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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23
A PENSION RULING.
A Scheme 70 Reduce the Expenses
ef The Department
REGULAR RATES ARE INSTITUTED
1t is Claimed the Order VIII ssve
the dovernmc INT at Least 5000, 900
Year.
A wednesday special from Washing

A Wednesday special from Washing
ton says:
Commissioner OF Pensions Ware,
with the approval Of Secretary Hitch
cock, promulgated the most important
pension ruling that has been issued in
a long time. It directs that beginning
April 1S. next, If there is no contrary
evidence and all other legal require
ments have been met, claimants for
pensions under the general act Of June
81, 1890, who are over 62 years old shall
be constituted as disabled one-half In
ability to perform manual labor and
shall be entitled to $6 per month; over
&C years, sS; over 6S years. $40. and
over 70 years, s12, the usual allow
ances at higher rates continuing for
disabilities other than age. This order
will not be retroactive.
Commissioner Ware just before leav-
ing for trip South for his health said
the order would save both the old SOL
diers and the government great deal
of money and time He said 1t was
based on the Mexican war pension leg
islatton OF 1887, approved by President
Cleveland. which placed all the Mexi-
can war veterans on the pension roll
20 years after the close OF the war. AT
the expiration of service Mexican war
soldier was entitled to q pension at GO
years. and no other requisite for draw
ing a pension should exist except age,
that to soldiers of the civil war who
fought vastly more and longer, at least
as good rule ought to apply
1.-THE order could not have been is-
sued earlier because it is only now that
the 80 years fixed by the congressional
limit has been reached. The civil war
ended April %, 1865. Hence the thirty
nine years would expire on the 18th
of next month"
Mr., Ware said the order would saye
the government at least 100000 a year.
He was not able to say what expense
the bill would entail In the shape of adj
ditioDal payments.
"The extent to which it will augment
the necessity for further appropriations
cannot be told. 1t will, without doubt.
increase the payments to some extent,
but no one is able to flX the amount.
The bureau has not considered that as
the proper element of consideration. l
do not think, however, that the In
creased expense in the long run will
be very noticeable, because the death
rate is always to be considered, and
there Is also to be considered the fact
that the ones to whom we give the PEN
sion without proof other than their
ages, would have prove themselves any
how, under former circumstancss,a rs
entitled to the pension by.4ifeason Ut
their disabilities. y
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Miss carnegie's Hairy Lion.

Little Miss Carnegie, who asked
that her father give her the largest
and hairiest lion in the world
which he old. sparing no expense III.
til he had obtained the finest leonine
specimen in existeuce-does not go
as often as she did to the fonx Zoo
to look at her protege. He frightens
her, rs he does many of the grown
nps, despite the fact he is Gagged safely
behind steel bars. which the strength
of many lions. even if united in intel
ligent effort, could not bend or break.
But Miss Carnegies lion is Sc superb
in his strength and his dignity, and
so powerful ind in his deep.chested
voice, that it is no wonder he strikes
terror to the hearts OF the timid.
safsguarded as he is.~Three school
ST'ls in short dresses retrsated to
the opposite side of the lion house
yesterday when the tawny monarch,
who had been pacing up and down
for an hour, paused. shook his name,
drew in his lips over the white fangs
and began to speak. 1t was a low,
cultural rumble at first, aud rose
gradually to roar of such depth and
volume that even the bars of the
cages vibrated-and they are not
Common Steel, at that.-New York
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), - =,
(. Remedied,

Women have resourcefulness that
men can never hope to attain. A
young lady named Kate - was mar
ried the other day. When on her
honeymoon she had occasion to make
some purchases. in shop, and ordered
the goods to be sent to her at the Roy
al hotel. But in All absent-minded
moment she gave her maiden name to
the shopkeeper.
She had scarcely reached the door,
however, when she noted her mistake.
With admirable wit she steppeu bacA
and said to the shopman:
"Oh. by the way, send that package
to Miss Kate -, care Of Mrs. -,
Royal Hotel" and she swept out of
the shop as if she had been married
fifteen years-London Tit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23
Palmetto Briefs.

