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r r The Press and Banner ?r~Publlsbed every Wednesday at ?3 a ear In advance. Wednesday, Feb. 3,1904. Tachfy Bfaiiqnerade Party. Diugbters of Confederacy will give a masauerane tacftey party on Saturday night, 1<VI?. 13th, at Rosenberg's store in front oi McDIiI'b furniture store. Fun and laughter are chief features. Valentine drawing and old time games will be on program. Prize offered for tackiest looking person. "Vlctua's Is free, ?(linUst'>n Is cash. 15 cents for children. 25 cents for ad a Its. Dentil of J. Frederick Kmllb. . J. Fred?rtok Smith, brother of the lat* D. B. Frnlth, died In At>b?vSlle ls.pl Monday,aged 74 lie had been sick lor two weeks from dropsy. wbloh effected his heart. He usually spent his winters in Abbeville, and In the summer he lived In Providence, Rhode Island A good mechanic, and an houest man has gone out from amongst us. Seed I Seed 1 Just received 105 pounds of watermelon seeds, Clecftlev seed*. Hal tlfsnxfee and Bradford. Prloe 81 00 per pound, 7 cents an ounce. 15 pounds ol caD'eioupe seeds, $1.25 per pound, 8 cents per ounce. Delivered postage paid. J. W. Rykard. Lost?A Pair of Spectacles. Between the residence of Dr. Nenffer and that of Francis Henry, on last Saturday night. The Under will be liberally rewarded. If left at Mr. Henry's. LOST?On Monday, January 20th, between tbe store ot R. M. Haddon & Co.. and their residence, a ladles doable ease gold watcb wltb lob obaln attached. Tbe finder will be liberally rewarded If returned to R. M. Haddon. Married. In the Manse, on tbe 81 ult., by Rev. J. Lowrle Wilson, D. D., Mr. Ernest Basbee and Mlsa Leila Cress well. All of this city. Wanted.?Persimmon, Dogwood, Hlokory, and Holly logs. Freight oald on carloads, mj James Cocfcsbot, Charleston, 8. C. It is to be regretted that Mr. C. P. Carter. t- who Is Id railroad business, has removed his interesting family to Abbeville, bat Abbeville's gain is Greenwood's loss. Miss Rosa. ' the only daugbter, will be qolte a star id Abbeville society.?Greenwood News and Views. Mrs. George Richardson has been very sleb fnr iha nut ton riavH but U better now. Gen. R. R. Hemphill oome borne Saturday to be at borne on Sale Day. He Is Chief Clerk _ Jq the Senate. Mb. Will Andbews, who has been to California aod Texas oan tell yon a tbiog or two aboat Texas rabbits wbloh are used out there, aooording to bim, to haul legs to the saw mills. Next! Albxady the third installment of 90 per oent. has been paid to the capital stock of the , People's Savings Bank. Ma. C. P. Haxmond Is making one of the mi st saoees8fol salesmen tbat Abbeville hae ever sent oat on the road. Mb. Paui. Anderson now boards at the Qlen Ethel and can be found there wben wanted. \ r NEW FIRM. eun. W. D. WIImod, Albert Henry, nd H. u. Anderson go Into tbe Dry Goods Bnslness. Tbe exoellenoe of tbe Abbeville market for U kinds ot goods Is known of all men, and tbe superior business ability of tbe member* j of tbe new firm or Wilson, Henry & Co. is known to everybody hereabout. These gentlemen are among ibe very best business men In tbe town. Good health, good minds, great energy, high Integrity and courteous conduct, are a lew of tbelr good points. Mr. W. D. Wilson, buyer (or tbe new dry goods and millinery firm, Is now In New York. They will open positively March 1st, with one of tbe most complete and up-to-date stock of dry goodsaud millinery ever brought to Abbeville. They will oi<en up in the store recently occupied by Capt. J. G. Edwards. This store room is now being remodeled and fitted with large Frenob plate glass windows, wbere they