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MISS MUFFET ANO THE SPIDER. I? Ute Mi? Muffet discovered s tu-Jct (Which nerti oocunt-d to the rat ol UM). .Kui, aa 'twu-a June day and just about noonday, ..?fcc wanted to tat--like thc bout of un. Her diet wu whey, and I haste? to say il ii wholesome, and pcoplo grow fat on it; ?ruc. ?pot heine lonely, thc lady not only !ii ?covered tho tuff ct. but eat on lt. A uvula. ?&bb.ed beside her and babbled. Au r?vulc? always'aro thought to do, and dragon OicH sported around and cavorted, Ai poets oiy dragon flies ought to da; vfhOL gliiielnff asidcfor.a moment, sh? spied A norriWr ??Rht tlt.it brought fear to her. A hideous unidor wm Kitting tK*???r her And roost unavoidably pear to her! Hoverer iin?i|riitjy, this ire.Uure politely Said: "ifadAm, I c.vnebtly vow to yon I'm p>>nitcut that I did riot wear my hat. I Should G'.n'rwi ; . cert J. i id y bow to you." I'..MII;:II anxious to plc?nc. he waa po iii at cate lTrat he I j-.t nil his ague of propriety* Ard crew so inept that he clumsily nt-pped In I IT (date--which is barred in society. ?|*iia curions error completed ber terror; .She i.hud der ed anti, prowl n;? much pater, not i. ty left tufJet. but dealt him a hufTct rVliidi douhled him np iu a iMiior knut. .. hhotild bc explained that at thiw lie was pained; Hu cried: ''I h^re veaed you. no doubt of it! V>;ir fist'ri like a truncheon." "Vou're still in my luncheon," Vim all that site anAwoied; "gat out of it I" \hd the moral in (lils: lt.* it ro?dnm ur miss To whom you hare Homethirw to say. YUH HT:* only absurd when you R:-t in the curd, Hut you're rude when you RC| in the whey. -i.'uy Wetmore Carry! iu Sketch. THE WREATH Oooooooooooooooooooooooooo c o o g OF VICTORY, g a o By Oe la Motte Fungue. o ? - o <? o ? A Remarkable Story of tho Border ? Between tho Mortal and 9 o lmraortcl. 0 c* o oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Lalo odo evening un old knight made hts way wearily down from a nish ponte of Ute Harr. mountains into the vulloy. His natue was licuthold, ami lie had formerly held sway over all iliad tntct of country, but ho had been liri von out from his possessions by the superior might of a rich baron, and tho usurper now lived in tho houurod an cestral halls, for a glimpse of which thc aged Lcuthejcl climbed the wooded heights by his cottage as long as they were passable and gazed at the two tall towers until the sun set. Then the old mau went down again into the val ley, where he was allowed to Jive un molested, being considered harmless and powerless, for his only heir, a high spirited young fellow, the hero of many a battlcliold, had fallen in de fense of his father's hearth. On his way horne the (might always passed a . .liapel which he hatl had erected in hotter days anti where the body of the young lord, sleeping his honorable sleep, lay entombed. Then the father would kneel before the door of the lit tle buildlug and say a Pater Nosier for tho soul of his dear Sigebald, lie did so today also. Then he rose and looked longingly through the window, but he could not even see the collin, for it stood iu a niche iu the wall behind the altar, and immediately after Iiis sou was laid to rest the bereaved father, overcome by his grief, had flung the key of the door into the rushing tor rent of tie Bude. He rued it bitterly' now, for the pour man lacked money to have a new key made for thc elabo rate lock, and so he had cut off himself and his good wife and his niece, Dio twina, who had been Sigebald's betroth ed, from the precious remains of their dearest happiness. Never before had his longing been so great as ou this evening. He gazed at the door with passionate yearning. He almost be sought lt to give way. and felt that it must perforen yield to his desire, But it stood Arm and immovable before him. It would scarcely allow the rust ed latch to be moved up and down suf licicntly to proye the' strength with which every part of thc brazen clamp did its duty. After the old mon had tried the door in vain for awhile he turned away and went back to his cot tage, shakiug his head aud with tears in his eyes. He found his wife walting for him with the frugal evening meal. "Where is Diotwina'r" he asked. "She has gone to her room," replied the dame. "Today ls thc anniversary of her betrothal to Sigebald, which, as you know, she always spends in fast ing and solitude/' The knight sighed deeply and was si lent a. long time. At leugiu. he asked: "How much money have wc got laid aside now S" "Not quite two gulden." "And the locksmith's price for a new key ls" "i?hree gold gulden." Then the old man fell to sighing again and looked searchingly around tho room. "No/? said the dame, "there Is noth ing more to see here. There Is only one thing. Thc locksmith would glad ly give us a couple of gulden for it." "Ton mean that!" exclaimed the old man, looking up*at bis sword, which hung on the walt Hts wife nodded in assent. But he jumped up Indignantly and cried: x , . "God forbid! 