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THE PROMISE OF THE PAST. .Tis tut of fleeting years a tcoit; Simo father ti.,' il to call: "My ?on. 'tit timo you got to bed. Come, tay good night to all." Ali, liow unwelcome were the words. And how they f>poiled the fun! I wasn't tired, wl.y. not .1 hit! Our game was nut halt done. But time has flo\t:i. and I'm a nun. And hecvy loada I bear, For wearily the lagging hours Drag on, held batk by care! Too lon;:, too long, ure now the days, And tilinga are different quit?; How gld?ly would I now respond To father's call each night! Sontehoiv the thought occurs to m-i That this nine rule may IjoM When 1 s?mil lind my rate is run And life's bright Ores grow -old; Hay not the Bomber ine^ngei, Whose call 1 now would dr nd, Come at the last, :? welcomr friend, To bid me to my bed? -Kansas City Independent. THE 5ECRET I OF THE ABANDONED 5HIP | % By W. Clark BussoU. X Ile was thc smallest man I ever saw MI my lifo. Ile paced thc floor quickly with a short lookout step, his hands . loop buried in hlsdittle pockets. He was a dry and harsh old man, ?ko to a parched pea, with 50 years of seafaring. 1 called upon this sailor, nclievlng that he alone could solve tho mystery, and he answered the instant i inquired if he could do so: "Yes, sir," and pulled a piece of worn newspaper out of his side pocket. "This ls the piece," he began, "they ?ut In about it They make her an American. Lie number one. They .all her a brig. Lie number two. I ought to know, for I was her second mate. "She was a black bark of 700 tons belonging to Liverpool, and the piece they put into the papers about ber was Ibis," said the little sailor man, putting ?n a pair of glasses. "Ten years ago a British merchant man saw a vessel with all sails set, yet something was wrong. They boarded nor. Everything was in order, fire burning in the galley, dinner untasted ?md scarcely cold, cargo intact, the well dry, no one living or dead was on Hoard. Tho log had been written up to within a short timo of the period of iier being boarded. There was not a .lrop of blood, a lock of hair, a dlsor* ile red cabin or anything to show the H?gn of a struggle. From that day not 1he slightest clew has been obtained. Yet she hao been a lucky ship ever rince. "Now," said the little sailor with ex citement slapping thc sheet of paper, I havo contradicted thia yarn over und over again. I have given the pub lic the truth, and still the papers will .osist upon Inserting this piece just as K I didn't exist or had no right to gpeak, "Wc had neon out a fottnlght home ward bound, when a man In the morn ing watch, coming aft to me, saya: ? 'There's a qoeer sight to be seen tai *? fok-Ble. slr.* " 'What Is ?V saki I. " 'Bata on the boose.* "Tho weather was quiet, and I '.nought I could safely leave the deck "or a few minutes, and. going forward, i stepped as requested Into the topgal lant forecastle and saw two rats mov ing about in a strange fashion. "They seemed to grope and reel, and wen os.I<X?ntchcd another truce blank rat came out from somewhere tn the desk, and thia beast moved, swayed und clutched at tho ucck as it crawled ?lowly. "Tho morning light bad broken, a ?ood light was made "by the forecastle %hts, and the rats were distinctly vis ble, Several of the watch on deck flood looking on. " "They appear io me io be blind,* ?aid I. " That's just it, sir,' said the man who bad called me forward, and? step Ding up to the nearest rat, he passed Jits band over its eyes, and thia ne did to tiro other and to the third rat, bat none showed signs of fear. "They were blind. " 'Very queer-all three of them too. Must have poisoned themselves some >HfW.' said I. 'Better catch and fling thc beasts overboard,' and with that I returned to the poop. "Tho name of the ship was the Mid dlesex. "Wc were a company of 15 men for ward. The master was Captain Mar tis; James Falrman, first mate, and Alfred Tarbusb ls my name, second of .m, as I think I told yon. "About a week after this Incident of ?JO rats thc mate said to me, when I came on deck to relieve bim: "Thc carpenter and the cook are' ? )oth complaining of their sight* "Tho disease was wonderfully rapid with thc poor fellows? for putting it tiuAt they complained on the Monday they were helplessly blind on the fol lowing Friday, sitting and crying, un able to move without being led. "Kow began the truly awful part of chis tremendous incident of the ocean. It was not enough that Captain Martin should go dark that night, losing his sight till, as be told inc, bc couldn't see tho l?ame of the cabin lamp ns It swung in thc little cuddy. "At two bells in tho middle watch, two nights after, it being my lookout, 'ho poor unfortunate roan came ?n fleck and stood in the companionway, calling for tho officer of tho wntch. I ?an to him and asked him what I could <lo. Ho said: "'Give me your hand,-Tarbusb, and lead inc to tho "'ship's side abaft and ..lom- of the mizzen channels. What's the vessel's rato of going? "'About seven, sir. A handsome, regular sea, and the malu royal on too. But Is It Pf bad with you. captain,' said I, as I led him to the rail according to bis request 'i?at you can see nothing?