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carries His ShinbOne in His Pocket.

Did you know was peLsionerf"
said Mr.. Sam Arnold, Of the Coiet-
t,r's c6i,e. u draw Sl4 per month
from the government. |. was shot OF
June l, 1868. Of Gzttysbnre wy
shinbone Was alp,e.- Carried away
aad I ;<as taken prisoner. Ihs
wor ID did not heal until the other
day. Mark Belt, yoa know him. won
the drinks for blg crowd over at TIE
Planters one day by betting that he
could produce man who carried MS
shiubone in his pocket. was the
man. had about six. inches OF the
bone and carried it as prevention
of rheumatism or sOmsthlng OF tb'
kind.--St. LoetiS Post D!spoteh
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
A Wild Woolly Woman in Eastern
KerShaW.

! A report comes to US that the PEG
pie of the Tilles's Ferry section OF
Lynches Creek are greatly excited at
this lime over the rumor that therf1
is wild woman wandering around
in that neighborhood. Some persons
! who claim to have seen her, cay thai
she is very black, end that her body
ia covered with long, black, woolly
hair also, that her appearance and
actions are wild and savage in the
extreme. She is very shy and will
not allow two people to approach her
at time, but if one person is alone
she will attack them at once. beatlpg1
and biting them in a fearful manner.
Two men went out recently to car.'
tula her, but up to nigbtfall nothing
had been seen Of her. 1t was aug
gested that they light fire and camp
out, thinking that the light might
attract her attention and induce her
to come to it. After waiting some
time, one Of the men concluded that
be wonld 20 on home. Shortly after
he left, the woman made her appear
apce and Immediately attacked the
man at the FIRE. He did his best at
fighting, but he was no match for her.
He waa beaten and bitten in fearful!
manner. At last he got chance to
run away, and he did it in quick time.
Fear lent speed and strength to his.
limbs, enabling him to ont run his
enemy, although she is said to be very
swift Of foot.
This last act has increased the e1-
citement, and many persons it is said'
are afraid to travel alone now. A
party is being made up to hunt her
d ,wn and If ct her capture if posi-
b Z. Lynches creek swamp is her hid
ing place, and she remains there un
I'll nlghtfall when she starts out in
search Of something to eat. When
last seen, she was said to be eating a
piece Of a hog that she had just killed.
We will report the success of the
hunting party as soon as we learn of
it. This information was given 10 us
! by a gentleman from that neighbor
haod -CnmdtN Journal.
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GOOD FRIDAY.

"Commune with your own healt, and
in your chamber, and be still. l."-Ps. iv.
4;%rayer Book version.
Cast thee to earth all stubbornness
Of human will,
And, bending lowly in thy solitude,
"Be still p
It is day of solemn gloom and grief
4 day of tears
Tesrs, which will bring the sin-sick soul
relief,
And calm it's fears
1t is day OF dread, unmingled wrath.
A day of love,
A day Of darkness-yet OF glorious light,
Light from above.
We toll not with the Master now
His tolls are Ger
He's fighting the last fight, His Holy
Brow
All bathed in gore !
High lifted up the precious Lamb we see
'Twlxt Heaven and earth;
The PRICE of Peace, Emmanuel, Is lie
OF neither worth
The anguish throes o: earth, each guilty
soul
With terror ILL
All the wide heavens have put sackc!oth
"Be stilll'
Thick darkness settles like pail around
The shameful scene;
The voice OF wrath in dreadful thunder
sounds,
The lightnings CLEAN:
The fearful tragedy is closing fast
On Calvary's hill
Oh, list that meek Ones agonized gasp
"Be still
my God, my God, why leav'st Thou me-"
He cries,
With dying breath.
Louder the thunder rolls, tbs almost DER,
This strife with death
Beneath the Cross, o Christ, ! humbly
bend
May the red tide
With which the mortal life is gushing ont
From Thy dear side,
Cleanse me from SINS dark stain,
From evil save,
And gain for me glor Gus crown
Beyond tie grave.
"Tis 6nished"-eacb angelic harp
With jpy doth thrill -
With trembling awe while Christ yields
up the Ghost
"Be still"
II in Parish Visitor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
Improved Cattle in the state.
fcor. Ne,os and Courier.

