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WOMAN'S WEAPON. "What is a woman's weapon?" I asked a channing girl. She dropped her lashes shyly And stroked a vagrant curl. Then consciously she murmured This rosebud newly out "I have a strong suspicion Her weapon is a pout." "What is a woman's weapon?" I asked a lover true. Ho turned him to a maiden With eyes of heavenly blue. Her velvet lips were parted, All innocent ol' guile, And eagerly he answered, "Her weapon is a smile." '.What is a woman's weapon?" I asked a poet then. With sudden inspiration He seized upon his pen. ?'Oh! I could name thousand," He cried 'n ace -tits clear. .'But woman's surest weapon, 1 grant- you, is :i tear." -St. Louis Republia SECRET CF A STILL. Captain Jumes Peters, riding bom.3 from a raid into tho moonshine counties, stopped at Jared's store and asked for a drink. A jug was taken from the shelf and a finger's length cf clear, yellow whisky was poured out. "No moonshine in this sto', yon see, captain," remarked Mr. Jared. "Humph !" And the captain's keen eyes glanced toward the loungers in anti about the store. "Reckon it' I took a notion I could unearth some moonshine an spot some moonshiners not fur off. " "Captain, you mustn't Le eo suspi cious. " Captain Peters only laughed. He was very good humored, this mountain ter ror, except when, as they would say, his blood was np. Then it was as safe to meet a starving tiger. "Seems to me's if yon had somethin on yonr mind," remarked Airs. Peters that same evening. "Ye-es, " said the captain, "I'm plagued abort.them Jared boys. I can't ketch 'em nohow." A knock at; the door, and a young fel low came in and shook hands eagerly with the captain. His name was Mad dox. Captain Peters had picked him np in Nashville and employed him "on trial." "I was jest a-speakin o' the Jareds, " he said. "I'm pretty sore they've got a still somewhar. They look me in tho eye too powerful innocent to be all right. Now I've just got a notion in my head, if I only had anybody I could trust"- Maddox drew himself up alert, watchful as a listening sentinel. "What can't be done oneway must bo done an other," said Captain Peters slowly, and he and Maddox ha? a long, whispered conference. A few days Mer a peddler stopped at Bleylock's and asked for a drink of wa ter. Old Mother Bleylock sent Eliza to the spring for a fresh bucketful, and the peddler, after refreshing himself, opened his pack. " 'Pears's if we oughtn't ter trouble yon," she said, " 'cause we can't bay a pin's wuth. " "Jest for tbs pleasure, ma'am, " said the gallant peddler. Tho pack was opened, a ad three pairs of eyes grew big with delight. " 'F you'll wait till pa comes home, I'll make him buy.ine thac collar, " said Janey, the younger of the Bleylock girls. "P'raps Dick Oscar'd buy you a pres ent 3f ho was here," suggested Eliza. "If 'tain't makin too free, I'd" liko to say I admire Dick Oscar's taste," said tho peddler with an admiring glance. Janey responded with, "Oh, yon hush!" and a to;s of her head, and old Mother Bleylcck said, "The boys most generally always paid Janey a good deal o' attention." She possessed a bold prettiness, this mountain pink. Brown skinned, black eyed, red lipped and a way of dropping her head cn her swelling neck and look ing mutiny from nuder her heavy brows. Eliza was a thin slip of a girl, with a dsmcio but vacant look in her blue eyes, and a shy, nervous manner. "I'll tell you the truth, ma'am," re marked the peddler to the mother, "you could take these girls o' yourn to Nash . ville, an people in the streets would fol low them for their good looks. An that's heaven's own truth. All yo' fam ily?" "Lor no; I've got three boys." "All at home farmin, I s'pose:" "Yaas." "Now, :bont these geeds o'minc, " said tho peddler. "If yon could put me . np for a few days, we might make a trade. I'm 's tired 's a lame horse, an wouldn't want nuthin better'n to rest right hero. " "I'd like nuthin better'n to take you. But th' ain't no use savin a word till pa gits home. Ho ain't no hand fur ; strangers. " "Well, I won't be a stranger louger'n 1 I can help, " said the agreeable peddler, j "My name's Pond-Marcus Pond- j Nashville boy, but a rollin stone, you know. I've peddled books au sewing machines au no end o' a lot of traps giuerally. Fond of travel, you see, hut j .?jest's steady as old time. Never drink when I travel. Premised my mother I wouldn't." " :Tis a good thing," said Mother Eley lock, with energy. "I do despise to see a fuddled mau. Whisky ain't lit fur nuthin but tb fatten hogs on. " Father Bleylock came lu;-nu and be yond a stare and a silent nod took little notice of th'j peddler. Ho was a tall man, thin, taciturn and yellow, and with a neck so small that bis head pre sented tho appearance of being stuck on