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rHE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA L. C. HAYNK, Pree't. F. 0. FORD, Caabier. J Capital, ?250,000. i Surplus and ? <M OR OOO I lad ?vid cd 1 refits ) H> . ? J>UUu FacUitio? ol our ma?nlnVent New Va nil leontnluiisK i?') Mil>ty.|,<"-k Box??. PiiW. ..D; Stz-'s un- nfforetl io our pat rona and thy public a; $3.oU to $11).00 per aanuiu. VOL LXVIIi. EDGE FIELD, 8. C.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 24. 1903. TH* PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. 1AUtiUSTA, GA, I_ Paja Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited, L, C. Hayne, President, Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. NO 2?. 2afTftTffTfy?ri??f?ftTf^ffyfFfryt^ff?y The Passir A STUDY IN FEMINir By RUTH On a crisp afternoon in carly au tumn Juno was watkins across tho campus. Tho Greek professor when she entered tho ( lass room greeted her as Miss Lawrence, ?ind in tho registry her Christian nanu- was Eleanor. But if you had watched her progress down the straight path, you would know why the girls called her Juno. They had given h^r tho name in her fresh man year. Now she was a senior and it fitted her still better. She was tall. There was rhythm in her motion, and vigor, as If ail her muscles had been developed tn harmony. Her head turned the least bil to enc sido and slightly tilted backward, the erect shoulder.; and straight hack, thc grace and pease of the whole body as sic.' walked all befitted a goddess. Her hair was black. It was parted and coiled loose ly just above tiie line of her neck with out breaking the nut'irai contour of the head. The eyes ice were dark ar 1 the cheeks rosy. Ii was in color?n, rather than in beauty of feature thal thc charm of her face lay. As Juno opened lier Iliad and knotted ber brows. Mary Tilton. watching her in a corner, felt like protesting against the inflictions of" education. Theoreti cally, to be sure, there was propriety enough in Juno's leading the Iliad; nothing couh] have suited her style better, Dut Juno had displayed no af finity for Cree]: nor for any other branch of learning. It seemed to Mary preposterous that such a girl should bc made to mope over boaks. It would be quite as sensible tn capture o young deer and compel it tc study loaar'hms. Juno belonged cut of doors. She should be free. It ought to be enough for anybody to see her a beautiful, strong, natural being. Juno would have en dorsed Mary's views if they had come up for consideration. She had not formulated any like them in her own mind, but she live.', up to them. She placed no strain upon ber intelcct will ingly. She fell in cordially with na ture's plan regarding her person. Such aid? to its realization as thc morning plunge, a full a?owaiic" of exercise in the open air, and nourishing food, she employed generously. She took pains that her dressmaker should acquiesce in the designs that seemed to have been conceived in Paris with special refrence to her figure. The beauty cf her hair was enhancd at home by the .activities of her maid; at college it ^wgSjMfagy Tilto who delighted to brush it i 11 i irlTir^* r^io dit? not revel selfishly in her nattn^r^iTr?cTrv?nb^s!"^ She was perfectly willing that others should enjoy it. As the class left the room. Juno and Mary walked away arin in arm. It was the last recitation in thc afternoon. "Come out for a walk," Mary sug gested. "Let's have supper cn ihe hill. We can wrap up warm." "You always know just what wiH suit me. Mary," said Juno. "I want to get off somewhere, and have a chance to think.' Mary looked up in vague alarm. She never before had known Juno to want to think. Lut siie said nothing. When Juno reached her room she threw her Iliad on the desk and her self on a couch, where she lay with eyes closed, her hands clasped over her head. Mary Tilton meantime ran up two flights of stairs to ber room. She extracted from the larder, which is more requisite a part of a college girl's room than a de k, four eggs. These she put on the gas stove to boil. "Twenty minutes." she said