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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
The Two Fad; OF Joseph Chambs rlaln

Long before the Transvaal trouble
the Right Honorable Joseph Chamber
lain, present Minister of State for the
British Colonies, was famous the world
over for two things: his orchids and his
monocle. his costly collection of or
chids is one of the finest in the world.
1t Is said that once in Paris he saw n
rare orchid, the duplicate of one he had
recently added to his own collection.
He asked the price. Twenty thous-
and francs" replied the dealer. The
Englishman paid the money, and then,
throwing the flower on the floor, crush
Ell with his heel.
Since boyhood Mr.. Chamberlain has
worn q monocle. When the young man
first entered parliament his fame as q
municipal reformer had preceded him.
Among the visitors who were present
on that occasion were Lords Beacon
field and Carnarvon. The commoner
had won his election to the house by
Conservatives methods. AS he came
Conservatives meathods. AS he came
into the chamber Lord Carnavon lean.
ed forward and said:
"Here comes young Chamberlain"
"Ah!' replied Beaconsfeld as he took
I In. the young man from tip to toe"
What do you think of him?"
"He wears his monocle like q gentle
man." replied the premier.-Philadel.
phia Saturday Evening Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
One Way to Get q husband,

The mode of finding husbands for
orphan girls in Italy is both curious
and interesting. In several cities of
Central Italy there are funds connect
ed with the orphanages from which
young girls raised in these institutions
receive a small dover when they
marry. On a certain holiday in the
year the young girls who are to leave
the orphanage and those who have the
eight to marry are grouped at both
sides Of the altar in church at early
mass. The prospective grooms, mostly
young mechanics, attend service, dur
ing which they take c good look at the
girls. This may or may not intensity
the devotional exercises Of both sexes.
After service the bachelors proceed to
the sacristy and there declare to the
officiating priest that they are willing
to marry, and: at the same time they
designate the girls Of their choice.
: II in any case the girl consents and
if the papers Of the groom are in shape
the matter is settled. At the afternoon
service the various couples are married
in due form, and the dowers are paid
over. 1t is said that these marriages
are, as q rule, happy ones, verifying
the old adage that accident Is q good
marital agent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
q whales Found Far Inland.

ii Captain Thomas Ash found the flesh
of g. large whale high above water In
the, ice on, Ragged Island, and doubt
less many wha1ers in the Antarctic
ocean could tell similar stories. Cap
tain William, Beck had q remarkable
experience: His crew. were wandering
over one Of the islands in the Antarctic
when they came to large bluff in
which, as in glass case, was whale
fifty or sixty feet in length. The men
were: dumfounded, as they were'a q mile
and half inland, and the spot was
nearly 1OO feet above sen level. Here
was q valuable whale all ready for
them, intact and perfect in every par
ticular, apparently swimming, in the
Ice. It was manifestly impossible to
secure it without the aid Of powder,
and as they had none to blast 1t out
they were obliged to leave the animal
where It was. The whale may have
been there for ages.-New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
Balloo-. Help to Sprinkle Towns.

An inveh,or has recently devised a
scheme for sprinkling q town with the
help Of balloons, which carry up into
the air long hose pipes connected with
freplugs on the ground. This is for
the purpose of engendering coolness,
and the same object is sought by an
other genius, who proposes to erect in
various parts Of the city very tall skel-
eton towers, to the tops of which large
bombs q led with carbonic acid will
be run up for explosion by an electric
spark. OF course, the carbonic acid,
expanding in the form Of vapor, will
chill the surrounding atmosphere, thus
giving relief to the heat-oppressed
community below. An idea that is
even now used in many factories, to
cool the air in the buildings, is to
throw q spray Of cold water into
room until the air Is supersaturated,
and then to force the air thus cooled
through the outer rooms. = Boston
Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
The Warwick Farm Sold.


The famous Warwick Farm Of 515
acres in Warwick Township, Chester
County, Penn, has been sold for S12,-
600. On this property the old War
wick furnace. probably the first to
make ironc in: therUnited States, was
put into blast about the year 1870, and
here many of, the cannon used by the
patriotic army In the Revolution were
cast. .giz' .r'a''. -. t''',.'t-'.A
.' In the meadows are buried pieces of
ordnance which were secreted to pre-
vent them from falling into the hands
: OF. the British after the battle of Bran
dywine, in TIT, when General Wash
1ugton and his, army. were retreatlng
annrthWards through Chester County,
leaving the furnace exposed to the
mercy Of the engray gg 81
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
Winter Ration for Poultry.

