Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, December 21, 1910, Image 7
EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER.
Oldest Pap-sr fu South Carolina.
Edgefleid, S. C.
Circumstances and lawyers alter
eases.
Anyway, tba unwritten law seems to
have a lot written about lt.
We are a good deal happier because
of a lot of things we don't know.
Without the shedding of blood there
leems to be no way of conquering the
air.
Brag about a girl to her female
friends if you would discover her
faults.
The Seine seems to have acqu.ed
the Ohio r*ver habit In getting over
banks.
If you can't get what you want why
Son't you quit wanting lt? It Is merely
i state of mind.
When the doctor tells a man to diet,
Ihe- patient proceeds to refuse all the
things he dislikes.
A regular feature of the Monday
morning papers ls the list of dead and
Injured among Sunday autolsts.
Laura Jean Libbey, who advocates
the Useless courtship, ls pushing the
most unpopular propaganda on record.
It Is alleged as proof of a New York
nan's Insanity that he was no good at
bridge whist This ls very Gotham
asque.
Our Idea of a strong minded woman
ls one who Insists that she would
rather! have her clothes comfortable
than fashionable.
A new card game popular In Eng
land is called "Dabbit." It should be
explained that many Englishmen have
mronic colds.
A boy committed suicide because he
(vas compelled to give up school. It
Is not feared that there will be many
:ases of this sort
Don't blame the faithful hen for
rots, spots, leaks or specks. Her part
of the work was all right The storage
companies did the rest
A scientist who recently tried to
hypnotize a dog was bitten by the
raixnal. He should have begun by
making the dog believe lt had no
.eeth.,
Doctor Wiley advises against cold
storage turkey. That ls very well,
but he should first break that hand
some bird of Indulging In the cold
storage habit
An English peer is to marry. an
East Indian princess. This precedent
ance established, may introduce dan
gerous competition In the matrimonial
title market for American heiresses.
A Chicago woman refuses to pay for
photographs which she recently had
..alien, because she thinks they make
ber look too old. The photographer
should hasten to get a new retoucher.
A tree trimmer who had to look up
?l the time in his work has gone in
sane. That ought to be a warning to
those enthusiastic persons who spend
most of their time on the aviation
oeld.
With a string of aviators touring the
oountry like .a circus, possibly it won't
be long before we see the sky fenced
off. with canvas and young hopefuls
climbing m under the clouds to see
che show.
A man says that he ls going to
start a paper In New York that will be
free from the faults of the other jour
nals there. It ought not to be hard to
start one. but keeping it going is apt
to be uphill work.
People ought to clean house oft
ener. Now here's a New York maa
bad an old trunk kicking about the
bouse for five years before he opened
lt and found that somebody had care
lessly left a dead person in lt
English lords who object to the use
of American dollars tn the British
?ampaign will have the full sympathy
af French counts and German baron 3,
who think American dollars should be
devoted to the securing of personal
pleasure only.
News from different portions of the
aleutian region indicates that there
nave been great volcanic activity and
?arthquake shocks In that quarter.
The disturbances continued for four
lays. This information affords fresh
; vj Jen ce that the scientists are cor
rect In regarding the neighborhood of
alaska as a center of remarkable
seismic activity.
A big mackerel jumped aboard a
schooner in Massachusetts waters and
provided a good breakfast for the
crew. The rivalry of the Ananias
Club has apparently not hurt the vi
tality of the familiar fish-story tellers.
The suggestion is made that a good
way to oonserve the forests would be
to use cement and steel to build wiim
Instead of lumber. This might con
serve the forests, but it would not
conserve either the Iron ore and coal
supplies or the builders* bank ac
counts.
The dispatches explain that Presi
dent Taft went all over the Gatun
dam and then add: "His visit has dis.
pelied any fears as to the stability of
the dam base." Thus we see the
value of having a chief executive of
some real weight.
A woman in Cincinnati is suing a
car company for damages because an
Injury to her shoulder in one of the
company's cars has disabled her from
arranging ber puffs and her pompa
dour. And yet what mere damages
could pay .-for suffering like this?
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Oldest Newspaper Ju South Carolina.
VOL. 75.
EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21,1910
NO. 35.
