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THE TROUT AND THE RING. T^c tale 1 Ging is a song of spring And ii truo beyond a doubt, .?he playera aro Miss Clara Carr, Myself, Uncle Jess and a trout. 'Twas Clara's wi iii to take a dsn From thc bridge arrosa thc urook, SO 1 rigged her a linc, botli strong and Ano, And baited her Limerick hook. With a spring and a snap a speckled old chap Snatched tl^e bait and mude the line sing; : gave a shout at the sight ot the trout. And Clara dropped lier ring. Wc searched fot days, in many ways, We raked and dragged and sounded; ..Ve sifted ooze, but 'twas no usc In short, wc never found it. i . \ ? Many a trout was taken out Of tba pool, where the stream was crossed, And opened with care, but no ring was there, And wc gave it up for lost. 'Twafl a year, I guess, when Uncle Jess Caught a big trout on thc tty; lt waa plump and round and weighed a pound, And bc brought it home to fry. His eyes shone bright as lia told that ulc'it Of the ring lost a year ago, On thc very spot where bis trout wa? got, And never found, high nor low. .'Now, what do you think?" asked he, with a wink. "I'll bet you never could guess What was in that trout." "The ring!" they shout! "Notliin but In'ards," ?aid Jess. -Forest and ?tream. f The Three Visitations, f "f By Aoaroato Tito. \ 4 ?y . A Soldier's Friendship lost Lasted ;: 4 Beyond the Grave ^ ft* In the month of August, 1845, a col umn of French soldiers, composed of African chasseurs, spahis and a few battalions of infantry, crossed' the beautiful valley filled with orange trees and agaves that lies at the foot of Djebel-Amis ar, one of thc pr?nc?pai chains of the Atlas. As the troops gradually drew near to Djebel-Ammer the soil, hitherto rich and carpeted with vegetation, grew sandy and barren. The orange trees were replaced by horrible cactuses and lentlsks. To right and left rose masses of black and blue rocks, like monstrous Japanese vases, whence sprung huge cactuses, with leaves as jagged as the claws of some giant crab. The dry besth shuddered in the breeze, giving forth an uncanny crackling. The pale rays from the rising stars cast the shadows of men and horses In long, dim silhouettes. Jackals were howling far away; great birds whirled through the air, uttering piercing cries. You could hear the horses plunging heavily through the sand, soaked by a recent rain. From time to time you caught a sharp click-a rifle being cocked be? canne a big bunch of grass had moved or because a stone had rolled down a bank. Naturally enough, since in Africa behind every tumbling stone, every rustling bough, an enemy ls ambushed. Thc courageous officer in command, General Etienne Vergamler, was a mau In his prime-not much beyond 40. With his imposing stature, hiB broad shoulders, his /gentle eyes, his open brow and winning smile, he could have served as a model for a northern hero, a son of Osslan and of Fingal, who might fight' and die chanting a heroic strahl. Major Ban ls, his com panion, was a? cold, methodical man, but, withal, a man of great intelligence and wide scholarship. Vergamler had spurred his horse to a trot and kept silence for a time. The major respected his reverie; but finally yielding to the curiosity that his inti mate acquaintance with the general warranted he began: "We have a long ride ahead of us, thc road is growing more and more stony, we'll have to check our pace more and more. General, tell me about the event that you referred to a few moments back. Isn't it just the hour for ghost stories?' "What's the good, major? You won't believe me." "I believe In all sensations. I may merely take the liberty of discussing thc principles you base yours on." "You are going to thrust yonr phys iologist's scalpel into my heart's most secret chamber. Yet, although it la, an effort, I will yield to your request. I beg of you, don't lac'jh. All that I am about to relate ls serious." The general began: At 20 I left St. Cyr along with my hest friend, Georges de Mancel, a charming fellow-fair, pale, slight, os dreamy as a poet, as strong as. a Kabyle, as bravo as a lion.' We had known each other from the first at St Cyr. In the midst of the brutal quar rels renewed daily by barbarous tra ditions he had often taken my defense and had stood up for me as I did for bim. We were sincerely attached to each other'and bitterly regretted the coming separation made necessary by our entrance Into the service. But we were luckier than we had boped, for we met again at the capture of the Fort Empereur, both of us en signs, full of hope and reveling lu the war. A few days later Algiers fell un der our assault. Georges was one of the first to enter the city. I saw him drop, ?truck by a bullet in the