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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26

but also by the vast percentage of
tailor. .mGdes seen on the women who
visited the show. One table held two
gorgeous little creatures, one robed in
costume of mixed material made
bolero style and richly braided, while
her tiny companion was radiant in a
garden costume of grass.cloth over
white silk crowned with monster
hat of geraniums, tiny garden oil by
itself and q study in midsummer
headgear.
At the opening day of the show as
one stood before these dainty ladies
it would have been difficult to decide
who deserved the prize for a street
gown-the doll thus arrayed or Mrs.
Bradley Martin, who, while examining
them showed to advantage her tailor
made gown.
1t was composed of cadet blue
broadcloth skirt made entirely plain
and hanging in its own graceful folds
and a full bodice of exquisite lowered
silk. The silk was in pale blues and
heecy white colors stolen from the sky
of spring, and over the full folds was
worn a tiny bolero of the darkest
pansy velvet edged with handmade
passamenterie of jets and ameythist
and turquoise. The bolero was cut up
the back in similar manner to the
front, and the folded belt that encir-
cled her waist widened girdle fashion
at the back. The sleeves were made
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
Horses Fed ON Bepfs:caks.

"Of all fads that fashionable peo-
pie indule in over their pets, think
the strangest idea is that OF giving
their horses meat MS variation to
their ordinary diet, said veterinary
surgeon.
"Beef only is used. 1t is baked
until quite dry and hard, then minced
very fine, and given mixed with oats
or meal. The animals, so far from re-
fusing, seem to relish the mixture,
and it is thought to improve their con-
dition and courage, but If continued
too long they become vicious and
their throsts deterlorate.
ga well-known titled lady expends
good sized sum altogether in meat
for her numerous carriage horses and
hacks. She has one mare that will
greedlly eat beefsteak unmixed With
meal if minced small. and it has one
per week. I know retired army col
onel, too, famous hunting man, who
frequently gives his hunters beef tea
and other meat extracts IN their
bran mash. Possibly it's not entirely
mere fad, for there is Ole London
brewery whose horses are similarly
treated, and q famous racehorse that
won some important events last sea-
son was given partial diet OF meat at
intervals. Answers London).
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
Hot Wafer.

Hot water has far more medical vir-
tues than many believe or know. Be-
cause it is SO easily procured, thou
sands think 1t valueless. The uses of
hot water are, however, many, For
example, there is nothing that SO
quickly cuts short congestion Of the
lungs, sore throat or rheumatism as
hot water when applied promptly and
thoroughly. Headache almost always
yields to the simultaneous application
of hot water to the feet and back of
the neck. A towel folded several times
and dipped in hot water and quickly
wrung out and applied over the pain
full part in toothache or neuralgia,
will generally afford prompt relief. A
strip of flannel or napkin folded
lengthwise and dipped in hot water
and wrung out, and then applied
around the neck OF a child that has
the Group will sometimes bring relief
in ten minutes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
The Pearl Farm.

There is only one pearl farm in the
world. 1t is in the Torres Strait, al
the northern extremity of Australia,
and belongs to James Clark, of Queens
land. Mr.. Clark, who is known as
"the king of the pearl fshers," orig.
inally stocked it with hundred and
fifty thousand pearl oysters. Now
fifteen hundred men-two hundred OF
whom are divers and two hundred
and fifty vessels are employed in har.
vesting the crop.
81 have been fifteen years engaged
in pearl fishing" Mr.. Clark told q
correspondent of the Melbourne Age.
"My experience has led me to the be-
lief that, with proper intelligence in
the selection of place, one can raise
oysters.
81 started my farm three years ago,
and have stocked it with shells which
I obtained, in many instances, for out
at aea.
"My pearl shell farm covers five
hundred square miles. Over most o.
it the water is shallow water shells at
tain the largest size.
81 ship my pearls to London in my
own vessels. The catch each year runs.
roughly speaking, from $4,000
worth up to almost five times that
amount"
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Reindeer for the Yukon Region,

Twenty reindeer will be brought
down this year from Point Clarence
by the United States revenue cutter
Bear for transportation by way of the
Yukon River steamers to the gold
fields. Dogs have been the chief rel:-
ance of the miners for the transporta-
tion of their packs across the snow.
Horses, too, have found their way into
the great valley, and have proven al
most beyond value. 1t is felt, how
ever, that the reindeer will be more
servlcesble than horses in the Yukon
region. The introduction of reindeer
into the Yukon has for some time been
a subject Of study of such men as
Sheldon Jackson aud Miner W, Bruce,
the explorers, The Manufacturer,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26

