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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Clock In a Cows Stomach.

A servant in the household of George
Newman, Of Louisville. left o small
silver clock which she had been clean
ing on the steps in the back yard while
she went into the house, and when she
came back the time.piece was missing!
Diligent search was made for it, but
to no effect, and it was finally decided
that it must have been stolen in the
absence of.the servant. Later in the
day small boy Of the family was in
the back yard and heard a bell strike
five times. He recognized the sound
as that of the missing clock, and made
search in the vicinity. Not finding it
anywhere, he finally was struck with.
the brilliant idea that perhaps the
clock was inside the family COW, which
had been standing near him when he
heard the sound. He told this to the
other members of the family, but they
laughed at him. Nevertheless, Just
before o'clock they took up their
station beside the cow, and sure enough,
in a few moments the chime began and
sounded six times. A veterinary sur
geon who was consulted said that the
clock had probably not gone beyond
the cows stomach. He administrated
a powerful emetic, and shortly after
ward the timepiece came back into
daylight, still ticking away as.fif it
were an everyday occurrence it had
just passed through.-Detroit Free
prasa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
veilIngs in Vogue.

Such goods as wool veilings and
bareges are being made up for dressy
visiting wear with satin corselet, satin
bound rufies, and chiffon or lace over
satin for the vest arrangements.
Skirts of these goods are sold in ac-
Gordon and sun plaitings to wear with
chiffon waist, for demi-evening
gowns. At your summer resorts,
where weekly dances are in order,
such q little gown is useful and
thoroughly up-to-date, The same
idea can be carried out in albatross,
which is even less expensive, and this
must be thought OF where the family
is composed of daughters galore.
Ribbon trims these dresses in rows
around the skirt, or frill entirely of
taffeta ribbon over one Of the goods.
Another design has frills forming van
dyke points or deep, round effect in
front similar to a long apron, crossing
the back nearly to the waistline. Vests,
sleeves and bolero are covered with
narrow ribbon-No. 5-used in scrolls
and circles, like a braid. Skirt bor-
ders are made in the same manner.
Canvas aud grenadine costumes show
quantity of lace and ribbon garni-
ture. The latter is plain, figured or
striped and of satin or taffeta weave,
changeable or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Queen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Greek Beauties.

Professor E. A. Grosvenor, of Am
herst College, who has spent many
years in Greece, says that the English
language has changed more in a few
generations than the Greek in thirty
centuries. The ancient type is fire.
quently seen, both in men and women;
the modern sculptor could find models
almost fac SMILES Of those after which
the grand old masters chiseled their
masterpieces. "The most beautiful
woman I ever saw in all Europe" says
Professor Grosvenor, "was Grecian
girl. She was only servant, and to-
tally uneducated, but her beauty was
almost divine. She died afterwards, I
learned, of starvation. Her employers
circumstances caused it, Ibelieye.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
In Search Of a Hidden island.

A ship set sail from San francisco
last week in search of hidden island.
Her trip promises to be long and TO-
mantle one, and before she comes back
her crew expect that the American flag
will be floating over little coral reef
close to the equator that no man or
nation has claimed New Haldayo is
the name given to the island, but SO
far the most accurate location that can
be given for it is that it is in the north
Pacific ocean. The island is said to
be covered with an enormous and won
derful deposit of guano, and for nearly
fifty years numerous vessels have
started out in search of it, but they
have always returned without being
able to give its location. It was first
reported as being in existence by Lord
Clipperton, an eceentric English nayi.
gator, naturalist and discoveret, and
the man who gave his name to Clip
perton Island. He said in his report
of his cruises that the island lay ap-
proximately in north latitude l6 and
west longitude 1877, but is described as
low atoll, and navigators say vessel
could sail within dozen miles Of it
and pass by without seeing it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Ventilation Oyerdonc.

