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IF. v hate would love a?, . ' all our love? were true, ". ;. thnt swing ni ovo us w ; brighten in tho blue. ,. . i words wer? kisses, \ I ? very scowl11 smile, . r world than this is ' Would hardly l<o worth while. .,. \.,. would untighten 4. (i brother's need, ,J we bear would lighten ' , tho grave of greed. ,i, ,-, who whine would whistle, ??? i!:.i-e who languish laugh, mh, r, would rout the thistle, -? '. ,:r:iin outrun the chaff. .. j,, ir't? were only jolly, grieving were forgot. . . urs und melancholy Were thing* that now are not j .. ? ve wi dd knei l to duty, i, ; all 'he world would seem *Irukd bowe* of beauty. Mir uni wi .hin u dream. u ?i ;. would cease to worry, ? y ?(j vvoition cense to sigh ,\\ ho gla I to bury Whatever lisia to die; li n< irfhhor spake to neighbor, ., ; di manda of all, .j.' ...... would cat the saber, T ,? rar stay on the wall; jj.. . very day would glisten, \ti every eyo would shine, l would pauso to listen, \. 1 lifo would he divine. -Washington Times. tXAtiOARD LOVER. 5,nl had s.iid so much about my re . i'1 niy grandmother, Rebecca . :. 1 had spoken so very warmly . . , mtv that I confesa I dreaded ~.yK (j . i om par ison and stand beside .', rinil t ; : : i t night as they wished Si? I made every sort of ex ... . :, 1 u ns asked to go into tho nvwx ri'i.'Ui. \ .. ??ve more like her than you .:K I'r.inees," said Unele Mark. ?jv Si inn wa? faint ms for her benn ty : S srrey in her day, hut she was ;, : fer more than her good looks. . in know all ahont her love i- is nvery pretty story, and vly escaped being horn a Se ?V .'ii" thought Berky was eu r cousin Richard when she 'tl -,. e.. ::;.'n aro horn Setons, "I yi? ihppautly, "some achieve Se .." And then I caught sight of Paul ::!..- at mo with such a queer face. I : the rest of the parody and ask ?Why tii'lu't Becky marry Rich H he w is a had lot. He was my jrtfiithor. yon know." And Uncle ?Jr, the dearest old man that ever j .imiled to himself. "Becky kept iou ?lins and needles, blowing hot il Mowing cold-waiting for Goodloe [?-ropo*'. 1 fancy." ii ii)t stand that," I exclaimed. l u':- ia-nlt ing both my great-grand rents at mice. Becky couldn't ask Irin? intentions, could she? And I'm ie he was only waiting for the psy .Icii.d moment;" .W.?. Goodloe waa not exactly what a Wiinltl call a languid lover. No ir: I ?ty, Mollie, go and get Becky's i Bible. It's in tho drawing room. Jfhow yon a pretty piece of flirtation IY.JU could wish. Dicky carried her by nn.it last with a very audacious lit ? .ni?, which was quite tho way to .)nagea madcap like Becky." Please ho careful. You forget bow th 1 am like her," I interrnpted. "Oh. you forget we're all Setona here, take after our harmless old Jni??afher,'" said Uncle Mark, but al bit his lip. 4 'Well, there was a big ty here in this very bouse, mind ?. and everybody was invited, but was such a coquette that no one pw which of the rivals she favored, rfather insisted upon her marrying ?k Seton, to keep tho estate in the ?illy, and Becky's nurse was the go peon on the other aide, and did aU ??nulli for Goodloe, who was the likuuer man of tho two. They say lt np to tho moment when Bhe saw 1 carriage lights Becky hadn't decided lilli of them to accept. " Ti m sr.ro I would have known my Ba mind, " said I ; "but, of course, if pght ono didn't havo tho spirit to "- I bit my lip. "How did Bhe lind divided up her dances very Iplly that evening, but Goodloe got ??anco lim ing one of his turns to ask Ito go outside in the park for a little li in the moonlight. She was always f" f'ir mischief, and they slipped without being noticed, except by 1^ Rotuli, who followed their foot ie iti tim snow and found one of dippers hy tho gate. Goodloo had carriage all ready, and he didn't I>osu to her till abe aaw it and asked why it was there. Then they nm st e heard Dicky calling for hia part and she picked np her skirta and 1-for tho carriage 1" Me came in just then with the old fi and her father opened it and be aming the pages. "See here!" he n. "This ia the wey they did it. Hoe marked a passage with a little Uko this, and pnt the number of Ipage on the fly leaf, and Becky ked hors in tho same way-with a You can foUow the whole game Io tho time when it began to boa bit erinna for Mi?treaa Becky'a policy. " totfan with Proverbs iii, 15, and i there tho versea skipped back and through Psalms, Ecclesiastea and goon's Song, something like thia: Jh mero precious than rubies, and nil MM tlnm canst desire aro not to be com .unio her. JiEonth is full of cursing and deceit and Pond-r his tongue is mischief and vanity, foil, thou nro fair, my love; thou hast Is f yes. I? with me flagons, comfort me with ap ?WT I nm sick of love. ' daughters havo done virtuously, but lowliest them all. Hj*ke her not, and she shall proser ve thee; wr, and she shall keep thee. 1i instruct theo and teach thee in the .oich thou shalt go ; I will guido thee ?ino eje. * away thine eye* from me, for they oyercomo mo ; thy hair is aa a flock of 'nat appear from Gilead. J**n, O daughter, and consider, and in line ear ; forget also thine own people 9 father's house. pow can I endure to see the evil that Wrue unto my people? j1 waa strange to hear one'a groat aiiother'slove messages rend off in w,? house after so many years, it .t'-U more interesting to watch the |*u,'-i of such a fine face aa Paul 'bring the recital. I bad been !ahu pretty constantly since I had him, and if I was not in love 'Jo that troubledstate that so often it. It was growing somewhat " for my composure, however, kided fatigue, excused myself and airs. My room had beim Seton's own chamber in old days. s<? really as like me as they said'.' 