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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

battalions and one company of sapper
conductors. There is also q regi-
ment OF railway sappers. There are
also 20-squadrons of train.
The budget for 1898 shows that the
peace strength of the French army
amounts to 546, ,O44 men. OF this to-
tal number 26, 4O2 are officers. These
figures describe the home army alone,
and means that the nation has that
many men at hand in France. The
army in Algiers consists of 55,
men, of whom 2197 are officers, and
the army in Tunis consists Of lS, 45S
men, of whom $50 are officers. Add
the number of the home army to>that
OF the army abroad and the total will
be 615, ,412, of whom 20, Isl are
officers. Including all the depart
ments, the French army has 142, OBS
horses in its service. If France were
called upon to engage in war with any
European nation at this time she
would be ready to put into the field
41.O26 for the active army alone and
25, 700 for the gendarmerie and the
republican guards. That is a pretty
good fighting force to throw into ac-
ton at once. We thought We were
doing capitally by raising our big
volunteer army in the Spanish war,
but had our enemy been France in
stead of Spain, what another story
we would have been telling now.
France, back OF her superb army, has
a grand store of men to draw on. The
number of men liable to military SER
vice in France is estimated thus: The
active army and its reserves, all well
trained soldiers, 1850, 900; the terri
torial army (activel, 100000, the ter
ritorial reserve, 100000. These
give q grand total of 4,35O,0OO. Snch
tremendous force as this would not
of course be available at once. But
if France were called upon to put
forth its best military strength quick
ly she could bring into action with
no trouble whatever an army OF at
least 2, 500, 900 men.
The coast line OF France eXtends
176O miles on the Atlantic and 456 on
the Mediterranean. Its frontier on
land covers 1875 miles, of which ll56
miles stretch along the German, Bel
gian, Swiss and Italian frontiers and
419 along the Spanish frontier.
The country is divided into Is mill
ta1y departments. Each of these de-
partments or regions is under the
command of a division general, and
each is cut up into districts governed
by brigadier generals. The cities OF
Paris and Lyons have separate mill
tary governments of their own. Paris
is considered the centre of military
defence. and is therefore the strong
est fortified position in the country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
PATHETIC, YET LUDIcROUs.
"a Deafan Dumb Fether's Punishment Of a
Bad Roy.

Bad Boy.
II witnessed something the other
day iaat made me feel bad, and at the
isame time there was laughable
phase to the affair."" remarked Den
yer resident.
t,0tt a few doors from where live,
"a def and dumb couple have been
living for several years, and seem to
stct along with their neighbors better
than any Of us. The husband has
good employment and the wife is a
frugal and prudent woman; so, taking
everything into consideration, they
have gotten quite q nice little home
for themselves and some money ahead.
But they have one thing that is not
credit to them, and that thing is in
the shape Of great big, overgrown
boy, that is onegof the meanest evil
.dences of humanity on earth. Some
day, IL he is not checked, the hangman
r,rill ret him. bnt That ,,r-- II to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
Lyonnaise Potatoes.

Ingredients: A lump of butter, 3
small onion, cold boiled potatoes, q
little parsley. Into saucepan put a
large lump of butter and asmall onion
finely chopped, and when the onion IS
fried to an amber color, throw nslices
c. cold boiled potatoes, which must
be thoroughly stirred until they are
turning brown; ut this moment put
in a spoonful of finely chopped pars-
ley, aud as soon as it lis cooked drain
through colander, so that the pota-
toes retain the moisture of the butter
and many particles of parsley.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
A Ruine6 Joke,

The facetious boarder had the train
all.laid for killing joke. 'It's won
DER" he said, "that you didn't serve
up this hen feathers and ALL" "The
next time" said the landlady with
marked emphasis. ''I'll serve her up
bill and ALL" And the joke was ruin
ed.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
widowhood Before ,yifchood.

The sad and extraordinary position
of u woman being widow before she
is wife is that held by Mrs. L. G.
Hoops. Afew days before Mr.. Hoops
deeply regretted death he was married
by the handschoen (glove) to the lady
in Holland. She was to have left to
join her husband on the 18th inst, but
the cables have apprised her of her
misfortune. The system of marriage
by proxy is frequently adopted by
Dutch bridegrooms in South Africa
and Dutch brides in Holland. A
friend of the groom represents him in
the church, and he is only released
from the solemn engagement by saw
ing clause in the certificate. The aim
and obiecto of these innocent mock
marriages is to bind the far-away hus-
hand to his contract. j Johannesberg
Standard.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
The Enormous Gold product of 1898.

