EDGEF?ELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1895. VOL LX. NO. 9. Less than one-half of our farms aro ' mortgaged. A Chicago University teacher will bo known as "Mr.," pot "Prof." Our Animal Friends has collected sS'tittics which show thal; 102 cases of lockjaw resulted in tho year 1831 from docking horses' tails. Among tho new postoffices estab lished in Washington State, noted by the Chicago Record, aro Pysht, Quit lagnctte, Utsaladdy and Kliskitat. Says the Topeka State Journal : A revenue collector is following an ice Icold trail in Southeastern Kansas for men with incomes over $4000 a year It is said in tho New York Recorder that until the year 1895, no colored mon ever served on a jury in Maine. W. A. Johnson, of Bangor, is thc pio neer. _ In two years Austria has obtained through tho Rothschilds two-thirds ol the $123,000,000 in gold it is hoard ing in order to adopt the single stand ard, and of the amount secured this year $24,000,000 is American eagles. Tho Atlanta Journal remarks thal while illiteracy decreased greatly ID the South from 1S80 to 1800, it in creased in the States of Maine, Ncxi Hampshire, Yermout, New Jersey, Michigan, Montana, Nevada and Wis consin. _ Tho Sioux Indians propose to raise by popular subscription a fund for the erection ot a monument to their Chief, Iron Nation, who died recently on the reservation near Chamberlain, South Dakota. Iron Nation had been a prominent figure in Sioux affairs for sixty years. Queerer suit at law was novel brought than that of H. Magill against the Osage Council. Magill was going through tho reservation when tho In- | dians caught and tied him, cut his hair and held a war dunce round him. Ho sues for $10,000, and tho Council offers $500 to settle. A new language has just been added to tho Bible Society's list, bringing np the total number to over 320. This time, as in some other recent in stances, the new version is for Africa. It is a translation of the gospel of St. j Matthew into Kisuknma, the language *7*srfhe Baa&knma people, whose coun try lies immediately south of Lake Victoria Nyanza. ??^ arding to a roport by Jules Fori?*, read beforo the French Na .*al Society of Acclimatization, woman's desire to decorate her bonnet with feathers causes tho slaughter each year of 1,450,000 swallows, and is, moreover, exterminating the heron, the bird of paradiso and many of the most beautiful birds of the American and Australian tropics. Tho New York Mail and Express ob lerves: Thc Mikado, having con ferred the Grand Order of the Imper ial Chrysanthemum upon the German Kaiser, the latter has returned the compliment by sending the collar of tho Black Eagle to the first gentleman of Japan. As the regalias of these flistinguished Orders aro only lent to the recipients, it doesn't cost much for monarchs to be civil to each other. Tho vaunted protection of the seals in Alaskan water is a myth, in the opinion of thc New York Mail and Ex press. Secretary Carlisle reports that 121,143 wero killed by pelagic sealers last year. This statement has caused a suggestion to be made in Congress that tho Government undertake tho slaughter of the remaining seals, esti mated to number 450,000, and eell tho tkins, which would be valued at $10, 000,000 if properly cured. It is strange that the two greatest Govern ments in the world cannot protect tho seals. Possibly there is some reason not apparent on the surface why this is so. _ Dr. Chauncey M. Depew in a recent interview in predicting 1895's pro gress in railroading, very pertinently stated: "Take, for instance, the New York Central Railroad. Our trains might almost bo termed flashes of lightning, bnt their rate is not a cir cumstance to ttio 6peed wo are now aiming at. Then thero is the matter of safety. I need not assure you that the safety of passengers is the most important thing a railroad man has to with. This coming year we expect to attain what some people may consider a chimera-namely, perfect freedom from risk in the transportation of hu man beings by rail. We have, we be lieve, solved the problem, and that, I ohould say, will mako 1805 an un equaled year in railroading. In the far as in the near future, romantic Shings are done, or aro being pro jected. A tunuel to the summit of ?he Jungfrau is oue of the things pos iiible. The Trans-Siberian Railway und tho South African line to Mashon aland are two projects on the edgo of the future-the former already under way-and the poetry of railroading