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V;- ^; ' v lfMM ___ ~. "^ll The Abbeville Press and Banner.1 BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13,1901. ESTABLISHED 1844 J A TRIP TO FLORIDA. A Good Jinn's Intere??tiiik I.ollpr-Cily of Kniiford KeniHrhnlilc in Mitny j Re*pertft ? JIM1 llntc Old Acqnaiul- i nnrr<t- Xew Industrie*?Variety ol ! Prod net*?The Palmetto, In Sentl- ] ment and in Fart. Editor Press and Hnnner: Having just returned irom a throe week's j visit to Florida, possibly a Utter giving an account of our trip might, not bo uuinterestlut; j to some ot your renders. j Our objective point was Sauford, the "liatel City ol South Florida," where our daughter! lives. Jl is beautifully situated midway be ? "?' r,,'? mu on t ho kitntli I iween jacKHuuvuic auu m?ur?, side u( LttKe Monroe, lb rough which the Si. z John's river Hows. Its competetive advantage of both rail and water transportation gives lta supremacy over most interior towns Jtis located ou a uroad plain, rising with re- | markable evenness from the j>audy shores oi |, Lake Monroe, ascending to ao elevatlou of 45 , feet to the mile, which settles the question as . I to perfect drainage. It stands abretisi wiiti , other modern progressive cities, having a full oily government, ao organized tire department, public schools, churches, Masonic and j other secret lodges, hotels, restaurants, sev- , eral liuesof railroad, linen of river steamers. , telegraph and telephone lines, water aud gas worts, banks, car shops, ice factory, livery stables, steam laundry, Ac. It has ] '{ business blocks, a delightful climate, aud is said to have the lowest death rate of any city of , equal size in the Union?6 to 1,000 population. In addition to city water works, there are a , umber of artesian wells in the streets and | private lots. The water from these "flowing < welle," which by subterranean lorce is lifted ! to an elevation of from 5 to 15 leet above the . surface, is highly charged with sulphur?Is perfectly clear and healthful, and flows con tlnuauy, aay ana mgaw , Fishing and hunting are fine. The fisheries are an Important Industry, and are the source j Of considerable revenue. The catch in the | several fish bouses averages each 1,1?W or 1,">U0 | lbs. per day. The fiber factory (for the manufacturing of j the palmetto leal) contributes to the trade in ( terests of Sanford. Its weekly distribution or | wage money Is large. It Is said to be owned | by the Diamond Match Compauy. But, per- | baps the largest coutributor to the circulating medium ol the city Is the machine shops 01 . the Plant .Railroad System. They employ | many skilled laborers, and their pay-roll is , large. | "Before the freeze" the orange industry of ' this section of country was almost the sole source ol revenue, four-tlitbs of the population being supported by it. But one sad night In 1895, this business was swept away. Kich men became paupers,streets tint once teemed with human life grew up 1m grasp; magnifi cent stores, with iron and plate glass front*, were given up, and many of the best citizen* movpd away. It Is said that nootber State in the Union could have maintained Itself dur- | lng this critical period without assistance from the Government. Some of the citizens, with tear-dlmmed eyes, yet Bpeak ot it as a calamity exceeding that of the Civil War We visited a widow, Mrs. Beck, (favorably known by some of the people ol Abbeville county,; who lives a mile out of Sanford, and ( was rich in orange groves. We could not but nvmnathlze with ber as she spoke of the 'freeze," und of the ruin and desolation It 1 brought. Pointing to a grove In front ol her ( home, she said, "I was offered, the evening before the freeze, 82.250 for the oranges on thr 1 trees." She is a tine old lady, aud we hope 1 Bome day to see hefagaln In Due West. Mauy of the people were so discouraged that they \ gave up the orange business entirely, while otbertt are bringing on new groves, protecting ' the young trees with boxing and canvas, and 1 building up mounds of soli some three feet f high around the body of the trees; we saw 1 acres so protected. To protect the larger trses, * we noticed pine wood boxes piled between the 1 rows, ready to be fired in case of extreme cold. 1 This seemed an unequal contest against the ! laws ol nature. We met Mr. Seth Woodruff, of Orlando; he ! is filling his second term as Treasurer or Or ange oounty, and Is a graduate of Krskine College. He pot many Interesting questions ! about the people of Due West and the college boys of eighteen years ago. A lew years ago he marrifd a rich society belle of Orlando, \ and Is we.I off in this world's goods. When J 1 saw him oe was just returning Irom a deer 1 hunt, bringing home a supply of venison. My stay with my daughter and her husband, Mr. Frank L. Woodruff, was exceed- 1 incriv nlotunnt. He. too. is an Ersklne hnr ' and 1b much interested In Due West and the ( Colleges. Besides bis grocery, grain, bay and fertilize] business, lie Is engaged In insurance and catt.e raising?bis brother and be owning more tbfc n 1,000 head. For some years he ban held a responsible position In the city government? has been instrumental In bringing about some notable reforms, and Is being strongly urged to run for the mayorship. He Is a busy man, but never Beems so happy as when singing to and nursing his two littltboys. He knows everybody and is known by everybody?was a heavy loser by the "freeze," but Is now on the "ground floor," and we predict for bim a brighter day, "when the clouds roil by." We also met his sister, "Miss Emma," who married a Mr. Woodruff, she was for years u pupil of the Due West Female College, graduating In 18S2, under the skillful management of President J. P. Kennedy. Mrs. Kennedy, Mrs. L. M. Bouner, "Miss LeUal" and others. She Is a tine talker and entertained us with reminiscences of her college days. She was one of the handsomest todies we saw in Flor