Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, June 13, 1894, Image 1
THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR.
EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1893.
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VOL. LVIII. NO. 39.
LIQUOR DOES IT.
J, DOUGLAS MOORE KILLED
BY HENRY T, BREEDEN.
Brothers-iu-Law and Fast
Friends, but Quarrelled While
Drinking:-H eart-rendiug:
Scenes at the Dying
Man's Bedside.
Arrests.
The Qolumbin State.
BE.WVETTSVILLE, June- 6.-Our
usually quiet and orderly town bas
been shocked by a tragedy un
paralle ed in sadness. Last night
about 9:30 o'clock a horseman,
with lightning speed, rushed up
town to notify physicians and re
latives that Mr. J. Douglas Mooee
had been shot down with a double
barreled shotgun at the residence
of Mr. Henry T. Breeden, by Mr.
Breeden himself.
They are both residents of this
town and are brothers-in-law. Mr.
Breeden having married Mr.
Moore's sister. They are young
men, representatives of the very
bestand most prominent families
in Marlboro county, and had been
fast friends :
Your correspondent immediately
secured a buggy and drove to the i
place of the sad affair. I found ;
three physicians and about one 1
dozen citizens present. Mr. Moore .
was stretched on a mattress on the ,
floor of one of the porches near ?
where be was shot and fell.
Your correspondent obtained j1
the following facts: Both meD 1
were under the influence of liquor,
they drank together iu Breeden'? '
house ; hot words passed in re- (
ference to family matters. Breeden 1
got his gun, but Moore induced
him to put it up ; they then drank '
together. Moore started home 1
and was on the porch near the
steps when shot. The load entered '
just below the navel. The wound 1
JWeoTpror?BC?3', and the^uafortua.ale J
mau suffered much pain. Moore t
told your correspondent that- he 1
was leaving for home, and was shot 1
without provocation. ? 1
Mrs. Adams, proprietress of the (
Adams House, is the mother of Mr. '
Moore, and she, with her daughter. (
Miss Moore, were seut f jr. When '
they arrived I witnessed the mos4; 1
touchiug and bearing scene of
my life. 1
Early this morning the wounded
man was removed to his mother's.
His two uncles and cousin arrived
from the- country. His ante
mortem statement was taken by
Trial Justice Easterling. The
contents of the statement have not ,
been made public. ,
Dr. C. Kollock, of Cberaw,
assisted by local pb\'siciaus, by
investigation discovered that the ,
bladder had been shot to \
pieces, and they at once pro- ,
nounced his case hopeless. He
can live but a few hours.
Mooro stated that he entertained
no ill will toward Breeden and that
he freely forgave him. Whiskey
caused the trouble. No arrests
have been made this evening.
Baked Cabbage.
Cook a cabbage till perfectly
done in salted water. Tak? it up
with H skimmer,so as to drain out
the water as much as possible.. Put
il into a dish, cut it up fine, season
to your taste with butter and
pepper, adding a little more salt if
/necessary ; then add a cup of
rich sweet milk-less, if the crib
bage is small. Put the whole in a
baking-dish and cover the top a
quarter of an inch thick with roll
ed crackers or fine bread crumbs,
on which put m i n ate pieces of
butter here and there. As soon as
it browns it is done. Serve in the
same dish. This is the most de
licious way cabbage was ever
cooked. The rolled , crackers are
put over it to absorb the moisture.
Makintr the Desert to Blossom.
San Francisco Call.
"The desert wastes of New
Mexico and Arizona may yet be
broad fields of pasturage covered
with herds of fatteningcattle if the
hopes of the men who are deeply
interested in certain experiments
ar. realized," said J. P. Wilcox,
a large ranch owner in thc Pan
handle country of Texas. "The
expectations of these men are based
upon the wonderful vitality of
alfalfa or Mexican clover, the
growth of which is astonishingly
rapid and a field of which AV i 11
yield several crop3 in a season. Its
roots are said to go far down in
search of moisture, sometimes
depth of eighteeu to twenty
and its nutritious properites
the avidity with which stocke
are well known. The large
and live stock investment <
panies which au now operadi
New-Mexico and Arizona have
an essential part of their sehe
of utilizing the desert lands,
growing of large tracts of alf
with which to fsed their ri
cattle and other stock. At
ranch alene. La Cu coa, in ft
Couuty, New-Mexico, 1,000 h
of range cattle are now being
and fattened for market on alfi
The Mexican clover is grown
aid of modern irrigation and
lands laid down to it tend to
prove in fertility. Stockmen di
in that country have lost all fi
in the prowess of modern rt
markers and their schemes, :
they are turning their efforts i
more practicable channels."
