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The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-21

If you desire new, different and
superior Laces, and made up lace
effects you will find them here in
great quantities. Lace Nets, Edg-
ings and all overs of every des-
cription. Extremely moderate prices
for high grade goods.
Lace Scarfs and Jabots.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
The Euture nrthe Eicrcle.

What should be the exact selling
price of good bicycle we will not
pretend to say; but We do not despair
of seeing a well-equipped establish
ment selling first class machines at a
price considerably below the present
reduced figure, and, at the same time,
paying a handsome dividend on rea-
sonable capital investment. 1t may
further be stated that the firms which
are the most tenacious in adhering to
the old excessive prices are not always
those which produce the best-designed
machines.
Competition will, of course, tell its
inevitable tale in the long run. The
demand for bicycles will not decrease
ON the contrary, it will increase;
for the bicycle combines utility and
recreation in q manner that no other
invention has ever done. AS new
firms on healthy financial basis come
into the market prices will go down;
and, naturally, as prices so down de-
mand will 60 up, until. as recently
said, bicycle may become almost as
much matter of course as pair of
boots in civilized person s equipment.
Increased numbers of riders will give
strength to put pressure on local au-
thorities, so that tracks set apart for
cyclists may possibly become as COM
mon on the cIief roads of the country
as footpaths arn now. On good
asphalt track and under ordinary con-
ditions one hundred miles day would
be within the compass of persons Of
both sexes possessing very ordinary
physique, taking into consideration
the more constant use Of the bicycle
that will follow if CHEAPER machines
and improved road facilities are intro
duced. In regard to the latter, We
do not forget Sir j. Wolfe-Barry's s
proposal OF special cycle paths in the
streets of big towns and cities. Next
to cost, mud is the chief bar to the
extension of cycle riding at present.
Engineering.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Force in Piano PLAYING.

The amount OF power expended on
piano has recently been figured out
in way which, if not altogether ac-
curate, is at least interesting. Com
menting on the statement that it really
requires more force to sound a note
gently on this instrument than it does
to lift the lid OF kettle, says Wom-
ans Life, it is easy to verify it if one
takes small handful of coins and
piles them on key OF piano.
When sufficient quantity is piled
on to make note sound they may be
weighed, aud the figures will befound
TO be true. If the pianist is playing
fortissimo q much greater force is
needed. At times the force of six
pounds is thrown upon single key
to produce solitary effect.
With chords the force is generally
spread over the various notes sound
ed simultaneously, though a greater
output OF force is undoubtedly e1-
pended. This is what gives pianists
the wonderful strength in their fin
gers that is often commented on.
A story used to be told of Paderew-
ski that he could crack q pane of
French plate glass, half an inch thick,
merely by placing one hand upon it
as if upon piano keyboard and strik-
ing it sharply with his middle finger.
One of Chopin's compositions has
n passage which takes two minutes
and five seconds to play. The total
pressure brought to bear on this, it is
estimated, is equal to three full tons.
The average tonnage" OF an hours
playing OF Chopin's music varies from,
twelve to eighty-four tons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
The Phoenix Note.

Under this heading the Paris Figaro
tells this story. The French people
are, as everybody knows, great savers.
Nine. P. was the wife of printer.
Her savings were necessarily small, /,
but she made them sou by sou and
franc by franc. AS hiding place for
her little hoard she chose the ashpan
of an unused stove. No one would
think of looking for money in such a
place. During the summer all went
we'll, and Nine. P.'s little pile grew
from silver pieces into gold and from
gold pieces into finally 1OO-franc
note.
But alas! then comes autumn and
cold, foggy nights. Monsieur p. re-
turns home late and chilled to the
marrow. Some faggots are handy,
ditto the stove, and the result is a
cheerful blaze with Monsieur P. seated
comfortably before it, thawing out.
"A shrek of horror congeals him
again. Nine. P, who sleeps in the
same room, has awakened and is fling
ing herself upon the stove. The ash
pan is seized and drawn out. And
there, oh, horror! Though the gold
and silver are still intact the 10O-franc
note is burned to crisp.
However, after the first moment Of
surprise and CONSERVATION, the pair
observe that the note, though burned,
retains its form, and on the calcined
paper the ink shows white, permitting
the inscriptions to be read. The
precious relic is put carefullyinto box
and borne as carefully to the Banque
de france, where its history is related.
Two experts are ordered to examine
it, aud on their report the governor CT
the bank, NJ. Pallain, authorizes the
issuance of brand new note to M.
and Nine. P. Exeunt happy.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Sunday Trading.

