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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

1t is not generally known that all per-
sons to whom light gold is rendered may
break. cut or dcface any coin below the cur
rent weight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11
s1nn Reward. S1oo.

A Florida inventor has designed q steam.
boat to run on the ice in winter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

Talk OF an "open door, ut this season Of the
year naturally makes one feel chilly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

yKrAETED-Case IF bad health that R'lt.At,S
w viii nor benefit Send cts. TO Ripans Chemicei
% SewYork, for 10 samples and loou tcstimoniais.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

No-To-Bnc for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. 5Oc, 81. All druggists
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

flour neighbors objected to us as much as WI
do to them, we should think they would move
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

Liberia is the only town of any size il
Monrovia, with n population Of $4,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11
rho Yorld,s supply OF wheat.

An English expert prophecies o universal
dearth in the wheat supply. He claims that
6ths wheat producing soil Is unequal TO the
strain that will be nut upon It. Even now
when tho food supply of the world is ample,
thousands die because their disordered stom-
abs fail to properly assimilate tho food they
take Hostetters Stomach Bitters strengthen
and tone up the stomach and digestive organs,
aud enable them 70 perform their proper func
lions. This great remedy cures dyspepsia,
torpid liver, nervousness and fever and ague.
The ordinary cigar in Por:o aica can be
bought three for a ceEt.
Fits permanently cured. No FITS or nervous
ness after frst days use of Dr.. Klina' Great
Nerve Rostorpr So trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. r. Ii. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arca ST., Phila., Pa.
Frisco shipwrights get s5 for nine hours
work
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Catharttc.. 1oc or 25c.
lfC. C.. C. fail TO cure. druggists refund monoy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11
The SmokeIess Variety.

Waggles This war has shown that
powder should be unlike child.
,Juggles-What in the world do you
mean?
Waggles-It should be heard, not
seen.-JudGe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

The ordinary cigar in Por:o Rica can be
bought three fora cert.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11
To Cure a ! Cold In One Day

Take Laxative ;Bromo Quinino Tablets. AL
Druggists refund money If it fails to cure. &c
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11
800 Spanish Killed and 400 Wounded.

Revenue-cutter "Mc Culloch" at Hong-Kong
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

been ma
lures plan \
that women
otherwise
healthy
should suffer
so severely.
Lydia E. Pinl
, hams yege-
table Com G
pound is Z
the most {
thorough fe-
male regula-
tor known t.
medical sci
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

Frisco shipwrights get s5 for nine hours
work.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-11

DEWEY is ALL RIGHT.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-26
From Errand Boys to Peers.

There are no better examples Of indi-
viduals who have fought their way 10
fame and fortune than the cases or Lord
Mount Stephen and Lord Strathcona, VINO
have each risen to the highest point OF
eminence from the humblest prospects.
The former began life as an apprentice
to an Aberdeen draper. After further ex-
perience in a London shipping house he
emigrated TO Canada, and Joined his
cousin. who was in a dry-gOods bust
ness. This marked the turn in the tide
of his fortunes. for he quickly became
manufacturer bank president, and then
pioneer of the Canadian Pacific railway.
Lord Mount stephens charity is as bound
less as his wealth.
Lord StrathcOna began life as an err
rand boy In an obscure Scottish village,
emigrating to New York A few months
later he worked his way up into Canada,
and eventually entered the service OF the
Hudson-Bay Company. then at the climax
of its power and prestige. Beginning at
the very bottom OF the ladder he forged
his way up 10 the very top. The knowl-
edge he obtained OF the capabilities OF
Canada was immense. At a moment
when the construction OF the Canadian
Pacific railway seemed in danger. owing
10 the hesitation Of capitalists and OF the
Dorilnion Government to contribute to-
ward the undertaking. he came forward
with Lord Mount stephen and few
f-iends. and guaranteed the whole of the
capital required for the line. thus as
su,r,ng it's creation and success. They
richly deserve the distinction OF being
STYLED Canada's pair OF Grand Old Men.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-26
Grant skeleton in wall street.
lew York Correspondence Pittsburi
Dispatch)

