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IF. If all who hare would love us, And. all our loves were true, The stars that swing above us Would brighten in tho blue. If cruel words were kisses, And every scowl a smile, A better world than this is Would hardly be worth while. If purses would untighten To meet a brother's need, The load we bear would lighten Above the grave of greed. If those who whine would whistle, And those who languish laugh, The roso would rout the thistle, The ijrain outrun the chaff. If hearts were only jolly, If grieving were forgot, And tears and melancholy Were things that now are not Then love would kneel to duty, And all the world would seem A bridal bower of beauty, A dream within a dream. I If men would cease to worry, And women cease to sigh And all be glad to bury Whatever has to die ; If neighbor spake to neighbor, As love demands of all. The rust would eat the saber. The spear stay on the wall : Then every day would glisten, And every eye would shine, And God would pause to listen, And life would be divine. -Washington Times. A LAGGARD LOYER. Paul had said so much about my re semblance to my grandmother, Rebecca Seton, arid had spoken so very warmly of her beauty that I confess I dreaded to risk the comparison and stand beside the portrait that night as they wished me to do. So I made every sort of ex cuse when I was asked to go into the drawing room. "You are more like her than you think, Frances," said Uncle Mark. 4 'Becky Seton was famous for her beauty all over Surrey in her day, but she was talked of for more than her good looks. Of course you know all about her love affairs ? It is a very pretty story, and you narrowly escaped being born a Se ton.. Every one thought Becky was en gaged to her cousin Richard when she eloped. ' ' "Some women are born Setons, " I began flippantly, "some achieve Se tons." And then I caught sight of Paul looking at me with such a queer face. I omitted the rest of the parody and ask ed. "Why didn't Becky marry Rich ard?" "Oh. he was a bad lot. He was my grandfather, you know." And Uncle Mark, the dearest old man that ever was, smiled to himself. "Becky kept him on pins and needles, blowing hot and blowing cold-waiting for Goodloe to propose, I fancy." 'Til not stand that, " I exclaimed. "You're insulting both my great-grand parents at once. Becky couldn't ask him his intentions, could she? And I'm sure he was only waiting for the psy chological moment." "Well, Goodloe was not exactly what you would call a languid lover. No fearl I say, Mollie, go and get Becky's old Bible. It's in the drawing room. I'll show you a pretty piece of flirtation as you could wish. Dicky carried her by storm at last with a very audacious lit tle coup, which, was quite the way to manage a madcap like Becky. " "Please be careful. You forget how much I am like her," I interrupted. "Oh, you forget we're all. Setons here, and we take after our harmless old grandfather," said Uncle Mark, but Paul bit his lip. "Well, there was a big party here in this very hon se, mind you, and everybody was invited, but she was such a coquette that no one knew which of the rivals she favored. Her father insisted upon her marrying Dick Seton, to keep the estate in the family, and Becky's nurse was the go between on the other side, and did all she could for Goodloe, who was the handsomer man of the two. They say ?hat up to the moment when she saw the carriage lights Becky hadn't decided which of them to accept. " "I'm sure I would have known my own mind," said I; "but, of course, if the right one didn't have the spirit to propose"- I bit my lip. "How did she decide?" "She had divided up her dances very artfully that evening, but Goodloe got a chanco during one of his turns to ask her to go outside in the park for a little walk in the moonlight. She was always ready for mischief, and they slipped out without being noticed, except by Dick Seton, who followed their foot prints in tho snow and found one of | her slippers by the gate. Goodloe had his carriage all ready, and he didn't propose to her till she saw it and asked him why it was there. Then they must have heard Dicky calling for his part ner, and she picked up her skirts and ran-for the carriage!" Mollie came in just then with the old Bible, and her father opened it and be gan turning the pages. "See here!" he began. "This is the way they did it Goodloe marked a passage with a little dash, like this, and put the number of the page on the fly leaf, and Becky marked hers in the same way-with a j ?cipher. You can follow the whole game up to the time when it began to be a bit too serious for Mistress Becky 's policy. ' ' He began with Proverbs iii, 15, and from there the verses skipped back and forth, through Psalms, Ecclesiastes and Solomon's Song, something like this : She is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou canst desire ure not to be com pared unto her. His mor.th is full of cursing and deceit and fraud under his tongue is mischief and vanity. Behold, thou aro fair, my love; thou hast dove's eyes. Stay with me flagons, comfort me with ap ples, for I am sick of love. Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee ; love her, and she shall keep thee. I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will g aide the? with mine eye. Turn away thine eyea from me, for they have overcomo me; thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and in -line thine ear; forget also thine own people and thy father's house. For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto ny people? If it was strange to hear one's great grandmothers love messages read off in her own house after so many years, it was still more interesting to watch the changing of such a line face as Paul Seton's during thc recital. I had been wirb him prc!ly constantly since I had first met him, and if 1 was not in love ? was in that troubled sta te thal so often precedes it. It was growing somewhat too tense for my composure, however, so I pleaded fatigue, excused myself and went up stairs. My room had been Becky Seton's own; chamber in old days. Was "she really as like me as they said '.' I must see the portrait mat nignc. story of her love affair worked 031 imagination too vividly for in*1 to v and I resolved to go down to the di ing room as soon as the house wasqn So, after an hoar, I took a light and toed down stairs. I found my y easily enough, opened the door and tered the room. The lull moon had cast a prisn light through the leaded window, si ciling the patterns of its sash upon parquetry and blazoning the floor w the cross cutlets of the Seton arms, yond this the room showed dully. Th was little furniture, so that the pictv showed conspicuously upon the clos paneled wainscot. I lighted a lamp J a candelabrum upon the table, gav quick look around the apartment the portrait and then my eyes met il if I had suddenly come opposite a n ror. Becky Seton had been as beautiful they said, surely. I stood studying '. point fox point as if she were my rh I had her hair and her hands, if not the piquancy of her face and that time modeling one sees so seldom nc adays. She had a fascinating little sc like a soft shadow or a deep dimple, the side of her chin that I envied m< than anything else. There was mr else in her face that I fancied I und stood, and I went on to a looking gi for confirmation. By many evidence was sure I had her temperament a was bound by subtle sympathy to hei "Well, my life had not been quite interesting as hers, but these were d ferent times! I sat down in the w; dow where I had a good view of t portrait and fell into a wandering moe I tried to imagine the ball in this roo] so long ago, but somehow I could r help putting Paul in the place of th ancestor of mine who had hurried tl maid (so like me) out of the chamh and into his coach outside. If men wc as gallant as that nowadays, I thougl one could deeide more easily. And th I must have fallen asleep. Something seemed to be moving the chamber, something which a proached and became recognizable two figures, a man and a woman, seventeenth century costume. Tin slowly promenaded the circuit of tl apartment, with a look at each oth now and again, as if in a discussic without words. Their faces were a ways turned from me, but the old po traits prompted me with hints of co tume, and I knew that these were S Melville Seton and his wife. As they passed the window and di appeared in the moonlight, which seen ed to dissolve their forms, I saw th? there were others in the room. Son were no more distinct than waviu shadows, diaphanous in the flare of tl candles and achieving a, greater coi gruity in the darker parts of the roon as if clad in phosphorescence. The came and went to no purpose that could see, and seemed to disregard eac other as beings of different generation! Indeed the whole scene was phantasm* goric and elusive, like the shifting of half focused lantern slide or a dissoh ing view, till I saw the hall door slowl opening and a new face peered in. The last comer showed more distinct ly than the rest, so much so that I coul hardly tell whether it was human bein or spirit. He was a young man in peri wig and small clothes of the latter par of the last century. His face was nai row and lighted with a boyish, eage expression. His eyebrows, drawn in tw whimsical dark curves under the whit hair of his wig, accented the alertnes of his aspect and the deliberation of hi movements. There was that in his bearing whicl forbade terror, and my only fear wa that he should notice me and disappea before his errand was accomplished ; f o that he was on some more definite mis sion than the other phantoms I wa sure. Nothing could be stranger thai his demeanor, passing among the othe figures, his eyes questing to righ and left, but seeing nothing. He cami np to the window and stood in the