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' ^THbk ?. ADAMSPROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, NO VEMBER 8, 1899. m? PLANTERS LOAN ANO SAVINGS AUGUSTA, GA. Pays latest 1 on Deposits. I ACCOU??S ] Solicited. L. C. HAYNE, President. W. C. WARDLAW, Cashier. VOL. LXIV. NO. 45. I J i M Ksi n WA f.IT RR. WA It HEX WA I, TTE lt. .Ibero be -many kinda of .pftrtLogp;yes, If ' .' know". . ' B Some withy f ond'griovrag/ eyes that, ?verfl o wy Some arid*.,. UNI ve bauds, ,'t|at. strengt he^i ,<U3_ . ' . ' ' r ' 'Ab, yes,'1! Know", T kaow: b.891 I *. .il'? ^?' .1 ?? f B'fA??V "Ml ? f- fi Jt- T Y - But there bo parttncsbnrdor'stpi to tell, ? ,J,That fall la sSen?w like anieVfl spell, .q i <)V*thQ?t?oriBftiftru| ipe*sa?>oC fareiy?^ 4.-?? ^^??^!!A?drV?iFlt - fi . tn : . .* Therbd?nq'claioalns.of QuofiH^red.kjss,. .. '?. n One token for tho days wh?ii Ure, shall miss ->LA spirit from th? worhl ot vahlshel?' bliss;' Ah no, not even this, vol ,o! -Martha ( ."-.r fiF^W^W y V V l^f^jf 'fi V *^** It was at the corner" A>f Blah'- street and Broadway. An old""w.ouiah was T standing on the curb Jobkiug uncer tainly about her - now.a J the, endless chain of street cars,, now . into the j? ?faees cpj.ihe> KfAScrs;bj4 -j She, was a co?u?nfied1 ' old** womau, 'stout and rjlain, jet with jsuch gouduess in her face,''such 'isnnrpftcifyi^'suijii5-all-em* braeing humaurhin\lhesV,:as to mako r?iti-for eyes thht? jreaUy flee,, lovely to *v*fr**Wf :>.ia >.,.': > I^j-yas.a, kot>f,^ni,mje; aJjtOTnppn, and she Vas toor^'armly'.'cj?tt ftin .dark, : bojjnely garments, garner feet on :<1 the "curbstone* wni; ii large enamel-' -. stone 'satchel, with a robust1 cotton umbrella strapped'io-it.?''? Hn hev left arm hung a good-sized basketr filled with growing plau.tj-old-fashioned thing's seldom seer?^^ts^ilp of farm house gardens. ^ WitU -her^right hand incased in a gray cotton, glove, she was fanning^bek, heated face with.. a .otner pf ^ervbla"^ Herpleas ^antVgtay eyes -^n^e'rie?^from face to Ti?ace,.of-4b:e 'hurrying^hjang.as if seek -ing eymratbj,; but few gave her even S ? casual glanbe?-aud of these few ouiy i wem anti then one gave hera second *' tibold lijSixp with momentary curiosity f- jO^?u???^ment.vTh?/^\ioinan was so obviously*:.oirt ot^rac??-as much so as an apple tree or~ a clump of cinnamon roses would have been.". ' The-.gjiile1e?<?v-?w*^?*ruln?ss of lier bright old^y^s'.'I5t5tce<} the hard crust pi. ^oildli.ness," ???&" conventionality i ^Rd crept info thjjir>neaitf^ and more ' than onj^w^^oWdtoafk th e.strang-^ t er iiJibe, ?sedea nelii^Jpiprm?tioii. i but the little creVica'' clo??d* quickly; * and they^.&sod pp? ' "'Gmiy the look rem?ioe'd wrl|)r?y3ned in their bosoms, aud they recalIod.tbjaii^^?Tb}9a#,#e?? bad not thought of for many a year. Tijfc^ptaatthaii armed on jL^noon train, expecting her nephew, W^Uinm Henrj Fa^e^^?'meqtbf r atjjjjyfta ^?^iobj,,. ,Sho;had,wa?te/.l a lou'g/ume fort ffim^n&n/'' tKiuk'ibg*1'- ber* Wtter bad" m^scajT^d7""sue aeekteu to~g7>"To~trtir ^ueafiupHowD; y^Sh^rbad beeu tkede -. bef oteand ;kn s w ?^OTO4O reach it j but William Henry was ber only brother's, chiM and iaj^ srppri up-pn^a I . farm. He was "?' ?dwr^boy^ att?-had^ grown up'intoya aa^?/t .man.fHe was a prosperous provision" d?dier fa 'New York r ow, married to a TiicQrgif* from. bis own township, and living comfort ,. ably in iris1 ow-n house out Harlem . ? 'W.ay? , Whenever .there aroae a domes . tic emergency in his family-and ihey arose with astonishing frequency Aunt &bby caine on to ^nucse William H en ry /fe wife. Tor thWtmitter.tu?y' would.have liked to keep, her with I ' -fWhi. rall 'the' time, 6itt: Aunt'Abby would not leave lior boine-the home* of her humble farming ancestors for .sev'efaLge^erations. <'Sbp'. .yas e^sen ' ti??ly' of the soil, a cb?ni^ywoman in ..- every fib^rcf:Pber- being. -'i\he eity was to her a monster, .splendid, but ? full of terror, whose glittering scales . pained ber eyet, 1 wfi?se incessant ro?lr burt ?br ears, accnst?m?d to the quiet fields and woods. " Not for worltls ppj?d>Ji?iij;e in tjie.j(city. .