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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-18

P ckens Journa1: Mra. W W White,
o. Anderson. IL Visi,ing her psrtnta, Capt.
J L and Mira Thornley,. Her little BOD,
Waller, il with Der"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-18

These Departments we propose pushing and running &C.
cording to modern methods, and they are in charge Of coGnpe.
tent Ladies, Of fine taste and skill~-Ladies the equal of any
in this section of the country; and we would lie pleased to
have the Ladies call land examine Miss s~pauldings Millinery,
and consult Madam Flender about garment-making.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-18

Mis- Ennice Prevost Is now with Brown,
t)-hnr,,e & G L.. ard she would he pleased
t have her many friends Call aud zee her
{ ,ero
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-18

The Ahhevi'la correspondent ~ the Cn-
lum hie STATE, under date OF tha 18th inst /,
saya: cat q meeting Of the Ynnng Mems
Business league last night q committee
waa appointed to go to Anderson at once
and confer with the citizens Of that to Un
"a tn the proposed new railroad from
Knoxville tn Pnrr Rnval. The q will
G. mo nv AhhevilIe II the necessary induce.
menta are offered. and the league Ia work
| ing hard for it. The road will give Ahha-
Vile q through connection With the Vast
The tfi"jnls want To bring 1t Through here.
recognizing the ADVANTAGES of this groe ing
little city. The following IL the Commit"
tee: l. W. Perrin, F. 3. Gary, ". W
Bradley, G. A Visanski. W l.. Miller,
| Wyatt Aiken and A. " Smith
The Camp of Sons Of Confederate Vpter-
| aua met in the C 'urt House last Thursday
afternoon ann completed its organization
nv The election of The following officers:
Commander. NJ. l.. B nham; l.t .ienten-
| ant C~ommander, ] q W"k,ns; Q d Lieu
ten mt C"mm .nd-r ] X Fl ~; Al tant,
J ". patrick; :argeSp, D.J i'ke't;
Qusrtermastsr, G f Pine; Chaplain.
Kew. w. T. C-per,; Treasurar. 90 Lang
sion The next meeting will be held on
| Thu-.dav afternoon 28tn inst ut 5 o'clock.
All young men who desire TO join the
Camp are cordially invited tn attend the
meeting. Blank applications for member
ship may he secured by calling at the In
T%ELL1aENoEE office. All young men whose
grandfather. father. uncle or brother served
In the Confederate war are eligible for
m her. hip. I il proposed tn make III
Camp ~ m rt interesting "rrsntZ itinu. l.
no0 ha. sbont forty members. and 1t Is
prop aed tn participate I'm the reunion oil
the Veterans 81 Charleston next ninth.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-18

Every resident of the city should read
Car full, the Ordinance Of the C"y Council
cnntrtDing the rules and regula-. GUS of the
Board Ur Health
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-03-18

The Board of County Commissioners
have dec,d+d to buy six more rusd ma
chimes. This is another step in the right
direction.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Exterminat NJ tho Alligntors.

"Nexs to the disappearance of the
buffalo for remarkably rapid EXTERN.
nation comes the killing OF the ALI.
gator,," said A. L. Stephens, of Jack.
sonvilIe, Fla, at the Epoitt. "There
are q good many OF the sanrians leftin
q very few localities, Int they are be-
coming scarcer every day, and in ten
years, possibly in half that time, there
will not be wild alligator Left 10 the
United States, except in impossible
swamps like the Everglades. Ten
years ago every stream in Florida and
many of those in Louisiana were filled
with the reptiles, and a common rec
reation for tourists was shooting al-
ligators. Now the st. Johns River,
that formerly teened with them, has
not an alligator in it, unless he has
happened to come from one of the
creeks. I have not heard of an alli-
gator having been seen in Louisiana
during the past three years, and it IS
very rare that the tourist through
Florida obtains glimpse of saurian.
They are still being industriously
hunted, their hides being valuable,
aud it cannot take a great while fer
them to be entirely exterminated. ~
Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
REASON For AnANDoN1yo coRssrg.