lCoT. Ne,os and Courierl
SENECA CRY, March 9-While at
Seneca l saw small herd of Holetein
cattle owned by M. W. Coleman.
This is comparatively new breed
for the South, as he told me that, out
side of his, the only registered stock
of this kind in the State was owne'i
BY Mr.. Breuer, o. Charleston. They
are bred extensively in the Northwest,
Middle and Eastern States, where
they have proven to be the best com.
bination cows known. They are as
large as the aaor. hsrnL Durham }nd
will give more milk, andof superior
quality. than the Ayershire. They
are considered the best cheese cattle
in the world, and for the yoke. and
shambles certainly they cannot be ex-
celled\
In addition to this herd of fine
stock 1 had the pleasure of seeing a
few fine Jerseys owned by L. w. Jor-
dan. he has at the head of his herd
"Nat Ham nond," No. GOES, which
he claims ie ae fine a bred animal as
can be found in the South. His two
heifers, to say the least, are beautiful
and to be appreciated must be seen.
They were bought in Mas achuaetts
last fall, and their pedigrees show
them to be we'll bred. 1t is seldom
one sees three finer animals.
There is quite boom in the build
ing line here, no lees than nine build
ines of large size now being in the
course Of erection. One is astonished
by the rapid growth Of this place. At
the same time it can readily be &C
counted for by the energy, enterprise
and thrift Of the inhabitants. With
two frst class hotels, delightful
mountain climate and the purest
water, Seneca City, as a summer resort
will compare favorably with any
place. T. D.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

The WHIpp1Ne P.:sT The Green.
vile Nescs says we echo it's call for
the economical, expeditions, effective,
handy and generally satisfactory
whipping post, and further says, many
of its esteemed contemporaries at the
North wall for the revival of the
same relic of a healthy barbarism in
which the back of the rogue or brute
was not spared to the cost of. honest
men. We will have it in thecourse
of years when hurbug is less of q
predominating force, mawkish senti
ment has ceased to rule the land, and
the short haired women and long
haired men have gone to JOIN the dodo
True as preaching, brother, and to
that end let US continue to labor.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

a GRAND OLD C1TY.-D .ton Cit'
zen: Augusta wants the rlxt State
Fair. and we are in favor Of her hav.
ing il. Augusta is one Of the most
enterprising citiee in the South, but
she, unlike some of her neighbors, is
too modest to be all the while brag-
eing and clustering about it. LIE,
the next fair be held there by all
means, and thus give the citizens oi
Georgia q, opportunity to see what 8
wide.awaks, grand old city Augusta
ia.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
The Romance of MIR. stephens Life.

In one of the early years OF the
'40s Mr.. Stephens, then a young man
pail a visit to the home Of Mr.. OAR
den, in Warren county. There he
met faxen-haired, blue girl OF
sixteen, beautiful in face and lovely
in character; piquant, witty and
gifted with mind rarely cultivated.
An attachment grew up, which tor
years did rot pass the formal bounds
of friendship, but which was sacredly
cherished by both. The boy lover
was poor in this worlds goods; fragile
in frame, and harrassed by sickness,
he did not dare to aspire to the hand
Of one whom he had learned to love
and yet forebore to claim. With wom-
anly devotion the young girl read the
secret in the young mans 8 eyes, and
true to her heart she could oply-
wait and love.
One evening in 1949 party was
given at the residence Of Mr.. Little,
in Crawfordville. There the two met
once more; there they enjoyed that
sweet communion born of perfect
trust; and there Mr.. Stephens found
courage to speak the words which for
years had fought expression, until at
last he could no longer contain them.
"Are you sure there liv-s none
other whom you prefer to me p asked
the maiden tjaidly, half shrinking ly,
yet only too@appy to feel that she
vas favored in his eyes.
"Iu the whole universe there exists
not another" said he pasaionately.
Thus their troth was plighted; the
day wac set for their marriage; and
all seemed auspicious f r the lovers.
But clouds lowered DER their hopes !;
matters of private nature which 1t
ls not within the domain of the pub
lie to know, intervened and deferred
the fruition Of their hopes The one
became immersed in politics, and
racked With physical ills hesita ed to
enter a state where he feared the
happiness OF the other might be mar
red. The lady found her duty by
the side Of an invalid mother, who
long fingered with con6ning disease
Thus the years few by; but the
plighted troth was kept. Mr.. Ste
phens never addressed another, and
even kept the image Of the fair young
girl in his heart. The lady was the
recipient of admiration from many
Int to all che turned a deaf ear.
TheyAkaye, often met since and
swhiIs. siaa nj. .,N-.; ~
A Bed, they felt sweet pleasure in
others society. But two weeks
ago the lady was at the Mansion and
on taking leave Of her old friend
one Of the chairs tripped up, an un'
favorable sign, as the Governor re-
marked at the time, The lady has
for years been a citizen Of Atlanta
and no one is held in more esteem for
every quality which ajorns woman
hood than Miss Caroline Wilkinson
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
silk HandkerchiefS and Sore
Threats.