-, But dhel?cfeWy* lovcdToWaiihfc^l Henry and Lucilia and the children, 1 and was'glad'to" come and stay witTi tbern^ in \ emergencies like t lie Vpn.? ' fending. '"Lncil'l? was'a cbuiiti^ygir^,. too, and loved the old place,and when Aunt Abbj-^ip?^i^i^war^byoilgb.t with ber>sUn%torrig*frTjm hfer cflclliolrie.' live. She had left a gdiid.?eal'bV^pil about the roots, and * tliht made 'tue iA| basket very, J*eavy":> Hei'.armi.ii?bed' sorely, but shwould m?i .set tue basket down for fear some, one, mighty tread on it or stoat ri t^ien ?he Vas not i looking, an?l she kept a sharp eye also on the black-iatcbel.'i v^Ajint Abby read the papers, and 'her ?portion of New York morals was not bi^h. She began to feel Very tired,' and wished William Henry bad not missed her, and wondered.hbw;Tb,a. jna^peaed^ to leave her palm leaf fan on the train. "I'm gettin' afrh?VupjM ah? snid toi herself, wearily. " ' r She bad thought that she knew just which kind of .a car to take^o, get J to her nephew's house, Jimt.they came'' . along ap, --fast and looked so much alike that she was getting ' doubtful. She was morally certain that, once on ( the_ wrong cavhgr doom/jras pealed. .Tbere.waa_no knowing to wbafc'..tliead:/ ful den-she might be lured, rubbed and 1 jpuidercd,. .aoid. no. ope would ever know what became of ber/ Sile bad read of numbers of people disappear ing mTsf[e??ot?d|'j <thajt/wijrt ^o?^he* let car after car pass antil she couiot feel truite, quite eure, MR >. .efl 4 " Wb?n;flb6'ba'a,bee? ?fanding "there some time in the hot sun.a handsome . coupe storied near her, and an old gentleman stepped out. He Was a ". fine., looking old...gentleman indeed, clean-shaven, rosy aud somewhat pompous; ff Hit >hoh' WaS'siivoT: ^vhite, ftnd sp wero .the heavy brows under . . wtp'icii w?re'eye's as hard and pright ;as polished>teel; " hts.mouth was the month of a man who loved pomp and U pleasure, bu?~ jt WA? nob altogether a cruel mouth. As ho stepped on to tho curb ba uoticed tho wgmau stand ing there'wlth be/busliefof country i plants^.J?oliing- vaguely aboutv ber, . - a&cts fanning- herseif* wearily'with the- j " t?lh& shawl? , - >*>??'? ' "?.*.* in: U* H*J had a quick flense of the pic turesque,'"*hjwsra?ih^a?e?joLi.gen- j tlemau.f .a?lu?hafflvas><u?e& fe%j who booked a se?oud ti nie. His eyes | /fsaien|d f? little,! tprj. /jt wjksAs ifja | There is no rising ere the birds haye sung ?heir skyward songs, to journey with the i sun , Nor folded band's to show that life ls done; Arh no, 1er life fs young. There nco no seas.no monnta'ns rising wide, No .centuries ot absence to divide Just soul space, standing daily side by side; I ; jj. . .Ah, wiser td have diod ! ' Hands still clasp Bonds, eyes still reflect . their own; Yet had one over universes flown. "So fur each heart hath from the other grown, ,- Alone were less alone. Silbert Dickinson, in '-Wlthluthe Hedge." SCHAYER. breath of clover fields and orchards had been wafted to him by that bit of black shawl in the cotton-gloved hand. Some,one in passing had broken off a spray?from one of the plants, and it lay wilting on the" Lot curbstone. The gentleman stooped, picked it up and carried it into his office iii the great stone building on the corner. "When he was seated at his desk it was still in his hand. He looked at it curious ly. It had large, oval, dull green leaves, delicately serrated; a pungent, wholesome odor rose from it, prevail iug over tho other odors in the room -odors of Knssia leather, of tobacco and of the street. The gentlemau inhaled its fragrance long aud deeply. "What is itv" he asked himself. "I seem to remember-ah, yes! I have it. It ,is-rosemary! Yes. That's what it is.' Rosemary!" The steely eyes softened still more, and fixed themselves like those of ono hypnotized.: The full, proud mouth grew tender. ? ''There was a clnmp Of rosemary in mother's garden," so ran his thoughts, "and near it was a great mat of clove-pinks. They bloomed in June. I can smell them now. There was a huge bush of southernwood there, too, abd some tawny lilies, and spiderwort, and monk's-hood, and striped grass. - Strange how the old names come back, to me! The Iii ac bnshes in the coiner were like trees to me in those days. I