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HONOR. Cr, whit is honor? "Til the flnnt sense ,rf justice Vilich lite human mind can frame, latent ea?ft lurking frailty to disclaim ud Kiui"' t,"> wa-v of lifc fr0IU a" on*ense i fered or done. ?William W???swurtl?. 4 "fill's Well 4 a. Tbat ^ Ends Vell.ff ? -?n?- ? 4 A Story of Lovo and War. ^ . t--*/ The date, July 8, 1803 ; place, Vicke [,Drg; dramatk, persona?, 81,000 soutb The hot, dusty b um in er had dragged Kg ?]ow, pestilent length, until, surfeit nl with tho carnage, it stood blood red, feverish, giving its victims opportunity (0 do h little quiet writhing?to let conscience get in its work and gnaw awhile. Wo had been penned in like so many animals since early May, if yon ui.Msuro the period by the deliberate calendar?for an age, if I may bo per pitted to base a calculation on my per sonal experiences. We, at l.mst I, had frrii growing thinner, raggeder, hun grier, every week, every day, hour and minute. Thie slump into the depths of physical helplessness* and sartorial dis leprttableness by no means surprised me. A man cannot wear one suit of clothes two years, eat in it, sleep in it, iradf! rivers in it and fight in it and ?how up fit to have a tintype made of himself. It would have wrenched my faculties to have fixed upon the date rchen a tailor had last rnn his tape ?round me and noted the points of hie nsrvey by French chalkings, and when I f-tarted out to e my qnota of Yan kees the suit I >.ore was discarded for ose much inferior in quality, althongh t ut the time it represented to me some thing infinitely beyond computation in dollars or comparison in texture. I was however, a little nonplussed over my appetite. True," I could not have itated on solemn oath or affirmation when my legs had been stretched under bonntifnlly laden mahogany. But i.'by even a semblance of an appetite was spared me was a gastronomic puzzle. For a month my eyes had met such sights as men in the clammy throes of death, men mangled by shells, men with bleeding stumps of legs and arms and carcasses of animals rotting in the sun. Tbo air was foulness itself. By day the bnrning sun swung its scorching torch over this cesspool, creating odors inde scribable. When night fell, the slime ami ooze from the ponds blown over the city received poisonous aids in the sul phurous spit of the screeching shells from Porter's besieging fleet. Besides, vre lived in caves or holes in the ground. We had to. The rain of lead was terri ble. And the ventilation of our abodes was not up to modern sanitary require ments. I am quite certain on this point. Spite of all this, I/bad an adult appe tite. I have never been so hungry since, nor was I ever so hungry before. He was a very-discerning and phil osophic man?or, was it a woman ? ? v?bo said that clouds have silver lining. Oar clond was even finer than the phi losopher's. ?t was silver mounted?top ped off with ornaments of the political met al of such uiassiveness as to defy the -corroding tooth. A courier passed through the camp heralding the news that "Old Pern" had grown weary? whether of commanding 82.000 skele tons with ravenous appetites, or of shrieking shells, Or of living under ground, or of-all combined wee not s vouchsafed, but ha had grown weary, lind w@ noiijSsd'to propa?? \6 s?s> render?rags, appetites end ail?the following day. I cannot say what emo tions stirred me when I heard this an nouncement. My ambition had suffered a collapse.. Tho. dream of my youth vaniebed like a nickel on a bet day Lwhen exposed to tho S raya of a large, cool schooner of beer. There was some consolation, however. Tho light of my life bad uot been entirely extinguished. I From the wreck and ruin, the chaos of ' I'this uitmaier, ? baa paved my appetite. If I 'jould but work that off on some Yankee and sit down and see him wres tle with it, the spectacle would in part: compensate, me for tho overwhelming humiliation under which I labored. * The next morning I was up betimes. So also were the other 81,000 skeletons. There wsb an air of unusual animation in camp. We seemed to bo impressed with the fact that we were about to in augurate an epoch?two or three epochs perhaps. We were to let the world into the secret that we had reconsidered our former resolve to wade chin deep in Yankee gore. We were to give it out flat that it was a physical impossibility Ifor one southern American to annihilate seven northern Americans. We were to. brighten np the histgf iqal tablets and give the glorious Fourth a nineteeth century significance?a sort of renewed vim and vigor. Naturally we didn't think we were engaged in all this gor K?oi n rejuvenation business at the time, but that's what it amounted to in the long run. Americans are Americans whether they breathe the air of snowy Wisconsin or balmy Florida. We can ?e it now. We couldn't then. When tho hour for surrender arrived, *e were lined up and inventoried, rags and appetites,, in accordance with the m lea and regulations in such cases, jwade and provided, and formally trans ferred to the care and custody of the United States government?in this in-, tance Government with a Very large pod formidable O. As a company of. "Yankees swung down the line to add fae lmpresfiiveness to the solemnities p>y attention was arrested by the bear ing of the officer in command. It was Pot his dress that caught me, for, troth &ay, that showed the effects of cam paigning, and; while not so tattered as jjjy own, was decidedly rusty. But the talk, the swing of the arms, the car riage of tbe head, were familiar. Pass ing where I stood, our eyes met, and tty rage, appetite and utter despair tare entirely forgotten. It was Charlie ^ady, my old chum and the best friend Mver had on earth. Charlie and I had ffaet at college. . When our school days tare at.an end, we settled in the sawe Spy aad roomed together. Bis friends ?