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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-01

factories and workshops where all the
ready made garments are prepared and
where thousands of women, men and
young girls and lads are employed. Here
the fancy silk waists, the tea gowns,
cloaks and capes are made, and the mum.
bers and kinds leave confusion in the
mind as great as that of the tongues did
of old
But after days reflection and over
looking of notes find one thing dominat-
ing all others, and that is that the rage
for crepons has reached the stage of in
sanity Never has there BEEN am told
such rage for any one fancy in dress ma
terial. True the weaves, colors and pat
terms are diverse and certainly beautiful,
and the tagging taste is always stimulat-
ed with something new. 1t is not possible
to describe all the crepons, but l will
mention two or three new ones There is
one crinkle called the lizard, another done
in the alligator markings and another in
chrysanthemum weave. This kind is
shown only in dark, rich colors, such as
brown, blue and purplish terra Gotta
The weave is such that it looks like the
petals of a large double chrysanthemum
and is certainly most beautiful in the
piece. This and the other fine varieties
are all silk though there is plenty of cot
ton and wooden crepon.
Naturally no one expects to trim the
skirts to such gowns. The soft and deli
cate chiffons and silk muslns are shown
in all the same colors and are well adapt
ed for trimmings Many of the chiffons
are perforated and embroidered so that
! they give beautiful finish One way that
| noticed of using these was to have sort
| of n basque drapery of chiffon to match
! the gown, and on the shoulders full jabot
bretelles, reaching, however, only to the
bust. The crepon skirts are usually mad
to fall in straight and soft lines, though
sometimes we will see a stiff outstanding
circular 1t is not pleasing, though. The
chief beauty of the crepon Is its artistic
lines.
For evening and for wedding gowns
saw most exquisite fancy. 1t was mat
white chiffon MORE. 1t was too lovely tc
describe. AS wedding dress nothing
could be so very suitable. Point lace
would look like frostwork over it, and
tulle but add to its cleaning wilderness
The striped silk muslins are very beauti
full and show so many styles of stripes
wide narrow, waved, fulled, satin and
openwork, that my fountain pen runs dry
while am thinking of them. One thing
not generally known is that the chiffons
and silk muslins can be washed wher
soiled. All that is necessary is to rinse
them we'll shake the garment smartly anC
let it dry without ironing it,
Next to these come the light silks
These, as rule, have dark grounds witt
small printed figures in bright colors il
neat design There are hundreds of sucl
silks each different design being carried
out in IL colors, so that everybody may b'
satisfied Some of these printed silks hav,
a genuine Persian shawl design, though
very small, all over the surface. This
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-01
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. WlnslOw's Soothing syrup mas Decn u.s.
ed by millions OF mothers for their children
while teethlng. IL disturbed ut nigll and
broken OF your rest by a sick child uiirring
and crying with pain OF cutting teeth, :, nd at
once and get a bottle of Mrs. Win,lCw's
Soothing Syrup tor children teething. j. will
relieve the poor little sufferer immedi tely.
Depend upon 1t, mothers, there is no mi stake
about it. II cures diarrhPa, regulates the
ems the gums and reduces infiammat on, and
gives tone and ergy to the whole system.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething is pleasant to the taste and Is the
prescription and discovery OF one of the old.
est and best female physicians and nurses in
the United States. Price twenty-five cents 81
bottle. Sold by all druggists throughout the
world. Be sure ana ask for "MRs. WINsLow's
SOOTHING SYRUP"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-01

NECKWEAR AND EMBROIDERED MORE GOWN
with its soft mingling of tints, is very
handsome. There is always "A dark hack
ground to these silks, but it shows So lit
tie that one must look for it,
The taffota and glace silk comes next
This is often made in two tones as before
and is changeahle Some is plain, bur
the most of this has the daintiest Of small
woven figures all over it, sometimes swivel
weave and and sometimes regularly bro
caded on Then there are the delicious
cheneys, with thoir delicate ground and
soft vague flowers, some few large, but
mostly small this season. The cheney pat
terms have always had their admirers, and
it is NO wonder There are crisp, firm
tatfetas in stripes, in notified patterns
whore the general ooloring is dark but
comedy, like brown and black, slate and
black, blue and madden combined with
black. In fact every one of all these
kinds of silks has its IL brothers or sis
tiers. After these come the delightful
Dresden silks in light tints, with satin
stripes on which one finds tiny mites of
flowers along tho stripe. There are rich
satin brocades where the satin is woven
in peau de sole manner close and firm
The patterns on the brocades are usually
geometrical OF some fancy arabesque o.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-01

