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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
+. INFANT DEATHS IN RUSSIA.
Fifty Per Cent. of the Children Die
Under the Ace of Five.

It is, believe, a pathological axiom
that "the more uncivilized people,
the greater is it's infant mortality"
Applying this to the Russians there
can be no doubt whatever that they
stand very low in the scale of Euro
pean civilization, but in this country,
and in this particular respect one must,
of course, draw a somewhat broad
! line between the classes and the
masses. The campaign now being in
augurated against the frightful infan-
tile mortality has brought forth some
startling and well-authenticated data.
Taking the whole Of the empire in
Europe it is alleged that close upon
so per cent. of the children die under
the age of five years. The average in
Norway, near northern neighbor of
Russia, is-ten, ) per cent, in Sweden,
! thirteen, , per cent. in England, four
teen, 0 per cent, &c. Ordinary infan-
tile ailments, thought little of in west
ern countries, prove fatal in Russia for
,Ethe want of proper care and treatment
and of medical attendance. 1t is to he
remembered, too, that the Russian
peasant has, as rule, no faith what
ever in doctors, prefers old-fashioned
domestic remedies, and is imbueR with
a fatalistic belief little less strongly
marked than the kismet of the simple
Mohammedan. The property of the
people, the want of proper nourish-
ment, and the severity of the climate
are also to be taken into account in
this connection. On the other hand,
however, infanticide is more rife in
Russia than in any country. in; the
world, China excepted. Moscow pos
sesses the largest, and in every re-
spect the finest, founding hospital in
Christendom. Every one of the 10000
infants it annually receives is we'll
cared for. But in the rest of the large
Russian centres those institutions are
standing disgrace and reproach to
the municipalities. The Moscow creche
is state institution, the others are
municipal establishment For .eXam-
pie, it has recently been shown that
in the Odessa Founding Hospital
there are only seven nurses to every
forty infants. and the mortality among
the latter is 6S per cent. In the
Kharkoff Founding Institute the NOR.
tality is 95 per cent, and in Baku 80
per cent The leaders of the new
movement for the rescue Of the chill
dren may we'll describe this state OF
things as legalized infanticide. Physi.
cally, the Russians are fine and ro-
bust race, but the figures just quoted
would 20 to prove that ii is literally
a matter of the survival of the fit
test. London Standard
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
MUSIC ADMINISTRATION.
Brahms and Chopin as Cures for Dys
pepSia

Brahms and Chopin as Cures for Dys-
pepsia.
The relation of music to mastica-
ton has never received the attention
which appears to be due to a conjunc-
ton of such important ar.s.
In the last quarter of century the
presence of music. or at least orches-
tras. in public dining rooms, has be-
come so common that we have neg
lected to comment upon it. Proprie.
tors of restaurants and hotels have
found that there is some subtle rela.
ton between fugue and fricassee.
and between scherzo and soup, and
that after introducing an orchestra
into their sales manger people ate
who, apparently, never ate before. The
orchestras more than paid for the ex.
ira expense, and the music not only
aided mastication, but digestion as
well. for dyspepsia rapidly disappeared
when accelerated by the art of Brahms
and Chopin.
There has arisen but one protestant
against this combination OF gastrono-
my and music. But it is no less a
parsonage chan Mrs. Patrick Campbell,
the distinguished actress. At the Rus
sell House, in Detroit, she demanded
that the orchestra which was discours.
ing digestive music in the dining room
cease playing. She said, "Such vulgar
rasping disturDs my desire or restful
On the refusal of the manager to
stop the music, Mrs. Campbell took
herself away to a hotel where no or
chestra played. Of course one would
have to hear this particular band be-
fore judging whether Mrs. Campbell is
right or wrong; but as a general prop
osition it must be admitted that if the
music in restaurant is good, one can
forgive the chef for steak which is
In the worst sense Of word a piece
de reSistance.-Harper's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
China Fiddle.

