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ITHE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA
IL. C. HAYN2, Prest. P. G. FORD, Cashier.
Capital, $250,000,
Undivided Profits } ?110,000.
Facilities of our magnificent New Vault
containing 410 Safety-Lock Boxes, Differ
ent 81x68 are offered to ottr patrons and
tho public at *3.00 to ?lO.OTper annum.
TriOS; J ADAMS P?OP???TO?
EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. 1900
Pftji Interest
on Deposita,
Solicited.
L. C. HATJTE,
President.
W. O. WABDLAW,
Cashier.'
VOL. LXV. NO. 38
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CALIFORNIA CEREALS MANIPULATED
C 6Y STEAK IN THE FIELDS.
il?ir? rifly-iibff? Tower Trhctlo? ?n
; frlnc* bmw Mntiiliioi TVIi?cH Wove'
JIHrrbw and Socd 8oVo?iy-fivo Acres
in Ono li?y-Metii?as ol MarketluC.J I
fy tJLTIVAITON of wheat in Cal
I / ifornia will long continue to be
y^jt one of the greatest sources of
c *e?lt? to that surprisiugly
fertllb State in spite bf its long eo*
tinued seasohs bf drought:
: Landa devoted to wheat i? California
include those reclaimed from the beds
of rivers by embankments, which have
:been under water for ages and never
^produced anything but rank growths
.f.^'f Once protected from
:6vfer?lows. tli? ?ropS ot fruit, vegeta
;bles br cereals growri upon1 these lands
are surprising. Instances bf forty
sacks of wheat, averaging iso pounds,
as the product per acre df a reclaimed
farm, multiply, and knowing their ex
ceeding fertility and witnessing the
fftnk, powerful growths of thc stalk
;?bfOT? hdrvest tim? such ? yield
.ceases td astonish: Wheat grown upon
?hese solis, however, does not rank iii
quality with the best.
. ^ds which are protected from
overflow by. articfidal levees, of which
there are hundreds of thousands of
acres along the banks of the Sacra
mento and San Joaquin rivers, are the
finest wheat lands of thc State, and the
most valuable. Lying low they are in*
dependent of drought, and their nat
ural fertility has been augmented by
^posits brought down by Overflows
^fore the levees were constructed.
?The Yalo basin on.
tb.
tond des?ripti?m The wide, level vol*
ey, Stretching ott both sides bf the
?Ive?,' is ?. golden Sea bf vegetatiob.
rhe .great Glenn ranch oZ 00,000 heres,
ill In wheat, is situated herc. Thc
sigh lands, located above the influence
ot river floods and dependent upon
rainfall for moisture, extend in ?hese
valleys to wberc the foothills begin.
They are of vast extent, and produce
the finest, deepest and weightiest
wheat grown itt the world. They aver
age, perhaps, Six sacks of 1150 pounds'^
each per acre.
To California mechanics, says the
Scientific American, is due thc distinc
tion of instituting steam for hand la
bor In manipulating cereals in the
fields. Hugo fifty-horse power traction
engines, with driving wheels sixty
inches in diameter and flanges sixty
inches in width, drawing over thc
fields sixteen ten-inch plows, four six
foot harrows, and a press drill to
?-latch, plowing, harrowing and seed:
lng from forty-five to seventy-five
acres at one operation each day, ex
plains why the vast crop of California,
covering millions of acres, can be
planted and cultivated in a country
where the supply of labor is not great
enough to plant a crop one-tenth part
as large. In the harvest time, by thc
aid of one of these enormous harvest
ers, whaRft cutters are twenty-s!:: feet
wide, wy f wheat ls at once headed,
tlurashjF cleaned and sacked, ready
for njurket, the machine in one day
gathering the crop of seventy-five
acres.
To observe one of these enormous
machines traveling over the uneven
surface of these fields, crossing wide
ditches or crawling along the side hills,
surmounting every obstacle with the
most perfect ease, and automatically
gathering In the ripened grain, sacked
ready for market,., is a sight of the
rarest description.
f These mechanical prodigies are
adapted only for countries like Califor
nia, with seasons of wt and dry, well
defined, where cerea's ripened by hot
suns easily fall from the husks. For
the moist lands, ot the great North
these harvesters have not proved an
entire success. /
Preparing the i ground for tfle com
ing'wheat crop)in California differs
little from the m?thods used in other
chantries,,though-"deep" plowing is
n?TcVmmon. Onjthe higher lands the
jfUrirow is \ never ?over six inches in
depth, and rarely/over five 'inches.
