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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
TlIos. j. ADAMS. PROPRIETOR

First of all, he must change his
money. This can be done at the
island, where firm of money brokers
has purchased the sole right to money
changing. The immigrants savings
are brought from all sorts of extraor-
dinary hiding places. sometimes from
the depths of stockings, from the in
side of waists, where nothing short OF
8 knife or pair of SCISSORS can secure
its release, from shoes and belts, and
even from the mouth.
To watch Money Changer Scully at
work is one of the most interesting
sights on the island. The rapidity
with which he changes into current
coin of the republic Russian roubles,
italian lire, German marks, French
francs, English soyereigns and Aus
trian forms is marvellous. Only one
glance seems necessary, and the hand
goes down into one of the well-filled
cash drawers. Two or three seconds
later and the amount of exchange lies
before the immigrant with paper
showing how much has been exchanged,
and the bewildered foreigner is told
to stand back to make room for the
next applicant. He might as we'll
take it for granted that the amount is
correct las, of course, it is) for, if lie
looked at it with that air of stunned
stupidity for an hour, he would not
know anything more about the strange
money than before. Occasionally one
holder than the rest will make an at
sempt to challenge the accuracy Of
the amount given him, upon which an
attache OF the money changers Office
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
A Tramp's chIvalryI

One winters day the late lamented
King of Tramps, Harry Villiers. me5 q
woman in the streets of Bangor, Me-,
loaded with valise and evidently in
o very miserable frame OF mind. she
looked so woe begone that he doffed
his hat and accosted her in his usu-
ally courtly fashion. She told o
story of hunger, loss of position
through sickness and of eviction from
her own poor room because she
could not pay the rent. All that
excited Harry's ready sympathy. .
II, were rich, my dear madam,
said he, II would assist you in the
rich mans fashion-perhaps give
you a dollar, perhaps pass by on the
other side. But I'm tramp and III
have to help you in the tramp
fashion"
He begged warm corner in an
engine room for her, hunted up some
food at neighboring back doors and
when the poor woman was warmed
and fed he shouldered her valise and
told her to follow him She did so.
He marched straight into the coun-
try for half dozen miles, then ap-
preached a farm house where he waa
known and solicited employment for
the woman, giving her a glowing
recommendation. She was hired and
for many years was hard working
and trusted member of the house
hold. "And didn't ! get glorious
leeds when / sauntere1 along that
way?" said Harry. MY friends, the
Astors used co envy me when told
'em about it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
A Good Tnrk.

1t is said the Sultan of Turkey is
impressed with the idea that to him
have been confided by Allah the keys
of Europe, and his nervous tempefa-
ment leads him to feel most acutely
the responsibility of tho charge. No
man works harder than he. He rises
with the dawn, takes but few hours
sleep, sometimes, with pen in hand,
writing the whole night. He studies
every question, knows all about every
thing, reads everything which Gen.
Germs his business, and ever since the
affairs of the Turkish Provinces have
occupied the foreground he signs
every document presented to him,
from the appointment of Governor
to the nomination OF the lowest office
of the police. e.-New Orleans Picayune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27

