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AFTER THE MUSICALE. My cab at the door at eleven. (How fast is old time in his night When one has been dreaming in beaven 1) Good blight to you,, sweetheart, good night And there in the shadow you're standing, And we're drifting and drifting apart To duties supreme and commanding To distance and darkness, sweetheart 1 Arc we never content with love's vision Of a heaven that hi3 smile makes complete? Do I mourn that the mer dows elysian Have now been transformed to the street? The sante steadfast stars arc above mc. And distance has never thc art To drown thc sweet thought that you love me That ;rou love mc forever, sweetheart! This rose! Did you wear it? A token Via taking away with mc, sweet That woTd which was tenderly spoken Tua* won the heart's answering beat! The hand clasp, thc gentle delaying Of love that was fain of the light; That tress that was willfully straying From locks that gave gold to thc night I We sigh not, wc cry not at fate, dear, ?tor pass to inc shadow unblest If love, through a world and its hate, dear. Lead life to the lilies of rest They are there,1 in the gardens that gladden The world and the heaven so bright, And why should lips quiver, hearts sadden. POT stying a simple "Good night?" Good night and good night. . . Where your dreams are I know, in some guise, I shall be; Tour grief, dear, your Bunny bright gleams aro The fight and tb.s shadow to rae, No more to sweet farewells replying We drift in the wide world apart; Lore knows-that is faithful-undying Nor distance, nor darkness, sweetheart! -Frank L. Stanton. I me Perversity ? Ol 1104 A locomotive That f. Would Kot Behave and Waa at last De ? graded to a Gravel % Train. Eleven hundred and four was freight locomotive, a Utile bigger, but no better, than otb-r engines of her class. Mosley, who managed her, was like her. He was just a fair, average .engineer, and that was all. And yet when another man went out on the 'licven-four she would lay down on him eight times out of ten. And fo it fell out that, while she did her work willingly and well with Mos ?ey aboard, she gamed a bad name. The conductor, coming out with the enters, always glanced up hito the cab, and if Mosley were there he would smile, otherwise he would frown. And if Mosi: ey came ont with another en gine the conductor would be just as unhappy. Mosley and the 'Leven-four went together, or they didn't go. One night an extra 'nan went out, ?oe rath nr. started oat, with the 'Leven four. At the very last ditch leaving the yards she broke the switch bridle, climbed the rail, turnea over on her back, jammed her whistle into the sand and sobbed her life away. Twenty-four hours later, when she ?co?d upon her feet again, they pushed her into the back shops to be over hauled and painted, and iu that way Mosley got another teu days waiting ?for her. Locomotive engineers are notorious ly superstitious. To be sure, there are ?exceptions. I was one of them. The fireman of a posher notices that when t'iie head engines slip the pusher will almost invariably fly op. The bead engines slip because they have found a sharp curve, but that would not cause thc pusher, lying .back on a tangent, to slip. But she will slip, and .you will see the driver open thc sand valves the moment he hears the, head .engine going or sees the Dre shooting up In a solid stream or feels the weight of the train suddenly up against his pilot bar. Many good and plausible reasons ?or \ this responsive or answering slip might bc put forward, but to the mind of the average engineer it is a sym pathy strike pure and simple-one eu gine feeling for another. Why, I have ""'nown men who would argue that a locomotive would not only sympathize with a sister engine, but would actual ly grieve for a dead engineer. Hear ing and seeing these things for years, the newly promoted eugine driver car ries with him, consciously or uncon sciously, a certain amount of super stition. ?ne d,iy when 1 was a hostler thc master mechanic sent for me. I went into the office and came out au engi neer. To be sure, I had expected pro motion some day, but not that day, though I knew that somebody would be promoted to take Mosley's place, for Mosley, was dead. The master me chare had run mo around others, but no one complained. Old runners had Shied at the 'Leven four when Mosley was alive. Who would want her now? She was count ed "unlucky" then-she wonid he extra hazardous now. Qf course It did not follow necessari ly that she would fall to me, but she did, and the first night out I seemed to feel the arm rest stifl warm where the late luckless engineer had leaned watching the glistening rail beneath bis pilot. Noah, the old fireman, had refused at first to go ont with-me, but there was no one to take his place, and he was forced to go; . To this - Jay I see that Areola?'