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THE McDUFFIE PROGRESS, Thomsen, Ga.
A PY«e* of Ssfoty.
Wltu which arc serviceable only ia
fair weather nro not of much tine to
tii® pioneer of a now country. Ail sorts
of Yk-tasltudos present themselves to
the dweller of the wild regions. Mr.
Willey ia Ids “History of tho Whtto
Mouutnliiu” giro* no Instance of 1
man whore lugemdty withstood a cy
clone. The Incident took pinee In tbs
early days of Jackson.
A terrible tornado passed over ttas
little settlement. It was so strong
hardly anything could stand lieforo It
Ileuses and barns were leveled, trees
wen whirled about In the air like
Btleks, anil men and women wer®
caught up and carried along for rod*.
Otto house was razed to the ground,
nnd chairs, tallies, beds, bedding and
children wont dying about In tho wind.
The father of the family. unatchlng hi*
bullies from the rude grasp of the mon
ster, thrust t lie little folks’ heads
through two rails of a fence nnd left
them thus secured, with their Icgii
dangling In the wind. He then wont
to look after tils other property.
The five little children remained snf®
tn their fastening nnd, uninjured, out
rode the tompost.
Thought Ho Wsi In India.
As n consequence of tho freq&oney
with which venomous sun lies are met
with tn India Anglo-Indian* upend their
Whole lives In thinking of their live®
and watching out for snakes. When
Mr. Kipling reached London from Ip-
din In his search for fame nud fortune
be lodged lu some small rooniB on VII-
llerK street. Strand, up two flights of
stairs. One morning a friend called,
and when he found himself In Itudynrd
Kipling's sitting room he was surprised
to see a handsome mirror which stood
over the flrcplnce “smashed to smither
eens."
“Snakes," said Kipling, noticing the
look of astonishment on his friend**
face. “1 was dozing In iny cbnlr yester
day evening, and my fo«t slipped ont
of in.v shoe, which for comfort I had
unlaced. Half waking. 1 felt with my
foot for the shoe nnd began slipping
It lu whoti my toes touched *lio leather
tongue. Snake flashed across my
sleepy brain. I gave one desperate
kick, nnd when the shoe struck that
mirror I realized that I was in Londoi
and not In ludla.”
His Old College Chums.
A conductor neiit a new brnkemnn to
pul Home (rumps off the train. Thiy
were riding in a box car. The brake-
man dropped Into the car nnd said,
"Where are you fellows going?" "To
Atchison." "Well, you can't go to
Atchison on this train, so get off.”
“Von get," enme the reply, and ns the
brnkemnn was looking Into the busi
ness end of a gun he took tho nilvlce
given him and "got." He went back to
the caboose, nnd the conductor naked
him If lie bad put the fellows off.
"No." 1a* answered. “1 did not have
the heart to put them off. They want
to go to Atchison, and, besides, they
are old schoolmates of mine,” The
conductor used some very strong lan
guage and then said he would put
them off himself. lie wont over to the
car and met with the same experience
as the brnkemnn. When he got back to
the caboose, the brnkemnn said, “Well,
did you put them off?" “Nnw, they’re
schoolmates of mine too."—Wellington
(Kan.) Nows.
H«l«vy and the Duo de Morny.
It -may not l>e geuernlly known tn
what circumstances Ilnlevy owed tils
advancement In the French civil serv-
leo to the Due do Morny. The iluke, an
amateur of the arts, had begun to write
the libretto of a comic opera of which
Offenbach was to provide the music,
lie found thnt he had not the time—or
perhaps that he bad not the tnlent--to
finish It. lie sought n collaborator, nnd
Ilnlevy came to the rescue nnd kept
his secret. When, therefore, the office
1 of the ministry of Algeria, which ho
held, was suppressed he had 110 hesita
tion In asking his august patron for the
post which ho sought on the Journal
Offlclel. ‘The very thing!" exclaimed
. the duke. “There Is six months’ vaca
tion when the chamber Is not sitting,
so that you will have plenty of tlmo
to write for the stage.” Aud he gave
him a note to the head of the depart
ment, consisting of the simple words,
| “Make arrangements to give the bearer
the post for which lie will nsk you."—
Westminster Gazette.