Within the limits of my experience,
the warning to ventilate the COW stable
is about on par with the great anxiety
'of some writer's that dairymen should
I not overfeed their cows. We might
as well warn men not to be too good,
too honest or too cleanly in their
habits, for fear that they might be-
come fanatics on these subjects. 70
be sure, some COW stables need venti-
lating, but should the whole roof be
taken off such stables and the cows
exposed to the starry heavens, that
would not remove the filth from those
! stables. We are told that numbers of
:airshafts two or three feet in the clear
should extend from the floor up over
the cows backs and out at tho roof,
with other ventilators comin,, from
outside at the floor and opening over
the cows backs for fresh air.
This, I presume, presupposes an AIR
tight, hermetically sealed COW stable,
the approximation to which L have
meyer seen unless it was in & stone
basement under ground, wheIa COWS
should never be MY notion is
that cows she'd stand on a. floor we'll
drsg4fRSed and dry, with plenty OF good,
dry bedding, and the stable keI't clean;
and there should be space enough
above the COWS for ample breathing
room.
Il saw a man filing his stable
With ventilators would suspeat -he in
tended leaving the droppings of the
co,ss to lie in the stable for week at
a time. The hired man wotld GER
tainly think that way and 40. accord
insly.-L. S. Hardin, in jersey Bull
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
VIII Increase Salaries.

When the charter for Greater New
York goes into effect the salaries of
three Of her municipal officers will be
greater than is paid any other public
servant, with the exception of the
president of the United States. The
mayor will get the goodly sum Of
$l5, 900 per annum, which is $5, 1000
more than Governor Black gets. Even
the comptroller will be paid $40, 900,
which is as much as is paid United
States supreme Judge, $4,000 in excess
of the salary of cabinet officer, and
81, 500 greater than Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, of the United States Army, is
allowed. The corporation counsel's
salary will also be $15, 900.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
woMAN's WORLD.
Most Reanafn1 onaen.

Queen Natalie is considered the
most beautiful Queen in Europe. Her
greatest charm is her exquisitely
shaped neck, which is said to resem-
BILE that of the Venus Of Milo. The
means she employs to protect itagainst
the ravages of time are simple enough
to be practised by any one. 1t is nlid
that every morning she takes a brisk
walk in the grounds of her palace, near
Belgrade, with heavy pitcher on her
head. This not only improves the
neck, but gives one an erect and grace
full carriage. This is not original with
the Queen, for it has been common
practice among the women Of the
poorer classes in her country from the
earliest ages.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
New Collars and Cuffs.

The wearer of the eyer-popular SHIFT
waist has an unusually large number
of becoming collars aud cuffs to choose
from this season. The straight-stand-
ing throat band, which came in just at
the close of the last season, is one of
the most popular shapes. The cuffs
that match should be fastened with the
regulation button, not links, nor those
of the -dumbbell order. The next col-
lar in popularity, and somewhat new
er and more generally becoming, is
called the two-inch turnover. 1t con-
sists of high-standing portion with
two turnover sections, having square
sections opened both back and front.
This is to be worn with one of the
many fashionable stocks OF with the
most fashionable of oil cravats at pres
ent--the new Windsor tie. This era
vat is straight, not bias, as was the
Windsor of the past. 1t is about three
inches wide and two yards long. 1t is
carried around this collar from the
front to the back, where it is crossed,
then brought to the front again and
tied in wide-open bow. The effect is
not as stiff as the stock. Other neck
bands to be worn with this new cravat
are those that flare around the throat.
The most novel one, which is suited
only to face both pretty-aId fresh, is
-ths-Es the -PsTtia EsTtis,,aSc This consists of band Of
medium height, closed in front with
two studs, and has IN outstanding por-.
ton of three decided points. The
cuffs to match are similar In shape,
but instead of fariug lie neatly
against the outside of the sleeve.
The collars adapted for smaller ties
OF those made up in stiff bows have in
many instances turnover -Aeinstitctred
points. An admirable example has
two double points in front, while 9TH
ers have as many as eight or ten put
on all round the neck band aud fall
ing just the least bit below its lower
edge. The new high turnover collar,
which should always be worn with a
stiff. bow, opens in the back as we'll as
the front. This is an improvement on
the old style, in convenience at least,
since it is much easier to slip the tie
in place.
Collars suitable for SHIRT waists Of
silk-which, by the way, to he strict
ly up-to-date, must have high crushed
bands at the neck-are dairty little
strips of muslin or fine lipsn, hem
stitched and edged with delicate ruff
f1es of lace. The cuffs are to match,
and the sets are to be had not only in
white, but in cardinal, navy blue,
black and all the delicate tints.-Chi-
cago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Used a Jimmy.

