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LIFE. . A v -adie, a laugh, ci A J over's cb air, ? 'aid blossoms, and ohlmes, and Iriends; ' A deatbbod scene. And o mound of green. Whore a weeping woman bends. A smile, a fear, A sprinkle, a tear, ? Tb? blossoms, tbe chimes, the filonds; -And night makes way, i For another day, Of the life that never ends. HARD TIMES, i o - o BY Y. Z. I ?...ot "So he's gone at last, has he?" said my wife,, with a little, piqnant eleva tion of her pretty brows. "I began to think he was somehow gifted with im mortality," "Dead at las*," said I. "And what do yon think, Jenny?. He has left ns SKJQ." "A hundred dollars 1" echoed my .wife, olasping her - hands together. ?.Oh! Charles-a $100!" . Now all this may sound like a two pence-half-penny sort of affair to some of my readers, as I am very well aware. Bat as I am only a clerk on a salary of $900 a year-a $200 drifting, as it were, ont of the sky, seemed a very nea.fc little sum to me. Jenny and I were both yonng peo ple, just beginning the world, with no particular riches, except one apple cheeked baby. Jenny did her own work, made my shirts and cut and fitted her own dresses. I walked to and from business every day to save the 20 cents omnibus fares. We did our best to make both ends meet and a tight pull we found it So that yon will easily see that this $100 b'.ll represented considerable more tc us thau its more face value! Old Uncle Moses Manson was mor tally offended when his niece, Jenny Clifford, chose to marry me instead of a wizened, bespectacled, old contem porary of his own. He had never 'spoken to her since, and we naturally entertained no very exalted hopes- of any testamentary recollections on his part. And the $100 bill, therefore, possessed the charm of an agreeable surpfipe into the bargain. "Charlie," said Jenny, under her breath, "what shall we do with it?" "That is the very question," said L "Ito you know, Jenny-" , . I hesitated a little here. 1 'Tes?" she responded, interroga tively. "Every fellow in the bank, except, rae, has a gold watch. I've been ashamed of this old silver concern more than once. And Seymour has a nice.second-hand one for sale that he wilt let me have for $20 if-" "And turn the $100 into a mere useless ornament!" cried Jenny, with a strong accent of disapprobation in her voice. "Charley, that isn't a bit like you." "Well, ?hen, what do you sug gest?" "I should so like to give a social party with ii," said Jenny, coaxingly. "Only think how often we've been in vited out since we were married, and sever have had a chance to return any of the hospitalities of our friends. The musicians, the supper, and all, would come within the $100." "And you are absurd enough to wish to eat, aud drink, and dance up a sum like that !" I cried. "No.no, Jennette, it is entiroly out of the question." "A new velvet suit for the baby?" suggested Jenny, pouting a little at the emphasis pf my words. "How would it correspond with the rest of our surroundings?" I asked, not Without an accent- of bitterness. "You had a great deal better suggest a new winter snit and overcoat foi me. You never seem to observe how shabby I am getting." "Nobody notices a gentleman's dress," said Jenny. "I can make your overcoat look very nice with fresh binding and new buttons-but how I .should like a sealskin jacket!" "Jenny," said I, somewhat dis gusted, "I had no idea you could be so selfish." Jenny colored and tossed her head. "Selfish, indeed I" cried she. "I would like to know whether you have yet suggested anything wh:ch was not for your.own speeial benefit and use!" We were both Bilent. I don't sup pose either of us had felt so vindic tive before,since our marriage. Clear ly, the $100 bill had worked no great benefit as yet * ' "I'll tell yon what, Jenny," said I; "let's compromise. Let's buy a new sitting-room and stairs carpet. I saw a beautiful pattern at Moody's yester day-pearl-gray, with a vine of scar let moss all over it. " - . "I don't care very much for new carpets as long as we live on a second floor," said Jenny. "And you don't seem to remember, Charles, that I haven't had a silk dress since.we were married.