New York Correspondence Pittsburg
Dispatch)
Judging by the human skeleton that
was dug up under the Aston building at
No. 10 Wall street to-day, there were
giants peopling the present money dis
trict before Peter Stuyvesant took
charge OF New Amsterdam and decreed
that men should hold down their height
and put It into width. The skeleton mea-
sures feet inches from the top OF the
skull 20 the bottom OF the feet. IL was
found - feet below the street level by
some worl5men who were digging a SUD-
cellar for an engine-room. The whole
skeleton was found with the exception
OF a few OF the ribs. 1t gave the viva
cious brokers great opportunity 10 rattle
their wit against the dry bones OF the
ancient gentleman unearthed for their
amusement. One suggested that he must
have been a lamb" whose leg had been
pulled by the bulls and bears Of his time
until he had reached his unusual length.
Another thought that he may have been
a Viking, who was the original Aston, 10
whom that newly made British subject,
william Waldorf Astor, looks back with
reverence. Still others said that he was
IL WIZ ldu AbA4~ NyWn " AAA'
street for a shoe-string gamble on stocks,
had been picked clean, and then thrown
in his present fieshless condition into
hole. 70 think what a fool he had been.
Another theory was that the owner OF
the bones was the ruler Of the Stock Ex-
change when supremacy in the money
market was maintained by physical
strength, and that the present Wan
street had been built over his remains as
tribute TO the giant I'm the manipula-
ton OF puts and calls. All these ideas
were exchanged amid the laughter that
Is always rife in Wall street, even in tho
most critical moments. And then the
Coroner had the bones carted away. that
he might hold an inquest over them In
the prosaic manner Of the present day.
Romance Is all very well. but the law
takes cognizance Of a human skeleton
only as the indication OF possible MIR
der. and 1t expects the Coroner 10 ferret
out tho crime-if he can. In this case the
end OF the investigation will probably be
death from unknown causes" ana the
skeleton will find It's way into some medi-
cal museum.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-26
Personals and Briefs

Mr.. ]. Z. Bell, OF Lynchburg, is in The
city
Miss Ellen L. Linn. OF Petersburg, Is
the guest Of Miss Matte Pegram, 1910
west Main street.
Misses Minnie and Sadie Angle and Dr.
solomon Angle are visiting Mrs. wal
oripp. at jamestown.
Mr.. Aylett w. Goddin, OF the South
ern Manufacturing company, left we'd
nesday night for jacksonville, Fla.
Mr.. ]. A. McGilvray. OF the Department
Of Education, and Wife have retuIheu
from Waynesboro', where they spent sew
eral weeks.
Treasurer w. II. Street. Of Essex. and
Sheriff William NJ Crouch, Of Goochland,
were visitors II the state Library build
ing yesterday.
Rev. Charles T. williamson II At
lsuta Ca. formerly Of this city. VIII
preach AT Sev nth-S,reet Christian
church Sunday morning
Rev. Mr.. Pouison, pastor OF North Run
md Mount Vernon churches I'm HenucO,
will preach at Emmanuel BAPTIST church
tomorrow, both morning and night.
The Board Of Directors Of the Metno-
dist Sunday-SchOol Society Of Richmond
end Manchester will meet nj Broad
Street Methodist churca Sunday after
noon at $3.50 O'Clock.
Mr.. William Rueger has on exhibition
az his restaurant what a. said to be the
largest watermelon ever grown in Nlr-
emia. II weighs 20 pounds, ana is the
product of Henrico farm.
After the performance OF Al. G. Fields
MINISTRIES at the Auditorium tonight, a
stag social will be rendered the company
at the Elks' Home. Mr.. Field IS proiil-
nent member of this popular cfder'
Mr.. Henry Paunin ana his two little
girls. Oily and Estelle. Whp are Woiuel-
ful bicyCle-riders accompanied by MIs'
Burcu have returned from up 10
Canada. and are stopping al the 81 Cldlre
Hotel.
Invitations have been issued for, the
marriage Of Miss Lillian Elsie Holt 70
residence of Miss Fannie Wood. lO' We5l
CLAY street, Wednesday evening p
TENDER 9th at O'Clock.
Rev. G. L. Bane has returned to the
city, after two weeks vacation spent ia
the Blue Ridge. ANA will preach at
Union Station Methodist church, corner
Twenty-fourth and Nelson streets, TO-
morrow al II \. NJ. and y. VI.
William Tolcr. an employee of the ship
yard. was badly bruised by The raining
OF crane az 1000 Ocioch YESTERDAY
morning Or. Cunningham, In charge OF
the ambulance, responded 70 call ana
treated Mr.. Toler, leaving him.
Rev Dr. l. NJ Mercer. who. during
the past two weeks has been engaged IN
successful revivals in Mathews and MID
dlesex counties, has returned = the city
and vii I'll his pulpit az Mest-Niew u y,
list church tomorrow, both morning and
night.
DR.. II. l.. Jones, who has returned from
attendance upon the sessions OF Ine
Masonic Congress Of the United states,
held at Cleveland. o., was elected as one
OF the delegates from the United states
to meet old World MasOns at the Paris
Exposition in 1900. DIT Jones Is Grahd
Master of colored Masons Of virginia.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-26