* " TM blind,'- bc gasped. Tm blind. Look after thc ship, sir. 1'Jl cali you vrhcu I wish to return below.' "I never suspected bis. intention, ami thc habit of ?luty amounts to an in stitu? In a seaman. T bad no sooner reached the weather side of the dock tban thc man' at the wheel yelled out: "'He's.jumped!* and I beard a splash sound clear through the smooth shining of tho foam alongside. Tho captain had sprung overboard. "I fled to tho ralL ?? "Ho was as much lost to us as iltmigt? he hart been a thousand miles ?&?fta^^ otf, mid with u sick nenn; i tivyv ?.u? ship sailing on her course. "Thc news had gone quickly enough In the past days that the captain was stricken with tho disenso of the eyes. "Hut tho suicide- fur the giving tip of a captain Ls like the giving up of a ship-was suck a message of utter despair tu them, with lour or five al ready stone blind in the forecastle, fed and helped by their mates who could see, that some live or sb", of the men, with the boatswain at their head, ca mo aft, seeing the mate ??.ud me talking together, and, after a deliberate, most earnest stare round the sea line, stcp l>ed up to us. "'Mr. Fnlriunn,' sahl the boatswain respect fully, 'we're for asking of your leave to go away from this ship in that there longboat while we've gol our sight.' " 'lt's natural - it's natural,' said the Chief mate with a, sort of generous warmth. 'Hut consider, mer you aro the main body of us who ci. see. If you go away in that longboat ami those you leave behind you turn blind, what's to become of us If nothing heaves in sight to take us off?' " 'But we shall be turning blind along with the ro3t,' said the boat swain, 'if we stay. It's only a ques tion of more or less blind men washing about in a ship.' " 'Could we stop the dlscnse by jet tisoning the cargo?' said I. " Tt would be sending the men,' an swered the mate, 'into the thickness of the poisonous steam itself-no.' Then, working his hands with strange mo tions of agitation, he muttered, 'My lads, it's an awful situation.' " 'Come along with us, sir,' said one of the men, 'you and Mr. Tarbush.' " 'And leave those who aro blind?' " T hate tho thought of lt myself,' shouted the boatswain, 'but if I go blind my wife and children will starve, and I must sit in the workhouse and be lcd around as if I was an old village Idiot, and curse me if that thought ain't more frightful than the cruelty of leaving one's rentes to perish.' " 'Go,' said the mate, turning bis back upon them. I followed, and to gether we slowly swept toe ocean for a sall. "That same day of the threat of the men to leave in the boat they went. They provisioned her handsomely, wa tered ber almost to tho wash strake, BO careful were they. "I think it was about 2 o'clock when they hoisted their lug and sailed away from tho ship's side In a silence that seemed like the blindness that was in and upon the ship. "I forget how many loft the vessel in ber, but I can recollect that when she was gone all that were left with the power of vision remaining In their eye balls were Mr. Falrman, myself and three honest, stout hearted English seamen, who said: "Blast them if they was going to leave their mates to die of starvation through blindness. It might come to them; be it so, it should come a-flnding of 'em doing of theil dooly anyhow.' "I shook hands with those three men, They were seamen to sail round thc ' world with-princes of their species. 1 don't say they are growing fewer. 1 do say they were always scarce. "It was very light, fine weather. Wc kept the ship nnder small sall read; for a shift, troubled as we were and very short handed? and the Ile comee In here again and again/' said the little sailor, tapping his bear? where be bad stowed the newspaper, "when thej speak of the vessel with all plain sall set having been fallen in with. "We took tu rn and turn about to walt ?po? the poor blind men in the fore castle, and we fed them and led them about the decks, and we cut np tobaccc for their pipes. "Lord!" said he, "it was shocking to watch them staring at you witt their eyes wide open, seeing nothing then to feel that yon might be th< next! **It was a dreadful shock to me foul days after the longboat he A left ns when, at about five bells in the first watch, a quiet night and the shir, clothed In white stealing very soft!] through the gloom, the mate came t< my cabin and said to me In a low volet of horror: " TarbuBh, I am getting the blind ness-it ls coming on me!' ".Oh, don't say itf I cried, spring lng out of my bunk. "I turned up the lamp. 