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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
Eye Don'ts.

Don't use the eyes continuously at
close work without occasionally rest
ing them by looking off in the dis
tance.
Don't hold the book nearer than is
necessary for clear, sharp vision.
Don't make practice OF reading
type too small to be seen readily at
eighteen inches.
Don't attempt to read in car or
other jolting vehicle. 1t is a'strain
on the directing muscles of the eye.
Don't read while lying down. It
causes an unusual strain on some OF
the external or directing muscles.
Don't read when very sleepy, as the
accommodation and conveyance are
naturally relaxed, and the extra effort
necessary to force the unruly mem
bers to work may be shown by con-
gestion of the blood vessels of the eye
ball.
Don't read in the twilight or in
badly lighted rooms. Pacific Health
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
A Si.tb Sense I'm Pigeons.

Captain Renaud, the French spcc-
ialist in charge of the military pigeon
service, is a firm believer in sixth
sense in pigeons and other birds and
animals possessed of homing instinct,
which he calls the sense of "orienta-
tion." He has defended his theory at
length in a paper recently read before
the French Academic des Sciences,
claiming to have amply proved it by
special trials of various kinds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
A Petrifed Snake.

Near the Cascade, three miles from
Susquehanna, Penn, party of blue
stone quarrymen found round stone
projecting from the ground. 1t was
in the way of teams hauling stones,
and the men attempted to pull it up.
The foreman instructed his men to dig
up the stone and get it out of the way.
They dug down few feet, but did
not reach the end of it. Another ef-
fort was made to pull it ut, and it
broke off. They continued to throw
up the earth, and, as result, three
long pieces were broken of. At last
the foreman concluded to see where
it ended. After several hours were
consumed in the work the end was
reached. The men were surprised to
find, When they finished their works. /
perfectly formed serpent's head and
neck.
The foreman at once concluded that
they had unearthed o petrifed SER
pent. The pieces were placed together
and formed q perfect snake fourteen
feet long. The eyes, nostrils and
mouth are distinct and Enthusiastically
marked, rs are the dark and lighter
brown spots upon the sides. The head
is about six inches wide, and decreases
one-third in thickness from the top
down.
The neck gradually grows smaller,
and then the body increases in size
until the middle is reached, where the
diameter is six inches. From That
point it declines to the tail. One
piece is missing, evidently about one
foot in length. The petrifaction OF
what are supposed to have been the
fIeshy parts of the monster has color
corresponding to red sandstone, while
that of the vertebrae is several shades
lighter and SOFTER Kansas City Jour.
,,o1
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
Annctnr,s Telenhono Lines.

Discussing q bill to tax telephone
lines, Mr.. Dougherty said recently in
the Illinois Legislature: cover here
in Hancock County there is wealthy
doctor who has been building tele.
phone lines. He's gradually extended
them until he now has quite a system.
Oh, yes, it's great convenience, but
nobody OIL his lines dare to get sick un-
less he or she employs this particular
doctor. Hc won't allow any other doc
tor in the county to be called up
through his telephone system.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
ssbook farming" are practicing that

s'book farming" are practicing that
way.
The COW cannot change the proper
tions of her milk to any extent. AS
she was born to do so must she con-
tinue to do. The cow, not the feed,
governs the proportion of the solids in
the milk. Here is where individuality
comes in. Breed is nothing more than
established individuality in certain
direction. But whatever her individ-
uality or breed she cannot make some
thing out of nothing:
!. She cannot make butter fat without
making due proportion of casein.
She must make balanced product,
and she cannot unbalance it to suit
any man. She is bound down by the
rigid law of her being. Science is
studying it every day, spending the
money of States and nations by e1-
pertinent, to find out what? The law
of her being. And yet there are men
who keep COWS who declare that their
ignorance is Q safer guide with a COW
than the wisdom of all the rest OF the
world.
Albumen is protein; and so the COW,
if she cannot get what protein she
needs to put the casein in her milk,
shuts down the gate and gives less
milk.
Recausa suc11 a. oreat number OF
farmers who keep COWS will not read
and study out this matter, is the rea'
son why they are making SO little
money. If they would read here
they would read in other things about
the COW to their profit. But they shut
the light out of their minds, saying;
"It's all humbug. 1 can't farm 1t the
way that paper talks" and so continue
with their poor cows, poor methods
and poor results.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
The Part of a Eriend.