Ida. She has two manly little boys, and her husband. Mr. Woodruff, is engaged In the lumber business. On account of the mixed population there area number of churches in Sanford. We attended service In the Fresbyieriao, Methodist and Congregational churches, and were Impressed with the devout demeanoi of the worshippers. We have seldom seen congregations as a whole who appeared more thoroughly refined, and except In numbers, they measure up to the standard. As we eutered the church one beautltul Sabbath morning the congregation, accompanied by tbe organ. ^j*assinging that grand old tune, "Old Hundred," wblcb made usjblnk of borne, and the cbolr at Due West. We must not omit to say tl>ey know bow to treat strangers. Tbe city authorities are now taking steps towards erecting a new and up-to-date school , building, in which a number of teachers will , be employed?salaries ranging Irom Sluo to 51,000. As the Doe West colleges turnlsh such alarge per cent of teachers, would it not be well for some of them to "'let their light shine in Florida ?" It costs something to live In Sanford. We found everything higher than here?for instance, butter and eggs are from 25c to :50c. chickens from 20o to 50c, shoeing a horse *l.o<). There seems to be plenty of work but scarcity of labor?wages of common hands being |1 per day. On account of high wages and avocation with Northern people, tbe negro In Samord Is making rapid strides, though the races seem to get on well together. They must be law-abiding people, from the fact that they have no organized police force. Some of the streets and sidewalks are made of shell, and furnish fine tracks for driving and bicycle riding. We visited the bed from wblch these shells are taken. This shell bed. (llKemeiwu mouuus Dear oy) is acknowledged to be an unlathomable mystery. It appears to be Inexhaustible, and Is composed entirely of small shell. We see from history that these mounds are found in different sections on either side of the Mississippi River from the Great Lakes to the Gulf. Their origin Is pre-hlstoric, and who the "mound builders" were, or what their object, is beyond the ken of mortal man. Every effort to trace their origin has proved unavailing, the In dians disclaiming all connection with their building. They seem to antedate the existence of the Indian race. The two mounds which we saw were some 16 or 20 feet high and 50 leet In diameter?were covered with grass and scattering oaks, festooned with Spanish moss. The land on which they stand is owned by Mr. Whitner, a prominent man. once a prince merchant of San ford; he haN had a varied business career. lie is a nephew of the late Judge Wbltner of Anderson. He dined with us one day; we found him a remarkable man, clever, and the personification of politeness. He Is far-sign ted, aud it is said he now has a project on foot to connect the St. John's with Indian River, by cutting a four-mile canalhe is well knowD in Washington, and is said to have the ear of Congress In the matter. He is an elder in the Presbyterian Church, aud he with his pastor, the Rev. Campbell, unearthed six human skele tons at the foot of one of these mounds?they both told me these skeletons were found lying side by side. If six of these were found in one small spot on the outer edge, what might not be found in the center of the moaud? Our curiosity would lead us to Investigate further. Who knows but that the gold and treasures for which Cortez and Plzarro searched so diligently might not be stored in some of these mounds? We feel that tLls letter would be Incomplete without eome reference to the "truck farms" we saw around Sanlord. A ncfcv industry has sprung up?the growing of celery, lettuce and cassava, wmtu uus JuigBij' utacu me piHCtf 01 orange culture. The people are very enthusiastic aDd bopeful over this new venture. To show what la being done In the celery business, a bank director stated that $50,000 had 'h been deposited 1 n Sanford banks by Northern t and Western dealers lor the purchase of her celery. The?e firms have ttieir agents on tin; ground, and ptiy cash for the celery before the ear leav?s the depot. One of the leading celery growers, Mr. Kobbins, told me he had mml?' at the rate ol S2.MMI per acre, though ' SI,21)0 to jl MKJ per acre is considered a fair av- f crage crop, at a cost of about ? "!'per acre. Without entering Into detail, the same might 1 b? said of lettuce. We visited the pinery of j t Mr. Bothamly. We were much Interested iu L seeing how pineapples are grown. This . pinery Include* 1 l-U acres, is protected Willi 1 side walls about ten (eel high, and overhead ( with trap doors, to exclude the cold ?ir, aud Is : furnished with some ;V> stoves, pincou at regular intervals, to be tired in easj of extreme 1 cold. t There are a number of specie* of palmetto. ? We must, say Its beauty consists largely in nentiment. We were told that It c ?sis Iroru ^ Si5 to $200 to clear an acre of palmetto land? t having to be cleared with a grubbing hoe or .. mattock. The roots seem to tie by tar the * largest, part of some varieties, though we S have not >et heard that these roots In their j downward course have reached China. It In , taid ttie wood ol the palmetto, tree cannot . even be used tor fire-wood, if there Is one ' Ihlng more than another which would pre- r vent us from going to Florida, It would be the e palmetto, which seems to us to be the curse ol c Ihe country. Jf the fiber factory lu Hanford 9 uses up all the palmetto even in Bight, it ha* g a big job ahead ol It. r We nad the pleasure of drivinc out with [ Dr. Harris to the Cassava Starch Factory, i which is located at. Lake Mary, five miles i fromSantord. Theprocessof manufacturing utarch trom the cassava root Is a most interesting industrial development. This com- a pany was organized by Mr. Perkins, a prac- c tlcal starch manufacturer, with a capital or >100,000. The cassava Is very much like the ?weet potato, and Is used