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"It snows!" cries the schoc
Is ringing through parlo
" r\f
Wnne hwih us luc t>iu6 ...
ffi A nd his playmates have
m It makes the heart leap but
w Proud wealth has do pies
V 'Like the rapture that tbrol
I As he gathers his treasur
' Theo Jay not the trappings
" While health and the ricl
| "It shows!" sighs the Imb
L?' Comes heavy, as clogged
WKiio from the nale aspect
He turns to the blaze of b
And nearer, and nearer, nu
la wheel'd toward the lift
i He dreads a chill puff of thi
v Lest it wither his delicafe
Oh, small is the pleasure ea
When the fear we shail die
"It snows!" cries the Trave
Has quickened his steed t
The wind rushes by, but its
" T Unfelt the sharp drift in 1
For bright through the tern
Aye. though leagues intei
There's the clear, glowing h
i -j -ti. mlih thnir r
. ALU". LI IS wile nnu r
Blest thought! how it light*
That those we love dearest i
"It snows!" cries the Belle,
From her mirror to watct
Like the first rose of Sumtc
m While musing oo sleigb-r
. There are visions of oonque
Floating over eachL drear
But the tintings of Hope, 01
Will melt, like the snow-1
Turn, turn thee to Heaven,
That world has a fountain i
"It snows!" cries the wido1
t Have stifled the voice of 1
lis burden ye'lt read in her
Hn h?r cheeks, sunk witb
'Tfs night,?and ber father]
But "He gives the yoting
And she trusts, till her dart
And she lays on her last <
Poor sufferer! that sorrow t
'Tis a pitiful lot to be poor,
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Abbeville, S. C., April 10, 190S.
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use good Judgment Id directing ever;
Bat, accidents will often occur In spite
r ery effort to prevent tbem. Tbe best
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' ' most serviceable accident and Emer
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18 BEAUTY ONLY SKIN DEEP
Beauty 1r only skin deep, buttbefom
create beantv are as deep as tbe fountalr
wbicb tbey flow. When tbe blood Is ct
with Impurities Beanty disappears;
tbe blood U pare Beaoty blossoms Id fa<
^ form. IJydales Liver Tablet* keeps tbe
bealtby and tbe bowela regular, preveo
blood becoming laden with wltb bll<
waste matter, makes tbe skin clear
bHgbtand Beauty more tban skin deep
Ml Word.
Any medicine yon want (rom P. B. ?
r snows.
ih Josephi* Hale.
lboy,?"Hurrah !" and his about
r and hall,
a swallow he's out,
j ui? ,.n .
auswereu uio wu .
to witness their joys,?
isures, I trow,
ds in tbe pulse of the boy
ea of snow ;
of gold on thine heirs,
bes of nature are theirs.
ecile,?"Ah !" and his breath
with a weight;
of Nature iu death,
lis grate:
i soft-cushioned chair
(-giving flame,?
* snow-burdened air.
) frame ;
:istence can give,
only proves that we live!
tier,?"Ho!" and the word
j lagging pace ;
i howl is unheard,?
his face;
pest his own home appeared,?
vened, he cau see ;
learth, and tbe table prepared,
>abes at her knee.
3ns the grief-laden hour,
are safe from its power!
?"Dear, how lucky!" and turns
i the flakes fall;
ler, her dimpled cheek burns
ide and ball:
it, of splendor, and mirth,
Winter's day ; .
n this storm-beaten earth,
lakes, away;
fair maiden, for bliss,
ae'er opened in this.
97,~"0 God !" and her sighs
ler prayer;
tear-swollen eyes,
i fasting and care.
ess ask ber for bread,?
ravens their food,"
i hearth adds horror to dread,
5hipof wood.
by God only knows,?
when it snows!
ay. LETTEK FKOM ARIZONA.
up*,
A iSontbern Lady's Experience I
Teaching U. 8. Government Ncho
In tbe Far West? Manners and t;i
0, 27, toms or tbe Red Han.
0 am _
0 am [CONTINUED FBOM ISSUE DEC. 2ND.
A am
5 pm ^e Moquis, or Mokie, and the Hop
7 pm are one and tbe same tribe of Indian
5 pm They used to be called tbe Moquis a
5 together, but of late years are frequen
?VUi ' ? rx?i?
