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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
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report sets forth that whenever the
system has been started properly, it
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report sets forth that whenever the
system has been started properly, it
has been followed by these results:
Increased postal receipts. More
letters are written and received. More
newspapers and magazines are sub
soribed for. - So marked is this ad-
vancement that many rural routes al
ready pay for themselves by the addi-
tional business they bring.
Enhancement of the value Of farm
lands reached by rural free delivery.
This increase in value has been esti-
mated at as high as SIS On acre in some
States. A:.moderate estimate is from
So to So an acre.
A general improvement of the con-
dition of the roads traversed by the
rural carrier. In the Western States
especially the construction of good
roads has been o prerequisite to the
establishment of rural free delivery
service. In one county in Indiana
special agent reports that the farmers
spent over $4,000 to grade and gravel
q road to obtain rural free delivery.
Better prices obtained for farm
products, the producers being brought
into daily touch with the state of the
markets, and thus being enabled to
take advantage OF information hereto
fore unattainable.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Methods of MahIns Keef-Tea.

The first of the methods here given
makes surely o genuine extract OF
beef, containing all the strengthening
properties and the full nourishment of
the meat. If the stomach OF the in
valid is quite weak this extract is not
given in its full strength, but it is
diluted with hot water until it is OF
the strength desired by the physician.
In making this tea or extract always
Select the iuiciest part of the beef
quite without regard to its tenderness.
Indeed, the tsnderer the meat is the
less juicy it will be found. The lower
part of the round is usually found to
be the best for beef-tea. 1t must be
absolutely free from fat, only the lean
meat being available. Cut the beef
into auarter-inch dics-shaped pieces,
and put them into q wide-mouthed
bottle and set it on o stand Of some
kind in o kettle of cold water. This
lie to raise the jar and let !the wsser
under 1t, SO that the glass will not be
on the hot bottom Of the kettle, as it
would almost to certainty break un-
less it was thus protected. Set the
kettle over the fire and heat ii grad
tally. When it comes to boil Keep
it gently simmering for several hours,
until the meat is perfectly white, look
ing like pieces of India-rubber, all the
mice being extracted. Then strain
out the juice, press it al out from the
pieces of meat. and season to the taste
with salt. To make the tea more
quickly cut one half pound of the juicy
round freed from all fat into small
pieces, season with o tablespoonful Of
salt, press it with a wooden potato.
masher, and let it stand in covered
bowl for half an hour. Pour off the
juice, and heat, but do not boil it.
Serve 1t Immediately without strain
ing. The salt will draw out only
Il
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Hints for the Housewife.


Sugar added to the water used fer
basting meat adds to the flavor.
Stale crackers are improved by
placing in O hot oven few minutes
before serving.
In making hard pudding sauce add
the sugar gradually to the butter, and
it will cream more quickly.
A paroxysm of coughing may often
be arrested by tablespoonful Of gly-
cerine in q glass of hot milk.
If dish Oh cold water is kept in a
cake box it will keep the cake fresh
and moist. The water should be re-
newed every twenty-four hours.
A mixture of fine, soft down and
cotton batting of the best quality, we'll
mixed, makes fine filling for cush-
ions, and is cheaper than all down.
To clean cork carpet, wash all over
twice week with skim milk, or polish
with beeswax and turpentine as You
would stained floor. The latter
method darkens the cork and gives it
rich appearance.
An easy way to steam house plants
in winter is to set a large vessel of hot
water under the plant stand and then
drop into it piece of hot brick or
iron.
Milk is suggested as good extin-
gushing agent for burning petroleum.
1t forms an emulsion with the oil, and
by disturbing its cohesion attenuates
the combustibie element as water can
not.
In screwing glass globe on to the
gas fixture, care should be taken not
to screw it too tight, as when the gas
is lighted tho glass will expand, and
if space is not allowed the globe will
crack. Many mysterious breakages
may be traced to this lack of foresight.
A point to be remembered in the
broiling of fish is that fish must not
be turned while broiling. Put the
inside of the fish next to the Goals and
let it cook through. When done,
hold the skin side to the fire just
moment to brown, and serve at once.
If the fingers get badly stained in
peeling fruit or vegetables, and the
druggist is too for off to get o1alic
acid, try rubbing the fingers with sor-
rel leaves or rhubarb, both of which
contain the same acid. Spots in linen
may be removed by the same agency.
Potato pudding is easily prepared
and makes q good and desirable addi.
tion to roast beef. Chop one-half cup
of suet with three raw potatoes to a,
degree of fneness. Season this with
pepper, salt and any preferred spice.
Stir in -four for thickening and boil
for three hours in bag.
II one chances to have on some up
per shelf or in the attic large bell
glass once used TO cover clock or Or
nament, it will Je found most useful
to keep table ferns fresh. If the ferns
are thoroughly sprayed once week,
and the earth about them moistened
every other day, they will need no
other care all winter, provided the
glass bell is inverted over them at
night.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