will be experienced in the new rush of railroad building certain to ensuo in Japan when thc Chinese war indemnity is paid-which will certainly happou in 1895." ROTARY SNOWPLOW. LATEST MACHINES TO CLEAN RAILROADS OF SNOW. Necessary la tho East, Where There Are No Sheds Over the Tracks -A Rotary Plow at Work. V I J HOSE who have not "been there," says thc New York Tribune, can hardly form an 6 ^ea of the difficulties which railroad companies have to contend with on account of the snow. No street-cleaning commissioner with thousands of men aids them ; no indi viduals along their lines help them in their work, and no great rows of houses and high walls protect their tracks from the obstructing element. On the other hand, anxious would-be travelers and shippers of freight make life a burden to the railroad officials because of unavoidable delays, and railroads generally, and the snow bound roads m particular, aro de nounced as unworthy of public con fidence. In the far West great sheds have been built to protect the roadbeds, but in the more temperate "regions, where a snow blockade is not au an nual nuisance, the companies have de pended on the snowplow and the primitive shovel, and storms such as A ROTARY PLOW AT WORE the one which swept the country dur ing the winter have sorely tried the manager? of those great trunk roads, the iron of which runs through the snowbelt. The rotary snowplow is the latest machine to be used to clean the snow from railroad tracks, and,- according EOTART JUST GOT THROUGH THE DRIFT. to reports received by General Super intendent Edgar Van Etten, of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, it did good work on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdonsburg Railroad. Tho cuts, made from photographs sent to Mr. Van Etten from the Cape Vincent bra?ch of the road, 6how how impassable roads are cleared of snow and how trains which would otherwise be held fast in the drifts are set free. The first furrow along the line of the road is made by tho snowplow. This creates great banks of snow on tho sides of the tracks, which, if they moved down ward, .would again obstruct the road. To prevent this tho snow from the banks on the sides of the tracks is thrown into the track, and thon tho rotary machine is sent along at a speed of about ten miles an hour. It throws tho looso snow to each side of the roadbed and leaves tho tracks free for WIDENING CUTS AND THROWINi PLOW TO I tho train, which usually follows close in its wake. At a first glance it seems straugo to throw snow upon n roadway which is being cleaned, but this part of tho process is made necessary in order to prevent a possible snowslidc and to widen tho cleared space. Thc rotary plow is an expensive luxury. It costs about $30,00Q to build and lins i ts own machinery, which I operates tho flange by which the snow is cleared Irom the tracks. It is us large as an ordinary day coach, and is brought into use only when the snowfall has been great or when the ordinary steam plow cannot clear away the drifts. The railroad officials i ay that the speed ol tho old stearn j plow cannot be attained by the rc I tary plow, but, while its work is j slower, it ia more effectual. Major E. Leslie, of Paterson, N. J., told a Tribune reporter that he in vented and patented the rotary plow in ISSI. The plows are in use all over the Northern and Western part PASSENGER TRAIN FOLLOWING ROTARY. of tho United States, the first oho having been built for the Union Pa cific Railroad Company in 1887. Of the sixty-two rotary plows now in use in this country the Union Pacific Railroad has six and the New York Central two. Tho German Govern ment owns ono and ono is now being built in Copenhagen, which when com plete will be sent to Russia. The Dream ol Chemistry. The electrician has ono dream and the social philosopher has another. But the chemist has also a dream that is as fanciful a; a vision of the alchem : IN NORTHERN NEW YORK. i6t of the dark ages. This is how he i would solve the problems of comfort : and happiness which have been put to the human race : "The chemist hopes for a synthetic i beefsteak, for a chemical loaf, for a 1 cup of coffee made, like his soda water : extracts, out of inorganic matter. He < wants to see tho day when a synthetic : climate shall envelop the earth, when the rainmaker shall be a prophet and man shall hold the string to thc un ruly bags of iEolus. ' ] "lu that day the food and raiment j of mankind will bo