? sad, b<wy face. He seemed at Scat to resent roy presence on thc righi, hand sitie, and 1 began to resent his resentment The head brakeman asked him, to the lan guage of the caboose, "What was eatin him." Noah said nothing and sfghed ?gain. As I went about oiling the engine 1 heard the fireman telling the brake man how site had behaved- when Mos ley ?aid off and an extra man had goae out on the 'Levea-four. "If eue'd do that then, wliatll she do to 'em now.;..what'U_sbe do to this .'hippy runner?" The brakeman ?hook >ifs head. At last, after much firing, the fire :nan succeeded .ht gm Ung the eugine rand the engineer) hut. and away we went-three engines anti ir? loads for -.no. foothills. . In the valley the 'Leven-four ?lid fairly well, but the moment we hit the 'eavy gradc-2.17 feet to the mlle - ?he began to cut nj?. The pointer uu The steam gauge began to go back and .mck. I shat off- the injector to allow ter to "pick np." and when, the water. ^as ss iow-aa l could, afford lo let it go i tried to put on rne pump aga but it refused to work. We tried tho left hand lift. It wou start off all right, singing Uko a locu and then break and shoot the wat Into the ditch. In tho meantime I g the right band injectors going agai but when I tried tho water the bl steam hissed from the gauge cocks b and dry as a croupy cough. I beg: to ease up to save her crownsheet, ai the old runners, who were helping r Tap the hill, began to whistle me ahea Ah, that is gall to a young runner. At last wo bad her hot once moi and now she began to do my share the work I hammered her unmercifi ly, but the harder I hit her the bott she grew. Noah would shoot a i proachful glance at me every time si lost her feet, though he knew that si was doing it-that she was only r senting the abuse that I was heapii upon her. In my anxiety to get out on time had forgotten my engine cap and wi now wearing a little chip of a derb .which Is awkward and out of place c an engine. While dodging In and out of the ca wrestling with the sand lever and tl injector, 1 struck the point of my de by against the cab window and It sh< down the mountain, leaving me bar headed. I signed to Noah; be shoo his head-be had no extra cap. I wei Into the clothes box and found a litt jaunty brown cap that I had seen Mo ley wear and that nobody but M?sle would think of wearing. As I put on Noah raised his hand with a loo of horror. Presently the ' Leven-four began t die on us. Noah worked frantically but to no purpose. He would cock hi gates, miss the furnace door and sea ter coal ail over his deck. Finally 1 signaled him up Into th cab to work the sand lever and wee at the fire myself. But it was of n use. Tho coal lay black and dead i the firebox, not a spark came from th stack, and Mcivor declared afterward that he could not hear her exhausl and be was.coupled to my pilot bar. Mosley had been a dudish driver, am just over the furnace door be had : bevel edged mirror fastened. Suddenly 1 straightened up, glancei Into the mirror and saw Mosley a plain as 1 had ever seen him, wea rim the little brown cap that he had won on his last trip. Well, it gave me a start, though am not at all superstitious. In a mo mont I remembered that I was weat lng the cap that had been worn by th< dead driver and remarked for the firs time that we had looked alike, had th? same hair, the same small, brown mus tache and nearly the same eyes. Thi furnace heat had given, me for thi moment the same raddy glow that ha< been his. In short, we were identical save that he had been handsome and I was not I was uncomfortable. Climbing ui to my place again, I said to Noah that the cap was too' small for me and ex changed with him without asking bb consent. I watched Noah. . The first time hf caught sight of himself in the mtrro' he put up bis hands again, took off thc cap, folded it carefully, put it into hit clothes box and.tied a big red and white handkerchief about his head. By this, time my two helpers had hauled me to the top of the hill, where I held the 'Le ven-f o ur wide open foi ten minutes to save ber crownsheet, for there was scarcely enough watei in the lower gauge to wet a postage stamp. In a little while we were going down the mountain slowly, the heavy cars creaking on thc twisting, curving trail, and that and the low breathing of the air pump was all we could hear. Pres ently thc big black engine began to vise and .fall. At first lt seemed that she would climb the rail and then fall back Into the groove again. Now she was heaving great, deep sighs. Noah noticed it and glanced over at me. The whole huge hulk of machinery would lift and fal?, sobbing like a troubled sea. . ..What's the matter with her now?" I asked. "Did you ever seo her do that before?" "Not exactly