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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1899-01-18
4 LAY oF THE COZ LINKS.

IT'S up and away from, our work today,
Forthe breeze sweeps over the down;
And it's hey for game where the gores
blossoms fame, 4.
And the bracken Is bronzing to brown.
With the turf meath our tread and the bluo
And The Sol song Of the lark in the #hin;
bunkers between--l
Now will you be over or In? ~; 4 rs, -
The doctor may come, ana veil teach him
to know q ~ - 4:
"a tee where no tannin can llurk;
The soldier may come, and we'll promise %
s show ~ ~
Some hazards q soldier: may shirk;
The statesman may joke, as he tops every
That at last he is high inhfs aims;
And the clubman will stand with Q club IN
That IS worth every club IN st. James.
Ths palm , d the leather come rarely to-
Grippi ] the drivers hait,
And IT. good to. feel the jar Of the steel
& And yshe spring OF the hickory shaft.
Why; trouble or seek for the praise OF q
a cleei esi here here Is common to alI;
And the lie that, might sting is a very small
a thing 5
When compared With tas lie Of the ball.
Come youthand come age, from tEsstudy
or stage,
From bar or from bench high or low
A green you must use as o cure for the
blues e-ssS " ~. - s. ~ Z
Y You drive them away as you go. sg
We're outward bound on a long, long round,
And It's time to be up and away
II worry and sorrow come back with the,
MORROW, q
Atleast we'll be happy today, 81
From A. Conan DoyIe's aSongs Of Action
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California,s Big Bird,

The South american condor is no
longer the king of flying birds. The
rare California vulture, which is now
only to be found in the Tocopah noun
tains, holds thehonor. It stands about
four feet high, though it is neither as
weighty nor as strong as many birds
of smaller size. It has much the same
appearance as the turkey buzzard.
Years ago the California buzzard was
quite plentiful, but poisoned meat in
tended for animals led to their extinc-
tion. It is for this reason that the
eggs of this bird are now more valua-
bic than those OF the great aux. There
are fifteen perfect specimens of the
latter known, while only two eggs Of
the California vulidre are preserved.
Cleveland Leader.
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----S diOilo uSo I'LL.
40 u. sap ureamily gazing out at the
twinkling lights on the ships at an
chor, he. heard step on the stairway
behind him; he thought it was his Chi
nese servant. Soon, however, fami-
liar voice spoke:
stSenor, excuse the intrusion. l."
He turned around, and there stood
his former clerk, Juan Aguado.
"Why, Juan, what a pleasure! But
how you startled me! Come, sit down,
and tell me all about yourself.
Aguado smiled. ."Are we quite
alone, senor?" he asked, glancing
around furtivcly.
eyes, entirely so; the servants have
gone to bed"
"Well, then, you want to know all
about myself. I can tell you in a
word-I am Berceo.' %
My grandfather was cool man.
"Come inside, it's damp here, "he said,
and led the way to room back of the
veranda.
Briefly Aguado told him what had
taken place in the last two years.
The man that had called upon him
the day he LETT brought evil news. His
home village had been destroyed, and
his father, a petty official up country,
had been imprisoned on some trumped-
up charge, his two brothers had been
killed in a fight with their Spanish
guards. He had long known what
Spanish rule was in the out provinces
: but, alas, his revolution did not
succeed.
Next he told how lie had just braved
the captain-gen in his very palace
and wrung from him the price set upon
his own head.
"By the grace of God I escaped; but
it will not be for long, unless, senior,
you help me-"
ssNot knowing what I should have
done in your place, JUAN" said grand
father, slowly. ''I'm not the man to
see you handed over to General Don
Xavier Macia. Let me think
After while grandfather said: 81
think have it. A captain friend of
mine sails for Hong Kong on the morn
ing breeze. Ii lean get you on board
his ship you are safe. Come, put on
some OF my clio hes. I don't think
the authorities VIII be looking for you
here; they don't know that Luiz Berceo
is such dear friend of mine, and ]
think we can get out to the ship all
right"
Talking English, they made their
way quietly to the harbor front and
called sampan. They looked like
two belated English captains going
out to their ships.
A half mile out in the bay lay the
John Dorset, ready to weigh anchor.
My grandfather hailed, and when the
captain appeared, he climbed on board,
leaving Aguado below in the boat.
Grandfather drew the captain below
and told him who the man was IN the
sampan and what he wanted.
Captain Higgins OF the John Dorset
was an old sea dog of the genuine Yam
kee type. He liked man who had
what he called "sand for ballast" as
Luiz Berceo evidently had.
'tShiver my mainmast, but I'll take
him." said Captain Higgins. "He can
have my cabin till we are well past
Corregidor and out to sea-"
This is about the end of the story.
Agnado escaped safely to Hong Kong.
A year or two afterward, Just before
grandfather sold out his business and
started home, he received package
from Chinese port. 1t contained {
beautifnlly-ieweled Malay kris with
the name "Jnan Aguado" upon the
blade, --4Detroit Free Press,
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A Town Fashion.

