Edgefield advertiser. (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, December 09, 1908, Image 10
Whether you need a Buggy, Furniture, Household Furnishings, Christmas or Wedding present, we
invite you to eall. We are ready for the buying publie, with every department well filled.
We have handsome Suits, Dining Chairs, China Closets,
Dining Tables, Beautiful Rockers in oak and Mahogany.
In China, we have full Dinner sets or can sell you a
single piece. See our beautiful 10-piece Toilet Sets. They
are being greatly admired.
In Silverware, our new and beautiful designs will
please the most fastidious and exacting buyer. . We have
never before been better equipped in this department.
Have you seen our Crt Glass? ?;The designs are new and
the quality is the best, with prices much lower than the
city stores.
Large assortment of Rugs and Art Squares. Nothing
will make a more suitable Christmas present. g
Beautiful assortment of Sterling [Silver and Solid Gold
Jewelry; stock just replenished for the holiday trade.
A full assortment of violins, Guitars, Mandolins, Ban
jos, etc.
We extend a cordial invitation to the people of the town and county to call and inspect our large stock.
SEY &
Stella's Dignity.
"Glenn paid me a dandy compliment
last night, mother -one that will
please you, too," said Stella Harding.
"He was talking about the girls in this
block and how disgusted the boys
v were getting with them. He said the
trouble with the girls round here was
that they had positively no personal
dignity, and he never seemed to take
into account that I lived in the block
myself. But he made up afterward
for forgetting. He^said not much,
be guessed, he didn't mean me; that
I was noted for my dignity with all
theYellows, and he'd often heard them
speak of lt. What do you say to
that?"
Mrs. Harding was listening with
motherly satisfaction. "How did it
happen to "occur to him -that you
.might be applying it to yourself?" she
asked.
-"I put it to him straight. I jnst
'waited until he stopped for breath,
and then I said, 'Well, jiminy,.Glenn,
is this a slam?' "
"Stella, what a speech! There's no
dignity about that!" '
"Oh, toot, mamma!" was the laugh
ing response, made without the slight
est intention of disrespect. "That's
just the way we all talk. Things like'
that don't count on dignity one way
or the other-not rn our bunch. Ifs
how" you. act, don't you know?"
Youth's Companion.
Foxes' Scalps and Salvation.
it? years ago at a session of the
legislature of Kentucky an effort to
repeal the law offering a bounty on
foxes' scalps was made, but was de
feated by the appeal of a member
from a mountainous and sparsely set
tled region. "Do i:he gentlemen want
to deprive my constituents and me of
the benefits of hearing the gospel
preached?" he demanded, with indig
nation in his tone and overspreading
his rugged countenance. "Wc are all
Methodists up my way. and our
preachers won't come without we can
giye 'em chickens, I know. We can't
raise chit-kens unless the foxes are
. killed by somebody, that's. sure, and
there ain't anybody that can afford to
spend their time hunting foxes and get
nothing to pay for it. So. gentlemen,
if you repeal this law you'll be de
priving my constituents of the benefit
of hearing the gospel preached; that's
the way It looks to me!" The law
was hot repealed at that session.-Ar- .
gonaut. .
Hairs and Feathers.
Hairs are found on almost every
thing that grows, and, if we may so
call the fine fibers of asbestus, they
even invade the mineral world. From
a piece of mineral asbestos quarried
from the earth and looking like a stone
with a satiny fracture the silken fibers
can be rubbed with the finger till the
?ump Is worn away.
Secure a feather .somewhere-it will
be much better than a picture-and
you will see that it has a main stem
or midrib. Along each side of this ex- .
temls the thin part known as the vane.
Look closely and you will see that this
vane is composed of tiny feathers, call
ed beards, fastened together through- !
? out their whole length from where
their bases join the midrio to their !
tips. You can easily separate one of
these from the rest, when you will see
how like a tiny feather it is, with what
seems a fine fuzziness along each edge.
-St. Nicholas.
The Shillalah.
