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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-01-06
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One Day.
-. 81
: He Stay, at Home -.
to straishten Things:
T: Out In a Way That
Cause, Woe to Many
-: -.

and leaning upon the gate be- pathet,
ically5 inquired,
BOSS, can you tell me if Christian
family lives here? BY the. Jocks OF
things they. DO but l.'mr not.. sure and
don't want to make any no1e- mis-
taxes"
Mr.. Bowser had no reilly.
IF Christian family does live
here" continued the ttamp, as he. part
ly opened the gate, "then want torsay
that haven't Lad anything to eat for
two whole days, and I'm going to apply
for i. crust: of bread. lt-.there are NO
Icrusts Tying around I'll take dime In!
stead, Tm no hog, to. want al fam
lily has got. How is it, boss?'
"Boss" was still silent, but had that
tramp. beanFa student Of. character he
would have been warned by the twitch.
ing of Mr.. Bowser's ears that the blood
.had+reached the danger. point.
...I.lf come in, boss, and. talk things
over with you,''. he said as. he entered
the yard. sGt'sFnot my fault that I'm
down. I used to OWL the incest mill
dam youlever saw, but when the mill
dam trust; got to going it froze"-
That:was all lie said about the mill
dams. ME: Bowser .rosesGp and tackled
him and played horse with him. and
when he got out of the yard and
around the corner he didI't.' have
breath enough left to tell a policeman
whether .Mt had. beer=run, Qy:::2by an
ice wagon or knocked sky hirh by u
sewer explosion.
The next caller was the iceman. Els
wagon ratified up in 9; Joflil :way, and
he seized chunk, ef::ice and gayly bore
it to the basenlent, door and: yelled
'T-c-e!m at tliedoip:of his yoiee: His Ill
was still echoing among stAes house tops
when Mr.. Bowsef appeated before linn
and asKed:s5S;t -; ...;: -s:-.y.Ts:.. :. !
How much doessthat chunk Ieigh?n:
..Twenty-fge pounds, of course. -: ( :
,..@I don't4helIeveit. 1 contracted with
you for Twenty y.ffve..pounds. daily but !
have beensgettingg* *aahone ffteen Take
it ont to the>Wago and Weigh it. .::~s
(: "'Mrs.. Bowser. hasn't made no kick" !"
growlea4he mai: q 3; :: fss.:,..:es., !.
"But:I have: .:Ecet''s Asee:4f:Meisbed.,''
The chunk weighed nineteen pounds,
aud after, a: little mental figuring: Mr..
Bowser observed ..F:.s.. - j
shall take adoliarss of 81 oSH next
bill .fors Shortage, and don't try any
more hocIspo octIss here" );
The icemHlslh uSgEt toifblngs but he
looked Mr. BoMser 8 over and -coasHtled
to make up the shostsge<.and take it
outsof some widows family.
AS the iceman ratified away upon his.
frozen route, the grocery wagon arriy5...
.s,e s,esaslsne9grVgerssaDo Doy1deseendeu'w1rnaa'
basket and kicked the gate open. When
be reached the basement door he at
tempted to kick that open also, and
when it resisted he turned in fire
alarm on the bell and executed. war
.dance5while IVA iting for the cook to
open'it
: When he was admitted he set up a
whistle anf. tried TO. pat the girl ON the
back. and he was asking her If she
couldn't pass him out a bottle Of beer
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Cardinn1 vaushnn's Tact.

The late Cardinal Vaughan OF Eng
land had an irresistible tact that made
him we'll liked in Protestant circles.
His good taste In avoiding religious
disputations of any kind when In soct-
ety was one element Of his acceptable
ness. His brilliancy Of conversation
was another. On one occasion the
Duke Of Devonshire invited him, with
n score Of others, to dinner on Friday,
quite forgetting the significance Of the
day to Vaughan, but the cardinal put
In an appearance and so completely,
engaged the attention Of these who sat
near him by his flow Of wit and elo-
ouence that they did not note until the
banquet was over that he. had not
touched either food or drink.-NeW
York Mali and Express.
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CARPENTERS IN INDIA.
py Are Careless About Measure
| ments, Tools and Time.

