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"WAKE" IS OLD INSTITUTION Custom Most Prevalent Today in Ire . land Well Known to the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. . "The custom of 'waking' the dead, with the drinking, smoking and con versation of the large company of neighbors who assemble in the house K? mourning, appears incongruous and repulsive to those who are unacquaint ed with its remote origin or the kiudly and humane motlvvs which underlie lt," says Michael Macdonagh, iu the English Review. "The wake is a very old institution. It existed among the Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans, Shakespeare and Scott give instances of medieval revels In honor of the dead. The custom survives in a dif ferent form, but with somewhat identi cal motives, among the Irish, almost alone of the ancient peoples. " 'Waking' means, for one thing, 'watching.' The English way of leav ing the body shut up in a roora, all alone, would be most repellant to the Irish nature.. It would be regarded as desertion. Thc Irish keep close com pany with their dead until the very last moment of the burial. "The body is clothed in a shroud made in imitation of the habits worn by certain orders of friars and in the hands, crossed reverently on the breast, is placed a crucifix. The walls .near the bed are hung with clean white sheets on which are pinned bunches of flowers, laurel leaves and holy pictures. Lighted candles, seven in number, are on the table. They are symbolical of hopes and aspirations relating to the dead. That he or she has been cleansed of the seven deadly sins, possessed the seven gifts of wis dom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord, and the seven principal virtues. "First enteriug the roora where the body lies the visitors kneel and say a prayer for the eternal salvation of the departed soul. Afterward in the kitch en, snuff, pipes and tobacco, whisky and stout are served to the company. The dead person is in his house for the last time, and, as host for th? last time, dispenses hospitality. "Memories of his kindliness and good nature are revived by tho neigh bors. "Tis" he that had the bright smile and cheery word whenever you met him, and no matter what you might want of him, sure you had only to say the word to get it with u heart and a half.' " He Got a Seat Speaking of street cars reminds one Of tlie latest-thc very latest-thing in wording heard on a local traction iine. This was sprung ou an unsuspecting world the other night-morning, rather -about three o'clock. The springer told about it to his of fice mates the next morning as fol lows : 'Tm so used to standing up in the street car that I don't know how to sit down any more, acnially," he said. "I feel more rested standing up than sit ting down. We always like what we grow accustomed to, of course-sort of force of habit; strong thing, you know, j as all our well-known psychologists agree. "The other afternoon I stood up for two miles, and tinnily a lady got out, and a motherly looking woman said to me, 'Here's a seat,' and I ?aid, 'It's a pretty seat, all right.' "But that night I started to tell you about-believe me, boys, if you want to get a seat on a Washington street car go home at three o'clock in the morning. It is pretty late, I'll admit, but the lateness of the hour has its comp-'!is;i non. "I got on, and there wasn't anybody else on the car, but I got a seat, boys; I got a seat !"-Washington Star. Meat ls Scarce. Patrick .T. Kennedy and Thomas Carr, fanners of Templeton, Ind., came to Indianapolis with throe carloads of hogs and cat;!,.', and alter wailing all day at the stock yard-: were told that there was no demand for them,.says the Indianapolis News. The price on hogs fell off from .?1T.(5!) to .$17.10 while they were at the yards and finally they had to sell 12 of the choicest hogs from one car at $17. They were told that these hogs were too fat. The razor backs, comparatively speaking, brought $17.10. The cattle could not be sold. After this experience thc two went to a stock yards restaurant nearby and ordered .steak. It was Tuesday and, therefore, a meatless day. "We can't buy beef or pork," said the waitress. 'All we have for you is fish and oysters. Meat is very scarce, you know." , "Yes, we know," said Kennedy, as he gave hi and bought a substitute. Businesslike and Efficient. It is considered worthy of notice in the papers that a woman has "held down" a job as agent at a railroad sta tion somewhere in the West and that a woman was agent ut a Maine station for a few weeks. People must have short memories not to recall that the agent of the important Grand Trunk station at Lewiston a dozen years ago was a woman, who held the job for some time. And the writer can testify that she was businesslike and efficient, for she once kept him waiting at the ticket window for ton minutes by the clock wh?e she finished the job she was doing on the books.-Oxford (Me.) Democrat. Adding to lt. "I fear you are too pretty a nurse for this case." N -Why so?" "The patient already has palpitation o? the" heart."-Louisville Courier JouruuL _ The Substitute ? By REV. L. W. GOSNELL Assistant Dean. Mocdy Bible Institute. Chicago TEXT-The Son of Man came not to bc ministered unto but to minister, and to pl ve his life a ransom for many.