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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28

Several days ago young man in
New York brought suit against his
former sweetheart to recover O dia-
mond ring of the value of $50. which
he had given her as pledge Of his
affection. One of the allegations speci-
fed In his bin of complaint is that his
passion has long since died out and
that, in consequence OF this fact, the
ring should be returned to him. In
this contention the young man is sus.
tained by the New York World. That
paper cites the rule OF etiquette which
prescribes that when two young pec
pie have decided to play quits in alove
affair they should mutually return al
presents except those OF perishable
kind, such as candy, bouquets ant
kisses. TIE answer which the young
lady makes to the allegation is evei
more amusing perhaps than the ale
CATION itself. She claims that the rims
was not simply a pledge of her ex'
lovers devotion but apartial payment
for the affection which she gave him
and the exclusive privileges which
went along with it. She further urge!
that the courtship involved such ex
renses as coal and gas, the wear ant
tear Of furniture, extra dresses and
bonnets, and the time. which might
have been spent in Going the family
sewing and housework. In view o
these considerations the young lad!
claims that the value of the ring i
merely a drop in the bucket. a
amusing as it may seem the case i
now pending in the courts Of New
York.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
A Wonderful Creature

The polype is the most rearka ole
creature that now inhabits p earth. .
Ii cut trausversely or longldlnaliy
into several parts each part Ill soon
become o perfect animal. urn one
inside ont and it will contie to eat
and enjoy itself. Professq Iromoly
cut them in two and place them to-
cether in such n shape thaie formed
animals with two heads a animals
with two sets of hinder Its and no
heads! The cut edges isuch cases
readily unite, and thpatcaed-1p
creatures 60 right on li3 as II moth
ing had happened.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
HONEY MAKERS.
INTERESTING OCCUPATION OF
BEE CULTURE EXPLAINED.
Queens, Drones, Workers, Robbers
Human Conditions Reproduced
In the Hives Great
Profits Made.

TN I'D you ever hear OF fobber
bees, that wage fierce war on
other colonies of bees and re-
lentlessly carry off every drop
of honey belonging to the vanquished
Well there are such, in real truth, says
the Washington Star. Their only OBJ
ject is plumber. When they set out
ON robbing expedition they select as
their point OF attack neighboriEg
6e:enselcss colony, that has been dis.
organized through loss of its queen or
demoralized through bad management.
The burglaries OF robber bees are es-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
A STRANGE ACCIDENT.
A Horse Gets Its Tail Fastened TO .
Tree.

One OF the most remarkable ncoi-
dents that has ever happened in the
fields of this country to stock occurred
on d recent Friday night on the farm
of Ephraim Wiley, of Troy Town
ship, Ohio. and he lost ono of his best
horses. The beast was out iu the feld
grazing with o number of other horses
kept for farm use, and it is thought
that it backed up to tree to scratch
its tail, as horses do sometimes. While
in that position the horse switched its
tail about the tree and the hair caught
in the bark. The horse was fastened
in that position like wise, and was in
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28

/ A year ago all OF fashionable Lon.
don was quite daft over the notion OF
skating on artificial ice, and the Kinks
made such huge proSts that specula.
tors formed q company to build q great
National skating palace. Now this
company has gone into the hands of a
receiver. and another enterprise,
similar, though less ambitious. is also
on its last legs. The explanation is
the one which serves to account for
everything nowadays-namely, that
every body is cyeling.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28

| New styles of pets are coming into
vogue. NsrraganSett women the past
season discarded pugs and led about
Angora cats in pug dog harness. And
an enterprising citizen OF Alaska has
lately captured and tanned young
whale, broken it to harness, and now
dashes over the briny deep ct the rate
Of twenty miles an hour or less behind
his strange steed. Next. the st.
Louis star.sayings presumes, every
lady on the sea coast must have her
whale.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
Tho Champion Relusroman Of America.

To Mrs. Harriette Winch, of Mid
dlebury, Vt, belong the title OF
champion reinswoman of the country.
Perhaps no other woman has better
practical knowledge of the horse than
she, and there are but few men who
cen handle the ribbons any better.
especially in q race. It was in 1894
that she determined to become pro-
fessional reinswoman, but illness pre-.
vented her making public appear
ance until this spring. After driving
O number of lesser turf lights, Mr.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
ADJOINING FEMININE rREssEs

A simple coil, or tidy twist, few
light curls or smoothly laid bandeaux
no longer suffice to distinguish the
neat, bright mead of we'll coiffured
woman. Wonderfully elaborate de-.
signs in hair dressing are coming SO
rapidly into fashion that dealers in
artificial cheveture ore fourIshing like
the green bay tree, and to go from
house to house, daily. Dressing femi.
nine tresses is again becoming ppy.
ing occupation
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
Webster and His Butcher.

