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fflE ?flTIQNflL B?NK OF AUGUSTS
j L. C. HAYNB, Pres'L F. O. FORD, Caabier.
j Capital, $250,000.
i turpins and | (hi OC (]()(]
Undivided l'ro?lts s M> I ?J?UUU
?i Facilities of our magnificent NP* Wilt
containing <110 :-afety.Loclc i-.o.xcs. Dl0>r
f>nt Sizes ari- offered to our patrons sud
? tho public ut 43.iv to ?10.00 per annum.
VOL. LXVIII.
ED GE FIELD, S. C.. ^JEDNESDAY. JUNE 3. 1903.
THE
PLANTERS
LOAN AND
SAVINGS
BANK,
AUttUSTAj GA,
rays Interest
on Deposits.
Accounts
Solicited.
|L. C. Horne,
President.
Chas, C. Howard,
Cashier.
NO 23
The author is oue of the only two o
visited the Russian prison-island of Sal
eight thousand murderers among its !
a most Impressive picture of the terrill]
of despair am! desolation.
ll |f
F all tho ponai settlements
lu Silieria the Island of
Sakhalin has the worst
reputation. This is not
surprising when wo re
member its great distance
Ir?m the* central administration und
flint it is tlic prison-islaud to which ali
the worst criminals are sent. There
arc probably not a dozen free-born in
dividuals outside of the convicts, re
convicts, their wives and children, and
the oilieinis and native tribes. On
January 1. ISOS. there were on the
island i!2.!<i7 convicts and ex-convicts.
Of these 7080 were engaged iii lund
labor, ti:.u of* ihis number alone no
fewer than 2S?? were convicted of
murder, go that out of the total number
of convicts and ex-convicts a moderate
estimate? would give S.>Ot) as murder
er;::
Of the 2S30 murderers the loree pro
portion of 63-1 were women. Perhaps
this is to he explained hy the brutality
of husbands ruder the influence of
did uk and passi.m. for mar.y of these
women had stabbed or poisoned their
partners in life. It is uoi surprising,
therefore, timi Sakhalin is a name not
to ho mentioned in St. Petersburg. To
do so is a greater faux pas than h>
talk of Botany Bay lu Sydney. Rut
bad as things were reported to l>e. I
was fully await- that great strides had
been made in Hie reform of prisons
and prison management since the time
"when Mr. George Kennan visited them
on the mainland in lSS-">, but I though!
lt extremely probable that the foot- !
steps of reform had lagged behind the!
farther east ono tracked them, amil
that on Sakhalin-if one could only
get there-the condition of affairs
would reflect the state of things that
existed on the mainland ten years "ago.
And so I found it. No Englishman,
with the exception of Mr. dc \\"iu<
who paid a Hying visit to the island
in 1S?>C. when his ship called, had vis
ited the prisons, and none had ever
penetrated into the far interior.
After sundry adventures and many
difficulties overcome, I succeeded in
getting away from KIRolaevsk, which
ir H tr nt mi- >^--the mainland, near the
mouth of the Rivrr-rriimrrru-Tnv
At the very last moment I was pacing
the deck of a tramp steamer which
stood in about two miles freu the
shore, and the captain was signalling
again and again, lie despaired of
being able io lind me. though-he good
naturedly delayed, and ut length a tiny
tue. used for dragging lighters loaded
with convicts, ptrt out, and to my sur
prise I was allowed to board it; but no
sooner lind I ascended the steps of the
woodeu jetty than a military officer
stepped forward and demanded m?
business. To him I made reply in thu
scantiest of Russian that I had a letter
of introduction. to an ex-convict mer
chant. His was a strange and sad
story, for in early days he had been
heir to large estates, through which
the traveler from Berlin to St. Peters
burg passes. The only answer I re
ceived was that the ex-convict mer
chant was now nt the coal mines and
would not return for another twenty
four hours, and that I must remain
there in custody. I looked around the
log-built room and thought I had slept
Ia' much worse places than that: then
I went to the door, but was stopped
by a sentry, of whom, however, I de
manded my baggage. From the win
dow I could see ray ship p .'paring to
leave, .and in this lay my great hope:
for although the authorities might lock
me up they would not be able to send
me away for some time.
