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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
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ship of the patient, who is unaDle ~
write from left to right, but only from
right to left, forming the letters and
sentences backward.
In the case of boy recently notea
in North Adams, Mass, afflicted with
perverted vision, the malady was per-
manent. 1t was impossible to teach
him otherwise. His right hand was
guided over line of copy in the
proper manner, but the moment his
hand is released he instantly changes
the pencil to his left hand and com
mences to write in the mirror fashlon:
A peculiar feature OF the case is that
he has no difficulty in reading the
handwriting of others, although some
specialists pronounce his malady 10
be one of the optic nerve only.
Gases of mirror writing have been
frequent, but the first case OF genuine
chronic mirror speech was discovered
only three months ago by certain
DIR. Doyen of Paris. He was the hrst
rather to establish the phenomenon as
an actual mental disease. .'s:s
The discovery occurred in on opera
tion performed on young girl twelve
wears old, who had been trepanned
successfully. to relieve severe eere
brsl abscess after Inflammation OF the
ear. For some time alter the opera
tion aphasia, or inability to express
| ;deos in spoken language, was persist
ent. However, gradually as her health
grew better the patient began to uttel
sounds, which, although they wer'
uttered clearly and were perfectly
articulated, nevertheless were tctall.
incomprehensible. For example, som
other utterances were similar to tn
following: "En.list do me to; me 'e
lone-a kind.un how"
She would calculate this and simi
lar phrases with great emphasis, an
was totally unaware OF her lncohei
ency. The inability Of her attendan
and her friends to understand ne
conversation made her extremely al
pry. She attributed their amazln
lack of compr ehension to stupidity
and tried to awaken their dormaI
faculties by repeating over and ovf
again with injured vehemenee nj
! jargon. -,
, down in writing the syllables an
. phrases which she uttered. This WI
done, when, by this means, an UNI
, sual discovery was made which formt
d the key to the problem. The patle'
& was utterirg q her sentences oackWas
y as we'll as changing the order OF s! s!
tables in a word, and always VIII
n striking regularity in misplaced
q der ana in form. The apparent
b meaningless utterances quoted aoo'
J. when transposed mean: "Do listen
d me ; let me- alone; how unkind. y.
e This striking abnormality last
20 four or five weeks, when the mlspiac
r, syllables gradually began to feti IL
le their proper places. No sign OF a .
re lapse has since been apparent, ana
se patient has remained in state OF p
he feet mental health. 1t was case
n temporary alteration, thousands !,
r which had occurred, but none
ct tsken notice of its cause, or analy2
to its sv .ptoms. 1t remained 1or
81 French physician, to make "m'r
ce speech" rs disease an ESTABLISH
fact.
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HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Use milk pudding and steWea lr''i'
for bilious dyspepsia.
After washing, never wiring worsted
dress goods. Shake them.
Bamboo furniture can be cleaned
with a brush dipped in salt water.
Soak black calico in salt and water
before washing, and SO prevent Its
fading.
Toilet vinegar, cologne water and
alcohol are good for oily and moist
hands.
Spirits of turpentine is the thing
with which to cleanse and brighten
patent-leather.
A dress pattern always makes nice
, present, aud can be bought in box
ior that purpose.
+, The dirtiest frying-pan will become
clean if soaked five minutes IN an
: monia and water.
Moderately strong salt and water
taken by the teaspoonfu! at intervals
is a cure for catarrhal cold.
No receptacle for soiled clothing,
even if handsomely decorated, should
be kept in sleeping apartment.
When baking sponge cakes always
have steady oven, and do not open
the door for the first twenty minutes.
Fresh fish should not be soaked IN
vater before cooking this treatment
only ruins the flavor and makes 1t
soft. ;,
Written yellow linen by boiling hall
nn hour in one pound OF fine soap
melted in one gallon OF milk. Ihel
wash in suds, ther in two cold waters
with little blueIpg.
If your window glass is lacking il
! fril!iancy clean it with liquid past,
made OF alcohol and whitening. :
little of this mixture will remov'
snecks, and impart high iuster to ta'
glass.
Electricity can he utilized for tab
decoration IN wonderful waya. Nina
tire ice5sr2s, surr1upliu5 an e!ectE'
);rht. produce a psauEifut eject. IN
Hghts can be ARRANGED amoas Terms
tha. they resemble cloud OF hreale'
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HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
ENGLISH BREAD CRUST FOR Fov,