*ere mine; miuo were bia. In all ways but. one our habits, tartes [ad inclinations were alike. The excep Pon was political. Ho bad been born g^d raised up north, while my first ' pee of the light was through the smolsatr^ea in Dixie. This diff?rence oi opinion am noc Mixtum our relations, however. Nothing could bave done Chat. While both of us were headetrong und determined on the question, neither for an instruit donbted the sincerity or honesty of purpose of the other. Su it came about that when the sections called upon their children to come to their aid Charlie loyally shouldered a | gun for bis, and I as dutifully did the same for mine. We parted in sadness, but only as friends can part. At the end of the lino, his duties being ended temporarily, Charlie at once made his way back to me, and I shall rieVer for get his greeting. He grasped my hand with such fervor and emphasis and pulled me to him and hugged me with euch ferocity that speech was cut of the question until his affectionate demon strations had partially snbsided. He looked me over from head to feet, and t neyer knew him to laugh mot? heart ily. "Jini," said he, finally catching his breath, "this thing of busting up the United States government isn't as soft a snap as it's cracked up to be. is it?" "No, captain"? "Charlie, if yon please." "Well, no. Charlie, it isn't. Least ways, I've discovered it ien't my forte. If yon can get me Home place where I can hoe potatoes and eat a square meal every week or two, I shall be perfectly content to let this government go right along doing business at tho old stand the balance of my days." . Wo held half an honr'a conversation, devoted mostly to matters and things pertaining to our earlier and better days. I asked abont Marion Dayton. Was she alive, and if so did he think ehe conld ever forgive .me for running off south and kicking up such a row hat Charlie was compelled to go and capture and lock me np to make me be have? Marion Day ton ! What delight ful memories were aroused at mention of her name. We used to call her our sweetheart, though I some way felt she was more Charlie's than mine, being a northern girl and of a loyalty so pro nounced as to be with her a religion. She was as kind, as gentle, as gracious a girl us ever walked in the sunlight. And mentally as. bright and witty as she was gentle and gracious. It was re freshment to be in her company, even to be where one could now and then look into the peaceful, lovable face of the dear girl. How natural it came to ask Churlie what she would think of my conduct. "Why certainly, she'll forgive you, Jim. Marion couldn't harbor ill feeling against anybody, much lees you or me, Jim. Yon know that as well as I do. But enough of that just now. You will go north in a few days. My com mand will be in charge and I hope to be able to arrange matters so that if you will agree to behave in future there will be no great difficulty in the way of getting you out of this pickle. Just keep your own counsel, obey orders and trust to me." He pressed my hand and was away. As he disappeared I made a mental re solve to the effect that Charlie Cady? well, that Charlie and Marion were the best and dearest people in this world of sin and sorrow. Ten days later we were in a north ern prison. One morning an orderly came in and beckoned me to follow him. In an onter office I was put through the form of swearing on my honor as a soldier that until properly exchanged (which I hoped would be never) I would not attempt to overturn the United States government, and the door to freedom opened for me. On leaving my escort placed a note in my hand. It was from Captain Cady, informing me that he lay* ill in St. Louis and asking me to call on him. I lost no timo in connu;lug With the request. That even ing ? sat X'j ??is cot, 'e?getful of ail my misfortunes in ministering to his com fort Csmpsigning had broken him in health: It was plain to see that unless he could be relieved from duty he was not longfo-- this world. I was therefore glad to learn that his application for -discharge had already been filed and passed upon favorably and that as soon as tho surgeon deemed his removal safe L 3 would he restored to private life and his friends. For a month I remained with him, overjoyed at the end of that time to emerge from the hospital with my dearest, friend on my aim. All that he now xeqnired was