"My suffering every month was dread
full. The doctor gave me morphine to
ease the pain. but nothing to cure me;
and was obliged to spend two or three
days in bed. Now | have no pain at all.
9! can work harder, and be on my feet
longer. than have for years. canrot
praise your medicine enough. am glad
to tell every one that | was cured by
Lydid Z. Pinkhom'S Vegetable Com
pound" - Mrs. NEWTON COBB, Man
chester, Ohio. All druggists sell it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1895-03-01

The British museum has coins or med
ais Of every Roman emperor
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
Beware of Fruit Skins.

Fruit skins carry germs and are no
more intended for human sustenance
than potato skins, melon rinds or pea
pods. The bloom of the peach is
luxuriant growth of microbes, that OF
grape only less so, and when these
skins are taken into the stomach they
find more favorable conditions for
their lively and rapid development,
which cause the decay of the fruit be.
fore it is possible to digest it. This is
the reason many persons think they
cannot eat raw fruit. If they would
in all cases discard the skin they could
derive only good from the fruit itself.
Nature provides the skin for the pro-
lection of the fruit from the multitude
of germs which are ever ready to at
tack it, as is evidenced when the skin
is bruised or broken in any way. The
microbes at once begin their work OF
decay, and the fruit is unfit for food.
Children are chief offenders in respect
to this rule and should be carefully
watched and frequently cautioned. A
daintiness as to the condition of fruit
should be cultivated to prevent its be-
ing eaten uuripe or too old or on the
verge of decay. Remember that it is
sweet and ripe fruit, in prime condi-
tion only, that is recommended
PbiZ1deL,,hia Times,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
Habits OF the First Americans.

Iu James Moneys "Thc Siouau
Tribes of the East" publication of
the Bureau OF Ethnolosy) the ways OF
the Indians Of Virginia and the Caro-.
linas urc described. "For counting
they used pebbles Or bundles of short
reeds or straws. Heaps OF stones in-
dicatetl the number OF persons killed
ON battlefield" 1t hrs been before
presented in this column how primi-
tive men kept count. If men were
going into fight, it is quito possible
that the chief might have told every
one OF his followers to put pebble IN
u certain place and to remove 1t II he
came out OF the action. OF course
the dead aud wounded we're unable to
do this, AMI so might an estimate be
made of the "dcad, wounded and
missing" Going back still further,
one might be led to suppose that tue
Cairm might have originated in this
way. Mr.. Mooney quotes, too, Byrd,
M early white explorer Of Virginia,
and Byrd describes the Indian process
CT making fire by rubbing together
two dry sticks OF papaw wood. The
ceremonial in the making of u virgin
fire was carried out vigorously. The
wood used had never before served,
and it was deemed II. sacrilcgo to take
fire which had already been burning.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
The Great Wall oil China.

Authorities differ as to the exact
late when the great wall of China was
built, but the consensus OF opinion
appears to be that 1t was begun, at
least, in the reign of the Emperor
Che-Hwang-Te, the founder of the
Tsin dynasty, who assembled the throne
in 231 B. c., and died 2l0 B. c.
There does not seem to be any reason
for doubling its actual existence. It
is true that the late Carter Harrison,
of Chicago, when visiting China in
1886, wrote home that he wasinclined
to look upon it as q myth. Subse.
aueutly paragraph went the round
Of the papers, copied from the London
Times of August 5, 1887, which at
tempted to show on tho authority OF
Able Larrien that the great wall
"does not and mover did exist, that
there are, indeed, Square towers of
earth faced with brick at considerable
distance from each other, but these
were never joined together by any
wall as originally intended" This
paragraph called out lively contro-
versy which was settled in favor OF
the wall. Among others, II. S. Ashbee
wrote to Notes md Queries insisting
that he himself bad seen the great
wall, that he had climbed upon it, ana,
though he had never measured it nor
travelled along it for any great length,
he could bear ocular evidence that it
extended from the point where he
stood upon it in straight line, un-
broken save in places where it had
been allowed to fall into decay, rs far
as the eye could reach in either di-
rection. "While crossing the Gulf OF
Liao-Tong I plainly saw, from the
deck of the steamer, where the great
wall started from the sea. Further,
in the same part of China, but uncon.
nected with the great wall, I observed
the square towers IN question. New
York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
Houses in Great C'iLieS.