The latest invention in domain
of ceramics is the manufi-c. lire of vio-
Inns and mandolins from porcelain. a
we'll known manufacturer of the Meis-
sen ocarinas and porcelain organs has
Invented process for the manufacture
OF violins and mandolins from clay.
Some violins have already been com.
pleted, and the inventor has applied
for letters patent for the same in off
ferent countries.
Under this process the violins are
cast, and every violin is guaranteed a
success and to be uneXcelled for pro-
ducing music. The latter quality con-
stitutes precisely the chief value of
this invention. The porcelain body, it
is claimed, is better able to produce
sound than a wooden one, since it CO.
operates in the production of sound,
making the notes soft and full.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
ANDREW CARNEGIE.

was at one time, and lays bare what
purports to be the innermost secrets of
the Carnegie company, many Of these
secrets rejecting upon the business
morality Of the author Of Triumphant
Democracy" BY the way, Mr.. Bridge,
it is said, aided Mr.. Carnegie material
ly in the preparation Of that book. Mr..
Bridge gives great credit to II. G. Frick
for the success Of the steel company,
but sums up Mr.. Carnegie's career In
the oft repeated exhortation, BE sue
cessful somehow"
The History Of the Carnegie Steel
Company" was limited in its first edi-
ton to fifty copies at $1Oo each. A Sec
ond edition de luxe has been issued,
consisting Of $50 copies, Mt $50 each.
Its principal circulation Is among New
York bankers and capitalists.
more. He'll be as big as bar'l for
the next three days, and then he'll
come home. No Cause to worry,
ma'am. Me and the old woman will
poultice him up and tell him that any
idiot would have known better, and
guess he'll come home to drop bees and
60 to raisin' oysters" NJ. QUAD.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
pEopL OF THE DAY
Count Tolstoi,s Latest.

James Creeliaan, who recently inter-
viewed Count Eco Tolstoi for the New
York World, reports the famous Rus
sian novelist md reformer as. saying
many bitter things about certain we'll
known Americans. He reiterated his
oft expressed iews on the subject of
mans relatlonsto the soil and declared
that life in.dscity was foolish and
wasteful. WhGnit was suggested that
1t might be dfsleult for all men to Sc
cure land in country he replied: "a
man should diserather than work for a
man like BOOKSELLER. He should pre-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Luxurious Railroads.

Mexico has in some respects the
most luxurious railways in the world.
The rails Of the Mexican Gulf Rail.
way are laid on sleepers Of mahogany
and the bridges are built of white
marble. On the west coast of Mexico
there is another line which has sleep
ers of ebonx and ballast of silver ore
drawn from the old mines beside the
track. The reason foF this apparent
extravaganza is that the engineers had
no other material on the route, and
found it cheaper to use these than to
import the ordinary material.-Ex-
change.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

The stiff ribbon or velvet cockade is
a favorite trimming for the tailor hat,
and the same cartwheel shape is copied
In flowers for use upon more elaborate
hats. For example, a fiat wheel of for
getmenots surrounds fiat disk of gar.
denias or roses, and the ornament sup
ports the lifted hatbrim as would a
cockade,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Old RELICS FOR WORLDS FAIR.
A TablecIoth Over One Hundred ant
Thirty Years Old.

