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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
This Tigress Has a Crudge.

s5There Is a lean tigress in the Gen.
s4ral Park menagerie who spends a
part Of the day beating her head
against the iron bars Of her cage in
d vain attempt to spring upon one of
the keepers. Ordinarily the animal Is
quiet enough. It is only when this
Keeper passes that she ceases to be a
$purring cat and becomes a iend in
scarnate. The other morning the tigress
was in an extremely bad temper. When
her fancied enemy stuck a mop in
through the bars to clean her cage,
she sprang at him, growing in thun-
sderous bass. Nearly everybody in the
crowd stepped back involuntarily. The
keeper placed an iron bar in the cage
at the great cats feet and went on
with his work, while the animal snarl-
( ed in impotent rage and drew back her
upper lip over two cleaning white
fangs.
"She doesn't seem to be fond OF
ayou," ventured bystander.
"No, there isn't much love lost be-
tween us" replied the keeper. Her
tantrums show that animals treasure
grudges just like people. That tigress
came here eight years ago. A day or
two after she arrived had to punish
her and she's never gotten over it. She
watches me all day out of the corner
of her eye and every time I go by the
cage she makes jump. l suppose she
thinks she'll get me some time. If
she does 1 might as we'll say good BY"
While the man talked the tigress
looked at him with hate plainly stamp
ed on her face When he went away
she watched him until he was lost to
view. Then she resumed her nervous
tramp-tramp.-New York Mail and Ex-
press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
BE.EN IN A FIX.
SYoung Mans Russ to Find Out if His
Girl Really Cared for Him.

The young man in love is an inter-
esting creature. Given a sympathetic
listener, he will tell many things in
voice that is awed, because what he
is telling seems SO holy to him. Such
a young man said: 81 couldn' feel sure
my girl really cared for me. so wrote
myself this telegram: Will you go
as>accountant for tea firm in China
at salary Of $50 per week? Start
Thursday. Answer at once signed
the name Of a fictitious firm and show
ed the girl the telegram as soon as I
got to her house that night. She read
it, and then she looked at me gravely.
What do you think about it?' she
asked. I don't know what to think
said I. She mused little while. DO
you want to go?' she asked me. II it
wasn't for you, I'd want to CO. an
swered. Then she SAD, in faint
voice: DO whatever you think best
sd go, if it wasn't for you,' replied.
She sat very still, looking at the fire.
Then all of sudden she began to cry.
oh, don't go! don't go! she walled.
Don't go and leave me all alone.
What would I do-what would do
without you?' So told her wouldn't
go. It is a grand thing to have q girl
care for you so much as that. know
that this girl loves me truly" "lf
had been the girl" said the young
mans listener, 81 should have said:
Accept the offer, and we'll be married
at once and start for China together
The young man grinned. Gosh!
hadn't thought Of that" he admitted.
wouldn't I have been in a fix,
though, if she had said that?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
Poles Frozen in Position.

The telegraph line now in course OF
construction from a point on Norton
sound, Alaska, through the gold mine
camps on the Upper Yukon river to
connect with the Canadian landline
system in Alberta province presents
some curious difficulties to engineers.
There being no wood in the country,
steel poles are employed similar to
those used for tho trolley wires in
Brooklyn and winter is selected as the
season for work, because these poles
can be most easily sledded over the
ground and ice Of the frozen rivers
and lakes at that time. Even in sum-
mer the ground for depth Of twelve
inches down is frozen solid, and in
setting pole the operation consists
simply in blasting hole in the froz-
en- soil, sticking in q pole and pouring
in water. This freezes, and, unless
the climate of Alaska changes, will re-
main frozen Indefinitely, holding the
pole firmly and solidly. 1t Is expect
ed that this line will be in operation
through to Cape Nome early next
summer-New York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
!, MODERN MOTHERS DIARY,

Tomorrow Clifford will be Z years, 8
months, 13 days, hours, % minutes
and 10 second old, the age at which,
according to the best German authori-
ties, boy, taxed with being good for
nothing, is most likely to reply:
81 have thought Of this, mamma!
am resolved to do differently. Here
after l shall invariably charge ten
cents for being good!"
But shrank from putting my boy
to the test. What If Clifford should
not reply thus, but instead should
burst into tears?
Could l look my neighbors in the
face after that?-Detroit Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
Cures Cancer, BIood Poison, Old
SOres-COsts Nothing to Try.

