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THE NATIONAL BAN? OF AUGUSTA L. C. HAYNS, Pre?'! F?.FORD, Cashier. f Capita!. $^50,000. I Surplus and ? | Undivided Profits j, Faculties ot our munificent New V.mlt ontalning 410 i-tfoty-:bok Boxes. Differ (eat Sizes are offered o our patrons and tho public at $3.00 to $1 .00 per annum. 125,000 THS PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA. Fajs Interest on Deposita. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Haine, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXVIII. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 8. 1903. NO 15 V. I AN ?NC?NDITIOf A STORY OF Tl "May; I come in, Major?" "Who is it? What-you Curtis? Come right in, my boy. You're just "fin time t for my taps pipe." \ Burke sank into the wicker cWir : the . Major pushed toward him, a\d slowly filled his pipe from the prof-\J fered jar. "Major Wright," said he, at last, "I want to leave the pest." The old gentleman looked up quick ly.-"Leave the nost, man? Why, what for?" The young o "a er arose and stood in front of- thc commandant. "You've been more than ~<? friend and kind Commander to me, sir, and I come4q/you to ask* this-favor." . "You dlid right (o come to me. What's J/hc trouble, my boy?" ago, wh^n he was a young lc, had loved the boy's mother, /hen her son had come from the he had tried to bc more than fad commander and a friend to It was with thc solicitude of ither for his son that he asked: ^Curtis, my dear Doy, what is the latter? I thought you were content and you've made an % ? man feel like living; but now te?. e, what's oh your mind?" and he r^-ced C his hand on Burke's shoulder. The lieutenant walked up and down the ? room twice before he began. "Margaret-" "I 'hought so," ?>roke in the Major; "? t jught it was the little flirt." "H , no, sir; not that, lt isn't her ; fault ' and Burke sank into his seat ?'. agai"and hid his face in his hands. ''It's0?obinson." .Th? other man recalled an episode in _!)?.,; own youth as he gazed at the boySse loved, y "l\)PiJor, listen; I'll tell you all. You're the bast fricad I. have on earth, and you will understand. 2?}& know Margaret and I were_aJ^^^T ! r i mm mV^^ gOOd V^&m^^mQ&^?Fi^??y a year. Well, . when Robinson became sick at Fort Leavenworth and was exchanged to this post, you know how glad I was;' for Ed was my chum and classmate, you know. Well, he hadn" been here long when I saw how it .vas. Ho was trying to win Margaret." "Not he, your best friend?" "Friend! A true friend doesn't steal away the girl you love. I saw this a month ago, and didn't say a word to Margaret or to him. Finally, Peggy"-he half smiled-"I mean,Mar garet, bv?an to like him; so . I went to her, Major, and rel her from every obligation she toward mc." - The old man, nodded musingly "And i^he told me she didn't lo nrtf*.j iVtfi?L?! nnd she^did. jove Jgd inso-uT* Burke .wear on ; "but- . . " flatty denied that he had ever told her his feelings, or tried to prejudice her against me in the least. She wanted to defend him, you know. So, Major, I've thought it all over, and I've come to you to ask if J can't leave the post. I can't stay here and see her-" His voice half broke as he hid his face in . his hands. "Not tonight, my boy. Stay-" "No sir," insisted tho younger man. "You'd better take +. man with you." "No, sir, I want to be alone. And now, good-by, dear sir. You've al ways been so good! You seem like . a father. You know minc died when I was so young I never knew how it felt to have one." A half hour later a horseman left the post by the west stockade gate. He rode at a walk with his chin on h's breast, and seemed oblivious to every thing. The cool mountain breeze sang softly to the tall grass as each blade bent its head to bear the music. The blue hemisphere above glistened with' a thousand eyes, which with their merry twinkle tried to make the man forget his sorrow. Hut on he rode. Burke's was not the only note of dis cord; for if he had noticed the north west sky, ho would have s:en the re flection of many fires, and had he lis tened attentively he would have heard the weird notes of an Indian song and the beat of many dancing fort. But -cn "heTode, and as the morning sun faint . iy tinted the'mist high up on the moun tains, he entered the foot