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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

''DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM:-Iwas sick for
two years with falling Of the womb, and
inflammation Of the oyaries and bladder.
] was bloated very badly. My left limb
would swell SO I could not step on my
foot: Ihad such bearing down pains I
could not straighten up or walk across
the room and such shooting pains would
go through me that thought 1 could
notstand it. My mother got me bottle
of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and told me to try IT'S took six
bottles and now, thanks to your won
derful medicine, am well woman"
,-MRs. ELSIE BRYAN, Otisville, Mich.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-08

are necessary, has been setting up q
number of large creameries.
Although the West has been doing
the business, the East can console IT.
self with the thought that it has, at
least, been furnishing the science.
The positive germ has had great
field in butter. Over in Denmark
scientists made amazing and unappe-
tizing discoveries in regard to the
bacteria in butter; and a Pasteuriz-
ing process was promptly applied.
That settled the bacteria, but it also
settled the butter. Germless butter
proved sadly without favor. The
scientists went to work once more and
found, by experiment, just what
bacteria were feature of the best but
ter: These aristocrats among germs
were then propagated carefully and
introduced in judicious quantities into
the butter, after Pasteurization had
wiped out all plebeian bacteria. The
up-to-date creameries all use the pro-
cess now. The cream is subjected to n
temperature Of 100 degrees, and then
is inoculated with pure culture.
One of the greatest authorities on
the culture of bacteria for butter is
a Boston man, who develops the cul-
ture in his laboratory and sells it all
through the West. So new laurels are
due Boston. Shes inculcating even
the butter of the land with pure cul-
ture.
The centrifugal machine is another
great factor In modern butter making.
Through it the cream Is separated
from the milk more thoroughly than
was ever possible in the old process.
Not five-tenths cf per cent. cream
remains with the milk. Ordinarily
large creamery is cooperative affair,
the farmers Of the neighborhood hav-
Ing O share In it md furnishing the
The colored American., 1900-01-06
G2!szzI ,:;5{| IThE Po1lr'cAI Ss2S s.
e1SHysg S5Hyys3g&SGHoRoscopE ~

to the Philadelhia Convention. They
represent 48 per cent of the party's vot-
ing strength, casting so 900 ballots for
Mckinley in 1895 Such men as jaime 9
7. Bradford. Walker W. Lewis, w.
Ashbie Hawkins, John r. Keene,
Harry S. Cummings, Geo. w. Carroll,
DR.. W. E. Harris and DR.. Fowler are
mentioned as available timber.
ST am done with the Negro" The
above are the exact words that Gov.
ernor Lloyd Lowndes used during q
conversation last week with one of the
best known Negro ministers in the
State of Maryland" 80 says the Afro.
American Speaker, and 1t adds that,
"We beg leave to inform the Governor
that we. too, (the NegrOes) are done
with him and If he will only return to
Cumberland and remain quiet we will
promise to paddle our own canoe with
out any assistance from the once great(?
and powerful Lowndes."
The colored American., 1900-01-06
A SIGN OF PROGR RESS.

Negroes Determine to No Longer Re,
main Ciphcrs in the Commercial World
Raleigh, N. c.. speciaI-The Durham
Real Estate and Merchantile Company
is chartered under the laws OF the State
of North Carolina, capital stock being
$50, 600 with privilege of increasing to
100000. 1t opened its doors for busi-
ness December Is, 1899 and will do q
general merchantile business; manu-
featuring cigars and cheroots, buying
and selling real estate, loans ETC., In sd-
dition to this they will carry full line
Of millinery and dry goods and thus
give mployment to young colored wo'
men. An enterprise like this goes
farther towards solving the race prob
lem than anything we know. The
leading white citizens of Durham hav.
ing faith in such an establishment at
once took shares. It Is controlled en-.
tirely by colored men, and among the
leading stockholders we note: Messrs.
Z. B. Fitzgerald, J. A. Dodson, L. P.
Berry. 2. 81. Smith, Jno. r. Hawkins.
w. g. Pearson and others that en-
sures it success.
This company is managed by Capt.
2. 81. Smith, late of the 3rd n. o. V
K. Captain Smith has had great ex.
perience IN business, and his delight
is in studying how to make the enter
prise success, and under his manage
ment we are quite sure 1t will be.
J. E. 8.
The colored American., 1900-01-06

