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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

armed men to dispute the right ofway.
Williams gave the order to charge
upon the house, and the Howards and
Whites fed inside, loudly announcing
that they would kill the first man who
crossed the threshold. The Gatling
gun was then brought up and trained
on the residence. and all those inside
surrendered. Sheriff White was ar
rested for resisting the guards.
The Howard-White faction then
tried to mobilize at the house of Daugh
White the nircnit clerk. but Colonel
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02
The Air Cure.

"It's queer to me-" said healthy
looking citizen, ''that more people
don't take the air cure. There's
nothing like breath,of fresh air; it is
delightful and refreshing, uplifting
and inrigorating, stimulating and ex-
alting, and without any depression,
and all this is absolutely free. There
are far more people now than ever be-
fore in. this country that goin for out
door sports, for bicycling and all that
sort of thing, and so get the fresh air;
but there are many left who do not
give themselves the benefit of it as
they might. 1t isn't necessary for a
man to have bicycle or a horse
or a steam yacht to enable him
to take the air cure; such helps, of
course, might make it easier to take,
but they are not essential. It can be
taken effectively walking; and there is
nothing like it. Air might not heal a
broken leg, but for many ills of mini
and body it will be found n sovereign
remedy."-New York Sun.
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''I have decided to ask your fathers
consent by letter, Pauline. Now,
what sort of letter would you advise
me to wrhe?" "I think, Claude, l
would write an anonymous letter."
Teacher Ito new schoiar)-What is
your name? New Boy-My name is
julie, sir. Teacher-You should have
said Julius, sir. And now, my lad
turning to another LADY, "what IS
your name? Bilious, sir.
The woman was furious. do l
hate her? At this moment 1 feel as II
I could pass her house without look
ing into her front window to see If she
had any new things in her parlor y
Anger with woman is terrible.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02
AN ORDER FOR A HAMMOCK

Make me hammock, deep aaa strong,
OF hue and pattern tasteful
or dimensions not so very long,.
For space this way Is wasteful.
I'm seeking g hammock built for three.
Not otter you have call 80
Unusual? It's for Nell and me,
And for young Dan Cupid, also.
So common the hammock that's built Tor
two,
1t barely draws attention;
But the one am ordering now of you
Must hold the three mention. !!
Make 1t with such wonderful weave,
For comfort and ease designed US,
That Nell, by my side, will hate to leave,
And no bungling chump can IND us.
The hammock must know my touch, OF
course,
Since am the chap to use it;
But it must rear up like balky horse
When another man would choose 1t.
And steady and true must this hammock
swing
To the VIII OF us happy three, sir;
For wish to be sure that no such thing
Asa "falling OUT will be, sir! &
Edwin L. Sabin, in Puck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

MANCHESTER, KY, Especial The
condition of things in Clay County,
where the Bakers have sworn to.annl;
hilate the whole Howard and White
families bears such close fe-
semblance to anarchy that the best
citizens have asked Governor Bradley
to put the county under martial Law
and suppress the bloody feud atgtlfllse, the,
point of the bayonet. ~
The feeling in Kentucky is that ti.e g
fair name Of the State is blackened by
the spectacle of three of her large
families going into the assassination
business on wholesale scale.
The Baker-Howard feud, while one
of the youngest in Eastern Kentucky
is one of the most bitter ever waged..
1t was all about a $4t spring wagon.
that had not been paid for that The
feud started. 'Tom" Baker had5gone
into partnership. with >, Israel aud
Carter Howard. to raft logs sn
shares. Reese Murray held indgz
Acuu 1Ol tuo. Sp5iAB, Wagon t,G,1t1iiSo
James B. and "BalD Howard. Murray
offered the judgment at low pricelsc
Baker, and Baker bought it. tbs
enraged the. Howards, and quarrels
followed when Baker tried to collect
the money"
Israel Howard, and "Tom" Baker
met one day at log pit. Hot words
followed and Baker. drew a revolver
and jumped behind afence post. How
ard drew his revolver and iltoek'
the other side of the post. They
fired around the post at'each other
until their pistols were empty. IsrasPs.
fifth shot was fired over the topsof
the post and the bullet hit Bakersin
the back of the neck, producing q
flesh wound. Baker fell on the OPS
posite side of the fence and Isra,l
fred his last shot at him through the
fence, producing slight flesh wcgId
in the abdomen.
Some time after from an ambush
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02
Cornering the Editor.