In court at Conway Judge watts
granted bail To w. P. Nelson. charged
with completely III poisoning Sam
White. in the sum of $500. Whites
wife is still in Jail, and the voodoo
doctor who is wanted is still at large
An autopsy was held and the contents
of Whites stomach was sent to Glenn
son for analysis. The case will not
be tried at the present term OF court.
Justice Woods Friday reversed the
decision OF the circuit court IN the
case of John B. Moore, Sr, against
the Catawba Power Co., of Rock Hill,
for damages received from an explo.
sion which occurred at the works last
Nav. MIR. Moore brought suit for $751;
600 on the ground Of gross negligence
and carelessness. alleging that the
machinery for the blast was deficient
for said work in that said defendant
furnished to and for the said work
4 battery for the purpose OF exploding
the blast, which battery was imper-
feet and unsafe.
The Seaboard Air Line has le! the
contract for the erection of a $4,000
or $4,000 passenger depot station in
Columbia.
A little son OF j. a. Campbell, sup
erintendent of the Greenwood Mills,
had the misfortune to have one of his
legs so mangled that it had to be am
putated. while riding on some cars
in the Seaboard Air Line yards Fri
day.
An election will be held at Will
llamston on the 26th instant to de.
termine the question of the issuance
of bonds in the sum of $4,000 for the
purpose Of erecting modern graded
school building. 1t is thought that
the bonds will be voted
BY the subnerging of a bateau two
negroes were drowned near Johnson
river in Beaufort few days ago.
Six other occupants. of the boat reach
ed land after q great deal Of difficulty.
The men were on their way home
from Baldwin's mines, where they
were employed.
There was preliminary at Green
wood Thursday in the case of Marion
Burnett and ]. N. Shanke, charged
with burning the Addy House OH Nov
ember 19. The building was being
used by the city graded schools at
the time. The defendants were
hound over 10 court and released on
bonds of $1,000 each.
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E,on,d With His Wits Sister

Newberry, Special. Domtnlck
Of Gary's Lane. this county. and son of
Mr.. Pres Dominick of this city. disap-
reared Monday OF last week, having, it
is said, left with the sister OF his wife.
It was not known until Saturday that
ic had taken The girl with him, as her
parents -nought she was spending the
week with an uncle in the neighbor-
hood. Dominick left behind a wife and
Two small children. Until the elope-
n,ent no intimacy between Dominick
and the girl. who is just Is years o!d.
WAS suspected.
escorted as far as Ping Yang by bHld
from The mines They were unmolest.
ed. Near Anju they met two small
groups of Cossacks. During the party 9
stay at Ping Yang The japanese off,
cials requested them to wear badges
bearing the American colcrs. i'll order
that they may be allowed to leave and
enter the town freely. The party was
stoTped five times by Japanese soldiers,
of whom the party saw great numbers
along the road to the coast. The
japanese treated them very courte-
0usly.
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ESCAPE FROM DEATH
Youth Owes Life to Fellow Wor'sman's
s; Presence of Mind.

I Presence of Mind.
A new tenement Of houses in Edin.
burgh, now in course Of erection. was
the scene the other day OF remark.
able incident. The building looked as
II completed, but the plumbers were
busily engaged touching up the roofs
and cutters at the top of the house.
An apprentice was working lower
down, at the channel of the caves
OF the house, was another plumber
hammering away and whistling the
whilef, when the apprentice slipped
his hold, and sliding headlong down
the states, looked as if he was to be
dashed to pieces among the refuse
sons fifty feet below. Passersby in
voluntarily shuddered. Fortunately,
however, he came right in the direc.
4 ion OF his fellow-workman on the edge
ebf the states, but, that individual ham
emering away did rot notice anything.
eamiss till the young man was ssi5lst on
the brink of the house. Being unable
at the instant % itch the lad with
his hands, he plunged his head for
ward and grabbed him by the trouser-
Sleg with, his teeth. It was only fcs
few seconds that the apprentice was
thus suspended, hanging as he was
almost bodily over the house, but even
the shock might have killed stronger
man, .
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Want State Constable.

-r,oneo,to.-cp -cponial--ShoriW -Inhn F..
Hunter says that he hears many com
plants from different sections OF tne
county of whiskey selling. and that
he would be glad if he could always
apprehend the violators OF the als-
pensary law and bring them to Jus.
tice but that he cannot neglect mis-
other work in the sheriffs office. But
he saws he is perfectly willing to give
his spare time 10 looking after the
violations Of this as we'll as all other
laws. He says that II good act,ve
man was appointed State Constap,e
in this county whose duty 1t Won,o
be to look after blind tigers and notn.
Ing else. they would soon be run @ out
of business. and many other VIOLA
lions of the law would cease.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23
More Refugees Arrive.

