A Mean Trick-.
"A lawyer defending a promissory
jij?te went to lunch, leaving bis books
aid citations on the table In the court
room. The opposing counsel sneaked
back into the.room and changed the
places of all his bookmarks. In the
afternoon the lawyer, taking up his
books, referred the court to his author
ities. His lordship noted every "Volume
and page carefully and took the case
under consideration. In rendering his
opinion he said: ~"~
*T was inclined after hearing argu
ment of counsel, 'or defendant to non
sult.plaintiff,.but I find, after referring
to the^authorities quoted by counsel,
nobe of them bear on this case, and I
'am led to think that the gentleman has
.been willfully trying to insult tbe
court. He has referred me to an ac
tion of an Irishman who sued the pro
prietor of a monkey for damages for
; biting him, to a case of arson, one of
burglary, .two of petty larceny and
-thr^i. divorce cases, none of which
bears on an action to recover on a
promissory note. Perhaps the grossest
insulr^tofhV court is referring to
'Duckworth versus Boozy man,' an ac
tion charging defendant with breach
of promise. Judgment for plaintiff
with>, costs."
i"The lawyer never knew what the
. natter was and to this day thinks the
judge was out of his mind.-Pearson's
Weekfy.
The Way o? the World.
"When we were poor." remarked the
prosperous n^an refiectivelv, "we looked
forward to the time when we could
have a summer borne. ..
-.?Well 7"
?"Well, when we got rich enough to
have oiie, we didn't like going to'th?
same place every* summer because It
was monotonous. an3 we looked for
ward to the time when we could have
another for variety."
%WelI2'V
-VWell.^we-got another, and then we
began,to long for a winter place, - so
that Ave wouldn't have to be so much
in'the?big house in the city."
"Well?" , v ' .. '. *
"Well, we've got them ail now."
"And are you happy?" ..
"I-;suppose sp. At-least; I .suppose
my wife is. She keeps them all shut
up and spends most of her time in Eu
rope, but sbe knows she has them."
Chicago Post.
Ant lc i i? it eil Him.
ran' across a remarkable Jeu
d'esprit the other day." said the. casual
acquaintance wbo: Is ambitious to he
entertaining. v . .
"I'm*'sonfjr/i?iid Mr. Cumros, "bnt
my wife has just* returned from Eu
rope with a whole lot of art treasures,
and I shouldn't haye any place to hang
it even . if I bought it."-Washington
-Star.
Thinks Well'of Himself.
"Isn't it strange." remarked Mrs. Bil
11ns to her husband, "that I can never
get a good bargain in "shoes?"
"You did once," said her husband.
"When was that?"
"When you got me."-Chic?go Rec
ord-Herald.
SsT???r?tMit ? . ii ? ..
Marj--Hut why mi y<>;i tli?ufc they
are.so certain to fall iu love?
Ann-Til the first pince, their* parents
hate each other: anil; in thc Second,
neither , of them has a penny in the'
world.-Smart Set.
WE'". CLOTHE
OUR STOCK comprises
apparel for f
Men, 'Women
f ?R TH? ME
?. Stein-Bloch "Smart Clothes
^Clothes; Shirts, Hats, Neckw
rot THE wot
I Tailor Suits, ilk and Fiar
pats, Belts, Neckwear,-Etc.
i FOR BOYS
f - - Crescent Clothes for Boys
?Caps, Ect.
.^.a^-fjgg~ Give us a call when
fi$44 Broad treet,
.ONE-SEN
* 628 Broad Stree
Come to our store for BARGAINS'- >
Special Bargains: 36 inch wide shee
"yard ; good, quality- drills 5c yard ; first
oiled colored Calico to go' at 5c yd ; 6}i
Black Sateen cut to 8c; all 25c Table Dc
at 25c. ^-. . _?
OLOT]
Men's Pants from 45c to $2.60 pair; i
.and Children's Suits from 65c to $1.98s
XJxxcioi
100 Dozen Ladies 40c .-Vests cut to 22
Ve*ts to go at 25c; Men's heavy Shirt
Shirt? and Drawers cut from 75c to 37)
Best values in Suspenders on Che mar
LADIES' SHIRT WAIST: 1000 P
Skirts cut to 24c; heavy Fall Skirts for
Our Shoe Stock can't be beat, Childrei
from $1.00 to $1.75 for best Calf or Vici 1
LARGE STOCK OF T1NWAR?
"We can save you money on e
A. M. THC
628 Broad Street,
Augusta
Has just received a ful
FALL. AND WI
Consisting of CLOTHING for s
Youths; Clothing for Men and ?
?or Men and Boys. The finest as
A full and completo line of
^FURNISHIl
j| My Drees Goods Department
need in Plain and Fancy Goods. S
-Eeady-to-wear Skirts and Shirts,
'the ci Cy.
IVIill?nery X
My Millinery Department is cr
'different styles?f Walking Hats HU
/'and latest Parisian styles,
tl?!i|?llll!l?lll?lliIlllHllE?II!IIIIII . . .
