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Whether you need a Buggy, Furniture, Household Furnishings, Christmas or Wedding present, we invite you to call. We are ready for the buying public, with every department well filled. We have handsome Suits, Dining Chairs, China Closets, Dining Tables, Beautiful Rockers in oak and Mahogany. In China, we have full Dinner sets or can sell you a single piece. See our beautiful 10-piece Toilet Sets. They are being greatly admired. In Silverware, our new and beautiful designs will ? Large assortment of Rugs and Art Squares. Nothing please the most fastidious and exacting buyer. We have j will make a more suitable Christmas present. I never before been better equipped in this department. j Beautiful assortment o? Sterling Silver and Solid Gold Have you seen our Cut Glass? The designs are new and Jewelry; stock just replenished fer the holiday trade, the quality is the best, with prices much lower than the A full assortment of violins, Guitars, Mandolins, Ban city stores. jos, etc. We extend a cordial invitation to the people of the town nd ecu to sall and inspect our large stock. S555BELMEM OR THE CHILDREN Hodgepodge Poetry. ! In ibis amusing -amc the object ?9 I.'n> form a poem consisting of lines ex tracted from the works of various poets. It can be played in several ways. Single lines from different poems may iie .written ou sheets of paper before 1 the beginning of the game. These are I drawn for by the different men.hers ? of the company. The player drawing a line is then ?iupposed to complete u_ four hue verse in the meter of that given aud rhym ing either alternately or not with the Gnni word of it. Again, oue player writing a single liue passes it on to his nearest neigh bor. The form of the stanza has al ready .beuu agreed on. The second player has three min antes In which to add a second line, .liter which the paper is passed on to ea&b in turn. An example of the hodgepodge pcetry so evoked is the following: Or^Lln?en when tlie sun w?.s low A frog he would a-wooing go. Ke sighed :i sigh and breathed a prayer, ??one but the bm ve deserve the fair. Parlor Hypnotism. ' Parlor hypnotism, which contains no element of the baneful. ne\er fails to amuse aud inlerJ&L Here, ls one 4BFy to mystify a com ?iiy of cler^t person^. Scud some M1 for a moijflmt out of the room. Se cardp from the pack and hold .''them so that all the. com isco what it is. the player and spread out the cards In the shape of a fan. ' take" the right hand of the per son who is to be mesmerized and com mand bim to select from the five the curd you have thought of.' using his ?r/t baud to remove it. . - For some reason thc subject never fails tc draw out the correct curd. This should be preceded- ly some mysterious liasses iu the air on the performer's part. He or she may also speak of being the seventh child of a seventh child in a family celebrated for ?ts occult powers and introduce other claims to skill iu the arts of mystery. Chicken Lar.ru^gs. A chicken fancie:- t.lls of how his fowls talk lo him in ch '-'.:e:i language One day a Cochin lv:i !!::;te: :>?? down ia jfroiit ol' Li i : ; i an:! r'icki.-i ami tac kled, looking up i;:l;> his fae- i he chicken tauci.-r wj?:.t to I !:.. coop, h,. he ituppot ed t'iat s!ie was tr. ing io tell him ;!).:( some!liing was wrong. Sure enough, one end of her perch had slip ped loose and fallen down, and she i'Oujdn'i roust upon it without sliding . oH.' The fancier lixe.l the perch, and the hon Hew upon it and remained infarct Tile same man tells of how a chick en ixet him at the door of tl:.' hen housr in a great lintier ol' excitement. -She 1 spattered abo;:;, cackiingj and seemed to be telling him a very long tale. Ile investigated the interior of the coop and fou - l that a mother cat and lier family of newly burn kittens were occupying the hen's nest. Sheep as Beasts of Surdan. the northern* part ol' Italia sheep ? j ?tit to a use unthought of in Euro peau or American countries. They are made to serve,_?is_beasts of burden, be causj^Jiiey^are more surefooted thau larger beasts aud the mountain paths along the foothills of the Himalayas are steep and difficult. The load for each sheep is from sixteen to twenty unda. . The sheep are driven from ge to village, with the wool still lng. and in each town the farmer jj as much woo? as be can sell and loads the sheep with the in which he receives iu exchange. T his Sock has been sheared bc it homeward, each sheep having its back a small bag containing the :huned grain. Th? Mosquito's Hum. has always been supposed that bumming sound made by the pes JUS mosquito is caused by the id action of its wings, but a Scotch srientlut who has been investigating the subject says he has discovered at the bas? of the insect's wings an ap paratus that probably produces the sound. It consists of a movable bar I provided with tiny teeth, and as the j logs are moved up-md down the -th rattp over a series of ridges. The . >verer Is not sure that the sound is j iuced by this apparatus, but he that lt might well be, and fur investigation may show conclu- ; BlveJy that it ls. * Ab:ut Wilbur; Wright. "1 \v:is ?t tin- !.