Deeper plowing'^ ls [thought to dry out
the Jond too. fast, and, is avoided on
that account^ Summer,'fallowing is on
tho* ?acrease,iand tojhllow absolute rest
in alternate] yearsj is more ondjmorc,
encouraged. *, Five^crops in ten^years,
>saggregate,-lt is found by experience,'
aa, much as yearlyicrops would do.? In ?
summer fallowing^plowing during the.!
late .spring rains isUhe custom. Thej
land lies undisturbed, { wi th Tie J excep-;
?on of running, over a weeder? during]
the season. ^6tn the first rain ^the cultf-?
.vator ia run ov*sr.the ground,).which^isj
seeded at th? samVtime, afidjthen'cul
tivatlon ls over. Nb rurther^attention
ls^required until the\maturity|of the
crop. " t
* The, marketing of California wheati
pears " no resemblance lo the methods'
bi the . great . Northwest. Wheat, in
bulk is. unmarketable. Shippers rand
. (exporters refuse to handle it. A car
go in bulk was once sent to Liverpool;
I ?the ship was never heard from. Since
that time shipments m sacks only are
permitted.
The future ol .California wheat To
dependent upon pri?e. any rate re
munerative to the-gwwer.the quantity
Baw raised-could be greatly exceeded..
elry, *
d Diamonds,*
?ne.
|)lcto Workshop in the City vf;
eiairiug, Diamond Setting, ffj
T & CO., Jewelers, W
A?G?8?A, ?EOUO?A. /Ai
Witli a pletitifui supply 6f moisture,
such as ail intelligent .conservation" bf
the resources of streams now going to
waste would assure, the wheat crop of
the State could bo quadrupled.
MR. SMITH'S WAR Kl NC.
It itas Iteui ?uU Ofcoycd Vy tlio t?il??p'
Cart Man.
J,Look herc; what ar? you doing
there?"
The nian W1.0 asked iue question
seemed excited, but the man to whom
it was addressed was not disturbed
ih the kast. He was dumping a load
of flirt in a VaCSHt lot. This was per
fectly" apparent td Uf? qlte?lte?er, too,
so that thc question1 was de'drly uh=
necessary as a means of obtaining iii
formation. The iden must have im- j
pressed itself upon -tho man at work,
fou he went cn with his task. The
other man became more excited nt
this hou^itteution and asked thc ques
tion again; in ? louder" tobe than be
fore. Theri the workina? f-'epiicd:
"I am unloading some dirt, sir.''
"But don't you see that sign?" de
manded the angry man, pointing to
a notice ou a post uot ten feet away.
"Yes, sir,"
"What does lt say?"
'Tt says, 'Place ho dirt here by ordor
of John Smith,' " read the mad;
"Well, sir," the angry man went oh",
"I am John Smith, the owner of that
lot."
"Glad to know you, slr."
"None of your impudence, sir, or I
will have you arrested. Now I wish
to know why you dump dirt on my lot
when there ls a notice distinctly for
bidding lt"
7I beg your pardon, Mr. oiiiitb, but
that notice floes not forbid me from
en? I'd like to know, sir."
?Well, Mr. Smith, I've read It to
tl once, but I will read lt
;ain if you wish. It says, 'Place no
rt herd by order of John Smith,' and
have placed none there by order of
?hn Smith. I work for a muH named
obinson."
At this the man mounted his cart
id drove away, leaving Mr. Smith
;ry thoughtful.
The next day the sign was properly
unctuated.-Detroit Free Press.
The Userai Peanut.
From the plebeian and omnipresent
eonut ls extracted an oil that ls adapt
blc for nearly all purposes, including
utrition, lighting, lubricating and
lending. When mixed with olive oil
: is extremely difficult to tell it from
lie pure olive oil. The best qualities ? I
f peanut oil are used for table pur- j 1
oses in salad oil and artificial butter,
ither pure or mixed with olive oil, cot
on oil or sesame oil. It stands almost
n a level with cottonseed oil, but for
able use3 good peanut oil is worth
ather more than cotton oil. As an
Uuminant it gives a soft white light
,Vheri neutralized lt ls regarded hlgh
y for lubricating uses. Peanut oil
?oap is said to be the real type of the
amous Marseilles white soap.