Here is Prof. Gilbert's winter ra-
ton, Bran,. three pounds; fine feed,
three pounds; corn meal, two pounds,
fed with clover hay steamed and cut,
adding also q very small quantity of
salt and two or three handfuls of
coarse sand and fine oyster shells
mixed. Sometimes boiled vegetables
are used in place of the hay. At noon
he gives light feed of oats and a
good feed of wheat in the evening.
The grain ration is var led as much as
possible. He keeps. raw vegetables,
including cabbages, carrots and tur-
nips, where the hens can peck at them
any time. Professor Gilbert has
charge of the poultry department at
/, the Ottawa experiment station, and
has done some good work in bringing
out the egg possibilities of hens.
AS to giving the salt, this should be
a matter Of personal Judgment. Some
successfulspouitry raisers condemn it
very strongly, while; others use it
continually. Those who contemplate
using it should do little experiment
Sifg. a S1IsetSS
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
Securing Good Cows.

,y=s EEsete issno question at all but the
most successful way for dairyman
sSossecnrs.a good herd of cows is to
+ raise them himself, and then he is
pretty sure to know just what kind of
cows heipossesses.
Probably the first thing to do. in
! ordes.to secure such a>herd as this
Z would be to take the present herd and
! do large amount Of wedding out,
getting rid of the poor ones and keep
ing only the good ones, and then se-
curing bull that has record and
Z belongs to one of the many recog-
$ nized breeds, and of breed that is
! particularly suited to your needs.
Then again, it will be partof your
duty to develop heifers ss you secure
Them. Have them come when about
two years of age, and do not bring
them in a second time 1n,-- they reach
about three and half years, or allow
s about a year. and half between the
& first and second calf.
Do not dry the heifers off because
they do not happen to pay their own
gSway.s This seeming nnprofitableness
wilE only last 4 short time. mud you
ssarssaN the time paving the way for a
gsupesiof.milch cow.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
Tools Used for Cutting Cork.

A sheet Of cork; hattened by press
ure and heat, Is cut into squares Of q
required size. The cutter rapidly
rounds these by using broad, sharp
knife-the whole process being instan-
,aneous. The knife has to be main
tained in q state of perpetual sharp
ness, and the workman has board
before him on which il is rubbed on
each side after the cutting of each
cork. FE
Cork-albeit q soft substance-blunts
the tools used on its more rapidly than
do the hardest and toughest Of metals.
! while the tool that is used for plan
ing, or. boring steel will work continu-
.ously for hours without sharpening, a
cork cutting kniferequlres to be sharp
ened. every second. Various patents
I for cutting corks by machinery have
been taken out in America, England
and France, but the various processes
have not as yet been as successful as
the inventors expected. y. =
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
PART. or his. SKULL HIS CARD.
The 0dd,Experlenee Of Medical Missionary
-:,.;y with Native African,

