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etc.. and also the on..;,u.~--g
particular shocks. The result is a
history of earthquakes on the Pacific
coast, the disturbances being arranged
chronologically and briefly discussed
in an introduction.
AS many of the earthquakes of Cali
fornia are very local phenomena, which
depend upon local causes for their
production, no very definite conclu-
sions can be found with regard to
them. An arrangement of the shocks
according to seasons shows that for
California, Oregon and Washington at
large shocks occur with about equal
frequency in the wet and in the dry
seasons. re records indicate, how
ever, that in San Francisco and San
Jose shocks are more frequent in the
rainy season than in the dry. DR..
Holden suggests that in any future
study ofCalifornia earthquakes special
regions ought to be selected for exam
ination, with the object OF dctermin-
ing the origin of the local shocks.
The data he he's obtained seem to in
dicate that the greater number of Cal
ifornia earthquakes have been the re-
suit of fauitiug in underlying strata,
rather thau due to volcanic causes di-
rectly. With regard to damage to life
and property caused by the earth :
qualles Recorded, it is concluded that
the earthquakes of a whole century in
California have been less destructive
than the tornadoes or foods Of q sin
gle year in other parts of the States.
Buffalo Times.
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HOODS Pills cure all liver ills. s5 cents
That Telltale Tag.

She was a poor plain little woman,
evidently just in from the country, and
she stood looking longingly at line
of gaudy purses which hung along in
a row by the notion counter.
After minute she stepped into 4
corner, took out her own shabby little
leather purse and counted over the
money carefully.
She evidently found out she could
afford it, as great eXtravagan and
so at last walked shyly up to the coun-
ter, selected one with pearls" set in
along the chain. and a big emerald
flashing in the top, took up the box
in which it was given her. and van
ished in the direction of the waiting
room. Not more than FIVE seconds
later she appeared aglin-her old
purse tucked out of sight and the new
one hanging proudly round her neck.
1t was almost pitful to see her-she
took so much pride in the gaudy thing
and then, more pitiful, yet more
laughable, there came into view be-
hind her the price tag, tapping gaily
from its little pink string and pro-
claiming to the world ut large that that
particular purse had cost just fifty
cents!
Nobody who saw that saucy tag had
2: - "-earer. and vet
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
The Worlds Greatest Crop.

The average man if asked what Is
the most important crop of the world
would unhesitatingly say Wheat. u
This Is true of the United States,
but far from the case in the
world as Il whole. The first place
must be given the potato. OF all
the staple crops Of the world the
potato takes first place, tie annual
crop being more than 4,000,000,000
bushels, against 2.50O.000.000 bushels
of wheat and 2,GO0,00O,00O bushels of
corn. Of the total potato crop Eu-
rope produces fully seyen-eighths, and
one-half times as much as her wheat.
and ali the cereals together are but 50
--a--Gnnrnn Y, Waldron, in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
stranrs symptoms in a Glass Eye.

The Cincinnati Enquirer tells Off
man who went to doctor and sad
"Will you kindly look into my g
and tell me what is the matter?" +
Certainly, was the quick reply
Then the physician opened up the re
fractory optic and began in hurrie'
manner:
"I see at glance that you hay
been suffering from kidney trouble
Your liver is out of order, and there !
danger of your having al attack {
gastritis unless the matter is quick
corrected. From the disteuded pup
+ should say that your nerves are i'm
debilitated condition, and that"
"Hull up, there came the vote
of the patient.
"What's the matter?"
dad burn it! You're looking iro
my glass eye!"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