Various Marriage C?r?monie
The Westminctcr Review.
To eat maize pudding from
same plate, or to eat in any v
together, is a widely diRtribu
marraiage ceremony ; in Brazi!
couple may be married by drii
ing brandy together, in Japan,
so many cups of wine; in Rus
and Scandinavia it used to be c
cup for both. The joining of har
among the Romans and Hindus
common to many parts of t
svorld. In Scotland it is call
'hand fasting," and couples li
together after. To sit together
a, seat while receiving friends,
to have the hands of each ti
together with grass, or to sme
erith each other's blood, or for i
vornan to tie a cord of her ov
twisting around the naked wai
)f the man, constitutes marria;
in one part or another.
In Australia a woman carri
5re to her lover's hut, and irak
a, fire for him. In America si
lays a bundle of rods at the doi
of his tent. A Loango negre
:ooks two dishes for him in h
)WD but. JtBuCrontiq tV>p hria.
rrdom boxes the bride's ears, an
in Russia the father former!
struck his daughter gently with
new whip-for Ihe last time-an
then gave the weapon to her hui
band. Down to the preeent, it is
custom in Hungary for the grooi
to give the bride a kick after tb
marriage ceremony, to make h(
feel her subjection. Even with a
civilized peoples the servitude, c
the oride is clearly indicated.
Damascus Swords.
Good Word;<
To the lovers of strange good
the bazaars of Damascus ara fa
mere alluring than those of Cari
or Constantinople; the capacicui
chests of the merchahfs contaii
much that we would buy were- ou
purses longer. Old embroiderie
of wonderful colors, delicate chin:
S?KS of manv hues, swords o
cuning workmanship, all these Iii
piled beside us on the floor. It i
but seldom that a really gooc
specimen of the Damascus swon
can be obtained, for the art o
working and engraving steel ii
dead.
These swords were made o
alternate layers of iron and steal
so finely tempered that the blad<
would bend to hill without brak
ing, with an edge so keen tha
no coat of mail could resist it anc
a surface so highly polishod thal
when a Moslem wished to rearrange
his turban he used his sword for,.t
looking glass.
Ice in thc Sick Kooni.
A very simple but little known
method of keeping ice- ls to draw c
piece of thick flannel tightly over
some deep vessel, like a bowl, foi
instance, and fasten it there. The
ice is placed on top of this drum
head, aiid covered loosely by
another piece of flannel.
In this condition the ice keeps
cold, and even freezes to the flan
nel. Thus a small piece of ice can
be kept near the patient all night,
so as to avert many weary marches
up and down stairs to the re
frigerator.
To break the ice, a sharp needle
or hat pin is the best thing. Force
it in, and you will bo astonished
to seo how easily it will divide the
ice.
Chinamen when they refer to
their wives, which is as seldom as
possible, speak of them as "my
duli thorn," or 1 the thorn in' my
ribs, or "the mean one or the inner
room." Children similarly are sty
led "insects" or "worms," mach as
we say "chicks" or "cubs"
MASSACHUSETTS ADOPTS IT
A South Carolina Dispensary Law
Passed the House.
"The question of trying the
Norwegian liquor system in
Massachusetts came before the
lower branch of the Legislatureon
Wednesday week, and the result |
showed that the campaign of educa
tion which has been prosecuted j
during the last mouth has' pro
duced a result. Although' the
liquor committee had, a few days
before, made an adverse report, the
House, by the overwhelming vote
of 132 to 39, adopted a substitute
bill permitting cities which have
voted for license two suceessive
years to adopt the system if a ma
jority favors its trial. The chief)
opposition came from the extreme
Prohibitionists, who hold that the
commonwealth should not engage
in a business which has produced
so much woe aud misery. 'But
moderate members, who always
vote against license in their towns,
favored the system, in the belief
that it would eliminate many of j
the worst features of liquor-sell
ing as now conducted. The most
effective argument seems to have
been the undisputed fact that the
entire liquor interest of the State
is opposed to the measure. The
bill has still to pass the Senate.''