will show everything new and stylish in millinery and line dress goods. They have succeeded in aeonrlng Miss Norma Matthews and Miss Blanche Reid with other* to serve the public. v Tbe firm name will be Wilson, Henry & Co., oompoeed ol W. D. Wilson, Albert Henry and H. O. Anderson. Messrs. Wilson and Heuo will be actively engaged in tbe business. Letter from Mr. Arthur Parker. Abbeville, 8. V., Feb. 2, 1904. To the Editor Press and Banner: Dear Sir?Please change my "ad" in yout paper to read as follows: "ForSale." See "ad" and insert in youi next issue, making such modest display a? ,> ' you bold discreet, and not making too expensive a space. And, as this is tbe opening wedge to tbf cultivation of a home peculiarly, manufacturing interest and possibly of a new line of advertisement for your paper, may I not ask that you open so broad ana peculiar an Innovation on tbe heretofore practloes ol this section with your expression of strong approval and a grand blast of trumpets, to give It respectability, and beating or drums, tlmbrell and harp. Truly yours, Arthur Parker. Letter to J&s. Chalmers. Abbeville. 8. C. Dear Sir: Tbe cheap paint to buy Is th* < one that covers more than you think; tb< cheap one to wear Is tbe one that Is young when o'd. 1 Mrs. Moore, of Kelsey, N. Y? bought 16 gallons Devoe to paint her boose two ooats; her painters said it would take that. Had 6 gallons left. Mr. James Ackley's bouse, In Cairo (CatBklll Mountains), N. Y., was painted Devoe; It wore 14 years; and tbe paint was In good con dltlon then. He was going to paint, the last we knew, though. That's tbe way to pre serve a house; repaint when there Is no occasion. Yours truly, F. W. Devoe 4 Co. P. S. P. B. Speed sells our paint. i < fl ? The State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. Probate Court.?Citation for Letters of Ad:i. . - ministration. By K. E. Hill, Esq., Judge of Probate. \*7HEREAS, C. E. Sharp baa made soli tv to me, to grant blm Letters of Administration of tbe Estate and effeols of Mrs. Emily Donnald, late of Abbeville County, de oeased. These are therefore, to olte and admonlsb all and singular the kindred and creditors of tbe said Emily Donnald, deceased, that they be and appear before me, In tbe Court oi Probate, to be held at Abbeville C. H., on Monday, tbe 22nd day of February, 1804, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock In tbe forenoon, to show caase, if any they have, wby tbe >ald Administration shonld not be granted. . . Given under my nana ana seal or ine uourt, this 5th day of February. In the year [Skai*1 of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and (our, and In the 128ih year of American Independence. Published on the 10th day of February, 1904, In the Press and Banner and on the Ooart House door for the time required by law. R. E. HILL, Judge of Probate. There is advantage to any man who has the opportunity of doing you a favor, but there is no advantage to you in receiving that tavor as if you were conferring the advantage. Gratitude is as important to you as the opportunity 01 doing good to your neighbor. A proper appreciation of kindness not only develops and perpetuates kindness, but it is necessary and indispensable in making a man of you, and enabling you to do like favors to others. " Ttiers 18 noming to my miuu uuuic base than to cruelly treat animals, who cannot answer, who cannot resent, who cannot avenge themselves, who cannot escape, and who, whatever tbeir sufferings may be in many cases, are not able to utter a word about them. I don't know of anything more base than the cruelty which we sometimes see shown