'Look at that ls lt clear?' " 'No. tt Is a wavering, bluish flame Wo ought to have left the ship,* ht said, 'and taken the blind men wit! ns.' "He quitted my cabin in the >_.t>plnf way which was now familiar to me and when I had dressed myself X wen out expecting to find him on deck; in stead, behold the poor man sat witl bis face lost in his ann upon the cudd* table. "I touched bim and told him to chee np his heart "He never looked np. He just groan ed as though be was dying of a broke* heart and I passed up the steps to loo! after the vessel. "Thc hush of thc darkness was upot the ship, and I felt tho blindness of tl* men in her, too, when I saw that th< helmsman bad let go of tbe wheel, let ting the s!Ui? come to, so that she la: aback without way, with a little silk; whispering of waters alongside. "The man sat on the grating, anc held his bands to bis face. I grasp? his shoulder, and be looked np ant moaned almos; just ns the mete had, " 'Gracious powersr thought I, 'an other visitation. It will be my ton next.' "Terror possessed me, and I ro.r? for ward to get'lnto the main shrouds am climbed as high as the maintop, wblcl 1 believed would be out of the read of the fun. es, and I lay in that top til daybreak, 1 eking down upon thc glim mering decies, wondering that thc otb er three-three, I believe, kept the!; sight but ? will not be sure-did no show themselves that I might bal them anti invite them to keep me com nany. "However, it turned out as I bat dreaded, for when at sunrise I wen down on to thc deck I found that th> man who was stricken at tho whee b*hd made his way to the forecastle on? that tho three whom 1 Wi imagine? sight whole were seeing things througl that samo swimming, dusky, iluldllk medium which the others,eomplainei ?sf. . . "'The mate was iu thc cabin and rt quired to bc fed. "The men forward- needed food, turned, to and lighted tho SUilcy.flr ana cooked a plentiful oreuarast! nun distributed the food so tliat the men could easily come at it, and then as | speedily as I might, with my own share of breakfast in my pocket, 1 i sprang again into thc main shrouds for I the safety of the top aud had scarce j arrived there when afar I beheld the j smoke of a steamer, i "I watched that black film with dreadful eagerness. ' "I thought I might turn biiud even as I looked. .Then, recollecting that no color was at our peak, I sank to the deck on a j stay, rushed to tho Hag locker, sent i ' aloft our biggest ensign inverted and made again, with the swiftness of tho fear of the blindness and of deatli in my heart, for the maintop. . "The steamer was alongside of us lu j little more than an hour. "She ranged close, imagining us dere lict. 1 hailed her from the maintop and gave the captain our yarn, aud he nt once scut boats and took all hands of us off. "That steamer's name," said the lit tle sailor, "was the Eagle of Middles brough. ' "And this is the sequel of this ex traordinary story. Scarcely had tho Eagle sunk the hull of the Middlesex out of sight, leaving her lying Just as : she had been left throughout tho night from the moment when the helmsman lost ids grip of thc spokes, when anoth er steamer called thc Sea Queen of Newcastle-on-Tyne, heading in tho wake of the Eagle, fell in with the bark and boarded her. "Here, then, came in the mystery. "A fine ship was found deserted in midocenn, signs of breakfast recently cooked in the galley, and eaten by men in the forecastle and by one or two aft, the galley fire still alight and making a good smoke in the mouth of its chim ney, but not a soul aboard. I "Not a stain of blood to supply tho riddle witli a tragic solution. Her hold was tight. "Her mate went aloft and hunted about Ute ocean everywhere in search ' of a boat. But nothing was visiblo save the fading trace of a steamer's light smoke or some delicate streak of cloud in the northeast. "The galley fire burning was the puzzler. They took the bark in tow and carried her to a port, but the story," said the little sailor passionate ly, "ls always wrongly told when it's I written about I "And now I hope, since you've taken ; it in band, that the public will stick to my version of the puzzle, seeing that I was second mate of the bark and bad to boss the blooming show at the end." -New York World. Reatta*; Their Muscles, When a man is tired, he stretches his arms and legs nnd yawns. Birds and animals, so