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THE TALL SOLDIER. Adventure; cf an English Military OfR c:r !n Warsaw. tn "Trues- nf My {Cather" Mr. Falls tells or au advfcuture experienced by him while vii:;.; : a friend in Warsa\r. He bad boen walking with the prince and bad.stepped into a small cafe At the next table sat a tull Uussian soldier with one or two conipanious The soldier tbofc mit a box of i! >iii?ii?> and challenged nae of his friends t< a game. The prince sa id to my father: "Go ask him to play with you. know bim. and he is nu interesting mau tq talk to." My father crossed over to the table with the prime, who said something iu Polish The soldier immediately in vited my father to sit down and play. At the end ot* a pimp the soldier re marked: "My regiment ls quartered at St Pe tersburg. If you ever go there call at the barracks and :isk for Sergeant lt.'* "If you ever tr<> to London call ar tile life guards barracks and ask for Cap tain FI.." returned my father. The Uussian rose, saying it was not for him to sit In the presence of his superior officer, saluted and left thc I cafe. "Whoever your friend Is. he is a tal' man." remarked my father. "My friend wirb whom yon bav IKMMI talking and playing d?minos ls the great czar-the thu perot- Nicholas Ile has been here fer :i wevk. lt b his habit to ?0 about disguised and te mix among the'people. These who know bim would not lift a Huger te harm him. He trusts himself to us and carries his life in his hand. He is safer in these cafes than in the gilded halls of the White palace at St Petersburg." The next day my father saw the em peror leave Warsaw, followed by the muttered curses of the people. With u wonderful remembrance of faces, he recognized my father in thc crowd and bowed to him courteously. Wellington's Tact. There was an army of generals as sembled at Paris in 1S14. and when thc various Austrian and Prussian gener als who had been beaten by Napoleon came crowding round the Duke of Wel lington and expressing lots of compli ments to him for having never been beaten by the French the duke pleas ed them immensely by saying, "Ah, but you know I never met Bonaparte, and I have always looked on him as being as good as 40.000 men." How Indians Catch Monkeys. In South America the Indians take a cocoanut and cut a hole in each end just large enough for the monkey's paws. Then they fill the middle of the nut with sugar. When a monkey comes across the shell he thrusts in one paw and, finding sugar, he pushes in the other. He closes both paws on the sugar and then will not remove either for fear he shall lose the sugar. Then, while he cannot use either paw. he ls easily caught. We I Ours Our beautiful ass Goods is being gre what is better sti] price. SANTA is already making lr immense stock of Lamps, Glassware, ( Pitchers. Water set A large stock ol candy, fruit FIRE WORKS F T. P. L Y( A Serious You make a mistake evei GR0C] Without first ARB IH GTOfl Leading S63 Broad Stree SHORT STORIES. Luke Superior drains S5.000 square miles of territory. Eighty-five per cent of the people who are lame are affected on the left side. An island in Lake Superior has been j stocked with caribou. Caribou island. I so named because it formerly was noted as a home for the animals, j Thc sale of land reclaimed by the federal reclamation service is expected [ to more than repay the $00.000.00) ex pended to date by the government. The last herd of antelopes in the United States has been located near Hooker, in Oklahoma. This was for merly a part of the Great American desert and called No Man's Land. On the largest tobacco farm In the world, a 25,000 acre affair near Am sterdam, Ga., is grown about a third of all the Sumatra tobacc$ used for cigar wrappers I"", the United States. The forestry department has been conducting experiments with the hope of finding some commercial manner of making use of the white fir which Is found on the Pacific coast in great quantities. Very, little of it has been cut Astronomy. If there were any money to be made in astrouomy everybody would be studying it. About all we can see is figures, and these are so big that they stagger the understanding. Every child In the United States knows how to find the north star (Old Polaris) from the pointers of the dipper, but no child can appreciate thc statement that this star is distant from the earth 210,000. 000,000,000 miles-two hundred and ten trillions! The Twentieth Century Lim ited, traveling at one mile a minute, would have to run without stopping for 470,000,000 years in order to trav erse this distance. If light really travels 1S7.500 miles a second, a ray from the north star would be thirty six years in reaching the earth.