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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
An Ingenious Scheme.

To any one who doesn't possess the
modest luxury oe private car, travel
ing is always q thing fraught with dis
comfort. Columns could be written
on the pathetic struggles of the woman
who travels to stow her wearing ap.
parcl away in the coftin-lile confines
Of lower berth. Any rlght-minded
woman prepares to shed tears when
she thinks of the next morning state of
her travelling skirt. Time was when
porters looked after such things, and
could be induced to preserve garments
overnight in mysterious places, but
these days, on nine sleeping cars out
of ten, the porter is instructed to In
form you that he can't be responsible
for anything intrustcd to him. These
things being as they are, feel that I
owe q debt Of gratitude to a lady
name to me unknown-who showed
me how to dispose of O whole ward
robe In q sleeping car.
She travels q great deal, she In.
formed me. and she never leaves home
without Mt least q dozen Of the big
safety pins and hook combinations
that people use to attach curtain rings
Il forget the technical term for them,
if 1 ever knew it, was allowed to
peep into her berth after she had ar
ranged herself for the night, and L
found she had fastened one Of these
pins into each of her more bulky gar
ments and had hooked them all IN
row to the top of the berth cur.
tain. She said the idea was all her
own and that it was the greatest COM
fort in the world to know that every
thing was hanging up neatly, just us
1t would be ut home. For giving q
really homelike atmosphere to Sleep
ing car can think of no other scheme
more highly to be recommended
Washington Post.
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SCIENCE OF BUILDING.
| Houses Are Made Far From Where They
Will Stand.

Houses Are Made Far From Where They
Will Stand.
Many of the great steel structures
that are being built in every city are
planned and modelled In some distant
city-likc the material for Solomon's
temple Of old-hundreds of miles away.
1t Is in some rolling mill town Of Penn
sylvania that most of the gigantic
frameworks for the modern skyscrap-
crs are built. All that remains Is to
put them together and the building
rises up like house of blocks.
Every piece is fitted together and
numbered before it is taken away from
the steel mill. So exact arc the meas
uremcnts that not even the drilling Of
hole is necessary for fitting the rivets
which fasten the plates and glrders
together. The watchlike precision With
which these parts are made was shown
in the construction of one of these
buildings which Is now being erected
in Chicago.
One of the large cross girders was
missing In the framework of the second
floor, and though it did not interfere
with the placing of the framework OIL
oil sides and above 1t, the contractor
was worried to know what had become
of 1t. When the framework had grown
as high as the sixth or seventh story
and the missing piece had not Eecn
found around the railroad yards or
heard of from any other source, he
wrote to the steel mill, describing 1t
MS closely rs possible, ordering that 1t
be duplicated.
BY the return mail he received the
following reply:
"As ground space is more valuable In
Chicago than here in the country we
are storing missing girder Tor you. We
know that you would need steel der
rick on that floor. and kept the girder
out so you would have room. VIII ship
1t after the remaining stories have bech
completed"
The mill men had figured correctly on
the building hundreds Of miles away.
and the grder could not have been
placed in position, even If 1t had been
on the grounds, on account of the der
rick.-Chlcago Tribune.
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He Had to RadIate Money.

Mr.. Muchmonn, his wife and three
daughters were staying at the Mostex-
Pensive Hotel, in the Adirondacks. AS
q means of entertaining the guests the
manager of the hotel engaged lee
turer who gave demonstration of the
latest researches in scientific fields.
After one of his lectures mamma and
the girls were telling papa all about
It. He had not been able TO attend,
owing to an imperative demand for
his presence and advice and assist
ance in opening a series Of jackpots
In little room on the third floor.
"It was just lovely, papa!" said the
youngest daughter.
$50 educational, too" avcrred the
second daughter.
"And so helpful to the mind"
chimed in the eldest daughter.
ut certainly was of benefit to all
present" said mamma.
what did he tell about?" asked
papa, who was not in a happy mood,
having on different occasions overes-
timated thn possibilities of the draw;
also underestimated his opponents
hands.
"About radium," explained mamma.
"What Is radium-some new dress
goods or breakfast food?"
mo; 1t is a new substitute which
constantly gives off parts of itself and
still never diminishes in size or guam
tity."
Huh! That fellow must have been
trying to tell you women what your
idea of my pocketboolS is."-Judge.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
How the Sparrows Batlic.