the last quarter OF this year will break
all previous records.
J. Il. Banks, who conducts the Golden
Gate Loan Company, to-day flle1 a petit
ton i'm voluntary bankruptcy. His Habit
ties are placed at 5000: assets. NIL.
Governor p. T. WDodhn. Of the Nation
al Soldiers Home, and Mr.. r. G. Blck-
ford. who bought the corner lot Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio elevator property
at Evenly eighth street and Washington
avenue yesterday for $1,000 will shortly
commence the erection OF a 5000 Office
building on the land.
CAUGHT IN THE HURRICANE.
The schooner oscar G. Smith. Of Phila-
delphia. which arrived IN port to-day,
had an exceedingly rough experience in
the recent hurricane Her master. Cap
tain William 5. Crawford, OF COllinswood,
y. J.. was washed overheard and drown
ed. The ships stern was badly damaged,
her sails were torn, and she lost one Of
her boats
The Smith sailed from New York Au-
gust 9Th with "a cargo of tankage gar
bage for Savannah. Her crew numbered
seven men. including Captain Crawford
and First-Mate c. Olthaus When in lati-
tude S3.4 and longitude 7i3 west, south
east Of Hatteras. the vessel was caught
in the West Indian hurricane The wind
was blowing at the rate Of ninety mi es
an hour. according 10 Mate Olthaus. IL
was on August 18th when the vessel en-
countered the furious part Of the hurri-
cane, and it was on that day that Cap
tain Crawford was washed overheard
Mate Olthaus took charge Of the ship
and the crew repaired her as best they
could. They set sail for Hampton Roads,
and passed in to-day. The Smith Is owned
by Franklin Smith, of Philadelphia.
HE EVIDENTLY FORGOT HIMSELF.
Edward Henderson. fourth mate OF the
British steamship Cayo Blanco ana a
Priton himself. was to-day fined $3.50 for
conductins himself I'm a disorderly -Aan-
ner ashore. cursing the American nag
and Safeguarding the police If the
limited States" The usual fine for DIS
orderly conduct is g. but Henderson,
disrespectful utterances against the nag
of the nation cost him the additional
amount.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-26

Smith-both badly handled by the Storm
and very nearly given up by their own
ers. The Mccullough sailed from TINS
port for Savannah, with coal, August Sth.
She caught the first force of the hurri-
cane on the 18th, and from then III the
10Th Jared badly. Her full story Is as yet
unknown, but when she arrived at the
Canes her boats were gone, her foremast
was broken off. her mainsail and fore
staysail were gone. and the crew were on
short rations and without water, and her
first signal was for water, OF which
barrel was at once furnished by the cape
Henry life-saving crew.
The oscar g. Smith was towed 10 New
port News, and her signal showed enc
life lost. This proved TO be that OF her
CAPTAIN. William s. Crawford, who was
washed overheard by a huge wave Au-
gust 18th. She had her sails torn, ana Iost
one boat. she encountered what is tsu-
mated to have been ninety-mlie VIM
I'm latitude % 40 north. longitude ti "est'
and this lasted nearly two days.
Captain French. the wrecker, mas san
ed. with "A wrScking outfit for RoaaoKe
Landing marches. 10 rescue the steamer
Neuse. which IS nearly a mile lniihd III
the marchoe. in feet Of water
The Diamond Shoal lightship is report
ed by seamen 20 be In bad position as
she lies stern-foremost in quicksand'
A vessel which was lost in the SOUND
Il thought to be the schooner Salhe Pur-
nell. Beswick, well known In Noriolk ana
Baltimore.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-26
VETERANS At CUMBERLAND.
Reunion of Company c., Third VIZ
gfnia CavaIry-SOcinl News.