<. Mars race track last mouth.*' sn ?il a correspouiJerit "when Wilbur Wright made Iiis first public Sight. "Our American aviator's tr hi mph .was tremendous The French aerial shari's admitted that the Wrights were quite ten years ahead of Far man, De la ('range and BlertoL They gave Wright .i wonderful ovation, em bracing bim. shaking.his hand, trying to llfthim on their shoulders. "He'took the whole thing indiffer ently. Ile seemed rather bored. He smiled and shook his bod. disengag ing himself as soon as possible, and. with his bands in his pockets, walked away to his workshop whistling.. I never saw such indifference to fame." Chief of Republican Clubs. John Hays Hammond of Massachu setts, president of the National League of Republican Clubs, is famous the world over as a mining engineer. Prior to the Republican convention. Mr. Hammond was talked of as a possible candidate for the vice presidency. The new head of the Republican clubs is a native of San Francisco and is fifty-three years o'd. He entered Yale with the class of '76 and was graduated "from Sheffield Scientific school. \He saw service with the United States geological survey and became a consulting engineer, with offices in San Francisco. His fame as a mining engineer spread rapidly, and in 1S93 the Barnato diamond syndicate of Lon don sent him to South Africa to make a mineralogical survey of Rhodesia. Through his close friendship with Cecil Rhodes and some of the less con spicuous promoters of the Cape Mr. Hammond was led to become' a some JOH2? HATS HAMMOND. what reluctant participator in the Jameson raid of 1S05. He was cap tured and got off finally with a $125, 000 fine. In 1903 Mr. Hammond signed an ex clusive contract with the Guggenheims for $250,000 a year. A few months ago the announcement was made that the Guggenheims had doubled Mr. Hammond's salary. He has an Inter est in many properties throughout the west, Mexico and South Africa. A Coin Trick. Rub a coln against a smooth, upright surface for a little while, then press lt hard and take your hand away from it You will be surprised perhaps to see this coin stick to the wood. The rea son is that in rubbing the coin over the wood and then pressing lt. hard, you drive out all the air between the two objects, and the pressure pf the at mosphere keeps the coin in its place. Just Suited Her. "Please, ma'am, I haven't a frjend or a relative In the world," said the tramp. "Well, I'm glad there's no one to worry over you in case you get hurt Here, Tiger!" said the housekeeper. Getting His Own Back. "The giraffe has a tongue eighteen inches long," said Mrs. Talkmore. "And knows how to hold it, too," growled Mr. Talkmore, who had had a long curtain lecture the night before. London Answers. Don't try to be a mind reader. Think how uncomfortable it would be tc* know what .people are thinking about* you.-Atchlson ' Globe. JJ] A Practical "ake. Hi; was a wag and was passing a larg? draper's shop in , Manchester. There, drawn up, were three ur four vehicles, and among them was a closed brougham with the driver fast asleep ou the box. Evidently the mistress was inside the shop. Without a word the wag stole quickly up and, opening the carriage door, carefully slammed it to. In au instant the coachman straightened himself up and gazed up the street as if ne had never seen any thing more interesting tu look at in his life. Then' he stole a louk over his shoulder and saw the wag standing, hat in hand, apparently conversing with some one inside the carriage. "Thank you, yes.' Good morning," said the practical joker and bowed himself graciously away from the door, turning as he did so to look at Hie coachman and say, "Home!" "Yes, sir! Tch! Get up!" And away went the brougham home. Where that home was. who the mis tress of the carriage was or what she did or said when she came out of tho shop or what thc coachman did or said when he stopped at the door of "home" and found the carriage empty-all that only the coachman and the lady know. -London Tit-Bits. A Beggar In a Basket. Perhaps the most curious use to which Mexicans put their baskets is to hold gamecocks. Sometimes tho cock's basket is woven for the purpose; often er lt is made from a sombrero, the wide, high crowned, straw hat of the country, into which thc bird is put, a hole cut in the crown to give him air and the brim carefully tied down that he may not escape. The bullfight has been called the national spurt uf Mex ico, but cockfighting is much more uni versal, for the humblest peasant may have his gamecock, which he keeps in a carefully made cage in his patio, watches with pride and tends with care. One of the strangest uses to which a basket has probably ever been put was the daily appearance in the streets of a young man carrying in a huge bush el basket on his shoulders his great grandmother, of unknown age, who held out a skinny hand to the passer by for the centavo which was almost unfailingly given. Surely a trust in Providence could go no further.