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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TO DRY SWEET CORN.

Take it when just right for use and
cut from the cob, being careful not to
get in any of the cob, put on earthen
plates in hot oven with the door
open, stir often until it begins to dry.
AS it dries away empty two or three
plates onto one. The next day 1t will
be nearly dry and soon can be put in
paper bags and hung in a warm room.
In the winter when you wish to cook
it, wash clean and put to soak over
night, keep covered in q dishin warm
ing oven until ready to get dinner,
then cook slowly twenty minutes IN
same water, add butter and sweet
cream and salt.-New England Home
stead.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
THE LATEST "B1KE" 1DEA-A WHEEL ON RUNNERS.
but pedals are provided as in the regu-
/ l.. l..a... e., H. rrl,ool 30 Foun1 m

but pedals are provided rs in the regu-
lar tandem, for the wheel is found to
run much more steadily with them.
The mar in front steers, US in ordi-
nary tandem riding, while the rider
on the second seat regulates the speed
and acts as engineer.
The storage battery at present in
use is able to carry the machine at a
speed of over forty miles an hou- for
about On hour md half without a
change.
The inventors devised tho machine
expressly 30 pace contestants in time
contests and long road races. In
France tho cost of hiring PAGERS in the
professional racesls very considerable,
and twenty .four.hour contests become
extremely expensive to the manage
mcnt that is conducting them. The
electric tandem is estimated to cut
down the expense about half.
This machine has boen 40 successful
that French bicycle manufacturers are
looking forward to the construction of
n storage motor in the near future that
may be fastened to ordinary single BIZ
cycles and will gi7o effective help in
climbing hills or whom bursts ofspeed
are needed by tired riders.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
Onions as a Nerve Tonic.

A German scientist says that people
Who habitually use onions are much
less liable to nervous diseases than
those who affect to despies them.
They tone up systems that are run
down and assist the digestion and as.
similation of food. As an interesting
item in this connection, the same sci
enlist says that if sprig of parsley
il chopped fine. sprinkied with vine.
gar and eaten after onions, there will
be no trace of this vegetable on the
breath. This is well worth knowing,
if true, and certainly 1t is not difficult
10 try the experiment. As further
item of interest in regard to onions,
it is claimed that they are one of the
best cleansers OF the skin, and that
onion eaters, all other things being
equal, will have the finest of complex
sons This being the case, the market
value OF onions and parsley ought TO
increase with great rapidity. /.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

a German gentleman one day re-
ceived telegram from the proprietor
of hotel IN the South Of France, in
forming him of the death of his aunt,
and asking for particulars as to the
disposal of the body. The gentleman
begged that the bcdy might be semitic
Cologne, and, alter telegraphing to
the deceased's relatives to assemble in
that city, travelled thither himself. In
due time the coffin arrived. On being
opened, it was found to contain the
body, not of an aunt, but of Russian
general in full uniform. Further tele-
grams ELECTED the information that
the coffin containing the body Of the
deceased lady had been forwarded in
error to the relatives of the Russian
general at ST. Petersburg. Urgent
kilograms were dispatched to st.
Petersburg, and after three days OF
anxious waiting this answer was re-
ceivs,f: ''Your aunt has been inferred
with full military honors."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
Deadly Erop Handle BARS.

The Herald told the other day of o
Young man named Frederick Gala
CHER, who was stricken with paralysis
while riding the bicycle near Morris
towr, N. j. The young mans COM
panions carried him to q doctor IN
Mount Hope, who said that his seizure
was due to excessive use of wheel
with drop handle bars. Under treat
mert the patient partially recovered.
Gallagher's case should be warn
ing to all bicycllsts against scorchlng
and the deadly handle bar.
s'This is the first case OF the kind
that has come to my notice." well
known doctor said to me the other
day, .'but have often wondered why
there were not more. =
.sWhenever O wheelman lays hold
of q handle bar he puts his arms in
an unnatural position and over exer.
cises the extensor5 muscles. These
muscles are supplied by the brachian
and median nerves, and undue fatigue
of the nerves means the exhaustion OF
tho nerves. Such abuse would natur-
ally be reported promptly at the brach.
ial plexus, whence o message would
be sent to the brain. Paralysis is the
logical result. T.,
"Scorching of any kind is bad
enough, but scorching on drop han
die bar machine is an insult to every
law of nature, and every man that
practices it incurs grave risk. He
may not be poralyzed in the act, as
Gallagher was, but he incurs the risk
of such seizure, and if he persist is
bound to have one. 1t is only ques'
tion of time. New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
The Heat in Arizona.

