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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
AN MEMORY.

A veterinary surgeon told the fol-
lowing story concerning the intelli-
gence and gratitude of al elephant,
says the Minneapolis Tribune:
Some years ago, he said, I was sum-
moned by the proprietor OF a famous
SHOW to come to his stables to attend
a female elephant. The great crea-
ture had stepped on a nail or piece of
metal, which had penetrated her foot.
She was in great agony, and long, be-
fore I reached the elephant stables
1 could hear her trumpeting with
pain.
On entering 1 found her standing
on three legs, swinging the sore foot
slowly backward and forward. / felt
rather ervou as I approached the
beast, but the keeper told me to have
no fear. The elephant, he explained,
was a very intelligent creature.
AS 1 bent down to examine the
wounded foot I felt q light touch on
my hair. Turning, l saw q great
trunk behind me, and it suggested
dangerous consequences.
81 shall have to cut Deep" said
to the keeper, who %thereupon spoke
to the elephant in some tongue UNI
known to me. Then he shouted, Cut
away!"
made z cash with the knife and
felt the trunk tighten on my hair in
a way that made my blood run cold.
However, 1 screwed up my courage
and again applied the knife. In q
short time 1 had lanced the abscess,
sprayed the foot and bound 1t up.
Evidently the elephant felt immediate
relief, for it relaxed its grasp on my
hair and drew a long breath.
Several months later l happened to
be in the vicinity of the show and
sought out the keeper to inquire after
my former patient.
She was we'll and hearty, he told
me, and invited me to come and see
her,
On approaching the elephant she
looked at me at first with Indifference,
then steadily and with interest. Then
she stretched out her trunk and laid
it caressingly on my head. Finally
wonderful to relate-she lifted her
foot, now thoroughly healed. and
showed 1t to me-. She had not for
gotten.
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MEDICAL STUDENTS.

medical students are win
& laurels this year. Miss jean
Miller, of Massillon, Ohio, has
{ been graduated with the highest
pors Of her class from the Cleve-
Coliegesof Physicians and Sur
|ns. The day after her graduation
Miller took charge of the Mater
b Dispensary Hospital in Cleve-
ID. She will remain there three
hths and then take to private prac-
FOR the first time in several years
graduate delivered the val
story address, for the graduating
is of the Eclectic Medical College
New York City. Her name is Miss
la Schaffer, and she is also the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
LISTING CORN.

In your issue Of August 7, M. w.
F., of Madison County, speaks OF see
ing a plow that breaks and plants at
one operation, and thinks it is some
thing. new. We have had plows here
in this neighborhood on the same
plan for fifteen years. The first ones
we're walking plows; now some have
riding plows, made by Illinois plow
companies. The way they operate is
like this: They use four horses and
straddle an old row of corn, two
horses on each side Of the row to be
plowed and planted. The pillow bursts
the old row, throwing dirt both ways.
1t has both a right and left mold
board and shears, and bursts all old
rows of corn and plants. 1t is what
we call listing corn, and hundreds OF
acres are planted that way here.-G.
F. Hobart, in the Indiana Farmer.
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VISIT TO A

One afternoon recently my uncle
suggested taking me through the
large sawmill which is built on the
bank of the Restigouche River. 1t
was about 8 o'clock, and the mill was
working at its greatest capacity, ow-
ing to the tide being low.
In the first place, the logs are
hauled out of the water by means of
long iron hooks, which the men
handle. After they are brought part
ly on shore the logs are laid on an
incline of movable chains, termed q
"slip." BY aid Of this slip they are
carried to the upper floor, Here they
are thrown Off on to q surface called
the "bed," and left until time to be
sawed. A man near by controls an
iron handle, and as he turns this the
log falls from the bed on to a car
riage, run by machinery, and is held
here on its side, while two more men
with long bars, controlled by machin-
cry, cause the log to move along a
carriage a distance of about eight
feet; then a bandsaw, also worked by
machinery, descends upon the log as
it moves under it and removes long
slices from it. This saw is twenty
five feet in length.
After the log has all been sliced
the wood is now called boards" or
IDEALS" now these deals or boards
are put on movable rollers, or an end
less chain, and are gradually carried
to the other end Of the mill, where
they are marked according to their
number of feet, and by another me-
chanical saw, circular in shape, the
ends are trimmed. This work takes
place on the right side Of the mill.
On the left side the logs are
brought up in the same manner as
those Of the right side. When they
reach the top they are placed in a
trough which carries the logs along
until they reach a circular saw, which
by machinery cuts them into two-foot
pieces as they move under it. These
two-foot pieces are then put on re-
volving chains, and every man who is
stationed along this chain takes a
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
HOW TO MEND.

