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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
INDIANA's OLDEST LANDMARK:
The Old Capitol of tho Northwest Terri.
tory is Still Standing.

tory is Still Standing.
Within 4 short time the most his
torlc building in Vincennes Will be
torn down to make room for modern
home, unless some action is taken to-
ward buying it as a relic. or as an
ornament for city park. The build
ing is one which for about seven ss.ears
served as the capitol building for the
Northwest Territory. 1t stands near
the heart of the city, but did not orig
inally stand there. The building was
erected, so far as can be learned, In
1905, and consisted of two rooms up
stairs and. two down. No nails werc
used in its construction, 1t being put
together by wooden pegs. Since that
time improvements have been made OH
1t which have changed Its appearance.
but 1t is still the old capitol building in
the eyes of the vincennes people, and
efforts are making to interest the city
OF State to buy it and transform it
into a museum, placing it In ono OF
the parks.
The building is now used as a rcsl-
dence. and unless 1t gets some atten-
ton 1t will soon begin to decay. 1t is
owned by Thomas Kilfoil. 1t could
he bought, it is believed, for about
$500. For many years it stood In the
principal street in the city and has
been used as business house. as well
as q home for numerous families. Much
history was made in the old building
while 1t was the meeting place of the
Legislature of Indiana Territory, which
was formed from ? It of the North
west Territory. Governor William
Henry Harrison read his first message
in the old building, and in the message
lie worked for the passage Of meas
IRE that would prevent the sale of In
toxicamts to the Indians. The measure
1t is said, was never passed.
At the session of the Legislature In
this building in 1907 laws were made
attaching the death penalty for crimes
Of treason. murder, arson and horse
stealing. Burglary and robbery were
made punishable by whipping, fine and
Imprisonment. Larceny was made
punishable by fine or whipping; steal.
ing by fine and whipping; blgamy by
fine whipping and lisfranchsement.
Stringent laws were also made for the
punishment of children AMI servants
who refused to obey their parents or
masters. Between August u and -.
1910, the Indian chief Tecumseh, with
seventy-fvc warriors. appeared daily
before Governor Harrison in the old
building. and it Was in that building
that Tecumseh lost his temper and
gave the lie to the Governor. a story
of the affair used to be told by the
late Felix Bouchie, whose father Is
said to have been present during the
scene.-Indianapolis News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

An Unwilling Guest" by William
Gordon-Perez, is the title of the novel
In Ainslee's for August. The author
has evidently had some experience
with South American revolutions, as
we'll as with the doings of the New.
port summer colony, for the local col
or of the story Is laid on by a master
hand, and the characters are drawn
with simila- fluelity TO fact. The
story Is dramatic and full of life with
out being in the least sensational
One feels no surprise at the heros
popularity in Newport.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
Best Things Grow Furthcst North.

The interesting fact has lately come
to the attention of the Government
scientists that the frog (the edible vari-
ETY. attains It's creates and best devel-
opment, not, rs one would Imagine, i'll
the semi-tropical swamps of Florida
and Louisiana, but in far Northern
Canada, on the extreme northern limit
at which these reptiles are found. This
bears out On old and pretty safe rule
that both plants and animals attain
their best development at the north.
crnmost point Of their habitat. Thus
the diamond-back terrapin Of the Ches-
apeake brings nearly eight times the
price of the diamond-E. elk OF Louisiana,
and the best oranges are grown, not
in tropical CUBE people Of the older
generation still remember the coarse
grained, sourish Havana oranges), but
in Northern Florida. where the trees
are frequently cut down by the hard
frosts and cold weather.-Washington
Post
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
WORDS OF WISDOM.

