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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07
An Ank comaa South.

It will be quite surprise to many
who have visited Billings & Freeman's
store in Lebanon and seen what they
supposed was an eagle, to learn on
the authority of the Rev. G. A. Downs
that it is but a little aux, or foolish
gilliemot, bird that is almost per-
feet stranger SO far inland as where it
was captured. Few particulars are
known of this species, which is very
rare, and has its home in Greenland
and as far north as Spitzenberg. In
Greenland il is called the ice bird. It
is not by nature crafty bird, and is
sometimes easily captured. 1t is,
when seen, usually on the seacoast,
and has very peculiar habits in feed
ing.-Maachsstsr IN. H. Union.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

tho. euI,. ny metallic hook or clip at
the top of light, portable stick, one
end of another wire. The latter ex-
tended downward to box containing
q telegraph key and sounder, two OF
three cells OF battery, and 6 convent
ent combination OF telephone trans
mitter and receiver. To make theap-
paratus work, it was further neces-
sary to run the lower end of the hang
ing wire into the ground. Thus a
regular "circuit" was formed, the
earth affording return route for the
current. Either telegraph key or q
telephone could be used, according to
the convenience of the operator.
A convenient substitute for Mar
coni's apparatus has been found at
Kimberley in the powerful electric
searchlight there. 1t is mistake to
suppose that such device is service
able only at sea. Although the uses
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07
Tho chrySanthe,num.

The National Chrysanthemum So
cisty was instituted just ffty-three
wears since, in 1876. The flower
which il has taken under its patron
age, upon whose aggraDdizement II
has bestowed so successfully such
patient and ingenious care, has been
established among us only a little
over $ century. The first time it was
thought worthy of a "show" all to it.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07
,..,,D,, translated,

~: Ain..vii uranSlated. -
generic name of the plant, the "gol-
den flower" at first so pertinent, has
lost it's distinctiveness.' There are
golden chrysanthemums still, 1t IS
true; yellow blossoms Incompatible
for purity and brilliance; but what OF
all these other colors not less brilliant
and pure, these rich damasks, royal
purplec, flushed pinks, this dazzling
white that puts a snowdrift to shame,
at last actually bloom that is just
sea green?
Color, size, form, growth, all have
undergone change thst half CEN
tury ago it entered into no mans
heart to conceive. And the end is not
yet, it may be; the last wonder has
not yet been revealed for US; so limit
less in its possibilities and potency is
that "affectation of Men to gratifie
the Pleasure of their Eyes, inciting
them to push on things to more and
more Perfection. THE Saturday Re-
view
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

euIcJ weuI lOrUu .uaU VIC sLo..t. :. ..EI.
every other man who bad not pre-
viously acquired this knowledge
should use snow shoes for walk of
five miles every day till oil were prof.
cient.
All'Arctic explorers have testified
that snow-shoeing is not easy to learn
and that it is still more difficult to
master the Norwegian ski.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07
Modern War Mechanism.
Searchlights, Steam Ploughs and
Heliographs in South Africa.
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AS might be expected, the English
are using in the South African war tine
most modern military appliances that
can be had. They are thoroughly up
to date in the matter Of guns and am
munition, and even the surgeons are
using now means OF developing x
rays. The War Office has negotiated
with Marconi's business representa-
tlves for wireless telegraphic outfits,
and by this time the apparatus ought
to be in service. Moreover, num-
Der of other appliances that are mot
necessarily instruments of war have
been put to use in the contest with
the Beers.
Ono of the most striking instances
of this kind is the employment OF a
steam plough for digging trenches.
The ploughshare and pruning hook
are particularly typical of the arts and
spirit of peace, but now, for the first
time in history, the former implement
has become military weapon. The
steam plough is not in itself any
novelty. It has been used for years.
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

