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A LITTLE VAGABOND. ?yvw who may Ihls b.??" 1 questioned \, the door was pushed ajar a wee bit laddie entered jtli a face as bright a* a star. lf doffed Ilia but till Its feather ?wept doun to thc very floor, ^jjj i,c lauzhed a* I crossly bade him jl.r,<- liaste a)id shut the door. Oh. J always leave it open Thc l'->ai>1 ,lllle be ?aid. Villi a touch of bis band on my shou'.Jor ind u ?' l"a curly bead. por Ilitch 1 sm swift In comlnj, ( ?_,'." sometimes swift to go. u i ?si'1 n5 a" bubble I Moating to and fro. . Kor I ani i? vagabond, lady, ^ ind vou purely know roy nam? "'golden letters, Cupid, j?" ?Mit o" thc scroll ot Fame. .And hero 1 bow, dear lady, And prithee, take for mino fj)e heart I liaste to offer And he wy valentine." \ vagabond lover, surely, j'or the wind blew fast the door. Hid nothing was left of Cupid Hut his shadow on thc floor, utu-iret li- Songster in Woman's llorac Com 3 I A Georgian's Method of Dispos- % I log of His Rival. -J Talk crbout gittin married, fellers," P"itl Bill Smith to some of the boys rrouped around tho stove In thc post office thc other day. "ef ye hav* nz mUcli troubl? with ycr courtin az I did ron'll rlcomember hit az loug az yo 1 vp." "What wuz yer 'spcricncc, Bill?" cuimed in several voices. "Tell us ..'bout lilt." ?Hit wuz erlong in the fall uv tho or, erbout sorguin time, when my trouble kummenccd," said Bill. "Down , : j coins Dostcr's the uabors there tjouls had been a-grindiu uv ther ame, an terwards tber tall end uv the wwk lilt wuz giv' out that thar wuz : hy er cnndy pallin an shindig at ;--HIS' home Saturday nlte. The Wim en folks made big prep'rations fer er ?Lonstrous quiltin cndurln uv the day. ac Hie whole thing wuz ter wind up with the frolic at nlte. 'Now, thar wuz er gal In tber slttle aicnt by tho name uv Nancy Parker. Slie wuz er darter uv ol' Coon Parker. TT?io used ter trap game an sich like up on the Connysaugy river. I thought t o sim liz au sat iu Nancy's eyes, fer she wuz tlie purtiest thing thet ever w'jrc caliker. I luvcd ber wusser than 1 hived possum an tater, an you uns knows possum an taters iz too good ter ttilk crbout. We bed a fallin out, how romover. erbout er feller by the name uv Gus Burke, who bed kum in ter the Li.borhood ter tccch skulc, an I had Lot been ter see her in sum time until V.LO nite jes' afore tho frolic I went OUT to her house. Nancy wuz out at tber cowpen a-milkiu, an az I walked up I sod : 'Hello, Nancy!' . 'Why, hello, Bill! Ye are nutt ter cure ther sore eyes. Whar in the round world hev ye bin kcepin yer s'ltr . "'Oh, I've bin work-in over at the s&rgum mill purty much all day an uv Lites, au I jes' slipped ort ter run over Lore eu ax ye if I could take ye ter the _ iMatlig at .Toc-ras Dorster's terinorrow I a:tc.' 'WcII-er-er-Bill,' says she, 'Gus wuz .iver here-I mean he wuz passin by *?JO house las' nitc, an he sed az how >'d bo glad ter cum by an take mo over thar, an I tole him all rite.' " 'Ye tole bim all rite, did ye?' "Yes. -Ter know, Bill, thet ther good book says first cum first sarved.' " 'First cum thunder! Hain't I lived iit reabouts all my nat'rnl life?' . 'Yaas.' 1 'Hain't I bin hawlin wood over ter ther silt lenient an spendin my hard earned money fer candy an sich like fer ye?' 'Ynas.' "Now, this is what I git fur hit. Long cums a floppyeered, bowlegged, whample jawed feller, with hiz ha'r (.embed like a las' yecr's jaybird's nest, an ye are jes' as sweet nz pie ter him. I'd like ter know what bizness he's got fccer anyhow.' "Why, Bill, ho's er-goln ter teach skulc over yon side uv ther crick ot Sam Season's place. I thort yon know ?"tl thet. An they do say ho's a mity ?ne feller.' " 'Who sez so? I'll bet er load uv the '??s* ches'nut wood on the mountain ifcat you're the only one.' '"Now, Bill, yo oughtn't ter git so jiilloUS.' , . '"Jealous thunder! Who's Jealous? Hit only makes dander rizo ter see one nv them city upstarts cum out here an ; un over folkes jes' 'canso he's got on ?toro clothes. They, don't mako him co bettur*n we uns, but a durned sight wusser, I'm thtnkin.' "'Well, Bill, we shouldn't judge peo ple by their 'pcarance.' " 'No, I guess not, fer ef wo did he'd . i-bin in tho chain gang two minutes atter I set my eyes on him. Well, 1, mus* bc a-gwlne. I've got ter git up soon in tho moram an finish hawlin thet new groun' cane ter the mill. So ?oodby, Nancy/ '"Goodby, If you call thet gone. 1 never seed you in sich' a hurry befo'. William.' " 'Oh, I kin d?tay here tell daybreak <.? hit suits you.' " 'I don't want tor keep ye," sho said. Hit's gittin bedtime anyway/ an she vhlaked Inter the house without oven I so much az o-Iookin at me. Ml tuk a nigh cut from thar thru the woods ter Jim Land's store. . Hit wuz ther only'atore fur miles crrouud, an av nlte* the. boy s uv ther nnbor hood would meet thar an while they set errouhd on tho cracker boxes er. whit tun nd tell jokes? an funny stories. When I ?ot thar, I found er big crowd setting crrouud tho lectio stove in the ?ack cend'uv thor room bavin ex jolli fication pv er tmie. '"Whar tn the world hav* ye bin to |Wtef BUI?' said Jim usrn?. '"akin tell ye,* sn'd one uv thor fel lers over next ter tho wall. 