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SCHOOL TEACI American Schoolmisl pine lg The lady teachers who sailed gayly - way from Pacific ports by tens, by birties and by sixties to our burning right isles of the sea in the far east re at last beginning to understand bemstlves the Spanish language and heir pupils. Of these ladieB there c three classes-those who went to c the world and meet fresh adven res, those who went with the expeo atiou certainly of fulfilling the peda ogic duties to the utmost, but at the ame time finding ways in those rioh sics to better themselves financially eyond the receiving of teachers' Wa es-and why not?-and, finally, the oniparatively small third class that tarted in the true missionary spirit f enlightening the benighted natives id Hi n og them up to the plane of ivilizatioD, so called. Those who ent to better themselves while bey teach and those who sailed a the missionary crusade alike ail in many instances from New Eng and. The remarkable perspicacity of the 'nited States government is specially nstanccd in its sending teachers of ewing at $1,200 a year gold and trans ortation both ways to instruct the ttle brown Malay girls in the art of earning, hemming, felling and hem titching, when at any of the places herc the sohools will be established n the islands there is hardly a Malay oman or girl who oannot already sew y hand better than any of the good merican ladies who have traveled 0.000 miles to instruct them. Any agalo woman around Manila will how you of her handiwork upon pina loth specimens so exquisito as to put thc blush the best of our vaunted rt embroidery, and as for mending, arning and patching, these same na 've women and girls can shut one eye nd surpass the neatest repairing that yen a Yankee housewife may put pou a dilapidated garment. The panish nuns taught the native girls nd women to sew wonderfully, as the lendid altar cloths and vestments in e Philippines show, and they taught em not much else, except to say eir prayers, observe holy days and o to church regularly. This the rown women and girls do, to their edit, hut the inherent Christian vir es-morality, telling the truth, not oveting or stealing one's neighbor's oods, particularly '.he neighbor who is e's employer-these, alas, have never t struck io OD the Filipino of either A RATHER PLEASANT LIFE. Socially, the bright spirited indi* duals among the fine young women achers find life in the islands pleas t enough. Now and then they oup together and keep house in some omi eaten,deserted old Spanish man on where aforetime lazy donnas umbered away their lives in siesta d dreamy ohooolate drinking. To cp a carriage with a native driver sts cot much in the islands. The eatest expense is the feed for the ttle horse*, because the ooaohman rehuses it and charges two prioes r it ard besides steals enough of it he goes along to buy him rosplen nt white linen livery and keep the imals from getting overfat. Board g houses are mostly unknown, ex pt where an American or English oman has established one here d there sinoe the American occupa on. Wherever the schools are there also e garrisons or camps of soldiers;1 and th thc society of the "officers* fami s-better yet, perhaps, the sooiety the officers who have no families sses pleasantly enough to the teaoh s that have learned to make the.best things. Their friends at home uld not always recognize them, so ansformed are they. In the States any of them wore sober oolored ?olen garments the wear round. As on as possible after arriving at Ma la they packed away their rubber ershoes, their mackintoshes and ev y article that had in it a suggestion wool; likewise their leather shoes, ow shod in white canvas foot oover g, white hatted or with no hats at ?, robed in flowing pink or blue, ory colored or yellow dimity bought a Chinese merehant in a dingy, rrow* s'reet, the aforetime tailor ade women hardly know themselves, hey look uncommonly pretty, howev ) in tho new garb. UNFAMILIAR SIGHTS. For tho schoolmistresses, they are di enough. As to their pupils,that is other matter. Ono . who knows, iles to think of the motley orew at- greeted the American l?dy teaoh on her first morning at school, ny girls, no more than six, coolly dk to th/ schoolhouse smoking oig ettes, while a lcag-leggcd boy of 12 ars comes with no clothes at all. on cept a shirt, and that a short one. ?ERS ABROAD lesses in tne IPhilip ?lands. If the lady be very conservative, dyed in the wool with old-fashioned notions of propriety, her blood is fairly curdled with the sights and sounds that meet her on every hand-till she gets used to