^ Black silk is suitable for all occasions, from a wedding to a foneraVand I really think-" "I believe a woman's thoughts are always running on dress," muttered I, somewhat contemptuously. "I'm sure that black alpaca of yours is beautiful " "That's all you know about the matter," said Jenny, elevating her nose. "Well, I don't care. ' Spend the money as you. choose. Only, Uncle Moses was my relative." ."And the money was left to me,' Mrs. Evarts," said I. . Jenny looked at me with her eyes full of tears. "Oh, Charles," said ehe, "how can you speak to me so?" "Because I'm a brute, Jenny, "said I, fairly melted. "Forgive me, and -we'll fling the paltry old $100 bill into the fire before we'll let it scatter the seeds of division between us." "No, Charley, don't do that," said Jenny laughing through her tears. "Let's-put it in>the savings bank." ' "Agreed," said I, sealing the bar gain with one of our old-fashioned kisses. "And apropos of sayings banks, did I tell you about Greene?" "No. What about Greene?" "Why, he and his wife have jnst moved into the prettiest little Gothic cottage you ever saw, just the other side of the Harlem bridge, with a lawn and a garden, and space to keep ? little Alderney cow." "Rented it?" "No, bought it" "Why, Charles how can that be? Greene has only two or three hundred a year more than you, and i*> takes money to buy places in the country." "All savings banks, my dear," said L "Greene tells me that he and his wife have been saving up for years,. with special reference to this country home for their children! They com menced with a 50-cent piece." "We can do better than that!" said Jenny, with sparkling eyes. "Please God, dear Charley, our little fellow shall have a green and sunny place to play in before he is many years older! And I'll do without the silk ? ess." ?'AjjdTll make the overcoat THE N?TlONRL BANK OF ???SUSf fi L. C. HAYNS, r^XF.-G.iTOfcb, Caanler. Capital, $850,000. Undivided JTroflia } $110,000. Facilities of our ma%nlflc?nt NOT Vault [coninir.inp 410 >afety-Lock Boxea. Differ ent Stze'j are offered to our patrons and the public at $3.00 to S10.C0('i>or annum. PLANTERS LOAN AND 'SAVINGS Pays Intorost on Deposits. Acconm-s Solicited. L. C. HATXX, President. W. C. WA EDI, AW, Cashier. TROS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, & C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1900. VOL. LXV. NO. 20. RM ? (FOR FARM AND GARDEN. i__; i Vnlue or Subsoiling. One of the advantages of subsoiling is to do away with the evil effects of deep plowing, that is the under soil is loosened without the necessity of turning the humus of the surface under, and necessarily placing it at the bottom of the furrow below where it will be ablo to do the most good. Look Into Your Fertilizers. Thousands upon thousands of tons of fertilizer are yearly used by sorao men who do not even take the trouble to see if it is helping them out in n financial way, or in other words to see if it is a paying investment. If there was such a thing as reckoning np the loss caused by this oversight the eyes of a great many farmers would surely be opened, and the result would be smaller fertilizer bills and larger crops. Another thing should be done by all usiug fertilizers, and that is the matter of looking into the composition of the goods they are buying. Buying fertilizers without knowing the analy sis of them is practically buying "a pig in a bag." Start the Chicks Right. t If we expect a healthy, profitable flock of hens, we must not overlook the fact that the care given the chicks during the first few days of life deter mines to a great extent just what they will be in mature life. Chicks must be kept healthy, and in order to do this a system must be adopted and" strictly adhered to. They must come from the nest free from vermin and must not be allowed to become chilled. They must be given the best and most wholesome food, just what is best Buited for the forming of flesh and bone. Those that are intended for market require different treatment from the pullets that we intend for next winter's layers. It takes time and patience,coupled with hard work, to make poultry raising a success, but it eau be done.-Home and Farm. A Few Points on Al alfa. Wheu sowing alfalfa Beed remem ber that it weighs about 60 pounds to the bushel and fhat from 20 to 30 pounds of seed is sufficient for each acre. And if yon are raising it for seed it would be advisable to sow a little thinner than this. As alfalfa does not attaiu maturity until it has reached its third or fourth year, too much should not be ex pected of it the first year that it makes a showing. As it is a deep feeder plow the land that it is to be grown ou thor oughly and it would be pretty hard to plow too deep. Alfalfa hay is not in itself a com plete ration so in ovder to secure tho best results when feeding it, it is nec essary to use in conjunction with it corn fodder, wheat or oat straw, or roots. Alfalfa