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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
A coouettish Little Garment.

a smart bolero of Irish point lace
Is made double breasted and the ampli-
tude In width atones for the excessive
shortncss of q coquettish little gar
ment. This is fastened on the left
side with three fat buttons about the
size Of a penny and cleaning like
guinea gold. Three seems to be the
canonical number for these beautiful
fastenings. They look like golden pen.
'nies and have none Of the superficial
aspect Of cheap gilt buttons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

DAYS work in all their life before.
Some have been at work for five or six
years. One farmer, Kiowa living
in Oklahoma, raised last year wheat
making twenty-six bushels to the acre,
and corn running sixty bushels. He
titled the fields alone, except In haVest-
time, when he engaged a number Of
harvest hands to assist. His income
from last years crop was $500. His
farm is "a model one. Originally the
land, GOO acres in extent, YVES set aside
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

believe. But it is also true that fully
twenty per cent. Of them, after having
passed through 4 training-school, will
return to the reservation and go on
the downward trail again. 1t is quite
easy to teach an Indian, but another
matter to make him remember and
obey that which he has been taught.
One may travel through any reserva-
tion in the West to-day and find many
Indians at work in the fields. 1t may
seem odd to see blanketed buck hoe
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
Seeea@@@@eooeeeeA8
A REAL TEST OF NERVES.
BY EDGAR WHITE.


" - " " OUeSS>1oV~ sgo--S5f
Paris, the superintendent noted his
watch. Within 10 minutes the roa1
Of the rushing express train started
the echoes in the drowsy county seal
of Missouris Democratic Gibraltar
Monroe county, and a minute after
wards the red lights on the rear car
were disappearing in the direction Of
the Mississippi. There was but one
more stop until the Missouri river Was
reached, and the superintendent knsT
Jack would make the run Of his lie
TO Old Monroe.
The next 10 miles was made In eigt
and one-half minutes. Then the as-I:
gine settled down to work The rSs
was increased to 10 in eight minuts;
then in seven; then in six, which Bs
the limit and which was held withqt
deviation. The president dropped bak
in his chair. He knew the man n
front was doing everything human;y
could accomplish. Out Of every iOf
miles traversed he was placing for
minutes against the IS on the deIt
side, and if the gait was kept up
the city limits the train would bak
into Union station exactly on time. 9;
AS the early dawn Of the June morE
ing crept over the Mississippi, the lfniis !.
tied crossed the line of Audrain aid
invaded the soil of old Pike, the stat
ing point of so many Of MissouEs
worthy sons. Some of the passengera
scenting the approach to the river
walked out into the vestibules to look
at the scenery in the twilight Then
they noticed something of which they
had been unaware while lying in theiI
chairs-that the mileposts and otheis
objects were whizzing past them ats
rate they had never before EXPERT
enced in all their lives. 1t was hard
to believe that gently rocking train
was annihilating distance at the rate
of so miles an hour, but that Is the
story the mileposts told.
At Old Monroe there was q. Wait3
The dispatcher had calculated on I'd
run of only 60 miles an hour out of
Macon, and had permitted north
bound train to leave West Alton ton|
TIE limited's supposed lost time. The
president and directors frowned and!
began to look anxious again. Ten min
utes were placed on the wrong side
of the ledger. The officials from their
observatory glared at the innocent!
freight engineer, and the president
said something the Sundays schools
books don't approve of. 81
1t seemed SO long this time before
$50 struck the maximum that the pres
ident thought tha engineer raasi heEs@
d'.ta5gned me issa. iIe sug2ostest;:
i.. tie supe"tateaJea. 90 so.yfaci
~ 49, Gdat &. mater s-"s ut tizst
49, ..,z .35.,;. re
Z, q !.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

called clVlllZru .IIuIslio, Avi ,iiG ie..eviA
that they belong to the Five Tribes.
have ridden for whole day through
q vast field Of wheat owned and culti-
waited by full-blood Cherokees. They
live in palatial homes, and are a hos
pitable people, industrious and pro-
gressive.
1t was about 1887 that the United
States Government first came to the
conclusion that manual labor would
exercise greater influence toward
civilization than anything else. That
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

Cumulus or thunder clouds, rarely
rise over two miles. Seven miles is
the outside height for any cloud.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
THE CHERRY TREE FROG.
He Lives in Australia and is Happy in
Spite Of Troubles.


