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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
A HOT WEATHER DANGER.
De.th Turks Behind Ice Cream, Soft Drinks
and Summer Luxurles.

De.tt Turks Behind Ice Cream, Soft Drinks
and Summer Luxuries-
Beware Of ice cream and soft drinks,
fruits and ices, for behind them lurk
deathi
More than twice as many persons
died last year from inability to curb
their appetite for these summer lux
uries than were carried to their graves
from dread consumption and fevers
(soldiers included). A clipping bureau
and medical journals statement tell
a tale of dire disaster from these evils,
we'll they may be called.
While consumption killed forty in
one state, nearly one hundred died from
eating too much ice cream. In Chlca-
60 and vicinity, malaria proved fatal to
thirty, while ninety persons were mur-
dered by swallowing peach and cherry
stones. In the state of New Jersey ten
died from heart disease, while Ice cold
drinks killed twice that number.
A man in Canton, o., died from eat
ing cherries and ice cream at the same
time, the acid fermentlns with cream.
In Oshkosh, WIS.,, young woman at
tended q dance, and after eating eigh-
teen plates Of ice cream fell dead. Her
name was Mary Blake. But ravenous
appetites for cold stuff on hot day Is
not all the evil there Is to soft drinks.
A number Of well-known red drinks
are known to contain poisonous acids.
The soft drink habit is more fatal to
young women than to the men. This
Is attributed to feminine weakness and
the manner In which they consume
their drinks, namely, through a straw
A well-known doctor said to New
York Journal correspondents:
81 know OF several girls who have
died from SLIPPING Ices through q straw,
This Is the reason: In sucking the Ices
up the cold substance strikes the palate
of the mouth and cools the head. Then
when the young women walk in the sun
and exert themselves the cold reacts,
giving them a severa headache, which
Is later followed by fever, and In some
cases death has resulted"
The doctor says men are not so easily
affected. Fruit Ices are also said to be
very unhealthful.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Sifle-Lichts on Life.

A pessimist is person who believes
that whatever is is wrong.
The woman who marries block
head doesn't care to celebrate her
wooden wedding.
The biggest thing on ice this sum-
mer will probably be the price of it.
Time tells on man-but he doesn't
seem to care just 30 it doesn't tell his
wife.
It is easy to do right when sin
ceases to be pleasure.
Happiness is often the price OF
being commonplace.
There is probably nothing quite SO
sure as consequences. s.-Chicago News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
A Summer Novelty.

Double faced satin ribbon or black
velvet ribbon with a satin back are
used in new manner to remove ex-
treme plainness from the back breadths
OF the skirt ofsa summer frock. The
dress oil dimity has charming flower
pattern of tiny rose buds on q white
ground. The strip of climbing rose
buds is spaced at intervals Of two
inches between q narrow, extremely
fine trellis of leaf green, which also
stripes the material, making n stripe
of either pink buds or greon trellis at
intervals of about one inch.
The skirt receives q deep hem. The
back breadths are full and are shir1 ed
into ths waist band and below it at
least half dozen times. The shir-
ring is stayed in place with fat
piece of cotton used beneath the
skirt
There is no trimming on The skirt
except ut the back, where success
sion of bows of ribbon with quite long
loops are spaced down the middle of
the back breadth. A fat backed wash
dress Of sheer materials is never an
entire success unless it is gathered
with generous hand, and not "scant-
ed" as New Englanders say.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
The children's Home Work.

