The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 16, 1899, Image 8

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TI REVOLT OF THE By BOBEET BABS. [Copyright, 1895, by the Author.] Mr. Madax sat before his desk in a mest despondent attitude, his head in his hands and his hands in his hair. Things were going badly in the city, as, alas, they ofter-, do. Mr. Madax was alone in his office in Old Gold ailey. He wanted time to think and had given or ders that he was not to be disturbed. AH the rhiniring he appeared able to do did not seem to help matters, so at last he pulled himself together and paced np and dov% 2 the room. Finally be stopped and said to himself : "That seems the only thing to do. I shaii con sult with my wife. I wish she came home more frequently, and then we could talk over th se matters. " He seized a telegraph blank and wrote: Vis. John Madax, 20 Bullion Court, City: Gan you run over to Old Gold alley for a few minutes? I wish to consult you on business. MADAX. , He rang the bell for a telegraph boy and sent the message, then paced up and * down his room again, waiting for his twife to appear. Instead there came a prompt anster, which he tore open and read feverishly : Sorry I can't come this forenoon. Too busy. Call on me at 1 o'clock and I will take yon to the club, -where wo can lunch and have a quiet talk. JOAN MADAX. The worried man consulted his watch. It was not yet ll. It would be more than two hours before he could see his wife. He sat down at his desk and de voted himself for those two hours to what business there was in hand. Then he brushed himself a bit, took his walk ing stick and drove in a hansom to his wife's offices in Bullion court After having sent in his name a neat little giri showed hint into a room and told him that Mrs. Madax would be with t him presently. She was very sorry to keep him waiting, but she sent; a copy of The Sketch for him to look over dur ing the interval The Sketch was a pa per started in the nineteenth century and was at that time considered to be rather in advance of other slow going -weeklies. Now, however, it was thought io be the correct paper for a man to read, although the women p Sd little attention to it. In the reception room two or three other men were waiting, nursing their hats. Presently the office girl came in and f old them all except Madax that Mrs. Madax couldn't pos sibly see them until later in the day, as she had an appointment, and would they be good enough to call about 4 o'clock. So the men took their depar ture, and Madax was left alone with his paper, although his wife entered very soon after. She was a tall woman, with fine, clear cut, decided features. As :;ar as the upper part of her was concerned, she was dressed almost like a man. She wore a somewhat glaring necktie and a stand up collar. Her brown hair was cut short and parted at the side, wbile the hair of her husband, dark and streaked with gray, seemed to part naturally in the middle The neat, tai lor made skirt which Mrs. Madax wore had pockets at each side, high up md very similar in cut to a man's pockets. Her right band was thrust into one of these pockets, and she jingled some coins and keys as she entered the roam where, her husband was waiting. "Well, John," she cried, "exc seme for keeping you^ but we have had a very busy morning. However, if you are ready now, I am. We will go to thc Pine Ear club and have lunch. " She approached her husband as she spoke and patted him with some affection on the shoulder. He looked up at her and smil ed. Somehow her influence had a sooth ing, protective air about it which made the man feel he was not battling with the world alone One of (he numerous girl clerks came in with a long ulster, which Mrs. Madax put on, thrusting one hand in the armhole and then the other, while the girl held the garment by the collar. When Mrs. Madax had buttoned up the ulster and put a jaunty round, hard hat on her head, she look ed more like a man than ever, and Madax himself seemed almost eifern- I inate beside her. "Is my brougham at the door?" shs asked the girl. "Yes, madam." ** "Gome along, John, We have no time to lose,*' said Mrs. Madax decidedly, and leading the way she opened the car riage door, whereupon he stepped in t d i. "To the Pine Ear club, " said the lady to the coachman. She took her seat beside her husbimd, and the carriage drove off toward the west end. In a short time it drew up before a palatial building standing where the Hotel Metropole once stood. This, as every one knows, is the Pine Ear club, the sumptuous resort of wo men engaged in business in the city. It is higher priced than the Carlton or Re form, but is much more luxurious than either of these old fashioned men clubs. "Call for me at half past 8, " said th lady to her coachman. The stately dcors of the club were opened by two girl porters, and the couple entered. The lady wrote her hus band's name in a book which was on a stand in the hall, and together they en tered the large dining room, where they took their places ar one of the small ta bles set for two near one of the large front windows. "We will take the regular club lunch," she said tc one of the waitera "And bring a bottle of 1884 champagne -a large bottle. " "I-I don't think I care for cham pagne," said Madnx hesitatingly. "It gives me a headache." "Nonsense, " cried his wife. "A glass I or two will do you good. You look worried. ' ' "I am worried, and that is what I wished to see you about. " "Well, we won't talk bu.