| sion. Woru
"barin" was stopping Id a moullks
hut, and the whole village paid him
visit. One mouiik even brought him
two eggs, another intimated that for
fifty kopecks quart Of vodki could
be brought. The money was pro-
duced. Jefferson was held as great
man, "bolshoi chelvack," F." the vodki
was purchased, everybody drank of it
excepting the women, and in the mou-
jik's hut quite convivial evening was
spent. 1t was great night, such as
the moujik experiences but seldom.
Jefferson had much experience of
The czars Jewish subjects. They GER
tainly know how to do one thing
well, and that is charge for any ac-
commodation they provide. At Cher
ikor, a town of 5000 inhabitants, JEFF
ferson could only secure room in the
house OF Jew. Thither he repaired,
dined on three eggs and two pints of
milk, and slept.
Next morning he was asked for six
roubles s--thilteen shillings. He ar
gued; offered two roubles. The Jew
stood firm for six Jefferson asked
for his bicycle. ''No pay, no bicycle, F"
said the Jew. Then there was row
and Jefferson went for the police.
The police master was asleep, so JET
ferson sat on the doorstep of the po-
lice station until he awoke. When
he did awake and learned the facts of
the case and who the cyclist was, the
officer put OF all his uniform, hailed
two sleepy-looking policemen, and
went off with Jefferson to the Jews
abode. The Jew wanted to explain;
the policeman swept him into the
roadway, the bicycle YVES produced
and Jefferson once more got under
way.
The intrepid cyclists n;,rrowest es-
cape from death occurred on the road
to Vladimir. He was still twenty-five
miles away from the town when dark
ness set in. The road was terrible.
full of ruts and covered with hugt
stones, and he bumped and banged
along in manner truly awful.
Then, after descending long hill.
Jefferson suddenly saw vawning at
his very feet great black gap. He
realized that it was gorge, the
bridge of which had fallen, and flung
himself from the saddle on the very
brink of the prccipice, not a moment
too soon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
Riding on TnrtIes' Backs.

Having had considerable experience
in turtle catching, I know swimmer
can frequently approach sleeping
turtle from behind and leap on. its
back before it awakes. The creatures
first impulse is to dive, but if its rider
knows his business he can instantly
bring it to standstill by forcing his
fingers into its horny eyes, when il
at once floats motionless upon the sur
face. In the case of midshipman
whom I know OF, he. got on turtles s
back and enjoyed Il ten minutes ride,
sometimes on the surface ofthe water,
sometimes under, before he brought
the animal to a standstill.
Three things are certain-frst, the
ability of a man to get Oh sleeping
turtles back; second, by sitting fal
back on its shell to keep it near th
surface; third, to instantly stop it
career by reducing it to blindness
Having regard to the brevity and SIM
plicity of Rougemont's account, L cl
quite we'll believe that lonely man, O
his coral sandbauk. with ell his IL
stincts pretcrnaturally sharpened, dill
actually ride aud guide the turtle IS
he has stated. Admiral Moresby IN
London Daily Chronicle.
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SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The young leaves and roots of ferns
supply considerable portion Of the
food in the mountain districts of
Japan.
A Hamburg Germany chemist has
succeeded with the aid of oxide of
aluminium in creating heat of up to
10000 degrees:
Although tile brain is perpetually
active, yet the whole of it is never at
work at one time. The two hemis-
pheres, or halves; do not operate SIM
illtaneously; but alternate in action: ).
A turnip seed increases its own
weight fifteen times in minute. On
peat ground turnips have been found
to increase by growth Is, 800 times the
weight of their seed each day they
stood upon it.
Circular or elliptical halos round
the SUN indicate violent storms, espe-
cially if the halos are dark IN tint OF
of. large diameter. Lightning and
magp etlc disturbances may also DC eA-
pected from these signs. -
1t is computed that the death rate
of the world is 81 and the birth rate
70 minute, and this seemingly light
percentage of gain is sufficient to give
a net increase in population each year
IF almost 200; 600 sotils:
The phenomenon Of the milk-white
sea, much more luminous than the
starry sky, is reported by a cores
pondent of Nature. 1t was witnessed
on the morning of August 81 in the
Indian ocean, and continued to be
seen throughout so miles Of the yes!
sells course. The sea was calm,
while bucket of the water showed
nothing unusual.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
The X.Rnx Photograph in Court