ENHLlsH BREAD CRUST FOR Fowb.
!.ut cupful of bread crumbs into
half pint of milk, add Glove of gas-
lie or small onion left whole, a blade
OF mace, lump of butter about the
slze OF pecan nut, pepper and salt.
Let the mixture boil until it thickens
TO the consistency of drawn butter.
The onion and ruace are removed when
1t is put into the sauce tureen. 1t is
much daintier and more wholesome
than gravy. Cold boiled ham is al
ways served with roast fowlin England,
and those who have SO eaten it approve
highly oil the combination.
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called ab5at IL ocioeE, spa she office
boy and the clerk having insisted upon
her remaining for q few minutes until
Mr.. Blinker should return, she sat
down near the window and waitef,
never once noting the fact that the
Office boy and the clerk were each put
ting in every moment OF his spare
time watching her and wondering
what tho mischief business an angel
right from heaven had with Mr..
Blinker.
When Mr.. Blinker finally appeared,
and the Office boy and the clerk col
lapsed, he hadn't the. least idea who
she was, and his heart began to pound
SO on the inside of him that he
thought it was the jsn,tor turning on
more steam and shaking up the radt-
ators in ths Office and halls. 1t YVES
the very first time he had ever seen a
woman in his Office, and the experience
was 80 entirely novel that for an in-
slant he was speechless.
"Is this Mr.. Blinker?" she inquired,
rising to meet him as he came hssi-
tatingly toward her,
.sYes'm," responded MIR. Blinker,
as if he were schoolboy about to pe
licked for pasting wet wad on the
wall. "May I inquire to what l am
indebted for the honor OF this visit,
ma'am?" ;,
Blinker would no more have made
srcb an eoreciously silly and stiles
speech as that to man than he woult
have tried to have told the truth IL
Chicago, but this was q woman, ant
Blinker was not responsible. =,
"Your aunt" said the visitor, witt
roguish twinkle in her eye, bu
Blinker didn't see it any more than b
saw profit in honest politics.
'1-I-beg your pardon, ma'am,
he stammered.
The very idea of his saying "Ma'am,
to a girl like thatl. 1t would hav
been criminal if Mr.. Bhnker had bee
responsible.
Then she told him who she was, an
the way Mr.. Bunker began to assurn
airs and strut around as if he were
nigh Y potentate with q lot OF sui
iects was as funny as it could be.
Now she had been with him 81
mouths, and he sat near her dictatin
letter.
In the midst of it he stopped shor
He had been tempted to do th
many times before. He had studio
the matter thoroughly, as he though
and having considered it IN ever
light and having deliberated upon
for many days, and having tried to g
complish the desired result by eve
means in his knowledge, he had at Ia
determined to do this. :.
Therefore he STOPPED in the mic
of it.
az am very sorry. Miss Prince"
began, quite abruptly, and as If
wanted to get through with the q
agreeable task in hurry, "bnt
sfrsid shall have to lose you as
typewriter. :.
She clutched suddenly at the SIC
of the machine as il to support b
self.
"W-w-why," she stammerel vi
c7iveripg lips, "Why, Mr.. Biinst
what have done that 1 should
discharged without warning?
"But I'm giving you warming"
said, half with brayado, half W
apology. "You don't have to go III
away"
81 do not want to go at all unit
know why I am going" she argu
This is oil l have in the world, an
am entitled to know why ] am unfit
for this" =,
sob, it ism! your fault, e1aotl
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Fortune for $40.

Several days ago ihe schooner
Robert ]. Carter struck on Alden s
Rock, off the coast o; Maine, and to
oil nnpparances was total loss.
Nnutica! experts agree that she would
leave her bones there and her owners
stripped her ani sold tao hulk 10
Charles Bartlett, vino bou 9ht it for
$40 "ou spec" Win! and tide Hoated
the SCHOONER oG. aui TO the amaze
ment of the salts sac ir'fted up P"ri :
IonI iiarbor. B:rs. It had beg toS'
in. Sue i, worth ;S:',pJl snd has T.
sides u cargo 200 tons of cca!, most
o; which is s:.!uble. -Bes.0n Igan-
script.
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MIRROR SPEECH,
NEW MENTAL MALADY WHICH
/. ATTACKS SOME PEOPLE.
A Chicago Society Woman's Afiic.
tt9n-Similar Cases Noted Else
Syhere-People Who Talk. See
and Write Backward.
STRIKING and severe case

