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I said that it was weil, for death was on every side, and it mattered little which way men turned to meet it. So they wore sorted out, 1,500 or moro of them, and at midnight the gates of the courtyard were thrown open, and they left. Oh, it was dreadful to seo tho farewells that took place in that hour! Hero a daughter clung to tho neck of her aged father, hero hus bands and wives bade each other a last farewell, here mothers kissed their little children, and on every side rose up tho sounds of bitter agony, tho agony of thoso who parted forever. 1 buried my face in my hands, wondering, as ? had often won dered before, how a God whoso name is Mercy can bear to look upon sights that break tho hearts of sinful men to witness. Presently I raised my eyes and spoke to Otomie, who was at my side, asking her if sho would not send our son away with tho others, passing him off as thc child of com mon people. "Nay, husband," sho an swered, "it is better for him to die with us than to livo as a slavo of the Spaniards." At length ic was over, and tho gates had shut behind tho last of them. Soon we heard tho distant challenge of tho Spanish SOE tri os as they perceived them, and the Bounds of some shots, followed by cries. "Doubtless tho Tlasoalans aro massa cring them," I said. But it was not so. When a few had been killed, tho leaders of thc Spaniards found that they waged war upon an un armed mob, made up for tho most part of aged people, women and children, and their commander, Bernai Diaz, a merci ful man if a rough one, ordered that tho onslaught should cease. Indeed he did more, for when all the ablobodied men, to gether with such children as were suffi ciently strong to bear tho fatigues of travel, had been sorted out to bc sold-as slaves he suffered tho rest of that melancholy com pany to depart whither they would. And so they went, though what became of them I do not know. That night wo spent in the courtyard of tho teocalli, but before it was light I caused thc women and children who re mained with us, perhaps somo 600 in all, for very few of tho former who were un married, or, who, being married, were still young and comely, had chosen to de sert our refuge, to ascend tho pyramid, guessing that the Spaniards would attack us at dawn. I staid, however, w*th the 300 fighting men that were left to me, a hundred or more having thrown them selves upon tho mercy of thc Spaniards, with the refugees, to await the Spanish onset under shelter of tho walls of the courtyard. At dawn it began, and by mid day, do what we could to stay it, tho wall was stormed, and leaving nearly a hun dred dead and wounded behind mc I was driven to thc winding way that led to the summit of the pyramid. Hero thoy as saulted us again, but thc road was steep and narrow, and their numbers gave them no great advantage on it, so that the end of lt was that we beat them back with loss, and there was no moro fighting that day. Tho night which followed wo spent upon the summit of the pyramid, and for my part I was so weary that after I had eaten I never slept more soundly. Next morning the strugglo began anew, and this time with better success to the Span iards. Inch by inch, under cover of the heavy fire from their arquebuses and pieces, they forced us upward and back ward. All day long the fight continued upon the narrow road that wound from stage to stage of thc pyramid. At length, as tho sun sank, a company of our foes, their advance guard, with shouts of vic tory, emerged upon tho flat summit and rushed toward the temple in its center. All this whilo tho women had been watch ing, but now one of them sprang up, cry ing with a loud voice: "Seize them. They aro but few. " : Then, with a fearful scream of rage, the mob of women cast themselves upon tho weary Spaniards and Tlascalans, bearing them down by tho weight of their num bers. Many of them wcro slain indeed, but in tho end tho women conquered, aye, and made their victims captive, fastening them with cords to the rings of copper that were set into tho stones of the pave ment, to which in former days those doomed to sacrifice had been securvd when their numbers were so great that the priests feared lest they should escape. I and tho soldiers with mo watched this sight, wondering; then I cried out: "What, men of tho Otomie, shall it be said that our women outdid us in cour age?" and without further ado, followed