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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
One on the Musician.

Here is a good story of Joachim,
the violinist, as told by himself. Dur
Ing one of his visits to London some
years ago the great virtuoso had occa-
sion to enter barber shop for shave.
The barber's acquaintance with Illus
trious musicians was limited, and Joa-
chin preserved his incognito.
'.Hair cut, sir?" demanded the obse-
uuious assistant, eyelng Joachim's
flowing locks with an air Of proprie-
torship.
Joachim intimated his perfect satis-
faction with the existing length Of his
hair; but the barber was not to be SO
easily baffied.
"Tride long at the back, sir" he sug-
gested, automatically.
Joachim explained that that was the
way he liked it, and the barber was
silent for O little.
Rather thin on top, sir" was his
next remark, whereby he sought to
convey his own firm conviction that to
sacifce thickness to length in the mat
ter of hair was altogether poor pol
Icy; but Joachim only glared ut the
barber and tossed his lion name. And
the barber went on shaving, but in q
moody, discontented kind Of way
Hope springs eternal in the human
breast, and the barber's breast was
no exception.
..Just trim the edges for you, SIR
Half an inch all round, sir?"
Joachim remained obdurate, and the
barber's stock OIL patience and ingen'
uity deserted him ut the same time
he vented his indignation in the most
scathing expression Of contempt that
suggested itself to his tonsorial mind
''Well, of course, If you want to look
like a German musician" he remark
ed, "it's no good talking"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
How News VIII Travel.

s'While on visit to the south re-
Gently I obtained q box Of your Tet-
terine, recommended for all skin dis
eases. I find il to be a marvelously
good thing. I wish to get some more,
and would like to establish an agency
here for its sale. Please let me know
the price of one dozen boxes. W. G..
Mccall, Granville, Ohio" At drug
gists or by mail for Soc. from J. T.
Shuptrine, esavernah, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
How's This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward fol
any case Of Catarrh that cannot DO cured b!
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F.J. CHENEY d Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +: D. Che
ney for the last Is years. and believe him per
fectly honorable in all business transactioni
and financially able to carry out any obliga
tion made by their firm.
WEST g. RUA1, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
Ohio.
WALDING, KINSAN g. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
HILLS Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
Ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Testimonials sent Tree
Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

Attention Is called to the very useful
articles contained in the premium list of the
Continental Tobacco Co.'s advertisement
Of their Star Plug Tobacco In another col
umn of this paper. 1t will pay to save the
"starn tin tags and so take advantage OF
the best list ever issued by the Star Tobacco.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
Prosnerity for 1900.

Indications everywhere point to great pros.
perity for the coming year. This is IN fnvar-
liable sign of healthy nature. The success OF
country, us we'll as the sticceS9 OF an
individual, depends upon health. There cen
be no health il the stomach Is weak. IL you
have any stomach trouble try Hoetetters 8
Stomach Bitters which cures dyspepsia. indi'
gest1on and biliousness. 1t makes strcng,
vigorous men and women.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
nfontreal,s Big Church.

All the exterior of the great Sacre Occur
Church. in Montmartre. hns been COM pleted,
and the scaffoldings which have marked the
hill for so many years will be soon taken
down. So far the church has cost about
$500. 900 and as much moro will be needed
before the decoration Is finished.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
you look to
ted and the
s. ..Ss...sant &. you
!. ses, I'm ago
s8s.'.eyer

