and elected w. N. Febrey Judge
of election for Washington district;
Jas. Fields for Arlington district, and
B. W. Aulds for Jefferson district. The
registrars aud other two judges in each
district were elected at the June meet.
ing of the board. An effort was made
to remove Registrar Haney, of Jeffer-
son district, on the ground that he had
not posted his notices in time, but the
effort failed.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-26

SHOT AT THE NEGRo.-E4rly yester'
day morning Mrs Benjamin Hunter,
VINO llVe- a few miles south Of this city
on the line of the electric railway {,
heard d noise in the store, which she
supposed was occasioned by her hus-
oand moving about. She called to him,
and receiving no answer, proceeded on
a reconnaissance, and found a negro
named Timothy Smith secreted in the
house When she discovered him Smith
called out It's all right; it's me-" The
dsrkey being we'll known about the
premises, Ms Hunter allowed him to
leave the house after satisfying herself
that nothing was missing. Later In the
Jay Smiin returned 10 the house and
undertook to explain his conduct to MIR.
Hoater. An angry colloquy followed,
aoo ,ae negro becoming menaclng, MT;
Hunter procured pistol and ordered
hin oil the premises. and the command
moi being promptly obeyed, the land
lord discharged his pistol at the tres
passer. This caused the darky to take
to his heels and be has not been seen
81 the neighborhood since. Smith lives
3. Arlington.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-10-26

DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN ACTRESS.
Marion Barnwell, wellknown actress,
died yesterday in New York of pneu-
mona after an illness OF three days.
Mrs Barnwell, whose husband is the
sou OF a wealthy distiller OF Duxbury
Mass, will be remembered as Miss
Daisy Harrison, the daughter of the
late George w. Harrison, of this city.
She had quite romantic secret mai
riage with a youug Washington man,
from whom she was recently divorced
Her second marriage took place shortly
afterward. The remains were brought
to this city to-day and inferred in Ivy
Hill Cemetery.