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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19
Their Tribe Decreasing

Judging from the efforts that are
being put forth by trappers through
out the county to catch minks, fur
riers must be paying fancy prices
for mink hides. Within the past
few months Messrs. Stewart and
Kernaghan have, sold about 400
mink traps, something like 500
worth. The probability is that
fowl houses will have fewer noe
turnal visitors in future.
Harker-I met Smythe.a week af-
ter he had faced the parson, and he
declared that he had married his
ideal.
Parker-Well?
Harker-A year later he confess
sed his mistake said it was his Or
deal instead of his ideal he had mar
ried. Chicago Daily News.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19
What Others Say.
The Limit.
The Handy Corhsscre

Many a man who would be I'M
able to find the family Bible if he
hunted all day would have 10 diff
fculty in putting his hand on the
corkscrew even in the dark Chic
ago Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19
Timely Truth.

Asingle bill paid promptly may
he the means of enabling half a doz-
en- Other n.cnle III tain Z; atisfy
their creditors Orangeburg Times
and Democrat.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

Wonder why the sugar magnates
are resisting the heavy fines SO
strenuously? All they have to do is
to increase the price of sweetenin' a
fraction of a cent per pound and the
people will have to pay the fines.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

Rev. Len G. Broughton has chal-
lenged Hon. Thomas E. Watson to
ajoint debate on foreign missions.
Wouldn't you like to be present to
nee the fur fly?
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19
Pains of Anticipation.

"You look so pale and thin.
What's got y
Work. From m orning to night
and only a one-hour rest"
How long: have you been at it,"
/ begin tomorrow"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

Let the farmer for evermore :
e be konored in his calling, for ;
E they who labor in the earth s
. are the chosen people OF God s
= JEFFERSON.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

Do not base your plans on twelve
OF fifteen cents cotton next fall. If
the price can drop more than a cent
in a day, without any well-founded
cause, think of the decline that is
possible by the time another crop is
made.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

While farmers are making calcu-
lations these long evenings in order
to ascertain the net profits to be de
rived from their plans ior the pres
ent year, let them bear in mind that
hogs are selling for nine cents per
pound gross in Chicago and corn is
now retailing for 800 per bushel.
The majority of them are prone to
think only. of fifteen cents cotton and
ffty.two cents cotton seed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

It appearsSnow that the Republi,
eansparty will split before the Sol
id South" does.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

law, the vagrart class of negroes
could move Sfrom PLACE tos place
s1ithoue.eEer paying an5 rent. let
the law stand as tits.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

There seems to be a disposition
on the part of the Legislature to in
crease salaries and sundry appro,
priations, but this being the year
when the lawmakers must give an
account of their stewardship the
taxpayers need not be unduly alarm.
ed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

Postum, Cream of wheat an'
Grape Nuts at
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-01-19

The government authorities seem
to be honestly endeavoring to en-
force the pure food law but agreas
deal Will never be accomplished I'M
til a larger4number of inspectors are
put in the field. At present there are
only forty inspectors for the entire
forty-seven states.
AS there are no national banksin
this county it will not affect our
people, but the most sensible piece
of legislation chat has been undertak.
.enSbg congress in some time will be
The enactment of a law permitting
national banks to lend money OH
real estate.
President Taft has announced
that no colored people will be ap
pointed as census enumerators in thu,
South, but animated that some may
be- appointed in The North in tbs
eensus department: Such apolicy Il
decidedly better for both races, and
is In marked contrast with the ar.
Is.I f<
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
BECCAR MAKES FROM
$I2 TO $35 PER DAY

them for awhile, but gave it up in
disgust. Il can make Is cents
begging to every paper l can sell"
he said. ..-h
What You been drinkin'?' said
one of the boys. ''wine?"
Yep" said the man; Just beer
Gown in the barber shop and got
60 cents"
How much does he male?" !
asked one of the paper sellers.
"All the way from $12 to $35 n
day." he replied. He never made
less than $12 in this town, and
Saturday he begged $35 and went
and put in the bank for a change.
He's got good makeup. twists
up his legs and screws up his face
and pulls in the dough. Drinks
the best stuff and smokes good CT
gars and has good time general
ly; but to see him on the side
walk you'd think he was dyin'
without a penny"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

