Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE PLANTERS LOAN ANO SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest on Deposits. Acconnts Solicited, L. C. HAYITE, President. W. C. WABDLA-W, Cashier. THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGE FIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1898. VOL. Lxiii. NO: 51. nnrii-,--nw-,-vn-IT-ir AUTl <fDIsmal winds aro blowing, Hills aro bare and brown, Tallen leaves are fluttering Over field and town. Mils are ringing loudly Bidding chiidren run As it education Were a bit or fun. Pretty summer dresses . Aro laid away with care, And thw stuffy woolens Brorfght out for repair; That old brown merino Is trnly a disgrace ! fOh, I bato the autumn!" Cried little Sour-Face, j Uncle Chev T.Y HELEN FOI . "You me?>.u that jon can't put your self out tr; give your mother's brothe* a nighVs lodging !" said Caleb jDfetff* ?rel, bitterly. ' ' . The black March %5t\d,. bearing "dust and grit and bits of flying papel ?n its restless Wings, came ' whistling around the Somer, lifting the old Pirn's facled comforter's ends . and ?turning.his blue nose a shade bluer istiik, while Mrs. Lew Larking hi* ?ol4'e3t niece, stood in her cr?o?way,' ?S?ling up the aperture witt?t her ample person in such a *way - as >to suggest the familiar legeord^VSo^ admittance!" Mrs. Larkiw?-was stout and bloom ing and cherry-cheeked, dressed in sabstah&? alpaca, with gay gold ?>rooe>fe. and eardrops, which bespoke ?nj&iing but abject poverty? / Jncle Caleb was thin a?il rA??gre 'and shabbily dressed* with glossy seams iu his overcoat nnd finger-ends protruding from his worn gloves like ancient rosebuds coming out of their 'calyx. 'Tuft very sorry," said Mrs. Lar kins, stiiHy;. "but we have but on j .'adrare room, aud that is at present oc cupied. Of course I should be glad to clo all that I could foi* yon, but-" "I understand, ? understand!" said Uncle Cheverel, turning coldly-awey. 'TJ.1 go to my niece Jernshav x wish you a very good evening*," Mrs. Larkins ;,los<?d the door, with a siyh of very 'jvuteut relief. "I dare .^.Jerusha will take care of. bim,",' she said, philosophically. "MerusbjD has a, smaller family than I have, But I d.on't seo why ho came Qp * to town, instead of staying peacefully down in Tortois? Hollow, . where he b?louga," Mrs. Jerusha ickier top, Mr. Chever el 8 J'omigest a ieee, had a smaller fam thyxi her sister Rebecca, but then A Smaller income.as well. She finished a vigorous day's ???g when Uncle. Caleb was an ioed. ??OhVd?ftt the muli!" Said Mrs/Eider Wop, wringing" her parboiled fingers but of a basin of stenming soap-suds; "what sends him here, just now, of all times iu tile world?" Anil ah? went downstairs, ungra ciously Enough, to the little entry, where her husband was \>e'coniing the old stranger. "Come iu, Uncle Cheverel-come in!" said houest Eben Eldertop. "VYe'ro ail upside down here-we ' mostly are, now that the sjwing clean ing is going on. But there's room for you,if yon don't mind the chiidreu and the noise , and a little smell of whitewash in the spare room." Mrs. Eldertop's welcome was by no means so cordial. She looked, to use a common expression, "vinegar au i darning needles" at the visitor, while in her inmost foul she calculated tho probability of the cold boiled liam and turnips holding out for one more at supper. 'H?o:ne, Jesus lia, don't scowl so!" said Mr. Eldertop, when Uncle Caleb had gone upstairs to wash his hands and fae?. "Ain't he your uncle?" "A good-for-uothiug old vagabond," said Mrs. Eldertop, acidly, "without a cant laid np ahead!" "for all that, he's your guest," said her husband, "and you're bound to be civil to him And here's his overcoat now, with a big zi^-zag rent in it. Just mend it, while you're waiting for the kettle to boil." . "I won't!" said Mrs. Eldertop. . "AU ri~ht," retorted her lord and master. "Then I'll take it next door to Alexia Allen to mend." Now.Miss Allen, the iailoress, who lived in the adjoining house, was pretty and buxom to look upon, and Mrs.Eldertop had nursed comfortably .a jealousy of her for the last four years. .'You'll do no such thing!" said Jerusha, tartly. "Hand it herei" Aud she threaded a needle with black siik and thrust her finger into a thimble, very much a3 a,determined Crusader of old might have donned sword and shield for some encounter with the Moslem. - "What's tnat?" said Mr. Eldertop, for a folded paper fell from the pocket of the garment as his wife turned it upside down. "Some tomfoolery or other," an swered Mrs. Jerush.ij brusquely. "I guess you're mistaken, "said Mr. Eldei'top. 