VITAL PALMETTO EVENTS
Condensed News Items of General
Interest Gathered Within the
State Boundary Linea.
SOUTH CAROLINA MASONS.
Annual Communication at Charleston
-Work Done.
The grand lodge of Masons of South
Carolina held their 134th annual com
munication at Charleston, r
A resolution was passed i that the
next communication be heidi in Char
leston.
O. F. Hart, of Columbia, was elected
grand secretary. The other; elective
officers were elected without opposi
tion.
The appointive officers named were
as follows: Senior grand deacons, J.
P. Duckett of Anderson and J. P.,
Kinney of Bennettsville.
Junior grand deacons: j A. H.
Schade of Greenville and \ C. K.
Chreitzberg of Rock Hill, j
Grand stewards: S. T. D.] Lancas
ter of Pauline and L. I. Parrott of
Sumter.
Grand marshal: John Kennerly of
Edgefield county.
Grand pursuivant: J. E. Cogswell
of Charleston.
Grand tyler: W. A. Winkler ? of
Charleston.
District deputy grand masters:
First, W. G. Mazyck; second, S. B
Rodgers, Beaufort; third, Butler "Ha
good, Barnwell; fourth, W. ?. Giles
?raniteville; fifth, - B. E. Nicholson,
Edgefield; sixth, Kenneth Baker,
Greenwood; seventh, J. B. Douthit
Pendleton; eighth, O. R. Doyle, Clem
son; ninth, A. S. Rowell, Piedmont;
tenth, W. B Patton, Cross Anchor;
eleventh, Van Smith, Newberry;
twelfth, E. C. Secrest, Lancaster;
thirteenth, Joseph Lindsay, Chester;
fourteenth, J. B. Wallace, Camden;
fifteenth, Ira S. Jones, Georgetown;
sixteenth, W. E. James, Darlington;
seventeenth, J. C. Sellers, Sellers;
eighteenth, W_ L. Glaze, Orangpburg.
The trustees of the Masonic; -home
made their report, showing that the
fund for this institution, whic|h has
been accumulating for four years, had
now reached the sum of abou^t $47,
000, an increase of more than $13,
OOO during the past year. The trus
tees reported that they were not yet
prepared to recommend the establish
ment of the home, as it was deemed
wiser to allow the fund to accumu
late to large proportions that r.he in
stitution might begin its good worh
unhampered with debt and upon a
firm foundation.
The question of amending the con
stitution in defining the "perfect"
man failed again of the required two
thirds majority vote.
A happy feature of the night session
was the presentation of a handsome
gold watch to Past Grand Master J.
L. Michie of Darlington.
FLORENCE CORN AND COTTON.
Prizes Awarded for Best Records on
One Acre.
E. Willis, the director of the gov
ernment farm demonstration work in
Florence county, has announced his
prizes for corn and cotton. The. first
prize for the most cotton cn ?^.niacre,
$25" in gold, offered by the First Na
tional bank, and a handsome saddle
and bridle, offered by S. H. Saunders,
was awarded to C. H. Jones, of iTim
monsville, whose yield was 12,042
pounds. The second prize wen( to
Howard P. Cole, of Ebenezer, Whoso
yield was 2,324 pounds. The third
went to Thomas I Burch, for 2,20t
pounds.
The largest yield of corn, Which
drew first prize, was made by G. W.
Revel, of Florence, who gathered in,
as vouched for, 94 1-10 bushels. The
second prize went to J. W. Hoffmey
ers, of Florence, who vouched for a
yield of 88 bushels.
That Tariff on Potash.
Representative Lever has taken up
with the State department the im
portant potash question that is now
agitating the people of the South. He
called to see Secretary Knox about
the matter and as a result of this visit
it is understood that it will be laid be
fore President Taft with a requesl
that it be handled diplomatically witt
the representatives of the German
Government.
Lawyer Kills Merchant at Branchville
J. J. Jones, a Jawyer, shot and kill
ed Abe Pearlstine, a merchant, al
Branchville. Jones went to Orange
burg and gave himself up. An old
grudge existed between the two men.
who are prominent Branchville resi
dents. They met in front of the
Branchville postoffice and angrj
words brought on a fight. Jones
claims Pearlstine was beating him
with brass knucks and that he fired
in self-defense. Pearlstine died in 15
minutes.
