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THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUcil fl L. C. HAYNB, freest. P. G.?O?D, Cashier. Capita!, $250,000. i Surplus ault j Undivided I"roil's Facilities of our magnificent New Wut omalning 410 r-tiery-Uwk Boxes. Differ Ient Sizos aro oflore<i to our patrons and tho public at $3.00 to $10.00 per annum. \ $125.000 VOL. LXVIII. EDGEFIELD. S. C.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 20. 1903 NO 21. THE LAND OF f Lot ni lot the' little- children boro the legends and the rust; Let them k<?ep the glad Illusion* of the years that tire the best; Lat them know the joyous fancies of the mystic fairyland, And the wonderful ?aehantmoats only they can understand For tho years are coming to thom when they'll Bh:b, and softly grieve . That they loft the realm of childhood in tho Land of M?ko Believe. In the Land of Mako Bellovo thf>ro is a vine tint meets tho sky, And Jao's. goes up aud down it-we have s?eh him, you ?nd I; Thew's a w n llng path that leads us to the hushes of the wood, And a-many times we've trod lt with the quaint KMI ?MingboDd; . There's a frowning clin surmounted by a castle jrmra und i;rlm, and old Bluebeard lurks within lt -you know how we peerod at bim! No one who had happened to ob ' serve the figure of Mr. Bromley Brown wandering round his garden on a cer tain mild April morning would have imagined him to be suffering from an acute sense of regret for his wasted opportunities. From t* " top of his bald head to the toes of his shiny boots he might havo stood for a model of middle class pros perity. His gray suit,-if it accentuated tho round proportions pf his figure, was of fashionable cut, and he held a panama hat of finest straw in tho square hand on which a diamond glit tered in the spring sunshine. Behind the terrace, over which figures of im possible animals in stone kept watch at each corner, stood his new and elab orately furnished bungalow, aggressive and . much decorated. Mr. "Bromley Brown's room in the tower overlooked .a streich, of pine woods-a small lake, which shone with steely bright ness under a fringe of larches, and a far-away range of rising ground. He did not. often glance at thc view, but it pleased him to know that it was un deniably finer than oven that com manded from the windows of his neigh bor, General Compton, whoso family bad owned acres of surrounding heath er and firs for generations past. Mr. Brown took one "ist stroll on the lawn, and as be slowly ascended the steps of the terrace, the parlor maid laid, the newspapers on a table outside a bow window. A girl's figure ? leaned out, and a young voice called to him: "Why do you look so solemn, papa, , dear? What a perfect day it is! Warm and sunny enough for June!" The lines on Mr. Bromley Brown's face relaxed. *T was thinking," he said, impress ively, "of Low very little material corn satisfied." "I don't in the least, agree with you there, dear," said Valentine, who was eminently practical. "I have built this bungalow," con fined Mr. Bromley Brown, "as a place to rest in after a life spent in the dullest of all occupations-money mak ing. But I am awaro that thousands of men would both have - enjoyed the occupation and welcomed the poace of this beautiful spot I .do neither. I was destined by nature for something widely different" "You say that because you have done nothing lately but read those foolish novels."-here she pointed a small, scornful finger at a book lying open on the table-"since you had influenza, papa, dear." "I beg your pardon, Valentine-I know I may not look it, but since my earliest days, as I have often told you, I have had a curious, wild craving for adventure, for some excitement outside the deadly routine of a business life. It is hard," .and Mr. Bromley Brr>wn raised his voice in querulous expostu lation, "that here I am, a man who has made a considerable fortune in a spe cial cough lozenge, but who, all through bis boyhood, has vainly wished to be a pirate, and who now"-he waved his hand in thc direction of the bungalow, then toward the smooth shaven lawn, "would most gladly give all luis luxury to be a successful de tective." Valentine laughed, and leaned still further out of the window. She, for her part, was absolutely satisfied with the fair face worn by the world around her. She watched a fat blackbird as he shuffled along by