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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-22
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Wy El,ANf- w
Gle commands the British forces In the
field in South Afrlca.)

swarming into Aldershot in unher-
aided patches and reshouldering their
rifles as if tho transformation from
civil to military life were merely an
everyday occurrence.
The huge mobilization at Aldershot
is now IN charge of Maior-General
Thomas Kelly-Kenny, Inspector Gen.
eral of Auxiliary Forces aud Recruit
ing, who has succeeded General Sir
Redvers Butler. All the work is new.
It is the first time that anything of
the kind has been attempted since the
short-service system went into effect.
A visit to Aldershot produces the i'm
preston that everything is going like
c!ockwork, but it is too early yet to
express q definite opinion regarding
the British mobilization. I.
For the reserves themselves, who
are obliged to leave their wives and
families on pitiful pittance from the
Government, much public sympathy
has been aroused, exemplifying the
truth of Rudyard Kipling's jeer, "a
special train for Atkins when the band
begins to play"
A number of reserves who were not
called ont haveasked to be allowed to
serve in South Africa, and o similar
spirit of spontaneous, practical patriot
ism is seen on all sides. Sir RedVers
Buffers force includes the flower OF
the English nobility.
Sir Redvers Henry Butler is an old
campaigner, who has served his time
in the country to which he is going,
and who is regarded in London as the
most capable man for the command.
Sir Redvers has been soldier since
he was nineteen. At that youthful
age he was commissioned officer of
the Thirteenth Rifles, and on pure
merit, combined with dogged deter
minaticn, hard service and remark
able bravery, he forged his way ahead
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clusion. What they scanS with such
anxious interest is her tremendous
preparations for the contest.
By the result OF these efforts will
her strength be gauged. In assem-
bling IN army twice Us large
as that which she sent TO the Crimea
and. considerably greater than Well.
iugton's force at Waterloo, England
is offering an illustration, for the
FIRST time in many decadesSof her abil-
ity to fight on the land.
Although her naval strength has Of
ten been demonstrated to advantage,
it has still been a matter of doubt
whether her military erm would COM
pare favorably with that OF continental
nations, and in the throeslSo Sof.such a
test she has been engaged recently
day and night.
Gangs ofmen are working incessant.
ly at the ports on Englana's shores,
transforming liners into troop ships.
Largely augmented forcessare cease
lessly turning out ammunition and
ordnance stores.
Meanwhile the men for WHOM these
implements of war are being made are
pouring out of barracks tosthes ports,
standing by to embark. drilling, man
oeuvring and practising at targets
every spare hour. The reserves are
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Novel Cycling Game.

/ Nowadays, when cycling is so popu-
lar, it is amusing to combine picnic
with a paper chase. You choose q
place to lunch atin part of the coun-
try where there are many intersecting
roads and lanes. The party all arrive
on bicycles, ard after lunch two are
chosen for hares. bags of paper are
tied onto their handle-bars and they
are sent of with few minutes starr.
Riding up side lanes, scattering the
paper on a false scent, in order 70
mislead the hounds, takes time, an"
the hares ought to be particularly good
Mt turning sharply when they have t.,
,retrace their steps; but if they,a o
sttong cyclists and their tires hoid on.
they. are not often caught.
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drive me away. This is the dearest
place on earth to me. 1 can understand
Horace now! Happy is the man who,
far from business, like the ancient
race Of men, works his paternal fields
with his own oxen.' I can under
stand that now" Mrs. Mcpherson
picked up the teapot and set it down
with fierce emphasis. '1Theu I sup.
pose the truth is it's that girl that's
keeping you here" she burst out
What do, you mean?" he asked
holly. ST mean," she said, without
quailing before his angry eyes, "that I
suppose it's that Crawford girl your
hanging after. The dear knows what
else keeps you here. You don't seem
able to tell. think you must be
pretty soft. 10 see her eyes following
me round like a tame cat would be,
enough for me if I was q young. man.
It makes me sick. I should think
she'd be the laughing stock of the
neighborhood. Her son looked at
her in blank amazement. "Oh, she
knows which side her bread is but
tered on. You'd be 3 pretty good
catch for her, wouldn't you? TIL tell
you something, too," she went on,
hoarsely. eff you take up with such
trash as that, don't come here again.
AS long as my head is above the sod
this house is mine, and if you go
against me, keep out of it. God
knows I've shaved to give you chances
to make yourself somebody! Yes,
you've been dearer to me than the
apple of my eye, but unless you make
up your mind to so back, 1 will never
own you for son again. "
She turned her back upon bin and
marched away with her usual soldier
like tread, aud he heard the KEY turn
in the lock as she closed her bedroom
door. He flung out Of the house in
passion Of opposition. o the shoddy
pride, the vulgarity of 1t all! Some
words of Tolstoi recurred to him,
printed without flaw on his memory:
Everything which I used to think
bad and Iow-the rusticity of the
peasant, the plainness of lodging, food,
clothing, manners-all this has be-
come good and great i'll my eyes.
He leaned against the railing of the
little wooden bridge and listened to
the hurry of water underneath. There
was watery, intermittent moonlight,
and every now aud then snowflake,
damp and adhesive. touched his cheek.
He looked up and saw Lyddy stand
ing ip the road, her startled face peer.
ing at him from its framing of black
shawl. With an exclamation of Joy he
went quickly to meet her.-New Eng
land HON estead.
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An 1sxtraordInary Mountain.