-New York Press. Would Not Pay Charges. > Ile was an impecunious nobleman with air castles in sunny France. Aft er much deliberation be sent the fol lowing note to the pretty heiress: Dear Miss-I love you, but do not know how to express myself. How would you advise? COUNT DE BUST. And the heiress penned the follow ing: Dear Count-Express yourself any way you wish except C. O. D., as you are not worth the charges. -Chicago News. More Worry. "It used to be my ambition," said the business man. "to accumulate a for tune and then retire." "Well," answered the friend, "haven't you realized It?" "No. I've got the money, but I don't dare retire*. I've got to stay awake night and day to keep somebody from ta':Ing It away from me." ortment of Holiday ?atly admired, and ll is the very low CLAUS is selections from our Toys, Dolls, Vases, ?rockrey, Bowles and s, etc. f fresh nuts, raisins OE EVERYBODY. ON & CO. Mistake. ?y time you buy a bill of ERIES ; seeing us. BROS & CO., Grocers, ?ft, Augusta, Ga* Nunnnl'.v'p ceVbreled cam?es fresh hy PYp/pss rvprv week. PENN & HOLSTEIN, Successors lo W L Pt iiii Sr. Son. Honsekpeppra should pep cur I i ii ? of table lineup, towplp, slippt itigp, bed spreed?, plc. before making Iheir purchases. May & tompkins. WP iiiVitP thp ladies to PPPOUI rupp and 1 ton velver arl Fquares La rge assortment to select from all beautiful dpsigns. Ramsay & Jones. Marked For Death. "Throe years afro I was marked for doa til. A grave-yard cough was tearing my linios to pieces. Doc tors failed to help me, and hope had ried, when my husband got Pr. King's New Discovery,"' says Mrs. A C Williams, of Bacs Kv- The first dose helped me and improvement kept on until T had gained U8 pounds tn weight and my health was fully restored. This medicine holds the world's healing record for coughs and colds and lunjr and throat diseases. It prevents pneu monia. Sold under guarantee at W E Lynch it Co., Penn & Holstein, successors to G LPenn it Son. drug stores. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. The handsomest 12-piec?; toilet 6eis ev^r shown in EdgpfHd. Ramsey ifc Jones. NOTICE: On the 12th day ot DfCHmber 1908, in Jh.- . Mien of ibp Judg" of Probate for Jfidgefield county, South Carolin?, the undesigned will makea ii ti a 1 settlement on inc Hptate of William Wells, dfcetised, a od wt i he SM nie lin)? application will I?H niHuV ter a final dis chnrtiH fn in Inn linst ?8 ariminit? tra'or cf s?id i'PtHtP AO p* is -ii! IIHVU g claims naniiipt P?iid ^stut> ?rp keif by lu.t'ifi d lo |>rai?? lil sa?n? duly a*test"d on <r b? fore said dale, ? r be d> buried | ?yni"iil.' L.-E-. Dum. 11-11 4 t Keystone Traction Well Drillers Are Mon ey Makers. Everybody uses water. A drilled well is the only; way of obtaining a pure, cold and unfailing suppi", Du<r wells and y pring? are^sjjil?^ly cess pools' collecting" 7Tb*?r?e breed - 85 per cent. ,one-drill -viii .??uetrate: the bed fockand tap the pure unfail-| ing streams below. All surface water is securely cased off. A drill ed well rarely goes dry in the most protracted drouth. It is safe. There is more money in a keystone Drilling Outfit than in a threshing machine and you work all the year round instead of three months out of twelve. Machine is the most com plete on the market and is not to bc confounded with cheap and flimsy outfits. Drills a six-inch hole through any formation to any depth at the rate of 50 -feet a day in ordinary formations. Costs 85.00 a day to run in fuel and labor. Will go anywhere under its own steam andean be setup and put at work in 30-minutes. Write for catalog No. 1. Keystone Driller Company. Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. LL-?* ? S. A <! Il m PROSPERITY COMES to thfi man who gives his mind to his business. You cannot do that if you spend half of your time in worrying over how to guard your cash. No way you can devise is as safe as deposit ing it in THE FARMERS BANK Open an account to-day and you can give all your attention to your business without having the siigtest worry about the safety of what you already have. The Farmers Bank of Edgefield, S. C. ERCKims WEES Kr? SM good aa th? i .