-j}--*'. My*stock^of "Shoes is toa wei
.^haveirbro the tiny infants to theN
I?aH at THE-AUGUSTA BEE HTV
aplace, to g9t your bargains. .
G Eskimo Gambling:.
Those who have spent any: time ia
L*jp uorth polar regions and become ac
quainted willi the lite uuil habits of
the Eskimo know tfi??t he is by nature
a gambler. A favorite method of gam
bling that affords ium-li amusement ls
to take one of tho long handled musk
ox cups and; partly tilling it with soup
or stew mode from the seul or walrus,
whirl-lt or. the top of a flat rock, about
which are grouped those who have en
tered the game. The person to whom
the handle of the cup points when it
has stopped turning is the winner of
the contents of the cup.
Whou the: winner has emptied the
cup then auother article, not always or
necessarily a soup or stew, is put into
it for the next winner. If. however,
the article is too large to put into the
cup-for instance, a walrus tusk or
seal hide or what else-then it may be
represented by something else. The
cup is then sent spinning again, and
when it comes to a rest the winner
takes the prize. One. of the most val
uable prizes. ne.\t to a gun or har
pooiv is a needle, especially when one
ls very much needed in the household.
The Real Thing: In Toothaches.
''Geewhitaker! Jumping Moses! But
it was the worst case of touthache I
ever bumped against!" he said, "it
was easy in the early part of the even
ing, but when midnight arrived lt got
busy for fair. Liniment, hot and cold
water and nil the rest of the standard
remedies were applied without avail.
Seven thousand demons, with 7.000
/redbot sledges, hammered, hammered
und hammered away at the .throbbing
nerve. Thal tooth stood opon its head,
rolled over the carpet and hung out of
the window. It "growled, grumbled,
moaned and muttered, laughed, cried,
ran, walked, trotted, galloped, sailed,
flew, ?ug and excavated and did ev
erything under the heavens but quit
and g?*to sleep like a decent tooth and
stop* monkeying"
"And why didn't you have it extract
ed?" ?
"Just as soon as Drown cou id get to
" the dentist's he"
-"Great Scott, man! Wasn't it your
tooth ?""
It?35?"~ Was **r0WD'3*"-York
English Street Naine?.
The English ?towns have more "dis
tinctive nud interesting names for
their streets than American towns, in
most of which many streets are sim
ply, numbered. 'London's Cheapside
and Aldwych are more than matched
by oddities many times stranger. Boot
ham is a street In York and Botcher
gate in Curlisle. Norwich ls assertive
of class distinctions In its Gentleman's
walk; and^Shrewsbury may stand al
most at fbje head of a list of peculiari
ties- -with ife Btreet labeled Dogpole.
which may or may not be related to
Newcastle's Dogleap Stairs; but, then.
Newcastle has Pudding Chare, and
what may that signify?
The First Glans Cups.
The first glass cups were made at
Alexandria. Some were colored like
Bohemian glass and decorated with
glass pastes, imitating precious stones
and cameos. Some were opaline, oth
ers clear as crystal and still others
formed of opaque layers welded to
gether like the famous Portland vase,
in which the white upper layer had
been cut away like that of a cameo,
leaving a blue ground around the fig
ures.
THEM. ALL
all that is best in Wearing
and Children
n WE H WE
",Strouse & Bro. "High Art"
ear, Etc.
MEN WE H4 VE
mel ^Vaists, Ready~to-Wear
! WE HAVE
, Junior Suits, Norfolk Suits
you come to Augusta.
Augusta, Ga.
T STORE
it, Augusta. Ga.
vhenin Augusta.9-Read these prices;
.'ting: 5c jard ; yard wide Sea Island 5c
class Checks and fluids at tic yard; all
fe Waists and Dress Outing at 5c. 10c
imestic cut io 15c and regular 50c goods
len's Suits from $2.60to $7.25 suit; Boys
nit^Mer^s Overalls from 25c to 49c pair
..'westr- ?
c; 300 dozen heavy 60c Jersey Ribbed
s cut> from 40c to 25c; extra soft finish
? each.
ket for thc money.
ercale W-iists for 24c; lot of Summer
S2c.
ns 10c np; Womens 93o up and Men's
Dress Shoe
I AT KOCK.BOTTOM PRICES,
very thing we sell. Call to see us
?MAS, Proprietor.
Augusta, Ga.
ee Hive
I and complete line of
NTER GOODS
tout and lean men; Clothing for
oys. Also a full line of Ove. cos t
3ortment of Men's and Boys Ha's
SIG GOODS^
consists of everything the Jadiea
ILKS of all shades at.d prices. In
I have the most complete line in
)epartment
?ruplete in every detail. All I hf
d Dress fiats, oi' the finebt qnalil\
Shoes.
iiiiiiiliiiiiiiiiiii Miiimiiimii,,
i known to need any eemm MB j
o. 14 brogans. AH you unod is to
rE to be convinced that thij is th^
! COHEN PRO
BROTHER GARDNER
The President of the Limekiln Club
Talks on Old and New Issues 0
[Copyright, 1303, by C. B. Lev/is.]
