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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

A new speaking tube for steamers
has the pipe insulated by a waterproof
textile covering which makes it easy to
hear speech in the engine room from a
distance of 800 feet.
One of the most curious results of
the investigations made by doctors in
the Russian iails is the statement that
each group Of c'.minals has its own
peculiar color Of the eye.
Anthropologists have ascertained
that the Andaman Islanders, the small
est race of people in the world, average
less than four feet in height, while few
of them weigh more than seventy-fve
pounds.
Evidence of the complexity of
cathode rays is found by NJ. H. Des-
landres in the fact that when ray is
turned aside by a neighboring body it
is divided into several unequally 7ev-
lated rays.
Growing pains" are myth, says
Or. Irving S. Haines. The pain means
Potts disease of the spine, and the
ignorant or lazy doctor does not find
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the back appears.
Paris and Marseilles are now con-
nected by telegraph lines entirely I'M
der ground. They are placed in iron
pipes, and buried four feet beneath
tbe surface with manholes 5000 feet
apart. 1t cost 81, 900, 600 to bury the
wires.
Chelsea district in London utilizes
its street refuse by separating the rags
and paper, which are converted into
brown wrapping paper, while the resi-
of the refuse is burned in the furnaces
of the reducing works and the residuua
is used in brickmaking.
The Illinois Central Eailroaa .
about to experiment with electricity es
a motive power, with g T;ew to I'D
adoption on all the SUBURBAN Ines OF
Chicago. 1t is said thai both the taird
rail aud overhead trolley Gy3:ens 7"ill
be tried exhaustively before decision
is come to on equlpnehS.
From records extending back to
1859, NJ. Camille Fiamma:;cn finds
that the rainfall o. Paris ass gradually
increased about tEr5c inches, being
now n little more tla1 twenty-five
inches year. Tie amount cf differ
ence seems to indicate Il al tSc increase
is real and not due 20 greater accuracy
of observation.
The director CT tle Gas works at
Aix-les- -Bains, France, ;.aa perfected q
simple system CT automatically light
ing and extinguishiaG gas jets from
any distance. The burner is closed
by steel plate, whic!. IS magnetized
and drawn aside vhile all electric cur
rent is passing through it, the escap-
ing gas being ignited either by spark
from the plate or the incandescence OF
suitable material. The plate falls
back over the burner on being demag,
| n atize1
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
THOs. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR.
COMMON SENSE.

OF all the gifts this side Of heaven
That ever were to mortals given,
The best to have. the worst to miss,
The truest, sweetest source Of bliss
The one rail left of Eden's fence
Stands the pure charm OF common sense.
To earn our right to "daily bread,'' :
To not regret when time is fed,
To wisely speak and act and think,
To keep life's boat from ruins brink,
To balance every hours expense
We need the aid Of common sense.
Sometimes, no doubt, we need to view,
The lightning bolts come genius threw;
But now we need, we'll mixed and stirred,
With silent thought or spoken word,-
A. sort: of human fools defense
The wholesome aid of common sense.
Some things, perhaps, must still be taught,
Whore mighty minds their power in
wrought;
But how to guard the priceless wealth
OF peace and love, OF youthful health,
And how to keep our own few pence,
Is taught alone by common sense.
We pray for faith, and light, and peace
For sins remove, and loves increase,
For strength to meet tho tempter's power,
For dying race, for dying hour
Blu. now, right in the present tense,
Give us, o Lord! good common sense.
To keep from useless jar and strife,
And bless the changing path OF lifo
To make each fountain purer still,
To take from loss its fatal chill,
And bring thy own sweet recompensc,
We bow to thee, blest common sense.
%. S. Rice, in Boston Transcript
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
"And I thought all the time it was
Mary" murmurs the old man.
''I don't know any Mary" says Her

