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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

According to the just published re-
suits Of the last census, the entire
private debt OF the United States,
secured by mortgage on real estate, is
over six billion dollars.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20
FASHIONS DOMAIN.
,TYL1sH GARMENTS FOR wo.
MEN AND CHILDREN.
\ Blazer of Mixed Cheviot-Boys'
Kilt Suit of Serge-31isses'
Norfolk Waist and
Ripple Basque.

N MIXED cheviot made this
N stylish jacket, which is
~ worn over fancy silk or
cotton shirt waist, for out
no or general wear. The open fronts
ire neatly shaped by single bust darts,
md are reversed in square shaped
apels above the bust that extend to
!orm afolling collar and join in seam
n back of neck. Under-arm and side
back CORES, with curved centre seam,
complete the close-ftting adjustment
n back of the waist line, extended
:ullness below being laid in plaits at
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MONTICELLO.
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF
THE HOME OF JEFFERSON.
Tho Historic Mansion Even 60 the In
terior and Furnishings Preserved
Almost as the Great States:
man Left 1t:

n MONTICELLO is three miles
N n from the town OF Char.
" lottesyille, Va, and issitu,
ated upon the top Of what
is known as Southwest Mountain, an
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

The n amber OF criminals condemned
in the courts OF the German Empire in
the eleven years ending with 1892 was
8,973, ,667,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

There are some 100000 "super-
fluous won en"in Europe that it does
not know what to do with. There
are not enough bachelors to go
around.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

NORFOLK WAIST WITH RIPPLE BASQUE.
Fancy mixed, cheviot in greenish
gray tones is the material here de.
lineated, the ripple basque and points
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

In many cases of dyspepsia great
relief is found by very hot hath
quickly taken.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

To become an electrician or an in.
iustrial, mechanical, railroad or min
ing engineer the Cuban must go to a
soreign country.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

The Chinese National Anthem is so
long that people take half q day to
listen to 1t.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

II is said that pensions to the
mount of abeat s15.oo0,ooo will be
paia il the South this yeaf. owing to
ihs Grand Army colonies;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

I here was Buried
THOMAS JEFFERSON,
(: AUTHOR OF
/: THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE;
(! Of the
I: STATUTE or VIRGINIA FOR RELiaIoUs
!. FRERDoN
(: and
FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
/: Born Feb. 2, 1748.
Died July 4, 1925.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-05-20

hall are the library and reception
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

General Dimensions: Width,
through library and kitchen, 80 it. lo
ins. /; depth, 46 ft 6 ins., including
veranda.
Heights of Stories: Cellar, Z fl. first
story, Q #. 6 in. second story, IT.
Exterior Materials: Foundation.
stone; first story, clapboards; second
story, gables and rooF, shingles.
Interior Finish: Two coat plaster,
hard white finish. Maple wood floor
ing. Trim throughout, N. @. pine.
Staircase, ash. Bath room and kltch-
en-, vainscoted. Chair-rail in dining
room. All interior woodwork grain
filled and finished with hard oil var
nish.
Colors: All clapboards, medium
green. Shingling on walls OF second
story and gables, oiled. Roof shin
giles, stained red. Trim, including
water table. corner boards, castings,
cornices, bands, verands columns, RAIL-
etc., dark bottle green. Sashes,
white. Veranda floor, dark brown.
Veranda ceiling, oiled. /,
Accommodations The principal
rooms and their sizes, closets, ETC.,
are shown by the floor plans. Cellar
under whole house. Attic is foored
for storage purposes. Open fireplace
in sitting-room. Portable range, sink
and boiler in kitchen. Bath room in
second story. Linen closet in second
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boY,s K1Ir ~ o..

