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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
Miner,sLi in Sweden.

Consul General Winslow of Stock
holm. Sweden, writes of iron mining
and the lives of miners. At the prln'
cipsl mines the boring is carried on
by hand, with steel rods, which are
bounded on top with steel-headed
hammer. In these holes dynamite Is
placed and exploded. The amount Of
mixed ore and rock loosened by each
kilogram (2.2 pounds) of dynamite
4 averages twelve tons, each ton
representing On average of 1873 feet
bored. The detached pieces are re.
duced by hammers to sizes that Will
admit of their being readily handled.
Tbe ordinary miner makes on an aver
noe 5000 per annum. They generally
live in villages near the mines and &c
home at the end OF each week. The
average working time is eleven and a
half hours a day. Those who are mar
ried live in houses built for then
alone, paying 40 cents for one Or 81
cents for two rooms per month. The
unmarried miners live in "barracks.
These are one-storied buildings
usually containing two apartments
each having twenty. four bunks, range'
in two rows around the sides. Th'
rules regulating behavior, cleanliness
etc., are very strict and rigidly en-
forced.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
Signalling to Moving Trains.

For some months past there has
been in successful operation on Sec
tion of twenty-five miles of one of the
Tss7iFf IsETbss srtap esmenaes an electrical
being exceedingly 81 signals y. are re-; re.
Of a contact bar fxs hss rs9.5g ss9nglne. SO
rocking shaft, andlnple. n -;
lever and wire with the eoreassssso.assi;S-
Mailing apparatus, so that when the u
danger signal is set in the box, the
contact bar is raised in position to
strike O. lever fixed on the locomotive.
This makes q compelte electric cur
rent, sets an alarm ringing on the en-
gine, and works an indicator;
An ingenious form OF double volute
spring holds the engine contact bar
vertical, while allowing it to assume
horizontal position in either direction
After receiving the blow from the con
TACT bar on the rail, it performs few
oscillations, and resumes its vertlca
nosition in readiness for the next con
tact The contact bars, both on th'
engine and the rails, have two ends
one for danger and one for safety
The safety lever hasit own indepenu
emit electric circuit, and it moves al
Indicator on the engine.
The danger bell continues to rinl
until reset by simple apparatus tn,
which also acts as bell tester. In
safety bell rings for couple OF sec
opds. and shows the word "Safe" O.
the bell. The bell ceases to llns' !,
this case, as the lever ceases to oscl
late. the word "Safe" disappears.
j Evening Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15

--sJtount or sWaIeFsauuSu " ''SsStJ sSStnJ
i;na,1Tst5be known isothat the conditions
nav be identicaD this improved meth
I'd makes it possible to add @one por-
tion of water to each Of the pots In
The course Of two hours. This is ac-
oompl;shed by inserting the tin fun,
nels containing water in the 1unnel
holder on the side of the pot, as shown
in the illustration.
Next perhaps in importance to the
addition of water to the soil Is the de-
termination of the amount of moisture
contained in the pot at any given
period. For a long time this factor
was determined chiefly by an inspec,,
tion of the surface, with an occasional
weighing of the pot. This method
while capable of yielding excellent re-
suits when under the immediate SUI
pervision Of an expert, was frequently.
| interrupted, owing to the absence OF
DIR, WiIev, who was liable to be called
elsewhere by other duties. Accord
inply. it was deemed advantageous to
have q more rigid control OF the guam
tity of moisture present. Conse-
ouently, weekly weighings OF the pots
are now made, so that the quantity OF
moisture which has been evaporated
during the seven days may be directly
! determined. Knowing the quantity
necessary to produce complete satura-
tion of the soil, simple calculation
:. will show the quantity to- be added IN
order that the amount of moisture IL
the soil shall be between sixty and
seventy per cent. of the total quantity
necessary for its complete saturatlon
For a time the weighing of each in
diyidual pot not only consumed large
amount of time, but also proved
very arduous undertaking for the at
tendant in charge of the pots: Ac
cordingly, the method OF weighing
was improved by an ingenious me
chanical device which renders it pos
sible for one person, without assist
ance and without undue physical ez
ertion in the way Of lifting the pots
to weigh the entire lot of l76 IN aoou
! four hours. This is shown in one G
the accompanying illustrations, whic
: is also of special interest rs shown
d DR. Wiley himself in the act OF wrltln
9 down the weights.
The single-column Illustration show
= the screen or hood that has been az
{ vised for the purpose of protecting th
4 nlants from the action of the wind an
j. from the attacks of birds.
J. The laboratory work includes dete'
# limitations of the to tai amount OF dl
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
A TREADMlLL DOG.
One That Runs II Printing Press in q
Wisconsin Establishment.