to herself; "Juno won't eal them unless they are hygienic." Then she ran down the two flights to a small grocery store that thrived under the cotlcgc roof on the patronage of thc students, to mount once mon; with the materials for sand wiches, fruit, and a jar of milk. The college supper bell was ringing when, lunch basket, in hand, sho knocked at Juno's door. The "Come!" sounded drowsy. "Did I wake you up?"' asked Mary contritely. No matter. I'm ready. I was dread fully tired, a'd I don't want to look played-out tom ?rrow." "Anything special?" "Kent is coming." "I thought you forbade him to come again,' rose to Mary's lips. What she said was: "You'll have a good time." "On tho contrary." tait! Juno, "he bores mc a good deal." The next day was Sunday. The girls did not meet until evening. Mary spent thc holiday in the library working up history topics. There was no evidence in Juno's Munday recitation that her friend had confined her exertions tc her town subject. At an early hour ir the afternoon Kent Thorpe was showr into the college drawing room. Tht fortunate circumstance that his great grandfather had married Eleanor Law renee's great-grandmother establisher a blood relationship between studen and guest that made it within th< bounds of college discipline for then to leave the building toge!!.er. As the; did so, it was observed from severa windows that the tall stranger witl fair skin and ha>r and manly bearins did not look out. of place beside June They did not return until sundown During tho evening they conversed yr. dately in a corner of trie college draw ing room, Kent looking a" if the who! institution was weigh in him dowi A spectator would have d<_ ectoil a mb chievousncss ?ii Eleanor i demeann that she hardly could have introduce for the purpose of allaying his diac.on fiture. At bedtime, when Mary was brusl ing the black glossy hair that too moro of her attention than her owi Juno raid: "We tramped for m?le Then he read me a magazine artic! ;hat he has written. Here are h sketches for it. Aren't they beaut ful?" She spread them out on tl; couch, her long hair slipping over '<:. white arms as ehe beni down. Mai o*.-.- .i hrtiKh tn hand uttering Met ig of Juno. .JE CONTRADICTIONS. CRAFT. staccatos of admiration. "His article isn't so good." Juno admitted, "but I can put it into shapo for bim." .Alary repressed her surprise at this budding of literary criticism. "Mas be gone?" she asked. "No. He missed the train. He tele phoned that he would come again to morrow." .Mary grinned behind thc screen of Juno's hair. "Theu look out for tomor row," she said soberly. "Nonsense!" said Juno. At io o'clock, according to college rules, every light must be out. On the Sunday night after Kent's second call Juno obeyed, and so did .Mary. Hut when Juno, in a loose gown and soft slippers, rapped on Mary's iloor she ' I found her friend similarly arrayed and j perched on a high window scat in thc I j moonlight. She climbed up beside her | and laid head in her lap. "Have you come to tell me anything, J Juno?" asked Mary roguishly. "Certainly not." Juno spoke severe ly. "I don't feel like talking at ai!. I never shall marry him," she asserted with contradictory irrelevance. Mary ran her lingers through the soft hair. She said nothing. "He's just my ago," remarked Juno, "and stunning to look at." "Well?" Mary ventured. "He is awfully fend of golf and walk ing and all that." "Well?" "He says we have tho same tastes tn music and books and such thing-." "Very likely." asserted Mary. If Juno should develop any predilections at all in those directions, it seemed likely that they would follow Mr. Thorpe's. "Hut I don't care for him. Besides. I never could stand being tied down even if I did love anybody." '".Vhat does he say lo that?" "He says he will make mc. He S?iys I should be freer than ever." "He doesn't know her." thought Mary. "But he doesn't really care for me." Juno explained. "He is misled because he never happened to como ac ross my 1 type before." "Some of that is true," sahl Mary, adding to herself, "and he won't again.'' "There are quantities of ether wom en that would he just as congenial and stimulating to him if he knew them." "Then it is your duty to tell him so." "I tried tot but he interrupted me." g 'tPJUl L.??