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A. WARDS KANGAROO.
The Great Humorist's Presen, to an
 Editor--A Valuable Souvenir.
Nchanee


 CIV people who have laughed over Artemus Wards works, or who have seen hlm upon the platform with his pet tied to the leg of the table before him, have forgotten his moral kangaroo" of which he once said. |" IL would make you laugh to hear the little cuss jump up and saueal.'. Yet there are not nifty men in the county, outside of Cleveland. who know that this fa,aous kangaroo is alive and well to-day, and is tenderly housed and cared for by one who is never tired ottalking of the days he spen, in com p1ny with the quaint humorist. whose memory is kept forever green in the Pknn Dfaie1 establishment.
 When Ward decided 10 go 10 Europe upon his last and fatal visit. he deter mined to permanently house his pc, kan garoo Tn quarters where il would be sure ot kind treatment and good care for the rest ct lis lie. Securing such refuge required some diplomacy. but Ancmus was equal to the task. One day. during 4 visit to Cleveland, he called upon his eld friend and companion. George Hoyt. the associate editor of the Dl.Iy Pllis I}faltl. and sad, after the usual small ,alk: George. we have always been good friends, and on the whole l believe that owe you something"
 Hardly" said Hoyt. remembering some ot Wards practical jokes Taking everything into consideration l believe that owe you half dozen or so.'
 But l am serious. now said Ward. as he took Foyt by the hand II have long had Il in my mind to make you a present of value, something, you know, hat would cause you 10 think of me now and then. when l am away across the water. This comes from the heart, George, and shall feel grieved unless you aceep, it. and treasure it closely and warmly for my sake. want you to take Y, and to get out of it all the good the situation will allow"
 Artemus manner was so earnest that Hoy; mel him half way.
 Al right" he said; " do as you will. old boy, and no more words about it
 You shall hear from me soon." said Ward, as he wrung Hoyts hand and went up street.
 Hoyt heard from him.
 Three hours after Wards departure Superior stree, and halted in front of the old Ph,iH Deake, building. In the wagon was large box with dozen holes bored through the lid. Two men picked it up, and with some difficulty carried it into the editorial room, and deposited it be fore Mir. Hoyt's desk. Packed upon i, was card bearing the following inscrip- ton:
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-04-21
Authorship in Japan.
lS,. James Gazette. ]

The position of successful novelis, does not seem to be nearly so profitable in Japan as it is in England-to judge from what Takixara Rakin, a distin- guished Japanese writer of fiction. says in
 the preface to his novel of :. Okoma,' a French translation of which has just ap- peared. He aouristed" about the time when Scott was purchasing estates with the gains he derived from the Wa veriy series. The oriental novelist's works seem to have been equally popular in JA- pan, yet this is what he tells us: '' Though l have published works enough to fill a room. know of no worse profession than that ofletters. There is none other which so quickly and completely ruins the
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GEORGE HoYr. A present from his best friend,
 Artemus Ward. Take him with my blessing. and may he stick closer than a brother.

With sinking heart Hoyt procured a hatcaet and removed the lid. Inside the box, as demure as a deacon, sat Wards famous kangaroo. Hoyt's first impulse was to nail down the lid and send the box back, with his compliments but, re- membering his promise to accept the gift. he concluded to make the best of the situation, and to give the animal the care and attention which he knew Ward ex- pected it would receive. He accordingly sent the "traveled animal" home, where 1t has rested safe and happy, secure in the affection and regard its owner, and with good housing and plenty to eat.
 saw it few days ago, by Mir. Hoy,'s
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The Arkansaw Valley Route
 IL. R. Nj. R. 3 T. R'v1

Offers ;o the public facilities .neIaalea fer the transportation of freight and passengers to and from all points in Southwest Arkan- a~. Through bills of lading issued by con tracing agents at all the principal cities of the United states. It IS the short line from Little Rock 10 all Southern points Makes connections a, Arkansaw City with the finest steamers plying the Mississippi river. and at Little Rock with ali the lines for the North. East and W est. The equipment of this line IS new and elegant. The track has recently been put in hrst-class order. and passengers will md 1t a mos, pleasant and speedy route to points in the great Cotton Belt of the Ar kansaS and Mississippi valley. Large quan- titles of tbe hnesi farming lands in the world. are for <saie along this route. and no better location Gan be offered immigrants and home seekers. For further information, rates. maps, folders. etc, apply to
 R. D. LEWIS,
 Gen. Freight < Pass. Ags. l. A. WOOpSON,
 General Supt, Little Rock, Ark.
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A Painters Fine Strategy.
Washington Capital.