Hope Not Gone For Edisto.
Congressman A. F. Lever has ar
ranged for a hearing before the board
of engineers_of the war department on
January 3 in the matter of the im
provement of the Edisto river and
construction of a canal connecting
that river with the Ashley, under the
general scheme of bringing Charleston
and Orangeburg closely together by
river transportation, and it is by np
means certain that the project will
not yet be carried successfully
through, as recommended by Capt.
E. M. Adams, U. S. A.
The Seminole Receivers Meet. :
The Seminole receivers' meeting at
Columbia, discussed several Norfjh
Carolina actions including the one
against the Southern Life for $22,5QC
and against C. J. Hebert on a disput
ed difference in settlement. Theife
has been collected recently by th*
South Carolina receivers of the Semi
nole Securties Co., $4,000 in attacll
ments in North Carolina. f .
It will be recalled that in the crim
inal action agalnit C. J. Herbert tl*
Governor of Tennesee- refused it
honer Governor Ang6l,,' requisition. \
English Women Smoke Pipes.
The latest fancy of the woman
smoker ls a pipe-not the tiny affair
that suffices for the Japanese, but a
good-sized brier or a neat meer
schaum. The pipe is boldly carried
along with a gold card case and eba;
purse. For some time now tbr ?
arette has given place to r ..ar,
small in size and mild f: Jity.
Women said they were ti! of the
cigarette, and wanted ? bl smoke.
-London Mail.
Cripple Rides Bicycle.
George Anstey, aged 12, a cripple,
of Leicester, England, is one of the
most remarkable cyclists in the coun
try. Both his legs are withered and
useless, but the Leicester Cripples'
Guild has provided him with a two
wheeled pedalless machine, with a
gadded tube covering the axle bar.
Across this he lies face foremost, and
with wooden clogs strapped to his
hands he propels himself along the
streets and roads in a marvelously
rapid manner. He has complete con
trol of the machine, his hands acting
as pedals, steering gear, and brake
combined.
Too Ardent a Lover.
Georgotto Fontano, an embroiderer
who lives in the Rue Sevres in Paris,
has found herself condemned to a
month's imprisonment for what seems
to her a harmless act.
She was going home from a concert
i few evenings ago when she decided
she would like to see her flanee. As
he happens to be a fireman whose
?tatton is in her own neighborhood it
occurred to her it would be very easy
to summon him to her side by break
ing the glass of the fire alarm and
sounding a call.
She did so anr in a few moments
fire engines came from several direc
tions, all laden with firemen, of course,
but alas! her fiance was not among
them, and more than that all the fire
men were angry, and before she knew
what had happened she was taken to
a magistrate, who proceeded to make
the course of true love' run unsmoothly
by sending her to prison for a month
in spite of her tears and protests that
she thought it would be a simple way
of bringing her fiance to her side.
NEW SAWS BADLY NEEDED
The Old-Fa8hIoned Ones Somehow
Don't Seem to Fit Into Mod
ern Situations.
"You know all the copybook, Mc
Guffey's reader line of talk about ta
king the advice of one's elders?" be
gan the sad-eyed, undersized little
man on the car. "Sure you do. Now
let me tell you something. See that
big apartment house over there on
the right? And that little business
block right next to it?
"Well, there weren't any apartment
houses or business blocks on it when
I first (Happed eyes on it. It was a
howling wilderness, in fact, and you
could almost chase rabbits up here.
That was about eighteen years ago.
I had a hunch then-and 1 was only
eighteen years old at that time-that
this land would some day jump in
value by leaps and bounds. When I
was twenty years old I came into a
bunch of $15,000. I went to my guar
dian, an old man, pretty prominent
in estate management and wisdom at
that time, and I told him I wanted to
soak the whole $15,000 in this block
of ground I pointed out to you.; The
block was then on the market for
exactly $15,000. The old gentleman
pooh-poohed me.
" 'Go away, boy,' he said to me, with
a patronizing smile. 'You don't know
what you want. It's my duty to save
you from such wild notions as this
one you've got into your head. They'll
be shooting rabbits and squirrels out
there on that plot 50 years from now.
