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CUTTIN RUSHES. .Ob, maybe it was yesterday, or fifty years ago! ' ileself was risin early on a day for cuttin rushes; Walkin up the Brabla' bum, still the sun was low, Now I'd hear the burn run, an then I'd hear the thrushes. Yoong, still young, an drenchin wet the grass, Wet the golden honeysuckle hangin sweetly down! Here, lad; here! Will ye follow where I pass. Aa find me cutlin rushes on the mountain? Then was it only yesterday or fifty years or so? Sippin round the bog pools high among the heather, The book it mailt eic hand sore, I had to lave it go; 'Twas he that cut the rushes then for me to bind together. Come, dear, come, an back along the burn See the darlin honeysuckle hangin like a crown! ?Quick! One kiss! Sure, there's some one at the turo! "Oh? we're afther cuttin rushes on thc moun tain!" Yesterday, 3esterday, or fifty years ago * *. . 2 waken out o' dreams when I hear the sum mer thrushes. Oh, -that's thc Brabla' burn, I can hear it sing an flow, For all that's fair, I'd sooner see a bunch o' green rushes. Eua, burn, run! Can ye mind when we were young? The .honeysuckle hangs above, the pool ? dzrk ?n brown. Sing, bum, run! Can ye mind when we were sung The day wc cut the rashes on the mountain? -Moira O'Neill in Blackwoods Magazine. I MAID MATTIE. ? 4* Unselfish to the Last, She Sup? 4~ v J. ported Her Benefactors. jj 4-* M-M-M-M' I"!"M-:->K?H?>W"H4 There was always a profusion of old fashioned blossoms in the' garden that sloped from the little white house to the water's edge. My early recollection of it is of a spot where the sun shone more brightly than elsewhere. The mingled scents of the flowers and the salt sea are as fresh and sweet as the story that was enacted here years ago. Mattie was the maid to Miss Priscilla and her sister, Miss Miriam, who dwelt in the cottage then. When little more than a child she was "taken home" by the two elderly spinsters, who dealt most kindly by the orphan from that day. The Misses Lorimer were spoken of as "very.genteel ladies," although their antecedents were unknown. They had settled in the fishing hamlet when both -were still comparatively young, but they had always maintained a marked reserve and had mixed little with the inhabitants. .On the . day Mattie learned some - thing of the past and realized fully the precarious future of her old ladies life : became an astounding, but, above all, a stern reality to her. A letter came that morning' addressed in a strange hand to Miss Lorimer.. The post mark was "London"-that faroff place associated in Mattie's mind with pavements of gold and the palatial homes of wealthy bankers. It was there the banker lived who was own brother to the Misses Lorimer. Mattie handed, the letter to Miss Priscilla where she sat at the head of the frugal but dainty breakfast table, and left the room. The door was all but closed when she heard her mis tress cry: "He is dead, Miriam! Ob, Miriam, Ceorge is dead!" The distress in the voice she loved held Mattie. "What!" cried Miss Miriam. "No, no; it Is not possible, The debt! God would not call him hom? before his work was done!" "His work ls done. The last of the .debt was cleared a week ago," Miss Priscilla answered with a forced cairn that hurt the listener more than her poignant cry. The letter rustled in the old lady's trembling fingers with the sound of autumn leaves in the wintry windy and Miss Miriam's low moaning intensified the effect of sudden storm and disaster. "George gone, George gone! And he .the youngest! We have nobody now. What will become of us?" Fear made the last words faint. "We have God," said Priscilla. "You do not say 'Our Father!'" Miriam's voice had hardened strangely. "Don't, sister, don't!" cried the elder ^quickly. "Your bitterness gives him another wroug to answer for at the last judgment-and he has surely enough." "Poor father! You are right, sister." A sorrowful silence fell on the sunny room, the windows of which faced the south and the sea. The thoughts of the sisters were in communicable even to each other. "We have not seen George for 25 years/' Miriam remarked after a time. "Aye, he grudged the expense of the long .lourney-dear laddie!" Priscilla's voice, broke in a dry sob, but neither of the si sters bad shed a tear. They would not mourn too grievously tho brother whose life had been ?o noble in their eyes in its stern devotion to a high ideal of rectitude. Besides, they had known a worse sorrow thin such a death as George Lorlmer's could bring. "What does the lawyer say' about .about his circumstances?" It was Miriam who put the anxious question. She waa one of those timid women who live in constant fear of destitution -they who are instinctively conscious, poor taings, of their incapacity. -"He had a decent burial, and-and there seems