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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1895-10-29
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF LAURENS,
In Probate Court.

John Fl. Wharton, Clerk Of Court. etc.
as Administrator, with will annexed,
of Martha p. Fleming. Plaintili,
against Trustees Of the P~rcsbytcry
of Enoree Of the Presbyterian Church
in the United States, ct al, Defend
ants.
The creditors Of Martha p. Fleming,
deceased, are hereby called in. and re-
CURED to establish their claims before
me at a reference to bc held in the
above stated case, in my Office, on the
18th day of November, 1895. at 10
o'clock A. M.
Q. g. THOMPSON, j. p.L.c,
Oct. 7, 1~995,--6t.
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HANDSOME GOWNS.
RECEPTION DRESSES WORN BY
NEW YORK SOCIETY WOMEN.
Beautiful Costume Named After
Lady Somerset, OF w. c. L. U.
Fame-A Defence Of Feathers
Japanese Fancy Dress.

~ ONCERT5, operas and recep-
| / tions seem to engross consid-
y j erable attention just at pres,
ent, says the New York Mail
and Express. The weather has been
so unkind, the frost SO biting and the
skies SO threatening, that woman
fair and fascinating has had, to create
indoor amusement. Receptions and
operas arc considered more informal
and educative than dinners or dances,
and so the season has been made up
mostly of these functions. Special
gowns are being created daily TO hll
the demand. :,
A costume artist, novelty, by the
way, in the professional world OF wo-
men, Mrs. Ida NJ. Rev by name. is
spending great deal of time creating
new gowns for receptions and the op-
era. The Mail and Express prints an
exclusive double-column picture and
description of the latest metropolitan
designs. One is a "frou-frou" gown,
all tulle, ribbon and silk flowers. The
skirt is gored and made very full. The
BASQUE falls beneath the skirt, and is
confined by wide ribbon belt. There
are no sleeves. The shoulder "frou-
frou" garniture of tulle falls to the ell
bow. Gloves of Bernhardt style are
worn.
The coiffure follows the accustomed
model which Sarah Bernhardt invari-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

Asfeath hers arc. not ods taste for stree
wear, but their number IS not YET
very great. AS substitute they sug-
gest enormous hats of dull black felt
trimmed most simply with black rib.
bon and practically rain proof. A
fayorite fashion rolls the brim straight
ably arranges when playing Frou-
Frou. An aigrette of ostrich feathers
in the braid of hair ornamentlng the
crown surmounts the costume. The
other figure is Somerset" named
after n costume much like one worn by
Lady Isabel Somerset, of W. G. I. U.
fame. It is Of rich velvet, jet passe'
menterie and silk. The skirt is tailor
made, with velvet panels at the side.
The basque is princess shape. If a
hirh neck is desired, fchu OF lace
such as Lady Isabel wears can be
added.
The opera coat shown has several
new points. One is the absence OF the
larpe extra shoulder cape and another
is the annex of the Mary Stuart col
lar. The garniture of the hair, to be
in good taste with the costume, should
be simple. A butterfly bow OF black
velvet ribbon is preferred to all other
forms of ornamentatlon.
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A Mammoth Turkish Cave.

They have o mammoth cave in
Turkey which takes all the brag
out of Kentucky. 1t is near selef-
keh. And where is SelefkahF Well,
it is near that part of the Turkish
coast which is just exactly north OF
the island of Cypress. One OF the
natives went in with q party and
roamed around for five days, and
when he came out he said ne had
tramped fully twenty-five miles un-
til he came to a large lake with great
cliffs rising up in it. Having no
boat, he had to turn back. OF course
he was q Turk, and perhaps we should
be a little caraful about accepting his
idea of distance too literally; still it
is probable that the exit of the cave
is at Cape Lisua ell Kebeh, fifteen
miles eastward of Seleflkeh, right on
the sea, where the waves dash in the
mouth with rush and a roar, which
has given the place the name OF the
roaring hole" If one stands at the
entrance OF Selefkeh, he can hear q
dull, booming roar, which is, in all
probability, the waves at Cape Lisau
ell Kabeh rushing into the roaring
hole.
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Highest Decoration in Japan.

