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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28
INGERSOLL Thu NAN
REV. A. N. ALCOTT, OF MINNEAP-
OILS, breaches ON THE
GREAT AGNOSTIC
DUTIFUL TO HOME AND STATE

me Exponent of UnbeIief Was
thoughtful, Cultured and SchoI-
arIy, Having Received a ReIIx-
tOus Education in CaIvinistIc
HOme-He Spent His Life Force
Preaching His Theories.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28

1t will, doubtless, send a thrill like an
electric shock through Admiral Dewey
to learn that the much-vaunted home
fund" has now mounted to $19S4S
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28

The last squad Of returning Klondikers
say that they saw no game along the
road. Quite likely there was not money
enough in the crowd to start one
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28

The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
editorially inquiries, HAS Aguinaldo
Learned Something" Yes. He has learn
ed to distrust woathercockish, hypocrit-
ical Republican administration.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28

Seine Of the Republican journals appear
to have discovered that Mr.. Mckinley
has a philippine policy" Summed up
the policy, so far as Aguinaldo is con-
cerned, is Take a licking and look pleas
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28

When the drama of ''Dreyfus'' is put
on the stage NJ. Guerin and Paul Derou-
leda will likely be lugged in as a couple
of low comedians.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-28
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATUREs,
TWO NIIssPESr LIVES

-ashington time q D. m. St. PauD.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
Rivers In Siberia.

Many mighty rivers flow through
the entire breadth Of Siberia into the
Northern sea, Chief among them are
the Obi, Yenisei and Lena, with main
stems extending 1000 or 1,200 miles to
the south, and by their radiating trib'
utaries spreading fan-like through an
immense area, whose water fall they
convey to the ocean, The Yolga Is
navigable for 1000 miles, and splen'
did steamers ply upon it. A canal
connects Lake Ladoga with the head
of navigation Of the Volga at Ry-
binsk, so that vessels can go from the
Baltic down the Volga to the Caspian
sea, cutting right through the middle
European Russia and bisectng it with
a waterway of over $500 miles.
The railroad crosses the Volga at
Batraki over q bridge which is one
of the engineering marvels Of the age.
The river at this point is mile wide
at low water. At times of high water
it is from. four to eight miles. wide.
The channel below the bridge at low
water has q depth Of twenty feet and
q high water mark Of 100 feet. The
velocity of the current at the flood is
thirty feet per second, and at low wa
ter fifteen feet. The bridge is a mile
long, built in four sections of 360 feet
each, and is 135 feet above the river
at low water. A Russian engineer de-
signed and executed it.-Detroit Free
Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
Puzzled the Old Woman.

A wag was requested by an old lady
to read the newspaper to her. lie read
as follows: Last night yesterday
morning about / o'clock in the after
noon before breakfast hungry boy
about 40 years old bought big GUS
tard for a penny and threw it through
q brick wall nine feet thick, and jump
ing on it broke his right ankle off
above his knee, and fell into dry
mill pond and was drowned. About
forty years after that on the same day
an old cat had nine turkey gobblers, a
high wind blew yankee doodle on q
flying pan, and killed a cow and two
dead pigs at Boston, where deaf and
dumb man was talking to his aunt
Paul" Whereupon the old lady, TAX
ing long'areath, exclaimed, "do tell"
-Carlock Tines.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
The Japanese and Their Hair.

The most striking difference be.
tween the appearance of the male and
female Japanese lies In the hair. The
men shave nearly the whole Of the
head, while the women allow it to
grow, and even add to it by art when
required. It is then twisted and coiled
into elaborate and fantastic patterns,
which few Eastern hairdressers could
initiate or equal.
The hairpins used are not so much
for confning the hair rs for actual
adornment, and are very fashionable.
They are of enormous size, seven or
eight inches in length, and half an inch
wide, and are made Of various sub
stances-tortoiseshell, carved wood and
iyory-many Of them beng composed
of carved figures adroitly pivoted so as
to appear to dance at every breath
drawn by the wearer.
Others are made Of glass and are
hollow, and nearly filled with some
bright colored liquid, so that ut every
movement of the head an air bubble
runs from one end of the pin to the
other, producing most curious ef-
feet in n strong light.
Sometimes IN extra fashionable wo-
man will wear n dozen or more Of these
pins in her hair, SO that ut little
distance her head looks as If bundle
of frewood had been closely stuck in
to If
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
The Value of he Separator:

