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THOS. I. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C.,uTHTJRSDAY, JANUARY ll, 1894 _ VOL. LVIII. NO. 50. Notice to County Assessors. AS required bylaw as prescribed in Sec. 253, G. S., I do hereby appoint the following named free holders as Boards of Assessors for the purpose of assessing the value of real estate aud personal estate in their respective Townships and School Districts for the purpose ot taxation. Their duties and com pensation are prescribed in Sec tions 253, 254, and 255 of G. S. County Equalizing Board to meet in the Auditor's office second Tues day of March, 1894: Blocker T. S.-T E Bird, G M T?mmerman, Jas T Ouzts, Jr. Butler S. D.-Zed Crouch, M E Coleman, J W Banks. Centennial S. D.-S T Edwards, W O Carson, H? White. Cleveland S. D.-F W Trotter, T F Etheredge, T C Moore. Coleman T. S.-W A Mitchell, J S Amacker, Larken Rice. Collier T. S.-Mal. Timmerman, D T Mathis, Thos L Miller. Collins T. S.-W L McDaniel, J H Bufcsey, Amos Eubanks. Cooper T. S.-F V Cooper, T A Pitts, B B Kinard. Edgefield S. D.-D R. Durisoe, W N Burnett, J E Schumpert. .Eureka S. D.-F P Johnson, R T Strom, Henry D Ouzts. Geimanville T. S.-B L Caugh man, J C Drafts, Jesse H Black. Gray T. S.-R P Holloway, A J Clegg, E J Pickle. Gregg S. D,-S W Gardner, Geo TV Turner, C M Horn. Hibler t. S.-W il Yeldell, JW Callison, E H Youngblood. Higgins S. D.-A P Coleman. Wellington Sheppard, F H Kemp-] sou. Hollv S. D.-J N C Ful mer, W B il vii v, J A Bedenbaugh, Jr. HuietT. S.-Geo W Black, Jacob L Werts, J W Herbert. Johnston S. D.-Jesse M Hart, W M Hazel, Mark Toney. Kirksevs S. D.-C A Arrington, J E Partfou, W M Still. Meriwether T. S.-H H Townes, P B Lanham, J F Atkins. >loblev T. S.-P B Watson, J W 1 Edwards, Robert S Wright. Moss T. S.-W P Brunson, A R Nicholson, HI. Hill. Norris T. S.-John R Watson, W TV Holson, Thos L Cato. Park'sville S. D.-L F Dorn, J C Morgan, Jno R Blackwell. Pickens T. S.-A F Broadwater, Frank M Warren, J B Tompkins. Pine Grove T. S.-P C Stevens, T S Lewis, J B Mitchell. Ridge S. D.-C B Crouch, C G Barr, J W Seigler. Byan T. S.-J H Tompkins, Dr J H Jennings, E A Searles. Shaw T. S.-J W Hardy, G M Smith, J L Courtney. Talbert T. S.-R A Cochrane, E C Winn, R Y Quarles. Trenton S. D.-C A Long, E L Ryan, B J Day. Union S. D.-L B Blease, M M Payne, W A W.-bb. Union Grove S. D.-J W Aiton, J. M Gaines, A C Stalworth. Wards T.* S.-M W Clark, A Horn, L V Claxton. Washington T. S.-W R Parks, JA Butler, Winchester McDaniel. Wise T. S.-3 B Mays, Thos H Rainsford, P F Rvan. Zoar S. D.-R P Coleman, Luhe M Crouch, J D Wells. J. B. HALTIWANGER, Auditor E. C. Tax Assessor's Notice. TflE books for receiving tax returns for the fiscal year commencing January, 1894, and endingOetober31st, 1894, will be open from Jan. 1st, 1894, to Feb. 20th, 1891. All persons owning property or otherwise having control of such, either as agent, husband, guardian, father, trustee, executor, administra tor, etc.. should return (he same in the county in which such property is situ ated under oarh, and within the time prescribed by law. Persons owning real estate, Gr- in any way having control of such, should make a* proper return of the same within the time prescribed, as this is the year for re-assessment of all lands. Section 177, G. S., prescribes the man ner and form for merchants returns. Section ?l.r?, G. S , requires the audi tor to add 50% of the property valua tion of all who fail to make their re ^?rwti^Kithjn the time prescribed by law. *-~ " Section 192, prescribes that insur ance agents shall make retnrns of the business done by each company. All male citizens between the ages of 21 and 50 yeare are required to pay a poll tax of one dollar each. All returns sent by mail must be made out on the proper blanks and sworn to before a proper officer quali fied to administer oaths I will beat the following places at the time specified below to receive tax returns : Red Hil!, Thursday, Jan. 4 Colliers, Friday ?* 1 Meriwether Hall, Saturday. " < Clarks Hil], Monday, till 12 in " } Modo?. " after 1 " { Parksville, Tuesday, til! 12 m " c Plum Branch, " after 1 " c W. V. Criarles, Wednesday, M ic Longmires, Thursday, " 11 Minors, Friday, tilj 12 m " is Callisons, M af*r 1 to Sat. 12 12-11 llosa, Saturday, after i, i? Kirksevs, Monday, ? $i Williams Mill. Tuesday, till 12 m " tl Stevens Bros, after 1 " i< Haltiwangers, Wednesday, " v A S Werts. Thurs-duy. ? ii W M Webb's. Friday, till 12 m >> j< Pitts & Wheelers, M afr 1 ?? li Richardsonville, Saturday, 41 ? Coleman's '."ross Roads, Monday, ** 2; Dennys, Tuesday. M 2; Peuritoy's, . Wednesday, M 2, Kinard's Thursday," " 2; Caughman's, Fridav, a Holson'*X Roads, Saturday, M 2; Mt. Willing, Munday, ?l ? Forrest's Store, Tuesday. M 31 Watson's Store, Wednesday, M 3 Ridge Spring, Thursday, Feb. Wards, Friday, " Johnston, .Saturday, " ; Trenton, Monday, " Pleasant Lane, Tuesday. .