far as possible, follow bis example. Birds spread their feathers and also yawn, or gape. Fowls often do this. Fish yawn; they open their mouths slowly until they arc round, the bones of the head seem to loosen and the gills open. Dogs. aro Inveterate yawners and stretchers, but seldom sneeze unless they have a cold. Cats are always stretching their bodies, legs and claws, as every one knows who bas bad a cat for a pet Horses stretch violently when and after indulging tn a roll, but not as a Yule on all fours, as stags do. A stag when stretching sticks out his head, stretches his fore feet out and hollows bis back and neck as though-trying to creep under a bar. Most ruminant animals stretch when they rise up after lying down. Deer do ii regularly; so do cattle. This fact ". sa well known that if a cow when arising from lying down does not * stretch herself it is a sigu she is ill. The reason for this is plain-the stretch moves every muscio of the body, .and if there is an injury any where lt hurts.-San Francisco Exam iner. Foollaff the'Penile. "I'm about bushed in tho matter of curiosities," mused the owner of a small store. "It's a bad habit-this idea of drawing trade by making a museum of the window, but I can't ?top now-business won't allow it" A few hours later thc soda water trade was rushing. The crowd outside the window gazed until it was thirsty at thc remarkable bird that hung In a big cage. The caril attached bore a handful of the alphabet hysterically put together and designed for a scien tific name. After It were the words, "From Samoa." A few days later thc "curiosity" was feeding in the back yard with thc rest ? of the bantam bens.-Detroit Free Press. - Practical jokers sometimes throw boomerangs. A eise in point is that of a Texas sheriff, who found some bastard eggs, which he took home, intending to tell his wifo they were eggs of fine fowls and have her set them. His wife was out and he put thom in the kitchen. After supper he told her of thc fine eggs he had ! brought her, but nearly had a fit ' when she said she was sorry he had ! not told her earlier, as she had uaed the eggs in making an omlct, of which j he had just eaten heartily. Ile has sworn off from playing practical jokes. -7 Nothing is eternal but that which is done for God and others. That which is done for self dies. Perhaps i* \? not wrong, but is perishes. You say it ie pleasure-wei!, enjoy it. lint joyous recollection is no longer joy. That v/bioh ends in self is mortui. That alone which goes out of self into God lasts forever. - A Beggars' trust is reported in | New York. One man controls 40 mendicants, feeds, clothes and cares for them and handles their daily col lections. C ASTOR IA For Intuits and Children. Hw Mad Yea Han Atan Bangst Bears the Signature of THE HABITS OF FISH. SALMON ARE THE FIGHTING ROMEOS OF THE F.,sNY TRIBES. Ccdfisu Can Outdo tito <Juat aud OH> trlcu Combined lu DIKCHUVC Pow ers, und the ltlneUah im the Stoat Xl lund Hit rn ty Thiitic In Nature. It is xiot too much to say that in sonic ways thc love of salmon nasscth that of women. To reach the objects of their affection they perform feats aud undergo hardships greater than any man could do or bear, and to maiutain ' it they light with a courage and fury which might make many a soldier en vious. The salmon trials begin when they first "eave .the sea on their long up riv er journey to meet their sweethearts. Presently perhaps they meet a high waterfall. Then the salmon backs away as far as possible, makes a loco motivelike rush and leaps for the top. He actually whizzes through the air, bis tail moving like lightning, bis scales shining like sliver enamel. Per haps he falls to reach the top by a foot, but be catches the water, hangs sus pended for a moment and then with a miraculous strength forces his way up aud reaches tho quiet water beyond. Perhaps the next waterfall is five feet higher, and the 3nlmou leaps In vain. Then, finding thc feat impossi ble, he actually climbs the sides, jumping up from ledge to ledge and resting in little pools until thc river above is readied. Then he goes on pushing through rapids and flounder lug over shallows until thc spawning ground is reached. In many of thc larger rivers of this continent the sal mon ls no beauty when bc reaches his journey's cud. His scales perhaps arc worn off, his fins torn, and bis body is a mass of bruises. But nevertheless he wooes his ladylove boldly, caresses ber tenderly, fights bis rivals fiercely and wins his bride like a soldier. But all fish arc not so romantic. Thc codfish, for instance, is unsentimental and actually ridiculous. He ls a great, gray, ugly fish, and his name itself is absurd. If there were such a