A. x. Hyatt tells. in the Indiana
Farmer his opinion OF the separator
after using one five; years. He bought
it that he might be able to feed better
the twenty calves year that he de-
sired to raise; and he says: -
1.-THE separator gave us at least two
pounds more butter a day than we
could get by deep setting. We got
from three to five pounds more butter
a day by running it through the sep
arator. at home warm than we were
credited with for the same milk at the
creamery. Two hundred pounds of
milk fresh from the cow and warm
from the separator seemed to make
more gain with young pigs and calves
than double the pounds MS we got it
from the creamery. Microbes and
flies and rinsings do not seem to set
we'll on the stomachs of young stock.
The separator would save us trip
every morning to the creamery, and
often an hour OF two waiting for our
milk. 1t would save our aerating and
cooling our nights milk. 1t would
save three or four cents for making
our milk into butter, and we. could get
three or four more cents for our but
ter if we made it than Elgin prices, or
: from the factory" ,..,..-.-.
( !: Thatis strong testimony from prac-.
sicaf dairyman, and he adds that the.
6rst year he raised thirty-six calves
instead OF his usual twenty, and the
f, extra sixteen could have been sold for;
enough to pay for the separator. =
American Cultivator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
Tho Woman and Her $40 ELL.

She got on street car and rendered
the conductor $40 bill in payment
for her fare. The poor conductor
looked beat and jingled his change
pocket with an air of uncertainty. 81
can hardly change that for you" he
said, 'for it would take all the change
L have" Then he got off his car
and tagged another that was coming
along. The conductor on that car
saw the dimensions of the bill and
gave the other man the laugh.
In the meantime the woman was
explaining to the passengers that she
had to run to catch the car, and that
the bill was the smallest she had, and
that she supposed the conductor
would "kick," as she expressed it.
She said the conductor would hardly
put her off the car, in spite of the fact
that he had already rung up the fare.
The conductor came back and told the
lady that she would have to wait un-
till the car got to the Office before he
could change the bill. She replied
that she was going off the car before
it had gone SO far. ~
At this juncture a man who sat in
the corner quietly called the conduc-
tor over and slipped him SO in small
silver change. The conductor gave
the hatful of weighty silver to the
woman, and-weIl. she was mad, but
she only had to take it just the same.
The passengers smiled and the con-
'ductor wore the expression Dewey is
said to have put on when he got square
with that German Communicates
lumbus Dispatch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
An Authnrin Embryo.

The teacher of school in the rural
districts assigned each pupil the task
of writing an original story.
On the day when the stories were
read bright little towhead arose and
started in as follows:
"On the green slope OF a mountain
stood first class Jersey COW with
three legs"
"That won't do, Johnnie" inter.
rupted the teacher, 'you are one leg
"No, I ain't," replied the future
author, "you don't wait to git my
plot, which is that a railroad train cut
off one leg and tie owner of the COW
got $4,000 damages an moved his
whole family to Paris in time fer the
Exposition, where the girls will be
married to rich Frenchmen and die
happy ever afterward!"-Atlanta Con-
stitution.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
-.-' -'s--
Alaskan SIedgcs.

The Alaskan sleds are built of wood
rs light as is consistent with strength,
and dashed together with hide ropes,
so that the whole framework will give
readily and not be easily broken by
the constant rough usage to which
they are subjected. The sled is from
nine to ten feet long, and eighteen or
twenty inches wide, with the rum
ners one foot deep, shod with walrus
ivory or strips of bone fashioned out
of the jaw-bone Of the whale. The
rails or sides are about eighteen inches
high, and at the rear end Of. the sled
are handles coming up high enough for
a man. to push and; guide it without
bending very much. There is q cover
made of light drilling which is spread
in the bottom of the: sled, and large
enough so that after the articles have
been packed on snugly 1t hauls up
over the load and the ends overlap on
top. The load is then lashed the whole
length of, the sled with hide thongs
Harper's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
When A Monkey Is n DOG.