'I overestimated my pull" said the
man, with trace of regret. He was
dentist, contemplating the molar
that had defed his forceps. ''But, he
added cheerfrllly, "there is another in
flence I can bring to bear"
He reached for his miniature crow
bar with clawhammer attachment and
vindicated this opinion.-New Yorl
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07

Fits permanently cured. No FITS or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. R. H. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch ST., Phfia., Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
A Natural Indignation.

'I want to have this man court
martialed," said the subordinate Off
Ger. ''I doubt whether his offence is
specifically provided for in any way,
but something ought to happen to
him."
"What did he do?"
'He treats serious matters with un-
due levity. Ihad just remarked that
the naughty foe would never make me
quail, when I saw puff Of smoke and
lodged. He observed it, and with
what I consider culpable fippancy re-
marked: sThe naughty foe may not
mske you quail; but it doesn't have
any trouble in making you duck. -
Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07

But he hasn't done so. {"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces tnnamma-
tion allays pain, cures wind collie. 25c. bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Co,vs starvInr to Death,


Let us see how this same Improper
way of feeding works on COW. You
have MIXED your cow ali summer, and
during the fall, and perhaps we'll into
the winter. She is quite low in flesh,
that is, muscle and lean Eleat and
blood. You think while she ~ dry for
few weeks it is not necessary to give
her grain. She has hay. 1t is mostly
timothy, perhaps. She gets very lit
tie to build up her muscular system
out of. The calf she is carrying is
drawing heavily on her. Timothy
hay, corn stalks and straw will fill the
cow up well. She can get heat and
force and some fat from this food, but
it is very one-sided. You feel obliged
to economic, and feed lightly while
the cow is dry. Well, she gets.along
during the cold weather, and as long
as no unusual strain is put on her.
By-aud-by she comes to calving time,
and there is an unusual drain on her
Vitality. This may be the last straw
that she cannot stand up under. And
you find her down and unable to get
up, perhaps, and you have to lift her
up from time to time. A crossroads
cow doctor will talk about hollow horn
and wolf in the tail. Quite likely she
may die. At any rate she will not do
nearly as well as she ought to do all
that season. What was the trouble?
A slow starvation, and usually nothing
else. She has not been fed material
to make blood and flesh and muscle
out of in sufficient quantities. I have
been right in this fix myself, friends.
Three COWS died on our farm the first
spring we owned it in just this way,
and the rest were of little account dur
ing the season. This was under q
tenants management. The next year
when we took care of them it was with
the greatest difficulty that we got some
through alive. We did not know then
Just exactly what the matter was. I
have had to get neighbors to come and
help lift up COWS with bags put under
them. Yes, and the COW doctor put
stuff on their heads for the hollow
horn and bored into the horn and split
their tails and put in pepper and salt
for wolf in the tail, the first year we
owned farm and tenant managed it.
Thank God, such days of ignorance
and barbarism are forever over. We
know now that the COW should have a
little nitrogenous food with the timo-
thy and common hay, along through
the winter; such food as wheat bran,
oilmeal or cottonseed meal OF gluten
meal. Or she should be fed on clover
hay. Then she can gradually build
up her muscular system while dry and
be in good condition to start the sea-
son in good shape. You will get back
twice the extra food fed aud the COW
will be humanely treated. Now, re-
member, friends, you can't balance
up timothy hay, corn stalks, straw
etc., with cornmeal No; you mus
feed bran, oilmeal, ETC., for best re
suits. Better sell your corn and buy
wheat bran. If your- cows are thin
You might feed little cornmeal, too
or you can feed it with clover hay
adding part bran. You may actuall,
be feeding COW literally aud still al
most starving her to death if the IN
ton is not properly balanced. II. b,
Terry, in Practical Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Keep More Bees.