New I@ff. special.-The Hamburg
American liner Butcher. which ar.
riTed here, brought 1,765 steerage pas
sengers, the majority OF whom were
refugees from Russia who fled the
country to avoid serving in the army.
Many Of them gave accounts o.. their
escape across the Russian frontier SIM
liar to those related by the men who
came last week on the Graf Waldersee.
Some OF them were camped for tw
weeks near the frontier waiting for a
chance to get away, one relator saying
that his party. consisting of 127. waited
twelve days in thicket a short dis
tance from the line while negotiations
were in progress with the customs
guards to let them cross the frontier.
Another said that his party OF ten were
concealed for four days in the hay and
straw stacks of the frontier post.
where they eventually crossed into
Prussia. It was said that there are
thousands along the frontier waiting
for a chance to get across without pass
ports.
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Mystery AS to Whereabouts.

Toxic. BY Cable.-TolSio Is nnad-
vised regarding the naval plans and
movements of the Russians, and Is in
doubt whether the remnant Of their
feet is still at Port Arthur or is en-
route to Vladivostock. Late Wednes-
day afternoon a telegram reached the
Navy Department saying that seven
Russian ships have been reported as
passing Fort Lazareff. The report
was not circumstantial. 1t did not
give the character of the ships or the
direction In which they were sailing.
It is anticipated that the Japanese, b,
their activity. will speedily determine
the whereabouts and intentions of the
Russians.
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NEWsY cLEANINcs.

Canada is talking Of changing the
name of Hudson Bay to Canadian Sea.
England last year imported s10,O00,-
900 worth of automobiles and exported
only s1,7O0,000 worth.
The British Board of Trade has
found that the life Of the average sea"
man is twenty-eight years.
The Turkish Government has ar
ranged for a loan of 100000 Turkish
through the Ottoman Bank:
The first cargo of benzine ever im!
ported to the United States was re-
Gently received at Philadelphia, Pa.
II is estimated that there are be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 boys who sell
newspapers in the streets of New York.
The Auditorium Theatre, in Chica-
go, ILL.,. was allowed by the Fire Com
missioners to reopen, using the whole
stage.
Mrs. !. II. Cooke ard Two little girls,
wife and children Of Il prominent at
torney, Of Wapakoneta, Ohio. died from
inhaling gag.
Gross postal receipts or February
at fifty OF the largest postoflices show
an Increase Of 99T per cent. over Feb
ruary of last year.
The Bureau Of Navigation reports
that forty-siX vessels, OF 1892 gross
tons. were built in the United States
during the month Of January.
James a. Bradley has offered to do
nate block in North ASbrry PARK, n.
j.. for the publishing plant Of the Meth
odist Book Concern.
The spot under Which the driller Of
the Hudson River tunnel were working
could be seen in the water, where it
was marked by disturbance ike q
geyser.
The receipts and shipments Of live
stock at Chicago for 1908 were the
largest on record, and the combined
business aggregated value Of $3O2,-
100000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23

Atkinson says, after five years experience
with Peruna:
'I rfH erer continue to spealc a
good cord for Permma. IN my rounds
as q travelling man an a ,raiking
adre -tisehtent for PerunG and hare
induced mamy people durfmg the past
year to use Peruna ecfth the most sat-
fsjdctory results. am still cured
Of catarrh.H John O. Atkinson,
Bor 2S2, Independence, Mo.
When old age comes on catarrhal dis.
eases come also. Systemic catarrh is al.
most universal in old people.
This explains why Peruna has become SO
indispensable to old people. Peruna ia
their safeguard. Peruna is the only REM
edy yet devised that meets these cases ex-
actly.
Such cases cannot be treated locally;
nothing but an effective systemic remedy
could cure them. This is>exactly what Pc.
runa is.
If you do not receive prompt and satisfac-
tory results from the use of Peruna. write
at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full state
ment OF your case and he will be pleased to
give You his valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, O.
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$sgHy2z2Qf3}llYll7llll| 7lIilsVNVe&SMNNSM