The coming suit fo, 5,Eil d..
tured in the second saara,iag
consists of kilt-plaii esil -
pique and o pretty e:.s as
1isiBHsS HshasSSssly aa ssiS@gd sGRg5d FFits
and embsoi1ered edgius maj a. sefh-
cred in frills and trim me ca''ss. s'tss
and right front edge Ieree "ay
tucks are stitched in fa"t .1ant Il
sufficient distance from the closing IN
center to show beyond the frills OF
embroidery that are sewed on each
side of the band of insertion. The
large sailor color falls deeply on back
and front, Aaring slightly in center,
and o Windsor tie of yellow silk is
worn at the neck. The kilt skirt is
hemlned on the lower edge and laid o.
side plaits at the top all around. 1t
is finished with vaistbaud that is
provided with button holes to attach
it to the buttons on the under waist.
Suits of this kind can be made from
plain, stripped or checked gingham,
galatea, duck or grass linen, COM
bination of two. materials having a
very stylish effect.
The quantity of material 36 inches
wide required 70 make this suit for a
child four years of age is 8 yards.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
MILLION DOLLAR NUGGET.
A Gold Miners Wonderful Find in
British Columbia.

A prospecting miner returning,
wearied and disgusted, from an unsuc-
cessful season stumbles across boul-
der SO rich in gold that in an instant
he is millionaire. 1t reads like q
fairy tale, but it happens to be true.
There is satisfactory evidence of the
truth of Martin Neilly's wonderful
find. ltwas on Monday, April 27, that
Nelly was returning to Rossland,
Britlsh Columbia, after ON unsuccess-
full prospecting trip in the Salmon
River district. He had reached the
Columbia River at roint about six
miles north OF Trail Landing, B. c., at
about noon, and, selecting a site on
the bank of the stream at the foot of
Lookout Mountain, sat down to eat
his dinner. As he munched his hum
bic food he noticed large boulder,
half buried in the sand in dry por-
tion of the river bel, not far from
where he sat.
When he had finished his meal, he
walked over to the boulder, examining
itin casual manner, and then, as his
experienced eye detected signs of ithe
precious metal for which he had vain
ly sought for months, he attacked the
great gray mass with his pick, work
ing with feverish energy. He almost
swooned when fragment of the rock
came away, showing distinctly the
traces of gold and copper.
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io1n Iue u,umaur,, y.

e.. tnGu 90 az a. join Cne cieuieuS, vi
dir and fire, the water may be there to
help out the insurance companies. In
the midst of these there is little
more pretentious building called the
Office; and it is here that the Supetin-
tent sits, like Pluto on his throne,
master of all these dynamic possibil-
tiles.
Some of these little buildings are
numbered and locked. They are the
powder magazines. Others ore more
significant, because in them men and
large number of women are busy
filling pasteboord cylinders with e1-
plosives for July 4. 1t must not be
thought from this that gunpowder is
used for these things. Instead OF ita
mixture is used"that is as fine as dust
in Broadway. 1t is explosive, of
course, but it burns slowly and does
not smash things unless it is confined.
Everything from them up to the
eight ounce cracker that goes off like
o six inch gun are turned out here.
The rasteboard is made into little
cylinders and these arc thtn taken TO
one of the little houses, where boys
fix the American fuses, which give lots
of warning before they ignite the
cracker, go that fingers may remain in
tact. These lads plug up one end with
bits of clay and then pour in the ex-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

woods, the strips should never exceed
three inches in width. With prices
for material and labor as reasonable
as they are present, there are few Fho
cannot afford ite luxury of o finer
floor in few OF the rooms.
The constant growing popularity of
rugs and art squares for the dining
room and library has made hardwood
fr,ors almost necessity for these Two
apartments at least. It is true that
the ordinary matched pine floor may
be stained and shellacked with good
effect, but there is never the satisfac-
tion that comes from o floor that is
meant to be seen.
Expensive marquetry floors, beauti-
full in themselves, are not required.
There are few more satisfactory md
attractive floors than those that are
we'll laid in thoroughly seasoned
maple. These are reasonable as to
first cost, and they are readily kept in
good condition. One advantage uhey
have over the beautiful oak floors is
that they do not become so CLASSY
smooth. They do not require such
high polish as the oak, and cofse-
quently have less of menace for fragile
bones. 1t is by no means necessary
for the best effects that floors OF This
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

