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cisely as Mr.. Jefferson built it and left
1t. There is yet about it an air of Col
onial grandeur which neither time nor
modern ownership and surroundings
can ever efface.
The first glimpse of tho inner sane.
tity of Monticello is had when the Wis
itor reaches the top of the mountain
and discovers the porter's lodge.
This brick structure aud brick and
iron gateway is of modern origin, but
it occupies the site of the original en-.
trance to the grounds. After the Wis.
itor has driven in he closes the gate
and straightway rings the old planta-
ton bell wtich announces to the peo.
pie at the mansion that guests are
coming. The same bell did duty in
Jeferson's day. A few hundred yards
from the gate, the road winding
through dense shrubbery, we come
TO the family burial ground, where lie
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

Wolf von Schierbrand writes to the
New York Post that a great many
stories are told about the German
Emperor-nearly always with a tend.
ency to discredit him-wbich have
not scintilla OF truth to them. Here
is little incident of the other kind,
related recently by an eyewitness,
Count Philip Eulenburg, Ambassador
TO Vienna, on the occasion of the
Enperor's birthday. It was while
passing through a bridge on the Elbe
River, the weather being squally,
that tho man at the wheel steered
wrong, and the rear mast, at the foot
OF which the Emperor was standing,
was shiyered against the walls of the
bridge. splinters and broken timber
rained thick, but the monarch merely
stepped out Of the way silently, just as
yardsman came crashing down. To
Count Eulenburg, who said something
about the danger just escaped, the
Emperor remarked: 81 didn't want
to rattle that poor fellow at the wheel
any more. He'll catch it bad enough
as it is" And another fact about the
Emperor is usually left unmentioned
by correspondents. I refer to his
keen interest in any new discovery in
science or practical arts which, in any
shape, may benefit his people and the
world. Whether it be Bering, Koch,
Roentgen, Spies, or Slaby, something
new in electrics or optics, medicine or
physician, he at once personally in
vestigates the new discovery and tries
to get at the root of the matter. A
few days ago he had those two phyG.
cit,ns, Neuhauss and Selle, before him
for three hours to explain all about
their successful experiments in photo
graphing objects in their natural
colors.
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KILT SUIT OF SERGE FOR BOYS.

Tan-colored serge made this pretty
suit, decorations of brown braid and
brown buttons being shown on the
kilt suit and Eton jacket. The back
and sides OF the full skirt are laid in
deep side plaits that turn backward,
giving the front the form OF broad
box plait, near the edges OF which
four bone buttons are placed on each
side. The opening can be made IN
centre back or under the first plait on
right front, the top being aewed to q
band and buttoned on to the under
waist. The blouse is of fine white
percale, with ruf1es of embroidery; 1, a
box plait is formed on the edge OF lett
front, through which the closing is
made with buttons and buttonholes:
It is fitted with the usual shoulder and
under-arm seams, elastic inserted in
the hem at the lower edge drawing 1t
closely around the waist to droop be-
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Labouchere,s Mistake.

Henry Labouchere tells of an awk-
ward mistake he made about De Per
signy, Napoleon's right.hand man and
the 'tmaker of the Second Empire. "
His appearance was plebian, and when
ths London editor saw him at an
evening reception he took him for q
waiter and asked for a cup of tea.
'.De Persigny good-humoredly went
for it." says Mr.. Labouchere, sand ]
was knocked into a heap at seeing his
grand Gordon OF the Legion of Honor,
but kept down my confusion and got
into D rattling chat with him."
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IS muCu lQt6fGBb a5 uO bu0 cA1olioH
and grounds Sf tile mansion, A very
important feature OF the latter was
the servants quarters. Mr.. Jefersons
house servants snumbered thirty.seven,
and they were quartered in what re-
sembles q military barracks, built OF
bricks, in the slope OF one of the ter
races of the lawn. Thus, from the
mansion the quarters were not visible,
fof their FOOT was converted into o
platform upon which people would go
out and Sit. Connected with these
quarters and leading from the cellar
Of the mansion was an underground
pass8gs or covered way, the roof OF
which furnished 4 walk from the house
to the pavilion. The object Of this
passageway was that the servants
could get from their quarters to their
duties in the house without having to
cross the lawn. But nothing could be
more comfortable than were these
quarters. They were built of brick,
eash compartment having tworooms,
and the Whole front was composed OF
d series Of archways ahd pillars, form.