"fhave heard good deal Of COM
plant of the heat since have been IN
Washington, said R. A. Reynolds, OF
Yuma, Arizona, at the st. James.
"rhe people of this city cannot real
ize how hot it gets in Southwestern
Arizona. Cattle die in great num-
bers, and it is almost impossible for
human beings to live there during the
summer months. Some extravagant
stories are told about the effects OF
the heat, and / have read OF frying
eggs in the sand out there. OF course,
they do nothing OF the kind, but !
know an egg story that is true that is
nearly US remarkable. was camping
ont on the desert not very far from
where those two meh died, an account
of which I read IN the Star, and
among our provisions were some eggs
Being suspicious OF their condition,
we did not cook them and did not
happen to throw them away. Just
left them in the tent. One day l
heard chirping, and upon investiga'
tion found that more than half the
eggs had hatched."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

tie combs to match are placed at each
side. The new pompadour is radically
different from the pompadour which
the American women are now wearing.
Instead of the hair being drawn
straight back from the forehead, it is
first waved ard then brushed back.
The waves are SO deep and undulating
that they have almost the effect OF
small pufs. This wavy hair at the
sides is drawn over the ears in loose
careless fashion. It is much putfed
cut, owing to the presence of the small
cushion beneath and also to the assls-
tance of the pompadour comb ut the
back. Ultra fashionable young women
have these small cushions delicateiy
perfumed. A becoming feature OF
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
A boz for Motive Power.

The appearance oil man on o tri'
cycle with dog hitched behind it act
ing as motive power created no little
comment in the streets Strasburg, Ger
many, several days ago.
The dog was hitched behind the
vehicle at the end of rod SO that ne
pushed instead of pulled. With the
dogs head hitched to the vehicle he
was forced to maintain the proper
position and his efforts to troll along
directly under his master resulted in
his taking much of the strain off that
gentleman's legs. With a powerful
dog broken to harness and willing to
work sccrching would be made easy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
WISE WORDS.

We want no time, but diligence, for
great performances.
A man seldom thinks OF reforming
until he goes broke.
A mans best friend is the one who
nlarries the girl that Tilted him.
It is, easier to tell others how to be
good than 1t is to be good yourself.
1t wouldn't take much of hypnotist
to make monkeys ont of some men.
An echo is the only thing that can
Gimaam o woman out of the last
word.
The man who hesitates before he
makes promise is thu one who is most
apt to keep it.
The trouble viii q great many
young men is they don't like to work
between meals.
Shallow men are generally despised,
but they don't require as much watch
ing az deep ones.
The true ballot reform is that which
enables the voter and not the poll
tician to do the voting.
Some people want to hide their
light under o bushel, when m empty
Bardine can would serve Just as we'll.
A girl is never considered good
singer until she has caused concert
TO bo postponed because she has q
cold.
1t is rather discouraging to man
10 be forced to wait until he is dead in
order to discover what good fellow
he was.
When boy begins to wash his neck
without being told, it is sign that he
is passing into the ordeal of his first
love affair.
Times may be as good now as they
ever were, but it is waste OF time to
argue the point with man who has On
empty stomach.
If you pick up starving dog and
make him prosperous he will not bite
you. This is the principal difference
between dog and man.
A woman can drive man crazy for
twenty-four hours, and then bring
him to the gates of paradise in two
seconds by simply tickling him under
the chin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
LATEST STYLES IN HA1RpREss1Na.