c.,sau. vuero % vtueu all eAI,uiv.v. "a
unkindness seemingly unaccouI table.
The gra ,elul swan, c. g., is ono OF the
most ungracious in its ways. Not only
lin the breeding season. does male
bird resent the intrusion of strange
gentlemen, but it will spend the day
in driving off from its domain any un-
lucky geese, which might be plainly
assumed to have no designs upon its
domestic arrangements, and have, IN
deed, no desire hey yond that for COM
Portable wash and swim. 1t will also
pursue even the most innocent OF new
born ducklings while they unwittinsly
rejoice in all early taste of their COM
mon element. But this is not all.
When IN only child has passed out
of the cygnet stage of life, and grown
10 full physical, if not mental, ma
turity, father and mother swans have
been known to fall upon and deliber-
ntely beat it to death with wing and
heak. / have myself seen an instance
of this. The gratiied parents swan
gracefully about the mere in which
they lived, while the great white
corpse of their son ley, battered and
dead, upon the shore. The following
year, after another had been born to
them, and in infancy carried upon his
mothers back, they began to treat
him SO roughly that, not being pin
nioned like them, lie wisely flew away,
and we saw him no more. CuriousIy
enough, geese which have experienced
rudeness from swans in the lusty
spring have been known to retal'ate
in the calmer autumn, when tho
tierceness of their enemy had become
mitigatcl. 1 have seen gander leap
upon the back of once arrogant
swan, and after period OF enforced
impotent enmlty, pound away at it in
the full enjoyment of gratifiedreyense.
|-Cornhill Magazins.
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The Atlantic Monthly remarks: {

The Atlantic Monthly remarks: Of
the pauper and criminal classes the
Scandinavians have smaller propoz-
tion than any other alien element ex-
cept the British. The Danes. Nor
wegians and Swedes are particularly
free from other shan traditional ties
binding them to the mother countries.
No dramatic outbursts OF National
sentiment on the other side rekindle
the old e1thusiasms here. As Swedes,
Norwegiars and Danes they fast dis.
appear; merging, not into Scandi-
nayians, but into Americans. As
Americans, they will be builders,
NOT destroyers; safe, not brilliant.
Best of all, their greatest service will
be as mighty steadying influence, re-
inforcing those hign qualities which
we sometimes call Puritan, sometimes
American.
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plosivc, which has the same color rs
Uncle Sllas's duster, and then they are
ready for packing. These firecrackers
don't have Chinese characters on them.
But on each, in plain New York dla.
lect, is warning how to hold them
and when to let so. You do anything
else at your own risk.
The Roman candles are made the
same way, save that much more care
is taken with them. They are packed
with hydraulic presses, and the globes
of various colored fire which are sent
over your lawn or into your sweet.
hearts window curtains are little
cones that resemble yellow and blue
clay, which are SO sensitive to heat
that the mere placing of them IN the
pasteboard cylinder sometimes fires
them prematurely by friction.
Most of the set pieces and the rock
cts are loaded at the outset as the
Roman candles are, the system being
practically the same. Yet with all tho
spparent danger the factory has not
had an explosion for several years,
and insurance companies have conf
dence enough to risk 100000 in
policies on the place.
One of the most interesting divisions
OF the work OF preparing for the eagles
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15
Con,mander j. ". Miller. d. The

Commander j. W. Miller, Of, the
New York Navel Militis, calls atssn-
sssA y = :
sssystem developed by large corpora.
tions has given powers Of command
and habits of obedience to numbers of
citizens. and has trained employees to
much stricter methods than obtained
formerly in the regular armies and
nayies of the world" That the vast
social Systems of America exercise q
tremendous observation-disclosures upon
great masses of our people is very eyi-
dent to the New York Observer; and
it is pleasant to feel that in some re-
spects at least this subordination of
small armies of men to great CONNER
cial powers and organizations Is hsv-
ing beneficial effect in the direction
of moral discipline aud development.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

