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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10
John Muir, the Mountain Climber.

| John Muir is faSclnatlnS conpdn-
ion. He abounds in fun, and his talk
is apt to become a monologue, as lis
teners grow too interested even for
comment. He runs on in a steady,
E:sparkiing stream OF ay:.ty chat, aharni-
Eng mIniscence sf 81 anois me Nof;
\
fhs "a nl5dnssi ms,
son In tue beautiful fo,-rreiI .feadcMs-
cf Yosemite; Of tossing in a frail ka-
yak On the storm-tossed waters OF
Alaskan fiords. BY turns he is seisS%
tist, mountaineer, story e.
light-hearted schoolboy. q
"Alhambra valley, whereS
home of many broad acres, N of
tiful vale curled down in this
the Contra Costa hills, sheltereSs 49,
every wind that blows, and warmS
the heart by the genial California SUM
light. Here he dwells, slender, griz-
zled man, worn looking and appearing
older than he is, for the hard years
among the mountains have told upon
him. Here he has series of vineyards
that are a delight to look upon. 1t
was grape time when saw it last;
acre upon acre of vines stretched out
in every direction, the brilliant red
of flaming Tokays, the golden green
of ripe Muscats, the rich purples OF
Black Hamburgs and Cornichons made
fine color scheme, amid the rich dark
foliage, while all the air was delicious
with the fragrance of the teeming har-
vest
1T was fair picture of peace and
plenty, under tie soft, blue September
sky. A stream ran close at hand,
shaded by alders and sycamores and
the sweet-scented wild willow. On the
bank nearest us stood solitary blue
crane, surveying us fearlessly. A flock
of quail made themselves heard in the
undergrowth, and low above the vine
yards a shrike flew, uttering his sharp
cry. Noting him, said to Mr.. Muir:
I" so you don't even kill the butcher
birds?'
"He looked up, following the birds
flight.
f" Why, no" he said, they are not
nv birds "-Adeline Knapp, in Aims
| lees
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10
marilylto tcst . su.rsis ski! e telling "a
Tree, the log, q great piece esof tough
spood six feet fSarz inches 'irth, iss
|niseessss4s l,s::: -';Ssssspul}s ssss.
Of the heat the refere,

are. 7 hey axe al! 81, ,cndiG slss:
of physical prowess-thick set, deep
chested, iron muscled and bronzed
from exposure. Each carries his fa-
vorite aX, the fullest latitude being al
lowed in the matter Of selection. 1t is
significant fact that several Of the
saws and axes used this year were the
product Of American firms. When all
is ready the pistol shot sounds and the
contest is on.
Scarcely less exciting is the saving
contest. The log usndassthe, ,samessizea
as that employed in the choppftfs sesn-E
test, but the time made is much more
rapid, for the great saw cuts through
the wood much more quickly than the
axe can go.
This year for the first time the Ak
mems and sawyers' championships
were won by the same man-Thonas
pettiti of Sprint, Tasmania. Not only
did he win both events, but he also
broke the record for each.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10
What Next?

The Rubaiyat of Omar khayyam
has been dramatized now and it is
understood that 16 or II ambitious
playwrights have designs upon the
dictionary.-Boston Globe,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10

In China criminals and political
prisoners are beheaded. Some of the
e1ecutioners are so expert that they
can arrange and behead a man In
eighteen seconds
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10
The Coqslilution
Well Built.
The New Method OF Construction AIDES
Strength and Saves Weight.

The Constitution, the yacht built for
the defense OF the Americas Cup by
the Herreshoff Manufacturing Com
pany,is probably the lightest construct
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10
COMMUNITY Y0F INTEREST
w. X. VANDERBILT EVOLVED THIS
IDEA IN RsiLRoAOiNc.

