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. <* \*T\ ># x* > ^ . ... t "l '- ? ' Tiie Press and Banner IVfubilshea every weaneeaay at ? a ear In advance. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1904. Buggy and Male Stolen. On December 16. a small red haired male about fourteen years old. Saddle mark, together with a top bugy with side bars. A > liberal reward will be given for information. >laloom Brooks, , Greenwood, 3. C. Notice to Treapnasers. All persons andall stock areordered tokeep off my farm. No hunting, or trespassing allowed. Tho?e who disregard this notice will be prosecuted. Ed. Turner. Dec. 9.1903 Wanted.?Persimmon, Dogwood, Hickory, t and Holly logs. Freight ooW on carloads^ m; James Cocksbot, unariesioD, Wanted.?A good milk cow. Apply to Mrs. W. A. Lee, Abbeville, 3. C. Married by Rev. P. B. Welle, on Wednesday, Dec. 30tb, 1903. Mlbs Pearl Peltlgrew to Mr. Wardlaw Wllsob. Married?On the SOth Dec. 1903, at the residence of the brides father, by Rev. M. MeGee, Mr. G. Robert Toiberi to MIsb Pearl Davis, daughter of Mr. Jas. Davis of Abbeville County. Married?On the 30tb Dec. 1903, at the residence of Mr. John Davis, hy Rev. M. McGee, Mr. Charley Burton of Lowndesvllle to Miss Nannie Ellentere, daugnter of Mr. 8. 8. Ellenberg of Abbeville County. Thomson Bro. Local#. Granulated sugar 18 lbs for $1. Coffee S 1-3,10, IS 1-2,15 cents per lb. Parched coffee 10,15 and 25 cents per pound. Rice 5 to 8 1-8 cents per lb. C. Sugar 20 lb for $1. We will sell you a good tobacco for 28 cts f per pound. Sboes tbat are (rood for $1.00, 91.28, $1.60,52.00 *2.60, $8.50 and $4 00. A good bat for fl. Cheese 3ib for 50 oenls and full oream at tbat. Get onr prloes on baoon and lard before bnylng. pocketboo'k'and wife. Good Time oir the Year to Appoint a New Family Treasurer. From tbe Milwaukee Journal. The season is comiug near when we are supposed to thaw out a little. You will buy skates for the boy (which he cried for a mouth ago,) may be a set of furs for the wife (who baa Deeded them five years,) a dollar pipe for a irienu, who you kiiuw win ^ivo juu a dollar's worth of somethiug in honest exchange ; und this you call Christmas giving. You think you have properly thawed out But you haven't. No-, bless you ; the genial warmth of the true Christmas spirit has't thawed even the frost time ou your heart. If you want to have the satisfaction of realizing what it means to thaw out clear through, and yet cannot separate the Christmas idea from money, turn your pocket-book over to your wife for the next two weeks. Make a mighty sacrifice for just tbe once. It may euable ber to bave th? happiest Christmas she has had since the married you. And you?if you won't learn how to give?may at least learn how to receive. You would have done it once. There was a time when love for her mellowed your heart, and you wished you had the whole world to lay at ber feet. You said a lot of such nonsense, and meant it. Yuu have forgotten, but she hasn't. A woman never forgets such things. She has ob-erved, of course, that tbe little portion of the world which you bave managed to make your own is not lying at ber feet, but is jammed intn vonr own nooket. with vour band always on it. It's yours, you think?just as she is. Possession makes a big difference. True, you're a good fellow. You mean well, but you mean to be the main thing yourself?dou't you ? If any man were to tell you that you act the brute and tbe bully tbward tbe patient woman who has brought you nine-tenths of your joys and shared all your sorrows, aud whom you love next to your money, you would get fierce about it. But in strict confidence now, between you and your conscience, don't you swell up to think that you're tbe boss, that a look from you is a command to her, that she must beg of you piecemeal for what you promised to lay at her feet? Yon know you don't trea her as well as you did the day she wan your bride. You lied to her. You're a bully toward -her every day. You don't do a tenth for her that you ought to. And if you're any man at all, you know it. She asks you dow for money to get Christmas gifts for the children?asks you apologetically, as she muBt, and maybe, after long waiting to catch you in good humor. You grouch and growl and sneer: "Much good did these knick-knacks ever do auybody!" You forget your own childhood ; yes, you forget your