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rThe Press and Banner |1 |y Published every Wednesday at S2 a M i> in odvtinnfi | M Wednesday, Bee. 30, 1903. 2 During thin pyrotechnic display at Christ- ^ f mas time, the fool bares his money while the M I wise man Is satisfied to have a look.?Green- ^ vllleNews. M Without attempting to say whether any- T body was a tool or a wise man during this m Christmas, the above paragraph causes us to ? remark: m On the Cbnstmas night, before the war, this J editor was a much younger man than he Is to- ^ day, and on that night of which we speak, he I J fcnrnf. eleven rtnl laps worth of varlOUS SOrtS Of | ^ i fireworks. They were bought at the store of ^ k , J. & N. Knox, where tbey were charged to ^ " our account. We went off to the war owing A that account, and the recollection ot the fool. \ lsh act aod the fact of the unnecessary aDd 4 unprofltable debt which we Incurred for goods % that were burnt In (he presence of wiser men 0 and better women was a worry and a torture ^ to us while lu the army, sleeping on the W ground at 811 a montb. J The debt was paid long ago, but, tbat expe- V rlence stopped our burning of fireworks. We ^ have bad no Inclination to make another in- ^ vestment of that kind, and, except possibly a ^ " small amount to buy such things for children* X * " I ?^ rru? I n. we nave lei nreworKB severely hiulic. iwiu- b vestment of 911 to fireworks la ooe nlgbt war \ enough to tescb almost anybody a lesson who V expected to pay bis debts. ^ Tbat was the largest amount tbat we ever ^ < knowingly tbrew away In one night. Of ^ oourse we have no reference to the dozens of ^ fool trades or Injudicious Investments where- ^ by tbe loss of mrcb larger sums of money has ^ been realized. It seems to us tbat whenever ^ anybody has anything for wblth he has no use, he goes looking for gudgeons, and we are ^ often found. If be does not unload on us ^ . somebody comes alODg and Induces us to take flP stock In hiB favorite scheme. Afterward we ^ generally fool it away, and tbat accounts for ^ so many of our traoks pointing over tbe hill ^ to the poor bouse. ^ ... ? Splendid Plow. 4 The Oliver Chilled Mlddlebreaker Plow Is ^ one of the best agricultural Implement* on ^ r earth. It plows deep and broad. It prepares tbeiand for holding the winter rains, and It x will open terraces to please the most exact- M ing. When It comes te killing and covering ^ the grass In cotton rows It Is at home. The ^ grass nearly withers when It comes Into the W Held. If you wonld be rich and happy boy 8 Mlddlebreaker, and then work It like flgbting 0 Are. Tbe best results are not attained by Imply throwing It over tbe fenoe. It takes ^ horse power, and tbe guiding band of the . plowman to make your farm blossom as tbe A rose and tbe crops to grow like Jonah's gourd. O V . If yon want one of these splendid plows, ^ call on Mr. A. B. Cbeatbaro, wbo Is not only ^ one of tbe best men, but be la one of tbe best merchants In town. ^ Bnrcr and Hale Stolen. \ On Deoember 19, a small red haired mule f about fourteen years old. Saddle mark, to- \ f:etber with a top bugy with side bars. A lberal reward will be given for Information. ^ Malcom Brooks, ^ Greenwood, S. C. ^ Notice. > ^ Tbere will be no praymeeting at tne ^ Methodist Church tonlgbt. In It's stead," ? tbere will be a watcb-olght service, tomorrow ^ night at tbe church, beginning at 10:80 o'e ock and closing at 12 o'clock. The pabllo Is In ^ '/ vlted. X Notice Co Trespassers. ^ All persons snd all stock areordered tokeep off my rarm. No bunting, or trespassing allowed. Those who disregard thlR notice will be prosecuted. Ed. Tamer. ^ Dec. 9.1903 * Eggi Wanted. /!' J. W. Brelbabn, tbe baker, will pay tbe Jh highest market price lor eggs. Give him a "I , call belore you cell. ill National Stock Co. / Shows In the City Opera House, Thursday, jl Friday and Saturday. Admission 10, 20 and fI ' 30 ots. 8ee other local jh For Bent. jlL 1,000 chairs to rent for all kinds of entertaintnents, 3 oents each. Kerr Furniture Co. /f / ~ Tally /I Ooooanut crlRp, peanut candy, oranges and A . apple* clean and fresh at the Bakery. Try ~ 'emend be convinced. i| Wanted.?Persimmon. Dogwood, Hickory, U and Holly logs. Freight oald on carloads. A ?