Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, July 22, 1903, Page N\A, Image 1

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THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTS '[ML C. ?AYK?, Pree't P. G. KORD, Cashier. f; ('?pit.il, ?250,000. $125,000 f Stirplus arid " I ifided l'r??ls f H Facilillos of our msgnlrteent "feir Vault kwatalulng 410 >-afoty-Locft Boxes. Dlfl^r len: Sizos ar? offoreu- to our patrons aud I the public at $3.14 to 310.00 per annum. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA, Pay? Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Heyne, President. Chas, G. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXVIII. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 22. 1903. NO 30. i nr\ n? BEAU?Y f Hou?ed with ft mollusk of the ?ca, Kord? atom Jlfe of mean degree -Must perish ttiat a pe?rl muy be; Extinguished, in Its purple cave; From prison wall und crystal waTe, its ruin wins a glittorlng grave. Till, like a dewdrop cool and clean, Eoglobed in light, a gem serene Adorns the bosom ot a queen. O life that climbs-from power to power ! Each darkness broods n brighter nour, Each fading sows a fairer flower. -Theron Br< $ Career of His {J" By L PARR, v' Mrs. Hayes Vas undeniably a widow; but she was very far from the state \ known as "lone and lorn," for her hus band, of whom she had plainly stood in i considerable awo, before dying had - .^considerately bequeathed to her "his living iniagi"-in a slightly more man ageable form. Like mest women, Mrs, . Hayes was prono to concentration, es " pe??lly In matters 6f the heart? and ftv^-sb exactly alike might hav? proved ?ii'embarras "de richesse. Eut left with only one, add thai a sm ill one, she re established herself in .her native vil lage and contentedly applied hers?lf to ?.the washtub and the ironing board for Sthe maintenance of herself and the .? little Johnnie until he should be of an gjjage to realize her great expectations of . him and prove himself the man his ^lather was. yt "Just about a clever scholard, too," explained Mrs. Hayes to any one who -feared to listen. ?& None of her friends and relations ...had seen this wonderful man of hers in the flesh: she had met him in Lon don while in the service there, and had only returned to the country at his death. But they were not allowed to forget him, and the tale of his nuiner ..ous attainments was told and told .; again. He had left only a very few ;. pounds' worth of furniture behind him, but, according to his wife, he had been "most too clever" for money making one of those men so topheavy with brains that they cannot conveniently stoop to pick up a mere weekly wage. 'And, then, he had died quite young, bc- j fore he had been given his "chance." 3 A common laborer, a farm hand, ke:ps himself from the time he is released from school, but it is notorious that finen of talent take longer to start *. I themselves in independence; some ? times the twenties see them still only I thinking of doing it, the thirties sur t prise them with the task unaccom plished. Every one knows that brains take longer to develop than industry . .I-rOr at any rate, all Mrs. Hayes's in ? tfmates knew it.havinghad the theory _ 39t forth to them in homely language ' ^-rtany- -times. *Zz?~-'z-: ^v?r~lid?~trts-j [ chance, you uuc?erstand me," she would r-. lend; "was just snapped off like a bud as the frost catches." But Johnnie, lucky boy, joined his mother's robust costitution to his father's intellect, so she averred, and . the constitution, at any rate, seemed quite in evidence And if they look to see.what his father looked like, let. them look at Johnnie, said his mother, "his living picture!" Judged thus by Johnnie, his father seems to hav? had a sturdy, stumpy figure, a round, blunt featured face, powerful white teeth, a shock of stub by, sun bleached hair and prominent light blue eyes that were wont to stare unblinkingly during a conversation at whatever object first met their gaze all this added to a curious reluctance to say a word more than the absolutely necessary. A common enough type in that-neighborhood, yet not even that . neighborhood's preconceived idea of a son of genius. .But, If any smiled, they were kindly folk and took care to do it only be hind the" mother's back. 1 During Johnnie's passage from a heavy baby into a healthy, hearty boy, Mrs. Hayes was spared half the pangs of motherhood. She gave away the last of his petticoats without a sigh; with her own haifa's, to an accompaniment of smiles instead of tears, she cut close che mop of hair which had always re fused to respond to her efforts to en tice it into curls. She was in such a hurry for him to attain