itself contains a large amount of what is known as protein to form blood, bone and muscle, so it is necessary to use these other foods to secure for the animal a proper amount of starch and fat, which is accomplished by using feed analyzing high in car bohydrates. If these are not given the ration is incomplete and conse quently a good part of the protein is wasted. . . Rotation or Crops. While no doubt it is ' better to change crops, that is, not plant the same piece for a long series of years to the same crop-yet, is it uot often the case that a good crop can be raised ou the same land for a long time by proper fertilization. For instance, take the English hay crop, by proper top dressing n good crop can be secured for years, aud where the field is clayey and stony, it is very desirable to treat it so. We have, for the past few years, made a specialty of the turnip crop, and having one field which seems bet ter adapted than the others for tur nips, we have planted it to that crop for a number of year.-. We began very cautiously, plauting at first but a small portion the second and third years, as our neighbors said they Bhonld not like to try it and thought we should not get good results, but, finding that there seemed to be as good a yield on the part that had tur nips the year before as on the other, we thought we would try the whole field, and for two years have raised turnips on it, aud the last year we had an extra crop of good quality, and the quantity being PJ50 bushels of mar ket size on the field cf about an acre. We plow in a fair quautity of stable manure in tho spring, then plow the ground two or three times during the early summer, then about the middle of July make the drills and sow the seed, using in tho drills OOO or 700 pounds of commercial fertilizers. We have also succeeded in getting rid of the witch grass, of which the field was very full when we com menced to raise turnips upon it, and it is now one of the easiest fields to cultivate that we have.-H. A. Turner iu American Cultivator. The Lesson* of Milking: Trial?. Mr. Primrose McConnell in his in teresting report of the milking trials at the Loudon Dairy Show of last Oc tober, which appears in Tue Journal of the British Dairy Farmers' Asso ciation, includes several statistical statements of importance to dairy farm ers. Averaging the milking per formances of the competing animals of the different breeds, he hriugs out very clearly the superiority of the shorthorn or the crossbred of the shorthorn type. These classes have not only given splendid yields as re gards quantity, but tho quality has also been of a creditable character. A close examination of the individual yields may reveal lessons of more than passing interest to owners of this type of cow. The enormously heavy yields pro duced by some of the animals aud the exceeding richness of the milk of others seem to us to Buggest that the farmer possesses a power in develop ing or controlling the inherent pro pensities of cows which is but too lit tle appreciated, or at all events that is not turned to adequate account. It is obvious that the shorthorn by a sys tematic process of selection could be made to equal even the Channel Island varieties as butter producer?, or they might be cultivated, if BO de sired, to excel the Holstein breed as heavy milkers. We do not think that the development of one quality at the expense of the others-as must be the case if extremes are to be attained would be a wise proceeding for the average farmer, but it is only too ap parent that the vast majority of farm ers do not pay the strict attention to the selection and direction of their cows that consideration for their owu interests ought to induce them to do. Without converting the valued cos mopolitan breed into a one purpose class, such as the Jersey or the Ayr ?hire is, much might be done to en hance the value of the ordinary speci men as an all aro ind dairy cow. The Covered Hnrnynrd. The covered barnyard possesses some advantages, but everyone must decide for himself whether or not the advantages are sufficient to warrant him in erecting one. The yard that I have seen was sheltered by two buildings on two sides aud boarded up seven ieet on tho other two sides, ?with a five-loot opening between the top of the fence and the edge of tho roof. If a farmer should build one it would be advisable, in our opinion, to protect the nort'i and wost sides com pletely. This might be done if build ings were not so located that they would do it, and they would not be in the majority