Spite Of Troubles.
This Is q picture Of the Australian
tree frog (Hyla caerulea). Optimists
have long maintained that everything
which has been created has some use.
The use Of the tree frog Is to set an
example Of cheerfulness. II am not
beautiful" thinks the tree frog, "and
therefore the way for me to make peo-
pie love me Is to be good and cheer
full" When the tree frog finds him
self becoming depressed by the thought
that he. lacks the grace Of the young
gazel1e he is wont to restore his good
if,,-..s... &c 5.,----,rn his mind to dwell
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
THE American Indian Is Of
that physique which makes
al Fo,,,,o, opd tho WON

NV HE American Indian Is Of
that physique which makes
good farmer, and the Won
der is that they were not sent
into the fields ere this instead Of max
ing them 60 to school. Education is
essential, but ninety-nine per cent. OF
those who return home from school
either do nothing or go into farm life.
The other one per cent. become pro-
fesslonal men. Within the past few
years the strides made by the Ameri-
can red man in farming have been
remarkable. More Indians are taking
to the plow than the public would
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
wAsuIT, AND CADDO INDIANS CLEARING A CoRNFIELD.

had been placed OH a certain tract
of land and told to work 1t. 1t was
after all this that the Government
learned the Indian had to be taught.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13

Canada last year added 541 to-
railway mileage and Mexico GAO.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-11-13
gEDNEsDAY, NOVEMBER l3. 1901.
ARSENIC FACTORIES.
Habits Acquired by the People Who
Ynrlr IN Them.

HaDit6 acquired Dy inc FeoPio VINO
Work in Them.
White arsenic Is the form in which
arsenic is taken by the peasants OF
Syria and the Tyrol. Prof. Schall-
grueber of Gaetz was the first to call
attention to this practice in a report
which he made in 1922 to the Aus
trian government on the cause OF the
numerous deaths from arsenic poison
ing in those districts. He found that
arsenic was kept in most Of the houses
in Upper Syria under the name OF
hydrach, evidently corruption OF
huttenrauch, or furnace smoke. His
statements made were subsequently
confirmed from personal observation
by Dr. Michigan Of Edinburgh, but
for many years afterward the arsenic
eaters were generally disbelieved In,
and it was not Ell Ell 1850 that G. Heise
published convincing evidence.
Arsenic Is principally eaten by
hunters and wood cutters, with the OBJ
ject of warding off fatigue and i'm
proving their staying powers. Owing
to the fact that the sale of arsenic Is
illegal in Austria without doctors
certificate, it is difficult to obtain def
mite information Of a habit which Is
kept as secret as possible. According
to Dr. Lorenzo, in that district, the
arsenic Is taken fasting, usually in a
cup of coffee, the first dose being mi
mute, but increased day by day, until
1t sometimes amounts to the enormous
dose of IL or is grains. He found that
the arsenic eaters were usually long
lived, though liable to sudden death.
They have very fresh, youthful ap-
pearance, and are seldom attacked by
infectious diseases.
|; After the first dose the usual symp-
toms Of slight arsenical poisoning are
evident, but these soon disappear on
+ continuing the treatment.
I In the arsenic factories in Salzberg
1t is stated that workmen who are not
arsenic eaters soon succumb to the
= koh1Co. lhO uoldECl VI OhC VI IhCSO
works informed Mr.. Heise that he had
been medically advised to eat arsenic
before taking up his position. He con-
sidered that no one should begin the
practice before 12 years old nor after
80, and that in any case after so years
Of age the daily dose should be grad
Eually reduced since otherwise sud
Sden death would ensue. If confirmed
arsenic eater suddenly attempts to do
altogether without the. drug he imme-
sdiately succumbs to the effects Of ar
Gsenic poisoning. The only way to OBJ
viate this is gradually to acclimatize
the system by reducing the dose from
day to day. AS another evidence Of
the cumulative properties Of arsenic
it's interesting to note that when
Sgraveyards in rTnne- =. =: I'd -. gro pT.-nsG
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29
The Tugboat captain.

