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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-01-08

UTAH S troub ed territorial life is
over. e is now sovereign state of
the Union, tie forty fifth star in the
solar system of freedom.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
largest Diamond in the United States.

The finest yellow diamond known,
and the largest stone in this country,
is the Tiffany diamond of one hundred
and twenty-five and three-eighth car
ats. 1t is fawless double brilliant,
of rich orange yellow, and is valued
at 100000 1t is an African stone,
belonging to Tiffany & Co., OF New
York, and has never been offered for
sale.
The Star of the South is Brazilian
stone, Of pale yellow and nearly the
ssme size, one hundred and twenty
five and five-sixth carats. Its or1gl-
nal weight was Just about double. 1t
has considerable fire, and ranks among
the finest stones known; it now be-
longs to the maharajah of Baroda. =.
The Red Russian diamond is small
ten carats) but remarkable for its
brilliant red color. 1t was purchased
by the Emperor Paul I. for $75, 600
j (iOO, 900 rubles) and letters OF nobll'
itY.
A diamond weighing four hundred
and fifty.seven and one-half carats was
brought from the Cape in 1884. 1t
has been cut into q brilliant OF one
hundred and eighty carats, the largest
!, in the world, and is valued at e2oo.'
600 Isl, ,OOO,O 900. The 6nling of this
stone is enveloped in mystery. 1t was
r evidently surrepitiously taken from
4 one of the mines. The name "Vlcto
/, ria" was given to it in honor OF the
a Queen, and from 1888 to 1893 1t was
the finest brilliant known. 1t is also
d called the Imperial. Atlanta Con
Q, stitution.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

the junction of The Catucho River
with the La Guayra, where it is com.
paratively safe. Even as it is, some
streets are immune, the San Martin
district particularly so. Occasionally
house stands for generation, while
those around it topple and are rebuilt
and have blood on the hearthstones.
Under these circumstances the real
estate business is o lively one, and
certain spots bring fabulous prices
and rents. There are On the average
sixty "tremblings" in year, and six
destructive shocks in century. Three
times in three hundred years has the
city been destroyed, and the repairs
are estimated at cost of $500, 900
annually.
Yet the people go on in an easy,
prosperous way. They have the op-
era, railroads, electric cars and lights,
and old Spanish feuds They swear
by Bolivar; they put him on their
notes and stamps; their standard of
value 10 a coin worth twenty cents,
and they call it boIiyare. They have
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
A STYLISH WAIST.

The stylish waist of gray satin faced
cloth in the second double-column
picture is remarkably neat and becom-
ing in its simplicity of style and deco
ration. Cut steel buttons are dis
PLAYED on the stole or box plalt IN
front, and the collar and belt of velvet
a shade darker in color, finishes the
neck and waist, steel buckle fasten'
ing the belt in front. A glove'fittln9
lining is the foundation over which
the fronts and seamless back are ar
ranged, the smooth under-arm cores
completing the adjustment. A wide
bog plat is laid on the right front,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

his native city, the plain of the |
and the wide blue sea, welteri
sun and subterranean heat.
When he made his stand be vii
to pieces, and fed to the Eldt
mines with half dozen followers
SIX months he had gathered an
again of unkempt, i'll armed, un}
plined sons of the tropics. and mai
them in the dead of winter acros|
precipltous passes of the Al
Swamps and reptiles, falling bowl
noisome forests, snow, ice, cha
precipices, glaciers, hunger, ma
ness, daunted them not. A tent
that wild, haggard band, leaving |
bloody tracks in the virgin snow
the Andes, stood before New Greni
and won the day.
He founded Ecuador, Peru, Boil
the United States of Colombia,
Venezuela. Chile declared he,
free and Argentina. The doer of
these deeds. the Washington of So
declared he would yet
Cuba. He died in exile, when O
forty-seven years of age, the victim
q political party.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