with a pin. He lighted his pipe, and after a sooth- ? ing interval of smoking, "Peddler 5d like to stopover a period." said his wife. Puff, puff. "Don't see no objection. " ' Puff, puff. Mr. Pond, as he had promised, soon j ceased to bo a stranger. The old mau discoursed on the grievances of taxes, and the old woman, after the manner of mothers, talked about her daughters. "My gals is eddicated," she would j say-"been over to Cookvillo mouths an months a-schnoliu. But lor, thar's some folks you can't weed tho badness out'n, an Janey's a spitfire, she is. Seem's if Dick Oscar wants to nave her, I but he acts .kinder curious about it blow hot, blow cold. Dnuno. Now, Lizy is different. Can't tell why, Iess'n 'tis that I went to camp meetin an professed awhile befo' she was born. Somehow she's always been delicater r,u quieter like'n any of my children." The Bleylock boys, easy, rollicking fellows, treated the peddler very much as if he had been a harmless though un necessary cai a Donc cue uonse anir-wcj surprised when Dick Oscar, droppin in one evening, informed tbem that the were all a pack of fools for "takin i a stranger so freo and easy. " "Why, I ain't paid no more attentio to the man 'n if he'd 'a' been a preacb er, "said Sam Bleylock. " Seems 's i thar ain't no harm to him. " "He's a very God fearin man," sai Eliza softly, "an a powerful reader c the Bible." " 'F you'll take my say so. you'll gi quit o' him," said Dick Oscar. "He's got such beautiful taste," sail Mother Bleylock. "It's as good's goi: to tho city to look at his things." "I see he's a-dressin you np, "sail Oscar, with a sneer at the new ribbai the girls wore ronna their necks. Janey sprang up. Her face reddened In an instant she had torn CIT tho rib bon and stamped her foot on it. "That' how much I care for him an his rib bons!" she cried. "Don't fly tjuito off the handle," sah Mr. Ciscar coolly. Poor .Taney. She had hoped io pleasi h?r lover by her scorn cf the paddler') giff, but she was (r?an:::;- tn the conclu sion that he was a hard man to please She was a passionate young animal and she had thrown her.-eil into hi arms with a readiness that robbed ber self of her graces. He liked te sting am stroke her alternately and was about ai unsatisfactory a lover as Janey ci have found on tho Cumberland; Bc sh;? liked him, saw with his eye thought with his thoughts. Natural!} ehe turned against tho peddler, am from this timo setlherself to watch That harmless young man in tl meantime was doing what be could. J ? wandered about the country, selling such little things as the people could buy, "pumping" the Bleylock boys ami making love to tho Bleylock girls. The pumping process was rewarded with about as much success as would at?< nd fishing for a soul through tho eye < skeleton. . In the lovemaking there was moro hope. Janey was accessible to flattery and encouraged him with little looks of fire. But there was something in her eyes bo did not trust, and he was a wary mau, the peddler. Besides, she slapped his faco when ho tried to kiss her. But he soon grow to believo that Eliza-simple, unsuspicious, serious would bo as clay in his bauds. Chance favored Miss Janey, ?ho was bathing one warm day in tho creek that ran ont from the spring when she saw Eliza and the peddler coming, like Jack and Jill, to fetch a pail of water. Be ing naked, Janey could not get away, but she slid along to a cool inlet over hung with tree brauches and so hidden waited for thom tc do their errand. Of course they stopped to talk. "That pink ribbon becomes your black hair mightily," said the peddler. EJiza blushed. " We're just country girls, you know, Mr. Fend. Wo don't havo many pretty tliii;^.-: Seems as if tho boys don't have any money left after buyiu tho sugar an flour, au molasses au things." "Meat, 1 .s'pese, " said thc practical peddler. "No; we raise our own meat. Pa ha.s a powerful los o' lings." "So!" "But I expect you don't take much inter?s1: in country life, Mr. Pond?'' "Why, my dear"-and Mr. ' Pond slipped his arm around Eliza-"I'd like the best in thewcrld tosettledowu ina country just like this. A follow gits tired tram pin ai and. But I'd want two things t.> maire ! ie happy." Eliza looked a: bin with happy con fidence. "First, R little wife that was gentle in her ways, au t ;: od rel: ?ions girl, au ono with black lo set ol?