shaf of moonlight, listening. If he had seei me, it would not have been so dreadful ' but he ga?ied vacantly in my direction Then something caused, him to change his mind, and he crossed the room rap idly. There was a row of bookshelves against the wall before which he stop ped. He gave ii quick glance over hil shoulder and then took a note from om of the books and turned in my direc tion, with a sudden smile on his face. Involuntarily, I turned my eyes for ? moment in embarrassment. When I looked up again, the room was empty and in the hall outside thc clock whirred and struck 2. The cand>es were low in their sockets. I must have been asleep a longer tijiie than I had thought. I arose, bewildered and agi tated by my vision, and crossed to the bookcase with my light. My eyes fell immediately upon Becky's old Bible, which had been returned to its place, and I opened it with great excitement. Surely there had been love letters, too, if my dream were true, and the old Bi ble must have been the lovers' postoftice ! The book was somewhat crudely bound in leather, dry and cracked by time. The end papers had curled away from where the covers were sewed to j the boards, showing the stitches run ; ning back and forth in long triangles. I But there was something else ! Beneath j the leather I saw the corner of a folded paper. I picked at it carefully, and finally succeeded in getting the note out from its hiding place. I had hardly tak en it in my hand, however, when a noise behind me brought my heart into my month and I turned suddenly. At first I dared not believe my eyes. They had deceived me too often that night. But it was Paul ! He was standing in thc doorway, look ing in, so like that other figure I had seen, his fact' as whit?; and his eyes gleaming in the candlelight. "You here!" he exclaimed, and I fancied I noticed a tone of relief in his voice. "I thought I heard a noise and came down to hud ont what was np." "I came down to make the acquaint ance of my great-grandmother. Now yon may see which you really like the . better!" "Frances, yon are like her! But I i v;as a bit afraid of yon at first, though; ! you looked so transparent in the inoon ! light." Then he became more serious, i "I wonder if you are like her enough I rot toknowyour own mind- -or mino:" I ;;;!.;1( rstand that I am having a . Seton thrusi upon mo?" I said wicked I ly, for Iiis manner left no doubt that ho ; had decided that ?io's was the "psycho j logical moment" with which I had ', twitted him. '?Conic. Frances. I am in earnest." he said. ""Will yon accept me?" Now be had said it I grew frightened, and I saw that I must make up ray mind without delay. I looked np at Becky's portrait and I thought I under stood her better than ever. Then I thought of the note in my hand. It Avas in a woman's writing. I was sure. Perhaps I could trust her blindly-at any rate the spirit of her mischief was in me, even when I should be most seri ous. As one tosses up a coin to decide a doubt and yet resolves not to follow its directions unless it comes down as one wishes so I handed him the note. ' 'Here is your answer, ' ' I said. He opened it with a puzzled face and as he read it beside the flame of the can dle the comers of his mouth fell. "Oh, Frances!" he gasped. "What does it say?" I cried in some alarm, and I reached for the letter. "Why, don't you know?" he said, very much perplexed, but with a return of hope in his face. My DiiAiiE COUSIN-If you think I shall relish such fyne Impertinence ns you have shown, ir is evident that you do not knowe nie. I am notte used to being Spied upon, tho' you be mine osvn Cousin, and have the Runne of this House. I will notte submit to be watched, & soe I shall have no moro of you. As to your Distresso nt being Discover'd, Pray read yore Testament at Prov, ii, 2G-"1 alsoe will laugh atro yore Calamity; I will mock when yore Fear cometh. R. S." The look of my face reassured him, and he read his answer in my embar rassment and alarm. When I explained my dream and the ghostly lover who had prompted me, he could not help laughing. "This letter was for poor old Dicky!" he said. "I wonder what she said to Goodloe, though." And he look ed at me very audaciously and came much nearer. "What was it, Frances': Tell me!" "She said nothing at. all," I replied. "She shook his arm and he hurried her. out of the room-like this," I added, for Paul had taken his cue by this time. "And when the}* got into the hall"-I continued. "He took her in his arms and kissed her-like this!" said Paul.