In the culinary de- C partmentin much the same way. The com- j pany pays for the cassava root ?5 per ton In ? car load lots. The cassava plant grows luxu- * rlantly in many of the old orange groves. I Many of the most famous Northern cotton mills are heavy consumers,of this manufacturing concern. A few years ago tiie thought * that starch would be seDt 1,200 miles from t Klorida to New England to aid in finishing *nd sizing clotb would have seemed a wild ? dream. An interesting feature of the busi- * tiess is the converting the refuse into stock I teed. The yield of the cassava root Is some- J thing like 12 to 15 tons per acre. . These new industries, combined with the c prospect of the new orange groves, encourage v ihe hope that Sanford will soon be herself ^ igain ; that her stores will be re occupled, Ijer prodigal 6ons will return and her waste places 1 tvlll again be made to "blossom as the rose." t J. A. I). ' t i: ROCKY RIVER J o c Dcntli of Mr. W. F. Kennedy- J Throwing: Kovks at Ihe Train? Candidates?PerNonal. 8 LownJesvllle. Feb. 11, 1901. Capt J. E. Browniee, of Penny's Creek, was t >ver on Monday on ouslness. ' At a sale of Borne mortgaged property here on t Monday, li brought pretty fair prices, rather n more than was expected considering its condition. n Messrs Jack Barnes and E. J. Huckabee, d went to Iva Monday evening and spent the light with the lamlly of Prof. J. F. Harper. Tuesday night as the up passenger train o was passing the crossing ou the savannah u /alley near Mr J. A. Hawthorn'* some unlace- fl int threw a rock, which went crashing throug he glass on one side of one of the coaches and r struck a travelling man, Mr. J. M. Ferguson y >n the nose and bruited It badly. Ue was ilttlngon the opposite side of the coacn from where the rock entered it, the train was stop- p jed as quickly as possible and diligent search [) was made lor the offender but he could not be ound, and It was good for him that he could u lot, as he would douotless have beeu rough- V ly handled. a Mr. B. Jasper, Martin, candidate for Sheriff, j was la icub quarter rnursaay ana rriaay, ooking alter his Interests 1u the race. e Col J no W. McCalta, ol Eibert county Ga, o <amu over Thursday, and was tho guest, OI L>r A. J. Speer till the next morning, when he tnd tne Doctor took a business trlp to Augus- a la. Kev L. H. Query, an agent for the Presby :erian Publishing House, Richmond, Va, ? 3Aine In Saturday evening anU was the guest b )f Kev H. C. Fennel for a day or two. j] According to previous announcement he oc:npied tne pulpit lo the Preebyterlau church * n this place yesterday at 11:30 a. m. He gave r :? his heaiers, au interesting and Instructive q lermon. i. .The aged Mr. \V. F. Kennedy died at his . .10me uear here, Thursday at 3 a. m. He, ll lometlme ago, got a tall, which confined blm |) 0 bis bed till the end catne. He bud passed h Lhe fonr score mileoost, in tbejourney of life " ?would have been SI years of uge if he had li lived till the coining April. He was born, s raised and lived within a short distance of ' where he died. He was a member of the 8 ['resbyterittn church since early lile, and at v tended Btrlctly lo his autles, not only in J this, but in all other reiatious of lite, so that T ifter a loug llle, spent in this section he left * oeblnd a record unassailed and unavailable. I Ells remains were brought to this place aud S( were funeral ized In Providence church at 12 m V next day, bv Kev. H. C. Fennel atter wblcb, * they w*re laid lo reet the cemetery near by. si Mr. E. H. Mathews, of Atlanta, came In J Saturday and remained with friends till yes . terUay evening. Mr. Leon Bell has taken, and is filling the r position of Telegraph Operator at Woodlawn, \ 1 station on the Savannah Valley Hail Road, . below McCormick. ' The annual spring movement of guanos 11 has begun, and it promises to equal. If it jj loes not (exceed, former demands. Well ll i rains just about often enough to keep the J* ground too wet to plow all of the time, and 1 teams and drivers are kept at this kind ol work. Troupe. """" " V Coffee Drinking, & h Dfjui lauuui g nciuiu, Cofree drinking by children was the subject ? of animadversion by Dr. 1. N. Love In a re- 11 cent meeting of the New York County Medical Association. He said : The care- \ lessness with which parents would permit v even babies to drink coffee Is remarable. * This wasoiten done through a desire to give a the children a warm drink In the morning. (] The 111 eftects or this practice were frequently , inet with by the physician. Such children early showed poor digestion and irritability s ol the uervous system. He had been sur- H prised to find how common this was, even among the well to do, and how seldom, 1 physicians gave the matter dueconsideratlon. He was of the opinion that this habit was a 0 means of developing in these persons, as they grew older, a desire lor something ? stronger. The exceptional Individual ol 0 excellent inheritance aud strong physique, # and with a well poised nervous system, could use coffee aud tobacco from an early age 2 without marked detriment, but it should f always be borne in mlud that these cases a were decided exceptions. The child should , have no stimulant, Just as the thoroughbred ? colt should have no whip, but oats or other b wholesome lood. , f u AVTXTft -r*ii"rr?lnacor1 It 1? a. JL. T AX 1 VJI JLTUJL VliUOVU % 1 the PLUMBING " lately conducted by Mr. r C. P. Hammond, we are \ now prepared to attend ] to your wants in this line. 1 Mr. A. G. COCHRAN, fl so well and favorably < known to our people, will a have chanre of this Dart \ of our business, and we 8 will guarantee all work > instrusted to us, to be } done in thoroughlyf workman-like manner. ! Abbeville Hardware Co. I rHE CURING OF LONELINESI Susanna Underwood lived alon There w&s no reason onearthwbysl thould not, for all those who had be< tear to her by blood were sleeping he village cemetery, or living in tht >wn homes across the sea. She hi eft her native island because she lov< Jrrin Underwood, and his fortunesh n American soil. Literally so. for 1 ,vasa Western farmer. J-low a Wes *rn farmer wooed and won a little E jlish lady is neither here nor the vith us. He did, and they lived ha )ily for ten years. Then he died, at is we find her now she is sole own md mistress of a lovely cottage hon n all its equipments as much like tl ild home as might be. The neighbo ar and near smiled at the folly of s (Id-fashioned building; in new-fashio d days, but they had to admit th omehow there was a liome-arori ibout the thatched cottage, the tiowe >ots, and boxes and beds that the gla ng paint of stilF "two-story-frames lever shed fourth. But Susanna Underwood was alon ,nd never so lonely as on this summ lay, when bees and birds were bus, vhen the hollyhocks were in the zenil if their bold gray, when she had not! ng to do but to sitiu the midst ac ew or read and think. But Susanr Jnderwood was alone. For sheer hunger to hear a huma -oice she talked aloud to herself, si ing there among the flowers. "I cannot bear this much longer,au do not know what to do. How ca sell this place and go back to Enj and? I do not belong there now. Tl tomes of my friends are complei vithout me." I might travel, if the: ias any use in it. Oh, Lord, I wat o be of some use !" she exclaimei assing from reflection to praye '.Some use !" And I want to be happ; oo, and comfortable. Thatis'nt wrou 3 11 i" I OU ILlUUt; IIIK WUIIU a picn lice place, and I believe, heretic thi may be, you meant folks to have ;ood time in it. You see," she contii led, after a pause, spent outwardly i patching a caterpillar creep across tt arden-bench, "here is a home?i weet a home as ever stood on found; ions. Why not keep it a home? Vhether Susanna was still talking I he Lord is not apparent, but her se nd person remarks were grave and a no.st beseeching. "It would be lib estroying something beautiful it ha aken a life-time to make?to close U| r rent this place to some one wfc lever cared for it as we have. I migl sk someone to live with me, but that isky business, too. How shall tu ralk together except they be agreed? There were more words to the sane urpose, and then Susanna closed u >er work, gathered a boq uet of flower nd stepped over to a neighbor's. Sii .'as welcomed everywhere she wen ?.? .\ounmaH manv a lipnr IIU quietij aaouiuvu am..; v ? urden among the bereaved andatHic d ones. But however she ministere r was ministered unto, the little horr /as a lonely place, and its owner fai ging under the shadow. One morning at family j.rayer3?tl; imple after-breakfast service had on( eeu really a family affair, and Susai a clung to the name?the lonel roman sat still a long time with he Jible open on her knee. She spot loud at last: Now, what a good chaj zr that was, and only myself to het t. It isn't right!" She dropped o er knees and held the open book t er face as if there were human consi ition in the contact. After a whil he became quieter. "Lord," she sai loud, I'm going to act as though yo ,'ere a person right here beside mi 'm going to tell you how lonely I an want someone near to me;someon can do for; someone nearer tha r>raeone else. You know everyom Von't you please, send someone t bare this home, or send me whei shall find someone?anyone, Lordoy, girl, man, woman, old, youn> ich, poor, sick, well, ugly, beautiful won't have a thing to say about it, ?ave it all to you. Here I am an lere's the place. Do with as accori og to your good pleasure, only?plea.' o something ! Amen 'here, now I feel better. I'mgoin o stick to that and watch out.'' God answers such prayers?not a /ays right ofF, for He lets events tak natural course. But when an earne; leart is ready for the utterance of sue prayer, the answer is ready, or mal ug ready, not far off' Weeks pass on. Grapes were ripi Iorning-glories have gone to seet ortulacca was making a brave defent gainst nupeuuiug iroHl/. ou-aiina ui lerwood's hired man, who took care < ler out-door work, had raked an wept up every brown leaf and dr tem. The little place was trig an ight. "I c;ues3 I'll give you a day or tw tt\ Jenkins. It's a sort of bet wee pell, and I'm going to spend a coup] f days in the city." The city wt wenty miles away, and usually ;reat, noisy, dirfy, heartless horro: rom which Susanna Underwood kef , frank distance. "I suppose I coul lo what I have to do in tbe stores hen >ut the fact is I have au actual leai ng to go into town." "I was in the other night?shan orpet it in a while." "Yes? Why?" Susanna's questior vere absently put. She was more ii erested just then with a pair of garde hears. "I saw something that 'most brok i 1? uy ueun. ~ His listener looked up. Jenkim leart had hitherto been an uuknow luantity. His head was level, as tli illagers said, and his hand capabli iired men are not supposed to hav learts." "What was it?" "I went to attend to some husines ,sd a friend took me to the Cripple Children's Home. Ever been there? 'No. I di<l not know there was sue , place." 'Well, there is. But don't go unles rou want to be feeling bad for a wee lfterwards." "Where is it?" Jeokina told her, and the next da; vIipm Susanna wrote out a nrfjr>i?f> lift ist of things to be done and places vis ed, she wrote, "Visit C. (J. H. withoi ail." People like SusannaUnderwood rar y fail when they set out to do a thin; Pile big-hearted English woman had package she had been wanting to di pose of for some time?the comple winter wardrobe of a lassie named S q sanpa Underwood, her mother's one lamb, who died after eight years of pain, and was laid beside her father, e Orrin Underwood, on the sunny hill[jg side. "Do not grieve," a friend had ?n said to the weeping mother. "She jn would have been a cripple, yon know. ,jr It is better so." Susanna's grief never uj took on a morbid hue, but it was the 3(j grief of a mother's heart ju9t the same. Xy Since there was a cripple children's