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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
anrss With n ras,e for News.

A horse feeding complacently on a
diet of old papers was sight see,l at
Eleventh and Grand avenue. A
stonecutter drove a horse up 10 the
Star office and left it standing in
front of one of the city's Carriage
cans. The horse had well-groonsed
aDpearance. No ribs were visible or
would its appearance have attracted
the attention of the humane agent.
The animal moved up to the garbage
can and began nosing its contents.
The can was. filled to the top with
papers. There were newspapers,
wrapping paper and paper of various
other kinds. The horse began nib
bling on a piece of old gray wrapping
paper. 1t appeared to be palatablc.
bite followed the nibbie and soon
the horse was eating the paper as
poraciously as an Apeora goat. :,
newspaper followed IT, wrapping pa
per. The horse appeared to relish the
different pieces of news. When the
owner finally appeared the old roam
was Just pulling from the bottom of
the can luncheon paper With a pink
string. The driver did not seem to
mind or notice the purloined meal of
the horse, for he drove down the
street with the horse chewing the pa
per. The horse appeared to relish the
breeze.-Kansas City Star
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
Rno.ter In IIarncsa.

A Minnesota paper tells of q giant
buff cochin rooster, owned by Mr..
Plumason, of Luverne, Minn., says the
Youths Companion, (which has been
trained to trot in harness. pulling
a tiny cart in which rides the baby son
Of its owner. Golden Duke Is the name
of this strangcst of fowls, and it is a
prize winner in its class as well as a
freak. The big bird was broken to
harness by the boys of the Plumason
household, and now seems to enjoy Its
work. 1t wears little harness and is
guided by reins, which 1t carries in it's
bill. 1t is the master cf several gaits,
and at the word of command given by
the small child who is driving it will
walk, run, trot or come to standstill.
At home in the country the big rooster
often pulls the cart and its occupant
for half mile or more without stop
ping"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

-ience. Hundreds Of dollars went to the
doctor and the druggist. was simply
a walking medicine chest and phys
ical wreck. My sister residing in Ohio
wrote me that she had been cured OF
womb trouble by using Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and advised NE to try it: l
then discontinued all other med icines
and gave your Vegetable Compound q
thorough trial. Within four weeks
nearly all pain had left nc; rarely
had headaches, and my nerves were IN
a much better condition, and l was
cured in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation. - Mrs
EcK1s STEVENSON, $50 So. State ST.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.-S5ooo forfeit u
ebovs Testimonial Is not genuine.
Remember every woman IS
cordially invited to write to Mrs.
Pinkham If there is anything
about her symptoms she does not
understand. Mrs. Pinikham's
address is Lynn, Mass.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