-Gelett Burges in San Francisco Post. London's Year of PrinceH. The allusion by Archbishop Temple to 1846 as a year when "sovereign:-: were coming one after another to Eng land as a quiet sort of place where they would ftot be assassinated, ' ' and when one London hotel proprietor said "he was quite full up with kings and royal dukes, but that he had one small back bedroom, and as the pope was a bache lor he might come and occupy it," re calls an occasion eight years earlier, when for a wholly different reason a similar influx of distinguished foreign ers took place. The attraction in 1H3? was, of course, the queen's coronation. Writing to his sister on the eve of this event, Disraeli said: "London teems with foreigners. There are full 200 (on dit) of distinc tion attached to the different embassies and lodged in every possible hotel from Mivart to Sabio vi ere. Lord F. Egerton told me this morning that he had just been paying a visit to a brace of Italian princes in the last named crib on a third floor, and never in the dirtiest locanda of the Levant. Smyrna or Alexandrin had he visited a more filthy place. But they seemed to enjoy it, and are visible every night, with their brilliant uni forms and sparkling stars, as if theil carriage ut break of dawn were not changed into a pumpkin."-Birming ham Post. An Empire of SavaRC?. There now remain only one people and one little valley south of the equatoi whose sovereignty has not been claimed by some European power. It is the val ley of Barotse, ?d or 00 miles wide, north of Lialui. in South Africa. And tiie only reason why the Marotse, who inhabit it. have preserved their in dependence is that England and Portu gal both claim it, and therefore the work of "civilization" is at a standstill. It may not be so easy to conquer th? Marotse when the time comes, for they are a tall, well set up race, albeit verr black in skin. In manners they are courteous and in bearing dignified. Every full blooded Marotse is by birth a chief and takes bis ?dace in the aris tocracy of the empire. The bare fact that he is a Marotse in sures the respect of the subservient tribes; and as he grows to manhood a sense of superiority usually implants in the native- the dignity of self respect. Loudon Letter. The All Kmlirnciiii;'. "What have you here?" asked the fresh young man of the waiter at a first class restaurant. "Everything, sir. " ''Everything '!' ' sneeringly. ''Have it served at once. ' ' "Hash for one!" yelled the waiter. Detroit Free Press. .ne Ant'? Intelligence. j German physiology is attacking the j intelligence of the ant. Professor Bethe of Strassburg tl'inks he has found a j purely materialistic reason for /heir j recognizing each other. He c leansed j ants taken from one hill in a solution j of alcohol, dipped them in a decoction : made of ants from another hill and ! placed them in the strange hill. They i wero not attacked as strangers, even when of different color and conforma tion. On the other hand, ants treated in this manner when put back in their own hills were not recognized by their tribe, but at once attacked and killed. Professor Bethe infers from this that ants must give out some liquid whose odor guides them and that each colony must have its own peculiar smell. He goes further and assumes that the odor emitted is different in going from and returning to tin? nest. His test was to cut oat a section in an ant path and to swing it half round a circle till the ends joined the path again directly opposite their former position. When the anti" came to the break, tiley wen; complete ly bewildered, but as soon as the sec tion was swung back into its original ? position found their way again without trouble. CASTOR S A For Infants and Children. Tha Kind You Have Always Bought - .Scientists say thal thc orauge wa.- formerly a berry, aid that it luis been developing for over 7.HIM) years. i A GLIMPSE AT NUBIA. THE NATIVES' REMARKABLE POWER OF ENDURING PAIN. I _ I A Horrible Floggings .Mutch by Willett j a Bride IN Won-HOW the Ostrich Io i Hunted-Pnpwtiinjyr the Elephant on ? Foot-The Chane i>? the Gazellen. The power of enduring pain exhibited j by the Nubians is almost incredible. This is strongly instanced in the com petition by the youths of the villages for the championship of their camps. It is a much coveted honor to be call ed "Akho Bcnat" (the brother of the girls), and the youth who attains this j distinction is entitled to marry the j belle. The competition itself is a most ago- j nizing spectacle. It commences by the maidens on certain festivals beating tho ! drums to a quaint and peculiar tune, j which so excites the spirits of the young ; men that numbers of them at once nish j into the arena, each loudly exclaiming: I "I am the brother of the girls! lam | the brother of the girls!'