He was an unusually boyish appear.
ing young fellow. Judging from his
face one would say he was sixteen,
maybe, not over eighteen, anyway.
There was not sign of beard apFar-
emf, and his complexion was as fair as
any girls. In reality he was much
older, and there were those in the dty
who had known of his marriage several
years before, to pretty young ltdy
from q neighboring town. It was his
custom after the wedding, when He
and She had become settled in their
home, to take her down to lunch;on
with him each noon. At first the
waitress at whose table they at,
thought they were merely friends, md
when one day he spoke of her ashis
wife that waitress nearly fell oui of
her sh, es. Then, little by little, ,he
became reconciled to the condition OF
affairs between them, and thougbtno
more about it.
Once it happened that he and his
wife sat opposite two middle-ased
ladies, evidently from the country.
The waitress came around Tor The
orders in due time, and he gave thm.
Calling her back as she moved away
to fill them the young man said, END
bring my wife glass of milk, too
At the words ''lny wife" both he
women across the table dropped tbir
spoons with spatter into the so!p..
Their jaws fell with the spoons. end
they half pushed away from the ta'le.;
'sFor the lan's sake!" exclaimed ,ne
to the other, under her breath. IT
think O. that little boy married. Who
ever heerd th' like"
"Ssssh,' corrected the otler.
ssDon't ye know, Sary, thet tley
marry younger in taown than theydo
with us. boston Journal.
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Foftunes.in Sweets.

Every one who has been in a en-
tinental city at carnival time has son
the "confetti" which are thrown
about in mimic warfare in the strets.
The making and selling of these tiny
paper pellets constitute nm indusry
Of some little Importance. It is eti-
mated that the Parisians alone spfnd
Sl2O, 900 upon them every year. The
tstal weight of confetti sold in Pris
In q year has been estimated at 5001OO
kilogrammas, OF more than 1000 t&Hi
1appA;Iaae'gh!a Inquirer,
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Because.

Lieutenant Sharpe of the navy was
lately appointed to one of the vessels
recently bought by the government
and had IN interview with the secre-
tary of the navy. BE observed that
his new ship bore the same name as
his wife, adding, with smile, that she
had hastened to remind him that it
would be the first Josephine lie had
evercommanded. The secretary seemed
amused. A few deys later the name
was ehengcd 70 the Vixen, and now
Mrs, Sharpe wants TO know Why,
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MR.. DooLEY ON THE ELECTION.
After Attending a Political Meeting Ho
Tells Hennessy His Views.

