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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
THROUGH cERMANY's GARDENS.
Where No Land Runs TO Waste and the
Fields Look Like Bed Quilts.

Where No Land Runs TO Waste and the
Fields Look Like Bed Quilts.
North Germany is n low and level
plain. bearing the strongest possible
outward resemblance to patchwork
bed quilt Of the old fashioned log
cabin pattern.
The land is cut into patches no
larger than our garden plots. Patches
mostly rectangular shared. but some,
to meet the exigencies of the ground,
are curves, squares, half squares,
wedges and ovals. Not i fence or any
sort of boundary line is anywhere
seen.
The freshly quilted colors Of these
4iittlesfelds green, brown and Yellow.
according to the tint OF the crops and
the foliage alone, give diversity to the
placid scene, for solidlty. regularity
and the quintessence of stiffness
stamps everything German.
Clearly outlined against the horizon,
picturesquing the otherwise monoton-
GUS landscape, are countless windmills
whose jagged arms seem forever beck
oning to you frantically as you speed
/ along.
There is, however. no such thing in
Germany as "out in the country" in
our sense of the term. The dense pop
ulation is all either gathered into the
cities that stand n astcnishinsly close
proximity, or into the little peasant
villages everywhere dolting the plain,
usually about two miles apart, and
looking brown and teeming like wasps'
nests.
Absolutely no land runs to waste in
Germany. Every foot OF soil is grain
sowed or planted to vegetables or flow
ers. One crop is no sooner removed
than the ground is again plowcd and
made ready Cor the aeXt crop
The ground looks as light and loamy
as If 1t had been all shaken through
coarse sieve, or gone over with
coarse comb. Yet these smooth (lelis
are mostly cultivated by yokcs Of
clumsy oxen or single cows that draw
their loads by ropes and feathers at
tached to broad bands lashed in front,
driven often by women.
German farming implements arc all
far inferior to ours. The scythe is a
straight stick with two subhandles 1T
tached. The general fork and rahe
combined is wooden and clumsy, with
three times wide apart. Farming
utensils are very costly, too, in Ger-
many.
No rugged scars Of gashed earth are
anywhere seen in Germany. but
smooth, white high roads, bordered on
both sides by apple trees. These trees
belong to the government, to which
they yield considerable revenue by
the sale of their fruit to the peasants.
who sell it, in t,rrn, and at profit, to
townspeople.
Aside from oxen and cows, the peas
ants themselves, rather than horses,
are beasts of burden. Nearly every
man, woman and child of them carries
a large basket strapped over the back
at each shoulder, in which they carry
manure, grass or grain to and froni
the fields.-Farm Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Tho Larrest ship Afloat.

The new White Star liner Celtic
heads her class of passenger steamers
in size and magnificence. Her cabin
capacity is 1850 passengers, yet to
give an idea of the roominess and
comfort of the boat, it is estimated
that 10000 men could stand on one
Of. her spacious decks. She is 700
feet long, has beam Of seventy-fve
feet and depth OF forty-nine feet.
Although not so long as the Oceanic
by five feet, she has seven feet more
beam, and measures 5000 tons more.
Her tonnage is 10000 gross, and her
displacement, at load draught, Is Ss,-.
220 tons. With engines of the, quad
rupfe expansion type, twin screws,
great depth of beam and huge keels.
she ought to be the steadiest craft
afloat. The staterooms are large and
comfortable; and suites, including liv-
ing room, chambers and bathrooms,
are furnished for families. The steer
age is said to be rs luxurious rs the
first-class accommodations of twenty
years ago.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
BLOSSOMS THAT EMIT LIGHT.
When the Pollen Bursts Electricity ,s
Generated With Faint Flashes.

To a woman belongs the honor OF
having first discovered flowers that
emit light. This woman was the
daughter Of Linneaus, the celebrated
Swedish naturalist. One evening,
when the aged man and his daughter
were walking in their gardens, she
called his attention to some nastur-
tiums, glowing with a faint phospho-
resent light. They removed these to;
perfe fectiy dark, room and there;
viewed the ghostly Illuminated flowers
for hours, trying to solve the mystery.
Since that time. says. the New York
Herald, number of different flowers
have been found to give forth light,
among them being the corolla of the
common sunfower; also q species Of
tagetes, called by the French botanists
the "rose d'Inde," and the large and
beautiful compound flower called in
this country the dahlia.
Luminous nasturtiums," writes Pro-
fessor A. Frederick Collins" "have
been frequently observed IN Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco. observed
one evening a number of persons
bending over an iron pot full Of mas
turtiums. Curious to know what the
attraction was I fell into line until 1t
became my turn to inspect the flow
ers at closer range.
II was surprised to see a fash Of
light dart repeatedly from the yellow
petals. The next day I photographed
it.
"a strange fact regarding the phos-
phorescent light emitted by certain
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Fashion Notes.

