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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-12-20

ntes. Again cover and COOK ~ min
utes, or until potatoes are soft Send
60 table in casserole dish.
For Savory Fish-Separate cold.
cooked fish into flakes; there should
be one cupful. Cut two-inch cube Of
fat salt pork in very small cubes. try
put and drain. To two tablespoonfuls
Df the fat add two tablespoonfuls of
aour and sdr until well blended; then
pour on gradually. while stirring con-
stantly. one cupful OF rich milk Bring
TO the boiling point and add fish, two
egg yolks, slightly beaten, pork scraps
and 1h cupfuls Of hot boiled potato
cubes. Season, and serve very hot
Baked-Bean Soup-Put three cup
fuls of cold baked beans, three pints
OF cold water, two slices Of onion and
two stalks Of celery, cut in pieces. in
a saucepan. Bring to the boiling
point and let simmer 30 minutes;
then rub through a sieve. Add 1k
cupfuls Of stewed and strained toma-
toes. and one tablespoonful of chilli
sauce. Melt two tablespoonfuls of
butter. and two tahlespoonfuls Of -four.
and stir until well blended. then pour
on gradually, while stirring constant
ay. the hot liquid. Bring to the boil
ing point, season and serve.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20

wanted-BoOn lots, send numbe
lock to box Number > Charles Town
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
TEN KINDS OF MONEY.

g
Bat Not All Of Uncle SAINTS Assortment
is Legal Tender.
Uncle Sam officially has, ten kinds
Of money gold coins, standard silver
dollars, subsidiary silver. gold certifl-
Gates, silver certificates, treasury Q89O
notes, United States (greenbacks)
notes, national bank notes, nickel
coins and bronze coins says the In
.d.anapolis News. While some Of this
paper currency Is not legal tender,
minor coins are legal tender In small
amount. Legal tender is so called be-
cause In payment Of debt or obliga-
tion Of any kind it can be forced on
the creditor Sin full Of all demand"
Gold certificates, silver certificates
and national bank notes, despite the
enormous quantity In circulation, are
not legal tender. SO far as silver coin
Is concerned, only $40 worth Of
s'halves," quarters and .tdimes'' are
legal tender, and, as to nickel and cop.
per coins, only % cents can be forced
on the creditor. However, with the
standard silver dollar there Is no limit
ITO the amount to be paid in hquida-
tipn Of a 'iclaim. The creditor can re-
fuse the silver certificate, but when 1t
comes to the ''dollar Of the dads the
dollar must be received at its face
value, even IL a thousand weigh $500
pounds.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
Jack Rob;nsoy.

A. Foxton Ferguson Of Oxford uni
versity, speaking Of the old time bal
lads, said that as most Of the public
executions took place in some park or
market place, where everybody could
he present. the onlookers .oftentimes
amused themselves by singing ballads
giving the entire history Of the victim,
and this is the reason why SO many of
the old songs are concerned with the
hangman and the gallows tree. Par.
ticularly interesting also was his de-
scription of the origin of the express
sion quicker than you can say Jack
Robinson" heard so often In both Eng
land and America: It came, he said,
from ayrold ballad about a sailor nam
ed JACK Robinson, who returned to
Portsmouth, England, to find his old
sweetheart married to another The
poor sailor vowed that he would roam
the eeas forever, which he set out to
do hardly before his friends realized
what he was doing. They called after
him. but he had gone.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
pavy Crockett at the Play.

John Quincy Adams used to occa-
sionally attend the theater, and he~waa
especially pleased with Hackett as
Falstatf. When Mr.. Hackett had a
benefit It was announced that at the
particular request Of Colonel David
Crockett OF, Tennessee the comedian
would appear in the play called "The
Kentuckian." This brought out house
full to. oyerflowing. At Z o'clock the
colonel was escorted by the manager
through the crowd to a front seat re-
served for him! After a short time
the curtain rose. and Racket appeared
In hunting costume, bowed to the audi
ence and then to Colonel Crockett.
The compliment was reciprocated by
the colonel. and then the play went on
From "Periey's "Reminiscences"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
Mo- the AnaNer lle Expept.d..