Our Mission at Toluca,
Baptist Courier.
I am just back from the City of
Mexico. There were fifty-six of
us that went from the convention
in Dallas, and we had a most de
lightful trip, but of this I cannot
now write. I only want to tell of j
our visit to Toluca and of a most
wonderful and soul-stirring service
which was held there in the home
of Bro. Powell.
Soon after we entered the Mexi
can border Dr. Powell joined us
and acted as guide and interpreter
for the party. He had made all the
B^M%LyL^)^osL^mentB__ for_,aux
comtort and convenience in travel
and bad engaged rooms for us in
advance at the "Hotel Iturbide"
in the City of Mexico. We reached
the City of Mexico on Sunday
morning and here we remained for
three days sight-seeing and visit
ing places of interest in and around
the city. Early on "Wednesday
morning we left for Toluca, which
is about a three-hours' ride from
the City of Mexico. We engaged
three coaches, and one of these was
an observation car, to take us over.
In this short ride we p ed over
some of the grandest and most
picturesque scenery in all Mexico.
One point of the road was ten
thousand feet above the sea, from
which we could look into the cra
ters of extinct volcanoes and upon
snow capped mountains seventeen
thousand feet above the level of
the sea.
We reached Toluca about 10
o'clock and Bro. Powell took us all
to his home for dinner. Think of j
a Baptist preacher attempting to
feed fifty odd hungry pilgrims!
But it was just like Powell to do
it. He is always doing that which
to others seem impracticable and
impossible. And all were agreed
that the dinner which he gave us
was the best meal that we ate in
the whole Republic.
After showing us over his beau
tiful and spacious home, we assem
bled in the parlor aud room adjoin
ing for divine worship. Dr. Wil
lingham presided over the meeting
and read a Psalm and called on
the writer to lead in prayor, thank
ing God for his goodness tous and
his blessing upou Mexico and our
mission work among this people.
Bro. Powell then made a speech of
welcome, and told us how happy
he was to entertain us in his own
home. He also told us of his work,
of its prospects and its difficulties,
of its trial and its hardships. He
waa followed by Dr. Eaton, who
baptized Bro. Powell, in a tender
and deeply stirring talk about the
trials of a missionary's life and
of his relations to Bro. Powell as
his spiritual father, and of his in
terest in him and his work.
It was shown that a house of
worship was greatly needed in
Toluca, and that an eligible lot
adjoining Bro. Powell's house
could be had at a great bargain,
and that by using the walls of his
house a neat chapel could be erect
ed for $700. It was suggested by
Dr. Eaton that we see what could
be done towards securing this
property for our mission. A sub
scription was started, and an hon
ored lady of the party subscribed
I $600 to pay for the lot, and other
'subscriptions followed in rapid
succession, and in a few moments
we had secured the lot and raised
over $700 towards building the
chapel. I never saw greater en
thusiasm and such cheerful giving.
The Spirit of the Lord was present
in great power. Bro. Powell wept
for joy and we all shook hands
and wept with him as we sang,
"Praise God from whom all bless
ings flow." It was truly an inspir
ing occasion, and our souls re
ceived a refreshing from the pres
ence of the Lord.
Our mission in Toluca is in a
flourishing condition. Dr. Powell
is honored and respected by the
people, and he is making many
friends among them, some of them
people of wealth and influence.
As evidence of this a wealthy gen
tleman hearing that the party
wanted to visit an extinct volcano
fifteen miles from Toluca sent to
Powell and offered the loan of
thirty "donkies" to assist us in
climbing the mountain, and one
of the leading string bands of the
city sent around to ask Bro. Powell
to appoint an hour when they
might come around and serenado
the party.
There are many other mattera of
which I would like to write but
this letter is already too long. I
feel a deeper interest in Mexican
missions than ever before, and I
think the same impression was
made upon every member of the
party.
. J. Q. ADAMS.
Wadesboro, N. C., June 2.