- It is on open question with many
thoughtful people whether there is
not screw loose in the system which
demands and exacts 30 much study at
home from growing boys and girls.
At precisely the period when the
physical life is most imperious in its
claims, when the lad is shooting up
like weed, when tho girl is all legs
and arms, and both are in the great
est need of play, of rest, of sleep, OF
exercise, they must spend five or six
hours OF daylight in school, brain and
nerves under high pressure, stimu-
lated to intellectual activity at every
point. It is little wonder if they are
correspondingly listless and languid
when the hours of recitation are
over, aud not altogether ready to
give any portion of the afternoon to
the preparation of the next days
studies.
I fear the eIpectant attitude of
American parents in general re-en-
forces that of school boards and
trustees, since few fathers and
mothers have patience with dull
child, or sufficient common sense not
to be cruelty mortified if their sons
and daughters do not make rapid
progress. The doctor interferes now
and then, lays an arresting hand on
the home work, cuts short the hours
of school attendance, or advises q
cessation of school for while, but
the doctor is obeyed under protest.
Most of US would be deeply humiliat-
ed if our children were not regularly
promoted every half year, or if our
neighbours children took prizes and
not ours.-Margaret E. Sangster in
Harper's Bazaar.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
The Llmbs of Tall Men,

Tall men, as rule, have bodies out
of proportion to their lower limbs
that is smaller than they ought to be-
with the natural result that they are
unable to bear fatigue, or to compete
in the struggles of life with lesser men
more harmoniously proportioned.
Army experience bears ont these OBJ
servations. In long and fatiguing
march the tall men usually fall out
first, or succumb to campaigns, unless,
as is very rarely the case, they have
well-built and symmetrical frames. A
soldier between feet 5 inches and
5 feet 8 or inches is usually the man
most capable of bearing the strain of
ljfa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Fashion Notes.

Embroidered swisses will be fash.
ionable this summer.
Ice is the latest color. 1t is rather
deep shade of cream with green
tint in it.
White nuns yelling will be much
used for the dressy afternoon gown
for summer wear.
Cheviot in all the pale tints as well
as dark shades of blue and gray is the
popular material for tailor gowns.
Some Of the most elaborate che
misses are made with revers, in which
are insertions of lace in the familiar
pattern of bow knots.
Many new belt clasps are shown in
the shops. They are, most of them,
sparkling and snowy, made in cut
steel, in enamel, iu French gilt, in
rhinestone and white metal.
Silk skirts with silk Jersey yoke
tops which cling closely to the figure
are one of the desirable novelties.
And then there are china silk waists
in all colors prettily trimmed with
lace.
Mousseline de sole is used for
trimming on many silk petticoats in
place of chiffon. One skirt, which is
trimmed with it, has the mousseline
edged with wash blond lace and
made up with Tom Thumb fringe of
the silk.
Beautiful undergarments just from
France have q union suit. skirt and
corset cover made entirely of inch
and half wide lace insertion, and the
same width fine null between rum
ming round the figure. There are no
sleeves to the corset cover, and it fin
ishes straight around under the arms.
Linen and cotton are combined
with many handsome silk gowns. A
pretty little corn colored silk bodice
has collar and cuffs of white linen,
with applications of black velvet.
Embroidered cream batiste is charm
ing for chemisettes and yokes with
silk or cotton gowns of contrasting
shades.
A charming little corset cover is
made of half inch MORE ribbon in
pale blue and lace the samo width.
The ribbon and insertion are set in
on the bias in the back, meeting in
centre seam. The front is also bias,
and is gathered in at the waist with
narrow blue ribbon set under band
of insertion.
Yokes are tabooed on the newest
shirt waists, but every variety of
plat, tuck, insertion and shirring is
used to render effective this very
necessary adjunct to tho wardrobe Of
the summer girl. Null, chiffon or
ribbon is the most approved material
for the neck finishing, but a linen col
lar and four-in- hands made of black
velvet ribbon are favored by some
who affect tailor-made costumes of the
severest type.
The expanding effect of some of the
new plated skirts, flowing ont into
much fulness at the feet. is still fur.
ther increased by gathered flouncs
set upon the foundation skirt, or by q
narrow shirred ruche placed at the
extreme edge Of the skirt proper be-
fore it is plated. Rows OF ribbon and
scallops or stitched bands are likewise
used as borderings to killed skirts
and plain skirts with overdresses
trimmed to match.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Where Dolls Are Made.