which it has in the navy arc somewhat
different from those thus far found for
it on land, it certainly has its value
on terra frma. At Kimberley it has
performed double Office. 1t has as
sisted in the watch for an enemy, and
it has furnished an excellent means of
telegraphing. By switching the cur
rent on and off the light can be broken
up into dots and dashes, to form tele-
graphic letters. The enemy might
see these signals, but as secret code
would doubtless be employed, the sig-
nificance of the flashes would not be
understood except by the Initiated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

so the Southern Uompany rIuspun,
price list They give better paint at less money
They do not belong the trust
e at less price than Southern
should people, The publisher
warrange paints his subscribers who would like
to order through ADVERTISER This paint has thick heavy
body buyers add Lnseed oil and make the paint
further and money oil will about fifty gallon
Write to the company telling you and how
much price given The paint contains the best material
end guarantee goes every barrel and package paint
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

Uncle specimens Of each species OF beasts
birds and reptiles which newly acquired Philippine
geological show EARTH Some Of fs nes re-
Oriental anmal like great pair air e
aying fox bat lives The ougoose Is pest which we
importing zbeh variety Of eTet cat Inc Du
cos rinoc ho BY building plaster
she cannot leave the rest dafng
nesting Father Hornb tseds MS
wife through the hatchea hs
down paradise maoris of the
most gorgeous birds beast of all work.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

orders from headquarters and the re-
ceipt of reports from subordinates
during all action. 1t is not at all
likely that the English ore ahead OF
the United States in this respect.
However, some interesting features
are presented by one of the instances
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

Searchlights have been made whose
rays could bo d;scerned at q DISTANCE
of fifty or seventy-fve miles. At
Kimberley it was known that Lord
Methuen's army had come within
twenty or thirty miles nearly fort
night ago. No difficulty should haze
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07
MORN IONS, Curious Alphabet.

An alphabet intended for exclusive
use in Mormon literature was de-
signed by Orson Pratt and W. Phelps,
both contemporaries of the great
apostle of the Latter Day Saints,
Brigham Young. The Mormon abece-
Diary consists of forty letters based on
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

An unusual wedding took place
lately at Phillipsburg, N. Y, when
couple whose combined ages repre-
sented $50 years wero married in the
First Baptist church. Both parties
had entered the state OF matrimony
before, and there were present at the
wedding breakfast seven children,
twenty grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

sort of phonetic system. 1t has
never come into very general use, but
is employed when secret intelligence
is transmitted from one head of the
church to distant apostle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

There are no return checks used in
Chinese theatres. They stamp the
band each evening, different colored
ink being u ed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

Of telephony in South Africa just de-
scribed in tie dispatches.
After arriving on the feld Of battle
at Elandslaagte, General French saw
the necessity of prompt reinforce;
ments. In his army were severa.
telegraphers, who were provided with
portable telephones, batteries and in
cidental apparatus. A regular tele-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

At Harborne, England. laborers ez-
cavating to widen the road, unearthed
the skeleton of man with a wooden
stake driven through the breast bone.
The skeleton was evidently that of n
suicide, who, in accordance with the
custom of the old days, had had q
stake driven through his heart and
then been buried at the dead of night
at crossroads.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

A curious case of lightning destruc-
tion took place at Gatchina, an impe-
rial summer residence, not far from
st. Petersburg, Russia, where stood a
stone column fifty feet high, held to-
gether by iron angles. When rain
fell n or, OF less water penetrated the
stones III the interior of the monu-
ment. One day it was struck by light
ming aud instantly the whole column
disappeared from view, killing lone
sentry on guard. The only explana-
tion is that the heat of the lightning
instantly generated steam on coming
in contact with some of the water and
the terrific explosion followed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

According to the American Consul
at Chingting, China, the people of
China are not so far behind the pro-
cession as may be thought. At least,
Mr.. Smithers gravely reports to the
state department at Washington that,
in the department called Yungpei,
Chih- li-T' ing, gold is found in abun-
dance by washing in the valley near
the city. The Inhabitants of the
neighborhood keep largo focks of
geese to work the gold fields for them.
When the geese are found to be very
heavy they are killed, and their craws
emptied of the gold contained therein.
A flock of geese is sometimes worth n
good deal of money, but geese dressed
ready for eating are very cheap, in
deed-from 15 to 20 cents each.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07
KIMBERLEY sEARcH1IGHT.