man's estate, and to show forth to a wondering world the heritage his father had left him, that she hurried him with all her ?night through his early years. John .nie never grew out of his clothes like .pother .'hoys. He was forced to turn them .up. th9 trousers half way to his knees, and the sleeves to his elbows, before he could move in them, and they were al ways beyond patching before his limbs overtooK them. When he was five years old she publicly announced her inten : tioh of calling him "John," as a weight - 1er and more fitting name. But he was so unmistakably "Johnnie"' that no one .. could remember to follow her example, " and half her time she only managed to " end a sentence started -oo nimbly with ' a "Johnnie" that had' "slipped out." As soon as he could toddle Johnnie went to school, and continued to go ida?ly until the extreme limit of age ..when schooling is compulsory on the .youth of England. Once laboriously es tablished in a '"standard," he showed a marked disinclination to leave it, and the utmost prodding never advanced him beyond the borderland of the . "fourth," But his mother blamed the school and her want of means to send -him to a better ene, not Johnnie. Of course, what any yok?l learned would not be tho learning to tempt her hus band's son. Johnnie received subtle flattery from her instead of blows for his slow progress. He met it, as he met. most things, with the impenetra ble stare of his light blue eyes. His opinion of I.dmself would have inter ested a good many people by this time, but his silence remained unbroken on that point as on so many others. There followed the usual little diffi culty in fitting the village genius with a met*ns of earning a livelihood. Mrs. Hayes refused to contemplate anything whereby "honest sweat" might be caused to flow from her son's low, hair thatched brow. Most of the men about her worked out of doors, or at some humble trade, and nothing of that - kind, sho had decided years ago, would do for Johnnie. With great diffitrv?ty and some delay, she obtained him cm ?fl ASH ESi 0 triumph o? divine desires When human pussiou chokes its fires, And all the brute in man expires? ! Till then the spoil of vanquished pain, 1 ho travor lo?*;.tho gi auder gain, Iho search of love umobg the slairi; For God discerns with punctual eyes The godlike where the carnal dies, And clothes with light the ransomed ?rizo. " I make my jewels so," He saith, " Of sorrow's? tears, of suppliants' breath, A glory round tho dust of death." >wn, lu Philadelphia Sunday School Times. t Father s Son. Y TRUSCOTT. ploy ment at tho village grocer's-just while he looked about him. He' was to "keep th? books" as his chief occupa tion, a..d she made a great deal conver sationally of the glory of those hooks. Johnnie made very little of them ex cept to blot them freely. He seemed all the while he sat over them to bc struggling hard to do something re quiring great expenditure of noisy I ?ath, but the result failed to satisfy the grocer; He took his dismissal stolidly, if with a lingering shortness of breath. "Don't want to stay, ?ir," he blurted out at last; "but could you say-could you say as-" "L'll say I thing j'ou're a deal too clever for this job, my boy," said the kindly grocer, "if that'll suit you?" And he winked jovially. "Thank ye, sir," said Johnnnie. sim ply, and very slowly and solemnly re turned the wink with one prominent blue eye. And that was the only clew to the hidden depths of his character the village ever received from clever Johnnie. For his mother did not try again to find him a situation; he quietly put himself beyond that possibility. Sh? came down one morning to find him gone, with a little bundle of clothes, and apparently half a loaf and a couple of turnips. "Dere Ma" (he had written-he never called her anything but "Mother," but "Ma" proved easier in the spelling) - "1 ham goin to foind som work has i con do Dere Ma i wu ll send you som cash reglar when i gefs it dere Ma. Your lovin son J. HAYES." She never showed tiite letter to any one, but she industriously spun about the prosaic flight of Johnnie a veil of romance all her own. And it so took up her time and thoughts that she grew accustomed to being alone before she began to mind it. Meanwhile, with considerable direct ness. Johnnie made him wayonfoot'to a large racing stable in an adjoining county that he had once been told about. He was lucky in this, that the owner of the stahl? was actually pres ent when he reached it, and lucky also in b?ing given thc opportunity of mak ing his application for employment to the Great Man himself. Johnnie's breath again gave him trouble, but what he said was to the point - "I haven't had much to clo with 'em, but I do seem to know something about 'em, and I'm so mortal fond o' horses that nothing would be too mud: trouble to learn; and, if you'd try mc, I'd work my hardest"-Then his breath gave out, and he stood panting and expect ant, the stare of his blue eyes for on 9 fixed appropriately on the Great Man's face. And he was given the work he lunged for. The Gr?at Man was "mortal fond" of horses, too; there may have been times when he even envied his men their method of earning their daily bread about his stables. At any rate, he realized that Johnnie was going to live an ideal life-a life spent in doing the thing of all others he wculd rather do. Johnnie's choice of occupation, in deed, was such a wise one that he did not long retain the humble position in which he slarted. His fondness for horses taught him more about them than experience taught many of the ethers; he could alway.-- lead them by it. just as a woman who loves children can always make them love her, or a man who loves men can always man age them. And from the first, when his wages amounted to only a very few shillings weekly and he was obliged to go often very hungry to do it (for Johnnie was still growing and his ap petite with him), he regularly sent a monthly postal order to his widowed mother, and as time went on he neyer fabled to make it larger to match every rise. He did not often write, and, if he did, he never gave her his address, or any news beyond the state of his health; a thing that, having started propitiously, did not vary. Nor did he ever visit her, although it would have bseJi an easy enough journey to take, a likely thing to do. But, in refrain ing, Johnnie probably had his reasons; he covered them over with a wide re ticence, but it was known by now that he generally had them-for other peo ple to talk about if they cared to. And then at last Johnnie gained pro motion and a rise so substantial that it seemed to change his views. For moro than a year he had been "walking out" with a young woman-only a servant, it is true, but sweet of face and true of heart, and as fond of Johnnie as he was fond of horses. He had started their walks together by making it very plain to her that marriage must bc a remote possibility, because the postal orders taxed his resources and were not on any account to be stopped. "So it mayn't be worth your while to be waiting," he had said. "Likely lt would be a stiffish time.'' "Then you don't really love me?" sighed the maid. "I loves you right enough,' said Johnnie. 'I wasn't speaking ill of my love." "If you love me, how eau you doubt me being willing to wait a bit for you? You're willi..?,, aren't ycu?" She spoke with tears. "Mighty willing," said Johnnie. He drew her head upon his shoulder, and he patted it, resting there, as he might th-e head of a favorite horse. Shortness of breath, as of old at an emergency, overtook him, but. he managed to re peat, "Steady, m' beauty, steady," a great many times. And now his generous wages actual ly ?dmitte? Of the double burden-th? postal orders t6 the mother at a dis tanc? ?hd the pretty witt at home. But? before inaitiiig this change in li fe* j Johnni?, almost for thc. first time, took a step on the impulse of a moment felt a longing to see his mother's face once again and acted on it. He'.fdund her on her deathbed, plain ly within1 ? few hours of her death, Johnnie had his own luck-might, so easily have been too late. For She' had not been so particularly young at the time of his birth, and she was quite an old woman now. Consistent always, she asked her son no questions con cerning his long absence; she did the talking to the last. "A gentleman in a bank would have to know a deal," was one of the thing9 she said, and Johnnie understood that he had" spent th? years p?reheo on an office stool as a banker's derk. "YOu'd wear a top hat and a black coat, to business every day, of course." She touched his rough tweed covered arm. "But you were right ?ot to come any ways dressed dp, as these folk might think-they're an envious lot, and wonderful Ignor?nt with it.'' She gave him, with increasing difficulty, the many details of his life one by one; it took her all her time, and, almost at the last, she remembered something of great importance to them both. "I told 'em always, Johnnie, when the orders came, but I never changed 'em here-I Waited till I could get into the town or something turned up; of ten ? hud to wait a bit, but I always managed lt, and I never told a living soul how small they wore, my dear. I knew hov.