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VOL. LXIV. NO. 49.
.Hf, yea, old friend, I'd gladly spend
Apeaceful time togejQjer,
To'idUy walk and redd and talk
And love the world and weather.
. int faitb^my deaiy*ee who comes hero ^ j
f r? "^W mbck at sit ?e ?t'tfer;* . .ft A vi
I take thia blow, I humbly go
v.WJbat hie- commands, that mast be so
? I haste along to join tho throng
?- r,**t "Who slave at book ?nd barrow
[? .?a jr.:*??Tour poldon, pray; .you'rein my way;(
' This walk is rather narrow.- iii
Whet ! you resist? By foot and flat,
' Good air. go^oek tho g\Utor!'V > > f
?T??rOfl% I Inow,' but iqeiMre So/ ? I rs
3knd'g?ve"?ccTtxothf<r blow for blow,
j 9 ImpqUed.by-Bread-and-Butter. ?r.*n*
1
A FIGHT WITH
M?
AV.
Sifo/1/ of an Impressionable
Tl
i
. BYcJ.OHN
* ' ' t ' ' ' '. ?* T
? . B" / \ ? * *k 'I "?J. i 1
Harold .?fesjwij ( badi been ?ill* for?
four weeks with typhoid fever, and
.: li;vwas*nbw !only a shadow of his real
self,1 "subject tb n?rvo?s starts and
chills, and with just strength enough
to turn in b'ed" '1
It was in - the clij.ll hours of r early
dawn-thafcdie' -woke\.?w?th ?' "start and* j
missed tho " familiar figure that had
haunted his- bedside for so long-a
s?u vblue nnd white figure with kind, quiet
face above it and cool, helpful hands
that always did just the right.thing.,
"Nurse," he caj?ed? 'faintly, and/ A
moment more "brought the clay nurse
?ii! from the * next: room. Her blue and
white uniform was gone and her stiff |
white cap. In their p,lace she wore a
?-tftf^j^|lt^l)er hair was plaited
**^^h%Tleav?n&rai3 that hung below her
waist. She turned up the. \ gas, drew
a' stool to the bedside and sat down.
"The night nurse has gone," she
began, quietly,,. "You. are.so>muoh
better' we thought I conld manage
alone. You have slept nearly all night,
Ifttr. Western, and now I shall'get you
"your milk, and you will go to sleep
again."
He-followed her lazily with his eyes
while she lighted the alcohol lamp
and put the porringer of milt over it
Then she . sat down on a chair, her
head dropped ou her breast and she
slept soundly for five minutes; waking
when the milk was hoi as easily as
though she were some sort of machine
- .adjusted to rest just so long.
"So there wore two of you," he
said, as she came forward with the
milk.
She sat .down pn the stool by the
beds ido, holding the drinking, tubo to
his mouth. This action brought \ her
quite close, and he noted, as he drank,
the soft sheen of her hair, the delicate
curve of her, cheek, the long lashes
shielding her eyes," the firm, Bweef
mouth.and the strong white hands that
! were ministering to his ueuds.
"Yon Jae Nur so. Pimjle, ". ha .said,^
aaJl?.,finished. "I doa't-. remember,
the ogffirlgafe^''-l - 3*
She^ahowed two dimples ^as ah?lin
swered, "Yes, that is what you have
called me* ever:'since I came/* "My
nametis.Wade*-Emily "Wade/*; 1
* 'I ' like my name . best," * he *ani
:<.?' swered. TXTfiTT^
"Very,weil;, but noir yon ?re -to-gb
b to sleep."
**"-?^*BuTthe patient was not so'easily
disposed ot .L.L1L - - -
~'r"^*'"Nnr8e Dimple," he began as she
turned away, "dp patients ever re
member what they said and did when
they were delirious?"
"I don't know," she answered, *Tf
they do they^neVerispoke to me of it.
