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MY SWEETHEART'S DUPLICATE. Tic* lias not dlmm'd the mcin'ry of her face; The fairest one among thc other flowers, Alight with merry smiles and simple gr?ce, Thc sweetness of my childhood's happy hour*. I did in those days as all lover* do. Mored by an ardor that waa quite sublime Swore I to her would evermore bc true Arv, even to the very end of time. When she and I were grown, we two were wed ; Six years we've lived together In our nest, But now, alas, for childish vows I said Al?, when 1 told her I loved her best. Her rival stands before me; I can ace A something In her face and eyes and ways That looks just like lier mamma did when alic WM sweetheart of my childhood's happy da>0. -Newt Newkfrk in Pittsburg Dispatch. O <i> o $ o ? o Tho Black and White Charms <.> ? That Reconciled Two Kivale. O <?> -- <g> % BY'O. CUNYNGrHAM TERRY. ? o o < ?> o <$> o <?> o <$> o $> o o o <$> o <S> o -?> o <s> o <s> o <v On the very comer of Calle do los lVscadltbs Blancos (Street of tito Little Willie Fish) Just where.It juts luto the little Pinza He Sau Pablo ls the shop of Dona Antonia. It ls a clean, tidy little place, aud In It you can buy the best cigarettes to be found in all Mexico, you cnn ?be served nt ul) , hours of the day with thick Spanish chocolate, hot and pasty-for Dona Antonia is Span ish ami therefore knows how to make delicious chocolate-also you can buy there pins, needles, lottery tickets, na tive Mexican sugar lu tall brown cones, macaroni fresh . from Italy, sardines, olives, Spanish wine and many other things, for, while thc shop is a small one, it coiitains what the proprietor proudly calla "an assortment of tho most complete and finished." Dona Antonia herself waits on her varied customers. AH of the common folk lu that part of the city patronize her, and so she Is kept very busy, with hardly time enough to attend to her yellow headed pnrrot or to keep the .'mariposa" light burning under tho picture of la Virgen which hangs ou tho wall. Things were different when Carlos, the torero, was there-good looking, swaggering Curios In his gaudy bull fighter's shirt and tight trousers, with his pigtailed head surmounted by the fiat torero hat-but Carlos has most .cruelly been banished; not that beever .did any work in the Bhop-the gods of ljullilgliters forbid!-but he at least was always willing to lounge in the' door or against the counter, thereby scaring away robbers, and even on some occasions so far unbent his digni ty as to serve the chocolate to custom ers of his own fraternity while Dona Antonia beamed from afar, for she worshiped Carlos with the adoration that only a fat and homely woman of 40 can feel for a young and handsome man. Ever since bullfighting bad gone out in Mexico, three years before, she had waited on Carlos hand and foot, giving him cheerfully and lovingly from her savings and working doubly bard in order that he might appear gorgeous on feast days and Sundays. His clothes were of the best that money could buy; Iii? nnint?ri Mexican shoes were ?t thc finest yellow leather; bis vivid scarlet neckties were always of satin or soft est Bilk.? None of the bullfighters who lolled OD San Francisco street or in front of the Cantina del Tio Pepe smoked such long, fine, black cigars as did Carlos, and none of them could boast the silver and copper coins which always Jingled In the pockets of bis braided torero jacket. In short, Carlos Was In the greatest of luck, the very highest of clover, and did not realize his blessings until it was too late, for all this magnificence and luxury were taken away from him through his own fault and that of Pauchita. Not that Carlos cared for pretty, co quettish Panchita; not a bit, of Itl Carlos loved no one but his own lazy, good looking self and nothing but bis own ease and comfort. For Dona An tonin, who furnished him with the good things of life which be BO mucb cared for and appreciated, he bad a kindly, fraternal regard. Being, more over? aware of the furious temper which lurked beneath Dona Antonia's good natured exterior, he bad always been careful to avoid entanglements with younger and handsomer women, or, nt least) to keep such affairs from ber sharp and very suspicious ears. In the cas? of Panchita, however, it was a difficult matter, for she was ei ther too careless or too much In love to dissemble. She could not or would not refrain from casting coquettish glances at the bulinghter, even va hen Dona An tonia was hy, and finally even took to purchasing her thread and needles and other