- many expenses you'd be having, dining out with the gentry and all; your old mother understood, but others might have thought different, and I never told a soul. Oh, they've kept me well since I've been past work ing, and I'm not complaining, only I thought I'd just tell you as I under stood why they were so small." "That'sright, mother," said Johnnie; "you was always a good 'un at ex cuses." "I loved you, you sec, Johnnie, and your father before you," explained the dying woman. "That's right, mother," said Johnnie, staring hard at thc foot of thc bcd out of unblinking, prominent eyes, but gently stroking her worn hand; "you was always a good 'un at lovin.' " When her weak voice was silent for ever, Johnnie knelt at prayer beside her. He prayed out loud, with many catches in his breath. What he said is, perhaps, worth recording. "Good Lord," he began, in orthodox fashion, "you know as I didn't mean to act untruthful, and thai I wouldn't have left her if I hadn't aknown she'd be a deal happier alone. But if you must keep turning of- the women out so fondlike and so deceiving of them selves, what are we men folk to be do ing for the sake o' peace?"-Tho Sketch. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. If a census could be taken of the men who work over a washtub more or less days per week, it would run up into the hundreds of thousands. As a self-minded atonement for sins committed 30 years ago, a Moscow beg gar has ever since worn an iron chain, from which two heavy weights depend. For sweeping the streets of Uendigo, Australia, where such expense is caused by people who scrape the roads for the sake of the gold dust obtain able, a man has been tined 20 shillings. It is not generally known that the jackal is a greater destroyer of hu manity in India than the tiger. Sta tistics published by thc government ol India show that while 928 persons were killed by tigers more than 1000 children were carried away by jackals. The latest craze in Paris is the wear ing of a lighted lantern as a persona; ornament. The fashion originated witt a speculative manufacturer, whose "pe tites lanterns" were bought by tens ol thousands at the fair of Neuilly. The lantern is very small and neat, and made in gothic form, after an ancient model. Sixty mastodons have been found in Nev/ York, mostly along certain Avell- | mar^~d belts. Outside these belts the ! state""is barren. They, therefore, had I distinct feeding grounds, and that, too, I in a not very remote time. They .are usually found resting on the boulders ' of old streams and in a comparatively , thin layer of peat. Paul Desmuke, of Amphion, Texas who has just been elected justice ol the peace, is without arms, but per forms wonders with his feet. Willi them he handles a knife and fork with I dexterity and writes with ease. Foi six months he was county clerk, kepi the records accurately and they an models of neatness. . Even the jaded tasre of the Paris ians is responding to the sensation ol seeing a child lion tamer in the per son of Tilly Bebe, a frail 17-year-old girl. She dominates the savage beasts by affection, and although she bears ugly scratches, say that none were given with malice. This modern Unad is said to sleep with her lions frequent ly. A Shakespearian Relic. An interesting Shakespearian relic recently sold at Sotheby's was the armchair made from the wood of the mulberry tree planted by Shakespeare in New Palace Garden, Sti ord-on- j Avon. The pedigree of the chair is unquestionably authentic since its his- ! tory can be traced right from the time of the famous tree being cut down 1 to the present day. It formerly oc cupied an honored place in the Strat ford Arms. Stratford. When thc pro prietor died in 1845 it passed into the possession of his daugnter, then tc that of his daughter's niece, by whoir it was for some time exhibited in Shcf field Public Museum, Weston park. A' the sale at Sotheby's this unique relk was sold for ?150.-The Taller. Accidental Injuries. Among any 100,000 people, 15,000 ex- ? perience during thu year an accidental j injury cf some kind severe enough tc j cause a claim on an accident policy. THIS IS AGE OF THE AUTO THE HORSELESS CARRIAGE MAY KILL THE RAILWAY. ?Vays Irr Which th? Motor Will Affect tho Fate .of ?h? ?r?divi?lu?l sncl t?ia Community-A Social ?ric? fnSu"? trial Revolution. The automobile is no longer an ex periment,, timi motoring is no longer a pastime' bf a luxury. What is the probable* fitflnfiwro of l.he automobile upon c?ntei?f.vi'?ry" life? Every car owner has at ence ? vastly increased radius of movement. The old coaching roads and coac> ings inns will once more be t.f. jnged with travelers. We shall know the land we live in-Its rural Interests, its beauties, Its antiquities. The man who has a. business in the town will