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made many improvements to the prop
erty in The shape of new and deeper
openings and the introduction of ma
ohinery for preparing and hoisting the
coal.
Mr.. Mans says that it is common
thing for women to work in and around
the mines in the section of Germany
where he was born, and prominent
mining officials recall many instances
in which women and girls performed
similar duties in the coal mines OF
England and Wales. In the latter
country, however, the custom is almost
obsolete now. About eight years ago
Mrs. Daniel Grassens, German wo-
man, donned mans attire and secured
employment in the Gimlet mine, near
Shamokin, as an inside loader. She
worked on the same shift as her hus-
band and succeeded in hiding her sex
for several months. AS soon as the
foreman discovered that she was wo-
man she was discharged, although her
work had been entirely satisfactory.
1t is said that Mr.. Grassens and his
mine-working wife are now prosper
GUS German farmers in the Mahanoy
valley.
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engineering achievements and pos
sibilities, from the modern point of
-yiew are receiving an additional illus
tration IN the case of the projected tunnel
betwee nthe mainland of Italy and the
island of Sicily, plans End details Oh
which, in model, as executed hy the
Italian civil engineer de JohannisT
have attracted much attention at the
University OF Padua. After thorough
and careful studies of the Strait OF Mes
sina, it's varying depths, the nature OF
the ground, and all Of the other condi-
tions which might assist or interfere
with such an undertaking, de Johannis
decided that the beginning Of the tun-
nel should be near San Giovanni di
sanitello, at the foot of the Aspromonte
Mountain range, the mouth on the 9TH
er side to be located on the degli Inglesi
plain. The entire tunnel will be nearly
two miles long, and will consist in the
main of two shafts of about 10000 feet
each, descending at a grade not ex-
ceeding 80 feet in each 1000. Such
tunnel is thought preferable to a bridge
that would involve such great span
and wind exposure. .-Harper's Round
Table.
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PERSPECTIVE VIEW.

ones, although their initial cost is con,
siderably greater. But if wooden tubs
must be used,. be sure they are put in
most carefully, as under the best OF
contractors they give more trouble
than any other kitchen fllment.
Above all things do not stint money
in laying the kitchen floor; this must
be constantly scrubbed, and if the
wood checks and splinters the task is
heart-breaking. The highest grades
of Georgia pine should be used, in
narrow strips, and it should have fire.
quent dressing. 1t is no economy
to 10y cheap floor with the idea OF
depending upon covering of oil cloth
or similar material.
A very common mistake is made in
putting in sink that is too small, and
in providing no place for the draining
of dishes. A sink is never too large,
even for the smallest family, and if
space will permit it is we'll to put in
one that's a couple of sizes larger than
needed. At both ends should be wide
draining shelves. An admirable fea.
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ture, if one can afford it, is panel of
tiling adjoining the sink. This should
be copped with strip of wood contain
ing hooks, from which may be hung
basting spoons, collanders, measures,
and so forth.
AS to furnishing proper, this is a
very simple matter, although many
people seem to think that it is suf-
fcient to tramp into the kitchen the
dilapidated and broken down furniture
from other parts of the house. There
should be two plain deal tables, large
one and small one, the latter just
about the height of the range or stove.
This will be found extremely con-
venient in cooking if drawn close to the
range to hold utensils. The chairs
should be of the kind that have solid
wooden seats, butt there should also be
at least one comfortable roclling-chaif.
Anything that is in the nature of an
ornament aud has no utilitarian use is
wholly out of place, AID should be ban
hhed from the kitchen.
The design presented has Q kitchen
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-02
Johnson'S Chill and Fe-
YER Tonic is a OME-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever in
n Hours.
n Hours.
SHE TRIED THE NEW MOUNT.

