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THO& J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., EDKESDAY; Pays Intered on Deposits. Aooounts Solicited, L. C. HAYITE, President. W. C. Wi-BJOIiA'W, Cashier. VOL. LXIII. NO. 49. TTmtrTDfn'R'n E. B. .MORRIS. THE CULT! t??noe Betsy ooma from gay New York Most everything is obaoged, 'ihaj'vo turned the farmhouse Inside out And fixed and rearranged. J Stood the new-style capers Hil the budding sooiaf queen Fitttd out her father's parlor A J a Louis the fourteen. The chairs are made so very frail You dare not draw a breath, And all so s'tiff you can't forgot She's now E-iiz-abeth. And In plaoe of that old sofa, Where at ease I used to leun, Stands a spindle-legged divan A la Louis the fourteen. r A RACE FOR . A Stirring Incident of Life Arnon BX WHiTOK MX AX Bad luck! Hard work, saud and sun in profusion, water alarmingly scarce and gold scarcer! Such is the lot of tho Australian gold miner. True, there ave exceptions,.when geld can be picked up for tho trouble of .stooping and food and water freely purohased vt reasonable prices.^ But, being exceptions, these cases only go to prove the rule. And so there is nothing surprising :"n the fact that three diggers, with whom we are now concerned, found themselves on the very edge of the Great Victorian des ert in West Australia with pockets none too full and themselves often empty. They toiled patiently on against persistent ill-luck,hoping that each day might bring the turning point in the tide of their affairs whioh would lead to fortune. An Engishman, boyishly hopeful; an Irishman,humorously despondeut, and an Australian with a strong an tipathy to discuss his ancestors' ori gin-his ;jra^.?father had journeyed . from England at the expense of the government-made up the party. Their camp lay at place call "Brook," in the neighborhood of Mount Weld. To the east the great sandy deserts stretched right away as far as the eye could reach in billowy sandhills clotted with spinifex-lonely, arid, im penetrable. To the north lay low ranges and stony plains, unknown, but seemingly g^ood for gold. Thither they daily journeyed looking for likely spots, with variable luck-mostly in different. On a certain day the Irishman, hav ing wandered farther than his wont, was led by fickle fortune into the midst of a perfect paradise of reefs. Kindly-looking quartz grid-ironed and intersected the country for fully a square mile. . Pat stood and looking round polled thoughtfully at his scrubby beard and muttered: "Great Christopher! Here we've been toiling to the tune of thre^ asking'. nic?lv-looking rock of a Selecting a likely wo * aeon dark ferruginous color, beg.^ venient corner a ciao*. fragment, end of his pick. j>* TJlly with the Which he examined careiuuy aidofapoekeUens. ?'Good gold! t a3 ncD But where there was qua -r^T^?p^ovetobe, not be far. IW; ^" one 0 "stringer Ot fe?- t paren several W&^?^d H reef running thiough^ * ^ ^as right Only a of , br0U?bt ??a south and cross* running north *ncl the ??parent all tbe others. cvumbl fese?? ^-- * beads. n id ,?that'8 koi - ??Be me so wi, ne sam, stone!" i."rti.kad off snot lamp ?^?eor"?ted with parti. It waa simply permea {or himself and tUe ?ull es Twenty-four act es xs? of one m?'8..^; small stake Wgedout^o?^ftckregiBl notice put np ana g at the office of the> T\aim&Xiis deD- iinfiCrstsucceIdsin regist one who first sucoe of the miner s ri?ut to?n??g?maae certain of fte , -Sri ^looked for peg?m? his ana,mi.? -, soon - tomarkthegrouna Heeo r?-0f.aterr ounces a week, ana 7 :SS? <?. i t.tther than anyone Tef? of P ?S nfn???. badweil he .k?t this vee the ap aiee,m?hort,P?t^ ?e???ra m?mentof SS? tto ^a -ia ??2 had surely never t Surely ?o one. r *? Half th? 4W one. M?? w no S?