"Here I "was a prisoner, but how rn
THREE LONG-SENTENCE CONVICTS.
viable was my lot to that of those wi
had to spend the remainder of the
lives on the island. As I stood lookii
out to sea the sun was setting behil
a fiery-red cloud-bank. To nie it pl
tared the passionate longing of tito
exiles whose eyes were straining ev
westward to the land of the sunset,
the homestead, the land of friends ni
loved ones, so long ago left behind.
Some weeks later I shared the lc
house of a petty official engaged
the jetty, and so was able to Wend i
way to the place of my late detent!
to watch the batches of convicts arr
lng. One lot from Siberia had tramp
the two thousand and seventy-ll
uiil< s from Nertcbensk to Nikolaevi
with au occasional lift from a steam
and the. journey had occupied thi
three months.
I know what it is to have had
struggle for a bare bench in a four
cln?s Russian railway carriage who
ou to sit and try to sleep nt iiij;lit. ?1
this was my home for a couple
weeks through a frozen country. I
what was this to the lot of those p
.convicts who, hungry and weary af
r turee Englishmen who have ?r
khalin, which numbers no fewer i
small r"Pulatiou! Mr. Hawes ; s
le life led by convicts in this grli ;.4id
In long day's march, failed in the wild
I scramble to obtain one of thu miser*
; able plank resting-places allotted them,
j and had to lie on the llltby iluor. Even
j there a stronger neighbor often crushed
; them, for the most brutal tongue, the
? hardest list, got the host place, and
the timid and weak went to tho wall
-or the floor. Such is the description
we have hoard in thu past. Is it true
to-day V In the malu-no;" but lo my
j experience-yes!
1. One of the Native Trackers. ??. Th
viols Chaired to
Russian convicts arc drossyd In uu
'blencbed cotton shirts and troiMeri1,
with socks-or pieces of clclb WMUIIJ j
around their legs, puttee fanhion-mxl
shoes. Over all they wear the "kha
lat," or long, ulster-like fries?. All ar??
in chains. One degrading form ol' pun
ishment, that of chaining ti\e convict
to 't wheelbarrow, which is never de
tached cither by day or night, ha? beril
abolished on the mainland; but 011 Sak- ?
halln to-day there are still two men
who are undergoing this miserable
punishment.
Thia form of punishment, tho ofllcials
say, is necessary to keep them from
escaping. The clean shaving of bnlf
tho head is also intended to render
escape more difficult and Identification
easier.
Only one hundred out of thc six hun?
dred convicts in thc worst prison wore
being sent out to do hard labor in the
mines or road-making; it was not sur
prising, therefore, that the dreadful
ennui drove some of the remainder Imo
risking attempts at flight. The night to
choose for an escape was when a storm
was rairing. It was on one such night
of my stay that six in the Alcxnn
drovsk Testing Prison, under cover of
the darkness and the howling storm,
lassoed the tops of the twenty-foot
stockade and. clambering over, dropped
down and successfully evaded the
patrols. The Storm that night did ns
as good a turn as it did the convicts,
for returning from a seven hundred
mile journey, mostly accomplished in a
dug-out canoe, we (my interpreter ami
Ii had entered on our last slap; wlrieli
took us through tho forest Into which
these six convicts had plunged. There
were two roads before us, one travers
ing the forest and tho other being
merely the sandy beach. The lattei
was impassable at high tide, and had
this advantage, that one had only le
defend oneself from human-or. rather
Inhuman-assailants on one side. Ar
ex-convict who had given us hospital'
ity begged us not to take this fores
road. Now. oT course, there is free
masonry among the convicts and ex
convicts, mid while he told us that tho;
were armed with guns more particu
lars bc would not divulge. Seeing n
still unpersuaded he backed up hi
statement by telling us how? the post
which I have seen leaving A loxa II
drovsk, twelve miles distant, carryiu
beside the driver one armed official an
two soldiers with bayonets fixed, wa
held up on this road, a few miles ot
of Alexandrovsk. So AVG determine
to take our chances of the rising lid
and try th:- beach route, though w
had just heard that the youth who live
willi us at Alexandrovsk had been mu
dered on the sands for the sake of tl
glin he carried.