More oil ia extracted from oleagin
)us seeds in Marseilles than In any
jther trade centre in Europe, and thc
crushing of peanuts constitutes one of
che most Important branches of the
business. No special machinery or
process is involved In this business
that is not required for other oil seeds.
Most of the supply of peanuts comes
from India, and from Mozambique, on
the east coast of Africa, and Senegal,
on the west coast America cuts a
small figure lu the business directly,
but in thc supply of cottonseed thc
New World several times has almost
driven the peanut out of France.
TE" Head Covering For Hortes.
A' genius, who probably has oi good
heart, has brought to the attention of
the owners of< horses an mvention
which should 6oon""take a high rank
with all devices designed to alleviate
the sufferings of dumb brutes. The
apparatus is made of braided straw,
and is not unlike in shape a poke bon
net. This is put on the horse's head
and tied under the throat wirha piece
of broad braid. There are holes in the
side of the headgear for the ears of the
animal, -and In thc top of the device la
a receptacle for ice or a wet sponge.
Thc apparatus has a comical look, but
aside from this the' comments of those
who love the horse are all In favor of
it. The first to adopt the device was a
cab company, and during the recent
sultry spell not one of the horses was
overcome by the heat and the grateful
animals seemed to do their work more
cheerfully than usual. There were
fr?quent 'case3 of heat prostration
among thc horses that had no head
protection.-Philadelphia Record.
?Barity of a Dread of Doath.
/ Sir.. Lyon Playfair, who represented
(the ^University-of Edinburgh for sev
(enteen.* years'naturally came lu con
]'tact I with the most eminent medical
Imenjof -England, and he put this ques
?rtl?ntto* most-of* them:.. "Did you, in
your (extensive practice, ever know a
;patient .who was afraid to die?" With
two except! oii.s, it "seems, they an
swerer "No."/ One bf these exceptions
fwas Sir Benjamin Brodie, who Bald
hethad s?en/?ne case. - The other was
SIr^Robert/Christison,\who had seen
one?case,('tba?of a girt'of^bad ebnrac?
ter, who;had .a gufldea 1 accident?-.
.Health, A ?X ???=3k 1-? *?*
?CHINA ANDI
farmers and Gus
the1 tired bf ChiiM is 4,218,401 Eu
giish squrlr? miles'; Of tbi* territory
6nly ?;33G,S4? miles belong td Gb in ri
proper; tho remainder being thc de
pendencies' bf . Manchuria, Mongolia,
Thibet;, jufignfia and langst. Turkestan.
Notwithstanding the re?a?lfely. small
size of China proper, it contains the
bulk of the population, having 380,000,
000 inhabitants out of a total popu
lation of the Kingdom of 402.GSO.0OO.
The present Emperor of China belongs
to the Manchu dynasty, which over
threw" the native dynasty of Ming in
the year ??44: Aa" the late Emperor
died suddenly, he did not designate'
a successor, as is the custom In Cbicri,
where there exists no law of heredi
ty succession, this is one of thc
Causes hf the trouble In Chinn.owlng to
the" fuel, that the Empress Dowager
Vas tilde to obtain ascendency over
the young Emperor.- so that on Sep
tember 22, 1S98, ah Imperial edict was
Issued announcing that the Emperor
had resigned power to the Empress
Dowager, who has since retained the
directloo of affairs and by her dislike
of foreigner's has doiie much to foment
?ic troubles rind bas nidde it easy for
the Boxer movement to gain headway,
cre?? ff she Iff hot directly responsible
for the attack, as has been suggested
by those who have an intimate KfiowP
edge of Chinese affairs. On January
2-1, 1900, it was declared by decree
th.1t the son of Prince Tuan should
succeed tile present Emperor. This is
gctteftdf* Regarded ns equivalent to
Kwang S'u's uelteslifon, The lively In
terest which Trinco Tuai! ls triking in
the attacks of foreigners is easily ac
counted for by his son's right to the
throne.