Eight Men Said to Be in Practical Con-
= troll of Our Steel Observation-Disclosures
j. Hill.the Greatest Railroad Autocrat
Since Commodore yanderbilt's Time.
HThe fact that eight men should be
In practical control Of our railroads IS
primarily due to the enforcement OF
the Federal laws enacted to prevent
railroad combinations. Here is
striking paradox: The Supreme Court
of the United States, IL dissolying the
Joint Traffic Association. infused the
breath of life into the community OF
interest idea. Prevented by the high
est law in the land from forming traf-
tsfe agreements or pools, the railroad
owners felt bound to protect them
selves by forming still greater COM
binations on the mutual-ownership
plan.
Some persons say that it was Will
liam *. Vanderbilt who first suggested
the ideas.o community Of interest
which has developed With marvellous
rapidity into the basic principle of
railroad management in this country.
Certain it Is that Mr.. Vanderbilt, and
the powerful fnancles whose inter-
ests are closely allied with his, were
the FIRST ones to- clasp hands in a pro-
tective mutually of ownership. Hav-
ing welded all the Vanderbilt lines
{ into one compact system, William X.
Vanderbilt was in position to take
the initiative in a movement to domin-
ate the railroad situation between New
York and Chicago. Mr. Vanderbilt and
other members Of his family became,
stockholders of the PENNSYLVANIA Rail;
road and capitalists long identified
with the Iast-named property bought
New ntral stock Negot atoms
fnr.s q, Ifa 20 he
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10
THE CONSTITUTIONS POSITION
t.ss.a MAST ST EPz AND LEAD.
would otherwise be. Those who are
interested in tie yacht think there is
no doubt OF slielr bend the Iniepend-

10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IIutPEitts
ssEs7ees sald fSsS arg at HE
;saasSsJ ;sss sse 80 -.
tae Constitution, W.T., .,:s- .ei.;!t 70
ttriEe, will go through the water fasrAi
than the independence, and every one
comedies that in the hull the Constitu-
ton saves tons in weight over the In
dependence. The Scientific American
gives some detailed drawings cf the
construction Of the Constitution, and
shows where the great gains in weight
saving are made.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10

Little known About Morocco. -
Nobody knows what the population
of Morocco is. Estimates place it all
the way from 100000 to. 100000,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10

The steeple of the Cathedral of Ant.
werp, Belgium, is 4IG feet in height,
which makes it the highest church
stceple In the world.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10
lEEPING NERVES SOUND
;PREAD OF NERVOUS PRosTRATIoN
B AND SOME OF THE CAUSES.

Dread Disease That Seems Especially
to Assail Persons Who Are Notable and
!sActlve in All Walks of Life - Pure Air,
Nervous prostration is the prevalent
disease of the moment with notable
persons in all walks Of life, declares
me New York Sun. It cannot be
Slassed among the fashionable di-
3 Eeases, for 1t rarely attacks those of
z the leisure class, but doctors, law
Sers, fnanciers and actors have been
the principal victims this winter, as
Wellas politicians of more or less re-
hown and a statesman or two from
! sssWashington's population.
This exclusiveness in the selection
of victims was also noted in the grip,
; which, when it first made itself known
I In america, chose only the prominent
! forgits prey. Since then it has become
( more general, bestowing itself impair
italy upon rich and poor alike.
Physicians rarely give bulletins of
Their cases of nervous prostration. 1t
so frequently heralds serious results
3 that in many cases it is deemed wisest
ito call it by some other name. But
The outgoing steamers carry away
simany prominent persons Of all sorts
who are ordered abroad most impera-
lively for the ocean trip and to escape
from the routine In any particular
business or profession.
Rest is the invariable prescription
and it rarely fails to effect cure
B when the disease is taken before ar
stificial means have been employed for
fhe quieting of the affected nerves.
The victims of the complaint are
nearly all those whose brains, eye
sight or nervous systems are called
upon In their vocations. The excite
iments Of the theatre prove to be a
most powerful cause, as the long list
sof dramatic stars that have collapsed
during the season now closing shows.
But the old adage that hard work
never kills holds good in this instance.
1T is not hard work, but injudicious
work, irregular hours and loss Of sleep,
lack of proper air and exercise that
are really the predisposing causes, as
well as excessive smoking and drink
ing. A great worry, a bereavement or
a shock, will frequently bring On an
attack of this sort, especially with
women. The increase in open air
sports for women, however, is largely
driving this complaint out of the femi-'
nine category. Most Of the women pa
ftients are from the stage.
Quiet rest is the great and universal
Escure for. neurasthenia, but unhappily
lin cases that have been allowed to
advance, quiet is the boon denied the
sufferer. The nerves refuse to become
calm and no sleep comes to rest the
<claeF5crh Of the brain and nerves SO
-. 3: i,,,;; {: >;5@t no one to the other.
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produce only an artificial calmness to
the nerves. These are the cases most
difficult to cure"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-07-10

What the bull fighter is to Spain and
Mexico, the cricketer to England, the
swordsman to France, the hockey
player to Canada, and the football and
baseball hero to the United States the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