We started in darkness with no lai
tern, for that would have rendered t
a mark, and the wretched telega mov?
along at a snail's pace. We sat ba?
tf) back, revolvers and daggers ham
in our belts and loaded rifles in han
We had Instructions from the poli
to fire if we should sec any movli
form. Little, indeed, could Ave ma!
out-though we could imagine a gre
deal-as we peered into Ibo dark l'<
est mi our way lo the beach. We li;
dragged* on at Ibis miserable pace f
about a mile and a half, longing for
troika with its galloping steeds, wh
soddenly thc storm burst upon us. To
koop our guns dry and be ready for
nu attack was impossible, and I Con
fess I was not sorry to be compelled
to take refuge lu the hut of a convict,
which the howling of dogs announced
to be near hy.
It is almost impossible for these
"brodyagas"' (passportless vagabonds)
to get away from the island. From
the prison they escape into the forests,
and there in summer they manage to
exist on bilberries, cranberries, mush
rooms and roots, and add to the little
given them by comrades, whoso sen
tences have expired, by waylaying
passers-by. But when winter comes
on, with its seven feet of snow and
a temperature occasionally touching
forty degrees (Fahr.) below zero. With
no food to be obin?ned and rags for
clothing, they lind their way back to
the prison. After giving themselves up
hero they are flogged with the cruel
.'plot.'' and received back agiln with
an additional sentence.
The photograph shows the Instru
ments of the executioner-the "Icobila,"
or bench, ou which the convict is
strapped; the birch-rods, which arc
dipped in hot brine, and the heavy,
th ree-thonged "pict." with leaded ends.
These arc the instruments in use at
ltikovsk Frison.
Another photograph shows (lie pub- |
lie executioner at Alexandrovsk, (Jo
ie Executioner's Instryiaen s. 3. Con
V.'heelbcirrows.
husky by name. The "palatch," or
executioner, is chosen from among the
convicts themselves. Prisoners who
are refractory in prison are birched,
but sometimes this punishment is given
for no other reason than that the chief
of the prison, OL whom ir would be
difficult to say anything too bad. hap
! QOIiIXSKX, THE EXECUTIONER, WITH XIII:
TEICKWLE "l'LKT."
pens to be in a lit of ill-humor when
they go before him to prefer some sim
pie request. My own Interpreter, him
self a man of rani;, told me that it
common with all the rest of the con
victs and political exiles he paid tributi
money in Hie shape of food to the ex
CITY KITCHEN
i- ____
One of tho best municipal instit?
kitchen in Chr'jtiania, opened last ye?
no less than 1,(XM,?MQ. me?is were sor
sold .?it six cents a meal. The buihlin
vcutions mid mosl up-to-dillo machin
laundry machinery, etc. Our cut si
where eight boilers ere Installed for
ecutloiior, so that-, should lie bo orderod
tho "pict,*' the leads should he brought
down on the underside of the board
and not on his bare body. Corporal
punishment for women has beeu done
away with by law in Russia, b?t
lu February of last year two women
were flogged with birch-rods dipped
In brine, and afterwards put lu chains
for refusing J obey their villainous
overseers.-World Wide Magazine.
MURDER CROSSES.