6 pm iy KIIUWU an XIUUIP, rv uiuu JO
opm ter Dame they much prefer, as tht
6?m mean8 new, and they say they ai
5 am new Indians now.
bTS As there were four or five other en
ployees like myself, who had bee
;74f in the service but for a few month
5 pm and consequently were entitled to onl
!iJ2 about ten days'vacation, we decide
to take ours about the time of tfc
0 P?" Snake Dances, when we could spen
0 pro the time , with friends employea i
Sim teachers in the day schools in the di
A Am m x T? J! 1 1 j
a rereoi luaiaii villages, auu iuub u?*>
opm an opportunity of witnessing the<
Op? dances.
?pm So on the morning of the 18th <
August, six or eight of the teacher
rr*~- male and female, and a member of tl
jjp-- staff of the St. l<ouis Globe Democra
13after having rigged up two of the go>
35am ernmeut vehicles and packing evei
available space with telescopes, drei
suit cases, band boxes, etc., struck oi
^ttm for Palacoo, an Indian village son
fifteen miles from Kearns uanyoi
where one of the day schools is estal
lished. Although nearly the who
457S distance was through deep sand wit
only occasiona ly a tree in sight, tl
drive was quite pleasant?much moi
xjpfn so than we usually find it drivic
along our wooded roads in South Car
lina at that season of the year, as the
is almost always a pretty strong bree:
wPm stirring in this open country, and as
?pm protection against the hot sun, oi
blacksmith had fitted up a nice fran
10 pm for one brake and covered it with tw
navy blue blankets.
15 am Arriving at our destination about!
uTmd o'clock we found a number of othi
33 parties who had gone into camp, bi
50?m we were met by tho jolly principal
15 am the school, his wife and the matro
so Dm wbo 8ave U8 a hearty welcome aud a
45pm signed uy quarters In their Oottag
oopm Aft?r refreshing otjrselves we were ii
Pm vited to nartake of a cood Ruhatanti
j^-sn) dinner?more like Southern cooku
ihan any I haVe eaten since I ha
00pm been out west, though these ladies a
from Michigan and Oregon. At mes
- we met a great many strangers, ai
50 am wbi e the most of'the visitors we
aolpS served with meals, only those wl
eop5 were from the Cany oh?our crowd
10?m were furnished lodging, it seemed
65 am every class or pbagfe of society w
45 un here represented. There were at let
so ?m one. hundred ^hite visftors at thie, t
55 lm tiret dance. baillpg Crbm almost eve
o?pm section of thfe uhton, with one old pi
56 pm feasor from the University of Oxfoi
25 Dm ln England.
26 sin Among them were artists, pho!
jjOMfiigrapners, newspaper men, M. Ds.,
Time ]I)d., LL.De,, professors of music; a
various aplogies, with a goodly numt
of tourists of the regulation strl|
1 men and women bent on seeing
there was to be seen. Some of the
evidently possessed of more mon
i cute tban self-respect?people who acted
on" if they thought that because they w<
somewhat beyond the pale of civili:
fon, they were privileged to outIT.
the uncivilized Indian in dress a
is to manners.
y fac?* These people had traveled over la
?J,afe" from the nearest railroad station, a c
idents tahce of seventy-five or eighty mil
utbe eieeping in wagons or out on t
SB sand, and at a very considerable <
a ani- pense, just to witness this unique p
c- A* formance and yet some of them w<
^ * - - ? . ^ a I* < aIt l\AAAlinn V>
ampuseu LU blUA uwauoe 111
were required to pay the Indian
7 dollar to witness it.
iYrom Heretofore it has been free, but t
ianted year the Snake men got after the .
wben apector, who came out here fri
:ei?ver Washington this summer, to all
is tbe them to charge all strange white ^
e and itors $1.00 to come Into the village d
; ?yJ[B ing the progress of the dance,and a d
lar extra from those having cameras
take views of the dance, but this <
speed.
*
not apply to any of the governmen
employees.
The Moqui Indians are divided intc
two clans?the Antelopes and the
Snake men. They all regard the snake
as sacred, a kind of intermediate
deity, who carries messages to their
gods, and hence they have no fear
even of the rattle snake..
