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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

Dr.. Hastings. the Toronto medical
health officer. complains that only
about 20 per cent. OF the 500 cattle
killed for consumption weekly in that
city are inspected. and that an aver
aga OF 55 diseased animals week are
Boid for food. A Canadian govern
ment analyst asserts that for the last
third of century the pepper used in
canada has been sdulterated 40 per
cent. We are doing better than Can
ada in some things.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

How interesting it would be to stu
dents of mechanics as we'll as to stu
dents of history to see the first steam
boat in which Fulton took passengers
ON the Hudson in 1907. BY preserving
in the National Museum at Washing
ton the first flying machine purchased
from the Wrights for the war depart,
ment, the government is providing a
treat for students in centuries to
come.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

This Is one Of the highest COM
pliments ever paid to the levelhead-
ed, common sense Of Americans
who cut off about two hundred mill
lion pounds Of coffee when they
found by actual experiment Tin the
majority Of cases) that the subtle
drug caffeine, in coffee, worked dis
comfort and varying forms of dis
ease.
Some people haven't the charac-
ter to stop habit when they know
it is killing them, but it is easy
to shift from coffee to Postum, for,
when made according to directions.
1t comes to table a cur of beverage,
seal brown color, which turns to
rich golden brown when cream Is
added, and the taste is very like
the milder grades Of Old Govt Java.
Postum is veritable food-drink
and highly nourishing, containing
all the parts Of wheat carefully pre-
pared to which Is added about ten
per cent Of New Orleans molasses,
and thai is absolutely all that
Postum is made Of.
Thousands Of visitors to the pure
NJ -
food factories see the ingredients
and how prepared. Every nook
and corner is open for every visit
or to carefully inspect! Crowds
come daily and seem to enjoy 1t.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

Boston highbrows are trying to de-
sermine whether been" should be
pronounced 'bin" or bean" If they
are patriotic Bostonians the bean will
win In a walk.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15
Death Bed Jest.

Among what may be called death
bed jests, that of the Rev. James Guth-
rie of Stirling, one of the CoVenanter
martyrs, deserves a high place. Lord
Grthries recalls the story in From a
Northern Window" Mr.. Guthries was
executed at the Cross in the High
street. Edinburgh. The night before
he asked for cheese for supper. His
friends wondered. for the physicians
had forbidden him to eat cheese. But
he said, with smile, Il am now be-
yond the hazard of all earthly dis
ses."-Uncle Remus' Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

Then the article proceeds to de-
nounce Postum and works Into a
fine frenzy, because we have pub
lished facts regarding the effect OF
coffee on some people.
The narrowing tale goes on.
Where a few years ago every
body drank coffee, several cups a
day, now we find in every walk in
life people who imagine they can
not drink it. (The underscoring is
ours.) Burly blacksmiths, carpen-
ters, laborers and athletes have dis
continued or cut down the use OF
coffee; as there is not person
who reads this and will not be able
to find the same conditions existing
among his own circle Of acqraint-
ances, Is it not well for the Brazil
ians to sit up and take notice?"
Isn't it curious these "bur,
. ly" strong men should pick out COZ
fee to Imagine" about? Why not
Imagine" that regular doses OF
whiskey are harmful, or daily siugs
of morphine?
If imagination" makes the caf-
feline in coffee clog the liver, de-
press the heart, and steadily tear
down the nervous system. bringing
on one or more of the dozens OF
types of diseases which, follow
broken-down nervous systems,
many people don't know it.
But it remained for the man who
has coffee, morphine or whiskey
to sell, to have the supreme nerve
to say: "You only imagine your
disorders. Keep on buying from
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

We are informed that an easterner
whose best girl gave him the frigid
1nitt has gone insane. We have
often heard of people who went crazy
with JOY.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

It is evident that the excuse of the
ancient Adam. who ali men have yet
IN them, has not outgrown its force
..fa was all the woman's fault"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15
Distinction.