manhood too. You give her something, of course? you're a good fellow?but the thing you give her is one part money and nine parts heartache. And you think you've thawed out. Of course, you know your own busiress. You want nobody to tell you how much you can spare to your wife for Christmas gifts. Yes, you know how much you can spare?that's the Tvnlnt aha hoB nnl.hlnor tr? BB.V fihnilt it 5 t~'?' ' o ? ?j ... It's all yours?yours ; bo is she. "Yes; you know your own business You have expenses to be met; you have debts to be paid, and there is little money left. That's good business sense. But don't forgt-t that your biggest debt is to the patient woman who has consigned to you all that is nearest to your happiness and has trusted you far beyond your rating in Bradstreet's or anywhere else. Pay your debts, of course. But make her a preferred creditor. Integrity?It begins in justice to her. Tfno imn ViaYra orlvon Vior a Viirct hnmo I you drees her good enough ; you provide well for her?yes, you treat her as well as you do your horae. But do you think she ought to be content with that? Don't you know she has a soul that needs nourishment ? Be sordid and tyrannical and grumpy t >ward her all the rest of the year, if you must, but for the next two weeks tbaw out that muscular pump in your left breast and see if it is still a heart. See if a little kindness and affection and self-denial can flow from it. Be a bridegroom to her again for a little while. See if you can't bring the almost forgotten blush of bappineess back into her cheeks and the old light into her eyes and the old laugh to her lips. You have grubbed and scraped together a lot of trash that you call your fortune but do not enjoy. You know in your heart that the glint and glitter of success holds nothing for you half so sweet as the simple happiness of the honeymoon, when you had nothing but her and Bbe bad nothing but you? and your promises, that you haven't made good. Fill your pocketbook full of that trash you have sweat for and sacriflcd her for; give it to her to buy Christmas gifts, and learn for the first time what it is all good for. .... - t i / ' f ' ?? M TtnAIITID * # X1AAIUUM Of J J SPECIAL SALE FOR JANUARY, 1904. 1 5 $4 N. C. 10-4 Blankets for $3.40 pair. ^ J $3 N. C. 10-4 Blankets for $2.50 pair. J ^ CI 75 Prih Rlunkpta for Si.40. ^ 2 $1.25 Mercerized Petticoats for $1. 5 # 100 Heavy Wool Skirting for 75c yard. * ? Remnants Worsted, black and colored, at half price. ^ J $1.50 Shoes for $1 pair. 2 * Odds and ends in shoes at 75c and f jc pair. ' # \ , No goods charged at these prices. ? S AT HADDON'S. \ I I 1904. ^ j y} We will be on hand to serve yon at the old J i stand. We buy close and sell close, and carry J A most anything you want to buy. Our stock is j Ai niwftvs ftomnlete. and we are anxious to sell / W " "J JT ' /j\ you. Gome and see us and get our prices. ( $ You will be welcome whether you buy or not. I Yours for business, I I Thomson Bros J T Read our Locals. : ? Oliver's Famous $ j Chilled Middleb re alter. $ ? "As so^ as my cotton is picked I hitch two ^ \ . mules to Oliver's Middlebreaker and rip \ 0 A prominent & the Btalkn out. This leaves the laud terraoed f \ every three or three and a half feet apart, and ^ f Georgia planter the land does not wash daring the winter. In W X the spring the furrows are partially filled up ^ 9 f fit' *. with sediment, &c., which is as good as a coat ^ ^ says oi tms & 0f manure, i then put my guano in the fur- ^ &, rows, and bed back with the sarm plow, using ^ ^ plow: two mules, and I have mv lanr' prepared for f V cotton-planting much better than by any other ^ ^ method and at one-half the cost of the old sys- ^ ^ tem of using the one-horse plow." ^ J Neat and Trim in Appearance. ^ ^ light in Weight, but Strong and Durable. A ? Fitted with large, stout steel beam, with wide throat that can- f ^ not choke, long, straight steel handle rods, flat bottom malleable bar ^ 0 and malleable mould board braces. Handles attached to mould- W V boards by straps of steel. , ^ W Full chilled mouldboards madq of ?liver's Famous Chilled M A Metal. Shares chll'ed where the wear comes. ^ ^ The name ''OIjIVER" is a guarantee that it is the best Plow ^ x made for the work it is intended to do. ^ ? Try One and You Will Be Delighted. J jk All Farts Absolutely Guaranteed. ^ ^ The time has come when the Southern