no longer be dependent upon a slow and rare service of trains. Therefore thousands of the town dwellers Ot to* day will be the country dwellers bf to morrow. This will bring into the market at good prices a great, number of country placesunletableand unsala ble today. There will soon anise, in consequence ad irresistible demand for better roads. Th? prer.ent absurd laws regarding speed will sodri b<3 al tered by abolishing all restriction up on speed, and making every driver re sponsible, under heavy penalties, for inconsiderate or dangerous driving. So much for the privately owned car and its future influence. This, how ever, wiil be but a minor factor in the coming development of motor traf fic. Thc motor vehicle for business purposes will soon be umivorsal. Al ready the more enterprising trades men are using, with greater efficiency and economy, light motor vans for the collection and delivery of their goods. In New York heavy commercial trans port is being rapidly absorbed by the motor. A few years hence we shall look back with a . mile to the practice of the railways and large firms in us ing horse-drawn vans. Commercial travelers will take their samples through thc country in suitable motor cars. Agriculture will be one of the chief industries to benefit by the coming revolution. Already a company has been formed for manufacturing an ag ricultural j gasolene motor whicn has proved its practicability. Most of the important large farming tasks in tho United States are accomplished by some kind of engine or motor. A mo tor lawn mower already makes lt less costly to keep up those stretches of glo rious sward which England alone can show. Groups of farmers will com bine to send their milk, eggs, butter, fruit, and vegetables to a town market if within 30 miles, cr if farther to a railway. By the return journey thc farmer will get his supplies from town or rail at a fraction of their present transport cost. The coming of the motor means an absolute change of the nature and con ditions of passenger traffic in cities. Ten years hence there will not oe a horse left in the streets of London or New York, except th2 few Kept purely for pleasure and pride in their beauty and strength and for police and mili tary purposes. Their disappearance will have three results: First, twice as much traffic can be accommodated in any area; second, the streets, nr tong er subject to the pounding of their iron-shod hoofs, will be smooth and quiet, and will last "incomparably longer-to the saving of the tax pay ers' money, and third, there will not bc- 5000 tons of mauure deposited in London every day, to be collected and carted away, filling the air with odors and the lungs with poisonous dust, and costing an enormous yearly sum for its final disposition. I am oven inclined to go a step fur ther and hazard the opinion that the motor will kill the railway. Why should the community pay a hugo sum per mile for a special roadway for electric cars and a huge generating station, when self-propelled motor om nibuses of equal speed, comfort, capac ity and economy can use the common road, and. by their ability to be steered round obstacles, not interfere with the rest of the traffic? I am convinced that municipalities would consult their own interests by carefully considering the introduction of motor omnibuses before embarking upon the heavy init ial cost of an electric railway system which may quite likely be obsolete be fore their depreciation fund has been charged a dozen times. One great organization alone-the greatest of all-the railways-will suf fer from the coming of the motor. The motor will rob them of passenger traf fic, of the transport of mails except for long distances, of the carrying of light goods and light agricultural pro duce, and will prevent them from opening up new districts, which will be served by light lines and motor ve hicles as today in America by the elec tric trolley. To some extent the in jury will be mitigated by the motor bringing to them agricultural produce from wider areas tnan can produce it profitably to cart to the rail; and, of course, thc motor engine, or rapid succession of motor carriages, as al ready planned in France and Austria, will replace thc steam locomotive for suburban and light fast traffic. But on the whole, the stage coach will be avenged upon the railway by the mo tor. There are several other aspects of the development of motoring--such, for example, as the motor on water, where also it will effect great, chang es; and the stationary gasoline motor for light manufacturing and domestic purposes. Ono moro matter, how ever, cannot-be passed over, namely, thc colossal Industry that thc manu facture ol' motor cars and all that be longs to them will become. In 1902 Great Britain imported mo tors and parts to the value of $5,512, 310 and exported only $G57,405. Thc value of the American output of mo ler vehicles for 1902 is officially reck oned at 125,000.000. In the same year France exported motor cars to the value of $5.130,200. Two firms manu facturing pneumatic tires In France turned out in J!)