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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
Tie DiCYcle Man.

Gas o vast number of people are
riding bicycles, the notifications OF
their bodies, brought about by the ex.
ercise, may become hereditary in the
race" says o prominent New York
physician. "If the theory Of evolu-
tion is correct, and the bad manner
OF riding becomes general, the people
of the future will be very curious in
appearance. Their legs will greatly
increase in size, and the knees will be
developed in remarkable manner by
the great amount of work which the
pedaling exercise puts on them. Their
bodies will be very small and curved,
and their arms very long and power
full, but with q different distribution
of muscles from the present. Their
hands will be large and hooked. Then,
perhaps, their noses will be elongated
from the long continued net through
many generations of thrusting them
forward. The changes in the exte--
nal form of the body will, of course,
cause great many others in the il
ternal organization. "
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
An Incident in Pearl Making.

In paper by A. J. Gibbons on
"Curiosities of Pearls, in the Gentle.
mans Magazine, this incident in pearl
making is recounted: can extraor-
dinary treasure illustrating the SUD
cessful manner in which these precious
gems can sometimes be produced by
the 'strategieal process, was lately
shown by the Smithsonian Institution.
This was pearl the size of pigeons
egg, of On exquisite rose color, and
the receptacle containing 1t was the
original fresh water mussel in which
it had been formed. The nucleus OF
this wonderful stone was nothing more
nor less than an oval lump Of beeswaz,
which had been placed and left for q
few years between the valves of the
mollusk, which had at once proceeded
to coat it with the pink nacre it Sc
creted for lining it's shell. The mus
sci was kept in an aquarian while e1-
gagged in its lengthy task. 1t be-
longs to species common in American
rivers, and it is suggested that the re;
suit of the experiment opens to every
body the possibility of establishing p
small pearl factory for himself by keeE2,,
ing @ tank full of tame mussels all .
humbugging them into making 'gred .
pink pearls for him."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
A DREADFUL REVENGE.

s'Do you remember" said Mr.. Cav
ker to his wife, "that when the lovely
Miss Beeson Tilted young Mr.. Sptdds,
five years ago, to marry Mr.. Diiling-
ham, the rejected one swore mighty
outh to be revenged on his successful
rival?" 49,
eyes," replied. Mrs. Tawker, 81
remember IL well. but such treats
never araount to anything"
'Ir1 this case they did. Spuds has
fill:od fat the ancient grudge he 'ears
Dillingham;"
"He hasn't killed him, has he?"
"Oh, no. His torture is moro In
gering than that, my DEAR"
''What has he done?"
"Dillingham told me of it himself,
and 1 must sny that the scheme does IS
Spudd credit in its ingenious crnlty. "
tBut tell mo what it is.''
"Well, after the wedding, Srldds
went and allied himself with fasllon-
able store in the city, and ever lnce
then he has occupied his time iupre-
pairing the most perfectly irresistible
descriptions of openings of all srts,
and sending special invitations toArs'
Dillingham; to attend them. Thepoor
fellow tells me that he has two aort-
cages on his house now, and exects
to 60 into lrretrievable bank1lptcy
Immediately after the next oPnlng
at Spudds's store. "-Harper's Iazar.
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A Stone Blotter.

A stone blotting pad being intro.
duced is made of bibulous stone that
is said to absorb ink more readily than
any blotting paper in use, says tie
Philadelphia Record. 1t is formed by
COMPRISING the sediment deposited
by certain hot springs, which,
having been acoumulating for ages,
'is available in inexhaustible quantl-
ties" 1t is highly porous, and will,
it is said, take mp surprising quan-
tity of ink, requiring only occasional
acrapins with knifo to keep it clean
and ready for use.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02

