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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Finest Pearls in Europe.

On the occasion of the grand dinner
to the Emperor and Empress of Ger.
many at Venice by the King and
Queen of Italy, the Queen wore her
wonderful pearl necklace, which has
no equal in the world. When she was
first engaged to King Humbert, who
was then Prince Of Naples, he pres
ented her with single string OF these
precious stones, each as big as q
hedge-sparrow's egg, and OF the most
perfect form and color imaginable.
Margarita being the Greek for pearl,
the Offering had special significance
At every birthday since the King has
presented his beloved consort with
another string, each one being little
larger than the last, so that the latter
ones now reach far below Her Majesty's
waist. While on the subject of pearls,
o few other ornaments composed OF
these exquisite jewels are worth men-
tion.
The Empress Frederick Of Germany
has q very fine collar necklace COM
posed of thirty enormous pearls of
exquisite shape and color, and it is
said she wears them both day and
night, rs the lustre of these almost
living treasures is immensely en-
HANGED by contact With the human
form. Our own Queen possess what
is supposed to be the "pinkest" of all
pearl necklaces, and it is reported to
have been part OF the dowry OF
Queen Catherine OF Arragon. The
marvellous black pearl necklace OF the
Empress Of Austria is well known, and
she has worn it necessarily ever since
the sad death of the Archduke Rudolph;
attached to it is curious black dia-
mond having q quaint effect, quite
unique. Lady Leicester has q very
fine string of the same black pearls,
which is often seen in London draw
ing-rooms. Of single pearls OF i'm
mense size the present Pope Leo
XIII. is the possessor OF the most
famous, superb jewel, given by one
of the Doges of Venice to former
holder of tho papal throne; it is
arranged as a rcliquary, and has q
spike of the crown of thorns placed
beside it in q gold case jewelers.
Roviaw
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
7,o po.,,,t cu,s tof ee6suf,ptlon

- The Peanut Cure for Consumption.
In dealing with consumption two
things are needful;to keep up the heat
and vitality, and also to kill out the
Tuberculosis germs. One means used
to keep Up the heat Is cod liver oil,
which we do hot think Very much OF,
as we much prefer sweet cream, fresh
butter and the oil of various nuts:
4,he journal of Hygiene states that
DIR. Brewer has new idea concerning
food for consumptives. His treatment
consists of the inhaling the Times Of
vinegar and the eating of peanuts. He
gives his patients as many peanuts as
they can eat wit hout itijuring their di-
gestiye organs. Two young ladies'
who had been the round of the doctors
and taken cod liver oil and tonics TILL
they were nearly dead, were put on his
treatment and recovered. Concerning
these cases, DR.. Brewer Says: I now
commenced feeding peanuts. One
would think this a very indigest- re
diet, DuC luey CIdf0u LuClaJ eihS ~ A~S
always been my policy to find out what
my patients desire to eat, and unless 1t
is too unreasonable I humor them.
Both young ladies have become plump,
and after years inhalation have
ceased to cough, and I pronounced
them well. The peanut was long known
as an excellent fat producer, and much
more agreeable than rank shark oil,
that oftentimes is sold for cod liver
oil. While not all can digest peanuts,
a great many, even with feeble diges-
tfon, can eat them without discomfort.
It beats the Koch lymph, and is the
most satisfactory treatment l have
ever tried for these diseases"
We are Of opinion that freshly baked
peanuts are worth trying-they are
cheaper than cod liver oil, and much
pleasanter to take. They are also
recommended as a remedy for sleep
lesSneSS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Fond md Poison Combined.

One of the most deadly poisons and
q common article of food are combined
in single plant This is tapioca, q
South American shrub that grows to q
height of six or eight feet. The root,
as we'll as the wood, of the plant Sc
cretes IN acrid milky juice SO toxic
that it kills in q very few minutes.
This quality is eliminated by heat, and
that which in raw state is so deadly
is thereby converted into nourishing
and agreeable aliment. The root is
grated into pulp and subjected to
great pressure, which extracts all the
poisonous juice. 1t is then heated on
metal plates, which transforms it into
the tapioca of commerce. 1t is to be
hoped that this information may not
disturb the equanilnity of consumers
of tapioca. The process employed in
its conversion from poisonous plant
into a substance entirely ipnocuops is
absolutely iaiallible, -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Fashion Notes,