*V 1 1 "It wasn't very nice. He said 'Damn | the other women!' " On Monday afternoon Mary found j Juno bending over the manuscript <'f Mr. Thorpe's article which hy free use ; of a pencil she had rendered absolute- i ly illegible. "When on earth did you do all that?" she asked. "I've done nothing else all day. There! road it and sec if you think of anything else to do io it. I have been over it so many linu s thal I know ! it by heart. I simply cannut luuk at it again. Mary took up the sheets. "No, give it to me!" said Juno. "l il read it to you. I'd like to." "Why did you.do all that?" asked Mary boldly. "I don't know. Yes, I do too. I want him to know how much I care for him as a friend." On Tuesday Juno rcreived a letter. To the judicial mind the gratitude that .it expressed might have seemed ex cessive. "It was too good of you to bother over my miserable art if le. dear. Yes, dear, dear. dear. I will MW it Flow can I ever thank you enough? And not for that only. How can I tell you what your grand, sweet, womanly nature has done for me? Oh. Eleanor, I love you. Yes. I will say that too." On Wednesday, as Juno came out from thc college postofHce with Mary, she said; "I'm not used to getting so many love letters a day. Do I love him?" "No," said Mary, decisively, "you don't." Juno looked relieved. "He wants to come up again on Saturday." she said, "but I have written him not to. I was good, wasn't I?" "Very," said Mary. On Thursday Mr. Thorpe wrote that thero were some points in his article that they positively must talk over to gether. "I shall he firm. Mary," said Juno. "It wou't ?lo at all for him to come." "Why, Juno?" and Mary looked into Juno's eyes. "He goes to California next month," pursued Juno, evasively; "probably I never shali see him again." Friday was Juno's afternoon at home. She always served tea to thc girls. When Mary arrived the couch' s and chairs were filled and several guests were on the floor. Heals of laughter announced that Juno was en tertaining the company with her own version of some incident in college lifo She never appeared more brilliant oi more irresponsible. Mary, who al ways slipped into a corner on tliesi occasions, sat watching her friend wist fully. She could see in thc vivacious face no suggestion of the week's sieg' that Juno's heart had undergone Would Kent Thorpe, or any oilier man she asked herself, ever he Juno's coi. qHering hero? Her answer tamo un expectedly. An she tried to go .-111 un noticed while the jobi y was i:> ful swing. Juno opened the door for hoi "I telegraphed him to come tomorrow, she said in an undertone. Mr. Thorpe must have known th lime table by heart. Doubtless it wa his custom, moreover, to keep hi dress-suit case pac'y'd. These fact favored his arrival in response t Juno's telegram at an hour thai antic peted the usual one for morning calli Punctuality, however, did not so mw characterize his manner when, a; -Jus! Juno torc her hand from his at tin? co laee gateway. Mary Tilton found thc history topics rich in suggestion that Saturday. In place of Man- Queen of Scots, sho would see Juno; Sir Philip Sidney gave place to Kent Thorpe. At sup per Juno's seat was empty. Mary found her in her room in an attlturio of dejection. Her face was the picture of despair. "What now?" Mary tried to speak gayly. "He has gone." "To California?" "No, to his hotel." "Then you have not parted for all time?" "I should think not," cried Juno. "Oh. Mary!" and the goddess hurst into tears. Mary was to say thc least perplexed. Mr. Thorpe had expressed a strong de sire to come. Juno had summoned li i ni of her own will. He had promptly rc sponded. Now she wept because he had not gone. Whatever thc reason, it was sufficiently agitating to see Juno in tears She somehow suspected that tears, in thc case of Juno, meant down fall. It was the first time that she had :,een her cry. "Ifs hideous:" Juno proclaimed, ns soon as she could speak. A comical look aided her a-; she removed thc trace.: of tears. .Mary waited In silenco for further enlightenment. "Ifs sim ply hideous." Juno repeated, "to adore anybody as I do him." "Then you will go to California with him?" Mary smiled as she spoke. "N.i. but only because he has givr-a up going. I would go to the moon with him if ho wanted me to."