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T? I HI. -- ? Two Views o By The Optimist. The roses nowhere bloom so white ?fh As iu Virginia; The sun nowhere shines so bright fli As in Virginia; The birds sing nowhere quite sosweet, Th And nowhere hearts so lightly beat, For heaven and e.u tti both seem to meet js j Down in Virginia. The days are never so long ^li As in Virginia; Nor quite so' filled with happy song \v j As in Virginia; And when my time has come to die ^n Just take me back and let me lie Tin Close where the James goes rolling by, Down in Virginia. Or There is nowhere a land so fair As in Virginia; ^ So full of song, so free of care, As in Virginia; And I believe that Happy Laud The Lord's prepared for mortal man A Is built exactly ou the plan t," Of old Virginia. No No An Of Is s Prospects Good. The new post office building and Ibe pro posed new school house, It would seem would > ^ Insure plenty of w-.rk for mechanics end la- laborers or nil kinds. The building of fine bouses always puts money In circulation, ano money In circulation always makts trade for I a time good In ail lin?s. Much o 1 the ma- <01 terlal will be bought at home, and much 01 Hit) the 1*1 <r will be dine ly heme folks. A lilt $50 OC'O (i n t ffice and a S-tU,CUO sc hool house, tb( In acdltlon to ibe usual number of Improve- wa naents nnd new buildings, will make things ( lively. The erection ,ol cosily buiidlngs al- th( Mays qultktns iiade. The mi ney lor the gel ? i. ui i rcinie fioni Washlugton and &U' (VStluivv ..... tbe money lor the school bonds will comei ^ from come one ol tbe ditsant cities, thus &Q< bringing a large amount of foreign capital to ha< our doors. cas ^ -j tbs Must Not Fall Down. 1U\ Abbeville having built a fine court house ing atd a ciedliable city hall, while tbe prospect ol I for a 50,000 post i fflce Is good, we mu6t not it > "fall down" in our proposed school house. The schco! lioufe must be In keeping with Wl the court Louse, the city hall, and the poeti'l"' office. Nobody Is ever sorry for tbe erection col of a fine public building, but nearly every-l'u^ body, sooner or later is ashamed of a shabby the public buildlDg. Ifthi6 were not true, why ^ Is It that so many old houses are being torn mO down? hci . 110 Must have been Tetarus- uot A four year old child of Mr. John Beauford ' f?r' of Little Mountain fell 8'?me days ago and|''e Injured its knee. The knee swelled. The f?rl swelling was lanced. The night after having 1 Its knee lanced the child died, and was burled at Lower Long Cane. for ? to-c thii Unauthorized Insurance Company. our Press and Banner, Abbeville, S. C. teJl Dear s:rs; ti(l< I bave been informed that some f . o e representing himself as the agent for the ILU Fraternal Bankers of America was soliciting E insurance in Abbeville County. No such ha, company or order is licensed ;to do business . in this State It may mean something to -j? i?, ,hiu sav some of your reaaern ?/ ?? ? known. Hoi Very truly, T F. H. MoMasier, J Insurance Commissioner. wb _____ sav iug Buy po^tcffice orders and help to Increase iMfc *the business ol theoffice so that we may have dai city delivery 01 mall. City delivery would be hin t he greatest po6sil le convenience to many of bit: our people, ai d we can have It by increasing J the post cffice buslnee* to the required Wl amount. the kit . i nia Lost. of i Between the Baptist church and the Pres- len byterlan church one black silk shawl. Ke rJ ward ti finder. . Press and Banner. , * da^ uo, Sheriff Lyon In addition to the office which he has held, now occupKs the office made va- ut?[ cant by the removal of the office of County S6u Superintendent of Education. tur Judge R. E. Hill went to Edgefield last gu, Wednesday to give expert testimony In the mu case of J. T. Pattlson, ex-treasurer, against * u the Farmers Bank of Eflgtfleld. He came ne backiSucday, not having been called tatbe (rat stand. The case Involves a question of mis- ^ take In some f4,000 which the plaintiff con- on< tends the bank made In his account. per Mr. J. Foster Hammond, Superintendent of ?I Education, has moved his office into the room on the right of the court room, which Is one of the best. If not the best offices in the court house. j . blc Brooms always to be found fnaj here and at the lowest living Tei prices. The R. L. iJarpan uo. 5 and 10c Store. \ ' Vf)' Xotlre to TrncherN aiul TmHtces. lut I will be absent from my office of County th< Superintendent