-' They are then paired off by casting j lots, and when stripped to the waist a j powerful, floxibhgwhip of hippopotamus j hide five feet in length is pinchin tho hand of each combatant, and ac a cer tain signal a flogging match commences. The strokes are not given at random or in haste, but with the utmost delib- I eration, each youth delivering his blow I j in turn and keeping time tn the music. ; ! The long, pliant lash descends with i I keen precision, cutting deep into the ? I flesh at every stroke, while the monot- j I onous "hwit, " "hwit, " "hwit," goes ; I on unceasingly and the red streams tell the tale of suffering which the tongues : j disdain to proclaim. At last the one who can endure no longer falls fainting ! to the ground and is borne away by his j kinsmen. ! The victors are subsequently pitted j ? against each other till the remaining ' one becomes the champion and bears the proud title of "the Brother of the Girls." Ostrich hunting involves good rid ing and is animated sport. Having as certained where a nest is to be found, three or four mounted men go out on the plain together, and one of them rides in the direction of the nest. Instantly the bird sees him it starts off at a tremendous pace, tho hunter following in hot pursuit, until, after running perhaps a couple of miles, the ostrich begins to circle, its object being ! to get back to its nest, from which it > I fondly hopes it has diverted its pursuer, ? The other hunters, who are scattered j j over the plain, take up the running by ! turns, succeeding each other as each i horse becomes spent. They are thus j able to press the bird to its utmost j speed, until it falls exhausted on the j ground with outstretched wings, gasp- \ ing for breath. The nearest hunter then gallops up '. and severs its head with a blow from ' his sword. Hastily dismounting, he at . j once seizes the bleeding stump and ! j thrusts it into the sand to prevent the . j feathers from being soiled by the blood, j which is spurting in all directions from ! the convulsive movements of the neck, j even after death. j The feathers of a full grown bird j fetch from $50 to *75 (?10 to ?15) at ; Kassala, where they are bought by Arab j traders from Cairo, but they ultimately j j realize treble that value in the Euro- . pean markets. When thc elephant is pursued on ', foot, it is invariably sought in the depths of the forest, where it has retired for shelter from the noonday sun and also for the short repose it takes during j the 24 hours. The hunter, having j tracked his quarry to its retreat, is obliged to use the utmost stealth in ap proaching it. the elephant being a very light sleeper and awakened by the | slightest unusual sound. The difficulty of moving through a dense thorny jungle without making ; any sound dissimilar to those which j might be produced by nature, such as I the stirring of the branches by a light j breeze or the occasional falling of a j dead leaf, is greater than can be realiz- j ed by any ono who has not tried it. On getting within arm's length of his j game the swordsman slowly raises him- j self to an erect position and deals a j slashing cut on the back sinews of the ' nearest foot, about ten inches from the I ground, at the same time leaping nim- ! bly back to avoid a blow from the ani- ? mal's trunk. The cut if properly deliv- ; ered bites sheer to the bone, severing i the large arteries, and in a short time j death ensues from hemorrhage. Gazelles are hunted by a powerful I breed of hounds in build somewhat \ heavier than a greyhound. In spite of | being far swifter than the hound tho gazelle falls a victim from a nervous habit of constantly stopping to look back to see if it is pursued. It also ex pends its strength by taking great , bounds in an almost vertical direction, j thereby not only losing time, but ex- j hausting itself, so that it is overtaken | without difficulty.-"A Glimpse at Nu- j bia," by Captain T. C. S. Speedy, i:-i j Harper's Magazine. Children** Teeth. A college woman not long ago called ? attention to her hoy's teeth, which j were entirely without enamel, and said, with a bitter laugh: "I wish my education had enabled | me to discover, during the time my boy ! was producing his teeth, both first and second, just how to feed him. There is no enamel on his teeth because his mother did not know enough to feed j him properly, and the dentist tells me ! that at '2~> he will not have a tooth in ! his head."-.San Francisco Argonaut. ! Where Advice In Kn?}', "Whom shall I go to to get advice i as to how to make a success of life'/" "(in to some one who has failed." "Why?" "The successful people are too busy to talk."-Jewish Comment. For La Grippe. Thomas Whitfield A: Co.. I'M Wa- i bash-av., corner Jackson-st., one of j Chicago's oldest and most prominent druggists, recommend Chamberlain -; Cough Kcmedy for la grippe, as it not , tn!;.- gives a prompt and complete rc- ? lief, bul also counteracts tiny tendency -i' ia grippe to result in pneumonia; For sale by f?ll < Irr Pru.?: Co. - - heaths in San;.! Clara, Cuba, dur ing tho past three y ea rs have equaled 50 per cent, of the population. AU?vIQ?EGOMM?lvIT? ONE MEW ENGLAND VILLAGE THAT NEVER CAST A VOTE. It lian Existed For Generation?) and H KS Titree H ii mired Inhabitants. There Are Xo Taxes, No Constables anil No Criminals There. Hastings is a little village seated amid the White mountains on the boundary between Maine and New Hampshire, and is the most unique in Nev.