There are no mechanical morals.
The fast man makes the poorest
speed.
Submission is the secret Of spiritual
strength.
There are no necessary evils in q
righteous world.
Temperament will be poor excuse
at the judgment.
A light familiarity Is worse than
dead formality.
A lifeline is better than a speaking
trumpet any day.
There is no virtue where there Is no
possibility Of vice.
Complaisance with sin is not com
passion for the sinner.
You can give men your love until
you take off your glove.
---Heart-searelfing- geed-eane-~fe
the habit Of censurlng.
The things that give us greatest pain
are the ones most highly priced.
Better the water without the well
than the well without the water
Rams Horn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
THE CHAIN WOMAN.
Over 10000 Engaged in Work, Some
Very Old.

Over lO,OOO Engaged Al Hokh5 ooo
Very Old.
Topsy-turveydom prevails In the
Black Country, not only in the reeling
houses, but In the domesti: arrange
ments, for there the poetical idea,
"Women of the hearth" has an inter-
pretatior not contemplated by the
poet.
The hearth is the tiny, often dilapi-
dated home smith in which daughters,
wives, mothers and even grandmothers
toll from morn to eve, heating. ham,
mering, shaping and welding chain
links. Practically all the small chains
below three -eighths inch In thickness
are made by women, less than hftS
men being employed OH small slzes'
whereas the women smiths number IN
the Cradley district alone Mt least
thousand. 1t is a queer industry, Tor
the most part hidden in out-of-the.way
corners, the shops mixed up with prim.
tive and neglected outhouses. Unless
the constant ring Of the dnyil aroused
his curiosity the uhobservant visitor
might traverse the place oil the day
without suspecting the existence OF
this really enormous industry. Yet he
could hardly enter q court or alley
in any direction without stumbling
upon a chain shop. In many OF these
six to eight women and girls are en-
ployed-four or five Is common num-
ber. In one yard alone, appropriately
named anvil Yard" there must be
forty or fifty people at work when the
place Is in full swing. In one shop a
youth and q girl of fourteen to sixteen
will be found bending over separate
anvils and hammering away at heated
chain links, while few yards away
grandfather and grandmother are
performing exactly similar operations,
as they have been at almost any time
during the last half century.
One couple, Joseph Parsons and his
wife. are both over seventy. The hus'
band has made chains continuously 1oi
sixty years. His chief trouble is that
the prolonged use Of the hammer has
so cramped and distorted his right
hand that he can no longer WELD 1t
as of old. 1t is n pathetic sight to see
the old lady, silvery-haired and her toll
figure already bowed with age, stoop'
ing over tile anvil. The old man eX'
plains tho. if he works full week
at nine hours a day he may possibly
clear 12s. to lbs. "Gleeds," the small
cinders used for heating, as he eX'
plains, are dear, and half a crown a
week has to be deducted under this
head. Mr.. Parsons has several chill
dren and grandchildren in the trade.
The old couple have now only them
selves to maintain, and out of theil
combined earnings can just pay the
rent of their little cottage facing the
smithy and buy enough food.-Londop
Lender.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

Lhasa, the sacred city of Tibet, is
built on Mount Potala near the mouth
of the river Indus. Tradition says 1t
had its beginnings in the seventh
century, but until recent years almost
nothing was known of the city and its
people, save that foreigners were rig
Idly excluded from within it's walls. To
Ushe Narzumof, a Kalmuk Pilgrim
who twice cleverly managed to elude
the vigilance of the guards, the world
Is indebted for pictures of this forbid
den city, and for much valuable infor-
nation concerning 1t. The story of
many futile efforts to accomplish sim
liar ends and of Ushe Narzumof's final
success will be told in the August Gen.
tury by J. Deniker, member of the So
ciete de Geographic, Paris. The illus
trations will be from photographs by
Narzumof
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
Literary Notes from Th century Co

Literary Notes from Th century Co
For a sculptor of intern ational repu
tation to lay aside the ch.sel that ne
may take up the brush and palette as
Frederick MacMonnies has done, is
unusual enough to invest all his paint
ings with interest. When Mr.. Mac.
Monnies made his first serious essay
In this new field two years ago, he ex'
h!bited anonymously at the Salon,
winning hohors that quickly made his
reputation as painter scarcely infe'
rlor to that gained as a sculptor. II
is Mr.. MacMonnies' portrait of M.
George Thelmar that the August Gen.
tury has chosen to reproduce as its
latest example of American portrait
ire.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
THE scALLoP IN THE SKY.