rley Are Careless About Mensure-
ments, Tools and Time.
The chief faults of the Indian car
pfter are his neglect Of accurate
Measurement, his carelessness with re-
g$d to the efficiency. of his tools and
hAilack of perception Of the value of
tiie as factor in the execution of
wHk. He has also to be taught to oc.
cHf his mind with the work in hand
all as much as possible to exclude
Ger subjects:
for example, the making Of jack
pine involves the choice of the wood,
cGsiderations as. to size, the angle Of
tA blade and Its cutting edge, the
Mdge and Its holding power, the han
dB and finall, the operation of plan
ing All these operations are capable
of fery simple explanation. and this
e3icise provokes an emulation among
stEhnts while exercising their reason
InE lowers. No Indian workman buys
q Slme. He buys the blade and makes
thafest, but he rarely makes it well.
HeIbuys a saw blade and makes the
hGdle, and, generally speaking, he
sHnds the smallest possible sum on his
lift in spite of the extra labor the
eSIomy involves. He must therefore
lbshught to make as many labor saw
Ing tools as possible and to make them
wei, He has to be taught the use and
repar of q grindstone and how to
MONT it in wood without metal fit
tliis. The hard, tough woods so COM
moi in India make this an easy mat
ter The Indian has yet TO be taught
that grinding and whetting are two
distinct operations. the first removing
99Sper cent of the metal and the sec
ont1Droducing the cutting edge In a
feMstrokes. His saw Is in such bad
ordr that he. cuts lemons, as rule.
will mallet and chisel, and his iSno-
rane of gauges renders him unable to
male even twenty articles exactly
alk,. He rarely knows what size of
nall or screw to use on given job.
Els screw is always too small.-Cas-
siers Magazine.
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withsa presentimsnt that the day
would be made. lively aftef.his own Pc
culiar style. She had not long to wait
for the begihhing,..-s: -:.,.s: :.
one;of:the sworks;of art,in. Mr. Bow
sc r'ssfront. yard is II stone dog in.an at
titlde- OF ,repose. The Artist meant the
dog 70 re6ose,' and tie: dog had always
beeI wfHinggah but the hoodlums passing
By. had ethersideas, One Of Heir favor
1te ,amgsements is to Giiter the yard
and stand 'thss, dog npright:S Or .whirl
him over on his back. In order to. keep
peace in the family Mrs. Bowser and
the cook hive: stood ready to thfn the
dog back as often as he was turned
over and said nothing about it. an
hoursafter breakfast, on this saparticular
m0rnfngSfhfee i'm I=::lsas,s.a-s>rs--r-
along and decided to stand the dog on,
his head They did not reckon. upon
anything beyond a wave of the broom
stick and a. milfprotest from the cook,
and Mr.. BoBser found t}55nr, easy-brey
when he suddenly rushed down the
front steps and upon them. he posed
themain ten different ATTITUDES in about.
a mlnuteTand a;=half and when they
got ont Of the yard a summer stock OF
old straw hats. buttons and homemade
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One He Couldn't Read.

During these days Of post office In
vestigation story is told Of a post
master down In Virginia. A young
man from New York went to one OF
the little places in the old state to visit
a relative and, having occasion to
write, secured postal card.
"You had better not write anything
private on that card" remarked his
sister. 1.-THE old cobbler who Is post
master here reads every card"
But the young man was writing to a
chum. and they had been studying
shorthand together, so he put his mes
sage in pot hooks, curves and daahes
and mailed 1t. he had not got Tar from
the Office when the old cobbler rushed
after him, shouting:
"Here, you! Here, you! can't read
what you've written on this card?
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News and Notes.

The Imports Of raw silk in the last
fiscal year were the largest in the his
tory of the government.
Potato storage requires uniform
and cool temperature, with neither too
much nor too little moisture.
4 railroad gardener" is said to CON-
mand salary all the way from $1,000
to $1,000 a year.
Money in bananas" in Central Amer
lea is the report of a western man who
is largely interested in plantations
there.
L. W. Lightly, dairy authority, has
found rye silagc unsatisfactory-sour
and moldy.
The Improvement of the soil should
be one of the chief aims Of every
farmer
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As It Often Happens.

