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I tia PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANU AUGUSTA, 61, Pay? Xaiweat on Deposita, Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hayne, President. Cnaa, C. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXYII?. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEB, 28, 1903. ffHE N?TI0NRL BANK OF fl?G?STIl L. 0. HATNE, FtM'i F. a FORD, Caahlor. Capital, $250,000. Surplus ! ?125 000 Undivided Prfiots. j *1-5'uuu traill tl of oar magnificent Haw Vault I jntatning 410 fca?etr-Loct Bozas. Differ-1 nt Slxec are offeredlto oar patron? andi tba public at ti.00 to.aiO.OCJpor annum. NO. 44 _h "Who'll tell us a good winter story?" asked Rob, as the family, all at home for the holidays, gathered about the glowing grate on a stormy winter evening; "a regular rouser of a yarn, all about fighting blizzards and such?" "Indeed," said his sister, "I'd rather have something summery-a story that will make us forget for a few mo ments the snow and the wind and the frost" "I might do that," said Jack, the oldest son, a young collegian who had spent his summer vacation in the Canadian woods. He had not been home since then until now, and had many ?tories to tell of his adven tures. "I was paddling my canoe up one of those small streams which in Canada so often run off into swamps and seem to get lost there. We were a jolly party of boys tenting in those great woods where, you know, there is not a human being for many and many a mile away. And we had an experienced old hunter, a regular woodsman among us. "After a while I btgan to see, so far as I could take time to see any thing, that I was losing my stream cud ge!ting deeper and deeper into the swamp. And now I began to tEink of getting back to the camp, but how was I to do it? I had been turn ing and' turning about wherever I joald find water enough to float my canoe, until I bad little idea how far I had come -or in what direction the camp lay." "I began to realize that when I took up my gun to fire that I might get an answering shot from camp, as we had agreed upon, to let me know how to find my way there But just as 1 was on the point of firing I thought of looking to see how my ammunition was holding out. I didn't want to be in those woods all alone without any. And, In fact, I found plenty of shot Dut not a full charge of powder in my flask. "So I didn't dare to fire. I gave two or three shouts, hoping my voice might reach the fellows; and just then I heard a growl right square above my head. I looked up and saw a pair if th-i brightest, wickedest eyes I ever looked at in my life, glaring down upon me. "I didn't know what it was, but I had heard the hunters tell about wild cat;-I didn't care much then, Rob, whether you called it lynx or not-so that I guessed it might be that kind it a thing For a moment I thought he was going to spring down on my canoe, and I knew that if he did there was little hope for me, for they do say that of all ugly things to take you at a disadvantage th?y are about the ngliest. What could I do ?rn my canoe without a chance,^* *i shot a? him.-even if he. didn't tnrn'me over Into the water, which was most like ly? Those little Canada canoes are frisky things to manage'. "Well, he didn't bounce down on me .at once, and as soon as I had time to rally my wits I gave a quick move . meat with my paddle and managed to reach the shore. There was a stump there and I set my back against it just as with a snarl and a growl he gave a leap and came to the ground not fifteen feet from me. "I couldn't see anything but a dark mass, not very large, and those dread ful eyes. I thought the brute was going to spring at me and I fixed my eyes on the flashing ones to try the old plan of intimidation that we read of. "I knew he could see far better in the darkness than I could, and I kept my eyes fixed upon bim. It really seemed to -have an effect, for he crouched down and crept off to one side as if trying to get round behind me. I turned, too, never taking ruy eyes off him. On he kept, making a complete round about the stump and I turned with him. "Well, he kept that up for hours, at just about the same distance from me. In making his round he would some times be entirely hidden by the shad ows and then come out again so that I could see the dim outline of his form; bnt in or out of the shadow all the time those terrible eyes kept up their glare. My own eyes ached and burned with the strain. I tried to calculate how the time might be go ing. "At last a yellow light began to steal over everything and the moon came up-a little beyond the full, but so bright as to make things almost like day. Then I could see the gray ish brown of