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. . The Press and Banner G^Pabllsbed every Wednesday at J2 a ear In advanoe. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1902. Th? Beat Onrimlintion. We notice from the News and Courier tbat a Dress club has been organized In Charleston "for tbe purpose of bringing Into clove and fraternal relations tbe newspaper workers ol Charleston and vicinity, and for tbe promotion of (be general welfare of tbecommunlty" 01 Charleston. No club was ever organized for belter par. poce. It Is Just such an organization as we bave been favoring all tbe time, but we give tbe brethren of Charleston all tbe credit fo 1U existence. If Abbeville is part "of tbe community," we shall be pleased to Join, with the understanding that we be allowed to offer several good suggestions. _ t The Monument. Remember tbe entertainment to be given n?*L.Timriav niirht at ibe Court House under tboanaplces ot the Daughters of tbe Oonfeder? aoy. Admission '?> rents. Children and all pupll?of the schools, IOoib. Toe proceed* are to be devoted to tbe building of a Confederate Monument. A. R P. Chnrrh. Tbe pastor will preach on tbe ^object, "Looking Upward," next Sabbath at 11 A. M. at tbe Associate Keformed Presbyterian Church. Tbe public la cordially Invited. Lunipii. In tbe absence of tbe electric lights lamps bave been pot bark In tbe old pluces wblcb they occupied before we bad electrlo light*. "Blessings brlgbten as tbey vanish," wan not aid ol electric I'gbtn. As compared wltb electric Hgbta our lamps are poor ibdeed. V/e shall hope for better days and brighter nights. Ltit. Gold fro me spectlc lea between my residence . f and Mr Hammond's tan yard. Tbe finder will be rewarded If returned to J. M. Oambrell. Lost. A young red milk oow, wide between tbe ?jborns. A suitable reward wt|I be given lor { pner return to Mrs. J. C. Klugb, Abbeville. Wanted. 600 turkeya. 1,000 chickens, and all the i uncus luttv iuiij ww umc?vm, B, K. Beacbam, at the Miller Hotel. Farm Wanted. One to two hundred acres Improved and good bnlldlntta at or near R. R. Station, it. Address, Box, 08. Ualnesvllie, Qa. MB. W. T. Bradley la In charge of tbe beating apparatus lor tbe A. R P. cburob. We ball bope Ibat tbe atmospheric oondl* tloaa will be all tbat could be desired by preacher or peopl*. Watch the bot air come through tbe register next Sond'y morning. If Mr. Bradley ancceeds in getting (be cburcb warmed, bla commission will go further and I. < - be will be entrusted with tbe painting or the doors, and tbe walla. Bia ialter Job to be *a a reward of merit on tbe first. Rkt. Da. j. T. Chalmers, pastor of the FlralA. R. P. Cborch ol Charlotte, Is lying desperately 111 at bis h ?me In tbat city. Hi* aged mother la also reported as belDg near death's door. Man] friends sympathize wlib tbem, and anxiously await lortber tiding* from tbe afflicted home. - ? ' - *" * - ? nr. ik. Uinee I .VOOW 11 UJUOO ;:i iteubuuio iu* finest fre?b, roeeted ooffeea on tblB market and will prove wbat we aay if you will only call at our store today or tomorrow while we I have a lady there to make yon a bot cop and explain how to make good coffee. I* T. AT. M.Miller.. Peoplenever tire of looking at a locomotlveand and train of care. Just so with nice 1 picture*; tbere Is always s fasolnatlon about both. Be acre to call at Williams Studio ai 11 rat opportunity and see his collection of free hand Crayona. Nick Jkwelky.?If yon want nice Jewelry of the oewent aud beat patterns, or If you need spectaolea or watched, call on J. W. R> kard., Hie gooda are both pretty and cheap. He baa beautiful presents for loved ones it Mill 8tock fob Sals.-I will offer for aaleonSale i;?y in Peornary Ave abarea 01 the common stock of the Abbeville Cotton . Mill. Mrs. W. A. Lee. Bern emoer when op street to go to Williams Studio and examine bis work, yon may waoi to have a nice Portrait made before be leav ?s ? 1 aaMalu>?l(nn alLhflP in lllM. at UU UO gUBI^UW^W o??-lo.MV?.V? mdi or portraits. Now is the lime to teat tbe Quality of L. T. ' AT. M. Milter's coffees. A lady will make you a bot cop If you will onlj call at tbelr city store to-day or to-morrow. LT.4T. M. Miller. Pbone 75 and 85. Jakes Hkxppill of Cbeater la dead at 86 years. v ' . Tba U- S. CUII 8ervlc? Commluioo will bold examination* at several places lo eacb stale during March and April, to secure young men and women Jar tbe govern meat servlo*. 9.889 parsons secured positions last year tbrooab tbese examinations. Probably 10000 appointments will be made tbls year All appointment* are for life and for most positions only a common sebool education It required. Salaries at appoln* ment vary from $86u to 81200 a year wltb liberal promotion* afterward. Politics la not considered. Tbere Is less competition In tbe southern states tban in otner parts of tbe oountry. Tbls affords a good opportunity for people between'tf and 45 years of age. Tboee desiring 'i places of tbls kind can get full Information about tbem, free, by writing to tbe Oolum?-* W naKlnnlnn win ii vurrwpuiiucuuo vvi io**? w>uiu|ktvu. v D. C., and aaklug for its' ClvU Service caia logae, oomber three. * Speed's LocrIi. Five Drop* for tale by Tbe Speed Drat; Co. Gla?tand putty can be bought cheapest at The Speed Drug Co. The Speed Drug Company la bead quarters for pulnu and oils. See ns when yon need drugs. Tbe Speed | Drag Co. Notice of Dissolution. r rnHE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EXI A latlng between W.Joel Smith and A. M. I Smith, nnder tbe firm name of W. Joel I Smith & Son, la tbla day dtwolved by motual i oonBent. W. Joel Smith, Deo. 81,1901. A. M. Smith. Fartnereliip Notice. t W?