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S< -t. . V.f ... The Dead C A ROM the tion brought ' ?. Atrlf joy to neither. Five of the &SM^SSmM1 sic he had alternated abroad, or, when in town, at his club. She, curiously enough, had never - ceased loving him, and had, by her charming personality, won a warm place in his parents' affections, with whom she dwelt. The latter rarely spoke of him except to deplore his headstrong stubbornness, boy and man. A mere triviality had separated them. Just at first wounded pride silenced her. But when days merged themselves into years without word or sign, her anguish increased pro -* * M. A. 1 rata, so it came to pass mai uie wealth of love cemented itself in her bonnie little five-year-old son his father had never seen, though cognizant of his existence. There were times when she felt an indescribable longing for his presence ?then she would summon all her dignity to her aid and strive to overcome it?but our wills are not always under control, and feminine nature is still an unsolvable quantity. Thus, she decided that concessions, if any, must certainly emanate from her if their embittered lives were ever to be welded into one harmonious whole. So, like a thorough tactician, she formulated her plans and resolved to Btorm the citadel. Iler anticipation of victory was heightened by the encouraging reports of mutual friends who assured her that his misery exceeded hers?his loneliness in the midst of social distraction more pronounced?and his stubbornness stil' his besetting sin. i - g frr r r'aiti'tWr'irt' <m? Y-1<Ki-r * "' " ' ' * " ' ' ! hrlst and the H kN EASTER ?TORN Easter morn with the scent of lilies in the air; the glorious radiant sun lavishing her quivering spears of abundant gold on the fashionable throng promenading the avenue. And he?irreproachably attired, nodding nonchalantly to passing acquaintances from his point of vantage?allows a shade of annoyance to mar his cynical countenance as an express van suddenly halts in front of this habitat of swelldom. But annoyance quickly gives place to consternation as a huge packing case, profusely perforated and handled with solicitous concern by some person?presumably a footman?and a dainty befrilled French maid, whose instantaneous appearance mystified him more than the congregated spectators. His range of vision being necessarily limited, he remained in ignorance of the close proximity of a faultlessly appointed automobile. But, consternation in turn gave place to absolute horror as he deciphered his own name in bold lettering upon the case, and realized that it was to be deposited in his apartment. He had scarcely regained his mental equilibrium, ere his valet, with evident perturbation, announced? but just what he intended to impart was relegated to oblivion, for, following close upon his heels, were the obsequious man and maid servant and between them the obnoxious case. "If monsieur permits" ? but ere monsieur could collect his scattered senses the duo had swiftly and deftly sundered the seemingly clumsy box, and disclosed to view an immense egg elaborately gilded and tied about the centre with a broad satin ribbon. "Monsieur's Easter gift," announced the maid demurely, adding, 1 "when Monsieur is ready the ca.iriage waits below." Scarce comprehending and certainly unconscious of their exit, he gazed apprehensively at the novel gift?this chef-d'oeuvre? then gingerly approached, while conflicting thoughts spread through his UUU1X. Upon close inspection, however, " perceiving numerous perforations, he felt greatly relieved, and, under the impression that some eccentric friend had presented him with a rara avis, he proceeded to untie the knot of ribbon. Instantly the egg parted?disclosj ing a satin-lined nest in which reposed the sweetest, chubbiest miniature of?himself. The little man was arrayed in a middy suit, and the jaunty gold-lettered cap had slipped back, revealing a glistening mass ot sunny curls. One tightly clinched hand held a sadly battered woolly dog. Drowsily, sleepily, the big brown j eyes opened. Unabashed, and with perfect unconcern, he clambered from his bii'zarre abode, and. like a lesson well ' learned, placed his dimpled hand i within that of the astonished eldei man, and. with the abandon and coni lidence of prattling babyhood, lisped, ; "Me want mamma, oo turn tool'1 C- j - ? 