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TO MY LADY. Thy Toloe is like the nightingale's Which trembles in tho midnight hoon. Flooding with song the moonlit; vales. Singing to sleep the restless Howers. Yet I may walk into tbs night And listen to her music's flight, She sings har sweetest songs to mo Bat who shall say the asms of thee? Thine eyes so? like the violet's tear. Which in the hour of dawn is wept, In dreaming of some fl ow'ret dear, While the whole world in peace hath slept. Yet I may gase into the eyes Of every flower beneath the skies, They lift their pretty heads to me But who shall say the same of theef -J. Sadi ern Kenyon hi Literary World. . A PAINFUL PREDICAMENT. Stacy of a Man Who Sds-ed a Fellow Man From Suicida. "Well, I would hardly be willing to ?37," responded the physician to . an inquiry made by one of a group of listeners, "that a man who com mitted suicide was insane, for 2 know several persons who we;i noy er suspected of insanity before the act, nor have they been since, who, to my certain knowledge, have at tempted suicide. One or two cases have been public and liave got into the newspapers, but the great ma jority of them are professional se crets, and no one will ever know of them except those few who know now. That's one of the responsibili ties that a physician takes upon himself. "I recall one instance where 1 saved a man from committing sui' olde, and, though he never showed the slightest symptom of it after ward, I am positive he was crazy ai aioon at the time of tho attempt. It happened about six years ago in a western city, in a hotel where I wai the resident physician. I had met the man in the evening after dinner and had pjayed a game of chess with him in his apartments, the finest suit in the house. He had arrived at the hotel the day before alone and had asked for the best rooms, paying for them in advance. Then he had asked for the house physi cian, and as one result of our ac quaintance we were playing thia game of chess. We had had one or two mild drinks during the evening, and after the game was finished he terned the talk upon suicide, having sQme very interesting and peculiar ideas on the subject, chief of which was his utter aversion to self mur der under any circumstances what ever. He was so firm in his opposi tion that he almost lost his temper when 1 ventured the assertion that suicide might be almost justifiable. "In the midst of this conversation fae suddenly went into the adjoining room and returned with two revolv ers, which he laid down on the ta? ble between us. I didn't understand what they were for and asked him. u *WelV he answered in the cool est kind of fashion, 'the time hal come for me to die, and you have got to kill me. My soul would be damned forever if I did it myself, but if you do it my blood will not be on my own hands. There are twa revolvers. You take this one' handing me one-'and I'll take the other. As you see, they are both loaded and in perfect condition. Ii you do not shoot me within a min ute, I shall shoot you.' "He took out his watch, and, standing five or six feet from me, he counted the ticks and aimed his gun directly at my head. I saw by hu eye that he was crazy and that] would have to obey him or pay tha penalty of disobedience with my life, and still I did not want to shoot a man, however I might be justified ?nit. With this thought I lifted the revolver, and, taking careful aim, he watching me narrowly, I drew tho gun square down upon his fore head, and just as I was about to pull the trigger I threw it to one side and shot for his pistol arm. My inten tion was good, but I was excited, asd my shot only cut through the flesh without disabling him, and be fore I had time to move he had fired at my heart A case of instrument! in my vest pocket saved me, and tho next shot I fired was more to the purpose, and my host was dead Without having committed suicide. "I told the story to the landlord. Who was my friend and relative, ex actly as it occurred, but to the world ai large the story went forth that the man had committed suicide while crazed, and the faot that he had been in an asylum was sufficient guarantee that I was telling the truth. "-Washington Star. Whoa the Astrologers Were Wrong-. Not all of the ancients were su perstitious. "Where wilt thou spend Quistmaaf" asked Henry VU of {frans, a noted astrologer. "May it please your majesty, I am unable urteil." "Then I am wiser than thou," said the king, "for I know it will be in prison. " Another astrolo ger told John Galleezo, duke of ttUlan, that he would die early "And how long do you expect v, lire!" asked the duke in retui: 'Itfy lord, my star promises mo i l#e." "Never trust your ?tar, n: You are to be hanged before ui^u. cried the duke. And, sure ?amt :.. he was, and that by being thro - out of a window at the end ol rope. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of - She-"When shall I ask mother to come up and spend the day ?" He -"Wait till December-we get our shortest days theo." KEYSTONES. Some Carions Survivals That Are Found IQ London Architecture. Keystones and ?ej stone maples are only for"bfa found in classic, neo classic and renaissance architecture, by reason of the Gothic styles not using the rounded arch. The pointed windows and doorways ranging from early English to late Elizabeth an have no prominent keystones. Perhaps the best known and alto gether most notable keystone masks are those that decorate the center arch of Henley bridge. The present bridge of five arches that crosses the Thames at Henley was built in 1786. The mask facing up river is a head of Isis; thatvs/acing down stream represents the conventional idea of Father Thames, and they are really admirable examples of the sculptor's art. They were the work of that v w 7 accomplished lady, tho Hon. Mrs. Dawson-Damer, who at that time resided at Park Place, Henley. She was cousin to Horace Walpole, for whom she carved an eagle so exquisitely that he wrote under it-this enthusiastic cousin, "Non Praxiteles sed Anna Darner me fecit." So, you see, Praxiteles can never filch the credit of that piece of sculpture from this lady artist of the eighteenth century. But the Hon. Mrs. Dawson-Damer was, after all, only an amiable ama teur. She gave her work to the bridge authorities-a most repre hensible vagary-yet the recipients were grateful, as witness the "Bridge Minutes. " True, they only acknowledge one mask: "May 6, 1785. Ordered that the thanks of the commissioners be given to the Hon. Mrs. Darner for the very elegant head of the River Thames which ehe has cut and presented to them for the keystone of the center arch of the bridge." There are several good examples of sculptured keystones in London. There ie an elaborate design, for in stance, over the western doorway cf St. Bride's, Fleet street, contem porary with Wren-possibly his work. It exhibits that widespread convention of the winged cherub, podgy and smiling, whom you may find gracing all the city churches in different positions of usefulness, now as a keystone, now a corbel, and again, most appropriately used as a decoration for fonts. The Guild hall museum-that olia podrida o? London antiquities, from E oin an o - British old boots and potsherds to massive Jacobean carved fireplaces -has two keystones in its crepuscu lar crypt. One came from an old house in Paternoster row, now de molished. It was the keystone of a window. Another, from the door way of a house in Spital square, il an example of that very debased art, the domesticated keystone! mask, so to speak. There was at the encl of last century and at the be ginning of this quite a classic rage. Buildings fondly believed to be oi classic design sprang up every where, and traces of that fallacy ard to be seen at this day, even in tho undistinguished streets of what were at that time the suburbs of London. Parts of the Marylebone road, the Clapham road, the OM Kent road, and many streets of Ken sington and Brixton, show this de based classicism, and many of these houses bear keystone masks over their arched doorways. For the most part, however, they are not sculp tured. They are of perhaps half a dozen different patterns, and they are nearly all cast in plaster from a mold; also, the would be classicism of them is generally very dreadful to look upon. A keystone that no longer fulfills its office of completing an arch is to be seen in the shape of a grotesque head built into the wall of a house in King's Cross road above a singu lar tablet bearing the inscription, "This ie Bagnigge House neare th? Pindar a Wakefeilde, 1680." The "Pindar of Wakefield" was the sign of an old inn that stood near here and took its name from a popular play of that title that was written in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Bag nigge House, too, is gone, and also Bagnigge wells, that one time fash ionable suburban spa. There is an archway in the renata sance style leading into New square, Lincoln's Inn, that has a sculptured keystone on either side-gaping and glowering masks that look down with forbidding aspect upon the barristers and solicitors, the attor neys and olerks who pass beneath them continually to and from the law courts across the street. Dour and threatening they are and typi cal of the terrors of the law to un successful suitors, mulct in heavy costs, but never yet have portents, even more insistent than these guardians of the legal precincts of Lincoln's Inn, dissuaded the angry and litigious Briton from rushing in where ofttimes lawyers fear to treed on their own account.-St. James Budget. TSae man who gambles is a de luded fool, but the man who gam bles when be continues to lose is a colossal fool.-Henry Sutphin. The Best Plaster. A piece of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm and bound on to the affected parts is superior to any plaster. When troubled with a pain ic thc chest or side, or a lame back, give it a trial. You are certain to bc more than pleased with the prompt relief which it affords. Pain J?alm is also a certain cure for rheu matism. For sale by Ilill-Orr Drug Co. - Our worst misfortunes hover oo the brink of our apprehensions. eambltBC. HOW GOOD COFFEE IS MADE. Different Methods lu Uso nt New York Hotels and Instaurants. If there :is ono particular branch of the culinary art in which the av erage housewife prides herself, it is in her ability to make good coffee. As far ae compounding the favorite breakfast beverage is concerned, she nine times out of ten does not delude herself, but ask any man who is the least bit of a bon viveur and he will tell you that not one woman in 100 can make an after dinner coffee that is fit to drink. The coffee that is sot before him at the family table is as different from the clear, brown black stimulating liquid that is served in the clubs, restaurants and big hotels as is wa ter from wine. He wonders why this should be; but, were he to pay a visit to the precincts sacred to the etewards of our large hotels and there learn just how much time, care and money are devoted to tho preparation of this one concomitant of a well served dinner, his respect for the housewife's efforts would probably increase, while his enjoy ment of 'the postprandial nectar would doubtless be augmented. One of the most important officials in every large hotel and restaurant in the city is known as the "coffee man." Hi3 sole duty consists in. 