tlon, IS exciting the wonder Of United
States military men. An army officer,
recently in Germany, secured one of
the pistols, only q very few OF which
have been manufactured, and has lie
ported in very complimentary terms
of the contrivance, which is known as
the Borchardt automatic repeating
pistol. The PISTOLS cooked, reloaded,
and closed by the cecoil of the barrel
and breeeh mechanism.
The weapon has an odd appearance,
the grip being about the centre OF
gravity. which makes the balance,
nixon: held in the hand, much better
than with the ordinary revolver. The
ammunition consists Of complete me.
tallie cartridges; the magazine, which
holds eight OF these, is PLACED in the
grip of the pistol; by means otthe ma
gazine spring they are brought, Sue
cessively in front of the brocch lock,
wheD, after opening the breech, this
has reached its furthest point to the
rear. The closing of the mechanism
carries than into the chamber of the
barrel, where they are fired at will by
pulling the trigger. The recoil drives
the barrel and breech mechanism to
the rear.
By cleverly-arranged mechanism
and the utilization of the forces of the
recoil the shells, on firing, are elected
and the parts are again in o position
to fire before the finger has time TO re-
lease the trigger. The army officer
who was permitted to fire one of these
pistols which had been fired 5000
times found that all its parts fitted as
closely and worked as accurately rs
when first fired. At twenty PAGES he
fred eight shots in two seconds. The
pistol will be tested by the American
experts as soon as one Gun be obtained.
New York Times.
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VOICES OF THE HUMAN HEART,

! felt the breath of the expiring year
Pass In the moaning breeze, and to my
sight
Glistened each star, as 'twere frozen tear,
Upon the mute and lonesome face OF
Night.
Time, in our breasts, that slunbers not nor
sleeps,
Mcrks the faint rurmur OF eternity,
As ever round with rhythmic impulse
sweeps
Sweet little eddy Of the Life to be.
We look, and 10! afar doth stretch the deep
With ebb and flow amid the storm and
calm,
Raising its thunderous praises to heavens
steep,
Or chanting to the shore q lowly psalm;
While in the ears that hear, from LITTLE
hearts
That shrink and swell as with imprisoned
love,
Steal DER the silence Of their inmost parts,
The nearer echoes OF voice above.
Thomas Harkness, In Chambers Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
The Tuberculosis Scare.

Those perturbed souls who have
imagined that the cattle industry is orf
the brink of destruction through the
swift ravages of foutbreaks" of that
terrible and dangerously contagious
disease, tuberculosis, will do well to
console themselves, after their flights.
of fancy, with a few grains of fact.
At the packing centers in this country
2,270,0O0 animals were slaughtered
from May, 1891, to March, 1892, and;
only two per cent. were found affected
with tuberculosis.
The industry is not quite on the
verge of extinction when only two
tenths of one per cent. of 1850, 900
cattle are found more or less affected
with this disease.
It should be remembered, however,
that these were market cattle, and for
the most part had not been subjected
to the confinement frequently ac-
corded dairy herds, so that it is alto
gether probable that higher per
cent. of affected cattle would be found
among herds which have been main
tained under conditions favorable to
the spread of the disease.
But We are not anywhere near a
failure of our milk supply through
the ravages of this disease. Our herds
will likely suffer more from the ''rav-
ages of "vets" in search OF jobs than
tuberculosis. That this disease is
communicable when the conditions
are favorable-that is, when a dis
eased or enfeebled state Of the system
permits the germ to find suitable nu-
triment and grow-does not admit of
doubt. That it is o contagious dis
ease, as smallpox and cholera are con-
tagious, is SO rankly false and absurd
that we are perfectly amazed to see
some scientists assume such position
even by implication.
Let us have little sense and much
less nonsense from the ''sorehead"
scientists on the subject. ct.-Breeders'
Gazette.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
TO SINGERS.

The girls who put up my Medical
Discovery all 60 to our Warren Street
Methodist Church and two of them sing
with great pleasure to themselves and
Others. One of them came to me one
day, saying, "Dr. Kennedy, must
,,v,1is;sas ,,iv,1 what good the Discovery Is
ENG Ia in our church"
"Glad to hear that" said l.
"Well," she went on, "When was
so hoarse last Spring, you said 1t
seemed like INWARD HUMoR and ad-
vised me to begin at once with the
Discovery. l did so and in one month
the hoarseness was all gone and my
voice had improved so much several OF
our church mentioned it. Of course
/ told them you had advised the Dis
covery and / was taking it. In fun,
one Of the girls said, want to try it
too, and the fact is that the whole
church, might say, found out that
KENNEDY's MEDICAL DISCOVERY
would cure their throats and pimples
and many other troubles"
"All due to Inward HumorMn said
I. and that's what l explain in my
little book which I send to any one
who asks for it, and my Medical Dis
covery is sold in your town.
Yours truly,
DONALD KENNEDY, Roxbury, Mass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
No Substitutes