After Attending a Political Meeting Ho
Tells Hennessy His Views.
"s'Tis as much as a man life is
worth these days., said Mr.. Dooley,
"to have vote. Look here, I" he con-
tinued, diving under the bar and pro-
.ducing roll of paper; 'here's tn
pitchers iY candydates I pulled down
firm th' windy, ans JUS KNOWN they're
here makes me that narvous fl. tn
contints iv tn cash dhrawer I'm afraid
to tur-rn me back FIR a minyit.
All heroes, too, Hinnissy. :.
r-ready.to sarve their country to th'
bitther end, an to r-rush, voucher in
hand, to tn city threeasurer's Office at
a minyit's notice.
ST wint to a hero meeting th' other
night, Hinnissy, an that's sthrange
Fl me. tWhin man gets toSbe my age
he lares th' shoutin' f'r th' youth iy'
tn land, onless he has pol-itical job
esWell, sir, there was O'Toole an all.
TIL r-rest on tn platform in unyform,
with flags over thin an tn bands
playin' They'll be hot time in tn
OF town tonight again, and tn chair:
man was Plunkett. -. u. tsWhin
TIL battle r-raged,' be says, AN the
bullets firm tn has 5hty Spanyards'
5raypeatin' Mouser rides he says,
'r-roared, , he says, iii the air, he says,
where was CassidyY he says. In
his saloon, says I, in Im-rald avnoo,'
says L 'Thrue f'r ye,' says Plunkett.
AN where, he says, was our candy
date?' he says. In somebody else'si
saloon, says I. NO, says he. .Whin
the Prisidint,' he says, called th' ma
tion to ar-rms, he says, AN Congress-
voted so, 600, 900 good bucks firth
naytional defnse,' he says, Thomas
Fracis Dorgan, he says, 'in that min
yitiv' naytional pearl says he, left
his good job in th' pipe-yard, he says.
AN Ewint down to TIL raycruitin Office
an says: How many calls fl yolun-
teers is out?" lie says. "Wan, says
tn officer. "Put me down." says
3Dorgan, tr tn, tenth call, he says.
'This, gentlemen iv the foorth pre-
cint,' he. says, SIS Thomas Francis
Dorgan, a man who, if ilicted, he
says, 'yicthry will perch, he says,
upon our banners he says, AN, he
says, the naytional honor will be main-
tanned he ssys, in tn county boord,
he says.
ssMighty few iy til rale heroes iy
tn war is r-runnin' f'r Office. Most iy
thin put on their blue oyeralls whin
they was musthered out On wint up an
asst f'r their OF Jobs back-and some-
times got thin. Ye can see as NANNY
Us ten iv them at tn rollin' mills de-
fendin' tn nation 8 honor with Wheel
bahr's an a Stag shovel" p Peter
Dunn, in Chicago Journal.
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Care of the Eyelashes.

The ancients made an art of the
cultivation of the eyelashes. It.was
recognized that, besides adding to the
expression of the eyes, the lashes pre-
served them from the dust. cold, wind
and too glaring light, all of which
tend to irriate and often inflame the
eve. 1t is therefore not vanity to
endeavor to obtain them and then pre-
serve them from falling out A little
pure vaseline applied 10 the eyelashes
every night will aid their grewth and
atrsngthen them,
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rh. c.n.e ~ tbe Tronble.

Mr.. Muchblest.Yes, doctor, hare
frightful cold. What did you say
was your special method of treat
ment?
Physician-We strike at the cause
OF origin of the trouble.
Mr.. Muchblest-That's odd. Any
low, you'll find the baby in the other
room. Brooklyn Life.
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h Smith is the unexpected that
always happens. Horrigan- Yls; un-
less we are lookin' for it.
Quizzer-Is he 80 very mtelligeat2
Guyer-Yes, indeed. They refused
to let him serve on q iury. sls
aDo you own your own house,
Tweedles?'' No; ne r had the
same cook for seven years. q;
Uncle Georg So you really think
you love the girl9 Harry Love hep
Why, I actually enjoy her mothers
company. ~
Tommy Paw, how did lead get its
name? Mr.. Egg They tried to make
nails of ii, but found that it could not
be driven.
The wind across my chimney
Wakes no depth OF joySfn mo;
For / know that its wild singing
Makes my coal bills bigger be.
tsNo; I never. carry my business
into my home . ssIWhat is your busi-
ness?'' 81 am the proprietor OF an I
intelligence Office. = 3
Hell don't believe youcan tell who
ia IN l,a my wife. She (blushingl
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ministering a blow. Sergeants Ior-i
lowed to see that full force was used.
After one or two thousand blows had
been given, the victim, splitting blood,
was taken to the hospital and attended
to, in order that the punishment
might be finished as soon as he had
more or less recovered from the ef-'
fects Of the first part of it. IF he
died under the torture, the execution
of the sentence was completed upon
the corpse. Nicholas I and his brother
were pitiless; no remittance of the
punishment was ever possible. ST
will send you through the ranks; you
shall be skinned under the sticks, "
were threats which made part of the
current language. Prince Krapotkin,
in Atlantic Monthly.
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WIIDWHITE MEN
WHO FELL INTO THE
: NATIVE AUSTRALIANS.