Mr.. Richard Watson Glider. editor
of the Century, tells this little joke at
his own expense. Gone day young
woman came into my cf1ics and sub
mitted some poems. I told her that
I would read them. When she came
back I advised her not to offer them
for sale. I told her that I was afraid
that she could never succeed in the
line of literature.
Z" But I can, she said.
8" 4 must differ with you, I re-
piled.
"'But [ have had one of my poems
printed in first class magazine, and
the editor paid me ten dollars for it. ;
g 'Yes?' I said.
" yes, she repeated.
and who was this editor?'
Z" TT was yourself
"And it was. I had forgotten all
about it. = Philadelphia Saturday
Evening" Post. 6,c@sE z z s,'.
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THE CASE OF MIR. MASON.
aeNNeeoeNoNNoNNN ANeeNNNNae@NNNee

"No cause for alarm, I assure you,
none whatever. :,
Ittook some time to convince Mrs.
Surge that the prune stone, which had
stuck crosswise in Bobby's throat, had
been5pushed into proper end-onposi-
ton which, Mr.. Mason said, 'smade
its deglutition easy" Bobby himself
would not believe it for. twelve hours
after, But the profuse gratitude
showered on Mr.. Mason-,andsalLthe
confusion following the incident gave
him ,au opportunity to run away,
which, L thought, he was evidently
glad to seize.
''Now, what,do you think of that
man and his 'deglutition,'" Lydia
said to me after he had left. ''Do you
think he learned to perform surgical
operations just to go into the real es
tate business?"
Hardly" Isaid.
81 wonder who Mr.. Mason is?" she
mused.
"Just Mr.. Mason" said
LYDIA shook her head with convic-
tion.
'"That man has had a past life," she
said, "because he is over 80. He
never talks about that past life. There
must be reason why he never talks
about that past life. That reason
must be discovered. The Fehmgericht
must take a hand here"
Now, I know what Lydia's Fehm-,
gericht was. twas a. half iocose club,
with membership of five girls and
two young matrons OF Burkville. 1t
never held formal meetings that any
body knew OF, had 10 badges that
anybody ever saw, and yet the ''soci-
ETY." boys and, girls of the place were,
somehow, more than half afraid of the
Fehmgericht. For myself, I had never
believed very iseriouslyin the terrors
of this secret organization; and yet
when Lydia mentioned it in connection
with Mr. Maann I could not help. half
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02
y or r,,1,erman Davis Meta whale.

William Davis was out in his small
boat near Libby island, whcle he was
preparing some lobster traps. when o
very large whale rose out of the water
not forty feet ahead of his boat and
began spouting water into the air. The
wind was blowing in the direction OF
the boat, scattering the water all over
him and befogging him to such an ex-
tent that he imagined himself i'll Q
typhoon. But before Mr.. Davis could
recover sufficiently to change his
course the boat was up to the whale.
One flop of the monsters tail nearly
filled the boat with water, and then
the animal sank. Mr.. Davis estimates
that the whale was from sixty to
ninety feet long.-Lewiston (Maine)
Evening Journal.
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LOST fo THE WORLD 7s YEARS.
Alexander Hall Spends That Time In
State AsYlums, UttarlY FORGOTTEN.