of cases, by building the fence clear to the roof. The cheapest roof would Le ono' that was as nearly flat aa possible and still turu the rain. These yards are no't such pretentious affairs as some people think them to bo. It seems to be a common opiuion that they are large enough for iO or 50 head of cattle and the expense of constructing a yard of sufficient eize to accommodate such sized, herds has caused mauy to ridicule the covered .barnyard as a nonsensical conception. Perhaps it is, but not because of its size. The one I visited would accommo date about 10 head. Of course it could be made to accommodate more by turning 10 head into it at one time, 10 head at another and so on. It has been suggested that the roof of the yard might be carried higher and a loft made for the storage- of fodder, a suggestion which in itself shows that the yard is limited in size. There is a yard, however, in Pennsylvania, we think, that ie much larger than the yard we looked at, but it is entirely enclosed, the space that would he open above the fence, as above de scribed, being fitted with windoVs, which can be opened when necessary. There is also a skylight in the roof. We should call a structure of that kind a building rather than a yard, r Thc manner of sustaining tho roof ; will readily suggest itself. The cen tre'of the roof will naturally require some support?nd will necessitate in side posts, which will have to be set substantial enough to withstand, any force which the stock might bring against them. The principal advantages that such a yard would afford in the opinion of those who believe that the cow should have exercise, would be in the protec tion or partial protection of the animal while she is exercising; in preserving the manure from damage by the ele ments; as furnishing shelter for sheep, and, if plenty of absorbent is used, in furnishing a dry and pleasant barn yard. Cheaper shelter will answer for fattening cattle in many cases when they need shelter, and the feeder is likely provided for in this direction, ?without finding himself under the necessity of building a covered barn yard. However, now that we have given the principle of the thiug, it re remains for everyone who reads this article to decide whether or not he wants one.-Agricultural Epitomisfc, A MAINE COAST LIGHT. It Wnfi in an Invalid's Window, but Gnided a Wrecked Crew. A pretty story comes from the Maine coast. Southport at its lower end spindles off to Cape Newaggen. There is a scallop in the end of the mainland and a corresponding scallop in the1, little island that lies off shore. And as a result there is a bit of harbor there that before now has been a blessed haven to storm tossed mariners. If one is able to make that harbor there is safe anchorage. If one misses it there is no shelter between there and . the mouth of the Kennebco or the black rocks of Damanscove. There is in the little settlement bs the half moon of beach at Newaggen a house in which there lives a kindly featured woman with an invalid hus baud. One night during a storm she was obliged to be up through many hours of tho dark tempest attending to the wants of the. sufferer. And she looked out of the window against the whirling drift of the storm and no ticed that nowhore was there, a glimpse of light. So she set in the window her lamp and there the tiny ray shone forth. After awhile there was a knock at the door. She opened it unhesitat ingly, for there are no criminaliprowl? er? down that way. ?_ '. ;? There, with the storm eddying about them, were five desolate look* ing men, standing in single file, all in oil skins-shipwr?cked mariners. They humbly asked if they might come in and.'get warm. . '?. She threw wide the door in wei? : come aud in they stamped. ' ? \r . ? By the side of the fire they tpld that : their craft, a schooner bound' along . the coast to Nova Scotia, 'had struck . on ''The Bantam" sorao .'miles off; shore-had crashed high on the rocks '. and had crumbled in pieces almost be- ' fore they bad time to scnttle into their dory. Off they had set into the ' night, having only a general idea of tho direction thsy should row to reach the Kennebec. At last some uncommon draft oz eddy iu the storm dragged aside tbe curtain of snow and showed to them a glimmer of light. They turned their dory's prow in that direction. At last, riding past reefs that roared on tba right aud on the left, they had surged safely into a snug and sheltered little harbor. There were wharves there aud fishing boats riding at anchor the harbor of Newaggen. And the cold and hungry men, their oil skins snapping as they walked, had fol lowed up into the fau shaped radiance of tliat light that shone from the win dow of the good woman. They slept that night around her kitchen tire and the next day they rowed away in their dory to Booth bay, reported and were forwarded to their homes. Had it not been for that little light they wonld have swept upon a dark shore and-well, would it not have been death?