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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08
New Species of Caribou Discovered.

The American Museum of Natural
History has Just placed on exhibition
the magnificent head and antlers Oh
a new type OF caribou, hitherto un-
known to science. 1t is the result Oh
an expedition recently sent out py
the museum for the collection OF large
mammals, which, owing to their rapid
determination by white and naive
hunters, are rapidly passing away.
The specimen obtained is considered
an important contribution to our
knowledge of the distribution of Carl
bou in Northern North America. 1t
was found in the kenai peninsula
Alaska. The technical name OF TINS
new specimen is Rcngifer Stonei. Un-
fortunately the entire body Of the
caribou could not be preserved. Inc
measurements OF the animal in flesh
were as follows: Full length, seven
feet one inch; height to withers, four
feet four inches. The two distinctive
features which mark this new member
OF the clrlDUu slUup al 40
and the large and unusual form OF
antlers. The color description IS as
| follows: .,,
"Front of nose back to middle OF
nostrils, chin and edges Of lower III
grayish or silvery white; top OF TIT
nose, from the white muZzle back Il
a point opposite the eyes, BLACK pass
ing into dark (blackish) brown poster
iorily and on the sides Of the head t
below the eyes; cheeks and throat SUI
LIGHTER brown, narrow space sui
rounding the eye and tear duct gray
ish: top and sides OF neck dark gra!
ish brown. becoming lighter an
rrayer at the base Of the neck an
then abruptly darker in front OF III
shoulders (skin of body not preserved
front of neck white, forming long
tudinal sharply defined band four
l five inches wide, of greatly lengthene
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08
WISE WORDS.

The longer the tunnel the greater
the cutoff.
The doors to great things are often
very small.
He who thinks of sin lightly will feel
its force heavily.
It is better to let God hold US than
to try to hold on to Him.
Love is more than characteristic OF
God; it is His character.
The tortuous path to power is the
secret of its appreciation.
A fgurehead does not necessarily
have good head for figures.
Faith palliates present pains with
the pictures of future peace.
Friendship is one of the fair flowers
of Paradise blooming in our world of
pain.
Loveless lives must be GG"Hss, no
matter how religious they may seem
to be.
You had better contract your ex-
penditures than stretch your con-
science.
Much noise about religion may in
dicate the confusion consequent on
the lack Of it.
He who speaks truth must expect
to have the liars watchdog bark at
him for trespass.
1t takes as much grace to give as it
does to receive a reproor in the right
sDirit.-Ram's Horn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08

"Geoffreyi what absurd questions!
you certainly are crazy, or you are ILL!
Come, get right in-eyery one is STAR
ing at you
He scrambled into the phaeton, still
holding her fast, and Alice drove
swiftly up the road.
What's the matter?' she asked anx-
iously. What brings you back this
way? I'm sure you must be ILL"
Williams came to my Office and told
me you were-dead," Godfrey said
slowly. Some horrid accident-and
Il came back"
Oh" said Alice, 81 begin to under
stand. Well, what you heard was
partly right, only it WASH I. 1t hap
pened to Miss White; you didn't know
ner, middle-aged woman who lived
above US on the hill. Evidently your
friend mistook the names, White for
Wright. Her horse bolted and-she
wasn't much of a driver, poor thing
she turned him against stone wall
and was instantly killed. But-please
don't hold my arm SO tight, Godfrey;
1t hurts, and really i cannot drive"
Then only did he become conscious
OF the tightness of his grasp upon her.
and he released her with confused
apology and forced effort to laugh.
But instead of laughter came sud-
den sob, and burying his face in his
hands Godfrey broke down and wept
like child.
With an exclamation Of dismay
Alice turned off from the road into
quiet woodland lane.
But after a few moments Godfrey
recovered himself ami begged her par
don for the exhibition he had made Of
himself, adding with really cheerful
grin, by jove, did you ever see such
fool as I've been making of myself;
but I couldn' thelp it. Fancy finding
you alive and WELL after I'd been think
ing of you as-ugh!"
"And you cared for me-like that"
Alice said, marveling.
Il didn't know it'll l thought that
you were-gone," he admitted rueful-
ly. "And then; we'll, simply couldn't
stand it, that's all. Alice, it's no use;
you must consider things bit. Can't
you make up your mind to put up with
me? ! know you don't think much of
me any more, and l don't pretend to
care for all those things you're inter
ested in. But then you are SO aw-
fully good and patient with all those
foolish ard ignorant poor people, and
after all can't be any more uncongeE-
ial to you than they must be-and so
oh, hang it, Alice, can't you be an
angel and put up with me again-'un-
til death Us do part'-in awful, bitter
earnest?"
: But, Godfrey" said Alice, "you
don't SEEM to remember that last night
when we decided to end our engage
ment we agreed that this was for the
last timer" Yet there was strange
'-AA' - ~. .ra
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08
WHO'S WHO IN ENGLAND.
who Dislike to Sit at a Side
Table.