This WIN be the greatest gold year in h:atory.
from South Africa, the hlondike and Aus
t-alfa the precious metal is being shipped in
largo quantities. It is believed that this years
output win be nearly double that Of any pre-
yfous twelve months. The sales Of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters are also increasing very
fast, and this year that famous remedy Will
cure more people OF dyspepsia, indigestion,
constipation, nervousness and weakness than
ever before
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
Music by Wholesale.

The largest musical instrument OF
earth will be on exhibition at the Pc
exposition in 1900. 1t is called 81
neutrality-suspicious., (" and its q.
ventor and builder is an Italian, A.,
tonic zibardi who claims to "a
worked upon itior fifteen years. yb'
instrument executes every ki .
concerted music, and contains ns--,-z2
than eight thousand different and in
dependent musical instruments. 1t
costs about SIS, 600.
The inventor has employed most
varied applications of mechanical skill
and electrical apparatus, which are not
entirely new, but the composition OF
which represents an incredible amount
of most careful study and human pa
tience. The instrument will be worked
by cans of two petroleum motors,
each of three horse power. which, by
driving a dynamo, furnish the light for
the inside of the instrument, showing
its countless details and illuminating
the hall where it is shown.
A curious combination is the small
electric fountain within the instru-
ment, which will show in vari-colored
light when the lights in the exhibition
hall are turned down, the music from
the orchestrion continuing all the
while.
There are two separate sets of in
struments, which can be worked singly
or together -one a perfect string
orchestra, the other military brass
band of 130 pieces. They have separ-
ate sets of cylinders, but there are
some pieces for both orchestras, where
the two cylinders are started together.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
Reantp Ia Blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty withoutit. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep IT clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples. boils, blotches. blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed. loc, 25c. SOC.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
Students Paid Well for the Fun They Had
with an Elderly Passenger.

s Half q hundred students Of the
medical department. Of the Nor Invest
ern. University had a jollifcadon. the
other night, relates the Chicago Times
Herald They took possession of an
Alley "Ln train at Twenty-second
street and held high jinks all the way
into town. In their own words, they
played horse" with the other passen-
gers, and they thought themselves
very sma-15 indeed.
4 But ts.ey. were not quite so smart as
they thought. There was an old man
Jaboard-a nice ole ms, !, with a white
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
BAG, the wonder-worker. that makes weak N en-
strong. All druggists 5oc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
She Was a Woman.

stCan she talk, old man?"
Scan she? Why, last summer in
the mountains she didn't even let the
echo have the last word!"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums. reduces inhamfna-
dor. allays pain, cures wind collie. s5c. bottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
sweet waters

learning the resources and mysteries
Of the new. regions. The amount OF
good these men accomplished can
hardly be over-estlmated; they were
the pioneers of progress upon this con
tinent.-Ed. W. Sandys in Outing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Boston Brown, Bread.

TO make Boston brown bread, miS
Yankee rye, whole wheat -four and
Indian meal in proportionssof one cup.
each with cup.of molasses, to which
is. added teaspoonful of dissolved
soda andla pint of buttermilk. The
bread is boiled for five hours. --Ladiess.
Home Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

Piso's Cure for Consumption has NO equal
rs Cough medictne.-F. M. ABBOTT, 3S SEM
eca St., Buffalo, N. Y, May 0, 1884.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever.
IOc, ,25c. HC. C. c. fail, druggists refund money.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

There's nothing that bores man who is in
love more than q crowd. !.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

The true test of friendship is not in words,
but actions
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

To restore the color of an acid stain on vio-
let silk. brush the satin with tincture of CO.
dine. Then. after feY seconds, saturate the
spot we'll with solution Of hyposulphite OF
soda and dry,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

any case OF CHtHrrH tHuV cdHHos DO euIeu y
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY s. Co.. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Che
ney for tho last is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TaUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio
WALnINe. K1NNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gtsts, Toledo Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Halls Family Pills ore the best
If you want your ears pierced pinch the
ha hv
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

It's hard to convince thief that there are
any honest men in the world.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

An international exhibition of postal
cards was held in Zurich, Switzerland,
during September, 1898. More than
two thousand different cards with
gsaWs Of switserlaaa were sshibiteaa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
m en- strong, blood pure. Soc, 81. All druggists
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Hal1io Cotnrrh Cure
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
nnn,t 1nhacco splt and Smoke Your LIie Away.

If there's nothing in q name it's queer
what becomes of the things man sometime:
puts in his wife's name.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

The canal boat mule would never get along
If he didn't have pull.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartc 10c or 'eSc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
How's This?