the golden border of daffodils-she rejoiced to know that the air was musical with the voices of larks, to see that the sun glittered on the pool below General Compton's houso and turned its casements into twinkling diamonds. A man went slowly down the green drive by the pool, his arm swaying to and fro as he. sowed grass seeds. The earth seemed to sing a song of renewal and hope, of love and sunshine. How good it was only to breathe and to live! Other people might have thought that life would be none the less pleasant to Valentine because her eyes were large and gray, and her cheeks rosy like the bloom on the boughs of. a cherry tree. But she did not take much account of these advantages, nor of the fact that she was the only child of the prosperous house of Bromley Brown. Her father took off his gold-rimmed glasses-and laid down his newspaper. "Ha! this is most curious!" said he. "What a splendid chance if one could only light upon him-the plausible scoundrel! The shrewd young vil lain!" Valentino turned her gray eyes on his shining crimson face. "Listen to me-Val," he cried, "you remember the general told us last week that the Mumbys and the Jehi coes had both had their pantry win dows forced open?" "Did he? I don't think I was listen ing." .The Mumbys lost a lot of plated things-I know that he keeps his sil ver in the bank, and lets his friends use those horrible thick spoons-and poor old Jellicoe had that hideous cen trepiece, given him by the cricket club, taken. Now it transpires that in all probability the burglar, or the moving spirit of the >gang, is a young man who bas been sketching houses in the I/IAKE BELIEVE. IQ the Land of Make Beliere wo used to ramble up and down To the playing of the rii>er lu the streets of Hameiintown; And we saw tho fairy mother make tho horses rear and prnnce When we rode wi.h Cinderella to tho palace for the dance; And of evening,, you remember how wo saw some one go bv, And wo knew lt. w"? the.Sandman, como to abut each blinking eye! All th? others-how wo loved th m! IIoW tboy used to come and play lill at last they e?nt a message mat they'd come no moro, one day, For they had to leave us lonely with' our broken dreams nnd toys While they staid bebiud In childhood with the little girls and boys. Lot us let the children have them, ero tho years come Wbe? thoy grieve That they ever found the hitrnway from the Land of Make Believe! W. D. Nesbit, in Chicago Tritune. *ct Burglar. $ neighborhood. He professes to making architectural drawings, and "by so do ing finds out all manner of details." "That is certainly very original." "Original. I should think so. In fernally sharp, I call it." Mr. Brom ley Brown here proceeded to read aloud an extract from the newspaper. " 'The 'architect-burglar,' for by this sobriquet this accomplished criminal is now known, has* been seen, it is be lieved, not long ago in this neighbor hood, although probab'y he is now many miles away from the scene of his late exploits. Ho is described as a young man of gentlemanlike and mili tary appearance, with fair hair and mustache, and wearing clothes of fash ionable make.' " Mr. Bromley Brown was soon ab sorbed in meditation. He pictured himself, resolute, terrible, cunning, hounding, down this distinguished criminal, bringing him to justice-af terward, in court, replying with tell ing sarcasm to the cross-examination of the prisoner's counsel, and, lastly, complimented by the judge on the lu? cid, admirable way in which he had given his evideuee. Life was no long er sf^did and prosaic: it was palpitat ing with romance. He fell asleep to the accompaniment of the lark's song, and dreamed that he was the chief of po lice in Russia. Waking up with a start, he heard the clock strike 12. "Gracious me!" he cried aloud. With his walting eyes he still seemed to see the female Nihilist of his vision, point ing a revolver at his head. He stretched himself and walked sadly across the lawn toward the hedge that bounded his garden. Below him was the riband of white road, pine bor dered. Mr. Bromley Brown started, but much more violently this time. Then he rubbed his face and eyes with A few yards away in the road he ? saw the figure of a young man, tall, fair, yes, and of unmistakably, soldier ly appearance! And'he was sketching. A thrill ran down Mr. Brown's spine. He might not be thc chief of the Rus1 sian police, but was he not