Gruesome Memorials That Dot New
Mexican Plains.
lt is one of the charms of travel in
the out-of-the-way districts of the
United States to encounter picturesque
customs undreamt of in the philosophy
of the Well-populated regions tributary
to the great cities of .the North and
Fast. Particularly rich in tb.>"" quaint
ways is the Southwestern * J try, of
which New Mexico is the geographical
centre hud which draws its traditions
from old Spain.
Among the peculiar custom* of thal
territory is 1 lie practice of planting
crosses on spots where murders have
been committed. Not infrequently, as
one rides across some lonely plain bare
of vegetation save for the ubiquitous
sngehush and groasewoud, or through
some wild pass ill the hills made wilder
still by thc desolate ruins of an aban
doned adobe hut or two amid thc cac
tus. Such crosses arc met with rising
out of small piles of stones. They arc
constructed of wood, without inscrip
tion of any sort, and often beiug taken
to the church by thc relatives nnd
friends of the murdered mau and
blessed by the priest, are set up upon
the scene of the murder, there to re
main a continuing memorial of the un
holy deed and a mute appeal to all
pious passers-by to con tr ite a prayer
for the unshriven soul that has gone
beyond.
An Armchair Formed by Natural Growth.
The armchair pictured in the accom
panying Illustration mny be said to
have partly grown out of the ground,
although its shape was furnished by
twisting and turning a ? ne out of
which most of its framework was
formed. It was brought to the United
wi a Korean crcy.-J.m i HMM- .O ....
CHAIR FORMED BY NATURAL GROWTH.
or ornamented with seeds of the ging
ko tree of various sizes, which have
actually grown to the liber of the vine.
A Korean gardener, familiar With the
adhesiveness of the seed, took a native
vine, noted for its toughness, and rude
ly made lt Into the form of a chair,
holding lt in place with branches ol
small trees. The seeds, fresh from thc
tree, were bound to the vine until they
had firmly fastened themselves to it,
the vine being allowed to grow In the
meantime. After the seeds and boughs
had become attached, the vine was cut
from the roots, and this natural chair
exposed to the sunlight until the sap
had dried from thc liber and all of the
material had hardened into a substance
as solid as oak. It was then polished
until Its surface glistened like mahog
any. Although but three feet four
Inches in height and twenty-five Inches
In width, thc weight of this curiosity
is over a hundred pounds, on account
of thc hardness of the material of
which it is composed.
The armchair may well be regarded
as a striking example of thc garden
ing skill of the Far Fast.-S.u'.'iitiik
American.
You can't liquidate n debt by paying
compliments.
IN CHRISTIANIA.
itions lu Norway is no doubt the elly
ir. Dlieiug thc last six mouths of 1 ! lui*
ved to thc poor, while 7(5.000 meals were
gis throughout lilied with the latest |U
cry. Including a dish-washing machin?,
hows one of the large kitchen rooaiF
tb?1 supply of heat, nnd hot watej.
?THE ILLS OP HORSEFLESH
riKOW TO DETECT DEFECTS IN
|c ANIMALS OFFERED FOR SALE.
ome Valuable Hints to ?uyers-One
of the First Blemishes To Look for
Is the Spavin-The Poll Evil ls a
Fatal Disease.
The ills which horseflesh is heir to
;form an important pprt in the market
j value of man's faithful friend. These
lils, too, aro of quito a numerous and
strongly marked character, being part
nd-parcel of the anatomy of A consid
erable percentage of the equine fam
" y. A perfect horso physically is
enough of a rarity to causo comment
and much boasting on the part Of his
owner, while thc parfect horse in form,
Action, manners and disposition is an
invaluable creature to his fortunate
roaster.
V In thc regular sales conducted in
.horse centers tho dealers become so
expert in judging the animals that
their parts are passed upon with light
ning rapidity as the offerings appear
|n the ring to bc sold at the hand, or,
rather, at the mouth-of the auction
eer. A subject i? then listed as hav
mjs this or that blemish, or is simply
"sold to the halter" at. the buyer's risk.