-Lewiston (Me.) Journal, American Trade in Tasmania. In Tasmania the trad o in axes and saws has been almost entirely monop olized by Americaus. It is now the intention to carry on international competition between teams of axmen and sawyers, using British and Amer ican tools, with the object of proving which country mnnufactifres the better implements.-Chicago Tribune. Fore-Armed. "Have you bought your automobile yet?" 'V\. "No. I'm taking lessons now from a professional acrobat, so that I may dismount with grace when I begin to operate my auto."-Philadelphia Press. The Insane Who l?ecome Sane. One-third of the people who go toad ' are said to recover their senses. A Mother's Tears. "iWouldCry Every Time I Washed My Baby." "When he was 3 months old, first fos ters and then largo boils broke out on my b a b y ' s neck. The sores spread down his book until itv became n'jfj mass of raw.?/ flesh. WhenT I w a s b e di and pow dered bim I would cry, realizing what pain he was In. His pitiful wailing was heart rending. I had about given up hope of saving him when I was ur^od to give him Hood's Sarsaparilla, all other troutment having failed. I waslied the sores with Hood's Medioatod Soap, applied Hood's Olive Ointment and gave him Hood's Sar saparilla. Tho child seemed to got botter ovary day, and very soon the change was quite noticeable. The discharge grew leas Inflammation went down, the skin took on a healthy color, and tho raw flesh began to scale over and a thin skin formed as the scales dropped off. Less than two bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla, aided by Hood's dedicated Soap and Hood's Olive Oint ment, accomplished this wonderful cure. I cannot praise those medicines half .enough." Jins. GUEOINOT, 87 Myrtle St., ' Rochester, N. Y. The above testimonial is very much oon densed from Mrs. Ouerinot's lotter. As many mothers will bo intorostod In rend ing tho full letter, we will sond lt to any one who sends request of us on a postal card: Mention this paper. ii IS of OTTON Culture" th? name a valu able illustrat ed pamphlei which should bc in the hands of every planter whe raises Cotton. The book, is sent FREE. Send napie and address to GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. W ante J for the best soiling book ever published. 1,000 de. livered In York Co.. S. C.. 1,100 In Ander son County. WW In Charleston, 1,130 in Memphis. Ono agent sells 250 In one week, $4.00 to $10.00 per day suro. In answering stato your experience, If any. j. L- /Nie-HOLs & eo., No. 012-934 Austell Ku i ld Inc, Atlanta, tia. AGENTS Going By the Eye Unless one has some other sort of knowledge to contradict lt, it is natural to accept the evidence of the eye. Therefore the answer which a teacher . recently received from her class of small children was not altogether sur prising. "Which Js further away?" she asked, "England or the moon?" "England," the children answered quickly. "England?" she questioned. "What makes you think that?" _ . " 'Cause we can see the moon an* we can't see England," answered one of : tho brightest of thc- class. A Hint to Advertisers. [From N. T. Town Topics-] Business men who put their adver tisements in tho big dailies on Sundays must have money to throw away, and, therefore, need no advertising. Who is to find or read your advertisement when it is hidden away in "section 17, column 5," separated from other announcements in the same line, and nndiscoverable without the aid of mathematics and a microscope? No body sees it, even by accident. You are obliged to ask the clerk in the newspaper office to hunt it up for you so as to be certain that it was publish ed. The same advertisement in a good weekly paper -would reaoh thou sands of first-class families and be noticed and regarded by everybody. A Little Light as to History. Tommy-Pop, what is profano his tory? Tommy's Pop - Profane history, son, is-um, ah-well, you know when George Washington cut down his father's cheiry tree? Tommy-Yep, Pop, Tommy's Pop- Well, what his father said to George is profane his tory.