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The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-16
President at Washington.

Washington, Oct. 15.-President Cleve- land arrived in Washington at o'clock this afternoon. He was accompanied by Private Secretary Thurber and F. c. Benedict, who has been for the past four days his host aboard the steamer oneida.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-16
Most Miraculous Fscape.

is unknown, while engaged in painting at the Curtain Fixture factory here late this afternoon, was caught by a rapidly moving belt and twisted about. The only injury sustained was in the breaking in two places of one of his legs. He was removed to the hospital
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-16
PLUCKY WOMAN REPORTER.
Captured a Would-be-Ihief at the New
 Haven House Last Night.

Haven House Last Night.
 As Mrs. Orland Black, a reporter for New York newspaper, was disrobing preparatory to retiring at the New Ha- ven house last night she heard some one trying to open the door of her room. She turned out the gas and when the intruder came through the door she grabbed him and screamed for help. The hotel attendants captured the ma rauder. who proved to be the elevator attendant, colored man named Jack son.
 Mrs. Black did not wish to have the man arrested, so he was at once dis charged from the hotel. His object is supposed to have been theft.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-16
Small Strike On.

Hartford, Oct. 15.-A small strike is on at Parkville. It is among hod-carri- CTS and is caused by the employment of non-union hod-carriers on the house of Gottfried Sauberli. But few men are affected by the strike.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-10-16
Croker Takes His Son Away.

Amherst, Mass, Oct. 15-Richard Croker, the Tammany boss, has taken his son, Richard S, from the freshman class of Amherst. He gives as his reason that the newspapers gave ths young man too much notoriety.
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
sv.Rr COLLARS AND cAPEs.

Broad, deep collars or short capes
of heavy lace are very handsome over
close.ftting waists. They come OF oil
prices, but are never very cheap. One
of the new fashions is to have collar
made with six points of lace. Around
each point is sewed, full, a finer lace,
about three inches in width. The neck
is finished with folded chiffon collar,
or ribbon, as is preferred. The COL
lar. made in this fashion, is very
dressy. 1t covers the front and back
of tho waist to the bust line and stands
out we'll over the full sleeve. These
collars can be made for much less
money than they can be bought for IN
the shops.
Yokes of lace, with deep berthas
attached, are very smart little affairs
to wear over high cut waist or to
cover the neck and shoulders when a
low cut bodice is worn. They, too,
arc finished with chiffon, satin or
velvet ribbon collar.
Long, full, straight vest pieces OF
chiffon and lace insertion are ex-
tremely becoming. The chiffon is full
and laid in fine plaits. The piece OF
lace insertion goes between the folds OF
the chiffon, and the whole thing hangs
full over the waist line.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

list of the dark ages. This is how he
would solve the problems of comfort
and happiness which have been put
to the human race:
ssThe chemist hopes for synthetic
beefsteak, for chemical loaf, for a
cup of coffee made, like HIS soda water
extracts, out of inorganic matter. He
wants to see the day when synthetic
climate shall envelop the earth, when
the rainmaker shall be prophet and
man shall hold the string to the un-
ruly bags OF Holus.
''In that day the food and raiment
of mankind will be produced in the
crucibles Of the chemist. Once more
verdure will clothe the fields now de-
faced by human toll, and the shaggy
woods will spring anew on the de-
spoiled slopes of the hills. There will
be no tilling or harvest, no slaugter-
ing of tame beasts. Out c the orig
inal elements chemis.-y will COM
pound chops and outlets, kuead the
dough and brew the ale.
"The battle has already been partly
won in the case of medicines and
drugs. The wine at the table d'hote
never saw the vineyard. The 'sprize
fruit flowers" of the drug store are
innocent of orchard and garden. Syn
thetic chemistry is yet young. 1t has
made great advances in the produc-
tion OF glycerids and sugars. 1t has
1000 devotees in this country who
hope to make the dream reality. -
New York Mail and Express.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