used to sit j under them and piny at matching blades of grass w??h sister Mary, and wonder why "her hauds were 80 white, aud why mother never let her work hard. I knov'" ? - aud died, and ? remember mer when I w ?S jEj a dfn*ererice'' a spray , i pinkfoldefl 1 we 8puted~?L pome ?carajT whidx she^gr iug the sen almost-asleep, x imat mew u^?, rBmeli the rosemary and thc pinks, and tiie pine odors coming ia at the open .window, and the varnish on the pews, ull mingled together. And I hear the creakiag of tho women's fans, and the horses wUinnying under the shed be hiud the meeting-ht ....e, and the min ister's droning voice-how it all comes back to me! "And Abby-Abby Grover-her folks'.pew was across from ours, and ? used to try my best to make her laugh io meeting, but I don't think I ever succeeded. She was a nice girl, Abby was. Not pretty, but with some thing - about her that was better tuan, beauty. And her eyes aud hair, were really lovely, I remember. "Abby generally wore a sprig of rosemary pinned to her dress when I went over to see her Sunday nights in summer. That was after we grew un. We "used to sit on the orchard wall and talk until the whippoorwills began jerrying^ "and Abby's mother would come to the door and say the dew was falling ?nd she guessed we better come in. "I fancy L did most of the talking, though, for Abby was one of your si lent,, deep- sort;: I told her all my plans for getting away from the farm and making; my fortune in the city. .And she would listen patiently, though I must have been a terrible bore, aud look at me with her nice, clear eyes, and say, 'How ambitious you are, ?Joey!' Joey! Faucy. anyone calling me 'Joey1 now! "."And how proud she was of me wji?n I Began to get on in the world -and she helped me, too, Abby did. She lent me1 her little savings from ; school teaching, and later on when the farm came to her, she raised inoney on that to start me in business. Is there anything a woman will not do .fb^ the man she loves?" At this point the color deepened on the old"- gentleman's forehead, and a deep breath like a sigh expanded his glistening shirt front. "Of course I paid her back every filoillaY .with interest," went on his thoughts, "and I meant to keep my promise of marriage, too, It was Abby herself who broke the eugage 'ment, when she found ont that I loved another girt better. It was the right thing to do, certninly, and Abby al ways .did the right thing. She did not seem .tb take it much to heart, either; but she never married. At least, I [tfeVeVj heard that she did. It is 25 'years' or more since I saw the old place. There was nothing to draw me there after the old folks died. I wonder-I wonder what became of Abby! Dead, probably. She would be an old woman if she were living; not so very old either. She was two years younger thau I, and I am not yet turned G5 - " A clerk came in and laid a telegram on the desk. The old gentleman look it. The steely look came back to his eyes. The old woman in the blac'; shawl was still staudiug on the' street cor oer. She looked tired and anxious, and the plants in tho basket had wilted sadly. The cars looked moro alike than ever, and she did not dare to r?f?p one. A policeman ou the other corner had scowled at her unpleasant ly two or three times and Aunt Abby felt almost ready ti> drop, what with the heat ancl the*fatigue and the dread that the policeman might speak to her, acd she be hopelessly disgraced there* Suddenly ber face broke into a de lighted smile. A ruddy, youngish man came hurrying up to her. "Wall, there!" exclaimed Aunt Abby, as be shook bauds with her and kissed her, aud began asking questions and answering them all in the same breath. "Wall, there, now, "William Henry^-if that don't beat all!" Then she told how she had waited in the station and then on the street corner, uutil she was "all bet up," and had loft her palm-leaf fan ou the train, and wondered if the plauts would come up agaiu, aud asked how Lucilia was, etc., etc. Meantime the man bad picked up the black satchel aud the basket, aud bustled Aunt Abby good-naturedly into the car, and the two were gone. And the sprig of rosemary lay for gotten on the floor under tho old gen tleman's feet.