* ( Meeting Street, Wednesday, *. Edgefield C. II. from February 8th 189?, till February 20th, 18bi. Afcei time 50% will be added to th? l>roperT^rf-*ll^arties failing to makt returns. ^^-^ J. B. HALTIWANGER, v Auditor E. C. THE COUNSEL'S FAREWELL I How a Texas Lawyer Extorted au Acquittal in a Capital Case. New Orleans Picayune. A prominent lawyer of the Lone Star State, who iecently visited New-Orleans, related to a reporter the following story of a murder j trial iu his Texas home: The prisoner was on trial for his life. The evideuce had all been heard. The State's Attorney had [just taken his seat after a most incisive statement of the evidence, wherein he demonstrated the utter failure of the prisoner's theory of self-defense. The counsel for the prisoner was a stranger, known only by reputation to the Judge) and bar, and that reputation was one of great ablility, perfect in-j tegrity, and marvelous knack of j "snatching verdicts'' each time by some uew turn. This gaunt, yet graceful, gray-headed man arose, seemingly without looking at the [jury, though each man felt he was j under the power of that wide-open eye. After bowing to the Judge and saying a few almost inaudible words of courtesy to his Honor, he turned to the prisouer and said : "You must die, John-die by hanging. It will be for no fault of yours, by no fault of the Judge or of his jury, or the good people of j the county ; neither will it be any fault of the law. The law of Texas is all right, though you die in nocent. The law, though its machinery may sometimes expose perjury, can't always gr?vent the false swearing of witnesses. Judge and juries have not the power, though they sometimes exercise tho authority of Almighty God. They couldn't look into the souls of those perjured witnesses and see the malice, hate, and private purpose that colored and twisted all the facts. We can't help it now. You must die as you have lived, like a brave man. I don't need to tell you that. The woman who bore you, three months before you saw the light of heaven carried in her arms from one of the Woodiest fields of thc late war the bleeding, senseless form of your father, while 6hot and shell still shrieked and the groans of the dying filled the air. And your father, whose maimed body we laid to rest last week was not matched in all this land. These trusted you, and their blood can betray no trust. The only message he sent you was, 'Tell him we believe in him.' We will lay you beside them. lu a few days this old white head will be laid next to you. I'll not ba ashamed to be buried soon beside you, John. You are so like the other John that I see the visions of | happy boyhood while gazing into] the same true eyes-confused with these is the pride I have taken in my friend's boy. While we lay these bodies in the church yard over the mountain we'll ap peal this case. We'il try it all over again up yonder." Then, in a few of the boldest ana grandest figures, he sketched his idea of a trial in heaven, where as he said. "In that glorious presence the false wituess is dumb and inerrant Judge needs not the aid of counsel of jurors." Then he pictured the eagerness with which the mother and the calm con fidence with which the father awaits Heaven's verdict, the quick ruchjibe entrancing, soul-sati?fy embrace of both at the words. "\FSr4sJ4Xot guilty." Then taking up both Im^d^of the prisoner, he looked down ih\ Iiis face for a moment steadily/Hhen bending forward with mother-like tender ness, kissed him twice on the fore head, saying in a whisper audible to all, "We can wait for that; so goodbye, John, my boy," Bow ing respectfully to the Juege he took his seat still holding one of the prisoner's hands. The District Attorney, who through all this sat with his back half turned to the speaker aud to the jury, nervously and excited chewing his toothpick and crossing and recrossing his legs, began a reply which quickly ended after a good look at tho jurors' faces in a stammering request to them to do their duty. The Judge's charge was scattering. He seemed to scarcely know what he said. The jury did not hear him. Not the