Near the little station of Maravillas,
Peru, which means marvellous" on
the Southern railway, there is O noun
tain of which the most extraordinary
stories are told. It is claimed to be q
solid mass OF ores of all varieties in
discriminatory mixed, and as one
citizen declared, sail you have to do
is to blindfold your eyes, turn around
three times, throw little salt over
your left shoulder, then begin to dig
where your spade strikes and you can
get any kind of ore you want-gold.
silver, copper, lead, tin, antimony or
anything else-and it lies right on the
surface like gravel. The fact that
this extraordinary mineralogical
phenomenon has not been utilized,
however, rather detraots from the in.
terest of the story.-Chicago Record.
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Z . HHI =
unpleasant discovery will form, the
subject Of inquiry in Parliament goes
without saying"
! No .iatter what the general opinion
may be as to the merits. Of the quarrel
between England and the Transvaal,
all the world believes that the former
will freely spend both blood and treas
,nre to establish her"side Of the ;argu-
,ment., The troops which she will put
into: the, field include many OF the
most famous regiments that have ever
fought beneath English colors. This
very fact should count for something
in deciding the issue. The Boer, of
course, will just as cheerfully shoot at
a guardsman or a. Gordon as at a
meaner mark, but it should, always be
remembered, in measuring the rela-
tive value of the two armies, that while
the burgher has no regimentaI tradi-
tions and morale to preserve, the Briton
has both, coupled with devotion TO
his Queen, which should pretty nearly
match the patriotic ardor of his Dutch
antagonist. .r- -.
Among the historic regiments al
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WARREN WALKER.

ii m m.e Paint Company Pinebuf c.
price They better paint at less money
than get They belong to the trust and
sell at Southern enterprise
should people The publisher this
will arrange paints his subscribers who would like
to order through the ADVERTISER This paint has thick heavy
body buyers add Lneed oil and make tho paint go
further will about fifty cents gallon
Write to the company telling coos you want and how
much price will given The contains the best material
and guarantee goes every package paint
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ready in South Africa or under orders
to go there, are the First (RoyaD
Dragons, the Royal Scots Greys, the
Sixth Iuniskillings, the Sixth Dragon
Guards, the Tenth Hussars, the
Twelfth Lancers. the Royal Munster
Regiment, the Gordon Highlanders,
the Black Watch, the Highland Light
Infantry, the Liverpool Regiment, the
Eighteenth Hussars aud the North
cumberland Fusillers. All of these
have, records which would tell the
story of most of the victories and not
q few of the defeats achieved and
snstainad hv the British ar,nv' 'h;-"c
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An Oblicinr Husband.

That husband of mine never did ap-
preciate joke" said one woman to
another. ,. 49,.
"Why, how is that?" asked her
friend. '',i = 80 y. d"
"Mrs.- told me this joke the other
day." said she: Why. don't you got
ten cents worth of boraI?' I asked
what for?' and she replied, why, for
ten cents When / went home I
sprung it on John. I said, John, why
don't you get ten cents worth Of
borax?' He made no reply, but went
out and shortly returned with o small
package. I said, What is that?' and
he replied, why, that's the ten cents
worth of Dora1 you wanted John
never did appreciate joke. Albany
Evening Journal.
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are beginning to blame ea~h other for
various delays, but it is scarcely ap-
parent that there has yet been any
serious lack of facilities.
The ship brokers have undoubtedly
worked something liko corner cn the
Admiralty, as they did during the
Hispano. American War, and the re-
cent breakdown of two transports is
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and Roberts, Butler stands head and
shoulders over any general now in the
British army.
The excellent Boer craftsmanship,
combined with the fact that it is au
unwritten rule in the British army
that officers must always stand under
fire even though the men are lying
down, makes mourning probable in
many a noble British house.
The Admiralty is perhups more on
trial than the army, especially as it is
we'll known that General Lord Garnet
Wolseley, the Commander-in- Chief,
does not approve q system which gives
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-22
Gave Them Fair warning.
A Vienna paper relates that not NO