thing as submarine humor, bc would figure in St as the goat does in our own comics. Tho codflsn has. In fact, an appetite which makes thc goat's look pale, and when fishermen cut the fish open they assert that they often find such things as scissors, suspender buckles, horse shoes, potato parings, oil cans, door knobs, marlin spikes, corncobs and India rubber shoes. Another startling story told by fish ermen ls that in heavy weather cod fish eat stones to ba?ast them, but lt ls more likely that ttu.jc rocks are tak en in whilo attached to sea anemones, of which the codfish arc very fond. It may bo inferred that codfish do not object to nibble the fingers or hands of human beings, because the wedding ring of a drowned woman was once found tn a cod's stomach, and tho find er got a big reward for Its return. Oysters and clams In tbs shell are very popular with Ute cod flab, and there are vast heaps of dead shells In tbs ocean, "nested" together like strawberry boxes, which are believed to bave once been In the stomachs of codfish. The appetites of these fish are? Insatiable. They will fill their stomachs, fill their gullets and fill their mouths with food and still try to get more. If peoplo knew more about the fish they eat, it ls possible time a slice, of "baked biirer might fill many a man with shuddering horror, for the blue fish ls perhaps the most terrible and bloodthirsty thing In all nature. The tiger has a sweet and cheerful disposi tion compared to the bluefish, the ebrurk seems a phlegmatic and amiable creature, and the wolf, by comparison, is positively mild. The bluefish make menhaden their esp?o??? prey. When a school of theso fish perceive bluefish near, they swim away with such terri fic baste that the ocean foams under them, but the bluefish cannot bo dis tanced. They rush among tho help-' less menhaden, biting, tearing, thrash ing and even throwing them into the air. They do not stop to swallow their prey, but kill purely for the love of slaughter-. ? The sea Ia reddened with; blood and dotted with dead fish, but! bluefish kill on until exhaustion stops' them or until tho menhaden get Into such shallow water that the bluefish ? do not care to follow. Sometimes these helpless fish are so blind with terror that they swim ashore and aro piled up In windrows a foot deep. The bluefish do not eat one-tenth of the fib they kill, although when sur-, feitet they aro believed by some peo ple to disgorge their food in order to take In another meal. It ls estimated' that during a fair season 1,000,000 bluefish aro caught between New Jer sey and Monomoy and that about 099, 000,000 remain uncaught Thirty or 40 fish arc sometimes found In thc stomach of one bluefish, but placing a bluefish's Ulli at only ten per day lt; will be seen that during their four months' yearly stay on thc Now Eng land coast they destroy about 1,200, 000,000,000,000 fish, and that ls exclud ing tho vast numbers of minuto fish eaten by little bluefish, which aro not included In the estimate. Carried into1 avoirdupois it is calculated that 2,500,-' 000,000 pounds of fish aro eaten dally, by bluefish. Nevertheless they arc. handsome and graceful fish. Very Ht-j t?o ls known of their other habits/ but they arc so nervous while In cap tivity that they develop cornr* on theb* noses by trying to push tho latter' I through thc glass sides of their tanks.' -Los Angeles Times. Too Common. I/Ottie-Wc bad com to cat at our house today. Tottle-That's nothing; wc feed our, cow corn all the time.-Chicago Jour nal. ... ? - mm . m? - Among thc many things this country needs is a new set of molds to be used in shaping thc opinion of the public. - Thc finest shops in a Chinese oity are those devoted to the sale of coffins. - Tho death rato in Syracuse for five years succeeding the scouring of a good water supply has been 13.4?. For the five years previous thereto it wt? 16.80. Eagle Fight*, nattier. Tom Carson, a Scranton, Penn., sowing machine agent, rode down a mountain road near Deep Hollow a few days ago and saw big light between a rattlesnake and r.n eagle. "I was riding leisurely." said Tom, "when 1 heard tho shrill screams of an eagle, and, as I looked, he came down like a shooting star and lighted on a rattler five feet long. The bird was one of the largest bald eagles and the snake was a monster. The eagle, with its crest thrown back, ran up to tho snake and gave it a blow over the head with its wings, that completely stunned it, just as it was in the act of striking at him with all its force. Quiokly thc eagle caught it in its tal ons, arose about tweuty feet iu the air, gave it a furious shaking and let it fall to the earth, where it lay coil ed, rattling und hissing in