Tne Atlanta Weekly journal is now running
a mfssing Word contest.
+ fifty cents they send the Weekly Journal
one year aniallow the person sending the sub
scription ono guess at the missing word. The
sentence selected is:
.sHe who has ceased to enjoy his friends
has ceased to love him"
Tho missing word is the one necessary &c fill
out the above sentence and make perfect sense.
It Is not "a catch word, but is plain every day
English word.
To the person first guessing The right word The
journal will give percent OF the amount OF
subscriptions received during the three months
that this contest l9sts, and per cent additional
will be evenly divided between all other persons
who maS guess the missing word.
TbeWeekly Journal is q first class family pa
per, having ten pages filled with matter that
will interest all members Of the family. 1t has
first class woman's page; an admirable chill
dren's department; at least one story every
week. a vast amount Of miscellaneous features;
and all the news of the world. Address Tho
Journal, Atlanta, Ga.
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Oranges ut 81 Each.

The selling price of a single luxury
in the new mining metropolis of Circle
City, Alaska, is an interesting bit of
information obtained from letter OF
commission merchant of the State OF
Washington received by New York
Times correspondent whose informant
writes:
"We recently shipped some Cali,
fornia oranges to Sitka. Alaska, and
from there they were sent to st.
Michaels, and thence two thousand
miles up the Yukon River to Circle
Oity, Alaska, where they were sold for
$3.50 per box containing $50 oranges,
or 81 for each orange. I think this
must be the highest price ever paid
for oranges"
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PIIH AND POINT.

Against the grain-Bears in whect-
Life.
Friendship among women is D plant
OF which we don't know in August
whether it will bear bitter or sweet
fruit in September.
"Men never outgrow their child
hood" "Alas mol Experience be-
gins spanking us even before our par
ents leave of. Puck.
Real estate is looking up. There is
nothing else for it to do when build
ings are climbing up on it twenty
stories high.-Atlanta Constitution.
Two next door neigbbors quarrelled,
and one of them exclaimed, excitedly {:
"Call yourself man of sense! Why,
you're next door to an idiot !"-Tit.
Bits.
South American Tourist-"You say
the masses of your people are discon-
tented" Native-"Alas Senior, most
OF us have never been President. -
| Puck.
Madge-"Tell us, dear, did be go
down on his knees when he proposed?"
Polly-"No; in his confusion he went
down on his hat. "-Philadelphia
North American.
"Don't you think your son a little
fast, Mrs. Sweetly?" "Far from it.
He is so slow that we can never get
him to breakfast before noon. DE
troit Free Press.
mamma, I know why angel babies
il made til wings" !" "Why, johnny"
"Cause, # they git borned in family
where they don't like it, they kin fly
of. "-Chicago Record.
Brown-"Tsn' there blue room in
the White House?" Smith, think
so. I believe it's the room in which
the President expresses his private
opinion of the office-seekers. Puck.
"Did you hear Of the great sacrifice
| in the way Of self denial Ethel Tenspot
and Bessie Teeters are making?" asked
Ricketts,. "No; what is lt?" asked
| Gaskett. "Each is riding the other
Wheel"
"Haw! Haw! I see that old Got
rox has been swindled out of two hun
drsd dollars by confidence man"
"Anything funny about that?" "Why,
yes! Gotrox is an old friend Of mine. +"
Puck.
Country Cousin-"Do you keep
anything in the house in case burglars
should pay you visit at night?" City
Cousin-"You bet do! My wife's
maiden aunt lives with us. Morris
town Herald.
Impecunious-'T would like to have
n nerve killed. How much will it
cost9" Dentist-"Seventy.fve cents. p"
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS centsP
Can't you make it lessF 1 have such
weak neryes!"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
Extent Of scalping.

The anti-scalping bill which was
passed by the New York Legislature
last week, meets with general appro-
val. The New York Daily News,
speaking of it, says:
"The state senate did one good
thirg yesterday in passing the anti
scaiping bill by the large majority Of
3s to 8. CT by vote of 5 to 1. In this
state alone there were taken up by the
railroads last year $4,000 worth Of
fraudulent tickets which had been sold
to unsuspecting travellers, and whom
the companies consequently allowed to
ride free on their trains. Besides
these quantities of genuine tickets
that had been stolen from the val ious
offices passed through the hands of the
scalpers into those of honest pur-
chasers, SO that the annual loss to the
roads is enormous throughout the
United States.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
A Question.