'Tl's therong'' draught of a will." "JBut he's got nothiug to leave," shrieked Mrs. Eldertop. "I'm noue so. certain of that," re torted Eben. Just look here, Jerusha! 'I give and beqneath to my two be loved niece: , in equally divided parts, the sum of SlO.OOO.atpresent invested in United States securities, and-1 " "Go on!" said Mrs.Eldertop,breath lessly. "Read the rest." "There is no 'rest,' " said her hus band. "That's the end of the pnper. It's only a rough draught, I tell you. Ard . now, what's your opinion of Uncle Cheverel's fortunes?" , "He's been a miser all aioug," said Mrs. Eldertop, her face growing radi ant. "Making up poor mouths and traveling around.the country with all this money in treasury bonds! A reg ular old character-just like those one rea k' about in novels. Put it back, Eben-put it back. We've no business to be paying into Uncle Caleb's se crets; but what a blessing it is he came here, instead of stopping at Re becca Larkins'?" And when Uncle Cheverel came .down stairs he was surprised at the sweet smiles with which his niece Je: usha welcomed bim. . "Been mending my coat, elf?" said Uncle Cheverel. "Thank'ee/kindl .leruiha, I eangbt it ou JMN. "Lovely yellow flowers ? By the wayside grow. Dash ol re*d and purple .? ; Where the streamlets flow. Piles of golden, apr?1^. Are neighbo;;irtg-wltll the red And a we^t6 0{ glory _fs^4rwidhgpVeT??afw .. >c? e, rush -ata ?&we "vftftaV&T* Slowing free, And ?iuts are tumbling - "rrom the chestnut tree. from, the chestnut tree Hurrying to school again, Working for a prize- c. Oh, I love .the autumn!" Cried little Smiling-Eyes. -Louise K. Baker, in Youth's Companion-. erel's Will. ?EESTGT?AVES. RF' ttey, and I was calculating to sew it myself when I could borrer a needle and thread." . . 'Tm glad to be of. nse, Uncle Caleb," beamed Mrs. Eldertop^ "Johnny, put on your cap and fu? to the grocer's for. a smoked mackerel for yo?r uncles breakfast. I hope yon fonrtd your room comfortable,' UfltAe Caleb?". Before she slept that ni'^ht Mrs. Eldertop put on her bonnet and shawl and ran around to the Larkins man* sion to impart her wonderful tidings rd sister Rebeoca? ; ? . -, ., .' "Yon don't Bay soi" cried ovit tue astonished mfctrpifr. ."Grjsj)ei truth!" said Mrs.Eldertop. 1 "?fc?w it with my own eyes." "Ho must come here," said Mrs. Larkins, resolutely. "Not if I know it," said Mrs.Elder top. "He's my guest, and my guest he shall remain." "But if I'm to share equally frith you," said Mrs. Larkins, "I ought to ?h?w him some'attention^, the dear, generous-hearted old mani!' "Lest he should alter his will," shrewdly, remarked sister Jerusha. '"You ilwavs were a worldly creature, S?ecky!" . "No more than yourself," said Mi?. Larkins, bristling up. "But it's &y , family I am thinking of> J?rnsna., TMl ?'tell you what-I'll coin? around nae. see him tdmorrow-.'* "But don't yon breathe a syllable about the will," said Mrs. Eldertop in a mystarious manner. "Oh. not for worlds!" said Mrs.Lar kins, fervently. During the next week Uncle Chev erel was overwhelmed with civilities. On Thursday a ur iv suit of clothes ar? rived, with Mr. Larkins' best love and compliments. On Friday Mrs-. J?x. kins came with an open barouche td take <.]eor Uncle Caleb for a drive in the,park: And oir Saturday Mrs. .El dertop burst into .tears and-' declared - she should never be happy again if her mother's only brother didn't pledge himself, then arid there, to make his future home with herself and Eben. Uncle Caleb looked a little puzzled. "Well," said he, "if you