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r • ■ [K WHIMS OFSENGINKS. LOCOMOTIVES THAT GET T^E SULI« AND HAVE BALKY STREAKS, ^ FOR SHE ' Q'/Zn J/.UCti. > »;v: ■» .; ict O low ill .ini ride ♦/ For nine; 'ntempted soul. <g.W']k of the 8tMof>omest Kn^tne Ever Put on a Kortd—I.ikes An Aecount ' That wm If m>4 Dislike* Between Lueomvtivek nno jknsteeerii—Some Cases. “Ixxximotivos are funny thin'?*,” said an Erie engineer, “and I’ve seen them sorr.e- tiinea w hen ! believed they were- actually Itaman. They get the salka and have Lnlky xtreaka, and when they’re in such tuooda you can’t make time with them any 4ap^u than juu can fly. Then, again, fflney’ll l>e as chipper ami willing as a thor oughbred horse, and you actually have to bold 'em in to keep from running into sta tions ahead of time. r “I suppose the sn^borneat locomotive Mijit w^eVer put oi> a roijjd was one of the fTwin Sliders,’ a coupli* dl splendid ma- Wtines built by the New York Central a few years ago. They were made exactly Alike hi every particular, from the egnie . bai terns, by the same worknj.en, dtid with pie same material's There wasn’t a man On the road that could tell which was which until tlielr numbers were painted on them. They were beauties, and the en- ginccn* who were assigned to duty on them were the enyy of all the boys. When (he etiKii|es wcfe put on trial one of the iocomctU'v* developed innuzing power and bpeed. She could take a freight train up m grade with scarcely an ellort, and with a Jpaxseuger traiu made fifty miles an hour JVith ease. •. SIMTEKUL PUFFS OF BLACK SMOKE. "The other woufWn’fc gout all. Even ww^ytitUed wide oj>eii she would simply m[e a r few spiteful puds of h}ack smoke, a fuw turns of her driving whools. and then would stop. The wav she exhausted •team showed she was a vixen. She was £akeu apart and not a single thing could be found wrong with her mechanism, liiffereut parts of the locomotive that was bo great a success were exchanged for the fibme parts in the stubborn one. The will ing locoinofive ran ns wall as ever, but the •tubhoFtnono Mtfused to move a peg. They Kvlttj luilf a dozen different engineers on lier—for you must know that sometimes a locomotive is particular about the man that handles her throttle, and will do Kvork for ouo that she refuses to do for au- Qther; but she treated them all with equal disdalu. They put her In tljo round house and kept her there for six months, thinking that she might get over her (mlky fit, and run all right on* another trial. : “One day they fired her tip and tried her. She started off like a beauty, and ran two tnile*.in a little over two minutes. Then Hjp 4i)d couldn’t be induced to Snake a move in either direction. She was towed back to the shops and taken to pieces. The same machinery was used in building another locomotive, and that one JVas as big a success as the mate of the •tubbopu:engine, and when I last heard of her sl»e b'tw still,one of the best engines on (lie road. . • • ( **It sounds queer to say that locomotives have their likes and dislikes, but it actu Ally does seem that they have, and there are few engineers who don’t believe it. {There isn’t a railroad man who can’t tell foil Instances by the dozen of engines that positively would not make time with some engineers; but would get there every time nmlef the bands of others. You might say fcwas the fault of the engineers if the en gines did not make their time, but I have Luown the very best engineers that ever piounted the footboard who have lieen Obliged to be transferred from locomotives placed in their charge because the locomo tives would not make their time, but which, under the hand of other engineers neither as skillful nor so experienced, would never run behind. <'h 4 CASE OF MUTUAL ATTACHMENT. ‘•Take the case Of Josh Martin and Gad Lyman, two of the old-timo Erie engineers, and either of them without a superior in their day'. Josh was running a locomotive that lie was greatly attached to, and the pequel proved that the attachment was piutu&l. For some reason yr other the superintendent of the food wanted Josh’t by'omn^jyf ft it use on A portion of the road tha>fJyniuii iVq on, so lie ordered Lyman —And Martin to oxTtrangc engines. The old fellows who remember it say that when {Josh's engine was run away from Port Jarvis, Josh