hills and'was lost to view. That morning, as the major ' re turned from guard mount, a girlish voice called to him from the balcony of the post surgeon's house: "Major, I want to see you. Come over, do." The commandant bit his lip as he turned and saw Margaret. "Como, that's a dear. I want to .ask you something;" and as the major went up the stoop: "Where's Curtis?" "You ought to know, Margaret." "I? I haven't the least idea," an swered the girl, with eyes wide open. "You don't know what ypu've done, Tittle girl. You've sent the best man in the world away from you." "Curtis gone!" "He left last night. You know, Margaret, how close Curtis and I are to each other, and he told me all." "But, major, what-" "I don't come as an envoy from him, my. dear. All I have to say tc you is that Curtis is the best boy that ever breathed, and that you've lost him. Good -by, little* , girl. L once heard of a case similar to Ulis, and1 but never mind, you've done youi best, no doubt." After the major left her, Margarel sat for a long time simply repeating to herself, "Curtis gone! gone!" And then she set to thinking over theil friendship; how much he had reallj been to her, and now good, and brave an ri kind. She had really loved hire once, she thought to herself; and sh< knew in her heart bf hearts that h( loved her, and loved her yet-and nov .he was-gone, and what had he left? ". The door of the officers' mes; .?pened, and a man came out:.-on th< piazza and waved a tennis racquet She did not see hin?, \ nor did she no t co him at all until he spoke he; f?jame next her. Th-fn she rose sud ^^.nV- "Y?"?"'" c"",r' i""'?" fl'Tn ntl. ? '"j'he same, Miss'Margaret. , Why; ! must have frightened,, y ou, you sail 5You!T ?? such* "a tragic way. Jus like the Camille we saw. at Tabor' ?AL SURRENDER. HE F^ROxNTIER. | last month in Denver. But woL't you come and play tennis?" "Mr. Robinson, Curt?a Burke has left the post." "Curtis gone!" That was just what she had said to herself a hundred times during the '.Aast minute. ^NYes," she answered. "\Wiy?" "I slent him away." "Margaret, did you send him away ort' my account?" And he looked .Straight into her eyes. He thought she was his, for her eyes reflected his glance for a moment; then she shrank back. "I did not send Lisa ?.way, Mr. Rob inson. You drove him away." "I?." ? . . "You did, and I hate you for it." "And you love him?" - he asked, breathlessly. "I do, Mr. Robinson, and we aro your enemies after this;" and she swept into the house. Robinson hardly realized that he liad'| left her veranda as he walked across the parade ground and sank into; a chair in his own quarters. That afternoon, as the major passed tho surgeon's house, he saw Margaret on the stoop again. "What are you doing, Margaret?" "Why, major?" she asked, sadly. "If you don't stop, every officer in the regiment will bo leaving the post." "Mr. Robinson-" ... ' . "Left about ten minutes ago by the west gate." * * * * * ? * * A great rapping came at the ma jor's door, and a hurried call: "Ma jor! Major Wright, quick, let mc in!" Thc major had been sleeping sound ly, but awoke suddenly and hurried to the. door. "Who is it? _Wlm is "It's mc-MacLaughlin." "What's the matter, sergeau1?" "Major, Black Snake and his band are off the reservation." "What?" "Sure, they've been dancing for the last two days, and this afternoon the Snake and about-fifty bad reds took to thc trail.. They looted the agency and half killed Scott." The sergeant gasped .out each word, he was so winded and excited. "Which way did they go?" asked the major. He had gone back into ;his room and was Tiurricdly dressing. their quarters..... ...... and the call was taken up u? trumpeter of each' troop. In shadowy squadrons they formed in on the par ade ground, and in a moment'they were gone through the west. gate, with thc Major at their head, pounding out into the darkness. *c. ****** For a day Curtis Burke had been in tho mountains, alone with his memory and his rifle. Thc keen joys of a good killing made him fe:-l thc more like facing the world again, and there was something of lightness in his heart as he descended the trail through thc Stage Coach Pass and came into the foothills. He had ridden hard for the last hour. A spring attracted his notice to the right, so he said, b.'ilf to