One Ihat Runs II Printing Press In
| Wisconsin Establishment.
A dog which runs press is curl.
0sity in Plymouth, Wis. and is prob.
ably the only animal in the world do
ing this kind Of service. "Gyp," as
the dog is known, is owned by tie
Plymouth Review Company, and not
only runs off the edition of the paper
once week, but is also employed to
run large job press.
The dog IS an English mastiff,
weighing $50 pounds, and formerly
belonged to a Snowman who became
stranded there and left the animal at
one of the hotels. The proprietors of
the Review secured him, and his
tricks of operating a wheel were de-
veloped.
A wooden wheel, eight feet in di-
ameter and four feet wide, was con-
structed and balanced on shaft on
the end of which was placed pully to
drive main shaft. This shaft was
eoDleetad with inascolhmn. .nnMar
throw the dog into o rage. the nrst z.
is to have any one turn the Wheel
which Gyp has come to look upon as
his own, and second the sight OF q
particular cat. The latter fact IS
taken advantage of when the dog does
not tread fast enough. A glimpse OF
the cat is sufficient to increase the
speed of the wheel, and if the cat Is
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
A Marriage Test.

Both in the northern and western
islands of Scotland the natives nave
some peculiar customs unfamiliar 10
the dwellers on the mainland. One o.
these, known as the marriage test,
is practiced in the Island OF st. klida'
where the population barely exceeds
100. Every man, before he is deemed
suitable for husband, has to perform
an evolution attended with no little
bodily risk. The st. kildans are, OF
course. adept rock climbers, and the
aspirant for matrimony is therefore
subjected to the test of balancing him-
self on one leg on a narrow Ledge
overhauging a precipiee, bending ms
body at the same time in order to holo
the foot of his other leg IL his hands.
II found lacking in courage the
maiden withdraws from her betrotnai'
and should the man fall over tne ieage
il is presumed that in that case he
will be disqualified.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
The Seranade.

II is the confession of the young
man himself, Detroiter who went to
country village in the state to learn
business in general store.
eI dote Oh music. Out there were
some good players and we organized
string band. I can't perform on any
THING more difficult than iewsharp,
hut I was promoter, organizer, con-
ductor aud NIL that, so they named
the band after me. We never. played
for money, but went to the houses OF
friends, where we always had pleasant
entertainment, or took later turns at
serenading. We were ont on the lat
ter errand one night when l took the
hand to one of the largest and most
pretentious homes in the town. 1t
was brilliantly lighted up, and we
nlaved our catchiest selections, but
there was no response. We went
away mad, but finally gave the family
the benefit Of the doubt, and went
back later, but with no better re-
suit.
"Next morning I was busy at the
store when the village physician an
old school gentleman, came in smll
ing. lifted his hat and said, Good
morning, doc, and intimated that l
might send in bill if I wanted to. L
was dumfounded, for noddlng ac-
quaintance was all I had with the doc .
tor and the idea of his being so de-
fereutial was incomprehensible to me.
There appeared to be rush OF Gus, as,
toners that morning, and they all
wore peculiar smile that l could not NOT
interpret. At last got hold OF tne
little daily published there. 1t told
of the serenade at the big house, con-
cluding with the thanks OF the DOCTOR
and the family, and the assurance
that mother and son we're both doing
we'll The band never met again and
they named the boy Dewey "-Detroi'
Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
Went to Jail For q Dog