ing an afched poftico. Tho same
idsa was carried out on the otfieF
side Of Tie mansion, for under or
into the opposite terrace was built
big brick icehouse, o huge storeheuse
and fuel room, and this, too, %as
connected with the cellars of the
mansions by On underground passage
OF covered way, forming o walk to an
other pavilion with seats, which was
the roof of the ice and dstorehouses. This
last pagilidn is covered in the summer
with an awning snd provided with
ehsiTs and settees, where guests tnaJ
sit shd enjoy the magnificent scenery
which has so added to the fame OF
Monticello.
With all the glories of Monticello,
historical and material, it must ever
be d source Of fegret that its construc.
tidH, its improvement, its possession
for nearly Half csUtufy. should have
impoverished its great 6wtierj for, in
spite of all the magni6cence with
which he was surrounded, notwith-
sanding the wealth he was supposed
to possess, Notwithstanding the emolu-
ments Of his public earear, he died, as
the world knows, poor man. and
worse than poor, for he was hopeleasly
ia debt. When he left the Presidency
ID 1909 he found his big estate encum-
bered with floating debt of over
$40, 900. This was added to q few
years later by the failure of q friend
for whom he had endorsed for over
so, 900. this last blow plunged him
into the depths Of poverty, and he
was rescued from bankruptcy by his
death.- Congress afterward came to
the relief Of the family by appropriat.
ing $4,000 for the purchase OF Mr..
Jsferson's library and public papers,
;xhieh are now very important fea-
Mre Of the Congressional library. The
only land now left of Monticello is the
Hansion grounds and 425 acres at the
Base of the mountain.
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The savings bank in the Newsboys,
Lodging House. New York City. al
lows interest on deposits at the very
liberal rate OF six per cent. a month,
or seyenty-two per cent. year.
twenty-five dollars is the largest sum
permitted to draw that pleasing rate,
and but one depositor has reached that
degree of afiuence. The smallest de-
posit at present is three cents, and
there are in all torty-one names on the
books.
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Memory of Bees.

On August 16, says correspondent
in Science Gossip, we took quantity
of honey in frames from the tops ofthe
hives (super honey. The hives are in
On orchard at the bottom of the gar
den. When cleared of bees the frames
of comb are usually carried through
the garden to disused cottage at o
distance OF seventy yards from the
nearest hive. On arriving here we
found number of bees, which had
preceded US, flying round the cottage
awaiting the arrival of the combs,
which, however, still remained in the
clearers in the orchard. No touey had
been taken since June 21st iast, and
no bees had been noticed near the cot
tage in the interval.
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rooms, and on the same floor are two
smaller rooms known as the Monroe
and Madison rooms. They are so
called because the two Presidents al
ways occupied them on their visits to
Monticello. There are many other
guest chambers, as there needed to be
in the days of Mr.. Jefferson's hospi-
tality. So commodious was the house
in fact that Mrs. Randolph, Jefferson's
daughter, has in her letters frequently
stated that on many an occasion she
provided beds for fifty to sixty guests.
The second story of the mansion, if
it may be called such, is curious
architectural hodge-podge. In that
portion of the building are located
the various guest chambers, and 1t
was Mr.. Jefferson's hobby to have
them all open out upon balustraded
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with frills Of embroidery, headed by
insertion to match. The Eton jacket
is slightly pointed in centre back, and
is simply shaped with shoulder and
under-arm seams. The fronts are re.
versed in pointed lapels, that have
straight upper edges and close at the
neck. The sleeves are of comfortable
width, in regular coat shape, braid
Stimulating cuff at the wrists. Pretty
suits in this style can be made from
cloth, cheviot, tweed or other wool
suitings, pique, grass linen, gingham,
duck or other wash fabrics for summer
wear, and lawn, batiste, with lace or
embroidery, for the blouse.
1t will require IL yards of 44-inch
wide material to make this jacket and
skirt for a'four. year.old child, and for
the blouse Il yards of 36-inch wide
goods.
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of collar, belt snd sleeve bands being
faced with leaf green taffeta and dec
Grated with small rose pearl buttons.
