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THE FLOWER SELLER. -Myrtle and eglantine For the old love and the new! And the columbine With its cap and bells for folly! And the daffodil for the hopes of youth 1 .And the rue for melancholy ! But of all tho blossoms that blow, Fair gallants all, I charge you to win, if yo may. This front lo quest. Who dreams apart in her -wimple of purple and gray, toko the Blessed "Virgin, with meek head bend ing low Upon her breast. For the orange flower Yb may buy as ye will, but the violet of the wood Is the love of maidenhood, And he that hath worn it but one?, though but for an hour, He shall never again, though he wander by many a stream No, never again shall he meet with a flower that shall seem So sweet and pure, and forever in after years, At the thought of its bloom or the fragrance of its breath, The past shall arise, And his eyes shall bo dim with tears, And his soul shall be far in the gardens ol paradise, Though he stand in the shambles of death. -William Young. A MISER'S ROMANCE. George Pike was known as the stingi est man in Monroe county. Ke lived alone on a 200 acre farm, did his own cooking, washed his own clothes and mended the same. At mend ing he was an export, for it was com mon talk that ho had worn one snit of clothes ten years. No one in the neigh borhood knew his exact agc, lint he looked to be on the shady side of 40. Neither did any one have authentic in formation as to the extent of his wealth. . He was afraid of banks and kept his thousands in some secret hiding place about the honse. That sn ch a man should be a bachelor was quite in order. No donbt he looked upon the question of marriage in tho same light that he viewed ali other propositions-from the standpoint of probable cost. He seldom called upon a girl. Occasionally when he had ascer tained in advance that there would be no charge for refreshments he wonld at tend a church social, his grain leather boots bright with stove p dish and his coat buttoned tigh?iy o*> T his gray flannel shirt. Vests in his estimation ? were in the same class with wives luxuries to be enjoyed only by the reck lessly rich. At one of these church affairs he met the daughter of a farmer who had re cently moved into the neighborhood. She was a lass of rare beauty, and it was no wonder that the miserly bache lor exerted himself to outdo the younger men in witty sayings and pleasant speeches to her. As he drove home in his squeaky spring wagon behind old Esau, tho mulo h,e had been driving for 17 years, the vision of the rosy cheeked, brown eyed maid dwelt persistently in his mind, and ho caught himself repeating her name over and over again : "Mabel Harvey, Mabel Harvey, Mab- Git up there, Esau !" He interrupted his musings on the fair Mabel with a savage swish of the . reins and a command to the aged ani mal, which had taken advantage of its master's abstraction to slacken its gait to a slow walk. "I can't bea-thinkin of gals and sich nonsense," exclaimed the farmer aloud. "Wimmin is only expens? and trouble .anyhow." It was a brave attempt to banish the memory of the girl, but it failed. Five minutes later Esau had resumed the slow walk, and the bachelor was gazing .dreamily at the stars, going over in his mind the incidents at the church social with the pretty Mabel as the center figure. Several times in tho night he awoke frem a restless sleep to think of the girl. He could not drive away the con stant contemplation of her. Whether in the fields or in the stable, the kitchen or the sitting room, Mabel Harvey was the subject of his thoughts. Two weeks passed. He met her the second time at the church. On the way borne that night Esau's pace was abso lutely snailish. Pike ceased to try to escape from the fascination. But then a tembl? battle arose between the imp of avarice and the love sprite. Through out bis life the bachelor had denied himself every pleasure and the gratifi cation of every whim for economy's sake. Why should he break the rule be cause a certain girl seemed a thousand fold more attractive to him than all others? Then he remembered how she had smiled at his witticisms, and his vanity was touched. He argued himself into the belief that if he should want to marry her she would have him. "I'm richer than any single feller in the county, and she must know it," he mused. 