Mir. Healy, of New York, had. some time since, as subject for portrait. young Southern lady, who came ,o his studio so bedizened with paint and powder, that every characteristic line was o5lterated. Mir. Healy was. ot course. in a dilemma. He could not order the girl to go and wash her face. He would lose his com mission. and he was too polite a gentle man. He could not lay the same paint on canvass that there was on her face il, would not be satisfactory To the family. When the sketch was lined in. he rose from his seat. sat down beside his sub- iect, and kindly asked her if she was feeling as well as usual. Surprised. of course. she replied that she was. But, Miss Jones, you walked from your hotel did you not." "Yes." And you came hurriedly up stairs, without stop ping to rest::" Why, yes. of course" !" " An. yes. Miss Jones; but, you see. though you may not be feverish. you have exerted yourself so severely that there IS so much color in your face that fear II would mislead me. Now, to- morrow. ify you will be so good. please bathe your cheeks in cool water, the las, thing; come in close carriage. and stop and rest yourself upon the sofa you will md on each landing. In that way am sure we shall have no more trouble. ]" His speech had the desired effect. The fain, flush on her face when she came. the next day. was perfectly natural, and did not al all retard the picture.
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Eating With the Knife.
New York News.

At Heidelberg. writes correspondent of the London .Ns';.s. an English friend once dined at the table d'hete. and. being seated opposite to young man who wore the bandage of the corps across his breast, he could no, help noticing the ex- ,raordinary manner in which this young man took his meal. At first he admired him for the skillful manner Tn which he managed his knife. which necessarily passed from his plate 10 his mouth. heavily laden, as 1t was. with green peas. But when the student. having finished his meat, took up his gravy with the knife. the Englishman began to feel his blood boil within him. Pudding with apple sauce followed, and the student operated with his dcsser-knte just as he had done with the larger knife. Bu, the English man could control himself no longer
 In hoarsc whisper he addressed his s'is-a-sis. saying: You wll cut your mouth open if you don't leave of eating gravy with your kniie.a The student looked up and answered: What is that to you? can cut my mouth open to my cars. for all you have right to in- terfere." Oh, nonsense" sad the Eng lishman, coolly you can't expect de cent person to let you butcher yourself at dinner " "Oh. but l can though. and you shall see. Drummer lunge,' With that the student rose and left ,he room
 Drummer lunge. (s,upid fellow ' signifies as much as challenge. When the students seconds came to arrange details with the Englishman. he was terribly sur prised al the serious consequences of what he had deemed most natural re- mark. He offered ,o apologize. and did all in his power to have the matter arranged, but he did not succeed and on his way ,o the tDsting-piaee he said to his seconds: "lt Is a dreadful shame that should have to kill this young man because he does not know the proper use of his knife and fork. Sill, it would be just as unfair to let him kill me-
 The Englishman intended firing in the air if he had the second shot. bu, chance was averse to him. He had the right to shoot 6rst-thc aim was deadly, the young Teuton fell without groan.
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It was Chauccr who appropriately said " There is nothing new but what has once been old" Chaucer evidently knew hash when he saw it, Foakeys S!akssmaa.
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Arkansaw Steam Dye House. OFFICE THIRD ROCK STREETS,
 (Oid Arkansas HouxeI

(Old Arkansas Hcuse.)
 Mi dye all eolors on every fabric. SILK dyelng speciality. Gents clothing dyed and cleaned. Repairing done by the best Of ,aiiors. Nill make your OLD clothes look like NEW. Our colors will not rub of or run. Hats dyed, cleaned and repaired. Cor responcence solicited oul of the city.
 Al. GARDEN, Proprietor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
Scientific Farming.
Au0,tStu Chronicle,

Mr.. J. A. G. Jones, of Trenton, South
Carolina, is a scientific farmer. He
enters the lists this year as contest.
ant for the prize offered by B. F.
Avery & Sons for the greatest yield
OF cotton on three acres. Mr.. Jones
is now preparing the plat which he
has selected for the trial. 1t was in
cotton last year, making a 500 pound
bale per acre. In the Old water fur.
rows be opens and strews fifteen bush
els green cotton seed, and on that one
hundred and fifty pounds Etiwan, No.
2, per acre, and beds it out. Before
planting he will run furrows across
the beds: in these burrows he will
sprinkle a liberal supply oflot manure
and on that one hundred and fifty
pounds of Etiwan No. l, per acre,
and cover with two light burrows. At
the intersection of the manured fur
rows the seed will be dropped by
hand, and will be thinned down to
two stalks to the hill giving as stand
something over seven thousand plants
per acre. This cross manuling is a
novel idea and certainly will furnish
the extra >stimulant the young plant
needs, and the conservative influence
required by the large growth. Mr..
Jones will trust himself alone to do
t--uOel.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
A Word About Willard with a
lItiCal Moral.