G'way.'
"I argus* it with him, and he sat
down on me. Then he went and in
vested my $15,000 at three per cent.
"Three years ago the man who
bought that same block of ground for
$18,000 sold it for about $200,000 cash,
and he's now cruising over in the
Mediterranean or some place or
other, while I'm taking my wife out
for nickel car rides and wondering
where my $15,000 went.
"There's got to be a new set of
wise saws invented for twentieth cen
tury consumption. The McGuffey's
reader kind are moth eaten."
~ Tl
Against the Po
A disagreement about advert
with a "weekly" Journal.
Following it, an attack on us
their editorial columns; sneering
we made particularly regarding
We replied through the r?gulai
the "weekly" thought we hit bac
hard and thereupon sued for libe
The advertisement the "week
us about claimed that in many cai
dicitis an operation could be ave
continuing indigestible food, was:
bowels and taking a predigested
Nuts.
Observe we said MANY cases
Wouldn't that knowledge be a
those who fear a surgeon's knife
death?
The "weekly" writer said that
We replied thal; he was ignoran
He was put on the stand and
admit he was not a Dr. and had
knowledge of appendicitis and n
gated to find out if the testimon
our Co. were genuine.
A famous surgeon testified th
operation was required Grape-Nul
obviate it. True.
We never claimed that when ?
was required Grape-Nuts would p
The surgeon testified bacteria [
ed to bring on an attack and 1
grown by undigested food freque:
We claimed and proved by o
experts that undigested food
responsible for appendicitis.
We showed by expert testimon
cases are healed without a knife,
ping the use of food which did no
when food was required again it
to use ? predigested food which i
tax the weakened organs of dige
When a pain in the right side
not always necessary to be rusl
Lightning Chango.
The Manager-Can you make quick
changes and double In a few parts?
The Actor-Can PT Say, you know
the scene In "Love and Lobsters,"
where the hero and the villain are
fighting, and a friend rushes In and
separates 'emT Well, I played all
three parts one night when the other
two fellows were ill.
Holidays In the States.
Washington's birthday is a holiday
In all states. Decoration day in all
states but Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Labor
day is observed everywhere. Virtu
ally every state has legal holidays
having to do with its own special af
fairs-battle of New Orleans In Louis
iana, Texan Independence and battle
of San Jacinto in Texas, Admission
day in California, and so on. Missis
sippi is like the federal government
in lack of statutory holidays, but by
common consent independence day,
Thanksgiving and Christmas are ob
served. A new one is Columbus day
in a few of the states.
Planting Wedding Oaks.
Princess August Wilhelm, wife of
the kaiser's fourth son, has sat herself
the task of reviving one of Germany's
oldest customs, that according to which
newly wedded couples immediately af
ter the marriage ceremony plant a cou
ple of oak saplings side by side in a
park or by the roadside of their na
tive town.
The town of Mulshausen, in Thurln
gia, Is the first to respond to the prin
cess' appeal. A municipal official ap
pears at the church door after every
wedding and invites the bride and
bridegroom to drive with him in a car
riage to a new road near the town and
there plant oak saplings.
The tree planting idea was started
by a former elector of Brandenburg
with the object of repairing the rav
ages caused by the 30 years' war. The
elector forbade young persons to mar
ry until they had planted a number of
fruit trees.
Two Very Old Ladl?s.
We have heard a great deal lately
about long-lived people, but lt is prob
able that the oldest two people In the
world today are Frau Dutkievitz and
another old lady named Babavaslika,
The former lives at Posem, in Prus
sian Poland, and was born on Febru
ary 21, 1785. She ls therefore one
hundred and twenty-five years old.
The latter, however, is nine months
her senior, having been born in May,
1784.
She ls still a fairly hale old woman,
and for nearly one hundred years
worked in the fields. Her descendants
number close on 100, and these now
make her a joint allowance. She lives
at the village of Bavelsko, whose
neighborhood she has never quitted
during the whole of her long life. She
remembers events which happened at
the beginning of last century much
more clearly than those of the last
40 years.-Dundee Advertiser.
An Alaskan Luncheon.
