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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-06-04
Tho End of tho Route.

Sign painters do not possess the reElu.
tation of having keener sense OF
hunor than other mortals, but con-
sciously Or otherwise, they often pro-
duce amusing results.
An example of this is TO be seen at q
ferry near the Battery, but the respon-
sibility may resi- with the company as
well as with the painter.
The sign covers the upper part OIL
che ferry house that it advertises. IL
reads rs follows: Take the 39th street
Brooklyn Ferry that connects Win
electric cars fol -" and in the ar
rangement of the places reached by the
cars is the humor of the artist. For
either to show the diversity of resorts
that Brooklyn boasts of, or to impress
upon the worldly-minded what the
pursuit of pleasure may lead TO, the lis
starts with Coney Island, includes
other places and ends with Greenwood
Cemerery.-New York Sun
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.seAceeding in length the tiger, the griz-
zAiy bear and the polar bear. There is
alfine specimen of this bear, the only
one III captivity, in The United States
National Zoo at Washington, but it is
's's1aiy cub. Despite his youth, how
eyer ; he is almost as large rs two full
sreE n grizzlies who are his present i'm.
niedi. te neighbors.
sesMeanwhile the Alaska Commercial
company, acting Oh behalf Of the Uni.
ted States Government, is attempting
:totcapture q full-grown animal of tris
species. According to the New York
sSlirnal there has been standing at
.lSsadiak Island since last June a great
steel cage sixteen feet long and six
feet high, in one end of which is a
heavy raised grating, which is con.
nected with Il trigger in the rear end
Of the cage. This trigger is baited
sgtth salmon. When the bear bites the
bait tie steel door will close on him.
llq1e STEEL cage in which the United
States authorities hope to entertain
fr. Ursus kadiakus until his transpor-
son can be arranged was taken to
'aska and erected on Kadiak Isl.
d, under the supervision of Ell.
od Hofer, a famous Yellowstone
upper and guide, who is more farlil-
~ known as Billy" Hofer. This
e, or tray, was designed and made
ecial!y with a view of accommodate.
the Kadiak BEAR and, should he
ar 1t, It Is probable he will stay in
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since that part of the eye when strucA
the edge of the water was not useo'
apd could not be used while the nsh
WAS swimming thus. This band has'
therefore. by slow degrees, become
more and more permanent, until now II
is firmly fixed, and destroys 'he
sight of that portion Of tie eye over
which It extends. While very young
the band is not ON the tish's eye. Ihis
fact helps to prove that the band was
not always. Oh the eye OF these nsh,
but it has been formed by their hapit
of swimming ut the surface.
Some scientists do not call this hsh
four-eyed, for they say there are no
four-eyed fish. They say this eye IS
exactly like any other eye, except tor
the band across it, and that the human
eve would represent like condition
were one to fasten narrow panu
across it. Other scientists claim that
each of these two parts of the eye can
be contracted or expanded indepenu'
emily of the other.
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Making a Ping-Pnng
Sst at Home.
aI1NRNNNN&NE3


OF all the indoor games that the wri
ter has tricd-and he has tackled abou
all OF them-none has proved such joI:,
good fun as table tennis, or as the Eng
lish call 1t. "ping-pong"
A first-class ping-pong outfit witt
two rackets that are perfect little ten.
mis- rackets on small scale will cosi
! about 81 at the shop. When it comes
to very cheap set you can probably
make at home just as good an outfit
and maybe better.
First, as to the rackets. In England
the Kind most favored have centres4of
parchment like a drumhead. from
which the ball rebounds with that llumS
ming ping-pong sound which gives III,
game its name.
Ihe writer prefers the string racket.
Pieces of rattan soaked while m
steaming hot water to make them yer,
supple make good racket frames. - :.
wooden handle, followed out at the en1l
with grooves for the rattan frame to.
Mt in is simply constructed, as showna.
IN the diagram above. In stringing the
string used on banjo would be about
right. Two strings for each racket
should be enough.
These strings should be thoroughlsi
soaked and then used while still wet.I
DO Eri string too tight, for If you dol:
When Fhe strings dry and shrink they5s;
Will i'Ill the frame all out of shape.
String tirst across and then up and!5
down exactly as in regulation racket.
IN making n support for your net asI
couple Of yards of heavy telegraph wirells
viii answer. Take each length andE
1outl" "nd bend into shape shown iniE
he diagram. This of itself may-not be f<e
lutte Stanch enough to hold the ne.3S
aut ut by running n cord from t'siiei!,
op ol ne wire support down and I.
ler the table to the top of the
ul ort, you should be able to
he necessary amount of rigidit
let self should be about six
Ugh from the table, and shoul
he aale by enough to allow t
pas's easily under 1t. Any H.
'ill do for the net, though a gauz
etiirg of some kind bound at the
nth IN inch or two Of white tan
est IS to the table itself, it sht
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The Pear.