The publisher of newspaper has
one thing to sell and one thing to rent.
He has the newspaper to sell and the
space in its columns to rent. Can any
one inform us why he should be ex-
pected to give away either the one or
the other. He can if he so chooses,
and he does, as a matter of fact, fur
nish great d al of space rent free.
But it does not follow that he ought to
do SO. 1t ought to be recognized as a
contribution, exactly as would be the
giving away of sugar or coffee by q
grocer. But, strange to say, it is not
looked upon in that light at all. yet
everybody knows that the existence of
newspaper depends upon the rent of
Its space and the sale CT the paper, as
q merchants success depends en- sell
ing his goods instead of giving them
away.-The Copy Hook.
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Sailing Away.

sailine away with the wind abeam,
And The wide, wide SEQ before!
Sailing away In a lovers dream
To tile port OF the golden shore;
Idle hands on the rudder bands,
Hope in the sunrise fair,
And hearts as light as the sea-blrd white
Ahoat in the morning air.
Love, in the dawn of that far-off time,
Did you guess OF the weary way2
Dearest, when life seemed summer rhyme,
Could, We tell where we went astray3
Silent taars through the coming years,
Darkness for you aud me.
Aud doubt and dread OF the wilds ahead
Fell Chilled as we sailed a-sea.
Sailing sshore with waning wind
On tn. glass OF dreaming tide,
Leaving the dark OF the deep behind
For the light Of the other side;
Loosen Lands from the rudder bands!
Alb! tc the margin foam
Comes breath Of land DER the golden sand
Oh! sweet Is our weloome home!
Nashville American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
CAN LAUGH.

I hear the clink Of the yellow gold
That bears the crest of nations coin,
see the jewelled treasures old,
That even monarchs would purloin;
But yet would not join the throng
Who bend the knee to the molten calf.
I will pass all by without one sigh,
III can laugh, can only laugh.
The worlds proud fair; yet what care I
For tints that change like summers
cIoud2
A picture rare to bring the sigh,
Then draped at last with pail and shroud.
The one who reigns in Beauty's court,
A target is for envy's shaft;
will pass all by with never sigh.
IfIcan laugh as my childhood laughed.
And what Is worth, the fame OF earth,
Though earned by sword or council art;
The tint Of blood is royal birth;
The song of praise in glory's mart?
The gilded crown on the fevered brow,
The palsied hand on the sage's stall,
I will pass it by without a sigh
If can laugh an honest laugh.
Then time the march OF life with song;
The Ills forget with passing jest.
The happy heart can dono wrong,
The ehours OF gladnes. are the best
So bring the wine of royal mirth,
That I the nectar rich can quaff;
All else will pass as drain my glass.
To the soul that can laugh, always laugh.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
"A Human Soul.

a wise man walked Dy the river,
And the water spirits siga
AZ she yearned for soul, 1t moved him,
And he answered thus her cry:
"Can you smile when your heart Is aching?
Remember when others forget?
Laugh lightly while hope Is taking
Its final fare we'll Of you; yet
Meat the world and strive on to the ending
OF Life, be IT, ever SO dread;
Firm in faith, without falter, unbending
With never a sigh or tear?"
"All this can do" said she.
"Can you face Your life II left lonely,
While another has gained his rest,
And you have ne memory only
or one who Was TRUST and best?
Forever to you the worlds brightness
Then passes away for aye;
Can pierce through that darkest day?"
Gall this Gun do, said she.
"Can you pause to do deeds Of klndpess
In the midst nf your deepest woe2
For grief, 1t must not bring blindness
To the trials IL others below.
You must ever strive on, and your sorrow,
Though heavI and sore to bear.
Remains till the dawn OF that morrow,
When pain 1t Isl more there"
''All this can do" said she.
Made answer tho wise man slowly:
'1f this be so, and thou
Canst bear grief, yet help the suffering,
Thou hast soul even ncw."
Florence Peacock, In Chambcrs's Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
Facts About Matches.