1 shall db no more work with the old blade in this world, it is true, but it has earned the Tight to lie in honor on my collin. Sigebald himself, looking down from paradise, would scarce forgive me if 1 parted with the faithful old weapon." The dame begau to weep behind her wrinkled band, for she remembered how her dead son had played, us a beautiful, merry boy, with the old sword and lisped of future victories. Then both ihe old people became si lent, put ouz their light and went to bed. Toward midnight thc old knight heard strange sounds and cries ringing through the valleys.' From one of tho heights a light like a great flame shone through tho window of the little room. He was about to got* pp to see what "lt might be, but his wife said: "Lie still, husband. I have heard it for a long time and* have been praying silently, lt ls surely some unholy march of the Mad army." "H,'mP' said T,euthoid, "I have often heard the Wild Hunter rush past in mighty forests, but Ibis ls quite a.dif ferent thing." . "Then it must be witchcraft of some sort/.' said his wife, "Who Imo wu what may be happening upon the Brocken? I iHig you to Ile still and to curb your cariosity." ; Tbc oki man yielded to hi'S wire s en I treaties, lay quiet aud prayed softly. But after awhile be began agalu: "Wife, some oue ?3 rldiug a horse past our window just as our blessed soil used to ride." She trembled and urged him with gentle voice to be still. But after a lit tle the old man said agalu: "Did you not hear bow some one on the mountain called out: 'Wheel! Charge?* lt came distinctly through the storm. But shortly before our Sigebald fell he gave Just such a cry." "If you wish to kill me with fear aud anguish." said lils wife, "or to rob me of my reason, keep on with such words. It will take very little more." i So the old man held his pence and kept his thoughts, which were many and strange, in his own breast. The wonderful tumult ceased also or was lost iii other valleys, aud toward morning the old people fell asleep. The bright sunlight shone agalu over the mountains, the dame was already seated at her distan*, and the knight was going out to hoe and spade his lit tle patch at the door and said: "It ls wonderful how the riddles and ghostly happenings of the night, when otiee they have forced themselves luto a man's brain, refuse to go to rest again. I dreamed until bright day light of the harvest festival sus we used to celebrate it in happier days at our oitl home" "How strange'." Interrupted the dame. "I also dreamed ol' it. The peasants came lo thc courtyard of the castle with shining scythes, their wive.; aral daughters bearing their rakes, tie*.! with many ribbons. The harvest ?TOwi. shone brilliantly in tile blue of the bright summer day. and. alas: before ii walked cay dear, dear hoy as a young child. wound round and round with ". chain of blue cornflowers, a beautiful wreath like thal of a bridegroom on his head and a great red dower on his breast. And 1 knew the red dower well." She bowed ber head, and the knight, to turn lier thoughts rrom tho death wotiud of ber only son. said: "The singing was the most wonder ful to me. liven after I awoke I still heard the solemn hymn which tho band had suug, and at this moment I seem to hear it over the mountain*;, coming nearer and uearer dowu the wooded slope. Indeed, now that 1 open the door, the souud seems to come more plainly." The dame heard it also and rose iu speechless astonishment to step out side tile door, leaning on her husband's arm, to look for the cause of the unac customed noise, emboldened by the cheerful morning beams which gilded the trees and the dewy grass under them, but still more emboldened by the reverent character of the hymn, which came steadily uearer. Shawms and reed pipes mingled with the slug ing. As the elderly couple stood at thc door they could see. through the trunks of thc beeches, a crowd of people with gleamiag scythes in their hands: some, however, had also naked halberds and spears. "Ah. heavens!" cried tho dame. "It is uot yet harvest time. Ami why ?lo they come thus, with song and rejoic ing? See how red the morning sun shines on their scythes." "H'm! There must have been a grave mowing somewhere," muttered thc knight. He knew the red on the bare steel far too well to take It, as did his wife, for the reflection of the morning sun. Meanwhile the peasants had formed a semicircle around the venerable pair und out from their ranks, between the scythes and lances which they brand ished as they finished their song, step ped Diotwlna with radiant face. She went up to the astonished couple ant' ?... 2.1 . ?."