to dogs and horses." N\ I 4- -/r , . . ^ I 1 < HADDON'S | ? ? ?? wtriTiw innx f ? SPECIAL SALE If UK jaauaax, xbv-x. j ^ Ladies Black Hose 2oc for 19c pair. j| S Children Black Rib Hose 25c for 19c. pair. 5 d Great Reduction in Ladies Ready-Made Suits. a 4 Bleach and Unbleached Cotton Flannel 10c yd. for 2 # 8 l-3c yard. ? J All Heavy Colored Skirting at Reduce Prices. r f Children and Misses Shoes at Reduce Prices. J ^ Ladies Shoes at Reduce Prices. \ 5 All Wool N. C. Blankets at Reduce Prices. ? ^ No goods charged at these prices. ^ ^ Come early before they all go. 2 t ilABDO'S. | FARMERS BONE The Great Cotton Fertilizer. i MANUFACTURED BY ^ O D/m /o+nv rinonn OA r? oi nu^yoici vjiuuuu w. SOLD BY W. D. Barksdale. We carry a full line of = Farmers Bone Guano, 10-4 Acid. 10-2 Acid, 16 per cent. Acid, Kainit and Potash, Cotton Seed Meal. (3-ive us a call when you want the best all round cotton Guano on the market. , Respectfully, j w. D. Barksdale. i 1 STATIONERY!1 STATIONERY! 1 j $ WHERE? | ; I At MILFORD'S J i W Up-to-Date Drug Store. /h ^ He has the largest and moat complete line ever been in this city. W 1 || Don^t buy witnout looking at his line. ^ ^ L. T. & T. M. MILLER ' 1 1 Leading Grocery Store. Leading in Price. Leading in Quality. Trade at this Store and Save Your Money. 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. MIJLL.BR. ^ ( | ^ 1904. |; (P We will be on hand to serve yon at the old jjj ( ? stand. We buy close and sell close, and carry ? \ 1 most anything you want to buy. Our stock is A /J\ always complete, and we are anxious to sell j fly you. Gome and see us and get our prices. (\\ flS You will be welcome whether you buy or not. /fS 1 & Yours fdr business, /ft ! AS A | Thomson Bros.f J Read our Locals. ^ Notice. Fresh candy every week at Mllford's, I will be at Abbeville on first Monday of Hm ?n#ia at miifnni>a d.. ni.h? eaob month and two week* following lor the Hot BOda at Mlir?rd ? d?y ?r Treatment WDaUUHin n^X^ntl^m^b^ .Cal1 and Bee onr "agniflcent line of vases. ispal esiMd wHh(^nt t^UB^of ohSroto^m fSSeT'bYS'lStt^bMkfu^h?^'la'r^ln and the knife. Core guaranteed. All parties j^ee^ *?'ft?,"P* TEffiJi? Interested will And me at the Glenn Ethel 5thing kept in a^flrat-oi'w'^Hondiay ?.n 8'c-or Dr-B-A-M,,u- ? Joo. B. Brltt, M. D, <"" "" iSUW ESS",!?' , 1 COME INTO COURT. Petit Jnrors. The following 1b the Jury for the February term, first week. H. J. Armstrong Lowadesvllle T M. Minpr Abbeville L. H. Nickel* Abbeville R. M. Hill Abbeville 8. C. Allen Abbeville W. R. Crowtber Diamond Hill W. R. Munday Long Cane Jno. T. Cllnksoales Lowndesvllle A. K. Drennan Abbeville J. W. Sign, Jr Abbeville J. O. Alewlne Abbeville Edwin Parker Calhonn Mill* W. L. Kennedy- i.owndesvllle J. H. Bond Diamond Hill W. A. Stevens Cedar Springs W. W. Glbert Magnolia R.T.Gordon Diamond Hill Jno. A. Harrlw Abbeville James T?ggart Abbeville W. C B'ack Diamond Hill W. G. Chapman Abbeville J. H. Link Cedar Spring* T. H. Gordon Due Went B. A. Wilson Lowndesvllle D. M. Lanier 4....Due West S. S. Bolea Due West J. W. McMaban Due West Geo. R. Richardson Long Cane H. W. Gordon Due West J. A. King.... Long Cane J. H. Stark -Abbeville J. E. Evans Cedar Springs O. D. Kennedy Due West w n unnio TxinerCane J. C. Pressiy A.bbevllle W. 8. Stewart Abbeville SECOND WEEK. J. T. Ware Diamond Hill L. O. Speer Magnolia Henry Taggart Calhoun Mills Carl B. Wosmansky Abbeville 8. E. Cowan Bordeaux T. W. Mara : Calhoun Mills T. P. Queries Abbeville H. 8. Canon, Jr Calhoun Mills 8 J. Link Abbeville J. L. Hill Abbeville Frauds Henry Abbeville P. Carl Mllford Diamond Hill J. T. Drennan Lowndesvllle A. B. Cbeatbam Abbeville Alf Lyon : Abbeville J. T. Deason Bordeaux W. L. Dawson Long Cane R. Q,. Williams Diamond Hill R. B. Ferguson Diamond Hill Geo. W. Mllford Long Cane T. F. Uldrlch Lond Cane R. A. Coleman Donalds L. A. Gil 11 beau Abbeville T. B. Mllford.'