1 'Gals 'r great after fellers with money, an guess s^e's a good deal like the rest of 'em." But he could not come to a final de- | cisi?n to inaugurate the courting. "Wimmin is powerful extravagant." J This thought invariably shattered his J dreams of wedded life. One day an idea came co him. He j wonld experiment and ascertain if he ! could afford, according to his notion of : expense, to support a wife. 4 'Every time I buy anything for myself \ I'll jest git twice as much as usual, and ; I'll party nigh know before long how , much it 'ud cost for the keep of a wife. " He,smiled complacently at what he considered the sure evidence of an ingenuity that would lead tu the solu- j tion of the problem which was vexing ; him. > ! "I'll try it for a month, and if it aint too expenseful I'll go after that ; gah" I Such an idea was exactly in keeping with Pike's character. He saw nothing ; ridiculous in it. It was a business mat- ? ter with him, and he prided himself that he had hit upon a method of satis- j fying his avaricious instinct on the ! stubborn question of expense. He im- j parted his scheme to no one. This was j not unusual. He had never been known to talk of his affairs. Some discussion was caused in the town store when it was noted that his purchases were precisely double what they had been. This started the gossips, and it was common talk that the bache lor had loosened his purse strings. "Must be expectin somebody ter visit with him," suggested Jason Britting ham, a grocery store whittler. "Most likely he's lookin fer the price of coffee and sugar to go up soon, ' ' was the observation of 'Lihu Strong, the , town wa?ar. ... 1 .Lio ono guess?a im.1 iriun. One evening a neighbor dropped i unexpectedly on the lone bachelor at h home. Pike was in the kitchen. E hurried to the door at the sumid of tl knock and opened it just wide enou". to discern the identity of the calle The latter thought he detected emba rassment in Pike's manner. When 1 caught an unintended glimpse of tl supper table, he was astonished beyor measure. There were two cups of coff? and two plates, containing pork and p> tatoes. One cup and one plate had bee partially emptied. The other cup ar plate looked as if they had not bee touched. .'Got company?" he blurted out, b fore he thought what he was sayin; Pike had never been known to invite guest to supper or any other meal. The bachelor's face flushed a dee crimson. For a moment he. appeared 1 be unable to reply. Finally he stutiere out: "Well, no-er. yes; I'm kinder ei pectin some one. ' ' His neighbor observed his confusio and hastened to state the business th? prompted his visit. Pike did not aa him in, and he departed without ot taining further light on the cause c. the presence of the extra cup and plate Tho neighborhood now had a genuin mystery. All sorts of vague rumor were circulated. But the bachelor ken his secret. "S'pose Brown'll tell what he st-ei and folks will talk some, but nobody'] guess what it's all about," he chuckled It went much against the grain wit) him to cook twice s ranch at each mea as he would have prepared for himsel alone. But he consoled his econ?mica spirit by feeding what was left over to the hogs. t; 'Tain't lost, after all," he thought The end of the month arrived. Hi had awaited tho day with impatience That evening he ato supper earlier thai usual. He helped the extra plate anc filled tlie extra cup, representing tin amount he would allow a wife-if hi had. one-for the last time. And as h< did it he pictured to himself the browi eyed Mabel gayly chatting with hin across the table. When he had finished the meal, he took the old slate on which he had done his figuring since childhood and in s few minutes had ascertained to a cen? the cost of the extra portion. .'Four dollars and nineteen cents, four dollars and nineteen cents," he re peated to himself, over and over again. His brows were knit. The chill of ava rice was creeping into his heart. .'And that don't include clothes. But I reckon she'd have enough duds to do her for awhile. " It was the first rulo of the bachelor's life to deny himself everything except absolute necessities. For the first time he was dangerously near deciding to break the law which had become almost second nature with him. Few men there be indeed who would hesitate to invest ?4.19 a month in tho keep of a wife who supplied in .