to be a little over-enough to do our tum." "Thank God!" - It was at this moment the little maid outside the door burst into uncontrol lable weeping, and the elder of the sis ters roue from her place and followed ber to tie kitchen. Through her tears the girl saw how Miss Priscilla's expression altered ?when alone with ber-it had turned to one of blank despair. "Mattie," she whispered, "I must tell somebody or it will be too much for me. I had to spare poor Miriam, but that was a falsehood I told her." "You may call it that, ma'am! I .jon't." And Mattie set her lips In a de termined way she had, while a look of loving admiration shone through ber tears. "I'm afraid you don't understand, Mattie," continued Miss Priscilla, speaking with painful effort. "My sis ter and I will bc hard put to lt now not to starve. My brother is dead. We have nothing to depend on for a living -nothing and nobody." "?ou've me," quoin '.tfaiuw uiu ly. "We'll not be able to afford a ant now, Mattie," said the old very sorrowfully. "You'll have a servant, Miss Ti la, as long as I've a pair of ham do your work." And for no reasoning of Miss cilia's would Mattie budge an from her decision. Miss Lorimer had a feeble cons tion, and the shock, ol' her brot sudden death made a chronic in of her. Miss Miriam was almos helpless in her way, and it is hai tell what would have become of sisters had it not been for Mattie, was their sole support, but the rem able thing is that nobody knew il cept poor old Miss Priscilla her The girl guarded her mistresses' i as carefully as; if it were her own As soon as possible Mattie sta the various small industries by w she managed to keep the pot bo: for three. The little white house longed to the sisters, and that less? her difficulties somewhat. Still it no light task she had undertaken, was at work early and late and withal the cheeriest little woman would meet in a day's march. To the villagers who quizzed about her industry and her earni she declared she was "laying by" her "providing"-she was not min to be a portionless bride. Her visits to the neighboring tc with supplies of fruit and vegetal for the market had set the gosi agog, and .they had many dark h: to make regarding her honesty. W the girl invaded their own grou however, and began to buy and re the creels of fish, the sight of depravity could no longer be endui and they went in a deputation to form and caution the old ladies. The only bad effect of tbe ignor. interference of these busybodies was make Miss Miriam more intolerant private of "Mattie's eccentricities" s a little suspicion that the girl v greedy. Mattie's indefatigable enei became a source of irritation to 1 delicate old maid, who had not 1 key to it, and poor Miss Priscilla's flee of mediator was not always sinecure. But they seldom quarrel outright, for Mattie rarely forgot tl Miss Miriam had been "kept in 1 dark/' and, besides, she had a tact way with her. Scenes like the folio lng were of frequent occurrence, ho ever. Mattie's bright face would lc round the sitting room door of a moi lng. "Oh, Miss Miriam, If you're u too busy, would you mind plucking few young peas? I must finish t washing, but I would like to take thc ! to the market today. They're scarce ' Miss Miriam would continue to ni ble the end of her quill pen reflectivel (She is seated at her desk. It is Mi Miriam's belief that she has the poet gift, and her time is much occupied its exercise.) "It's such a lovely morning," sa; Mattie persuasively. "Dear, dear! If you only knew wh; it means to be disturbed at such m ments! But you have no tact, no co: sideration; you will never learn, Ma tie!" cries the lady pettishly. 'Tm so sorry, ma'am, but the pei will so soon be past their best, and" "The peas, indeed! And what of m Ideas? If I do not pluck them whe they are ripe, they wither also." "But think of the price they' fetch!" cries the maid, her mind upo the peas. "The price! Thank goodness, I hav never put my gift to base uses-an never will! Mattie, it grieves me t see you becoming so mercenary. I d not think I can possibly afford tim for the peas this morning." "Dear Miss Miriam, not if I tell yo I want the money to buy a cliicken fo Miss Priscilla? She enjoyed the las so much. I assure you, it's not for my self this time." "That alters the case entirely. Cei taiuly, certainly, we must get a chid; eu for Miss Priscilla." Then the goo< lady sets her cap straight, and take her way contentedly to the sunn: garden. It was during thc -first winter-a sc vere one, as luck would have It-tha Mattie ' had her hardest struggle tc luep the wolf from the door. She har not yet started the little poultry farn which yielded her a tolerable income later on: The garden was empty, save for the small household supply of win ter potatoes. Fruit3, flowers and vegc tables were no longer