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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
THE INDIANS HOME.
Their Ideaof 1t is the Whole Country ia
Which They Roam.

It is a common notion that the
Indian has no idea of home because
he is always moving as the season
and the game may call him. There is
added to this reason for the BELIEF,
the fact that in the Indian languages
no word is found by which to render
our word home" Mrs. Riggs writes
to the American Missionary Associa-
ton on this point:
1T seems to me that the Indians
do have some of the ideas Of home.
To them, as a nomadic people perhaps
no particular place was nome, but the
whole country through which they
roamed was home.
Some years ago 1 was travelling
with an Indian woman. Her early
home had been in Minnesota, but she
had been among those who, after the
outbreak of 80, had gone to eastern
Dakota, and when l first went into
the mission work she had come Wes.
to the Missouri River to help us in
our work there.
"On this journey, as we travelled
into Minnesota, one after another of
the landmarks were recognized by
her, and her "reminiscences came
quick and vivid. Here was Sleepy
Eye, named by her grandfather,
where they forded the river; there
was where they hunted for game;
there where they gathered the wild
rice.
"'Ah,' she said, Minnesota is a
beautiful c%ountry--eo different from
Dahotnls
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Women Harvest Crops,

Many hundreds Of woms
in gathering the harYesI
Beatrice, Neb. They were
the fields by the offer Of
SO day. A farmer y
Beatrice looking for far
Loungers in the town !
work, aud the farmer had 7
possibility of losing part Of
He went into a restaurant
waiting to be served was
the idea Of bidding for the
as harvesters. He offered,
day, and every waitress ~
her apron and went toll
They did such efficient
other farmers sought
they drew school teacher1
pliers and college girls as
York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Canada and Her Unproductive Areas.

Canada and Her Unproductive Areas.
The annual report of the Canadian
Pacific Railway for the year ending
June 80, 1909, presented at the an
nual meeting on October 6, has an in
teresting statement in regard to their
tareatment and subsequent sale Of
desert areas. The directors set apart
about 995, 900 acres, called the west
ern block" of which $4,000 r IT.
rigable and over which canals and
bitches have been dug. OF this land,
69,963 acres have been sold at an
average price of S24.71 ar acre. The
remaining sales of land, amounting
for the year to about 100000 acres,
brought only an average of S10.96 an
acre. The experiment has been so
successful in opening up a very large
body of Land which would otherwise
be unproductive OF traffic that the
directors are considering the advisa-
bility Of extending the irrigation sys-
tenn to another block of about 1,00O,-
600 acres.-Daily Consular Reports.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

"Homesick longing was
voice. Minnesota was he
even after all those years
"The children Of a mis-
lily went away to schot
they came back for vae bne
ter another spoke OF SAINT
was to be at home, or q
were for other boys and &ho',
not have such a home. moth
who had been silent all thisSwhils
to her ownfeelings, finally gave wd
to them, and told how she had lona
for a better home for them. ~
were almost too much asssoaishadI
reply. but at last the little girl Of
family went and put her slrms ROD
her mother, and said Why, motf2
you T home!
Il fancy something of This feel
was had by a little six-year-cm
dian girl who came to oipNSchf
She had said good-by to her pard
without any show Of emotion.
was very fearless, very friendly
the teachers, very much interested
all the new things she saw bu
the day wore away and the eyeIS
came on, she came and stood
as I sat sewing. was the onls
who could talk Dakotah to hef
looked up at her and saw the
yelling up In her eyes, and
why, Maisie, what is the mat
she answered, sobbinigs
see my motherio long ame
Poor little aomesisk saul
Ell meant home TO hsr.m
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