Tho following computation of the
comparative density of the population
of the world is interesting in connec-
tion with tho recent Investigations
regarding tenement-houses in New
York, which, as will be seen, is the
most crowded city in tie world:
In all the countries of Europe, in
the United States and in the Domin-
ion OF Canada, there are, so far MS re-
cent authentic figures show, 70,000,-
900 houses. There are $40, 900 houses,
some of them unsubstantial affairs, in
the city of Toxic, japan, one for
every five people, 80 that the Japanese
metropolis does not suffer from over
crowding.
New York has 115, 900 houses, aver
aging eighteen residents to each.
London, the greatest accumulation Of
Inhabitants in the world, hns 600, 900
houses, or seven residents in each on
an average. The average number Of
residents in q house in Paris is twen-
ty-fve, which is about fifty per cent.
greater than in New York. The ma.
iority OF public buildings in Paris are
utilized for purposes of residence, es-
pecially upon the top floors, whereas
in New York scores OF the buildings in
every street downtown are given over
exclusively to business purposes. In
the square mile OF more OF the terri
tory between Wall and Spruce streets
and between Broadway and the East
River, there were at the recent elee-
tion only 433 yotors, representing q
total population of 1850.
In oil computations OF city popula-
tion by houses, Philadelphia ranks as
n shining example OF big town
which has plenty OF elbow room to
expand in. Philadelphia, with popu'
latlon in excess OF l, 900, 900, has 49,
600 houses. It is less densely popu-
lated than London, but not much less
so.-Architecture and Building.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
The Growth Of Our Country.

Harper's Weekly, in discussing tho
material growth of the country be-
tween 1878 and 1894, gives there fig
ures: "In 1873 the net deposits in
the national banks of the United States
were s673, 400, 900; in 1894 they were
50, ,O19, 10000 In 1873 this country
exported cotton goods to the value OF
So, ,947,52S. In 1894 its exports of
cotton in quantity had multiplied
more than four-fold, and their value
had increased to $14, ,340,S86. In 1873
the country produced 264,314, l4s gal
Ions of crude petroleum, and in 1894
its production had increased to 2, ,033,-
331,972 gallons. In 1873 the total
product of cane sugar in this country
was 134, 1872, 493 pounds; in 1894 it
was 61O, 1926, ,6lS pounds. 10 1873 our
wool product was 1873, 900, 900 pounds;
in 1894 it was 298, ,o57, 1874 pounds. In
1873 we manufactured 2,401, ,202 tons
of pig iron; in 1894 we made 1924
SOP pounds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
Depeyy on the South.

The great opportunities of our coun-
try aro in the south. The flood of
immigration which has been pouring
into this country for fifty years has
sought the west, the northwest and the
Pacific coast. In these southern states
we find, as nowhere else in the country,
the original stock which fought at Cow
pens and Kings mountain and York
town. The composite of all Traces which
has developed the continent from the
great lakes to the Pacific hasset a stand
ard of progress difficult to surpass.
They bad the advantage of virgin soil
and uninhabited regions in which to
locate and build their Commonwealths
and found their cities. The intelligent
patriotism of the southern people in
the last quarter of century has over
come difficulties which seemed insur-
mountable. A recognition of the as
similating and elevatiug power OF edu-
cation has created the New South with
its hospitable invitation and boundless
resources. The young men of the
south have no call to tempt fortune in
the crowded cities of the north or the
east. At their doors and within their
own states are their missions and their
carces. -Chaunccy M DepcW.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
To Ebonize Wood.