of Education on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, until I make the rounds of visiting the schools in tbe coun- mm ty. J. Foster Hammond, ij| Co. Supt. of Education, A. C. ? Tbe boys say that Speed's Clnco cigars does * really keep a good taste In your moutb. Try them and see. Speed's Drug Store. & It will scon be time to paint your house. ab( Be sure to use the paint that goes the furthest vvil and lasts the longe6l?DeVoe's. For sale only u. by Speed's Drug Store. , an< Don't wait until your blood is impoverished and you are sick and ailing, (j() but take Hollister's liocky Mountain Tea now. It will positively drive out ? ail winter impurities. 35 cents, Tea or Al Tablets. C. A. Milford & Co. ^j "My tbree year old boy was badly constl pated, bad a high fevt r and was In an awful condition. I gave blm two dosts of Foley's Oilno Laxative and ib<* next morning the fever was gone and he was entirely well. Fo- TT ley's Orlno Laxative saved his life." A. Wol- W kusb, Caslmer, Wis. C. A. Milford & Co. ?j i _ j 0 1 in ware auu euauieieu wttic at prices here that will save R you many a dime. IheR. L Dargan Co. 5 and 10c Store. 8l An accident policy for 51,000 In the North 0] American Accident luturance Co. tor one year will cost you ol cents. Abbeville Hard- _ ware Co. H Flist lot of Zach McGee's "Dark Corner'' sold out. Second lot just arrived. Read It by ail means. Only one dollar, at Speed's Drug I 1 Store. ^ F If you'd be dubbed a handsome girl, And win a handsome Knight, p The secret here J do impart, fr Take Holiister's Kooky Mountain Tea f,,r at night. C. A. Mil lord & Co. ^ TpT.FflTRIfl The Best Tonic, BITTERS family Medicine.6' f Virginia. ( By The Pessimist. e juleps nowhere sprout so green r As in Virginia; I e wood hogs nowhere are so lean ^ As in Virginia; c e mud creeks now here have the smell c d nowhere else, the truth to tell, a it so hot this side of hell e As in Virginia; t e hum hotel is all the style In old Virginia; c jere waiters wait once in a while n In old Virginia; ? d trolleys sometime come along, at's when the current's running t strong, 9 something else has not gone wrong ^ In old Virginia. r where such storms obscure the sun ^ As iu Virginia; where so slow the railroads run As iu Virginia; d when my time has come to go >t take me there, because, you know, * longer live, I'll die so slow, ^ Down in Virginia. where can toil so well suffice * As in Virginia; 1 where ancestors cut such ice As in Virginia; d I believe that that lazy land fleas and niggers, heat and sand i simply fashioned to be d d ? In old Virginia. t . ? THE POWER OF READY CASH. . i i Kou Would be Independent, Save Some- \ thing Regularly. Heady cash is the greatest moviug ( ce in the business world. Many a in can date the beginning of his i ;'s failue from the day he first fell i i dire need of a little ready cash, and s s forced to borrow it. )there who could not borrow m*ssed t ^ great opportunity of their lives to i ; a start on the road to independence d wealth. 'ommodore Vanderbilt worked nighl J day saving every penny until he t 3 $3,000, then with this amount in e h he was enable to buy the business j it was to be the corner-stone of his t mense fortune. <] /Vhen the children of today are be- B ; regaled with the timeworn story , Gfeorge Washington's little hatchet, j vould be a splendid plan to vary r s theme by telling them of George ? ishington's little account book. L >m boyhood he kept the strictest ac- c int of his expendituries, being care- \ to show each week an increase in a > "cash on hand." I ^he boy or man with some ready p ney in the bank has a feeling of j, iltliy independence to be secured in y other way. h low many of us there are who can- j recall the time when we have been p :ed to say, "Oh, if I only had a lit- p money to start with I could make a 0 iuue." j; 'here is a tide in the affairs of man g ich taken at the flood leads on to a -ture." Ask the great financiers of rt lay whether they doubt the truth of c 3 statement. Our merchant princes, mine owners, our laud holders who a ^accumulated great wealth-all will a vou that the first change in the t j of their aft'airB was due to the care- v investment of a little meney. t, [ow could the late Marshall Field n /e bought au interest in tlie firm by c 10m he was employed, if he had not a ed and accumulated a few thousand i, lars of available cash? i ohu Wannamaker is another man t o, from a salary of $1.20 a