A German shopkeeper went one
Sunday morning to customer in
order to demand the payment of n
long-neglected account. The police
heard of this, and regarded it as q
violation of the new law against trad
ing during the hours of worship. The
offender was cited and fined. He ap-
pealed to the Kammergericht, and was
discharged as innocent. What the law
expressly forbids, said the Hammer
gericht,is any public Or open labor or
trading within the prescribed time. :"
On the police Interpretation, two men
who talked incidentally about their
business relations on Sunday morn
ing on their way to church might be
arrested as violators of the law, which
would be palpably tyranuical aud alb
surd This recalls the good old tale
of two Sabbatarian farmers who hit
upon 4 casuistical method Of doing
trade on the Lords lay without break
ing the fourth commandment. "What
would You give for that calf" as ked
one, 'if it were not the Sabbath"
eff it were not the Sabbath I would
give you so much" naming the sum.
Tomorrow, then, we will consider it
g bargain. London Daily News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Gladsto.e and Mutton Pies.

Mr.. Gladstone, it appears, had nice
taste in hot mutton pies. One of the
Wesleyan Journals recalls q conversa-
tion which R. w. Perks had with Mr..
Gladstone at q public dinner in Lon
don. when the ex-Premier asked all
sorts of questions on matters pertain
ing to Methodism. A man who hap
pened to sit directly opposite, wishing
to divert the conversation into another
channel, asked: "Do you know Ches-
ter, Mr.. Gladstone?" "Yes, little"
was the answer, an ominous smile
playing about the mouth. "Do you
know Chester, Mr.. -" "Not very
WELL" said the unwary Questioner.
"Well, if you go to the city of Chester
YOU will find confectioner's shop in
such a street." giving the number. go
into that shop and you can buy hot
mutton pie, deliciously hot, (and here
Mr.. Gladstone screwed up his eyes.
and his face beamed with delight as
he recalled the taste and smell OF
those savory pies), and all for three
pence." Then, turning to Mr.. Perks,
in deep earnest tones he said: Let US
resume where we left off," There
was no further interruption from the
opposite side of the table.-St. James
Gazette.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
An uncomfortable Superstition.

a very uncomfortable superstition
prevails in the Minieh province. When
{ cs@sr a pigeon house is to be made the
fel1aheen consider that the pottery
usad in it's construction should be bak-
ed by the help of human body. A
pigeon house was to be erected in the
beginning of this month at the village
of Benz Soomrook, in this province,
and this necessary preliminary of it's
construction was not forgotten. A
young child was first caught, and, in
spite of his struggles, was put into an
oven and burnt alive while the pottery
was baked with the aid of this human
holocaust. Two men, one of them q
potter by trade, have been arrested
on suspicion of having taken part in
this old custom. -Bgyptian Gazette
(Cairo).
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
The Umbrella Trade.

Speaking Of. the vast growth Of the
umbrella trade, an old salesman said
that he remembered, in 1858, seeing
umbrellas pcddled from a cart, on
Amy days, at Broadway and Fulton
street. Formerly, he added, umbrellas
were sold in this city at but few places
except hatters' and haberdashers'
shops, while now stores for the sale
Of umbrellas exclusively are multiply
ing, and immense quantities are sold
by the department stores. He said
that, according to the United States
census, the value of the umbrellas
manufactured in this country was S3.-
100000 in 1850 and S10,00O000 in 1890.
The increase since the latter year
must have been enormous.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
(" Ost of Sight
Ont of Mind. -

