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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Fashion Notes.


To wash black lace dissolve tea
spoonful of borax in pint of warm
water and apply with an old black kid
glove.
Jet is once more in vogue. Old
pieces can be frightened and fresh
ened by sponging with flannel rag
dipped in alcohol.
The Roman plaid and stripe craze
has reached even the region of neck
trimming, and stock collars, faring
bows, rosettes aud scarfs in gorgeous
colorings appear among the fancies in
the made-up goods departments of I'll
city stores.
Walking-hats and sailors in all
shades of felt are much in vogue for
shopping expeditions, while the black
velvet hat in such shapes us require
the Amazon plnmes will do service for
calling, carriage wear and afternoon
social functions.
A novelty hat is shaped somewhat
like cap, with o narrow visor run
ming all around. The crown is soft
and loose and on either side attached
rather closely are long, thick ostrich
plumes with tho tips curling down
over the hair. At the front is clus-
ter of loops of velvet with aigrettes.
Among the small wraps of fur to be
worn before the genuine winter
weather garments are donned are
double-breasted capes, short on the
sides, and pointed front and back be-
low the waist line; Russian blouses in
several styles, variously trimmed; and
double le-breasted Etons decorated with
fur collars that contrast with the jacket
in kind.
For dressy gowns to wear at dancing
school or children's parties cashmeres
in all the light colors are very popular
These are made very simply with sasf
and plated collar of soft surah OF
Liberty silk of the same shade, ant
trimmings of lace insertion. For girls
under ten these gowns are made will
guimpe Of muslin and lace and trim
med with rows Of velvet ribbon I,
match the cashmere,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
A Fountain in a Stump.

Messrs. 81. W. and J. NJ. Cornell
son report curious phenomenon on
the farm of T. J. Smith, two miles
from town, on the Lancaster pike. On
cutting down large elm tree, they
were astonished to see stream of
water gush out of the stump, and fall
in sparkling spray like water from a
fountain. This was two weeks ago,
and there has been no cessation of the
flow. The supposition is that there
is spring beneath the tee, to which
tree worms during the drouth made
an artificial channel, and when the
tree was cut the water found q way of
escaping. Both gentlemen will vouch
for the truth Of the straightforward
(Ky.) Register,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
connoisseurs of Ren1 Lace.

lIrs. John Jacob Astor, second, now
deceased, and Mrs. A. T. Stewartwere
considered the most export connois-
seurs of real lace in the United States.
Mrs. Stewart could tell it at sight,
without even touching it. She had q
very valuable collection which was
given to her niece. One of the treas
ures, now in her niece's possession, is
lappetof fine Brussels point d'Angle-
tene, in Louis XIV. style. The flowers
and leaves are worked in all their
natural colors upon O quarter-foil
diapered ground. It was made with
the intention of recalling the May
flower and pedrix ground of Sevres
and Dresden porcelains. 1t weighs
over eightsspounds, and the only other
specimen of the kind is in the Kens-
ington Museum, London. The piece
in the museum, however, is not SO
fine. Mrs. Stewart was for several
years in negotiation for her rare treas
ure. 1t was in the possession of an
impecunious count, who finally parted
with it for 100000 mere song, com
pared with its present value. An
other treasure of the Stewart collec.
ton is an exact copy of bedspread Of
Alencon point lace, with pillow shams
made by special command of Napoleon
T., on the occasion of his marriage
with the Princess Marie Louise. Fol
this copy Mrs. Stewart paid S45, ,000
1t is in perfect condition to-day. Il
has n zephyr-like, fine hexagona'
ground, studded with mcdallions ono
lilies. Mrs. Stewards laccs cost about
s25O,0O0. The curtains which hung
at the windows of her Fifth avenue
home cost $500 apiece. The collec
tion has since doubled in value.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Good Advice.