E odder night," began Brother
Gardner, ns he arose after
tbe routine proceedings of
the Limekiln club had been
concluded - "de odder night, when:
Pickles Smith cum ober to my cabin
to torry a dollar, an' I had a few
words to say to him on extravagance,
his excuse was dat we had new issues
befo' us.
"I has been hearin' 'bout new issues
fur de last year. When I warned Sam
uel Shin agin
sittin' up nights
to learn big
words to git off i
at the wood
yard next day
he pleaded new
issues.
"When I ad
wised Waydown
Bebee to keep
to work at a
dollar a day an'
let ward cau
cuses run deir
selves, he flung
new issues at
me till I had to
run away.
."When I gen
tly hinted to
Absolute White;
dat it didn't '
make 2 cents' '
wuth of differ
ence to him who
BROTUER GARDNER. ^ .j^j a]. j
dorman of his ward, au' dat his wife
waa gwine round barfut an' his chillen j
wanted close, he brung up new issues
as an excuse.
"When I found Giveadam Jones let
tin* his rent git three months behind
while he stood on de co'ne/ an' talked
free trade, he raised de question of
new issues an' was so sassy.'bout it
dat I had to take him by the collar an'
whop his heels agin de lamppost. ' ,
"It wasn't two weeks ago dat I went
.ober to Samuel Shin's house to find:
his chillen cryin' wid hunger an* his
ole woman weepin' wid grief, while he
an' Knrnel Cabiff was off somewhar
nuntin' fur new issues.
"Oh, yes, I'ze hearin' 'bout new is- '
sues fur a long time past, an' de time
has now-arrove when I propose to take
a hand In. I agree wid dese new issue
men dat old issues am dead, but I kin
remember all 'bout 'em.
"I kin remember when no man libin'
dared charge a political candydate wid
burglary, arson an' highway robbery.
"I kin remember when ile man who
Jumped up an' wanted a nomination
kase he had money to push a campaign ?
took a tumble as soon as he began to
holler. i
"I kin remember when dar was no
sich word as 'divy' among officehold
ers. If a city ordered a sewer or a
sidewalk dar was no risin' to demand
20 per cent from de contractor.
"Once upon a time in dis kentry we
had men who couldn't be bdught an'
"PICKLES SMITH CUM OBER TO BORRT A
DOLLAR."
sold. Dey held office year arter year,
an' we had no scandals. Instead of
bein' hunted ober de land as embez
zlers, defaulters an' thieves, dey stayed
at home an' died in deir beds au' war
mourned as honest men.
"If we had had sich political scan
dals fo'ty years ago as have filled de
papers fur de last three years, an' of.
which nobody seems to take any par
ticular notice, de public would have got
up on deir hind legs an' busted out Into
revolution.
"In de olden time de question asked
'bout a candydate was, 'Am he fit?' In
dese days de question am, 'Has he got
de. cash?' We ain't lookin' fur fitness.
De question of integrity don't cum up
'tall.
"I'ze only a pore old cull'd man, who
put in his first years as a slave on a
plantashun, an' who nebbcr had much
to lib fur, but dar am one thing I am
proud of. NQ man eher called me a
thief. All "round me, since de new Is
sues showed up. I have found white
men an' officeholders who didn't care
what name de people an' do papers
called 'era so long as dey gothic cash.
"Yes, de old issues have vanished, an'
we have got new issues in deir place.
It's what doy c\-|ll progression. In de
old days an officeholder wilt) stole $100
lost his good name an' went to prison.
Under dis new deal lie steals $10.000
an' is looked upon as a good candydate
fur a higher office.
"I don't know what de people of
America am gwiuo to do "bout it. but T
ara gwine to sneak n few words fur
mj'solf. We am gwine back to old ideas
in dis yere Limekiln club.-im' we will
start in dis wei ry night. I'.ze get deep
suspiciou dat .Ti ni weed Johnson am
comin' to me aj'ter de meotin' is ober to
git me to go security fur his rent.
Bruddor Johnson is a new issue man.
He's left off work to shout politics.
He'd better not cum. If he does he'll
want three porous plasters fur his back
befo' daylight.
"Nine different members of dis club
owe me borrowed money, lt has been
borryed on de now issues id-oa-Dorry
when yo" kin an' pay back when yo'
must. If dat money ain't in my pocket
befo' noon toiubrrer I'll sot out an' wol
lop nine men as fast as I cum to 'em.
"De treasurer <if dis club am Way
down r.ehe.'. U\.i aeeoun.s haven't bin
audited fer three mont li.*, bul i! y are
gwine tn \?- \vU\U\ tw iity-.V hour-*, an'
if lie a::i ,]- i'.u'ler i:i d'.? ;i.,K)i:u' of
Nothing lias ever equalled it.
Nabing can ever surpass it.
Fnf fWWB?MPTIOM Price
09
A Perfect For All Throat and
Cure :, Lung Troubles.
Money back If it fails. Trial Bottles freo.
eoeii - cents lus lien rt will be made to
ache fur de next year.
