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ARE ALLV ?'h.e Question is an Varyii st. j ^* Many a man hts puzzled his wi ; and sometimes a woman has joi lim-in wondering whether or nol women are flirts. It is an old question, and one I never seems to be answered in a ' satisfactory to al!. Sometimes quite a young bach will toss his head and with a worl< wise air assert, as though there cc not be any possible chance of misti ^Oh, all women are flirts.' ' To this is to say that all women are va conceited and dishonorable; fori certainly vain to desire to attract tendon just for attention's sake : sorely it is far from honorable to ' admiration, and even love, with deliberate intention of throwing admirer over wheu it suits a whin: -.do so. Therefore, be careful, yoi bachelor, lest some, wise maiden v has thought a few things out for h self, will take you to task for this i not allow your remark to pass as Hg ly as you think it will. The older man is a little more ca ful in his aecnsation. Perhaps this not because his judgment is more r -tore, bat because he has somewl departed from the conclusion he jun ed at in his youth, and is willing acknowledge that he really does z know. It is by no means true that all TI men are flirts. But it is true that women are born with a desire for s . i miration, lt is this desire given 1 ' much sway that leads to the flirt. Do you know the girl-I do-w has a. host of admirers that she h gathered about herself and yet w will never he so happy with any them as she will appear to be with t fickle man who has devoted himself some sweet and sincere - little ma until she has come Iiis way and t guiled him with th? smiles and poa whose power is not accidental? It her love of conquest-it is the flatte of her vanity-that makes this plea ant to her. No use to tell the hone little girl , that it is the best thing the world for her that she has learn? how inconstant her sweetheart cou 4>e. The drop of bitterness is added her cup for life, or, if not for life, will be ? weary, long time un til she again "quite certain that there a strong men and true in the world. [ Maybe, the flirt does not mean to c a thing so unkind. I hardly thin she does, for she is often more sil] than designing. I know a little story, and it is not happy li ttl i story, you know th? many, many true stories are not. Th: is about a girl in a small town and man, who told the little town girl long time ago that she looked sweet< in her pink muslin frock than tb prettiest rose that blew in her sma green-hedges garden. The town girl entertained agues from a near-by city. With all he honest little heart, she wanted be visitor to have a nice time. She wa proud of the girl's accomplishments and wonld sit by as quiet as a mous and listen admiringly to the girr bright chatter and wish that sh 1 'could feel so much at home arnon, strange folk." All the- nicest mei '. she knew were bidden to meet he guest. Amoag them, of course, wa the most desirable ''catch'' of th town, the man who had told the li ttl girl how much he admired and care* for her. He sang with the visitin; girl, and found it pleasant. He drov with her, and never did time pas more quickly. ? ? Of course, the visiting girl was well bred, and she did not deliberately ap propriate the attentions that had al ways been her friend's. At least shi did not seem to. There was nothing in fact, that her little hostess coule define, and this is just the reason thai before the visit was over the town gir found herself wondering, after sh< went to bed, why she felt so miserably unhappy. It was a long, long tim before she realized what had hap pened. The city girl went back home. The particular man of this story missec her, said so, and t .med once more tc the little flower-like girl. But thingi are not quite the same. I wonder ii they ever can be, don't you? If that visiting girl had not been s flirt she would have taken pains /tc keep somewhat in the backround; she wonld not have been delighted to find that she could outshine her friend anc win from her her admirers. It is al ways an unkind thing to show off one's own wit and brilliancy to the hurt of another's. The flirty girl did not care in the least for the men whose admiration she had gained, but it delighted her foolish little soul to find them flocking about her to bid her good-by when the time for going home had come, and I am certain that as the train sped onward she settled herself with quite a satis fied air and smiled as she counted over her victims. Perhaps her lips parted MEN FLIRTS? One and it Receives Answers. Republic. as she half whispered, "The foolish fellows! I wonder if they thought I cared.'' Not once did she think of the possible heartaches that had come to her girl friend. True, it had oc curred to her that possibly she was a bit jealous, but the girl with a dispo sition to flirt never finds the jealousy of another girl unpleasant. And alas for the pride of the girl who lets it be guessed by word or by deed that she is! She may be told, you know, by her rival, that it is her own fault if she is not as much admired as she wishes to be. The recognized flirt is not the dan gerous flirt. It is the one. like the girl of my story, who brings men to doubt the sincerity bf women and to boldly declare that "all women are flirts." The recognized flirt has a j long list of admirers; all her women friends know that she has and ex pect her, to always add to the list, even from among their friends. They know that she will never do any seri I ons harm, and so they do not object. Beauty and winning ways cannot hide the ugly little twist that is in the character