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'/.? Oar 64th Christmmas i For upwards of a half hundred years our store has been supplying the needs of the Christmas shoppers of Edgefieid county. . While our experienced buyer was in the Northern markets he made his purchases to suit the people of every class and taste. \ See our Beautiful Assortment of Cut Glass Prices very low. We have the prettiest assortment of C hina ever shown in this market. Our vases are particularly handsome and are being greatly admired. We want everybody to come and si PENN & HOLSTEIN, Successors Mended His Manners. A certain English officer is uoted for hist ready wit and quickness lu rep artee. Ia the very early days of bis cai-eer he was ordered to Bombay and waa attached to the staff of the tbeo commander in chief as A. 1>. C. Shortly after bis arrival, at a func tioa at the government bouse, a new mLitary secretary wbo. In the con scious pride of his new position, bod a hearty contempt for subalterns of all defrrees, wltb a glassy stare through his eyeglass, offered, bim two Ongera to \ shake The A. D. C.. quite unabashed, look ed at bim for a moment or two and then said genially: I "Hang lt alt; major, the governor ,;: gives me threef. The whole room wa? convulsed, and the military secretary, now a colonel. Nproated by the hint, and mended bis ~ maimers, bat be never forgave tbe A. D. 0.-London Tit-Bits. Bjornson's Advice. There is a story told of Bjornstjerne Bjornson tbnt. arriving at a late hour at the town of Bergen, which was en fete to receive him. be vouchsafed to the expectant people no finer words of wisdom than a general recommen dation to go to bed. In vain they appealed to him for "song or sentiment." The great bis marck, said be. gove the same advice under conditions all similar, and what was good enough for Berlin must suf fice for Bergen. Three years later, on visiting the town for the second time, the master novelist found n deserted city. Not a light humed in the dismal' railway station, no banners waved, no address es were read by portly burgomasters. In vain Bjornson asked fora cab. -, "They have all Rone to bed." was the reply. And so Bergen remembered. Painted Lips. The "Personal Kecollections of Suth erland Edwards.*" Kuciish music crine records that after the peace ot 1S15 it used to be the rule for every hussar to wear a black mustache, and mose who had neither a black mustache nur a fair oue which they could dye were required to paint the semblance ot a black mustache on their tipper lip. The Quick Witted Sharp. Mrs. Sharp-So you told Mr. .Iones you wished you was single buce inore, did you? Sharp (with quick \vit? Oaly that I inigut have the happiness of marrying you over again, darling - Boston Transcript. Domestic Bliss. Madame-1 don't know* where our son gets all his faults from, i'm sure' be doesn't get them from me. Mon sieur-No. you're right there: you haven't lost any of yours. He Woe Laughs Last, Etc. The old colored man had climbed into the dentist's chair of torture. "Shall I irire you laughing pas. un cle ?" queried the tooth carpenter. "Not till after de toof am out boss." replied the old man. "Reckon mebby Ah'II-feel mo' lake laffin' den."-Chi cago News. His Failing. "You are beside yourself," he retort ed haughtily. She gave a shrill; unpleasant lau?rh. "Seeing double again, eb?" she cried. -New York Press. A. Good Reason. Wanta nno-Why do you call that boy of yours Fliiunei? Duzno- Because he Just naturally'shrtnkB.from washing. London Tit-Bits. The nobleness or life depends on Its consistency, clearness of pur jwse, quiet and cease!es?energy?-Ruskin. - -Whether you ueeda Buggy, Furniture, Household Furnishings, Christmas or Wedding present, we invite you to call. We are r%ady for the buying public, 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 "o-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 ne*? er been better equipped in this department. Have you seer our Cut Glass? The designs are new and our prices much lower than the city stores. Large as sortment of Rugs and Art Squares. Nothing will make a more suitable Christmas present. Beautiful as sortment: of Sterling Sil er nnd Solid Gold Jewelry ; stock just replenished for the holiday trade. A full as sortment of Violins, Guitars, Mandolins, Banjo?, etc. We extend a cordial invitation to the people of the town and c?s?rty to call and inspect our large stock. and JONES. mm mmmmmmmmmmmM ur Dolls are All sizes and prices nd we brought to I nta Claus. Have y stures? Large ass? pilar prices. ee forthemselvi to G. L. The Very Simple Life. Pierre Lori, the French author, -al ways did like u practical joke. . A French poet who had been advocating a return to the simple life derided one day to make the acquaintance of Loti He ?eft his village, he who never trav els. stick in hand, to make the Jour ney to Hendaye, the home of Loti OL foot He prayed the celebrated novel 1st to receive him without ceremon.v that he should be satisfied with ? bowl of milk for his repast But be wus much astonished wb<* the novelist took him at his word. ; the dining room on a table withu> cloth or napkin there was only an li meuse crock of milk. The visitor showed some hesitatii about beginning the feast Meanwh. his host began to 'walk around il room like a bear In a cage, only int'' rupting his walk from time 1:0 time take a long swig of milk from 1 crock. Without saying a won! the u invited the astonished guest to imlfc him. The man of the simple life lind foi? one more simple than himself, and left the house convinced that the gr. novelist had become crazy. Murder Revealed by . Dream. Perhaps the most amazing