week, n ed ten cents a day car fare by walk- t ; four miles to and from work, lay- 5 : the ten cents away, hoping some c f to have money enough to buy a uself a business that would allow c n to ride in bis own carriage. y sot all of us can be Vauderbilt, t mnamakers or Marshall Fields?but t i experience of these great money f igs points out the way to money $ king and money keeping, and most t js can, if we will, go a reasonable * gth in that direction. J ?here are philosophers that contend I it the greatest curse in the world to- c f is debt, and this debt is fed and c jrished by the great army of spen- o s who prefer to be constantly haras- g by debt than to lay up for the fu- t e by paying aud saving with cash, c ch a cource always spells failure. J erefore' friend, let not you and me e counted among the class of profli- t es, but let us instead begin now, at t ;e, to build for ourselves an inde- \ ident future, a comfortable old age. Sx. a f ? spring tonic that makes rich, red i >od. Brings strength, health and * ppiness to the whole family. Notb- F ; equals Hollister's Rocky Mountain a i as a Spring regulator. 35 cents, t A. Milford & Co. ? . t fry a can of McDougall's fresh [ istflH nnffflo at. V. .Tnnoo. 9fin 8 3 can, x ? g * and for Sale. : s >Irs- J. A. Rtevensou offers for sale 1 valuable tract of land, containing >ut 228 acres, situate, nearest point, a ihiu one and one-half miles of dges, splendid branch bottom land i well wooded over about threertbs of the whole. Will sell realably on easy terms. For informan apply to W. W. Bradley. alvert & Uickles . t ? Headquarters for ? ? rhite Hickory Wagons j wensDoro wagons, a ock Hill Buggies, [ iimmer Buggies, t tieap Buggies, t arness.Xaprobes, etc. j alvert & Nickles 1 eb 21. 1904. tf ? PNUMONIA FOLLOWS LA GRIPPE. v neuroonlH olien follows la prlppo but nev- ! Ii ) (,ws ib? use <>1 Foil-} V Honej aiid'i'Hr 1 >a t-'iiri't' rougl k aid dttp seated colds ]i u*s hiiv but ihe aniline In tbe yellow, krge. f. A. M.'lloru a Co, llfP Isabel sign leaves this week for Au- I ta, Ga., w here she v? 11 spend awblle with I sister, Mrs. U. E. Piatt. PROGRESSIVE FARMING. )ne Hundred Bushels of Corn to the Acre. (By Charles Petty.) Can you make it? Well you try to nake half ahuudred this year? When .)rake made hia wonderful crop a few ears ago it was considered marvelous. If any person had prolaimed that 40 to 60 bushels to the ,cre could be made by common farmrs on their upland he would nave ieen considered a little weak in the ipper story. But there are many armers now doing that thing and the orn cost only 30 to 40 cents a bushel, dr. Williamson has brought about 83 reat revival in corn production, lu making large crops of anything he seasons have to be taken into conideration. Excessive rains or long [rouths will cut off crops. We purlose in two or three numbers of The ournal and Free Lance to speak of he Williamson method of planting orn. Some farmers think they know nore than Williamson, or any other armer who has succeded with tiiat >lau, consequently they make rows to 5 feet wide instead of 6. Then hev say it is better to make the first ipplication of fertilizer when ihe coru s planted so as to push it farward. These ard errors and lead to failure. A Few Suggestions. It is better on ordinary upland, that vill make without manure of any sort i to 12 bushels of com, to get 200 bushils from three acres, or plant 15 acres ind get the same amount? It is more profitable to apply $50 ivorth of fertilizer to three acres and nake 60 to 80 bushels to the acre, 15 icres aud make 16 to 20 bushels to the icre? Is it better to make an abundant ;orn crop on a few acre?, or a scanty )ne on three times as many? Is it better to improve the land by nakiug very large yields, or to wear t out by carelessness cultivation and mall crops? Ib it cheaper to make large, heavy ?ars of corn of uuiform size, or a lot of jubbins? Williamson Plan. In the first place thorough preparaion is required. If the top soil is ihallow with little humus in it, pre)are by breaking two or three inches >f the clay and mixing with the soil. That preparatory work should be done it once. Turn the land and follow vith snbsoiler. Harrow occasionally, fit gets hard. If disposed to wash >ut terraces on a level. If you have a ;ood crop of grass and weeds to turn inder so much the better. All of our inlands cleared years ago need humus. rVhen that is abundant the land acts s a sponge aud absorbs