that," said Noah. "I've seen her cut a good many capers, but nothing like this." "Well," he added after a pause, "if she'll tote me In this time I promise never to bother her again," and I saw the fireman cross himself. "They don't have no mercy on a lo comotive," Noah went on, staring through thc narrow window in front of him. "Engine ain't had time to grieve." Well, now that he had mentioned it, I could soe that the great engine was sobbing silently through thc night, heaving and falling like a troubled breast, though, as I remarked before, I was never the least bit superstitious. As we lay on the siding at Shawana waiting for No. 10 I took tho torch to look her. over. I noticed a bright band around the center of the axle of the pony truck. The front end of the for ward equalizer bad dropped so that it rested on thc axle when she had her nose down bill, and the axle, revolv ing, would draw the equalizer forward and lift lt up, lifting the engine until lt could go no farther.' Then with a sudden drop the machinery would fall back ?it place again. .. I called Noah and tried to- explain te him that this might be thc cause of her algbs. but be only smiled sadly ind said he knew the 'J.* ven-f our. She wa* mourning for Motley. "She'll be as bad a* the Hmidred-an-seveti if she keeps this up," ke went on; "only she'll never kill anybody.*' . I wrote a pogo abouu her in thc work book at the other end of the run and gave the one machinist lit the round house a busy day, but she was as bad going back.thc following night .. We were pushing that night, and when we had' almost reached the sum mit of the -Rockies she began to slip. The two head engines pulled the train away fron! me until I could feel them tugging nt my pilot har. Suddenly I saw a great glare In the snowshed. It. Was the Second Boetiou coming for iuy tall lamps-til rec powerful loco motives, all w3de open. Having tbf benefit of the rail that 1 bad been sanding all along, they were walking into ns with the speed and weight of au ocean liner going up against a floating iceberg. I dared not whistle ?iem duwu, for thu engines afr the front of my train might h??ar and. shut off, and savin crease inc unugcr to in?; ' i-a: wu-ui or, about to be crushed as an egg. I shouted to Noah to come out of thc tank, and then the crash came. No body was hurt. I got changed to an other run and Noah to another engine. By and by she came out again, but she never did any good-she only made trouble for others, and finally, after re building her and changing everything but her number, they put her on a gravel train away up on the side of tho mountain, and that was the last of tho 'Leven-four. Nearly every railroad mau in the mountains, and many of my readers, know about the Hundred-and-seven. She was mate to the Hundred-and nine, born on Friday, her sister on Saturday, and the Baldwins of Phila delphia, who built her, declare that the two engines were identical, piece for piece, from the point of their pilots to the tip of their tanks. But their "souls" were as different as were the souls of Jekyll and Hyde. The Hundred-and-nine was virtuous, honest and true. Her sister was faith less, wanton, vain, whimsical and ut terly conscienceless. She killed more men than any engine that ever climb ed the Rockies. Finally, when she made her last wild leap-all gaudy in new paint-into the Gunnison river, this same Noah was underneath her, and that was the last of the Hundred and-seven, and the last of Noah.-Phil adelphia Evening Post. A Lively One. The Chicago drummer was sunning himself in one of the big leather chairs in the lobby of the Russell House when a slender young fellow, lithe but not at all athletic looking, said to him: "What do you want to bet that 1 can't start from here and run around this block in less than one minute?" "I'll bet you $5 that you can't." "All right. I'll take it." * In a few seconds he had rounded thc corner of Congress street, and In what seemed not more than three seconds he was coming from the Fort street di rection, and to the drummer's aston ishment the slick young sprinter again stood before him. The drummer was dazed for the next half hour and didn't come to until, noticing a car stop in front of the hot*?? he saw the mys terious sprinter standing on the plat form waving adieu. Next to him stood his exact counterpart going through the same motions. "Humph!" said the drummer to tho man in the next chair. "I thought at first it was a case of extra fast horse. Now it looks like seeing double, but I guess, after all, it's another case of twins!"