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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
"A BIT of Realism.

An instance of the way in which the
acting of a play grows may be taken
from Ellen Terry's playing in Mime.
Sans-Gene." In the play in question
the washerwoman duchess is having a
lesson from a professor of dancing.
The business of the play requires her
to be awkward in her attempts at dane
ing, and the actress is awkward, de-
lightfully awkward. She has put on
long riding habit in order to become
accustomed to manipulate her court
train in the dance and is so much trou-
bled with it that finally she tucks it
over her arm while she is learning to
take the steps. The train keeps slip
ping off her arm and has 10 be perpetu-
ally replaced, and the episode is u cause
of much boisterous amusement.
One night in a great English manu-
featuring city she was playing the part
with even more than her usual verve.
She was lost in the assumed character
so thoroughly that it was real to her,
and the eX-washerwoman, with her
mind harassed and worried by the try
ing conditions of her artificial court
life, instinctively returned TO the habits
of her youth. In n moment of abstrac-
ton, finding the fat coil of stuff across
her arm, she instinctively began to
wiring it out. The response of the audi
ence was electrical Every woman
and man-who had ever seen a wash
tub recognized the sincerity of the ac-
ton. This moment of creative instinct
was recorded in the actress mind and
has been repeated ever since.-Cosmo-
nnlifan
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
onrastmna In the orient.

1t is n strange but significant fact that
the natives of India-Hindoos and Mo-
hammedans-call Christmas the great
day of the year, "Burra-din" literally
great day., thus unwittinGly bearing
testimony of the influence OF the Babe of
Bethlehem, the worlds Rcdeemer. No
one knows the origin OF this Hindustnni
phrase. The HIindoos have a great many
festivals and celebrate the birthdays Of
several of their gods and goddesses. espe-
cially those who were the most famous,
but no one of these days is called ''the
great day" OF course this expressive
phrase in India Is constant argument in
favor of Christianity. Christmas is in
deed n great day in India People begin
preparing for ii three months beforehand.
Merchants send to London or Paris for
dolls, toys. sweetmeats, Christmas cards
and a great many other things. Native
shOpkeepers lay in a large supply OF raj
sins. almonds and all sorts OF material for
cake and pastry; butter and eggs grow
dearer and dcarcr. The courts adjourn
and European banks are closed for the
holidays; visits among friends (there are
very few foreigners in India who have
relatives there are planned. and great
preparations are made for the festive sea-
son.
The native people, OF course, do not
celebrate Christmas. They know that
Christians do. however. and this simple
fact. so constantly observed. causes them
to think about the power OF Christianity.
Many are led to ask: ''Who was Christ?
What did he do? Why do the Christians
observe his birthday?" These inquiries
call forth various answers: discussion
follows. and thus the whole nation. with
its many millions % people, is thinking
and talking ebout the worlds Saviour.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
Had Troubles of His own.

"Sir," began young Timkins as he
entered the presence of the dear girls
father, Il want to marry your daugh-
ter
'Oh, don't bother me with your trou-
bles!' interrupted the old gentleman.
''She told me some time ago that she
intended to marry you, SO you'll have
TO settle it between yourselves" Tx
change.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

sion used 1t conjures up memories of
my genial old friend.
''Up in Ontario at one time Ill fortune
compelled OConnor to accept a job on
a farm. where friend one day found
him. the sweat pouring of his brow
and a spade in his hand. Hello,
Frank! he unkindly called. Are you
doing very well digging out postholes?
I'm not was the tart response of
O'Connor, who was nothing if not lit
eral. I'm digging out mud and leaving
the holes.'"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
Ding Mud. Not Holes.

There used to be a famous charac-
ter in our part OF the world named
Frank O'Connor." said n Cincinnati
man, land the stories of his doings and
sayings still form a large part of the
staple anecdotes Of the country which
he used to permeate.
Zone of his stock expressions has
passed from local to national use. If
any one did particularly clever thing
or said anything that especially struck
him, O'Connor would say, That shows
almost human intelligence and now
when far and near / hear that eXnres-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
Exrremea I'm Iceland.

In Iceland nature seems TO have de-
serted all her ordinary operations and
to have worked only In combining the
most terrific extremes which her pow
ers can command. Nor is she yet ST.
lent. After the lapse of ages the fire OF
the volcano still bursts out among the
regions of eternal snow, and the i'm
petuous laundering of the geysers con-
tinues to disturb the stiffness of the
surrounding solitude.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
oODlt III AdSSs
Some in Tags.