Horticulturists, farmers and dairy.
men should all keep bees, for the sue.
cess of one is dependent upon the
other. When the germ in the bloo1s
of many varieties of fruit is ready to
receive the life-giving powder, its own
balls of pollen are not ripe and it
must obtain it from some other bloom
or the fruit will not set. Also some
varieties of fruit cannot be fertilized
by their own pollen. Nature has dele
gated insects to bring this dust and
deposit it upon the germ. Early in
the season, when fruit is in bloom,
there are but few insects abroad ex-
cept honey bees, and if they do net
do this work the fruit crop Will be a
failure.
AS an inducsment OF a bait for the
bees, a drop of sweet nectar is
secreted in the blood, and this is the
bees wages. The pollen also is her
hire, for this is what she makes ber
bread of, to feed her brood. AS she
fills her honey sack with nectar and
loads her baskets with pollen, the fer
tilizing powder is conveyed from bloom
to bloom, thus insuring crop of fruit.
The dairymen are dependent upon the
bees for the great families of clover
which could not exist without their
agency.
Every one who has home, whether
it is village lot, OF few acres or q
large farm, should keep bees. MIR.
Muth, of Cincinnati, has kept them
with success upon the fiat roof of his
store in that city, and an apiary at one
time was success located upon the
roof of building near Broadway,
New York City.-American Agricul-
turist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
AGRICULTURAL.
Limo ON Potatoes.

Don't use lime on potatoes, or if it
is used at all in rotations where pota-
toes are grown, let it be sparingly.
Lime favors the development of potato
scab just as stable manure does, and
as wood ashes do on some soils. The
seed tubers should be always treated
with corrosive sublimate solution Or
formalin, to destroy the germs of scah
already upon them. If this is alwaya
done, and the lining precedes the pc.
tato crop by several years, the damage
from scab will be much less than
otherwise. Land plaster does not
appear to favor the scab.-American
Aoriculturist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
An interesting eutter Experiment.

An interesting experiment has been
recently made by the Queensland goT-
ernment in regard to the export of but
ter to Great Britain. Hitherto the pro-
duct has been shipped in frozen.state,
which, in great measure, destroys the
favor of the butter. In the present
case the shipment had specially pre-
pared cold chamber fixed on board the
steamer, the temperature of which
could be kept at uniform height OF
thirty degrees. The result is said to
have been eminently satisfactory, the
butter having been delivered in splen-
did condition.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
William Shakespeare.
EasIwar,l and Westward.

I look away to the eastward,
With eyes that are blinded with tears,
To catch on the waves of memory
Some CLEAN Of the beautiful years
When life was as bright as the rainbow,
That after the tempest appears.
And from that blossom crowned valley
There come to me snatches OF song,
And the sound Of Jest and Of laughter
Is borne on the breezes along,
While see the angels Of youth-time,
And again my soul is made strong.
And now gaze to the westward,
Adown the dim slope of the years,
And see far, peaceful valley
Where never are striyings or tears,
And the songs Of the "aged children"
Come up to my listening ears.
Sometimes I think that life's eastward,
Is linked to it's glorifed west,
Where the white-haired, earth-weary
traveller
Waits in the bright Valley of Rest.
And cannot tell till reach it
Which season is brightest and best.
M. A. Holt, in the Waverley.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Danger In Stones.

Recent German experiments show
that bacteria flourish exceedingly in
certain building stones, and that even
in those not very porous the ubiquitous
microbe finds domicile. 1t is recon,
mended that only non-porous stones
be used in the construction of hospitals,
but as even GRANTEES absorb water;
such stones will be difficult to find. a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07