"Brudder'C-ivondam Jones was swell
in* round de odder day an' telliu' what
he 'speeted to git if a sartin man was
'leered to oifiee. Brudder Jones will
either git de swell out of him an' drap
politics or dis club will drap him.
"Liveforcver Hooper has taken it up
on hisself to turn a cake walk into a
political meetin' an' put for'd de claims
of a sartin candydate. He will be
granted jist twenly-fo' hours to git his
senses back an' pick up his whitewash
brush.
"I'm rollin' yo', an* I want ebcry
member of dis club to listen wid boaf
ears, dat sich old issues as honor an'
honesty am gwine to prevail in dis club
while it lives,.an.' de man who don't like
it kin git out. We want newness, but
we want integrity. We want progress,
but wc don't want embezzlers an' de
faulters. We want to keep at de front,
but wc don't want dat front to have
iron bars across it.
"Dat's all I'ze got to say. an' now,
bein' as de. fire am out an' dar ain't
much ile left in de lamps, we will
break de meetin' in two an* depart fur
our respective homes.'* M. QUAD.
A Rich Diet.
"'Tis.a fact." said this Jersey mosqueet,
"That yon soon become like what you eat.
Now. I make lt my pride
To alight on thu hide
Of only the very elite."
-New York Times.
Lou: Cabin Philosophy.
De wprT wouldn't make no progress
ef ever'body? wuz easy satisfied. Only
takes a log in a millpond to make an
alligator happy.
No usc ter say de heathen don't 'pre
date de gospill. kaze he proves, by
eatin' de tnissin'ry. dat he knows a
good thing w'en he sees it.
De porkypine got des oz high ideas
'bout his mission in de worl' cz what
de lion hus-only he don't comman'
one-half ez much rvspec". -r
Dey's lots er blessings dirt come ter us
in disguise. A cyclone saves lots er
folks railroad expenses des 'bout de
time taxes is high en rent due.
Jonah wuz des like some1 er de people
in dis day. en time. Ile even wasn't
satisfied wid a whole whale.
Dey's mighty few rhona in dis woiT
what would be will in' ter let a lookin'
glass deliver a lecture on 'em.-Frank
L. Stanton in Chicago Record-Herald..
Favorably Strock.
"P.apa, have-have you seen Harold
since you told him he was too poor to
think of-of marrying me?"
"Yes. I ran across him at the club
last evening. We got into conversa
tion, and he struck me-er"- ~
"Struck you! .Oh, papa!"
"Struck me as quite an agreeable
young man. I understand his uncle
has left him two hundred thousand."
Kansas City Journal.
Inconsiderate Fellow.
"He said he'd die if 1 didn't marry
him"
"And still you refused?"
"Yes. I wished to find out before
promising whether he rea Hy loved me
ns much as that or not. Oh, Harriet.
I'm p-p-perfectly miserable! He 9eems
to be" wretchedly healthy, and I d-do
love him so mu< h ?"-Chicago Record
HeraH.
? Tlie evolution of Nnnif?.
Tho evolution nf naines from foreign
tongues into English is in tunny cases
easy. Fruin the Connan Bauer to the
English Bowers and from the French
Boulanger to the English Bullinger is
but a step, ;is it were. But there are
no people who are oftener more hu
morously accused of altering their
names than the Irish. Thus Crehau
has become Relian; Carroll. Karl; Dil
lon. Dyllyn; Divver, D.-vereand Devyr;
McCarty. Macartee and Makart; Slat
terv. Slater and Satterlee; O'Brien.
Of rion and Breen; McGinness, Guin
ness and Innes; Reilly. Relyeu; Duffy.
Dufay: McGuhin. Magoffin; Quinn.
Queen; Fogarty, Fougerti Haggerty.
Haggurt; Sully. Soule. The English
singer. Bra liam, merely dropped a let
ter when lie went on the stage. He
was a Hebrew, and his real name was
Abraham.
Old Ccstoni UaudeJ Doffn.
How many eau tell the origin of the
habit of closing the eyes in prayer?
Far back in the past the sun'was the
universal object ol' worship. As it
rose above the horizon the.'-'develee
thanked it for its return to bless?ne
world. As it set in the west he Im
plored its early return. His face was
always toward tho sun in prayi.T. and
lils eyes were closed to prevent blind
ness. The habit lias passed down from
father lo son for thousands of years.
Tlioiigli the object of worship has been
changed, the custom survives.
Women as Well as Men
Are Made Miserable by
Kidney Trouble.
Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis
courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor
and cheerfulness soon
disappear when the kid
neys are out of order
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin
ates too often, if the
urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child
reaches an age when it should be able to
control the passage, it is yet afflicted with
bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of
the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to a diseased condition of the
kidneys and bladder and not to a habit as
most people suppose.
Women as well aj men are made mis
erable with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp'Roct is soon realized
Dy druggists, in fifty
j?nt and one dollar
sizes, yoi; may have a
sample bottle by mail
ree, also pamphlet tell- nome pf sroutp-Root.
ng all about it, including many of the
housands of testimonial letters received
rom sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer
it Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and
nention this paper.
sold
0 CUP'D .AND THE 0
MUD CLERK
0 muu \*L.L.?M\ 0
0 J? By W. W. HINES 0
(!) . Copyright, 1?03, by T. C. McClure U
|^?% ^ y^.yg*% ^s"^.?^.?^^?^]
They rate on the company's pay roll
ss third clerks. Unofficially, but more
correctly, they are known as mud
clerks.
