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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
CYCLING FOR WOMEN.

In an article in the Nineteenth Cen.
tuy entitled "a Medical View Of Oy.
cling for Ladies'" the author, DR.. W.
II. 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 iEyeated.
"Let it at once be said, an organi-
cally sound woman can cycle with as
much impunity as man. Thank
heaven, we know now that this is not
one more of the sexual problems OF the
day. Sex has nothing to do with it,
beyond the adaptation OF machine to
dress and dress to the machine. Wo.
mel are capable Of greas physical i'm.
provcme where tbs opportunity ex.
lists. Dress even now heavily hanli.
caps them. How fatiguing and dan.
gerous were heavy petticoats and
flowing skirts in cycling even a few
years ago the plucky pioneers alone
can tell US.
"Enappropriate dress has a-cert9ia
number of chills TO account for. 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-6tting sleeves meet this dbl
Guilty. Summer or winter, it is far
safer to vear 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 of some
means of working off their superAous
muscular, nervous and organic en-
ergy. The effect OF cycling within
the physical capacity of q woman acts
like charm for gout, rheumatism and
indigestion. Sleeplessness, so.called
nerves and all those petty miseries
for which the liver is SO often mads
the scapegoat, disappear in the most
extraordinary way with the fresh air
inhaled, and with the tissue destruc-
tion and reconstruction efectc! by
exercise and exhilaration.
'srhe large abdominal muscles do
little iu 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 o counter gets
relief untold from on evening spin on
her bike Her circulation has been
improved, and the aches and pains
which would have shortly made an old
woman of her have gone and a sense Of
exhilaration and relies has taken their
place."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Automatic Fishing Rol.

A Chicago genius was recently
granted patent on an automatic tlsh'
ing rod. This great labor saving ce'
vice consists OF q rod anl bolder
cooked and poised upon strong
spring. In this position 1t may be left
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 i:
ierked ashore and landed high ant
dry by the uncoiling of the spring
This invention at once removes fish
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 anl
back gives very much better fgu4c
than the perfectly round one.
There was chic little cap, beretta-
shaped. made of the plaid goods, with
twist of brown velvet and quill,
that goes with o golf costume. 1t
must be more comfortable than the
regulation alpine, that looks so 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, fitted belt round
waist with deeply pointed yoke, fall
sleeves that barely reach tho elbows,
black stockings, and an oilskin cap
covered with black or Tartan surah.
For visiting and similar occasions
pale green straw is made into 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. On the
other side is q knot of lilies and big
bunch of the same rest upon the hair,
underneath the brim, ct the back.
Just in front are two large crushed
pink roses that look as if they had
fallen into place.
Never was lace SO profuseIy used OF
80 va-ied inl design. From narrow
guipure insertions to wide founcing'
in cream, ecru and butter color is il
to be seen on every articls 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 acm
of popularity in the hot days. 1t Cal
be had in ininsertions, edgings and piec'
lengths, aud has color beneath. Thi
is not strictly lace, but it goes in tn
same category.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
The Yoke of-IeSay.

In nearly all the accounts of fash
ionable 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 a
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
gar;sh. 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

her. She understands their suffering,
and has the power to relieve and cure.
In nearly all cases the source of
women's suffering is in the womb.
In many cases the 1-ale physician does
not understand the case AID treats the
patient for consumption-indigestion
anything but the right thing.
1t is under such circumstances that
thousands of women have turned to
Mrs. Pinllham, at Lynn, Mass, and
opened their heart and lives-woman
to woman-and received her help.
You ask how she can tell if the doctor
cannot? Because no man living ever
treated so many cases and possesses
such vast expe: fence.
Displacement, inflammation, torpid
action, stagnation, sends to all parts
of the body the pains that crush you.
Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is the sure cure for this
trouble. For twenty years it has done
its grand work ard cured thousands.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Largest Clock in Germany.

The largest cloc! in Germany is in
The tower of st. MichaePs Church, il
Hamburg. This church spire is one
of the tallest landmarks in the city
and can hc seen far out at sea. The
four dials of the clock each measure
twenty.six feet in diameter. Th'
minnie hands are twelve feet and the
hour hands ten feet in 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
M1ca1eAN's AMBITIOUS woMEy.