-New York Evening Post. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Tho first ice cream ever sold as t regular article of commerce was shipped by a Huston merchant named Tudor in 1S05. He sent a load to Man inique. Another girl has been found who likes needles. In Ashland, Pa., the oth er day, a 16-year-old girl was operated on In thc state hospita!, and no less than l:'.r. needles were 'aken out of her bands and arms. It srms that she did not like to go to ?schcol and as an ex cuse weald stk)< nee Iles into "herself. She seined to have suffered no great inconvenience from doing so. The four-year-old son of a French packer recently disappeared, and thc authorities instituted a search, but without result. The same day, how ever, the boy was returned in a pack j ing case which had been sent to a cus ; tomer as containing goods. The child i had apparently got into the empty j case, fallen asleep, and had been ! packed up. Luckily, the lid only fittei j loosely, and the boy is none the worse j for, the advenjture^ v m The Eskimos possessed the most re markable place of worship in the world. It was a sealskin church. Forty sealskins were stretched over a light framework, and in this tent, IS feet by 12, services were held every Sunday. Put the church came to an untiirrrr; -nd. One hard winter tho Eskimos' dogs, being half famished, dined on the sealskins, and only the frame was left. The Eskimos have now erected a dog proof tabernacle. A procession of the unemployed that took place in 1764 says the London Ex press, did not meet with any great suc cess or public sympathy. In that year wigs went oat < f fashion, and the wig makers of London were thrown out of work and reduced to distress. They petitioned George III to compel gentle men to wear wigs by law. As the wig makers went in procession to St. James to present their petition it was noticed that most of those persons who | wanted to compel other people to | wear wigs wore no wigs themselves, j This striking tho London mob as very j inconsistent, they seized the proces sionists and forcibly cut off all their ; hair. An interesting discovery was made recently at Peterborough cathedral during the progress of some evacua tions in connection with the underpin ning of the south wall of the sand nary. ' Three stone collins, one very large and two smaller, and tho stem of a Saxon ? cross, richly ornamented with mould ing ol' a well known Celtic pattern, were discovered. The spot is the north i eastern extremity of the Saxon church which was destroyed by lire by the Lanes, and propably formed part of a monastic burial ground. Archaeolo gists believe the small coffins may have been those nf the children of ono of tho kings of Murcia. The cro*s is to bo preserved in tile cothadral. Athletics in Our Navy. The navy department has issued a special order announcing the allot men:;; of athletic out/its to naval ves sels according to their complements, ami saying that they will be supplied at once. These outfits include balls, ' baseball bats, mitts, masks, protectors : and hag?, being gloves, footballs, foot ball trousers, stockings and belts, pro teeters an! bars boxing gloves fenc ' ing gloves and masks. The fencing I (mtfit is designed for tho special usc of officers. On the request of squad j ron commanders trophies will be fur nished their commands as follows: j Vessels having complements of SOC ! or more: Rowing, a gilded rooster; I palling, a small model of a navy cut I ter under sail; baseball, a blue ant j gold banner; football, a gilded wood 1 en football: fencing. (Tossed broad ; swords. Vessels having complement! ? of less than 300: Rowing, a silver roast . er; sailing, a small model (lf a nav; ', whaleboat under sail; baseball, a rei I aad gold barnier; football, a S?VC -wondon football: fencing, enisse ! broadswords. All trophies are to b ! suitably mounted and so arrang d tba ? the necessary inscription can be ci I tered upon them yearly, and arc als I te be protected by glass cases.