How One Young Lady Happened to Have
Badly BIackened Eye.
They met in the drug store, and the
latest conner threw up her hands in
amazement.
Gracious, goodness, Gwendoline!"
she exclaimed excitedly, what under
the canopy have you been up to now?
You have the worst black eys ever
saw; your nose is bruised, your cheek
cut, and-Gwendoline Armstrong, /
verify believe you've been boxing!"
The dilapidated girl sighed.
"No" she said, dejectedly.. Il really
haven't, Gladys. It's the wheel"
"But 1 thought you learned to ride
two years ago." calculated the other
girl, wonderingly.
so did," was the doleful response,
"but it was this years mount that did
it. You know Edwin Latham, Of
course? Well, the other evening he
called, and he did nothing the whole
evening but talk of the new 81 mount;
it was so graceful and pretty. He told
me how to do it. You get your left
pedal level he kept saying, and put
your left foot on it. Then you give
little spring, and as that pedal goes
down you swing your right foot over,
in front of the saddle, and there you
are. You have to be little quick, but
that's all, and the girl who mounts
that way is the prettiest picture in the
world"
"Wefl that sounded easy, and I've al
ways been able to do anything on
wheel. Why, when 1 first learned to
ride"
81 know, know" interrupted the
listener, interestedly, "but how about
this time? Did you mount right off?"
NO" snapped out the battered girl.
shamefacedly, snatching up her glass
of soda water, 81 didn't. ! tried to,
however, and-well, here's the result.
Hereafter I'll stick to the old way OF
mounting"
So will l." said the other girl, SYM
pathetically, but the war-worn damsel
saw something suspicious in the haste
with which she led her wheel out OF
sight around the nearest corner, and
she smiled comprehendingly at the
drug clerk.
"GiYe her that combination Of harts-
horn and arnica that you mixad forN
me when she comes back,she said
amusedly, "and tell her to put lot OF
it into her bath instead of trying to rub
it in. It's much easier and far less
painful.
And she left the store with a happy
80: =: 'Its-i>~ the thundercloud
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SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Hamburg leads the cities of Germany
in the extent of its electric street-car
service. 1t has $40 motors, while Ber-
lin, which comes next, has only ia.
A. new species OF rabbit has been
found in Mexico at an altitude of 5000
feet on the volano Popocatapetl. 1t is
very small, has short ears and no tail.
Steel wire is strung on a frame for
use as bicycle saddle, one end of each
strand of wire being formed into a
colled spring to make the saddle fex-
ible.
An electric underground railway un-
der the present underground is the
latest project suggested in London.
It would be used for express trains
only.
The greyhound seems to have been
developed in level, trseless and shrub
less countries, where moving object
is visible at long distance, and great
speed is, therefore, necessary to enable
predaceous animal to overtake its
prey.
A party of scientists from Dublin,
Ireland, have visited the scene Of the
bog.sl1p near Baltimore, and made
numerous measurements and observa-
tions. The quantity of boggy matter
dislodged is estimated at 10000, 900
cubic yards.
Scarlet seems the color most con.
spicuous in brightsunshine, and scarlet
flowers are commonest in dry md
sunny climates, where their color
gives them an advantage in their
struggle with other flowers for the at
teutions of butterflies and other pollen
bearers.
A novel device for generating cleo
tric!ty consists OF hollow cane in
which long, slim battery is placed,
the .nduction coil being placed close to
the handle and surrounded by two re-
movable hands attached by wires to
the coil for use as poles in giving
electric treatment.
The spiders threads or fibers are
estimated to be one.m1llionth of
hair in thickness. Three kinds
of thread are spun. One ofss great
strength for the radiating or
spoke lines of the web; the cross lines,
or what sailor might call the ratlines,
are finer and are tenacious; that is,
they have upon them little specks or
globules' of very sticky gum. The
third kind cf silk is that which the
spider. throws out in mass of flood,
by which lit suddenly envelops any
prey of which it is somewhat afrail as,
for example, O wasp
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pensable to all well-regulated lhsmres;
Katie, the Oldest girl; performs the
duties usually assigned to an outside
foreman, supervising the running of
the breaker in o highly satisfactory
manner, and selling the fuel to the hun
dreds of farmers from the Mahanoy and
Mahantongo valleys, who patronize this
plant, while Mary has charge of the
much maligned mine mule, which hoists
the coal from the bowels of the earth
by means of an old-fashioned gin. An
ME, who has turned out very fair
mechanic, runs the pump that keeps
the mine free from water and the boil
ers and engine that supply the steam
for operating the machinery, while Liz
zie is slate-picker boss, and assists her
three younger sisters and three little
brothers in picking the rock and the
slate from among the coal as the fuel
passes down the chutes to the storage
pockets. These girls do not affect the
garb of the new woman, but instead
wear serviceable skirt aud petticoats.
Stout brogans cover their feet. Each
girl knows what is expected of her and
goes about the various duties in q bust
ness-like manner, while the father is
cutting coal in the mine.
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THos. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR.