the fur of my foe as he still crept round and round me. "I gathered all my nerve and fired. With a terrible snarling growl, which sound ed like the exaggerated me-o-o-o-o-w of a dozen home cats, he tore the ground with his cruel claws-how thankful I was they were not trying themselves on me! I kept out of the way of his struggles for a few mo ments until, seeing that my shot bad done good work, I ventured near enough to give him a rap on the head with my gun, and that was the last of him. t ^"The next thing I heard was the crack of ano.her gun, and then some shouts and hurrahs which sounded rather musically to me, you may be sure. I shouted back, and before long the old hunter and one or two of the boys came up." Suits of striped galatea, linen and duck, and for dress wear plain white linen, are shown for the little man who is put in trousers as soon as he can toddle. Small boys will wear broad sailor bats turnee up a bit more at tile brim edge. is better ec ' NOW FOR PURE FOOD. Results of the New Law to Regulate Adulteration. One of the most important acts ever passed by Congress, so far as the health of the people is concerned, is the law approved March 3. 1003, au thorizing the secretary of agriculture to Investigate the adulteration of foods and drugs, to supervise the importa tion of food products intended for ex portation to countries requiring phy sical or chemical inspection of foods j entering their parts and to fix a stand ard of purity for foods. ! The pure food law, as it is called, was supposed to be mainly for the purpose of "getting hack" at those countries (Germany, for example) which have excluded some of our foods and food products, on the ground that they were not healthful. Our canned beef is excluded from France and Germany because of the fear of ptomaines. Germany some time ago excluded pork, and some countries do not like our fresh beef because it Is supposed to be preserved with boric acid. Be that as it may, lt is known that Dr. H. W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry of the Department of Agriculture, has for years been working to secure the passage of a law by Congress to pre vent the adulteration of foods in this country, and in that work he has had the hearty support of thc Kew York Society of Medical Juris-prudence. The new law ought to accomplish two ojects. It should not only enable the Department of Agriculture to pre vent the adulteration of domestic foods and liquors. It is also hoped that by a system of certification as to their purity, etc,, it may be the means of overcoming foreign preju? dice against some of our articles of food, and of removing existing bar riers against their sale in other coun tries. In some quarters it is said that the law was expressly designed for the benefit of the owners of the California vineyards; that if adulterated cheap wines could not be imported there would be a much larger consumprion of the domestic brands of clarets, etc. The imported brands of cheap wines have to be adulterated, it is said, with a small percentage of alcohol.- be cause of the variableness of the Amer ican climate. The importers of the cheap wines say that the percentage of alcohol added to the wines is only enough to preserve them, and is not enough to mak<! them unhealthful or bring them within what would be known as adulterated wines. But that will be for Dr. Wiley and the De partment of Agriculture to determine, in any event the act Should operate for the benefit of the public's internal economy, so far as its heal.h is con sidered, and will enable the public, if it so desires, to be reasonably sure as to the composition of what it is eating.and drinking. At present Dr. Wiley and several experts are at work making up a list of imported articles that are known to be subject to the law, and also a list of those articles which may be suspected of adulteration. In enforc ing the law against adulterated foods, whenever the secretary of agriculture has reason to believe that articles are being imported which, by reason of adulteration, are dangerous to the health of the people of the United States, or that their sale has beeu for bidden in the countries where they are made, or that they have been falsely labelled, he is empowered to obtain at the Custom. House speci men original packages or samples from the importations for the purpose of analysis. If such articles are found to be adulterated such goods shall not be delivered to the consignee.