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THINK OF THE A,nd Know What a 2 She Boston JE vent n Now is the time to set a hen for early chickens-and the early chicken is the only one that will lay eggs next winter when they are worth fifty cents a dozen. The chicken that is born on or before the first day of March is worth dozens born in May or June, when all the hens want to set. The trouble is to find the hen who is j inclined to incubation in the month of \} i i February. G-enerally speaking, she must be a March chicken herself; therefore to have March chickens, you must first have March chickens. It is like the great economic proposition: j 1 To make money you must have money to make it with. However, it is not necessary to inherit March pullets they can be acquired at reasonable rates; and every practical hen keeper -aside from those wholesale gentle men who can devote all their time and attention to the monumental task of making incubators incubate, and who are consequently independent of the natural means of incubation-will tell you that the early-born pullet who is under a sort of natural compulsion to lay early herself, is, even when of no breed /at all, of more value than the high-bred fowl who declines to lay any eggs until the balmy springtime has come and eggs can be bought for 15 cents a dozen. The eccentricities of the setting hen are beyond all account. No power on. earth or heaven can prevent certain hens. from setting half their lives. They will set on good eggs or bad eggs, on china eggs, on stones, on . stieks, on nothing at all. Turned out of.one place, they will set in any other. By actual experiment a cer tain Plymouth Rock (of whose br?ed one of the many noble qualities is broodines) persisted in setting for six weeks running, though she was given .no eggs at all and was treated with the greatest contumely, being moved from pillar to post and afflicted with sharp-cornered cobblestones, and dady driven away with violence from her pathetic attempt to convert these ig nominious rocks into the noble ones of Plymouth, At the end of the sis jx weeks she did give up further setting, j c but she appeared to entertain no . grudge on account of her treatment, I 0 and would on occasion come and eat ? c but of the hands Of her late tormen tors. It was in the autumn when she made this Quixotic attempt, and she had already in this same year brought off two fine broods of chickens-one in early March and the other in June. Other hens will never set at all. The white Minorcas-those hens with great combs, which look exactly like roosters and aie called "Catalans" by the Spanish-wifl lay perhaps more eggs in a year than any other sort of , hen, and it is unlikely that any one of ? . them was ever known to hatch a brood of chickens. The Minorcas will, in deed, sometimes begin to set, but they seem to be under the impression that three days ought to be, in all con science; a long enough time in which to hatch out an egg, and at the expi ration of about that time they will abandon the attempt with a-great flut ter and much denunciatory oratory. If they are fastened down on the nest with a board placed above their backs, they will stand up as high as they can under the board and let the cold air addle their eggs. It is doubtful if ever any human being, male or female, wicked or pious, Christian or pagan, ever got through without profanity an ? attempt to make a Minorca hen set. There are other breeds of non-setters, which are not merely too numerous but too contemptible to mention. The Plymouth Rock will not lay so many eggs in a year as the Minorca, but she will lay what she does lay when you want them, and she will perpetuate her kind. Strange to say, another kind of hen that makes a good<mother is the game hen. She seems to be engaged in an attempt to prove that a certaiti amount of Am'azonianism is not inconsistent with a proper regard for the duties of motherhood. A very peaceful gentle man, not unconnected with the work of the Humane Society, moved into the country three or four years ago. Having occasion to purchase two or tl#ee settings of eggs he bought one of a good workingwoman, who lived on the outskirts of thc town, and who happened to have male relatives of sporting proclivities, though the gen tleman did not know that, and would hardly have eared if he had known. The sporting proclivities of those per sons'Could hardly affect thc hens' eggs raised on the