Z. :; n SssnGo my confidence.
= s., must tell you I'm in
love I was almost a-falling on my
knees to tell 'er knowed it. Now,
:. can't you guess with whom? why, of
course, with your dear good skipper.
But, oh, dear; he is so horribly back
ward. He won't even look at me.
He knows I came here on purpose to
be near him and to talk TO him, and
see how he neglects me and keeps ont
of my way! Oh, sailor, am l so
herrid and ugly?'
".I told 'er as we'll as could as I
didn't think the old man need take on
80 eos she wasn't 'arf bad to look at.
On the contrary, she was about as
pretty picter as you'd see in q
months cruise.
't'Well, sailor, she went on, what
do youthink I've determined to do? I
/, believe he won't have anything to do
, with me simply because I'm woman,
and some silly people think woman
can do nothing butreceive admiration.
Now, if I could show him that am
brave and strong and can think and
act for myself perhaps he would learn
to love me. So want you to help
me. want you to fall overheard, and
let me jump after :ou.'
1t come on me bit sudden like,
aud sorter reeled with astonishment.
But she took 'old of my and and
squeezed it till I thought I should
faint away in 'er arms.
:" Now, don't look surprised she
-ses; I'm an. awful good swimmer!
I've won lots of prizes at our baths,
and I'll see that we throw buoy or
two overheard, 80 that NE sha'n't be
in danger. And when it's over, sailor
I'll give you s5. Now you can't say
no to me, can you-you dear, kind
man?'
'tNo, I couldn't, and that was q
fact. It's bad enough when you've
got Flovesick MAIDEN grasping and
a-leaning on yer; but when it comes
to five. quid in ard cash dangling be-
fore your nose it's too much.
$50 We arranged it that next day, if
the sea was smooth and the weather
fine, I'd sprinkle o few life-buoys
overheard and accidentally tumble
among 'em. Then, with cry as 'ud
bring the skipper on deck, the gal
would dive after me, and we'd go
through sorter life-saving perfor-
nance; and if that didn't make the
old man fall on 'er neck and ask TO be
j tctgiven-well, then we'd ave to .urow
i'm in next, and let 'er ave try at
saving 'im."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

'sWell, next day was fine, with just
bit of breeze rs kept the barque
steady under all sail, and as we were
only making about four knots an hour,
I reckoned this was the time for the
final scene. Sol whistled to the gal
To- get ready, and then l got 'old
OF all the buoys I could find
and pitched 'em astern when nobody
wasn't looking. Next I slipped off
my boots and dropped quietly over
the side.
s.When I looked up l seed the gal
a-looking as if she was a-wondering
,ow cold it was. And then all of q
sudden she give yell, and dived in
and come swimming toward me like
afsh.
.Lor, the commotion there was on
board when they heard that yell!
First, up come the skipper from below.
/ He looked astern and saw the girl in
the water. OFF went is coat, and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
An Anglo-Saxon. A

Simson-Willie, where did you get
that black eye.
"'It's all right, pop. I've only been
civilizing the boy next door. Tit
Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

The death rate from disease in the
Dutch navy in 1898 was only 3. 80 per
1000. There Iere four suicides.
Eighteen deaths were caused by
cholera.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
Found the Perpetrators.

..Mamma," exclaimed Johnny, tearing
into the house in wild excitement, "lsn t this
Indian summer!
ayes. dear" replied his mother.
swell snw the Indians that brought IT!
They re over at the railroad depot rightnow.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

Perhaps nothing so we'll illustrates
the accuracy of modern astronomy as
the recent Investigations into the rari-
alton CT latitude. Professor Charles
r. Doolittle, director Of the Flower
observatory of the University of Penn
sylvania, announces that the result OF
a long series of individual deternlina-
tions shows that the latitude of Phila-
delphia varies about forty feet an
nually. Tho such small change can
be recognized is certainly one OF the
triumphs of science. The first sus-
picion that there was a systematic va
ration in latitude was aroused by GER
tain observations made at Berlin In
1SS4-S5. This result was subsequently
confirmed by Investigations set on foot
in various parts of Europe, as we'll as
Honolulu and Cordova DR.. S. c.
Chandler has shown that the matter
can be explained by supposing the
earth's axis to revolve in an exceed
| ingly small elipse about its mean po-
sition, the period Of revolution being
about 427 days. The greatest ISL
BILE change in the position of the pole
is not more than twenty yards, so that
it will be seen that no very startling
| results are likely to follow the discov-
| cry. 1t is just possible, however,
| that the matter may be developed into
| something or Importance in the case
of boundary lines which are fixed by
| latitude determinations The most
striking fact is the emphasis on the
point that nothing known to astron-
omy is fixed or immovable, not even
the position of the earth's axis from
year to year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
Condensed Milk.

,.yes.m said little Amy's aurt, "you shnll
come to the country and sec me milk the
cows"
"Whv. that's how we get milk for our cof-
SoSi" said Amy, knowingly, i've dol with
a rim onenern
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
Next Eclipse OF the snn.