supplies froto bona. Antonia's shop, refusing there to he served by any one but'Carlos himself. Naturally this state of affairs could not last for long, and things came to a cr?ala one day when Dona Antonia overheard Panchita addressing some coquettish remarks to the torero -and, moreover, caught him In the very act of kissing her pretty though needle worn bands; after which there woe a scene, and very nearly battle, murder atS9 sudden death. Dona Antonia, be ing a very powerful woman and, more? over, greatly Infuriated, scrupled not to fall apon the luckless couple tooth and nail. Carlos managed to escape with his life and n blackened oye, while Panchito, st the end of tho fray, was minus one tooth and what seemed af first eight to be fully balf of ber pretty black hair.' . The noise of. the fight naturally at tracted attention, anti cCSShStSiita ?"ere f*!*?2?y ccp?T????C? ibo worse for wear, but nevertheless still breath ing forth defiance and slaughterings. Carton bad most unaccountably disap peared after the first two rounds and could sot ?ow be found. Pitying neigh bors escorted homeward the battered and. walling Panchita, whllo the equal ly walling Dena Antonia barred her shop door in the very face of gaping .customers and locked the kitchen door upon herself. No; not even that grace less Caries should enter if, as was t? wnys his custom, ho came homo peni tent and entreating, at supp et time, i Fer once Carlos should be severely handled and taught-sense and decent ^behavior. ,That was nt S o'cJoc?.. At 0 Carlos lied not yet returned; at 10 there waa sthl no '-alan of him, and Dona Antonia ?wi* uL'?p.-iumg io grow wry uuuusy. Something must have happened, for, no matter what was wrong, lie always came for his meals. At ll he was still missing; so at 12 the poor woman put on lier tapaio and wont forth tn search of the delinquent. At the Cautiua del T?o Pepe sho found him weeping bitterly In the midst of sympathetic comrades, who reproached the lady for her cruel treat ment of poor Carlos. ?ruly she had not seen what every one else well knew -that Carlos loved no ono but her. "All the world" knew that the shame less Panchita pursued him with her coquetries. Fie upon Dona Antonia to so III treat poor, faithful Carlos, who had been driven to drink and threat ened suicide through her hardness of heart! Two comrades carried homeward the Incapacitated Carlos, with Dona An tonia weeping remorsefully behind them and sundry other toreros wiukiug and chuckling in turn helilud her back. For, Avhile in luck, Carlos was as geu erous a torero as ever lived, and it would not do, for their own sakes, to have Dona Autouia cut off his supplies. And so, as the cortege wended its way toward the little shop of Dona Antonia, oue shameless bullflghter after anoth er poured into her cai' tales of poor Carlos' persecution nt tho hands of ' Panchita. Well knew the Virgin, they declared solemnly, that Carlos cared for uo woman but his own adored An tonia. Had he not sworn it to them many a time and oft? And was it his fault if infatuated girls would make unwanted love to him? Nothing Is easier to deceive than a woman who wishes to be deceived, and Doua Antonia believed devoutly every word of the waggish toreros. Carlos was put tenderly to bed, the bullfighters feasted gayly on white bread, sardines, garlic and Spanish wine, while Dona Antonia, with con trite face and reddened eyes, beamed upon them from the door of Carlos' room. They had opened her eyes to the real character of that disgraceful Panchita, whom she had credited time and again on her thread and needles and wool. How foolish a woman she had been not to realize before the de votion of Carlos and the evil behavior of Panchita! Before the noisy departure of the toreros Dona Antonia's plans for venge ance had been completed. When she went to sleep that night, she said sev eral padre nuestros before the Imago of la Virgen and promised to burn long and costly candles before her picture every day of the year If certain pray ers were granted. And then, wise?.; believing that God (and alsp the Virgin) helps those who help themselves, the wily shopkeeper made her plans for an early visit next morning to old Madre Maria, the witch, who would tell her, for a consideration, what she should do with that graceless Panchita. Madre Marla lived in a small, dark, smelly tenement far out. Here Dona Antonia found her at dawn, and into the sympathetic ear of the shriveled old woman she unfolded her tale of woe, while Madre Marla smoked away steadily at her cigar stub, nodding her