slightest incident occurred to break the spell. They went out, returned, and in a very few moments the verdict of "not guilty was recorded. What was the force that "worked" this result? SNAKE ABOVE COFFIN. Weird Incident at the Wake of an Italian Musician. The story which I am about to narrate, says a Richmond Times correspondent, is related upon the authority of a reliable witness who lives in Louisa County, Va., and was ence a well-known public offi cial of that county. He maintains that the details are correct and adds that he can furnish at least two trustworthy witnesses who will make affidavits to his statements. It was several ynars ago, accord ing to my informant, near the lit tle rural settlement of Boyd's Tav ern, in Albermarle county, a short distance from the Fluvanna line. For many years an old Italian named Faranchini had been a fa miliar figure in that section. He had no relatives, but lived a sort of hermit life in a rude, dilap idated two-story house about half a mile from the tavern. Nearly every night he could be seen play ing the fiddle at the tavern, and in times of elections he took in quite a snug 6um for his musical talent. Thero was something mysterious about the old foreigner. He was known to have earned considerable money, but rarely, if ever, did any one see him make a purchase. He was never known t3 take a drink. A light could be seen shining faintly from his window every night, long after other people had retired. Some said the old man had plenty of money, and was bury ing it from time to time in some secret place. One afternoon in December the old man died suddenly. A rumor spread that he had been poisoned for his treasures. There was no one to look after the burial arrange ments, and so a pine box was se cured at the expense of charity. There young men who had often danced the Virginia reel to his music agreed to sit up with the re mains during the night. A dreary looking rain made mat ters doubly uncomfortable,- and at 10 o'clock-the three charitable young men were seated by a log fire that glowed in the old-fash ioned fireplace, smoking their pipes and telling anecdotes, while the body of the Italian lay in the rude coffin some ten feet away for two hours, when one of them proposed a game of cards. This was agreed to, and the game was interspersed now and then with a glass of cider from a big jug that sat on one side. An old-fashioned clock on tho shelf struck 12. The last stroke had scarcely died away in the dense stillness when one of the men aroused himself suddenly, dropped his hand on the tabh nnd stood up from the stool on wi oh he was seated. His hair was on end, his eyes were twico their usual size, and with one hand he pointed nervously to the coffin in the corner. The other two men left their seats simultaneously and were in the act of leaving the room when the first caught his companions by the arm, and the three cautiously approached a step nearer. "Hiss! Hiss! Hiss! came the sound at regular intervals from the direction of the coffin, while from a trapdoor, its tail coiled around one of the slats, hung a long blacksnake that swung back and forth HKC a pendulum over the en tire length of the coffin. Its head swept within an inch or so of the Italian, and the hideous thing fixed ?s flesh-tinted eyes on the face, as if trying to charm the miser. The three men stood perfectly still, a? riveted to the Moor; and for several moments none spoke. The countenance of one of them was pale as a sheet. Another stared at his companions with a bewildered query written on his face, while the third, horror-strick en seized the poker, and creeping stealthily towards the snake aimed a terrible blow at the intruder. But the latter was not to be out witted. Quick as a flash it dodged the weapon, and coiling up disap peared through a crevice in the trapdvor. The men gazed at each other mystified. A conference was held, and each of the men simultaneously recall ed a number of strange stories that had furnished subjects foi gossip about, the Italian. For hall an hour this was continued unti] finally they relapsed into a hali asleep monotony and drowsily puff ed their pipes. Not a sound coule be heard save the dreary patter of tho ram on the windov panes. The lamp flickered and went out, leaving only the dim rays of tho firelight. One of the men aroused himself with a yawn, and got lip to refill the lamp. Scarcely was this done before the men were as* tonished to see the snake reappear from the trapdoor. The reptile was even bolder than