The sh illa ?a h owes its name to the
.fact that the finest specimens thereof
used to be grown lu the pleasant
groves of trees that formerly flourish
ed lu the barony of Shillalugh. lo
County Wicklow. The best shillalah
must be a root sprung sapllug, for oue
taken from the branches of a full
ygrown tree would lack the necessary
toughness. Being trimmed and
"brought to hand," the young stick
undergoes preparatory discipline by
being placed In the chlmuey to season,
thus Lecoming early acclimatized to
the hot work In store for lt This part
of the curriculum finished, lt Is rul>
bed until completely saturated with
oil, after which it is securely wrapped
In a stout sheet of browu paper and
buried in a convenient hotbed. At
this stage of its development it is an
object of unceasing watchfulness on
the part of Its proprietor, who to fore
stall any detrimental warp lu the ob
ject of his care visits it daily, correct
ing any youthful tendency to depart
from a straight line aud ultimately se
curing as straight a bit of timber as
iieart could desire.-New York Trib
une. -.
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Orname.-..s ot tho f: cet age.
Lord Lrvp?:-u i., im ardent peerage
reformer and roils "titi anecdote iii' rbis
connection for elrose authenticity be
pledges himself. This na rf.-, tes how a
famous statesman of the nineteenth
century wa.-, cal!wi. upon to visit ais
son in prisou. He bitterly reproached
him, remarking. "Here am I. having
worked my way up from a middle
class home to a great position, and
when I die you will be the greatest
blackguard in the peerage." The son
listened quietly and then replied, with
terrible irony. "Yes-when you die."
Another of Lord I.yvedeu's peerage
stories is equally piquant The son of
a peer applied to a friend In the north
of England for a housekeeper aud was
recommended a certain Mrs. Brown.
The peer wrote to the woman accord
ingly to the effect that, having learned
particulars of her character, he was
willing to engage her as his house
keeper and making au appointment for
her to call and see him on a certain
date. The good woman replied:
My Lord-From what I have learned of
your character I decline to enter your
house. I am your lordship's obedient
servant, . ANNE BROWN.
-Westminster Gazette.
Th? Plays Mixed.
During one of his tours'in this coun
try, when the late Sir Henry Irving
was playing "Twelfth Night" In New
York, be revealed absentmindedness
and greatly amused the members of
his company and the audience. As
M il vol io he was expressing surprise
at atgemark of Sir Toby.
"Do you know what you say?" he
asked.
To his surprise, a roar of laughter
echoed through the house, and his
stage associates were convulsed.
He repeated the line, putting undue
emphasis on the pronoun, and again
the audience shouted with laughter.
lt was not until titer the perform
ance he learned that quite unconscious
ly he had been pcrodylng the well
known words of "The Private Secre
tary." His only explanation was that
lt was done in a bit of forgetfulness
while thinking of the other play.
Chicago Record-Herald.
A Ghost Story.
Floors castle, home of the Duke of
Roxburghe, was the scene of a curious
psychical mystery over a century ago.
Sir Walter Scott relates the incident
John, third duke ol! Roxburghe. who
died in 1804, the celebrated book col
lector, when arranging his library em
ployed neither a secretary nor a libra
rian, but a footcan called Archie, who
knew every boo* as a shepherd does
each sheep of his flock. There was a
bell hung in the duke's room at Floors
which was used on uo occasion except
to call Archie to his study. The duke
died in St James' square at a time
when Archie was himself sinking un
der a mortal complaint On the day
of^the funeral the library bell sudden
ly rang violently. The dying Archie
sat up in bed and faltered, "Yes, my
lord duke, yes, I will wait on your
grace instantly." And with these
words on his Hps he fell back In bed
and died.-St James' Gazette.
The Broken Bottle Symbol.