cried like a baby, and thai the engiue herself was all broke up at th< parting, for she was an hour longer than alie should have been in getting to hei (Unv field of labor. Gad Lyman took charge of her, but she had made up hei mind that she would not work under him. and she didn’t. Siie got stalled with the lightest trains, and never made her run on tfiUA. After a week’s trial Lyman reported uie locomotive ‘No good,’ and she wa* condemned to run the gravel train. She (Forked as balky and sulky as ever, and the superintendent ordered her taken to Paterson and broken up. I “Josh Martin heard of this, and came 8 own the road a-flyin*. He liegged tWiave Is ‘old gal’ buck again, and finally the •uperintendout- said ho might try her. Josh mounted his footboard onoe more, and when ho pulltalthp throttle away she (vent.Uke q Wrd. ’ She made the run back (farpbrt 1 Jervis quicker than any locomo tive had ever done it up to that day, and josh Martin rqn her for years over the lleluware division after that, and always luadu.his run on time ns easy as could be, except in case of accidenL No, sir; the fact of the matter was, Josh and tlmt cn- ginb'just loved one another, and simply yvould not be parted; and there are plenty of case* just like it to-day. 1 *—New York {Times. ure, No dearer grace your snowy robes assure Than love cloth to the fallen one secure. No richer offering, the cherubim, The Holy One’s attendants bring to Him Before whose light their angelhood is dim. O rescued soul, for whom the Lord hath striven! The bond that makes thee His, may not be riven. Thou Invest much, for much thou wast forgiven. —Jennie V. ColtonlnThc Currci Hotel Accoiniu<Mlat7on~ii?fiie *?o It has been said by many travele you cens<, to get a good hotel meal alter you Lave Philadelphia going southward? This might be qualified with regard to Baltimore, but Baltimore still cooks in the old-fashioned 'way, hanging to jowl and greens, oysters etc. You arrive at a pair of good hotels when you get to Jackson ville, Fla., which Is probably distant from Washington City 1,000 miles, or nearly so. In the northern states, particularly New Jersey, opposition settlements and hotels have arisen to those In the woods of Georgia or the sand hills of South Car olina. Charleston and Savannah, I think, have built no hotels.of an improved sort siuce the war. There the fretdi shad, which gin to come at this tismof the year, ar, stil! cooked in lard and brblntwwB^S^the lard not very sweet. New had many interesting tilings about {■rat they can build such extensive, clean and mod ern hotels in the vicinity of our northern cities that the travel to the south is an amateur matter nowadays, and not many who have been there once or twice are go ing again. It is. true that the southern trains run verv full, but this Is because there is an enormous population in the north to draw upon. Washington itself is far behind in hotel accommodation. The hotels here for tiie past week or two, though their season began late, are crowded down. Cots have beeu put in the •aisles and dark attic-rooms have been util ized, nud in many cases the guests are sent out to lodging-houses. Everybody who gets a taste of the Washington joys regrets going any farther off,—“GathMn Cincinnati Enquirer. Combining ICO^fltli PUffS V EH ETA BLR pud coinpi-'dcljr CLKA>:SEg tnd K>KiCif&f THE BLOOD. Qnickcns the •eticn of the Lifer and Kiducj*. t'Uan the cowplexjwi, make* the skin smooth. It does not l teeth, cause headache, orprodafecon- ILL OTHER I COX XEDIC1HE8 DO. I DrogaMfeaTurysrherw rvcoom -nd it. Bcoou-.s, of pkrion. Mm»., “I I Brown’s iron Bkwn as a valnaiile tonic in* all drapcptio tfco teeth.” L «*7S: “I ■ in caar.i of - an! blood duost'es. also whrn a tonic was rceodod. and it has pnnud aati>if*c*;iy. M I Mu. Wm. Btuxs. SSSt. Mar> St.. New Gridina, La., says: " Brown's Irtai Bitt'-re relicred m« in a cswi of blood poisoninx. and l Leartily cozniueud it U> tinwH) nceaius a blood puriCer. ssor to JAMES E. COOK. n<x iirowa'K Irr*n Hit' kin^t^hU^a^; b. it anoc not uurt i Mu. W. W. Monahaw. Tuscu' tanhia, Ala., says: “I ._ildhood with Impara ’lood ainl eruption on tny face—taro bottios of llrown’M Iron Bitters effected a porfset cure. I cannot speak too iiixhly of this miaohlo nioUiciue.” Genuine has above Trad j Murk and croe«>d red