'He's bin j ott in ther woods er-griovln.' " *A-griovm fur.what?* said I. - ** *A*grieVi?i case yer* gal te. a-gwinc tor git bitched up tor too t?i?uio (eacu. or.' "Au the hole crowd rte sich cr lait thet they set the ?logs ter unrkln at ole uia?i Warren's down the road. Then the clerk, who wuss red headed nu ugly az sin, put his mouth in. ne sed thet jes' afore sundown a man Ulm Inter the store an axed cf thar wuz er par sou eunywhero in the deestrlct. ".I tole him.' sed the clerk, 'that thar wuz one over lu the Baket slttle ment au showed him the way ter git thar, but, bein kinder curious like ter kno' what the trouble wuz. I axed bim ef sumbody wuz de'd.' ** 'No/ he sed. 'bit's uot quite so bad az thet. Ye see, we hev a new skule teacher In tbe valley, an him an Coon Parker's gal are awfully stuck o . each other. Things hev cum ter sich a p'lnt thet nothing will satisfy ?em but ter git j'ined terg*?ther, so I'm after a par son ter do tho j'luln.' "Then the whole shootiu match hoop ed an hollered like er set uv crazy lu natics. I j'lucd in, but I only lnffed with my mouth an kinder grinned a leetle tryln ter look pleasant. Bill King, who bed bin Bott in on a pile uv flour sacks in the corner uv the room, got up an slowly sauntered ter' the dore. Az he passed me he winked biz eye, an I follered him. Whin we got outside, he led the. way ter an ole gum log, an we both sot down. " 'What yer a-gwlne ter do erbout this thing?' said Bill. *Ye ain't a-gwlne ter set still an let thet Infernal dead beat uv er skule teacher take yer gal rite out frum under yer nose, air ye?' ".I don't know what ter do, Bill,' said I. 'I'm In er monstrous lot uv trouble an would ruther be de'd than erllve, but I see no way ter help blt.' " 'I do.* said Bill, 'an cf ye will stick ter me ye'll git the gal yet.' " 'I shore will do thet, pard,' said I. " 'Well, ye know the path that I us over the hill frum Coon Parker's ter tho big road?' " 'Ynas.' ".Mow, thet Is the path what thet feller travels. You meet me tomorrow nlte at the big ches'nut tree nigh the top uv tho hill an bring erioug two plow Hues.' ** 'Gee whiz, Bill, ye air not a-gwine ter hang him, air ye?' " 'Nuw, but he deBarves hit, tho'. I'm only a-gwlne tu teach bim a lesson thet he'll ricomember az long az he lives.' "I made a sneak fur home au wint ter bed, -but blt wuz mltey leetle I slept. Ev'ry time I dozed off I could see thet plague taked skule teacher a makin luv ter Nancy. I got up wblu ther chickens commenced crowln fer day an clim' up on the hill, whar I sot down an watched Nancy a-milkin the cow In the lot down at Parker's house. I wanted ter go tu her so bad thet I wuz ermost crazy, but remem bered what Bill hed said the nlte afore erbout mc a-stayln ter hum all day an not goln nowhnr,- not even to the sto'. Atter awhile I clim' back down the hill an wlnt ter my cabin, whar I passe<l one uv the most miserable days er man iver seed. The sun hadn't more'i crawled down behind Lavender inonu fin in the wes' thet evenin afore 1 win on my way ter the ches'nut tree. Whit I adv' thar, I found Bill, an with bin wuz Ben Sanders, a pertlckler fr?en uv mine. They had made s dummj woman by stuffln a dress full uv haj an tyin moss on her her er head. Thii they covered with an old white bonnet In the twilight she looked 'zactly lad er human being, voices up ther path.' " That's them now,' said I. 