-N. Y. Commercial. . Management of Cream. The management of the cream ls the most particular of all the special points in butter-making, both as re gards the quantity and the quality of the butter. Sweet cream makes less butter, and that of a less pleasant fla vor than soured cream. But if the sour ing is carried too far the flavor of the butter is deteriorated, as the acidity hastens the production of those vola tile acids which when In excess pro duce that condition which ls known as rancidity. It is to the very moderate quantity of these acids in the butter that the pleasant nutty flavor and pe culiarly agreeable odor of good but ter are due. The proper condition of the cream is called ripeness. The ri pening of cream consists in the pro duction of a certainty of lactic acid In the milk, of which the larger part from sixty to seventy-five per cent. of the cream consists. The quantity of acid in the cream should be no more than is sufficient to give it a mild, pleasant-sour testa, and th:s may be produced precisely by the following methods with shallow or deep cold set ting resr.ectively. Keep Accounts. Book farming will this month especially manifest its advantages. I The book we have in mind is tho ! memorandum book, and we doubt if any one who has made su'?h a book his daily companion throukh the sea son, entering in it everything which is desrable to remember, would will ingly give it up, being sure that when ever book farming is sneered at it cannot be this kind. Let the book be large enough and stroug enough, but not too large to can-y about; better use tw^pr; .more when one is filled. ' Books 'Ofjnnijj sort are worth preserv ing, and it is pleasant to refer to them in after years. I The average age at death of people who die by accident is thirty-five and one-half years. VUE luipped than < TYPE and N] ??giTSend IAIN'S ?flPvD EN SHEEP SCAB. The Dipping Process-Portable Vats i For Small Flock*. Sheep scab is one of the most serious j drawbacks to the sheep industry of the I country and results in enormous finan-1 cial losses. The losses are due to shed- j ding of the wool, failure of condition and the death of the sheep. Common scab is exceedingly contagious from one sheep to another and may in- some cases show itself within about a week after healthy sheep have been exposed to infection. The contagion may be di rect by contact of one sheep with an other or indirect from tags of wool or from fences, posts, etc., against which scabby sheep have rubbed or from the places where the sheep have been "bed ded down." By far the most rational and satis factory and the cheapest method of curing scab ls by dipping the sheep in some liquid which will kill the para sites. The dipping process is as fol lows: First-Select a dip containing sul phur. If a prepared "dip" is used SMALL PORTABLE DIPPING VATS. which does not contain sulphur it is al ways safer to add about sixteen and a half pounds of sifted flowers of sul phur to* every hundred gallons of wa ter, especially if after dipping the sheep have to be returned to the old pastures. Second.-Shear all the sheep at one time and immediately after shearing confine them to one-half the farm for from two to four weeks. Many persons prefer to dip immediately after shear ing. Third.-At the end of this lime dip every sheep, and every goat also if there are any on the farm. Fourth.-Ten days later dip the entire flock a second time. Fifth.-After the second dipping place the flock on a portion of the farm from which they have been excluded during the previous four or five weeks Sixth.-Use the dip at a temperature of 100 to 110 degrees F. Seventh.-Keep each sheep In the dip for two minutes by the watch-do not guess at the time-and duck its bead at least once. Eighth.-Be careful in dipping rams, as they are more likely to be overcome In the dip than are the ewes. Ninth.-Injury may, however, result to pregnant ewes, which must on this account be carefully bandied. Some farmers arrange a stage with sides to hold pregnant ewes, which is lowered carefully into the vat and raised after the proper time. Tenth.-In case a patent or proprie tary dip, especially an arsenical dip, ls used the directions given on the pack age should be carried out to the letter. A small portable vat suitable for use in dipping flocks is shown at Fig. 1. When not in us,e, this vat may be con veniently stored away, and it may be drawn from place to place, us desired. The dimensions here given may be va ried according to Individual taste by making the vat longer, broader or deep er. A convenient size will be 0 feet long by 2% feet broad at the top, 0 Inches broad at the bottom and 3^ to 5 feet deep. The floor measures 9 inches broad by 4 feet long. "From a foot above one end of the floor a slant with cross cleats ri6es to the top end of the vat. The sheep are dropped in by hand, one at a time, at the deep end and after being held in the dip for two minutes are allowed to leave the vat at the slanting end. This plan of vat may be easily modified, if desired, so as to haye a small dripping platform at tached, as in Fig. 2. In this modified plan an Inclined platform Is added to the vat (shown In Fig. 1), and a remov able skeleton box is made to fit over it A gate may be placed nt the deeper part of the slant. This should swing AN ADVANCING CASE OF COMMON SCAB toward the exit. While one sheep Is being dipped another sheep is allowed to ascend the incline into the small dripping pen. When the sheep is suf ficiently drained the gate is opened, it leaves the pen, the gate is closed, the sheep in the vat enters the pen, and an other Bbeep Is placed in the ^tt-Drs. Salmon and Stiles in Farmed' Bulle tin 159. 