ago three soldiers were drou'".. N u
military swimming schoc' "A that city.
A few days later an offer harangued
his soldiers as follows: II want you
all to be careful not to get drowned
because that creates no end of bother
for the Colonel and the Captain. Be-,
sides, is in your own interest, too!'i
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Maiuba Hill and yainly endeayored to
hold that position against the Boer at
tack. Majors Hay and Singleton and
Lieutenant Hamilton were wounded,
Singleton fatally and Captain Mac
gregor and Lieutenants Wright, Mac
donald and Stcuuton taken prisoners.
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to the high position he now holds. In
the war in Zululand he won the rare
Victoria Cross in the retreat OF lnhlo.
bape.a On that occasion he saved the
life of O brother officer who was retir-
ing on :oot hotly pursr ed by the zulus.
Tkis gallant deed was only sample
.ot his ccnaucl. Since that time Butler
las Leen / conspicuous figure il the
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Tremendous Preparations w

fierce fighting of the British ON land in
vaded by their forces. He took part IN
the actions of Tel l-Keber and of Kas-
sassin during the Egyptian war of 1882,
and served with distinction under
Wolseley in the Sudan expedition OF
1884. 1t is the opinion of good judges
that, with the exception of Wolseley
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still the cause of considerable abuse

still the cause of considerable abuse
of the Adm iralty.
The most remarkable point in con-
nection with the transport arrange.
ments is that about eighty ships can
be taken into the Government service
without materially disturbing the ship
ping trade.
lhe weakest Joint in the whole mob
ilization seems to be the Army Service
Corps, corresponding to the United
States Commissary. The various sta
tons have been Quilted to obtain the
necessary officers and men, yet many
line officers assure the Associated
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pn1r1sn FIELD AErILLEny ON THE NATAL BoEDE:..

Press that the arrangements are grave
" inadequate for such o corps. In this
connection the Naval and Military
Record says: >,
tItis quite clear that, if England had
to provide second or third army
corps for foreign service, these, OF
either of them, would have to 60 ONT
without a full equipment. That this
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-22

A M1nnesota man captured O King
fisher when it was young, made pet
of it, and trained the bird TO capture
fish and lay them at its masters feet.
In summer tile bird is taken TO the
river, where fish are known to abound,
and set at liberty. 1t poises high in
the air, and,suddenly dropping, grasps
its victim and promptly delivers the
fish TO its master.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-11-22

The railway mileage of Russia now
amounts to $4,000 miles, which in.
cludes the great Sibar.an extension.
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Serene / fold my hands and wait.
Nor care for wind, or tide. or sea-; (.
IraYe no more 'gainst time or fate. -.
For 10! my own shall come to me.
I stay my haste, I make delays,
For what avails this eager pace?
I stand amid the eternal ways,
And what is mine shall know my face,
Asleep, awake, by night or day. atEi"2
The friends seek are seektag..me
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide OF destiny.
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THOs. j. ADAMS PROPRIETOR.
WAITING.