The government ot thc State is based
fcpo? the government of thc family,
thc supreme" direction of thc Empire
ls vested in th? prit ? ?otfiteil or grand
council. Tho administra ?ion k ?lJdei*
the direction of a cabinet comprising
four men; hers, two of Manchu and
two of Chinese origiu, besides two as
sistants from thc great college, who
have to see that nothing is done con
trary td the civil and religious laws
?f the Empire. These members arc
called ministers of Sta'c. Under their
orders arc seven boards of govern
ment, ouch of which is presided over
by a Manchu and a Chinese. The
A CHINESE DONKEY CART IN PEKIN.
wards are: 1, for civil appointments; i
!, for rcveuues*; 3, for rites and cero- t
nonics; 4, for military affairs; 5, for i
mblic works; 0, criminal jurisdiction; <
r, admiralty board. Independent of !
he 'government,, and theoretically i
ibove tho central administration, is i
he Board of Public Ceusors, which i
;onsIsts of forty or hf ty members un- :
1er two presidents. They are privl
eged to present any remonstrance to
;he sovereign, and one of them must
je present ut thc meetings of each v f
die Government boards. Each of tho
eighteen provinces Is governed by a
governor-general, who is responsible
to the Emperor for the entire adminis- j
tratlon, political, judicial, military |
and physical. Ile is assisted by a coun
cil and* other officials. Each province
fs subdivided into apartments, ruled ,
by prefects, and each department into i
districts, each under a separate ruler.
Each towu and village also has its
governing body, aud among thc vari
ous rulers there ls a regular gradation
.In rank, each bel?g responsible to his
immediate superior. Political office in
the general administration of the Em
pire is less sought after than the posi
tion of viceroy or governor lu the prov
inces, where there are opportunities of
acquiring wealth. The number of for
eigners resident in the open ports of
China was 13.421 at the end of 189S,
British subjects predominating. About
a half of the total number of foreign
ers reside at Shanghai.
Three religions are acknowledged by
the Chinese ns indigenous and formal
ly adopted: Confucianism, Buddhism
and Taoism. The Emperor ls consld
ercd the High Priest of the Empln
and can alone, with his immediate rep
resentatives and ministers, perfora
the great religious ceremonies. Con
fuclanlsm is the State religion. Wit)
the exception of the practice of anees
tral worship, which Is everywhere ol
served throughout the Empire. nn<
j was fully commended by Confucius
ut
m? CH?NESE!
toms of the J^ople.
Confucianism Las little outward cere
monial The study and contemplation
and attempted performances of the
moral precepts of the ancients-consti
tute thc doties of a Confuclanist
Buddhisiri a?d Taoism present a gor
geous and elaborate ritual in China.
The bulli of the- people are Buddhists.
There aro about thirty million-l?a-.
hommedans, one million Roman Cati' |
ollcs and fifty thousand Protestants,
Most of tho aboriginal hill tribes ore
still nature worshipers.
Pekin is at once interesting, desplc
TEA. CLF.ANIN
able, superlatively beautiful, disgust
ingly filthy, and, in short, a city of
contradictions. Originally a Tartar
encampment, begun by the hordes that
swarmed to the eastern part of China,'
P<-'kin_SQoiL became a iortlfiecFeity of J1
_ ??Teo, surroimuedby their Manchu1
Mowers-fear iug I the white- man's]
surpatlon fac icss^ni^JUmierJcai
L-eponderancc of the Chinese. So, in
rder to protect themselves from un
spected assault, they constructed a
ugo wall around their city-for China
i a land of walls-aud for a time lived
i tolerable security.
Gradually, however, the Chinese,
ealizing to some extent their power,
egan a rival city adjoining the Tartar
ortress. They, too, built a wall, and,
s thc Tartars did, whenever a work
nan died, his body was entombed
vithin the wall. In this manner, ll
s estimated, that one million huniat
icings found their last resting placet
n the walls surrounding Pekin.
While thc Chinese city is of mud
ntercst, both from a sociological anl
irchitectural viewpoint, yet the Ta
ut* city is the more Important, ff
vithin its precincts is thc "Forbidden'
>r Purple City, where lives Kwag
Su, the unfortunately progressive mo
ireh of the Chinese. The Forbldda
City ls a city of night, for there ti
denizens of the palace of the Son ?