The pear. is undeniably the favorlte
fruit of modern times, indeed, we be-
lieve the pear of modern times, thanks
to the science and skill of horticultur-
lists, is quite different morsel for the
palate from the pear of two OF three
centuries ago.
So long ago as the earliest time OF
the Romans the pear was considerably
cultivated. 1t was common in syria
Eeypt and Greece, and from the latter
countries was transplanted into Italy
and from there into Germany ano
Holland and eventually into the Unltet
States.-New York News.
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Arkansas COrtltality.

7 r Rutherford returned from Lltlie
Rock and says that Jeff DAVIS IS 'iie
biggest man in the State.
"The State House" said MI. h"'he,-
ford "was Just crowded with people
congratulating the Governor Oh ms ms
nomination. l sent in my card ana tne
first thing | knew Davis came out III
his shirt-sleeves and said: !,
".Say jim. you don't neti any caru
when you come TO see me. If the o'Aer
fellow had been elected you might Ia
needed a card, but when you come 10
seq nc lust walk right in, anu hans
your hat OH peg, ana uhpacN 'oui
trunk. '"-Arkansas Gazette.
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HUMOROUS,

W1llie-My father says he's goin'
TO be sent to the legislature. Bobby
Gee! Wot's he done?
Nell-What fright she is. They
say he married her for her money.
Beliefs she so rich as all that?
Hoax-What high collars Dudeleigh
wears JoaX-Yes, he always looks
as though some one had given him
cuff in the neck.
Slllcus-A great many young men
nave false idea of marriage. Cyni-
cus-Yes; some of them even expect
IT, have their own way about it.
Il always take my dog with me
when l make balloon ascension"
said the aeronaut. "a skye-terrier,
suppose" remarked the village wit.
ossifed Mani wonder why the Cir.
cassian girl married the Human
Snake" Skeleton-Ob, she said she
wanted a man she could wrap around
her finger.
Blobbs-I hear you lost your suit.
Was the judges charge unfavorable?
Slobbs-Oh, I'm not kicking about
that. What makes me sore is my law
yers charge.
Hook-That young married couple
appear to be two souls with but
single thought. Nye-Yes; he thinks
he's the only thing on earth, and she
agrees with him.
1T must be hard to be working on
literary stuff all the time" remarked
the visitor. NO." rejoined Scribbler;
Its easy. ITS working off tho
stuff that's hard"
THAT woman next door," she said.
"is the newsiest thing. She's forever.
standing in her dining room peeping
over into ours" How do you know?"
asked her husband.
Cinder Charley-I told dat lady I
was merely tryin' to keep soul an
body together. Billy Trucks-What
did she say? Cinder Charley-She
gave me safety pin.
Riches have wings" sagely OBJ
'erved the Wise Guy. "Yes; AMI it's
good thing they have" remarked
he Simple Mug. "It enables some
eople t. feather their nests"
"The hanging committee is now at
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gunWale was submerged Jack released
me, and collapsed into a sitting posi-
tion in the bottom. Instinctively 1
grasped the gunwales, and endeavored
frantlcally to right the boat. l felt
the water slowly curling over.
She's sinking, said Jack, quietly
"'Yes!' gasped
The boat sank very slowly, gently
sWaying from side to side. l could see
nothing, and all could hear was the
gursle and Kissing of the water as it
curled over the gunwales and eddied
about the boat. | felt the water rise
over my legs-creep to my waist-rise
to my chest-and still ascend! l think
through those seconds all my faculties
were suspended, although one great
problem was clear enough before me:
II could not row ashore, how could l
swim ashore? Where was the land? A
yard or mile off? In which direction
would it be best to strike out to make
the most of the little strength | had?
Could Jack take care of himself! II
not, how could best help him? These
questions were before me, but was
incapable of answering them. 1 had
not one clear plan that | can now re-
call. I did not breathe / did not
move. l waited. The water rose to
my shoulders-to my neck-to my
chin! Then l felt slight shock, and.
it rose no more There was a moment
of deep silence.
"'We have grounded, said Jack,
Your course was right said 1.
We have been over the sand-bars all
The time"
Ellerton paused for moment. He
ooked over the Kamichou, now almost
covered by the night, to the waters off
he point.
ut was just off the point, there" he
continued. I'VE had been rowing in a
ircle over the shallows-probably very
eldom in deep water. We sank in
hree feet and half of water 1t was
lot difficult to make the land. We
lfted the boat and turned the water
ut of her. Then we waded ashore,
uided by the depth of the water, and /
ragged the boat after us. In half an ,
our we were at the camp. AS l said s
the beginning" Ellerton concluded, t
the escape was the ridiculous part of 1
lie adventure. But sixty seconds some
mes make more than a minute +
outh's Companion. t
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here's the hashs tooth"