-Detroit Free Press. He Worked the Court, Among the amusing stories of court procedure told In "Case and Comment" is one of an occasion when the judgo appeared for the defendant It was in the west, and before the magistrate a fat short, lazy, Innocent looking fel low named Dolph stood indicted for gambling. The judge asked, "Who is your lawyer?" Dolph said he had none. "Well," said the Judge, "get one, and wc will 'proceed." Dolph looked at the judge and said: '1 don't want no lawyer, jedge. Jist you and me will try the case." It turn?ti out that the prosecutor's witnesses bad defective memories, and h? "ould not prove his case, whereupon he tried to put Dolph himself on the stand In defiance of his constitutional rights against incriminating himself, but the Judge said. "What*s your ob ject in this?' "To prove that he gam bled," said the prosecutor. "Oh, no," said the judge, "that won't do. Dolph and me can't stand that" Dolph was discharged for lack of evidence, but the court warned bim that ft wouldn't generally be safe to rely cn the court to defend him. Tlffer Versus Lion. The Bengal tiger has more courage than the lion-so, at least, we are as sured by a showman, wr-? states that the matter was tested in this manner: "We placed a shooting cracker in tho respective cages and fired the fuses. As soon as thc fuses began to burn they attracted the attention of both animals, but in a widely different man ner. The lion drew into a corner and watched the proceedings with a dis trustful and uneasy eye. "The tiger, on the contrary, advanced to the burning fuse with a firm step and unflinching gaze. On reaching thc cracker he took his paw and began to roll it over the floor, and when it ex ploded beneath his very nose he did not flinch, but continued his examina tion until perfectly satisfied. The Hon betrayed great fear when he heard the report of the explosion and for quite a time could not be coaxed out of bis den." Aa Exasperating: Door Lock. lt is the practice of the janitor iu a south side flat building to lock the en trance to the hallway at 0 o'clock every night. The occupants of the building have been much annoyed by this rule, and an occurance last week developed righteous indignation in the bosoms ol' the ladles in tho first fiat. Last Wednesday evening the wind blew furiously from the north. One ot' the ladies returned borne about ..>:::?. and found the outer door locked. Al the sound of i!;<? u?ll tin? ?loor wa? opened by thc daughter, nnd. as they stood a moment discussing the annoy ance of the sit (fat Sou. u puff of \rUui blew the dooi* ol the flat shut. As the spring lock (.'Hoked they look ed al each other in consternation. "I haven't my key!" exclaimed the moth er. "Neither have I!" echoed the daugh ter, "it's all the fault of that horrid outside door. Why do they lock lt?" And both proceeded to deliver tbelr views ou the subject. But that didn't unlock the door, and they sat lhere on tho steps 1! j hours uutJl the son came home .Vs soon as he put his bands ou the doorknob be discovered that it wasn't locked at all, os by some peculiar working of the spring it had failed to lock on this occasion.-Chicago NRKVX. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tlw Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the rf-S?fZJZF Signature of l^tf^TfTfefc^^ FOOLED HIS FATHEh A STORY ILLUSTRATING GRANT'S STRONG SENSE OF HONOR. Thc G eu era 1 Wanted ta Do His Daly Without Harting His Father** Feelings, and hy a Clever Little Ruse He Succeeded Admirably. Great men frequently discover that relatives aro not the most charmin.!? things to have or cultivate, after great ness comes. Were it possible to in duce public men of the past and pres ent to reveal just what they thought of their relatives the revelations might furnish some most interesting side lights on certain famous careers. To Walpole is attribuatcd thc bitter exclamation: "Relatives are tails to already over loaded kites." This may be unwelcome truth, since history contains many instances where cousins and aunts have proved treach erous stumbling blocks for ambitious leaders. General Grant was at Memphis in command of the army of tho west, and just before his elevation to the com mand of all the armies of the Union, when he received word that his father was about to make bis headquarters a visit. The news did not please bira. His staff noticed his perturbation, but pass ed it by without comment One night shortly before the arrival of his sire he sent for General Dickie, his chief of cavalry. General Dickie afterward be came chief justice of the supreme court of Illinois, and, strangely enough, died at Atlantic City on the same day that Grant passed away at McGregor. To Dickie General Grant said:. "I have sent for you as a personal friend. My father is coming to visit me, and what I have got to tell you about that visit is not pleasing to mc, but something must be done. Some of the money sharks and cotton specu lators have gained an unwarrantable influence over the old man, and he is really coming down here to