For Royal Baking Powder. The "Royals
is shown by all tests official scientific, and prac.
tica, stronger purer and better in every way
than all other Baking Powders Its superiority
is privately acknowledged by other manufac-
turers, and well known by all Dealers
If some grocers try to sell another baking
powder in place of the "Royal" it is because of
the greater profit This Of itself is good evidence
ofthe superiority of the Royal" To give greater
profit the Other must be lower cost powder, and
to cost less it must be made with cheaper and
inferior materials, and thus though selling for the
same, give less value to the consumer.
LOOK with suspicion upon every attempt to palm off
upon you any baking powder in place of the
"Royal" There is no substitute for the Royal"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
pau. in Thurinpia.

gau, in Thuringia.
The officers were extremely kind to
me, and invited me to become mem
ber of the club they had formed among
themselves, so that I was soon quite
at home. In the morning there was
the everlasting "Right, left! right,
lett pat dinner the soothing per-
fume of the "Maibohle," and in the
evening dreamy repose and excellent
cigars in the shady Casino gardens.
The civil and military society min
gled freely, contrary to the usual
custom, and the legal lleegall#eesrlla I'D and such
landed proprietors as lived in the
neighborhood made themselves par
ticularly agreeable.
The chief magistrate, old Herr Ham
mer, was President of the club. He
played good game of bowls, and
kept the whole company entertained
with his cheerful fund of humor. Of
course I was presented to him, and he
recognized in me the son of his old
comrade in University and Volunteer
days. He was delighted to see me,
and at the close of the evening he
took me across the gardens to the
Casino veranda, where his wife and
daughter were drinking true Thur
ingian mocha with number of other
ladj I was presented to the fair
circle. Frau Hammer was still pref
ty woman she knew my good mother,
greeted me with warmth, and begged
me with charming friendIiness to come
and pay her visit as soon as my mil
itary duties would allow.
"No stiff evening call, dear Herr
Eisenstein, I beg! When you have
no better way of spending your even
ing, then come in and see US and have
cup of tes with US.
thanked Frau Hammer for her
friendly invitation, and decided at
once to take advantage of it. Had 1
not looked into the blue eyes of the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02

tuiu iant barking of Bello-detesta-
BILE % brute--and find myself out
on the staircase alone in the da.k
night, condemned to everlasting shame
and content. Behind me echoed the
scornful laughter of Herr Direktor.
Next morning Gottlieb Feuerstaeke
pondered thoughtfully over blue
kitchen apron that he had found on
my sitting room floor.
Many years have passed away since
that terrible evening. I am general
efficer and star adorns my manly
breast. A few gray hairs have crept
like moonlight round my temples; my
dear, fair-haired wife has the same
soft blue eyes as OF old, and she dis
cusses household matters every day
with good old Hannah. On our mar
riage my mother-in-law sent her to US
as general servant. Many and weighty
are the consultations on the days
dinner. Very often they cannot settle
on anything.
"Rudolf, what will you have for to-
morrow's dinner? One does not know
what to order. Do, please, suggest
something, dearest!"
MY countenance assumes seriou:
expression; Think deeply for a while
it is an important matter. Then j
1 open my lips and soy, softly:
":Savory omelet, with fine herbs
and bacon sauce, is as good now as
when"
Good old Hannah has already got
her apron up to her face and rushes
from the room.
We eat in due time of that excellent
dish which I tasted for the first time
under the friendly roof of my father
in.law. Hannah gets her share, too,
goodly portion, for now she has no
corporal to share it wise- her. The
children, however, insist on giving
many dainty morsel of the self-same
omelet to Bello, not the original
Bello, but the grandson or great
grandson forget which-of that in
famous, t1aitorous animal. From the
German.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
WORDS OF WISDOM,
Faith always has a shining face.

