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V \ I ' ~ III.. * fTHE EXCTBBO SO AXHT60A The Ball New H -Bearing lome Is "Is that ?*" "Yes, why he is positively bull-dograatlc."?Philadelphia Ledger. ^ Th "Doestliat man speak in his official ^ capacity?" 4^, "Certainly not," answered Senator eaD Ssrguin. "lie invariably speaks in on fa siotlicial incapacity. ?Washington in tfa SPIDER 81LK. W*?<*rfal Mmith, WUrtUity mm* UitUi doalltr- g?~?jj-ij? e astronomer after the experience ?~r~ iany years has found that the spl- w H fviatehes the only thread which JB M be successfufly used in carrying | is work, writes Ambrose Bwaxey e Scientific American. 2 THE TEST I ' Which ? f H^S8B"V ri ne For the next 30 you bargains in 5 Handle only tl oest. ' days I will give sewing Machines. he best grades. Star. one-f ai Teacher?Johny, what makes you so J? 11 st u | i 1 at arithmetic? Johny?It comes natural, 1 guess; and I've ofteu heard pa say that ma could spotc not put two and two together.?De- ?? to troit Tree Press. ter e n tli e spider Hues mostly used are from I fllU Ifth to one-seventh of a thousandth i iuch In diameter, and, in additloa mmimmam lelr strength and elasticity, they the peculiar property of -with- H f 'You ling great changes of temperature. H Pain often when measuring the sub H ?othfi. i, although the heat is so intense H i crack the lenses of the microme- H peplece, yet the spider lints are?not H P lauiit ivilitfswi HHHk IS BEST J have two houses to bo pointed. Wo wart t for only one of them. Wo would rather y< r paint on the other house. Paint the two a Mastiff Midori F toseliroaB^to > >u would oh nar H it nttoe oom with i| <. S 'SS^^Hi! fl Shell E ^cnu yuur urucr ton F. P jatesburg. - - * - - Sou ur write iur prices. erry Co. th Carolina. I THF HI 1MADIQT Tb? LETTER TO W. L. itA WL. BATEShURG, 8. CDcaa Sir: What is lumber worth? they Depends on the lutnber." yju say? ment "what sort do you want?" Spl That's ha v some people talk about ot a oalnt. They ask : "What'll you paint *** 1 my house for?" .c5* e threads of the silkworm, al- H b'li of groat value as a commercial I net, ure ho coarse and rough com- H 1 1 with the silk of the spider that H Bome cannot be used in such lnatru- *ot ( a. i H Pain' der lines, although bat a fraction H tlm ( thousandth of an inch in diameter, H nade up of several thousands of * jscopic streams of fluid, which J /'Tho Kind Jhnt Lmmtm" the other with any other paint, it matters n i mixed paint or Lead and Oil. "We will 01 )f paint this time; next time we will t for both houses?in fact we expect to s< other house before the Mastic house i ? THE TEST PROVES WHICH 1 Manufactured by Leeds repainting, j I ]i ' fl Lee A. Jobl Plumbe Fit Lorick & Bro., jers and Dealers in :rs' Gas and Steam ters' Supplies. . T-? ; m: T?. i "Well, iny friend, I never pay my old debts. I forget them." "And your new ones?" "(ih! I let them get old."?Fliegend Blaetter. ''No, I can't afford to work for $5,000 a year." r ? a ~,i .. i The Yankee answer Is: "How do you j^a, want It painted? One coat? two coats? and i three coats? first-class or cheap?" ing p The proper answer Is; "I want the best paint put on as it ought to be/, A I That's Devoe; but the usual answer is: "I want a good job; but 1 want it cheap. Which means: I want you to paint it "W for nothing. I want to be fooled. fount auu iviiu u BiugK nut", UUU XL IS ise of this that ttaey remain true round under the highest magnifyower. SCHOOLBOY'S DECISION. i The r*?t, It Might Have Chuftl the Werlt'i Hlaterr. hen Charles Wesley, one of the iers of Methodism, was at school PEASLEE-G AULBERT CO.. Inc.. LOU1SV FOK SALS BY Holman-Cullum Han Batesburg, S. C. HUB. ST.: H ? ; rauves aini liauses, n ware, Tin I Mat o. Iron Galvanized and Hlack and Fire Clay, Grates Fixtures, Refri?*erato Hose, 1'iimps and I'm I A io\e isepairs, i iiiwure, raiumeivtare, iiuiiowHoofing. Conductor Pipe, Eave Trough, Slieets, Terra Cotta, Flue Pipe, Fire Iirick and Tiles, Wood Mantels, Gas and Electric rs, Freezers and Water Coolers, Rubber up Supplies. 