-iii r. rp! cts their ideal. But Pike had courted the yellow gold so long that his love was not to be changed easily. Taree days the battle en iured within his breast. It was tho moi : miserable period of his existence. Even after ho had made up his mind to seek the hand of the witching Mabel he found himself wondering at his own recklessness. But he was a man of stern resolve. Once determined, it required more than hu man power to turn him from his course. On the morning of the fourth day he finished up the work about the place earlier than was his custom and hitched Esati to the spring wagon. "It's purty nigh time I was buyin a store suit, and I reckon this is a proper occasion for sich a purchase," he solilo quized as he mended a break in the mule's bridle with a piece of twine. An hour later he was examining the assortment of clothing in Smith's gen eral store at Hill Top. "What sort of a suit ort a feller buy to git married in?" he asked the pro prietor with an effort at a smile. The storekeeper received the inquiry as a joke. The idea of Pike desiring in formation of such a character to guido him in the selection of a suit did not enter his brain. "Same sort you'd want if you was expectin to be buried, ' ' replied Smith. "Pants, coat and vest." Then both laughed at the homely witticism. The bachelor drew it out of the store keeper without exciting suspicion that the young man who had participated in the most recent marriage in the neigh borhood had worn a frock suit. "I ain't never had no tail coa: vit/' he remarked in a careless way. ' 'Beliere I'll just git one to surprise the neigh bors. ' ' He found a cutaway suit that pleased him in every respect except price. Four teen dollars was more than he was ac customed to pay. But he again con quered his economical disposition. "I'll be back this way in a couple of j hours and you can have the bundle j ready for me, ' ' he said to the storekeep- j er and added. "When I git it, I'll pay you." Tlie drug store was his next objective point. The apothecary was dumfounded when the bachelor asked for a dime's worth of peppermint drops. "Got a cold?" inquired the sallow faced druggist. Pik?; hesitated a moment. "Nu. but I may git one," he replied, slyly avoiding an answer that would lead, to the discovery of his real purpose in purchasing the candy. The package was done np in pink pa per with a yellow cord about it. .'Won't that tickle her, though?" mused the purchaser as ho slipped the package into his pocket. As he passed out of the store he saw a group of men discussing some matter with great vigor in front of the post office. He wandered over to tho little gathering. Three or four addressed him simul taneously. "Heered the news?" they asked. "What's np now*?" answered tho bachelor rather unconcernedly. "S'pose somebody's hogs is got the cholerer, " he added, with an attempt at sarcasm. "No, siree!" Josiah White, the post master, was speaking. "Worse than hog cholerer," he con tinued- "At least, Tom Harvey thinks so. His pretty darter has eloped with some young feller from the city, and they've been married at the county seat." Pike's breath left him. For a second he was entirely unnerved. "How do you know she's eloped?" h? managed to ask. "Why, her daddy's jest passed through town, going like wildfire to head 'em off at the county seat, but there idn't much chance he'll git there in time." The postmaster looked at Pike curiously as he spoke. His com panions were likewise puzzled to know what caused the color to leave the bachelor's cheeks. Pike broke the awkward pause that followed the postmaster's last remark. j "I must be gettin home, " he said. "Good day to you all.." I He t imed and walked abruptly away from the group and entered the drug store. "Mr Smart, I don't believe I can use these here drops." j The apothecary mechanically received the package from Pike. He asked no questions, but emptied the candy into the jar and returned the dime. The bachelor left the establishment without a word. He went direct to Smith's j store. ! "Needn't to mind about that suit," he said to the proprietor. "I've con cluded I don't want it." . . . * . . . Esau is dead, but George Pike still lives in solitude on his farm near Hill Top. Although the incidents of tho story narrated in the foregoing para graphs occurred 20 years ago. rhr old bachelor's secret has never escaped his lips. Even at this late day old resid? nts of Hill Top occasionally ask each other: "I wonder what caused George Pike to act :>o peculiarlike on the day that Harvey girl eloped?"