-iness during lunch, if you please;" adding, as she leaned back in her chair, "it's a habit j I never indulge in. It's bad for one. J We can have a talk in the smoking \ zoom af terward. How are the children?" p * irVerj well, thank you. The girl, is a aloot a Bit, ^uVthey'are getting on very welL" "Poor little fellow!" said Mrs, Mad ax. "Boys are snch a worry to their parents, when one thinks that they have to encounter this world alone. I roust run down and see them next week, if I can." "I wish you would," said Madax. "The children miss you very much. ! Why don't you come home oftener?" I "Well, very soon I expect to be able j to do so, " she replied, "but, like you, I have a great deal on my mind at pres ent, and the market requires close watching." "Can't you come home with me to night?" he asked. "The children would be so pleased to see you. ". "No, " she answered. ''I have to take Sir Caesar Camp ont todinner tonight." "Tomorrow night, then?" he suggest ed deprecatingly. "No," said the lady, shaking her head, "it's worse still tomorrow night. I have a lot of stockbrokers dining with me at the Holborn. " "It must cost you a lot of money these dinners on every night " "Yes, it does," said Mrs. Madax. "but my experience is, if you want to make a good business deal with a man you must first feed him well. I always see that the wines are irreproachable. I will say one thing for the men-they always know good wine when they tastest" "Well," said Madax, "Iwill tell the children that you send your love to them, but I think, you know, that a woman shouldn't lose sight of her chil dren, even though business is absorb ing." She urged him to tate his share of the champagne, but Madax declined, saying, "A man must keep his head clear for business nowadays." "Yes," said his wife, "I suppose a man must" There was a slight tinge of sarcasm in her voice and she put unnecessary emphasis on the noun. Madax looked grieved, but said notL.ng. How often do women in their thoughtless rudeness cause pain to the tender hearts of those who love them! After lunch was over, Mrs. Madax led the way up stairs to the private smoking room which she had reserved for their use. It was in a corner of the club building, overlooking a bit of the river and commanding a view of Char ing Cross railway bridge. "We will be quite undisturbed here," she said, "and can talk business." Ringing a bell to give an order, she asked her husband : "What will you drink?" "Nothing, thank you,"he replied, but added afterward, "I will have a glass of milk and soda, if you can get it" "You will smoke, of course?" said his wife. ' 'A cigarette, " answered Madax. When the waiter appeared, Mrs. Madax said, ' 'Bring a glass of milk and soda, some of the best Egyptian ciga rettes, two Havana cigars, and a glass of special Scotch with seiters." When these materials were brought and the waiter had disappeared, Mrs. Madax walked to the door and turned the key in it. Her husband lit his ciga "Why don't you go home and take care oj the children?' rette from the match she held out to him, and then, biting the end from her own cigar, she began to smoke. She thrust her two hands deep down in her pockets and began to pace up and down thc room. "Now, John," she cried, "what's the trouble?" Mr. Mad axf s name was Billy, but everybody called him John because his wife's name was Joan. Mr. John Madax was the name he was known by. "Some months ago," began Mr. Madax, 4 'I went into a wheat deal, and I don't quite see my way out.: ' Mrs. Madax stopped in her pacing and faced her husband in surprise. "A wheat deal?" she cried. "What side of the market are you on?" "Oh, I'm on for a rise. " His wife ade a gesture of despair, and began walking up and down the room again. "What, in heaven's name did you buy for a rise for?" "Well,"said Madax very humbly, ' 'you see, the American wheat crop had piactically failed and I thought I was pretty sure of a rise. " "Why didn't you speak to me about it?" she replied. Her husband flushed uneasily. "I wanted to do something off my own bat," he said. "Of course, I had no idea at that time there would be a corner in wheat." '"'Corner!" she cried contemptuously. "There's always a corner; there's bound to be a corner. Don't you knew enough not to look to the United States any more for indications of the wheat mar ket: India and the Baltic hold tiie key to the situation. " "Yes, I know-at least, I know now," he said, "but there is no use in upbraiding me for what I have done. I am up to the neck in wheat, and the signs today are that it is going lower than ever. Now, what would you advise me to do. Joan?" "Oh, advise you !" she cried. ' ' What's the use of coming to me when it is too late? advise you to get out of it as .