THOS. 1 ADAMS. PROPRIETOR. EDGEE?ELD, S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 1892. VOL. LVII. NO. 13. The only bicycle patenta now in force are-those covering specialties. It is estimated that the population of the Argentin ^ Republic hos in crease d thirty-five per cent, in the last twelve years. Loudon has gone into the renovating business in earnest. The oity is spend ing 82,500,000 in cleaning and re building one slum. Kew York has found out that a geography used in her schools has a good deal to say about the greatness and importance of Chicago, and i making a fuss about it. Bishop Bowman expressed a very ii nile tiering opinion of Congress dur ing the general conference of tho Me iji odis t Church at Cleveland. "Are we in Congress?" ho exclaimed. "Brethren, can wo not stop this hoot ing and howling?" ?*T?e typewriter is a blessing to business men, it is death to the charm of all private correspondence, and its extensive use in original composition would inevitably dilute literature be yond the celling point," dcolares Charles Dudley Warner. Biltmore, the new North Carolina estate of George Vanderbilt, is a wheelman's paradise. There aro 95, 000 acres in the estate and the system of roadways is so porfeot that Mr. Vanderbilt, who is a wheelman, can go a hundred miles over a macada mized road without going off his estate. The American propensity to leave money to educational institutions seems to Harper's Weekly tobe spread ing across our northern border. Mr. H. A Massey, a manufacturer of Toronto, lately loft 3*70,000, by will to Methodist colleges m Canada, be sides $178,009 to Canadian churches and charities, and $50,000 to the American University at Washington. The Atlanta Constitution says: After a careful study of the situation the cotton men of New England have deoided to compromise the issue be tween the cotton mills of that section and those of Georgia, Alabama and other Southern States, by agreeing that coarser goods oan be manufac tured at a greater profit in the South while those of finer quality can be .produced to better advantage by the cotton miUs of New England. Commander J, W. Miller, of the New York Naval Militia, calla "system developed by large corpora tions has given powers of command and habits of obedience to numbers of citizens, and has trained employes to much stricter methods than obtained formerly in the regular armies and navies of the world." That tho vast social systems of America exercise a tremendous educational influence upon great masses of OUT people is very evi dent lo the New York Observer ; and it is pleasant to feel that in some re spects at least this subordination of small armies of men to great commer cial powers and organizations is hav ing a beneficial elfeot in the direction of moral discipline and development. The Atlantic Monthly remarks : Of the panper and criminal classes the Scandinavians have a smaller propor tion than any other alien element ex cept the British. Tho Danes, Nor wegians and Swedes are particularly free from other than traditional ties binding them to the mother countries. No dramatic outbursts of National sentiment on the other side rekindle the old enthusiasms here. As Swedes, Norwegiars and Danes they fast dis appear; merging, not into Scandi navians, but into Americans. As Americans, they will be builders, not destroyer?; safe, not brilliant. Best of all, their greatest service will be as a mighty steadying influence, re inforcing those high qualities which we sometimes call Puritan, sometimes American. Much ryo bread was eaten in this country in the beginning of tho cen tury, and mnoh rye and Indian-a healthful compound that disappeared when stcvessnperseded the hage briok o ?en in whioh the maize ingredient was rendered digestible by being cooked all night. The snowy wheaten loaf, as the staple bread of the land, dates only back to the cultivation of the wheat fields of New York in tho early part of this century ; and simul taneously there seemed to arise a "fashion" of white bread. The using of bread made from anything less than "the best Gonesee flour" was thought a mark of poverty. About 1810 there appeared about an even distribution of dyspepsia throughout the Northern and Eastern States, more espeoially among those well-to-do people who used only the "best Genesee." One investigator announced that the root of the mischief lay in robbing the wheat of its best elements in the pro cess of milling, and taking away its oater coating. This man was Sylves ter Graham-a monomaniac on his own hobby ; but he rendered au im portant service to