1 must see tiu" portrait mar higiu. nw story of her love affair worked on ihy imagination too vividly tor mo t<? wait j :iii<l I resolved t" .; . down t.. tho thaw- j ingroomns soon as thc bouse wasquiet. So. after an hour, 1 took a light ami tip- j toro" down stairs. 1 lound my way ; easily enough, opened tho door and en tered tho room. Tho full moon hail cast a prism of light through the leaded window, sten ciling tho pattern? of its sash upon tho \ parquetry and blazoning tho floor with tho cross cutlets of tho Seton amis. Bo- ! youd this the room fhowed dully. There was little furniture, so that tho pictures showed conspicuously upon tho closely paneled wainscot. I lighted a lamp anil a candelabrum upon the tab] \ gave a quick look around tho apartment for the portrait and then my eyes net it as if 1 had suddenly como opposite a mir ror. Becky Seton had hoon as beautiful as they said, surely. I stood studying her point for point as if she were my rival. I had her hair and her hands, if not all the piquancy of her face and that old time modeling one sees so seldom now adays. She had a fascinating little sear, like a soft shadow or a deep dimple, on the sido of her chin that I envied more than any thins else. There was much else in her face that I fancied I under stood, and I went on to a looking j^lass for confirm?t ion. By many evidences I was sure I had her temperament and was hound hy subtle sympathy t?> her. Well, my life had not hoon quite so interesting as hers, but these were dif ferent times! I sat down in tho win dow whore I had a good view of tho portrait and fell into a wandering mood. 1 tried to imagine tho ball in this room, so long ago, but somehow 1 could not help putting Paul in the place of that ancestor of min?? who had hurried this maid (so like nie) ont of the chamber and into his coach outside. If mon were as gallant as that nowadays. I thought, one contd decide more easily. And then I must have fallen asleep. Something seemed to be moving in tho chamber, something which ap proached and became recognizable as two figures, a man and a woman, in seventeenth century costume. They slowly promenaded the circuit of the apartment, with a look at each other now and again, as if in a discussion without words. Their faces were al ways turned from me, but the old por traits prompted me with hints of cos tume, and I knew that these were Sir Melville Seton and bis wife. AH they passed the window and dis? appeared in the moonlight, which seem ed to dissolve their forms. I saw that there wore others in the room. Some were no more distinct than waving shaao :s, diaphanous in the nure of tho candles and achieving a greater con gruity in tho darker parts of the room, a? if elad in phosphorescence. They came ?md went to no purpose that I could see, and seemed to disregard each other as beings of different generations. Indeed the whole scene was phantasma goric and elusive, like the shifting of a half focused lantern slide or a dissolv ing view, till I saw the hall door slowly opening and a new face peered in. The last coiner showed mon1 distinct ly than tho rest, so much so that I could hardly tell whether it was human being or spirit. Ho was a young man in peri wig and small clothes of the latter part of the last century. His face was nar row and lighted with a boyish, eager expression. His eyebrows, drawn in two whimsical dark curves under the white hair of his wig, accented the alertness of his aspect and the deliberation of bis movements. There waa that in his bearing which forbade terror, and my only fear wa? that he should notice me and disnppeni before his errand was accomplished ; foi that he was on some more definite mis sion than the other phantoms I was sure. Nothing could be stranger thar his demeanor, passing among the othei figures, his eyes questing to righi and left, but seeing nothing. He cam? np to the window and stood in the shaft of moonlight, listening. If he had seei me, it would not have been so dreadfnl but he gazed vacantly in my direction Then something cansed. him to changi his mind, and he crossed tho room rap idly. There was a row of bookshelve: against the wall before which he stop ped. He gave a quick glance over hi shoulder and then took a note from on of tho lx)oks and turned in my direc tion, with a sudden smile on bis face Involuntarily, I turned my eyes for i moment in embarrassment. When I looked np again, the roon waa empty and in tho hall outside th clock whirred and struck 2. Tho cand>e were low in their sockets. I must