available, ami the sailings and catches of the fishing fleet were most irregular. In spite ol the girl's efforts to earn enough by bei needle, thc pinch of want was felt in the little home. Iz was Miss Priscilla's painful anxiety on account of her sister and Mattie that' roused the latter to her utmost endeavor. She bethought ber of a plan, and straightway entered into a compact with a cousin of hers, a young fisherman, who had shown himself very friendly toward her of late. He was to lend her his cobble of a night to go a-fishing in the firth on her own account, and he would have a percentage of her winnings. She made the stipulations that he was not to speak of the transaction to any one, and that he would row the boat to the water gate of her garden when she wanted it. The plan worked well, and Mattie spent roany a long hour on the cold, dark waters after her old ladies were safely disposed of for tbe night. Meanwhile it had dawned upon the heavy but calculating brain of Peter Small, Mattie's cousin, that the girl would make a desirable wife; she was so active and so well gathered, if re port spoke truly. Peter was not au ill favored fellow, and Mattie, being one of those who are keenly sensitive to kindness, felt most kindly disposed toward him. She was so free from self Interest herself that it was the last thing she suspected in others. Before long Peter spoke of marriage. The girl received his proposal en couragingly, but told him she was not. free to marry so long as the old ladies lived. Thc young man's amazement was followed by something like con tempt. Still, he did not believe that this was anything more than a whim. As the weeks passed, however, and his persuasions were of no avail to move Mattie from her resolve, he be came very angry in secret. He did not quarrel with her outright, because of his exaggerated notion of her monetary value. He cudgeled his brain for some way ot bringing lier to reason', -a? nc phrased it, and at last he hit upon a scheme. It was one only likely to oc cur to a selfish and unscrupulous man, but that was of no consequence to Peter. One night, on the plea of helping Mattie with the lines, Peter stepped aboard the cobble and rowed her out to her fishing ground. Anchoring the boat securely, he seated himself on a thwart within reach of the painter. ' Mattie had tried to dissuade him from accompanying her, and she was surprised he should ignore her wish. Still, she was not altogether displeased to have his company. It was one of those nights in which the dim starlight seems to intensify the darkness of land and sea. The heaving waters had a phosphorescent gleam, and the waves mounted sullenly as the wind from the east swept across them in stinging gusts. But for Peter's companionship Mattie would have felt the solitude "eerie." Yet they had little to say to each other. They worked with a will. Fish were plentiful, and in a couple of hours they had caught as many as Mattie wanted. "We'll be weighing anchor now," she said. "Not quite yet, lass," quoth Peter in a dry tone. "I came here tonight mean ing to get your promise to marry me a fortnight from now, and we'll up an chor only when you've given it." "You'll row me ashore at once, Peter, or I'll never forgive you," cried Mattie, amazed and indignant. "I'll row you ashore as soon as you give me your word-not till then," said Peter doggedly. "You're never in earnest." Mattie was beginning to tremble a little in the darkness. '"Am I not? I'm thinking I've pinned you this time, my lass!" And he laugh ed exultantly. . Mattie was speechless for the mo ment, dazed by the revelation of his character. It seemed to her that she looked suddenly into a gulf of horrid darkness. \Vhat a cruel heart he must have to think of taking so mean;an ad vantage! He knew so well how afraid she was lest the old ladies should learn of these midnight excursions of hers. It would break Miss Priscilla's heart to know of the hardships she had borne, however cheerfully, for her sake. As for the other'sister, she would be dis graced forever in Miss Miriam's eyes. Her own silence would Insure that. "Well, are you content to stop here till daylight?" cried Peter, breaking in on her troubled thoughts. "There will be a fine stir at the cottage when the Misses Lorimer wake up and want their breakfast," he added craftily. At this Mattie sprang to her feet and stretched across to grasp the anchor rope, but he held her off. Then he taunted her with her powerlessness. She confided to me long afterward that she knew the sort of despairing rage that tempts a being in extremity to take the life of another. Peter drove her back to the seat she had quitted. Then she shipped the oars into the rowlocks and, strove with all her might to drag the boat from its moorings, but it was useless. "Come, Mattie, be a sensible woman