- PnAbohAf Phaolootnn h P mm 1U| UQIUCO vuvaouvu, Vum ivja wm ) w< vi r(^ Wanted.?A good milk cow. Apply to *1 Mrs. W. A. Lee, Abbeville, S. C A Mr. Ernest Wilson, printer In the Elber /j ton Tribune, came home to ?pend his Christ- vi : mas Id Abbeville. jfl Mr. PAUL Chisolm, printer, left Abbeville Jk last Tburday for Rock Hill, where he has a M position as Job printer. ju Mr. Pritchard, printer of the Honea 'J Path Chronicle, was In town on Christmas ? day. '+ , Mrs. M. V. Clinkscales held tloftet No. ~ 104 wblcb was tbe corresponding number for tbe cake I gave away. J. W. Brlebabn. The cotton mill, the furniture factory, and < tbe oil mill, closed down on Christmas to < give everybody a rest. MlssEu'a Campbell left Tuesday for Cal- ' llson where she will be tbe guest of ber friend I Miss Grace W ard. ( Mrs. C. C. Fleming and family now oc< , oupypartof Mr. D. H. Howard's house In 1 town. I The country rabbits suffered loss this < Christmas than usual. Dr. e. L. Wilson, of Anderson Is In tbe city spending a while wltb relatives. Mr. Ernest Owes and sinter, Miss Mary, of Edgefield Is In tbe city visiting friends. Mr Eugene Nance spent several days In Lowodesvllle wltb relatives. Mr. 8. M. Fleming has moved to bla farm on Norrls Creek. The People's Savings Bank. Books of subscription to the capital stock of tbe People's Sayings ^--^JIanx, ol Abbeville, 8. c., to be opened under tfie laws or tne stale or ?oum uarouna, wun Jtb"5rlpclpal office at Abbeville,will be opeDed at the store ot Hall & Anderson, od Tburs- ?i day, December 24.1903. . X 8. G. Thomson, ^ G. A. Neufler, 3 R. K. Cox, JS H. G. Anderson, (2. C. Gambrell, Dec. 22,1908. tf _ Board of (Corporators. National Stock Company. One of the best popniar attractions playing the South this season is the National Stock Company, which opens a Three Nights Engagement at the Opera House Thursdny night. On the opening night the Company will play T. the great sensational rural comedy, " "Cowslip Farm." This is, without doubt, the funniest farm play ever written. TT m 11 ??./, mill XI. I. UUUU. luc vc^ciau B^IUI, mu play tbe part of Jasoo Joshkins, the Inventor, from Squashtown, Connecticutt. and be will keep tbe audience in a roar of laughter. The Company will give Abbeville tbestre-goers the advantage of city prices, which will ce only ?10, 20 and 30 cents. It will be advisable to get your seats reserved early, as ? at these exceedingly low prices standing room will be scarce. I Get your seats reserved at Milford's, ea< as usual. Seats now on sale. ^ We are goin^ to give a live pig to tbe ig1 person wno noias me luusy uumuer. Coupons will be given at each performanceanJ ti>e holder of the lucky ndm- Eoi her must go upon the stage and catch < the pig. If a lady holds the luck num- ab ber she can either catch the pig or call upon some gentleman in the audience ] < to catch it for herj L. : - ; .!* ? *" tfaJ idriB - - . v / ^ * ? T? -?