?JIU . "Ile who goes carly to prayer findf good trait. Herc at the edge of thc wood these heroes met me, and thej wish that you hear the tidings fron my lips. They have reconquered yout castle. The country is free, the op prcssor is dead!" The old knight stared around hin as if he had again fallen into tin dreams of the previous night. Thea tin oldest of tho armed "-Misants approach ed, a venerable graybeard, like his mas ter, and, taking the spade and hoi gently from his band, he placed ii their stead an ancient silver staff. In laid with gold, which Leuthold's fore fathers had borne from time ?mme morial nud which hod now been re captured with the other family relics Then the circle of men raised a grea shout of joy, repeating Dictwlna't words, "The country ls free. The op prcssor is dead!" over and over am striking their weapons against om another so that they clanked jubilant "It is all true." said the old peasan to the still Incredulous pair. "You brother's eon. Richard, has return ot from the crusade, my liege, and ha brought these wonderful things to pas since yesterday evening, when he fin showed himself here. He must hav known how we all longed for onr oli rightful master, for he spoke to us s that wc felt compelled to take u; scythe and spear for you as if It wer a necessary act, which had long beet decided upon, and oven the li es Ita tin. ones among us believed that it cou! not be otherwise. Then the storm bell rang, the battle fires flared up on th mountains, we assembled hastily ant were as hastily organized lu flghtin; array by the young champion ant marvelously Inspired by his -.speech Wo swarmed up awl down throng] tlie valleys wherever the ba rou's rc .talliers wore to be seen. Finally w stormed the castle, and the baron, h desperation, fell on his sword. Th young conqueror led us toward yoi until we had nearly reached here, thei ho galloped back to the castle to mak ready for your reception. If you wll t#e pleased to let us escort you t hit hoi we have with us three gentle, wei broken horses froui your own stable for you and our noble indy and th gracious damsel DJotwlna." Thc old nobleman blessed his bravt faithful people with wide, outstretel ed arms. Tho horses Were led fortl thcr* three were lifted Into the saddle and the journey to the castle w;;s lu gun amid great rejoicing. Thc old peasant walked beside hi master's horse and told of thc night battle and thc marvelous feats of Biel ard. As I-.euth.oId heard with ovc Increasing wonder and admiration th many divers instances of his nephew1 magnanimity, general .-mip and hen Vf. i V ' .>.'? ; ? ; '*. .'* -. .,''. ism, ms noun* ut-arc was so owroo? iug with grateful enthusiasm that ho cried out loudly, so that the whole hand heard: "Now by my knightly troth aud hon or, 1 swear that our brave deliverer shall have tho most precious thing that I know upon this earth, and that is ray fair niece Diotwlna! She ls hereby betrothed to him lief ore God and mau!" Ile had stretched out Ids right hand toward heaven as if takln? a solemn oath. The procession halted in amaze ment and looked at the impetuous old man. but his wife was deathly pale. and nt length she said sadly: "Husband, husband, what have you doue? How can this fatal rashness be found with hair so White? Look around you and see where we stand. Yonder ls the chapel within which nur only son sleeps, and you have just an ? nulled Diotwiim's solemn vow to live and die the pure betrothed of our Sige bald. Which oath shall now be broken? Hers or yours?" The old night's head sank upon his breast, anti lie sighed "lt is ever tints! Heaven confers its most precious gilts, and tuan in Ids un bridled delight uses them to ids ruin!" The whole band regarded their dis tressed master sorrowfully. Thea Di otWhui opened her lovely lips in ;\ smile like thai of an angel aud said: I "Father and mother, do not grieve. 1 th.iu!; our oaths an* not : ? conliictiug as you imagine." And. turning tau ard the i ld pea saut, she continued: "How do you know that your lender of last night was Hiobiird?" "In Cod's name, gracious lady, who else could it be?" rep!Uni the old niau, "ne wore the colors ol' oftr master's house, anti Its arms were on his scarf timi shield. Fven his spi it'll and mini ner ant] way of riding were like our lo: " Aud he cried out the family li:: s.: a mighty batt leery every time thal bu charged the enemy's ranks. Indeed, he told us that we were light ing uuder a shoot of the true stock. . Who. then, could lt have ln/ou but Sir Richard? Though, in truth, no one saw his features, for he kept his visor down." j ' Then let me tell what happened to j me last night." said Diotwina in a j clear voice, "and give careful heed to what I say. for I speak the pure truth as a pure maiden should. 