great wrath. "Tho eaglo made a second attack in the same manner us before, but the snake watched its chances thia time, and, when the eagle was closo enough thrust its head between his head and wing, and, with a desperate effort, wound itself around the eagle's body, and it looked for a moment as though the powerful bird must die. "But with a violent Hup ot' his wings ho broko the deadly embrace, caught the snake and gave it several jerks and threw it down again. Twioe again the eaglo carried thc snake in thc air and dashed it to the ground, each time giving it a furious shaking for a moment. Then ho rested, whirl ing slowly around the snake, and then, making a dash, carried it for thc fourth time iu the air, and when he dashed it down again it was dead. Then he gave it a final shake, seized it in his talons, and with a steady flight boro it to a crag, tho highest in thc neigh borhood." A Clear Right of Way. When I first came into thc moun tains of West Virginia to look after tho coal interests of our company, I board ed at a little tavern in the country town prcsidod over by a good looking woman of 40 who, as I had understood, was a widow. She was keener witted and more entertaining than the aver age mountain woman and I rather en joyed talking to her. One evening, after I had been her guest about three weeks, I found myself alone with her on thc porch of the house, and we ' chatted along very pleasantly about i men and women and life generally. " Ain't yon married?" she asked in response to something 1 had said lead ing np to such a question. "Oh, no," I laughed. "I'm an unhappy old bachelor." I "Well, you oughtor be ashamed uv yerself," she said with spirit. I "I aa," I assented. "But how is j a man to be otherwise when the women I won't do their abare?" "But they will ef they ever gi* the chance," she contended. "It's easy enough for you to say that," I said, "because yon felt that I way toward your husband when he asked yon." "My husband!" she almost shouted, j "I han't got no husband, nor never did have." _ I "Why-why," ? stammored, "I un derstood you were a widow." "Well, I ain't." "Do you mean to tell me that ax good looking a woman as you aro is an j old maid yet?" She hesitated a moment beforo au J swering. "In course lam," she said, and her j voice softened, "but I hain't no objec tion to bein' a married woman." Goodness knows how I f ot out of it and still remained a "sta* boarder," but I did, and I didn't sit out on that porch in the evening any more, either. - liuw in ?j i un Star. Put your stomach, liver and blood in healthy condition and you eon defy disease. Prickly Ash Bitters is a successful system regulator. Sold by Evans Pharmacy._ D. 8. VANDIVKB. E P. VANDIVKK. J. J. MAJon. V?NDIVER BROS. & M?JOB. DEALERS IN Fine Buggies, Phasetons, Surreys, Wagons, Harness, Lap Robes and Whips, ARE in their elegant new Repository over Vsndiver Bro?. Store Between Masonic Hall and New Bank. If you need anything in our line wo have the good?, the guarantee and the price to please. We highly appreciate all tho trade giv en us, and are trying to give tho very best Buggies that can be sold for the price. A nice lot of New, Cheap I'.nggles on hand. The prico will positively sur prise you. Yours for liuggles, VAN DIVER BROS. St MAJOR. TRUSTEE'S SALE. BY virtue pf the power conferred on me by a Used ot Trust to me exe cuted by Mrs. M. J. Souddav on the 2.".th August, 1S99,1 will sell the Land herein after desorlbed at publie outcry before the Court House door on Salesday in Oc tober, 1899, daring the legal hours of sale, for the purpose of paying a mort gage debt un the sold premises. Follow ing is a description of the premises : "AU that Tract or parcel of Land con taining seventy-six acres, in the County and State aforesaid, bounded by lands of ? W.T. Dean, Mrs. Stephenson and others. Also, that other Lot or parcel of Land,, containing ton acres, more or less, bouod- j ed by above Tract, S. B. 8tone and others. Terms-fash. Tu rebater to pay for napers. M. L. BONHAM, Troitae. Sept i?99 12 . 