The old fashion of having all parts
of q costume to match in shade IS be-
ing revived.
Washing silk for skirt waists is an
economical material, as it can be worn
late into the fall.
Chiffon is by far the prettiest ma
terial for dressy occasions: it is folded,
draped, puffed and tucked.
A novelty costume has skirt made
of alternate breadths OF crepe and silk.
The crepe is closely tucked, while the
silk is shirred.
Corsuges of fancy style are not yet
discarded, and their total abandon
ncnt is not desired by those of econ
omical bent.
Many of the fashionable paraso!s
are more suggestive of overturned
lamp shades than of any article be-
longing to the toilet.
Beading three inches wide may be
obtained in the various seasonable
colors. 1t is used for ginghams and
batistes, and makes pleasing finish.
The conservative woman clings to
the plain, untrimmed sunshade, but
the material is of the very best and
the workmanship must be laultless If
these plain models are to be approved.
Gray is one of the fashionable col
ors, and is used in every tint and tone
as we'll as every imaginable fabric. 1t
is almost always possible to make it
up with some color that renders 1t be-
coming to those who could not wear
it alone.
Among the popular materials for
house dresses are India silks and foul
ard. These fabrics will be worn nm
til late in the autumn, and a goodly
number have been ordered with al
eye to indoor wear throughout the
season.
Brocaded tafeta in colors is favor
ite for evening gowns, and takes on
quaint air in its r-besprinklet
surface. They are made more plainly
taan plain material, and their crlspy
freshness makes them a durable ans
eifsctiye Investment,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Honse That Attracts Lightning.

Not far from Hodgenville there
stands IN old house which has won
derful attraction for lightning. 1t is
located in an unused field, surrounded
by shrubbery and underground. 1t is
only the frame of once costly dwell
ing, and has been standing there for
forty years. Strange as it may seem,
it has been struck by lightning every
time an electrical storm has visited
that section. The house was erected
by a well-to-do farmer years ago, and
was intended for dwelling for his
family, but had to be deserted on &C.
count Ct its habitual s1lbjection to
lightning. Ithas never since been oc-
cupied. During thunderstorm one
perpetual flash of lightning plays
about the old house. The house has
been torn away, strip by strip, with
each bolt of lightning, until now only
n small portion is left standing. SO
far ms is known no fatalities have ever
occurred i'll the house.--Bardstown
(Ky.) Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
nood ,,,.,rovc.nent in Alabama.

:. Road improvement in Alabama was
started several years ago, some OF the
pioneer work being done about Bir-
mingham. The News Of that place
now reports that "the County Com
missioners of Colbert County will let
contracts for the building of $lOe, 900
worth of roads in that county, the
money having been placed in the
County Treasury for that purpose.
The last Legislature authorized the
county to sell bonds to the above
amount for the above purpose. The
bonds were sold aud the money is in
hand in cash. "
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Hair a Source of Worry:

A fashionable halrdresser, to whom
q customer was bcwailiug her fato the
other day, said that half the wrinkles
on fair faces are caused by worry about
hair. ga woman came to me one day
not long ago and asked me to arrange
her hair in what, according to my
Judgment, would be the most becom-
ing style for her to wear. She was a
little dark woman with a slight, oval
face, and her hair was black ana
strai ght. She had worried, har-
rassed expression, aud lines about her
eyes and mouth that needed softening. "
The philosophical hairdresser smiled at
the recollection and continued: Il
twisted her back hair into O low, soft
knot, sort of bun, only softer and
more becoming. I parted it in the
middle in front, aud waved it, leaving
the waves ripple down across the fore
head, and drew them back over her
ears, making the ridges puff out. No
curls were on the forehead; no frizzes
OF Ayaway locks: It was simple and
soft without being untidy, and I con-
fess I was proud of my hendiwork
when it was finished.
"The little woman looked at herself
in the mirror for few seconds before
she spoke: She smiled like q pleased
child and the lines faded out Of her
face like magic. She appeared about
ten years younger. 1t wasn't the
coiffure. It ives simply because she
was so pleased. Then she poured her
woes into my ear. It seems that her
husband had a special and particular
fondness for pretty hair: She had
tortured her locks into every fashion
she could think of to please him, but
her most earnest efforts met with eth
er silence or derision. She came to
me-about the tenth hairdresser she
had been to I imagine-because she
took fancy to wax head in the win
dow. She admitted that to every
coiffeuse who had dressed her hair she
had given instructions to dress it elab-
orately. In that Icy the whole trou-
BILE. Dark hair should not be dressed
elaborately. Curls and frizzes, with
out reason or limit, belong to the fair
haired woman. And thin, serious
face should be softened by fullness
and putfiness around cheeks and tenn
Piles, but the fullness should look as
little like art and as much like nature
rs possible"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
THE FIRST UMBRELLA.
Just LAT Years Ago Jonas Hanway Car
ried One in London Streets.

