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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
IT ALL DEPENDS

"Of course" remarked the man who
had recently been attacked by robbers,
"it is not very pleasant experience
to be held up"
The two strangers who had listened
to him were silent. They did not make
the slightest sign Of approval. But
one of them was girl subject to faint
ing spells more or less genuine, and
the other was an unsuccessful inven-
ter OF air-ships. Woman's
Home Companion.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
THREE JURORS CURED
or Cholera Morbus with One Small
Bottle or Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera And Diarrhoer Remedy

Mr.. g. w. Fowler, of Hightower.
Ala, relates an experience he had
while serving on petit jury in mur-
der case at Edwardsville, county seat
OF Clebourne county Alabama He
says: "WhiIe there | ate some fresh
meat and some souse meat and it gave
me cholera morbus in very severe
Term. | was never more sick i'm my
life and sent to the drug store for a
certain cholera mixture, but tne drug
gist sent me Il bottle OF Chamberlain's
Conc, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
instead, saying that he had what ]
sent for, but that this medicine was so
much better he would rather send it to
me in the fix l was in. l look one dose
OF IL and was better in five minuter,
The second dose cured me entirely.
Two fellow jurors were afflicted in the
same manner and one small bottle
cured the three cf use For sale by
Timmons, Bros, Batesburg, &Crosson,
Drug Co., Leesville.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
Cold Cream

No toilet table is complete without
a jar of cold cream made Of c. OF
white poppy. four ounces; oil OF al
mondS, two ounces; white wax. one.
half ounce; balsam of Peru. two
drains. Melt the wax, add the oils and
beat together until they form cream.
then add the balsam and lastly lit
tie rosewater. This Is an cmollient
which may be used with good effect
once or twice week. after the bath.
TO whiten and soften the hands, neck
and arms
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
A Remedy Without A Peer.

| find Chamberlain's Stnmach and
Liver Tablets more benificIal than any
other remedy l ever used for stomach
trouble, saysJ. Il. Klote, of Edna,
Mo. For any disorder of the stomaci,
biiiousness or constipation, these Tab
lets are without n peer. For sale by
Timmons, Bros, Batesburg, & Crcssou,
Drug. Co, Leesville.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
CLTBBINC OFFER.

The Home and Farm, published twice
month, and the Batesburg Advocate
both one year for $l.25. Subscribe
now. The Home and Farm is l6-page,
ocolumn up-to date farm paper. 1t is
clearly printed and unlike the genera,
run OF such papers offered IN clubs
Sample copies on request.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
Fish Croquettes.

For appetizing croquettes separate
cold fish entirely from the bones. mix
with mashed potatoes. season to taste
with salt. ginger. mace and nutmeg.
form into pear-shapes. sticking a Glove
into The small end, roll in egg and
cracker dust and fry in hot lard. Or
use uread crumbs instead OF potato.
put the mixture into pastry shells aud
bake
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
Real snj oy anent is had when reading
that clev.r magazine, Tue SIN 4rt Set
Neglected Co Dis.

Every rart Of tho mucous membrane
membrane, the nose, throat. head, ears
and lungs, etc, are subj .cted To dis
ease and bligh. from neglected. col Is.
BaIlard's llofshonnd Syrup ii Pile rs
ant and effective remedy. 21c 5pc. :.
and ]. w. Akendrirk, Va l.y Mills,
Texas, writes: ~ have used Ball ,rd )
H.rehcund Svfup fsr coughs and
threat troubles: it is pleasant aud
most effective remedy o. j. u.rris
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
Picks Its Company.

"old Hunks boasts that he never
has Il cold"
lis nothing to boast or He's so
mean that even a cold wont have
ANYTHING to do with him Chicago
Tribune
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
Suscrio oetc the Advocate.
Cause OF Insomnia.

Indigestion nearly always distuI bs
the sleep more or less and is often the
cause of insomnia. Many cases have
been permanently cured by ChTmber-
lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
For sale by TimmoEs, Bros, Bates
burg, ~ CTGsson, Drug Co Leesville
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
Sewing Machines.