In other months eve forget
the harsh 1vinds of Spring.
Bat they haOe their use,. as
some say. to blow out the
bad air accumulated after
Winter storms and Spring
thazus. There Is far more
important accumulation .of
Badness in the veias and ar
tsries of humanity. (Which
needs Hoods Sarsaparlla.
This great Spring Medicine clarifies
the blood as nothing else can. 1t cures
scrofula, kidney disease, liver troubles,
rheumatism and kindred ailments. Thus
it gives perfect health, strength and ap-
petite for months to come.
S<!SneyS My kidneys troubled me,
and on advice took Hoods Sarsaparilla
which gave prompt relief, better appetite.
Nv sleep is refreshing. 1t cured my wife
also" MICHAEL BOYLE, 3473 Denny Street,
Pittsourg, Pa.
Dyspepsia Complicated with liver
and kidney trouble, suffered Tor years
With dyspepsia, with severe pains. Hoods
Sarsaparilla made me strong and hearty"
]. B. EMERToN, Main Street, Auburn, Me.
Hip Disease" Five running sores on
my hip caused me to use crutches. Was
confined to bed every winter. Hoods Sar-
saparilla saved my life, as it cured me per-
tectly. Am strong and we'll" ANNIE
ROBERT t9 Fourth St. Fall River, Mass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Porto Rico a II. aIthy Place.

Porto Rico is said to be the health
lest of the West Indies. 1t is q little
south of Cuba, and is little warmer.
The trade wind is here from nearly
east with slight bend from the north.
The result is, as in Jamaica, that the
northeast angle is by far the wettest
and the northern slope is decidedly
wetter than the southern or Caribbean
one. Indeed, the southern slope is so
dry that irrigation is needed in some
places, and it is very imperfectly used.
The island is more subject to hurri-
canes than is Cuba. 1t lies near the
customary path Of their centres, while
Cuba is far to the west Of the usual
path. The rainy season in Porto Rico
is in late summer and in autumn. IN
Cuba it is in early summer and in ALL
tumn, with q short dry season be-
tween. This has disappeared in Porto
Rico, and there is only one rainy sea-
son there, as in Florida.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
The Police at Shanghai.

In q we'll ordered British-American
auarter at Shanghai, China, the strong
force Of police is an interesting
feature. Some Of these are English
men; others are Chinese who have
been trained to deal firmly with the
great coolie class which throngs in all
parts of Shanghai; and there are be-
sides the Sikh police, chosen men
from the Punjaubi regiments, who
patrol the city and its lonely outskirts
on horseback. In the French settle
ment the guardians of the peace are
wholly different, being fairly faithful
copies Of the typical gendarmes Of
Paris. They are assisted by certain
number Of Gallicized Chinese, but the
affairs Of the French quarter are not,
on the whole, so well administered as
these Of its Angle-SaXon neighbors.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Made From Sawdust.

The town of Deseronto, in Canada.
where there are several large lumber
mills, is partially lighted by gas made
from sawdust. The sawdust is
charged in retorts, which are heated
by wood fire, the gas from the re-
torts passing into series Of coils and
thence into the purifiers, which are
similar to those used for coal gas.
Lime is the principal purifying agent
employed. When it passes out of the
retorts the gas possesses an odor much
less disagreeable than that Of ordinary
lighting gas, and resembles somewhat
that Of smoke from q fire of green
wood OF leaves. The works in use are
small, turning out daily $40 cubic
meters Of gus, for the production Of
which about two tons Of sawdust are
required.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