To make woods, such as cherry, ma
hogany, etc., look like ebony, the fol.
lowing directions are given by the
Boston Journal of Commerce: To i'm
itate black ebony, first wet the woods
with solution of logwood and cop
peras, boiled together and laid on hot.
For this purpose two ounces OF log
wood chips, with one and half ounces
of copperas to quart of water, will be
required. When the work has become
dry wet the surface again with mix
ture of vinegar and steel filings. This
mixture may be made by diesolving
two ounces of steel filings in one.half
pint of vinegar. When the work has
become dry again sandpaper down un-
til quite smooth. Then oil and fill it
with powdered drop-black mixed in
the filler. Work to be ebonized should
be smooth and free from holes, etc.
Tho work may receive a light coat of
quick-drying varnisb, and then be rub
bed with finely pulverized pumice
stone and linseed oil until very smooth.
-Erchon0e.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
He Will Not Drown himself
(Fron The Tron, N. z, Times.)

.
Rw. Edwards. OF fansingburgb, was pros
trated by sunstroke during tho war aud Il
has entaiIed on him peculiar and serious
consequences. At the present writing Mr.. 4.
is prominent officer Of Post Lyon, G. a. r.,
Cohoes, and past aid de camp on the STAFF
OF the commander-in-chief Of Albany Co. In
the interview with reporter lie said:
~ was wounded and sent to the hospital
at Winchester. They sent me, together with
others, to Wnshington-a ride Of about leo
miles. Having no room in the box cars ne
were placed face up on tho bottom OF fat
cars. The sun beat down upon our unpro-
teoted heads. When reached Washington
I was insensiblo and was unconscious for ten
days while In the hospital. An ahscess gatn-
cred In my ear and bro:e; it has been gath
ering and breaking ever since. Tho result
OF this 100 mile ride and sunstroke was heart
disease, nervous prostrattoD, insomnia and
rheumatism; q completely shattered system
which gave me no rest night or Gay. As q
last resort took some Pink Pills end they
helped me to q wonderful degree. My rheu-
matisnl is gene, my heart failure, dyspepsia
and constipation are about gone, and the ab-
scess In my ear has stopped discbarging and
my head feels as clear rs O bell, when before
It felt as though it would burst, and my once
shattered nervous system Is now nearly
sound. Look III those fingers" Mr.. Edwards
said, lido they look us II there WINS any rheu-
matisn tbere?" He moved his fingers rapid
ly and freely and strobe about the room like
a young boy. "Ayear ngo those fingers We're
gnarled OF the joints and so stifr that could
not hold pen. My knees would swell up
and I could not stralgbten my legs out. My
joints would squeak when I moved them.
That ia the living truth.
"Whcn came to think that was going
to be crippled with rheumatism, together
with the rest Of my ailments, I tell you life
seemed not worth living. suffered from
despondency. cannot begin to tell you,"
said Mr.. Edwards, as lie drew long breath,
"what my feeling Is at present. l think IL
you lifted ten years right OF my life and left
me prime and vigorous Mt forty-seren, I
could feel no better. I was an old man and
could only drag myself painfully. about the
houee. Now I can walk off without any
trouble. Thnt in ITSELF" continued MIR.
Edwards, "would be sufficient to give me
Gauge for rejoicing, but when you come to
consider that am no longer what you
might call nervous, and that my heart is ap-
parently nearly healthy, and that can sleep
nights, you may realize why may appear to
speak in eItravagant praise Of Pink Pills.
These pills quiet my nerves. take that awful
depression from my head and at the same
time enrich my blood. There seemed to be
no circulation in my lower limbs year ago,
my legs being cold and clammy ut times.
Now the circulation there is as full and as
brisk rs at any other part Of my body. 1
used to be so lght-headed and dizzy from
4lok 11rf oil
while crossing the floor Of my house. Spring
Is coming and never felt better in my life.
and am looking forward to busy season
OF work" ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
Her Face M Inspiration.

There is face which I meet fire.
uuently on the street. 1t is not par
ticularly beautiful face, but it is SO
bright and so happy that the atmos-
phere always seems clearer after it
mas passed. It's owner is evidently n
working girl, for each morning she
takes car Mt certain corner, and
she carries o lunch. And I feel like
congratulating the firm which has
captured that ray OF sunshine to light
up some dingy Office or beam across
some dreary dry goods counter at the
impatient customers. I am sure she
is worth her weight in gold-to her en-
ployer.
Her face but puts in contrast the
multitude of gloomy, weary, worried,
sorrow stricken countenances one sees
passing up and down the city streets,
and leads one to wonder why there
are not moro of these exceptions II
it is possible to cultivate such dis.
position as shines out through pair
of laughing eyes, there's II deal OF
blame attached to those people whose
faces have the effect OF m August
thunder cloud on tho community
New York Press
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
How to Mail Stamps, Etc.