* tho pink ribbins i d : rr I her, an a fieet foot an a red moni b Here Mr. Pond to a f all stop with a kiss. "An the ether thing?" v:iih ? bright blush. The peddler gr. . : radical again. "Well, it's un thin n some way to make a livin v say I married a sweet girl up tho Cu ubi eland au made a little crop It's ton i i-1 rn git it to market i might, nnn ir, into whisky, but lately gov'mont ?J turned meddler, au is a-breakin stills right an -eft through tho conn "They do hido '< a ?? metimos, " said Eliza in a balf whisper, "so 't a bloodhound could hardly sc? nt 'em. An a very goof! business it is, an thu hogs iive tin the mash." "Do you know o' any such stills, my little darliu?" But she drew back a little. "Et* I do know o' any, " she said, "i'vo promised not to tell o' "em." "Not to the man as isgoin to bo your husbaud?" "Not to him until ho is my hus band." Ano blushing, but resolute, Eliza lilied her pail and started for tho house. Under tho water Janey clinched her hands. "Dick was right," sho thought, "au I see his game. He's a spy, an Eliza's a fool." She knew that she had bear:1, enough to justify her lover in his suspicions, enough to put thi tn all on their guard. A passionate exultation fired her blued us shu thought of tho servico sho should render Dick Oscar, bis praise, tho re ward of his rude kisses. i'j-.-.t, alas for Janey! Something.had. rubied her sweetheart's temper when they next met. Be foro sh i could ap proach the subject oi which sho was full stinging words had passed between them. "Dick," Faid Janey hoarsely, "d'ytra mean that you're goiu h ick from your word; that you ain't a-goiu to marry mer' ' "Marry h-1 !" said Mr. Oscar, aad he walked olT. "I want to speak lo you," said Janey that night to tho peddler. "Can you git np in tho morn in boin' tho foiks ia Htirrin?" "Of course I can, when it's to meet ? a gal like you." Privately ho wondered at her pallor j and lurid eyes. Morning came. As the stars were drowsily getting out of thu sun's way, Janey and the peddler met by tho spring. "You needn't lio to me," said she harshly. "I've found you out. you're up tho Cumberland spyiu for wildcat stills. I'll take you to uno." "But, my di ar, is: this a trap? I'm nothiu but a poor, harmless peddler." "Come, then, my harmless peddler," said the girl, with a sneer, "au I'll show you sometbin to make your mouth water." _._? . She Strock- through the woods, au be followed, alternately hie-sing au wondering at his luck. What thread lc her he knew not. Fallen logs lay in tl way, thickets opposed, dense foliage hi all signs of paths, but on shu wen above, around, amid, athwart obstach of every kind. And finally, girdled au guarded by trees and rocks, was tl hiddeu still, where the corn was chang ed into the flowing moonshine thi maketh glad the heart of man. Tho peddler could hardly keep bac a shout. Ho had won his spurs. It W? a much larger concern than he had c? pected. Some hops were rooting abor the sodden earth. The monotonous drij ping of water mingled with thu grunt of these poetic animals. Janey leaned against a rael: hreathin heavily. The peddler thought ho woul about as soon touch a wildcat as spea to her. Nevertheless he did. "JB'?ong t' your folks':" ho said. '.' 'T b'iougs to Dick Oscar, an yo know it." said tho girl fiercely. "2?o\ I'm goiu '.vick home." " Yo' don't know of any moro such,1 ii;-: insatiate peddler, * * Jv in ronni leo;.;! up here?" ''I've done enough. An look hore Keep your tongue between your teeth Tell that i fetched you hero, an yoi wi tr i . e many J ?ore sun ups with thor spyiu ' yes .*' 2.1 r. Pcm: was a tolerable woodsman and he lcd Captain Peters ahdhisscout to tho moa';3taiu still without trouble T?. y were -?li titer;:-tho Bleylock boys Che rather .and young Uscar. They wer hard ar work and. surprised, wen '.< m Icnffed without the dring of a gun Who so crestfallen as tan toiling aii.;::!.;.\ moonshiners? Who so jubilan as tho long whiskered captain: Hi would have sung a poan had he knowi how. AH it was, he chewed a great dca of tobacco and unbuttoned his lianne shirr for expansion. The prisoners were halted at the Uley loch cabin f ir baggage and goodbys. Titcy were to go to tho penitentiary. 3irs. Bleylock and Eliza wept ant' moaned their fate;- but Janey was still, her brown lids veiling the dull lire o? her eyes. "Janey, my girl," said Oscar, draw ing her apart, "I spoke np rough to yor t'other day. But don't you mind it. 'Twarn't nuthin but jealousy." Her eyes softened. Mountain pinks, ns well as some fino ladies, consider jealousy .as tribute to their charms. "Perhaps I'll never come back," said he. She seized him by the arm. "Dick, what can they do to yon:" "Dunno. Most likely I'll kill some body tryiu lo git away an bo strung." .laney burst into tears. "Shouldn't wonder if you married oneil' the Jareds, " he said, piling on the gloom. "Dick Oscar, I promised to marry yon, an 1 don't go back from my word. " "No, an 1 don't," cried Dick. "There ain't as pretty a shaped girl tts you cm she (.'timberland, an if ever ? do git :. iel:" Ho whispered tho rest in Janey's ear, and shu clung to him, blushiug a deep, deep rose. " 'S jest one thing 1 want to know," .aili old .Bleylock tts they tramped