Alexander Hail SpendS INIT IlHe ="
State Asylums, Utterly Forgotten.
Had the grave closed over Alexan-
der S. Hall he would not have been
more completely lost to the world than
lie has been for twenty-eight years.
he is now we'll advanced in years aud
it is only at times that his reason
deserts him. In 1871 bewas admitted
to the New York State Lunatic asylum
at Utica from his home in Steuben
county, and In 1879 was transferred
to the Willard State hospital. The
authorities had often wondered about
him, but as he made no trouble, and
as nobody appeared to trouble him, lie
lived his life away In the institution.
The management changed, new laws
were enacted by which, in 1893. the
patient became state instead OF
county charge, but his condition did
not change. Evidently the outside
world had lost trace of him. No rela-
tives or friends came to see him and
he spoke Of no one. The only thing
that could come TO alter his condition
was death. In 1897 it was found nee
essary to Use his name in connection
with a court proceeding, and some
idea of the utter lack OF memory OF
him may be gained when it IS stated
as a positive fact that his relatives
were obliged to substitute fictitious
name in place Of his own, the name
having been completely forgotten and
1t being believed that he was long since
dead.
4 number OF years ago Martin Smith,
a wealthy resident OF Tarrytown, died
leaving all his property to his wife,
with the provision that it should be
distributed to the children and the
ehildren's children on each successive
death. In 1897 it became necessary
to institute an action to discover .he
shares belonging to the heirs Of Mr..
Smith, and not until then were the
facts discovered. Hall was the grand
son of Mr.. Smith, and to him was
due o share of Smiths valuable prop
erty, which had become considerably
depleted, but there still remained
about $1,000 which belonged to Hall.
Application was made to Justice Dun
well, at Rochester, recently, by Attor-
ney Samuel s. Partridge of Phelps for
an order appointing Charles J. Frank
lin Of Ovid q committee of Mr.. Hall,
SO that the money could be paid to
him. Justice Duuwell granted the
order.
"The case isa remarkable one, said
Attorney Partridge in describing the
facts to the court. 'tFor nearly thirty
years this man was utterly forgotten
by everybody. His wife died and his
mother died and other relatives passed
away, but he was never informed of it
by those near to him by ties of blood.
SO far as the records show he never
had visitor or communication dur
ing all the years. New York Sun.
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I--~~--,---.-->-, .v"i.., s..,.s
out at last?"
cit: only took me one minute to
make up my mind" she said. ''You
see, you were there when resolved
to enter seriously into this matter" :"
"What matter-garden truck. or
quilts?"
''You were there wheu,I said it was
a subject for the Fehmgericht, she
went on, ignoring my fatetiousness.
l. 'You don't mean about Mason?
Have you remembered that all this
time?"
"Well, in spite Of your sneers, it
seems you have remembered it," she
retorted. "No, we have not forgotten.
The affair has been brought to con-
clusion, I believe, or nearly. We
want the help of some man tonight. :"
eff there is any slaughter in it, L
said, "I beg to decline
"IA, think you will do very we'll, :"
Lydia went on. "The west-bound
limited,.reaches the Union depot at
1887 D. m. 1t will bring young
but rather emaciated woman, dressed
in mourning. You must be there to
meet her. Ask for Mrs. Cook, carry
her valise for her, board the street
car and bring her. to our house. F"
AS this mission entailed blood
shed undertook it. Before L left the
fair grounds Lydia had warned me
that a word of this important matter
breathed to anyone. before see should
give me permission, would be visited
with the displeasure of the Fehm-
gericht; silence and faithfulness in the
execution of my orders would equally
merit its good graces.
The young woman dressed in black
duly appeared with her vaise on the
platform of the. day coach as the linn
tied drew into the depot that night.
She was emaciated, as Lydia had de-
scribed her, but decidedly good look
ing, with chastened and subdued
beauty -.
'Did Mis-; Fox ask you to meet
me?" she said, timidly.
''No," I said; "AIiss Fox, I believe,
will not be home for more than week
yet. Miss Surge it was-''
ooh, yes, Miss Fox's friend. I knew
Miss Fox had gone to the White
Mountains after she left me at the
seaside.
I knew quite well that Brisy Fox
was one of the Fehm, and now [ un-
derstood that the business had been
turned over to her. TO be quite cali
did, I was burning with curiosity to
know exactly what the business was.
All I knew for certain was that it con-
cerned the identity of Nh. Mason; be-
yond that I guessed, but my guess
seemed SO extravasant. that L wanted
to have facts in its place. More than
that il all had to do with Mason, Lydia
had refused to tell me, and 1 thought
it wise not, to try to pry into the
dreadful secrets of the seven.
However, as the car stopped early
in the joluney3and Mason himself got
on, with some other men, I thought
proper to say to Mrs. Cook:
"Please let down your veil.'''
The warning was unnecessary. She
had seen Mason and recognized him
as soon as 7. Through the rest of the
journey I could feel that Mrs. Cook
was trembling md sobbing. But we
reached the Stprge residence without
further adventure.
have always thought that, consid-
ering my: faithfnlness and care in the
discharge # the duty laid Upon ME,
Lydia foughtto have letime be present
at themesting between ll7f tF.sr
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their revolvers almostat the same time.
Sid" shot from behind his back as he
drew the weapon from the scabbard.
Both men rolled off their horses, and
as they lay in the road emptied their
pistols at each other. "Sid" Baker
rode off unhurt, while Wooton,
wounded in the back dragged himself
inso the brush, where he was found by
one OF the Bakers and taken home,
where he died.
William L. White, q brother to the
former. Sheriff, was soon afterward met
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

MRS. TOM BAKER.
(She is training her sons to avenge their
fathers murder.)