line* on wrapper. Tcke no other. Made only by tAtUVV.X CHEMICAL CO., IIALTIMOKU, MU. II A VET receiv. selected stocJ [from Northern and <»t— Eastern Markets ft I (ALL FIRST-CLASS StoreleepersDOffleepitforSalB One Woman's Story on Another. I know a Mrs. B, who is at outs with a Mrs. Z. What started the feud is a riddle —but there is an unfathomable mystery about all hatreds of women. I had said, innocent of any chasm between those two society people, that Mrs. Z. was a charm ing woman. “But she is a snob,” said Mrs. B., in a way that made the plates rattle. Then she rested her chin in her hand and her elbow on the table and this is the harrow ing recitab “Mrs. Z. is the wife of a millionaire, I confess. Her husband has his city resi dence, his summer resort and his favorite haunts abroad. At his summer resort he ms a flock of Southdowns, one of which is dain whenever the family has an appetite tor sheep. I was giving our order to the butcher sometime since when Mrs. Z came in. She was on her way to the mati nee, and had on the loveliest wrap I ever -aw—I wonder what it cost. Well, as 1 was saying, she came in while I was order ing, and the manner in which she ap- iroached the butcher was overwhelming This is the way she did it, and this is what she said:” (Mrs. B. arose and went through her imitation. It was immense): “ ‘Butchuh, send ovah to ouwali house a leg of mutton.’ “The butcher almost broke his back in faying that he would, and Airs. Z. started mt. When she reached the door she -topped, and, turning around, said: “Of •ourse you know it is fpf Jhe servants. We eat pedigree-mutton, you know.’ If hat isn’t true I hope I may never have another bonnet.”—Chicago Herald. A Fair Disturber Effectually Silenced. Theodore Thomas gave another illustra- tration the otiier evening of his courage in rebuking disturbers of musical enter tainments, of which he has before given proof. During the first performance of Lakme” one of the proscenium boxes at the Academy of Music was occupied by a well-known belle and a party of friends. This young lady, who sat well in front, iverlooking the orchestra chairs, paid nc attention whatever to the music or to the comfort of the rest of the audience, but seemed to consider herself in a private parlor, and so carried on a lively conver sation in a loud tone, greatly to the annoy- mce of both the musicians and the audi ence. After this had gone on some little time Mr. Thomas, who was conducting the orchestra, was seen to coll an attendant to him, and the attendant then went to the young lady's box. One of the gentlemen with her then spoke to her, and she was seen to change countenance, and for the rest of the evening there was no quieter person in the house than she. I happen to know that the message that Mr. Thomas sent to her was that, if she continued the disturbance, he would rise J;. his seat and usk a vote of the audience on the question whether they preferred to hear her con versation or the music.—New York Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph. •• TO PARENTS. .' Many baking powders are very pernicious to health, ami while every one regards his own, he should also have a care for the tender ones—the little children. SEA FOAM containsnono of tho bad qualities of hnldng powders—soda or saloratus. It contains no hurtful ingredient—no alum or ammonia. - SCIENTIFIC, All Chemists who have analyzed Sea Foam commend it. Housekeepers who have used it will have no otiier. Cooks, whose best efforts have failed with other powders, are jubilant over Sea Foam. Saves time, saves labor, saves money. It is positively unequaled. Absolutely pure. Used by the leading hotels and restaurants in New York city and throughout tho country. For sale by all itrst-class grocers. ANNOUNCEMENT. EXTEND to the readers of The Aiken Kecordkr my good wishes ami seasonable compli ments, and respectfully direct their attention to the.opening of my elegant assortment of New Spring Goods. My line of Spring Clothing for this i season, far excells all my past endeav ors in selecting a beautiful Stock of Clothing for Men, Youths’ and Boy’s Spring and Summer wear in all grades to suit the purchasers. My Hue of FINE DRESS SUITS in Cut aways and Sacks, cannot bo surpassed for style and workmanship; these garments are made,•cut and trimmed equal to gny