The sparrows in the squares have
two ways of taking bath, that is,
two ways one can discover in ten
minutes loaf around the fountains,
says n writer in the New York Even
Ing Post. The first Is to fly through
the spray as 1t falls from the four lain.
The second is slower and much pref
tier. A little chap flies to q lily leaf
on the top Of the water, and his tiny
weight makes the leaf sink, just a
little, so that it becomes miniature
bath-tub with enough water in it to
reach the birds feathers. The longer
the sparrow stays in his bath-tub the
deeper his bath gets, for the leaf keeps
on sinking with his weight. After
some fussing of beak and Tapping of
wings, and much tossing about of
water, away he flies and his bath-tub
comes back to the surface again.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
A Winued HiohWayman.

We naturally wonder why wasp
cannot successfully defend Itself
against a fly. But, In addition to its
sword-like proboscis; the robber-fy is
also endowed with legs of unusual
length and power 1t is thus enabled
to hold its victim at such a distance
that thu envenomed sting cannot be
used. Powerful and swift as its wings
are, 1t seldom seizes It's stinging vic
tins in mid-air, but usually hurls it
self on the back Of the unsuspecting
wasp. Caterplllars, spiders, moths
beetles, dragon flies, and even plant
bugs are all seized and despatched by
this swift assassin.-From Nature and
Science In the September st. Mich
olas.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.
Pride is the master sin Of the devil
e. II. Chaplin.

Pride is the master sin Of the devil.
e. II. Chaplin.
Sloth makes all things difficult but
industry all things easy.-Franklin.
10 cultivate kindness Is valuable
part of the business Of life.-Johnson.
Hundreds would never have known
want If they had not at first known
waste.-Spurgcon.
will govern my life and my
thoughts as if the whole world were
to see the one and read the other
Seneca.
To improve the golden moments Of
opportunity and catch the good that
is within our reach is the great art OF
life.-Samuel Johnson.
Every heart that has beat strong and
cheerfully has left hopeful impulse
behind 1t In the world, and bettered
the tradition of manklnd.-R. L. Stew
enson.
We are continually closing the doors
against the angels Of opportunity, be-
cause they wear garb that seems
menacing or repellant to us.-Hamllton
Wright Mabie.
A man is relieved and gay when he
has put his heart into his work anu
done his best, but what he has said or
done otherwise shall give him no
peuce.-Emerson.
The catastrophe Of every play Is
caused always by the folly or fault
Of a man; the redemption, If there be
any, is by the wisdom and virtue OF
woman, and falling that there Is
none.-RusRln.
Examine yourself whether you had
rather be rich c. happy; and if rich.
be assured that this is neither
good, nor altogether in your own
power; but If happy, that this is both
good, and in your own power; since
the one is temporary loan Of Fortune,
and the other depends on will.-Eplc'
tetuS.
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Southern Normal University
HUNTINGDON, TENN.
A.E. BOOTH. Ph. D., President.

Chartered hy the State of Tennessee TO Issue
ali degrees and diplomas conferred by Colleges
and Universities Fifteen different departments
in full operation: The Leading Normal eSnooa 90
of the Southern States. stands pre-emlnent as
such. The best review school in the land II az
lords the best preparation ana speeoS'
Colleges Of Business Shorthand, ,Typewrittng,
Telegraphy, Science. Liberal Arts, Law, Music
Oratory, etc, in one Of the finest and most COM
modlous University buildings In the south.
Table board from $500 to 5SC0 per month.
Rooms we'll furnished from forty to fifty cents
per week. Tuition ten weeks slD.00;if paid IN
advance for the year 90 per cent. discount. Lesa
than 500 pays for all expenses for school ySad5
ant accommodations. Community in thor
ough and loyal cooperation with the GnSer n,ha,
positions of homer filled with honor by pupils
from this institution. More work done here IN
one year than at others In two, and thorough
work too. Come and see for yourself Military
department in charge OF detailed West Point)
U. S. officer. Catalogues free. Fall term opens
Sept 90 1905. Address The President, Hunting
don. Tenn,
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jswered, brightly. "And did YOU