Blood poison and deadly cancer are easily
cured when Botanic Blood Balm is taken.
II you have blood poison, ulcers, bone pains,
pimples, mucous patches, falling hair, itching
skin, scrofula, old rheumatism, offensive form
Of catsrrh, scabs and scales, deadly cancer,
eating, bleeding, fostering sores, swellinga,
Jumps, persistent wart or sore, take Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. b.. It will cure even the
worse case after everything else fails. Botanic
Blood Balm (B. B. b. drains the poison out
of the system and the Blood, then every sore
heals, making the blood pure and rich, and
building up the broken down body. B. B. B.
thoroughly tested for 80 years. Drug stores,
81. Trial treatment free by writing Blood
Balm Co., IL Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. De-
scribe trouble and free medical advice given
until cured. Botanic Blood Balm does not
contain mineral poisons or mercury Gas 30
many advertised remedies do), but is COM
posed of Pure Botanic Ingredients. Over 5000
testimonials Of euro by taking D. BIB.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
.McLANo's PEAsANTRY.
Their Present Condition ccntrasted With
That OF Century Age.

-
The agricultural laborers of to-day
are certainly better clad, more luxuri
ously fed, have far more leisure, are
better educated, and are rapidly be.
coming better housed than their fore
fathers century ago. And il these
are the main constituents Of happi
ness, then they are happier.
On the other hand, their grandfath.
ers and great-grandfather were much
more gay and light hearted than the
modern; they enjoyed their lives much
more than their descendants do; they
had incomparably more laughter, more
amusement, more real delight in the
labor of their hands; there was more
love among them and less hate. The
agricultural laborer had bad drunk
en- time between twenty or thirty
years ago, and he has been growing
out of that. A village sot is now
very rare bird, as rare as he was a
hundred years ago. Then the laborer
could not afford drunken debauch-
he had not the wherewithal. His mas.
ter, the farmer, did drink, and some.
times deeply in the days when he was
prospering. And for few years after
the rise of the laborer's wages, some
twenty-five years ago, the laborer was
the publican's friend. But hard drink.
ing has been steadily declining, and
the habitual drunkard is looked upon
as a coarse brute to be avoided. As
to other vices, things are pretty much
as they were; l am afraid rather
worse than better.
Perhaps the saddest characteristic
of the men of the present, as compared
with the men of the past, is thai the
men of the past were certainly more
self-dependent--I do not mean inde.
pendent, in the sense in which that
word is used now-more resourcefulr
more kindly, courteous, and contented
with their lot than their descendants
are.
think I know something about the
English peasantry of a century or two
gone by. I think know just little
about the agricultural laborer nova.
days. l bear him genuine love, and
feel with him cordial sympathy, anal
there is no knowing any men or any
class of men whom we do not love aEd
sympathize with. But as to the agri
cultural laborer of the future, I am
sometimes inclined to doubt seriously
whether before another century has
ended there will be any such thing as
an agricultural laborer to know
Nineteenth Century (London).
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
in the form of dressed meat