Putting aside the blemishes of a
rse in disposition or training, which
y properly be called blemishes in
e abstract-like viciousness, balki
ss or awkwardness-and looking
?olely to the deformities which mar
guiare and concrete usefulness of thc
|t>ur-legged servant, it is found that
?nc of the most, common blemishes is
the. splint-a small, bony formation
g* button, more or less clongated.which
is found usually just below the knee
rm the inside of on? or both legs, ano
lying between the .wo main bones of
the forelegs.
The splint is a minor blemish thal
is usually an objection in that it mars
.the smoothness of the log in tho eye
6l the horseman. It is interesting,
too, as a study in evolution, many re
garding it as merely a rudimentary
remnant of what was once an extra
member in the prehistoric horse-the
undeveloped horse of early creation.
Quite certain it is that in a numher of
strains of the horse family thc splint
ia regularly inherited and appears on
nearly every foal. A splint can be
reduced all or in part by carly manip
ulation or later surgery.
70ne of the first blemishes looked for
bj* the horse buyer is the spavin, com
mjpnly called a "jack." The hind leg
Isrthe home of tho spavin, and then
t?fere is the "bog" spavin which is not.
of bone. The former is the bad one,
and as a rule makes the horse lame.
Tho spavin comes on slowly and in
creases in size ana its power to crip
its possessor as time passes. It
fitows on the hock, inside and just be
low the big joint. In rare cases it ap
iT>-rs on the outside. Cures arc'
bony growth s?m?T?mesTiipptf?TS"*
between the fetlock and the hoof of
the horse and is known as thc ring
bone. It may be scarcely apparent, or
it may come to entirely fill up that,
space with a rough, unnatural growth
of bony substance. Tnc blemish is
a bad one, quite incurable, and makes
its victim lame, xhe hind feet aro
mora commonly affected than the
front.
A little lower, next to the hoof, ot
tener in front than behind, is thc seat
of sidebone, a blemish less familiar
to the ordinary eye than any of the
foregoing. It has como into notice in
this country more conspicuously
with the advent of the heavy draught
breeds. Heavy weight and work on
hard pavements are conducive to the
sidebone, which is not more nor less
than the upper and new growth of hoof
rendered tender and diseased. In ex
treme cases it leads to the quitter,
when it renders the worker useless.
Taken in its early stage, it submits to
treatment and rest. Pasturage often
puts the hoof back to its normal
growth and effects a cure.
A disease that ends in a queer growth
on the very poll or top of the head
of the horse is called "poll evil." Thc
trouble is quickly observed, owing tc
the habit of the horse in stretchint
his neck straight out in front, ant
makes a pitiable spectacle of thc pa
tient. There is little left to do for th<
poor creature except lo put it out of it!
misery.
A common blemish is the curb-;
rounding of the bone of the hind leg
just below the back joint of tho hock
This formation docs not injure the ser
viceablencss of thc drivpr appreciably
If patiently rubbed when it first ap
pears the curb can be reduced, th
bone absorbing the growth, if not to
prominent.
A wind-broken horse is one that ha
been permanently injured in breathin
power by overdriving. Violent exercis
reveals the weakness to the horsema
who listens to the breathing. In OJ
treme cases anyone can hear the brui
roar a block away.
In purchasing a horse tho careles
man may neglect to note whether c
not the animal is deaf; his eye may nt
be expert enough to seo that the o
fering is a "swayback," is notched 01
where the collar rests, has blisten
shoulders, "string halt," so-calh
"capped hocks," is a cribber-as he wi
find out when the purchaso ls take
home and oats up the mangers.
Overheating may bring on the bili
staggers, and overdriving and suddi
cooling off may develop sweeney
soreness and stiffness of shoulders ai
front, legs that crippleo a horse si
ficicntly to ruin him as a member
good standing among his kind.
The heaves come on as years go 1
like asthma in man, and is incurab
I The ailment is not necessarily fal
! and considerable service may be c
! acted from Old Dobbin if care is ext
cised in driving slowly and in fcedi
him only dampened food.