3ver for turni SW SUPPLY us your orders. Satisfaction ( BREEDING BEES. How They May Be Improved in Qual ity. Improving the quality of bees by se lection may seem a rather singular transaction to the ordinary reader, yet rapid strides can be attained by it Some of our must energetic bee-keep ers have proved this bayond a doubt. Perhaps the most objectionable traits of bees are irascibility, inclination to swarm and idleness. Irascibility can be bred out to a great extent. There is scarcely an apiary that does not con tain some colonies which can be han dled with impunity, and others that show fight at every attempt to handle them. These dispositions are natural and inherited from their ancestors. The trouble can be overcome by breed ing from such queens as are free from these objections. Inclination to swarm results in all bees and no honey. It is true that as yet this trait has never been bred entirely out of bees, but there is a wide difference in them in this respect. Select such queens as are less inclined to swarm. Idleness can also be cured by breeding from the most energetic colonies. Every apiary contains some colonies that outstrip others ii 'toring honey. There are other poin *hat can be brought out in breeding. lor is one. One who has made coloi -.tudy for several years, produces a showing white bands Instead of y v. Another point wor thy of atte. i is a difference In storing and ipleting comb honey. Some colonies are bitter builders than others; they appear to cap toeir" honey more readily and in a more workmanlike manner, although they ao not fill the extractor any faster than others. If comb honey is the object, this is certainly wcrihy of considera tion. A combination of the points de sired can be at ained by careful breed ing. Warming the Poultry House. There are many ways of warming a poultry house, but tl ie plan shown in our illustration is not only a cheap one, but it also ventilates the poultry house by supplying fresh warm air. Any kind of "fiat top stove, or even a kerosene oil stove will give sufficient heat. Forty degrees Fahrenheit is warm enough for a poultry house; hence the size of the stove depends on the length of the house. It is easy enough to put a stove in the poultry "house, but we wish also to ventilate the house while warming it, as well ! as to make use of a kerosene lamp, or small stove, if but little warmth is required. The heater is simply a closed box, one yard square, and one inch deep, made of ordinary sheet iron. The box, or heater is placed on a small stove, or if legs are at tached to each corner of the heater, p. lamp may be placed under it. The cold air comes in at A, passes through the box, becoming heated, and emerges at the pipe B. The cold air pipe is half au inch in diameter and the warm air pipe one inch. The pipe A should be long enough to extend through the walls to the outside, so as to bring in the pure air. These pipes may be made of tin. By bring ing in the fresh air and heating lt, the poultry house is not only ventilated but wanned. This permits of closing it tightly, so as to avoid the cold air. No ventilators on the top of the build ing will be required, and the air will keep the house dry. Always bring the air in and discharge it near the roof, as the birds will not then crowd, or become lame, as they will when the warmth is below them. Indian Game Fowls. The game fowls of various feather are mostly supposed to have descended from the wild jungle fowls of south ern Asia. The socalled Sumatra are well known for their indomitable pluck and other fighting qua'ities. The In diam Games heir some resemblance to the brped mentioned above, but are not identical. The cocks do not have the long, snaky necks, and the wicked, cruel look of the Sumatras, but are more compactly built, heavier and have a more stylish appearance. They are peculiariy valuable for the gridiron, I having a delicacy of texture and fine ;amy flavor. B it it is for the purpose if crossing with other breeds that they ire most valuable. Like