^heaply as you can. ' ' . Her husband groaned. mean practical rain now. 'T "Well, my opinion is, that wheat going lower still." "Then it is utter ruin for me," sa Madax dejectedly. Mri?. Madax stopped once more in h pacing the room and confronted h husband. "John,"shesaid, ''whydor you give up your office in the city ai go home and take care of the children! A spark cf resentment appeared the man's eyes as he gazed at his wif "I don't want to be entirely depen ent on you, " he said at last. "Pooh!" said his wife, and then si added: "I will make you a handson allowance for housekeeping and much as you want besides.-. You a worrying yourself to death aoout bus ness. You ought to take a run Brighton, or go off to Monte Cjirlo, ar give up bothering about city affairs. " The man sighed. "That's all very well, hut you don see that I want to make some money f < myself." "But you are not making it; you': losing it. You say you are up to ti neck ; how much does that mean?' ' "Twenty-five thousand pounds," I said with a sigh. "Dear, dear!" she said. "And I sn] pose that is all the money you have. " "It is more than all the money have," he answered. "I wish you had spoken to me b< fore. It is too late now. Don't vou se that?" "Yes, but I had something to pr< pose. You spoke of taking Sir Caesc Camp to dinner. Now I don't knoi what you want to get him in on, but do know that I could get him on m side of the wheat deal, and he woul bring in others. Then we might be abl to stop the break in the market. " Airs. Madax's eyes sparkled as sh looked down at her husband. "Can you really do all that?" sh asked almost breathlessly. " Yes, if I had any assurance that w would get out with a little profit. I seems to me that all their influeno thrown in on our side of the marke would give us rise enough to get out o the hole at least." "Oh," said his wife, "that is a dif ierent matter. I didn't know you hat any plans. Yes," she added, af te: thinking a moment with knitted brows "that's a first rate idea. How mud money do you think it would all tota up to?" "About a million," said Madax. pleased to see that he was getting mor< attention than censure. "A million," said his wife, more t< herself than to him. "Are you certaii you could get all that amount on youi side of the market?" "Quite certain." Mrs. Madax, as she continued hei pacing up and down, seemed to b? making some mental calculation. She finally asked : "Who are you running against? Whc is at the head of the corner?" "Oh, that," said Madax, "none of us knows. The business is done through tho Tokyo and Jamboree bank, but we don't know who is behind it. " "Now doesn't ic strike you that the first thing for you to do is to find out who you are butting against? If it's a stone wall, the sooner you know it the better, so that you can stop before your head gets hurt. If it's a hedge, you might manage to get through. It would have been my first work to find out who was against me. " "But," said her husband, "don't I tell you that I didn't know there was anybodv on the other side of the mar ket?" "Oh," saki his wife impatiently, 'you can always count on somebody being on the other side of the market. So you can't find out who it is?" "We can't," said her husband. "Very well," she said. "Now listen tome. You have got 25,000 in this, and if you can get all the money of Sir Caesar and his friends to help you, I will guarantee that you will come out with double-that is, 50,000." "Do you mean it?" cried her husband eagerly. "I mean it," said his wife solemnly. 'And may I tell Sir Caesar that you said so?" he asked. "No. "\Vhatever information I wish Sir Caesar to have I will give him my self. You will tell him that you have had private information and are not al lowed to mention the dealer's name." "Very good,"said Madax with an intense relief in his face. "Do not let it get out, " continued his wife. "Use all your force and see.if you can raise the market, and as soon as the price gets up sell out at once. Have all your plans made for selling out. Promptness is the thing in these matters. Now I must go. I will drop you down at your office. " Mr. Madax knew what his wife said about the markets generally came true, so he, in great jubilation, telegraphed Sir Caesar Camp and others to Lieet him at his office, and they did so. He told them that ho had private information about the market, and, after some slight hesitation, they all went in. He