Just LAT Years ago Jonas hanWay Cnr.
ried One in London Streets.
The umbrella is q comparatively
modern feature OF European ciyiliza-
ton.
Tn 1850 Jonas Hanway, o Quaker,
first went through the streets Of Lon-
don carrying an umbrella: Three
years from now, in 1900, it will be
meet to celebrate the sesquicenten-
HAL of this most useful implement
AS this is an age of celebration it is
not likely that so good dn opportunity
will be missed. Already in London
they are discussing the proper manner
of doing homage to the umbrella.
Mr.. Hanway. was d man. of strong
character; but it required dll his eour;
age to brave the London crowd with
his strange rain shield. The inhabi-
tants of that great metropolis received
him with jeers and even more sub
stantial marks of disapproval. But
he was imperturbable, and in conse--
ouence of his example the umbrella
came very rapidly into general use.
Hanway had travelled much in the
East. and there he had noted the
great benefits derived by the natives
from the umbrella, both as protec-
ton against the sun and rain. The
East, with its infinitely older civiliza-
tion, had been familiar with this as
with so many other useful articles alta
time when Europe was in the widest
savagery.
Umbrellas were known to the Egyp-
tons, and were certainly used by the
ancient Hindoos. The umbrella is
mentioned in poem of Sakuntala,
written in the sixth century, and it
figures in various bas-reliefs among
the Ninevah sculptures discovered by
Sir Henry Layard. The Chinese
tsBook Of the Rites Of Tcheon," print
ed about the year 800, containing q
description OF veritable CAMP. And
it is on record that when the son of
the then Emperor of China was cap
tured in the second Tartar invasion,
he was made to carry the umbrella of
the Tartar chief when he went out
hunting.
The parasol was invariably carried
by tho hish-bred danes in ancient
Greece. and white parapluie was
borne by the priestesses of the god
dess Athene in the annual Scirophoria.
Tho fashion migrated also to Rome,
where the umbraoulum carried by the
women, and even by some Of the men,
was made of leather, and could be
opened and shut. This fact is men
toned by Martial, Juvenal and Ovid;
while the latter also speaks of "a
golden umbrella which warded off the
keen sun"
In Siam the umbrella has always
been regarded rs mark of distinction,
and M. de Loubere, in his work on
that country. tells us how the use OF
the umbrella was only granted to cer-
tain of the Kings subjects. The
King was invariably protected in his
progresses by an umbrella, appearing
as if three separate projections had
been mounted on ono stick, one over
the other. Tavernier speaks, in his
"voyage to the East" Of the throne
Of the Great Mogul being supported
on either side by an umbrella. The
princes of the Mahratta provinces in
India bore the title Of Chatrapati
(Lord Of the Umbrellal; while in Ava,
to- this present day, the title OF the
ruler is 'sKing of the White Elephant
and Lord Of the Twenty-four Um-
brellas. New York Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
WeMAN's WORLD.
A tremendously Effective Sash.

A sash of green chiffon, full width
and tucked ats the ends, with large
bow at the waist, is very dainty, but
apt to prove 'perishable. Such sash
10 tremendously effective worn with
blue lowered foulard. The corsage
renders blouse effect. The back is
formed in two plaits, extending from
the shoulder seams to the belt; tile
fronts make two even plaits, closing in
the middle; they are trimmed with
large feters, opening over an en-
broidered waistcoat. The round belt
as we'll as the plaits in front are
trimmed with oval jets. The sleeves
are in one piece, finished with a lace
runie; which falls over the hand.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
A Lucky Aeronaut.