before. As it swept over the length of the coffin its eyes glistened as- if threatening those disturbing it. One of them hurled a stick, of wood at the hideous thing, which avoided the blow, and just as bel fore vanished through the trap-., door. Several times it reappeared, and every effort was made to kilj; it, but all to no purpose. It was impossible to strike the reptile, a The men planned a number of; schemes to catch the intruder un-j awares. One of them concealed! himself behind the coffin andkepfc perfectly still, He waited half an" hour for the intruder to come from his hiding-place. This, too,; failed. Early the next morning every body in the neighborhood had learned of the strange experience in old Faranchini's domicile. Some said the mystery ought to be in vestigated, while others declared they could ;.:ot be paid to enter the miser's house. That morning the Italian was buried in the old buryingrground, overgrown with 'vriers and under brush. One or two graves had caved in years before, and moss covered bricks were scattered about the place. No funeral services were held. The body was buried by several men who lived in the neighborhood, and the violin, which bore the mark of age, was also placed in the grave with its owner. Afew hours later the three young, men who had kept watch over the remains the night before,, together with two others, who had mani fested a great deal of curiosity in the affair, determined to investi gate the mystery of the ^previous night. They searched the room in which Faranchini slept. Nothing unusual was discovered. ? By means of a ladder they gain-, ed access lo the garret, and there instituted a careful search. The snake could not be found. After an hour's investigation without, success a small iron chest was brought to light from a crevice in the rude chimney. This was locked. They torced it open. The chest contained several jewels and about $2,300 in gold coin. Beside these were fouud a stil let to, with some old blood stains on the point, and tho following note, on which was stamped some secret society motto and two stil ettos, crossed : 3 A. M.-Strike for the heart. Make quick work of him. Bv or der of the MAFIA. Such is the story as told by my acquaintance from Louisa. Meandering-. Texas Siftings. A city girl writes, "It is a fond dream of mine to become a farmer's wife and meander with him down life's flowery pathway." Ah, yes that is a nice thing to dream about but when you have lived on the farm and followed this meandering business for a month or so, you will discover a wide chasm be tween the dream and the reality. You will think of this about the time your husband meanders out and loaves you without wood, and you have to meauder up and down the lane pulling splinters off the fence willi which to cook dinner. And when you meander around in the wot clover in search of the cows you will have a dim percep tion that fond dreams do not always pan out 100 cents on the dollar, and that there are several meanderings in farm Jtfe that are not listed in the dreaming category. The meandering busi ness on the farm is not what it's cracked up to be. The series of articleg on "Great American Industries," edited by Mr. R. R. Bowker will be resumed in the February Harpers Magazine, the subject treated being''A Bai of Iron." The article is a history of the processes of separating iron from its ores down to a descriptiou ! of I he latest methods, including the Edison magnetic process. Th? . story is popularly told, with effec tive pictorial illustrations. If you want a nice breakfast . try my silver back Mackerel and I priced Pigs Feet. W. W. ADAMS. SI?ONTOFS OUTRAGE. Democratic Foolishness in Trying to Ruin the State's Good Name. Press and Banner. We are glad to note that Judge Simon ton has rubbed out or backed down from three-fourths of the outrage which he committed on the Charleston constables in requiring bail of eaoh of them in the sum of $6,000. He now amends or con strues the order to mean $6,000 for all four instead af $6,000 for each, The constables in the course of their duty had raided some of the blind tigers of Charleston, and among others one which was kept by a foreignor or unnaturalized citizen. Great stress is made about the unnaturalized citizen being in terfered with, presumably for the purpose of leading the people to believo that Buch foreigners are not amenable to our laws, The fae' is, ;if juries convict them of a capital offence they may be hanged with out leave or license from any na tion. - I The