A oIhlhlNt ana severe cose
&A of the mental malady called
: ,LYA amirror speech" has been
noted by. brain specialist,
says the Chicago Times.Herald. This
disorder which has only just been
named, and only recently discovered
TO be g disease at all, had attacked in
Its most persistent form o woman in
the doctors clientele.
EAepatientisa decidedly we'll known
and popular society leader on the south
side She is q nervous and delicate
iittie woman. and has for some
years been under the casual care of
her physician. During the fall she
was stricken with severe case of
BRAN fever and prostratiop, from which
she, had apparently thoroughly recov.
eredat least month ago. While con-
vaieseent her family and immediate
friends noticed that her speech, when.
ever she was permitted to talk, wes
strangely incoherent and meaningless.
They attributed the fault to her weak
physical condition. In the course of
few days it grew perceptibly worse,
and tae physicians attention was called |
toIts Her speech now became utterly
wild and beyond comprehension. She
spoke no particular words, but seemed
simply to articulate empty and non.
connected syllsbles. Thephysician pro-
noanced it to be o case OF "mirror
Speech, an odd affection of the brain,
lnfwhich there occurs a complete re.
yeesal of the order of syllables in a
sentence, just as the order of series
otobjects from right to left is reversed
by reelection in mirror. J:
This curious brain trouble is far
moro prevalent and widespread than
lseyident to casual observer. AL.
though there are few cases IN which it {
becomes persistent malady CT somc
days duration, it lasts generally but a
few hours, sometimes but part of an
hour, and most frequently for few 4
npments, days apart. It is due either
;oextreme mental exhaustion or un- !!
lle mental excitement. 1t always Il
iskes the form of the perversion of o
;he syllables of word. Some minds
re particularly more susceptible to it y
han others, and women rather than II
yen are subject to it. It is daily II
occurrence in listening to the ordinary
emsrks of On extremely tired woman n
, note how frequently she makes in m
omprehensible utterances, totally un. II
2, ~. % Ns'f's',' Sd sh,aSa nc co..
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Houses Of the Stone Age.

On st. Kilda's Island. which lies in
the Atlantic, eighty-two miles west OF
the main island OF the Hebrides, a
house belonging to the stone age has
been discovered, with number OF
stone weapons, hammers and axes.
There sre only seventy one inhabitants
OF the island, which is 4OoO acres IN
extent. The minister is at the same
time the doctor and the school teacher.
He sails to the mainland once year
TO shop for the whole island. .-Scien'
tiGc American.
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he went on evasively. "There are :.
such things, you know, as misfortunes
Which can scarcely be classel as faults
In your case, Miss Prince, your mis-
fortune is that you are too pretty,
aud Mr.. BIinker actually tucked hi
head to one side aed siupered at her
She had been suspicious for long
time. as most women are when they
have their wits about them under cir,
eumstances similar to those surround
ing Miss Prince and Mr.. Blinker, and
she almost smiled through the mist
that was gathering in her eyes.
"You have always said, Mr.. Blink.
er." she pleaded, ";hat you liked to
see pretty things in your Office
He coughed nervously, nneasily.
How many things he had said to her
he did not know. How many moro he
wanted to say he did not know. What
ms was now saying he did not know
how he was ever going to finish.
81 know that" he admitted, "but
sometimes, you know, my dear Miss
Prince, o man cannot always hrve
what he wants. As long as / was n
bachelor, Miss Prince, I could do as
pleased, but I am to be married, at
least l hope SO. and you know mans
wife sometimes differs with him on
what may seem to the world at large
to be quite trivial points"
Married.
At one blow all her castles were
thrown to the earth, with not SO much
IS corner standing to show that they
had ever been other than crumbliug
ruins.
True, he had never said anything
definitely to her, but there is SO much
more in what is never said, and daily
,ut of the unspoken affinity which
urely existed between these two con.
,enial people the more foolish woman
lad constructed such hopes as women
'herish to the end of time. That he
lad thought enough of her to warrant
hese hopes, thousand wordless wit.
asses testified.
Now thus in the very midst of the
'ork that he had given to her to DO
Or hlm, and that she loved to do be.
ause it was for him, the blow fell.
''Yes?" she responded to his state
lent in tho faint pathetic question
lg that fills o woman's voice when
le is thus called upon to face her
carts doom, and her hands uncon.
iously sought to go on with hel
ork.
.Yes, Miss Prince" he said, with no
und of sympathy in his voice, ''and
am pretty sure my wife will not per.
it you to remain here as my type
liter. may say" and he simpered
ain, "as nv prettv tvnewrite-."
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The small. square letter, to sootho tao pa;
H,0r one wiso .-ss fretted with discomfort.