left breast I raised him and carried him on my shoulders to a little house deserted at the first cannonade. I laid him down hi a woman's bedroom-cool, scented, voluptuous. The bed was not made. * placad my poor Georges in it and stanched the blood aa best I could. It was hopeless; the agony began* Weak ened by the loss of blood, he could hardly raise his bead to look at mo once more; ho held one of my hands in bis and pressed lt convulsively when, tbe pain became unbearable. Yet at in tervals he had a few moments' respite. "Etienne," he said to ina, "1 am dy* bag very young, and 1 regret life, for with your friendship lt was sweet to aie. We are about to psri, bet wa? koowa whether lt ls forever! No one can say. what awaits us beyond tho tomb-perhaps further suffering, * per bapa happiness or nothingness. But if ny soul is Immortal, if. it retains in un known regions the affections and mem ories that filled lt during lui sojourn ?a earth. God be praised! And if lt be true that wc shall see once more those whom wo have loved tenderly, be sure, *ay good Etienne, be sure thc t l will come back to you. Some evening. In .pring, I hope! 1 feel death ia easier. *nd yet ? am suffering tortures. But ?nv Boot-, mother said to me when she was dying, -i will come nacki AUU sho did come back to mo last ulgl. i - site smiled to me. Her eyes aro full of toa rn now. Etienne, goodby." A sigb and ho was gone. 1 will nut paint my grief to you; lt was terrible. And when Georges was buried in the midst of the beating of drums and the shouts of victory, I wept bitter tears, for I felt that my youth was lying in tho coffin by ray friend's side. Georges' strange fare well had impressed me profoundly. At night hideous visions haunted my sleep. For six months I was as nervous as a woman, and, If you will believe me, major, 1 was positively afraid to bc alone in thc dark. But ono year, two years passed. Georges' memory, indelibly graven on my heart, yielded, without becoming effaced, to the preoccupations of the war to my anxieties about my future. My puerile fears, a positive disease, vanished. Yes, thc moro I look back the surer I am of it. 1 had quite be come myself once more, my mind and brain were clear, when the event I am about to tell you of struck me with stupor. 1 had just been made captain en second. After rough sad, I may add, glorious campaigns, 1 returned with my regi ment to Algiers. Young, Impetuous, with ardent, almost virginal, senses, rich with the gold of our first capture, I flung myself headlong Into the midst of all the pleasures of garrison life day, evening, night, al! wore one long orgy. I gambled madly, frantically, as one does at the first go. I won at the outset, and then suddenly my luck turned. One night in a cafo of Bab Azoun street I lost 14,000 francs-all my own private funds, as well as my share of the booty money. The sum was a large one, and Its loss was com mented upon In Algiers. Toward 10 o'clock In the morning I was requested to call upon the colonel. Pale and restless, hardly knowing why, I entered the colonel's room. I fonnd him paler and more nervous than I myself. "Captain," he begab, In a deep, de spairing voice, "my regiment's strong box was broken Into this morning. Fourteen thousand francs were taken 14,000 francs, do you hear, slr?" And the old officer stepped toward me, with his arms crossed and his eyes lowering under their bushy brows. I felt my temples thumping and my head split ting. I drew back with a cry of In dignation. "Here is a handkerchief lost by the thief and found under tho -treasurer's chair. Look, slr, it is mark ed with your initials, 'E, V/ " I took the handkerchief mechanically. It was mine without a doubt My knees quaked, tears sprang to my eyes, I could not speak. "Abd now, slr," the colonel wound up, "go and blow yonr brains out." I left the room without a word, us crushed, as abject as if I bad been the thief. I did not try to justify myself nor to claim an Investigation. No! 1 went back to thje officers' cramped quarters, 1 took a loaded pistol out of my saddle case, 1 cocked It At this point 1 stopped. Thick sobs choked me. 1 had a rapid vision of my happy chlldhood, my first martial exploits, my mother and Georges-Georges above all! "To die!" I murmured. ' To die dishonored!" "You tauBt not die," said a sonorous, vibrating vol?e; metal lic and yet soft with nothing human about it The pistol dropped from my fingers. Georges was standing beroi -.' me. His eyes were fixed. They glow ed with an unknown light Illuminating his face, as white and translucent as alabaster.; Explain this., major. As 1 tell you this terrible occurrence 1 feel my halt standing on end, my teeth chatter, my voice shakes, whereas in Georges' pres ence 1 experienced only serene joy, Ideal calm, unalloyed happiness. My youth, my fair dreams of love and ol glory surrounded me In all their radi ance. Only the moment before crushed under the weight of an inconceivable fatality,. 