by 100 or more of my companions, I rush ed desperately down the steep and narrow path. I At tho first corner Wf met the main ar ray of Spaniards and their allies, coming UP slowly, for now they were sure of vic tory, and sn great was the shock of our en counter that many of them were hurled over tho edge of tho path, to roll down tho steep sides of tho pyramid. Seeingthe.fato of their comrades, those behind them ?halted, then began to retreat. Presently tho weight of our rush struck them also, and thoy in turn pushed upon those below, till at length panto seized them, and with a great crying the loi g line of men that wound round and round th? pyramid from Its baso almost to its biminlt sought their safety in flight. But somo of thom found nono, for tho rush of thoa? above, pressing .with ever increasing force upon their friends below, drovo many to their death, since hero on tho pyramid there was noth ing to cling to, and if once a man lost his foothold on tho pr th his fall was broken only when his body leached tho court be neath. Thus in 15 short minutes all that tho Spaniards had won this day was lost again, for except the prisoners at its sum mit nono of them remained alive upon tho iteocalli. Indeed so great a terror took them that, bearing with them their dead and wounded, they retreated under cover of tho night to their camp without tho walls of the courtyard. ? Kow,, wearj', but triumphant, wo wend ed our way back toward tho crest of tho pyramid, but as I turned tho corner of the second angle that was perhaps nearly 100 feet above the lovel of the ground a thought struck me, and I set thoso with mo at a task. Loosening tho blocks of stono that formed tho edgo of the l^oadway, wo rolled them down tho sides of tho pyramid, and so labored on, removing layer upon layer of [stone and of tho earth beneath till where the path had boen was nothing but a ? yawning gap 80 feet or moro in width. "Now," I said, surveying our handi work by tho light of tho rising moon, "'that Spaniard who would win our nest must find wings to fly with. " "Aye, Teule," answered ono at my side; "but, say, what wings ohall wo And?" ' "Thowings of death," I said grimly and went on my upward way. It was near midnight when I reached tho templo, for tho labor of lovellng the road took many hours, and food had been sent to us from above. As I drew nigh I was ame zed to hear tho sound of solemn chanting, and still more was I amazed when I saw that the doors of the temple of Huitzol wc i open, and thut the sacred fire which had not shone there for many years onco moro flared fiercely upon his altar. I stood there listening. Did my ears trick mc, or did I hear tho dreadful song of sacrifice? Nay, again its wild refrain rang out upon tho silence: To Thea wc pacriflce! Save us, O Iluitzel, Huitzol, lord ?od'. ' I rushed forward, and turning the anglo of tho templo I found myself face to face with tho past, fox there, as in bygone years, wore the pabas clad in their black robes, their long hair hanging about their shout* ders, tho dreadful knife of glass fixed in their girdles. There to the right of thc stono of sacrifico were those destined to the god, and there being led toward it was tho first victim, a Tlascalmi prisoner, his limbs he'd by men clad in the dress of .priests. Near him, arrayed in tho scarlet J ?ubc of sacrifice, jftoodono oljny.own cap- ' ?J caxn97wno i reniemDerea narr once E as a priest of Tezcat before Idolatr forbidden bi the City of Pines, and ai ..were a wide circle of women that wat and from whoso Ups swelled tho J chant. ' Now I understood lt all. In thel despair, maddened by tho loss of fal husbands and children, by their cruel and standing face to face with ce death, tho Aro of the old faith had bi up in their 6avago hearts. There wa temple, there were the stone and b ments of sacrifice, and there to their 1, were tho victims taken In war. would glut a last revenge, they woulc rlflco to their fathers' gods as their fa had*, dono before them, and tho vi< should bo taken from their own victo foes. Aye, they must die, but at the they must seek the mansions of the made holy by the blood of the acct Teule. I have said that lt was the women sang this chant and glared so fiercely i tho victims, but .I have not yet told al horror of what ? saw, for in tho ford of their circle, clad hi white robes, necklet of great emeralds, Guatemoc's flashing upon her breast, the plume royal green set