-Waverly. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Artificial legs and arms are now so perfect that with them a man can walk, skate and even cyclo. There is a story aUo of a mau who, injuring his spine in a railway accident, was fitted with a steel casing for his back bone, and so enabled to walk and ride. The most expensive book ever pub lished io tho official history of tho civil war, which is now being issued by the Uuitod States government, at a cost up to date of $2,800, 000. Of this nmouut nearly one-half has been paid for printing aud binding, the remainder to be accounted for in sala ries, rent, stationery, and miscellane ous expenses, including the purchase of records from private individuals. It has taken teu years io complote this work, which consists of 112 vol umes. There is a famous restaurant in the town of Robinson Crusoe near Paris where rustic dining-huta are built fa" up on the limbs of each tree. Por 50 years or more meu and women have made excursions to this place and eaten in the trees like squirrels. One of the trees is three-storied, the din ing-rooms and kitchens being con nected by stairways. A waiter is stationed on each floor aud the food hauled up to him by means of a bas ket and rope. It is a novel experi ence to be eating away above the world in this fashion. Kent county, Md., has a peach tree that is believed by State Entomologist W. G. Johnson to bo the largest tree be an exception. Omaha has a man who has worn a woman's dress for twelve years. This is Mr. Henry Snell, and his homo is a little cottage, surrounded with great tall cottonwood trees. A woman's dress is the ouly costume Mr. Snell can wear with any comfort. Five times iu his life he has been overcome by heat. Added to this, bo has a se vere case of rheumatism, which,added to Bright's disease, makes life misera ble for him. To wear trousers but toned up tight around the waist, and to pot on the tightly fitting coat and vest, would be more than ho could stand. So twelve years ago ho donned woman's attire aud has worn it ever since. His Outside gown is made on the principle of the hygienic one piece gowns worn by dress reformers. \V11?1 White Sheep. This rare wild white shoep is found nowhere in the world but Alaska, and few specimens for mounting wuole have ever been obtained. This spec ies, named ovis dclli by Professor Dall diff?ra from its cousin, the Pocky mountain big horn (ovis montana,) in color, ovis montana being a dull brown in midsummer, changing to a grayish drab in winter, with a light ashy col ored patch over the rump all the year, while the ovis dalli . is snow white at all seasons: in fact, there is nota colored hair on any part of its body He is uot quite so stockily built as our "big horn," yet more trim and shapely. Two of my specimeus stood forty-two inches at the shoulder. His limbs are not quite so heavy, and his horns will not average as large at the base, although quite as long. The horns of my largest specimen of 18117 measured 41 1-4 inches in length aud 14 1-2 inches in irenmference at the base. The flesh is the most delicious of all wild game. In the summer this Bheep lives chiefly on the rich, succu lent growth of the asplenium septen trionale, which grows in tho crevices of the rock on tho sunny slopes of this rugged range. This beautiful animal must endure great hardships to survive the winters of this icy north.-Outing. How H?r??'? Afr Blenched. Ono of the most interesting aud novel schemes that is resorted to when it comes to "doctoriug" up a horse for sal?is "peroxiding." Horpes just Buitable for carriage work, save that they do not quite match in color, are now "oheo.ically blundered" to the tint desired in the twinkling of an eye. A "peroxided horse" shows what has been done to him soon after his now owner takes bim away, and frequently he naB to be" "touch d up." This bleaching does not injure tho horses any more than it does the average girl; but the chemically tinted coat seldom lookB well when closely examined, tho dark roots of the hair showing on careful inspection. Yet it deceives thc average buyer, and so answers its i purpose.