1 now felt myself under pow erful, almost divine, protection. Shall 1 say more? Georges' presence did nol astonish me. I accepted lt as a simple, natural fact We talked like brothers, like friends long separated. ."Etienne, what were you about tc do?" he asked mo gently. "My pool boy! I've come to save you. Youl servant Is t*je offender. He stole th? 14,000 francs, as he stole the handker chief found by the colonel. You have trusted the fellow. He used to be hon est. But he has a mistress, a Moorist girl who sells ber favors high. It wai for her that he took the money. Twc thousand' francs will be found in hit mattress and 12,000 on the girl's person Hurry to .the colonel. I have told yoi what I had to say. Goodby." George: vanished, and I found myself alone. . The sentiment of reality came bael to me. I dashed my head against th? window panes. The glass, splintering cut my brow and made the blood flow In the courtyard, between the das sling, whitewashed walls, below th< torrid sky, luminously blue, soldieri were nonchalantly smoking. Tho whlt< minarets of the Casbah rose above tin peaceful, silent scene. Far in the dis tance the waters of the blue M?diter ranean glittered like gema I was nc tually alive; I was not dreaming! Ant all this impossible hallucination, tb.li phantasmagoria was the truth. Ter ror seized me-mad, Implacable, de vouring terror. Icy shivers rap dow say spine to my heels. My fingers du their nails into my palm. From tim day I counted my first gray hairs. Events justified all that the spectc had revealed to me. The criminal at milted his guilt, and the money wa recovered. My noble colonel, hear broken at his unfounded suspicion! was almost ready to follow the advlc ho had given me. The officers of tb squadron esme In a body' to make ns a visit of affectionate condolence, few days later, at the colonel's solicit! tlon, I was named chevalier of th Legion of Honor. The reparation wi complets. The major seemed in a reverie. "Yon don't believe.me, mon ami? too, have caught myself doubting tl evidences. I saw Georges, I aro sui of it, and I don't believe lt any mot thant yon do. Yet, major, it must t so. er I am ont ot my mind." '"Has the apparition ever. been r peated?" questioned the major, sing larly struck by the tale. "Yes, I saw Georges a second time replied.the general somberly, "i sa him the night before I killed Cor madder Barnard de Bis la a do? That evsnlnr. just back from dril urea ana m low spirits, i mrsinj m- I toreil tay room, lighted oujy by a great fire of dried branches. (Jeorges was sitting in my big leather armchair, ire rose gravely and impressively, i was waiting for you.' he said. 'You are go ing to tight tomorrow w ith Command er Bernard de His, w ho is a blade. You neglect practice too much.' Georges leaned against tho wall, uud I saw that ho had a sword in his hand. I took down a foil and fell into position. 'Look out," said Georges, i am golug to give you what Grlsier used to call so gallantly a lesson lu ducliug. Tiens, boro is an irresistible thrust. Engage your sword, bring back the left foot while you toy with your adversary's blade. One, two, forward! Good! But you didn't lunge enough/ "A pale smilo flitted over Georges' lips. Wo started afresh, and this time I lunged so violently that my sword snapped against the wall. It hod passed clean through Georges' body. But, strangely, or rather naturally enough, my foil had encountered no resistance. 'Bien!' cried Georges. 'A keen eye, a steady wrist, a cool brain, and you will have him/ "'Georges/ 1 cried reproachfully, 'you are going to leave me! What is there up there that keeps you away from mer* Georges shook his head, and I cried out passionately, 'Will you come back soon?* "'I will come back only once more. Etienne, and then we will go away to gether/ and the vision vanished like a bubble. "I have ali my wits about me," the general went on, with increased ex altation, "but I am sure of what 1 tell you. I, Vergamler, took a lesson with a ghost, and the next day 1 killed my maa! Major, that's a loug time ago. I am walting for Georges' third visit." Bonis could not conceal a nervous movement; the general's feverish state alarmed him. "Voyons, General Etienne; be yourself again. You've been telling me dreams strange fancies. Pray don't lay any more stress os them. You need calm, sang froid." "Major," returned the general, a prey to deep depression, "lt is a long whllo since I saw Georges." The whole troop had struck to tho left to avoid