to Nashville. "How'd you lind us':" Tho captain laughed. "Been entertaiuin a peddler, haven't you: Which one o' your gals 'd ho make up to?" Father and brothers swore. Dick Os car nodded to his discernment- with hu man triumph. A few days later a young girl walked into Nashville who bad never been in ii city before. She asked but one question -thu way to thu governor's house. That uccessiblo mansion was readily lound; doors were swung open, and, an nounced by a sie;'})}' darky, Janey Bleylock stood in tho governor's pres ence. With a line and courteous manner that gentleman listened, struck hy lier figure, her full vcico and passionate eyes. He promised to uso his iulluenco with tin- president to procure a ??ardon for Dick Oscar and thu Bleylocks, and Janey was allowed to go to the prison with the cheering news. Tim mountain girl was heard of in high circles. Hearts beat, warmly in lovely southern bosoms, and they made a ki roino cl' Janey. "Why don't you marry here':" said a beautiful enthusiast, who had called to seo Janey, and kissed her because shu knew so well how to love. "Marry hort) and I'll give you a wedding dress." "So we will, " caid Dick Oscar, when he was out of prison. And Janey -..vent home a wile, as i.' the stars har! been diamonds and strung like ti larkspur chain i or her neck-lu ther, brothers, husband, sheltering ia;:' ia their love. Mrs. Bleylock and Eliza ran to mest them. Eliza thought perhaps soma one else would come witli thom. Had not her lover left her with a kiss and promise to coom back? Thu jniik ribbon was round her neck. Ih r lins wert: parti d in a happy, vacant emile. The old father was in advance. He thrust our his arm as Eliza drt w near. "Don't you speak to mo!" "Pappy !" "D-n voa,.' caitlin tongue! Keep away from my hands!'.1 Tho smile had gnni-. The vacant look spread over tin: face r!:;it- turned help lessly to lu r brothers. "You ought to be whipped Ilka ,~a nigger," said Sam Bleylock. "What 'ri you trll chut.peddler 'bout Oscar's still for? Might ';i' known he was i'oolia you. " "1 didn't tell where the still was." "Hob, yon lie too." And hu father, passing Ly, struck her with tim back of his hand. "Shame on you, pappy!" and Janey rim to her sister, over whose lips tho blood was pouring. Her husband drew Janey away. "Don't touch her," ho said, with a look of disgust. "Shu ain't lit. " A wild, terrified look swept over Janey's face. Should .-he gras]) itt thu wind blowing in the treetopsabovo her? Shu caught Dick Oscar's ?inn, holding it fiercely, i lure was some) bing to clasp, tu cling to. Her Mini shriveled in her ardent body. Afterward Eliza Bleylock seomed t'i wither away. She repeated her di nial of having been n traitor, but noone ever believed hi r. She worked hard, and was used roughly. She had never j bei n strong. Sometimes shu stole away and nursed Janey's baby, who seoim tl to lovu her. Dat nevi c when Dick < >.-: car was at home. One dav. sitting bv tho soring alone. coo weak since a Jung timo to worK, sou leaned lier head against a tn:o and with ono moan, too faint to startle the sing ing birds, shu died. Her mother and Janey dressed her cleanly and tied around her neck a pink ribbon that they found in her Bible. And sho was buried, with very little said about it, in the valley.-Sherwood Bouuor in Argonaut. A Fortunato Iteply. Tho Duko of Ossuna, who during his long career as viceroy of Naples was distinguished as much for his sound good sense in small matters as in thoso larger questions of statesmanship which made him ono of tho foremost men of Eurone, unco paid a visit to the Cape galley at Barcelona. As hu passed iu and out among tho crew of slaves ho questioned several of them regarding their offenses fur which they wero su laboriously paying tho penalties. Each had ple nty of excuses. Ono said ho had ; i sent thero from spite; another as serted that tho judge who sentenced him had !:een bribed; still another de clared that his beicg thero was all a. mistake At last tho duko carno toa stout little black fellow of whom ho asked: "And Wims aro you hero for, my man':" "My lord," replied tho slave, "I can not deny that I am justly put in here, lor I wanted money, and so tool: a purse near Tarragona to ker.p me from starving. " Upon hearing this tiic duke gave him two or three blows across the shoulders with his stick, saying as ho did so: "You rogue, what aro yen doing among so many honest, innocent men? Cet you ont of their company." Tho thief, who was so surprised that be scarcely comprehended what was go ing' on, was then set at liberty, while the rest were left to labor at tho oar. Harper's Round Table. Hoys nuil rilen. Dull boys oftcu become clever and successful men, but this is simply on aecouu? of tho fact that dull boys aro ou ly slow boys and it takes moro time for their braius to grow than tho others. 