-Philadelphia Record. Auk Your Poalor for Allen's Foot-Ease, A powder to shako into your shoes; rests tho feet. . Cures-Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet and In growing Nails. Allen's Foot-Easo makes new or tight shoes easy. At all druggists and shoe stores, 25 cts. Sample mailed PRE E. Address Allen .S. Olmsted, LeRoy, N. Y. Hoping For the Best. Benham-Everybody says that baby looks like me. Mrs. Benham-But ho may outgrow n, dear. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever ls a bottle of GHOVE'S TASTELESS CEUX TOKIO, lt ls simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. No cure-no pay. i'rl-:e Mo. Ameliorated Athletics. "Your basketball club hasn't reported any broken bonos latoly." "No; wo voted out all tho girls who wanted to play for oxorcls3."-Chicago News. PUTNAM FADELESS DTE produces th* fastest and brightest colors of any known dye stuff. Sold by all druggists. His Experience. Mr.?. Gond-Ah! there ls nothing which causos so much mi-?orv as llquorl Tho Tramp -Beggln' your pardon, ma'am, I fink first causes moro mts'hy dan anyt'lng else.-Puck. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls a liquid and ls taken Internally, and acts directly upon tho blood and mncous surfaces of tho systom. Send for testimonials, freo. Sold by Druggists, 75c. F. J. CHENEY <fc C o., Props., Toledo, O. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces inflamma tion, allays pain, cures wind colic. 23c a bottle. . A woman usually abandons her opinion tho moment her husband ls converted to lt. FITS permanently cured. No fits or nervous ness aftor first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nervo Restorer. 82 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. B. H. KLINE, Ltd., 031 Arch St., Phlla., Pa. ' Piso's Cure for Consumption ls an infalli ble medicine for coughs and colds.-N, W. S AU?KL. Ocean Urove, N. J., Feb. 17,1000. The happy father is apt to relate creepy sto ries about his firstborn. Sensible Poultry. A great many people who have chickens ate as careless In the matter of supplying them with green food in the winter as they are of beeping their own tables supplied Tvith. succulent vegetables. But lt is nevertheless just as Important in OD? case aa in the other. Referring to this subject, a farmer's wife in Nebraska says in Tri state Farmer on the subject: The poulterer on the farm possesses every advantage over the man confined to one or two lots in the city. While in our experience free range of the farm is not the best way to raise fine poultry, yet we do not duly appreciate the foods we may raise and feed fresh from the garden to our poultry. In our exp?rience the fowls at large do not confine themselves to picking up the waste but rather choose to take their rations from horse mangers and pig troughs. They fatten on the corn and perhaps the men complain with Justice that "the hens eat their heads off." Wc find It better to have yards of medium size, and we have about made up our minds that hens at large are not much improvement on hogs at large, and what women can put up with hogs in the back yard? But if hens are yarded they must be fed, and there is room on the farm for a garden for the chickens. What shall we plant? We must have li Luce, of course. One can cut a surprising amount of feed from a few square feet of lettuce; then there is the giant Southern mustard. A few rows of that and you have a green food greatly relished, and in quantity for a numerous flock. Winter onions are egg producers. Perhaps we can find ? corner for hemp and sunflowers. Then we must have some vegetables for winter. Cabbage and artichokes come first. Watch the biddies eat raw artichokes if you do not believe they like them. Then we may raise some carrots to cook and mix with bran for biddy's winter breakfast to make her lay. We can cook them and mix with corn meal to fatten the poultry for market quickly. Probably no vegeta ble we raise gives less trouble or is more certain to yield well than sugar beets. Then the beets keep well, which ls more than we can say for carrots in this locality. We put the beets through the bone cutter and feed raw'. The hens greatly relish the raw vegetables and the ducks must have them if you wish eggs In January. The mustard will stay green long after frosts, and when it ls gone begin on the beets. The mustard will not ap p?ar the second year nor in any way resemble the old fashioned sort A great many places where the vege tables have been taken off may be sown to the mustard for fall feeding. Florida Agriculturist. Brain Force in Bicycle Riding, Messrs. It. E. and C. Crompton re cently presented to the Cycle Engi neers' Institute at Birmingham, Eng land, the results of a remarkable in-, vestigation concerning the efficiency of | the human body considered as a motor. Heretofore the body has generally been treated as analogous to a heat engine, work being obtained from it through chemical action on the muscles. But the Messrs. Crompton believe they have demonstrated that the greater part of he energy-yielding processes go on within the brain, or in the ner vous system directly connected with the brain. In "bicycle-riders they lind that the greatest waste ls from the brain and nerves, and not f.