[leaven awaken and begin their li.
lout
kin,
O
lylo
and
enti
mae
the
gare
the
seor.
thes
and
of T
igno
has
the
his )
Little is known of the Jrbldo Ta
City, for within the memor of rn nese
not half a dozen whites ha* entel any
it. All that ls known ls tit it c- deret
tains thc palaces of the Enrror, i stud:
whut is perhaps more intertlng, s than
WORKING GIRLS GOING II (XE.
(Tho motive power ls a BlpgleDolIe.'
Birt-.
BEING TO DISLODGE TEBTEM8.
famous coal bill. Thl?mense
of coal was accumuld for u:
case the city was befed. Thc
is several hundred fe?lgh and
tains hundreds of thnnds of
of coal.
Whenever the Empr was ?
to leave the Forbldd?lty for*
religious or State filien, the1
tiona of the foreign jons have
notified, so that no loly eye :
rest upon the punyrm and ?
coi
ladies i
derful
it is w<
face of ?warig Su. Thc ent?rd frot?
to be traversed was curtained ?ff and
thousands of soldiers line tho so-called
Streets, so that no reeping Tom could
ply his trade; But despite all such
precautions, th? weil-kbown Oriental
propensity for money,- exceptionally
strong la the Chinese, enabled foreign
ers to see Kwang Su at close' range/
They beheld a shrinking, slight figure;
dressed plainly and utterly eclipsed
by the gorgeous apparel of his retinue.
The rest of Pekin is very much like
all Chinese cities-picturesquely con
fusing and terribly dirty. Streets run
in the most bizarre fashion, totally ob
livious of their beginning und end,
aimlessly wandering from bad to
worse, fringed on both sides by hovels
nnd palaaes in confusion. Dogs and
pigs meander about, jostle equally of
fensive beggars and unkempt children;
stuffy litters, suspended on long bani
boo poles and carried by coolies, make
life a burden; ?dors, concentrated be
G PllOOESS.
J3arfi
rond thc power of descriptive writing
:o portray, overwhelm thc nostrils; the
?ffiuvla of ages of non-sanitation,
Irawn heavenward by the torrid sun,
spreads disease; the chatter of a
Jiousand gutteral Mongols and Chl
?ese is Intermingled with the yelping
)f thc dogs, the squealing of the pigs,
lie screaming of thc children, and thc
rt
CHINESE ITINGEB NAILS,
1 cries of the coolies-such is Pe
f course, there are parts in the out
g hills where the rich mandarlus
merchants live, where true Ori
il luxury can be found. There,
rnlflcent palace-like dwellings dot
landscape, surrounded by idyllic
lens. The art and imagination of
Chinese architect have found full
te for his talent, and as a result
e habitations are a creditexternally
internally-all save the sanitation,
vhlch the Chinese are in blissful
rance. Yet thc wealthy Chinese
luxury, even though a coolie takes
place of an electric fan to cool
fevered brow,
ken all in all, China and the Chl
make an Interesting study from
viewpoint, but it Is wrong to un
?timate their brain power in such
C, for they are far more ndvanced
is generally conceded. Let China
Ivllized, and the world will wit
as great a metamorphosis as that
h so astonished the world when
a emerged from her chrysalis of
le Age conservatism and provin
m.
. nobles In China, both male and
le, cultivate extremely long nails
ic thumb and all the fingers ex
the one nearest the thumb. Six
nches is considered a good length,
hose who manage to attain tho
i of seventeen or -eighteen are re
t? with envious admiration,
ibly thc Idea of the impossibil
doing any work with such long
upon the fingers may have given
the fashionable reputation,
g the Siamese silver cases are |
upon the fingers to protect thc
mils.
ough in bygoue times European
sna
scai
sen
D.
kne
kepi
as a
righ
by t
resei
fore;
divk
eire!
by a
row
syml
with
signl
meat
brooi
wi
mean
roof :
an ht
guess
The
was
storm
strucl
queer
the p]
whs ?
thc cl
strlkii
cornet
Elmer
his w
ploded
shatte
Mrs.
more .
