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NIGHT OF SOBBING. MR9. GALLUP LAmcriiS Tn Al MER TIME ON EARTH 18 SHORT. She Heard the Summon* to Get Read? to De an ABBT*1 nud lind a'Little 7*>lk With Mr. ?allun About Whom ?fe Sboald Select Vor Him Seeon?* WM?. V [Copyright, 1800, by C. D. Lc wi?.] After supper Mr. Gallop had gone over to the store for a whetstone and a paper of carpet tacks, and as he went Mrs. Gallup was washing up the dishes aud singing j "[The. Homo 'Over There" with great feeling. He' returned iu half an bonk-] and as be-reached thc kitchen door' the sound of sobbing met lils cars. Ho looked in to And Mrs. Uallup weaves hack and forth on a chair with ber check apron at her eyes. Something tuid happened. He didn't inquire what lt was, but turned about and sat on the doorstep and bi an ab sent way began sharpening a sickle with the stone he had bought. It was live minutes before Mrs, Gallup volun teered an explanation. When she saw that he bad neither anxiety nor sym- j pathy, sue hitcned her chair into the I doorway, used n fresh spot on the apron to wipe her eyes and Anally said: "Samuel, when you've got that nickle sharpened you might go over to Mrs. Debee's and tell her that I shall be a .dead woman before tomorrfr. Yon "GIT HEADY TO BE AN ANGELI" needn't beat around the bush nt all, but tell her right out. She'll rather be cxpectin the news. She was over here this afternoon, and she snid I was lia ble to git my summons at any time. I've got lt all arranged with ber about the funeral." Mr. Gallup did not look around. With calm deliberation he spat on the whet stone, and with calm deliberation he drew it back and forth across tho blade. "Yes, Samuel, my Gnu has come!" sobbed Mrs. Gallup alter walting a reasonable time for him to speak. "A few hours hence and you will be a widower, and a few days hence you will be wearing a red necktie and can terin around after a second wife. When you started over town, I was as happy as a lark and hadn't the slightest idea of dyin. Ten minut?e later when I went to carry the butter down cellar there came seven knocks on that emp ty Glder bar'l, and as I stood there shakln I heard a whispered voice a-say iu, 'Hanner Gallup, git ready to be an angel'.' It was my summons, and I've got to go. Nobody kin hold back ag'in a summons. What kind of a second wife shall you marry, Samuel?" Mr. Gallup had paused In bia labors aud was looking absently at a robin in a cherry tree*. "You needn't feel at all dellklt about talkin it over with me," said Mrs. Gal lup as she dabbed at her eyes with the apron. 'Tve abus s'pected you'd git married agTh if I should die, and I' ?au't howl and squeal about IL Mrs. cbee says if her husband marries g'in she'll haunt him, but you needn't e afraid of me. I'd ruther you mar ried ag'ln. If you didn't, you'd be goln to circuses and dogfights and candy pulls and become as wicked as Silas Johnson. S'poso you've kinder hod your eye out, hev'n't you, Samuel that ls, you've kinder made up your mind about what sort of a. woman you'd marry?" Mr. Gallup withdrew his gaze from the robin and returned to his work of sharpening the sickle, and Mrs. Gal lup's nose had grown very red with the pulling when abo continued: "There's the Widder Lapham, Sam uel, and everybody says she's wuth $2,000, but I wouldn't want you to mar ry her. She's too hity tlty for a man of your age. While she was swingin in a hammock she'd let the bread burn up In the oven. Sho'd wfint you to go off to a picnic overy day In the year, and if you had any soft soap in the house you'd boy to buy lt. And there'B. tho Widder Davis. She's a geed house keeper, Samuel, KO I'll admit, but they say she gits streaks on. Gue day she'll bc laughln and glgglln all day long, and the nest day she'll bo os Sulky as a mule. She kin make a pound of tea So ns fur as I kin, but she told me with her own mouth that sho had four pa'.