-London Sport. Our Titler! Families. "Does that man from America bo long to tho aristocracy?" inquired tho earl.' , "Well," answered thc duke reflect- i ively. "I havo heard it asserted that, I Home members of his family ?ero coal i barons "--Washington Star. THE N?TfON?L BANK OF A?IGlJSTA L. C. HAYKE, Prea't. F. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, ?250,000. Snrpln^n,, JgHO^QQ Undivided Profllg , Facilities of our ma.?nineont New Vault containing 410 ?-afetr-Lock Boxes. Diffe" ent Maes ar* offored to our patrons and 1 tho public at $3.U> to $10.00.per annum. ME I PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Int?r?t on Deposits. Acoounfcs Solicited, L. C. HAT?TE, President. W. C. WiBDnAw.j Cashier. THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, fe, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1899. VOL. LXIV. NO. 42. LIFE. Life's not so bad. La I h??? ? vouchsafed no reason for his mi?*???? * THE N?TfON?L BANK OF A?IGlJSTA L. C. HAYKE, Prea't. F. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, ?250,000. Snrpln^n,, JgHO^QQ Undivided Profllg , Facilities of our ma.?nineont New Vault containing 410 ?-afetr-Lock Boxes. Diffe" ent Maes ar* offored to our patrons and 1 tho public at $3.U> to $10.00.per annum. ME I PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Int?r?t on Deposits. Acoounfcs Solicited, L. C. HAT?TE, President. W. C. WiBDnAw.j Cashier. THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, fe, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1899. VOL. LXIV. NO. 42. LIFE. Life's not so bad. La I h??? ? vouchsafed no reason for his mi?*???? * ' ^THbk ?. ADAMSPROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, NO VEMBER 8, 1899. m? PLANTERS LOAN ANO SAVINGS AUGUSTA, GA. Pays latest 1 on Deposits. I ACCOU??S ] Solicited. L. C. HAYNE, President. W. C. WARDLAW, Cashier. VOL. LXIV. NO. 45. I J i M Ksi n WA f.IT RR. WA It HEX WA I, TTE lt. Walker & Walker, COTTON FACTORS, 827 REYNOLDS ST., AUGUSTA, GA. STRICT PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL BUSINESS. THE BEST FACILITIES FOR HANDLING AND SELLING EITHER SQUARE, RECTANGULAR OR ROUND BALES. MODERN STANDARD FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE. LIBERAL ADVANCES ON ALL CONSIGNMENTS. If You "Wa,zi.t KE/NTCICKCj WHISK Ey, ORDER IT FROM KENTUCKY. Send Us $3.00 and We Will Ship lon Four (4) Fnll Quarts of The Celehrated Old ammotn wave Bourbon or Rye. Expresenge Paid (To any point in TJ. S. East of Denver). Secure ly packed without mnrks indicating contents. AUG. COLDEWEY & CO., No. 231 W. Main Street, LouisTille, Ky. EST. 1848. REFER*: vrw AW infii rt AW ..ney .^i c. They.do not belong to the trust and can eon at Jess price than those who do. This is a Southern enterprise and should he patronized hy Southern people. The publicher of 4;his paper will arrange to secure paints for any of his subscribers, who would like to order through the ADVERTISER. This paint has a thick heavy body so that buyers can add Linseed oil and make the paint go further, and save money, as the oil will cost about fifty cents a gallon. Write to the company telling them what colors you want and how much, and price will be given. The paint contains the best material and a guarantee goes with every can, barrel and package of paint. The Commercial "Hotel, G07 TO 619 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA. L. P. PETTy JOH/N, Proprietor. First Class in Every ^Respect.. Larger sample rooms, more front rooms, and more first floor rooms than any hotel in the city. Trains pass Broad street two doors from Hotel entrance. European Plan, Rooms 50 and 75 Cents Per Day. W. J. RUTERFOBD. R. B. MOEBIS. W. J. Rutherford & Co., Manufacturers of B-RI6K And Dealers In Lime, Cement Plaster, Hair, Eire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roof ing And Other Material. -Write Us For Prices. CORNER REYNOLDS and WASHINGTON STREETS, AUGUSTA, GA GEO. P. COBB; JOHNSTON, S. C. Furniture and Household Goods, Wagons, Buggies, Harness, Saddles, Etc. -Have Just Purchased a New and BEAUTIFUL HEARSE. Calls by Telephone promptly answered and attended to.