FFURE OF A PEKIN WOMAN,
used to dress their hair in won
and elaborate ways, nowadays
jrn much more simply coiffed.
Mrs.
Kan.,
a lock
which
fore h
by Mri
turn b
whose
the mi
were y
lock is
with a
It tal
tion to
?fi Cliina, however-that dnrfr, mys
teries rand which is the world's cen
tre of ???eres? |o-day-women still
dress their hair id t&9 most elaborate
and fantastic manner.
Tho Pekin ladles glue their bair into
Imitations of the magpie or Jay bird,
or pile it high vf Ita, gorgeous flowers,
and bunches, loops n?d s tassels of
pearls pendant from a great ^pld ba?,
Whicb forms the "hairpin."
The? blue-black locks afe parted in
curious zigzags, and the ornaments are
balanced from the hairpin on eneli
side of the head.-Scientific American.
"DON COYOTE," OF THfi PLAINS,
Tho American Wild Dog is ?rn Interest
One of the Interesting and typical
animals of thc Far West ls the Ameri
can wild dog, lowland wolf or oesofc.
Canis Intrans, lt being known under
these and other titles. While a very
common animal, it ls rarely well
figured in the books, and ls made to
look mor? foxlike than wolfish, Bays
Professor C. F. Holder in the Scien
tific American. The accompanying Il
lustration gives a correct Idea of a
young male two-thirds grown. In
general appearance lt resembles the
typical wolf, the fur being a dull yel
lowish gray, with dark, even black,
clouded spots; beneath lt Is sometimes
reddish and white.
While the coyote hunts singly in
towns or villages, he runs in packs In
the open, and lt ls here that he dem
onstrates his skill and cunning. A
friend of mine observed a pack of coy
otes on the edge of the desert manipu
lating a jack rabbit. They swept
across tho country in a lino, soon start
ing a hare, - ucn formed in two paral
lel Hues about 200 feet apart. There
was a regular plan of action, and none
of the coyotes seemed overexcited, but
when thc' hare was started they
wheeled Into columns like soldiers, the
leading coyote running at the top of
his speed. After a few moments he
dropped to thc rear and a fresh coy
ote too* thc lead, and this was kept
up until the hare was run down. The
chase was a silent one. This method
recalls the wild dogs of Australia, or
lingo.
The coyote is virtually a wild dog
md breeds with the domestic dog,
iud dogs will often refuse to injure
the female coyote. Huxley contends
that there ls no material difference
tween the skull of a coyote and that
a dog, and a cross between a collie
id an Eskimo dog produces a very
Ir coyote os far as appearances go.
Seven or eight years ago Southern
d Central California abounded in
yotes, and the State Legislature
sscd nu anti-coyote act, putting a
icc upon his head or scalp. I had
? temerity to oppose this, but time
s shown the fallacy of killing nfl
i coyotes, aud the act was repealed.
r argument M'as that as thc coyote
s thc only enemy of tho jack rabbit
1 ground squirrel his destruction by
olesale would result lu a vast In
nse of rabbits and squirrels. The
k rabbit, a famous girdler of
mg trees and an all-around enemy
:he agriculturist, without a redeem
feature, is the natural food of the
ote, which does not disdain the
und squirrel.' The coyote ls also a
ke eater, even attacking the r~ttle
ke; in a word, he is a valuable
ronger and au animal to be pre
?ed.
Dn Coyote can be tamed, and I
w of one Instance where a herder
: one that was apparently as tame
dog.
Symbolic diameters In Chinese.
in is represented by a straight up
t stroke aud two legs, a mountain
bree peaks, a tree by strokes, rep
uting branches, trunk, and roots, a
st by trees, a field by a square
lcd into four parts, the sun by a
e aud dot In the centre. A door
picture of a double gate. An ar
plerclug a target becomes the
lol for the middle. Two cash
strings through the centre aptly
fy union. A mouth in a door
is to listen. A woman with a
n expresses the Chinese idea of
fe. One woman under one roof
8 peace, two women under one
means a quarrel, whlh? one woni
itween two men, as can easily be
ed, Is a symbol of anger.