PA-S---s
"here's the hash's tooth"
"Yes, num-" chuckled the punoon
tramp, 'I am the funniest man tnat
ever raped at your back door. am
lust full of monkeyshines." "lndeed!
snapped the lean-nosed woman, as
she pointed toward the woodpile;
then suppose you cut up little out
there"
Senior Partner-Yes, when l adver-
t,sed for a careful boy I dropped e.
hook 90 it would be observed by the
long line of applicants. The first noS
nicked it up. Junior Partner-An'
YOU engaged MIN? Senior PARTNER
No: he not only picked the book up
but he put Il. in his rocket.
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r Acid railinp, of Old Age.


Sir James Paget is very interest,"
ing in his description of the way IN
which the old man should obtain SELL
knowledge of his growing incapaclties
by keeping watch overthe altered char
acter of some of his acts, over the
half mile less which he can accomplish
in an hour, over the gradual curtall-
ment of the range in both directions
of his voice and over the way in when
he should seek to adapt his efforts 10
his failing powers. Such self-observa.
tion might perhaps be trusted to anoro
immunity from some of what may per-
haps be called the vices OF Old age
the one story repeated an uncountaole
number of times, the intellect so I'M
I.dded in a grove that it cannot be
extricated by the advent of new know
ledge. Sir Andrew Clark was accus-
toned to define old age as the perioa
of life at which man no longer ao-
iusted himself to his environment
London Hospital.
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New York Herald. Another reason is
becouse the inventor though. that the
average driver would sooner have TWO W.,
companions than one, and there wiz
ho room for two wherever this saddle
is used, since the driver will be ele
waited above the two large cushloheu
seats, and, except by an oce"s,0na. s 81 Ina
morema,nt of his arms, will not In the
least incommode those sitting Deside
but little below him. This new SAD
die can be raised to any necessary
height
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Observation-Disclosures
; The First Auto in America s
G
: 1t Was Constructed in 1884 by Chicago 4
Man. *
'al50sl Observation-Disclosures &;

The first automobile used in America
was constructed by Chicago man. In
1854 Edwin i. Brown, then a we'll
known bicycle rider, evolved the idea
,,teampropelled vehicle for use on
ordinary roads. His first machine was
built on the running gear of an old
style tandem tricycle., with boiler in
front. He managed to operate it with
come success and was encouraged to
undertake an Improvement.
After season of experiment he pro-
duced a second vehicle on totally dif-
ferent lines. it having four wheels in
stead of three, and with the weight
hung below the wheel shafts. This
was operated successfully, but no great
speed could be attained, as the boiler
was still mounted in front and the es-
Gaping smoke and steam blew directly
INTO the face of the driver, binding his
range of vision and making it danger.
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chutes to support and steady Its poay
rather than wings to propel it; the lobe
Of its tail gives propulsion to the Dody
as II leaves the water. A flying hsh
measures about foot in length ana
its long transparent pectoral fins reach
almost to the tail; but though very
large when expanded, they can De
folded up ve' neatly. Its hight IS
she and Intermittent, and 1t must
needs continually dip into the sea 10
give itself a fresh start.-Piefsons.
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be simply a smooth and fat sur