Jimmy Boynton was mud clerk on
the big side wheel steamboat ?tiena
Stanton, and he was proud of the fact.
Now, the chief clerk on a Mississippi
river boat is a dignitary of no mean
importance, while the second clerk is
almost as impressive an individual.
The mud clerk is thc youngster who
follows the foremost deck hand off tire
gangplank at every lauding and checks
the freight. When he jumps off the
gangplank he generally lands in mud
up to his knees. The reason why he
never receives Iiis rightful title of third
clerk is obvious.
Some men might not consider this
pleasant work, but lt suited Jimmie,
tie knew, too, that the way of a mud
clerk, if properly directed, leads to a
chief clerkship and eventually to a
post ns captain. Meantime he was a
happy go lucky sort of lad who was
liked hy every ono from-the captain
down to the negro deck hands, more
commonly known as "rousters."
On this particular evening he was nt
peace with himself, the world and eveu
the rousters who were unloading' the
cargo of cotton on the levee. Jimmy
was mechanically chocking the num
bers atop the bales, but a strange sort
of inner consciousness was drinking in
the beauty of the scene before him.
The setting sun had turned the muddy
waters to a sensuous, laving silver.
Just beyond the ripples made by the
slowly turning paddle wheels of the
boat In the reverse motion necessary to
counteract thc force of the current lay
a tiny Ishthd, formed by thc cutting in
two of a long, narrow sand bar. A few
cottonwood trees- nodded lazily on the
willful 'blt of land. . To his right the
old levee had crumbled away, and a
new ono had been built behind it. form
ing an artificial lake fringed with tall
cottonwood trees and gnarled stumps
of cypress. Across the stream the
mighty force of water had cut into an
island, and every time the boat passed
up and down the river the contour of
the bank had changed. Sometimes
only a foot or two had been sliced
away. Sometimes whole acres had dis
appeared.
It was a marvelous power, was this
mother of -waters, and yet Jimmie
thought exultantly that he was master
of it. He could ride it. turn its force
into money, make it earn him position
and promotion. And, thinking thus, he
decided that he would nut trade jobs
just now with his own congressman.
And then she came un the scene, and
he suddenly discovered that it might be
desirable to bo a congressman alter all
and wear glossy boots and unstained
trousers.
It all happened very suddenly-so
suddenly, in fact, that he stopped in the
midst of a mighty volley of very forci
ble language aimed at a lazy rouster,
dropped his stub of a pencil and, in
blissful ignorance of what he was do
ing, stood deliberately staring at the
dainty vision tripping up the gang
plank.
The vision wore something very fluf
fy and thin and blue, with something
thinner still at her throat and wrists,
something which fluttered about very
coquettishly when she turned her head
or lifted her skirts. And her broad flat
hat was wreathed in the pinkest of
pink roses. Jimmie had only one brief
glimpse, but he remembered quite dis
tinctly that the blue in her dress and
in her eyes matched perfectly, likewise
the pink in her hat and her lips.
Now, of course any authority on fash
ion could have informed Jimmie that
the vision was most badly dressed for
traveling, but to Jimmie "good form"
was an unknown quantity. Ile de
cided that tho vision must be a daugh
ter of a railroad president at least, and
probably had a million or two in her
own right. Having reached this deci
sion, he finished the volley of language,
picked up his pencil and resolutely
turned his back on the vision.
But visions such as Miss Lorena
Thomas possess a haunting quality.
The ladies' cabin, so called by courtesy,
lay at the other end of thc long, narrow,
oval expanse, but' Jimmie was thor
oughly convinced that Miss Thomas
could see his mud spattered garments
as he rushed through his report in
front of the clerk's desk. So expedir
tiously did he complete this task that
the Rena Stanton had not got under
full headway before Jimmie bolted into
his tiny stateroom in search of the only
other pair of 'trousers he possessed.
They : met at the supper table, and
when the meal was over Jimmie thank
ed his strfrs that, after all, he was only
the mud clerk.
Both the first and second clerk had
desk work before them, and Jimmie
had only a long, lazy evening on deck,
during which he could show Miss
Thomas the beauties of his river life.
There were moments when this pleas
ure palled, however. That was when
the soft, thin stuff at Miss Thomas'
neck and wrists fluttered with a par
ticularly elegant air or the pink roses
In her hat bent with languid dignity
in his direction. They seemed to Pi
mind him that daughters of railroad
presidents with their purple and fine
linen, which in this instance appeared
in the form of forgotmenot blue and
rose pink, were not for mud clerks,
even if the latter had flattering pros
pects. He had about decided to lead
up to the topic of her family when die
Kate Adams hove in sight, and they,
leaned against the rail while Jimmie'
discoursed upon the feats performed
by this the fastest boat on the river.