Gray linen shoes are. cool and d7sensi.
BILE footwear for the little ones. &
Pearl buttons come in many fancy
shapes. Diamonds and almonds, as
they are called; from the oval form,
are among the prettiest. =" .
a number Of brides this season have
worn wreaths Of flowers under: theil
tulIe wells. Transparent yokes also re,
lieve the severity of the bridalsgow1i.
A gauze ribbon. an inch wide, with:
a little satin edge aid draWing threads,
to draw 1t up Into a rnching is selling
for twenty cents a piece. The ribbon
comes In all colors. .:,,>.': $. 3.
Low buckskin shoes with white eye.
lets and laced with q gray .lacing worn
with gray-and OF course nothing is
prettier than silk-stockings make the
most attractive Of footwear.
A short necklace of alternate coral
and crystal beads. IS pretty. The crys.
tai beads are fiat, as large in diameter
one way as the coral beads, but do moi
occupy more than quarter the space
on the string. .,.5.......-.ss. ~
A beautiful gown worn by q matron
recently was Of pale gray crepe de
chine combined with black Chantilly
lace and silver embroidery. With this
she wore q black hat, trimmed with
white geraniums and lace.
a veil with which one can take ones
choice Of spots has these in the form
of round dots, set on to the black veil
ing, black on one side and white oh
the other. One may have either out,
and when the veil lies In folds both
show.
Soft, self-colored linens are liked
fer country froeks, being made usu-
ally with three tier or three founce
skirts; Eaa pf these, founces is en-
broidered scallopea around the
edges: a touch Of p1acksin belt or
resette IS always In evidence,
A pretty tea9own all 10of black has a
yeEe OF pufhngs of the silk low ut tho
throat and finished with black lace,
and. the body Of thessarment falls
from the yoke Ia accordion pleats to
the lower edge. where there is q not
very wide ruffio trimmed with black
lace. =
Very beautiful guimpes are TO- be
found to wear with silk waists or fine
waists of any kind. They are made
Of the finest and sheerest materials In
white and are correspondingly expen-
sive. Tho stocks or standing collars
are made on the guimpes. and they
make very easily arranged addition
to q handsome gown and offer simple
means for a change. 5.-..-,.a..2. - q. q
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Bad Management. of Young Couple.

There is a young couple living over
near Connecticut avenue" said
Washington woman. "who manage
their affairs in what consider a very
unwise manner. That is they spend
almost. every cent Of a modest income
on house furnishings, table service,
clothes and the like and leave food as
the very last and most neglected con-
tsideration. For that reason l am In
the habit of feasting sumptuously be-
fore leave to accept an invitation to
dine there. happened in about lunch
time last week and Mrs. Blank cor
daily invited me to stay and have a
bite with her Knowing that bite
was a very good word for her lunches
I pleaded another engagement But
she persisted, and finally, with an evil
dent view to tempt Ito remain. she
called out to the house girl who was
=ettlng the table in the dining room:
lime, what have We for lunch to-
day% Tillie is nothing If not truth
teller. Brad she answered, and tho
clock ticked violently for some Sec
onds.
81 didn't stay."-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Tho UnhYeienio Earring.

a French savant is protesting vigor.
ously against the practice among civil
lied women of wearing earrings. He
pronounces 1t not only q relic Of bar
barism, extraordinary and incon-
gruous ct this stage Of the worlds
progress, but remarkable besides, In
the light Of our improved sanitary
knowledge. Every wound, or even
abrasion, of the skin is danger spot,
thoroughly understood in these days
Of germs and microbes and wanton
laceration Of q healthy part Of the
body for the display of gold and jew
els is q relic of savage vanity which
the modern woman should be ashamed
of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Women as Undertake

a new opportunity for women was
discussed at a meeting Of the Kansas
State Association Of Undertakers by
a woman speaker, who said: Il can
safely promise the women who con-
template entering this calling a most
kindly reception on the part of the
men, for / am sure they will find
that our cooperation is just what is
needed in the art Of embalming."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16

flowers, 1t has been observed, is that
those in which the yellow and orange
predominate exhibit the greatest
amount of light. Professor Haggern,
the naturalist, pronounces the light OF
electrical origin, declaring that when
the pollen bursts electricity Is pro-
l;uced. and light follows"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
suir,roinr Pheasants.

