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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
THE WORD. CRANK
Changes Which Have Occurred IN II
Meaning of It.

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One of the most interesting phases
OF linguistic studies pertains to the
changes in the meanings of words.
which, as we know, may become BE-
ter or may become worse. A word
may even come to mean precisely the
reverse Of what 1t did to previous
age. The term crank is recent coin:
age, but until now has been uniforms
ly applied to those peculiar people
whose fads or whims have not been
held worthy Of imitation, but rather
Of contempt. They were thought be-
low normality in intellect and ability.
At present among medical men one
hears the word applied to those WHO
show very different characteristics
and the fact indicates that the word
Is undergoing decided change in Sig
nifcance. a man Of character would
not call characterless man q crank,I
simply because he Is q sharper, but
the reproachful word Is frequently;
used by the characterless to denote
q physician Of exceptional honor and
integrity. We recently heard a health
officer who has shown heroic zeal and
unselfshpess in the administration OF
his office stigmatized as health
crank. He has no hobbies, except to
protect the community from Infectious
diseases. In all such cases the secret:
motive is to excuse ones self for lack
off professional or ethical spirit BY
calling the better man by this ops,
probrious name. One who hates meds
ical politics is dubbed q crank by. the;
politician. The schemer for Office thus
appears to justify himself. The meds:
ical editor who sells his columns to-
the reading-notice man naturally calls
the better Journalist who refused to.
do this crank. Those who exhibit
zeal for professional good, who critis3
else professional abuses are, by the
fact Of their existence, standing re-
buke to those who never had or who
never obeyed an ideal of duty, and
they are naturally anxious to hide
their shame by crying crank. It isS
an odd bit of psychologist legerdemain
which only fools the fool. When theses
feel the sting Of conscience, they whis-s
per devil, devil, or hunt up q scapess
goat. 1t will soon be that all trick.
sters will call all honest men cranks,
and then n new word will have I'd be-,
devised for the old-time fad-rider. IA hi
medical reformers are cranks to those
who compound with sins they have d.
mind to, so that soon the word res
former will be a useless synonym. Itg
Is time that we should have a word
to designate all those cunning folk
who rid themselves Of obligation hx
sneering at those Y -.
and labor for n.
Phlladelphi"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
a BOY oE ENTERPRISE.
no Got tho plnce and 10 Likol7
Kems II.


Kes,, II.
He was 4 frcckle-faced, foSy-look-
ing boy Of thirteen or fourteen. and
not more than about half MS big as he
ought to be, but he wus wiry and his
eyes were clear. The proprietor of
the store was In Li, Office when the
boy entered.
"0o you want a boy here" asked
the youngster. with confidence.
sWhat do ! want With a boyT rp
znlied the spreprlsse q ar Intent fna-
-uIvU- IuH WIFI his ElSltOr.
"I don't know" was the unabashed
response. 81 guess they have boys
around stores sometimes, and I
thought you might want one"
"Weli, since you have mentioned 1t,
I do"
"What kind OF L boy do you want?'
The proprietor looked him over with
more or less suspicious eye.
81 want 4 good boy" he said slowly.
"Then I won't do" said the youngs-
ter.
"Why won't you do? Are you bad
boy?'
"Um-unl-er," hesitated the caller,
"Bm Just boy, that's all. There's
something wrong with 'em vixen
they're good"
IIc started out, when the proprleto:
called him back.
"Hold on" he said. "Maybe you ale
what I want"
"If you want a good thing. I'm IT,"
said the boy, land you won't have to
push me along, either"
"How much paj' do you want?"
"I want a million, but III take So 4
week"
"When can you begin?"
"This very minute, If you'll give me
my supper. I have:'t had anything
to eat for three weeks"
"No,hlng to eat for three weeks.
exclaimed the proprietor.
"Nothing fit. I've scraped along MS
could, but 1 haven't had q square
meal, with pie on the SIDE"
GAIL right; you shall have your sup
per. And where will you sleep?"
"Oh, I won't sleep at all. I'm going
to stay awake Of nights when ain't
busy, SOS can feel how good 1t is to
have n Job and money in my clothes.
Hully gee, there's kid out there try
ing to get away with a piece of lead
pipe. Let me crack him once" And
the new cmploye dashed out after
the Observation-Disclosures Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
POWER OF TIE PRESS.
an hrostropho tutho Man With Tex,
Ey rrrsident "A vIrswortE.