use his in fluence over mo to gain favors for them. This cannot be done. I do not wish to wound his feelings. I do not wish him to know that I understand the object of his visit. I have prepared a plan of action whicl. I wish you to aid me in carrying out." - General Dickie understood the char acter of Grant as few men did. He promised his aid. General Grant then said: "You are relieved from all duty from this time on until the departure of my father. The instant he arrives I wish you to take him to your tent and en tertain him there. Keep him there all the time. Under no circumstances allow him to be with inc alone while he Is here." General Dickie immediately made preparations for the old gentleman and when he came received him with open arms. He was very anxious to see his son, but glad to take Dickie's headquarters for his own and pleased with the cordiality displayed toward him. As soon as he was settled he made vigorous efforts to have a per sonal interview with his son, but some thing always happened to prevent Wherever he turned, Dickie was by his side. General Grant called on him daily, but never alone. If he went to the general's quarters ho always found him occupied. If he tried to meet hie*, in Dickie's tent Dickie was sure to be around, and personal conversation was an Impossibility. At the end of four or five days the old gentleman was very restless, but there was no chance for him to protest and no chance for him to get closer than a public audience with his son. For nearly ten days he made the effort, but failed, and then left for home, hap py as to the entertainment he had re ceived, but dismayed nt his inability to see his son alone. As soon ns he wus gone, Grant re stored General Dickie to cavalry duty, but never referred again to the pur pose of his father's visit. General Dickie told thc story shortly before his death to a Chicago lawyer, but it has never boen printed until now. In a semipublic letter written by General Grant after his retirement from the presidency, there occurs the lines: y "Whatever mistakes 1 have made iu my public life, I have never erred for my own gain. What I have done for the republic has been from a sense oC duty, aud not with any thought os to what it would profit me. Many un kind things have been said and writ ten of me by those who least know how T have been situated, but my acts have been inspired by the highest sense of fealty to my country and gov ernment."-Chicago Times-Herald. l'ayijiic Tolls In Horseshoe*. One of the most curious survivals of the custom of paying tolls exists at Oakham castle, in Rutlandshire, Eng land. From very ancient limes when ever a peer of the realm rides by the place he is required by the constable of the castle to contribute a horseshoe in lieu of a fine. These are then hung upon thc walls of a room In the castle, which Is thought to have beeu former ly used as a chapel. The custom still obtains, though nowadays noblemen who pass through the town generally contribute shoes of .some precious metal, richly decorated and bearing their coat of anns. Quite lately the earl of Onslow forwarded to J. IS. Whitehouse, the constable of Oakham castle, a new horseshoe richly deco rated, bearing the inscription, "Wil liam Hiller, fourth earl of Onslow." Auother nobleman, who was driving a. tandem through the town a short lime ago, was called upon for the cus tomary shoe. Whcu it arrived it wa? Pound to t?e of pure gold and beautiful ly cliased. lt is now one of the most . interesting objects In the collection. - An Indianapolis store keeper who j sells wooden shoes says that hi? style j ol' footwear is extensively' used by ] people who work in canneries, where hot colder, acid, etc.. on the floors would ruin shoe leather: people who stand un wet floors, such as washer women and the employees of cream- j erics, and by fashionable wo.nen who I wear them without stockings when j they wish to rest their feet. The i wooden .shoes arc made at Grand flip- ! ids. Mich., from basswood, by Bel gians. BATTLE OF FORT DOWLING. A. Remarkable Encadrement of Which Little Ma? Been Written. Whore tho gulf of Mexico comes into the Sabine lake, on tho coast of Texas, near the Louisiana line, there is a nar row channel of water which is about 400 yards wide. On the north bank of this little channel today one sees the smokestack a few feet above tho wa ter of a sunken boar. Just opposite to it, on the southern bank, there is a dirt wall, square in its shape and about ten feet high and over this a painted sign that reads "Fort Dowl ing." That is all that now lives as evidence of a thrilling drama, the equal of which tho world bas never seen, and that was played out at this place back yonder in thc closing days of our civil war. General Banks, with plenty of men and boats and plenty OL' ammunition