The spectator passed the Cres-
cent store last evening and, sit
ting upon the sidewalk under a
well-lighted display window, was
one-legged beggar with his limbs
twisted under him. his crutches by
his side and his face distorted in
apparent agony. 1t was at once a
pitiful and loathful spectacle. A
little later the observer stood up
en- the corner of Riverside and
Wall and he saw the same poor
human, but he was not begging
now, and the difference was so
marked that it startled. A couple
of newsies were joking on the cor
ner and the beggar stood upon one
limb joking with them. His limbs
were not distorted or twisted, al
though one leg was cut off above
the knee, and his face was one
happy grin from ear to ear. He
shouted and joked with the newsies
and attempted to sell papers for
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
HdWOrth
Bros.
DENTISTS

In our practice we find
the proper care of children's
teeth the most perpleXing
question in all our work.
That is the care they should
have to prevent decay and
malacclusion. To take the
child first to one and then
to another dentist is bad
practice. They should be
under the care of one good
dentist, and not different
ones.
Where it is necessary to
extract the temporary teeth
to admit the permanent
ones, it should be done with
great precaution.
Too many temporary teeth
should not be extracted at
one time, leaving the mouth
too sore, or without teeth to
chew the food. Some den
lists think it is the proper
thing to begin and take the
entire number out while the
child is in the office and in
the notion, which is entirely
wrong. Only have the badly
crowded and the ones above
the flushed or swollen gums,
which is sign of the new
tooth wanting to come
through.
Tt is quite advisable to fill
temporary teeth with some
soft, easy inserted filling, in
order to retain them until
the new tooth asks admit
lance.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
PARENTS

Examine your children's
gums and decayed, broken
down, temporary teeth, and
what you don't know about
them you should ask about.
These are a few points to
know if you don't want the
child to lose it's permanent
teeth at an early age.
Examinations free at any
time. Every day. Sunday,
9 to II. Evenings, Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, 7 to
$50.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

representative S
in the United States senate, then
had delegates in the Hartford con-
vention which indeed was called
by the legislature of Massachu-
sets. But it took the delegates
three weeks to agree just how they
wanted the war stopped, and in the
meantime the British gave it up
and signed treaty, but neglected
to get word of it to General Jack
son, who kept fighting two weeks
longer.
"a hear you have a fine wife, old
chap?"
ives; everybody thinks it's a
pity she married me-"
WASHINGTON Commander
Peary has turned over to the gov
eminent 16 gold and silver medals
that have been awarded him.
Many a man isn't worth the time
II takes to get the better of him.
-Four marriage licenses were is
SueQ yesterday.
TACOMA.-The interurban linn
tied, leaving Seattle at p. M,
crashed into a local last night, in
juring 16 people.
Seven boys and four girls had
their births recorded yesterday.
Four building permits for new
houses were issued yesterday.
Miss Jones isn't looking at all
like herself this evening"
ooh, no-she never does"
OlYMPIA.-No legal holidays on
the Mondays following Christmas
and New Years days will be de-
clared this time.
There is little in common be-
tween glittering generalities and
golden opportunities
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
PERSONAL
The Troy Laundry
Rough dry. ace per doz.
Ladies' waists. zoe each.
Family work at very low prices.

To whom Ii may cOncern-The
undersigned hereby serves notice
that he will no longer stand re-
sponsib!e for the bills contracted
by his wife, Mrs Dora Kalick, who
has departed from his house and
home. M. Kalick, 204 Main ave.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

EMG@
Today in History

December IA, 1914, a convention
was held at Hartford, Conn, to
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
600 POLICEMEN
WILL Be CHANGED
(By United Press Leased Wire

10y OnIIeC Press Leased WtTe.J
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.-Be-
cause of police failure to check it
in time, shakeup affecting more
than 500 patrolmen is impending.
according to an announcement by
Chief Seymour today. The new
chief would change every patrol
man in the city to new beat.
"A change sometimes does a
world of good said Seymour. "Not
that there is any more crime here
now than there always has been,
but there is too much. If streets
are properly patrolled burglars will
give a city a wide berth and that
is exactly what | propose to bring
about in San Francisco"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