A Story of Frank Hatton.
Having been brought up in the
Methodist Church. Hatton found
himself as first assistant general,
subjected to many a religious "pull"
from persons introducing them
selves to his notice as members of
the same communion, says Kate
Field's Washington. One of these
persons was a minister, who had
not held a settled charge for ?3gg?
erant preaching with the duties of
an inspector under* the postoffice
department. When Hatton came
in several subordinate function
aries were marked for removal,
among others, this one. He hurried
about, and by one means and an
other secured letters from promi
nent church dignitaries asking for
his retention. He applied first to
Postmaster General Howe, who
turned him over to his first assist
ant. "I believe I have written you
asking for your resignation?" said
Hatton, quietly, in response to the
visitor's introductory remarks.
"You have, sir, and I am here to
ask if you cannot withdraw your
request on the strength of all these
credentials?"
"No, sir; I cannot. I have made
up my mind, and you will have to
go."
The applicant assumed the most
solemn air and tone.
"Brother Hatton," said he, "you
are a Methodist, are you not?"
' I certainly am."
"And I am a preacher in the
Methodist Church. If you deprive
me of this office the church all
over the country will regard it as
a studied insult and a deliberate
blow at Methodism."
"Ah, my friend, there you doom*
church a gross injustice," answer
ed Hatton, coclly. "Since I have
been raised to one of the most
prominent positions in this depart
ment I take it that the Methodist
are satisfied. They certainly would
not ask for everything, and as I
can serve the church better as first
assistant postmaster general than
you can serve as an inspector, you
will have to go out, for I shan't.
G >od morning, Brother Smith."
His Kesort.
"Arc you the celebrated Mme.
Bom basion?" he asked, after he
had climbed four flights of stairs
and was admitted into a mysteri
ous apartment.
"Yes," replied tho bizzarre-look
ing personage who had received
him.
"The great clary voyant?"
"Yes."
"And you foretell the future?"
"Yes."
"And read the mind?"
"Yes."
"And unfold thc past?"
:*Ycs,yes."
"Then," said the visitor, as he
took a roll of bills from his pocket
eagerly, "tell me what it was my
wife asked mo to bring homo for
her to-night I"
TSE SASH OF BKADDOCK
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F?pnnd.in Virginia by the Daugli
|t?r of Gen. Zachary Taylor.
(WASHINGTON, D. C., June 1.-A
pmvate letter from Winchester,
vt says that Mrs. Bettie Taylor
Djamlridge, the only surviving
daughter of ex-PreBident Zachary
Taylor; has just discovered the
s^sh of Gen. Braddock, along with
two sabers of her father's. This
sa^sh was sent by G?n. Gaine? to
m. Taylor just after his brilliant
tievement on the Rio Grande in
16. The historian says :
''It is of unusual size, being]
qi'iteas large as a common ham
mock, cien. Worth, who had joined
party in Gen. Taylor's tent,
mentioned that the soldier's sash
in former times was intended to
c^rry, if necessary, the bearer from
m field of battle. When Gen.
Ripley was wounded at Luudy's
Lane, his sash was used as a ham
mock."
:Mrs. Dundridge was formerly
MrB. Bliss and presided over the
White-House when her father was
President The sash bears the loom
mjark of 1707. It is of very dark
rejd, soft silk, some twelve feet long
by four in width, and near the cen
tr? are three dark, black stains,
each as large as a woman's hand,
the marks of Gen. Braddock's life
blood.
Love Timed by Seconds.
On a Brush street car the other
evening, says the Detroit Free
Press, was a young colored man
and his girl, and they not only had
each others hands as they rode,but
the young man slipped "his arm
about her waist, and didn't seem
tcv.care a copper for the winks and
smiles of the other passengers.
After a time a white man got up
and passed out on the platform
and beckoned the young man to
come 'out. The latter hesitated to
leave a good thing, even for a j
was asked :
"Young man, do you love that |
girl?"
"Yes, sah, I does," he promptly
replied.
"And she loves you?"
"She do, sah."
"How long have you known
her?"
"'Bout an hour."
"Isn't that falling in love pretty
rapidly?"
"Yes," sah, but dat's de way I
does. Don take me ober ten min
utes to fall in love wid anybody.