- England, perhaps in the civilized world. It contains 300 inhabitants within the village proper, with as many more at work cutting and hauling lumber to the village from the slopes of the sur rounding mountains. It has two large manufacturing industries, large store and boarding lu mses. '20 residences, postoffice, electric plant, lighted streets, etc.. railroad, telephone, excellent water system and sewerage-in short, as many modern conveniences as any village of its size in New England. Yet it is nei ther city, town, plantation nor even an incorporated place. It is nothing. Its inhabitants pay no taxes of any sort. Babies have been boru here, have grown to manhood and become heads of families and never known what it was to pay one cent for taxes. There are, of course, a wild land tax and a state tax on the mill property, but these are paid by nonresidents and are something with which the inhabit ants have nothing tn de. On tho other hand, no inhabitant can vote. They are, as a rule, well educated, the daily papers have a large circulation and the people are well posted in current events. Yet here, in the very heart of New England, is a community who have no more voice or influence in national, state, county or town affairs thar, though they lived in th" heart ol' Rus sia. Here are gray haired American citizens who have never cast :i ballot, and cannot so long as they liv." here. It is the most cosmopolitan village in New England. Every nation on cartu is or has been represented here. The most remarkable tiling about this most remarkable place is the entire absence of crime. Notwithstanding this heterogeneous population there are no police, not even a constable. There was a sort of constable ??ere, but bis com mission expired, and bis duties had been so light he did not consider it worth his while to renew it. Here is the only vi liage in the United States to which there is no carriage road. The only means of transportation to or from the outside world is by a railroad. This railroad starts at Gilead and follows the valley of the Wild river along a route so narrow that in many places there is barely room for the rails. On every other side of the village are mountains so steep that even a footman can climb their sides only with diffi culty and so high that the sun is visible only part of the day. When this railroad was first built a few persons ventured ti ? drive a carriage over the ties. But it proved so difficult and dangerous that this method of reaching the village has been aban doned. This railroad is one of the wonders of New England. It penetrates 14 miles into the wildest denies of the White mountains. A ride upon it is a new ex perience, even to a traveler who bas visited every country upon the globe. Yon follow the sinuous Wild river, whirling around curves of 40 degrees, where it seems impossible for a train to go. You climb the sides of mountains at an elevation of 40O feet to the mile, where a horse could scarcely go and could not haul a load ; you shoot down declivities which are almost precipices, where a break in the machinery means death. Once the train did rmi away and was smashed, killing the trainmen. It is a freight road, not usually taking passengers. Here was the first successful experi ment of hauling logs by rail upon a large scale in New England, and ninia this road was used the first patent gear ed locomotive for mountain climbing in the east. The school is another unique feature. Tin; schoolhouse was built in 1892 by the two companies who operate here, and the teacher is paid by a contribu tion from each workman of 10 cents a mouth. This is taken from each man's wages each pay day, and is enough ;.> pay for about '?'>') weeks of school a year. This territory was granted to Richard Batchelder by the state id' Massachu setts about 100 years ago. Forty years ago G. A. Hastings ot* Bethel and D. R. Hastings of Fryebnrg bought 'JO, (iou acres here, practically the whole region. In 1891 they sold the right of way through their territory, the mill site at the village and 20 acres to the Wild River Lumber company of Island Pond, Vt. This company pur chased at the same time -10,000 acres of timber in Bean's purchase, just across the New Hampshire line. They put in the big steam mill, store, most of the houses, the electric system, water system, sewers, etc. They cut their timber at Bean's purchase and haul it by rail to their steam mill here, which saws 05,000 feet a day when run to its full capacity. Carl Storrs may be termed the father of the settlement, ns Ii-' bolds every imbi ic office so satisfactorily that no other man has been thought of in con nection with the positions. He is th?; company's agent, bookkeep er, paymaster, trial justice, postmaster, police, etc.-Boston Globe. Perfectly Safe. "Many years ago," says Bishop Whipple of Minnesota, "I was holding a service near an Indian village camp. My things were scattered about in the lodge, ?md when I was jroing out I asked the chief if it was safe to leave them there while I went to the village to hold a service. 