,is.,cg.s,' = If William Buckley, an Es-
rrs.r.- -,t., ict-He Was Six Feet. Seven
;uc.a 1, and Won the Heart of a
LIZ. ow-Epicurean Cannibals.
hq oric appearance Of o gem
. 4..e& ID Louis de Rougemont
Ill. :vellous story Of hitherto
aassa adventures during an al.
ED ice Of some thirty years
~,.i &e ks of northern Australia,
7. iyas elections of the "wild
~ - that from time to time
ia ito the hands Of the un-
igi&s stralian aborigipes and
bc.a Ito white humanity after
!24z separation and degrade
ecorded wild white man
y.as ID Buckley, a native of
}la az and at the close of the
,,es soldier in the Fourth,
y wn, regiment. On Dec.
- company with six other
: was involved in an at
'e,a e7life of the Duke of Kent.
= fenced to transportation
<.ra. taken outin convict ship
: odes. During o brief stay
- Eofswhat is now the .hapbof
.. ne he contrived to escape
.r' with two other conYicts.
Fhe I perished-how was never,
rs. - d-and when Buckley was
49, ltly questioned as to their
l,Ja as exceedingly reticent and
.,i-S. ted. That it was case of
crg:. ism was the general belief Of
rsettlers around Melbourne.
ap in the last stages of hunger
ll@ iation, Buckley lay down up
~ proved to be the grave of O
eeE buried chief. Luckily for him
i low came along, and supersti-
j. concluded that her dear de-
? had returned to life in the
ofawhite man. She promptly
ed him as her own, led him to
imp Of the blacks, explained the
instances under which she had
lhim, and secured his admission
chief Of the tribe, a position for.
h he was physically well quali-
as he was a man of greet stature
-!eet z inchesl, strength and en-
lurance.
Forthe next thirty-two years Buck
eyl lledthe life of savage, hunting,
ishing and fighting with the tribe
hatsadopted him. He does not ap-
,earfo have taught the blacks any
hing praised them in any}degree in
he. scale isof civilization. He simply
,ecame one OF themselves and adapt.
.dhimselfS TO his new environment
s'--E hntlS2n his -tDeSb
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Non-c.o,rnmIttal.

Alderman's Wife-T see that the
members of the Spanish Cortes don't
get any salary at all. I wonder how
they live.
Alderman-Maria. Inever diyulge
professional secrets, especially to
vomea, Chicago Neya,
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NOT THE o
he Thought He Was,
Now That It Ia

A young man who,
time is -illing to acc
requiring close applet
a high order ofintellis
and uncomplaining sp
ate salary, has recentl
to a realization of the
q mere unit in the sun
existence; also that a
a dangerous thing at tt
He was working for
fished insurance comps
an entire floor of o larg
ing in LaSalle street, !.
employed by the concerl
months, fulfilling his du.
reason to believe, with {
tion to his superiors. ]
the head bookkeeper hat
him as "a bright youngl.
his fellow clerks regard
respect. The manager sn
when he met him and 8
familiarly by his Christie
together this young man
ably secure in his positic
One morning he walked
ager's room and asked
speak to him a moment.
Certainly, Herbert.
said the manager, wheell
his chair and beaming ki
his spectacles at his
1"Nothing serious, Ihop
"Well, SIR" said Herb
to tell you that I intend
the first of next month
Why, is that SO 2" said
"Well. we'll, we'll !. YOU
to tell me that, Herbert.
sYes, sir, "said the you
''I find that I am gett
less than any man in the
duing the work I am. ]
have a raise or quit the
month"
so, mo, Herbert, you v
said his chief. thrustin
into an armhole of his J
SmlllnS IN Ine sameBeuli
lent way. "No, no; J
that"
81 have quite made u
said Herbert.
80, you've made U
have you?" said the ma.
yes. But You won't qui
the month, Herbert; yol
now and right here. Yc
cashier to make out an {
wages to the end of IL
send it to me and I'll sie
all, Herbert. Good dc
Record.
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.
hinese streets are eight feet wide.

Chinese streets are eight feet wide.
Leather money circulated in Russia
SO recently as the time of Peter the
Great.
Over one hundred miles of tele-
graph wires run through t. --'''e--
of Paris
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THOs. ). ADAMS PROPRIETOR.
IHE hERoEs OF TODAY