Science has found still another rea.
son why women should abandon cor
sets. 1t affects, however, only those
of the fair sex who thirst for the
higher education. At certain yourg
women's college it was noticed that
the delicate electrical instruments un-
derwent sudden and extraordinary
changes. Every once in q while,
when girl came up to explain
what she had learned about volts,
ohms, and the like, gaiyanometers
would gyrate wildly and the needles in
the various dials would swerve in q
most unaccountable manner. Finally
the professor discovered where the
trouble lay. 1t was the steel in the
girls corsets, and the faculty there.
upon passed law debsrring all cor.
seted girls from the electrical depart.
ment. At first the girls tried to
evade the rule by the utterance OF
mild tarradiddles. But the inexora-
BILE professor circumvented them by
making the class, as it entered, pass in
single file beside a delicate galyano.
meter. The instructor stood beside
it in apparent unconcern, but the in.
strument "spotted" every steel.cor.
seted girl with uperring skill. One
lecture under the conditions was
enough, and the girls have all gone in
for hygienic waists or dress rsfprm-
Argonaut.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Animals in Hot weather.

The dreadful hot wave that has hung
over the country recently proves once
more that, after all, man is the tough.
est creature in the animal kingdom.
Hundreds of men have worked with
horses reeently to see the latter drop
prostrated. Dogs, too, have suffered
dreadfully and often needIessly.
Water, shalc and rest are the
three saving conditions for animals.
Through some wrong-headed policy
in our larger cities it would sometimes
look AS ii there were conspiracy to
make these conditions as difficult as
possible.
New York has been within a year
nearly denuded OF sha1e trees. The
old-tirne watering troughs have been
largely removed. Teamsters who do
not carry buckets on their carts often
compel their horses to wait for water
until they are nearly choked. There
are no shady resting places on the
streets, the barns are i!tventillated
Owens, and so upon occasions of exces-
sive heat the poor animals drop by
scores. A veterinary surgeon esti-
mates that the mortality among work.
ing horses in New York during one
week has been fully so per cent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Marye!s to the Natives.

DR.. Gregory, ia exploring the lofty
ranges of Mount Kenya in Africa, was
accompanied by native followers from
tho coast, to whom the frost and snow
met with at great attitudes were mex
plicable wonders, that could be attri-
buted only to magical agencies.
"They came to tell me-" writes the
traveller, "that the water they had left
in their cooking. pots was all be.
witched. They said it was white, and
would not shake; the adventurous
Fund.- had even hit it with stick,
which would not go in. They begged
me to look at it, and told them to
bring it to me. They declined, how
ever, to touch it, and implored me to
90 to it. The water, of course, hal
frozen solid. 1 handled the ice and
told the men they were silly to be
afraid Of. it, for this change always
came over water on the tops OF high
mountains. I put one of the pi<s on
the fire, and predicted it would soon
turn again into water. The men sat
around and anxiously watched it;
when it had melted they joyfully told
me that the demon was expelled, and
told them they could now use the
water; but as soon as my back was
turned they poured it away, and re
illed their pots from On adjoining
hrook -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
The Wonderful Bell.shapsd Mountain.

When the Alaska steamers ere get
ting toward Sitka they go through {
passageway known rs Finlanson'a
Canul, and if they happen to pass q
certain point in the daytime most
unusual-looking mountain can be seen.
1t has been named the "Bell-shaped
Mountain" and more appropriate
cognomen could not be found.
This peak, which has always been
one of the sights for tourists, occupies
most unusual position. 1t is direct.
ly in the centre of The channel, aud
when the steamer is going northward
eeems to block further progress. For
several miles before the mountain is
reached the passageway is not any too
wide, and the steep mountains come
close to the waters edge on both sides.
They seem to join the. lower portion
of tho bell.shaped mountains and form
an impossible barrier across the road.
way.
rs the stgamerSis-he directly
for the mountain it shows to the best
advantage. Rising abruptly from the
mirror like surface of the water, it
rear its head about 1000 feet toward
the sky and reveals the most perfect
symmetry in its outlines. Tho sides
slope inward. nnd on the top there is
little knoll, the whole combination
forming perfect bell.
II the mountain is seen in the early
morning, when the steamer is about
five miles away, it will appear sill
houetted against the sky. The edges
look clean and sharp cut, and it is
hard to believe that it is not the work
of human hands. 1t really looks like
monster bell placed in the channel.
The sides of this mountain are coy-
cred with o thick growth of pine trees,
and as tho steamer draws nearer it
loses some of its peculiar appearance.
The vessel keeps head on as if to run
it down, but when quite close makes a
sharp turn to port and passes through
channel SO narrow that it is possible
TO throw q stone on the mountain from
the deck. The mountain is much
longer than wide, and does not look
the least like o bell as soon Us the
steamer has passed so that it can be
seen over the stern.-San francisco
Sun
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Raitliug Windows.

