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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
An Opalized Snake.
e

What is supposed to be an opalized
snake has been discovered by a pros
pector at White Cliffs opal fields,
South Australia, from whom it has
been secured by an Adelaide resi-
dent named S. Saunders.
On what appeared to be a piece Of
iron-stone, dark brown in color, and
therefore making IN excellent back
ground to show off the precious stone,
was embedded the form of a small
snake or lizard of pure opal. The
coiling body measured about two in
ches in length and the head and eyes
are to be plainly seen. Even the
scales of the back can be discerned.
F., Before Mr.. Saunders secured it the
specimen had been submitted for x
animation at the museum, and he was
informed on making the purchase
that it was a reptile Of some kind os-
sifed and then opalized.-Adelaide
Advertiser.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

How tHunt Wolves in India.

The aubrities of Hazaribagh are
inviting srtsmen to help in the ex-
termination a pack of wolves which
have estashed a reign of terror in
the %neighrhood. The reward is at
present r so for each full grown
wolf. Ellen children have been
killed beten February 7 and 23 in
the tract ing between Barhi and
Cohwparapolice stations, a distance
of thirteemiles. The wolves hunt
from earlmorning till noon and
again froR o'clock till sunset.
The autrities make the following
suggestion Sportsmen should not
attempt tride up to the wolves.
When thelck is sighted the sports
man shou send away his pony and
his attends and should approach
them leisly and alore. He should
wear a tuh and make himself look
as like a hsant as possible. The
rife snouDe carried as if it were a
st!ck.-Al abad Pioneer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

B B, are the two stabilizing rudders,
out at the ends of the planes. G is
the rudder for lateral steering,
perched out behind, as A is before.
P P is the upper sustaining plane,
four feet under which lies the lower
sustaining plane, parallel and Of the
same shape and size. In front of the
planes is the steering wheel, W. Just
back of w is the aeroplanist's seat, S,
and between the planes is placed the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
HOW AN AEROPLANE WORKS,
AS SHOWN BY GLENN GURTISS
a Simple Explanation of Flight i'm Un.
technical Terms For the
Average Man.

The aeroplane of Glenn H. Curtiss,
In which he made his Albany-New
York fight, is the one from which the
accompanying diagrams are drawn.
The Curtiss machine is held to have
proved itself, by the. recent fight, the
most advanced type Of aeroplane yet
devised in. America, possibly in the
world.
The Curtiss aeroplane is shown in
ground plan in Figure 1. The aero
plane flies in the direction indicated
by the arrows. A is the altitude rud-
der, perched out at the end of a bam-
boo framework, in front Of the driver.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
I
The Value Of an Eye
Witness.

The experiment tried by Professor
McKeever, Of the Kansas State Agri-
cultural College, as to the reliability
of the average witness is but the rep
etition of other tests upon a more ex-
tended scale and directed toward the
same end. The results also were SIM
liar, and they help to satisfy US that
the evidence of the ordinary eye-wit-
ness has a very slight value and that
there are few among us who can de-
scribe accurately even the simple.
events that transpire in full sight.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
kino Victor Receives Medal.

King Victor Emmanuel he's re-
ceiyed General Stewart l. Woodford,
who, on behalf of the MuGson-Fulton
Celebration Commission, presented to
the Government of Italy a gold medal
struck in ecmmemoration of the 3O0th
anniversary of the exploration of the
Hudson River.
The audience WIS most cordial. HIS
Majesty was greatly interested in the
medal, which he much admired, say
ing that it was one of the best types
OF the numismatic art.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
Truthful Bobby.