swered. brightly. "And did you
er-"
"But then came the awakening" she
hurried on.
"Oh, we woke up" asked.
"Suddenly q gust of wind forced us
apart"
"Cruel windr' I sighed. dolorously.
"And with q loud report the sail
f! was torn into ribbons.
"a ribbon sale" inquired.
"The rain fell in torrents, the light
ming flashed across the sky. At the
| mercy of the elSments, our frail bark
was borne onward at awful speed.
Suddenly above the sound of wind and
wave the roaring of the surf upon the
shore reached our ears. The moment
of supreme peril was at hand! A
flash of lightning, more Intense than
any heretofore, lighted up the scene.
Before us, scarce cables length
away, rose a towering cliff Of Jagged
rock. Below it the surf dashed high,
as though hungry"
"Eh?"
"As though hungry for its prey. And
in the weird light L saw your face. All.
never shall forget it! 1t was"
Maybe I hadn't shaved" I muir
INJURED, extenuatlngly.
Calm with n high and noble cour-
age"
"Ahr'
"You took me in your arms. Our
lips met in one last. long kiss. Terror
passed from my heart. I was content
to have it so. Silently we waited.
Then with crash and shock that
threw"
The crash came! Helen shrieked. I
struggled to my knees. Watson's
launch was digging its nose into the
dory, and Watson was grinning down
at US.
Hello, you folks! Asleep? I want
you to come aboard for lunch. I'll
tow"
struggled to my feet, threw myself
into the launch. and seized Watson's
knees
Saved! Saved" I sobbed.-Wom.
ans Home Companion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
SHIPS LIKE FEET.
This Foolish Order Was the Death.
blow of the Chinese Navy.


OF the navy of one of the oldest Of
old countries, China, very little is
known. That China was once much
interested in sea affairs Is, however.
certain. 1t is said, that long before
any other people, the Chinese knew
something Of the wonders of the lode
stone, and even if the mariner'ss com.
pass was not invented by them, their
knowledge of the magnet was certainly
sufficient to aid them in navigating
their ships, and helped to extend their
trading, and probably their battles,
into strange waters. So the Chinese
were bold voyagers ages ago. On
their cruisers bows was painted an
eye to denote watchfulness; and red,
q sacred color to them, was displayed
in strips OF cloth which decorated the
various parts of their ship.
Chinese enterprise on the sea unfor-
tunately received death blow from
one of their own weak and self-loving
monarchs, who forbade his subjects to
cruise In waters outside of the China
Sea, for fear they should learn In
their travels any Ideas which might
lead them to rebel against his tyran-
nical government. He also ordered,
vain and unwise man that he was.
that all vessels should be made in
the shape of his imperial foot! Alas,
poor ships! this strange shape de-
stroyed all seaworthy qualities, and
ally ambition in the direction Of a
Chinese navy was for the time ex-
tinguished.-From Some Ancient
Fleets" in st. Nicholas.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
Questionable PolItencss.

The Boston and Maine Railroad EN-
Dloyes will not hereafter be permitted
to help young women to get off its
trains. There has been general com-
plant that their clothing Is solled by
the dirty hands of the brakemen. An
exception is made when a woman is
carrying a bundle, but then the brake
man is allowed to touch the bundle
only. The trolley car managers might
take hint from this and find some
way of making their conductors keep
moderately clean hands.
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STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, [ ..
-,.o rornry oo'

FRANZ J. CHENEY mako oath that ho is
senior partner OF tho firm OF i. j. CHENEI &
Co., doing business In tho City OF Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and that saiu
firm will pay tho sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and overy case OF cATARRH that
cannot be cured by tho use Of HALLS
CATAanH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed In my
49,, presence, this 9Th day Of December,
! SEAL. A. D., 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
t@] Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on tho blood md mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. FL. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by oil Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
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!, usaR sissss ID, ~,ss ass hompson's Eye Water
IN BETTER TASTE.