Ex.Chief J istice Willard is G
Quoting the case for the GoVernns
To see this man, with his com9&
ing abilities and honored as h9
been by the people of South q
as q paid tool OF the United -
Government to prosecute the s
people who, against principle, hond
him, is a sight at once pitiable
contemplate. If he were under
obligations to the white people of
State, OF if he was the district at
ney, there would be some excusel
his action, but he acts in the tsst}
these obligations as paid voldn
The pity is that he was ever
Justice OF South Carolina by thet
of a Democratic Legislature. MI
Never desert principle for poliT
Pee Dee index. Z
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
The Outrage Condemned.

The Columbia correspondent of the
News and Courier, speaking Of the
outrageous conduct Of the government
in the eff rt to get up new political
trials, says;
The white people Of the State may
az well make up their minds that
they have to undergo another such
ordeal as that through which they
passed last spring. The trials in
April will show the same unscrupu-
lousnees Oh the part Of the United
States department of injustice. North
ern men spending the winter in Co.
lumbia say that if the people of New
England were treated as those Fair
field Democrats were treated last
week they would rise up and lynch
their prosecutors. They regard the
patience and fol beasance Of our peo'
pie under the tyrannies of Brewster
and Melton as phenomenal. They
would not permit at home, they say,
arrests to be made on such evidence
as that produced in the Monticello
case. Ofcourse not. 1t is only the
rebellious Red shirts Of South Care.
lima who are patient and don't get
credit for it. I am fold that in New
Hampshire United States deputy
marshals have been appointed only
once in number Of years, and that
only for one township at an election.
Brewster could not do at home what
he does here. The States Of the North,
I am told, would not allow such IL
reference with their elections.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
nc @raniteyille Sui.

The Aiken Joagn.., .,,d r,r;e,,
publishes the notice from the AnguSts
Chronicle in reference to the suit of
the Voolfolk heirs for the land upon
which the town Of Graniteville and
the Graniteville Factory stand and
says: "We are informed that the
above suit has been Instituted and
pending since the year 1879, but the
case was not docketed until last court.
The suit was instituted for the plaintiffs
by Messra. Abney, Croft and Jor.
dan The answer Of the company was
filed by Henderson Bros. and J. P.
Carroll. The company claimed that
they have undisputed legal titles to
the property, and besides, that they
have been in possession Of it since the
year lS46. A. the last term of court
the presiding Judge ordered the plain
tiffs to give security for costs in the
amount of $500 by the Goth Of March,
or else that the complaint be dismiss
od -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
For the Advertiser.
Working County Roads.

Now il the season, says the Industrial
South, for fair estimate and a proper ap-
preclation Of the advantages Of good coun-
ty roads over the disadvantages Of bad
county roads. To say nothing of the dis
comfort and danger of the long exposure
of the drivers of teams hauling on bad
county roads during the winter months.
the gain in time saved and in quantity
carried. ought 10 be a sufficient considera-
ton to induce every rejecting man living
in the country to agree to unite in any
reasonable movement for the improve
ment of the public roads OF his county.
The same reason that brought the rail-
roads into existence, ought t, bring the
county roads into the best possible con-
dition that can be made consistent with
the necessary cost. The railroad car is
quicker, greater in capacity, and cheaper
as means OF transportation than the old
wagon which it has superseded; and so.
too, a we'll graded, well drained, and, if
practicable, well-sraveled county road
will be found similarly superior TO the old
road in old condition, with ruts, and holes.
and steep hills requiring four horses to do
the work Of one, and consuming a whole
day when four or five hours, on good
road, would be ample.
This is serious question Of economy,
in '7hich the interests of farmers are much
mc:e deeply involved than all farmers
may supp9se. And, although men en-
gagged in agriculture are exceptionally
slow in new movements, they are never
theless men Of clear heads and practical
intelligence, and the day is not distant,
we hope, when, after carefully estimating
the coat and reasonably computing the
profits, they will get to work earnestly in
cooperation for improving their county
roads wherever improvements are needed
CITIZEN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
Death of Col. BARLEY N. Blocker.

The Waynesboro Herald. of Burke
County. Ga, thus announces the death
OF an Edsefeld man Of high and honored
lineage, and who leaves behind MIN. in
his native county. troops Of warm and
kindly-remembering friends:
We have Just learned that Col B. NJ.
Blocker died at his home in this county
on Sunday Last. The Colonel was man
OF peculiar views, Was good citizsn and
stancb. friend, and one Of those positive
characters that always encounter opposi-
tion in their pathway through life. Do
scended from the best people Of South Car
olina, a fact which he never forgot, he was
afflicted with propensity to have his
fun out of everybody around him, Mr.
B. was not q popular Liam, But even those
who did Lot admire him in life will accord
to his memory their admiration for genu-
inc clever heart and his sterling honor as
a man. The county has lost good citi-
zen and his friends .stanch ally.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
The Pudding Well Proved.