^-k ^-v 4-? CA I L/iIVt?r ? jra/nuun i Chilled Middlebrealzer : 'V-A "As soon as my cotton is picked I hitch twc > - mules to Oliver's Middiebreaker and rij: I A prominent siauj? out. This leaves the land terraced every three or three and a half feet apart, and Georgia planter the laud does not wash during the winter. Id the npring the furrows are partially filled up f fh'c a. with sediment, &c., which is as good as a coal says QI tnis cf manure. j then put my guano in the furrows, and bed back with the same plow, using plow : two mules, and I have my land prepared foi cotton-planting much better than by any othei method aDd at one-half the cost of the old system of using the one-horse plow." Neat and Trim in Appearance. light in Weight, but Strong and Durable. Fitted with large, stout steel beam, with wide throat that canDot choke, long, straight steel handle rods, flat bottom malleable bar and malleable mouldboard braces. Handles attached to mouldboards by straps of steel. Full chilled mouldboards made of Oliver's Famous Chilled UTotni. Shares ohiPed where the wear comes. ' The Dame ''OLIVER" is a guarantee that it is the best Plow made for the work it is intended to do. ? Try One and You Will Be Delighted. All Parts Absolutely Guaranteed. The time has come when tbe Southern farmer has got to make brains, tools and mules do the work with the least possible amount of human labor. Buy an OLIVER MIDDLEBREAKER and save one-half the work of preparing your land for cotton the coming season. It is the only successful Middlebreaker ever put on tbe market. It doesn't pretend to do a little of everything?and do nothing perfectly. It is strictly a Middlebreaker, and does it's work perfectly. The price is low, too. Cap" Note how the mouldboards join at an acute angle, thus aiding lightness of draft. SOLD BY A. B. CHEATHAM. Thomson Bros. Offer You Bargains in Lamp: for the Next Ten Days. Student's Lamps, Swinging Lamps, Pancy Lamps, Plain Lamps. Also Sewing Machines at Prices that are right. Call and see our Goods and get our prices before purchasing. :: :: :: THOMSON BROS jj UAJLIUUIV^ j[ For Christmas Presents, i[ Practical and Useful. |) A pair of 11-4 Blankets. 11 A pair of Queen Quality Shoes. ) A Nice Black or Tan Jacket. , > A Black or Brown Fur Collarette. . A Black or Colored Broad Cloth Dre89. A Black or Colored Ready-to-Wear Suit. A Box Fast Black Hose. ' A dozen Ladies or Gents' Handkerchiefs. * A Child's Fur Set. > A Ladies Black Fur Muff. > A pair Ladies Blacfc or Colored Kid Gloves. ) A Set of White Lace Curtains. SA pair of White Bed Quilts. A Nice Rug. | J^T HADDON'S. T. & T. M. MILLE Leading Grocery Store. Leading in Price. Leading in Quality. rade at this Store and Save your Mo We want to impress upon you that when you trade at Miller's, the ^rocerman, you get the best goods at lowest prices. Yours to please, f 7v. T. & T. M. MIL,JLBh Bfotiee. Fresh candy every week at Mllford will be at Abbeville on first Monday of :h mouth and two weekB following tor the Hot 6oda at Mllford 8, day or nlghl rpose of treating Hemorrhoids (Pil^p.) Call and Bee oor nifl?nlflcf>nL linec eatment consists In purely aseptic met bods pictures, dressing case?, raauncure Be painless and without the use of chloroform frarr)eR( baby sets, basket", china w d the knife, Lure 8U?ramee<0A! Pnltfact everything kept In a first-class lerented will find me at the Glenn Etbel (tock. Mllford Driii^ n Hotel, Abbeville. 8. C., or Dr. B. A. Maul- Miitord v. ug n. McCormlck. S. C. Our prescription business Is booml Jfflce hours Irom lu A. M. un a r. m. on tuem to us lryou warn tbe best ser< ove mentioned days. drugs. Mllford's Pno Jdo. B. Brltt. M. D. minora s. rno New lot Fur end bilk Collarette Ju Look at those goods for making waists at Haddon's. W. White's. ' , Vlllford's Wtolte Pine and Tar Cough Syrup, New lot Ladles Jacket-Jnst recelvec e best on earth.. . ... don's;; 1 , : . . * ' I I ? 1' ^ Cotton Must Have I Potash W Potash is an essential plant food Q which must be added as a fertilizer 4 or the soil will become exhausted, as is many cotton "V miniHP giving va.iua.uic uc* TjlKSg ta^ a^out fcrtilizJV ers. We will send them free to any farmer who asks us for them. ^ GERHAN KALI WORKS, New York ?98 Na**au Ktreet, or Atlanta, 6s.