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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
INTERMARRYlNc RACES.
Effects of the Al!ia"ccs 're Strengthen
ing tn Nation.

Effects of the Al!ia"ces 'rc Strengthen
ing to Nations.
Man is an animal, and Darwin has
shown that not only is he closely akin
to other animals, but@that the laws
which control the development of the
lower animals also control the devel-
opment Of man. He has also shown
that crossed breeds of animals ar"
larger and stronger than either parent.
When We examine into the origin Of
the English people we find the ancient
Britons fighting and mingling with the
Romans and subsequently with the
Picts, Scots, Danes Saxons and Nor
mans. For more than thousand
years these various breeds of men have
crossed and recrossed, until they have
been nodded into that homogeneous
mass that we know as Englishmen.
Turning to the United States, we find
the foundations of new nation laid
by the sturdiest and most enterprisinS
of these Englishmen. They landed OIL
the then distant shore, conquered the
wilderness, organized a new govern
ment closely akin to the old, and in
vited the people of all the world to join
them. The Slavs, the Germans and
the Latins mingle together and in
few years become neutrality-suspicious..
or what may be more properly termed
Anglo Americans. The evolution go
ing OH in the United States is also go
ing on in Canada, in South America.
in Australia, in New Zealand and in
other smaller places scattered around
the world.
There is thus being formed, on
gigantic scale, new race Of men,
built on the strongest lines on which
it is possible to construct human be-
ings. The different sections of this
new race have common language
and literature, the same laws and GUS
toms, and the trend Of industrial CIV
ilization gives them identical political
interests.-Engineering Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
THE BIBLE AND A MYSTERY.
Only Three Men in the India Paper Sc
cret at Oxford.