What matter II stand alone?
wait with Joy the coming years;
My heart shall rest where 1t has sown,
And garner up its fruit OF tears.
The waters know their own and draw ,
The brook that springs In yonder height;
So flow the good with equal law
-. Unto the soul Of pure delight. -;
The stars com :, 'ghtly to the sky, .
The tidal wave unto the sea; IuAH. -.
Nor time, nor space, nor deep, nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.
!. John Burroughs,
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HE whole of Eu-
rope is Watching
Great Britain at
this crucial mo-
mentsin her mill
tary affairs. For
eign statesmen
and military e1-
perts regard the
result Of the war
with the Beers as
- forarono oop
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A ghastly discovery was made by
Emma Shultz, twelve-year-old girl,
of Napoleon, o., while fishing in the
canal. Her fishing Ii. e became en-
tangled and she gave sharp jerk and
brought bunch of hair to the sur
face. On Investigation the body OF
man was found and was identified as
that of the girls own father. He was
seventy yea,s old, and was subject to
epilepsy.
Philadelphia has coin dated 1891,
which has head on either side, show
ing that mistakes are made even at
the mint. Every finished coin passes
through the hands Of q great many
experts, and there is little chance of
an imperfect piece escaping this scru-
tiny. There are said to be many of
them in circulation, however. No
particular value is attached to the
coins outside of their rarity as curl
osities.
Humbolt states that during his trav-
els he saw shirts growing on trees.
To quote his own languages: 'We saw
on the slope of the Cerra Dinida shirt
trees fifty feet high. The Indians cut
off cylindrical pieces two feet in diam
eter from which they peel the red and
hprous bark without making longitud-
inal incisions. This bark affords them
a garment which resembles sack of
coarse texture without seam 'As
in this climate the riches of nature
are regarded rs the primary cause of
Incidence, missionaries do not fail to
say in showing the shirts of Marina:
In the forests of Orinoca garments
are found ready made upon the trees. y"
A short time ago the Cincinnati,
Hamilton & Dayton railroad had to
issue pathetic advertisement in the
local papers. They had fixed n twenty
eight ton steel bridge on three fiat
cars chained together and dispatched
it to Dayton, Ohio, with their blessing.
At an intermediate station the bridge
was observed to be bearing the jour-
ney extremely well, and was seemingly
in the best of spirits; nevertheless,
when the train arrived at its destina
tion not sign of the bridge could be
discovered, and, owing to the inabil-
ity of the company to discover any
trace of their lost property, the adver-
tisement was issued, begging the pub
lie, should it meet with wandering
bridge, to return it to its owners with
all dispatch, when substantial re-
ward would be given in exchange. Fl
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

"A peculiar custom on Hampstead
Heath, England, for the week follow
ing the annual bank holiday is. the
playing Of kiss-in-the-ring on large
scale on special part of the West
Heath, between the Spaniards road
aud the North End Paddock. At no
other time is it indulgel in systemat-
ically. Many visitors join, the sport.
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swarming into Aldershot in unher-
aided patches and reshouldering their
rifles as if tho transformation from
civil to military life were merely an
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-02-09

STATE OF MISSOURI
County OF Bates,
In the eireuit c92eTt o. Batcs county. Missouri.
IN &C alton, January =, I-sS. the state Of
Missouri At the relation and to the use Cr i :
ENlsizer, collector of The revenue Of the
ny o. BulIer, Bates county. IN tae state Of
missouri. plaintiff. rs Theodore FrftscH srg
Isaac &cCOskni, defendants
civil action for delinquent taxes
Now a. this day comes the pialntjG herein
by her attorney before the under.fZD.3 cIsra
OI Inc clrcnit court Of Bates county in IN
state OF Missouri, in vacation and files her
ptltlon and amdayit. stating among other
things that the above named defendanT. re-
odore r ritsch, is q nOn-resident Of the state of
s1iLss'url. Nhereupon T. ls ordered By tbe
clerk In vacation, that said defendant Be- no
tlhed hy publication that pIaintIf mas com
Inenced a suit against MIN in this CONT -
petition and affidavit the object All etar.- -
nature OF which is to enforce the lien offfs
state Of Missouri Tor the delinquent 49,
the year lsq6 amounting in tbs s-ora-a. -
the eum Of s2.75. together win intern -
&c r. mission and fees, upon the +. IIovrfpz g.
ssass,- is@d estate situated IN Bates county
Lots seven "a and eight - block txertv-
i 'i * west side addition 70 Butler No
and tnat unless the said defendant he and ~.
pear at the next June term Of this courr n =
begun and holden la The city Of Butler. BATS
county missouri, on the nTst Tuesday aytar
TIE second Monday in June 1870 srT; ~
before the third day thereof sifthe term hall
so long continue, If rot then before rhs go =
the TeTml ami plead 20 said refi.fr- sc-l-4.ot
TO law. the same will be taken a. rorres..-i
and judgment rendered secg-lsi1z - 80
prayer OF said petition. and the above descr5E
ed reaI estate sold 20 satisfy the same
Ind 10 i further ordered by The clerk sfo-a
said that cory hereof. be published n -.
BCTLEE WEEKLY TINES, weekly uewsrs7e-
printer ana Published IN Bates COUNTY Ma T
SORT Tor four weeks excessively the las
nseTtlon 70 be 81 least fifteen dzys Be- fore o.
lrEt cay OF the next jane term OF said eo--r
true copy from the record Ufs
SEAL ness M hand as clerk aforezsfa
with the seal Of said court herrUrfr,
MET Done IS o1Scs IN Butler, On rEIs tbe
.7t1 day OF Izruar7 i-qg
=-E j. P THURMAN. Clrcuit Clerk.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-02-09