custom garment, and will lit and cling to the figure and hold their shape as well as any gar ment that is made to order. My line of the Patent Square Shoul der Garments are beautiful in design, and made and trimmed handsomely. Tnose who have had the pleasure of wearing these garments can testify to their superiority over all other gar ments, and remember this is the only place vmi can obtain these CELE- BR aTED G ARMENTS, as 1 am the Sole'Agent for this Manufacture. It is a fact when you come here to pur chase Goods, you may rely on the rep resentation of Goods shown to you, and you will be perfectly safe in what you may purchase, as nothing in this Stock is allowed tobe misrepresented. A!! of ihe Departments are now filled witli New Goods for Spring Wear of the LATEST STYLE, including all the Novelties of the Season. 1 Be sure and call when you are In need of «ny- thh.g in this line. Will take pleasure in showing you through the Stock whether you purchase or not. Respectfully, M. L. KINARD Columbia, S. C. full and earefulh General Merchandise. Y For the Fall and Winter trade. We have a larger stock o Ladies’ Dresi Goods than ever before. All grades x»f Repellauts, Cassilucres and Jeans Bleaching, Flannels, and Domestics in abundance. An extraordi*hary larg« stock of first-class Boots and Shoes, including the well known Bay 8taU Standard Screw Goods and the Clement Wiel & Ball Custom Work. A CLOTHING DEPARTMENT which is full and complete ifa quality style and prices. A stock of HATS and CAPS in which we can suit and fit any man, boy or child who may favor us with a call. An extensive GROCERY Department, in which will he found the choicest Family Gro-- ceries and Plantation Supplies. Hardware, Tinware, Glassware and Crockery cheaper than ever. Having purchased these goods during the past dull season at remarkably low figures, we propose to sell thorn at prices which will fully satisfy the closest buyers. TAS. L. QUIN BY A CO. GANTZ, JONES <C CO., 17V Duane St., N. Gnmitcville Hotel. MBS. N. E. SENN, Proprietress. Table furnished with the best, and driving parties from Aiken furnished with lunch at short notice. Y. A New Device for the Library. i t is said that Mr. George Vanderbilt, > literary member of tho family, will not •poll old and tare books by tho profanation pf new coven, and has Invented a new de vice for muifitqmug the old covers and at same tlm^for retaining tfip elegant outside appearance of his library. He has had beautiful- separate covers, bindings tWt could be removed, placed on those (um boo*.*, and passes his time alone with hi* favorites.—New Orleans Times Demo- prat. * Traditionary Type of the Romans. There is no doubt the great Homan fam ilies, preserved characteristic representa- ttpps pf their early and even fabulous ao- testorp, modelled in lineament and cos tumes after. SHJmfe traditionary type, well jwftwn to Oittidip.m^HUrttely recognized by tne people at large, which are met with on coins and medals and engraved gems, pre^ cisely a* all modern representations of the Savior exhibit a particular Identity of Character, style and feature, which, though not professing Jbo bo genuine likenesses, are still forigod after some traditional ynodel of great antiquity.—Boston Budget! .i-.-;, : An Antidote for Snake Poison. Signor Farni, an African explorer, sav3 (hat in the region of tho Kalahari deceit •very native, when he goes out hunting, carries with hfm some dried poison glands of a snake. If he is bitten he immediately introduces a small portion of this stuff near the wound, and goes to sleep. The limb swells, but after two days It regains its normal size, and the patient recovers. Animals are treated in the same way.—Ex change. I^eir to the BraxUian Throne. Princess * Isabella, heir to throne of Brazil, is extremely rellgcus. and some times the astonished subjects of her royal father have beheld her sweeping the floor of the church clod In a coarse gown and humility of spirit.