for once and give in. It beats me to know what you make such a to do for." Mattie's answer was a cry of despair. It was that I heard as I was returning to the coast guard station after my night's round of inspection. Mattie's despair was not unfounded. What was the use of telling this man the true facts of the case-that the poor old ladies had nobody to look to but her? He would only sneer. She. need not throw herself upon his gen erosity; he had none. He was hard as flint. He would keep his word in spite of all she could say or do. Day light would find her here if she did not promise. Could she promise-for their sakes? But would it be^best for them In the end? That question saved Mat tie. She saw so clearly that the wife of Peter Smail would have little power to minister to others. "You can stay here till doomsday, Peter, but you'll never get me to say I'll marry you. That idea is gone, once and for all. I've changed my opinion of you this night as I-as I never thought to"- Her words ended in a sob. Peter's anger rose. He began lo threaten and to bully her, thinking probably that her tears betokened a weakness that demanded such treat ment. But he was struck dumb of a sudden by the sound of approaching oars. "Ahoy, there!" Mattie cried out, her j voice full of joyful relief. It suffices to tell that I rescued Mat- j tie by cutting the cobble adrift from ? lier moorings when the surly fellow nt the bow still refused to haul up the anchor, for I am merely the chronicler of a page in Mattie's life which proves her to have abbeert as brave, generous , and faithful as that of any heroine of fiction. * *?**'.-.?. A number of years later Mattie stood in the old fashioned garden. Two young girls were chasing each other round the flower beds. Mattie's eyes were unusually dreamy. Coming up behind her, unobserved, I said: "I can tell who you are tninking of." "I dare say. The dear old ladles! 1 miss them sometimes even now. You see, since the babies grew up there are noue of you quite helpless enough," she replied, with a whimsical smile. "I'll soon be au old, decriplt mau," 1 remarked cheerfully. She looked a loving reproach. "Priscilla! Miriam!" she called to the youngsters, "come to dinner. Fa ther is home."-New York Times. Tennyson'* "Crossing; the Bar." I remember Tennyson saying one day. when he was smoking by the fire, that that was his greatest time for Inspiration, "but I seldom write down anything; thousands of lines float up this chimney." Do you know how he came to write his beautiful "Crossing the Bar?" He had been very iii, aud one day, when be was convalescent, he was sitting grumbling. Suddenly his nurse said to him. "You ought to be ashamed of yourself, Mr. Tennyson; you ought to be expressing your gratitude for your recovery from a very bad illness by j giving us something, by giving it to ? tho world." He went out and straightway wrote I "Crossing the Bar," and brought lt to - the nurse as a peace offering,-Loudon j THE WAYS WE LAUGH THEY DIFFER AS MUCH AS DO OUR VOICES OR OUR FACES. While Men Commonly I se thc A und O Style, Women funnily Indulgre In the F. nuil I Brand-A Ij&uf?h That Won Napoleon a. Battle. Since the days of Adam, who is said to nave invented laughter when he awoke and saw Eve by his side, no two people have laughed alike. The laugh is as distinct as the voice. Women laugh differently from men, children from women; indeed, even the laugh of a full bearded man is dif ferent from that which be laughs when he has shaved. The Abbe Damascene thought he had discovered in the various enunciations of laughter a sure guide to the tem peraments of the laughers. Thus he said "Ha" ha! ha!" belonged to a choleric person; "He! he! he" to a phlegmatic one, and "Ho! ho! ho!" to the sanguine. And it is a scientific fact that, while men commonly laugh in A and O, women usually laugh in B and I. Those who practice laughing to any extent have been divided wittily into dlmplers-and to know how charming they can be one bas only to go back to Charles Reade's "Simpleton With a Dimple"-smilers, grinners, horse laughers and sneerers. This is to lay down a science of laughing, for which there might have-been need had our generals in the late war taken up the idea of old Bulow, who proposed to form troops, in face of the enemy, in line of battle and order them to ad vance with their arms at a shoulder and salute the foe with ringing bursts of laughter. "Be sure," said Bulow, "that your opponents, surprised and dismayed at this astonishing salute, would turn about and run ofL" Perhaps this scheme would not work now, while the present long range ar tillery is used; but, as a matter of fact, it is related that the Mamelukes once turned tail from an assault upon thc French in Egypt on hearing tho roar of laughter with which Napoleon's veterans greeted the