- t-S -. --.s SSup a-!- - = 49,"
deal better If it Is made with a rich
stock or consomme in place OF water.
In this case it is made in exactly the
same way, except that the vegetables
are cooked for thirty minutes alter
adding them to the stock. '
An onion soup is one of the best veg
etable soups we have. Fry four onions,
cut in thin slices, in two heaping table,
spoonfuls of butter, or even in nice
tat. Stir the onions continually while
they are frying, and when they are,
quite brown add scant half cup OF
-four. Continue stirring the rather;
pasty mixture that you have till the
-four has cooked little and is we'll;
Drowned. Then add very carefully, q:
little at time, three cups OF boiling;
water. Add now o tablespoonful OF
salt and let the soup standing at the:
back of the stove, where it will slowly:
simmer for half an hour. Now mash;
smooth two fresh.boiled potatoes, add
about hslf cup of milk to them. and:
stir them into the soup. Add another,
cup of boiled milk, or enough to re-;
ducs it to cream consistency. Somei
brands of flour require G. little more;
milk than others. Strain the soup
through fine puree sieve. An ordin-|
ary -four sieve will do. Return it toi
the kettle, which should be rinsed and
wiped out, and let it boil ten minutes,
stirring it frequently. Put half cup:
Of little squares of toasted bread and
two tablespoonfuls of minced chives in
the tureen and pour the hot soup over
them. !
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
TESTING THE OVEN.

Miss, Parloa gives the following
:s.directions for testing tho oven in cake.
baking: "For sponge-cake put piece
of paper into the oven, close the door,
aud open il in FIVE minutes. If the
paper is a rich yellow, the oven is
right; but If it isa light yellow, the
oven is too cool; il dark brown, it
is too hot. For pouud-cake. the oven
should be just hot enough TO color.
light brown. Cup-cake requires an
oven of about the same temperature
All thin.rolled cakes require hotter
oven, so that the paper should turn q;
dark brown in five minutes. The
length of time required for baking
certain cakes will vary with their.
thickness or the size of the pan in
which they ore baked. New YORK.
Post. ;
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portion, the full skirt being gathered
at the top and joined to its lower edge.
A band of insertion edges the top of
yoke and forms heading to the frlll
of embroidery. Full sleeves are
gathered at the top and sewed in the
arms eye, the edge being decorated
to match yoke. The apron closes in
centre back with buttons and button
holes, wide sash ends being attached
to the sides at the waist line and tied
in a bow with long ends at the back.
Aprons in this style are dainty look
ing and quite protective. They can
be made up and plainly finished, or
elaborately decorated with lace or en-
broidery. Cross-barred muslin, main
sock, cambria, dotted Swiss, dimity or
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-07-15

Much rye bread was eaten in this
country in the beginning of the GEN.
tury, and much rye and Indiana
healthful compound that disappeared
when stcvessuperseded the huge brick
ozer in which the maize ingredient
was rendered digestible by being
cooked oil night. The snowy wheaton
loaf, as the staple bread of the land,
dates only back to the cultivation OF
the wheat fields OF New York in the
early part of this century; and stimuli
taneously there seemed to arise q
ssfashion" OF white bread. The using
of bread made from anything less than
'sthe best Genesee flour" was thought
a mark of poverty. About 1910 there
appeared about an even distribution
of dyspepsia throughout the Northern
and Eastern States, more especially
among those well-to-do people who
used only the "best Genesee. One
investigator announced that the root
of the mischief lay in robbing the
wheat OF its best elements in the pro-
cess of milling, and taking away its
outer coating. This man was Sylyes-
ter Graham-a monomaniac on his
own hobby; but he rendered an inn
p,rtant service to the science of ali
mentatioD, though the epithet "bran
bread" was derisively applied to the
sort that still bears his name.
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SaYea by His Boot Heel.

J. B. OFT, brakeman on the Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, was caught
under q bad wreck which occurred at
Alberton, Nd, Wednesday night. He
was held by the left foot under the
truck of fat car loaded with coal.
After hard labor with hammer and
chisel, the oak timber of the truck
was cut away sufficiently to release
him, after On hours confinement in
his perilous position. OFT brayely
hell the torch while the trainmen
worked to release him. DR.. William
B. Gambull, the company's surgeon,
made an examination, and, to the sur
prise of all, Otto was for nd to be but
slightly injured. His strong boot heel
had protected his foot from the crush
ing force of the enormous weight rest
ing upon it.-Baltimore Sun.
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BUTTONS AND BUCKLES.