—Int« f ' Ocean. The Nol,lo Art of Self-Defense, Brigands were not the only ones who preyed upon travelers in Italy thirty-five years ago; the fachiai, or native porters, were about as rapacious, and their de mands were generally sustained by the local magistrates. But on one occasion their usual tactics did not meet with the expected success. A boat containing two young Englishmen apptoached the quay of a little seaside town. Not only was their nationality unmistabable, but they appeared—what they afterward turned out to be—university men in the prime of “biceps.” On the boat touching the quay, it was boarded by half a dozen fachini, each one attempting to grab sometliing. were it only an umbrella, for which to claim payment. In vain did the travelers struggle to select two, which was more than enough for all their requirements. Each porter obstinately clung to what he had seized, and refused to part with it. Oue of them at last sprang on shore, fol lowed by a young Englishman, who, find ing lie could not regain possession of his property, incontinently knocked his man down. This was the signal for a general assault upon the travelers, who, from the beautifully scientific way in which they handled their lists, must have been pupils of some groat masfor in the noble art of self-defcnso. In less time than it takes to write it, six porters were lying in a heap on the quay: they were so taken by sur prise they had not even tjme to draw their knives, and so demoralized that those who were not too stunned to do so crawled off. leaving the two travelers to carry their own luggage triumpliantly into the hotel. —Foreign Letter in The Argonaut. PAVILION HOTEL. Charleston. ' S. C PASSENGER ELEVATOR AND ELECTRIC BELLS. House fresh and clean throughout Table best in the South. Pavilion Transfer Coaches a.it Wagons at all trains and Boats. Rates reduced. lie ware of giving your Check to any one on Tyain. Rates $2 00 @ $2 50. DP .A. ID GKE T T , THE MAMMOTH FURNITURE STORE MAN, BEGS TO CALL AT TENTION TO THE FOLLOWING AWFULLY LOW PRICES— 1 GOODS GUARANTEED: An entire Walnut Bed-room Suite, full Marble Top, 10 pieces, $30; a very Large and Elegant Solid Walnut Parlor Suite, covered with JMush, only $42.50; an Elegant Walnut Parlor Spite, covered with either Good Haircloth or Fancy Ramie, at $27.50; a Large Assort ment of Poplar Bed-room Suites, full Marble Top, at $32; or, in Wood Top, from 16.50 to25 dollars. A No. 7 Flat Top Cooking Stove, with 50 pieces, for 13 dollal-s; No. 6 Step Stove, 25 pieces, $8.?£j. Every kind and every articleof every kind in the Furniture, Bedding and Stove Line; also, a fulfline.qf Window Shades, Carpets, Rugs*, Clocks, Pic tures, etc. ' ' . In Undertaking Department you can find Coftinsand Caskets, Gentlemen’s Robes, Ladies’ Robes, Odd Fellow’s and Mason’s Trimmings, and a full line of all other trimmings. Any information will be cheerfully given. Write for full particulars and prices. L. F. PADGETT S ' Furniture Store. 1110 and 1112 BROAD STREET, - - ^ > AUGUSTA, GA. AURANTII Most of the diseases which afflict mankind are origin ally caused by a disordered condition of the LIVER. For all complaints of this kind, such as Torpidity of the Liver, Biliousness, Nervous Dyspepsia, Indiges tion, Irregularity of the Bowels, Constipation, Flatu lency, Eructations and Burning of the Stomach (sometimes called Heartburn), Miasma, Malaria, Bloody Flux, Chills and Fever, Breakbone Fever, Exhaustion before or after Fevers, Chronic Diar rhoea. Loss of Appetite, Headache, Fonl Breath, Irregularities incidental to Females, Bearing-down IZtfZ; STAOIGER’S lURMTII is Invaluable. It is not a panacea for all diseases, bat OIIDB? all diseases of the LIVER, wiUWMUJe STOMACH and BOWELS. It changes tho complexion from a waxy, yellow tinge, to a ruddy, healthy color. It entirely removes low. gloomy spirits. It is one of the BEST AL TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF THE BLOOD, and Is A VALUABLE TONIC. STADICER’S AURANTII Fob sale by all Druggists. Price $| .00 per bottle ' C. F. 6TADICER, Proprietor, 140 SO. FRONT ST.,' Philadelphia, Pa. L L. WEIGHT & SON, Prop'rs COLUMBIA, •- - S. C T able supplied wjfii tho best Rooms large and well furnished £2?