Mark A. Diamond, who died at the
Charity Hospital here recently, haa
become locally famous on account OF
his love for his dog. l..
Three times Diamond had been TO
iail to save the dogs life, and the dog
survives his master. 1t was not q dog
with pedigree upon which Diamond
lavished his affection, but PLAIN
everyday cur with bad temper. inns
had temper caused all the trouble.
The dog bit child about q year ago
and Diamond was arrested on tne
cha charge of keeping q vicious canine.
Recorder Finnegan gave him the al
ternative of killing the brute or gong
to iail. Diamond went to jail. Inc
same thing happened over again waen
Diamond had served out his nrs'
sentence. .a he
The second term having EXPIRED ne
was again with his dog, which eele'
brated his release by biting a young ing
man ten days ago. Diamonds health
was moor and the case against him was
continued two or three times, the ac
eused saying he would suffer impris
onment again rather than have his Pc
nut to death. On his way from tn
Court House several days ago ne 1ei
unconscious in the street and wa
taken to the Charity Hospital. wher
death came this morning. The cas-
has aroused much sympathy.-Ne'
Orleans DISPATCH to Baltimore Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
BUTTER DOUBLES ITS WEIGHT.
Novel Method Of loading Discovered ir
ro1.for,ffn

Novel Method Of Loading Discovered ir
California.
Some interesting experiments and
analyses have been conducted by the
chemists of the San Francisco health
department with the result that q
swindle In The adulteration of butter
will be exposed in formal report at
the next meeting OF the board of
health. Chief Food Inspector Dock
cry seized samples at suspicious but
ter in a house on mission street,
thinking that because it crumbled
apart like cheese it was merely COM
bination of oils or oleomargarine. He
was more than surprised, however,
on being told by Professor Green, the
chemist in charge, that the article
submitted for analysis was butter and
good average sample of butter at
that. There was but one peculiar
characteristic in the butter-water
oozed from it in. large drops when the
butter vas spread upon bread, and
when pressed with knife upon a
slab it decreased noticeably in bulk.
GLOW do you account for that?"
Dockery asked, his question being
prompted by the chemists statement.
'By the use OF a form of pepsin
and alkalis and salt the butter is
emulsified, or made to absorb its own
weight of water. For instance, in
making up the butter, one pound of
good butter was taken and put into
vessel with one pound of milk. A
little pepsin and salts of some kind
were added. Then the different in
gradients were churned together, and
after little while the milk had dis
appeared with the chemicals, and
there were two pounds of butter. This
compound will retain it's increased
weight for a considerable time, but
when exposed to the atmosphere the
outer edges dry and crumble like
cheese. All that can be said of the
samples is that they are sdoctored but
ter They give no signs of adultera-
tion."
L LOOK tllS stuH from +. ReAlnSet
in his room on Mission street," said
Dockery.
"They were making it in room in
Tie lodging houses and selling the
method. Rexinger showed me hand
:ul of twenties, and said he got them
rom fellow who had bought the Sc
,ret that morning for $780,"
"Rexinger came from Honolulu,
md must have brought the scheme
rom the islands, for I never saw any
hing like this butter before in San
Francisco. It tastes like any good
,utter, and one can be deceived till
-ou see the water coming out of it
rom underneath knife" +"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15

preparation of preliminary report is
under way. It will contain state
ments in regard to the composition of
the soils, their physical character, their
water-holding capacity, their contents
OF humus, and the percentage Of tlitro-
gen, phosphoric acid, and potash con-
tanned therein. both as regards total
confetti and in respect of the quanti-
ties removed by different solvents.
This report will be illustrated, not
only by analytical tables, but also
graphically in such way as to show
IN the most evident manner the rela-
tion which exists between the physical
composition of the soil, its contents Of
moisture, and the quantity Of dry or
ganic matter produced.
This is but one of several investiga.
tions now being conducted under the
direction of the Chief of the Chemical
Division of the Department Of Agri-
culture. The great value to the
farmer is obvious, for as a result of
this Investigation chemical analysis
OF given soil will at once determine
what plant foods may be deficient in
1t for the production of o given crop
and at the same time it will show the
farmer how to supply these defcien-
cies when practicable by the judicious
application of fertilizers or by suit
able rotation of crops. Thus in the
end it will demonstrate what crops
grown on given soil will yield the
greatest amount of profit to the farmer.
The slow and even tedious work
necessary for the satisfactory compile.
tion of investigations carried on in the
scientific bureaus of our Government
is not always appreciated by the gen.
eral public, but when the results that |
are sure to ensue are 80 far-reach- /!
ing in effects as those of the investiga-
tion which has just been so briefly out
lined, then, indeed, does the wisdom
of the work become clearly manifest. |
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
Entirely Too Personal.