It is interesting to note that the re.
lations subsisting between the rulers
of Germany and japan are of a dis
tinctly friendly kind. A few weeks
ago it was announced that the Mikado
had bestowed the Grand Cross OF the
Imperial Chrysanthemum upon the
Emperor of Germany, in recognition
of the military and naval instruction
given to the Japanese by. German
officers. This order, which was es-
tablished by Emperor Mutshito, on
December 81, 1887, is the highest III
japan, and consists of q single class.
1t is bestowed upon none but sover-
eigns, members of royal houses and
the Presidents of Republics.
The Order of the Chrysanthemum
has four emblems-the collar, the rib.
bon of the grand cross, the decoration
itself and the star. The collar con-
sists of four parts. The first shows q
golden chrysanthemum blossom with
q second blossom springing from its
stem and surrounded by q green
wreath, bound with friDged band OF
gold. The second part Of the collar
consists of device formed of golden
palm branches. The third part is q
gold chrysanthemum surrounded by a
rich wreath OF green leaves, and the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
STORY OF "AMERICA"
DIR. SMITH TELLS NOW TUE Ma
TIONAL hymn WAS WRITTEN.
On Scrap of Waste Paper-First
Sung on July 4, 1882, in Bos-
too, and Since Then in ALI
Parts Of the World.

T DID not know that I lad written
National hymn till the convic-
tion was forced on me, writes
Rev. S. F. Smith in the New
York World.
While was student in the Theo.
logical Seminary in Andoycr, Mass,
Mr. Lowell Mason, through whose ef-
forts the study of music was intro.
duced into the public schools of Bos-
ton and elsewhere in this country,
brought me number of singing books,
which Mr.. William G. Woodbridge,
who had visited Germany to inspect
the school system there, had brought
home with him and put into Mr..
Mason's hands.
Mr.. Woodbridge had been much i'm.
pressed with the German method of
teaching music in the schools, and I
was asked to look through the books
and translate such of the songs rs
seemed to me appropriate to our
American schools.
Turning over the leaves OF one OF
the music books, l found one song OF
q patriotic nature set to the tune which
England claims as hers because she
has SO long sung it to the words "God
Save the Queen" but which the Danes
claim as their, and which the Germans
claim as original with them, and of
the real origin of which believe no
one is certain.
The music impressed me by its sim
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Ginsing.

Ginseng is root worth almost its
weight in gold in China, and Secretary
Morton, in his last report, recon-
mends it's cultivation in this coun-
try. ooo ooo
Formerly We shipped $l,ooo,Ooo
worth of ginsing to China every
year, but the supply has fallen OIL,
and Corea now furnishes nearly all
of it
The Chinese regard this plant as a
cure for almost every disease. They
believe that the root possesses intelli-
gence and powers OF locomotion-
which enables it to run away to es'
cape capture. They also believe
that it is guarded by the tiger, the
leopard, the wolf and the snake, an
imals appointed by the gods to pro-
tect it.
A root weighing three or four oun-
ces sells for 5000, but the American
article commands only 50 a pound.
In Corea it is cultivated under gov
ernment supervision, but in TINS
country the plant grows wild in the
mountain regions. The Chinese say
that the virtue of the plant is not in
it's material composition, but in q
| mysterious power appertaining to It
| through being produced wholly aparo
from human influence under the
care of benefcent spirit.
But while the Chinese will pay any
| price for this root, and will consume
all that can be produced, the medical
men of Europe and America have
never found any curative power 10
it. Our Indian tribes, however, agree
with tho Chinese and regard GIN
sing as valuable medicine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
cHILDREN's DRESSES.

One might be forgiven for the stere'
otyped remark that children's dresses
were never SO pretty as now. The
styles are simple and quaint, with just
enough character to them to relieve
them from plainness; and business, OF
all things, is discouraged in such cos
tunes.
Velvet is as popular for children as
for grown people, and is sach o SER
yiceable and becoming material that
one may be pardoned the triaing ad.
ditional cost for the excellent effect
produced by this most useful and ele'
CANT of all fabrics.
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IN DErENcE OF FEATHERS.

