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ITH? NATIONAL BANK OF A?G?STfl j-L. C. ELAYNE, Pree't. P. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. Undivided i'roil is (?110,000. Facilities of our magnificent Now Vault containing 410 >afety-Loolc Boxes. Differ ent Sizes aro offered to our patrons and tbs public at SS.uo to 310.00 por annum. THE PLANTERS LOM ARO SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA. GA. rm ftr Interest on Deposita? Solicited, L. C. EATKX, President. W. O. WABDLAW, Cashier. ?THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, JULY ll, 1900. VOL. LXV. NO, 28. THE SONG OF . There's a song that the hammer ls singing, A ringing and wholesome song, Ot the duy's broad won. Of the dav's work done, Of a mold well cast In the fiery blast- 1 And never one blow cone wrong. There's a song tbnt the engines are singing, A deep and echoing Bong, Of the whirring wheel And the burnl.-dW. steel, From the lightest spring To the mightiest swing- ? And never a stroke gone wrong. M aggie-Wh i Bf BERTHA SE Maggie was 30, and Mercy wns 5. Maggie had & down-town business a fairly paying business, too-to which, she attende! every day, a busi ness with a movable office and no rent to pay. Maggie was bliud, certainly blind. There was really no mistake and no protending about it - Everyone who passed her believed it. For there were truly holes where the eyes ought to be, and tho lids wero pinched closo together closer than fringed gentians ever tried to be-they looked as if they never would come open, even if yon took both bauds to make them do it Mamma Maggio might have been 13 instead of 30, she was so tiny. Mercy was made sweet every morn ing ami dropped in at the free kin dergarten as Maggie and the Irish neighbor passed on .the way to the office. Maggie carried a big book and Mr. McMooney,the Irish neighbor, carried a low little black chair, und gallautly held Maggie's arm and gnided her over crossings and through the busy throngs. The chair was placod on a sunny corner, if the day was clear, and there Maggie and the Lord kept office all the day. The Lord appealed to the hearts of the people while Maggie made her voice strong aud clear as she read from the big book, which had raised letters. A little worn tin cup always sot on tho edge of the pago. It was a noisy place. Every mo ment tho cable cars rau past and the elevated trains roarod overhead. Numberless heavy truck wheels and hundreds of iron-shod feet kept grind ing and crunching on the iron rails and on the cobble stones, and scores of leather-shod feet passed where Mother. Maggie sat The souff scuffle of these feet close by was more acute to her sensitive ears than ? all the other . noises. For she knew ^a??3; jv exe bo:rojUL f ejat . a n d_ab.cjr.e_ vhem throbbed 1'uman hearts. So she read high and loud, telling with her tongue what words her fingers had traced on the pa^es oa the big book. The book was large becauso the let ters were raised and very large. It took only a few words to cover quite a space on the thick white pages. Mrs. Maggie read abont the pretty flowers and the green fields and the woods. Those who'stopped to listen thonght it an old, worn theme, but a wonderfully curious way of reading about it, nevertheless, and in pity dropped their pennies into the cup and passed on. It had been not always thus with Maggie. Once there had been a hus band. John was born blind, but Maggie was so by accident. John -was well educated and held a position as teacher in the asylum. But he died. And so came about the mov able office and the little old tin cnp. The cup was never full. Deary me! -Maggie knew bettor than to let it get full. She considered it best al ways to present an empty cutx" Pennies mostly fell in, and nickels, aud rarely a silver bit They all vanished into the big pocket that hung in the folds of Mag gie's rusty black skirt, and was hidden with the big old-fashioned cape that protected Maggie from the weather. * * ? * ? * Mercy kept house alone when the kindergarten was dismissed. Oh, yes, her eyes were all right as bright and clear and brown as eyes could be. That is why she wan named Mercy when she came. Sho appreci ated those eyes, too, and helped her mother to see whatever