IF there was ever man who was
born under a lucky star, al aeronaut
named Lee Stevens is that one. He
was making balloon ascension at
Niagara Falls and when about 5000
feet up in the air his balloon exploded.
Stevens was hanging by his toes from
trapeze when the explosion occurred.
He quickly drew himself up, and while
the collapsed bag was rushing down
ward at terrific rate managed to de-
taoh his parachute and get clear from
the balloon. The parachute soon
slowed up, md Stevens landed with
out q scratch, --.--.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
That science has been able to cure in all its
Stages. and that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure, known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being, q consti,;
tutional disease requires CONSTITUTIONAL "a
ternalIy. acting directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. thereby de;
stroyng the foundation Of tho diseSsie, and n
giving the patient strength by DulialnE ,, up
its work. The proprietors have so much faith
in its curative powers that they ofrer one
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails TO
cure. Send for list of TESTIMONIALS. Aooress
F. j. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, U.
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
Halls Family Pills arc the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR.
LAUoHTER.PRovoKlNG STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

Sallie Murmured Not - Both-Not quail
taed-In Confldence-Modern Chivalry
Striking an Avernge-Her young
Man,s" "Age-Promises Of Reform, Etc.
Defiance met Sallie on the bridge, anu
kissed her on the spot;
The brooklet murmured down below, put
Sallie murmured not.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
A LITTLE BOYS LAMENT.

I'm going back down to grandpa's,
Iwon't come back no more
To hear remarks about my feet
A-muddyin' up the floor.
They's too much said about my clothes,
The scoldin's never done
I'm going back down to grandpa's,
Where o boy kin hey some fun.
I dug up half his garden
A-gettin' worms fer bait;
he said he used to like 1t
When laid abed so late;
he said that pie was good fer boys,
An candy made 'em grow.
Ell can't go to grandpa's
I'll turn pirate first you know.
He let me take his shotgun,
And loaded 1t fer me;
The cats they hid out In the barn,
The hens flew up tree.
I had @ circus In the yard
With twenty other boye-
Pm goin' back to gram a's,
Where they aiD't aid OF noise.
He diCn.t .u....e me comb my hair
But once or twice week;
He wasn't watchil' out for words
didn't orter speak;
He told me stories bout the war
And Injuns shot out West.
Oh, I'm goin' down to grandpa's,
Fer he knows wot boys like best.
Ee even run race with me,
But had to stop an cough;
He rode my bicycle and laughed
Bec'us' he tumbled Off.
He knew the early apple trees
Around within a mile.
Oh, grandpa was dandy,
An; was sin IT, all the while.
I bet you grandpa's lonesome,
don't care what you say;
I seen him kinder cryln'
When you took me away.
When you talk to me OF heavon,
Where all the good folks go,
7 guess I'll 60 to grandpa,
An we'll have good times, l know.
"A. T. Worden, in Sioux City Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Georgia Road Convention.

The convention of county road CON-
missioners, recently held in Atlanta,
was fully attended, and proved en-
thusiastic. The questions discussed
were road-making, employment OF
convicts, amendment of road laws, the
necessity for uniform system and
substituting salaries for fees for coun.
ty officers. Resolutions were adopted
providing that all convicts not SEN
fenced to the penitentiary should re-
main permanently under the charge
and control of the authorities of the
county in which they aro sentenced;
that in addition to misdemeanor con-
victs, all felony conricts, whose terms
do not exceed five years, shall, at the
discretion of tho presiding judge, be
sentenced to serve in county chain
gangs; that said convicts should be
worked upon the public roads, as far
as it can possibly be done, by the
State OF county authorities, and the
Legislature was requested to pass
laws to further the development Of
good roads. The organization was
made permanent and will meet again
in Macon in July, 1928.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
A MUNICIPAL ARMY.
GREATER NEW YoRK'S VAST ARMY
OF EMPLOYEES.
They Number $4,000, and Nearly Equal
the Standing Army ofthe United States
How They Are Divided. Many Under
Civil Service Ruling.