A good story Of an amusing alterca-
ton which once took place between
MIR. Frank Buckland and booking
clerk is revived by the Windsor Maya
zine. The. naturalist had been in
France, and was returning via South
ampton with an overcoat stuffed with
specimens of all sorts, dead and alive.
Among them was monkey, which
was domiciled in large breast pock-
ct. AS Buckland was taking the ticket,
Jocko thrust up his head and attract
ed the attention of the booking clerk,
who Immediately and very properly
said, "You must have q ticket for that
dog, if it's going with you"
"Dog?' said Buckland, Indignantly;
"it's no dog, It's a monkey
"It's q dog" replied the clerk.
"It's a monkey" retorted Buckland,
and proceeded to show the whole ami
NAL, but without convincing the clerk,
who insisted on the money for. the dog
ticket to London.
Naturally nettlcd at this, Buckland
plunged his hand into another pocket
and produced tortoise, and, laying
it on the sill of the ticket window,
said. perhaps you'll call that a dog,
too"
The clerk inspected the tortoise.
mo" said he, We make no charge for
them-thcy,re insects" -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
HYRNo1lsM AS A CURE.
Professor Ouackenbos Uses 1t to Reform
Cigarette Smokers.

Professor Ouackenbos Uses 1t to Reform
Cigarette Smokers.
DR.. John D. Quackenbos, emeritus
professor at Columbia university, New
York city, has been conducting some
interesting experiments in hypnotism
for some time past. He has cdred boys
of the cigarette habit, he says, and at
least one boy has been induced to
cease stealing, as his records show.
DR.. Quackenbos cited several cases, as
follows:
"Andrew B, professional thief,
smoked three packages of cigarettes
daily; had been stealing for 12 years;
had a sneaking, hang-dog look and re-.
pulsive manner. Said that the desire
to steal was irresistible.
"l hypnotized him March 19. 1
suggested that lie abandon both cigar
cites and stealing. He returned in q
week. The old hang-dog look had
disappeared. He said that the desire
to steal had completely left his mind.
He was also cured Of the cigarette
habit. s.i
Crank White, watchman, twenty
years old, had smoked thirty cigar
cites a day for nearly eight years. He
was very nervous and afflicted with
knee jerks. I hypnotized him March
19, and suggested that he reduce his
rations to four cigarettes a, day. He
returned on the following Wednesday
and said since Sunday he had smoked
but five cigarettes and three pipes.
He was again hypnotized, with there
suit that he was completely cured of
the cigarette habit.
"John O'Neil, twenty years old.
He had smoked twelve cigarettes a
day:and stammered badly. After he
was hypnotized I suggested that he
not only abandon the use of cigarettes,
but also that he should cease stammer-
ing. He slept thirty minutes. When
he awoke he called to me in clear
voice and without trace of stammer-
ing. He was completely cured of that
impediment of speech and also cured
of the cigarette habit.
"Andrew Kelley, coal shoveller,,.
eighteen years old, smoked twenty-five
cigarettes daily. He was very ner-
vous and his heart pal2itated Violent
". I hypnotized him and suggested
that lie reduce his allowance of cigar
cites. He returned week later. and
said that he had smoked but four in
the interval. I hynotized him again
end he was completely cured"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
OUR WELL-cLoTHED TROOPS.
The Array of Apparel Provided for Sol
tiers I'm the Philippines.