was to be seen. When she was alone she dusted tho furniture and talked and waited and talked through hours aud hours. When she stood at tha window of the one little scrap of a room where she lived, the people and the teams aw?y down in the street seemed so far off that she played they were only 'make-believe. It was all as if in fnncy that the horses slipped and fell and were lashed by their drivers, the news boys sonrried and squealed (for their shouts were not very loud by the time they reached her window) and the carriages flashed in the sun and car ried beautiful ladies. Her window gazing invariably came after she dusted the furniture. The window sill was paintless and also speckless, because as she gazed and thought and talked she rubbed and scrubbed at it with a tiny wet rag. When the win dow sill was quite clean-and we might say quite worn out-for the day. Mercy set up her clothes-pin dolls and made them go a-calling. She talked for both of them, and had them drag their dawdy calico trails over the window-sill pavement with a swish of style and pride. Mercy never went down into the halls to play with the other children of the house, nor yet into the street "Mum Maggie" forbade it "These children," she had said, "are not very nica-aud then there is io "*e the letter." Mercy mnst watoh i nd listen for the postman to rall tuoir names. Everything depended upon that letter. Mum Maggie could give np the movable office when the letter had come. It had been ex pected for two years-ever since Papa John died. It was going to give Mum Maggie the first placo that was vacant among thc teachers at the school fot the blind where Papa John had taught And so when the postman stood al the street door and whistled, Mere j ran to the stairway and listened. Everyone on all the floors did, too| . THE WORLD. There's a song that the sails are sloging, A bummln? and catching song, Of the prow tbut braves TUe ravening waves, Of storms outsuiledi And ot ports safe bailed And never the helm gone wrong. There's a song that the world ls singing, A resonant, splendid son?, Of its wort, work, work, With never a shirk, Of Its battles won, Of its labors done A^d ot Right that masters Wrong I .. - -Isabel Bowman Finley, in St. Nicholas. j Was Blind. J WEY SA'JNIER. and the rickety old banisters fairly bristled with raggedy heads when he called ont the names of the fortunate ones. Thus far he had not called "Kimber," and Mercy often pursed her lips and told her clothes-pin dolls that he never would. A parade was ever a great trial to Mercy. Sho grew so excited and so eager to be in lt or near it that while it was passing she had to stand on the very tip-toe of one foot One hand held the other foot while another hand held fa?t to the window Bill, and the little solemn face was pressed against a square of glass. Many a time she thought of rushing down the stairs. 3ut she stayed. "Mum Mag gie" must be obeyed. Mum was little, but she was mighty. She just had to be obeyed. "I'll go with yon to down town when I'm 6," she used to say; "that'll make mo big 'nough, won't ? years?" "Dear, dear," laughed Maggie. "How could I ever get through the crowds and crossings with ouly a baby of 6 to see for me." The crowds were thicker than usual one day-it was the day of the grand parade. The president was passing through the city ou his way home to "Washington, and the people were out to welcome him. The noises roarod, and the feet tramped aud scuffed. The little tin cnp was emptied often, al though Mrs. Maggie did not quite un derstand. She had not heard of the great parade. She read oa and on; then she listened and waited. At last the notes of a bugle reached her, then the drum beats and tho tramp, tramp of feet. She ceased reading. A faint shout rame to her. The people were cheering, and she heard tho magic name of the president as the sounds became clearer. A sudden fright possessed Maggie. Evidently the parade was marching toward her oiEce and she knew that the sidewalks would be jammed with people, and abe but a tiny, helpless woman at the mercy of the throng. .