*s of stockings Inst year. Could you put up with sich extravagance as that, Samuel? Wouldn't yon be thinkin of how I allua got along on two pairs a year?' Mr. Gallup whistled softly to himself ss he felt of the edgo of the sickle with his thumb. Tho whistle conveyed no direct information, but waa a thistle In tho abstract. Mia. <3alIupVoked at tho back of lils neck for a moment and worked np and choked back ? sob and then said: "There's Phoebe Cousins, whom ev erybody likes, , but she's an old maid and sot In her ways. Sho never back? hites nor gita mad,, but abo wants ev erything Jest so. If you come into tho house and tb rowed your hat down on tho floor o? pulled your boots oflHn tho parlor in tho ?vonin. awn mise the awfulest, kind of a row. I gneos you'll hev to marry a gal, Samuel. You aro ?hl 'puff to be the father of any gal ornn?.i herc-, Lu? I doirt soo no omer ^oy. Hov you got'any pertlckler gal tn mind? j I waa thinkin of Sue Sabins the other day. She's 20 years old and a great hand to work, and me?be you'd oe happy with her. Her mother says Bue likes to be petted. You'venever Petted me, bn| mebbe you'll change when I ami"gone. No, Samuel, I can't remember a time In 27 yeans when * you've pulled my ear or patted me on the shoulder or poked tue In the ribs. I-F*- . The reniembraiivo that there had been no shoulder patting or eur pulling during ab those long years brought a fresh outburst of emotion, and for two minutes lira. Gallop sobbed bitterly. Mr. Gallup laid down the whetstone and the sickle and picked up tho paper of tacks and balanced it on the point of his finger, bot he waa oblivious of his surroundings. "I-I don't complain, Samuel," said Mrs. Gallup when she. could control her voice ngaln. "When I saw that you was no hand to pet, I let lt go. I'm old and wrinkled and scrawny, and I can't look fur pettin. It will be different with a gal, however. If you don't pub her car at least once a week and call her engel? she'll git sulky and finally run away with a tin peddler. Mrs. Bebee waa sayln that Bertha Williams would make a good gal wife fur you, and Mrs. William* says fhaf yon could not do better than to marry Mary Hawkins, but I ain't golu to pick out nobody fur you nor find fault with your choice. All I'm goin to do la to die and become an angel nnd let you I do Jest as you want to. I've got .lest ! one leetle favor to ask." ? ! The lump In her throat and the tears In her eyes checked her speech for half a- minute, and during that time Mr. Gallup put the tacks down and lifted up tho sickle again. "It's only this, Samuel. You needn't do no weepln fur me when I'm gone, and yqu needn't hang over the gate and try to look nil broke up over my loss. You kin go right to pinyin check ers as soon ns the funeral Is over, but some night, later on, when you are all alone In the house and the crickets are singin, I want you to remember that I had my good p'lnts as well as my bad. I w?int you to remember that I used a clothes bller with seven holes in the bottom fur nine years without mondia and that I hain't bad a new corset fur 'leven years. Our teakettle ls over 0 years old, and I've made one set of cups and sasBers last uu Since we was married. That's all, Samuel, and now I'll go In and die, and yon kin be lookln around fur yonr second wife!" She rose up with a sob and retreated Into tito house, but Mr. Gallup knew nothing of it He hung ibo sickle on a nail near the door, put the whetstone and tacks on a shelf In tho wood shed, and then walked down the path and closed the henhouse door and cast a look Into the pig pen. When he re turned to the house, Jdrs. Gallup was looking at her bowl of emptyings under the stove and humming the air of "I Want to Be ah Angel." She had had her lamentation and got over It, nnd It would be three or four days before she would brenk out again. M. QUAD. WHY HE LIKES MUSIC. A Physician Whose Reputation ns n Critic Wa? Blunted. There's a physician In Baltimore who adores music. His taste, to be BU* ?, | runs rather to "Old Block .Toe." "Su wnnnce River" and such clnsslcs, but still nny sort of music will do, nnd he listens to lt all ecstatically and with a properly intelligent look on his face. It was therefore believed that he had a fine taste for harmony, nnd his repu tation as a critic was established and grew npace ns reputations will, good or bad. Tho other evening as hts daughter approached the house In which this physician lived she heard the strains of "Home, Sweet Home," proceeding from th? library. "Father's at it again," she said to herself softly. . "I wonder who he has coerced Into ploying for him now?" A glance disclosed the fact that he had bribed three street musicians, two vlollnl&tfi and a harpist. Into giving him a