Lightning Explodes a Gun.
vicinity of Willlamspoft, Md.,
visited by the severest thunder
of the summer. Lightning
i in several places and cut some
pranks. The tollgate house on
Ike, a half mile from this place,
truck by a bolt which followed
llmney down through the bouse,
ig a loaded gun standing in the
! at the head of the bed In w'hlch
Palmer, thc tollgate keeper and
Ifc were asleep. The gun ex
[ with a terrific report, and was
red In co fragments. Mr. and
Palmer escaped unhurt-Baltl
American.
A Lock of Lincoln's Hair.
C. D. Harmon, of Emporia,
ls said to be the possessor of
of Abraham Lincoln's hair,
was cut from his hair just be
e died. The lock was given
3. Lincoln to her sister, and In
y the sister to Mrs. Harman,
husband was an associate of
irtyred Presideut when both
oung lawyers In Illinois. Thc
long and straight and black,
gray hair here and there.
ces a pretty good mental dlgea
swallow flattery.
lng Anima).
COYOTE.
TV. J. KUTUEBFOKD.
B. B. MORKIS.
W. J. RUTHERFORD & CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
AND DEALERS IN
Lime, Cement, Plaster, Hair,
FIRE BRICE, FIRE CLAY,
READY ROOFING, AND
OTHER MATERIALS.
"Wirlte us fox* Prices.
Cor. Reynolds and Washington Streets.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
SEf?D-?g OME DOLLAR
loi IkU ad. eat sad wad lo aa witb 01. WI, aa<l we will af ad ron lab HEW
mraOTED raitt/) a CES 0RG1?T, bf frehsM C. 0. P., sabjecf io n.mina
Uno. VM can examine lt atyour nearest freight ?leput, and if
foa find lt exactly"' represented, ttl? greatest ?Ine ron eier saw
.ad fer better thea orrin, sdrrrUted br others at mora moser, pa? tic freig-kt
irnt OUR PRICE S33.50, lees tbs il.00 deposit, or ?34.50 and
rrebrkleksraee. THE PARLOR CEM hoar or Ibo nott DirtiDLK
AMI bWBKTKST TO.NKD Instramcntd ?rersaadr. ITOU the illustration
shown, which ll cngraTed direct from a photograph you caa form
tome Idea of in beautiful appearance, y nd* fromaclM Quarter
tawed oak or -IT ni nu t na il cs! red, perforated ker '''Pt !al[ poael bod r,
Deaatlful asrqastrr dr jim panela sad rain; other haailtome doecratloas
sad cm ?a mn, e.tier lt tko TEM LATEST ST TLC THE PAULO Ii
(?EM 1B 6 feet high, 4? inches long.2.1 inches wide and welshs 3iO
Rounds. Contains S octswes, lt atop*, as follows : Diapason, Priaelpal,
Bleiaaa, Xelodle, Celeste, Cremona, Bass Coupler, Trrbl. Coapltr,
Dlspseon ferle sad Toz Hunui; 3 OrlareCouplers, 1 Toa? 6**11,
1 Ursad Orran Swell, 4 Sets af Orchestral Tosed Keionalorj Pipo
q.alltr Reeds, 1 Set uf ll Pore 3weet Melodie Reed., 1 Srt ur 37
rharnlngir UrilUaal Mest, needs, 1 Set of 24 nlrb Bellew Smooth
Dlapasoa Reeds, 1 Set of Pleader Soft Melodiosa Principal.
Herds. THE PARLOR CEM action consists of tho ~
Celebrated Sewell Reede, which are only used In tho high
ea' gradi InstnimonU: flited with llaeaaaoad Cooplrri and
Toa Masaaaa, also best belie felts, leather?, etc., bellows
of the best mbber cloth, 3-plr bellows flock and finest
leather in TOITCS. THE PARLOR GEM 1? furnished
with a lOxIt bereled plate French mirror, nickel plated
pedal frames, and cverj modern Improvement. VT*
rn reith free a kaadsocae o rf sa ?tod aad tb? best orge* lattrne
ilsa book pc till.?,d.
GUARANTEED 25 YEARS. R'HlffZ
issue a written binding Sfj-ycar guarantee, by the
tormsand conditions of which ll any part R?TCS oat
repair lt free af char?. Try lt one month and we will
refund your money if y ou are not p erf cctly satisfied. 600
of these organs will be sold at S33.00. OUDEK
AT ONCE. WON'T DELAY.