WhiteHeld. whose dramatic appeals
to his listeners were always note
worthy part Of his sermons, ono
preached to q body Of seamen IN New
York In the course Of his sermon be
introduced the following words:
Well my boys. we have clear SKY
ana asx. making fine Roadway oEAE q
smooth sea before q light breeze. and
ne shall soon lose sight Of land. But
what means this sudden lowering Of
the heavens and that dark cloud rising
from the western horizop7 HarkI
Dnn't you hear the distant thunder
Don't yen see those Hastings Of High,
ning4 There Il storm gathering
Every man to his duty! How TIE
waves fire ana dash against The ship
The air Is dark The tempest RACES,
Our masts are gone! The ship e on
her peam ends! What nexti''
The hands Of every sailor were grip
ping the pewssln front Of them, aud q
Wild excitement Was % their eyes.
And When the pfeacher reached the
climax Or his dramatic speech they
sprang q fheIr leel 10 q body and
shouted Take the ipRghoatI New
~ H4.1 st S
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
M.nI.o,. ! poen,.

Probably the mass OF prison poetry
which has been written on stools and
bedposts end scratched on prison walls
far exceeds That which has found ex-
preston on paper. and many q mute.
ingiorious Milton has begun and nm
.ished iIfs poeticaI career with these
:'lost to sight" productions There -
in existence short poem. said to have
been scratched by a maniac on the
wall of his cell. which runs thus:
Could with ink the ocean I'LL.
We're all the world Of parchment made,
We're every reed on earth quill
And every man scribe by trade,
To write the love Of God alone
Would drain that ocean dry:
Nor could the scroll contain the whole.
Though stretched from sky to sky.
The authenticity of this being the
work of a maniat' has often been ques-
toned because of the beauty Of Its ex-
preston and It's sound reason. but the
story stands. London Saturday Re
view.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20

a piueIy bais,mah ana tlsrehens
= - lacA. zesi - {
A salesman for a carpet 6ouss called
On the proprietor Ct a BIZ Htp1e Thi1
nah had Z reputation for ding lsle-
msh alive. AFTER several dt1decl III
ntfsmbt1 Ito ~ hi1 lndd - b1lsgki1n
decided 70 use dezperlts ms1nE tgDs1
"a, him BE knew tint Tie man must
buy bill Of goods. for he knew what
stock be was carrying and knew that
hs must "a in 4 supply 1T tn open-
ing df the season. 80 - - o.
Ii the afternoon be called q the
store and deliberately walked into khe
0wner,a private once ana placed 4
card on bis desk. The sk6rskeebef dld
mot look up from lbs papers fcf bststli
minutes Then be turned aavagely on
the salesman and said; s5.5 (
Who In Sam Hill let you inf l left
orders to have you thrown out II you
came again. -
With that be threw the card saxagely
In the wastebasket, The salesman
drew another from his pocket and
placed II on the desk where the INST
had been. without locking ii, nom Nh
work the buyer threw rtAat IN the
Wastebasket. me ealesman threW
down two or three other cards with
the same result, and finally, almost
purple With rage. the merchant turned
on him: nv s.f rs 80
well, well, well, what IL itr'
II was Just thinking s'said the aales-
man. shat ifeveFy man your salesmen
called on was such an internal, igno-
rant, no account Crouch as you are
what cussed few orders they would
book and how quickly you would so
out Of business. That's all, sir; good
by" !.
Hold on there minute" broke in
the crouch In much changed tone.
II guess owe you an apology. You're
right. Let's see your line"-Book-
| kAAraF
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
When a poa chokls.

Dogs frequently choke. A bone, a
nail or piece of tin gets In. the
throat. and there is great danger Of
death before the arrival of the surgeon.
Many Of them do die. but there is no
reason for this. for 1t is easy. without
the slightest danger Of getting bitten.
to put the hand in the mouth Of a dog
and to draw out or push down the OBJ
struction that Is choking IT. A bandage
"a handkerchief or towel will do-is
passed between the teeth and over the
upper jaw, and In similar way anOth-
er bandage is passed between the teeth
and over the under jaw. One person,
holding the ends Of these two band
ages. keeps the dogs mouth wide open.
A second person can then with perfect
ease and safety put his fingers down
the animals throat and relieve 1t.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
Bird Stories.

