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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

entry; four large rooms on the sec:
ond floor, besides servants rooms aud
bath. with full set of plumbing. Open
freplaces may be introduced in
two of the upstairs bedrooms.
Double sliding or folding doors may
be used between parlor and hall and
sitting room and hall instead of por-
there openings. Boy window may be
planned at side of dining room and
the side porch may be entirely
omitted.
This design is capable of various
notifications, but as described would
cost about s4500, not including man
tells, range and heater, this estimate
being based on New York prices for
materials and labor. In many Sec
tions of tho country the cost should
be less.
In conclusion it may be said that
our ancestors of the Colonial period
gave architecture, as they gave state"
craft and the general affairs Of life q
wise direction that was in every way
admirable. 1t is fitting indeed that
we should keep them in grateful re-
membrance,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15
Bark a Fuel in the Northwest.

Bark is favorite fuel in the North
west. The erergreens of the region
consume quickly in the open fireplace
and leave nothing but light ashes, but
the bark of these same trees, very
thick and heavy, burns more slowly
and falls into embers that give out II
satisfying heat for .many hours.-Chi-
cago es-Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15
FASHIONABLE BONNET,

This bonnet is of white velvet, ar.
ranged in plaits down the back, and
lined with golden velXeett = It is turned
back Purit[n FASH front and
edged w1tla JET is trimmed in
front with two hoops u saa!tiia saa!ia El5bon,
lined with velvet and elged with jet.
They are kept in position by the Vic
toria stiffener and finished with knot
of satin ribbon and O fine jet orna-
ment; at the back the cloth is ar
ranged in en- end, which rests on the
hair, the plaits being finished with O
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

low of much more dressing and cut
ting, while the blonde should be care-
full to have simple way of arranging
her locks. The accordion knot" is q
pretty way for either blonde or bru-
nette. Then there ore accordion puffs
for more dressy occasions.
Study yourself before attempting to
wear your hair in any of the fashion
able ways is good advice.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15
tricity,

England is not generally thought OF
as gold producing country, but
knowledge says that there gre per-
haps few countries in the world in
which the metal is more generally dis
tributed. The principal mines in
Wales, now ABANDONED. were worked
as long ago as the Roman occupation.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15
Postage Stamps Sold for High Sum

Very high prices, in some cases the
highest on record, were obtained for
postage stamps at recent London
sale. A Ceylon 4 pence rose, un-
used, brought $3.50; Mauritius post
paid 9 pence blue, $500; a Cape OF
Good Hope penny blue, error, 1925;
1 pence red, error, $3.50; reunion
Is centimes, first issue, $3.50. Two
hundred dollars each was paid for o
New Brunswick violet l shilling
stamp and British Guiana yellow 4
cent stamp; nineteen other stamps
were sold for 800 or over and eleven
for $50 or more.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15
-snperintendent of Agriculturo Nor

Superintendent of Agriculture Nor
Ton ssys Tnsv the greatest enemy %
the export trade in apples of the UNI
ted States is the codling moth, but
that the entire crop could be made
wormless by spraying at the proper
season with solution of Paris green.
He says that Great Britain alone dur
ing the nine months ending with Sep
tember, 1894, paid the orchards Of the
United States 100000
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15
CONCERNING CoIFFUREs.

How to wear the hair becominsly
and yet be in the fashion ought rather
to be the question than following
fashions dictates exclusively.
Blond hair is naturally more fluffy
than dark, therefore do not curl or
friz too much. Dark hnir will al-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

The Boston Transit Commission will
relieve the narrow, crooked M |
crowded streets by subway, begin
ming in the Public Garden and ending
at Park street. The subway will be
partly double-track and partly quad
ruple, and will be lighted by cleo
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

fectly sphericnl ones roll down, the
others remaining, being what are
termed ''lazy." Polishing in revolv-
ing cylinders, sorting as to size, and
packing in bags for the market finish
up tho history of manufacture.-
Cassicr's Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15
tions.

