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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09

each to GO to the sections where the
openings took place, which Is one OF
the requirement.
Almost all the applicants for the
new lands come from east of the
States in which the new lands are To-
Gated, but very few leave the Atlantic
slope to try their fortunes in the
West. Twenty States furnished the
greater part of the applicants last
year. Nebraska head ed the list with
37,268 applicants Tfis ia accounted
for at the Land Once by the fact that
the settlers in Nebraska were pio-
neers, and while they havc been sue
cessful they have In many cases in
suficient wealth TO establish their
sons in the high priced lands Of that
State. This is true perhaps in a less
degree, ofitthe fertile State Of Iowa,
which is credited with S2,413 appli-
cants. South Dakota furnished H.
5124; Illinois, 1888; Indiana, 9lS;
Kansas, 1911; Kentucky 153; Mich
igan. 1876; Minnesota 1920; Mis-
souri,, 605S; New York, 19l; North
Dakota, 554; Ohio, 3 q; Oklahoma,
364; Pennsylvania. 81 so Texas, 134;
Washington, Is Test Virginia, 19;
Wisconsin, 177s, and Wyoming, IS.
Lands were offered last year in the
town Of iregory, S. 3, at not less
than 81 an acre, after having been
~ L--:s-.. s,.u q ~ fas srata of SO 80
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THE. / NEWS in BRIEF.
Items of Interest Gathered By
. Wire and Cable
GLEANIEGS FROM DAY TO DAY
Live Items Covering Events Of More
or Less Interest at Home and
Abroad.

4 Engineer Flanagan on the New
York Central was making good speed
when he saw child sitting between
the rails. He brought the engine to
a halt ten. feet from the child but
wrecked parcel Of his freight ears
that had to be moved before ne could
proceed.
Joseph West is in the penitentiary
at Dayton, Ohio. He has tubercu-
losis of the knee. He is under SEN
tence to be electrocuted July 9. Now
it is decided that the leg will have
to be amputated to save his life till
that date, and if amputated the ex-
ecution must be delayed till the leg
gets well enough.
In the recent riots in Philadelphia,
it was found that the fire department
with its hose could disperse a mob
more effeectually than officers could
with sticks and pistols.
Mrs. Rebecca Burns died in Ohio
Monday at the age of lis years. She
claims to have seen George Washing
ton.
The instant . that President Taft
touched the gold nugget button that
started the machinery at the Alaska
Yukon-Pacific exposition, the Mayor
of New York fired a gold mounted
pistol to. signal the starting of six
motor cars from that city to the ex-
position grounds, 1000 miles away,
on prize run for $4,000.
Robert Lincoln suffered a slight
sunstroke on Monday while attend
ing the unveiling of a monument to
his father at Hogansville, KY. He
could not take the three mile ride to
visit the home where his father was
born.
Miss Alice Prout, trained nurse,
st Pittsfeld, Mass, lost her life last
Sunday from having a surgeon pad
sered up in her when operated on
in January for appendicitis.
A late test of DR.. 7. Leary's anti.
toxine proved so successful in the
cure of what seemed hopeless case
of blood poison at Boston. Mass,
recently, as to give hope that medical
science has risen to the occasion for
its prompt cure.
Some one who has studied the rat
problem has found that it costs the
American people $1OO,OOO,OOO a year
to feed and thereby support the TO
dent family.
A jury unable to agree on verdict
last Saturday night, agreed on Sun
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. hope
that in the very near future, perhaps
some time this summer. he Will have
perfected q dying machine that Will
revolutionize navigation of the air in
at least two important particulars,
D.. Alexander Graham Bell. inventor
OF tho telephone, detailed to the
American Philosophical! Society the
experiments he has made and those
that arc to come.
In his effort to evolve perfect ma
shine Professor Bell will leave the
ae.odroIie type of machine Grd place
his dependence in what he has de-
nominated the tetrahedral kite, q
kite which has the form OF a huge
triangle and ts composed of many
small coils. ;.
"AlI Of the machines now IN use,
the inventor said. ''eve1 that OF the
Wrights, who lead the world IN Tying
machine constructiou, hek stability
IN tha asi,. That is one fauE Ancth-
e9 eud lng 4roas Law - aae
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09