Saws New York Truth: For num-
Der of years the word ''freproof," as
applied to the monuments OF iron and
mortar that decorate all the principal
thoroughfares, has conveyed such an
idea OF security as has insured Tor
their owners steady tenants at fancy
rentals. But a severe blow has re-
Gently been dealt to the power OF this
popular catch-word, and the ensuing
revulsion of feeling seriously threat
ems to handicap the profits OF such
structures. The owner of each asserts
as positively as ever that his building
is absolutely fireproof, but the faith
Of his tenants has flown and, until he
can succeed in coming some new
phrase to win back their wavering con-
fidence, he will find it difficult to
combat the growing distrust. VI
course no one doubts the sincerity OF
the owners protestations, nor his firm
belief in the incombustibility OF his
sky-scraping structure, and this being
so solidly planted on the shining pedes'
tai of his personal trust, it only
needs a little invention on his part to
effect the much desired return OF pub
lie confidence. Let the owners 1oll
in forming q mutual guarantee asso
citation that will not only insure tn
tenants personal effects, but will pro
vide each tenant with an accident pol
icy covering all casualties transplrln
on the premises. AS the building
are so absolutely free from danger tn
risk thus assumed by the assoclatlo
will, of course, be merely bagatel!'
But it would be necessary to advertl'
that the policies would be inscr1be
in aluminium ink on asbestos paper
and that each document would be pr
yided with a mica lined vault su
pended from a platinum parachute
insure its preservation, before t
public would take kindly to t
scheme AS a matter of fact the on
really fireproof dwellings yet devils
were those occupied by the trog
dytes of long ago.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
GEORGE vANDERBILrs CAST,
Biltmore, Which VIII Cost Alb
Five Million Dollars.

The work on George W. Yant.
Dilts estate near Asheville, N. O.
which he has erected mansion I'll
breaks all records for residences
this coantry, is reported to be nea.
finished. |.
Thirty-four pieces of land as lai'
as Central Park could be cut out /
the estate, which consists of 800,
acres. Each member of Mr.. Vande
bilt's family can, therefore, have 8
to himself private playground
large as all the breathing spots s
aside for o million and half of Ne
Workers. Z
The mansion stands on q spot ont
occupied by a mountain peak. M.
Vanderbilt had the peak cut off an
carted away. In order to expedit
the construction of his castle q plan
was put up that turned out eO,GO
bricks and 1000 fower-pots day, til
latter to be used in q seventy.fve-acr
plot set aside for greenhouses IN
nurseries.
A$5O, 900 railroad was built between
Biltmore station and the castle for th
transfer of materials, and this lin,
will be torn up when the work is done,
There is deer park of 5000 acres
and extensive trout ponds. The great
est curiosity of the estate, however, is
the fact that right in the centre of il
stands the shanty of colored man
who refused to sell his nine acres to
the millionaire.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

.s law before the hour of noon. Some
zone suggested to the President pro-
I4empore Senator Wiley P. Mangum,
sot NORTH Caroliua) that the hands Of
5the clock might be SO m lipulated as
TO lengthen the Official day. was
sent for and was ordered by Mr.. Man.
gum to put the hands back ten minutes.
The Senate clock then was the tall one
(which stands outside, almost opposite
ahe main entrance to the floor, and I
Remember very distinctly climbing up
| TO its face. The time thus manufac-
tured was sufficient and the bill be-
leame law. Only on rare occasions
kas there any meddling with the
lelock up to within the past twenty
wears. Since then the hands have
been turned back at least once in every
Congress.
So much was Captain Bassett ap.
preciated by the Senate that the APP
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
The Effects OF Rifle Balls.

The results, as tried on swatis and
Chitralis, seem to show the extremely
small stopping power OF the bullet,
unless it happens to mt a bone OF d
vital part. The net result seems 10 Dc
that at very short range OF two OF
three hundred yards the Lee-Mettord
bullet has sort of explosive action,
and pulverizes the bone it strikes; al at
a medium range it makes SMALL
clean wound; at long range 1t MAKES
bad wound, larger at the exit OF the
bnllet than at the point where 1t en-
tered.-Saturday Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

and laps widely over the left, falling
in stole or pouch fashion over the belt
between i the gathered fullness on each
side. Very full gigot sleeves ar are
sbsned s with one eeam, gathered at the
Sop and disposed gracefully over COM
fortable coat-shaped sleeve Innings.
The smooth collar closes at the lett
s;de Of the neck. Waists by the mode
can be made up stylishly from any be-
coming silk or wool fabric 10 ma!cn OF I
contrast with the skirt, this oe.ng .
favorite style to wear under 1acket
or coat.
The quantity of 44-ineh wide ma. ma.
teriai required to make this waist fol
lady having 52-inch bust measure de
is "a yards; for a 36'inch size' y
yards for a 4o-inch size, 3 yards
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