<<2 54,100,000 worth, and each of them has $400,000 worth of goods in thc charge of agents. Sev enty French ..rms manufacture motor '??.rs, and their combined output last ,??ar was 12.^OO cars. The industry employed 180,000 workmen, earning on an average of $360 a year each. 1 THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTS '[ML C. ?AYK?, Pree't P. G. KORD, Cashier. f; ('?pit.il, ?250,000. $125,000 f Stirplus arid " I ifided l'r??ls f H Facilillos of our msgnlrteent "feir Vault kwatalulng 410 >-afoty-Locft Boxes. Dlfl^r len: Sizos ar? offoreu- to our patrons aud I the public at $3.14 to 310.00 per annum. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA, Pay? Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Heyne, President. Chas, G. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXVIII. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 22. 1903. NO 30. i nr\ n? LVfcNliNL? UIN I MU runun. VT ir p irorfc ls over for tbe dny A Hi. . -vjlii^Lit fcHlliur? 'round A?i-i "-U' / talles iii? garden hose All?) .*cis thu dusty ground, When .?u -u^h th? dusk WhtT? ccbj*?fl of musk Aro !? ruo .ipon the brcozo, A vi.-i?- s, '"Law! 1 n?Vf ruff ko?.- \niruai grow Uko th^se!" Thai'.- W?en tho world ls lu lichter ibau aim ?Ir.-. Il y'.-* llokle torch, Wfcun kids roll on 'J li? lovel luwn And L'bttln uro on the porch. When dnrjiupufl finally Bettles down And dtj^''.j away thu boat, And ends :/?J ball gam* which the boy? Aro playing In ihu street. Oh, thou's the tia>ri When half In rhyme 'J he d rou ms go to and ira, Willi oi.'?"?ns of I3.-iglit'stars nhove And seas of love below, Till reason.says It's time to bravo The nijL?h?, tho dump, tho air, but with tho dreams A something seem? To chain one to tho chair. -Indianapolis Sun. HUMOROUS. Wlgg- Did hs inherit his money or did he make it? Wagg-Worse than either. He married for lt. "Your face is very familiar to me," remarked the barber. "Not half so familiar as your manner to me," re plied the crusty man in the chair. Billings-Hov/ did you know Pottel took the elevator coming up? Bert Oh, I know Pottel's nature. He takes everything he can lay his hands on. Miss Gushing-Which do you pre fer, Mr. Dashing, blondes or bru nettes? Jack Dashing-Oh, it all de pends on the girl I am with.-Chicago News. Silllcus-How did- he acquire his reputation for such great wisdom? Cynicus-Why, there isn't a subject under the sun that he can't remain si lent about. Growler-When I was younger, madam, I was a lion. Mrs. Growler I agree with you, Growier-You do? Mrs. Growler-Yes; ycu are still the king of beasts. "Tba' old incy," said the fish deal er's assitant, " \\.nts a black bass, and we haven't an/." "Oh, well, give hei a bluefish," replied the dealer. "She's colorblind, anyhow." Manager-Yes, mum; this is the Os sified Man. He stands like a statue all day and does not move an inch. Mrs. Van Albert-Goodness! Wouldn't he make an ideal butler? Pete-When yer dad was llckin' yer I heard him say it pained him moro than it did you. Ain't dat a chestnut? Jimmy-Naw; 'twas de truth dis time. De switch uroke an flew in his eye. "Yes," remarked the loud-voiced man with the diamond stud, "1 am out of politics for good." "Ah," mur mured the sedate little fellow in the corner, "May I ask for whose good?" Blobbs-There goes a fellow whoso name is in everybody's mouth. Slobbs -A famous character, eh? Blobbs-^ Not at all. He is quite unknown to fame, but his name happens to be Tongue. The Smart Architect.-Wealthy Pa tron-Remember, that in making plans for my house, bay windows are barred. Smart Architect-I thought only prison windows weic barred. Express. Ascum-If "brethren" is a synonym for "brothers," why not "sistern" for "sisters?" Henpeck-Nonsense! I've often heard of a cistern that would dry up occasionally.-Catholic Standard and Times. Rollingston Nomoss-Here's a pieco in de paper wot says de great trouble wid de American people Is dat dey eat too much. Hungry Hawkins-Hully, gee! An' people gits paid fer wiitin' t'ings like dat! "Tommy," said the surprised moth er as she caught him in the act of tak- ; ing the fifth slice of cake, "aren't you ; forgetting yourself?" "No, ma," ; chuckled Tommy; "I am remembering : myself pretty well." > Mrs. Briggs-Funny about men. ' Mrs. Fitts-What's funny? Mrs. ? Briggs-When we were married John was mad because the people threw rice at me, and now he thinks nothing 1 of flinging at me any bit of ironmon- : gery that happens to be near bis hana. "That is Prof. Dygge, is it? He 1 seems to be the lion of the evening. What has he ever done to make him 1 famous?" "Haven't you heard about : him? He's the man that succeeded in '? supplying a Manx cat with a tail by ! gralting the latier half of a snake on lue animal.