-at 60 year? lr boniness is oar RTUHJ anteo. Cala .'rr Fnt. f. J. BERCKMANS CO., (Inc.) FrvHnd Nvrttntt. AUCUSTA. GA. fl? itera? ia Tr?? or-? Shrub? Established I SS? With a If von do not ni In replenishing our Furthermore, we can? Now we invite you purchases, as we can i will give on tomer buyii WOOL SHA ????MM Weare ottering sou sold in the next two w we say. What about a beautiful rug or a vc tiori but space will not (1all nt our two lars* eal Estate .1. One of the Best Hotels MUitry Town iii thc South, iis and all appurtenances, already furnished, well established, well equipped, well patronized. Situated near the business part <>f| the Town of Edgefield, S. C. This Hotel is known and patronized by thc T. P. A.s from all over the country. Xo. 102. A comfortable Cottage on Buncombe Street, in Edgefield, S. C. No. 103. A Cozy Cottage near thc business part of thc Town in Edgft-| lield,S. C. No. 104. Residence on Jeter Street ii. Edgefield, S. C. Xo. 105. 00-acre Farm between Edgeficldand Trenton S. C. Xo. 100. 200-aerc Farm about I" miles South of Edgefield, S. C. No. 107. The Cap'- Lewis Jones place*-70 acres beautifully located in town of Edgefield. Purchaser .onld sell almost enough town lots to pay for the place. ._' 4-room dwellings. For Rent. Two Cottages in Eil geh el il. I f you have any Kcal Estate, Houses, Lands for Sale ot to Buy, or any business in Kcal Estate I beg) to oller my services in giving same| prompt attention. Let nie know of your Wants and Don't Wants. E. J. Norris. Insurace and Real Estate Agent. City Pressing Club. I respectfully announce to t IK* ladies and gentlemen of Edgefield Ibat I bave opened a Cleaning, Pressing aud Dyeing bupincs? in our town, and-herewith solicit their patronage. Our workmen are first-class m thf-ir line-. They clemi HIHI press not only gentlemen's clothing, but also hals ami IIKI?HS' skins anil clonks. All orders will bc alt "iii! (rd toi prompt ly and wit li gr-n I thor uj?h-| ii?,FS. Absolute sn 1 ! 5- f MC t lin a li II f HotHi d. Give UP your work. | M. Lewis Stevens. U ar of Gray's B irbcr Shop 3e of court ajee your friends and 1( large stock of merchandise, 1 iupply servicable merchandise i to come and look carefully th lot only make your selection ca To everv customer w $25.00 between HOT/ e pair of all wool ii [lg $10.00 worth w WL; ie jenine bargains along man 'eeks they nr.i-_ be curried ove a stylish suit or over coat for : :ry h i^.lso n : A *t Sq i ire. Ta : permit. stores and let us mali ; salesforce will take <>T Cheaper Water. We are glad to announce to our patrons th-nt w can now suppl}' ih^iti wi'h 5 g.nl!nn demijohn Glenn Springs watt r for $1.70. Penn & Holstein. PtlCCf?8P0rf5 tn G. I,. Penn & P< r. RUBBER TIRES: i haw ? machine for resetting your old tires oi pulling on new ones Besl rubber tires carried in stool: All work guaranty!. \V. H. P .well. We would be gla.l for th* housewives to see our larg" stock of Crockery. We bave plain ami decorated wur?. nod can svipply the needs of every boni". Ramsey & Jone''. A superb ??HP of pocket knives. Boker's and Miller Bros: both ta g BLtl pt-arl bandi -s. May & Prescott Soelsette for evening dresses ia the talk of the town. W e have it in all of tht- popular shade?. May & Tompkins. Large line of stationery, tablets, paper, envelopes, etc., at 1>. Tinnnons. OF EE FIEL EDGEFIELD, S C. State and County Depository DIRECTORS. .1. C. SHKPPAUD, W. W. ADAMS, J. il. BO?KMGIIT, T, ?. ItAIXSKClR J. AI, Coillt, R. ?\ 11 UM. AND, A. ?S. TOMPKINS, C. C Kv 1.1 KU IV. K. PjtKSCOTT. OFFlC.fi.RS. I C. Sil K PP ARD, President. \V. W. ADAMS, Vice-Prei dent. E..?. M I.M.S. Cashier .J. ll. ALLEN, Ass't Cashier. Pays interest on deposits by special toni met. Mo.II'; lu !?>..!!! uri liberal term.?. ! 'rout pi uni |iolite atti*ti t ion to bus VOf JR \ coon nt Elicited UH.KING'S NEW EP?SCOVEL1! ? Will Surely Sion Thal Cough. ?0R THE is stock arge 3ous salesmen. . >V(M! ones-happy, it will not be ont fault. u*e purchased many tilings suitable for holiday gifts. , as well as that which is beautiful, rough our entire store before you decide upon your .sy but we can save you monev. dio buys goods to the amount of v and December 25th, 1908, we -4 BLANKETS and to any eus e will give an extra large all y lina if, realizing thet unless some heavy goods are r to another season. Come and let us prove what i Christinas present? Nothing is more suitable than tillar J seoro? o? appropriate ?gifts we might men e ?00(1 everv statement we make. Our .eat pleasure in serving you. Vern NTAPH in Your Home j y Hy-' "ll THE Southern Ruralis CF ATLANTA, GA. Is tba Greatest Agricultural Pape- in the South today, ii covers every de partment of the farm and home. We have examined it carefully, and con sider TI-7E SOUTHERN RURALIST the most valuable premium we can offer our readers. 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