Cooped in his tenth floor Office. Mr.. Brown
Watched the welcome rain come down.
He saw across the sky
The jagged streaks Of lightning fly.
He stood and wondered
At the way 1t thundered,
And Joy lit up his brow.
my lawn" he chirped. will get
drenching now
My siclsly little lawn, the worst
In Drearyhurst!
The dust is laid, thank heaven! I'm their
beds
The flowers will raise their dropping
As II to offer their Thanksgiving,
And life once more will be worth living"
Still 1t poured.
And still the thunder roared.
Forth in the drenching shower
At his customary hour
Fared Mr.. Brown, -
Umbrellaless, the wettest man IN town,
But cheerful: he was homeward bound.
He caught his train, and IN duo tino he
found
That though he'd left the city all a-slop.
In Drearyhurst 1t hadn't rained d drop.
Chicago Tribune.
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An Aneedote of Ben Wade,

In the early winter of 1861 bluff Ben
Wade, the Ohio senator, is credited
with saying, "When Chief Justice Ia
ney was i'll used to pray daily and
earnestly that his life might be pre-
served until the Inauguration Of Pres
ident Lincoln, who would appoint a
Republican chief justice, but. when 1
saw how complete his recovery was
and how his life was prolonged / be-
ran to fear that had overdone the
businessm-L. E. Chittenden's Person
al "reminiscences.
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Storing Celery.

Dig up the celery stalks, leaving the
roots on, and stand them close together
in narrow trench, tops just even with
the ground level. Gradually cover them
with boards, earth and manure. An
other way is to set them upright upon
the floor of 4 damp cellar or root
house, keeping the roots moist and the
tops dry.
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where She Drew the LIne.

He had been reading to his wife-she
had auburn hair and q ready tongue-a
lot of hot weather advice. AS he re-
heated the various items that were said
to be conducive to personal comfort
with the thermometer at 50 she nodded
her, head approvingly
"That's all right" she said
Then he looked back at the paper
and added, Good temper Is also
great factor In hot weather happiness"
"What idiotic nonsensew she cried
and would hear no More.-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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Light 1.nnnh md Mimic.

A country girl in Dublin went into
restaurant for her lunch. She was
asked If she would have meat dinner
or eight lunch and music" Being
curious, she chose the light lunch and
music and was Immediately shown into
a room where other inQulsitive persons
were eating soup and listening to a
spirited If not satisfying performance
upon the jewsharp by one Of the walt
ers. She felt at the end Of the meal
that she had paid high for curiosity.
but she could make no complaint.
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Big Undertakings.

''Talk about big jobs" said the cheer
full idiotwhile trying to look serious.
"Well," said the victim wearily.
wheeling West Virginia may be
some and Lansing Michigan may be
rather a big surgical undertaking, but
Flushing Long Island isn't such tiny
little sanitary stunt."-Baltimore Amer
ican
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CEMENT STONES.
Any Farmer Can Make and Use Them
For Farming purposcs.

For Farming purposes.
Comparatively inexpensive machines
have been produced which, when used
by even the ordinary laborer, can pro-
duce cement stone Of varying sizes at
q cost of Is to 70 per cent less than
kiln run brick and in the east at the
same cost as lumber. {
The stone can be made to resemble
cut stone, thus giving an added beauty
to the building. Three hundred pounds
of cement and one yard Of gravel will
make about thirty-seven stones 8 by 10
Dy 20 at Il cost of 10 cents each, $3.50,
even estimating your labor at $1.50 per
day, which will take the place of 500
brick at cost Of SS per thousand,
$G40. Any farmer can make them. 1t
costs less to lay these stones than,i
does brick or stone The inside OF the
wall can be plastered with Il thin coat
Of cement, thus making the wall and
floor one unit 1t therefore must be abb
solutely air tight.
Cement stones do not decay, will en-
dure for generations, arc impervious to
moisture. are cheaper than any other
building material save lumber and,
taking into consideration their endur-
ing qualities, are even :cheaper than
lumber and ccn be made by any ordi-
nary farm laborer. The building does
not require painting. which is d saving
in original construction and mainte-
nance The use Of cement stone for
building purposes is 10 experiment, as
many large factories. power houses,
cold storage plants and residences have
been erected of cement stone. The dali
ry building at the Toronto industrial
exposition. Toronto. is constructed Of
Portland cement stone and is highly
recommended by the Canadian COM
missioner Of agriculture. So says a
Rural New Yorker writer, who gives
further information rs follows:
The composition is usually six parts
sand and one part cement. Secure
good. sharp gravel, which contains
small amount of sand Do not screen.
Do not use sand or gravel that has any
surface. dirt. har,lpan or clay or any
PARTICLES of decayed wood or other for.
eign substance For an economical
foundation wall the byproducts of q
stone quarry or even cinders or refuse
from mines may be used. This means.
a source of revenue where before the
disposal Of this waste was an expense.
Place sixty shovefuls of sand and
gravel upon platform. spreading ii
out three or four inches thick, and
then spread over it 100 pounds of Port
land cement. Mix thoroughly by SHOW
cling to the center, making ridge six
or seven feet long and two feet wide
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NO. q.
! GEMS IN VERSE
Epitaph.