farmer has got to make ^ W brains, tools and mules do the work with the leant poHsible ^ ^ amount of human labor. Buy an ^ ? OLIVER MIDDLBBRBAKBR d ? and save one-half the work of preparing your land for cotton the f ^ coming season. It is the only successful Middlebreaker ever put on ^ f the market. It doesn't pretend to do a little of everything?and do w ^ nothing perfectly. It is strictly a Middlebreaker, and does it's work ^ (0 perfectly. The price is low, too. ^ ^ Note bow the mouldboards join at an acute angle, thuB ^ W aiding lightness of draft. W # SOLD BY J * A. B. CHEATHAM, i L. T. & T. M. MILLEI Leading Grocery Store. Leading in Price. Leading in Quality. Trade at this Store and Save Your Mone; We want to impress upon you that when you trade at Miller's, the Grocerman, you get the best goods at lowest prices. Yours to please, L. T. & T. M. MILLER. __ . I Notice. FreBh candy every week at MUford's. I will be at Abbeville on first Monday of . eacb month and two weeks following lor the Hot soda at Mllford s, day or night, purpose of treating HemorrholdB (HJI*.) call and see our magnificent line ol vas Treatment ??"8',,lh ihSrnfnrm pictures, dressing cases, manacure sets, phc Upalnlese and wUhout tbe ase of chloroform fraroeB baby sets, basHet*, cblna ware, and tbe knife. Cure guaranteed A1I P-rtlea f everything kept In a first-class Holld; Interested will find me at the Glenn Ethel stn(lk. ' * Miiford Drnir store Ion Hotel, Abbeville. 8. C., or Dr. B. A. Mattl- 8tocK- Mlllord Drug store 8on._McCormlck, 8. C.i/t a ^ n Our prescription business Is booming. 8e umce Dours irora iu a. i*i. tin o r.iu. uu mem io ub ii you waoi ine oetu nurviue ?i above mentioned days. drugs. Mllford's. Pbone 107 Jno. B. Britt, M. D. t New lot Fur and 8111: Collarette Just In Look at those goods for making waists at Haddon's. ii W White's Mllford's Wblte Pine and Tar Cough Syrup, New lot Ladles Jn^et Just received at He he best on eartb. don's. INDEPENDENCE. Rochy Beds Eunble Mr. R] S I.lok (o Sleep on Flowery Beds of ?hhp. Of recent years the city of Abbeville has made great progress in its growth, and iu the development of its enterprises few towns have done better. But in the improvement of the public highways of the county is found the best evidence of the people's public spirit. Several years ago Supervisor Nickols aud bis board of assistants organized county gangs of convicts for working the nublie roads. This, sunolemented by tbe road tax, gave them a considerable force and the requisite amount of money to make many improvements. The work has been going on steadily, and will be continued. We would mention espt-cially the great improvement on the Dendy's bridge road, where the road-way was resurveyed and a new covered bridge was built over Long Cane. This made what had formerly been the worst road, ? one of the best in the county, and instead or a poor little bridge that was ? often impassable, we have a splendid % bridge that will afford a safe passage c for many years. Tbe accomplishment ij of this change was enough honor for ii an ordinary officer, but Supervisor v Nickols was not satisfied with a single good deed. He lives near Due West, \ and in coming to AODevme, ne Knows Sthat for years Gordon's Lane bas been almost'a bottomless bog, until pine poles were laid aloDg tbe road, presum: ably for tbe purpose of prizing out the 9 animals and the vehicles that might go |\ down there during tbe winter, v When he went into office the poles were still there, and they made the 4 road so rough that in passing over that ; part of the highway, wagons and 9 buggies were in danger of being broken. Supervisor Nickols knowing the depth of the mud in the winter, and 9 realizing that pine poles were bad on tbe buggies of county officers, during v the summer he resolved to make mat(3 ters better for the wayfaring man. j\ Being of an inquiring mind?when be is looking for something?be found I? a great gravel bed on Mr. D. E. Newly ell's land near by. Permission was Av?o?