The present growth Of London's pop,
ulatiOD is $500 a month.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

the fact that through each great
"brew" OF white burning liquid, re-
plenished every quarter Of an hour
with fresh ore and fresh fuel, there Is
forced for hours al a time a tornado
like blast Of hot air, which not only
makes the mass boil more actively, but
also tends TO drive of It's impurities.
Ranged near each Of the blast furnaces
are several monster iron tubes, re-
sembling IN general outline the ap-
pearance Of the blast furnace Itself.
These are the Stoves" Of the plant and
and In them Is heated the air which Is
blown through the fiery mass within
the blast furnace. When 1t Is ex-
planned that many present-day blast
furnaces give forth considerably more
than half q thousand tons Of iron
every day, and that two tons Of ore,
a ton and a quarter of coke and half a
ton Of limestone are required for each
ton Of molten metal produced, It win
be appreciated that the operation of
~ oAAABAN uAtAoA AAAA AaAN 10 no AAAhAAoAn-
cradle enterprise
In the tapping Of a blast furnace
there is presented the first of those
thrilling pictures which have no coun-
terpart in any other field Of activity.
A handful Of men, pitifully pigmy in
appearance beside the towering fur
mace with its tiny, glowing white eyes,
thrust and wrench and pound until an
inclsion Is made low down in this
great tank of burning metal, and then
spring quickly out of the way in order
to avoid the stream of scaldlng metal
which spurts from the opening, looking
for all the world like a luminous por-
ridge.
This liquid iron, newly escaped from
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13
POURING MOLTEN IRON INTO MoULDs.

the boiling pot, is a deceitful guam
tity. Apparently it is slow and slug
gish in its movement, and yet it burns
it's way forward with insiduOus and
surprising rapidity. The workmen in
charge black, half-naked figures sill
houetted against glowing back
ground, either guide the furious stream
into ponderous kettles which stand
awaiting it on the railroad cars near
by, or else they allow it to furrOw its
way to little channels cut in the sand.
A few years ago all the iron from
blast furnace ran into the hundreds
Of little troughs, each about three feet
long, which dotted the sand floor all
about the fame-spitting tower, and
when the metal had become quite cold
each tiny trench contained an UNI
shaply bar of iron appropriately desig-
mated as a pig" However, inasmuch
as the very next step in steel-making
is to get this metal back into the
molten shape, the shrewd ironmongers
who We're ever seeking every possible
way to save money in the process, con-
cluded that it was simply a waste of
time and money to let the pig-iron
cool at all, and now the molten metal
is trundled away in broad-mouthed
kettles to tsc steel-making plant.
1t is essential at this juncture to in
troduce the reader to the two different
methods Of steel-making-the Besse-
mer and the "open-hearth" processes,
as they are respectively termed, Up to
this point the transformation Of the
iron is invariably exactly the same,
no matter what its ultimate destina-
ton may be; but with the end of the
journey of the railroad train loaded
with half a dozen kettles each con-
tanning full twenty tons of the bub-
bling, red-tinged mass, comes the part
ing Of the ways.
From a spectacular standpoint, the
Bessemer process is the more interest
ing Each kettle of molten iron, as it
| arrives from the blast furnace, is
poured into a still larger caldron known
as the mixer" where it boils and siz-
zles in company with the contents of
other kettles for quite an interval of
time Next it comes to a converter"
an egg-shaperd receptacle of hercu-
lean size and strength, and here once
more it undergoes publication by
means of another terrific blast of air,
forced upward through the mass with
such violence that the top of the ICON.
verter" literally resembles a volcano
in action. When the publication by
this heroic method is completed the
molten mass is ready to be poured into
the ingot moulds, where it hardens in
the form of blocks, each weighing
five tons.
The "open-hearth" method is less
impressive in the eyes Of the onloOkerI
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converter" there are long lines Of
furnaces that look like bake ovens and
In which miniature seas of white
metal, so intensely hot that you cannot
gaze upon it save through blue glasses,
boil and bubble, like lime In the mortar
box before some building in course Of
erection.
Cast into ingots, these are allowed
to cool in their mOulds, and are then
once more thrust into bath Of flame
and for the last time reheated Thence
the metal may be fed into the enor-
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nous jaws Of giant rolls which fiatten
it into plate Of various size; it may be
pressed into armor for battleships by
means of huge presses, or 1t may be
squeezed into long slender strands that
are ultimately cut into bars or railroad
rails. All the while it remains red hot
and water must be continually poured
over the machinery, with the result
that every time the rolls "bite" q slab
of iron to force it into some thinner
form, there is a report like the dis
charge of a cannon.
1t may be stated advisedly that no
where among the worlds workers arc
there men who hourly brave death in
such terrible form as it is presented
to the steel workers. A blast furnace
may "break-out' and engulf the poor,
helpless mortals at it's base in an ocean
of annihilating flame; one of the giant
ladies' hoisted hither and thither by
long, gaunt arms of steel, may slip
from it's place and drown hapless vic
tins in a molten cataract; or some
Wriggling, snake-like cable of burn
ing steel may snarl and tangle and,
without an instant's warning, wrap it.
self around some Outstanding work
man before he can even turn to escape.
1t is by the conduct of steel-making
on so heroic a scale that the United
States is being enabled to capture the
steel markets of the world. Last year
she sent abroad nearly $1180O0,O00
worth of iron and steel, an increase
of one-fourth over that Of the two
previous years, and it was distributed
amongst all the countries on the globe.
The Book World.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13
Some Australian Nicknames.