I None of them who have not come
under the influence of the teachings
of the white man or who still cliDg to
their heathenish beliefs, will kill any
kind of a snake.
Last spring some of the school children
found a hole in which were
quite a number of different kinds of
snakes and one of the employees made
them kill them and throw themiu the
fire. When this fact reached the villages
from ten to twenty miles away,
great crowds of the Indians came in
and made complaint to Mr. Burton,
the superintendent at this place, and
stood around all day bewailing.the circumstance
and would not leave or be
reconciled to it, until the superintendent
assured them that he did not order
it done or know of it.
mere are a great mauy teicmuuiai
dances practiced by these Indians during
the year, and all of them have
. some reference; to their crops and the
rains, but the snake dance is the most
important.
During the month of August of each
year this dance is performed in one or
the other of two of their villages, alternating
between the two.
These Indians locate their villages
on top of the Mesas, which are immense
rock ridges rising a hundred or
mOre feet, almost perpendicular, above
the sandy plain below and are reached
only by the most tortuous windings
through and among the broken and
ragged ledges of rock.
Standing on the plain below apd
looking up at these villages with their
peculiarly shaped huts, or houses, reminriari
m? fnrniblv of the DiotUres
which I have seen of the cities and
villages spoken of in the Bible. The
reason for selecting such localities for
their villages is on account of the com!
parative safety which is thereby af!
forded them from the attacks of their
enemies.
! The snake dance is a religious ceremony
which they perform with as
| much apparent solemnity as we do our
most sacred rites; and, while it is io
some respects a most grotesque spectacle
and even more nauseating than
tbe snake woman's performances at a
Id side show, it is in tbe main very fascial
nating, so much so that I went to tbe
,s next village to see it repeated the following
week.
ihnnf tiun wosba hpfnrft thft dance
] is to come off one of the Bnaike Priests
aniiounces from the house-top the exis
act date when it in to occur, the time
s. beiug determined by the day they calI
culate that the sun will reach a cert
tain place on a particular rock,
t- Nine days btefore the dance is to ocit
cur their private ceremonies begin in
re their hivi, which Is an underground
chamber having a square entrance
i- from the surface around which is built
n a wall of rocft a foot or two above the
s, level. Through this opening they eny
ter the hivi by means of a rudely cou>d
structed ladder made of poles,
le There are several of these in each
id village, and in each of which there is
is an altar with a fetich and representaf
tions of various things. On the eighth
re day before the dance, the Snake men
je go out to the west in quest of different
kinds of snakes; on the seventh to the
[)f north ; on the sixth to the south, and
s, on the fifth to the east. If, by this
ie time they have not secured enough
t, snakes, then every one turns out on
j- the third day before for the purpose of
y capturing just as many as possible.
38 As the snakes are caught tbey are put
it in large vessels like jars and there
ie kept until tbe day of tbe dance when
a, tbey are taken out and washed and
b- laid on an altar of sand which has
le been carried down into the hivi for
,b that purpose.
ie The day immediately preceding the
re dance they utilize in practice and it is
ig oil this day tbat the AuielopeB have
o- their public dance; but as it is very
re similar to the snake dance, with tbe
ze snakes omitted, and as these Antea
lopes take part in tbe snake dance, I
ir shall not undertake to describe it.
ie Long before the hour had arrived for
?o tbe performance to begin, which was
five o'clock in the afternoon, every
11 available space on the flat roofs of the
er bouses over-looking tbe dance place
at was occupied by an excited crowd of
of spectators anxiously awaiting the com
, ing of the dancers.
^ The whole village where this dance
e. occurred is practically joined together
q. tnougn me nouses are ui uiuereui
al heights, some being only one story,
ig while the adjoining house may be two
ve or three stones high; so you can form
re an idea of what a picture was presenttie
ed with all of these house tops crowded
id with white people intermingled with
re Navajo and Moqui Indians in their
iio brightest gala day attire, composed of
? all imaginary colors.
aa The space occupied by the dancers
as was not more than 15 feet wide by 25
ist feet long, and the performance was
be witnessed by the spectators from the
ry tops of the houses situated along the
ro- brink of the mesa at least a hundred
d, feet in perpendicular height above.