command, "Form in squares, asses and men of science in the center." Great men often have fancied it a part of greatness to refrain from hilar ity. Philip IV of Spain is said to have laughed only once in his life. That was when his bride, Anne of Austria, wept at hearing that the queens of Spain had no feet. She took with Ger man literalness an old piece of Spanish courtesy. As she was Journeying to ward Spain some German nuns met her and desired to present some stock ings of their own knitting. The worthy princess was about to accept the gift when a Spanish grandee of her suit in terfered with the remark that it would be against etiquette, as the queens of Spain were not supposed to have any use for stockings, whereat thc princess began to weep, understanding, poor woman, that ou ber arrival in Spain her feet would be cut off. Lord Chesterfield said, "Nobody has seen me laugh since I have come to my reason," and Congreve makes his Lord Froth in the "Double Dealer" say, "When I laugh, I always laugh alone." Young people and fools laugh easily, says an old proverb, which often has proved true. Nevertheless the singer Robert gave lessons in laughter in Paris and in Lon don in 1805, and, so far at least as filling his own purse went, with suc cess. He held that men and women could not laugh "decently and sys tematically" without proper training and said that a person who could ?laugh only in one tone seemed to him like one who could say only oui and non, but that a trained laughter should ex press many things. It is a curious fact that it is only among the French and among the an cients that we read of people laughing themselves to death. We, in our days, must have cither more jokes or a dull er appreciation of wit Zeuiris is said to have died of laughing at a painting of an old woman, his own handiwork. Philemon expired laughing at a donkey who ate so contentedly the philoso pher's figs that, with bis last articulate breath, he sent out his last glass of wine to the beast, who drank it with equal enjoyment and thus proved him self, it *|g>uld seem, not such a donkey after ul.^ lt remains true, however, that laugh ter is good for the health. "Laugh and grow fat" is the old proverb. Syden h?m maintained that the arrival of a clown in a village was as wholesome as that of 20 donkeys laden with drugs. Tissot, the famous French physician, cured consumption and liver com plaints by causing his patients to laugh, and Erasmus, through immoder ate laughter at the rude Latin of Hut ten's "Letters of Obscure Men," broke an internal abscess which bad long plagued him. "When a man smiles, and much more when be laughs, it adds something to his fragment of life," said Sterne, who wished laughter enumerated in the ma teria medica, holding it as a curative of the same kind as coughing, sneez ing and perhaps vomiting, only much pleasanter than any of these. Queer Business Combinations. Some Chicago men carry on at the same time two or more different lines of business. Sometimes these combi nations are laughable. Over the door of a store in Wells street is a sign which announces "Wholesale Popcorn and School of Magic." In the window of an office in Madison street is an an nouncement that within are to be had "Books on Love and Poultry Raising." A South Side humorist has a placard in his basement window which reads, "Lunches Put {Jp and Carpets P?Jt Down." - Anyone who has ever picked up . with a bare hand a piece of intensely cold iron knows that thc touch burns almost as badly as if the metal were red hot. Indeed the action of great heat and extreme cold arc so similar that a Hungarian chemist has turn ed the latter to aocount to prepare meats for food. He subjects the meat to 60 degrees of frost and then seals it up in air tight can9. The result is that the meat is- practically* *''cooked by cold." SIM WAS LATE. Thc Kind Old Gentleman Did the Ex plaining For Him. They are middle aged married peo ple now, but their wedding is kept in greener remembrance than that of many a couple since married in the same community. He was a young hardworking farmer out near the mid dle of the state, she the blooming daughter of a neighboring farmer who had accumulated a nice fortune, had a fine tract of land, a pretentious coun try home and a family that was looked up to by most of the community. He had worked his own way to the front, and there was nothing that he admired more in young men than the qualities that had won him success. So Sim, for that was the youth's name, was in the good graces of the father as well as of thc daughter. On the day appointed for the wed ding the guests moved toward the big house from all directions and in all kinds of vehicles. It was a holiday with them all, social distinctions in terfering very little with a universal invitation throughout the large circle of acquaintanceship. Preparations for entertaining the assemblage were of the most elaborate and hospitable character. There was more food than is ordinarily provided for a regiment of soldiery. There were cider and apples by the barrel, and the mist that poured from the kitchen windows was ?