Honest men esteem the value Of
nothing so much in this world as a
real friend. Such one is, as it were,
another self, to whom we impart our
most secret thoughts, who partakes of
our Joy and comforts US in our af-
fiictions; add to this that his COM
pany is an everlasting pleasure to US.
-Pilpay.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

pany there are generally score or
more men forward who can perform
creditably, and in some cases even
brilliantly, on musical instruments Of
one sort or another. Tt is to be re-
membered that men of unusually fine
education and accomplishments very
often drift into the United States
navy, and it is this class of men who
furnish the better order Of instrument
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

The enlisted man of the navy Of
the United States, says the Washing
ton Star, is even more interesting as
an individual and as q servitor of tho
flag than the enlisted man of the
army, and man of no less e1per-
ience and brains than Rudyard Kip
ling maintains that "the man that
packs the gun has more character IN
the crook of either of his arms than all
his officers have in their whole con-
struction." In the United States
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
Aerine.

We have liquid mir, or aerine, a
liquid which maintains temperature
of 200 degrees below zero, but we
scarcely know how to use it. Posi-
bly, it might be used for hardening
steel, as we know the quicker we can
cool red-hot steel the harder it be-
comes. For drills, cutlery, ETC., its
use as cooling agent should be very
effectuel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
Tireproof Curtains.

Fireproof curtains are obligatory IN
many European theatres, and are made
either of sheet iron or asbestos, COM
pletely cutting off the stage from the
auditorium, and minimizing the dan
ger of fire as we'll as of the still more
destructive panic. The first hreproof
curtain in Europe was installed IN the
Comedie Francaise by an American
electric company. - Philadelphia
Record
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

and making a cheerful uproar not un'
like the dancing bees still to be seen
at some of the Southern cotton ports.
The ships buffoon is as we'll marked
aboard man-of-war as if he wore the
uniform, of cap and bells, and he is
generally clever and well-liked man,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
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tai music aboard war vessels that are
not blessed with bands-and only
fagships have bands. In a large
ships company there are always banjo
pIunkers and guitar and mandolin
thrummers inumerable up forward,
but in the line of higher music there
are few good-sized ships in the Amerl'
can navy that cannot produce one OF
more excellent violin or either play
ers.
A young Pole of noble family
shipped as a landsman on m Amerl-
can warship at Gibraltar few years
ago, and before he had been aboard
twenty-four hours he had all the otii'
GERS aft as we'll as the men forward in
trance over his violin playing. He
did not have a violin of his own-It
was in pawn somewhere in Italy-but
he played on violin belonging to an
Irish marine, whose musical ability
consisted only in his rendition OF
''The Rakes O. Mallow" and 1.-THE
DEVILS Dream. This young foie
was simply master of the violin
When the ship on which he served re-
turned to the United States he was
permitted to leave the service, and
now he is Trevinck, the well-knowr
violin instructor of Chicago-but he
was not TreYinck in the navy.
The Evening Concert.
The musicians do not ordinarily
break out their instruments until after
supper. But by the time darkness
falls the forward portion of any Ameri
can man-of-war in any port in the
world might be taken for floating
conservatory of practicers. The clever
players upon whose ears discord falls
like vitriol take to the quieter portions
of the ship below decks for their WOO
ing of the harmonies, md they are
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

The japanese have opened exhibi-
tions in Odessa and Bombay, and are
about opening commercial museum
in Hamburg. They wish to keep their
goods before the world.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

The Russian State sceptre is of
solid gold, three feat long, and con-
tains, amoug its ornaments, 268 dia'
monds, $50 rubies and Is emeralds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

Next to our grape wine, it is be-
lieved that japanese sake, OF rice
wine, is the Oldest alcoholic beverage
known to man, its use In Japan dating
back over 1000 years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
A Severed Heart.

A stab wound Of the heart has just
been sewed up by DIR. Rech, of Frank
fort, and the patient recovered.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
Always in Demand.

The bluejacket who is good jig or
buck or wing dancer is always popu.
lar man on a ship of war, but he is not
given much rest by the shipmates
when the smoking lamp is alight. No
matter what he may be doing-writlng
letters, sewing or patching up his
wearing gear, or engaging in any other
occupation that he wants to get
through with-when one of the mouth
organ men aft at the main gangway
suddenly starts up a Jig all hands
around him begin the patter of hands
and the yell penetrates forward for the
dancer. If he doesn't respond within
a reasonable time an irregularly or
ganized committee of husky blue.
jackets is organized to 60 forward
after him, and they always fetch him.
Then lie has to dance rs if he were
doing it for wages, but once he gets
into his stride he needs no further en-
couragement OF applause, bnt goes
right ahead until lie is about ready to
drop the men around him clapping
and stamping in time with his steps
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
Donkeys in Demand

In South Africa there is great de-
mand for donkeys, as they are proof
against climate, plague and flies.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
Some Ancient Keys.