and supplies, had gone up tho Red riv er into Louisiana and was hammering Kirby Smith and Dick Taylor into destruction. The Federal government conceived tho idea that Smith and Tay lor might bo attacked in thc rear by an expedition landed on tho shores of Sabine lake and consisting of some 10,000 men, who would bo transported to their landing by a part of the Fed eral fleet. To reach thc banks of the lake, of course, it was necessary to go through Sabino pass, iii is narrow channel of which I have spoken. Richard Dowl ing, in command of about 40 men, was acting as a scout for Smith and Tay lor and saw tho evidence of the com ing of this fleet of gunboats and trans ports and. with his 40 men, took pos session of a little mud fort at the mouth of the pass, in which there were three or four G pounders and perhaps a siege gun. There he waited with guns loaded and instructions given to bis men that they must not fire until thc gunboats came well abreast of him, only about 300 yards away. His plan of action was not to shoot until they were Immediately opposite, and then to discharge his whole bat tery at thc gunboat This was done successfully; her boilers were .explod ed, and, together with hundreds of soldiers, she sank to the spot where she now rests. Many died from thc steam that scalded them, more from the water that engulfed them. Loading his guns, be sank the next vessel with the same disastrous result to tho enemy and, loading yet again, he turned his guns on the transport following, with a thousand men aboard of ber. She, in response, ran up a white flag. The rest of thc fleet turned and sailed away, leaving thc dead bodies of the drowned soldiers aud the sunk en vessels. Dowling, In a dugout (this ls a hollowed log or a canoe, as lt is variously called), paddled himself out to receive thc surrender of this trans port with a thousand men. Thc com mander of the vessel expressed his surprise at such a reception of his white flag token and asked why the commander of the fort didn't come'in person to receive his surrender. Dowling replied. "I am the com mander and have come in person," to which the captain said, "Well, what do you mean by coming this way in a canoe by yourself?" Dowling answered, "1 have uo other way of getting here, and hence I came In my dugout." , He received the surrender, paroled the prisoners, for he could not take them iu charge, and went back to his comrades. Of these 40, only ono had tecelved a wound at all, though the gunboats had shelled the little mud earthwork diligently. Ia thc history of the world nothing similar, unless it be thc battle of New Orleans, has ever happened, and yet, such is the large carelessness of the southern character In recording Its wonderful and numerous deeds of heroism, that but little notice has ever been taken of this extraordinary bat tle.-Nashville Democracy. The Peculiar Prlaoa Bird. The peculiarity of the prison bird, a feathered beauty of Africa, is that be Is tlic most tyrannical and jealous of husbands, imprisoning his mate throughout her nesting time. Living stone watched thc bird's habits while in Monpour and in his subsequent ob servations referred to thc nest as a prison and the female bird as a slave. Tb/ nest Is built lu the hollow of a tree through au opening In thc bark. As soon as it is completed thc mother bird enters carefully and fearfully and settles down in it. Thou papa walls up the opening, leaving only just space enough for air and food to pass through. He keeps faithful guard and brings food at regular intervals with out fail. The female thrives under her enforced retirement. But if the prison bird ls killed or In any other way pre vented from fulfilling his duties the mother and her little ones muBt die of starvation, for she cannot free herself from bondage. Normally the imprisonment lasts un til the chicks are old enough to fly. Then the male bird destroys the bar rier with his beak and liberates his family. "It is charming," writes Liv ingstone, "to see tho joy with which the little prisoners greet the light and the unknown world." Wonderful Patleace of m. Haitian. As far as 1 was able to judge, tho Haitian ls entirely devoid of nerves or feeling of any kind. L'pon oue occasion I saw one undertake to split a stick. He stood It on end, placed his machette on top. reached out for another stick whfch he used as a mallei, and while doing so the piece of wood fell over. Twenty-l bree times he repeated the operation liefer* he accomplished his object. He never uttered a swear ward, looked annoyed or hurried hi? action, and he was not working by the day either-U was piecework, on contract, for my host.-Harper'? Maga zine. - Mr Moody said in New \'ork; "Some men accuse me of being a hyp ocrite. Well, suppose I atu. How does that make tbeir cose auy better? 