The mex. total solar eclipse will be May 2s.
1900. The duration of totality ranges from
one m mute thirty-si1 seconds In Portugal to
one minute SIX seconds in nerthern Africa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

PIso,s Cure for Consumption relieves the
IER S lexington, Mo-, February 81, 1904.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
WINNING THE CAPTAIN.

stWomen aboard Ship" said the
bo'sun of the British Queen, is like
cats in conservatory. They won't
Keep still for minute. If they amt
up and asking the skipper 'ow far it
is to the next port, they has to be get
ting themselves in muddle with the
ropes and spars, and a-trying to turn
q businesslike ship into sort of tar
nal boudoir, or whatsoever they calls
Fem, as is decked out with ribbons and
fancy touches.
5 ..sWe nd woman once aboard the
Liza Jane, as was crossing from Car
diff to the Thames with steam coal,
and back agen with anything as we
could get hold Of She was on the
! books as passenger, and when she
came aboard at Gravesend with red
parasol and a brown 'andbag and
asked the way to her room we knowed
,on the instant that there was some
thing going to happen, and we changed
Eonr lives just as if we'd bin born agen
an couldn't help it. Why, afore we.was
off the More blest if she 'adn't begun
a-talking to the cook about the greasy
knives and teaspoons, till the poor
Teller was in such a futter that he
took two hours turn a-polishing
every bit O. brass as might 'appen to
come under 'er eye. And then she
started on the men. The ropes was
all sticky and, nasty, she ses, and SO
was the bull 'arks, as she couldn't lean
.agenst without messin' 'er blouse. And
the men never said nothing, but just
went below and fished out their best
togs and took to scraping away the
coal dust and tar when they ought to
ha' been below and in their hunks.
t.'The fact is, we was all knocked
'ead- over 'eels and silly with fear and
admiration. For, no mistake, she was
ms trim gal as ever set parasorl.
That is to say, We was all struck 'cept
the skipper, and he wasn't that sort.
They did say US e ewas q woman 'ater, and
didn't see no use in 'em; and I dare
SAY as that was SO, for when she was
:on deck a-airing her best things, and
a-making us poor chaps wish Sc was
good, looking enough to lay our hearts
at her feet, e was a-slinking out of the
way and only came on deck when he.
knowed she'd be below curling 'er air
or getting 'erself up for another at-
tack.
Swell, this state of things con-
tinued for couple of days, and then
one morning she came right up to me
as was a-splicipg lashings and poked
me in the chest with 'er parasorl.
Sailor she ses. WHAT'S your
name?'
Bill sniggs, miss, if yer please,
3 3 sss.: 1s5s ?=eF knees a-shaking as if
81 s;ss3- rs, you look to
y - g s.s;55sss ,ssted and the
a'..-.S.; sS 2 $50 yant you
- ....s y g 8 seyer
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

All goods are alike to PUTNAM FADELEss
DYES as they color all fbers at one boiling.
Sold by all druggists.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
A FABLE.
From the French.

FROM tne trench.
Aplowshare that long had idle lain,
Tarnished with rust's corrodlng stain,
Seeing his brother pass that way,
All radiant from work at close OF day,
Addressed him thus: MY brother, why
!?
Our substance, Is it not one in name?
sWerewe not forged by hands the same2"
Els brother ropiicd in proudest tone:
"a am what am through work alone!n.
William West.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

In England, as is we'll known, the
resources of the mining engineer are
often taxed to their utm ost in the en-
deavor to work coal and iron mines on
a paying basis. The latest instance
of this is afforded at the Hodbarrow
mines in Cum mberland, where it is pro-
posed to build large SEQ embank-
ment, to keep the sea out OF the
workings of the mines. Ten years
ago wall was built, costing more
than $500, 900, but the proposed work
will go much further out i'll the water,
and will be 975O yards (3.s miles, in
length, enclosing large tract OF land,
under which the iron mines will be
worked. The ore here is rich one,
and we'll worth the enormous outlay
of money required, as it has been
proved to exist in vast quantities.
The estimated cost of the new work is
81, 500, 600.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17

A new textile plant is being expert.
mented with in Russia, says United
States Consul Atwell of Roubaix.
This is the "Apocynum venetum,"
bush about six feet high yielding q
silken fibre. 1t grows in Europe,
Siberia, Asia Minor, North of India,
Manchuria and Japan, and it has long
been used by the Turcomans in the
manufacture of cords and woven goods.
Ithas never been cultivated, and grows
best in land under water for part OF
the year. The fibre hasgreat strength
and its cultivation would require no
care. In 1895, the Russian govern
ment began to use it for bank-note
paper, and tho results were SO excel
lent that the plant has since been cul'
tivated at Poltaya.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-17
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
!, new method for overcoming