the science of ali mentation, though the epithet "bran bread" was derisively applied to the sort that still bears his name, CLOTHES HOB TOTS. NEW.AND BECOMING GARMENTS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN'. A Gutmpe Dress of Dotted Swiss Kilt and Blouse Suit for a Hoy-Litt 18 Girl's t - -~t - , Apron. (i_. :_i ^ _ ~ " ll yflT AY MANTON says tbat IV /I dotted Swiss made the JLVJL Ve^y simple ?nd pretty guimpe dress pictured in tho first large cut, frills of the fine lawn, embroidered, headed by inser tion, foi ming the attractive trimming. A wide hem headed by three tucks fashionably finish the straight lower square yoko that is Bhaped in round, low outline at tho neok. The yoko is entirely concealed by the bertha-like lapels, that ore edged with frills of om CHILD'S GUT! broidery and meet over th' shoulders. The short puff sleeves are arranged over fitted linings that reach to the elbow, deep frills of embroidery falling below, headed with bands of inser-ion. All soft-sheer fabrics will develop daintily by tho mode, which offers pretty suggestions for drespes of Bilk, woolen or ootton fabrics. Tho quantity of material 44. indi RR I wide required to ma'.- ibu a child six years of a box's KILT AN: The coming snit f p tur ed in the second consists of a kilt-plait pique., and a pretty xe tee ti nv i ind embroidered ed g ;red in frills and trim, ind right front edge tuoks are stitched in raffioient distance from tno dosing in center to show beyond the frills of embroidery that are sewed on each Bide of the band of insertion. The large sailor color falls deeply on back and front, flaring slightly in center, and a Windsor tie of yellow silk is worn at the neok. The* kilt skirt is hemmed on the lower edge and laid at side plaits at the top all around. lt is finished with a waistband that is provided with hatton holes to attach it to the buttons on the under waist. Suits of this kind can be made from plain, stripped or cheoked gingham, galatea, duck or grass linen, a com bination of two. materials having a very stylish effect. The quantity of material 36 inches wide required to make this snit for a child four years of age is 3 yards. BUTTONS AND BUCKLES. Fancy buokles and bnttons form a very important pari of tho smart gowns this year, and are often intrinsi cally valuable, while even imitation jewels are most brilliant. A gown of green and white Bilk with the front of the waist entirely of lace is trimmed with battons of rhinestones and imi tation emeralds, wonderfully true (can it be said, to nature?) while the gowns BOYS' KILT A that have red in thom are trimmed with garnets and rhinestones. Ribbon bows aro apparently held in place by fascinating buckles in which rhine stones play an important part. Silver is so cheap that sterling silver buckley, very dainty and artistic in design, can bo bought for little and nre[much used as trimming. The belt buckles that ore attached to belt3 aro small-, but belt' buckles that belong on dresses are of goodly shape* and size. A chiffon Waist has the folds caught down aer?se the bast by a rhinestone buckle curved in shape, and the stonos marvellously rosemblo real diamonds. Many con* servative women object to this fashion on the ground that they dislike intense ly anything that is imitation ; but these mock-jewels are taken for just what they are worth) are not intended to deceive, and consequently are worn with simple morning gowns when the real jewels would be incongruous. The jet buokles are used with crepe, and lighten very deoidedly the dull, som bre look that crepe of necessity pos sesses. The jacket front; which are EO much % feature of summer gowes are par ticularly adapted to the use of hand some buttons; three on either side oold the fronts in place and trim very j prettily. This docs not apply to any rat elaborate gowns ; for in t bas j but ions rhinestones again are used, the [PE DRESS. lain centro surrounded with rhine tones, or all rhinestones, or tho minia ures which were fashionable last win er.