4 y 2
{ "Probably the oldest case within my
experience was that of Lapuie, who
made himself known to me through
the use of a detached piece Of his
skull" said medical missionary on a
furlough from his work among the
.heathen. zone morning went out
to look over the specimens of real or
fancied injury. which were awaiting
treatment. There. was pretty nearly
every kind Of, tropical disease in the
outfit, from sore finger to dropsy. Most
Of the patients, were well known to me,
but among them was one man whose
face was unfamiliar, and who seemed
to belong to different tribe. AS
stopped at his place he leaped to his
feet. as actively as a cat and from
somewhere in his scanty apparel dug
up an object which he promptly hand
ed to me. 1t was circular piece of
human skull as big around as dollar,
and very nearly as thick. On the outer
surface some one had carefully IT.
ten In ink the name Lapuie. This L Ist
be, / think, the. first case in which a
man has used part Of his skull instead
Of a visiting card.
81 looked the man over at once to
find out what the trouble was. He had
had some sort Of O difference Of opin-
ion with his chiefs and ) the result of
such presumption had received stout
clubbing. One of the blows, had frac-
tured the skull, and for the time had
knocked him out When the, old wo.
men who look! after the science Of
medicine among these particular hea.
then got hold Of Lapuie.. they found
that. part of his skull was loose. To
save difficulty, they pried the loose
piece off with the blade Of knife,
roulticed up the wound and let nature
do the rest. The patient kept the chip
of his skull and the inscription upon
it was the work Of some trader. ,a-
when the case came under my no
tice there was scarcely more than the
thickness of a piece Of parchment left
Of the skull over the brain, and the
wound had practically healed. II
turned out that Lapuie had made the
long journey to his distant home to see
me, because this degree Of damage
troubled him. He had the idea that
the piece of skull should be, set back in
place ard he seemed to have great con.
fidence In my. ability to do 1t. 1t was
though I did. all that surgical science
prescribes for the protection of tho
thin spot In the Uranium, my patient
kept harping on the fear that he might
q great disappointment to him that his
skull CHIP could, not be stuck back. AL
lose his. fragment-of bone, which might
fall into improper hands and thus play
the mischief with him. The only way
to pacify him was to string the chip on
| a wire and soldertit about,his neck. y
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
The Rail Fence.

It is said that the day of the vir-
ginia worm, or zigzag rail fence, has
gone; but there are vast numbers of
those fences left, not only in Virginia,
but scattered throughout the entire
country. With every angle of the
fence filed with weeds, briers, and
very likely with clumps of poison ivy,
te,mensce unwary children, what an
annoyance such fences are. No plow
or cultiyator can get at these angles,
and no one can blame the busy farm
er for not grubbing out the weeds
with a mattock or hoe. He would
have little time for anything else.
The remedy is for these fences to
give way to the march of progress.
Like many other things that were
I permissible in the days Of our grand
fathers, they have been superseded,
and the farmer who retains them will
sursiy be handicapped in the keen
race Of competition. No zigzag fence
should be replaced by its like, or even
renewed, AS old ones decay or be-
come useless, put them away entirely,
aid replace with straight fences of
Boards or wire. This will do away
{ with the annual weed-seeding of the
farm, give more land for cultivations
stand iimpart tothe whole place clean
rer and more thrifty appearance.
flor sale, such a farm will COM
4 man5 %. per cent more than its neigh
tbor: 81 the zigzag field boundaries.
And it does not matter how much
sland there may ybe. Even though the
fence corner angles are not needed
for cultivation, the annual renewing
Of the wesd harvest will mean OF least
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
Pudding Trees Before Setting.

0He of the most helpful things
ever learned in horticulture was about
pnddling trsas and all sorts of plants
before setting them, writes 81. E.
ivan Deman in New England Home
Etead. The first thing every trans
planted tree or plant must do before
it can grow in its new location is to
heal the wounds made upon it's roots
!. s1d start rootlets. through which to
absorb moisture and food from the
soil. The,cioser and more firmly the
earth is pressed to them the more
rea lily they can do this. It takes
time for the particles of the soil to
get scinto as close contact with the
!. roots as it was before transplanting,
no matter how well the work is done.
This; is where pudding comes in. The
cost is nothing, except very little
z Wosk It is done TINS:
4 Near where the trees or plants are
Heeled in, Or the place where they are
to be planted, dig hole about two
feet in diameter and one foot deep.
Fill it nearly full of,water. Into this
put mellow earth that is partly com.
] posed Of clay, and stir it until it is q
mass of thin, sticky mud. AS soon as
the roots are trimmed ready for plant
ing dip them into it bodily. If there
is any delay about planting and the
mud dries SO that it is not sticky,
puddle them again. When the mel
low uoiI ooroao in confoct with fba,o
muddy roots it will stick to them
closely. These who haven tried
this plan can have no knowledge of
the good that follows. I puddle al
most every plant that I set, and find
that it always pays. Cabbage and
sweet potato plants will start into new
growth almost without whiting, no
matter what the weather may be at
the time.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
LIVING UNDER y.Na AND FIG TREE.
oue May Do So Literally iuArlzoua. but It
Has Its DISADVANTAGES.