^eea?i waa so ;,a8y' THO& J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., EDKESDAY; Pays Intered on Deposits. Aooounts Solicited, L. C. HAYITE, President. W. C. Wi-BJOIiA'W, Cashier. VOL. LXIII. NO. 49. TTmtrTDfn'R'n E. B. .MORRIS. their pounds. I've got my old ma- ! chine in camp. It's a veteran, but I eau push it, I can!" Pat stood up and smiled, for this was his idea: The bicycle against the horse. "Here, bring it ont!". The lad was stripped to his waist already-it didn't take him long. He had little to shift He took his bicycle from willing hands. With a leap and scramble he waB into the saddle. "Mount Margaret, you say?" "Mount Margaret. And luck to yer!" The English boy knew well the im portance of saving himself. He had clone his share of pacing for many a record bout of 50 or 100 miles. He was out of breath to start with, but that was from pride and excitement. It was like old times again. He would race and win goldfor his partners and himself. He had not done much for the partnership as yet, but now he'd show them that. Englishmen. . . . But, steady. He must get his wind. The path was smooth-worn smooth by camels' feet-but dangerously nar row and winding. But what did .that matter to a "steerer" who could guide a "quad" at 30 miles an hour without swerving from a chalk-line? This was not half so bad as taking a triplet round the Olympia course in London, and that he could do right easily. Steady! Steady! You're not at the Crystal Palace now, with half a dozen mnlticyoles ready to take you on and shield you from the wind. Steady! But keep on riding. No time to lose. Phoo! the sun! Awful! He wished he had kept his shirt on. Plug,plug! And so close on an hour passed. Now comparatively fresh, now seemingly done; slow now, then fast again, and still there was nothing on the horizon but sand and sky. Stay! .There! Right straight ahead. No, it was gone. Yes, there it was again-a cloud of dust. A tiny oloud, but full of hope for the boy, for, as he went, it traveled still before. ' Ha, ha! The dust grew near. Took shape. It was the horse and on it,no doubt, Geordie Maxwell, the ' man he must pass. "Was his horse beat? Why was he going so slow? Bide, ride! but still steady, steady, for there was distance to be traveled still. Just then the pad ran round the great Salt lake that lies to the north of Mount Margaret. The bicycle came close and closer? but the horseman seemed at a loss. At length they came together, and then the cyclist saw his advantage. The edge of the lake, for some way round, was crusted with ' di, a coating thicker than ice, but not so strong. Could one get over this, miles might be saved and the race won. Maxwell'had tried and failed. His horse was too heavy for the salt and sunk in, almost helpless. The English boy took stock. The brumby did not sink _ oxe^Jj^a^-^H "i**w?^rf.Irrv Sebicycle abd its I horse-would ^[fJ^ell wallowed as rider. S?.*!^^rX*? ground, the best he cpuUl * fling.8 cyclist ?g^^WgS all seemed acornerof the lake. ? lad e8pi?d safe, unto , jM**g Yes,there were another cloud of , ho was two. The one was Maxwell , t0S?"M? along the track from the , t0 the newee mers No?no . ^ ; von did. No^f ^ut? clin, ter the duet ana sw ea I round your eyes, nau {i<eB fc Bide, Englishman ?del^ ? . was urging it oeyou doing ? 3ettl?g ?gs of the machine over obst idPat placed in bis way, and be Maxwell slackened pace aga ?nseoing to dismount. Once was goiug way, or There's f?$7lad T* * thf6 could Stauda fair race,bo t i fc we ve to a fight he meant aaung blow So he whipped out his and ?parting till he was. cbs his ears. ?"let fly a heavy bullet 'at?" Sis Shoulder, and th **TQ\ Sped with a crash stone ? see. But ^ hour later he had put , catching "Uptttion and obtained the the claim ^ for a reef claim; at "Hvoup s along the thunder^ right and, gu PJ sta^ 1? But the. 2S?.gna Tielding th** here's uo fjl f ? go?d ?ortnightl; ? got a one /^.bo found the , catching ^ ? b ir own with th ? The largest share ishmau be- ^?ishman, boyishly . . Well, he-77"^ 3'sgone." of the thirty-eight su t I rode a , ? ?e ottoman emi ? ?PVO,' you inquest of Constantin, machines for ^ thirty-four have le the pace ? who earned I ? i 1 TH? FA ^ Events NVOLT& the Fashodaident, whi??jb?ght Great Ern und France} ithe vory Tormwar, ia '? \ation which isfaioly territorial tho ?tory of S^attso history leapfhp to tho culmaion et Fashod i a long OQ bat much 'olft is necessary*? a clear understanding of the situion at present. . In the Egyptian Sudan, sAh ' of Khartum and north of Equator, lies the Bahr-e?