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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05
A STRIKING SCENE.
NOW MADAGASCAR'S QUEEN DE-
CLARED AGAINST FRANCE.
TGrefootcd, and Clothed In Second
Hand White Satin BALL Dress
hIadc by Worth, She Ex-
horts Her People.
enemy in Madagas-
II. Cur, the dusky Queen Ran
ayoloDa LII. against whose

Il NAtSI - eHeHly Ill MauaSuS
H. Cur, the dusky Queen Ran.
avolona III, against whose
army the French invaders are
advancing, on state occasions appears
wearing secondhand Worth ball
dress Of fashion long gono by, and
with barbaric crown on her head
md nothing on her black feet. She
appears in the great square of
Andalho, Mt Tazauarivo, the capital,
where shs' issues stirring proclama-
tions to her people.
The sccue is q picturesque one.
With one Land she grasps sword and
with vehement gestures emphasizes
her exhortations, and with all the pas.
sionate eloquence of her race threat
ems, commands and prnys her hearers
to take up arms against and extor-
inmate the hated white men who for
ten years have held the Nation in
tlrall.
The war is holy one, she declares,
and the choicest blessings of the here
after will DE the reward of those who
fall. She also promises substantial
rewards to the victors who survive.
The Prime Minister'S dress is no
less striking. Its principal features
are sort Of dolman of purple satin
spangled with gold, short trousers of
white silk and long boots. About
his waist ho wears belt Of yellow
leather studded with gems, from which
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Laid O Live Chick.

Albert Martin, who lives near the
Fulton County line, in Indiana, has q
Plymouth Rock hen that has not been
laying for some time. Yesterday she
went on tue nest and the family was
greatly astonished to find, upon her
leaving it shortly afterwards, that she
had laid live chick. Only o few
fragments of the shell were about its
head, and it was still wet. The theory
advanced is that tho egg, in some man
ner retarded in its progress, was held
in tho sac until germ developed and
proceeded to the stage of incubation.
So fur rs is known, this is the first case
of the kind on record.
Another remarkable lusus naturn is
that of pig owned by Frederick
Shipman, of Pulaski County, Indiana,
which was born recently with its tail
directly in the middle of its forhead
and with nostrils inside of it's snout
like q ducks. Unfortunately its
mother lay upon it and smothered it
on the second night of its arrival or it
might have proved valuable find for
some museum Francisco Exam.
iner,
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hangs O sword in 6 golden scaoparu.
The aunt and sister OF the Queen wear
the native dress, with bare arms, their
long black hair streaming over thels
shoulders.
The military profession has been an
unpopular one in Madagascar OF late
wears, because the amount OF booty
and pillage to be obtained has been
small, and it has therefore. bcen dlh-
cult to keep the ranks filed. In time
of peace recruiting goes on for three
months each year, but as soon as q
sufficient complement has been oo-
tanned and drilling begin, desertlons
commence, and in short time tho
ranks are badly thinned. Desertions
are rarely punished unless they iall 10
bribo their superior officers; then
they are shot. Under the present cir
cumstanoes, despite the Queens burn
ing proclamations and harangues' the
volunteers have been few, for the ma.
tives fear the French and do not
love their tyrannical ruler.
The real monarch of Madagascar,
however, is not Queen Ranavolona
Ill, or as she prefers to be Called IA
uavolomaniaky Ill, but it IS the
Primo Minister, Rainilaiarivony.
whom tho curious law OF the lano
obliges to be the husband OF th'
Queen. Ho is now past seventy years
of age and has held his post for more
than thirty years, during which TIM
me has been tho husband of threo dlt
ferent queens. He it is who decide
all questions of state, and the Queen
part is merely to indorse his 1udS
ments. which she invariably docs.
The French Protectorate, who!
was established after the war OF 1859
has been bitterly opposed by Rain
ilaiarivony, and his hatred OF tn
whites has brought about the prescn
conflict. The French, however, hav
moro to feur from the fevers OF th
country than they hnvo from the III
trained troops which aro being gatl
cred with so much difficulty.
The Queen is we'll educated, thlrt.
five years old, and is fond OF playln
draughts and chewing betei. H' III
private expenses are paid from fun
to which oil who enter her presenc
are required to contribute t1ve-iran
piece (ono dollar. The yonnge
member of the royal household pr
sents hat in Which the money
placed. New York World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05