white bead at intervals as she listened. Good! Then what the nina wanted was a cosita-a small charm, that ls to say-for the shameless Panchita? Some thing not dangerous, .the nina under stood-merely a little thing that would, after taking it, cause her to lose any love for Don Carlos. Ale, but it would be easy! And only a matter of five days at that. If the nina would listen, paying to her pobre madre first the small number of S raa?cs, she ould tell her what to do. ' Half an hour later, with a wee bottle of black fluid in her pocket and a thin, black chicken uiufBed up in ber reboso, Dona Antonia sped briskly toward the Street of the Little White Fish. Joy and hope once more shone in her eyes and beamed from her fat, red face, even though the advice and charm of Madre Maria had cost her $1.80. Most assuredly lt was old Maria's "day." Hardly was the broad back ot Doua Antonia turned than another cli ent appeared upon the scene, also be speaking advice and a mild charm that would destroy the love of a rival wom an. In the same manner did Madre Maria advise the second appHeaaJbrno less a person than Panchita-selling her, In tarn, some white fluid and an Litienuated white chicken, the mate o? the black one sold to Dona Antonia. "Of a truth did the chicken come some what high," the old witch bad stated to each applicant, "but figure to your self, nina mia, that It ls a charmed Dne, wherein great power lies, and it oas, moreover, eaten for weeks only charmed food given K by tho band of pour Madre Mariai" Aa a fact, both thickens hud been stolen by m end a ?Ions Moria In the dark of last night's moon; bot no matter. Bo Panchita, her mind at ease and Uso believing that all of her sorrow? ?vere now soon, to be ended, hurried Joyfully home, with bottle and chicken bidden safely In the depths of her blue .ebozo. Meanwhile, at Intervals dur ng that entire day, chuckles of hearts ind most unwonted mirth Issued from iie dark room of Madre Maria, who vhlle not ordinarily a merry personage, teemed . mightily amused over some blngT . Never in his life had tho astonished Carlos been more kindly and generous y treated than during the next few laya. Dona Antonia seemed to think hat nothing was good enough for hin ind, filling his pockets with coins, fair y pushed him Into the streets,.. witt njunctions that he enjoy himself witt ila companions. Had the torero beei i. suspicions man he might hav? bought Dona. Antonia was engaged ii ieeret pursu?U of which she wished :'.rr. to knovr Svtliliig. Not being sus vicious, however, he hastened to obej ter commands and have a Joyous time Ac a matter of fact, there was uoth pg evil la the actions of Dona Antonia ?nco left alone, save that one migh ia v? accused her of-foolishly pa m pei og and overfeeding a debilitated blacl thicken which she bsd housed in th< iharcon-1 box and fed thrice dally 01 ..lack sapotes and tortillas made fron lark meal. But no one-Carlos leas ?f all-ever saw the . chicken, who? iie endured for o brief span ouiy, ant herefore no one unjustly condemner ier. Now, In the great tenement house jua Lcross the street, this same chlckei hampering process was secretly bein] rone throofch with by pretty panchito ave that, her fowl was fed solely, oi vhlte zapotes and light colored toi tillas. As lu tue case or Liona" An tonia's chicken, which nourished aud day by day waxed fatter and fatter, I her white chlckcu also throve aud grew ! plump until, by the cud of the fourth j day, you would not have recognized ei ther of these "charmed chickens." On the evening of this same fourth ' day Doua Antonia arrayed herself in her best purple skirt and black lace mantilla, with the announcement to dumfounded Carlos that she was going to tho house of Panchita for the pur pose of asking her and her mother to eat the midday meal with them the next day, sinco lt would he a fiesta and Panchita accordingly at leisure. For many mouths lt had been the custom of good hearted Dona Antonia to Invite Panchita and her blind old mother to lier own savory feast day dinners. In view of last week's quar rel, however, Panchito's mother was even now tearfully lamenting that their dinner would have to be of tor tillas and beans; so that, driven to it by her mother's tears and her own ur gent desire to break bread with Dona Antonia, Panchita WOB about to start on a mission of peace when that per son herself appeared with jovial ex pressions of sorrow that any misunder standing had arisen between thc two families ard her desire that her two good frienus should join her next day for the usual fiesta