on the eve of a discovery, an adventure, the pos sible player in a great and dramatic case? He coughed and unlocked the gate leading to the road. In one mo ment his mind had been made up. He would invite this young man, obvious ly no other than the architect-burglar, with friendly greeting, into his house. A hurried word to the coachman would send him, on swift feet, for two of the local police. Another messenger would hasten to General Compton, the stern est of county magistrates, and he would arrive in time to be a witness of the discomfiture of a notorious criminal, and of the ingenuity and promptitude of his old friend Brown. Meanwhile the young man had looked up smiling ly. In answer to the remarks of the old gentleman by the hedge he said that he had como a considerable dis tanced-that-and this with "a very pleasant laugh-well, yes, he was thirsty, and that there would be plenty | of time to finish his sketch after lun cheon, and that he thought it a most kind suggestion of his questioner to invite him to have some. Mr. Bromley Brown, whos'; check had now lost much of its usual ruddi ness, walked with set lips and a curi ous enigmatic expression on his face up the stone steps on to the terrace, and the young man,, smiling and un concerned, fallowed him into thc draw ing room. For one instant Mr. Brown glanced nervously at a silver box and candlestick on Valentine's writing ta ble. Then, murmuring an excuse, he ran, panting, to the stables; in a chok ing voice dispatched the astonished coachman for the police, and a helper, with an impressive message scribbled on a card, to General Compton. On his return he found the architect-bur glar laughing over a favorite book of Valentine's the "Diary of a Nobody" and they two talked. Mr. Brown, for his part, with a curious absent mind edness, of books and different forms of humor. The parlor maid inter rupted them to say that some cold meat was ready, and the two men ad journed to the dining room. Thc guest seemed duly grateful for a whiskey and soda. "That's a beautiful old cup," he re marked, pointing to a piece of silver of Queen Anne date in the middle of the table. Mr. Bromley Brown's expression of mingled triumph and sarcasm passed unnoticed by the cheerful young visit or, who talked for some time with in telligence and Knowledge on the sub ject of old plate. Mr. Brown was be coming so agitated that he began to walk up and down the room. "And these are lovely spoons." ob served the architect-burglar, with ap palling coolness. The clock struck erne-and he rose quickly to his feet. "Thank you a thousand times for yosr hospitality," be said, pleasantly. "I am afraid I must be off. You see I am sketching for duty, not pleasure." Mr. Brown gazed at him aghast, but not without admiration! He felt that this must indeed be one of the most re markable criminals now at large. "Don't hurry-pray," he said, ner vously. "Have a glass of green Char treuse." "You are too kind," said his guest. There was a sound of steps at th? I a oor, and a volco outside, which sound? d like a word of command, said: "Whero is the man?" The door was flung open, and a tall, Dldierly figure stepped quickly into iie dining room. "Well, Brown, what's all this about?" General Compton, young and alert sr his years, stared at his friend with pair of very keen eyes under white i'ebrows. "You told me it was some cry urgent business," continued thc en-ra!. Then his eyes foll on the oung man by the furlhei' Window. "Bless my soul, Estcourt! I didn't ce it was you in the corner. "Yes, and how are' you, general?" ?tier the young man, advancing, with cordial smile. Mr. Bromley Brown felt a sudden Did perspiration on his forehead. Ho 'as entirely unable to utter a word. "Mr.-Mr.?" said the young man was so kind as to ask me to have a 'hiskey and soda. It is so wonderful T hot for April, and I've been out do ig this blessed topography for the ist four hours. "Ah! then you don't know each oth r?" said the general. "Brown, this 5 Lord Estcourt, son of my old friend .born I have often talked about, you now. He is working like a nigger at [ie college."