be simply q smooth ana nat sur
about five by ten feet, or, say, foul
eight feet.
The game is played exactly as
mis- is played, except that there Is L
one court on either side of the net.
the ball strikes the very edge OF II
table and so bounces off in such way
that return is impossible, call II an
"edger," and serve over again.
The method of scoring is the same
as in tennis. One rule Of the old game
which Is barred because Of the narrow
bounds is volleying. a ball can never
he returned, except on the bounce.
Pickups, however, are allowable. An
other strict ruling Of ping-pong is that
no overland strokes are allowed; the
hand must never bc raised above the
height of the elbow. Also the serve
must be delivered from a point Deyono
the end of the table.
The tennis experts and all-round attn
letes have devised new sort OF racke'
that makes of this parlor game rath'
| or strenuous anu eSClllliS
The racket is simply wooden PAD
die of about the same outside dlmen
sions as the ping-pong strung racket
that is, about six inches IN diameter
roughly speaking-the hanCle being u
any desired length.
The paddle part is not OF one plec'
with the handle, as it would break o
split too easily. The handle Is spllce'
on. The paddle-on one side or Doth-
according to how you play, Is covered
with emery cloth or paper guled o.
carefully. With this rough surrac
YOU can cut the ball or give the La"
ford" stroke in splendid fashion.
AS to balls, the best are those mao
of celluloid, which can be bought
any sporting or toy store for te'
cents apiece.
This ping-pong is really great gan
and the writer thinks it has come
stay.-Detroit Free Press.
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The Fever.

An Atchison girl. who got $40
month and had an easy time of 1t,
caught the fever two years ago ana
chased man. She had an athletic
training, soon caught up with him,
and landed him. Now she does all her
own housewors, including washing ana
ironing. has twin babies and gets her
board and clothes. Her name shouiu
he furnished all women seized with
this man-catching fever-Atchlson
Globe.
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Think "IfelIo" is Vulgar.

The women of Appleton, Wis, u place
of about a dozen thousand Inhabitants
have thought it all over and are COLI
WINGED that "hello" as conversation
opener OH the telephone is exceedingly
vulgar They have pledged themselves
to stand by crusade to stop The use Oh
the Objectionable word.-Syracuse
Post-Standard.
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Postage Stamps as Cu.rrency.

It is faddish with some people to use
hostage stamps as mail curArency, in
which case they are excruci@tingly
nunctilious about moistening thes cor
ner of a block of twos and gluing 1T to
the letter in which it is sent. Nuha-
horless devices have been invented toN
nrevent this crime, but its commission
continues unabated. I wonder 1t does
not occur to all offenders to buy
etamps which have not been gummed,
and enclose them in miniature enVe-
lone folded within the communication.
sending silver through the mails is
clumsy.-New York Press.
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out of the element IN al
,,,,+ that fish should fly is not really
more wonderful than that some am
mails and birds, like the otter or the
penguin, dive and swim to perlec'
ton. o
The flying fish's fins are really para
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while Seeking,
centuries with this fish, very gradually
caused a gristle or blurred band TO
.orm on that portion of the eye when
struck the water, or edge of the water.
Now os il is a custom of nature to
take away the usefulness of any mem
ber or organ of the body never useo'
shc has caused this band to form here,
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p,.;..o For Wind Gauges.

Prizes of 5000 $3.50 and $500 for
the best instruments to measure wiho
pressure are offered ly the Hamburg
Marine Observatory 70 German ana
foreign inventors. The plans must DE
sent in by April l, 1908.
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a Saddle For Drivers.

To drive a spirited pair of horses
from the box seat Of an ordinary car,
r!age is not an easy task, especially IL
tho driver is of medium or low slze'
and for the reason that the position
which he occupies is not one Whicn al
lows him to exercise full control over
the animals.
This is one reason why box seat
saddle has been invented, says tne
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for food, to see above the surface with
part of the eye and below the water
with the other part The band which
divides the eye into two equal parts,
striking the surface or edge of the
water, divides the line of vision. Of
course, this is great advantage to the
fish when seeking food. And since the
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Ono Exception.