Is your machine out-o -date implement Does
stitch? Has it than piece
delicate mechanism it time to re-
place the old with creation built
for we'll beauty. Every defect has beer
worked made perfect machines are the
ones we handle We have made study sewing ma
chine, desire being give customers their
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
Germany's Emiurant..

Statistics for the last year show
that 3G,310 native Germans left Their
country TO live abroad. The vast ma.
1or:ty ,ame to this couu,ry. This IA
g considerable increase over 1902 ana
1901.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
ORGANS.

the lowest price. Your daughter is growing
up is q helpmae in your hands Have you given
the engagement OF really should If not
when when the cotton give it thought
Our organs are the We guarantee them
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=" A NTED - Everyone

w ANTED - Everyone who use
printed stationery to remember
that we have just received flne line
sf stationery and inks-that our tvre
faces are new and stylish and that the
Advocate job Office il tanning out
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The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29

Our Schsc-it ers are not failing TO
take advantage of the clubbing offers
we are making. The st. Louis Repub.
lie twice each week for year, l0i
copies, the Farm Visitor fifty two
times each year and Tne Advocate 81
times year-207 papers Il year--all
for 81 %, in advance.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
Men OF Oak

Timbers of oak keep the old
homestead standing through
the years. 1t pays to use the
right stuff.
Men of oak" are men in
rugged health, men whose
bodies arc made of the sound
est materials.
Childhood IS the time to l@y
the foundation for a sturdy con-
stitution that will last for years.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
stuff.
SCOTS Emulsion stimulates
the growing powers of childrcn,
helps them build a firm
foundation for sturdy consti-
tuition.
Send for
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29

The temperature Of the sick room
must not be allowed TO become too
high-6O or 60 degrees Is quite
enough. Higher than this the air be-
comes impure and adds greatly to the
discomfort Of the patient, espec. ally
In chest troubles Turning gas at night
In the sick room Is also injurious. Gas
consumes larsv proportion of the
oxygen OF the air which is so essen
tial in health email lamp or one
or two night lamps will give all the
light required.
The Engl.. custom of cutting the
bread very thu and spreading the
butter on thick is one to be COM
mended from dietetic point OF view.
and should be adopted where it can be
afforded and if the bread and butter
is accompanied by stcwed fruit
more wholesome food could not be
devised For dyspept.c and liverish
people bread and pure butter. along
with fruit. should invariably take the
place OF pastry or biscuits.
hasty dessert is sometimes called
FOR even in the best regulated families.
ana the following may come in as a
handy bit OF knowledge. Make pie
crust with rather less shortening than
intended for baking. Roll out and cut
into squares al least two irches in
either dimension. Place fruit OF some
kind in the center of each piece, brush
the edges lightly with beaten egg, and
Il Nj.
triangular turnover" pie. Either fry
light golden brown. or steam, II pre-
ferrad, ami serve with pudding sauce.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29

Job Printing for the year 1904
Good work ut reasonable prices.
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
X A STITCH IN TIME. G<

quality is that in
they say their moneys worth they bought
us
The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
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SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
4O9-4l5 Pearl Street, New York,
6oc. and $I.Oo; all druggists.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03

mortar torpedoes, 1877 pounds Of max
Unite. This is intended to cause the
bursting of large amount OF high
explosive in the midst Of the enemy.
When it falls upon a hostile ship it
does great injury to the personnel,
and crushes the deck by it's explosion
and not by direct impact.
In: disappearing and rapid-fire guns
either shell or shrapnel is ordinarily
used, the former being directed
against the Notifications or ships, or
to assist in obtaining ranges, while
the latter is meant more particularly
for the personnel.
Smokeless powder, which is twice
as powerful as the old dbrown-prismatic
OF. 'hIack powder, Is now employed for
the tpropelling charge in all cases;
and also for the <'bursting CHARGE
CONTAINED in the projectile), except
where volume of smoke is for some
reason particularly desired. For ex-
ample, in the case of the shell used
in coast defense, it is a great advan-
tage to be able to locate distinctly the
place struck AS smokeless powder
is difficult to ignite, those projectiles
in which it is used have at each end
an igniting charge, composed Of black
powder,
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03