I hope they, do^nrot^for most of thom
would 9<& aTffiained of' thonftfeives if
they did." r
"You meant th*t for me^ and you
know I remember that I insisted on
your galling me garold or I wouldn't
take j my m edi ein e or my nourishment.
And you did ,it, too." And he
laughed weakly at the1 r?inembranee.
"I shall call you something worse
than your Christian- name ifcyoa talk
any more. Go to sleep. And she
passed her. hands over his forehead
*? . until drbwsmess overcame him.
.? " The" next two weeks were very hazy
to the young man and consisted of
long naps with occasional irritating
. calls to drink gruel or milk.
At last came a morning when the
fog.cleared fr om . his. brain and'he
woke refreshed. Before him stood
the nurse in a fresh blue and white
dressiTOd^'Wow'y'cap a"bove "Tier soft"
brown^hair., t . . . t *
^A.-whole egg thia time, Mr. West-"
ern, and you look as though you could
- take it. " > ' \ . ^
Be; took1 hi* egg and askei*!:meekly
: ^if fi^ might be allowed to talk and was
granted .ten.. minutes. ? After he had
/^learned'the day of the week and.momh
he asked suddenly: t,
"Did that. night nurse ever come
back; or have you taken care of me
alene all this time?"
."Not quite alone,'* *sne answered.
"Your sister, Mrs. Allbrigbt, sits
. with you every other afternoon, and
Miss Violet Grant takes the.; alternate
' day. She sits in the dressing room
"a and rings the bell if you stir. She
.' iii too shy to run the risk of your wak
ing and finding her here. She has
Brought"a HbuupK of these-violets
every morning early and inquired for
you."
"She is a-little wood violet herself,"
he exclaimed, gallantly. "But yon,
Nurse Dimple, are a very rose for j
freshness this morning. I prefer
roses."
"Sparelyour compliments,Mr.lvest
erti You are getting too veil to. be
allowed to talk nonsense."
J; "Yes, I am better, : thanks to your
cure, " he said, soberly; "bat if I am
not to be allowed to say what I think
and feel toward you I shall wish, my
eelf back into the. days of weakness
acct delirium, when I made you do
: what I wished."_.
1 "Your ten .minutes are up, Mr. West
ern, *'* Mis? Wade said, a little sharply,
and she sei about tidying up the room
with unnecessary swiftness.
Ha^ld-tsoirtinueuMTrTgairr ewh'day,"
anif seeing that direct lovemaking
was .distasteful to his nurse^and? that
su>re.carefut advances must ba made,
. ba iarned to studying hoi' lfljes-. and
dislikes^ talking-over books-wi^i'' *er
* and- ge tiing ht?t? t<* Yead passages, Jxjmn.
bisx>r her favorites. Thus e very real
.* *gftd*bleasant friendship sprung; Up be*
v? J Jun ru.
nSMnmasMsanwflsVBS?Hn
' How glad thence .of softest blue
Which fills the sky above usi " *
How fair the scene of restful green;
Ah, sure the gods must love us.
Tne brlght.sprlngtuae.the Bummer's prime,
. The fall with leaves-a-flutter,
The winter's birth-yoiLaU tho eartk
Is beautiful, but beauty's worth
Xs naught to Bread-and-Butter.
Alas ! sweet art, that we must part,
Bat" so decrees the tyrant. ' * ' ?
Ambition gast, ppr boat jour breast,
.Por you'ro'a vain aspirant.
Lovot go your way. Quiok, quick, obey I
Tlstreksoa that you mutter
Why,1 what*tttefyou that claims a due
Against the power all,grovel to-f
. Tho tyrant\Bredd-and-Bntter?_t
-Edmund Vance, 'In4the'Chautauqua.
^^,.A-dft> A-Atr-A-AA A AA
* CONSCIENCE.
1
Youth and a Trained Nurse.
C *Bdft il?ss Wade could not helpsaee
ing that the lad was growing to love.?
1/er, and many long- honre et night she
debated the question, with herself.