really make a point of it-but I was calcu latiug on going to visit Cousin Ezekiel iu Ohio." "De.u- uncle, promise me to stay here always!" cried Mrs. Eldertop, hysterically. "Just as you say, niece Jerusha,'' as?euted the old man. complacently. Mrs. Eldertop felt that she had car ried her poiut. But when Mr. and Mrs. Larkins came on Sunday afternoon to press a similur petition Uncle Caleb opened his eye-. "My stock seems to have riz in the market," observed bc. quaintly. "I never was in such demand among my relatives before. But I can't be in two places nt once, that's plain." And he decided to remain ivith Mrs. Eldertop, greatly to the indignation of the Larkins family, who did not hes itate to hint .boldly at unfair advan tages and undue impartiality. But, just as Mrs. Larkins was ris ing to depart, with-her handkerchief to her eyes, little Johnny Eldertop came clamoring in for a piece' of paper to cut ont a fox-chase on. "Go along!" said Mrs. EIdertop,im patiently. "We've, no paper, here. Goto Amelia Ann. " . . . "Hold on, little chap-hold on," said Uncle Caleb,fumbling inhis over coat pocket-he had been just starting for a walk when the Larkins party ar rived-"here's a bit as is of no uso to nobody." And he produced the "rough draft" and bestowed it ou Johnny. "One side's written on." said he, "and t'other ain't. It was lying on tho floor in Judge Wattcrly's law of fice when I stopped in to see if Joseph HaM was employed there :.s a porter yet. An old chum of mine Hall was in Tortoise Hollow. I can't bear to see even a bit of paper wasted, so I axed the clerk if it was of no use. He said no-it was only a draught of Dr. Falcon's . will. Dr. Falcon made a new will every six months, he said; so I jest picked it up and put it in my pocket. Everything comes in use once iu seven years, they say; and this is just-right'for little Johnny's fox-chase." Mrs. Larkins looked at Mrs. Elder top; Mr. Eldertop stared into the spec tacled eyes of Mr. Larkins. . Uncle Caleb chuckled benevolently as little Johnny skipped away with the piece of paper which had been freighted with such a wealth of antici pation. The Larkinses took leave without any unnecessary formula of adieux, and Mrs. Eldertop took occasion tb tell Uncle Caleb that perhaps he bad bet ter prosecute his original design of the Ohio visit. "Because we're expecting company tomorrow," said she, "and our best room will be wauted for awhile. And," she added, within herself, "I will take good care it shan't be empty again, just at present." So Uncle Caleb Cheverel went out west, where Cousin Ezekiel was as poor and as warm-hearted as him self, and he was never invited to re turn east again. And to this day he cannot understand the suddeu varia tions of the domestic barometer in the Larkins and Eldertop houses. Saturday Night. Within 50 veers the commercial fer tilizer industry in the United States has grown from nothiug until at pres ent thirty-five, to forty million dollars' 1KB- y\ ora Tioa/1 (tnnnollw ^ ? i? are used annually. \ PEST OF. RABBITS IN. KANSAS. Traps Used bV? waiora of Orchards to Pr? t?ct Apple Trot??? ? During the past teri y??rs Kansas baa ijecom^ tile greatest apple prow 5?g state in the West. ^jjg "larges: apple orc^? i? the world is situatec ?j. Kansas, and is owned by Wellhousi ? Son of Topeka. 'Ibis industry which promised rich, returns on thi investment, is, hOw?vei'> menaced 'ty a pest as destructive as W?r? th< grasshoppers a few -yearS ago; when al V?get?tidn aii?ppeared in a day. Kow to protect fruit trees agains the army of rabbits, which seems t( multiply annually in Kansas, is t question that has agitated the mind: of apple raisers foi several years. A first ft'traw was wrapped about tin young trees with wire the wintei months, but this afforded little pro tectiou, for the rabbits would gna\i through the straw and eat tlr bark of the trees. Finally Judge Welthouse- hit upor a new plan. He knew that rabbits would not djst?rb. jtti? ?p"pi? trees ii they .could get corn to eat, so he de cided to feed' them on this grain, bui it was to bs