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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

from six to twenty or more, with
three dogs curled up on the hearth
in front.
SIN the center of the silent circle
about the fire was a vacant chair
evidently waiting for an occupant.
Everybody seemed to be intently
studying the Pickering flames, and
no attention whatever was paid to
me.
"Good evening" I said, coming
forward a step or two. Il hope you
will excuse me for this in trusion,
but didn't kn ow there was any
body at home, and I thought I'd
just come in and wait for one to
come
"Then I stopped, uneasily for
nobody seemed to care con-
tinental whether I was there or
not, and, / began to feel as a per-
son always does when he begin to
realize that he is getting big dose
of snub right in the neck, However,
I'd been snubbed before, and was,
besides, both hungry and tired,
and I didn't propose to give it up
until I had done my best with
the situation. So I began my speech
again, but before I had said three
words the old man lifted his head
and saw me.
'He didn't speak then either,
but rising slowly, till he looked
like he was about seven feet tall,
.he pointed toward the vacant chair
and nodded for me to take it. And
you should have seen that old
chaps face There was something
in its withered grimnesss and
hairy distortions that made the
blood run cold. Somehow l felt
there was something wrong some
where, and instead of taking the
chair I slipped my hand in my
overcoat pocket and got good
grip on big self-cocking pisctol
which / carried for emergencies.
The old fellow didn't notice this,
however, and turning to the cup
board at his back he took out a
butcher knife, with a ten-inch
blade, as shining as milestone
could make it, and began to chat
ter to himself and glbber like an
idiot.
"By this time was getting very
nervous and made a move to back
outquietly, but it was not to be SO.
The old man, with a shrek, made
a Jump for me with the knife
lifted ready to strike, and before
I knew what to do, or had done.
I had my pistol out and fired, and
the old man was weltering in his
blood at my feet, with a hole in
his forehead big enough to stick
q champagne cork in. Naturally
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

The drummer had a crowd
around him lin the Office of the
country hotel listening to his
stories. -
@The gerH experience I ever
went throngh# he said, happened
about tehy yea ago in in the noun
tain -districtNof Georgia, when I
was doing 8e southern trade, I
tgot lost one digit trying to reach
ia store aboneten miles from the
railroad andsI guess I must have
ridden the poor mule I was on
Eabout twenty-five miles up the
Hcreek and through barren fields,
looking forgsome place where I
could get q shelter and feed. Along
fabout. midnight I caught faint
gleam of light across a meadow,
and made fos it as fast as / could.
1t came through four-paned
window in aog hut hardly big
enough to seco IL immediate an extra
visitor, but sstill better than the
blue canopYof the heavens for a
covering.
$50 I rods up and 'halloed,' as
is the custom of the country, but
failed to get;aresponse; SO / got
down and went to the door, expect
ing every instant a dog or two to
take ME inbut much to my sup
prise IreacRed the door uamolested.
There I knocked and continued to
knock, andsfnally to rattle and
bang, but still no answer. I tried
to see through the window, buta
bit of white curtain shut off the
view and the light was dim and
Pickering, as if from the flames of
an open wood fire smouldering.
Thinking there was no one at home
and as I might as well make my
self comfortable, / found the
latch-string, pulled it for ad-
omission, and in / went. There was
only one9big room, and it was
peculiar andsHt was not vacant.
The beds oppb board, table and
usual frEhiitures 4 Of one Of these
! r,ooartasA castl les were all
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
EVERY DAY.
DAVID BANKS s1ckLr..