Word comes from London that Eng
lish girls are all hiding their ears un'
der a waving mass OF soft hair.
Whether their hair is dressed high or
low, in q fluffy bang or severy pom
padour. it is drawn loosely over the
ears, either in undulating waves or
small puffs. This style of dressing the
hair is becoming to few faces as it has
a tendency to make long face look
longer and round face fuller. The
New York Sun, from which the Illus
trations were taken, suggests that now
that 80 much latitude is allowed In
fashionable hairdressing, and indi-
viduality is permitted to have full
sway, it ought not to be difficult for
any woman to arrange her hair SO as
to bring out the best points of her
face. A fault with many women IS
that they blindly follow the most
favored mode of arranging the hair,
without the least regard of the style
most suitable to their own cast of
features. The best gowned and most
attractive won en- are invariably those
who study their own individuality and
make the most of their strongest
points. A pretty evening coiffure has
few curls on the forehead to soften
tine severe lines of the face. The hair
is turned back in loose waves and ar
ranged in four twisted puffs, one above
the other. Two ornaments are used
on one side. A simple and becoming
arrangement when the hair can be worn
parted is to wave it ut the sides
and catch it back in the form OF a
figure eight. A jeweled comb is worn
on the crown OF the head and two lit
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
A Test for HOrselesll.

NJ. Humbert. through the Revell de
Medicine Veterinaire, tells US that
chemical tests will determine whether
a given specimen of meat is from the
horse or from the flesh of any other
animals usually used for food; fifty
orammes of meat are boiled for one
hour in 200 grammes of water, and
then the decoction is set aside to cool.
When cool, nitric acid in the proper
tion of five per cent. is add: d, and IN
to this is dropped drop by drop' some
of Grams ioduree solution, or IN Its
place solution of iodized water which
has been we'll iodIzed by the aid OF
heat; if horseAcsh is present there
will appear deep violet'red circle.
Neither beef, veal, mutton nor pork
will furnish the same reaction.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

These are heavy enough to be worn uc-
til winter sets in, and yet look, light
enough to be used with summer
gowns. White satin is the lining, as
rule, although sometimes green is used
and the tan cloth or the black is the
outside. This cut work is most effec,.
i've, But always expensive. Senes
times around the edges is tiny line
of Jet, but that adds to the weight.
and one very disagrceable feature OF
these capos is that they weigh too
much to start with. Cloth is heavy
and the cut work, to be effective, must
be made of cloth that is heavy and
will not fray out.
The capes OF accordion plated chlf-
fon and mousseline 4e sole in all the
different shades and colors and made
up over silk to match are exceedingly
effective. They are SD full they stick
out straight from the neck and shonld-
ers, but the material is SO soft that 1t
is intensely becoming. All these
capes indeed, NIL capes-are tinlshel
around the neck with a full ruche.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

In the North American Sir Walter
Besant discusses in very interesting
way the Culture of the Auglo-Saxon
Race" he begins with the we'll es
tablished proposition that wherever
The Anglo Saxon goes he absorbs-he
is never absorbed. He is restless
and masterful creature. He is mover
content with what he has, and is both
individually and collectively grasping
more and more property and power.
the Anglo Saxon possessions at this
moment take in 12O, 900, 900 OF people
who speak English as their native
tongue, without counting the Hin
docs. who are fast acquiring it. The
English speaking race in the sixteenth
century did not number more than
five millions. but they have come
to stay, and where they are located
they are destined to remain. The
Anglo-Saxon absorbs foreign races
like tho French, Dutch, German,
italian and the Norwegiaus. The
remarkable fact is that in a hundred
years tho English speaking race has
leaped up from 10000, 90 to 100, ,O0o,.
600 and has extended its possessions
to something like the fifth part of the
habitable globe. The English speak
ing race is one great empire and one
great republic. The advantage, go far
as position and strength go, seems to
be with America. While all the States
that have come out OF Great Britain
have had to create their own form OF
Government, every one has become
practically republic. In tho begin
ming, the development and the pres
ent position of the Apglo-Saxon race,
there are six great countries, two fully
grown, the United States and ELg-
land, and four, Canada, Australia,
South Africa and New Zealand. prac-
tically only in their infancy. The
future of this race is one Of the great
est and most fascinating problems,
adds the Atlanta Journal. 1t is not
nm idle boast that English will one
day, in all probability, be the Ian
gusge of the great mass of the human
family, end that there will be no
National power on earth which will
compare in strength with those Of the
Anplo-Saxon.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
THE SECRET OF MEnNeuE.