himself and half to the pony, "Let's take a drink." He swung off, and to gether man and beast drank from the same pool. He rose and. Stretched. "Well, Roxy, do you want to rest? Shall I cinch off?" As he spoke, a rifle cracked near him. ..He turned quickly as a bullet sang over bis hat. Beyond ? his pony's back he saw a haze of smoke rising, and through it a figur? crouching. His . revp?vcr "was out at once, and a yell followed his shot. "Indians, by Jove!" He Was on "Roxy's back in a moment, as the echo of his would-be-assassin's yell echoed .down the gulch. Up the trail he sped. "There's only one place for us. Roxy, and that's thc Caldron. The reds must have jumped the reservation. I'll "have to hiele you, pet, in the bushes; then, if cartridges hold out, we can keep them off a while. Curse them, they're coming! Yell, you devils! Split your throats! There, Roxy, you stay there and don't make a noise, or you'll be wearing another brand at rounding up time Good-by, old girl," and he crawled in to a natural hollow on the top of thc hill Below him he could sec the In dians breaking cover. They had Icfl the trail and their ponies, and nae formed in a half-circle and were crawl ing up. The Caldron was without covei within a radius of two hundred yards not even a boulder. Burke unstrappec his belt and loaded the magazine of hi: Winchester. He then took his Coi from the holster and laid it beside th< belt. "That'll be of use when we ge thick," he murmured, and he peppc( over the rim of the hollow and rc ceived a salute of yells and whizzin] balls. "You're wild, friends. I am afraii you're loaded with Scott's worst tan glefoot, instead of your rifles with hi best powder." Every period of thes sentences waa punctuated by a pull 01 the trigger of his gun and a snap of th' lever. "I can hold out for some fime, am then when we close in-'there, Snake that's for you-you're a mean one yon are, and I am glad-I knocked.yoi down last month! You go to the rca and nurse that arm, young man, an londshrdl ushrdl ti sh rd 1 ushrdlushrdl don't"-bang!-"lead"-bang!-"a n ; more war parties"-bang! A sudden redoubling of the yellin; far to his left caused Burke to tur suddenly. The sound of a falling roc! swerved him around with' the ?jacula tion, "Surrounded, by God!" He glaue ed through the.sights on tko-ban-el an started at what hc-'brought into range a. gun barrel, and .behind that an ey< I and that eye uc-longing to his woret enemy, Robinson. ? "His heart seemed to beat a hundred times before he dropped the stock pf his gun. ' "Get in herc, Ed, for Heaven's sake, and thank God you're here! I don't mean that I want you to be killed, but two Winchesters arc better than one, even if-look out, man, down! They're getting the range. Lay there till you get your wind." . "How in thc "world!" "Shut up; don't talk. You'll have to take.my place in a little while!" He peeped over the edge and fired three times. Robinson was beside him now, and alternately they singled out their man and let drive. Between the shots they talked. "How did you get here, Curtis?" . "Been after goats." "You left suddenly." "Yep; .but what the dickens arc you doing here?" * "Shooting Indians;" and Robinson smiled through the grime on his face. "I left, Ed, because Margaret had "I- know; that's why I'm here, Curt." "Did you leave because you thought Pcggy'd sent me away;" ."Yep." "I lit out for your sake, Ed;" and on tho edge of that little hollow on the hilltop thc two men shook hands. Below-, the reds had ceased firing for the moment, and all was still as death. "Whatever Jiapp-ms, Curt, we're herc t'o stay* together-" "Till death," answered Curtis. A report rang, out near them, and Robinson fell backward. "I'm hit. Curt." he said, quickly. "Oh, Lord!-where?" A red spot on his shoulder showed the place. Burke peeped over the rim. Five In dians had tried a flank move, and his ready rills, just stopped them. "I'm dono for, old chap," Robinson crawled back and iay down on 'his face. "" ., '.'Nonsense!' said Burke. "You're "No (1 uiV"fcl"H><i^5^' 1 tel1 you wnat Put me on the rim*I>Qa?jLt?i^J^r? as long as I can, and you get ocW^i"^ vamose." "And leave you here? Not much." "But I'll die, anyhow. It doesn't matter how." Curtis turned suddenly. "I havo it My pony is right down here, i'll carry you down to her, and yon get on and under cover of my fire ride!" "And leave you here? Not much." Robinson repeated Burke's refusal. "Come on, I'll carry you, Ed." "It can't be done, Curt!" "l-nok-they're coming! Get up * - - u" -was. anti .?