"And I thought all the time it was
Mary" murmurs the old man.
''I don't know any Mary" says Her.
bert.
Mr.. Tinsley rises and walks toward
The door. AS he passes Herbert no
taps him lightly on the shoulder. A
smile breaks across his face.
"Not word about the $40, ,0O0," he
whispered.
Come in, DEAR" he calls at the
doorway.
And Helen enters with much rus
tling of skirts and charming blush.
She mods shyly to Herbert and puts
her arm around her fathers neck.
"You know now the price you h"7e
to pay?" she murmurs.
eyes, my dear.
"And II can have what I want?"
"Yes, my dear"
She kisses him gently and he
stretches out his disengaged hand to
the young man.
"You and Herbert must be very
good friends" laughed Helen. "He
has some excellent qualities. He saved
my life last summer.
"You didn't tell me that" says the
older man as he looks re ,roachfully at
Herbert.
chad something much more impor-
tant on my mind" murmurs the latter.
'There, there" cries Helen, 'sthat
wasn't bit pretty" Then she adds:
"Now you must all come to the win
dow. Somebody is out there who
knows about Herbert and who is just
dying to hear the news.
They follow her to the window. In
q carriage drawn mp at the curb gen.
tle-faced girl is sitting. To her Helen
smiles and pantomimes, and points to
Herbert and to her f, 5her with many
pretty mods. And the gentle-faced
girl smiles and mods back again.
The older man nudges the younger.
''That's Mary" le Whispers
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11

suits. Mr. Dantzbecher has arranged
sliding panels both in the sides and
bottom of his craft which, when
slipped back, expose large areas OF
thick but very clear plate-glass.
Through these windows the sub
marine travellers can look out upon the
illuminated depths of water at their
ease. They can thus turn the entire
ocean into mighty aquarium, and
study the structure, life and habits OF
the queer fish and grim monsters of its
lower depths. And all this seated in
q cozy room, with stenographers at
hand to take down the words of the
learned scientist rs they fall from his
lips.
And aside from this obvious value to
scientific research, the amount of plain
amusement the scheme suggests is be-
wildering to contemplate.
It is Jules Yerne's fascinating Nau-
titus, which sailed ''Twenty Thousand
Leagues Under the Sea-" turned into
an actual reality-sliding panels, plate
glass windows, doors leading out into
the dim, mysterious waters and all. In
fact, it is very evident that Mr.. Dantz-
becher, like many thousand of other
people, has had his Imagination stirred
and his inventive genius stimulated by
Verne's delightful romance.
With substantially all the expert
ments in submarine building
heretofore the central idea has
been the creation of weapon
that could work with deadly effect
upon the modern battleship. This
floating iron fortress has year by
year grown so impregnable above the
water line that the marine experts
have been trying to get at the monster
in some effective way from beneath.
Torpedoes launched and directed in
the ordinary way, on or from above
the water level, are at the best but
vague and random blows which can
only be landed by chance or where
the warship is caught mapping. That
the ideal way of planting the torpedo
was from beneath the vessel attacked
has been recognized from the start,
and the study of the subject of sub
marine navigation has been almost
entirely on that line.
Where Mr.. Dantzbecher differs
from his predecessors in the field is is
that he has aimed to build craft
which, while capable Of being turned
into the deadliest of submarine
weapons, would at the same time be
capable of such other purposes that
private citizens rs we'll as govern
ments would have use for it. He
aimed to make yacht, in other words,
that was capable of sailing below the
water as other yachts sell on its sur
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11

its lowest point. That will allow for plenty
Of 'leg play" when the pressure on the
pedals is exerted, as it should be, by the
forward part Of the ball of the foot.
Have the handle bars so adjusted that
part Of the weight may be carried there
when it is desired to lean forward for
change OF position, but not so low that any
great amount Of the weight has to be sup
ported there when the rider reaches the bars
at all.
If these two rules were followed, so
far as the adjustment of saddles and
handle bars is concerned, the awk-
wardness of n good many women On
wheels would be obviated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
NEW SUBMARINE BOAT.
TWELVE HOURS WITHOUT A SUP.
PLY OF FRESH AIR.. I