And some in velvet gowns.
Uncle Sam is especially rich in
Alaskan dolls. Some of them are of
ivory. no bigger than your thumb;
but the clothing is made with the
greatest care from the softest seal
skin, trimmed with beads and edged
with white hair from the leg of the
deer. Others are two or three feet
in height, and are carved from wood,
and equally well dressed, even to
their mittens, skin caps with ear
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
A Gate Covered Win shoe..

The principal gateway at Allahabad
is thickly studded with horseshoes of
every size and make. There are hun
dreds of them nailed all over the great
gates, doubtless the offering of many
a wayfarer who has long since finished
his earthly pilgrimage. The sacred
gates OF Somnath, in the fort Of Agra,
are similarly adorned
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
How He Knoyrn.

Fogg says that he has noticed that
women never wear wells to protect
their compilations or to make their
wrinkles less assertive. They invari-
ably wear them to keep their hair in
place. He knows, because he has al
WAYS been told so.-BOston Transcript
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14
NzANAAAEIN%AEAENH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Jewelry Department

Mems hunting case, gold filed watch,
fitted with an American stem wind
works, guaranteed, Ct or
worth $40, only .........Q sGO
We have big stock of those large
size Sterling silver nail files, glove
buttoners, shoe horns, seals, shoe
buttoners, etc, for only 24c o.
each, only OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. GTO
Child's solid gold ring set with any
kind Of stones, worth En-
75c. only ........ QUO
Gold rings for babies, set with ruby,
emeralds, etc.,15 new designs, worth
$50, 0E
only .................. $50. OOC
Women's solid gold rings, set with
opals, rubies and pearls, Of OK
worth S2.75, only ...U 'OO
Women's solid gold rings, set with
oPals and pearls worth 81 pr
So, only w. ~
Women's solid gold rings, set with
rubies and diamonds. Gin E0l
worth $40 .......VIO w. w
Women's solid gold rings, elegant
chased mountings, set with gem
uine diamonds. ranging in or E0l
price from 50 down to ..WOsOO
Women's soldered link chains with
beautiful slide, set with pearls,
rubies, etc, worth N1 or
So, only ...................V t'OO
We have u fun assortment of mems
chains in white metal, gold plate l,
gold filled, single and double, from
CSC up CT Or
Genuine ebony ware-Hat brush,
cloth brush mirrors 50 Or
Genuine ebony nail files. shoe horns,
erasers, etc, 00o
large size .........-.-..--...E OO
Set of Rogers tea spoons, EEo
only ....-......- WV
Set of Rogers desert spoons, OOo
only ..-...-..... $500 wv
Beautiful mantel clocks, 10 inches
high, 16 inches wide, strikes the
hour and half hour on a gong, war
onIv Wort" So. 10
Porcelain bedroom clocks, decorated
case, warranted, Of A.
worth $3.50, only UI'Tf
Fancy gold clock, something to
decorate your room with,Nc Or
from So to .......-...... VO'GO
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-12-14

A lady's solid silver hand engraved
case fitted with stem wind and
set movement, each one guaran-
teed, worth $500, On mr.
only ....-...... OO
\ lady's, size. 8, gold filled case guar
anteed, fitted with a fine American
stem wind movement, M7 zE
worth S1O.75, only ~ 10
Women's Chatelaine watches. small
size, warranted Swiss movement. an
elegant gun metal case. They are
beauties, worth $40, d. 0AI
only ............ .0I.E4
Woman's, size o, gold filed hunting
case, elegantly engraved, fitted with
a fine Swiss 'picbel jeweled move
ment, each one guaran- 90 mr.
teed worth S13, only 20, %
Woman's gold filed case guaranteed
for 20 years, with an Elgin or Wal
than guaranteed jeweled move
ment, worth SIG, ON mr.
only northumberland. WIO. ~
Boys watch, jeweled movement, Ara
bic dial, with second hand, stem
wind, ana set, worth N1 OF
81, only ..-..............Y IsG ~
Mans watch, gold filled case, guar
anteed for 20 years, fitted with an
Elgin or Waltham stem wind move
ment, worth on mr.
SIT, only ...-......-......V OO
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-16
FOR SALE,