They Number $4,000, and Nearly Equal
the Standing Army OF the United Srates
How They Are Divided. Many onoeF
Civil Service Ruling.
In spending the S400,000,0OO OF
Greater New York's money an army or
men and women-chieay men will De
employed. 1t will be nearly as large
as the standing army of the united
States. 1t will have in its ranks
greater number Of persons than there
are in the majority OF the cities OF
the country.
This great municipal army will con-
tain not far from $4,000 persons. The
most of them will draw salaries rang
ing from 81 900 to $4,000, while many
of the salaries will be as high as S7,0Oo
and $4,000. A few will go over the
$4,000 mark. The great rank and
file will receive from S1,500 to $4,000 a
year--a pretty comfortable stipend.
The persons employed by the CITY,
If seeuestered into community Dy
themselves, would make Respectable
CITY, as far as size is concerned. Such
q city would be as large as Pough-
keepsie, and it would take as many
fine homes to house them as are
found in Newport, for the combined
salaries of the $4,000 amount to more
than is annually spent in Americas
most fashionable watering place.
Of the 25,G00 about 5000 are police
men, and as many more are employed
In the various schools Of the greater
city. The employees of the Street.
Cleaning Department Of New YORK
come next in number. There are more
than 5000 Of them. Next in order are
the employees of the Department or
Public Works in New York and OF the
Department of City Works in Brook
lyr. These number between 1000 and
5000. Under the new charter the work
and the employees of these two depart
nents will be divided among three or
four departr- ents, and at the head OF
each will be full-fedge6 commission
er, who will receive salary OF $500
a year.
Many of the places are so fortified
by the rules and regulations Of the
Civil Service Board that the occupants
could not be disturbed by the ordinary
changes incident to a change OF ad-
ministration. This fact has stared the
present reform administration in the
face during all of the three years that
it has been in power.
In Brooklyn the Civil Service Board
has much tighter grip on offices than
that of New York. In fact, there are
less than fifty sorts Of positions IN
Brooklyn that are exempt from COM
petitive examination.
Under the new charter practically all
of the positions Of the new city will
be subject to the supervision OF the
Civil Service Board. Appointments by
the Mayor VIII be exempt An effort
will be made by the Civil Service
Board, however-if it is made up as it
IS at present-to include in their resu-
lations all of the new positions below
the rank of deputy commissioners
New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Steel Rails For Country Roads.

For use in localities in which it is
not practicable to build stone roads,
the Agricultural Department is expert
menting with wide; fat steel rails, laid
to the gauge of the average farm
wagon. They are about half on inch
thick, of inverted trough shape, and
corrugated when used on hills, in or
der to prevent slipping. The cost is
expected to run from $1,000 to $500
per mile { oording to distance laid.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
They're Strangers Now.

Bess-"I'd hate to be in your shoes
when your husband sees the bill for
your new hat. :"
Nell-"Of course you would, dear.
No. / shoes would be awfully uncom-
Portable on No. 8 feet. Chicago
News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Slain by Poison.

Not the poison that the covert assassin ad-
ministers in the drink, the food, or some
other guise, but the poison OF malaria shortcns
the lives Of myriads. There is safe and GER
tain antidotc. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
which not only fortifies the system against
malaria, but roots out its seeds when they
have germinated. Dyspepsia, constipation,
rheumatic, liver and kidney trouble are con-
que red by the Bitters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Children Welcome.

Weary Searcher Cooking for board)
-sI hope, madam, you do not object
to children?"
Boarding House Mistress-"Oh, not
in the least. I have nine myself.
Weary searcher backing offl-"Um
-er-if I decide to take the rooms, l
will send you a postal. Good-day."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Entila WiSlea.

Mrs. B.-"I know AIMS not good
cook, but she is the cheerfulest and live
liest girl we ever had about the house. "
Mr.. BIT wish she would put q
little less ginger in her actions and
little more in her cookies. Chicago
Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
An AmicabIe Couple.

Hicks-"The Simmonses seem to
get along perfectly. I don't believe q
cross word ever passed between them. ="
Wioks-''No; I don't think Mrs. S.
ever told her husband that their little
Tommy was just like him. Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-12-01
Repairinc',

"Shall we," he asked, "repair
hence?"
"Here," she answered, sharply, for
her tire was already punctured.
In the meanwhile her kit comprised
four caramels and monkey wrench. !"
Detroit Journal.