Daniel Webster was once sued by
his meat man. The man did not call
upon Webster afterward to trade with
him. Webster met him in the course
of few days, and asked him why he
didn't csll. because" said the man,
81 supposed you would be offended
and wouldn't trade with me any more, "
to which Webster replied, "Oh, sue
me as many times as you like, but for
heavens sake don't starve me to
death. Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
! NEW DRESS DESIGNS.
some LATE HINTS FROM TEE
WORLD OF FASHION:
Asslish Basque Specially Designed
for Stout Women-Party
Gown for Young Girl
Child's Apron.
Try HE stylish basque depicted III
the large illustration is spec:
ially designed to meet the re:
r.I.;nn,.a ta I,f In 4 ina ,4h n u I'D

I HI LII stJ iiSu pasquc uepiCISo ~
the large illustration is spec
ially designed to meet the Re-
quirements Of ladies who have
grown stout, the pretty pointed out
line 6f the lower edge; the double
tndee arm-gores, and the long pointed
revers conducting to give slender
appearance to the stoutest figure.
Nut-brown mohair is the material rep
fesented, small round pearl buttons
with bnttonhoies closing the front
edges The standing collar fits the
neck smoothly, and D ribbon or silk
stock can be worn over and tied in q
bow nt the back, if desired. The
pointed revers and coa5 collar are
finished with stitchad edges in tailor
Style They can be faced with con-
trasting material or trimmed with
braid gimp or otherwise decorated.
The lining fIonts Gun be. faced with
eohttasting fabric or decorated with
braidfng to give d more decided vest
efect, or the front with revers and
collar can be omitted and the vest
outlined with bands Of passementerie
If change in styls is desired. The
mode can be stylishly developed in NIL
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
An Ancient 7or.

Sims Reeves, agedeventy- eight.
ond his voune wife annfant, are on
their way from Englato south AT,
rica. 1t is the intenti ioi the ancient
tenor to Give concerfnd If his voice
bolds ont he will 90! to Australia.
One reason wby Res has preserved
his voice to such advanced age If
that he has invarialrefused to sing
when his throat vrelsxed or in u
bad condition, andldly enough, his
throat has given a great deal OF
trouble oil througls artistic career.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28

buzzing their wings drive currents ol
cir into and out of the hive and over
the comb surfaces. If the hand be
held before the entrance at such time
strong current of warm air may be
felt coming out.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
A shMilI.

One Of the shdt wills on record
in the Resister'seo IN washington,
ia written with hdelible pencil ON
o nbvsiciau's pription blank, and
reads as folio sunday, July s..
1900 i. Martdendricks, will und
beoneath to wife, Mary, oil my
earthly poss U.S. mur'in nen
dricks."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28

and puffed and frizzcd and rolled into
as lowering piece of architecture as
the material will permit.
The forehead is left uncovered too,
after the manner of good Queen Bess
herself, and the hair drawn away from
the face at front and sides over differ
ent sized rolls and rats or whatever
hes feminine devices may have been
called in the course of sixteenth, cen.
tury toilets.-New York Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
It costs more to run New York City
year than it docs to run the State:
About $40, 900, 900 for The State and
over $50, 900, 900 for the city.

Russia has the most rapidly increas.
ing population of any country in Eu-
rope. The growth in tho last hun
dred years has been fraction under
1000, 900 annually.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28

The British crown is the heaviest in
the world. The Prince OF Wales,
however, viii never be abba to at
tribute his badness TO that fact, OBJ.
serves the Washington S'sr.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28
THOs. j. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR.

work: Suddenly great excitement
seizes the workers that happen to be
inside the hive. They rush forth pell
NELL, accompanied by the old queen,
and after circling about for some
minutes cluster on some neighboring
tree or shrub.
The immediate conditions that incite
colony to swarm are an abundant
secretion of honey and general pros
perity of the colony, with combs
crowded with bees and breed. AS the
bees before swafming Usually fill their
i;ttle ''knapsacks'' with honey and are
quite peaceable, there is seldom much
difficulty IN hiving them again by the
use of little smoke 1t the cluster
should be on small limb that can
readily be cut OF, it can be laid down
in front of new hive. The bees will
then go trooping in contentedly: but
II they do not move fast eiough lit
tie gentle urging of the rear guard
with feather will hasten them.
To prevent swarms from absconding
and to facilitate tho work of hiving
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28

The Hosoit the Great st. Bor
nord can now wreached by carriage,
the Swiss sid VIC fo"u naHlue pseA
completed,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-10-28