-and "thc speaker pointing sward a distant view of a large white uilding miles away beyond the grove f pines. "Estcourt, th it; is Mr. Brom by Brown, one of my best neighbors." Mr. Brown felt as if some one had truck him a violent blow on the head, te was giddy as he stiffly extended an ;y hand toward the young man. "Papa! papa!" A fresh young voice ame echoing from the garden, and in nother moment a young girl ran into lie room. Lord Estcourt, was just re alling to mind a well known adver iscment: Bromley Brown's Cough Lozenge? rc the Best! They will cure a cough f long standing, arising from no mat ar what cause," but the girl's face aught his attention. It was fair and ushed, and the Inrgc gray eyes shone larlike under her broad black hat. "Papa, there are two policemen ere! They say they have come for ame one-what, docs it mean?" "Oh, only about the chickens that rere stolen, my dear," said her father, miserably. "But there are no chickens! You now you said you wouldn't have any, ecause you said they spoil the gar en." "Did I say chickens?" Mr. Bromley trown's dreary expression was that of victim being led to execution. "Of ourse I meant the forced strawber ies. Valentine, my dear" The young man was still gazing at he lovely, puzzled face of his host's aughter. "Your father has been so kind to me, liss Brown," said he. "I am strug ling over military drawing, and in aily terror of being plowed. But this aorning I am going back to work in igorated and rested, and full of cour ^5he^bkrsl?e^ TS?ST! lliel his miling blue ones. "Oh! You are studying at the col ige.'" . . "Yes-I wonder-would you and youl ather care to come -over and see il orno day?" .>Oh! that would be delightful, papa ear, wouldn't it?" "Yes, indeed, indeed it would." Mr irown was still feeling half paralyzed "Goodby, Estcourt, my boy," sail rcneral Compton. "I have got to hav< . word now wiin Brown on some most mportant business about which I cami own." Lord Estcourt drew a litue nearei o Valentine. "You Will drive over very soon, then liss Brown?" "Thank you-I am sure we shall en oy it over so much!" "Then we won't say goodby, I think,' aid he, as he took her hand.-The Ling. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The biggest wheat field in the worlr! > in the Argentine. It belongs to ar tal ian named Guazone and covers jusi ver 100 square miles. The stick insect of Borneo is thc irgest insect known. Specimens, Ii aches in length, have been captured 'he stick insect exactly resembles z ieee of rough stick. In Lynn, Mass., 24,000,000 pairs ol hoes were made last year; in Brock on, 17,000,000 pairs and in Havcrhill 2,000.000 pairs. These three cities herefore, turned out enough shoes tc upp-ly one pair for two-thirds of th( lopulation of the country. The most widely separated points be ween which a telegram can be senl re British Columbia and New Zea and. A telegram sent from one tc he other would make nearly a cir uit of the globe and would traverse ver 20,000 miles in doing so. Joseph Powell, a 13-year-old boj rho lives in New Albany, Ind., ha? iterally outgrown his skin. During } ix months' illness his height increasec 2 inches and his skin became as. tigh s a drumhead, finally bursting in sev rai places. The breaks are now heal-, ag. By a law recently enacted in Russia ny university or high school studeni /ho creates or causes disorder shal! e drafted into the army for a period ol rom one to three years. Thia is tc urb the rashness and fondness foi aischief of college students, who im gine they have thc privilege to annoj ll creation. A fence nearly 200 feet long at Liv ngston, Mont., is made entirely o: orns of the elk-more properly caner wapiti. These animals, like the othen f the deer family, shed their norm nee a year and grow new ones. Thi ld horns aro found in large number: a the forests, and are used for vari us commercial purposes. Fiery Sarcasm. "Tho house is on fire!" cried th? ?nor. "The audience must be dis lissed as quickly as possible." "All rirht," replied the manager Say nothing about the fire. Go ou/ nd. slug."-Tit-Bits. ELLIPTICAL _.. .??"?m... ? if CLEVER and peculiar e? ample of bridge coustruc tion and erection has re cently boen carried out up on the senconst of County Antrim in thc North of Ireland. At this point tbe shore drops precipitously into -the soa. tho cliffs known as "Gobnns" Cliffs,"- which tower to ii height of 200 or 300 feet, being of the basaltic origin seen In this part of the country. . . This seacoast scenery ls of the wild est and withal most oeautifni In 'its solemn grandeur in the North of Ire FECULIAR BRIDGE CONSTRUCT IREL land; and to enable visitors and tourists to view the spectacle from its most ad vantageous points, and also to gain ac cess to the many remarkable caves in the vicinity, a walk bas been cut out and built Iii the face of the cliffs, which in Itself constitutes a commendable engineering achievement This path way is only from two to three feet In width, and winds along the face and climbs the cliffs In jv most-exxj-nordjU nary manner, wh^K from a short dist f^^it^?r?