'That'i Nancy an thet feller ou ther way tei the shindig now. Lay down an kee] quiet till they git by.' "When they got opposite ter when we uus wuz a-hldin, Nancy said: . " *l know we'll hav' er jim dandy timi uv hit ternlte an fun world wlthou end.' "Then thet audacious scoundrel u] an sed: " 'We couldn't b'oip but hev er glori ?us time, -'Miss Nancy, whin sich i purty gal az y'u iz present' "Thet made me desperate, an ef hi hadn't bin fer Bill a-holdin uv me would er pouueed on ter him quicke than a chicken on tu a June bug When they hed got Oute'n site errount the bend uv tho path, we uns got u] frum whar we wuz a-hldin an wen ter work on the dummy. When we go hit fixed cep'n puttin up, we sauniere over tu the Parker house an peeped lt .Everything wuz lively Inside. Mos Ely's fiddle wuz er talkln rite out i meetin fer all hit wuz worth, an A Burns wuz on the flo* a-callln the fig urea in a kinder singsong way: First four for'ard, han's all mun, Big pigintoed Josephus Brown. Balance ter yer partners, sashay all, 8aUie en the new pro un. Sallie en tho hall . "And away they went it, makin th dust fairly fly frum the ole board flor? Fer fear thet we'd be dlskivered w sneaked off up on the side uv tu mount'in an waited fer the thing tc break up. 'Long erbout 2 ?? o'clock w seed 'em lea vin, an. 'mong the crow thet passed Over thc ' III wuz the teed er an Nancy. Az sune az they wuz ot uv site we struck out over the hill a got the dummy. Bill clim' the bl ches'nut tree an put ono end of th rope over er limb an cum down. B then fastened one end erround MU Becky (diet's what Bill named tl dummy). He then stood behind tb tree, a-holdln Miss Becky with ot han* an the loose end uv the rope wit the other, han', while me an Ben la down bellin' an old stump. We didu have long tu walt Presently I heere sum ono a-wbistlln, nn erbout tho time the tcecher cum In sight over th top uv. the hill on his way back froi Nancy's. He wuz a-comin on dow the path, a-whls'lin like sin, when a nv a suddlnt Bill let go Miss Becky, a she glided out in the path an con menced cuttlo a few steps an didoes 1 tho leaves. Tho whls'lln stopped, a whin I peeped out frum behind tb stump the tcecher wuz er sta nd lu Uk er black post up thar en the path. " 'Hello thar!* says he; "But Miss Becky uiver opened b( mouth,. "Ho' sidled erround a leetle in tri .oath an said: " 'You'd better speak ef you don want tu got burt caso I'll shoot 5 shore.' "For an answer Bill glv tho rope < terrible yank, which nearly cause Miss Becky ter etan' on her he'd. SJ quickly balanced herself rito end u au slcb outtln up yo nlver seed afor She waltzed out In tho bushes, thc ?hufiled back bl tbe mldd'e uv tlu path, whar she wuz a-euttln tue pigm wing in grant! style, when bang went the teecher's gun, an down went Miss Becky, Bill having let ber fall like she was kilt. The ball blt a root uv tho stump an cum dumgasted near makin me s wa Uer a chaw uv terbacky. When I got tho dirt out'u my eyes, I looked up the path, au the tcecher wuz ligbtiu er shuck. The last 1 seed uv him he war turulu 'em over the top uv tho hill. The whole thing wuz so blamed funny thet we un? jes' lay down an wollered in the leaves. After we uns had our laff out we picked up the dummy fruin the groun' whar bit lay au bid hit In au ole log. We then hurried ter whar Bill's team wuz hld out in the bushes, au all uv us got Inter his bug gy an started fur Squire Laue's, whar tho tcecher boarded at. When we cum lu site uv the house, mo an Bill got out, nn Bill went on alone. He got oui off his buggy at the gate an went In au knocked. Presently tho teecher cum tu the doro. " 'I want ter see yo a few minutes privately,' said Bill. " 'Certainly,' said the teacher, au thc} both walked out ter tho gate. " 'I'm er friend uv yourn,' commenc ed Bill, turnin erround nn faclu the teecter, "an hev risked my neck by comin over here on this erran'. When I lei' the store, er crowd wuz gatheriu ter hang ye fur killin uv Mike Benson's mother tonight.' " 'Good Lord!' said the teecher. "Wuz thet er woman?" " 'Hit shore wuz, an ef ye want ter live till mawniu ye'd better be makin tracks erway frum here iminejiatcly. I've got my leet* black mule an buggy out here an wi* take ye over ter the railroad, which ls nigh ou tu 20 mile, whar ye kin git aboard the cars an git erway afore they Un overtake ye. I'll do this fer ye, case I Uko ye powerful well an don't want ter see ye with a rope necktie on.' " ?Thank yo, Mr. William, thank ye,' he said. 'Hit's so refreshln ter fiud er frleu' like y'u, an I'll always remember y'ou.' "Then Bill struck er match supposed ly ter light bis pipe, but really as er signal ter me au Bill ter commence hollerln an runnin up ther road. " 'They're comin now,' said Bill. .'Git yer things an hop In ther buggy quick.'