The recent vote in the British House
Of Commons on the navy estimates
was more than ordinarily significant
and impressive, declares the New York
Tribune. The estimates, ns is we'll
known, aro unprecedentedly large.
They provide for an increase OF naval
strength so vast as to startle even those
who are most familiar with the "bloat-
ed armaments" Of Europe. They com
NIT Great Britain definitely and en-
phatically to the construction aud
maintenance OF fleet llr.;er anal moro
powerful than the combine fleets OF
auy other two Powers, it not, indeed,
of all the European Powers. They
are such rs would few years ago have
aroused against them the opposition
of n formidable party in both House
and Nation. Yet on this occasion net
one man OF serious Importance raised
bis voice against them. and they went
through the House with only thirty
tF9 !lisseptinS votes
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SleeD and Insomnia.

Sleep is a greater mystery than iu-
somnia. We hear much of the latter
state in these days. But it is more
wonderful that we sleep so we'll than
that we are occasionally wakeful. We
hear more of sleoplcssness than our
forcfathers did. 1t is remarkable
fact that in scarcely any of the older
recognized textbooks of practice OF
physic is there any formal notice of
Insomnia per Sc. In later works, and
especially in those devoted to treat.
mcnt, the subject of insomnia does re,
cicve considerable attention. And
every now and again the sleeplessness
OF n great man in the world of science
or in that of politics reminds us that
eminence has its troubles, and of
sort which seldom affect the poor man.
1t is probable that this evil of wake.
iulress is moro common than 1t used
to be. The excitement, and especially
the worries, of life multiply. Many
of the arrangements OF society are OF
nature to dr1yeHaway sleep. Even
the very pleasures of life are so taken
by many as to rob them of one of the
greatest pleasures of all--au eight
hours sound sleep; for VIC maintain
thut this is what everybody should
aim at. 1t may secm n long time to
spend third of ones life in sleep.
But if the other two-thirds are used
well, there is little cause for blame.
No rule for all Gun be luid down; but
it would be well for most people in the
days in which We live to de-
vote eight hours 10 the cultivation OF
Inc mood and act OF sleep, and to re. !
sist The domination OF all habits and
that Rre inconsistent with
Ilss purpose, The Lancet,
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Electricity For Railroad Trains.

The announcement that the New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road has made contract with prom
inent ele ctrical company for the
first part Of it's equipment with cleo
trical motors has significanceIwhich
can hardly be overestimated. It
means that the march of electricity
on the domain of steam in railroad
Ing has reached stage from which
many OF the vague. generalities and
apparently wild theories OF electrical
engineers are looming up into distinct
and startling possibilities. The
operation of electric locomotives on
railroads Of fifty and one. hundred
miles is now under consideration,
and electrical experts are already re-
ducing to the level of o business dis.
cussion the question Of electrical
traction of heavy trains. The ideal
system has yet to be evolved; but the
direct current three wire system
of not less than 1000 volts
ON side, using the rail as balanc-
ing conductor, is freely advocated.
For traffic requiring frequent stops,
single cars, each equipped with it's
own motor, according to present
practice, could be used. Professor
Anthony is convinced that even now
electrically propelled trains, deriving
current from central stations
equipped with the best high duty
engines, can be run more economi-
cally than trains driven by steam To-
comotives, and any improvement in
the maintenance of high efficiency
with varying speed will give electrical
propulsion still greater advantage.
The greater flexibility of the electric,
as compared with the steam service,
is always great point in its favor.
Single cars running at frequent in
tcrvals accommodate the public far
better than long trains at long inter-
vals. And, as Professor Anthony
shows, such frequent single cars are
possible from each car becoming it's
own locomotive, the operating ap-
pliances occupying no room available
for passengers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05
QUEEN ANNE HOUSES.
They arc Popular, Although the
Name is Misleading.
(Cnrvrirhf ISgS)
Copyright 1S95.)