in her hair, giving the of the death chant with a little w stood Montezuma's daughter, Otomie wife. Never before had I seen her loc beautiful or so dreadful. It was not mio whom I saw, for where was tho to: smile and where the gentle eyes? Her? fore mo was a living vengeance wea tho shapo of woman. In an instant I guessed the truth, thc I did not know lt all. Otomie, althc sho was not of it, had over favored Christian faith. Otomie, who for y had never spoken of theso dreadful i except with anger, whose every act love, and whose every word was kinds was still in ber soul an 1 delator and a age. She had bidden this side of her h from mo well through all these years; chance she herself had scarcely known secret, for but twice^had I seen anyth of the burled fierceness of her blood. ' first time was when Marma had brou her a certain robe in which sho might cape from the camp of Cortes, and she spoken to Marina of that robe, and second when on tho samo day sho played.her part to tho Tlasoalan and '. 6truck him down with her own hand a; bent ovor mo. All this and much more passed thro; my mind in that brief moment, wi Otomio marked tho timo of the de chant'and tho pabas dragged tho Tlai lan to his doom. The next I was at her sida '"What passes here?" I asked sternly Otomie looked on mo with a cold w der and with empty eyes, as though did not know mc. "Go back, whito man," sho answer "It is not lawful for strangers to min in our rites." I stood bewUdered, not knowing wi to do, whilo tho flame burned and chant went up before the effigy of Huit: of tlie demon Huitzel awakened after ms years of sleep. Again and yet again the solemn chi arose, Otomie beating time with her lit rod of ebony, and again, yet again, the < of triumph rose to the silent stars. Now I awoke from my dream, for as evil dream it seemed to me, and drawl my sword I rushed toward tho priest tho altar to cut him down. But thou the men stood still the women were 1 quick for me. Before I could lift i sword, before I could even speak a wen they had sprung upon me, like the jagui of their own forests, and, like jagua they hissed and growled into my ear: "Get you gone, Teule," they said, "1< we stretch you on the stone with yo brethren. " And still hissing they push mo thence. I drew back and thought for awhile tho shadow of tho temple. My eye f upon the long lino of victims awaiti: their turn of sacrifice. They were thlr and one of them still alive, and of thc five were Spaniards. I noted that t Spaniards were chained the last of all t line. It seemed that the murderers wou keep them till the end of the feast; inde I discovered that they were to be offer up at tho rising of the sun. How could save them, I wondered. My power w Sne. The women could not bo mov? im their work of vengeance. They we mad with their sufferings. As well mig a man try to snatch ber prey from a pun robbed of her whelps as to turn the from their purpose. With the men it wi otherwise, however. Somo of them ml] gled in the orgie Indeed, but more sto< aloof watching with a fearful joy the spc taclo in which they did not share. Nei me was a man, a noble of the Otomie, i something moro than my own age. I had always been my friend, and after n he commanded the warriors of the trlb I went to bim and said, "Friend, for tl sako of tho honor of your people, help n to end this." "I cannot, Teule," ho answered, "an I beware how you meddle in the play, f( none will stand by you. Now tho wome ? have power, and you seo they use it. The aro about to die, but before they dio the i will do as their fathers did, for t ht- lr s tra: j ls sore, and though they have been pi: aside the old customs are not forgotten. " "At. the least, can we not save thea Teales?" I answered. "Why should you wish to save th Teulesf Will they Bave us somo few day hence, when we are In their power?" "Perhaps not," I said, "but if wo mus die let us die clean from this shame. " "What, then, do you wish me to dc Tonie?" ''This: I would have you find some thre or four men who aro not fallen into thi madness, and with them aid me to loos the Teules, for wo cannot save tho others If this may be done, surely wo can lowe thom with ropes from that point whore tb read is broken away down to the path be neath, and thus they may escapo to theL own people." "I will try," he answered, shrugging his shoulders, ''not from any teudernesi toward tho accursed Teules, whom I coule well bear to soo stretched upon