to reports received by General Super
intendent Edgar Van Etten, of the
New York Central and Hudson River
Railroad, it did good work on the
Rome. Watertown and Ogdensburg
Railroad. The cuts, made from
photographs sent to Mr.. Van Etten
from the Cape Vincent branch OF the
road, show how impossible roads are
cleared of snow and how trains which
would otherwise be held fast in the
drifts are set free. The first furrow
along the line of the road is made by
the snowplow. This creates great
banks OF snow on the sides Of the
tracks, which, if they moved down.
ward, would again obstruct the road.
To prevent this the snow from the
banks on the sides of the tracks is
thrown into the track, and then the
rotary machine is sent along at speed
of about ten miles On hour. 1t throws
the loose snow to each side of the
roadbed anil leaves the tracks free for
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

benches ana munched it with their
partners. When the ball broke up
lots of the pop corn was left, and the
rural lnerrymakers threw it at one
another till the floor was covered.
The rats in the other barns soon got
scent OF the fragrant pop corn, and
swarmed into the new building after
it; but how the hawks ascertained
that the rats were there in large num-
bers none of the smart local natural
lists were able to tell.
Mr.. Hallstead's dog pitched into
the four-footed corneaters, and the
fierce rats pounced upon him, bit his
nose and ears till the blood ran, and
sent him .yelping down the stairs.
The farmer went at the rats With q
shovel, and they ran up his clothing
and forced him to clear out. They
bit him on the neck and ears before
he could shake them of, and he de-
cided to let them alone. At dusk
that night he saw two owls fit
through the window and sail out with
four rats. The hawks continued to
dart into the barns several times
day, and they always steered for the
woods with their claws full. When
the useful birds Of prey ceased to
come not rat was to be seen in the
barn, although lot of popcorn still
remained on the floor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

The Eaunted protection Of the seals
in Alaskan water is myth, in the
opinion OF the New York Mail and Ex-
press. Secretary Carlisle reports that
121, ,143 were killed by pelagic sealers
last year. This statement has caused
o suggestion to be made in Congress
that the Government undertake the
slaughter of the remaining seals, esti-
mated to number $50, coo, and sell the
skins, which would be valued at $40, )
100000 ii properly cured. 1t is
strange that the two greatest Govern
ments in the world cannot protect the
seals. Possibly there is some reason
not apparent on the surface why this
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

DR.. Chauncey II. Depew in recent
interview in predicting 1855 pro-
gress in railroading, very pertinently
stated: "Take, for instance, the New
York Central Railroad Our trains
might almost be termed flashes Of
lightning, but their rate is not q cir
cumstance to the speed we are now
aiming at. Then there is the matter
of safety. I need not assure you that
the safety of passengers is the most
important thing q railroad man has to
with. This coming year we expect to
attain what some people may consider
chimera-nemely, perfect freedom
from risk in the transportation OF hu-
man beings by rail. We have, we be-
lieve, solved the problem, and that, I
should say, will make 1895 IN un-
equaled year in railroaling. In the
far as in the near future, romantic
shings are done, or are being pro-
iected. A tunnel to the summit Of
she Jungfrau is one of the things pos
uible. The Trans-Siberian Railway
and the South African line to Mashon-
aland are two projects on the edge of
the future-the former already under
way-and the poetry of railroading
will be experienced in the new rush of
railroad building certain to ensue in
Japan when the Chinese war indemnity
is paid-which will certainly happen
in 1885,"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
ROTARY SNOWPLOW.
latest MACHINE TO CLEAN
RAILROADS OF SNOW.
Necessary In the East, Where There
Are No Sheds Over the Tracks
"A Rotary Plow ut
Work.

THosE who have not "been
there" says the New FORK
Tribune, can hardly form an
idea of the difficulties which
railroad companies have to contend
with on account of the snow. No
street-cleaning commissioner with
thousands of men aids them; no indi.
viduals along their lines help them in
their work, and no great rows OF
houses and high walls protect their
tracks from the obstructing element.
On the other hand, anxious would'be
travellers and shippers of freight make
life burden to the railroad officials
because of unavoidable delays, and
railroads generally, and the snow
bound roads IN particular, are de-
nounced as unworthy of public con-
fdence.
In the far West great sheds have
been built to protect the roadbeds,
but in The moro temperate regions,
where o snow blockade is not an an
nual nuisance, the companies have de-
pended on the snowplow and the
primitive shovel, and storms such as
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
the train, which usually follows close

