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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

A big bell in tho prison summons
tho prisoners to work at G.3O every
morning. Men hurry to tho tread
mills, the cranks, or report in filos un-
der charge of guard to tho "trade
instructor" who sets them at work.
Carpets are woven on looms in the
coils, shoemakcrs hustle ut their work,
oakum pickers hurry to duty, and 30
on it goes all over the prison. Every
convict must work, whether ho only
"troads wind" or aimlessly turns
"cranks" or is busy OF some, vocation.
For IN hour the prisons hum with
the sound of lnbor. Thon, Mt 7.30
o'clock, breakfast is served to each
prisoner while ut work. Work con-
tinues until II o'clock and then the
prisoners aro marched in long files,
lockstep fashion, to exercising yards
In each yard is long rope with
knots about fifteen foot apart, 80 that
23O prisoners can get on the rope ut n
time. Each file of 13J men grasps tho
ropo and then at brisk PAGES for fiji
teen minutes whirl round in circlo
The itloa of keeping tho mon fifteen
feet apart is to carry out the idea OF
separate confinement. The only pos.
sible time TINT the prisoners can COM
! nlunicato is when in tho lockstep, but
then they cannot speak to each other,
SO closely are they watched.
at 1890 o'clock daily dinner Is
srrve.I, and then work begins again
AMI is continued uutil 5 o'clock, when
another fifteen minutes is devoted to
exercise. At $50 O'Clock the convict
Lbs his supper oi Cruel AM bread, and
! littlo bafose 6 O'Clock lanterns are
giyen 10 the Driaonsrs and tho ges in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24
Vibrations Of O Cat.

A well-known resident of the city
is the owner of o cat that has proved
its right to be classed as reasonable
being as clearly Us cat can. The
gentleman removed to his present
residence from Coronado lust May,
and took the cat with him. Tue ani-
ma! was not satisfied with tue nev
quarters and disappeared. Nothing
was heard of it for somo mouths, when
1t wss learned that the cat hal soma
how made its way to tho oil home ut
Coronado. The new tenants treated
tho cat in way that caused it great
anguish, kicking it out of the hoa5o
and allowing it to starvc.
Tho treatment had tho effect after O
time of sending the cat away in dis
gust. 1t then came straight back to
the new home, where it knew it would
be we'll treated. It appeared there
thin as O shadow, aud has not male
any more efforts to get away. As the
bay is more than half mile wide
and as the cat could not easily have
taken the ferry, it is apparent that it
made its way around the head OF the
bav. o distance Of fully fifteen miles,
in order to reach its friepds.--sRn
Diego lCs).) Union,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24
THE PERFECT WOMAN.
a Story of How That Event Was
Realized.

A Story of How That Event Was
Realized.
In book by Leon Gazlin, the
French author, is the following
pretty account Of the distribution of
the charms of the female sex by a
fairy:
ITO the Castillian, long and black
hair, with which she might almost
make mantilla.
ITO the italian, eyes bright and
ardent as midnight eruption OF
Vesuvius.
ITO the Turk, q form as round as
the moon and soft as eiderdown.
''To the German, beautiful teeth
and an earnest heart, profoundly in
clined to love.
ITO the English, aurora borealis to
glorify or paint her cheeks, her lips
and her shoulders.
"Afterward she gave gayety to the
Neapolitan, wit to the Irish, good
sense to the Fleming.
"But when this good fairy, who
had served out all these female at
fractions to the daughters OF Eve,
had exhausted all her treasures, an
attractive little figure came tripping
ND and asked for her share. And
who are you, dear2' said the good
fairy, rather surprised. %, I'm O
Parisienne,' said the little lady. I'm
sorry, said the fairy, but have given
everything to your sisters; have ac-
tualiy nothing left This caused
great griof to tlF petitioner; 50 much
SO that the fairy took pity on her:
and calling the other recipients OF
her bounty together, put it to them
whether, as she had been so generous
to them, they would not give o por-
tion of her gifts to the little stranger,
which they agreed to do. They each
gave her share of the fairy's gifts;
hence the Purisienne, who, we are
told, combines in o sufficient degree
all that makes womankind delightful.
"The American was not present
when these good things were being
served out, for the very good reason
that in that good fairy's time she
hadn't been invented yet; but she
was equal to the occasion. She had
no idea of being left out in the cold.
Like those fine old NIilesian families
who had a boat of their own at the
flood, she got u fairy of her own. and
told her to take tho Parisienne for o
model, and see il she could not i'm
prove upon her. Hence the Ameri-
caine. Whether the American fairy
was successful in fulfilling the in
structions of her fair client l must
leave to better judges to decide; but
there is no doubt that original and
copy are very nice.
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SUMMER STYLES.
WHAT WOMEN WILL WEAR IN
THE HEATED TERN.
Trimmed Skirt Fronts Are Coming
Grass Linen Lawn Outfit
Changes In the SHIFT Waist
--latest In Collars.