A German scientific journal publish
ed iii 1897 4 story to the effect that
golden eagle shot in that year at Els.
zeg. Slavonia. was found to have a
ring about its neck engraved on which
were the arms Of Slavonian family
and the date 1916.
In 1893 the Gentleman's Magazine
told about a hawk. captured when fly-
ing in the vicinity Of the Cape Of Good
Hope and taken by an Indian ship to
England, which wore gold collar in
scribAd: y
''This goodlie hawk doth belong to
his Most Excellent Majesty James,
King of England. A. d. 1870"
II this bird really escaped from
England in the reign of James. 1873
years elapsed between its escape and
its recapture. and it had flown a dis
lance of $500 miles away from Its
former owner.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
Campbell and Sheets
ATToRNEYs-AT-LAw
Charles Town, West Virginia,
Will Practice in State and Fed err,
;ourts. Office in Telephone Company's


Mr.. ]. II. Hale who grows fruit from
New England to Florida, sprays extensi-
ve.y with Lines Sulphur against the San
o.c and other scale insects and says
It-cfeans up the trees. Not only is it
sure death to scales but is also good
ursieide killing disease spores, MOSES,
etc, and smoothing up the bark.
,..a'1she demand for Lime-Sulphur has
grown SO rapidly, and competition has
become so great as to drive some manu-
facturers to cheaper their product, while
others produce q richer article, feeling
that the highest quality is really the
cheapest. Those who buy the best
quality spray but once III season; those
who buy lower grades often have to spray
twice, but they choose the higher grade
the second time.
The Bowker Insecticide Co., whose
new plant at Baltimore is completed. is
enc of the oldest manufacturers of
SPRAYING materials and make the highest
grade Lime Sulphur. We advise every-
one who grows fruit to write the Bowker
Insecticide Co., Equitable Bldg, Baiti-
1 more, stating how many trees and what
',inds are to be sprayed and asking the
Lice of the Company's experts, for
r. j 10 charge is made. They sen4
II; resting literature free ca req1les
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
A Rov Once Himself.

The principal OF a village school In
Kansas one afternoon detected boy
cutting thesletters Of his name IN the
desk. in front of him. AS the novels
would put it the principal rushed to
the spot. angrily put forth his hand
intending to grasp the boy by the col
lar, when 10. and also behold. close
sBy the newly formed letters were the
initials Of the principals own name
written by himself when he was a pu-
Dill in the same school. His grasp
upon the, boys collar loosened itself.
and he returned to~his desk sadder
and wiser teacher. That principal Is
today Judge of an important court in
one Of the greatest cities of the world.
We often wonder whether or not in
the administration Of justice the Judge
ever drinks OF the incident in the vii
lage school, Western School Jouraal.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
c.rrv;no = Shredder,

The bearers Of stretcher should be
as near the same height Is possible.
II there Is any difference the taIler
and stronger man should b ut tie
head. A stretcher should be csrrisd
by The hands Or suspended BY ttrSpe
frps1 the shoulders. Never carry =
stretcher when loaded upon the Shout
derB. It frightens the patient. and be-
might fall OF very easily. especially II
one Of the bearers should stumble. The
bearers should not keep step, but break
step. the one in front starting on with
his right foot and the one behind with
his left. The injured should be car
ried feet first. In going up a hill or up-
stairs the head should be In front and
the reverse IN descending. except In
case OF broken thigh or leg. when
the feet should=be first In going up and
last in coming down to keep the
weight OF the body on the injured
limb. First Aid to the Injured" DR..
81. q. Hartung. in National Magazine:
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
Canine q on 81 "a Wa.

There Is an amusing story BY Athe-
naeus which suggests the possible ORR
gin Of the phrase HE does not know
enough to come in out Of the wet Ac-
cording to the entertaining grammarian
referred to.sa town in Greece under
stress Of evil circumstances borrowed
money from rich man. who took az
security for the loan mortgage on the
handsome portico which surrounded
the market place He was not an un-
generous creditor. for when It rainea
he caused the town criers to announce
that the citizens had permission to
take refuge under the colonnade.
Strangers visiting the town who fall
ed to have the mater properly explain
ed to them were so impressed by the
extraordinary circumstances that they
spread abroad the report that the peo-
pie were so stupid that they had to be
told when TO come in out Of the wet.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
Frasnps and Cuff MuxxIora.

essA4Nt&g&s
The most curious article In the
tTamp's outft hears an appropriately
odd name the ''cuH mnzzler.. Il cor,
elsts Of the leg Of On old stocking emit
Up Into short lengths and worn over
the wrist like 8 thick mitten, and its
object Is to increase the circnmfaranea
Of the wrist to such an extent that I
constable cannot easily slip a handcui
over II.
Indeed. a pair Of .'cun mu1zIeriP'-
which are worn BY none save veteran
roadsters make Il very dinicnlt for 1
constable alone and Qnaided To- hand.
cuff their Wearer. Tfamps' tools bear
puzzling names Particularly cryutic
j. fiddle" the term for 4 big nan
carried BY the spike ranger' q itin-
Grant who goes from one casual Wara
to the next. Should be falI into tie
hands Of the police II Il uaed ID ..ooS
nm worrying that 4, aepaEatip- s, I.
strands Of hard rope Haltlp. . tne
lean. -ofe Amer.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
Aaki,1n klns Nancy Last.