*> freighted with appetizing odors. The parson was there, the choir from the little church was there, and a few rel atives from abroad were there to en joy the festivities. The bountiful table was set, the bride was dressed, tbe parson had be gun to move about uneasily, and the good wife, after visiting the veranda several times, called her husband to one side and talked briefly in a low tone. Then he knitted his brows, scanned the road in both directions and muttered to himself. Before long he put on his hat, slipped quietly up the back way and was soon on the roof, again studying the road. There were growls from the kitchen that the victuals were getting cold, and the consoling voices heard in the bride's room did not serve to drown the sound of her weeping. It was a full hour after the time appointed for the wed ding, and the bridegroom had not ar rived. The old gentleman went about look ing as though he wanted to hurt some one. The mother bravely kept up ap pearances, and the parson looked at his open face watch at least twice every three minutes. The presence of a crisis could be heard in the air, and the general nervousness increased as the time for lt approached. "Gosh!" shouted a youngster who was whittling at the horse block, "see that feller ride." Every eye followed the direction in dicated by^ the boy's knife blade and saw a veritable rough rider dashing down the wooded hill half a mile away. Even on the steep descent the horse was urged to his utmost, and as he straightened away on the level it could be seen that he was cruelly driven. On he came, reeking, breath ing in gasps, his nostrils distended and his head straightened to ease his breathing. "Sim," said the father sternly as the rider threw himself from the saddle, "what does thi3 mean? You've upset everything and Hattie's a'most crazy. Now, where have you been, to come gallopin up here like a wild Indian, and the women folks most distracted?" "Am I too late?" asked Sim excited ly. "Just as I got ready I see that new Holstein cow I bought break out of the lower meadow, and I went after her. She gi' me the all tiredest chase you ever heard of, and blamed If I didn't forget about the weddin till I run that critter into Webb's yard and.the hired girl told me the folks had: come over here." "Cow w?s'nt hurt none, was she?" "Not a bit." "Glad of it. That's the way to look after things. Now you come right in and get married and let me do the ex plaining Sim obeyed, and there was never a merrier time at any one's marriage. Detroit Free Press. ThroTTlnsr Thing;? nt Cat?. "It's a long time," said Mr. Glim merton, "since I've read anything in the papers about throwing things at cats. There used to be frequent men tion about how men threw bootjacks, boots, water pitchers, coal scuttles and fire tongs at them. 1 knew a man my self once that threw a lighted lamp at a cat on a fence. He never touched the cat, but set the fence afire and had to pay $7. "But the custom bas not fallen alto gether into disuse. There is a cat in our neighborhood that walks along the back fence at night, weeping and wail ing in a manner most distressing to hear. For a long time these unpopular concerts were not disturbed, but night before last we heard the sound of a mighty blow upon the fence. It sound ed like the crash of an immense rock. It evidently missed the cat, but it end ed the concert. The cat didn't come back that night-we hope it never will. How the man got the rock over there wc don't know. Surely he never could have thrown it that distance. He must have rigged up a catapult-of some sort. A catapult would be-very appropriate for the purpose."-New York Sun. Pleasures of Anticipation. May-I shouldn't think you'd be feel ing so gay after quarreling with Jack last night. Madge-But j?st think of making up again!-Brooklyn Life. His Position Augured. "That youg couple must be engaged." "Do they act spooney?" "Nb, but bc smokes a pipe now when they walk out in the evening."