-Mat thew 20:2S. A "ransom" is a price paid to se cure freedom for a slave or to set a person free from liabilities or ch argos. Jesus Christ proclaims himself the ran som for sinners. The text make!? clear that It was not merely by liv ing his life but by giving it. in death, that Christ re deemed us. lia ny become confused at this point. Of course, Christ's perfect Ufo was essential to his worthiness as a sacrifice, for the Lamb must be with* out blemish or spot. But even though he had lived his perfect life, there would have beeu no salvation for sin ners had he not gone to the cross. In the strong words of Bishop Moule, "His life had to do with his being all-worthy. But It did not, in whole or ip part, constitute the sacri fico." The Apostle Peter sums up the matter thus: "Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation re ceived by tradition from your fathers, but wi til the precious word of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot." His life was given "for" us, that is, "instead of" us, for so the word may be translated. The idea of substitu tion cannot be romoved from this ex pression. An Illustration of the thought is found ia Exodus 30:12: "When thou takest the sum of the Children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ran som for his soul unto the Lord." The half-shekel given by each man was "atonement money," "to make atone ment for their souls" as the succeed ing verses make clear. The people were considered uot as doomed but as ran somed by the atonement money paid Instead of their death. Just so, Christ's death takes the place of ours. The reality and solemnity of the substitu? ion of Christ for sinners is set forth in Galations 3:13: "Christ hath redeemed u.s from the cour?e of the law, having become a curse for us." The old revival byran well ex presses the amazing and glorious fact : Bearing shame and scoffing rude. In my place condemned lie stood; Sealed my pardon with his. blood: Hallelujah! / The death of Christ cannot be under stood save assthe death of the sin Dearer. This alone explains the agony and bloody sweat of Gethsemane and the plea, "Father, if thou, be willing, remove this cup from me." Christ would not be worthy of the respect paid even to soldiers who have gone without flinching to death, or to mar tyrs who have sung at the stake, if Iiis death were no different from theirs. But if we understand that he was entering into the shadow of the cross upon which ho would bear the sins of the world, we can understand his shrinking horror of it all. As to what Christ suffered on the cross we must speak willi reverent re serve. But his cry, "My God, my (Jod, why lias thou forsaken me?" must not bo emptied nf its awful content. Bish op Moule points ont that Christ could not sutler that p( rsonal remorse for sin which must be one awful element cf tho future woe of sinners; yet his cry on the cross "at least favors the belief that the all-blessed Sufferer willed to bear, and the Father to or dain, the personal experience of de sertion such as enters into the final doola." The bishop wisely adds, "The reverent disciple will avoid all detailed speculation in such a matter." But well may we sing : i None of tho ran-omed ever knew How deep were t!.e waters crossed. Or how dark was the night tlie Lord went through, To find the sheep that was lost. What a price has boen paid for our redemption] Surely we could ask for no more; God himself could ask for no more and Satan is silenced in view of the work ('.one on the cross. Christ's cry, "It is finished," answers all the questions which could be asked in heaven, eartli or hell. We need only fall down and thank fully accept the deliverance bought by his precious blood. A Christian girl lay dying. With much effort she moved ono hand to the other and, after feeling the palm for a moment, whispered, "No nail ; his hand was pierced with the nail." With even more effort she raised her hand to her brow and, after feeling it, said, "Ko thorns; his brow was crowned with thorns." Finally, her hand stole to hep side, and with triumph she cried, "No spear; his side was pierced by the spear." Answer to Prayers. With childlike confidence we await, undisturbed, cur rather's answer to our prayers, knowing lie will give us that wb!di with fuller knowledge we should ourselves seek.-Bishop West cott. Brave Old Buck Proved Himself True Knight. Exhibition of Woodland Chivalry That Impressed Hunters in the Florida Everglades So Much They Spared the Victor's Life. A couple of hunters on the border of tho Florida Everglades were sur prised to hear the wild snorts and whistles of a buck ln> fight, mingled with the plaintive bleats df a doe In distress-a combination of sounds that was unaccountable. The men crept cautiously up. nnd In five minutes reached the edge of an open glade. In the center crouched a doe. wild with terror. Ry her side was a fawn only a few hours old, still too weak to follow Its mother, white the old buck, with bristling hair, and antlers lowered, stood hy, snorting In rage and defiance. His eyes, green with rage, followed some object moving In the palmetto scrub on ?fae border of the glade. Looking carefully, the bunters ?nw a young panther' passing backward and forward in an effort to tura the flank of th? defense and get at the fawn. A wiser beast would have aban doned the attack a? soon as f>uch a defender went on guard, but this panther wa* evidently in the full flush of tris first strength, and without ex perience of tlie prowess of an old buck at bay. Forward and back he crawled, spit ting and snarling, only to find the buck always between him nnd the doe. At last he crouched for the spring. The buck, snorting grimly, braced all his muscles for the coming crash ; he Appreciated his danger, but dared the worst. The doe whimpered and closed her eyes, but did not desert her fawn. The panther rose In the air aud cnme down within ten feet nf the buck. Then the huck went Into the air, and falling with his feet together on the ! struggling cat. seemed to stab him i through and through. Immediately the J buck rose again and landed a dozen, feet away. Then he lowered his head and plunged at the panther. .There was a confusion nf flying dirt and grass, and again the deer sprang j away. There were now deep cuts on his head and neck, and his antlers were splashed with red. The panther now tried to creep away, hut again the buck leaped, stab bed with his feet together and sprang away. The car now lay gasping, while the buck watched him with his hair stiffened int* a mane and eyes that i nearly bulged from his head. Then the j hunters walked forward, i When the buck saw them he must have realized that he was completely In their power. His proud crest fell, and he lost all the swelling part of the victory; but still ho showed no inten tion of deserting the doe. hut moved off and stood beside her.