*~ _ "NoW is our time, Ed!" exclaimed Burke. "I'll carry you!" Robinson, reached out his hand and grasped Burke's Colt. He placed it to his own head. A sorrel'?.pot showed itself in the sight of Burke's rifle, and a wild neigh answered his shot. Ho kicked the re volver from Robinson's hand with, "You fool, I've killed thc pony and we're both here for good!" ***?**?. Colors had just been sounOed, and the flag came lazily down to thc boom of thc Major's favorite ten-pounder. Over in the shade of the Avind break a hammock va? stretched. A thin man lay in it. and beside him sat three persons. The girl who was fanning him half crooned a bit of a cradle song as she swayed the hammock. A young of ficer with his arm in a sling was play ing chess with an elderly gentleman with a major's leaf on his collar. The game suddenly ended and the Major sat. back. "Peggy! when are you ' going to nerve yourself up to a proposal?" . Thc girl fanned the thin man in the hammock violently.. "I don't know," she "s&id blushing. "Why, I brought him back to you, and you ought to claim him. Hadn't she, Robinson?" "She had. indeed, Major. Margaret, go on. We'll coach you. I know just what to say. I've done it before; but I hope you'll have better luck than I." Under his breath the Major repeated the hope, but he said aloud: "Peggy, go on." The girl hesitated a moment. "Curtis," ?he commenced. Thc thin man sat up in tho hammock. "Margaret, will you take what's left cf me?" "Yes, Curtis." "And I'll be chief mourner," said Robinson. "And as commandant of one of thc divisions engaged," said the Major, "I order an unconditional surrender." New York News.' Diamonds and Rubies Float. "Wc tloait diamonds and rubies now to prove their genuineness," said thc jeweler. "Float diamonds and rubies! What aro you saying? Gems won't float," expostulated the patron. "Oh, but they will in some media," the jeweler insisted. "A chemist," lu weint on "has composed and bottled and put on the market certain harmless acids that will test gems accurately Look here." He poured from a vial into a bowl a colorless fluid. Then :ie unwrapped-a black velvet" cloth, and a handful ol beautiful, unmounted diamonds wer< displayed. One Of these he dropped inte the bowl, and it floated like a piece ol cork. '.. ".'*.' "See that?" he said. "That is a posi tive proof that this diamond is genu ine. Hire, now," and ho took out o; his pocket another brilliant-"here ii a French paste stone. Watch it sink.* He dropped th" artificial diamond in to thc bowl, and it plumped down t< the bottom like a lump of lead. "1 have," concluded the jeweler, "? half-dozen of these vials, each a tes for its own particular stone. That blu vial tests the ruby; the, purple oin beside it tests the sapphira; the yellov one the pearl, and and eo(on down th' line."-Philadelphia Record. . , ... Honorable Joseph Hodges Choate, Am Oue of ..lie famous boys of Salem,J joined the liar io Massachusetts in JSJ? WIS one ot* tile committee of seventy th and he Inter served.his adopted State a vention of 1S!'-1. He is one of thc foreu nigh among our celebrated public speak tradition of the P'jst lie now occupies.-M T .FOOTGEAR. ?I ?Worn by the Sultan, Dat?os L iand OLhars of the Moro r Tribes. ? TlIK Moro Sultan, datto, rajah and slave-may be devoid of Ingenuity! cari, .shame, gen *"f tlenmnly instincts,thrlft, sense rq?Jjonor and the like, writes a Philip pine ^'respondent ot' the .Shoe Trade Jouni-i!,Uut ue ls certainly well up in what lie ouhtjo put on his foot. lie may not care"*111'11 about his shoul ders, as these oft'^i^are. His hoad ls often exposed 1 ml hT^^ICTTf'nt ly free from incumbrauces. li feet are quite often ns weil protected on the bottoms as the feet of the Amer ica u. I paw a number of instances in which the Moro protected the soles.of his feet ?"'