1 stood at my window, and my tears fell upou a beautiful myrtle bush which lu former happy days i had intcuded for my bridal wreath. Now lt hod reached the fullness of its beauty, but the feast which it should have graced was never to bc. I was Interruptetl in this and other like thoughts by a slight uoise outside the door of my room. I could distinctly lutar some one coming up the little stairway with soft, light steps, but With clanking spurs, and, as father and mother had long siuce goue to bed, 1 was afraid. Then the door was pushed half open anti an arm in cased in steel was thrust inside my room, holding a scar." which 1 had em broidered for my betrothed and which was laid iu the collin with him. Then Sigebald'? voice said : " 'It ls I. May I come In without frightening you to death?' "'In God's name!'/1 cried, trembling with fear and hope. "Then thc pale youth stepped slowly and gravely into the room, clad In armor, with raised visor. I knew thc dear features well, bat yet I had not the courage to gaze straight luto his helmet, so I do not know whether his eyes were fixed and hollow, like those a of a corpse, or glowing with tender love, as they were In life. "'Do yon still need the myrtle for your marriage day?* ho asked me kind ly. ) "I shook my head. j ?? 'Nevermore, truly?' j "I shook my bead again. ! " .Then/ he begged coaxingly, gentle and true hearted as he ever was in life, 'weave mo a wreath of victory of it, my dear little bride. For, see, lt is permitted me to accomplish the work j of revenge and deliverance in this pale, . earthly form, and when it is again laid in Its collin lt will take the wreath of victory with lt.' j "I bound and bouud deftly and twin ! cd all thc blossoms Into a beautiful wreath. My betrothed stood, sileut and patient, at the door. When I had finish ed, he knelt before ne. I set the wreath i on his helmet, and he rose, saying: " 'Do not be alarmed, dear love, if I you hear the din of battle in the val ' leys. God tins, given the victory into my hand/ "And then he took leave of mc, sc sweetly that all my fear vanished, and I I had to smile after him as I used tc do when he left mo for a merry joust. Only when ? heard him gallop away or his horse so fast and so eagerly inte the night did the terrer come over mc again. "Now you know who your deliverer was. dear, faithful people, and If you i will open tho chapel and the collin, as I pray you to do, the victor's wreath on the helmet of my betrothed will bear testimony to the truth of my words." \ The people looked at one another in doubt and silence. Thc suspicion rose In many minds that Dlotwlna's brain had been affected by the wonderful events of tho night, and perhaps aise by a terrible dream; but when they re called how calmly she had come ott) i of the cottage to meet them at thc edge of the wood there was no longoi j room for this, Idea, aud indeed thc i peasants remembered that their leader, ! after lie had assembled them, had j been missing for a space and had re t turned with a beautiful wreath crown lng his helmet. So it was done as Dio I' twina begged. The chapel was op?neu and thc dame, who was doubtful whether the bones of her precious tleatl ! ought to bo exposed to view so tinda ? clously, was satisfied by the peasants' promise to keep guard at tin? tomb un j til the door and lock were made fasi again. But when lt was seen whai powerful resistance the rusted door of fered, belief in the apparition scemex! crushed to death In every heart by thc weight of the material world. Onlj Diotwina smiled confidently and await ed the proof ot her words. Back rolled the cover of the collin and there, with a smile upon his lips lay thc young hero in full armor, th< visor raised and upon his head ile wreath of victory made of the niyrtlt bush of his betrothed. Then all stint upon their knees and praised God. Diotwina found her happiness in ful filling her own and her uncle's vow SEO remained thc faithful betTotlirsI o^ '.*? ?V, si " ... . * ?:cKY$v* i- -:- '" '.' ' ''.''?'/ uer tungin until tut* tiny or uer ueuui, living in a little cottage near the chapel. When Klchard did come home many years later and came luto the property, which the old people had left to him with their blessing, he enlarged tlie little house to a beautiful nunnery, under ' whose protection Slgcbold's chapel was loug revered as a place of sauctlty aud an object of many pil grimages.-Translated From the Ger man For Short Stories. The Yankee In iiormnuy. How does the Yuukcc look lu the Imagination of my countrymen? asks Professor Hugo Munsterherg lu The Atlantic. In the German language only three things are usually connected with the adjective Ameritan; the Gor mans speak of American stoves and mean a kind of stove which i have never seen in this country; secondly. ' they speak of American duels, and mean a crazy type of duel which was certainly never fought on this conti nent, and. thirdly, they speak of Amer ican humbug and mean by it that kind of humbug which nourishes in Berlin just as in Chicago. Hut tin* American mau is of course very well known. Ile is a haggard creature, with vulgar tastes and brutal manners, who drinks whisky and chews tobacco, spits, lights, pms his feet ott Hie ?aid.