Harold'wae much younger than Miss
Wade, very handsome and would*soon
be very richy It was a temptatibtia'to
ifhe<wom,!&k who knew just what the
world Jia4 to offer her,-&.\
She .'.had nursed eight years and
knew ' that two more were ."about as "
many as the average nurse could do..,
Than, would come some oner to become
matron of an orphan asylum or some,
similar position, or elset; she wouldbe
obliged tc* hunt Soi a chance its com
panion to some nervous crank or old
jperson. It was^nqt a tempting future '.
?to looKfcrfWai-d. 'to, and 'here before
her was ease if she would take it. ' ^
The thought of .Violet Grant always
intruded just as she had made up her
m iud that she would encourage Har
old's lovemaking.' ? "I am afraid she'
love? him,*" was the thought that
closed all soliloquies.
Little i Violet Grant, with'her shy
tribute of flowers, her patient waiting
in the little dressing room and her
oager questions about Harold's wel
fare. It brought Harold's thoughts to
a troubled pause, too, whenever he
was .allowing himself a day dream
about Miss Wade. He au J Violet had
been schoolmates, and he admired
her shy, sweet ways and had given
her many reasons to think she was
dear to him, though he had never di
rectly proposed to her.
"But, oh, -dear." he would sigh,
"she is just as I E.-id, a violet, while
my Nurse Dimple is a full-blown roso.
I wish- she wouldn't bring those con
founded flowers." ' s '.. .
Miss Violet" was in love in her Own
way with Miss Wade, too, considering
-he?rthe- savior*f tho boy she loved PO
tenderly; the 1r
them niaibj th
sibie )r}v?'
quite fre:;.
?Wouldst;
iu a day o
Misa Wade," .
pretty bl4sk*n<l e?^ ali ci
... MiesvWade wont up to her ?, . .
with'hofr cheeks'. ' "And you planned
rto, i-ob heiv'-'Tshe scolded at her reflec
fjE^?.inUJie'Lglass... "Well, that's oV?r^f
you mercenary wretch, ".and with the;
same Ann expression she wore when_
controlling^ a\]delirious., patient sha
went "downstairs. . .... . ,.. ' '
Harold was asleep when she came
into.the room, and lie lookod'boyish,
even with a six weeks' growth of silky
beard on .his. chin. "What a fool I
was to think the ^boy could be happy
with ma or wouldn't hate me in a
year," she thought and laughed grim
fe ? ? : 'J T
/ThVnext day Harold was well
enough to be dressed and wheeled out
on the veranda* ,.It was.a-June morn
ing, and Yiblet Grant came up the path
with her .arms full of roses.
. 16K overheard you say you liked-,
rosea better than violets,Harold," she
said, simply, "and, oh, lam soglad
to see you getting well."
Harold took both her hands and
pressed them warmly,1 reddening sud
denly with something like shame.
Miss Wade, came out, just then with.
? magazine in her hand and declared
she would have to read them a story,
else they would talk too* much for her
patient's good. So Violet produced a
bit of embroidery, and Harold leaned
back luxuriously ia his chair and"
quietly studied the two befovo.-him.
-, Violet.was small-and very fai?, with
faintly p;.nk cheeks which blushed eas
ily and prettily, and big blue eyes*that
had never lost their baby expression
of doptu and innocence. Her hands
were very small and slender and
handled. vhex embroidery ';fl.oss as
thotigh" meant for such work only..
She wore a pale pink muslin that
floated about her softly, making it seem
as though she perched on her-chair
like a butterfly. One tiny pointed
toe tapped the floor as she rocked
back and forth. The big ; blue eyes
sought Harold's and; smiled frankly
and happily, while the color deepened
in her cheeks.
Harold answered the smile and
turned embarrassed toward tho reader.
In her . he saw a face- and -figure we
often describe as comfortable, and to
suc?iw'e {afb* in8t:nctively*iri tim? of
distress of any kind, but at other times
fail to admire.