CA powerful electric light is installed on
the shaft head at the De Beers mine. BY
this lighti signals we're exchanged be-
tween Kimberley and the force under
Lord Methuen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-02-07

The Rev. E. r. Johnson of Null
berry, Ind, one of the oldest ministers
in that part of the state, was taken
sick few days ago. His illness re-
calls the fact that he was once de-
clared dead, and while lying in his
coffin he heard his funeral sermon
preached by brother minister. Mr..
johnson had suffered an attack of cat
alepsy. He was conscious of what
was taking place about him, heard the
physician pronounce him dead, and
witnessed the preparations made for
his burial. The spell was broken just
after the eulogy had been pronounced.
His restoration to health followed.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-09-15

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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
Passing of the Tan Shoe.
From the Boston Transeript.l

The popularity of the tan shoe for wo-
mems wear is a thing of the past, accord
Ing to the statements of Lynn manufact-
urers who have made a speciality OF their
production in late years. Without excep-
ton. the makers report marked taliihg
off in the demand for them, and some con-
Germs have not sent out any samples OIL
them for this season. Tan shoes for wo-
men were always regarded by shrewd men
in the shoe business as more or less OF a
fad. and were not expected to become an
established feature Of the business One OF
the chief causes for the loss of popularity
which the tan shoe has sustained Is the
fact that tan shoe, size Tor size, LOOKS
larger than the black shoe.
This alJne was enough to bring 1t into
disfayor. and when, in addition. II is con-
sidered that the tan shoe. no matter how
tastefully made could never compare with
black shoes OF standard makes in style or
neatness of appearance. its speedy decline
in public favor as soon as the novelty of
the innovation had worn OFF. followed as
a matter OF course.
This -es not apply, no gever. to the more
elaborate articles got up in fancy colors.
such as red. blue. pink. etc, which are
meeting with more and more favor. The
fancy slippers and shoes made of these
shades of leather. and furnished with the
French or Louis XIV. wood heel, are being
made in great numbers this season by
Lynn manufacturers, who report most
gratifying results in the demand,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
Not Productive OF Manhood.

The situation in China offers a signifi-
cant object lesson of m0therless nation.
Ii Hung Chang is quoted as saying. with
great satisfaction: 1--WE have no new
women in China, and We want none. We
stop their education at the seventh year"
The Empress Dowager is in no sense OF
the word a new woman She is typi-
cal bloodthirsty and cruel ruler such as
were not unknown among women in the
dark ages in Egypt. Greece, Russia, Italy,
and even England. There is nothing to be
hoped for in noble qualities from the men
Of nation where women are held in such
subsection as In China. Neither slaves
nor dolls can produce grand type of man
hood
There is no gurer indication of the prog
ress of civilization than the position of the
women OF a century. Where the highest
Intellectual moral. and social development
is permitted to the mothers of the race we
find these qualities reaching their finest
towering in manhood.
During the countless generations when
the Chinese Empire was entirely isolated
from the rest of the world there was no
opportunity to study the social features OF
her people, but~now that the riffs have
been made in the various parts OF the wall
which has shut her in for centuries. and
modern civilization has entered in, we be-
hold the results of her degraded woman
hood We see a class of men in whose
lives women have played no part except
20 DR.. duce them and enable them to pro-
duce others like themselves, nation
without mothers In the highest acceptation
of the word.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12