and stores up he rains as they fall. Such land sufers less iu wet weather, or dry, than aud scratched over. Do not think ou know more than farmers who lave succeeded with this plan. Some leople, say their plan is best and they ?ut in a part of the fertilizer when they ilant. Others say 6-foot rows are a waste f land and they make 4 or 5-foot rows, iuch farmers are not often heard of at) athering time. Stick close to the plan ud when you succeed at that, get up better one and the corn growers will all you a benefactorAfter land has been well prepared nd received the benefit of the frosts nd winter rains, it is ready to plant. Se sure that you never touch the laud nth a plow when it is too wet. Some ime in March lay ofl' your rows as learly on a level as possible. Do not ome an inch under six feet. Bed with , two-horse turn plow, leaving the ast furrow till planting time. In the 'iedmout plant the corn as soon after he 25th of March as tbe weather and Qoisture will permit. Do not plant in lills. If you do you will lose by it. itrow the corn along so that when it omes up there will be enough to get .stalk exactly where you want it. Do lot add an ounce of fertilizer when 'ou plantyuurn corn. Cover it about wo inchcs deep. Being low down in hat deep middle fnrrow the April rosts will not hurt it After planting 'our com. then proceed with your coton and plant and thin it and give it a econd cultivation About the last of day turn your attention to the corn, f the weeds and grass are growing too nuch in the middles, run one section if a steel harrow over it the 10th to 15th if May. That will check or kill the ;rass. A one-horse cultivator run wice will clear the middles. But do lot touch the corn till May 25th to fune5th. If the stalks are small and ven yellow, do not be alarmed. When ime to cultivate comes, let the corn be binned leaving a stalk just where you yant it. Decide how much you wish to the icre. Men who have not t^ied the >lan should not aim too high the first ime. Try for forty bushels and make I t. iou wui reel bo gooa mat yuu vill no for sixty next year. If you >lant corn with a large ear, deep grain >nd small cob, 80 ears may make a >usbel. But when all tbe ears are .verage size count a hnndred to the mshel. It will take 125 to 160 ears of he prolific varieties. On tbin land hat would make six to ten bushels of mall corn without fertilizer, do not ilant for more than 30 to 40 bushels, jand has to be brought up by de;rees?. If the soil is thin and devoid of huaus begin with the bills two feet part. That should make 30 to 35 buhels. As the land is better increase be fertilizer and the yield. The folawiugisthe number of hills to the ere: Six feet by 24 inches 3,630. Six feet by 18 inches 4,840. Six feet by 12 inches 7,260. Six feet by 8 inches 10,890Married Man Change. We wonder how many of our readrs have noticed the difference between he man who has been married but a hort time and one who has been marto/? oouoriil vonro "V'nu ran ftlw.ivs ell a young husband from an old one. rVhen a man has been marritd a few oouths, you will generally see bim working in the garden or fixing up ,bout the bouse and while he works le whistles, or sings, or occasionally ooks up toward the window to see if iny one is watching hiru. A year later ie*is still working in the garden but he smile has been exchanged for a rown and he occasionally looks up tovard the house wondering why iu hunder breakfast is not ready. An ther year rolls by and his looks would our milk, but he is still at work, stop)ing occasionally to kick the dog or hrow a brick at the cat. The next ear we find him sitting on the porch, mokinga pipe, while his wife does he digging in the garden. Now just vatch our young pjen, as one by one. hey are caught in Cupid's net and see f this.rule dees not work out the probern correctly. Dr. King's New Discovery KILLS THE COUGH. CUBES THE LUNGS. List of White Teachers ol February 27 J. Foster Hammond, Buperinte Prof. P. L. Grier, Due \V Prof.'W. R. Bradley, Ab J. Foster Hammond, Ab ( No. Die. Name of Teacher. Nami 1...MIB8 Mattye Lea Rogers Diamonc 2...Mlss Emma Andrews Ridge ... 8...J. T.Taylor, Principal Graded Mrs. K. H. Moseley " Miss Annie Bell " 4... Miss Lola M. Wilson Pleasant 5...Miss Louise Bell CUnksca 6 Miss Lilly Luuer -iextus ... 