The gifted young poetess of passion
had written some soulful stanzas en-
titled, "He Cometh Not Back" f" They
began with the line:
"My own love has gone to the Klon-
dixie"
With rare presence of mind she in
closed stamp with her verses, when
she sent them to The Daily Bread for
publication.
They came back the next day, with
this note from the editor penciled on
the margin:
'My dear young woman, give him
time! If he's worth his weight in
walrus meat he'll come back long be-
fore you get this poetry in print. -.
Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
FAME,s COST.

oh, scorn not things Of low degree,
/ And Sigh for wealth and state;
Far better court. humility
Than burdens Of the great.
For he who wins ambitions fight
+ Can never be at ease;
He gains, tits true worldly height,
But has world to please.
For cares increase as honors grow,
And in his now estate
He finds, though bright those honors glow,
'Tis thralldom to be great.
The flatterers that about him throng
Each has some dole to ask;
To please them Is no idle song,
But herculean task.
We value things as they appear,
Nor count the cost and pain
Which line the road to that bright sphere
The epvied ones attain.
Fame is no royal heritage;
Its crow ns are free to all;
But who It's dizziest height would gage
Must risk the dizziest fall.
Then sigh not for ambitions need,
Its sceptre and its crown;
"Uneasy lies the kingly heud,'
Though pillowed upon down.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
AcRIcULTURAL:.i-
Introducing Queens:

The introduction of queen to a
colony will change the entire stock,
and if the queen is introduced in early
spring the stock will be of the new
queen in less than two months, with
scarcely o trace of the former. A
colony of the worst type of the old
black bees may thus be changed, and
If given an italian queen in this space
of time may be brought up to the
highest state of perfection. The stock
of an entire apiary may thus be
changed in so short period and other
desirable stock substituted. The pro-
cess of introducing queens is simply
to remove the old queen, and place the
new one in wire cause cage in the
hive among the bees for twenty-four
or thirty-six hours, after which she
may be liberated. 1.-The Epitomist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
PITH AND POINT.

"What's veal, Benny?" ooh, it's
the part of the COW we eat before she
grows up"
"Hipperton says ho won't marry
any one but widow" 81 hope he
won't marry mine" = Indianapolis
Journal.
-"Why didn't you laugh at
that joke when told it?" Jewett-
.''I don't believe in laughing at an old
friend. Truth.
She-"Why is it called the Silver
moon?'" Hc-"Because it comes in
halves and quarters, I suppose. -
Chicago News.
Minister-"I once performed three
wedding ceremonies in twelve min
utes." Miss Saylor--"That was ut
the rate of fifteen knots on hour. y
Tit-Bits.
Spogs -"Was it not disgraceful, the
way in which Smiggs snored in church
today" Stuggs-"I should think it
was. Why, he woke US oil up. -
Tit-Bits.
Friend-"What did I see? Not a
single bouquet at your debut?'' "Oh,
that fool of gardener didn't under
stand me, and sentthem to my house. "
--Fliegende Blatter.
"It is predicted that the battles of
the future will be fought in the mir. "
"That won't work; no man eau be
heroic in battle unless he can get be-
hind tree. Chicago Record.
"He devoted his immense fortune
to the perpetuation of his memory
"You don't say so?" eyes, he left it
in such o shape that every doller will
be litigated over. Detroit Journal.
"Well, my son, how ore you getting
along at college?" asked the anxious
father. '"They call me a Ehenom.,
governor. started in as substitute
and now I'm ull-back!"-Detroit
Free Press.
Bostonian-"Is this friend that you
wish to bring to dinner much of q
raconteur?" Chicago Man-'Blamed
if I know; but say, you'll die laughin'
if we can get him to tellin' stories. =
Cleveland Leader.
ct am afraid that acters sometimes
deceive us about the salaries they
get" remarked the mild-mannered
citizen. "No," replied tho keen OBJ
server; "they may think they do; but
they don't. Washington Star.
"What I know about riding q
Wheel" said the scorcher, "would
fill a book" eyes," said the police.
man who had gathered him in, "and
what you don't know about it would
soon fill the morgue." Chicago News.
Moneyworth-"Why will the news.
papers publish columns of the revolt
ing details of murders? Here I've
wasted two good hours reading
through this mass Of trash about the
last one." - Philadelphia North
American.
Landlady-"The price of this room
is thirty marks. Will that suit you?'
student-"Perfectly." Landlady-
'Then you can't have it. A man who
meekly accepts such an ezorbitant
price, obviously does not intend to
pay his bill. "-Fliegende Blatter.
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Makes It Right,