produced in the { crucibles of the chemist. Once more i verdure will clotho tho fields now de faced by human toil, and the shaggy woods will spring anew on tho de spoiled slopes of tho hills. There will be no tilling or harvest, no slaugtor ing of tame beasts. Ont .e tho orig inal clements chemistry will com pound chops and cutlets, kuoad tho dough and brew tho ale. "The battle has already been portly won in thc case of medicines and drugs. The wino at tho table d'hote nover saw thc vineyard. The "prize fruit flowers" of the drug store are innocent of orchard and garden. Syn thetic chemistry is yet young. It has made great advances in tho produc tion ot glycerids and sugars. It has 4000 devotees in this country who hopo to make tho dream a reality. " New York Mail and Express. A Novelty in Lighting. For many years there has been no little difficulty in properly lighting factories, ulills and largo shops whoro good light is a necessity. Every ob tainable method has been tried with indifferent success, the light boing so 1 bright as to be dazzling or so irregu lar as to cast black shadows. Of late, a new device has been experimented with, giving promise of perfect adap 31 SNTOW ON TRACKS FOR ROTARY PUMP AWAY. 'ability. A large number of arc ligbts arc arrauged with powerful re flectors. These throw tho radiance upon thc ceiling, which is ?winted dazzlingly white. Thc reflection moro nearly resembles daylight than any thing that has beeu tried. This idea is susceptible; of many modifications, and can bc utilized in many ways. New York Ledger. By tho will of the hito Richard Sugilen, of Spencer, Muss., a business block in that place, valued at ?33,000, , is left to tho town, tho rents to fro to- ! ward the maintenance ol' tho public library. Mr. Kugdcu's house is given to the town lor an old ladies* home. Tho valuation of tho labor of our } hens iu eggs anil spring chickens is j every year estimuted at ,^200,00f',000. * Senator Hawley as a S.'nger. "Oalm and sedate," says the Wash agton Post, "appears Senator Haw ?y upon tho floor of the Senate. Vhen he speaks, his voice is pleasant, mt" it does not recall the sounding Tass or tho tinkling cymbals. Very ifferent is the Senator Hawley who oins in gleeful or patriotic song with tis old comrades of the war. Then ?e is an enthusiastic, fervent chorister. Ie swings his arms as ho beats time, nd from his throat pours forth a ?i para of melody. The air quivers rith tuneful sounds aud echoes with liapa6on notes. When he mounts np1 m a chair and sings 'My Country 'Tis >f Thee,' as he did the other night at he Loyal Legion banquet, it iaa sight .nd an occasion to stir tho coldest leart. But even this is as an ant to UNITED STAT23 3ESATOR HAWLEY. m elephant compared with his rendi ion of 'Marching Through Georgia.' Then is tho climax reached. The at nosphere palpitates, tho heart beats umultuously, an infectious enthusi ism intoxicates tho crowd. Senator lawley as a singer beats the world. " And the Doclor Kicked Himself. A very eminent physician had cured i little child from a dangerous illness. Che thankful mother turned her steps :owarcl the houso of her son's savior. "Doctor," 6aid she, "there are some services which cannot be repaid. I lid not know how to express my grat tude. I thought you would,perhaps, ?ie so kind as to accept this purse, em oroidered by my own banda " "Madam," replied the doctor, ronghly, "medicine is no trivial af fair, and our visits are only to be re garded in money. Small presents serve to Bustam-Irjendship, but they 3o not sustain our familieST''- - "But,- doctor," said the lady," llarmed and wounded, "speak; tell me the fee." "Four hundred dollar . ' The lady openB the pr ?. fi ave bank notes of S2? : iwo to tho doctor, puts :ng three back ia I131 :oldly and departs.-A ? aal. Cycling on RailTi . One of the curiositieo in ine is an invention by a young Cali rornian named J. W. Bitehey. It U i machine for pedaling along railway racks, and thc inventor claims for. it CYCLING ON THE HAIL. a speed of from twenty to twenty-five miles an hour. Tho means by which Kitchey has adapted the familiar road ster tc thc gauge of a railwoy aro as follows : He has attached a four-inch flanged wheel, shaped exactly like a largo spool, to a rod in front of the hind wheel, and a similar ono on an arm projecting about three feet in iront. In addition to this an eight - eeu-inch wheel at the end of a rod so arranged as not to interfere with the working of the pedals, runs