Wax matches are employed in
Europe to an extent vastly greater
than IN this country.
An average of eight matches for each
man, woman aud child is used In the
United States daily.
The body of wax match is mado
bv drawing cotton strands, twenty or
thirty at a time, through melted
stearine.
It costs more to strike a match in
France than in any other civilized
country, because the business is
monopolized by the Government.
Sweden is the greatest match pro-
ducing country in the world, although
the industry is conducted on an enor-
nous scale In the United States and
elsewhere.
The "safety" match was invented by
q Swede named Lundetrom, in 1866.
The head of the safety match contains
chlorate of potash and sulphur, while
the friction paper on the box is spread
with paste of amorphous phosphorus
and antimony.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
Tempered.

When stern occasion calls for war,
And tho trumpsts shrill and peal,
FORCES AID armorles ring all day
With the fierce clash OF steel.
The blades are heated in the flame,
Aud beaton hard, and beaten well,
To make shem firm and pliable,
Their age and temper good;
Then tough and sharp with discipline,
They win the fight for fighting men.
When Gods occasions call for men,
His chcsen soul He takes,
In life's hot fire BE tempors them,
With tears He cools and slakes;
With mary heavy, grisvous stroke
He beats them to an edge,
And tests ind tries, again, again,
Till the hard Will is fused. and pain
Become: high privilege;
Then strong, and quickened through and
through,
They ready are His work to do.
Like an o!i-rushing, furious host
The tide Of need and sin.
Unless the blades shall tempered bA
They have no chance to win;
God trusts to no INFESTED sword
When H. goes forth to war;
Only the souls that, beaten long
On pains Rreat anvil, have grown strong,
His chosen weapons are.
Alb, souls, on pains great anvil laid,
Remember this, nor be afraid
Susan Coolidge, in the Congregationalist
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
Jest a Fishin' Hook and Pole.

When the spring-time days are comm
And the buds are putting out,
And tho bumble-bes's a-humEin',
and the frisky speckled trout
Is a-jurapin' and a.swishin'
In ev:ry limpid hole
Then want 10 go a-1shin'
With fshin' hook and pole.
W
You NAV talk about your giggin'
And your tlshin' with a net,
But don't want no slch riggin',
'Causa you pay for all you get:
And I'm done played out on trappin'
And a.foolin' with troll
Aud all pf sich I'm drappin'
For tho flshln' hook and pole.
And wint to take my dinner,
And I want to stay all day
Where the little silver minner
And tte spotted beauties play,
And not be in any hurry,
But jess sorter let time roll
And Jest drive away all worry
With MY flshin' hook and pole. ;.
Cause Teller then can loafer
Who're :he trees grow tall m straight
Where tho raccoon and the gopher
And thu 'possum lie In wait;
Where the pheasant Is thumpin',
Aud at every little shoal
The spotted trout's a-jumpin'
At your fishin' hook and pole.
Sam Bean, in Outing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
Equal to the Occasion.

The tramp who ''lost everything in
the Mississippi floods" is now abroad
in the land. One of them approached
a benevolent old gentleman in Atlanta
Sunday.
sand you say" said the old gentle
man, 'that your children were drown
ed in the food?"
eyes sir," replied the tramp wip.
ing his eyes with his coatsleeve; 'sev,
enteen of 'em, sir!"
sGod bless me!' exclaimed the old
gentleman, ''you are young man,
scarcely thirty, and"
ST know it, SIR" interrupted the
weeping tramp, "but they was all
twinsr'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
DOLLS OF FASHION.
GOWNS EXHIBITED AT THE
MODEL SHOW IN NEW YORK.
Beautiful Costumes Worn by Mrs.
Bradley Martin and Other La
dies Interested in the
Exhibition.
New York Fashion Letter.)

"HE Model Doll Show held
at the Waldorf is perhaps
the best mirror of fashion
that has been afforded New
Workers since the last Horse Show,
and am sure description Of some of
the gowns exhibited will interest my
readers. As the Doll Show is new
idea it may be as we'll to tell you what
it is all about before proceeding with
the actual exhibits. Incidentally the
sShow" was for the benefit of tho
Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria Hospi-
tai, but am afraid it was not entirely
feeling OF philanthropy that led the
throngs of fashionably dressed women
to the "Show." The actual attractions
were the gowns in which the sixty
dolls were arrayed and which were
designed, made and sent by the best.
modestes and tailors of the country.
The managers OF the Model Doll Show
thiak that American dressmakers and
tailors have nothing to fear from for
eign competitors, and they have taken
this mode OF proving the TACT TO
Gotham's women.
Prizes OF 800 were offered by Mrs.
Bradley Martin for the smartest street
suit, by Mrs. VIM. q. Whitney for the
most elegant dinner and ball gown,
and also by Mrs. Oelrichs for the
daintiest garden party confection; and
these rewards naturally excited a
spirit OF friendly rivalry among the
exhibitors. Most seasonable of all
che models shown were the tailor
made suits, and that this style is the
most popular was shown conclusively
aot only by the number of little
lnaideus from the isle of Lilliput who
j'ere arrayed in gowns of this style,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
Funeral Invitations in 1920.