From this view point can be s^en
to- stretching out In every direction as
I), far as the eye can reach the eandy
- -1-1 A nritk
QQ pi til LIS, UUllCLT UCIC ouu iruun miu
>er fields of Indian corn and peach orpe,
ohards, and witb the public roads Jeadali
ing from Holbrook, Winslow and
Keams Canyon looking like stieep
ey trails winding through the sand,
as At one end of the space occupied by
?re the dancers is a high rock somewhat
za- io the shape of a man's head, called
do the "dance rock" and about the midnd
die of the side next the bouses is the
snake hivi in which the snakes in a
nd bag are placed just before the dance
lip- begins, the entrance to which is cones,
cealed by a bunch of limbs of the cothe
ton wood tree, tied together with a
ex- rope, presumably to keep them in an
er- erect position. The morning aud early
ere afternoon of the day of the dance it
:ey spent in the hevi (not that in which
a a the snakes are kept but the one used
for religious services) in fasting, praybis
ing and in painting their bodies. The
Ln- costumes of the Antelopes, who occupj
am rather a subordinate position in the
dw dance, consisted of white cloth having
ris- a border woven in figures of green and
ur- other colored work, with a sash similol
larly woven tied at one side; also coli
to ored woolen anklets woven the same,
lid Their bodies were painted a kind ol
gray, with white stripes of different
t lengths down their backs, and on t
shoulders and breasts, represen
> rain. Their faces, from their ey(
) their chins, were painted a kirn
s terracotta red, with a bunch of fi
i terracotta-colored feathers fastened
their hair, and necklaces of var
Kinds or Deads and snens. i neir 10
limbs were painted, ornamented v
anklets, ana red moccasins on il
feet.
The snake men looked even m
savage than these. Their shirts v
of buckskin, dyed terrra cotta red, v*
fringe of small pieces of tin. E
one had on his back a grey fox si
the tail of which reached to the an!
On the right leg about the calf, wi
small turtle shell, fastened so as
rattle and clap as they marched. 1
ra cotta buckskin moccasins and v
ous kinds of anklets were worn
them also. Their bodies were pain
red and black, with white streaks r
ning zig-zag from their sboulc
down, with bracelets made of differ
things, and their breasts complet
covered with strings of beads, of te(
| and shells.
Their races, irom tneir evesao*
were painted black, and each one ]
a tuft of feathers on his head, and <
ried in his right band a wing feat
of the eagie, having a little feather )
the one worn on tbe head, fastenec
the front of it. The Antelopes can
a gourd with some pebbles in it, wfc
they shook and made a noise whene
they took any part in the dance.
when all was ready they clim
out of the hivi, or hole in the groui
first the Antelopes, and then the sn
men, and marched one after the ot
in an elongated circle around the da
rock and passing in front of tbe sn
hivi.
A small boy heads the line of
Antelopes, holding a rod with sevi
symbols baneine from it in his
hand, and inTiis ri^ht a cord havir
piece of board tied to it, which
whirls around, to make the whirl
sound which is to represent thum
as he passes certain points in
march. The others carry someth
like flat gourds, having small pebl
in them, which make a great nois
they 'shake them while they ms
round.
After repeating this several tii
the Antelopes range themselves I
line on either- Bide of the hivi i
await the coming of the Snake ir
*ho march around several times, e
one stamping his right foot very h
on a plank which has been placed
the ground near the mouth of the 1
*? 1-5?L A. I CI I?
1U WU1UU IB IUH OUK&C!!.
They then range themselves ii
liDe parellel to that already formed
the Antilopes, when a boy of t
clan, having green bushes twi
around his neck and' should
marches down between the two li
and sprinkles water right and
from a bowl, by means of a bunc!
eagle feathers. All then begin chi
int? a wierd song, swaying their boi
in unison first to the right and tl
to the left; in the meanwhile theSn
men go through the motion of spri
ling with eagle feathers and the i
telopes rattle their gourds.
This concludes all the active ]
taken in tbe dance by the Auteloj
they remaining stationary to the
of the ceremony.