E
IsE Ey President a ellsworth.
President Barton o. Ayleswort!i t!c-
tliyered q very able ndd.ess before the
Ilate gathering of the Colorado Edito-
Trial Association, saying among other
things:
IF YOU namc any Sood things In
tie world 1 will show you that the
press is It's common carrier to take it
TO the people l think rot only Of the
great dail!es--thcy are the captains
|sbut tn * also Of the able hosts, the
weekly Journals.
II think not alone of the famous
men in the watch-towcrs, signaling
and guiding, but also OF the busy,
sover-worked, obscure, faithful hordes
who work on the levels below; sub
editors, reporters, composltors, down
Ito the newsboy. who cuts the morning
$air with his sibilant or nasal heraldins
:of the great worlds doIngs and mis-
doings.
ga gree: company 1t is, with greater
temptation to be cowardly and time
serving than has any other body Of
}men on Garth, but who. In my judg-
tment, are as whole the least cow
fardly and the least truculent.
.SsYou can make and end wars You
Ecan elect and regulate rulers. Senates,
lCongresses and Cabinets listen for the
Ground swell from the cylinders of
tthe printing room. Creeds grow gro
'tesque and unlovely under your cleo
trio light. Spurious reforms dwlndle
Innd .slclien into unmarked graves when
you have put the death mark on them.
Crime hides from your lynx-eyed
|searchers and cuts Its deeds in half.
Good and kindly enterprises sprout
and flourish to q rich harvest under
your fructlfying sunlight.
Don't be ashamed Of the pen.
Moses used it on tables of stone amid
the mountains trembling, that the
:ages might read the laws. The Naza-
rene used itsas He wrote in the sand
and gave the sinner. smother chance.
Paul used 1t when lie Wldened Chris
sianity9 from Judaism to the world.
ii made the Magma Charta. 1t wrote
4he DE declaration #of Independence and
ihc act OF emancipation!
se"sThe angel guard of all the world Ia
represented as penning our llfe's rec
9rd and namesrln the book of life"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
Don't Tako Your Business Home,

raw the line when the door Is
ed. There is enough of worry and
x and detail in the hours given for
" without taking your business
our home and to bed. Every man
Us the hours Of rest he is supposed
ake. The problems will be clearer
brighter and solve themselves
e readily by going at them with q
q fresh from rest. Let the key of
store door lock In your worries
problems of business hours. 1t is
lgh that we are compelled to spend
twelve OF fourteen hours Of each
IN their solving. 1t Is due us that
AXE the rest, it is due our families
they have us and not our troubles.
probably have some and enough
lelr own. Well be better business
IN the keeping of this one partlcu.
Don't" we'll before us.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
G6665d Roads n55ttss
as2css,s.,2c ..s3csss:: q:
Statistics That Convince.

STATISTICS tnat convince.
vTHE splendid road conditions
" :. existing on tho continent Of
Europe can be duplicated
here. The question is one Jr
the people themselves to solve, and it
is actually being solved in the United
States to-day by the voluntary action
of communities in various sections Of
the country.
For example, writes General Roy
Stone, IN the New York Journal, i
heard that there were some especially
good stone roads being constructed
IL the State Of New York.; so went
there myself, and to make sure that
should make q thorough test, went
In the midst Of q January thaw. l
got pair Of horses and 4 light buggy
to test other roads around the coun-
try and found that with a great deal
of difficulty I could drive over them.
But in the section where the farmers
had been building the. stone .oads-.
found that two tons of hay were be-
ing hauled with two ordinary horses
on O common narrow-tired wagon. l
said to the farmers: "How did YOU
get started in this business Of building
roads?'
They said: awe. started it ourselves.
We thought we could do something.
as our fields are full of stone. with
stone fences along the road, SO we
scraped together enough money to
buy rock crusher, hired an engine
to run it, and arranged TO bring In the
stones and haul back the crushed
stone"
They have actually gone SO far as to
petition the Legislature for the prIvi-
lege Of increasing their taxation be-
yond what the law allowed, and the
result Is that all the farmers in that
township are anxlously waiting for
the roads to be extended into their
particular neighborhoods.
I said to them: Doesn't this pile
up your taxes?" "Why," one farmer
said, "in this one week. by the advan-
tage of having these stone roads and
getting to market with my hay, when
1t sells at 4 good price, my teams have
earned So every day, while my neigh
bors' teams on the other roads are
eating their heads of. We could not
afford not to have these roads; we
do not care anything about the taxa
tion."
a bright stnfie+i"'n~ -~'-'---=.'
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
scHo0LMA'AM hND LOVE.
Chicago Hard Put to Flud Unmarried Teach.