7... Wm. H. Hester MlllUota Miss Ellen Harruil Latimer 8...Miss Virginia MoODey Montere 9...M1SS Lillian A. Prcffll Falls 1U...T. M. Br&wnlee, Principal Graded . M16S Adel Dnnbar " 11...R. E. Grler, Principal " Miss Ella B. Morris " 12...Miss Alllene Frldy Bordeau 18... J. B. Koon, Principal High Scl MIhh R. .Tamils McDonald " Miss Fraukle Sue Beeks " Miss Jessie Coleman " Miss Carrie Tolbert " Miss A'.la May Hollo way Hollow? 14...Miss Mamye Cromer Buffalo 15...Miss Emily Prentiss Bdievui 10...Miss Maude Pettlgrew Hanvey 17...MISS Mattle Nickels Flatwoc 18...Miss Olivia Jones Bethis.. 19...Miss Eunice Cocbrun Kernel!! 20...Rev. B. M. Cheatham Graded Miss Clara Bonner " '21 ...Miss Mollle Cochran Prosper Miss Connie Wardlaw Bethel.. 22...L. W. Dick, Supt Graded W. R. Bradley. Prluclpai " Mies Margaret A. Lemons " Mies Helen White " M168 May Robertson " Miss Sarah White " MIsb Attle Phillip* " Miss Minnie Greene " Mips EUza Mabry " Mlts Julia F< ater " Miss Rosa Mttxwell _ " Mrs Lizzie Cason " 23...Miss Margaret Callison Warren 24...Miss Llna Radcllll Ried .... 25...Miss Mary L. Rotrers Brown I 26...MISS Allle May P iwer .. Lone F< J. Kay Carv/lle Campb* 27...D. M. Moore, Principal Graded, Miss Eilen Seawrlght " 28 S. F. Ellis Union. 29'.::M188 Lucia B. Hill Snnny S Geo. A, Crowther Little 2 80... Miss Clara McElroy ~ Cold Sp 31 Miss Vlnglnla Robertson Long Cf 32 R.S.Arnold Smlthv 83...Miss Julia I. Keller Verderj 34...Miss Ensle Davis Central Miss Kate Crawford Santuc. 35...Miss Mangle McKee Arborvl 36...Miss Mary Carwlle Parks C 37...Miss Maggie Link Little R Miss Cynthia Drake fc Keowee 88...8. W. Rabb, Prlnolpal Graded Mre. H. E. Bonner - Miss Julia Nickels " Miss Agnes Grler " 39...F. Lewis Ashley, Principal " Miss Mary Parker " Mlea Dora Agnew " 40...Mies Huzel E Gilbert Plnevlll 41...Miss Jennlo Mae Haddon Vermlli 42...Miss Cara Haddon Fonvlll 43...Miss Alma Wells Eureka 44...Mrs. Nannie E. Bagwell Broadtn 45...MIbb Jessie Grubbs Jamlaoi 46... Miss Janette Prultt Ray Elvira Pennell Blue Hi 47...L. P. Vermillion Wlnont 48...Mrs. 8nllle Tolen Young.. 49...M1SS Claudia Crowther Hall JO...Consolldated with District No. 11 51...Miss Dollle Patterson Omega., 52...Miss Daisy Gable Wldenu 53... Miss Nellie Preesly Drake ., 54...Mrs. Ada C. Kennedy Lobanoi 55...Miss Georgia C.Kennedy Chestnu I T. EDGAR A ANDERSOP ROOFING AND METi! GutteriDg. Ventilators, Skylights, C Cresting, Ridge Capping, Gravel Stoj Mill and Repair Work a Specialty. The Famons Kelsey Ho j ....Phone or Write fo SOOTHERN J THE SOUTH'S GREA Unexcelled Dinning Car Service. Through Pullman Sleeping Ca Convenient Schedules Arrival and Depart No. of Trains. 114 Leaves at 10:20 a.m. foi Columbia. 115 Arrives from Greenvil at 12:18 p.m. 116 Leaves at 4:30 p. ;a. fo 117 Arrives at 5:35 from Cc 112 Leaves at 5:50 for Colu Ill Arrives at 7:U5p. m. ir For full information's to rates, routes, Bailway Ticket A J. L. MEEK, Asst. Gen. Paes. Agent, Atlanta, Oa. The Peoples Sa ABBEVILLE OFFICERS. B.:G. THOMSON, President. G. G. A. NEUFFER, Vice-President. W R. E. COX, Cashier. J Direct from the fa week at the up-t< Store of 0. A. MILFO] F Abbeville County. , 1909. bl; indent of Education. "c est, 8. C. {. beville, 8. C. i beville, 8. C. C01 Jounty Board of Education. lhl B Of School. P08t Offlr-p. 1 Springe Lowndesvllle, R. F. D. ^ " 80 ' ge Grove Iva, S. C., R. F. D. ( lea Lowndesvllle, R. F. D. Latimer. ool Calhoun Falls. y Abbeville, R. F. D. Calhoun Falls. ' Ml. Carmel. VVIIllngton. x Bordeaux. ^ liooi McCormlck. t U II ? :::::::::::::: :::::: H ;; I !." ;; q iy McCormlck, R. F. D. L ... U t Troy, R. F. D. n R F. D. a * ii ?i .. ? u " ? h a " p B1 i: """""" ti ;; h !. w !!!!!!!! ; ? t< h " ti ton!!!!. .......! Abbeville, R. F. D. n " " G ee " M u jrest Brownlee. . ill Lowr denvllle, R. F. D. * Antrevllle. e Level Laud. . ilope Cave. 1 louotam Antrevllle. p irlngs Abbeville, R. F. D. a me " " tile ' " a ' Verder.v. 0 Abbfiville, R. F. D. lie Due West, " J reek Abbeville, " *< Iver Honea Path, " I " n Due West. ? f< " " Q II II V Donalds. " ' " l< le Vbbevllle, R. F. D. n lion Donalds, " p Abbeville, " 01 Donalds, " 0 outb Princeton, " a Honea Patb. R?y. f. lj Levtl Land. II i Donald*. a Troy. Antrevllle. 8 ? Lowndesvllle, R. F. D. fc] an Troy, " n Donalds. " " Abbeville, " ?' tt Ridge Troy, " 0 J t: RCHER, 1 | J, S. C. h iL WORKERS- ! Pi'rviolo UUVCVUIB, \>uiuiu x L )8, Gasoline Tanks, Cotton b I t it Air Fnraiices. ? r Prices.... p ' t 1AI1WAY. ! TEST SYSTEM. t b * I rs on all Through Trains. J on all Local Trains- 0 -r? B lire of Trains. p B I C 8! E r Greenville and h g D le and Columbia ? br Greenville- < >lombia. q n mbia. tl om Greenville. t< G tl e< etc., consult nearest Southern y gent, or n J. C. LU6K, f( Division Pass. Agent, Charleston 8. C k 4( vings Bank. " , S. C. 0 DIRECTORS. oi G. Thomson, H. G. Anderpon ? A. Neuflfer, C. C. Gambrell. w . E. OweDS. F. B. Gary, le 8.8tark, K. E. Cox, J ? - ?