tho 6tone, but because it is your wish, and for the sako of tho friendship between us." Then ho went, and presently I saw sev eral men place themselves, as though bj chance, between thc spot where the hist ol the lino of Indian prisoners and tho first of tho Spaniards were made fast, In such fashion as to hide them from the sight ol tho maddened women engrossed as they wero in their orgies. Now I crept up to thc Span hirds. They were squatted upon the ground, bound by their hands anil feet to tho copper rings In tb? pavement. There they sat silently awaiting tho dreadful doom, their faces gray with terror, and their eyes starting from their sockets. "Hist!" I whispered in Spanish Into the ear of the first, an old man whom I knew as one who had taken part In thc war of Coi 'es. ' . Would y\ ni be saved ? ' ' He lonkcel up quickly and saiel In a hoarse voice: .'Who are you that talks of saving us? Who can save us from these sho devils?" '"I am a Teule, a man of white blood and a Christian, and. alas that I must say lt! the captain of this savage people. With the aid ol' somo few men who an; faithful to me, I purpose to cut your bonds, and afterward you shall see. Know, Spaniard, that I elo this ut great risk, for if we are caught it U a chance but that I myself shall have to suffer those things from which I hopo to rescue you." "Bc assured, Teule," answered the Spaniard, ' ;'i ti if we should get safe away wo shall n>?* f M ..: lins service;. Save our lives now,'inti '.lus lime may come when wo shall p : > -i with yours. But even if We . : . iii, how ran we cross tho open sp.: ; ?? .i . i:i. ntilight and escape the eyes? riesy" '.You . . . .-hunco.lor tbat.^ I ?t ' unswered, and as I spoke* fortune I us strangely, for by now thc Spaniai their camp below had perceived wha going forward on the crest of tho te< A yell of horror arose from them, ar stantly they opened lire upon us with pieces and arquebuses, though, be of tho shape of tho pyramid and of position beneath it, the storm of shot ? over us, doing little or no hurt; a great company of them poured aoros courtyard, hoping to storm the tempi they did not know that tho road had broken away. Now, though tho rites of sacrifico ] ceased, what with the roar of cannon shouts of rage and terror from tho ? lords, tho hiss of musket balls ,and crackling of flames from houses w they had fixed to give thom more 1 and tho sound of chanting, tho tm and confusion grew so great as to re the carrying out of my purpose easier I had hoped. By this timo my friend captain of the Otomio, was at my and with him several men whom ho c trust. Stooping down, with a few ? blows of a knifo I out tho ropes w bound tho Spaniards. Then wo gath ourselves into a knot, 19 of us or n and in the oonter of the knot wo sot five Spaniards. This done, I drew sword and cried: ??Tho Tet?cs storm tho temple!" w was true, for already their long lino rushing up tho winding path. " Teulea storm tho templo! I go to them," and straightway wo sped ae tho open space. Nono sow us, or, if they saw us, i hindered us, for all the company wen tent upon tho consummation of a f sacrifice. Moreover, the tumult was s1 as I afterward discovered, that we 's scarcely noticed. Two minutes pas and our feet were set upon tho wini way, and now I breathed again, for were beyond tho sight of tho women, wo rushed swiftly as tho cramped lime the Spaniards would carry thom till r. ently wo reached that angle in tho i where the brcaoh begon. Thc attaci Spaniards had already come to the far side of the gap, for though wo could see them we could hear their cries of i and despair as they halted holplessly understood that their comrades wore yond their aid. "Now we aro sped," said the Spani with whom I had spoken. "Tho roa< gone, and it must be certain death to thc side of the pyramid. " "Not so," I answered. "Some 60 : below the path still runs, and one by wo will lower you to it with this rope. Then we set to work. Making the c fast beneath tho arms of a soldier, we him down gently till ho came to the p and was received there by his comrade? a man returning from the dead. Tho 1 to be lowered was that Spaniard w whom I had spoken. "Farewell," he said, "and may blessing of God be on yon for this nd mercy, renegade though you are. S now, will you not come with me? I my life and honor in pledge for your S? ty. You toll mo that you aro still a Ch: tlan man. Is that o place for Christian! and he pointed