Early Lamps and Wioka.
It would be hazardous to conjecture
What the first wick consisted of, but
A Rich Woman’s Closet.
"The nearest approach to a Rlue-
beord's closet that 1 ever saw,” said s
woman the other day, "was tn the
country house of one of New York'?
most fashionable women.
"1 didn't know her, but In a queer,
roundabout wny 1 was once shown
when we come to consider the’ Iron ! ? v )' r <ho ‘ 10US0 i an , (1 811Mrs - V.’s prl
lamp, or “crust®,” we know that the
wick commonly used was the pith of
the rush, which was gathered nod
partially stripped of Its outer green
covering, cut Into proper lengths, dried
nnd tied up Into bundles ready for use.
The Iron lamp was hammered out of
one piece of Iron hi n stone mold. This
was usually done by the blacksmith,
and tin* molds are still to be soeu In
museums, tn the bauds of private col
lectors and no doubt at some of the
country blacksmiths’ shops. They are
cf one uniform shape, with some slight
varieties. The lamp consists of two
cups, one suspended above aud lurid®
the other. The suspender Is so tixed
nnd notched ns to enable the upper
cup. which holds the M nnd wick, to
re shifted to keep the oil constantly In
contact with the wick. The lower cup j
catches the drip of the oil. which can)
be easily replaced In the upper cup by 1
lifting It off until the oil Is poured Into '
:t. The upper cup bus sometimes a j
movable lid.—Chambers’ Journal.
vnte apartments. I pretty nearly faint
ed when I walked into a room where a
dozen or more women were apparently
hanging from the celling.
"When 1 ciuue to I found that what
I had taken to be a choice collection
of female corpses was really a lot of
manikins. Mrs. V. bail them made
after her own measurements, nnd her
chuiicst costumes were kept on them
when not In use.
"Her maid would fnsten a gown os
to n manikin, put something over it to
keep the dust off and then by means
of a rope and pulley draw the whole
thing to tlie celling. It was a tine nr-
ningemont. but looked ns If niuclteard
bad been nrouuil.”—New Y’ork Sum
Not Deluded.,
"Do you want employment?"
“Lady," answered Plodding Pete,
“you means well but you can't mak«
work sound any more luvltiu’ by usin
words of three s.vb-Uea"--Washing
U»u Star
How Could feho Do Itf
The homely forms of speech used by
the country peoplo with whom little
Edith nud her mother boarded last
summer were frequently very puzzling
to the child.
One evening the fanner’s wife, la
talking for a few minutes with Edith’s
mother, rcnmrked that, as she was
very tired thnt night, she would "go to
roost with the chickens.”
When Edith's bedtime arrived n lit
tle Inter the youngster was nowliete to
be found. After considerable starch
she- was discovered sitting on a ?,irgc
stone near the chicken house, quietly
watching tlio fowl us they came in one
by one.
"Edith," called her mother, "what
are you doing there? 1'vo been look
ing for you everywhere; It’s time to go
to bed.”
“I know, mother," wns the reply,
"but they’re uenrly all In now, so she'll
be here soon, 1 guess."
"Who are In nnd who will be there?
What on earth nro you talking about,
child?” asked the my stifled mother.
“Why," explained Edith, rather Im
patiently, “you know Mrs. said she
wns going to roost with the chickens
tonight, j,nd I'm uniting to sec how
she does it."
Mow Wyekoff Was Reveaito.
The late Professor Walter A. Wyck-
off of Princeton had a pnsslon foi
knowledge at first hand nnd will Ik*
best remembered ns the college pro
fessor who studied labor conditions by
becoming himself a laborer. Starting
In 1891 lu Connecticut with no money
and with n suit of overalls, he worked
his wny through nearly every state iu
the Union after the fashion of tho
floating laborers of this country, *«
many of whom ultimately become
tramps. Wherever there wns n possl
blllty of work he applied for It, wheth
er it' were digging ditches, wrecking
houses or factory work. For awhile
his incognito usually worked well, but
as soon ns his fellow laborers saw him
at table they at once began to susjwct
him. His mnnner of eating, his way
of holding knife nnd fork, at once set
them speculating. Once he wns seen
drinking ten at a fellow laborer's
house in Chicago. He lifted the snucer
from the table, held It In Ills hand nnd
forgot himself so far ns to drink with
out noise. "I k no wed then,” ids host
afterward said, "that he wns n swell
masquerading.”—Harper's Weekly.
