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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
Sitting on the Floor.

It is the custom of nearly every
young girl to sit on the floor while
putting on her shoes. Indeed, many
women keep up the habit to middle
age, though full-hedged womanhood
not infrequently displays such embon-
point as would make such cours,
difficult. Even in the case OF a stout
woman, according to the statement of
an English physician. sitting on the
floor is advisable. as giving exercise
such as those of portly dimensions
are much in need. The met cal man
asserts that position on the floor OF
ground is more natural than that occu-
pied while usinga chair. ''It was once
general with the human race" says
he, "and should therefore be very
healthy. The exercise Of getting up
and down is beneficial, as it is very
apt to produce strong back and thigh
muscles. Turks, t'.ilors, and shoe
makers are examples of this fact. If
you sit on the floor you can change
your attitude as often as you please
and can enjoy variety of pose, as no
matter how you may alter 1t, there is
never any danger of falling of. The
influx of visitors need never cause
anxiety to the well-constructed mind.
All you have to do is to provide COM
Portable cushions of every size and
shape and when favored friend comes
in just roll off your own and present
them as the greatest possible compli.
ment. Chicago Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
Paner Horseshoe 8.

Although paper horseshoes are re-
cent invention, having only been mall
ufactured in this country within the
past two years, their use has already
become quite large with the owners of
fine horses, especially in cities where
asphalt Davements abound. On such
roads in wet weather horse fitted
with paper shoes is less liable to slip
than when provided with iron ones.
and, besides being light and comfort
able for an animal to wear, they ART
said to be more durable than iron
shoes and more easily and snugly fit
ted to the hoof.
The paper horseshoe is made in
practically the same way that paper
car wheel Is formed. The paper is i'm,
pregnated with oil or turpentine to
make it waterproof after which it is
glued together in layers. The glue OF
paste Is a mixture of Venetian turpen
tine, linseed oil. powdered chalk and
LACQUER and it does not become brittle
when drying. The moist mass OF pa
per and rlue is subjected to strong
pressure in a hydraulic press, the
holes through which the nails are
driven in fastening the shoes to
horses hoofs being punched while thu
paper is still moist. The blacksmith
fastens them on with nails In th'
usual manner. These shoes cost from
S1.5O TO So per set.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
The Invention Of the Telephone.

In a recent lecture Professor Alex.
ander Graham Bell Is reported to
have explained how he came to in.
vent the telephone as follows!
"MS father invented symbol by
which deaf nutes could converse, and
finally / Invented an apparatus by
which the vibrations Of speech could
be. seen and it turned out to be tele'
phone 1t occurred to me to make a
machine that would enable one to hear
vibrations. I went to an artist and ht
advised me to take the human ear as
my model. He supplied me with a
dead mans ear, and with this ear
experimental and upon applying the
apparatus I found that the dead mans
ear wrote down the vibrations.
81 arrived at the conclusion that If
could make iron vibrate on a dead
mans ear, I could make an instru
ment more delicate that would cause
those vibrations to be heard and un.
9derstood. 1 thought If I placed deli
cate piece Of steel over an electric
magnet I could get vibration, and
thus the telephone was completed.
..".The telephone arose from my at.
-c,rrts zf"ach: 81: =, ., :, leaf to speak. II
arose from my knowledge, not Of elec'
tricity, but as teacher of the deaf;
Had been an electrician l would not
hnfe httempted It"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

