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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12

have been fragment resulting from
their own fire, at which the colonel
became serious, as though new and
unwelcome thought was passing
through his mind. He, too, had taken
us for an armored vessel forcing our
way through, and what he said about,
our fire puzzled me. The next time
Charette came in he told me that
wounded men were being operated on
in the room just above the mems cell,
and that the blood was running
down the wall, and had run down the
clues of his hammock, so that he had
to change its position. When l had
chance to speak to him and to the
others afterward, they said that both a
Spanish sergeant and Spanish prl-
vate had told them that the blood
came from the men we had wounded
that we had killed fourteen and
wounded thirty-seven!
In visit to the Moro after the
surrender 1 was very much puzzled to
find fresh gashes and imprints of vari-
GUS sizes in the rear walls as though
it had been attacked from the inshore
side, while we had attacked only from
the sea. Every indication seemed to
point to the conclusion that the Spani-
ards firing at the Merrimac had struck
their own men across the channel.
This was the more to be expected
from the horizontal fire. MORO,
though elevated, was in the line OF
fire from the Reina Mercedes, whose
proiectiles, exploding on the Merri-
mac, doubtless showered the banks
and the rear OF MORO beyond. No
wonder, then, that they took us for
an armored an-of-war.
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pnnltrY Notes.

Do not expect the chicks to thrive If
you neglect them.
Oatmeal or rolled oats make the best
first fod for chicks.
Give the young chicks plenty of fine
grit. They must have it.
Incubator chicks that are reared in
brooder never have gapes.
Dampness is sure death to young tur-
keys even up to two months of age.
Don't expect the 9G point hen to lay
eggs. She is not bred for that pur-
pose.
Lice are sure death to young chicks.
Be sure that the mother is free Of
them.
EARLY chicks, if given the right kind
of care, are more thrifty than the late
broods.
Keep the turkey hens confined dur
ing the morning until they have laid,
otherwise they will seek the thickets
for a place to make their nests.
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Some Wonderful Natural Forces

New forces in nature are being con-
stantly discovered, and nobody but an
expert attempts to describe them with
accuracr. Some of the experiments
border on the miraculous. There is
that one, for instance, with liquetied
air in which quicksilver is frozen.
The mercury is poured into mould
having hammer shape, and is sub
jected to the temperature OF liquid air
two hundred and forty degrees below
zero, from which it comes out in SO
solid form that it can be used to
drive nails. For an hour its solidity
of form is preserved. Then there is
another experiment, seemingly still
more marvellous. Liqueied air is
brought into contact with lump of
ice, and the latent heat in the ice bois
the liqueiied air. Yet water freezes
at thirty-two. -Harpers Bazar.
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Five Lives for One Ride.

One of the terms Of the "pacifca-
ton" of the Philippine islands required
the surrender of all the arms neld by
the insurgents to the Spaniards. 1t
is believed that this condition was
faithfully fulfilled, so that before
Aguinaldo's arrival in Cavite there
were no modern firearms in the hands
of the natives except such as they
had captured in hand to hand fights
with the Spanish troops. Yet by the
time Aguinaldo was ready to move
across the bay into Cavite province the
rebels had taken 40 Mauser rifles
from their oppressors. How was 1T
done? Well, every rife so captured
meant that from one to five Filipinos
had been killed in the savage onslaught
of half naked men armed only with
machetes upon disciplined troops arm
ed with the best magazine rifles. When
a ST all body Of Spanish soldiers would
be On the march through some narrow
defle in the swamps they would sud-,
denly find hundred rebels swarming,
around them, and the sharp home
made blades Of the natives would cut
down from ten to twenty of the Span
iards before the latter could get their
rifles at work. If the Filipinos sue
ceeded in getting away with half
dozen Mauser rifles from the men
whom they had cut down in their first
onslaught they were satisfied, even
though the bodies of, dozen of their
companions were thrown contemptu-
ously, into the swamp after the Span
iards had repelled the attack,
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STRANGE NEWS SERVICE.
MYSTERIOUS WAY IN WHICH TlDINGS
SPREAD IN THE PACIFIC.