hav been asleep a longer time than I hat thought. I arose, bewildered and agi tated hy my vision, and crossed to th bookcase with my light. My eyes fei immediately upon Becky's old Bibls which had been returned to its place and I opened it with great excitement Surely there had been love letters, toe if my dream were true, and the old Bi hie must have been the lovers' postoffice The book waa somewhat crudel bound in leather, dry and cracked b time. The end papers had curled awa from where tho covers were sewed t the boards, showing the stitches rui ning back and forth in long triangle! But there was something else 1 Beneat the leather I saw the corner of a folde paper. I picked at it carefully, an finally succeeded in getting the note ot from its hiding place. I had hardly tal en it in my hand, however, when noise behind me brought my heart inl my mouth and I turned suddenly. I first T dared not believ? my eyes. Th? had t?sceived me too often that nigh But it was Paul ! He was standing in the doorway, loo! ing in, so like that other figure I ht seen, his face as white and ' his ey gloaming in the candlelight. "You here!" he exclaimed, aDd fancied I noticed a tone of relief in h voice. "I thought I heard a noise ai came down to find out what was up. ' "I came down to make the acquair ance of my great-grandmother. Nc you may ROO which yon really like t better!" "Frances, yon are like herl Bul was a bit afraid of you ot first, thong you looked so transparent in tho moo : light." Then he became moro serku "I wonder if you are like her enou j not to know your own mind-or mine "Do I understand that I nm having Seton thrust upon mo?" I said wick* ly, for bis manner lott no doubt that had decided that this was the "psycl logical moment" with which I h ; twitted him. v i ' "C?mo, Francos, 1 am in earnest,' he said. "Will yon accept mo?" Now ho had sait! it ! grew frightened, and I xiw that I must make up my mind without delay. 1 looked np at Becky's portrait aud I thought I under stood her better than ever. Then I thought of the note in my hand. It was in a woman's writing. I was sure. Perhaps I could trust her blindly at any rate the spirit of her mischief was i in me, even when I shonld he most seri- ' ons. As one tosses up a coin to decide a doubt and yet resolves not to follow its 1 directions unless it comes down as one wishes so I handed bim the note. "Her*! is your answer," I said. He opened it with a puzzled face ami as he read it beside the flame of the can dle the corners of his mouth fell. "< >h. Frances!"' be gasped. "What does it say':" I cried in wane ? alarm, ami 1 reached for the letter. .'Why. don't you know':" he said, 1 very much perplexed, but with a return j of hope in his face. MY DKAIIB COCHIN-If you think I shall ', relish such fyne Impertinence ns yon have '[ shown, ?t is cv idem that you do not know?! ' nie. I uni mitte used to heine K;i>><? upon, tim' yeti lie mine own Cousin, mut have til)' ! Rumio nf this House. I will nott? submit to { be watched, & soe I shall have no moro et ? you. As to your Dist russo ut l>einu Diwovor'd, j Pray read yoro Testament at Prov, ii, 20- "i ? alsou will laugh ntl? yore Calamity: I will mock when yore Fear comet h. H. S." The look ol' my face reassured him, J Mid he read his answer in mj embar- ? rassment and alarm. When I explained | my dream and the ghostly lover who ; had prompted me, he could not help j laughing. '.This letter was for poor old ! Dicky!" he said. "I wonder what she ! said to Goodloe, though." And he look- ? ed tit me very audaciously and came much nearer. "What was it. Prances'.' Tell me!" "She said nothing at all," I replied. | "She shook his arm and he hurried her ont of the room-like this." I added, for Paul had taken his cue by this time. 1 "And when they got into the hall"-I . continued. "Ile took her in his .arms and kissed ? her like thisl" said Paul.-Gelett : Burges in San Francisco Post. i.oiuio'i'u Yenr ni i'riiiceit. The allusion by Archbishop Temple j to 184(1 as a year when "sovereigns j wen- coming one after another to Eng- j land as a quiet sort of place where they | would not be assassinated, " and when one London hotel proprietor said "he was quite full nj) with kings and royal dukes, but that he had one small back bedroom, and as the pope was a bache lor be might come and occupy it," re calls an occasion eight years earlier, when for a wholly different reason a j similar influx ol' distinguished foreign- . ers took place. The attraction in 188ti j was, of course, the queen's coronation, j Writing to his sister on the eve of thin I event, Disraeli said: "London teems with foreigners, j Tliore are full 200 (on dit) of distinc- j tioii attached to the different embassies. and lodged in every possible hotel from I Mi var t to Sabloviere. Lord F. Egerton J told me this morning that he had just ? been paying a visit to a brace of Italian j princes in the last named crib ou a third \ floor, and never in the dirtiest lucanda j of the Levant. Smyrna or Alexandria had ho visited a more filthy place. But ! they seemed to enjoy it. and are visible every night, with their