4-.. V ioly Women. ry. i ^pLjre^ r then spying the glistening fob, ejaculated, "want dat, too," suiting the action to the word. Having gained one point he grew loquacious anent his woolly dog, his chu-chu ears, gran'ma and gran'dad, interlaced with spasmodic attacks of mamma; his attentive listener, albeit a clumsy nurse, was strangely affected by this hum-drum domestic recital until the demands for mamma dominated all else with the exception of a piteous little, "Ise hungry, too." Then he hastily pressed a button, but in lieu of the valet he expected, the demurely smiling maid awaited his order. With a cry of delight the little fellow sprang into her arms. The maid reluctantly turned toward the door. Suddenly he bounded from her embrace and scampering toward his erstwhile nurse, lisped plaintively, "Oo turn too." with an irresistible but familiar little gesture. | The man flushed dully, hesitated, then, as the insistent "tum-tum" be! came more clamorous, suddenly be1 stowed an involuntarily caress, gathered him in his arms and paced the apartment with uncertain steps. Halting before the wide window he j perceived for the first time the waitI ing automobile. The child evidently recognized it. too, for a joyous gurgle escaped him ? Tum-tum wif me," he pleaded eagerly. The man glanced sharply about?the maid had noiselessly disappeared. Straining the child closely ' '4 ONIS J AJ> . _ **&? * !*> I>v -j . v *v>~ - **i ? ^tre'i.- v 'V? \1-' ' . - -V - - ; T 1.-'. ' :V^t} 3 to his breast, he showered burning caresses upon the wide-eyed, wondering little face. Then, hurriedly, as if fearing a revulsion of feeling, he donned his outer apparel and softly departed, holding the little one close, its gleeful laughter echoing strangely through the lofty corridor and she ?watching, waiting, catches a glimpse of two happy faces?murmurs tremulously, "Verily: a little child hath led him."?Buffalo Evening Times. Salted A t ^roo^i Jrout^Fn&d Witti Porh. S /facyf spring Lamb. Browned Potatonffi^ Itlessage'of the Lilies. The welcome of spring is the welcome of flowers. The richest of the Easter flowers are the stately, snowwhite lilies. We seek the shy, stained violets, and bring them from their hiding places to gladden the earth with their perfume, but we love the lilies, because of their messages of purity. love aud life. , With their beauty and purity, rising from the dull soil, they gladly lead us to believe that from our sinful surroundings, uncouth helps and bitter temptations we may develop beautiful and pure characters. Then, it is a hard, dull heart that can contemplate the lilies without emotion. The smiles of a noble, affectionate parent always prompt the child to love. These* lilies are God's smiles. His animated sunbeams. given to us in the most delicate and chaste of pearl; and the saint looks upon the lilies of the field to his comfort, as the Master did when on earth, and he loves God more because of His lily smiles. They also bring the message of life?resurrection life; for. after lying dead in the tomb all winter, they burst forth with new life unon the world, saying, as they rise in triumphant dignity: "Oh. winter, where isf thy victory?" Death cannot destroy those who have the gift of eternal life. "And now. by every lowly grave, One tender thought our fond hearts crave, That He whose outworn grave-clothes lay Folded and fair on Easter Day, May come so much our own to be, That aye His blessed company May light like sunshine all our gloom, 'An<l make our Easter lilies bloom In hearts that join with full accord The anthems of the risen Lord." Mrs. Guinea Pig?"Say, Mr. Rabbit, why do you suppose the doctors always take the members of our families to experiment on?" Mr. Rabbit?"I presume the scare over race suicide is spurring them on to looking for a remedy."?Life. An Egg Radish. Radishes do not grow from eggs, you say. Oh, yes they do, at Easter time. Take a red egg and paste upon the large end some leaver made of tissue paper'that has been crumpled in the hand. Care should first be taken to cut the paper into the shape or a leaf. Take a small piece of worsted or cotton, dyed the same color as the egg, and paste it on the small end of ' the egg, twirling the worsted round and round in the fingers to make the 1 long end of the vegetable. 1llmt?atid cv sqvi*t-ma?? ild is the Future incarnate? sj&tfg rit unfallen and free? >tless forerunner of manhood? ype of a race that shall be. te is the soul new-created, |W8 le prayer of a mortal beguiled. ; holiest thing under heaven sGgsL : innocent heart of a Child! t to no eye save# the Mother's difficult secret is plain; ; sounded the deeps of Creation? tas passed ^jtrough the furnace ll is the soul of. a Virgin, M f ic passions o^earth undefiled, ; angels in heaven .do homage e Mother adoring her Child! ?Harper's Bazar. .. 