-Ghazal, which isjti terri tory in dispute. Thia land wi form erly a prorinca of Egypt. In?ea it ia about five timea the aize [-Eng land. Ifc ia covered with fores and mountains, and posaesaes finejalleys which aro subjeot to inundatioit.'The great river, or Bahr-el-Ghazai flows through it, with nuraerousifiibu tarios, which form a labyritb of Btreams. Fashoda is situated to the ncth of this labyrinth, on the Nileprop?, and commands access to all the ereams that feed the Ghazal. It ia thfcapi *tal of the Shillik country, and an' nexed to Egypt half ? oentu?;agp Sir Samuel Baker, in 1869,. conquer ec the country aa far south as TJfdnda aud General ("Chinese") Gordfo ap _L_,1. JJ JJ .ii -rn_ pointed a* governor of the Bah Ghazal. When the Egyptians were expi from the country the French given a ronte across the African tinent connecting their Congo co h in the west with the French poi, 3t sions in the east. The idea of ta k thia part of the Sudan grew wittel French Government steadily, and' fc form and substance when in IS',3: negotiated a treaty with Germany c cerning the Cameroons and Iii Tchad. Britain's treaty with; Congo Free State, negotiated by IL Kimberley a few years ago, waa til gated, and the French were give free hand in the Bahr-ol-Ghazal. 1894 the French Chamber voted $4 000 for "the formation of a colum protect French intcreats in the TJj Ubanghi. " An expedition waa or? ized, and Colonel Monteil placed: head. M. Lio tard v/as appointed f 1 ernment Commissioner in the U Ubanghi province. In January, 1896, Captain Mord proceeded up the Ubangh; to Liotaxd. , He passed through : danger and hardship and met Li with his forces at Meshner j within easy diatance of Fashda. The rest ia BOOR told. Iroi riving at Fashoda to claiming F domination waa a small step o was taken. Once lodged tbri country was apparently in thep sion of the French. h U d io er st ad nd .nd ?as me ose dit, ling mst ring set is he did, ls,be ddle, path t had ) nar L-oken ) the n the Then again, which ie pace Dy, not ng. So more >r? liffc uctions mid be in. He more he , if that I 3 passed de. He E it came the first J revolver e to the right be ) animal lead, iu bis ap necessary 1(i should ouut Mar ill bear as of the five , udiug the j s nice fat ' y% for the claim and e help of a holders ave hopeful; an lespondent, 1 has au an ,vism.-The ms who have re since the ?pie by the died violent IMnp showing .' lt Fran ?)n, across Atrfrom throne G nutt Urity "Cape tfaj? When thek'^h. forctol Kitchener fed theypur cband and 7 oxpeditu er thara. Ttfnhlo repGd meetings b/?eu the riv?0] the newH^vionsly at, chand's nr/l nt Fashodr/ tenso excuzntin Londu I I'he repop^ceived in Ll ' further hhe effect tl, ^ojptiang was raised bi and' tha/e British nu fi the ass ump1 [4s also reportei . ' 'nniyje shown the ' j w^ich johmd ?epb uni THO& J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., EDKESDAY; Pays Intered on Deposits. Aooounts Solicited, L. C. HAYITE, President. W. C. Wi-BJOIiA'W, Cashier. VOL. LXIII. NO. 49. TTmtrTDfn'R'n E. B. .MORRIS. il Occasion ou wu?? iglisli -will ineet for the division of a ntinent. Tn? f ?anlt will be the samo i the Nile as it was" in India when lire mot Dapleix; in Canada when rolfe met Montcalm; in Australia hen Governor Philip was enabled to ,y the* foundations of a great English ation in cd?seqflence of the wreck of ie French expedition under La 'erouse; at'Trafalga* when Nelson iet Villeneuve, and gave to tap British ighty years' start in the race lev trade ,nd empire; and lastly, in Caixo wijen jord Cromer, in the teeth of fifteen" rears of almost intolerable provoca ion from successive French residonts, "ouuded au Egyptian empire, over which our flag will float as long as it floats over the Tower of ho??on, The meeting of .the Sirdar and Mar*-* chand h&S done credit to both/ Lord Kitchener acted wfoely and with tact, while Major Marchand behaved like a gentleman of France. Nothing would have been easier than for Kitchener, FROM THE BLUE NILE. 9 d .t LS jn ?n ?k at s: ,s er ?st ch .e :S ir ?