Rural free delivery carriers, as q
rule, 'put on frills" in Indiana, which
State, next to Ohio, has the lions
share of the existing experimental SER
vice. Most of them provide them.
selves with regulation uniforms, at
their own cost, and furnish special
wagons, with pigeon holes and other
postal appliances-all for S400 year,
horse hire included.
Out in Arizona, where in the genial
summer sunshine the temperature oc-
casionally rises to ITO degrees and
stays there, the rural carrier rarely
wears any insignia of his dignity. ex-
cept his badge, which is q nickel
plated arrangement made to fit any
kind of hat. Instead of comfortably
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

n .,k-Ss=rTc1o I1oEiOOsnOi.s tOt- AAS-.---s
+ s She toppled back, and he could
: hear her breathing plainly. Then
she tried again. AS she stood on her
hind feet, her claws caught in his
clothing, but he fought free; and
time and again she scratched. him,
but hs did not=cry out.
Once or twice she withdrew hel
paw, stretched very high, and pushed
her black muzzle up till he could see
the two red eyes; and he knew the
two red eyes could very well see him.
But when she struck she must with.
draw her head to give the paw q
greater reach, and by shifting little
he could dodge her.
But all the time, rs she tried for
him, first with one fore-paw and then
with the other, her hind feet were
clawing at the bluff for foothold. II
she had found it, she would have lifted
and have reached him instantly. She
! did not find it; but she was loosening
soil and stones with every effort, and
:hese were forming a growing plat.
form which brought her nearer.
When he knew the next fling CT o
paw would reach him he saw the bare
blond head Of Sergeant Gore on the
ledge. ~ ~a
The back OF her head was toward
the soldier, for her leftspaw was at the
bosomof Tad's blue coat. 90
"Cling tightl" said Gore.
And wonderful thing happened.
The sergeant stepped close to the
panther's sid,, facing outward His
left arm flashed about the extended
body. He made that splendid full
crum of his hip. he swung just once,
and swiftly; and the panther went
as Higgins had once gone-heels over
head, and helpless. She flung both
paws wildly, but she made no sound
as her dark body shot over. the edge
and was swallowed up in the dark
ness. They listened what seemed a
very long time, and heard her strike
at the foot of the bluff.
"Great throw!" cried Tad, and he
crept exultant from his nook, and
c.ambered out where Sergeant Gore
could lift him down. But he had to
be carried. When it was oil over his
sturdy legs refused to bear him, and
he staggered very helplessly. Gore
laid him on the pine.needles at the
summit, for few minutes. And pres
emily they went down the long road
to the warm spring, where he washed
+ the dust from Tad's face and hands
and arms.
Later, they dragged to the captains
porch monster panther, whose vel
vet skin not single bullet had marred.
But even at that, when Tad saw his
fathers white face, and caught the
wordless welcome of his mothers en-
brace, he knew he had paid for the
panther far more than it was worth
st. Nicholas: Sc
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

.tner's door,.by the Federal Govern.
hent, is no longer all experiment.. In
the words Of the report, the system
has now "to be doalt with as on estabt
lished agency of progress, awaiting
only the action of the Congress to de-
termine how rapidly it shall be de-
reloped." The current month finds
rural free delivery of mail in success
full operation from 3S3 distributing
points tadiating over forty States and
one Territory, while other districts
from Maine to Texas are an1iously
waiting for those regular visits from
Uncle Sam which mean so much in
variety OF ways. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
,r1T-,N I'D you hear the panther
- last night, Sergeant2".
asked Tad, the captains