Schools of stenography and type
writing turn their pupils to use by
doing at rather low rates typewritins
for lawyers and others. The copying
makes good practice for the pupil
and incidentally brings in consider
able revenue to the school.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

The worlds chief supply of alabas'
Ter comes from the quarries OF Vol
terra, some thirty miles southeast Of
Pisa, in Italy, where this industry
has been handed down for genera
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

any other potted plant that will har-
monize with the colors used. The re-
sult is charming to q degree.
One can imagine herself in the gar
den, surrounded by natures beauties,
while the tid-bits of the table seem to
taste rs if fairies, not cooks, had made
them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15
It is said that tho late patent &C.
cision is likely to cheaper telephone
service amazingly.
Athletics are said to be languishinS
in our colleges. Football is under. ban
and baseball is too slow.
There are about $4,000, 1000 houses
in this country, with less than SIX
people to each on the average.

An educational qualification will
hereafter be required of men seeking
enlistment in the United States
Army.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

According to the New York Tribune,
in every country of the globe the far
mer is raising wall of distress. Farm
products are too cheap.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15
PRETTY TABLE DECORATION.

The very latest idea for table deco
ration is trailing vines and flowers,
with small centrepiece of azaleas or
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

petual and prolific fruit bearer and
one of its remarkable qualities is that
the toughest meat may be made per-
fectly tender by stepping it in tho
milky juice of the papaw. The scien-
tilic name of the fruit is carica papaya.
Florida Monthly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

The value Of the butter expectation
from France averages nearly $l7, ,0OO,.
900 u year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

make her permanent home, and
where Mrs. U. s. Grant will live with
her. Mrs Sartoris has n son and two
beautiful little daughters, one OF
whom has talent for acting.-Ncw
York Advertiser
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

Europe is beginning to take an in
terest in American colonial art.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

small, in baskets. These hands are
paid from 81 to S1.50 per day and
board.
In each section of the field is en-
other contrivance called 'sorter, "
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

SOME Australian railways have Itdy
station masters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

Jet ornament; strings of golden vel
vet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

chambers. c'wo rooms may be finished
off in the attic, or the attic may be
finished off handsomely in hard wood
as q billiard room. Full set of plumb
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-05-15

up with steep and forbiddiIg stairs.
The rooms are all square, roomy and
light; tho general design of the whole
house, in fact, making q most impos-
ipC o1,,,ooroDna
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
JOHN At THE PLAY.
The Laundry Work Not so Attrac-
tive ms the Fat to he Seen,

The Laundry Work Not so Attrac-
tive ms the Fat to he seen
\ leading woman who is playing at
a Broadway theater told me the OTHER
day of a curious experience she had
In the way Of criticism by a Chinese
laundryman on her performance. He
was so punctual In his weekly calls,
and such n dainty and D~ainstaking
laundryman altogether, that she gave
him an order for two seats In the bal.
cohy one night last week, that he
might see some Of his clear starchins
on the stage, and incidentally herself.
The next night she saw him grinniny
at her from a front row in company
! n compatriot. And after his MOTT
call she asked him curiously how he
liked the performance. He said he
liked IL very much.
"What did you think OF me?" she de-
handed.
"I.ikee missee velly much" he pro-
tested with a wide smile.
BETTER than anybody elseT' she In
sisted coquettishly.
"oh, yes, yes" the Chinaman cried,
ciapping his hands.
"Now, why did you like me better
than the rest OF the ladies, John?' she
demanded.
"More fat" instantly replied her
Oriental critic.-New York Press.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