Mother (reprovingly) = Bobby, I
told you distinctly if Mrs. Jones asked
you to have a second piece Of cake, to
say No, thank you"
Bobby = 81 know, ma, but she
didn't say would 1 have she said
would I like another piece, and If
I'd said No. I'd er told a lie."-Bos-
ton transcript.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

apparent. To realize the difference,
it is only necessary to try to conceive
an automobile that one could, by a
turn ofithe wrist, start to soaring up
ward from the ground. Nothing else
so free and complete in the whole
realm OF motion, as known to human
experience, exists as in the aeroplane
of to-day, rude and imperfect, COM
pared to Its prospects. a. it still pre-
sumably is. And the freedom and
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

flying, namely the work of keeping
the flyer straight and level. Each of
the rudders, A, B B and c, does it's
own particular share Of this work.
It is a threefold work, and far more
complicated than the control of auto
mobile, ship or bicycle. All these
travel on a horizontal surface and
are guided only to right and left.
The function Of the forward rud-
der, A, is to turn the course of the
aeroplane up or down. Right here
the tremendous difference between.
the aeroplane and almost all methods
of locomotion known to US becomes
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
a Worldly Impression.

What is the cause of that prima
donna's indignation?"
"The press agent" replied the i'm.
presario. He SKID she sang like an
angel. She says that all the angels.
she yer knew couldn't sing. They
merely wrote -checks."-Washington
Star.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

be very slight, eve with the best of
intentions, and we may yet find it
necessary to subject our legal wit
nesses to come kind of test before al
lowing them to testify as to what
they have seen. They may be incap-
able of seeing anything with accu-
racy.-San Francisco Argonant.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
Dron in Epa,and,s Birth Rate

England's birth rate last year was
the lowest on record-25.5S a thou
sand of population. This is nearly
10 below the rate for 1908, which
showed a slight increase over 1907,
the first for many years.-Medical
Record.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
Will PLANT a virgilian Grove.

A plan is approved whereby an area
between Mantua and Pietole, Italy, is
to be converted into a wood sacred to
the memory of Virgil where all the
herbs, trees and plants mentioned in
his Bucolics will be represented
he Rosary.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

At the bottom of the sea the tenn
p%erature remains practically unal-
tered at any one spot throughout the
whole of the year.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

There is some question whether
London or Paris sets the fashion in
furs each year. London certainly sets
the price.
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9@s~~~Aa~o a.~sa@es01
The Point at U1hich We !
Begin !
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s52.a.nAssa, SaAA@sAA2eE3

ry &. 2. Eowne

GSwuz4xmsn OPULAR thought begins by assuming that matter is the
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most certain of all things. Spirit may be doubted, but
NmA "A material things are undeniaby there. This is the conv1c-
"A Eu@1 n taon with which we all begin and it very easily leads us
n ID toward mechanical and materalsic thinking. The view,
W however, is invested. The only sure facts in life are our
selves and the world Of common experience, the human
Eu~ma3 world in short
This is where we really begin and where life itself goes
M and all thinking whatever that we may do must be related to these facts
and whatever we believe must in some way be deduced from these facts. Mat.
Ter then. IS a metaphysical existence is n % first fact, but only an abstrac-
tmn from experience. Life and experience are the first facts.
Now with this starting point we find ourselves living. thinking. feeling,
,ctfne AMI producing a great many effects in the world Of experience. We
ire in this world depending upon it in ome ways and able to act upon it and
modify it in some ways.
The nhystcal world, then, is far from independent of our thought and &C.
,on VS.. the living persons, modify the world of things, use it for u pur-
noses buld cities. traverse seas, subdue nature to vi service, develop gov
erpment. social institutions, etc.; and in all of this we find ourselves given
90 activea and controlling causes-Northl American Review.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15

The sal of the Lieutenant-Gen-
eral of tiUnited States Army is
$1,000.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-06-15
European Superiority
Speculations on the Cause of Hurts to finer
ic0R Pride
icon Pride
By podraic Emmett Ensith