3 nrirl: X* Rm van t* ililU Wliy nutr "Becaue it would be too good a thing for my creditor*. They'd take it all away from me."?Cleveland I'laiu Dealer. Yes," said Hreexem, who happened to be in a reminiscent mood "during my younger days I sowed the wind, but later"? iA'ii'i*dlIU*UI 1 IS LUC UOSlllCSU paizii ? 6CI there is: not the best; it used to be duce< best. Devoe is best, since zinc came in; Devoe lead-apd-zinc. Zinc toughens the lead and doubles facto it; wear. scboc r/inc costs no more than lead; and 8anti we grind by machinery. some We have no patent on zinc; but nobod v else is treat inir it. i-iulit I . iiicuiau ui uir naiUK uuiuv luirui himself by letter to the boy's "V r and declared his intentiou of I I /I ng Charles his heir," says a writ"From that time forth the bener discharged the boy's liability at ^1 >1 and behaved as the handsomest f t Claus all the year round. After ** years the incognito asked the boy Si would accompany txlm to Ireland, les eventually decided against go- 1 >n't for a M (link of getting along [lis Summer without pair of r TT* i t -rt f + w w a fl f*. mr a m. ( Phone 498. SCHU hi( * V Jl -V 1-^1 V/?f Columbia, S. C. 1519 Main Stre< ITZ & HOEFER, jH art tailors. "Well, what happened later?" quired V?rs. Hreezem. a* "I married you," continted the alleged head of the matrimonial "combine."?Chicago News. First Duke?Well do you think Miss Van Guliion intends to buy you? Second Duke-?My dear boy. 1 don't -- ...? ing. is your paint. Yours truly In It F. W. DEVOE & CO. ante P. S. Timmons Bros, sell our paint. naiue the fl ther EDISON'S TRIUMPH. of tl Chart Aa laeUral la the Great lareater'e ?tn Meth Dr. Nortin Green, for many years 8tm j i tic stranger went nis way alone. I eland he struck up an acquaint- " with a person who adtpted bis s of Wesley, or Wellesley, became >rst Earl of Mornlngton, grandfa of the Marquis of Wellesley and lie Duke of Wellington. Had les Wesley accompanied his bener to Ireland there had been no odlst church, British India might liave been menaced by foes, even u i irNu^ni Of course you knc meantime you an your shoes. Made vass or Linen Mes n nr! u;nmpr? Tc Cl CA Suits made to suit anj Suits guaranteed to fit style. To give us a cs u Columbia, Mcli III. 1-y r taste. Suits made Jit the shortest notice. or no pay. Suits of any color, designs or ill will be time well spent. 534 Main Street, - - South Carolina. know. Some days I think she does. At other times I fear she Is merely shopping ?Hartford Times. "He seems to consider you a hitter enemy of his.1' , "He Matters himself " j "How do you mean?" I To he an enemy I'd have to trive ym. wu.?-vt>v a auv M COICIU l/UIUU 1 CRT* J { j? j graph company, ouce said that but WOul< for the dullness of himself and his us- Hn(1 IstantB Tbomaw A. Edison might uev- nppai er have obtained the contldencc and Upon support of the jrrest corporation. Kdl?ou had been trying for mouths to Induce the ottldals to take up some of his Inventions until they began to regard him as a bore. He went to the uiain office one day <j.w remained British at all; Napoleon i never have met his Waterloo, England might have become an unge of France. All this turned the decision of a schoolboy." " ORIGIN OF LLOYD'S. Ule Beataalag of E.rope'. Great OppOSlt Marltlne Astaer. o centuries aeo a man who had m *? v/inivit | A?l/V7 Misses' and r. A. BOY P e Postoffice. Mail Oi Columbia, S. C. Childrens, I rders Solicited -*1 I ... YOUR ! COLUMBIA BANK. _ our banking pla<fe irTColu^Ti ^ fi sime thought to liim. I'm merely a uontilend."?Philadelphia Press. Customer (trying it on)?I like the shape of the bonnet well enough, but lou'L you think it's rather plain? -Milliner?It may lie a little plain, ma'am, but see what an admirable foil i |i.uyn,te-' *froii '.,wi r?vi uu wan greeieu uj ifr. isorvin ureen ^ and the other official! with sneering ^u^. smiles. Dr. Green said: "Mr. Edison, jQ( we are unable to get Into communiontlon ^ftth Albany, and n lafge uiummt out a of important business is in peril. 