ar ranged with them that the sale would be made at nncc after the rise. Next day it was announced that a million of money was put against the corner and wheat sprang up a few points, but not as much as they iiad ex pected it would. Madax could have sold out without loss, but saw that he would not double his money, lor the corner was stronger than any of them had thought, hut after the slight rise down went thc price of wheat again. The very bottom seemed to have dropped out of the market. Madax's :>:>, OOO was i swept, out of sight, and so was the mil- I lion that his deluded friends had put in with him. All confidence that Madax had put in his wife had now departed, so hf merely telegraphed tn her that he was ruined and went home a broken man. About 8 o'clock that night carriage drove up to the door, and ii is wife sprang out and let herself into the house with her latchkey. When she en tered the rcom, her husband never looked up, but she crossed to wheie he sat and patted him gleefully on the back. 4 'Come, come, my poor infant. Cheer ll. I* NIH III ? HIM . ???????III*.Milli .H H..-? ???-".. mt ^latlaxs only answer was a groan of anguish. "And co your little twenty-five thou sand has goue with the rest?'1 she said. "You told nie I would double my money," he said," and I believed you. " "Of course you believed me, and here it is," she said, taking a check from her purse. "There's my check for '50,000; so you have doubled your money." "What do you mean by that?" said her husband, looking up. "Mean? You poor child! I mean that I am the head of your corner. It doesn't matter now who knows it. That was the reason I had Sir Caesar and the others dining with me. I had no idea that you were on the other side, and when you told me that you could get them to assist, it seemed too geed to be true, for I did want that million. Hus bands are cf some use, after all. Now, my boy, you take that check and go down to Monte Carlo. I may be able to go after all this work is over. I am very much obliged to you for the mil lion you threw in my way and consider it cheap at 50,000. Draw on me for all your expenses while you are at Monte Carlo. I am sure you will find the tables much less expensive than the London wheat market. I am sorry that I can't stay with you, but I am on for a dinner in the city. Those who were with me in the wheat corner are giving me a dinner tonight, and I am due there at 9 o'clock. I am sorry I can't wait to see the children. Give them my love and tell them I will run down in a few days and pay them a visit-that is, unless you take them with you .to Monte Carlo. It must be lovely down there just now. Well, ta ta! Take care of yourself and your check. I may see you at Monte Carlo." ! And with that she left the room and was waving goodby from the carriage window as the dazed man stood watch ing her through the open dcor before he had quite realized the situation. THE END. Fleet of Foot. Captain H. L. Scott of the famous Seventh United States cavalry relates some marvelous tales of the powers cf endurance and fleetness of foot of the members of L troop of his regiment, which is composed of Chiricahua Apache Indians from Arizona. He relates that on one occasion a full grown and able bodied deer ran through the cavalry camp, and instantly, with a series of wild yells, the Indians gave pursuit on foot, and by exceeding swiftness and skill they actually ran it down, caught it about nine miles from camp and brought it in unharmed. On one occasion nine of them were returning to camp, after a full day cf hard work, riding upon a government wagon drawn by a mule team. A coyote was seen close by the trail, pursuing a young calf. Instantly the fatigues of the day's labor were forgotten, the dus ky driver, in his wild enthusiasm, even forgetting the team, and the whole gave chase, and after a wild, yelling, scram bling chase of two hours the wolf was captured, tied, gagged and packed into camp. Tho mules had meantime quietly and decorously wended their way to camp. This seems strange to the average paleface, and the Sioux look upon these wonderful feats as something approach ing the supernatural. This, in short, indicates the difference which different methods of life, pursued through genera tions, makes in people of the same gen eral race. The paleface would fall by the wayside in a mile, the Sioux would shrug his shoulders, grunt and lie down or would fly to his trusty pony, on which he will do more work probably than any other man living, without re gard to the character of his mount - Sioux Falls Argus. The Pope's Garden. At the last, opposite the iron turnstile by which the visitors are counted, there is the closed gate of the garden. It is very hard to get admission to it now, for the pope himself is there almost every day when the weather is fine. In the Italian manner of gardening the grounds are well laid out and produce the