hair and other stiff stuffs, yet do not
answer the skirt or even the bodice OF
the dress, but are made of another
stuff aud color. The sleeve is sewn to
an nunderblouse of perfectly differ
ent hIe, or blouse shape draped IN
various ways, or a round or iichu col.
lar: is put on. The latter form will
probably take q prominent place IN
the fashions for winter, either as
cape with long scarf ends, widening
the shoulders considerably or fitting
close to the same, SO that the puff OF
the sleeve is slipped nearer to the ell
In the Marie Antoinette style.
A new style of bodice has appeared
for the evening. This is a slashei
blouse worn over another blouse of ~
light thin material and in a different
color. Some OF these elegant blouses
are trimmed round the slaShings with
tiny buttons, beaded bordering, or
passemeterie, and the chiffon, lawn or
lace Of the uuderblouse pufs out
through the openings.
Dark woolen dresses are made up IN
the same way, only that the founda.
ton bodice must be of light colorsd
silk, and the slashes trimmed with
black or dark braid set on plain, as
also in a small fancy design; indeed,
the idea is excellent for romodeiiag
oorseoea of nil kinds to be worn with
plain skirts.
Eton Jackets have made way for the
half-wide-open jacket with small
pockets, and close-ftting backs fin
ished off with a very short circular
basque, the top of the shoulder being
cut out in long or rather epaulet
point.
A dainty model of this kind has the
back and epaulets made entirely OF
one piece stretched across.
Another palmer jacket is embrold'
cred except the sleeves with cord OF
dark color sewn on in close rows on
one side, and the hem of the skirt or
namented to answer with border In
Grecque.
The fashionable skirts which are
cut SO immensely wide are beginning
to lose their plain appearance, the
hem is stitched out two or three times
with silk in contrasting color, OF
border answering the trimming on
the bodice is worked in chain and
fancy stitches hallway up to the knee.
The skirts of handsome walking
costumes are also trimmed to match
the broad pointed epaulets and lower
tight-ftting part of the sleeve. A
pretty costume for young married
ladies to be worn in the country is
made of dark cloth, and has tue skirt
and loose, double-breasted jacket
ornamented with appliques OF light
cloth of the same color.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
HATS OF FELT OR VELVET.

Hats of felt or velvet are to be al
most exclusively worn this winter.
The shapes are large or else quite
small toques. Picture hats OF black
velvet are profusely trimmed with os-
trich feathers Black cocks plumes
are very fashionable. They are pref
tJ, too, with their shimmering CLEANS
OF dark green. besides being suitable
in all weathers.
A charnins black velvet hat for ths
autumn is raisel at one side with a
bandeau OF steel stu lde1 with emer-
ald ca3ochous, willie knots OF black
satin ribbon rest upon the hair.
Tne curved brim edgel with mar.
row line of steel shows lining of
emerald green velvet. To the lett OF
the crown cluster outstanding loops OF
satin and wealth OF black ostrich
feathers. Green flowers composed OF
silk and velvet ara the latest idea in
Paris.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
THE BARBER's CHAIR.

der magazines having been converted
into comfortable sleeping rooms.
One OF the worst sources Of annoy
ance to the officials are the crowd OF
relations that flock to Ellis Island to
meet incoming passengers. They are
always in the most intense state OF ex-
citement and it is all that the gate
keepers can do to prevent them break
ing down the barriers in the mad rush
to get inside of the enclosure.
There being no police on the island
it is necessary for the officials TO take
the law into their own hands and
maintain order by force. 1t would
be a decided Improvement if some of
the strongest and most reliable men
on the island were sworn in to act as
special policemen.
An old landmark of the island is
gradually yielding to the in6rmitses
of age. This is the historical tree on
which the pirates, Hicks, Wormsley
and Gibbs, were hanged when the
place was known as Ellis Island. The
tree was damaged during the storms
of last winter. and has recently been
broken off short by the wind. All that
is left of the tree now is about seven
feet of bare trunk, and this the Ellis
Island gardener is making every effort
to preserve. g
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up, join the circle, until thousands of
them are in the mad whirl. At 7.15,
with no apparent signal, they begin
to pour into the chimney like water
from pitcher. Down they tumble,
thousands of them, until one wonders
if there is an underground outlet to
the chimney, which hardly seems large
enough to hold them all. In few
minutes they nre out of sight.
After all are in, come a few strag.
glers who attempt to enter the chin
ney also. These are driven away by
the birds inside. Then the stragglers
fly up until they reach the spot where
the general whirl commenced, and
they, too, fly around the circle several
times and then dive into the chimney.
There are always number OF Curl
GUS people in front of the building
watching the birds. One old colored
man is there every evening. He says
he has watched the birds for several
years in this great act of chimney fill
ing. They always choose dead chin
ney somewhere about the city for
their lodging house. Last year the Z
occupied large brick chimney on
Main street. =.
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jffTITTII1ITF1FIl
THE DETENTION PEN.