1 t suppose that since you know more q about telegraphy than all of the rest hnpp, of us combined you can locate the dlf- coBet Acuity." ' favor I - WtAVflT r-^j-V.-SyL IvVifc'g&'V&fe w'necl'fll'B fnw-n 'go to send to the Mediterranean _ Ived to get rid of some of the risk dueing n friend to take an interest him. It ws;s necessary to write i statement of contract to which runrontore subscribed. This \?na T rst underwriting. These two men 4? 1 ?ned to be frequenters of Lloyd's ? house in London, which was a 1te place for the merchants of the *4Q BF tn frornflr^r^Tc^Tiob hnolnAor ^EjTH BROTH Successors to C. B. Aller WAP STREET, i |ER?, j MciQtiCrA. bmnm ihia. Every safe an cl son tion given c gate our sa\ i>^. i ? - ~ courtesy, consisted' ";CtT~ ind banking. Special attenhecking accounts. Investi.'ings department. : : : : I> *-m 1 r ^ T.. A 1 bune. "Doesthe new member know anything about horticulture?" Well " replied Senator badger, thoughtfully, "1 don't know about that part of it. but 1 understand lie was grafting down to a science."?Milwaukee Sentinel tone or not, he quietly answered, "1 ^ossj can locate It Inside of two or three hours, sir." tage Dr. Green and the others laughed out- jeagn right, one of theui saying. "EdUou, you y0yai have now fully demonstrated that you am0i: are u crank." of ttv Edison never smiled or addressed a Qui word to the speaker, but looked ut Dr. . grow Green and said, "If I locate this ?litH- I agen< cutty in two or three hours, will you t p. ters immediately saw the advanof the scheme which their colics had dcvlBed, and on the next go the risk was parceled out ig a larger number of the patrons e coffee house. t of this small beginning baa ' ? e n the great European maritime ^ :y, still bearing the name of the When you buy a stove, buy t! 'THE GREAT EXCELSIOR." always kept in stock. - Wi Catalogue. : : : 5 Largest Stov he best. j ? jr jfl c, Tin= I ssg ramiciiu fc; Capital $250 K JULIUS 11, WALKER Bid,- awn i jmt u?ra i>ct111\. cv i rusi ,000.00; Surplus $35,000.00 COLUMBIA, S. C. VAl II. LYI.ES. President. \ ice-l'rsldent J. POPE MATTHEWS, Sec'y > She?You're jusl like all the rest of the men. Here we've been married only a year, and you never kiss me unless 1 ask you to He?You're like all the rest of women. You never think to ask me to kiss you unless you want money?Illustrated hits. take up my Inventions and give them wbicl honest consideration?" but r "Yes, i will," said Dr. Green, "and I rivals will do it if you succeed in two days." matt* It was a very simple thing, and yet \ uated Edison was the only one who had the i a met comprehensive mind to think of it ln tanUy. lie did not tell them for many years afterward bow he accomplished j the feat, but he did It inside of one jape j H/ftiir 1 fix: wacr uuuuc |il upi ItTIAir, UUU 1 ii not only writes risks on vessels, ?' ates them and publishes their ar- ^ i at every port the world over, no | fj[ ^ ?r how small or how remotely sit1.?From "The Annals of thf ican Academy." 4 Factory qjore than half a centnry th? manufacturing firm of Messrs. re ana tsicyclc his section, t t We have a tew very Pretty Cal left. Write for one. You are to m ke our store your headq when in Augusta. iHousc a i i t t t a lendars fl invited I uarters BOILERS 11 :i II Klf. lilt 4 (I il'li'It llnsr, I'ipt*. V.tlve.t plii's hihI Hi'pai^. LOA1BA SUPPLY STORE, Augusta AND ENGINES, mill Ir-'ii Work, .Shallinir, I'nll?ys.lea Itlins: l 'hsi inui?<;i?t ?