-St. Louis Re public. Enfilait Officers mul Wine. This is. strictly speaking, an allow ance of after dinner wine, or rather the money to buy it, whereby those officers who cannot otherwise afford ir may be enabled to drink the queen's health, lt appears that the "First Gentleman In Eurolie" was dining one evening with some regiment and after dinner noticed that some of the officers did not drink the king's health. In reply to his in quiry he was informed that no disloyal ly was meant thereby, but that these officers could not afford to drink wine every night. The regent thereupon in stituted the wino allowance which bears his name to this day. In mc st regiments the sum thus re ceived is paid into the general mess fund. In tho marines, however, each dining member can either drink one glass of wine every night or else can be credited therefor in his mess bill. A cu rious anachronism arose during the Crimean war iu .conned ii ii with this custom. In those days the allowance, however much it might be, was divided among the dining members at tho mess, and, owing to the absence on active service cf the large majority of officers, of the few that remained behind each received such a large shareof the allow ance in cash that he was virtually being pa id a fixed sum peruightt > dine at mess.--Chambers' Journal. Tlie Power tif Adaptation. Lord Seaforth, who was born deaf and dumb, was one day io dine with Lord Melville. Jnstbefore the company arrived Lady Melvillle sent into the drawing room a lady.!' her acquaint ance who could talk wiiii her fingers that she might receive Lord Seaforth. Present?;.* Lord Guilforth entered the room, and the lady, taking him for Lord Seaforth, began to \ ly her fingers nimbly. Lord Guilforth did the same. They had been carrying on the conver sation in this manner for ten minutes or more when Lady Melville joined them. lier friend said, "Well, 1 have been talking away to this dumb man." "Dumb!" exclaimed L Guilforth. "Bless me, I thought you were dumb!" A Commercial Ti??yre. A little! Joy street hoy was taken to church for the first time a few Sundays ago. He had been repeats ly cautioned to sit still, and keep quiet. Lus obedience was most, commendable, and wheu it came timo to pass the coi . ibution box he was intrusted with the family dona tion. Inatead of silem ; placing the money where it belonged ho held it be fore the eyes of the officiating collector that he might plainly see it. "That':* good, my little fellow." came the response with a view to pass ing the incident over without embar rassment. " 'Comse it's good, but I'm payin for all three. Is they any change cum in?"-Detroit Free Press. IQ n {tri nu ?I'M I'.n^lKh. Here is an example of the quaint mis use of words, the confusion of pronouns being, not many years ago. whatever may be the case now, quite common among the country people of Hamp shire, "If her won't go along o' we, us won't go along u' she."-London Chronicle. A Mathematical Name. A good story is told of tho Rev. Otti well Wood, a celebrated English preach er. Mr. Wood had to appear as a wit ness in a north country assize court and was asked and gave his name in due course. "What?" asked tho judge peevishly, being rather deaf. Mr. Wood repeated his answer. "Can't hear you. Spell it out," snapped tho judge. "0, double T, I, double ?, E, dobbie L, double U, double 0, I). " The judge threw down his pen in despair. This is i ven a more remarkable name than that of the late Admiral W. W. Wodd, which the cadets at the Annapo lis Naval academy, when he was an in structor in mathematics there, always wrote "W cube, O square, D."-Buf- j falo Commercial. I Sci cut i li rn II)- Correct. "And when I proposed to lier sho turned all the colors of the rainbow at once. ' ' "How can you make such a ridicu lous assertion'/" "All the colors at once, if j*ou have not forgotten your high school lessons, you ought -:o know make white."-In dianapolis .Journal. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of - The older a man gets the more he wonders how boys come to know so mach. AX AFRICAN TE i ?ROE. THE TSETSE FLY'S BITE IS SURE DEATH TO ANIMALS. Sci? ?oe linn Tried In Vain to Find n Remedy For tin* still?- of tlie Vcuo xnoiiN LHtle InNccI-HM PoiHun ila? I \'o Effect r"i?o? Mini. A pest that fatally afflicts animals, but uot man, and has thus far been confined to central and southern Africa, is the subject of a report to the Royal society, in England, by a committee ap pointed to investigate the matter. The disease in question ia the result of a bite by a fly scarcely larger than the common house fly, and though its prog ress is somewhat slower than that of the poison from snake bite the effect is equally deadly to ox, horse or dog. A sting like that of a mosquito leads to symptoms resembling those of a cold, and the animal grows steadily worse until it dies, perhaps a week or ten days after the tiny wound was inflicted. The importance of a malady of this sort was so apparent that the Royal so ciety appointed a committee to study its nature