y
CUMBERLAND COURTHOUSE, VA,
August 25.-(Special) 1.-The annual reunion
of the Cumberland Troop, Company c.
Third Virginia Cavalry. was held here
Thursday. The attendance was very good,
and i large number Of persons gathered
TO hear the Grafton Of Captain John
Lamb. Of Richmond. He was introduced
nv Sergeant John b. Phillips in very
happv manner. Captain Lamb was given
close attention during his entire speech
and when he referred 20 scenes familiar
TO the "vets" or expressed sentiments
with which they agreed the old yell was
given as in days Of yore.
CAPTAIN LAMB THANKED.
At the close of his speech Colonel Ro-
bert n. Hubbard, adjutant of the Third
Virginia Cavalry. in very touching and
eloauent manner spoke Of his knowledge
of captain Lamb as captain of the Charles
Citv Troop. and offered the following
resolution. which was unanimously adopt
ed
"Resolved. That the thanks Of this re-
union of Company G. Cumberland troop
of the Third Regiment Of Virginia Caval-
~ stuarts Corps, Army Of Northern
Virginia. are hereby rendered to Comrade
John Lamb, captain Company D (Charles
CITY Troop Of said regiment, Tor his elo-
ouent speech on this occasion.
Resolved. That we congratulate the
Commonwealth in her good fortune III
having still in her public service SOL
dior So able. faithful, and true as John
Lamb. one who will guard her honors
and advance her civil interests with the
same zeal with which he defended her SOL
and her hearthstOnes for four years or
b,oodv war; a citizen who has proven
himself in all conjunctures true 10 MS
family. his country. and his God.
RESOLVED. That a copy of these resolu-
tions no certified TO the Hon. John Lamb
and q copy be furnished the Richmond
Dispatch for publication
Several short addresses were MADE Dy
members and friends, and sump'uouS
dinner was served 10 all Of the veterans
IN Red Rose Inn. Many tales were 'oiu
and incidents recalled. .,l,,-o,r-0
OUR CORRESPONDENI iiO-> -,
AR V Walden was elected an honorary
,,,',',bor If the Cumberland Troop Asso-
citation. he being a son u i'''
the same regiment. -, o
Tbe Young folks Of the village had
- i,sigbtful dance at the Vaughan
f1olso Thursday night. Mr. Tony Mlller
f',r,isbed the music, which was aPpiS
atate1 and enjoyed by his many IilehuS
49, ne will deliver the Grafton peloIe
me cumberland Grays," the infantry
cD'r,,onv who will celebrate their reuIio"
the ladies Of Grove Methodist cnu lrGI1
non hsre gave very pleasant entertain
,nent last wednesday evening u VIZ
- drama entitled, "Ten Nights IN a I" pan
Room" Those who participated ulu WVn
and won many laurels In their mrs. a. ~
noarance on the stage. III W ouiu ~, %
so'.a ,,,ue, mart might make tour them
paT and that Messrs. Powers
5,,'.oh could star with the celebrities Oh
.h IA, dav The Dutch Irritation driil. exc,
me S@ ~. ,on very pretty girls with United
c c. ~ eegs was very much ENJOYED
Mics Robertson recited several selections elections
in most acceptable manner nei I'ado
m ~ were served and nice sum ii'u'
for the church.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-26
APPETITE coMEs by EATING.
You shouId Overcome the Inertia
Which Discnrds Food.
Boston Herald)