A tug lay hard by, and the captain
added his bit to my sociological noe
turne, as l sat in the pilot house and
peered out on the water, where red
lights and green lights, with many of
yellow and white, uripped zigzag fash
ion down from the wharfs and ships.
''Where do you sleepT questioned l.
''Why, here" he replied, Gin this very
pilot house on that nice fluffy bunk
you're a-settin' on; an sometimes l
sleep at that wheel, a-steerin' this boat,
sir. Can't be helped, sir. The hours we
work would stave In a trained nurse
an send sentinel to be shot. Why,
man, I've seed the time when I've stuck
by that wheel twenty grim hours at a
stretch. Once it was forty-two hours.
And when you read in the paper about
TOWN. big propeller clean through a
dock or jammin' her into her next door
neighbor fer keeps don't you say US tug
folks are Johnnie Raws. Just say we're
worked and worked till we sleep at the
wheel. For that's Gods truth, SIR
Atlantic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29
Pound FooIishness.

One of the commonest forms of pound
foolishness is countenanced by many
high authorities. This is the purchase
of certain household provisions in large
quantities. Few writers on domestic
topics fail to lay stress upon the econ
omy of buying groceries in bulk. That
sugar and -four, potatoes and apples
should be bought by the half or whole
barrel, cereals by the case, butter by
the tub and other things In like proper
ton is one of the early precepts in the
young Housekeeper's Complete Guide
to Domestic Economy"
The ignorant young things buy the
provisions first and the experience aft
erward The -four grows musty, the
cereals develop weevils, the potatoes
and apples rot long before they can be
eaten, and the cook exercises lavish
ness in the use of the butter and sugar
she would never show were they bought
in such limited amounts that the house
keeper could hold close watch over
them. Even after these events the
young mistress feels as if she were alb
solutely reckless and no manager at all
when she so far departs from house
hold law as to buy food In small guam
tities.-Independent.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29

The hotel coach was filed with q
crowd Of happy, jubilant visitors, and
the horses toiled splendidly up the
hills. AS each eminence was reached
and at every turn in the road the crowd
would burst forth into cries Of wonder
and delight at the magnificent scenes
which burst upon their view. The
mountain jehu alone preserved a dig
nifty and silence which rather awed the
others. At length, after a particularly
lovely view had been passed, one Of the
guests at the drivers left hand re-
marked:
"You don't seem to take much inter-
est in the scenery. No doubt it's an old
story to you"
The driver shook his head. mo,
that's not it," he answered. II just
don't care" Then he leaned a little
closer and whispered: "But 1 knows
just how you folks must feel You all
come from long distance just to see
things, and you're bound to enjoy it
anyhow so as to get your moneys
worth and not feel as though you was
cheatin' yourselves. Oh" said this
driver in a superior tone, 81 don't mind
it when l understand how it's" LES
lies Weekly,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29

First the boy of eight or ten is sent
to the breaker to pick the slate and 9th
er impurities from the coal which has
been brought up from the mine. From
there he is promoted and becomes a
door boy, working in the mine. AS he
grows older and stronger he is adj
vanced to the position and given the
pay of labOrer. There he gains the
experience which secures him place
as miners helper, and as he acquires
skill and strength he becomes, when In
the height of his manhood and yigor,
full fledged miner.
If he is fortunate enough to escape
the falls of rock and coal, he may re-
tain this position as a miner for num-
Der Of years. But as age creeps on and
he Is attacked by some of the many
diseases incident to work in the mines
he makes way for those younger and
more vigorous following him up the
ladder whose summit he has reached.
He then starts on the descent, going
back to become a miners helper, then
mine laborer, now a door boy, and
when old and decrepit he finally re-
turns to the breaker where he started
as a child, earning the same wages as
are received by the little urchins who
work at his side. There is no incen-
tive for ambition in the average min
er's life. He cannot rise to places Of
eminence and wealth. Only l in 500
can even be given place as foreman
or superintendent, and these are posi-
lions which few miners care to hold
John Mitchell in Cosmopolitan.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29
For HI. Reputation. $500.