them. There is everything in get ting used to things. By and by she will not be even surprised when, may hap, as sometimes occurs in Manila, if the pplice are noe looking, a full grown Tagalo man will stand at a street hydrant, calmly divest himself of every piece of clothing and in the sight of all men pour pail after pail of water over himself. This is the Span ish-Tagalo method of taking a bath. Propriety is relative. ,/* Tho pupils of the American school mistress start out beautifully at first. The natives are docile if they like a white person. The only way in which they will ever be permanently influen ced ls to awaken their affection for the white people and then watch them. They will bear it like most races that have been oppressed for centuries. The brown native is very anxious to learn English. The children begin with an enthusiasm that makes the teacher feel as though she were a min istering angel bringing a gallon of cold water to those perishing of thirst in a I desert. PUPILS LACK PERTINACITY. Then a , change. The seoond week the attendance begins to drop off. When it comes to steady digging in at study, or digging in at anything else, your Malay, old or young, is net there. Unless he have Chinese blood in him he is incapable of persistent effort. It is the Chinese blood, tolerably well sprinkled among the natives now, whioh will make them able to take the white man's civilization if anything will. The pretty schoolmistress finds soon that her pupils drop off more and more. The boys Bay they must help their fathers grow tomatoes, tend the ohooolate grove or plant bananas. The girls must wash clothes or mind the baby or go to ohuroh or to a funeral. Any exouse will do for the incorrigi bly lazy little animals to keep away from study and discipline. And yet it is the only thing to do to catch these brown Malays young and make them go to school and make them learn the English language and train them also to industrial trades. Nothing will do this short of an iron clad compulsory education scheme, and no teachers can perform thc work so well as our American schoolmis tresses. The only especial talent their brown pupils possess, is the -mu?ical one. In quickness of ear- they far surpass white childrejfe they play stringed instruments almost by intui tion. The singing l?sion, now a part of the course in American public schools will help to hold the Tagalo children. If the teachers will not too soon become discouraged and if the government, as it should do, forces its young Filipino wards, like its Indian youth, ?to attend the schools and be trained to regular discipline, by and by the American schoolmistresses will have made their impress. Marilla Weaver. Cores Eczema, Itching Humors, Pim ples and Carbuncles.-Costs Nothing to Try. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) is now reeognized as a certain and sure oure for eczema, itching skin, humors, scabs, scales, watery blisters, pimples, aching boneB or joints, boils, carbun cles, prick1 ig pain in tho skin, old, eating sores, ulcers, etc. Botanio Blood Balm taken internally, cures the worst and most deep-seated oases by enriohing, purifying and vitalizing the blood, thereby givipg a healthy blood supply to tho skin. Botanio Blood Balm is the only eure, to stay cured, for these awful, annoying skin , troubles. Heals every sore and gives the rich glow of health to the skin. Builds up the broken down body and makes the blood red and nourishing. Especially advised for chronic, old oases that dootors, patent medicines and hot springs fail to cure. Druggists, $1. To prove B. B. B. cures, sample sent free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Desoribe trouble and free medical adviee sent in sealed letter. Sold in Anderson by Orr Gray Drug Co., Wilhite & Wilhite, and Evans Pharmacy. - Tc judge by a widow's expres sion of innocenoe you would think she had never seen a man before. .- It is said that the ladies of Egypt stained their cheeks with alcohol 1,000 years ago. It is now used as a nose tint by some men in this conn try. - It isn't what people don't say, but what they do say, that is always the mistake. _ Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets oure p. ?old in one day. No cure, No Pay. Prieo 25 couta. Her Mistress's Horses. From Virginia comes tho following story concerning General Phil Sheri dan, which is said to be both new and truo: General Sheridan was resting from a raid daring the war in camp near a fine old mansion in Virginia. The for mer master of the mansion had been killed in the battle of Manassas. "Mammy," who had been the mis I tress's chief comforter when this event occurred, had practically taken charge of the plantation and had run things pretty much to suit herself. Sheri dan's soldiers had taken every sound horse on the place, including two car riage horses. After the raid waB over, "Mammy" entered the house to find her mistress and the two children weeping bitterly. "Mammy" asked: "Child, what in do worl* ia de mat ter?" The lady replied between sobs: "Mammy, they've taken the carriage horses, and an officer tells me we'll never get them again unless I take the oath." "Den, chile, take de oaf. 