the same day. 1t has been a merry
chase for him."
aHow much was taken?" the sher-
if asked.
"Twenty-seven thousand dollars, "
replied the manager.
"An' you think this fellow still has
the money!"
Il am sure of it." replied the young
detective. Il could have nabbed him
long ago, but 1 wanted to find where
he had hidden his plumber"
"An' he held up the train alone,
eh?"
Eyes, and shot the messenger"
pretty bad man, eh?"
"No doubt of it."
The horses, urged on by the driver,
drew the wagon along at a lively
pace, and the men rode on in silence.
"Now, Joe, said the sheriff. pres
emily, take the cross road right be-
yond the white oak yonder. That will
give us a big lead on him if he worked
the bluff and is making for the woods.
Steady at the turn"
The ruse worked we'll. AS the
party worked back into the turnpike
they saw a horse and wagon far
ahead. And on the seat were two
passengers.
The driver of the team urged his
horses, and the distance between the
two vehicles lessened.
The driver ahead was flashing his
'horse. They could see the whip rise
and fall. But the posse gained more
and more rapidly.
And now they were close enough to
see that the mans companion vas a
boy, and a CLINT of sunshine resting
on its polished barrel showed them
the gun lying across the seat.
Surrender" roared the sheriff.
The man dropped the reins and
with a wild oath whirled about and
stopped for the gun.
But the boy vas too quick for him.
He snatched away the weapon and
flung it far into the bushes. With a
scream. of rage the man struck him
down, a pistol cracked, there was a
wild rush of struggling men and all
was over.
When the boy came to himself he
was lying in the lounge in his grand
mothers sitting room, and his head
throbbed and there was a smell Of
liniment, in the air.
Two men were bending over him.
One of them he knew. He looked up
with a faint smile.
Yes, dear boy"
His friends voice sounded far
away.
"Dld-did you get the prodigal?'
"Yes, dear boy. He's out there in
the wagon with the sheriff
The boy tried to nod.
@When I saw he was going away,
1 asked him If 1 might ride a piece.
You told me not to lose sight Of him."
The young man looked at his man
5ager.
1T was a lucky thing for us that
you didn't, dear. boy. But there, you
will soon be well again-it was only
a bad bump that the prodigal gave
you. And now I want you to put out
your hand to Mr.. Van Cleve here.
He is the manager Of our western
agency and he feels very gratiied to
you-and has something to tell you
The older man smiled down at the
boy. Then he looked around.
II want your grandmother to hear
this, too," he said. 1.-THE express COM
pany offered $4,000 for the recovery
of the money stolen from it by this
man Kenton. Two thousand dollars
of this sum-at Mr.. Brett's sugges-
ton and by my recommendation will
be placed to the credit of a boy called
Arthur Howard--to be expended for
his education, if that meets with the
approval Of his guardians"
:, There was a little silence.
Then the boy slowly smiled.
That's doing pretty we'll for a am
atoor detective, amt it," he family
asked.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

There has Just been
from the River AMMAN, ing
erbie, a relic of early Brit
shape a canoe In a wonder:
state of preservation. It is
known as dugouts, the ma
ing the trunk Of a black
about twelve feet long, rude
and followed out.-Lond!o
ard.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Lesson in !paHeI

patience will accom-
thing. You can even carry wa
a sieve, if you wait long enough
"Is that so? Say, how long
1 have to wait to do that
It'll 1t gets cold enough ID!
water to freeze Cleveland q
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

The act, approving the aiimiss5
the State Of West Virgins
thirty-fifth State, to the
passed Congress December 81
to take effect June 80, 1888.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Tie new tarin BIZ ii

The new tarin bill int
most people the word que
extract used In tanning
Paraguay and Argentina
large Industry, there being
Of square miles of the
tree. Such land Is value
$4,000 q square league upy
bracho logs are also used
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

Glass water pipes covered
asphalt have been in use for a
time in some-parts OIL GermEa
success. They give thorough
ton against the entralice Of gal
acids.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

Each Of the British Dreadilol
has a hospital with capacit.
sixty patients.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

In the course Of his aerona
experiments NJ. Bleriot has mel
fifty accidents.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

The Government Printing B
Washington. d. O., EMPLOY
1000 persons.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

Los Angeles has a.schoplsin
meals are seryedsfor one cent he
to the pupils, and they get q
.brimming bowl of thfcis delic
soup, with two cold buns. for their
penny. The idea has also been used
in one OF the schools at Ann Arbor,
Mich, with great success.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

The -four mills Of Mf
grind 120,O00,O0O bushels 4
every year. {
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
A Wholesaler.