We hain't like white folks 'bout
dat."
' How long does it take you to |
fall out again."
The young man looked into the j
car and saw that another colored
man who had been standing by the
front door had taken his seat. Not
only that, but he was holding the
girl's hand in the most affection
ate manner. He took this in at a J
glance.
"How long, sah? How long?
Why, jest 'bout ten seconds, sah,
au' de ten seconds hev expired."
And he dropped off the car and
went off in the darkness whistling
a tune without a quaver of sadness
in it.
The Savannah News says that
the Secietary of War Lamont is
showing sound judgment in thor
oughly reorganizing the war de
partment. His experience in the
department convinces him that
there is altogethei too much rod
tape in the transaction of public
business. The order for reorgan
ization has gone into effect, and
the result will be greater efficiency
and an immense reduction in ex
penses. There ought to be just
such reform as this in all the de
partments. Thc government has
altogether too many employes.
Somo make work for others.
The governjiment printing
office was a fair sample of the
I condition of affairs in other
branches of tho public service. The
new public printer. Mr. Bendict,
when he took charge of the govern
ment printing office the other day,
found there were at least 1,000
I employes more than there was any
need for. Tho surplus of labor was
at once discharged, and now the
work is all done much more satif
factorily and promptly than pre
viously.
Hicks for June.
Rev. Irl R. Hicks, the St. Louis
weather scientist, makes these
predictions for june :
A storm period is central with
the new moon on the 3d. A war
wave of much severity will pa
over the country from about tl
2d tothb 6th, with marked indict
tiona of earthquake perturbation
A wave of cooler air will folio
for several days. On the 9th an
10th it will grow very warm and
series of rains and storms will s<
it with many prospects of contim
ing indefinitely. A storm perio
is central on the 14th and man
startling electrical storms will 1:
natural until the 20th and 2lst. .
surprising feature of these solstic
storms is the tendency of th
clouds to whirl into retrogade mc
tion, storms appearing to aria
from Easterly directions an
drenching the earth with unlooke
for downpours. About the 22
to 25th much cooler weather ma
be expected, with a probable ces
sation of rains and storms. Th
last storm period for the month i
from the 26th to 30th, durini
which a wave of intense heat wil
pass over this country. The Venui
equinox, central on July 11th
promises rain for most of tha
month. In cases of late crops givi
your soil thorough and repeatec
plowing as soon as possible afte
rains. Never let it bake especially
in July.
A Blind Girl Printer's Skill.
MANSON CITY, IOWA, May 27 -
A remarkable case of what can be
done by a blind person is. nov
beiag exemplified. At Swale dale
near this city, some twelve weekf
ago S. 13. Angeli purchased thc
Swaledale Bee, and not having
enough assistance his blind sister
Miss Hattia Angle, prevailed upor
him to allow her to go into the
office and assist in the work, Foi
the first few days she found oc
cupation in folding papers, etc.,
and she soon became so proficient
in it that she asked to be allowed to
set type, and was given a case to
see what-she could do. In less
than an hour she had the boxes
learned and her first stickful of
type was set in fifty minutes.
' Wnat is sun'more reinarhaure
che can now set as much type as
thc average compositor, and do
it with greater accuracy. She ex
periences but little difficulty with
her copy. She is expert in writing
the languuge of the blind, and
matter is dictated to her. Writing
it down in her language she goes to
her case and gliding her fingers
over the raised surface she retains
in her mind entire sentences, and
accordingly can set with great
rapidity. In order to get the type
right side up her middle finger is
used in feeling the nicks, and this
is done while the type is being
lifted into position in the stick.
She has not.yet attempted to dis
tribute type, but she expects to
soon become master of this art as
well. Miss Angeli is a very intel
ligent young woman, and is a fine
player on the piano. She has also
achieved quite a little fame as a
singer.
Abraham Lincoln was the son
of a poor farmer, and of his boy
hood days little is known. He
was born in a small cabin on the
Big South Fork of Nolin Creek,
.in La Rue County, Kentucky,
which is about three miles from
Hodgensville. One of the few
little stories of his youth that the
writers of his life havr been able
to find shows that even at the early
age of ten he was guided by the
same noble and generous impulses
that made everobody love him
when he grew to be a man. One
day, after fishing for hours,ho was
"returning home, tired and hungry
with only one fish, when he met a
soldier. His mother and father
had always taught him to be good
to soldiers, and so, thinking this
one might be hungry, he un
hesitatingly gave him the the fish
he had worked so hard to catch.