had settled my world and all hushed and still
Except distant dog that bayed the whippoow
The Tapping poultry seeking place the roosting pole,
cricket shlng through the mu from equestered hoe
When all but these SILENT making silence deeper
When chores done and lamps all the house ageam,
I used to steal away from all and gaze with hungry
Upon one bright horizon spot, scallop in the sky
where that lit the few short miles
Fared the edge of nigh and turned its gloom
7, ambitious, filled with life,
Gazd dreaming, glimmer with hint glorious strife;
told tales of wealth. spoke of fame
That thing that sets the boh heart afame
1t sweet conquest, told hae
That gateway wond erword, c~lop in the sky.
The time dared hope cane stand without that gate
Which tempted wander forth and grappc with fe
ambition led
I've found wealth and but the glamour all has fed
Though life be the roate hue boyish fancy
Has vanished and the boon that most wodngs
blest boyhood whe wide hopedazzled
Saw but the sweet that lay beyond the scaop in the
s~r S. w. Gillian, in Leslies Weekly
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
APopuIar German General.

Count Won Haeseler, who has just
resigned command of the Sixteenth
Army Corps, undoubtedly was the
most popular General in the German
Army. 1t was his ambition to see that
even private soldiers carried out orders
with intelligence. On one occasion he
ordered n cavalryman to ride to II hill
q mile distant, where stood a solitary
tree. When the soldier returned the
General asked what sort Of tree it
Was. II do not Know" said thE man,
drawing q twig from his loot, "but
[ brought this fer your cXcellency."
The soldiers forcthought was reward
ed with piece Of gold.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
SYMPATHY.

Cecil (sentimentally)-Don't you
feel gloomy when the sky ls overcast
with gray. when the rhythmic rain
sounds dirge upon the roof, and the
landscapes beauties are hid by the
weeping mist?
Hazel (sweetly)-Yes. it's dreadful
Iy annoying. 1t does make ones hair
come out of curl so!-New York
Times.
SHOULD SAY, BUT DIDN'T.
He-I know your family doesn't
like me, but will you be my wife?
She-Well, should say not!
He (taken aback)-Whew, that's
rather short.
She-I repeat, l q 1uld say not, but
as q girl in love d. 5n't always say
what ST. should, III say "yes. Phil
adelphia Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
Absorption

Beloved, in the still deeps of thine
eyes
Absorb my soul, that l may know no
more
The pain of separation! implore
Thyself to take NE In, and solemnize
My union with thee in some mystic
wise
/ would no more be I, but would
explore,
As thee, thy souls dim temple, and
adore
Therein. as thee, with secret sacrifice.
Oh let me die to Self, and find rebirth
In some fair body as one soul with
thee!
There are no purposes in life for me,
But as thy complement; nor any
worth
In all the fame and splendor of the
earth
Unless one perfect spirit we may be.
Elisa Barker, in August Smart Set.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

Good roads enable farmers to haul
more produce with the same expendi.
ture Of horse power. The farmer
saves in time and in wear and tear on
horses, harness and wagon. He can
sleep later and got to market earlier,
stay later at o neighbor's and get
lone sooner. Coco rcais promote
social intercourse, insufficiency Of
which ls one Of the reasons why SO.
many persons leave the country fot
the city, and why SO few give UP city
life for the country, except at that sea-
son when nature Is at her best In the
country and at her worst in town.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

One of the most efficient systems OF
public works in history was that In
which each householder was required
to care for the street before his own
door. There can be no surer way Of
securing a general system Of good
roads than by having each municipal.
ity provide good roads within its own
hor1ers
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
Destructive Occupations.