"Bal" Howard, who YVES riding o
spirited young stallion and carrying q
Winchester, vas struck in the back at
the first fire, but managed to hold on
to his fleeing horse. The next volley
struck Burch Store and knocked him
off. his horse. The bullet broke his
neck and he was dead when he
touched the ground. Wilson Howard
fell off his horse, shot through the
hips. "Bal" Howard escaped to
Wilson Howard's house. Two Of the
attacking party then went back to
where the men lay on,"tho road, and
shot them both with explosive bullets,
which tore their bodies to pieces.
Wilson Howard lived long enough |,
tell that it was "Tom" Baker and
Charles Wooton who fred the explc-
sive bullets. IS
When James B. Howard heard that
his brother was killed and that his
father was shot badly, he armed him
self and rode at a gallop to the scene.
At the store of A. L. Howard he
found q cro wd, some OF whom had
come after the grave clothes of Wilson
Howard aid Burch Store. James as
sisted in selecting them, and was. on
the,polnt of leaving when George W.
Baker rode up.
Without stopping to consider that
this was the one man in Clay County
who never carried a pistol, young
Howard leveled his weapon and fred
q bullet into the old mans abdomen,
producing almost instant death. Re-
alizing that it would now be war to
the knife, James mounted his horse
and rode away to the home ofrelatives
in Harlan County. There was re-.
ward of $3.50 offered for Howard's ar
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

EIexamining trials before County Judge
~, w. Wright. The trials lasted three
days. The Howards swore to seeing
the Bakers do the shooting, but the
Bakers proved by their witnesses that
they were five miles away at the time
Of the shooting, and Judge Wright
dismissed the Bakers from custody.
On the day efter the trial, "Sid'
TBaker, a soh-in-law of "Bal" Howard,
but no kin to George Bakers sons,
overlook Charles Wooson, who was
said to have shot Burch Store.
They rode side by side for quarter
of mile, trying to get the "drop" on
each other. Finally they both drew
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

which Cleo de Merode, Emma Calve
and Loie Fuller vouch among others,
while many persons say the man is
their savior and they will follow him
if he be driven. away. Dr.. Edwards
lives in magnificent apartments in the
French capital and his rooms are
thronged day and night by devotees
who come to be healed of their all
ments, real or imaginary. Conspicu-
Gus in the front room. is q basket
overfowing with gold coin to which
the patients are required to contribute
before they are ushered into the
healer's presence.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02
HUMOROUS.

Tommy" said the teacher, "what
is meant by nutritious food?" Some
thing to eat that amt got no taste to
it," replied Tommy.
Willie ION being asked to bring from
the library table book that happened
t6 be bound in paper)-Do you want
the soft-shelled one, mamma?
Student-And was the operation
successful? Eminent Surgeon-No.
We found that lie didn't have veri-
form appendix and he got we'll.
"Why must you and your good wife
separate, Pat; can't the trouble be
patched up?" '.No, sir. That's joost
it. She won't patch up me pants. F."
"Who are all those men I have seen
calling on you lately, Smith?" "Oh,
they're gentlemen OF the press"
"You don't say?" eyes; my credl-
tors"
"Clementine, what did you do with
that curtain goods you bought last
week. wen, IL was eubifeiy w
loud for curtains, so I made shirt
waist of it.
"Do you believe men show charac-
ter in the way they carry their UNI
brellas?" "No; but they show lack
of character in : the way they carry
other peoples umbrellas.
He had a taste for poetry;
Although he never wrote,.
He loved to delve In reams OF rhymes,
I've seen MIN do 80 many times a
Behind the printing ofice-he I
Was Just William Goat.
''You have been very good This
morning, Willie" said the fond NAM
ma. "Now, what reward would you
like?" 81 would like to be allowed to
be naughty all the after on"
Mrs. Gotrox-Mabel, dear, are you
sure Mr.. Woodby loves you for Your
ss5 a.gUe: .abei-,AaS. To Sate ne
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