A new method for overcoming
lessness has been suggested by
fessor J. H. Baldwin. It consists in
trying to picture another person as
asleep. The more clearly the other
persons sleep is pictured, the stronger
becomes the subjective feeling of drow-
siness.
Professor Nussbaum of Hanover
claims that the plastering of walls
seriously affects the acoustic properties
of a room. The admixture of sand
with plaster spoils the reverberation OF
tones. The best results are obtained
by using pure gypsum that has been
heated to white heat
The sponge which grows either on
rocks or directly upon sandy bottom
is encased in q jet black membrane.
When the sponge grows in caves or
under rocks away from the sun the
membrane is pale in color, but it
always is full OF thick milky fluid.
AS the sponge is torn by hand or cut
from its roots the diver gives the mem.
brane q squeeze that bursts it, the
milk being scattered over the bottom.
The milk is vile smelling and pro-
duces an eruption wherever it touches
the human fesh, but the operation OF
scattering the milk is considered very
necessary and also a divers duty,
since the fishers believe that it holds
the seed of the sponge.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22

pensions, after tho fact Of such acoi.
dent shall have been determined by
said State board Of pensions, and
said amounts shall be paid out ot
said appropriation before the same
shall be apportioned among the per.
sons entitled thernto.
Sec. 81. That Sections 939, 94O
941, 942, 943, 944, 945, 946, 947, 948
949, $50, 951, 952, 953, 954, 955, Of
the Revised Statutes of 1893, and all
acts amendatorY thereof, be, ana the
same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 20. Until the election of the
county pensions board and the State
board of pensions shall be had, as
provided for herein, tho several pen
sion boards as now constituted shall
continue to exercise their respective
functions.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22
HOW'S This &!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
i. j. Cheney e Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known i.
j. Cheney for the last II years, and be,
licvc him perfectly honorable in all busi
ness transactions and financially able tc
carry out any obligations made by thcil
firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Tolcdo, o.
WaldinG, Kinnan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists, Toledo, O.
IIalrs Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces Of the system Price,
11c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22

In Audalusia, Ala, last week Will
Craddock shot and killed Thorn, ,
Sharp in the jury room of the Court
House. They had been gamblin :
and Sharp accused Craddock of Sc
crcting card, but the difference was
supposed to- have been settled.
when the game ended Craddock
picked up Sharp's pistol and said :
"lt's good gun, but not as good as
mine," and with a remark: wook
out - fired point blank at Sharp's
forehead, killing him instantly.
Craddock has been lodged in Jail.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22
WAI IiLLA, $. &. :
Thursday, MANCBI 81, 1900.
[For tho Courier.
The Robbers.

A Thracian robbcr bound was sent,
TO Alexander in his tent
Who, with a quick, discerning eye,
Prcjudgcd him doomed by Fate to die.
Then gazing STORMY in his face.
IIo cries. "rhou robbcr pest of Thracc,
Thy destiny seal this day,
What for thysclf hast thou to say ~
The robDcr said with visagc bold,
"My captors have the truth we'll told,
For since l came to age of man,
Pvo robbed and led a robbcr clan.
But willie I've robbed and would rob now
A greater robbcr far art thou
Whose lcgionS DER the weak prevail
And kill and rob on larger scale.
Few arc tho victims Of my hand,
But thine arc seen in every land;
Before thy march are fields in green,
Behind, u desert waste is seen.
Thy slain thou bloody son Of Mars,
Are rs unm.mhcrcd as the stars,
And if one death atoncS for me,
Ten thousand deaths will not for thee.
Said Alexander in surprise,
"rhy occupation dcspiSc,
But one 80 true, and yet so brave,
This haud of mine stretch to save.
Since I'm robhcr like thySclf,
Inspired, as thou, by evil elf,
break thy Chain, and set thee free.
TO 20, or come. and rob with me-
The choice he made when free again.
Is not revealed to mortal ken;
If habit fixes human trait,
He robbed, and met robbers fate.
When Alexander, called The Great,
Subducd the world beneath his feet.
He wept with convulSivc sob,
For want of other worlds to rob.
Then took his course toward set of sun
And rcvcllcd wild in Babylon,
Till ovcrdraughtS Of ruby wine,
Burned out his life at BacchuS' shrine.
His empire wide, unwicldy, weak,
The Roman snatchcS from the Greek,
The GuthS and NandalS pillagc Rome,
And they next reap the robbers doom.
The Empire now on conquest bound,
TO force her sway the world around,
Is making foes wide us her sway,
TO take her boastcd power away.
The law Of Inspirations word
Declares that "thcy who take the sword
Shall perish by the cruel blade,
The Maker no exception made.
This generation may not pass,
Ere multitudcs will cry, "AlaS
For Britain, Great, and proud and gay,
How has she fallen in a day ~
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22
Labor Trouble.