in the form of dressed meat a,
canned" f
In one week recently 5000 goats
were received at the Union stods
yards in Chicago. They were slaughss
tered and sold. and yet no butehsa
bought anything but sheep" and nd
housewife served anything atgdinneE
but lamb or mutton.
The agricultural department wrote,
to many goat raisers and asked them
if they had any difficulty at all il
selling goats for food. No Joke for
which Billy was ever the butt haf
more genuine humor than had this Ell
tract from a letter written in answer.
to the question by Thomas H. Mastin
of Kansas City:
"You ask if have any difficulty in
disposing of goats for meat. None at
all. The packers buy goats as we'll
as sheep. They make a difference OF
about half a cent pound in favor Of
sheep when buying, and as they never
sell goats they save that difference in
selling"
The governments goat expert de-
clares that goat meat is much better
food than mutton. and that nothing
except the prejudice against the goat
born of the paragraphers' Jokes pre-
vents there being demand for goats
flesh as food and willingness to pay.
a higher price for it than for mutton,
If this publication Of Uncle Sam
which really should be called aIn
Praise of the Goat" is widely read and
believed in there doubtless will soon
be an extraordinary demand for goat
flesh and no one need yearn in vain
at any time Of the year for bit Of
venison. 1t is the opinion Of half a
dozen goat authorities quoted that
Billy's flesh. when Billy is properly
fed, cannot be distinguished from ven
lson. In fact, some Of the enthusiasts
say that goat is gamier and better
than deer, provided the animal gets
it's entire subsistence by browsing.
One correspondent Of the agricul-
tural department living in New Mexico
tells of a certain st. Louis community
which ate Angora "venison" and
never knew that it was killed by the
knife of a butcher instead Of by a rifle
ball of the hunter.
Another correspondent tells of a
woman who kept clearinghouse in
the country for summer ,sojourners
from New York. and who fed them
regularly twice week on goat meat
and was complimented by her board
ers on the prime quality of her mu.-
ton.
One Texas enthusiast SAYS: "Any-
body who has ever tasted roasted
or barbecued piece Of Angora mutton
will find it better than any meat he
ever before ate."
Still another goat advocate says
that the flesh is so percent better than
mutton, and yet 1t sells to the butchers
for less money. So much for preju-
dice.
In view of these encomiums it is not
so hard to forgive ones butcher for
delivering an occasional bit Of Billy in
lieu of a ram.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
Queen YictorIa,s Tartan.

Early in her reign Queen Victoria
adopted tartan, or, to be exact, she
resumed one, for by way of James J.
Of England she is entitled to use one.
Accordingly, the royal household dis
ports itself in the dress plaid of the
Stuarts when it holds forth at Bal
moral, and it has now become so thor
oughly identified with the present
English sovereign that it is called. the
Victoria tartan. This; is the well
known blue, green, white and yeiiIs
plaid mounted on a white ground ins
stead, Of the vivid red that is usually
seem. -
To complicate the matter Of tartans
further, each clan was likely to have
a hunting plaid, a dress plaid, a
mourning plaid, and the plaid that
was worn exclusively by the chief and
his immediate family. Then, too, If
you happen to be Cameron, for ex-
ample, and think it an easy matter to
betake yourself to shop and demand
the Cameron plaid, you had better be
certain whether you are Cameron Uf
Lochiel or a Cameron of Erracht.
Similarly, you may be Macdonald of
Clanranald, of Sleat, CT of Staffa, 1t
will make an immense difference in
the kind of tartan you get, and it is
not to be expected that Campbell of
Argyll would be seen in the tartan Of
the Campbells of Cawdor, or in that
of the Campbells of Loudoun. There
is, by the way, at least one of the large
shops in New York that always has
the correct tartans imported from
Scotland in stock. AS the demand for
them increases it is probable that it
will be easy to obtain the genuine ar
ticle here will all the accuracy that
distinguishes the Edinburgh shops.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
A Feat Beyond Him.