Queen Anne will have much to on
swer for if she is held accountable
for MI the architectural denominations
that have been erected in her name.
During the earlier days Of this coun'
try, the major part OF tho dwellings
were simple and plain and could give
but little direct offence to aesthetic
taste, even il lacking in some OF the
prime requisites of beauty. The
larger and moro expensive houses
were, happily. almost without excep.
ton, of the Colonial. style. and were
dignifed, stately, Comfortable and
substantial. But as wealth became
more widely dllfused and the tastes of
tho people grew moro pretentious,
architecture developed along lines
that were ugly almo.t to the verge Of
the srotesque. Simplicity gave place
to elaboration that was without rhyme
or reason. Instead of utility adorned,
which is, or should be, the end and
aim of architecture, ornateness was
sought even ct the expense of utility.
The hitleous structures of the "60's
aud 7O's," which line every street of
the older cities and dot every suburb,
we're the result. Gradually these
denominations grew to have certain
similarity and name was needed for
The style.
Among the different architectural
styles the Queen Anne seemed to
aaye the least strongly marked pecu-
iarities. It was q sounding title, and
The public, when it could not place
lwelling as Gothic. classic, Renais-
ance, Colonial, or what not, gravely
dubbed it Queen Anne. So it has come
bout in the usage { f uninformed peo-
lie that the Queen Anne style OF arch.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05

The London Spectator praises Lord
RoseberY for granting pension OF a
hundred pounds year to William
Watson, and thinks he might also have
conferred the laureateship on him
without risking the condemnation OF
any Judgment worth considering. 1t
regards swinburne as Watson's only
rival, and thinks that not even the
richness and melody of Swinburne's
early plays could outweigh "the lofty
and similarly crystal beauty OF Mr..
Watsoa's eleglacs and tire delicate
humor of his more familiar verse.
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cuts of my fa7orites, being sure You
will appreciate the novel and dainty

cuts OF my 1aVorltes, being sure You
will appreciate the novel and dainty
affairs r------- 81
responding. Vandykes Of ecru
guipure,, now laid over violet velvet,
now falling loosely over the chiffon,
enrich:the blouse and delight the eye.
In No. 2 there is large collar of
white muslin and lace, over Chine
silk blouse, shot-gray and red, and
showered over with tinny black spots.
No. 8 is exceedingly Partisan in
tone, made as it is of soft heliotrope
surah silk and ton lace insertion. The
frontis mass of tiny tucks, broken
here md there by band of insertion.
1t is If the pouch order and fastens OF.
the SIDE, while the back, which cor
responds in trimming, is close-ftting.
Pulled elbow sleeves are held into
the am by a twist of silk.
Poe helotrope surah is also used in
the lake.up No. 4, which boasts of
box lait and souave jacket of lace.
Nc s is quite a novelty in black
stocfnette, with apricot silk sleeves
an note the daintinoss-collar, box
plait dotted with groups of three
small buttons. The design may be
repeted in white or any colored silk.
IINo. the bodice is of shot-rose
andancy surah silk, spotted. The
cirelar yoke is trimmed with two
bans of tiny gathers, which almost
resnble q necklet, and the collar
bal is fulled ut the sides.
lere is no doubt that alpaca is to
be very serious rival to crepon as a
faionable fabric, and many dresses
TO ordinary wear are made of this
merial. In all cases the lawn collar,
eed with lace, is on enormous i'm
pEement to an alpaca coat.
gloves the latest thing is cane
ccred chevrette, finished with Victor
pits, black or self-colored, and four
Ice pearl buttons. Lavender and
vte kids will also be much worn.
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LATEST FASHIONS.
DIFFERENCEs BETWEEN ENG
LISH AND FRENCH MODES.
The French Woman's Hatis Perchcd
on Her Forehead, While Her Eng
lishsSister Is Very Prim-Look-
-. fng-Beautiful Blouses.

TYHERE is still an enormou!
~ difference between Frencl
and English styles, and where
6 Zone woman can wear the lat
Ter with qualification to herself and
friends, another looks much better
and prettier in Parisian-made gowns,
says.a Paris fashion letter to the New
York Journal.
To, begin with the hat, the French
woman wears that right on the top of
her forehead, her hair is dressed very
wide at the sides and very close to the
nape OF her neck in the back; her
skirt is extremely full in 'front.'. her
jacket left open, and quantities of rib
bons and laces adorn her neck.
Her English sister, on the contrary,
is very prim in appearance; the hat
sets far back, showing an expanso of
fringein front and large coils in tho
back; the fullness of the skirt is only
in the back, and tho blouse is inyari-
ablysof simple detail, with q neat box
olait down the front, gu;leIess of lace.
Speaking of blouses, L saw some
yenuinesbeauties in the shops yostcr-
10y, and accordingly send you some
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05
Fishing for Grease.