\the undersigned, have this day formed partnership for the purpose of conducting a general mercantile business under the firm name of A. M. Smith A Co. A. M. Smith, Jan. 1, 1902. S. J. Link. Mv , ? A Card. In retiring from business I desire to thank a generous public for the liberal Bupport be f flowed upon me for the past thirty-six years, and to bespeak for my successor?. Messrs. A. M- Smith 6 Co, your continued confidence and patronHge, bellevlnic that they are prepared to sexv vou as faithfully In the future an I have d< n the past. Jan. 1,1902. W.Joel Smith. Land Sale ? In tbe Tovn of Mt. Carmei, S. C. On Wednesday, January 15th, Between tbe bours of 12 and 8 p. m., 1902, we, the ODderslgned, will sell to tbe highest bid der to the town of ML. uarmei. a u, an me rights, titles and Interest of Union No. 1 of Savannah Valley Association. Abbeville CoojDly, 8. O., In a certain lot of land situated, lying and being In the town of Mt. Carmel, containing One Aore and Thirty-Three Poles, 5,000 Shingles, 3,000 ft. Ltunber. TERMS OF SALE?Cash. Purchaser to pay for paper*. Plat exhibited on day of sale with the privilege of making a private purchase. N. T. Harmon, J. Tolbert. > ' Board Trustees. C. W. C. Moragne, Secretary. Pettlgrue, 6. C. | : Y:V. A BUSINESS GIRL. Betty Holmes was an unsuccessfu journalist, aud when both her pareut died within a few weeks of each othei her cousiu, Daniel Gilbertuhaw, too] her to live in Little Gorston. Evei then Dauiel was a big, slow, man ' with a placid manuer and silver-streak ed hair, and years older thau his oul; sister, Martha, who, was bis house keeper. Jbie kepi the only genera shop in the village, and lived in th r cottage attached to it?so sinull a cot taire that when he aunounced lha Betty was to find a home under iti roof, Miss Mattle really had some reason for asking bim bow he propose( to make room for the new comer. 1 "Woi, lass," Daniel answered, it ' his slow way, "t' place ain't big, surely but Betty herself be only a bit o' i wench." "She'll grow," Miss Mat tie objected "Belike, belike, Daniel' admitted unruffled; "but 'twill not be so fas we'll not ha' time t' get used t' it an plau accordiu.' No chap's house wer< ever robbed o' comfort 'cause t' orphai were given shelter in it." So he went off to London?far away wonderful, confusing London, wiienci be was glad to escape with the lltth girl; and Betty came lo live at "t shop" in Little Gorston. She gol along with Daniel famously from th< beginning; and on the Sunday aftej her arrival, when she went to churcl with bim, the villagers stared at th< slim, black-frocked, pule-tactd little creaiure, whose frail Augers restec in the huge brown banc vv" ?o v of the clumsy gentleman, as they camt up the church-yard path together Miss Mattie came stalkiirg grimly be< hiud?so grimly, that wbeu the child glanced back, with a little smile, sh( was too frightened by what she eaw tc dare to repeat the experiment. Miss Mattie did not. approve of Bet' ty's coming, nor take to her. Her lift was centered in ber brother, and froir the first she resented and feared the thought of the child coming betweec him and herself. She was willing tc make many, if not all sacrificed foi him in her own severely practical way aud she could not understand why h< should desire anything else. But Dan lei?easy-going, slowrthinking, slower speaking Daniel?was firm, because h< saw his duty clearly before him. "It's right, lass,'' he said to his^sister. '/T' little lass ba no kith nor kin 'cept you' an' I. We mun stan'b\ her." And he did stand by Betty duriug the years which saw her shoot up from a short-frocked child to a tall girl bor deriug on womanhood. She came tc be his constant companion, his righi hand, his oracle in all his commercial perplexities. She bad inherited from uer mother a* quick brain and an instinct for figures and affairs to make ber a veritable business girl. Matter^ which made her big, gray-haired cousio groan in anguish or plod with futile helplessness over columns of blotted or involved accounts, were nothing tc ber quick wits and keen eyes. Daniel o<w>ar.tcH h*?r hfelD at the outset with marveling trepidation, which resolved into contented and absolute faith Without Betty he was nothing; anc lite girl always remembered wbo hat' stood between herself and the world, and treated him with all the respect his own daughter might have paid. Dauiel never meaut to drift apari from his sister; but Miss Mattie, al though devoted to him in her heart and ready.to serve him as his hand maid, lacked tbe gift of sympathy, aud refused to take any part or interest In the affairs of the abop. She lost nc opportunity of saying, in her old' laahioned, prim way, that sbe disapproved of advanced women, and considered that girls were wholly out 01 place in business, even if tbat business only extended to looking after s village shop. And, perhaps, Mist Mattie felt more bitterly than she cared to own, or even than she knew, hei brother's unconscious tr&usfereuce of r*?nnh nf hla alleffiance to the girl whom she regarded as an intruder She did not quarrel with Betty, bul ever pretended to be her friend oi glad to liave her in the house. The latent hostility and tbinly veil ed dislike made the girl uncomforta ble and unhappy, and once she Bug gested to Daniel that it would