The English easily grasp the inferior
ity of their proper station in or out
Of the peerage. But the Americans do
not. Their motto is tout ou rien. They
must have q front seat or they leave
the room.
Mr.. Jesse Grant, though not Of the
ornamental sex, declined to dine at
Windsor with the lords gentlemen-in-
waiting. "If I do not dine with father
(the eX-President of the United States)
and mother at the Queens table I
go home" A court official with fear
and trembling conveyed this intima-
ton to her late Majesty, who reluct-
antly yielded, for Blg-Endian and Lit
tle-Endian questions came within the
compass of her brain, and she at
tached great Importance to ttem. Mr..
Jesse Grant did no know tt the
smallest Of the court officials with
whom he refused to dine took prece-
dence of the grand old Gladstone, and
that without shocking any English
man. The aristocratic nobody who
waited on the Queen was supposed to
absorb some Of her sacred irtue. So
far as precedent went, the Prime Min
;stnr. who was the representative Of
F., t..-. .,ass q : - standing.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08

Mas ~
told the following anecdote few
years ago: il dined at Mr.. Sc-and-
Sos at Eighgate last night, and as
mark of honor his eldest daughter was
assigned to me to take down to din
ncr. She's a bright girl, and | got
along very nicely with her and Lady
Bletherington on the other side, until
the ladies were on the eve of retiring
10 the drawing room. | was talking
about the beautiful scenery near the
house, the views from the windows,
the fine air, when Miss -- sud.
denly said, 4 think get prettier every
day-don't you?' What could she
mean? 1 did not dare to answer her,
so l said, 4 beg your pardon. What
did you say?' I sad think | get
prettier every day. There was no
mistaking her words, so l answered,
Yes, indeed, you get prettler; and no
wonder, in such fresh air, and'-jast
then she caught her mothers eye, and'
with the other ladies, she left the
room. AS she went out she looked
over her shoulder with such a wither'
ing scorn in her eyes that knew had
nut my foot in it somehow. Then it
flashed upon me that had misunder,
stood her; she had dropped an n.
What she had said was not silly conf
pliment to herself; the sentence real
ly was, I think Highgate prettier
every day." Mr.. Whympers hair Is
quite gray now.-Chambers Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08
Shc Saved tho Carfare.

woman with a little girl in tow
who was at least si:: years of age,
climbed into a Broadway car the other
day, and settled herself on a front seat.
How old is the little girl?" asked
the conductor, politely, when he came
forward to collect the fares.
"Three," snapped the woman.
Co." remarked the conductor, apollo
ceticaliy. while the passengers smiled.
The woman saw The amused look on
Lar neighbor's face, and, leaning tow
ard her she whispered, in confidential
tone, which could be heard all over
the car:
81 dou't care for the nickel, but the
conductor was too fresh. New York
Mail and Express.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08
An Ingenious Sounding Device.