-22% So. Broad St. ' Hay Not Be Sach Fools, After All. > J From a recent editorial 4n the Atlanta Con) ^ tltatlon, we are led to hope that Oeorgta's 1 v Senators may not register themselves as 1 ^ blind opponents of the greatest enterprise I 0 In which the South was ever Interested. > These eentlemen have talked about natlonj al honorj while threatening themselves to ; amans whose oondact, they allege, may have ' m) been governed by our promises. Not the ' Panamas, but the officers who exceeded their f authority should be punished. And then ^ almost anybody ougbt to know enough not to out off hla nose to spite bis /ace. ^ Very Well. It may be very well that the vote on Ibe > canal treaty was postponed until after the ' ^ Christmas holidays. It Is barely possible ' v that during the recess something may filter ^ Into tbe brains that think that Democrats & ooeht not to oppose every thing the Repnbll^ cans favor. 4 " Recipe for Pickling: Meat. ? Recipe?To every 100 pounds of meat W take 12 pounds of salt, 2 1-2 ounces of saltpeter, two ounces sal soda and 3 1-2 ^ pounds of sugar. Boil and skim al[ 0 impurities, and when cold pour on meat ^ well weighted down. This will keep Q until the first of May and no pickel X will keep longer. ^ . But here comes the core of pickling ^ meat; it is not original with me, some 1 W old Georgia farmer with a stroke of ' ^ genius, devised tbe plan. It is this? 1 W tbe meat must be dipped in boiling ^ saltpeter "cater piece by piece, so as to ^ constrict the pores and prevent the 1 Q juices of the meat from oozing out in ^ the pickel, and this pickel must be Q thrown away as it will be filled with oil and pieces af bone that will hurt 0 the pickel. ^ Saltpeter is cheap and anyone can 9 afford to throw away the amount. 1 ^ When packing the meat in barrels you W can sprinkel liberally with black pepper, which will be au appetiser. So many people have asked me for recipe for pickling meat that I want you to publish the same, and I think 3^5^ you will confer a favor on your readers also. In conclusion I wish to eay the ilv Recipe is absolutely sure. J. D. Neel. \ - .<? J? SPEMUR MONEY AT HOME And keep it in circulation where it wfll m do you and your family the most good. \ Money sent away for goods that you can T get at borne tor tbe same price, anu hh?u 4 _ lower, does not help to baild # your community* r do not ask y?ur a trade for charity's sake. 0 givo 7ou 'u11 value MC 'or every dollar yon spend # jP with, us, and protect your M ** k** Interests in every transac ^ tlon. We aim never to be oat ot staple # goods, and to be first In bringing on new A and desirable styles. a We stick to our motto t ? "Small and Sure.Profits, Often 1 Repeated, are the Foundation of Modern X ; Success." t J. W. McKEE Jr. t ^ English Impressions of Wm, J. Bryan A On every hand the highest opinion is _ J expressed of Mr. Bryan's oratory. His ^ . speech at the Thanksgiving dinner of the American Society is specially praised. The Nebraskan's oratorical 1 II efforts strengthen the good impression JJ^l; he has made in'every circle to which he has been introduced. The Times calls attention to the eloquence, dignity and literary beauty of his speeches and deplores the fact that Lord Roseberry is the only living English orator capable of speaking in a vein of equal grace and effectiveness. "Tudeed," says the Time-, "the art of occasional oratory i& almost lost in England, whereas in America it has been brought to a high pitch of perfection." * - - ^ ? i- ~ r*0XT Mr. ?