The pheasant, everybody knows, Is
a non-aquatic bird; therefore Pro-
fessor Lloyd Morgan's observations
that newly hatched birds Of the age
of thirty hours swim easily, show apt
leg movements and exhibit few signs
of distress. is of singular interest. Is
this swimming habit throw-back or
reversion to an antecedent state in the
history of this land-giying species, OF
is it to be regarded as an example, OF
q direct; ahdssudden adaptation to q
new environment? ?GLohdon Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
or INTEREST
a Pioneer woman Physician.

DR.. Hannah W. Longshore, Of Phil
cdelohia, who reached her eighty-sec-
end birthday short time ago, was
pioneer among women in the medical
profession, having beel q practitioner
il that city for fifty years. She is q
graduate of the Woman's Medical Col
lego, and was one Of the first Of the
women physicians Of Philadelphia
Woran's Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
Gossip.

- o. -
Mathilde Weber, who recently died
at Tubingen, aged seventy-two, was
one of the pioneers in South Germany
in the movement for securing greater
privileges for women. -:
Mrs. Bissell, has entire charge of "a
carpet sweeper factory of Grand Rap.
ids, Mich. 1t is even rumored that the
invention was hers rather than that
Of her husband now deceased. :; * :;
Nine. Bottard, the soldest nurse in
tie Paris Salpetriere, has retired af:
ter sixty-one years Of service at the
age of eighty years. Some years age
she was decorated with the Legion of
Honor.
Mrs. Jean Fuqua Beckham, wife Of
the Governor Of Kentucky, is, only
twenty-five years old. She met the
present Governor when he was Speak
er of the Kentucky House Of Repre-.
sentatiyes. ~
The autobiography Of. Booke T..
Washington is now being translated
for "The Star OF India" by Miss Lila
vati Singh, as-young woman Of India.
who spoke at many religious gather
ings in the United States last year.
Mrs. John Kidder, of Nevada Coun.
ty, California, is President Of the mar.
row gauge road running from Colfex
to Nevada City. Her husband owned
much stock and during his Illness she
familiarized herself with the business.
Women are experimenting with elec-
tricity these days. A very practical
invention has just been patented by
Corinne Dufour, of Savannah, an cleo
tric carpet sweeper, said to be a vast
improvement upon the old d-dme arti-
cles.
Miss Belle McKinnon is superintend-
ent of a big manufacturing plant of
Little Falls, N. Z. She employs 1900
hands, is trained In business, and is
especially noted for having amicably
settled several disputes which threat.
Miss Elyira Miller, a Southern wri-.
ter, has just been engaged as passen-
ger agent upon the louisville and st.
Louis road. and it is confidently e1-
peoted that she will present the "su-
perior attractions" of this railroad In
a way to interest women travellers.
Mrs. ]. p. Ford. of Manchester.
Conn. has given $4,000 toward the
erection of the new dormitory and In
dustrial Hall for the practical training
of female students at Malialieu Sem
mary, Kensey. Ala, This building will
provide facilities for fifty more stu
dents to enter at the fall term.
a very young woman Of Syracuse Is
paying her way through college by q
domestic occupation on large scale.
Even as child her spare time was
spent in fruit canning and jelly max
ing, and this work she has found,
more lucrative than under graduate
teaching in order to secure, money for
her university expenses. i
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
English womon Like Jowcls.

: French women care more for the en-
semble OF their gowns, while the Eng
lish women are particular about eer=
tain points. The English woman pre-.
fers fine Jewels. If less money Is put
into her frocks, 1t IS for this reason
that quantity Of French jewels were
sold recently in England. Among
these was O magnificent pearl neck,
lace weighing 9050 grains and made
up of 424 magnificent pearls, evenly
matched and Of exquisite quality. The
clasp was of First Empire design.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
One way to Garry a watch.

