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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 Cy.
cling for Ladies'" the author, DIR. ".
H. 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.
"Let it at once be said, an organi-
cally sound woman can cycle with as
much impnnity as man. Thank
heaven, we know now that this ia. 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.
men are capable of great physical i'm
proven ent where the opportunity ez-
lists. Dress even now heavily handle
caps them. How fatiguing and dan.
gerous were heavy petticoats and
flowing skirts in. cycling even Q! few
years ago the plucky pioneers aione
can tell US.
.Inappropriate dress hasie certaia
number of chills to accountfor 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-ftting sleeves meet this did
Guilty. Summer or winter, it is far
safer to rear 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 enui
and lack of opportunity of some
means of working off their superfous
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 made
the scapegost, disappear in the most
extraordinary way with the fresh air
inhaled, and with the tissue destruc-
tion and reconstruction efectc. 1y
exercise and exhilaration.
''Hhe 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 inyalidism 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 has been
| improved, and the aches and pain;
which would have sEorsly made an ole
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 Wonderful Bell.shaped Mountain

When the Alaska steamers ere get
ting toward Sitka they go through ,
passageway known as Finlanson's
Canul, and if they happen to pass O
certain point in the daytime most
unusual. looking mountain can be seen.
1t has been named the "Bell-shaped
Mountain" and more appropriate
cosnomen 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
ah impossible barrier across the road.
way.
AS the steamcr >is headins directly
for the mountain it shows to the best
advantage. Rising abruptly from the
mirror. like surface of the water, il
rears it's head about 1000 feet toward
the sky and reveals the most perfect
symmetry in its outlines. Tho sides
slope inward. md 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 GOV
cred with thick growth of pine trees,
and as tho steamer draws nearer il
loses some of its peculiar appearance
The vessel keeps head on as if to rur
it down, but when quite close makes
sharp turn to port and passes through
channel so narrow that it is possible
TO throw stone on the mountain from
the deck. The mountain is mucf
longer than wide, and does not looE
the least like q bell as soon as tht
steamer has passed so that it can b'
seen over the stern.-San francisco
Sun
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Automatic Fishing Rol.

A Chicago genius was recently
granted o patent on an automatic fsh'
ing rod. This great labor saving ee'
vice consists OF rod and bolder
cooked and poised upon strong
spring. In this position 1T may be left
upon tho shore by itself, after the
owner has halted the hook and cast it
into the water. When the fish seizes
) the bait, the lug it gives the line
opens the trigger, and the fish !:
ierked ashore and landed high and
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
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
REASON FOR ABANDONING coRsrrs.


Science has found still another rea-
son why women should abandon cor
sets. Itaffects, however, only those
of the fair sex who thirst for the
higher education. At certain young
women's college it was noticed that
the delicate electrical instruments nm.
derwent sudden and extraordinary
changes. Every once in q while,
when a girl came up to explain
what she had learned about volts,
ohms, aud the like, gaivanometers
would gyrate wildly and the needles in
the various dials would swerve in o
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 debarring 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 GLASS, as it entered, pass in
single file beside a delicate galvano.
meter. The instructor stood beside
it in apparent unconcern, but the in
strument "spotted" every steel.cor.
seted girl with uuerring skill. Ono
lecture under the conditions was
enough, and the girls have all gone in
for hygienic waists or dress REFORM
Argonaut.
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 the
dew,
By woodland winds no more to be caressed,
When, as you lie upon the ear.h'ss soft 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 a sensuous flow.
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 q balm for woeY
The Bookman.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Exterminat ,ns the AlIigatOrs.

"Nezt to the disappearance of the
buffalo for remarkably rapid EXTERN.
nation comes tho killing OF the alli.
gator.," said A. L. Stephens, of Jack.
sonvilIe, Fla, at the En5itt. "There
are good maDy OF the sansians leftin
very few localities, hnt they are be-
coming scarcer every day, and in ten
years, possibly in half that time, there
will NOT be wild alligator Left II the
| United States, except in -impassable
swamps like the Everglades. Ten
years ago every stream in Florida and
many of those in Louisiana were filled
with the reptiles, and common rec'
reation for tourists was shooting al
ligators. Now the st. Johns River,
that formerly teemed 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 q glimpse of a saurian'
: They are still being industriously
hunted, their hides being valuable,
and it cannot take great while fer
them to be entirely exterminated. ~
Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
FASHION NOTES.