A curious sight followed the launch
of the st. Paul yesterday, when twen-
ty-fve or thirty rowboats, manned by
young men anil boys, who evidently
had an eye to business, were sent
skimmIng over the surface of the river
in search Of tallow. When vessel is
launched the tallow with which the
ways are CREASED flies out into the
water in great quantities. The boat.
men are not slow to take advantage of
this opportunity to earn IL few dollars,
and almost before the st. Paul came
to stnudstill yesterday tho water was
!dotted with the skins, and all the
available tallow was gathered in. This
lis sold back to the dealers AMI used
over again, philadelphia Record,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05
Veterans OF Foreign Birth.

In the Togus (Me.) Soldiers Home
n cnreful estimate shows that the num-
bers of foreign born and native in,
mates are about equal, although OF
the close of tho war the former were
in the largo majority. This is easily
explained. Many of the foreign borI
Union volunteers had no families l
this country. They were young mel
and when the war left thom wrecl
they perforco went to Togus and
the other branches of the Nntior
Homo. The most of American BOZ
of course, had relatives and homes
which they could 60, and there Il /
remained until actually obliged by
crcasing years and infirmitios to 6
tho homo. Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05

A well-known European enginee-
who has been exploring the Panama
Isthmus for many years reports that
he has discovered route along the
Toto, Javiesa anG Tuyra Rivers by
which the two oceans can be con-
nected by ship canal at a total cost
of not more than slS,Oo0,00o. The
most important work on the route
would be O tunnel under the Cordilleras
two miles long, which could be built
for s11, 900, 900. Only two tidal locks,
one on each side of the mountain,
would be required.
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change criticise the new cap as being

change criticise the new cap as being
devoid of what they term military
smartness," but none of them has as
yet attempted to assail the cap as a
practical piece of wearing apparel.
Among tine advantages it has over the
present headgear the most conspicu-
Gus one is that 1t will stay on the head
without being held; another advan-
tage is the sloping visor, which affords
grateful protection to the eyes,
Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05

rooms. with mantels over SAME. Vestl-
bule door is made to slide to avoid
interference with passage to stairway.
Sliding doors connect dining and sit,
ting rooms; back stairway to second
stairway. Sliding doors, frepiaces
and mantels, and part of the Veranda
NAV be omitted. Bathroom with
partial or full set of plumbing may be
introduced.
Cost: s2687. This includes man.
tells but not the range and heater !;
the estimate based on New York
prices for materials and labor, but in
many sections of the country the cost
should be less.
The name "Queen Anne" is quite
misleading, for the style partakes
more of the nature of the buildings
of the earlier Renaissance or OF the
Elizabethan period than of those OF
Queen Anne's reign. 1t has also bor'
rowed from the Renaissance OF Ger.
many and France, us we'll as some OF
it's best ientures from the classic and
the late Gothic styles. The Queen
Anne style is best fitted to villas and
structures of that order.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05
How Brick Tea Is Made.

Great quantities of ten are exported
10 Russia and Mongolia every year in
the shape of bricks, writes Frank G.
Carpenter. These are made of the
lower grades of ten and of tea dust.
The leaves are ground up and steamed
and cooked until they are soft and
mushy. They are then put into
molds about the size of an ordinary
brick and are pressed into shape, so
that they become as hard as chocolate
cakes. The finer varieties are molded
into small cakes, in fact, of just about
the size of the small cakes of sweet
chocolate which you buy in the candy
stores. visited several of the fac
tories in Hankow, which make this
kind of tea, and the process was even
less appetizing than that which de-
soribed as to the ordinary tea. The
factories, in the first place, are very
warm. The steaming tea is handled
by dirty coolies, and is sweetened by
perspiration. After the bricks are
finished they are carried by boats up
the rivers and canals to Tientsin, and
from thence go on camels into Mon
golia and on to Russia. There
about sixty bricks in on. ag6, apL
they are 30 arranged thu they car hv
carried on camels. Tlis brick tca
takes the place of mo. y
parts of Asia, end ID
passes as currency, each
worth from fifteen to -
The MoagQls divide o
the 1argest'of the -DffSRR- -z. -s....,..
in Hankow, anil :. met Ru. ..s al.ere
who were MAKING fortun II
brick Rus.
of the factories
thousand hands, a..
almost as great as that of Shipping
ron fo Eurona
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05
WAISTS GROW IN BEAUTY.