The Array of Apparel Provided for Sol
dicrs in the Philippines.
Officials of the quartermaster's de-
partment, Washington, say that no
troops were ever better provided for
IN the matter of personal apparel than
the regulars now serving in the Philip
pines. The selection of garments has
been made after careful study of the
clothing requirements for troops Of
other nations in tropical service, par
ticularly the British troops. For every
enlisted man of the regular service
now in the Philippines there has been
provided this comprehensive array OF
clothing: An unlined blouse, two
khaki suits, two pairs of Berlin gloves
for parade duty, a campaign hat, a
cork hamlet, a pair of leggings, o
poncho blanket, two light-weight
shirts, pair of barfack shoes, pair
of russet shoes, three pairs of light
weight cotton stockings, two white
duck suits, pair of trousers of six
teen-ounce kersey, two cotton under
shirts, two wool uudershirts, two outer
shirts of gingham or chambray, two
pairs of jean drawers, two nankeen
shirts, two abdominal bandages, one
mosquito bar and one mosquito head
net.
This complete outfit may be obtained
by the soldier for S2S. 35 if he is an in
fantry man or 81. 40 more if mounted.
It is not required that the soldier
shall draw all these articles and have
them charged against his clothing al
lowance, but everything enumerated
will be on hand if required. Some of
the articles the soldier is obliged to
have.
The cork helmets were manufactured
especially for the soldiers in the Phil
ippines, and the russet shoes, an
innovation, are splendidly made and
would cost at least 81 pair at n retail
store. To the soldier these shoes
cost $2.12. There has been complaint
that the enlisted men at Manila do
not want to wear abdominal bandages
and that many Of them prefer the
chambray or linen shirt to that of
flannel. The army authorities object
to the soldiers wearing the gingham
shirt without an abdominal Dandage
and have instructed officers i'll the
Philippines to encourage the men who
object to the bandages to adopt the
flannel garment, which i'll measure
serves the hygienic purpose OF the
bandage.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
Making of Baby Scales.

The making Of infant scales is said
to be growing industry. An infant
scale of new design is finished in
white enamel. The plate upon which
the weights are placed is of iron pol
ished until it looks like steel mirror.
At the other end of the balance, where
the pan would ordinarily be, is the
basket. fashioned with a view to the
convenient and comfortable holding of
n child. The basket also is enamelled.
The base Of the scale projects in front
to afford place for the weights, which
are of polished iron, the larger ones
being provided with handles. The
fractional weights are taken by means
of sliding weight on beam attached
to the front cf the scale.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
Fragrant Flo werinc Plants.

Some flower lovers care only for
dainty colors in flowers, while others
find pleasure only in the fragrant sort.
/ In many, flowers dainty coloring and
delightful fragrance are combined.
Somey-of our most snowy flowers pos
<sess no 'fragrance-such as the hibi-
sens, hydrangea, dahlia and gladiolus
while some of the tiuiest flowers
emit the most delightful fragrance.
SAllsof the spring Towering bulbs
and most of the lilies are very fra
grant, but when we think of fragrant
towering pot plants, they are not very
numerous. Of.all our fragrant flower
ing pot plants there is nothing more
universally popular than the hello.
trope, with its dainty blue, purple and
white flowers and delightful perfume.
Where one can care for them over
winter, they will live for years and
grow into large plants.
I find the best treatment for plants
that have been bedded out over sum.
mer is to cut back all the branches to
within few inches of the ground;
they then branch more freely and give
greater abundance of bloom during
the second summer. Heliotrope is
valuable either for pot culture or for
bedding out in summer. When
bedded out and given rich soil, sun
shine and plenty of moisture, small
plants will grow into large specimens
by the end OF summer, and attain the
height of about three feet. Although
all heliotropes are fragrant, the flow
ers of some sorts are larger and much
more fragrant than others.
The carnation is one of the we'll
known, fragrant towering plants which
combines both beauty and fragrance,
and is so free towering and easily
grown that almost anyone can succeed
with it. There are many excellent
varieties catalouged and new sorts are
being added each year. The most i'm
portant requisites of good carnation
are long, stiff.stems, thick petals dis
tinctly fringed, and distinct spicy
odor. Here we find all the shades
found in any other flower except blue.
We find them from the deepest Grim
son to the daintiest sea shell pinks.
Then there are some few whites, as
white as snow; but most whites are
slightly: tinged with color. There are
some clear yellows, but most of the
yellows are penciled and blotched with
other color I1suolly red
Then there are jasmine, the sweet
est of all flowers, the bouvardias, with
jasmine-like fragrance, and the tall
oleanders, with vanilla-like fragrance.
/ Some OF our ANNALS are very sweet
ly scented. A few OF the verbenas are
very fragrant, but not all. A vase
filled with flowers of the phlox drum
mondi will perfume whole room with
n very agreeable odor. Nasturtiums,
with their distinct spicy odor, have
lost none of their popularity, although
they are old fashioned plants. Late
of summer evening bed of single
petunias will perfume the air with a
very pleasant fragrance.
The pansy, sweet-alyssum and
candytuft all possess some fragrance,
although it is not very distinct in the
first two. Geraniums. must not be
forgotten, nor violets, disputing for
the crown with the rose.-Laura
Jones in the Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12