^^rirtl??parts to the promenade a most perilous appearance, since im mediately below the waves thunder among the rocks. But the.walk has been most skillfully aud cleverly de signed and constructed. Steps are cut roughly ant. broadly into the solid rock, but to insme perfect safety to climbers a handrail has been provided. The intervals between the rocks are spanned by delicate and spider-looking bridges of iron. Thc length of the walk so far constructed is nearly three miles, and it is to bo continued for an other two miles, which it is anticipated will be completed within a few months. The work is being carried .out by the Belfast and Northern Counties Rail road under the supervision of Mr. Berkeley Wisc, tho chief engineer to the railroad. The most notable triumph of engi neering in connection with this work GENERAL VIEW SHOWING THE THE i is thc erection o: what is known as Gobnns' Bridge. This structure is dis tinctive owing to its curious design, being elliptical in shape. Tills piece of work was rendered necessary to span a gap sixty-five feet in width, giving access from the mainland to an isolated rock known as "Tho "Man-of war." Tho general shape of thc ellipses of thc bridge aud its method of construc tion may be comprehensively gathered from our illustrations. The bridge bas a clear spau of sixty-live feet, but is seventy feet in length from end to end. The main structure of the bridge con sists ol' twelve ellipses. made of steel placed equidistant. The major axis of each elliptical section is seven feet in side, willi a minor axis of four feet eight inches. As will bo seen from our illustrations, each of tile ellipses is made in two segments of three-inch by three-inch by throe-eighths-inch an gles. They aro spaced seven foot three inches centres, except Ibo end ones, which aro two foot four and one-half inches centres. Thc ellipses are held /irmly in position' by means of longi tudinal Iron bars, attached to tho el lipses by means of stiffening plates ten inches hy fen indies by throe cighths-iuch. Tim longitudinal mem bers are angles three inclus by (bree inches by three-eighths-inch, and the flat bars are three inches by cue-half inch. The ellipses are additionally strengthened by means of diagonal stays or bracings extending from tho points where thc half sections of the ellipses are joined. This arrangement yields a stronger foundation to that portion' of the ellipse which is to Carry the greatest weight, I. e., tho floor. The diagonal lattice steel 'girders nre throe inclie? hy one half Inch, and carriers for floor angles three Inches by three inches by three-1 eighths inch. The flooring of tho bridge comprises two pieces of pitch pine twelve indies in width by throe indies in thickness, laid up the Interior bottom surface of the ellipse and raised sufficiently therefrom to afford a perfectly flat surface upon which to walk. In tho cross Section therefore thc Internal majoren xis from the floor to the crown of the ellipse is sufficient to afford H dear walking space-to accommodate the tallest persons. Owing to the exposed, position of thc site of the bridge, the turbulency of the surf .playing Upon the rocks immedi ately below, and the strength of the tides,', lt was found Impossible to erect the bridge on the spot. Under those circumstances the structure was erect ed at; Belfast and transferred intact to t Scow. The latter was then towed ION ON THE NORTH COAST OF AND. . ? ^ ? ? _ _ to "f!h? Man-of-War" rock and enre fully^bjrouglit to, as far as possible,. Immediately below the" spot where it was w be Installed. Lifting tackle was then-placed in position upon each side of tlj? gap TO be spanned at the road . way jjjevel; nnd the lifting cables at tachent to eadrund of the bridge. The hoisting operation had to, bo carried out yWh extreme .caro, vowing to the J cz-Diwjjfc^jsii?e-. in which the lifting tackleTwas operated, and to prevent the structure .being thrown7S*y--.lts . own swinging motion when