ous. She Is almost invariably laced so
tightly that her breathing Is necessari-
ly done in the upper part OF her lungs
and the flesh heaves painfully with
each labored respiration. Ever moder-
ateiy low-cut bodices display ali the
workings of her respiratory system and
the beholder Is taken painfully deep
into the workings Of natures laws
when he gazes upon her. The only way
for such a woman to make herself eli
gible for membership in the society
where low-cut frocks are a necessity
Is to take to banting and TO wear high
necked black velvet frocks and point
lace while that Is doing its perfect work.
IL is difficult to convince the members
of this latter class that they do not
possess exactly the proper sort OF a fig
ure to display to the admiring world.
They cannot grasp the fact that beauty
consists In form, not flesh, and that
too much flesh is as sure TO mean form
lessness as too little.
There is a certain style Of low neck
which n go TO almost any depth and
yet seem deliciously modest. Ii Is that
simple seeming V, which, mario wing
from the throat TO the bust until il
reaches a point, pleases the artist by
not cutting across the curve OF the bos-
ON and satisfies the purist by apparent
ly concealing the bust. A square or
round cut bodice which is half so low
as one of these deceptive VS. would
cause its wearer to feel a well-gTound-
ed fear Of Mr.. Comstock and his min
ions. The rule seems to be that IL one
must have a very low-cut frock, she
must make II a V, and that IL she
wants a broad effect she must have
her bodice begin just above the curve
In the bosom.
AS to the back OF the gown, n may
have IL quite low without raising the
objections Of the censors Of morality.
The back Is a rather plain surface and
1t makes tolerably little difference
where the bodice begins. Only it is to
be remembered that shoulder blades,
like collar bones, are distinctly and in
variably immodest.
The hygenic view of the matter is,
of course, that the wearing of a low-cut
gown and drinking prussia acid are
crimes belonging in the same category.
The average doctor feels the utmost
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
A Barrel of Flour for n Bcav.

A Presque Isle merchant recently
carried out a satisfactory transaction
on the principle that a bear, In the
bush Is worth a barrel of flour In the
hand, although III theory ii was con-
trary to the maxims of Poor Richard
and all the other philosophers. A long.
lank fellow from the backwoods,
who's, garb bespoke the healthy and
rugged poverty Of pioneer life. came
into Barker's store and wanted to gee
q barrel Of flour on credit. Being ask
ed what security he would give for the
bill. he admitted that he had no real
estate, neither n hoof nor head or
stock and no personal collateral OK
any description. except a wife ana q
large brood of children, but he added
that he had just got on the track or a
bear, and if Baker was willing TO
take the bear as security he would
shoulder his u on next Monday
morning and camp right on his track
until he got him. Ii was n trade
! which the bear squared up with his
Skin two weeks later and Pressure Isle
honesty and saSacity were both vim
DISQUALIFICATION Me-, Journal.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
n and Very Fetching.

entirely Proper and Very Fetching.
use or abuse of decollete gowns, as
Che case might be.
There are parts OF this glorious union,
and even certain circles In this particu-
lar city, where the low cut gown Is
not looked upon with favor. There are
good old ladies and worthy old gentle
gnen who regard the wearing OF IL as
q most immodest and unwomanly pro-
ceedIng. They refuse 20 listen to the
uniform" argument, which points out
chat the low-cut gown Is TO a woman
what his evening clothes are to a man
merely the correct uniform for n GER
tain period and for certain functions.
They insist in their o~ld-fashioned way
upon making decollete frocks and bra
ZEN" manners-they are fond OF The
adjective neutrality-suspicious. TO a GER
cain degree, and they are proof against
eli Argument.
There are other people who, by going
10 the opposite extreme, also ignore
Che plea abount uniforms. They don
1ow-cut gowns at any hour of the day.
They wear them at afternoon teas and
appear In them at Eat homes" held
while the sun IL high In the heavens.
Nhey have been known to wear them to
funcheons. They claim the divine right
OF women to wea what they please,
when they please, and probably regard
the effort to restrict negligees to bou-
doIr Use as an infringement of their
privileges. Their argument Is that in
tow-necked gowns women look better
than In any other kind, and that IL Is
both the right and the duty of women
fQ Ink tfyair hest ALWAYS "
these two circles there Is a large one
(which regards the decollete bodice In
Cts proper light as the conventional
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