pi irate recital. They finished the air Jus?: ns the young woman enter ed, and the physician turned to her with a beaming face. "That 'Nearer, My God, to Me,' ls a beautiful thing, isn't Itr he asked. It was the first time he had commit ted himself ou the subject of "tunes," and his glory began to diminish from that moment, for his dnughter told the incident as what she considered an ex cellent joke. Now the worthy man Bays that he likes music solely ns nn Incentive to thought and listens to lt when he wish es to solve some knotty problem of ar-, tery er bones, Just as those who suffer from insomnia gu io cuurch. and listen to the sermon to be put to 9leep.-Balti more News. - - Thc Gardener. The term gardener Implied much more a few generations ngo than it does today. Young men paid heavy premiums to got In ns npprentlccs un der learned gardeners, nnd when nt the end of. the term they were -Invested with the "blue npron" most of them would compare favorably in general intelligence with the graduates of our modern universities. An Exp Innot lo?. "Your friend Groome boasts that his wife is college bred. What's meant by college bred, anyway?" "Mebbe it's the..stuff they learn to make at cooking school."-Exchange. Tho first book ever printed la Kwlt serland bears the date of 1470. Boasters. **D*ye notice onny chango nineo ye waa here before, nor?" asked the native guide at the lakes of Killarney. "How do yon know 1 was never here before?" asked the American tourist - "Faith, sor, no man ever comes here thot hasn't; been here before."--Phila delphia Record. Feminine Thrift. He-Have you done as 1 asked, Elsie, and saved some money this month? She-Ch, yes. -I spoke to tho grocer asuc?" a .ra noz w m:?? m m.-. um till next month.-Fliegende Blatter. - Resignation is a. oniyA 5?.uee for adversity. There is no pleasure in life if you dread to eat and can't sleep on account of indigestion. Henry Williams;5 of Boonvill?, Ind., Buffered that way for pears'till ho used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure" He says "Now I eat anything [ like and. sleep soundly." Kodol Dyspepsia Our? uigea?s what yo? eat. Evans Pharmacy. A PAST BALL PLATES HE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE PLAYER WITH THE ROARERS. Steve Speed, Who Coala lient DU Own Throw to Flrat and Who Could Ge? Belli uti ?he Flute lu Time to Catch lila Own Pitching?. "The fastest base runner I ever saw,", ?aid tue tat ex-mascot of the Lightfoot Linea in comparing baseball of the present with that of the old days, "was little Sammie Salmon of the Lillies. But the fastest base runner I ever heard of was, or wasn't, ns the case may have been, Steve Speed, who played, or who didn't play, I don't know which, with thc Ringtail Roarers. At any rate, whether he ever played with the Roar ers or not, he was certainly the fastest that ever came over the crossways. You don't understand? Well, ru tell you aU about him. "One afternoon about a month bet?re the last game we ever played with the Ringtail Roarers the boya were aU Bit ting round in the postofflce discussing our chances for the big contest. Cap taba Slugger j?nrrnw?. who vras tend ing postofflce that day, was over In the corner reading the ball news In a Jones County Courier that had accidentally slipped Its wrapper before deUvery. Suddenly he clutched the paper tight ly and sprang to his feet. For heaven's sake, boys, listen to this: 'We have lt from a high source,' he began to read breathlessly, 'that the Roarers have unearthed a phenomenal base runner, with whose services they feel confident of wresting the Jones county laurels from tho erstwhile invincible Lightfoot Lilies. The newcomer's name is Steve Speed. His extraordinary ability was first discovered while he was in the box one day last week. He stopped an easy grounder and tossed it over to first to catch the runner. The ball had no sooner left his hand than, to bis hor ror, he discovered that first was uncov ered. Without a moment's hesitation he made a dive for the bag and suc ceeded in reaching it just In time to catch the ball that he had thrown but an Instant before, thereby scoring a put out and an assist ucasslstcd.' " 'Boys,' said the Slugger, crumpling . the paper savagely in his fists, 'to Lily j park with you. Practice begins at once. Hustle!' "Well, sir, that week