the train, which usually follows close
in its wake.
At first glance it seems strange to
throw snow upon a roadway which is
being cleaned, but this part OF the
process is made necessary IN order to
prevent possible suowslide and to
widen the cleared space.
The rotary plow is an expensive
luxury. 1t costs about $4,000 10
build and has its own machinery, which
operates the ilange by which the snow
is cleared from the tracks. 1t is rs
large as an ordinary day coach, and
is brought into use only when the
snowfall has been great or when the
ordinary steam plow cannot clear
away the drifts. The railroad officials
ray that the speed of the old steam
plow cannot be attained by the re.
tary plow, but, while it's work is
slower, it il moro effectual.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
HAWKS AND RATS.
The Birds Cleared Barn Of Ro"
dents.

The Birds Cleared Barn OF Ro"
One morning recently Farmer Re-
solved R. Hallstead of Elkland town
ship, Penn, saw large white-
breasted hawk dart into o sashless
window near the peak of wagon
barn that he had finished building o
few days before. 1t flew out in q
moment with>a squealing rat in each
claw, and the interested farmer
watched it till it met another hawk
in midair. The two circled and un-
dulated side by side for spell, when
the one with tho rats resumed it's
flight toward the forest. The other
hawk Immediately pointed for the
barn, shot through the window, fit
ted out few seconds later with
struggling rat in each talon, and
sailed off in the same direction. Mr..
Halstead started to tell his wife about
what he had seen. when the hawks or
pair exactly like them, flew into
the barn window, and came out short
Iy with their claws full of squealing
rats. There was no grain or hay in
the new barn, and the farmer WON
dered where all the rats came from.
He was also in q quandry as to how
the fierce forest birds knew where to
find rats under roof.
On going into the upper part of the
barn Mr.. Hallstead saw scores Of
"ets sranlrarin~ around on ~, ->"ss3
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

liability. A large number of arc
lights are arranged with powerful re-
Electors. These throw the radiance
upon the ceiling, which is painted
dagzlingly white. The reflection moro
nearly resembles daylight than any
thing that has been tried. This idea
is susceptible OF many notifications,
and eau be utilized in many ways
New York Ledger.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
Scalping Not Fatal.
,5scalping is not areligious ceremony

Scalping is not religious ceremony,
as many have supposed. 1t is simply
aiproof OF killing-evldencc beyond o
doubt.
would seem that scalping is fatal,
lin itself it is not necessarily SO.
Numerous instances Of survival, even
when the victim had been wounded in
addition, are on record. One spring
5dayin 1868 Thomas Cnhone and Willis
Edmonston, freight conductors of the
Uaion Pacific Railway, were fishing in
asmall stream near Sidney, Neb.
They were unarmed, feeling sure that
tile ehandful of regular troops stationed
atiSidney would keep off any prowl-
ing Indians.
Suddenly party of mounted Sioux
swept down upon them. They put
eight arrows into Cahone, one of
which passed under the point OF the
rightsshoulder blade and came out an
inch or two under the breast. -Four
arrows were fired into Edmonston.
The scalp proper of Cahone was
ttaassen;by one Indian, while the second
tessk 90 piece about four by seven
iBehessfrom the left side OF the head.
Edmonston was not scalped, for at this
juncture the soldiers from Sidney hur.
ried out and the Indians took to flight.
ThesWounded men were taken to the
i toTp, where the arrows were cut out.
Irs1883 J. met Cahone, who was then
a passenger conductor running east
from Ogden, Utah. Ho said he was
in excellent health, having never suf-
fered from his wounds or the scalp
ing He wore q skull cap, as may
wellbe imagined. Edmonston was at
Ethe5same time passenger conductor
running west from Ogden.-New York
< Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
Senator Hawley as a Singer.