TO ne Avoided by the Very Slender.
and frequently becoming attire for
evening.
Stsckiers for propriety have the war
rant of artists for declaring that the
frock which Is cut low enough to dis
play the swelling OF the bosom should
not be worn. The argument of the n
Is, of course. that such a bodice Is inn
modest. That Of the other is that any
fine which cuts across and divides a
curve Is an inartistic, graceless line,
and IN order to escape this the evening
bodice must begin just above the curve
of the bust, leaving bare only the neck
aud throat and not the bosom. The
society standard differs from both the
artists and the purist's. 1t seems TO
tie: Wear your gown as low as you
can without being mobbed."
But even the apparently proper frock
Is shockingly improper upon certain
types of women. Decollete gowns may
he q uniform. but some women should
either have IL modified or avoid full
dress occasions. There is no charm In
rough skins, In redneSs, IN astonishing
declivities OF flesh and marvellous up
fleavals OF bone, and the m who
iabors under these misfortunes should
avoid decollete gowns as she would the
plague. Ii is criminal for her TO wear
them. She Is suggestive OF a surgical
clinic CO q SHOP foT medical school sup
plies, where skeletons grin in n row.
She should either avoid evening fes-
tivitics or find a dressmaker who viii
made due allowance for her anatomical
construction and veil with flmy tulles
and chiffons the unkind vacancies left
by nature.
IL possible n worse offender than the
ekeleton lady who changes a dinner or
a dance into q sort of museum Of living
Curiosities by her lack OF covering, is
the fat lady who accomplisheS the same
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17

scorn and contempt for those weaklings
who bare their bosom TO the blast, so
to speak, ut the command OF fashion.
They attribute no one knows how
much pneumonia, bronchitis and early
death to decollete frocks. They point
out, with perfect reason, that 1t Is not
unnatural for a woman to expect a cold
when she takes off n chOker collar, a
~high-nccked cloth bodice, a high-necked
flannel shirt and dons a gown which
leaves her throat, neck, chest and arms
exposed TO the night air. But as they
have so far failed to suggest anything
which women consider so pretty and
so alluring, their objections have fallen
upon deaf ears. They say. despairingly,
that IL women would but wear low
necked frocks all the time. and 80 iuurc
their systems TO them, there would bc
little harm done. But society IL. in
spite Of the decollete afternoon gowns
OF the uninitiated firm on one point.
That is, that low-necked frocks shall
never be worn except at dinner am il
the evening, the only possible excep-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
The Height of impotence.

B~anker-This Is coming 1t a bit too
strongl Here I receive from ",
the lawyer whose application for the
hand of my daughter l declined a week
ago, a bill charging me five shillings
for a consultationg-Der Schalk.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
ON LOW-CUT GOWNS.
DISCUSSED ACCORDING TO ART AND
SOCIETY.
inherent Standards ms to the Depth
co which 81 Bodice May Be Cnt-
Medicine Has n Third standard.

IL there has been among the opera
'QudieHcrs last week any n with A
leaning towards anatomy, he must have
rejoiced In the u~nrivalled opportunity
Cor the study of collar-bones and
shouIderSlades and the muscles of the
arms ana necks there presented. There
Wa no box which did o present an
objectIesson In curves. bones and hol-
BOWS, say the New York World. Ev-
ary woman was a whole sermon on the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-01-17
Fatality OF Engineering Enterprises

According 20 NJ. Eiffel the cost In
lives Of any great engineering work
can be estimated at least as accurate
" as the cost In money. ut has been
asc~ertained," he says. "by statistical
observation, that In engineering enter
prises one man Is killed for every MIL
lion francs spent on the work. Tx you
have TO build n bridge ut a cost OF
100000 900 francs, you know that YOU
will kill 100 workmen."
The herald., 1895-12-05
A CANADIAN CONTRACT LET
For Carrying Mail Matter Across Ameri.
can Territory
The Hove Is Taken as Clearly Indicating q
Dissemination to Possess Disputed
Territory in Alaska