•tnyed at a country house In the neigh
borhood. Tills bishop was excessively
fond of a game of hililunls nnd could
hold Ills own on ttie cloth against tl><*
majority of amateurs. •
During th.li visit ids lordship played 1
several quiet games with his host, but j
one morning had a prolonged run of !
bad luck, which so exasperated him
that at last lie entirely lost bis temper '
nnd In Ids rage snapped the cue I11 two
across his knee.
This mnd action seemed to bring the
bishop to Ills senses, nnd with profuse
regrets lie upologlzed to Ids host for
his conduct, declaring that ho would
not have Imil it happen for the world.
Hut the host coolly replied:
”1 must beg* you. my lord, to think
no more about the matter. I am renlly ;
glad that It occurred, ns for many
years 1 have been wishful to sec what
A hlnhop was like when he wanted to
use imd lang::: 1 .—* ”—T.ondon Tit-Bit*.
Turner and tho Doctor.
When Tinner, the famous painter,
wns dying at Chelsea he sent In de
spair for a Itnmsgate doctor who Ind
4one li! 111 Ho ne good during Ids recent
stay lit that place mill who. lie hoped,
might take 11 different view of Ids case
from that which the London physic Ians
had expressed. The doctor arrived and
confirmed the opinion that tin- artist
had very little time longer to live
"Walt a bit." said Turner to the doc
tor. "Y’ou have had nothing to eat and
drink yet. have you?” "No. but that's
of no consequence." “Itut It Is." re
plied the [milder. "Go downstair*, nnd
you will find some refreshment, ami
there Is some line brown sherry- dou'1
•pare It—and then come up anil see me
again." The doctor refreshed himself
anil then enme back to tho patient.
"Now, then." salil Turner, “whut Is It?
Do you still think so Imilly of my
case?" The doctor regretfully said he
could not alter Ids former opinion. The
•rtlst shook Ids shoulders, turned Ids
face to the wall and never spoke again!
—Dundee Advertiser.
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They are good and pure.
F. 15 Davis,
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On, Waft lilt Ha Returns.
“Why, my dear," exclaimed die good
friend on finding Mrs. Nowed hi floods
of tears, "what Is the matter?" j
The young wife wiped her eyes and
tried to compose herself nnd bo In- 1
humnnly calm.
"Well," she began, with folded |
bauds, "you know John Is Rwny for a |
week."
"Yes, dear," helped the Indy friend. !
"Well, he writes to me regularly, !
nnd In Ills—his last letter he toll* me
lie gets my photo out and kisses It ev-
cry day.”
"nut that Is nothing for you to cr.
about!" exclaimed the good friend.
"Yes, tt Is," cried Mrs. Nerved :
bursting Into tears afresh, "bo-bccausa ■
l took my picture out of Ills ba ling be
before he started J11 -Just for a Jo-Joke
nnd put one of mo-mo-mother's lu Its i
place!”
Why Thay Don't Desert.
"Instances of desertion from the ,
army In Mexico are very rare nnd foi
the best of rensons,” said Senor Jos<
de Mlnnldez of Niteva Leon.
"Tin* reason lies la the almost sure |
capture of the fugitive auil the certain- j
ty that he will get not one out numcr
ous Hoggings on Ills hare back. These
lashings are done In the presence ol
the comrades of tho deserter, and when
the men see how great Is the suffering
of the miserable wretch who tried In
vain to quit ills military obligations
they are forced to conclude thnt tt Is
better to stick to the army than to un
dergo such a terrible ordeal.”—Balti
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Cnrneeto’s First Investment.