'i>.v..- /.:-a'-iV-v:%>: r^'r; |Palme!toSlateles/S| r V V"tf ? Would-Be Murderer Insane. R. L. Bonnoitl, of Darlington, S. C\. who shot his wife, badly wounding her, and stabbed himself in the breast with a pocket knife, was sent to Columbia to the insane asylum. * * * $50,000 Subscribed for Hotel. The hotel committee from the local board of trade has succeeded in raising $50,W)0 toward building a tour isi hotel in Greenville, this money it all subscribed by citizens and as soon as this amount is augmented! the work of choosing plans will be looked after. j * * Executive Clemency Refused. A Columbia dispatch says: Gov- j ernor Ansel has notified the attorneys for Tom Harris that he would j not interfere with the execution of j the sentence, by appointing a lunacy ! commission, granting a respite or otherwise. This seals the fate of .Harris. Pension Crook Hard Hit. George Townsend, charged with impersonating a pension examiner under numerous aliases, was convicted the United States court at Charleston the past week and sentenced to sev- j | en years in the Atlanta penitentiary. j Townsend has operated in Georj gia, South Carolina, and a number | of other Southern states, and fleeced I many negroes. i * s S Store Robbed and Burned. j The store of Elliott Batson 011 the ] outskirts of Greenville was burned j one night the past week by incendiaries, it is believed, with- a loss of ?7,0o0, with 25 per cent covered by insurance. Mr. Batson is superintendent of the postofhce sub-station and the loss of stamps may be quite heavy. The fire was preceded by a robbery, it is alleged. * * $ Seek Street Railway Franchise. Application for the granting of a franchise to build an electric railway in the city of Newberry .has been made to. the municipal council by Henry L. Parr, a citizen, and others, whose names were not mentioned in the petition. The application states that the lines will be built within eighteen months from the date of granting of the franchise. * A ? Violated Eight-Hour Labor Law. Grant Wilkins and Moise DeLeon, of Atlanta; the Clark Construction Company, of New York; the Continental Jewel Filtration Company, of Pennsylvania; the bridge Company, and the Simons May rant Company, navy yard contractors, charged witJi working labor on the yard more than eight hours a day, pleaded guilty in the United States court at Charleston a few days ago and were fined $50 each. x * it * Tried to Bluff Student. It is charged that because he told : cn a party of students, causing two j to be expelled and six others to be * " 1 P I suspended lor u<i2iug inui, juuu^ v< M. Lee, Jr., of Timmonsville, was waited upon by a committee representing the student body of the South Carolina University at Columbia and given until his first train .home to leave. He shot at the party, it is stated,, when it forced its way into his room. i President Sloan gave the students ! a talk, condemning the action of the committee, saying he would deal with it if he could find out their names. He says Lee has as good legal standing before the faculty as any one. * * * ? Tried to Exterminate Family. The negro Sanders, who murdered Carrie Matthews and her daughter, j on the Anderson place, near New- J berry, has not yet been apprehended. J It now develops that it was San-1 ders' intention to kill Mattie Mat-1 thews, a second daughter of the dead I wpman. but these plans were thwartI ed by other negroes. Jealousy is ascribed as the cause. Sanders went to the home of the I Matthews woman, ana sne accompanied him to the pasture to see a place which, he said, he had selected for a garden. Here he struck her in the head and then choked her to death. Sanders returned to the house, and enticing the girl away in the same manner, killed her. He then made the third trip to the Matthews woman's house, this time to complete his foul work by murdering Mattie Matthews, but the woman was per- j suaded not to accompany him. * * * t 1 I Big Fortune Awaits Lerrasters. i I For several years it has been known in the Lemaster family of Spartanburg that they once had an uncle, Reuben Lemaster, who lived in I ? Virginia, near Danville. The stcry is thai he ownea valuable coal and mining lands and thai he leased the property tor a term of ninety years. Jteuben Lemaster has been dead one . ' ' ' * hundred years. The lease he gave has expired and his relatives in this cuuurry arc making efforts to gam possession of the property. i There are a number o: Lemasters . living in Spartanburg. Their torefathers came to this state from Vir- ' % ginia, Reuben Lemaster being the only one of that family that remained - % it- Virginia. A meeting of the Lemaster family was held a Lew days ;,o and steps were taken to employ * counsel to investigate the titles oi: the land in question and unng au action to place them in rightful poscession. Big Liquor Order Can Be Accepted. 