Runners of woven Indian basketry,
with white drawnwork dollies at each
of the 12 covers, were used on an oval
mahogany table. The doilies were
made at Sitka. In the middle of the
table a mirror held a tall central vase
of froste?l glass, surrounded by four
smaller vases, all filled with white
spring blossoms. The edge of the
mirror was banked with the same
flowers. Four totem poles were placed
on doilies' in the angles made by the
runners.
Place cards were water colors of
Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held
salted nuts, and tiny Indian baskets
held bonbons. The soup spoons were
of horn, several of the dishes used
were made by Alaskan Indians, and
the cakes were served on baskets.
The menu was as follows: Poisson
a la Bering Sea (halibut chowder),
Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po
tatoes Julienne), snowbirds avec
auroraborealis (roast duck with jelly),
Shungnak river turnips, Tanana
beets, Skagway hash (salad), Fair
banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar
ranged on individual dishes around a
central mound of powdered sugar),
arctic slices (brick ice cream), Circle
City delights (small cakes), Klondike
nuggets (yellow cheese in round balls
on crackers), Nome firewater (coffee).
-Woman's Home Companion.
"kat
stum Cereal Co.,
to Bring i
Ising arose
appeared lp
at the claims
Appendicitis.
. papers and
k rather too
1.
ly" attacked
?es of appen
ded by dis
hing out the
food Grape
not all.
i comfort to
as they fear
was a He.
t of the facts,
compelled to
I no medical
ever investl
ial letters to
at when an
ts would not
an operation
r?vent it.
germs] help
jacteria was
atly.
ther famous
was largely
y that many
but by stop
t digest, and
waB helpful
aid not over
stion.
appears it is
led off to a
hospital and at the risk
Plain common sense
is to stop food that cv
digested.
Then, when food is re
digested food. Grape-!1
you know it to be predlj
before taking).
We brought to Cour
from New York, Chlcagc
who swore to the analy
that part of the starchy
barley had been transfi
kind of. sugar produced
digesting starch (the lal
Some of the State ch
the "weekly" said Ora;
called a "predigested" f<
it was digested outside
The other chemists sa
been partly or half dige
was commonly known a?
Splitting hairs about t
It is sufficient that ll
food is "predigested," it
stomach and bowels th
part is predigested.
To show the facts w?
Darlington, former ebie
of Health, Dr. Ralph W.
Chicago Laboratories, ai
If we were a little se
tion of a writer, self-cor
appendicitis and its cat
public will excuse us, in
ovr head, Mr. C. W. Pos
study of food, food dlgc
the conclusions are indi
best medical authorities
' Is it possible that
suggesting, as a Father
one of the family who ar
side: "Stop using the
gravies, mince pie, chee
Largest of Whales.
The largest whale of. Its type of
which there is scientific record was
captured recently off Port Arthur,
Tex. He measured sixty-three feet
In length, and was estimated to be
about three hundred years old.' Cap
tain Cob Plummer, mate of a United
States pilot boat, sighted the monster
in the shoals off the jetties, and the
crew of his vessel captured the mam
mal. The huge body was towed ashore,
exhibited and much photographed be
fore being cut up.
Bankers and Bank Notes.
Four men, three of whom were con
nected with brokerage concerns in the
Wall street district, were discussing
United States paper currency and the
disappearance of counterfeits. "We
are so sure nowadays," said one of
the party, "as to the genuineness of
bills that little attention is paid to
them In handling, except as to de
nomination." To prove his assertion
he took a $10 yellowback from his
pocket, and, holding St up, asked who
could tell whose portrait it bore. No
one knew, and by way of coaching
the broker said lt was the first treas
urer of the United States. Again no
one knew the name. "Why, It's
Michael Hlilegas," said the man
proudly. "But In confidence, I'll tell
you, I didn't know it five minutes
ago."-New York Tribune.
An Unnecessary Confession.
A hearty laugh was occasioned at
the Birmingham police court by a pris
oner who gave himself away in a very
delightful manner. The man was the
first on the list, and the charge against
him was merely one of being drunk
and disorderly. He stepped into the
dock, however, just at the moment
when the dock officer was reading out
a few of the cases which were to come
before the court that morning, and a
guilty conscience apparently led him
to mistake these items fer a list of his
previous convictions.