home within reach, why that was just '.t_ the place for the warm, gay little dress es, the long warm stockings, the wool re lined slippers, the snug hood?all the p. things that would have kept .Susie from ,,j the winter's cold, had she not been er called to sunnier climes. With her ie bulky package neatly strapped, aud ie her heart under the strong, sensible r8 control from which it seldom broke in away, Susanna Underwood visited u. the home. at "Please lay this packago aside," she ia said quietly to the matronly suprien,r_ tendent who bade her welcome. "I r_ think you may find it useful-just some ,m cloths for your little ones. May I see t.hft p.hilriren?" e They had just gathered in the large cheery parlor, such as were able, for y their daily simple service of songs and h prayers, twenty children whose tender jj_ bodies bad refused to grow straight 1([ and strong. ia No one could see Susanna'9 hands grip each other tightly under her n sbawi. Tears ran unchecked over her t_ cheeks?but then nearly all who visited the home were deeply moved at the 1(j 9ijfht of that family of happy-faced, n afflicted children. _ After she had heard their songs and fe prayers, and had moved about among Le them with smiles and bright, motherre ly words, she wrapped the shawl about her and made ready to leave. The ^ suprintendent walked with her to the r aoor. in me nail sioou a lan, origni* faced girl?armless. f' "Ah," said the suprintendent, "here y is Mamie. She was sitting with one of the very sick children, so you did not a see her. Mami^ is our sunshine." j. The visitor instinctively put out her " hand, and then shivered at her mlsie take. "I can't shakehands." said the child, a. brightly. "You can shake me if you in want to!" "Poor darling !" exclaimed Susanna, c. taking Mamie into her own strong j. arms. "Mamie is older thau the age named in our by-laws." said the superintendent, "of children who may live here. ^ Incurable cases we keep till we can 1( place ihem comfortaiby somewhere else. Mamie's case was Deculiar. and we all love her so, wejust break the law and keep ber? at least until the e Lord opens a home for ber. She ought to be in a real home. She is well and g strong, and only needs to b6 loved and ' cared for. f It was the custome of the home to / speak freely (in wisdom) before the / older children touching their condition, J to prepare them by the kindest practical method for the time when they 't would meet the looks and words of a thoughtless, if not heartless, word. A thrill shot through Susanna Uudertfood's soul. She looked into ' Mamie's fair, sweet, womanly face. ' She thought at lightning speed for the *. space of a minute and a half. Then she turned to the superintendent. '? "Can you find time to come and see * me tbis "week ? I live alone in L . * Bring this dear child. I don't know-I can't say?but perhaps the Lord is L in this. At least, come into the coun ," try for a day. There are some flowers , left, and a great deal of sunshine and ! fresh air." That night, Susanna Underwood B' prayed again: "Lord! Don't let me do an impulsive thing at my age! But e dosen't it look as if it was to be ? The n child can't even wipe away her own e* tears, Lord, think of it! No arms, and ;? me here alone with two ! Is that why e I went to the city ? Did you lead me - to pray for someone ? Lord, do keep me sensible and open my eyes to see j straight!" A few days later, Mamie sat on the bench where Susanna Uuderwood had '* sat and longed to be of some use. She ie looked about her in a dream of delight. The old fashioned garden, the thatched ? cottage, the queer little windows, the vines, the birds, the bees, the kitten leaping in the sunshine?''Oh, dear :? Jesus!" she whispered?for she had known the Saviour for many happy P months?I'd like to live here. That l" lady looks as if she knew just how crippled children feel!" s' "Well," said the superintendent to Susanna in the quaint parlor, where e they had been sitting inclose confer1" ence, "it really looks as if the Lord bad led each one of us to this. Mamie d needs a real home to grow in. She y took a very Strang liking to you that d day. I say 'strange,' for she is shy and sensitive. It is not as if she had been ? born without arms, or had lost them n by acideut in babyhood. She fully 'e understands and remembers the terriIS ble experience. She is what she is by u the deed of one she loved, who was r> drink-crazed 71 ?iave you considered weiiv d "I have considered well," answered ?? Susanna. "Let's us go and tell the child, then. What an outcry there will be wheu 't she leaves us !" Mamie listened to the words of her 1S two friends, the old aud the new. She stood between them. Only her u loving Heavenly Father knew how in that supreme moment she wanted e hands and arms to help till out the sentences of loving gratitude she could 9' but imperfectly frame. The mother of n Susie Underwood knew. She drew ie the child close to her. "What do you e- think little one? '? "J can be feet for you, dear lady !" "And I can be hands for you, darling! Then this is your home. I knew the Lord would lix things. He d always does when we are truly in earnest." h And .Susanna Underwood has never been lonesome since. *8 k Unless a man is polite to his wife he v [isn'tpolite. lei If things go wrong, then let them go ii-1 wrong. When God wills it, failure is it the highest kind of success. | God denies a Christian nothing, e- but with a design to give him someg.! thing better. ai It is good for us that we have here 8" no continuing city. It is the looking te for one to come that saves us from u* indolence and decay. I i ne" wfiSSViNU KEY. Wbat EIm Could Be Exp?ct*a on Hw Wedding: Day? It's beneath a woman's dignity to keep track of keys. A girl who has been bridesmaid four times, and thereby cut herself off from all prospects of matrimony says, this Is what happens at every wedding: The brido gives minute and particular directions about the packing of her trunk. She knows k n n rl-nnrl f k nt on innh wu TTIUU1U UUO UUO UUUUIUUUU Vf* UU 1UVII the exact location of every frill and furbelow and looks on while various members of the family assist in cramming the traya in and forcing the lid down. Methods of accomplishing this differ?sometimes it) closes easily and sometimes it is necessary to jump up and down or sit on it. Then the bride to be orders some one to put a trap around it, but one person leaves it to another until the moment for departure arrives. At this juncture the discovery is made that the trunk is not locked, the keys are missing and everybody wonders where the atrap can be. Twenty minutes until train time. 