Dolls are as ancient as the human
race. None can dispute the assertion
that Eve had q doll before she had
Cain. The dolls Of the Greek and Ro-
man children were buried with them.
The native children in the heart of
Africa and the greasy Eskimo baby in
the north of Greenland have dolls of
which they are just as proud as our
children are of theirs. Most Of the
dolls for civilized children come from
Coburg and Sonneburg, towns Of
Thurlngia. Just now England is be-
Ing stocked with dolls dressed in
khaki, representing Bobs, Kitchener,
Baden-P Powell and Rhodes. They are
turned out by the million, at prices
ranging from nineteen cents to S11
dozen.
The doll is a simple toy, but the work
aeeded for its completion is compli-
Gated. Take wax doll. It's trunk Is
made of cheap shifting, stuffed with
sawdust or excelsior; its legs, arms
and hands are made Of wood or papier-
mache, the head having thin wax COW
ering; a coarse shirt completes 1t. Ger
tain workmen cut the arms and legs
out Of wood or mold them of papier-
mache; others arrange the limbs in fiat
wooden boxes, which are put In the
sun or Iear q stove to dry; others dip
the arms and legs in basin Of red
dye to give them a hesh-like appear
ance; others sew, cover and stuff the
doll; others paint the eyebrows, lips
and hair, unless mohair Is glued on.
The making Of glass eyes and fine doll
wigs is an art in itself. and the dress
ing Of dolls Is an extensive industry.
All the parts are put together by q
small manufacturer to whom the work
men engaged in making them carry
the product Of their weekly toil.-New
York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT.
Uas of Coral Heads.

Most of us can remember the old
coral necklace of our childhood, with
succession of sharp little branches
strung together so tightly that they
often hurt the tender throat. A mod
ern baby has none of the inconven-
ience with the string of corals softly
turned into little balls OF oval beads.
Genuine Neapolitan coral is very
handsome, and the little children are
not alone in adopting the pretty coral
nscklace. Olive shaped beads of pink
coral are mounted as sleeve links.
Here and there you see coral scarf
min
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
A Doctors Advice Free +!

About Tetterine. DR.. NJ. L. Fielder
of Eclectic P. O., Elmore Co., Ala,
says: "I know it to be q radical cure
for letter. salt rheum, eczema and all
kindred diseases of the skin and scalp.
never prescribe anything else in all
skin troubles" Send 50c. in stamps
for box of it, postpaid, to the man
ufacturer, J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah,
Ga, if your druggist doesn't keep it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
day, she remarked, when questioned

day, she remarked, when questioned
concerning her work:
"The fungus usel for wood carv-
ing is found on partially decayod oak
and maple trees. 1t must be care.
fully removed in order to preserve the
delicate and creamy surface, which is
so easily injured while III fresh and
moist state. It is also necessary to
have the fungus properly cured and
made as hard and durable Us wood be-
fore it is worked upon.
''The selection of subject requires
careful study, MS only certain pic
lures lend themselves to effective
work. A dark object on light back
ground would simply be q hoe with
no relief-au intaglio instead of n
cameo. In the fungus carving the
.ubject must stand ont boldly in re-
lief and yet have shades Of coloring
which are produced by careful man
ipulation OF the light surface and
brown interior.
"In order to dig ont shadows in
stead of holes, delicate handling Of
the tools is required. In arranging
my work I get suggestions from sew
eral pictures. taking what think will
come out we'll, and then form COM
plete picture, changing the light and
shade to suit the material and work
ing subject. AS false move is fatal,
I must have definite knowledge OF
the effect wish to obtain before l
begin to work. The peculiar shape
of the fungus must be studied and the
objects grouped accordingly. One
acquires only by experience the knack
which gives character to the work.
''It is hard to form correct idea
of the effect of carved fungi from pho
tographs, as the soft shades OF color
ing-ranking from creamy white to
rich brown-with the subject in re-
lief, are lost.
::'The length of time required to
finish piece depends on the size,
quality and subject, usually from two
days to week"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
LOG JAM MYSTERIES
Il Is Difficult to Explaia. How They Begiu