Those who voted against tho Stock
Law have proved the pudding and now
warmly approve it. AS consequence
Of this law many waste places have been
reclaimed, which formerly would have
cost too much by reason of the extra
fencing. The cattle and horses have
wonderfully improved, Jersey bulls
having been brought into many neigh
borhoods. Another great advantage has
been made plain in the improvement of
the soil since the trampling Of the stock
las ceased. And very remarkable =, =,
suit of the stock law Is that osL, W."
-'nu '>.'-Tdploly as
s.ogo oSS6hd growth pine will. Tho theory
Of this thing is that formerly the young
oaks were bitten off by the browsing
stock just as SOON as the leaf appeared
above the ground. Now that tho COWS
are kept OFF the oaks are allowed to
spring up and grow. All tbeso circum-
stances have caused land in this county
to qusdruple in value since the resurrec-
ton of the State.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
The Augusta and Knoxville.
The Directors Consult For the Benefit
ofthe Stockholders Efforts to
Pay Interest and Prevent
the Sale of the Road.

An important meeting of directors
Of the Augusta and Knoxville Rail-
road was held in Augusta on Saturday
last.
The object of the meeting was to
consult and confer in reference to
certain propositions preventing the
sale or loss of the road to Augusta.
Efforts have been making on the part
of the directors and capitalists in the
city to pay the interest on the bonds
now past due, and keep the road for
Augusta.
After consultation the finance com.
mittee were empowered to confer with
bondholders and stockholders, and
make such arrangement as would be
satisfactory to all parties and relieve
the embarrassment of the road.
President Verdery, in his report,
showed that the net earnings of the
A. & K since January lst have been
$9,758.56. The number Of bales ct
cotton hauled up to January lst is
l4,Ol5.
The Finance Committee is composed
of fMessrs. E. +. Verdery, W. G. Sibley,
2. MeCord, Charles Estes and Robert
II. May, and they are empowered to
treat for the lease or sale of the road.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
Fire Insurance

lam very quietly representing in Edge
field County the
Liverpool and London and Globe
Insurance Company-thes strongest COM
pany in the world-and
The Continental
of Now York-said to be the strongest
company in the United States. Also the
Virginia Home
of Richmond. These sre Companies that
have we'll established regulations in the
South as reliable and prompt, and are
such as I can heartily recommend to our
people as thoroughly safe. They have
paid in Edgefield and Aiken counties
during the past two CT three years near
ly $4,000 to meet losses, and paid it
promptly.
will not represent "wild cat' Fire
Insurance Company, nor any other that
I do not know to be reliable It is hoped
that our people who are patrons of In
surance Companies, will give these Com
panies an opportunity to redeem some OF
their lost ground, for they are "proHts
minus so far as Edgeiield goes.
Business entrusted with ME in these
companies will receive prompt attention
and 7 will look ciasely after The interest
Of the assured. Write by postal If In
surance is wanted.
Mr.. L. S. Mellichampe will cooperate
with me this year. Call on him at John
ston or myself at Ridge Spring.
Mar. 81, 'S3-2tl5l N. W. BROOKER.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
After the first of October next letter

After the first Of October next letter
postage will be reduced to two cents.
1t is remembered by persons not forty
years old when letter postage was 10
cents for distance Of 500 miles, OF Is
cents for all distances over that. Para.
do1ical as it may seem the cheaper
postage gets the more remunerative
it becomes to the Government. When
it was 10 cents on each letter Congress
was obliged to make appropriations.
For some years past the Post Office
Department has not only been SELF
sustaining but if we mistake not has
paid some revenue to the Government.
-Lo1yensville Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
A Big Fee aud Great Expectations,

We ale told that the Hon. Richard
Crowley, the New York lawyer who
is to assist in the South Carolina po
litical prosecutions next month, is an
intimate friend Of President Arthur.
He was retained as counsel for the
Government in the Buffalo Bank case
last summer, and is said to have man.
aged it 80 we'll that Attorney General
Brewster has given him another job.
The same Washington letter from
which we get this information adds
that Mr.. Crowley's fee "will be q
handsome one, and that 4" he is justi-
fed in expecting some convictions in
the South Carolina election cases this
time.3 tsted o9swhat R. .hs
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
Becoming Popular.

Norman's Neutralizing Cordi
fast becoming one of the most
lar articles in existence. Itsoor
be the sine qua non in every b
hold. Mothers do not hesitej
give it to their children, bsin]
harmless hence its popularity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
The Whole State to be RaiGe

COLUMBIA, S. c., March l4.-I
managers Of election at Benefits
and fifteen other Democrats Of b
boro county were arrested yestel
charged with conspiracy at the
general election. Several del
United States maraha!s left this
to dav for Chester and LapcastI
make further arrests of Democrat
alleged election frauds. The profS
ing officers say that every counf
the State will be searched for J
dence upon Which to convict tlE
cused persons.