He stood passive enough while the
officer read out about a dozen drunk
and disorderlies, but when he came to
one "shopbreaking" the prisoner ex
claimed excitedly, "That was eight
years ago, your honor," Everyone be
gan to laugh, and the prisoner, realiz
ing the blunder he had made, at first
looked very black indeed, but finally
saw the humorous side of the matter,
and a broad smile spread over his face.
His blunder did not cost anything.
Birmingham Mall.
DIFFERENCE IN THE RACES
Mexicans In the Main Unjust In
Blaming Americans for Lack
of Politeness.
All the Mexican correspondents
who have written on the subject of
why Americans are not better liked
by Mexicans agree that it ls largely a
question of a lack of politeness on
the part of the foreigner here, aad in
some cases an ill-concealed contempt.
The latter is inexcusable, and certain
ly must emanate only from inconsid
erate or poorly educated persons, from
which no nation ls free. Politeness,
however, is largely a matter of form
and training. It is undeniable that
the Anglo-Saxon salutations, methods
of expressing thanks and apprecia
tion, etc., are simpler and shorter
than the Latin forms. To many who
have all their lives been eccustomed
to the briefer Saxon ways, an attempt
of the .more elaborate Latin politeness
seems, for them, nothing short of af
fectation, and they simply cannot do
it. There are exceptions among Amer
icans and Englishmen who readily
adopt the courteous phrrses of the
Mexicans and use them naturally, but
they are the exceptions. And it ls
difficult to see how this can readily
be changed. Our Mexican friends
should understand, on the other hand,
that if Anglo-Saxons do not, as a rule,
go through as many social formalities
as tho usages of the land prescribe,
they mean no offense thereby. They
are accustomed to taking a good
many things for granted that their
Latin cousins give verbal assurance
of. Naturally, lt is the duty of the
outlander to conform as nearly as he
can to the ways of his adopted coun
try, but human nature and settled
habits are pretty hard to make over,
particularly unless, you catch them
while theare young.-Mexican Her
ald.
for Lit?
Ltd., Gave a Spic
Dut Facts
of death be cut.
Bhows the better way
ldently has not been
?quired, use an easily
Juts or any other if
jested (partly digested
t analytical chemists
i and Mlshawaka, Ind.,
sis of Grape-Nuts and
part of the wheat and
}rmed into sugar, the
In the human body by
.ge part of food),
emists brought on by
pe-Nuts could not be
3od because not all of
the body.
id any food which had
isted outside the body
j "predigested."
he meaning of a word.
! only one-naif of the
ls easier on weakened
an food in which no
o introduce Dr. Thos.
f of the N. Y. Board
Webster, chief of the
id Dr. B. Sachs, N. Y.
?vere in our denuncia
ifessed Ignorant about
ise, it ls possible the
view of the fact that
t, has made a lifetime
stion and effects, and
srsed by many of the
of the day.
we are at fault for
and Mother might, to
inounced a pain In the
food, greasy meats,
;se, too much starchy
i'ood, etc., etc
hen when ag
Nuts because
Or should tl
n hospital am
We have kn
approaching i
appeared by t
No one bet
skilful physic!)
throes of acu
of prevention
Just plain ol
nowadays.
This trial
Is pure beyon
it ls partly
Appendicitis
gested food.
It ls not ah
lt ls best to
When ready
gested food.
It is palatab
It will pay f
heavy breakft
food but selec
tain the elem
the body. Ma
breakfast of
two soft bolle
cocoa, milk oi
The questioi
does not cont
requires for tb
of its purity,
paper articles,
Good food h
body ls also i
"Th
Postum
Ba
Takes Himself Seriously.
Nicola Tesla, dining by himself in a
hotel's great dining room, 'takes a
table where he can be seen.' Through
out his meal he wears a deeply stu
dious, a completely a. , ;rbed, attitude.
He may bring to the table a portfolio
filled with papers. These he may
scan with prolonged solemnity. In
any event, he sits an eloquent tableau
of profundity.-New York Press.
Rat Bounty Excites Merriment.