Seattle. Wash.-J. ]. Hill, chair
man of the Great Northern Board of
Directors, discussing the recent wheat
corner, said:
''It is mistake to say James A.
Patten cornered the wheat market.
It is merely a case OF g man taking
advantage Of nm opportunity. 1t has
been but few years since 1t was es-
timated that The average consumrtion
Of wheat per annum in this country
was stx bushels. but now the experts
argue that 1t is seven bushels. The
census Of 1910 will show that we
have population of 9o.ooO,000,
which will mean that We will require
for our own use GS0,000,0O0 bushels
hereafter.
eve raise now probably CSC, ,o0o.-
600 bushels of wheat IN the United
States with good crop conditions.
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washington Notes.

Lieut.. Alex. C. Davis has been dis
missed from the army for drunken
ness and gambling. He was doing
service in the Philippines.
Some friends gave President Taft
draw ticket issued by the Sandusky
Elks and it proved to be the lucky
number for barrel of Sauerkraut.
It is now decreed that Midshipmen
at Annapolis must not marry until
after they have taken their two
year cruise unless perchance the rul-
ing may be softened to those who
are sufficiently able to support a
wife.
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the People

This will leave us but 30 1000, 900
bushels as surplus for export, while
in the past we have exported upward
of 10000 900 bushels per annum.
So one can see that we will need all
our wheat to feed our OWL people.
Within the next fiys ys2rs the wheat
of Eastern Washing gtonw Will be shipped
eastward to feed the people of East
ern and Central Western States.
"And in considering these facts 1T
must be rem emhered that the number
of live stock slaughtered last year
was 100000 fewer than the year
previous. When farmers of Iowa,
Minnesota and Nebraska can get
slxty-fve cents a bdsheI for corn at
the country station they will not en-
dure the risk cf hog cholera and the
labor incident5to hog raising, but will
sell all their grain.
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rbe Field of labor.

The jurisdiction of the Cigarmak-
ers' international Union includes the
Unitecl States, Canada, Cuba and
Porto Rico.
Boston (Mass.) Bartenders' Union
has made an appropriation for the
purpose of booming Boston as tne
next convention city of the interna-
tional body.
In the Birmingham (England)
district the employers have with
drawn their notices of a reduction in
engineers wages of one shilling a
week for period of six months, so
that strike is ayerted.
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"A aaek.Water Town.

'Tt was one of those sleepy, one
morse, back-water towns, like Squash" ;"
said Representative Burton, descrtb-
ing at a Hot Springs dinner a town
that he disliked.
Squash .is the limit. A gentleman
arrived there the other day and
wanted hair cut He found the bar
her shop, and, after shaking the bar
Der vigorously, managed to awaken
him.
"How long will 1t take you to cut
my hair, barber?' he asked.
"'Not long, boss said the barber.
And he rose, yawned and stretched
himself. Then he called upstairs to
his wife:
"'Hey, send the kid down to the
newspaper Office to tell the editor I
wait my scissors just as soon as he's
done edith the paper. There's gent
here waitin' FOR hair cut"
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BELL SOLVES PROBLEMS or AIR.
Els rctranledra1 Will Settle Not Fa1 Shot
Pieces.

~ -
fact tia. when an accident happens
to one OF these machines 1t falls 10
the earth with extTPnie rapidity, en-
dangering the llfo Of the aviator. On
account of theis iatk Of stability in
the air the safety ofthe ayiator de-
pends almost entiy upon h!s skill:
"The fetrahedly kite is ,perfecslF
stable In the air, has been demon.
strated byrepeatl tests. In case OF
an accident it vi descend to tho
earth gently and smoothly as Dlrd
would. 1t could ever be broken in
half and still reach Tie earth IN sa1e-
ty. Pm times Of warlth would DC an
invaluable attribute, as the KITE
would be able to stand any amount Oh
sheli'ng."
It is these two things that WIZ DO
the subject OF the Experiments this
summer. Professof Bell mas pesa
conducting his work at lis summer
house in RroddockI Nora Scotia, 4
smeH town on the shcre OF Lake Bras
def and III Iyammdndsport, N. <.
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proninenr People.