"How big she is 'side of Violet,"
thought Harold, "and how much older
she seems out here in the' sunlight
than she did when I. was sick. Why,
she must be 30. What a fool, I wast" '
And he turned once more toward the
girl of 18 with a love glance that sent
the blushes racing over her sweet face.
i At the close o? the story Miss Wade
went in to make ah eggnog, and'Violet
rose toggo. I)fi .'.
"I shall be 2.1 next week>7 Said
Harold, "and then I shall have some
thing to tell you Violet, my Violet,"
he whispered, as she gavel hhn Ker
hand. "I promised lather I wouldn't
engage niyseli infill:j was (31, but I
didn't p'?m?se' ?ot to lov?any,one.
B? "you Tove me, " Violet?"
MI'Jl:tell ? you next-, week,"'she an
swered, with a laugh', and ."r?n, '/iwaV,
blushing.-Chicago Becord.' _ ;
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railway, which- thus transport every
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' ^THbk ?. ADAMSPROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, NO VEMBER 8, 1899.
m?
PLANTERS
LOAN ANO
SAVINGS
AUGUSTA, GA.
Pays latest 1
on Deposits. I
ACCOU??S ]
Solicited.
L. C. HAYNE,
President.
W. C. WARDLAW,
Cashier.
VOL. LXIV. NO. 45.
I J i M Ksi n WA f.IT RR.
WA It HEX WA I, TTE lt.
#8?
I THE REAtt?E
^- -{I
: Simple, Primitive VV
! of the Tra
You will hear diven anBwetB ?B to
what kind of people the Boera are.
The more short-sighted and intolerant
travelers may say that the Boers are a
dirty lot who don't use table napkins,
an illiterate set of brutes who never
heard of Kipling, an utterly unrefined
people whose knowledge of art is nil;
in short, a backward, stupid, un pro
gressive, half civilized set who are too
thick-headed to know they are stand
ing in the path of that Juggernaut car,
civilization, and must in the end be
erushed beneath its wheels. '
It is a mistake to take Paul Kruger
and his surrounding politicians as
types of the Boor. Also it is a mis
take to take the dweller in the towns
as typical. To unearth the real Boer
one must seek the wide* and solitary
veldt, the hidden valleys, the distant
hills, and there, on his farmt draw him
BOERS GATHERED.FOR THE LC
?ut and study him. Yonr true Boer
despises tho town. He is essentially
an agriculturist and a hunter. He is
extremely conservative, and with
strangers brusque and taciturn, but if
he finds you are harmless ho can be
very hospitable. He does not drink
doep. Ho is religious,with a gloomy,
stern religion which makes him be
lieve, as did the Covenanters, as much
in the Old Testament as in the New.
He is moral. He does not believe in
divorce laws. He marries early in
life, and is convinoed the highest
blessing is an abundance of children.
He is sturdily built, as a rule, thanks
to his way of life, which is the same
as tb".t c' MB lather a*> ~ ?nnARtira
for infinv ?T?<v"f. -
milk. He is a good horseman, and a
remarkable marksman. He under
stands that the man who can shoot
straight and without excitement
makes, nowadays, the best soldier.
He fears Qod and loves his country,
bat cannot understand the need of a
ta iga th er er. He is, in fact, the back
woodsman of last century in the
United States, come to life again in
Africo.
At the first hint of gray in the East
ern 6ky, at the first crow of the cock,
the farm household is up and stirring,
and breakfast, with the usual strong
.offee the Boer loves, is over by the
time the sun rises. The men are out
and about at once, looking after just'
the same chores as on an American
farm ia the West, save those who are
?ff to replenish the larder by shooting
CHTJROn AND PARSONAGE TTPICAIi OP
THE TRANSVAAL.
a springbok,a hartebeest or some suoh
species of deer. The women have
plenty of work abont the house. The
genuine old Boer farm furnishes it
self every necessary to its occupants.