Il is Difficult to Explain How They Begiu
or Fad.
"a log jam Is one of the most formid-
able problems we have to encounter
In our line OF business" said Missi-
ssippi lumberman. I'VE had several
big ones on the. Pascagoula. and its tri-
butaries this year and tremendous
jam some distance above Moss Point
was dynamited only last week.
.How they begin Is difficult 10 ex-
plain: A few dozen logs will become
wedged for an instant In narrow
part OF q stream and In less time than
It takes me to tell It hundreds Of
others VIII come swooping down and
pack themselves in an intricate, close
knit span, reaching from bank to bank,
and almost as solid as rock. The
force they exert is something marvel
lous. During recent jam In my sec
ton Il saw Q lotsef logs plunge under
the edge OF the blockade, andya few
seconds later they pushed their way up
through the very middle OF the pack
tossing timbers as big around as q
mans waist into the air like SO many,
steothplcks. The noise tsey made as
they drove through the mass WIS: sim, slIIn :,
ply deafening. 1T sounded as II the
solid earth was being torn up Dy It's,
foundations. When the legs passed
under the jam they were evidently
caught in such a way as to still fur.
ther obstruct the Imprisoned stream,
and were hurried upward with all the
Irresistible energy of millions OF gal
Ions Of rushing water. ..r-.-..=.,
'1The breaking Of jam Is q very
ticklish operation and seems to be
largely q matter of instinct with old
Fivermen. The lines and angles Of
strain In such q blockade are SO COM
plicated that the best engineer in the
world Is apt to go wrong in indicating
thesproper point Of attack. A veteran
lumberman, on the contrary, Will OF
ten take long look at the mass and
thep point out the key log. The key
log Is the timber on which the strain
centres, and when It Is blown out or
pried out, the pack, IN almost every in-
stance, Will break up Of itself. I'had
an ~ old fellow in my employ few
years ago who could locate a key log
nine fines out Of ten. He couldn't
read or write, knew nothing about en-
cheering and was unable to explain
how he arrived at bis conclusions. lie
said It came kinder nach'rul.'" -.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Japan Anxious.

Japan has become alarmed over the emil
grafton Of many OF her residents to this coun-
try. 1t is stated that they are lured here by
Misrepresentation and then turned adrift.
This Is like the misrepresentation which de-
lude people into believing that any other
medicine Is equal to Hostette er's Stomach Bit
ters for stomach disorders. In the Bitters
lies safety and surety. 1t Is worth it's weight
in gold Ia all cases OF indigestion, constipa-
tion, dyspepsia, malaria, fever and ague.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

Tests made on the South London
Electric railway show that the trac-
tive resistance per ton of train mems
ured at the draw-bar at the moment
of starting is 40 pounds, and this falls
to 10 pounds as soon as speed of six
miles per hour is attained. Between
six and IL miles per hour the resist
ance remains almost constant while
above that speed it seems to rise
almost proportionately until a speed
of 26 miles per hour is reached, when
the resistance is about 81 pounds per
ton.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Where Napoleon spen. His Exile.

Nearly four miles inland from
jamestown, the capital of st. Helena,
is an isolated farmhouse, on elevated
plateau about 1000 feet above the level
of the sea. This is Longwood. whore
Napoleon lived from 1915 until he
died there in 1872. The house is a
long, low, whitewashed, trim build
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

The fact that many profitable peach.
orchards exist on the eastern shore OF
Lake Michigan is explained by Mr..
NJ. B. Waite as due to the influence
OF the lake in moderating the temper
ature along its eastern coast This
influence is less decided on the west
ern side, the general direction OF at
mospheric movements being from
west to east.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Willing 20 Make the Risk.

81 have seen it stated that any girl
who marries a man under twenty-five
years of age is taking big chances
he casually remarked.
81 do so love to gamble" she an
swered enthusiastically.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
A French Bull

A newly appointed french Mayor
began his regime by posting this no.
tice: "On the feast of our patron
saint the fire brigade will be reviewed
In the afternoon II it rains In the morn
Ing, and in the morning II it rains In
khe affernoDn''
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

Electro medical treatment is given
patients by means of q new sofa,
which has batteries and an induction
coil contained in the lower portion,
with head and foot plates to be placed
in contact with the patient.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Drawing the Line.