**m?tt'~vsitf?m?i ?th??; ^e'?l^?,, First came the shouting boys and afew men, then men, women aud children. Mamma Maggie had hardly a chance to catch her breath before she was in the midst of the rush, and actually carried along, inch by inch, on the smooth pavement as she sat in the low little chair. "The Lord is with me," abe thought, aa she folded her trembling fingers over the big closed book. "He will not suffer my feet to be moved. She thought it in an agony; then she resolved to say it. She made her voice loud and high-her strong street voice she uped, and at the clear words a big man tamed and looked down. "You seem to be moving, though, chair and all," he said. "Kere.boys, lend n baud. Lift her up. " Mauy strong hands laid hold of the chair. "What sdiall we do with her?" they asked. "There's no place to set her down." "Carry her along, theo," was the lusty answer. And sd, almost at the head of the crowd, sat "Mnm Maggie," marching to the measured tread of feet with the baud playing md the president him self following in his carriage. And the people shouted, and the horses champed and prauced and the presi dent did the honors, "They are going south, and very soon, at this rate, I shall be home," thonght Maggie. "I never expected to go home in such state. Please set me down nt Peck's place," she called to the big man on her left "Live there?" he asked. "What number?" "Seventeen," she answered,in great relief. "All right Boys, tarn off at Peck'B place, No. 17." The big man lin gered when the others had hastened back to the maiu street "Seventeen, Peck's place"-he pondered- "Peck's place." Then he took from his vest pocket a little soft covered book and turned its leaves. "Here 'tis," he said, "Peok's place. Do you know a Mra. Maggie Kimber living at thia place?" "Thatis my name," fluttered Mother Maggie. "No! is it? Well, well!" There was a pause. Wonder and surprise kept both the big man and the little woman silent. "Why did you never-what are yon -well!" The big man seemed to be unable to express himself. It was tho little woman who straightened him. "Who are you?" she asked. "Why, you know, I'm one of the board. I'm president of the board for the home for the blind. Why did you not reply to the letter of the secre tary?" Maggie gasped and fell back against the wall of the passageway. "I never -got the letter-I never had any let ter," she said. "Was there a vacan cy?" "Yes,there was a vacancy." The big man actually trembled, as he realized what it meant to this helpless little woman. He longed to say something comforting, but there was nothing to say. "I don't know who is to blame,", he i was saying, when the sound of the carrier's whistle nearly drowned his . words, and lu a-moment the postman . was at tho door. ; "Here!" demanded the big man. ? "Do you know about a letter directed I to Mrs. Maggie Kimber?" The postman dropped hi* whistle nt t the Budden attack. "Why, yes, I do. r And I delivered it, too. I remembered it because it was a new name. I had i never had any mail for that party be? fore. Let me see; it must hate been three wesks ago." "Oh," groaned Maggie. "Was it in the morning?" The postman thought a moment "Yes, it was, I believe-yes." "And no one was here to watch for it and someone m the house has kept itr* The little black chair fell over on its face in the midst of the three. The big man looked the postman over fiercely. "That's a great way to do business," he said, sternly. "What was I to do? Tho woman who took it said her nnrno was Kim ber, and I gave her the letter." "The vixenl" said the big man. "Oh, ohl don't say that Porhaps^ there is another Kimber here. But," tell me, is the vacancy filled?" cried Maggie. The big man was looking up at the banisters where the bristling heads listened for the postman to call. "No wonder," he muttered. "A rongh-looking lot-no wonder." "What's the damage?" said the postman. "I'll do what I cuu to make good my mistake. " "I suppoee it's filled by this time. It's in tho hands of the committee. I'll find put and let you know. I'll come myself and tell yon. Now, which one of those hoads did it? Which took the letter?" "She isn't there-this sortof people never stays long in a place. The woman has gone away by this time." The postman called out two names, and the big man departed. Maggie climbed the stairs. The old chair lumped noisily along as she slowly journeyod upward. Mercy heard her and flew to meet her. ^ "I didn't go, mum- I, wanted to, but I didn't I stayed to watch for tho letter. I fought I'd put it in the bread furkiu if it corned,but it didu't Nothing come but tho p'rade," she said. ***?