'Yes,'he said, 'per fectly safe. There is not a white man within 1U0 miles!' " tm . mt An Honest Medicine for La Grippe. (?eorge W. Waitt, of South (Jardi ner. Me., says: "1 have luci the worst cough, cold, chilli and grip and have taken lets of trash ?d' no account but profit to ihe vendor. Chamberlains Cough l?cmedy is the only thing that has ?loue any good whatever. I Ii ave used one .id een; bottle ana thc chills, cold ?in ! grip-have all left me. I oon L?ratulate the manufacturers of an houesi medicine. roi* sale by LI il 1 ? MT Drug < Khough spider weld) to go around the world would weigh ene-liali'pound. O'Connell** ..Ttrutal mid Bloody." Tho first member of the reformed par liament reproved by the chair for un seemly language was Daniel O'Connell, the great Irish agitator. The incident, which occurred in the first week- of the meeting of the house ut' commons, is also remarkable for having evoked from the speaker a definite ruling on an interest ing constitutional point. The speech from the throne called attention, among other things, to the insecurity of life and property in Ireland, and asked for coercive measures for the repression of crime. In the course of the debate O'Connell characterized the speech from the throne as "brutal and bloody." Lord John Russell at once moved that the words be taken down. "Oh!" ex claimed O'Connell, "when we speak of Ireland and her wrongs it must be "In bondsman's key, With bated breath and whispering humble ness." Lord John Russell objected to the word "bloody" being applied to a speech which had. only a few days pre viously, been delivered by the king William IV-in person in the house of lords. O'Connell insisted that it was not the speech of the king, but the speech of the ministers. The speaker agreed with the honorable and learned member on the constitutional point, but informed him that his language was not calculated to preserve order and de cency ol'debate. The "bloody and brutal Whigs" subsequently became a popular phrase with O'Connell in his speeches in Ireland.-Nineteenth Century. ?Jeer ."Money mid ChurcliCM. A hundred years ago there were no temperance societies or bands of hope, nor Rechabites and blue ribbon army. To be as "drunk as a lord" was the height of human felicity. It was the age of ."three bottle men," of convivial toasts, of drinking songs. Even the church indirectly encouraged intemper ance. There were certain districts where at Whitsuntide the churchwardens were accustomed to levy contributions of mail" from the parishioners. This was brewed into strong ale and sold in the church. The Whitsuntide topers had, however, a pious method in their mad ness. The money spent on the beer was ex pended by the churchwardens in church maintenance, and the jnuddled roister ers no doubt believed themselves to be pillars of the church even when, under the influence of its alcohol, they rolled upon its pavement. They thought themselves supporters of the church when they wanted "supporting" them selves, and deemed themselves most saintly when they were most soddened. Until as recently as 1827 (when the li cense was withdrawn) a church and public house were covered by one roof at Deepdale, midway between Derby and Nottingham. A door that could be opened at will served to separate the consecrated interior of the church from the common taproom of the tavern ! Onaml ?ers' Journal. Persian Iden?;. An American {ravi !i r ::i Persia learn ed that the common soldiers of that country supposed that the English prac tica of firing a salute ar the burial of a soldier had for its object the driving away of devils. Other-mistaken impres sions uo lesa absurd he reports in bis "Persian Life and Customs." A village soldier asked me if I knew of dog worshipers. I told him ? had heard of fin; worshipers, cow worshipers and the like, but not of dog worshipers. He said ho had seen some in Teheran. Some foreigners there had fed dogs at their tubles, had washed and clothed them, fondled them in their laps and taken them riding in their carriages. Were they not dog worshipers? Au English sea captain, whose ship touched at Bushire, took a horseback ride through the streets of the city, but made so poor a display of horsemanship as to astonish and amuse the people. Tho next day a vender of fruits came on hoard the ship and said to the captain: "I have made such au explanation as to free you from all reproach. There is no one who does not think that you are an expert rider, as becomes one of a na tion of horsemen. " "And how did you do that?" asked the captain. "I told them you was drunk." ?-';Grcat Scott! Another hat!" exclaimed Mr. Harlem Flat when his wife threw out a hint. "You are the most extravagant woman in this part of town. L believe you have a differ ent hat for every day in the week." "Why, of course I have. That's just it. 