A Scottish prison chaplain, recently
appointed, entered one Of the cells on
his first round of inspection, and with
much pomposity thus addressed the
prisoner who occupied it: well, my
man, do you know wlo l am?" mo,
nor I dinna care!" was the noncha-
liant reply. "Well, In your new chap
lain" "Oh, ye are? Then l hae heard
o. We befo1e!" "knd what did you
hear?" returned tie chaplain, his Gu
rio ,ity getting thu better OF his dig
nifty. "Well, l heard that the last twa
kinks ye were il we preached them
bath empty; buiye wilma find it such
an easy matter % do the same WI this
one."-The King
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

With local applications, as thcy cannot reach
the scat of the disease. Catarrh is blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure it
you most take internal remedies. Halls CO.
tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts direct
ly on the blood aud mucous surface. Hairs
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine: 1t was
prescribed by ono of tho best physicians in
this country for years, and is regular pro-
scription. 1t is composed Of the best tonlcs
known, combined with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingredients Is
what produces such wonderful results IN cur
ing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
F.J. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, price, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
The Boston Transcript earnestly ad-

] The Boston Transcript earnestly ad-
vocates the purchase of the Calaveras
sequoias by the Federal Government.
It truly says these monarchs are
among the wonders Of the country and
ought to be regarded as among its
treasures. Congress, which feels that
it can afford te-buy old battlefelds
and sprinkle the country with public
buildings like pepper from a pepper
Dot, ought not to turn deaf ear to the
plea of the Californians to save these
trees, many Of which are at least 5000
years old"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
Telephone in Surgery.

The war in South Africa has led to
a novel and singular use OF the tele-
phone in surgery. Army surgeons
search FOR bullets by means of the
telephone probe. The special utility
of that instrument is based on the fact
that when the pincerlike ends of the
probe close over metal body noise
is beard in the telephone.-London
Echo
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
A monu,net to Dead Horses.

AS Morioka. Rikuebu. is the centre
of the horsebreeding country, the
people there ire going to erect mon.
ument calla the "horse-soul monu-
ment"-of curse the promoters are
convinced. ike the pious Buddhists
they are, tiat the soul of this animal
is immorta-in memory of the horses
which wer killed in the lS94-1S95
war. Mr.. 0giwara, expert of the war
office. is making q design for the
monumentTokyo (Japan) Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
rherwen:ie1h Century

The twentieth century began January 1st,
1861, and will ond with 1000. People did not
begin to reckon timo from A. D. l, but waited
until about the 550th year of the Christian era.
People who begin to take the great health re-
storative, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, i'm
mediately after the first outbreak Of dyspepsia
malaria, rheumatism, constipation, nervous
ness or kidney trouble will date their cure
i'm nediately from then.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
1T DEPENDS ON THE YOUNG
WOMAN

She (after the proposal)--Are you in
favor of long or short engagement?
He-If you can cook I'm in favor OF
a short one. If you can't, we had bet
ter make it long enough to enable you
10 learn.-ohio State Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

Is one Of the most common Affections Of tho
present day. A single dose of Crab Orchard
Water will promptly relieve it. It cures by
removing the cause.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

woman is sck-soe disease peculiar to her sex is fast
deveopin in her system She goes to her family physician
and tells him story, but no he whole story.
She holds back something, loses her head becomes agl
tatd forpets what she wants to and finally conceas
what she ought have told and this completely mysthes
the DOCTOR
wonder therefore, that the doctor fails cure the
disease? Still we blame the for 1T is very en-
barrassing to detail of the symptoms or her suerng
even to her family physician. This is the reason why
hundreds of thousands of women are now In CORE
snOndence with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. 10
her they give every symptom so that when she ready
correspondence with the patient than the physician can
possibly obtain through personal interview
Following we publish letter from showing the
result Of CORRESPONDENCE with Mrs Pnkham All such
letters are considered absolutely c0nhdent1aI py
Mrs Pinkham, and never published In any way OF
manner without the consent writing OF the paenI pu6
hundreds of grateful for the health whcn MIS-
Pnkham and medicine have been able to restore TO tne
that they not only to publishing their Letters Dut
write asking that this be done order that other women
who suffer may be benefited by their experience
Mrs. Ella Rice, Chelsea, Wis. writes:
.p Mrs years troubled with falling
ond suffered much with
able to do anything what
who suffered as
badv drag doctore TIE
months and worse nad I Oh b m nafen med
c;nes bad that concluded to ask your
an advising to
and did So bottles felt better anu a
know your Vegetable Compound me nd %a vsn @
asu did to try Lydia f. es
table Compound always grateful 1or tne recovery S
heahn-NRs RICE, Chelsea, WIS.,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

