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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAy I Capturing A Burglar. By Harriet timmie Smith. ft Copyright. 1007, by Mary Mo Keon. Scott sat on the step of the guildhall and fanned himself with his bat. Through tho open door came the sound of feminine voices, animated and eager. Tho young man's eyes scanned the landscape with something of wistful ness In their depths. He had noticed ono or two pretty girls lu the throng of older women who Were euglneermg the church supper, but apparently they were al) too busy for conversational dvanccs. lie reflected with a sense f Injury thnt his visit was opening tamely. "Chester!" It was lils aunt's brisk voice, ?nd Scott rose with alacrity. En ergetic Aunt Anne liked to evie people busy. In her summons he read a prom ise of occupation and welcomed it re gardless oi Its nature. Nor was ho destined to be disappointed. "This ls my nephew. Mr. Scott," said Aunt Anne,' addressing a group of la dles, who acknowledged the Introduc tion by a collective Bmlle.. "And-he'll be delighted to do ouy little errands for us," she added generously. "Now, Mrs. Anderson, toll him about your spoons." Mrs. Anderson beamed gratefully on the young mun. "I'm suro lt's awfully kind of you, Mr. Scott. You see, we're short of spoons, and I want to send you for mine. Do you know Fayette street? Yes, lt crosses Main nt right angles, and my house ls a yellow cottago on the right, with woodbine ovt the porch. You'll find the key unde" tho mot. Go straight through the hall into the dining room, and thc spoons are In the left hand drawer of the side board. It'* Just lovely of you to help us out, Mr. Scott." The other Indies murmured assent, and one or two of the young i r flashed appreciative glances in his direction. Scott's spirits rose. Ile promised a speedy return and Bturted ou his er rand, reflecting as he went on tho re freshing confidence of a community which left itu keys under the door mats and permitted strangers to have access to its bornes. He bad no difficulty in duding the yellow cottage, and the key was in Its place. Ho made his way through tho silent hall into the dining room, and here ho encountered his first check. The spoons were not *ln the drawers of tho sideboard. In fact, the> were not in the sideboard nt all, though he ransacked it thoroughly to make sure. Opening the closet door, he was re warded by the sight of a well stocked silver chest, and he possessed himself of the spoons, promising himself a laugh at the expense of the owner of tho silver, whose memory was so un reliable. "Hold v p your hands I" The inquest came in tones whose . determination could uot be mistaken, hnd Scott spun on hts heel to find him self facing a revolver. Back of the revolver was a girl. She was a rather tall girl with very white cheeks and absurdly long lashes. She wore a gar den hat, beneath which little tendril like curls festooned themselves about ber forehead. Under other circum stances Scott would have voted her charming. "Hold up your hands!" said the girl again, and Scott obeyed, reflecting that lt was better to humor her firs* and explain afterward. The spoons fh his JK : >t seemed to weigh a ton. He felt bot and ridiculous. "Your mother asked me"- he began. The girl Interrupted him. "I have no mother. Your excuses will only make a bad matter worse." Scott blt his lip. Absurd as fee sit uation was, it had a serious side. He spoke with as much dignity as was consistent with standing before a beau tiful girl with his bands on a lovel with his ears. "I was requested to come here by tho lady of the house," he insisted. "Oh, Indeed! Then perhaps you will tell me her name." . Scott racked his brain. In the dis traction of that general introduction Mrs. Anderson's namo hod failed t?, Imprint itself on his memory. I don't know her name," ho ac nowledged, "but she ls a dark haired oman, about forty-five, I should say, With n good deal of color." He would havo gone further with his descrip tion, but the young woman chocked him by a gesture not to be misunder stood. "I prefer to know no more of your preposterous fiction." she said wither ingly. "Evidently you are not as shrewd as you think yourself. It hap pens that I nm the lady of this house, ind I am going to keep you right here until my uncle comes." Scott cursed his folly. Doubtless there were yellow cottages on e-very block and all the neighborhood kept its keys under the door mat He tried to Say something about a mistake, but she would not listen. Keeping her eye upon him, she seated herself deliber ately. "Please do not move." she said, "ur I shall be compelled to shoot, and that would be very 'dan green bio for mo and considerably //orso for you." Iii the position he was compelled to assume Scott had an excellent oppor tunity for studying his captor. She was certainly a remarkably pretty girl. Tho stern determination of ber eyes could not hide their depth and luster. The pallor of her cheeks failed to disguise their oxquislto curves. The hand that held tho revolver was a very shapely one. It pained him to notice thnt the g!rl was gradually growing nervous. lier hand trembled, ner S bosom rooe sud fell aa if sobs were struggling to escape. Onco or twice ber eyes seemed almost to waver be? fore his own. "Stop looking at me Ilks that!" she suddenly commanded. 