.sNow let. me tell you about my
other troubles"
my friend, you ought not to waste
time trying to tell people about your
troubles
What do you mean?"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

OF the Philippine Islands |
which probably has the most
tive soil Is Mindanao.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

The annual supply Of waa
London, England, is S2,125,
gallons. +
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

One town in Spain has one h|
back to every thirteen inhabitaI
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

Fast freight line service d
country uses $4,000 ears.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

"a. R. Rose, In Cleveland PIaln DsaIer.)
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09
Great Britain has 1900 kind

The Turkish turban containss
yardssof material.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

ISQuCSl, az uio hOuoS' lin Noo
domestics. At 3 o'clock On Novem-
Der 9, the cook WIS busy in her
kitchen when Stauff came in and
asked her to light fires in the upper
ooms. She declined, and went on
with her work. Staff suggested to
her that a plate needed washing, and
while she washed it he stirred the
sauce in q pan. She turned her head,
and observed Stauff pouring drops
from u phial into the sauce. She
questioned him, lie denied the charge,
and she pretended to be satisfied
When lie left the kitchen she tasted
the sauce and did not like it; more
over, it was of 4 strange color. She
sent for the family doctor who, on
analysis, detected fifteen and one-half
grains Of verdigris. enough to poison
a man. Stauff was then incarcerated,
but only on a charge of intending to
poison his master. His idea was
that if the Count died of poison, on
the eve of the arrival Of the official
inquirer, the cynical public would in
fer that the death by verdigris was
suicide, the nobleman being unable to
face research. The Due de Prasiin
(the mysterious Spectre of the Cata-
combs in Hawthorne's Transforms
tion') poisoned himself after u
dering the Duchess. The public, how
ever, held that he had really escaped
to the Catacombs, where he lodged
and haunted Miriara-that Is, his
English governess, in whom, through
a pretty girl, no guilt had been found.
This, however, Is a depression.
We have observed that the Counts
:ncsltion was senalbly improved when
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1909-12-09

ing the stranger had gone. He was
on his way to the county seat. A
good horse drawing a light wagon
was taking him over the hills at as
fast a rate as could be expected for a
seventeen-mile drive.
At 2 o'clock he was back at the
cottage. He returned behind a team
of fine horses and in the wagon with
him were three strange men.
He found a note written by the
boy.
He read it aloud to the men:
"Sir-I watched the proddygal like
you said, and he diddent see me. He
has borrod Seth Cutters lite wagon
and is going somewhere. He wuz
down in the gorge lookin' around and
brot out a bag that was pretty heavy.
He seemed scarf about it an dragged
it to the barn as quick as he Good. A
littel vile ago-at noon-he come
over to our hourse-an' l slipt
around an got ahead of him-an' he
said, Ware is that fellow An I
said, Gone away He laft an sed he
seen him so. An he sed when he
Gums back give him my complemen's.
An he had his gun with him. That's
all, Frum Artie."
The man looked up.
Hes off, sheriff" he quickly said.
which way?"
The stoutest man in the party re-
Elected a moment.
THE chances are he'll make a bluff
at going toward Springfield, the near
est point on the railroad. But he's
pretty sure to try to get into the Bas-
CON woods. That's the hiding place
for him. Touch 'em up, Joe. Well
keep. on the State road until we hit
the Woodville pike. Where do you
suppose the boy is?"
Hes right on the job somewhere, "
said Artie's friend. That's a great
boy, sheriff.
Hes tumbled into a great game,
that's sure,sg said the stout man.
Been working on this two years, you
say?'
4Just two years. Started in the
day after the express robbery
Our detective agency took the case
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18
BETTER STAY AT HOME.

In another column will be found
an article entitled ttClimate Will
Not Cure Consumption which
shows the folly of sending persons
afflicted with tuberculosis to
climates other than home for relief.
Statistics show TIL at San Fran
cisco has the largest death rate
from tuberculosis of the ten largest
cities in the United States. In 1907
there were 664 deaths from lung
tuberculosis in that city; in 1908
there were 1877 death ftom the
same disease. ...,z.~ Z. -, -
This increase is the more signi-
ficant when It is considered that
the total number of deaths from
al causes was S07 less in the latter
year than in the former. II the
deaths from al forms of tuber-
culosis we're added to these figures
the result woull be little short Of
appalling. - = ~ YEA sSsj@5 st. 4
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18
TRUE UNIONIsT.