meal. Of a verity they must come. Carlos had promised to go with some companions to the Nnucnlpani bullOght, wherefore she would bc nil alone and sud If they did not come to eat with her. Peace was restored in full, and soon Dona Antonia bustled home to prepnre for the next day's feast. Poor Carlos was hustled Incontinently out of the house, while Dona Antonia, doors and windows carefully shut and locked, proceeded to kill and boll the black chicken, first carefully burying Its feathers and bones. All that night thc mortal remains of the charmed chick en simmered away In a tiny olia. Tho resultant broth was carefully collected nu: morning by Dona Antonia and, with the black fluid from the little bot tle of Madre Marla, was mixed Into a very savory soup flavored with sherry and garnished with nguacotes, of which there was ouly one plateful; not that any one of the trio had to do without soup, however; far from lt. Soup of the very best, also made of chicken, with sherry and tiny bits of garlic fla voring It, was to bo served to herself and Panchito's blind mother. The dinner was a great success, de spite the fact that only the three wom en were present nnd that the hostess .was called away from tho table at least four times to speak to customers out in the shop. The first one of these calls gave Panchita her opportunity, for Panchita also had killed a chicken that previous night, and in a small bottle carried in her pocket was the bolled down result thereof. The door between the dining room and the shop had been carefully closed by Dona Antonia, so that her guests might not bo molested by noises from without.. Never was there a better chance. In two seconds Panchita had uncorked her bottle and emptied Its contents hastily into Dona Antonia's soup. Then, concealing the bottle, she was unconcernedly swal lowing ber own soup when Dona An tonia returned to the table. Neither of thc two women for & uiumeut suspect ed that she was partaking of charm ed soup, made in Identically the same manner from the charmed chickens of Madre Marla and warranted to kill the love of any man, woman or child on the terrestrial g?o->e. Now. few of ns place overmuch cre dence in signs, tokens and, least of all, charms. For which reason I am loath to tell you the final result of the charms so ingeniously and unsuspect ingly exchanged between these two jealous women. Still, if you are in credulous, it is not my fault. That very same night, reaching home late and in a somewhat intoxicated condition, poor Carlos tasted the first fruits of the charm. For, in spite of all blandishments and words that should have melted the heart of even a stone image, Dona Antonia fell upon the luckless torero and, with abuse of the strongest, literally smote him hip and thigh, after which she cast bim forth Into the outer darkness of the Street of the Little White Fish, cruelly bolting the door la his face and announcing that she had now washed ber hands of him and his shiftless comrades. This from the woman who bad ador ed him during three long years; this from the woman who bad that very morning given him all her available money and entreated bim to come home early! Poor Carlos! For, even though he returned several times to tearfully beg for mercy, there were shown him only freezing contempt and co! mess, with at last the announcement that his nezt call would be watched by the gendarme nt the corner, for which reason he bad best keep away for good and all from the shop of Dona Antonia. Being, as it were, off with the old love, the hapless torero bethought him self of a new. Was there not pretty Panchita, for whom he had always entertained a fondness? Doubtless even yct*she was fretting her heart out over him and his neglect. He would go to ber and console her. How Panchita received him deponent sayeth not, of bow she sped him on bis departure admiring neighbors In thc tenement house still speak, though of Ibo order of his going Carlos remem bers little more than a vision of mul titudinous bright stars and a "bump, bump" that seemingly histed for cen turies. Meanwhile his surprised and helpless body hit the steep stairs at j be rate of GO times a minute, with Pan chita end the neighbors checrisg ?ruiu ?hove. The "charm" was complete. Never more was the torero Carlos Garcia seen In the Street of the Little White Fish, md never were better friends than Dona Antonia and the girl Panchita, who. strange to say, have ?ever real !sed jost how the thing really occurred ind have. Ja fact, forgotten all about lld Madre Marla and the black and rvhltc chickens.