'Tain't so berry bad, is it? You tuk ile with out puckering yo' mouf when yo' was a baby. I made you take many a dose, and now you brace up and take de oaf." "Oh, Mammy," tho lady wailed. "I cannot do it. 1 don't think Jack would like it." "Can't see honey, what Massa Jack's got to do wif it. He's dead and bu ried. But if you can't take de oaf, I'll go see if I can't do it fer you. Anyhow, I'se gwine to investigate Marse Phil Sheridan and git them carriage horses baok, if I has to pre tend to take pizen to do it." "Mammy" put on her brightest bandanna hankerohief, a clean white apron, and started for the camp, which was about a mile distant. In about an hour "Mammy" walked baok into the large yard in front oi the house, leading a carriage horse by each hand, each one wearing a brand new halter around his back. The mis tress saw her coming and met her a( the front gate. "How on earth did you get them. Mammy?'' inquired the lady. Mammy's blaok face was damp witt perspiration and her fat chest fairly panted for breath. She said: "Leu me set down on de grass, honey, ant cotch my bref. Set down by me an I'll tell you all about it. I go to d< campt and I askod two or three mei in uniforms with muskets in dey han' ? to tell me whar I could find Mars? Phil Sheridan. " 'What do you want him?' " 'Bat's my business,' says I. Atte: skirmishing 'romd I foun' de gener al's tent. I walks in and draps m: best curtsey. 'Sarvant, Marse Gen eral,' I says. " 'What kin I do for you, madam? he says. " 'I ain't uo madam, Marse General I'se plain ole blaok mammy.' I seed i twinkle in his eye, and he says: " 'Well, Mammy, what kin I do fe you?' ''Au' ble BB you soul, honey, he sai< that 'mammy' jes as natural as if h had *ben a born gentleman. Den '. 'spl&ned dat his soldiers had stole rn; mistiE' carriage horses as well as ev'; 0 thar, good hoss on de place. I toi him he might keep the other horses i 1 couldn't git 'em out of him, but da I must have the carriage horses, fo my mistis was a lady and her foo wan't 'quainted wid de ground. " 'But your mistress ia a rebel, said Marse General. "Don I says: 'I don't know nothir. about no rebe1, Marse General. I je knows dat my mistis* foot ain' 'quainted wid de ground,' and I's bound* to hab dose carriage hosse baok.' "Wid dat) Maree General laugh an hollered to a man not very far off, a dressed up in blue olothes and bras: and Says: " 'Come here, Major; hero's sonn thin' fer yo* to hear.' "But when Marse General said di I seed a twinkle in his eye, and knowcd somethin' I'd said hit him i do right place. Dc major come, an' tole 'em bofe de same tale. As I gi through the major and the gener laughed, and d?g?n?rai says: "'Well, Mammy, if you reoogni: the carriage horses you shall ha them.' "And dey riz up, bofe of 'em, to j wid mo ) the pen whar the Goldie had put the hosses they stole. As \ went'long I says: "Marse General, of cose I knows n own hosses, but dem bosses gwine recoguize me de minute dey slap de eyes on me.' j "An' fo' God, de minute dey si me eomin' twixt dem two fine whi men dey pricks up dey ears an' trott up to me jest as natural as if doy h been coirous hosses. And, mistis,' general tole one of de soldiers to p brand new halter? on dese hors nooks and han' 'em over to Mamu and here dey is, and I ain't took oaf or nothiu' elso."-Washing! Post._ - It is queer that nobody e< learns to forgive tho sins of others committing them himself. - Some mon aro known to the co pany they aro unable to get into. Sot Human Driftwood. In an articlo in Collier's Weekly, Peter Sells, one of the two famous showman brothers, whoso show is now consolidated with the Adam Fore paugh show, says that oircus followers are not all human drift chips, and adds: "Another error in popular belief is that concerning drivers, hostlers and canvasmen. People suppose these men to bo merely human driftwood, homeless, without ties and living from hand to mouth. On tho con trary, most of those who handlo our 'rags' and tent stock-and we employ about 300-are heads nf families, care ful with