brilliant uni forms nnd sparkling stars, as if theil carriage sit break of dawn were not changed into a pumpkin. "-Birming ham Post. - -- An IC nu? I rc of Snvu?ccn. There now remain only ono people and one little valley south of the equator whose sovereignty has not been claimed by some European power. It is the val ley of Barotse, 50 or 00 miles wide, north of Lialui. in South Africa. And the 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 lie so easy to conquer the Marotse when the time comes, tor they are a tall, well set up race, albeit very black in skin. In manners they arc courteous and in bearing dignified. Every full blooded Marotse is by birth a chief and takes his place ia che avis- | tocracy of the empire. The bare fact that he is a Marotse in- | sures the respect of tin.* subservient j tribes; and tis he grows to manhood a sense of superiority usually implants in | the native the dignity of self respect.- j Loudon Letter. Thc All ISmnriiclntr. "What have yon here'/" asked the I fresh young man of the waiter tit a first class restaurant. "Everything, sir." "Everything v" sneeringly. "Have it served at once. ' ' "Hash for one!" yelled the waiter. Detroit Free Press. The Ant'n Intelllftence. German physiology is attacking the intelligence of the ant. Professor Bethe of Strassbnrg thinks he has found a purely materialistic reason for ?heir recognizing each other. He cleansed ants taken from one hill in a solution of alcohol, dipped them in a decoction made of ants from another hill and placed them in the strange hill. They 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 whoso 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 the nest. His test was to cut out a section in an ant path and to swing it half round a circle till the ends joined tho path again directly opposite their former position. When tho ants came to tho break, they w<?re complete ly bewildered, but as soon as the sec tion waa swung back into its original position found their way again without trouble. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Signatura of - Scientists say that the orango , was formerly a berry, and that it has been developirg for over 7.000 years. A GLIMPSE AT NT BIA. THE NATIVES' REMARKABLE POWER OF ENDURING PAIN. A Horrible KIOICK?IIK Yt ute II l?> Wlilc-li ii Hrtde IN Won-How flu* Oxirlrh Is limited-I'urxiiiiiu til?* Klenliunt un i Foot-The dinar of the Unarllea. The power of enduring pain exhibited by th<> Nubians is almost incredible. ' This is strongly instanced in tho com petition by the youths of the villages for the championship of their camps. It is tv much coveted honor to bo call- j ed "Akko Bcnut" (the brother of the i girls), and the youth who attains this distinction is eut it hil to marry tho belle. The competition itself is a most ago nizing spectacle, lt commences by the . maidens on certain festivals beating tho drums to a quaint and peculiar Hine, which so excites tho spirits of tho young ; mon that nuinliersof them at once rusli j into the arena, ouch loudly exclaiming: "I tun the brother of tho girls! I am the brother of the girls'.'' They are then paired ort' by casting lots, and when stripped to the waist a ; pi ?werf ul. flexibh^whipof hi j ipi ipotnmus j hide live feet in ien;rth is ninepin the baud of each combatant, ami ai a cer tain signal a flogging match commences. Th?' strokes ar?- not given at random ; or in baste, but with the utmost delib eration, each youth delivering bis blow . in turn and keeping time to the music. The long, pliant lash descends with keon precision, cutting deep into the Mesh at every stroke, while tho mount- ? nllOUS "hwit." "hwit." "hwit, " goes on unceasingly ami tho red streams tell ih?> tale <?f suffering which the tongues disdain to proclaim. At last the ono who can endure no longer falls fainting to the ground and is borne away by his kinsmen. The victors are subset (neut ly pitted j against each other till Hie remaining ono becomes the champion and beats tho proud title of "the Brother of the' Girls." j Ostrich hunting involves good rid- . ing and is animated sport. Having as- : certa i ned where a nest is to bo found. | three or four mounted men go ont on ; tho plain together, and one of them j rides in tho direction of the nest. Instantly the bird sees him it starts I off at. a tremendous pace, the hunter j 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 j fondly hopes it has diverted its pursuer. ? The other hunters, who are scattered | ov?