A cubic foot of newly-fallen snow
weighs five pounds and half, aad has
twelve times the bulk of an: equal
weight of water.
!. Only about two minutes are re.
quired for the blood to course through
the heart, thence to the lungs, back
to the heart, and then through the
entire body and return to the heart.
Vines grow at the height Of 1880
feet above the level Of the sea, trees
at 67OO feet, shrubs at $500 feet a few
plants at 1O,5OO feet, beyond which
are a few llchens. md vegetation
ceases entirely at the height of II, 900
feet amid Arctic cold.
Human beings are of all sizes, but
the tall man is less common than the
short one; only one man in every 2OS
exceeds six feet. For every foot of
stature a man should weigh from
twenty-six to twenty-eight pounds.
An average-sized man weighs l4O
pounds; woman 125 pounds.
It is late in the year before any mae
wasps are permitted to develop. And
SO among the ants. The males are
shortlived. They are practically OF
no account. The excavation, nursing
of young, fighting, foraging for food
and all the other legitimate business
of the commonwealth is conducted by
imperfect females.
Ocean currents, Oh the surface, are
due to the prevailing winds either at
their source or along their route. Un-
dercurrents at sea are caused by the
accumulation of water in one region
in consequence of surface currents.
The cause OF undercurreuts in small
bodies of water is more obscure, but
is practically the same as that in the
ocean.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15

According to stories published with
slight variations of fact in the Lin.
erick, Belfast, and Dublin papers, a
veritable Klondike is about to be de.
veloped in Ireland in the, County
Wicklow. Years ago, before modern
mining appliances were in use, cop.
per, lead, and silver were profta bly,
worked in Wicklow; but, owing to the
slump in the. prices of these metals,
most of the workings. were long ago
deserted. 1t seems that for the last
.ye.: -5esaesants have made there
1fairly good discoveries of alluvial, but
have kept the matter a close secret,
sending only enough gold to Dublin
for their passing needs. About the
Meeting of the Waters made fa-
nous by Moore, and in the Ovoca
River, they have recently closely
searched the streams, with the result
that the metal to the value Of S125 is
now sent weekly to Dublin. This fact
at length becoming known, Il gold fe
yer set in, and the Government has
seriously set about looking for the
source from which the free gold has
come. With this object it has sent Il
mining expert, Mr.. Lyburn, lately
returned from the Transvaal, who is
charged to report upon the prospect Of
finding the metal in payable quaint.
ties. Dublin geologists are of the opin.
ion that rich auriferous vein will be
found.-New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
The Colleges of Oxford.

Each college is built round quad.
rangle with large entrance gateway
which often rises into q quasi-tower.
The rooms Immediately over the gate
way are invariably designed for the
residence of the warden, provost, or
principal of the college, 80 that the
eye of the master may be over all who
enter or leave the place. This mode
of building still exists in India, being
introduced into Europe by the Moors
when they conquered Spain, where
we find the compound, or quad, is
still used for the tethering of all kinds
of animals. Around the quad are ar
ranged the chapel, library, hall or re-
fectory, presidents lodgings, buttefy
and kitchen; the students rooms gen.
orally occupy the upper floors. William
of Wickham, the celebrated architect,
wisely placed his taller buildings, the
chapel and hall, on the north side, to
keep off the cold winds, the lower
buildings on the south more freely ad-
mitting sunshine. Engineering Mag
azine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
Evolution OF the Waistcoat.

The waistcoat came into use about
the end of the seventeenth century.
and it evolved from n house and
working garment to its present form.
It was cut like the coat, but, being
worn in the street under the coat, was
made somewhat tighter and shorter
than the latter. AS a working dress
it had to be made Of strong material,
preferably leather. The vest came
very soon into general use; the rich
were it on the riding ground, the sol,
dier in the camp, the artisan in the
workshop, the peasant in the field.
About 1TOO it became shorter, the laps
were omitted and replaced by many
pockets, and the material was gener,
ally gold and silk brocades laced with
the finest embroidery. About ITO II
had shortened to such an extent as to
cover only the upper part of the body
and at the beginning of the eighteenth
century the French "gilet," |. e., oul
modern sleeveless vest lined with in
ferior material in the hack came into
fashion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
Relic Mines OF Wisconsin.