we practiced, i In the mornlug the boys would nil go down to the station and mee the trains ? as they steamed "out of town. After-j noons they'd ease up a blt and just In- j dulge in short sprints paced by the ; town trolley car. At night the dally practice would conclude with a brisk cross country run around the town ship. Tho work began to show. At tho end of the week we began to have some hopes of heating the Roarers aft er ali. And then came a second copy of The Courier knocking our hopes higher than tuxes. " 'The wonderful baseball feat per formed by Steve Speed,' the article said, 'which was published exclusively by The Jones County Courier, has been eclipsed by an even more astonishing performance by the same player. We have it from thc same high source from which we obtained our former news that Speed has now become so profi cient in running that he Is nble to pitch the ball from the box and by an Incredibly quick start reach the plate in time to catch the ball behind,thc bat. The Roarers have released their catcher.' Wouldn't that haste, your pulse? It did ours. "And the next week's accounts were even worse. The Courier got straight from their own private high source that this guy Speed was even better than the week before. He was now so super ot the game that he not only ran down behind the plate and caught the balls that he pitched, but In case tho batter knocked a fly he darted out in the field and caught it himself. Thc Roarers had, according to The Courier, released their whole outfield. When wfe read that, Bull Thompson wanted to cancel the game, but the Slugger wouldn't hear of it 'Tho Lightfoot Lilies,' he said, 'may bc made to look like tarheel thistles, but we won't wither before we're picked.' "When the* big game finally did come off, the Roarers certainly had us on tho run. For three Innings they piled up runs almost nt will. But then we be gan to get WIBC Where was this fast running phenom? Cy Priest was still In the pitcher's box, and the whole out field seemed to be In their usual places. Perhaps he was sick. Tho thought gave us courage, and we began to pick ,up a blt. You all know how we finally pulled the junie out of thc fire In the last half of the tenth. That's a mat tet of history now. Well, after lt was over tho Slugger went up to Cy Priest. " 'Say,' he asked, 'where's that hot base runner of yours, Cy?' "'You mean Steve Speed?' replied Cy, with a funny look In his eye. 'Oh, we couldn't pay the salary ho demand ed and had to let him go. The last 1 hoard of him ho was touring the north west, playing exhibition games to enor mous crowds.' "Yesi slr; he was .ho host that ever was-If he was. As ? said, I don't real ly know. Of course The Conrler said that they hud lt from a high source, but then- Well, you know Cy Priest was over six feet"-New York Sun. ArVa Happy Discovery. "Dauber bas hit lt at last He's mak ing fame and money." "How?" / "People have begun to notice that he paints smaller hands and feet than any other portrait artist In town."-Chicago Record. An English authority bas estimated that If all the Inhabitants of the Brit ish Isles should decide to nttend chnrch on a given Sunday 25,000,000 would be crowded out for luck of seating room Iii the churches. For Infants and ChildraA The Kind You Haie Always Bought Bears the Signature of - Aakit-"Is Loafer a laky man?'' Tellit-"Las?? Why, he has killed so much time ho is ashamed to look a dook in the face." ' Thc Chinese Vlee From Rila. lt ls ono of thc peculiarities of tho Chinese to carefully avoid being caught in the rolii, abu chief reason for this is that they have a supersti tion that drops of rain falling on tho hair breed \ ermin, which, with their very long bair, ls very difficult for them to get rid of. They are, however, equally careful net to wet their feet. Their caro of their feet ls not alto gether dui) to thc fact that the Roles of their shoes nro nimio nf pasteboard and liable to be injured by soaking, but also because they believe that sore feet ere brought about by getting them damp. This fear of the Chinese of rain storms has had a p. ullar effect on their mobs and an Jcs. At the time of tho massacre of 1870 at Tien-tsln the mob, after it had burned tho French consulate, tho cathedral and conv .nt, had destroyed the orphanage of the Sisters of Charity and had mur dered tho consul, all tho sisters and several prie Vs. started toward the otb- | I er settlement, determined to put all foreigners to death. Tho cathedral be hind them was In flames, and the mob, fresh from tho torturo of nuns, waa hungry for blood. It started down xhe Tnku road with frenzied shouts and the beating of drums and gongs, when suddenly lt began to rain. That Was thc end of the massacre. Tho Chinese covered their heads and scat tered.