. AODevinu W. A. Hngen Long Cane J. L. M. Mabry Abbeville E. C. Mescblne Lowndesvllle C. E. Sbarpe Donalds W. H. Boyd : Magnolia Geo. R. Black Diamond Hill J, S.J. Wakefield Diamond Hill W. C. S. McClelland Diamond Hill S. J. Todd Due West Asa Hall Diamond Hill M. L. Williams Abbeville B. Bonn Allen Lowndesvllle Grand Juror*. OLD ONES. I R. B. Cllnksoales Dae West R. A. Ware - Diamond Hill 1 W. L. Monday Long Cane E. B. 8barpton - Bordeaux Robt. Serogglns Diamond Hill Geo. M. Smith Magnolia W. F. Seawrlgbt.... Donalds , 8. W. Sutherland Diamond Hill ' J. T. Loftls Lowndesvllle i H. H. Shaw Lowndesvllle T. Lanier Due West ' Wm. Parnell Lowndesvllle \ NEW ONES. .. L. B. Ramey, 1 Charles Bolts, J. T. FortlscQe, G. E. Nickels. L. E. Bryant," J. A. GLlmor, j * 1 i MBS. MORRISON. i Died at 79, Trailing In taer Snvionr. | Mrs. Morrison, mother of Mr. Wm. i Morrison, died at his home, on Friday mornag, January, 10, 1904, aged 79 yearn. She ' lad been a great sufferer for years. On tbe morning of her death she arose about two >'olook, and passed away about eight o'clock irhlle seated before the Are. Her last words i <o her pastor, Rev. Charles Friend, were, "I im trusting In my dear Saviour." short services were conducted at tbe home by ber Das tor. Interment took place at the family jemetery on Mr. Ben MoIlWaln's farm. A arge number of friends and neighbors at ten- i led the services at tbe bome and at tbe grove, i A gentle, patient, Christian woman has eft us. 1 "Driven From Home" vas the name of a play presented at the El>erton Opera House Wednesday night by a sompany of splendid amateur actors and ac ressestoa large and appreciative audience, fbere were several specialties worthy of more ban passing mention, some of which wengreeted With enthusiastic applause. Several inndred people were preseit. This com pan \ vlll visit Eiberton aealn In about two week? ind preseut another one of the charming >lays from its repetolre. "The Tribune" (El>erlOD, Oa ) ^ I ? SALESDAY. Ugh Winds, Cold Weather and a Few Sales. Monday, being legal day of Rales, the Master lold the following property, to wit: Three lots let the town ol Dae West, contain- i ng 8 acres, more or less. Lot No. 1. bounded by MalD and Bonner Streets and lots 2 and 3, sold to Arch Kenledy for 81,065. Lot No. 2, bounded by W. K. Peorson and ots 1 and 8, containing 6-10 of an acre. Sold a Joe NaDce for 82S0. Lot No. 3, bonnded by lots 1 and 2 and bj W. F. Pearson and Bonner Street, containing ;9.100 of an acre. Sold to Joe Nance for 8225. FOR SALE! Why not Patronize Your Neighbor and a Home Industry When the Product is as Oood, Certainly and Probably Better, and Price no Higher than the Imported ? Pea Vine Hay baled. Crab Grass Hay baled. Wbeat Hay baled. Cat la tbe dough and almost equal to grata for feeding animals.) 45 sores of CorD Stover. (A stronger forage tban bay.) 8,000 Bundles Prime Fodder. Tbe above was out and cured In the green stage and before frost, nor did any rain fall on it before being boused. Bushels Mexican Jane Corn. Tbe only corn which will surely mature on wheat or oat stubble, or when planted In Jane.) A lot or Home-Made Vinegar. 