Quite n number of the bows Of Ap-
pleton, Wis. are putting in heir spare
time gathering Indian relics. There is
good money in them and also lots OF
hard work. The relics most sought
for are copper spears and arrows,
pottery, axes, and almost anything
that has become very scarce. Nearly
everything that is copper commands
q high price, all the way from 50 to
$50. The firms for which the collec-
tlons are bought up are New York
companies, which furnish the boys a
limited amount Of funds with which
to establish themselves. In order to
get possession Of the relics tile boys
have to make long trips in the country
and make inquiries at the different
farmbouses. 1t is not difficult mat
ter to ind the relics, but it Is almost
impossible to buy them. The moment
the owner has suspicion they are
worth anything, that moment be re
fuses to part with them under any
consideration. The boys frequently
locate q dozen or more relics day.
but often return empty-handed. Some
very fine specimens are in possession
of farmers in different parts of the
county, who have ploughed them up
in vars gone by. Some Of them were
beat out of them during the World
Fair by swindlers who loaned them
for the exhibition, leaving as security
n sum Of money less than fourth OF
their value. They have never shown
up since, and it looks as If they never
Will.-Appleton CWis.l Crescent.
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Kicked by Kansas insect.

It was during one of those beautiful
Indian summer days in October for
which Kansas is noted that Daniel
Duval, a well-to-do farmer Of Phillips
County, received kick in the eye
from a grasshopper, with the result
that for some weeks there was great
fear that he would not recover the
sight Of the eye.
This athletic feat on the part Of the
insect does not mean that grasshoD-
3ers grow to such size out in Phillips
County that they can assail the inhabi-
tants while sitting on the ground. The
one Of which Mr.. Duval is indebted
for q badly infamed eye was consider
r,bly above the average grasshopp.r
in size and was speeding through the
mir when the farmers face unluckily
crossed its path. The result was that
1t struck the farmer in the right eye
with as much precision as IL shot
from gun by an American naval gun.
her. The eyeball was badly lacerated.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
Carried Off by an Eagle.

"Did you ever see an eagle carry of
n baby to the skies" said Broome
County drummer, who is In New York
for the sights. There's q farmer
named yapdewater living near Cas-
cade Valley, in the County l come
from. Last summer lie caught q big
eagle in q trap. The bird grew tame
and brcnme a household pet. A few
mornings ago Mrs. Vandewater went
to neighbours to borrow some salt,
leaving her small children with the
eagle. When she, returned the eagle
was sitting on shed with the baby in
its talons.
"a hunter came along with a gun.
Before he could shoot the eagle few
away with the baby. The child was
heavy, and it was impossible for the
bird to rise for more than twenty feet
above the ground. 1t appeared al
easy mark, but the man was afraid
to shoot on account of the "l!:ld.
"After chasing the eagle and its
prey for a quarter Of q mile, the hunt
er shot at the bird and broke ona Of 1t:
wings. The eagle beat the air furious
ly with it's remaining wing for q full
minute and then began to fall.
"Mrs. yandewater rushed for hel
crying child, and soon had 1T in he,
arms. The eagle continued to fight,
but it was soon killed with the but
Of the rife. 1t measured seven fee
from tip to tip. The child was mo-
hurt much, but when it grows up i
can prove that I'm a truthful man oc
casionally, even If am drummer
New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
Struck Down by pursued Deer,

A very singular and probably istal
accident occurred recently on Dales
Hills, Selin's Grove, Pa. Reuben
Cromley, an aged lime burner, was
busily engaged quarrying limestone
in deep gully, when suddenly and
unexpectedly deer leaped over an
overhapging rock hundred feet above
him, falling upon the old man and
striking him senseless. He was rem
dered unconscious and made seriously
sick from the injuries inflicted. The
deer was chased by some hunters and
in it's excitement it leaped over the
precipice. The animal was killed
outright by its fall.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
Woman Who Was Buncoed.

A correspondent of the Toronto
Globe at Washington says that at a
luncheon given to the Canadian COM
missioners the women present kept
the menu cards and got the commits
sioners to write their names upon
them, that they might have souvenir
of the occasion. One woman saw with
undlsguised concern her card filing
up with plain everyday names. She
was astonished that Sir Wilfrid and
the other Canadian knights signed
their names without the prefix of Sir,
but as she neared Lord herschel she
felt that things would be different, for
was not he Lord High Chancellor of
England? Her astonishment turned
to dismay when the card again came
back, this time with the single word
Herschel. ''Herschel!" she said.
"Herschel! Why doesn't he sign it
Lord Herschel'?" In vain it was ex-
planned to her that peers signed only
their titles, and that it would be very
bad form to put Lord before it. She
had been buncoed, and knew it. In
that souvenir today there is, no doubt,
n footnote for the benefit of her
friends, explaining that Herschel is a
Lord, even though he doesn't &C.
knowledge it himself.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
MANILA HEMP.
This Unique Fibre Plant Success Onl.
In the Philippines. :