eaten,-if at all, inside s trap. For their orchrrd in Osage county the firm purchased a carload ol lumber, out of which they constructed 1700 traps. In their 'orchards ir Leavenworth and , MiaVnii counties 2000 trap's \Vere used, and thousands M 'cotton-tails were caught and slain. Owners of apple orchards 'all oyei eastern Kansas are now manufactur ing the traps. These consist of a box twenty-two inches long, closed at one end, and with an inward swinging wire gate ia the other end. wjich is shut by con tact of the rabbit with a trigger after he has entered and b?gins gttawingon the ear of corri. - About fo?r feet of lumber and four feet of N^. 12 galvan ized iron wire are consumed in the making of each trap, which costs,com plete, about 15 cents. . On each of the apple farms owned by Wellhouse & Son a mau is em ployed to go through the orchard daily and kill all the rabbits found in the traps; Usually these men make a coritrAct with ? Kansas city commis sion honse,to whom thousands of rab bits are shipped. Many people are fond of rabbit meat, which is much cheaper than beef or pork, and it is in great demand among the poor of :he large cities'during the Thanksgiving and holiday seasons. QUAINT AND CURIOUS". -1 There are 750;000 cats in Loudon. The Chinese divide the day iato twelve parts of two'hours each. . > The California woodpecker will carry an acorn thirty miles to storp it in its nest. . In Mexic'o'the family of a dead duel list eau claim support from the per son who shot him. Af the St )vzzi palace in Rome, Italy, there is a book made of marble, the leaves being of marvelous thinuess. Japan had a colder spriug than at any time in eighty, years. In the middle of May thero was siiow at Nikko and near Tokio. Au unusual accident befell Mr; J. Thompson, at Portland, Me-. He jumped from a moving train, and the shock caused a rupture of his wind pipe, resulting in death. A wooden grain conduit in a mill at Hawkesbury, Cauadn. has been ren dered useless because the swiftly trav eling bushels of grain bad worn holes through its under side. An automatic electric music leaf turner is one of the latest patents. It is claimed for it that it can be easily attached to any piano music-rack, and it is worked by ionching a button with the foot. It.is an inexplicable fact that men buried in an avalanche of snow hear distinctly every word uttered by those ?who are seeking for them, while their most strenuous shouts fail to pene trate even a few feet of the snow. A French doctor has invented , an electric helmet, inside of which i? a small motor that vibrates strips of steel, the motor making GOD turns per minute. This whizzing is supposed to cure nervous headache, and put the sufferer to steep. Locked Coal Cars. , The stealing of coal on railroads is a very active industry. In districts where railroad competition is brisk the roads find it worth their while tp stand the loss due to. thefts of 'coal from the cars. In other districts where mines are scarce and a brand of coal is well advertised the dealer will stand the loss. In other dis tricts, again, as in the state of Ken tucky, where mines are numerous and competition is heavy, the onus of the thefts falls on the mine operator. A large mine owner, who had to pay losses of this kind until he got heartily sick of them, finally bethought him of a practical plan of stopping them. He built a car consisting of an ordinary gondola ?car, covered by a sectional roof, divided into four folding doors upou each side of the-car. The doors are so equipped that they can be turned back, one at a time, convenient for loading. When.the car is loaded the doors are locked and sealed by one operation. 'The car is then weighed and is sure of being de livered and paid for at mine weight. Protection is also thus given the coal from rain, ice and snow, and the train crew are not under the necessity' of climbing over au open loaded cay of coal in doing their work. The un loading is perfectly simple. The doors are thrown back, each in turn, as the unloading progresses. Should tho car be not fully unloaded at night the doors tan bs closed and locked by padlock, aud it eau be left on the' track until daylight without fear of thieves.