?ii :i shiiurle-like piece of wood fixed ODD FOOTWEAR i . _j r_ and thus sustain the piece at the bot 'tom of the foot securely. -There is a like piece, wider,'over tho lower-part of ,the foot. With this affair fixed*to the sole of the font the native is able to go almost anywhere without damag ing thpJ'eet very.mitch. Another type of shoe is shown in Fig ure 2, consisting of a solid piece of wood cut down to right proportions and gradually 'followed 'out'-by? :-pro cess of gonging wifh'inforror-'rools. The Moro devotes considerable taste to the makin.!; of protecting devices for the shins. There aro always some of the.tribes at war with one another, and the warriors of the different tribes wear armors of leather, caribou horn, brass and other metal; helmets for the head of wood and metal, and. in addi tion, metal and wood protection for the ankles such as shown in Figures 3 and 4. The first is a wood Interior made up with a shell trimming. Thc shells are sometimes cemented on. and some times riveted with little metal pins. In Figure 4 the contrivance is more like a legging than anything" else. It is made of several sorts.of native mate rial. The best kinds are those made from skins. The lacing is some of the gut properly dried and twisted so as to make very tough and lasting lacing. In Figure.5 is a sketch of one of the Moro ehoeincn's knives used in various lines of sho? and k'ather .operations. It is a very stont-bladed affair, ofteii with the butt, of the blade .quite stocky and strong. Thc edge of the blade is kept sharp and clear, and thc point in proper order for quick service. These knives are considered, relics "Dy visitors to the island, and tourist)**' purchase them and send them homo. In Figure G ls .a -dva.w.ijig of one of thc foot. rig.s. of 'a' Sultan... There" fs*a sole piece, consisting of rtpieeo of close grained redwood. This is worked by hand tools upi il it is given the proper form to make "a comfortable adjust ment to 'tlic foot. Th?n an artistic style of ribbon of strap with buckle ls passed up and (?vcr as shown. Some times this strap over the foot contains artist;c .designs. Often the patterns are worked out with Jil tlc pieces of col" ored glass or bits of metal. The fent utrc, however, Is jflie brilliancy of the gem used in the-'ring placed over one ol' tho protruding toes. . The Moro artists have already taken American-made shoes in hand, and they have endeavored to Morofzp them by applying the necessary coating of colors. Figure 7 is;a sketch of one of thc encan Ambassador to Great Britain, Tass., rmii n gradna te of Harvard, lie and settled In New York in 18*3(>. He at (lrove-TWaed out of office' into jail, s Pr?sffje?it of tlic Constitutional Con ?ost lftWtYors.pf lils lime, and ranks, ors. He lias ably upheld the great 'ntionab Magazine. shoes thus painted by the-.hnnds-of thc Moro shoe artist.' It will gfte one on idca..oXjj?hc direction in which thc av erage Moro nilnd runs .when it comes to pattern's for Hie surfaces of foot wear, rr, . : Every dat to owns slave's. In fact, over}' One seemed to me to belong to sonic delito. The chief authority tho datto seemed to me to possess over his tribe of mcu, women, boys and girls was that of kicking them gently ns oc casion arose. Any transgression of the datto house.rule meant a kick. Thus porno of the dnttos and their assistants have horns fixed to the toe tops, ns lu Figure 8. Sea Anemone YVhlppprt n Crnb. The sea anemone is the last animal an sea .or land that one would pick ?is a tighterVbut a certain blue crab In the N'ew York Aquarium knows that ho ls. ?Lab^|H'jtt?vycen tho lighting anemone ;;i,.?'";< Tl.V.sygab was described by L. B. STponccrT^^obas charge of tho A q uar Him-1 a bora t o 1'y->sN?w "I was feeding thc anon?o??t-.aJair sized brown specimen," said Mre Spencer, "with-bits of chopped'clam rrnni aJong stick. The crab, not con i OF THE MOROS. choice morsel from ir?* month. "Then a funny thing happened. Ful ly .thirty small threadlike coila shot out from near thc anemone's mouth, stariking the crab on all sides. These thrc?ds'arc said to have slinging pow ers equal to a nettle. "Instantly the crab doubled up lu ap parent pain and started round-that glass- tank like all possessed" After numerous turns he approached, again, nutt'this time the anemone stung him hard, for after a turn, or two bc turned over on'his back and wagged his flippers fee-ty. "It was sonic time before bc recov ered. I toll.you that crab has not boon within hailing distance of tho browi anemone since."