- and habitually rushes along In wild haste, absorbed by a greedy desire for the dollars of Ids neighbors, ll?- does not care for'edu cation or art. for the publie welfare or for justice, except so far as they inonu' money lo him. t'?irrr.pt from lop l ? ?'tie, he buys loglskith ti ami < nurla aud gov ernment, anti when he wants fun he lynches Innocent mcgrees lu Mallison square in New York, or in thc Itostou Public garden. He has his family home usually i:i a skyscraper of 2-1 stories; hts business is founded ?ni mis leading advertisements; his newspa pers are Ulled with accounts of mur ders and Ilia churches with hypocrites. I Don't Worry AI>oat Salarlo*. "What salaries arc paid m tllfl'ereut business callings is a question often asked by young men and one which joems to eater luto their deliberations as a qualifying factor as to whether ? they shall cuter certain trades or pro- j fessions," writes Edward Bok lu The Ladles' Home Journal. "I never could ; quite see the point of this nor the rea- j sou for it. What are the salaries which are paid to others to you or to mo? i They signify nothing. If the highest salary paid to the foremost man iu a j certalu profession Is ? 10.000 a year, what does lt prove or signify? Then? is no obstacle to some one's else going into that same profession and earning $20.000. The Ilrst step in going into business ls to Hud out not which spe cial line is most profitable, but which linc you are most interested in and are best titted for. Then drive ahead, and the salary will take care of Itself, i When a young man thinks too much ? of lils salary, it is pretty good proof ! that he is not of very superior make. 1 Ability commands income. But you must start with ability, not with sal ? ary." !><> Planta Thinkt A well known botanist propounds the question, "Have plants the power of reason or any way of determining what is golug on around them?" The question, though he admits it appears rather fantastic, is prompted by ob servations he made a few weeks ago. His daughter was tending a morning glory vine at home, when a delicate tendril reached out toward, a nail in the casing. The botanist proceeds: "She marked the position of the ten dril with a pencil on the wood and then shifted the nail about nn inch lower. Next day the little feeler had deflected itself very noticeably and was sgain heading for the nail. "The marking and shifting were re peated four or live times, always with the same result, and Anally one night thc tendril, which had grown consider ably, managed to reach the coveted support, and we found it coiled tightly around lt."' Other little experiments of a similar nature are put forward in support of tho botaulst'3 theory.-London Mall. A Umteball IIIM Toniliilouc. The grave of William A. Hulbert, at one time president of the old National Baseball league, Is marked with a tombstone in the shape of a baseball. When Mr. Hulbert died, in 1882, some of lils old associates set about to show their love and respect for him, and the result was the monument in Grace land cemetery. Chicago. Thc baseball ls made of red granite, about 20 Inches In diameter, showing thc seams as they appear upon the balls used ia the regulatlou games. Across thc top appears in raised let ters, "W. A. Hulbert, President Na tional League, P. B. B. C., 1876, 1882." On one side appear thc names of four clubs in the old League-Boston, Provi dence, Worcester and Troy-and on thc other those of the other four-Chicago, Cleveland, Buffalo and Detroit. Also there is a headstone of white marble, upon which appears the name, together with thc date Of birth, Oct 23, 1832, anti the date of death. April 10. 1882. Thc Comiaotlorc'n Sentiment*. lt was "lathes' day" at the yacht club, and a crusty old member who hates a crowd and a fuss was watch ing one of the club servants paint thc "welcome board." He painted a pic ture of a yacht clubman, with a broad, happy grin dividing Ids face from cat to ear. Then he put these words be neath, "This is u pretty big board, but if we wert; lo tell you how glad wo are that ladies' day has come again wo would nccdrn hoard three times ns big as this one." "Huh!" grunted thc erusty member as tho man put tho last curlycue to the lost lotter. "What, makes you say that?" "Well, slr, tho commodore -aid wt might as well tell a good ot. i whl! we were about it," said tho man, touching his cap.-Now York News. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Sitrnaturo ot* k VERY HOT PATIENT. HE LIKEWISE WAS A MAN WITH A VERY QUEER TASTE. The Mufxular Cane of n tUcatua Who Wan I? Ciocttl llciiltli Apparently While (he Thermometer Ileiflstcr ed Hin Temperature nt 125. "There aro any number of malingerers in town." bogan tho attending physi cian at an oast side hospital. "Tiley have thc ability to feign diseases, throw lits on the snoot, got picket] up by tho ambulance and sometimes they impose upon thu house physician and the nurses and arr allowed to stay a little while iu a hospital. I knew of ono limn who w:is really an expert at the business. Hu puzzled the doctors ami lived for the greater ixirt of three yours :it various hospitals. I was ono of his dupes. '1 had hurry call t" a house ?nt Se? omi avenue, (itt the second door I fourni my man ly Int; unconscious, with blood open his month. 