'I beg your pardon," said Scott hum bly and looked at the floor. Now that he no longer had her faco to distract him he realized that the unaccustomed position of ids arms was a moat un comfortable one. A twinge of pain contracted his face, and he sighed. "Does it hurt?" asked the holder of the revolver, with a grim pleasure in the situation. "It does," Scott acknowledged feel ingly. "On the whole," observed the girl, "lt is probably less palaful than a term in the penitentiary." 'I have no doubt that you are right," Scott agreed politely. Silence fell between them after this. They were still for so long that a little mouse crept out of the closet and scuttled like a fleck of gray cloud across the room. The girl cried out and dropped the revolver. "Allow me," said Scott, and he picked lt np and re turned it to her. Then he again raised his hands. A becoming flush routed the girl's pallor. "I guess you needn't do that any longer," she said. "And perhaps you would be more comfortable if you sat down." "Thank you," Scott said gratefully and dropped Into a chair, rubbing his aching arms with unfeigned relief. After a minute or'two lie was shocked to-discover that the girl was in tears. "1 don't see." she sobbed, "why any one who con be as courteous as you and ns considerate should ever have taken up burglary." "My dear girl," cried Scott, "I'm no moro a burglar than you are. I am a gentleman, ns you ought to begin to realize by this time. Miss Anne Bags by ls my aunt, and I stopped off here this morning on my way east to pay her a few days' visit. There ls to be a supper at the guildhall, In which she ls Interested, and as they were short of spoons one of the women bent me after hers." "It couldn't have been"- tho girl be gan, and than she stopped. There was a sound of footsteps In the hall. A well built, middle aged man came into the dining room with a cheerful "Well, Amy," and then stopped stock still In surprise. With a dexterous movement the girl had pulled tho folds of her dress over the revolver. "Uncle Charlie," she fal tered, "tills ls a friend of mine, a neph ew of Miss Anne Bagsby." The middle aged man advanced cor dially. "I'm very glad to meet you, Mr."- Ho threw a reproachful glance at the girl, blushing in the background. Scott seized his outstretched hand. "Scott--Chester Scott My aunt is in terested in a church supper which is to take place this evening, and as they were short of spoons she sent me out to borrow some. Miss Amy has kindly consented to lend rae two dozen and to give me her company at the sup per." "Oh, indeed! Well, I shall hope to see you again, Mr. Scott. Are you staying long?" asked the middle aged man, quite unconscious of a dramatic display of Indignation behind his back. "I may stay some time. I'm not quite sure." said Scott cautiously. "And now, Miss Amy, I'm afraid if we don't start at once they'll send out a search ing party for us." When they were outside, she handed him the revolver. "You have the B ons, and you might as well have this, too," she said defiantly.' "And. if you turn out to be a Baffles sort of per son I'm disgraced." He laughed at her tenderly. "You. knr w you believe in me," ho declared, "wii.mut any more explanations." And something in hts glance struck sparks from hers. *fc * Aunt Anne waa watching for bim on the guildhall steps. "Chester Scott where have you been BO long with those spoons?" Then, recognizing his companion, she stared helplessly. "Why, Amy Traynor!" "Mles Traynor and I are going for a little walk," said her nephew, "but we'll be back with good appetites for supper. Hero are some spoons which Miss Traynor has kindly loaned." He handed them over, nnd the pair moved on. Mrs. Anderson laughed at her friend's bewildered air. "So that was the at unction," sho said. "I didn't even know that Chester was acquainted with her," sighed Aunt Anne. "I was taking all the credit of hts coming to myself." Mrs. Anderson laughed again. "I guess lt's a settled thing all right," abe said, "Judging from tho way bo looked nt her and the way she blushed at him. Well, I'm glad If Amy Traynor has found somebody to suit her at last. Now perhaps somo of tho other girls will hove a chance." Old Labor Laws. Combinations of labor aro no new thing. A significant statute was passed during