1 It is steady work, ceaseless endeavor, ; that tells. Then, again, wo forget that a bright boy may be handicapped by other qualities. Ho may not have the physical strength or energy of the other, while the dull boy is carried forward by never failing energy and strength, fer it is often his dullness at school whicli makes the dull boy's subsequeut success so conspicuous. How many dull boys havo become still duller men! Liko tho old reproach : about ministers' sous, oue bright boy that turns out ill is mado to stand for the whole class, and ono dull boy that | turns out well glorifies his wholo class. Notwithstanding all our inventions, all our progress, tim old Scripture doctrine still ladds good-that men reap what; tbey sow and cannot ,y:ithcr grapes ci thistles nor figs of thorns. It can le set duwn, therefore, as an established rule that bright buys generally do turn out to bo bright men, aud dull boys general ly do turn out to bo dull men.-Good Housekeeping. t Impertinence of Genius. Dr. Johnson once called upon Mr. Garrick in London and was shown into his study. Unfortunately, a door being open, be strayed into an adjoining roora which contained tho novels and lighter 1 works which had been presented as tributes to the highly admired actor. ? Johnson first read a bit from ono and then another, and threw timm down, i strewing tho Hour with tim expensive volumes. Garrick was angry at finding Johnson there and said: "This is a pri vate cabinet; and no company is admit ted here. " "Bat," said Johnson, with imperti nent coolness, "I was determined toex amiuoyour valuables, which I lind con sist (?f three sorts-stuff, trash and non sense." The Second Generation. Caller-An, Horace, how do you do? Whero is your father? Young Hon (of literary celebrity)- j He's in the library pulling ol? a sonnet. -Chicago Tribuno. Juliet's Mouse. It stands on the Via Si. Sebastiano, ' and the sculptured hat. "cappollo, " the ancient cognizance of the Capulcts, seen over the gateway of a poor, second rate inn, alum* maries the hume where dwelt one ul' tlie "two households, both alike in dignity." whose fend affords the staple of Shakespeare's tale. Tall houses had eov< red every foot of Capulet's gar den. On., could nut say willi .Tnliet, ?.Tile orchard walls are high and hard tu climb,',,' for no garden, no orchard, no walls were there to bo st en on eith< r side. Fronting on the street, surround ed by sholls and dwellings, here was tho spot whore followed thick and fast the ' scenes of the "fearful passage" of that "death marked love" whicli tho great dramatist describes. Wo ventured into tho open inclosnre. and lingered for awhile amid the squalid surroundings of this wretched tavern. Some quarrelsome inmate-, were busied ; in a corner of tlie courtyard in settling their disputes. Amid the war of words we remember d thal i.ne it: modi rn days "hath forbade this bandying in Vori na." There were one or two wag ons at one side, from which the jaded st. eds had be? u unharnessed. Near tho entrance, and in the only decenl pari of this old ruin, two women sat. one , knitting. The other answered our in quiries and pointed ont our way to 1 lie next object of our quest. Lippincott's. . For Lovera of Agriculture. Can you explain, so that a child ran umlcr.-tand, why water puts out lire or why sumo young squash plants bring their shells out ot tho ground and others do not? Can you show tho difference between a leaf bud and a fruit bud ot an apple or tell where all the houseflies conni from? Probably you cannot ; prob- i ably you don't know. Tlie chief I clerk of tho College of Agriculture ! at Corindi university, Ithaca, inti mates thal he knows and says that such mat tors may bo made very in teresting tu-children. Parents ami I teachers who send bun tin ir naines j will ? information as tothe assist- | ance which the < 'olloge of Agricul ture at ithaca bas undertaken to give, free of cost, to persons who want to distribute kno wledgo of this j seri a ulong tho young. - Harper's ! Weekly. ORIGIN OF SURNAMES PREFIXES OF VARIOUS KINDS AMD WHAT THEY MEAN. Some of the Local Designations of Ancient Tl men From Which Have Descended the Personal Nomencla ture of the Present Day. In nearly every country where per sonal nomenclature has assumed a sure and settled basis-that is, where a sec ond or surname has become a heredi tary possession in the family-we shall find that that portion of it which is of local origin bears by far the largest pro portion to tho whole. Prefixes of vari ous kinds were at first freely used to declaro more particularly whence the nominee was sprung. Thus if ho were coma from some town or city he would bo William of- York or .lohn of Bolton, familiarly pronounced William a York or John a Holton. This, of course, is met in Franco by de. as it was also on Euglish soil during early Norman time--. If, on the other .hand, tho situation only ..f tho abodo gavo the personality of thononiinee, the connecting link was varied according to tho humor or ca price of tho speaker or relative aspect; of tho silo itself. Tims wo Hud such entries as John Above-brook cr Adelina Above-town or Thomas Behiud-water, or John Beueath-th?