'Whore's your trunk key?" someone asked the groom. "My dear, they are asking for the key to your trunk. Where if it?" "The key (in some perplexity). Why ?why, on my key ring, of course; the little silver one you gave me that time; don't you remember, dear?" "Certainly?on the keyring." To the anxious searchers, " You'll find the trunk key on a email, heart shaped key ring, my wife savs." reDlies the haDnv younsr man. "But where la that?" comes in chorus. "I'm Buxe I don't know," falters the bride almost in tears. "Oh, never mind. There, there; bother the trunk. What do we care?" says the groom. The bride has a happy thought. "George, I have two keys to that trunk." "Well, you're a wise little woman," in tones of pride from the young husband, while the aunts and oouslns say, "She has another key." "But they were both on the same key ring," continues the bride, and the general anxiety is redoubled. The girl who has been a bridesmaid four times says the first time this happened the key turned up at the last minute inside of the trunk, and after that she has always looked there the first thing and' has nerar failed to find it.?Chicago Record. TOILET SUGGESTIONS. Bints From a Beauty Doctor That Will Improve Poor Complexions. * Freckles are due to an excess of coloring moffni* riartrtalf.ari fn ffia cannnri 1 ftVPT nf tbft skin underneath the catlole. They are caused by an excess of iron in the blood. If they are not of very dark color, they can be bleaohed out, but if they are of the pronounced brown species, their removal will consist in destroying the outer layers of the skin. A paste composed of vinegar, honey and bitter almonds is said to be good for removing freckles. As a general thing the blood Is not responsible for the different blemishes which appear on the faoe. Dirt gets into the pores of the skin, and the result Is an eruption of some sort. Pimples should be opened with a needle or sharp knife, the secretion squeezed out and a lotion of a wineglass of strong vinegar, two ounces of glycerin and half a pint of distilled water applied. Fop neodle troubled with moist or oily ekln, a hot soapsuds bath once a week is recommended, using oastile soap, as it is of a drying nature. Bay rum and camphor may be u&ed by such persons, as they dry the oil somewhat, when the camphor would parch other complexions. The opium found in the stems of flowering lettuoe refines the 6kln and absorbs the oil. Bub the milky juice collected from broken stems of garden lettace over the face at night, allowing it to dry on. Wrinkles- depend on the attenuation of the skin and the reduction in bulk of th? underlying surfaclal portions of the body. They are not a dis ase, but are the results of worry, grimaces, poor health, eto. Wrinkles ought not to appear before the fiftieth year, but how often we see them at 25. The more delicate the skin the more " ibject it is to these disfigurements.? 4,'Ailadelphla Times. Clewing Scenes of Damai* Life. Tho nnrttanlAra of t;hn manner In which M. Alexandre Dumas spent bis last day, given by those who were present at Villa Champfleur, at Marly, are Interesting. The Improvement which had been noted In the morning continued the whole day, so that the members of the family felt their hopes revive. The doctors seem to have been rather skeptical, but Mme. Dumaa and the daughters of the celebrated writer were overjoyed. The patient was cheerful and smiling. He even joked, and had, In the morning, turned everybody out of the room by an affectionate rebuke. He said: "This Is really too much. What are you all doing, sitting about in my room? It is really extraordinary. Cannot I be left alone in my own apartment? My children, you really take advantage of my good nature." They were all going out, but he called them baok again, smiling, and everybody laughed with him. At noon, however, he sent them to the dining room for breakfast and asked for a cup of tea for himself. Ashe had done in the early morning, he took the oup in both hands and drank the tea without any difficulty. Mme. Dumas trembled with mingled joy and fear; she dared not believe In what seemed bo xtraordinary an improvement. It was close upon 7 o'clock when the change occurred; the patient suddenly experienoed two sucoessive nervous tremors, and fell back dead in the doctor's arms.? London Standard. It Does Make m Difference. In Munster recently a man reoelved three years' penal servitude for attempting to poison his wife by administering to her sulphate of zino in whisky. At Leeds a woman was condemned to 20 years' penal servitude for attempting to murder hear husband by administering poison in his food. It is certainly dlffioult to account for this vast difference in the punishment in two such similar cases, and a lady correspondent Insinuates that to the woman were given SO years because the judges, being men, naturally regard the crime as more heinous In a wife than in a husband. my own opinion, after reading the reports, la that the woman got no more than 8he deserved, but the man a good deal leu.? London Truth. Good Temper. Good temper Is the most contented, the most comfortable state of the soul; the greatest happiness both for those who possess it and for those who feol Its influence. With gentleness in his own