Reader (of publishing house )-"My
dear Sir, this stoty of yours is utterly
unprintable, and even if we took the
risk of publishing it the book could
never be taken into decent family.
Literary Man-"Good heavens! You
haven't read the preface. I didn't
write the story. It's o translation
from the Russian"
Reader taking the manuscript
again)-"Pardon me. I had not no.
ticed that. Well print the book and
it will be tremendous success. -
Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
cAMPHoR.
Where It is Cultivated, and How It Is DIS.
tilted

Notwithstanding the comparatively
narrow limits of its natural environ
ment, says a bulletin in the United
States Department Of Agriculture, the
camphor tree grows well in cultivation
under widely different conditions. 1t
has become abundantly naturalized in
Madagascar. 1t iourishes at Buenos
Ayres. 1t thrives in Egypt, in the
Canary Islands, in southeastern
France, and in the San Joaquin Val
ley in California, where the summers
are hot and dry. Large trees, at least
two hundred years old, are growing IN
the temple courts at Toxic, where they
are subject 70 winter of seventy to
eighty nights Of frost, with an occa-
sional minimum temperature as low
MS 12 to 16 degrees. The conditions
for really successful cultivation appear
to be minimum Winter temperature
not below twenty degrees. fifty inches
or more of rain during the warm grow
Ing season, and an abundance OF plant
food, rich in nitrogen. In the native
forests in Formosa, Fukien, and japan
campior is distilled almost exclusively
from The wood Of the trunks, roots and
larger branches.
The work is performed By hand
labor and the methods employed seem
rather crude. The camphor trees are
felled, and the trunk, larger limbs, ana
sometimes the roots are cut into chips,
which are placed in wooden tub
about forty inches high and twenty
inches in diameter at the base taper
ing toward the top like an old-fash-
ioned churn. The tub has tight-lt-
ting cover, which may be removed to
put in the chips. A bamboo tube ex-
tends from near the top Of the tub into
the condenser. This consists OF two
Wooden tubs of different sizes, the
larger one right side up, kept about
two-thirds full of water from con-
tinuous stream which runs out OF a
hole in one side. The smaller one is
Inverted with it's edges below the wa
ter, forming an air-tight chamber.
This air chamber is kept cool by the
water falling on the top and running
down over the sides. The upper part
of the air chamber is sometimes filled
with clean rice straw, on which the
camphor crystallizes, while the oil
drips down and collects on the surface
of the water. In some cases the
camphor and oil are allowed to collect
together, and are afterward sep
arated by filtration through rice straw
or by pressure. About twelve hours
are required for distilling tubful by
this method. Then the chips are re-
moved and dried for use in the fur
mace, and a new charge is put In. At
The same time the camphor and oil are
remoy ed from the condenser. BY this
method twenty to forty pounds OF
chips are required fer one pound OF
crude camphor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Poultry Notes,

More taan one-half Of early matur'
ity is in high feeding.
The best fowls for breeders are
from one to three years old.
Securing eggs in winter is largely
the result Of good management.
Everything in point of plumage and
symmetry depends on the sire.
If fowls are to be confined they
should be kept in focks of not over
twenty-five.
Scattering tho food we'll is a good
plan of inducing the fowls to take e1-
ercise.
The time to establish private trade
for eggs is in the fall of the year, when
eggs are scarce.
Corn, when fed to o hen by itself,
has tendency to fatten rather than
aid in egg production.
A good layer ought never to be sac
rifced so long as she can be used for
breeding purposes.
To avoid roup among the fowls, have
the nests high and dry and avoid di-
rect draughes.
Bisuphide of carbon is vapor bath
for fowls and as q fumigator of the
house is death to lice.
Charred corn on cobs is good way
to feed charcoal to fowls and nothing
better for bowel troubles.
Do not allow strange dogs in your
poultry yard. and do not allow your
own dogs to chase the fowls.
The dust bath is as necessary in cold
weather as in warm. The conditions
to keep the hens free from vermin are
better than remedies after they be-
come infested.
The Matching room should be so
thoroughly ventilated that upon en-
tering it the odor from the lamps
would be detected. Tobacco smoke
is injurious to Matching eggs.
1t has been estimated that if farm
ers could be induced to discard
scrubs, and use only pure breeds, the
increase in value of poultry products
would be fully 100 per cent.
Ground bone increases egg produc-
ton. The dry ground bone is good,
but green cut bone, which is made
from bones and gristle, fresh from
the butchers for this purpose, is
much better.
To prevent eggs from Matching dir
the tips in boiling water for one
minute, or subject them to the fumes
of burning sulphur, for fifteen min
utes in a close hox, says the Poultr!
Keeper.
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Net Rcsul :s.