The waist in the popular Norfolk style
has graduated box plaits applied OF
front and back, buttons in clusters OF
three decorating the centre front plat
which conceals the closing. The rlp'
ple basque that joins at the waist lin"
is stifly interlined and faced with tat
fsta. The neat adjustment Is per-
formed by single bust darts, under
arm and side-back cores that reacn 70
the shoulders and curved centre
hack seam. The box piaits are made
separately and applied with visible
stitches. or can be machine stitched on
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the several generations OF the Jeffer-
sons who died while the estate was in
the possession Of the family. The
tomb of Jefferson--thst is to say the
tomb that now exists-is compare
lively modern. It was erected by
Commodore Levy to replace the orig
ihal tomb, ehippsd and practically de.
stfoyed by vandals and felic hdntefs.
It is an exact copy Of the original aid
is solid granite cehotaph about eight
feet high from its foundation Stone:
Inscribed on one OF the faces Of the
tomb is the following, written by JEFF.
ferson himself, as his epitaph, and
found among his papers after his
death:
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each edge if so preferred. The neck
is finished with a close-ftting collar,
the pointed right end OF which over
laps the left. The lego mutton sleeves
droop from gathers at the shoulders
over comfortable two-seamed sleeve
Innings, and are finished at the Wrists
with pointed bands to match collar. A
belt Of the materials finished to match
the edges of fcollar, cuffs. belt and rip
pie basque, being completed with ma
chine stitching in tailor style. The
belt can be omitted in favor OF q gilt
or Suede belt with buckle, now the
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appendaae of Carter's Mountain. The
road from Charlottesville begins to
wind around the base of the mountain
at the crossing Of Moore's Greek. The
ascent is long and somewhat tedious,
for, though the mountain is only 650
feet high, its sides are steep and the
making of roadway o century ago
was no eesy task. The climb is atlesst
o mile AMI half long and the whole
distance through dense wood. The
present owner of Monticello has built
wall on the outer edge of most Of the
rc cad9ay, which renders it safe for
travel even at night. But in the days
gone by it must have been somewhat
risky business to make the ascent after
sundown. During Mr.. Jefferson's
sixty years of residence at Monticello
he was visited by perhaps half of the
nobility of Europe. Presidents and
princes alike climbed tho steep ascent
to visit, s,s German Baron called it,
s'the finest mansion on the American
Continent.
The great glory of Monticello'is its
situation. Mr.. Jefferson could have
had but one reason for seeking such q
site for the erection of his home. The
vast acreage of his original estate was
away below the mountain, stretching
for miles below its base, but he chose
this strange and at that time almost
inaccessible spot for his home. Un.
doubtedly it was because of the glori-
ous view from the summit of the hill.
Mr.. Jefferson inherited the Monticello
estate fIorn his father, Peter Jefferson,
who was Sifie Of tha fist to settle in
III kgAea.ask 98anly. liam = ndcfph
slsfd Peter Jefferson wsre The drst White
men to inhabit that region. Both
took up enormous tracts of land and
there founded two of the most dis
tinguished families in Virginia. Mr..
Jeferson's boyhood was spent at Shad-
we'll, his birthplace, but upon his re-
turn from William and Mary College,
which was about the time he reached
his majority and came into the posses
sion of his estate, he began the con-
struotion Of the present Monticello
mansion, which was about the year
1854. The first steps were necessary,
to wit, the construction of road to
the summit and leveling off the sum-
NIT to frd standing room for the
house and outbuildings. In this way
a space OF two or three acres was
cleared and graded and the work OF
construction begun.
Monticello was not built in q day /;
on the contrary, it was the work of
many years. At the time of his COM
ing into his Inheritance Mr.. Jefferson
was the owner of about 200 slaves.
Among these we're artisans of all kinds,
ss was the fashion of those times.
There were carpenters and iron work
ers, stone and brick masons and brick
makers among the lot, and the big
mansion was almost all the work of
Mr.. Jefferson's slaves. They quarried
the stone for the foundations and the
surrounding wall, they hewed the tim
Der for the frame, they dug the clay
and burned the brick on the premises,
and step by step the great mansion
reached its completion. It is crafty
ing to the visitor to know thst with
but few exceptions Monticello is pre-
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There are in Arizona ten million
acres of desert land capable of recia-
nation to agriculture through irriga-
tion. Already some 997, 900 acres have
been reclaimed and are bearing profit
able crops of various kinds, and vari-
Gus enterprises are now under way
which. it is expected, will in the next
two years insure the reclamation of
almost two million acres more.