~ suppose you feel sure Of your ground in
the coming campaign"
~ should say 80, answered Senator Sorghum
~ think ! may say Without boasting that have
enough laid by to hold my own without mort
gaglng lny real estate. Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

Tess-You and May used to be very chummy,
but YOU don't speak at all now, do you7
Jess-No. just before Easter We foolishly
agreed that We would cnndidly critictse each
othor's gowns and hats when we got them.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder for the feet. It makes tight
or new shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot,
sweating, aching feet, ingrowing nails. corns
and bunions. At ell druggists and shoe
stores, 25c. Trial package FREE by mail
Address Allen s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

Tho cost of constructing cable
system is about $500 per mile, and the
total amount invested in submarine
lines at present is upward of $780,
900, 900.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

Jack-"Well, whatever the summer girl may
DO, there is one thing she Is not"
Will--"What's thar"
Jack-"She IS not contagious"
Will-"IIow do YOU meau?"
Jack-"You can't catch hor."-Dotroit Free
Press
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

.Yass stsrc more GOOD LUCK. Baklng poSoes s
~ m aho South than all other brands eomonee
shocoarilt confirms the fact that U U Wn9'eso -
fiesfh5I esd Highest In Leavcnln9 PcveL LOON Wv
III sSsoese-sbcc- on every can. q.
1zas1a6 b iHB SOUTHERN MANUFACTURERS %. htanaaa. u
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

A case of green vision, everything
seen appearing to be green in color,
has been brought before the British
Ophthalmological society by: Il. W.
odd, and records have been found Of
13 other cases. The condition was not
one peculiar to nge or sex, and it was
not due to errors of lefraction. It's
existence does not appear to have
been explained. In at least seven of
the cases the general health was no.
ticeably impaired, and in 10 of the
patients there were eye defects
mostly connected with the optic nerve
and retina.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Broken Silence.

"Is Dukimer a ready speaker"
ooh, yes, he's ready speaker, but
he's an awful suffering listener. y
Cllicago Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY,

The population of the earth as esti-
mated by Ernest George Ravenstein
some few years ago for the Royal Geo
graphical society was LAST, 700, OOc.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
The Worser Halt.

Mrs. Fourundred-We need some
new rugs.
Mr.. Fourundred.-Carpets would be
more comfortable.
Mrs. Fourundred.-Rugs are more
stylish. You men are such animals!
Always talking about comfort!-NeW
York Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
EluSiyc,

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for childron
leething, softens tho gums, reduces innamma-
non, aliays pain, cures wind collie. 2jc u bottle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

Conductor L. D. LOOMS, Detroit, Mich,
says: "The effect of Halls Catarrh Cure is
wonderful" Write him about 1t. Sold by
Druggists, 15c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

the ice man.
"Sevonty-rve dollars front foot" answered
the rcal estate man.-Indtanapoli Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

~ wish knew what woman wrote this book.
"lIow do you know that woman wrote 1t at
all?"
.Its style Is so hideously masculine"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

The Best Prescription for Chilis
and Fever is q bottle Of GROVES TAsTELEss
CHILL TONIC, Il is simply iron and Quinine IN
n tasfeless form. No cure-no pay. Price 39c.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

Tho nutmeg groves, called nutmeg
gardens" are singularly beautiful.
The nutmeg trees blossom and bear
fruit continuously, so that the harvest
season lasts the year round. Their
straight, tall trunks are covered with
glossy, dark foliage, amid which hangs
the yellow fruit. showing where it has
burst from ripeness, the rich red OF
the mace within. Above these orch
ards huge canary-trees weave their
branches into canopy, from which
come the cooling of nut-pigeons, the
cry of parrots and the song OF the
Indian nightingale.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01

Piso's Cure IL the best medicine we ever used
for all affections OF throat and lungs.--WH.
o. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Fob. 10, 1900.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-08-01
Internal Evidence.

Don't drink too much water when cy-
cling. Adams Pepsin Tutti Frutti is an
excellent substitute