'I've heard good deal of living un-
der rine and fig tree" observed the
veteran at the Commercial Travellers
Club, "but I've only seen 1t once, my
self. 1t was in Arizona. 1t looked
very pleasant, but the tenants didn't
appreciate it worth a cent. Its loca-
ton was little town called Temple.
Temple is great place for figs. The
trees border all the streets and the
fruit is so abundant that it Is fed to
the horses. Good thing for horses, too,
makes their coats rs glossy as satin.
81 was there when the railroad had
Just been built. With it had come the
usual rough crowd. The Justice Of the
Peace was the editor Of the town pa
per. He was only % years old, but
was terror to the criminals. He had
five constables, headed by an e1-sol-
dier, usually known as Big Bill. AS
the county seat, Phoenix, was distant
only ten miles. the village had no jail.
Usually the, prisoners demanded the
statutory day in which to plead. Then
Big Bill would hale them of to bis
adobe-built home near the river and
shacLle them with leg irons to great
white Adriatic fig trees in his front
yard. 1t was In the summer time. Be
, meath was a thick, comfortable mat
Of Bermuda grass. Above was the
grateful shade Of the broad leafed fig
trees. For food, delicious figs were at
hand, in n than plenty. Within
reach flowed stream of pure water
from an irrigating ditch. Two fox
hounds, savage and unfriendly, stood
guard, to warn away visitors. On the
whole, 1t was the nearest approach to
first principles I have ever known eau.
casians to make."-New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
TOWN FULL OF BROOM CORN.
Nearly Million and Half Paid 70
Bosom Material in Arcola.

Nearly a Million and Half Paid for
Bosom Material in Arcola.
While q number of outside towns
are laying claim to the honor OF being
centres for the broom market, these
claims hare little weight with those
who; are in; q position to know that
the Arcola (Ill.) brokers this season
purchased 70 per cent. of all the brush
raised in the central Illinois district
and that of the 100000 worth of
brush raised in the district $l,0OO,-
600 in cash was paid to the producers
out of the two banks of that city.
Additional proof of this fact is in
the great amount of broom corn now
stored in Arcola in every shed, barn,
building and storeroom. A good por-
tion of the delivery is sstill in the farm
ers hands and several new sheds hays
been and are now being built 10 store
more. This does not include the
daily shipments which have been sent
in all directions out of the city and of
which record is hardly obtainable at
the present time. A slight idea of the
magnitude of the broom corn business
in Arcola may be formed from the fact
that in a single day more than 1000
tons of corn were received in that city
and hauled to mardet in moro than
900 wagons, which stood waiting to
be unloaded ut one time.
The broom-corn crop this year
brought to the farmers in the central
Illinois district some $4,000, 900, or
an average of between $50 and 500 per
ton. At the opening of the selling
season there was brisk demand f. r
brush at $50 and for few days SELL
ing was free at this price. A little
later the market began to take on
strength and gradually climbed up to
the sl00 mark, where it remained
until the bulk of the yield had been
cleared up. The latest reports show
that as high as $l22 has been paid to
few late holders, but the average
price for the entire crop is said to be
between $50 and 800 per ton. Even
at this there is large profit left to
the farmer, for the average cost of
raising ton Of broom corn is not
more thon $38 where the land rent is
placed at $6 an acre.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
one.third additional expense in work
ing the legitimate corps, just keep the
weeds from ripening seed for few
seasons and Judge for yourself
Frank 81. Sweet in the Epitomist.
select Good Seed for planting.