on the other rail. In this way tho machine is perfectly balanced, and all tho rider has to do is to work the pedals in the usual way. The inventor seems to believe that before long semi-deserted passenger trains will bo followed by au endless procession of "bikes," on which idle conductors and despairing news agents will gaze helplessly from tho rear platform, but just how the objections of railway companies to such use of their tracks is to be over como is not vouchsafed. Business Aphorisms. Big debts como from big promises. Leaks in business aro like gimlet holes in a barrel. Little ideas and big succcssos never go together. A careloss merchant will have care less customers. A neat storo and neatly printed sta tionery go together. If excuso had a money valuo, some men would bo wealthy. Success is very coy and will remain only when treated well. Place your confidence upon actual cash and you don't misplace it. Some clerks cultivate their mus taches moro carefully than they do business sense. -Shoo and Leather Facts. A Napoleonic Mot. Ono night at a court ball in the Tui leries Napoleon III. was so attentive to a beautiful young woman as to ex cite comment umoug tho other women. At last, in responso a direct tribute to her beauty, she said : "Ah, but Your Majesty compliments mc too much." "How remarkable, " he replied, with a twinkle in his eye, "that you should say just what every other woman here is thinking."-Detroit Freo Press. - -- Tho Federal Government of Mexico liier? a bonus of four couts for every rubber free planted. In addition to ibis, tho State Gowcruinent of Oaxaca j )f?ers ono cent, . " J^j Scalping Not Fatal. .^Scalping is not a religions ceremony, ad many have supposed. It is simply a/proof of killing-evidence beyond a doubt. ' -|Tt would seem that scalping is fatal, burrin itself it is not necessarily so. Numerous instances of survival, oven wji?n the victim had been wounded in addition, are on record. One spring dav in 1868 Thomas Cahone and Willis Edmonston, freight conductors of the Union Pacific Railway, were fishing in aJainall stream near Sidney, Neb Tiley were unarmed, feeling sure that tba handful of regular troops stationed at[Sidney would keep off any prowl inglndians. : ^jaddenly a party of mounted Sioux swept down upon them. They put eight ;, arrows into Cahone, ono of which, passed under the point oE the right shoulder blade and came out an inch;or two under tho breast. Four arrows were fired into Edmonston. trho' soaip proper of Cahono was t?^? by one Indian, whilo the second tchk a piece about four by seven ir.?hes, from the left side of the head. Edmonston was not scalped, for at this juncture tho soldiers from Sidney hur ried out and tho Indians took to flight. The'wounded men were taken to the town, where tho arrows wero cut out. In 1883 I met Cahone, who was then a passenger conductor running east "from Ogden, Utah. Ho said he was in .excellent health, having never suf fered from his wounds or thu scalp ing.; He woro a skull cap, as may weljt^be imagined. Edmonston was at thc Same time a passenger conductor running west from Ogden.-New York Herald._ Just Say "Walk" to Him. ifs, which are at once tho drow siosf&hd most wakeful of domestic ani mals; according to their state of mind and - circumstances, seem to sleep lightly or heavily at will. Nothing can he more slow, reluctant, and Jeis urely^than the enforced waking of a potted house dog when it does not wish'to be disturbed. It will remain deaf to a cat, twitch its feet if tickled, but not unclose its eyes, and finally streich end yawn like a sleepy child. But.mention something interesting to the samo dog when sleeping, such as thetford "walk," or click the lock of agtiuj ?ndit k on its feet in an in stant,, and ready for enterprise. Spectator. --JTWl * UK T?8rSpanish language is sonorous and5|ignifiecl, but deficient in variety and' adaptability. Italian is not masculine enough to meet ali tho wn?'ts'of tho speaker. In.the year 1894 only 734G people were^kiJled and 40,393 were injured m?W: or less seriously on our rail roads.. 