THr first savings bank in the United
States was called ''The Savings Fund
Soc.eiy of Philadelphia"
The evening times., 1896-01-12

as to the care and entertainment and In
struction OF The white and colored members.
Tie same accommodation and treatment
Is given both and they are assigned alter
nate evenings on which TO enjoy the privi-
leges and benefits of the home.
Hesides the ncwsboyS who frequent the
home in the evenings there are about forty
inmates, male and female, who make their
home thee. The age limit prescribed for
inmates is from six to sixteen but n urgent
cases this is overlooked and provision made
for the care Of the applicant until in some
way permanent is provided for.
AT present there are thirteen girls inmates
OF the home; three of whom are colorcd.
Most of these were transferred there by the
soard OF Children's Guardians. and keep
snd care" is paid IF by the board. Many
sihers, both boys ann gi1ls. are abe TO pay
y5mething toward their own support and
often their expenses are paid by some rela :
1--WE. The boys who are at work also pay
what they can. generally half of what
they earn. for their board and lodging.
It's BENEFITS DESCRIBED.
Miss Mordaunt Wilson, the superintendent
OF the home, in speaking of the nagcment
and the benefits. said that the changes
wrought among some of The boys who come
10 the home are really wonderful.
All that is required or that We wish
for she said. "is 70 once get them In the
habit OF coming here. They soon apprc.
cate the Kindness with which they are
The evening times., 1896-01-12

gambling establishments that then flour
ished were what n professional would call
respectable The majority were recog-
| niZcd as ''hells' undisguised, mana ged and
frequented by the most Infamous of the
gambling fraternity.
Oid-simers say that the men who piled
their trade III the places OF the lower order
Were strangers and wel-fccognized toughs,
Whocould not get into the better-class houses.
the select establishments freQuented by the
high grade players.
The baser sort used ali the regulation de-
coys, flashily dressed fellows who hung
about the hotels and cozened the unwary
into the dens at 4 given rate per cent per
head, and the coming morn would find every
such victim nceced of every dollar he pos
sessed. Not few went into perpetual
oblivion through the back lots, in the tow of
desperate, who hid bis deeds in the
Potomac.
The better class establishments are sa id to
have been clustered within easy distance
OF each other in the vicinity of ennsyivania
avenue and Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets, generally located in the second
story Of n house, of which the first floor
was used for a business Of totally differ
cnt character.
THE OLD CONGRESSIONAL"
The most conspicuous OF all of the tony
establishments was the congressional
Faro Bank whose patrons were men of
high rank upon whose silence the proprietor
could safely depend. 1t was exceedingly
difficult for a stranger to gain admittance
to this or any of the other first-class
places. To get within the secret precincts.
onehad to be regularly and properly vouched
for by some one known to the proprietor,
but once admitted TO the charmed circle, be
had the freedom of the house.
Playing at the Congressional was de-
clared to be fair" and as the class goes
the manager or owner was gentleman.
He would not commit q mean or dishon-
Orab!e act, would treat guest fairly,
entertain him elegantly, win his money
by legitimate methods and send him away
with the impression that no more clever
fellow existed than his host of the evening.
Visitors entered from the street, passed
The evening times., 1896-01-12
GAMBLING N OTHER DAYS
How the Fraternity Piled TheiI
Trade Thirty Years Ago.
UNDER THE SHADES OF NIGHT
One Hundred Gaming Places Main
tained In Washington During the
nr-"Congressional Faro bank"
and Its PatrOns-Profits of Half a
Million Year.

The prevalence OF the gambling habit In
the National Capital is not OF recent origin
Those who were familiar with might life
Ill thc washington OF half "a century ago are
| reminded by the Jackson City and Eladens-
burg occurrences OF the past year OF many
| stirring incident behind closed doors and
| over the green cloth, in which some very
prominent nen were not then asham med
TO be known as principals
Dinners, balls, parties and the theatcrs
were tnen. as now, en,Iao ycsl To FIJI up The
time OF many, but there was then much less
reason than there rs now for absolute Sc
crecy upon the movements. OF the sports,
ana during Iefioti oil twenty oau years
that included the war time it wa no uncon,-
mon sight, after the shades OF night had de-
scended upon the city, TO see military chiefs
standing shoulder to shoulder with soIops
OF the upper house OF Congress about a table
where money passed almost as rapidly as 1t
comes through the presses at the Bureau.
There We're in the neighborhoCd of 100
gambling houses in Washington, all flour
ishing, during the greater part of the war
period. From 1863 to 1865, inclusive
the clear profits OF one of these estab.
lishments aggregated over half a million
dollars annually. The proprietors closed
II up In 1s66. for the reason that the profits
for that year were only $50, 900.
They came TO the conclusion that times
were too dun to warrant a continuance of
the business.
HALF A THOUSAND GAMBLERS.
The chief of police estimated that there
were 800 professio gamblers in the
city during the year 1865. This was an
average OF about one gambler TO every
2lS OF the population.
+" Everybody knows how very materially
this ratio has decreased since, and how
circumscribed are now the operations
or the knights of the clcth III comparison
with the great freedom OF action that was
then tacitly permitted.
Not more than bakers dozen of the
The evening times., 1896-01-12
PERSONAL POINTS.