In Michigan, two towns, Decatur
and MarceIlus, seem to be under fem
inine control. In the former town,
with population of 1900. all the town
officers are said to be women. The
leading physical Of the town is o
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, md there are women
painters, harnessmakers, florists and
brokers. The postmaster of the town
is also o woman. The women have
shut up the saloons Of the town.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
PITH AND POINT.

A Blank Easily Filled: He" Man
proposes'-what's the rest of that
quotation?" She-"Woman accepts. "
Chicago News.
DR.. Jalap-"Let me sec your
tongue, please" Patient-"Ob, Doc.
tor, no tongue Gun tell how bad /
feel !"-Boston Transcript.
One bitter drop spoils rapture's cup;
When ice sells by the splinter
we cannot can ths hot waves up
70 use them in the winter.
Chicago Record.
"Jenkins claimed that I insulted
him." "Did You give him satisfac-
tion?" "Guess I did. He pounded
me until he was tired. Omaha
World.
Hedges-"Sappy is continually
falling off his wheel" Rose-"What
can you expect from fellow who isn't
we'll. balanced. "-Phiiadelphia North
American.
The Real Reason: "Abou Ben Ad-
hem Ito the angeD-"Why doth my
name lead all the rest" Angel-"Be-
cause we arrange them alphabetically"
Harlem Life,
"Poor Jack! He never could spell,
aud it ruined him" Glow" "He
wrote verse to an heiress he was in
love with, AMI he wrote honey for
'bonny'. "-Tit-Bits.
Though you may not take vacation
On your very slender pay,
There is rest and recreation
Inthc borcs that go away.
Chicago Record.
All Through: swell, old mall, I've
spent every cent of money l have in
the world Oh my DOCTOR" "Does he
know it! "I guess he does. He has
pronounced me we'll man. Life.
81 suppose you are fond of Shak
speare," said ore legitimate actor to
another. "Of course am. "Then
why is the name of humanity Go you
insist on acting his plays s?"-Washing
ton Star.
Mrs. Mackey-"An' SO We have no
mother now?" Jimmy-"No, num-.
Mrs. Mackey-"Well, me boy. when
ever ye feel the want of good lick.
ing come to me, and I'll be ye mother
to ye."-Tit.Bits.
excuse ne, my poor fellow, for
not before offering few words of
coincidence. / didn't hear of your
loss until to-day. How long have you
been q widower?" s:Since the death
OF my dear wife, "-Fliegende Blaet
ter,
A Little Misunderstanding: "Sir,
your sons performance on the French
horn is execrable. 1t will drive
everybody from my house. You told
me he was teacher" 81 did not. l
said he was tooter. "-Detriot Free
fress. ------------->---f 60
"What's this 1 hear about the plum.
Der and the paperhanger in the next
square? Have they been exchanging
bouses?" "Not exactly. They did
lot of work for each other, and each
had to take the others house for his
pay."-Tit-Bits.
Taken Literally: Horton -"What
would you do if I should ask you to
lend me ten dollars?" Bixby (who
thinks it is a conundrum)-"Giye it
up" Horton-"Thanks, old man.
That's very good of you. I'll pay you
back at the first possible moment, pom
honor. ."-Cleveland Leader.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Hot Water as a Motive Power.

The New York Central Company is
experimenting with a new motor. Its
motive power is neither steam nor
electricity nor compressed air, but
hot water under enormous pressure.
This is stored in supply boilers and
then charged under the same pressure
in the battery cylinders OF the motor.
It's great merit IS said to be its cheap
ness. Extensive plants are not re.
auired, and the cars can be operated
on any track. All that is necessary
are a number of boiler-houses along
the road.
Tho New York Central has had on
experimental motor constructed, and
o freight car has been fitted up as
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 q
great copper coil. Two iron pipes
project from the side of the freight
car and are connected with socket
couplings to pipes in the motor cal
alongside. The lot water Is run
through these pipes into the motor
cs-'s battery cylinders, and then the
motor is ready to start.
The motor car has 6een put on the
main track of the company number
of times, has been run for five to ter
minutes each time, and, it IS Sale, O
high speed has been attained.
Chauncey Depcw, the President o.
the New York Central, says tho new
motor will be used in the suburban
service of the Grand Central if il
proves to be the success predicted fol
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 reTolu
tionize railroad locomotion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Baked Pears.