Australians have some queer nick
names for different States and for one
another The Queenslanders are
dubbed banana landers;" Western
Australians, now abbreviated into
Westralians, are known as "sandgro-
pers." The Westralians class the
whole of the other States in one
group and call them "t'Other side"
and the inhabitants "tOther siders."
Tasmania, so much like England in
climate and other characteristics, is
usually regarded as a little behind the
times, and referred to as THE land Of
lots O. time" "the land Of sleep a lot"
and so on. Tasmanians are called
''Tassies," also jam eaters" jam
being one Of the chief productions OF
the tight little island"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

storehouses in the Northwest, a train
load at a time, is unloaded by means of
iron buckets, each holding more than
a ton of ore, which spin back and forth
along structures that resemble minia-
ture suspension bridges and carry the
dark red material to the foot of the
blast furnaces. Here small cars run
ming on an inclined railroad take the
ore and ascend with it to the top of the
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

blast furnace and, upon reaching the
summit, an ingenious mechanical de-
vice overturns the car and tumbles
its contents into great fiery pit which
yawns below.
A blast furnace is nothing more nor
less than gigantic mixing pot in
which the raw material from the
mines, coke or some other form of
fuel, and limestone are churned about
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

hpt II results IN the production OF q
better grade OF steel Formerly Il was
80 much more expensive than the Bees
se-1er process that few consumers OF
steel could AFFORD to pay the price exc
acted, but here, as IN all other
branches Of steel making. costs have
been shaved very heavily Of late years,
In the open-hearth plant, instead Of 3
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13
A MODERN BLAST FURNACE.
(Stoves in the background.)

until each has wholly lost its identity
in one fiery boiling mass. The fright
full heat of the blast furnace may not,
perhaps, be better illustrated than by
the fact that its binding intensity is
such that a person may not look stead
lily into this seething caldron even for
a few minutes.
The furnace derives its name from
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

A woman's hand no white, 80 wee,
So covered up with jewelry,
So soft, 20 dehcatoly planned
That you can hardly understand
The strength In its fair symmetry,
A hand to set q grim cook free,
Or curb a tyrant's tyranny
By simple gesture Of command
A woman's hand.
All. but / hold in memory
The vision Of a Bonded knee.
/ still hear echoing through the land
Wells that were futile foolish, and
/ still feel coming down on me
A woman's hand.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

ow the disparity is not nearly
IT.
blow a car of ore in its journey
b the modern steel making
to witness a constant success
ID the most stirring incidents and
ast dramatic pictures to be found
ere on the globe. The iron ore,
q from Natures wonderful
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