Another suggestion about get
ting rid of flies, supplementing
one recently given, is sent by a
correspondent. It is to sponge
windows and sills with Btorng
carbolic acid, applied when the
sun shines and flies are most
numerous, and repeat if necessary.
The insects die in a few minutes,
and may be swept up and bumed.
Au exchange tells how a party
of sixteen ladies at Susquehanna
desired to take the train to
Binghamton one day last week,
and while waiting became so
absorbed in an argument on the
suffrage question that the train
came and went without their
noticing it. Which only shows
what a very interesting subject it
is. '
The Women of Imperial Rome.
I Thc Westminster Review. *
In Juvenal's time the women
I were entirely independent. They
could do as they pleased, go where
they liked without comment, and
were mistresses of their own for
tunes and estates. After the great J
civil wars the religious rite of mar
riage was discontinued, and a new
custom gradually arose, by which
a woman on her marriage did not
cease to belong to her father's
house, to which she could return,
if she liked, by divorcing her hus
band.
With such a loose state of mor
als, and divorce so easy, it seems
to us it was scarcely worth while j
to marry at all. The Romans
themselves were of this opinion.
So many were averse to marriage
and so objected to the burden of j
children that the old Roman stock
was threatened with extinction,
and was eventually superseded by
that of freed men and provincials.
"Wilt thou tamely drag the galling |
chain,
While hemp is to be bought, while
knives remain?"
asks Juvenal of Ursidius, on the
eve of the intended marriage of j
the latter.
A rich Roman who married was
regarded as a fool. Unmarried and
without heirs, he was courted by
crowds of sycophants and legacy
hunters, who swarmed around him,
on the lookout for gifts during his
life or for legacies at his death.
He was an object of attention to
and adulation from all. Each Ro
man vied with his neighbors in his
display of wealth. 'Ostentation
became a passion. A feast was not [
considered a success unless the
cost of it was a matter for discus
sion by "all Rome." Palaces and
villas were built in-themost splen
did and costly style. Beautiful
marbles, gold, and silver and' pre
cious stones were lavishly used, in
order to show the wealth ot their |
owner. Nero had several rooms in
his Golden House studded all over |
with pearls. Goethe might well
L - i i- T> " ^, nwi'n fin f. -?etea?fiat par-1
venues in history. 1111111 J111
ABERDEEN, 0., July 21,1891.
Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah,
Ga.
DEAR SIRS-I bought a bottle of |
your P. P. P. at Hot Springs, Ark.,
and it has done me more good than
three months treatment at the Hot
Springs. ,
Have you no agents in this part j
of the country, or let me knowhow
much it will cost to get three or j
six bottles from your city by ex
press.
Respectfully yours,
JAS. M. NEWTON,
Aberdeen, Brown County, 0.
NEWNANSVILLE, Fla., Juno 5, '91.
Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah,
Ga.
DEAR SIRS-I wish to give my
testimonial in regard to your val
uable medicine, P. P. P., for the
cure of rheumatism, neuralgia,
dyspepsia, biliousness, etc. In
1861 I was attacked with bilious
muscular rheumatism, and have
been a martyr to it ever since. I
tried all medicines I ever heard of,
and all the doctors in rea-jh, but I
found only temporary relief; the
pains were so bad at times that I
did not care whether I lived or
died. My digestion became so im- \
paired that everything I ate dis
agreed with me. My wife also
suffered so intensely with dyspep
sia that her life was a burden to
her; she would be confined to her
bed for weeks at thc time ; she also
suffered greatly from giddiness
and loss of sleep. Some time in
March I was advised to take P. P.
P., and before wc (my wife and I)
had finished the second bottle of
P. P. P., our digestion begau to im
prove. My pains subsided so much
that I have been able to work, and
am feeling like doing what I have
not done before in a number of
years. We will continue taking
P. P. P. until we are entirely cured,
and will cheerfully recommend it)
to all suffering humanity.