-r tho plain, take np the running by ? turns, succeeding each other as each I horse becomes spent. They aro thus ! able to press the bird to its utmost speed, until it falls exhausted on the j ground with outstretched wings, gasp- 1 ing for breath. The nearest hunter then gallops np . and severs its head with a blow from his sword. Hastily dismounting, he at one?' seizes the bleeding stump ami thrusts it into the sand to prevent the feathers from being soiled by the blood, which is sporting in all directions from the convulsive movements of the neck, even after death. j The feathers of a full grown bird . fetch from $"?0 to $70 (?10 to ?l,r>) nt : Kassala, where they are bought by Arab ' traders from Cain?, lint they ultimately ? realize treble that value in the Euro- j penn markets. When the ?d?pliant is pnrsned on '. foot, it is invariably sought in th?' j depths of the forest, where it has retired for shelter from the noonday sun and I also for the short repose it takes ??nring ! the '24 hours. Th?? hunter, having tracked his ?piarry to its retreat, is obliged to use th?? utmost stealth in ap proaching it, the ?d?pliant being a very light sleeper and awakened by the j slightest unusual sound. The difficulty of moving through a j dense thorny jungle without making ; any pound dissimilar t?i those which : might be produced by natnr<\ such as I tho stirring of tho branches by a light | breeze or tin; occasional falling of a ! dead leaf, is greater than can ???? realiz- | e?l by any on?' who has not tried it. On g? tting within arm's length of his I game the sw?ir?lsman slowly raises him- i self to an erect position ami d?'als a j slashing cut on the back sinews of tho ' nearest foot, about ten inches from tho i ground, at the same time leaping nim- I bly back to avoid a blow from the ani- j mal's trunk. Tin? cut if pr<iperly deliv- j ered bites sheer to tho bone, severing ! the larg?! arteries, and in a short time death ensues fr??m hemorrhage. Gazelles are hunted by a powerful breed of hounds in build somewhat heavier than a greyhound. In spite of being far swifter than the hound the j gazelle falls a victim from a nervonB habit of constantly stopping to look back to see if it is pursued. It also ex pends its str<*ngth by taking great bounds in an almost vertical direction, j thereby not only losing time, but ex- ? hnnsting itself, so that it is overtaken ? without difficulty.-"A Glimpse at Nu- j bia," by Captain T. C.S. Speedy, ia j Harper's Magazine. Children'* Teeth. A college woman n??t long ago called \ attention to her lmy's teeth, which ! wore entirely without enamel, and said, : with a bitter laugh: "I wish my education had enabled me to discover, ?luring the time my boy was prodncing his teeth, both first and second, jnst how to feed him. There is no enamel on his teeth because his mother did not know enough to feed him properly, and the dentist tells mo that at 25 he will not have a tooth in his head. "-San Francisco Argonaut. Where Advice IM tCn?y. "Whom shall I go to to g?;t advice as to how to make a success ?if life?" "Go to some one who has failed." "Why?" "Tho successful people are too busy to talk."-Jewish Comment. For La Grippe. Thomas Whitfield & Co., 1 HI Wa- j bash-av., corner Jackson-st., one of Chicago's oldest and most prominent ?lrupgists, recommend Chamberlain's ' Cough Ucmedy for la grippe, as it not 1 only gives a prompt ami complete va I ii of. but also counteracts any tendency of la grippe to result in pneumonia. For sale by Hill Ocr Drug Co. - Deaths in Santa Clara, Cuba, ?lur ing the past three years have cqunletl 80 per cent, of the population. ONE NEW ENGLAND ViLLAGE THAT NEVER CAST A VOTE. It linn r.tintott I'or <.em>riit iou? ?nd lin? Tlir?M> ll II uuVreil 1 II li II li i t ti itt M. Titer?.' Arc Nu Tfl\c?, No CtiiiMtllhlCM ll ntl No Criminal? 'I'lier?*. Hastings is a litt lo village scated anti?! tho White mountains on tho boundary between Maine and New Hampshire, ami is the most aniline in New England, perhaps in the civilized world. It contains "Oin inhabitants within the village proper, with as many more ait work cutting and hauling luuiher t.? the village from the slope's of the sur rounding mountains lt has two large manufacturing industries, large st oro and boarding houses, tili residentes, postoftice, electric plant, lighted streets etc., railroad, telephone, excellent water syst eui and sewerage in short, ns mam modern conveniences as any village ol' its size in New England. Vet it is uei thor city, town, plantation mu* even an incorporated place. It is nothing Its inhabitants pay no taxes of any sort. Baldes have been !?orn lu re. have grown to manhood and become heads ol' families and never known what it was to pay out? cent for laxes Tin re aro. of course. :i wild land tax amia state tax nil the mill property, but. these are paid by nonresidents and art? something with which the inhabit ants have nothing to ii-> < in the other hand, no inhabitant cati vote They are. a.-. a rule, well i i.-.i: (he daily papers have a large circulation ami the people are well posted inclinent events Yet here, in the very Im?n < i New England, isa community who havi t:b nu re voici* or iuthici: in national, state, county qr town a lt ai rs than though they liv. d in the heart ..: Uu-? sia. Hi re are grnj h . : i American citizens who have never eat I :J ballot, and cannot so long a. ? !.>.; live lu :. lt is tho most cosmo:...?j ;..n village in New England. Ever\ nation mi ear::, is or has been ropiv: ::! d lo ri The most remarkable thing about this most remarkable j dace is th 'entire absence ol'crime. Not withstanding this heterogeneous population there are no police, not even a constable. Them was a sort of constable ber.