suspended In the.air against the face of ibo rocks, which would "have seriously damaged it. Thc "structure was, however, lifted to Its position without mishap, lt was originally intended to stay the bridge when In position with guys, but when ,the bridge wa? eroded it was found to be sufficiently rigid to dispense with these additional supports. Tho bridge was designed by Mr. Berkeley Wise, the chief engineer to the Belfast and Northern Counties Railroad of Ireland. -Scientific American. Doihentlc and Forden Enveloper*. In the United States we use an en velope that ls thick enough to render the contents invisible and tough enough t? withstand the wear and tear of the mail pouch. The consideration of postage never worries us. In Europe POSITION OF THE BRIDC-E ON CLIFFS. it is different. The thinnest of paper is used for envelopes, but the inside is stamped in colors to make it opaque. The writing paper is seldom so thin. New York Press. Fluh-Hook Shield nntl Vloat. A novel device for the convenience of the fisherman is tile combined fish-hook shield and float shown herewith. Thc spring lock as shown in tho illustration rr-m i FISH-HOOK Slli HLD AND l'LOAT. applies to any ordinary sized fish-hoik and any pole. It covers and birks the hook to the polo or rod securely when nut in use. It is quickly applied, holds well, is nicely finished and can be car? ried in tho vost pocket. The Agricultural Department has 107,001) voluntary crop observers. Cot Ion is reported on seven times tl year, wheat eight times, corn and oats each six '/fines. In Hie last two years one in eight ol' all deaths in Chicago have beeu from lung fever. MODERN RAILROADING. Able Men Are Necessary ?rt All Branches to Make lt Pay. A railroad is a machine for making ?noncy, and the machine must be kept in good order. To this end sound con structive material is wanted and insist ed upon, says Collier's Weekly. Twen tieth century railway managers have a weakness for men who do their work well. They have an idea that by lift ing the efficient ones to higher seats tho road is benefited in dollars. This j idea governs employment. Suppose tho applicant for position is 20 years of age and wishes to become J an engineer. He is assigned to a loco motive, in.charge of a fireman, but un der the suerai instructions of the en gineer. During a period of from two weeks to a month he works without I pay, because it is only a tentative ser vice meant to put him to the final test of his potential fitness Xor the work. If I he comes out all right, the engineer gives him a certificate to the effect that he is believed to possess the makeup needful to a locomotive engi I necr. Once in possession of this certificate of potential fitness, the younfe man Is soon found on a freight engine as fire man, drawing full pay. In this ca pacity he serves not less than three \ ! years. Then he is competent generally | to take charge of a freight engine. This point attained, he is practically assured that hs will in time be ap pointed to a position of the first class, that of engineer of a passenger train. The operating department is one that attracts many young men not of a mechanical turn of mind. They be gin variously as "students" in tele graph offices, ticket offices, signai tow ers, etc. It takes them six months pr a year to gain a practical knowledge of the. routine duties of thc men in the lower gradc-3 of operating workmen over vnorn lt is their aim as a rule to exercise ?upervision. During the pe riod of studenthood they receive from $15 to $20 a month. Having served the time needful to fit him for the re sponsibility tho new railroader is ap pointed agent at a minor station-a telegraph operator, a towerman or a switchman. The pay of station agents or operators ranges from $40 to $50 a month, and switchmen get from $50 to $70 a month. Thc term of apprenticeship for a trainman is the shortest of all, and on account ol' the quickly acquired earn ing capacity thc larger number are at tracted to this branch of railroading. Within a month the new man may be come a brakeman on a freight train at ,$55-io $75 a month. In two years he may bec?mc a freight conductor at $90 to $100 a m?lrtiiioln^six years, accord ing to condit'onsTthTTTOStof passen ger conductor may be his aT'^saJaTy^ ranging from $90 to $120 a month. In the train service the matter of prece dence depends almost wholly on indi vidual