The Clerk of Shawnee county, Kan
sas. Is colored. The position is elective
and he is serving his second term.
Business Manager George A Dudley
of The Kansas City American Citizen
is making a fight for deputy sheriff of
Wyandotte county.
The Hon. J. Frank Wheaton, attor.
ney and legislator of Minnesota, has ac-
cepted a position e general organizer
of the Fraternal Life Insurance COM
pany recently organized by Afro-Amer-
leans. Mr.. Wheaton will make his
headquarters in Chicago.
The colored republicans OF Atchison,
Kansas, are sin frame Of mind" be :
cause the newly elected Sheriff IL
liam Kiff secured q solid Negro vote
on the assurance that Eugene Bell
would be named as deputy, and thus
far he has failed to keep his word and
shows no disposition to do so. The u.s.
ual threats are made.
Maryland colored republicans are be.
stirring themselves to send delegate
The colored American., 1900-01-06
ANTTLYNCHING
RESOLUTIONS

Vigorous Protest Against the
Coleman Buichery at Maysyille.
At the conclusion of the discussion
Sunday December "a, as to whether
Congress had the constitutional power
to enact q law for the suppression OF
lynching and mob violence in the
States, the Congressional Lyceum
unanimously adopted the following
resolution which were presented by
Mr. F. @, Manly, chairman Of the com.
mlttee on resolutions:
UWhereas; We view with alarm the
frequent lynchings and murders of our
people in different parts of this coun-
try for any or no offence, and,
Whereas: The recent lynching of
Richard Coleman in Maysville, KY,
on the sixth day Of December for the
alleged murder Of Mrs. Lashbrook
Ia q terrible menace to law and order,
and,
Whereas. This form Of crime is so
often directed against our race when
only accused Of crime, and,
Whereas: The public press seems Sc
Indifferent towards making this special
crime Odious, be it,
Resolved: That the Congressional
Lyceum makes vigorous protest ag ainst
the terrible butchery, burning and
mutilatiOn of Richard Coleman, when
the power was already in the hands OF
his murderers to have him executed by
due process of law, and be 1t further,
Resolved: That we ask the CO opera
ton of all right-thinking people to aid
the Congressional Lyceum In it's en-
deavor to inst1ll proper regard for
law and order in the hearts Of the
American people to the exclusion of
every form of mob law and violence,
and be 1t further,
Resolved: That copy OF these reso-
lutions be given each Of the city papers
with the request that they be published
in full.
Among those. who took part in the
discussion were Hon. Geo. 81. White,
E. e. Brown, Esq, of the Boston Mass,
bar, and Messrs. E. M. Hewlett, r. A.
Hughes and w. l.. Houston, of the
District bar.
The colored American., 1900-01-06
Boston Society Note,

Boston. Mass, special Mrs. Charles
Foster gave one Of the most delight
full luncheOns Of the season last week
to meet Miss Hattie Yoszeff and Miss
Edith Buchanan of Newport, r. I.
There were eighteen young ladies'
present. The table decorations were
holly and vlolets. Mrs. Foster has
done no extensive entertaining for
several ) ears, as she has been in mourn.
ing for her late husband.
The colored American., 1900-01-06

Mr. J. r Robinson of st. Paul, MINI.
representing the Minnesota News Com.
pany, wac in the city this week and
paid Us pleasant visit. He was en-
route home from New York.
Miss J. III. Chopper spent her
holidays In New York, the guest of
her sister Amanda Chopper. She also
visited friends in Philadelphia.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
MRS. CHARLES RUSSELL AND
LITTLE DAUGHTER.
Woes of TIE Camera Trurf.

The Rochester Optical and Camera
company, combination formed year
ago with view to monopolizing the
Photographic instrument business, has
already got into trouble. The trust be-
gan swimmingly with a capital Of
SO, 500, 900 and at once put its new pow
ers to the test by raising prices and by
laying some rigid restrictions upon
retailers. AS a result the business of
the combined firms fell off 100000
during the first year, and the trust now
finds itself hard pushed to pay the
guaranteed dividend on its preferred
stock. In order to raise the money be-
fore the end of the year it has been
compelled to cut it's own prices, thus
disorganizing the market and infict-
ing a hardship upon dealers who
bought goods before the break came.
The natural result is the rapid depre-
citation of camera trust shares, and
the concern seems to be on fair way
to Join the increasing number Of de-
funct trusts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
GILPIN'S SHOP.