2-"Well, if I didn't forget to put down the oilcloth, however 3-"I guess I can slide itunder,and when sho comes homo she'll bc 4-"Surprised. "-W. O. F?ll cr, .Tr., iu Rockland (Ale.) Tribune. The rate of taxation has nearly quad rupled ju France singe 1830. THE LATEST OUT. RECENT WRINKLES ON THE FACE OF DAME FASHION. Welcome Return of Buttons-Silk the Fabric for Early Season Wear-Possible Forerun ner of Hoopsklrts. THE world seems to havo gone wild on tho subject of orna mentation, says tho Washing ton Star. There is no stone too precious to imitate for every-day garniture, and silver is so common and so cheap that the charwoman .would be frowned upon in tho swell West End scullery regions if she were to pinion her Bath bun headdress with anything grosser than a silver dagger. The new throat or collar buckles are not so barbarously wide as they were for awhile, but they aro longer and prettier. Some of them look like crocheted silver wire, and are flexible. A few aro set with brilliants, but though these are really worn by some people of unquestioned good taste in broad daylight over a tailor-made gown, it is yet open to question whether it is quite proper. Bracelets of heavy silver log chains, fastened with a tiny padlock, are not new in conception, but aro in design. They are not pretty either. Tho reign of fancy bodices seems to be at its height. Tho bodice still has a fancy for stopping nt tho waist line, J?INTY COSTT/AIi! * forward every day. A line wire chaiu | belt, as flexible as ribbon almost, has ' a buckle of two hearts that overlap i and are set with turquoises. Another I belt is of a thin blade of chased silver I with flat, square buckies, set in a 1 curious oriental fashion with various i colored stones. Ribbon belts come to i match all tho exquisite new shades of i silk, and havo dainty bows of ribbon '. with small rhinestone buckles in the centre. There are tiny rings of silver ' set with tiny stones, that may be i sewed on the belt to form a ohain of brilliants through the centre, or to 6tud it at intervals. Except on very brilliant occasions, these would look a little loud. Buttons seem to be returning to favor, and they will be wolcome, for bud as dressmakers hate to make but tonholes, they would rather do it than submit to tho constant growl ab'mfc hooks that never etay fastonod, and eyes that oludo the most skillful fin gers. Somo of tho buttons are ex quisito pieces of workmanship, and are of filagree gold and silver. A few are set with real garnets and turquoises, and tho most artistically expensive ones aro painted ivory or stone china, set in quaintly wrought rims. The vests of tailor-made gowns that have fly-open coats are fastened fr?m neck to lower edgo with neat little buttons, generally of the samo material as tho dress. Large pearl buttons aro a foatnro of the modernized Eton suits, which are with us again. There is just enough difference in tho suit of the new gar ments to make you wish that you had waited till this season to buy. One fancy in the jacket is to hook it to the vest down the sides, and not let it fly , open, as it did last season. It will not bo hard to accommodate tho old style to that feature, however. As for tho sleeves, they can't get any bigger, for there is nothing to hold them out, ex cept it bo a wire cage. I did hear of ono young woman who utilized her big sleeves on a rainy, sloppy day to 6tow her packages in, and they might bo mado to serve as market baskets, but it is qnite probablo that they have reached the highest point of all their greatness, and will soon fall, Uko a bright exhalation in the evening, and no man see them moro. My, but wo men will look funny then ! Tho fancy fronts which are so much tho voguo show many novelties for spring. Those made of tho English eyelet embroidery and ribbons aro among tho latest. To a pink satin stock a blouse front of palo pink eye let embroidery is fastonod, which is finished at tho waist lino by n broad band of pink ribbon. Other novel ties are ot eyelet insertion and bands of ribbon. These fronts aro very charming worn with jaunty little cloth jackets. Light silk fronts, in ail the new shades, aro stylish trimmed with coarse black lace insertion. Herc is some French authority ou thc uso of crinoline : "Tho best dress makers aro now using stiff interlinings with great mod oration. Thero is a general tcudency to discard its uso altogether as a lining, employing the crinoline, moreen, haircloth or other fabric for un entirely separate under skirt. Some of tho now silk skirts aro made to carry out, thin iden, beiug faced with haircloth at the hem, and trimmed very full around the bottom with piped or corded silk frills, about three inches wide. Inexpensive skirts [ire also made of moreen or haircloth alone, some fashioned with a closely fitted yoke, with kilts or hox plaits FANCY FRONT MADE OF