“AV/reasonable.. .CFT) -i'll (V ATE- Boarding" House! -ISY II. A. SMYSEH, cm JOHN k WALKER STS., SUxHM E H VILLI'], NEAR AUGUSTA. GEORGIA. ADVERTISERS can learn the exact cost of any proposed line of advertising in American papers by addressing Geo. P. Rowell & Co., Newspaper Advertising Bureau, lO Spruce St., New York. Send lOets. for lOO-Page Pamphlet NERVOUS DEBILITATED MEN; Yon are allowed a free trial of thirty day. of the Use of Dr. Dye’s Celebrated Voltaic Belt with Electric Suspensory Appliances for the speedy relief and permanent cure of .Vertwus Debility, loss Of Vitality and ]Hanhoo<l, and all kindred troubles. Also for many other diseases. Complete restora tion to Health, Vigor and Manhood guaranteed. No risk Is Incurred. Illustrated pamphlet In sealed envelope mailed free, by addressing ^ VOLTAIC BELT CO., Marshall, Mich, THE AMI Augusta, - - Georgia. BEST HOUSE IN THE SOUTH. Headquarters for Commercial Men. Centrally located nearR. R. Crossing, L. E. DOOLITTLE, Proprietor, Formerly of Tontine Hotel, New Haven, Conn. Also, West End Hotel, Long Branch, N. J. 10. R. LOMBARD & CO. Machine and Hoiler Works. 10 II. P. Engine $195, 15 H, P. Engine $585. New and First-Class complete Power Cotton Press Cheap, Editing The Best, Engine and Boiler Repairs Promptly Done. SCHRODER & THORPE LAURENS STREET, ^ = ^ ^ AIKEN, S-C. 1SEW SPRING GOODS, We particularly invit® tne attention of the ladies to our New qnd Beautiful Stock of Spring aqd Summer Dress Goods, which we will take pleasure in oriees to suit the times. Just think of it! Prints at 5 and Seresuekers at 10 cts.. Yard Wide Fruit of the *ud an excellent Yard Wide Long Cloth at 8 cts. FUSE SHOES, and Gents’ flue Shoes lias been gotten up a* a special attraction, and we ar« confident that we can suit the tastes of the most fastid- eous. Straw Hats and Fur Goods for Ladies, Gents and Children. GROCERIES!! GROCERIES !! We keep none but the best Groceries. Both our Heavy and Fancy Groce ries are just what you want and at just the price you are willing to pay, be cause they are just what they are represented, and are marked at Lowest Cash Prices. We are Agents for the AMERICAN SEWING MACHINE, one of the best in the npu ket. Our Stock is complete in every line, and pojile apd attentive salesmen ready to serve customers. i • SCHRODER & THORPE, 'v ^TTG}-TTST.A., GhA._ The Celebrated Estey, Smith American, Carpenter and Chicago Cottage Organs. WE HANDLE ONLY THE BEST!! : THE. DECKER, ESTEY AND EVERETT PIANOS, Need no Praise, Being the Leading Instruments of the Country. The Domestic, Davis, New Home, • aiid Household Sewing Machines T^-ARE THE Finest Mgde in the World! CASH OR INSTALLMENTS! Write for Price List and Discount 200 Second-Hand Sewing Machimj In Good Order at $5.00, $10.00 $15.00 each. v /' k - - - ^ AUiSUSTA, GA. 924 BROAD STREET showing and selling a' cis., Dress Gingham* Loom L. C. at 10 cts Our Stock of Lad\ AT GOODYEAR’S CARRIAGE REPOSITORY! CiVN ALWAYS BE FOUJfD a FULL LINE OP Medium and Cheaper Grades of Open and Top IBTT C3-C3-IES, At Lower Prices than at any other House this side of Cincinnati. Thlq Work is all made to order, .Lighter Running and Better Finished than (he class of work generally sold as Standard Vehicles. But I have just received a Full Line of Fine Family Carriages, Fhartoiisand Cabriolet! Just received another shipnjent of those Fine OPEN AND TOPBtJG- GIES, made upon special orders, by the best manufacturers North and East. Nothing being used in tho construction of these vehicles but the bes( materials, and in Quality, St.yie and Finish, are unequalled by any other now on the market. In stock a Full Line of SADDUF AND HAHMESS—ALL GRADES. Which I will offer at I, 0 "'®! 1 Prices than have ever before been known in the hjstnry of the business. Miiburn, Studebaker and Standard Plantation Wagons, all sizes. Oak and Hemlock Sole Lather, Calf Skins, Shoe Find ings, Carriage and Wagon Materials, Harness Leather, Belt Lacing of superior quality, Rubber and Lrfjltlier Belting. Also a full line of T. V. RHODES (Successor to RHODES & SCOTT.) Wholesale and Retail Crocer, 5LG Broad Street, - - - * Augusta, Ga. I I have just received a large and well solootod Stock of Choice F imily Gro ceries ,which I arq offering at the very lowest figures. My Specialty is Fancy Melon Seed. I have been particular in sorting from the finest Richmond County Melons a large lot of Choice Seed and offer same at a Low Figure. I also handle in large quantities Garden Seeds from Hiram Siblev&Co. and D. M. Ferry & Co. My stock of Seed Potatoes are tho finest ever brought South. To the trade [ sell close. Nonpareil Fjour High Patent Guaranteed to Satisfy the most Fastidious. I keep the Best Selected Stock of Fishing Tackles in