place. The setting of eggs turned out beautifully, and in due time some exquisite little red chickens were running about with the old gray hen who hud been their foster mother. Thc chickens were so pretty that they were admired above ali others on the place. They grew apace, and before long their owner discovered that they were engaged in warfare :?i?st of the time, either with one another or with other little chickens. Redoubtable fighters they were, tee, Vlystery of Mysteries Is. (j Tranwipl. and while any one cf them would easily whip any chicken of any other brood, when they fought with one another it seemed to be a fight to the death. The peaceable gentleman de precated these contests very much, but he was powerless to prevent them. What could make them fight so? By and by a village tradesman who iiappened to be at thc place one day aoticed the chickens, looked at the gentleman who owned them, winked broadly and remarked, "Raisinggames, >h?" ''Raising what?" asked the lumane gentleman. "Why, game owls," returned the other. ''Game Wis? What can you be talking ibout?" said the gentleman, getting a ittle nettled; "why, I- never thought )f such a thing!" "Well, them's ;ame chickens, just the same," ?aid ihe tradesman. A light dawned on ihe humane gentleman's mind. The proclivities of the men of the housc lold from which he had purchased the iitting eggs had indeed led them to a partiality for game fowls, and by inno :ently buying a baker's dozen of eggs rom the woman of the house and set iing them under a hen he had uncon sciously embarked in the business of seeping fighting cocksl He sacrificed ,he brood as soon as they were big ?nough to broil, and found them most ixcellent eating; but it is doubtful if ie* will .ever get up a reputation in hat town as a preventer of cruelty to mimais. The following true story is sent by a ady: Out in a quiet corner of the ?arden, in two barrels lying on their ides, sat two expectant hens patiently .waiting the happy day when the joys if freedom, so dear to their hearts, ihould be enhanced though sharing it rith a nestling, peeping brood of [owny darlings all their own. What over of hens has not seen, during hese periods of peaceful anticipation, he tender gleam of the eye, akin to hat of the human dreamer, and the xpression of gravity, revealing a atent sense of coming responsibility nd trust which steals over the habit lally iminobje countenance of the nuch maligned hen ? The hours of the long, bright spring lays slowly ran their course, and half if the allotted time of waiting had >een uncomplainingly endured Hy one if the pair, while her neighbor had ust entered upon her term of enforced ;eclusion, when one night a fierce ,empest swept down upon those two ?umble dwellings. The wind and .ain came with such terrific force that t seemed nothing short of a mountain ?ould withstand it. The next morn ng we hastened to the spot, prepared -o find litter ruin and dismay, instead )f which, to our great surprise, we !ound the frail habitations still stand ng. Moreover, they were still ten tnted, although there were unmis takable signs of hardship and suffer ing having been heroicly mei by those two stout hearts. On eloser examina Lion, however, we found that a singu lar thing had happened. During the confusion, the panic caused by the storm, the two had lost their heads not literally, as we had at first feared ind had mistaken their own nests; ?ach was occupying the home of the Dther, so that the heu who knew nothing of the fatigue of long watch ing became usurper, while the other tvas in danger of becoming quite dis couraged at 'finding her hopes indefi nitely deferred. One can better imagine than de scribe the evident surprise and delight )f the usurper when at the end of inly a week and a half of sitting on lier part eight little, downy, fluffy balls of warmth and merriment briskly tapped their way into the sunlight and Destled close to the maternal bosom. Whether the other then received her Srst intimation that something was imiss wc never knew; but after wait ing a little longer thc conviction that in some way she was a victim of fraud seemed to take complete possession of her. She could endure the suspense no longer, and one morning, seeing thc joyful matron passing by ir. all her full-blown pride, surrounded by her appropriated blessings, she in gloriously forsook the eggs and tied to unite herself to her rightful chil dren. Another surprise