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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13

destroyed, among them prominent Of
fcials and citizens of the town who
were on board.
Among other crimes laid so uniustly
to Irish sympathizers by the English
press and people was the, destruction
of the British gunboat Dotterel in the
Straits of Magellan. She arrived off
Punta Arenas about 8 n. m. on
April &c, 1881: The captain went
ashore soon after to pay his official
call, and about ten a. M. two terrible
explosions were heard, and an inn
mense cloud of smoke was seen
lowering over the ship in the perfect
calm of the morning. Projectiles of
all kinds, masses of human beings, of
ship equipage and of general wreckage
were discovered flying through the
hir, and the water for a quarter of d
mile around the ship was Uttered with
debris.
Boats put off from the shore, and
out of the whole ships company Of
over $50 souls, only eight were saved.
Fenian plots were held to be the causc
of the disaster, and South America and
Australia were the scenes of police in
:auiry for months. It is now believed
That the explosion was due to the
spontaneous ignition of paint then
used in the British navy. This, under
deterioration OF when exposed to heat,
was found to give off n highly inAam-
mable gas, and rs the first explosion
occurred in the neighborhood of The
paint locker, this plausible theory is
now accepted. During the last twenty
years two other cases have occurred
one, when in 1880 a Spanish gunboat
was blown up in the harbor of Santiago
de Cuba, and the otller in 1893, when
a most damaging and distressing ex-
plosion occurred on board of the Ger
man armored ship Baden, then at
anchor off Kiel.
Of the war inventions employed to
destroy ships by submarine or aerial
projectiles or by mines the number is
legion. We were among the earliest
to employ these, and our contribu-
tions to the history of torpedo war
fare have been very many and very
notable. The famous "Battle of the
Kegs" has been sung i'll mock heroic
verse, and the Philadelphians of 17T7
had many amerry jest over the valorous
attack made by the British grenadiers
upon these inrocuous barrels.
Captain David Bushnell, of Con-
necticut, was one of the earliest e1-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
Fashion Fancies.

Canvas goods in plaid.
Blouses of two-toned figured satin.
Girdles of metal work set with
stones.
Shirt waists of plaid silk in large
squares.
Checked-silk poplins and plain ben.
galines.
Ermine collars and muffs trimmed
with lace.
Hairline checks in tweed, cameps
hair, etc.
Plaid, striped, lowered and plain
sash ribbon.
Applique bands in two colors OF silk
embroidery.
Cloth suits with white satin reyers
and pipings.
Many expensive materials i'll silk and
wool mixtures.
Cambria skirts having batisto, lace
and embroidery ruff es.
Stocks of plain and plaid silk having
long crossed vest ends.
Piece braid that has thread to pull
up when forming figure.
Belts of silk having large clasp IN
front and buckle at the back.
Suede belts having steel buckle
and tiny nailheads, of steel studding
them.
Belt sets of two buckles and two
slides, clasp and buckle or clasp
and three tiny buckles.
Silk-cord passementerie in designs
of several festooned rows held here
and there by set figures.
Black and colored grenadine and
canvas weaves with boucle, crepon and
tucked or open-work stripes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
Keeping Warm Preserves Beauty.

hScplh1 !" ShHi l. ACo0A 'So 'DNs'~'
It is the advice of an authority tc
those who would grow plump and pre-.
serve their compilations to keep warm.
Many woman has gone through life,
shivering and plain, when she might
have been comfortable and pretty il
she had only known it. There is q
mistaken notion, which obtains con-
considerable credence, that the light
est underwear and bed covering that
one can get along with contributes a
tpughening effect that is valuable:
This is only true when the reverse
practice is carried to extremes. A
skin specialist says that the permanent
roughness of some women's nccks and
arms came in the beginning from con.
tinued chilliness. What is known as
goose flesh condition of the skin e1'
listed so constantly that it became per-
manent. If you belong to the thin,
pinched sisterhood, make it q busi.
ness to wear warm, light clothing and
keep yourself in big, luxurious chairs,
or in o nest of downy pillows.-NeW
York Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
Gossip.