the reign of Edward Vi. (1647 68) of England, when "meny of the principal citizens of London, having sustained considerable Injury from combinations and conspiracies dolly concerted by journeymen and laborers, applied to parliament for redress." The statute ordained that "If any artificers, workmen or laborers do conspire, cove nant ot promise together that they shall not make or do their work but ot a certain price or rate, or shall not en terprise or take upon them to finish that work which another hath begun, or sholl do but a certain work In a day, or shall not work but nt certain times or boars, that every person so conspiring, being thereof convicted by witnesses, confession or otherwise, shall forfeit for tho first offense ?10 or havo twenty days' Imprisonment, besides being ren dered Infamous and Incapable of giv ing evidence upon oath." All county newe In The Courier. Tri? SOiL Treatment or? Low or Bottom Land?. Qraii That Will Thrive. Much of our bottom soil lu the south ls bel?g abandoned for cultivation on account ot* improper drainage and an nual damage from overflows. We must learn, rt i sf, to utilize them by having tiling or some klud of under draining and, secondly, must put them In pasture or permauent hay meadows, go we will have three chances at a crop instead of oue aud that the overflows may not wash our soil so badly. Bot tom soil has an excess of humus aud nitrogen in lt. In fertilising it phos phoric acid and potash are all that is needed to apply. Soil Analysis, It would be well Just here to give the analysis of sandy toil, clay soil aud bottom soil, so you cun see their rela tive constituents: Libe. M. Lbs.'Pbos. Lbs. Pot Per acre. 1 ft. acid 1 ft aab 1 ft Bandy soil... 3.i?K> 4.376 . M.874 Clay soil. 3.907 4.111 37.3W Bottom B<>U.00.587 10.957 10.627 This shows bottom lands to be espe cially deficient lu potash. The first es Rent lal in bundling bottom Soil ls to get lt drained properly. The majority of it ls sour und sodden. An Application of Lime. Au application of lime would help to counteract tills sourness, but getting lt properly tiled or otherwise drained so the air and sunshine cun have their perfect work will soon get it right, says Southern Cultivator. It is known by all observant men that some plants bave peculiar adaptation to various kinds aud conditions of soil. So If you cannot properly drain your bottom soil sow lt in herd grass or some grass tbat will thrive on wet lauds. A LIFTING DEVICE. An Arrangement For Removing a Wagon Box to m Platform. There are various ways of removing a wagon box \from the trucks, and In the following plan, desert beti in Iowa Homestead one of these ls brought out: REMOVING THU WAGON BOX. The upright pole ls 4 by 4 by 14 feet and ls set several feet in the ground, so that lt will be firm enough lu its posi tion to stand the strain which is re quired of lt. The platfortd on which the rear end of the wagon box rests when lt ls to be raised from the wagon j may be made any height so as to suit the height of the trucks. Two guy j wires should be attached to the pole a , foot or so from its top aud be secured eight or ten feet In the rear of the plat fbftn, The rope which is used to do tho lifting is attached at one end of the upright pole near Its upper end. From . there lt continues on tb a pulley hooked in a rope which passes around the front eud of the wagon box, then back over a pulley lu the top of the pole and down to a windlass at the rear end of the platform. When the wagon box ls In its final position on the platform, it should stand upright and should be left attached to the rope, so that lt can not be blown down in case of winda. - \ Experience With Mnnure Spreader. My ex i A? lien ce with the manure spreader teaches me that the modern method of applying manure to land ls far in advance of the old practice, s^ys a writer hi Farm and Fireside. In ap plying manure with the spreader lt ls put on uniformly, and all part? of the fle'J are equally benefited. When the manure was dumped in piles, it'fre quently happened that the work of spreading was postponed for some ?trae, and the result was that much of the fertilizing value of the manure leached out or wa? lost through fer mentation. The manure spreader not only saves the plant food elements of the manure, but also saves time and labor, as the work is all done at one time. It does two very Important things and does them well-it thor oughly fines the manure and distrib utes it evenly. Soy Boan as a Boiling Crop. One excellent feature of the soy bean, and a feature which I have seen or heard but little said about, ls that lt ls the longest staying crop we have for soiling purposes, states a Virginia farmer In the American Agriculturist This Is one of the points upon" which I wished to satisfy myself the past season. I drilled about a dozen good long rows near the barn, and on July 10, when I began to feed it In small quantities to the horses, sows and pigs, the bean had Just begun to form pods. On Oct. 15 I fed the last of these rows. Every animal thrived fine ly upon lt Hornless Cattle. The time will come when horned cat tle will be bred only as curiosities or for show purposes, as fancy breeds of poultry are now. The advantages of the mulleys are so mr.uy that the horns must go. It ls just as easy to breed cattle without horns as with horns, and it la a great deal easier to take care of thom afterward.