all the games :he hens make excellent mothers. I Farmers and Failures. Pin up two facts to be considered when you are discouraged: There are hewer business failures among farm ers than among any other class; more men begin without capital and be come owners of good business in farming than in any other vocation. Three wants are responsible for nine of every ten unprofitable farms want of cultivation, want of manure, and want of drainage. Neither social obligations nor good morals require you to lend to him who does not take good care of to .ils, or who does not return them promptly. Success depends even more upon correct methods than upon hard work. ng out FIRST OF MATER! Guaranteed. OUR WORD F FACE ROCKS OF NATURE. Specimen Profiles in the California Mountains. All outdoors is a puzzle picture, like those made for sharpening children's wits. Clouds pile themselves into fantastic shapes and cast weird shadows on the ground. Trees and shrubs mimic things of animal kind, and rocks as sume forms so foreign to their sub stance that it sees as if only the haftd of a master artist could have made them so. There are many people In the world like Wordsworth's Peter Bell: A primrlse by the river's brim A yellow primrose was to him, And it was nothing more. To refer Bell a ro^'s a rock, a tree's a tree, a cloud's a cloud, and it is nothing more. However, we are not all l $er Hells, and if we go to Mount Tan?lpais we lind some astonishing modellings by nature. Of these the most familiar ?ire the Veiled Prophet ess and the Old Lady of Tamalpais., On a ragged cliff so high that the se- j quoias of Mill Valley seem like stunt ed shrubs, the bowknot of Tamalpais railway a narrow ribbon and the Gold en Gate but a shiny streak, sits the Veiled' Prophetess of Tamalpais. Im mutable, inscrutable, sphinx-like, the faces of the seeress is turned ever to ward San Francisco, and only the winds from the ocean may gather from ber lips the secrets of the fut ure. A few minutes' walk from the tav ern of Tamalpais on the trail that cir cles the crest of the mountain brings one to the Old Lady that guards the path where it narrows on a rocky, sheer-walled ledge. The profile is per fect But Tamalpais has not the only col lection of nature sculpture in Cali fornia. There is the (I?orge Washing ton rock, about thirty-five miles north west of Los Angeles, in the Santa Su sana Mountains. A chiselled monu ment could hardly hear truer likeness to George Washington than does this rock. With Squaw Kock comes a romance. A chief's daughter loved a white hunt er. Ile died. She returned to her father's wigwam. The chief turned her out and she found a resting place in Russian River. When the Indian women went next day to thc river for water they saw engraved on the rock where the river's course turns sharp ly the features of the chief's daugh ter. The Great Spirit had fashioned a marker for her grave. Rut nature is versatile. Her rock pictures are not all alike. The caves at La Jolla clai a style of art unique, distinctive. Looking out from within out of these great caves the entrance forms a perfect silhoutte of a woman, ta|i; stately, in trailing robes. UnUke the people of the mountain, this fig i^^does not play at hide and seek. ^^H^ps <he is the hna.^e of constancy, i^^'liite Lady of La Jolla.-Sunset Mr-.-^zine. Indian Medicine Man. Ernest Thompson-Seton was talking about the Indian medicine man the other day. "Did you ever notice," said he, "that the Indian doctor's two prime reme dies are to-day the prime remedies of the most advanced medical science also They are massage and the vapor bath. The early explorers all ridiculed these two features of the medicine man'n treatment as much as they did any of the^rest: but enlightened phy sicians have adopted' them now. Of course, the medical men practiced all sorts of fraud and deception. But they were shrewd judges of character, and that was the reason of their holding the positions they did. Here is an ex ample of it: "Running Deer and Lame Dog had a quarrel. It was smoothed over and forgotten. A year afterward Running Deer was found dead one morning in his tepee. The medicine man retired and remained invisible for two days. Then he called a council. "When all were seated In order, he said. T have fasted and had visions, and knowledge has been granted to me. You see this knife. There are | three spots of blood on this side the blade, three on the other side. I wipe off the blood; this side is clean, this side is clean. I put the knife behind me, so, in the council fire. Each man shall stand in turn. When the blood spots come back on the blade, that man will be the guilty one. " 'Storm Cloud, stand up. No blood comes on the blade. Storm Cloud, sit down; you are not guilty.' " 'Blue Buffalo, stand up. Nc*blood comes on the blade. Blue Buffalo, sit down; you are not guilty. " 'Lame Dog, stand up. See, the blood comes back on the blade. Lame Dog is guilty.