-New York Mail and Express. Sioux Medicine. Those who go to thc Museum of flu University of Pennsylvania will nov" find on exhibition a single hoop, foin sticks and a bF.? of tobacco. These simple objects menning little to us, yoi SIOUX CON'TUIUNO STICKS AXD HOOP. menu a great deal to the Sioux Iud ian They arc the conjurer's bool), -'"'d 1 will bo observed that each quarter ii painted a different color and so is ead stick. When, a Sioux falls sick thc con jurer is sent for, the hoops and stiel 'ure so arranged upon thc tepee Hool as to orientate with thc points ol' th Compass. A simple song, "lie and c he-e; she and ce." aro repeated ovo land over again, finally the hoop nm sticks are removed ami taken to amii .far-olf lonely eminence. The Cu;thc and lonelier the greater the elliclcncj' Few hills in the Sioux country an without remai?s of the conjurer's bool RETRIBUTION. Poor old horse ! l?o hns to do Just, what wu humans tell him to ! Truo sympathy his woos provoke; When llrst ho sturts in lifo, he's broke. Ho plods as bid, this way and that; Ho's foi cod to wear a funny hat flo bas no chanco to choose bis sup. Ho has to sleep while standing up. And when wo bit ods sock Ibo track Arni bot; and 'reft of coin go back, Unmoved, the f-tecd beholds our plight And says, in borfo-tulk, "servos you right." -Washlugton Star. HUMOROUS. "She has* buried three husbands.' "Vos; I heard her say that she had a lot in tho cemetery." . La Mott-Is the young man who is going to play a finished musician? La Moyne-No; but bc will bc if I can find a briek handy. Sunday School Teacher-Now, cen any one tell me who made the Milky Way? Tommy-It wa? thc cow that jumped over thc moon. Mr. Brown-Yes, Sladcr is passion a>ely fend of horses, but ho loves his wife, toe. Mrs. Brown-He loves anything he can drive. Wi?g-The average Englishman ls .slow to see a joke. Isn't he? Wagg Ves; ho believes that ho laughs best who laughs the next day. She-Why do*you suppose they have all the telephone wires so high in the air" He-Oh, that is so they can keep .up t^p. conversation, I suppose. "Hello!" ihe' first-deaf mute's fin gers signalled rapidly, "aid you get that job as office boy?" "No," replied thc 'other, "the man sid he didn't think I'd ?nsw er." Sharpe (describing amazons)-Ima gine a great army of women and their leader'calling: "Fall in!" Whealton H'm! Tf it was ?an army of women I guess they'd "fall out." Sillicns-Prosperity has ruined quite as many men as adversity. Cyn icus-Possibly; but most of us would prefer to take the former course if we are to be ruined at all. Blobbs-The vermiform appendix seems to bc tho one thing in thc world that is absolutely useless. Slobbs Useless? Why it has kepi lots of doc tors from starving to death. Nell-Mrs. Ritrenhouso Scpiecr says her husband was a perfect nobody when she married him. Belle-And now? Nell-Oh, now he is Mrs. Rit tenhousc Saucer's husband. Backlotz-You don't mean to say thi-j ia the first you've heard of it? Subbuhs-Yes. Bffcklotz-Why, its .tho taik of the neighborhood. Sub I bfrSir-Yes; my wife is away on a vis it. lin surprise)-You don't mean to say you ride in a carriage? Dusty Dennis -No, mum ; ' a patrol wagon. Twfst-I shouid think you'd be afraid to write in your novels of things you don't know thc first thing' SC5uC . . JiUft-^My ??M-,DOy) don't you know that tho people who read my books don't know even as much as that? Lady-Aren't you tho poor man to whom I gave a piece of my cake thc other day? Tramp-No'm; dat wuz mc twin brudder Bill. He croaked de next day after eatin' dat cake, an' I fought mobby you'd gimme a quarter to help ereckt a marble shaft to hts mem'iy. Mother-Have you any waterproof boots for a boy? Salesman-We have waterproof boots, ma'am; hut they are not for boys. Mother-Why don't you have some for boys? Salesman When somebody has invented a boot that bas. no opening for thc foot to get into it, wc may hope for boy's wat erproof boots, not before. Mutiny Veterans at Delhi. When all the others have long been In their places, a small band of men, J composed in about equal poroprtions of Europeans. Eurasians and natives, all well stricken in years and some I visibly bowed down under their weight, gray haired and white beard ed, march up the arena from the cere monial entrance.' They would fain