December 5, 1881, up to 1887, when 1
was appointed messenger. 1t was
while serving in the latter capacity
in 1874 OF '45-that 1 began to an
nounce to the Senate the arrival of
messages from the President of the
United States and from the House Of
the Representatives. did so because
the assistant doorkeeper. whose duty
it was, was frequently sick and I was
invariably called upon to take his
place"
"Who was the first man to officially
lengthen time by turning back the
hands of the Senate clock?" queried
the reporter:
"I was," said the Captain. "The
Senate, then in what is now the Su-
preme Court room lit was on March q,
1S44l, was considering and voting upon
an appropriation bill when it became
evident that the bill could not become
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

The Los Angeles (Cal.) Times says
When a good mare, at horse sale in
San Bernardino last week, was sold
for 50, it was thought the bottom
Price for horsefesh had been reached.
A new record was established in
Ventura County, however, few days
ago, at an administrators sale, when
horse was knocked down to q Mexi-
can boy for fifty cents. He bid so
high because he coveted the halter
which went with the animal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

built of wood, with fiat roofs and low
chimneys, on account OF the earth
ouakes. The cathedral of stone has
buttressed basement for safety, wnlcn
gives it pyramidal appearance. Inc
cornerstones, roofs and beams are
mortised, the houses are built IN soiia
blocks and often girded across the
street. If an architect weret to put np
a tall chimney, keystone arch, or dle
a vault under q house, he would prob
ably be mobbed. a simple wooden
intel to doors is all that is permitted
In the houses q bed is always put ID
tbe middle Of the floor, never near
wall. door or window, and when sllgh
trembling is felt She whole population
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
A Small Man and a Big Girl.

One of the smallest men and one OF
the biggest girls in the country live
down in Georgia. The former is Tom
boster, OF Hazelhurst, who is twenty
our years old, is three feet nine
nches high, ard weighs fitty-slx
ounds. He has two younger broth
rs who are each more than SIX feet
all. G.. W. Roddenberry, OF Oxen,
enokee, has girl thirteen years oia
yho weighs 175 pounds, and boy OF OF
even years who weighs Ito POUNDS
md wears number one shoe. New
York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

tive, 20 don't despair over those huge
puffs chat are yours because of your
obedience to last years rules. If the
sleeve that fits the shoulder and puffs
below the round of the shoulder suits
your figure, you may have them; that
is privilege the present fat allows.
But most new dresses are being made
with sleeves pretty much what they
were last year, the g:got and the to-
elbow puff prevailing. They are no
bigger than last year because they
can't be, and they a;e slashed, looped
and drapad 40 much as the wearer
likes. The essential point is that
there should be no rise above the level
of the shoulder. TIE line is either
straight out, slanting downward or
dropping. as is. preferred or as mat:r-
ial permits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
ONLY TWO PAGES THEN.
Some Personal "reminiscences OF the
Late Captain Bassett.

Late Captain Bassett.
The late Captain Isaac Bassett was
the one man in the employ OF the
United States Senate who had been
able to hold his place in spite OF
changing maiorities for a PERIOD OF
more than sixty years. Recently, IN
an interview, the venerable Assistant
Doorkeeper of the Senate talked OF
his long service. - ~
"It doesn't seem to me-" said tie
CAPTAIN, "that have spent sixty-folr
years of my life in the United States
Senate. Once in q while l fee! as
though it were but little while since
LA youngster of twelve years-hrsII
entered the Senate. Do you know l
was the second page the Senate ever
employed? The first one was Grafton
Hanson. who is still living in the city,
holding position of prominence, II Il,
one of the departments. Hanson leu
the Senate soon after l arrived; ie
was too big for the place, and a page
is not acceptable when he commences
to grow rapidly. My appointmen,
came through Daniel Webster; 1t tool
big man to secure such an appoint
ment, for there were but two page
then. When entered upon my du
ties I found Hanson wearing suit G
blue cloth adorned with brass buttons
NV new suit was precisely simllal
and for a time it looked as thoug
blue and brass would be necessar
parts of pages uniform. The nab
of wearing such clothing died yer
soon, and since then the youngsteH
have worn almost any kind OF gf
ments they liked best. 1t seems tom
that the pages of that time had nr'
to do than their successors have pW
We never had much idle time pll(
the Senate was in session. WetWc
: bows had to file all the bills, 'lne
a one side while my companion dl.tne
10 other. That was good dea! OF ]oD'
N although the Senate was much snllel
ot then than now.
- q "The relations between Senate anc
as m pages were just about the same the
in tbirties as they are now. The nges
ID of the Senators used to laugh an tall
be with us when they were not busythe1
k always treated us very well. vi arse
~ there were some Senators that thigh
ed more Of the pages than did otha.
~ wes Webster's iavorite. Many tim'
nj has that great statesmen sat mel nj
hs knee. ae always had more tn or
an dinary affection for me.
of GLOW long was l pager ron
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