*? Two days afterward the big mau stopped at the movable office. "It's all right," he said to Maggie. "They had found a teacher, but she has resigned. She is going to bo married." He called a cab and put tho little bliud woman in it and rode away, leaving the little black chair alone on the pavement. The movable office was deserted. The next time the big man passed tho place a bootblack had moved in. But the bootblack never knew what the low chair knew, nor how it and tho grand pnrade had helped to nshor in good times for Mum Maggie and for little Mercy. Chicago Becord. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. While cutting timber in the forests near Cromwell, Ky., lumbermen found a bone in the heart pf a solid oak tree. -How-it-got th?e'ia TS-mystery?' -?-'-W It was a belief among tho Egyp tians that the third finger of the left hand was connected with the heart by meaus of a slender nerve. From that belief came the custom of v earing the wedding'ring on that finger. The Eads bridge across the Missis sippi river at St. Louis has always been8tibject to the phenomenon Jeno wu as "creeping rails." The creoping occurs always in the direction of the traffic, and varies with the amount of tonnage passing over tho rails. A. A. Putnam, an electrical engi neer of Bochester, N. Y., made ai oral will the other day by talking into a phonograph. He signed his name on the ?ax roll of the machine with a hot copper wire, and the witnesses did likewise. Legal authorities say that the will is valid. A curious plant is tho tooth brush plant of Jamaica. It is a species of creeper, and has nothiug particularly striking about its appearance. By cutting pieces of it to a suitable length and fraying the ends tho natives con vert it into a tooth brush, aud a tooth Eowder to accompauy the use of the rush is also prepared by pulverizing the dead stems. A singular accident occurred near Juliet, Ga,, a few days since. A fly ing pigeon collided .with a southern 'railway train which was coming at high speed. The beak of the pigeon broke the glass in the locomotive cab and so great was the velocity of the bird that the window was not shat tered, bnt a round smooth hole was made, similar to that caused by a bul let when fired through glass. The bird was instantly killed, but lu his flight his sharp beak came in contact with the engineer's face and the man's eye was put out Mrs. Davis Swoet of Boston in step ping from a chair seversl weeks ago struck her foot lightly agaiust one of the rounds. Intense pain followed and the usual remedies failed to give relief. Finally her doctor cut into her foot and near the heel attached to a tendon was a large piece of bone that was tearing the flesh. Upon being removed it was found to be the exact counterpart of an incisor tooth, the only difference being that it had enamel on the back while the front was of double thickness. The doctor is unable to give any explanation as to the piece. He does not believe it is part of the heel. In the province of Cordoba, Argen tine Republic, is a great salt lake, whioh recently has boen surveyed by an Argentine surveyor. The lake is CO miles long from east to west, and 31 miles wide at its broadest point The average depth is from 12 to 16 feet. Some fish live in the lake, but they are small, and do not thrivo well because of the extreme saltiness of the water, which is a 6 per cent, solu tion. Tho shores of the lake nod its 15 islands are thickly wooded with pine and qnobraoho.