a Vessel That Can be Used Either as IA
Warship Destroyer or rs a Pleasure
Craft-Sliding Panels of Clear Plate
Glass to Gaze Through mt Sea Marvels.
Before many months have elapsed i
submarine boat will probably be COM
pleted which will embody several fea-
lures that are distinctly new. 1t is
the invention of H. E. Dautzbecher, q
naval architect and designer of yachts,
who lives in Philadelphia, and who
has contributed his share to the repuf
tation this country has of late years
won for skill in ship-building. Mr.,
Dantzbecher, in other words, is d
practical man, and not of the class Of
inventors who construct dream fabrics
which rise so conveniently superior to-
the limits of mechanical possibilities,
cutting so fine figure in print and SO.
poor one in practice.
Put compactly, what IIr. Dantz-
becker purposes to give to the world
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
An Elephant Preserve.

An adequate effort is at last to be
made to prevent the extinction of the
elephant. The Government of India
has adopted n regulation preventing
the killing of these animals in re-
serve which extends from Sheikh pass
to the Afghanistan frontier. The area
is approximately 200 miles by fifty.
The herds of elephants which remain
in this reserve are at present confined
to much smaller area of about forty
miles square in the Gadabural noun
tains.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
edge of the ocean depths. The actual

edge of the ocean depths. The actual
boat now in course of construction is
fitted with electric cooking apparatus,
ETC., and in addition to quarters for
the crew, which will consist of first
and second officers, two engineers,
cook and assistant, will have berthing
space for eight people in. a main
saloon. This saloon will also serve 80
q dining-room, of which the woodwork
will be painted white, so that the in
terror will be as light as possible,
headlights in the upper hull shedding
a subdued light in all the compart-
ments.
When the craft is completed it is the
intention of the owner to invite num-
Der of men prominent in science to
make q cruise to the bottom of the sea
with him. The estimated cost of the
vessel is S41, 900. 1t is expected to
have speed of fifteen knots per hour.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
Writing for Over Sixty Years.

DIR. James Martineau, who the other
day celebrated his ninety-second birth
day, is one of the very few remaining
authors whose literary activity dates
from the beginning of the Victorian
reign. DR.. Martineau published his
first book, "The Rationale of Religious
Tnouiry. in 1887.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
4 3iO-Pound Black Bass.

The fish in this picture swallowed
seven pounds of bait and ierked about
the water for half an hour boat con-
taining two men.
When he was subdued and landed
he was found to weigh $40 pounds.
His length was seven feet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
A New Military Bicycle.

A military bicycle recently patented
is fitted with an extension arm pro-
jecting in the rear, with n piece Of
canvas rolled over the handlebar,
which can be unrolled and strung
from the handles to the end of the arm
for use as q stretcher.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
A LITTLE COMEDY.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BIZ W. Y. ROSE.

OGER Tinsley, Helen,
his daughter, Herbert
Torrance and Mary, who
is only suggested.
The gray haired man
at the desk looks up
from the mass Of papers
before him and turns
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11
Ouinine and other fe-
yer medicines take from 5
to 10 days to cure fever
Joflnson's Chill and Fever
Tonic cures i'm ONE DAY.

A "South Sea Paradise" founded in
the FIJI Islands by tired Californians
has collapsed because the settlers
found work to be necessary even
there. The primal curse of Eden
seems to be quite far-reaching even
uti11
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11

photo. OF plank of poplar cut in the
mountains of Western Virginia, up the
great Sandy River. Absolutely. un-
touched copies of the photo. were is
sued by Messrs. Streit & Schmit,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11

He was a black sea bass caught off
the California coast, near Pasadena.
Some of his kind weigh 800 pounds.
None goes under q hundred. The fish
has all the habits of the fresh water
black bass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11

Extrat n Iinary Freak of Natures
This is an exact reproduction from a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-08-11

Have the saddle so high that the heel o.
the foot just reaches the pedal when 1t Is a
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-28