the soil the less covering they should
have. Cover only few inches deep
at first, frming the soil we'll about the
roots, and allowing the remainder to
be worked in by the subsequent cul-
tivation.
Give thorough cultivation during
the growing season, and in the fall cut
the tops and burn them on the ground
to destroy the seed, which, if allowed
to grow, will make mess of young
plants-the worst Kind of weed in an
asparagus bed. The following spring
put on good coating of fine manure
and spade it in with spading fork as
early as the ground will work well.
In spading, care should be taken
not to injure the crowns of the plants.
This treatment should be repeated
each succeeding year. IT the plants
have made a-good, strong growth the
first season, they may be cut o few
times the following spring, but it is
better to let them grow two years be-
fore cutting, that they may become
we'll established and have good,
strong root system. In cutting, use n
sharp knife and sever the stalk q
couple of inches below the surface OF
the soil. Always cut everything clean,
even though it is not fit for use, be-
cause when d few stalks are. allowed
to grow up, the plant will cease to
throw outnew shoots.
For the first few years the bed
should not be cut for more than three
or four weeks, but after the plants
have become strong and the crowns
large, the cutting may be continued
until the middle or last Of June with.
out injury. Then allow the tops to
grow and assimilate food to be stored
up in the roots for the succeeding
crops. Fifty or 100 plants, if we'll
cared for, will after three years growth
produce all the asparagus an ordinary
family can use. 1t comes early III the
season, when everyone is hungry for
something green. It is very easily
prepared. The stalks are in the best
condition for use when they are from
three to FIVE inches high. When they
get, too old they become tough and
woody. They will be tender when
cooked if they will snap readily when
bent, American Agriculturist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
Cultivating Asparagus.

A moderately light soil is prefer
able for the culture of asparagus, but
any good garden soil will answer. Put
on all the well-rotted manure you can
pillow under; and work the soil fine to
a,depth of eight or ten inches. If the
soil is well prepared on the start it
will require less work to keep it in
good condition. Plants one or two
years old should be used, never those
taken from an old bed. Set the plants
Is inches apart in the row, and the
rows! three feet apart. This may seem
like considerable room, but it will be
found sufficiently close, for the roots,
viii entirely fill the soil in few years.
Make the holes large, so that the roots
can BE spread out in their natural
position. Set the plants SO that the
crowns will be from fveto eight inch
es below the surface. according to
the character of the SOIL. Thesheayier
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-07-12
pr,tain's Oldest American Settle

= : !.
ST. Johns should possess q special
interest for the British people on sew
eral grounds; it is the oldest settle
ment In North America; it Is the chief
town Of their most ancient colonial
nossession; it is the spot where their
adventurous ancestors hrst set foot
when their daring spirit prompted
them to seek new lands beyond the
sea; it is the center of the region
which saw the beginning Of Eng
lands navy; it sheltered the men who
secured the Spanish MAN,. sank the
Armada, and carried "the meteor flag"
into; every cline. Gilbert, Raleigh,
Drake, Hawkins, Cook, Rodney and
other noted figures in marine annals
were associated with Its early days.
st. Johns now has population OF
10000, all Of British stock, the sons
of English, Scotch and Irish emigrants
who flocked here in the past, when 1t
was the; half way house to the West
ern Hemisphere. They form race OF
brave, hardy, generous people, who' In
their isolation, have preserved the
noblest virtues Of the race from which
they sprang, unsullied by contact with
the great world outside. The isola-
tlon-almost unique in English-speak-
ing peoples-forms one Of the great
charms Of the place for the visitor.
The inhabitants are simple in their
habits frugal in their lives, daring and
heaithj from the very nature of the
ar,uous avocations they pursue. They
and their kindred have been fishermen
for generations, the Viking blood Is IS
in them, and whether in their frail
boats seeking for Goldfish off the coast,
or treadlng with undaunted spirit the
Welding ice foes in quest for seals,
they are equally at home.-Pall Mall
Gazette