The proprietor of large dry goods
store had decided to tear down the old
building and erect new one in its
stead. In furtherance of this plan he
was removing his goods to temporary
quarters in another building.
The goods were nearly all out of the
old structure when from some I'M
known cause it caught fire. The de
partment was promptly on hand and
soon had a stream playing on the
flames, but the merchant was wild
with excitement. Running up to the
chief, he urged him to greater haste.
'Never mind the goodsr' he shouted.
"Save the building! I'll give the boys
a check for $500 for their pension fund
if they don't let the fire spread beyond
that foorr'
"Why, you're going to tear the old
building down anyway, aren't your
asked the chief.
eyes," he said, 'but do you suppose
l want the insurance companies or any
body on earth to think that's the rea-
son why it caught fireY"
BY great exertion the fire was ex-
tinguished with little loss so far as the
building was concerned, and the mer-
chant was as good as his word
Youths Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29

A medical journal has of late been
discourslng on the indigestion of lone
illness. BY this title is meant to be in
Dictated the disorders of digestion which
are believed to follow the practice of
taking ones meals in solitary state.
The topic is by no means an uninter-
esting one. Thousands of men and wo-
men living alone are compelled to take
their meals for the most part without
company. Week In and week out they
feed themselves without a soul to talk
to, and the medical journal devotes its
energies to showing that the practice
is not one that is likely to be conducive
to digestion, to proper bodily nourish-
ment or to health. The solitary man
soon tires of merely eating, and. if he is
not of literary turn of mind, his tend
ency is to hurry through his meals to
escape from his loneliness into the so
ciety of his fellow men. Herein, it Is
held, lies danger to health.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29

During the reign Of Henry VIII.
many attempts were made to discover
coal In north Wales, and a Shrewsbury
man, named Richard Gardner, was the
only person who succeeded. The old
records read: "He attemptyd and put
into proofe to fynde out coles about the
town Shrewsbury in soondry placys,
and in one place especial callyd Ema-
tine Haye, hard by the sayd towne, he
found by his great diligence and troball
great store of see cole, the which is
lyke to come much commoditie bottle
to the richie and poore, that he is not
only worthy of commentator and
maynteasnce, but also to be had in re-
membrance for ever."-Cardifr West
ern Mail
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29

There are microscopic creatures
which live in roof cutters and on the
bark of trees and are known as water
bears and wheel animalcul@. If allow
ed to dry up under the microscope, they
can be seen to shrivel into shapeless
masses, which may be kept for years
uninjured in the dried state.
On being placed after this long inter
val in water they gradually plump up,
resume their proper shape and move
about in search of food just as e moth
ing had happened. Much the same is
true for the minute worms which from
the substances in which they live are
known as paste and vinegar cells. Wei
known is the famous case of the desert
snail, which, retracted into its shell,
was fastened to a tablet in the British
museum and showed no sign of life for
seven years, when one morning t was
found crawling hungrily about the
glass case that formed its prison.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29

A curious barometer is said to be
used by the remnant of the Araucanian
race which inhabits the southernmost
province of Chile. 1t consists of the
castoff shell of crab. The dead shell
is white in fair, dry weather, but the
approach of moist atmosphere is indi-
Gated by the appearance of small red
spots. AS the moisture in the air in
creases the shell becomes entirely red
and remains so throughout the rainy
season
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29
idea. of News.

Justice John M. Harlan of the United
State supreme court, when a practic-
ing lawyer in Louisville, once tried his
hand at newspaper work, taking the
place of a personal friend, then editor
of the Louisville Commercial. The JUS
tice got along all right writing editori-
ais, but had ideas as to news that were
at variance with those of the city edi-
tor.
One Of the reporters had written a
clever account Of man who had fallen
from the fourth story Of a building and
escaped without serious injury. 1t
made a story Of about a column in
length. With a proof Of the article in
his hand the temporary editor came to
the city editor and said:
''Mr. Smith, please have this story
cut down. 1 can't see anything in it
tina tVGnakes 1t worth that space"
''But it's the star story of the day,
Mr. Harlan" gasped the astonished
news man. 81 think it's a remarkable
story and well worth all the space CIV
en- to it."
81 don't" said Justice Harlan. IF q
man had jumped up four stories, it
would certainly have been remarkable,
but even a fool could fall down four
stories, or half a dozen, for that mat
ter"-New York Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29