Amidlthe tumult of the street
And ceaseless tread Of restless feet;
5 What varied human forms we meet
Every day.
Some burdened with unwhispered woe
Sad secrets God alone can know,
I'VE see them wandering to and fro
Every day.
Some scared by Times decay or blight;
With furrowed brow and fading sight
Who haunt our feet from mornt till nigh,
Every day.
Some swayed by passion deep and
Enkinaied Les, sS,yrsome batning wrong,
Unheeded by. The. .iistiess throng,
Every day.
The lust of power, the greed for gain
Twin tyrants Of the heart and brain
We see the ruin Of their reign
Every day.
The crafty knaves that thrOng the
Robed in the garments Of deceit;
Who breathe to lie and live to cheat
Every day.
And some aspiring to be great,
With beaming eye end heart e!ate,
Scoring the thorny thrusts of fate
Every day.
The youth enthralled by some fond
dream;
Or borne along on fancy's stream;
Relieving all things what they seem
Every day.
The aged tottering towards the tomb,
No light to lift their rayless. gloom,
Nor hope their weary way illume
Every day.
The rich and poor, the old and young,
With silent lip or fluent tongne,
And griefs untold, or joys unsung
Every day.
Thus is the drama of the town,
Some bear q cross or wear q crown;
Until death rings the curtain down
Every day.
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Charles Haddon spurgeon.

.-s- --r va. H- q O. -
Mr.. spurgeon was a man of the
most singular ability of self
marshalling and self-control. In
this respect he always reminded
me of Mr.. Beecher. He seemed
to be absolutely sure of himself
for any Or moment occasion. AT
once his powers would gather
themselves in exact order, and he
could call on this or that at will,
as it was needed. l once said to
Mr.. Beecher, "It cannot be called
a labor for you to preach" aNo,"
he said, sit is only a kind of
involuntary labor" That same
singular. ability of powers at once
in hand was evident in Mr..
|spurgeon. His pulpit preparations
were always just before each
service. He once said to me that
if he were appointed to preach on
some great occasion six months
beforehand, he should not think at
all of preparation for the duty un-
til just as the time struck-he
would occupy himself about other
things. This surprising power of
quick self-con'rol and marshall
ing of powers gave him a perpetual
consciousness of ease. He had
never the fear that he would not
be equal to the time. He knew
that when the moment came he
would be ready: so instead of
being strained and anxious, his
mind was in a beautiful openness
for whatever might now in upon
it. And yea, especially in his
earlier years, after his PREPARATION
had been made, and just as he
was about to confront the throngs
he knew were gathering to listen
to him, he used to have the most
fearful nervous anxiety, almost
convulsions. He told me once
that for years and years in his
early mini sty he never preached
but that he had beforehand the
most straining time of vomiting.
His stomach was able to retain
absolutely nothing. In later years
he vanquished this nervous ten
: T,:.7 Nathine was more delight
!, .i!i e..art -y!f irGaCg' 11r.nn-hls
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the noble lady and her frailest
and most unfortunate sister alike
there is an undefnable something
which is fascinating at first sight
and grows only more pleasing on
acquaintance, SO that the last
thing to fade from the memory of
anybody who has been fortunate
enough to linger in Japan must
be these
c bright vestures, faces fair,
Long eyes, and closely braided hair"
Good look are not enough to
account for this; prettiness is this
rule among Japanese woman, but
I think the charm lies chiefly
though to attempt rough-and-
ready analysis is like dissecting
humming-bird with a ahatchet-
is an Unborn gentleness and
tenderness and sympathy, the
most womanly of all qualities,
combined with what the Romans
used to call "a certain propriety"
of thought and demeanor, and
used to admire so much. If you
could take the light from the eyes
of a Sister of Mercy at her gracious
task, the smile of a maiden looking
over the seas for her lover, and
the heart of an unspoiled child,
and materialize them into a win
some and healthy little body,
crowned with mastes of jet-black
hair and dressed in bright rustling
silks, you would have the typical
Japanese woman.-Henry Nor
nan .Esa; Japan"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Wichita, Texas.

Delinquent subscribers can see
how it will be, from the following
little paragraph: -,
Chow is it with you?" asked
the editor of the subscriber who
was dying in arrears.
cali looks bright before me"
gasped the subscriber.
81 thought so," said the editor,
"In about ten minutes You'll see it
blaze"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