A crusade is starting in behalf OF
the curling plumes that are now SO
fashionable. It's devotees insist that
back in front and sets a great bow
little at one side of the roll as the
only trimming; indeed, it is made
conspicuously lonesome in this class
OF hat, so that the choicest effect may
be associated with severe simplicity.
But those very plumes are on obstacle
for the would-be savers OF them, be-
cause their beauty makes their posses
sors long to display them at every
opportunity. So the befeathered hat
is favored by the great majority, even
for outdoor wear. One of the hand
some types of these hats that set
women in rush for shelter at the
first fall of rain or snow is pictured
here. It is round, OF black velvet and
garnished richly with black ostrich
plumes, bows and rosettes OF black
satin ribbon set off with and seeming
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

Probably few readers are aware of
the fact that modern industry has al.
ready got G foothold IN the Arctic
regions, and that mines are worked
on largo scali and railroad reg
ularly operated in such high latitudes.
This is the case in Sweden, where the
Lulea-Gellivare Railroad, built for
the purpose of carrying iron ore from
the Gelliyare mines to the seaport at
Lulea, extend fifty miles above the
Arctic circle and enjoys the distinc-
tion of being th, first railroad to open
up the frigid zone.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

fourth is an oval medallion of gold,
similar to the second division OF the
collar, but consisting chiefly of Japan
ese characters.
The ribbon belonging to the cross
is covered with chrysanthemum bios.
SONS and leaves, and bears the word
'sMeiji" in ancient writing. In color
it is dark red, with violet borders.
The general style Of the. decoration
itself:wilI be gathered from the ac-
compauying illustration. The rays
ore white, with gold edges, and IN the
middle is o purple medallion, with
gold borders. In each of the four
corners there is a chrysanthemum
flower eurmounted by a blossom OF the
same kind. Both ere Of yellow ena.
mel, while the leaves are green. The
star is similar to the decoration, but
is not surmounted by flowers. 1t Is
worn on the right breast. The rib
bon, which is red, with violet borders,
is worn from the right shoulder othe
left hip.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

It is said that the Chinese are the
greatest gamblers in the world. Games
Of chance ore the very breadth OF their
nostrils, and they cannot live without
them. It is the one pastime in life
of uneeasing toll, but the evil does not
assume serious phases SO long as
foreigners do not meddle with their
games. A Chinaman may in rare in.
stances lose his ell when gaming among
his countrymen, but if he does he
goes contentedly back to work next
day and is not, like most ruined gam
blera, incapacitated for honest toll.
It is when the riffraa of other races
are allowed to take hand and to
ntilize Chinese game tables and banks
for the qualification OF their own pur-
poses that widespread mischief is
wrought,
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DR.. Smiths Career.

DR.. Smith was eighty.six years old
last October, and he is one of the last
Of that famous class Of Harvard '29
men which included, besides the late
DIR. Holmes, the Rev. James Freeman
Clarke, Prof. Benjamin Pierce, Judge
Curtis, Judge Bigelow and g number
of others well known in Massachu-
setts's annals and beyond them.
The data for the following sketch of
his career were furnished to the
Worlds correspondent by DIR. Smith,
and he added the preceding account
of the way IN which he came to write
the hymn.
DR.. Smith is native of Boston, and
his family at the time of his birth
lived very near the historic old North
Church, where Paul Revere ordered
his friend to hang the lantern aloft.
After being graduated from Harvard
University, which he entered Frank
lin medal pupil from the Boston Latin
School, DR.. Smith studied for the
ministry. His first charge was in
Waterville, Me-, where he presided
over the Baptist parish for eight years,
occupying at the same time the chair
of modern languages in Colby UniVer-
sity in that town.
From January, 1912, to July, 1854,
he was pastor of the First Baptist
Church in Newton Centre, Mass, be.
ing also for the first seven years OF
that period editor of the Christian
Review, quarterly published in Bos-
ton.
DR.. Smith then gave his time to
foreign missionary work as Editorial
Secretary of the Missionary Union for
period of fifteen years, during which
time he also preached constantly as
s'stated supply" and kept up his lit
erary work and teaching without in
terruption. From 1875 to 1875, he
travelled in Europe, accompanied by
his wife, who before her marriage was
Miss Smith, granddaughter of DR..
Hezekiah Smith, of Haverhill, Mass. (,
who was chaplain in the Revolution
ary Army and one of the founders Of
Brown University.
During the two years succeeding
September, 1892, DR.. Smith again
visited Europe and Asia, inspecting
missionary stations of all denomina'
tions on both continents, including
India, Burmab, Sweden, Norway,
Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey
and Greece.
As an author, DR.. Smith has pub
lished the 'Life of Joseph Grsfton,
Lyric Gems" (a title given by tht
publisher), Crock of Ages" 'Mis
sionary Sketches. - "Rambles in Mis-
sionary Fields" "History of New
ton," besides many articles for news
papers, magazines and reviews. I'll
has edited editions of many book
nnd translated in full an entire volume
of Conversations-Lexic German
for the Encyclopaedia Americana.
He is an enthusiastic student o
foreign tongues, speaking severa
fuently, and has IL reading knowledg
of fifteen languages. DR.. Smith is
natural versifier, having begun t.
write poems when he was but Ugh
wears old, and lie has had more or les
published each year eirce he We
twelve or thirteen years old. He ha
written moro than hundred hymns
! including several of Q stirring patri
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
Hears With His Mouth.