0 Sand for the Children. To get a play thing for the little folks that is cheap and at the same time satisfactory invest io a cartload of of saud. Have it dumped in some place selected not only with an eye to its effect on the landscape but to the advantage of the children ?is well; then turn them loose and see how they will enjoy it, wisely suggests a writer in (Jnod Housekeeping. Pout be afraid they will HOI) their clothes. You wrong your child. buy or girl, if you keep it so dressed that it is not?t liberty to romp and play in the dirt. The overalls which so many are sensibly putting on the little boys for their outdoor play arc au excellent idea; now dress the little girls in some way to secure them liko freedom-but , if you do not do this, let them still be free to enjoy themselves on mother earth. For those mothers who havca horror of genuine dirt, the saud pile possesses the virtue of being comparatively clcau, and, although it must be con fessed that possibilities for soiling clothes here are not lacking, it is also replete with possibilities for enjoy ment and instruction. It is no wouder that children like to play in the sand; is there not a fascina tion in thc mobile mass which seems half solid, half liquid? Wouldn't you like to bc a child for half a day and spend it at that yellow heap about which tho little workers are gathered with a surprising array of utensils? - A great cage does not make the bird sing Large possession? bring great caren, and these too oftcu silence songs of praise. fine figure Many women tose their girlish forms site? they become mothers. This is due to neg bet. The figure caa be preserved fcsyond question if the ex pectant mother wiO constantly toe mower's g friend during the whole period of pregnancy. The earlier its use ii begun, thc mora per fectly will the shape bs pt teer ved* motor's Trial ont only cartens and talases the snoods* the t&n to contraes oatcralfy afterwr? rf, S teem unsightly wfJnkka away? and ti* muscio miderncsth seisia their p?ab?fty. f?O&trtffrflal b that famous asternal Beimeet which b&nfchra moraine sfcknca and MCTousacss during peegoaacy | shetfess ?AW? ano5Tnik*3 snarly paiaksyi builds uo ih? ^OTKaT-conTOiutiooai s?reegth? so thaS ehe ?margea from the osdsal without dtafsa The little one, too, shows the effects ol ItttfrXfl Trkl4 by its robusto? and vigor, BeMat dru? store* irr gie Bottle. Sand (or onr finely illustrated book fer ax* pedant mothers. THB BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO? I ? ATLANTA. ?QA. Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OF SOU 1H CAROLINA, AKDEnSOX < ODKTY. Ja the Court of Common Piras. Fred. H. Griffin, Platutlff, sgalnst Mn. Ida Leo, Mrs. Lillie Robinson, Mr?. Lula Breazeele, R. L. Griffin, et al., D?fendante.-Action for Partition. Re lief, Ac. IN pursuance of the order of re-tata granted herein, I will sell, at the rlok of the former purchaser, on Haleaday in October next, in frontof the Court Hnnao In the City or Anderson, 8. C .during he legsl hours of sale, the Lands described as follows, to wit : All that Tract of Land, containing 141 acres, more or lese, situated is Anderson County, in said ?ute, sear &e Town of Belton, adj doing landa of M. E. Mitchell, Mrs. Looy Knox, Ellish Leaved and "th ora, and lcnown aa the A. II. Breezes!* place. Terms-One-half cash, the balance in twelve months, with interest, secured by bond and mortgage, with leave to ant toi pate payment. Purchaser or purchasers to pay for papers and stamps lt. Y. IL NANCE, Probate Judge as Npeclal Referee. Sept r., inm_12_a Judge of Probate's Nalo. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY ol-' DARLINGTON. In (he Court of Common PkuA. Carrie C. MoGee, et al., Plaintiff, against Louise Cobb McGee, et al., Dniendants. -Complaint for Partition. IN pursuance of the order nf sato grant ed herein, I will sell on Salesday in Oc tober next, in front of tho Court l?ense in theclty ot Anderson,fl. C., tho premises described as follows, to wit One undivided one-half interest in two Store Houses and Lot? situated ou the tioutheast corner of the public square of the town of Relton, in the County of An derson, snd in the State aforesaid, each of said lots having a froctago on the Pub lic Square ot twenty-live (25) leet, and running back a depth of one hundred and thirty eight G.'iK) feet, and bounded on the Northeast and South by Lota of ti. W. McGee. Also, another Lot in the town of Kd to?, in the County of Anderson, State afore said, situated on tho East side of tho Co lumbia ?ic Greenville Railroad. North on a new street opened by G. W. Mci?ee, 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 tho East by street and lends nf I. C. Williams, on the Sonth by lot of Mrs. 8arah H. Rice, and on the West by lots of Mrs. L. F. Prior, the said lots fronting new street one hun dred snd twenty-two (122) feet, and t an 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 tn n*y for papers sod stamps. R. Y. H. NANCE, Probate Judge sa Special Kefere*. Sept. 12,1699. 