One hundred and eighty three
acres of fine land, situated sevsn
and Sne>haIf miles north of Ian
caster on the main Charlotte road.
Place is we'll adapted to cotton,
corn and small grains, has two
streams running water and would
make an excellent stock farm.
Two nice frame tenant houses
have Just been put mp on place.
Forty acres woodland. This is
good investment, the tenant now
upon place pays 90 per cont. of
selling pic" -rent. Easily worth
SO 90, will sell at Five Dollars
per acre, cash. Address me at
10 Whitehall ST.. Atlanta. Ga.
or see my attys, Il. X. & X. B.
Allison.
WALTER q. CUREToN.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-16
HosnoS for the Conference.

The annual conference of the
nj thoiist church meets in Col
urnn,a Nsv. 2gth to Dec. I'D.
P'ss,dins Elder Bays will bs the
gne~t Of Mrs. Lizzie Mckay DUR
ing tine conference; Rev. j. NJ.
Steadmao IF p II. Lachicotts;
Reg j. w. Nicely of 5. H..
Ovens; Rev. w. &. Winu of Dr..
y. M. Qnstttebsum; Rsv. Z A..
Mnrray Of Col. W,lis .Is.-s; Rev
ID. A PhillipS of Miss Lizzie
Huet; Rev. j. | Spinks of j. F.
MrGilI; M.j. j. M. Riddle of
Mr-. l.. ID. Childs; MIR. j. M.
Isdsr Of Rev. q. H. Waddeil;
DE- K. S Beck ham of j N
Grah,m: Cspt. j. W. Hamsl of
IL. = taylor.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-16
Williams MObiey

On THURSDAY evening last At s
o r:uck quiet home wedding vas
sol"mniZed vt the home of the
bridn's bratter-in, law, Mr.. A. j.
Evans, at Rock Hill. The con
tracing parties were Mr.. O. w.
Williams and Miss Cora Mubley,
both well known and highly es-
teemsd here. Only the immediate
relatives of the contracting parties
were present.
The Herald adds, the homo Of
the bride i. at Heath Springs, but
she has been spending most of her
tine IN R"ck Hill with her sister.
MrS. A j. Evans. Miss Moblsy
ia most excellent young lady and
ba> endearsd herself to many dur
in" her stay here.
MIR. Williams is rising young
lu.lnes. man and came to Rock
Hill last March from Gainsvills,
Fl'.. and engaged in the drug
business with Mr.. A. j. Evans.
Each of tn" contracting parties
have manv friends here who ex-
tend kndsst congratulations and
best wishes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Williams will
board with Mrs. Phillip Taylor,
where they will be at homo to
their friends.
We clip the following from tn.
Daily News, GainsviIle, Fla
where Mr.. Williams was engaged
in business before coming to Rock
Hill:
"We are in receipt Of an in
vltation TO attend the wedding of
MIR. Oscar Ksll Williams and Miss
S"'a a. NlSoiOV ~ 1l''CN I'LL, .. ".
We have been unfortunate in not
knowing the bride to bs, but VIC
are we'll satisfied frsm our know
ledge Of the groom that she is all
our fancy paints her. Mr.. Will
liams was a resident of eur CITY
for some years, and We are free
and happy to state that no man
ever left the city with a clearer
record or left behind more ardent
friendships Not an evil thing was
ever said conserving his social
life, and he.stood at the head in
his business relations and We are
sure hs is one of tho few Young
men who will be in demand to
moet the needs of our rushing
commercial sra.'
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-16

wbat had happened.
Mrs. WilSon did not say what
course she would take In regard
to Mlilsr's inexplicabls conduct;
that she was only full of Iove for
everybody, hut that she thought
he should DO punished for this
cruel treatment.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-16
SHBRlFF'S SALE.