Rosa BonheutA used to say that her
youth was one OF great poverty. Then
she would add some droll stories
about the family method Of regulat.
ing itg finance. The studio, was col
lection OF odds and ends, and Nj. Bon
heur knew how to turn that disorder
to account. When he received money
Tor his work She would take handful
III coin and throw II at random about
the room Then In times Of stress.
whenzthere was apparently not far
thing left In the house. the entire fam
liz Would aei 40 work searching in
nookG ana Sofaers Sometimes they
would find 1--we franc piece. and that
.warded on starvation To perfect her
self In her study Of animals young
Rosa spent days ID d slaughter house.
The men were perplexAd at seeing a
young woman there and sometimes
made it disagreMbie for her. but good
nj. Emile. a butcher of great strength,
announced that whatsoever annoyed
her would have to reckon With him.
Then she WAS enabled to WORK undis-
turbe0 * & 81
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
Georee Sand.

1t was from Leonard Jules Sandeau
the celebrated French novelist AND
dramatist. born Mt Aubusson a century
ago. that another and far greater
writer derived her nom de guerre
When young student In Paris San
deau made the acquaintance Of Mime
Dudevant. and during short lived
friendship they collaborated in novel
Rose ct Blanche" which was pub
lished in 1871 Then they parted. lH,l
Nine 'Dudevani, while felinqnishing
Sandeau's friendship. took to herself 4
portion OF his name and elected to be
known thenceforth as. George Sand
Pail Mall Gazette.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
WI. auslnA.. FAN of

Two London business men were talk
ting when a seedy individual came up
and spoke to one Of them. After he
had gone the one to whom he had
spoken said to his friend: That's q
brother of mine and about the most
unfortunate fellow in the world.
have set him up in business three
times, The last time bought pork
shop business for him In place called
Barking. After few weeks he wrote
and said the business had all dropped
of. Would l come up2 went, and
the first thing that caught my eye was
a ticket In the window inviting the
public to Try Our Barking sausages.'
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20

E6tly 01fiS = Inst Paved ~ Way -
NtIisnSI c6n,l mn - , ~ .
History reoefds int Gsbtss wash
ington W1S chosen president ~ sibo
Omitted States without Ont having
been nominated and even Without an
opposing candidate. So was bis gue-
cessor IN once. John Adams IN the
language Of the street the presidency
was ID the case Of each Of these dis
tinguisbed patriots handed to him IN
silver piattets The presidency went.
a. it we're. BY corihion consent to the
founders Of the republic. to whom q
grateful peopls hooked for continued
service and guidance
! In the early days president choosing.
according to the primitive way, was as
simple compared to modern methods
as Kindergarten exercise beside =
course In four dimension mathematics.
Since then the changes. though grAdu-
IL. have been marked and have led up
to our present complicated Convention
nominations that make the electoral
college but a mechanical device for
~
registering toe popular decision assbe-
tween rival party organizations. Il
wSs the duke that almost Installed
|. Aaron Burr as president instead Of
Thomas JEFFERSON that forced the In
tidal notifications Of the plan of presi-
dent choosing agreed upon By the
trainers Of the constitution
| Originally members Of the electoral
college were to vote for two persons.
the one receiving the highest number
Of votes to be president and the next
highest 10 be vice PRESIDENT The
Id ser of n succession that would pull
. po;i,ical lever each time from one
IL the other made imperative the
Ilnge by which the electors should
ycte for only one person for president
! I'd for another for vice president.
rwo or three object lessons. too, Of
irresponsible and haphazard action by
the electoral college, throwing the
choice of president to the house, or Of
| vice president to the senate, because
no one had4a majority Of the votes
| cast, showed the necessity of centering
the efforR OF the newly aligned polid-
cal parties each on a single presiden-
tials ticket and of imposing on the
members of the electoral college 9
moral obligation to cast their ballots
uniformly for. the nominees Of the
party which had elected them.
The forerunner of our national nomi-
| mating convention was the caucus or
conference of members of congress OF
the same political faith who got to-
gether. ON their own initiative and
without any mandate from Weir con
| stituents assumed to advise as to who,
In their Judgment. was entitled to be
recognized as the party standard bear
/ er. This caucus must necessarily have
proved to; be too crude and unsatisfac-
tory to serve long as the president
choosing machinery. In such an az
semblage only those states and dis
tricts represented In congress by mem.
bers Of one and the same political
party had a voice. and all the others
were left without representation. II
was to remedy these defects and t.
enable the rank and file Of the parties,
wherever they might be, to exercise al
4 ..qst q, nominal control of the presi'
DENTAL nomination that the national
convention. meeting every four Pears
came to be evolved as we know IT,
/ Victor Rosewater in American Review
Of Reviews. r
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
THE EVERGLADES