will take the coins from the immi-
grants hand and explain the value OF
each as he drops it back again. 1t is
wasted time, however, as the owner OF
the money is left in as bad condition
of dense ignorance as ever.
Money will buy things on Ellis
Island and the proprietors of the
lunch counters, where bologna and
bread appear to be the staple articles
of food, are at liberty now to charge
on the mob made hungry by the long
wait in the lines. The scouts fot
these lunch counters are indefatiga-
BILE workers and certainly earn their
money. The wonder is, from the way
in which the immigrants are almost
dragged to the bologna counters, that
some one does not get hurt In the
scrimmage. If the greenhorn gets
through the experience all right and
survives the bologna, let him brace up
to resist the onslaught of the railroad
agents, who will bear him off bodily If
he does not keep sharp look out.
In this neutral ground at Ellis
Island the scene on busy day is be-
wildering and distracting. The Off
cia,s do their best to keep the mixed
mass of humanity in something like
order, but with SO many nationalities,
with excited men aud women rushing
around looking for their baggage and
for each other, children crying and
relatives and friends all chorusing q
welcome together in various lam
guages, it is no wonder that the scene
looks like pocket edition of pande-
monium.
As fast as possible the immigrants
are hustled into the ferry bosts and
transported to the Battery, and grad
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ELLIS ISLAND.
UNcLEsAM's GATEWAY FOR TIE
ADMISSION OF INaIIGRANTSe
Lively Scenes When the living
Freight of Several Ocean steam-
ers is Landed-A lightning
Money Changer.

n LTHOUGH great Improve
N ment on the nightmare ar
~ rangements that used to ex-
list for the reception OF immi-
grants who landed at Castle Garden,
Ellis Island, says the New York Recor-
der, is far from being gateway that
would prepossess arrivals from Europe
in favor of their adopted country.
The island is tied around from dock
to dock with miles of red tape. 1t is
fearfully tedious matter to Land in
America and a most unnecessary
amount of fuss and feathers seems to
accompany the entrance of new ar
rival into the land of freedom.
A visit to Ellis Island, when the liy-
ing freight of two or three ocean
steamers is being sifted through the
various avenues leading to the boat
that trasports it to the Battery, pre-
sents 60 many phases that it is we'll
worth Drawing the trip in an immi-
grant ferryboat from the Barge Office
to see the sight. Around the big room
in the centre of the principal bnild-
ing on Ellis Island where the sitting
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
Harper's Weekly observes: A con-

Harper's Weekly observes: A con-
temporary newspaper is greatly
shocked by the remark of Dr.. Bach,
of the Medico-Legal Society, that
physicians sometimes administer
drugs to end the agony OF patient.
It wonders what reply trustworthy,
honorable and law-abiding physician
would make to DR.. Bach's statement.
The chances are that physician OF
the sort specified would make no re.
ply at oil. The statement being true,
it was iniudicious enough to make it
at public meeting, without confirm
ing it afterwards. To confirm the
truth OF it by the testimony OF physi-
clans might interest newspaper, but
there would be no attraction in it for
the physicians. 1t is as reasonable to
suppose that some physicians some
times give drugs to end suffering as it
is to believe that they do not tattle
ovsrmuch about it afterwards.
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bitches the family belongings along
as the space between them and the
man in the brass buttons decreases,
and the hope that springs eternal in
human breast buoys them up to be.
lieve that some time they will be able
TO pass the official who 80 jealously
guards thc-entrance to the open space
beyond. I'm their hands the immi-
grants clutch the documents handed
to them on board ship, for all this
questioning and registration at Ellis
Island follows preliminary cross-e1-
animation before the steerage passen-
gers are allowed to leave the ship.
The immigrants are ticketed, too-a
very necessary precaution, for there
are several steamship lines, all landing
passen gers in q promiscuous mass, and
without that ticket it would be Her
culean task to separate one lot from
the other. So, ticketed and registered
and served with documents and cross
examined and pushed and iostled into
place in the line, the hopeful refugee
from moparchy-ridden Europe travels
slowly into the promised land.
When the immigrant has passed sue
cessfully through the ordeal OF an
swering the sharp catecaism of the
official at the top of the lane, he is
handed to the mercies of the crowd on
tie outside and thenceforth becomes
common property at the mercy OF
hotel aud boarding house runners, rail
road agents, we'll meiaing but Off
cious missionaries, restaurant keepers,
and il he he lncky enough to have
them, relatives an friends.
He is luekless wight during this
period of his transition to citizenhood.
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IMMIGRANTS AT THE LUNCH COUNTER.