awaited us, in the gratifying discovery ol' hitherto unsuspected nobility in thc hen na ture. The true muther's rights were not for a moment contested by the interloper, neither was there any at tempt on thc part ol' the legal occu pant to drive thc other From thc field; no complication whatever arose, hut the unusual situation was accepted magnanimously ?ind apparently nu terms ol' equality, and tin; happy lit tle brood, flanked by two watchful protectors, made a pretty ?rroup as they strolled about through the soft Spring grass, lt would lie interesting to know the natur'', of the compact formed by the two adults and in what capacity the mother really figured as mistress or maid. mm o mn - A libre of silk one mile lon? weighs but Iii grains. Queer Happenings. An Indianapolis woman wants a di I vorce set aside on thc ground that there was no ground, as her husband, a drummer, kissed her 500 times on the last day he was at home. A Pennsylvania coal miner was frozen to death last week standing up in a snowdrift with his dinner pail in his hand. The pride of the life of the late Mrs. Elizabeth Skeats, of London, was that she was the mother of six po licemen. A Chicago magistrate recently tined a man $25 for being a liar. He was probably from St. Louis. The authorities of Wellington. Kan., propose to give the name of the first prisoner confined in the new jail to that institution, and it was called Horton jail, because 3Irs. Horton was the first. She proved to be innocent and now she is suing the county for damages on account of the jail's name. An old clock given to a Warren, Hiv, academy to be used before the class in physics to demonstrate the laws of the pendulum, refused to run, and when the teacher got into its works he found a roll of bills, amounting to $242, clogging ihe machinery. A Vineland, N. J., girl was fright fully burned last week by thc explo sion of a coffee pot boiling on the stove. A pet fox in a West Chester, Pa., bird store upset a gas stove and as phyxiated a number of the birds. A lot of Bourbon county, Ky., cat tle went into a tobacco barn for shel ter during the last snow and 20 of them died from eating the tobacco. A pineville, Ky., barber has this sign displayed : "If you don't come in and let me shave you, I am going to close my shop and go to hoeing cora.:' A Massachusetts farmer is beiog sued for sneezing so loud on the pub lic highway as to cause the plaintiff's horse to run away. A fanner near( Noblesville, Ind., 52 years of age, has never had teeth, and all four of his children are toothless. : Three young women io various parts of the country had all their hair bum ed off their heads last week by thc accidental ignition of the celluloid combe they wore. Au Indiana man. S2 years old, hang ed himself last week with a clothes line. A Michigan legislator proposes to make liquor drinkers pay a license of $5 per year for the privilege of drink ing. A Xew York man advertises that he ? has the addresses of 20,000 red-headed women. Twelve thousand dozens of eggs arc shipped every week, it is said, from Siloam Springs, Ark. It would mean ruin to close the hatchways of that town. A St. Louis man committed suicide last week by putting a rubber tube into a barrel of whiskey and filling himself beyond the limit. A Kentucky farmer noticing a tree j on his place filled with something that looked like black fruit, inspected it more closely and discovered that hun dreds of blackbirds were frozen to thc limbs. Mr. Daggett, member of the Wis consin legislature from Bear Creek, has introduced a joint resolution to appoint a commission to draft laws preventing women from tight lacing. Charles Kraus, of Cincinnati, is suing for divorce on the ground that his wife never let him know she had a glass eye until after they were marri ed. A mouse threw a woman's prayer meeting at Chester, Pa., into wild dis order one evening last week by run ning down the aisle. In Cumberland County. X. J., the farmers arc catching crows and selling them to trap shooters. Iola, Kan., gave a big dance recent ly to raise funds with which to buy a cork leg for one of her indigent citi zens who was sh}' a leg. .Vine people were burned and ll frozen to death in Kentucky during the recent blizzard. A Xcw England coal miner was troubled with a pain iti his back and one day last week lie went to a doctor about it. Thc doctor looked him over and took four inches of knife blade out of him. Ile had been