Take the mass as a whole. the
organized: manaSig an honest, up
right, conscientious workman Of
ability. He realizes his own worth,
but he seldom :overrates himself.
While lie insists on receiving just
remuneration for his services, he is
ready and willing to exert himself
and his organization with a sense
Of fairness to give his employer the
best service there is in him. !"
Z. The good union man is glad
when the days work begins and is
happy when it is over. In every
union man there is desire to do
a fair days work for a fair. days
pay, and he does not have to be
growled at Or driven to do It by
the boss Of the shop although we
sometimes find employers who have
become so hardened to the sense
Of fairness that they cannot recog-
nize the true worth and ability in
a good union man when they have
one-Jonrneyman. Barber. ;. ~, l.:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18

seek not to carry class against class,
we seek not revolution, and we
expect none except one that is
peaceable. .s' r. .z 81 =.
I'VE are intelligent enough to
understand that no man or class
liveth to itself or dieth to itself.
We know that we can secure our
rights only by generously and free
ly conceding to every man his own
rights. We know that a nation
can live and thrive only. as it is
increasingly able to enforce the
rights of all men and every class
justly and impartially. ;. =.
eve are anxious that the govern
ment that the fathers established
for us may come again to be a
government of the people, for the
people, by the people, knowing that
in this way alone can our posterity
-th sons and daughters of rich
and poor alike--be prevented from
perishing from the earth. ICON
Guiding sentences of Labor Day ad-
dress. by. Judge Covington of At
lanta, Ga, taken from Journal OF
Labor. ~:
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18
COMING OF THE HALEY COMET

oONAA1SO VI 1hN hA1LEI CSlMEI
-. The visit to our: immediate neigh:
borhood of the HALEY. comet, which
appears To- our observation but once
in seventy-six years, is q matter
which will interest many millions.
of people in America this fall and:
the coming spring.: This: comet was
named after Edmund Haley, who
in 1852 first discovered it. to be
periodical visitor and predicted it's
return. It is a very spectacular
comet indeed, and will be visible
to the naked eye in the northern
hemisphere about February, 1910
The telescopes will have discovered
it long before that time, however,
and perhaps even before this notice
appears in print. In the Technical
World Magazine for October there
is a very interesting story of the
discovery of this comet and of Hal
ley's prediction of its return, to-
gether with comparison of it's
orbit and it appearance with those
of other known comets. . =
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18
A MINISTER'S OPINION.

DR.. Ollie, one of the leading
ministers of San Francisco, said in
a recent Sermon, - H.
Every sensible man believes not
only in the right of labor to or
ganize in it sown defense, but in it's
duty. to do so. If the unions were
to disappear: tomorrow the working
men would be reduced to industrial
slavery. II I were a wage Garner,
engaged in some manual employ
ment, I should belong to a union
for mutual support and cooperation
as against the aggressions of com
bined capital. By all proper and
lawful means, I should try to, get
the best wages possible under con-
ditions of legitimate competition.
When say I am In favor OF labor
unions, I do not mean it in the
sense In which big financial mag
nate means IT. When James Cor
don Brooks asked him If he be-
lieved in trades unions he said:$
Yes, 50 long as the union keeps
It's proper place. It has nothing to
do with its employers business. II
it dictates as TO hours or wages or
shop conditions, it is out Of its
sphere It should confne itself to
mutual helpfulness, sick benefits,
burial funds and the like. S He
had no use for the union when 1t
got strong enough to offer the al
tentative Of higher wages, arbitra-
tion or g strike. He was in favor
OF ladylike, mollyceddle sort Of a
union, that would keep It's place.
and let him have his sweet unhind-
cred way about hours and wages!'' .,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18
LABOR's HOPE in AMERICA.