go BOIL
'sNo," said the sergeant, as he cut
at the top of sage-brush with the
loose end OF the lariat hanging at his
saddle. SCI didn't hear it, but it
yelled, I guess. Billy Murphy was
ON guard down. at Post. No. 2, and
he5didn't dare walk the length of his
beat
"Let's go there tonight and fetch
it in" said the boy. ~
stNo-po!" -, -
The soldier rarely spoke in so posi-
tive manner to his younger COM
panion. They had grown to be quite
good friends. So Sergeant Gore
looked at the trim figure by his side,
and admired-as q cavalryman would
-Tad's posture in the saddle. And
sthen he .gazed down the long road to
9the bluff. ON the shingly' lodges of
which, the panther they had been
speaking of was said to prowl at night
and call to the echoes in that fearsome
voice. -.
- Gore was o weli-born, well-trsined
young fellow who had enlisted in the
;rauks OF the regular army at o time
when penniless and discouraged, US
has. many another son OF good family.
He seemed peculiarly attractive to
this boy. Tad admired Gore Lecause
he was cle7erer than the others. Gore
was q. better shot and a better horse
man, and hewas the best wrestler in
2 the FORT. Aud there is nothing that
80 appeals to the soul Of the boy as
ability in that close struggle OF
athletes, that embrace OF gladiators,
out of which comes the triumph of the
,unarmed hands, the victory of the un-
saided muscles and skill. 81.
And Tad's father, the captain, had
not discouraged an association which
gave his son pleasure and seemed to
makethe lad more manly.
Couldn't We kill the panther, Ser
geant?"
.'We might, and we might not.
The last manin thetroop went out
TO kill q panther came back in. sling
between two pack-mules; and he
didn't get off sick-report for three
months. Now, see here, Tad, Get
thatswrinkla oat -nf-unur hraini He,H-
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
gson-pIastsf aIT over him" s
Pretty moe thing to kill 0 pam

geo6-pIsster aIT over him?"
Pretty moe thing to kill . pan.
therio
eyes; and then"
Sergeant, are you afraid of herr"
''I'm not afraid Of anything alive, F"
said the sergeant, calmly.
'H you are not afraid, why don't
you go?"
"We don't do all the things we dare
to do"
s.What, for instance2"
..Weli, I dare tell Higgins, when we
get to camp, that won't mount guard
tomorrow"
''Then why don't yous"
''tBecause it is my duty to mount
guard whenever he details me. He's
the orderly sergeant"
'sl saw you throw him one time, {"
said Tad, irrelevantly; and then he
stopped to laugh at the recollection.
Higgins was very strong man;
and one day in spring, before mount
ed drill was. begun, the soldiers got
up a tournament on the parade-ground,
where the orderly sergeant challenged
any one to wrestle. Tad remembered
Cores acceptance, and how the big
ger man had strutted to the encoun-
ter; how thetwo. had gripped TO the
work, and; how presently Gore had
caught the huge weight on his hip, and
had fung. the, other heels over head in
one great sweep, and had landM him
fairly and finally, -
But that was months ago. Tad
looked up at the distant bluff while
the buglers were blowing o retreat,
: but he stood in "the attitude Of q
ysoldisr',when the flag camegdown to
the booming of the evening gun.
That night he made his bed on the
floor of the upper porch, and lay there
wondering st the stars till long after
taps Time and again he caught him
self almost across the border-land of
dreams, and it seemed TO him the
: tagging midnight must have passed
when the sound for which he waited
reached his ears. And then the sud-
denness of it, the savage strength of
that panther's cry, startled the
courageous little fellow till his heart
was still. The half-human quality of
the tone added to the terror of it.
Then his breath came back, and
with it his daring. And the next time
the cry was raised he knew the shingly
shelves Of the bluff were then prom
ensde for the panther.
Next night Sergeant Gore was on
guard, but the next after he was free;
and time and again he wondered
where Tad was in hiding; for he had
not seen the boy since dinner-call.
Lang and Warner were up the
gulcb with an eight-mule team, and
they came in at sundown with load
OF wood. When they had embarrassed
the mules Lang found Sergeant Gore
stretched on his bunk, trying to read
by the afterglow.
"Oh, Gore, here's note from the
Captains kid" said the teamster
Lang, carelessly.
Gore peered at the penciled lines:
DEAs SERGEANT: r am up on the
bluff. II you don't come and get me,
may be the panther will. TAD.
A cayuse pony was picketed back
of the quartermaster's store, and
Sergeant Gore took a turn of the rope
around tie animals Jaw, leaped to the
bare back, and galloped to- the hills.
He carried his carbine, and belt of
cartridges was buckled about him.
And every muscle Of his splendid
frame quivered; for he loved the.
Captains son. s.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Would Nurse Him Herself.