Tile earliest reported instance oil
the use of the A-ray process in evi-
dence seems to have been in the dis
trict court Of Arapahoe county, Col
orado, in 1896. More recently in
Tennessee it was held that all X-ray
photograph, showing the overlapping
bones of one of the legs of the plain
tiff, broken by an injury for which
suit was brought, taken by physician
and surgeon familiar with fractures
and with the process of taking such
photographs, who testified that it ac-
curately represented the condition Of
the leg, is admissible in evidence.
The court said: "The pictorial repre-
sentation Of the condition of the
broken leg of the plaintiff gave to the
jury a much more intelligent idea of
that particular injury than it would
have obtained from any verbal de-
scription OF it by surgeon, even if
he had used for the purpose the SIM
plest terms OF his art. Law Notes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
WILL WEIGH $50 TONS.
Giant Scales just Installed in the Gov.
crnment Gunshops in Washington.

Giant Scales just Installed in the Gov.
crnment Gunshops in Washington.
Everybody is perhaps aware that
the large scales upon which the entire
freight cars with their loads of many
tons are weighed are considered i'm
meuse, but with all their immensity
Uncle Sam has gone all the railroads
in the country one point better by in
stalliug at the navy yard, Washing
ton, one of the largest pair of scales
in the country. This machine can
outweigh tue largest railroad weigh
ing machines by fifty tons, and its re-
suits must be accurate to pound,
while railroad scales are considered
good if they approach anywhere near
fifty pounds of being correct. The
new scales are placed on the track
going south from the great gunshops
md just opposite the forge shop.
They are 4S feet long and - feet
wide and rest upon cement base
built upon long piles. The ground
is somewhat low, and it was neces-
sary to utilize the services OF pile
drivers to secure q stable foundation,
which is one of the requisites of an
accurate weighing machine. The cost
was about $1,000.
Much of its fine and sensitive bal
nncing apparatus was manufacturer
for special use in the new. machine,
and the completed structure is con-
sidered model and marvel of modern
mechanism and American ingenuity.
In order to illustrate the accuracy
of the counterpoise of the machine to
reporter, the superintendent of
yards and docks pirl'"' ''"'f
brick whi-'- ~ "a" @-e'' J.
near by an,. .a -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
Was Bismarck NTus;calc

During the many years he resided
in Berlin Bismarck hardly ever went
to all operate performance or to n
concert, save on state occasions, and
i'll his official character. He-took
liking, however, to Pauline Lucca, and
admired her greatly in Nicolai's
Merry Wives OF Windsor" But
even the fact that photograph is ex-
tant in which the iron chancellor ap-
pears grouped" with the brilliant
song bird cannot make him musical
individual. Scaria, too, was for q
time great favorite of Bismarck.
But, disinclined to sit through az
opera, Bismarck frequently invited the
singer to his house, and there the
great basso was invariably asked to
sing a nambcr OF German student
songs-a kind Of music which the man
of blood and iron immensely enjoyed.
Musical America.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
I: a Rindern Hotel

e lady desiring apartments in am up.
town hotel, thoroughly modern es-
tabltshment in Ney York city, on
being shown through by the mana
ger, remarked: 81 rather like the gen.
eral arrangement but there is one
great drawback. You have no closets.
What was the object in building a
hotel without closets? Where are
people to put their clothes"
Madam" he replied, solemnly. sit
WIS an oversight of the architect. No
one discovered the omission until the
hotel was finished. Our tenants are
obliged to use wardrobes. New York
Press.
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Sweet SleeD.

He had come upon her doing a
hammock, and when she woke up he
accused him OF stealing Kiss.
"Well," he said, '.I will admit tat
the temptation was too strong to be
resisted. I did steal one little kis. I"
'tOne!" she exclaimed irdignaby.
"I counted eight before I woke D."
Chicago Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
cha,npion Insurance Policy.

The insurance record of the Hrld
has just been broken by the issnace
OF policy for 50, 900, 900 in Chic dgo.
The first premium was $l01l l90,
and the holder OF the policy is un-
known, as one Of the conditions othe
transaction is that his identity beDre-
served inviolate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
Indefinite Information.