-Chicago News. Mystery of the "Dovyser." In an interesting letter published in i last week's Speaker, Lord rarrar calls \ attention to the mystery in which tho : timr-huiiored calling cf the "dowser" ? is still enveloped. Thc "dowser" is, of course, a person endowed with the rare sense of being able to detect thc presence and locality of underground streams of water, and the illustra- ; tions supplied uy Lord Farrer of the i practical value cf this accomplish- i ment fully corroborate the mass of r testimony that has been collected from g time to time. j The inference to hs flrawn from \ Lord Farrer's observions is that the [ hazel twig usually employed as an In- 3 dex is by no means a necessary part ? of the dowser's equipment, and that ( the sense which warns him of the presence of water is most probably ^ equivalent to the instinct that guides . the birds and animals of the desort to , their drinking places. As a matter of fact, the hazel twig 1 has been tested as often as planchette, and will "dip" in the hands of the J merest novice ?f persevered with Tor a time. Tho results, too, are usually as misleading as those obtained by the use of the heart-shaped board. But the instinct of the born "dowser" | would appear to be a most valuable ? one, and capable of further develop- < ment if properly understood and di- ? rected.-Black and White. All About Metaph sics. . A Scotchman thus defines meta- i physics: "When a mon wha* kens . naething aboot any subject takes a , subject that, nae mon kens anything j about and explains it tn anil her mon si ill more: Ignorant than himself that's metaphysics."-The Lyre. W agons. FURNI Large Shipments of 'the best m received. Our stock of furnit plcte. Large stock COFFINS ar always on hand. All calls for o to. All goods sold on a small m I will save you money. G. P. COBB, J r W. J. Rutherford. MANUFAC AND DE Cement, Pla; Fire Br ^eady Roofing ai Write Us . Corner Reynolds am AUGUSTA, = GOOSE PASTURAGE. Geese are grazing birds. In fact. :hey live and thrive on good pasturage md water, although, of course, they do :ot make the rapid growth that may ae secured when some grain is fed; *n thc other hand, it is probably not possible fo raise goslings on an ex clusive grain diet without a liberal ?upply of some succulent vegetable food. Young goslings make the most rapid growth upon short, nutritious p-ass or brook grass and grain. In o wild state geese devour large quantities 3f roots of grasses and aquatic plants, which they dig from the banks and borders of streams, and wash free from sartli in shallow water. Domestic geese confine themselves to less water ind aquatic plants, ?nd geDera?iy feed upon pastures, preferring inoist, rich localities where the grass ls kept shore and sweet by constant feeding and rapid growth. Tall, woody grasses which have become tough are not rel ished by them. This natural habit of geese makes considerable space neces sary for their successful keeping, or requires that they be provided wifli succulent green growth.-American Cultiva'or. . ORCHARD CULTIVATION. , It is surprising to 'near people dis cussing the que? ti on of non-cultivation >r cultivation ot apple orchards. The liscussion would indicate that there ire orchai'dis:s who practice no eul ivation with marked success in some daces; but those who give no cultiva ion either covsr the soil with straw or nanure or keep in the orchards flocks )f sheep or swine that continually en 'ich the soil. Many people have culti vated their orchards so deep as to cut )ff the top feeding roots, of the trees ind have thus dene their orchards in ury. Where orchards have been cul ivated with intelligence, nearly all the vcrk being done with a disc harrow, cultivation has proved as desirable for ippie trees as for other fruits. All roting orchards should be continually cultivated, and wc might add nearl> ill oidor orchards. And yet it is .laimed by some- that apple trees will lo much boiler in sod ground without .ultivation then peach trees. No one viii attempt iu grow peach trees with mt more thorough cul'ivat'ou.