T7HE day of the trimmed skirt
front is coming to US slowly
but surely. 1t is MS yet only
di.nly foreshadowed, but
it is there all the same. Some skirts
havo merely double fold at the sides;
others havo long A.shaped panels;
and others are trimmed with some
elaborate garnituro set Oh either in
plnin or irregular rows from belt to
hem. Ono dress hos double rows OF
large buttons down the sides; another
has q wido band of single pnssemen-
tcrie ornaments set on in waved lines;
others havc scarfs of silk or ribbon
fastened in at the belt and dropping
to the hem of the skirt, with loops,
rosettes and lnrge bows set on at in
tervals. One very elegant dress has
the entiro front wrought i'll embroid-
cry, and others have the front made
of crimped materiul or some contrast.
ing fabric, either in figured or Of
plain goods, covered with any OF the
popular ornaments of tho day.
The dressmalers say, Gas soon as
VIC learn to mako the godet skirts per-
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pI,AIDS ARE POPULAR.

Plaids are popular, and wool dresses
and those of crape-surfaced goods
especially are exceedingly pretty with
this combination. A crape-surfaced
skirt has whist with the crape at the
sides md lack and forming a very
deep collar that turns over to the
sleeve tops. The vest and full sleeves
arc of plaid. A handsome visiting
dress is of Grape cloth with passemen-
terie panels on either side and o plain
front breadth of tho material. There
arc worry full sleeves almost covered
by deep iaco ruIlies; the close-tttlns
body has IN elaborate yoke OF lace
and passementorie aud a hish.collar
rolling out from the throat, making
tho head appear as though set III u
tlaring cup.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

in Pentonvillo. Tho allowance for
breakfast to each convict is ton ounces
of bread, three-quarters of q pint OF
cocoa, with two ounces of pure milk
and two drachms Of molasses. For
dinner half pint OF soup, four ounces
of meat, beef or mutton alternately,
five ounces of bread and one pound Of
potatoes is the menu. For tea each
man gets pint of Cruel, mado OF an
ounce and one-half of meat, and
sweetenel with five drachms OF mo-
lasses, with five ounces Of broad. In
case OF certain line Of punishment
these rations aro reduced. The most
salutary form of punishment is in the
docking OF rations. A prisoner will
give in quicker when placed on a star
vation diet than for any other cause.
In the prison there arc iour stages
of service. In the frst-class the
prisoner has to perform frst-cl hard
labor for certain number of hours in
each day. That means he hos to work
in the treadmill or upon what is known
as the "cranks.
The treadmill, or troa1well, IS not
particularly useful machine. Tho
prisoners call service upon 1t "tread-
ing the wind" and that is about what
it is, for it seems to serve no useful
purpose, except to keep prisoners en-
ployed. The sole use the machine has
is merely to keep certain number of
men employed when there isn't any
thing else for them to do.
Each tread wheel or mill is 30 con-
structed that if necessary twonty-four
men can DO employed upon it at a
time. The mills divided into twenty
four little compartments or stalls.
Each compartment is something less
than twenty-four inches in width and
is separated from the adjoining one by
high wooden partitions. The mill is
connected with u fan, which is so ar-
ranged as to give enough resistance to
the mill to make tho words "hard To-
bor" mean what they soy. There are
twenty-four stops in the wheel, which
are eight inches apart. This makes
the circumference of tho wheel six
teen feet. The wheel performs thirty
revolutions in each quarter of an hour,
and each man walks on IN average
fifteen quarters Of au hour duy. So
he ascends something like 1900 feet,
or 240O yards, for a days labor.
Crank labor consists of making 10,
600 revolutions of crank, which is
placed on q narrow iron drum put ON
legs with long handle on one side,
which, whom turned, causes series OF
caps or scoops in the interior to re-
volvc. AT the lower part of tho drum
is a quantity of sand, which the cups
scoop up and carry to the top of the
wheel, where they empty themselves.
A dial plate registers the number Of
revolutions nude. A convict at or
diuary rate of speed makes l2O revolu'
tions of the crank an hour, 80 to turn
TO-, 900 of them means about eight
hours anil twenty minutes In Dor.
In case OF physical inability to do
treadmill or crank labor, the convict
is placed at second-class labor, which
means the picking of oGkgm. stone
tyeakipg and kindred pureuisa AL d
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and grated style so apparent in Amer
ica. The frames OF all the windows
uro OF cast steel, but the window frames
themselves nre made 30 small as to
serve as light givers and safeguards as
well.
The cells are thirteen feet long, six
by seven feet in width and nine feet in
height. Some of them contain looms
fo~ carpet weaving, but in that case
the cells are nearly twice rs large rs
the ordinary ones. Against the wall
on one side is placed q bright copper
haud b,siu with water faucet hear
it. A small closet we'll supplied with
water pipes occupies one corner OF the
cell. A sna led gas jet Is in 9 coayen-
,ent point in the wall, while there are
shelves ioy the spoon. plAtteSt mug
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24
An Affectionate Family Horse.