How many people know how to mail
q stamp in letter? Nine people out
of ten stick it so carefully down that
the recipient always loses his ttmper,
and generally the stamp. in tho effort
to release it. It is really more exas-
peratipg than when the sender forgets
altogether the stamp he should have
inclosed, for then, at least, it. is not
wasted. Even the most extrayagant
of us seldom have souls above saving
stamp, for it is, strangely, far dearer to
us than the cents its represents. The,
tenth person sends it loose, which is,
well enough, providing it does not
slip out unseen and vanish, as these
totally deprayed small things have
habit of doing. Tho proper way is q {
simple one. Cut with sharp pom
knife two parallel slits at the top OF
your letter and slip in your stamps,
which will thus travel as safely as if'in
q special paper case. Perhaps you
have been in country village, where
money orders and postal notes are un-
known, and for some reason it becomes
necessary to send change in o letter.
Cut piece OF light cardboard the size
of the envelope, and from this cut cir
culsr pieces the size of your coins.
Insert the coins and paste slip OF pa
per across one or both sides. s.-Dcn'-
orests Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
THE JusrNEss OF PosrER1TY.

eff 1t hadn't been for you." OBJ
served the shade of Napoleon, accost-
ing the shade Of the Duke of Yelling
ton, "the world might have been
mine.
"That is true" the shade of the
Iron Duke complacently replied. 81
must confess that I was too many for
you"
"And Yet," the Emperor continued,
"look here
Together they leaned over the
cloudy battlements.
"Observe," Napoleon said, with o
broad, downward sweep of his arm
thousands of books, millions of maya
zines, portraits my own mother
wouldn't recognizc-the whole world
talking Napoleon.
''Anl what of me2" the Duke said.
"Well," Napoleon patronizing re-
turned, "now and then you are men,
toned. 1n footnote, maybe.
Refectiyely stroking his high.
shouldered proboscis the Duke OF
Wellington turned sadly away.
':And to think" he muttered bit
terly, "that 1 should be responsible
for this mans greatness. Wnterlooloo
! was !"-Rockland Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
Sad Fate of n "BoO ner's" Family.

A dispatch from Guthrie, Oklahema,
says q sad sequel to the wild rush into
the Kickapoo reservation was viewed
in this city Wednesday, when man
named Winchester, from Southeastern
Kansas, drove through the city en-
route to his old home, having in his
wagon coffin containing the body OF
his wife and child, who were killed in
the rush for claims Mt the recent open
ing. In the first wild rush Valches-
ter's wagon, struck q stone, partly
overturned, aud threw out the woman
aud little one, who were trampled to
death by score or more horses. No
man ever made sadder journey than
this poor man on his way to his old
home with oil he possessed and oil he
loved. He had made II struggle for q
new home, and just rs it came In
sight death claimed his wife and child,
killed in the mad fight for land. New
York Mail and Express.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
All Smiths There.

They tell story in Dalton, Co., OF
q recent revival meeting in one of the
rural districts of Whitfield county.
In the middle of the services the
preacher said:
"Will Brother Smith please lead in
prayer?"
Seven men arose and began praying
at once.
This embarrassed the preacher and
he said hurriedly:
II mean Brother John Smith ~
At this announcement one sat down
and five more got up and hogan pray
ing. The preacher saw his mistake,
said nothing and let the eleven pray it
out among themselves.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-08-07
Making Himself Useful.

A woman residing in fiat ordered a
picco of ice from the grocery. The
youth WHO brought it was a German.
He put it on tho dumb waiter in the
basement to be hoisted up. She pulled
away. -
"Gracious she exclaimed. "How
heavy this ice is! The grocer must
have given mo good weight"
BY great exertion she succeeded in
getting the dumb waiter up. To her
astonishment she found the boy seated
on the ice. With what breath she had
left she demanded:
"What did you make me pull you up
here for?"
"Why," replied the boy, II thought
the cake would be too heavy for you to
lift, so came Up to help you off with
il, ''-Shoe and Leather Reporter.