ually the island is deserted by all save
the tired officials and the detained i'm
migrants.
A sorry-looking crowd is this last.
From the detention pen they watch
the fortunate ones who pass the bar
rier with envious eyes, looking eager
ly at every stranger who approaches
them to see if there is not some hope
coming from somewhere. In all the
driven AMI badgered crowd that passes
to the boats there is none which is not
light-hearted, for the red tape ordeal
is over. The prisoners in the deten-
tion pen have nothing to buoy them
up. After coming all this way to reach
this land of promise, they. get only q
glimpse and are sent back to the will
derness again.
One OF the queerest personages on
the island is the barber. 1t is hardly
correct to call his place shop, for it
is merely corner of the big room
where the barber has placed chair
and hung up mirror and towel or
two. Judging from the condition Of
the majority of the immigrants, the
barber is an institution sadly needed
at Ellis Island, but few seem to utilize
his services, advertised at the prices
of twenty cents for hair cut and ten
cents for shave.
The cremetory at Ellis Island is an
other very necessary accessory. 1t is
not intended for the cremation of hu-
man bodies, but merely to give the
clothing os susp .cious arrivals a thor
ough chance to shake of any disagree
able associations with infectious dis
case or obnoxious insects.
Fairly good arrangements appear to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27

q, NJ. Stanley's maiden speech in
the British House of Commons is de.
seribed as delivered with easy conf
dence and as evidently unprepared;
his smile was pleasant, the tinge OF
Americanism in his accent threw his
individuality into sort OF relief, while
his quietly assured self-confdence in
terested the members. On the other
hand, his own party journals, while
admitting that his manner was excel
lent, say the matter of his speech was
not iudiciously chosen for the reason
that he managed to offend the imper-
ialists, who desire to reconquer the
Soudan, and those who wish to evacu.
ate Egypt because it is source OF
weakness to the empire.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
A Celebrated Gypsy.

One of the most picturesque figures
in England is Lucy Lee, the now
wealthy and celebrated gypsy, who
lives near Brighton. She has told the
fortunes of all the members of the
royal family an | most OF the nobility.
She is remarkably intelligent, dresses
neatly and lives in house during the
winter season. She is sixty-two years
o.d and has eleven grown-up children.
New York World.
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process goes on runs gallery, aud
from this q view of the whole interior
can be obtained.
The first stage through which the
new arrivals pass is the scrutiny of
the medical oficsrs and the Ellis ISL
and matrops. Having proven that
they are free from physical defects
the immigrants are driven into fenced-
IN passages leading to the registration
officials. $500,
Through these fenced avenues the
unfortunate steerage passengers,
wearing every variety of eccentric
and un-American head-gear, and car
rying as much portable baggage as
they can stagger under, edge their
way along foot by foot in the direc-
ton of the gate of hope through
which alone they can get to liberty.
The procession slouches forward at
the rate OF about foot in ten min
utes. the delay being caused by the
laborious attempts of the uniformed
official to extract the necessary infor-
nation regarding the incomer's birth
and parcntage, etc.
Fortunately the official speaks an
almost infinite variety of languages or
the task ne has in hand would be
well nigh hopeless one. AS it is, ow.
ing to the nervous condition of the
immigrant, it usually takes an almost
interminably long time to drag out
an answer to the simplest question.
Everything has to % repeated several
times and explained in the minutest
detail and then occasionally the ques-
toner has to give it up and turn the
obtuse foreigner over to an assistant.
But somehow or other the line
moves on. Each man and woman
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
High Mountain Observatory.

A considerable sum of money is an
nually expended in maintaining high
mountain observatories. A meteoro-
graph has recently been constructed
for the summit of Mount Blanc, at
cost of $4,000, the clockwork of which
will remain in action without any at
tention for eight months. The high
est of the observatories is at the top
OF the Misti, near Arequipa, Peru,
which is 19,200 feet above sea level.
The observatory on Mount Washing
ton is 62S6 feet above sea level, the
one on Pixies Peak IA, 134 and the one
on Mount Blanc 1870 feet.-New
York Sun.
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Economical Chemistry.