Sore throa!s vanish when encircled
in ailk handkerchief. This is estab-
lished beyond peraaventure. The
erandmotbers knew all about this a
hundred years ago. Thev believed,
too, that silk would cure all other dis
eases, and some Of them thought it
would heal q broken leg if only takeh
in time" We do not 90 30 far as that
but we know that silk will absorb and
store electricity as readily as a Leyden
jar. It forms an essential curtain for
the electric cylinder, and rubbed with
quicksilver, has mysterious power
that imparts force to its retention
The curative force Of silk is due to ita
electricity, and the medical faculty
recommend silken hose al d shirts for
thousand diseases. As we are not
professional, we only take silk by the
throat, and know its wonderful powers
We will give sure receipt: When
YOU have the throat trouble, give 6
nice clean silk handkerchief to your
sweetheart. with request to tie il
| around your neck. II you are no
cured, or choked by tender hands. W.
have made mistake. The more e1
pcnsive the handkerchief the sure
the cure, because your pet takes Fl
long to examine the quality and ge
it just right, 80 it won't hurt. Try !
and go home cured. We expect sill
handkerchiefs will advance in price
when this matter ls understood =
DRY Goods Bulletin
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

"Dr. Haygooni stated before the
Indianapolis Social Union that the
universal and invariable mode Of bap-
+ism practiced in the Greek, Armenian
and Syrian churches is immersion
As a religious rite they are able tc
trace it back to the days of the apos
tles Indiana Buptist.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

Critical study OF the Bible ls not
only right, utneedful. "Over-anxiety
about It, however, and overmuch ab-
sorption in it, are real evils. Of %ha,
avail is it for us to have the Book, ii
we have not the Christ whom the
Book reveals ?"-N Y Evangelist.
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aYmpatbY fo9 tEe d

.<|/'|'-3
cir impruience or bad management
5Gt the fact is most Of oar rich man
lot start hefore the war Or built up
Of the ruins of it before society with
Us extra7aganceH got hold cf EN-
fhsy couldent DO it now. | know
,ta OF rich men who # they were to
tose their fortunes couldn't start now
and make another. They think they
.ould, but they coulden'; mankind
IRE too smart and too sharp now for
sAold fashioned man to stand any
,aance. He would get licked up 10
lis first experiment. Money make
money and money can keep money
fter it is made, but there is elim
ihance now Tor a young man to make
honey and save it and keep in guu
Iaof Of society. He can bottle him
klf up and remain bachelor ami
I'm his back on society and aacdmu
| tAe fortune, but the trouble is that
lIost of EN- 1t to marry and ought
marry, and if he bottles himself
and spends nothing and dresses
iccimrnon he is not the sort OF man the
hdrls are waiting for. And 30 if ne
Irslends freely and rides around, ne is
tt 10 get married, and then comes
tuse rent and servants b re and
|othes according, aud he squeezes
Nong and is always on astrain. There
Ie mighty few getting rich now
|.ys, but when a man does get a
Esrt, be can get richer than they
dssd to. A half a million now /:
bout what 6tty thousand dollars
lsed to be. But the average man Il
9k going to get rich, and l reckon
j lie the common lot, and therefore
IL ia all right, Nobody ought to dis
s!Eess himself about it, or banker nj
.4t,r money, but somehow | cant helE
Wishing that our common people "er'
s.little better of. l wish they 0Sei
BIT of debt and had a little, ahead
list start. Why the ve y best pet
Els I'know are abop4 the poorest az
Birding to their. position in aoclet!
} took at our preachers. They don
|ankest sfteg money nor luzur'es' O'
.s1EN are entitled to a reasonable L, IL
!. ifng. I told man the other da
II about man who had got rich, an
IS be said he always knowcd he was
S shiftv cuss. The preachers don't b
long to that class. They are u
shifty. wonder what is tie matt
81 with the churches. They are alws
+ behind. II amt one in tea that pa
the preacher what they pr0m''
| There is always a balance to lap ov'
and the laps are never paid. 1
church wants repairs, and there is
money TO do it with. l d0nt kn'
~ much about the cities nor about
the towusin the State, but | know
but one town thai has nice church
s all paid for and we'll furnished a
that pays the preachers all II
promise, and that town is the u
little village Of Acworth. All
rsst that know are struggling aIo
begging and pleading aud hoping
do better next year. / know ths
is mighty hard to keep up tour
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