They found her hurriedly packing q
yalise. "Where are you going?" they
asked. "To the Transvaal," she re-
piled. "But I thought you didn't
believe in women going to WARP" ,"I
don't; but if you think am going to
let any of those red-cross women
nurse my Harold back to health if he
is wounded you ore mistaken. I'm
going to be there myself. Golden
Pennv
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

In the communities where it has
been tried free delivery is considered
the greatest boon that the Govern
ment ever has conferred on them.
One. Missouri farmer has calculated
that in the Inst fifteen years he has
driven IL, 900 miles going to and from
tho postofficc to get his mail-all travel
that is saved to him by the free de-
livery system,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

you belong the
sell at price than who do This Southern enterprise
Southern people, The publisher
arrange paints his subscribers who would like
through the ADVERTISER This paint has thick heavy
body buyers add Lnseed oil and make the paint
the oil will cost about fifty cents gallon
telling them what colors want and how
uch price will be given. The paint contains the best material
guarantee goes with every barrel and package paint
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Tanning Ouail.

A Morgan County MO- young man
has built up large business in tame
quail, which, he claims are more easily
raised than chickens and far more
profitable, selling for 81 per dozen for
meat, OF. ut S5 per pair as pets. The
eggs hatch well, either under quail or
common hens. 80 ,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

= RURAL MAIL DELIVERY
: The Marvellous Growth and Popularity &
Of the System.

Of the System

P to the present
time th ere has
b se n nothing in
the history Of the
postal service Of
t h @ q II i t 9 d
States;" says the
annual report of
the first assistant
.po stm . ster-gen.
eral; $50 remark
able as the growth
OF the rural free
delivery SYSTEM"
The daily delivery
of mail at the fnr-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
riding in specially constructed postal

riding in specially constructed postal
wagon, he as often as not mounts q
bucking bronco, or dives him to a
blackboard, with only nm umbrella for
shade. Buthe makes thirty odd miles
q day, nevertheless and the Depart
ment has just issued orders to cut
down this particular route from Tempo,
five or ten miles day, chiefly out of
consideration for the bronco, because
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

America In Africa.

American refrigerating machines,
American pumping machinery, an
American dynamite plant, $50 miles
of American railroad, laid with Ameri-
can rails-on California redwood sleep.
ers and American water lines, are
some of the Yankee products to be
seen OF the South African mines.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
rn Mike a Dainty DIsl1.

The housekeeper who collects re-.
cipes would do well to add to her col
lection dainty dish which can be
made from butternuts or Brazilian
nuts. Butternuts being difficult to
get, the Brazilians will serve rs sub
stitute.
After b1anching them add to each
cupful of nuts tablespoonful of salad
oil, let them stand q half hour and
sprinkle with salt and cayenne pep
per. When the whole has been mixed
nut il in tbs oven until brown.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

Queensland is being gradually con
yerted into large orchard. The Aus
tralian orange in particular has great
future, as it ripens at time when
Spain, Italy and California cannot
provide the fruit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
HOUSEHOLDS MATTERS.
Temperance Eggnog.

Al excellent eggnog without liquor
of any kind is nourishing and pala-
table drink, if carefully made. Beat
the yolk of one or two eggs with de-
sired quantity of powdered sugar, un-
til 1t is light and creamy; pour into a
eiassfuI Of rich milk or cream; lastly,
stir in lightly the white of the eggs
beaten to O foam. This is good
sedatiye when taken just before going
to bed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

Ardmore, l. T., is the greatest in
laud cotton market in the world. Over
50, 600 bales of cotton are marketed
eac', year there, which are brought
into town by wagons. This is ex-
elusive of the product shipped by
railroads.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