The breaking of a bottle over the
bow of a vessel at .aunching seems to
be taken by many people as having a
convivial, a sort of here's-looking-at
you significance, but nothing of the
kind is meant; neither has it any asso
ciation with Christian baptism, for
the name of a man-of-war ls given
months before the launching. The real
thing typified is sacrifice. Building a
town or setting a ship afloat was a sol
emn matter away back in the dim past
and such on act was not to be under
taken without devoting a life to pro
pitiate the gods. Our refined and hu
mane civilization no longer dares to
offer up a prisoner or a slave on such
occasions, and therefore a bottle ls
broken to symbolize the taking of a
man's life.-United Service Gazette.
Jerome's Mistake.
One of the early vicissitudes of Je
rome K. Jerome as an actor was to be
offered his choice of playing the part
of either a soldier or a donkey In a
pantomime, a real donkey with four
legs. After careful consideration he
thought the red coat the more becom
ing disguise and chose the part of the
soldier. Apparently he made a mistake,
from the point of view of success,
at all events, for a few days afterward
the manager came to bim and said:
"You made a great mistake, Jerome,
In not taking the part of the donkey.
It would Just suit you, and there's 5
shillings a week more in lt."
Hot Scotch.
The young wife dipped the ladle into
the porridge and smiled inquiringly at
the overnight guest
"Will you have some hot Scotch, Mr.
Dash?" she asked.
Dash laughed.
"Hot Scotch? Where is it?" said he.
"Why, here, of course." said the
young wife in a perplexed tone.
"Didn't you know that oatmeal ls
called hot Scotch?"
"Er-I"- Dash stammered, and theu
the young husband caught his eye. and
be was silent
"I didn't know it myself till last
year," che explained. "I heard George
inviting his cousin over the telephone
to meet him at the office and have a
hot Scotch. I didn't know what bot
Scotch was till you told me. did I.
George?"
George, very red, answered huskily:
"No, my dear."
Laughing at ber own Ignorance, the
lady proceeded to serve the thick, rale
hot Scotch.-New Orleans Times-Dtm
ocrat
The First Mourning Paper.
The oldest known letter written on
black edged note paper as a sign of
mourning appears to be one dated Jan.
5, 1683. In Addison's comedy of "The
Drummer," 1715, reference ls made to
the fashion In the words, "My lady's
mourning paper that is blacked at the
edges." A few years later Allan Ram.
say,, who died In 175S, speaks in one
Of his poems of "the sable bordered
sheet" as a messenger of sorrow.
Manu, writing from Italy to Horace
Walpoie In 1745, says that it was uni
versally used lu Florence at that time.
The superior elegance of this Italian
note paper; with its narrow margin of
black, expiabas its ready acceptance in
this country, where it superseded the
quarto sheet with a black border some
times a quarter of an inch wide. lu
this way it probably gave au impetus
to the fashion. But it is a mistake to
snppose, as some have done, that the
fashion was introduced from Italy.
London Answers.
Caught Alive.
A New Yorker, a big game hunter
of many years' experience, was l>?n
shooting in Uganda. He had ej..-el
lent luck. Nearly" every day he posed
in a complacent attitude beside a
freshly killed Hon, and his photog
rapher snapped bira for the maga
zines.
One afternoon the photographer,
who was taking a nap in the hut was
awakened by a loud noise. He rose
and looked out. Sprinting toward him
from the jungle, hat gone and coat
tails flying, came his chief, and, with
terrible roars and growls, a huge Hon
bounded at his heels.
The photographer gazed spellbound
at the strange and exciting picture.
His ehlei, perceiving him. shouted:
"Quick, quick! Open the door,
George! I'm bringing him home
alive!"-Washington Star.
Spoiling a Tragedy.
"If you don't marry me," he said des
perately, "I shall kill myself."
"And write a note telling all about
lt?" queried the maid.
"Yes."
"And hold my photograph in your
other hand?"
"I had thought about it."
"Well, just wait a minute," she said,
"and I'll borrow pa's pistol for you.
My, but won't it be romantic?"
But be faded.
The Head of the House.