make such a show of military align ment and soldier-like precision of step as the infirmities of age allow, but in many cases the attempt is be yond their powers. Of the Europeans, some are in plain mufti, some in uni forms long since discarded, and tarn ished and faded. in the course of years, while several are wearing the uniforms of their civil and military employment. Tho natives clearly be long mainly to the humbler classes, for their long, flowing garments are plain and unadorned. But, more superbly than in shining raiment or in lustre of gold and silver, these men are clothed in the glory of as splendid memories as the records of our Em pire can boast. They are Mutiny vet erans, about i>00 altogether; remnants of those slender isolated forces of s'tout-hcarted Britons and loyal na tives who. 45 years ago, held India for the empire on the Ridge of Delhi, in the residency at Lucknow, and on many another bloody field.-London Times. *\ Dog's Long Journey. Tho o. Vu- day McClellan MeCord, of Alton).a, accompanied by his son, went to l ewiston by train to enjoy n rabbit hunt. With them they took j what they had' boon led to believe was 1 a fiiHit-dass rabbit dog, but as scon as thc chain was removed from his nock he took to his heels in thc direc tion nf Altoona. Father and son fin ished the day's hunt with normal suc i cess, returning heme at night wit!; lit j tie hopes of ever seeing the dog again. Two days later bc walked in and took I his accustomed place borooth the i kitchen rtovo. Tho di?tance from Lowr.-ton to Altoona is 71 milos.-Ty Tone Ti ni c-'. Electricity is the motive force em nloved on 1G25 miles of rail In italy Wagons. Buggies FURNITURE. ? Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture, housefurnishings is com pleto. Large stock COFFINS and CASKETS : always on hand. All calls for our Hearse promptly responded i to. All goods sold ou a small margin of profit. Call to see mo, I will save you money. G. P. COBB, Johnston, S. C. The Artist's Favorite The Matchless Unsurpassed in touch, tone, workmanship and dura bility. Sold on . ?f Terms of Easy Payment. Factory and Warcro oms, Cincinnati, Ohio. J. A. HOLLAND, Traveling Agent for South Carolina, /NI/NETLI-SIX, S. e --13 French ships are usually named after French provinces or towns, vic tories, ideas or sentiments, but no French names, excepting those of great men in their history, are made use ot. ^the names of Ge Ice. The professional nurse ls sup posed to know better, and so.it is the woman not accustomed to nursing who is advised to live on a wholesome diet. The Sick Man of Europe has been in so distressful a plight financially and in other ways for a long series of years that the expectation of his 6peedy collapse has hppp general. Npverthe. less, in my; paying lui ilia ai LU j, auu i^ d I that he may proceed about it. The amount cf money that can pass through the hands of a young woman has prefequently paralyzed a young husbaryi-sAo ? VntrcgnV-he.jwai something of a spendthrift himself, re flects the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. There ls a break in the radium mark et. Radium, it may be said, Is a com bination of metals, pulverized, which gives off a light almost as strong as that of the sun, by means of which iron three feet thick can bc penetrated. Radium is now $900,000 a pound marked down from $1,000,000 the other day. Meh An American wolgan in London writes: "I have said that I am at a loss to know whether the lack of heat in English homes and business build ings is caused by hardiness or sting iness. I used to think it the latter, till I found numerous delightful En glish friends objected to my own heat ed home. Actually some of them 'cut' me every winter, so far as calling on me is concerned, because they say my rooms arc too stuffy and hot. In Germany, electricity, among other curious results, has rehabilitated the discarded windmill. At Nereshelm a windmill supplies power for thirty six incandescent lamps that light a large paint factory. Another in Schleswig-Holstein keeps up a steady current of thirty volts. At Dusseldorf a windmill winds up a heavy weight, of which the descent works a power ful dynamo. ;T \\"CL?