1 know some pretty mean things about myself, but you can't say anything against-my Master. -- Tommy-" 1'op. what is a nec essary evil?'" Tommy's 1'op--"A necessary evil, my boy, is-um-one we like so much that we don't care about abolishing il." ??REE, A druggist in Macon, Ga., says: "? bave sold a large quantity of Mother's Friend, and have never known an in stance where it has failed to produce the good results claimed for it. All women agree that it makes labor shorter and less painful." Mother's Friend is not a chance remedy. Its good effects are readily experienced by all expectant mothers who use it. Years ago it passed the experimental stage. While it always shortens labor and lessens the pains of delivery, it is also of the greatest benefit during the earlier months of pregnancy. Morning sickness and nervousness are readily overcome, and the liniment relaxes the strained muscles, permitting them to expand without causing distress. Mother's Friend gives great recuperative power to the mother, and her recovery is sure and rapid. Danger from rising and swelled breasts is done away with completely. Sold by druggists for $1 a bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR GO. ATLANTA, OA. Seed toi otu atc illustrated boot: for expectant motilara. W. G. McGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE- ??ront RJOIE, over Farmers H nd Merchant? Bank ANDERSON, h. O. F?1? 1S98_33_ NOTICE NOW is the time to hst ve your Buggy Revarnished, Repainted, and new Axle Points fitted on. We have the best Wagon Skeins on the market. All kinds of Fifth Wheels and Bashes. Headquarters for Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Repa irs. PAUL E. STEPHENS. LAND SALE, MOBK Land than I need. Will sell in large or small lot?. Land fresh, productive, well timbered and lies weil. Community healthful, pore, cold water, good citizens, good roads, schools and churches. Communicate with W. L. 8M ITH, Ila, Madison Co., Ga. July 18,1S99 V_3m_ OR. i H. BURGESS, DENTIST. IN Pendleton every Monday,Tuesday and Wednesday. At Clemson College every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. April 20,1899_44 Om NOTICE. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OK ANDERSON. NOTICE is hereby given that a meet ing of the Stockholders of the BELTON MILLS haB been called, to be held at the olltce of the Corporation in Belton, S. C., on Tliesday, October 3rd, 1891), at 12 o'clock, to consider a Resolu tion adopted by the Board of Directors authorizing an increase of the Capital Stock from ?350,000.00 to ?G00.000 00. By order of the Board of Directors, August 29th, IS99 ELLISON A. SMYTH, President. LEWIS D'. BLAKE, Sec and Treas. AngSO, ISO!? 10_ 4 Notice to Creditors. ALL persona having demands against the Estate of Samuel F. McConnell, Sr., deceased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the under signed, within" the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make pay ment. MARTHA c. MCCONNELL, MARTHA E. MCCONNELL, Executrixes Sept tl, 1830_ll_3* Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Martin Burriss, deceased, hereby give? notice that he will on the 7th day of October, 138!?, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County, S. C., for a Final Settlement of laid Es tate, and a discharge from hin office as Administrator. JAMES BURRISS, Adm!r. Sept t?, 1S0?? ll 6 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON Coumrr. ?ly li. V. it.'yana; Judge t>f Probate. Whereas, John W. Rosamond has applied to me to grant him Letters of Ad ministration, de bonis non, on the Estate and effects or John B. Thompkin?, de ceased.' These are therefore to eite and admon ish all kindred and creditors of the said John B. Tbompkins, de'd, to be said ap pear before me in Conrt of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the 30th day September, 1899, after pub lication hereof, to ?hew cause, if any they have, why the said administration should ifot be granted. Given under my hand tina l'Jtb dav of September, 1809. R. Y. H. NANCI-:, Probate Judge. Septl3,_lS9i>_ 12 _2 TRUSTEE'S SALE. BY virtue of the power conferrei on me by a Deed ot Trust to me exe cuted by Mr?. M. J. Scndday on the 2">th August, 1809,1 will sell the Land herein after described at public ontory before the Court House door on Salesday in Oc tober, 1899, during the legal hours of j ?ale, for the purpose of paying a mort gage debt on the said premises. Follow ina i> a description of the premisos : "All that Tract or parcel of Land con taining seventy-six acres, in the County and State aforesaid, bounded by landa of W. T. Dean, Mrs. btophenson andothora. Also, that other Lot or parcel of Land, containing ten acres, more or less, bound - od by above Tract, S. H. Stone and others. Terms-Cash. I* ure baser to pay for naper?. M. L. BONHAM, Trnstee. Sept I?, J.SO* 12 3 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATU OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. In the Court of Common Pleas. Fred. H. Griffin, Plaintiff, against Mrs. Ida Lee, Mrs. Lillie Robinson, Mrs. Lula Breazeale, R. L. Griffin, et al., Defendants.