cret at Oxtoru.
1t is fairly well known, says the
Golden Penny, that the Universities OF
Oxford and Cambridge, having paid
100000 toward the cost of publica-
tion, are joint owners Of the copy
right of the Revised Version. The
copyrights of the Authorized Version
and of the Book of Common Prayer,
however, are vested in the Crown,
and authority to print them in Eng
land is given by patent to the kings
printers, and by charter to the Uni
versites of Oxford and Cambridge.
There is, probably, not another print
ing press in the world which issues
so many copies Of the Bible as that OF
the Oxford university, where the Ia
nous India paper, a quarter of CEN
tury ago, revolutionized both the Bible
and the prayer book trade.
Oxford's answer to the question
whether the circulation of the Bible is
decreasing is emphatically: mo" The
output averages about million COM
plete copies every year, apart from
New Testaments separate portions and
Welsh Bibles. Justly proud OF their
printing The authorities of the press
make standing offer Of guinea to
anybody who first points out print
ers error in any edition of the Author
lied Version and as there are over
70 editions of the Oxford Bible alto
gether, it is sufficient testimony to the
excellence of the work TO say that the
bill for these errors-the errors them
selves being usually of the most triv-
ial character-rarely amounts to more
than two or three guineas year.
There are few obsolete words in the
Bible, however-"astonied," for ex-
ample-which are constant source Of
trouble on this account, raising false
hopes in the breasts CT many would
be winner of the guinea reward, and
involving correspondence with apDli-
cants from all over the world.
Today the Bible, in all its stages,
is produced by the best workmanship
in the trade, and under the most
watchful care it is possible to provide.
This remark is equally true OF each OF
the three Sreat houses from which We
get our Bibles. The Oxford Press is
remarkable from the fact that it not
only prints it's books, but manufactures
it's own paper, makes its own type for
some so or so languages, maintains its
own bindery-where the skins OF at
least 1OO 900 animals are annually pre-
pared for Bibles alone-and, in short,
does everything connected with the
work from start to finish. The Oxford
type foundery is interesting as being
the oldest establishment of its kind IN
England.
The Oxford India paper is, of course,
of recent, date, although its original,
hidden among the many other secrets
of the mysterious East, masaaste
to an inde1Eite~egs. Only three per-
sons ats time are permitted to know
the process CT It's manufacture at TIE
University mills at WolycTcote, each
workman being allowed tc understand
only one stage of the process. The
story of its introduction has been told
before, but it is worth retelling. Sixty
- :q--- Oxford graduate newly
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
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commodities. There is. banana nour,s
to begin with, delicacy which is used
for the making of cakes, fritters AMI
the like. There is banana prepared as
substitute Gan excellent one) for cit
ron and raisons in fruit cake. 1t also
makes a delicate preserve not unlike
and quite as delicate as figs and
prunes. Banana butter is another
product; this is a sort of jam, which
is not unknown in tropical countries
as great delicacy rather difficult to
make by the old-fashioned process. All
these products can now be marketed at
a small cost. The machinery is not
elaborate, and the original cost Of the
fruit is almost nothing. 1t is esti-
mated that the banana butter, for in
stance, can be put on the European
market and sold there at less than half
the price OF any native condiment To
the poor of Europe, whose list Of deli
cacies is so limited, this will be no
email blessing.
The banana is not the only tropical
fruit which is being treated by the new
process. Any one who has lived in
tropical countries knows that the ne
groes who are out of the track Of civil
ization make from the cassava kind
Of flour which is extremely wholesome
and cheap. This is also being put up
for expectation. The extremely nu-
tritious okra (the value Of which is
fully realized in the tropics, where it
is constantly in use as a food for in
valids) is being prepared in quantities
for expectation. In it's canned form
the okra necessarily fails to retain all
its value as food, but the exaporated
vegetable has been proved by analysis
to contain all the nuitriment. The man
who makes okra soup standard food
among the poor of any country is be-
slowing permenent benefit. Sweet
potato flour is also made for exporta-
tion.
The British government is just now
unusually keen as to the cond. ion of
it West Indian possessions. AS long
as fruit is the chief product Of those
countries, and as long as old methods
of expectation prevail, so long will the
decline of the West Indies continue.
Once save the enormous waste by
finding a market for the innumerable
products of the south, and the islands
will regain their old prestige. The
government of Jamaica has been in
terested in the evaporation question,
and a favorable outcome seems prob
able. In Central America the process
is now fully appreciated. From Santa
Tomas, Guatemala, the British army is
now receiving supplies of evaporated
food. The republics Of Central Ameri-
ca have all indorsed the process and
are beginning to exDerimnt on their
own account. From trade point of
view the innovation is important Fruit
authorities think that it is likely to
reyolutionize the tropical fruit trade.
Be this as it may, there is great in
terest in watching the attempt to give
to dwellers in the comparatively un-
productive north some Of the blessings
of the prodigal south.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
I.i,ra.Iri, tI.. Eainad.

II doctors or patent medicines have failed
and you have pains in bones, joints or back,
swollen glands, hot, aching muscles or rheu-
mstism, dropping in tho throat, hawking,
splitting, bad breath, loss OF hearing, blurred
eyesight Oh catarrh, then it is for these deep
seated cases that Botanic Blood Balm (D. B. 3. }
iu made. Q. 3. B. will stop every symptom,
build up the worn-out body and make the
blood pure and rich and makes permanent
euro Of tho worst rheumatism or catarrh.
Don't get discouraged, bu. tsko y. B. Z.
Druggists, 81. Trial treatment sent absolu; n,u;
I,alm Co., IL Mitchell St., Atlanta. Ga. De-
scribe trouble, and free medical advice given.
1t costs nothing to try D. D. I. It has cured
over 5000 obstinate cases. 1t gives vitality
and strength to the blood
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