reformation About Secret Plans Diffuoed
from Island to Island in Manner
Most Unaccountable-SorneR Remarkable
Instances-First News of Samoan Storm.
A great surprise which awaits new.
conner in any south Pacific archipelago
is the way in which his acts md plans
become known, not cnly to those
whom they may concern, but even
more distinctly to those whom they
do not. The first South Sea surprise
is that the islander of fact never stirs
finger to put himself in line with
the islander of the books.
1t is practically impossible to trace
the channel of the news. One may
surround himself with servants who
know not word of English and may
be rs secret as lodge in discussing
plans, yet knowledge of them spreads
with speed and with an accuracy
which becomes less and less in pro-
portion as the distance is greater.
One is almost tempted to believe that
the news is carried by bird in the
air. And it is not only things done
and words spoken that are thus pub
lished, even unspoken plans become
kno' N, to the great hiudrance ofbusi-
ness combinations.
Some explanation may be imagined
to account for the rapid spread Of
news from place to place on single
island, or from island to island of
single archipelago. But the mind
cannot comprehend the diffusion
of knowledge from archipelago to
archipelago, where there is no
INSTRUMENTATION except by the
most roundabout ways. Yet news
spreads from islander to islander
along channels which they either can
not OF will not explain, and from the
islander it comes to the white man.
Such news is sometimes accurate,
oftener quite wrong; but the man wise
in the ways of the beach knows that
something has happened and awaits
developments.
Here is an instance: Last year
distinguished student Of the Maoris
of New Zealand, S. Percy Smith, sur
veyor-g general of that colony, made an
extended tour of Polynesia. Before
going to Apia, his last stop was at
Rarotonga, 600 miles away. He went
to Apia by the only way of steamship
travel, from Rarotonga to Auckland,
on one line, and from Auckland to
Apia on another, no vessel having ar
rived at Apia direct from Rarotonga
within year. On the hour of his
arrival the Apia collector of customs
commented on q greensboro watch
charm which he was wearing, and said
that he had learned of the interest
with which the native people of Raro-
tongo had listened to the travellers
account of the veneration with which
the Maoris regard the jade as an
almost sacred ornament. The cQllec-
tor of customs could not recall when
OF where he learned that fact-he just
knew it, that was all. This trivial
story had apparently in some mysteri-
Gus way come faster than the traveller
by steam.
Yet another instance: The press as
sociations of this country had accounts
of the strained relations of the Ameri-
can and the German squadrons in Apia
harbor as they existed in February,
1889. This news was published IN
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) A SQUADRON OF MODELS.
slnlatrres Of Our War Vessels to Be at the
Paris Exposition.

~ .lil'--I...r. LApooiliou'
There is one fleet Of Uncle Sans
assels whose wanderings are not re-
/ it,srded in the reports of the navy, anu
yaat is the squadron Of models now
,If;sting for while in the Railways OF
Vie HE Navy Department, Washington.
These tiny representations of our real
lighting craft have Travelled thousands
'df unregistered miles and have, III all
probability, been seen by more of the
American people than the ships that
actually form OUT seagoing defense.
1hey have been in every state eXposl-
ion since their first appearance at the
Chicago Fair, each time In Augment
ID numbers, and two of them have
even been to Japan, where they so I'LL
pressed the Imperial Admiralty as to
cause the building Of the Chitose and
the Kasagl in this country. They will,
no doubt, form an attractive feature
Of our exhibit at Paris next year, es-
pecially as so many Of the models rep
resent the vessels that have actually
faced the guns Of the enemy, and, too,
Z it may truly be said these miniature
ships have Influenced legislation in be-
half of. the navy's increase by reach
ing the inland people previously ur-
interested in the service. AS a last
ing record Of the new navy they will
prove material evidence in the decades
4 to come when the ships themselves
have passed, as the late Maine, into
history. From the old Kearsarge to
the mighty new one the Nevy Depart
ment shows strikingly Our advance,
and, too in a manner to be grasped
by young and old, the technicist and
the layman.
Al. present this growing squadron
consists Of % models either represent
ing Individual ships or classes of Ships.
and. with the exception of torpedo
boats and torpedo boat destroyers, ev'
cry type has its miniature double.
There are models Of the late Maine,
and it would be hard to say how
many thousands came to see it during
the. earlr days Of that disaster; the
Charleston, the Baltimore, the New
York, the Columbia, the Texas, the
Monterey, the Miantonomoh, the Bos-
ton, the Bancroft, the Petrol, the
Yorktown, the Nashville, the Whining
ton, the Vesuvius, the Illinois, the
Iowa, the Olympia, and the old kear-
sarge, and the battleship class Of the
Massachusetts, Indiana and Oregon,
and the composite boats typified by
the Annapolis and the Wheeling.
The construction Of these models
was begun under the direction Of
Chief Constructor Hitchborn, at the
navy yard, Washington, quite ten
years ago, and the present force, num-
bering nearly thirty, has for the major
part been continuously engaged on
this delicate work ever since. In every
outward detail these little vessels are
faithful miniatures Of their big
doubles in actual service, and what
that means can best be understood
form a brief outline OF the manner
and the care Of fabrication.
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A FAMOUS BLUNDERER.
Some Bulls Mad, by Frances Popular Sim.
pIeton.