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~NnHa MERICANS sometimes complain OF the superchious ear
W ing shown by a good many Europeans, and particularly by
the inhabitants OF the British Isles, toward persons and a.
TV fairs American. This European disdain is a undenRoe
a $&A q reality and is directly due to the infantle enthusiasm n
q " awe shown by the average travelling Americans, and partc
uary by their womenNnd, in the presence of anything
@H&m& which has n counterpart in their own country.
A crazy old edihce marred by time, a chrnEss dude
with a title, a dirty little town which has been mentioned in history, anything
to whicha rag Of aritocratic sentiment can be tied, sufices to excite their
wonder. A manager at q London hotel once told m e that n American girl
that day had collected the shells of some nuts which IN earl had been eating.
Rich Americans in Europe have the reputation of being unniigated snobs.
Lonized here and mobbed by society"
A few months ago a humdrum feat by the brother, OF rather the horse
OF the brother, Of a British lord sent a Madison Square Garden society"
crowd mad with enthusiasm. What wonder that Europeans are supercrious?
What wonder that they should be surprised and delighted at the social humil
iy of Americans, and that they should believe that everything here is. below
the level of the Snug medocriy Of which they are themselves secretly
conscious?
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ss~aasuasAs1s s1raAFssaaA
Mighty Germany
BY admirai Don Rooster; of the German Macy

Az HE carrying out of our naval programme is necessary "
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RMsD protect US against the attacks of nations, which view oa
1~-A economic success with jealous eyes. We require uhese eH
cesses bectuse the steady increase Of our population compois
"A us to devote special attention to the growth OF our oversee
" interests. Nothing but the strict fulhnment OF or lava A
Xxx programme can create for Is that importance upon I'M he
Wy worhsea which it is incumbent on us to demand. II 10
said that Germany cannot bear the burden OF ouo arms
ments by Land and sea. The steady increase of our population compes US
to set ourselves new goals, and to grow from a Continental into a world pow
er. Our mighty industry must aspire to new oversee conquests. a mper
OF our merchant ships must be increased. We must dignity our colonies
with more Importance. Our world trade, which has more than douned IN
twenty years-which has increased from $2500G00000 to S4OOoOVVr
600 during the ten years since our naval programme was fxed-and SoVoo
100000 Of which is seaborne commerce alone, can only flourish II re cn
tinue honorably to bear the burdens of our ornaments on land and sea.
German nation in 1900, after mature reflection, adopted the naval programme
Meantime Dur national fortune has grown by at least s5O0OOGOOoo-the esf
mate of s5e0000OO0 a year is none too high-whIe the population has IN
creased by 100000. Thanks to strong land ornaments Continental Gr-
many has enjoyed the blessings Of peace for forty years, and has raised Ter
self to great amuence. Unless UT children are to accuse u Of hortsgntea-
ness 1t is now UT duty to secure our world power and position among other
nations. We cn do that only under the protection of a strong German
feet, constructed according to the provisions of our naval lava fleet WHICH
shall guarantee us peace with honor for the distant fure.
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WT&WNIw II" IN r5UT re o"e0 1"7es - 49," . IT,
s ma ~ a population of 76 millions. In 1896 Great Britain and Ireland had
12Ss0O in a population Of 81 millions. In 1884 France had $4,000 in a popula-
fin of 10 millions. That would make about 32S insane persons in 100000
for Great Britain, 235 in every 100000 for France, 143 in every 100000 for
America
Nor does the wear and tear Of American life, great a it may be, seem
to kill people with extraordinary rapdity. In 1900 the annual death rate
per 1000 in Austria was rs, in Italy 23, in Germany %, in France q, in Bel.
GUM 10 in Great Britain Is, and in the United States IT. In America the
average age at death in 1890 was 81 years; i'll 1900 it had risen to IS years.
Other things such as climate, sanitation, hygiene must be taken into account
in reading these figures. But after making all allowance for these things,
the example of America does not indicate that an active, busy, quickmoving
life is necessarily a short one. On the contrary, hard work seems to be
wholesome. and energy favors Observation-Disclosures Magazine.
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GDsRe~op aaeaSar0esse
J VeuruSfhenid-he !
{ american Disease )
! z.--- 49, ~. {
G.asr@e -11sDS

6y Henry Dan Dyke


URIOUSLY enough, it was in France that the best treatment
of this disease developed, and one Of the famous pracuuon-
ers, DIT. Charcot, died, if 1 mistake not, of the complaint TO
the cure OF which he had given his life. In spite OF the TACT
that nervous disorders are common among Americans, they
do not seem to lead to an unusual number of cases of men,
tai wreck. I have BEN looking into the statistics of insan-
ity. The latest trustworthy figures that l could find are as
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-14
Bureau of Mining Proposed