To stop windows rattliug on windy
night SO rs to insure sleep is often q
puzzle, and few people realize that
they have the remedy awaiting them
on the toilet table. Take dressing
comb. wrap it IN two or three thick
nesses of soft paper and squeeze it,
teeth downwards, between the two
sashes, or where one fits into the frame.
Some old and badly-ftting window.
need several wedges, and nothing il
better for these than piece OF toilet
comb, nicely washed, wrapped in ole
linen, and covered in piece of glazec
calico. To these can be attached
loop or ribbon SO they can hang on a
nail near the window frame and al
ways bo ready for use. Detroit Free
Press,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
POPUAR SCIENCE

OF the 2901 cases OF smallpox in
Austria during 1895 no less than
1855 occurred in Galicia.
They say there are about 200 diff.
ferent shapes and varieties of tooth
pulling forceps on the market.
Professor Hadden claims that
Stephenson obtained his idea Of the
railway coach from an Irish iaunting
car. T-''-9f'13e'--;'-'. -.
In the West Indian islands, such as
Saba and Santa Lucia, are several
promising sulphur deposits close to
The ocean.
a steel wire fly wheel, twenty-five
feet in diameter and requiring ESQ
miles OF wire in its construction, has
been made in Germany. sSas - (.
Compressed air has proved So satis-
factory in use in Pullman, ILL.,, that it
is likely to come into general use
there. for power transmission.
Perhaps the largest boiler in the
United States is that of the New York
Heating Company. 1t was recently
put in place, and weighs $4,000
pounds.
The advantages claimed for the tri-
phase electric railway to be installed
at Lugano, Switzerland, are that the
cars will go as fast up hill as down.
Two overhead trolleys are used.
By taking the current directly from
the rail the electric train on the New
York, New haven and Hartford Rail.
road made speed of eighty miles an
hour recently. This is reckoned a
triumph for the "third rail" system.
The japanese are keeping up with
the discoveries of science. A series OF
sixteen reproductions of photographs
obtained by means of Roentgen rays
has been issued by Professors Y. Yama-
gucbi and T. Mizuno, of Toxic Uni
yersity.
Long distance telephones have been
placed in the smallest Swiss villages,
making it possible to communicate
from one end to the other of the
country on instruments kept in per-
feet repair. and on which one can
hear distinctly. The fee varies from
two to eight cents message. Elec'
tic lighting from water power has
been introduced in even small places.
Insurance companies have decided
that electric lighting. when the wiring
is we'll done-and they have formu.
lated special rules on the subjects
the safest OF all illuminants. Statistics
show the following comparative risks:
Fires in one year from paraffin and
kerosene, 259; from gas, ITO; matches
used for gas, 35; candles; ss; arc elec-
trio lights, 7, and incandescent slsc.
trio lights, only 1.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
CYCLING FOR WOMEN.