quiet and rest. With funds which he furnished?I waa a hopeless financial- wreck?I hustled around and secured apartments in a private family on a clean, quiet street in the west end and we seiiied down to a resumption of an ensy antebellum ex-, istence. I had written for the press be fore the notion seised me to- go ont with grim visaged war and whoop np things, and had little difficulty in se curing employment. Charlie gained health and strength daily, meals were coming with monot onous regularity, and, to cap it all, Marion, whose family had removed to the city, was located only a few blocks away. It was not long before Charlie was in charge of the books in a bank. Our situation, all in all, was so roseate, so replete with all the elements that go to make np "one glad, sweet song/' that when I gave it the benefit of delib erate contemplation I reached the con clusion that we were in clover head high. : Besides, bad I not eased my con science, by expressing to Marion my re gret at having ever tried to set np a government in opposition to the one she loved eo well, and hadn't that delight ful young woman laughingly forgiven me and admonished me tobe a good and loyal boy in future? We were the old, affectionate trio again, each con stantly doing something to enhance tho happiness of the others. So the months rolled by, Charlie won promotion at 'the bank, b?t in spite of all this he be trayed a restlessness at times which it was useless for him to endeavor to hide fromme. This wo a not to my liking, and I determined to make him aware of the fact at the first opportunity. One Chilly, disagreeable evening in the fall we were detained indoors by a depress ing drizzle of rain. .Charlie could not entirely banish his "blues," and I took him in hand. In an hour I bad learned enough to satisfy me that he was des perately in Jove with Marion, but that bo could not make np his mind that he had sense eqpngh to make her under stand his passion. I led him off into a political discussion and by retiring time ho was glad to drop asleep and "leave tho world to darkness and tome." And then I planned. The following evening I made an ex cuse to leave him and post?* off to call on Marion. It was the first time I bad aver nreaented myself at her home un ^ iv .. /. ... ; attended by cnartie. l aawai once mat sbe inado a mental note of tbe occur rence. Tbe evening passed pleasantly? it could bave passed in no otber way in euch a girl's society?and I was about to tako my departure. "Marion," I said, "yon bave been as a sister to me. The deep respect?nay, affection?in which I hold yon embold ens me to speo'c to yon in confidence on a snbject in which I am profoundly in terested." Sho looked at me very, very serionsly, but said never a word. I proceeded : "You and Charlie have been very quiet about the matter. I did not think either of you would treat me in that way." "Why, how you do talk, Jim! What in the world is the matter? Goodness me, what have we?what have I done?" Herjnanner was amazement itself. 'Why, Marion, yon two rascals have it all arranged very nicely, so you think. Yon are to slip away and get married, then return and just knock me speechless with the news." "Well, did I ever hear such talk in my life?" She was making the house ring with her merry laugh. "My dear girl, let me speak serious ly. I have a little secret myself. I'm going to Cuba, to be absent quite awhile ?several months, in fact. But before I leave I want to see you Charlie's wife. Now, I want yon two to get your heads together'?nd reset that dato; bring it close to hand and permit mo to witness tho ceremony. Do this just to oblige me. I haven't broached tho subject to Charlie, bnt I'm going to do so this very night* I'm sure he'll do anything for me, the dear fellow, and I don't see why yon can't think as much of me and of my feelings as he does, do you?" "Indeed I don't." sho said, with sweet emphasis. When I reached home, Charlie looked up from his magazine and greeted me with : "Well, young man, give an account of yourself. Where have you been to? night?" "Been over having a talk with Ma rion." He was all attention. "Been talking mighty seriously to her," I went on. "Snbject, matri mony." "The devil you say !" "Pre-cfrely. Asked her to get mar ried." "H-o'-l-y M-o-s-e-s! And may I ask when this highly interesting event is to come off?" He never in his life addressed me so deliberately. His sarcasm hurt me, but I felt that I deserved it. "Whenever you say tbe word, Char lie." "Me? What have I to with it*" "Wby, can't you see, you idiotic, loveable old fool? You're the chap who is to do the marrying, not met" "Jim, for heaven's sake, speak with some degree cf sense. Yon haven't been drinking, I know, but you're befuddled some way, certain. Explain yourself, sirl" This just a bit savagely. I couldn't worry him longer, so I unfolded my scheme. I had simply i paved the way for him. All he had to j do was to go to the dear girl and avow himself like the noble, manly, brave fellow that he was, and?the minister would do the rest *'Remember what you said to me that infernal hot day in Jnly down in Vicksburg, Charlie? Yon