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amm\ PE-NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTS L. CHATRE, Pree't. F. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. ?SnrpIu* and. Undivided Profits } $125,000| i FaclliiloB of our maRnlflcent New Vault Icontalulng 410 Safetv-Loek Boxes. Dlffer |enf?Blzes are offered Uo o?r patrons and I tho public at &J.00 to $10.00.per nnmini, THE PLASTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS AUGUSTA, GA, Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Kayne, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. VOL; LXVII. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBEE 17. 1902. NO. 51. THE" ???T?D (This .drawing represents\lie build ingi "~y HE Kopublic, has been slow to recognise Gie importance of the institutions where are created the "gener?is of its irniy and the commanders of its wnr . ships, but iUflast it has been roused to ' the necessity of providing the vouug 'men who are to serve on sea as well . as on land with facilities in keeping with the profession which t?"ey have'adopted. As a result of the plans which have been prepared, upon the shores of the Hudson and m thc Severn, at Annapolis. Md., will 'be* -erected groups-, of ..buildings' which A prill vbe monuments to American pro gress in tko. ^eience of Avar. They 'rVllb fofm^'m??'tai-y and naval colleges i In every sensc-of 'the AvordT and" win have no equal in any other country. Only after a long struggle with Congress did the friends of the navy finally obtain recognition of the needs Di the institution, tbcyirst appropria tion of $500,000 being secured in 1S07. ^MVitli^ijs 31?*S^n^ flud. ^banks to the efforts of various Con -, -gressmen, as well as to the several Secretaries of-ibo Navy, yeur,by year . ; appropriations have i ?eon "granted, mi .. - til it is safe to say that all of the im provements suggested will .be carried ?ut, although they'will represent an , )utluy of. 'fully ?G'CO&OOO. Of first importance is the homo of the cadets. )r the "quarters/' fa? it is technically rermed. This building-, stately in limonsions and truly magnificent in Jesign, has a frontage of C'!"5 feet upon Annopolis Harbor, with a width in the centre of not less than.400 feet, "".[ts wings will contain th? sleeping apartments ot 'thc':''students. Otiurr parts form the mess-half, kitchen, etc. The armory will'contain ample space .fo? fl drill-liull where a body of ?nO ..men eau practice -evolutions in-doors ;- when the weather permits."" The boat-. house, as "Its name implies.' takes the place of the present antiquated struc ture, ?nd- with its rear end facing ' :tbe proposed basin allows access "Iq .the water. As the 'armory and .boat "? * house .Tra irr such continual ISeTitVaa decided best to connect them in the 5 -manner Illustrated', and the group, which jfcay be termed the front section of the Academy, forms a most notable ; architectural picture, facing as it dues the Chesapeake, with the broad'parade grounds extending from its terraced - -surroundings, to .t!',e water-front. Next in importance, io tue cadet hnarters, and located immediately : back, of .t. will ho what ls "termed the Academic building. Whore sessions of tf?dSfcl?isses will be held. This is 1 planncd^io-??'uc, anxule-iaeiliiies for nil instruction, except the departments which must bo'u'iiight:wItb the aid of apparatus, lu .the' tpar of tho' boat ? house and.separated from it .bj-..the 'proposed ship-basin will stand the power-house, furnishing heat and light ns well vs- power-for tho' entire group "of Tni?????ngs. ' The laboratory for^instruction In physics and chemis try will also be a separate building, as well as the department of barine? . engineering, which necessarily - re quires quite au elaborate mechanical equipment. All oV the?e structures, as \ylll be - noted by the illustration, harmonize In location and design with the general .. plan of the architect. Mr. Ernest Flagg. Oue of tho principal improve ments will be the magnificent auditor ium, which will take the place of the simple naval chapel. It will be a domed structure, and when completed will cost not less than $400,000. The basin will be (Jeep enough to allow the training-fleet to bc moored at the .docks, and will accommodate all of the craft used by the cadets. The 'Open space from the bank of the river . to.the nearest building will be a cam pus 412 feet long and 2*?0 in width. This, however, will not be used as a drill-ground, the evolutions of the cadet corps out-of-doors being carried out on the area ? which will be provided directly in front of thc quarters. Harper's Weekly. '' ' Tho Farcol Tost in .England. In the United Kingdom over 70,000, . 