$ryao nas mei LLimiy uiauuguished conservatives and radicals, and ba9 inspired them all with a conviction of his sincerity. Conservatives, however, think they can detect in him a vagueness of mind and instability of character which, they believe, prevented him from obtaining the presidency of the United States. Radicals pronounce him the most sympathetic American politician who has ? ever visited England, and affirm that he belongs to that striking type of class leaders from whom mankind has most to hope. '8> Mr. Bryan heartily reciprocates the t. friendly tenements of his English ad?:LI/-1 otntou hot hia vi?it )f vnsen, mucin, xic ov?iv.o vUM? is.photo i>|y revealed to him the fundamental Holiday a^n*tie8 ?f Englishmen and Ameristore. cans, and has fortified his faiih in the Send eolidity ?f the foundation of AngloJice und American friendship.?Chicago Daily ne 107. News. i9t In at ? * m Resolve to perform what you ought; I at Had- perform without fall what you resolve. -^Frkbklin.. .. . " 1 WE ARE 1 li i: I.' I.' I! I v r: u 11' mil n u This week Fine Pocket and Table Cntlery. CARVING SETS. STERLING SILVER AND . SILVER PLATED WARE. I CHAFING DISHES, FIVE O'CLOCK TEAS. "CLAUSS'" FINE 8CISSORS AND SHEARS. FINE DOUBLE AND SINGLE BARREL SHOT GUNS. HUNTING COATS. GAME BAGS, CARTRIDGE BELTS. RE-LOADING TOOLS, SPORTING RIFLES, AMMUNITION. Cooking Stoves of these well-known makes: " IRON KING," " ELMO." " EXCELSIOR," " GARLAND." Heating Stoves ALL SIZES? FOR COAL, WOOD OR OIL. COAL VASES, FIRE SETS, SHOVELS AND TONGS, NURSERY FENDERS, GRATES, MANTLES AND TILE. mm?m?m * Chattanooga SUB-SOIL AND TURN PLOWS. These are the "Prosperity Makers," and now is the time to use them. Paints FOR ALL PURPOSES. FULL LINE OF " S. W. P." AND u MASURY'S" PURE PAINT. ROOF PAINT, HOUSE PAINT, FLOOR PAINT. - VARNISHE8 AND VARNISH STAINS. JAP-A-LAC?all colore. PLASTICO?for inside wallB. BRUSHES, OILS, PUTTY, ETC. Abbeville Hardware Co. Election of Trustees. Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the qualified electors oftbe scbool district of tbe town of Abbeville 1b called to Tuesday, 29th December, 1903, at balf past seven o'clock p. m. The object of the meeting Is to elect three trustees of the said School Dlstrlot to succeed three whose terms expire, and to transact any other business pertaining to said school district which may properly come before it. The Trustees wboae terms expire are J. C. GUIs, J. F. Miller and Frank B. Gary. , By order of the Board of Trustees. C. D, BROWN, Chairman. FRANK B, GARY, , Secretary. Deo. 18,1903. tf J FOR SALE THAT tract of land known {is the LILA J. NORWOOD ESTATE, situate lo the Flatwoods of South Carolina, Abbeville County, and consisting of 560 Acres of Land, practically all of which la under cultivation' and also Including two new tenant bouses and stables, all In good repair. For terms address tw<-? a mnnwnnn Deo 16,1903, 4t Dresden, a C. Stockholders Meeting. THE regular annual meeting of the stockholders of The National Bank of Abbeville will be beld on Tuesday, January 12, 1904. BENJ. 8. BARNWELL, Dec. 15,1903,4t Cashier. Estate of D. H. fit Deceased, Notice of Settlement and Application for Final Discharge. TAKE NOTICE that on the 8th day of Jan., 1903, wo will render a final aecount of our actings and doings as Administrator of the Estate of D. H. Winn, deceased, In the office of Judge of Probate for Abbeville County at 10 o'clock a. m., and on the same day will apply lor a final discharge from my im?i oi 9,:nh Vrennlnrs. All persons having demands against said estate wilt present them for payment on or before that day, proven and authenticated or be forever burred. i C. F. Searlght, Dec. 7, 1903. Admr, Abbeville Lodge No. 45, L 0. 