-Pittsburg Dispatch. Correcting: thc Candidate: . An English member of Parliament, who was addressing a political meeting some time ago, hoping thereby to create a little enthusiasm among.the workingmen, exclaimed: "When the polling day comes, you good fellows must stick to me like bricks;" A hardy son of toil, who knew from ex perience that bricks had no adhesive property, rose in the middle of the hall and said:' "You mean like mor tar, don't you sir?" Roars of laugh ter greeted the correction of theign/uS ; ance of the candidate, . / ? ' ^ Present Condition of the Fort- ^ & ress of Cabana. S> No outsiders had been'admitted to the fortress- bf Sad .Carib's, d? }? ?? b?u?j Et H?vtm?; C?b?; ??i?d.the' bo: ginning and ending bf the war, until a fer/ days ago, -when, through th * of fices, of a mutual and neutral friend, a correspondent of the New Jork Even ing Post received from the'general in command the freedom of the place. He is not muon interested any more in preserving'secrecy regarding this mediaeval fortification, which, it was believed by the the Americans on tho blockade, had been made formidable by new guns brought in clandestinely. Among the" fortifications of Havana, which include the/JOastello del Prin cip? on the i?fi?: ?ideV.t??. Fti?rt? dpi San Di?g?, Castillo del Morro^jCastillo de,'la Punta, Castillo dei Atarez, Bateria de la Eeina, Bateria ?de Santa TH? FOBTBES3 OF ( Clara and the Bateria de "Velascoj .on the water side, ' th? only, ones7 which are commanded by brigadier-generals are the Castillo del Principe and the Castillo de la-Cabana. All the others are commanded }by majors of infantry, captains, or first lieutenants bf artil lery. Thus one knowns the impor tance in which Cabana is heidi ? It oc cupies a front of 2^00 feet on the heights, just within the entrance to the bay; on the land side itha?-three picturesque bastions, a-moat'and-a drawbridge,.contains accommodations for 4000 troops, and to pers?tta.pvhds'? military criterio?? have beeil received through Sir Walter Scott and Alexan der Dumas it appears to be impreg nable, so thick are the concretes-walls, ?o well is "all-outdoors" excluded from t?io^view until one climbs ;$o the overtopping parapets, and frons these the surrounding country seem? to be at^bne's mercy. Santa .Clara. .Punta Moren. -V ' SPO^. standing guard between Cabana and the sea, look to be of small account, although Santa Clara and Velasco aro about the only Havana fortifications which have big and fairly modern guns. Prom tidewater the Walls of Cabana rino dominant as high ?s ? twenty-two 6tory New York building; well-manned guns? ranging a circle of eight nrles, could reach nearly every thing within sight by sea of land. To get into it on foot or# mounted there are three entrances, two from the bay, up zizzag common. roads, and one from the land, over a drawbridge. Once within the first wall there are yet two others to conquer, and in the centre of.all are the prisons and the magazines and the quarters of the soldiers. There are now only threo batteries in Cabana; the ono just mentioned aiming down over the harbor.one of five old-fashioned cast-iron mortars which points towards the mouth of the bay, and one nearly over the sally-port keeping watch on the land side. In all there are scarcely twenty guns, and I should not like to be back of ono when the match was applied to its touchhole, We could not say anything like this to the polite lieutenant-of artillery who presently offered to guide us around the rest of the fortress, and "who broke th? regulations to let us Ree the dungeon prisoners. He and the other officers fancy that Havana has immensely powerful defenses, and they regret that they did not have an opportunity to defeat us in an attempt to take the city, but it was merciful to their pride Jthat we did not attempt it. . What will the Cubans or Americans do with Cabana? It would last for ages yet unless.hit with a modern