Epitaph.
The field where men for little trophies vie,
The hollow acclamation lightly won.
Allured him not: he loved the quiet sky,
Wide spaces and the universal sun.
His spirit native to the mountain air.
Stumbled through marshy valleys down
to death;
Broken in frame. he smiled to cheat de-
spair
And strove to sing with thin, inpsaed
breath.
He lies beneath; in life he vainly tried
To breathe large notes upon flute too
slim.
Unuttered raptures filed him till he'disd
Pray for his. soul; his songs are dead
with him.
u. E. Barton in Saturday Review.
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Unfortunate.

.Moneybags-How did your banquet
go off, Banklurk?
Banklurk-Not as we'll as it might,
you know. The toastmaster called on
q gentleman who had lost an arm and
a leg to answer to the toast "Our Alb
sent Members. New Yorker.
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"poAcHEp EGGS ON TOAST FOR TWO.

viate," remarked Beecher at length as
the waiter approached. Then he said,
"Give US poached eggs on toast for two,
with the yolks broken"
But the waiter, who was equal to the
emergency, walked to the end OF the
room and yelled: adam and Eve on
raft. Wreck 'em."
It Is related that Mr.. Beecher nearly
fainted.-Detroit Free Press.
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It pidn,t Fenze the waiter.

Henry Ward Beecher was amused
when he went into q Bowery restau-
rant on one occasion and heard the
waiter give such orders to the cook as
Ham and" "Sinkers and cow" etc.
watch me feaze that waiter with an
order which I believe he won't abbre.
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1 VIII Co Out.

I will go out into cool woodland places
Among old forest trees
That have heard many pray'rs, seen many
faces
OF men, and meet the breeze
And sun and rain and dwell awhile
with these.
There are calm spirits In the trees and
mountains-
To those with eyes to see
The old wood gods 1.-Two yet: forests ana
fountains
Yield them security.
Il stay silent they will speak with mo
Perfumed with pray'rs. shall espy then
stealing
Across the dim lit lawn
Ere evenings torch be raised or when
revealing
Another day newborn
The wind talks with tho mountains In
the dawn
I will go out into cool woodland places
With open heart and ears
And be child again. running swift races
With backward reaching years
And laugh again and know Gods gift Of
tears.
H. B. Babcock in London Outlook
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Hardened.

Pretty Nlece-Uncle Henry, think
every old bachelor ought to be taxed
Mt least $500 year.
Bachelor Uncle-Well, Myrtle, that
would be cheaper than marrying.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
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AUGUST Gardens.

There Is no summer garden close
Where August hath not blest the sod.
Toiled mid the lily and the rose
And at the twilight walked with God.
The paths whereon the waysides bloom
She holds as sacred and as dear.
And. passing through. she whispers low.
"My Lord the Gardener Is here"
Frank Walcott HUT In New Orleans
= Times-Democrat.
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Slumber Soma.


Over the waves Of a silvery sea
A bonny wee cradle comes sailing to noe;
Sailing alone without captain OF crew
Bearing one passenger-baby dear. you.
Loves precious chain that you wind round
my heart
Nothing can sever;
Your little life is Of my life part
Now and forever.
How came you here along slumberland
Stream?
Did the moon guide with its silvery beam
Or did you know was waiting alone.
Waiting to love and to shelter my ownf
Resting at last with the lull OF tho sea
Baby Is sleeping.
While the good angel who brought you
to me
Safe watch Is keeping.
Baby's long journey is over and past:
Close to my heart you aro anchored at
last; =
Tender and warm as dear little dove,
Conscious not even Of mothers fond love:
Tossing no more on a b!llowy crest,
Turning and shifting,
Safe in my arms will hush you TO rest:
Cradle. cease drifting.
Evelyn Simms In New Orleans Ttne1-
Democrat.
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Willie's Bedtime,

Willie-Pa. il war ship is called
"she" why isn't it woman-o.-war!
Father-It's your bedtime, Willie
Boston Post.
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GEMS IN VERSE
The Ripening Years.