Admiral Evans says the maine
should be raised.
At st. Petersburg Former Ghler OF
Police Lopukine was sentenced 10
five years penal seryitude for belong
ing to criminal associations.
After simple services in Fairhaven,
Mass, the body Of Henry II. Rogers
was placed in the family tomb IN
Riverside Cemetery at that place.
Professor jeremiah W. jerks, of
Cornell, defended college instructors
against a charge Of being influenced
in their teachings by protected In
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09
Steel trust to Drop Dealings
With Unions Altogether.

Pittsburg.-Notices were posted at
the various plants of the American
Sheet and TIL Plate Company that on
and after June 80 the company VIII
refnse to deal with the Amalgamated
Association of Iron, Steel, Sheet and
Tin Plate workers. The company e
tie lsst CT the subsidiaries Of the
United States Steel CORPORATION 10
deal With union labor. and 10 is as
serted that the corporation has now
decided 10 d.op dealing With the
union altogether.
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Gasoline, Gasoline.

Following sea-legs, ehousemaid's
knee, bicyclists'' hump and other phys
ical idiosyncrasies, Dr.. Samuel G.
Walker has discovered what he calls
eimotor mind" AS we understand it,
briefly and untechnically, it is hay-
ing ones think-tank filed with gaso-
iine.--New York Mail.
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chicago Roads order ,,, Special Cars

Chicago.-P.ans for funeral cars
for the surface lines tweic sent to the
officers of the Chicago City EallWay
Company by Bion 2. Arnold, chier
traction engineer. Haste in getting
the cars has been precip:tated By tho
carriage drivers, strike. The hrst
test on the surface lines IS to be made
on the Calumet aud South Chicago
Railway, Low operated by the CITY
Railway. They are already rged py
the Metropolitan West Side Elevated
Railway.
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Pr!stty Raw.

If a chorus girl fully made up for
the stage may for economic purposes
be regarded as finished product,
can't a logical plea be made for the
free admission Of raw materials like
paint grease and false hair?--New
York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09

The rubber output at Assam, india,
last year was not satisfactory in guam
tity-only s346 pounds obtained from
642 acres, or IS pounds an acre..
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09

could have been avoided had the trusted a
outsider put in his pac
Beyond vacation has little AS aer ol
neeas
that
can himself in two
retransform his hfe .,,
the rapid august ones
folly Whwe an neo 10
each day with health
That need enough % .
every physical condition
tagged out has not found MS VOTE
anticipation vacation does not
and not vacations nat
endurabe.
And the who keeps his system strong snd well
daughter Du
However this does not
otherwise how would know
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09

Angleworms may live fully ten.
years, as has been shown by expert.
ments made in Marburg, Germany.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09
.;
g@eGN1 2sasa22 ~
~ L1acafioas - e
By Ebert Hubbard
.ls..z1'. ! n. - n / r.. r.
BY Ebert Hubbard
o,r,,l,nJoves Should have

three good reasons why all employees shouid na''
Racatons. .., -
One is so that the employer can see now eass aly ~
bodys and eyerybodys place be fled the nsA ~ -
hat waen the employee returns ne can see now wen m
e since things &c right along without him. tne
fhird is SO the empoye show the employer ana W
empoyer can understand that the empoye is not
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09

all that mayn not be hearing.
city life that make for this finer polish this
urbanty? What the refining nfunees the
5ofR the city?
watching neighbos the
nile the streets gone
ormos actors and musicians
learned of religion
en theatre the exhibition the
roomhe city of life Cities cize
outside dweers cities
tation. from one
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09
Sci help for Country
Uonaen
BY Maud Hoye

HAT else besides has the city that the
country woman lacks?
She has polish Her manners kept smooth by the
continual friction with all sorts and conditions of men and
women More polish, assurance greater OF man
ner the average city has Of all these than
the average country woman She is usually quicker
tongued but necessarily quckerwitted. Her speech
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09

flowed with increasing lree
could accompsn
night there s bread line saion-
TO these
homeless seeking for food and shelter
4 bitter cold.
nobody agent for advertising in
find excitement so
elephant dnnewhe no dinner
giving OF vnous
3ztss ~
spite of the ptteous tales Of u
thoughess
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sssaasasoas sfse.sssaHS
HolD Germany JaDes
By IDilliana q. Toznaan
eJ3e~ekss@ss

