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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-05

MEMS ST.30 Finest Grad.
&" Genuine Came's Hair" Shirts
and Drawers, full regular ard
non-irritating, for 75c. a var
Tnenf. 80
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-11-05
READ TINE PRICES CREATED FOR MONDAYS SALE EAV
THEN COME QUICK.
Rich Gold Decorated
Jardinieres and PedestalS,
all COlOrS, csc.
We Have a Picture Buyer

He buys Pictures only, and he knows
what be is talking about The new, beau
tifui things you could hardly expect 10
find anywhere else. The prices are dis
appointing If you expect TO pay a fancy
price. You may look aud not buy, Likely
you will when you see them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
HOW WAR INDEMNiTIEs ARE PAID.
France Settled With Germany by the Az
ssrptlou Of Her 0wu Bonds. oi

In an article, in-the New York indie.
pendent on How War 1ndemnites
Are Paid, . George 3. Roberts, ,Diree:
tor Of the United States Mint; says;
1.-THE gold indemnity exaeted of France
by & Germany in. the treaty; of May 10,
ISL, was the most stupetdous under.
taking Of the. kind that has ever been
seen. France obligated herself 'torpay
.in all 81, 600 100000. OF this about
$500 ,oO0, 900 was to be paid within one
year and the remaining $500, 1000
on March,, 1874. To persons who al
ways think Of payment as requiring
"a delivery OF cash it seemed that
France, IL it had not undertaken the
Impossible, must be greatly distressed
In discharging this debt. The stotai
stock Of coinSina France fata that time;
I'm -banks-and- in. private tands was-es-
tImatedy at little fmore. than 81 ,n0o, ,00o,-
900. Hence it was supposed that
France would lose practically her en-
tire store Of metallic ti|3! Imlop1nleey,,oi money,
Including interest, the actual
amount due from France was $1,06O,-
22a, DIG, and after deducting the value
allowed for the State railway in AL
sace and some minor offsets the amount
paid was equal ito $99s, 1872, ,o91. OF
this si4S, ,4I3,s1stwas paid III coin and
bank notes. and ss49, 5s,275 was set
tied lid bills of exchange 70 provide
/ funds the French Government made
two loat1s, aggregating q little over
the above total. To place the loan,
all Of the great banks Of Europe were
|. invited to become agents and receive
subscriptions. The bulk Of. the loans,
however were tplaced at home, with
the French, people, and Of the -rentess
(bondsY sold abroad it was calculated
at the close e7of, 1874 that practically
all had returned to France nnd BE-
come the property Of Frenchmeil.
Great DIS was the achievement of tile
French 7 people id thus absorbing id
three Years Y Government securities
amounting toiL$l, 100000 0,O00s 9 it is
worthgiofl remark lthat the American
people, surpassed itsin the Summer Of
1898, awhent in iresppnse to one invita-;
ton to take $500, 900 OF United
States bonds, they subscribed for over
100000, 900. g.yas n, ~ ~
@Frnnece @Frnnecee was. d rich country, Its
citizens held quantities Of stocks and
bonds Representing Investments in
Germany; s Austria, Turkey, Italy,
Spain, Egypt and. America, and other
parts OF the. world. When the, loaris
Of. their own Government were put Oh
the market these people sold these Sc;
cc1urities on the, foreign bourses and
| turned the bills Of exchange THUS re,
| ceiyed over to the French Government
| or its agents in payment foriitsi Issues
These bills of exchange, under the di:
rection of skilful bankers, soon round
their way into tills of bankers acting
| as agents for the German Government;
Thus. the, obligation was discharged
by a shifting Of credits and in the
| ownership Of certain paper securities
/ e , E1fs7 o a.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
"a
Js6arese Pawnb9okefr. -

pawnbrokers in Japan are not al
zzfowaed tS charge more thar 100 per
li,e cen Z, z gupaon Dor their advances enough in
ali cconnssccHience, nscHin1ace It Would seem TO Euro
peans, and yet not enough to satisfy
the gentry in question, whol assert, that
the rate is wholly (; inadequate. The
Japanese Diet has been considering
the question of abolishing this restricci-
ton. -. = .',,'.... ,,'.." =.
" It appears that thousands In the
,large towns, who subsist BY. manual
labor find themselves constantly with
out money to shny their dinner. They
have enough left'gto pay for: their
lbreakfastand bath, which they seldom
neglect and which costs them, about
oii one ffarthing; but dinner. is beyond
their resources. It is their custom,
s therefore, toIDut every day some Of
their property in pawn sin"order to
Gnyathe midday NEAL and In the even
-:ns,;a-when.~tirey receive -their"'wages,
they redeem the pledged article, having
lust enough left to pay for their sup
pcr and breakfast. This performance
they 30 through regularly six days q
week, SO that the pawnbroker has to
mike nearly thirty entries in his books
in the course Of the month. :,
The Flaw lays dowr that only five
cents tth be charged as Interest on a
.Ioani, i,lf Of FIVE cents TO, one year, and, as
most mos, of these dinner loans do not ex.
coed that amount, the pawnbroker has
to make his thirty entries or SO a
month for sum Of half cent.-Lon.
don i.cadei. cYITl9f} a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
Beru,tdn,s, Old Churches. !,