-Net i York Commercial Adverl her. ; The telephone can no longer be h [pilly ic ed by German physicians i dictating prescriptions to druggist j because of the- chances of fatal misui j Oeraundings, | DUELLING FOR | % FUN. S 0999999999999999999999990 Duelling net for honor, but for fun. Is ono of Ibo latest pastimes indulged In by tia- gayest of tintions. And tlmy call tbls fencing with bu ti on less foils, do thc merry (Janis. "In poule sang lante," I. (... ibo bloody ben. Fur Ihrsc ensanguined |ioultry contests Hie fol lowing regulations lia ve been ?aid down: "Swords with but lonlvss blades, fare uncovered, right arm hared, ordi nary kid gloves if desired, upper pan of the body clothed III :i vest titting tightly to the skin, lud?s forbidden, fach fencer to be assisted by iwn see cl n vi on sp eli SI ev pi ll ci di PHOTOGRA1 oiids. The competitions will consist of Iwo-millille Inuits, mu] will step at the lirst bleed." The llfsl public event ?f tliis kind took phut1 early lu March ut Nomby, near I'.-uis. thc lighting cocks (or liens) to load off being M. Ln bordesquc amt M. de VII? Ito. The lat ter received a scratch on thc foreaun. Then the po]|r-{? intervened. After a perfunctory though clamorous official d?monstration, the officers of the law withdrew, and then the series of duels continued and more of the brave Callie birds bled for fun.-Collier's Weekly. RflCIHQ_OH A NEW JP?KT By Day Allen Willey. Till: eastern coast of Florida, between Daytona and Or monde Includes a stretch Vf saud wliieh is about thirty miles In length and remarkable for Its smooth and hard sur face. lt ls s.) brui that ii is utilized as a boulevard by ho; se vehicles of various kinds and b\ automobiles, bicycles, and by what arc locally termed "sand-sailers." 1 Miring- Ilse win ter season, when thc resorts mentioned aro largely patronized, nearly every va riety of vehicle operated by steam or gasoline eau Iv.' seen upon the beach. The photograph* .-hew a collection of the various automobiles which have been used hen; during Ibo past winier. They include not only a break. Inn run abouts of various kinds. lu the picture aro no less ?han sewn different kinds of autos, including the motor bicycle. The "sand-sailers" consist nf a frame work spread on three bicycle wheels, to which is attached an ordinary sprit sail. The rear wheel is used lo steer tho "craft." and it can lie operated quito close to the wind, while ill run ning before the wind it frequently at tains a very high speed. Seni" of thc bicyclists who uso the beach for a course have fitted up gulls which are ^^^^^^ I^J* VAU1UU8 TYPE? UK SELF-l'KOl'E DEACHES OF fastened lo a nias! nf Inched to the framework, and are used in coasting before tho wind. CHKO'I Itlnltt Liv? l.oiit:<st. Many people declaim against t lie cruelty of keeping birds in cages, bul lt isa wi ?ll-proved (ruth thal cage-birds live about six limes as lon? as a wild bird, and Hie bird invariably becomes so fond of ?ts owner and its surround ings that, when I lie cage is thrown open, il will no) My away, il suffers so little from solitude licit, if a prospect ive matu is Introduced, it bits her on the hoad al lirsl for her impudence lu daring io ?ulrude into a pi h at - apart ment.- Nev; Voil: .. ress. The r.rilisli Ollleer. Tho dash and bravery displayed by the little Itrilisli force in ibo storming of Kano wer.- quite up In I ho traditions of the service. Tim Itrlti.sh o'hYer may be criticised for lac!, nf "slhiiiii ss." hui when it conic:? in leading straight ?ni? un ugly breach ho eau give thom all curd" and spades - ottawa Citizen, ?iii nge il ?story. Here ls n remark::?.?lu little mediaeval uirch which vas (Uncovered llirmigli dream. A young woman living in a llago near I'lror. 1:? Servia, il iva med ic night of M burled flmreli. She eke of It'to th.? prefect and the local ergy. but they only !auglied al her. K? persisted in her statements, hew er, and ultiman ly Induced thu ?icu e to dig at a rpor sue Indicated, ere. tb the intense surprise ot' every ie hut thc dreamer, tho ruins of n me aeval church were found. These ere re.lw'.Mt as a tiny chapel, and since m th cr In w sy ui AV III PH OF A FREN - 'v? ?''