3ood and sharp. Made purely from vegetable matter. , ! Golden-Bronze Toras (Goblers) for breeding. , L Yoke of well broken and young oxen. Canned Blackberries nannnri Peaches and ADDles. , Canned Tomatoes and Okra. Canned Tomatoes and Okra Soup. Canned Sausages (all pork.) j Squabe and Fresbed Layed Eggs, ' for the sick. Honey In Sections, sealed and paoked (or , shipment. Dne-hair fall blooded O. I. C. Chester Pies. 1 Bunch Yam and Hayti, Eating and Seed Potatoes. Peterkln Cotton Seed lor Planting. ARTHUR PARKER. ! Jan. 4,1904. t( Mil ford'* Local*. For colds nnd coughs take Mllford's White Pine and Tar. Phone 107. ( Qreat Scott! You ought to see Mllford's ( lne of stationery. ] Pit. the latest and best game out, for sale i it Mil ford's up-to-date drug store. Phone , (YT I For pains and aches use Rex Plaster, tbe >n earth. For sale by C. A. Mllford. Phone c 107. g We are after yonr business and If you don' reep moving we will get It before 1905. Mil'ord's drug store. < Mllford'a drug store Is bead quarters for fresh candy. Phone 107. ^ When you want tobacco by the box, remember C. A. Mllford has everything you 1 want at tbe right price. 8 . . , ? An Aoinjal Story Por . '/ Utile PolHa MOW THE 1 Rabbit Trap Worked When the rabbit familv strolled through the field one day they came across a trap that had been set to catch them. Mamma Rabbit and little Charlie Rabbit didn't know what it was, but Papa Rabbit 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. ' ?<TXTK?4. 4m rTVn.lU Tt.VUl YT licit u iu aa&cu \jutxtuv Miuiuif sniffing around the sides, for he could ?-*WL L_ i HE 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 be would get us In his trap and give as to his father to eat But Instead of 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 tbe 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 Is It?" asked his father. "Never mind: you so over and see for pourself," said Jimmy, for he wanted bo 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 bead 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, ril teach you a little lesson that you will never forget" And with that he pitched Into Jimmy and gave him such a lambasting that he will never forset as Ions as he lives to tell the tale. And all the time the rabbit family sat over in the'tall grass and snickered as they thought what a terrible fate they had escaped and how sorry little Jimmy must feel that he had ever tried to ca^rh them to make a meal for his father.?Chicago Tribune. At? Aoinjal Story For Utile Folks THE Fish That Was Unselfish "What a wonderful piece of good fortune it was that that fisherman dropped his bait box overboard P* said 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 It carried over to my house." "But It doesn't belong to your exclaimed Mr. Minnow, half angrily. "It Is mine." Mr. Snnflsh bit his lips thoughtfully. I -?" J HE. sunpish and MB. minnow. "Very well," he Bald 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 sxmfish cheerily. "Well, why aren't you?" asked the minnow. "Simply becauso I have already got >ut of the box all the best that it con* tained." Mr. Minnow's countenance fell, and be 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. Let us only be patient; and let God 1 )uj Father teach his own lesson his >wn way. let us try to learn it quick- f y ; but do not let us fancy that he 1 ill ring the school bell and send us ,o play pefore our lesson is learned. I "-1J Violf Anna ( V7U1U UUC auuuuc UUll vuyo: iugar, one-half cup butter, oue cup,J iweeet milk, one teaspoon cream tartar, |' >ne half teaspoon soda, nutmeg, tdree ' ;ups flour, yolks of six eggs. Iron rust may be removed from cloth,1 )y salt mixed with a little lemon juice; \ )ut in the sun; if neceseary use two i ipplications. if m ' - 7 <- ' r >' AO Aninial Story For Little Folks A Tale With a