United States Treasury Officer
"Inere is one OF the most skillful
young women we have. She can take
the pieces of Treasury note that q
rat has chewed till it looks like bran,
paste them together, and put the note
into it's original shape, without miss.
ing scrap. Here is one-dollar bill
she restored. 1t had gone through o
coffee mill"
Visitor-"It's wonderful. How
much do you pay her?"
Treasury officer-"she gets IS q
day"
Visitor-"How long did it take her
to do that piece of work?"
Treasury Oficer-"She did it in
two days"
Visitor-"Huhl It looks to me as
if Uncle Sam had lost about 50 on the
Job. .''-Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
The Scrub Cow.

1uc SCTuU SO"s
Thh dairy business is fur more over.
done by the average" COW than from
any other cause. The trouble is That
she eats and exists upon mans farm
to do just half what is required of her,
and eats as much good food in the
year as her betters. The amount OF
milk this average COW gives is 31OO
pounds yearly, and it should be as
many quarts of better milk. If one
looks at this average COW critically the
signs are too often reversed from what
they should be. e., her head is too
large to correspond with her udder,
and her shoulders wider than her hips,
and her tendency to put tallow upon
her caul and not in her milk, and has
ample storage capacity for everything
except milk. She is parasite that
eateth by MONDAY, and wasteth q
mans substance by night, and in the
way of "aeecing the innocents" she
beats all the rings and trusts COM
bined.
AS q COW she is one that uses
health and vigor to destroy food and
render MS little return therefore as
possible. She Is product Of all the
good blood and bad breeding extant.
The blood in her veins is IN amalga-
nation of NIL the breeds under the
sun, and reinforced by the "calico-
colored" cattle of the hills, possessing
few traits of her respectable relations
and embodying all the undesirable
qualities of the "scrub" Kin.
She is the result of chance breeding
and the science of moon signs COM
bined. She has place in our luter
farm industry-where farmers and
I5dairymen are thrown into competition
with the world, and the.best only wins
alongside of the broncho pony and
the Texas steer. She is getting her
revenge back upon the men and their
posterity for the way she was bred and
cared for, by boarding with them and
charging up large part of the bill to
the credit of cher company" This
average COW has had sort of feast
and famine sort of q life; has been
baked in the summer sun and soaked
by the autumn rains, frozen and
thawed alternately in winter. and fed
what was handiest and most convent
ent, and MIXED after everything else
was done. The truth is, this average
COW will have to go, and go soon, or
the sheriff will sell her, and deliver
her owner over to the eternal bow
vows. The man with the average
dairy is in the slough of despond, and
in all similitude should be using q
wooden plow.-San Francisco Chron-
icle.
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he Bought the sealslsins.

Bagstock's wife kicks the beam at
250.
Bagstock looked doubtful when she
suggested going to the horse show.
"Why not?" quoth Mrs. B.
"I'm afraid, my DEAR" explained
Bagstock, "that the judges wouldn't
like it. They might think we were
trying to draw attention from the en-
tertaiument.
"In what way?"
"By introducing wcight-guessing
contest. ."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Placing the Blanc.

Mrs. Brown-"So Mrs. Jones is
nearly dead from insomnia? What is
the cause of it?''
Mrs. Smith (indignantly)-"Why,
her husband is the cause of it. He
talks in his sleep, you know, and she
has to lie swake all night trying to find
out what he is saying, poor thing"-
Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
EnterprIsinc.

Mrs. Watts-ssThat Simonsbee wo-
man is perfect fend!"
Mr.. Watts-'tI always thought her
so gentle and refined"
Mrs. Watts-"Oh, she is among
you men, but what do you think of a
woman who will wear her little boys
baseball shoes to bargain rush and
spike every woman who gets in her
way?"-Indianapclis Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Power In PORTRAYAL.

