Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1910-07-20

EDGEFIEID, s. G.
disappointment, AYERS the New
York Times. is the black sheep Of the
Hope family.
Unfortunately Dame Fortune, re-
marks the New York Times. has an
Did maid sister-in-law.
The law won't make a man good,
hui, argues the Boston Post, it may
prevent him from being a nuisance.
Nearly any woman, announces the
Dallas News, can be happy at home
ior an hour OF two If she has some,
thing loose to put on.
From Vienna Consul-Genera DENLY
writes: 'sThe Austrians probably use
, higher average quality of tea than
any other people in the world. except,
perhaps, the Russians, and these two
nations prepare their tea for drinking
ha more intelligent way than Others"
According to a Turkish newspaper
81 1876. William E. Gladstone was
born in 17s6. For father he had a Bull
garian. His gluttony for gold made
him yellow. He was of medium hight,
his whiskers were cropped close to
his face. and "as a sign of his satanic
spirit his forehead and upper fore
head were bare. His evil temper has
made his hair fall OFF, sc that from a
distance he might be taken for quite
bald"
Rural delivery of mails in Germany
is to be hastened, wherever the CON
dition of roads will permit, by the
nse of motor bicycles and automobiles.
This. observes the Philadelphia Rec
BIRD. Is an innovation in the public in
terest which Is likely to be adopted
elsewhere, especially where popula-
ton is fairly dense and the rapid
transit Of mail matter of consequently
greatly Importance. Such a regulation
would giye'a great impetus to the CON
strrction OF motors intended for ser.
vice rather than display
Says the Toledo Blade: At the same
time the Dominion subsidies the
She building Of a transcontinental and
Hudson Bay railroad it is engaged in
deepening the WeIland Channel so
steamers fitted for the deep sea traf-
nc can go direct from the lakes to
foreign ports. While impracticable
plans are waved aside, thorough u
veys and estimates are obtained for
the digging OF a waterway from Georg-
IAN Bay to Lake Ontario, a far seeing
consideration Of the completed settle
nenf OF the Northwest and q the
possible crowding Of the pres ant lanes
oftrafic.
It is mot always dissipation that is
meant by the phrase, 'the pace that
kills. insists the Philadelphia Led.
ger, Diversion that is morally innocu-
ous may come in time to deplete ones
store Of physical vitality and nervous
energy almost as seriously as fragrant
persistence in vicious courses. People
who are "In society" may pretend
that they car turn night into day,
burning the candle at both ends in
their p~rotracted festivities, with no
fear of the arrival of a dayrof reckon
ing. but nature. with severe lmpartlai-
ity arraigns at length not merely the
hardened roue or d~ebauchee, but the
person whose recreation" has been Of
an entirely innocent nature and yet
excessive In amount. 1t looks as taougn
society" would SOD have to come to
H.
8 understanding regarding the num-
her OF engagements its devotees are
expected to keep within tw%enty-four
hours. Societies for the proven
tion of cruelty have been formed, but
what organization is there to prevent
cruelty to society?
TO preserve discipline at West
Point, a few years ago Congress pass
ed a severe law against hazing and
provided that cadets found guilty OF
the practice should be expelled. Now.
laments the New York World, Con-
gress with the approval Of a tender