(manf rolth tha or ft VP I k SUU^UI/ IV CA^tllUJVUW ?f ?VM ?MV ? . r in making rough places smooth and i boggy places hard. The work was commenced, and the Supervisor as well , as the public was astonisbed at the transformation. That part of the road > that was most dreaded in former years now affords the most delightful drive ' to be found in Abbeville County. The praises of that road and of Supervisor Nickols is in the mouths of i those who know that in former years the consistency of the clay and water I along that route was such as to make it Adhere to the sinking wheels in I quantities varying from a drop to a ton. The thanks of those who, in for1 mer years, jolted their vehicles and broke their favorite jugs in passing ' over the pine poles, goes out to the officer who ohanged all this. And so it is, that the bottomless bog, I that was afterward" bridged by pine poles, has been the cause of the greatI est development of the road-buiiding art. ) And now, as a matter of speculation, Congressman Aiken and Postmaster ! Link come on the scene. In driving over this same road, they enquired the method by which all this change was brought about. * The secret was imparted. Messrs. Aiken and Link, being men of good judgment aud quick discernmeni, realized Ibat there was possibility for a fortune. Mr. Newell was tired of plowing little rocks to plant cotton, and the breaking of his hoes in grass time had become monotonous, to when Messrs. Aiken and Link offered him $2,100 for his 118 acres, a trade was made, and Mr. Newell parted with his homestead. In order to better advertise the good tning which the new owners had bought, and to show their appreciation of the discovery by Supervisor Nick ols, tbey were as polite to dim as was the host who insisted on his guest oci cupying two chairs. Mr. Nickols is scattering the gravel I over the road in some places with a free hand, but owing to circumstances 1 he is compelled to spread it very much as did the fellow who spread his butter thin. The building of roads with this material is no longer an experiment. About one mile of this road was built with it one year ago, and afier constant use, it Is in perfect condition today. In wet weather a horse does not ! make a track on it. The more rain we have the harder and smoother the road gets. This thin spreading does not come from scarcity or gravei, out iroui iuuk of traosportation. The hauling is expensive and the county wagons are few. The gravel bed covers an area of thirty acres. A hole fifteen feet deep was dug and the gravel, or chert, was better the deeper the hole was dug. The government reports of the analysis of the samples sent to Washington are all that could be desired. And we learn that its extent and value is such as to commend it to the favorable attention of the authorities of the Southern Railway. From the 5 mile post on the road to Due West to appoint on the railroad this side of uarraugn's 11 is oniy i" about two miles. The laud lies well for layiDg a spur-track, and it is possible that a Hue of rails may be laid to that point from which thous, ands of car loads of tbis gravel may be bauled. Already it is said that two cities have each promised to take a thousand car loads when tbe way is ~ opened up. tWitb a railroad track running out there, the inexhaustible supply of gravel would be a profitable business to the railroad, and our fellow citizens Messrs. Aiken and Link would have a source of wealth more certain and more satisfactory in its results tban a gold mine. This gravel bed may be the founding of a town of importance. When tbe road is built, tbe demand for tbe gravel will require a large force of bands to load it on tbe cars. They ir will need houses in whicb to live. j.? Tne gravel-Deu oemg tue ixuir? ui ? neighborhood, whicb is thickly settled with the most thrifty farmers to be found hereabout, they would certainly want the road to accommodate them with a freight depot. The possibilities of that section are great, and no man could place a limit to the progress and growth of this rich section. The excellence of the public highway that has been treated to a coatiug of this gravel must be seen to be ap"" preciated. Congressman Aiken with Mr. W. H. Arnold of Atlanta, and Postmaster LiDk, with the Press and Banner, drove out to Messrs. Aikeu and .Link's In gravel beds which lie home five mile ay north of Abbeville last Friday, and om remarks are based on what we saw and heard on that trip. ? In going to the gravel beds we passed over a portion of the public highat way that had been covered with the gravel that had been taken from these l(j. beds and the result of which was most satisfactory and even surprising. i . . _ T I Small Potatoes ' result from a lack of J Da4 acli 11 VS VCl&KK in the soil. Potash pro' duces size and quality. OERMAN KALI WORKS, i New York?'98 NaMaa Street, er Atlanta, 6a.?88% So. Broad St. WE ARE THIS WEEK Fine Pocket and T^ble Cutlery. CARVING SETS. STERLING SILVER AND SILVER PLATED WARE. CHAFING DISHES, FIVE O'CLOCK TEAS. 