. "The teecher hustled in the house an soon appeared with er trunk, which ho throwed In the buggy, an, quickly jumpin in beside Bill, they wuz off. Ther dust an leaves fairly f ew down tho road behind tho leetle mule au buggy.. The sound uv rattlln wheels au the little mule's feet soon died away In the distance, an me an Ben lit out fur home. The chickens wuz H-crowin fur day when we crawled In ter our beds, an sleep wuz Impossible, case hit wuz time tor git up. That afternoon Bill returned frum his wild ride an told az bow he had put the teecher on the cars an how scared ho wuz. Somehow or other hit got norat ed erroun' the neighborhood thet even in thet an officer hed cum from Atlan ta au took the teecher back with him au thet he wuz er train robber. "The nex' Saturday nlte thar wuz er big time at the Parker home. Me an Nancy wuz married, an I wuz the hap piest man in seven counties. Hit wuz several years afore I tole Nancy how wo run the skule teecher away, an all she said wuz: " Tm glad blt turned out tho way blt did. The Lord will provide.' "-St. Louis Globe-Democrat. An Atlantic Stenmabip'a Larder. "One tidy little refrigerator about six feet wide and twice that depth Is the butterman's staii in this market under the sea," writes Helen C. Candee in Ladles' Homo Journal. "Little tubs of butter are arranged on shelves to the amount of 0,000 pounds, and in company with these are 20,000 eggs. Twenty-five hundred quarts of milk and cream are stored in a separate room, all having been sterilized. This market has a room especially for salt meats, and here are hams, bacon and tongues to the amount of 4,000 pounds. There are some articles of food with out which the epicure would bo unhap py and which must be alive when cooked. Chief among these are oysters, of which 16,000 are carried to meet the wants of the passengers. Clams are only provided to the number of 1,500. Lobsters are not abundantly supplied; 700 pounds is all the storeroom shel ters. This market in thc bottom of the ship contains, besides the things men tioned, fruits, green vegetables and an enormous stock of groceries. The lat ter is only limited by space, for gro ceries arc not perishable goods and will keep'from one voyage to another until used. Tea and coffee are used in large amounts-about 33 pounds of tea a day and GO pounds of coffee." Kt Waa Returned. "I came upon a couple of boys fight ing on tho street the other day," said the portly man as he laughed at the recollection. "They were both smear ed over with eggs and were fighting like a couple Of young wildcats. "As a usual thing, I do not believe in interfering with quarrels among chil dren, believing that it is better to let them fight it out and settle their differ ences in their own way. "But they were fighting so fiercely and were using such bad language that 1 thought it best to separate them. "Getting hold of their collars, 1 pull ed them apart and demanded an ex planation. . " 'He threw a rotten egg at me,' shouted the younger of the two as he struggled to get at the other boy again. "This was undoubtedly a fact, as the boy's clothing was a strong testimonial to tho point in evidence. " Tut, tut,' said I, 'you should have returned good for evil.' '"I did,' he sobbed, the reaction hav ing set in. Tho ono that I threw at him was a good one.' "-Detroit Free Press. Tue Lord'o Prayer on a. Pin. The limit of finn engravings seems to have boen reached by A. Henderson of Toronto, who has Just finished the task of engraving the Lord's Prayer upon the stem of an ordinary pin, one inch in length, with the alphabet and the numbers from 1 to 10 on the head. Those interested In feats of this de scription aro anxiously awaiting tho appearance of the champion who will distance all competitors by selecting the point of the pin as his sphere of Operations.-Jowetera' Circular. '.ii did&sL Ou?t ly Um? For Men. The most expensive hat ou record cost $1\S00 in gold and was presented to General Grant while lu Mexico in 1S82. It Is now on exhibition in tito National museum lu Washington-per haps the iluest Mexican sombrero that was ever made. While William ll, s.>? ;..?j Wtts secre tary of state in Lincoln's cabinet some of his admirers lu South America sent him a Panama hat which cost $1,000. It was on exhibition in a show window lu New York for a year or more, Pnn nma bats used to be frequently sold ns high as $500 each. A New York hat ter says that lu 1SG7 lu; sold three hats at that price In a single day, but they are no longer in the market. Tho most expensive hat be has sold for several years was bought by a New York bank er last summer for $110. It was tho last tine Tana ma hat in stock. Such hats aro still worn by the hidalgos in South America. They are not made in Panama, but got tho name because that city was formerly the greatest market for them. The finest hats come from Guayaquil and Tayta, Tern. They are made of tho fiber of pita, or pineapple plant, which ls as soft and pliable as silk, and' some of them are so tine that they can be folded iii? and carried lu the vest pocket.