-Leslie's Weekly. Genera' Antipathy For Soap. Some years '.go an unfortunnto dis covery for a time menaced the tran quillity and almost the existence of some of the geysers In Yellowstone park. The story goes that an adven turous Chinaman once essayed to use the bowl of ene of the geysers for tho purpose of washing clothes, tho tem perature of tho water appealing to his oriental mind. Everything went well until ho began to uso soap, when sud denly a violent eruption seized tho ap parently Innocent geyser, hurling clothes and all Into the air. The ex periment was tried on other geysers with similar results, and for a time it was considered a great blessing, as when largo tourist parties arrived it was a great convenience to bring ou a special display by "soaping the gey ser." aa it was called, while before tho advent of the Chinaman and his soap some of the most beautiful geysers of ten remained stubbornly inactive for days and often weeks and months. . Af ter. a time, however, It was discov ered that this soaping was slowly but suroly harming the geyser action, "tir ing them out," In fact, and thereupon the government put a stop to the use of soap In the park lu connection with the geysers. His Banjo a Barometer. There ls a young man about town who Is always prepared for all kinds of weather. No matter If he attends a function when thc night is cloudless and rain falls before he goes home, he Is always on hand with an umbrella, much to the delight of the girl with him. For a long time his secret remained undisclosed, nnd he was looked upon as a weather prophet who could give points to the local bureau. However, lt Is no longer a secret, for tho young man confessed not long ago the reason for his Invariably correct prognostica tion of nasty weather. He Is a very fair banjoist, and It was noticed that ho always played on his Instrument before going out at night. When the plaintive souuds were muffled, he nev er neglected to take his umbrella, but If, on the contrary, the sound was sharp and clear he went without lt. The head, or sounding board, of a banjo Is made of sheepskin, and in damp weather It expands, and thc head becomes loose. In dry weather lt becomes tight as a drum. This ls the reason for his invariable good luck in "picking" the weather, for he owns a natural barometer.-Louisville Post- j . A Colony of Decs. By a strange coincidence certain families living lu the Third ward form a colony of bees. For over a square on Main street below Fifth the name of ench family begins with a B, says | the Monongahela Republican. At the corner of Fifth, on the east side of the street, live the Baileys, next Ur. Bid dle, and then In regular order without a break the following families own the property: Bebouts, the Baird estate, Bowmans. Baptist church, Beaches and Barrs. On the west side live the Bent leys, Blythes and Bairds together, and a little farther up the street Dr. Bil itch'lives. Twelve families in the cir cle of n square whose names all begin with "B," or, as one of thc little "bees" put It tho other day, "each family has a bee and a hive." Antipodean Tale of i'. Doff? Murphy, when he lived In the bush, always shared his blanket with tho pup, but when ho shifted to town he had to break thc pup of Its old habit. The first time he caught it In bed he kicked lt out. Next time Toby, heard him coining nnd jumped up quickly. But Murphy was suspicious, put his hand on the bcd and found lt warm. Then there was trouble for one small dog. That day the pup earnestly watched Murphy cooling his dinner by blowing on lt. Tho^fob> .ving day Murphy came home at usual time, sneaked quietly up stairs and observed the pup blowing on the bed for all ho was worth.