was all right, but why had he beer
so quiet, SO sneaking about it.
"l'm going to ask him for job"
said Dan, sullenly, 81 gave him one
and he ought to do as well by me-"
And Harold's small soul swelled
with pride when he saw Dan behind
the counter pounding away with pes
tie, or soldering among the sirups.
His eyes gloated over the new sign
Harold Updike, Pharmacist" which
cleaned above the entrance. He
bought a "stepper" and got sporty"
Sometimes he even cursed his clerk.
He borrowed money from Tom Kelly,
who kept the saloon, and the business
went on. For while it seemed that
the place was q small mint, Dui at last
the salesmen quit coming. Duns be-
came frequent, the bank grew
"grouchy" and, finally, small, fat
man in a brown suit, came up again
from Hot Springs, Ito take charge"
Il don't see how it failed" growled
Hal as he and Dan sat in the dlsor-
dercd store at midnight after the in
ventory was made and the dreary
work was done.
81 don't see how it failed when l
owned it." said Dan.
They were quite silent for minute.
What are you going to do, Up
dike?"
"Wnat arc you going TO do?'
"Oh, I'm going to buy the store back
again." said Dan, laughing.
You? Where did you get the
money!"
"Susie's dad. Hail." answered Alter
bury, we're going to be married"
There was tap at the window and
merry voice called, "Are you there
yet, Danny" But Updike lad his
hand on Dams arm as he started for
the door and said, Will you give mo
back my old job. Dan?"
'N-no, Updike. Not this time. |
think I'll run it myself"
And afterward, as he walked home
with Susie and her father, he said,
well, my conscience is easy, anyway.
Turn about is fair play. John H. RAT
terry in the Chicago Record-Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Patience is necessary ingredient
of genius.-Disraeli.
Aspiration sees only one side of 'ev.
cry question; possession many.-Low'
ell.
Do what you can. give what you
have. Only stop not with feelings;
carry your charity into deeds. Do and
give what costs you something's. H.
Thom.
By roofing out our selfish desires.
even when they appear to touch no one
but ourselves, We are preparing a
chamber of the soul where the divine
presence may dwell.-Ellen Watson.
No man can learn what he has not
preparation for learning. Our eyes are
holden that we cannot see things that
stare us in the face until the hour ar
rives when the mind is ripened.-
| Emerson.
Think of yourself, therefore, nobly,
and you will live nobly. You will
4SAAANS VA SliS III SildI Iy pC VI SAiSai az
ter and faith which is the highest ideal
alike of philosopher and hero and
saint.-Charles w. Wendte.
To him who has an eye to see, there
can be no fairer spectacle than that
Of man who combines the possession
Of moral beauty in his soul with out
ward beauty of form, corresponding
and harmonizing with the former be-
cause the same great pattern enters
into both.-Plato.
Progress is without doubt the law
Of the individual. of nations, of the
whole human species. To grow to-
wards perfection, to exist in some sort
in higher degree, this is the task
which God has imposed on man, this
is the continuation of Goas own work,
the completion of creation.-Demo-
geot.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
ALL ABOUT BUTTONS.
Their Ristory Traced from Time Whom
Wooden Molds Were Used.

Their History Traced from Time Whom
Wooden Molds We're Used.
The original button was wholly a
product Of needlework, but was soon
improved by the use of wooden mold,
over which a cloth covering was sew
ed. From this it was only step to
the brass button, which was introduced
by hardware manufacturer in Bir-
mingham in 16S9 1t took 200 years
to improve on the method Of sewing
the cloth on the covered button; then
an ingenious Dane invented the Ge-
vice of making the button in two parts
and clamping them together with the
cloth between.
In 1850 one Caspar Wistar set up the
manufacture of brass buttons in Phil
adelphia, and soon afterward Henry
Witeman began making them in New
York. The buttons Of George Wash
ington and most Of the continental
army were made in France. Connecti-
cut presently came to the front and
began making buttons of pewter and
tin at Waterbury, the present center
o. the button Industry.
Buttons are now made of almost ev-
erything fromseaweed and cattle hoofs
TO mctner-of-pearl and veget lble
ivory. Excellent buttons are made
from potatoes. which, treated chem
ically, become as hard as ivory.
Large buttons factories make their
entire product from variou' ixtures
of gutta percha, skim milk slood;
others from celluloid and The
patent Office has issued /; patents
for making buttons.
The most important branch of the
button industry in the United States
is the making Of pearl buttons, the
material being obtained from shells
gathered along the Mississippi river.
The industry has practically grown
up within the last ten years, and its
introduction is due entirely to ]. F.
Boepple of Muscatine, Iowa, a naLive
of Germany, who had learned the
trade abroad.
He saw that millions of dollars were
going to waste in the shells known as
"niggerheads," of which tons
were piled up on the banks
OF the river. Thousands of people
are now employed in turning these
shells into buttons, the little plants
being found all the way from Mime
sofa to Missouri. Muscatine is still the
great headquarters of the industry.
1t has forty factories. The value Of
the shells has risen from so cents to
$50 a hunlredweight And yet Amer
lean buttonmaking is in its infancy,
it's said.-Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
HOW LAKES BECOME LAND.
Process of Drying Requires Years,
But is Ever In Procress.