and to ascertain, if possible, whether any care could be found. A good deal of interesting information is presented :n the n port, bu? as ye:, in spite of some original and thorough ex periments, no remedy-has been found for the disease. The most that science can recom? tend ni presi nt is a continu ance of the protective measures resorti d lo by the natives, which consist or plas tering animals over ber< ? a they are tak en into an infected di tri ct with manure and other rd thy subs! uni . . The tsetse fly sucks ] Iood, hs does the mosquito, and communicates il i ni isi .11 unintentionally ?o doubt just as mos quitoes tire supposed to eonvejSira ala ri ttl poison into the veins of their victims. The mischief making agent in both in stances appears to be a living organism, a microbe, characteristic iuthconecase of malarial fever and in the ether of the strange and fatal tsetse disease. The existence of the latter parasite was dis covered by Surgeon Major Bruce several years ago, after a cartful study of tho scourge. The fly is so abundant and perniciously active in some regions that they cannot be inhabited by horses and cattle. It is a curious fact, though, that man appears to be entirely unaffected by its bite. The great advances made within tho last few years in bacteriology naturally suggested to the Royal society investi gators a line of experiment fron: which, at tho outset, it was reasonable to ex pect much. The first step was to obtain specimens of the microbe, the in xtwas to look into his habits and r?lation ships. and the "hird was tc seo what could bo don" in the way <?': producing an antitoxin from h\< poison. Tho microbes wanted were taken from the blood of a Ta g that had been infected with the disenso on its way home from Africa. Cultures were tb ii made it: the tui?a? manner. Various animals wi re inoculated with thc para sites ?nd attempts were made to pro-1 duce a serum, such as is obtained for snake bite, diphtheria and tetanus, that would protect animals that had not been attacked amt cure those which had. But the system which works so admirably wi ?it a few ><i the best known bacterial maladies does not seem to be efficacious with that which results from iii- bite of the tsetse fly. Several 1 variations of the stan'' methods wen: tried without success. 1... i'iom diseased animals was injected, for instance. Se were preparations containing the para- : sites of kindred maladies. Dieting was al.-o resorted to, but yielded no pallia-j ti ve off cits. The inquiry of the committee waa carried on in such a comprehensive manner as to include a comparison with the tsetse infection of somewhat similar phenomena noticed among rats in India and elsewhere. Koch is said to have at tributed a plague prevalent among In dian rats to the tsetse parasite. The Royal society committee does not con sider tho point established, but the identity of tho African malady with one observed in Algeria is more prob able, v One part of the investigation conduct ed by the committee related to tho kinds of animals that aro subject to the pest under discussion. To obtain informa tion on this point, cats, dogs, rabbits, mice, rats, guinea pigs and even hedge hogs were inoculated. They proved sus- J ceptiblc to the disease. At first it was suspected that the guinea pig was im- . miine, but while it responds more slow ly than som e 1 ?thor animals to tho poison it succumbs event nally. No recovery oc curred alter the parasites had once got into tho creature's blood. Noi onlydoes the horse die in consequence of a tsetse ! fly bite, but a hybrid of the zebra and ass does too. No hope of finding a sub stitute for the nobler animal that would be proof against the disease was afford- j ed by Ibis test. Here, however, are | two or three comforting facts, although they have little practical bearing on the problem presented, lt seems proved that the disease cannol be communicat ed by eating the flesh of an animal1 which has died from it unless some lesion exists in the month or food pas sages. In other words, the poison must be injected into the blood. The virus rather quickly ceases to be infective. Blood drawn from a living diseased ani mal loses ibis in three or four days at most, but material taken from a demi animal seems to bu powerless aller about 24 hours. The failure of tho committee to find any cure for thu tsetse disease will bo a source of great disappointment to all; who are interested in south central Africa and its industries.-New York Tribune. One Blushed. A lawyer recently went to bathe and encountered ;i lingo shark. Their eyes met for an instant, when the shark blushed and swam away.