their money and temper ate in their habits. Many of them have happy homes in far Western cities. "Show people, as a rule, are a sober lot of men and women. A marked characteristic of all, from the maitrc de cirque to thc stable boy, is loyalty to tho show, for the glory of which ? they will all fight as if it wero their I very own, resenting any fais? aspersion upon the management as a personal affront. \ "In advance of tho show wo have about 75 bill-posters, whoso duty it is to 'bill' the country for at least thirty miles in all directions from thc town in which performances aro to bc given. They arc supplied with admission tickets to givo farmers in exchange for 'barn and fence privileges,' and they guard these billets as jealously as they would so many greenbacks The man who tries to wheedle a singh tioket from a bill poster without giving the proper quid pro quo, is promptly and profanely rebuked. "The pay of canvasmen, bill-poster and helpers is from $29 to $70 a month Half their wages is handed them oi pay-day, the other half is held back in accordance with a contraot they ar required to sign, until the end of th season. Thus, at the beginuing of th winter the men receive a sum of mone which otherwise they might hav spent. "Mauy of these men have been with ot'.r show for twenty years or more. The drivers known as Noah and Cal liope Jack, as well as Badger, tho ma hout, or elepuant driver, were with us in that Columbia bridge scrape in 18S2. Circus men, fond of pseudonyms,fre quently abandon their real names, sign ing even their contracts with their cir cus names. "Bill-posters are often .intrusted with money for expenses, and with railroad passes covering long distan ces, and in twenty years I have known j only one caso of dishonesty among j them. In this instance a man ran off with passes from Portland, Oregon, to Chicago. Our Pinkerton man started in pursuit, caught him in tho Windy City, and landed him in the peniten tiary. "What becomes of the circus folks in the winter? Many of tho performers go into vaudeville, others go to the West Indies, or to South America, where thero is no winter. The mena gerie and the 6tock-in fact, the main part of the show-spends the winter at Columbus, Ohio, where wc have a farm of 400 acres. Even ?here thc trained animals, pigs, sheep, elephants, bears, dogs, goats, cats, monkeys go through their acts every day lest they forget. "Last x.intcr we tried the experi ment of training elephauts by ma chinery. A heavy harness around the beast's body was attached by chains to a crane or derrick. Thc animal was then tilted upon his head and tho trainer shouted 'stand on head.' By repeating this process day after day the paohyderm learned tho trick of doiog it alone." This algnataro is on every box ot tfco genuine Laxative Biwao-Quiniiie Tsbieu the remedy that ?ure? A cola iis.ons <Uy - The new woman always departs when the new baby arrives. - Prophets are often without honor, but seldom without competition. W3I*?*Bll?Sa to be wel1 born' and to the aPw&^Stta B^xMl I ^^Mi parents it must look for WWJHT* iM^oBSHiffiiySi^M ^?t?/lt?^fi responsibility, and bow important that ^ji*??J jj jJWjcC' 9HH H^tffcB no taint of disease ia left in the blood "* ' W? \ \ xfr%M& to be transmitted to the helpless child, entailing- the most pitiable suffering, and marking its little body with offen sive sores and eruptions, catarrh of the nose and throat, weak eyes, glandular swellings, brittle bones, white swelling and deformity. How can parents look upon such little sufferers and not reproach themselves for bringing so much misery inVc the world? If you have any disease lurking in your system, how can you expect well developed, healthy children ? . Cleanse your own blood and build up your health, and you have not only enlarged your capacity for the enjoyment of the pleasures of life, but have discharged a duty all parents owe to posterity, and made mankind healthier and happier. There is no remedy that so surely reaches deep-seated, stubborn blood E* II ni Manu, troubles as S. S. S. It searches out even hereditary tt^^^ POisons> and removes [every taint from the blood, ^?^^t an<* builds up the general health. If weaklings ?*^J are growing up around you, right the wrong by ^ '? ^ putting them on a course of S. S. S. at once. It ia a purely vegetable medicine, haxmlsss in its effects, and can be taken . by both old and young* without fear of any bad results. N. - Write us about your case, and let our physicians advise and help you. This will cost you nothing, and we will also send our book on blood and Skin diseases. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. Atlanta, Ga. / A great many people have be ?on to realize the virtue of Evans Liver and KMnev Pills, And it only takes one to reach the spot. By Mail 25c. EVANS PHARMACY, ANDERSON. S. C. BLACKSMITH ?ND WOODWORK SHOPS ! THE undersigned, having succeeded to the business of Frank Johnsoi & Co., will continue it at the old stand, and solicits the patronage of thc public Repairing and Repainting promptly executed. We make a specialty of "Goodyear," Rubber and Steel Horse Shoeing General Blacksmith and Woodwork. Only experienced and skilled workmen employed. We have now ready for sale Home-made, Hand-made Farm Wagon: that we especially invite your attention to. We put on Goodyear Rubber Tirc3. Yours for business, Church Street, Opposite Jail. J. P. TODD. F. G. BROWN. E. A. P ??TH, C. A. GAMBRILI,, P. A. BURBRIDGE, Pres. ?fe TreaB. Vice Pres. Secretary. Su pi. Chemical Dept AMMONIAT?DFERTILIZERS, ACID PHOSPHATE, COTTON SEED MEAL AND HULLS. We are prepared to sell our customers Fertilizers of all kindi and in any quantities. We wish to call your special attention to our 16 per cent. Petrified Dissolved Bone, Manufactured from Tennessee Phosphate Rock, also our Standard Blood Ammoniated Guano. All of our goods run high in the different ingredients, which are selectee with care, and are of the best quality. Our principal source of Ammonia i derived from Blood and Tankage. e are also prepared to sell you Cotton Seed Meal, Kaimt and Aci( Phosphate for fertilizing purposes. We are import?is of German Kai nit, Muriate ci Potash, Nitrate of Soda a full stock of which we have on hand at all times. We will make you a tai exchange of any of the above named articles, also Meal and Hulls for feedinj purposes, for Cotton Seed at our various mill points. Please call and see us and secure our prices before placing vour orders Thanking you for your past liberal patronage and encouraging words o praise for the high quality and excellence of our goods, and wishing you ? prosperous New Yeari we remain, Yours truly, ANDERSON PHOSPHATE AND OIL CO., Anderson, S. C. Virginia=Carolii\al Chemical Company, CHARLESTON, S. C. RICHMOND, VJt. JITLJrNTJr, GA. Largest Manufacturers of Fertilizers in the South. Importera of . Pure German K.ainii, Muriate of Potash, Nitrate of Soda, Sulphate of Potash. It is important in buying your fertilizers, not only to buy goods of established reputation and high grade, but to buy where your wants of every character can be supplied. We are in position to furnish all classes of ?,oods and in such quantities as buyers desire. It will pay you to see us before purchasing. Address Virginia'Carolina Chemical Co., Charleston, S. C. find for \ treinJi-Carolir.a Almanac, fife (ur ihr aiking. . Attention, Farmers ! We have just received one Gar Load of Fancy Winter Grazing Oats. Come quick and secure some of them before they are all sold. O. D. ANDERSON & BRO. WE have a nice lot of Rockers, Pictures, Mirrors, as well as a la r ge lo of Bed Room Suits, Parlor Pieces, Hat RackB, Wardrobes, Chiffoniers, La dies' Desks, all of which would make a nice PRESENT. We realize the hard times and have made prices to suit. We want you to come in, tako a look, buy if you eau, but if you can't it will be all right. Very truly yours, PEOPLES FURNITURE 00 *W COFFINS and CASKETS furnished at any hour, day or night. CARRIAGES AND BUGGIES -DURING - pnoloapxaeir^y and 3S/let:r?o?i. -SHOULD BE - FR?p>eoir??ci stine! IR?;p&irrt?dL FOR SPRING DRIVING. WE are in position to do this work at prices to suit the times. Kindly give us a call. Respectfully, Over H. G. Johnson & Son, Whltner St. Q. FRANK JOHNSON. lal 1 y TIT n 9-YOU to know that I am ofieriuK PIANOS, OR WAN I tU! GANS ami SEWING MACHINES AT, ?OST- I have in stock the very b?Bt that money can buy. A limited number of Standard Vibrator Sewing Machines for 821.00 each. Pianos from 8140.00 to 8260 00. Remember, this is Cash, and remember, also, that it is COST. No such opportunity has been offered the people of Anderson. You can save fifty per cent by taking advantage of this sale. Come to see me it you are looking for the BEBT. M. Lu WILLIS, Next door Peoples Bank. Some desirable Building Lots for Bale._ LANDRETH'S Fresh AND OTHER SEEDS, - AT Orr-Gray & Go. 0 H , 8 ? CH O ? zs 8 o Q M pd a w td > Sd 0 < tr1 M > < ? > 0 5d ? M M H hj * H _ ? HO g Q * ? ? OD OJ rn ? a a H ?1 H ? M s S 3 z 0 S co . . c o !! ea I ni CELEBRATED Acme Paint and Cernent Cure, Specially used on Tin Hoofs and Iron Work of any kind. For ?ale by ACME PAINT & CEMENT CO. Reference : F. B. GRAYTON & CO., Druggists, Anderson, S. C.