-towu. The, . ?rd Lane is loma I attached to tho personal name in tho following ways: Cecilia in tho Lane, Emma a Ja Lane, John de la Lane, John de Lane, Mariota cn le Lane, Philippa ato Lana and Themas super Lane. Of the definite terms nsed'some are purely Norman, some purely Latin, a few an admixture of the two, and tho rest aro Saxon, atto being the chief one. This attn was "at the," answering to the Norman do la, del or du, and was familiarly contracted by our forefathers into tito other forms of ato ?ind atc, or, for the sake of euphony, when a vowel precoded tho namo proper, extended to "atten. " This atto or ait was occasion ally incorporated with the sobriquet of locality and thus became a recognized part of tho surname itself. Thus such a namo as John atte Wood, or Gilbert atto Wood, has bequeathed us not meie iy tho familiar W7ood, but Artwood and Atwood also. In a like, manner atto Ridge has becomo Attridge; atte-Field, Atfield, whilo such other designations as atte-Town, atte-Hill, atte-Wortb, atte-Tree and attu-Clifi'u aro nowadays Attou, Athill, Atwcrth, Attree and At el i Ire. Such a name as De la Dene or Atto Den, of frequent occurrence formerly, and tts Dean or Den, equally familiar now, is worthy of particularity. A den was r. sunken anti wooded vale, where cattle might find it 1 i leo covert and pas ture. We have a remembrance of tho brock in Brockton, the wolf in Wolfen duo, the fox iti Foxdcu, the ram in Ramsden, the hare di Harden and tho deer in Dearden, Buckden or Bugden, Raydn and Roden, or Rowden. The moro domesticated animals abide with us in Horsden, Oxenden, Cowden, Bor den and Sugden, or Sowden, Swinden, Eversden and Ogden, at first writtou do Hogedeue. Tho leo alTordcd shelter to all mauner of domestic Jivo stock and some few of tho wilder quarry. Tho equine species has given us Horsley, the bovino Cow ley, Kinlco ami Oxleo or Oxley; the drer, Hartley, Rowley, Buckley and Hintlley; the hare, Harley, and the sheen, Shipley. Characteristic cf tho trees which inclosed it we get Ashley, Elm-ley, Oakley, Lindley or Berkeley. Our Hargreaves hail from tho grove where tho hares aro plentiful, and our Congreaves represent tim same in the coney. Our Cloughs represent the nar row lissures between thu hills. To tho sante root wo owe our Clives, Oliffes, Cleves and Clowes, besides endless Clif fords, Clevelands, Tumidities, Sut cliffes, Ratcliffs, Faircloughs, etc. Another branch of local surnames throws a light upon thu migratory hab its and roving tendencies ot our forefa thers. Thus such a narnu tis Peter le Newe or Gilbert lu Newcomon or Wal ter lu Neweman declares to us at once its origin. Then theru is no village or hamlet in England which has not sub scribed in this manner to our nomen clature, as Ralph do Debenham or Miles du Ashford. A passing from cue part of tho British om piro to another has been a prolific source of names. Thus wo lind Henry de Irl atm d, Adam da Irlaud, Ri ger 1-.' Escot and Maurice lo Scot. Ocher countries also furnished many names. Tho Arters. once registered do Aireys, came from Artois, tim Gaskius timi Gascoignes, from Gascony, whilo to Champagne we are indebted for tho Champucys. To Lombardy and thu Jews wo owe tho Lombards, Loumhards ami Lubbards. From lu Alem?n or du Almania or lo Alemauud have sprung our Alomaus, Almaines and Allmaus ant? through thu French probably our Dalmaiues, Dalmans anti Dolmans. A class of surnames which occupies no mean place is that bequeathed by tho dignitaries and ollie? rs of mediaeval times. These include king, priest, abbot, prior and many others. In considering the surnames of occupation, wo remem ber that ev? ty village had its thatcher, to make and mend tho roo:.-. From this wo gi t tho surnames Thatcher, Thacker and Thackery or Thackeray. A hilyor was also a roofer, and wo have Hillyer. Hillier, Hellier, Holly? r. Kelman and Heilman. A curious memorial of a pass state of lifo abides with us in our Board mans, Boorders, Bordmans and Bor ders. They were tho tenants of lands which their lord kept, expressly for the maintenance of his table, the rental be ing paid in kind. -Bost?>n Herald. SI r:i iii;?-. Mr. Crimson beak-Did you ever think wlnit a funny thing a lemon is? Mrs. Crimsoubeak-Why funny? "You know how sour it is?" "Oh, yes!" "Well, people take 'em to make 'em sing sweetly."