-London An swers. ? ? . ^ For La Grippe. Thomas Whitfield & Un , 240 Wa bash-av., corner Jackson-st., ?nie of 1 Chicago's oldest and most prominent 1 druggists, recommend Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy for Ia grippe, ?is it not ( only gives a prompt and complete re lief, but also counteracts any tendency of la grippe to result, in pneumonia. For sale by Mill Orr Drug Co. - Diogenes lived in a tub, but you have never heard that there was any water in it. JOHN H?TTSON'S ROUND UP. Ki's Invasion of New ?Vicxico With an Army of Texas Cowboys. "Our Spanish-American territory, New Mexico, underwent many in vasions from the time the Toltecs and Aztecs camped in her valleys on their long march southward to the valley of Mexico up to the un furling of the United States flag in Sante Fe by General Phil Kearney in 184G,"said the man from Colo rado in an up town hotel last night. "But I doubt if any other conquer ing hero ever created quite the sen sation among her people that Cat tleman John Hittson did with his army of Texan cowboys when, in the early seventies, he marched across her eastern border and began to round up the cattle. It was a pri vateering expedition, and tho leader bore letters of marque, issued by the governor of Texas, empowering him to confiscate and appropriate any cattle he should find beyond thc western limit of tho state bearing tli" brands of Texan owners. "There Lad been preparing for many years a foundation aud pre text for just sueli a raid in the frightful trade that certain New Mexicans conducted with the Co anchi ; and Sibv/as. These Indians, v . -. preying on tho frontier sut il rs in Texas and the northern .3 of Mernoo, found a market Cor t; lr plunder among the-peopla cf north rn New Mexico. Tho trade was conducted through the agency of r megade whites and half breeds, known as Comaccheros. J3ut the spoils often found their way to tho possession of people ranking high in wealth, respectability and officia] station. This traffic had gradually become a settled business, and it amounted to offering to the Indians a premium for raiding on the inhab itants of Texas. It enlarged their field of pernicious activity, for, where formerly they killed cattle only as they needed them for food, now that they could trade them in Xe\v Mexico for articles they covet ed, tho Comanches took to rounding up the Texas herds and driving them across the border. As these forays were often accompanied by theattendant horrors of savage war fare, of which murder was the least, tho Texans naturally set on foot a sclu me to make themselves whole, in sh ap" of a counter raid on thc people who profited by thu Co manches' incursion?:. " John Hittson, a rough and ready cattle_n, handy with his pistol and po; ssing qualities of leader ship, was che mau selected lo com mand the expedition. The men en li: ted for the raid were typical Tex an cowboys, wild horsemen, who lived ia the saddle, and would rath er any time light than eat. Each man carried two revolvers and a Spencer ear bine, which ho was prompt to uso for cause shown, and often without cause. With his band of 200 men of this quality Hittson entered New Mexico without an nouncement, and distributing his forces so as to sweep a wide strip of country, proceeded to gather in all the cattle bearing Texas brands, driving them beforo him as ho ad vanced. There was no force that could be gathered in time to resist him, and, in fact, of those who had profited by the traffic with the In dians there were many New Mexi cans who thought the raid justified, or at least were not disposed to op pose it. For this reason there was little resistance as he swept the country clear of Texas cattle be tween the Pecos and the Red river, and swung back across the Texas border with the biggest herd of stock ever gathered on the New Mexican plains. In rounding np the Texas cattle undoubtedly a great many were included belonging leg itimately to New Mexican owners, for John Hittson was not a man to waive points when on tho cattle trail with a band of armed followers at his back. In Texas the cattle wero redistributed to tho original owners on terms highly profitable to Hitt son and his men. "This technically lawless raid led to the breaking up of the border trado with the Comanches, although the Indians were not fully repressed for some years after. What particu larly dampened the ardor of these men who had dealt in Comanche booty was the issuance by the gov ernor of Texas of requisitions for certain New Mexicans who wero known to have profited largely by the traffic. By common report it cos! ono man in Sania Fe $10,000 to per.