-, but bi-com mission expired, and his < i ? : t i ? ? ~ bad been so light he did not consider it worth bis while to r? new it Here is the only village in lite United States to which lhere is no carriage road. The only mean-' of transportation to or from the outside world is by a railroad. This railroad starts at (Jilead and follows the valley of tho Wild river along ?v route so narrow tbat in many Iliacos there is barely mom i'or tho rails. Un every other side of the village aro mountains so steep that- even a footman can climb their sides only with diffi culty and so high that the sun invisible only part of the day. When this railroad was first built a few persons venturi d b? drive a carriage over the lies, lint it proved so difficult and dangerous that tisis method of reaching tho village has been aban doned. This railr lis ono ol' the wonders of New Enghmd. It penetrates l-l miles into the wildest dohles of the White mountains. A ride upon it i< a now ex perience, even to a traveler who has visited every country upon tho globe. Yon follow tho sinuous Wild river, whirling around curves of 40 degrees, where it seems impossible for a train to go. You climb tho sides of mountains sit an elevation of 400 feet to the mile, where a horse could scarcely go and could not haul a load; you t-hoot down declivities which sire? almost precipices, whore si break in the machinery means death, (ince the train did run away and was smashed, killing the trainmen. It is si 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 upon this road was usi d the first patent gear ed locomotivo for mountain climbing in the catii. The school is another unique teat ure. The schoolhouse was built in IH0'3 by the two companies who operate lu re, and the teacher is paid by a contribu tion from each workman of 10 cents a month. This is taken from each man's wages each pay day. ?md is enough lo pax for about 0"? weeks of school a year. This territory was granted to Hil liard Bat ch elder by the state ol' Massachu setts about 100 years sign. Forty years ago (i. A. Hastings ot' Bethel and D. H. Hastings of Fryeburg bought 20,000 acres here, practically the whole region. In 1801 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 .-.ame time 40,000 acres of timber in Besin's purchase, just across the New Hampshire lim-. Tiley put in tho big steam mill, store, most of the bouses, the electric system, wsiter 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. C'sirl Storrs may be termed the father of the settlement, as be holds every public office so satisfactorily that no other man has been thought of in con nection with the positions, j He is thc? company's agent, bookkeep er, paymaster, trisil justice, post insister, police, etc.- Boston Globe. r??rfeetl>- Sn fe. "Many years ago," ssiys Bishop Whipple of Minnesota, "1 was holding si service near an Indian village camp. My things were scattered alxmt in the lodge, sind when I was going 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 100 miles'.' " wm . m An Honest Medicine for La Grippe. George W. Waitt, of South (Jardi ner, Me., says: "1 have had thc worst cough, cold, chills and L'rip and have taken lots of trash of no account hut profit to tho vendor. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the only thine that has (lone any good whatever. I have used ot:" "lO-ccnt bottle ?md thc chills, enid mid grip have al! i't u.c. I con gratulate the m a ii u fae tarers of an oonost medicine.'' For sale hy Hil! < ?rr Urn- ('... Knough spider webb to go around thc world wou'e! weigh one-hall' pound. OVoii.uMr? ..Umtut :i titi lilooily.' Tli<- first nu .M. . ;.otefin?ut?d'par Hain-ut reproved b> Ut, chair tor nu- , seemly language v.. - i>.,.-.,.] O'Connell. '. tho great Irish agit atm- The incident, ; which oeenrre?! in ii: wot'k of tho meeting of th-- hmiseot common*, is also remarkable tor bavin;: evoked fr?un the speaker a definite ruling on an intoivst ing constitutional point The speech front the throne railed attention. ' Hmong other things, to ih?< instrurity of life and property in Ireland, and asked for coercive measures f?ir th.- repression of crime. In tho course ??f the debato O'Connell characterized tho speech from the throne as "brutal and bloody." Lord .lolin Russell at once moved that the words be taken down. ..Oh!" ex claimed O'Connell. 14when we -peak of Ireland and her wrong-* it must lie .In bondsman's ki >. With I e. J lina th and whii>nt>rin?g humble 111'.--." Li rd Ji hu Uussell objected to tho word . bl?lody'' being applied to a Speech will h li;i.i. only .? low iiays pre viously, be. ii dein . i . .1 by the king - William IV II; person ill tho house of loni: ' I Connell insisted that it wa il..; tho -i.e. , li of the king, but tlc spee. li of tho ministers. The speaker agree?l with the honorable and learned member ..n tim n ust Motional p dut, but informell hbo thal Iii- language was no? . aleulat? .1 t.. ptvsorw order and de cency ot debate. Tb. - "i>lo.idy and brutal Whigs .?M. n: ls became a popular phra-e with ? ?'