the torrentlike wady that bordered the plain. General Vergamler, shivering under his caban, broke si lence only to give an officer a fer; brief orders. At daybreak fires were made out on the sides of Djebel-Ammer. These fires showed the bivouac of the first scouting colflmn that Vergamler had orders to john. Tho junction was quickly effected and arms were stack ed. The little army was encamped on the mountain's flank. At its foot streamed a vast plain covered with rich grain fields cut by narrow Irrigating ditches fed from the neighboring wady. On the other side of the mountain rose a large Arab village, whose Irregular houses, built in a zigzag line, seemed to be tumbling down the valley, for on that side, too, ran a triple belt of golden millet and corn fields. Huge bowlders of trachytlc porphyry, blue, black and white, hung over in toppling masses as If ready to fall. A dense forest of cypress, figs and giant tur pentine trees crowned the summit. General Vergamler had dismounted, and, after having turned his horse over to a chasseur, it had pleased his fancy to ascend the Djebel by a steep path that called for a keea eye and an agile foot. Lost In thought, Vergamler did not observe that on his right stood per pendicular rocks rising Uko a wall be tween him ?od bJe troops, but weat ca climbing, leasing as his sword. At last he reached a great plateau covered with vegetable mold, the edgo of the Ammer forest Nothing more melan choly, more imposing can be imagined than the dense masses of dark green, gray trunked cypresses. Vergamler plunged with a hasty step into the black stillness. The ground was strewn with fragments of sharp feldspar, tho debris of rocks ground Into pieces in dome primeval cyclone. His boots were soon cut through as cleanly as by a razor. Bnt Vergamler seemed to have grown insensible to physical pain. Fi nally he halted near a torrent vomited from the top of a tremendously high cliff and drank a swallow of water from his hollowed palm. . Then he sat down on a mossy root and fell into deep meditation. As If this were a solemn momen tous epoch in his life, be called up all his past He saw once again the white plains of his native Champagne and St Cyr, with Its cloisterllko streets; Sidl-Ferruch and his feat of arms; then Paris, vrrnpped In Its blue mist giant Paris, illuminated Paris, and the Tuileries, where his valor had been recognized and rewarded, and the Palais Bourbon, where enthusiastic ap. plause had greeted his entrance, anti the little Nantenll drawing room, th* poet surrounded by aa artistic luxury In a gentle atmosphere of home, al! those that he had loved, and Georges. He suddenly raised his head. Above him naught but a rock wall a hundred fathoms high and spirals of blacb trees, no sky. By his side, standing near a cypress, a man. "Georges!" he cried and bid hts head in his hands. Toward S o'clock Major Banis, alarm ed at the general's prolonged abset.ee had a battue made by a number ol spahls. At noon Vergamler's body. mutilated by a horrible fall, was fount! at the bottom of a deep ravine. Th? soldiers thought that their general bsd been killed by some ambushed Aral and then thrown over the precipice. Major Baals alone knew that Etienne Vergamler had received Georges' third visit-Translated From the French For. Argonaut. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tte Xfed Ys? lis?! ?nrajs SaagM Bears the Signatare of - "Mamma," said * little girl, the other Sunday, "why does our minister always say 'lastly* in the middle of a sermon?" - ? silver fox skin was' sold in London recently for $1750 at an auc tion. This is. the highest price on record. EASTERN SHORE DIALECT. Qnerr Rxnreaaion* In Common CBC Anions Native? of Maryland. Hore ou the eastern ?hore, which from lt? opportunities should be one of the most enlightened instead of most benighted regions of the country, a teacher lu tho pul?!ic schools or a minister of thc gospel, uo less than any member of tho common herd, would never fall in telliug of ids lack of luck in lishlug to say, "I was gone all day and never caught either llsb," or on meeting wi tl? similar want of success in hunting would declare he .'saw plenty of rabbits, but never got either one." Among these people there ure no early vegetables or fruit grown, but "forward" potatoes, cabbage, corn, strawberries, etc., ure quite common. 