Kansas City Feb. 3.-Wheat-R Receipts here
to-GaT were s. cars week ago - cas-: =
year ago Is ears Sales bv sample orl rack:
Hard. No, : ca 6 4c: No. hard. 63a5: s-.
No hard. 59-2 Igf2 &c. rejected hard. 81. ..Ya.
Soft. No red, 7-'s t73lac; No. } rei uomI-
naIy So zJo; No I red 6,c Spring NJ. =. a.,
No spring, t)1g g64Esc
Corn-R tCeiptS p re to-day were s. cac-. %
week a-o. = cars; 4 year ago, IL ears Ssl.es
og sample track Mixed. No ; r., ..,}..
No mixed, sac. No mixed. BE Whit.
No >, 3Hac. No white. S29zc. No. white
norninaIy s.
0ats-Receipcs here to-day were cars: "A
week ago, ID cars: year age, 9 ears. Sales by
sample on track: Mixed No. > 25lac; No
mixed nomiaaliy = --1-ze No. I mixed. nom
iualiy-7c. Waite. No @Jc. No , white nom
in1ily -si4c; No. ! white. nominaIIy &c
Rye-No :, nominally 5412c. No 3. nomlnaIly
50 &c: No l. nominalIy SIC
Hay-Receipts here to-day were - cars.
week ago 81 cars u wear ago. 81 ears QUO
tations are. Choice prairie, 100. No. !. % 80
d -. Timothy, choice. UJJLa0 Clover s st
a. o. Alfalfa 100 $50
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-02-09

Pee-ia, Ii, Feb Edna Nav
Latourett". pretty girl CT Is. wbo
spent a night 10 jail on an uuf5uuded
charge, tonight became th- bride of
FREDERICK Marrev. who ha= been
employed iG the post flee for 10
years She came here from Lac1s
more than a month ago AID secured
work as = domestic Her cmpl, Yer
missed - aui c4u-e1 Ter arr--t
Later, wben tle o1ev was found.
she was rel-as y. To light she be
gan housekeeping in a pretty cottage
on the hill Al the time Cf her
arrest the police marion made
strenuous Efforts TO have her sent TO
he home for juvenile offenders at
G. -neva. but Mr. Marcy prevented
tla. aud said h. would provide a
home fer her. which Re has DON.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-02-09
sherIn,s sale in Partition.

Notice Is hereby given, that under and 7
virtue Of decree IN partition and order d Al
made by the circuit court Of Bates county, NJ
sour AT the regular November term, lse
sald court, IN the case Of Harriet p Ex.u|
guard an and curator Of Ada Belle E1lu,
william Thomas ENline, Vista Iona Exiihs %.
ahc" Henrietta ENlinc, minors plaintiffs, ~
Bernard EEline and Isabella Jane Exline, VI
remnants and the authority 10 me vested By al
decree ana order Of sale, q certified cgpJ !
winch was delivered 10 me on the END dty I
December, ISIS, will, on
Thursday, February De-, 1880,
between the hours Of nine O'Clock In the f1rl
noon and Ave O'Clock in the afternoon Of sai4 II
AZ the east front door Of the court house In "A
CITY 81 Butler county Of Bates and state d
sour, sell o. the highest and beet bidder q
cash IN hand, the following described "a
- LaLe lying, being and situate 90 the county /
Bate ana state Of Missouri, to-wit:
The northeast quarter Of the northwest qltI
Yer OF section tWenty--cvrD ~, and the syla
east quarter Of tAe EgUthHfst quarter d 2
upn twenty-five fZZJ 81 in toEna
lhirty-Hine foa OF range ihIrty-tWo f3z, p
"a ming ~ acres more or Iez-. also LOT two =
Llock eighteen l-. bro the town Of Walnut, Q
9-i.rj, Bate county, No =. Z. MCDp
'-4t sheriff 81 Bates County, ~