000 parcels arc delivered annually through'tile' mails. This fact in itself shows^to. what au extern the people appr?elate?* nd patronize - fho^sy'steifi. It is one of the great, eonvenientes of English lifT'. ?t siiniu'iflc.*. a'very'trou blesome.lu-oblcm for tin- housekeeper. The value of thc service to merchants and business houses Is, of course, pro portionately great. At certain seasons of the year it is not uncommon for ono howse to send out from ."(?.(Milt to 7<t,(ii)0 parcels. There is one large linn of seedsmen which abolit Christmas time send out annually 100,000 packages to all parts of the country.-Good House keeping. . STATES MIDDY'S 3 and docks.of the Naval Academy at; work now under way is completed.) SOMJ7 months ago Mrs. Koose vdt commissioned Mr. Charles M. Van . Heusen, . of the Van Heusen Charles Com pany, Albany, New York, to visit the noted factories, with the idea of sub mitting a collection of samples for ber selection. Seventy-eight different and exclusive designs were brought to the attention of the lady of the White House. For months the matter has been the thought ot* many of the most noted china-decorators, and possibly never belora has there boen a moro beautiful collection of design's in cera mic art presented to the consideration of any one with a similar idea in view. It seemed as though any taste could be gratified-deep rich reds, l?oso dil I NO. 1.- DESIGN FOB SOUP PLATES. NO. 2.--THE SEAL OF THE UNITED STATES USED ON THE CHINA. j?O# 3.--DESIGN FOB DINNEB PLATES. Barrys, and the different shades of green to the very simplest treatments tba* can bc imagined. VAHIOUS DESIG : Thc one selected by Mrs. Roosevelt is a simple Colonial pattern, with the obverse, ur front, of the Great Seal of thc United States enamelled in col?l as the decorative feature. It was j made by Wedgwood, and covers the requirements possibly better than any of the. others. One disadvantage, how ever, of which the democratic simpli city of lliis country boasts,, is that there ave no heraldic emblems, and Mis. Roosevelt was very anxious to bave a service which ?would ho dis tinctly known as the White House service. There are, however, two or three emblems which can be used to demote tlic Presidential position. One is his personal seal, but which is no di fi?rent from the seal of any nd a ry public. Another is the Great Seal of the United States. It was dually de termined that the Great Seal should NEW HOBIE. Uinapolls as they viii appear when the -From Harper's Weekly. be enamelled on tho service, and Hicri the hunt for fl?e samples bagan. The Great Seai, aa originally adopted by thc statute of Jane, UNI', consisted of two faces, an obverse, or front, and a reverse, or back. It has been noticed that none of tho KO. 1.-A GOBLET DESIGN FOB THU GLASS SERVICE. NO. 2.-SHAPES OF CUPS AND SAUCEES THAT AUK TO BE DECORATED. different drawings of the Great Sea] as adopted by Congress has been in detail absolutely correct, and con siderable attention has been paid tc have the Seal that is lo be enamelled on the service as nearly accurate as possible, lt is, Indeed, an exquisite decoration for the White House ser vice. The White House service con sists of 12i>n pieces. The glass service is one of extreme beauty, and is un usual, as it exemplifies the ans ol' h.?avy cutting and delicate etching weil blended. It is understood that but one piece j signed by John Wedgwood is known to exist, and that bears the name and date. 1G91, incised around the jug. The design selected by Mrs. Roose velt has been patented and copyrighted for the exclusive use of the White House. The Executive designs will not be sold outside the White House under any consideration.