Old Folger: GIVE got letter from
my son out west"
Collin: $50? What's Tom doing
now?"
Old Folger: ''That's what I can't
make out He says he is engaged in
the destruction OF weeds. Now, that
may mean he's smoking a good many
cigars OF that he is trying to induce
some widow to make second venture,
or it may simply mean that he is doing
farm work. Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

-.-~s veaI the u"n- -. .-.> .,.r....,
with which they Gid Palestine. Five
minute stops are made at the holy
places, and the Kaiser makes speech
and the Kaiserin Cnaps kodak, and
then on they pass like q sightseeing
whfrfwjud.-Boston Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
:, NERVOUS DEPRESSION.
"a TALK WITH MRS. PINKHAM.l

TALK WITH MRS. PlNkHAh.
A woman with the blues is very IN
comfortable person. She is illogical,
unhappy and frequently hysterical.
The condition of the mind known as
the blues" nearly always, with wo-
men, results from diseased organs of
generation.
1t is ID source of wonder that in this
age of advanced medical science, any
person should still believe that mere
force Of will and determination will
overcome depressed spirits and nerv-
BUSINESS in women. These troubles are
indications of disease.
Every woman who doesn't under
stand her condition should write to
Lynn, Mass, to Mrs. Pinkham for her
advice. Her advice is thorough COM
mon sense, and is the counsel of a
learned woman of great experience.
Read the story of Mrs. f. S. BENNETT,
Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol-
lowing letter:
"DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I have suf-
fered for over two years with falling,
enlargement and liberation of the
womb, and this spring, being in such
q weakened condition, caused me to
flow for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, 1 wrote to you
for advice. After using the treatment
which you advised for a short time,
that terrible flow stopped.
~ am now gaining strength and
flesh, and have better health than
have had for the past ten years.
wish to say to all distressed, suffer
ng women, do not suffer longer, when
there is one soskind and willing to
aid yeu."
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a woman's remedy for wo-
mans ills. More than million wo-
men have been benefited by it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

find them making long tramps into
the country; but that is probably q
religious duty, for when they tramp
they wave sticks into the air, nobody
knows why. They have no sense Of
dignity. for they may be found walk
ing with women. They even sit down
at the same table with women and the
latter are served first"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
Beauty Is Blood Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without l.. Cascarets. Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood md keep it clean. by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
puritics from the holy. Begin to-day to
banish pimples. hollis. blotches blackheads.
and that sickiy bilious complexion by takin.
Cascarets. .--heauty for ten cents. All drug
gists. satisfaction guaranteed. 10c. 25c. SOC.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

LUCAS COUNTY.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of T. j. CHENEY &
Co. doing business in the City of Toledo.
County and State aforesaid. and thatsaid firm
viii! pay he sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case of CATARRH that cannot
be cured b. the use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before ME and subscribed in my
f-I--) presence. this 9Th day Of December
}SEALt 4. D. 1856. A. W. GLEASON.
(@0 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
nets directly on the blood and mucoussurfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials. free.
T. ]. CHENEY &; Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. &c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
OUR BRITISH ALLY.
fiowiIe Received the Surrender of Porto
Rican Town.

When Capt. Padget, the naval at
tach of the British embassy, was
ma4ng 4 speech at the Grdiron din
perI in Washington recently, three
fouths Of the people who heard him
Intact, everybody who does not en-
joy the pleasure Of personel acquain-
tanf-supposed that he was trying to
nitric the typical stage Englishman
and was ready to admit that he did
it ery successfully.
Ike his military colleague, Capt.
Lee Capt. Padget's sympathies with
the American army during the recent
wal were unconcealed. Like his col
leaale, he used the word Eve" both
in conversation and in his official
repGts, regardless of the laws cf neu-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
;he famous gunshop with
he chance to weigh an
J former. The capacity.of
r.n.nl Of

fUrmer. The capacltysoI
the new scales is $50 tons, OF double
the capacity of the old scales, which
have just been replaced.
A 13-ipch gun weighs about fifty
five tons, and it may be readily seen
that the new scales can weigh two or
three monsters, reclining on 4S-foot
car track aud not tax its capacity to
any great extent. All the big guns of
the dayy will be weighed upon these
colossal scales.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
A Double Crop or Apples