A horse may be "blue" or blind
ono or both eyes; he may have, w
marks as remembrances of his days
pastures fenced with barbs; he m
have a breach; he may have corns;
! may be sore-footed from various catii
or his ears may not be mates; or
j tail may he carried to ono side
I these defects which debar him fr
sale or show ring constitute "hie
.abes" in the vernacular of the ho
dealing profession and are taken v
iccO'.i??t In the buying and selling of th?
noblest end greatest of all the anima;
Kingdom-man's best friend, the horse
-Chicago Record Herald.
JAPANESE CHILDREN.
Deforcncc to Elders and Helpful
With Each Other.
Tho' children of Japanese homes are
well bred. ? foreigner never fails to
notice it. As a nile they are obedient
and deferential to their elders; sweet
and obliging among their equals, and
patient to a degree tnat is philosoph
ical, yot no moro genuino children arc
anywhere to be found. No child ?3
without iU responsibilities, and in
most cases these are strapped to its
back and it bears them cheerfully.
There is a beautiful spirit of help
fulness between brothers and sisters.
I think tho children have more real
affection for each other than they do J
for their parents, for whom their re
spect is unbounded. Although the
Japanese take great pride in their
babies and their growing sons arni
daughters, they strenuously endeav
or not to reveal it, and if you had
ru ,ght but their word Tor it you would
think they were quite harassed and
disgusted with their offspring.
I suppose," said a friend, before I
left for Japan, "'you will have to re
fer to your baby as 'my dirty, insig
nifiicant and troublesome little son.' '
Still, after all, no one can withstand j
tho blandishments ot an infant, and /
many a Japanese mother have I en
trapped into glowing details of tho ac
complishments of her small children.
The mother docs not often give them
all the attention which mothers should.
She is over at the hock and call of
the head of the family, to the exclu
sion of all other requests. At such
times if tho babies protest they are
stuffed with sweets and turned over
to the servants, and such times arc
nearly all the time. The servants are
not refined, but they are kind-hearted
women, and they are closer members
of the household than our servants
are or would Uko to be, and for that,
eason they mother the children aid
naturally get the greater half of their
love. Much of the discipline of the
family is turned over to thc elder
brother. It is summary and sound.
Occasionally the father devotes him
self to the children on a picnic or a
waik or in the evening tellinr them
stories or playing games, but never
under any circumstances will he lay
aside his pipe and his dignity to crawl
about on his hands and knees in the
similtude cf a lion. "Ototsan" is al
ways Imperturbable.
Mothers and fathers often speak
admiringly and wistfully cf thc care
and love that are bestowed upon the
children of the west, and it may come
to pass some day that their own will
figure more as human opportunities
than as issues and heirs. A Japanese
-SJW;.&Ojri.h^mjs the most homesick
His friends? No. these arc too easily""
put on and off? It is Japan itself. All
Japan is home to him. and no wonder.
Never did any nationality in any age
become more amalgamated. Its ra
cial instincts exactly correspond to
family pride and family affection. Its
former exclusiveness bred these in
the bone. Besides, Its blood relation
ships arc so closely interwoven that
it is. in reality, ene huge household
and family.-Thc Congregationalist.
Municipal Works in England.
A Parliamentary report gives the fig
ures of municipal works in England up
to one year ago. It appears that 29!)
corporations with a population of 13,
003.870 persons had gone into munici
pal trading with $000.000.000 of invest
ment. This money was borrowed upon
bonds, but $S0,000,000 more has bren
repaid, and some $10,000,000 more had
been put away in sinking funds.
The average income was $65,000,000,
the average cost of operation $40,000,
000. tho surplus of income over ex
penditure being more t ian 4 percent.
But. some of the corporations neglect
to include in receipts the value of ser
viere furnished and municipality, such
as street lights, water for public parks
and buildings, etc. If these were in
cluded thc returns would be higher.