When Dom Pedro, then emperor of
Brazil, was entertained at the White
House, he had been told by confused
senator that it would be expected that
he, the emperor, should be the last Of
the guests to depart.
The presidents wife, however, inform
ed her other guests that they would be
expected to follow, not precede, the
royal party in leaving the house.
The result was that no one dared to
go for fear Of a breach of etiquette.
But at o'clock In the morning a tired
woman pretended illness, and the dead
lock was broken.
Great is etiquette, but common sense
is sometimes allowable
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29
ESTp Pushed 1879.

| high bred grace Of the one with The
plump, daxen haired prettiness of the
other. He noticed that Oracle did most
of the talking. Jertha was obviously ill
at ease, and once Marais detected the
English girl gazing at him thoughtfullys
and he read her glances Alright.
''She thinks l am not kind to the little
thing" he said to himself Dear me,
this is a nice situation to be i'm
When the droschke stopped for Oracle
to alight, Marais suddenly sprang out
and stood ready to assist her.
She gave him her hand, and as for an
instant they stood side by side on the
pavement she spoke to him in a low
voice.
"You have won a treasure" she said
wistfully. 81 hope you will appreciate
it."
Marais only pressed her hand, but said
nothing, and Oracle walked away, not sat
isfed with the future that lay before her
friend.
''You have been most good to me-" said
the little bride when John deposited her
at the hotel Gin my husbands name, as
well as mine, thank you"
"You will let me know how the thing
stands. You will write to her?' said
John eagerly.
'To Oracle? Oh. it does not matter"
replied Jertha comfortably. "You see,
she is going to India almost at once"
Commend me to a newly married wo-
man for utter selfshness," muttered Ma
rails as she walked away. 81 wonder
shall Oracle and / ever meet again?
Fate answered that question some
months later.
John had spent the time in India, scour-
ing the country in feverish fashion. hunt
ing for the woman he knew but as
"Gracie"
His efforts were unsuccessful, and he
returned home in disgust. On the second
day after his arrival in town he met her
in Kensington gardens.
Instantly she came up to him with out
stretched friendly hand, and he realized
that the abominable little bride had not
enlightened her.
"And what are you doing in London?"
she asked, "and-and where is Jertha ?"
Marais lost his temper, but kept firm
hold of the slender fingers Oracle tried to
release.
81 don't know" he said. ''and don't
care, and | never saw her but that once
in my life. and"- He plunged into the
story. Oracle listened with mingled as
constituent and amusement.
'You might have told me- she said
reproachfully. at was unkind to take
me in
Marais confessed his fault, only too
happy to be gently chided by this will
O. the wisp that he had persistently
chased. The walk-prolonged for three
delicious hours in the gardens-was ever
more one of Marais' most blissful recoI-
lections.
"And so you know india" said Oracle.
''I've spent most of my life there. Did
you go for tiger hunting or
mo" said Marais boldly, and he
caught her hands in his, 81 went to hunt
for you"
"Ach," observed Fritz to his wife some
weeks later, sit is romance. the mar
riagc of your friendl And to us they can
grateful be. Is it not so, little WIFE"
And little wife," after the fashion of
the Teutonic woman, agreed.-Traveler
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1901-10-29
RESPONSIBILITY.

Ne stream from its source
Flows seward, how lonely soever its course,
But what some land is gladdenedi No star ever
rose
And set without influence somewherel Who knows
What earth needs from earth's lowest creatursf
No life
Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its
strife
And all life not be purer and stronger thereby!
The spirits Of just made perfect on high,
The army Of martyrs who stand by the throne
And gaze into the face that makes glorious their
own,
Know this, surely, at last Honest love, honest
sorrow,
Honest work for the day, honest hope for the
morrow
Are these worth nothing more than the hand
they make weary,
The heart they have saddened, the life they leave
dreary?
Hushl The sevenfold heavens to the voice of the
Spirit
Echo, 'He that o'ercometh shall all things in
heritr'
-Lyttou.