The belt slightly pointed front anil
back gives very much better fgulr
than the perfectly round one.
There was chic little cap, beretta-
shaped. made of the plaid goods, with
q twist of brown velvet and quill,
that goes with q gclf costume. II
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, full
sleeves that barely reach the elbows,
black stockings, and an oilakin 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
| up on one side with big rosette and
three nodding black plumes. On the
other side is knot of lilies and O big
bunch of the same rest upon the hair
underneath the brim, at the back
Just in front ore two large crushet
pink roses that look as if they had
fallen into place.
Never was lace SO profusely used or
so va-ied inl design. From narrow
guipure insertions to wide founcing
in cream, ecru and butter color is i
to be seen on every article OF fashion
able dress. 1t is now made in gras
cloth, to trim the grass cloth gown
and blouses that are to be IN the acm
of popularity in the hot days. 1t cal
be had in insertions, edgings and piec
lengths, aud has color beneath. Thi
is not strictly lace, but it goes in tn
eawe category.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
The Yoke of Today.

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
arIn-cr 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
garish. 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
POPUAR SCIENCE

OF the 29O1 cases OF smallpox in
Austria during 1895 no less than
1865 occurred in Galicia.
They say there are about 200 diff.
ferent shapes and varieties of tooth
pulling forcops on the market.
Professor Hadden claims thai
Stephenson obtained his idea Of the
railway coach from an Irish iaunting
car. -" = .-''71f'7sr''-;ss-': : -,
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. saS:z as3 - Z.
Compressed air has proved 50 salts.
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, Now haven md Hartford Rail-
road made speed of eighty miles an
hour recently. This is reckoned
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-
guchi and T. Mizuno, of Toxic Uni
versity.
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, 110; matches
used for gas, 35; candles, SS; arc elec-
trio lights, 7, and incandescent slec.
tric lights, only 1.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
M1cH1aAN,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 pbysici 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, 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.
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. Michaeps Church, In
Hamburg. This church ? re is one
of the tallest landmarks in the city,
and can Le seen far out at sea. The
four dials of the clock each measure
,venty.six feet in diameter. The
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
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 lis 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.
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 an
experimental motor constructed, and
freight car has been fitted up as q
boiler.h house to supply it with power.
In the freight Car are two vertical
boilers, the latter being eight feet IL
height and six feet in diameter. In
the middle of the large boiler is d
great copper coil. Two iron pipe:
project from the side OF the freight
car and are connected with socket
couplings to pipes in the motor Cal
alongside. The hot water ls rur
through these pipes into the motor
ca-'s battery cylinders, and then th'
motor is ready to start.
The motor car he's been put on thu
main track OF the company number
of times, has been run for five to tel
minutes each time, and, it is said,
high speed has been attained.
Chauncey Depcw, the President o
the New York Central, says the ne7
motor will be used in the suburban
service of the Grand Central if j
proves to be the success predicted 10
it. The series of experiments startet
with it have notyet been finished, ant
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 moderate oven, letting them cook
slowly until they are soft. Put on a
fiat glass dish, pour the syrup over
them and serve with rich cream.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
WOMAN'S WORLD..
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS!
opAIs FOR FAIR 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
Toothache I'm the WIND.

"How the wind howls tonigbt!" said
the melancholy boarder.
"I shouldn't wonder if it had the
toothachc," suggested Mr.. Asbury
Peppers.
saToothache ?"
''Yes. Have you never heard OF the
teeth Of the gate?"
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 i,ale physician does
not understand the case aad treats the
patient for consumption-indigestion
anything but the right thing.
1t is under such circumstances that
thousands of women have turned to
Mrs. Pinkham, 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 E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound is the sure cure for this
trouble. For twenty years it has done
its grand work and cured thousands.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Cb,e,,ep sa,ad.