RIBDON. Joined to this yoke, that flare very much from the knees down, giving a like spreading eftect to tho dress skirt worn above it. A Jew of these skirts ure'silk covered. " It is thought among importers that these skirts are fore runners of hoop skirts. - Silk wili be tho fabric of all fabrics for early season wear. Merchants ^notc enormous sales of thc Very light wash silks for summer wear, and of the darker ones for wear after Easter. Taffetas, so durable and light, will bold their own, but surah and gros jrain will push it hard. There are some odd fancies in evening silks 'jja?' ' . * -r"' SIIF in ? ?uuuro ui'cpo ......?0 They are used principally for bodices, made up with lace and rich passemen trie. The cheap wash silks como ia the most charming colors and certain ly do launder remarkably well. They \re even illuminated now, and a few of them have a curious cord woven ia stripes which makes them quite rich, looking. Since the crusade against the thea tre and concert hat began all kinds of devices havo been resorted to to save . CONCERT IIAT3. tho appearance of going abroad bare headed. Some of tho jeweled affairs that aro used for this purpose aro Bimply exquisito. Ono to bo put against a rabbit's ear bow of ribbon is of dead gold set with turquoises; the other is an aigrette on a pair of Mercury wings of gold set wit h pearls. Tlio center pearl is set around with diamonds. Both of these ornaments are made to stand against a high knotted coiffure. SMART COLLARS AND CAPES. Broad, deep collars or short capes of heavy lace aro very handsome over close-fitting waists. They come at all prices, but aro ncvor very cheap. Ono of the new fashions is to have a collar made with six points of laco. Around each point is sewed, full, a finer lace, about threo inches iu width. Thc nock is finished with a folded chiffon collar, or ribbon, as is proferred. Tho col lar, made in this fashion, is very dressy. It covers tho front and back of tho waist to the bust lino and stand* out well over tho full sleeve. These collars can bo mado for much less money than they can bo bought for in tho shops. Yokes of lace, with deep berthas attached, aro very smart little affairs to wear over a high cut waist or to cover thc neck and shoulders when a low cut bodico is worn. They, too, aro finished with a chiffon, satin or velvet ribbon collar. Long, full, straight vest pieces of chiffou and laco insertion are ex tremely becoming. Tho chiffon is full and laid in flue plaits. Tho piece of lace inserton goos between the folds of thc chiffon, and the whole thing hangs full over thc waist line. --- A sheet of pen drawings by Michael Angelo was discovered recently in a London auction room. The subjects were sketches for holy families and allegorical .groups. Theprize brought $1000 at auction, ' ' LOOK OUT!!! for these imitations and substi tutes, they are poor stuff at the best and increase your misery. Take Simmons Liver Regulator only. You will know it by the large red Z on the face of every package and by the ;elief it gives when taken for Dyspepsia, Indi gestion, Constipation, Biliousness and Sick Headache. ??K?LREGSATOR 0 N L? J. H. ZEILIN & Co., Philad'a, Pa HAWKS AND RATS. Tho Birds Cleared a Barn of Ro dents. One morning recently Farmer Re solved R. Hallstead of Elkland town ship, Penn., saw a large white breastod hawk dart into a sashless window near the peak of a wagon barn that he had finished building a few days before. It flew out in a moment with a squealing rat in each claw, and the interested farmer, watched it till it met another hawk in midair. The two circled and un dulated side by side for a spell, when the one with tho rats resumed its flight toward the forest. The other hawk immediately pointed for the barn, shot through the window, flit ted out a few seconds later with a struggling rat in each talon, and sailed off in the same direction. Mr. Halstead started to tell his wife about what he had seen, when the hawks or a pair exactly like them, flew into the barn window, and came out short ly with their claws full of squealing rats. Thero was ho grain or hay in the new barn, and the farmer won dered where all the rats came from. He was also in a quandry as to how the fierce forest birds knew where to find rats under a roof. On going into the upper part of the barn Mr. Hallstead saw scores of ?rftnn"-oi'it}'> f.ro?cd f'n *'.. '* rt-????;".:*: . .d-bfc.y? iv.*; ?t?-, r***'" ' '*'>! . "" ?.y^M^r^jf??? T?a yz -, - -:?.? $ ? ' ' pip