1 was terribly excited, but not SO
much so as not to be surprised
that our terrific encounter had not
disturbed in the slightest the FAM
| lily gathering around the fire. They
sat there unmoved, each head
bowed to the chest. still studying
the Pickering flames as when l
first came in.
"For a minute ] was so overcome
by the shock of it that l was
speechless and incapable of motion,
but with an effort I rallied, and
fairly yelling to the people sitting
around. 1 clutched at onetsof the
women and gave her a shaking
that would have aroused a stone
statue. But it had no effect on her,
except that whenI let go of her
she fell to the floor in'alimp lump.
Then made wild clutch at the
young man next to her, and with
a shake of double strength, l
shouted to him to wake up. But
be made no sign, except to fall out
of his chair when I let 60 of him.
By this time I was nearer crazy
than I ever was in my life before.
Finding my efforts to rouse the
family Intellectual, I began to
investigate for cause.
"It want long until The investi-
CATION was petrect success,
either, but the result was frightful.
"Every person sitting in that
fearful semi-circle was dead
every throat cut from ear to ear
and it was this which had caused
each of them to appear to me as
buried in study over the fire. |
kicked the dogs, and they moved
not, Dead as a door nail, all OF
them.
"There was no question but that
the old man had done it, and that
by some strange fancy be had put
the vacant chair in the ghastly
circle, hoping to fill it as he had
filled the others, fixing them i'll
their places and then sitting down
among them waiting-waiting.
"For what, heaven only know.
"It was at least ten minutes be-
fore I had recovered sufficiently
to get out of the terrible place, and
asI stepped across. the body
o.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

has got, butyou never YET Suocv7uvu
in making him see any merit in a
Joke if his own unaided wish did
not detect and appreciate it.
Humor-blindness of the mind is
like color-blindness of the eye
Nine very genuine forms of humo'
may be clearly seen, and the tenth
equally genuine, ignored, as the
victim of Daltonish may respond
to every other color, but be
absolutely blind to green. The
green-blind folk are only three
pet cent, and the rest have a com
plete range. In the other case ]
believe the proportions are reversed
and then the self-sufficiency OF
the hnmor-blind mind! On al
else he may be difident, but OIL
this no shade of doubt eve1
crosses his mind. What is no
humorous to him is not hunor
All the world may be Laughing
around him, but that only proves
that all the world are foolish. The
more they laugh, the more foolish
they prove themselves, and th'
more he hugs his own gravity tf
his soul. He is proud of his owl
defect, like the folk in the South
American goitre village wht
derided the travellers who had M
goitre.-A. ConancDoyle.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
The Advantage of Good Roads.

The roads in New York are not
better than they are in other States:
They are a great deal worse than
in some of the New England
States, for instance, and / there
fore assume that this estimate
can be followed as a guide in de-
termining what would be needed
to complete in the whole country
excellent roads, which. once
constructed, could be cheaply and
easily maintained. Considering
the area of New York and the
density of population, and using
these figures in the problem, ]
estimate that s4OCO,O 10000 would
give us a good system of common
roads all over the country. This
is a great deal of money, but it
doesn't seem great compared with
the values which would be
enhanced by it's wise expenditure.
And right here it may be noted
that the cost of maintaining
and repairing highway properly
constructed in the first instance
ought never to be greater for q
year than one per cent of it's first
cost. In the two items of horses
and vehicles, the increased value
of these properties would more
than pay for the improvement,
but it is not the greatest value by
any means. The effect upon the
horses and vehicles used on roads
would be more immediate and
more direct, and therefore I have
called particular attention to this
phase of the subject. The enhance
ment of the value of real estate
would be so great that the items
/ have mentioned would seem so
insignificant as not to be worth
discussing. In one neighborhood
alone-that of Union County,
New. Jersey-the Improvement of
the roads has changed values 30
greatly that men who q few years
ago were struggling farmers, with
earnings so scant that it was
difficult to make two ends meet, are
now NOT only wellto do, but alb
solutely rich. Theycan sell their
crops at good profits; they can
grow more profitable crops; they
can get these crops quickly and
cheaply to market; and their
lands for which at low prices it
was formerly almost impossible to
find purchasers, are now in demand
at prices which, compared with
the old order of things, seem
fabulous, and the mere mention
/ of which suggests a most unaccus-
toned condition of opulence.-
Harper's Weekly.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
The Lion, the Tiger, and the Fox.