In the early days of the present
century funelal services were held in
this city after fashion that seems ex.
ceedingly odd in the light of modern
customs, says Ghe Pittsburg Chronicle
Telegraph. A Bucks County man re-
Gently found in an old Bible, published
in 1776, the following curious invita-
tion:
You and family are respectfully invited to
attend the funeral OF ............, from the
residence of Edward Abbott, No. 1856 North
Front street, tomorrow afternoon at
o'clock.
Philadelphia, July 4, 1929.
The invitation is printed in heavy.
faced type upon rough white paper.
1t was evidently the custom to send
these notices to all friends of the be.
reayed family. The hour set,
o'clock, would appear unusually late,
and yet it was a common thing in
those days to hold funeral services at
night,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
GOWN WORN BY MRS. BRADLEY MARTIN.

Another well.known woman of fash
ions own set wore very dark plum.
colored cloth gown on the Etonian
style; the short jacket had uniquely
shaped revers and was exquisitely
tailor stitched.
A mousseline de sole chiffon vest of
palest yellow, fancifully trimmed with
plated founces, was worn beneath the
jacket, and the effect, as may be im-
agined, was most charming, for She
severe elegance of the gown was soft
eued, without being spoiled, by the
Ldaintiness of the rest.
The costumes illustrated herewith
were designed by The National Cloak
Co., of New York.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26

of cloth to match the skirt, and were
trimmed in keeping with the collar
with some fine lace plated on the in
side of silk hounce.
Another gown exhibited was de-
veloped in red and black brocade. The
skirt of this was laid in inch wide
tucks from the hem to the waist line,
each tuck being edged with narrow
black val lace. The sleeves were also
tucked, while the bodice had V
shaped front of red silk covered with
black chiffon striped with hounces of
the black lace. This doll was certain.
Iy q jewel, and That iaws! was the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
ITEMS OF 1NroRMAr1oy.

The old Washington hall in Durham,
which is supposed by some to have
been the seat of George Washington's
ancestors, has been bought by an
American for only $1,000. 1t is pic
turesque and full of rheumatism.
There are nearly 100000 total
abstainers in Great Britain and Ire
land, yet, Notwithstanding this fact,
the consumption of liquors during
1896 exceeded that of the previous
year by $32, 100000.
The supposed grave of Eve is visited
by over 10000 pilgrims in each year.
1t is to be seen at Jeddah, in GENE
terry outside the city walls. The tomb
is fifty cubits long and twelve wide.
The Arabs entertain o belief that Eve
was the tallest woman that ever lived.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
His Little Mistake.

Briggs-Mighty pretty bonnet your
wife had on last Sunday. At least my
wife said it was.
Braggs-Yes; and it all came from
my Observation-Disclosures that she got it.
Briggs-How's that?
Braggs-When L went home the
other evening, thinking very intently
about business, as I often do, 1 found
my wife in the kitchen. Now, what
should 1 do but hand the bird / had
brought home to my wife and kiss the
cook! OF course she knew it was a
mistake, but-oh, well, you know how
women are.-Tid-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26
Momen as Mage.Earners.

Woman's capacity as wage Garner
can be measured by the fact that the
report of the Massachusetts, savings
bank commissioners showed that in
the year 1894 out of total of 1, ,044, 649
deposisors 4S0,8 were women, and
out of S74, ,946,576 deposits that year
s33, ,469, ,o33 had been deposited by
women
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-05-26

ut the curious but admiring crowd
that constantly surrounded her.
Another smart frock, this time seen
in the audience, was made of black
broadcloth, and with the iull skirt and
rounded jacket was worn shirt waist
of heavy gros grain poppy red silk.
The picturesque hat that crowned this
suit was on the short. backed sailor
shape, and was trimmed with wealth
of poppies and n full bow OF black
velvet ribbon.