Keys of iron and bronze have been
found in Greece and Italy dating from
at least the seventh century B. G.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

home. Also, there is the usual num-
her of men in m American man-of-
war ships company-iust as similar
complement is always filled ashore
who imagine that they can sing, and
therefore infict unassuageable woe
upon those who are compelled to listen
to them. The man who cant sing, but
who only fancies he can, is invariably
suppressed in time, however, by his
shipmates-by implement on the
sharp points of their humor at his e1-
pense. The essentially American
characteristic of parodying all things
breaks out in the vocal music furnished
by the really good singers among a a
man-of-war ships company, just as 1t
does ashore.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
"HElMGANC."

AS ne 20 forth each hopeful, beckomns
day
To ioin in nirth or sterner lessons learn,
Most glad Of all We find the homeward
way
And sweet return.
Thus. when llfe's day Of work and playn
past,
roam,
Sweetest of all will be to US at last,
The going home.
&C. Il. Crandall, in the Chords OF Lilo.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

Wales is the richest part of Great
Britain in mineral wealth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
Boxing Bouts.

When "knock- off, goes in the after
noon, there is general breaking out
of boxing gloves on the main deck and
the blue jackets and marines go ut each
other for points. Nor is it to be i'm
agined that the men only dish out
loye-taps to each other. The work is
perfectly goodnaturcd and harmless,
but none for less they bang each other
about for fair, sluggingly or scientif-
cally, in accordance with the measure
OF their skill. No attempt is made by
the officers to put stop to the boxing
of the men, and even when Ian is
put out no notice is taken OF the thing.
The knocked-out man is brought
around by the apothecary, and the
following evening he will very likely
have another try at tho man who sent
him to the deck. The officers give the
men to understand that when they box
it is advisable for them to keep we'll
clear of running gear, bulkheads, tur-
rets, or other deck furnishings liable
to injure them in case they should
come into sudden contact with them,
but unless, as happens once in great
while, pair of mock combr ;ants get
angry in the course of their bout and
begin to deliberately rough it, the Off
GERS not only let them alone, but watch
the boxing with interest. While this
is going on on the main deck, the most
notable boxer in the ships company is
usually engaged down on the berth
deck forward in instructing an enthu-
siastic class of apprentice boys in the
art of handling themselves fstically.
Lovers of Music.
United States men-ofwar's men are
music lovers. In large ships COM
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
ONFOUND it'll

j t |
Wherever c q n
Charlotte be?"
It is NJ. Cha
p o u | o t who
speaks, and RS
the words show,
NJ. Chapoulot is
out of humor.
n.1s-o,,l- NJ
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
HAIL TO OUR COUNTRY.

They answer and nm echo comes
From chained aud troubled isles,
And roars like oceans thunder drums
Where glad Columbia smiles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

army are innumerable men just as
humorously devilish, ingeniously mis-
chievious and opportuneTy disobe-
dient as the members of Kipling's
characteristic trio of Tommy Atkinses,
Mulvaney, Learoyd and Ortheris.
The main idea of most persons who
are unfamiliar with the life of the
man forward on q man-oi-war is that
the tedium of such an existence can
hardly be little short of unbearable.
They can understand how the officers
might find it possible to put in their
sea service comfortably and enioyably,
but as rule they can see nothing for
it but general twiddling of thumbs
on the part of the whole ships COM
pany forward Of O man-of-war when
the men are not actually engaged in
earning their monthly money by the
sweat of their brows. There are fire.
quent intervals during the progress of
the routine of the naval day when the
smoking lamp at. the break of the
fo'c'sle is alight, and, when there is o
glow in the smoking lamp that means
that there Is nothing for any man
forward to do but to loaf and invite
his soul or to seek amusement in any
way he elects to seek it, 80 long as he
does not bump into regulations. The
bo'sun's mates "knock-off" pipe is
,shrilled al. about the hour in. the af;
ternoon when The Government clerks
in the Washington departments are
closing their desks, and from that
hour until pipe-down at $50 o'clock
at night the time OF the blue jacket
or the marine is practically his own.
The men forward have rs many ways
of putting in this sizablc period of
recreation as have comfortably situG-
ted men ashore.
For example, American men-of-war's
men are fond of mock scrapping. The
man forward who knows how to use
his hands effectively is generally re-
garded with good deal more respect
by the ships company than the en-
listed man who has IN overplus of
brains or information 10 fit his ships
ratiug-the latter, Indeed, being always
in danger of acquiring the name Of q
stman- -o-war chaw." Most American
men-of-war's men know how to box
well, and those that do not imagine
that they do.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27
AN AWKWARD FIX

cabman is at the door, but he will only
agree to single journey"
a4 "Oh, that will dol I can easily lind
another to return.
And NJ. Chapoulot goes out in furi-
GUS haste, while Charlotte timidly
confdes to the sympathizing servant
that she knows even moro OF the
young man than she has dared to say.
For month past he regularly travelled
in the same omnibus, and she has no.
ticed that he has noticed, etc., etc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-27

Hail to our country! Strong sho stands.
Nor fears tho war drums beat;
The sword of freedom in her hands,
The tyrant at her feet.
< L. Stanton, in the Atlanta Constitution.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
M.GowAN's VAIN ARRANGEMENT.
scathing RebuI1es for All the Prose-
cution in the BOtI1in Case.