cr1 mystery ever solved by a dream ? that revealed by a murder triai a ? . pie of generations ago. Tbe dead t> of Mr. Norway, an Inoffensive- Cor gentleman, bad been found bj roadside between Wadebridge Bodmin brutally moldered. No of the murderer could be fouuu the mystery of the crime seenier yond all solution when Mr. Norw brother, a naval officer, arriveu England and told the following st. On the very night ol' his brother's u. der, when he was on his ship in 1 West Indies, he saw him in a dre: walking along tbe Bodmin road, wh from a dark recess In the hedge tv ruffians sprang out slew and robb? bim and then made their way to house In Wadebridge. which he, sa? vividly in his dream. To this bom? he conducted the police o?icers, an? there be found the very two mei whom In bis vision he bad seen com mit the murder. They confessed and suffered the extreme penalty of the law.-London Answers. Our Christn S is up to thehig ce ries cannot 1 coffee are a] so h If in need of and they will be New crop Georgia Syrup, pickle, bottle pickles, Queen fi cake ingredients, spices, appk and decorated Crockery. Give us your o Beautiful! !. Just the Cdgefieldfpr ou seen our Drtment at 3S Penn & L Tho Nature Student's Story. Tn my boyhood 1 once captured a nest of three young thrashes. 1 put them in a gilt cage by an open win dow, and their mother came and fed them regularly with worms and grass-, hoppers." The speaker, a nature student, sigh ed. "The mother," he resumed, "must have er.pecfed ber little ones to be soon liberated. She fed them, as I said, regularly for three days on flesh food. Then one evening at sunset she appeared with a sprig of green in her mouth. She thrust the green in through the gilt bars. Then, singing a sweet, sad song, she flew away. And she never came back. Her off spring the next morning lay deud. side >y side, on the bottom of the cage. The sprig she had brought them. ?hlch was nearly consumed, was a prig of the deadly larkspur. 'Free on. or death! Death or freedom ? .. hat ls what-must haye been the bur :?n of her farewell song." The narrator paused, and from his Jteners a low murmur arose, a mnr <ur perhaps of sympathy, perhaps of" igry disbelief. Ai American Grammar. Robert ll. Hltt, who at the time rep ented our government In Paris as secreta ry of legation, went to Egypt regard to a matter Involving the of a Greek American subject He ?d In Alexandria and went to the I Europe and found the rooming ' busy assigning rooms to the new rrived passengers, a regular poly : in languages. He heard him speak . hie, Greek. French, Italian and man. So when lt came Mr. Hitt's u to register he Jocosely said, "Do u speak American?" The clerk omptly replied: "A leetle. Der vas ie American here lately who gave ie an American grammar." Mr. Eitt uked to bave a look at tho book. The lerk promptly told one of the garcons to get the book out of bis room, and While the book was being brought the clerk said, "De grammar ls phonetic." When the book was brought, lo and behold, lt was a copy of Petroleum V. Nasby's letters. D. R. Locke while In Egypt bad presented a copy to the clerk, telling bim lt was an American grammar._? . ms Supply of tapie and fane hest Standard and De excelled. The ere. "Iris" flour bes any of the followin delivered to you on Orange Marmalade, Jelly, presen nd stuffed olives at all prices, Swe< js. Oranges, cocoanuts, bananas, can rder and it WILL b< ion. The End of tho Rid*. Coining oat pf one of the large de partment stores two weil dresned wo men saw a group of street Urchins gaz ing at their automobile, and ose little girl was heard to say. "Wish I could hare a ride in it" The women smiled, and then the child was asked lt she would really like a ride and was help ed into the machine after assuring the women that she would not be missed at home. Her companions sec up a cheer as the machine started, and some of them were still on che spot vrhen lt returned half an hour later, bringing back the little glfo' .The, women con gratulated tbemsOTe&.on having given the little one an^t^aqrdinary treat but were disencharajra' when she told them that her fath^S^asiaciii Offeur and that she liked "tfsT machine "a i eat deal better."-New Jork Trib ?e. A Compliment to ibo Minister. In Albert Dawson's work, "Joseph Parker-His Life and Ministry," there are some anecdotes of the farnon3 min ister of the City temple. We are told that what Dr. Parker regarded as, In Its own peculiar way. the best com pliment be ever received cam? from an omnibus conductor. The vehicle was crossing Holborn viaduct and when lt came to the City temple a passenger alighted. "That's the man, and that's the place." said the conductor, indicating Dr. Parker's church. "1 went there once, and 1 enjoyed myself so much that I'm going again the tirst night off I have. We laughed, and we cried, and we had a rare time. You see," the conductor continued, "be doesn't make religion so -^serious." Seeds Planted In Eggshells. Fill half au eggshell with good rieb earth, stick ir a seed or two, stand the shell up in a box of earth, keep it wann and moist and then, when you think you can trust the weather out of doors and the seeds have sprouted, you knock the shel! off and put.the little - ball of earth into Mother Earth, and there you are. Not a root bas been disturbed, and if yon choose a favora ble time for transplanting there will not be a wilted leaf to retard the crowing of tte plant * ? y Groceries. our laney gro best hams and st on market. 1 g, call or phone 3 short notice*. res, cranberries. Heinz sweet 3t pappers, canned goods, Fruit dies. Fireworks of all kinds 3 just right scott I I. ? U ...i. if