-Harper's Bazar. A LITTLE GIRL'S APRON. This dressy apron, writes May Man on, is made of fine white lawn, pret ?lv (rimmn/| T"i*-V. TT-1 roider^d'edpinc"P?I?? iiiscr'oa CHILD'S APRON. ?ortion, tho full skirt being gathered it the top and joined to its lower edge. i band of insertion edges the top of .oke and forms a heading to tho frill ?f embroidery. Full sleeves are ;athe:red at the top and sewed in the irm's eye, the edge being decorated o match yoke. The apron elotes in ?entre back with buttons and bntton ?oles, wide sash ends being attached o the side- at the waist line and tied n a bow with long ends at the back. Lp ron s j in this style aro dainty look ng and quite protective. They can oe made up and plainly finished, or elaborately deccrated with lace or cm oroidery. Cross-barred muslin, main iook, cambric, dotted Swiss, dimity or _I ND BL0?3L. organdie are usually chosen for it de velopment. The ouautity of material 36 inches wide required to make this apron for a child eight years of ago is 2h yards. According to the census of 1S90, the men of the United States outnumbered tho women by 1,422,182. In most European countries the excess is large ly the other way, LAYING FLU OILS, Improved Methods Which Prevail la Houses of the Tresent Tit Excellent artisans and honest men as wero our forefathers,*! could have learned mnch from this circles; and commercial genera ti h of tho soience of floor laying. Ho', ther part of the house received such/ con stant and severo use as the floors and so it is the veriest truism to safe that to none should more care and \ ten tion be given. We have ceasedj tito gethcr to use the matohed hoare i of extra width for flooring, exoepti the very cheapest of houses and tlij? - in crease in expense that comes frone the use of Darrow boards is so inconsider able that it should cut no fignrejjjrith the man who is building a house for himself. Most people find it the pirt of genuine economy to use tho Jrery narrow strips of Georgia pine, bit if this must bo put aside for the cheaper woods, the strips should never exleed three inohes in width. With paces for material and labor as reasonable os they are present, there ore fewleho cannot afford i te luxury of a finer floor in a few of the rooms. The constant growing popularity of rugs and art squares for the dinjjng room and library has made hardwood flt tors almost a necessity for thesomwo apartments at least. It ia true ?hat the ordinary matched pine floor may be stained and shellacked with good efl ect, but there is never the satisfac tion that comes from a floor thqt is meant to be seen. Expensive marquetry floors, bei ?ti ful in themselves, are not rcquined. There are few more satisfactory nd attractive floors than those that' ire well laid in thoroughly seaso led maple. These are reasonable ai to first cost, and they are readily kep' in good coudition. One advantage^ tey have over the beautiful oak floors' is that they do not become PO glassy smooth. They do not require suce a high polish as the oak, and conse quently have less of menace for fragile bones. It is by no means necessary for the best effects that floors of ibis FTR3T FLOOD. kind, in one wood, be laici in elabo rate patterns. Ono or two strips around the edge of the room for a border, and the rest laid ..bias" (as the women have it), is a jcb that any ordinary carpenter can manage. Of course, there aro those who demand the full marquetry floor, with costly hard woods laid in complicated geometrical patterns. But this forms an entirely separate branch of wood finishing. The accompanying design has tho floors in library and dining-room laid in maple. SECOND FLOOR._ General Dimensions : Width, through library and kitchen, 33 ft. 10 in?. ; depth, 46 ft G ins., including veranda. Heights of Stories : Cellar,7 ft. ; first story, 9 ft. 6 in. ; second Btory, 9 ft. Exterior Materials: Foundation, stone; first fctory, clapboards; 6?cond story, gables and roo', Bhingleu. Interior Finish : Two coat plaster, hard white finish. Maple wood floor ing. Trim throughout, N. C. pine. Staircase, ash. Bath room and kitch en, wainscoted. Chair-rail in dining room. All interior wood-work grain tilled and finished with hard oil var nish. Colors: All clapboards, medium green. Shingling on walls of sesond story and gables, oiled. Boof shin glos, stained red. Trim, including water table, corner boards, casings, cornices, bands, veranda columns, rail, etc, dark bottle green. Sashes, white. Veranda floor, dark brown. Veranda ceiling, oiled. Accommodations: Tho principal rooms and their sizes, closets, etc., aro shown by tho floor plans. Cellar under whole house. Attic ?3 floored for storage purposes. Open fireplace iu sitting-room. Portable range, sink and boiler in kitcheu. Bath room in second story. Jjip?n closet in second st?r-, hall. Two set tubs in kitchen. Sliding door connects hall and parlor. Portiere opening between parlor and library. Lnrge sized veranda with balcony above. Cost: $4000, not including mantels, range or heater. Tho estimate is based on New York prices for mater ials and labor. In many sections of the country the cost should be less. Feasible Modifications : General di mensions, materials nncl colors may be changed. Collar may bo reduced in size or wholly omitted. Fireplace and part or all of plumbing may be omit ted. Attio may be finished for two rooms. Sliding doors may be inti o - dnoed between parlor and library. Copyright 1803. MILLION DOLLAR NUGGET, A Gold 3IInc?