FINDER date Of January 10. 1897. DR..
OlHartman received the following letter:
Nv wife had been suffering from COM
pication of diseases for the past 25 years.
Her case had baff1ed the skill OF some
OF the most noted physicians. One of her
worst troubles was chronic constipation OF
several years standing
"She also was passing through thai most
critical neriod in the life of 4 woman
change of life In June, 1895, wrote to
you about her case. You advised course
of Peruna and Manalin, which we at once
commenced. and have to say it completely
cured her. She firmly believes that she
would have been dead only for these woa-
derful remedies.
About the same time wrote you about
my own case OF catarrh, which had been of
225 years standing. At times was almost
past, going. commenced to use Pcruna
according to your instructions and contin-
uedS its use for about year: and it has
completely cured me.
Your remedies do all that yoM
clGint for them, aud eUeit more. Ca
tai.rh ca,lnot erist arherc PerunG Is
taIce,i according to directions. Sac
cess to yot and your remedies
JoA,. O.. Atkinson.
In letter dated January !, 1900, Mr..
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An lncorriqible Doa.
The intelligence Of the dog suffered
somewhat by an Athens narrative in

The intelligence OF the dog suffered
somewhat by an Athens narrative in
hioi.it-i1-,neiv-tv-s -tv-srppes.--ti,~t-~..-eiS q
dog owned by F. Holcomb recently
engaged with a rettler on the low
grounds near the town. and was se-
yerely bitten. Mr.. Holcomb was ia.
miliar with the formula for snake
bites. He had some of the medicine
on hand, consisting of whisky and
quinine mixed in quantities to suit.
Opening the dogs jaws he turned I
liberal dose down him. Two or three
days elapsed during which the animal
was unable to walk straight, yet he
seemed not to have any pain, and in
fact appeared to enjoy himself. But
at last he was sober again. One would
naturally think that having been bit
ten once ho would have foughl shy
OF the swamp afterward, but the mo-
ment he was able to navigate he was
back among the boys again watching
for more snakes. This is why he
seems unintelligent.-Hetroit (Mich.)
Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23

After Governor Vardaman, of Mis-
sissippi, had said that education was
curse TO the Negroes, making them
criminal, white labor agent named
SullivaR went into that State last week
to persuade them to emigrate to Louis
lana and work in Madison Parish. The
white Mississippi farmers had the
agent arrested and told him they would
not push the prosecution II he would
leave the town of Claiborne in 20 min
utes. The agent said he did not need
that much time; that five minutes
would be a plenty. Now if they would
make Governor Vardaman burn the
wind with his feet Tie State would hot
be so scarce of Negro laborers.
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Carnegie Library for Winthrop.

Rock Hill. S. c., Special.-President
D. B. Johnson, Of Winthrop College,
has been notified by Andrew Carnegie
that he would give $4,000 for a<sehool
library on Winthrop campus. No de-
finite plans have been made for the
site, or in fact any Of the details, but
g. great deal of attention has always
been paid the library In this tnst!tu-
tIon, and II Is noW one OF the best and
most comylate In The State, and so the
new building will ha given a prominent
plsce. and it Ii nsW aN RFFurea thing
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Secretary Of War Taft will deliver
the Memorial Day address at Topeka,
Kan.
M. Henri Cordier has been elected
President Of the Paiis Geographical
Society.
The Sultan Of Johore is visiting Eu-
rope for the first time. The late Sui.
tan died while on a visit to England
lime years ago.
A new county in kentucky. made
from parts Of Carter; Elliott and Lew
is counties, is to be named in honor
Of Governor Beckham:
yice.Admiral Sir Gerald Noel, who
commands the British fleet in Chinese
waters, has had more thrilling expert
ences than any other officer in the Brit
isll Navy.
Heinrich Yogel, well-known Ger
man portrait painter. has left his whole
property, valued at $3.50, 900, for the
founding Of Il charitable institution
r0r artists.
Rev. T. +. Iicc,c, who has been
preaching eli I4ong Island for half 4
century, is about TO retire from his
pastoral labors and devote the rest Of
his life 10 farming.
The liye-ycar-o.d son of soneng Pao
kis, Tie Chinese Ambassador in Paris.
speaks French as We'll as Chinese, flu
entity, and has already memoriZed
2J00 Of the characters OF the Chinese
script.
King Leopold of Belgium is, accord
ing to German journalist, "thc Amer
lean among the monarclis of Europe"
lie carefully notes the inclinations of
the rulers on bigger thrones, with the
sharp eyes Of shrewd observer.
Elihu Root, former Secretary Of War,
in spite of the temptation of altomO-
biles, used only horses during his Off
cial career. The War Department does
not own an automobile, and in that re-
spect differs from most of the other
departments.
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TIE Dawn o;ioue.