Perhaps o good deal Of the Listen
er's personal love for horses is trace
able back to q single incident OF his
early childhood. At the age Of six
he once mounted Old Rosy (the term
"old" at that time was merely one
of endoarment for the mare was not
as old as the boy) to ride to neigh
boris. The mare Was fat and sleek,
and so was the boy; her back was so
round that her spine was little
hollow instead of projection. On
this glossy round back was no saddle,
not even a blanket; the fat little
boys short legs simply stuck out
into the air on either side. The
greater part of the journey had been
achieved, and the boy and marc were
returning homeward, when, in going
down slope, Rosy inadvertently
began to trot; and the boy, having
no kind of anchorage, began to slide
forward upon the mares neck. Upon
that he let 60 tho bride, hugged the
neck and screamed. Not knowing
quite what this performance meant,
Rosy continued to trot placidly down
the hill, and the boy continued to
slide. Doubtless sho thought it was
somo new kind of boys play. At
last lie slid clear over her head, and
rolled upon the ground. The mare
must have eascd the fall for him by
ducking her neck slowly, and she
certainly kept her feet entirely clear
of him. He simply rolled into the
ditch by the side Of the road, quito
unhurt but boo-hooing Justify.
And then comes the pretty part OF
the story. The young mare lid not
so on ten steps after The small boy
rolled oil her neck, but stopped
: turned back, came down to the
screaming child nosed him affection
ately and, us ho will swear to his
diving day, comforted him as best she
could. She showed him that the
b5idlc reins were hanging down
within his reach. Under such an
influence the boy OF six-which IS
an are, it is scarcely needful to say,
when few Boston boys are intrusted
with the management OF horse
stopped weeping, got up, took hold
of The bride, and reilectingly led the
mare home.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

It is not generally known, declares
the New York Sun, that "thc territory
proposed to be annexed to this city
slightly exceeds in area the present
annexed district. The new area meas
urcs $4,000 acres, which is nearly
equal to the area of Manhattan 1slaul.
The entire area of tho city Is now
about Al square miles. With the
new annexation it will be little short
of sixty-four square miles. Nov York
even then will be one Of the smallest
in area Of the large American cities. :"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

the prison is lighted. from p. m.
to 8 p. m. theprisoners ore allowed to
read, but OF 5tho latter hour oil tho
lights are putiont except one or two
in the corridors.
That is the week day routine. On
Sundays the donyicts rare marched to
the respectivsschapels in tho different
prisons, and they also have usually q
few littlo tidbits for dinner, but ex-
ccpt for thsElack Of labor and only
one short -trial at exercise tho day is
passed in the solitude Of cells.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24
Deep.Sea Thermometers.