On Long Island farm IS an apple tree
which bore two crops of fruit the past year,
and the farmers are taking unusual interest
IN this popularity Of nature. just as much
interest has been shown in Hostetter's Stom-
ach Bitte-s which hns the popularity Of cur
ing dyspepsia, Indigestion, constipation and
blood disorders that other remedies fail to
benefit. In chronic cases it rarely fails, and
1t cures whenever a cure is possible.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

In one of the Canary islands there is a tree
of the laurel family that occasionally rains
downs-in the earl! evcnings-quitea n copious
shower OF water drops from its tufted foliage
The water comes out through innumerable
little nOres situated Mt tho edge of the leaves.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
kDprehenSiOn.

Burglar ION trial)-I don't like de
looks of dis jury"
Friend-"No; dey looks as if dey
was preiudiced agin burglary. Puck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

Those who regret the decaderce of the
beautiful Santa Claus myth should reflect
that the modern style Of chimney imposes
credulity of childrcn..-Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

Mrs. Winslnw's Soothin; Syrup for hildren
teething softens the gums. reduces infamma-
ton, nllays pain. cures wind coic. 25c. bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after FIRST days use of DR.. kline's Great
Nerve Rcstorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free
Dr. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch ST.. Phila., Pa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. euro coassio1tlo1 foreysc.
lOc, CSC. IfC. c. C. fail. druggists refund moaoy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

A London tailoring magazine complains
that talors themselves seldom dress WELL
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

Don'tTobacco Spit and Smoke Your Lie Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic, full Of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker, that makes weak n en-
strong. All druggists, 5oc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
The pantries at wlnder Castle contain gold
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

have found Piso's Cure for Consumption
an unsa:;ing medicine. R. LoTz, 1905 Scott
St Cnyington. Ky, Oct.l. 1891.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

If n man were to lea p as far in proportion tt
his size as q flea, he could jump &c miles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
Pains and Aches

Of Rheumatism Make Countless
Thousands Suffer.
But this disease is cured by Hoods Sar-
saparilla, which neutralizes the acid in the
blood. II you have any symptoms OF
rheumatism take Hoods Sarsaparilla at
once and do not waste time and money ON
unknown preparations. The merit OF
Hoods Sarsaparila is unquestioned and its
record Of cures uneQualled.
Hoods Sarsaparilla
IsAmerica'sGreatestMe Medicine for rheumatism
a. -, ,.tt- 49,. 4. II r,-.- al, o.,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

Over 1G0 persons disappear in London ever
year without leaving the slightest trace.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

Some one has ey ported n ton of Irish turf
for an Irish fair at San francisco.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

10 Cure Constipation Forever.
TAX. Cascnrets Candy Cathartlc. l0c or 81.
&c. l.. c. fall TO cure. druggists refund money.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

Nearly all skin diseases are supposed 20 be
caused by microscopic insects.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01
STATE OF OHIO. City OF TOLEDO

The American Bible Society has sent $500
Spanish New Testamcnts to Santiago, Cuba.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

1t requires over S3OO.GO year to run the
Crystal Palace in London.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

To Cure Cold in One Day.
Takc Laxative Bromo Quinlne Tablets. Al
Druggists refund money If 1t fails to cure. 25c
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

So-To-8ac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
III ell strong, blood pure. Sc, 81. All druggists
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-02-01

SpEGsAL stamps or cash. mentioning paper
Trial Outfit consisting of Aluminium Inhaler Wire
Dropp bottle Hy sufficient Inst two weeks and full
using The Home and sample
Hyomei Ba the wonderful ntsepic healer and for piles
spsans scads chatting and surface
irrtations OFFICE AND LABORATORY
THE r. I. BOOTH CO., ITHACA, N Y.
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