Hungry as q shark" says many a
man as he sits down 10 breakfast on
bracmg winter morning and falls 70 IN
discriminatory on oatmeal, chops baked
potatoes or whatsoever offers. mo de-
sire for a morselr' often says the same
man as he takes his seat on one Of these
muggy. dog-day August mornings end
languidly surveys the set-out on the
board. Not even a spicy nutmeg melon.
cut in halves, stuffed with cracked ice,
and breathing a delicious fragrance
through the room, makes appeal enough
to hts faded senses TO tempt him TO raise
a spoon 10 his lips and transfer a little
gouge out of the melon into his mouth.
What is the reason of all this? Pure
lazinessl The mans tongue. his nostrils,
his jaws his salivary glands, his inter-
nal pepsin apparatus-all that constitute
him physically-are permeated with lazl-
ness, and as aVerse to any kind OF work
as n tramp to saving wood for a break
fast. The tramp is affected I'm this way
only so far as his muscles and his will
are involved No one ever knew him 70
reject an unsawed-for breakfast. But
here IS the case Of a man totally aban-
doned TO laziness In muscle nerve,
senses, desire, secretion and feeling His
system has struck work in evesy organ
from crown to toe. He is listiesN inert,
apethetic, tramp, breakfast, and all.
Few people ever study the subject Of
laznoss as it deserves TO be studied-es-
pecially by the lazy themselves. That
is one of its worst symptoms that IL
makes n man too inert even 20 want TO
study what makes him inert. Your over
seer Of the poOrhouse. stick in hand,
does study it-that Is, in other people
and comes TO certain very decided opin-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-26
WATERING FLYING ENGINES.
-Four Thousand Gallons Taken j"
while the Train il I'm Notion


Among the remarkable features OF moo
ern railway travel the one that always
attracts attention is the trick Of taxing
water by the engine while It Is In MOTION
The American tourist has become accus-
TONED to seeing the narrow trough, 100
or Loo feet long, at various dead level
points along the road, and he knows that
tho strip Of water which II contains Is
scooped I'D BY the engine as 1t speeds
over the tracks. But people from Foreign
countries often ask questions about the
v,ater between the tracks, and marvel
when they hear the story about drink
ing" the engine on the fly.
What seems n marvellous mechanical
coutrivance is an extremely simple tnllg'
4 ripe with a scoop end is fastened 10
the tender. It Is shaped, with the TOP
end pointing in TO the water tank ana the
bottom curled under the BODY OF the ten
der Nv a series Of levers this end may
he dropped until IT reaches the level OF
the ties. When the engine reaches the
trough the fireman drops the scoop end
which Is 31-2 inches high and Il inches
dido into the trough, into which 1t sinks
q distance of about 6 inches or Wltnin
an inch Of the bottom. II may wapDle
slightly without doing any harm, because
the trough is q inches wide Dropping
the end is all that is done, for the motion
Of the engine does the rest. The water
PUSHES into the pipe and thence into the
tank with rush and force which sug-
gests TO the unlnitiated the use OF power
ful engines.
.'The most remarkable thing about the
water-talling SCOOP" said New York
Central railroad Official. sis the fact That
the speed OF the train must be reduced
when the water is taken on. IL reaches
the bends in the pipe with such force that
If the train were allowed to go at It's
regular speed. the metal would be sefi-
ousIv strained. so we reduce the speed
TO about thirty miles an hour, and have
the best results"
While the engine is passing over tho
trough at the rate ~ thirty miles an hour
II takes UP about 40O) gallons Of water
about as much as would be contained IN
100 spirit barrels.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-08-26
AsECDoTE or VAN BUREN.
How He Promptly Turned n Point by
a Good AnecdOte.

Once when John Van Buren,, son Of
President Van Buren,. was making a
speech in behalf Of his father, an oil
Democrat rose in the audience and up
braided him as a boter. Few men were
more effective on the stump or quicker
at repartee than John, and he replied TO
the charge with an anecdote something
like this: zone day a man on horseback
came I'D with a boy who was cOntending
with an overturned load Of hay. Instead
of tossing the hay back in the wagon. the
boy was energetically tossing it hither
and thither, regardless Of where it land
ed. The traveller halted and said: Ny
young friend, why do you work 50 fu-
riously this hot weather? Why do you
not toss the hay back in the wagon and
be more deliberate in your labors?' The
boy stopped, wiped the streaming per-
spiration of his face on his shirt-sleeve,
and. pointing TO the pile Of hay on the
roadside. exclaimed: Stranger dads
under thar and then he set about work
more furlously than ever"