The Snake Men now divide
into squads of three. One of each
these squads is known as the "(
rier," he it is who carries the sna
in his mouth; another is calle
"hugger" and is the one immedii
1? ?4-U/? /irkMwirvt* nnrl fKn fV
ly nticiiu? II1C v^inici) aim HIV; u
one is known as a "gatherer," wh
business it is to gather up the sna
as they drop from the mouths of
carriers. !Lach carrier, as he pa:
by the hivi stoops down and pi
out a snake, while his hugger h<
up the fox tail which dangles at
carrier's heels, and strokes the
with his eagle feathers.
As the carrier rises to a stand
position, having procured a sn
from the hivi, he takes hold o
with his teeth, when the hug
places his left arm around his n
and fans the snake with his es
feathers to prevent it from coil
around the carrier's neck or bit
him, while they circle around sw
ing their bodies backward and
ward, the carrier holding his ha
in front of his face. At one end
the space allotted to the dane
stood a half dozen Sauaws hold
bowls containing the' sacred n
which they threw on the snakea
the Snake Men danced around w
them.
As the snakes, which have b
taken from the hivi, increase in ni
ber, the performance takes on ra
life and bye and bye have all
characteristics of a genuine dai
although their countenances se<
still very grave and serious.
When all the snakes have b
taken from the hivi and have b
danced with and dropped by
carriers, the gatherers pick them
and throw them in a bunch inside
a ring formed by one of the Ai
lope Chiefs with the the Sacred M
After that they sprinkle meal c
the snakes and then each of
Snake Men grasps as many as he
and runs to the different trails i
turns them loose.
Next they run back to the 1
and remove everything; wrap
blanket around them and after c<
ing out they drink a great quan
of a black liquid which the wor
have placed near the entrance to
hivi.
They now go to the west brlnP
the Mesa or towering rock on wl
the village is built and kneel
down lean over the precipice,
which time the spectators concl
to retire to some other part of
village.
This last is the act of purificai
when they drink the emetic
; wash the paint off with it, before
turning to the hivi, where they
J with a feast of all kinds of 1
j which the women have prept
and placed at the mouth of the h
, not being permitted to enter 1
r sacred precinct.
s During the nine days preparal
I services for the dance, it is said '
i they take an antidote for rattlesc
bite, known only to themselv
thoroughly impregnating their
, terns with it so that no ill effects
f suit to them in case they are bi
heir by any of the snakes while they are
ting being handled at the time of the
js to dance.
J of Miss Mary E. Hill.
iou? P0CKETB00K AND WIFE.
wer
?itb
beir Good Time or the Tear to Appoint a
New Family Treasurer.
I0re From tbe Milwaakea Journal.
The season is coming near when we
'P are supposed to thaw out a little,
j You will buy skate* for the boy
f, ? (wbichhe cried for a month ago,)maybe
a set of furs for the wife (who has need18
a ed them five years,) a dollar pipe for a
L friend, who you know will give you a
.* dollar's worth of something in honest
^ exchange ; and this you call Christmas
,D^ giving. You think you have properly
thawed out.
un" Rut vnn haven't. No. bless vou: the
pnt 8eQial warmth of the true Christmas,
spirit has't thawed eveu the frost time
'fIf on your heart.
5lD' If you want to have the satisfaction oi
realizing what it means to thaw out
^ clear through, and yet caDnot separate
the Christmas Idea from money, turn
^ your pocket-book over to your wife foi
the next two weeks. Make a mighty
sacrifice for just the once.
. , It may enable her to have th? hap-j
p.'eH piest Christmas she has had since sbe
acn married you. And you?if you won't
iver learn bow to give?may at least learn
how to receive.
D? , You would have done it once. There
Qr. ? was a time when love for her mellowed
* e your heart, and you wished you bad
,lier the whole world to lay at her feet. You
,n.ce said a lot of such nonsense, and meant
aEe it. You have forgotten, but she hasn't.
. A womau never forgets such things.
, She hfcs observed, of course, that the
little portion of the world which you
lett have mauaged to make your own is
a not lying at her feet, but is jammed
j e into your own pocket, with your haDd
'lng always on it.
a/rr' It's yours, you think?just as Bbe is.
P"6 Possession makes a big difference.
IjPB True, you're a good fellow. You
Dles meau well, but you mean to be the
e ^ main thing yourself?don't you ?
rcl1 If any mau were to tell you that you
act the brute and the bully toward the
e9 patient woman who has brought you
lu a uine-tentbs of your joys and shared
aa" ail your sorrows, aod whom you love
vnnr monfiv. vou would cret
ac^ fierce about it.