12 ..! WINE Of CA RD lil bas demonstrated ten thousand times that it is olmoat infallible FOR WOMAN'S PECULIAR WEAKNESSES. irregularities and derangements. It Las becumo tho leading remedy for thia class ot troubles. It czcrto a wonderfully healing, strength ening and soothing intlueuro upon tho menstrual organs. It cures "whites" and falllngof th o womb. It stope flooding ana relieves enp ?resscd and painful menstruation, or Chango of Lifo lt is tho nest medicine mado. It ls beneficial during pregnancy, and helps to bring children into bornes barren for years. lt invigorates, stimu lates, strengthens tho wholo sys tem. This great remedy ls offered to all afflicted women. Why will any woman suffer another minute with certain rolief within reach? Wino of Cardui only costs $1.00 per bottle at your drug atoro, for advice, in cases requiring special directions, address, giving si/mptoms. IA? "Ladies* .Advisory Department,'' The Chattanooga Medicina Co., Chat' ianooga, Tenn. Kev. J. W. SMITH, Camden. S.C., tay?: My wife used Wine ol Cardui at home for falling of th? wons and ll entirely cured htr." WliYfc W. G. McQEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE-**ront HJOCP, over Farmers end Mo ch an tb Bank ANDERSON, h. C. 1898_88_ NOTICE. HOW ie tho time to have your Buggy Be varnished, Repainted, and new Axle Points fitted on. We have the best Wagon Skeins on the market. All kinds of Fifth Wheels and Dashes. Headquarters for Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Repairs. PAUL E. STEPHENS, LAND SALE. MOSE Land than I need. Will sell In largo or ?mall lots Land fresh, productive, well timbered and Hes well. Community healthful, pare, cold water, good ci ti sens, good roads, schools ami cnn robes. Commnntaate with * W. L. SMITH, Ila, Madison Co., Ga. Joly 18.1*99_4 Stn DR. J. H. BURGESS. DENTIST. IN PssuletOu ?yory Honduy,Tuesday sod Wednesday. At Clemson College every Thursday, Frida? and Saturday. April 26,1809_44_6m Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of Martin Barries, deceased, Hereby gives notice that he will ora the 7 0 day of October, 1890, apply to the Judge of Pro hs te for Anderson County, -. C., for a Final Settlement of said Es tate, sod a discharge from bis office as Administrator JAMES BURRISS, Adm'r. SeptO, 1899_ll_6_ THE STATE OF WUTH CAROLINA, Con mi or ANDERSON COURT OF COMMUN PLEAS. O. H. Mahon, PlalnUff against Mrs. Texte Anas Sterling and Urs. Cora Lig?n, DefesdenU. Summon* for Relief-Com plaint Served. To the Defendants Mrs. Texts Anns Sterling and Mrs. Cora Llgon : YOU are hareby sammoned and required to an swer the Complaint tn thia action, of whian . oopy ts horowlth served anon yon, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscribers at their office, Anderson Ooart House, South Carolina, within twenty day? asa? th?, service hereof, exclusive of the day ef sash eervlce ; and If yon tall to answer the Compl?t?t within the time aforesaid, the PlalnUflk ia eda acUon will ann!* ta th? Cc-urt fer tbs ??l?a? uo manded tn the Complaint. Dated Andersen, 8. C., August 19. A D., 18W. BONHAM A WATKINS, Plaintiffs Attorney, [dssL ] Joua C. WATKixa, c o. e. p. To the absent Defendant, Mrs. Ttxic Anna Ster ling: You will take noUce that the Complaint in this ut lon was filed In the offloe of the Clerk of the court of said Connly on the 18th day of Augcrft, 1699. DOH II A ti A WATKINS, Plaintiff's Alto rn ef s. Aogu?t30. 1899_^0_8_ CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY AUGUSTA A Nu 48BBVILLB8BOBT LINS In effect July 33,1899. Lv Augusta... Ar Greenwood.. Ar Anderson.~. Ar Laurens. Ar Greenville. Ar Glenn ?pringa?. Ar Bpartanburg....... Ar Solada....-. Ar Hendersonvllle. Ar Asheville.-. 9 10 am ll SO am i 20 pm 3 00 pm 496 pm 3 io pm 6 83 pm G 03 pm 7 00 pm 140 pm 810 pm C.'15 ar* 10 IS sea Tw'xiii IiT Aitcevllte.-. Lv t ?artanburg.-. Lv f-lenn Springs. Lv O roen T Ule Lv Laurens.. Lv Anderson. LT Greenwood. Ar Augnsta.-M. Lv Calhoun Falls... Ar Raleigh.... Ar Norfolk.... Ar Peter?bur-{-....... Ar Richmond.-. Lv Augusta.. Ar Allendale...._ Ar Fairfax. Ar Yemassee-. Ar Beaufort- .MnM Ar PortBojal.... Ar Havannah.-. Ar Charleston..-. Lv Charleston. 8 28 am 11 49 am io 00 am 12 01 am 137 pm 3 40 pm 4 00 pm 700 pal 700 am 3 87 pm i._. fi 10 pm ll l? am 444 pm 2 16 am 7 80 a.. 0 00 am 8 IS am 1005 am :115 am 1180 am 1 JO pm 810 pm 8 86 pia 4 20 pal 820 pat 685 pat 7 00 pta 780 pat Lv Port noyai. Lv Beaufort... Lv Yemaatoe.. Lv Fairfax. Lv Allendale. Ar Augusta. 1 00 pm 116 pm 2 80 pm G 28 am G tr, am 7 20 am 3 20 am 9 20 am .j SS am 1139 am Clon connection al Calhoun Falls for Athens Atlanta will all points on 8. A. L. Close connection at Augusta for Charleston havannah and aU points. Close connections at Greenwood for all points on -S. A. L,and C. A G. Railway, and at Spartanbarg with Houthern BaUway. Por any Information relative to tickets, rates , schedule, eta. address W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Psaa. Ase nt, Aug n it ? ,G a RU.North,Bot Agaa*. T. M. Km erton .Traine T'anojsr.