In an article in the Nineteenth Gen.
tuy entitled IA Medical View Of Oy.
cling for Ladies'" the author, DIR. ~.
Il. Fenton, indorses the exercise, as
serting that it has done more to i'm.
prove the health of women than almost
anything that has ever been Invented.
'tLet it at once be said, an organi-
cally sound woman can cycle with as
much impnnity as q man. Thank
heaven, we know now that this is not
one more of the sexual problems of.Jhe
day. Sex has nothing to do with it,
beyond the adaptation of machine to
dress and dress 20 the machine. .Wo.
men are capable of great physical i'm.
provement where the opportunity eS-
lists. Dress even now heavily handi-
caps them. How fatiguing and dan.
gerous were heavy petticoats and
flowing skirts in. cycling eTen a few
years ago the plucky pioneers alone
can tell as.
"Enappropriate dress has acert9in
number of chills to aecountfcr. When
fair practice has been made, and the
'hot stage, so to speak. is over, the
feet, ankles, neck and arms get very
cold when working up against wind.
Caters or spats, high collars and
close-itting sleeves meet this did
Guilty. Summer or winter, it is far
safer to Tear warm, absorbent under
clothing and avoid cotton.
"The diseases of women take front
place in our social life; but, if looked
into, ninety per cent. of them are
functional ailments, begotten of epui
and lack of opportunity c'f some
means of working off their superAous
muscular, nervous and organic en-
ergy. The effect OF cycling within
the physical capacity of woman acts
like charm for govt, rheumatism and
Indigestion. Sleeplessness, so.called
nerves and NIL those petty miseries
for which the l.yer is SO often made
the scapego disappear in the most
extrao- ~ way with the fresh air
inhaled, and with the tissue destruc-
tion and reconstruction effectc: by
exercise and exhilaration.
.The large abdominal muscles do
little in riding down hill or on level
ground, but in hill climbing great
strain is thrown upon them. There
are many reasons why women should
not overtax this group. Already
thousands of women qualifying for
general invalidism have been rescued
by cycling. Women are very subject
to varicose veins in the legs. Cycling
often rids them OF this trouble. A
girl who has to stand for hours and
hours serving behind counter gets
relief untold from an evening spin on
her bike Her circulation hils been
improved, and the aches and pains
which would have shortly made an old
woman of her have gone and sense OF
exhilaration and RELIEF hos taken their
place"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
The Yoke of Today.

In nearly all the accounts of fash
ionaole dressing in Paris and London
we read of yokes, but the yokes of to.
day are quite different to those of past
seasons. They are either quite mar
row--merely band across the upper
portion of the neck, attached to
rounded drapery dropping over the
arm--or they are wide enough to cover
entirely the top of the bodice to the
bust, the newest being close-set
white cord, braided in an important
pattern. AS the seasons grow the
ornamentations of dresses are more
garisb. Gold spider net is covered
with floral sprays in pearls, garnets
and emeralds, and muslin is encrusted
with diamonds or rhinestones, as well
as with Jet and pearls, sapphires,
opals and opalescent shells.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Importance of MONDAY Appetite.

Persons who keep close watch upon
themselves are of the opinion that the
hour of noon is the most critical period
OF life. At that time the human frame
undergoes serious changes. The stom
ach has dispatched the morning meal
and sends scouting parties out in
search of another. The eyes and
brain are on the alert, and there is q
sort of all-goneness pervading the an
atomy that sharpers the faculties and
puts new edge on the teeth. 1t is
natures dining time, and everything
about the healthy man or woman is at
tuned to the domination of enjoyment
of what is called "gooi square
meal" Those who pay heed to the
prompting of nature at this divine
hour have their reward in good appe-
tite, good temper and excellent diges-
tion, which is conducive to oil the good
that flesh is heir to. But those who,
following the imperious dictates of
fashion, defer the hour of dining until
all natural longings are dead, and have
to be resurrected by adventurous aids,
lay train of evils and discomforts
which sooner or later become the
plague of their lives. 1t is well
known fact that the noon diners are
healthier and stronger and have better
chances for long life than others
Chicago Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Largest Clock in Germany.

The largest clock in Germany is in
tbe tower of st. Michaels Church, in
Hamburg. This church spire is one
of the tallest landmarks in the city,
and can be seen far out at sea. The
four dials of the clock each measure
twenty.six feet in diameter. The
minnie hands are twelve feet and the
bour hands ten feet III length. The
chimes can be heard for two or three
miles in every direction.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
THE RED AND THE WHITE.
o clustered roses in your emerald nest,
Margined with moss and dap pied with th

o clustered roses in your emerald nest,
Margined with moss and dap pied with the
dew,
BY woodland winds no more to be caressed,
When, rs you lie upon the ear!h'ssoft breast,
Some careless hand shall call You out anew.
Perchance tonight the rich red Jacqueminot
Shall lend its beauty to some love Of mine,
And loosely twined amid her locks shall glow
When languorous music rhythmically slow,
That thrills tho ear with harmony divine,
Pulsates and FLASHES in sensuous fow
And thou. with petals like the rifted snow,
And soft suggestion in thy dewy breath,
Tonight. held fast in some cold hand shat
so
To share the mourner's lonely watch with
Death,
And yield thy fragrance as balm for woe
The Bookman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Automatic Fishing Ro'.