of either the man or the woman ?irt. There may be a charm and fascination that will lead us to follow for a time, but it isn't lasting, you may be sure. Sometimes it is of long enough duration to lead one on so far that life ever afterwards hasn't that charm that it possesses for those of us who have always found human nature trustworthy. My girl with the laughing eyes and the smooth oval cheek, with the dainty figure and fetching frocks, be glad that you are so attractive that your very presence gives pleasure, but train your little heart to be faithful and true. Do not after sipping the sweets of admiration come to find your pleasures'in counting over the con quests you were able to make while away from home for a long and happy stay through the glowing days of sum mer. The true and womanly woman finds pleasure in the consciousness of one true love, but never in^ the thought of a host of lovers that have been lightly won and may be just as lightly lost. It would not be fair, it would be de cidedly unjust to say that all men are false because one has not been true, and it is just as unkind and certainly as untrue to assert that all women are flirts. But as I have said the love of admiration being part and parcel of woman's makeup, it is easy enough for her to be led into little acts of folly that will put her in danger of I being called a flirt. ; Once it was the fashion for women : to be thought weak and foolish. Now j even men resent this. Men really ex I peet great things of their women folk, ; whether wives, sisters, daughters or sweethearts, and I think it is certainly too bad when we disappoint them. Once upon a time a woman might have smiled and simpered and accepted it as rather a compliment when she was called a flirt, but the same is not ' true to-day. 0, man, we do not smile indulgently when you say that all wo men are flirts. We are quite willing to admit that some may be. But for their existence you must bear your share of - the blame. You, you know, are the moth which flutters about the flame. MARGARET HANNIS. Blood Cure Sent Free. By addressing Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Georgia, any of the readers of thc INTELLIGENCER may obtain a sample bottle of their famous B. B. B.-Botanic Blood Balm-the greatest, grandest, bestand strongest Blood Remedy made. Cures when all else fails, pimples, ulcers, scrofula, eczema, boils, blood poison, eating sores, distressing skin erup tions, cancer, catarrh, rheumatism. Free medical advice included, when description of your trouble is given. This generous offer is worth while ac cepting. Sample bottle sent charges prepaid. Large bottles, (containing nearly a quart of medicine,) for sale by all druggists at ?1.00 per bottle. B B. B. is away ahead of all other Blood Remedies for curing Blood Hu mors. Try B. 15. B. next ti.-ne you buy a Blood Purifier. - Mrs. Witherby : "They say that a husband and wife grow to look like each other more and more all the time." Witherby "I have noticed how handsome you were getting to be."_ - Abeut one month ago my child, which is fifteen months old, had an attack of diarrhoea accompanied by vomiting. I gave it such remedies as are usually given in such cases, but as nothing gave relief, we sent for a phy sician and it was under his care for a week. At this time the child had been sick for about ten days and was having about twenty-five operations of the bowels every twelve hours, and wc were convinced that unless it soon obtained relief it would not live. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diartheca Kemedy wa3 recommended, and I decided to try it. I soon notic ed a change for the better; by its continued use a complete cure was brought about and it is now perfectly healthy.-C. L. Boegs, Stumptown, (Himer Co., W. Va. H?rs?le by Hill Orr Drug Co. W. C. T. ??. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by tho Indies of the W. C. T. TJ. of Anderson, S. C. Moral Force of Lan. Under a government by the people the laws are supposed to reflect public sentiment quite accurately. A lax law betokens a lax moral status, while a high and noble law indicate good moral fibre. A law that justifies evil, or even tolerates it, reflects discredit ' upon the legislators that enacted it. Legislators are supposed to be chosen because of their intelligence, integrity and sound moral character. The high er the standard of the laws they enact the nobler the honor reflected upon their character. It is invariably true, in America at least, that the enact ment of vicious statutes brings a leg islature into disrepute. Laws should be educational as well as corrective. They should exalt cor rect ideals as well as to reflect just convictions. Laws are made for evil doers. They should be in advance of average practice, and should represent the best thought of the best olasses. The law of God presents a fine illus tration of this idea. It requires of man the best conduct and thc best moral condition of which he is capa ble. No man can be better than the divine law requires. It is a trans cript of the divine mind, representing God's wish concerning man's practice. Wesley says the moral law is "an in corruptible picture of the High and Holy One that inhabiteth eternity. It is the face of God unveiled * * a copy of the eternal mind, a trans cript of the divine nature." Every time a man measures up in any degree to thc requirements of that law he helps to reflect the lofty thoughts of the great law-giver. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and thy neighbor as thyself " is the picture God shows us of the ideal man. It is a photograph of the original sketch by the Master Artist pf the most beautiful thing in the universe-a creature reflecting the noblest thought of the Creator. The laws of men should be modeled after the laws of God. They should represent all that is pure, lovely and of good report in the best society. They should be stimulating to good as well as corrective and repressive to evil. The idea that no law should be enacted which is higher than the pub lic sentiment behind it is as reprehen sible as the idea that all law should be repealed which is not strictly enforc ed. Both are parts of an evil whole. The application of this principle to the law of God would result in the cancellation of' the entire code. Hap pily, men of sound judgment do not stoop to the serious consideration of such a course. The apologists of wrong-doing are the croakers who croak for lenient statutes and who seek to stain the honor .of high legal ideals. Much of this sort of croak ing has been heard :<:i relation to pro hibitory laws, and unfortunately-it has had mischievous effect in many instances, resulting in the repeal of wholesome laws and thc substitution of measures which foster thc liquor traflic with its lotig train of moral evils. Were the common adage, " You cannot make men good by law," car ried out to its logical sequence, every precept of Jesus and every command of Jehovah would be obliterated from the sacred page. History shows that men have been made good by law, and and it is the purpose of every law bearing upon human conduct to make better citizens, better neighbors and better men generally. Instead, there fore, of lowering the law to the level of vicious practice, v c should seek to raise the practice to the high ideal of the best legislation. The precepts of the law arc these : "To live correctly, to do an injury to none, and to render every man his own." All law-abiding people exemplify these precepts, and law-breakers should be compelled to do so. Hold up the law. Make it a praise to the good and a terror to evil doers. Enforce it to the utmost ex tent possible, and show by educati mal work in thc form of agitation and ex planation, that further enforcement would be for the best good of thc greatest number.-Michigan Christ ian Advocate In The Police Court-Tried and Judg ment in Its Favor. Some time ago Judge Andy E. Cal houn, judge of the police court of At lanta, had occasion to pass a sentence that was gratifyiog to bim, and if people will take his advice much suf fering will be alleviated. Thc judge is subject to nervous sickheadaches and dyspepsia. Here is his sentence: "I am a great sufferer from nervous sick headache and have found no rem edy so efectivo as Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy. If taken when the headache first begins it invariably cures." Price 50 cents per bottle. For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite. Sample bottle free on application to Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Co., Atlan ta, Ga. - Nell: "Cholly had thc audacity to kiss me last night." Belle: "Well. I like his cheek!" "So do I; it wasn't a bit rough, like some of them are. Quickly cure constipation and re build and invigorate the entire system -never gripe or nauseate DeWitt'?a Little Early Risers. Evans 1'harmacy. Southern Summer Resorts. To one who has seen the mou region of North Carolina it seer credible tha,t so many thousan people, in quest of pure air, ma cent scenery and healthful surr ings, should annually flock tc Adirondacks of New York ant White Mountains of New Hamps These latter resorts do not compt any respect with the North Cat country. Their so-called moun are dwarfed by those of the North State," while, as for 1 trout streams, hunting grounds landscapes at once gracious and jestic, there is no approach to a parison. Yet, year after year, our p< journey in regiments to New and New Hampshire, spending sums of money for mountain cotl and summer fare, while within < teen hours of Washington is a rc infinitely more attractive in every -better for health, for bodily < fort, for outdoor sports, and for g fication of the artistic senses. E\ body knows or has heard of Ashev Thousands have enjoyed its won ful scenery and have been restore health by the life-giving atmosp' and the balsamic zephyrs wafted f the mountain sides. But how know or ev;en guess that there a hundred possible Ashevilles in : sapphire land-some on the Piedn plateau, others higher up-and 1 magnificent lakes and clear stre filled with trout abound on every s There is a district larger than State of Massachusetts, easily ac sibleby rail, well provided with ex lent inns and the most pictures driving roads, and with room for t of thousands of summer homes the most beautiful locations iniagi ble. The area is as large as tha Switzerland; the climate is moro erj ble and wholesome; the opportunit for healthful outdoor life far m abundant and attractive. Northern people have beguu to cognize the Southern States as refu from their killing climate during F mary, March and April, and beaufci residences are springing up in Aik Thomasville and such points in i interior, while all along the coasts Florida and the Gulf, as far west New Orleans, splendid and luxurh hotels are to be found in icreat nu hers. But for the heated period I tide of travel turns "ver northwa with its concurrent stream of mom I notwithstanding the fact that in we ern North Carolina there are loft mountains, more gracious valle; greater opportunities for fishing, hu ing and open-air recreations, and t most bracing and beautiful climate the world. This can be accounted J upon only one hypothesis-that t people