effect of being much larger than they really are. They are not, perhaps, very remarkable, and Leo XIII must sometimes long for the hills of Carpi neto and the freer air of the mountains as he drives round and round in the narrow limits of his small domain or walks a little under the shade of the ilex trees, conversing with his gardener or his architect. Y'et those who love Italy Jove its old fashioned gardens, the shady walks, the deep box hedges, the stiff little summer houses, the frag ments of old statues at the corners and even the scherzi d'acqua, which are lit tle surprises of fine water jets that un expectedly send a shower of spray inte the face of the unwary. There was al ways an element of childishness in the practical jesting of the last century. F. Marion Crawford in Century. How Salt Waa Formerly Made. The art of making salt was known in very early times to thc Gauls and the Germans. The process was very simple, for they did nothing more than throw the salt water on burning wood, where it evaporated and left the salt adhering to the ashes or charcoal. The ancient Britons probably extracted tho salt by the same method, for in the Cheshire salr springs pieces of half burned wood have been frequently dug up. The Ko- j mans made salt a source of revenue (540 j years before the birril of Christ Part i of the pay of the Roman soldiers was | made in salt, which was thus called j salarium, whence we derive The word ; "salary."-Detroit Frei; Press. Remarkable Eighteen Letter Names. Did you ever stop to think that there is anything remarkable in a name of 18 letters where they compose both the given name and the surname? Note the following remarkable list: Lucius Domi tius Nero, Nicholas Copernicus, Wil liam Shakespeare, Emanuel Sweden borg and Napoleon Bonaparte. By spelliug the name of the discoverer of j America as the Italians do, Colombo, it, with the Christopher, makes another name of 18 letters. The above six, each with 18 letter names, are among the best known persons of history.-St SYMPATHY. I looked into baby eyes of LI-JO, While my thoughts wore far a'.vs y Into beautiful orbs in whose liquid light Shone a life that was bounded by play. Eut a grieved look came to tho rosy lips And a cloud o'er the ns:rous ey s, As earth darkens when hideth the sun god away And obscured is the blue of the skies. I smiled in the dear little, pensive fac , But she gave mc no answering smile. And I wondered-when down o'er my cheek ran tears That had filled my sad eyes erstwhile. And I thought how strange that the baby eyes Should behold what the world could not see, For the wisc had replied to the smile on my lips, While the child heart responded to mc. -Kose VanB. Spcece in Scranton Republican. HOW WE GET OUR TEETH. It I an Interesting; and Somewhat Complicated Operation. An eminent dentist is authority for the following interesting explanation: It would take too long to describe the formation of the teeth, but it may interest you to know that the enamel is derived in the first place from the epithelium, or scarf skin, and is in fact modified skin, while the dentine, of which the bulk of the teeth is com posed, is derived from the mucous lay er below the epithelium. Lime salts are slowly deposited, and The tooth pulp or nerve is the last re mains of what was once a pulpy mass of the shape of the future tooth, and even the tooth pulp in the old people sometimes gets <<uite obliterated by calcerous deposits. The 32 permanent teeth arc preceded by 20 temporary de ciduous or milk teeth. These are fully erupted at about 2 or 2-/2 years old, and at about G years of age a wonderful process of absorption sets in by which the roots of the tem porary teeth are removed to make room for the advancing permanent ones: The crowns of the former, hav ing no support, become loose and fall away. One would naturally suppose that the advancing permanent tooth was a powerful factor in the absorption of its temporary predecessor, but we have many facts to prove that it has no in fluence whatever. Indeed, the interest ing phenomena of the eruption and succession of the teeth are very little understood. I may remark in passing that a child of G, who lias not yet lost any tem porary teeth, has in its jaws, either erupted or nonernpted, no fewer than 52 teeth more or less formed. Pinning? Him Down. He-I believe that a man should let his acts speak for themselves. . She-Am I tc understand then that when you took my hand in yours last night you intended it as a proposal of marriage?