-SnJcaSo Iaro fut 10 FlnQ UuWdrGtsu leaSu'
ssg.s Ing Ladies'
"It Is not very often that I want to
swear" said the principal of south
side private school which prepares
girls for college, but I certainly felt
like 1t when opened my mall yester-
day morning
Ibid some fmotner who had con-,
3 tracted to send her daughter to- you
write at the last moment to say that
she han gesl MIND q askeas his
friend.
.yNo, Il was not that" answered the
principal "I'm so used to that sort OF
thing that it no longer causes even q
frown. Two of my best teachers
wrote that they would be unable to
keep their contracts for the coming
year, as they were going to be married
In the fall.''
"Well, you can't blame the poor wo-
men for wanting to get married, can
you?"
'It wouldn't do any good if 1 could"
replied the boarding school man. But
I do say they have no right to think
of such thing. Now, both these wo-
men have been with me since they
were gradu"+ed from a well-known
woman's college. They told me at the
start that they intended to devote their
lives to teaching, or l would not have
taken them. For. four years they have
been most devoted to their work. They
seemed perfectly coDtented and abso-
lutely devoid of sentiment. It's this
summer business that does 1t. You
never can tell what is going to happen
during the summer. They went to the
mountains this year, instead of the
seashore, although / advised against
1t. never could understand why men
and won en- get to thinking of marriage
as soon as they get into the mountains,
but they do. If they had gone to the
seashore or to Paris they would have
come back TO me more determined than
ever to make teaching their life work.
"Well, you won't have to worry long
about filing their places" remarked
the friend.
'There are plenty of applicants. to
be sure, but 1t is hard job to pick q
teacher that will suit. One never
knows their motives. So many girls
start to teach who do not have to earn
q living. They think that they should
do something because their people
have spent 80 much on their education
That sort of girl always has some ro-
nance which is just about to break
into fire, and the fact that she has
started to work for herself drives the
young man to the point. He promptly
proposes, and she tries to get out Of
her contract before the year is hall
ver."-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
"A-o You Asleep, Miss en

Is Is from lie Gaulois, Paris: "Are
asleep" 1t appears that this ap-
atly harmless question constitutes
.nishable offense when addressed
telephone employe. A gentleman
lflsruhe, Impatient at n telephon.
.ielay, cried: "Are you asleep,
whereupon lie was prosecuted
|Hned one pound for Offering IN
itlhable insult. He has appealed
the sentence by the magistrate,
happily for him, there ore judges
arlin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
Sign Of Prosperity.

Judge Franklin @. Ball, Of the Su
perior Court of Cook County, ILL.,, wa
so poor in youth that he was oblige,
to board at the house Of On undeI
taker. He says that he could alway
tell when his landlords business wa
thriving by the appearance Of ice O.
the butter and flowers Oh the table,
New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
A Big Country,