said, 'Obey orders and trust to me. ' That's all I've 4 got to say to yon now. Obey orders and trust to me." A few evenings following this seance Charlie and I made a call on Marion. I managed to slip sway unobserved. Well, you can guess. Cbarlio obeyed me to the letter. That was 80 years ago. Prosperity overwhelmed the couple with favors. He is a directs? is the hank, a stockholder in a big corporation and has a cash account that runs away off into a string of figures. She is the eavzz ki??, sentie, gracious Marion. Time evidently ibinks as much of her ms I do, for he has no? pieced one gray bair in her dark locks. They live away ont in tbe suburbs, and yon will see me every Saturday in this cat on my way to spend the Sabbath with Charlie and Marion?and the rest of the family! They're all home but Jim. He's my namesake. Jim's just graduated from Harvard and writes me that he will go to the Columbia Law school, top off there and then hang ont bis shingle. I've got tbe letter here in my pocket, and his mother will be delighted to read it. I don't mind telling you that it's say private opinion ibat one of the presidents of these United States Will be named Jim Cady. And I want to live to witness the inauguration.?St. Louis Republic. Berlin contains 110,000 Jews, und 45 per cent of the houses of Berlin belong to Jewish owners. ? Don't forget that looking solemn in church on Sunday does not give you license to sell cloth with a short yard stick .on week days. ? If all men threw away money as many throw away golden opportunities the world would be full of paupers. ? The first essential for enduring hot spells is to get plenty of sleep. There is eminent medical authority for the statement that heat prostra tions are due much more to the ex haustion incident to insufficient sleep on successive hot nights than to the accuai intensity of the daily heat. ? Ten cotton picking machines, invented by Angus Campbell and made in Pittsburgh are to be shipped to the Sonth for service this fall, says the New York Tribune. Mr. Campbell lias been at work on this invention for years, making one improvement after another as experience suggested. Last year encouraging results were attained and an order for ten machines was given. If this season's tests prove satisfactory it is probable that his backera, some Pittsburg men, will reap a riob harvest in the next few years. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tfeg Kirn! Yets Have Alwajfs B??gM Bears the /J?-jZ/ttZ^ Signature of C^f>^^7%^^^r ? She : "i wouldn't marry you if yon were the last man on earth ?" He : "You wouldn't get a . ehince; I'd surely have my pick then/' Vanity of Canary Birds. Do yon know," 5??id an observant 1 J gentleman, "that, barring a man and a peacock, I believe a canary bird ia the j 1 vainest of all crentures? Both my wife j and myself are very fond of pete, and | we keep several of these little sougstera always in tho honse. One of the cages was an old affair, which had been in the family for years, and was used as much for tradition's as for economy's sake. I had frequently remarked to my ; wife that I believed the occupant of j i thin cage was somewhat aahamod of his < shabby dwelling place and observed 1 with envious eyes the fact that the otb- < er eongsters were more artistically < lodged. 1 "Well, the old cage finally collapsed, and it became necessary to purchase a i new one. In order to tost my belief in < tho iatc'ligcaco of my feathered friend 1 I made it a point to get him the pret tiest little brass bouse I could find. The 1 effect was magical. No sooner was be turned into his now home than he be gan to sing as ho hnd never, sung be fore, completely drowning out tho music of tho other birds and behaving other wise in a manner altogether becoming bit? dudden rise in life. No proud pauper coming unexpectedly into an inherit ance of great riches could more grace fully have assumed a greater degree of vanity."?Memphis Sciiuetar. ChooNlnrc n Wife For Her Tooth. One of tho most curious and interest ing of bridal customs among tho Eski mos ia tho practice of choosing a bride, not for her face, her figure or her for tune, but for the excellence and strength 1 of her teeth. Up in the polar circle, whero a man's blood freezes and parts of him drop off at the touch of the icy blast, it is a difficult matter to keep the untnnned skins from hardening and cracking. There is only one process known to the Eskimo, that of chewing. It is neces sary to perform this operation every two or three months, and it is a part of the wives' duties. It is for that reason that an Eskimo eelects his future help mates for the eize of their teeth and the strength of their jaws. Of conrse one wife cannot attend to all the skins, und so sometimes an Eskimo has as many as ten loving helpmates. Wives are bonght, sold and ex changed among the Eskimos. The price fluctuates like that of wheat or corn or stocks on Wall street. A father with a growing daughter will be approached by a neighbor and offered one, two or three dogs for her, according to her maxillary powers. Sometimes a blue foxskin or a dozen strips of