*? el ie ul by the tyrannous use of overwhelmin force, to have hurried England int her twenty-fifth war with France b wounding the susceptibilities of tl brave soldier explorer. Kitchener language to Marchand was prescribe for him by Lord Salisbury. Anno; ance to England was the eole motr of the Marchand expedition. To sei an armed party of Frenchmen abs lutely without a base to occupy Egy tian territory and defy the joint pow of England, Egypt and India-for I dian forces could laud at Suakim wit in ten days from the date of an ord from London-is so wild a sehet that it can end in nothing butfutili' When the Fashoda incident is sett!? the Frenoh power of annoyance Egypt will probably be consid?rai curtailed before the coming winter over. The French, aided by the B stans, who have no interests in Egy block the way by opposing grants ing allowed for the Egyptian Wari partment by the Caisse de la De* 4 r )f empire^ dofeated English /itu the msed by ion-the . They i fun da em was that the the col leir mar d chance .ets, first and lat a door." en er and ably the I MEETING OF GENERAL KITCHENER MAJ OK MARCHAND AT FASHODA. In January next the existing inte tional arrangements will be modi In English Government circles maintained that everything has pt off at Fashoda exactly as was ai pated, and that tho French fla Fashoda meant no move thau th< play of a British union-jack fron window of an English shop in Pi Close observers will note that land at the present juncture is sp ly polite to France, and the would be well adv.ised to reme Mr. Kipling's hint But when rr : beware of my co uiutry grows polite." laine Husking Kee. Tho anebeo Journal thn scribes Caiuo husking bee: was a Ic t fun. One man was with tv, rod ears stuffed int pocket L jre the husking bega: after he was discovered he adi that he had husked ten bush corn to find thom. During the ing one man found a red eai started on a mission, but when half way around a young lady < ered that his red ear was not : all, and she put a stop to the m He wanted to know what he wa with the kisses he had got disho and said he would not keep the would immediately give them al This he did and the fun went o actual count there were six re found. The dancing began i o'clock and continued until when the folks went homo." Chinese Souliers in Gregor Portland, Ore., has what is t to be the only military compan posed of Chinamen outside the ' Empire. .It has thirty-sevei bers, all full-blooded Chinai American birth, and came int? last June, when the war clouc rather murky. Its Captaii Back, Jr., tried to enlist in thi States Engineer Corps, bnt jected because of defective e The almond-eyed youngsters of the American spirit and ma soldiers. A Queer Idea of Beauty Some of tho natives in ? have a queer idea of beaut} cut themselves with shells, 1 wounds open for a long ti when they heal huge scars ai suit. These scars are deerue ornamental. A Girl's Carions Sulcldi A young Texas girl ato the 212 parlor matches in an at commit suicide. When she she swallowed a lot of lard ai ns an antidote. The co mb i u fatal in a few minutes. Few Carriage Roads in the I There aro quito 100 road kind aud another over the between Franco and Spain, three of these ave passabli riageo. W. tl. AVJUUUM W. J. RUTHERFORD & CO., -MANUFACTURERS OF 2 ? -AND DEALERS IN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, HAIR, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing: AND OTHER MATERIAL. TOTrite to TTs Poi* Prices. 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