1 have even heard the remark. "The forward bird catches tho worm." Herc rails are not used in constructing thc old fashioned worm fonce, only fence "logs," although they be split ns Lin coln mado them in his "forward" days. What are called sawlogs in other states are "chunks" here, regardless of length and size. One never sees a corncrib hereabout, but "cornstalks" (buildings in which maize is stored at gathering time) arc found on every farm. There are no barnyards or sta ble lots either. All such things arc given the name of "pound." The universal misuse of the word "head" is ridiculous, if not ludicrous. A man bas five or six or ton "head" of children or visitors on a Sunday, but he never applies the word head to his stock. Our congressman, who operates a large mill here. If asked how many hands bo employs would tell you so many or about so many "head." Re cently a news item In ono of the coun ty papers was headlined, "Big Revival In Progress-Four Head Baptized." Quite as general, as well among the white as among the colored portion of the population, is the use of "d" for "th" In the words the, this, that, they and them. The prepositions "In" and "lato" aro basely mistreated, the first by neglect, the other by overworking lt. Nobody baa money Invested "In" stocks, land, merchandise and thc like, but always "Into" them. Ask a man what his farm or horse is worth and heit answer by telling you what amount of money he has Invested "Into" it. One never has a hole in his trousers or a dollar "In" his pocket, but "into" them or lt I heard a lady teacher say she had lost her Portemon naie. "But, thank fortune," she add ed, "there wasn't a penny Into it" People never haul anything here, but carry it A man carries bis wife or family to church, his wood or crops to the railroad station or boat landing, his cattle to pasture or his chunks to the steam mill, never sawmill. What ever ho takes into his arms or on his shoulder to convey from one place to another, he totes, instead of carries. There are no buggies or phaetons here, every vehicle used exclusively to ride In being a carriage, If it has more than two wheels. The land ls of two kinds, hard and kind. Hard land ls chiefly clay and bind land mostly sand. The land is never broke when plowed, but flushed, nev--,- harrowed, but drug to make the surface fine. Crops when tilled with a cultivator are harrowed, aad a cultivator is known here only as a harrow, while a harrow Is called a drag. Teams, except when attached to car riages, are driven without reins or lines. The driver, whether walking or riding, directs hie team by his word of mouth, supplemented with a long lash ed whip. When he wants his .team horses, mules or oxen-to go or turn to the right he hall?os "gee-a." If he wants a short turn to the left be yells "petty wo," bot if only a slight diversion In that direction be ejaculates "ha-ther" (pronounced like "father") in a sub dued tone. To stop his team he yells "wo-back," loud enough to stop a train, and the team usually halts with in a space of ten rods. The familiar "gee," "haw," "ho" or "whoa" of our Ohio boyhood days ls not beard in this country, and the use of a single line on the leader of a team is un known. No odds how wicked the natives may be in this part of the moral vineyard, nene is so abandoned , as to uso tho word hello. They consider lt shocking profanity, worse Indeed than down right "cussln." Heigh-ho ls the word they enjoy Instead.-John A. Geetlng In Indiana School Journal. Growing*. The New York Times calls the atten tion of glowing girls and boys to the fact that while they are growing they are forming their figures for Ufe. Drooping the shoulders a little, droop ing the head as ooe walks, standing unevenly, so that one hip sinks more than the other, do not tend to form a straight iigure or a graceful, easy carriage. An easy way to practice walking well Is to start out right. Just before yon leave the house walk up to thc wall aad see that your toes, chest and nose touch lt at once, then in that at titude walk away. Keep your head up and your chest out, and your shoul ders aad back will take care of them selves. A southern school teacher used to in struct her pupils to walk always as If trying to look over the top of an Im aginary carriage just in front of them. It was good advice, for it kept the bead well raised. A Sta?l? Barber. Customer (na journeyman barber' leaves the shop)-What did you dis-' charge him for i , Barber-Why, be ain't got no more, sen so thsn a s to no wall! One of my j customers left a pair of razors here to; be sharpened, and that ignorant chump! actually went and sharpened them so) that the man could shave with- them.-. Bertha (Md\> Herald._ ? - The fly leys four times each summer, and 80 eggs each time. - Bells M. Hughes, of A tenison, Kan., recently celebrated the 50th an niversary of her second marriage. -r- A Louisville judge has ruled that if a woman wears a man's hat she must take it off when, she comes into his court. - "Yes," he said, "when I was young I watt eagerly sought after." 