This continent abounds in rich agri-
cultural fields and meadow lands that
but few years ago were broad ex-
panses of limpid water. How these
lakes have been transformed was re-
Gently explained by Professor Greg
ory, of Yale.
In the course Of a talk to the stu
dents Of his class he spoke of the way
lakes are filled on one side and drain
ed on the other by rivers, and called
attention to the rapidity with which
these lakes are filled up by the bring
ing down of sediment Of various sorts.
Rivers running into lakes are quite
dark, but those leading away are clear
showing that much has been left be-
hind.
The Mississippi carries yearly to
the gulf over 100000 tons of matter.
1t would take about days portion of
the burden to convert any one of the
many ordinary lakes into broad mead
ow lands.
Some idea of the rapid:ty with
which lakes die under this process is
shown in the fact that seventy-three
out Of 149 lakes in the Swiss region
have disappeared since 1873. Lakes
die by either being filled up or drain
ed off, The draining off results when
river has worn q gorge back so deep
that the water all runs out.
The Niagara river is doing its best
In this draining by cutting as fine a
trench as could be made by an
engineer. 1t is cutting back toward
Lake Erie at the rate of over four feet
year, and in time will kill the lake.
Unfortunately, however, the lake is
destined to be drained through Chi
cago. Lake Tahoe, a beautiful lake
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, is al
so one of those destined in time to be
killed as result Of the draining pro-
cess.
Peat is one of the greatest filters
and works more rapidly than 'any
other form OF deposits. It is estimat-
ed that one-tenth of Ireland is peat
I and over one-tcnth of the State of In
diana was once a peat bog.
The speaker called attention to the
Dismal Swamp in Florida. which was
once a vast lake. but is now a great
area of bogs and swamp, with only
little lake in one part. So rank is
the growth of this peat in that hot
land that the surface of the lake is
fourteen feet higher than the level OF
the surrounding Dogs, showing that it
has been literally forced up into the
air.
Lakes, swamps, bogs and then gar
den lands represent the stages in the
process of dying. Filling. draining
and encroachment of vegetation repre-
sent the process that kills tho lakes
in warmer climes, while the forces Of
the air are agencies in the cooler por-
tions of the country.
Prof Gregory closed his lecture
with an interesting account of the
way the lakes have disappeared in the
regions OF the western part of the Uni
ted States where only desert land is
now found-Chicago Chronicle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
As Es - tho Differenc @
hat ia the distinction between

what Is the distinction between a
politician and reformer?"
"a politician" said Senator Sorg-
hum, "is man who is frank enough
to confess that he is running for Office.
A reformer wants to make people be-
lieve that the office is running after
m."-Washington Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

Although 125 years old, a watch
owned by 4 man in Gloucestershire
England, still keeps excellent time
It was worn at Trafalgar, during the
Peninsular war, at Waterloo, through
the China war in 1S40, and finally il
the Indian Mutiny.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
NOT KEEPING UP.

Mr.. Upjohn-1 wish you would tell
Kathleen she cooks her steaks too
much.
Mrs. Upjchn-You are three girls
late, John. The name Of the present
cook Is Mollie.-Chicago Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
The SURGEONS knife
Hrs. Eckis Stevenson of Salt
Lake City Tells How Opera
tions For Ovarian Troubles
May Be Avoided.

"DEAR MKs. PINKuAM suffered
with inflammation of the ovaries and
womb for ovcrsix yoars. enduring aches
and pains which none can dream of but
those who have lad the same eXpe-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
Quite True.

It Ia we'll enough to take things as
they come, but there are good many
of them that you might just as we'll
pass on,-Puck,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
The Frisco system

Offers to the colon.sts the lowest
rates with quick and comfortable SER
vice to all points iii the west and
northwest. Thirty dollars (s30.O0)
from Memphis. Tickets On sale daily
during September and October Cor.
respondingly low rates from all points
in the southeast. For full information
address w. r. Saunders, G. A. P. d.;
F. E. Clark, r. P. A., Pryor and Deca,
tur streets, Atlanta, Ga.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

Piso's euro cannot be too highly spoken ol
Us a cough curc.-J. W. O'BRIEN, 322 Third
Avenue, n, Minneapolis. Nlinn., Jan. 6, 1909
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
3. B. 8. SENT FREE.
Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Cancers,
Itching Hunors, Bono Pains.


Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. cures
Pimplos, scabby, scaly, itching Eczema,
Ulcers, Eating Sores, scrofula, Blood
Poison, Bone Pains, Swollings, Rheuma-
tism, Cancer. Especially advised for chronic
cases that doctors, patent medicines and
hot Springs foil to euro or help. Strength
ens weak kidneys. Druggists, 81 per
large bottle. To provo 1t curos B. B. B.
sent FREQ by writing BLOOD BALM Co.,
- Mitchell Street, Atlanta, GA. Describe
trouble and free medical advice sent In
sealed lettor. Medicine sent ut onco, pre-
paid. All we ask Is that you will speak O
good word for D. B. B.
When the fire of ambition turns to ashes
OF despair there is but little need Of hope
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
THE UNGUARDED GATE.

Hate sets his censorship upon her lip,
And in her heart he mounted Sleep
less spies;
And yet, she let the guarded secret
Slip
All, Love had spoken from her
kindly eyes!
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

We will give 800 reward for any case OF
catnrrh that cannot be cured with Halls
Catarrh Cure. Taken internally.
r. J. CHENEY 4 Co., Props, Toledo, Q.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

tJrs. .Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
tccahing soften the gums, reduces infiamma-
ton .allays pain cures wind collie. 25c. a bottle
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

4 live wire contains more death than
ANYTHING else we know Of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

1t shouldn't be difficult for the much
abused poet to write his wrongs.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22
HOW MOUND BUILDERS LIVED.
Interesting Discoveries by an Ohio
A Arehaolo1fe&

SfCnaoio9iSt.
DR.. G. W. Mills, curator of the State
Historical and Archaeological Society,
has just completed the exploration of
d large and important village site Of
the Mound Builders near Bonneville,
and has made number of discoverle.
which throw light upon the life and
customs of that ancient people.
These discoveries have tended to
show that the mound builders did not
se together in one indiscriminate
bal group, as had been commonly
opposed, but that they lived separate
I'm family groups, each with its own
elling aud private graveyard.
The other thing which Is no longer
20 doubted is that the mound build
had more or less perfectly or.
lzed system of trade which cover.
cd almost the entire continent. In
recent excavations ornaments have
been discovered fashioned from ocean
shells, mica and copper. all foreign
to Ohio.
The village site which DR.. Mills has
just explored has proved to be one Of
the richest ever opened by archaeolo-
gists. The skeletons, pottery, orna.
tnents and implements found formed
the basis Of the archaeological exhib-
It at the Buffalo exhibition.
This year, in completing the work,
DR.. Mills found thirty skeletons packed
in space Of thirty-fve square feet.
Others, evidently those Of chieftians,
were buried separately, and many Of
them besides the usual ornaments had
at the head bowl Of beautiful pot.
terry.
There were one or more spoons Of
tortoise shells in each bowl and the
bowls had evidently been filled with
food at the time of the burial. In
one of them a handful OF parched
corn was found.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

The Pope has thirty-fve secretaries 10
answer his daily average Of $4,000 letters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-22

And Updike wondered that Susie
quit buying trifes at the store and ne
became quite enraged when she asked
him, kindly, to send her no more gifts.
1.-The drug store is for sale, Sue"
Dan was saying one night few weeks
later. II heard the man from Hot
Springs telling Hal to look out for a
purchaser. Seems it hasn't been MAX
ing money, or they don't want to be
bothered with it. Too bad, isn't it.
Hal will lose his job"
why don't you buy it, Danny?"
1t was a bold idea and they looked
at each other silently in the moon
light. But he went to Hot Springs
next day with all his money and a
little that she had been saving since
she could remember, and-he bought
the Racket drug store. But when he
came back to Susie with his bill of
sale and the list of notes that he had
agreed to pay, he was worried.
"What1l I do with Hail. Sue?"
Let him run it for you. You can
go to Chicago and study pharmacy
on the profits. I'm sure he won't
mind working for you. DAN"
1t was quite blow to Mr.. Updike,
but he swallowed his chagrin and the
matter was fixed. Dan went to the
city and in year, when he came back
with his diploma, Hal greeted him with
q storm. smile md said.
"The jig is up, Dan. They're going
to sell us OUT
And so it was. Susie wept and Dan
grieved, but neither of them knew
what to say when Harold Updike
bought the place. Where did he get
the money? His father, who kept the
dairy, was poor. Susie supposed it
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-08
IMITATION POSTAGE STAMPS.
Spokane Business College studen.
Uses Them.