TACOMA, Dec.4.-The Canadian gov
ernmcnt has let contract for the carry
ing OF mails from Juneau. in Alaska, to
Forty Mile creek, which is also in the
territory always claimed by the United
States, but which Canada is now ASSET
ing claim to. 1t is said that for a for
eign country to let contract for the
transmi ssion of mails in the territory OF
annthe. government is something that is
practically unheard of in international
affairs; 1t would seem that 1t would
mean that the Dominion of Canada,
Great H-itains dependency, Is bound to
uphold at ali hazards her claim to that
strip of territory extending from and
taking in juneau, to the rich gold fields
OF the Yukon river.
The contractors are Fred G. Gasch and
F. c. Fl eaney, the lattor resident OF
Dyea, Alaska. They will leave juneau
on their first trip to the Yukon country
December 10. and expect to make a
round trip everv two months. The Ca
madam government thus executes coup
d'tat 10 establishing communication
with the YUKON country. tho u nited
States having no postal service, and the
miners now pay private carriers u dollar
per letter for carrying the mail. This
move. following the Canadian govern
ment's set ding OF detachment of
mounted police to Forty Mile, is taken as
clearly indicating that country's determ
ination to possess the disputed territory.
The herald., 1895-12-05
Counterfeiter Convicted

PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 4.-James
Young was this morning convicted of
counterfeiting in the United States
SQUIRT. The case is especially notab BILE
from Young's association with Brice,
convicted OF the murder of Will Shurbet,
an escape last Christmas from the coua-
ty iail. The men had been provided
with horses and were not 1vertaken till
near the Mexican line. In fight that
followed Deputy Sheriff Prother was
wounded, Price was killed and Young
had his leg broken by n rifle ball. He
has since lam in the county hospital and
on removal to the United States prison
thu first act must be the amputation of
the limb. AS coiner he was not a
success, casting very inferior limitations
OF quarters and half dollars.
The herald., 1895-12-05
A FORGOTTEN Rule

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.-The Post to-
morrow will say:
After the senate Republican caucus ad
journed yesterday the discovery was
made that one of the senate rules allows
the appointment of mem ers Of the com.
mittees, except the chairmen, by the plu.
alitv of the votes cast. Inquiry shows
hat this rule, tho existence of which
had been forgotten, was put in operation
as long ago as 1920. and has continued in
force since. 1t has become practically
obsolete by reason of the fact that for
many years the majority and minority
sides have arranged their representatives
respectively, and the slate thus prepared
has been agreed to by unanimous con
sent. without the formality of ballot.
The existence OF this rule presents a
most interesting phase of the senate situ-
alton. Under il the Republicans can elect
the members of the committees, except
the chairmen. because they have beyond
doubt plurality in the senate, unless
all the POpulists should vote with the
Democrats against them.
The herald., 1895-12-05
THE BLYTHE MILLIONS
Mrs. Hinckiey in Possession-A New Suit In
the United States Court

Mrs. Hinckiey in Possession-A New Suit In
the United States Court
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. "A suit has
been filed in the United States court
which seeks to reopen the famous Blythe
case. Henry and John W. Blythe have
filed suit to quiet title TO the Blythe
block and to AZ, QUO acres Of land in San
Diego county. In order to tic up the
estate ana prevent the transfer the prop
erty should an order OF distribution be
made to Florence Blythe lis pendens
has also been Tied to stop any contem-
plated change in title. The plaintiffs
maintain that Florence Blythe was the
daughter Of j. L. Ashcroft, who married
floTence's mother, and that she il not re-
lated in any way to Thomas Ii. Blythe.
Toe plaintiffs ALEC allege fraud, misrep.
reservation and perjury on the part of
Florence Blythe anu her attorney in the
litigation over tic estate. which has been
in progress over twelve years. A bill in
equity has also been fled in behalf OF
Alice Edith Dickinson Blythe. claiming
to ne the widow of Thomas II. Blythe, al
ter of an English soldier, who is still liv'
ne. Alice Edith transferred her claim in
the Blythe millions to f. ]. Baldwin and
John ID. Spreckles, wko filed the bill in
equity.
Mrs. Florence Blythe Hinckiey was
placed in nctual possession OF all of
Thomas III. Blythe estate in this city
this afternoon. The public auministra-
tor then turned over inc city real estate
and also so, 900 acres of land in San Joa-
quin valley and ., 600, 600 acres in Mexico.