Another Landmark of Old London Has
Disappeared.
The City Press of London announces
that the shop at the western end of
Cheapside in which Mr.. John Bayer
formerly carried on his business has
disappeared. 1t is, of course, newt
able that many of the old landmarks
Of London should be removed in carry
ing out the modern improvements rem
1ered necessary by modern conditions,
and sentiment does not count for much
in such matters. Possibly, however,
some readers may ask: Who was John
Boyer? The answer, our contempt
rary points out, is supplied by quo
tation from an article contributed by
Mr.. William West to the Aldine Maya
zine, in 1889. In the course of his
"reminiscences, Mr.. West refers to "a
singular and popular character" Mr..
Boyer who resided Eat the top of Pa
ternoster row, or rather, the top Of
Cheapside. He was an eminent linen
draper, superlatively polite, and no
less distinguished a parsonage than
the celebrated John Gilpin." This is
not generally known, but that Cowper
had Boyer in his eye when he wrote
the poem Mr. West had the assurance
from John Annesley Colet, who knew
Boyer and also from Cowper and some
Of his connections. That Beyer's shop
stood at the northwest corner Of Pa
ternoster row is proved by reference
10 old directories. In one dated 1772 is
the entry: Boyer, John, linen dra-
per, 8 Cheapsde," and the Gentleman's
Magazine states that he died in 1871,
aged SO. He was succeeded at the
same address by Martha Boyer, but
whether she was his daughter or his
widow there is no means of ascertain
ing. In 1899 her name was replaced by
ALLEN, James, linen draper, 3 Cheap
side" A good many people have err
roneously imagined that the name OF
the hero of the ballad was really Gill
pin.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
A Curious Constitution.

The most remarkable of the three
complete drafts of the constitution
submitted to the Cuban constitutional
convention is the one submitted by
General Rivera.
1t follows our constitution as to
form of government when once consti-
tuted, but differs very materially as to
the modes of constituting it. 1t pro-
vides for a congress of two houses and
a president Nothing is said about a
judicial branch in the summary at
hand, but undoubtedly that is pro-
vided for. Each of the provinces is to
have local government specifically
after the analogy of our state govern
ments. But it appears that only the
representatives in congress and three
electors in each municipal district are
to be elected by direct vote of the peo-
pie. The municipal electors are to
choose the members of the provincial
legislatures, and these legislatures are
to choose the provincial governors and
the national senators, and all six of
them sitting together are to choose the
president of the republic, who must be
a native Cuban.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
HE GAVE NOTICE.
English Butler Felt Degraded by His
Masters Ignorance.

English Butler Felt Degraded by His
Masters Ignorance. q
Whether or not the famous saying
is a true one. that no man Is hero
to his valet" it is at least certain
that not all American social aspirantS
can fulfill the ideals of an English
butler. There is an American lady, Il
great social favorite, who has won the
confidence of dignified English butler
named Higgins. He has never been
in her employ, but he was at one time
in the service of an acquaintance OF
hers, where he attracted her attention
whenever she called by addressing her
as my lady" At length she correct
ed him, and he excused himself by al
leging a natural slip Of the tongue,
owing to her resemblance to Lady
'Untingford," whom he had served in
England. After a time he left his
place, and Lady 'Untingfords" dou-
BILE did not see him for several years.
Then one day she and her husband,
who held municipal Office, attended,
lOI ItdSOuo VI pOllSy 6idIiIuuS, q
large dinner given by wealthy but
uncultured man who had recently be-
come prominent through his public
beneficience. The dinner was mag
nificent, but the host was not at home
amid his elegance. His table manners
were extraordinary. He tucked his
napkin into his neck; he hopelessly
mixed and misused the implements
laid out for the various courses; he
put his whole hand into the finger
glass and scrubbed it with the bit OF
lemon. OF course his guests ignored
these trifling errors, but there was one
person present who did not. Looking
up just as the innocent giver OF the
feast had done some especial violence
to etiquette, the lady beheld the as
tonished eye of Higgins fixed reproach-
fully upon his master. Then he saw
her, and his distress increased; he
knew she was accustomed to Ugh
life," and would know just now ter
rible were the unfortunate mans mis-
takes. All through the long meal
Higgins kept glancing from his en-
ployer to her. with wrath, mortifica-
ton and entreaty in his look. Ills
misery was piteous. The lady was
finally unable to keep her mirth out
of her eyes, which danced with fun.
In a happy moment Higgins perceived
it: he realized that the affair was
passing off as joke; and in the i'm
mense relief Of the discovery, with his
eye still upon her, he solemnly and
Enthusiastically winked! AS the guests
passed out when it was over, he found
chance to whisper confidentially,
while holding open a door: BEG par
don, my lady-mum. 1t was hall 500
'ighly humorous, my lady-mum; but
your ladyship can see as Mr.. Blank is
quite impossible. It's a good place,
but | leaves tomorrow. cawn't stand
the degradation, my lady-mum!"-
Youths Companion.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
A Historical Umbrella.