Cut meat from your cold chicken,
add equal quantity of shredded lst.
luce; when yen nave cut chicken into
narrow strips two inches long, mix il
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 teaspoonfnls extract
OF celery. The mixture should be
thick as 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

The horse "Norma, which the Rus.
sian Car role at his col onation fcs'
tivities, has heneeforth to spend his
life as rensoner of tho royal sta
bles. He is not 10 be ridden again.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Dish ,nored prans.

made upon it by the rest of the system, 1t /:
necessarily because its fund of strength is very
low. Toned with HoStetter's Stomach Bitters
1t soon begins to pay out yigor in the shape oi
pure, rich blood. containing the elements oi
mu.c!e, bone and bra n. AS q sequence of the
new vigor afforded the stomach, the bowels
perform their functions regularly, and the
liver works like clock work. Malaria has nc
effect upon system thus reinforced.
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
quotetion?" She-"Woman accepts. I"
Chicago News.
DR.. Jalap-"Let me sec your
tongue, please" Patient-"Ob, Doc.
tor, no tongue can tell how bad I
feel !"-Boston Transcript.
One bitter drop spoils rapture's cup;
When ice sells by the splinter
We cannot can ths hot waves up
TO 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
ell-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,
and it ruined him." Glow" "He
wrote verse to an heiress he was in
love with, and he wrote honey for
'bonny'. "-Tit-Bits.
Though you may not take vacation
On your very slender pay,
There is rest and recreation
Intho borcs that go away.
Chicago Record.
All Through: "Well, old man, I've
spent every cent of money have in
the world on my doctor" "Does he
know it! "I guess he does. He has
pronounced me we'll man. Life.
"I 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"-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 Ill be ye mother
to ye. "-Tit-Bits.
"Excuse me, my poor fellow, for
not before Offering few words of
coincidence. 1 didn't hear of your
loss until to-day. How long have you
been q widower?" 'iSince 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 lie was teacher" .tf did not. l
said he was tooter." ."-Detriot Free
fress.
s'SYhat's this / hear about the plum
ber and the paperhanger in the next
square? Have they been exchanging
houses?" ''Not exactly. They did
lot of work for each other, and esch
had to take the others house for his
pay."-Tit-Bits.
Taken Literally: ton-"What
would you do if I should ask you to
lend me ten dollars?" Bixby (who
thinks it is a COMMUNICATIVE 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

rs mercury will surely dedr,y tho sense OF
smella and completely deranye the whole system
when enteringit throug the mucous surfacss.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
damage thsy will do Is ten fold to tho lDod you
can pos ,ibly derive from them. Halls G ,tarrh
Cure, manufactured by +. j. CHeney & Co.,
ro.e,in, o., contains no mercury and Is taken
Internally, actin directly upoi The blood and
mucous surface, OF tI.o system In LuSinE
HSlrs Catarril Cure be sur, to get the genuine.
1t is tken Internally. and is made IN Toledo.
sold Dy Druggists, price 2 C. per bottle.
Iiall's Family Pills are the best.
Piso's Care for oIsumpt on iral sayed me
many doctors b lis. +. HARDY, Hopkins
Place Ia timnrc M. Dec. 9. 81.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
A French Duel.

care you going to ths ofiice?"
"No; Pm going TO isht duel" !"
"Well, when y,u return, please 10
stop in at my dressmaker's and tell
her to send up my bodice. ''-Ex.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23
Helm Wnnteh.

Men that can pro luce busine's to sell
monthly installmens bonds. Liberal commits:
sions and bonus paid. Address Z. S. Boni
and Mortgage Company, Atlanta, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-09-23

Dobbins' Floating-Borax Soap has not one
atom Of adulto-ation in It, 1t is 100 per cent.
pure. Try 1t once. Be sure you get the genri-
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
The Ladies.

The pleasant effect and perfect safety With
which lalies may use Syrup o; Figs, under. all
conditions, makes it their faYorite remedy.
To get the true an genuine article, LOOK for
the name OF the California Fig Syrup Co1,-
pany, printed e,r the bottom OF the pacxs,se.
For sale l,y all responsible druggists.