*v??ry iIhv ; *:?pa.,ity :$<k) In llllii Felt ill : Melt, in if, I'arklllt! unit Machine Rl) FOUNDRY. MACHINE & OILER \V( (ia. ?I ? '-Are your papa and mamma at nark 'IO!ue';'" askt-d the caller. ? i "No," replied little Margurerite: ring. "one of them may he here, hut they never are both at home at the same )RKS t',ne "~ChleaKo Itecord-Ferald. Judge?One month in inil. | | 'J UOD I Edison went lo the main o dices, t ?ugh [ wbere lie was known as an expert op- | work erator, and called up Pittsburg. He 1 dreds asked for the best operator there, nam- j ?ervl< Ing him, and then told the Pittsburg iDg tl man to call up the best man at Albuny large and direct blm to telegraph down the boust line toward New York us far as be the t could and report back to Edison us soon piove as possible. Inside of an hour Edison man; inn Aaatus & Co., .Nottingham, _ __ and. have Insisted on all their EJ people, who number some bup- * > of both sexes, attending a abort ?e eac h morning prior to commenc- a D tielr du.v's work. The flrui have a t> cbapel underneath their ware with an excellent organ, while hoir, composed of their own em ea. is one that would do co-edit to ?i^? of our lcadiug places of worship ETH BROTH Successors to C B. Allei ROAD STREET, IERS, 1 AUGUSTA OA; I Come and Ket Your Hair Cu If you wish Keep THAT BEAUTIFUL OUOS8 i comes from the varnish in De Varnishh Floor Paint: costs < * I more a quart though. Sold by Timmons to Cool. j VERY LOW EXURSIC i Prisoner?Hut .judge, 1 run a summer hotel and the season is aixtut to 'voe's upon. eents Judge?Eight months.?Puck. r? ' Ivfdcker?Jones and his wife are singing "The Marseillaise.M Hooker?Yes, they are bracing up to , dNchariri* J h<? irm.L* ?llnpf?..r'a naa mis leiegrain: A loc "I can telegraph all right down to ing f< within two miles of Poughkeepsie. and about there Is trouble with '.he wire there." preac Edison went back to the oftiee of the president aud gravely announced that if a train should be rent to Pougbkeep- t KJc with materials for the work they jug h >yyuld find u break ill the line Just two n ?Uj mtles on the other a'do of Poughkeep- other sle and could repair It that afternoon. amaz al clergyman attends each mornjr the sere lev. which usually lasts half an hour, and a sermon Is I y bed three times a week. X Dog Anu??irri Cr*uta(a. tliud man and a spaniel dog lead- WtlV 1m with the ai<4 of chain furnished lous eight on Chestnut street th? IHOSC V day. Pedestrians looked ou in p|o? einent, and raunv followed the Jo Flies On suffer torture from Flies am vho use our Screen Windows ? eep your Homes sweet, clean . i Us! I 1 Mosquitoes? 1 and Doors do I and free from I A nice clean Sha Will make vol Better all Any old Razor f i 1-v i. -4 VC RATE VIA SOUTH i feel ERN RAILWAY over. T() TUG FOLLOWINa POINT MOT SI?!MN(iS. V.X.?woul iVcc! Hardware JoMImts Association I ' >. l'-o". OX E KI11ST n it A K10 plus 2"i cents for round I| "I wish 1 were half as beautiful as i Nellie." ^ I Do you wish me to say that you are or mat you are not?"?Houston he ?'ii i post June .ASS ; trip:! "What's the matter with Brown's | They begged him to tell how he had blind found it out. nnd he implied: j thing ' I$y kuowiug more about telegraph- reach ing than ull of you pu' together, us Dr. enou? Green hus said." atone They located the break, repaired It, forun and I>r. Green took up Kdlsou's iuven- be oa tions. and that was Kdbon's great start Press in life.?Youth's Companion. DniKlTCrt DADA/* D A nuc ! Wil man and bis friend to see if any tllC JJCri curious would happen when they ed a street crossing. Strang* riniHIl* rli. the dog barked when the curb- tKjaUtif' was reached and in that way in- " ?d the blind man that he should prCVCflt reful and step down.?Philadelphia I C 'a? Henrv dear' UnaHan/t?w?ni ns of disease, by using Paints, Glass, Cement &c. VVe have y your premises and at the s; ion, to save a Doctor's bill. ). O. BROA Calsom-Wal! I all you need 1o I anie time, by 1 vn. i Ull MIDI I I 1 d. j. Kir uucc. I tickets on sale .1 iintrA, final J 11 .1 iiiit* Mill, HQ. 1 T<>lf>X'nv OXT: Account I | national Sunday School I'onvit . June i,Ii. ){)"*?: K ite one - plus .*>o cents foi iwtiwj trip fi'ou points in South t'nrohoti. Tioke sale June 1M, 2". 