- She crouched down again with the fawn. The hunters walked over quietly and examined the panther. He was very badly cut up. Both shoulders were broken, and tile antlers had passed re peatedly through his body. During the examination the buck stood quietly In plain view, and no gladiator saluting Caesar and conscious of being anout to die ever showed more dignity. Without a word the hunters walked off the field and left the old knight alone in his glory. Had he not shown knightly qualities-the chivalry that protects the weak, the co;./age | that braves all odds In a good cause, nnd finally a dignified submission to what seemed the inevitable? Praised for Devotion to Duty. When the city of Norfolk, Va., was threatened with the complete destruc tion by fire of its thriving business section early In January, every avail able lire-fighting force nt hand and from nearby towns was called into the battle. At the height of the tire the enlisted men of tho United States navy on duty at the navy yard and in the harhor were called on to help not ' only in subduing the flames but con trolling the crowds. To a man they gave a splendid account of themselves, i Among these men was John Joseph I ! Mclaughlin, a chief boatswain's mate, j Although he had worked all night, had \ nurrow escapes and was drenched to j the skin witli ice-cold water, McLough- ; lin declined a relief when it was of fered and remained on duty continu ously until the danger was passed. For this conspieuous service he has been commended by Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Mclaughlin enlisted In the navy In 1003 at New York. Had Enough Eggs. First Barber-I bet that fellow Js & bum actor. Second Barber-Why? First Barber-When I nsked him If he wanted an egg shampoo he put on his^hat and walked right out. Immense Export of Oils. More mineral oils were exported from the United States during the fis cal year 1017 than ever before, the total amounting to 2,749,433,434 gal lons. Either One. He-rip's got an awfully red nose, hut be swears he never touched a drop in his lifo. She-Maybe it's wnter color. , No Danger. "Don't take nie out in the breakers. ? I feel sc dizzy." "Then it's all right, if your head's J swimming."' We are making a very low price on the celebrated FAIRBANKS-MORSE OIL Engines. ll H. P. at 3 H. P. at 6 H. P. at $ 48.50 $ 89.00 $15C.OO These prices are f. o. b. factory with magneto built in engine. Do nat have to worry with batteries. Kero sene oil is cheaper than gasoline, which affords the cheapest power obtainable. COME IN TO SEE US & KERNAGHAN Large Stock of Jewelry to Select rom We invite our Edgefield friends to visit our store when in Augusta. We have the largest stock ot DIAMONDS WATCHES CLOCKS JEWELRY CUT CLASS AND SILVERWARE of all kinds that wo have ever shown. It will he a pleasure to show you through our stock. Every department is constantly re plenished with the newest designs. We call especial attention to our repairing department, which has every improvement. Your watch or clock made as good as new. Work ready for delivery in a short time. ' Modern Mantels In keeping with modem tenden cies of architecture. TILING for your Fire Places, Floors and Bath Rooms. A. J. 980 Broad St. Augusta, Ga. ROOFING Youngblood's Old-Style Tin. All crades of Metal and Composition Rooting. NePonset Products American Twin Asphalt Shingle?. American Ready-Roll Roofing, NEPONSET WALL BOARD The Youngblood Roofing and Mantel Co. 625 Broad St. AUGUSTA, GA. ESS Mr'Tz.'.:;^asaEB ?1 yi?:?W?'-'W 'W? .T'.:'*'1'!?1f?l DR J.S. BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3. :m Suralv S?oa Thal Gouch. ror W eakness and Loss of Appetite "?lip Old Standard Rilera] strengthening tonic. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria and builds up the system. A true t?<nic *r<' wv Appetizer. F?r CIIL?L? and child "..!>. CO Only One "BROMO QUIN7.NE'' To pct the Rennins, c^ll lor foll name, LAXA TIV M HK?MO QUININE. Look for signature of E.W. GROVE. Cures n Cold in One Day. Stops couph and headache, and works o?? cold. 25c I TEACHERS' EXAMINATION The next regular teachers' exami nation will be held Friday, May 3. White applicants will report at courthouse: colored applicants at Macedonia school building. Work begins at 0:30 and closes at 5:00 P. M. W. W. FULLER, Co. Supt. of Education. m ?2? Sag 2, m m li i m >V??l m M m i CT We invite our friends to come in and see our pretty spring goods in every department, Beautiful assortment of Slippers and Oxfords just received, and other shipments arriving several times a week. We invite the ladies in to see our beautiful Silk Dresses, the prettiest we have ever offered. They were bought be fore the tremendous rise in price, and are marked very low. Too many new things to mention them all. Tome in and see them. Daitch Brothers m Next tc Farmers Bank Edgefield, S. C.