-Yonkers Statesman. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought T!ie Swed Vomi? Tiling lint why should not women enter polities? The Savage ?Bachelor- Too many boss es there now. ( Tin? following ncr s cn the "apti tude" cf a youngEnglish blnbdhonmb absolutely untrained, show tho material which tho breed presents for develop ment. When a pani y, ir naturally fol lowerl its muster Ly scent, putting its nose flown at onco on to tho grass path of the garden. Later it was seen to pick up the scent of its master -ts boars old and run it for two miles homo across gravelly footpaths near London. Jt was taught to amuse itself by bitting off bis track and finding him in a large wood, which it did very successfully, and on Eastbourne downs ran a three milo course when the ground was baril frozen and snow was lying in the hollows. With, a strong wind blowing across tho trail it ran parallel with this, but from 50 yards to 100 yards to leeward, at such a headlong paco that it more than once went head ever heels in snowdrifts. Like almost all bloodhounds, t his was a gentle animal and very teachable, would fetch slippers, "mind" babies, and of its own accord struck up a*friend ship with tho police, whoso fire at the "office" he frequently shared, and was poisoned, presumably by burglars, who had broken into several houses m clio neighborhood.-Loudon Spectator. Ill Timed DtacRSN?on. In the story of the Indian mutiny by J. W. Soberer tbs author describe:] an Englishman, John Power, as gifted with what may bo called audacity of courage. One night, while thc English were encamped in a somewhat warm locality, Power, Soberer and Gregson, a minister, went to visit the posts on the extreme right. T?o says: Most nf the way we skirted along the bank which had been thrown up and where at short intervals soldiers were seated ready to start up and lire if oc casion should call. The walk seemed safe ano) quiet, but there wore occa sional bright spaces lighted by the shin ing mr un where one's figure carno oui; distinctly and might have formed a v< ry good mark for anybody in tho trees or buildings. Mr. Gregson, as a minister of re ligion, and I, tho father cf a family, thought it advisable to cross these patches at double quick, but nothing would iuduco John Power to accelerate his saunter. "What are you afraid of?" cried he. "Oh," said I vaguely, wishing to justify my action, "I do not care about my se?f !" "Then please to say," continued our imperturbable companion, stopping in ono of the bright patches to dispute tho point, "for whoso sake you rforun!" It was a pertinent question?,' but wo dbl not discuss it. No woman can bc too careful of her condition dunner the period be fore her little ones are born. Neglect or improper treatment then endan I gers her life and that of the child. It lies with her whether she shall suffer unnecessarily, or whether the ordeal shall be made comparatively easy. She had better do nothing than do something wrong. s-Hs Em M is thc one and the only preparation that is safe to use. It is a liniment that penetrates from the outside. External applications are eternally right. Internal medicines are radi cally wrong. They are more than humbugs-they endanger life. Mother's Friend helps the muscles to relax and expand naturally-re lieves morning sickness-removes the cav.se of nervousness and head ache- prevents hard nacl rising breasts-shortens labor and lessens the pains-and helps the patient to rapid recovery. From a letter by a Shreveport, La., woman: "I have been using your wonderful remedy, Mother's Friend, for the last two months, and find it just as recommended." Druggists sdi it ?: SI per :--cti!e. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, GA. ?cr.J for our free illustrated took, "Before Baby is Born." Assessment Notice. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, ANDERSON, S. C. rriHIS OFFICE WILL BE OPEN TO X RECEIVE REIURXS UF PER SONAL PROPERTY tor taxation for thu next [isca! year froni the first day of .January, [SOO, to the 20th of February tallowing*, '['elusive. All transfers of REAL ESTATE made since ?asl year's assessment must be \ caro fully noted <m the return-Lue mun ! li a* ol i-rcs bought or suhl and from . whom acquiri d or to whom sold. Under new assessing la vs the t m'Mship assessors aro required to make Tax Roi u ms tor all l h ose that fail to make thtiiir own returns within ihe time proscribed by law, and hence the dillieui ty m deb nquonts escaping the penalty oi tho law. EN-CON FED ER VTE SOLDIERS over 1 years of ago ?re exempt from POLL TAN. AU other males between t?o? ages ol -I nod 00 years. EXCEPT THOSE IXCAPAULE OF BARNING A SUPPORT FROM BEING MAIMED OH FROM ANY OTHER < 'Al SK. shall be deemed t ?xable polls. Kur tia* convenience of taxpayers we will also have deputies to take returns at tho following tunes and places: tiavlis McConnell's, Saturday, Janu ary n. Starr, Monday, January lt!, stoievil!e, Tuesday. January 17. Clink-scales' Mill, Wednesday, Janu ary is l?uyton, Thursday, January 19. Bishop's Brauch, Friday, January 20. Five Forks, Thursday, January !!