stabbed in thc back eight years before and the blade had broken off. At a Topeka dining table one day this week a member of thc Kansas House made thc remark that ;i curtain member must, have been drunk when herniado thc motion to strike out thc enacting clause ol' a bill which was being discussed by the diners. "1 examined thc entire enacting clause carefully." lie said, "and found that it. did nut, differ ?II any respect from thc enacting clause ul' any other bill." Ami then he wondered why thc laugh started. I lia ve been ntl) ic lcd with rheuma tism l'or fourteen years and nothing seemed tn give :iuy relie''. I wits able to be around all the time. hut. cou St:ihtly suffering. 1 had tried every thing 1 could hear ul' ami at last was (nhl tu try ('linmlierlain s fain Halm, which I diii. ami was immediately re lieved and in a short time cured. I am happy tu say I hat it has not since rc tn rn ed. - Jnsii. Ku<;.\ n. <.' orman town, Cal. I'or sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. A Pretty But Sensible Girl. 0, yes, a young man can do this and that, and society soon forgets it, but let a young lady do one "this" or "that" she ought not to! Is it soon forgotten? The man-on-the-band-standread this week of a young man who is called fast, and he loved a pretty girl. He finally thought he would ask her to marry him. He was anxious to have a wife about whom society could not talk and one who would make a good home for him. He did not go at finding out about these things in a very tactful manner, for the young lady became indignant, and told him what was what. "I suppose you love me well enough to live with me in a small house?" he said. "Are you a good cook ?" "Do you think it is the wife's duty to make th/j home happy?" "Are you economical?" "Cab you make your own clothes?" These are some of the questions he asked in a round-about way. The young lady said: Before I answer your questions I will tell you a few things 1 do NOT do: "I never drink wine or beer or whisky." "I never smoke." "I uever owed a poor laundry woman for my wash." "I never failed to pay the tailor." "I never stayed out all night play ing billiards and cards in a saloon."' "I never went to wine suppers and became silly with drink." "Xow," said she, rising indignantly, "I am told by those who know, that you do all of these things, and it is rather absurd for you to expect all the virtues of me while you do not possess any of them yourself. I can never bc your wife." And she bowed him out, and left him on the door-step, a sadder if not a wiser man.-Thc Indian Helper. Who Said lt. Dean Swift is credited with "Bread is the staff of life." It was Keats who said, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." "Man proposes, but God disposes." remarked Thomas A. Kempis. Franklin is authority for ".Gad helps those who help themselves." It was au observation of Thomas Southern that "Pity's akin to love.** ''All cry and no wool" is an expres sion found in Butler's "Hudibras." Wc arc indebted to Colley Cibber, not to Shakespeare, for "llichard is himself again." Edward Coke, the English jurist, was of thc opinion that "A man's house is his castle." "When Greek joins Greek, then is thc tug of war," was written by Na thaniel Lee in 1602. Edward Young tells us "Death loves a shining mark," and "A fool at 40 is a fool indeed." "Variety's thc spice of life," and "Not much the worst for wear," were coined by Cowper. Charles Pinckney gave thc patriotic sentiment, ''Millions for defence, but not one cent for tribute.*' "Of two evils I have chosen thc less." and "The end must justify the means," arc from Matthew Prior. To Milton we owe "The paradise of fools," "A wilderness of sweets," and ''Moping melancholy and moonstruck madness." The poet Campbell found that "Coming events cast their shadows before" and "'Tis distance lends en chantment to the view." Christopher Marlowe gave forth the invitation so often repeated by his brothers in a less public way: "Love me little, love me long." To Dr. Johnson belongs "A good hater," and to MacIntosh, in 1701, the phrase, often attributed to John Ran dolph: "Wisc and masterly inactivity." Thomas Tasser, a writer of thc six teenth century, said: "lt's an ill wind turns no good," "Better late than never," "'Look ere thou leap," and "Thc stone that is roiling can gather no moss." "First in war, first in peace and .first in the hearts of his fellow citi zens" (not his countrymen) appeared in thc resolutions presented to thc house of representatives in December, 1 Til!?. by (jencrai Henry Lee. - Thc Squire-It's no use for you to deny your guilt, Johnson. The chickens were actually found in your coat-tail pockets. Ure'er Johnsing (stoutly.)