Spokane, Wash, April 5.-A Spo-
kane student attached imitation
stamps to four letters and sent them
through the mails. AS a result, every
business college in the United States
must quit the use OF these play stamps
and the factory at Columbus, Ohio,
must quit printing them. The stamps
bear the words Limitation postage"
but the letters are very small, and the
imitation was close enough to carry
four letters to their destination. One
went to the dead letter office, and it
Is supposed came under the eyes Of
the Washington officials. This result
ed in a sharp letter to Postmaster
Harrison, ordering the destruction of
all the bogus stamps, and declaring
that a further cdfense would mean
vigorous prosecution ana a term in
the federal ~penitentiary. The letter
was read in the Blair business col
lege today. The name of the offending
student Is withheld. The order will
be obeyed.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-08
is GIVEN DAMAGES.
Appraisers in High Line Ditch-Lose.
kamp Suit Report.

From Saturdays Daily Gazette.
The appraisers appointed by the
district court in the suit of the High
Line Ditch company vs. John D. Lose
kamp have fled their report with the
clerk. The action was fer the purpose
of securing an order from the court
condemning a strip Of land owned by
the defendant for right of way for
plaintiffs ditch.
In their report the appraisers find
that it is necessary to condemn q
strip &C feet in width and extending
SO feet on either side Of the center OF
the ditch, through sections 5 and Z,
township 3, south, range "a, east. the
total 81 the land so needed in section
I ia IL 6-1O acres and in section D.
11-5-1O acres, the aggregate value OF
which is fixed by the commissioners
at $161.70. II Is furthermore report
ed that within 60 days from the date
of the findings submitted the plaintin
must, at places designated by the de-
PENDANT, construct two plank bridges,
supported by Ave stringers 6xS inches
the bridges to be 16 feet wide. to
be built ON each section.
The report is signed by F. L. SUM
mers, A. c. Logan and G. H. Newman
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-08
A CONTENTIOUS LOT.
Senator Gibson on Certain Men in
Montana.

Senator Paris Gibson, says the New
York Commercial Advertiser, from the
state Of copper fame, who is at the
Gilsey house, speaking Of Montana,
said today: Montana stands unique
among its sister states, for it's natural
conditions prevent the same harmony
1of interests that exists in It's sister
states-Dakota and Colorado, for in
stance-where all the citizens are
working sturdily for the development
of their W state In Mon.
tana there is a conflict between the
different activities. The mining, and
especially the copper interests are ex-
tremely Indifferent to the development
Of other and equally important re-
sources, and, strange to say, the min
eral which has given the state its
greatest fame has conferred the least
benefit upon It, at least as far as it's
general growth Is concerned, for as
long as the owners can dig ore and
convert into ignots which always go
to enrich eastern capital, 1t is precious
little they car for anything else.
"The grazers are more actively
antagonistic to the settlement of the
state; naturally they would rather see
Montana one great pasture lan.l from
east to west, and SO they bring all the
power they can to oppose it's a~.sricul.
tural growth, and with agriculture
the industrial future Is indissoluhly
connected, for its rich deposits of coal
and iron can not be develoued until
the state a support q manufacturing
population by it's WI cero lis. Most
influential or all the many Influences
working for this end are the~railroads
the Northern Pacific and the great
trunk lines r offering every induce.
ment to attract an inflowlng popula-
ton and the Montana mar who grum-
hles at the railroads grnmbles at his
greatest b%enefactor."