0. F. \fEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVENING at 8:80 o'clock In Odd Fellows Hall. A1 brethren, and visitors specially, are most cor dlally Invited to attend. J. S. Cochran, S. G. Thomson, Secretary. Noble Grand. Try one of Hall & Auiloreon'n double wear Collars, 2 for 25 ots, ,,yv -. .1. .. " ' "V' (i '* ov ' ' Ad Anlnjal Story For Uttle FolKs _ how the Rabbit Trap Worked | When the rabbit family strolled through the field one day they came across a trap that had been set to catch them. Mamma Babbit and ttttte Charlie Rabbit didn't know what it was, bnt Papa Rabbit did, for he had lost a first cousin through one of the things when he was quite a yoang fellow. "Don't go near IV he said to his family. "What Is it?" asked Charlie Rabbit, sniffing around the sides, for he could ? ,\ 1 1 HE PITCHED INTO JTMMT. smell the buncli of fresh celery with which the trap was baited, and he was just dying to make a meal of it "If s a trap set to catch you by JIr> my Jones, the farmer's son. Jimmy's father likes rabbit meat, and Jimmy wants to please him, so he thought he would get us in his trap and give us to his father to eat But instead oi getting In we will wait out here until the farmer comes along and see what happens." So they hid in the tall grass until they saw the farmer and his son coming across the Held. Jimmy thought that by this time there must be some* VI. 4 !.? >I>M +** Mo fa. LLLLUJJ ill Ui?t LI ay, OU uc HUU |U fber: "Pop, I've got something for you over there in the grass. Go over and get it" "What is it?" asked his father. "Never mind; you go over and see for yourself," said Jimmy, for he wanted to surprise his father. Mr. Jones walked along through the grass, but he didn't see the trap until the toe of his shoe struck it, and away he went heels over head on his ndse on the ground. He scrambled to his feet, as mad as he could be, and reached out ana graooea Jimmy by the collar. "So you hid an old box In the grais for me to stumble over and hart myself, did you?" he cried angrily. "Well, I'll teach you a little lesson that you will never forget" And with that he pitched Into Jimmy and gave him such a lambasting that be will never forget as long as he lives to tell the tale. And all the time the rabbit family sat over In the tall grass and snickered aa they thought what a terrible fat* they had escaped and how sorry little Jimmy must feel that he had ever tried to catch them to make a meal for his father.?Chicago Tribune. ' ! Ao Aolnjal Story For Little FolKs THE F.lTL.xUL?II ic-t. 11 isn I iidt naatmaciiiaii | " "What a wonderful piece of good fortune It was that that fisherman dropped his halt box overboard P* said Mr. Sunflsh to Mr. Minnow. "Yes, indeed," replied Mr. Minnow. "I always did relish nice fresh b(ead crumbs and crnsts, and I understand that this box was, filed with both." "And so it was," said Mr. Sunflih. "I have made all arrangements to have It carried over to my house." "But it doesn't t^long to your exclaimed Mr. Minnow, half angrily. "It Is mine." Mr. Sunflsh bit his Hps thoughtfully. L ? MB. 8UNPISH AND MB. MINNOW. "Very well," he said finally; "yon may have it I shall not be selfish!" "I guess you are Jealous of me now, aren't you?" Inquired the minnow, with a broad smile. "No, Indeed," answered the sunfich cheerily.. . "Well, why aren't you?" asked the minnow. "Simply because I have already got out of the box all the best that It contained." Mr. Minnow's countenance fell, and he hurried off to inspect the box. Sure enough, the very best that had been in it was gone, and the sunflsh had taken it?Pittsburg Dispatch. Failure on the earthly side may be -uccesa on the heavenly side. ittle minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune ; but great minds rise above them.?Washington Irving. We have excellent memories for all our trials and sorrows and losses, but fail to recall our blessings. When the church will put on the world the world will put on the church. : . Repair Shop, . . . Furniture repaired* .upbolpJering, done, all ttlnatf; - MattreHsefl'nwdtf fcda ord' odcb retnckan good as new, Shop on- Church Street. Ttoms reasonable. a,j ( fy,.W^Vf^a-Sope, . I ? , ' - U<.. w.: { . jj #jp| NOTICE t . Notice Is hereby given that the an- ; nual meeting of the Connty Board of 1. Commissioners will be held on Thureday, the 7th day of January, 1904. .