-*8 Wonderful Find In British Columbia. A prospecting miner returningi wearied and disgusted, from an unsuc cessful seaeon stumbles across a boul der so rioh in gold that in an instant he is a millionaire. It reads like a fairy tale?~but it happens to be true. There is satisfactory evidence of the truth of Martin Noilly's wonderful find. It was on Monday, April 27, that Neilly was returning to Eossland, British Columbia, after on unsuccess ful prospecting trip in the Salmon River district. He had reached the Columbia River at a point about sis miles north of Trail Landing, B. C., at about noon, and, eelecting a site on the bank of the stream at the foot of Lookout Mountain, sat down to eat his dinner. As ho munched his hum ble food he noticed a largo boulder, half buried in the sand in a dry por tion of the river be!, not far from where he sat. When he had finished his meal, he walked over to the boulder, examining itin a casual manner, and then, as his experienced eye detected signs of [tho precious metal for which ho had vain ly sought for months, ho attacked the great gray mass with his pick, work ing with feverish energy. He almost swooned when a fragment Of the rock came away, showing distinctly the traces of gold and copper. NUGGET OP GOLD WOBTH A MILLION*. bonanza, and hiu*r r,?u*.i.-: m cac ..o 05ouU?, icclnrcn that ?h-? b?nlde? weigned approximately 20,000 tonp, and that, in round numbers, it will prove to be worth $1,000,000. Tho miners aigue that there must be more gold where this came from, aud tho mountain side clear above tho timber line is being rapidly staked off, and miners are flocking to the dis trict from distant points, confident that the story of Cripple Creek is to bo repeated. Neilly was originally an Ohioan. He has been prospecting for twenty years, but never "struck it rich" before. Save! by Iiis Boat Heel. J. B. Ott, a brakeman on the Balti more and Ohio Railroad, was caught under a bad wreck which occurred at Alberton, Md., Wednesday night. He was held by the loft foot under tho truck of a flat car loaded with coal. After hard labor with hammer and chisel, tho oak timber of tho truck was cut away sufficiently to release him, after an hour's confinement in his perilous position. Ott bravely held the torch whilo the trainmen worked to release him. Dr. William B. Gambull, tho company's surgeon, made an examination, and, to the sur prise of all, Otto was for nd to be but slightly injured. His strong boot heel had protected his foot from the crush ing force of the enormous weight rest ing upon it.-Baltimore Sun. Moving a Whole Tow?. She town of Wentachee, Wash., is to be moved two miles from its pres ent location to a point on tho bank of the river. It is a pretty fair sized town, too. All the buildings will be moved ia tho usual way to tho new lo cation. Thero is uot au adequate tup ply of water whero the town now stands, and in addition ?ho oitizens are incensed at the avarice of ownere of the present town site, who have fixed the prioe of property at a very high figure. New Way of Making Wire Nails. A contrivance has boen patented for making wire nails on a cut-nail ma chine. It is easily attached to a com mon machino at a cost of less than $15. It consists of an arrangement of dies into which tho wiro is drawu, and the nail is made by a quick pressure. While this pressure is in progress, the head and point forming tho wiro for another nail ?3 shot through to tho dies, so that the rapidity of manufac ture is equal to that of tho ordinary cut nail. A .Marble Tent. The monument of the late Sir Rich ard Burton is a great tent carved out of marble, under which his body rests in a steel casket. Lady Burton's casket rests beside it. There is one other yet to be put under the tent - that of the erratic couple's most "faithful servant and friend," as Lady Burton called her.-New Orloans Picyuno. _ lt is said that wbeu the perfume of cut flowers grows faint, it may bo re stored by placing them in sweetened water, ... MAKING FIREWORKS. BUSY SCENES AT A FACTORY ". ON STATEN ISLAND. _; * ^ ;;; ,T Most of tho Employes Are Farmers' Daughters-Turning Out Fire crackers of All Sizes-Mak- . _ .1 lng Roman Caudles* "1 \ BOAD green fields; pretty I-. For sale by druggists. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS* TKSTTNO THE OVEN. _ Miss - Parloa gives the following -'directions for-iestiog tho oven in cake baking: 'Tor sponge-cake put a piece of paper into the oven, close the door, and open it in fire minnies. If the .paper is a rich yellow, the oven ia right ; but if it is a light yellow, tho' oven is too cool; if a dark brown, it is too hot. For pound-cake, the oven should bo just hot enough to color, light brown. Cup cake requires an oven of about the samo temperature.! All thin-rolled cakes require a hotter oven, so that the paper should turn a dark brown in five minutes. Tho length of time required for baking certain cakes will vary with their thickness or the size of the pan in which they aro baked."-New York Post. - g - . &?ga VEGETABLE SOUPS. .'H^iS^ A largo proportion of the soups in, daily use in the French household aro' made without stock, but of vegetables simply boiled to a paree in water and1 properly seasoned. At the head of this list of maigre soups, as the French1 call all soup made without meat, is Julienne. - i, ?- ? - Take two small oarrots, ono turnip," one leek, one onion, a quarter of a head of fino young cabbage, and a quarter of a head of celery. Clean all those vegetables, wash and dry them. Cut thom into little shreds, about tho size and shape of matches, but not over two inohes long. On account of construction of the onion it is not pos sible to out it on the exaot straight strips whioh are considered the proper shape for this soup, but it should be cut as near the shape as possible. Keep all the vegetables as dry os pos-, sible. Melt four tablespoonfuls of butter in a hot saucepan and fry alli m\-.,M.-. ..; .... ; -.?uute? in m on d riy ulc? m butter -'"-r b?v.. .!?..-. .._. -._SOSu - - gTt?il? deal better if it is made with a rich stock or consomme in placa of water. In this case it is made in exactly the same way, except that the vegetables are cooked for thirty minutes siter adding them to the stock. , An onion soup is one of the best veg etable soup3 wo have. Fry four onions, cut in thin slices, in two heaping table spoonfuls of butter, or even in nice lal;. Stir the onions continually while they aro irying, and when they aro quito brown add a scant half cup of; flour. Continue stirring the rather; pasty mixture that you have till tito flour has cooked a little and is well; browned. Then add very carefully, a: little at a time, three cups of boiling: water. Add now a tablespoonful of; salt and let the soup standing at tho baok of the stove, where it will slowly! simmer for half au hour. Now mash smooth two fresh-boiled potatoes, odd; about half a cup of milk to them, andi stir them into the soup. Add another cup of boiled milk, or enough to re duce it to a cream consist ency. Some brands of flour require ?> little moro.' milk than others. Strain the soap, through a fine puree sieve. Au ordin-j ary flour sieve will do. Beturn it to the kettle, which should be rinsed and] wiped out, and let it boil te a minutes,! stirring it frequently. Put a half oap. of little squares of toasted bread and; two tablespoonfuls of minced chives in the tureen and pour the hot; soup over them. , HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Foi: making marmalade buy Messina or Seville orange*. Before washing colored stookings set the color with alum or salt. Two tablespoonfuls woshiug soda dissolved in a gallon of boiling water makes a good disinfectant for the kitchen sink. . ' In making a mustard plaster take a piece of lard and stir the dry mustard into the lard until it is a thick paste and will just spread. SpreAd on a piece of lawn and apply to the affected part. This will not blister. Tho pretty little two-tinned forks intended to be used for strawberries arc now seen decorated with the berry enameled in the natural colors. Tho vine twists around and up the handle, and has both the blossom and the fruit upon it. In polishing silver that has lain away for a long whilo and is badly tarnished, it is a good plan to wet s soft oloth in sweet oil and then with a cleaning powder rub the silver until the dark places have disappeared. Then rab with the powder and a dry chamois skin before finuhing with a polishing brush. . Kerosene oil added to the water with which mirrors, windows, or any thing of glacs is to be washed, will give a luster. A pint of water and three tablespoonfuls of oil will wash four large windows. First dust the windows carefully, then rub well with keros?n s and water, wi po with a oloth and polish with old newspaper. THE secret of genuine happiness in this life is to live ut right.