If one has a kid glove with q hole
n 1t, or a cotton or wooden article
rom which a piece has been cut or
orn, it may be easily mended by cut
ing out a piece of the same material
he exact size and shape Of the hole,
md placing both goods and patch face
downward, and securing the same by
+. larger piece Of surgeons plaster,
nut on the wrong side Of the goods.
This being Of a sticky nature, it holds
he patch firmly until washed.-Pnik
,delphia Press. - /.
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THE CJJRTSEYB1RD.

LIE IDll1D
Of the queer and funny animals
Within the Nursery Zoo,
The "curtseybird" s the one / like
Tho best of all-don't you?
The curtsoybird is. such a dear!
A dainty little chnrmer!
why, everybody loves her 80
That no one wants to harm herl
She fits about from tree to tree
what would we do without herr
And yet, there's nothing wonderful
Or very strange about her.
She is not very big or smart,
And never. grand nor naughty;
She is not always very wise,.
And sometimes she is naughty.
It's Just her pleasant little way,
And what she's always saying,
As, in and out, she flies about
At work or gaily playing.
Sometimes she whispers, eff you please,
In case she asks a favor;
A "Bitte'' or a "S'il vous plat"
(Which has q foreign hayor).
Or else, perhaps, d lnduA !OG'' Gn,
When some one has been clever;
A "Merci!" on a "Danke sehr!"
They're just as nice as ever!)
And when she's careless in Che house
Or naughty in the garden,
She finds the very thing to say,
excuse me, please" or Pardon
Oh. such a lot of pleasant words!
The very skies above her.,
And all the creatures in the Zoo.
Why, every one must love her!
And Just because her heart is warm
And all her thoughts are kindly;
And as she chirps upon her way.
She does not futter blindly;
Her eyes are open, big and wide,
Not gazing at a steeple.
Or looking at her little self.
But right at other people,
Charles I. Junkin, in st. Nicholas.
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aARTIsT1cn %REp-MAKlNG.

"Pretty soon," observed a woman
he other day, Eve shall talk about
he lost art of b~ed-making."
Do you know how to make a bed?
You may think you do, but look at
. trained nurse make one, and then
Inswer.
The most elaborate spreads and
nonogramed sheets, even fine linen
icented with lavender, is as nothing
{ the covers come out at the foot, or
here is an annoying wrinkle in the
jottom sheet.
The chief trouble, which applies
particularly to maids, is a lack or
.horoughness.
Beds should be aired and shaken
ind summed. IT is bad management
f the bed-maling must take place
iirectly after breakfast, or, worse yet,
{ the maid is sent upstairs during
breakfast. This leaves too little time
or airing.
Turn your mattress over each day
o keep it in shape.
Tuck your bottom sheet in SO Sc
.urely that 1t will not wrinkle or
.cme ont.
Arrange the other coverings SO that
hey turn over at just the risht place
o come we'll over the shoulder.
The sheet should turn we'll over
The blanket, so that no woolly surface
nay colne against the skin OF face OF
leck.
Most important OF all, see that they
ire tucked in securely at the bottom.
Nothing is more annoying in the mid
lie of the night than for ones sheets
20 drag anchor, as it were.--Phlladsl'
ohia Bulletin.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
NOT AN 1~NsEcTIcIDE.