-Sydney Bulletin. The Valne of Trees. Forests of shady trees mitigate cli matic conditions, and there ls no doubt they attract rain showers. Leaves, generate oxygen and absorb noxious j gases, forming a natural antidote toi grievances of crowded cities. ' Shade { trees prevent sunstroke and also pre-1 vent ophthalmia, the curso of lower Egypt and southern Italy. Where thero are no trees the glare of the sun op tho sand and white buildings tai equal to Its shining on snow. ' Tliiu a?guacaro is on every box of tho genuino Laxative BromG?Quinine Tablets tho remedy that rares a cold in. one doy - The Bachelor-"Single blessed ness is a good thing." The Benedict -"Well, isn't dodblo blessedness twice as good?" Laxative < Bromo Quinine Tablets sure a cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay. " Prico 25' cents. Curious Effect of a Lightning Rash. The following story, printed in tho Electrical World, describes an unusu ally complicated caso of cause and effect, and demonstrates the danger of keoping loaded firearms nenr telephone receivers: In the town of Bateyvillo, in Southern Louisiana, A. Gautreaux conducta a store, dealing in diversified merchandise. Mr. Gautreaux has his btore equipped with a double-barrelled shotgun and a telephone. Tho combi nation seems to have worked well un til the other day, when a thunder storm passed over Batey ville and a lightning bolt made ita way into the store over tho telephono wiro. Tho electricity leaped from tho transmitter to tho shotgun and caused tho discharge of both its barrels. Two heavy charges of buckshot betook themselves through the side of the building, narrowly escaped a group of men gathered for shelter to the leeward of the store and proceeded into the landscape Tho episode would ordinarily have ended here, but a Mr. P. Ayre, in u neighbor r shed) much startled by thc explo sion of the goo. in his excitement and alarm grasped with a frantic clutch a rapidly revolving buzz-saw uoar which ho was working, and, as a result, lost several fingers and severely mangled both hands. - Mrs. Gilbert Ried, tho South Caro lina missionary to China, whoso rela tives have been anxious about ber for several months, bas at last been heard from. Her brothor, S. M. Beynolds, of Greenville, has a lotter from her saying sho aud her child aro safe at Shanghai. Dr. and Mrs. Reid had a terrible experience during tho Boxer troubles in Fekin. Dr. Reid was wounded but is recovering. - A remarkable case of wholcsalo skin grafting is reported at Blackburn, England, where a factory girl was literally scalped by her hair catching in some machinery. Twenty pieces of skiu have already been taken from her arms and grafted on her head. They have taken root and promiso to form an adequate protection, though thc doctors say tho girl will never have any hair, and that a year must claspc before she will have fully recovered. - When two wemen are said to bo "congenial" it means that they get fun out of telling each other about all the chances they had before they mar ried their husbands. - Men of the strongest denomina tional convictions often are found feeling for tho smallest denomination in their pockets at thc collection. - After a woman has chased a man so long that he proposes because ho is afraid not to, she always speaks of thc engagemeut ns her "surrender." - It is hard to decide which is tho more cmbarrasing, not being laughed at when we think wo aro funny, or being laughed at when we are not. - The way to a man's heart may sometimes bo through his e omach, but it is moro apt tobo through his wife's tear ducts. - Tho growth of girls is greatest in the 15th year, and that of boys in tho 17th. - Lots of men would get married quicker if it wasn't for having to take a wedding trip. - Paris eats five tons of snails a day. Yet Paris is not such a slow place. - Man teaches a woman what mar riage is and marriage teaches a man what a woman is. - Thc only way to win in an argu ment with a woman is to walk off when you havo stated your side of it. - If you would bc paid according to your own idea of your worth, got necessary. - Love to a woman is a thrill; to a man it is a throb. - Tho only safe bet on record-the alphabet. - A museum freak says that setting window glass gives him a pane. - Good clothes have tobe paid for; but bad habits grow upon a man. " - A really sweet woman has too much sense to have a sense of humor. - You never BPW a widow whose husband had outlived all his folly. - A lay figure-the price of eggs. Loat '.