iniquity and injustice of rJudge Simon ton's excessive bail may be better understood when it is known that the constables were charged with a misdemeanor in entering the sacred precincts of a blind tiger, and disturbing the serenity of the aforesaid quad ruped. The average Judge in South Car olina for the last ten or twenty years has been requiring bail of murderers, even those whose hands were still red with their victim's heart blood, in sums varying usually from $1,000 to $3,000, and yet Judge Simon ton required $6,000 bail of men who were earn ing two dollars, and who were in 'tKe discharge of their official duty, a?M charged, with the grave offence of disturbing violators of th? liquor law. The annals of the courts in this country could hardly furnish a parallel for such exercise of judi cial-cruelty and official spite. It yf& zo*outrageous tb/it the Judge 'nimself'" recanted from three fourths of thc crime, and placed the bond at $1,500 for each. If there had been no politics in thia, and if the case had been carried before a Judge whose sense of right was allowed to prevail, the bond of these men would have been from $200 to $300, and certainly not over $500. Thc constitution provides that excessive bail shall not be re quired. Judge Simonton, in a normal state of affairs, we thtnk has justly made himself liable to impeachment. No man who would punish a poor constable in requir ing excessive bail merely because he hates the Governor of the State is worthy of the high office of United States District Judge. As a matter of fact it looks as.if the antis, with a singular unanim ity, have determined to fasten Tillman and his crowd on the State forever, and Judge Simonton is acting in full keeping with those who seek to exasperate the public mind and to turn public sentiment against us. Even if there be a day in three years that the State officials have not been attacked in some way, we feel quite sure that there has not been a week in which spiteful things have not been said. Even when the State officials were trying to refund the State debt at a much lower rate o? inter est, the papers were full of talk which did nothing to strengthen the credit of the State. Although the financial crisis was pending and theountry was ready fora financial panic the continual fault finding and bespattering of our credit was kept up until the last bond was taken. Now, the Legislature is being abused, as if they were an aggre gation of the worst men in the State. If a Georgia paper, or any other paper beyond the limits of this State wants a little free advertising in this part of the Lord's vineyard all it has to do is to say something mean about South Carolina, and it will be sure to be copied. Instead of defending the gooc . name of South Carolina there an . a number of persons whose chiej [ aim it is to defame the State ant L to blacken her character, for n< r other known reason, than tha , Tillman is Governor and that h< . trying to enforce her laws. The combined length of thi world's telegraph lines is 881,00( I miles, or enough to encircle th< earth about thirty-three times. TO DARKEST AFRICA. The Venerable Bishop Taylor's Journey to The Congo. "Yonug man, good steel wa* never spoiled by wear. Rust is what does it-rust rust rust." That was the venerable Bishop Taylors reply to the suggestion of a young minister that it would be legitimate for him to retire from active work now and leave the management of affairs in his African diocese to his subordinates. The good old bishop absolutely refuses to give himself up to either rest or rust and started off on his recent journey from New York to his bishopric in the dark continent with more nerve and hopefulness than many younger people feel on the eve of a pleasure trip to Europe. He is 73 years old but he showed no hesitancy in un dertaking a journey that might easily dishearten a man of 25. The object of Bishop Taylor's jouuey is to visit all his African missions, so that he can see. for himself just how things are going on, help and encourage the resi dent missionaries, straighten out tangled affairs and extend the work wherever possible. He ex pects to travel much farther into the Congo country than any missionary has'ever yet gone and to preach the gospel to black savages who have never yet heard of Christ or the Bible, This part of the tour will occupy the bishop several months, and his only means of traveling will be on tho back of an ox. The prospect of a 500 mile journey made in this manner un der a tropical sun, with