- . tl Jonn A. JiarriB. rc 01 o 1 & L r IIANDY : b( Lctory every >-date Drug' J dc w aD & co. : Ih 4* A mo* B. .llorse Co. LoenN. 4J V big lot of seed Irl?h potatoes?Irish Co .r, Red Bliss, Enrly lios-e. lickory King, Yellow Dent and Virgin bite Dent reed corn. VII kinds fre?h garden seeds?"Woods" fti ranmmis"?in bulk and packages. Sweet Peas and Nasturtlumi. (V111 have In a few days a car of best Jelll il. Better get what you need to finish i e season. keg of very fine cucumbers in brine. V fresh shlpmentof Buckwheat flour Just V good stock of barbed and poultry wl d staples for putting up same. ["be beat garden plow yon ever saw. Bett t one. 3om,oatf>, flour, meal, bacon, bran,&o., ttom i rices. HE FOlJNlTrHEMAfl In my early days I was a reporter > *he Clarion Call. Only a dislike to o; aysolf beaten and the occasional fascii Ion which compensated for the more f: uod t discomfort kept me in the offli tut all this was before tho day I was sc ) interview the wife and daughter of t mn who had just disturbed society isappearing from it. Mr. Grey, so It had been learned fit tie notices concerning his disappearam ad one evening after dinner gone out f stroll around the block. He had ne\ Dine baok. His family was of corn rostrated after the manner of families uch sad occasions. After glvlDg h! ime to come back, sending to his clul is office and the houses of his friends 1 rife had finally told his lawyers, and s; rnnwz?Vi TTT r? n hnrtnn TVlft f(l m' 3JLUOUHJ DCCU.U.U TTOS U^gUU. A. liU lUUf ad retired from public lffe and denl bemselves to every one, oonsequem ly chances for an interview with M Ircy did not see hopeful, but the city < tor's air of granting xue the opportun! had been longing for made me loath idmit my fears. I took the train for the Greys' ?ti ived a little way out of town?and p ared myself to meet the servants' see nd the other attendant evils of such ssignment. The coaoh was an ordine ne, and there were several laboring m a it, evidently traveling to some subi rhere they were to work upon the roaj jr they carried pickaxes and shovels. There sat opposite me and slightly f< rard a peculiar type of man to whon Dund my gaze wandering every few ml tes. His iron gray hair was thick a ery unevenly out. His face was cover rlth a stubbly growth of gray beard, joked unwashed, unkempt and genera npleasant. % His blue overalls were sta! d with red clay and his red flannel sh pencd at the front in a way that reveal nothing but a beautiful neok, burr nd blistered. But the man's twitchi ipsand convulsive movements of the ja ttracted my attention, and his deep I teely blue eyes that burned in cavernc Dokets fascinated me. He did not talk ho other men, but sat with his head bu pon his breast, only occasionally raiai 5 to cast a look about him. He, with t ther laborers, left the train at Forestvll rhere the Greys lived, and I soon n hem, under the direction of a foremt ssigncd to make various road repairs. Of course Mrs. Grey would not see n sat in the library while the servant to ay card to her, for there were other call a the drawing room. Over the man ung a pioture, presumably Mrs. Gn one in oil. She was as beautiful a ameo and as hard. Opposite her was i )ortrait of a clean shaven man, with ? ron gray hair brushed off his foreheadQore plebeian cast of countenance, t n?<<4 ) r? TV>o fo no coott tlUi-Ig OUU lUUOicaviJi^! AUV iUWV UWU, omiliar. I stared at it until the eervi eturned. ".Mrs. Grey is sorry, miss, bub she c ee no one, and has nothing to say i lubli cation." "Very well," said I. Then I rose to | "Is that Mr. Qreyf" I asked, noddi oward the picture. "Yes, miss," was the reply, and si enly it Sashed upon me where I had Bt hose deep set, curiously shaped, keen b] yes. My heart leaped almost into ] Qouth. I took one long look at the p rait and left th6 house. The men -were repairing the road, an< loticed one of the workmen whose it tartled me. The resemblance to the p rait I had seen of Mr. Grey was remarl la He worked with a fierce delight be severe labor. His face seemed mi oad than ever, with the exultation of n ion and strength deepening the gleam lis eyes. There wai a