Among DR.. Donaldson Smiths discover
les in the reg ion of Lake Rudolph is that OF
the existence OF fifteen new tribes of
Africans. one of them dwarfs. none over
five feet in height.
Ilka Won Palmy. the celebrated Hungar-
ian soubrctte, will paly a part written in
broken English. in Gilbert and Sullivan's
new opera. when 1t is brought out in
London.
Princess Marie of Orleans. wife OF Prince
Waidcmar OF Denmark has just startled he
relatives by having her photograph To ken in
n fireinan's uniform. helmet and all.
Police Captain Edward Coonan of Madt
sol, y. j., is a phenomenon He is about
twcnty-cight years old, and stands feet
2 inches in his stockings without an ounce
OF supcrrluous flesh on him. He never
carries a postol and seldom a club. de-
pending on his own wonderful strength for
every emergency. His great specially il
shaking. 1t is an everyday occurrence
for him to lift an ordinary sized drunken
man entirely off his feet with one hand and
shake him sober.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Belt, OF Piqua, o.,
have just celebrated their siXtieth wedding
anniversary witiisa family reunion.
Mrs. Catharine snodgrass of Marysvillc.
O.. celebrated her hundredth ~ hAsy. with
u big rcccption,A few.days as
The evening times., 1896-01-12

Whitman started for Oregon. He was q
native of Richmond. Ontario county, N
Y, where / had known him for several
years prior TO tie one mentioned. l was
born in the same county, and not little
of our early lives were spent together.
There was something uncommon about
Whitman, that something that comma nds
respect wherever it is seen and impresses
one that the mortal possessing it is in a
measure beyond his fellows. He was tall of
stature, large, rugged and possessed of 4
face full of earnestness and fire.
"One day he suddenly announced that he
was going to move beyond the Rocky Mount.
aims. He was about to be ma rried and he
said his wife was going with him.
among the Indians.
WENT AS a MISSIONARY.
Ellis friends tried to disuade him but it
was without avail. Another young bridal
couple by the name of Spalding of Oberlin,
o., were going to accompany the young pair.
The four went and after a series of in
cidents, mishaps and dangers, such as all
exploring pioneers encounter, they reached
the trans-Rockies country.
The English, represented in the Hudson
Bay Company, frowned on the enterprise
from their first knowledge of the course
Of the Americans. The Cayuse Indians
peopled the verdant valleys OF the Snake,
Columbia, and willamette Rivers and the
fur company had them under their control
where they desired to keep them in blissful
ignorance, 1T was little wonder, then,
they opposed the presence of missionaries,
and especially American mlssiona ries :,
among them.
Whitman and his friend Spalding de
veioped the region where hardly white
man had put his foot before. They planted
fillp1 n hn l,,,;pt
mill.
.'Thc Hudson Bay Company watched their
movements with displeasure and always
sought to intercept the few struggling
emigrants from the East that found
their way toward the great territory.
About the year 1e43 whitman heard
through some Of the traders - Apioneers
The evening times., 1896-01-12

Spencer Nichols has completed n por-
trait study OF DR.. Adams, and has another
portrait on the easel
The evening times., 1896-01-12

the assura nee that we will proceed no fur
ther toward disposing of the territory un-
I'll we Know more
THAT was all Whitman wanted. IT. was
not long before the government found
through its own agents aud others all it
wanted To know, and it-was realized how
nearly we came 10 losing forever one of
the richest possessions en the face of the
globe. No one but whitman would have
crossed the mountains ia that time to save
it, and probably no enc not fraught with
his persuasive eloqucnce could have saved
it.
HIS JOURNEY HOME.
''He started home again, stopping in Pike
county, Mo. Here y band of 1000 cmi-
grants had been organized and had been
persuaded by Whitman to go to Oregon.
He started the expedition on ahead OF him
and warned the partythat Capt. Grant stood
guard at Fort Hall i'll the Rockies TO ointercept
for the Hudson Bay Company and the Eng
lish, the progress ofcmtgran,s.
.'When he followed a short time later, he
found the expedition tied up at the fort and
about ready to turn back.
Again he persuaded them TO move On,
telling them there was but one bit of unfair
road. They did move on and encountered
an obstacle in their track where they had to
remove the wheels from the wagons and
slide the wagon beds down the steep de-
clivity.
1T wasin the spring time when the Villa
mette Valley was reached and the spring
wasan unusually prosperousand seasonable
one. The emigrants were loud in praise
of their benefactor and declared the half
had not been told.
Three years later Whitman and bis wife
were murdered by the Cayuse Indians, and
everybody thought the Hudson Bay Com
pany inspired the natives to do the deed"