merit and seniority. When They See the President. To see tho president, to shake han'1" j with him and exchange a word of greeting is the ambition of every new comer here who favors the democratic American custom of handshaking. Re cently a party of over a hundred stu dents from the Normal college of West Chester, Pa., were received by the president. Standing at Secretary Cortelyou's old desk in the executive office of the White House, the presi dent received his visitors, who filed by him and out of the other door. As a revelation in facial expression the fac es of those entering and those leaving presented a remarkable picture. As the linc entered every face was intent ind drawn, tho feminine members were busy taking a last furtive poke at their i front locks or getting a new poise of j their hats, the masculine members wore as busy assuming an erect and military carriage and a determined and strenuous expression. A moment later the same people emerged after their handshake. Their faces were lightened with a look of translated joy, the hand the president had shaken with his usual hearty grasp was still extended and regarded with a sort of awestruck admiration. People were whispering to each other, "Did you ! hear what he said?" "How nice he did say 'Delighted' when he spoke to me!" "Did you sec him smilo when I said Binghampton?'" "He shook my hand again when I told him my broth er was a soldier." "Just to think, he was the president-the president of the*United States!" So, one by one, each with a distinct, definite impres sion, and each with a particular per sonal note, filed away, each face show ing the pleasure of thc individual at thc meeting and each carrying away a memory of a lifetime, a meeting with a real president.-Washington Corre spondence, New York Tibune. A Long Ride. "Old Salt" was interested in the first railroad that was built in the state-a very crude line, 40 miles in length. After it had been operated for years the company sued for damages. Old Salt was called as a witness for the defence. Counsel asked a question during his examination of Salt which seemed to the judge to make it proper for plaintiff's counsel to go into the general reputation o2 tho road. He asked if it were not true that numer ous accidents had happened on the line. "N-n-n-evcr knew but wu-wu-wu one," was the answer. "And what was that, Mr. Williams? Explain the character of it in full, jilease." "A mi-mi-mi-middle aged gi-gi-gi-girl got on the t-t-t-train at P-p-p-Pontiac, and d-d-d-died of old age before she got to De-dc-de-Dctroit.-Lippincott's Mag azine. Couldn't Help That. "Every limo you draw a breath." said tho young mau who dabbled ia things scientific, "somebody dies." "Well." replied the practical mai?. "I'm sure it isn't up to me to stop breathing on that account."-Chicago News. A raindrop one-twenty-fifth of an inch in diameter cannot fall at any creator rpecd I lian 13 loci, in a second. Raindrops rarely exceed one-eighth of an inch in diameter. agons. aggies. FURNITURE. Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies just received. Our stock of furniture, housefurnishings is com plete. Large stock COFFINS and CASKETS always on hand. All calls for cur Hearse promptly responded to. All goods sold on a small margin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. G. P. COBB, Johnston, S. C. The Artist's Favorite The Matchless Unsurpassed. In touch, tone, workmanship and dura bility. Sold on Terms of Easy Payment. Factory and Warero oms, Cincinnati, Ohio: Traveling Agent for South Carolina. ,N!/NETy-SIX, s. e. Fire Brick; Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and Other Material. Write Us For Prices. Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. WINDOW BOXES. In the cities, where a majority of the inhabitants live in great boxes of brick, an important part of any plan for backyard ornamentation should be found in the provision of miniature hanging-gardens in the shape of win dow-boxes. To secure the best results in window gardening, care should be uestowed on the construction of the tiny conserva tories themselves. The best boxes are of galvanized tin, fitted snugly into niches in the window-sills or rested se curely upon ornamental iron brackets outside the windows. Convenient di mensions fer a window-box are a height of seven inches, and width ap proximately the same. It is Important that a number of small holes be pro vided at tbs bottom of the box, in order to insure good drainage. As in the case of thc backyard flower-beds, care expended upon the soil will bc well re paid by the results attained in the floral harvest. Indeed, if anything, greater care should be bestowed upon the earthen bed in a window conserva tory than upon the flower-plots in the yajd. The window-box should be pro vided first with a layer of broken bits of crockery, this covered with coarse sand and gravel, bits of charcoal being scattered about, then a'l the remaining space filled with rich garden loam.