The furniture is ofton made by the
farmer, or he has great, unwieldy,
carved chests and bureaus which have
come to him from his ancestors. He
eau'make his own shoes. His women
dress and weave his own sheep's wool
and make their and his clothes from
it. There is almost nothing he needs
to buy. He does not care a rap for
neckties or collars or store clothes,
and a full beard is fashionable. All
KRAALS OP KAPFIB HI
he really has to buy is farming imple
ments, nnd of these he prefers the
primitivo .sort, though enterprising
agents have introduced suoh things as
mowing and other machinery*
IRS AT HOME 1
rays of tlie People gj
msvaal. 81
During the day hs -works leisurely,
?ontent to make a living out of the
jround. He dines heartily at noon
ind sups heartily at evening. His day
lordly differs from that of any farmer
n any country, only, if no syigs at
lis work, it is likely to be a psalm
;hat he eings. He smokes a great
Jeal while he goes about-a habit de
lved from his forebears in Holland,
?e is fortunate in haying no winter
io frost, no snow, only tho dry sea
son, when his cattle suffer, and the
.ainy season, when the rivers and
louds are flooded.
His honso and barns are low and
roomy-simply furnished as to tho
louse rooms. The great featherbed
is usually the most noticeable feature,
unless, perhaps, he glories in a little
harmonium for his daughter to pick
out hymn tunes on of a Sunday. Just
)RD'S BUT?EB, PIETERSBURG.
before the sun goes down, at a time
which varies very little all the year
round, the Boer calls his family to
gether, and they have household
prayers and pious singing. No lights
are needed, or if one is, it is an old
fashioned lanthorn, or, more likely, a
rush dip, floating in a cnp of home
made tallow. Ere the daylight has
fairly gone tho farmer has bolted the
door and everybody is in bed.
He has no amusements, according
to European or American lights.
Knowing nothing cf theatres or pic
ture'galleries, he does not want them.
He hardly ever reads anything save
the. Bible, and that is a saored d"<
and win?- -*?*
--j
don't take their families to hotels,
though some may stay with friends,
but drive the two or three days' jour
ney in the big white-canvassed wr.gon,
drawn by from twelve to sixteen fat,
white-horned oxen. They make camp
"OTJTSPANNTNG. " A BOER FAMILY BEST
ING AT THE CLOSE OF A DAY'S TBEK.
near the town in a meadow probably
by the stream, and live in and under
the wagon during the Nachtmaal,
cooking for themselves the food thej
have brought along. Th congrega
tion gathers, during thin time, day
and evening. Their neighbors meet
between whiles and gossip and per
haps transact a little business. They
would not belong to the human family
if, of course, the lads and lasses did
not walk and talk and court and ex
change vows. These are the great
outings, the picnics, of the year, and
small tradesmen and peddlers are on
hand with knickknacks and trumpery
to sell to the young folks, so that,
outside the services, the meeting is a
kind of fair Sometimes also there
may be a wrestling match or jumping
match between young men, in which
all, old and young, will take a deep
interest.
So the Boer farmer and hunter pur
sues his even way, as his people have
ever done, and if what he considers
the accursed gold had never been
found in his land, he might so pursue
it to the end of tho chapter. It is to
be feared, however, that foreign
capital and railroads and telegraphs
and lightning-rod agents have broken
?LP ON A BOER FARM.
up his idyllic life forever, or, rathor,
will soon do so. It was not, however,
all peace. As the American back
woodsman was continually on his guard
against Indians, io the Eoor is ovoi
ready to take the field against a kaff??
tribo ot the British.
Then tho plough and the hoe are
laid aside, and tbe rifle is cleaned
carefully, but not now for a pleasant
hunt after game. The call to arms ie
simple; mobilization is primitive.
Thcro is no squabbling about volnn
teering, or enlisting, or drafting. Ex
cept the -women, the very old and the
very young, everybody responds, even
boys of thirteen and fourteen-but
the average Boer boy is a pretty stout
and healthy lad, and has been taught
to shoot since he was ten or eleven.