-Chicago News. An Exciting: Adventure. I had an exciting adventure while I was engaged in superintending the laying down of water pipes in Queens land. After work was done for the day I went up the surveyed course for the pipes to see that it had been clear ed for the digging of trenches next day. The pipes, huge iron tubes two feet in diameter, lay scattered about. I was alone, but suddenly I heard a tremendous roar, and looking up saw a great herd of cattle stampeding down upon me. Before I could get out of their way they would be upon me, so I crawled into one of the pipes. On came the thunder of thousands of hoofs, and thea a mass of rearing, maddened cattle swept past my place of refuge. Scores of them stumbled over the pipe in which I lay, and those which fell were trampled to death. When the herd had passed I crept out and found seven dead cattle about the pipe.-Stray Stories. Warranted Fresh. Fair Customer-Are these eggs strict ly fresh? Grocer-Yes, mum. The chickens that supply me with eggs don't lay anything but fresh ones.-Philadelphia Record. The Best Remedy For Flux Mr Jcbn Mathias, a well known stock man of Pulaski, Ky , writes : "After suffering for over a week with fiux, and my physician having failed to relieve me, I was advised to try Cbamberlaiu's Colic, Cholera and Diar rhoea Remedy, and have tbe pleasore of stating that the half of ot.e bottle cured me " For sale by . J China. ^^^^ Anvone sending a sketch and description may quickly creertain our opinion free vnetfcer an Invention is probably patentable. Communica tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Talents sent free. Oldest neency for securing patent . Patents taken throuch Munn & Co. receive special notice^ without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated veek>. 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Allendale.- - . .;.'? 8 30p lilias, Atlanta and Beyond. Lv. Charleston.. . 7uoa 5C0pj, Ar. Augusta.ll ola: 1045? " Atlanta. 820? 5 00a . Lv. Atlanta.HOOp 5 15a! 40to Ar. Chattanooga. x* Q ^ 1 fi df^ Lv. Atlanta.1 5S0a] 41a? Ar. Birmingham.ll 20a 10 10? 44 Memphis, via Birmingham)...] 980?! < a Ar. Lexington.| oOOp; 500a *' Cincinnati.: 730? t 45a 44 Chicago.i 7 15a: 5 20? Ar. Louisville. 44 St. Louis .. '35p: 7 55a O a: 600? j Ar. Memphis, (via Chattanooga)..I. -.[ 740a To Asheville-Cincinoaati-Lonisville. J-ASTERN TIMK. D^:D Lv. Augusta.! 2 4<!p: 9fto 44 Batesburg. 4 19a 12 07a Lv. Charleston."..i 7 COa j 530? Lv. Columbia * Union Depot |_ttl 40a] 8 30A Ar. Soartanburg . 310p'll 25a 44 Asheville . 700pt 240? " Knoxville.I 415a| 7 20? " Cincinnnati.| 7 30p| 7 45* ** Louisville (via Jeliico).!.I 6 50a To Washington and the East. Lv. Augusta..-.! 240p! 980? Batesburg.I 4l9pl2 07a 44 Columbia (Union Depot).1 5 23p; 215a Ar. Charlotte-.i 845p- 915a Ar. Danville. 12 55a 122? Ar. Richmond.! 6 00a! 625? Ar. Washington.I 7 40a! 905? " Baltimore Pa. R. E.! 912a ll 25? 44 Philadelphia..Ul 35a! 25Ga 44 New York.11 203p] 6 23a Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at Atlanta for all points North and West. Solid Trains between Charleston and Aahe ville, carrying elegant Pullman Buffet Parlor ' Cars. Connections at Columbia with through trains for Washington and the East ; also for Jackson ville and all Florida Points. FRANK S. GANNON. J. M. CULP, Third V-P. & Gen. Mgr., Traine Manager, Washinglon: D. C. Washington, D. C GEORGE B. ALLEN, Div. Pass. Agt.. Charleston, S. C. W.A.TURK, S. H. HARDWICK, Gen'l Pass. Agt. Asst. Gen'l Pass. Agt. Washington, D. C. Atlanta. Ga. BOARDING. HAVING TAKEN the Bouse oe Maia Street second dcor south of the Nixon House, I am prepared to accommodate a lew .regular boarders, and also lodging and meals to transient customers. Terms reason.01."'le. MKS. W. B. SMITB. Sept ft_ NEW MAN IN TOWN. Blacksmith and Wheelwright. ? - . IHAVE OPENED ON LIBERTY Stree near corner of Harvio Street, and solici any work in my line and guarantee satisfac tion. Horses Shod for 80c. all round, if norse is is. good condition-Cash or Equivalent. General repair work of all kinds done at correspondingly low prices. I have references from best people of Mayes ville where I worked the past jear and from Camden, where I did business for 17 years. Special promptness given to work for physicians and cases of urgency. W. T. HALL, Wheelwright and Blacksmith. Feb 24-0 THE OLD THOROUGHBRED VICTOR for $33 JUST THINK OF IT. Clevelands $35.00 to $75.00 And the finest in the world. We gell for cash or on e-?sy pay mea ts-either one, ard guarautee satisfaction. If you want tobe pleaded come and lock us over We tsve reduced our repair prices to a minimum thereby enabling everybody to keep tbeir wheels in first class-repair. Don't let your wheel run to pieces but cotre end see os, we are prepared to do ny kind of repair work and guarantee satisfaction. Our new prices will astonish you and the work will please you. Yours very truly, JENKINS BROTHERS .'The only original Over-all Kids." The Drug Store Kind but price the same as ordinarv brand*. Drujrjrists buy Anvil Soda in bulk and sell it at five cen* an ounce. Grocers sell it in ]\icka:res at 10e. a round or 3 rounds for 25c. it is Exactiy the Same Soda* To get the best you must insist on packages piJ Pp by the manufacturer with the AK VIL BRAMO TRADEMARK.