Senator Lotsmaun-Who is this Nc
Chunkerson that wants consulship,
and what claim has he on me for
political job?
Private Secretary-He says he's the
only man who hasn't been mentioned
as a candidate. for governor of ILL
nois.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

AT any rate. the man who said he
could swim across the Atlantic
achieved his ambition He get his
rzrne in the papers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

We fail to understand why some
people are SO badly stung by the avia-
tion bug when all the delights and
dangers of the game may be expert
enced on roller coaster.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

The policemen of Lynn, Mass. are
10 be armed with clubs made of paper.
These win logically go with paper san
,tary drinking cups.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

A woman of eighty in Connecticut
town captured and held a burglar un-
III help came. Here is the first knock
ont blow for the age limit
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

Some persons have to be satisfied
with Reno divorce. because it is the
bsat they can get.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15
The Happier Age.

The Bronze Age man chuckled.
IF / was steel, I suppose they woui
dissolve me" he cried.
Herewith he rejoiced he didn't lily
too late.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

Advice to the aeroplane operator:
Be careful.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15
Let us continue to quote from his

| Let us continue to quote from his
article.
Notwithstanding the enormous
increase in population during the
past three years, coffee shows an
appalling decrease in consumption. )"
Then follows & tiresome lot OF
statistics which wind up by show
ing a decrease of consumption In
two years of, in round figures, two
hundred million pounds.
Here we see the cause for the at
tacks on us and the Brazilian
sneers at Americans who prefer to
use a healthful, homemade break
fast drink and incidentally keep the
money in America, rather than
send the millions to Brazil and pay
for an article that chemists class
among the drugs and not among
the foods.
I-
Will the reader please remem-
ber, we never announce that coffee
"hurts all people,"
Some persons seem to have ex-
cess vitality enough to use coffee,
tobacco and whiskey for years and
apparently be none the worse, but
the number is small, and when a
sensible man or woman finds an ar
ticle acts harmfully they exercise
some degree Of intelligence by
dropping it.
We quote again from the article:
"These figures are paralyzing
but correct, being taken from
Leech's statistics, recognized as
the most reliable"
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15
There's a Reason

Postum Cereal Company, Limited
Battle Greek. Michigan
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-11-15

Will the reader please remem-
Der, We never announce that coffee
"hurts all people,"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
1kaThackeray's Disi;sured Nose.

TIC usual account of how THAI
cray was disGsured says that venables
broke the novclist's nose In fair
fight. john Ward In Notes and Que
ries supplies another version. About
u year after Thackeray's death Mt.
Ward was travelling on one Of tho
main railways and had as companions
two old ladies' who knew Thackeray
well. One of them said the novelist
had told them this story:
Being one of the youngest pupils
;nt Charterhouse), he was chosen by
ono of the older LADS. rather proud
aristocrat in >his way. to act as his
fag Thackeray bore 1t us we'll as ne
could. but demurred to some moro ar
bitrary command than usual and fatty
refused to obey. whercupon the young
'arstocrat' caught 'rhackeray up, held
his head under his arm and with the
heel of his boot used us hammer
heat the beautiful nquiline nose quite
ilat with his face-in fact, breaking
and iniuring It's structure completely
the excused being. You'll clean my
boots next time, Sir"
Before his injury Thackeray was.
the same authority says. remarkably
Observation-Disclosures Gazette,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
PREHISTORIC ANIMALS.
Rocks In Which They Arc Preserved
Denote Their Aae.

Rocks In Which They Are Preserved
Denote Their Age.
Fossil remains Of prehistoric animals
would not have been preserved and
handed down to us through all the ages
had these remains been exposed to the
air.
Fortunately for the scientists of to-
day, when these animals perished the
rock Which holds their remains was
merely soft mud or drifting sand. It
encompassed the carcass of the animal,
held 1t tight from air and water and
during the intervening ages passed
through the various processes until 1t
became solid rock.
Some OF these remains, even those
of the Oldest animals, have been dis
covered quite close to the surface. This
Is because the crust of the earth is
like paper wrappings folding and
crumbling under the pressure Of the
gases and fire Of the interior. with the
result that here and there the crust has
been turned upside down, SO that the
lower strata of rock are on top.
And 1t is the particular stratum of
rock that reveals the approximate age
Of the animal. Biologists, on examina-
ton, can tell the age of the rock, which
gives them the date Mt which the ami
NAL 6ourished-London Strand Maga.
zine.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
LIGHT AND THE EYES.