-Chicago Record. Thc Introducer In Mexico. "Do 3'ou see that distinguished look ing man with a silk hat standing at thc cud ?f tlie bar'/" remarked a well Known business mau to a newcomer lu a prominent cantina. "Yes. He's a line fellow too. Met him when I first caine here." "Do you know what his business is?" "Seems to me ho told me. but I don't remember just now. What is lt?" "He's au Introducer." "A what? Introducer? What line or goods does be introduce?" "Men. He deals lu men, not goods." "I can't see the point. Never heard of such a business." ..Well, I'll explain it to you. lils business Is introducing strangers to some of our promoters. He bangs around the hotel, makes tho acquaint ance of newcomers ami Introduces them to those who desire te meet men with capital." "By George, you don't say so. Come to think of it, be has introduced me to a lot of business men here. I thought he was dolug me a great favor." "Not exact'y a favor. He gets $5 an introduction and manages to clean up about $50 a week. Four, you say? Well, bo has just made $20 off you." -City of Mexico Two Republics. She Wa? Not Afraid. The cat always lands on her feet, the Kentucky woman on her tongue. She is rarely at a loss for a retort, and it's a cold day when she's caught napping on base. Here's a bright little speech got off by Mrs. Sallie Marshall Hardy (Catherine Mooro) of this city. She paid a visit to Washington and was escorted by her kinsman. Major Wright, marshal of the United States supreme court, to tho chamber. A seat was given ber directly under a large bust of Chief Justice Marshall. As Bbo sat there she said to Justice Harlan, "That man was my great grandfather." Justice Harlan turned on hearing this and whispered to Chief Justice Fuller: "Do you see that little woman seated under a bust of John Marshall? She is his great-granddaugh ter." The chief justice smiled and looked toward tho little woman and then said, "Tell her I am afraid the bust may fall on her." "Ob, I'm not afraid," said Mrs. Har dy when the message was given her. "Nothing on earth could please me as much ns to have my great-grandfa ther's head fall on my shoulders." Louisville Times. The Fl on ell ir* motorman. A nurse was dragging a headstrong boy of four years a*?ay from In front of a rapidly approaching car, when the little fellow dropped a toy ho carried. Ho struggled to get back and rescue the toy, and tho frightened nurse screamed at him as she yanked him away from the tracks. With a smile that would not have disgraced the face of a saint tho motorman brought tho car to a sudden stop within a foot of the toy, refusing to run over and crush it. "Now, my little man," ho said, "we'll walt for you." While the boy caught up his play thing and scampered away with It a woman on one of the front seats said to the conductor standing on the foot board: "That was a kind act. Would a report of it to the company have any effect?" "Yes," said the conductor, with a broad grin, "if you want to have the man discharged!" And he rang the bell to go ahead.--New York Tribune. Hom em Train Their Yonne Naturalists havo placed the beaver a long way down in the list of verte brates, but It undoubtedly stands next to man in the variety of occupations In which it engages. All cats aro hunters, while foxes that are not thieves may be Included also among tho Nimrods. AR canaries aro prima donnas, and monkeys make clever comedians, but it ls only the beaver parent that educates its children to take up several trades. In a single colony among them you will find civil and marine engineers, wood choppers, raftsmen, laborers, quarry men, miners, plasterers, masons, car penters, hu i carriers and fishermen. All beavers take contracts for building dams, but when the work is under taken the task is so divided that each member of the colony has its own par ticular work to look after. In this way they make some wonderful excava tions and construct their dams In ar incredibly short time.