< 'minell in hi* speeches ie Ireland. Nie leeiith Century. U ?...!. Molli*) iiml ? !i ii retie-.. A hundred y ea rv ago tin re wero ho temperance soeicl i. s ol bimi-.: bop". tur Keeliabites and blue ribbon iiriny. T<> i-, .i - ..drunk- a- a lid" was ibo lieigi ' ! untan fr! h \\\ lt wa- tho age oj ..[ hr. .?? ?..a : |.- nieii. "?d' ?'in\ i vial t ,-'- .?! liri td; ing sotig- Kron ile? chur, !i ind i reel ly em ?oe. raged ini??mper .111 - 1 li. i. were ri ri.-du dist ;i.-i - when! ri: Whitsuntide ibo rluiiehwarilone were' aeeiistoii:eil tn ley' contributions ol mai: from lim pavi-hinners This was brewed into strong ale and seid in ile? church Th?i Whitsuntide topers bad. bov.vvi r. a '.;..;:- method in their lund? lie.--. The money spi ?it nu the 1.;. was ox peuded by the chun hwanh'iis in church uiainieii i n i- Mini the muddleil roister ers Un ?li ??bt li In 'Vi il themselves to lu? pillars ol' ilie church even when, under the i il ll ilene?' of its alcohol, they rolled upon its pavement. They thought themselves suppofti-rs ol' the church when they wanted "supporting" them selves, and deemed themselves most saintly win n they were most, soddened. Until as recently as ls-JT (when tho li Cetiso was withdrawn) a church and public house were covered by one roof ai 1 l.ipdaie. midway between Derby and Nottingham. A door that could be opened at will served to separat?? the consecrated interior of tho church from th?'common taproom of the tavern! ( 'iennbers' ,b itimal. IVro'nu ttl An American tia- '. ?. ::i iVrsiti learn . ii that Ihn 'comm M - hit rs of that fount ry suppr-i d Cai i!:-! !;:li-h prac tica nf liriny a -alnl'i! o' !.:.. burial .-! a Biddier had for ns obj : the driving away of devils. < >t in. r ?ii taken impres sions un b -s ai ' , rd be reports in his ,4Per:?j:ui Life ami Uns?oms." A vilhiue soldier asked mo if I kui w ol' (io;; wm .?hipers. I told him I bad bean! of lire worship* rs, cow worshipers and tin- like, but not ?.f dog wor.dlipi rs. Ile said he bad seen some in Teheran. Some foreigners there bad fed ?logs at their tables, hud washed ami clothed them, fondled them in 'heir laps iud taken thom rilling in their carriages. Were they not ting worshipers? An English nea captain, whose ship touched at Bush i re, took a Imrsolmck ride through tho streets of tho eity, but made HO poor a display of horsemanship as to astonish and amuse the people. Tho next day a vender of frtiitK carno on board tho ship and said to tho captain: "1 havo made such nu explanation us tn freo you from all reproach. Thom is no ?mo who does not think that you aro an expert rider, as becomes ono of a na tion of horsemen. " "And how did yon do that?" asked tho captain. "I told them you was drunk." "Croat Scott ! Another hat !" exclaimed Mr. Harlem Flat when his wile threw out a hint. "Von arc tin* must extravagant woman in this part nf town. I believe you have a differ ent hat for every day in the week." ' Why. of course I have. That's just it. 1 have one for every day in the week ; hut none for Sunday." Out in Kansas lives a happy wife. She writes: 441 have used Mother's Friend before two confinements. The last time I had twins, and was in labor only a few min utes. Suffered very little." Thc reason why Mother's Pricnd does expectant mothers so much good is because it is an external liniment, to bc applied upon the outside, where much of thc strain co mes. It helps be cause the pores of the skin readily absorb it, and it comes into direct contact with and is absorbed by the parts involved. Morning sickness is quickly banished, and nervousness is kepi completely away. The sen-c of dread at I foreboding is not experience.!, even daring (abor itself. Confinement is short and almost without pain. Recovery i-, quick and sure. Best of ali. ."/.other's Friend benefits the unborn just a-, much the expectant mother, an J when :!... i :?!-. 0:1c comes il will be ' trou;;, lus*! .:;.! healthy. Dru :slst3 ssll Mother' ; '. rlcrs? i >r 5 ? ?. brittle. :? r.'.t for o-.rr free ' po'? ". th's iish'sct, THU BRAD? .CL:? RECULATOR CO. ATLANTA, ti \. S*? QTTON ?s and will con Iv J ti nue to lu: thc money .<y>l>- i I .... i V(>}) <>t tho South. 1 ne planter who t^ets thc most cot* ton from a given area at the least cost, is thc one who makes the most money. Good culti vation, suitable rotation, and liberal use of fertilizers con taining at least 3% actual will insure the largest yield. Wo will si iii! Trev, upon application, pamphlet!! tli.it will inter? every cotton planter m lin- South. ??RrtAN KALI WORKS. OJ Nuaseu St.. New York. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. foi STY or ANIM'.KSON. comer OF COMMON I?I.I:AS. W. M. Wolli? and II C. Wi'lit?, partners in int i, .. Anderson, S ?*., limier iii?' Pinn nattie ol' We i A Webb. I'UintlIt'n. against I". M. Murphy, JU Trustee for t Itt* rtiililii'ii ol I' M. M II rpi? y. s: dcte.t??\l. Lucina M. Murphy. .'. IJOIIIKO M phy, I rpm* Calor, ( formerly .Murphy i liva M . oliy, Clmnli1 Murphy, Clarence Murphy an I I..?Iii-? Miirphv.i Miin.r- ?vcr Hu* Hue nf fourti" r yearn, D?tendants Summon*, foi Iteiivf- Com plaint Serveil. To tho Defendants I'. M. Murphy. a> Trustee ?lie children <.!' I'. M. Murphy,Senior,deceased I.. M. Murpliy. C. I.la?