'ftir. ottnrnav fn- rVio ctato Hlsnwi. ' X uttvi UVJ iVl W vu t\/ , sary commission, the body of five men -; who were appointed by Governor An- . sei to wind up the affairs of the state' - v*j dispensary under the terms 0i*the - >^ Carey-Cothran liquor law, has advised mat body that it had a legal right to ^ accept the now famous $100,000 order from the Clarke Distilling Company of Peoria, 111. Whether the commission . ^ (which is very anxious to get out of the liquor business) will avail itself of :,yk this large order of liquor has not yet been determined. (Several days ago the Peoria con- ^ cern made an offer to the commission ! to buy out the whole business, pro- ; | vided they be allowed tt> establish a bottling plant and continue the business of serving the various county - / : dispensaries. This proposition being ^ ; one that could not be considered, as ||| I the state has already been legislated ! r?m nf tho limim* hnsirjpRR it "is Raid ' '* I that the Peoria concern made anoth- -'M ! er effort to purchase the entire stock Jaj&j | and pay cash for same at ^invoice I prices. Why this particular firm is so anxious to buy this particular stock of liquor, most of which is said to be not of the best grades, is an- .;vjji other matter that has not yet been; explained. WORLD FAMOUS SINGER Mme. Sembrich to Appear in Concert at Atlanta April 5th. :>|| Mme. Marcella Sembrich, the world famous singer, assisted by Ellison Van Hoose, well known throughout the South and over the musical worlds, will be heard in concert at the Grant Opera House in Atlanta on Friday.. night, April 5, for one night only.. Mme. Sembrich easily ranks with >'.W& Patti and Neilson. She has a voles of exceptional power, great parity and human sympathy. Her abilities have |$9 won for her renown and worldly fortune, for she has been declared t>f :<?ji musical critics in every country to be the greatest singer of the age. . t , Mme. Sembrich is one of-the few ^ _|||| great exponents at the present day ofc' ;^f|| the pure Italian style of singing, anl of the Italian repertoire, including |j Mozart. > \ It has required mucn self-control,, and in many instances self-denial, for : the temptation to essay what mignc not have been proper has been grea*.. But Mme. Sembrich has experience much of pain and of pleasure. The vj|B woman who is now recognized as tne success to Patti, the "coloratura queen," has known poverty, want,. hunger and sorrw without Vhich artist can be truly and completely great. In her girlhood when, as Mar cella Kokhansy, she had already - Jfa come to be known in her Galician vl|I birthplace as an accomplished vioKa- '^8 ist, she was forced to play, dance om- . ^ sic for her living. But the intelligence of an old gen- ^ tleman named Lanowitch, and the devotion of a young piano teacher named Wilhelm Stengel, whom she sub-' seauently married, enabled her to de- :'M velop the talents which have charmed thousands, and which Southerners ; ? will have an opportunity to hear at >^s nwn/i Onpra House. Atlanta, OU V , . ^ i the night of April 5. *5>?|p The management of the theater is ^ taking mail orders for seats. Reser- ffi i rations may be made now. The price $ I of tickets is ranging downward froui j $3, for which the best seats may be j had. CUBAN OCCUPATION COSTUY., Army of Pacification Sent to island .' Necessitates Outlay of $?,500,000, '% Extraordinary expenses to the Lni- V-? ted States up to date caused by sending ar. army of pacification to Cuba ,/ aggregate about $2,500,d0C. according 10 figures which have been prepared >3 by the war department. It has not | been determine*! exactly when this .v"3 money will be collected from Cuba \;t by the United States. ' ''^8 HONDURAS OPENS HOSTILITIES* Nicaraguan Town Attacked, But In- ^ vaders Are Defeated. m A special from Managua, Nicaragua, ^ I says: The troops of General Bonilla. . r>resident ot Honduras, at '3 o'clock, ; ^ Monday afternoon, attacked the fore- ; es cf General Zelaya, h resident of Nicaragua, whjch were guarding the Nicaraguan frontier. After many ii hours fighting the army of Honduras . ''' was defeated. ' J