4 'What reward was offered?1' asked the sweet girl. Tiru Chnnee Meeting?. lu 1804 two travelers mot at thc en trance to Jerusalem- a dignified Eng lishman and a genial yuuug American missionary. They were strangers to each other nud informally entered into conversation. Passing the wall which surrounds the hallowed spot, the Amer ican ming himself from his donkey und. snatching sou o leaves, said, with a plowing face: "See! I have found some sacred hys sop." "Sorry to undeceive you," said tho imperturbable Englishman, "but that ls merely our old fashioned chick weed/' lu another hour they parted, good naturedly and, as tuey had met, stran gers. Early in April, 1S!)9. two men stood side by side Razing into the crypt where lies the body of General Grant. Neither had noticed the other until the incidental remurk of one. "Undoubt edly a great mau!" uttered in tones of unmistakable sincerity, caused the oth er to raise his head. A look of mutual recognition was tho result. .**Well, well! Old hyssop-ou-the-wall," said the speaker. "Say, friend," said tho missionary, "I arrived in New York from Japan last night. Thero's fl.OOO on deposit for me in tho-bank, but not a soul here knows me, and I need the money. Will you identify me?" "Of course I will," said the English man heartily, "and be glad to do it. What's your name?"-New Voice. A CloTcr Fraad. A peculiar case of fraud was that of a young woman who filed a claim for damages against the Providence rail road some time ago. In her declara tion oho alleged that she had been thrown down by a banana peel while leaving a car nt the Park street sta tion, and, striking her back against tho arm of oae of the seats, had suffered a serious Injury to ber spine. She was examined by a physician, and ho re ported that it appeared as if her lower limbs were paralysed. The incident coming to the attention of a western road, ita legal adviser wrote to the management of the Provi dence division for a description of the claimant, and he learned that it tallied exactly with a woman who had made a similar claim against the company, the circumstances beiug the same In both cases. This led to an investiga tion, and the fact was developed that tho trick had been played successfully on no lesa than half a dozen trans portation companies. A part of the game was for tho sup posed injured person to soak her limbs I In ice water just before the doctor ! called. This deadened the sensation I when they were pricked with needles, I the Inference being that she had been partially paralyzed by the fall. Tho chief actor In this bit of sharp practico I had an eldprly woman for a confeder ' ate. who posed as her mother. Ita Lea-res Turned Whits-. Much interest has been caused lately by tho appearance of a boree chestnut ? tree in the Thiergarten, says a Berlin dispatch. The numerous branches I round the lower part of the trunk have a pure white foliage, such as is seen on trees growing in dark places, where no chlorophyll can develop on account of want of light. Tho same whiteness of tho leaves is also noticeable in a few of the neighboring branches through thc crown to the top. Tho singular appearance of the tree has been noticed regularly for sume years. This particular tree, ts. seems, had been attacked by a swarm of cater pillars and other creatures of the same species, and the foliage had already been destroyed, but still masses of caterpillars continued to crawl up and down the trunk and finally clung there In clumps. To preserve the beautiful tree, after other means had been tried In vain, a solution of acid was used, and the ground all round was water ed with it, as well as the trunk and the brauches, which were especially drenched. This treatment proved suc cessful. The tree gradually recover ed and now stands in its full strength and freshness, but has ever since shown the already described whiteness in Its leaves, which presents a by no means unpleasant contrast to the oth erwise dark green foliage. Club Membership. In fact, not one-half of tho members of thc average club spend 24 hours of any year in its quarters. There aro thousands who belong to clubs they have never seen, and the definition of the club its an institution supported hy GOO for the comfort of six is untrue only In its exaggeration. A gratifying result of tho extravagance of club Joining ls the reaction, so that the man who gauges bis Importance by the humber of clnbs be belongs to Is no lofiger a social Hon, but is apt to be set down ns a cad.-Philadelphia Times. Remembered Only Too Well. "Not long ago," says the Cleveland Plain Dealer, "the pastor dined with the family, and Master Tommy was at the table. He behaved pretty well un til the cake was brought lu. Then he suddenly lurched forward and snatch ed the piece he sized up as thc biggest, i " 'Why, Tommy/ cried the distressed' mother, 'you are forgetting that Dr. Choker ls here!' I "Thc boy gave the worthy pastor a withering look. ?' *Naw, I ala't forgettln It/ ho snarl ed; 'If hs wasn't here, I'd git two' pieces!'"