The average interest payments wen
$14,500,000, tho average annual "write
off" for depreciation $050,000-consid
erably too small, but more than Ameri
can trusts have has yet usually al
lowed. Thc annual principal repaid wa:
$0,000,000.
The principal works included in tb
statement were markets, cte., 228 bor
oughs; water works, 193; buria
grounds. 143; baths and wash-houses
138; electricity, 102; gas works, 97
tramways. 15; harbors, etc., 43.-Ne^
York World.
Driving Large Rivets.
The rivets through the keel of th
seven-masted schooner Thomas \\
Lawson, that was launched from th
Fore River shipyards a short Hm
ago. were nearly five inches in lengt
by 1 1-4 inches in diameter. It wa
not possible to upset these proper!
with an ordinary yoke, one arm c
which served as thc anvil to resist th
blows of the pneumatic Hammer ca
ried by the other arm. To have th
anvil heavy enough to accomplish th
purpose would have produced one tc
extremely awkward and difficult t
handle in the cramped quarters undo
neath the keel. The difficulty wi
overcome by doing away entirely wit
the anvil and substituting a secor
pneumatic hammer. The two hat
mers, one on the end of each arm
tho yoke, worked perfectly, and the
was no further trouble in making tl
rivets fill the holes completely. Tl
Stroker of the hammers were ?o c
coodingly rapid that it made no diff<
once whether they worked synchro
ousiy or nut.-The Iron Age.
Old Age In Ceylon.
Centenarians are fairly common no
ndays, hut it may bo questioned whel
er any country can boast, of so ma
as Ceylon, which, according to thc
cent census returns, has no fewer th
li? inhabitants over 100 years of a;
Seventy rino of these are males a
71 feinalcs. Of Ihci'o 48 men and
women claimed to be exactly i
willie tho highest age returned u
j 120.
uggies
FURN
Large Shipments of the best makes of wagons and buggies Just
received. Our stock of furniture, housefurnlshlngs ls com
plete. Large stock
COFFINS and CASKETS
always on hand. All calls for our Hearse promptly responded
to. Ail goods sold on a small margin of profit. Call to see mo,
I will save you money.
O. P. COBB, Johnston, S. C.
paralleled Chance.
The Greatest Bargain Ever Offered.
hundred and forty-five thousand of
Closes July 1st. Between now and
July 1st we will sell our concent grand
each instrument. We have over ono
our instruments now in use. For over
twenty years our pianos were one ot
(he leaders of the well known south
Pright Mendelssohn piano for one ern house of Ludden & Bates. Wo
hundred and seventy-five dollars and ah* sell organs and our world re?
will prepay freight and furnish stool, nowued Sterling Pianos
music hook and handsome scarf with' For full information address
THE STERLING CO., Derby, Conn.
W. J. Rutherford.
R. B. Morrfs.
AND DEALERS IN
Cement, Piaster, Hair,
Fire Brick, Fire Clay,
Ready Roofing and Other Material.
Write Us For Prices.
Corner Reynolds and Washington Streets,
AUGUSTA,
GEORGIA.
RECIPES.
Vanity Puffs-Put one cup of milk
jver the fire; when boiling add quickly
ind stir in rapidly half a cup of flour;
took until a stiff dough; lot coo!; add
dirce eggs unbeaten one by one, beat
ng well after adding each; then add
me tablespoon of melted butter; dip
I i spoon into hot fat; take up some of
i -he batter and drop into smoking hot
ard; when brown remove with a skim
I ncr; drain on paper; roll in cinnamon
' md sugar mixed.
Snow Pyramids-To one pint of
! :o!d cream add four tablespoonfuls of
jf powdered sugar, one teaspoon of
ranilla extract and one-fourth box ol
I platine that has been soaking In a
Mittle cold water; when lt begins to
j'.'nicken a little whip until light; turn
i into gkvsses and stand in a cool place;
? |uct before serving beat the whites of
?six eggs to a stiff meringue, with six
I ?ablcspoonfuls of powdered sugar, ad
j ;ling gradually half a cup of rurrant
?felly; drop one spoonful of this on the
j :op of each glass of cream, heaping it
ap like a pyramid; this will make a
I iarge quantity.