An ingenious sounding device now
being constructed in Baltimore is de-
signed for the purpose of determining
the depth of water along the coast and
shore lines, and to delineate upon pa
per the exact shape or contour or tEe
bottom. The device is the invention of
C. A. Thompson, a former naval officer.
There are three parts. An arm rotat'
ing vertically upon an axle is pivoted
70 the side ot the vessel clear OF the
water. the free end of the arm termin'
ating in a metal shoe which drags
along the bottom. Connected with the
arm by a piano wire with several
turns around it's periphery is small
drum. When the line of soundings is to
Re started the arm is lowered until the
shoe tout es the bottom. The rotation
of the arm on its axis causes a strain
on the piano wire which revolves the
drum and turns the gear wheel, the
nointer being carried around the face
of The dial; the cam moves the rod
which carries the pencil transversely
over the paper and records the varia-
.:a:ls in depth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08

can stand the chance of seeingt half 6
dozen working girls enjoying tFelr va
cation, for I expect to keep theII mouse
| full Of them all summer"
A word Of thanks as he lifted his hat
then he jumped aboard the alreaty
moving train and soon settled shlm-
self for the hours ride back to town.
Godfrey had been in his office less
than an hour when the door burst
open and Dick Williams, who lived IN
the little town from which Geo!frey
had just come, came hurrying in. He
was evidently very much excited
"Say, old man, you haven't hoard
anything yet, have you?" Williams
questioned breathlessly.
"Anything-about what?" Geofrey
asked calmly. "Oh, you poor fellow,
I see you haven't. How shall l.tell
you. Maitland, old man, you must
brace up and prepare yourself forl-the
worst"
Hang it all, what are you drifting
at?" asked Godfrey. .
81 have just come in from Elmcoart," :"
Williams said significantly.
Have you?" said Godfrey PLEASANT
ly. so have I-only took thesS.10
train"
You did? 1 hadn't heard Of that
though I remember now they didfsay
she had driven some one over tc,. the
station and was on her way home. 1t
must have happened almost directly
afterwards" 80
"She?" cried Godfrey, now beginning
to feel strange alarm. What has
happened? Tell me quick"
The very worst; prepare yourself,
my dear fellow. 1t was over instantly
she was killed"
"Who?" gasped Godfrey in strange
choked voice, grasping at the frail
straw of some possible mistake.
Your own Miss Wright" said Will
liams pityingly 81 knew you'd isbe
dreadfully cut up, you were SO fond
of one another and had been engaged
SO long"
The little ring in Geoffrey's breast
pocket seemed suddenly to pierce him
like knife. Oh, that it had never left
her hand.
What happened?' he asked again
"She was driving home, they told
me, and on the road she was overtaken
by one Of those Internal locomobiles.
Her horse took fright and bolted,s she
was thrown out-neck broken-picked
6
Godfrey sprang up and the express
sion on his face made the otherama
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08

as l, but you saiu ~
never marry any one else, and | am
Just absolutely certain that can't
live without you.
"You poor, dear boy" Alice said ten
derly, as she held out her hand for him
to slip on the sparkling ring. What
will you say, then, when l tell you
that I love you-more than ever-and
the most difficult word l ever spoke
was this morning when I bid you good
by?"
He stared at her incredulousiy. But
them don't understand; why did yo'l
-" lie stammered.
"Because-well, really thought that
YOU no longer cared for me" she con-
fessed blushing and I thought you
would be happier if you were perfect
ly free-to choose again"
"And I have chosen again. cried
Geoffrey, folding her in his arms. i
have chosen again-and it is for the
last time, and, Alice, my choice is
you."-Ladies' World.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08
HONEY AND SEESWAX.
Where They Are Produced Most Plenti.
fully, and Where Much Goes.