Each man takes his horse and his rifle
and proceeds to the rendezvous of his
district. The pastors oro with them,
and with prayer and psalms the
larmer-soldiere march out to defend
their country*
A SULU SULTANA'S WORK.
The Haler's Mother Has MnOe a Flae
IVitli Her Own Uandi.
The Sultana Dowager, as we might
call the mother cf the reigning Sui f an
of the ??la Archipelago of the Philip
OUR SULU SULTAN'S ?LAG.
pine group, writes tho Manilc corre? |
8pondent of the New York Times, has
shown an unexpected practical side of'
her character lately by actually mak
ing.with her own hands a copy of the
royal standard of Sulu.
The flag is red and tho field carry
ing the five stars is blue. These
two colors appear in very many dif
ferent shades. The four small stars
in the blue field are the four principal
tribes of Sulu, while the central and
largest star is for the Sultan him
self.
The wiseacres say ho would do neall!
to be somewhat more modest and take*
a less conspicuous place in the galaxy,
as there are two tribes not more than
fifteen miles from the capital whose
Dattos, or chiefs, ore very powerful
and who are" not on very friendly
terms with the Saltan.
The Hattos wield the most absolute
power imaginable among their fol
lowers, who seem more like slaves
than independent members of the
community. The Datto is. alwayB
accomp anied by a sword-bearer, T.'ho
juunger fol
lowers, carries the silvor box contain
ing the beetle root and lime. These
substances they roll np in a wad and
chew continually, much to the harm
of their teeth, which get coal black/
and their gums, which turn a bright'
red.
A third follower in the retinue car
ries the umbrella. A fourth, and the
most powerful and long-haired man of
the lot, takes the part of tho beast of
burden and carries the Datto himself
about oi. his shoulders.
In the lower left-hand section of the
Sultan's flag are two implements of
warfare. The upper one, white in color
on the red body of the flag, repre
sents one of the borongs, or huge
knives almost universally carried in
peace as well as in war, while the;
lower, also white in color in the flag,:
is a section cf a spearhead, which im-1
plement is only used in fighting and'
in the chase.
I presume there have from time to
time been exhibited specimens of the
Manila insurgents' flag by returned,
soldiers who captured them in battle.
These have golden-colored stars on the
white field, representing tho ohief
tribes engaged in the uprising against
our forces, whilo the rising sun in the
centre stands for the rising of the,
young republic as pronged by Aguin
aldo.
A liualiraneer's Armor.
The accompanying illustration is a
photograph of the armor used by Ned
Kelly, the notorious Australian bush
ranger. Kelly, having been in his
AUSTRALIAN RUSHR ANGER'S ARMOR.
more peaceful dpys a blacksmith, says
the London Strand, manufactured
armor for himself and comrades from
old boiler-pla*es, and to such good
purpose did tuese protective coverings
serve them that for two years the gang
defied all the efforts of the police of
Victoria to capturo them. They wore
at last surprised, and many of them
shot whilst drinking at a hotel; not,
however, until ?400,000 had been
spent by the Government in its en
deavors to stamp out the gang. Ned
Kelly was tried and exeouted in Mel
bourne jail, and his armor, which
shows many marks of police bullets, is
at present in possession of the Vio
terian Government,
C. HAYNS, Praa't. F. G.FORD.essliler.
Capital, $250,000.
UnflT^ed'profltg j $110,000.
. Facilities of onr-magnltlcent New Vault
locntainiiig 410 Safotyi-Lock Boxes. Dlffar
>?: Sizes aro offered to jour patron? and
tba public at $3.00 to ?lO.OOjpor annnm.
THOS. J. AHAMS- PROPRIETOR.
THE
PLASTERS
LOAN ARD
SAVINGS
BARK.
AUGUSTA, Q?.
J?UHB?l?WIM.MIHI M IM
Pays Interest ?
on
Accounts
Solicited.
L. a HAXOTC,
President.
W. C. WABD?AV,
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