A TabIecIoth Over One Hundred and
Thirty Years Old.
Among the most intereSt:ng histori'
cal relics to be seen at the Worlds
Fair will be tablecloth more than
130 years old.
This tablecloth is in the possession
of w. L. Crane and his sister, Miss
Kate Crane, of No. 341G Washington
! boulevard.
1t is an heirloom in their family. 1t
belonged originally to Nancy Lane.
who more than 100 years ago lived
near Peekskill, \. Y. 1t was designed
and woven for her in France some
time before the United Safes flag was
designed and adopted.
| The tablecloth is in a remarkable
state of preservation. 1t is woven of
Irish damask linen. and is about two
yards square.
It's central design embodies various
ly planned designs for the United
States flag, which up to the time of its
weaving had not been adopted.
The centre field represents large
eagle with the shield. In one of its
talons is bunch of arrows, in the
other the olive branch.
The motto beneath in large type is:
................ ...........
eve Offer Peace Ready for War;"
| . .
From the beall of the eagle extends
q scroll bearing the motto, "E Pluri-
bus Unum." and further above is the
grouping of the thirteen stars, denot.
ing the colonies.
Throughout the body OF the cloth
are groupings of olive blossoms with
leaves, and two sizes of the olive
fruit, one size showing the fruit ic a
state of formation, in the other fully
matured.
Below the eagles claws appears a
pole, surmounted by the liberty cap,
and two more designs of the United
States flag, evidently submit ed, but
not adopted.
One shows thirteen plain stripes,
representing the colonies, the other a
second design of stripes dotted with
thirteen small polka dots, denoting the
colonies.
The cloth is hemmed in infnitesinal
stitches by hand.
There are hardly a.. breaks in the
linen, except in the HN're, and the
darning is so fine tha the stitches
cannot be detected viii the naked
eye-St. Louis Republic
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Annoyed.

Everybody has his little peculiari-
ties" said the broad-minded man. Il
don't doubt that you have your own
way Of looking Mt some things"
MY dear sir" answered Mr.. Meek
ton, 81 wish you wouldn't talk about
my having my own way In that Off
hand manner. Henrietta might hear
you." u."-Washingtop Post
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Poultry need good, dry dusting
place. They like it better on level
with the floor of the poultry house than
to climb into box. Over-feeding or
keeping on corn and other fattening
food is quite as frequent cause for
hens failing to lay as lack of food.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Carnegie Attached.

The literary sensation Of the moment
is book entitled History of the Car
negie Steel Company" The author,
James Howard Bridge, is an English
man by birth, though he has been for
years resident Of this country, his
home at present being in Brooklyn. Mr..
Bridge says unkind things Of Andrew
Carnegie, whose private secretary he
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Entitled to Respect

"Who's de ole guy wat jist went
by?" asked the telegraph messenger.
'De ole guy wild de dinky whiskers!'
replied the office boy; law, he's do
owner of de paper.
"An' who's de guy wild im?'
"Sh! don't git gay. He amt no guy;
dats de sportin editor. or."-Catholic
Standard.
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He Croaked.

One night a &bullfrog croakee and |
Went ouq-assmad as coGld be,
Quite bound that he should have to die
For making all that noise, you see
Five times with all my might | soaked
That bullfrog when he up and
croaked. Cornell Widow.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Whatever we may think OF woman's
rights to vote and legislate. there can
be no disputing her right to bare arms
and the prettier the better and more
irresistible. This is right descend.
ed from Mother Eve.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

fer starvationa 9N should consider 1t q
religious dutysta refuse to work for a
trust"
The count said he considered Presi-
dent Harper ofsthe University Of Chi
cago, who paid him a visit last year,
"really ignorant.Squite q barbarian. He
knew less abouama tiers Of intellectual
and moral interest than q man might
learn simply by reading the Review of
Reviews, for instance. Think Of such
a university diiected by such man!
And yet that isSone Of the results Of
Rockefeller's millions"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

He-A time table reminds me OF
certain kinds Of poetry.
She-That's queer. should consid-
or it quite prosaic.
He-Yes; but I'm never quite cer'
tain that understand it.-Puok.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-People are ney-
er satisfied in this world. Mr.. Grim
sonbeak-Oh, 1 don't know; you never
heard of man eloping more than
once, did you?-Yonkers Statesman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Same Old Game.

Squire Haylield-What's Peletiah
a-doin' daown in Wall street, Deakin
Pogson?
Deacon Pogson-Wall, SQuar', by the
way he writes me n mother abaout
the lambs n waterin' tn stock, l CAL
c'late he must be farmin' it yet!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Mrs. Greene-That chicken you sold
me yesterday was tough as sole lecth-
er. Really, I believe the bird was as
old as l am. Butcher-And surely,
Mrs Greene, you would not call your
self old!-Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
NEWSPAPER WAITS.