The parers very kindly tell tie
moor msn how to make q nourlsh!ng
soup out o. small piece OF meat. If
they would Only tell him how 10 get
tbe meathis wife would he much mora
obliged.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
A bachelor and spirster who ha'

A bachelor and a spipster who had
been achoolrates in youth and were
about the same age metin after years
and the lady CHANGING to remark that
men live great deal faster than
women" the bachelor returned: Yes,
Mariah. The last time we met We
were each twenty four years old.
Now I'm over forty, and l hear you
haven't reached thirty yet" They
never met again.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

Women ere such queer creatures
that no man can II derstand them.
Indeed, it has heen generally conceded
that tie only way to find woman
mt is to call when she is not in.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

"JuIla, my little cherub, when
does YOUR sister Emma return
Jul;a-"I don't know" " Didn't she
SAY anything before she went away
Julia" She said. il yen came to aes
ber, that she'd gone til! doomsday.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

Tie Open Door, a General Baptist
paper in favor Of open communion,
has gone down. '-Fcg Yer, and
the practice of open communion If
going the same way.--BoptsSt Cleaner
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
What a Graded school Is.

Says an exchange: There are very
few people who know exactly what a
graded achool is. We will try to ex.
plain. Say, for instance, there Y
100 .Lolars. Usder thsxSld SCI
! hlaaia,,,a,,as we are
'isst these u
Now, tesch r principal y
ded school exz&;nes each of
100 scholars and. Classics them. IS
of them, for Instance, are equally
far advanced. They ere put in room
No. !, and under a separate teacher
The next ten OF twelve, or whatever
number as the case may be, according
to the proficiency, are put in ano her
room under another teacher, aad SO
on until all are classified according to
their proficiency. When a pupil aP.
plies for admission to graded gchool
be or she IS examined and sent tc
whatever room he or aho may be
qualified to enter. There are sepa
rate teachers for each room. In some
of the ward schools in Northern cities
there are rs many a twenty different
rooms and teachers and as many al
one thousand pupils
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

Men wLo have money to loan take
the greatest possible interest IN their
business.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

P. S.-You will fiEd all kinds Of Eata-
bles and Drinkables at Durisoe & Co.'S.
Drug Stoze. "Aad d9a't you forget IT."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

S-Ynu will find all kinds OF Eatn-
bles and Drinkables at Durisoe q 10 s.
Drug Store. "And don't you forget II.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22

A Michigan horse ate ten pounds
Of starch without feeling very much
stuck up.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1883-03-22
BILL ARP,
On Riches. Preachera, Etc.