There is a very general impression
that Bordeaux mixture is an insecti'
eide. 1t is not. At the same time it
may act as a repellant and drive away
certain insects. 1t is simply a fungi.
eide, composed Of copper, sulphate
and lime, and if we wish to make an
insecticide of it We must add an
arsenical poison.-Farmers' Home
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
OF the electro-therapeutic

liner OF the electro-therapeutic
[ze-an electric battery.
"a woman from far of Cavite, in
. Philippines, Miss Olive salaman-
carried on the Agnes B. Robin
n-Mesper prize in anatomy, given
competitive examination to a STU
Of the second year at the Phila-
lphia Woman's Medical College.
Ethel Das, who comes from Fe5
zepare, a town in the foothills of
E Himalayas, near Lapore, is anoth-
member of the class. Both
these young women will so back
their native countries to practice
sdicine.-New York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

prohibitions and restrictions that this
is less easily within his grasp than
within that Of his country cousin.
Narrow streets with thronged side
walks overhung by s~kyscraping build
ings, crowded thoroughfares where
public and private c~onveyances pass
to and fro all day long, and police
men at every corner %forbidding
wholesome play, make against the
smost healthful conditions for the
child of the town. This assertion
does not, of course, apply to the
broad avenue and the stately man
sion. This child spends at least half
tie year in the country. The city
schools have the finest appliances,
the most thoroughly equipped teach
ers and the advantage of the most ap-
proved modern systems of pedagogy,
and city children are wide awake,
alert and ambitious at an earlier age
than is usual with children in the
country.
Having admitted this much let me
vote in favor Of country life for chill
dren. >The lad brought up on the
farm has noe~unly free scope for run
ming, jumping, climbing hills, fishing
and enjoying outdoor pastimes; he
has, besides, tasks about tne~home.
the farm animals to feed and care
for, and numbers of things TODD that
develop in him real manllness while
irsuring his nealtnful growth. In
every one of our great cities statistics
might be taken that would show how
the country boys forge ahead in the
contests Of business and the profes.
sions. They come from the noun
tains and the seashore, the sturdy
lads who had their earliest prepare
tion in district schools and by the
farmers hearth; they come from the
little towns and villages and the
pleasant suburbs and in their young
manhood they take honors in college,
and later on they take honors in
life.
A firm physical basis on which a
sound mentality builds is the best
preparation for success wien child
hood Is over, and in country or city
we should aim at giving it to the
children for the future.-Margaret E..
Sangster. in Woman's Home Com.
panion,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
ABOUT DRESS.

Clothes should not be the most im-
,ortant part of life. They are neces-
ary. like furniture and food, and
houId be chosen with the same care
nd give the same degree of pleasure.
they should be as pretty as possible
md as costly as one mans means VIII
lermit.-Red Book.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
:cWRANGLE LAND.n

O shade of Franklin and of Kane, (.
Of Hudson and of Bafhr,
Il you can now look down on us, -,
You must be grieved or "laughin'"
To see the odious fight between
A Cook and Captain Feary;.
An odorous row, a pole-cat fight,
That makes lis all quite sick and weary,
It's sure that Wrangle Land they've found
And, maybe, found the aI p9le 3 dow,
If this be true, no proof remains
Amid the ice and snow;
But only word of Truthful James,"
-Fitz Nigel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
as ? ssssSRsss
81
BEST INCUBATOR RESULTS.

For the best results in artificial in
cubation we need good eggs, a light
dry cellar with cement floor, an ever
temperature, and right conditions oi
moisture in the incubator. At the
start the eggs should be kept at e
temperature of 102 degrees, during
the second week at 1O5 degrees, and
at Matching time from 104 to LOG de.
grees. - j. L. Nickerson, Indian7
County, Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
Mombasa to Raise Sheep.

A consignment of 5000 sheep was
recently brought to Mombasa from
Cape Colony. The sheep are South
African merinos from various tiocks,
and were especially selected for
breeding purposes.-New York Com
mercial.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
Charley and His Hands.

"You say your husband occasional
ly consults a palmist?"
"Yes," answered young Mrs. Tor
kins. "You see Charley plays cards
great deal"
"But he isn't SO superstitious as
to think he can foretell his luck?"
"No. He takes it for granted that
his luck will be bad. But he says it's
worth the money to have somebody
tell him he has a hand worth looking
at. "-WaRhington Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
A SERIOUS QUESTION.

aMy dear Mr.. Fallows," said the
doctor, II will admit that l am not
quite decided as to whether or not
yours is a constitutional disease"
"Hum! That so?" said the patient,
with a heavy sign. And have I got
to go to the expense of appealing to
the United States Supreme Court to
find out?"-New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
RAISING HORSES FOR PROFIT.