An ounce of faotis better than pound o.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

;lowly c,rept west.
; lrd its guide and
9 .mpse Of the buck
idtife erhU of tic
8 in advance stole
trails to the fat,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

Ithurts person less to be lied about than
1t does to lie about Others
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18

To Cure Cold in One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quintne Tablets. All
Druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure. s25c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
cunAERcIaL COLES Of EEAIycEY UNIVERSITY,

urANTED-case Of bad health that RI,rGEi.S; ~;
w win not benefit Send cts. TO Ripans Chemical
"a TawYort. for 10 samples aud 1000 Testimonials.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
PLAYED WITH THE WRONG MAN.

FOODS pills cure sick headache. a5c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
4 MARVIN. Wholesale Drug.

If you want your ears pierced pinch th'
ha hv
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-20

Agents for the
Bartlett concentra-
tor. Tests have prov
en- it to be the best
table in the market.
Can be seen at work
at the JuareZ works
near Ell Paso at any
time, side by side
with other tables.
Others use IS gal
Ions per minute,
we use 4 gallons of
water per minute
under the same con-
ditions with much
better results.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-20

PAYMENT OF DEBTS.
If the Republican party has estab-
lished an enduring reputation for any
one thing, 1t is in meeting government
tai obligations by honest payment
with the best money known to civiliza-
ton; and If the democratic party of
latter days has established it's reputa-
ton for any one thing, it is in oppos-
ing In season and out of season the es-
tablished purpose of the republicans.
1t went wild on payment of the ma
tional debt in greenbacks in 1868,
which was proposition to satisfy and
discharge one promise to pay money
with another promise to pay money.
In other words, to pay off q debt by
swapping another for it. This craze
continued to 1876, when the party de-
nouuced the resumption act as the su-
blimity of folly; and in 1878, about the
time preparations for the resumption
OF specie payments had been completed
by the republicans, the democratic
party again went wild on greenbacks,
especially in Texas. The disease has
periodicity, like chills, and has reap
peared with startling punctuality at
intervals ever since. AS soon as silver
had sufficiently dropped in current
markets to ans wer the purposes of dis
honor and population, the party
eagerly embraced it's free coinage as
an accompaniment of its greenback
vsgaries, and the Chicago platform
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-20

J For the Republic
of Mexico we are
the largest and, prac-
tically, only machin-
cry manufacturers
who manufacture
ConC'e ntrat In q
Mills, Stamp Mills,
ill., mill H0;e%f~~
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
MR.. REED RESIGNS.

Hon. Thomas b.. Reed has resigned
as a representative in congress from the
First Maine district and after September
4 will become Il private citizen. MT.
Reed has been in no hurry to satisfy
public curiosity in regard to his inten-
lions and only recently the belief has
been expressed that he might remain
in congress-, taking the leadership OF
the republicans on the floor of the house.
That he has been strongly urged to do
so is not to be doubted, many thinking
that his great ability and his long eN-
~perience in public life were never more
needed in congress than now, when new
questions of the greatest Importance re-
lating to the foreign policy of the ma
ton are to be passed upon.
There has already been a general eX-
preston of regret at the decision of Mr..
Reed to retire to private life and moth
ing more in this line need be said.
Whether or no it is his intention to
make his withdrawal from a public
career permanent time will disclose, but
it is probably safe to say chat Mr.. Reed
! will not wholly lose interest in political
| affairs or in the future of the party OF
which he has SO long been one of the
most distinguished leaders. 1t is pre-
sumed that he will take up his residence
in New York and it may be that tue
republicans of that state will at some
time find it expedient to offer him po'
| litical honors. At all events there are
none but will wish this eminent citizen,
whose public career has given him a
high place in the list Of American states
men, the fullest measure of success in
his new field of effort. Thomas B.
Reed is one CT our really great men and
perhaps in private life he may still find
opportunity to give his countrymen the
benefit of his wisdom and experience.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
WHY NOT COLORED TROOPsr
Good, Effective Soldiers for the Phil
ippine
Philadelphia Public Ledger.