( The lake is called Mar Ghiquata, and the region about it is entirely uninhabited. Many wild animals abound there. Whnt. Sffflitl Tlilnk or Yon. The best way to find out how much a man really thinks of you is not to have $5 when he wants to borrow it. -Now York Prose. I have for years been engaged at varions times in the handling of sheep, being what ls called a "sheep feeder." A "feeder" is a man who receives sheep from the ranges into the feed lots, where they are fattened for mar ket; and he ls distinguished from fl "brecder," who grows his sheep on the range. Some years since i con tracted with a Mexican gentleman liv ing in Santa Fe, In New Mexico, to buy 30,000 New Mexico sheep. Owing to some difficulties with the railroad company In the matter of fclght rates I determined to have the sheep trailed through" to Nebraska, which In Western parlance means driving them overland. My ranch and feed lots were at that time located at Stevenson, in Central Nebraska; and it was my Intention to get the sheep to my yards, there fatten them ou grain, and then send them to thc Omaha market. I had contracted for the sheep in A FEW "SMALL LOTS" OF THE GREAT the spring, and If I had consigned them by traiu I should not have re ceived them all before October. But1 as I decided to "tall" them in, it was necessary to receive them in the spring, for the drive would certainly take close upon six months. In the mouth of April I engaged my men; I also bought two good heavy' carts as "grug wagons;" four strong mules, and two good saddle-horses, to gether with all camp utensils and oth er necessities for the trip. The wag-, ons, mules, etc., I sent down to Santa Fe by freight My men sent at the same time their tarpaulins and blank ets. Two men next went down with them. The others followed with me a little later on a passenger train. Altogether there were seventeen men In my employ detailed to bring the sheep through. Two were to act as foremen, two ns cooks, and the others as herders. It was necessary to divide the sheep into two flocks for driving; hence the two foremen nnd cooks. I bought my supplies in Nebraska, be cause I could get them cheaper there than In Santa Fe, and, besides, I was sure of getting what I wanted. Arrived at Santa Fe, we immedi ately set about getting the sheep to gether ready for their long drive. The Mexican with whom I had contracted for the 30,000 had, In turn, sub-con tracted with numerous small Mexican ranchmen for the required number. His agreement with me was to deliver nt Santa Fe the specified number and quality of animals. There were sev eral reasons for buying in this way. For example, the Mexicans In the out lying dlstrlts know nothing of money drafts and cheques, and gold would have to accompany every purchase. And to traverse these wild hills and canons with money in one's posses sion would be positive madness, un less, indeed, one had a well-armed company as a body-guard. Well, the small bands of sheep were speedily brought in and grazed around the town, until finally my Mexican told me through his Interpreter that he was ready to hand over the lot. These grandees, by the way, usually profess not to speak English, and so all negotiations have to be conducted through an interpreter. I had borght 18,000 lambs and 12, 000 two and three-year-old wothers. We first undertook to count the weth ers. The flock, or band as it is termed there, was "rounded up" and got ready to run through the corrals. Two flimsy corrals were constructed, side by side, with only a division fence between them. From the first corral a V-chute with a narrow gate at the end led Into.the second. The sheep were drlveu Into the first pen or cor ral until lt was filled, and then were counted through the chute Into the second. One thing which added to the difficulty of couuting wns the fact that the corral was not large enough' to hold the whole number at once. I had to count part of them first, and then turn them out and hold them to gether while I counted the rest It turned out later that this gave us plenty to do, nnd besides, gave abun CHAULES TAYLOR, ONE OP THB CIT IE I HEBDEBS, WHOSE COBIOUS NARBA TIVE MR. DALY HERE SETS FORTH. da nt chances for fraud. From whal follows you will understand why I d< not give the Mexican's name. Tin corral was filled with sheep and I tool my station at the chute to count ai they streamed through. Now, it ii dizzy work counting sheep. I couK count up to about 500, and then ' would become so dizzy watching thi swiftly moving stream of animals thu I would have suddenly to shut thi gate that dosed the Barrow exit I the goods und-ajflnrate^o toke-"1 which was Just wide enough for a sheep to pass through. This done, I would jot down the number in my note-book and then let my foreman, John Martin, take my place as