- Murpliy, Irene Cater formerly Murpliy.; lira Mimdiy. and claude .\| ii pliy.'l'tarenei'* Murphy ali.I ?.H IM Murphy Inlauts uvor th?1 ag.- <>i loi?rl?'?'n ye o* . \riitl are herehy . .tillitoncit and rci|tiiled loan* hWer the Cir mi tu this arl mn, ut u ii'-opy ii? HiMevriili b. rv?'?l ??pun you, and IO ?i 11 ? p y nf ymir answer to lim Raid I'ninplaini ?.? the subscribers at their ollie?', Auder...ti Court House, South ? anilina, within twenty ?laya ?fl?: th.- ;...> \ i?-.- hermit, ex ti il?! vt! of the ?Jay ufan?is I ?.? i ..!... . ami if vim fail tn answer the Complain; within ihe lliii? aforesaid, the Plain till* in (i>u j .un.m will apply lo the Court for thu relie; il?L j ina ii.le. I ii, i Im Cnn ulai ut. Oat. .1 Anderson, S. i ' . January lt, IS99. HON HA M >v WATKINS, Plaint HIV Attorney S KAL .1*111 M C WA'IKIXS, C, C. C. I'. I'II the HIISI'II! l>-len.taut. Clarence Murphy : Y ?ni will lake liol iee that I hu ? 'om plaint ?ll t hi . ai non. together with a ropy of the Summons, ?-.?< filed in ? in* ollie.'of llie ?*-lerk of the Court of ( .num.m Plea* f.ir Anderson Cuunty un January 11th. IS'.'.i, ami a ropy of salim N herewith aorv.-'t on you. ItoNIIAM .V WATKINS, .lau. tl. l-'.'.i. l'laintiils' Altornovj. To the Infant ln>fotidaiita, '.'laud?! Murphy, Ciar ..nee Murphy ail?! I-Oil I? Murphy : Yon ami eaeh of yon aro herehy notified thal union* within twenty day-, alter MTV ice of thii Summon* and Complaint mi you, you procure th.' appoint mein of (iuaidian*. lei Hiern to represen you in lilis action, tho Plaint ill.-, will procure auch app'iini monta to In? n.ade IttiNltA.M A WATKINS, Plaintiffs* Atty*, .lan 1 l.tKai" ti Assessment Notice. ACDITOII'S Oi'ricK, A NDKIISON, S. C. rilli IS OFFICE WI 1.1. BK OPEN TO X Il KC? KI VE RETURNS OF PER SONAL 1* KO PH KT Y tor taxation I'm tho next iisoal year from the lirst ?lay of .Inn UH ry, I sin?, to the *jath of Fob r miry following, inclusive. All transiera of ll KAL ESTATE mad* .sineo last year's assessment must be ourefully noted on tho return-the num ber ot aeres bought or Hold aud from whom acquired or to whom sold. Uuiler the new HHsesHing laws the township ivasessors aro required to make Tux Kolor ns tor all tims? that fail to make tbeir own returns within the time proHcribed by law, and hence tho dilllcul i.V ol delinquents escaping the penalty o? tho law. Ii X -CON FED K R AT K SO LDI E RS ?iver ;"?0 yearn of age are exempt from POLK TAX. All ?ither malos hstween the HgeH ?>r 21 an?! 00 yoare, EXCEPT THOSE INC-A KARLE OF EARNING A SUPPORT FROM REIN? MAIMED OR FROM ANY OTHER CAUSE, ebal', be deemed taxable polls. For the convenIen<:e of taxpayers we will also have deputies to take roturan ac the following times and places : Hone? Path, Monday and Tuesday, January 30and .'il. Kelton, WeilnoHday and Thursday, February 1 and 'J. Piedmont, Friday and Saturday, Feb ruary li and I. Pelter, Monday. Tuenday and Wednes day, February U, 7 and 8. WilliauiHton, Tb ii rod ay ami Friday, February !? and 10. Ci. N. C. ROLE-MAX, Doo. 14, 1S5I8. Auditor A. C. Anyone sending n sketch and description ni.? '1 iili'lcly iiacerutln ?mr opinion free whethtr B:J invention ia probably patentable. Conimunlca t inns nt net ly ec m toi eut lui. Handbook on I'at eut ? ?eut freo. Oldest iigonoy for secuntii? patenta. 1 'ut ei j i H taken throuKh Munn St Co. receive inrrltil notice, without chanto, lu tho Scientific Jhnerkan. A handaomelr Illustrated weekly. iJimeat cir culation ?if any aclentlQc Journal. Terma, f.l a year; four ruontaa, ?L ?omnjail n*WBdeaieri. MUNN8Co.36,Bfoad^HewYork Branch Office. ?25 F St., Waahtngton, D. C. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA ANii ASHKVILI.K SHOKr LINK In effect August 7,1898. Lv Augusta. 9 40 am 110 pm Artireenwood. 1160 aol . Ar A Mclernon. 6 10 pm Ar Laurena. 1 'JO pm 7 Ot) am Ar Greenville. 3 00 pm 10 IS au Ar (Wenn Spring?. 4 05 pm ._ A r Spartanburg.. ? io pm Pl 20 ara Ar Suluda.I ft 3:1 pm . Ar tl ende THOU vii le. 6 03 pm . Ar Asheville.| 7 00 pm . I,v Asheville . 8 23 am I. hv Spartan hun,'. 1143 am 3 05 pu: I.v Glenn Springs. lo 00 am . Lv Greenville. 12 01 am 4 00 pm Lv Laurena.". 137 pm 8 80 pm Lv Anderson.". 7 00 am LvGreenwood. 2 37 pm|. Ar Augusta. 5 10 pm ll 10 am Lv Calhoun Kalla.i 4 44 pm . Ar Haleigh. 2 IC am . Ar Norfolk. I 7 30 am .-. Ar Pcterahurg.I C 00 am . Ar Hk hinond.I 8 15 am . Lv Augusta. J. 2 55 pta Ar Allendale..*:.1. 5 00 pm Ar Fairfax.1. 6 15 pm Ar Yeinaasce.I 9 45 am 6 20 pta Ar Beaufort.". W.Miaui 720 pm Ar Port Koyal._.! 11 05 am 7 85 j m Ar Savannah.'. 7 35 pm Ar Charleston.1. 9 10 pm Lv fharloHton.;. fi 00 am Lv Savannah.'. fi 50 am Lv Port soya).| l 40 pm 8 80 am i.v Kean for). 1 5.1 pm 8 40 am Lv Yomasseo. i< 05 pm 9 45 am I.v Fairfax. :. 1?> M at Lv All.I ile.;.: ll 05 J:; *.r Viistiiia.. i 10 pn ci. i roniicciion al Palhoun Falls fur Aihcuj HHataan-l all politic ou S. \ :,. i-;?.utinootloti at Atigitsn*. for .< t *:,-st .?. .?-...?.i iah ami jioini i ... i'.?tinoeii in? at GreoiiVii'jd :'?'.r ?*.i! point? o: - \ I',..and "!.*!l u-\?..**..". ..!.'.- :? ..-: ..' .r. j :\ : ... !ln rn (taitWAV.