DnUtGSt dS diHo I
the further con-
tin.uance of the
war with Eng
land. The COM
m e rci al and
M a n ufacturing
n t e r S t S of
NJ a ssachusetts,
which now have
representative S
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

You are entitled to- part of the
profit the bank makes out of the
money you place in it. The Spo-
kane & Eastern Trust company
pays per cent interest on check
ing accounts and 4 per cent on
savings. s*a
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

20 acres to trade for horses; 10
acres to trade for cigar store; 100
acres to trade for dwellings,; tim
Der claim worth $4,000 to trade for
Spokane property; 1880 acres to
trade for Alberta farm land; 100
acres to trade for grocery stock.
Call at 80 Symons blk; phone Main
1925. G. Fl. Paxson.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

SPECIAL NOTICES
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
FOR sALE-ClTY REAL ESTATE

Strictly modern 4-room bungalow
for sale; new anf up-to-date;
one block to car Price $3.50, in
Guiding best grade of furniture;
$500 cash. Tel. Maxwell 3444.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

Tamarack and FIR. $2.75 per rick;
pine $3.50. Tamarack and fir, $7.28
per cord. pine, $3.50 per cord. Pho-e
Glenwood 1875.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

The Byrne Investment Co., DR.. P.
s. Byrne. pres, have moved from
Hyde block to 72S Old National
Bank bldg.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14
MISCELLANEOUS ron SALE
FUEL

can save you money on wood.
Don't buy until you see me. 726
Effie. Max. 2894-L.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

Two young mares, weight 1880 lbs;
each will have colts in spring. Also
4-year-old gelding, VT. 1850 lbs. In
quire Hotel Colvert, W921 First ave.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

$soo-Megant level lot; size COX
172M graded street; cement side
walk, curb and water; fine place to
live. Terms. $40 cash. balance $40
per month. Hughes & Allen. 201
Hyde block. Phone 1855.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

The Sam Crow Housefurnishing Co.
Is displaying u fine line of holiday
goods, fancy china, silverware, dinner
sets and complete line of dining
room. parlor, bedroom and kitchen
furnishings; prices are reduced on
every line of goods In the store. 227-
229 Riverside ave.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

FURNITURE, Ru0C AND PIANoA
Choice, Clean New Goods.
LOWEST PRICES IN SPOKANE.
t12.1t4 so. LINCOLN ct.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

$40 plants the seed that secures for
you later a home: then IS per
month. Call and see us. F. 8. Barrett
e. Co, 1922 Wall street.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-12-14

For sale. or would consider, horse
and buggy. Address *. Hender-
shott, E10S Pacific ave.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03

script group of old women, two or
who soon collected about him. Then
he dashed into the house and set a
telegraph instrument. over which he
sometimes presided, to clicking
Hardy, chilled to the marrow, now
that he had ceased walking and run
ming. and wearied to the point of col
lapse, sank on a rustic bench, believ-
ing himself forgotten in the excite
ment evidently occasioned by his
news. In this he soon found himself
mistaken. however, for a toothless
old crone. with a kindly face and a
red handkerchief tied over her head,
came up to him and, taking him by
the arm, inquired:
'Zakouska?"
He swallowed three glasses Of vod-
ka and rayenously devoured several
caviar sandwiches, after which he
was supplied with warm, dry clothing
and tucked away in bed.
When he awoke it was mid-after-
noon, and the old commandant had
inlO a
airy sufficiently to dig out the words.
which he pronounced many times,
with smiling face: "Sauves, mon
sieur, tous sauves!" thereby affording
the American the greatest joy and
relief and establishing his own reputa-
ton at the station as a wonderful
scholar.
Hardy remained at the station one
week, at the end of which time he
resumed his Journey to Stryetensk
on horseback, escorted by a half dozen
Cossacks bound for Irkutsk on some
military mission or other.
He learned, very soon after his ar
rival at Stryetensk, that the relief
party had put in an appearance
short time after his start down the
river on his perilous trip, and that
the princess had been rescued this
time entirely without his aid.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03
SYNOPSIS.