to me in rather way; he'd made
Rome technical mistake-just little
legal slip, or something-and there
was only one way out of 1.-THE sigma
lures of the directors to some docu-
ment or other; I never bother about
these things, you know. He'd got one
man to sign, and he wanted my name.
Then he could raise capital at once,
and he's promised us both hundred
pounds on Saturday. Did | sign?
Rather, my boy"
"But, is it all right?"
"Oh, Mr.. Marsworth's safe as nails,
and as honest as the day. He's been
awfully nice to me all along"
"Well, I shouldn't touch that
money"
'sNot touch it2 Won't I, though
And I'ge had 200 shares allotted to me
free, besides the post of secretary, and
soon, old fellow, you'll have to be
best man, for I'm going to have the
banns put up ON Sunday week."
A few days after this met Rudgc
in the city. He was smartly dressed
and told me that Marsworth had given
him the money. end also that he had
sold some of his shares for $50 that
morning, "as favor to pal of mine,
old chap" Then about week after
ward / had letter from him saying
he had taken house and fixed the day
of the wedding.
Some few days had elapsed. 1t was
past midnight, and / was just think
ing of retiring, being the only one
up in the house, when o knock came
to the door. 1 carefully withdrew the
bolt and latch. A man with his coat
collar turned up, muller over his
face, and hat slouched down over his
eyes dashed in, almost knocking me
down. For moment was staggered,
and then made rash for the in
truder.
"Hush! For heavens sake shut the
doorl"
1t was Rudgel shut and bolted
the door.
"What do you want?"
'.Let me come into your study,
please"
took him there, and he threw him
self into chair, exclaiming:
"I'm hunted man. For the sake
of our friendship, don't betray me. /
swear Pm innocent"
"What's the matter, Rudge"
"Marsworthl Forgery and embez.
zlementl"
bean to see daylight.
"What, has he turned out fraud?"
.'Yes; and worse than that. I'm in
it, too. There's warrant out against
me-"
The poor fellow began to sob bit
terry, and by degrees it all came out.
Marsworth had used him and the other
man as tools, neither of them having
the slightest idea what was really hap
peningL Marsworth had known that
the crash must come, and had pro.
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THE MODEL KITCHEN.
Proper Arrangement and Furnishing Of
this Important Part of House.

Proper Arrangement and Furnishing Of
this Important Part of a House.
Very little attention is given to the
furnishing of the kitchen, even in the
most particular households. If new
house is being built the careful house
wife may ask the architect to provide
certain conyeniences for the room, bat
generally the matter is left wholly to
his directions, and unless he is tyro
he is not apt to disappoint expectations.
Modern improvements in plumbing
and in ranges provide the most con-
venient of permanent fixtures. 1t is
scarcely necessary to warn one against
the old style of shut-in plumbing, that
left innumerable crevices and crannies
to give lodgment to dirt and yermin.
The very best results are obtained from
the use of iron pipe instead of lead,
and if this be used there is much less
chance of sweating" and the conse-
ouent rotting of the adjacent wood,
particularly if the pipes be painted.
The woodwork of the kitchen is fully
as important as that of any of the rest
of the house. Pine is generally chosen,
and is as good as any other wood; it
should be oiled and given several coats
of hard varnish, or else painted in yel-
low or buff.
All closets and cupboards should be
built from the floor to the ceiling, with
out the slightest opening above or be-
low. The door should cover just as
much of the front as possible, leaving
room only for narrow iamb and a
shallow sill, in order that when they
are opened the entire exterior may be
exposed to view. Earthenware tubs are
cheaper in the long run than wooden
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-02