character, comfort in his home and good temper in his wife, the earthly felicity of man la vomplete.?Anon. oMfMBaarjuawai/MiwaaMWi A STRONG TEMPTATION. A young man, or rather, boy for ho wan not seventeen years o age, was a clerk in one of the grea mccunHlu iict o hliuli m r>n t s nf Nfiw York. An orphan and poor, h< murt rise, if ho rose at all, by hii own exertions, ilis handsome hon est face, atid free, cordial mannei won him the fre.idship of all his fel low laborers, and many were th< invitations he received to join then in the club-room, in the theatre and even the barroom. But Alfrec Harris had the pure teachings of i Christian mother to withhold hirr from rushing headlong into dissipa tion and vice, and all the persuasionf of his comradcs could not induc< him to join them in such scenes. JIc feared the consequences. One evening, one of his fellow clerks George Warren, the mosl high-toned and moral one among them, invited Alfred to go home with him to supper and make the acquaintance of his faimly. The boy gladly assented, for he spent many ionely evenings, with only his books and his tnoughts for company, He found his friend's family verv social and enieitaining. Mrs. War ren, the 'mother, was a pleasa^ winning, I might almost say,, fascinating woman, one of the kind whose every little speech seems ol consequence, and whose every act, praiseworthy. Mr. Warren was a choery, social gentleman, fond of telling stories, and amusing young people. And George's sister, Jessie ?how shall I describe her? A girl about Alfred's own age, a half-bash ful, half-saucy, dimpled-faced rosychceked maiden, sparkling with wit and pleasantry, and pretty enough for any young man to fall in love with at tirst sight. This was Mr. Warrants family, and it was no wonder lhat Alfred was charmed with them. They were not very wealthy people, but were in easy circumstances, and on a promising road to fortune. Alfred very soon felt as well acquainted with them all as if he had known them for years. The supper was delicious, especially to a boy whse small salary could afford him only the plainest living. After supper wine was broughtin. Mrs. Warren poured it out herself, and with a winning smile passed a glass of the sparkling liquide to their guest. Alfred took it with some hesitation, but did not raise it to his lips. Each of the family held a glass, waiting to pledge there visitor. .But Alfred feared to driok it. lie set the goblet on the table while a burning flush overspread his face. "What! Do you not drink wine?" ask Mrs. Warren, in her pleasant tones. "I have been taught not to drink it," said Alfred. - 1 ?--j 1 T "Iou nave miu guuu a-ut-uuig, j. doubt not," said the lady, "and ? honor you for respecting it ; but I think it makes a difference where and in what company you take it. I should not be willing for George to go into a barroom in company with dissipated young men, and call for wine, but at home in the family circle it is different. A moderate use of wine never hurts any one. It is ODly when carried to excess that it is injurious. You had better drink yours. So little as that will never hurt you," Jessie was sitting by Alfred. She took up the glass he had sot on the table and gave "it to him with a charming smile. "Drink it for my sake.^&h^-JiajiL Again ho took the goblet in his hand. The glowing wine was tempting, buttho faces around him were more tempting still. lie raised it toward his lips. But at that moment there rose up before him a pale, sweet face with pleading eyes ?the face of his mother in heaven. The boy laid down the |glass with a firm hand, and with firm tones ho said: "I cannot drink it. It was my mother's dying request that I should never taste of wine, and if I disregard it now, I fear greater temptations will follow. You must pardon my seeming discourtesy, but I cannot drink it." A silence fell upon the little circle. None spoke for several minutes. Then Mrs, Warrea said, in a voice ^hnk-prl with emotion : "Forgive me, my boy, for tempting you to violate your conscience Would that all young men would fahow as high a sense of duty." All members of the family put down their wine, untasted. "The boy is right,'' said Mr. Warren. Drinkihg wine leads to deeper potations. We have done wrong in setting such an example before our children. Here, Ellen," lie called to the servant, "take away this decanter." And, as the table was cleared of the wine glasses, Mr. Warren said, solemnly: "Now here, in the presence of you all, 1 make a solemn vow never lo LI Have any nioro wine on my muie, or drink it myself, as a beverage; and may my influence and precepts be an binding on my children as the request of this boy's mother to him." And Mrs, Warren softly responed : ;'Amen!" ^ Mr. Warren turned to Alfred, , - i . ih "TV? arc not drunkards or wine- ^ bibbers hero, my boy. I have alj. ways prcached tcmpcrance, but I * have never realized before' how an occasional gins* of wine, ifpartaken -V of in good society, could injure. 1 I see it now. If a person can drink one glass, he can drink another, and 3 " yet another, and it is hard to know just where to draw the line. I thank [ you for this lesson. I will show ' that I have as much manliness, as a ? . ? mere boy. My children will you fol- ^ j low my example, and pledge to | abstain totally from wine as a bever- ^ * age?" ' 1 ' We will, father, was the response, This pledge was never broken by v'|g ] any of the family, and never did r| [ Aired Harris have cause to regret ' that ho resisted the temptation to ": J| drink one glass of wine. Years afterward, when ho was a 't& 'r prosperous and wealthy mnrchant, and sweet Jessie Warren was his ' wife, they often spoke of tho coose! quences which might have followed .. ! had he yielded to that one terapta' tion and Jessie tries to impress as ; 1 firm principles upon the minds of | her children as her husband's mother :v instilled into the heart of her boy. Something New si in South Carolina. | We take pleasure Id calling the attention 'if, of tbe public generally to the excellent con- viw i tract for insurance now being offered by tbe State Mutual Life aud Annuity Association, of Rome, Ga., a statement ot Its condition . appears In another column of thin issue. We . subjoin a few testimonials from some well known citizens as to what they tbink of tbe system. Abbeville, 8. C.. Jan. 28,1901. A. G. Ronlstone, Gen'l Agt., Abbeville, S. C.: Dear Sir?For my own satisfaction, as well / as for tbe information of my friends, I visited ''-'-13 Rome, Ga., for tbe purpose of investigating , >:% tbe standing, financially, and otherwise, of ' the State Mutual Life and Annuity Assocla- 1 3 tlon ot that city. It aflords me pleasure to state to the public that after a thorough InvestlgatloD, I have no hesitancy In saying, w?