5 The entirely up-to-date girl now
wears her watch dropped inside her
collar, with chain five or six inches
long hanging outside. This is to keep
thc timepiece within easy access, as
without such precautioa. 1t would be
likely to slip out of reach. The chain
is frished by an ornament or seal, the
Sedder the betteE3,A curious pendant
As NINA turc y Ecopnngus that holds
q i.n5 vf1at e or
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
ONE OF UNCLE SANS SAMOAN SOLDIERS.

model little in the Samoan accord
States cruiser Philadelphia sent from
New Zealand Guard Of the best drilled
troops look the soldier business
the American fag and they
have been great perfection in military movement
troops white unhs ana oue
with straps around the hen
The legs bare
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
AGHoo6ioo Bird

Boone County, Mo-, has, a sort OF
hoodoo bird known as "the belled
buzzard" which has returned to the
neighborhood at intervals Of q few
years since before the days Of the old
est inhabitant. It carries bell at
tached to i'm iron collar. The bird
has Just come back very gray and
sluggish. 1t is believed to be at least
d century old. :.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16
As Good "a Any.

whats your: dogs nande%
rip
,.fshort tor'Tippeeanoe?" :; & !
8 "oh, no. l. just call hiir :Tipi be-
cause hes q: pointer" "-Philaddelphla
Press: -. !. n;. - ~.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16

The fellows who always notice when
q girl has on & new hat don't always
make the best husbands.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16

Very few of US would be willing to
take our own advice. ...;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16

/: The girl. who: plays the violin is sure
Of ct least one bow.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-10-16

Wigg-"He is a young man of
promise" Wagg-"I prefer young
man who pays"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-01-10
SNAKES.

wouldn't live in town fer all the gum
At could chew, ner popcorn bricks an
some
Red lemonade besides. Why, jes, 10
think
You never could steal melons-couldn' I
drink
Sweet cider frora the fasset whom yer
paw
Brings home the bar'ls fer appl.-butter.
I'd rather be girl at cries Don't
please"
Than be a boy an not fight bumbIcbees.
! know Teller, an he lives in town,
An wears his shoes in summertime. an
down
Here when he comes he dassent take
Because his nav saws he'll ketoh whoop-
in cough
Or stub his toes. He don't know much
bet,
Bout tumble-bugs ner turtles; worseG
yet,
Bout hornets-fercest things ID. ever go
A-lookn' fer a feller-guess ] know.
Besides, he's fraid o snakes-bct he
AS many as Sam and me. Course don't
mean
Big bore-constricters, like the ones you
see
All pictured out in my geographic
Ner dragons, with their wings an torked
tails.
An red-hot teeth an shinin' fiery scales;
kinder guess I'd run If l should see
one scootin' down the road thsre after
me.
But snakes-jest snakes-I amt afraid o
none
'Cept rattlesnakes or copperheads or one
Our hired man says gifts in fellers'
boots
Jest awful! Boo-a shiver kinder shoots
Up my backbone to think OF that! IT
takes
A lot of things to scare me. Common
snakes
Can't do it. But of course you don't
ketch me
A-lookin' fer EN- often-no-sir-ee!
Edward NJ. Wilson, in Chicago Daily
Record.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-01-10
any DAD an M"

-
aee'lS NE every lh-as want t.I no.
w. uau' ne ~ .''' "'''- ~
Can't see why { should alvey ge
A-thinkin' of nay bat an ball,
An runuin' when the Gel. call.
Dad says hill-Gll an pr. .4"rs base
Is tuoishness, an that tor chase
An tear around an. climb an yell
Has jes' got ter be broke mp a spell
tie got ter work DAD says. ai ton.
IN that's the way ter train Gp M IN.
lhinES has changed some since ihpst
Gays,
Cert dads IDEAS, an they jest stays,
An SO somehow we can aeree,
MY dad an me
-
nv iIIH.'' ""u, ne S'h,S nm GUY
- " - ,'' ~ W. ,'' o.,
,l'''i ~" ~, ''-
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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-01-10
1--we GOT A MESSAGE TO 90 BACK
HOME"

for making ,,orl. fhrrr 4, So little Ii,
do IN = hoI,-,. where There +, uobod, Il
put 81 chain a,,r,. or drop thing, or
the floor and ever since her father.
dcotb She had d,,rn alone. save for 4.
faithful ord ur,ro servant lust hou
Iorr,. H., ,a.. n, one I.u,, but She. :.
hy drorrr. She had rnro. ia fake ybat
comfort sbr. could ia the kindly IitjIr
cotton of hriro literary. which her
fri.rd. vo,c ulout nor ana if She
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-01-10
WHY THE YOUNG !
! MAN DIDN'T PAY UP !