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Gl.adstone,s Pudding.

Shelley once blurted out that pud.
ding was Q prejudice; but according
to contemporary, which tells the fol.
lowing e-citing story, Mr.. Gladstone
merely regards the habit of eating it
tco hot as a prejudice: "0ne day, not
long ago, he was going for drive
into Chester after luncheon. His pud.
ding was very hot, 20 hs went away
from the table, changed his clothes,
got ready for the drive snd came beck
and finished his pudding, thus saving
ter minutes during which his pudding
eooleiin
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6QOulQ Dc Salu mere Iu6t tH6 CuduaOaAo1
referred to, in the hall. is of gilt
bronze and was formerly In the palace
of the Empress Josephine at Malmai-
son. In the olden days this great
hallway was o veritable museum. 1t
contained cases Of geological, min
eralogical aid Geological specimens,
eollssted by Mp. Jefferson throughout
long series Of years: These have
long since been scattered, BUT there
yet remain Oh the walls some family
portraits which are 6f great interest
aud value, being originals of Sir
Joshua Reynolds and Anthony Van
Dyke. Jefferson had also number OF
fine busts of both bronze and marble.
but the only one Of these left now ia
that of Voltaire. There are also set in
the wall of this vast hall two large
mirrors of the time Of Louis XIV,
bfoaght by Mr. Jefferson from France.
At tie end Of tie large hall, separated
from 1t by more glass doors, aid sx-
tehdihgto the othet font Of the house;
is tie grand Salon, which was the
reception hall of the old days. ,This;
also, is thirty feet high, and at one
time its walls were covered with
articles Of interest and value which
have long since disappeared.
The ceiling OF the entrance hall is
magnificently decorated with an eagle
in low relief, surrounded by eighteen
stars, which wss the number Of States
in 1879 when the ceiltng was con-
structed. The floor of the grand salot
is tessellated, being inlaid with stain
wood and Rosewood at q cost of$200G.
To the fight and left OF the main hall
way are entered the various rooms OF
the mansion. Here is the great dining
room, the ceiling of which is also thir.
t5 fset high, With an alcoye arched ofi
fof d lafgs sideboafd: The huge ntan-
telpiece is decorated With Paiftitigs
on china and is surmounted With q
heavy gilt bronze clock, presented by
the King of Spain to Napoleon /. Over
this is an original portrait oil Jefferson
by Stuart. Leaving this room you
pass, through glass doors again, into
the tea room. These doors can be re-
moved at will and the two rooms
thrown into one for State occasions.
Opposite The dining room across the
entrance hall was the room of Mr..
Jefferson. This room is also thirty
feet high. Mr.. Jefferson's bed was
built in q recess between this and q
smaller room, which he used as q study.
This study was half circular in shape,
With d much lower ceiling. The bed
was simply frame which stood as it
might be in the space occupied by
folding doors. It was peculiar freak
Of Mf. Jefferson, and every biogfaphsf
of the great statesman las made hti-
morots references to it. When Mrs.
Jefferson was alive che used the larger
room for her boudoir and dressing
room, while Mr.. Jefferson wrote and
studied and lived in the smaller room.
There was no connection between the
rooms except over .tle bed. When Mrs.
Jefferson nrenare2 to retire she did 30
in her own apartment and Mr.. Jefer.
son did the same in his and then they
both crawled into bed. from their re.
epectiye rooms. Adjonrning this Set
of rooms and on the same side of the
hall are the library and reception
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nauilions. which extended clear around

pavilions, which extended clear around
the house. This was because Of the
magnificent view to be obtained from
these pavilions. Over the main salon
O dome was built. and in this dome
was large circular room designed for
ladies' parlor and reception room,
but instead it was always used as o
billiard'room. Then again Mr.. Jeffer.
son was great lover OF flowers, and
in the angles formed by the four wings
of his house he had built little glass
Enclosures for flowers. These are still
in exlstence.
But, after oil, the elegance OF the
interior does not convey to the visitoE
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HUMOROUS.

It is not necessary to use water in
pouring over book.