This Unique Fibre Plant Success Only
In the Philippines.
The unique fibre plant of the Philip
pines is not the least among our new
acquisitions. We shall monopolize its
production unless other tropical re-
gions have better success in their fur
ther attempts to transplant it. Thus
far Manila hemp is.a commercial sue
cess only when raised in the Philip
pines. It is one of the chief resources
of the islands, aud for ten years this
country has taken an average of Al
per cent. of the total exports.
From the bast, or .fbr jus outer,
leaf, comes the coarse, strong fibre
which is the best material used for
sailcloths and cordage. 1t is particu-
larly recommended by the fact that it
is not easily rotted by salt water. The
fibre yielded by the inner stalksis fine
and weak, and from It are woven tax
tile fabrics superior in softness and
lightness to those made Of the best
Russian hemp. These fabrics are sell
dom exported, being boughtby Chinese
merchants at Manila for local con-
sumption. This useful variety Of the.
banana plant, accordingly, yields two
qualities of fibre, the one strong and
coarse and the other fine, soft aud
pliable, aud both are in great de-
mand.
Manila hemp produces, under the
best conditions, as high as 5000
pounds of fibre to the acre, and though.
6,528, 965 bales have been exported lis
the past ten years the industry is stM
in its infancy and is capable of enof-
nous expansion. It's development,
like all things under Spanish colonial
rule, has been spasmodic and unsys-,
tematic. A recent writer on the
Philippines says that under proper
encouragement the Orient itselfwous
absorb more than the entire preseIss
product. The worlds markets wye
take several fold Tie ttiiiis qilunttiGty OF nDre7
that,is now supplied.
We shall see what American energy
and ingenuity will achieve in the de-.
7elopment of a great industry, which
we may wholly control, in land whore
there is not a single Well-kept farm or
plantation today, where there is no
agricultural machinery outside the
sugar mills, AMI where sharpened
stick does service MS plow.-New
York Sun. pa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
Pretty uuderWaar.

, The variety OF pretty sill. and woolen i'm
def#ear to be had at such reasonable prices
is very tempting to dainty women, yet
many refrain from purchasing such on nc.
count of their liability to injure in laun'
drying. If the work is properly done this
trouble may be avoided. When ready to
begin iii tub half full OF warm water, in
which dissolve fourth OF bar Of Ivory
Soap, and wash the articles through it with
the hands, rinse in warm water, and
squeeze, but do not wiring. Hang on the
line and press while still damp.
ELIZA r. PARKER.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
QUEER ANIMAL AGREEMENTS.
Unlike Creatures That Get Along Very Well
La Common Quarters.

In Common Quarters.
An intimate connection subsisting
between different animals is known as
commensalism, commensals being
creatures which may be said to sit at
the same table, but which do not prey
upon one another. Of late years nat.
uralists have become acquainted with
numerous examples Of this form Of
animal partnership. In one of the
Chicken Islands, off the New Zealand
coast, d curious lizard known as the
tuatara and certain species of the pet
rels were found inhabiting the same
burrows; apparently on the best Of
terms. In rare cases the burrow,
which consists Of d passage two or
three feet long, ending in d chamber
a foot and half long, one foot broad
and six inches high, Is the work Of the
bird. AS rule, however, the lizard
is the excavator Each builds its nest
on opposite sides Of the chamber, the
lizard almost invariably choosing the
left and the petrol the right side. The
lizard feeds partly on worms and
beetles and partly on the remnants of,
fishes brought to their common table
by the petrol, both animals being thus
benefited by the partnership. This is
probably more than can be said of the
prarie dog, whose underground home
is frequently shared by the rattle
snake and the burrowing owl. These
were at one time supposed to form a
"happy family" but considerable
doubt has been cast on the point by
the discovery of young prarle dogs III
the stomach Of the rattlesnake, which
seems to indicate that commensa1ism
In this particular case has been one
sided affair SO far as the benefits were
c0ncerned.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
A ScaIn Restored.