-Pittsburg Dis patch. - i-? ? rm - A baby eries itself to sleep and everybody else awake simultaneously. - In Greenland potatoes never grow larger than a marble. - As a rule we have only words of praise for tho dead. Our stock cen sure is exhausted on them while alive. - Lots of money slips through the fingers that are used as a drink meas ure. - A baseball plav?ar seldom strains at a gnat, but ho frequently struggles wich a fly. ARE MADE OF GRAPHITE. Lpn?! DOM NO*. Knlcr Into tho t.'oin liualtloii <?r Pencil*. The first thing to be HO id about load pencils is that they are not lead pencils at all. One? upon a time sticks of lead were used for making marks on paper and wood, and tho nu me has survived, though nowadays all the pencils aro lilied with graphite, or plumbugo. This mineral is fonnd in only a few places in the world-in Cumberland, England, ulong the Laurentian ranges in tho province of Quebec and at Ticonderoga, Vt. The largest wines on'this conti nent are ut the latter place. The graphite is taken in tho lump from the mines and curried to the re ducing mill, when? it is ground or pul verized in stfutp mills under watter. The tine partirles of graphite Moat away with the water through ti number of tanks, collecting nt the bottom of th?s?' reservoirs, lt is packed in bnrrels in the form of dust ami sent to tin? factory, where tens of thousands ol' lead pencils are turned out every day. The pulver ized graphite is so lino that it renlly is a dUHt, clingy in color and smooth and oily to the touch. It is divided into va rious grades of fineness by floating it on water from one tank to another. The coarse dust sink.-; to tho bottom of the first tamk, tho next liner to tin- bottom of the second tank, and so on down the line, the finest powder for th? finest pencil? settling in the last tank. In smother serb's of tanks the German pipe clay, which is mixed with graphite to secure the different grades ol' pencils from veiy soft to extra hard. is graded in the Hame way. by floating. The finest clay is mixed with the finest graphite, being ground together between stones, and the hardness of t li" pencil is secured by increasing thc proportion of clay in tho mixture. For the medium grades seven pat ts by weight of clay an? mixed with ten ptirts of graphite. After the graphite and clay ar? ground together the mix ture is put in canvas bags and the wat ter is squeezed out under ?? hydraulic press, leaving at muss tho consistency of putty. The plaster is placed in a forming press, which is at small iron cylinder, in which a solid plunger or piston works up and down. A steel plate having a hole the size and shape of tho "lead" is put tinder the open end of the cylinder, and the plunger, pressing down, forces the graphite through thc bole, making a continuous thread of wire of gratpbite. As long ats j this thread is moist it is pliable, but it becomes bri'titi when dry, so it is hatn dled rapidly, lt is cut into three lead lengths, straightened taut and then hardened in a crucible over a coal fire. Tho leads when taken from the cruci bles ure ready for the wood, which is pine for cheap pencils amd cedar for more expensive ones. When the strips of wood are received at the factory, they are rim through a machine which cuts in each one six grooves, round or square, anti ait the same time Hiuooths the face of the wood. The tilling of tho strips is done by girls. Tho first one takes ai grooved strip of wood in her left hand and a bunch of leads in the right. Sho spreads the leads out fan shape, and with one motion she fills the six grooves with leads. Next to her sits another giri, who takes tho filled strips and quickly and neatly lays on another grooved strip which has just been coated with hot gino by a third girl. The filled and glued strips are piled upon each other and put in a press, where they are left to dry. The ends of the strip are evened off under a sandpaper wheel, and then the strips are fed into a machine which cuts out tho individual pencils, shapes them and delivers them smooth and ready for the color and polish in six streams. H'he coloring is done with liquid dyes, after which tho pencils aro sent through tho varnishing machine. School and Home. Traslcnl Accident?. An Italian countess, entering her chamber one evening, with a stout sti letto Donnet pin in her hand, stumbled over a pet dog und fell prostrate upon the floor, tho perilous pin piercing her heart and causing instant death. The heartbroken count, suspecting a jealous noble of the supposed murder, shot him dead on the street next day. The fol lowing night the brother of the murder ed man stabbed tho count. After this triple tragedy the true cause of the trou ble was revealed. A young bachelor in Loudon,sanguine of participating in tho wealth of a cer tain country nncle, invited his rich rela tive to spend a week with him in town. During dinner one evening the nephew -quite nnaware of the perilous charac ter of tho combination-passed Char treuse wine and bananas to his uncle, who partook freely of both, thus pro ducing a peculiarly potent poison, which caused his death. The nephew's deep concern turned to dismay when he learn ed later that tho absence of any will shattered his hopes of fortune, and his chagrin prompted him to prematurely end his existence.