Select fine, even pears, not too ripe,
wash them and put them into baking
pan. Sprinkle over them plenty of
white or brown sugar and pour little
water on the bottom of the pan. Bake
in a moderate oven, letting them cook
slowly until they are soft. Put on q
fiat glass dish, pour the syrup over
them and serve with rich cream.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Tie Ladies.

The pleasant effect anil perfect safety with
which lales may use Syrup o: Fiss, uuder. all
conditions, makes it their ftyos;te remedy.
To get the true AMI genuine article, LOOK foe
the name OF the California Fig Syrup Con-
pany, printed ne.r the bottom OF the package.
For sale Ivy al responsible druggists.
Few people are aware thar rhe Sultan OF
Turkey ia French descendant.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
opA1s FOR FA1R WOMEN.

OF all the stones for fair women the
opal is, perhaps, the most beautiful.
For generation at least superstition
declared it to be unlucky, but nova.
days such beliefs are little regarded,
and this lovely and lustrous gem, with
its milky whiteness and flashes OF
colored fire, takes its due rank.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Too Much to Ask.

"Y,s," said Miss r ellie field, doleful
ly, "it is ali over between George i
mean Mr.. Homowood-and myself. -
"What was the mutter?" asked Miss
Bloomfield. 81 thought you loved
each other devotedly."
go, we do, or rather did. But il
was this way. When he asked me to
marry him 1 said would if he would
give up smoking. He said he would
give up smoking if I would give up
MY pug dog, but of course l could not
think OF such thing as parting with
my dear Fido, and SO it endcd.--Pitts'
lurg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
A French Duel.

".Are you going to tia office?"
"No; Pm going TO fl .ht duel"
"WelI, when yen return, please 10
stop in at my drcssmaker's and tell
her to seud mp my bodice. '''-Ex.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

They are smartening gowns now
with yokes and sleeves of plaid silk, o
plaid that barmonizes with the fabric
Of the skirt and blouse.
A black gown is combined with
white taffeta silk that is checked in
black and cream and orange.-New
York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

The horse "Norma," which the Rus.
sian Gar role ut his col o1onation fcs'
tivities, has henccforth to spend hi:
life rs a rensioner OF the royal sta
bles. He is not 10 be ridden again.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Hahn Wnufpfi.

Men that can pro luce busine-s to sell
monthly inStallmenS bonds. Liberal commits.
sion. and bonus paid. Address L. S. Bonl
and Mortgage CompaMY. Atlanta. Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

Dobbins' Floating -Borax Soap has not one
atom Of adulteration in 1t. 1t is 100 per cent
pure. Try 1t once. Be sure you get the geru-
inc Your grocer has IT, or will get it for you
Wrappers printed in red.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

FITSstopped free and permanentlycured. No
fits after first days use of DIR. KLlNEs GREAT
NERyEREsToRER. Free s2 trial bottleand treat.
ise. Send to DR.. Kline, 9S1 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething. softens the gums. reduces intlammt-
iion allays pain. .cureS wind collie. 25c. bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
HESITATE No LONGER.

Modesty in women is natural. 1t is
one of women's chief charms.
Nc one cares for one who really
lacks this essential to womanliness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Eewars or oIntments for Catarrl, That
Contain Mcrcurr,

rs mercury will surely destr,y cho sense of
smell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it throug the mucous surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
dama:,e thsy will do is ten fold TO the roo,i You
can pcs ,ibly derive from them. Iiall's G Itarrh
10 etn, o., contains no mercury nnd is taken
Internally, actin directly upol the blood and
mucous surfaces OF tic system. In LuSing
Halls Catarrh Cure DO sur; To get the genuine.
Ohio, by T.. J. Cheney q TO. ] est nlnnlals free.
sold Uy Druggists, price C. Der bottle.
Iiall's Family Pills are the best.
Pisos Care Tor o.,sumrt on la' seved me
many a doctors b lis. f.. HARDY. Hopkins
Place, Ia timOrc, NJ. Dec 2. ~.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Toothache I'm tho Wind. ::

''How the wind howls tonight" /" said
the melancholy boarder.
''I shouldn't wonder if it had the
toothache," suggested Mr.. Asbury
Peppers.
'Toothache ?'
eyes. Have you never heard OF the
teeth OF the gate?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

L lienthal was the first succe SIS full short dis
tance flying machine inventor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

There are $4,000 names ON the Brit
ish medical register.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

An interest is added TO the shrine of Saint
lago de Compostel.a by singing the twelfth
century hymns.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Dish urorcd Drafts.