The visitor to the Worlds Fair is
afforded an excellent opportunity of
studying every feature of the art of
war. Besides extensive exhibits of the
arms, ammunition and military equip
ment of every nation, scattered
through almost all of the great exhi-
bition places, there are to be seen
on Government hill series of model
Notifications illustrating the most typ
ical and up-to-date features of the
coast defenses of the United States.
The most important types of pro-
jectiles are shot, shell, torpedoes and
shrapne1. A shot consists principally
Of metal, containing a comparatively
small amount cf explosive The deck
piercing shot used in coast defense
mortars are hardened at the point to
increase their power of penetration.
A shell has a thinner crust, and
contains larger quantity of explo-
sives. With the mortar deck-pierc-
ing shell is used, which is likewise
hardened at the point so as to pene-
trate the deck armor of the invading
ship and explode below it. A torpedo
shell has an exceedingly light crust
with very large quantity of some
high explosive, usually, in the case of
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03
Sleeps on His Boots

Some rascal had walked off with them
in the night and he had also helped
himself to my hat, as I discovered
later on.
II was in a nice dilemma and mat.
ters were helped only slightly by the
porter scurrying around and finally
raking up a pair of dilapidated rub
bers and an old hat that looked as
if it had been through seasons
campaigning. But I had to make the
best of the situation and when I
stepped forth into. the cold world at
Washington I must have presented
an amusing spectacle as regards head
and feet.
II didn't have enough money with
me to buy new boots and hat: neither
was I armed with any letters which
would give the shopkeepers confidence
in me-. There was only one thing to
DO, and I did it. I tramped around
Washington looking up my fathers
friends, and when. I found one I
poured my troubles into his ears and
he graciously advanced me the price
OF the articles of clothing I needed
most. And you can rest assured that
when I took my boots off that night
l slept upon them, and I've been doing
so ever since"
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03

Gen. Fred Grant always sleeps with
his boots under his head when he is
travelling on train and quite fire.
quently when he puts up for the night
in strange place.
The story of how he formed this
habit came out one night several
years ago when a fellow traveller be-
held the general occupied in carefully
tucking his foot covering underneath
the pillows Of his sleeping car berth.
II guess I'll never break the habit, -
said the general in his slow, easy
aoing way, mo matter how much I'm
laughed at, as you're doing now. But
once it was no laughing matter to me,
can tell you.
while the civil war was. being
fought was a cadet in West Point.
One summer time when vacation was
close at hand my father promised me
that could spend it in the field with
him, and as soon as I was permitted
to leave the academy on furlough l
took the train south to join him.
Il was in high spirits until l awoke
from fine nights slumber and start
ed to put on my boots. To my horror
they were not where had placed
them, and though searched for them
high and low they could not be found.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03

An elevator that will lift ships over
hill, just as the elevators in any
great department store carry custom
ers from one floor to another, is an
engineering wonder which has just
been completed at Peterborough, Ont,
and which, it is believed by many,
will give new impetus to the pro-
jected plan of running canal from
Georgia Bay straight through the
heart of most productive canada to
Lake Ontario, thus making a short
cut which saves ESQ miles and which
will incidentally rob Detroit of large
percentage of shipping.
The complete success of this gigan-
tic lift lock, which is practically "a
hugh elevator for lifting and lowering
heavily laden ships at a small expense.
from one waterway to another, adds
new Importance to the Trent valley
waterway. By means of this new lock
a barge or steamer can be lifted or
lowered a distance of sixty-six feet
in one and half minutes, while with
the old style. Of lock, like those at
Sault Ste. Marie. several hours are
consumedsin doing the same work.
The elevators, or pans; into which
the ship runs, are two great steel
boxes, each one capableEof holding q
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03

brought up the ship is already 1lled5
with water, there Is, no rushing ola
torrent into It when the gates are
opened, and the: vessel glides quietly
out and on her way. @s3%<. :'5: / .r:.,
II all has gone well no more than
twelve minutes have passed during
the change of waterways: Il 1s.:>
. When a vessel is lowered, practi-
ecally the same work is done over
again, only in this instance the hy-
draulic pressure is added to the side
that is coming down, SO that the ship
will not fall too rapidly. =. Z. !. T.
The entire working of the gigantic
mechanism is absolutely noiseless,
and the sight of a large ship being
raised or lowered a distance of more
than sixty feet, without jar, tremor or
grating, is almost awesome.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03
Why Togo Wins Success