NJ. Calino, the popular French sim
pleton, who performs in the humorous
literature Of France much the same
function that the traditional Paddy
does in English literature, has been
made the subject of grave study, in
which his innocent stupidities are
carefully analyzed. He is nothing
more or less than a harmless blum
derer and complacent lack-wit found
in all ages and countries. In France
his sayings reflect, however, some
thing of the picturesqueness which is
characteristic Of the nation.
Canno's blunderings, it seems, began
at an early age. He had not craft
enough to tell lie that would hold
water for a moment. One day at
school he got into fight with a COM
panion, and came home with q cash
on his forehead.
"How did you get that cut?" asked
his father.
What cut, papa?"
"Why, that great cash on your fore
head"
II bit myself there, papa"
Later in life Calino delivered him
self of the following bit Of wisdom:
'As for me, 1 don't care so much for
the sun as I do for the moon. You
see, the sun only comes after it gets
daylight, when We could see just as
we'll without it, but the moons some
use-it shines at night"
Early one morning, when Calino was
out with his gun, he saw robin in
the garden of his friend Caidille. He
aimed at it, but it dropped below the
top Of the wall. Then Calino went
into the house, crept upstairs softly,
stole into Camilles bedroom without
waking Camille, who was IN bed,
pointed his gun out of the window at
the robin and fired-bang!
Camille leaped out of bed in wild
confusion and alarm:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the matter?
ooh, did I wake you up2" said Ca
limo. 81 pulled the trigger just as
softly as could"
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pfoeoSa, at Dinner.

DR.. Packenham Walsh, who recently
resigned the bishoprlc Of ossory, pro-
nosed to his wife in an unusual man
ner. He was at dinner party and
was seated beside the woman of his
choice, In the course Of the dinner
he found that he had been helped to
the wishing bone," and he pulled for
the wish with his neighbor. The little
y-shaped bone was broken, and the
bishop, having secured the wish"
whispered to his fair companion, as he
laid down his part of the bone: viii
Won lay. your bones with my bones"
She blushingly whispered an assent
and after dinner the engagement was
announced.-San Francisco Argonaut
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12

No less q person than General Win
field Scett was once tried for abusing
the ranking officer in the service, Cen
eral Wilkinson, says the Chicago Trib-
une. General Scott went into retire
ment for year to learn to bride his
tongue and blunt his pen. General
John G. Fremont was sentenced to be
dismissed for insubordinate conduct,
but the President remitted his sen-
tence. Other Brigadier and Major
Generals have been tried for various
offenses. General Wilkinson, the
commanding officer, was tried for
treason and was acquitted. eHe was
charged with completely in the Burr
Scheme. General Hull was sentenced
to be shot for cowardice. The ex-
treme sentence was not carried out,
though it was never revoked.
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An Uncomfortable Superstition.

a very uncomfortable superstituion
prevails in the A1inich Province.
Whenever q pigeon-house is to be
made the fellaheen consider that the
pottery used in its construction should
be baked by the help of q human
body. A pigeon-house was to be erected
in the beginning Of this month at the
village of Benz Soomrook, in this pro-
vince, and this necessary preliminary
of it's construction was not forgotten.
4 young child was first caught, and,
in spite Of his struggles, was put into
an oven and burnt alive while the pot
terry was baked with the aid of this
human holocaust. Two men, one Of
them n potter by trade, have been ar
rested on suspicion Of having taken
part in this old custom.-Egyptian
Gazette
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12
MONEY IN TRUCK FARMING.
Success of a College Graduate WIG:
Thought Professions Overcrowded.