-Cincinnati Enquir er._ Very Convenient. An energetic vicar of au English country parish, who had long labored to raise the fnnds necessary to add a Bet of chimes to his parish church, was ono day both snrpriscd and gratified by an elderly lady who, though reputed to bo very well off. had hitherto declined to contribute, offering to complete his sub scription list provided the new chimes would be sounded at a sp?cifie hour each evening. This was agreed to, and they were soon in active operation. Meeting her out ono day, ho repeated his acknowledgments, saying: "lam so glad to have been able to meet your views. It must please you very much to hear those grand old hymn tunes at night." "Oh, yes," was the reply, "and it is renlly so very convenient ! That stupid maid of mine brings me my medicino now quito regularly."-London Tit Bits, - 0 - - CASTOR IA For Infant o and Children. The Rind Yon Hate Always Baught Bears tho Signature of - Poverty keeps off more eases of gout than all the physicians oure. -- Ride your hobby if you will, but don't play horse with your friends. - Captain Koynton, a young man of San Francisco, who started out to walk as nearly ronna the world as thc ocean would permit, is on his return. His experiences ought to be very stimula ting to Hie other young men. His bet was that bc would shin round the planet without borrowing any money and live entirely on hospitality. His record of the latter is very interesting, lie was tired on by Tte Indians, starv ed for two days and a half without food or water in tin' American desert, was lound in a dead faint by a hospita ble Mexican, wus nearly killed by ai railroad accident while going through a tunnel on foot, was poisoned in Spain, was stabbed in Portugal, was arrested i asan American spy in Germany, was S married to a Scotch girl lie had never ! seen before tn Glasgow, was publicly stoned in Marbella, was cut with II knife in Colon and arrested by the po lice, and imprisoned in Valencia, lint he won his bet, whatever it was. - C. A. Dewey, hardware mer chant at Konosho, Wis., recently or dered a ladder of a Chicago firm, and failing to receive it, wrote an inquiry if it had been shipped. He was in formed that thc ladder had been sent by mistake to Admiral Dewey? at Ma nila. A tracer was sent after it, aud it was overtaken just as it was about t?> be placed on board of a steamer ot San Francisco. - "1 think," said thc thoughtful mother, 'that you ought to object to young Brown paying so much atten tion to our daughter.'' ''Why?" de manded the thoughtless lather. "He impressed me very favorably." "That's just it." returned the mother. "Wo must do something to make his atnbi- ! tious mother think we regard ourselves | a little above them socially if wc are ? ! to make sure of him." - Without enthusiasm nothing very j great can he accomplished. - The man who boasts of his small feet always has a head to match. WOMEN IN TROUBLE. The Approach of Motherhood is the Occasion of Much Anxiety to AIL Every woman dreads the ordeal through which she must pass in becom ing a mother. Tho pain and suffering which is in storo for her is a source of constant anxiety, fear and dread, to say nothing of the danger which the coming incident entails. The joyous anticipations with which she looks for ward to baby's coming: gives way to an ? indescribable dread of the ordeal when she fully realizes the critical and trying event which will eoo i approach and have to be endured. Women should hail with delight a remedy which insures to them im munity from the pain, suffering and danger incidental to child-bearing. Such a remedy is now offered, and \ omen need not fear longer the hour ol childbirth. "Mother's Friend"-ia a scientific liniment-and if used before confinement, gently and surely prepares the foody for the great requirements and changes it is undergoing, insures safety to both mother and child, and takes her through the event with com Saxative ease and comfort. Thia won erful remedy is praised by every woman who has used it. What woman is not interested in "Mother's Friend?" Thia wonderful remedy has been tested and ita price less value proven by tho experience ol thousands of happy mothers who have used it during the most critical period of woman's Hie-the approach and culmination of motherhood. lt has won their everlasting praise, for it gave them help and hope in their most trying hour and when most needed. Every woman may soma day need "Mother'a Friend." Tho little book, "Before Baby is Born," telling all about it, and when it should be used, will prove of great interest and benefit to all expectant mothers, and will be eent free to any address upon application to the Bradfield Regulato! Company, Atlanta, Ga. SUMMER RESORT. HORSE COVE, N. C. OTK AND scenery, cool and healthy. Hoard roasonabl? Address MRS. ll. W THOMPSON, Victoria P. O.. N. C. ;une 1?, 1SW? :>l i MOUNTAIN BOARD. MRS. HALL'S beautiful new bouse in Highlands, N. O , is completed, (nothing like lt in tho Village,) aud will oe opened for boarders on 15tb. Foi terms write to T. T. HALL, I li gb lauds, N. C. _.lune 14, 18!i'i 51 ? Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having claims against the Kfttate of Jesse W. Norris, de ceased, are hereby notified to present them to tbe undersigned, or to tjuattle baum tfc Cochran, Attorneys, properly proven, within the t.me prescribed by law, and those indebted to make pay ment. JOHN W. THOMSON, W. I). SIMPSON, j. ll ANDERSON, June 14. ISO*.? Administrators. Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having domands against the Estates of Msj. A. K. ?royles and Mr?. M. H. Rroylea, deceased, are here by notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those in debted to make pavment .1. J. MAKER. ?. FRANK CR AYTON, Executors. .June 14, ISO!? M ? For Repairing Tires VIMOID -the best. In use for 3 years and stands the Test. Boston Woven Hose, and Rubber Co. Cambridgeport, Mass. FOB SAI E BY SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO., ANDERSON, S. C. May 10, 18W 4G 8 ? ?'t I ft! E ar L'A RD Ul I THE NEW WAY, \T70MEN used ?to think "fe male diseases", could only be treated after "lo cal examina tions" by physi cians. Dread of such tteatment kept thousands of modest women silent about their suffering. The In troduction of Wine of Cardut has now demon strated that nine-tenths of ali tho cases of menstrual disorders do not require a physician's attrition at all. The simple, pure taken In tho privacy of a woman's own home Insures quick relief and speedy cure. Women need not hesitate now. Wine of Cardui re quires no humiliating examina tions for its adoption, lt cures any disease that comes under the head of "female troubles"-disordered menses, falling of the womb, ..whites." change of life. It makes women beautiful by making them well, lt keeps them young by keeping them healthy. $1.00 at tho drug store. For adv ico In cues requiring special directions, address, (Wing symptoms, tho "Ladies' Advisory Department,'* Th? Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta nooga. Tenn. W. I. ADDISON, K.D., Cary. H isa., nays: "I ul? Wine of Cardal extensively la my practico and find it a most excellent DrenaraUon tor romalo trout)los." t ni iv arc AR DD W. G. McGEE. SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE- -'ronI ll ??n, ov?r Farmers end Mo chHtiti* linn* ANi>KK80N, 5*. ?. M. 1898 83 THE BEST BREAD CA N ni WM vs ho timdo from that deli rious Fresh Home-made YeaBt of MTH \V. II. BimpsonV, as hundreds of ladies will testily. Cm bs found frosh st nil times ut tim 4lore nt Try it. .INO M. PATRICK. May ill, ISO? 40 4 OR. J. H. BURGESS. DENTIST. IN Pendleton evory Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. At Clemson College evory Thursday, Fridav and Saturdny. Aprit^C, IK'ID 44 Um FOR SALE. lOO CITY LOTd-$50.00 to $2,500. Four or Ave well located, nicely built modern HOUBPH. ? am the only up-to dute Real Estate man in town. PAUL E. AYER, Beal Estate Agent. Room 4. P. O. Bnlldlog. Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Mn. H. J. Hunt, dee'd, hereby ?Ives notice that he will on the 3rd day of August, 1899, apply to the Judge of Probate tor Anderson County, 8. C., for a Final Hettlernsnt of said Estate, and a discharge from hie office as Administra tor. Persons having claims HgainBC the Estate should present them, and those indebted should make payment before' the day of Final Nnttlmnnnt. W. T. HUNT, Adm'r. June 28, 1809_l_5_ Notice of Final Settlement. . THE undersigned, Kxeautor of the Estate of Geo. W. Manly, deceased, here by gives notice that he will on the 8th day of July, 1801), apply to the Judge of Probate of Anderson County, 8. C., for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his officio as Exec utor. O. K. HREAZEALE, Ex'r. June 14, 1809 51 5 60 YEARS* EXPERIENCE PATENTS ^NfBHRBr DEGIQNS rTVW* COPYRIGHTS AC. Anvono sending anketell and description may quickly fiscorinltt our opinion freo whether on invention is probably patentable. Communier. Hons strictly oonfldontial. 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