-Farm Press. Apple Growing. An authority states that the cause of many failures In apple growing may be found in the bare stems six or eight feet high to the lowest branches. Low headed trees are usually preferable. In a general way, pruning should be done frequently with knife and thumb. <?> Tue Courier-the bost-$1 per year. THE HIGHEST BRIDGE. Span Across th* Roy?! Gorge, Colorado? Boara That Distinction. The behest tn tho world ts tho dis tinction awarded by the American tn-, ventor to tho trolley bridge ?ow under construction across tho famous Royal gorge, In Colorado, which will be 2,627 feet, half a mlle, abovo the river be low. As far as height goos, thts little bridge, only 230 feet long, will be in WORLD'S XJOFTIBST SPAN. ft class by itself, its nearest competitor being tho recently completed Zambezi bridge 1? Africa, 450 feet lu height. Just at the point where thts bridge ls to stand the abysmal chasm is only 60 feet wide at the bottom and 280 feet at tho top. The rugged opposite walls rise almost vertically. Through this narrow gorge the waters of the stream ruBh with resistless force and fury. By accurate measurement the new bridge will span the river 2,027 feet abovo the water. It will be 230 feet long and 22 feet wide. The material will be of flat steel and steel cables such ns are utilized in suspension bridge construction. The curved gird ers that support the structure will have secure lodgment at each end lu the granite sides of tho cany?n. Suffi cient space will be cut out of the solid rock on each side to secure anchorages that nothing short of a violent earth quake can loosen. Singular to say, the floor of the bridge will bo of plate glass one and one-half inches thick set In strong steel framework. This is to afford visitor* an opportunity of seeing objects-the stream, walls of the awful yawning chasm below-without becoming dizzy. On each side of the bridge will be high, strong steel railings, so that there will be no possible danger of any one falling from this unusual height. One million dollars ls the estimated cost of this bridge. CAUSE OF RHEUMATISM. Disease Duo to Overeating and Lack of Sufficient Exercise. Rheumatism, so called, is probably na common as any ailment one ever hears of, and yet If one were to ana lyze carefully the average case of rheu matism tho result would doubtless show that the disease was something very different indeed from the real thing. Almost everybody when suffer ing from a slight stiffness of u joint or a muscular soreness promptly makes a diagnosis of rheumatism, when in reality the case ls nothing more than what in technical language is known as llthaemla, sometimes called A-., .i can gout. The real disease of rheumatism ls the result of an accumulation in the Mood of imperfectly converted food, princi pally uric acid. This accumulation is due to Intemp?rance in eating and drinking and insufficient active exer cise. Heredity in some cases seems to play an Important part. In th?; great ma jority the symptoms follow q regular order, beginning with a feeling of ful ness and discomfort after meals, indi gestion, nausea and an unpleasant taste in the mouth, followed by throb bing headache, nervous irritability and vertigo, muscular pains which moy be confined to one or more muscles or skip about them one to another. Last ly and in most cases the most trouble some of nil symptoms is depression of spirits. Ute patient Imagining that he has all sorts of aliments. Persons suf fering l.'om mental disorder as a result of tliis disease bave been known to commit suicide. Fortunately these cases are not common, but lt sboiild be remembered that they are among the possibilities. 60 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS J H ADI. munn* DiaioN? COPYRIGHTS Ac. 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Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. % yl?OSKS^ IMS EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Notice, Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy The offloera of the Ooonee Monument Association are asking for the names of all soldiers from Ooonee county who were killed or died from the effects of the war before the surrender. Any ono having such a record, or any one whose kinsman died in the cause, will please take notice. This ia important, as the names will be used in the monument. J. W. Holleman will receive all letters or | communications regarding the matter. CATARRH CURED AT HOME. READER: You have had Catarrh for year?