upward. "No, indeed," I answered, "but stil cannot come, for my wife and son there, and I must return to die with th if need bo. If you bear me any gratitu strive in return to suvo their lives, sii for my own I caro but little." "That I will," ho said, and I let h down among his friends, whom horcacl In safety. Now wc returned to the templo, givi it out that the Spaniards were in retre having failed to cross the breach in 1 roadway. Here before the templo thc or? still wont on. But two Indians rcmair alive, and the priests of sacrifice gr weary. "Whero oro tho Teulcs?" cried a vol "Swift, strip them for thc altar." But tho Teulos woro gone, nor, sear whore they would, could thoy find then "Their God has taken them beneath 1 wing," I said, speaking from tho shad< and in a feigned voice. "Huitzel cam prevail before tho God of the Teules. " Then I slipped aside, so that none kn< that it was I who had spoken, but the c was caught up and echoed far and wide. "The God of the Christians has hidd them beneath his wing. Let us ma merry with thoso whom he rejects, " sa the cry, and the last of the captives wc dragged away. Now I thought that all was finishe but this was not so. I hovo spoken of t. secret purpose which I hod read in i. sullen eyes of tho Indian women as th labored at the barricades, and I was abo I to seo its execution. Madness still bunn in tho hearts of these women. They h; accomplished their sacrifice, but their fe tival was still to come They drew thor selves away to tho farther side of tho pyr mid, and heedless of tho shots which no and again pierced tho breast of ono i them-for hero they were exposed to tl Spanish fire-romalned awhile in prepar tion. With them went tho priests of sa riflce, but now, as before, tho rest of tl men stood in sullen groups, watchie what befell, but lifting no hand or voi< to hinder its hellishness. Ono woman did not go with them, an that woman was Otomio, my wife She stood by the stone of sacrifice, piteous sight to soe, for her frenzy, orratl er her madness, had outworn itself, an abo was as sho had over boen. There stoo Otomie, gazing with wide and horre stricken eyes now at tho tokens of this ur holy rite and now at her own hands, a though she thought to seo them red an shuddered at the thought. I drew near t hex and touched her on the shoulder. Sh turned swiftly, gasping: "Husband, husband!" "It isl," I answered, "but call me hui band no more" "Oh, what have I done?" sho wailed am fell senseless in my arms. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE SURRENDER. Taking Otomio in my arms, I bore he to one of tho storehouses attached to tb temple. Hero many children had beei placed for safety, among them my owi son. "What ails our mother, father?" saie the boy. "And why did sho shut moil here with these children when it sccm? that there is fighting without?" "Yourmother has fainted," I answer I ed, ''and doubtless sho placed you hero te keep you safo. Now, do tend to her till ] return." "I will do so," answered tho boy, "bul surely it would bo hotter that I, who am almost a man, should bo without, fighting tho Spaniards at your side, rather than within, nursing sick women." "Do as I bid you, 6on," I sr.id, "andi chargo you not to leave this placo until I como for you again." Now I passed out of the storehouse, shutting thc door behind me. A minute later I wished that I had staid whero I was, since on the platform my eyes were greeted by a sight moro dreadful than any that had gone before, for there, advanc ing toward us, woro tho women, divided into four great companies, some of thom bearing infants in their arms. They came singing and leaping, many of them naked to tho middle. Nor was this all, for in front of them ran thc pabas and such of the women themselves as were persons in authority. Those leaders, malo and female, ran and leaped anel sang, calling upon the names of their demon gods and celebrating the wickedness of their forefathers, while after thom poured the howling troops of women. To und fro they rushed, now making obeisance to the statue of Huitzel, now prostrating themselves before his hideous sister, tho goddess of death, who sat be sido bim adorned with her can-en neck lace of men's skulls and hands, now bow ing around tho stone of sucriilco, and now thrusting their baro arms Into thc flames of tho holy fire. For an hour or more they celebrated this ghastly carnival, of which even I, verseel as I was in the