I don't hear of many folks getting
! rich. l don't know Of but few who
are making more than good talr
Living, and there's t n to one VINO are
\ powerfully sc:ouged to do that. The
majority OF mankind are always on q
! strain. Most o! 'em work hard
asnough, but somehow they can't get
8ahead, and a good many are in old
3Plunket's fix who said he was even
with the world for he owed about as
& much as hc dideut owe. The average
{ .mily man is hard y1n. There's
nobody perishing or freezing, in this
kgunny land, and very lew falks board
eog at the poor house, bat still there
i. general struggle going on in the
>wn and in the country. Moss eve
~ body is in debt more or leas. and
$wtat one crop don't pay has to lap
Ae7er on the next. The merchants
spay that money is awful tight right
Anow, and reckon it is. I'm sorry
3for the merchants, for as q general
3tuing money is their sole dependence.
M he hasant got any money ne ia q
institution, and that is where
Ahe advantage Of being 8 farmer comes
{; IL. He can be out Of ofmoney and still
Aqueeze along, for he has corn and
theat and sheep and hogs and chick
ems, and don't have to wear store
,thes lo any great extent, and his
@children can wear their old ones a
+ long time and go bare headed and
E bare footed when there no company
,kround. Towr folks have to dress
{better and dress pftener, whether they
8 Gan pay for EN- or not. But 1t is
Enard time all round to make liv
ing, and l don't know exactly what
Sis the matter. The average family is
Spot extravagant. They understand
&the situation at home and try to Goa
aSefm, but it lovks like they are Just
4obleeged to fudge little and 90 III
debt, and then the misery begins.
Vhen the good man gets bis mail
Wfrom the post office, he is most afraid
EAo5pen it for fear Of a dun. Theea
@iarned little just debts, as Sam Nc
.arney used to call EN-, hang around
- slkaa aLadow. The four Dis are
s1ty close kin-debt, duns, death
& the devil-and one is nearly as
ome as the other. A man who
}ss born rich and managed to keep
or man who was born poor and
gotten rich don't know much
.<<Iffr:;|> ! \ 4 h.-FSrT-77
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MACHINERY DEPOT!
w. j Pollard,
73l 734 and 736 Reynolds Street, Augusta, Ga.

m stock Of Machinery Betting Steam hing
lin the following:
1GN COTTON PRESSES -, 49,, co-s..o.
US GINS with Feeders and Condnse
STANDARD SCALES, all sizes and patterns
ALBOTT d ENGINES II F. upward
COOPER g. r upward
" G. AROWELL& & GRAIN SEPARATOR. all Sizes
Gill. GRAIN SEPARATOFS, all Sizes
ERIHEI'S the ightest
~ MostTho Pulzerzers Used
REATERS-Snge
APERS-SinRle
NOW ERS Combined
REAPERS and BINDERS Combined
independently will
~ bind a 1t is cut
JOIINSTON HARVESTER CO. MOWERS
MOWERS.
iaCE LEATHER, HOOKS and RIVET
WHISTLES, GOVERNORS, INSPlRATORS
CtECK. ANGLE. PEET and OTHER VALVES
other Steam Fittings used
Purchasers cordially invited call New Once NO lsl REYNOLDS
tho most complete stoA o so"'u o ~
''s'' ''F'' ~ w. J. POLLARD.
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Observation-Disclosures.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-03
Stalls Wins.

One of the mysteries in railroad OPP
erations is that so much is done in the
way of counting the non-paying theat-
rical business. A reporter Glanced to
be in one Of the local outside Offices
when one of those cheeky advance
agents Of theatrical troupe came in.
The first thing he called for was Il rail
way guide, the looking over Of which,
laying out his rOute for @ couple OF
weeks, occupied fully fifteen minutes.
He then began to talk business. His
first request was a pass for himself and
his photographer to o point 3S4 miles
away, with a dozen stop-O1is Then,
In q few days his programme distribu
tor would be along, and he wished
pass for him and some $50 pounds of
baggage Then, at the same time, there
would be boxes weighing 1900 pounds,
which he wished sent through to the
terminus of the route laid out, free
This was all consented to. The adj
vance agent then remarked chat there
was 20 cents a day storage on the last
named box, which he wished the local
agent would arrange with the baggage
men TO throw of. He then asked for an
order for the treasurer of the troupe
for thirteen tickets, in which the amount
q cent per mile for each) would be
stated. Then the matter Of connection
was brought up, and it was found nee
essary TO hold the train thirty to forty
Ninutes at three points, that they might
fulfill their engagements. This was all
arranged. Then the advance agent re-
marked that their scenery was bulky
and probably it would be necessary to
put it on a special car to carry it. Just
then sturdy farmer, who proposed to
emigrate to q Kansas point, came in,
stating that himself and his wife, and
his wife's sister and seven children were
to emigrate there and he wanted the
lowest rates. The local agent named
the rate, which was % cents per mile
per head, carried this side of the BIS
souri, river, and an arbitrary rate was
added On the west side. Here the bag
gage question came up, and Il was
found that it would cost him SIS to oct