Engllshmen know little Of the geog-
raphy of the States" and what little
they do know does not object to put
ting Philadelphia next door to Boston,
or San Francisco alongside Of New
York. An American and IN English
man who had become friends aboard
ship had q pleasant encounter about
distances on reaching New York.
They breakfasted together and the
following conversation ensued:
II guess I'll turn out to see Harry
after breakfast" said the Englishman.
1--WE two here. Harry lives In San
Francisco and Charlie in Chicago"
"But you'll be back for dinnerT'
facetiously asked the American.
The Britisher took him seriously.
"Sure for dinner, If not for lunch," he
answered. And accompanied by his
friend, now thoroughly alive to the
humor of the incident, he found HIM
self a few minutes later In the line
of ticket buyers in the Grand Central
Depot.
"An excursion ticket to San Francis
co, stopping at Chicago station on re-
turn" he ordered.
The ticket agent put about a quar-
ter Of q mile Of pasteboard under bis
stamp, pounding it for n minute OF
more, thrust it before the explorer and
expectantly awaited payment.
"When does the train go?" asked tho
Englishman.
"In ten minutes" was the answer
"How much is it,"
zone hundred and thirty-eight dol
lars and fifty cents"
"What" the Englishman gasped
"How far is it?"
"Three thousand miles"
"Dear me! What country"-
Youths Companion. - .;s.. 80.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
Pane In the Stomach.

In The Times appears a wonderful
account Of man who, owing to a
wound, is suffering from what has
been accurately called "a pane in the
stomach" The position of the glass
covering would leave Us to imply that
the patient has not only pane but
window sash.-London Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
Hbinaao RifldleR.

"What is the fire that has no smoke
and the water that has no fish?
"a glow worms fire has no smoke
and we'll water has no fish,"
Mention the name of IN object Will
Two mouths which travels by night
and not by day."
"a lantern. Chicago News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
WORDS II +, { & Of IS ,:,i WISDOM. 81 ,iI

IA tfn1id,5 irresolute; asand self-con-
srious mfa-will often bescruel when q
Nrge-hearted and self.reliant man
sFould be tender and generous. The
litter gives strength and confidence to
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21

hind the plow In field more thar
mile from the house, where he
left his twin brother that mo-
While steering the plow IT,
rough and rocky piece Of ground the
plow-share was broken. There seemed
nothing to do but unhitch the horses
and 60 home, although the hour was
only mld-afternoon. Then Robert sud-
denly thought about the time John
cut his foot with the ax, and he de-
termined to make his wants known to
his twin. He accordingly closed his
eyes and tried, he said. to get his
brothers attention, although John was
more than O mile distant. When lie
felt that John was listening TO him
he told his brother to so to the barn,
where there was q new plow point In
the buggy shed hanging against the
wall. He also told John to bring
monkey-wrench which was in the tool
chest. Robert then sat down On the
plow and waited. 1t was not more
than fifteen minutes until, he said, he
plainly felt John asking him which
monkey-wrench he should bring-the
small one or larger one. After again
bidding him to bring the large one he
again sat down and waited patiently.
Not more than q half-hour elapsed be-
fore he saw John running toward him
with the new plow point and the large
monkey-wrench. The broken plow
point was hastily removed and the
new one put in it's place. Then Rob-
ert continued his plowing and John re-
turned to the house. The twins seem
to think there Is nothing very remark
able about their marvellous gift OF
communicating with each other when
they are far separated. The distance
they are apart seems not to make any
difference.
Not long ago John had occasion to
20 to the county-seat, which Is twelve
miles from his home. At the wish Of
their parents the twins determined to
demonstrate whether they could COM
municate with each other at this dis
lance. Robert remained at home, and
after John had been gone more than
IN hour he said he could see his broth
er driving along the road and they
were talking with each other just as
readily as If they had been together
and had uttered the words aloud. This
conversation was kept up at Intervals
as long us John remained In the town.
Just after Robert had said John was
leaving on his return journey the
mother discovered that she needed
some fruit cans. Robert ut once
stopped John on his return journey
and told him to drive back to get
three dozen tin fruit cans and some
sealing wax. John asked few ques
tions and then told Robert he would
return for the cans. About twilight
that evening John arrived home will
the three dozen fruit cans and tht
sealing wax which he had been tolt
to get.
These are only few Of the wonder
full demonstrations that the brother'
are able to give. Their power ha'
proved a helpful one OH many occa
sions. Each knows the others where
abouts ut all times. They can SCI
each other aud exchange thoughts
however widely they may be separat
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21

sIt's-a poor rule that won't work
both ways, but some men are even
poorer because they won't work either
way. =. 20
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21

The smoke Of the smelters IS said
TO lie fatal to the bees III Utah
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21
TELEPATHY OF TWINS.
JOHN AND ROBERT EVANS HAVE NO
NEED OF THE TELEGRAPH.