Augusta. IHIA. . . Gunas^Shells, Powder, Shot, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plow-PtH all makes, Nails, Axes, Picks, and Mattocks, Pitph Forks, Sho Spades, Steelyards and Scale Beams, Grind Stores, Rakes, Paddocks, penter Tools, Files, Hinges, Window Sash, Doors and Blinds, Farm Church Bells, which 1 am offering at LOWEST CASH PRICES. A. R. GOODYEAR, Agent, (Successor to R. H. MAY A CO.) AUGUSTA, GA-, opposite Georgia Railroad Bank. At the Old Stand, 704 Broad St., - - - - - Augusta G-a. — . «J . ■—l ^ LOFLIN & STUL Corner Broad and Campbell Streets, Augusta, Georgia. -O- T V RHODES. NEW YORK MILLINERY STO Under Central Hotel, Augusta, Ga. SIEIEID We have on hand, and will keep during the entire planting season, the V^BY BEST 4 ftp# lUost Reliable Seed Potatoes -Ci ties. With great pleasure I announce to the Ladies of Aiken that I am now exh biting a stock of SPRING and SUMMER MIILL-1NERY GOODS unsurpass ed in the South. Space will not permit mention of the different articles—suffice it to say, I feel confident I can please every lady wiio will give me an oppor tunity to do so, IN QUALITY STYLE and PRICE OF GOODS and WORK. To tiie Ladies of Aiken, I extend a cordial invitation to come and see me when in the city, and examine my beautiful and stylish goods. for planting purposes. EARLY RQjSE gpd all other v* We buy direct from Boston, the very best markc$ for Seed, and always get tho best knowq to the trade. Our Poiataes are carefully selectecf and are the best that comes fo this market. MISS NELLIE PURCELL, Loflin A Stulb, -Pleasure and Proiit to All!- Wholesale and Retail Grocers, Corner Broad and Campbell St., Augusta, Ga. JOHN H. FEARY, Watches md Clocks repaired. Ill 'SI imm Watches and Clocks ^ Repaired. / 729 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hotel, - - Augusta, Ga. THIRTY YEARS experience in fitting lenses in Spectacles makes tin Optician Department Complete, Sole Agent for Biamond Spectacles. Dealer in Reliable Jewelry. Also Silver-Plated Ware at the Lowest Prices. SPPersonal attention to monogram engraving. CARPETS AND HOIWURMSHING GOODS -Or 1885. New Coeds. Fall Trade. 1885 'Window Shades gnd Lape Curtains, Wilton, Velvet, Brussels, 3-ply Inr grain Carpets, Hearth Rugs, Door Mats, Art Carpet, Wiqdow Shades of every size and Color, embracing all the New Styles, Cocoa, Caten-and Napier Matt tiixrv f I cinrl T .» u n mti A BARGAIN IN LAND ! !! 1>IPF FITTINGS ALL STOCK. NoticMilffe Inevea** of Suicide. Misery and : disappointed lov£ are as signed as the causes of a noticeable in crease of saioide in Paris. In Austria an epidemic of self-destruotlon has broken put among the wealthy.—Chicago Jfeur- Workins the Bole Both Ways. One of the cute things in the wage sys tem is that when a corporation cuts down- wages 10 per cent, and then raises wages 10 per cent., It has really mode a reduction at 1 per cent.—Chicago Times. «»• Origt netor of the Stereoscope. Oliver Wtndell Holmes conceived the Idoo of open stereoscopes now in general use. He explained the plan to Joseph L. Bates, who brought out the Invention, bul neglected to patent it. Like a Kennel at Feeding Time. At all the large balls, nowadays, srqa!! tables for supper have taken-the place of the long table d’hote, which gives every one an even chance for a hit of supper and a sip of champagne, instead of confining this privilege to the strong and denying it to the weak. Hitherto, the man who reached the supper-table, w hethef for his own benefit or for that of some lady, was a beautiful illustration of the survival of the fittest. A kennel of hounds at feeding time is the only thing that resembles a supper-table and those about it at a ball In a private house.—New York Telegram. A Pioneer Fiddler of tho West. Professor Tosso, of Newport, Ky., who Is said to be dying, is one of the pioneer fiddlers of the west. He claims to have been the hero of the adventure In Arkan sas out of which grew the musical ab surdity known as “The Arkansaw Trav eler.” In his palmy days Tosso gave con certs all through the west and south, and was rated as an extraordinary vioHnist. He is 85 years of age.—Chicago Tribune. Hunting for the Golden jCandle*tlefc. Efforts are still being made to discove’ the golden candlestick of Solomon’s temple which Titus carried to Rome in triumph, ‘and which is supposed to be ia the bed of the Tiber.