In truth. Jimmie's ambition had once
stopped with the captaincy of the Kate
Adams, but now he thought with a
sigh. "What ls the Kate Adams after
all?"
But he did not linger on the thought.
Everything happened too quickly. Miss
Thomas in her excitement han' climbed
up on the foot rail when the imperti
nent evening breeze took a fancy to the
pink crowned hat. Away it went.
There was a shrill shriek, and some
thing blue and fluttering bent ti little
too far over and then went after tho
hat. And after both went Jimmie.
it must be admitted tbat under the |
influence of a blanket, some bot grog g
and tho fulsome praise of one or two J
of his comrades Jimmie indulged in a
some romantic day dreams. He had u
picture of a grateful railroad president^
a pink and blue vision with downcast]
eyes and a hrown eyed young man be
ing very magnanimous, but neverthe-;
less accepting a lifetime devotion in re- ;
turn for a cold plunge. Then the ef
fects of the grog wore off, anoVJImmiej
shook himself vigorously.
The next morning he stood diffident-j
ly in Miss Thomas' presence. Gone ?
were the blue frock with its lace frills]
and the beautiful rose crowned hat. A'
ycry sober, sad eyed young woman !
clad in a simple gingham dr?ss mur-;
mured her thanks.
Jimmie shifted from one foot to the^
other and tried to hide his embarrass-1
ment, but when Miss Thomas burst I
into tears he forgot differences of sta-'
tion and sat down beside her.
"Oh, I reckon you won't be any the]
worse for the ducking," he said by'
way of consolation, wishing he could,
take the sobbing figure in his arms and]
say something more comforting.
"It isn't the wetting I mind, but
but-my-oh, my dress! I sewed three]
weeks for Aunt Myra to pay for that)
dress, and I-I was so proud of it'.' V
know I shall never have another one.^|
as pretty as long as I live."
"Yes, you will," declared Jimmie,]
with the air of a prophet who knew!
his calling. "Just you wait," he added!
mysteriously. "Why, you'll haTe one j
of 'em every summer; see If you don't."]
The girl dried her eyes and looked at!
him in wonder, but he hardly noticed j
her expression. He was thinking}
ecstatically that you cannot always tell!
a railroad president's daughter by her j
clothes.
And It was not until Jimmie became]
chief clerk of the F ena Stanton andi
settled his bFlde rnd her widowed,
mother in a neat little cottage at Natch
ez that he discovered that very pr?t-J
ty muslin could be bought for 12%I
cents a yard, with pink roses at 50
cents a spray. That was when he In
sisted upon choosing the bridal gown
and ruled severely against-the loveliest
cotton back white satin at 37V? cents
per yard.
Take Your Time JEatlnff.
Here is an example that is worth re
membering and following. Horace
Fletcher writes of an experience that
he had while traveling on'a railway
with the proverbial twenty minutes
for dinner in which to satisfy a labor
ing man's appetite. There was an exr
cellent array of good things on the
lunch counter to eat and drink, and
from these he made'a selection rather
than attempt the regular dinner, He
chose plump ham 3audwiches, creamy
milk and a large piece of pie. The
twenty minutes was ample time for
disposing of sandwiches and milk,
while he had the pie put In paper to
give epicurean enjoyment on the train.)
He says: ?
"If I had put the pie and sandwiches
and the milk into my stomach in seven
or eight minutes, which, by actual ob
servation, Is the gluttonous rate of dis
patching a station meal, I would have
lost two-thirds of nutriment, more]
than one-half-of taste and taken on
twenty-four hours of discomfort, pos
sibly inviting a cold and creating an
'open door' for any migrating microbes!
that were floating about in my atmos
phere looking for straine* tissue orj
fermenting food in which to ouild their,
disease nests."
Observation proves tbat you cannot!
get more nutriment Into your stomach
than salivation prepares, "gulp" though
yon may, but you can take in a load of i
disease possibilities in trying to force;
or . evade proper salivation.-Cooking j
Club. _
Women In Poland.
Follsh women are renowned for their
beauty, for the perfection of their
hands and the smallness of their feet
Polish ladies maintain that'when they
shop in Vienna and show their small
feet with the high Instep to be fitted
the tradesmen exclaim, "Ah, those are
Poiish feet!"
P.ut their pleasure in this distinction
is not so much a matter of personal
vanity, as of satisfaction in the supe
riority of anything belonging- to their
country, for they are fervidly patri
otic.
The lady of position rises between ll
aud 12 in the forenoon and goes to bed
at 4 o'clock tho next morning. She
drives from one visit to another, but in
reality she is laboring all day- for pub
lic interests. Everything, the founding
of. a library, a hospital, a sewing
school, is made to strengthen the Po-1
llsb cause. Four ladles do not meet on |
a charity committee, says George
Brandes, without taking some meas
ure, under that innocent pretext, for
the national benefit
As a consequence of this charm and
spirit, the women of Poland receive
from the men a courtesy amounting to
homage. Men always rise In a tram
ear to give a lady a seat At any pub
lic place a chair may be ruthlessly de
manded of even the most distinguished
official present with the sufficient ex
planation, "for a lady.*'
A Genta? Reminder.