.4'iv: V' ' :^^-vf . 1 fl ? L'SBi?ltJUKJiyt'i-J AND M. Dil VU icu hundreds of people have made Igrimagcs t<i the place. The chapel simply crowded with tablets, sacred ons and other ???:?;::is of the faithful. eiiAi'h j, uriiiT ni1'.; xiii: uri xs or A MEDIAE VA ti ClIUllCH WHICH WAS DISCOVERED TltUOVOIl A DKKAM. t I r-'In :i Ll?utft.1 he woman whose dream led to its dls ?\ ( ry is th.- presiding genius of the ?ace. and receives so many rifts from ic worshipers that she ls already quite ch. Our photograph shews the dream lurch and Iis discoverer, with licrchll len.-Tile Wide World Magazine. Tin- gntircn of -'miiilv. At last thc doctor consented to smile. lie nurse was already laughing: tho h ulow had been lifted from thc sick uoiu, and everything was well; ami Mer profusely bal hing lier ( yes Ann: cullie came down to the breakfast able where ber two small nieces were rated, wondering what had turned he house so topsy turvy that morning. "Muess what I know, girlie-:" she aid, ira viv. "There is a lillie baby . tom? sWto? : mph MM-.^ . gp, % , . \ rzZHii LLED VEHICLES CSEU t).N THE FLORIDA. -From thc Scientific American. brother upstairs, lie caine ibis liiom illg when you we;-.- asleep. What do yen think of t liai V" "Hld be.'" exclaimed Hie >haip eyed I'M i I ll. "Theil I klMlW Who broil' lit bini." "Von dr.':" "Yes. ii was the milkman. Il said so on bis cart yesterday." "Said wita fi" asked Aunt .lennie in astonishment. "Why. 'families supplied daily!*" was the quick reply. New York Times. Th? rainier I'Intit. The pepper plant piper iiigi-iim which produces I be while ami black pepper of commerce, i-< a I'liiubing, vine-like shrub, found rrowing wild in the forests m Trevaiiroro and thc Malabar coast of India. Popper is cli nicly tropical in its requirements. Tho white p"?i|>er is ti "- Illach pepper i!e corticatcd hy maceration and rubbing. Pulllth, Minn., is lo have ?ill haineuse electrical power plant which will rival that at tho "?seo," h HISSING LINK. Strange Animal Connecting; Rep- j Ilks and Minimals. ,,U ?? III -M E^----1^--- & In Perminn limes, which was about Iddny in ibo great geological past.' ere lived ninny strange and wlerd entures belonging to thc vast rcptll II elass. The fossil .sunlight, which j e call coal, was just forming in Penn 'I rn II in and no mn m mn I had yet trod mn this earth. Tho compara lively brief period of th? orld's history embraced by the Per? I Ian ami Trias saw some remarkable j CH nu BL. ji'JTTli, AT MiClLL?. -From Collier'* Weekly. Iianges among back-boned animals, ul only of our continent, but elso "h< rc; it saw rho disappearance of tho nat frog and salamaudor-liko amphib ins, aud lin? coming of dinosaurs and in rino reptiles. Turtles made their upen ra ncc, and tho strange, mammal ko : 'pt?los, the niiomodouts, ran their lurso. passed across tho stage, and .ont cat of existence. Most important P all events that look place il) the rinssic period was the advent of ?a mina Is, and, while these were no irger than rats, and seem to have had muy features in common with their uomodont associates, they marked the ?ce. has witnessed such a complete rolution In tile life of the glebe. The j gctntiou, too. was changing: those j ?ni, overgrown mosses, which had mod iii the carboniferous, practically ^appeared with the Permian, while ins and cycads increased and con .rs appeared in numbers. The world id changed, our continent had in cased In size, .-ind the close of the ring looked upon a new landscape, .oph'd hy a m w race of beings. Mr. '? '?is.. of the State Normal School, il wanko-*, Wis., has patiently recoil meted olio of these primitive actors STRAXrtE ANIMAL OF ASCIEXT TIMES :' tin- st.