!. z
sT wish I could make such delicious
frosting as yours, Mrs. Parsons" sale
her neighbor, who lad come in the
back door to borrow an egg. II have
often beaten my egg SO stiff you could
cut it with q knife, and then on taking
my pie or pudding from the oven,
found it as fiat as pancake, she con-
tinued, watching Mrs. Parsons heap
the snowy mass on her lemon pie.
'Let me tell you secret l learned
all by myself" said Mrs. Parsons,
shutting the oven door upon her pie
ssDo you always beat your frostin2
hard after adding the sugar."
"Why, don't know. I don't be-
Iieve L do" was the hesitating an
swer. :.
"Then there is the whole trouble, :"
responded Mrs. Parsons. "That is c
little secret I learned for myself, as L
said. One is very apt after beating
The eggs light, to think nothing more
is required than to stir in the sugar.
The two should be thoroughly beaten
with the egg beater and your frostinG
will be as thick and light after baking
as when put into the oven."
"Well," declared Mrs. Martin, "i'm
glad I had to borrow this morning,
after all, for this egg is to make a
frosting for a tapioca pudding. I'll
have one that will surprise the folks, y"
and she quickly took her departure.
Having overheard this conversation,
it occurred to me that there might be
some young housekeepers who had not
learned this little secret, which we
never saw in cook book. Of course
the old housekeepcrs can skip this
column.-Womankind.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
An Electric Tandem.

An electric tandem, the invention OF
two Frepchmcn, NM. Aucoc and Oar
racq, is just now creating o great SEN
sation in bicycling circles in Paris.
The machine is an. ordinary tandem
rigged with an electric motor and
compact storage battery. 1T weighs
about twenty pounds and generates
two horse power.
The motor turns at q speed of 5000
revolutions minute, but the problem
of gearing it down ir its attachment to
the axle has been successfully accom-
plished. The motor is able to drive the
machine without aid from the riders,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

this new pompadour coiffdre consists
OF the curls which rest on the fore
head. They form a bewitchingly
careless bang, and SO mako the coifure
possible to the woman with deep IN
tellectual brow. This coiffure, which
is a pompadour, and yet is soft and
graceful rather than severe, fills long
felt want. It also shows the bang
which will be high in favor this fall
and winter. Whether the hair is
drawn over the ears or not, the special
characteristics of all the new fall Golf
fures is the broad effect. A profusion
of puffs will also be worn. The back
dressing of the hair in the most up-to-
date coifures is n mass of puffs. But
the new pufts havo lost much of their
conventionalism. They are now more
carelessly and Loosely rolled, an | are
also smaller than in other years. The
Marie Antoinette curls are still tho
fashion, though they will not be worn
ms much as last season.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

mother. 1t certainly bore some rela-
tion to the attachment which citizen
of Strasburg,. Germany, rugged tol his
velocipede to enable his dog to assist
in furnishing the motive power.
The dog was hltched behind the ve-
hicle at the end of q rod 80 that he
pushed instead of pulled. With the
dogs head hitched to the vehicle he
was forced to maintain the proper po-
sition and his efforts to trot along di.
rectly under his master resulted in his
taking much of the strain off that gen.
tleman's legs. With powerful dog
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
COMBINATION BICYCLE ON HIGHWAY.