Clerk-Here's an order from Smiths']
for two quarts of berries, but it doesn't^
say what kind. m '
Grocer-Send them billberrles. They j
owe U9 over 5100.-Detroit Free Pres9.
MRS. CECELIA STOWE,
Orator, Entre .NVje dab.
176 Warren Avenue,
CHICAGO, III., Oct. 22,1902.
For nearly four years 1 suffered
from ovarian troubles. The doc
tor insisted on an operation as the
only way to pet well. 1, however,
strongly objected to an ration.
My husband felt disheartened as
well as I, for home with a sick
woman is a disconsolate place at
beet. A friendly druggist advised
him to" get a bottle' of Wine of
Cardui for me to try, and he did BO.
I began to improve in afew days and
my recovery was very rapid. With
in eighteen weeks I was another
being.
Aire. Stowe's letter shows every
woman hnw a home is saddened by
female weaknes and bowcompletely
Wine of Cardui cures that sick
ness and brings health and happi
ness again. Do not go on suffer
ing. Go to your druggist today
and secure a $1.00 bottle of Wine
of "Cardui.
Your attention to the greatest!
?sale of WHITE TABLE
CROCKERY that has ever]
taken place in Augusta.
More than 67,000 pieces
a solid car of 60,000 pounds
the freight alone being$257-52
1000 Fine Decorated Cups and Sau
cers at 10 cents.
About 15U doz Pinters from 8 to 14]
inches at 10 cuts each.
No limit you can buy as many
you want
\bout 100 doz Nappies 5, 6. 7, 8.9.[
and 10 inch at \0c each ig-g
147 doz 4 in Fruit Plates at 2>?c ead
196 doz Bakers assorted 6 to 10 inc.1
10c each, no limit
I 40 doz Table Pitcher* pint?, quart! |
gallons 10 cents. fe
Sauce Boats 10 cents each.
15 doz Brush Vases 10c each.
Sdoz.Covered Soip Dishes at 10c
A fe*v doz 9 pieces Chaiaher aets a
?1.25 each.
LOOK AT THIS
28 piece Dinner Set.? $1.25.
109 piece Dinner $4.75.
f>4 piece Dinner SetB $2 55.
?0 piece Plain Print Dinner frets ?
|<4 0:>.
50 pie< <> Dferfrs'pd and Goid Jim
iDinner Sets at. 15 00.
4 doz Sugar Dishes at 10c e .ch.
2 doz l'ea Pois 10c each.
25(io/. Cove red Dishes good largi
ie 25c.
1 lot ?b mt 100 Decorated covered!
i htM'?'!U.'i***tt.?i. These covered duh
i? are really worth $1.00
About 50 doz Wash Bow li worth 5C
r.o go at '25 cents.
Pi tenera to match Bowl- 25o ead
? doz $1.50 covered Siop l'ai ls at 75c j
4 doz Cabinets al 69 cent5.
About \\i doz$2.00 Slop Jars at $1
] lot-covered Chambers at 35 cen??
675 doz 5 inch Platen 2}2 cents each !
70 d.-z cake 5 cents each.
About 20tK> dozen White Plates ,as
ported 6, 7, 8, at 5 cents each
66 doz Soup Plates at 2 U'c each.
8!)8 doz,. Tea Cups and Saucers a
[})???. each or 25 cents per set
di,z Card Platen at 2>? cents.
10 doz Jumbo Coffee Cup? at 2}/?c,
About 2"> doz Decorated Plates a:
0 cents each.
500 pieces Japanese China worth|
double the price to g > at 10 cents
At
The
Tiiixie
Of writing this advurtisement w
.lave pleLty^ of every itnin men
. inned l ut on account of the
Very Low Prices!
?ve have nut on them we do no
xpect them to stay very long. P
Come Early
nd do not get disappointed.
MSB il 'Iff -BBBSI iiunminiuimm
lLook At These -
For Bargains
T1TP".? "".? ??--?
8 quart Galvanized Iron Buck
.t 13 eenie each .
Galvanized W*sh Tubs, 45c, 55
|t35 and 75 cents,
Pint Tiii Cups 3 cents each.
2 quart Puddirg Pana 5 c^nU
1 quart milk Pans 5 cents.
2 quart milk Pans 6 cen's.
1 quart covered Bucket ? 5 centr
9 inch Jelly Plates 5 cents.
14 inch Basting Spoons 5 cut
4 quart Puddingpan? 5 cen'
3, 6 and S quart milk Pans 10?
No. 8 large size 1 in Wash B
Ilill 10 cents.
9 inch Pin Plates 3 cent*.
1 q.iart Coffee Pot* 8 cents.
Sloss! S|NSl
Ladies' shoes 75c upwards.
Men's shoes 89c upwaids.
Children's shoes 15c upwards.
We'caunot describe every iteD
if Sbo^e that we carry. I'ern t ut
?to raaku this statement, which w?
oan tubstntitiate. We are at
No Expense
To Sell Shoes
We simply combine them wit!