Nearly all skin diseases are sup
posed to be caused by microscopic
insects.
The heart of an adult horse beats
80 to 40 times minute, OF an OK 40
to so, of pig 10 to 80, and OF sheep
10 to 80 times:
An inch of rain falling up6n an area
of one square mile is equivalent to
nearly 1850, 600 gallons, weighing
145, $50, 900 pounds, OF 64, 8A tons.
Chemists have extracted from coal
tar sixteen shades of blue, sixteen OF
yellow, twelve of orange, nine OF violet,
besides shades of other colors too
numerous to mention.
Professor Richet of Paris, France,
has found that the mind can act as
many as thousand times second; for
instance that it can distinguish that
number Of separate touches upon the
skin. :.
The tongues of the cat family are
covered with recurving spines. In
the common domestic cat these are
small, but sufficiently we'll developed
to give the tongue feeling OF rough
ness. But in the lion and tiger the
spiues are strong enough to enable the
animal to tear away the skin OF mans
hand merely by licking it.
BY means of n photograph made
with vibrating lens, Mr.: +. b. Glew
of London has calculated the time OF
ligtning-hasb. 1t comes out one
nineteenth of second. The calcula-
tion is based upon the multiple image
in the photographs and the rate OF
vibration of the lens. The time ap-
plies, of course, only to the particular
flash that was photographed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
A STUDY OF BRAINS.
Their Weight Bears No Relation to the
Possessor's Ability.

Their Weight Bears No Relation to the
Possessor's Ability.
And now q scientist stands ready to
prove to us that the weight of the
brain bears little or no relation to the
ability of its possessor. The brains
of two idiots weighed respectively 57.5
and SO. 5 ounces, while those of Gam
BETA weighed less than that of the
average boy of seven. A weak-minded
man had brain weighing 7O.5. while
o. dwarfed Indian squaw possessed one
of 1876 ounces.
To the present generation these
statements may be more or less mat
ters of indifference, but the writer of
this paragraph remembers when one
of the greatest arguments used against
the higher education of women was
based on the fact that their brains
weighed less than those of men. A
brain of little weight was not consid-
cred worth cultivating. lis very light
ness proved it to be unequal to the
physical task of acquiring knowledge
mastered by men whose brains weighed
more. 1t was like expecting puny
muscles to perform feats accomplished
by athletic giants.
These arguments were considered
unanswerable in their day. Every
skeptical and fortunate young man
quoted them to every ambitious and
hampered young woman. They meant,
alas, the self-depreciation of many q
woman who gave mp the struggle. And
possibly it was just because the yali-
ant promoters of higher education
made no attempt to answer them, but
went quietly and silently to work
along the lines of their own beliefs,
doing without argument the things
which their opponents were arguing
so ably against, that women OF to-
day enjoy manifold privileges denied
to their elders. Everything and moth
ing can be proved by argument; the
unanswerable fact lies alone in accom-
plishment
The heaviest brains are found in
cold northern countries, the highest
average is obtained in Scotland, SO
that between the weight of the brain
and the question of nationality very
decided relation may be said to exist.
-Harper's BaZar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29

Two Of the most beautiful Of the les
ser Cape bustards Of South Africa are
the vaal and the Blue koorhaans,
birds of splendid form aud colorinS,
good equally for sport or for the ta-
bile. Another very beautiful bustard
is the Bush koorhaan, denizen Of
bush and forest country, with its no.
table pinkish crest, its intense black
underplumage, and its handsomely
speckler black and rufour back. This
bird gets up most silently before the
gnuuer, wavers through the trees with
q fight not unlike that of q woodcock.
and affords not only pretty shooting,
but excellent eating.
The Daauw itself may well be term
ed the king Of all the bustards. 1t at
tains q length Of more than four fee5e,
a wing spread Of eight feet four in
ches. and a weight of as much as fifty
pounds. The weight depends, of
course. greatly upon the birds feeding.
Average well-fed specimens will scale
from twenty-five to thirty pounds. But
at certain seasons this magnificent
bird feeds greedily upon the gum ex-
uding from the thorny acacia, and puts
on flesh and fat in a quite amazing
manner. In big locust years, too, the
paauw gains flesh with great rapidity.
At such seasons well-fed male sDeci-
mems will attain enormous bulk and
fatness. and are to be found ranging
between thirty and forty pounds.
many colonists SAY even as much as
fifty or sixty pounds-in weight. The
flesh Of this splendid game bird is de-
licious eating, and paauw is one of
the greatest luxuries Of the hunters
camp fire or the colonist's table.-Sat-
urday Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Hold on to Them.