--. Woman's Home Companion. Dr. Katz, a foreign savant, calls at tention in a recent article to the proper seating of children in school. Many teachers and physicians now insist o? the necessity in placing the children who do not see and hear well nearen to the board. Dr. Katz considers it of. ten of more importance to bring them nearer the windows. He recommends that each pupil be individually exam ined as to the place he can see the board without, straining or blinking, and whether' he can read the smallest type in his text book through smoked glasses without becoming tired. Those who have strong eyes, as shown by these tests, should be put furthest from the windows and the board, while the weaker ones are moved to more fa vorable localities. It is urged that th6 pupils who provo markedly defectivo In being unable to read through tba smoked glasses when near the win dows, or who oannot see the board from tbc front scats, be sent to an oc ulist and provided with glasses. The doctor urges that this examination bo conducted each year. A stadium was the Greek measuri of length. It likewise signified 125 Roman paces, which was the length of the foot race course at Olympia. Hence it came to mean an athletic course and ampitheatre. It is a fine classic term and will harmonize with the dar sie shados of Harvard. Soldiers' Nurses. When the little sons of Princes! Christian were still in their nursery, at Cumberland Lodge, one of theil favorite amusements was to watch tho exercising of the cavalry detachments stationed at Windsor. A story is told of how, on a certain occasion, afte? Intently watching for some time the procession of horses and men, one ol the little fellows turned in excitement to the princess and said: "Oh! mamma, I wish I could be a soldier. Why can't I?" To this his mother made answer: "Well, dear, I don't think you would like- lt, really. For one thing, you would have to le.ive nurse, and you would not like that," This little prince, who was very fond of his nurse, promptly replied: "Oh! no, I shouldn't; I should tako ter with me." "But, my dear, soldiers can't take nurses about with them " "Oh! yes, mamma, they can. Why, j on Sundays, when we go into tho Long . Walk, all the soldiers we see have nursemaid* with them."-'dlJitrated Tb.c factories, the mines, the vrorte shops and the great mercantile estab lishments of our country teem with the labor of our children, says W. S. Waudby, in an article on Child La bor in Leslie's Monthly. Some of them are of the age required by the laws of the State; but innumerable thousands are much below the limit these statutory laws provide for, and the laws of nature demand. There are few branches of our great industrial life which are not overcrowded with child labor. I have been informed by Mr,William C. Hunt, chief statistician for population, that The report of the census office for the year 1900 will show that for the mainland of the UnitcM' States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii, there were, approximately, one million, seven hundred and fifty thou sand persons from ten to fifteen years of age inclusive, reported as engaged In gainful occupations. The difference in degrees in ma turity between boys and girls in the freshman year is a fundamental rea son for segregation, according'to a statement just issued by Dr. W. R. Harper, president of thc University o? Chicago. Dr. Harper says: "When thrown together in a new environment on entrance to tho university boys and girls become conscious of differences before unnoticed, and the personal el ement creeps in too strongly for the best work. In the secondary school this is not the case, for the reason that the boys and girls there have been growing up together and do not'no tice that one group matures earlier than the other.'