'buying, blending and making the gallons of coffee that ore consumed daily by the guests. He is very apt to have pronounced ideas regarding blends and mixtures, but his fad par excellence is the particular kind of coffeepot or urn to be used in con cocting the beverage. The views of the Waldorf coffee man differ from those of the super intendent ol' the Imperial. At the Fifth Avenue another blend and an other mode of compounding are adopted, while at the Arena tue method of coffee making is peculiar ly their own. At the Waldorf the blend favored for breakfast coffee is two-thirds of a pound of Mocha to one-third of Java. Tho Waldorf cof fee man does not favor coffee that is finely ground, but soaks it in cold water for a full hour before it is put in the large sieves of the countless huge silver urns of tho establish ment. For breakfast he uses about a pound of coffee to 5 quarts of wa ter. This is ]>oured through the sieve and strainers, which are arranged in the urns in the regulation French coffeepot fashion, four times. The result is a clear, amber colored liq uid of excellent flavor and strength For the after dinner coffee he pre fers a blend that ia composed o? rather more Java than Mocha, and but 4 quarts of water are allowed to the pound. The process of making is the same. At the Arena coffee ia made on the tables in Viennese coffeepots by what is known as the steaming process. There the mixture consist! of equal parts of Mocha and Java. About an ounce is allowed to each individual pot. The pots themselves are quaint looking affairs of ham mered brass, porcelain lined and with glass tops. Underneath is swung a small spirit lamp. In the body of the pot is placed a sufficient quantity of coldwater, while the al lotted ounce of Mocha and Java ifl put, perfectly dry and very finely ground, in the glass top. When the water boils, the steam slowly as cends through a tube, and as it per meates the dry coffee drop by drop the pure coffee essence falls into a receiver, with the result that a per- ; fectly pure, full flavored coffee of tho fullest strength is obtained. This process is also used hy many of the quaint restaurants affected by the foreign element, but the coffee used is the strong black blend popularly known ag Turkish. Russian coffee , is also made in the Viennese pots. '< The mixture consists of equal parts of Rio, Mocha and Java, t(*?vhicb has been added a tablespoonful ol dark brown sugar, a tablespoonful of rum and a liquor glass of kum- , mel. I At both the Imperial and the Fifth Avenue the Mocha and Java mix- j ture is favored, but at these hotehi both French and Viennese pots are tabooed, and the old fashioned meth od of straining the coffee through a flannel bag prevails.-New York Times. Antiquity of Welsh Melodies. The antiquity of many Welsh melodies is traced with difficulty, but there are good reasons for be lieving that "The March of the Monks of Bangor" dates back to tho event which it celebrates and that it was in reality the strain by which those devoted men, the white monks of Bangor Iscoed, marched to their , -bloody fate at the hands of the Sax on savages. The mingling of major and minor phrases is one of the in ternal evidences of age. A fine mar tial tread sounds through each measure, combined with the spirit of exalted piety, and the rhythm boldly paints the long procession of white cowled monks bearing peace ful banners and in faith taking their way to Chester to stimulate the valor of their countrymen away back in the seventh century.-Look er On. - Not many tears are shed when the man dies who has lived only fir himself. Pitts' Carminative is pleasant to the taste, aets promptly, and never fails to give satisfaction. 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AN Election will be held at the several precincts established by law io Anderson bounty, on Tueeday, November 8tb, 1898, for the following officers, to wit: Govern or, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller General, State Treasurer, Adjutant and Inspector General, State Superintendent of Education, One Railroad Commis sioner, one Senator, five Representatives to the lower branch of the Legislature, one Supervisor, one Superintendent of Education, one Probate Judge. The polia will be opened at 7 a. m., and kept opeu with ut intermission until 4 o'clock p. m. The following named per ?ons have been appointed Managers for State and County elections : Anderson C. H.-A. H. Osborne, T. W. Norria, J. A. Hays. Belton-J. R. Harris, T. J. Cox, J. M. Vaughn. Craytonville-P. B. Griffin, W. C. Robinson, J. M. Mitchell. Cen ter ville-A. B. Bowden, G. W. Gainen, Andrew McCoy. Pendleton-E. H. Sbanklin, S. L. Es kew, W M. Gibson. Sandy ?pilngs-J. W. Rothrock, T. P. 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