THE hope OF labor in Amertca. & =
said Judge Covingtou IS N ohe-
ddence to the law, and ii IN
telligent political activity. The
world has progressed ,far, but 1T Is
=. not yet 50 good . world as that
20: men can not be found who are
willing to take q part of other
mems wages, provided 40 strenuous
objection Is made.
Slavery ana feudalism are gone,
but .l''l the ancient traitor' that de-
stroyeds the nations that are gone
e aenrenche in our own Yilization
4; in insisting that he Is 60 omit eched
and that he must Be legally de-
at, ssldttroyed Ne geek IS Is It'll III any
thing & except health
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18
PENSIONS Ale Old

e is only within the last two
decades even within the last half
decade that 9 new realization has
begun TO take shape III the national
consc iousness.s z That realization,
that idea, is, that Ind ustryj owes to
Its WORKOUT workers decent, In
depend lent, self-respec Getting; age.
So This is not charity. This Is not
philanth ropy. Il IL simply one sof
the new ideas ID business:
Listen to the report OF the Massa-
.chusetts commissions :.sss
The problem Of dealing with the
aged employees is an urgent one ii
the modern business world III.
To carry them on the payroll at
their regular employment means
waste and sdisorganization OF the
working force; to turn them adrift
is not humane. In the past, large
employers Of labor have tried to
meet this difficulty in piecemeal
fashion BY retiring aged employees
on pensions in certain cases. or Civ
ing them light work each case be-
ing provided for on Its merits; now
they are beginning to deal with the
problem in systematic fashion, by
adopting a uniform method OF re-
5tirement with pension. = - From
Living Guaranteed to Every Honest
Man, in October, Technical World
Magazine. ...= ~: 81 ~.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18
LABOR'S REAL GRIEVANCE.

We have long entertained the
idea that Industrial reformers are
wasting too much valuable time and
energy upon the misuse of wealth
by the beneiciaries of special privi-
leges.
What earthly difference does it
make to the man despoiled of his
property what disposition is made
of it: by the thief if it is forever
lost to him, it's rightful owner?
That people 5are:: ;lplunaered us, Of
far greater 1pjotratance than how
the plumber Is disposed: of when
there car, be no possible hope Of
ever recovering it.
One kind of a plunderer may
give his booty to churches, another
to libraries, and third may waste
it in riotous living, but whatever
disposition is made of it, the right
full owners, the people, are made to
stand for the deprivation of their
property.
The main point is that all three
get the property or money without
earning or deserving it, and at the
cost and suffering of others.
The true methods of reform is
to put stop to all vested rights
and special privileges in the ma
ton, and let every man have equal
opportunity before the law.
Labor's grievance is not against
the misusing of property, although
its has a right to be heard even
upon that phase of the question,
but it's main grievance is against
the m1sgetting of property.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1909-09-18
GREAT LAKES STRIKE.

Collisions, explosions and break
downs are Of almost daily occur
renee on the Great Lakes. In their
determination to smash every YES
tige of labor organization, the
handful If bosses who control the
Lake Carriers association are SPAR
ing neither money nor men to make
a showing. Although it is now
three months since the publicity
agents of the association announced
that the strike was broken and that
they had about all the. marine work.
ers they could use. If one picks up
daily paper the same stereotyped an
nouncement will be found almost
any day, "the strike is broken and
we have only few more vacancies
for good men,
The truth of the matter Is that
the ship owners have got a good
nucleus of competent seamen who
are being worked to death In try
Ing to break in "a small army of
college boys professional buns and
strtke-breakers and ignorant for
eigners who have no understanding
OF the trouble. The result is that
accidents by the score, attended by
4 much loss Of life and property, are
happ ening constantly and many Of
these occurrences are carefully sup
pressed and the public. hears moth
Ing about them. .35-~. ~, Z u
After a trip or two the strike
breakers usually have their fill and
desert r. the ships in considerable
q numb and their places are taken
BY other $ lap smen, either for the
novelty Of the thing, as in the case
sof the college boys, or because hum
SIger incites some Of the workers to
accept the hazard usss empio yment.