blubber may enter into the bargain, bnt dogs are generally the factor UBed.?San Francisco Examiner. It Caught the Congregation. How to interest and hold the atten tion of an audience is often a source of much work and thought, but the fol lowing incident astonished me by its power and effectiveness : The majority of those who worship in my congrega tion are as attentive as any audience in the west. Indeed I think they are exceptional in this respect. One Sunday morning I preached a sermon on "The Good Fight of Faith." As I got warmed up my hands kept pace with my tongue. The attention was far beyond the ordinary. Every eye in the house was fixed on the preacher from start to finish. And I? please do not accuse me of vanity? thought, "Surely the sermon is a good one, or it has struck the right chord." And I felt splendid. The service closed, and the audience was dismissed. As I went down from the pulpit a brother whispered a few words to me ; then another. One lady invited me to her house as soon as I1 cQt?? gst away. A deson or mor?' re peated the first brother's words. The exceptional interest in thnt sermon was duo to tho fact that the seam in the arm of my coat had parted, revealing a star tling flaab of whiteness at every gesture. If attention lags, part a seam.? H?mil^ti? Review. _____________ He Kaew Hla Bunlneoo. *I know a man of affaira in this cify." oaid a close observer, "whose career has been eminently successful and Who enjoys great personal popular ity, but whose business house is one of the best hated concerns in the south. Mr. So-and-so himself ia a capital fel low,' says nearly everybody, 'but he ia surrounded by a set 6f the meanest ras cals on earth. If he bad tha least idea how they are carrying on. he would fire the last one of 'em.' The member of his staff viho is most cordially dis liked is a confidential clerk. Time and again people have gone to the proprietor with complaints against that individual and he has always expressed deep regret. 'I am extremely sorry he showed you such little accommodation, ' he would reply, 'and really I would discharge him at once if it wasn't for his poor family.' "Somo time n*o I met the business man of whom I am speaking at lunch and took the liberty of hinting that he would do well to leave lees to bis em ployees. In repsonse to a question I told him my reasons, and I will never forgot his peculiar, quizzical smile. 'My dear fellow,' he said, 'a great many disagreeable things have to be done in business} but it doesn't pay to do them yourself.' " ?New Orleans Times Democrat. SnperatlMbwa Fishermen. Herring fishermen in the old world are, many ot them, remarkably su perstitious. For instance, ou somo fishing boats whistling is forbidden, and neither milk nor burned bread is allowed on board. Furthermore, not even the name of that unlucky animal, the hare, may be mentioned, and a common-method'of punishing an ene my Is to throw a dead hare into his boat. Some of the fishermen believe In lack attending an odd numbered 'crew, but the good fortune may be neutralized should, one of the number have red hair. , ' ? She : "How that woman we just passed does hate me." He : "She certainly looked pleasant enough." She : "That's all done for effect, but if you noticed she never turned to take in my new suit and hat." ? Chollie : "It costs me about four thousand a year to live." Dollie : "What a waste of money !". ? "I don't like that cat any more," said a four-year-old child. "It's got splinters in its feet !" \ QUEER OWL PARTY. rHE SOLEMN BIRDS RESPONOEO TO THE WOODSMAN'S CALL. in Uncanny Sort of Kntertalnment That \Vn* Given on u Cloudy, Mutf gy Mj;iit lu (he Wood* of Went Vir ginia?The W liippooi ?v 111 Call. "West Virginia seems to bo u favor ite region for owls," said John Lochlin if Pittsburg, "and I was a highly lmnsed participant once in what they ?nll an owl party down there. I was ampin;; ou n trout stream in the Cum berland mountains, attended by Jim Frazier, a grizzly old woodsman and menntaineer. Just as it was getting dark one mnggy, cloudy day, I w:?h nit ting in the cabin door smoking, and Jim, after an inspection of the sur roundings and conditions with bin weather eye, said : " 'ThiH is gointer be a tit night for an owl party. Shell I git ye up one?' "That was tho first I heard of such a thing as an owl party. " 'I don't know what you mean. Jim, ' said I. " 'This is gointer be a lit night for an owl partj'.' ho repeated. 'Shell I git ye up one Y* "Jim had a way of doing things and explaining them afterward, so 1 knew that if 1 wanted to learn what an owl party was I would bave to wait and see. " 'Certainly,' I said. 