-Action for Partition, Re lief, <fce. IN pursuance of tho order of re-eale prraDted herein, I will seil, at the risk of tiio former purchaser, on Salesday in O'-tober next, in froutot' the Court House ii- the City of Anderson, S. C , during the )< ii-.il hours of sale, the Lands described a follows, to wit : AU that Tract of Land, containing 141 ?..?res, more or less, situated in Anderson ? uunty, in said State, near the Town of Belton, adjoining lands of M. E. Mitchell, Mrs. Lacy Knox, Eliiah Leavell and oth ers, and known aa the A. H. Breazeale place. Terms-One-half casb, the balance in twelve months, with interest, secured by bond and mortgage, with leave to antici pate payment. Purchaser or purchasers to pay for papers and stamps R. Y. H. NANCE, Probate Judge as Special Referee. Sept 13,1899_12_3 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF DARLINGTON. In the Court of Common Picas. Carrie C. McGee, et al., Plaintiff, against Louise Cobb McGee, et al., D?tendants. -Complaint for Partition. IN pursuance of the order of sale grant ed herein, I will sell on Salesday in Oc tober next, in front of the Court House in the city ot Andereon, S. C., the premises described as follows, to wit One undivided one-half interest in two Store Houses and Lots situated on the Southeast corner of the public square of the town of Belton, in the County of An derson, and in the State aforesaid, each of said lots having a frontage on the Pub lic Square ol twenty-five (25) feet, and running back a depth of one hundred and thirty-eight (13S) feet, and bounded on the Northeast and South by Lots of G. W. McGee. A Iso, another Lot in the town of Belton, in the County of Anderson, State afore said, situated on the East side of the Co lumbia & Greenville Railroad. North on a new street opened by G. W. McGee, and not named, fronting said street, by which it is bounded on the North, and opposite Mrs. Lula A. Campbell's lot and residence, and bounded on the East by street and l ands of I. C. Williams, on the Sonth by lot of Mrs. Sarah H. Rice, and on the West by lots of Mrs. L. 2?. Prior, the said lots fronting new street one hun dred and twenty-two (122) feet, and run ning back a depth of one hundred and eighteen (HS) feet to McGee street Terms-One-half cash, the balance in twelve months, with enterest secured by bond and mortgage, with leave to antici pate payment. Purchaser or purchasers to pay for papers and stamps. B. Y. H. NANCE, Probate Judge as Special Referee. Sept. 12,1899. 12 3 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNT* OP ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS* G. H. Mahon, Plaintiff, against Mrs. Texie Anna Sterling and Hrs. Cora Ligon, D?fendants. Summom for Belief-Complaint Served. To the Defendants Hrs. Texis Anna Sterling and Mrs. Cora Ligon : YOU aro hereby gammoned and required to an swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is here Tit h served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office, Anderson Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after tb? service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service ; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff) in this action will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the- Complaint. Dated Anderson, 8. C., August 19. A. D.( 1899. BONHAM A WATKINS, Plaintiff's Attorney, [8xAX. ] JOHN C. WATKINS, C. C. C. P. . ? To the absent Defendant, Mrs. Texie Anna Ster ling: You will take notice that the Complaint In thia action was filed in the office of the Clerk o? the. Court of said County on the 19th day of August, 1899. _ BONHAM ? WATKJH8, Plaintiff's Attorneys. August 30,1899_lpj_ i THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. James A. Watt, Plaintiff, against B L Stewart", E H. Simpson and A. C. Townsend, Defendants. -Summons for Belief-Complaint Served, To the D? fendants B. I. Stewart, E H.Simpson, and A. C. Townsend : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on thc subscribers at their office, at Anderson C. H., S; C, within twenty days after the serries hareoL exclusive of the day ol such service ; and if you fall to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Com plaint. Dated Anderson, S C, August 15,1899. BONHAM & WATKINS, Plaintiffs Attorneys. [SEAL] JOHN C. WATKINS, C. C. C. P. To thc absent Defendant, B. I. Stewart: You are hereby notified that the Complaint in Ibis action was this day filed in the office of John C. 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