,ar(1 But in strict confidence now, between
1.0?! you and your councieuce, don't you
Jlvl swell up to think that you're tbe boss,
that a look from you is a command to
f1. 8 her, that she must beg of you piece'
meal for what you promised to lay at
,h8t her feet? You know you don't Irea'
ned her a* well as you did the day she was
en<> your bride. You lied to her. You're a
n?s bully toward her every day. You
lef' don't do a tenth for her that you ought
l} ?J to. And if you're any man at all, you
l.. ' know it.
jjies Sbe asks you now for money to gel
tl?u CbriBtmas gifts for the children?asks
a?e you apologetically, as she must, and
maybe, after long waiting to catch you
*n" in good humor.
You grouch and growl and sneer:
sart Much good did these knick-knacks
ever do anybody !"
cuu You forget your own cnnanooa ; yes,
you forget your manhood too.
UP You give her something, of course?
1, ?* you're a good fellow?but the thing you
<ar" g*ve her is one part money and nine
kes parts heartache.
d a And you think you've thawed out
ate- Of course, you know your own busitird
nesa. You want nobody to tell you
lose how much you can spare to your wife
kes for Chriotma* gifts. Yes, you know
the how much you can spare?that's the
sses point?she has nothing to say about it.
ullg It's all yours?yours ; so is she.
)lds "Yes; you know your own business
the You have expenses to be met; you
fur have debts to be paid, and there is little
money left. That's good business
sense. But don't forget that your bignkf
ge8t ^e'5t i9 t0 patient woman whe
~ has consigned to you all that is nearest
1 11 to your happiness and has trusted you
far beyond your rating in Bradstreet'e
or anywhere else. Pay your debts, of
lg'e course. But make her a preferred
ing creditor. Integrity?it beginB In jusing
tice to her.
ay- True you have given her a hice home;
for- you dress her good enough ; you pronds
vide well for her?yes, you treat her ae
of well as you do your horse. But do
ere, you think she ought to be content
ing with that? Don't you know she has
leal a soul that needs nourishment?
, as Be sordid and tyrannical and grumpy
rith toward her All the rest of the year, 11
you must, but for the next two weeks
? thaw out that muscular pump in your
left breast and eee if it is still a heart,
nrp ?ee a MM? kindness and affection
rv* and self-denial can flow from it.
tne Be a bridegroom to her again for a
lce? little while. .
3ms See if you can't bring the almost forgotten
blush of bappineess back into
een her cheeks and the old light into hei
een eyes and the old laugh to her lips,
the You have grubbed and scraped to""
O lrtf r\f trash thftf vnn nail VOUI
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i of fortune but do uot enjoy. You know
nte- in your heart that the glint and glittei
eal. of success holds nothing for you half
,ver 80 sweet as the simple happiness of the
the honeymoon, when you bad nothing
can but her and she had nothing but you?
an(j and your promises, that you haven'l
made good.
1jvj Fill your pocketbook full of that
h'HHh vnii have sweat for and sacrificd
berfor; give it to her to buy Christmas
gifts, and learn for the first time
n what it iu all good for.
nen
the
For Rent.
I Of When you need chairs for entertainments
. religious, social or otherwise, we have them
nun 3 cbnts each, delivered. Kerr Furniture Co.
Ling ?
nt
j The nearer you get to the butt end ol
UCie revenge the sweeter It isn't.
the . , ,
A woman thinks there Is only one man In
tion the world whose wife is altogether perfect.
and ~ ?
re- Xmai goods for all at Milford's.
end
'OOd Mall* Clone.
ired Abbeville, S.C.. May 26,1903.
,;v: The malls close at tbe post office at Abbe,
? vllle. S. C., as follows:
that c. & (J. R. R.? S. A. L. R. R.
8 10 a. m. Nortb. 12.30 p. m, Soutb.
10-10 * m. Houtb. 12.30 p. m. Nortb.
tory io.IO a. m. Hodges. 8.30 p. m. Soutb.
that 180 p. m. North. 4.20 p. m. North.