"Your daughter" said Mrs. Oldcas-
tie, after being conducted through the
newly finished wing of the magnificent
palace occupied by the Bullingtons,
"has such splendid vocabulary"
"Do yo think SOP" her hostess re-
piled. Josiah wanted to get her one
of them eschitoire.. but I made up
my mind right at the start that a
vocabulary would look better In q
room furnished like hers Is. even IL 1t
didn't cost quite so much."-Chicagn
Record-Herald.
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Spain Has Brought Us Horses.

The Spaniards were the first to
bring horses to this continent, though
the paleontologist tells US that the
rocks abound with fossils which show
that Equidae were numerous all over
America In the Eocene period. 1t
is a singular fact, however, that there
were no horses in America when the
first Europeans came hither.-From
John Gilmer Speeds "The Horse in
America" in the September Century.
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A CITY MAID.
She came up to the country

She came up to the country
But week or so ago,
The city maid VINO ne'er had seen
The fields where wild flowers grow
And when she slw the cat-tails,
She cried, "Oh, do look, quick!
Who ever heart of sausages
A-growing on a stick"
September st. Nicholas.
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To Achieve Success.

ITO let the-world know through type
who and what you are and what you
have that this great world wants is
the secret Of success, and the printing
press is the mightiest machine to that
end" is the deliberate conclusion of
Thomas A. Edison, who knows Of
what he speaks.-Philadelphla Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
Just Saved From Starvation.

When, In 1891, Miss Balfour was WIS.,
itng the West Of Ireland and studying
the condition of the people, she asked
one Of them how they were getting on
in particular village. "Arrah, miss,
sure and If 1t wasn't for the famine
we'd be shtarving."-John Bull.
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Some People.

There are some people whose use in
the world It would be as hard to de-
fine as the uses Of pieces Of parsley
draped around meat OH the table.-At-
Gibson Globe.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16
Mistaken Identity,

The Lady-What right have you TO
enter my room in the middle OF the
night?
Burglar-Now, don't scold me,
ma'am; I'm not your husband-Sep-
tember Smart Set.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

Aching backs nre eased.
Flip, back. and loin pains
overcome. Swelling Of the
limbs, dropsy signs, and
rheumatic pains vanish.
They correct urino with
brick dust sediment, high
colored, pain In passing,
drIbbling, frequency, bed
wettiag. Doen's Kidney Pulls
remove cahui and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation,
Blccplessness, h eadache, F,
nervousness, dizziness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

lamsure PIso's Cure for Consumption saved
my lie three years aso,-Alss. THOMAS kos-
JINs, Maple St., Norwich, n. Y, Feb. II, l9os.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

FITS permanently cured. No fltsor nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NeryeIlestorer. S2trial bottle and treatisePree
DR.. r. II. KLINE, Ltd. 931 Arch St., Ph1la., P2
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

The only countries surprising the
United States in number Of inhabi-
tants are the Chinese Empire, the Brit
ish Empire, the Russian Empire, and
probably France, WITH the inclusion of
It's African possessions.-From the
Hon. w. r. Merriam's Noteworthy
Results of the Twelfth Census" In the
September Century.
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What has she done that men should stay
The jostling hurry of their way
To seek with wonder-eager, eyes
The darkened mansion where she hes!
What has she done that, far and wide,
Has flashed the word that she has died
That folk in distant lands have said
To one another, "She is dead?"
Why should the lips of strangers raise
To her monument of praise?
All, it was hers to conquer fame.
She made Name.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

All the world may be a stage, but lot
of the actors nre compelled to get out and
,rn1l,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

Tho great fame Of
Doan's Kidney Pills Is
won by the wondrous
power of the free trial to
demonstrate surprising
merit,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

Mrs. Winslow's SoothingSyrup for children
teething soften the gums, reduces inhamma-
tion, ,allays pail, cures wind collie. zoe. apottie
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

The export of automobiles is about ST.
OO0, 900 year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-16

1t takes years to build up reputation
that may be shattered in minute.
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TWO CAREERS.
ny JENNIE BETS HARrswIcK

And she who lies so whitley still,
Untouched of joy, unveXed Of i'll,
Has she done aught? Why, surely, no;
The records of her living show.
No laurels won, no glory gained,
No effort crowned, no height attained;
In life she championed no cause;
Why should the passing people prulse?
One little households narrow scope
Hold all her heart and all her hope. ::
Too lowly she for fame's high dome,
She made home.
--Harpers Bazaar.
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Payday Friends.