Philadelphia Public Ledger.
There is nothing clearer than that the
earlier the war against the Filipinos is
ended the better it will be for this coun-
try and for the Philippines. One way to
end 1t is to crush 1t out by overwhelming
the Filipinos with the irresistible force of
numbers. From the very first the most
trustworthy military authorities have main
tanned, even against the often repeated
statements Of General Otis to the contrary,
that more troops are needed to secure a
successful termination Of the war. Relying
upon General Otis representations, the ad-
ministration did not send him the reinforce
ment which it is now manifest he should
have had long ago. Secretary Root is now
engaged in perfecting plans to increase IL
fighting strength Of the army about Manila
as speedily as practicable. This is as it
should be, or as it should have been before
we entered upon the war against the Fill
pinos. But why should not the secretary
favorably consider the recommendation,
made at the very beginning of the struggle,
to enlist a number Of negro regiments? Not
only General Butler, but General Grant, tes-
titled to the excellent qualities OF the col
ored troops in the civil war, and in all the
fighting around Santiago the negro soldiers
made themselves conspicuous by their
dCuleNcIltulS III ne lace Ol lue SuSluy.
They fully shared the honors won by the
white troops. 1t would be easy to raise a
dozen or more regiments from among the
teeming colored population of the more
tropical states Of the south. That good,
effective soldiers could be made of them
there is no doubt, and that they would
suffer less than the white soldiers from ex-
posture to the climate of the Philippines is
equally without doubt. They would go there
as immunes, which few white men would
do. If the Philippines are to be perma-
nently held an army OF occupation, large
or small, must be kept there. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY asserted by the highest scientific au-
thorities that white men cannot endure for
protracted periods the exactions of the
climatic conditions of our distant tropical
acquisitions. Colored men of the far south,
accustomed from birth to similar conditions,
could and would endure them without suf-
fering. These being conceded facts, why
should not Secretary Root organize colored
regiments for our army in the Philippines,
either as an aggressive force or as one of
occupation merely?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23
INCREASING PRICE OF WHEAT.
shortage Of stock the Prime Cause OF
the Advance.

National trONlStoner.
The rise in the Wholesale price OF meat
has been gradual and due entirely to causes
over which the packer himself has no con-
troll. 1t has been the commercial result OF
the gradual rise in the price OF live stock;
and this enhancing of the value OF the herd
has been brought about by the general
shortage of live stock for slaughter pur-
poses, and the increased cost Of producing
hand (star- fed) beef, because Of the short
age Of feed and the increased cost of get
ting 1t. II the past prices of meat were
right the present prices are so, since they
are calculated on the same basis. A COM
parison OF the market for beef cattle on
the hoof in Chicago and Kansas City for
August 10, 1897, 1898 and 1892, shows that
the following top and average prices were
paid by the packers at the stock yards in
open competition for handled and choice
western beef cattle: August 10, 1897, prime
cattle, live weight, $3.50; average, SAILS,
making the prime dead meat cost $3.50, or
nearly s cents per pound to produce. The
butcher paid less for 1t. August 10, 1898,
prime stock fetched $5.25; average good
heifers brought $3.50. This made prime
dressed beef cost $3.50, or Shs cents per
pound landed. August 10, 1899. prime beet
cattle sold for $500; average, good, $5.25,
making the carcass Of prime cost, landed,
1925, or ga cents per pound.
The price Of cattle has been creeping up
for two years in proportion to the shortage
of stock and the expensive food and weather
conditions for producing marketable beef.
We have warned the retail trade OF these
advancing conditions and from time to time
advised them to meet the inevitable by put
ting up their shop prices. That they have
fingered at the old prices for two years and
are now forced to meet the state of trade
in one jump is az unfortunate as 1t was un-
necessary. but the wholesalers are not to
blame, inasmuch as the stock grower draws
first blood from the slaughterer and for
spot cash at that. II any one questions
this statement, let him bid at the stock
yards with millions back OF him and ask
for credit.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-08-23

may be ascribed to the demoralized as
sessment system of the last quarter of
n century. The present generation has
grown up in the belief that successful
tax-dodging is not a crime, but Is an
evidence of smartness. 1t is difficult
for owners of personal property, espe-
cially those who have enjoyed COM
p%arative immunity from taxation in the
past, to emancipate themselves from
that belief"
What is true of Chicago tax-shirkers
applies with equal force to Omaha tax
dodgers and tax-fixers. The prevailing
Indifference as to the sanctity of the
oath appended to an assessment blank
has become so general that an honest
assessment return has become an eX-
ception rather than the rule.
The stream never rises above Its
source and the average assessor is bur
dened with no greater CONSCIENTIOUS
scruples in making false returns under
oath than the average corporation
manager or heavy property owner who,
while strictly honest in ordinary busi-
ness dealings, considers it no crime to
cheat the community of his just proper
ton of taxes. This constituencies prac-
tice of false returns has bred dishon-
esty and favoritism among assessors
and boards of equalization to such an
alarming extent that the mass of small
taxpayers are everywhere forced to re-
volt against the entire system and
clamor for u radical change that Will
compel the honest appraisement of all
taxable property and the publicity of
valuations so that comparison can be
made by neignbors and business com
petitors and downright tax evasions can
be effectually suppressed.