$S5 All parties holding claims against the'Coanty of Ahbeville for the fiscal ? if\r\c% i ?_laa ??./. < ./ yrar itrvo, arc uereuy iiuiiubu w present the same to the County Supervisor for approval on or before the above 4 mentioned date. G. N. NICKELS, r* County Supervisor. B. Dec. 22. 1903. tf . i ?:?i I An Anim&l Story For I Little Folks How-Grasshopper Lost A grasshopper because he had won a > ^ Jumping match from the cricket chat v!! lenged a bullfrog who lived near by! ' When the date for the nuCtch approach^ ed, the grasshopper worked -v?ry hard so as to jump at the proper weight ': He would run a mile or two, Jump tope, fly over fences, until he was really the I DOWN THE THBOAT 07 A TUBKB7 GOBBXJBL greatest Jumper that had appeared la ikA li Ik^V \:*i8 UAU UCl^JiWlUWU 1UI JCU9* At IjfcBW ' T, -7*0 everything was ready for the contest. '(M. The bullfrog toed the mark and mag - ... i#;'? a sort of refrain like this: r" Witch me Jumpt) v. Watch mt Jumpf Then he Jumped at least surfeit, "That's nothing," said the grasshopper. '1 told yon all that Pm Hie great}, est jumper on earth. thto jantt I intend-to go with the circus and dc4? jumping act" Then l*e threw ont his topi la onto grand leap and would certainly have won the match, but through a faulty steering gear he Jumped right dowa the throat of a turkey gobbler wbo hsid been watching the performance. Moral.?Look before you leap*?Pittsburg Dispatch. Ao Abfnral Story For Little PolHs HOW MR. TOM CAT CM.-, TIVATED HIS VOICE - ? M There were few cats In all anlmat land who bad better voices than Mr. .-v, Tom Cat He knew all the latest song* and could sing them with an earnestness and vigor that aroused the admiration of his friends and the envy of.. his enemies. It was Us proud boast ^ that nobody within three blocks cfbia could sleep through one of his nightly open air eoocerts; If Mr. Tom Cat bad been given a CvjjjS penny for every window that bad been opened, ror every neau max on oem stack oat, for every missile that bod been thrown at bin) wblle be was . ^ singing,'be would have been a very wealthy cat indeed. But, like & great many people, Mr. . J Tom Cat was not satisfied. He was not contented to let well enough alone. He wanted to become still mof famous. He wanted his voice to swell out upon the night: air until Its volume was so great that It would sound like '<$5 two cats singing Instead of one. As . ^ he did not know exactly how to attain . ' $ . . ' ] fa# j 3 HE SAT DOWK AKD- BEGAN TO IWTnr^ " tills end ne cteciaea to ansuu dwuo vnp \ who could enlighten him. And itwasj Just here that he made his mistake. . Instead of going to a friend for adr ;i .-/JS vice be sought a rival, a cat that ooatk sing as well as he. This cat natnraifc did not want Mr. Tom to Improve, and so he was not liable to give any good! ; V advice. "Eat a pound of sawdust," be said to Tom, and Tom very foolishly wenf off to a carpenter shop and Mught the sawdust and ate it Then he sat down and began to think, and the longer he sat the mo^e he thought And while he thought h* suffered the worst pain that^he had ever been called upon to suffer In alf his life. The sawdust weighed on hi* stomach like a ton of lead. The tsaxfc came into his eyesr and he could not stop them. It was almost enough to kill him, and It Is a great wonder that It did not kill him. It was three whole days before he could resume his nightly songs, and he found his voice bad not improved ose whit But there were two good lessons he learned?first, to be contente^ with what he had, and, second, never to try to ma>? a Jneal on sawdust?Detroit