"Why, man, I've had whole audi,
ences fall to their knees in terror at
my description of the day of juds,
ment."
The other exhorter smiled pityingly.
"Ah, yes," he replied. "But the
other night I portrayed the destruc,
ton of the world with such power
that man came up after the services
and asked me whom he should see
about the kinetoscope rights. DE
troit Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Board.

"You didn't stay up yonder?" they
repeated alphabetically.
The poster girl looked bravely out
from the ash-heap.
'sNo, I wasn't stuck on the board,
she replied, with garish laugh,
which once heard, is never forgotten,
but which let it be remarked en- pas
SAINT, is never heard.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Value Of Five. Legged Frogs.

Five-legged frogs, dead and stuned'
are worth sci apiece according to a
French courts decision. A fish Vender
of Lucon found one and took 1t to the
druggists to be stuffed. While they
were discussing the price OF the opera
tion the druggists cat ran of with the
frog, but her master found it later
and presented it to the Nantes Muse
I'm. The fish vender thereupon sued
the druggist for filching the frog, ana
recovered 1O5 francs damages.-Ne"
York Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
"Settles what :
A Great Scheme.

''I am very happy to say that my
wife never reads about any of those
sensational murder trials.
"How do you manage it?."
"I always tear off part OF e page, and
so she puts in the day hunting for
what she thinks was trying to hide
from her. "-Clev eland Leader.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Iyhnt Warned Them.

Sue Brette-'tI never saw such q
cold audience in my life.
Foote Lighte-"Didn't they warm
up bit?"
"Well, when they spoke of bring
put the author, I believe some OF the
audience got hot"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19

A beggars' league in st. Petersburg
mutilates children and cripples them,
to arouse sympathy from the benevo-
lent when they are sent to beg in pub
lie places. The chief of this gang,
named Pranjitschenko, who is a
wealthy man, and has posed as a phil
anthropist, received seventy-fve per
cent. of the money begged by the un-
fortunates.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
And rhen ue Took Some Medicine

Miss Tommey-'T read the other
day that an eminent scientist says kiss
ing is cure for dyspepsia"
Mr.. Spatts-"Isn't it odd, Miss
Tommey, that I have on attack of
dyspepsia ct this very moment?"-
Harper's Bazaar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Whaling Elect in Danger.

1t is predicted that the vessels of the whal-
ing fleet, most of whose underwriters are in
San Francisco. have been caught in the ice
Danger also threatens those who neglect
what are called ''trifling" ailments. for they
NAV not last through the crisis. Resort to
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters AZ once for in
cipient rheumatism, malaria, constipation,
nervousness and kidney complaint.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
He Now Calls Elsewhere.

She-"Poets are born, not made,
you know"
-"That's right. If I were you
would turn my attention to fancy
work. Detroit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
A TITLED Produce Merchant.

The Earl of Harrington, who has
been running fruit store in London.
at which he sells the products of his
gardens, has now added to it cream
cheese branch,
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have knownF J. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliSs
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALDISG, KIYNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is aken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best
DYSPEPSIA, INpIeEsTIoN and all Stomach
troubles cured by Taber's Pep+in Compound.
sample bottle mailed free. Write DR.. Taber
Mfg. Co., Savannah, Ga.
l could not get along without Piso's Cure
for Consumption. railways cures.-Mrs. F: G.
MoULToN. N.eedham, Mass, October p, 1894.
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Brief.

Thoughtly-"Well, old man, I un-
derstand you applied for good posi-
ton yesterday. What was the out
Gomez"
Lucky Jim (cheerfully)-"I "Income. "
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-01-19
Tvnewritinc aInchincs.

For general use, it has been proven that tho
Yost Typewriting Machine is the best IL mas
over any other machine, and these points can
be readily seen upon examination. Messrs.
Fielder e. Mower. s Wall St., Atlanta, Ca. arc
the Southern agents for this machine; as also
for typewrters supplies and eyerytnlns s,Sn sn
for securing positions foY good stenographers.
Fits permanently cured. No fits or ne nervous ons
Nerve Restorcr. s. trial bottle and treatise free
Dir. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. 93l Arch St, Phila., Pa.