Thermometers made for taking tho
temperature in moderately deep waters
have tho tubo encnsed in copper cyl.
inder to protect it from inquisitivo
fishes and from contact with rocks ;
there is ring OF the bottom to which
sufficient weights may DO attached to
sink it readily. The cylinder has q
long, narrow door in front of the
scale, which may be opened for tho
reading; and this door closes with
joints SO tight that the cylinder brings
ND the water from the bottom with its
temperature practically unchanged by
the waters through which it passes.-
New York Sun,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

each prisoner hurries in his under
clothing for tub of water from the
faucet in his cell, with which ho cleans
out his little home. This is dono I'M.
der military rulo.
Prior to tho beginning of tho days
work the Cleaners" as tho men who
clcau cells aro called, tho cooks, or
those who do duty In the kitchon, arc
marched away in long prison files to
their respective duties.
Then some of tho convicts wash the
cells, others sweep tho pavcments un.
til they glisten, while oil arc watched
by armed guards from the littlo mid
air bridges above the stono corridor
| floor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24
LACE FOR DRESS DECORATION.

The dominant note OF dress decora-
tion is lace, and nothing bnS the most
severe tailor-ma,le coat anil skirt es-
capes touch oft. How the feminine
side of humanity ever achieved any
dainty or picturesque success Ia iress
without the al OF ln:e AL chiffon ~
nditiicult question to m n'wer Mt time
when both seem in lispensable addl-
tions to almost every article OF dress.
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prisoner has TO &c Is 10 slG uilu Pich
from three to six pounds OF old ropo
per day into oakum. Tho quantity
picked into oakum in Pentonville
Prison will average about three and
one-half tons week. 1t is sold, and
brings in some return for the labor.
In addition, trades ore taught in tho
prison which are usually akin to the
useful urts.
Punishment in Pontonville Prison
have been made into five classes. First
comes the loss OF advantage which the
prisoner gets in being rated in Glasses.
Then comes tho transfer from the
highest to tho lowest class OF serYi-
tudc. Next comes fasting and q bread
and watcr diet, and the next stage Is
confinement in O cell Of correction.
Lastly is ranked bodily chastisement,
but this is limited to eighteen lashes
to prisoners under eighteen years OF
age and thirty-six lashes to older men.
Anotherpoiut, too, which oil the Eng
lish prisons havo in common is in CIV.
ing convicts with cXceptlonally gooo
behavior records before sentences
expire "tickets Of leave" which
allow them to leave m institution and
keep OF large without o return during
good behavior.
In oil English prisons the routine
of daily work is about tho same. In
fact, the prisons do not differ much in
styles of architecture, and neither dc
they differ in routine work. At
o'clock every week day morning the
Chief Warden gives tho signal to "un.
lock-" The officers OF the different
wards hurry from cell to cell with
keys in their hands to open each nnr'
row dwelling. Iu some OF tho more
modern prisons the American plan o.
crank which, when 1t turns, locks OF
unlocks the cells upon corridor Of
once, is use.
As soon as the cells arc unlocked
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

With population about half that
of this country, France is getting
along toward the billion dollar mark
in annual expenses. The interest on
tho Natio.al debt is $3.50, Coz, 00o, aud
the cost of the army and navy $751;
100000. The revenues This year are
estimated at $665, 900, 001, and aei-
cit of about $40, 900, 900 is probable.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

and soap box of the prisoner nailed
upon the wall ut one sido of the door.
During the day the upper of these
shelves is used for the rolled up ham
mock OF the prisoner and his bedding.
When night comes the hammock Is
slung about thrco feet from the
ground to iron braces set In the walls
OF tho cell, which gives the advantage
OF good bed and one that does not
take up room in the daytime. A lit
lie table and q stool makes up tho re-
mainGer of the furniture of each cell !,
while on the walls Of each is placed
the rules of the prison, which convlcts
must carefully obey.
The prison garb, OF q drab canvas,
shot p!cntifully with broad arrows, is
fully as beautiful as the drab npd pale
yellow striped cloth of the Now York
State Prison convicts at Dannemora,
Auburn or Sing Sing. With each suit
is furnished two changes of plain
white cloth underclothes, Scotch cop
and heavy cowhido shoes.
All convicts in Pentonvillo Prison arc
known as soon as they become prison
ers by numbers If man before he
became prisoner bore the proudest
title in the peerage Of England, Scot
land, Ireland or Wales, he becomes
upon his entrance to the institution
only O number. He is A 2174 or Is
5O5l, as the case may be, and he must
wear at his breust at all times q big
brass badge bearing his number.
"Look out there, A 2l74," sings out
guard when addressing prisoner.
Aud all through the prison lifo OF q
convict only this number is used. II
would puzzle even the warden of the
prison to tell the namo of o prisoner
without reference to the records upon
which, opposite his name and number,
stands the Christian and surname ol
the convict.
Prisoners are by no means starved
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

with Valencienncs lace, inserted in the
front of waist of summer silk. Littlo
Pauuin points Of luce and batiste foil
over the collar OF the blouse, and there
may be q quaint cuff of the same sheer
materials dropping over the hand. lu-
sertions of butter-colored embroidery
or of heavy blnck lace nre seen in 9th
er blouses. Thus q waist of black
surah has square yoke ind sleeve
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