_ - Some folkf are unable to realize the utter worthless of earthly things until they try to pawn them. Notice to Creditors. ALI? persons having demands against the Batate of Samuel F. McConnell, Sr., deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the under signed, within' the time proscribed by law, and those indebted to make pay ment. MARTHA, c. MCCONNELL, MARTHA E. MCCONNELL, Executrixes. 8eptd, 1890 . ll_3s Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of th? Eat tte of Martin Barr?as, deceased, hareby give? notice that be will on the 7th day of October, 1809, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, S. C., for a Final Settlement of said Es tate, snit a discharge from ht? office as Administrator. JAMES BURRISS, Adm'r. 8eptG, 1899 ll fi Tvt-o Sim.ntl. Girls. .'.Say," remarked the drummer, "I've seen some pretty good gnni es worked and don't deny having been the victim once in awhile, but one night us I was coming up from Ohio on the boat with another young mau I was made an easy mark. We had heeu talking with two young ladles we'd just met, when oue spoke of lau- hair hoing in dis order anti bemoaned her fate in not having a eomh. 1 suggested that she take tho key to my stateroom and un? my comb. She was delighted, and, with her other lady companion, holli girls retired to our stateroom. "My friend and I waited patiently for their return, and nearly au hour passed. I was getting nervous, and wo went to otu- stateroom door and knock ed. All we eould hear was some ju I vc - Kling, and we eould not net an answer. We waited another hour and then another, and dually decided to ?et an other stateroom. We proeeeded to lo cate the olork, aud you eau guess how we felt when we found out that every thing, even to the lounges In the par lors, was oeeupled. My friend anil I felt downeast. Finally a bright Idea struck me. " 'What's the matter.' said I, 'with asking for the use of the girls' own stateroom? They have ours.' "My friend was delighted with th?* Idea. We went to the clerk and told him our story, describing the girls. " 'Sorry, old man.' Ito said, 'hut those girls were unable to get a stateroom, although they tried hard." "We slept on tile ?'took."-Detroit Free Press. X?? lille Mount. Bilkiiis-Smythe tries to make poo pie believe that he belongs to the "up per ernst." Wilkins--Well. 1 should think he did belong to the "upper ernst." BHklns--Iu what way does he show It? Wilkins-Always short and easily broke.-Brooklyn Life. Every Month there are thousands of wo men who nearly suffer death from irregular menses. Some times the .. period " comes too often - sometimes not often enough-sometimes the flow ia too scant, and again it ia too profuse. Bach symptom shows that Nature needs help, and that there is trouble in the or gane concerned. Be careful when in any of the above con ditions. Don't take any and every nostrum advertised to cure female troubles. BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR is the one safe and ante medicine for irregular or pain ful menstruation, lt eurea all the ailments that are caused by irregularity, such aa leucor rhcea, falling of the womb, nervousness; pains lathe head, back, breasts, shoulders, aides, hips and limbs. By regulating the menses so that they occur every twenty-eighth day, all those aches disappear together. Just before your time comes, get a bottle and see how much good it will do you. Druggists sell it at $i. Send for our free book, "Perfect Health for Women." THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR. CO. ATLABTA, GA. W. G. McGEE. SURGEON DENTIST, OFFICE-thront ltjorc, over Farmers and Merchants Bank ANDERSON, fe. O. H*"*? ?. 1898_83_ NOTICE. NOW is the time to have your Buggy Revarnished, Repainted, and new A: 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. PA?L E. STEPHENS. LAND SALE. MORi: Land than I need. Will sell in large or small lota. Laud fresh, productive, well timbered and lies well. Community healthful, pure, cold water, good citizens, good roads, schools and churches. Communicate with W. L. ?MITH, Ila, Madison Co., Qa. July IS, 1809_4_3m DR. J. H. BURGESS. DENTIST. IN Pendleton orery Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday. At Clemson College every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. April 20.1899_44_?Sm Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against the Estate of William J Bowen, deceas ed, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted io make payment. W. A. BOWEN, Adm'r. Aug 30. 