telegraph office at the e f the street. I sent a message to the o ditor. "Send a man to Forestville nee," was my command. Then whili aced the street and walked about t quare I reflected upon the weloome rould receive if I had made a mistal Ivery minute I became mo e and m< onvlnced that I had made the most ool al blunder on record. By the time 1 llllngton Ellsworth, the only man w appened to be available when my te ram was received, had arrived I w early hysterical. I told Mr. Ellswoi ay theory, and he was properly skeptic [e discouraged me thoroughly in abc wo minutes, but I suddenly rallied. "Well," I remarked, taking commax I want you to keep that man in sight ball go to town and get his lawyer. Fi ut what train they go in on, and 1 ieet you." Mr. Ellsworth didn't wish to aot up hat suggestion, but be finally consent ) do so. I went in, summoned I frey's lawyer and with him met t 'orkingraen's train. Mr. Ellsworth, loo ig borod and unhappy, got out and poll lout our suspected 'ldisapp?arance" is lawyer. My heart stood in my mou< J&s I to be forever disgraced or made J aous forever? "Mr. Grey," said the lawyer, steppl arward, "what does this mean?" And when I saw the man start wildlj new that I was not forever disgraced. ? ! "Well," said the city editor jovial 'what did they say?" "Thoy didn't Bay anything. Theydidi se me." "So you didn't get the lnterviewf" u le city editor shortly. "No," I replied rnoekly, "but Ifom 30 missing man." And now, such is the Irony of fata, t Ity editor, instead of lotting me rest i ly laurels, is always exhorting me to 11 p to the reputation I made in the Or ise, when I found tho missing ma arned how overwork had worn out I rain and how in his half orazod con< on he wandered away and returned Is original occupation in life, to the he ir of his wife with the cameolike faoe. aly 1 had never been so brilliant I?E jange. He Preferred Death. ?-> J- - TT,Ur> h, XJiU'UU UO iU.'ll I I 113, U UliKKUU ???.?, w reed in Mexico with Maximilian, told lr M. Grant; Duff, who records It in h Diary," the following story of an I an'a devotion to his leader: General Mejia was a full blood Indit i the service of Maximilian and was ta i prisoner along with him. Two hou ifore their execution wus to take pla Bnoral Alatorre came to him and sail General Mejia, I have been three tira >ur prisoner, and three times you ha1 iared my life. My aid-de-camp is at tl >or with a horse, and you are free to f hero you pleas?." "A:jd the emi-erorf" asked Mejia. "Will be shofc in two hours," answer* latorre. "And yon daw to come to me with true proposition! Leave the room I" rejoini prisoner. Alatorre did so, and lUj ' tt* mparor tell Uurathm. __ A TOUCH. i b- A living coal, and with its glow It touched another coal, when, lo? ja The dark form into radiance grew, And light and cheer beamed forth c*WV A loving heart, and with its love It touched another heart, which strove co With adverse waves on troubled sea, ap When oars were plying heavily, And, lo, through rifted clouds Hope mfla^ And Love the weariness beguiled. ln That living coal be mine to glow, 're That living heart be mine to show. While earth has sorrowing hearts that wall 61 The opening of Redemption's gate. ?Advance. at HOTEL KEYS. r they Are Carried Off by Gne?ts Who I? Forget to Gire Then Up. "Our key fitter is one of the moat impor01 tant men on our staff," said the manager of a large New Orleans hotel. "He js kept busy every day of the year, and ia" sometimes he is so rushed with w<fck that f?* he has to call ln an assistant. It is no exaggeration to say that he averages int from 25 to 30 keys a day." "But I would suppose," remarked by listener, "that even a big hotel would acquire a sufficiency of keys in the cdursa of time." "So it does," replied the manager, "if p8? the public would only let it keep 'em; but ?* it won't. It would astonish anybody not rer in the business to know how many guests ^8? walk off with their room keys when they on leave the house. When the average maa Lm gets ready to depart, he packs his valise, , locks his door and then goes direct to tha cashier's wicket to ^fettle his bilL When P8" that formality is attended to, he is generally in a rush to get to the depot and ia ?d quite apt to forget that he has omitted My to return his key at the clerics desk. That, at any rate, is the way I account for so much absentmindedness on the 1*7 subject. The clerk doesn't discover that the key Is gone until the chambermaid applies for it to clean up the room, which is nrobably an hour or two after the f?