This Fertile Florida Region Is an Old
Mountain Top.
One Of the strange facts about the
Everglades region OF Florida Is that 1t
Is really a decayed mountain top. The
crest Is formed Of massive limestone,
usually covered by a mantle Of sand.
In this formation are numberless pot
holes which vary In size from few
feet to thousands Of acres; also count
less lakes of fresh water springs and
frequent subterranea1 streams and
pools.
A few miles north Of Cape Sable is
an outcrop Of limestone which projects
to Lake Okeechobee. In this outerop
Is dn extensive shallow basin extend
ing 1870 miles norlh and south and
about seventy miles east and west,
while the altitude of its rim Is twelve
feet above mean tide in Biscayne bay
and little less above the gulf Of
Mexico.
This rim Is from three to twelve
miles from the ocean edge Of the
coastal plain on the east and dis
lance Of fifty miles from the gulf on
the west. So far MS explored 1t ex-
tends all around the edge Of the basin.
forming ascomplete cup Asa result
Of the weather and flowing water the
run has been worn into fantastic
shapes. The depth of the basin varies
from foot nj the rim 10 as much as
twelve feel in places. r.; generally the
rock door is frnm Il aeliin Of one to sis
feet
And herr, l. the secret OF the fertility
of the Everglades. Above the entire
rock floor rises layer Of muck. form
ed of an alluvial deposit and of de
cayed vegetable matter. This deposi'
varies from few inches to several
feet In thickness The water covering
this deposit comes from springs thai
In turn have their source in the lake.
Casters Magazine.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
a Woman,s Letter.

Women. IL is generally admitted.
write much better letters than men
NJ Marcel Provost discovered the
reason for this superiority The OBJ
vious meaning b never the one We
should read Into woman's letter.
There Is always yelled meaning
Woman makes use Of letter just a.
she employs glance or snlile in 4
way that Is carefully thought out and
With An eye to effect And, after al.
does w0manss hat serve 70 cover her
head1 Does woman,a parasol keep
on The sum Why. then. should NO
nlan's letter serve 70 convey heR real
Thoughts 70 the person addressed just
ne the ietleTs Of some honest grocer.
who Willes. i send ron IIte s1hds q
coffee hfe1n1e he rally Ntct send
Jon Ne pounds 81 eoleel I;on161
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
Elnnnino Petty Criminals.

FaoEgiTg. claimed by some to be
survival of barbarisin in England. is
given credit by others as being the
most potent factor In Kidding London
OF petty criminals aud assuring public
safety Many, criminals become SO 10,
miliar with the prison routine as to-
lose all horror of Il, In fact. life Is So
wretched for r,atain classes Of undv
sirabies 11 T,ntdol thar they would
commit f.siy crimes as n means u
gainins entranee~te Il prison We're II
moi for the Whniesomes feat Of Hog
gings The cat-1 sn;netails used for
the iidgaiags mas been deprived OF its
knots and Is noi ind "n 30 strenuous
II rs 10 tile nd days. while With young
Offenders The lGScn rid h brought into
play a iatssi,ia IAN Il always ON hand
to stop thu ,iss%inr shnilld the cuiprit
evincp signs ~ tnlnilng Although the
tioggilg punishment has thus been
mitigated Ii tsseS not seem to have lost
lts effectiveness Popular Mechanics
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1911-04-20
ORIGINAL Era 81 Good Feeifna,

The phrase applied to the adnintstra,
tion of James Monroe. 1.-THE era OF
good feeling" first appeared in Bos-
ton newspaper. The Columbian Sentinel
of July 10, 1917. From that time until
'.fhe present hour the two administers
tons of Monroe-a period Of eight
years, It'll to 1925 are referred to in
the terms Of the newspaper paragraph
/ which so aptly expressed the public
sentiment of the day.-Magazine OF
American History.