4 II II NNiO, NV / W '''.l i''N
l. tor: | haven't time to write YOU
a letter Just now, old man, but sim
ply want to drop you line 50 YOU
will know ! haven't forgott0n You and
the lift you gave me out we. cont
mean to make any excuse for not hay
ing repaid that 40, which represents
my monetary indebtedness to you,
long before this. but
Last week | managed to have ST
left after paying my board. Fearing
lest the money should burn a hpt
in my pocket | went post haste down.
to the Office intending to mail you
that 40 Immediately. Barely had !
got seated at my desk when the
phone rang. Hank, now; the plot
thickerrs, \ soft. sweet feminine
voice came drifting over the wire ask
ing if | was anywhere about. 1t was
Billy.
Billy's other name is Ruth Hard
ing Hampton. | met Billy down il
Kentucky about five years age and
we fell desperately in love with each
blIi'i hplt l'A''' 'N' - ADllN W a.
then about II and | was two years
older. Billy's dad" as she called him
had some of the best trotters in TIN,
whole bluegrass region r. moonlight
drives and all that! You know, doc
tor?
Billy was i great kid She owncr
a long-bodicd, beuch-',ggcd dog that
was exact; her age to a day. Now
please, treat that statement kindly
doctor. for Billy is the only authority
have for the dogs age and how Bills
knew. is more than can tell. Any
how, the pup had a wooIIy face Al,
a hump on his back ike a weasel. II,
was fully three feet long without
counting his tail and he was not NOR,
thar six inches in height except al
the point where the hump came in
There he was little higher, but a,
! said before | haven't any statistic.
relating to that particular pup, so i
is possible that | err slightly in tn,
matter
Billy said he was a grounding dog
ferhapS ne might nave Neen 2t som,
time IN the dim past distant re.a
tive OF the gromdhrg. but IN The
course of evolution the grnGndhug'
good looks must have go astray be
fore the dog developed Between thu
grounding and the dug here were
strained relations mo- .ohp igt,uG,,
and think possibly nat state q
affairs might have been ."nlght abor
at the time when 'hc Log c'am,s
kin-Ilp to the grodrad'- But what
the nd0s'
LILY used 10 take re 'hd me de-
down through the tai. -rass OF TN
meadows 10 the niue r'..N that wan
oert" eooI ana clear ihf". Rh the rel
oo''"In iahdS OF th' '''eN' iier'
VIZ hiiiA PrlNal' Jug ground
NouS ellheF nank OF ne strra'
"uo,e colonies OF gf"u""u'8s had IS
,ap.'Sheo themselves ana mus II wa
'na' spoIt was never 'a'hIug Ior lIiIl
ana hr"'Ser---hru'ser o'''R the DOG
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-01-10

at times, but II she was il was all be-
cause she was the only girl and the
youngest child in a family of eight.
One tiuae l took hand i'm enc Of the
grounding fights, and Billy promptly
gave me rap over the head with her
club and ordered me to mind my own
business.
Billy was not unsympathetic. for
after she had split Mo head open with
her club She took me down TO The
creek, washed the blood out Of my
hair. tore her apron into bandages
and dressed my wound like little
major. Then she made me wait at
the creek until she went home,
hitched a horse to the blackboard and
came back after me.
Billy was indeed in a ciass all to
herself. The day | was TO leave for
home we had crying match all 20
ourselves down by the creek among
the groundhogs and butternuts. For
nearly a year after | went home we
wrote letters back and forth, and once
| dropped into verse and wrote quite
a Wad of it. | had II right. eh, doc
tor? Say, old n an, hold the wire just
a moment, and III dig up verse or
two of that old poem, just so you'll
know where | was getting off about
that time. Here we are:
Billy thought this verse was great:
"Oh pity the pain of the brave hopes slain
OF the spirit that's wounded sore,
~ 81 4, I,stT
again
Know the gladness they've known OF
yorer'
Billy has another think coming, eha
Well no matter; Billy was a pretty
girl, and | was fool kid, so there you
are. The poem goes on, doctor, TO the
extent of seven verses, but III spare
you.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1901-01-10
Too Much Explanation.

We do not mind having a man waste
our time II he does not take up too
much time a." Gaining tAat he does
not want to waste Washington
Ua.) Democrat.