the teachings of the school of Yomef.
1t seems to me that a soldier can de-
rive a great deal of benefit from the
study of Yomei." .
The admiral is certainly not the
first or the only soldier of Nippon
who has acknowledged his debt to the
teachings Of the Chinese philosopher
whom our people know under the
name of Yomei. The school of Yomei
emphasizes perfect poise of the
soul. The students of Yomei value
more than anything else the quiet bal.
ance Of nerve, the equilibrium which
cannot be disturbed by little thing
like bursting shell within a few
feet Of a man or sword gleam a
few inches before the eyes. The first
lesson that a master of sword or a
master Of jiu-jitsu tries to instil into
the mind of Samurai youth is the
importance of attaining coolness of
nerve and perfect poise of the soul.
In the eyes of the Nippon fighting
men these qualities are much more
important than the clever. handling
of sword or gun.-The Century.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03

The world knows Admiral Togo as
a man of the sword pure and simple.
The world, as often, is mistaken. He
is something greater than a fighter;
as a Judge of men he ranks much
higher than a soldier. His men never
cease to marvel at the ease with
which he accomplishes the most diff
ticult task of a commander, and at
the rarity of mistakes that he makes
in the choice of his subordinates.
There is saying among the men Of
the Nippon navy that runs something
like. this:
'There is only one commander
who uses his subordinates like his
own fingers, and the name of that
man is Admiral Togo"
The old time ideal Of the Samurai
was the welding Of the soldier and
the scholar in one, and Admiral Togo
is not false to the ideal; he is a stu
dent as we'll as fighter.
II am no scholar" he is reported to
have said. From my early youth,
however, my masters have compelled
me to- examine and follow carefully
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03
ishes on a Fro1i c

Fish stories are usually not to be
believed, says the Trenton IN. j.
State Gazette But fish truth is even
stranger than fish fiction, and right
within the city limits may be seen
weekly a sight that causes the spec
tator to rub his eyes and conclude
that maybe Munchausen was not
such a liar after all.
At the Olden avenue bridge adjoin-
ing brewery the spectacle of gen
uine fish drunk" is evident any morn
ing when the beer vats are cleaned
and emptied into the stream. The
prospect of free 14-karat ''toot" is
alluring even to the finny tribe, and
feeling that they are going to get
something for nothing they congre-
gate in large numbers and lay around
waiting for the brewery to treat"
When the foaming malt pours forth
into the water you see a rush "a la
Princeton" 1t is just like beaming
politician asking his ''feller' citizens
to "have one.' Pickerel, eels, perch
and catfish mingle in the festivities.
and the meaning of the old saying,
HE drinks like a fish, now becomes
evident.
The fish leap out of the water, dart
at one another and throw themselves
high and dry on the stones at the
waters edge, not caring whether
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03
BIG ELEVATOR RAISES SHIPS OVER ELL

vessel $50 feet long and SO feet wide.
Each of these pans is supported by
huge steel arm, or piston, five feet
in diameter.
Now, imagining both pans filed
with water, they would absolutely bal
ance between the massive cement
towers which act as the framework of
the scales. But they are not wanted
to balance, so a little hydraulic pres
sure forces up one Of the piston arms,
and one of the tanks is held at the
upper canal, while the other is at the
lower canal, 66 feet below. j"
From the lower canal the ship
glides into the big tank, and the gates
are closed behind it.
Then the locknnaster rings to the
elevator boy" This assistant, nearly
one hundred feet below, touches a
lever. 80 = ..:> ~.
Hydraulic pressure is brought to
bear against the piston of the. ship
laden tank-a force pushing up, as it
were-while the Water-fllled tank
above acts as a weight coming down.
In just about one and a half min
utes the vessel is on level with the
upper canal, when the water-tight
gates Of both canal and lock are
opened. -S.: .s;5 $s il s. j. @
As the big steel cup which has
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03
How FarsAWay Are the Stars?