be bettei if sbe went away?but only once. Sht was startled by bis distress and terror 'Nay, uay, lass," he said, Martbe doesn't know tbee yet. But her'll learn?her'll learn. An' I couldn'i bide wi'out thee now. What would tbe shop be wi'out thee ?" Ah, yes, Daniel well knew what tht shop would be without Betty?tht shop whence came the living of their all, and which was to keep Miss Mattie from want if she were left alone. Timet were changing, new rivalries and competitors were springing up like liont in the path. The stately, leisurely methods which bad been well enough once and had worked like machinery, would no longer do. To win succest and make a way now was needed youtt aud pushful tact?yes, tbe talents oi ?i.? K.tcinoaa airl whnm in his simnk IUV WUC4MWV O* | ? m pious heart be thanked God every daj for Beading to him. Without Bettj the shop would be nothiDg at all. H< was growing old and tired, and Mist Mattie knew nothing, and would scorr to learn, even if it were not too late Not that Miss Mattie ever thought s< herself. She did not suppo-e, ol course, that matters would go on in definitely without a change, butcher ishedavague notion that Daniel and herself would eventually retire on ? modest competence. And even Betty, although she anx iously watched the lines of thought deepening on Daniel's face, did uol fully realize all his secret care for the sister who bad lived with him so lonji without really knowing or understand him. So Betty remained to help Daule and to cling to the hope of winning Miss Mattie in the end?a forlorn hope apparently, and without much chance of realization. But, to compensate foi this disappointment, iuto the girl'f life came a new interest?to make Daniel smile in bis slow way, and Bet ty wonder sometimes, and to inspire her with a fresh and lender thought fulness, tbe significance of which sh< scarcely understood at first. George Marsh 'was the son of one of the farm ers whose homestead lay beyond tb< village, and he fell into a custom o calling frequently at the shop. Danie liked him for his straight forwari character and steadiness; MissMatu favored him with nothing but a moa stately and reserved courtesy; anc Betty?well, it was nobody's businesi but her own what Betty thought. Then Daniel died. He broke dowr quite suddenly, and passed out of lift 1 ' J ?l 1 kit just as simpiy as ne nau wamcu ui< daily path in bis dull, kind way. A little while before the end he pressec Betty's Auger's and whispered to her "Mattie '11 know?ber'll know some times, lass. Stan' by her i't' hour o tribulation. The shop's nowt wi'oul thee." His whisper was inaudible except t< the closely bending girl, but bis ditr eyes were not observant of the gray sharp face at his bedside, and he geutJj drew bis fingers from the strong ? ' N t-' ;v- ; '/ " ' ' ' * ' - ' ' ' ' " . ' * 4'. Pj. % V T.i f' 'r v!* !' ' young clasp tbat bad helped him through so many years, and gropec about until he touched his sisters hand j Until after the funeral Miss Mattie s was like one- dazed, but not softened, . More grim than ever, goiug about with I set lips and red, swoolen eyes, a paj tbetic and yet an awe-inspiring figure in her deep black. She repulsed all I proffers of sympathy almost fiercely, y and did not exchange half a dozen j_ words with poor Betty. I After Daniel had been laid to rest, b however, and all was over, when they _ were alone in the little kitchen and t the >-hop wa< once more open, Miss s Mattie said something that almost . made Betty's heart standstill, j "You?you don't wan't me here?" the girl gasped when she could trust , her voice. "You wish me to go away?" "I think it will be best," Daniel's j sister answered, in a hard dry tone. "You and I have never agreed, Elizabeth Holmes. I never liked you, and I always thought my brother was mis| taken in having you here. But I will > not be unjust. You shall have time to 3 find something to do, and if you need , any help you need not fear to ask for it." Betty'groped her way to her own J tiny room. She was taken by surprise j and bewildered, although she had not > supposed, any more than Miss Mattie l herself, that things would have gone . on unchanged forever. Only the had p not looked 'or such an abrupt disrup\ tion as this, and had hoped that in , time she might win Miss Mattie'a lik> ing and pay part of her debt to Daniel I by being a help and comfort to 'bissis[ ter; and dow all was apparently so , miserably over. When Daniel died George Marsh was 1 away on business for hi- father, and I uo message came from him to Betty, , although she expected it. There had been no formal engagement between them, but bis previous conduct had not prepared her for his silence in her time of trouble. But days passed and brought no message. Only, as her heart grew heavier, Miss Mattie had become more sour, and had looked at her with an uneasiness in which defiance and struggling shame had been mingled. :' "Daniel had left no will. Apart from the shop tnere had been little to be* queath, and he had taken It for granted that his sister and cousin would remain together. Thus it happened that there was no provision for Betty, l eyond a few pounds which had been , her mother's, and which Daniel had rofiiHPri to roiifih. and had allowed her r to keep as a nest egg in case of need. | Had it been different and herself inde. pendent, she might have found i t ea-ier , to plead and reason with Miss Mattie; ; but, thiogs being as they were, she I could uot persist after one