-;ia<!'' tho governor of New Mex ico to refuse to honor theTexas gov ernor's requisition in his ease. It was cheaper for him to pay, for it was well known that if ever he had been taken across tho border with-* the state of feeling prevailing among the Texans, he would not have lived to eumu to trial. "John Hittson afterward moved to ('olorado, where ho built a lino house on his ranch at Box Elder, on tho lino of tho Kansas Pacific road. Ho was accidentally killed a few years ago by being thrown from his buggy in Denver. ' '-New York Sun. An Honest Medicine for La Grippe. George W. Waitt, of ?South (Jardi ner, Me., says: ''1 have liad the worst rough, colil, chills and grip and have taken lots of trash of no account but profil to thc vendor. Chamberlain's Dough Remedy is the only tiling that has done any good whatever. 1 have used one 50-ccnt bottle and the chills, cold and grip have all left mc. I con gratulate the manufacturers of an honest, medicine." For sale by Hill ( )rr Drug Co. - Fine feathers do not make fine birds for a pot pie. MEET DEATH FEARLESSLY, Entomhed Miners I'jiss the Time Is Playing Gamea. A mining story would be considered incomplete without a harrowing de scription of the hero's sufferings during an underground catastrophe. People ex pect it, and never doubt that the sensa tions of the imprisoned miner are ac curately pictured. But those who have had experience in rescuing colliers from living tombs know that the men do not always act in the sentimental manner attributed to them. On the contrary, not a few of them face their horrible death smilingly, refusing to give way to vain regrets and tears. "When a great mass of coal fell in a northern pit, completely blocking up the side passages, 20 men and boys were trapped in a remote part of the work ings. To dig these unfortunate fellows out a relief party worked madly, but the coal was hard, and at the close of the first day the tearful women at the X)it brow were still waiting for news. Another day passed without good tid ings, and it was not until the third morning that a faint humming sound filtered through the frowning blockade of coal. "They're alive," shrieked one of the party, "and singing hymns to show their faith!" Alter that all worked with redoubled energy, straining their ears meanwhile j to catch the chanting of the under- \ ground choir. It soon became evident, however, that th" miners were not | singing at all. They were laughing and j shouting like children, and th . familiar ! cry of "Duck's off!" was clearly heard i by the anxious rescuers. Two more j hours of superhuman effort followed, ? and then the black partition gave way. ? revealing the pale and haggard miners ] i:i tho v< ry act of playing a game dear ; to the collier's heart. "Hello, lads! We j didn't expect fo seo ye!" laughed one j of them, stooping to replace the lump ; of coal which served as the "duck." "Ah, reckon yeTl stop an hov a game wi' ns afore wc go back V" And the half famished men and boys actually insist ed on finishing the game before they would allow themselves' to be taken to the shaft. After a very similar accident in an other colliery the relief party did not get through the coal in time to be of service, and five sturdy miners were found dead behind the cruel barrier. That they had died coolly and fearless ly, though, was beyond question, for on tho damp floor were scores of little mar bles made from compressed coal dust, ; and two of the men were lying at full | length with their fists screwed up ready ? to fillip. Their wan faces smiled even in death, and this touching proof of their unfailing optimism brought tears fo the eyes of every one who entered ; the pit Falls of coal and floods are terrible i catastrophes, but the average collier j fears an explosion of fire damp mest of all. One occurred not so very long ago j in a little Midland pit, and l? good men and true were shut off from the cage by I tons upon ti-ns of coal. The anxious! crowd at the pit month waited until I tho foul gas had beet: cleared from the j cutting and then began their work of rescue, with little hope < f saving their mates from thesufroi ating?anles i f the fire damp. Progress was rapid, however; and before ? mg the relief partygot into thc narrow passage. Here they saw a sight which fairly made them gasp, for the Lo colliers were on the floor, some of them dead and others sitting up and unconcernedly singing cornie songs. A little farther on was a football, improvised from the colliers' shirts and caps and bearing un mistakable signs of recent and rough use. "We thowt as long as we'd got to dee we'd dee kickin, " explained one of the survivors, "so we rigged up a foot ball an punched it abart in t' dark. George theer fell dahn dead as he wor scorin a goal, but we went on playin to pass time on, an then t' gas cleared off a bit." Only four of that brave bevy of min ers came out of the pit alive, but they assured their questioners that the others had laughed and sung in the very face of death.