The roses chosen must be as perfect
as possible, all withered, scentless petals
being discarded. They arc cured much
in the same manner as those for jar use.
They must in no case be dried i'll the
hot sun, but spread out upon board or
some other fiat surfaoe, where there is
dim light and no intense heat As in
the case Of the jars also, they are treat.
ed with common salt, which is at first
laid in layers and atterward thoroughly
mixed through.
There is a preparation known as Jap
anese po,pourri, which comes at very
reasonable prices. a small quantity Of
this mixed with the leaves imparts Il
sweet, mystic odor, which, added to tho
fragrance Of summer roses, makes Il de-
licious pillow
1t may be, Of course, of any covering
whatever, but the petals should first OF
all be inclosed in lining of thin ma.
terial.
With a rose pillow in her den any
woman is warranted siesta with sweet
dreams. She who is insensible to lis
sweet influence is in fair way to be-
come the inmate Of sanitarium.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-28

The correct bridocake is now a sim
pie loaf spiced and fruited, iced and
wIeathod in natural orange blossoms,
and only large enough TO exactly sup
ply the bridal party. OF course tine
ring, spoon and thimble viii be baked
into the loaf, and the center Of the ta-
bic occupied by the gorgeous plaster
and uougat ediiice meant for ornamenta-
tion, not for food Then for guests at
the reception the confiSeur sends tiny
bridal loaves. Every one is a miniature
cake in itself, appropriately spiccd, cut
square, in circle, or heart form, iced,
wreathed with artificial orange bios
SONS and bearing in high sugar relief
the couples initials in the center Ev.
cry one of these toy cakes is to fit, at
the costly wedding, in box Of watered
white silk, having hinged top and
fastened with white wax, stamped with
the brides seal.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-28

humDr. iSnt In the iic1 OF the eteW.
aTd's laughter the little girl maintained
her esd comp1sure and Insisted thet
T intsy wac eeriously injured. ~ DOM
cn-e how much you patch her." sFr
EAil, "ouly l dom. wipt her 10 iir.''
ihs child's apparent = ncefliy Won
Buche,'. heart aud be set atOtt 60
icstare rooley's Lost foot. i Inai tent.
~ watched tue operation, aud the lUoR
Of sorrow never once LEFT her fars I'M.
al, ,heiwotk OF repair finished, Butcher
haaGel her the dull and told neG hat
her Too'sy was az good as new. Thun
fhg became all smiles auu was pro use
IN thanking BuGner tor having eAved
TN tsy's life. Sue pfenle her play
thing close TO her breast, gave it big
kss ond tnen started Tor nome, after
having told the ltni-hear. ul sit Wsid
that rro,sy would 20 hve years OLD ON
the @ b day Of next N yember.
l. s Angeles, Cal. Timrt: a sur
prising discovery wa, made recently
GA the San Jtbqtn rspcn, near santa
Ana, by wOrkmJn engages la draiu-
,ug section 1i peat lana near the bog.
f. Ia nothing leIs than sublerrsnesu
laHc OF sar sulphur water, nnlIk Ike the
huisl Riklli water wnieh HuGuu ads H.,
anu apparently bounuless IA extent,
A twonty-loot pole tnilei to reach
bottom, ANA lateral measurements 90
detotm tie the "a OF tue atGeam were
unsuccessiul. Thn water is not more
tnan three lest rom the surface II the
ground. ana IL etill ami quiet. The
WOrkmen first discovered IA sink. hole
u foot or so Ia diamstef, aud were re-
moving the erase ana earth from the
spot wuen drive OF the spade into the
hoe let cut terrific stream Of water,
winch buTs upon them ans clptiuueO
running for considerable length OF
time. When it censed tbs non found
that the draineu area where they uad
been working had suuk from six to
ten inohes for many rods around.
They supposed at FIST thot they had
sifuck an ariesian flJw, hut tne fact
taGt the water a. stendiug perfectly
still disprOvsd this, and taty cOncluG-
ed that there must oe lake bone TN
the covering Of peat. They sounded
1t ia every uire cti0u, tn. could fl Il 10
limit to the ex .eiIt of tue water. There
has been Ut times much travel yer
that part OF tue rancn In which tho
lako lie located, anu 1t seems 3 range
that II should not have been uiscOv.
cred before this time.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-28