A horrible accident which occurred
last August has been followed by q
marvellous cure. A young laundress
employed in laundry in the Rue
Vandamme was caught by the hair by
an endless belt for the transmission
of motive power aad was literally
scalped from the back of the neck to
the forehead. She was taken to a
neighboring chemists shop, and after
ward to the Broussals hospital. DR..
Malherbe took off the bandages and
asked for the unfortunate woman's
scalp. 1t had remained entangled in
the belt and wheels, and the messen.
ger had some difficulty in inducing
the owner Of the laundry to let it be
touched. The laundryman believed
nobody was entitled to take it down
except the coMmissary of police. FL
nally, however, he gave it up. At
the hospital the hair was shaved of,
and the scalp was washed on both
sides with soap and antiseptics, and
applied to the patients head. The
operation has turned out completely
successful, and marks new and i'm
portant step in surgery, since hitherto
scalp wounds were only cured by
grating and by treatment which some
times lasted for years.-Paris Cor.
rospondence of the London Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15
EUa Dispositions
Are Early Shozvn. -

Just so evfl in the blood
comes out in shape of scrof-.
ula, pimples, etc., in children
and young people. Taken in
time It can be eradicated BY
using Hoods Sarsaparlla.
In older people, the aftermath
of irregular lfOing shows IT.
self in bilious conditions, a
heavy head, a foul mouth.
a general bad feeling.
1t is the blood, the impure blood,
friends, which is the real cause. Purify
that with Hoods Sarsaparilla and
happiness will reign in your family.
Blood Poison-"I lived in bed OF fire
for years owing to blood poisoning that fol-
lowed small pox. 1t broke out all over my
body, itching intensely. Tried doctors and
hospitals in vain. tried Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla. 1t helped. kept at it and was en-
tlrely cured. could go on the housetops
and shout about it." MRS. j. T. WILLIAMS,
Carbondale, Pa.
ScrofuIa Sores my baby at two
months had scrofula sores on cheek and
arm. Local applications and physicians
medicine did little or no good. Hoods Sar-
saparilla cured him permanently. He is
now four, with smooth fair skim" MRS.
S. S. WRoTEN, Pennington, Del.
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me no good, and thought would
have to resort to morphine.
1.-THE doctor said that all that could
help me was to have an operation and
have the womb removed, but l had
heard of Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and
decided to try it, and wrote for her
advice, and after taking her Vegetable
Compound the tumors were expelled
and 1 began to get stronger right
along, and ara as we'll as ever before.
Can truly say that would never had
gotten well had it not been for Lydia E.
Pinlham's Compound" MARY a.
SrAHL, WATsoNTowN, PA.
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. 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 obliga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST & TRuAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
WALD1SG, K1NNAH & MARVIN, Wholesale Drug
gists Toledo. Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act.
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur:
faces Of the system. Price, T5c per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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What Mrs. pinkham,s Letter Did.

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM-Afterf follow
ing the directions given in your kind
letter for the treatment of leucorrhea,
I can say that 1 have been entirely
cured by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's
remedies, and will gladly recommend
them to my friends.
Thanking you for your kindness, 1
am gratefully yours, A. B. DAvIDs,
BINGuAMPToN, n. Y"
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DON'T Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take MOTTO
Bac, the er.worller. 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
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-03-15

Of one thousand six hundred housewives
in Almelo, Holland. who were consulted aa
regards the desirability of abolishing night
work for bakers, all but ten favored the
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would form
in the womb.
| had four
tn morS in
two years. 1
went through
tre a t m e n t
with doctors,
but they did
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LETTER TO MRS. P1NKEAM NO. ao6os1
"Two years ago I was great
sufferer from womb trouble and pro-
fuse flowing each month, and tumors