Bloomers blossomed out in the city
OF Macon, Ga, for the first time the
other day, and their appearance
created something of a sensation, and
stagnation in business. The news
papers, in telling about the exciting
occurrence, speak of the costume as
the "long heard of-and-never-seen
boomers. The New York Sun thinks
the incident is especially worth not
ing, as evidence of the ironclad con-
servatism of Macon, that the bloomers
were worn by visitor and not by o
resident. She was a membe, of a
theatrical company.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

throngs the spacious plazas. Every
house has an earthquake oell' hnng
from o T frame in the ceiling. The
lightly hung bell responds to the most
delicate vibration, the lateral push,
like tidal wave. When tue bells
ring violently the inhabitants rush to
the . streets, fall on their knees and
cry, "Dios, ten piedad!" and God is
generally mercifui. for there are scarce
" as many deaths caused by falling
wallis in g year as there are by the
trolley and surface roads in Chicago.
Yet there isscarcely house IN Car
acas that has not been rebuilt at least
a half-dozen times. and the city is
| gradually moving eastward toward
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
A71yE BUILDING AT CARACAS VENEZUELA

pie. Amid the topping walls and
shrieks of the dying the prior OF the
Dominicans preached in the open
squares, calling it just judgment
and turning the people to repentance.
Yet in 1913 Bolivar freed Caracas
again, was made dictator. and again
defeated. The third time he fitted
out an expedition and came down the
Orinoco, between jungles of dark,
moss grown forests, gIittering with
Green parrots and scarlet macaNs. Red
monkeys. 7enomous snakes and man
eating alligators infested the dreadful
solitude, but he was lured on by the
lovely line of the San sebastian
Mountains, above the high plateau o.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
MuFFs OF VELVET.

Muffs of velvet to match the hat are
and they are made round or fl fat as
YOU choose, but quite large. Ine has
ones, with wide droopia5 rntu - OF
velvet at either end, are the preitiest )
others are shapei like bntterAE,
with a fur body ami Iarse wings OF
velvet bows, aud large veHes popp;es
or orchids which harmonizG III color
ure used Tor decoration.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

The Governor of Arizona says tha
Territory will produce this year s1O,-
ooO,ceo in gold against 81, 900, 900 last
year. II the gold resources of this
country should be capitalized on the
Kaffir basis, miIlionaires would be
reckoned small men and give place to
the Millionaire, exclaims the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

taffetas, in shades that recall grand,
mother gowns. 1t is also freely used
as the over tone of lot OF the Diehu
ings of many colors. The brLitianT
emerald and grass tones vie with all
the sortenings of bronze ana sage ana
even the very trying onion green, with
ito hlne tint. the sort of color that the
impressionists were making their pc
tnres little while ago, is vantur9d.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

Wide tires must replace the narrow
tires now in use on most vehicles be.
fore good roads can be kept in good
condition at reasonable expense, de-
clares the American Agriculturist. In
Pennsylvania, those whose tires are
not less than four inches wide for
loads of ton or more are rebated one,
fourth OF their assessed highway tax.
In Massachusetts the State law EN-.
powers townships or cities to regulate
the width of tires used within their
limits, and few towns have already
fixed q date two years hence when
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
Largest Taxpayer in the World.