Edna Newman OF San FraucIsco Is
niue yesIs OF age. sunday morning
she was playing with Tootsy, her doll,
and char ced to let II fail. When she
picked II up 1t was mimi q foot. Not
knowing how to repair the iuiury, she
determined to Take Toolsy to tine hos
pital, for the reason, as she told Stew
ard Bucher when he asked her bow
the knew that dolls were treated a.
that Institution, that tho hospital was
the plsea where every body zoo
PATCHED up. When Bina reached the
hospital with her pet playihing she
Was very dtwnhearted. With a rc-
. markedly long lacs she approached
Buoher and told him that her doll
had broken lite foot and naked him II
ne would FIX 1t for her. The idea OF the
hospital being Transformed into an in.
stitution for me care OF injured dolls
forcibly appealed to Bucner's sense OF
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-28

How to Make Head Rests For Piazza Chairs.
Head rests or cushions for piazza
chairs are covered with cream linens
and grasscloths. They are embroidered
in wash silks, and when soiled may be
washed and made TO look fresh and
new. The cushion is made in the shape
of ahalf circle, but the cover is straight
and cut seven inches longer than the
cushion, the ends being finished with a
half inch hemstitched border. The COW
err is drawn up mt each end, leaving .
three inch frill, and is tied with linen
cords and tassels, by which the cushion
is hung to the chair
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-10
FROM JEFFERSON TO JONES.

New York Times: Chairman James X.
Jones of the democratic national committee
sees no reason why Tammany should not
indorss the Bryan platform at its convention
this fall ''It has generally been custo-
mary" he says, "for political organizations
which have Endorsed national platforms to
rcatfirm them" Even the rod upon the FOOLS
back will not always deter him from re-
affirming his fondness for folly.
Globe-D Democrat: Senator Jones OF Ar
kansas says In relation to the approaching
anniversary of the birth of Jefferson, there
has never been time more fitting than the
present to recall the great public services
and patriotic and wise thoughts" OF that
statesman. The senator is right. One OF
Jeffersons great public services was rem
dered when he declared the arrangement OF
a coinage ratio between gold and silver was
a commercial question" purely. Jones and
his party in last years canvass tried to
force upon the country a law which would
compel the coinage of silver at proportion
of 16 to 1. WHILE according to Jefferson's
teachings, the right ratio would be 30 to l..
Jones and his like could have no affiliation
with jefferson If that great statesman were
alive tOQay
Omaha daily bee., 1897-04-10
cuINNs NEW MINISTER coMiNa
Entire Party VIII lie Landed Without
Custom House Red Tape.


Custom House Red Tape.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 9.--Coleotor Wist
has received instructions from the secretary
OF the treasury to meet the new Chinese
minister on his arrival and afford every fa-
cility for landing him and his suite Thcrs
are between sixty and seventy in his train,
and they are to be landed under the in'
structiuns of the secretary of the treasury
without any CT the formalities or red tape
required in the case Of ordinary Chinese,
The fact that they arc members Of tho mih
istcrs party is to he the only requisite "a
their being allowed TO come ashore promptly
after the Bclgic arrives at the dock Tha
Instructions ara more than usually explicit
because when the last Chinese minister ar
rived here through some misunderstanding
there was delay aud the minister was
kept waiting for two or three hours befor
he was permitted TO come ashore,-a matter
that was considered grave discourtesy to
friendly nation.
The Chinese Six Compa lies have had Sow
eral meetings during the past few days to
arrange plans for reception. a large dele.
cation will escort the minister TO the Palace
hotel where apartments have been engaged
for the leading members OF his party. Bah-
quets will begin in his honor. One of them
will be in the American style at leading
restaurant or hotel, and the other viii bt
In Chinese style. Invitations will be eX
tended to the governor, mayor and officials
federal. state and civic.
How long tie minister will stay here 10
not known lie will look into the trouble
in Chinatown between the See Yups and the
Sam Yups and arrange a settlement. AS he
comes from one of the See Yup districts, the
members of that organization are hopeful
that the differences will be settled in their
favor. His arrival means a clean sweep at
the consulate, the successor to the present
consul having already been named.