Mrs. Homespun-Josh writes from
Paris that one O. his pictures is going
to be hung. Mr.. Homespun-He must
be jokin', Jane-they use the guillo-
tine in Paris!-Puck.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Subtle minds are usually submissive
only when submission serves their
own interests.-Chicago News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Why cannot gentleman legally pcs
sess a short walking-stick? Because II
can never belong to him.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Ewes Daughter.
Mother-Why are you so naughty
Dorothy?'
Dorothy (aged thiec)-'Cause It's eas'
Ter muzzer.-Comfort.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

professor" said the bad young man
of the class, "the scientists tell us the
anthracite supply of the world will be
completely exhausted in little over
sixty years. What are we to do for
fuel then My friend" replied the
venerable man, by that time, in all
probability, you will have gone where
the fuel supply is inexhaustible. =
Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
a Sad Case

is she really SO homelyY
"Homely? Say, even al amateur
photographer can't help but flatter her
when he takes her picture"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
HOPEFUL.

81 hope you'll enjoy the pie"
"Dat's right, lady, always hope fer
de best"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Mr.. Nagston-well, this crowd I'm
telling It to is twice as big as that
one was.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Why In all the wide world do people
say that bullying is cowardly?-Yals.
Record /
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Mrs. Grimes-Didn't ] see your huS,
band with you the other day?
Mrs. Burns-Poss:bly He might be
with me for hours and l not notice 1t;
he's so very quiet, don't you know.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

"Say, Harker," began Van Albert,
my wife insists that 1 attend the
sewing society with her tonight.
What, is the best thing to wear?'
"Wear ear muffs," advised the expert
enced friend-Chicago Daily News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Class Limitation.

.tsWhat portion of your graduating
class entered the university?"
about 80 per cent"
"Indeedw
"Yes. The other fellow couldn't
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Mrs. Nagston-Why, my dear, the.
last time 1 heard you tell that story
II was only S12 instead of $25 that you
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
He Was One.

Mother-AIy daughter, you should
not call your younger brother the
kid" A kid. you know, is a young
goat.
Daughter-Yes. mother. that's just
It, Willie is always Quitting in.-Cor-
nell Widow.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

"Have you discovered the perpetra-
tor of this crime?' NO." answered the
detective; "but we have something to
show for our work We have placed a
whole lot of people under suspicion Of
misbehavior Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Returnina the Compliment.

Good Old LADY, wouldn't smoke
cigarettes if | were you, little boy!
Diminutive Mucker-An | wouldn't
smoke EN- If l was you.-Haryard
lIampoon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Her Mothers Fourth Flight.

She-A[amma has been married
three time since papa died, you know.
He-Oh, l see. Then her present
husband is oaly your step-father TWO
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
Experienced.

''He is remarkably good listener"
"Sure. Why not? He's married"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

No, Cordelia, woman isn't neces'
sarlly out of yarn when she knits hes
brOWS,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
A Strono Drauohtsman

H!iend-Ive often wished I could
draw
Artist-You can draw check.
Tha''s more than can do.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Miss Blugore-I want some rice.
You have it for sale, have you not:
Groceries, Miss, of course; two
pounds for 1 cents, Or Miss Blu
gore-Oh! l must have the most ex
pensive kind; it's for q swell wedding
philadelphia Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

Flounces and ruchings are as much
the rage as they were in 1899.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

statistics SHOW" said the amateur
scientist, that every time you draw
your breath somebody dies" Per
haps, but if l didn't draw my breath
the somebody who dies in that case
would certainly be me."-Baltimore
Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30

I Facilities of our magnificent New Vault
Icon tanning 4l0 Safety-Lock Boxes. Differ.
Ient Sizes are offered1to our patrons a1d
tho public at $500 to. .a1o.ooiper annum.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19
A PATRIOTIC MAN.