A lion and tiger happened. to
come together over the dead body
of a Fawn that had been recently
shot. A fierce battle ensued, and
as each animal was in the prime
of his agelsndstfangth, theicomba1
was long and furious. At last
they lay stretched on the ground
painting, bleeding, and axhsasted,
each unable to 1ifsga paw aeains4
the other. An iapudeh ssx
coming ths time, sfeaiet
I'm and eaTsisd DE before ',eil
Prey for 9fich they faa
both suffered 80 much. .-Esop.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Call at Jas. NJ. Cobb's.

1000 yds. of those beautiful new
dress goods, Pine Apple Tissue, Gren-
ada Tissue, Cheveron Shirting, Organ
dies, Cambria, French Outings for
Shirt Waists, Embroidered Skirts,
Demi Flouncing and Laces. All new
and cheap. 100 pair of Oxford Ties
ust in. New Goods every week.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
The Gamut Of Hulnor.

What is one mans treat is an
other mans poison. Every one
has his own conception of humor,
and neither by prayer, argument
IL l,,zy,aoe 10 to ha hndeed from
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

1t would be we'll if we were all
as faithful to duty as the old Eng
lish carpenter, on his death bed,
who was asked it he was prepared
to die. "Why not?" he answered,
1--WE worked at my trade fifty
years, and never druv a screw
'thout greasin' it."
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

France, relative to the reported
epidemic of cholera there. Consul
Williams telegraphed that Paris
and Havre medical experts have
had conference and after full
examination, admit the presence
of local cholera. They deny,
however, that it is Asiatic cholere.
The disease is not spreading and
the alarm is now subsiding. Great
precautions have been taken in
the matter.
The treasury department is fol-
lowing up the precautions hereto
fore adopted and willtuse all means
fat hand to keep the chorlera out
of the.country.
The attorneys here for the various
steamship companies has promised
their cooperation with the depart
iiment. They said that the steam
ship lines were fully impressed
with the gravity of the situation
and would omit no precautionary
measures. Arriving immigrants
will be subjected toright examina-
tion.
A circular was issued by the
treasury department to all custom
and hospital officers and steam
ship agents ordering that on and
after September 2O,1S92, rags from
any foreign port be refused entry
into the United States unless
accompanied by a certificate from
the consular office at the port of
shipment to the effect that they
had been disinfected in accordance
with the prescribed methods. 1t
is ordered that rags gathered in or
shipped from any port where
cholera is known to prevail in an
epidemic form be denied entry to
the United States absolutely after
the date of this circular, except
such as were then afloat, be disin-
fected on arrival.
The New York Quarantine.
New YORK August 24.-The
quarantine officials at this port are
busy preparing to prevent any
importation of cholera from in
fected European ports. Orders
have beep ,.iveu b Lhe co-c.nis-
s.lye #"e the fever AMP
771ts9,.al Carleton reaaY iaT !!1sI, TAI
use n liz lover
Sc, - IN.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

raging. These ships nave a.
two thousand immigrants aboard.
They will be detained at quaran-
tine and thorol ghly examined.
The French line steamship La
Tougaine, which left Havre last
Sunday, is due here on Sunday.
AS cholera is also reported at
Havre the vessel will be duly sub
jected to quarantine regulations on
her arrival.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
WQffQrd College Fitting School,

sPARTANBuRc, S. c.
The Sixth Session begins October
3rd, 1892. .o.
covered by $3.50 year. Supervision
careful and constant.
A. G. REMBERT, a. NJ,
Head Master.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
Wofford College,
sPARTANRURc, S. c.
JAS. H. CARLISLE, LID, PRES.
FOUNDED IS 81.

wotford College offers to students in
the four college classes, two parallel
courses of study, each leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Arts, in one OF
which Modern Languages are substl-
tinted for Greek.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
The Attrac;

The French nj
fess to know md
sex than anyboa
to a substantial
the proposition II
her most dangero1
has reached thir
to scorn the buddii
"jeune meess, u al
contemptuous of th
sirens of forty or tN
pin their faith uf
subjugating power 9
of thirty. They argue
man of thirty is just
age to claim the hon
young men, who usY
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
EXPENSES.