st. Peters Church ins St. Georges Is
the oldest. in Bermuda, and stands ID
the, ancient churchyards 1t was built
in in .171a, and hps been renewed from
lime irrts to time, but is now falling into
decay and a new church is being built
Here is kept the communion plate
made of massive silver lii ~ .'sS
presented by King Willians
Trinity sin. Hamilton parisn
the oldest CHURCHES on the island, and
has, many; stained glass windows ahd
other memorials; St. Marks in Smiths
parish and; Christs Church in Devon.
Shire are both new 'edifces on old
foundations. ..Ist. b Johns, Pembroke!
had its origin .in 1D2r,T and has beer
twice lrebullt.4tNew York Observer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
The Stomach as Dream Originate

There is certainly no profoundei
emotional evc:,cmero during sleep
than that which arises from o dis,
turbed or distended stomach, and is.
reflected by the pneumogastric to the
accelerated heart and the impeded'
respiration. We are thereby thrown.
into state of uninhabited emotional
agitation, IL state OF agony and terror.
such as we rarely or never attain DUR.
ing waking life Sleeping .conscioasi
ness, blindfoldeI and blunl lering,ia q
prey to those massive waves from be-,
low, and fumbling aboutndespe atelyt
for some explanation, jumps at the,
idea that only the attempt to escape
some terrible danger or the guiltyeonl
sciousness of some awfuiR Rcrlmei can
account for this immense emotional
uproar. Thus the dream is suffused
by conviction which the continued
emotion serves to support. We do.
mott seems most simple andfeasopFi
able to neutrality-suspicious. terror
because we think we have cpmmitteda a
crime, but we think we have committed
crime because We experience terrorg
And the fact that in such dreams we
are far more concerned with escape
from the results CT crime than with
any. agoay Of remorse is not, ras'somle
have thought, due to our innate indit-
ference to crime, but simply to the,
fact that our emotional state suggests
to us active escape from danger rather
than themore passive grief OF remoFse:
From "The Stuff that Dreams are
made Of" by Havelock Ellis, in Ap7
pletols' Popular Science Monthly. 5,i
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
The Abstinence of,a Camel

There are many fables told abott
the camel, one of which Is that. he, Is
supposed to have several stomachs
and TO go for weeks without water as
a matter Of choice. 4 a., bt
J. His abstinence is merely the result
of ttrn!ning; and it Is fallacy sup5
pose that he is better withoutiwiter
OF; can work rs. well. In thef fcamef
corps. we watered our canlels every
second day in the summer, every third
In the winter, giving them their fll of
water morning and evening On Those
days; but IL In the summer -%e+ expect
ed % long desert march without water.
we trained them beforehand. by water
ing them only every third day; but, /
never found that this, improved their
condition. The Arabs keep their, cam
: els longer without water, It is true, but
then they travel slower and their, ami!
mails are grazed on soft food. contain.
ing certain amount Of moisture; this
lowers their condition and makes them
inferior to corn-fed camel whenJhard
work and long, fast journeys have to
be done. ,aa .l. ~ t,i il ,4
We always, found that If we put a
grass-fed Arab camel alongside. of
ours it failed In work and endurance;
If corn-fed it" cried out for water as
soon and sooner than ours did. I say
"cried out" because camel when it
wants water means continually, and
there ia no, more painful sound at night
in the desert than, the ceaseless moan
Sing of thirsty, ,camels.--The lCornhill..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
A Glover Thief.