-Elea nor Hope Johnson in Outing Maga zine. Drer.ms cf the Blind. In my dreams I have sensations, odors, tastes and ideas which I* do not remember, tu have had in reality. Perhaps they are the glimpses which my mind catches through the veil of sleep of my earliest babyhood. I : ; heard "Hie trampling of many waters." Sometimes a wonderful light visits ::: < in sleep. Such a flash and glory as it is! I gaze and gaze until it vanishes. I smell and taste much as in my wak ing hours, but the sense of touch plays a less Important part. In sleep I al most never grope. No one guides me. Even in a crowded street I am self sufficient, and I enjoy an independ ence quite foreign to my physical life. Now I seldom spell on my fingers, and it is still rarer for others to spell into my hand. My mind acts independent of my physical organs. ?I am delight ed to be thus endowed, if only in sleep, for then my soul dous its winged sandals and joyfully joins the throng of happy beings who dwell be yond the reaches of bodily sense. Helen Keller in Century. The Cheerful Undertaker. A most amusing thing occurred one evening upon our arrival at a small town in New Zealand. We found awaiting us at the station the local carriage and pair, with the local un dertaker as footman. He was garbed in his usual funereal suit of black, but he had substituted a white tie in or der to relieve the situation somewhat, and, evidently with a desire to dispel any morbid impressions he might oth erwise have created, he commenced to whistle a selection of the most cheer ful tunes he knew, while he held the door open for us and helped us into the carriage.-Clara Butt in Musical Home Journal. Cashing Up. "Have you ever played poker with your son-in-law?" "Only once," answered Mr. Cunirox. "It wasn't very satisfactory;" "Did?he win?" "No; he lost. But it merely resulted in my having to write him a chock sn that he could Indorse il over tu ?'ie.'* Washington Fi:.: Hooks and calendars are always appropriate ?rifts. \Ve have cjuite an assortment. XV. E. Lynch A ('<?. All the new things in Dress gooda at reasonable prie-?*. May & Tom pk ins. -Millaira grapes, apples, oranges, bananas, cocoa nuts, always select and good. May & Prescott! Large assortment of ?3.00 picture iran?es for *1.5<>. 1>. Ti mm ons. To My Patrons, Friends and the Public, The Holiday season is upon us,-and I am prepared as heretofore to to meet aU demands and requirements in the different lines and ac cessories, heretofore handled by us. Those who have been success ful, and want a first class Victoria, Station Wagon, Surrey or Stan hope, I am the man who can supply them,and accompanying necessi ty ties. Harness, all the very best assortment from three of the finest manufacturers in the United States: Robes, there is only one Manu facturer in the United States worth naming-C HAS E-We have them in great varieties, Blankets, of course you must protect your horse. For Christmas and Holiday gifts, we have a large variety of fine imported saddles, Whips, crops, legginsand etc, and for the children, boys and girls, we have a larger variety than ever, of Railroad Steam Engines, Automobiles, Goat Wagons, Goat Carts, Hobby Horses. Shoo Flys, Irish Mails, Bicycles, Veloipedes, Tricycles and Toy wag ons, an endless variety,about a carload and a half in all. Don't fail to come and make early selections. H. COSIO 749-751 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. SUDDIF of Six brands in rocenes cs of the finest Pi stock. The be coffee are ; If in need of any of the following, ca ered to you on short notice: New Croa Georgia Syrup, Orange Marm Heinz Sweet Pickle, Bottle Pickles.lQueei Peppers, all Canned Goods, Fruit Cake Ingredie nanas, Candies, Fireworks of all kinds and Deco Give us your order and it will be just ri Fresh stock of Franklin Ci Hotel Edgefield. I desire to notify the public that I have just opened a first class-hotel known as the Hotel Eldg^field and respectfully solicit the patronage of the public for both transient and regular hoarders. Popular prices. Asa Gr. Broadwater. Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls. I take this means of notifying ray friends and the public that I keep a large supply of fresh Cot tori Seed Meal and Hulls con-? stantly on hand and can fill their orders at reasonable prices. Ware* house near site of old depot. Youc patronage solicited. A. M. Timmerman. We intend to close out all of the men's Clothing we have on hand if low prices will do it. We have in stock a lot of men's coats and vests . thai we will sell at exactly half price. Call and see them. MAY & TOMPKINS. Ti Groceries t Standard and our in not be excelled. itent Flour made are foun st brands of hams and also here. ll for phone 38 and they will be deliv alade, Jeily, Preserves, Cranberries, ti and stuffed olives all prices, Sweet nts, Spices, Apples. Oranges, Cocoanuts, Ba rated Crockery. ?.lit. Celery everv Saturday. ' ? -no 50 cents box for Lg di b Christmas Present. WIT. mm II i mum wu wnw -Mrrnn i