answer she , received. . "My brother, Daniel, was always , talking about your cleverness and tal' ent for business. I don't think you ought to need to ask for a homo and ; charity when you know there is no room- ior you here." , Betty turned away, with her face I white and her lips pressed close to re, strain a 6harp answer. She ielt she I could not stop after that insult. But she did not judge her cousin. , Her j quick girl's iustinct told her that beI Death all Miss Mattie's grimness and sharp and bitter speeches there was a ' quivering pain and a crying out for tne dead brother, who had beeu every, thing in her circumscribed life, aud whom another, although innocently, bad seemed to draw away from her. [ So it had come about that when Betty bad seen her box lifted into the car[ rier's cart, and turued and taken her t farewell at >be shop, a swift Impulse caused her to go back and kiss the ' withered, cold cbeek. . Miss Mattie flushed ever so little, but (be girl was gone on her way to the station aud to London; and, after " a pause, Daniel's sister gave up startin? onH Hrow horuAlf | lujuvnu ?u? .?.M, ?v" > up with more than u6ual firmness. Some friends of her father, who had f not forgptten her, had obtained Betty I a situation in an office in the city. At first she was given only the most sim! pie duties; but, as time went on, her value was understood, and she was entrusted with.more important work, to which she proved herself quite equal. It came to be acknowledged lu the or' fice that, if she chose to remain, Miss ! Holmes wa? much surer of her position , and promotion than many who had been there long before her. I Yet, although she did her duty and I kept a brave front to the world, her L heart was heavy. She could not forget I Daniel or tbe shop in Little Gorston, nor help thinking sadly of Miss Mat, tie, whom she knew must be growing j old and lonely. She wrote two letters; [ but tbe first was not answered, and tbe , second was returned unopened, ad j dressed in Miss Mattie's stiff handwriting. Tben Betty sighed, but even then could not forget Daniel's dying words; and, except her own returned, she bad no letters from her old home From Little Gorston, therefore, came no news, and she could not prevail on herself to go there during the holidays, although a longing to see Daniel'* grave was Btrong on her. She felt that she was not wanted by any one there, and that she would only make her pain harder to bear by the visit. To this resolution she kept firm, until the months lengthened into two years, and tben something happened. r j A great deal of the work in the office f had to do with outside law matters, and it was part of Betty's work to copy confidential legal papers. It happened [ therefore, that'one afternoon a bundle . of red tape bound documents was placed ou tier desk, and that within five minutes afterwards she was in the [ private office of the head of the firm. > "I must go, sir," she said, "as soon as , possible, lam very sorry, but if this \ is true I cannot stop, indeed." ] The solicitor glanced at the paper she held out. Its formal tenor wa8-?"ffi cient to have made Daniel turn i nis r grave, ln'set phrases and technicali' ties it set forth that Miss Gilbertshaw, [ of Little Gorston, was on the verge* of ' ruin, and that, unless she immediately satisfied the claims of the pressing creditors, she would be sold out and reduced to beggary. * Betty obtained leave, and went down _ to Little Gorston next day. She reach" ed her old hotne in tbe evening, and a dismal welcome awaited her. 8uch a dreary, miserable, almost empty little ' shop; such a bare, comfortless cottage; e such a faded, weary, sick-at-heart . Miss Mattie! Ah, no! Betty did not . need to be told how it had all happened. , Daniel's sister had known nothing of t business?not even how to manage a I nhop?and new rivals had risen to fight pitilessly against her futile effort* and her ignorance, until all was come to the verge of ruin. When Miss Mattie saw Betty com, ing through the untidy shop into the cheerless kitchen she put out her thin 1 hands to ward her off. "Not you!" she said. "Not you?I I cannot bear you here!" > And then she would have fainted, t had she not been caught in the strong young arms whcse help she had thrust ) from heronce. Gently Betty restored , her and helped her to lie down. The two year* bad made her an old woman, marked with struggling, and care, and f lonely weariness. That night saw her , i boveriog between life and death, a i moaning mconerentiy to neraeir . she held fast to Betty's hand. > To Betty's hand, which was no 1 gentle when the girl caught the moi out words of delirium and unaerstc what had been done. i Betty did not return to the office I the city. She was wanted at hot she wfote, and the firm excused^ 1 and wondered how a bu-iness ? could throw away her prospects lightly. It was a long and weariso struggle to win Miss Mattie back life; and in another sense, an equa i long and wearsome matter to avert i threatened ruin. All the girl's domitable courage, all her brains a talent, and also ail her savings, w needed to extort patience from 1 ureuuurs, to uuravei lue leariui laiif. and to save the shop. Butitwasdoi without help or faltering, and a c came when matter* were almost they had been in Daniel's days; a Betty repeated nothing of what f bad beard to Miss Mattie. There was at last a pleasant evenli when the ghost of Daniel's sister ca downstairs, sharper featured than ev but robbed of