attachment will weigh less than fifty
pounds. The length of time required
for adjusting the attachment on the
wheel is given as FIVE minutes, for re-
moving it one minnie, and for folding
it up and securing for highway riding
five minutes. The plan is to con-
struct the machine so it will be of use
particularly to telegraph and telephone
line repair men, and for this work
wire reel is carried upon the rear
fork of the attachment and the neces-
eary tools are carried in satchal sus-
pended in the frams of the bicycle.
For the repair of long distance tele-
phone lines, which follow both rail
ways and highways, ID is believed that
this machine and attachment will be
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
fashions REALM.
THE PREVAILING STYLES IN
sWOMAN'S WEAR.
An Up-fo-Date Basque of colored
Cloth useful Suggestions About
tho --latest Methods Of
Dressing the Hair.

YTTHE plain but fin-de steele
basque depicted in the large
illustration, and described by
: May Manton, is made OF
colored gcloth and is a favorite style
for morping shopping, travelling, out
ing, cyoling or general wear. The
basquetis glove-ftting, having the
usual seams md double bust darts that
adjust II closely to the waist line, the
shaping below producing the fashion
able rippled effect at the lower edge.
The fronts are closed in centre with
buttons and buttonholes, the upper
edges being reversed in small lapels
that are faced with the material and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
Control of the Wheel.

Every bicycle rider should learn
how to control his wheel without the
aid of his hands. That cannot be done
until one has learned to pedal evenly,
which is quite an art in itself, and
may be attained by practice. Emer.
gencies ariso i'll which the full control
of the wheel when the hands are not
upon it is desirable.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

meet the rolling collar in notches.
The stylish gigot sleeves are shaped
by single seame, the gathers at the top
being arranged over comfortable two.
scanned Innings. The wrists are plain
ily completed, all free edges being
stitches in tailor st7le. Basques in
this style can Be made Of cheeiot.
tweed, mohair, homespun, serge, cloth
or any plain or fancy mixed woolen.
The quantity OF material forty-four
inches wide required to make this
basque for lady having thirty.six
inch bust measure is two and one.half
ysrds.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

wise seem too plain and Ineffective.
Then, too, with low cut evening
gowns these ruches are most conven'
lent, as they give quite little warmth
and shield the neck from draughts
md cold. Clever women who have
the talent Of looking we'll dressed on
small income always make point
of these accessories of dress, con-
tending that they make q cheap gown
look like an expensive one, and also
show that the wearer keeps up to date
in the dainty trihes which fashion do
lights in ordering her followers to
buy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
broken to harness and willing to work
scorching would be made easy.
Biggest Cylcle Ever Built.

An Eastern tire manufacturing firm
exhibited Mt the Louisville meet the
greatest novelty in wheel construction
ever attempted. 1t was q monster
tricycle.. The machine is fitted with
mammoth single tube tires, the front
one being of the color characteristic
OF the firms product. An idea of the
proportio Ms of the machine may be
gathered from the fact that eight men
are required to prcpel it. Many
former attempts have been made 10
build q giant wheel, either q tricycle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

The development OF the railroad,
the bicycle, and other substitutes for
the horse has brought about a peculiar
condition OF affairs. In North Da-
kots, Montana, Northern Idado, and
Washington, there are one hundred
and twenty thousand horses roam.
ing Around the prairies, and eating
the grass that might be used profit
ably in feeding cattle and sheep. The
horses are practically value.ess, and
the owners IRE helpless.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14

The question of the stopping
capacity OF bullet, fred from the
rife which is now the standard arm OF
British infantry. has reached some.
what acute stage. Wherever the rife
has been used against savage foe, it
has proved comparatively Ineffective.
Unless the bullet strikesa vital organ,
it no more stops a wounded mans
charge than would popgun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-14
In 1874 the consumption OF sugar
IN England was only 1880 pounds per
head OF the population. In 1894 it
was eighty pounds per head.

The British authorities in India
have been obliged to discontinue the
Tbounties on dead snakes, because the
natives went into the business OF
breeding the reptiles on large scale
IN order to secure the reward.