-om the muscles. The nerve waste, they aver, Is proportional to the number of times that the nerve centres energize the muscles in order to make a stroke, and hence the craving for high gears, which diminish the number of strokes and thus economize the nerve waste. They adv?cete, instead of high gear ing, an inciense In the length of the cranks, for the purpose both of reduc ing the number of strokes and of In or?is sing their efficiency. RLSBEXPHBnBS USB St ?HiBill Good Lach" Daking Pawder is only brand sold in solid car load lou. Monr/'Gcod Luck" sold in South tbaoall other brands combined. Hiebest Leavening Tower: Wholesome and Healthful. Look lot the "HORSE SMCB" OD every can. rUa*itectara4 bx The Southern runafacturlni Co., Rich mo nd, Va. Wanted-Tract of farming land. Send descrip tion and lowest price. F. A. Hall, Savannah, Ua. t?fi violence, but act as a tc the muscles and restore You will find in an en and permanently put ii To any needy mortal suffering from bi . Sterling Remedy Come THE N?TlONRL BANK OF ???SUSf fi L. C. HAYNS, r^XF.-G.iTOfcb, Caanler. Capital, $850,000. Undivided JTroflia } $110,000. Facilities of our ma%nlflc?nt NOT Vault [coninir.inp 410 >afety-Lock Boxea. Differ ent Stze'j are offered to our patrons and the public at $3.00 to S10.C0('i>or annum. PLANTERS LOAN AND 'SAVINGS Pays Intorost on Deposits. Acconm-s Solicited. L. C. HATXX, President. W. C. WA EDI, AW, Cashier. TROS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, & C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1900. VOL. LXV. NO. 20. FOE WOMAN'S MAT/BE Earnest Letters from Women Be-' lloved of Fain by Mrs. Plnkhaxn, - "DEAB MBS. PETKHAM :-Before I commenced to take your medicine I waa in a terrible state, wishing myself dead a good many times. Every part o? my body seemed to pain in some way. At time of menstruation my suffering was something terrible. Z thought there was no cure for me, but? after taking several bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound ?QI my bod feelings were gone. I am now' well and enjoying good health. I shall always praise your medicine."-MBS. AMOS FESCUXEB, Box 226, Borneo, Mock. Female Troubles Overcome , "DEAS MBS. PINKBAM:-I had fem?le? trouble, painful menses, and kidfeeys complaint, also stomach trouble. Ab?Vt a year ago I happened t? pick np iv paper that contained an advertisement of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- ? pound, and when I read how it had helped others, I thought it might help me, and decided to give it & trial. X did so, and as a result am cow feelings perfectly well. 1 wish to thank you for the benefit your medicine has been to me."-MBS. CL AHA S nz BER, Biller, Neb? No flore Pain " DEAS MBS. PINKHAM :-Your Vege table Compound has been of'much benefit to me. When my menses first appeared they were very irregular. They occurred too often and did not leave fdr a week or more. I always suffered at these times- with terrible pains in my back and abdomen. 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GATE CITY SOCIETY, Lock box 715, Atlanta, Qa.. . . : T\ 13 f\ 83 Q Y NEW DISCOVERY; C:VBI asy[m \#"L ~aJ I qnick relief andean* worst casos- Boole of testimonials and IO days' treatment Free. Dr. H. H. GK KEN'S SONS. Box B. Atlanta, Qa, so*s rc CURES WHERE ALL EiSEFAILS. " Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Uso tn tune. Sold by drutnrlsts. CONSUMPTION J s head-ache, bacfc-aclie >f body aches. Spring i want to get this bile your system; easily, m?y. CASCARETS you want; they never but will work gently 1. Some people think t the griping the better careful-take care cf alts and pill poisons i, and even less able to r movements than be ly safe, gentle inside for the bowels are CASCARETS. They th? foecal matter with bowel wall, strengthen uy them and try them. >wels will be promptly and Summer work. ALL DRUGGISTS "S we will send a box free. Address lisemeot and paper. iS6'