The Ripening Years.
In spite Of all that poets sing
About our childhood's happy hours
It seems to me that:ev'ry spring
Brings greener fields and sWeeter fiow-
ers.
= 49,.
The foliage upon the trees
Seems greener as it reappears;
There's something in the. very breeze
That grows more sacred with the years.
1,t,--t.
Somehow with each succeeding June
= New iusters come into the sky;
Some subtle chord in natures tune
:, Bounds sweeter as the years rolLby.
!: w. H Wilson in Four Track News. .
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Long rays Of light
Dispel the night

-, AS slanting sunbeams span the plain;
Wild flowers. fair
Perfume the air.
While westward wends the wagon train;
The god Of day IN glory reigns-
IT'S sunrise on the western plains.
Louis. P. Callahan in Pittsburg Dis
patch.
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Be not with honor's gilded bats beguiled
Nor think ambition wiso because It's
brave:
For though we like It. as forward child.
IT'S 30 unsound her cradle Is her grave.
-nnvenant
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VOL L.X,.IX.
- : - - - - g ~.
ico,.yriyht. laoa.,hy:c, B,rLywis.lGc.. !

80, /.
Sr "A YEEx aIr. Bowserts had: finish
NAS ed oreasfasr.sthe ssoiher
W V .nosunss,s:t4a s: mot rush: ! !?
the hall rack for us hdt
and get out of the house in ifteeh Sec
1onds. TO Mrs. Howser s:sulprise he sat
down to his cigar and Seemed to have
forgotten that it WAS Il week day. She
waited for ten nlinutes and then asked
If he was going to take a day Off
'.That's what I'm going 10 do he re-
piled. l.
'.Are ycu. going fishing or aRxthing?"
'No, ma am. I'm going TO stay right
around the house and straighten things
out, There are quite 4 number OF things
that ought to be attended to"
Mrs. Bowser didn't ask what .things.
he meant. but awaited develr pments
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1904-01-06
Unofficial Criticism.
Mr.. Hogg-What dye do with these
pictures when you've finished 'em?
assi!
q -,

seY CHI
The Artlst-Then hang them up In
my room.
Mr.. Hogg-Gad, you must have
deuce of roomful!
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Ambition is a circle where men run, ;,
What II Is to Live.

What II Is to Live.
To grapple fate and fearlessly
Defy its stubborn, stern decree
Until, disarmed, the terror lies
Beneath our feet, recoils and dies;
To look beyond, content to walt
And dignity our low estate
BY bending lower. e'er to seek
To help the fallen, lift the weak;
To take no backward step-to wit.
Be sure that each ascends a bit.
To love the best, the best to give
This is the meaning solved. to live.
Boston Transcript
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Political Economy.

Children" asked the school COM
mitteeman, "what is political econ
omy"
Political economy" answered the
precocious son of the district boss, lis
getting men to vote for you as cheap as
you can."-Green Bag
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The Old Mus.c.t.,.t.ek.

You may salk about yer wabaah an'-:yer
Mississinewaw;
You may blow up the Ohio till you par
alyze yer jaw;
You may sing about yer Brandywine an
golly Dustin Blue. =.
Yer Maumee an Big Sugar an Tfp-0vof-
a-canoe;
You may preach about an screech about
yer lazy Kankakee,
But there's not single one Of L am that's
good enuff fur me.
II you want to see river that's q Hhoop-
in crackerjack.
Jist you tako double header fur ths
old Mus-cat-a-tack.
Rooster in the corncr,b. peacock on the
gate.
An chap I'm Buzzard Glory Is spark
In Sister Kate.
The box Is full Of kin'lin', an the buckets
full Of coal;
The pancakes on tho griddle, an the
sugar in the bowl
The backlogs in the corner. the tobaeksrs
in the pipe.
An they got my city cousin In the woods
a-huntin' snipe.
Tho cellars full Of apples. an the fod-
der,s IN the rack;
You kin bet it's jolly Lvin' on the .oA
Mus-cat-a-tack.
me mn:
little yaller mill;
kin see the weter drtppin in the houer
sugar trof:
kin hear the gals a-lafin' as they come
to sugar OF"
kin see my father stanin' there a-leautn'
on the hoe:
I kin hear my mother singin' az sho used
to long ago; q
me make track
Fur the water beech an willerl on thsseld
Mus-cat.a-tack.
Charles Asbury Robinson In Indiaoape-
lis News.
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On the Plains.
NE sun sinks low,

The BuIi SIIIhS IOW,
The golden glow
Falls slantlng DER the tawny plain;
=, A gentle breeze
. From faroff seas
Blows gently Ger the wagon train;
A mellow beauty softly reigns-
IT'S sunset .on the western. plains.
The twIukling stars
Through azure bars,
Look down upon the 'darkened plain;
The coyotes cry
And night winds sigh
, Are blended in long refrain;
A mystic, wild enchantment reigns-
'Tis midnight on the western plains.