long as he could stand it. We were getting along nicely, and had counted up to 6000, when Martin made an unpleas ant discovery. The gate which was the entrance to the first corral was next to the partition fence, and the "greaser" who was tending, the gate was forcing shdep through the loose fence back Into the first corral, when they would bo counted the second time! Martin at once Informed me of the fraud, and I stopped the count and hailed our Mexicnn friend. To our accusations Lr? replied with a digni fied "No sabe." Martin then hustled up the swarthy interpreter, and we gave them Rome lively talk, but it left the sonor quite undisturbed. The in terpreter finally told us the greaser "wouldn't do it again," but that did not settle for what had beep recount ed. The delay was nanoylng and lt took us the whole of that day to count the 12,000 wethers and get them out so we could hold them safely that night ARMY STRIKING ACROSS THE PL1INS. li The next morning the wethers were ! started on their thousand-mile trip to Nebraska. Thc 12,000 animals were divided into five bauds, each In charge of a herder on foot One extra man went along to act as night watch. The cook traveled In. the wagon, and the foreman of the gang, Tom Bar rett, rode on horseback. The day after starting the wethers Martin and 1 undertook to count the 18,000 lambs. As on the first day, we were well under way when we discov ered another fraud. One of my men detected a "greaser" in the act "of driving a small band, which had been counted and" turned out around th rou gb- a-ravine-and>-bnck- towards the host of sheep walting to enter the first corral. We stopped the swindler In time, however. I then scattered my men out at all points where fraud might be attempted, and then proceed ed with the count The morning after we had counted the lambs we stated them after the others. I hired a horse from a Santa Fe stable and went with them for a short distnnce, riding on ahead with Martin to overtake the first outfit. Convinced that the men knew their business and would make the great divide without serious trouble, I re turned to Santa Fe. Then, as my business interests would not permit of longer absence, I returned to Nebras ka by rall. As to the details of the trip, Mr. Charles Taylor, who was one of my herders and ls still lu my em ploy, will give them: I started as a herder with the bunch of lambs which Mr. Daly had bought in Sauta Fe, and was with the outfit for the whole trip. There were some features of the trip which might have THE VAST "ARMY" SAFELY INSTAX 6TE\ been called hardships, but I mysell enjoyed lt I have worked with sheer, the greater part of ten years, and dc not mind , a little inconvenience. Our 18,000 lambs were run in Bb bands, with a herder in charge ol each; so there were five herderg be sides myself. Mr. Martin was fore man of our crew, Frank Willis wai cook on our wagon, and John Norri! was night herder. We left Sauta F< on the 1st day of May, and the weath er was hot. On the second day w? discovered that the wethers whlcl were ahead of us were getting tin best of the feed and not Ieavlnj enough tender stuff for our lambs They were travelling slowly, and Mr Martin determined to get ahead. Si we made a night drive, overtook them made a circuit around their camp, an< the next morning our lambs were lead lng the way. ? New Mexico is always a dry region and the spring hnd been unusuali: dry, so that the grass was not ver: good and the dust something terrible Dost by the way, is always thc wors feature of the trail. The cloud tba hangs over the flock looks, from i distance, like the smoke from a pru! rle fire. Our faces were black most o the time. We all wore eye shields o tinted Isinglass to protect our eyes otherwise some of us might have gon blind. After we had passed Las Vega.' some fifty miles from Santa Fe. we bf gan^ to descend from the high level to the lower plains, and the hills wer almost impassable. From Las Vegas on Into Colorado th grass was burned brown with th drought, and water was scarce. 