Il has been often published that the
largest taxpayer in the world is Herr
Krupp, the famous cannon founder OF
Germany. But it appears that ne is
eclipsed as contributor to the reve-
nues of the State by q Romanlan
brewer, NJ. Marinesco Bragadir, whose
monster brewery at Bucharest yields
in various taxes and imposts the enor-
nous annual value to the homanlsI
Goverument OF $40, ,00O.-New 3ork
Mail and Express.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
Mr. Vanderbilt offered 5000 for the
Njssa=a!s:A.1ra, E, a

Mr.. Vanderbilt offered 5000 for the
,,ronertv. which was worth much less
than that. But the colored man was .
wise. "say, boss" he remarked, III III
that's M,at worth 5000 to you I guess it's
worth $4,000 to me. I'm poor man. man
I am, and if can afford to refuse !, Sio,- "
600 for place like that should shlhh
a millionaire like you wouian =. Ge ;s
afraid to pay $4,000 for 1t. IL Is Is
said in the neighborhood that this Is
the sum Mr.. Vanderbilt had to pays
and since then the colored man mas
had 'possum and sweet potatoes on
his table three times day. >.
The entire enterprise, it is esti'
mated, will cost Mr.. Vanderbilt ABOUT
S., 100000 The annual outlay Of
course, will be enormous.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

twenty statues of him in the city !;
they paint medallion portraits of him
on their pink and blue and yellow
houses fronting the plazas. He is q
legend, an allegory, and some of the
stories of him are mixed up with
those of Washington, VI HON they al
most defy. 1t is to be doubted if anv
nitr ~, IL TT
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

-s.rest--sar. Basques in this style
can be made mp smartly from all varle-
ties of smooth or rough faced cloth,
cheviot, tweed, covert suiting, serge,
diagonal or whipcord, and edged
with braid or bands of cloth, or with
the edge plainly stitched in tailor
fashion. The closing can be made
with buttons and button holes ii so
preferred.
The quantity of 44.inch wide ma
terial required to make this basque
for lady having o 32-inch bust meas,
ure is 8 yards; for 36'inch size' 81
wards; for 4O-inch size, BIZ yards
for 42-inch size, 81.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
AREG UI.AfO II


Are you taking SIMMONS Liver REG
ULAToR, the "KING OF LIVER MEDI-
cINEs?'' That is what our readers
want, and nothing but that. 1t is the
same old friend to which the old folks
pinned their faith and were never dis
appointed. But another good recon-
mendation for it is, that it is BETTER
THAN PILLS, never eripes, never weak
ems, but works in such an easy and
natural way, just like nature ITSELF that
relief comes quick and sure, and one
feels new all over. It never fails.
Everybody needs take liver remedy,
and everyone should take only SIM
mons Liver Regulator.
Be sure you get it. The Red u
is on the wrapper. j. H. Zeilin s.
Co., Philadelphia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29
TlIOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR
The President of Brown University
advocates taking children at 81 years
old and educating them in public kin.
dergartens.

From ono of the most important
shipping and receiving centres for live.
stock in the United States, the Pitts.
burg (Penn.) Central yards are now
ranked as hardly second-class. The
business has gone to Buffalo, N. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

tain SO many bows and feathers, flow
ers and aigrettes. In Paris the latest
feminine grievance is that, since hats
have grown SO large. it is not alone
ineonyenient but impracticable to
walk about at ease and be at the same
time fashionably broad-brimmed. The
nractical side OF the question Is Seen
in in the increased number of carriages
NJ necessary. Even modern brougham
has it's limits. and two modlsh ha's
onite block the way. Oh, how un-
consciously funny we women often
are!
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

ulropriation bill each year has con-
tained this clause:
"Assistant Doorkeeper of the Senate,
se5OO, and $500 additional while the
office is held by Isaac Bassett, the
present incumbent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

one of the newest modes-pictured
in the two.column cut. The adjust
ment is glove fitting to the waist line,
below which the fashionable hutelike
effect at the sides and back is pro-
duced by the shaping, the fronts and
sides fitting easily. A high military
collar finishes the neck. The edges are
finished with bias bands or straps of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

- - . ~ - ~ :
Florida and New o
plain is covered wi
and far off San Sch
clear of clouds. A
on the valley, but ,
tain peE.ends amen
and spacious plazas
ways a statue OF b
ton.
The houses are
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-01-29

HATS ARE BECOMING LARGER.
Unfortunately, there seems to be
much of muchness in hats this sea-
son. Breadth is necessity, and heads