Budapest, or one of it's suburbs, has
one thief of whom the bafied police
force but for professional scruples
would be really proud. A real estate
agent, unable to rent for the winter
the suburban. cottage which he had
occupied during the summer, locked
the gates and doors aad moved back
to Budapest. One day not long ago
the city architect approached him
with reference to the sale of his prop
erty, which was desired as a site fer a
public building. The agent named
his price. "
s.But," said the architect. ''is not
that a little high for vacant property"
Vacant property! Bless you man!
1T isn't vacant. THERE'S brick cot
tage on it, and gooi one."
"Really," returned the other, ''you
are mistaken. I vas there but yester-
day, and there,is no sign of 4 house
on your land. The owner inyesti-
gated, and lound that he, was, in fact,
no longer householder. During the
fall gang of bricklayers had ap-
peared, demolished the house-a task
that consumed about week-loaded
it into carts and departed.-Corre-
srondence of Chicago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
. 4 Tyoe of the. ,Mesnest Nan.

Sot long ago q freight train was de-
Failed in certain Kansas town and
the cars caught fire. A large portion
Of the population made energetic ef-
forts to extinguish the flames and pro-
tect thet property, but a anotthsslr, > lsl,, class
rave rave themselves up to plunder, and
workedtduite as hard to get anything
and as much of 1t as possible, from the
burning cars. One well-known citizen
Who lives Il, to talk better tfansto work,
,;familiarly! known us "Windy Wilson" !"
came upon the. scene too late TO get
any booty of value, but managed 10
sneak away with one of the leather
covered cushions Of the !caboose. he
hid it under the straw Of his wagon,
and as soon as the excitement. was, over
drove. home That night his barn and
rall- its contents; ainciuding- his thorses
and the wagon in which he had driven
home from the fire, were burned, ana
in seeking. for the cause of the con-
flagrafionl he accurately determined
that q fire had tbeen smoldering in the
stufing Of the eushion he had stolen,
and had broken out after he had taken
it into his barn The next eH morning ne 1.
went to towp. to lament his losses, and
actually brought a claim against the
railroad company for the, value OF the
PROPERTY destroyed But such people
oro !, ,co,ron ratjye1y.. few. @ There is no
more honorable as thereEis no more
intelligent, sclassgof. citizens in this
great country than, thei Kansas farm
ers.-Chicago. Record. -a.,rrs aFdT :"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
What Was Behind.

The bright boys mother is cultivat-
ing his bump of observation.
"Now, johnny" holding up pic
ture card, ''shut your eyes and tell
me what you saw on this card"
"A COW, barn, horse" ratified
off the. little boy, glibly.
"What else?"
Nothing"
"Oh, yes! Think, now. What did
you see behind the cow" referring to
the trees ir the background.
A moments reflection.
'sHer tail" shouted Johnny, ecstat-
ically.-Chicago News,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
Comes From Martyr Stock.

The family of Sir. Matthew Vhitet,
Ridley, the home secretary,l whose
heirs marriage recently took placeihas
had long associations with NorthltmG,
berland. The Whites bought early in
the last century the estate of Blag1on
and erected mansion house,. and LIN
1756 the then owner was created al
baronet, with remainder to the sohaof
his sister, Mrs. Ridley, whoseihus5andI
was of the same stock as the martyr.
Newcastle has only had bishopric
for few years, but Edward vi, when
he dissolved the great shopric Of
Durham, created bishopric Of New,
castle, annexing to it. by act of pafhaY
ment Gateshead,i and Ridley was
actually named bishop. But Edward
died. His sister, Mary, had other
views. She burned Ridley instead Of
giving him miter, restored the see.
Of St. Cuthberts, and gave Gateshe5d
back to it. Ridley was a native NortA--
umbrian. "
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
ODD NAMES OF WESTERN TOWNS.
They Defy Purists and Attest the II
,enuity of tho Founders.

They Defy Purists and Attest the In
genui,y Of tho Founders.
It is difficult to shake off the names
attached to streams and mountains by
the pioneers OF new country. With
few exceptions Washington has Jared
well in nomenclature, says the Spokane
Spokesman-Review. In majority
of instances Indian names have been
retained, and usually they are easy
and poetical. But in some cases the
individuality of the first Sc tiers
prompted them to an effort to improve.
on the native names Of streams and:
sections, aud in some Instances they
were not happy in. their orisi-s
nality.
- The word Hangman has clnng to
the3little stream which skirts Spokane
on It's western border, and repeated
spasmodic efforts to centre the public
mind on the more melodious name
Latah have failed of their purpose.
Now Senator, Plummer'of this county
has introduced bin ut Olympia to
make this change, and as no objection
can attach to the measure 1t will pro-
baby pass and may exert sufficient
force to bring about the desired
change.
.7Afew years ago an aesthetic move
ment swept through the Oregon
legislature, and number OF pioneer
names were turned down for more
polite ones. The good people of
Alkali, in eastern Oregon, imagined
that the name was not one to conjure
eastern capital and dropped it for Ar
lington. A new name was devised for
Bully Creek, and Yaller Dog and Bake
Oven were tabooed as primitive and
unpoetic.
But Bake Oven has adhered and is
still the name of postoffice. Indeed,
much room remains for Improvement
for the nomenclature of Oregon, which
includes in its list Of, postoffices the
towns of Burnt Ranch, Gooseberry,
Haystack, Lobster, Long Tom, Mule,
Shake, Shirk, Starveout and Sucker.
A few names in Idaho could be
dropped for the better, among them
Bayhorse,, Corral, z Gimlet, Gentle
Valley, Sawtooth and Yellow jacket.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
!, CHILDREN BORN in TREE.
A Family Of Eleven Brought Up In Tree
Trunk In Tennessee. 9.