Our friends in the Greenwood Cot
ton Mills are confronted with the
question as to who shall rnn the
the mills-the owners and officers,
or the operatives.
The officers are contcnding for
the right to conduct the business in
their own way, and claim the right
to employ or discharge whom they
please.
The operatives think they were
acting in their own best interest by
organizing a Textile Union, and are
perfectly conscientious in their
course.
The question now is, will the mem
bers of the Textile Union insist
upon arraying themselves against
the wishes of their employers, and
Will the employers consent to be gov
erncd by the operatives in the mill ?
Any division or schism between
employee and employer is to be re-
GREETED. Their interests are not an
tagonstic.
Up to this time the operatives and
the officers Of the mills have been
getting along nicely together, and
the drawing of lines between them
must he injurious to all the parties
in intcrcst.-Abbcvillc Press and
Banner,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22
4 Bravo Penitentiary Guard.

The Columbia correspondent of
the Charleston News and Courier,
writing to that paper under date of
March Ia, says: "Ponitentiary Guard
p. Harling had one of those hand
to hand conflicts to-day which might
well find it's place in a novel. 1t
seems almost incredible that Mr..
llarling should have escaped with
his life. The facts are This MORN
ing Guard Harling went out in
charge of Z gang of five convicts to
do some work on a small tract of
land which the penitentiary has
leased near the city limits. The
convicts were all provided with
rakes. After the men had been at
work for some timo one of the con-
"icts rushed up behind bir. Harling
and pinioned his arms to his side
and held him there. The others
then used the rake handles with
which to beat the guard and Convict
Abe laughton, of Edgefeld, seized
the rifle the guard had dropped. Mr..
llarling tried to pull himself loose.
Meanwhile Haughton attempted to
use the rifle and shoot the guard.
While he was fumbling with the
rifle, trying to use it, Mr.. Harling
managed to get away from those
who held him, and got his hand into
his hip pocket, pulled his pistol,
fired at lIaughton, who had tho rifle,
and killed him instantly. This terri
fled the other negroes and they all
ran as hard rs they could. Mr.. IIar-
ling picked up the rifle and shot
Dick Burton, hitting him under the
arm. Burton, as soon as struck,
gave up and two others also surrcn-
dercd. Milton Griffin, Of Ncwbcrry
county, who is under a fifteen. year
sentence for horse stealing. continued
to run and made good his escape.
llanghton, who was killed, was con-
victcd of burglary in Edgefield
county. He escaped some time ago,
but was rccapturcd."
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1900-03-22

Pullman pancc sleeping cars on Trains 30 and
80, n and ~. on a. ana G. division. Dining cars
on these trains serve all meals cnroutc.
Trains leave Spartnnburg, y. N G. division,
nOrth hhound O3 n. m, 3:N y. M, 6:l3 p. m,
(Vcstibulo iimitcdD: southhound T. % a. M
8:l3 y. m, II :ai H. ~, tN"stihule Limitcd.)
Trains leave Grccnvillc, A. and &. division
nOrthhound. 600 n. n, 2:54 T. M and D :22 p. NJ.
(Nrstibui"d Limitcd) southhound, 80 u. IN,
1 30 p. m. 1880 y. III. tNcstihulcd l.imitcdD
Trains Q and 10 carry elegant Pullman sleep
ing cars hctyvccn Savannah and Ashc ville en-
route daily between jacksonville and Cincin
natl. Also Pullman Drawing room sleeping
cars between Charleston and Columbia.
FRANK :. S.GANNON, j. NJ. Cl'IP
Third N-P. Il Gen. Mgr, Traffic Mgr,
Washington, ID. {. Washington, ID. G.
w. a. TURK, s. H. HARDWlCk,
Gcn Pass. Agt.. Asst Gen. Pass. Agt.,
Washington, ID. &. Atlanta, Ga