-Argonaut. VUm Bur B?e m. Fraud, Tho p?pul?it ??jyrcBsi?ua wucerniug the bee must be revised. It has long been praised for Ita Industry and dili gence, but It has been learned that in these, respecta the bee ia a fraud. Aa a natter ot fact '-tho little busy bee" storks but about three hours a day and ls a most thoroughgoing loafer for tho rest of the time.-Philadelphia Record. THE TURKISH BRIDE. PECULIAR CUSTOMS WHICH SHE IS BOUND TO OBSERVE. lier Discipline ne n Bride Termi nates After Six Years, but She Will Never Again Open Her Lips to a Man Vnleaa He Be Her Kinsman. "Thc conduct demanded of a newly married Armenian woman will strike Americans as very singular Indeed," said Antraulg Azhderiau, a young Ar menian, the author o? the hook "The Turk, and the Laud of Haig." "She utters never a word except when alone with lier husband until after thc birtli of her llrst child. Then she is allowed to tnlk to her child. A little Inter she is permitted to converse with her moth er-in-law, still later her own mother j may again hear her voice, and before a great while she will speak in whis pers to the young giris of her house hold. She must not leave tho house dining tlie llrst year of her married life except to attend church. Her dis cipline as a bride terminates after six years, but she will never again open ber lips to a man unless he be her kins man. Young girls are allowed to have a liberty of conduct that is in striking contrast. They chatter freely and cheerfully with whom they please. "The Armenian woman differs rad ically from her Turkish sisters. Nel ! ther seclusion nor polygamy nor di vorce darkens her present or threatens ber future. She ls not educated with ber brothers, however, as are American girls. I remember how puzzled I was wheu I entered an American college and Kaw girls seated among thc boys in the classroom. " 'John/ I said to my neighbor, 'what are the girls hero for-to make tho room look pretty?' "It seemed incredible that any one could think n girl capable of learning along with he* brother, it is consider ed a disgrace likewise for a man lo walk publicly with a woifiau, even though she is ids sister. She may en tertain men callers, and, of course, her face is never covered, like a Turkish woman's,;but her mother or some older female relative ls always present. They attend the same entertainments and church, but may not sit together. The women's seats in church nie partition ed off and are in the rear. "While among many old Armenian families parents contract for the mar riage of their children while they arc In their Infancy, in tiie majority of cases the young people are permitted to make their selections, though al ways with the consent of their pnrents. Elopements, therefore, are unknown. Tho marriage tie Is sacred In-Armenia, and death can only break lt. If a per son bas an. uncongenial companion, he must endure it with the same kind of patience he would endure a sore head, which, though he may try to cure, ho will hardly cut off. "With Turkish women their only end in this world Is marriage. Accordingly girls are from their Infancy rocked to Bleep by their mothers with lullabies of future husbands, handsome, coura geous and wealthy. The regular age for marriage ls from 12 to 15 years, but unusual wealth or physical ^??rac???? calls for earlier contracts. Generally speaking, parents are pleased If they get a chance of betrothing their daugh ters at 5 or G or, at any rate, before they reach 12 ;-ears, for at that age women must-so thc Mohammed prov erb says-either marry or die. A. girl ls readily married If she Is either pret ty or wealthy. If she possesses both qualities, then she ls a ?rent catch and will have many suitors. About her wealth there can be no doubt, as In thc cast one's financial status is known to every one. The age, too, can be easily ascertained, but the puzzling question is about her good looks. Is she pretty? That must must be discovered, and, as the young man has no means of finding out for himself, he must get some wo man to act for him. He usually resorts to a Jewess, and If her report ls favor able be then brings the matter to ber parents' attention, aud her mother, aft er a call on thc girl, arranges a party at a public bath. These bath parties are extremely fashionable, and the wo men dress elaborately. A meal of greasy pastries and sweets is always served, after which comes the smoking of cigarettes, long pipes and water pipes, the women seated cross legged | on divans and gossiping the entire time. Should the mother's report be satisfactory, after a few