EGARDNG the accidents in the United States it is the opin
engineering profession that onehaf of them
preventable So the question is, how
estimate of the number Of annual accidents which
fatally, partial total incapacity for work.
100000 Reckoning wage earning capacity Of
age workman at $500 year tthis makes allowance
the professional men, railroad presidents ndustrass
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A Dinner TO an Ele=
Dhdnt
ry Lilidn Bell

to be the coolest night of the year. man.
said TO represent brand of wine is anxious to export en-
gagged the largest stage in the world from unt tue
next noon and gave entertainment in honor OF an e
phant to which were hidden the men and women Wnose
lights shine mostly on the Great White Way.
These people requested to come dressed as
rubes in the hope making themselves as ridiculous as
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-06-09

and other occupations)
s25OOO0 What
billion
through sanatorfa
social
wokmen prevent the
would their efficiency
bureau statistics in
much Germany saved year.-From The Century.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-17
- HumbLa Librettl,t.

In the history OF opera there are
many curious anomalies. but perhaps
the strangcst is the role played by the
librettist For the most part obscure
ana unimportaut and generally unr,
mcmbercd, his ranks have ucrcrtap-
less been recruited from The uJlnst and
most brilliant men of letters Among
those who have undertaken the part
are such unlikely names as Yoltaire.
Goethe W.clanI. Addison aud Field
ing. while others of considerable poet
IT, talent a,. for Example. Mntast1sio.
C9lzabigi Ilnu.ciu B0ito aud COP.
pee have tried their baud 40 Hbrcito
writing with assurance. giving 90 IL
their best efforts And yct the sue
cossful librotGets are few fhc mcrcst
handful out Of q harvest Of three CEN
turtles Forum
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-17
NOT BURIED AT SEA.
The Humane French 6oatmsn and the
Dead Enslishman.

n long expected French lugCer was
seen making for the roadstead. and
the Lowestoft free traders were on
the alert. anxiously seeking an oppor-
tunity for communicating with her
crew. While they waited for a lapse
OF vigilance on the part of the excise
men boat was lowered from the lug
ger and rowed toward the shore. A
curious crowd OF beach men and eN-
else men assembled TO meet her. and
as she came in on the crest of a roller
it was observed that she contained a
coffin.
The French boatmcu had a mourn
ful tale to tell. ON board the mgcpr
had been an EugliShman suffering
from an illness which soon proved Ia
tai. In his last moments OF conscious
ness he had begged the captain not 10
bury him at sea. but TO keep his body
until resting place could be found
for II under the green turf OF church.
yard in his native land sympathy
with his sad fate and the know ledge
that the lugger was not far from the
English coast had induced the captain
10 consent ana now he had sent the
body ashore for BURIAL I'm spite OF
his broken English the Frenchmen's
spokesman told his tale well
Both excise men and beach men
especially the latter-loudly expressed
their admiration OF the captains con
duct. \ parSon was summoned. and
in a little while a mouruful procession
made its way from the beach TO the
churchyard. Even the chief officer of
the excise men was present and is said
10 have shed tears
That night the local "rcSurrcu ion
istS' were busy. uud mt dawn the
churchyard contained dcsccrntcd
grave y little way inland however
I'm the midst OF the marshes SNUG
glers' store received the addition OF a
coffin tiled with silks and lace. 3D.
Highways ana Bywuys In East An.
gli9,' by w. A. Dutt.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-17
EATING AN APPLE.
What You Take Into Your System
With the Fruit.