-Stock Certificates. THE following Certificates of Stock havo boen lost, and ?ll persona are waim ea not to buy or sell name, except from tbo undersigned or'thelr assiens, na thep are property of the estate of Mrs Jano S. Thompson, deceased, and new certificates will be issued in their stead. (1) Certificate No. 90 fer 5 Shares of Stock of Anderson Cotton Mills. (2) Certificate No. 95 for 20 Shares of Stock of Bank of Anderson. R. E. THOMPSON, T. B. EARLE. Executors of Mrs. Jane S. Thompson, deceased. Nov. 23, 1900._23_3^ FOR SALE. THE HASKELL. ESTATE, containing three tbouaand (3,000) acres, more or Jess. 1 y inte on the waters of Little River, and situated In the Flatwooda section. In Ab beville County, will be sold, either aa a -whole or in tracts. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad rona through the place and has a Flag Station on this property. A fine old dwelling of ten rooms, in good repair. Property exceptionally well wa tered and wooded. 1'artles wishing; in formation will call ou or communicate with lu C. HASKELL, Agent, Abbo ,.tii~ a rt 'NOV28V'I9 23 _3 m Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Execntora of tbe Estate of Bassit Day, deceased, hereby gives notioe that they will on the Loth day December, 1900, apply to the Judge of Probate for* Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from their office sa Executors. R. W. PICK ENS, W. A. POLLARD, Nov 14,1900-6 Executors. I timo when a. soit little hedy, ?H her i i 1 own. will nest!? in her bosom, fully satisfying the yearning which Iles In the heart of every good woman.. But yet there is a black cloud hovering about the pretty picture In her mina which fills her with terror. The dread of childbirth takes away much of the Joy of motherhood. And yet it need not be so. For sometime there has been upon the market, wcii-known and recommended by physicians, a ? liniment called Mother's friend j which makes childbirth as simple and easy as nature Intended lt. lt ?3 a strengthening, penetrating liniment, Iwhich the skin readily absorbs. It gives tho muscles elasticity and vigor, prevents sore breasts, morning sick ness and tho loss of the girlish figur?. An intelligent mother in Butler, Pn says: '* Wore 1 to necil Mother's Krleml again, I would obtain t> bottle* ii I hud to pay $5 per bottle for it." Got Mother's Friend at tho drug store. $1 per bottle. THC BRAD?TELD REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ga. Write for our free Illustrated book, " Before llaliy ls Born." YOUR EYES, eil .TCTMM Latin* ncratl vbrion ?Ul be ebU te read iMf print at a dUtaaaa cf M tarbea from thatjte wita teat end ooofarti abo will be allais read ?j with tvh tja ptparauiy If una bia te do to your ?ft? are diftt Uta ami Should hita Im med tau attention. When lb? ?yee bocorot tired froca rreAlaf cr ac* Inj. ot If int klirrt lock bUrrtd and run tactib?r, Uu anrt ladle* tloa thai (lauta tra t.*t w.t The lanita told In tht thttp roo-li art of ma* equal tWotlty ead batt trat<rr*cUy rv nr. ?J | ar fact a. Coe lin ut <1 ?ii of Cm vxrti l?*t*t will muli In potltttt Irjury rn tn tbt eoruttnt ttraln upc* it? -vr-.?t- <.f a .-ct:-?:_u.>a lo t j] j \j tho daftrta tn th? gi***.'* I>it. STRICKLAND submits with pride tho endorsement of Mr. J. C. Wat? kins. Anderson County'? elUcieut Clerk of Court, and u man whom the people of Anderdon County know tu ti? <.f nuques tlouuble responsibility, wi-oso narnu and bin nd lo g is it HtilUcictit guarantee of the good work hols doini;. Mr. '?Viii ki UH writes a* tel lows : Dr. A. C Stickland-Dear Slr: It af fords me pleasure lo ;? y that tho O bisse? recently titted by you lor mu HTH c.ivinj; perfect satisfaction. Ke-pi ctfully, J NO. C. >v vrKI.NS. Ojt. hi, 1000 - -J'H li - BANK OF ANDERSON. J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. IN. DROWN', Vice Prosidunt. * B. P. MAULDIN, Cnnhior. TUE largest, stroDgvbt Hunk in tho County. Interest Paid on Deposits By special agreement. With unsurpassed facilities ?inti resour ces we are at all times prepared to nc oonamndato our customer*. Jan 10, 11)00_29_ BUGGY REPAIRS Let us Repair your Buggy or Carriage from start to fin ish with high grade WheelB or double stitched Curtains, so as to look nearly like new, and give several years extra ser vice. Remember, repairing of all kind promptly done. PAUL E. STEPHENS. PARKER RYE None Purer. None Better. Ask for it at all Dispensaries. STuR RATES?? MAPS ALL POINTS NORTH AND WEST ADDRESS FRED D. BUSH, District Passenger Agent, Louisville & NashvDle R. R, No. 1 Drown tiuMUlnrr, Opposite Union Depot, ATLANTA, - - CA. "No Trouble to Answer Questions . .MllllllMl IIIIMM--J A. H. DACNALL, ATTORNEY AT LAW, A.???or'.'