Board tuition, matriculation, wash
ing, light, fuel, books and stationery,
the necessary college expenses for the
wear. can be met with $l50. The ad-
yantages offered by Wightman and
Alumni Halls enable students to meet
their college expenses with this very
small amount.
The next session begins the 3rd day
of October, 1892.
Secretary of Faculty.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

In an action for payment OF q
tailor's bill, a witness swore that
a certain dress coat was badly
made, one Of the sleeves being
longer than the other. ''You will,
said Erskine. slowly, having risen
to cross examine, "swear-that one
of the sleeves was-longer-than
the other?"
Witness do swear it.
;sEfskino Quickly, and with /"
flash of indignation)-Then, sir,
I am to understand that you
positively deny that one of tho
sleeves was shorter than the other?
Startled into a self contradiction
by the suddenness.and impetuosity
of this thrust, the witness said,
"I do deny it."
Erskine (raising his voice as
the tumultuous laughter died
away)-Thank you, sir; don't
want to trouble you with another
question.-San Francisco Argo-
n a1lt
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

To be always intending to live
a new life, but never to find time to
set about it-this is as if a man
should put off eating and drinking
and sleeping from one night to an
other, till he is starved and des-
troyed.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

Be willing to be yourself: and you
will be sure to be somebody God
can use.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01

Subscribe to the Edgefeld AID.
vFRTIsER.
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-Four Deaths at Antwerp.
ANTWERP, August 25.-There
were rour deaths from cholera
here today. Officials deny that
it is Asiatic cholera.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1892-09-01
A HORRIBLE STORY.
A Drummers Strange Reception
in the Mountains of North
Georgia.

The drummer had a crowd
around him lin the Office of the
country hotel listening to his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08
About PEOPLE AND THINGS.

JANE ELIZABETH KELLOGG, the mother
of Clara Louise Kellogg. died at the Claren-
don Hotel, New York. on Tuesday evening
after an illness of long duration. Her re-
mains were taken to birmingham, Conn.,,
for interment
HuBBARDT. SMITH. who wrote the music
of Listen to My Tale of VICE." is q clerk in
the Treasury Department. and . fsvorite IN
society at the capital. He is Q Hoosier by
birth. and once travelled in Francis Will
sons company.
IT is said that the first famous man dress-
maker of Paris was the son of a poor Bs-
varisn peasant who lived on the outskirts
of Munich. His name was Rhomberx. He
hung out his sign IN Paris In 1850 and died
forty years afterwards. leaving an estate
worth over a million Francs o year.
MARTHA ScHoFIELD, the founder and
general manager of the Schofield Normal
ana Industrial School at Aiken, S. c., has
turned the institution. with property val.
ued at 8. 500, over TO board OF trustees.
and she takes q rest. after twenty seven
years service in helping educate the freed
men OF that State.
LEcTURISG upon General Charles Lee.
OF the revolution. Professor john Fiske
says that the erroneous impression that
that officer was of the Same family 40
Robert T.. Lee-whioh 10 taken as an exc
PLANTATION why tho latter was disloy al 10
his oountry-is widely prevalent Gen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-08
AN INFAMOUS SCHEME.

The Democratic managers in this State
have shown a degree of recklessness
and unscrupulousness in their methods
that is absolutely surprising, but their
latest scheme caps the climax. This is
an attempt to utilize the convicts' dis
charge fund of the two State prisons for
Democratic campaign purposes. The
law provides as follows:
Every convict who shall have served six
months or more. when discharged. shall be
furnished SIS In money. Every article of
value which any convict may have IN his
possession when delivered into the custody
of the warden shall be carefully preserved
by the warden, and again delivered to such
criminal when discharged, or to such
other person as the convict may direct
at any time previous to such discharge.
Under this provision there is a con-
siderable fund subject to the order of
the wardens of the two prisons, as well
as considerable accumulation of per-
sonal property. The chairman of the
wrote to the wardens of both prisons.
suggesting that portion of this fund
and of the proceeds of the personal
property belonging to the prisoners in
their keeping be contributed to the
Democratic campaign fund. No more
Infamous suggestion was ever made,
and it shows the desperation of the
Democracy. 1t was probably held to be
justifable on the ground that very
large majority of the convicts in both
prisons are Democrats.