< Antun, Munday, January *j:>. Wyatt's Store, Monday, January '->. Ceilar Wreath, Tuesday, January 24. Wilmington's Store, Wednesday, Janu ary 2A. Equality, Thursday, January 26. Pendleton, Friday, January 27. Townville, Friday, January 27. Tugaloo, Saturday, January 'Js. Monea Path, Monday and Tuesday, January 3uand '51. Belton, Wednesday and Thursday, Pe bi nary I and 2. Piedmont, Friday and Saturday, Feb : iiVry 3 aad I. Pelzer, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day, February i>, 7 and s. Williamston, Thursday andj Friday, February !? and 10. (J. N. C. BOL EM AN, Dee. IL 1898. Auditor A. C. /^OLOR and flavor of fruits, e . ... size, quality and. ap pearance of vegetables, weight and plumpness of grain, are all produced by Potash. properly combined with Phos phoric Acid and Nitrogen, and liberally applied, will improve every soil and increase yield and quality of any crop. Write an i get Free oar pamphlets, ;vhich .v.- Vi ;;::<< usc fertilizers with greatest economy and prof:*. GEIc."V.rs KALI WORICS, Q ] Xassca 5c, New Yorke Oe M K yainahta River VAM O in ND:tn Georgi . -s foll Farm N<>. ! lying 7 rollys - : laiton, < rw>rgia, II Whitfield ray (kuioMHH. c ?ntaiuiiig;.%(.! a r ..r less. Weil t : rr: t>- rs-.'?., >v?!l irn rO.''i watered; LOO an?. il (inri ? lotti land cleared, and 50 >.! li II' fi Fishery OH I'll (Jonremuga River ruufit'?g Room* dwelling*, shed-, .". !' alnri a li:o* shoal mr in?i:hM .u v. EVirus No. 2, lying 7 miles ton, Georgia, in " UT yt ami W Counties, containing -i00 nen -. . less, one good d.woi li og, ij??-i !. fortable tenant b??iises?, mm >. m id shops, about 7") ac . ?* iv r cleared and ??"> aeres or upi nul i stare ot cultivation, tb? remain . timbered, Counesauga Uiver through the farm ; also, tw< from Dalton to Spring Pl ?<. ... healthy, within S tuilos.ot' ('.On.; M uiitatns. Farm No eiaht miles Ka-l >l lying on the 1 oniiHsam;* Kiv?-r, lng J.?!? acres-125 aeres in eu ?'< ?? ? acres flue hot to m. thc retrtaindfi with a comfortable dwelling, lu . atUched. Farm No. 4, con tain iou: 200 i -r lam!, lair improvement.*, w ? : and fine timber, 50 ne ?-> flu r ri, miles south ot Spring Plane, County, Georgia. I havft also one horse. 12 . B >i 1er, Cotton Gm aud ?'ress, . i Planer and Matcher, wit" all di ti situated in the town ol S...- . Murray CounU , tor sale. Terms will be male en y. this ot?ee, or writ?-' t-> J. W. L ? X'i A'iir.i, \l urra . ' . ? . . . . ( ; Jan ll, 1S99 20 Dil ? . j 'tn .0:10 I VJ1 doe dne . dis I) Icon, . dn . ww ? ?ins, - , y.c, .i up ? . n d ? ray ind Mill, ? i res, P ice, at THE STATE OF SOU Cot'XTY OP ? -:?:. . COTTK r OF COJ?MOX 1 Vf. M. W?bb and R U*. Anderson, s . uno? ? in !.' A Webb Maint tl-: ; a . - Trustee i^r thu ci Md i decease , Lucius *>? M ' ? l'.ilV, Ir.-ii" I"at? r. '..r .?rI oh?, Claude Muni'O . 1 - L'Jliis Murp'iy. M inn?--i.v r 1 years, Defendants -II plaint Served To the D?fendant? V . MO. the childre . of V M Mu L. M. Murphy, C Lo ' for . erly Mur hy,) Evu i Murphy, Clarence Mm i utan ts over the ag?* . i .. YOUareherfinsiiiii.il.). ?J . swer the Co? plane u Iii a copy is herewith [.erv?.! a copy of your a us wei i . li the subscribers ?ii their ?ii House, South I'arolina >.. tho .service hereof, ex ??-?? service; and if you fail r." . within the time afores? ii action will apply r<> th? uianded in the Comptai't Dated Anderson, S ..! : HoN .. A >i .v Pla! [.SEAL ] JOHN C. WATKJ -. . To the absent Defendnm You will t:ike rio;?ce ha action, together ? itli . i . filed ?II die office ?f lu Common Pleas ??ir Lud rv? llth, 1S99, and a c>py >. on von. BU*. IJ ' M . Jan. ll, 1S99. To thc Infant Defend* ts, ria ciue Murphy and Lo tia Mu i ?\ on and caca ol y >u unless wi.hin twenty ii.i - af Summon* and Complain "ii \ i?u appointment . >;' ' lu ?el ??.> ?? id you in this action, the Plai ot - appointments to he . aile BON H Ol .v W VTK?XS, 1 .In lt. 189?I i >in .j of ..-'...I, ter, uide .,>h y iiich ..-ve ut. ich ^Sfct?M: ? ?? TRADE MARKS DESIGNS Anvoimiondlng n sketch und tl '.. hnwy qtilclily iisecrtain our opiulon free *.! atier an Invention ia probably patentable. Conimnnlen. lions Btrictlyconfidential. Ilandb KV? ; :i Patenta >.M.r free, oldest n?rency for securing- patents. I'ntents taken through Munn & Co. receive spt i-d notice, without charge, in thc 'Scientific Jftnerlcan* A handsomely illnstrnted wee!;!y. I~ircest cir enlation <>f any sciontitlc Journal. 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