STATEOF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OFLANCASTER,
In Court Common Pleas.
Elix~J. Wylie. Plainti6,
AGAINST
Rufus C. C,okett. Eannie l. Williams
ct al. Defendants.
DURSUANT to an order Of court in
L the above case. signed by Judge
Ernest Gary, Oct. %, 1901. / will sell
at public auction within the Iegai.
hours of sale a: Lancaster court house.
on the
First Monday in December Ner &
All those tracts of land situate in the
county OF Lancast er and Stale of South
Carolina. described a. follows in a
mortgage OF same by l.. E. Crockett
aud ID M. Crockett on December 29th,
lSS9-the one tract containing
23l Acres. More or Less,
boundei'on the North py lands of B.
f. Miller, formerly owned by VIM
stevens; on the East by lands former
ly owned by ID Eli Dunlap, but now
owned by Mrs. Amanda Brown; on
the South Dy lands Of Turleline Draf
fin, formerly owned by ID Eli Crock
EFT; and on the West by lands of ia ues
p. g. Caskey end John Sistare; and
the other tract containing
30 Acres, AOre or Less,
bounded on the North by lands of
Robert g. Crockett; on the East by
lands Of b. F. Miller above designated:
on the South by lands of James P. G.
Gas Key and JOhn Sistare. and on the
West by Robert Thompson, formerly
WitherspoOn land
Terms of sale-CASH Purchaser
to pay for papers "he purchaser or
purchasers of said lands or any part
thsreOf must comply with the terms
OF sale within one hour from the time
of his or her bid and In default of com.
pliance the said premises So bid off
are to be forthwith resold at his or her
risk.
JOHN p. HUNTER,
Sheriff l.. G..
n, E. Wylie,
Plaintiffs Atty.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-16
FAR STRANGER
2 THAN RICIa0N.
Case of Child-Stsat,ng Full Of In.
cidsrts Baby Girf Stoiss;
Once Recovered, A9sif
Kidnapped, aud Finat.
N" ly Found.
The State, 18th inst.

The State, 18th inst.
A sensational case of child
stealing has just developed in this
city. 1t reads llkS . remsncs and
is full 1T exciting .incidSKts and
thrilling details. The theatre o,
Observation-Disclosures several States.
The tain rises showing the
first scene on An orange grove in
the land Of flowers. 1t is = tale
of kidnapping, of a mothers hsart-
rsnding years of anxiety, Of =
child's lost identity, life in q con-
vent, etc and final happy do
nouemsat in this CITY yestsr-
day, resulting in tho restoration
Of tho child to its mother After
nine long years of waiting and
watching and of the many rebuffs
of fate
L"uI. Wilson, daughter of Mrs.
l.. M. Wilson Of Tampa, Fla,
aad grand daughter of tho late
Capt. John Mcneil of Dads City,
Fla, was stolen from her homo
ln Dads City nearly nine years
ago, and was located in Columbia
YESTERDAY. Mrs. Wilson arrived
10 tho city and identified her long
lost child and the two have re
turned to their home in FIorida.
The facts connected with this
remarkable csse are stranger than
fiction Mrs. Wilson was a widow
living on an orange grove near
Dads City. She was a woman of
moderate means, 50 she relates
the story, and \ stranger, = man
bv the name Of Miller, . north,
erner, came there to board. He
was An author and wrote several
books, ono while living in Dsds
City, entitled "For Twenty Years
Tramp" r"A Trip Through
H-ll,' which purrsrtsd t. be q
history of his own lifs and several
Of the scenes were laid in and
around Dads City. Mrs. Wilson
describes Miller 40 an erratic fol-
low. He wrote under tho nom de
plume of Pster Blum. While at
Mrs Wilson's he became strongly
infatuated with little Louis, who
was then about six years of age,
asd Mrs. Wilson's youngest child.
One day he and the child sud
denly disappeared, and though
the surrounding country was
thoroughly searched no trace
could be found of The missing
ones. Weeks grew into months
and every one almost despaired Of
evor locating the child. Finally,
. clsw was secured and
the child was traced to a convent
ln st. Augustine, Fla. This was
slevsn months afterward. Mrs.
won't for her child, but on
arriving at the convent she had
much trouble in recovering tho
little ono Is it had been placed in
he convent under an assumed
name, tho stranger who had loft
t there claiming that the child's
parents were dead and that the
deceased father, a friend of his,
had bequsathsd it to him. Mrs.
Wilson obtained tho child after a
court proceeding aud returned
With 1T to Dade City. All went
we'll now for few months. There
vas no trace Of Miller and he was
lot prosecuted of course.
But the story docs not end here. !
L young man by the nane of
henderson, who had lived in a
,earhv villooa for a p,n,b>r ~
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-16