During Scottish tour which the
Poet Wadsworth took with his sister
he s'v was greatly struck by Kilchurn 'tsnn,
On it. These verses happened to fall
un under Dc, the eye of boy who had been been
ai'aS as they he he began IN % tone sts;s{sa 9tsadsa
" ,nAeshed humanityT But the Ell
Ss feet Of the phrase was more immedi-
ote and more startling than anyone
conld c have imagined. For one Of the
two listeners land she was certainly
very sec thin) leaped to her feet e and s;. sz-
claimed. Indignantly: ''Well, lam the
thinnest woman in Ireland, but | :, can
not approve Of personal remarksF'-
Pittsburg Dispatch,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15

foithese experiments, which were be.
gu I'M 1899, and small greenhouse
ercted in which the plants are kept
5dring the night and in rainy weather,
tbIte at other times they are rolled out
int the Sit. This is easily accom-
pliRed, as the pots afe all on trucks
Iwheh may be moved at will along the
tfeks; as shown in the illustrations.
F6r q portion Of the Season oats and
be!ns were grown in duplicate samples
6ftgpical soils. After the crops from
tthsDe PLANTS had been harvested, the
sol 50 In the pots was again prepared for
planting, and a crop. of buckwheat
gfdwn: BY this means two crops are
lsecired during each season, SO that
tIs value of the experiment is largely
in8fsased; iii consequence of dupicat
lily the data obtained:
cry careful attention is naturally
gItRh to the water Supplied to the
poss and formerly at proper intervals
d Snown amount of distilled water was
adled5to the soil by means of glass
vessels, but as the work
hsg progressed, these have been dis
csfded and d number Of tin vessels,
sssh Holding two pounds of distilled
iFaEsf have been substituted. AS the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
AN OBITUARY GUILT.
Queer Donation by the Women ofa Maine
Parish to Their Past6r,s Wife:

Queer Donation by the Wom EN- ofa Maine
Parish to Their Pastors Wife:
Many queer gifts come to the
minister of New. England country
church at the annual donation visit Of
his parishioners; but the oldest and
creepiest thing of the kind that ever
knew of encountered once in forth:
ern Maine, said A: E. Stetson, mem
Der of New York publishing firm:
Il was book canvasser then, selling
religious works, and I stayed one,
night at the house of q Baptiss
preacher in the town Of Monson, since
become somewhat prominent through
the development of it's slate quarries;
The preacher was man of deep cru
dition, known far and wide for his
unworldliness and apostolic piety, and
his wife was a notable housekeeper.
There was good supper, and at o
O'Clock IN the evening prayers. These
over l went to bed in the best room
and, after the days hustling, slept
soundly.
Waking in the bright morning
sunlight my attention was ~Ftracted
by the odd pattern of the q il which
served as counterpane OH my Jed. It
was patchwork quilt, made in large
squares, and Oh every square was
ettering worked in black worsted. In
;he square Immediately before my !
ayes 1 spelled out the words: Sacred
% the memory of Solomon Tubbs.
Died Oct. 8, 1867. In the next square
vas inscribed: In memory of Martha
Phillips. Born June II, 1888. Died
an. IA, 1864 On every square was
u obituary notice couched in "a style
imilar to the first one that I read,
nd they covered time running from
S51 to 1857. The quilt, which I
earned afterward, was presented to
le PASTORS wife by the women of her
usband's congregation, combined the
tilities of counterpane with the
'cord of deaths in the parish for
'rm of sixteen years. That it was
'read in the best chamber showed
lat it was reserved for guests as a
ark of high consideration.
sat first sight the lnemento mort
laracter of the inscriptions was
lhe appallingto man just awakened.
Mt being guest at the same house
I some subsequent nights L got used
the obituary quilt and even derived
certain enjoyment from studying out
9 Inscriptions of mornings before I
It up from bed. So familiar did they
faRae ftaRRs tp tf my 13fss ptesed5 Dusrness m tne
atropolis. New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
,1n1e Meat and ManGoes.