Mrs. Annie Hurd Dyer is translat'
ing two of James Lane Aliens novels
into Japanese. eg 90 ::
Mrs. Schoen Rene is making great
success of chorus direction and in
struction at Minneapolis.
Mrs. Ole Bull has sailed for India,
to study the social life of the country
and the condition of women. +.
Mrs. Oliphant, after. her long life Of
literary work, left property amounting
to less than $25, 900. She bequeathed
it to her adopted daughter.
Mrs. Eliza A. Lowell, descendant
of the first settler of Hallowell, Me-,
has made donation of $4,000 to
build wing of the library building
in that city.
A travelling library is to be started
by the Women's Clubs, of Utah, to be
made up by the contribution OF one
book from every woman belonging to
the State Federation.
There are 318 women students at
the German universities this year, dis
tributed as follows: Berlin, 172; Bonn,
49,; Breslau, 81; Gottingsn, AZ; Halle,
IA; Heidelberg, 90; Koenigsberg, 12;
Marburg, 8.
Governor Jones, of Arkansas, has
commissioned Miss Emma Whiting
ton an honorary colonel of the reserve
militia of the State; On appointment
which is believed TO be the first of the
kind in this country. .
The Grant Monument Association
has completed its contract, with the
placing in position of the sarcophagus
in which, after her death, Mrs. Grants
body will rest. The two sarcophagi
weigh something like thirty-two thou
sand pounds. t5 "a u j
Mrs Louise LIE Velle as chief ma
tron at police headquarters in Denver
has rendered such aid to the unfor-
tunates that have come under hero care
that she is now being prominently
urged by several organizations OF wom-
en- for the Office of Chief of Police. !:
Miss Evelyn Walbeck, twenty-four
years old, died in Louisville Of con-
sumption. Miss Walbeck gained re-
nown by having designed the log cab
in device for the Republican party,
which is used on all the official ballots
in Kentucky, and for which sac re-
ceived gold medal. ;
Mrs. NJ. l.. Storer, wife of the Uni
led States Minister to Belgium, has
invented new pottery glaze after
much experimenting. The new glaze,
which is of dull color, with mottled
effects, is the result of using copper
in the baking. Mrs. Storer was the
originator of the famous Rookwood
pottery.
The first prize for potatoes exhibited
at the Columbian Exposition was
awarded to Mrs. Eliza Day, of Buffalo,
Wyo. She is widely known as a sue
cessful gardener. Mrs. F. J. Foster,
of the same place, is also q candidate
for honors of the same kind. In the
vicinity of that town Mrs. Emma Dow
lin and Miss Emma Taylor are ranch
ers and stockgrowers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
ever, its practical abandonment for

ever, its practical abandonment for
many years.
Submarine boats had been gener'
ally employed in all experiments up
to the beginning of the Civil War, and
it was really not until 1868 that NOV
able OF fixed isolated torpedoes were
brought into general use. The Con-
federate torpedoes were usually made
of copper and filled with powder,
varying in weights, accor ding to cir
cumstances of employment, from fifty
to one hundred and fifty pounds.
These were carried on spars attached
to ships OF boats, were anchored on
the bottom, or were sent drifting
singly or in pairs, connected by long
lines, down tide streams. The fuses
fitted were generally of the percussion
type, and illuminate Of mercury en-
tered largely into their composition.
The Housatonic was destroyed by
d submarine boat, but the Albemarle
was blown up by Gushing with tor
pedo, carried on the end of spar.
This torpedo was made of q stout
cylindrical copper case and fitted with
q hollow tube, which carried at its
bottom a illuminate cap. A small
sized grape shot, secured with pin,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13

1t was developed that a clerk at
Sioux City, who feeds the machine
used for the cancellation of stamps,
grabbed up the envelope containing
the gloves of Mrs. Tucker and forced
the bulky envelope through the ma.
chine. The stamps were cancelled
all right, but the clerks amputated
several fingers of one of the gloves
contained therein.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath, after sitting in judgment on
the case, wrote letter to the post
master at Sioux City calling upon him
to assess his cancellation clerk the
price of one pair of No. 7 tan gloves
and forward the same to Mrs. Tucker.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
Victoria and Jenny Lind.

That Queen Victoria is not blind to
the hold that other celebrities may
have upon the feelings of her people
was prominently illustrated in 1S4S,
when Jenny Lind was to sing at H..
Majesty's theatre. The queen maat
her first public appearance after the
memorable Chartist day. For the great
artistic, too, this was first appearance,
for it was the beginning of season al
place where the year before she had
won unparalleled fame.
It happened that the queen entered
the royal box at the same moment that
the prima donna stepped upon the
stage. Instantly tumult Of acclama,
tion burst from every corner of the
theatre. Jenny Lind modestly retired
tc the back of the stage, waiting till
the demonstration Of loyalty to the
|, sovereign should subside. sG2
The queen, refusing to appropriate
to herself that which. she imagined to
-bei1tended for the artistic, made no rae-
|. acknowledgement. The cheering con-
tinued, increased, grew overwhelming,
and still there was no acknowledgment
from either the stage or the royal box.
At length, when the situation be-
came embarrassing, Jenny Lind, with
ready tact, ran forward to the foot,
lights and sang "God Save the Queen, y
which was caught up at the end ofthe
solo by the orchestra, chorus and au'
dience. The queen then came to the
front of her box and bowed, and the
opera began.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
Where Hearing Ceases.