You notice that there is a restaT
ant man in New Orleans who refuses
10 take money from the Confederate
veterans there.
When he finds an old fellow, and
they are all old, far away from the
mess hall he invites him to his plac,
and serves him with the best that car
be had in the city of New Orleans.
This man is a patriotic and We have
written our representative for his all
dress. We want to know such a man
The veterans are 100 proud to accep
his offer but the spirit is there.
May he live long and always be abl,
to feed a thousad veterans free o
charge.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19
PLUckY JACKSONVILLE.

Jacksonville was visited by a fir
some time ago and before the fame
and smothered, while the smoke O
that disastrous calamity was hover
ing over the city, business men and
property owners generally were max
ing contracts for new buildings.
AS soon as they possibly could do SO
they put men to work and as if by
magic the burned section was up ag-
ain. Not with the same style of
buildings though. No the people were
after better structures; they wanted
modern affairs and they got them.
1t was blessing in disguise just as
the fire here years ago was but whet-
her this was true or not the enterpris-
ing people did not wait to see. They
went right on signing contracts for
new buildings and today they have
one of the finest cities in the south.
When the little flood came there
last week it was about the same way.
1t is true that no business houses were
actually destroyed but the stocks of
goods were. But the Jacksonville
merchant even while the water was
at its height and rising, wired for
new goods and when the water got
ready to stop they were ready to be
gin.
A fire, a food an epidemic, but this
beautiful Florida city is in Der glory
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19
A Startling lest.

To save life. Dr. r. G. Merritt, of
No. E!ehoopany, Pa, made start
ling, test resulting in a wonderful cure.
lie writes "a patient was attacked
with violent hemorrhages. caused by
liberation of the stomach. | had of
ten found Electric Bitters excellent
for acute stomach and liver troubles
so I prescribed them. The patient
gained from the FIRST, and has not had
any attack in IA months" Electric
Filters are positively guaranteed for
dyspepsia, Indigestion, constipation,
and kidney troubles Try them. Only
80 cents. at all druggists.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19
THE DOWNING CO.,
Sole agents for Brunswick

ANY CHURCH or parsonage or in
stitute supported by voluntary con
tribution viii be given 4 liberal guam
tity of the Longman x MARTINEZ Pure
Paints whenever they paint Note:
Have done So for twenty years Sales
tens OF Millions OF gallons; painted
nearly two million houses under
guarantee to repaint If not satisfac
tory. The paint wears for periods up
to eighteen years. Linseed oil must
be added To the paint. tdIne in two
minutesl Actual cost then about
Sl.23 per Gallon Samples free
Sold by our agents.
Bowen G Thomas, AGENTS.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19
Tnnae.

There are many kinds of celebrity.
When Hayden, the painter, visited
stratford, he held forth about Shake
speare TO some rustics he met in G
waysiGe TIM, They told him that STRAIT.
ford then contained another wonder
full fellow. one John Cooper"
"Why, what has lie donef
"Why, Eur, I'll tell zee. He's lived
ninety years in this here town, man
and boy, and never had the tooth
acheY'-London Standard
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19

Jim Tillmau. murderer of Editor
Gonzales. may yet find out that the
courts of South Carolina will give him
Justice and this means that he will
swing for his cowardly murder
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19

Senator McLaurin knows all about
farming but from his statement he
seems to be Il green horn in Wall st
RAILROAD circles And him an eN-sen-
ator too We are surprised.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19

1t seems to us that the less Mrs
Thaw. who gave her daughter and
few hundred thousand for the last re
mains of a piece of British aristo-
racy. says about the matter the bet
ter off she will be.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19

A prisoner in the Atlanta stockade
writes that the report of the com
mttee from the charity convention
was correct. We are to infer from
this statement that somebody is get
ting reckless with the truth.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19

The Earl of Yarmouth" when he
visited Brunswick had little bun pup
and it is hard to say whether the
earl had the pup or the pup had the
earl.
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19

And the Greater Georgia committee
is to pay Brunswick a visit As this
city is the head of the movement we
think they should have visited us long
ago
The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-05-19

The Georgia Knights of Pythias viii
have a very successful meeting in
Atlanta if indications count for any
thing.