" :
We know that great deal has been
said about selecting good seed for
planting, but the farmer needs great
deal of admonition along this line.
1t is alarming to notice how indif-
ferent the majority of the farmers are
about their planting seed. Nearly
every farmer depends upon someone
else to improve cotton and corn. md
he will buy the seed for him, or plant
q very inferior quality of seed. No
one can realize. until he tries it, the
difference there is in the yield bs
tween good seed and poor seed,
and each planter can, with but little
extra trouble, work his cotton and
corn mp to the highest standard to
quality of its kind.
The time to select your seed cotton
and corn is in the fall while it is in
the field. Then you can select the
very best, with but little trouble,
otherwise you will be troubled in de-
termining the best, and will have to
guess at the most of it.
Before you go in the field to gather
your corn take n sack and go over your
corn and select stalks that are devel-
oped best, and have two good ears on
them. Men differ as to which ear is
the better, but l think the bottom
one. By this method you will have
the best ears in your field, and will
increase your yield anywhere from 25
to SO per cent. But. yon must do this
every year, or your seed will ''run
out" if you will allow the express
sion.
Before you have picked your cotton.
60 over the cotton, select the very
best stalks you can find. If there is
not but fifty or one hundred of them,
mark them in some way, and after
about one half OF the bulbs are opened,
pick them. Or, if your cotton is
pretty we'll opened before you pick,
you can take your sack with yon and
pick the est balls of each stalk after
you have selected it. This must be
done early every year, and by 80 do
ing you will increase the yield of your
cotton wonderfully. If every farmer
would select the best seeds, reduce
the acreage and increase his fertilizer,
he will be astonished at the result.
TheaboTe are not merely suggestions,
but is the actual experience of the
writer. w. B. Lansing, in Home and
Farm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
s1oo Reward. s1oo.

TIE readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is ut least one dreaded dlS,
its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
euro is the only positive cure now known TO
the medical fraternity. Cntarrh being con,
stitutional disease. requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon tho blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the syst eIn, thereby destroy
ing the foundation OF the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing Its
work. The proprietors have so much faith in
it's curative powers that they offer One Hun.
dreG Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials. Address
-.. T. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists roc.
Hnll,s EamilS pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-01-10
zou.,e,,old HInts.

Nervous spasms are usually con-:
trolled by little salt taken into the
mouth and allowed to dissolve.
Clean Japanned trays by rubbing
them over with little olive oil and
then polishing it with soft cloth. a
Before papering whitewashed
room wash over the walls with yine-
gar, otherwise the paper will not ad-
here. 2at3'
New rubber corks are provided with
push top, which elongates the rub
Der bulb of the cork, permitting adj
iustment to bottles of various sizes.
Save all the soft bits of paper for
polishing lamp chimneys or for wiping
grease from kettles and fryingpans
before putting into the dishwater.,
A clean apron worn while hanging
out the clothes, clean basket, clothes
line and pins are all essentials if the
laundress desires to keep her clothes
clean. FLA
When baby's skin is. chafed put a
pinch of boracic powder into little
warm water and sponge the chafed
skin after her bath; dry gently, apply
n little cold cream and dust with baby
powder.
The chain wire dishcloth, so useful
for cleaning cooking pots and pans, is
now made fastened to a long, smooth
wooden handle, which allows one to
use it without putting the hands; into
the water. -. ~
Ricewater in laundering will stiaen!
dresses. Boil pound of rice in "a
gallon of water and rinse the dress be-
fore drying. Do not dry. thin, gowns
in the sun. Roll in cloth and iron
when nearly dry. -. ofsia,ffN II
Normandy dimities are among tbs
newest and most attractive cottons for
bedrooms, guest chambers, dens and
the like, for curtains or hangings..
They have delicate-toned backgrounds
with floral decorations. Z
It is we'll always to remember the
proportions of vinegar and oil in the.
French dressing -three-fourths OF oil
to one-folrth of vinegar, though the
proportion varies to some extent, ac-
cording to individusl taste.
'Have you ever thought" says a
housekeeper, sin putting up pre-
serves to heat the covers of the jars? /?
Put them on something on top of the
stove until they are hot. They will
not cool the jar you are sealing up
then, and there is greater surety Of
the preserves keeping satisfactorily"
An oilcloth that has grown little
shabby is wonderfully improved by
having a good coat of copal varnish.
Let it get thoroughly dry before using
the room, and to clean. wipe with an,
oily cloth. A new oilcloth will gen
orally keep its newness much longer
il it is vanished as soon as it is but
down.
When the family gets tired of the
wholesome and economical bread pud-
ding as usually served, try cooking it
in custard cups. Butter the cups,
pour the mixture in, then stand them
to bake in q pan of hot water, When!
done, cover oach with a spoonful of
jelly and other meringue and pass
fearlessly. H.