Lord Rayleigh in a recent lecture
said that experiments had shown that
vibration of sound having an ampli-
tude of less than one twelvemillionth
of a centlmeter could still affect the
sense of hearing. Such a vibration
would be so short that it would have
to be enlarged one hundred times be-
fore the most powerful microscope
could render it visible, supposing that
it were susceptible Of being seen at all.
Old people, he said, do not heer high
notes which are audible to young per-
sons, and there is reason to believe
that babies hear notes which are in.
audible to their elders.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13

the enemy, and blew up the ship to
escape capture.
1t was learned that the Intrepid had
grounded on the north ledge Of the
harbor, and that she had been attacked
by three gunboats. 1t was surmised,
but never known, that, to prevent the
valuable supply of ammunition falling
into the hands of the enemy, Somers
fired her, destroying his own people
and the Tripolitans swarming out of
their boats into the hapless American
tender.
In June, 1929, the wooden ship Full
ton, stationed rs the receiving ship off
Brooklyn, blew up from causes never
revealed. Seventy-fve persons were
killed and about thirty were wound
ed. Tradition has woven many ro-
mantle, many nm impossible story
about this disaster. One yarn told
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
extraordinary results have been OBJ

extraordinary results have been OBJ
tanned with both. The Whitehead is
discharged from the tube by steam or
powder, and just as it leaves the muz-
zle q lock automatically opened re-
leases the compressed air carried in a
flask and sets in motion the machinery.
Three things must be done by it. 1t
must go through water at high speed,
preserving its linear direction; it must
float at constant depth, and on strik-
ing it must explode. The ingenuity
and simplicity of themeohanism which
effects these three things are really
marvellous.
The Howell torpedo is based upon
the well-known principal of the gyro-
scope. Its speed and surety of direc-
tion are given by the functioning of an
inner wheel, which is relatively very
heavy on the periphery, and revolves
with such velocity and in such con-
slant plane that high speed and great
straightness Of trajectory are secured.
There are many other forms, but these
two are employed in our service, and
the Whitehead is used by nearly all
the navies of the world.
The term submarine mine" is ap-
piled to defensive mines or to those
which would be used to obstruct the
channels of q river or estuary, or the
approaches to n fortified or unprotected
seaport. Colonel Samuel Colt, the
inventor of the American revolver, first
demonstrated the practicability OF
blowing up vessels by submarine mines
fired by electricity. In 1912 he blew
up the old gunboat Boxer and in 1S43
he destroyed o brig in the Potomac
River while the vessel was under way,
sailing at the rate of five miles an
hour.
Many forms ofmines were used here
and abroad and they were success
fully employed against us in-the Civil
War. Every system of coast defense
concerns itself with their distribution
and use, and every well-known harbor
of the world is at this day so mapped
out that the planting OF those mines
may be done on plan which prom
ises the greatest utility: Some OF
these are constant depth mines-that
is, such as will float always at certain
depth below the surface, no matter
what may be the state of the tide;
some are fitted to explode on contact,
and most are so arranged that they
may be exploded at will by observers
stationed at points of refuge, in bomb
proof and lookout stations ashore.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
BLOWN UP BY
MINE OR TORPEDO.
Marine Tragedies That Recall the Maine Disaster.


into the powder barrel of the period
and thus blew the ship skyward:
In the English service there have
been d number of notable cases of ex-
plosion; but mainly in action: One
we'll known in time Of peace was the
destruction of the frigate Amphion;
Captain Israel Pellew commanding,
off Plymouth, England: Here; too a
;gunner's mate appears rs the god in
the machine-for apocryphal or not,
it is believed to this day that the seh-
man in question went with lighted
lamp into the magazine to steal
powder; which then had a ready
market: Several hundred people were
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13

creepingly how a gunner's mate had
been punished as he thought uniustly,
and in revenge destroyed the ship. In
so doing he lost his own life, but failed
in killing the object of his hatred, an
officer WHO had left the ship quietly q
short time before the commission Of
the crime.
The real story seems to be that n
fuddjed Gunner's mate by some error
made his way into the magazine with
an exposed Lighted candle, stumbled
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
HOW A SUBMARINE MINE is PLACED AND OPERATED.

perimenters with torpedoes, though
Robert Fulton was the first to call o
magazine of powder intended for use
under water by this name. This great
inventor made many experiments, and
the partisans and opponents of the
new system filed the journals of that
day with acrimonious discussions.
The failure of torpedoes in the War
of 1912 and the general feeling
against this mode of warfare rs in-
human and .barbarous caused, haw-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
Tho Much-Debated Habit.