lt's the Amount Rather Than the In
tensity Of tho Rays That Hurts.
1t is not SO much the intensity of the
light focused on the retinu as 1t Is the
quantity received by that sensitive or
gam that causes retinal fatigue or
worse. In the great snow fields of
The arctic regions the natives protect
their eyes from the glare Of the snow
by goggles made of followed pieces Of
wood In which they have made small
holes to look through. These. says the
Optical Review, reduce the quantity Of
the light which passes into their eyes
with consequent relief from the glare.
So. too, II we look through q minute
pinhole disk ut the sun we can endure
the very bright light much longer than
when we look with the naked eyes. II
we look Mt a distant electric arc light
there is no retinal fatigue. while IL we
look ut the same light from a short
distance there is great discomfort, and
get the two rctinal hinges are of equal
brilliancy. only in the first case this
image is very much smaller than in
the second case-that is, the quantity
IF light Is very much different.
Then there is the flaming electric
light which is now toabe found in oil
of the large cities of the country. This
light is much less brilliant than that
of tho arc light. and yet its size is SO
great that this more than makes up
the difference, and 1t Is therefore very.
glaring and uncomfortable to look at.
In slsiascopy 1t is possible to use .
very intense light If 1t is made small
In area, for the reasons above stated.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
TEN KINDS OF MONEY.
eut Not All of Uncle ssm's Assortmen,
Is Legal Tender.

Is Legal Tender.
Uncle Sam officially has ten kinds
OF money gold coins, standard silver
dollars, subsidiary silver, gold certifi.
Gates, silver certificates, treasury nSoO)
notes. United States (greenbacks)
notes. national bank notes, nickel
coins and bronze coins-says the In
dianapolis News. While some of this
paper currency is not legal tender,
minor coins are legal tender in smal,
a,nount:- Legal tender is so called be
T;.l.sc in payment of debt or 'qbliga-
tlonl of any kind it Can be- forced on
Nle creditor I'm full fhil dcmandnna
Gold scertifieates. 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
"halvcs." quarters" and dimes" are
legal tender, and. as to nickel and cop
per coins. only % cents can be forced
OH the creditor. However. with tho
standard silver dollar there IS no limit
TO the amount to be paid in liqnida.
tion of claim. The creditor can re-
fuse tile silver certificates but when 1t
comes to the dollar of the dads" the
dollar must be received mt its face
value even II thousand weigh $500
pounds.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
MISTAKEN IDENTITY
The Famous Case Of Le.urquss ef ~
Lyons Mail.

Lyons Mail.
The most famous OF all cases Of mis-.
taken identity is that Of Lesurques,
charged with the robbery and murder
of the courier of the Lyons mail, the
incidents of which were woven into
the old dramatic play "The Lyons
Mail"
Lesurques was positively identified
us man who had Travelled by the mail
coach, aud he was in due course con-
vlcted. Yet at the eleventh hour q
woman came into court and declared
his innocence, swearing that the wit
nesses had mistaken him for another.
Duboscq. whom he greatly resembled.
She was the confidant of one Of the
gang who had planned and carried out
the robbery. But her testimony, al.
though corroborated by other confed-
crates. was rejected, and I.csurques re-
ceivcd sentence of death. LesurQues
died protesting his Innocence to the
last. -Four years elapsed before Du
boscq WAS captured. In the interval
others of the gang had passed through
tile MINUS ol tne ponce, Dut the prime
mover was only now taken. Even
then he twice escaped from prison
When finally he was put on his trial
aud the judge ordered fair wig, such
us Lesurques had Worn. to be placed
on his head. the strange likeness was
Immediately apparent. He denied his
guilt, but was convicted and guillo.
tined. Thus two men suffered for one
nffnnsn
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
CANINE HuMoR.
More 'aarked In MonsrsIs Than IN
Dogs With Pediarees,