1 .Vb his [Milse and found there wasn't anything un usual about (lint. Then, in U ming off his clothes to make :i hurried < xa minn lion. I found thal his ribs on tl ?- left side were .til pash ;i np willi <-:>-.n-t plaster, in strips, just a-; it tty dui tot" ivoul ! >: \ up broken rib ?. ".That's when- ii.-- i I. un i conies from.- l said al once, 'imo of iiie fracture?! ribs Uss slippod and pune tated the liing." "I !::.:t spnielhl?lg lo i'ipp thc bloed?p.'? and a hypodermic !?J< lon lo 1 vim; him out. anti ?neu 1 hound u;> un | open bruise 1 discovered on lils elbow. While iv was reeoyer'.-'ig- consciousness i i tink lils tenipersltirr and I fuuiid i; ! away t:p IOS and lt . .sow. j jip tau . m;il temp?r?t ur?! of :: hrm.'ui being bi J PS.I. In Ihe worse >.:i*es pf pnr;; mniiin we don't ex peel i" liml it over i O?. .Must then Hu1 man came lo and Irlod to make np' understand what hail hap pened lo him. 1 got II Cicrman lu trun across the hall to Interpret. The pa tient said he had fallen through nu opeu hatch on a schooner bound from Baltimore to Now York about a month ago; that he had been attended by a physician on his arrival hore and had ?ot alon? all righi until now when he had suddenly collapsed. I UH tem perature showed mo that 1 had a seri* ons case on my hands, though 1 couldn't tell for the life of me what was the matter with bim. "1 hurried him Into tho hospital, put him to bod and explained the extraor dinary feature of bis case to tho 'house.' The 'house' took his tempera ture again, lind it was 111! Then we drugged him and drugged him and gave his feet cold bal hs and took hid temperature again, lt lind run up in Hil. Anti there didn't seem to he any thing Hie matter with him outside of that. -"-Everybody in the hospital gol tn talking about the case. When the 'at tending' wont through the ward tho 'house' hurried him by that CJ erma ll. He didn't want to confess thal lie wai staggered. The patient didn't grow any worse. He maintained a constant ly high temperature anywhere between 110 and 125, nut! we kept up the drugs and the cold foot baths. "One day the 'attending' noticed the case and asked how long that man was going to be kept In bed to cure a sore elbow. Then the nurse told him. 'Take his temperature,' said the 'attending.' "Tho nurse put the thermometer in thc man's mouth uuder thc tongue mri the doctor watched narrowly. All of a sudden lie walked up to the bed. 'Got out of here! Oct up and dress and don't let me sec you again,' he said sternly to the patient. "Ami in lin If an hour the mun was out on the sidewalk. You see that doctor was an older man thun any of us. He saw the man wns faking, that he manipulated the thermometer In his mouth so that by friction he could run it up as high as he pleased. "The next ?lay this same man was picked up on the street and taken to another hospital, and the same doctor who was attending at bulli places caught him there tho very lirst thing. For three years 1 heard of that (.?or inan, off and on, always with the same patched ribs, sore elbow and extraor dinary temperature. Why. one doctor up in Connecticut wrote a paper for ti medical review in which he said he had found a man apparently in normal health with a temperature of 1'57! lt was our malingerer. "It couldn't have been uuy fun ei ther. Tho doctors were always at hint with hypodermics, cold water und so on. He had a queer taste."-New York Commercial Advertiser. Xatar^o Color Box. Onions, from leeks to Bermudas, arc bleaching to tho skin, and so are lem ons, asparagus and celery. Spinach is the broom of the stomach, as tho French say, and sorrel, In soup of pu ree, as they cook it lu the provinces and at. the students' restaurants in the Latin quarter, is a great beautifier. Dandelion, lettuce and all the salads will bring out tho red and white tints of the skin. Beets, carrots, tomatoes, strawber ries, rasplierrios, cherries and black berries are red und .blooduinkiug, de veloping infantile loveliness in cheeks and Hps if eaten, not now and then, but three times a day. This is the fruit cure or garden of Eden break fast, and II will be remembered that Eve had no patent medici ne?