"Calm and sedate," says the Wash;
ington Post, "appears Senator Haw--
ley upon the floor of the Senate.
When he speaks, his voice is pleasant,
but it does not recall the sounding
Lrass or the tinkling cymbals. Very
different is the Senator Hawley who
joins in gleeful or patriotic song with
his old comrades of the war. Then
he is an enthusiastic, fervent chorister..
He swings his arms as he beats time,
and from his throat pours forth Nj
agara of melody. The air quivers
with tuneful sounds aud echoes with
diapason notes. When he mounts up
on a chair and sings My Country Ills
of Thee, as he did the other night at
the Loyal Legion banquet, it is-a sight
and nm OCCASION to stir tho coldest
heart. But even this is as an ant to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
Waterproof Leather.

All medical authorities agree as to
the Importance of keeping the feet
drv. But aside from the use OF rub
ber and such materials, nothing has
heretofore been invented that would
fully answer this demand. A new
process of tanning, however, gives
assurance that this much desired
article has at last been made possi-
bility. Raw hidSs are saturated
with O week solution of bi-chromate
of potash, containing sufficient hy-
drochloric acid to free the chromlc
acid. The skins remain in this pre-
paration until they are of a bright
yellow color all through: The moist
ure is then pressed or drained from
them, when they are Immediately
put into hyposulphite of soda bath,
containing little acid, put in to
change the compound to green
chrome oxide. The oxidation OF
the sulphurous acids creates sui
phuric acid, resulting in o complete
reduction of chronic acid. at this
stage the leather must be dyed any
desired color, as in it's present con-
dition it is of q dull green blue tint.
After the dyeing and drying it is
extremely tough and flexible and abb
solutely water and damp proof SO
much so that it will take on no.
permanent color, as the surface Is
thoroughly non absorbent. The.
nrocess is said to be very readily
learned and easily understood. While
if sounds complicated and suggests 0
great deal OF knowledge OF chemistrys
T. is as easily managed as the old
method of tan bark, and is, beside,
q disinfecting process as well as q
destroyer Of any disease. germs tnae
might by accident be lodged IN 'ne
skins to be handled.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
Business AphOrisnls.

Big debts come from big promises.
Leaks in business are like gimlet
holes in barrel.
Little ideas and big successes never
GO together.
A careless merchant will have care
less customers.
A neat store and neatly printed sta-
tionery 60 together.
If excuse had q money value, some
men would be wealthy.
Success is very coy and will remain
only when treated we'll.
Place your confidence upon actual
cash and you don't misplace it.
Some clerks cultivate their mus
taches more carefully than they do
business sense. Shoe and Leather
Facts,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
CYCLING ON THE RAIL.

a speed of from twenty to twenty-five
miles on hour. The means by which
Ritchey has adapted the familiar road
ster tc the gauge of railway are as
follows: He has attached four-inch
fanged wheel, shaped exactly like a
large spool, to rod in front of the
hind wheel, and O similar one on On
arm projecting about three feet in
front. In addition to this an eight
een-inch wheel at the end Of rod 80
arranged rs not to interfere with the
working of the pedals, runs on the
other rail. In this way the machine
is perfectly balanced, and all the rider
has to do is to work the pedals in the
usual way. The inventor seems to
believe that before long emi.deserted
passenger trains will be followed by
on endless procession of "bikes," on
which idle conductors and despairing
news agents will gaze helplessly from
the rear platform, but just how the
objections of railway companies to
such use of their tracks is to be over
come is not vouchsafed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
Just Say "WalkO to Him.

Dogs, which are at once the drow-
siessand most wakeful of domestic aui-
malsa according to their state of mind
ard circumstances, seem to sleep
lightly or heavily at will. Nothing
can be more slow, reluctant, and leis-
ureiY than the enforced waking of q
petted house dog when it does not
wislht5 be disturbed. 1t will remain
deaf to a cat, twitch its feet if tickled,
bnsnot unclose its eyes, and finally
stretch and yawn like q sleepy child.
But mention something interesting to
thesame dog when sleeping, such as
theWord "wall1," or click the lock Of
gun, and it is on It's feet in an in
stant, and ready for enterprise
Spectator.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

The New York Mail and Express OBJ
serves: The Mikado, having con-
ferred the Grand Order of the Imper-
ial Chrysanthemum upon the German
Kaiser, the latter has returned the
compliment by sending the collar Of
Tho Black Eagle to the first gentleman
Of Japan. As the regalias of these
distinguished Orders arc only lent to
The recipients, it doesn't cost much
for monarchs to be civil to each other.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
And the Doctor Kicked Himself.