do you know what you're eating"
said the doctor TO the girl.
IAN apple. OF course"
"You are eating" said the doctor.
"albumen, SUI gum. malic acid. gai-
lie acid. hbcr. water and phosphorus
Il hope those things are good They
sound alarming
Nothing could be better You ate.
observed, rather too much meat AT din
ner The malic acid OF apples neutral
ICES the excess OF chalky matter cuus-
ed by too much meat and thereby
helps TO keep YOU young Apples are
good for your complexion Their acids
drive out the noNious matters which
cause skin cruptious. They are good
for your brain. which those same nox.
ious matters if retained render slug
gish. Moreover. the acids OF the apple
diminish the acidity OF the stomach
that comes with some forms of iudi-
gestiOn. The phosphorus. OF which APP
pies contain a larger percentage than
any other fruit or vegetable. renewS
the essential nervous matter OF the
brain aud spinal column. on. the au-
clients were not wrong when they eS-
teemed the apple the food of the gods
the magic remover OF youth to which
the gods reSorted when they felt them.
selves growing old aud feeble think
I'll have an apple" concluded the doc
tor."-New York Tribune
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-17

Van, criCYTr- statistical Association TIRE
Asorlchn socialsicol Society, tpe
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Labot Leg
isoioh Tine American Social Science
Associoiou. tao Bibnographico1 so
cjel OF NmcriCa, and the American
S6cie.y off Church History Will hold
hrir annual meetings, and several
pcia. sessions of am the organizations
WI aso he held Addresses ON poo.
.8cu historical and economic proh-
lcols NIu bc made log we'll known
authorities and moro than a hundred
topics Win he discussed
During ,h, four DAYS convention
moro than thirty sessions viii Doe hold
o, tho several ORGANIZATIONS Nha
y7uc.paI mc,.nspl1ccs bong u
\vudor. Astoria. Camygie Hou wU
Cnlmu.o University
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-17
CHEMISTS WILL -
MEET IN TEXAS

Boston. Dec l7-Ong OF mo NOS
interesting programs relating .o ,a.
chemical science that nas ever bl&
scheduled is announced for the forty
first meeting OF the American Chem-
cal Society TO be held i'm this city
from December - TO 81.
This meeting will not be- only of
interest 20 those who are counet,ea
with the study OF chemicals bay 0
the general public especially farmers.
A. The meeting. chemists OF area.
rCuWc will give addresses Icrtaiu4r
20 chemicals existing In al Forms =
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-17
ON THE FLAT SHELL.
Oysters Opened That Way With a Pur-
pose. the Waiter Said.

oysters opened That Way With Pur-
pose. the Waiter Said.
The waiter had taken long time I'm
getting the oysters. but as he was we'll
known TO his guests and his guests 10
him that occasioned no comment
When the oysters were brought the
waiter set them down before his GUS
toner ma asked:
DO YOU like them better that way"
The diner looked, but he didn't no.
ticc any difference. so he asked. What
way"
Why, on the fiat she'll" replied the
waiter Don't you see they aren't ON
the curved part OF the shell. as usualt'
Il see 1t now that YOU tel me about
it," said the diner. but I don't exact
ly get the significance"
well, you see said the waiter.
they always keep them upstairs on
the round shell and when any one calls
for oysters If they do como ON the
round shell it isn't "a certainty that
they have been opened fresh some
times they aren't good. just because
they have been standing When ] call
for them on the nat shell. AIS I Go for
some Of my customers then they have
10 open them specially for that ortleF
In that way you get them fresh"
"Ah. Sce," remarked the diner
But when he told the professional
cynic about It the cyuic said some
thing about betting that they kept
them standing opened fn both ways.
Besides any one knows they took
fatter on the fiat she'll. which is gu
the more reason they'd be likely to
serve them to some folks that way n
they asked Tor extra large oysters
they'd get them ON the fat shell The
same oysters ON The curved shell would
go as ordinary sized oysters" ycmars-
cd the cyuic gloomiiy. New Yorl; sun
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-17
EDUCATORS TO ~
HOLD MEETING

New York Dec l7- oue or a.
hreNg end most representative e"o-
cring of distinguished educators and
Economists ever assembled lu h.s
couillry will meet here nom poco
~ TO 81 ON the occasion OF the
uweuU-6tth anniversary of the Amcri-
cau>4ujstorical and American Ecouo-
mic Associations
I'm connection with tho sessions o.
these associations, several allied CON-
EanIziions mcludiug tho American
IEliaeal Science Association. Oh,
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1909-12-17

There are about 2G.NlO worms to an
erre Of Culiivah!g land.