an uncer tain supply of food that must at its best be poor, would seem .very discouraging to a man of less 'earnestness and vigor than the bishop, but he views it with less apprehension than most men ex hibit at traveling the same .dis tance in a palace car. He made the journey to South America as .a-steerage passenger ia 187?5r^Hierf-' he went to establish his missions there, which shows that to his eminently practical mind the ob ject of a journey is much more im portant than personal comfort while making it. The bishop will go first to Liberia, where he has established a Methodist conference which will meet during his stay. From there he will go to St. Paul de Loanda, where he nasa mission house of iron, making that the base of his journeys to the different stations in Angola and up the Congo. He will not return to the United States for at least two years and probably' longer. The only definite under standing when he went away was that he woutd return in time for the quadrennial general conference of his chuich, which will be held in 1896. A young niece of the bishop, Dr. Jennie M. Taylor a very skill ful physician and dentist, accom panies him. She is going out with the specific purpose of fixing up the teeth of the missionaries, many of whom arc sadly in need of her ministrations, as may be guessed from the fact that some of the them have been in Africa since 1882 with no chance to have any dental work done for them. The Missionary society had a young mau trained for this especial work several years ago, but he got frigh tened at the reports of terrible mortality among white people in Africa and backed out. Miss Tay lor will be obliged to accompany her uncle on all his visits to estab lished elations and in the intervals of her professional labors will un dertake ordinary missionary work. The success of Bishop Taylor's missions is as remarkable as it is extraordinary. More closely than oth>er man alive he h; s fulfilled Christ's injunction to his disciples "Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 1 More fully than any other Meth > odist hus he accepted John Wes ' ley's bold declaration, "The world ? is my parish." Yet bis beginnings ? were humble enough, for he had not even the advantage of an ordi f nary collegiate education. He sayf ) he waa graduated from "Brush' ? college, whose curriculum embracei ' such studies as milking cows } splitting fence rails and holdinj ' the plow handles. His finishinj ? course was in his father's tannery '.and that was the tho best of all,' s he thinks. ) Brshop Taylor is a native o 3 Virginia and was born tn Rock bridge county May 2, 1821. Th? bare uarratian of his lifers work and experiences would fill volumes. There is scarcely a land upon the globe which he has not visited and in which he has not preached, and preached successfully. He started out as an exhorter for the Balti more conference in 1841, and the general conference of the Method ist Episcopal church elected him missionary bishop of Africa in 1884. The intervening years were filled with hard and useful labor, and in those that have pased since his elevation to the episco pate he has not spared himself. Seven years a circuit preachei, a street preacher in San Francico during the gold excitement, seven years a home missionary, 14 years helping to evangelize colonies of the British empire, the father of Methodist missions in India, father of the Methodist missions in. South America, nine years bishop ot Africa and the author of a dozen books-this is the moumental work the grund old missionary has done, and he still keeps at it. The Origin of Vegetables. Good Housekeeping. Spinach ie a Persian plant. Filberts came from Greece. Quinces cami! from Corinth. The turnip came from Rome. The peach came from Persia. The nasturtium came from Peru. Horseradish is a native of Eng land. Melons were found originally in Asia. Sage is a native of the South Europe. ^ Sweet marjoram is a native of Portugal. The bean is said to be a native of Egypt. Damasons originally came from Damascus. The pea is a native of .the south of Europe. Coriander seed came originally from the East. The gooseberry is indigenous to Great Britain. .J?BM???0??