-1 kai n't help dat, sali. Ilaint it poo ty tough to hold a poo niggah responsible fo' what's goin' on behind his back ? -Cc Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. This remedy is intended especially for coughs, enids, croup, whooping cough and inlliicn/.a. it lias become famous for its cures ol' these diseases, over a large part of the civilized world. The must flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good winks: nf the aggravating and persistent coughs it. has cured: bf scVere collis that have yielded prompt ly to its coothing ve lice ts, and ul' tim dangerous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving thc life of the child. Tib: extcf^ive use ol' it for whooping cough has shown thal it robs that disease of all dangerous con sequences. Sold by IJlll-Or.r Driiir Co. - The average woman wastes a lo of time trying to transform a wrinkle into a dimple. - Latin is a dead language, there fore it ought to be appropriated for tombstone inscriptions. - A remarkable tree grows in Bra zil. It is about li feet high, and is so luminous that it can be seen on the darkest night for a distance of a mile or more. - When the Siberian railway is completed, the journey around the world will occupy not more than 40 days, and the cost of transportation will not exceed S400. - "Frisbie is the laziest man I ever knew." "What makes you think so?'; "He actually seems to be glad that he's getting bald-headed, so that he won't have to comb his hair any more." - There are 31?5.000 men employed in coal mining in this country, of whom 135,000 are at work in the anthracite regions of Pennsylvania. For every 100.000 tons of coal mined one poor miner on the average loses his life by accident. - A colored driver of a hack in Nor folk, Ya., was asked his name. "Gawge Washington,"' was the answer. "'Ah,'' said the gentleman. ''I've heard that name before." "That's not onlikely. boss; I'se beeu a drivin' hack in these parts nigh on to twenty yeahs." - "Lord, bless me," is a good pray er; but a better one is, "Lord, make mc a blessing to others." This latter includes the former, and it is a capital thought for the hundreds of thousands of members of the young people's Christian associations who are now going into the fight to make the world better. m i i???K;oritA?D??ii. MONTHLY SUFFERING. thousands of women are troubled at monthly inter vals "with pains in the head, back, breasts, shoulders.sides hips and limbs. But they need not suffer. These pains are symptoms of dangerous derangements that can be corrected. The men strual function should operate .painlessly. ^tinily ?, Jil makes menstruation painless, and regular. It puts the deli cate menstrual organs in condi tion to do their work properly. And that stops all this pain. Why will any woman suffer month after month when Wine of Cardui will relieve her? It costs fi.oo at the drug store. "Why don't you get a bottle to-day? For advice, in cases requiring special directions, address, giv ing symptoms, "The Ladies* Advisory Department," The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chattanooga, Tenn. ...e??@eosi' Mrs. R0ZENA LEWIS, of Oenavltte. Texas, says: " I was troubled at monthly Intervals with terrible pains In my head and back, but have been entirely rellevoa by Wins Of Cardui." WE'.?f CA??GLII NOTICE *A?u>i:nsox, S. C., Feb. 2u, 1H0*?. WANTED du rim; the coming Sum mer 2000 Cords good Pine and Oak Wood. 1?00 cords Pine, 500 Cords Oak. Pine cut-t feet long. Oak s feet. Wood to be cut now and delivered at nivywrd before Sept. 1st. Partie* desiring to ship can reach mv vard either over Savannah Valley or Blue Ridge R. R. Will pay Cash for same along as deliv ered t<i suit convenience of parties. If you have wood to ?ell see the undersign ed. Am in the mnrket for Pine Wood all the timo. ROB'T. E. LIGON; Vi-b'*i, ison 5 I am better prepared to sell you a PIANO. ORO AN or SEWING MA CH INE than ever before. I have noth ing but new goods, if you think from $5(U)0 to ?75 ,ln is worth saving ju the purchase of a Piano see me New Home Sowing MnchinHS nu New Royal .Si").nu. Needles lor any Machine 20c. per ?lo;:. Oil 5c. per bottle. Shuttles for N. 1 Tome Machines fit le. Yours for the higln-st grade goods at lowest prices. M. L. WILLIS. Drs. Strickland & King OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE j ,7&- Ga*Ai?iM,VK?iui<H tiK .i tor Extract \ mr To-i li NOTICE. riHHK muu-'igoment ofihe liquijahio Life J. A'-Hintncc S.ioi.'i v in this territory is desirous of securing lin- services <>f a man o? character ?nd ability !.