"How well behaved Mrs. Good
streets children are" yes; she has
left their bringing up entirely in
charge of a governess." -Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Tommy ION a visIt)-"Do your specs
magnify, grandmaY Grandma-"Yes,
Tommy" Tommy do you mind
taking them off while you cut my
cakeY-Tit- Bits.
Kind Lady-"And does your NAM
ma let you go out alone at night, my
little mann" Little Man-"Yes'm;
nav amt afeer'd t. stay by herself"
Ohio State Journal.
Salute that mighty man, the fool
Who else may wreck life's dearest Joy
And what was built meath wisest rule
In one brief idle hour destroy?
Washington Star.
Agnes-"Well, Ferdy has finally pro-
posed I knew he would" Ethel
why, you said you thought he had
no intention whatever of PROPOSING"
Agnes-"Well, he didn't have."-Tlt-
Bits.
She lat the afternoon tea, to him.
ooh, I'm so glad you came. Mamma
says it's almost impossible to get
any man who is halfway decent to
come to an afternoon tea" - Town
Topics.
Cholly-"Dickey was wun over and
killed by a cable car, don't you know"
Willy-"What hOrrid bad forml
Everybody knows that the proper
thing now is for your auto to blow
up with you."-Judge.
Mrs. Horse-"Say-" Mr.. Horse
"Say whatY Mrs. Horse-"When fall
comes and our folks drive out to make
calls, you'll have to wear a plug hat
and I'll have to wear a velvet bon
net"-Chicago Record-Herald.
CrawfOrd-"Did your wife have a
good time in the cOuntry? Crab
vhaw-"No; the only thing that recon-
riled her was the thought that she
stayed away two weeks longer than
he woman next door."-Town Topics.
The weeping heroine has fed
The fainting heroine's no more;
For gain or loss, we have instead
One who talks epigram galore.
Detroit Free Press.
Life is nearly all strife and decep-
tion," said the mournful man. THAT'S
true" answered Mr. Flatson. "When
you aren't making a futile attempt
to coerce the cook, you've got to be
iollying the janitor." - Washington
Star.
Auntie-"Don't you know, Bobbie.
that it's very bad manners to put
your knife in your mouth?" Bobbie
Don't you think, Auntie, that it's
very bad manners to stare at your
guests when they're eating Y-Glas-
cow Times.
"Poor bye" exclaimed O'Harra,
condoling with Cassidy, who had been
injured by blast. "'Tis tough luck
teh hav yer hand blOwed off," "Och!
Faith, it moight ave bin wurse," re-
piled Cassidy. Suppose Ord had me
weeks wage in it at the toime."-
Philadelphia Press.
what good does your college edu-
cation do you if you can't carry a
bowl of soup to a guest without put
ting your thumb in it?' said the sum-
mer hotel proprietor to the student
waiter. ooh, WELL" was the reply,
''you must remember l have two years
more in collegeT - Yonkers States
man.
Deacon Jones-"So you have lost
your husband, Mrs. Grimes? 1t is
very sad" Mrs. Grimes-"Sad is no
name for it. 1 don't believe any other
woman ever had such a run of luck.
He was my third, you know. I'm so
discouraged I've about made up my
mind not to have another. Boston
! Transcript
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13
Automobile Racing rrno1,.

A correspondent in the Horseless
Age suggests that some of the rich au-
tomObile owners who are constantly
grumbling at the impossibility Of Sc
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

American 5 tel.
BY Walden Fawcett.

%pS5d58dd4d566d Ks I % as ~
che ''''''''''ffffffF%
ve TEEL, that most useful and,
after all, the most valuable
y Of metals, is so pre-eminently
the most important of the pro-
ducts of Uncle Sans energy, that it's
superiority has come, of late years,
to be universally recognized.
The age Of iron has passed and the
Industrial and commercial world now
lives in, the age of steel. The latter
metal Isl Of course, an Outgrowth of
that which was once supreme in the
manufacturing world in that the iron
ore must first be converted into pig
iron ere it can attain to the dignity
of classification as steel; but the lat
ter commodity is tougher and more
C}Rstie and so it is preferred for
~ obstruction of buildings and
and ships and, indeed, every
Fhere great strength is required.
amen steel first came into popularity
it cost much more to produce a ton
of steel than to turn out the same
AfT7nount Of iron, but a gradual cheap
en1 iOf processes has been going on,
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13

curing suitable roads or tracks upor.
which to speed their machines should
get together and build a double-klte
track, something on the order of the
accompanying illustration, with a
bridge over the crossway. The track.
he thinks, should be at least eight
miles long and fifty feet wide, with a
level 'run-in." A grandstand midway.
he says, would give a commanding
view of the whole course.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-12-13


When General Grant
world he said have this
conhed Gambetta and Iii
cred but III Is the greatest of all the four
Minister Of the United of
theAwOnderu
ica figure the
and courage to lead his
ton; masterfu intrepid spirit itudeo