for I'll, - 80, ..bf-- ~ te $50
type. -
The Chinese have curious name ;s ss
this fish. The nearest approach to "a
English translation of this name is
Celestial telescope" the word 'tele-
scope" being used because of the pro-
tuberant structure of the eyes.
Besides the double complement Of
eyes, the celestial telescope has num-
Der of other curious characteristics.
It's body is short and chunked and its
tail is very long, perhaps twice o.
thrice as long as the body; more THAI
that, it it so divided as to seem to b.
four tails instead of one.
But, notwithstanding this surplus
of apparent propelling power, the
celestial telescope is an exceedingly
slow and awkward fish in getting about,
and seems to be even more stupid than
most other fish. For instance, it will
not feed at all as other fish do; its food
must be placed in the water on the end
of o little straw or stick, in such way
that it can see it plainly, and then the
food must be held in position long
time before it can be induced to eat.
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sary to convey it to the nearest point
to the vineyard. This lumber was
amply sufficient in quantity,to erect
such house as does not exist in Cali
fornia.
The hoops that bind the cask to-
gether are of finely tempered steel. In
the aggregate they would fill two large
freight cars and their total weight is
10000 pounds. The cask towers to q
height of thirty feet and is twenty-six
feet in diameter. # its contents could
be placed in unbroken bulk in freight
cars it would take thirty of thelbiggest
to hold it.
There is only one cask in tn : world
which can be legitimately compared
with this giant of California, apd that
is the great tun of Heidelberg, Ger
many. The California cask was not
constructed with the intention of out
doing any one, but simply for business
reasons. The difference in. size of
these two tuns can best be und erstood
by considering the fact that the Ger
man cask holds $4,000 gallons end the
California cask $1,000, showing the
former to be less than half the size of
the latter.
Considering the contents of the cask
from the measurement of gallons, the
idea of its immensity is not so fully
impressed as when figuring on basis
of lesser quantities. For instance, the
cask holds 3SS, 900 quarts, or 776, 600
pints, or 1904, 900 gills. An ordinary
glass of wine is about third of gill,
perhaps little less. This huge cask
would hold sufficient quantity to
permit 9, O12, 900 persons to partake of
a glass. Therefore, if every inhabi-
taut of the greatest five cities of the
United States should pass in process
sion before this huge redwood recep-
tacle each could take drink there
from.
Figuring the value of the contents
of the cask at the price it would be re-
tailed by the glass in the States where
wine is not made, the total reached is
SoOUl, AOU, oO ucdi " ulllilOll eh~p AZ SesAA,
without great stretching, be called
million dollar cask.
Looking Mt the wine from still
another standpoint, quantity being al
ways the primal basis, the cask con-
tains sufficient to fairly flood quite q
section of the land about it should if
break, and the chances are it would
sweep along at first with sufficient
force to seriously affect small build.
ings which might be in its pathway.
Certainly it would drown any human
being who happened to be in the way
of the food. While the exact number
of tons of grapes whose juice is re-
quired to make enough wine to fill the
cask has never been estimated, the
proprietors of the vineyard say it would
run into hundreds of thousands Of
pounds.-New York Herald.
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Thirteen years ago Mr.. Mans was
employed in the mines around Shamo-
kin, but, desiring to branch out for
himself, he leased this mine, which was
barely hole in the ground at that
time. Since then he has purchased
the mine and tract of coal land outright,
ard the disappointment he and his wife
felt when their first four children
proved to be girls instead of boys has
been softened by the valuable assist
ance the girls have since rendered him.
Or the seven later additions to the fam
lily four are boys and three are girls,
so that Mr.. Mans is now looking for
ward to having four young miners to
assist him in cutting coal from the
bowels of the earth before many years
pass by.
While Mr.. Mans and his athletic
daughters operate the mine his wife
attends to the household duties and
tills their farm, which, according to
his. story, is better paying investment
than the mine. Since acquiring pos.
session Of the colliery MIR, Mans has
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-02
Johnson's Chill and Fe-
yer Tonic is a ONE-DAY
Cure. 1t cures the most
stubborn case of Fever i'm
n Hours.