1.80 p. m. Hodges. 8.30 p. m. Sooth.
ldKC 8.30 p. m. Nortb.
es? Nlebt malls on Sunday close at 6 p. m.
gyo. Antrevllie mall closes at 1 80 p. m.
~ The Rural Carriers leave at about 7.16 a. m.
1 re" Robt, S. Lin fc, Postmaster.
tten.
School bonks, at Mllfprd's Drug Store,
New Bakery Locals.
Fine Baldwin, Wlnesap and Ben Davisap
plea at tbe New Bakery. '
Pare home-made taffy, peanut, oocoanat.
Fine oranges at 30o and 40o per dozen.
Canned goods all kinds.
Fancy oream cheese 3 pounds for fiOo.
Chewing gam all kinds.
Fine chocolates and boorbons at 80o for hal
nound: 60o Dar Dound. A very neat paekaci
win suit anybody's aweetbearL
Will have a good supply of roman candlei
for Christmas day.
To arrive soon-Oplona, Irish, potatoes, plj
feet and cocoanots. Always fresh.
Give the old reliable Baker a call and t?
oonvinced. Youra for badness.
J. W. Brelbabn.
!%yrL* '!
: | From Stowaway i
\io Merchant \
:| Prince i
t .3
;[ Between thirty and forty %
t years ago Thomas Johnston Lip-, a
;* ton staggered ashore In New; a
? York, black with coal dnst and- 3
? gasping for breath, from the fur- j
t nace room of a Charleston. J
; j steamer. 3
t Now in Chicago his abattoir*; jj
; [ turn 3,000 bogs, per - day into'' *
c food products, to bo sent to the' -J
; | seaboard in 600 refrigerator *
c cars and thence carried to \
ery quarter of the globe In Up- *
t ton ships; 1300 men, womb j
; I and boys delve in the accounts *
1 < and reckonings of his London >
!' office; 200 Liptoo printers-strike '
< off the labels and in every port >
, of the United Kingdom, to'480. '
, t shops and stores' which - boAst pi
the Lipton flag, thousands of ,' *
t employees measore ont ha> j
$ 'orths of tea and sugar. 1*
t Sir TlHnu Uptn (*7* to >
"J ?wn kta ?aeeaa to i#?M ">
:[ tuiam. I
I " t ' "J
- * They say that in tbose-early >
: days he bought the two biggest jj
i < bogs In Scotland, decked them x
( gayly with ribbons and led them '
t through the streets labeled "Lip- >
! I ton's Orphans"?"Upton* Mon- \
| * sters," another stoey says, and *
| ! c perhaps both talss are equally ]
'< dubious. / ">
x
2; Bat ?4fwUw UytoB lit
j. from the flnt "I Mtorefai ?;
> adrnthiaf," ht M^s. "*I1
la the of modem
, i. trade. E m|ii>*y rMte"
'Hie pemBln were few, tat >
j! aiaklei tk?7 kure reOad
j. ter^-Tor?>to WocUL
J
> i > How many mavekanta oan
| > you count-who'started with a
?' no mora capital than 8tr v
J Thomaa Upton and -who
1 3. Hare utae more toaay. man
]. they started wtth? Th?jr did
> not advertise.
, > '
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Still another bargain. 15 pieoee M Ine
' olotb finished aalttnga, bought under prta
worth 60 and 78c. While tbla lot luU they g
at 60 and 69o, at Haddon'a.
If yon want anything ii
i. the Lamp line call on Thorn
i son Bros, before yon buy.
We are now abowing a line of medlm
: priced olotblng for men and boys that wl
Intereat all clotbst buyera, A. M. Smith <
Co.
Wagons, Bugg
You are eviden
taking your tii
About purchasing that c
V. 1sv nrw OIAI
% irji uiaiiic juu ivjl oiv
ilege to make compariso
ju| the city offers for the les
ra to consider us in the tra:
vehicle that this locality
work of the best factor
M enough to fit the conditi
[j We do not want yonr patroi
we prove ourselves worth;
[s( Just give us a show. (]
M stock into our new re]
g|j Our specialties are Ow<
KJl Wflornna Hiimmftr's BUC
I Buggies. We also have
ness, laprobes, etc.