0 course we had to depend on ponds o streams for our water supply. Som of it was pretty thick-.'thick enough,-' the boys said, "to carry in a gunny sack." But a man is not at all par ticular when he is "on the trail." Sheep are not heavy drinkers and can do without water If there are heavy dews on the grass, but on this .oca si?n the air was so dry that dews r i WITH THIS SMALL OUTFIT THE MEN AC COMPLISHED THEIB OBEAT TASK OP DBrVTNG 80,000 SHEEP A THOUSAND MILES. were very light, and much of the time there were none at all. Finally, we were without water altogether, and for five days the sheep had no water at all. We hoarded the Little we had, but at length lt was all gone. For two whole days, in intense July heat, we hadn't a drop for ourselves. The sheep had been five days without wa ter when we approached the Canadian River. We were fully a mlle from the bank when the poor animals scented .the water and stampeded. We did our very best, but we might os well have tried to stop the wind. In one mad whirling rush, gathering speed as they went, the bands crowded to gether and reached the river in a jdense, struggling mass. They plunged in, climbing over each other, and pil ing up until it looked as if we might lose them all. We, of course, plunged after them, towing, dragging, and throwing sheep out of the river, until every man was quite exhausted. When we got the flock out of the tangle we found there was no fewer than 800 lambs drowned. Mr. Martin rode back to warn the other outfit to hold their bands at a safe distance from the riv er and bring on one band at a time. This was done, and so they were able to get across without loss. Of course we had to replenish our stores occasionally, and our cook would go across country to some town near us when we needed something. Our principal fare was bread, bacon and gravy. Bread was baked every day In the big camp kettle. It might be supposed that we had mutton for dinner sometimes, but we did not, though we had nearly 30,000 sheep In front of us. Very few sheep men will eat mutton. I myself would have to be very hungry indeed to eat lt We followed no roads, but struck out across open country wherever for age was good. At night wc always tried to find a hillside for the camp. Sheep have a great many, peculiar no tions, and will only lie down -quietly on a hillside.- We- made, only about eight miles a day, as we gave the sheep plenty of time to graze. While the rest of us slept the night watch went his rouuds, moving about the edge of thc camp and* keeping a sharp look-out for wolves. Both our outfit and the flock of wethers were man aged In the same way. Passing through Colorado we often had to cross ranches, for there is but little open range left In the eastern part of the State. And sometimes we were hard pressed to keep from dam aging crops. On several occasions ranchmen demanded small damages, Which Mr. Martin always paid. It was early summer when we start ed, and we kept on through midsum mer In the dry heat and alkali dust till tho grass was browned by frost. Across Nebraska we took the straight est line for the Platte River to get water. We reached the river opposite North Platte-the very first town I had seen in a lourney of nine hundred miles. On one occasion we approached a iLED IN MB. DALY'S FEED LOT8 IN rENSON. ? large cornfield and found that wf ) could save three miles by going > through it instead of around. Martin said, simply, "Take 'em through," and : we did. On the farther side stood a mon with a shot-gun walting for us. "What's the damage?" asked Mr. - Martin. j "Twenty dollars, and not a cent } less," answered the farmer. Martin paid him the money and on we went We reached the little town of Stev enson on the evening of the last day of September-just five months from the day we started. The second bunch had overtaken us, and we went through the town with" our twenty nine thousand odd sheep. The fog of dust we raised nearly smothered the town. I enjoyed the ?vhole drive, and we all enmr through In the best of health. I found J had gained twenty pounds in weight and never felt better. (Signed) CHAS. TAYLOR. The sheep came through their thou sand-mile drive in good condition much be+ter than if they had been "shipped" lu. Since that time many other sheepmen have followed my ex ample and trailed In their sheep. The Wide World Magazine. Abont Borrowing Trouble The gravest mistake, and one thal is unfortunately only too frequently made, Is to meet troubles half way. These will come soon enough; they dc not want nny encouragement, and very often when they do come they are not half so formidable as we imag ined they would be. Anticipation ID some cases is worse than the reality. Old friends are sometimes dearest bacauno they owe you tba most money, W. J. RUTHERFORD. ii. If. JHUKUIS. W. J. RUTHERFORD & CO. MANUFACTURERS OF iBRICK H> AND DEALERS IN Lime, Cement, Plaster, Hair, FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY, READY ROOFING, AND OTHER MATERIALS. Write ms for Prices. Cor. Reynolds and Washington Streets. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. SEMD ?S OME DOLLAR *Cot tate ad. ont tad trod to a* wilb ?1.00, aa? we wUImajxn tito MW OraOTKD PAB10B GEB OBOAK, by frtlfbt C O.B.. sobjeet to*xaadaa U.a. Yon OM examino lt at y oar neoreit freight depot, Mf Mb4M ex.otlyaa rcpreacnted. th. |r..t?t tai*, yeamr a? B1 f"r bitter tb.? oriaa. ad..rllird by other. ?t mor. ?.??7, ?^CrabjU -L?miP ORiPE ?5 50. leu th. $1.00 depo.lt, .r $84.50 uti 15? 8W?CTB8T TO.tKU la.lrameats cter ?ad.. From tho illustration rto,r,, which is engrared direct ^?J^^PVMV^? Dulci.oo, a.Iodlx. Cele.le, Crcmooa, BiuCoopl.r, TreW.Coiplif, BaMM Port. .nd Toi IIDB.D. | S Octa.. Copier., 1 TOM B?U, l?^Tor?. 8*ell, 4 Sci. of OrthMtral Toned BcMartor, Pip. USS BeedT. 1 Set ir 8J Po?. 6?rol Helodl. Bcd.,?J 8? o'? ?Uirocn Beedi. 1 Bet or Noatlnr Soft B.lodlmi MMtal IMSTTHE PA R LO R OEM action consista of tho ' W.br?tjs.wellwhl?h are only u?edln the high et grade instruments-, flttod with Haomond ?oopler? ?d Toi B?aaa, also bert bolgo felt?, leathers, etc., bellows o? the""?robber cloth, ?plr bellows stock and nnest "eather?nVaWcs. THE PARLOR OEM with a 10x11 berried plato French mirror, nickel plated GUARANTEED* 25 YEARS. T^n'o ES a written binding btu guarantee, br the dealt with mule yoornolghborobout os, writ? ,hc pahll.her ot this paper or ?Mptan Katlin al Bank, or CornW Cant,of Colcapo, or German Kxchango Bank, hew Tor!.; or any railroad or express company in Chicago, na ?arescpltoloriTer 9700,oCO.OO, occupy entire ono of tho largest business blocks In C hicago, vk employ nearly t.ooo peogl; In our own ? Pt-ARS.' ROEBUCK & CO. One.), Fulton. DwpWnesand WaimanSt*.. CHICAGO, ILL. oat and sand to ns.and -__ - <we will send yon OUR MIQM sewpjitQ ETEB HEABO OP, pay Special Oflor Price S15.5G' ,..rfr.^htaf?tonr S^S^SSSSSSS home, ann wo win reiuru igyffi J'"'.-' , .. Tr. J''.T?. i w? J ldlffprcnt n?k.? anil ir^Uiof Sowiaf Bacala** at ES. 10, j^BiSffiieSs ssssss-. _ _,?"_.__ __kB.?s machine, nnderrarlousnames, with T.rion.io *^&2Z!*S?SO?SS^ ., d karawa* ar.reliable and wk0.r. .oL d.eewwU. W?t*i*a?IMwa_iBj-i.M- B0DSB5 larROTEBlCiT, KTEBT GOOD POI.XT 0? KTEUY HIGH G BADE BaCHlM SIDE, UlTH THB DEFECTS OF HOSE. Mode by tho, beat maker* In Am?rica, Tr om t he best material money SOLID QUARTER SAWED OAK ^^^S^?t^m "cloned (head dropping from sight) ?XJ bo nsed as a.cn*r tabla, .tart ordra, the other open with full length table and head ta p ace foe dresscuard\h..dl. hand.oi.ely decorated and oniameal*^ a^ ^aattWJiy VL'TI'JJZA CUARANTEED Ibellithte.troantof, ??.?d.rabl*ajdaeare* ???aK^ klM aK.ef-.at te f.ral.hed and our ?ree In ZSS?SSZSSSkTtSto ?,"7bo~ anyono can mn it and do cither plain or any KS rt lincVwo*? I ao-T??- B.?dl.,(.wa.li ..ntwlth ererym^a aadeiaaileethlim.tklne. compare lt with ' if COSTS YOU NOTHING \VZ?<ZrZZZ^ ?* " . . . ."" .m ?arlnir KS.OO.to WO.OO, pay your freight agent the^BlO^BO. g^jwrfxaixAT. (Sear9,_RoebnckA , Address, S EAR ft ?i UC thoroughly rcUnblo^-Editor.) ...._... ( !??OEBUCK & CO. (Inc.) Chicago, Ilk. GEO. P. COBB, JOHNSTONS, e., Furniture and Household Goods. Wagons, Buggies, Harness, Saddles. Have Purchased a New and Beautiful Hearse. Calls By Telephone Promptly Answered and Attended To. Lowest Prices. THE HANNIS DISTILLING CO., Fine Whiskies, PHILADELPHIA. EEE LABEL MONOGRAM Sold by all Dispensaries in , South Carolina. DISTILLERIES: HannisvHI Martinsburg, W. Va., Hount Vernon, Baltimore, fid. f S'GSF?LDB?T "O'" 2 LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, (3 Are Furnishing to the ? South Carolina S Dispensary 5 SILVER BROOK XX, 2 ROSE VALLEY XXX, 5 AMERICAN MALT, g DUNN'S nONOGRAH RYE,