Success of College Graduate WING:
Thought Professions Overcrowded.
Peter r. Schlegel is recent gradur
ate of Bucknelr university at Lewis;
burg, in Pennsylvania. He saw that
the professions were crowded, so he
concluded not to waste any time on
the law, medicine or theology. He
made up his mind to be small farmer
He took a four-acre tract between
Pricetown, Pa. and Fleetwood. and
began systematic, scientific cultlva-
tion Of the soil. He now makes as
much money as many farmers do on
100 acres. He is IN expert truck gar
dener, having worked for four years
on high-class truck farm in Florida.
In addition to this he had experience
on.several large farms near the col
lege. Not only has he exhibited more
than ordinary tact in marketing ms
products, but whatever he raises is OF
the finest quality, and consequently
commands price far above the aver.
age. One of the specialties OF the
Schlegel truck garden are melons.
He raised on half an acre 2G00 melons.
which he sold in bulk at six and eight
cents apiece. Melon raising must be.
done scientifically, if one wishes to.
receive perfect fruit. The trouble with
most of the melons on the market IS
that they lack sweetness. Mr. Schle-
gels are sweet, tender and juicy. He
attributes his success to system OF
fertilization. He adds certain ele-,
ments to the soil to produce sacchar-.
inc matter in the melons, and gets
what he wants.
Mr.. Schlegel also makes an especial.
effort to raise vegetables early or late
in the season, states The Sun. He
knows just what vegetables and what
varieties are best adapted to the diff
ferent seasons and the weather condi-
tions. Last year he planted peas IN
the open ground as early as March Is,
and produced an early crop. Then he
planted some that were picked and.
marketed late in October at good
prices. His experience has taught
him that peas can stand wet and cold
weather as we'll, but readily suffer un-
der hot and dry conditions. A white
frost seldom hurts peas. MIR. Schle-
gels gardens are elevated to such an
extent and slope in such a manner
that the ground becomes fit for culti-
vation several weeks earlier in spring
than the average soil. He raises all
sorts of vegetables, and selects the
varieties in accordance with the tastes
of his customers. He is a strong adj
vocate of small farms, and says if col
lege men would buckle down to work
on five acres of ground, and bring
their brain work to action they would
not need to be hard up in the profess
sions. He is in good health and en-
joys being his own boss without ex-
cessively hard labor. He keeps
horse, two COWS, hens and pigeons,
and all yield something for his purse
OF his table.
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g Spring Uhlocks
The Fzogvers
To PANT the Laughing Sod.

10 1sou me Laughing Soa.
And NOT even Nature zvould
anozv the fo1vers to sro1v
and blossom to perfection
yahoat good soil. Now
Mature and people are mach
alae; tie former mast haze
Sunshine, latter mast haze
pare blood tn order to haze
perfect health.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cures blood trou-
bles of all sorts. 1t is to the human
system what sunshine is to Nature
the destroyer of disease germs. 1t
'seocr disappoints.
Poor Blood" The doctor said there
were not seven drops Of good blood in my
body. Hoods Sarsaparilla built me up and
made me stroLg and WELL" SUSIE E. BROWN,
Is Astor Hill, Lynn, Mass.
Dyspepsia, etc.-"A complication OF
troubles, dyspepsia, chronic catarrh and
Inflammation Of the stomach, rheumatism,
etc., made me miserable. Hadlno appetite
until took Hoods Sarsaparilla, which
acted like magic. am thoroughly cured"
N. B. SEsLEY, 1874 w. 14th Ay., Denver, Col.
Rheumatism my husband was
obliged to give up work on account Of rheL.
matism. No remedy helped until he used
Hoods SarSaparilla, which permanently
! cured him. 1t cured my daughter OF ca
tarrh. give it to the children with good
results" MRS. S. McMATE. Stamford, Ct
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12
Along Head of Hair.