In Africa there exists a ,tree-crab
which has a trick of crawling up a
cocoanut tree, biting off half dozen
punches and then creeping down again
backward. The theory is that the
nuts are shattered by the fall, and the
crab thus enjoys a hearty mesl. Now
the natives try to stop these depreda-
tions, which often ruin the cocoanut
crops, and take advantage of the fact
that the lower portion OF the crab is
soft and sensitive. When they are
heard in the tree the native climbs
halfway up the tree and drives in a
circle OF spikes made out of thorns.
The consequence is when the crab
comes down I've encounters the thorns,
and supposing that he has reached the
ground, he lets go, aud is SO crippled
by the fall that he is easily dispatched
and eaten in his turn.
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rul,es were very angry at Co cnel
Williams and the troops. They sent
out and brought in numbers of their
sharpshooter friends. They announced
that they would wipe ont the soldiers
and slaughter the Bakers. But the
troops marched to Barboursville with
their four prisoners-Wiley, Al, Dee
and Jim Baker.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02
Losses in Batt!e.

An old friend sends clipping re-
latinc to Mr., Alexander Sutherland's
o. ticle in the Nineteenth Century on
the question of war being on the de-
cline. The conclusion is that the loss
of life in Europe by war during the
present century does not exceed one
per annum out of every 10, of the
opulation, whereas one in 100 would
be low estimate of similar deaths
in the Europe of 1000 years ago. =
New York Press.
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tent and began talking to his son, Jim,
giving him instructions on how to run
tie farm while he was in jail.
Mrs. "Tom" Baker ran up to advise
ker husband not TO allow himself to be
q target for the Howards. While she
was talking to him a shot rang out
from the White residence, and Tom
Baker dropped dead before his wife's
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

One of the notable characters of
Boston is an old gentleman who goes
about in fair weather or foul with an
open umbrella over his head. The
story is told that he once got terri
BILE drenching and contracted there
from cold that threw him into o
fever, out of which he issued with al
unbalanced mind. All he could re.
member was that he had been caught
out without an umbrella, and he lives
now in perpetual dread of q second
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

headquarters or the Ieud, was III - ~vn
dition of such lawlessness that the Gov
ernor sent several companies OF State
militia from Lexington to the scene.
They were. charged with che duty of
taking the Bak Ter prisoners to the Court
House at Barboursville, and also of
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The Falnous Paris Healer.

A special cable despatch to the New
York Herald from Paris says that the
authorities have decided to prosecute
DR.. Edwards, who claims that he is
in some mysterious way the represen-
tat:ve of st. Paul, and has been prac-
ticing so-called miraculous cures, for
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Some of the inhabitants of New
Guinea have an odd way of disposing
of their dead. They place the bodies
on raised platforms at some distance
from their dwellings, and when the
flesh has disappeared the skulls are
removed to and stored in q cabin for
that purpose.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

ling gun on the White house and de-
stroy it.
The assembly was sounded and the
troops surrounded the White resi-
dence. They moved upon it with
fixed bayonets, going at double quick,
and climbing over the yard fence.
Sheriff White came out with thirty
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

!. A Kansas newspaper >tells remark
able story about a man In Lyon county
who sold his wife and daughter. Some
months ago one L. D. Ciilbreath went
to work on the farm owned by A. B.
Carrothers, who was living happily
with his young aud happy wife. One
night recently Gilbreath went to his
employer and told him that he and
Stella, the wife, lad become very
much attached to each other; that the
wife wanted to change husbands, and
that he would give Carrot,,ers $3.50 for
his matrimonial title Carrothers ac-
cepted theeoffer and threw in their hit
|, tie girl
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-08-02

Twelve years ago Charles Burrell, a
boy living in Chicago, was struck on
the head by playmate. He became
insane, and was placed in an asylum.
On March /, the X-rays having re-
vealed a growth on the inner surface
of his skull at the point where the
blow was received, Burrell was sub
jected to au operation. The growth
was removed and he was put to bed.
The next day he awoke in full posses
sion of his faculties, and his first
words were: "Why did you hit me?"
The twelve years had been q blank,
and he resumed the life of a rational
being at the point where it had been
interrupted.
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Chicago Women Save Horses.

This is the badge worn by Chicago
women who belong to an anti-cruelty
society. 1t is an authorized police