—Exchange. V Plantation of 1000 Acres for sale about 10 miles from Aiken. One-hundred Acres of superior Bot tom Land, excellent Water Power for manufacturing purposes. On new projected line of railroad. Terms liberal—For further paticu- lars apply at store of .1. D. TAYLOR, Curve .Street, Aiken, S. C. Fell. 23, 18S6.—0m. 1014 to 1026 Fenwick AUGUSTA, dUTelophone No. 27. KIND IN Street, GEORGIA. TICphoeXSOoU NOTICE. I will announce to the public at large that I have resumed business at my old stand on Curve Street in rear of Croft’s block. I will be happy,to re ceive my old customers and the pa tronage of the public at large. I am well known to (lie public of Aiken, Barnwell and Edgefield counties. The Cleaning and trimming of ladies hair land Misses a specialty. Shampooing is guaranteed without cold. Hair oil I and toilie for sale. Very respectfully. JOHN R. BOYCE. A Fanu For Sale. desirable Farni in a healthv lo cality seven miles from Aiken, containing Two-Hundred Acres well Watered and With Dwelling and Out- huildings thereon; will be sold at a bargain as theownerdcsires to change investment. Address Lock Bo$ 26, Aiken, S. U. March 9, lSS6.-6m. T O buy your Tinware, Crockery, Glassware, Lamps, Jewelry, Spoons, Knives, &c., Forks, Combs, Brushes, Buckets, Spectacles, Pins, Needles, Soaps, Baskets, Dolls, Vases, and every other thing, is at THOS. MEDD’S , 10 and 13 Cents Store, No. 516 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA., Headquarters for TOYS of ail kinds. New GOODS!! NEW GOODS!! M RS. N. BRUM CLARK, tings, Floor Oil Cloths and Linolaums. Lace Curtains, Window Cornices and poles, New Walnut, Cherry, Ash Rbony and Brass Cornices and Boles. Turcoman Curtains and Draperies. Upholstery Goods. Raw Silks in a variety of Patterns. Fringes in all Col Hair Cloths, Cane and Gimp and Buttons. Wall Papers, Decorations. /'olors.' Borders and Just Opened For All Trades: Oil Paintings, Engraving and Chiomos. Juts, Walnut and Rubber Weather Strips out cold, aud all sold at Lowest Prices. Brooms, Dustsrs, Baskets, Doer for Doors aud Window, to keep U ,r l tribal abbas •Mchl 819 Broad Street; AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JAIWES G. BAILIE & SONS, Chronicle Building, 714 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. Has put in a beautiful new line of MILLINERY & FANCY GOODS, Hats, Bonnets, Laces, Featilers and Flowers <ind all (lie Spring Novelties. In greater variety and Lower in Price than ever before. E^amiU}) before you purchase, we will suit you. ^"DRESSES also made in the very Latest Styles. . MRS. N. BRUM CLARK. ASIHR SMALL GRAIN SIUHI! I HENBY BUSCH & CO. I!li Have on hand for the Fall and Winter Trade: Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy Goods, Gent’s Furniihing Goods, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Crockery, Glassware and Staple and Fancy Groceries, We keep Choice Lines in all our departments, which are well selected. We ask oqr friends to give us a chanpe and we guarantee good Goods, living priees and polite treatment. Wessels Corner, HENRY BUSCH & CO. - - - Aiken, S. THE S. G. S. is the cheapest aud the best and the only Specific Fertilizer for small grain the marvel. ASHLEY ASH ELEMENT, a very clteap and excellent nou-ammonh ated fertilizer for small grain crops, fruit trees, grape vines, &c. ASHLEY COTTON AND CORN COMPOUND, acomplete fertilizer for these two crops, ami also used by tiie tryehers near Charleston for vegetables. ASHLEY COMPLETE flARDEN FERTILIZER, specially adapted tq roses, geraniqrqs, pamies, flowering annuals, &c. C^r'For terms, directions, testimonials, and for the various attractive ant) instructive publication* of the Company, address, The Ashley Phosphate Company, tlhariestan, - - .S 6. c. H. F. WarnekeT OTIC F. WIETERS, Baker and Confectioner -WHOLESALE GROCER AND DEALER 11$- AND DEALER GKOCEBIES LIQOURS, C ISADS & TOBACCO! Joseph R. Robkbrson. Erank E. Taylor. Gko. W. WiLLiAfts'if ROBFRTSON,TAYLOR& WILLIAMS (MFAOTlHfflGHMjr ’ I —OF THE- TOBACCO and CIGARS, TOYS, FIRE-WORKS, Etc. Sole agents for T. FLOIJK, and THORN T. and J. G. FROST S celebrated SELF-RAISING BROTHERS’celebrated BUTTER CRACKERS. AIKEN, £^“Ofiice and Salesroom '81 East Lay; Warehouses, Nos. ASHEPOO PHOSPHATE CO. S. C IM aud 1!6 Fast Bay, CHARLESTON, -t-tiLg- - . . a