--, cosmet ics or doctors. Pineapple is good for the stomach and air passages.' Bice, nil cereals and while vegetables, snell an cauliflower and parsnips, are whilesoine. But pickles and pie crust, hot cakes and too many sweets will make ono look pasty, because they lack tin; acids and salts which nature needs to cleanse her machinery. Oil she must have, too, lrom the olive and nut. to keep tho internal wheels revolving. - What man has done woman thinks she can improve upon. - Imposition is the only position some people over attain. - Popularity often makes a man believe what isn't true. - The hungry mendicant prefers thc cold ham to tho cold shoulder. - Some-men show good judgment by chowing a laek of self-confidence. Thc most expensive things ono acquires are those purchased below cost. -p "Oue ttl a Tl un*, if Y?u Please." Ono dark and rainy winter'? night I the writer was ordered to carry food to ? thc oien in the tronchen. A team was hitched up, und with a loaded wagon and driver we started out. Every challenge was made with the least noise, as tho enemy were only a few rods in front. "Hilt, dismount and give the countersign!" caine at every thirty paces. I? was routh on my teamster, ivho was rheumatic and cold. However, we mado the trip, ?mil halt ed at a cavalry post. Major-, a ! very paladin for courage and strengt li. had rolled in my blanket l'or a snoo/.e; he had driven tho enemy with slatigh- : 1er that ?lay. My Jell ll begin tore . cite Itis annoyances thus: ''(Joss ilie ', darned infantry, they made me hilt ! dismount and give the eouuter.-ign till j I Wits weary ami larri fy wid their f? d- i ?.s?meos. A roar followed from the ; couriers. At ?ln> ut 'inenta trim stall' ! ofliecr of a (Jener.il who had lost un ann. put m his say so: "I ray. hold that noise: i he ( Jem r il ?v.tht.s to rest: don't lei tue i.e..r any tu r . of it.' i Stn!': had lia rd I i mi1 uno ?i irk ness I before dell tl li ? i<? hi- oui Svory. lt! \y:is folly ld Irv lo keep hick lite j Liligi:. A reCOlld olll.b:li -I . ;||id ?I Sf!C: ! .n:ii eui ty . ?' t !... -i ,!!. 1 I ? ir i II ' Pd] 1 11e.i order . ou t ?top i his imis-V j VV JlO is i ti? lIMl i Ve ililli ?li rest od ! ': .inst thc?, hS 'Ollie ?i?r:i'ti?e e .-id -nt. : a donkey put his .! ni tri! sunni m . our lire, and Happing Ins ear-, lirgau i his unmistakable bray, .lehn punni-d to hts feet, and sinking hi- ll - t al tin j donkey, said: "Oneal a tune, it' you I please!" Stall hit amid a btlisl of laughter, as Major (iUc prii ce of soldiers) rolled over and over with my blanket, trying to restrain a big laugh.- Lost Cause. Copartnership Dissolution, nPHK copartnership her? oforoexisting JL between Luther ?". Bighv and I. Waller fox. uiidnr thu linn nat no of Big by ?tr. fox, at l"?;i/.'?r, S. C., ?VHS IIIHHOIVWI on .Iiov ls-, IH?51, nv miitiiHl eonsont. All iiceount?, A?., duo tho linn to tn? paid t . 1,inlier S. Blghy, who HUD HH-UIMOS tho liabilities of the linn ami contin?en the gnu oral merohundi?*? hiiMimmx. LUTHEK H BlOBY. 1. WA LT Kit CHX. Sept '_!7, I Still IJ :t LAND SALE. MOR li Land th in 1 need. Will sell in largo pr MUIHII loin. Land frosh, productive, wall limbered ami hu.?? M ell. Conimumty htuillliful, pon?, cold water, good citizens, good roads, sebo*>!H anti eh undies. I. iminiinlenti? with W. !.. ?SM ITU, lia, Madison CO., ila. .Inly is, IS'.?!? J o Valuable Plantation for Sale. Y rf yt ACRE**, more or lens, on Be.a JL ? "tal verdun) Cre*<k. in u high ututo of cultivation. SM) acres bottom lum), Iii) lu pinn IVUIIIIH, l l in pasture, 100 io (Mitton hind. :t houses on lt. 1* maded by Hov. Ueorgo Rodgors, A. RI. Guyton Hnd nth ?ry. Will sell on easy torios. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. For fur ther particulars apply to M. Berry Wil liams, Guvton.S. C., or MISS LIZZIE WILLIAMS, Anderson, P. C. _JulyJ2^LS?iii a Desirable Plantation for Sale. ABOUT .100 acres of Land, on Three and Twenty Creek, two and one half miles east o." Pendleton, oo tho road lending to Pelzor, ia ottered for sale. There aro shout 26 ac ros of bottom lund. Tho place is well watered and well adapted to stock-ralBlng, and has between 50 and 75 aerea of forests. For farther information apply to J. MILKS PIOKBNS, S-.'im Pendleton, S C. Notice to Teachers & Trustees. ARegular Examination for bu th white anti colored teaehers wi il bo hold on Friday, Oct. 13. Under lim rules of thoKtnto Board of Education certilieatos of teachers who did not attend the Stimuler Normal -can not be ronowed. if your certificate expires before ttio next Spring (anni mit ion, this will bo your only opportunity to secure a cor Ui cate. Trustees are forbidden by tho school law toeinplo3r teachers who have no cer tilieato, and a teacher who ls omployed without a certif?catela in danger of losing bia pay. Tim examination will begin promptly at PH. m. ?nd all applicants uro ordered to be hereat that hour. Trustees who havo not already doue HO are requested to forward their annual report io mo at tinco, as my report to tho State Supt. mu?t be completed at an early date. IL K NICHOLSON, Co.Sup't. Valuable Lands for Sale. WE oiler for Bale the following Tracts or Land : 1st. Tho Hopkins Tract, situate in Pich ona