Faith always has a shining face.
It is much better to suffer than to
sin.
Every man-made god hos heart of
stone.
The bright side is not always the
right side.
Love can be misunderstood, but
never over estimated.
In coveting another's possessions we
ore apt to lose our owp.
It is we'll to hope for success, but
much better to deserve it.
No man is good who behaves himself
simply because he has to.
Have nothing to do with the thing
that bad men are in favor of.
The thing most dangerous is the one
that does most to make us selfish.
The worldly prosperity of wicked
man is chariot in which he rides to
ruin all the ster.-Ram's Horn.
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who, as the stern captain of our COM
pany was fond of reminding me, was
in reality my fellow-soldier, and sent
him in the afternoon to the Frau
Direktorin with carefully worded
message, saying, if it would not incon-
venience her, I would do myself the
honor of calling on her that evening.
After much explanation, Gottlieb
Feuerstacke at length understood
where he was to go and what he had
to do. In about an hour he returned,
giggling in an idiotic manner, and in
formed me with O scarcely suppressed
smile that a visit from me at S.45
o'clock would be "extremelY agree
able"
It struck me that this was rather o
| Iatc hour to fix for sociable evening
cali; IN fact, rather a ceremonious
hour; but, no doubt, the Herr
Direktor liked to stand on ceremony
even in so small q matter as the pres
eeRRtt.- f-ttheHsh1tt[ -tihFe9aHgs [ae.nore of it; but
when the hour came for departure,
cast few drops of "new-mown hay"
on my pocket handkerchief, placed it
in the pocket above my beating heart,
and wrapped myself in my great mill
tary overcoat.
Thus armed, I started off to see my
new friends, not quite willing to con-
fess even to myself how much longed
to behold the fair Agnes once more.
Torgau is small place, and soon
enough was at the house of the chief
magistrate.
At its hall-open door was q woman's
form, apparently servantmaid. She
conducted me into the dimly-lighted
vestibule, said softly, with shy
simper, "Good evening"" tripped.up-
stairs and signed to me to follow.
The Herr Direktor lived in fiat, it
seemed, approached by a common
staircase, and up this I promptly fol-
lowed my guide, my heels ringing
clear and loud on the uncarpeted
flags.
sRush! hush! for heavens sake!"
whispered the servant maid, mys-
teriously.
I confess to shock Of surprise. ]
stopped.
eyes, yes, but hush!" She placed
warning finger on her mouth.
"Good gracious! Is some one i'll in
the houseY' I whispered, in low
voice. 'sIn tnat case will come On
other evening"
"No, no, only be very quiet, Herr
Corporal!"
And tnereupon she seized my hand
and drew me up the stairs with many
warning signs.
I was utterly bewildered and could
make neither head nor tail of the BUS
mess. We were on the upper door.
With O ds1terity that looked suspic-
ciously like constant habit she caught
the door bell in her hand SO that its tin
kle should not be eheard. She certainly
showed O wonderful knack in her pro-
ceeding. She opened the eoor and
before knew where I was ] found
myself in the kitchen. Then the bell
rang, evidently in the sitting room,
whereupon she promptly pushed me
still further into the kitchen and left
me breatnless with amazement to stare
| about me.
A neatly-laid table stood in the mid
die CT the room, which was but dimlJ
lightly by two candles stuck in empty
bottles. I was still gaping and gasp
ing when she returned.
1T was nothingl They have no
finished yet. They sit 30 long at ths
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and wou1r hear of my going
away.
"Only one little quarter Of an hour
more" she pleaded. ''l must do my
washing-up. The water is hot now"
Here she paused and looked roguishly
at me. elf you would help me to dry
the things, then itwould soon be done.
I am free after that, and we could
take walk somewhere. Ah, please!
please! You need not be afraid; my
young man may always come to the
door downstairs; the mistress allows
that. I always made that one of the
conditions when I take situation.
This privilege did not fill me with
much joy, especially when i -tha1ght
of the drying process
GA good appetite to you, Hannah.
You have treated me only too WE'LL"
I forgot I had been the only partaker
of the feast. "Now 1 must be of. "
She pouted, casting imploring
glances at me, and somehow, before 1
knew what she was about, she had en-
veloped me in brand new apron to
protect my uniform.
The house door opened again, creak-
ing loud and warningly; heavy steps
"a mans steps--came up the stair.
case; the little bell at the entrance OF
the Herr Direktor's apartments
tinkled. A horrible dread seized me
1T WAS the Herr Direktor himself,
and, lnerciful heavens, Of course,
Bello, the irrepressible and suspicious
Bello! He would make straight for
the kitchen, I felt sure.
s'Is not Herr Eisenstein hereT'
turned cold as ice.
taerr Eisenstein !" said soft, clear
voice, and now I turned burning red
with shame. "Herr Eisenstein? No,
he is not here, papa. How funny !
Why should Herr Eisenstein be here?"
It was the fair Agnes who spoke
Agnes of the soft blue eyes. I felt
their limpid gaze resting on me even
through the thick darkness.
"Hannab, has the Herr Eisenstein
not been here tonight? Are you
quite sure?'
''No, sir, I have not seen the gentle
man this evening. No one had been
here
81 can't understand it'll" said the
| Director, sI went over to Herr Eiseb-
STEMS rooms to ask him to come over
with me to the cafe, and his fellow was
standing at the door, and he told me
his master was gone out. l asked him
where. "Down to the big street to a
magistrates house."
'sBello, come here. Come here,
SIR"
But Bello had entirely different
intentions. The wretch began to
scratch and snarl at the kitchen
door. He ran back to his mas
ter. I heard distinctly The sound
of his nails on the stone floor. He re-
turned. could not SIT still another
moment, my left leg had gone to sleep.
I moved very, very slightly, but it was
enough fer Bello. Barking furlously,
lie leaped wildly up the door as high
as the latch.
"What in the world is in the
kitcheu?'
Before Hannah could interpose her
stout form between him and the door
the strong hand of the master had
flung it wide open, and the light of his
candle fell full on my pale and agita.
ted countenance. Wife, daughter and
maid servant pressed after him.
Idraw veil over the scene. I hear
once more the nstonishsd e1clamations
OF the ladies, the sobs OF Hannah, the
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before DrehKIaSG.
Here the two broke into laugh, the
heartiest laugh perhaps the old invalid
had enjoyed for decade. Stewart
had been the chief of scouts, when
forty years ago McCook was fighting
Apaches on the frontier. The general
had not seen him since that war, but
showed his deep regard for his old
friends by remembering 80 humble a
comrade. The remark of the old scout
referred to time when McCook, then
o lieutenant, and detail under Colonel
st. vrain were chasing the Apaches.
They had struck hot trail, and hsd
been on it thirty-six hours WITHOUT
!sood-~Fearipss: to, waiitt-to prepare d
meal, for every minute was then pre-
cious, so close was the trail, Colon el
St. Vrain determined to keep on the
march. Realizing the condition OF bis
men and officers, he had given per
mission for the men to partake OF such
rations as they could in the saddle,
and turning to his lieutenant, he re-
marked.
"McCook, have cigar?"
"No, thank you, sir, was the quick
response. II never smoke before
breakfast. "
General McCook has been in cora-
mand of the Department of the Colp'
RADIO for twelve months past. The new
orders do not change his station. -
Rarper's Weekly.
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COULDN'T STAND THE EXPENSE.