op.c2t.y. ~ SySzsG. = 10 onlp Is Wireu
--al..:. :...s tnree wire system. so that the
motors can be operated at two volt
ages-160 and 1S0-which is anal
ogous to the use Of 16O and 1SO pounds
Of steam. On the previous group OF
8battleships-the Indiana, the Massa'
gchusetts and the Oregon class-the
motors are only Sc horse power and
~ kilowatts. On English ships the
use Of electricity is still confined to
sincandescent lights, searchlights and
signal apparatus. but upon the kear-
sarge and the Kentucky steam pipes
are almost entirely abolished. All
: this makes it necessary for the or
fcers and sailors of the navy to have
thorough knowledge of the electrical
science, and schools of instruction,
both for officers and enlisted men, with
electrical workshops. have been estab-
slished at Newport and at the navy
Yards in New York City. Boston. Nor.
folk and San Francisco.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. CAscARETs help nature,
cure you without gripo or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cAnErs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has &C. e.
stamped OIL it. Beware of limitations.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

rne form of an edition OF yrnv e. i.s;..s (,
similar in all respects to the unlimited
number of copies printed .33 years be-
fore on the graduates fold of paper
from India. This was in August, 1878,
and so great was the demand for the
new edition that in few weeks
quarter of million copies had been
sold. Nowadays the Oxford India
paper is employed for hundreds Of diff
ferent works and editions, yet it re-
mains as much mystery as ever.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
EIastic Wood.

M. Louis Lefranc of Bosc-la-Hard,
in France, is said to have invented
process by which he can render wood,
in small pieces, just as elastic as rub
her, He will exploit his invention for
the manufacture of elastic wooden
btoppersi.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
vEyED QUESTION SETTLED.

in order to decide q long standing
controversy" said the squirrel, would
you mind telling me why you wabble
your nose?
."To show that have something else
to do with it besides sticking it into
other peoples affairs" frigidly an
swered the rabbit Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
THE LOWLY ARTIST.

she-Don't you think Painter Is
clever with the brush?
He-Yes; I've noticed that the heels
of his shoes always seem to be as
well polished as the rest of them.-
Yonkers Statesman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
E,r,.na:s Army and Navy.

1t WIS recently stated that Englands army
and navy is inadequate to properly defend
herself from q sudden onslaught. England is,
in this INSTANCE, like the individual who allows
disease to creep into his system through q
takcn into it. To strengthen tho stomach
there is nothing better than Hcstettcr Stom-
ach Bittera. 1t cures dyspepsia, constipation,
indigestion li:cr and kidney trouble, md as
tonic, 10 Incompatible.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

ASK Your Dealer FOR Aliens Foot-Ease,
A powder 10 shake into Your shoes: rests the
feet. Cures Corm, Bunions, Swollen Sore,
HOT, Ca]lous Aching, Sweating Feet and In
growing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease makes new
or tight shoes easy. AS Gti druggists and
shoo stores, oj cts Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, LeIoy, N. 7.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
a LACK OF REC1pRocITY.

"What makes that Dock 80
haughty?"
"He is proud Of his ancestors"
"I see. And I suppose it never once
occurred to him that his ancestors
might be more or less ashamed Of
him."-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
Wben,he Eres Are Sick

Something must be done and done quickly
Little neglects brink big diseases. When the
eyes are sore or innamed uso John Il. Dfckey's
Old Reliable Eye-wnter. 1t stops Inflammation
cures granul.t tod lids, and brings ease ut onco
Il causes absolutely NO pain. 2Scts. Dickey
Drug Co, Bristol, Tenn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

If you would bo we'll, keep we'll, and ward
off diseases of all kinds, keep Grab Orchard
Water on hand and take it occasionally, as
required. It is Natures own medicine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

+. J. Cheney Il Co., Toledo, o., Props. of
HALLS Cstarrh Cure, offer 500 reward for any
ase OF catarrh that cannot be cured by taking
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for testimonials,
FREQ, Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
tior. has all equal for coughs and colds: s:-JonS
F. boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb 10, lSoo.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for childrsa
tee,hing, soften the gums, reduces inhamma-
lion, allays pain, cures wind colo. 25c DosHs
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

Send no money. but write DR.. Shoop, Racina,
Wis. Dox 14S for six bottles OF DR.. Shoop's
Rheumatic Cure, exp. paid. lfcursd pay $3.50.
II not, it is free.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