all her grlmness and perity, and when she saw what I been done, and knew that her ho wa9 safe and tbat she was free from the struggling, she burst into w crying, and would have knelt at B ty's feet had not the girl prevented "You've t*ave me!" she said''You been the me-senger of the Lord?t messenger to the unworthy serva But you don't know what I've don "Yes, Lknow," answered Betty, gi tly. "You know?" repeated Mis* Matt incredulously. "You know tbat wt George Marsh wrote to you I kept letters back, anil that when he v seeking you I told him I didn't kn where you were? Oh! Betty, Bet mj wicked heart! I thought that } had come between Daniel and me, a I hated you, and I could not bear tl aoythiDg should keep you near c And when I was sorry afterwarc was afraid, and dared not tell 1 truth. But I will." . And ohe did, bravely and simp when George Marsh came hasten] to see her in answer to her messa and it was Daniel's sister, after i who put Betty's hand iu her love and begged forgiveness from tb< both.?End. mm A Man Who Dared. How a young man who went. Paris to study surge stood by i principles, is told in The New Vol As lie was bidding his friends gq< by, his betrothed, obeying -a sudd impulse, whispered as her parti word:? "Charlie, Dare to be a Daniel!" "Only that old saw," said he, wb a look of disappointment shadow fa is face ' "That *ouly, Charlie; but it m mean much to you," was her answ Tho imnntv A morlna n f Koarnr jl ut jvuug iAUJti IVMU| bii v wtai a letter of introduction to distinguish nobleman and scientist lu Pari*, v soon received with marked klndlinc In a few days he was the reciph of an invitation to a small banquet tbe count's residence, at which w< present some of the savants of t great city. During the progress of the fea9t,. 1 host, filling his wine glass, proposed toast "to tbe wives, daughters a sweethearts of America," to which Invited a response from bis youth guest, motioning a servant meanwb to fill tbe glass with tbe red wine. What followed can be told in 1 young man's own words:? "Mother," he wrote, "for a mom< I was in agony of trepidation, would rather have faced a canm All bad risen, and in each was the c of wine, which I bad been pledf from my childhood not to "tou< taste nor handle " My head swa Suddenly I beard the words, "Dare be a Daniel!" Tbey shot through i bead Use an electric flash. instant my resoulution was taken. I touch my white glass?a servant filled with water. Rising. I said, as well 1 could for the great, lump in i throat? 4,I beg leave to say that to the typl wife, daughter, sweetheart of Amerit the purity of this, nature's own bev age, illustrates the lives they aim lead and the dangers which they se to avoid. Permit me to use it in th dear names." "Following the example Count B every white glans was instantly rah and the toast drank."WHEN YOU TAKE MEDICINE You do so because you want to get well quickly. Bring your . . . PRESCRIPTIONS to our Drug Store and we will help all we can. Your medicine will contain exactly what the Doctor directs, and it will be compounded from purest and best Iresh drugs, uur prices , are much below the average. All goods delivered at your home immediately, with no extra charge for the delivery. Lei Us Fill Yonr Prescriptions. THE SPEED DRUG CO. BftrkHdHle'n Locnln. Get your garden seed from W. D. Barksdi New supply Just Id. You will need Home fertilizer for your ( den this year. Buy Royater's bone goods fi W. D. Barksdale. Tbey are tbe best. Q?J ....t r,rnnf anri rod null When you need com, oats, meal, floor, con or other supplies oall on us. FreBh lot of garden seed. Oet prices from W. D. Barkadale before; buy your molasses. Canned goods of all kinds can be fount the store or W. D. Barkadale. Car load of New Orleans molasses Just celved. Keep your eyes on DuPre's show wlndi and get his prices on vases, dolls, aDd ol Christmas goods. We exchange school books. Speed Drug Cure that, cold with Mil ford 'n Cold and G Tablets. No cure, no pay, Phone 107. J ford's drug store. ' Jt ' . ?? HAPPY MARRIAGES. G0 688 None Are Entirely Free from Ocoas* Wo1 ill- alonal Small DlnAfreemeuU. ^ .An old couple in New Jersey a week 8 or more ago celebrated the sixty-eielit agr; Iu anniversary of their wedding. The in : Qei npwenanpr reoorta closed with the N. statement: "They have never bad a Hai f"1 quafrel." Frequeutly, indeed, almost wa( 80 invariably, couples on the occasion of rr me their silver or golden wedding, declare .. to that th^y never had a quarrel; tbatther jfW serenity t f their compauionsbip Lever mel tbe has been interrupted by harsh words mei ln~ or the most trivial bickering. The Never give any credit to such state- ex, ments. The person who makes them spit e may really believe them at the time, ohii ?le? and warmth and kindness of wine and gjjy ?e? infatuation intensified by the occasion lay corrupt the memory of aged couples ? a? and move them to boast of their good ?" fortuue. Noone should criticise this fail ^ 5he ing, which is harmless and even teau- *n 8 tiful, but which, nevertheless, is trea- 'bit ?E? son of the cold truths. The old man of me sits at the head of the table with hit* tair er? old wife at bis side. Both have been the toasted and it is necessary to reply. Ojg ,ad He rises and says: 14We have lived T m.? together for a half century and have d an Dever quarreled," ana the good wife, , ? lld in her black gown and her best laces, ? : et" beams on her children, her grand- bro1 children and assembled friends, and