It war, due to Thomas A. Scott that
Andrew Carnegie made his first Invest
ment. ten shares of stock In the Adams
Express company, valued at $500. Tills
he <1 hi with considerable trepidation. J
He had labored hard for the money he :
hnd saved up while he hail worked as
a telegrapher. It is part of railroad
history How he later fell hi with the
Inventor of the sleeping car, saw the
enormous advantages which that man
ner of travel held out to passengers \
and promoters and how he interested i
others In the Invention of Mr. Wood- j
ruff. Tills occurred shortly after Ills i
returu from Washington, when the
problems of transportation were still
nppermost In Ills mind, lie was now I
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ho then pictured earthly possessions. \
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As Others dee Us.
“Mem-sahlb,” asked u young East In
dian girl of her English mistress, "why
do you wear those sad colors? I don't
like them.”
"T am in mourning, Lattoo. It is the
enstoiu of English ladles."
"But black Is the color of ulght. mem
sahib, and yet you believe that when
Ton die you go to heaven at once. Then
why not be glad for your friends who
die and wear colors such as wo see in
birds nnd flower* and fulling water
when the sun shines? Uod doesn’t
wake your colors. Ah, well, Christian*
are strange people!”—From "TUe In-
dtau Alys."
Wauslljls.
"The trouble with this tooth," said
the dentist, probing it with a long
slender instrument, "is that the neKe
Is dying."
“It seems to me, doctor," groaned the
victim, "you ought 10 treat the dying
with a lltt'e more respect."
Queer Auctions.
A Dutch auction at Capo Town ts
frequently exciting. It a house is to
b® sold, tlie auctioneer offers ”50 gold
en sovereigns fur the man who first
bids £5,000." Nobody bids. A pause, j
tnd then "50 golden sovereigns for t!n*
man who first bids £4.900.” This is
kept up until n bid is secured. But II
by no means follows that the house is
sold to tills bidder. No, the auctioneer !
Is then at it again. Say thnt £4,40*) ts
the first bid. The auctioneer cries. I
"There are 25 golden sovereigns for :
the first man who has the courage to j
bid £4.COO." Perhaps no one has It i
Then £25 is offered for a £4.550 hid. l f
there is eventually no bid above the
£.4.400. the man who made thnt bid is
saddled with the house. Otherwise he
pockets his bonus and gets off fre® ot
It all.—Westminster Gazette,
Audlen «a Hava Changed.
“They don’t write comic operas !!kt
they used to." said Mr. Stormlngton
Barnes. "They used to buv6 Jokes
then that made people laugh."
“Yes,” answered the manager, "bu«
/ou must remember that I11 those day;
Jhcy had audiences who could be made
t<* .j.-.-ga.-—Memphis Commercial Ap
peal.
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year—until wc have to-day one
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evidence as to '
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mailed free on request.
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EARLY JERSEY CHARLESTON SUCCESSION AUGUSTA SHORT STEMMED
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The Earliest WAKEFIELD The Earliest Hat A litUe later Largest cad latest
Cabbage Grown Poeond Earliest Head Variety than Succession Cabbage
PRICE: Inlets ott to (n.s! $1.50 per in., 5 to 3 m. at $1.25 per m., 10 in. ami over, a: $1.00 per rn.
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r'.iiarnntee 1 gdarur.U-o £ laRtfi to Si*' 6 Tdrchasr-r satisfaction, orwill refund the purchase
V-iUiiraiure price to auy customer who n d:aaatisucd at end of season. Those r.Vil.t- -, r ,-
grown in the open field, on 3* u’.aast of Sourh Carolina, In a climate that is lust suited t-<
growing the hardiest plants that can be grown in the United States. These plants c in tie
reset in the interior of the Southern States during the month.a of J.anuarv Fsbraarr a-’-i
Marclr. They will stand severe cold without being injured, and will mature a h-ad of Cab-
frame?'* 0 l ° Tbrea weels3 Bu °her than if you grew your own plants In hot bods and oold
Ny Largest Customers are the Market Gardenors near the interior towns and cities of
the South. Their profit depends upon them having Early- Cabbage; for that reason thev Dur-
ohase my plants for their crops. 3 1 ur
I also grow a full Hne of other Plants and Fruit Trees, ru h a-i Strawberry and Sweet Po
tato Plants; Apple, Peach, Pear, Plum, Cherry auj Apricot Trees, Pig llusht3 aud Gr..o
Vines.
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