-r.ee. long since forgotten, for ur delectation. Head down and tall Xposed is the way that ailomodont nown as "F.mbnlophortis ilollovlaiius" ras discovered. Thc strata was slight y Inclined and composed of peculiarly efraetcry cement of iron and sand. vliieli made il.x tra ct Inn of the bones i matter of extreme dilllculty ami pa il iiei". Pali; nco ultimately had its rewan! iud the st.linen proved to b(> nearly um tomat h-ally complote tho only parts aeking being ?i-.- ribs :. 1 part of the Vet. wist, ii were present in oilier sped . lens nf ihi- va me animal. The restera jon here shew:, was made after a most ?..ireful study, measurement and com ?larison willi all bones nf like creatures. I'lie body is drawn somewhat elevated fruin the ground. At first it seemed (imitable that the belly was dragged .ii the ground, but an al tempt io place the bolles of the fore limb in such a po sit ion showed such no| to have been Ibo case with the animal. The lal] would naturally seem to have been pr, tty long, if for no other reason than to preserve 'he symmetry of ii,., ani ma', bul Ibo boms prove otherwise. When alive Einholophorus ilollovlaiius must have been a I iou I the size of u pony, only of vastly different appear ance and possessed of [he habits of an alligator. A Ki'tmitiiil ?r OM NVw?Hte. The i io ist notorious pan of the whole structure and which yet ron mills wat tho press ynrd. Here it was thai peim forte et dill" was intlieted upon prison ers charge:! with felony who with thc view ol' saving their projmrty fron eollliscatioii, refuse I tu plead at tin liar. 'Chis dreadful punishineiii of be big pressed to death was. however abolished in 177'J. A Major Strang ways, who was indicted fur murder having refused lo plead, wits con doomed to this sa vane peine forte e . lure. Ile died il! oiglll Illimit?s, an) many of those who witnessed tie il read fill skill threw stones ai him ti basion his end. Chambers's-Journal. Mere Opinion. A woman Islfl old as long as she cai keep her da lighter in short skirts. people who are disposed to erv ove spilled milk have damp handkerchief linet ol' tile limo. Ii i u'i always ibo mos! powerful h eollielive i'l l! lias the biggest Wl|!Sl!o. There ;:? many a mau who Would li willing t" lose lin- rcs|ieci of a lowi sjiipfui of people in order lo win -i if prize.-Chicago Itccord-llcraid, Wagons. Largo Shipments of the host makes of wagons an<? buggies Just received. Our stock of furniture, housefurnlsbings ls com plete. Largo stock flways on hand. All calls for our Hearse promptly responded to. All goods sold on a small margin of profit. Call to see me, I will save you money. ! Unparalle The Greatest Bargain Ever Offered. hundred and forty-five thousand of Closes July 1st. Between now and July 1st wo will soil our concert grand upright Mendelssohn plano for one hundred and seventy-five dollars and will prepay freight and furnish stooi. music book and handsome senrf with each Instrument. \\:e have over ono our instruments now in use. For over twenty years our pianos were one ot the leaders of tho well known south ern house of Lucidon & Dates. Wo ahio sell organs and our world re nowned Sterling Pianos. For full information adcrcss THE STERLING CO, Derby, COD n W. J. Rutherford. It. B. Morris. | AND DEALERS IN Cement, Plaster, Hair, Fire Brick, Fire Clay, Ready Roofing and Other Material. Write Us For Prices. Corner Reynolds and Was!?ifig?ou Streets, 1 AUGUSTA, = = CASKET CONVEN"I EXCES. Xo matter how unimportant an arti cle of house furnishing may seem, it nevertheless is swept by the keen, critical eye ol' the Inventor and manu facturer to sec if It can be improved One would think nobody would bother about baskets, that those on the mar ie: t were good enough and that there were other things more worth while. Dst lot:; of new things in baskets are cropping up. Every one knows tba. scrap baskets are apt to break on thc edge, especially when1 the family is inigo and there arc careless young people. A tough.. serviecaole straw now comes, pretty enough, for the most fas tidious, which is built into scrap bas kets, anil to