Washington, D. c., Jan. 10.-Those
who for years have been endeavoring to
secure some beneficial mining legisla-
ton from congress are hopeful Of max
ing a long step forward this year. They
hardly expect that their long-defered
hope Of securing the establishment Of
a new cabinet position, that Of secre-
tary Of mines and mining, will be re-
allied, but they do expect that a bu-
reau of mines and mining in the de-
partment Of the interior will be created.
Representative Charles N. Pray Of
Montana, the only Northwestern mem
Der of the house committee on mines
and mining, has a bill now in the com
mittee establishing the bureau, and is
optimistic of its passage. The Amer
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-14

ican Mining Congress, the Transmits
issippi Commercial Congress, the Ma
tional Irrigation Congress and other
bodies have united in request for the
establishment of such bureau. James
F. Callbreath, jr., of Denver, secretary
Of the American Mining Congress, is
here for the purpose Of forwarding the
legislation.
In 1908 the matter was before the
committee and brought forth extended
testimony. This year it is already up,
and there is possibility Of getting it
through. With the bureau Of mines
and mining established, its work can
demonstrate whether or not the crea-
ton Of new and separate department
Of the government is necessary.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-14
100000 FOR SCHOOLS AND ROADS
For 191 o Washington and Oregon will Re-
ceive Large Sum from Timber Sales

Pending timber sales from the Ma
tional forest reserves Of Oregon and
Washington will mean a revenue to the
two commonwealth Of more than $780,
600. This sum will go to the school
and road funds Of the two states, the
counties benefited being those in which
the timber grew. The distribution Of
this money will mean great improve
ment to both states.
Sales this year will be the heaviest
yet made from government reserves.
Last year sales in the two states aggre-
gated 130,oo0,00O feet, board meas
ure. This year proposals have been
made for the purchase Of about 650,-
100000 feet. Growing scarcity Of tim
Der on private holdings is leading the
millmen to the reserves for logs. This
increase is expected to continue for the
next few years until the point is reach
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-14
Pinchot's Successor

Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 10.-A. F.
Potter, on his way to Washington to
succeed Clifford Pinchot as head of the
forest service, stated yesterday that his
experience and personal knowledge of
Western conditions undoubtedly would
bring the forestry service and the West
into closer harmony, and his policy
would be more favorable to Western
industries.
I expect my relations with the
Western interests to be most con-
genial" he said. Il desire to work
in harmony with the livestock associa-
tons, to promote the fullest use Of the
national forest ranges, to foster the
stock interests and promote the general
welfare of the West"
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-14
G. n. TO SHORTEN ITS ROUTE
RumOred That a Shorter Route Between
LesVenworth and SkykOmish Has
Been Decided Upon

According to dispatches from North
Yakima, men in touch with railroad
affairs strongly intimate that a l2-mile
cutoff will be built by the Great
Northern that will tap the coal region
around Roslyn. Engineer who are Wis
iting in North Yakima say that activi-
ties in that section indicate that the
work will be started within a brief
hile.
Besides saving a haul over the
sleeper grade and shortening the route
by II miles, the road, it is said, will
tap a very rich mining district-the
Fish Lake-where gold and copper is
said to abound in great quantities.
Along with the rumor Of the cutoff
comes the story that the Great North
ern also contemplates the construction
of line south Of Skykomish, the west
ern terminal Of the cutoff, into the Gle
Elum and Roslyn coal sections.
The Great Northern, it is explained,
is now taking its coal to operate over
its coast division, either from Seattle OF
Spokane, and that the coal used comes
from the Gle Elum or Roslyn district,
being shipped out over the Northern
Pacific. Such a feeder tapping the
coal district from Skykomish would be
of immense value to the Great North
ern.
1t is said that the cutoff will start at
about Leavenworth, where the present
line makes loop to the north. The
course that the cutoff will take, it is
believed, is along the Icicle creek, a
district rich in mines and timber, and
go through either the Dutch Miller or
the Bear Gap and come out at a point
near Skykomish. Such route would
shorten the line and would eliminate
the necessity Of two-mile run through
the Cascade tunnel.
Preparations have already been made
for branch line to the south from a
point short distance east Of Skyko-
mish. This line, it is figured, will be
further extended into the southern ter
ritory, down the Gle Elum river as far
as Gle Elum lake, tapping the district
of the rich Dutch Miller mine.
By building these lines the Great
Northern would enter a field where
there is much tonnage to be had. 1t
would tap an unusually large body Of
timber and would also tap very rich
field of mines, thereby adding to its
traffic.
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is DISMISSED
Removed From Office by Taft All Kinds
of Trouble is Predicted for the
Administration