A boy whose mouth is wonderful, in
that it does the double service of tast-
ing and hearing, was in San Antonio,
Texas, the other day. His name is
John Mihand, and his home is at So
binal. He was born ten years ago.
Both ears were closed at birth, and
they have never been of service to him.
But by o remarkable freak of nature
his mouth has done what his ears
ought to have done, and he is not in
commoded in the slightest. Several
local doctors examined and tested the
powers of the mouth and pronounced
the case a phenomenon without a
parallel. ST, Louis Globe-Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

According to the New York Sun,
American cheeses used to be sent
abroad by the thousand pounds
twenty years ago and returned by the
same steamship line properly labelled
as English. 1t is perfectly we'll
known that most of the popular for
e:gn cheeses are more or less success
fully counterfeited in this country,
and it would be interesting to know
what proportion of the large ex-
portations of American cheeses return
ns foreign.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

thimbles are fastened all in o row.
The nine spools mo. 20, 36,5 B sew
ing silk and shoe thread, black; No.
90, 40, 60 and basting cotton, white)
are each strung on piece of ribbon
half an inch wide by at least fourteen
inches long. Each ribbon end IS
brought through to the outside OF the
basket just below the Drim. The
dainty pincushion, two inches square,
and the thimble pocket of the same
material, have ribbon ties lacked with
tiny bows to their upper corners.
These are also passed through to the
outside where by tying the eleven
pairs of ribbon ends into neat bows
the trimming Of the basket is COM
pleted.
Arranged in this way the threads
Cannot become tangled, an empty
spool is easily replaced and there is
plenty of room left for all the other
necessary furnishings of our handy
sewing basket.-American Agricultur-
ist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

The fattening of live stock on cot
tonseed hulls and meal is becoming
quite an important feature in South
ern business affairs, announces the
Manufacturers Record. ltpromises
to add materially to the prosperity of
the South, and to enable that section
not only to supply its own wants for
good beef, but to ship fattened beeves
North in competition with the West.
The cattle can be fattened on cotton
seed meal and hulls at total cost OF
about ten cents day, while it is esti-
mated to cost at least twenty cents q
day in the West and Northwest,
where hay, corn and other foodstuffs
are used.
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AROUND THE NECK.

The ribbons around the neck are
finished in variety of ways. Some
times they have rosette on either
side or in the back. Again, they are
made to wear with fiat buckle, from
either side OF which sticks out trlll
of white lace. Sometimes they have
full fat plaits at the side, which are
held down by small buckles. Neck
buckles ore exceedingly elaborate al
fairs. They are made OF gold, silver,
rhinestones and jewels, as the case
may be. Diamonds and pearls COM
bined in on open work little wreath Is
a favorite design, and three OF these
buckles put on % band of satin or vel
vet make an extremely handsome I'M
ish for any gown. -.
Tulle and chiffon collars made IN
this fashion are very much the rage
purple and the new shade OF blue be-
ing the most fashionable, although
lately yellow has made its appearance
for this purpose.
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CATCHING COLD.
The Chief Cause is a Lack OF Out.
door Exercise.