Roger, King of Italy, is said to have in
troduccd the silk culture into that country
about LAG.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

Don't drink too much water when cycling.
Adams pepsin Tutti Frutti is an excellent
substitute.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES are fast to SIM
light, washing and rubbing. Sold by all drug
ryio
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

The British public claims that the homo
railroads run too many trains for profit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
Ya. uravc Rheumatism

Naviga ton between British ports is not
restricted to vessels flying the British flag.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

The branches OF the Mississippi have
an aggregate length of $1,000 miles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

FITS permanently cured. No Il is OF nervous
ness after first days use OF Dr. Klino's Great
Nerve Rcstorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. i. II. MINE, Ltd, 931 ArchSt., Phila., Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

In le40 Europe produced four.ffths Of
all the grain in the world. Now she grows
barely half
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

In the eighteen century .slken cocoons
sold in the London market for enc shilling
per pound.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

Alaska has only II OF an inEabitant TO
the square mile.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

Athletic. sports are taking strong hold
in the European universities.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

France has 5s4 towns with more than
5000 inhabitants.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

One Of the disadvantages of mo-
tor driven ambulances has been that
they do not get the right of way as
easily as horse driven vehicles. The
familiar changing of the ambulance
gong and the sound of the gathering
$fioofs of the horses was always sure
TO clear the way promptly for an am
l,ulance. Now the ambulances have
been provided with electric lights
which do not differ materially from
those which other electric vehicles car
~. and the result is that trucks or
wagons do not get out of the way as
quickly. 1t has been suggested that
compressed air whistles or larger
sgongs might be used. A return to the
old foot gong would probably obViate
tie dificulty to certain extent
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

lnformaGon from. Jne
accurately locate her particular Illness
Mrs. Pinkharn has relieved thousands of from
just this kind of trouble and retains their grateful
letters in her library proof Of the great assistance she has
rendered them This same assistance awaits every sick
woman in the land. z48a@
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

Prosperity makes more fools than adj
yersity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

In 1910 the silk factories of Prussia en-
p!oyed 1000 operators.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
Rest For ,I,c Bowels.

Tutuila and adjacent islands in Samoa
have dl65 inhabitants.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

Vertical writing has been abandoned III
the Toronto t0nt.l schools.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

The direction of the rapidly rushing
torrent of air in the region of the high
est clouds is found at each station to
be due eastward across the United
States, and foreign statistics indicate
:tiat it continues thus around the
entire world. If caught in this upper
current of air an airship or balloon
would continue to circumnayigate the
world. The ashes from Krskatoa, the
volcano, continued around the earth
forsseyera1 years, and produced won
.derfu!S sunset effects.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22

In the real estate BUSINESS great deal
depends upon putting up good front.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
GiyeaWay Presents ,sss'%ss;' sssSsss; sssssss

~ " y y.popSoth onu
peanut venders. orapgeade, lemonade, cider
and mead stands. shows and exhibitions OIL oil
kinds, riding swings, monographs, and In Iact
almost any kind OF business can increase lneir
c sh receipts ten fold by using cur give away
presents. giving one free 10 each patron. ihey
consist OF ladies' and gents 1ewelry, rings,
chnius, charms and q variety OF novel and use
full fancy articles. etc. Some snowy, fashy lead
ers and good v"lues from job-lot bankrupt sales
among them Put up in handsomely printed
envelopes. Just the thing 10 work at fairs, re.
unions, SHOWS. picnics. stc. Try them II you Want
TO mako money. They will knock all opposition
and do he business Half dozen printed enve!,
"pps containtn: half dozen sample presents, al
different and wholesale descriptive circular,
with price list a. d testimonials sent py mai,
most fre. TO any address. on receipt Of ten cents,
silver or stamps Write today. Address y. y.
BURROW, aO7 Church Street, Nashville, Tenn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
RYrs. Winifred Allender's Letter.