Frederick Hardy. a fashionable Boston
society man. lost his wealth. was Tilted
by girl end sent by a friend TO take
charge Of an American Trading Company
store in Russia. on his Journey through
Japan lie met Stapleton Neville, sup
posedly al Englshman. They agreed to
go together to Russia. Because of sus.
picious circumstances they were several
times molcsted by the Japanese. Hardy
was arrested and found upon his person
were papers showing maps Of Jap forts.
HARDY. was proven guiltless. on train
he met Aisome Sano. daughter of Jap
merchant In Neville's shoes Jap found
pictures of forts. proving him TO be
Russian spy. Hardy departed for Rus
shortly afterward. He was rescued by a
Russian steamer. On reaching Vladi-
vostok he was well treated. He started
for Siberia. meeting Princess Romanovna
Amur Hardy showed the princess his
experiences as a rifle shot. The steamer
was stranded. The princess and her
maid, were attacked by Chinese. Hardy
Hardy for his heroism. Manchurians
fred upon the craft. Hardy slew their
chief. Burning arrows were hurled upon
the Pushkin's decks. An attempt was
Chinese were repJlsed. Romanon sneered
at Hardy's sohcitude for the princess.
Stanka. a messenger sent for help. was
nailed to a cross on the shore. To put an
end to the awful torture Hardy himself
put Stanka out of his misery. taking his
owr life in his hands. Forest fires men
aced the vessel Hardy volunteered to
go for help. Refused permission he
Jumped overheard and started to swim
with the princess distress message. Ro-
manof was angry at Hardy for his brave
efforts to- rescue the princess. He wooed
her in his own savage way. He said
Hardy had made love openly to Jap
anese girl. Help came and the princess
was rescued.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03
CHAPTER XXI.
Knight Errant.

Hardy's journey down the swift,
vague, mysterious river that night
was an experience never to be for
gotten. Often. as he chung TO his little
raft. his knees would scrape on the
soft sand. and just as frequently he
would swing off into deep water and
hang suspended above depths where
he might easily drown, should he
take cramp or lose his nerve. Sew
eral times he grounded on sand-banks
and was obliged to drag of his wooden
buoy, a matter of no little difficulty,
as 1t was partly water-logged and
very heavy. Once he drifted close To
shore ard found himself In a counter
current, that actually was taking him
back toward the Pushkin, and it was
only by swimming at right angles to
this and giving his raft frequent Wig
orous pushes, that he managed at last
10 get out into the downward sweep
OF the stream.
-Four hours after leaving the boat
he was on the military road that
stretched, dimly gray, between the
stolid, silent black of the Siberian
forests and the star-sprinkled. wills
pering black of the river.
He reached the military station-a
rambling building Of square. hewn
logs, fanked by several small struc-
tures-about ten o'clock, and. break
ing his bottle. gave his dispatch to a
white-haired and corpulent soldier,
with a very red face. who's, frayed
and faded Uniform proved him a petty
officer of some sort This man glanced
through the paper with wondering
ayes, then read II aloud to a monde.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03

that country. Sano being summoned.
denied the plot. denied that he had ever
sought my hand, or that he had any feel
ing for me except admiration for my tai
cnts. The authorities we're rather amused
over IN. AFFAIR and seemed TO think that
l bore Sano some private grudge. which
/ was trying to pay on. 1 was reduced 20
despair. hardly knowing what course TO
pursue next, when the news arrived that
the Shlkoku Maru had been wrecked and
that you were taken on and carried to
Nladivostok by Russian merchant
steamer. I take Il for granted that you
are safely In Stryetensk ere this and are
deeply immersed I'm your new duties
Sano, by the way, Is so bitter against me
now and so intent on my ruin that
have applied for service I'm Manchuria. a
task for which I am fitted by my thor
ough knowledge OF the Chinese language.
SO you see into what trouble you have
got me by calling me your Queen OF
Fairyland" and your Little Lilac Bios
som" Are not women silly?
am firmly convinced that this suscep-
tibility to flattery renders them united
for all serious work in the world
But | could not rest without letting you
know that did not deceive you. and that
am not the treacherous CREATURE you
must have thought me, II you gained any
inkling OF the designs upon you l sup
pose you have entirely forgotten your
japanese friends ere this, and that you
have become an enthusiastic admircr Of
the beauty OF the Russian ladies. Still
II you should ever think OF me again. !
should hate to have any unpleasant inn
preston associated with the memory OF
one whom you once thought OF as a
Lilac Blossom" and "Queen OF Fairy
land" Am I not silly?
Your friend
AIsOME MoSURo.
lie gained from the letter that Also
me was most feminine woman. de
spite her calling. but the idea never
occurred to him that she was in love
with him.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03
CHAPTER XXI.
Hardy Receives Two Letters.