Pennsylvania avenue, Washington, D. g,
IS lGo feet wide:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

A prominent physician says that seventy
FIVE per cent. of the people have a touch
of consumption some time in their lives.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, soften the gums, reduces infamma-
tion. nllays pain, cures wind collie. Csc bottls
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N.W SAMUEL,
Ocean Grove, N. j., Feb. II, 1900.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
co,,rrh Cannot be cured

The miner couldn't earn living unless
he was kept down in the world
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

Hayo you ever experienced the joyful SEN
cation Of good appetite2 You will If you
chew Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
Sick FEcadachc

Naturalists say the lobster will soon
follow the buffalo and diamond-back ter
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

Within the last twenty years freight
rates from and to England have decreased
from fifty to scventy-five per cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

Switzerland has l25 schools for girls.
Domestic science and gardening are among
the branches taught.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

f1DETEss b2vs 20 NOT glHlI m mo
hands Of spot the kettle. Sold by all drug.
gists. ..l, ~ tlsis -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

Great Britain has no distinctive and e1-
elusive throne.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

A railway engine is equal in strength
to nine hundred horses.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01
THE SWEET THING.

Roslyn-I have brought you box Of
chocolates. Have you sweet TOOTH
Miss Lovedoye?
Miss Lovedove (naively)-Yes, and
1t has quite cavity for Chocolates
Brooklyn Eagle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

( Some people think twice before they
speak, ard others speal twice before they
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-05-01

OF all nations Great Britain drinks the
most tea and the United States the most
coffee
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-04
CATCHING SMELTS.
How the Little Fish Are Hooked
Through the Ice.

The smells are all caught with htsss
and line, Says the Bangor Commercial
Taking them otherwise, such as tss
seine, would be regarded by the iishfa--
men here as a great wrong. The hs1r-
ing is all Zone in tents the tents s@azSss
about six Feet long. five feet wide AEss
high enough for man to stand up IL
them.
These tents are covered with Clost-g
heated by stove and lighted usuaNe
by lantern | have known the p,.t-
perature of my tent to vary, howeveSr
60 degrees within ten minutes during 3.
cold day.
A hole about six feet long and e!gr.
inches wide is cut In the Ice and tlF
tent set lengthwise of this. Six InAs
attached to a pole fastened to iAe
plates of the tent hang into the Na.'s
nearly eight inches apart. These .lnef
during fishing hours are always kept IN
motion.
The way the fishermen handle theAs
lines, how they can bait the hooks ard
Stat smelts, when, as they say, thH
are taking holt" is certainly wun,stx
full. l have known one man to catck
100 pounds in less than one hour. Thlx
means at least 1000 fish. or about Il T.
minute. One smelter has been ku0wH
to catch 500 pounds during one tidsHx
fishing.
Some have made So5 to $50 day gH&
others 5000 in few weeks. But thssfsa
big catches are only made by those sx.
pert in fishing The chances are that
winter If dependent wholly on Whx1
fish he caught.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-09-04

The manufacture and use of fa2s.
teeth are undoubtedly of ercat 81
tiquity. The ancient Egyptians wer,
no meal DENTISTS. JaWbones of mDu1
mes ha 'e been found with false Ses.9t
II them. and also with teeth flied %st2
gold. lie ancient Greeks also kNea
how to III teeth with gold; also bow u
make false teeth.
There is plentiful evidence of s., l2f
dcntistr, among the Romans, for ruary
of the Latin authors have references
to false xpeth. In the "Roman Laws I'll
the Twelve Tables" there are disIin,E
references to artificial teeth. The tjrsl
part of No. 10 forL,ls useless eXpcnse
at funerals in general, but an excey'ti0y,
Is permitted by No. II, which allows
that the gold filings of false teefA sZ
the gold with which they were b.,U,sx
should lie buried or burned with Zw
lpcpn sod