& "Ginger is a native of the Eat?! and West Indies. Apricots are indigenous to the plains of America. The cucumber was origiually a tropical vegetable. Pears were brought from the East bp the Romans. The walnut is a native of Persia the Caucausus, and China. Capers originally grew wild in Greece and Northern Africa. Garlic came from Sicily and the shores of the Mediterranean. Aspaiagus was originally a wild seacoast plant of Great Britain. The clove is a native of the Malacca islands, as also is the nutmeg. Cherries were known in ?Asia as far back as the senventeeuth century. The tomato plant is a native of South America, and takes its name from a Portuguese word. Parsley is said to have come from Egypt, and mythology tells us it was used to adorn the head of Hercules. Apples were orginally brought from the East by the Romans. The crab apple is indigenous to Great Britain. Lemons were used by the Romans to keep moths from their garments and the time of Pliny they were considered an excellent poison. They are natives of Asia. Handed in by Slug Nine. Burdctte. When I think of old towel, the old-fashioned towel, that used to hang up by the printing house door, I think that nobody in th,ese days of shody can hammer out iron to wear as it wore. The tramp, who abused it, the devil, who used it, the comp, who got at it when these two were gone, the make-up aud tho foreman, the editor, poor man, each rubbed some grime off while they put a heap on. In, over, and under, ' 'twas blacker than thunder, 'twas harder than poverty, rougher than ' sin ; from the roller suspended, it ' never was bended, and it flapped ! on the wall like a banner of tin It 1 grew thicker and rougher and harder and tougher, and daily pul \ on more inkier hue, until on( windy morning, without any warn 3 ing, it fell to the floor and wai ' broken in two. T _ y Baldwin's Guano is the best 3 'Make hay while the sun shines' ' and haul your Baldwin's Ammo niated guano while the roads an good. Supply on hand at f W. W. ADAMS'S. Subscribe to the Edgefield AD 3 VERTISER. FOR THE THOUGHTFUL. I SELECTED. Wherever there is spiritual life, I there is sure to be love. God is moving heaven and earth in trying to save every sinner. , It will not make you any cleaner to throw mud at another man. Truth is always our friend, never mind how war-like it may look. The devil fights hard to .keep a good man from getting'onjbis knees. A joy in the heart will be pretty. sure to write its name on the face. The right kind of ambition is never hurt by being disappointed. The language of true consola tion is "Lord have your way with me." No man has a claim on God's mercy who does not believe in his word. No man can be much of a Chris tian who does not devote all of his time to it. The devil never has any trouble in making anything he wants out of a loafer. No matter where a good man lie,s down to sleep, God's angels guard his slumbers. You can't tell anything about a man's religion by what he does, when he knows that he is watched. The word of-God is pledged that the Bible shall prove the divinity of Christ to every one who truly wants, to know it. Rest is the deepest want in the soul of mau. All men do not de sire pleasure ; all men do not crave intellectual food ; but all men loug for rest. It is this peed, which sometimes makes the quiet of the grave an object of suck . deep' de sire^ And it is this ^which con-': sciously or unconsciously is the realjyr/sh._that ivie's!rd- f ho-bottom L?l?-oto?Vs. ?hrT for tranquility of heart, heaven's profound silence of the soul. Most Suicides in June. Statistics which show the num ber of suicides throughout the world is t 180,000 yearly and the annual number is incresing. The greatest number of suicides hap pen in June; the fewest in September; nearly one-half the suicides take place between 6 A. M. and noon. Burnt corn is reported to be a sure cure for hog cholera. It is said to have been discovered by burning a pile of corn belonging to a distillery in Peoria, 111. It was thrown to the hogs and eaten by them, since which time the cholera which had been r.i ging among them has entirely disap peared. ,A green corm husking machine has been invented which is ex pected to revolutionize the com canning industry. The machine is to be exhibited at the national convention of canners,, which takes place in St Louis in February, and corn is now being grown in southern hothouses in order to give a practical demonstration of the machine and its methods of working Nature should be assisted to throw offimpnritiesoftho blood. Nothing does it so well, so promptly, or so safely as Swift's Specific* LIFE HAD NO CHARMS. For three years I was troubled with mala rial poison, which caused my appetite to fail, and I was greatly reduced in flesh, and life lost all its charms. 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