AS a producer of either grade of
pure-bred horses for sale, the farmer
has rich possibilities. There is a wide
and strong market for all the product.
The farmer who breeds and grows
horses for market as a strong side
line to general farming car make
good money at it through intelligent
direction and proper equipment.
Raising colts on the farm does not
require much extra capital or labor.
A mare will raise a colt nearly every
year and at the same time make half
a team, except for two OF three weeks
after the colt is born. Many small
farmers make much extra money by
keeping only mares for farm work
and breeding them regularly. Every.
year they have from n to three o.
four young horses to sell at good
figures which have cost them only a
small amount. The more pains taken
in securing good stock and feeding
and training the colts the more money
there is in the business Farmers
Home Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
NO CLAW.

The Man at the Table-"Say,
waiter, that lobster is without one
claw, How's that"
Waiter-"You see, sir, they're so
fresh, these Holsters, they fight with
each other in the pantry"
The Man at the Table-"Well, taks
that one away and bring me n OF
the winners" - Cassell's Saturday
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
AS PRESIDENT.

Tommy" said a visitor to the s.
year old pride of the household,
what would you do if you were
President Of the United States?"
81 wouldn't let anybody wash my
neck or comb my hair" was the
prompt reply.-Philadelphia Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
A r APPRECIATION.

An artist had finished a landscape;
on looking up, he beheld an Irish
navy gazing at his canvas.
"Well," said the artist Familiarity,
do you suppose you could make a
picture like that?"
The Irishman mopped his forehead
a moment. Sure, a man en- do any
thing If he's druv to ut" he replied
philadelphia Inquirer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

Omelet With Crumbs.-Separate the yolks and whites of
three eggs and beat the yolks thoroughly, adding peppsr
and salt. Take one cupful of bread crumbs and soak in
milk; that is, put in sufficient milk just to cover the bread.
When the bread has absorbed all the milk add it to the
beaten yolks, putting in any milk that may possibly re-
main. Whip up the whites of the eggs and stir in lightly.
Cook very slowly and turn on the Fan as you would an or
S6iparyz omelet.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
HER HOPE.

"This play, in its intensity" said
the observation-disclosures young
man, fairly takes my breath away"
II only wish it would" gloomily
remarked the lady on the next seat
.-Tit-Bits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

BEST LIFE FOR THE CHILD.
1t would be unfair to things as they
are to say that either country life or
city life is the ideal condition for chill
dren.s" A firm physical basis should
be sought for, and the child brought
up in the town is so surrounded by
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
Not Every Night.

A little city boy on his first visit
to a farm saw the farmers wife
plucking a chicken, and asked: dc
YOU take off their clothes every
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
So Would We!

Little Edith gazed thoughtfully fol
some time at her grandmother. FL
nally she said, Grandma, I. would
like to have seen your face when u
vas new."-Delineator. ~
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
So It Was!

Carrie, aged four. and Jimmie, q
year older, were making mud pies.
aMe am going to have a cherry pie,.
remarked Jimmie. "Me ami!
scorned Carrie, "that's a funny way
TO say 4 are!!' "-Delineato:.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
SUCCESSFUL.

81 started out on the theory that
the world had an opening for. me,
and I went to find it."
did you find it?"
ooh, yes, I'm in a hole."-Baltir
more American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
orkPress.

FOR THE MANICURE.
ghat is the advantage of being
about ones finger nails?
|ecause to be anything else is q sign
1 sEeat unrefinement? Yes, but
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
A GOOD SHOWING.

did that exeprt witness make g
good showing on the stand?"
eyes. He seemed 10 know almost
IS much about his profession as the
lawyer who was cross-examinins
him."-Washington Post.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
A F EQUIPMENT.