> represent il*? interest with;Anderson as headquarters Tiic righi mail will I," thoroughly edu cated in thc K??iencc of Lifo Lnsuuinceand tho art <>!' successful soliciting. There is no business or profession ;:ot requiring en pi; al weeli is tnorp remunerative than a lifo Mgcncv conducted with energy and ability. Correspondence with men who desire tn secure permanent employment and are ambitions to attain prominence in the profession is invitod. W. J. KO DUKY, Manager, Rock Hill, S. C. HAVE NEVER Tried The <?reat system regulator PRICKLY ASH BITTERS, Because they think if i? nasty and bife disagreeable to the stomach and violent in action. ASK THESE They will tell you it is not ai all disagreeable. [And as a curefor !nd?jesT?or>9 ^Constipation, Kidney .Disorders it is un excelled. Evans Pharmacy, Special Agents. DR. H. F. TOTTER. "Physician a lid Surgeon, OFFERS his profesional services to the citizens of Anderson and sur rounding country. Can be found, when not professionally engaged, at his residence near the new Flour Mill. Feb 22^8!?? 35 _ 4^__ Valuable Lands Cheap. PA UTI ES desiring to purchase good Land near Abbeville at prices rang ing from $6.00 to $lG.0n per acre will do well to consult the undersigned. Localities healthy and water tine. WYATT AIKEN ct CO. Feb 22,1891? 35 HEADACHE, NEURALGIA, LA GRIPPE. Relieves all pain. 25c. all Druggists. Notice Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrators of the Estate of William Riley, deceas ed, hereby give notice that they will on the sth day April, 1899, ap'ply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun ty for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discbarge from their office as Exec utors. J. G. KILEY. W. M. RILEY, Administrators. March 8,1S98 37 5 IF you have a Stove to buv SAVE MONEY by getting the latest improved, the largest oven for the least raoeey. I will take your old Stove in part payment on a new one. Crockery, Tinware and Glassware, Lamp Goods, A full and complete Stock. ZSr Bring me your HIDES and RAGS. JOHN T. BURRI8B N. B.-Prompt attention to all Repair Work, Roof Paintiog, Plumbing, &c. Over Post Office. Thone No. 115. M. IV!. LIFE, FIRE, ACCIDENT!! 3 AGENT. Call for nice Calendar. Office always open". OSBORNE & CLINKSOALES Are Sole Agents at Anderson, S. C., for Iron King and Elmo Stoves, Garland Stoves and Ranges, JLIVI> THE Times Line of Cook Stoves. The above Stoves are bought in Car Lots direct from the manufacturers. Thus we save "middleman's" profit, and also get cheaper freight rates. Cus tomers who buy Stoves from us get the advantage of this. We carry a well-selected stock of F?.NCY CHINA, PORCELAIN GOODS, CHINA DINNER SETS and TEA SETS. Just the thing for Christmas Presents. Call on us. OSBORNE & CLINKSOALES, The Sole Agents for Iron King Stoves. 0 H M fl P C 0 ? O PS ? tt td > ? % C <! H L H m O 0 ? H O a < > ir* I-i C H C ~ i-i > i X & n H % > H % CO o o e SAT OSy TUSE FER8CE ?f??D SLEEP ! . . . ./HI l.K tho procession passes if you want to. Nobody will disturb you. But if you aro alivo to your own interests arouse yourself, shake oil slumber, elialb-into the band-wagpn and wend your way with tho crowd to- - OF WS LL. R. HUBBARD! They I hat want the best and prettiest to lie obtained in Diamonds, .Jewelry. Silver and Plated Ware? Watches r id Clocks that will keep limo and are backed with a guarantee. Fido China and ' lassware and beautiful Novelties, know that to Will. R. Hubbard's is thc place to go. They that want holiest treatment know that this is the placo to lind it. All Goods are .just hs represented^ and are fully covered by guar antee Tho young man who has a girl and wants to keep her goes there. H ubbard will help:you koop her. The young married couple goes there to beautify their little home. Hubbard beautilies it for you. Tho rich people go there because they can alford it, and the poer gn there, also, boca uso they eau alford it. XSr- Fvervthing Ni:\V and ITTn DAT IC. ^SB* KXti'KAV I N<; I* li EE. WILL. R. HUBBARD, .l? wei ry Palace, next to Farmers and Merchants r.Ank.