A man has lot more friends on his
pay day than lie has Oh theirs.-New
York Press.
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NIGHT TRAVEL.

o near lights, and far lights.
And every light home!
And how they gladden., sadden us,
Who late and early roam!
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FREE PROOF FORBIDS DOUBT.


besides able herd day fhs 0o a100
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OUR TOTAL POPULATION.
With Philippines, Porto Rico, Guam
and Samoa, We Number e4,233,o6e.

The total population enumerated by
the twelfth census was 76,303, 1897, but
while the area of enumeration covered
Alaska and Hawaii, it did not include
Porto Rico, the Philippines, Guam or
Samoa. The population of these new
ly acquired islands has, however, been
ascertained partly by estimates and.
partly by special censuses. Including
these estimates, the total population Of
the United States and Its outlying pos
sessions In 1900 was as follows:
Area of enumeration. .76,303,3 1897
Philippine Islands. ....... :. 6,961 1893
Porto RICO. O.......... $1,000. 90S,z43
Gu6W ........ .......,..s opuVu
Samoa. ....... 800. ..... 6,10O
Total. ....... ........ ..84, 1885, ,O63
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But sad lights and glad lights,
BY flash and CLEAN we speed
Across the darkness to light
We love, and know, and need!
Arthur St-inger in September Smart
Set
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BY R6LPH HENRY BARBOUR.

gUT wiHEN you were boy"
RS asked Helen, thoughtfully.
\ NN| "did you ever imagine
QA y things"
EM MSI "NIh?"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-11-05

The November Woman's Home Com
panion contains sixty-four pages of
seasonable matter. The chief feature
is the first installment of a navel prize
contest story, entitled "The Trilemma
of Albertine, in which the reader is
asked to help solva a woman's choice
in love, Other features are '"The Pro-
gressive Work of the Jews in the
United States,' bp Rabbi de Sola
Mendcs; my Recollections of Abra-
ham Lincoln, - by his Law Clerk; "The
Sad Love Story of Buchanan" cold
Home Week" "The Adventures of a
Puritan Maid" etc. The fiction Iele-
ment is unusually good, and there are
several illustrated pages of interesting
fashion notes by Grace Margaret Gould
The Nature-Study Club, which forms
such a strong feature of this magazine,
is unusually interesting. Published
by the Crowell Publishing Company,
Springfield, Ohio; one dollar a year;
ten cents a copy.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-11-05
The Royal Month and the Royal Disease

Sudden changes of weather are es.
pecially trying, and probably to none
more 30 than to the scrofulous and con
sumptive. The progress of scrofula
during a normal October is commonly
great. We never think of scrofula
during a normal October is commonly
great. We never think of scrofula--
its lunches, cutaneous eruptions, and
and wasting of the bodily substance
without thinking of the great good
many sufferers from it have derived
from Hoods Sarsaparilla, whose radi-
cal and permanent cures of this one
disease are enough to make it the most
famous medicine in the world. There
is probably not city Or town where
Hoods Sarsaparilla has not proved its
merit in more homes than one, in ar
resting and completely eradicating
scrofuia, which is almost as serious
and as much to be feared as its near
relatlve-consumption.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-11-05

waist of this kind, which is made over
an unboned lining Of thin idea silk,
and is hooked under the arm,
Black is always a safe color for an
elderly woman to select. Also some
shades in gun-metal and deep purple
are very becoming to women with grey
hair. These may be trimmed with
white facings, the jackets often show
ing a jabot in front, which gives soft
full effect. Crepe de Chine is also
much used and is deservedly popular.
A grey crepe de Chine trimmed with
black, or white trimmings, is most
charming for an elderly woman, the
white softening the severity of the
dead black.