-Chi cago Record. C A STO R IA Tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears th? Signature of - lt is always better to astonish a man than it is to bore him. - A girl says her engagement ring is one continous round of pleasure. Test of Perseverance. "If you over want a boy *:o work for you, seutl him .out to fiud a four leaved clover, and if be finds one you may hire him with the assurance that he will prove faithful and deserving." j That is the advice of Daniel Ains I worth of Newton, Kau., and he has had a good deal of experience with boys. ! Mr. Ainsworth says this idea is not original with him. He learned it from old Alexander Sackett, a wealthy grain commission merchant of Cleveland, ?. Mr. Sackett had several boys working for him. When he needed a boy, he al ways put au advertisement in the paper, and when tho boys came in an swer to it he sent them all away wjtii instructions to go out and find a four leaved clover and not to return with out it. Mr. Sackett invariably engaged the boy who came back first with the four leaved clover, and the boy ueved failed him. Mr. Sackett's motive in this was not , that the finding of the clover brought good luck, but that it took patience, perseverence and persistent work to find a four leaved clover, and that a boy lacking in those qualities would soon tire of the hunt, and that such a boy was not worth hiring.-Kansas City Star. Fan For the Xelffhbom. A youth in the east end caused quite a sensation a few days since by start ing out as an amateur mail carrier. His mother had placed a large number of letters which she had received from her husband before marriage in a box and stored the box in a closet in her room. The precocious youth found the box, and seeing so many letters con ceived the idea of establishing a post route in opposition to Uncle Sam. He filled a small wagon with the missives and unknown to his mother started out on his route. He was industrious, and called at every house in the block, leav ing a letter at each one. When the hopeful was returning he was met by his mother and asked where he had been. He promptly re plied he was playing letter carrier and volunteered the information that he had "found a lot of letters in a closet up stairs and' had left one at every house." The mother had a premonition. She hurried up stairs and discovered that ail the antenuptial missives which she had so carefully preserved had been distributed among her neighbors. What the neighbors thought of the bil let doux submitted for their perusal is not known, but they were all promptly returned.-Pittsburg Press. - It is still undecided whether fishing for suckers is an obtuse or an acute angle. - If new clothes looked as unsatis factory as they feel but few people would care to wear them. Be Careful No . woman can be too careful of her condition during the period be fore her little ones are born. Neglect or improper treatment then endan gers her life and that of the child. It Hes with her whether she shall soif er unnecessarily, or whether the ordeal shall be made comparatively easy. She had better do nothing than do something wrong. MOTHER'S FRIEND is the one and the only preparation that is safe to use. It is a liniment that penetrates from the outside. External applications are eternally right. Internal medicines are radi cally wrong. They are more than humbugs-they endanger life. 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OFFICE-Front Itjon1, over Farmers and Merchant? Bank ANDERSON, 8. C. F?h 9,1898_S3_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, comry OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. James A. Watt, Plaintiff, against B I. Stewart, E H. Simpson and A. C. Townsend, Defendant*. -Summons for Belief-Complaint Served. To the D?fendante B. I. Stewart, ? H. Simples, and A. C Townsend ; YOU are hereby summoned ?nd required to an swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served npon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office, at Anderson C H.. S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day ol such service ; and if yon fail to answer the Complaint within the tim? aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply., to the Court for the relief demanded in the Com plaint. Dated Anderson, S C. August 15,1399. BONHAM ? WATKINS, Plaintiff s Attorneys. [SKIX] JOHN fi. WATKIBS, C. C. C. P. To the absent Defendant, H. I. Stewart: You are hereby notified that tbe Complaint ia this action was this day filed in the office of John C. Watkins, Esq, Clerk of the Court for said County. BONHAM & WATKINS, Plaintiff's Attorneys. August 15,1899_8_6_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COOJ?T?. or AKDKBSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Robert A. Lewis, Plaintiff, against Amos N. Baga dale, Mrs. Annie Bagsdale, et al., D?fendants. Summons for Belie!-Complaint Served. To the Defendants Amos N. Ragsdale, Mrs. Annie Bagada!^ William M. Baggdale. J. S. Bagsdale, J. A. Bag? dale, J. J. Bagsdale. W. a Stone. Mrs. Luna Poore, James D. Stone, Bubba Daniel Lof tia, Wilson Loftia, Ada Loftl?. Butha Poore, Bebecca Cromer, Cornelia C. Beecc, Mary Shir ley and J. M. Cox : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an swer the Complaint in thia action, of whkh a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office, Anderson. 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