pro jectile. It Would be difficult to disin fect it sufficiently to serve as a bar racks, for in the centuries it has been occupied there have been -no closets, no system of sanitation, and every prison cell aud bnrrack-voom is vile. Cubans will probablv want to keep un touched the Lau. *l Ditch, or grassy space between t,m vails, wherenoless than 600 patriots .lave been executed. ' 'Here, " said ti.e Lieutenant, our guide, quite unconcernedly, "is where politi cal prisoners were shot. They were placed against that wall there, and the soldiers were drawn np about fifteen feet away; you can.see the marks left by their b?llela oh tho "wall." The whole side of the wali for fifty feet and to the height of ten feet was closely pitted with bul 1 ets that had first passed through men who had dared to preach that Cuba must be free of Spnin. There have not been any executions lately, but the prison contains several political and many military prisoners. As we passed, one of them called out something about "Americanos" and "liberated." Our lieutenant never An Indian Belle. QUAN?!, A r?oQr? SQUAW. (She is nineteen years old andr is the .orite model of -Eldridge; Aver Bur ni?3eai but offer?d'us more cigarettes and said (wet and bot as he wjis) that he wonld.like tho pleasure of showing ?B also Et Morro. To Make Old-Fashioned S hoer.. . A plan long discussed in Lynn, Mass., a great headquarters of the shoo induetry, has at last come to a head, and within a short time one of the olcUf?shioned,- ten-foot, shoe" shops, in which, the' j?rtt Lynn shoes were made; will be ?tted .6n* with all the tools formerly used in shfiomftk'ing and set np ' in somo public .place; where the rising generations of Lynn may see how the shoo trade was car ried on in the early days of the indus try. There are several of these old ten foot shops in Lynn in a fair .state of preservation. Some bf the most prominent families in Lynn have old shoemakers' benches, which have been handed down as heirlooms, and sev eral will donate them for the use of tp?Lyri? Historical Society^ which is the prime mover in t?i? ?a?tter'.- The entire cost of fitting out the shop will will be borne by the society, aqd 2ABAN? AT HAVANA: probably all the expense of maintain ing it,--Boston Transcript. WORK ON COLON ABANDONED." The >*aval Board 1". cl i eves T!;ore Is ?To Chanco to Save Her. Captain Chester, of the United States cruiser Cincinnati, and a board of officers visited tho -wreck of the Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon, off Santiago de Cuba, a.few days ago, and decided that.work on tho sunken war ship should be abandoned, as, in their opinion j there is ho possible chanco of raisirig her: The men of the. wrecking company; who ha~ ish vessi oeed to ?. the Reina . Merrimac, si A boat will, the woodwork CMSTOBAL COLON ON HE Hobson at the wreck of the Cristobal Colon, as Secretary Long has decided, after consultation with the bureau chiefs, that, the Government will make no further attempts to raise the Span ish vessels sunk off Santiago. There is no objectiou on thc part of the Navy Department to private cor porations making tho effort, but the department will not promiso to take the vessels even after they are raised. ..As the United States has no juris diction over the harbor of Havana at this time, the Secretary of the Navy is tinable to grant permission t? the Acme Wreckiug Company to begin work on raising tho Maine. Upon the evacuation of Cuba by thc Spanish the department will interpose no ob jection to tho company undertaking the work if it desires to make the attempt. A Dainty Match Striker. To make a pretty match-striker take a strip of cardboard and cut out a piece seven inches long and six inches wrde. Then cut from a sheet of sand A' LITTLE . CAN DL? ITS B&AHS ' A PRETTY MATCH STRIKER. paner a piece 3" inches long and 2} inches wide. Paste this crosswise in the centre of the "cardboard. With a hard lcadpenr .i draw several loose matches and print tho quotation, "How far that little candle throws its beams" on the cardboard above and