'Get nio up one, of course. ' "That was all that was said or dono about it at the time, but when darkness had settled down Jim stood up in front of tho cabin and sent out on tho night wind a good imitation of the mournful cry of the hoot owl. Alter half a min ute of silence he repeated tho cry. Pres ently from away off in tho woods some where came an answer, mournful and prolonged : " *Too-whoo! Too-whoo! Too-whoo o-o!' " 'That's one old chap that'll be to onr party anyhow,'said Jim, and again he repeated the cry. It was responded to by the owl, this time nearer, and his notes hud scarcely died awuy in the woods when from another direction a similar cry was heard. " 'Two of 'em,' said the old hunter. "And so be kept on simulating the notes of the owl until his calls were anewercd from every part of the sur rounding woods, each answering bird drawing nearer and nearer at every re sponse. iu ten minutes' time, from the trees over our headB, in front and all around the cabin, a dozen pairs of fiery eyes were glaring down at us from the darkness. When the old woodsman ut tered his cry softly, a chorns of soft, cooing responses met it from the owls in the trees. If he hurled it in resound ing iolume at the ghostly assemblage, from each throat beneath a pair of blaz ing.eyes would cone a collection of the mcst unearthly sounds that a hnmnn being ever stood still and listened io. Short, staccato yelps, like the fright ened barking of a dog ; blood curdling gurglings and' gaspings, as of a perso*: being strangled ; loud snapping of tbe booked mandibles, aud a hair raising finale of too-whooa, too-wboos. "For an hour this exhibition was kept up by the old woodsman's deft maneuvering, sometimes with varia tions that were convn .singly ludicrous and sometimes with accompaniments sufficiently demoniacal to scare a man into fits. After he bad ceased to pro voke tbe owls to further performances they remained-in the trees a quarter of an hour or more, snapping their bills together and giving voice to various uncanny sounds. Then they began to flit away one by one in the darkness, until they had all disappeared. " 'Qivin owl parties is a trick that's as old as the hills down in this kentry,' said Jim. 'Owls ken be celled jest like that 'most any night, but a muggy night like this one is tbe best I don't know what' they think they come for, hut if tha's an owl within sound of yer voice when- ye give the call?and an owl can hear considerable furdez than two mil??it'll answer yeanl gradn'ly make its way toward ye till at last its yer company cesse to visit. I've had as many as six-dozen of 'em hodnoddin with me all to wnnat. Owls will put off everything else they've got on hand and set and visit with ye all night if ye'U only keep on talkin to 'em, and they'll jaw back as fast and as sassy as ye ken jaw at them.' "Jim. just at dusk one evening, got me up a whippoorwill party. By imi tating the plaintive call of that noc turnal bird be eoon had a score or more of them fluttering noiselessly about the cabin, never lighting, bnt swooping about and keeping up the curious clat tering and snapping of their hairy beaks that are characteristic of their kind. " 'I couldn't do that if it wasn't June,' said Jim. 'The whippoorwill don't whistle 'cept in that month, and it's always tbe he feller that does it That whistle is hie love call, and all them wbippoorwills I had caperin round here so was of t'other sex and was spectin to find a mate here hearin tbe call.' "Jim assured me that I could get up an owl party or a whippoorwill party just as well as he could, but various persistent trials proved that he was wrong. It seemed to mo that I imitated tbe cries of the owl and the whippoor will as closely as he did, but not a re sponse could I receive to my invitation. No sooner would Jim pipe up or hoot, though, than the answers would begin to come. It was moat amazing, and from tbe way old Jim grinned I Im agine he induced the test just to show me that you bad to be born in the woods to call anowL"?New York Sun. The Mushroom'*. Life. The mushroom's life is measured by hours, but it flourishes long enough for nn Insect to hang its egg on the edge of '.he "umbrella" and for the egg to become an Insect ready to colonize tbe n?xt mushroom that springs up. ? "Mama," inquired Ethel, looking rather puzzled, "if little children have calves in their legs, do grown up people have cows in theirs ?" W. G. McQEE, SURGEON OENTiaT. OFFICE?Front Kjom, over Farmen tnd Merchants Bank? ANDERSON, ?. C. F?b9,1S9S S3 The I'crilnii Carpenter. lu accordance with the invariable custom of all eastern artisans, the car penter sits upou the ground while at work. Instead of a bench, a strong stake Is driven down before him, leav ing about ten Inches above ground, and upon this he rests bis feet. The faculty with which the work Is executed lu this position has always boon a matter of ?urprlso to European workmen. In the royal arsenals English tools are used, and a bettor system of working bus been Introduced under the superin tendence of British officers, but in the native workshops the workmen aro still to be seen squatting on the ground, and. being used to this position from Infancy and their tools being formed to wnri- with more efficiency when used in this way. any alteration is scarcely to bo expected. Their princi pal tools ore the frame saw, adze, plaues. hammers, nails and a few smaller tools.?Southern Lumberman. A t'rnnk on Shoe-. "Du Maurler," says the man who made his shoos, "was a great lover of stylish footwear. He bad small, well shaped feet and paid good prices. Ho always had a numb.: of pairs