Hold on to virtue; it is above all
price to you in all times and places.
Hold on to your good character, for
it is and ever will be your best wealth.
Hold on to your hand when you are
about to strike, steal or do any i'm
proper act. =,
Hold on to the truth, for it will
serve you we'll and do you good
throughout eternity.
Hold on to your tongue when you
are just ready to swear, lie or speak
harshly or use an improper word.
Hold on to your temper when you
are angry, excited OF imposed upon or
others angry about you.
Hold on to your heart when evil
persons seek your company and invite
you to join their games, mirth and
revelry. :.
Hold on to your good name at all
times, for it is much more valuable to
you than gold, high place or fashions
BILE attire.-Endeavor Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29

in the middle of the town, where the
receipts were to be burned. This
having duly been done, Thompson
turned everything that he could sell
into money and absconded with the
proceeds. Of the deluded people q
part, helped by the main Mormon or
ganizatien, went to Utah, where some
of them and their descendants are to-
day. Others lost heart in the cause
and became absorbed and scattered
among the Gentiles around them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
The Same Profession.

In q well-known college in the
United States an old negro called Tim
had waited on the students for many
years. He was not without his pecca-
dilloes in the way Of petty larceny,
and caught tripping on one occasion
by one of his employers, he was gently
reproved. "Ah, old fellow, you are
bound for the devil! What are you
going to do, sir, when you get down
in his regions?" ''I dunno, Mars
Ed" answered Tim, "douten I ies
keep on writin' on de students!"-
Household Words. 49,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Dirt Cheap.

"Why is it that your melancholy
looking neighbor always has so many
troubles?" asked one suburban resi-
dent of another.
ssBecause he can borrow them.
There's man that will borrow your
paper every day before you are through
reading it, and then get grumpy on
your hands if you quit taking it. You
can bet your life that if he had to buy
trouble he wouldn't have any."-De-
troit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
The lighthouse at Corunna. Spain, is be-
ieYrd to BIO the oldest ono now in use.

There is more Catarrh In this section of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to be
incurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced 1t local disease and prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced 1t In
curnble. Science has proven catarrh to be
constitutional disease, and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls CatGrrh Cure,
manufactured by F. J. Cheney 6 Co.. Toledo,
Ohio, is tho only constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken internally in doses from
10 drops to tcaspoonful. 1t acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any case
It fails TO cure Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo,O
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Reoufy Ia BLOOD Deem.

Clean blood means q clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy, Cathar'
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm
purities from the body; Begin today t. to
Danish pimples,, boils, blotches, blqckneads, A
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, 5oc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Doubt About the Wedding,

Mr.. softleigh Slipping on the en-
gagement ring)-Darling, notice that
there is no end to this.
Miss Willing-Am 7 to understand,
Harold, that the engagement is to be
like it?-The Jewellers Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29
Donbling Up.

Morrelton-Oh, horrible! Duxbury
has been living double life for over
q year. Caddeput-Nol Tell me about
it. Morrelton-Why, he's been riding
wheel in Camden and playing golf
in this city.-Philadelphia North
American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29

O'Brien county Ia, is Dragging on its high
morality. The grand jury for the second time
has adjourned without finding single In
dictment. and the court calendar does not
now contain single criminal case.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29

Bishop Tucker writes from Central Africa:
"Since l came out six months ago | have
walked moro than one thousand miles and
confirmed more than one thousand cand1-
dates.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29

Fits permanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness aftor first days use Of DR.. kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. So trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. Il. II. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29

Pisos euro cured me of Throat and Lung
trouble Of three years standing.-E. CAoY,
Ind, Nov. L.. 1894.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
uetic. full OF life, nerve and yigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wonder-worker. that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran.
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
1t is sometimes sign of cowardioe to keep
silent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-29

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tcething softens tho gums. reduces inflamma-
tion. aliays pain cures wind collie. &C. a bottle.