at one side of the sandpaper. In the lower corner draw a candle stick and candle. Color tho candle stick with a thin wash of burnt sienna; the candle with Chinese white and the flame with gamboge and scarlet ver lion. These colors will be found in* any ordinary box of watercolors. Tint the matches with a light wash of chrome yellow and tip tho edges of those representing unburned matches with burnt sienna. Those represent ing burnt matches should be tipped with black. Cut openings at either I-end of the card and run a narrow rib bon through them, tying in a bow at each opening, leaving between them a long loop of ribbon by which the card may bo hung. These- match-strikers aro easily made, and are prettier if made of cardboard or of some delicate color, instead of plain white.-New York Tribune. It-is nov/ stated that the 'invention of gunboats and armor-prot^yjed gxing tlflt?S'bacis to the fifteei COCidO C'i O O 5 GO G O O GOGO O CO O G O g 8 WHY F?BS ?EE COSTLY ? - O Th -y Are "uttered With Best Cream- O ^ cry C. rca KC, Powdered With Kose- g ? wood Flour and Bathed, Soaked ^ O and Warmed by Human Body. O O0O0OOG3OOO000O0O00CCX5COo8 From the animal's back to the lady's shoulder? there is much skilful hand ling of high-priced furs. THE OXIiX MACfll?tt? ?S?H *S THE FOB INDUSTRY. Machines ' there are for the curing' and tanning of skins-skins of the lower grado-rabbit and opossum, and1 i?i8 he?tfie? yelta are put through a maohinery prtfciss;. Btffc tho high grade furs-the costly ?l^i-?kble^ ermine, mink and chinchilla1,' still ?tj> , manipulated almost entirely by h?ndy f and this together with the increasing demand and decreasing supply adds to the final cost. The work of the dresser is interest ing, and in stages highly picturesque. The skins are turned over to him by fha firm whd buys its season's supply in the f?w state.- The trapper has literally skinned his" gdrde-tamed the outside or fur side in, leavi??g th<? en tire pelt exposed-hence the old j nursery joke of "skinningthe rabbit." Thc skins are greased to preserve them from vermin and soon turn stiff. This constitute 3 the ra\f state/ In curing, the pelt ig &*st put through a softening process-a cn?_r-:' ical solution-and the skins are then tubbed. Here they remain in the salt and. water or similar wash as required ever night, possibly twelve hour's longer. The skins are wrung out of this bath and partially dried, then turned over to the flesher. This is another department of the trade and requires skilled hands to scrape these' -.IX. fr?Ui A ia i?rtn o nn T. - ' :R STARBOARD BEAMS-END. over tho pelt, the skin all this while remaining pelt out, of course. The next departure leads ono to the picturesque detail of the dresser's shop. Along either side of the room are ranged large barrels of three-quar , ters height. In this the men stand waist deep, while sacking forms the cover from the edge of the barrel to tho man's body. This keeps in the heat which in time becomes exces sive, and ju these covered barrels the half-naked men tread and tread day after day,' and look as -though they were practicing the couche-coucho dance. With their naked feet they work the butter into the pelt and fur, and the heat which emanates from their body fgrms a most importan* item in tho curing of the skins. A shuffle board fastened obliquely across the front inner side of the barrel aids them in rotating the skins, which in time acquire a high degree 6f heat, very surprising to the novice. This heat renders the fur soft and supple. Only a few skins-ten to a dozen are trodden at one time. When tho butter dance stops the skins aro removed to a drying room and spread over the floor. At the right point of dryness they are gathered together and taken to tho sawdust room. This sawdust is in truth pulverized wood, as fine in qual ity as cornstarch. Sometimes it is of mahugauy, sometime of rosewood. Theiirstmcchani.'.-i -boris hero in troduced, when til j /v-ins with a copious supply of dust L?