* "Confronted by this supernatural proof of his guilt, Lame 'Dog broke down and confessed, and was thus brought to justice through shrewd judgment and a simple trick of sleight of hand." "Uncle" Russell Sage. The wasteful "bulls" and "bears" of Wall Street, who generally live fast and exhaust their capital of cash and vitality In self-indulgence, are fond of jeering at "Uncle Russell" and calling him "miser" and other opprobious names. The "accommodation" he af fords them when in a "deal" fails to excite their gratitude, especially since they know he always gets back his money with good interest, while they often lose theirs. They are hardly just. If they but imitated their "un cle's" moderation they hight hope per haps to live and prosper as long as he. Whatever may be said of Mr. Sage's strong grip on the dollar, the figure of his last birthday clearly demonstrates the excellence of some points of his character.-Baltimore Sun. '-CLASS WO! A.L just arriv OR IT. HUMOR OF THE HOUR ? Sack a Mi?aiiderMtandlnsjr. "When I suw tliut she was almost beyond my control," said the railway engineer, "I threw her over" "Brute!" ejaculated a gentleman wearing eyeglasses and grassy whia kers who was unintentionally straining his ears to overhear the conversation. "It didn't do any good," continued the engineer, "so I shut her off. But still she was jumping pretty hard and sliding around" "Infamous!" said the grassy whis kered man. "Sliding around. So I give her air" "Ah, then you have some little in stinct of kindness," growled the in censed listener. " "But it wasn't any use, and so I jumped and got away just when she began to smash thlngB." "And I don't blame her one blt!" as serted the man with the eyeglasses and the grassy beard. "It's a pity she didn't smash you, so you couldn't come here and boast of your cruelty. I am not surprised at the number of di vorces nowadays.'-Judge.1 The Old Exenie. She-A poor tramp stopped at the door today, and I gave him a good meal. He-What did you do that for? ?ou're the softest thing! She-I Just couldn't help it. He re minded me so of you. I asked him If he'd saw some wood for me, and be said he was too tired.-Philadelphia Ledger. He Feared lt. "And bow is your brother .Johnnie glttin' along in New York, Mrs. Peachy, ma'am?" "He's gittin' along fast Mr. Barclay. In his last letter he said he was in a skyscraper. "That's too bad. I was afraid he'd get in some scrape or other 'fore he'd bin there very long."-Cleveland Plain Dealer. Natural Sequence. Miss Thlrtyodd-Cholly had the au dacity to propose to me last evening. Miss TwentyBeven - Indeed! And when ls the wedding to take place? So Fall of Life. Mrs. Seldom-Home-Down, Fido! Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego-Don't scold him. He Isn't annoying me In the least I like little dogs. They are so full of life, don't you know. At this critical juncture Fido begins to scratch himself with great vigor, and they hastily change the subject Chicago Tribune. Preparation?. "Young man," said the citizen who j makes a specialty of good advice, "go west and grow up with the country,H "I'm going to do that very thing as soon as I acquire the necessary accom plishments." "Can't you ride horseback?" "Yes, but I haven't learned to swim." -Washington Star. The Recreant LOTCI. Bessie-My, but you look woozy! What*s the matter? Has Fred broken with you ? Tessie-Not exactly, but Fm afraid he's thinking of lt Here's two tele grams from him within the last half hour, and in neither one does he say a word about loving me.-Baltimore American. AU He Coold Sar. The Tar-Yer knows the difference atween windward an' leeward, don't yer? Egbert-Why, I believe-aw-wind ward ls where the wind comes from, but I-aw-don't just know what comes from leeward.-Puck. Hin Future. Father-Well, how did you come ont in the bean guessing contest? Dull Boy-I guessed there was 150 beans in the jar, and there was 0,200. Father (sadly)-I'm afraid you'll nev er be flt for anything but a weather bu reau chief.-Youth. Put On. "She has such a natural charm about her!" "Yes, but lt is artiflclal."