visits between the parents the marriage is agreed up on and the day set. "As to tho betrothal, the husband has to gjve a dower, or rather 'hire,' as tho Koran distinctly states. The minimum of this dower Is fixed. It may not be less than $1.70 In your money. The maximum Is left open, and by that ar rangement thc family of the girl is abie to obtain some show Of fair play, for in Turkey the only hold a woman bas on her husband is that to divorce her he must turn over to her this dower. After marriage it is her prime duty to court and obtain his good will, for If she displeases him she Is in imminent danger of missing paradise. A wife whose tongue has made trouble for her husband will have that appendage lengthened to 150 feet at the Judgment. Should a man wish a divorce he bas only to return his wife's dower and say to her, 'Get out!' She has to go; there Is no redress. He need not even give a reason."-New York Sun. The Retort Courteous). "Doctor," said the inquisitive lawyer, "why did you cal! in another nbysicia:*' when you had Influenza? Didn't yon' have faith Ju your owT medicine?" ? "Why," tht doctor asked, "dUL yon get another lawyer to defend you when your wife snsd for divorce? Didn't] yon have faith In your own ability to insult witnessesCleveland r Plsirf CASTOR IA For Infanta and Childreo. Tba Kind You Han Atoays BeugM Bears the Signature of ir - Two things done by halves ?over make a whole one. - Let,cvcry mao be what he would * ve others to bo. v% Was Truo Mine. "Tho tiruo has come for mc to speak," he said, going over to tho mantlopiece and leaning bia head ab stractedly against the cold, hard brick. "My dear, before we are um ri ed, and while there is yet time to pause, my oonscionco bids me to tell you the truth shout myself. I havo deceived you. I am not the noble-hcartod, un Hellish, relined and altogether desirc tble man you havo been led to believe. 1 havo deceived you even about my age. Not only am I forty instead of thirty-four, but I am a widower. I stay out nights when I feel like it. 1 smoke all over the house, am a crank about my meals, and lind fault all tho time, hector thc servants, never go anywhere to oblige anyone clso, drink more than I ought to, 6wear regularly, and in fact am a vulgar, disagreeable hidebound, gruff, inhospitable, irri table, inconsiderate, insufferable nui sance. "Tell me,-' said the fair creature he addressed, repressing with a conscious look of prido an inward shudder, ' you own the house and grounds that you showod me, don't you?" "I do?" "And thc beautiful government bonds you asked me to look at, tho 500 shares of D. A. li., thc 300 \. Y. Z., thc lOO U. 1?. \V. debentures, and four acres in the heart of [thc^Man haltan shopping district are all'yours, aren't they?" "They arc, dearest." "Then," said thc undismayed and Btill radiant creature by his side, "my darling, with all your faults 1 love you still. "-/>/><;. m -*m- 'M' i-tlilehs of the Pen. A woman should keep in mindcthe following rules for letter-writing: Business letters must be concise and clear, because business people arc sup posed to bo busy. No letter is complete without the date. In writing to solicit employment of any kind on no account should per sonal perplexities or needs be\mcn tioned. The world is full of unfortu nate persons, and to a stranger the troubles of one-are no more than ihose of a host of'others. r .._"J Letters of introduction are left}open when written. Elaborately ornamented note paper, as well as highly perfumed;.notes arc vulgar. When answering letters, remember: That an ambiguous sentence is likely lo be misinterpreted, . That friendly word?, never harm. That a written vord of sympathy can sometimes do much good. That a letter written in \x-kindly spirit should be answered'in the'same way, oven though thc message?i?odis liked. That business letters and invitations must be answered at once. That one should aoknowledgo any friendly offer of hospitality, even though it bo not my acceptance.