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Dre :-ic'.3 Sill Mother's Friend for S : a bottle. ! : r.I for o-.:? free book on the subject; THE BRAD? r.I.r> REGULATOR CO. /COTTON is and will con jy. A tinae to bc ?he money ^ crop of the South. The olanter who ?ets the most cot ton from a oliven area at the least cost, is the one who makes the most money. Good culti vation, suitable rotation, and liberal use of fertilizers con taining at least 3% actual Potash will insure the largest yield. We will send Free, upon application, pamphlets that will interest every cotton, planter in the South. GERriAN KALI WORKS, 03 Nassau St.. New York. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. W. M. Webb and P.. C. Webb, partners in trade ar. Anderson, S. C., under the Firm name of Webo ? Webb. Plaintiffs, against F. M. Murphy, as Trustee for the children of F. M. Murphy. Sr. deceaseJ, Lucius M. Murphy, C. Louise Mur phy, Irene Cater, (formerly Murphy ) Eva Mur phy, Claude Murphy, Clarence Murphy and Louis Murphy,\ Minors over the age of fourteen years, Defendants.-Summons for Relief-Com plaint Served. To the Defendants F. SI. Murphy, as Trustee of the children of F. M. Murphy, Senior, deceased. L. M. Murphy, C. Louise Murphy, Irene Cater, (formerly Murphy,) Eva Murphy, and Claude Murphy/Clarence Murphy and Louis Murphy iniants over the age of fourteen yeara : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint oe the subscribers at their office, Anderson Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the Complaint. Dated Anderson, S. C., January ll, 1S99. BONHAM &. WATKINS, Plaintiffs' Attorney, [SEAL ] Jouw C. WATKINS, C. C. C. P. To the absent Defendant. Clarence Murphy : You will take notice that the Complaint in this action, together with a copy ol'the Summons, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County on January 11th, 1899, and a copy of same is herewith served on you. BONHAM & WATKINS, Jan. ll, 1399. Plaintifis' Attorneys. To the Infant Defendants, Claude Murphy, Clar ence Murphy and Louis Murphy : You and each of you are hereby notified that unless within twenty days after service of this Summons and Complaint on you, you procure the appointment ci Guardians ad litera to represent you in this action, the Plaintiffs will procure such appointments to be ir.^e BONHAM & WATKINS, Plaintiffs'Attys. Jan 1 1.1899 29 6 Assessment Notice. AUDITOR'S OFFICE, ANDERSON, S. C. THIS OFFICE WILL BE OPEN TO RECEIVE RETURNS OF PER SONAL PROPERTY tor taxation for the next fiscal year from the first day of January, 1S99, to the 20th of February following, inclusive. All transfers of REAL ESTATE made since last year's assessment must be carefully noted on the return-the num ber ot acres bought or sold and from whom acquired or to whom sold. Under the new assessing laws the township assessors are required to make Tax Returns for all those that fail to make their own returns within the time prescribed by law, and hence the difficul ty of delinquents escaping the penalty o? the law. EX-CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS over 50 years of age are exempt from POLL TAX. All other males between the ages of 21 aDd 60 years, EXC2JPT THOSE INCAPABLE OF EARNING A SUPPORT FROM BEING MAIMED OR FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE, shall be deemed taxable polls. 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CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA AND ASHEVILLE SHORT LINE In effect August 7, 1898. Lv AuguBta., Ar Greenwood Ar Anderson Ar Laurens Ar Greenville Ar Glenn Springs Ar Spartanburg. Ar Saluda. Ar Headersonville Ar Asheville. 1 40 pm 6 10 pm 7 00 am 10 15 an: Lv Asheville. 8 2S am. Lv Spartanburg. ll 45 ara 3 05 pm Lv Glenn Springs. 10 00 am . Lv Greenville."... 12 01 am 4 00 pm Lv Laurens. 1 37 pm 8 SO pm Lv Anderson. 7 00 am Lv Greenwood. 2 37 pm|.............. Ar Augusta. 5 10 pm ll 10 am Lv Calhoun Falls. 4 44 pm . Ar Raleigh. 2 16 am. Ar Norfolk. 7 30 am .?. Ar Petersburg. 6 00 am . Ar Richmond. 8 15 am . Lv Augusta. 2 55 pm Ar Allendale. 5 00 pm Ar Fairfax. 5 15 pm Ar Yemassee. 9 45 am 6 20 pn Ar Beaufort.". 10 50 am 7 20 pm ArPortRoyal.... 1105 am 7 35 pm Ar Savannah. 7 85 pm ArCharleston. 9 io pc Lv Charleston.j. 6 00 am Lv Savannah. . 6 50 am Lv Port Royal. 1 -JO pm 8 80 am i.v Hean fort.! 1 55 pm 8 40 am Lv Yemasaco.? 3 05 pm 9 45 am I.v Fairfax. ,. 10 51 am Lv Allendale.I.! n 05 am ?ir Augusta. t io pm Gloss connection at Calhoun Falls tor Athen; Atlanta and pot:;-!?!; y. A. L. Close connection ?>.: Augusta for Charleston Savannah and al! points ? i is; connections at Greenwood for all points or S. A. I...and C.&G. Rails-ay, aivlai Sjlartanburs willi Southern Railway. Porany information r^lativ<j :.> ; ck'us, rate; schedule, otc. addfe >a W.X CRAIG, Gen. Pas >. Ac;cnti.AuijnsU,Ga E. M.North,Sol. \ :. i I T. M. Kmersou.TrAlSi Manager.