generally know nothing of t unparalleled beauties and resources North Carolina. % Virginia has fared much better respect of having her attractions ma notorious. For generations past su resorts as the Old Sweet, the Grec brier White Sulphur, Capon. Orknc Rock Snon and others of like far and character have enjoyed a nation reputation, while of later years sui magnificent sanitariums as the Ba County Hot Springs have taken rai j with Carlobad and Aix-les-Bains. F j more than half a century the Cree brier White Sulphur establishmei has been a center and a common mee ing ground for the old Southern ari tocracy, and there the best society i that section has been always ty pifie and represented. The field of Virgil ia health resorts may be said to I completely occupied. In North Cart lina, with the exception of Ashevilh which has no summer season, we ha\ J simply a magnificent territory aB y< practically unexplored.- Wasltingto Post. The Rev. W. B. Costley, of Stocfc bridge, Ga., while attending to hi pastoral duties at Ullenwood, tha 8tate, was attacked by cholera morbus He says : uBy chance T happened t get hold of a bottle of Chamberlain' Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and I think it was the means of sav ing my life, lt relieved me at once.' For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - '"Shall I speak to your father ?' he asked after she liad made the usua promise.'' ,;You may if you wish.' she replied, "but if you want the mat ter settled, ] would advise you to se< mamma.'' "Dewitt's Little Karly Risers dit me more good than all blood medicine.' and other pills," writes Geo. II. .Ja cobs, of Thompson, Conn. Prompt pleasant, never gripe -they cure con stipation, arouse thc torpid liver tc action and give you clean blood, stcadj nerves, a clear brain and a healthy ap petite. Evans Pharmacy. - "What makes you so sure she will accept you when you propose 'i Has she given you any encourage ment ?" "Well, rather. You know she's an only child, and she told me last evening that her father had often wanted a son.1' Hamilton Clark, of Chauncey, Ga., says he suffered with itching piles 20 years before trying DeWitt's Witch r Hazel Salve, two boxes of which com pletely cured him. Beware of worth less and dangerous counterfeits. Evans Pharmacy. - The man who is shadowed is apt to have a good deal of light cast on his oharactcr. Prayed to Recover Lost Gish. NOETIIPORT, h. I., August S.-Jas. Brewster, a clerk in the store of Ste phen Morris, found on Saturday a small package lying on the floor of the store. When he examined it he found that it contained $105. On Sunday afternoon Mrs. James Leonard, of Eastport, called upon him and said she had lost $105 and was sure that it had been lost in Mr. Morris' store. She described the money that Mr. Brewster had found and identified it. Mrs. Leonard said that when she discovered her loss on Sunday she at once went to her room and prayed that it might be restored to her. She said she knew that she had visited but three stores, and so she wrote the naines of the stores on three pieces of paper and after praying she picked out one of the slips of paper with her eyes closed. The name of Mr. Morris' store was the one she found in her I hand when she opened her eyes, and then she said she knew where she had I lost the money. WILL YOU ? Before you buy a PIANO see me. I have saved to some of my customers as muchas seventy-five dollars in the par chase of OSE PIANO. Such makes as Cbickering, Emerson, Stolz & Baner and Meblin to select from. None better. As to ORGANS you oan save from fif teen to twenty-five dollars by seeing me. I Remember, I am in the SEWING MA CHINE business, just for fan. You can get \ . fees on any of the high grade makes ; and do not forget that I sell any Machine Needle at three for Sc., 20c. per dozen. Thc ilnest Sperm Oil 5c. per bot tle. Nothing but new, select stock. Remember the place M. L. WILLIS, South Main St., Anderson, S. C. If you want Bargains go to. CHEAP JOHN'S, The Five Cent Store. IP you want SHOES cheap go to Cheap John's, the Five Cent Store. For your TOBACCO and CIGARS it's the place to get them cheap. Schnapps Tobacco. 37*c. Early Bird Tobacco.37ic Gay Bird Tobacco. 35c. Our Leader Tobacco. 27*c Nabob's Cigars. lc. eaoh. Stogies.4 for 5c. Premio or Habana.3 for 5c. Old Glory. 8c. a pack. Arbuckle's Coffee Ile. pound No. 9 Coffee 9c. pound. Soda 10 lbs. for 23c. Candies Oe. per pound. CHEAP JOHN is ahead in Laundn and Toilet Soaps, Box and Stick Blue in fact, everything of that kind. Good s-day Clock, guaranteed for fiv years, ?1.93. Tinware to beat the band. JOHN A. HAYES, YOUR HOME PLEASURES NO influence lends so much to home life as music. No Stock offeis greater attraction h than ours, and we wish to help you to happiness. It's not alone that say it, but you know that we mean it, as we soil the best class of PIANOS and ORGANS, As well as small Musical Merchandise, and will give yon tull Taine for ev ery dollar. You are cordially invited to yali in person and inspect our Stock, or write for catalogues and prices. We also represent the leading SEWING MACHINES Of the day, and are constantly receiving new additions to our Stock. We appeal to your judgment and will sell you the best in this line. We still handle thoroughly reliable Carriages, Buggies and Harness, And can save you money by an investi gation. Look to quality first-then price. Most respectfully, THE 0. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. Drs. Strickland & King, DJEB?TISTS; OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. 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