^ thrown into a big revolving tub Which imitates closely the rotation of treading, and bypassing over coils bf^team pipe gets warmth similar to the heat of the treader's body. The furs and dust are revolved rapidly until sufficient dust has been taken up, when they are dumped out, picked up separately and given a deft shake and the hand labor is again called into use. The skins are spread to air, beaten, turned fur out, and given to the comber. He finishes the silky coats, evens up skins to a point of symmetry. "The Keal Thing" In Paraguay. Tn Paraguay it is considered "the real thing" tc dine with the rich na tives. AU European and American tourists who reach that faraway South American country find a great fascina tion in being invited to a native's house. They never eat a meal with out drinking a pint of water before hand to prevent indigestion, nor will they serve a visitor who does not do likewise. It is needless to add that Paraguay is full of indigestion, and the custom is continually kept up. ?Ins.t Have Soft Hand??. Girls employed in the crape indus tries are under a curious, contract not ,to engage in any housework after their hours of labor. The reason is lest their hands should become coarsq'and unfitted for tho" delicate nature of ?their oinployinent. ) _ f Kuive3, w???w*?ntended fov j^tle in India, are usually made witterrings in the handles'. The natives,/barry them tied to their girdies. J W. J. RUTHERFORD. B. B. MORRIS. W. J. RUTHERFORD & CO., -MANUFACTURERS OF 2 ?BRICK:? < 2 2 -AND DEALERS IN- ? LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, HAIR, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing AND OTHER MATERIAL "i/Vrit? to TTJS For Prices. ' ? ? . '? -v. Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets,v - - - AUGUSTA, UA. JAMES B. WALKER. WARREN WALKER, 'I COTTON FACTORS. The ?lost complete and modem Standard Fire Proof Warehouse in Georgia. Liberal Cash Ad vances made on consignments. Strict personal attention given to all business. ?10 CHAS F. BAKER. JERRY T. SMITH. aker St Smith, Cotton Factors. ninniinnnf Wnnnlmnnn P nPILGP_ y/flfl ] fl S P. B. To Din uoLLOii KJ?i (Incorporated 1S97.) Direct Connections in. Capital $20,000 prince meres t. $200,9?#* OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE NO. 5 WARREN BLOCK. Augusta, Georgia. EDWARD C. FLEMING, COTTON FACTOR. NEW WAREHOUSE, Standard Fire Proof. 619 Reynolds Street, * Bagging and Ties. Commission 50c. Storage 25c. : INSTITUTE, JOHN LAKE, Superintendent. JTo3b.iastorLp - - ?3. Ck Something About the Largest School Between Co lumbia ard Augusta, It is a well-known school-not a new thing-but there ar? some new things about it. It grows better every day. It is a military boarding school, in a healthful locality on the famous "Ridge," in a moral community. It has nearly 300 students, thirteen teachers, over seventy boardingstu dents. Gills and boys in separate halls, in charge of compefent, Christian teachers. Matron and housekeeper, home influence. English, Classical, Com mercial, Art, and Music departments. 810 a month for boarYl, tuition, lights, fuel and furnished rooms. Liberal discounts for payment in a lvance for two from a family, etc. Wonderfully cheap, no extra fees of any kind. Four splendid literary societies. Striot. discipline. No idling allowed. Splendid new building. - The faculty consists of: John Lake, Supt. French, etc.; Fletcher E. Hin nant, Mathematics, English, etc.; W. D. Holland,.Science, Latin, etc.; Geo. P. White, Latin, Greek; C. C. Herbert, German; J. T. Prince, Penmanship. Six male teachers, you see. Miss A. S. Arnold, Primary, etc., resides in Girls'Hall; Mrs. L. C. Latimer, Intermediate, English, etc.; Miss Beulah Reams, Primary; Mrs. S. Sloan Cobb, Piano and Organ; Miss S. Sloan, \ Stringed Instruments; Mrs. J. H. White, Vocal Music; Mrs. 4- J- Beamy, Art. Other teachers will be added if necessary. Wo will always be abreast of the times. 'Write for handsome illustrated catalogue. Students should enter at the beginning. School opens MONDAY SEPT. 19th. Come later if you cannot come then. We ofter "fclieJIost School for the Least Sto^eyy' ?p onr patron^ 7 say. fry us.