"DEAR Mrs. PNKHAM:-I feel it my duty to write
and tell you of the benefit have received from your
wonderful remedies. Before taking Lydia e. Pink
self and every one around me- I suffered terrible
pain in my back, head, and right side, was very
nervous, would cry for hours. Menses would appear
sometimes in two weeks, then again not for three;
sleep nights, sharp pains would dart through my
heart that would almost cause me to fall.
s'NIy mother coaxed me to try Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. had no faith in 1t, butto,
please her did so. The first bottle helped me so
much that continued its use am now well and
weigh more than I ever did in my life.n-MRS.
WINIFRED ALLENDER, Pennington, Ill
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The spider shields itself in winter by
q weather proof covering of silk, but
some kinds come out for an airing oc-
casionally, and even take a scan1per
across the snow. The trap door spi-
der passes the entire season deep in
the ground in his winter house OF spun
silk.
Take a fragment Of wall paper sus-
pected of arsenic and put it into So
luton of ammonia. If arsenic be pres
.ents the liquid will assume a blush col
or. II further test be required pour
little Of the ammoniacal solution on
crystals of nitrate Of silver, and ar
senfc If present will show itself by
leaving yellow deposit on the crys-
tails.
Professor Vines of the British asso-
citation expressed recently his regret
that the century had closed without
bringing solution of the much dis
5cussed question of the ascent of sap.
One of the suggested explanations, he
said, requires that in tree 12O feet
in height the Transportation Of force
must equal a pressure OF 36o pounds
to the square inch, but there IS no
evidence that anything like such
force exists in a tree. This is one of
the problems in science that the 18th
century has bequeathed to the goth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-22
y, An snakes hibernate during the win

snakes hibernate during the win
ter and are in so torpid condition
during the period that they breathe
seldom during the "a hours. Small
ones seek for their winter refuge rot
ten stumps, hollow or partially de-
eayed logs. Larger ones hide in holes
in the ground and in crevices in rock.
Brought under the influence Of fire
they revive, but usually die afsrward
as q result. The turtles, too, treathe
seldom while dormant. The land va
rieties. burrow under hollow trees,
where there is an abundance Of loose
mould, in order to escape the frost.
The water turtles retreat into the mud.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-16
LATEST PROM THE wRECK.
Telegram deceived ny Manager OF
the T~nn~ssee River Packet Co.

St.Iouis, May la.-Latcst dispatches
from the scene Of the sinking OF the
steamer City OF Paducah of Drunk
hurst landing state that "a persons
persisted aud two others are missing.
making possible &c lost in the eatas-
trophe.
This information was given in the
following Telegram received by
Manager Massenrnle OF the Tennes.
see River Packet Co, at p. m. from
Capt. Kirkpatrick. who was in charge
OF the Inflated boat:
Water running o'er hurricane roof
forward about 30 feet. Boat broken
In two. Have Miss GARDENERS remains
and Mr.. Tcl's. About - lost. but 20
possibly Cutting hole through roof
and wing TO get safe out. Have ar
ranged TO send Miss Gardeners rc-
main 20 50. Louis In your charge, and
have just found Bell. and will bury
him here until further notice. Boat
aud freight total loss.
KIRKPATRICK"
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1901-05-16
The Lost noat.

The City OF Paducah was under the
command OF Capt. ID. W. Kirkpatrick.
OF Carrollton. Ky. who was her com
mAnder from the day she was
launched. Capt. Kirkpatrick Is near.
ly 90 years old. has passed his entire
life on the river and is rcckoned as
one OF the best steamboatmen on the
river.
Other officers arc John Street. pilot;
J. NJ. Trueslow. acting clerk; James
Scott, second clerk; Henry lee, stew.
ard; lobe Royal. first mate. A new
engineer was in charge OF the en-.
gines. IL was his first trip on the
boat and his name could not be as.
certained.
The steamer had been in commits.
sion since 1891. She was a stern.
wheeler. 100 feet long. - foot beam
and had n sivfoot hold. She was OF
600 tons burden and was considered
to be one Of the best boats in the
service Of the 81. Louis and Tennessee
River Packet Co. She cost $50. 900.