Seattle, fearing the introduction of
bubonic plague by rats, has offered a
bounty of ten cents a rat. This moves
Tacoma, safe from infection from the
sea, to raucous laughter, and the Led
ger says that the bounty, "though not
intended for rodents of Tacoma,
Everett, Bellingham and other popu
lous and busy centers, has been find
ing its way into the pockets of non
residents of Seattle for non-resident
rats. But the joke would, jog on us if
it were found that our rat popula?
tion had found its way Into the Seat*
tie census."
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Pretty Good Definition.
We' hear some funny things in Fleet
street sometimes, and the following
definition of the height of aggravation,
by a gentleman in rather shaky boots,
whom we encountered in a well-known
hostelry the other day, struck us as
being particularly choice.
"The 'eight of haggravation, gentle
men," said this pothouse humorist, set
ting his pewter on the counter and -
looking round proudly, with the air of
one about to let off a good thing, "the
'eight of haggravation-why, try tag
to ketch a flea out o' yer ear with a
pair of boxin' gloves."-London Tit*
Bits.
Before Days of Free Press.
Many of the restrictions that' hamp
ered the influence of the.press re^
mained in force until the close of the
eighteenth century in England. It was
not till that period that newspapers
obtained the right to criticise the pol
icy of ministers and of the king. Mr.
Walter, the first editor of the London
Times, was prosecuted for censuring
the duke of York. He was sentenced
to pay a fine of $250, stand in the
pillory for an hour, be imprisoned for
a year and give security for his good
behavior for seven years. The order
with regard to the pillory was can
celed, but he had to serve his term in
Jail. .j.
French Official Etlquet.
The wives of the new French minis
ters share in the honors conferred on
their husbands, the degree of defer
ence due to them being minutely es
tablished by the "protocole." When
'?he wife of a minister enters a, room,
if any deputies' or senators' wives are
present, they are supposed to rise
and remain standing until she is seat
ed. Other ministers' wives may rest
in their chairs, but should the prime
minister's wife arise they also must
stand to attention. And even Mme.
Brland (If there were such a person),
would have to show similar deference
to the wife of the president of the
chamber. With her, according to the
protocole, "e'est la representation na
tionale qui entre, le suffrage univer
sel la France."-London Chronicle.
Vivid at Least.
Dr. Hiram C. Cortlandt, the well
known theologian of Des Moines, said
in a recent address: . .
"Thomas A. Edison tells us that^he
thinks the soul is not immortal; but,
after all, what does this great wizard
know about souls? His forte is elec
tricity and macnlnery, and when he
talks of souls he reminds me irresist
ibly of the young lady who visited the
Baldwin locomotive works and then
told how a locomotive ls made.
" 'You pour,' she said, 'a lot of sand
Into a lot of boxes, and you throw old
stove lids and things Into a furnace,
and they you empty the molten stream
Into a hole in the sand, and everybody
yells and swears. Then you pour it
out and let it cool and pound it, and
then you put it in a thing that bores
holes in it. Then you screw it to
gether, and paint it, and put steam in
lt, and lt goes splendidly; and they
take lt to a drafting room and make
a bluep rlnt of lt. But one thing I for
got-they have to make a boiler. One
man gets Inside and one gets outside,
and they pound frightfully; and then
they tie li. to the other thing, and you
ought to see it go!'"
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it is easy of digestion'?"
ie child be at once carted off to
i cut?
own of many cases wherein the
dgns of appendicitis have (lis
he suggestion being followed,
ter appreciates the value of a ?
an when a person is in the awful,
te appendicitis, hut "an ounce
is worth a pound of cure."
ld common sense ls helpful even
demonstrated Grape-Nuts food
d question,
predigested.
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rays necessary to operate,
stop all iood.
to begin feeding use a pr?di
te and strong in Nourishment,
lne returns in health to quit the
ists and lunches and use less
it food certainly known to cons
ents nature requires to sustain
y we be permitted to suggest a
fruit', Grape-Nuts and cream,
d eggs, and some hot toast and
: Postum?
1 of whether Grape-Nuts does or
aln the elements which nature ?
te nourishment of the brain, alto
will he treated in liter news- .
i Important and its effect on the
Important.
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