| that tbe contract offered for life Insurance by ? this Association is the cheapest, m.ost liberal, ; J| and as safe as any contract offered by any company. Re8Dectfull v. -23M " ~ * J. R Blake, Jr. Abbeville,8. C., Jan. 29.1901. A. O. Roulstone, Geo't Agt.. State Mataal "'i Life and Annuity, Rome, Ga.: Dear air?I bave carefully examined Intothe plan of Insurance adopted by your com- ^ pany and bave reached tbe conclusion that It In probably tbe best plan of Insurance ever , offered to tbose desiring Insurance It dlfiera Jfj from otber plans In tbat it la op to date. .'?<* Tbe protection given by Annuity in old age ~.W 1s very desirable, while tbe method adopted . . '.fa for protecting tbe widow and minor children ' > <; is most commendable. I do not hesitate to say tbat In my opinion tbe greatest succeed , 3 awaits this association of any other ever orgaolzed. It is safe, sound and southern. -;3%j Wishing you success, etc. ?39 J. Fuller Lyon. John Gary Evans, Atty and Coun'r at Law, Spartanburg, 8. C. Spartanburg, S. C., Jan. 4,1900.. I bave bad a full and oomplete exposition ,'? of tbe plans of tbe Slate Mutual Life of Rome, Ga.. and am more pleased with tbe advun-. j tages extended than any Insurance I toave ever investigated. It being a southern enterprise and on a perfectly sale basis, I give it ' wy hearty endorsement. John Gary Evans. '**. House Representatives, Washington, D. C. Belton, S. C.. Oct. 28.1900. . .ft A. G. Roulstone, Gen'l Agt., State Mutual Life and Annuity Association, Rotue, Ga. - "/ Dear Sir?I have bad a full and complete ' Investigation of your system of insurance and am well pleased with same. A. C. Latimer. Lowndesvllle, S. C., Sept. 28,1900. A. G. Roulstone, Esq.. Rome, Ga.' Dear Sir?The State Mutual Annuity Life Association which you represent, commends Itself as the best form of life insurance of which I have any knowledge. I consider it the cheapest and as good as the best. Kespeotfuily, I. H. McCalla. Columbia, S. C-, June 22,1900. Capt. T. H. Francis, State Agent of Slate Mutual Life and .Annuity Association, of Rome, Ga. Dear Sir?I have Investigated your plan of Insurance and I am fully satlffled with Its many attractive features and of your ability to carry to a successful Issue your contract. As an evidence of my conviction I have taken a policy 1? your company and cheerfully recommend It to my friends as a sai^ \.*> vestmen t and sure protection. Yours very truly, J. S. Venu?r, Master In Equity of Richland County. :?r"*hyllle, Tenn^July.'JI, 1900. Mr. A. G. Roolston?5rSseol?r^gebt-fi>>Hte Matual LW6, Rome, Ga. * ?? ' _^?eerSTr?Tbe State Mutual Life and Annuity Association which you represent commends Itself as the best fojrm of life lnsur- ' >; ance of which I have any knowledge. It makes the Interest of the policy holder the matter of flist Importance. I have surrendered some other Insurence In order to take one of Its SGOO annuity policies. Wishing you great success. I am, yours truly, J. D. Hammond. Gen. Sec. Education, M. E. Church,South. NEW FAST TRAIN. * f Southern Pat on New Train Sunday, January 27th, Between Atlanta and the East. Another train to tbe Cast was put on tbe Southern Hallway last Sunday. It will be known as tbe "Atlanta and New York Express." This is and entirely new trial and In no wise effects tbe present schedule of the other tralus of the road. The object will be to provide Improved passenger facilities at tbe several points between Atlanta and Charlotte at which the train stops, and at the same time relieve the "Washington and Southwestern Limited' of heavy express and coach travel which that train now bandies. The new train will be No. 34 northbound nod :!3 suthbound. It will leave Atlanta dally Ht twelve twenty p. m. (12.20 p. m?) Atlanta Time, one twenty, p. m. (120 p. m.) Eastern Time, twenty minutes behind the Limited. Stops will be made at Norcross, Buford, Gainesville, Lula, Mount Airy.Toccoa, Westminster, Seneca, Central, Eaaley, Greenville, Greers, Spartanburg, Gaffney, Blacksburg, Kings Mountain, Gastonla and Lowell. At Charlotte where the train will arrive at nine ten p. m. (9.10 p. m ), connection will be made with a through train from Columbia, Savannah and Florida, which reaches Washington the next morning at 7.55 a. m., and New York at 2.0:i p. m. Southbound the train will leave New York at 3 25 p. m.. Washington 9.55 p.m.. and arrive lu CbarlotieS.a5tt. m., leaving Charlotte at 8.20 a.m. The train will stop at the same stations southbound as No. 31 northbound, and will reach Atlanta at 3.35 p. m., Atlanta Tlmo J n m KrtKlprn Time urhlnh lu iropn. . ^ ly minutes ahead of the Limited. The "Washington and Southwestern Limited," which is to b{> relieved ot coach travel by the Express, will be made one of the highest class passenger trains in the country. It will be a solid train of Pullman cars, with Diner attached. Agents of Southern Railway will cheerfully furnished detailed Information relative to this improved service. , ' # Speak kindly at all tiroes if you would hear only pleasing echoes. Honor follows those who precede it but it flees from those who pursue it. ^ |