LASTLY. he lays about him, charging Ger the
bloody field;
Or, on steel: protected cruiser, telescope in
hand he stands,
of hostile lands,
Hearts OF oak and visions watchful-these
alone the day can save;
In some strange and subtle manner Fortune
favors still the brave.
Though the sword Of song and story hangs
neglected on the wall,
And the musket's clumsy hammer nevermore
shall rise and fall.
We have men who, now and always, In right
eous cause and high,
When their country goes to battle, for their
country dare to die
Men of wise and prudent action, men OF
mighty, matchless will;
And the Stars and Stripes are floating DER
land of heroes still
liam Hurd Hillyer, in Youths Companion.
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u ~ 2 e.a ~ . q.
We were told that men no longer fought for
glory, as OF yore,
That the ancient love OF county burned ID
human hearts no more:
: Yin this age of subtle science, yalor counts
for nahght," they said;
9Eeroes are no longer needed, and thelr
sturdy race is dead,
Science viii decide the struggle-nations
win be conquered then,
Not by courage, but by cunning-W1tn ma
chimes and not with men.
Yet when first the sound OF battle, borne
upon the ocean breeze,
Drifted in from far Manila and nom ouDa
tropic seas,
We were taught that tits, as ever, men py
whom the fight Is won,
Piling ON their country's altar mighty oeeos
ofeyalor done.
Mans own courage fights his battles
whether, armed with sword ard shield,
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The biggest orans. an.

The largest captive orang-outa|
--.t n.,iiuad af M
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This is not really my own story-lt
is my grandiather's. Still, since it is
all in the family, I may as well tell it,
and, besides, it has special interest
now, when so many people in this land
are looking and longing across the Pa
cifc to where our flag floats over Ma
Mia bay.
In the year 1912 my grandfather, a
young man of 20, shipped as common
sailor on the three-masted ship Polly
Ann Of New Bedford, bound from New
York to the Philippines with cargo
of -four. The voyage was uneventfui,
and 1876 days after passing Sandy Hook
the Polly Ann dropped anchor In Paslg
river, Manila.
During the ships stay there; grand
father, who was of an investigating
disposition, looked the city over pretty
well, and, believing there were chances
! for a wide-awake Yankee to make q
fortune in the islands, he quilted the
chip and took service with a trading
firm on the harbor front. In ten years
he was manager OF business VI nio
oMn and man of influence among the
! foreign traders. The Spaniards, too
looked up to him and respected him.
AS his business grew he was unable
to manage all the details of the in
creasing trade and so called to his help
a young Filipino named Juan Aguado,
q bright young man. half Spanish,
: half Malay, who had formerly been an
assistant in the packing house. Asuada
possessed polished, courtly manners
and o good education; he had received
his schooling at a monastery, and
grandfather trusted him implicitly for
in the course of time he made him
8 chief clerk and adviser:
Aguado absolut
was where his NJ.
out, grandfather W.
he himself had occssiol
story They
q 81 e tract
teen miles away fiom
they were charged bysln.
falo that dashed ont Of -
upon them. They both ran for core-,
- r |. L
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12
CITY REAL ESTATE.
W. II. GRIM & CO., Real Estate and Insu
ance, lis Montgomery st.
INDPOUTTn


W. II. GRIM & CO., Real Estate and Insur-
ance. lis Montgomery st.
IMPROVED.
$2s. ooo--Mission. St, near Sixth; stores and
lodging house; 30xS0.
O'Farrell ST., near Powell; 25xso; with good
improvements.
S3500-Two corners, Post and Jones; 70x50
choice locality for stores and lodgings.
Howard St, near Fourth; stores and room
ing house; nearly new and well rented; part
cash.
S5500-Howard-s fats; 6 and rooms; rents
$40 $500 on mortgage at per cent; 25x1l5 to
alley.
S50c0-Broadway, near Cough: house OF
rooms bath; 25x130; lot worth the price.
S5GO0-Only sl400 cash needed, balance at Gls
per cent; three flats. we'll rented, with ample
vacant ground for stores and flats; corner OF
Twenty-second and Florida sts.; 50x10i
SS500-FIats of and rooms, stable; rents
S36; 2gxl00: no reasonable offer refused.
$26OO-Neat cottage. rooms, bath; 25XS0i
mortgage of $500 will be obtained.
S2100-Gilbert St, near Brannan; front and
rear house; rents S2S.
rooms; street work done.
LOTS.
se5Q0-Howard and Eighteenth; 50x90.
s6DO-Mission, near Twenty-hrst; 3Sx122:6
s225o-'Twenty-fou near Alabama: 2ox1OO.
$20OO-Church. near Twentieth; 5lx105-
slIgp-Harrison, near Twenty-hrst; 2oxlZZ:o
SlOOO-Twenty-seco near Alabama; ZoxSO.
SlOOO-Twenty-third, near Castro; 25X1l4
S75O-Twelfth ave. near 1; 25xl2o