San Francisco, Dec 29.-The announce
ment that to-day would probably be the
last day for arguments in the Botkin
case, attracted an immense crowd to
Judge Cooks court room.
For hours before the commencement Of
the argument for the defense by Attorney
Frank MCGOWAN, the corridors were fill
ed with a curious crowd anxious to catch
a few words of the scathing arraignment
of the police and the methods of the
prosecution, which had been whispered
about would be the main feature of Mr..
NIcGowans address. Nor were the ru-
mors without foundation.
Mr.. MCGOWAN hauled the police over
the Goals royalty He charged the prose-
cution with all kinds of infamy In the
handling Of It's case. and he roasted sew
eral of the witnesses to a crisp. He ad-
monished the jury regarding circumstan-
tial evidence. and asserted that evidence
must be resolved in favor of the defend
ant.
He enumerated many cases of circum-
stantial evidence, ana hinted upon the dis
honesty of prosecutors in many cases to
secure conviction on such evidence. Mr..
MCGOWAN attacked Attorney General
w nlte s argument AiN clSONSth AiiN @~SAs~
ware attorney of appealing to the sym
pathy of the jury. lie said that Mr..
White had misrepresented the evidence,
especially with regard to the arrival of the
box of candy at the Delaware postoffice.
Mr.. MCGOWAN said that its arrival had
not been proven, and that an employe of
the Dover postofiice might have placed the
package in the bag as easily as not.
Referring to the anonymous letters, Mr..
MCGOWAN said that they had not been
traced to Mrs. Botkin, aud that she had
no reason for writing them The idenn-
dcation Of Mrs. Botkin by several of the
witnesses for the prosecution. continued
Mr. MCGOWAN, were flimsy and unreliable,
and that action in such cases must be
carefully considered.
Mr. MCGOWAN said that no motive had
been proven; chat the contention Of the
prosecution that Mrs. Botkin was enamor-
ed of Dunning had not been proven by the
facts in the case; in fact, the opposite
held good McGowau then entered into a
bitter attack upon Dunning.
McGowan reserved the subject of arsen-
zeal poison for the concluding feature of
his argument. He held that arsenieal
nolsoning had not been proved. and even
if ~ had the attending physicians had
stated that lump arsenic had been used,
vyb4reae. the drug clerk from whom Mrs.
Potkln purchased arsenic entered the pur-
chase upon the poison book Of the drug
pist. specifying powdered arsenic.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-30
WALTERS or WRONG TRACK.
Negro Bishops Speech Before Afro
American Council.

American Council.
Washington, Dec. 29.-The FIRST annual
meeting of the Afro-American Council
opened in this city to-day. Bishop Alex
ander Walters of New Jersey presided.
The council grew out of the meeting of
prominent colored men at Rochester. Sent
Is, and was called in the interest of the
amelioration of the condition of the Afro
American race. Rev. L L. Thomas de-
livered the adrress of welcome, to which
Rev. ]. NJ. Henderson of New York. re-
sponded
Bishop Walters delivered a lengthy ad-
dress In which he reviewed the condition
of the negroes from the time of the revo-
luton to to-day. The South he said. must
treat the negro as ii would have the negro
treat the South. The South could not
longer shield its barbarity TO the negro
with the excuse of protecting its women
Bishop Walters could not understand the
motives of those members Of the race who
counsel inaction. With the President ST.
lent in his message upon the riots at Will
mington, the time had come for the color
ed man to act; to act with irmness, calm
ness and after due deliberation. Every
reference to the need of reforms in the
South brought forth thunderous applause
ana expressions or approval
The night meeting of the council was
rather a lively one, and it was only
through the exertions of the presiding Of
ficer's urgent appeals for order that some
of the speakers were able to proceed with
their speeches.
Rev. J, Green of Ohio spoke on THE
Protection of American Citizens" in
which, after creditng President McKin-
ley with being a Jealous friend of negro
rights, said it was upon the advice Of
some of the prominent men Of the colored
race that the President had said nothing
about the protection Of the negroes in his
message TO Congress-.
His remarks evidently did not
meet with the sentiment of the
audience, and before he concluded there
was a tumultuous demand on the speaker
for the names of those who so advised the
President and a committee was appointed
TO ascertain them. 1t reported that Mr..
Green was unable to give them.
Ida Wells Barnett spoke on Mob Vio-
lence and Anarchy North and South"
II. p. Cheatham of North Carolina, Re-
corder Of Deeds for the District of Co
lumbia, made a plea for conservatism and
nOdera ton