CALVERT.
v. * **
Christmas Holiday Bate*?Seaboard
Air Line.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway will sell
obeap Holiday Excursion tlokets, as follows:
For Sobools and Colleges tickets will be
< [ sold Deo. 18 to 22nd lncloalve, with final limit
| Jan* 8th, 1904. These tlokets will be only sold
/ upon presentation of certificate signed bv
Superintendent,-Principal or President or t).) ' v&j
Sobool or College, stating that the bolder Is a
I stndentar teacher.
n The regular Christmas holiday' excursion
tickets will be sold to all points east of the
' Mississippi and soatb of tbe Ohio ;and Poto1
mac rivers Including St. Loais ana Washington,
D. C., on December28rd, 24th, 2fith, 80th,
t Slot. 1903. and January 1st, 1904.
For all Information, call on any ticket agent {
s of the Seaboard Air Llna, or write V
J. A. Von Dolen, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
W. B. Clements, T. P. A., Atlanta, Ga.
W. E. Christian, A. G. P. A., Atlanta,. Oa
A Husband Incubator.?There Is a
4 very ingenious woman living near
Meeker, who says that her- liege lord
A 4 M .K
miu ujootui uucs uut nuu uno utv iura
i Dished the water to mix the bread in
' 15 years. He is always lying around
< doing nothing. Two weeks ago he
; went to bed with a very slow fever,
and his wife got an idea that she could
make an incubator of him. She put
H 100 eggs around him, but be i? get- .'J
ting cross and uneasy, aod she is afraid
- be will quit the nest* as he has sever
; stuck to auy job three weeks. .< ^
f ' '" "w r
? Short length Drew Goods at redaoed prioe
at Hflddoo's.
. jrvuuuu b'zoc laaies kdii veeia can not Da
5 beat.
- A pepe!mist 1b a man who views hla neigh
bors Lbroagbaamoked glass.
' Even the pbllosopbloal owner Of a fireproof
' building 1* apt to Insure It. J
| ^ 1 ~ ? i i .. in
?>Vr:
TO TONE IIP
; the system some good medicines should
; be taken occasionally. ' Thehaman
< strings become loose and may be
! lightened by any of the- several good
; ton lea which fornTpart of our Hook of
; DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
Perhaps yoa have a favorite?sotne*
thing whioh yoa used and found ef!
fectlve. It Is sure to be here and at
; the right price.
j P. B. SPEED.
: * #
' Dr. 8. F. Killings worth. Dr, C. 8. Lathner I
Killing*worth & Latimer,
"I DENTISTS.
If 70a want your dental done at home
. Bee or write to as.
, 1 * : :
FOR SALE.
' 100 Acres Farm Land, 8 miles
* from Abbeville and within 1-4 mile of
% church and school. Good nefghbor- ^
I hood. 8 hone farm opened. Good
* frame tenant house. For particulars
K address Box 127,'Abbeville, 8. C.
I BEOTALVOY^
\ Or. 8. 6. Thomaosi
t OFFICE UP-BTAIR8 ON lUSLWAIH
K Corner, Abbeville. 8. 0.
K i ? . .
It vu. H. PARKER. WM. P.' GREENE
5 nt ntfi?n ft. rtiPlPWr
c rAHAI/I\ (X UI\E<E(U?i,
I AttoEDsys ud CoBBsdlm
0 Offloe on LAW RANGE.
ABBEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA.
1 May 4. 1898jjtf t - -
DR. J. A. DICKSON,
SURGEON DENTIST.
_ GOLD FILLING8; CROWN AND BRIDGE
? WORK A SPECIALTYV,
A GOOD PLATE-.- .>..$8.00
& AMALGAM FILLINGS 76c an<L 1.00
OFFICE OVER BARKBDALET3 STORE.
' V.
-
jies, Carriages. |
tjy |
me ^
arriage or wagon, but we cannot jBl
w in the matter. It is your priv- ijfl
ids, get prices aud take the best M ist
money. All we ask is for you
Dsactiou. We have every style of juj
' demauds, representiog the best
ies, aod a range of prices elastic B3
ons of your flnaDces. ' 18
lage unless '
y of it p0|
Remember we have moved our RS
po9itory on Washington Streets) R3I
jnsboro Wagons, White Hickory M
gies, Rock Hill Buggies, Oxford juj
a full line of cheap buggies, har- ju|
& muiiitus |
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