lives ordering my advertisement IN
Melbourne daily newspaper ohce
one day when tall, lanky countyman
walked in and said he wanted mn in
memoriam" notice in the obituary
column of the paper. :,
"My ole guv'nor died year ago..
he explained, "and I should like a DIT
O. poetry in the paper about him,
eau right" answered the clerk,
shave you brought it with your
'No," said the rustic. "Can t you
fix me up bit?"
"Certainly," replied the c;erk.
"Our charge for in memoriara no.
tices is six shillings an inch"
A look of intense alnazement passed
over the countryman's face.
"Good gracious" he cried, IS ne
made for the door, 81 cannot afford
that-my guv'nor was six feet high. ="
Melbourne Argus.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
Lamps On the Steps.

Lanterns in front of fashionable
New York houses are more elaborate.
They have given great scope to the re-
vival of black iron-work. Several
elaborate stoop lanterns have recently
been set up in Lexington avenue, and
twin sea horses of black iron are
striking feature of private house in
Madison avenue. The best Of such
things are extremely expensive, and OF
o piece with single apartments that
cost more than o whole fashionable
dwelling of fifty years ago.-Ne'0 York
Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-01-02
just What Dairymen Want.

A glass milk Jug has recently been
introduced in England which is "tak.
ing like wild fire." It is measuring
cup, graduated at every pint. Three
distinct lines are etched below the
measuring marks, showing tho thick,
ness of cream which should appear in
milk of all grades and qualities; the
very good milk having cream grade
to the lowest line, and so on up as the
quality of the milk depreciates. 1t is a
capital good idea, as every housekeeper
can thus accurately Judge of the grade
of her particular dairy and of the
quantity of water used in rinsing the
milk cans.
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-, ..au alJer mature reflection
and in view OF the quality of the verse,
it seems to me-"
eyes, yes-it seems" repeated the
poet, breathlessly.
"As was saying, it seems to me
that you ought to make an excellent
workman at almost any kind of labor.
Chicago Record.