Washington, D. c., Jan. 10.-Gii-
ford Pinchot, last week chief forester
OF the United States, is now a private
citizen, apparently unconcerned and
smiling, in great contrast to the politi-
cal ferment in which Washington finds
itself.
The summary dismissal conveyed
in the presidents letter in the closing
lines, BY your own accord you have
destroyed your usefulness as a helpful
subordinate Of the government, and it
therefore now becomes my duty to di-
rect the secretary of agriculture to re-
move you from your Office as forester"
has brought nothing from Pinchot more
than the simple statement, I would
prefer to say nothing at this time"
but political Washington almost trem-
bles to think what may be the result.
Pinchot today, in the opinion Of
many, becomes the pivot on which the
insurgent fight with the administration
can turn its guns. Another matter dis
cussed is the effect of Pinchot's dis
missal upon the congressional investi-
cation of Ballinger and the land Office.
Many political forecasters see unmis-
taxable signs of great tempest within
the republican party with ramifcations
which some Of the most sanguine fear
to think about. There is a unanimous
conclusion, however, that there is a
great fight at hand.
Similar letters of dismissal were sent
to Associate Forester Overton w.
Price and Assistant Law Officer Shaw,
the two men whom Pinchot defended
in a letter to Senator Dolliver, and
which was the cause, or one of the
contributing causes, of his dismissal.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-14
Prayer to Stop fever Failed

Spokane, Jan. 10.-Prayer as a cure
for scarlet fever has ignominiously
failed when applied by the community
of saints at the little settlement Of
Waterloo, in the Columbia river valley
not far from Daisy, Wash, in Stevens
county. County Coroner A. B. Cook
and Commissioner w. w. Bryant, OF
Colville, have gone to the settlement
to investigate conditions, with view
to quarantining the community. The
county health board has taken up the
matter and will investigate thoroughly.
The people are Of peculiar religious
belief, living by themselves.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-14

With the winning Of the big annex
alton election last week, Tacoma has
become city colossal in area as COM
pared with its population. The city
limits now extend from the King
county line on the north, south to
Spanaway and American lakes, east to
Puyallup, and west to the Narrows. In
cluded in the city's features hereafter
will be large forests, lakes, manoeuvre
grounds, prairies, farming communi-
ties, diaries, Japanese truck garden
colonies, goat ranches and berry farms
galore.
With all this territory part Of Ia
coma, tremendous fight will now be
made by this greater Tacoma for s.
cent car fare. Great real estate ac-
tivity is also expected to follow the ad-
mittance, as many new additions will
be plated and streets opened into
such sections. Postmaster Votaw is
wrestling with the problem Of deliver
ing mail to the newly-acquired Ia
eomans. Roughly, the city will here
after have an area Of over 100 square
miles, with a population estimated all
the way from 100, 900 to 140, 900.
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ed where only mature timber will be cut.
Stumpage prices this year charged by
the government are about $500. The
forestry law provides that 25 per cent
Of the stumpage revenue shall go to
the state where the timber is cut.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1910-01-14

The local option forces at North
Yakima met defeat in the recent cleo
ton, while in Skagit county the re-
suits were mixed. Wenatchee has
just issued report showing that under
dry regime the number OF arrests have
decreased almost to a minimum. The
victory of the "drys" at Davenport is
to be contested in the courts, on the
question Of the constitutionality Of the
local option law.