of shoes on hand and did not confine himself to ouo shoemaker. "Du Maurlcr was the most particular man about his footwear I ever know. His shoes had to he perfect In lit and style, or ho would not take them. Ho would never wear a repaired shoe. "I remember Du Maurlcr coming to the shop for a pair of shoes. He told me that sluco ho ordered them he bad decided to have another style. After payiug for the ilrst pair he went to the shop door and gave them to a man who was passing, telling him that if they did not lit him he could give them to some other man. He then cauio back and ordered the now style." THE FIRST BABY. Its Coming is Looked Forward to With Both Joy and Tear Pad its Safe Arrival is Hailed With Pride and Delight by All. The arrival of the first baby !n the household is the happiest and most im portant event of married life. The young wife who Is to become a mother delights to think of the happiness in store for her when the little one shall nestle upon her breast and latterly she shall hear it lisp the sweet and holy name, "mother/* Bother happy anticipation quickly van ishes when she realizes the terrible pain and suffering through which she must pass while bringing the little one into the world. AnTndescribable fear of the danger attendant upon the ordeal soon dissip?tes her joyfulness. Thousands of women have learned by experience that there is absolutely .no necessity for the sufferings which at tend child-birth; they know that by the use of "Mother's Friend"?a scien tific- liniment?for a few weeks before the frying hoax, expectant mothers can so prepare themselves for the final hour that the pain and suffering of the dreaded event are entirely obviated and it is safely passed through with com paratively little discomfort. All women are Interested, and es pecially expectant mothers who for the tint time have to undergo this trial, in Bach a remedy ; for they snow the pain and suffering, to say nothing of the dan ger, which is in store for them. "Moth ex's Friend" is woman's greatest bles sing, for it takes her safely through the severest ordeal of her life. Every woman should be glad to read the little book "Before Baoy is Born," which contain! information of great Value to all. It will be sent free to^anjone who send! i?drss? to The Sel? Kc^ lator Co., Atlanta, Gs. DR. J. H. BURGESS, DENTIST. IN Pendleton every Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday. At Clomson College every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. April 26,18gS 44 Gm FURMAN UNIVERSITY, GSEENVILLE, S. 0. TUE next Session will open September 27,1801). Fall and thorough Instruc tion, leading to several degree?, 1. offer ed. Boarding in private families mode rate; in the mesa tbe fare is excellent and cheap. For Catalogue or forth-*: partic ulars, apply to the President. A. R MONTAGUE. July 18, UWl 4 4? ? THE - PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, CLINTON, 8. C SPF/JIAL offer of reduced rates for next aesslon. A Col loge ed ucation placed within tbe reach of everyone. Matricu lation, Tuition, Boom Bent and Board for Collegiate year for 9100 00. Full Fao ulty of experienced Teachers ; moral in fluences; healthful location , tine courses of study ; lowest possible cost Send for Catalogue to \V. T. MATTHEWS, or A. F. E. St'ENCEIt. GREENVILLE * FEMALE COLLEGE. lloom for 70 Hoarders Enrollment 1200. Gradu?tes 4SI. Able Faculty?Seventeen Teachers, Six men. Fonrteen Schools. Seven Languages, Literature, Sciences, History, Mole Study, Music, Art, Elocu tion, Stenography, Itookkeeping, Type writing. Director of Music pu nil of Liszt and Sgambatl. Graduate of Royal Academy or Music, Borne. Italy. Superb Teacher, Composer and Pianist. Health Unsurpassed. No death in school since it was founded. Elevation about 1100 feet. Diligent care of Boarders. College Physician. Fare Excellent. Bates low. Forty-sixth Session begins September 20, 16fKi. Address? M. M. RILEY, A. M., D. D., President, Greenville, 3. C. July 28, 1800_5_ Nome-. NOW is the time to have your Buggy Revarnished, Repainted, and new Axle Points fitted on. We have the best Wagon Skeins on the market. All kinds of Fifth Wheels and Dashes. Headquarters for Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Repairs. PAUL ?. STEPHENS. ? UM ^Mothers! THR discom forts and dangers of child-birth can be almost en tirely avoided./ WineofCardul" relieves ex pectant moth ers. It gives tonetotbegen italorgans,and puts them in condition to do their work perfectly. That makes preg nancy less painful, shortens child-birth* It helps a woman bear strong healthy children. has also brought happiness to thousands of homes narren for years. A few dosea often brings joy to loving hearts that lotg for a darling baby. No woman should neglect to try it for thi9 trouble. It cures nine cases out of ten. AU druggists sell Wine ofCardui. $1.00 per bottle. For advice In cases requtrine special directions, address, pivine sym/icms, tho Ladles' Advisory Department.'