| fully, and Where Much Goes.
Keeping bees is pleasant and clas-
sic occupation, sanctioned by poets
in all ages; moreover, and to the prac-
tical modern this is far more impor.
tant, it is paying business when sci
entlfically conducted. The number OF
| beekeepers in this country is estimated
at about 100000, and they sell annu
ally some 100000 or 100000 pounds
OF their sweet produce In every state
of the Union they may be found, but
Florida, Texas, California, Colorado.
New Mexico, Arizona, Michigan, Wis
consin and central and northern New
York are the great beekeeping sec
tions. Wherever great quantities of
Eastwood buckwheat and, Of course,
clover, are found, there beekeeping
means pretty good income. Some
bee farmers have 1900 to 600 colonies
under their care, and have reduced
the business 10 pretty exact science.
In Colorado. Arizona and states in
the rei;hborhcod of the great desert,
the honey crop is as sure as anything
can we'll be-cyen the proverhial
death and taxes" Elsewhere the
clover crop may lie ruined by rain or
drouth, but there tie sin is sure TO
shine and the canals are sure to irri-
gate, so that lack Of clover is prac'i-
calty Impossible. Ard it is alfalfa
clover, too Of which four crops are
certain every year. Under these con-
Gitions it is not surprising 10 find in
Arizona and similar states whole coun-
tics keeping bees as in other parts OF
the country people cultivate farms. 1t
is, in fact, tie only certain thing in
that ill-favored land, as The alfalfa
clover is the cna gretn thing that can
coax livelihood out of i2hospitable
soil.
Maeterlincli nas written book about
the bee; perhaps some philosopher
will cne day arise to sing the praises
of the clover, living where nothing
else can grow, and, alone Of all
weeds enriching the soil which gives
it life. Arizona folk m y not be phil
csophers, but they are properly CRATE
full to the kindly blossom.
If the story OF the clover is some
what romantic, t at OF the beeswaX
is hardly less so. Several hundred
thousand pounds of beeswaX are pro-.
duced every year, and prices are steady
and conservative. Much of it goes into
commonplace uses. Shoemakers, den
fists, thread manufacturers and the
like use much of it, and cannot use
anything in its place; glsssworkers,
too, require it for moulding purposes;
but the interesting part of the bees
wax business comes when it is export
ed to Russia. The Greek church uses
nothing but pure beeswaX for its can-
d'"". 'h:~ ---'""ently, is an ecclesi-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08

gone.
Out into the crowded street rushed
Godfrey, and never in old college days
when he vas in training did he run as
he ran now. Broadway was at It's
worst-a confusion OF rapidly moving
cars, carts and carriages-but Geonrey
stopped for none of them. He dashed
under the heads Of horses and ran be-
tween cable cars, escaping so narrow
ly that the gripman yelled at him III
sudden chill, but he plunged on anu
gained the opposite side unscathed.
Some one humorously raised the criy
stop thief" but no one attempted to
follow and none could have caught or
held him had they tried. On and Oh
he ran until the ferry house was
reached, but just the fraction of Sec
ond late.
The gates were already closed and
the boat was just starting from the
Slip Godfrey dashed past the man
who was closing the wagon entrance
and rushed out to the end of the dock.
Two working girls in the waiting
room, who-on their way to Miss
Wright's-had just lost the boat, took
him for would-be suicide and
shrieked aloud.
Geoffrey gathered himself for a
spring and shot far out in wild en-
deavor yet to catch the boat. But he
was breathless now, and the space was
widening with every instant. He felt
himself falling short, but with des-
perate effort he clutched at the boats
deck and clung there until two men
dragged him up, swearing roundly at
him the while.
Painting and overwrought, Godfrey
ventured into neither cabin-Who
knew who might be there to recog-
nize and speak to him? So he stood
in a narrow space between the vehi-
cles, breathing hard, and with his hat
pulled low over his eyes to hide the
slow tears which now and then coursed
down his cheeks.
On the train he sought the smoking
car, where he pretended to fall asleep
He was sorry now that he had
Jumped so we'll. If only he had fallen
short of the boat altogether and had
been drowned before they could gel
him out of the water-that would have
been the most fitting ending. But
since he was still alive, if he could
only get the ring back upon Alice's
poor dead hand before it should be no
ticed that it was gone, then no one
need ever know that even before deatf
came to separate them they had biz
one another goodby-for the last time
The train stopped at Elmcourt ant
Godfrey, more than ever dreading rec
ognition, cast a swift glance abou
him for some vehicle to carry hinS tt
the house.
And there, right before his eyes ant
just as he had left her not yet fou
hours ago, he saw Alice in her phaetor
He thought it some mad delusiol
of his brain. He passed his hand acros
his eyes and looked again, but the Wis
ion still was there. She was bendin
forward, looking eagerly for thos
working girls who had failed to: como
and he saw a shade of uisappointmen
overspread her face. Then she spie
him, and her expression changed
one of bewilderment and then anx
ETY..
He staggered forward to the. phae
ton and grasped her arm. Alice! is
really-and arc you--alive?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08