Utah will celebrate in July the fif-
tio.h anniversary of its settlement
sad they who take pride in the history
of the Territory and State are advoca-
ting the establishment of historical
society to preserve the memories OF
the past. Materials are abundant, and
some of the history thus to be pre-
served is unique in American annals.
The Swedes do not intend to let
their neighbors, the Norwegians, have
it all their own way with Arctic sx-
plorations, and it is said that an ex-
pediticn will be sent from Stockholm
to KONG Karl's Land, east of Sritz-
bergen, next summer. 1t is intended
that the same expedition shall also ex-
plore the islands and undiscovered re-
gica between Spitzbergen and Franz
IoSaf and
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ing figure in q well worn brown over
coat, rather dirty collar round his
throat, and an old topper that had
done duty for many a rainy day. and
was past ironing. A merry.hearted,
good.natured fellow was Rudge; ever
empty Of pocket and open of heart
rather weak-miuded, and easily i'm
posed upon.
He never kept his promise of writ
ing, and for eight years had heard
nothing OF him, when, net long ago, O
rap came at my door, ard in came
Charlie Rudgc, exclaiming:
"Hullo, old chap, how are you?"
''Rudgei Why, who on earth would
have thought of seeing you?"
''Didn't know you were in town,
old boy, or I'd have come before. Saw
your name in some paper the other
day and your address. So here l am. "
AS we talked over cid times I OBJ
served him curiously. just the same
old Rudge, with the addition of a
heavy moustache. His hat was exactly
like the same old topper, very napless;
bis collar might have been the iden-
tical one he had on when last saw
him, while his shirt front and frock
>>ost were rivaling each other in de-
crer old age. 1 asked him to lunch.
At hrs~he could not stay, having a
most lmpo';snt engagement in the
city, Where US ~ ehont. IL anDeared
TO preside over sd of Jirectors
mo coma. ala liari--Afttttolos " aiie1Sof"-
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Rlsmarck,s Stock of Oaks.

Prince Bismarck, as is well known'
on his retirement, devoted himself to
agriculture, his chief hobby being the
exploitation of his forest lands. From
all parts of Germany he received ap-
plications for oak saplings from his do
mains, and these oaks have been
planted in all quarters of the father
land, and are known as Bismarck
oaks" The Prince has now been
obliged to publish a notice informing
his admirers that he is unable to ac-
cede to the numerous, requests that
reach him, as his stock Of young oaks
is exhausted.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-06-02

the finny monster most extraordinary
appearance.
The thing was imported from China.
1t is species of goldfish and is con-
fessedly o sort of manufactured freak.
The story told by the dealer to account
for the extra pair of eyes is sufficiently
marvellous to strain the beliving pow
ers of the most credulous. He says
the Orientals who breed these fish
place them in tank which is kept in
absolute darkness, save that from q
lens or mirror placed above the tank
one single tiny ray of light is shot
down into the water. The fish natur-
ally seeks this ray of light and spends
most of hia +i,,,n----i-----sst.'. :
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Quinine and other fe-
yer medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever.
Johnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures in ONE DAY.

A letter in The Ohio State Journal
claims for John w. Burton. once
resident of Columbus a ~ now living
in Texas, the honor IF being the
youngest man who carried musket
from the beginning to the end of the
Civil War. He was member OF
Company A, Forty-sixth Ohio Volun-
teer Infantry, and was only twelve
years ole when he enlisted. He was
a boy of remarkable size for his age
and showed few signs Of his extreme
youth. There were many drummers
younger than Burton, but he was a
real soldier from the first, and always
did a mans duty.
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COAL MINE RUN BY WOMEN.
How the stalwart Daughters of Penn
sylvanin Miner Help Their Father.

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An anthracite coal mine that is al
most entirely operated by American
female labor is the unusual spectacle
that can be seen in the Mahanoy val
ley several miles southwest of Sham
okin, Penn. The owner and operator
of this mine is Joseph Mans, an indus
trious native of Germany, and his four
grown daughters and three younger
girls assist him in operating the col,
liery in manner. that would make
many mine owners and slate pickers
envious.
The Mans coal mine is located on
the southern side of the mountain
that marks the lower extremity of the
Shamokin coal basin, and is rather q
primitive operation. The women mine
workers who have employment there
for several years past are Katy, Mary,
Lizzie and Anna Mans, daughters OF
the mine owner, whose ages are about
twenty-five, twenty-one, twenty and
eighteen years respectively. They are