make it more durable thc eds? protected with aluminum. It looks like nickel, so bright and sil very is I:. But nickel for such uses would be heavy. Aluminum has scarce ly any weight. These baskets will al most last forever. Of thc same straw, aluminum bound, is a little coneshapeil basket lined with leather. This is for the maid and in tended to held kniVC3 and forks when removed from the table. Everyone knows that when dishes and knives, forks and spoons are piled indiscrimin ately on trays the knives and forks are ap', to Slldp oft" on thc Hoer. This Ut ile basket permits them io be gathered all at once quietly and taken from the dining-room without fear of mishap. Useful for the picnic hamper is n small flat basket with a half dosen or more gras3-wovon rings, like napkin rings, fastened iu it. They will hob) securely bettles of wines, eggs or such things whose breaking would spelt ruination to the other contents of the hamper.-Philadelphia Telegraph. The results of the German census of 1900, have jus' boen ma lc public by thc Imperial Statistical Bureau. Tho returns show that at thal date the city of Frankforfon Main had 288.9S9 In habitants, (today over 300.000). Of these 175.909. er 60.9 per cent, were Protestants. KS.I57 (30.0 per cent.) Catholics, L'l.i'74 (7.it per cent) Jews, and '?f<VJ persons 11> !? per cent) were dissenters or unsectarian. Tho follow ing figures give thc number of foreign ers who were then sojourning or resid ing In tho city: 2.5Sti Austrians, r?04 Swiss., -172 Americans. 340 Russians, 217 British. L'i'L' Hungarians and 95 Hollanders. Among thc German *ub lects in Frankfort's population there were S'J whose motlier longue was Lng lish. Powerful Chinese Drugc. "I have always heard that Chinese medicines are very powerful." said tho city salesman, "but I never had any idea what a tremendous effect they were capable of producing on the sys tem till I saw a Doyers street China man rake a pi 11 the other day. and then I realized that ono dose of a Ce lestial compound can safely ho war ranted tc. kill or cure. Xever in my horn days di * 7 seo such a pill. Hov/ on (Mr;h the fallow ever got it down ls a mystery. It was fully as big as a pigeon's egg. and. so the patient told ino afterward, fearfully bitter. "Upon Inquiry. I lona:! that thr.t was ti fair sample < f most Chinese reme dies. Xo matter what the nature of the mod:c??!-\ it ls generali.?- made up into enormous pi I ls. whose naturally bad taste is modified by nothing but a little Morice. These pi.ls are inclos ed in wax capsules which preserve them from thc air and keep them from being broken to piper-: before their time. Aside from the pills che only remed?.'s used by orthodox Chinese Sn Xew York arc a remedial oil which .hoy rub on the temples to eure head ache, and a liquid made by boiling down tlie loaves, s"m:s, seeds and roots of certain plants in a quantity of iii uki tig water. "According to my Dovers street au thority." continued the salesman, ac cording to the Xew York Times, "this fluid medicine ls even worse than the pills, for it ha.- to be cooked till it is almost like a syrup and drunk scald ing hot." RAGOUT OF MUTTON. Mix two tablespoonsful of vinegar with four tablespoonsful of sala?! o'.', in a deep dish, and add an onion, cut into slices, a pinch of powdered cloves and half a teaspoonful of black pepper. Put some rather 'hick slices cf mast mutton Into the pick!, und leave ;h-^:n for an hour or two. turning them once or twice during the time. Then put thc meat into a stewpan in Iayer^.with sliced onion, carrot and celery tween; pour in sufficient nicely flavor ed thick brown sante to cover the meat, put a piece of buttered paper over it. place the lld on the pin. and put it into a moderately hot oven for two hours and a half. At the end oi that time take out the meat and ar range it on a hot dish, place a border of boiled maccaroti around it (which has been finished with hu!'-".' and a little gated Parmesan cheese), with baked tomato-, s a: intervals; strain the same over thc ?neat and scatter some lindy chopped parsley over lt..