For the last time," Godfrey said
to himself, as with varying emotions
he stepped into the phaeton and seat
| ed himself beside the smiling girl who
was to drive him into the station for
the early morning train. And he was
clmply echoing her words Of the night
before.
Gall ready, Alice" he said. lightly,
So Alice flicked the pony with her
whip and they were on their way.
1t was a glorious summer morning
and Godfrey and Alice apparently en-
joyed the driye-even though the con-
ditions now were irrevocably changed.
Yesterday afternoon she had met him
at the train and they had driven back
together an engaged pair. But since
then their engagement had been ended
by mutual consent, and this morning
found them merely friends.
Godfrey Maitland and Alice Wright
had known each other all their lives,
and had been engaged to one another
off and on-for years.
Their first engagement, while he was
still in college and she just out of
school, was broken by Alice in a fit of
childish jealousy because he had gone
on a picnic and hail had good time
with the other girls, though she had
been unexpectedly kept at home. But
after few weeks interval and due
show OF penitence on his part, she had
forgiven him and taken him back into
favor.
The next break occurred soon after
Geoffrey's graduation. His father had
set him up in business and he wanted
to be married at once. But Alice had
set her heart upon spending the sum-
mer abroad, and when Godfrey unreal
sonably declared that she must marry
him now or never, Alice returned her
ring.
But the summer Gid not prove as
pleasant as she had anticipated, and
she was honestly glad to see Geoffrey
waiting on the dock when the veasel
reached its New York pier. He had
big bunch of roses for her-and when
she discovered her engagement ring
tied clumsily among the stems she
laughed and flushed and slipped it on
again.
That had occurred three years be-
fore the present time, and since then
Godfrey had had the grace to be pa
tient, to say the least.
: Indeed, he could rot we'll be other
wise than patient, for his first busi-
ness venture had not been success,
and soon he found himself in no posi-
+inn to marry
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08

off on the supJecL vI -
he said, sit is a Franco-EnSlish din
ner, adopt French rules, since you are
in France; if it is an English one,
adopt English, in which case 1 go
behind the honorable. Any earls son
old enough to wear swallow-tailed
coat and a white cravat is entitled to
take the pas of me. know that an
American judge, accustomed TO DC
looked up to, would not like to walk
behind q young sprig of nobility. l re-
member Evarts, the great American
lawyer, who pleaded on the side OF
the United States at the Geneva Al
bitral Court, being visibly annoyed at
an earl's son who had just left Elton
being placed above him at table.
London Truth.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-01-08
One Three Times.

Another everyday direction-"one
three times q day before meals" BY
main strength and awkwardnes we
have learned that this means one be-
fore each meal. No man wants to
take one pill three times. "Ten drops
before going to bed" How long be-
fore? An hour? A week? Ten drops
at bedtime" would be better. "One
tablespoonful on going to sleep" was
q direction that could not literally be
followed. "Three pills each day bs-
fore meals" was a hard one. DID 1t
mean three before each meal, or simply
three pills a day, one before Zach
meal? zone to two teaspoonfuis a
day before eating" was quite as rauch
Of a puzzle. We could multiply these
riddles indefinitely.