sbe was i'll and tired; tho teS- hot day
Had worn itself to the merestNSred;
Tho last OF the light, as it ebbed aWas,.-N
Fell on her patient needle anu lnrehu'
A shadow came flying across tho space
Where the fading sunlight filtered through;
There was lust the CLEAN OF sweet young
And n Voice said. "Here is letter for you"
The quick tears blurred in sudden mist,
But sho brushed them away, ana then she
smiled, =; ,.,.,,d
AMI YOU should have seen how she kissed
The s nostmark's crclet, like a child.
wbv thn name brought back the long ago
When she dressed in her best OF afternoons.
Wben che found Il n pleasure 10 sit and sew,
And her seams were hemmed to tipping
tunes e:z7sszis
Poverty. change, and the drudcery
or work that goes on Without an end,
Had fettered tho hoart that was light and
Till she'd almost forgotten she had a
The neonle at home so seldom write,
Her youth aud its pleasures ile all Demnu;
Che wSs thinking bitterly but last night
That "out ofsight is out of mind"
Now, here is your letter! The Old hills
Beyond these levels fiat and green;
She thrills to the thrush as his flute notes
wake
In the vesper hush of the woods serene;
She sits again in the little church.
Aud lifts her voice in the choir once more
Or stoops for four-leaved clover to search
In the grass that ripp!es up to the door.
Il was very little it meant for you
An hour at best when the day was done:
But the words you sent rang sweet ana, Irue .
And they carried comfort and cheer TO on
who was needing to feel a claspinS hand.
And to hear the voices she used to hear;
And the little letter, tho breadth OF the land
Was the carrier-dove that brought nom
Mrs. E. sangster, in Christian Advocate.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Don,t Like Pourhonses.

There is guch deep rooted dislike
among paupers in ireland to enter the
workhonse that in the county OF An.
trim, for instance, there are only loVo
versions in six warehouses that have
room for 5000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

The returns of the output OF gold nS
the Raud South Africa mines during ing
1856 show grand total OF 2,21o'oS
ounces, as compared with 2,277,ssS
ounces during 1895.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

Waste gases from blast furnaces at
Horde, Germany, are to be used III
ne;neg, which vii! drive dynsmoS
for light and power.
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The Blossom OF MY Heart.

inc blossom or MY Heart
Azure eyes a-twinkle,
Amber LOCKS a-curl,
Silver laugh a-tinkle,
Shining teeth O. pearl;
I When she is nigh
gaze aud sigh
cannot fly
The spot;
There Is no fairer blossom than
That sweet Forget-me-nos.
Poets sing OF bery.s,
Gems OF peerless hue:
Could they meet the neil
In her eyes OF blue.
Each captive wight
70 be her knight
With wild delight
Would plo:
or she can smile to witch the YorlI,
My sweet Forget-me-not.
When the blossoms simmer
In the dawa O. BIay
Wnen her glee grows dlmm,
On our Wedding day,
And in my pride
| lead my bride
May Joy betids
Her lot;
The blossom O. my heart for ave.
MY sweet Forget-me-not!
Samuel N. Peck, in Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

as to the correct way TO wai d ~--.-, .
throw back the brides veil ana otner
Important Observation-Disclosures otaf'
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BAKED BEANS.

o51~e regets:'a 'as 70 greet :
oS8 TAi,i tf'' peas aai icHt!is are
-"ia. ! fEeqljsaf f.
oF bsep ,
't1 ~ y erotiI 3ay
- -is;g N
~
~ - --..---,---.-..
-. tl..-.-- o. - A.r..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

workman is spy upon his neighbors,
for he knows that his safety depends
quite as much upon the otheye az
upon himself.
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T. 1'f6ietj6&&Ig
MUSE NN
Your Gifts. =

1fyou have the gift of seeing, eyer look 70,
beauty;
Noting faults 10 all your friends, Is plain,
not your duty.
1tyou have The gift of hearing, list to what
is meet;
and sweet.
1fyou have the gift of talking, use but pleas
ant wori is;
Let your speech be glad and cherry as tao
songs OF birds.
Emma G. Dowd, in Youths Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31