General Horace Porter, in an address
to the graduating class Of a medical
school, said: II congratulate you on
the wise course you have pursued in
deciding to follow such a beneticent
occupation. In youth 1 long debated
whether I should be a physician or 4
soldier. Up to the present moment
have not been able to determine in
which capacity my services would
have been more destructive to man
kind"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

Ainslee's novel for August is can
Unwilling Guest" by William Gordon
Perez. Other familiar names among
the contributors in the same issue are
E. Nesbit, John Oliver Hobbies, H. B..
Marriott Watson, Herman X. Viele,
Charles Belmont Davis, Clinton Scol-
lard, Norman Duncan, Frederic Trevor
Hill, Charles Hanson Towne and Nix
on Waterman
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
COMFORT,

much pain in my back {; as
time went on I could hardly
endure It,; ] could not stand
except for q few moments at
@ time; I grow weak and
exhausted ] could not even
do light bousework !. Icould
not ssoop- p-ar-hend-:rly-kead
ached severely Il was in.pain
from my head down to my
heels; centering In the kid.
neys 1t was o heavy, steady,
sickening ache I; ! could not
rest nights, and got up
mornings weak and tired. !
thought I was about done
for, when ! saw Doan's Kid
ncy Pills advertised. Within
n week after commencing
their use I began 10 improve,
and from that time on rapidly
grew better. ! used five
boxes n all and was cured "
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
THE REAL TROUBLE.

"1t's easy enough to make money,"
said Nuritch, with a self-satisfed air.
That's so," replied the counter
feiter, absent-mindedly; 1.-The trouble Is
to get 1t into circulation. ."-Philadel-
phia Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
Provided With Natural Anchor.

A peculiar water animal is the syn-
apta, which nature has provided with
m anchor somewhat similar in Shape
to those used by ships. BY means OF
this the insect holds itself firmly in any
desired spot. 90 - :;
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
DarWinrian.

First Monkey-It seems to be a
toss-up whether man is descended
from us.
Second Monkey-Yes, it's heads,
they win; tails, we win.-August
Smart Set.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
KIDNEY

Aching backs are eased.
Hip, back, and loin pains
overcome. Swelling OF tho
limbs aud dropsy signs
vanish.
They correct urine with
-brick-dust-sed sedamene,-hish.
colored, pain in passing,
dribbling, frequency, bed
wetting. Doen's Kidney Pills
remove calculi and gravel.
Relieve heart palpitation,
slseplessness, headac Z,
nervousness, dizziness.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
To 1aunder Delicate anrments,

Many Of the expensive and beautiful sum.
mer sarments which will not stand ordinary
washing may, with care, be successfully
laundered. Use Ivory Soap. If water will
not cause colors to run, Ivory Soap will
not, and avoid extremely Eos weather, hot
sun, and too hot iron.
ELEANOR r, PARKER,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

PJ5o's curD for Consumption is al intallible
nedicine for coughs and oolds.-N. W.
SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, n. j., Feb. II, 1909.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
PRICES TO SUIT.

Assistant-There is woman in your
studio who wishes to know what is
the price of your last picture.
Artist-Tell her a hundred dollars.
Assistant-And she says she Is a con-
noisseur.
Artist-Well tell her thousand
Philadelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

Only children and fools tell the truth
where o woman's age is concerned.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

Mrs. James Beck of 314
West Whitesboro Sire ct y.
Rome, n. y, says: II was
troubled with my kidneys for
eight or nine years; had
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
Use Aliens Toot-IIase.

No matter how hoi. ely she may be every
girl thinks she would make beautiful
bride
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

Mrs. Winslow's soothnsSyrup for ohlldreu
teething soften the gums, reduces infamma.
ton nllnYs pain cures wind collie. 25e. abo tile
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

1t Is the only euro for Swollen, Smarting,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, ,Corns and
Bunions. Ask for Allen g Foot-EGse, q powder
to be shaken into tho shoes. Cures while You
Ealk, At all Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25e.-
Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, NY.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
noisSeur.

FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous.
ness after Hrst days use Of Dr.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. s2trial bottle and treutisefrce
DR.. r. H. KLINE, Ltd, a31 Arch ST., Phila., Pa
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

The swindler's version of it is zone touch
OF nature makes the whole world skin"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
Court sustains Foot.Ease 1,ro,ie.tto,

The fact that fool and his money are
soon parted keeps lots Of other people in
aff}uenrp
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

Some mems idea Of a friend is fellow
they can make use Of.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

Court Sustains Foot-Ense Trade Mark.
Buffalo, N. Y, July 25th. Laughlin
In Supreme Court has granted permanent
injunction with costs agalrs. certain New
York City dealers, restraining them from
making or selling powder which Is an int.
tation and iufr ngcment on "Foot-Easc,'
now 30 largely advertised and sold. The
owno of "Foot-Easc' is Allen s. Olmsted,
Of LIE Roy, n. T., and the decision upholds his
trademark and makes liable those attempt.
Ing to profit by "Foot-Eass'' advertising by
marketing similar-appearing preparation.
When baby's grandrnothers are all dead
it stands pretty coed chance Of not being
spoiled.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19

Summer Is good time to treat Chronic Kidney
Bladder, and Urinary troubles With DosnS Kidney Pils;
they CONQUER the most stubborn cases.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-08-19
DANGEROUS KIDNEY DISEASES GvREE
Pe.ru-na Creating Ma i.aal Sensation In the
Of Chronic Ailments of the Kidneys.

ncys simply because it cures catarrah wher
ever located.
If you do not derive prompt and satis-
factory results from the use of Pcruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving full
statement OF your case, and be will be
pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of The
Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-04

and his party must meet next year on the musings and at the polls. It is to be the chief issue of next years cam paign.
 This issue cannot be covered up with any such bugbear as the lugglng in of foreign trusts. There are few foreign trusts. and they cannot control this market, but they can compel the domestic trusts to reduce their prices to reasonable limits if the Dingley rates are reduced. It is the taxation imposed on consumers by the trusts under the Dingley tariff that must be met and answered. Neither Secretary Root nor Senator Lodge met this is- sue, but as they go along they will see that such talk as they indulged in at Boston will not put it down. Like Banquo's ghost, it will appear and re- appear. It will confront them on every stump, and they may as well get ready to meet it with something better than evasive rubbish.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-04
ExTRAvAeANcE OF THE RICH.

From New York Letter to Philadelphia
 Public Ledger.
 As Dr. Donald Sage-Mackay's congre- gation, at the Fifth Avenue Collegiate church, is one of the wealthest in the city, some of his rich parishioners must have been surprised today at his strong condemnation of the extravagant manner in which New Workers of means are liv- ing. Dr. Mackay takes a rather pessimis- tic view of the future, and fears the swift pace in business and in society of the last few years will end in disaster if 1t is not speedily checked. He said that no- where Is the complex life of luxurious pleasure-seeking extravaganza so visible as in this metropolis.
 "Everywhere the drags are off, Dr. Mackay continued. "and the wheels of commerce and society are running wild. When the stoppage will come. as come it must, no one can tell; but this career of extravaganza in living which New York has been following, especially for the past five years is bound to end in catastrophe. moral and social, unless common sense interposes. Already the shrewd, hard-headed men on Wall street are scenting the approaching danger from the commercial standpoint. They tell us that the limit of overcaptalization and headlong speculation is reached, and the reaction, unless 1t comes gradually and under proper control, will spell panic from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
 "One does not require the vision of seer to recognize that the two most H. literate classes of society today are the abject poor. who, by necessity, must think of the needs of the body, and, therefore can think of nothing else; and the idle rich, who by choice devote every hour of the day to the trivial pi oblems of what they shall eat and what they shall drink and wherewthal they shall be clothed.'"