A Cuban sugar planter, now conva'
Iescing in New York city after the is
land Campaign says: "I lived three
months on mangoes. We had not
morsel of meat, but once in while
few fishes we're caught in the streams:
These, however, were not very good
eating. Mangoes.are quite nutritious,
but we all became very thin. There
we're no bananas to be had. 1t was
not the season for guavas. After
awhile we got some mule meat, winch
tastes like pork, except that 1t Is Is
sweet. A fat young mule or horse is is
fine eating. would as soon have II
os beef. OF course, the spawned, dis
eased old car horse is no better than a
tough bull that has been starved =
New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

Cloth is now being successfully
made from wood.
The Scotch thistle is growing IN
Greece, although there it is called the
artichoke.
Tn the eighteenth century Polish
ladies' obliged heir daughters to wear
little bells IN order to proclaim where
they were all the time.
In Siberia, if man is dissatisfied
with the most trihing acts OF his wife,
he tears cap or veil from her 1ace'
and that constitutes divorce.
An eminent man of science has re-
Gently declared that red-haired peopl"
are far less apt to grow bald than those
wlo are possessed OF other coiored
hair.
There are parts of Spain where the
hat is unknown except in pictures.
The men, when they need covering,
tie up their heads, and the women use
| flowers.
Tn Abyssinia the murderer is de-
liyered into the hands OF the relatives
of his victim, who kill him in the
same manner in which he committed
the murder.
Some of the petrified wood found
in Arizona it is said, is so hard that
steel tools will not work 1t, the petrl
ficatlons being only three degrees less
in hardness than the diamond.
Tn the island of New Britain a maj
must not speak to his mother-in-law'
Not only is speech forbidden to hi
reIative but she must be avoided; ant
if by chance the lady is met, the son
in.law must hide himself or cover hi
fpcn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15

had relapsed into sulien tit; into their
carriage, the men babe me good night
and drove away, and I never set eyes
on the professor again. Yes, you
may rest assured never forget the
18th Of December
Thanking him for his story I bade
the lime-Burner good.by and left him
piling the wood or his great fire, which
threw d lurid glow on the interior of
hia shed. -Waverley magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15

not taken away after time the dog
would work himself into such pas
sion that the press would be torn TO
pieces by the speed. Gyp has been
doing the work, for two years, never
missing day, and seems to enjoy the
work. frequently getting into the
wheel in the middle of the night and
rnnnins half an hour or more just to
"warm up" as it were. When com
manded, the dog will start up OF stop
like q horse.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
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! TYPICAL SCENES AT 4
THE DEPARTMENT. . /
CT AGRICULTURE !
sTIinXING sAnni = s G
STUDYING SArlPiE SOILS.

The Department of Agriculture in
Washington has been wise in retains
ing during several successive admin
istratiohs its able Chief Of the Division
Of Chemistry: The result has been;
declares the Scientific American; from.
which this article. is taken; that dur:
ing the years of his tenure Of Office,
DR.: Harvey W:Wiley has been able to-
plan and complete several valuable
series of experiments None of these,I
perhaps, has occupied his closer in
terest and attention more than those
winch have had for their object the
study of the growth of various plants
Under similar conditions but with vary:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
FIFTY OTHER YEARS.

I've wandered to the city, Tom, I've hunted
up the spot
Where you and drowned chipmunks out,
in Highbee's meadow lot.
The lot is in the same place, Tom, and yet
The rosin weed and grass we knew, just
fifty years ago.
That same old patch of ground, Tom, where
Kirkbride kept his COW.
Is in a business centre, and you wouldn't
know 1t now. ~
Two sixteen-story houses, Tom. are stand
ins there to show
Bow things Lave changed since we were
kids, just fifty years ago.
A pair OF worn-out breeches, Tom, would
once have bought that lot.
had the breeches-could have bought it
just as we'll as not.
And good and hard kicked myself because
didn't know
Enough to pound sand in rat hole, fifty
years ago.
Chicago Record
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-15
Mans Ineratitude to His Horse.

Spokane, the horse that beat Proc
TOR Knott in one of the finest Derbys
that was ever run, winning his owner
$40, 900 and the Aeeting but bright re-
nown of the turf, has been brought
hock to the scene of his former tri-
nmnbs and sold Of auction for paltry
$40. Once horse that kings would
have been proud to own, now he
stands the chance OF becoming mlser-
oble hack in q road-wagon. The IN
gratitude that men who own race
5orses show to the animals which
served them so we'll is an old story
Huntsville Courier-J Journa!.