An interesting historical relic, name
ly, the first umbrella of which mention
is made by French writers,ha Paris
correspondent states, just been sold by
auction. 1t fell out of the royal car
riage in the famous fight to Varennes,
was picked up by villager and taken
to a newly created mayoralty, where
it was kept for years. The umbrella is
of great size and strength, and resem-
bles the article used in the old coach
ings days by the outside traveller. The
silk is royal blue, with border Of
China rose The ribs which support
whalebone are in gilt bronze, round,
and have corkscrew ornament twin
ing round them. AS to the handle, it
would bear without bending the stiff
est gale. This umbrella is spoken Of
in a report on the light Of Louis the
Sixteenth and his family. Louis
Philippe got into the habit in Eng
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
Roosevelt Is Not Rich.

AS vice president Mr.. Roosevelt will
occupy a rented house in Washington.
and his friends say it will not be an
expensive residence, for the reason
that the vice president elect is not a
rich man. The property which his
father left to him in New York yields
him an annual income of $4,000 or
$4,000 a year. Hence it is that Mr..
Roosevelt feels called upon to engage
deeply and constantly in literary work
next year to increase his income, not
withstanding that it will be $4,000 or
$4,000 a year anyhow.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21

General Griggs in President McKin-
ley's cabinet, is Philadelphia lawyer
of ability and prominence, and
he has been the recipient Of
high honors from both the great po-
litical parties. He was appointed Unit
ed States attorney general by Presl-
dent Garfield in 1881, and resigned
with the rest of the Garfield cabinet,
upon the accession of President Ar
thur. In 1892 he supported Cleveland
for president, and in 1898 he was made
ambassador to Italy, which post he
held until 1897. Since that time he
has practiced law in Philadelphia,
though spending much Of his time in
Washington, where he now is, and
where he will spend the winter. Mr..
MacVeagh was born in Phoenixville,
Pa, on April 1888
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
Frightfu1 Torture
Inflicted by
Indians

We were tied to tree, and the old
squaw told us that we would be burn
ed alive later in the day. The girl was
the daughter of Col. Munroe, a noted
member of Austin's colony. | was
close enough to speak to her, and
babe her to be of good cheer, telling
her that our friends would be sure to
rescue us soon. The Indians Toasted
and drank until nearly sunset, and by
that time many of the warriors were
furiously drunk and eager for some
fiendish work. They roped monster
Mexican bull, and the old squaw said
to the girl White face heap fraid Of
bull. No like to ride him?'
Lashed Onto tho Bull.
1.-THE savages no sooner heard this
remark than they began to yell with
delight. They ran toward the girI,and
three or four drunken warriors seized
and dragged her to the bull. Other
Indians cut me loose from the tree and
forced me along by the side of the ter
rified girl. They threw us on the back
of the believing beast, and dashed us
securely to his body.
"By this time the whole camp was
aroused and eager to witness the tor
lures. Sqaws clapped their hands and
the drunken warriors howled like in
carnate devils. They cut the bull loose
with us dashed to his back, and he
sprang away believing, with blood
and foam flying from his nostrils. The
beast, raining arrows and musket balls
at us. The girl swooned with terror
and l abandoned all hope. Fortunate
ly 1t was late in the evening, and the
frightened bull ran so fast that the
drunken Indians soon lost sight Of
him. When realized this all my en-
ergy and courage returned to me and
l determined to make desperate eff
fort to save my own and the girls life.
| called Sallie and was glad to find
that she had recovered her senses.
Tugging with all my strength at the
ropes managed to get one hand loose.
At this moment a new terror sprang
up The bull had been wounded and
he was leaving a trail of blood that
had been scented by a pack of wolves.
The hungry beasts howled and yelped
as if there were thousand Of them,
and it was not long before could hear
them gnashing their teeth.
Rescued from a New Danger.
"Tt is likely that the bull would
have fallen on the prairie from eX-
haustion and the wolves would have
devoured us before we could have re-
leased ourselves had it not been that
the bull had run back directly over
the trail the Indians had made. Ami
NAL instinct led him back to the To-
cality from which he had been taken,
and he ran right into column of set
tiers who We're pursuing the Indians.
Sallie saw the horsemen and when she
began to scream her father, who was
in command of persuing party, rec
ognized her voice. The bull, being
nearly exhausted, was easily cap
tured.
Il don't think that told Sallie that
loved her while we were on the back
of that bull, but l did fall in love
with her while the arrows were fall
ing about us. Not long after we were
married"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
Remaina OF Ancient Man.