work, yet the desire to be with Virginia
was not allayed. and when a Democratic
Congress refused to re-charter the Alex
ardria banks the moneyed interests fell in
with and even led the people, and then
began an agitation which finally severed
the District which Washington mad made.
Then, too, the Van Buren, Administration
was Democratic or "loco-foco." as was
the Alexandria term. and the town of Alex
andria was intensely Whig. The Harrison
banner of 1910 bore on its reverse the pic
ture of the ''Sic semper" woman bending
over a shackled maiden in tears, and the
legend read: Our Revolutionary fathers
intended US to be free. Sons of Virginia,
will you see Us slaves?"
At first as the retrocession was so We
hemently championed by the Wings, the
"loco-focos" opposed it. The partisans of
Van Buren, were few in town, but very
numerous in the county, and during Ty-
ler's Administration the Democratic lead
ers began to see that if Alexandria was
turned over to Democratic Virginia it
would give the Democrats a more extern
sive influence; and so. when Polk came in
the Congress which completed the annex
alton of Texas divided the District of
Columbia, and Congress passed a law,
which President Polk approved. declaring
that 'all that portion of the District of
Columbia coded to the United States by
the State of Virginia, and all right and
Jurisdiction, be hereby ceded and forever
relinquished to the State OF Virginia, in
full and absolute right and Jurisdiction, as
well of soil as Of persons residing or to
reside therein" So by this act of July g.
1916. the District Of Columbia, which came
into being February 81, 1901, ceased to ex-
list south of the river Potomac.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
TO FREE ALL Gagged BIRDS.
IlIineis' Game warden's Work in
Behalf of sonGsters.


Its an old saying that bird in the hand
is worth two in tire bush. This does not
agree with the opinion Of II. W Loveday.
State game warden. however. nor with
those OF the members OF the Illinois Au-u-
bon Society, and they have started out 10
secure for all native birds now he'd in cap
tivity in this State free passage back to
the bushes from which they were stolen In
childhood. They are convicc5d that bird
in the bush is OF great use as destroyer
Of pernicious insects and as a songster,
while one in the hand. or even In the Gag
is of no use whatever except when he dies,
to be stuffed ard stuck up on hat.
Warden Loveday has secure d the arrest
and conviction of more than forty men in
Cook County alone for robbng nests ard
capturing song birds. and has had ca
fined or imprisoned. He hes seized hun
drsds of native breeding birds which were
heId in captivity In Chicago bird stores.
has entered complaint against their cap
tors, and has cases against several of them
now pending in the courts.
Il shall not stop until there is not a cap
tive native bird in Chicago or down State
that my men can find" says Warden Love
day II shall go ahead with the seizur S
and condemn the birds. The old ones,
which are too old 20 care for themselves
If turned free, having been so many years
in captivity will then be gi-en to Lincoln
or some other park. where they will have
comparative freedom in the big csges and
will be well cared for. The young ones will
be turned loose 10 shift for themselves and
to make their way back TO The thicSets and
to find mates and nests in the wilderness.
THE public seems to have no idea Of
what all this bird trade means. There are
shipped into Chicago every year. l believe,
tens of thousands of song birds native to
this State OF these a majority die in a
short time and their bodies are made use
OF for decoration or food. The rest are
trained ard sold as soGgsters or pts.
There is not a native song bird that can
be made to breed in captivity, and so
every one of these birds has been stolen
from the nest either in the egg or while
young. The new hrooGs have to be stolen
to replace those that die and thus the
woods are stripped of them. As the BIRDS
captured do not breed. each one captured
means the destruction OF what might have
been a numerous progeny.
And in saving the birds we will save
also the trees and the crops of the country
from the destructive bugs, worms, a-d
other insects which are the food Of tie
birds"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12

some Sarleying Cooper asked the agent of
the board of health to come out and see
him on the steamer.
Finding that heScould produce no effect
on the sheriff, Mr. Cooper asserted his ;u-
thority as president OF the board OF health.
AS our agent" said he, II order you to
use your power to have these steame 5
landed"
It's no use trying" said Andrews; "the
people won't stand it. and l am with the
people"
VERY we'll. then. you are discharged
'I'm still sheriff"
81 regret that In none of my capacities
can I reach you. l shall send the minister
OF your department down tomorrow.
He'll never get near enough to see me.
retorted Andrews. pulling away from the
steamer. The shotguns were turned on the
sheriff and he was warned away
Its ell right. boys" he yelled; "Fye
been fired. l am no longer with the board
Of health"
He was permitted to land.
Minister Cooper. in one OF his other ca
pacities. ordered the chief Of the fire de-
rartment to burn down certain buildings.
The chief protested and said that he would
appeal to the board of health. At the
meeting of the board of health the chiel
claimed that the buildings were not in an
unsatisfactory condition. As president Of
the board OF health Minister Cooper had tC
agree with the chief. and he reversed the
order made by his other self.
Even in time OF plague all the elements
of comic opera are to be found in our new
island possessions.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
oJIBwAY THEATRICALs.
An Outdoor Representation of ..Hia-
yatbnv