Yours very respectfully,
J. S. DUPRISS.
Mrs. Kendal, who is justly noted
for her lovely complexion, gives
the following as he beauty formula :
Ten hours' 6leep euery night; &
four-mile walk every day; vigor
ous rubbing in coldwater; brown
bread ; no sweets and no coffee.
We think Gov. Tillman and
Senator Butler are right in oom
iug square out against caucus
restrictions. Caucuses and com
bines in this county have defeated!
many good men and are unjust
any way-Ex. !
Cream-o?-Tartar Trees.
Chambers's Journal.
Nature's laboratory is ceaselessly
working, developing, and storing
up products for the use of mankind
at large. In the vegetable king
dom this is especially noticeable,
and if man sometimes only suc
ceeds, after much experiment and
work, in making the plant.give up
its useful properties, at other times
-and these are of frequent occur
rence-he finds the product already
manufactured, and requiring but^a
small amount of preparation to
render it fit for utilization..
To this latter category of plants
yielding ready-made .products, the
cream-of-tartar trees may be said
to belong. They are members of
the genus "Adansonia," of the na
tural order "Bombaceae." 'Until
within the past* few years, it was
thought that only one species could
rightly claim the title of the cream
of-tartar tree-the "Adansonia
Gregonl," the gouty-stem tree of
Northern Australia. Recent re
searches have, however, proved
that the Baobab ("Adansonia dig
itata") of Senegal contains nearly
2 per cent, of free tartaric acid and
nearly 12 per cent, af bitartrate of
potassium. The acid i? found in
the farinaceous pulp surrounding
the seed, and has at all.times been
highly esteemed by travellers, who
mix ic with a little water in order
to make a refreshing beverage.
How To Extinguish Fire.
Take twenty pounds of common
salt and one pounds of sal am
moniac (muriate) and ammonia,
to be had of any druggist)' and
disolve In seven gallons of water.
When dissol red it can be bottled
and kept in each room in the House
to be used in an erne
of a fc&-x><xxirfmg, one or two bot
??efTshould be immediately thrown
hard enough to break them ; the
fire will certainly be extinguish
ed. This is an exceedingly simple
process and certainly worth a trial. -
-Medical and Surgical Reporter.
President Cleveland's Cancer.
-'-nrnas ?een mmorea tnat ne n'as "
it. If he would take a course of
Batanic Blood Balm, the best
blood purifier and building ^up
remedy in the world, he would
soon be well. It will not disap
point. Price $1.00 per large bottle
For sale by druggists. Use iff or
blood and skin diseases, rheuma
tism, catarrah etc.
The troubles that kill us are the
ones we borrow.
The crop of com in this country
last year aggregated 1,619,494,000
bushel.
Don't talk too much. A stiff
lower jaw is as useful as a stiff
upper lip.
More than four-fifths of the mur
ders in the United States last year
were by men who had no regular
occupation.
One of the sages says : "Don't go
to law unless you have nothing to
lose ; lawyers' houses are built on
fools' heads."
Christianity does not propose to
make a man better thau his neigh
bor, but it proposes to make him
better than himself.
Coffee was not known in England
until 1641, when it was introduced
as "a new and pleasent drink."
What a dreary meal breakfast
must have been to the ancients?
A man who really loves horses
and dogs loves woman and child
ren next.
All things comes to the way of
him who does not expect too much.
The cry of hard times, says the
Constitution, is heard everywhere
in the land. But are the majority
of the people doing anything to
make times easier? They spend
$600,000,000 a year for liquor, $20,
000,000 a year for tobacco,and dur
ing the past nine months,the worst
period of our financial depression,
they have imported $7,000,000
worth of foreign luxuries a month.
When people spend so much money
for what they do not need there is
bound to be a financial stringency
somewhere. About 175,000 miuers
are now on a strike. This volun
tary stoppage of work is a poor
way to make times better. Then,
look at the money wasted on
amusements. The Brooklyn handi
cap cost, the 40,000 people who at
tended it about $1,000,000 in
wageis, admission fees, etc. A few
few days ago a circus took $4,000
out of a Tennessee town, and it is
estimated that fully 90 per centtof
this came out of the pockets of
poor people.