Dogs With Pedisrses.
I gas erally find, writes a well known
English scientist. that mongrel dogs
when they happen TO be sociable have
a keen sense of h9lnor. An aristocratic
dog With a pedigree ihay have some
inherited slnartness; but has no origi-
hality. A common yellow dog with no
ancestry to speak of, who has to gain
his living By his wits, could give him
cards and spades at his own tricks in
two lessons.
Once took into the house out of
pity mongrcl yellow dog who insist.
ed On Installing himself at my door.
step and always came back, no matter
how often he was chased away. had
at that time pedigreed water spaniel.
and 1 tried to teach him some tricks
when took him cut along quiet road
at times. The yellow dog. wh6~mude
friends with lii:S,. always came along
and beat the water spaniel ut his own
tricks without training. Then he be.
gan to play tricks of his own GU the
spaniel. When he had a bone he look
ed out for l.is comrade, aud when he
saw him Looping along he would lay
the hone in his path and disappear.
1!e spaniel always made for the bone,
but the yellow dog. just as he was
about to grab 1t, would dart from his
hiding place and, selling 1t, run off
with it. This happened over and over
again. but the high bred spaniel never
tumbled to the joke.-Ncw York World
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
Won Hi. sunner

Terry is of that class Of gentry
whose nimble wit Is the only thing
which keeps them from starving IN
this day of practicalities. Terry is Q.
great coffee drinker. and many are the
expedients he will undertake to get It
when he Is without funds. The other.
evening he walked into cafe and said
to the proprietor:
Good evening, Mr. NJ"
"How are you. TerryY' was the re-
sponse.
Pretty good, pretty good. .barrin'
bad t'roat. It's glad I am to see YER
self lookin' so smart and yer dom so
we'll in yer business. now. amt yer?
It's glad unl. too, about that. By the
way, Mir. NJ, would yer be afther
trustin' me this evening""
Trust you! Terry, wouldn't DO
trustin, my own father."
''rhrhe fer. you. Mr: N. 1frd know
ed yer. father, as. well as you perhaps
wouldh,t trust him &eselfv
And Terry got 6lS ,conae and rolia.-
Chicago News. sSssis sSsssiss1I
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
When Nature wa. rlrek,,nar.

In the British museum is a largo
stone composed of carbonate of lime.
which would serve perfectly as day
aEorer's calendar inasmuch as 1t would
Indicate to him every Sunday and hofi-
day of<the year, though not the day Of
the month. Moreover. the stone is an
actual dme record. of the work done
for n long period In an English coal
mine.
The Sunday stone." as it is called,
was remoyedh from colliery drain.
When tho mihers were at work the
water running through the drain left
deposit colored black by the coal
lust, but when no work was being
done the water ran down clear and left
a white deposit These deposits in the
course Of time built up the stone.
Each day of work left black streak,
Immediately followed 10y a white streak
made during the night. Wide white
streaks indicate the holidays and Sun
days.-Harpcr's Weekly.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
Jack Roh;nsnn

A. E'oSton Ferguson of Oxford uni
vcrsity, speaking of the old time bnl-
lads. said that as most of the public
executions took place in soisn park or
market place. where everybody could
be present, the onlookcrs n.tcntimes
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 expires
sion quicker than you can say IacE
Robinson" beard so>often in both Eng
land and America. 1t came, he said
from an old ballad about II sailor nam
cd Jack Robinson, who returned to
Portsmouth, England. to find his old
Sweetheart married to another. The
poor snilor vowed that he would roam
the seas forever, which he set out to
do hardly before his friends realized
whnt he was doing. They called after
him, but he kad gone.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
A T;qer FIower.