mej confirms the falsehood with a nod. be] ;he Frequently, too, younger couples ast Dl. ?SI..?a fViA noma flnflnn ohnnf P UHUUlaic i<uo d?ui? iiwivu avwuu vuliujujyC e- selves. In company they are very de-1- the in" voted to each. She continually gives rest him playful fillips on the cheek, and le? "dearest^ is the coldest name by l?n which he addresses her. From their "'8 own stories It appears that their mar- at" Fa8 ried life has been "uninterrupted beati- aPe tude. They bask in each otner's glan- crui ces and are exalted, transfigured by car< r0" love. ton 'D<J Other young couples, who are Very larf bat foud of each other, and who get on I16* very well together, though not' with- ^r( ?1 out little quarrels, may be inclined to Mt Lbe have the blues when they behold . how extremely peaceably the first ^ 'J*? young couple dwell together. ^Perhaps lD8 a young wife will accuse herself of *Ie< 8?? being loo quick of temper and too We a,,'? sharp of tongue. Perhaps both will the >r H think that their marriage hasuot beeh nnt em as successful as it might have- been, bv 1 , Then they may put their arms about each other deplore past quarrels and Jee past hardships, renew their vows of love, and resolve to make'the future to atoue tor what cannot be undone./ can h*8 Such self-orimiuations will do no 06 harm. Such renewals of the vows of the x^- affection wlil make a day or a week sid< eQ more pleasant, perhaps, than it would ani D? have been. It is wellfor husband and \ wife now and then beg pardon of each tiio other.. But no young couple should believe that, becaused they fall out once _jj 'ed in a while, exchange sharps word*, . lose their tempers and spoil a dinner ay by quarreling, their marriage Is a faller* ure, at least, by comparison. Nothing ' ?r could be more untrue or more unjust to ied themselves. All married couples have ror v&a bad their little bickerings, and when oni (as. auy couple say they have lived togeth- gia ;nt er fifty years, or eveh ten ^ears, with-- tioa at out a quarrel, they are either the one raa exceptional couple out of one thousand, fI0 'be or tbey,say what is not true. Truet flnf tbe Husband may never nave attempted tr. "e to stab taU wife npr the wife plotted to -1' * poison her husband, but be sure they J*10 ?a have more than once scolded each ?ai other, taunted each others, been angry wai y*1 at each other, and, in short, quarreled be ] >ild outright with each other. They bave A been reconciled, of course; their life to;be gether has been harmonious, except ?he for occasional discords? they really love 5D? each other; but, believe this, they . 1 have had their quarrels. ; y an. ? t der up ? ~ anc ;ed tbe oh, Economy and Snceeu. One of tbe hardest lessons wich a < to young man has to learh, who wishes 1 By io succeed in life, or to be financially |q , tJy independent, is the necessity of econier omy in his expenditure. Doubly hard .ch 1C is the lesion to the youth who has a , 88 rich or well-to-do father, who, before . ?y the son enters upon a career, provides ni8l for all his warns. Economy means ^al self-denial,?the sacrifice or present ?an Ja> gratification for a future and a greater Cre er" good; and this to most men is not pleas- tak ^ ant. There is no royal road to riohes the iek aDy more than to geometry. It is not e'r what a man get? that constitutes his pr0 wealth, but what he saves. Wise men jl in all ages have agreed that the only , sea way to become ricn, or evep indepen- e . . dent, is to save the odds and ends, the ?DC Hbreds and parings, to keep exact ac- 'ea< count, to keep clear of everything with gre "I the slightest aspect or savor of waste. Me: The old worn-out saws about "taking ahe care of the pennies," and "a pin a day," and ''willful waste leading to woeful want," which embody the hoarded experience of many genera- _ tions, are as true now as centures ago, * and men and women prosper just as Ine they obey these lessons. A penny is a bjsi very little thing yet the comfort of Jer thousands and tens of thousands de- Vai pends upon the use made of pennies, (ha Iudustry without economy is as fatal to the acquisition of wealth as idleness. To produce diligently, and to take care ^ of the scraps and leavings, the margins _ ? and remnants, is the one infallible, nronpRH that nnntriiinteft D?" not leas powerfully to the result 'than dra tbe former. ma Do you say that you get but little ? aft Never mind: spend less than that little; gup and next year you will get more, for you will have tbe profit or interest on the sum you save. Have you ever ^ reflected on the magical effect of email ^ , savings, continued for years, upon a . man's fortune? Who, that is earning Dat even a meager income cannot save 13 Bet 1-4 cents a day? Yet it has been com- bur puted that this petty sum, which slips through a man's fingers imperceptibly, amounts, with compound interest, in j, 30 years, to $3950 and in 50 years, to pte $14,500 ! If a man smokes a cigar daily, ^ that cost but 5J cents from the age of 20 to 70, he puffs away, to the damage .1" of his heaitn probably, as well as of his r?.] purse, positively, $5800. Every man who would get on in the er ^ world?every man who would avoid a dur alntMoh humilinfincr Hpnpnricnpo nnnn rnfl I others?should contrive to live within j his means, and, on account of poesi- grg ble illnesp, to add to them. Not to do __ this is the very essence of dishonesy for .. the man who does not keep his expen- ?1J diture ' within his income, must, ?e.P . sooner