At laat the much debated habit fer
riding astride has been created. The
bodice jacket remains the same, but
the skirt is divided and hangs down
on each side like Dick Turpin's great
coat, and both skirts are fastened
down the front of each leg by very
small buttons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13

7 was Sunday
afternoon, and
it was raining.
The great drops
splashed visor-
ously against the
-panes of
j 0 b II Powel's
room and dis
turbed the occu-
pant, who locked
upfrom the book
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13
The woman who Tries Business.

If woman is ever to retain her
present position in the business world
she must look to it that she makes her
value felt. She has many advantages,
she is punctual, painstaking, patient
of monotony, amenable to discipline,
ready and willlng-indeed, she errs as
rule rather from excess Of zeal than
from its defect. But she has two things
to learn: First, that her health is her
only capital, and, secondly, that to
rise above mediocrity it is necessary
to think for yourself. For this last
shortcoming her educators have much
to sanswer for; but it cannot be too
clearly understood thati the struggle
for existence there is no room for the
typist who has not at any rate the in
telligence of the average compositor,
nor for the secretary who forgets to
post important letters, or incloses the
letter to "Dear Mrs. A. in the envelope
addressed to "Mrs. B." 1t is lapses Of
this sort which mar at present so much
of women's work, and to which appar.
emily all but the very few are so 81 ,g-
ularly liable-largely, fancy, because
they have been studiously taught to
leave out of account physiological
facts.
What wonder, then, if they insist
upon ignoring the most elementary
laws of health and show tendency to
look upon eating and drinking rs a
criminal form of self-indulgence? I
don't say that aproper supply of blood
to the brain would free the world of
folly, but it would be ut least worth
trying whether more meat and the dis
appearance of all preiudices against
sofas would not go long way toward
securing that desirable consummation.
-Fortnightly Review.
The Story of Pair of Gloves.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Heath recently rendered decision of
peculiar interest, especially to ladies.
Some time ago some one in Sioux City,
Iowa, presumably gentleman who
had lost wager, mailed m envelope
containing pair of gloves to Mrs.
Sarah D. Tucker, residing in Worces-
ter, Mass. The packet reached its
destination, but one of the gloves was
so badly torn that it was useless. The
lady complained to the local postmas-
ter and demanded that he at once go
forth and purchase new .,air OF
gloves to replace those which had
been damaged in transit. He natur-
ally declined, but the recipient of the
damaged gloves insisted that a new
pair must be forthcoming from some
source.
To placate Mrs. Tucker the Worces-
ter postmaster said, "Well, madam, I
will refer the whole matter to the
Postofice Department at Washington,
and there the responsibility for the
damage will be located, and you will
receive redress.
This statement Modified the irate
woman, and the postmaster at Worces-
ter wrote to the First Assistant Post
master General explaining the case.
The matter was as carefully and thor
oughly looked into by the postoffice
officials us though it had been the
theft OF registered parcel containing
q large sum of money.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13

White Velvet For Crown OF Toque.
White velvet, as we'll as white
breitschwans, is used for the crown
of the fur trimmed toque.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-04-13

A single sunaower stalk ct Burns,
Kan. bore 233 blooms at one time.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-06-02
MEMORIAL DAY.

Memorial Day this year was favor
ed with the most beautiful weather
one could wish, and consequently a
large number Of. people from the
country, and quite few from Argyle
and Angus, came to Warren to join
, in the patriotic exercises. The line
of march, in which the veterans,
Warren Fire Department, members
of the City Council, and children OF
the public schools, took part, formed
at the school house at one O'Clock and
proceeded to the cemetery. A move
feature in the procession was living
flag made up Of little girls, some
dressed III white, some in red ard
some in blue, seated on wagon, in
terraced seats, SO as to give the ap-
pearance Of flag. At the cemetery
the graves of the old soldiers, five in
number, were decorated by pupils of
the school. The unknown grave was
decorated by forty five young ladies,
each representing state in the
union, and, upon depositing her floral
tribute, each lady recited few lines
of poetry referring to the state she
represented. The day being fair
and the crowd large it was thought
best to have the exercises at the GEN.
etery, and wagon was utilized as a
speakers stand. Mayor Powell de-
livered an eloquent and patriotic adj
dress of welcome. Prayer was offer
ed by the Rev. Mr.. Smith of Argyle.
Rev. Spicer was next introduced and
delivered a PATRIOTIC Grafton. A male
quartet and mixed choir interspersed
patriotic songs and the Argyle band
discoursed music.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-06-02
MISSIONSMODE

afholdes ON Gud vii, den norsk-
danske. Methodistkirke i Warren fra
9-13de Juni. Foredrag liver formid-
dag over nyttige emner efterfulgt al
fri debat. Prediken liver dag kl. 3
OF 8 p. m. af tilreisende predikanter.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1898-06-02

No middlemen's profits on the
wheels that Farrell sells as he buys
direct from manufacturers conse-
quently can save you s. or $40 or
SIS ona wheel bought from him.