Love has come to me on the golden wings
of morning,
Coming as the day comes. with roses In
her hair:
With Fer lovely locks all the. dewy fields
adorning,
Diademed Of sunlight, and garmented
with air.
Very fair. is she--could ! tell how fair her
face.isES SO - 'asf,s'2!.s
could tell the wonders Of night. and
dawn, and day
The mystery Of dreams. and the spell Of
lonely places.
All the grace of April5and all the scent
Of May.
Love has come to me. and the earth is
clothed with glory,
Singing in the valley and sunrise on
the hill. ~ e
o! the pulse of life. and the old immortal
story.
Come with airs Mrs, of Eden, and pure and
r. C. T. Coventry.
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Cant. Lykoi Shot.

St. Petersburg. BY CabIa-Captain
Iykoi, of the Manchurian commissa-
riat service. has been summarily
cou-t.martialed and shot, for acting
as a spy in the pay OF tie Japanese.
When arrested on suspicion Of espion-
age documents found in Ivkoi's pos
session left no doubt CT the charges
that he had long been revealing mill
tary secrets to the Japanese. The
tragic story became public through a
simple announcement in the army or
gan that Ivkoi had been excluded from
tho cppvico
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Cats XIII Intrudinq Snake.

A native woman living in Old Caiio,
Egypt. was entering her house the
other day when to her great terror
she perceived snake of formidable
dimensions. which had taken posses.
sion Of the hearth during the owners
ubsence The woman fed. leaving the
door OPEN. Her cat then appeared on
the scene, entered. saw the cobra. put
ur it's back and tail. spat and other.
wise manifested its hostility. and in
turn went out. A few minutes af.er-
ward it returned with second cat
After similar exhibition both went
out and returned with third. and
similarly weat away, returning finally
with a fourth. Considering that sum.
cient to Kill the snake. the four then
fell Oh the reptile, and after a shcst
hut fierce struggle the latter was
literally Torn to pieces.
Ttzfakns hra TER. fn f6GG~Yhs cry NJ
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Millions I'm Oats.

Salzer's New National Oats yielded in
1903 in Mich. 24O bu.; in Mo-. 255 bu.; in
N. D., $40 bu,, and in 80 other States from
$50 to 300 bu. per acre. Now this Oat if
generally grown in 1904 will add millions
Of bushels to the yield and millions sT 47t1d| 7td
hrs to the Purse. Try it for 1901.
Largest Seed Potato and Alfalfa Clover
growers in America. lA.C.L.
Salzer's Speltz, Beardess Barley. Home
Builder Corn, Macaroni Wheat. Pea Cat,
Billion Dollar Grass and Earliest Canes
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND l0c.
in stamps to John a. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and receive in return their
big catalog and lots of farm seed samples.
When man undertakes to discuss love
he winds up by pronouncing it form Of
insanity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23

This British schoolboy may not be
20 badly posted at first thought he
might be supposed to be. AT an
examination in one of the national IN
stitutions of that country he said: IN
tho United States people arc put to
death BY elccntion."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23

The Albany Pomona Grange has
chosen as it's legislative committee
Mrs. John Houghtaling and John Her.
Der. of Selkirlk, w. l.. Coughtry, and
Minard DeFreest, Of Slingerlands,
and e. H. Chapman, OF Albany.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23

Aren't you afrait. that great many
people will criticise you for becoming
rich!" "Yes" answered Senator Sorg-
hum. But the chances are that II
I had stayed poor they wouldn't have
noticed me. even that much. WASH
jpoton Star
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-03-23

Swiss watches, according to re-
mort lust published, are becoming pop
ular in China. Those with fantastic
designs on the face find the most
ready sals.