or later, be living upon the mil ' means of some one else. the tar- the) otn ? aSST WE'RE FOURTH IN POPULATION. ba Onr Total Now It 84,333,069?CbIoa, Porl you Great Rrltaln and Rnatla BlKftcr. Hav Alai j?, Washington, Jan. 8.?The censu* bureau Is- Gua sued a report to-dav giving the population of Am the continental United States, Alaska and Pert re- tbe Insular DosoesHlona. Hawaii. Porto Rlno. * the Pbllllpplne Islands, Guam and American ' Samoa. Tbe twelfth census extended over only two Tot) of tbeae outlying districts. Alaska and Ha- ft iws wail, but the census office has obtained tbe ma? her beat available Information regarding th? pop- cora ulatlon of tbe otber portions of the United it Slates and prepared tbe following table, show- the Ing the present population of the entire Bboi rip- (Jolted States: Unl Sill- Continental United 8tates 15,991,575 ^a8 Philippine Islands 0,961,389 tlor ' ri 'ji-. V* ' i =========^^ VERNMEN.T ROADMAKING. rk of Construction Supplemented by Lectnre* by an Expert. everal weeks ago the department of iculture began its first experiment roadbuilding at New Brunswick, J., under the direction of E. B. , xison, special agent of the office of , 1 inquiry. ^ / i he model road beiDg considered la i first of several which the govern' it is to baild at the garions experi>t stations throughout the oountry. ) government furnishes a rock crash- 1 screen, engine to drive steam roller, lading wagon and road grading ma- [ le and two skilled operators. The , furnishes the material, carta and j jrers. v he road will be of macadam pattern. < inferior .grade of. traprock is found ibundance near New Brunswiok and i is being used in the substructure the road; The superstructure is obted from the traprock deposits in neighborhood of Plainfield and the nges. 'he model pavement will have a th of about nine inches and the fonnion be made of small, wedge shaped, ken stones of as nearly the same dilsions as possible. The roadbed will prepared by thoroughly rolling with earn roller weighing'about ten tons, iry hole will be carefully filled with same material. that composes the ; of the roadbed, and the finished 3a section will be lormed oy two des of one loot in 80 feet from the ?, uniting at the center; with the: * slightly rounded. Font inches of shed stone will be spread on the 3fnlly prepared roadbed to form the ndation of the sabstrhotnre.. The wait of these stones will be qrashed fine as to be able to, easily pas* Dngh a two inch ring, and the smallwill be about half an inoh in diam* This foundation "Will then be sprin3, making the stone as wet as possiwitbout softening the roadbed, and. roller passed over it a'few times il the stone is only sligh tly disturbed the teams returning with the empty ts. The first foundation is not made per than four incheu, because it has n found that a greater thickness ses the; stones to "elbow" together, iring off their sharp corners, makiif^ "bonding, *h which is the great dejratum, a very slow process, if not Impossibility. Vhen the first foundation has been roughly sprinkled, a second coat of ilar stone three inohes in thickness 1 be applied. After the stone has n well'' bonded" to this ex tent it will tin be sprinkled, and while very wtf :hin coating of traprock screenings 1 be most carefully spread over the face, just thick enough to fill the ill spaces between the stones.- The j of the stones of this last applicai, which is called in the parlance of dbuilding the "binder," will be m half an inch in diameter to the .at dust. When the work has reached i stage, it will be left untouched in dry state as Jprig as practicable to den and bind. The application of ter and the passage of vehioles will prevented as long as practicable. ia the work proeresses Mr. & B.rrison, who is direoting the work for department of agriculture, will dear lectures explaining the process of ing the road. Butgers college s tuits in the agricultural department I fanners will be invited to attend lectures and witneaB the work. Seneral Grant Favored Good'Road*. Nearly 20 years ago General Giant, enumerating necessary lines of pubimprovements, named the publio ools and highways. Once, when he [ General Sheridan were in a remisent mood, the old commander said 'Little Phil,'' speaking of the letter's ious ride to the battle - of Cedar lek: "Sheridan, if that battle had en place after a prolonged raih and re bad not been a good pike from aohester, you would never have been moted to the head of the United tfla nrmv. Yon would not have reach the battlefield to oheer your men, I there would have been a great.deI for the Union forces instead of a at viotory. That would have left ade and Thomas a long' distance ad of you in the line of promotion." Jew York Tribune. Keep the Road Dry. P. A. Dunham, who has been promptly identified with the farfamed tem of modern highways of New sey, at a meeting of the Connecticut lley Highway association, stated t poor material well pat, together i be made to produoe better results n first olass material carelessly put ether. Nothing is more fatal to daility than the drainage of the road, and more particularly the subinage, which is often neglected. A oadam road cannot be left to itself er a completion, bat needs constant lervision. Both Hard and Easy. Jood roads are about the easiest thing ihe world to make, once undertaken, about Ibe hardest thing there is to officials to take hold of.?