"Beware of imitation" as the mon-
key said to the dude.
A good lawyer is not necessity,
for necessity knows no law.
Pufs in the newspapers help many
merchants to ''raise the wind"
All men are not homeless, but
some men are home less than others.
A telegraph wire is like q NOUS
tache. It is OF no use when it is
down.
When a convict's watch runs down
| it does not necessarily follow that his
! sine has expired.
a disagreeable old bachelor says
that the only time q woman does nor
exaggsrate ia when she is talking Of
her age.
The poet groaned in deep dismay
/ Meath comments analytic,
"oh, for some pen, " they heard him say,
"To criticise the crftic!"
Willie-I knew you were coming to.
night. Castletop-Why, Willie.
'Willie-sister has been asleep all af!
ternoon.
The evil that men do lives after
them. Even when an amateur cor.
nctist dies, he leaves the fatal instru.
ment behind.
There was once a professor who
being asked what he knew upon
certain subject, replied Nothing; ]
have not even lectured on it"
A smart young man picked up a
flower in the ball room after all the
girls had gone, and sang, pathetically.
"Tis the last rose of some her."
It rather annoys woman after slse
has had child christened some
romantic Indian name, to learn that
the name, translated, means sold
boots"
A young lover paid $40 for loco
motive to run him 85 miles to see his
girl, and when he got there the family
bulldog ran him two miles and didn't
charge him cent.
Hortense-Did yousay Mr.. Spooner
swore all sorts of things on his bended
knees last nightS Henrietta-Yes.
there was an upturned tack on the
carpet just where he kneeled.
"Maid of Athens, ere we part
Give me back my silver heart,
"I can't" the clever damsel cried, /,
"My new beau's picture is inside" :.
eyes" said the wood dealer, ~
prefer to sell wood to men who do
their own saving. You can't convince
man who has worked all day at q
wood-pile that there isn't full cord
of it"
"With all my experience of legis.
lation," says the veteran councilman,
"there is one bill to which I am op-
posed, but which l am always conn.
pelled to pass, and that's my wife's
millinery bill"
A Philadelphia boarding house
keeper won't take any but pretty girls
and susceptible young men. Those
who fall in love are seated together at
the table, and, of course, lose their
appetites. She is getting rich.
Some genius has invented q ma.
chine to play pianos. This will fill q
long felt want. Whentwo young peo.
pie of opposite sex are in the paflor
in the evening, the old lady don't be-
gin to saunter in until the piano stopa
When o woman rushes out into the
yard, her eyes flashing With executive
determination, and picks up piece Of
board to throw at a hen,.it is interest.
ing to sec how quickly oil the children
playing in the vicinity will run in
front of her to prevent being hit
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Wishing and working.

Wishing and Working.
The boy who's always wishing
That this or that might be,
But never tries his mettle,
Is the boy that's bound to SEQ
Hisplans all come to failure,
His hopes end In defeat; :
For that's what comes when wishing
And working fail to meet.
The boy who wishes this thing
Or that thing with win
That spurs him on to action,
and keeps him trying still :
When effort meets with failure,
VIII some day surely win; :
For he works out what he wishes,
And that's where "luck" comes In!
The "luck" that believe IN
Is that which comes with work,
And no one ever finds It
Who's content to wish and shirk.
The men the world calls "lucky" Z
Will tell you, every one,
That success comes, not by wishing;
But by hard work, brayely done.
-EBEN z. REzuosp.
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vogue to wear with these waists. Serge,
cheviot. Scotch tweed and plaid, GOV.
ert and plain cloth all make up sty'
lishly by the mode.
The quantity OF material A inches
wide required to make this waist for
q miss fourteen years oil age is 81 yards.
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low in blouse st;4e. The broad sailor
collar Is deep and square at the back,
with pointed ends that flare widely
apart in front. The full sleeves are
completed with round cuffs at the
wrists, that turn back over the jacket
sleeves. Collar and cuffs are edged
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The Board of Education, in New
York City, has provided for the open.
ing of branches of the penny provi-
dent fund in the public schools. Such
brsuohes have already been opened in
some OF the public schools. and they
meet with surprising success.
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There is man in London, says the
Truth. who for two dollars, will clearly
prove that any Englishman is de-
scended from one OF other Of the Kings
ei Engisnd.