'CLAUSS' "FINE 8CISSORS AND SHEARS. FINE DOUBLE a?td SINGLE XSA tvrtHiJLi DtlU'l WUiMO. HUNTING COATS. GAME BAGS, CARTRIDGE BELTS. RE-LOAD ING 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, NUR8ERY FENDERS, . GRATES, MANTLES AND TILE. Chattanooga SUB-SOIL AND TURN PLOWS. These are the "Prosperity w.i.... ?? ~_ j _al. JUi.itIS.tax B, it LIU. 11U W 19 tilt? time to use them. Paints FOR ALL PURP08ES. FULL LINE OF " 8. W. P." AND " MASURY'S" PURE PAINT. ROOF PAINT, HOUSE PAINT, FLOOR PAINT. VARNISHE8 AND VARNISH STAINS. JAP-A-LAC?all colore. PLA8TICO?for inside walls. BRUSHES, OILS, PUTTY, ETC. Abbeville Hardware Co. FOR SALE T*HAT tract of land known as the LILA J. J- NORWOOD ESTATE, situate la the Flat woods or South Carolina, Abbeville Coudty, and consisting of 560 Acres of Land, . practically all of which la under cultivation' and alxo Including iwo new tenant houses aud stables, all In good repair. For terms address JNO. S. NORWOOD, Dec. 16,1903,4t Dresden, S. C. Stockholders Meeting. f"pHE regular ?nnunl meeting: of the stock-L holders of The National Bank of Abbeville will beheld on Tuesday, January 12, 1904. BENJ. H. BARNWELL. Dec. 15,1903,4t Cashier. Estate of D. H. Winn, Deceased. Notice of Settlement and Application for Final Discharge. TAKE NOTICE that Oil the 8tb day of Jan., 1903, we will render a final account 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 trust bn such Executors. All persons having demands against said estate will present them for payment on or before that day. proven and authenticated or | be forever barred. C. F. Searlght, Dec. 7, 1903, Admr. ( Abbeville Lodge No. 45, I. 0. 0. F. ' TVTEETS EVERY THURSDAY EVENING ! ItI. at 8:80 o'clock In Odd Fellows Hail. Al. . brei breu, aod visitors specially, are most cor . dtally invited to atteDd. ' J. S. Cochran, S.G.Thomson, Secretary. Noble Grand. ! ' * AO Aoinjal Story For Utile PolHs now THE I D~L Lu T Ml?UJ < ixdDuu ridpnuiMxi| 1 i When the rabbit family strolled i through the field one day they came 1 across a trap that had been set to catch them. Mamma Babbit and little Charlie Rabbit didn't know what it was, but Papa Babbit did, for he had lost a first cousin through one of the things when he was quite a young fellow. "Don't go near it," he said to his family. "What Is It?" aslced Charlie Rabbit, sniffing around the sides, for he could ?W??.. ?.ii n HB PITCHED INTO JIMMY. smell the bunch of fresh celery with which the trap was baited, and he was just dying to make a meal of It "It's a trap set to catch you by Jimmy 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 ills trap and give us to his father to eat But Instead of getting In we will wait out here, until the farmer comes along and see what happens." Bo they hid in the tall grass until they saw the farmer and his son coming across the field. Jimmy thought that by this time there must be something in his trap, so he said to his father: "Pop, I've got something for you over there in the grass. Go over and get it" "What la 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 tpe of his shoe struck it and away he went heels over head on his nose on the ground. He scrambled to his feet as mad as he could be, and reached out and grabbed Jimmy by the collar. "So you hid an old box In the grass for me to stumble over and hurt 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 iBmbasflng that he will never forget as long as be lives to tell the tale. And all the time the rabbit family sat over in the tall grass and snickered f they thought what a terrible fate u-?r had epcaped and how sorry little ?"7 must feel that he had ever tried to ui eh them to make a meal for his | father.?Chicago Tribune. Aj) Aoln?at Story For Utile Polks me Pish That Was Unselfish , "What a wonderful piece of good fortune it was that that fisherman dropped his bait box overboardr 'd Mr. Sunflsh to Mr. Minnow. | "Yes, indeed," replied Mr. Minnow. "I always did relish nice fresh bread crumbs and crusts, and I understand that this box was filed with both." "And so It was," said Mr. Sunflsh "I have made all arrangements to have 4* Aa?m<A^ ATTAH +A mv hnt1BA W All UUA1CU VTU W ?