-Harper's Weekly. _ A Family's Longevity. Wilson Everett, of Belvidere, N. J., S'S FUR PLATES. one of the first conductors on the Bel videre division <>i' Hie Pennsylvania Railroad, bas four bro I hers, whose ages, with his own. aggregate -!;'') years, or an average of eighty years each. The ages of thc five brothers are: Joseph, of Frenchtown, eighty-nine peers'; Benjamin, of the same pince, eighty; Wilson, of Belvidere, seventy seven; John, ol* Philadelphia, eighty? .-.ven, und Daniel, of Kelston, Pa., gov lenty-three. The Everett family is noted for its longevity. Daniel, the father, lived to bo eighty-eight. His widow died in her ninety-third year and left 10T Jiv ing descendants-31 children. 17 grand children, -IT great-grandehlldreu and - great-great-grandchildren. - New York World TWO MORE IN DUR SERIES OF TOMBS OF THE PRESIDENTS 1. Abraham Lincoln. In Oak ltidge Cemetery, Springfield, 111., stands an imposing monument to mark the resting place of Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Lincoln was buried be side her husband. The grounds are now the property of the State of Illi nois. 2. James K. Polk. In thc garden of his home at Nash ville. Tenn., the eleventh President of the United States, James K. Polk, was buried. The homestead is situated near the State capitol, and thc tomb It self, being of line white marble, is a conspicuous object. A LIFE-GIVING CHAIR. Vibrations Sent Through the Water Filled Cushions. The latest scheme to renew health and prolong life is a vibrating chair. By means of this peculiar bit of mech anism it is claimed that youth can be restored, muscles strengthened and wasted tissues replaced. The princi ple upon which thc vibrating chair is worked is an old one. The chair has .a heavy ruhhor eoai nn<l-hn^l.v^TJo'i^- -t. neairi tins is 'a coat"of tma-TuTJuei. The heavy rubber contains perfora tions which aro covered b}f the thin rubber. The seat and back of the chair are tilled with water when the patient sits in the contrivance, and then a hammer, which strikes a rubber disc, is set in motion. This hammer starts vibratory waves in tin; waler, and j these waves are communicated rb thc I A LIFE-GIVING CIIAin. body by means of thc perforations in tho chair. Lillian ltussell and Bern hardt are using vibratory chairs, and this means of acquiring struugUi.with out expending energy i:j becoming quite a lad in New York. The vibra tory chairs cost from $2uu up, and con sequently will never become popular among the majority of beauty seekers. Making Colors. In the manufacture of artists' colors, animal, vegetable and mineral sub stances are largely used. Crimson and purple lakes and carmine are all ob tained from the cochineal insect. Se pia is the dark fluid discharged by the cuttlefish to render the water opaque for its own concealment when at tacked by a larger fish. Prussian blue is made bj- fusing the hoofs of horses with impure potassium carbonate, and ultramarine is obtained from thc precious mineral known as lapsis lazuli. Gamboge is Ute yellow sap of a tree which grows in Siam, and raw sienna is the natural earth from Sienna; when burnt it becomes burnt sienna. Tur key rod is made from the Indian mad der plant. There is only one color that English people do not know how to produce, and that is India ink. Only the Chi nese can make it, and they refuse to divulge the secret of its composition. Ga? as ITcat, Light and Tower. Thc use of gas as a fuel and source of power bas made wonderful strides dur ing (be last decade, and present indica tions point lo a still more marked ad vancement in the methods of produc tion and systems ol' lighting, beating and power supply. The systems of in candescent gas lighting, so prevalent and popular at the present 'time,'-de-, pend for their efficiency wholly upon the heating'power, of gas, rather "than ou'ils luminosity. Water gas or -pro ducer gas will undoubtedly be the fu ture heating and lighting agencies, and along the lines of their production will be directed most of Ibo forces of In vost iga lion ami improvement. The future trend of iras production will probably bc in favor ol' generator rallier than retort gases, which ought lo result in purer gases: i. e., gases.of a fairly constan! chemical composition. - Mines and Minerals. Even a deaf mau can have sound judgment. HEAT OF THE FCT?KE. - "", - K?N?