Sour immense stock, therefore be
ing at uo expense to handle Shoe*
ve can sell them for less moue*
than regular Shoe dealers and ye
-this difTwreuc-* goes to our eus
tomers.
Dry Goods.
Here we are at home to
lour friends
*
Checks at 5 cpnti vard.
Better Checks at 6| cents.
Fancy Outing Flaunel at 4c.
Good Outing Klaunels 10c.
Very best Spool cotton 25c doz
Ali the leading Dress Goods at
owest prices.
B?jdf In this brief advertise
iViiit we have beeu able to 'elly'u
put a few facts concerning o
oa.gains. We want you to
come and see
[for yourself. We are very sun
hal you will be surprised at 'he
|>tock and especially nt the - price.
Old Santa Claus will make
hts headquarters with us this
season.
?HO&IH2 Broad Street
Kiss on
Ghe J"i?Jhov*
She was rory pretty and very young
and very sorrowful looking, and as
Arnold saw her sweet lips quiver and
a tear roll down, her cheek he felt an
irresistible desire to take her in his
arms and kiss and comfort her.
He had only known her a few days
and wondered how she would take it.
She would resent it probably and make
him feel like a fool. And there were
two young women walking' further
down the beach.
Arnold stopped to examine a shel),
but his eyes glanced stealthily at the
forlorn little figure sitting on a rock
a few yards, away. She had not seen
him, and he.crept nearer. ' :?*i??*.i*>
Under his immaculate flannels and,
faultless "chappie" attire there was al
most a woman's tenderness.-..rAny thing
In trouble appealed to him-stray .dpgsj"
lost chi?ren, or a pretty girl,-in .tears.
He glared :at. th? two .young wopeh
lingering on the beach "and ?i?tt?red.
into his malache an emphatic' '\?on
found It!*' " . . -
The waves lapped softly, another
tear glittered on Its downward course,
and Arnold stood hesitating, distracted
and uncertain. The young ladies had
encamped on the .sands and were quite
hidden under their big sunshade.
A faint, piteous little sob.
Arnold strode suddenly forward, and,,
putting his arm uround ber, kissed her
tear stained cheek.
"What is the trouble?" he asked
gently.
And the little three-year-old threw
her arms around his neck and sobbed:
'Baby's losted! Oo nice man! Oo
tate baby home!"-New York Times.
A Concession.
"You used to speak disparagingly of
the school of acting."
"Yes," answered Mr. Stonnington
Barnes. "But that was some time ago.
I am now prepared to say th?t it
should be encouraged as an offset to
the prize ring In preparing people-xor
the stage."-Washington Star. _
A New Record.
The Kid-So dis here ls de depart
ment of records?
The Clerk-Yes. . . ..? .
The Kid-Well, just put down" dat
I've made, a hundred yards In 49 see-.,
onds flat!-New York Journal.
The Reason Explained. ' - -
"If Mrs. Bounderby was so delight-.,
fully situated why did she leave
home?"
"She left home-for the same, reason
that so many other women leave-home
during the summer time."
"For rest and recreation?"
"No, indeed. To visit some women i
who would otherwise visit
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
her."
Cnreful Man.
"Mr. Jonesniith isn't In,", said, the.'
maid at the door. "Will you leave your"
hame?" ' - . : .". . . '. . -
"~ "Oh. no."' replied. Professor Absent
mind. "You see I may need lt myself
before I see bim again."-Cincinnati'
Commercial Tribune. "* ?
A Prise Winner.
"So ye expect that tiawg to take a
prize at the county fair, hey? I've seen
lots fatter hawgs than that one."
"Mebbe ye have, but ye never seen, a
dirtier one."-San Francisco Examiner.
_t
.Voue Needed.
She-Mamma says I mustn't encour
age you at all.
He-That's all right. I don't need any
encouragement.-Philadelphia Press.
One Less to Feed.
MR
??
"Say, Mrs. Jackson, ma wants to
know why you don't come around an*
do her washing."
"Yo' tell yo' ma dat my ole man's In
Jail now, an' I don't hab to wuk so
na'd like I did befo'."-San Francisco
Examiner.
The Optimist's Sons;.
Life may be filled with aches and pains,
With waste anJ seeming folly:
Our path may be a path of stains
(Blood stains of Melancholy). '
Dull Grief a mighty monarch reigns,
Deposing Master Jolly:
Yet, come what may, one Joy remains
The kiss I etUe from Molly.
-A. Walter Utting in New York Time?.
There will be perfect . newspapers
when there is a perfect world.-Balti
more Herald.
jhave been grown by thousands of sat
Jixfied customers for over fifty years.
I They ?re as good as caa bc procured any
where tn thc world. At the prices listed In
our catalogue we deliver goods la you FREE
.f express or mail charges.
VicR's Garden
1 & Floral Guide
for 1903
Valuable to everyone who plants -ced?,
whether it's only a. flower bcd cr za)?)
Q immense farm. It is not a mere cati:
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.AMES VICE'S C-013S
Rochwtor.Now Yor'?