The Peculiar Gift Of Two Eighteen-Year.
Old Sons OF an Ohio Farmer-Closest
Sympathy With Each Othor-wonder.
full Demonstrations by the Brothers.
The Canal Dover (Ohio) correspond
ent Of the Chicago Inter-Ocean writes
as follows: A most singular power of
telepathy, or mind-reading, between
twins has been demonstrated near the
isolated village Of Trailrille., John and
Robert Evans are the twins who have
this peculiar gift. The boys are about
eighteen years old, and are sons Of j..
e. Evans, q well-to-do farmer. Both
have light hair and blue eyes, and they
are so much alike that the father has
never been quite sure which is John
and which is Robert.
The twins are like In temperament,
and have always shown the closest
sympathy with each other 1t Is only
recently, however, that they have dis
covered their telepathic power. The
first exhibition Of it took place about
four months ago. John had been sent
into the woods to hew some trees,
while Robert helped his father build
fences OH another part Of the farm
more than q mile distant Just before
dinner Robert suddenly dropped
piece of timber which he was helping
his father to carry, and cried out. as
If he were hurt. Turning about In
alarm, the father saw the boy standing
with his eyes closed.
John is hurt! I can hear him
scream and I can see him." Robert
said. "The axe glanced from the tree
aud the sharp edge struck him on the
foot. He is sitting on the ground and
is bleeding dreadfully. He has begun
to tear up his shirt and is trying to
bind up the wound. He is near the.
old spring, back Of the peach orchard"
Suddenly the boy opened his eyes,
looked at his father for an instant,
and then started on q run toward the
point where his brother had gone to
work In the morning. Mr.. Evans
looked after him helplessly and then
followed, somewhat dazed. When he
arrived at the spring he found the
conditions precisely as Robert had
described them. John had cut his foot
severely by glance blow of the axe
and had torn off his shirt sleeve, with
which to binu up the wound and check
the flow of blood. John himself testi-
fed that he had cried out in pain
when the axe struck him, and seemed
not at all surprised that his brother
Robert knew at once Of his plight, al
though the sound Of his voice could
never have been carried half the dis
tance they were separated.
These facts were told to the boys
mother, and were repeated to the
At first people did not
credit the story fully, but since then
they have had ample leyide denSnTrahTI- II leT. TER
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1900-11-21

THE splendid road conditions
= existing on tho continent Of
4 Europe Gun be duplicated
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-02-27
A BOLD BURGLARY.
The Residence OF Herman Brandon
burg on Scott Street Entered and
Nearly 800 in Cash and
Jewelry Taken.

During Sunday night last the resi-
dence occupied by Herman Brlnden-
burg at Gil Scott street was entered by
a thief or thieves, who carried away
two gold-filled watches valued at $40
and $l6.03 in cash and three pocket
wallets which contained receipts from
the Kimball Piano Company, of Chica
go, from whom he had bought piano
on the installment plan, receipts for
payment of city taxes and from various
other sources. The receipts were of
value to Mr.. Brandenburg but of no
use 10 anyone else. The time of the
burglary, as near as Mr.. Brandenburg
can place it, was about ~ O'clock, and
supposition is the entry to the house
was made through the kitchen window
facing south, which had no sash locks.
After entering the kitchen window the
intruder proceeded into the dining
room where, in small cupboard
be found the wallets containing the
different receipts. In this room the
family pug dog always remains during
the night, but it appears he must have
been sound asleep as he did not utter q
sound, which is the first time on record
when he failed to bark upon anyone
entering the house. From the dining
room burglar proceeded to the bed
room, which was occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Brandenburg and two children.
In this room the lamp was slightly
burning and in there the bureau was
ransacked but only the two watches
were found. After this he went through
Mr.. Brandenburg's trousers which
were found near the bed and carried
to the kitchen. He found $l603 in the
pockets thereof.
1t seems strange that Mr.. and Mrs.
Brandenburg, nor the children, nor
even the dog were not awakened.
Surely this thief must have been
nypnotist.