-Parkers-' g (W. Va.) Sentinel. Wheel Track*. Locording to the statement of the sident of the Missouri Good fioads Dciation, the people of that state nt $490,000 dnriug 1896 for road provement, while it cost them just 0,000 for roads supervisors. In othvords, it cost the state $1,090,000 ing the year for $490,000 worth of d improvement. n France there are ?i4,000 miles of fc class roads built by the governat, and about an equal number of es have been built by the different artments, as well as thousands of es built by smaller divisions. From beginuing of the work to the end re is a system, and responsibility i* ired. Lo Rico 953.243 rail 151,000 ska ...., 63,692 ,m 9,000 erlcan Samoa - 6,100 ions Id military and naval serrloe outside continental United states 91,219 il 84,233,069 >e estimate for the Philippine Islands Is le by the Statistician to the Philippine imlsslon In a letter to the census office, le total population of the United States at clone of Ibe nineteenth century was at 84.250.000. As the population of the ted States at the beglnnlngof the century about five and a third millions, the nai has grown nearly slxteenfold in one bun Wow tit# Gerfuu i nmrj-.ij ij>; Ing room, and *6 first glanoe 1 entlrfcly failed to recognfze him lii the' padded % monster that ntow staggered dnrasUjjBto; H the, room, supported on eaob side by his $3 seoond and sword'bearer. The thick a/mor' - S of leather and wadding with whkJb he/wie ?, ^ bolstered entirely protected his body and ' ' ^ limbs. His neck was rigidly inoaeed in a i high, thick collar of silk and whJpc?pd^9^^^H and his eyea Were protected by Iroa gog? - , gles as large as small teacups, from wbicb , a strap passed rocrnd the ears to be buckled - at the baok of the head. His second Wae <- % somewhat similarly equipped, And in ad- * ditlon wore a lather cap with a strong , ;1 2 Iwm nAnk. Thfi of.hp-r nrlnolnal nresentlT r'.'? entered the room-and took up afc one'sword's length from Zimmetman. 'i|| standing?a man of genial totxropftr, , 'M with fat, amorphous faoe in which *IOU NUtt M ?UV,WMWI;.UUI|?W ?MU ? I'll* vainly-to restrain the howling ^ the woman on the other side of h&? marked audibly thafc.a oage wu the yrbpes . place for savages like Wna^ Roanuind kicks fromliliVBtei Johupy; rtel'^ she wailed as the gtmg&aii with the oompany asserted himself. He had wj been trying In vatojoreedjile^mcraipg "lama father myself, and I will be happy ' k to chastise your oherub In behalf of hla ab*e? Obl'no, yoa won't; cot If Iknowltt" said Jobnn/'a mother, rising In her wrath Jj2M jute a ngruHB. xuerw uu k.iawiiiiqu aT- . i-wgrg log dare lay a finger on that boy?hia-own father or any other ngly pld cafcatnonnt J who thinks heknowB it all!" And she shut off debate by going into the next car and taking the sweet Infant with bar.? Chicago Tlmtis-Herald. , The Origin of Mr. nnd Vrr. Zh earlier times the ordinary man was simply ^William or John?that la to aay, ha . had only a Christian name without any kind of ''handle'1 before It or snrnanaa after it, says thg Philadelphia Becord. Some moans of distinguishing one John or William from another John or William became necessary. Nicknames derived from a man's trade or his dwelling plaee or from some personal peculiarity wars taoked on to bis Christian name, and plain <39 John became John Smith. Aa yet than were no "misters" in the land. Some John Smith aoonmnlated more wealth than the bulk of his fellows?be- came perhaps a landed proprietor or an employer of hired labor. Then he began . jjgj to be called in ine jMonnan-xxtuiiui ui hi . ? day the "maistre" of this place or that, of these workmen or of those. In time tho "maistre, " or "maiiter," as It soon became, got taaked cu before bis name, and he became Maiiter Smith' '-v and his wife was Malstress Smith. Gradually the sense of possession ws? lost sight of, and the title was oonfecred upon any kind?by mere possession' of of? wealth or holding some position of more or lea oonglderatton acd lmpqrtmoc. .. ; . NIc? For Xerroui People. A party of Cambridge professors on one occasion undertook, for a scientific object, V to penetrate Into the depths of a Cornish. mine. ^ One of tbe number relates tbe following startling incident of his visit: On bis tsoent In the ordinary manner, by means of a buoket and with a miner for a fellow ' passenger, he perceived, as he thought, unmistakable symptoms of tbe fralltiy of the rope. "How often do you change your ropes, my good man?" he Inquired when about half way from tbe bottom of ths awful abyss. , V ;< 't'v "We obange them every three months, sir," replied the man In the buoket,."and we shall ohange this one tomorrow If .we </ nutnnanffltnHar. trlr "?Pan farm' fffwlrlt ? 1 The greatest potato eaters a re the people V; of Germany and Belgium. The consumption of this vegetable avenges 100 poundi per annum for each person. According to the offlolal reports of the Japanese government the Island empire contains 62,620 teachers. ^ m , > ' /xjL dred years. There are only three countries which now haven ereater Donnlatlnn than the United States, China, the British Empire and the Russian Empire. China and the British Em- v plre have each of them probably between 850 000,000 aod 400,000,000, or together* nearly one-half of the total population of the earth. The Russian Empire, with about 181,000,000 peodle, has more than as many again as tho U nlted States and has been Increasing during the century Just closed with greater rapidity than any other European power. , _ %i Don't forget that now is th? tim* v saar * JOMMB VK