> LU? i.... der Captain Brownsonf^whlchX the BraziliansA'Otlme durlnrfhe' revolution.' Recently she has been tho cause of another little Incident between that republic and ours. She entered the harbor of the Port of Paro recently and saluted the Fortress De Barra. The salute was not returned until five hours later. The incident has been sat isfactorily explained by the Brazilian government. It seems that the com mander of the fort was away when the Detroit entered and his subordi nates did not know enough to return the American salute. As soon as he returned to the fort the customary number of guns was fired. Professor Dewey of thc Boston In stitute of Technology, in speaking be fore the convention of educators and business men at Ann Arbor, Mich., de plored the lack of fitness shown by college graduates for the hard realities of life. Professor Ripley of Harvard University urged the enforcement of business methods of exacting attention to study all through a university stu dent's course. The fighting around Santiago In 1808 has resulted in the adition to the equipment of the engineer corps of two implements which proved to be very useful in that battle. These are the machete and the wire-cutting pliers. The machete is not only a valuable weapon of offense at close quart, but is useful in cutting through thick brush and jungle growth. The useful ness of the pliers is obvious since barbed wire has come to be such an important factor in thc defense of for tified positions. Without them it ls likely that many more men would have fallen in the assault on the San Juan blockhouse A movement has been started in be half of such non-commissioned officers and men in the Army who had a Civil War record to have extended to them the same privileges as is given to com missioned officers-that is, of retiring with the next higher rank than they posse time of their retirement. .ais non-commissioned officers of the highest rank would retire with the grade of second lieutenant. Privates would retire with a grade of corporal. Among the many hobbies of Senator George F. Hoar arc his fondness for trolley trips and dime novels. The Senator's favorite time for reading hair-raising publications is while trav eling, and he declares he gets keen en joyment out of thc plots and impos sible characters. Thc Senator is as well a student of history. At his home in Worcester he lives on the atmos phere of history. One of his chief means of recreation in Washington is a long troley trip. An English physician warns all at tendants upon thc sick against the amateurishness of "toast and tea," which is a diet not especially conduc ive to cheerfulness and patience .in any DOrson who undertaken this seiv Insurance Agents' Methods. Every once in a while tho news papers print stories about the devices adopted by life insurance men, book canvassers and others engaged in sim ilar occupations to gain and hold audience with their prospective vic tims. A favorite ?.tory tells of the lifo insurance agent who, when on the point of being ejected on the ground that his victim's time was toe valuable to waste in listening to insurance schemes, bought five minutes of the time at $1 a minuto, the price being set by the owner, of course. At the end of five minutes the insurance man had the victim's signature to a $10.000 policy. But for simplicity this does not com pare with thc plan pursued with great success by an insurance man new In town. Admission to the victim being gained, the conversation runs some thing like this: Insurance Man-Give me a dollar and I'll tell you something of great interest to you. Victim (cautiously)-Not so fast; why should I'give you a dollar in ad vance? Tell me your scheme first (or words to that effect). With an invitation such as that it is plain sailing. This possesses the advantage over the first scheme that in case of failure, even if the agent is not a dollar in, ho is, at least, not $5 out.-New York Sun. When people with small means are thrown in the way ?t' wealthier ac quaintances, always let it be with frankness. Putting oh a?r is detrimen tal to self-respect. A good deal of misery comes to people who are not able to make both ends xneet. The ef fort to keep up appearances which are beyond one's income is a constant nervous strain, with which no sensible person should willingly burden him self. Much better say at ORO?, "I can not afford lt."-American Queen.