The animal body is the most, deli
cately constructed thermometer ever
devised. It is entirely self-regulate
ing, and probably never becomes en-
tirely deranged.
In normal conditions the body con-
forms to the temperature OF the me-
dium in which it finds itself. The
control thus exerted is purely ner-
yous one-an influence exercised by
the nerves over the minute blood
vessels which cover the surface OF
the body. There are two sets OF these
! nerves, one acting as the signal line
| by which the temperature is recorded
| in the brain, and the other serving as
medium through which that organ
transmits it's orders to the blood-yes-
sells at the surface. This mechanism
works in perfect harmony and uni
son, except under certain unfayor-
able conditions. Let US endeaYor to
discover what these conditions are:
Except in extreme cases OF heat or
cold, when these nerves become par
TALLY or wholly paralyzed, they DO
their work faithfully, so that we shall
expect to find the cause OF Q cold
| in o. disturbance of the brain or an
.,interfsrenceeMith SSile orders which 70
fhas.sent out TO the surface vessels 4
Obviously is only the thes ter scoII-ss
Idition OF affairs Whi is interests
Probab the cilief cause otscaSch ~
ing cold lies in the eneryation res1lt-
ING from the hotheuse life which too =
many persons lead during the winter
under the impression, that
they are saving their bodies from tine
shock which naturally comes from
exposure to cold and bracing at.
But gentle shock OF
that nature is precisely what IS
necessary to tone up the set OF
nerves in question, and enable them
to perform their work quickly and
properly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

railway, 400 miles of telegraphs,
magistrates courts from end to end,
andsa,press. The natives are content
ed with rule that is firm, and the
shareholders are pleased with the
prospect Of dividend that bids fair
to be equally firm. The territory of
the South Africa Company is managed
like an estate; but it looks uncom-
monty like an empire, with Cecil
Rhodes as it's absolute ruler. During
his recent visit to England he was re-
ceiyed as if he were royalty itself, and
dined with Queen Victoria by special
invitation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

" fastened by rhinestone buttons.
len plumes are employed in all, and,
as indicated, little height is added
thereby.
Dutch bonnets are in high favor for
dress occasion. They ore being made
SO wide at the sides, however, that
Tho p.iIs At the theatre not only crush
a1ainst each others sleeves, but touch
ha+s also when they moyo little from
an upright position. Side combs are
another fancy of the hour and are be-
jna made 80 rich With Jewels that the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
Growing ViOletS.

Violet growing, 50 important an oc,
cupation in parts of this country and
even more so in Southern France, has
for two or three years been much
hampered by reason of o disease that
attacks the plants. The French grow.
ers spray the plants with O solution OF
copper, and thus save many thousands
Of diseased ones, but the process is
laborious and expensiye.--New York
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

The figures of the New York Build
ing Department show that in the last
fourteen years 1925, ,O00,O 900 have been
spent in building fats and tenements
in New York, and the st. Louis Star.
Sayings estimates that st least $5O,.
600, 900 of this amount has been
wasted in needless brickwork, which
,nIv obstructa EohI.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

Italy proposes to encourage the ma
tives of Abyssinia to emigrate into the
valleys of the Nile and open up the
Soudan to civilization. The Italian
colonists on the high lands, now that
The possession of Kassala has opened
new horizons, would protect and en-.
courage the native emigration.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
1EwE1,En FInNE9S.

Flower brooches are losing nothing
of their oldtime prestige, but the
preference is now given to those which
can be utilized as hair ornaments.
One of the most striking Of these is
ON orchid, whose shape is perfect, and
whose petals are incrusted with dla-
monds and sapphires, while in the
center is set lustrous yellow topaz.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

There are in the United States at
present 6,OOO,O 900 farms. About one
half the population of the Republic or
over 80, 600, 900 people live on them,
and these dwellers furnish more than
seventy-four per cent. of the total
value of the exports of the country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20

plicity and easy movement, and I was
at once moved to write q patriotic
hymn of my own, which American
children could sing to this same tune,
which I did on a scrap of waste paper,
probably finishing it within half an
hour.
That was in February, 1882. l
gave the hymn to Mr.. Mason with
others-some translations, AMI others
my own-and thought no more OF it.
The following Fourth of July I hap
pened into Park Street Church in Bos'
ton, where Sunday-school children
were enjoying a patriotic festival. 1t
was at this children's Fourth of Jaly
celebration that "America" was f.st
sung, the words of which I had writ
ten few months before. Since then
I have heard it sung al over the
world.