-Peach J\Dwers' Journal. DEEP PLOWING. Much of the advice in favor of deep (lowing is out of place on hill farms vith the topsoil only six to eight nches deep. Plowing which brings nuch subsoil to the top is not desir tble. But-there are many fields with ;ood depths of rich, dark loams that lave never been called worn out until horough plowing and harrowing again ind again has enabled the plant roots o get at some of the loeked-up f?rtil- j ty in the bottom layers. Simply to )ring up the lower soil and then to urn it down again thc following sea ;on 16 not needed so much as to thor mghly twist and fine the soil, expos ng it to ai" and sun. For potatoes and oot crops deep plowing ls desirable, ilso to loo--: n I ho soil for root and ,ubeu growth. BEETS IN CLUMPS. The tendency of beets to grow in mnches is because each ' eed'' is cally a bundle r* s*?fls wrapp, 1 in the voody fibre. Thus frcm one to six fiants spring from each seed ball, and leparate planting is practically impos able. The clumps of young plants nake thinning a difficult matter and njurious to those that remain. Some jeet growers lessen the trouble by ?racking the seed balls in a coffee mill. ;t is also proposed to attempt by se ed ion to secure reels, cadi produo ng only one plant. ?uggies akes of wagons and buggies just ure, housefurnlshings ia con? id CASKETS ur Hearse promptly responded argln of profit. Call to see me, Johnston, S. C. rUEERS OF ALERS ?N ster, Hair, ick, Fire Clay, id Other Material. For Prices. 3 Washington Stmts, - GEORGIA. TABLECLOTH TIPS. Fineness is not a safe guide either for durability or lasting beauty of table linc-:'. Weight is the standard of price, and it is not advisable to buy table linen that weighs less than four and a half ounces per square yard. The comparative merits* of bleached and unbleached napery depend upon the use to which lt is to be put. For common or rough use it is often well to buy the unbleached and also In the country, cr suburbs, where one can bleach it on the grais""cl:lmTIn'the - sun. Never buy a mixture of cotton and linen, and beware of damask that is stiff and cracky, for it has probably been starched'to make it appear of better quality than it really is. Good linen has an elastic texture. Some of the finer French damasks appear ex quisite, but they do not pass the soap and water test, creditably. Considering all points. Irish linen is far superior to any other. Two yards and a hair is the best width for general use, as it covers well a table fom fret wide, and three yards is a convenient length for the ordinary table.-Nen- York News. AN OLD LAMP SHADE. An odd lamp shade, suitable for a summer cottage, is made of inch wide yellow silk braid, hanging over a shade of gold paper, with a stiff cardboard foundation. The braid is suspended 'rom a wire circle, the strands being doubled where they join the circle and standing up above it about an inch. The strands are closely massed, each terminating in a tiny "button rose" made of braid, looped around a center of yellow stamens and finished with a green calyx of ribbon. Short lengths of braid, each finished with a tiny rose, dangle from the top of the lam? shade, forming a rev,- of flowers mid way of its length. That tho motorist cannot help reck less (niving was maintained by a French savant in a recent meeting ol scientists in Paris. The furore steals on them. In setting out they intend tc go at a moxie rate pace, but as they warm to thc work they must rush OD faster and faster. Thc fly.ing lands rape through which they tear forward produces the kind of giddiness which Arabs say takes hold cf :i;em ln~fh? fantasia. In tilts state motorists would run down those nearest and dearest tc them as unhesitatingly as though thc? were so many animals. Canada ls about to become the chlel source of the world's supply of arsenlo The arsenic which for many years baf fled the gold miners of Hastings corn ty, Ontario, in their efforts to ex .ct the precious metal from its matrix has become the more profitable of h< two minerals. The strange turn of thc wheel of fortune has been caused b] the virtual exhaustion of the formel chief source of supply of arsenic il Germany and England, together wltl the superior quality and purity of th* Canadian product THE FRIGATE BIKO. Though the petril is swift, the fri gate bird is far swifter. Seamen gen erally believe that the frigate bird can start at daybreak with the trade winds from the coast, of Africa and roost the same night, upon the Ameri can shore. Whether this is a fact has not yet been conclusively determined; but is is certain that this bird is the swiftest of winged creatures, and is able to fly. under favorable conditions, two hundred miles an hour. Mr. Carnegie has discovered that it requi- ">s as much discernment to giv? tuon^ away judiciously as it does tl amass it.