l-
It is not an ancestral mansion,
though it Jeen some five hundred
years In bui Ing. The beginning of 1t
was q sturdy sapling, standing in a
tiny cove, high on the side Of an east
Tennessee mountain. By and by the
sapling became big hollow tree. Not
withstanding the hollow was so big
a tall man could lie stretched at
length in it there was an outer shell
Of sound wood and plenty of vigorous
leafy boughs for shade. The hollow
itself was rain and storm proof, so
couple of the mountain folk took up
their abode in it.
They did not bother about furniture.
there was no room for 1t, even IN
hollow tree measuring seven feet
across. The man put down floor OF
puncheons-that Il rough slabs split
from smaller tree trunks. For q bed
they had dry leaves, and for covering
skins Of various animals round about
The woman knew how to eress them
Indian fashion, so they served In large
part for clothes as well as cover.
An axe, q rifle, bullet pouch, q
powder horn, hunting knife, an Iron
pot, water pail, jug, two or three
big gourds, q bread tray and meal
bag summed up the family's movable
possessions. Cooking was done gypsy
fashion at log fire some little way
off the entrance to the Tree. General
" the pot sat beside the fire, simmer
ing and stewing. The only bread was
ash cake. For drinking there was o
choice Of sassafras tea, uusWeeteneo,
and moonshine whiskey.
The man, of course, was a moon
sinner. He was also a dead shot
particularly in the case Of a revenue
officer. He was able thus to feed his
family by working about half the
time. His wife looked after the cloth
ing, exchanging surplus peltry twice
a wear for coarse cloth, salt and snun
at the nearest crossroads store, fifteen
miles away. - -
Eleven. children were born In the
hollow tree, and grew up into strap
ping men and women. One Of the
bows stood six feet nine inches-when
he could be persuaded to stand at all:
Usually he carried himself in rather
the shane of crescent. Each of the
eleven was Graded in the half OF
smaller hollow tree, smoothed out In
side with the axe and imbedded with
leaves. It did not need rockers, rock
ing itself at the slightest touch. AS
the big tree became crowded, hollow
logs were sought, one for each child,
chopped to convenient lengths and
dragged close about the fire. Into
their open ends the bigger children
crept, feet foremost, turned their
heads to the fire and slept SNUG
through all sorts Of weather. VI
course the logs were only for storms
and. severe weather. When 1t was
fine the whole family slept outdoors
1t was presumably n happy family,
and certainly healthy one, though
1t went bare foot the year round and
never so much rs heard Of hygiene,
The whole brood grew up innocent OF
contact with doctors, ministers or
schoolmasters. AS the owner of a
summer cottage down the valley said
upon discovering them: "The truth
is, they don't know enough even tc
be sick."-New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
Our diplomatic swallow.Tail.

Worn officially, our non-conformiDg
swallow-tail is declaration of un-
gracious independence in the matter
of manners, and is unconrteous. 1t
says to5alk around > Elm Rome we do
not choose to doas Rome does;lwel re-
fuse TO respect your tastes and your
traditions; We make no sacrifices to
INV oae's customs and prejudices;. we
yield noJet to the courtesies of life;
" we prefer 69r manners and intrude
them here"
That is not the,true American spirit,
and the clothes misTepresent US. When
a foreigner comes among US aud tres
passes yai1st our customs and our
code CT manners we are efeaded, and
Justly so; but our government com
nlaads our ambassador to wear
abroad an Official ,6ress which is an
offense against foreign -naa1iers and
Gust ms, and the disc efitsof it falls
upon the nation, MARX Twain, in the
Fc-ut,i q
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21