In some grottces in Algeria French
explorers recently discovered stone i'm
plements mingled with the remains OF
extinct animals belonging to quarter
nary times. Further explorations in
dictate that during the age when the
grottoes were inhabited the coast OF
Algeria had configuration different
from that Of to-day. Among the ami
mails associated with the ancient hui
man inhabitants of Algeria were the
rhinoceros, the hippopotamus and va
rious species of ruminants.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
PURELY PERSONAL
Rear Admiral McNoir.


Few men in the United States navy
were as fondly regarded by their sub
ordinates as Rear Admiral Fred
erick McNair, who died at Wash
ington the other day. Mr.. McNair
was the ranking rear admiral Of the
navy, standing next to Dewey. He was
in command Of the Asiatic squadron
prior to Deweys appointment and
would have reaped the honors that
fell to Dewey at Manila had not one Of
those changes which occur at regular
intervals in the navy brought him
home just before the outbreak of the
Spanish war. He was a man Of tact
and courage, handsome in figure and
jovial in the social hours he enjoyed
with his men. Since his return from
Asiatic waters he has been ON shore
duty, his last post being superintend-
ent Of the naval academy at Annapo-
lis.
McNair was born in Pennsylvania in
1899 and entered the navy in 1853. In
1859 he was assigned to the steam fri
gate Minnesota, of the East India
squadron. Early in the civil war he
went to the steam sloop Iroquois, of
the West Gulf squadron, and partici-
pated in the bombardment of Forts
Jackson and st. Philip and Chalmette
batteries. The engagement at Grand
Gulf, the passage, both ways, of the
Vicksburg batteries, and the destruc-
ton of the Confederate ram Arkansas.
He served also in the war on the steam
sloop Juniata and Seminole, with the
South Atlantic Blockading squadron,
and participated in both attacks on
Fort Fisher.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
pin.

No traveller down the Ohio river fails
to notice the striking difference pre-
sented by life and industry on the
north and south side-the evidences
If growth and progress and careful
husbandry on the one side contrasting
with those of stagnation and thrift
lessness too often to be observed on
he other. And this is little less true
Of the present than Of slavery time.
Nevertheless, Kentucky appears by
he census to have grown in population
1t a higher rate during the last decade
than Ohio.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1900-12-21
One Womon'S Glory.

The daughter of a simple country
gentleman is the Hon. Mrs. Cnarles
Russell whose beauty and cleverness
have earned for her a unique place IN
London society. Before her marriage
she was Miss Adah Williams, and on
her union with the second son of the
late Lord Russell of Killowen she re-
ceived handsome portion from her
wealthy and generous father.
Throughout the gay spring season,
when London society is most brilliant,
Mrs. Russell entertains royalty and no.
bility at small dinners notable for their
charm and perfection, and the lovely
hostess has among her women friends
the enviable reputation of dressing
as well as any American" Indeed, her
gowns are no less famous than her
good looks, good nature and exquisite
ly appointed dinners, and that which
renders her beautiful clothes and her
fair face most conspicuous is the al
most total disregard she affects for
Jewel decorations. This is her prefer
ence, in spite of the fact that she has
inherited one Of the finest collections
of precious stones in England and pos
sesses some marvellous diamonds, one
of which is but little less splendid
and valuable than the Jubilee diamond
which created so great sensation at
the Paris exposition.
In summer Mrs. Russell and her hus-
band transport their small family to a
charming cottage in Ireland, to which
country she is entirely devoted, and