In the early dnys of the service,
when neither Congress tior the Post.
office Department, as then organized,
held out any hope that rural free de.
livery would prove more than o tran.
'sitory experiment, extreme careless
ness vas manifested as to the kind Of
.receptacIes put up as rural free de-
livery boxes. Tomato cans, cigar
boxes, drainage pipes up ended, soap
boxes and even sections Of discarded
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
the carrier can probably sleep as COM
fertably in his saddle as anywhere
Glsa =.

sslse.
h The.hardships sometimes encount.
|sered by the rural 6afriets are shown
jim the photograph of rural carrier il,
Northern Ohio returning from q trip
when the Thermometer was forty de-
EgFees below zero. Yet, though the
First, Assistant Postmaster7G General
REPORTS that theirs are several girls
faeting as bonded rural carriers, few
INSTANCES are recorded OF their failing
Ito make ths;r daily trips, either in
Ethe coldest storms Of winter or the
Eblazifg heat of summer.
Onef question which has received
Egrave consideration by the Depart
ment Is She insecurity and improper
leharacter Of the mail boxes put up.
ION this subject Tie First Assistant
POSTMASTER General says:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31

sa.y :,:g.-..o CUP Oh tea little less
strong than the first, but good not
Observation-Disclosures Home Con-
panion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
Does All the Talking Herself.

A clever woman can always give
slow man the impression that he has
said lot of bright things himself. =
Chicago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
In the last report 81 the First As
sistant Postmaster. General there Sfe

sistant Postmaster. General there arg
some striking illustrations. fi-:ss
There is, for example, o scene at g.
eouDtty store, twelve miles from
Lafayette, Ind, from which point
three rural letter carriers start dailys'
each making d eircuitous drive Of
twenty-five miles or more, Rithout|
passing over the same road twice. At
the particular point photographed
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-31
United statos Medal of Honor.

=ssnem, charging a moderate rental.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-22
Notice to Creditors,

Whereas letters of administration of
the goods. rights, and credits Of J. r.
GrimSlev. late OF Williamsburg county
and State, Of South Carolina, deceased.
interstate. were granted unto me, the
undersigned OH November lIth A. D.,
1000 by.the court of Probate of said
county and State. Therefore.
All and singular the creditors of the
estate OF said J K. GrimSley, deceased,
interstate, are hereby notified and re-
uuested to render an account Of their
demands, duly attested, to the under
signed, within the time required by
MRS. LOU ii. GRIMSLEE.
oO-3t~ AdministratriX.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-22
To the Creditors Of the
Estate Of Needam L.
Pitman, Deceased.

Please take notice that pursuant 70
an order OF the court Of Common Pleas
made in the case OF Thomas M.GilIand,
aS Executor of the last will ana teSta-
ment Of Necdham II. Pitman, deceased;
arainS-. Emma B. Pitman. ct al, ana
date: October Both 1900. You, the cred
ltor> Of the said estate are required 10
come in aud establish your claims be-
fore me. George Galletly. referee, ap-
pDinte,i in said order, at : reference 10
be held ut the Office Of MeSsrs. GIIland
& Kirk. IN kingstree, 5. Con TUESDAY,
the Al, dav of December 1900; or, be
dcbarrrd from the benefits OF the de-
cree in the said case l0u are further
no-ifird that you are enjoined and re-;
Strainrd from bringing or prosecuting
anv separate action or proceeding Tor
The enforcement ofyour several claims
ani demands.
GEORGE GALLETLY,'
Referee.
Flor, ,ncc, ). E. Nov 81, 1900. 3t.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-11-22
Citation Notice.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
WLLIAMsBURG COCSrE.

WLLIAMsBURG COUNTY.
BY EN-. SMITH, ESQ, PROBATE JUDGE,
Whereas Hugh McCutchcn made
suit To me, 20 grant him Letters ot
Administration Of the Estate OF ana
effects Of Ms, Mary Mctutchen.
These ale there ore 10 cite and a"e
monisb all and singAar the kindred
and Creditors of the said Mr: Mary Nc,
Cutchen. deceased, that they be and
appear before me, in the Court OF
Probate, to be held dt kinSStree. on
the 3rd Of December next, after puG'
lication there of, at II O'Clock III the
forenoon. To show cause. if anv they
have. why the said Administration
should not be granted.
Given under my Hand, this 18th da&
of November Anno Domini, 1000.
E. NJ SMITH
Nov .-22-229 Jidge Probate.