The store at Stryetensk was a low,
rambling building. constructed in the
shape OF a capital + without the mid
die bar A high board fence, connect
ing the extremities of the two wings,
inclosed one side of a square yard
which contained outbuildings and
sheds for horses. a droshky or two.
and several of the long boatshaped
telegas that do duty in that country
as drays. In the clubhouse, moreover,
was kept a supply of plows and other
agricultural implements. while the
store itself was stocked with an i'm
mense and motley assortment of gen.
eral merchandise suited TO the retail
demand of the region. and for whole.
sale shipments to the towns along
the Shilka river, on which stream
Stryetensk is located
Hardy found the city itself deary
in the extreme, consisting merely of a
collection Of raw, squalid houses, To-
Gated on dusty or muddy streets. II
was as new and rough as the newest
frontier town IN America and hope
lessiy unattractive. despite the fact
that 1t was surrounded by noble hills.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-03-03


our trouble. perhaps losing your life.
The people do not understand your as
soclating with mo II Is even Wits.
pered that you are OF Jewish descent"
Hardy laughed
MY dear fellow" he said. 1T r. no
body's business whom employ for a
Russian teacher shall pursue the
course that seems best 20 me. and I
shall not allow these people 10 inter
fere with my private affairs. II nee
essary. we will warn the authorities
that trouble Is brewing"
Baruch sprang to his feet and
looked over toward stryetensk. his
eyes blazing with hate.
"Oh. the authoritiesl" he cried: do
you know that the prosecutions Of the
Jews in Russia are connlved at by the
authorities. and tolerated even by the
car himself? Could not the authori.
ties, II they wished. uproot and dlspei
the superstitions that make the Jews
hated and feared? The people OF
Russia are mere animals, ignorant and
ferocious. and they do what they are
told. But there will be a day OF reck.
oning for Unholy Russia. The God
who opened the Red sea for Israel:
who led them through the wilderness
with a pillar OF cloud by day and OF
fire by night; who talked with Moses
In the burning bush: who was with
his people OF old In Nineveh; the God
who has made Rothschild n king of
kings; who inspired the brains OF
Solomon and Heine. the souls OF
Mendelssohn and Meyerbeer. and the
heart Of Montefore-he will make
this rabble pay for the blood OF his
chosen race. All the miserles OF the
Pale and the Ghetto. all the degrade
ton and suffering, the starvation. the
blows. the massacre and pillage, are
they not written down in the books of
Recording Angel? The old law of an
eye for an eye. a tooth for a tooth,
was written for you. o Unholy Russia
and when your day OF judgment comes
your ruin will be more terrible than
that Of Babylon. Draw out the score.
heap high the mountains OF wrong,
but be sure that the mills of God
grind very fine, not matter how slowly
they turnl"
As Mordecai said these words.
something of the power of an ancient
seer crept into his bearing, his red
eyes flashed fire, his shabby cloak
seemed tho robe of prophet, and hIs
thin, hooked nose and Semitic fea.
lures took on the dignity OF the an.
cient and glorious race whose insignia
they were.
Hardy arose. I'VE will walk back
together, Mordecai." he said, quietly.
On his return to the store he found
awaiting him letter from Moscow.
IL was addressed in Russian, but the
epistle itself was written in French
and bore at it's head a princely crest.
He trembled and his face paled "a he
turned back and glanced eagerly at
the signature. "Elizabetha Ro.
manovna."
"Mordecai." said he, "come early
this evening. ! am going to try 10
write letter In Russian. and I shall
want you to straighten II out for mel"
CTo BE coNTINUED.)