* The Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta nooga Tenn. Mrs. LOUISA halb, of Jefferson, Gs., says: Whon I first took Wine ofCardul we bad bean married three yoor s, but could not have any children, nine months later I lud a One girl baby." STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anderson Counts Hu It. V. II Sauce, Judye of Probate. WHEREAS, William A. Bowen b?M ippliodto nie to grant him Leiters of Ad ninist ration on the Estate and effects of William J. Bowen, deceased. These are therefore to ulte and adoion \h}\ all kindred and creditors of the sai.? Win. J. Hoven, deceased, to be and appear before me in Court of Probate, to bo ho'. ! it Atulnrs,.n C. H on the 21st day of August, 189!), aller publication hereof, to show cause, if any they bave, why Lhe aald Administration should not Im granted. Given under my hand, this ith dav of August, 189!?. It. Y. II NANCE, Probate Judge. _Aug I?, IK?ii 7 2? STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Anokrhon Codwty. ity !,'. I'. //. Xance, Judye of Probate. Where s, R. A. Greer haa applied to me to grant him Letters of Ad ministration on the Estate and effects of N. A. J. Oreer, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon ish all kindred and creditors of the said N. A. J. Greer. deceased, to be and ap Eear before mo In Court of Probate, to o held at Anderson Court House, ou the 23rd day of August 1S9??. utter pub lication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my baud this 7th day of August. 18119. R. Y. H. NANCE, Probate Judge. Aug 9, 1899_7_2*__ THE STATE OF bJUTH CAROLINA. Count* or Anderson. COURT OP COMMON PLEAS. Robert A. Lewis, Plaintiff", against Amos N. Raft dale, Mm. Annie Ragsdale, et a)., Defendants.? Summons for Bellet?Coaaplalot Served. To the Defendants AmoB N. BsgidaIe,Mrs. Anni* Bagsdsle' William ST. Baggdale. J. 8. Bagtdal*. J. A. Rigidale, J. J. Rafjodalo. W.C. Stone, Afra. Luna Poore, James D. Stone, Bubba Daniel Lof tie, Wilson LoftU, Ada Loftie, Rutha Poore, Rebecca Cramer, Cornelia C. Rcece, Mary Shir ley and J. H. Cos : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy Is herewith served apon you, and to servo a copy of your answer to the raid Complaint on tbe subscribers at their office, Anderson Court House, South Carolina, wltbla ittss?t day? ??lsr tbe service hereof, exclusive of tbe'day of such ?o??ico-, and i? you fail to answer tbo Complaint within the time aforesaid, tbe Plaintiffs In thu action will apply to tbe Court for tho relief do manded in the Complaint. Dated Anderson, 8. c, July 24, A. D. 18?. BOX H AM A W ATKINS. Plaintiff's Attornoy, [Seal ] Joua C. Watxibb, e. c. o. r. To the absent Defendanta Bubba Daniel Loft is and lira. Rebecca Cramer : Ton will take notice (bat the Complaint in thin action was filed In tbo office of tbe Cleik of tbo CeattfercaMCMaty aa tba 15?? July, isa., sni yes ssst ssrva a esa* or ysar answer thereto on ihe subscribers at their office at Anderson, 8. C, within twenty days after this service on you * IIOHU AM A WATKIK8, Plaintiff's Attorneys. July 24,1819 0 6 TrmoE Marks Designs copyrights &C. Anrono sending a sketch and description ma> itnion freo war* tentable. Ca : Handbook< for securing _tub Mann & tpteUUnatki, without charse. in tho qnlclhy nscertnln our opinion froo whether au tlnn Is probnbly patentable. Communie? rlctly confidential. Handbook on Patente ? jo. oldest agency for securinK patents. Patenta taken thro tub. Mann ft Co. receive invention Is probably patentable, dons strictly conr " sont froo. Oldest Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation of any scientific journal. Terms. su a year: four months, |L Bold by all newsdealers. MUNN ? Co^?^m^r?^ Branch office. 6? F SU Washington. D. C. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA A N l> AKKl K VTt??E SHORT LIM fiJ In effect July 23,189?. Lv Augusta.. Ar (? re en wood. Ar Anderson. Ar Laurens. Ar Greenville. Ar Glenn Springs. Ar Spartanburg?.. Ar Saluda.. Ar Henderson vil le. Ar AsheviUe.. 9 40 am 1160 am t 20 pm 3 00 pm 4 05 pm 5 10 pm 5 33 pm 6 03 pm 7 00 pm 1 40 pot 6 10 pm S ?5 ans 10 15 am 0 00 Lv AsheviUe. Lv Hpartanburg. Lv Glenn Springs. Lv Greenville. Lv Laurens._. Lv Anderson. Lv Greenwood. Ar Augusta. LvCalboun Fails. Ar Rslelgb., Ar Norfolk. Ar Petersburg.?... Ar Bichmond., Lv Augusta. Ar Allendale... Ar Falrfsx. Ar Yemasseo... Ar Beaufort.... Ar Port Boy al. Ar8avannab... Ar Charleston. 8 28 am 11 4? am 10 00 am 12 01 am 1 37 pm 8 40 pm 4 00 pm 7 00 pu? 7 00 am 2 87 pmi.m??< 6 10 pm 11 10 am 4 44 pm 2 16 am 7 80 au 6 00 am 8 15 am 10 05 am 1115 am 1180 am 1 20 pm 8 10 pm 855 pm 4 20pm 620 paa 5 35pra 70? paa 730 paa Lv Charleston. Lv Port Loyal... Lv Beaufort. Lv Yemassee.... Lv Fairfax........ Lv Allendale.... Ar Auguste. 1 00 pm 1 16 pm 2 80 pm 6 28 am 7 10 am 720 am 8 20 am 9 20 am 985 am 1125 am Closo connection at Calhoun Tails for Athena Atlanta and all points on 8. A. L. Close connection at Augusta for Charleston Savannah and all pointu. Close connections at Greenwood for all points jo 8. A. L, and C. A G. Railway, and at Spartanbur? with Southern Bail way. For any information relative to tickets, rate* , schedule, etc., address W. J.CBAlG.Gen.Pavi. Agent.AugusU.Ga. E. M. North, Sol. Agent. T. M. Emerson .Traffic Manager.