*i^ mwwvv. "But It doesn't belong to your ex- ' claimed Mr. Minnow, half angrily. "It la mine." Mr. Sunflsh bit his Hps thoughtfully. u ' KB. BUNFISH AND KB. KUTWOW. "Very well," he Bald finally; "you 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 sunfiah 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." v'- winnnm'o /VMintonflncp fall, and iUit tfJliUUV ?T w VW ? VV??? w he hurried off to Inspect the box. Sure enough, the very best that had been in it was gone, and the sunflsh bad taken it?Pittsburg Dispatch. Failure on the earthly side may be success on the heavenly side. Little 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. rorniiare repaired, upnoisteriDg done, all kinds. Mattresses made aDd old ones revoked a? good as new. Shop on Churcb Street. Terms reasonable. William Pope. NOTICE Notice Is hereby given that th6 an- 7f * nual meeting of the County Board of 1% Commissioners will be held on Thurs- ri day, the 7th day of January, 1904. All parties holding claims against vM the County of Abbeville for thetfiscal . ^ year 1903, are hereby notified to pre- .VjgS jent the same to the County Supervisor ^ for approval on or before the above montinnoH Hoto . -'^>3 G. N. NICKELS, J County Supervisor;Dec. 22. 1903. tf ? An Anirpal story For --Jl Little PolKs How ^Grasshopper A grasshopper because he had won a Jumping match from the cricket chal- ; lenged a bullfrog who lived near by. When the date for the match approach- $ ed, the'grasshopper worked vary hard >o as to Jump at the proper weight. He would run a mile or two, Jump rope, fly over fences, until he was really the DOWK THE THBOAT OF A TTTBKEY GOBBU5B. greatest jumper that had appeared in the neighborhood for years. At last everything was ready for the. contest The bullfrog toed the mark and dang a sort of refrain l}ke this: Watch me jutapl Watch ma jump! Then he jumped at least six feet Wiwm fThafs nothing;" said the graitthofH per. "I told you all that rm the great- 'Jf est Jumper on earth. After this Jump I intend to go with the drctxs and do ar ;T Jumping act" " . Then he threw oat his legs In one grand leap and would certainly'have won the match, but through a'faulty ; steering gear , he jumped right down the throat of a turkey gobbler who had been watching the performance^ . Moral.?Look before yon leap.?Pitts burg Dispatch. An Aoirpa! Story Por ji Uttlc Polka ^ HOW MR. TOM CAT CUL ? I TIVATEP HIS VOICE V 1 There were few cats In all inlmwl . ) land who had better voice* than Mr. Tom Cat He knew all the latest songs and could sin# them with an earnest- ..J ness and rigor that aroosed the admiration of his friends and the envy of his enemies. It was his proud boast that nobody within three blocks of him JV could sleep through one of his nightly open air concerts. If Mr. Tom Oat had been given a penny for every window that had been opened, for every head that had been' stack out, for every missile that had been thrown at him while"' ho was singing, he would have been a very wealthy cat Indeed. But, like a great many people, Mr. Tom Cat was not satisfied. He was not contented to let well enough alone. . He wanted to become still move far I moos, ne wanieu uis vuucw w fw?v out apon the night air until Its voiame was so great that it would Bound lttya two cats alngln> Instead one. As he did not know exactly ho., -to attain this end he decided to consult some one who could enlighten him. And It was lust here that he made his mistake. I Instead of going to a friend for ad* vice he sought a rival, a cat that could sing as well as he. This cat naturally j did not want Mr. Tom to Improve, and so he was not liable to give any good 1 advice. \ "Eat a pound of sawdust" he said to Tom, and Tom very foolishly went off to a carpenter shop and bought the sawdust and ate It xneu lie But uuwu mm ucgou w i f. think, and the longer he sat the more he thought. And while he thought he suffered the worst pain that he had ever been called upon to suffer In all his life. The sawdust weighed on his stomach like a ton of lead. The tears came into his eyes, 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 had not improved one wnit. mere were iwo goou iu?uiu he learned?first, to be contented with what he had, and, second, never to try to make a meal on sawdust?Detroit