1899_10_33 NOTICE. ?TATK OF SOOTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANOEKSON. NOTICE ls hereby given that a meet ing of tho Stockholders of the BELTON MILLS has been called, to be held at the office of the Corporation in Belton, 8. C., on Tuesday, October 3rd, 1899, at 12 o'clock, to consider a Resolu tion adopted by the Board of Directors authorizing an In?rense of the Capital Stock from f350,OOO.tK> to $000.000 00. By order or the Board of Directors, August 20th, 1899. ELLISON A. SMYTH, President. ' " LEWIS L?. BLAKE, 8ec. and Treas. Ang 1890 10 4 TAU. WOMEN J^JlNE-TENTH3 O? all tho pain andsicknessfrom .which women suffer is caused by weakness or derangement in the organs of menstruation. Nearly always when a woman Is not well these organs ara affected. But when they are strong and healthy a woman is very seldom sick. Is nature's provision for the regu lation of the menstrual (unction, lt cures all "female troubles." It ls equally effective for the girl In her teens, the young wife with do* m eat lo and maternal cares, and the woman approaching the period known as the "Change of Life." They all need it. They aro all benalltted by lt. , For advice tn eues requirtatr ?secte! p&?aCT? .Vhs Chattanooga Medicino Co.. Cu?a* aeoga.Te&a. AiM?* IHOf. I. COOMB, Tas?is, ?IM.. Mm ?Myrtf^sstwHt^iwylrrt^at _THE _ PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE, CLINTON. 8 C SPKCIA L otter of reduced rates for next session. A College education placed within the reach of everv ono. Matricu lation, Tuition. Room Rent and Board for Collegiate year for $100 00. Foll Fac ulty of experienced Teachers ; moral ia - lluence?; healthful location , fino course? of study ; lowest onsBlbie cont. Sond for Catalogue to W. T. MATTHEWS. or A. E. E. SPENCER. THE STATE OF ?, J?TH CAROLINA. I COUKI? or ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. G. H. Mahon, Plain! i fl", sgalnst Mrs. Toxic Anna Starling aud Mrs. Cora Llgon, Defendants. Summona for Relief-Complaint Served. To tba Defendants Mrs. Texle Anna Sterling and M re. Cora Llgon : YOU are hereby summoned and required to on ewer the Complaint iu this action, of which j a copy la herewith served opon you, and to serre I a copy of your answer to the (aid Complaint oa I the subscribers at tbeir office, Anderaon Court House, South Carolina, within twenty dayo after tba service beroof, exclusive of the day of auou I service; and if you fall to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in thin action will.apply to tbe Court for the relief de manded in'tbe Complaint. Dated Anderson. 8. fl, August 1?, A D., 1899. BONHAM A WATKINS, PlalntlfTa Attorney. [8KAL ] JOHN C. WATKIBB, C. C. C. P. To tbe absent Defendant, Mrs. Ttxie Anna Ster ling . Vou will take notice tbat the Complaint In thia action waa filed In th? office of the Clerk of the Court of said County on the 19th day of August, 1899. BONHAM A WATKINS, PlalntlfTa Attorney a. August .'IO, 1899 10 6 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLISAS. James A. Watt, Plaintiff, against u I, Stewart, K H. Simpson ?nc. A. C. T???ss?ss?. D??iu?asts. -^Summons for Keiief-Complaint Served, To the Di fendante H. I. Stewart, 13 H. 8imptoa, and A. C. Townsend : "\rOU aro hereby summoned and required to an - Y ewer the Complaint in thia action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the salo: Complaint on tho subscribers at their office, at Anderaon C. H.. S. C., within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day ot such service; and If you fall to answer the Complaint within tbe time aforesaid, tbe Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Com plaint. Dated Anderson, E C. Attaint IS, 1892. BONHAM A WATKINS, Plaintiff s Attorneys. [SEAL] Jons 0. WATKIKS, CCU. P. To the absent Defendant, R. I. Stewart: You are hereby notified that the Complaint ia thia action wa:, this day Died In the office of Johc C. Watkins, Ksq, Clerk of the Court for said County. BONHAM & WATKINS, Plaintiffs Attorneys. August IS, 1899_8_C__ 50 YEARS* EXPERIENCE PATENTS WHRv DESIGNS rfVill^ COPYRIGHTS AC. Anynno sending a sketch and description mat oulekly nscertnln our opinion freo whether an invention ls probably patentable. Communion dons strictly confidential. Handbook on Patent* sont free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patenta taken through Munn A Co. receive tpeelal notice, without charge, la tbe Scientific American. A handsomely lUustrated weekly. Largest cir culation ot any eclentlflo Journal. Tenn*. S3 a year : four months, tl. Bold by aU newsdealer*. MllNII8Co.36,0'o^NewYor!( Branch Office. (96 F St* Washington. D. c. 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