CiAsSlo per1C0 for th(
future centuries. as the ancient Greel
is the classic for us Of this time, that
instead OF the maiden with the distaf
as we have, they will have the maiden
at the typewriter, as one of the beau
tiful, figures that makeart everlasting.
Her eyes were SO blue, her checls
were SO pink, and truly, her hair must
have been transplanted from the banks
OF the Pactoius whose shifting sands
were crystals OF pure gold.
The man sat near her dictatino n
letter.
On the window zane next to the
street were tho words 'sHurford.
Biinker & Co., Brokers'" and the man
dictating was the Blinker OF the firm.
He was also the Hurford and the Co..
seeing that he had bought out every.
body else, including the well.known
name OF the firm.
And what man was Bl,nker-
Hayerhill Blinker. A bachelor Of
forty years experience, o business
man OF large and increasing wealth.
o calculating speculstor, good ell |
round fellow, and among women the |
very prototype and synonym of bash
fulness. 10 see him bow and smile to
and at lady when meeting her would
have led the most critical TO say he
was courtier of courtiers, but # il
became necessary for him to 20 be.
yond tho bowing and smiling limit,
lie had no further charms for Hayer.
hill 3linker. Strange to say, too, he
was not always conscious of his weak.
ness, and there were times when he
really thought he was quite a ladies'
man.
When he recovered from one of
these latter attacks he was always sur
rounded by large circle of sympe.
shizips friends (male).
Until within six months he had
never been able to persuade himself
hat the real and only way to accustom =
iimset to the use of q woman's society :,
vas to employ "lady typewriter" 5
nd then he did 1T because a relative !,
It his, his. aunt, in fact, in neigh. .
oring town, had asked him as a spec y y
u favor to help the daughter of an
Id school friend OF hers, il sore dis. 9,
ress, who was quite q skilled stepoo. T
apher and typewriter. :,
1t was entirely beyond the compre. = =
ensibllity of Mr.. Bl1nker's aunt that ".
Lr. Blinker wor's %
ent, r. 4
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1897-03-31
Tho Gingerbread Man.

Iho Gingerbread Man.
But five years Old was little Nan
When she fell in love with gingerbread
man.
She said as she placed him beside .her cup,
II love you enough to eat you up!"
And then the roguish little miss
Dsyoure her sweetheart with akiss;
How mics you are!'' said little Nan
Ana ihat was tho end OF the gingerbread
man.
-s''s ,.;s'e-'r,e's
Years passed, and the maid to womanhood
grew,
And she had OF suitors doz IN nr-two;
But she found none us swee; rs the ginger
bread map,
"For he was regular snap. sigheiNan.
The Commonwealth.
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THAT BAsHFUL BL1NKEp
ry W. J. sA,rprov

oW pretty she vas as
she sat with her shape-
ly fingers dancing on
the keyboard of her
typewriter.
I think in the time
10 come when this
shall have become the
classic period for tho
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.cF,t.a "..'ri"f"'.'.
L. 20
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e.:as GGuiR ON --.
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A FACTORY OF FEAR.
Observation-Disclosures EAGER TO
OBEY ALL SAFETY RULES.
haking and Mixing the Terrible Ex.
plostve--2o, 900 Pounds Turned
Out Daily-Shanties in
Jersey Wilderness.

II EcENTLY the Cuban Jupte,
X located in this city, placed a
large order for dynamite.
The age-herald., 1897-11-12
MEETING OF THE CLERKS.
Resolutions Asking Merchants to Close on
 Thanksgiving Day

A meeting of the Clerks Benevolent and Protective association was held last night in the Fox building, corner Fourth avenue and Nineteenth street.
 A resolution was adopted requesting the merchants to close their stores on Thanksgiving day after F o'clock, in of der to give the clerks an opportunity to enter into the spirit of the occasion.
 Harry l.. Whlte was unanimously elected president to fill the unexpired term of President Ware who has ae- cepted a position on the road for a large Cincinnati concern. MT. White has served as president for one term, and his election last night was an indorse- ment of his previous administration.
 A. Gensler was elected to fill a va- cancy on the board of trustees.
 The secretary reported that he was in receipt of the union door cards from the National associatio These cards are handsomely gotten up, and will be distributed to, the merchants of the city employing only union clerks
 The idea of the door card originated with the local association, and so bene- ficial was it in its effect, that it has been adopted by the National associa- tion, and is now in use by almost every union in the United States.
 Another meeting of the association will be held next Thursday night, when i'm pertant business will be transacted.