Indian cus toms, could not fully understand tho mean ing, and thon, as though somo single im pulse had possessed them, they withdrew to the center of the open space, and form? I lng themselves into a double circle, with in which stood thc pabas, of a sudden they burst into a chant so wild and shrill that as I listened my blood curdled in my veins. Ever as they wing, step by step they drew backward, and with them wont the leaders of each company, their eyes fixed upon the statues of their gods. Now they were but a segment of a circle, for they did not advance toward tho temple. Back ward encl outward they went, with a slow and solemn tramp,. Thero was. bu.t uno "libe or them now, l?Fthose E?~T~be BeoondTi ring filled the gaps in the first os lt wid ened. Still they drew on till at length they 6tood on the sheer edge of the platform Then the priests and the women leaden took their place among them, and toe a moment there was silence, until c? a sig nal one and all they bent backward. Standing thus, their long hair waving on the wind, tho light of burning houses flar ing upon their breasts and in their mad dened eyes, they burst into the cry of: "Savo us, Huitzel! Receive us, lord god, our home!" Thrice they cried it, eaoh time more shrilly than before; then suddenly they were gone-the women of the Otomio were no more! With their own self slaughter they had consummated the last celebration of the rites of sacrifico that over shall be held in the City of Pines. The devil gods were dead, and their worshipers with them. A low murmur ran round the lips of tho men who watched; then one cried, and his volco rang strangely in tho sudden silence, "Moy our wives, the women of tho Oto Tlic women of the Otomie were no morel mle, rest softly in the houses of the sun, for of a surety they teach us how to die." "Aye," I answered, "but not thus. Lo, women do self murder! Our foes have swords for the hearts of men!" I turned to go, and before me stood Oto mie. "What has befallen!"'sho said. "Where aro my sisters? Oh, surely I have dreamed an evil dream! I dreamed that the gods of my forefathers were strong once more, and that once more they drank the blood of mon." "Your ill dream has a worse awakening, Otomie," I answered. "The gods of holl ore still strong indeed in this accursed land, and they have taken your sisters into, their keeping." "Is it so?" sho said softly. "Yet In my dream it seemed to me that this was their last strength ere they sink into death un ending. Look yonder!" and she pointed toward thc snowy crest of the volcan Xaca. I looked, but whether I suw tho sight of which I am about to tell or whether it was but an imagining born of the horrors of that must hideous night In truth I cannot say. At thc least I seemed to seo this, and afterward there woro some among the Spaniards who swore that they bud wit nessed it also. On Xaoa's lofty summit now as always stood a pillar of fiery smoke, and, while I gazed, to my vision the smoko and the fire separated themselves. Out of tho fire was fashioned a cross of flamo that shone like lightning and stretched for many a rod across tho heavens, its base resting on the mountain top. At its foot rolled the clouds of smoko, and now these, too, took forms vast and terrifying, such forms indeed as those that sat in stone within the temple behind mc, but magnified a hundredfold. "See," said Otomio again, "the cross of your God shines above tho shapes of mine, tho lost gods whom tonight I worshiped, though not of my own will." Then abe turned and went. For some few moments I stood very much afraid, gazing upon the vision on Xaca'ssnow; then suddenly the rays of the rising sun smote it, and it was gone. Now, for three days more we held out against the Spaniards, for they could not como at us and their shot swept over our heads harmlessly. During these days I heid no talk with Otomie, for we shrank from ono another. Hour by hoar she would sit in the storehouse of tho temple a very picture of desolation. Twice I tried to speak with her, my heart being moved to pity by tho dumb torment In her eyes, bnt sho turned her head from me and made no answer. Soon it came to the knowledge of the Spaniards that wo had enongh food and water ui>on tho teocalli to enable us to Uv? there for a month or more, and seeing that there was no hopo of capturing the place by forco of anns they called a parley with us. I went down to the breach in the road way and spoke