22. - ?nl, final can be obtained by depositing t ]jm. | face? it's covered with cort-plaster. ' lies been taking lessons in shoving from a correspondence school "? ntcr* ( Milwaukee Sentinel. ntion | fare ' ' ( j| She?I wonder why so few men are t* on ' retfu'ar churchgoers? limit "?I doii'tknow, unless it's because there is no law prohibition it.?Kan Irwm i i.u rniifM. nrvrno, , Wife Let the boastful man Lave hit. own J?uj way. He won't listen to you anyway. after The only way to tell a love story aft- of Rr er all. is in kindness and good cooking. ' ? It is too late to congratulate seine , people after they have been married -ts ^rj long us a week. lv tin A great tuany people have eon- j"y? sciences that would require an alarm *"?,?,.? ?I want to make a bargain with If jou will let me have ?2 this uoon 1 will let you do ?3 worth ambling about my extravagance, tdon Tit-Bits. Hrrrlltarr. i. Macuire 'Tls Mary Ann O'Reil- , it's th' folne pinnny player intoireMrs. Clancy ?Shure, on' to won To?'t 1>A?. f I> ?* Opposite Post Office. COLUMBIA, S, C. A rOSTAL WILL BRING TRICI nun A\ii7i:n tuxu The Story e with joint Agent :ni(1 upon pay fee fl.tK" it. w. iirx r, 1 ivision l'.issenger Agent, Charleston, S. CLIiAK tor A-lion When tin- brnly is feared for at by I>r. Ivine's New f.if#' I'ilis von juent sas Ully Didepe.idenU a Philadelphia editor agksj "What makes a plain girl pretty?" Respectfully referred to the query l>o\ editors of lite leading Boston journals.?Cleveland Plain Dealer itlon; i ivin ? - ^ clock to ^ wk? op. move Artificial roses never appear to .so ' j poor an ndvuntape as when they blooiu | fl on n girl's cheeks. ''that Come to thtuk of it, if you hate any tar tl one don't you hate his laugh more than don't | anything else about hituV i uinki A pessimist Is one who sees the time ] ! ahead when he will break with a friend j aud therefore tells the friend nothing, j X| 91* I Iin L uvir nuiurv u pi]tUU)r I r?- Judsje. Thp ie reason," sail! I'ucle Thomas. 1 1 IV Rome stnjtld men get along l>eti:tn some smart ones is that they keep talkin' all the time aod n' enemies." UNITE! Hh firtIinr j * Ttetort. ten a member of a ohurcb congre** i wiyvini lOUOi Carolina Nation COLUMBIA, S, C. D STATES. COUNTY and CI TORY. iM / al Bank TY DEPOSI'. V.'-dS I his i Week! Subscribe for The Aclvoc \JLt it ?? in I I in Af ?ll tell it l>y t he bloom of health on cheeks: 11ic brightness of the eyes Hi niiit i-i of the flesh and muscles houyancy of the mind. Try then 0. J. Harris, P. H. I,"outer, Tim Hros. and Ciosson liruK Stoi Leesvillc. 2o cents. ate. It is Subscribe for the Advocate?5( Komi .Mother - Tommy, darling, this 1 tl,e is your birthday. What would you th(] like best? : t,'u* Tommy (after a moment's reflection) ii. At _j u,jnk i siu?ukl enjoy seeing the tnons ha by spanked.? New Yorker, re of "Self-opinionated? Well, 1 should l)c a say In- is 1 never met, anyone n . aii opuuiisi sees oniy eternal rrlend- ! ship and tell* tl>e friend oil.?Atcliison lu' Globe. tion Hoyii( Ilf Wai't Kind I*. j ?'la^ "That man's always looking for j work." cow? "Yes. that's what he says, but he's cr'Ul one of those people who go round with n snow shovel In July and a pitchfork j 1 In January." , Ok ?"*- tuvi" PA PIT AT on of tbe custom of orciuntioD 'TTRpf ik il endanger belief In the resurree 'i amii it" of tbe dead tbe reply of I^ortl teshury silenced any further doubt i be asked. "What, then, baa bef of the holy martyrs who were at*' Interest al ruan lit* Psytna Power'. . I Ootroi?I don;t think much of , PAID IN PROFITS, .... r OF STOCKHOLDERS, SAVINGS DEPART/YIEN lowed at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, pa f. May, August and November. *RK, President. J. S. MUI xjpcj r*?v;? ?* ? $200,0(0 j 200! (X 0 j 1 *182,000 * I yable quarterly, Feb- | 'LBR. Vice-President. j "'VIIIII i-m n >1^11 in till year. ..u inns u. j year in advance. ^ mat ic." / j tllBt Let no man talk of freedom until he P*rl< la sure be can govern himself.? Goethe. part Gotr fcaoi young nuneieign woo poses ma a >r ornament arouDd here occasion ^ Pretty Daughter-Why, pa, ha i me the loretteat compliments. Old "OK? Taa. and that's ail be wan seec aP^r?gagg?<J tmr ?? t can taann. ii i usmcr. "1". ti. iM hi assets Over - UHAN, Asu't. Cashier \ $1,5 00,000. I * j