A very eminent physician had cured
little child from dangerous illness.
The thankful mother turned her steps
toward the house of her sons savior.
"Doctor," said she, "there are some
services which cannot be repaid. l
did not know how to express my graf
itude. I thought you would,perhaps,
be so kind as to accept this purse, en-
broidered by my own hands "
"Madam," replied the doctor,
roughly. medicine is no trivial af-
fair, and our visits are only to be re-
warded in money. Small presents
serve to sustain friendship, but they
do not sustain our families: :.
"But; DOCTOR" said the lady,
alarmed and wounded, "speak; tell
me the fee.
"Four hundred dollar. ,laJnm,
The lady opens the pue -!
five bank notes Of $40 ,
two to the doctor, puts q
ing three back in her - aosz:,
coldly and departs.-Am MT
nal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
A Novelty in Lighting.

For many years there has been no
little difficulty in properly lighting
factories, mills and large shops where
good light is necessity. Every OBJ
tainable method has been tried with
Indifferent success, the light being so
bright as to be dazzling or SO irregu-
lar as to cast black shadows. OF late,
O new device has been experimental
with, giving promise of perfect adap-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
ton Star. There is no stone

TYH HE world seems to havo gone
wild on the subject of orna-
mertation, says the Washing
G ton Star. There is no stone
too precious to initiate for everyday
gnrniture, and silver is so common
and so cheap that the charwoman
would be frowned upon in the swell
West End scullery regions if she were
to pinion her Bath bun headdress with
anything grosser than silver dagger.
The new throat or collar buckles are
not SO barbarously wide as they were
for awhile, but they are longer and
prettier. Some of them look like
crocheted silver wire, and are flexible.
A few are set with brilliants, but
though these are really worn by some
people of unquestioned good taste in
broad daylight over q talor-made
gown, it is yet open to question
whether it is quite proper. Bracelets
of heavy silver log chains, fastened
with tiny paddock, are not new in
conception, but are in design. They
are not pretty either.
The reign of fancy bodices seems to
be at It's height. The bodice still has
fancy for stopping at the waist line,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

A new language has just been added
to the Bible Society's list, bringing
up the total number to over 32O. This
time, as in some other recent in
stances, the new version is for Africa.
tits translation of the gospel of st.
Matthew into Kisukuma, the language
-oe the Basr kuma people, whose .coun-
try lies Immediately south of Lake
Victoria Nyanza.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27
r: sill fu2 g

gaunre crepe ~.-Ae s..o fery ls!est.
They ere used principally for bodlces,
made up with lace and rich passemen-
trie. The cheap wash silks come in
the most charming oolors and certain
" do launder remarkably well. They
are even illuminated now, and few
of them have O curious cord woven IN
stripes which makes them quite rich
looking.
Since the crusade against the thea
tire and concert hat began all kinds OF
devices have been resorted to to save
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

The Sioux Indians propose to raise
by popular subscription fund for
the erection OF monument to their
Chief, Iron Nation, who died recently
on the reservation near Chamberlain,
South Dakota. Iron Nation had been
q prominent figure in Sioux affairs for
sixty years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

The Atlanta Journal remarks that
while illiteracy decreased greatly in
The South from 1880 to 1890, it in.
creased in the States OF Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, New Jersey,
Michigan, Montana, Nevada and Wis
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

In two years Austria has obtained
through the Rothschilds two-thirds oi
the s125, 900, 900 in goll it is hoard
ing in order to adopt the single stand
ard, and of the amount secured this
year S24, 100000 is American eagles.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-27

Joined to this yoke, that flare very
much from the knees down, giving a
like spreading effect to the dress skirt
worn above it. A lew of these skirts
are silk covered" It is thought among
importers that these skirts are fore
runners of hoop skirts.
Silk will be the fabric of all fabrics
for early season wear. Merchants
quote enormous sales of the very light
wash silks for summer wear, and OF
the darker ones for wear after Easter.
Tafetas, So durable and light, will
hold their own, but surah and gros
grain will push it hard. There are
some odd fancies in evening silks