General Booth, of the Salvation
Army, is planning to send such an iu'
dustrial colony to Canada ms will rs
tonish the world. His scheme COM
prehends the transportation of 10000
persons, and he is sanguine that these
people will stay and prosper there.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

City of Mexico, or are represented by
full size models. Similar models Of
the larger masses were exhibited by
Professor AZ A. Ward, of Rochester.
N. Y, in the Mining Building of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition at Chi
cago. The claim to being notable
will be demonstrated by recitation
of the dimensions and weights of
some of the prominent moteorites.
A visitorfto tho National School of
Mines in the City of Mexico will no.
tice on either side of the portal lead
ing to the commodious courtyard two
large, irregular masses, resembling in
shape the result of "boil" at blast
furnace cnsting bed, or leak between
tho cope and tho drag of large cast.
Ing. The. brown, rusty color of these
masses gives the impression that they
are specimens of brown hematite iron
ORD, but Of the fow points where tho
structure has boen exposed by chip
ping and fling, metallic lustre, with
striationscommon to meteoric iron,
demonstrated the origin OF these
monster specimens. Tho principal
average Dimensions OF the two pieces
e., a:Jepgth.. T.. Width.
or 2, feet ssss9 . foet inches.
h. 8 feet inches: icet7 7 inches. .'''H'''-'2s
Thickness. Weight.
q. foot inches. 2O,45O pounds.
n fort d fnphne 81 400 hounds.
The irregulnrity of form will not bo
appreciated from the sizes given, and
the total weight-5l, $50 pounds, or
nearly twenty-five gross tons-there
being o number of trolibite doprcs-
sions or pot holes on tho surfaces.
The density is given as 7.8.
Tho form of these two pieces also
indicates that they were originally
parts of ono great mass recognized as
the Chupaderos Moteorite, which Of
ter moro than four centuries was in
1898 conveyed over 900 miles to tho
City Of Mexico. The two pieces were
found about 800 feet apart.
Another notable mctcorite, that OF
San Grogorio, which may be consid-
cred rival of tho specimens described,
is approximately conlcal in form, av-
craging four feet in diameter ct the
base and forty inches in height. The
density was found to be TIA and tho
calculated weight 81, 920 pounds. This
mass is also to fern feature OF tho
collection of the Mexican Geological
Survey, which occupies the large
building IA former palace) in connec-
ton with the School OF Mines. Tho
illustration is intended to show the
Dimensions OF the meteorite San Gre
gorio, as compared to men Of ordinary
| stature,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

Our Chief Naval Constructor, Hieh
born, says that twelve-inch guns are
the largest necessary to get the best
results. His conclusions are based on
the experiments of foreign Powers. and
the outcome OF the japanese wnr.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

puffa, reaching to the elbows, of pale
blue silk, striped with black guipure
laco. Or waist of pink silk is striped
lengthwise with heavy insertions OF
inch-wide, butter -colored embroidery.
There are eight of these insertions
down the full front, and five down the
upper part of tho sleeve. which is
pleate.l to bring them into special
prominence ct tho shoulder. A row
of from ttve to six or eight shirrinss
is often used OF the top OF the expau-
sive sleeve of tho hour. This SUCCESS
fully holds it down so that it canno5
stand erect above the shoulder. Tho
blouse seen in the accompanying
sketch has q yoke and ruilles set in,
jabot- fashion, Of butter-colored lace.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

sThe craze over roller skates some
years ago is nowhere near so sweeping
and widespread in its effects rs the
present craze over the bicycle, " main.
tains the Chicago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-07-24

Imbert de Suint Armand, tho author
of an endless series of semi-llistorlchl
books on the Queens OF France, il
writing a sensational book on the his
tory Of the Second Empire on lnforms'
tioa furnished by thp Empress Eq'
gsnjs,