The swellest sailor hat this season,
in white or colors, has brilliant plaid
OF striped silk band.
The fashionable tint for lace is that
of ripe corn, more of puff than the
butter color of last spring. 1t is ez-
ceedingly rich looking.
Princess gowns crop up just as per-
sistently as poke bonnets. 1t is not
likely that they will take, since SO few
women look we'll in clothes of such Sc.
we're cut.
Narrow velvet ribbon is used On
everything. An imported cape OF old
rose silk has rows of black velvet rib
bon running down it at intervals OF
about an inch. Round the shoulders
the silk is plated in so thickly that at
the neck nothing is visible except the
ribbon.
In the array Of pretty accessories OF
the toilet are quaint frilly little neck
decorations set upon narrow neck
bands. These are pleated up extreme
ly full aud stand we'll away from the
throat. The f,ills are graduated i'll
size, the outer one much futed but
droopy in effect. These are 'dressy
looking and almost invariably becom-
ing.
Paris sends word that the ruff is once
more the fashion there. 1t is made
generally in lisse or chiffon, very wide
at the back and decreasing in size at
the front. Some ruffs, however, are OF
the same width all round. The most
gigantic of these ruffs extends to the
ears aud is finished with a fiounce OF
plated chiffon reaching to the waist
This ruff is said to be comfortable
substitute for the fur boa.
Entire waists are made of white lace
founcing, the yoke covered with one
width, which is so arranged that the
scallop falls over the bust. From the
edge of the yoke the fiouncing falls to
the waist line, OF, if it is wide enough,
it extends below and is left in a full
ruche over the top of the dress skirt.
The puAs at the sleeve tops are OF
lace, but most ladies prefer that the
lower portions be made Of silk.
In the bloodless war against the
blouse, the shirt-waist, and the sepa.
rate fancy waist, this trio have carried
the day aud are once again trlum-
phant Fresh models are appearing
almost hourly now in new bewildering,
bewitching forms in every domain OF
fashion in the city, and words come
from over the sea that their reign
abroad is not over by any manner OF
meaus, although costumes and toilets
made up entirely of one fabric are now
first choice for most, although not all,
occasions,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Voting Machines In Michigan.

Most of the cities and towns in
Michigan are buying voting machines
that cost about 5000 apiece. They
are constructed something on the or
der of the ordinary slot machine. 1t
is claimed that these will obviate the
necessity of recording and tallying,
thereby saving about 40 per cent an
nually in the cost of elections.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Bees Brains.

The brain of the horey-bee has re-
Gently been studied by Doctor Kenyon
of Clark University more thoroughly, it
is said, than ever before. .Itis thought
that the sourca of n bees poxer-.tn
adapt itself intelligently to its sur
roundings has been discovered in cer-
tain peculiar objects in its brain,
called the mushroom bodies"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07

Tom Sibgcton-I hear you're engaged.
Congratulate you, my boy"
Benny Dictus-You didn't hear it quite
right. I'm married.
Tom singlelon-oh excuse me, old
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
OUR. BUDGET OF HUMOR.
LAuoHTER.PRovoKlNc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

A Foolish Will-Excessivo Prudence-Ab-
ruptiy Ended Its Journey-Quite Daft
Prepared for the worst-Nct I'm Stock
Thought It Unnatural, ETC., Etc.
.tI pity Will with all my heart,
But, oh, fear that we must part,
And that at once;
For he has never seemed to care
To cleave the circumambient air,
And so ask, why should he share
My love, the Ounce?
''Now Tom can ride in splendid wise,
In fact, he once lugged of prize"
Dust here she sigheO.
$50 must bid dear Will adieu,
You'd do the same thing, wouldn't you?
Although he's rich and handsome, too,
He doesn't ridep'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07

When in disgrace with fortune and mems
I all alone beweep my outcsst state,
And trouble deep heaven with my bootless
cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends
possessed, :.
Desiring this mans art, and that mans
scope,
With what most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost de-
spising,
Happily think on thee, and then my
state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at
heavens gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth
brings
That then scorn to change my state with
kings.
William Shakesneare.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-07-07
Baseball Birds.

Harry B. Keech goes to the Reading
baseball grounds every day with nine
pigeons, one of which he releases after
each inning. It takes the bird two
minutes to get to his store, where Mrs.
Keech puts the score on blackboard.
-Philadelphia Record.