"There is never an encouraging word
cno,en to the man who is striving TO
get to the front ,,
"uow about the conductors Step
forward pleasc? New York World
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Gus to run faster than six or eight miles
an hour unless he was certain the road
was clear.
The idea Of placing the boiler at the
rear of the vehicle did not occur to Mr..
Brown until 1880. when he made a rad
ical change in the body of the carriage,
mounted it on pneumatic-tired wheels.
and for short distances operated it at
4 speed of twenty miles an hour. All
these machines were constructed en-.
tirely Of bicycle parts.
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persians still believe that human
tears are a remedy for certain chronic
diseases. reports a physician just re,
turned from Persia. At every lunerai
the bottling of mourner's tears is one
80 tho chief features of the ceremo-
MOS Each of the mourners is present
cd with a sponge with which to moy
off his face and eyes, and after Durial
these sponger are presented to the
nriest who SOU es the tears into oot'
tles which he keeps. This custom is
ono @ If the Oldest known in the east
and has probably been practicea oS
the. .Persians for thousands OF years.
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he arrives in Washington. The
be hoisted Oh to a vessel at
I and transferred to fiat car
ouver. At first the trigger
cd with honey, but the foxes
TX Island are much more in-
than bears, and, after NUM-
Der of them had been caught Tue p'''
was change TO salmon.
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In the quantity of annual rainfall
the continents rank as follows: South
America, Africa, North America, Eu'
rome, Asia, Australia
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g,ucher, chief of the allies, offended
by the name of De Jena. gave the oroer
to blow up the bridge. 1t was 1or
IouisrXyIII., an opportunity to man
p- his courage. He decided to have
lnimself conducted on tbs->msreed
bridge, and Blucher rAcoiled before his
vandalism.-New York, World.
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The tail of fish is his sculling oar,
He moves it first on one sue anu
then on the other, using his inns as
balances to guide his motion. IL tie
fish is moving fast and wants to stop
he straightens out his fins. just as ene
rover OF a boat does his oars.
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Don't burn your bridges behind you'
under the impression that you are SET
ting the world on IRE. ...-....
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Carp are wild animals, according 10
q recent decision of London ponce
court Seven hundred of the hshes
had been exposed for sale in a small
tank where they naturally died. ana II
was held that the owner was guilty o.
violation of the cruelty 10 Wliu aiii
mails act
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apparently has to do the work of two
eyes. 1t has broad, dark, horizontal
Oand, nearly as wide as the pupil,
right across its centre. This band en-
ables the fish when feeding and swim
ching at the surface, on the lookout
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS,

The largest sum ever spent in I'M
proving one street was S14,300,000 on
the Rue de Rivoli, Paris. New Can.
non street, London, cost $2,95O,OOO.
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OpalS.

He-Are you superstitious about
opals? ,o,. 90
She-Well, l think it's unlucky &c
lose a chance of getting one.-Polia-
delphia Press.
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The greatest bay in the world is that
of Bengal. Measured in a straight
line from two enclosing peninsulas it's
extent is about 100000 square miles.
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" -'-ss-s- !, \,
$ A DIVIDED EYE. !;
Ss
y Is
Il A Fish Which Sees Above and Be- q
g low the Surface. 3,
%
So isssSss1Ss.s;;SsssSSS $ Ss.s;;SsssSSS sSSS

4 N the shore waters and rivers of
Central America there are thou
sands Of little fish with very GU
rious eyes. They are called four
eyed fish, and the eye. is very much
like Il double eye; and then, too, 81
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Flying Fish.

Undoubtedly, the flying fish has
wings like bird. undoubtedly it flies
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NOThlN DONE.
Winter is too cold fer work;
Freezin' weather makes me shirk.

FIeezIH WeHtHeI MaKe3 me s1lrk.
Spring comes on an finds me wishiQ
could end my days a-6shin'
Then in summer, when it's hot,
say work Kin go to pot.
Autumn days, so calm and hazy,
Sorter makes me kinder lazy.
That's tho way the seasons run.
Seems l can't git nothin' done.
Sam S. stinson, in Lippincott's Magazine.