-have about decided that you connot be cured. For the flrat time you are offered a reliable, simple hom? cure for Catarrh. HERRINGS CA TARRH CURE-11.00 a bottle. Get a bottle from your dru?; ?tore on our promise that If lt doeep't help you, you can have your money back. For .ale by Walhalla Drug Company ? Buck!en's Arnica Salvo Tte Deil Salve In Tte World. BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY CO. BKTWKEN BELTON AND WALHALLA. Time Table No. 14.-lu Effect May 6, 1907. EASTBOUND 12 10 8 I 201 tl LvWalhalla. LvWest Union. ArSeneoa. LvSeneoa. Lv*Jordania Junction Lv* Adan is. LvKJherry. LvPendleton. Kv * A ullin. L?"Denver. L.V* West Anderson.... ArAnderson-Paasltap Cv Anderson-FaxsDep Lv^Anderson-FrtOep A rite I ton. A M 8 80 8 40 P M 2 27 2 32 P. M 1 40 2 01 8 68 9 00 9 16 ? 18 9 80 9 38 9 46 10 00 10 06 10 08 10 19 2 60 2 63 3 08 8 ll 3 23 8 31 8 89 8 61 8 66 4 00 4 26 4 40 4 46 6 08 6 12 6 49 6 00 6 16 6 86 6 46 PM 8 30 8 83 8 OS 7 00 7 03 7 86 WK.STUOUND - 19 28 LvBelton. Lv* Anderson-Fr't De Ar Ander? on-Pass De Lv Anderson-Pass De Lv*West Anderson.... I.v*Denver. Lv*Anton. LvPendleton. Lv^Oherry. Ly* Adams. Lv*Jordania Junction. ArBeneoe. LvBoneoa. LvWest Union. ArWalhalla. PM 4 30 4 67 12 10 12 36 6 00 6 06 6 20 6 28 6 36 6 48 6 61 6 01 12 aa 12 44 12 66 1 04 1 12 I 1 22 1 26 1 41 6 07 C 26 6 30 1 48 2 01 2 06 8 20 8 30 8 60 9 06 9 88 9 60 9 66 10 20 10 26 11 26 11 66 12 06 AM. 10 48 11 22 ll 26 PM 6 80 7 02 7 05 . Flag . - i - . Will also stop at the following stations to take on and let off pa#- utters: Pblnnoy's, James's and Handy Hpring* Ti.? -?-./ay, Welch. Nos. 9,10. il iimi 12,first class passenger,daily: Nos. 7 and f, daily except Sunday; Noa. 18,19, 2o and 23, mixed, dai'y. A. B. ANDREWS, President. J. R. ANDERSON, Superintendent. RINGS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS Relieve Indigestion and Stomach Troubles. HATIVE COI AND TAR. OONFORN18 TO MATIOI over many Cough? Lung and Broncl V acting aa t cathartic on th? bowe try refunded. Prepared by PINEULE U BELL? Walhalla. W. J. I For Ipjhpts p.nd Children. Hie Kind You Have Always Bought Boars the Signatare of In Us? For Over Thirty Years CASTOR? THC CENTAUR COMPAN*. NSW VON? O ITV. B. A. BENTLEY, I K. T. JAYNES, Manager. Attorney. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO oolleotious in the County. Try us. AddresB all communications to B. A. BENTLEY, Manager, Walhalla, S. C. MmnZan Rile Remedy RELIEVE* WHEM OTHERS FAIL Summons for Relief. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA* COUNTY OF OCONRR. Court of Common Pleas. Summons for Relief-Complaint not Served Mary Ann Erskine, Plaintiff, against George Edgar Markham, Eva Estelle Etheridge, Mary Alice Gregory, Lillian Markham, Luoy Markham, Leland Markham, Prank Markham, Joseph Ernest Markham and Sarah Elizabeth Erskine, Defendants. To the Defendant? above named : YOU are hereby summoned and re quired to answer the complaint in this action, which was filed in the offioe of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for the said County, on the 80th day of May, 1007, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at hid office, on the Pub lic Square, at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, v..thin twenty daya after the service hereof, exolusivo of i tho day of suoh service: and If you fail to answer the oomplaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff inthisaotion will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the oomplaint. Dated this the 80th day of May, A. D. 1007. [Seal] C. B. D. Burns, C. 0. P. R. T. JAYNES, Plaintiff's Attorney. June 5, 1007. 28-28 F0IEY!SH0NEY^T4R .ar?? Ooldsi TvrmAm Nwisll Delinquent Taxes. Cl.KBK AND Tltli AMII KKK1 M OFFICR, Walhalla, S. C., June ll, 1007. NOTICE is hereby given that at the dose of business on MONDAY, July 15th, 1007, Tax Executions will ho made out and served on all delinquent tax payers in the Town of Walhalla. From this date nntil Monday, July 15th, 1007, parties owing taxes for 1007 can pay same with penalty added, and sa7e costa of executions. Pay promptly and save extra costs. Tax books are open at store of MOBS & Ansel. J. A. STECK, Mayor. GEO. M. A NB RI., Clerk and Treasurer. June 12, 1007. > 24-28 .to?? tia? coutEh sus* !?. ml m lvutkgm KBLLTHS COUGH AND CURB THC LUNG8 WITH Dr. King's New Discovery FOR ?SU??, AND AIL THROAT AN? LUNQ TROUBLES GUARANTEED SATZSPAOTO&Y| OR MONEY REFUNDED. UGH SYRUP MAL PURE POOD AND DRUGS LAW? liai Rem edita, beeatiM lt ?id? th? le. No opiate*. Guaranteed to gilv? MEDICINE CO., CHICAGO. U. S. A* JUMEY, Seneca.