Speaking roughly, we have reason,
from data so far available, to believe
that the stars of the Milky Way are
situated at distance between 100,-
100000 and 2OO,O00O00 times the dis
tance from the sun. At distances less
than this it. seems likely that the
stars are distributed through space
with some approach to uniformity,
We may state as general cOnclu-
sion, indicated by several methods
Of making the estimate, that nearly
all the stars which we can see with
our telescopes are contained within a
sphere not likely to be much more
than 20O000,000 times the distance, of
the sun. *
The inquiring reader may here ask
another question. Granting that all
the stars we can see are contained
within this limit, may there not be
any number of stars without the limit
which are invisible only because they
are too far away to be seen?--Simon
:Newcomb in Harper's Magazine.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03
Beecher and the Rooster.

That Henry Ward Beecher was
spared much embarrassment by his
Quickness at repartee is illustrated by
the following story: -.
One evening, as he was in the
midst of an impassioned speech, some
one interrupted him by suddenly
growing like rooster. 1t was done
to perfection: d number of people
laughed in spite Of themselves, and
the speakers friends felt that in a
moment the whole effect of the meet
ing, and of Mr.. Beecher's thrilling ap-
peals, might be lost. The orator, how
ever, was equal to the occasion. He
stopped, listened till the Growing
ceased, and then, with a look of sur
prise, pulled out his watch.
Morning already" he said; my
watch is only at 10. But there can
he no mistake about it. The instincts
of the lower animals are infallible."
There was a roar of laughter. The
Clover animal in the gallery col
lapsed, and Mr.. Beecher was able to
resume as if nothing had occurred
Success.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03

Two million people cluster in Chicago
frank and free,
an the big old clumsy city sprawling
round the inland sea,
She smiles a sumptuous siren, lures you
ever to her side.
She's captivating lassie. shy and pi-
quaint as a bride.
And no matter where you wander you
may not escape her spell,
Goull be homesick for old Halsted as the
murmuring ocean shell,
AS the storm-toss sailors yearning is
for his native shore
iouH be longing for Chicago and State
streets mighty roar.
Clearing House of every nation under
meath the sapphire sky,
Ten thousand factory whistles fling their
challenge fierce and high;
Sr<,nary of hungry nations, famishing for
meat and bread;
l'hatolaine Of western prairies Ger the
living and the dead.
when you move away from State street.
you are merely camping out,
I.raving home and friends. behind you,
jest and song and boyish shout,
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03
Americans Greatest Meat Eaters.


Despite the fact that the census re-
ports show that Americans are steadi-
ly drifting toward 'vegetarianism, we
are still The greatest: meat eaters in
the sworld.i Our meat still costs us
every year 500, ,0o0, 600 more than our
vegetables. including imported yege-
table foods. In the aggregate we
Americans pay every! year about. ST.
25O, 100000 for food, or about $50 a
year (for the raw. food for each per-
SON. t. :; +: - ~. " >E$< i. :
In addition to the foregoing it may
interest you to know that among the
meat foods the egg bill ($143, 800 ;0O0)
is greater than that for any other item
except cattle ($432,60o, ,0o0) and sheep
($17O, ,000,000), and that the bill for
milk, butter and cheese 5($122, ,000, ,00O)
is nearly four times4as large .as that
5 for fish, oysters and all other sea
food Pearson's Magazine.
The Cook County herald., 1904-12-03

school keeps or not. When one less
bibulous than his fellows starts to
leave with the idea that there will be
trouble in the family If he stays
longer, ,his companions gather about
him and coax him back for "just one
more.''
As their jag begins to assume its
second stage they drift slowly down
the stream with an "Oh, my head!"'
aspect that makes the teachings Of
Carrie Nation look like a last years
almanac. Here it is that the East
Trenton boy proves himself Johnny
on the spot" and, wading into the
stream, picks up the ''plain drunks"
in baskets and shortly afterward they
are sizzling over kitchen fire, VIC
Tins of their own conviviality.
AS the stream Of Export" ceases
from the brewery and the pure fow-
ing water takes its place the fish
gradually disappear from the surface
ard there is nothing to be seen Of
them till the next 'social season."
when the watts are again emptied.
Residents of this particular section
OF the city who have witnessed the
above sight time and again say the
fish come down stream in schools
just before it is time for the weekly
vat cleaning. and on coming to the
Olden avenue bridge patiently await
developments and beer