There have recently been exhibited
In Paris some living specimens Of q
curious insect brought from Rangoon
by well known French naturalist.
1t is species of mantis, and its body
and legs are both shaped and colored
to resemble beautiful flower. Lying
in wait for butterflies under spray
Of leaves. 1t looks like an azure BIOS
som. with black spot in the center
exactly resembling the tube of corol-
la. The hinder part Of the body ID
drawn out into long green stalk.
BUTTERFLIES and other insects are read
lily deceived by this mimic, and the
instant they touch 1t its claws seize
tllem.-St. Louis Republic.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
LIFE BUOY AND OAR.
Putting On tn, On. and Supporting
Yourself With the Other.

Putting On the Cns and Supporting
Yourself With the Other.
Very few persons know how to get
into II life buoy. nnd. as in this dncer-
tain world one ntIcr lNows when one
m;y need t5 m,ase use Of a b1ox>tu
rcitl searHost.N little >prnctiec might
prove Of great value III an emergency
Now. when the. buoy is thrown into
the water the tefn,tation is to try to
lift IL over ones head and shoulders
OF. to dive through 1t. This. however
is impossible. The correct thing IS to
grasp the two sides Of the buoy will
fingers of the hands uppermost. lower
yourself under the buoy and come GI
through theFcenter. then rest yoHl
arms upon the sides. and you will be
comfortably supported as long as it Is
necessary.
More often. than otherwise. in case OF
accident. n fife buoy is not ut ~!.,mG
In su, Ia an event an orr laas beSusr,i
as a Substitute. Now, there is some
little art in saving oneself hy tli.
means. far IN average sized souil !:
not b,loyant enough Ia sm. lnr; & per
son If g,aisped as the first nipu!sc
would direct
+ There Is only one way in Viii Ii IN
oar VIII support Il humln beng.
must be ridden ll,se a hobbs hprs
The haft is put hrtwncn the legs III.
the blade allowed TO project n:n"e Il.
surface of tile water in front of "i:'
by this means the Lead Is Aellt we.
above the water learson's Magazine
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
Wrecked by q. Knife Blade.

A ship was once wrecked on the
Irish coast. The captain was care
full one. Nor had the weather been Of
SO severe kind as to explain the
vide distance which the vessel had
swerved from her proper course. The
ship went down. but SO much interest
attached to the disaster that n diving
bell was sunk. Among other portions
of the vessel that were examined was
The compass that wac; swung on the
deck, and inside the compass box was
detected Il bit Of steel. which appeared
to be the small pOiEi of pocket
knife blade. 1t was learned that the
day before the wreck sailor who
had been set cleaning the compass
had used his pocket knife In the proc
es:; and had unceremoniously broken
off the point and left u remaining In
the box. That bit of Knife blade ex-
ertcd it's influence on the compass and
to Il degree THAT detected the needle
from its proper bent and yitiated 1t as
an index of the ships direction. That
bit of knife blade wrecked the vessel.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
Expert Testimony.

There was not much to be gained
from the witness ON the stand, who
seemed to have wonderful faculty
for holding his tongue, but the lawyer
tried once more.
"You say your boat picked up the
accused at o'clock tor thereabouts,' {"
be said. ut has been stated that he
jumped overheard nearly an hour be-
fore that time Tell me, Captain Samp-
son, how he appeared to you when you
picked him up. II you had been re-
iuired to give nm opinion of him then
what would you have said?"
"Well. I'll tell ye honest" said the
captain, when he had disposed Of a
portentous yawn. II sh'd we said he
was one of the wettest men, If not the
wettest man. that ever see!"-Youth's
Companion.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-06-08
Bending Of Great Guns.

Among the problems with which ar.
my and navy engineers have to deal
nowadays is that of the dropping of
the muzzles Of excessively long guns
under the stress of their own weight.
Experiments have shown that wire
wound guns of twelve inch caliber and
fifty feet length droop at the muzzle
about four and half minutes of arc,
while built up solid guns of the same
size droop about two and half min
utes. Differences of temperature III
the body of the gun also cause bend
ings. which may either increase the
droop at th, muzzle or counteract It,
according as 1t is the upper or under
part of the gun that has the higher
temperature. In consequence Of these
distortions projectiles OH leaving gun
have wabbly motion, continuing up
to 500 yards. and probably more.