It is folly to call the husband the
head of the bouse; be ls not It ls but
a courtesy title at best, since in truth
he ls but an Incident in the borne life,
whUe the wife and mother is its whole
existence. Literally the sun of do
mestic happiness rises and sets in th?
face of the wife and mother.-Clara
Morris in Housekeeper.
Not an Advertiser.
"Did you bang up any mistletoe la?'
Christmas?" asked Erastus Pinkley.
"'Deed I didn't," answered Miss
Miami Brown. "I's got a little too
much pride to advertise foh de ordinary
courtesies -dat a lady has a right to
expect."-Exchange.
Suspicious.
Widow (at washtub)-Are you posi
tive you love me?
Suitor-Of course I am.
Widow-What's the matter? You
haven't lost your job, have you?
Pittsburg Press.
Too much is worse than want.-Ger
San Proverb.
Books and- calendars are always
appropriate gifts. We have quite an
assortment.
W. E. Lynch & Co.
All the new things iu Dress
goods at reasonable prices.
May & Tompkins.
Malaga grapes, apples, oranges
bananas, cocoa nuts, always selec
and good.
May & Prescott.
Large assortment of $3;00 pictur
frames for $1.50. .
i l. Ti m m ons.
To My Patrons, Friends and the Public,
The Holiday season is upon us, and I am prepared as heretofore to
to meet all demands and requirements in the dpTerent lines and ac
cessories, heretofore handled by us. Those who have been success
ful, and want a first class Victoria, Station Wagon, Surrey or Stan
hope, I am the man who can supply them, and accompanying necessi
ties. Harness, all the very best assortment from three of the finest
manufacturers in the United States: Robes, there is only one Manu
facturer in the United States worth naming-C HAS E-We have
them in great varieties, Blankets, of course you must protect your
horse. .
For Christmas and Holiday gifts, we have a large variety of fine
imported saddles, Whips, crops, leggins and etc, and for the children,
boys and girls, we have a larger variety than ever, of Railroad Steam
Engines, Automobiles, Goat Wagons, Goat Carts, Hobby Horses,
Shoo Flys, IrisK Mails, Bicycles, Veloipedes, Tricy cles and Toy wag
ons, ah endless, variety,about a carload and a half in all.
Don't fail to come and make early selections.
H. H. COSKERY.
749-751 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
IF
is up to the Highest
Fancy Groceries ca
. .* _
Six brands of the finest Pa
in our stoek. The bes
coffee are ?
If in need of any of the following, ca
ered to you on short notice:
New Crop Georgia Syrup, Orange Marma
Heinz Sweet Pickle, Bottle Pickles.JQueen
Peppers, all Canned Goods, Fruit Cake Ingredien
nanas, Candies, Fireworks of all kinds and Decor
Give as your order and it will be just ri?
Fresh stoek of Franklin Ci
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MAY
Hotel Edge?eld.
I deaire to notify the public
that I havr?' jusi opeued ? first
clasH hotel koowu as th? Hotel
Edgefield and respectfully solicit
t.hrt patronage of the public for both
transient 8nd regular hoarders.
Popular prices.
Asa (I. Broadwater.
Cotton Seed Meal and
Hulls.
I take this means of notifying
my friends and tho public that I
keep a l&rgi supply of fresh Cot
ton Seed Meal and Hulls con
stantly ou baud and eau fill their
orders at reasonable prices. Ware
house near site of old depot. Youc
patronage solicited.
A. M. Timmermaa.
ens Clothing at Half Pri?e
We intend to close out all of the men's
Clothing we have on hand if
low prices will do it.
We lia ve in stock a
lot of men's coats and vests
that we will sell at exactly half price.
Call and see them.
MAY & TOMPKINS.
roceries
; Standard and our
in not be excelled.
tent Flour made are found
;t brands of hams and
ilso here. .
ll for phone 38 and they will be deliv
.lade, Jelly, Preserves, Cranberries,
and stuffed olives all prices, Sweet
its, Spices, Apples. Oranges, Cocoanuts, Ba
ated Crockery.
?ht. Celery everv Saturday.
g ?tl ?5 Christmas Present.