%G ' FOR THE DAY WHEN - ANffrrRACITE 13 EXHAUSTED. Lookinjj Ahead t" the Time When There Will ile No Moro /.iitlirucilo Strikes Because Th?ro Will ?ie No Anthracite l'ros'reiii IU:ido ju Electric Healing. What "io do without anlhracitc coal is a pnzzliag enough question now when the shortage is clue Lo artificial causes; but our: children's children ?nay have to iace^much great shortage through . naturai>.causes. Thc quantity o[ an thracitek^al in this country admits of toleraelf-clear computation. Since its Ehipmeiit began in ISiO there ha\ e bTn mine^j^rcximately 1,300,000,000 tons. Tho ?Sf?ylvania commission, which investigated the subject some years agc? reported that for every ton of coal mined ?5r consumption a Lon and a half were lost. This included not only the cul?ji'thrown on the dump, but the coal necessarily left in thc mine as pil lars fogSfflfi.-support.of the roof.. On, this ballast''Iras been computed that -the inroads upon the original coal de posits^ 'jHpre/ Scranton district have amount! b4o-3,250,000,000 long tons. The g^ dogjcal survey computes that this is; .fout one-sixth of the original deposit - At the present rate of con sumption; the amount now remaining would,Jasi-ior about 150 years; this period will be shortened by a rapidly increasing ^consumption with growth of population and luxury; or will be lengfthfcfled by economies which the higher, cost of this kind of coal will brinj?a.bout, and by the substitu tion of rival products. Wita', thc result ant of all these forces wili be is hard to estimule. The qujstion of what the world will do without anthracite coal is thus of large interest. Electricity naturally suggests Itself as thc great substitute. It offersiiheat and cleanliness, some thing wh}fch cord other than anthra cite cannot give. Cut electric heat ing is costly. Under present appliances it is necessary to transform tho heat of the fuel to electric energy, and then change that into thermal energy, in both of which processes there is a con siderable foss. It is roughly estimated by electrical experts in the scientific bureaus here that if one were to heat a house by electricity derived from a central station it would take about a ton of coal to develop thermal energy equal to tLat derived from the direct combustion of 1200 to 1500 pounds of toe same fuel in the domestic furnace. About half.:of ?this waste would be avoided if; the electric plant were in the .building,-Itself. It is obvious that the developments of the future are likely,.to bo.in the in the priJfcoi' anthracite coal, by com parison with bituminous, will have a notable effect; the latter coal is in nor mal times a much cheaper steam pro ducer,-and it might be more profitable Lo get only GO or 70 percent, of its heat value, through transmitted electricity, than to get 100 percent with direct con sumption on the premises of anthra cite. This comparison, of course, ap plies to the heat now practically ob tainable, it being generally known that not over 10 or 15 percent of the ther mal value of a ton of coal is utilized by the best boilers and heaters. It is the six or seven-tenths of this 10 or 15 percent which is at the basis of tho high cost of electric heating. Another tendency which may operate to bring in electric heating is the com parative ease with which it may be measured, in the modern hotel, apart ment house, or office-building, a very large percentage of the heat goes out of the window, not in ventilation, which is a justifiable extravagance, but in sheer and unpardonable waste. The lodger, on leaving his room in the morning, throws thc window wide open with the heat turned on in the hot water radiators. A zero temperature outside coming through that open win dow hammers away on thc hot-water pipes. The coal-stoker in the base ment is constantly shovelling in soft coal to keep up thc battle. If the jani tor goes into the dodger's room and closes the window, the tenant takes of fence, and most people who deal with this question find it cheaper to heat up the outdoors, limited only by the op eration of law of the diffusion of gases, than to try to convince the public of the truth of thc elementary 'principles of calorics. The tenant believes that the heat coursing through his pipes is his own property; he refuses to believe that he is leading' down