^o:;, - - ? S. C. OFFICE-OVER THE P03T OFFICE. nflpMomBrci&l Collup, AUGUSTA, GA. BUSINESS, Shorthand, Typewriting and Acadomlo departments. Lite rary Society, Lecture Coursee, Boaidlng Hall. Positions secured for every grad uate for thia year wishing a position. Every cotton planter should write forourvaluable illustrated pamphlet, "Cotton Culture." It is sent free. * Send name and address to GERMAN KAL! WORKS, oj Nassau St., N. Y. Peoples Bank of Anderson Moved into their Banking House, and are open for busi ness and respectfully solicits the patronage of tho public. Interest paid on time deposits by agreement. GET RICHI HOW ? Buy Real Estate iu West minster, thc coming Town of tho Piedmont Belt. Where is Westminster ? On South ern lt. R., in Ocouce County, South Carolina, one huudred and eleven milea from Atlan ta, Ga. How .*Ru I lind out eboutit? Easy enough. Write to or come to seo tho un dersigned. Wo own oroottrol several valuable lots ol' land in this town and Rovoral good farms in from ono to five milos. Act now while lota and land aro cheap. Don't walt till lt denbies in value und thou nay, I wiatt I had, "for of all tim nm! words of tonguo or pen tho sadost aro these lt might have been." Yours for buslneaa. W. 1'. ANDERSON, J. T. SIMPSON. Oct 17, HUM) 17 :\vo. An All-around Satisfaction ia assured to those who Patronize. OUR WORK ia uniformly excellent, not merely occasionally good. What care and skill can do to give satisfaction ia done. Fino work on geoda of every description ia dono herc. Tho Finish, either high gloss or dome!.tic. ou Shirts, Collara and Cuds ia especially meritori ous. ' ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY GD. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. end Treas. PHONE NO. 20. i??U Loa ve orders nt D. C. Brown <fe Bro'a. Store. Special Term of Court. PCRSUANT to an ordor made by Hon. Henry Mciver, Chief Justice of the Supremo Court of South Carolina, hear ing dato November 15tb, 1000, notico is hereby given that a Special Term of the Court or Common Pleas for the County of Anderdon, State aforesaid, will ba held, beginning on the 10th day of De cember, 11)00, and continue for B?T days, If no long bo necessary, for the hearing of all civil causes that may be heard and determined without a jury. At aald Special Term of Court Hon. J, ll. Hu dis J o will preside, under special appointment of his Excellency Miles Ii. Mcsweeney, Governor. [SEAL] J NO. C. WATKINS, Clerk of Court Anderson Co.. S. C. Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Executors of tho Estate ot .John B. Peoples, deceased, hereby gi\o notice that they will on the 15th day of Docembo.-, l!>;>i?, apply to thc Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discbarge from their omeo ns Executors. JOSEPH J. FRETWELL, Ext'r. MRS. 8. J. PEOPLES, Extr'x. Nov.-14,1900. 5 Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of Estate of Wm. J. Howen, deceased, here by gives nolie? that he will on the 17th day of Deeombnr, 1!>00, apply to the Judge of "Probate of Anderson County, 8. 0, for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his oillco as Ad ministrator. WM. A. BOY/EN, Adm'r. Nov 14, KKK)_21_5 MONEY TO LOAN ! ON REAL ESTATE. Long time if seourity Ia good. Fine Farm Lands for Little Money. Strong Farms In Pickons for half tte price of Anderson lands. Call and see our Hat of them ; will aid buyers to get what they want, and lend thom half of purchase money. li. P. MARTIN, Attorney at Law, M?senlo Tomplo. Anderw, s, C. m Briyifl ejo^te H fil ot reference*. ?5 ?Mr? o opocijilty. Book on HD IB Homo Trfuttmout, sunt F KKK. A.l.lr.nj ?tOBT B. M. WOOLLEY, M. D., Atlanta, Ca. . AD /ICE AS TO PATENTABILITY K?EE 1 . Notice in "Inventivo ARO " I, J I ,-i ? ?J j ? Hook "How to obtain r&tcnto" fl Bl ? HB OB 1 Charge* moderate. No feo till ra ton t ia secured. 1 Lettert strictly con fldcntlal. Address, 1 ' E. 0. SIGGENS, Palari lawlor. Washington, 0.0.1