When the stomsch dishonors the drafts
made upon it by The rest of the system, it is
necessarily because its fund of strength is very
low. Toned with Hostetter's Stomach BitterS,
1t soon begins to pay cut vigor in the shape OF
pure, rich blood, containing the elements OF
muscle. bone and bra N. AS sequence of the
new vigor afforded the stomach, the bowels
perform their functions regularly. and the
LIVER works like clock work. Malaria has no
effect upon a system thus reinforced.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

Ifafflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp-
sons Eve wafer Drngyists sell at 25c ner bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Chicken Salad

Cut meat from your cold chicken,
add equal quantity of shredded let
luce; when yeu have cut chicken into
narrow 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 oil, then add
gradually three teaspoonfuls extract
OF celery. The mixture should be
thick as cream. Pour over meat and
l.ttuce. Stir up with a silver fork /;
place sslad in dish.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
THE TINE OF Roses.

ny have you so per-
sistently avoided me
ever since-slnce-
well, since Lady
Barkston's garden
party ?" I inquired
of Miss Windram go
soon az 7 succeeded
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21
The Do. Nothing Congress.

Has anybody heard Of anything the
present Congress has done except talk
and pass appropriation bills?
Yet the Republicans expect the peo-
pie to flock into g. o. p. ranks this
year.
What for? To rebuke the Demo-
cratic administration.
Funny, isn't it?
The present Congress is fair speci-
men of Republican zeal in changing the
policy of administration. Great change
they will make from the policy Of
Grover Cleveland.
Oh, yes, they differ with him on the
tariff. But tariff isn't the issue this
year, and the present hard times are
due to President Cleveland having car
rled out the policy Of tho Republican
party on finance, and finance is the
issue.
All the bowling of all the tariff howl
ers on earth cannot throw the blood
hounds of justice and truth off the
right trail. We are not chasing "cot-
ton-tail" rabbits this year. We are
after bigger game. The British lion
and his Wall street whelps are the
kind Of game We are after.
Both old parties are the same. John
Sherman Endorses Cleveland, and the
Republican party Endorses John Sher-
man. Why should a man who Is dis
gusted with Cleveland vote with the
party that elected the present Con-
gress?
Strange how any man can find any
excuse for preferring either one to the
other.
1t doesn't do any good to change a
pair Of dirty socks by simply by put
ing right sock on the left foot, and the
left sock on the right foot. They will
be just as dirty on foot as on the other.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-05-21

II a poor man receives money on
trust and fails to account for it at
proper time, the law calls its embezzle-
ment and railroads him to the peniten-
tiary forthwith.
If banker receives money on trust
and fails to account for it, 1t is called
bank suspension" and this is the first
instance on record where 1t has been
regarded as a criminal offense, and
then only because the bank received a
fair-sized deposit just before closing its
doors.
OF what use is it to coin all the gold
and silver in the world If it is to be
turned over to bankers without an
equivalent?
That government which fails to pro-
vide safe place of deposit for the peo-
pies money other than those depend
ent purely ON the integrity Of the
banker" is in itself failure.
The monetary "reformers may howl
all they please about all other phases OF
the money question, but their bowling
will amount to little until they pull off
their kid gloves and go to work in
earnest to take the kinks out Of the
banking business.
Make the bankers give bonds to COW
er deposits or shut up shop.
The people running their own bank
ing business, through country ant
township treasurers, would be goot
way, too, to afford the relief demanded
By all means, gentlemen reformers
If you don't do another thing toward
settling the money question, revise the
banking business, and at least make il
as honest and as fair dealing with Its
creditors as other kinds Of business.