A Chicago genius was recently
granted patent on on automatic fish
Ing rod. This great labor saving ee'
vice consists OF q rod and holder
cooked and poised upon a strong
spring. In this position 1T may be lett
upon tho shore by itself, after the
owner has baited the hook and cast 1t
into the water. When the fish seizes
the bait, the lug it gives the line
opens the trigger, and the fish is
ierked ashore and landed high and
dry by the uncoiling of the spring.
This invention at once removes flsh'
ing from the list of laborious occupa'
tions and makes it nothing but pas
time
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
FASHION NOTES.

The belt slightly pointed front anA
back gives very much better fgulc
than the perfectly round one.
There was chic little cap, beretta-
shaped. made of the plaid goods, with
o twist of brown velvet and a quill,
that goes with o golf costume. II
must be more comfortable than the
regulation alpine, that looks 80 per.
fectly absurd when tilted back from
the forehead.
The most popular bathing costume
this season is made of black or white
serge or mohair, with full skirt and
knickerbockers, o fitted belt round
waist with deeply pointed yoke, full
sleeves that barely reach the elbows,
black stockings, and an oilskin cap
covered with black or Tartan sulah.
For visiting and similar occasions
pale green straw is made into q high,
narrow crown with very wide brim,
which is yelled in white tulle, caught
ND on one side with big rosette and
three nodding black plumes. C'n the
other side is knot of lilies and big
bunch of the same rest upon the hair,
underneath the brim, at the back.
Just in front ore two large crushed
pink roses that look as if they had
fallen into place.
Never was lace SO profusely used or
80 varied inl design. From marrow
guipure insertions to wide fourIcings
in cream, ecru and butter color is it
to be seen on every article of fashion
able dress. 1t is now made in grass
cloth, to trim the grass cloth gowns
and blouses that are to be IN the acme
of popularity in the hot days. 1T car
be had in insertions, edgings and piece
lengths, aud has color beneath. This
is not strictly lace, but it goes in the
eaTe category. -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Hot water as q Motive Power.

The New York Central Company is
experimenting with new motor. Its
motive power is neither steam nor
electricity nor compressed air, but
hot sater under enormous pressure.
This is stored in supply boilers and
then charged under the same pressure
in the battery cylinders of the motor.
Its great merit IS said to be its cheap
ness. Extensive plants are not re.
quired, and the cars can be operated
on any track. All that is necessary
are a number of boiler-houses along
the road.
The New York Central has had IN
experimental motor constructed, and
freight car has been fitted up as q
boiler. house to supply it with power.
In the freight Car are two vertical
boilers, the latter being eight feet IN
height and six feet in diameter. In
the middle of the large boiler IS u
great copper coil. Two iron pipes
project from the side of the freight
car and ure connected with socket
couplings to pipes in the motor car
alongside. The lot water Is run
through these pipes into the motor
ca-'s battery cylinders, and then the
motor is ready to start.
The motor car has been put on the
main track of the company number
of times, has been run for five to ten
minutes each time, and, it Is salc, q
high speed has been attained.
Chauncey Depew, the President o'
the New York Central, says the new
motor will be used in the suburban
service of the Grand Central ii ii
proves to be the success predicted foI
it. The series of experiments started
with it have not yet been finished, and
the motor is therefore still on object
OF study and uncertainty. but some
engineers believe that it will revolu
tionize railroad locomotion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Chicken Salad.

Cut meat from your cold chicken,
add equal quantity of shredded lst-
luce; when ycu have cat chicken into
marrow strips two inches long, mix in
bowl and prepare following dressing:
Beat yolks of two eggs, salt lightly
and beat in, few drops at time, four
Tablespoonful salad Gil, then add
gradually three teaspoonfnls extract
of celery. The mixture should be
thick rs cream. Pour over meat and
l.ttuce. Stir up with silver fork ;
place salad in dish.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
M1cH1aAN's AMBITIOUS WOMEN.

In Michigan, two towns, Decatur
and MarceIlus, seem to be under fem.
inine control. In the former town,
with a population of 1000. all the town
officers are said to be women. The
leading hysician of the town is q
woman; one of the most popular pas.
tors is woman. Two women conduct
the principal restaurant. The pro.
prietor of the largest dry goods store
is woman; one of the best shoemak-
ers is o woman, and there are women
painters, harnessmakers, florists and
brokers. The postmaster of the town
is also q woman. The women have
shut up the saloons of the town.