Moral | Oh, Clarence, dear," cried Mrs. Rat, "What have you found to eat? I'm sure it must be something nice. And know it must be sweet." But Mr. Rat Just gruffly said, "You're right; It can't be beat!" And never offered Mrs. Rat A mouthful of the treat. He ate away the livelong day And far Into tho night His better half she wept and begged For Just a little bite, B"t Mr. Rat ate On until The bag was empty quite. Now comes the sequel, and I think It really serves him right "WHAT HAVE TOU FOUND TO BAT?" xiic ucJkk uajr uo ^uuiuicuucu w, 5*un And got both tall and fat By noon be -was at leant the slie Of any ordinary cat At dinner time poor Clarence lay Quite sick upon the mat His size more like an elephant Than that of any rat Now, sweet, forgiving Mrs. Rat, 80 worried did Bhe feel, She sought the paper bag from whloh' He ate his hearty meal. "The Magic Fertilizer!" she , Saw printed on the seal And put her little brain to work With courage and with seal. She found a-bag of alum, and A lot she did apply, And soon was well rewarded, for ( While watching by and by She saw him shrink to normal sis*,. And, with a little sigh. She gently murmured In his ear, "I'm glad you didn't die." > MORAL. If some new food you chance to find, First.try it on your neighbor; It's apt to save you suffering And others thought and labor. ?Pittsburg Dispatch. A*7 Aoinjal Story For Little Folks The Cows Revenge There was once a cow with a brass ring in ber nose that lived alone In the big pasture of Farmer Clark. One day an artist came into the pasture to paint a picture, and the cow thought it was so very fine that she said: "Won't you paint me one?" "Yes," said the artist, and be daubed a big daub of green paint right in the . TOSSED HXH UP AGAIN. center of the cow's forehead. When she reproached him for this he laughed at her and climbed the fence and went home. Not long after that be came back, though, and began to paint another picture of the trees and grass and the sky. "Oh, the beautiful sky!'* he cried aloud. "The beautiful sky! How I could live in the sky, with Its wonderful blue!" Now, the cow had crept up behind him, and when she heard him say that she lowered her head and tossed him up as high as she could. "How do you like the sky now?" she cnea as oe came uuwu. Before he had time to reply she tossed him again. * "Why don't you stay up there In the beautiful sky when I send you there?" asked the cow as he came down the second time. And then she tossed him up a, ji. When he struck the ground the ulrd time, the artist took to his heels and rah home without waiting for his picture or his paints.?Atlanta Constitution. Trait. Mrs. Greene?I hope you trust your husband implicitly Mrs. Brown?Oh, yes, indeed, but I wouldn't have him know it for the wnrid Tf hp was aware of my Derfect trust In him he might be tempted to take advantage of it, you know.?Exchange. Endeaver to be patient, in bearing with the defects and infirmities of what sort soever they be; for that thyself also hast many failings which i must be borne with by others. On the steep Hill of Difficulty, in 1 the Valley of the shadow, amid the ( jrash of a universe smiten into indistinguishab'e ruin, "Thou shalt keep , him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on Thee!" , The envious by their envy confess their inferiority; the apprciative by i heir appreciation display their equal- j tv th? fnrcrivinc hv their forerivness ihow forth their superiority, ' . J : : v- ' ' . . " " ; ? i ?