OUR RELIABILITY IS ESTABLISHED ??g
dealt with us ask yourneighborabont us, write
thc publisher o? thia paper or Metropolitan
ration al Sank, or Corn Nat. Bank, of Chicorro;
or Connan Exchange Bank", Kew York ? or any |
railroad or oxpreis company In Chicago, we
kare a capital of o??r ?700,000.00, occupy entlro
one ot the largest business blocks in Chicago,
and emploT ncarlT T.OOO noonie in oar owa J.
litilldlng. 'WE Pru. OttilASS AT 80:.CK- sad cpt <S?
Pl titos, iMH.OO and api also ererythl'-tr in muslCw instruments at lowest vholesalo prices. Write for freo t
or^an, plano and mukicaMnstnunont catalogue. Address, (Sean, Itoahoek A Co? aw thoraaghly roUaMo.-&Utcr. j
f? RS 9OE0UCK ?c CC One), Fulton, Deaplainesand WaymanSt*., CHICAGO, ILL.
StiWD ?wO MOWEY SSL?Si
B8A0CDR0P CABINET IURDI?I SEW 1X9 MAOWHE t>J/reiset fcDinble? to esanloa
t?.,?. Toucan examine lt at your nearest freight depot and if focad
perfectlyiattw.fi ??7,os_li ?BWBastaWWel asat>liaes??fci??nfhaia?II
sa hlfbss 880.00, and TUS GKK1TX3T BARGLklS TOI
???S8?*gi!? Special Offer Price $15.50
and frolght chartres. Alaohlno wolgiie ISO pounds end tficfrolnht will
,\? cents for?och 600.Kile?. -fl|V? -fT-74<IEt.MONTHS*-TBIAL in
uu .toa, nr ag.
iMaasT?et at SS. M. ]
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*^r?klS? ^??a-w'forthis DBor LKSK CAJJIS? BCMIciS
RsV?i?i ?.t-?lae erer offered by SCOT h ou ac.
SlW^RE OF IMITATION ? who'c^o"..
.cments,oirerlng nekoowa ataehlnes Under Tarlous names, wi'thtariooila
p?on^ Qyp^Q |*Q " 3 ?
SS&JPSZ BODKB?-IIPnOTEJfEXT,
?IE5! 6t?0? P<JIXT 0F -TER? HIGU
GRJ??. ??CHW- JUDE, WTTH THE
DEFECTS' OF SO.TK. Mode by the
beat maher? In America,
fsfroni thc best material mgney
can bny.
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; SOLID QUARTER SAWED OAK DROP?tSXCABiKET,pi?a.porfc-Md.
'??SSSTl?SSnSSSSl , . , .?Unc Illustration shows machino
, closed (bead dropping from sight) *> bo ueed as a center tablo, stand
L or?^k, *H o'heropen with full leV6h tallie and head to place for
? ?ewing. 4 fsner drawers, Islett 10OO akrleton frame, carred, panclc?. em
rd and decorated cab net finish, flnc-t nickel drawer pulls, rests cn four
bossed i
rasters, adjustable treadle. genoinoSmy?"h?ron stand!
pulls, rests cn four
I lacet larc? nigh Ar
alehel trimmed,
attel?es mseblae made
C 'JA RA M. TE ED the VlTTlnajaaiar-ai!,! imtSSiiU wm.
-rj known attsekmeat ls farnltbed ond our Freo Zt>
Btructtoo Book tells Just how anyone can mn lt aod ,j0 cjtb , * ia'
_ "Hj?J*>*t .? ?O.Tears? Ulndlng Ooarantecis sentwlth every nwhl^l
^IT COSTS YOU NOTHING Ir""1""1"1*1'*"^ w
$ that you arc saving Ko.oo Sl&S?&
.Addres?, SEAR&Bi?OEM?CK & CO. (Inc.) Chicago, III/
?.00, and then If eonTlnccd
7 TO nm-HX TOL'R SU.&0
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The Cleanest and Best Made.
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ta
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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY,
Are Furnishing to the H
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OSE VALLEY XXX, AA^A^A S
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