with their envoy, who stood upon the path below. At first the terms offered were that we should surren der at discretion. To this I answered that sooner than do so we would die where we were. Their reply was that if we would givo over all who had any part in the ha man sacrifico tho rest of ns might go free. To this I said that the sacrifice had been carried out by women and some few men, and that all of these were dead hy their own hands. Thoy asked if Otomie was also dead. I told them no, bat that I would never surrender unless they swore that neither she nor ber son should he harmed, but rather that together with my self they should be given a safe conduct to go whither wo willed.. This was refused, but in thc end won I the day, and a parch - mont was thrown up to me on the point of a lance. This parchment, which was signed by thc Captain Bernai Diaz, set oat that, in consideration of the part that I and some men of the Otomie hod played in rescuing tho Spanish captives from death by sacrifice, a pardon was granted to mc, my wife and child and all upon the teocalli, with liberty to go whithersoever wo would unharmed, our lands and wealth being, however, declared forfeit to the viceroy. With these terms I was well content; indeed I had never hoped to win any that would leave us our lives and liberty. And yet for my part death had been almost as welcome, for now Otomie had built a wall between us that I could never climb, and I was bound to her, to a woman who, will ingly or no, hud stained her hands with saoriflco. '"ell, my son was left to me, and with him I must be satisfied-at the least, ho knew nothing of his mother's shame. Oh, I thought to myself, as I climbod tho teocalli-oh, that I could bot escape far from this accursed land and bear him with me to the English shores-aye, and Otomio also, for there she might for get that once she had been a savage I Alas, it cflnld scarcaly.be! .. _ _ EE CONTINUED.] Car load of Old Hickory wagon?, from a one-horse to a six-horse, just received by Ramsey & Bland. A great deal is being said nowa days about "money being close," but precious little stays by the peo ple when they go into Ramsey & Bland's store and see with their own eyes the bargains they have. Buy shoes from J. W. Marsh & Co., Johnston. The Old Hickory Wagons, in compaiable forever, still take the lead everywhere. Ramsey & Bland can snpplv ynu and send you hom[ happy._' There is a big "drive" in horse men's goode at. Ramsey & Bland's. If you are going to need anything in their line for a year to come, it would bo well to consult with them while this sale is in progress. Seo the very best $1 50 shoe in the world at j. W. Marsh & Ca's, Johnston. J. W. Marsh & Co., Johnston, have the best $1.10 shoe on earth. r A LIFE POLICY IN tHE OF PORTLAND, MAINE, ls TJIEBEST iMExrptfl?M?NCAHMAKE! The Union Mutual is the only company that is sues policies giving the benefit of the Nou-Forfeit ure Law, and specifying in definite terms by its Policy contract that there can be no forfeiture of insurance, by non-payment of premium, after three years' premiums have been paid, until the value prc* vided for is exhausted in Extended Insurance. The Union Mutual Has been in business over Forty Years, durirg which time it has paid to its policy-holders oy?. Twenty-six Million Dollars. It Pays Its Losses Upon Receipt of Satisfac tory Proofs, Without Delay or Discount. There can be no more certain provision for your family than your policy in The Union Mutual. 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The Union Mutual Issues a policy which is as safe as Government Bonds, and far more profitable. It is not subject to taxes. It is not subject to administration. It is your financial safeguard. It keeps a man's KAI? GOOD even beyond the grave. It goes where you wish it togo; is outside of all controversy, will or no will. It requires none of your time. It requires none of your attention. It causes no care or worry: It is absolutely YOURS. NO doubt about TITLE. It is looking out for "number one." It is "nailing down" something; "salting away" omet bing for YOU and YOURS beyond the emergencies and risks of ordinary business. It ASSURES the success of that for which you are striving. It makes your future a certainty. It is the only property you can buy by simply loan ing a per cent, of its value yearly for such number of years aa you may elect. It gives a constant satisfaction that no other