* guost has taken his departure. Then irn nothing remains but to call in the key ? Qn fitter and tell him to prepare a duplicate lI7 as quickly as he can. ion "Formerly the hotels tried to guard tfb against this innocent kleptomania," the ^8, manager went on, "by having their keyB made very large and cumbersome and W" attaching them to enormous metal tags, &1 the idea being to render it impossible to In- put them in one's pocket. To that end nd they were probably a success, but they ed were such an unmitigated nuisance otherwise, and guests complairfed so bitterly Hy at the annoyance of handling them, that In- they were generally discarded.- You will li* still find the plan popular in the country, led however, and in small houses that have ted no locksmiths on the premises; and only n8 a week or so ago I dropped into a quaint . Wl little establishment where the keys were i attached to brass disks fully *9 large as >ui dessert plates and serrated at the edge to like circular saws. nk "At present most of the big hotels use ng a modest metal check, stamped with theif ? >h? address and a request to forward through le, the mails if accidentally carried off. All ?w that is necessary is to attach a 3 cent in. stamp to the tug and drop the key in the nearest letter box. Incidentally I may sei say that about one man in 50 takes the ok trouble. But, aside from the room keys an carried away by guests, a vast number of tel all kinds disappear through the mysteriBy, ous channels to oblivion that exist in all s a large hotels. They vanish, and that's ' ;he the end of it?keys to furniture, wardrobe Ine keys, closet keys, bathroom keys, keys to ?a the help's lockers, padlock keys from the >ut outside storerooms, big coal bunker keys, ied gate keys and keys of every imaginable int size, shape and style. They are continually missing and have to be replaced, an If a lost key turns up later, the duplicate foi ts rnrpfnllv ticketed and laid away in 8 drawer set aside for that purpose. But jo. they seldom turn up. They have gone to ng the limbo of lost pins, last season's birds' nests and the snows of yesteryear."? id- New Orleans Times-Democrat. ?n : IUO Eat All Yon Can, Mother! An old man whose hair and beard were or* cut In a chaste, rural design appeared In one of /the table d'hote restaurants the 3 I other day. He had his wife with him. 106 That was more than the old lady could or' say of her hearing. She was almost stone Ia* deaf, which gave everybody a chance to in find out what splendid lungs her husband 5re bad. 30* The meal was luncheon. The price 111 which the old man was asked after he had ordered two meals was 75 cents. "Seventy-five cents!" he exclaimed. My "You don't mean apiece?" "Yes, sir." 91 "Gracious!" He thought it over a minute or two. * Then he looked at his wife as if consider'ng whether he should try to get the )re dreaded news past the old lady's tym?8 pailum. Evidently he gave it up. But he ~ did what he could. When the first course k? came on, he leaned over and shouted In her ear: "Eat all you can, mother I I'll tell you ? , why after awhile!"?New York Sun. al. rot Got His Tips Direct. . One of the shrewdest serving men whq ia* has come to light lately is a waiter in the 1 - - * * tTT _ t J .? * employ or wmttaKer ?riguc, a uouuua millionaire and director o{ the London and Globe Finance corporation. Mr. Wright not long ago discovered that the waiter was practically running a syndlcate on the strength of remarks relating J*" to the mining transactions the millionaire T0 let fall at home. From the day that Mr. Wright discovered it that syndicate be-1 y" gan to experience a series of misfortunes, and from that hour forth the face of the r1* domestic, formerly so bright, became more and more careworn. The ultimate fate of the syndicate was what might n? have been expected.?M. A. P. A Coin Collector. , Mrs. Goodart? You seem to have some . education. Perhaps you were once a ?? professional man? , Howard Hasher?Lady, I'm a numis1' matist by profession. .. Mrs. Goodart?A numismatist? Howard Hasher?Yes, lady. A collector , of rare coins. Any old coin is rare to me. ?Exchange. h* Suitable Boolca. on Customer (hesitatingly)?I suppose?er v* ?you have some?er?suitable books for ey a man?er?about to be married? Bookseller?Certainly, sir. Here, John, >' * - > - ? ? 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