-Cassell's Saturday Journal. - A woman mourns her mother-in law deeply when black is becoming to her. - Conceit frequently produces a placid expression which passes for goodness. - The most profound problem of our lives is why other people don't like us. - The mau who keeps his mouth shut seldom acquires thc reputation of a liar. 9 there are thousands of wo- v ? men who nearly suffer death $ A from irregular menses. 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THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, GA. POLOR and flavor of fruits, 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 and get Free our pamphlets, which tell how to buy and use fertilizers with greatest economy and profit. GERriAN KALI WORKS, 93 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 at Anderson, S. C., under the Firm nani' of Webb ? Webb. Plaintiffs, against. F. M. Murphy, aa Trustee for the children of F M. Murphy. Sr. uVcenseJ. Lucius Jr. Murphy, C. Louise Mur phy, Irene Cater, (formerly Murphy ) Eva Mur phy, Claude Murphy, Clarence Murphy and L'iui? Murphy, Minors over ;h<- o: fourteen y< ar-. Defendants.-Su tu mons for Kt^ief-Com plaint Served. To thc'Defendants F. Murphy, cs Trustee of thc children of F. M. Murphy.Senior,deceased, L. M. Murphy, C. Louise Murphy, irene Cater, (foracrly Murphy,) Kva Murphy, ami Claude Murphy, Clarence Murphy and Louis Murphy infants over the age of fourteen ye.ir.i : \70U are hereby summoned and retuned toac jj_ swer the Complaint in.this action, of which accpy ?a herewith served upon you, and to serve acopy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office, Anderson court House, South Carolina, within tv euty days after tiie service hereof, exclusivo of the day of 6uch service; anil if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action wiil apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the Complaint. Dated Anderson, S. C , January ll, 1899. BONHAM A WATKINS, Plaintiffs' Attorney, [SEAL ] JOHN C. WATKINS, C. C. C. r. To the absent Defendant. Clarence Murphy : You will take notice that the Complaint in this action, together with a copy of the Summons, was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Anderson County on January 11th, 1S99, and a copy of same is herewith served on you. BONHAM A WATKINS, Jan. ll, 1399. Plaintiffs" Attorneys. To the .Infact Defendants, Claude Murphy, Ciar pnce Murphy and Lou;s Murphy : You and each cf you are hereby notified that unless within twenty days after service of this Sumiuoas and Complaint on you, you procure the appointment of Guardians ad litem to represent you in this action, the Plaintiffs will procure such appointments to be tr.ade BONHAM & WATKINS, Plaintiffs'A ttys.. .Tan 1 L1S99 29 G ??ES7HOTIGS, TjnjIE Copartnership existins between JL P. IL Allen ana J. H. Pruitt, under i,!:o Firm name ol' Alien & Pruitt, bas this day been dissolved by mutual con sent, of both parties interested, P. B. Alien retiring irorn above Firm V. IL A LI j EX. J. II. PRUITT. 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Ar Savannah. Ar Charleston. Lv Charleston. Lv Savannah. Lv Port Royal. Lv Beau fort. Lv Yemassea. Lv Fairfax. Lv Allendale. Ar Augusta., 1 2? pm 3 00 nm 4 05 pm 3 10 pm 5 33 pm ? 03 pm 7 00 pm S ?s am 11 45 am 10 00 am 12 01 am 1 37 pm 9 Ou am 4 10 pm 4 00 pm 7 30 pm 7 00 am 2 37 pm i.".., 5 10 pm ll 10 am 4 44 pm 2 li) am 7 30 am 6 00 am 8 15 am 9 45 am 10 50 am 11 05 am 1 CO pm 2 00 pm S 15 pm 4 20 pm 5 20 pm 5 35 pm 6 15 pm 0 39 pm 1 40 pm 1 55 pm 3 05 pm 618 am 5 00 am 6 45 am G i6 am 7 55 am 8 65 am 910 am 1100 pm Closo connection at Calhoun Falls lor Athena Atlanta and all points on S. A. L. Close connection at Augusta for Charleston Savannah and all points. Close connections at Greenwood for all points on 3. A. L., and C. db G. Railway, and at Spartanburg with Southern Railway. For any information relative to tickets, rates, ichedule, etc., address W. J. CRAIG, Gen.Pass. Agent, Augusts,Gs: E. M.North,Sol. Agent. T.M. Emerson.Trar?c Manager.