I Hickory Nut Macaroons.-Chop fine
j ind'pound six ounces of shelled hiek
I sry nuts, with three-fourths pound of
! powdered sugar and one teaspoon of
jninilla extract; mix well and add the
?neaten whites of eggs; the mixture
?should be a stiff paste; drop small
! spoonfuls on greased piper in a shal
I low pan and bake fifteen minutes in a
I moderate oven.
Apple Pudding-Grease a baking
I dish ; put some grated bread crumbs or
] ?hredded wheal crumbs over the bot
?tom. then a byer of chopped apple,
j Kiding sugar, nutmeg or a grated
! lemon rind; continue with Ibo alter
cate layers, and when Hie dish is fall
put small pieces of butter over thc top
ind, one cup of cold water; hake in a
rather quick oven thirty minutos;
jerve with thin cream or bard sauce.
Cocoanut Cake.-Poa? half a cup of
ratter, ono and one-half cupfuls of
mgar and tho yolks of four eggs lo
rdlier until light; add one cupful of
milk, alternaiing with two cupfuls Of
Sour and the rind and juice of ono
emon; beat well and add two cupfuls
if grated cocoanut, the whites of the
*ggs beaten stiff and three ?eve! lea
ipoonfuls of baking powder; turn Into
Daking pan and hake ir. a moderate
n-en forty-live minutes; remove from
:?ie oven, let stand in the pan two
ninnies I hen turn out.
One hundred and sixty-nine centen
arians died last year in Ireland.
CARE OF THt? FLOOK.
Floor borch.-rs should not be stained
lurriedly. Do not apply a thiele
?oating. Two or .three thin coatings
dve much better results than one.
They should be applied carefully with
:he grain of the wood, letting each
iry before another is applied. After
he coats are dry thc floor should be
tarnished and then carefully waxed,
.he wax being rubbed on with a piece
if chamois leal lier. Daily dusting
ind a weekly rubbing .with a little
jarafim will keep the floor in good
>rder.
Painted floor borders should be
riven two coats of paint and one of
rarnish, and they need a daily dust
ng and a wiping over with oil once
i week.
Other coverings for floor borders
ire India and China mailings in
limpie designs. These are especially
niited for bedrooms, morning rooms
ind boudiors. These mattings are Gur
ible and can be had to match any color
)f rug-although tho plain mattings,
ire the prettiest in contrast to th*
igured rugs. Carpets for sunny
rooms should be chosen with a view to
he durability of the dye. Tie cheaper
Japanese makes of carpets and rugs
ind the art squaro and similar makes
lade quickly and should not be ex
posed to the sun's rays. Carpets can
)C; kept fresh and their colors bright by
.libbing them about once a week w^th.
i chamois leather dipped into warm
vater containing a very little ask?
nonja.-American Queen.
British officers in South Africa are
complaining bitterly of the class ol
recruits now arriving. In one draft
the average of the soldiers was eigh
teen, and there were a few who were
far younger, mere boys of fourteen,
although they were enlisted as being
of proper age. The officers say that it
Is impossible to train these growing
lads, as they are unable to bear the
strain of hard work in a now climate.
Thc Dutch openly scoff at the youthful
appearance of the recruits, while the
older soldiers christen their boy com
rades after the secretary of war, Brod
rick, whose name has become i\ genor
lc term for them.
VALUE OF CHEES EOT X>TH. -
Cheesecloth is of the greatest sw
rico in housecleaning, as nothing ls
.o nice for polishing mirrors, win
lows, furnituro, silver and cut-glass
i.; this ab^obent cotton which is even
>etter after it is washed.

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