There appears to be no limitation to
the industrial uses,.9f cottoaseed oil,
and these, of course, are multiplied
by the constantly developing improve
ments made in the refining processes
A marked advance in this lastsrespect
is that the yellow oil resulting from
the frstrefning process through treat
ment with alkaline solutions, now fur
.ther purified by heating and hltra-
tion; then the white oil Of commerce
is obtainedsby shaking the yellow oil
with 2 to per cent. of fsller's earth!-
Inlpurifying the yellow oil about 20
per cent. Of it is separated in the form
of stearin, and the latteris employed
in making candles, etc. From the
soap stock that comes from cottonseed
oil there is likewise made o peculiar
kind of WASH powder; the soap itself,
made from the oil, is used extensively
by the wooden mills of this and other
countries, and it has been found to be
special value in washing woolengood
which does not injure them nor cailse
them to shrink. After all, however,
not much more than one-third OF the
cottonseed supply is at preseutu used
for manufacturing oil and similar prod
ucts.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21

Ask Your +, Dealer Z for Aliens Foot Ease,
A powyder+to shake into your shoes; rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Sw ollen,
Sore Hot eallous, Aching, sweating Feet
and fngrowlng Nails. Aliens. FootEase
makes new Of figilt shoes easy; At all drug;
gists and shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample mailed
FREE. AdttsAlleb 81 f0lmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
Coultln,tt Accent It.. ,

No." said the art manager OF the
'funny" supplement Of a great daily.
"we cannot accept your contribution.
There is humor in the idea and there
is certain amount of nhumot! in the
execution, but you llaye failed TO
make the mouths and the feet Of your
characters Of impossible size, and
everything else asuat be snbof!linatsd
TO that, ".mGhieaga Post, .ls
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
The Word" Salary"

The way languages are, built UP ds
very interesting, and the, derivation Of
the word SALARY lis curious, as wei.
In ancient times Roman soldiers re-
iceived 4 daily portion of salt as part
;ofStlefnpay! 'tsalus The Latin tfor salt,
and when tie salt awas1 IN the course
IF time commuted for money, the
amount was called -salarium, or salt
money Hence our word Salary"
md hence doubtless, the expression,
not worth his SALT" that Is, not worth
MS "salt-money" or salary. lRft
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-06-21
COST OF CABLING TO MANILA.
Business Booming and Rates Reduced to
S2.S5 a Word.


The active operations of the army
near Manila aud the anxiety of people
in the, United States to communicate
with friends and relatives who are
with General Otis have caused many
inquiries as to the costicable messages.
When Admiral Dewey presented the
compliments of Uncle Sam to the
Spanish ships in Manila bay tele-
graphing to that part of the world was
an expensive luxury, the cost being
S6.70 word. Business has increased
since then, and will continue to grow,
aud the rate has been reduced by slow
stages until it has now reached the
bargain counter price of S2.35 word,
~ :, same rules as to address and sig
nature which are followed with regard
European kilograms are given mes
saces to Manila. Messages may be
prepaid and the telegraph company,
sends one code word-at the expense
of the telegrapher-to indicate how
many words the prepaid answer may
contain. -; IL
- A man whose cousins name was on
sthe list of wounded recently tele-
graphed:
- "Hospital, Manila. Wire condition
Smith, Third Artillery, Book, Jones,
New York. -
The message figured ten words, and
cost $3.50. The word book indl-
Gated that an ans of five words
had been prepaid and the whole
transaction cost $35.25.
Sending or receiving messages is
out of the question with hundreds OF
people who are deeply interested in
the movements of the army, and to
these the published reports giving the
names of officers ard men who were
killed and wounded were the only
source of information during the last
few days.
A man whose brother had. been
;woundedsmade inquiry at the ofhce
of the post aijutant at Governors
Island as to how he could obtain
further information as to the condition
of the wounded man., aud whether any
additional details would be sent from
the front. He was told by the officer
in charge: 5''The casualty lists are
cabled to Washington and are made
public at once. These lists contain
the names of the killed and wounded
but after that no reports are sent az
to the progress of the cases in the hos
pital. Lists, of dead are sent from
time to time and are published"
Tie man was, advised to write te
the war department, saying that he
was interested in the conditiono OF the
soldier in question. and would like tc
be informed If any news from him
reached the wal, department.
A request of that kind will be hon
ored by the department. News con-
corning the soldier will be promptly
forwarded to the given address, but III
consequence of the great expense OF
telegraphing hospital reports by wire
are not as complete as they were from
the army when it was operating nearer
home. York Tribune.