Fancy buckles and buttons form o
very important part of the smart
gowns this year, and are often intrinsi-
cally valuable, while even imitation
Jewels are most brilliant. A gown OF
green and white silk with the front of
the waist entirely of lace is trimmed
with buttons of rhinestones and imi-
tation emeralds, wonderfully true (can
it be said, to naturef) while the gowns
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MAKING FIRE WORKS.
BUSY SCENES AT A FACTORY
-. ON STATEN ISLAND. -
Most of the Employees Are Farmers
Daughters-Turning Out Fire
crackers Of All Sizes-lIall-
Ing Roman Candles. -

n ROAD green fields; pretty
x girls who move as though no
civic censors had told them
that dress reform was too
new; bright faced boys who work
with the enthusiasm of delight; only a
few men, whose countenances, be-
grimed, it is true, yet quite content
with the deeds they havo to do, and
yet heroes in minor key, for they
work face to face with po ssibility
that their next breath may be taken
half in this world and half as sigh
for the next. 1t is modern Arcadia,
set between the hills of Staten Island,
and named Graniteville, yet why no
man has yet known, for there is no
granite nearer than the--Army .Bnilds-
ing that runs up its facade in White.
hall street. All this blissful abode of
labor is simply fireworks factory
and the Arcadians are its willing
"hands."
Here it is that 800 persons, mostly
farmers daughters, work from July II
to July 8, from one year to the next,
making colored fires and rockets and
Romen candles and those mysterious
things known as "set pieces" which
go off, it IS true, according to pro-
gramme, but which need guide and
spokesman most times to tell what
they are all about. And talk about
Chinese laborl Well, these energetic
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treme courtesy. Boys cut the pieces
of tissue paper the exact square, by
machine, and then force the centre
Of the square through the holes of o
brass rack. Then lad drops some OF
the. illuminate intbes bottom of the lit,
tie bag there formed, and another boy
fills the little paper up with gravel.
Then the racks are handed to girls,
who brush paste over the tops of the
papers and twist them tight into little
points SO that the gravel cannot fall
out. This done they are packed in
sawdust, ten in box. and are ready
for you to awake your neighbors.
The one really dangerous place at
the factory is the laboratory where is
made the illuminate of silver used in
the torpedoes and percussion shells
and caps of all sorts. Muslin and
cheese cloth is used here for tops of
tables, covers for boxes and every.
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Z The Atlanta Constitution says:
After careful study of the situation
the cotton men of New England have
decided to compromise the issue be-
tween the cotton mills of that section
and those Of Georgia, Alabama and
other Southern States, by agreeing
that coarser goods can be manufac,
tured at greater profit in the South
while those of finer quality can be
produced to better advantage by the
cotton mills of New England.
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story hall. Two get tubs in kitchen.
Sliding door connects hall and parlor.
Portiere opening between parlor and
library. Large sized veranda with
balcony above.
Cost: $4,000, not including mantels,
range or heater. The estimate is
based on New FORK prices for mater
ials and labor. In many sections of
the country the cost should be less.
Feasible Notifications: General di.
mensions, materials and colors may be
changed. Cellar may be reduced in
size or wholly omitted. Fireplace and
part or all of plumbing may be omit
ted. Attic may be finished for two
rooms. Sliding doors may be intro
dnced between parlor and library.
-
Copyright 1895.
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LAYING FLOORS.
Improved Methods Which PIeyail
In Houses of the Present Tine.

Improved Methods Which Prevail
In Houses of the Present Tine.
Excellent artisans and honest Work
men as were our forefathers, they
could have learned much FROM this
careless and commercial generatipn.of
the science of floor laying. No Bther
part of the house received such scon-
stans and severe use as the foorEE and
30 it is the yeriest truism to saYIthat
to none should more care and atten-
tion be given. We have ceased hlto-
gether to use the matched boards OF
extra width for flooring, except Il the,
very cheapest of houses and the in.
crease in expense that comes from the
use of narrow boards is SO inconAder-
able that it should cut no figure Rith
the man who is building q hous! for
himself. Most people find it the plrt OF
genuine economy to use the kery
narrow strips of Georgia pine, btt if
this must be put aside for the cheaper