Photographer-"Now. pleasant ex-
preston, please. Just look out Of
This window at this sausage shop"
Customer-"Oh, no. I'm q vege-
tartan"
Pnotographer-"Well, this side,
then. Here's a fruit shop."-Flie'
gende Blaetter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
UTTER PESSIMISM.

cts depressing to live in a tail
End town"
"Then you're not hopeful about
Ibis season, 1 take it?"
"Why we amt even hopeful about
next season." - Louisville Courier
Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

A Connecticut farmer planted to.
bacco seeds that had lain in a jar
for forty-fve years. The seeds raised
healthy plants and were declared to
be tobacco by factory experts just in
time to save them from going; into
the cold slsw. -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
THE EXPLANATION.

Charlie, DEAR" eueried the fair
maid at the ball park, "why does that
behind the hitter wear such a
big bib?"
That" explained Charlie, sis to
keep his shirt front from being
unused when the balls knock his
teeth out."-Chicago News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
HEARD IN A CHEAP HOTEL.

Patron-"Bring me a mint julep."
Waiter calling out)-"One with
the shrubbery."-Boston Transcript
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POULTRY ON THE o o

Waiter-"Chicken, sir? Sorry,
sir, but the chicken has just run
out"
Diner-"Well, why don't you
chase after it?"-Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

Experiments in abrasion conducted
at a French mint have proved that
aluminium coins will be less rapidly
worn by use than coins made OF goldr
silver or even bronze.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10
NEVER BOUGHT THAT KIND.

NEVER THAT MIND
Mrs. Jenkins (returning home af-
ter being away for two weeks)-
tom, how did all those empty bot
lies get into the cellar?"
Jenkins-"I don't know. I never
bought an empty bottle in my life."
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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SHE e THE PAPERS.

Mamma"
"Yes, darling"
"Why is Mr.. Wellman trying to
find the Pole. Did he lose it?:"-
Boston Transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

Berlin now has a population of
two millions. A greater Berlin would
include another million.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

A galvanic cell has been invented
which generates an alternating ur'
rent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

Mr.. CADET, a French inventor, has
recently conducted some very sue
cessful experiments with a torpedo
operated by the wireless system, and
he says that in o snort time he will
have his device perfected SO that 1t
will be possible to control the DEATH
dealing device for a distance OF eight
miles,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

The standard "carat" has been es-
tabllshed IN France by an act of Par
lament, which DEGREES that 1t shall 90
known as the centric carat and the
term SHALL be employed to designate
G weight of 30S6 grains or 200 MILL
grams. The use Of the word to des-
ignate any other weight is prohibited.
1t is entirely likely that the action
Of the French Government will be
followed by several others, and the
term will sec have the same sigriill-
canoe all the world over.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

An electrical exhibition will be held
in Boston from the 18th to the 25th
Of November, at which all the latest
l%abor.saving and comfort-giving de-
vices will be exhibited, with elaborate
and novel decorating and lighting eff
fects. Prizes will be awarded for the
inventions and ideas of amateurs, and
space set aside for the exhibits OF
amateur wireless operators.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-11-10

The peculiar odor of clay is I'M
questionably due to organic ingredi-
ents. Although these cannot be iso-
lated or detected by chemical an
alysis, they can be classified accord
ing to their physiological effects,
which vary widely. Rohland has sue
cesded in transferring the doors Of
clay 10 saccharate Of iron and has thus
recognized ten distinct varieties.
Louis has made similar observations,
employing ammonia as q vehicle for
the odors.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1909-02-09
FIN GALORE,

Day and night is the Opera House
filed with people and the enter ainment
witnessed Is of high ella S. The daily
matinees ara largely attended by those
who are unable to leave home at night
aud ere much enjoyed. This weeks
vaudeville is exceedingly good and the
enormous crowd OF last night evinced
their delight by hearty applause. Miss
Mollle Abbott, the fsvorite Southern
contralto, could not have appeared to a
more spprec'a,ive gathering. Mr.. Leon
HEssey, the musical marvel, is great.
The singing of NJ IS Ltah Abbott makes
one think that life is sill worth living.
The motion pictures are beautiful to be-
hold. Change of vaudeville, songs and
pictures tonight.