prop? erty can produce for you. It is the only property that will surely cling to you through all financial storms. It is your LIFE-BOAT which may prove in later life a SHIP of PROSPERITY. In fact, as said above. A LIFE POLICY IN The Union Mutual, OF PORTLAND, MAINE, Is the Best Investment a Man Can Make! The undersigned, General Manager for South Carolina, respectfully, and with the utmost con fidence in this company, calls the attention of the people of Edgefield, and of the State, to the solid merits of THE UNION MUTUAL. And those wishing Insurance, or any information re lating therHto, will have their wants cheerfully and promptly complied with by applying to the undersigned in person or by letter, cr to any of his Local Agents. Good Agents Wanted, To whom liberal contracts will he offered. B. B. EVANS,, General Manager for H Carolina, EDGEFIELD, S. C. $18,000 - $18,000 Eighteen Thousand Dollars Worth of Dry Goods, ?liiii Sloes, ls, CMs, nil OUimr, CONSIGNED IO D. 0. Flynn's Auction House, TO BE SOLD AT 75c. ON THE DOLLAR. -WE HAVE Men's $17.00 Suits for.12.50 Men's $20.00 Suits for.14.75 Men's. Boys', and Children's Hats, Trunks, and Valises at any price you want. 5c. Calico, for.3>?c. 5c. Ginghams for.3)?c. 7c. Bleaching for.5c. 30 yards Fine Shirting.$1.00 Good Check Homespun.3>?c. Children's Suits for.65c. up. Young Men's Suits.$2.50 up. Gentlemen's Suits.$2.50 up. Men's $15.00 Suits for.$9 75 Children's Solid Shoes.25c. Women's Shoes.65c. Men's Shoes.75c. We have a very fine assortment of Dress Goods and Ladies' Wool Suiting at prices you have never heard of before. All Wool Ked Flannel at 70c. on the $1,00. We have everything you can And in a first-class Dry Goods, Shoe, or Cloth ing store, and we can save you at least 25c. on every dollar you trade. Flynn's Auction House, 954 Broad Street, - AUGUSTA, Gr-A.. Mr. G. R. BARTON is with us' and will be glad to welcome his friends and treat them right. Do You Know That there isa place in Augusta where you can get something nice and tempt ing to eat in the FANCY GBOCERY Line? lt ls So. DOSCHER & CO., carry a full line of the latest Home and Foreign Delica cies, When you visit Augusta come and see us. Prices will please you. DOSCHER & CO. eoe BROADWAY, BEAUTIFUL HOUSES. Never were there so many beautiful Louses is Augusta. Why. be cause EJrod & Rnoades made the price so low on Jan. 1,1894, that everybody is papering. Having five of the best paper hangers in the State enables them to paper a house in one day, Ask for estimate. Painting or frescoing a specialty. Representing a large carpet house iu Philadelphia by sample gives you a big saving besides getting what you want. Mattings, Rugs, Mats, Shades, Poles, Paper, aud Lace Curtains in stock. They give big odds against the field. WANTED Your old carpets or new carpets to lay at a very small cost. ELROD & RHOADES, 629 BROADWAY, - ATTGrTTSTA; GA. YOUR ATTENTION"! - TTP TTOTJT KT TT!TriT> - Cooi Ste, Stove JEans, Stove Pipe, Tinware, fell Biciets, ZFAJSTCTY" G-BOCERIES, Loaded Shells, Canned Goods, Confectionaries. Evaporators Repaired or made to Order. LARGEST COOK STOVE FOR THE MONEY. Coffee Pots, Milk Buckets, and Covered Buckets made from the best of Tin in the market. Repairs for Cook Stoves I sell, kept in stock. Call on or address CHAS. A. AUSTIN, JOEZETSTOIET, S. C._ ,-FOR FIRE, ACCIDENT, TORNADO, and Ginhouse Insurance, Come to W. J. McKERALL, Agt. EDGEFIELD, S. C. i ALWAYS IN THE LEAD /. C. LEVY & CO., TAILOR-FIJ CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA. - GEORGIA.. Have now in store their entire FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF CLOTHWG The largest stock ever shown in Augusta. We aim to carry goods whic.i are not only intrinsically good, but which also, in pattern, style, and finish,, gratify a cultivated and discriminating taste, and at the same time, we aim to> make our prices so low the closest buyers will be our steadiest customers. Polite attention to all. A call will be appreciated. I. C. LEVY & CO. TAILOR-FIT CLOTHIERS, AUGUSTA, GA. JOHN R. SCHNEIDER Successor to E. R. SCHNEIDER, -IMPORTER. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN File Wiies, Erais, Whiskies, Gin, Porter Ale, lierai ff Tobacco, Cigars, Etc. All orders for Private or Medical use shall have my prompt careful attention. Agent for Veuve-Clicquot Poneardin Urbana Wine Company, An heuser-Bn8ch Brewing Association. 601 M ? >< tioad Street, AUGUSTA, GA,