Nothing seems to affect tho popu.
larjty of the ever-lovely fancy whist.
Its economy is doubtless Que good
reason for thls, for with one smart
skirt and several dainty waists nam-
Der of striking toilets may bo evolved
at comparatively small expense. The
style is also becoming to nearly every
sort of figure, and is happy medium
between absolute evening dress and
the severity of the street gown.
Chiffon continues to be tho fhvorito
material used. Its delicacy of texture
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05
A NEW sWINDLE

which the people of the South
are resenting, is the efforts of
some to sell them limitations for
the real Simmons Liver Regu-
lator, because they make more
money by the imitation = and
they care little that they swindle
the people in selling them an
inferior article. It's the money
they are after, and the people can
look out for themselves. Now
this is just what the people are
doing, and merchants are having
a hard time trying to get people
to take the stuff they offer them
in place of Simmons Liver Reg
ulator-which is the "King Of
Liver Medicines" because it never
fails to give relief in all liver
troubles. Be sure that you get
Simmons Liver Regulator. You
know it by gs@6fssa the sa me
old stamp gsSa5A of the Rcd
q on the Masw packa ge.,
1t has 49, ~ never fail
ed you, r. co.. Hs and people
who have eszzgg been per-
suaded to take something else have
always come back again to The
Old Friend. Better not take any,
thing else but that made by J.H.
zEIL1N & Co., Philadelphia.
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YACHTING SUITS,

Anything more natty or effective
than the suits designed to be worn by
the bellies of the yachts it would be
difficult to imagine. Mohair and
blue and white stripe duck are favor
ite materials, and fetching model
just completed Is of electric blue
plurette, with jaunty Elton jacket and
blouse of corn color satin rhadame.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05
Governor Maryil's ForeboAin!

That Governor Marvil did ne
pcct to live long is shown by hisl
words. On the day of his inar'
ton, as he rode to the Court = =
to take the oath of Office, he REM
to Governor Reynolds, who We
occupant of the carriage with !
"Governor, this IS q great w
me. It's the proudest momeny
life, but ] will not live lonti'
Watson will he Governor. ;.
Governor Ecynolds told n ~.
mato friends OF tue new Ga,
remarks, hut they never wf'i'e
pubic until now. -Wilmln3Fh)
Eewe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05

"The advantages of kissing" savs
DR.. A. E. Bridges in the British Meii-
cal Journal, outweigh its inGn;tesi-
NAL risk; for itprorides Us with nj
crobes useful for digestion. Even
the strongest advocate OF kissing will
admit, opines the New York Tribune,
that this is somewhat grevsomo s1d
unpleasant view of OSCILLATION.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-06-05
A QUEEN ANNE VILLA.

ing the reign OF Queen Anne were
simple and plain, with classic cornices
and details, and frequently had largo
windows that werc often divided by
mullions. Some of the picturesque
features of the old buildings are utll-
lied to the best advantage IN the
modern revised styles, and an interest
ing example accompanies this article;
The perspective view is shown ana
the principal rooms and their sizes,
closets, ETC., will be found ny reier-
cnce to the floor plans.
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New United States Army Can.

Herewithispresented o picture of the
now cap for the United States Army, C
cap that seems to be q much more sensi-
BILE piece of headgear than the one which
it will displace after July l, as to Of
fcers, and after January l, 1896, for
enlisted men. Those among army
officers who see no necessity for q
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FOR OUTING DRESSES.

The outing dress, with jacket bodice,
is going to be made with the godet
skirt very full, and the bodice has o
short ripple basque with two tiny
pockets in the fronts and the rcgula.
tion revers with turn-down collar.
The vest of this dres: material forms
o big box plait in the center, with
several tucks at the top on either sido
of the center plait. II desired tho
vest can he OF silk, with stock collar,
and for warner days shirt waist
can be substituted.