The woman who possesses the long
est head Of hair in the world is said to
be Mercedes Lopez, Mexican. Her
height is five feet, and when she
stands erect her hairs trails on the
ground four feet eight inches. The
hair is so thick that she. can COM
pletely hide herself in it. She has 1t
cut very frequently, as it grows so
quickly, enabling her to sell large
tresses to hair dealers every month.
She is the wife of a poor sheep herder.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12

The highest-priced freaks ever
shown in this country were the Tocci
twins, who received salary Of $500
a week for four weeks engagement
They wer two boys with but one pair
of legs between them. the bodies con-
Meeting at the waist, both bodies and
legs being perfect and well-formed.
They were constantly worrying about
the high price Of living in this country,
and in spite of their large salary
spent as little as they could possibly
rnt "long with. They now have a
and beautiful place near their
town in Italy, and are persons
eat distinction there.
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Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liveE and driving all I'M
purities from the body; Begin to-day to
banish pimples. boils, blotches, blackheads.
and that sickly bilious complexion by taxing
fists, satisfaction guaranteed, loc, 25c, 5oc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot DO cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.J CHENEY & Co.. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j. Che.
ney for the last II years, and believe MIN per.
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any oblga-
tion made by their firm.
WEST s. TRUAX, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
gtsts, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Curc is taken internally, act.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price. roc. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12
A Vessels ice Protection.

Vessels which cruise in winter can
be fitted with q new device to clear
the ice in their track, consisting Of q
sharp steel nose, with q shield to
cover the front end of the boat. so it
can cut its way through ice fields.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12
An Impairment Query

Insurance Agent Pardon me, mad
am, bat what is your age?
Miss Antiquate-I have seen twen-
ty,two summers.
Insurance Agent--Yes, of course;
but how many times did you see
them?-Chicago News.
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KILLED BY THEIR FRIENDS.

Spanish Shells Aimed Mt the Merrilnac
Fell on MORO Castle.
Lieutenant Hobson tellsin The Gen.
tury why it was that the Spanish Off
GERS at Moro Castle believed the col
lier Merrimac to be IN armored man
of war:
It was not long before the governor
of the Moro came, making me most
cordial visit. He was followed by the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12
The Worlds Farms.

The worlds agriculture occupies the
attention of 2SO,00o,O00 men, repre-
sents a capital of $24,000,000,000, and
has an annual product Of $4,000, ,0o0,
00O
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12
Railroad ACROSS the English Channel.

Tho English Parliament is considering the
plan of connecting that country with france
by railway. Engineers say roadDea can pe
laid on tho bottom OF the English channel,
and by mounting trestewolk on wheels so
that , Il Il projects above the water, the railway
can be oberated. This seems beyond belief,
but it is perhaps no moro remarkable than
some OF the cures accomplished Dy aosse.' .
ter's Stomach Bitters IN bad cases OF o. dys-
pepsia, Indigestion and constipation. This Is
an age of wonderful achievements.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12

H. II. GREEN'S Sons, of Atlanta, Co.. arc the
only successful Dropsy Specialists in the world.
See their liberal offer in advertisement IN an
othcr column of this paper.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-04-12

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved me
many doctors bills. F. HARDY, Hopkins
Place, Baltimore. Md, Dec. ., 1894.
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Safe.

.'Johnny, are your people going to
take you with them on that trip across
the ocean,"
2sstYes'm."
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appetlle was variable,
stomach sour and bowels
were not regular, and
was subject to pains like
colo MISREPRESENTATION.
I wrote you and began to
take Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and
used two packages of
Sanative Wash. Youc cant
imagine my relief. My
courses are natural and
general health improved" Z"
MRS. MAMIE ADKINS,
La Due, Mo-, writes:
dear MRS. P.NKHAM-
/ feel 1t my duty to tell
you of the good your
Vegetable Compound has
done my daughter. She
suffered untold agony at
time Of menstruation be-
fore taking medicine;
but tie Compound has
relieved the pain. given
stronger, and has improve
you for the benefit She /
for 1yo,1po oir1c