-Bos ton Herald. _ In his Ware Feet be Shows "Nerve." Residents of Loyd street wero star tled yesterday afternoon about 6:30 o'clock by the shrieking of children who were playing in the yard. "A crazy man is coming! A crazy man is coming!" they yelled. Mothers dropped their sewing and rushed to the door. Papas who had come home direot from the offioo to work among the roses, dropped their rakes and flew to the rescue of their children. There sure enough was a brawny man stalking down the street. His feet were bare and his shoes were swung over bis shoulder in true Weary Willie stylo. His head was ereot and he strode forward with a look of grim determination on his face, one of thoso "to do or die" looks. He didn't appear crazy in the least, but such a sight was unusual. The sockless and shoeless man was Charles Cook, who lives at 458 Loyd street. Cook and Fred Lindormc are em ployed at the telephone shop on Mitchell street. Yesterday Cook waa boasting of bis "nerve." Lindorme insisted that Cook was void of the article. One word and then another, until Lindorme proposed that Cook give sofno practioal demonstration of his "nerve." Lindorme finally bet Cook $15 that he rcu?dn't ?aik fruin his piaco of employment to his home three times barefooted. To show his "nerve," he took the bet, both depositing the money. Cook filled one-third of his part of thc contract testerday afternoon and another third this morning. He is to walk oat this afternoon, and Journal readers will have an opportunity to see the man with the "nerve."-At lanta Journal, May 2. - Ono hundred and eighty-nine million bushels of American- corn were exported from the United States in 189?, and more than two hundred mill ion bushels in 1898 and 1899, exclu sive of corn meal in barrels, the for eign demand for which has been stead ily increasing. - Thc Husband- Vou want to know whore I wus so late last night. I was at the office balancing my books. Tho Wife-It seems to mc that you balanco your books very often. That excuso is about threadbare. "H'm! If you don't believe me, why don't you oonsult a fortuneteller?" "Not much. I consulted ono once, and sho told mo a pack of Hos." 'Indeed? What did she tell you?" "Sho told tuc 1 would get a rich, handsome, kind, attentive and truthful husband." - The C iristian is thc name of a Chicago restaurant conducted on Bible principles. Its proprietor is a reform ed drunkard, and he is making a suc cess of his novel enterprise. He has decorated his walls with Scriptural quotations, holding Gospel meetings on Saturday evenings, and closes the placo on Sunday. The bill of fare bears familiar texts. Pretty Children "Wc hare three children. Before the birth of the last one my wife used four bot tles Of MOTHER'S FRIEND. If you had Ul? pictures of our ch tren, you could see al a glance that the last one ls healthiest, prettiest and finest-looking of them all. My wife thinks Mother's Friend ls the greatest and grandest remedy in thc world for expect ant mothers." Written by a Ken tucky Attorney-at -Law. prevents nine-tenths of tin suffering incident to child birth, the coming mother': disposition and temper remain unruiflei throughout the ordeal, because this relax lng, penetrating liniment relieves th usual distress. A good-natured mothe ls pretty sure to have a good-natured child The patient ls kept in a strong, health condition, which the child also inherit: Mother's Friend takes a wife through tb crisis quickly and almost painlessly. 1 assists in her rapid recovery, and ward off the dangers that so often follow de livery. Sold by dru ?gi s ts for $1 o botUe. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO ATLANTA, OA. Send for our freo illustrated book wrlttc expressly for expectant mothers. A GOOD WORD Has beon said about the (?UALlTi of our LAUNDRY WORK by tboBe wbc know "what's what." Nothing short of perfection ia the rul< here, and we aim for that always. If wt don't quito reach it at any time it is sim ply the exception to the rule. Give UH the opportunity to prove hon good your Shirts, Collara and Cuffs look when well laundered. Respectfully, ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO 202 East Boundary St. It. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. Leave ordere at D. C. Brown & Bro'e. 8tore. FARM LANDS May just a? well be sold during Spting and Summer as in Fall and Winter. No need to wait until crops are made and marketed to "look sro and." We have a large list of well-selected Farms, and likely have just what you want. We are also answering inquirios every day, and if you have Farm Lands to sell we would likely And the purchaser you are looking for. We can, in most cases, easily ad just any questions that may arise with reference to rent for the year, or Interest on purchase money or date of taking possession, apd like details. In some cases, if early sale ls made, we can offer great inducements in releasing rents to purchaser. 