ttroin the Montreal Gazettc.)
Last year Kabaosa and Wabanosa. ojib-
way Indians. connected by marriage with
Schooleraft. and members of whose fami-
lies have been hereditary chiefs of The
Ojibways for long time. attended the
Sportsman's shows at Boston and New
YORK Relatives OF these Indians occupy
leading positions in Boston society. School
craft married into the family of Shing-
wauk, and from him obtained the legend
which he gave TO Longfellow, out of which
the great and immortal poem of "Hiawa
tina" was written. A comparison was
made between the Indian vocabulary in
the poem, which is very extensive. and the
language used today by these Indians, and
they were found to be exactly the same.
excepting in one or two places, where
Longfellow has altered the accent of some
Of the Indian words to set them 10 his
metre.
The names of many of the places men,
toned by Longfellow as the scenes of
Hiawatha's adventures are the places 10
which Kabaosa has been going as guide
to modern fishermen and sportsmen. Ka
/ baosa became so interested in the de-
tails of the poem that he resolved to re-en-
nact the scenes among the rs ands of the
Blessed as Longfeilow calls them, Which
are situated twenty-eight east OF Sault Ste.
Marie. on the north shore OF Lake Huron.
fellow, to witness the tableaux, which are
ohe presented by live Indians. There
will be seven scenes in the drama, as given
by the Ojibway Indians, and they are as
follows:
Scene 1.-The Pipe of Peace in the
great opening scene. when the warriors
throw down their arms and wash off sheir
war paint. SO strongly moved are they by
the appeals of Hiawatha.
Scene 2-The Childhood OF Hiawatha;
his tanning by old Nokomis-
Scene G-Hiawatha's journey to the
Rockies.
Scene THE wooing of Hiawatha. and
the wedding feast, with the old Ojibway
songs and dances.
Scene Picture writing OF Hiawatha
Scene 6-The coming of the missionary
and the white man.
Scene THE departure Of Hiawatha
! Care has been taken to reproduce in de-
/ tail, with great exactness the minute and
marvelously correct description OF the poet
} LnnSfellow. The islands are called the
/ Desbarats Islands. because they are oppo-
I site the Desbarats mining location and
1 Desbarats station on the Canadian Pacific
Railway. II is the founders intention to
make this an annuale festival They hope
TO be able to form an Indian fair. and
manufacture the more artistic Indian pro-
ductions. The festival itself will be made
both artistic and historical and 1t is to
be hoped that the effect upon the Indian
will be to revive within him the life of the
/ past and the desire to perpetuate those OF
1 his ancient customs and arts which are
most useful, interesting, and picturesque.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-12
Dealing With the Plague.

u TOM IIt oIIl T TlIICIsNV -NtNNs Dtlttr.J
The presence of the plague in Honolulu
has revealed some peculiarities of the form
of government in our new possessions in
the Pacific. The Government seems to be
a sort of close corporation full of Pooh
bahs. No official seems worthy the name
unless he holds at least ten positions This
humorous situations-humorous in the face
OF the plague.
Minister OF the Interior Cooper. for in
stance is president OF the board of health.
a en- the people at Hilo opposed the land
ing of goods from Honolulu, with shotguns
to enforce their opposition, the Minister
of the Interior was sent TO Hilo to assert
his authority. He was also met by the
shotgun delegation, with Sheriff Andrews
at its head. Sheriff Andrews was also the
agent OF the board OF health at Hilo. After