Chemistry, like thrifty house
wife, economies every scrap. The
horseshoe nails dropped in the streets
are carefully collected and reappear
as swords and guns. The main in
gredient OF certain ink was once tho
broken hoop OF an old beer barrel.
The clippings Of the travelling tinker
are mixed with the parings OF horses
hoofs ana the worst kinds Of wooden
rags, and these are worked up into
exquisite blue dye which graces the
dress of courtly danes
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
NESTING IN A BIG CHIMNEY.
Thousands OF Swallows Choose a
Queer Lodging House.

Myriads of chimney swallows at.
tract considerable attention every
night in Kansas City when they are
getting ready to retire for the night.
They make their home in tall, un-
used chimney, and the process of get.
ting into the place is both interesting
and impressive. At quarter to Z the
swallows begin to gather. AS the min
utes pass birds come from all direc-
tions, until the sky is black with them.
They skim about in an aimless way
until about 7 o'clock; then, with no
apparent leadership, they form and
begin to circle about in the air in a
large oval directly above the chimney
at the northeast corner of the Vine
yard Building. Other birds, coming
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ON the shoulders and extending over

on the shoulders and extending over
the sleeves. Some of them have ruff
fes around the edge and some have
lace and embroidery and insertion,
aud some ara scalloped and button
hole stitched. Then there are others
which are entirely of lace, varying
from very pretty but quite cheap ones
to those OF Irish point and Duchesse
lace, costing a fabulous amount and
only to be looked at by the little wo.
man with an unlimited amount OF pin.
money. -.
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Grating breezes. During recent trip
taken by the Royal family of Spain,
in the cruiser lsla de Luzon, on the
coast, near Biarritz, the boy King
fred off his first cannon with sang
froid and decision which will no doubt
make him the idol OF the army and
navy, for both of which professions he
manifests great enthusiasm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27

The frog hunt is now prohibited by
law IN Belgium The Belgian hunt
ers, however, continue their amphib-
ious occupation IN nearby Holland,
and from Sas-vaa-Gent have sent in
one halliday as many as 900 frogs
legs on ice to Paris lately. These del
licacies bring four to FIVE cents apiece,
and some of the hunters find the call
ing very remunerative.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27

A writer in the Popular Science
Monthly who has been studying the
habits of blueiays finds that they make
war on and get the better OF the Eng
lish sparro Y. The sparrows, however,
join othor small birds in common
cause against thom, and it is not un-
common to see jay in screaming
fight with score or more of small
birds pursuing him.
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THE VEIL.

A part of ones costume which is by
no means uuimportaut is the veil.
There is something about it which
provides a very pleasing finishing
touch to the toilet. The handsonest
new wells are of rather light net with
a real lace design covering the entire
surface. They are very pretty IN the
hand, very costly and very unbecom-
ing, which will render them unpopu'
lar, as their damaging effect upon the
eyes is inconceivable.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27

The citizens of Sheffield. England,
have asked the DIXIE of Norfolk to be
their m,yor next year. AMI it is nm
derstood that he sill accept, thus de-
voting his spare time and energy to
municipal duties. and giving him a
chance for usefulness that the New
York observer thinks any duke might
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-11-27
NEW FASHIONS.
THEY ARE RAPID, FANTASTIC
AND CHARlIING.
Skirts Are Immensely Wide-sleeves
as Voluminous as Ever
Styles in Cuffs and
Collars.

~ ALIENT alterations in shapes
NJ and outlines do not take place
k in the middle of season, and
at present changes are chiefly
seen in matters of detail. People of
good taste who wish to be nicely
dressed and exercise {. LITTLE economy
would do we'll to occupy tleir time in
renovating their dresses of last year
toimake them smart enough for every
day wear at home, or out of doors in
the morning.
Evening toilets, says the Season,
should also pass review, and may be
freshened up in the most charming
styles, now that fashions are SO rapid
and fantastic.
Sleeves appear as voluminous as
ever, and are still set out with horse