Mrs Wilson learned that her child
WAS in y convent 10 Selma, Ala,
hut investigation proved that the
little girl bad already gone from
there, and no ono knew whittier
she went. Mrs. Wilson duriIg.
and after this received numerous
letters purportlng to give infor-.
nation concerning the little ono,
.sorns of rhen alisging to be from.
the child and requesting that she
be sent money to pay her expsn-
sss homo. She often took tho
trips herself and sent money at
different times IN answer to letters
purporting to give Information,
etc, but all proved in vain. On
one occasion an older daughter of
Mrs. Wilson's made trip to
C,nada in the seeming fruitless
search, and to no avail. Two
years ago she Isceivsd = photo
graph Of the little girl, which had
been mailed on tho train and gave
no clsw as to where sho was, but
it was u satisfaction to know that
she WAS still alive and she still
prayed for the return of her little
one. >T 2 e.
Some months ago there arrived
in Columbia girl in her tssns
who went to Ursulins convent,
where she presented letters Of in
PRODUCTION and Recommendation
from = Mr.. w. f. Miller of Lake
City, Fla, whs introduced her
as Mary Young, stating in his
fetter to, the Ursulins authorities
that the girl had been loft to his
charge hy = deceased friend, and
that hs was poer and unable to
care for and educate her; that she
was of good character, smart and
ambitious, and requesting that
they either take her in or secure
a home for her where she could
work her. way through school. He
added in his letter that 1t was her
desirs to como to South Carolina,
as hor people had formerly como
from this State, but that the family
seemed extinct. As there i. no
provision made for such cases in
the convent hero the sisters inter-
ssted themselves in finding hume
for her and she was sent to live
with family in Waverley and
has been attending tho WavsrIy
school. r
The girls vsrsisn of tho story
fits in with that OF her mother.
She remembers of her chlldhood,
of her life in different converts
and of her stay in Lake City. with
Millor, whom she says is a cotton
merchant there, that he has = wife
and several children; that he has
generally beea kind to her, but
has always impressed her with tho
fact that she was an. orphan and
charge n his hands
Whom she decided that thsrs
was = mystery connected with her
life by accidentally coming into
of a latter of Mlllsr's
in regard to herself she made up
her mind to solve it. From this
letter she secured several names
Of parties in South Flsrida, and
when arriving in Columbia, away
from MiIlsr's espionage, she open
cd up a correspondence which led
to the happy reunion. Mrs. Will
son received a letter last Satur-
day from Columbia that n.de her
feel sure that she was at last on
the right track, and she immediate
ly made arrangements 10 come IN
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-16

We Are Gaining Public Favor With Rush
%N WLLIAMS-HUCHES co. -
., One month ago we threw open to public inspec-
tion one Of the Newest and Best Selected Stocks
Lot DRY GOODS, SHOES, CLOTHING,t No
ITlONS and FANCY GROCERIES eyer display
|ed in Lancaster.
we knew that we would command fair share
I9f the Cash Trade, but didn't dream Of getting
the Lions s. share all at once Your confidence
we will strive to win by constant fair treatment
ONE PRICE TO ALL and that THE LOVES
We Sound the Note READY And BARGAINS
ARE in Order
Every department now in perfect shape and i'm
each you will find VALUES THAT WILL
MAKE YOu BUY. But whether you BUY or
not YOU ARE WELCOME. Our Stores are
brimful and oyerfowing with the Newest Novel
ties in Dress goods Silks and Velvets, Notions
Jackets Capes, Etc. I
Everything Bright New dhandu
! 10 see our crowded stores and busy clerks YOU
would think we were in business 10 Years instead
OF 80 days,---we can hardly realize it ourselves.
Nothing can stop fair field and no fa-
yors is all we ask. Our expenses are small---No
high salaried Bosses perambulating around
usWe ALL WORKERS. c1~~.
Respectfully,
a. ]: WlLLIAMSHUCHES CO
If a.,
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&C. G. c." on Every Tablet.

Every tablet of Cascarets Candy
Cathartic bears the famous c. c. C..
Never sold in bulk. Look for it and
accept no other. Beware of fraud.
All druggists, 1oc. .
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1901-11-16

The One Day Gold Cure
For cold in the head and sore throat use Ks,A
mott,s Chocolates Laxative Quinine, the ocs
Oav Cold C,HA" =. -
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Respectfully,
WlLLIAMSHUCHES CO.


October IA, 1901,