/ . ' 'rP? ==a====i " , - --* ?I ^ AO Anirpai Story .or Utile Polka The Rooster's Advice || Tommy was in trouble. Tommy was also in bed, for his trouble was a bro- | ken wrist, brought on by bitting the V'm ground too hard when be fell out of the 1} apple tree. He was lying on his white -'v pillow and dreaming of the good times the boys were haying outside when the door opened, and to his gi^at amusement in walkfed Jack, the old rooster. " ^ He was carrying a big book under his '' ' ^ wing, and- be came straight for the . "-/JTaj bed. Tommy felt like crying- out "vmh mingled fear and "-Hurpfisi bM "he saw ' Jack hop up oh the ^table beside him, ' ' but his voice seemed to be tftnck some- ' 'v I where down.in his stomach. Jack said1 > nothing, but pulled a big pair of spectacles from beneath his other wing and opened a large book of notes. Tom- 1 ^ my'g eyes, bulged. "What are you going to do?' he ask- * .^| ed timidly. "Going to read you a few helpful ^ rules for climbing trees. Some from j my own valuable experience," said M Jack, winking one eye and turning the ' pages?with his claws. "If you will . ^ climb trees, you. should know how to doit" "This certainly is queer," thought Vrij TOUMT FELT LIKE CKTUTO. Tommy, "The idea at a.rooster teach* lag: mer "Let us see," Raid the rooster, read- . J tag. " 'Birds of a feather flock'?no, that's not it ' ' " Tn cases W pip be sare to'?' "Ah! Here it' Is?'Trees; flying tip Into.'" J \ ;. Jack looked- so wise that Tommy; couicuit seep uacs a some. , .... " 'Role 1.?Squat firmly oq both claws.'" 1 "But I have no claws," interrupted Tom. "That's so,"" Jack assented. "We'll try again. ' ' ; ' ^ "'Rule ^.r-Theri, spread your wings out wide.'." "But I have no wings," said Tommy. "That's very true," said Jack, putting his head first on one side and then on the other. "I hadn't thought of that ' " 'Rule 8.?Then4 hold your tall oat straight.'" _ Here Tommy bunt out laughing. "I ! never had any tail," he giggled. Jack scratched his comb and,thought for a moment "I haveitP' be cried. '"Rule 999.?Men and bays that have no claws, wings or tail should never nllmh from'" i.i! "That meets ybur case, Tommy. Take my advice and don't," saying ''-q which he jumped to the floor and vanished. Tommy rubbed his eyes,?St. Louis Post-Dispatch. AO Story For , ' L,ittlc;. Folks =Bullfrog and theGrow J The bullfrog loved the -Widow Crow, But wasn't fond of black. And said: 'Til never marry you, ' { For taste In dress you lack. , . "It you tvere like the' robin red Or like the Jay bird blue, I'd say,, 'My dear, come fly with me j ' And be my sweetheart true.' " "YOU NEED NOT FBET," THE CBOW REPLIED. "You need not fret," the crow replied; "I'd never marry thee. While true you have a greenback rare, i I cannot spend it; see? "I'm looking for a man with gold. Who has It In a pack. And not a hopping bullfrog bold With greenbacks on his hack." > -Pittsburg Dispatch. , % , i Wi Early Hablt?. "That last speaker," said tbe first guest at tbe banquet, "was quite entertaining." "Yes," replied the other, "and he's a self made man too." "I thought his delivery rather slow, though." "That's natural. He began life as a messenger boy."?Denver New?. ? . . ' Haddon's store rapidly filing up with new spring goods. Haddon's new white Mercerized waist goods are beauties. Call and see them. Haddon's new fabrlqus lor Bhirt waist suits are now on sale. Call on W. D. Barksdale when you want the beat fertilizers. If.you want school books, tablets, pencil and such like go to Speed's. White's stock of clothing la unusually large and attractive this season. He has the be?t stock or youth's boys, and children's clothing be has ever carried. When on the street drop In at Mllford'# indget the latest game out "Pit." ' * . .. -w..