the general heating plant very heavily by all wasteful practices. This experience, of which all persons who grapple with the heating problem complain, is in considerable part responsible for the rates of rental, which it is now neces sary to charge upon apartments and other placi3s where heat is free ancU unmeasured, and the individual user is relieved of the application of the old principle that those who dance should pay thc piper. Electric heating permits of accurate measurement, just like gas-lighting; It is true, to bc sure, that the electric lighting companies have in many cases adopted' a flat charge instead of a metered service, but this is due to pe culiar conditions. Gas is stored in a reservoir. Electricity must, practical ly speaking, be consumed as it is pro duced. So what the manufacturer of electricity for lighting purposes has to count on is thc current that he may be called upon to supply, and it. is that for which he wants to be paid. But in a large development of the business the measuring system would become oper ative. This would be such a substan tial economy in the apartment-house, for example, as to offset much of the waste bf the transformations necessary to turn coal into heat by way of elec tricity, and to conduct it on a wire. ? It is obvious that tho improvements in electrical science are all sure to be in the direction of the economy of elec tric heating. Hot air and hot water de vices have now practically roached per fection, while electric heating its' in Ha infancy. This will bc true regardless of those dreams, such as the utilization of the.wind through thc charging of storage batteries, or the direct conver sion of carbon, which may at any mo ment turn into reality. Electricity is now used for heating and cooking in se lected places, but has made nothing of the headway of the same agency in lighting. Hospitals use electric heat ing to some extent, especially in their delicate apparatus. It can be handled and controlled so much more readily than any other form of heat. Another important point is that it does not vitiate the air, as do the combustion in ??rumentalities. Electricity is used in asylums for thc insane, where the moro rational patients are employed in kit chen and laundries, for by its use the danger of accident is reduced to a min imum. It has a certain select uso ia parlor tea-kettles and domestic appara tus. The street railroad companies, which heat their cars with it, are aid ed in doing this by certain mechanical economies not available to the general householder.-New York Post. DEBTS OF THE STATES. A General Kc<Iucflon in Their Obligations in llio Last Twelve Yearn. Remarkably healthy and creditable is the showing made by the states in their general reduction of the debt? incurred for public* purposes. Tho 45 states have, collectively, a bonded debt* of $200,000,000, and al though other debts, mun?ipal and county, have been increasing largely of late years, stole debts have, in most cases, fallen o!f. The state which has the largest debt -contracted through obligations en tailed by the civil war-is Virginia, which owes ?24,303,000 in bonded debt. Twelve years ago its debt was $31,o?0, OoO, and it iias reduced tho amount by ROoO.OOO. The financial credit of Massachusetts is so high that it has, since 1890, been pledged lo sundry towns for local lia bilities, thc payment of thc bonds is sued for which is provided for by di rect taxation. The aerial state debt, which was $28,000,000 in 1890. is now $12.400,000, a reduction of $15.ii00,000. The debt of Tennessee, which, next to Virginia, suffered mest from the civil war, is now $16,200,000. Twelve years ago it was $16,000,000, 3400,000 more. During this period the popula tion of the state has increasea a quar ter of a million. Louisiana' has a state debt of $10, 800,000. Twelve years ago it was $11, 800,000, a reduction of $1,000,000. New York's present debt* insignifi cant when compared with its manifold assets, is $10,000,000,- an increase ' of $3,500,000 compared with what it was 32 years ago. This increase is due, al most exclusively, to the canal debt, now $8,600,000, authorized in 1895, and of what remains of the increase $075, 000 is for thc acquisition of Adiron dack park lands. The debt of Alabama is $9,500,000. of Pennsylvania $7,800,000, a decrease of $4,000;000 in-12 years; of South Caro lina $6,800,000, of G?of ?lTOyU . ';of Mississippi $?',80Cf,u^': * \ ! Texas has reduced its state debt^?'