128 acres, near Hone? Patb, up-to-date condition. Can be bought low now. 108 acree, Fork, bottom price, (40 to 50 ncres bottom-good condition. > 100 acres, Fork. 125 acres, Fork. 2500 acres io Oconee. Eleven settle ments. Already surveyed into six tracts. Timber valuable. The above are only a few. FRIERSON & SHIRLEY, People's Bank Building, Anderson, S. C. BLOOD TELLS. Yes. lt U tba Index to health. If you bar? ha* Meed yes --- -'-~'-7 is '?bit iou hare Rheumatism, one of the moat orrlbledtseaaes to which mankind la hoir. If thia disease beajaat bf gan ita work, or If you haro been afflicted for year?, you should at once take tb? wonderful new cure, RHEUMACIDE. Thousands have boen cured. Tb? Spring ls the beat ti jae to take a rheumatic* remedy. Nature viii thea aid the medicino lo effee. ting a pormanont, constitutional cure. Peo ?wlth bad blood are subject to catarrh, l?jtstlon, ead many other diseases. To be healthy the blood most be pure. BB EU? M ACIDE la the Prlnoe of blood purifiers. Sold In Anderson br EVANS PHAR MACY. Price 8100._ BaaCKaHeXaaaRHEaHHB3BaB?SSmBEBri NOTICE. ALL persona are hereby warned not to make any paths or roads, out any timber, commit any d?pr?dations of any sort or trespass in any manner or way on my landa In Anderson County. I mean what Issy and will prosecute any tres passer to the full oxtent of the law. J. E. HORTON. April 18,1900 43 4 ^Li??kik4 : ? - . ...... > . . ..-'<.. 7 /CHOICE Vegetables will always find a ready market-but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the great secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well balanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains j at least 8% Potash. Send for our books, which furnish full information. We send them free of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau St., New Yolk. 8PECIAL i?.VT.l^ OF PIANOSANDORGANS. FoK TUM NEXT THIRTY DAY THE C. ft. REED MUSIC HOUSE Will soil any of the following High Grade PTA NOS and OHO ANS at prices ns low ns can bo obtained from the Manufactu rers direct : - KNABE, WEBER, IVERS & POND,' CROWN, WHEELOCK, LAKE SIH>Eawd RICHMOND. Also, THE ? BOWK, EST KY un?! FARRAND & VOTE Y ORGANS. Prospectivo purchasers will lind it to their interest, to call and inspect my Stock or wrlto for price?. Wo also represent tho loading makes Sewing Machines At Rock Bottom figures. Respectfully, THE C. A. RECO MUSIO HOUSE. D. 8. VANDIVER. E. P. VANDIVER. J. J. MAJOR. WIM BROS! MAJOR DEALERS IN Fine Eaggies, Phaetons, Surreys, Wagons, Harness Lap]Robes and Whips, High Grade Fertilizers, Bsggingiand Ties, ONE bundled flue new Buggies just received. Come and look through them* They are'jbaautles, and we will treat you right if you need one. Car load "Blrdaell" Wagons on hand the beat Wagons built. Car White Hickory Wagons to arrive soon. Yours, for vehicles, VANDIVER:BR0S. & MAJOR. W. G. McGEB, " SURGEON DENTI8T. OFFICE-liront RJOIT, over Fermera nod Merchants Bank ANDERSON, H. C NOTICE: I have a considerable num ber of small unpaid Accounts on my books. I am notifying each one of amount due, and unless paid I am going to place them in officer's hand for col lection.. J. S. FOWLER. Jan 3,1000 29 Notice Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Execute? of the Estate of R. F. Wyatt, deceas ed, hereby gives notice that he wiU on the 19th day of May, 1900. apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun ty for a Final Settlement of said Estate, andadisoharge from hi9 office as Execu tor. J. W. ROSAMOND, Ex'r April 18, 1900 43_iS_ Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administratrix of Estate of .Tames O. Moore, doo'd, hereby gives notice that she .?ill on tho 12tn day or May, 1900, apply to tho Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from her office ss Administra trix. MARY A. MOORE, Adm'x. April ll, 1900 42 5 ?TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ? ANDERSON COUNTY. Jiu S. i". H. Alance, Judge of I'robate. Whereas, John C. Watkins has applied to me to grant him Letters of Ad ministration on the Estate and effects of B. D. Dean, deceased. These are therefore to cito and admon ish all kindred and creditors of the said B. D. Dean, deeeased, to be and ap pear before me In Court of Probate, to be held at- Anderson Court House, on, the Gth day of June, 1900, after pub lication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 23th day or April, 1900. It. Y. H. NANCE, Probate Judite. * May 2,1900 45 w,tT,t,?tt?timi ?VT . ? ? ? ? Q P?TEKTS^iiS - ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY IPfBHrK? j . Noticoln Inventivo ARO" liKPP 1 . Book "How to obtain Patents" | HHIfVBsa 1 I Ohar?e* modsrai*. No foe tal twUnt tej ? Liters Btrtctly conOdentl* . Addres.% ' 1 : E. G. SI33ERS, Pate?? Uwfcr. Watnlpaton. ?. C. J