-Judge. That'? Where They Are. Where are the curtains of yesterday, Thc nice lace curtains that used to grace The parlor windows, looped and tied With wide white ribbons In their place? Bare are those windows. Now, ah, say, Where are the curtains of yesterday? Where are the curtains of yesterday? Deep In the cedar chest somewhere? Not on your life! They're roaming abont Getting their fill of summer air, Made into openwork dresses for May; That's whero :he curtain? are working to I. day. -Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. IK. NEW ed. We Want to Talk toj You About B 0Y'S CLOTHES :o: The Clothes question for- the growing Boy is aperplexing pro position at best. Pariente, who have raised an assortment of Boys, know all about it. The Boy must be pleased as well as the Parent. We have Boys Suits that will satisfy all hands and promote'con tentm-riil in the family circle. Our handsome Short Pants Suits from 3 to 16 years, in two or three piece styles, will FILL THE BILL EXACTLY $2.50, ^&?0, $3.50, $4.00*and upward are the prices. The Suits *re haudsornrand have style enough to please both the Boy and his . Mother, as well as that substantial wear his Father will insist upon having. ^P*Bring the Boy he^e for all round clothes satisfaction. !. C. LEVY'S SON & CO Correct Dressers for Men and Boys. AUGUSTA, OA. Buttermilk a Liquor Cure. A buyer for one of the largest Im porting liquor houses in New York, who is compelled to sample enough *"ne and spirits every day to put an ordinary man out of business, says that buttermilk ls his salvation. "I not only buy five or six glasses a day at the dairy restaurants or street stands," he says, "but I drink it all the time at home instead of tea or coffee. I never touch beer or anything like that. I keep a stone crock of buttermilk in the cellar and let it get a little si.ale. It is better then than if taken fresh. A man who insists on drinking liquor will find very little trouble If he takes plen;y of buttermilk. If he wants to swear off buttermilk will help him. It ls a splendid stomachic. Two quarts df good buttermilk a day will cure any j case o? nervous indigestion." j ^- ?j An Ingenious Contrivance. ' An American as invented an en- ? velcpe which records of itself any at tempt to tamper with its contents. The flap is imbued with some chemical composition which when operated on by a dampening process, or any other means of penetrating to its enclosure, records the transaction by causing the wards "Attempt to open" to appear. It is thought that the inquisitive will think twice before pursuing their re searches in face of such an inven tion. No Sentiment. "Yes, he left the old roof and the year old domestic hearth." m "Too bad. Why did he do it?" "Well, the roof leaked and the chim ney smoked, and there never was much sentiment about him."-Cleve land Plain Dealer. A young Irishman, who had married when about nineteen years of age, complaining of the difficulties to which his early marriage subjected . him, "said he would never marry so young again if he lived to be as onld as Me thusalem." Poor acquaintances are apt to de velop blindness. There's Muggins never sees his friends Slender, Short and Seedy; and all because they havo become poer. For affecting the sight, lt is marvellous what power tbere is in poor folks. He Has to Be. "They teil me your son is a close student" "He bas to be. I don't allow him but a dollar a month spendln' money." Cleveland Plain Dealer. It is always a good plan to be re signed to having a successor in a love affair. INSURANCE FIRE Insurance,HEALTH Insugince, ACCiDENT Insurance, Fidelity and Indemnity Bonds of all description issued. Your Business solicited. GRIFFIN & MUS C. A, GRIFFIN. E. J. HIMS Office Over May & May's Store. Groceries! # PLANTATION SUPPLIES)^ I am prepared to save you money on Staple and Fancy GROCERIES. Always get my prices before buying. I represent SMITH BROS., or AUGUSTA, GA., and cad snpply you with Gro ceries at Augusta Prices. Give me a call. Respectfully, Er S. JOHNSON ADVERTISER BUILDING Augusta Bee Hive Has justreceived a full and complete line of FALL AND WINTER GOODS Consisting of CLOTHING for stout and lean men ; Clothing for Youths; Clothing for Men and Boys. Also a full line of Oveicoats for Men and Boys. The finest assortment of Men's and Boys Hatst A full and completf- line of -^FURNISHING GOODS^ My Dress Goods Departnieut conoists of everything the ladieB iipod in Plain and Fancy Goods. SILKS of all shades ai.d prices. In Ready-to-wear Skirts and Shirts, I have the most complete line in the city. JNdEillinery Department ? My Millinery Department is complete in every detail. All the different styles "f Walking Hats and Dress Hats, of the finest quality and latest Parisian styles, Shoes? Shoes. iiifjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmiiitiii uiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiii My stock of Shoes is too well known to need any comments. I have for the tiny infants to the No. 14 brogans. All you need is to all at THE AUGUSTA BEE HIVE to be convinced that this is the lace to get your bargains. ABE COHEN PRO.