-.: the same period from $4,200|000 to' $715,000, Arkansas from $2,000,000 'to $1,200,000. North Carolina from $7, 700.000 to $6,200,000 and Maryland from $10,000,000 lo $2,600,000, partly by dis posing of its railroad investments. The debt of Kentucky, never large, has been increased 50 percent in 12 years. It is now $1,100,000. Nebraska has no state debt. Neither has West Virginia nor New Jersey, which owed $1,250,000 12 years ago. Illinois, Iowa and Oregon have no state debts which having matured aro payable, but they have small outstand :ngs obligations which have either not been presented for payment or have not matured. These obligations amount to $1S,000 in the case of Illi nois. $10,000 in that of Iowa and $1, 00'' in that of Oregon. Wisconsin owes $2,200,009, Michigan $400,000, an inconsiderable sum for so large a state, Indiana ?-I.SOO.OOO against $8,500.000 in 1900, Vermont $335,000, California $?;300,000, Connecticut $1, 700,000, Kansas $580,000, Missouri $5, 600,000, against $8,600,000 12 years ago. Montana $900,000, Ohio $4,50,000, Rhode Island $3,250,000 and Maine $2, 500,000. The credit of all American states is unexcelled, the rates at which they can borrow money aro low. The need of public improvements, buildings and waterways is often urgent, and of the solvency of American states to pay for thev.3 there is no question; but the policy of all the states is to diminish, not to increase the debts, and collec tively the states have cone so and are doing so.-New York Sun. Kure Tainting in Cellar. A picture of Mary Magdalene, bear ing the signaturt of Titian and the date .1543, has come to. light after a half a century passed in an obscure and mol dy old cellar. It is now in the posses sion of Robert Jarvis of Roxbury, who two months ago purchased it for a mere song from Henry W. Smith, 'a shopkeeper: in Roxbury. Mr. Smith was about to throw it away when Mr. Jarvis rescued lt. That picture shows Mary Magdalene sitting at the mouth of a cave. Before her is a rude image of Jesus on the Cross, which she has turned slightly to one side. Hei long, reddish-gold hair reaches almost to the ground and en velopes a part of her body, while hav ing fallen from her shoulders across ono arm is a crimson-scarf. The face is wonderfully .expressive, depicting utter sorrow and despair. The painting was bought by Mr. Smith atAn auction sale, and once'v/as tho property of an English family who lived in Boston fifty years ago.-New York Times. The Firat. .?'morion Bible. The first Bible printed in America was made for the benefit of the In dians. It was Eliot's translation, and was issued at Cambridge, Mass., in 1663. The Germans had the benefit of the next Bible, which was printed in their language at Germantown, Pa., by Christopher Sauer in 1743. So the Indians -and the Germans were sup plied first, and it was not until 1782 that Robert Aitkin, a printer and bookseller of Philadelphia, published the first American edition of the Bi ble in English. This wait in quarto form. Tho first folio form in English was printed at Worcester, Mass., in 1791, and bears the imprint of Isaiah Thomas.-Harper's. Recent research makes it seem pro bable that the smell of flowers, rather than their pollen, is responsible for hay fever, Large shipments of th ? best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furni ture and housefurnishing is complete. ? ... .,-4 i i i Large Stock of Coffins m? Caskets alwags on hand. All calls for our hearse prompt ly responded to. All goods sold oh a small mar gin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. s.e. THE ARTISTS' FAVORITE THE MATCHLESS Unsurpassed in touch, tone, workmanship and dura - rability. Sold on Factory ant! ffarsroow, Citoail, Ohio. J A. HOLL?MT), Traveling Agent for South Carolina, NINETY-SIX, S. C. W. J. RUTHERFORD. R, B. MORRIS. inf I SS; fVIfiNUFACTUREBS OF bj ?Jb w wan j j t?sffl ; . . V?.-. - *i ?ti Ready Roofing ami Other Material, WRITE aS FOTI PKICES. Cir. Brno! ni fisliii Sis. . ima. Ga. 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