County, containing two hundred sores, more or lesa. 2d. The G. W. Miller Tract, containing one hundred and twonty-four aeres, moro or less. This Tract bas upou it a good Mill oed Gin. r>d. All that part of the Homo Tract of br. IL C. Miller, lying in Anderson County, being eighty acres, more or les?. These throe Tracts of Land lio on tho waters of Eighteen Mile Creek, respec tively, within om* and a half to three miles of the towns of Pendleton, Clemson Col lego and Central on the .Southern IL K. These Linds oro finely wo'idod, with uplands and low lands in cultivation. For further partioulftta apply to JUN. T. Hunter, Pendleton, S. C., or lohn 'i\ Taylor, on th? premises. W. W. NJMoNS, CA KUI E T. SIMONS, KKSSIK E. HuOK, Kx?o. E?t. Dr. IL C. Milter \ og :W, IS!)!? pi ."on Drs. Strickland & King, % 13 JGIV TI Ss TH. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. *E?T" Gas ant? Cocaine used for Extract ing Teeth. NOTICE FINAL SETTLEMENT. Tl e undersigned, Administratrix ol tho Estate ol .lohn M. Hnli. deceased, bercbv g:\is notice thal .she will on the .JSth "day of October, 1S99, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of sahl Estate, natl a discharge from her office as Administra trix COBA If ALL. A lint x. Sept. _'T, I'OJi lt V I>. S. ANIM VICK E I'. VANDIVKB V?NDIVER BR0l& MAJOR. Dl'MLKHS TN Fide Buggies, Phaetons, Surreys, Wagons, Harness Lap Hobes and Whips, A KE HI I hoir el?x*iM now lioponitory . .ver Vandiver Bro*. Store Between Masonic Hell and New Bank. tr you in-o.l anything in our lino we 1 KV? th?' (ioocly, tin? guarantee ami the [.r . e t pl faa?. \V?M 11 i e 111 v -pproelste all the trade giv HII II . uni aro trying to give tho very beni It icuifs that can h? sold for the il'ic... \ IM. M lot of Now, CIICMP I'uggiPi ? 'M iinM.i. Tun j .rift? viii poni lively mr prim? you. Vi nra for I loggie*. VANt>ivici: 1 titos. & MAJ?K. TAX NOTICE. '.Hi; lu.-ks :or lin? ? .i! -i :.i?; ..' Stat??. Schon anil iv.atity lus will ia- . . i mun ile;, uah 1 ss J .. II iii ?. i ? .ii. T u-\ i .... ..i:vi', ami for Hu? ronvt'itieiiC'i el iii" ii\..ij.'r I i>. ? . ?Hort ix tile ful MA ini; |.l II Ili-lci ft Ci .tn li i lc; :. ? ?11?. 12 S .Iii?, vi. iii lin", ril l i', ii.-; ?.| ; ;,. . i Mi M y, <.<.! I. 'J lu IS !.. i li' lui" 11 -I. ".!, !. Iii t.i . : ! Pu I in-ill', iv. il n-il.iy, N.iv. i. y I..\: x V ?/. I . I'll .1 li?) . N??\ . . S lu I . . i:. W.H.. t m (. inlay, Wjiv a, 9 ut Vi .tel nek. Iti-ii.Hi I'inl/ v. Nov ,i, i:li t<i :i.ii oY.liHk. ll.li t*. Mi 'I . . . ;.M . :. 7 ti i<> ... .?vi..<-k .Sis liv Wi il ,. I v N'IIV . I'IMi.i ?{I? < ll .1 .1 il.. I 1,11 I tr '. nj li. J i.V ..rs l'.iwiivli , ir-i.?. i :> in <.: SI ii W !. ... . 1111 v. S ?? J . I '. i i ? i ;.. ii Met ill. M "H i v |' '". lu II :: ir. ? \lll-l Hiv? !."..li N w .'i , .? tir.* -?Hie . wi i I. ? II 11 l: ?I . I , . ?.ill.iiv.-?: ,;.if.. |as .- iain,*.. . I'llillU y I V?u : V . . . " i i Vii iii iin.iii.il Arilin?! . ; Pu .1 . Uliail <. ! I'.i ,? I ctlU-lllll-'lS . 1 . ill iiin.s-.- rtinl ,i;it. : Tola!. ll .l-'.ii iiii-.,1 >\y I.I" a mill ? jins ii. r)i ta.-t.ili- Uti li m-i-i -1 i Dist i-le? |I?I hu .1 jin rpo >?-... mi'.. in I ii. I i v . ni th ?I tl ?Ul ftc! li. nulls lt. - >; . i .II - II ni !.>:> r. ijuircH ttll irali'H b?. (?<.. ;i I? my IUKI HX'V ye?r.-in? age, **$.".*'? i ION in. I,. .1.'?- .>! .-.ir lui; :i MI,.port li oat being II. :li lilli, ..r ll.MU o li.? r l-.UI.l-, ?mil tilo?.- min .-. 1.. I ni tin. ? ir li..|*ien thu Suites, t?> pay i (>?.! tax ?'! min ?I.iliac. .v I nii> j.. ..>... ! 'Im ages of eigbttieu . cl lif. year*, wiio nr.- ult .. to w irk roads or cans-1 nein in im u.iiki-l. except school trustees pri-ut ll.-r* ?vim h?v<-el? ngu of cooyr gal ion?i, omi pi-isuii. wliu :.-i ...1 in ila? war li'-twcttii I be lit Aten HM- lUb i- tn .i.? road limy, inn! .ii lieu ol work muy pay it I,ix nf uiie il i il? ar, tu lu- collected al thu mimo t mi.- the ol ht? r laxen H vd i ullcct. il J. M. PAY NIC, County TrottMurer. W. G. McGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE- -ront ii joni, over Farmers und Me chant?. Hank ANDERSON, S. C. !.>..? ? 1KHK 33 NOW is the time to have your Buggy Revarnished, Repainted, and new Axle Points fitted on. We have the best Wagon Skeins on the market. All kinds of Filth Wheels and Dashes. Headquarters for Carriage, 'Buggy and Wagon Repairs. PAUL E. STEPHENS. DR. J. H. BURGESS, DENTIST. IN Pendleton every Monday, Taos ii ay and Wednesday. At Clemson College overy Thursday Fridav and Saturday. April 20,18?9_44_6m * Notice of Final Settlement. TUB nndorRl??n?d, Administrator of tho Kstate of Martin liurrisH, deceased, herehy given notico that he will on tho 7th day of October, ISO!?, apply to the Judge of Prolate for AodHrson County, H. C., for a Final Settlement of mid Es tate, and a discharge from his office-.as Administrator JAMES HURKISS, Ad mr. SepUi, 28911 ll Jj THE STATE OF LdUTH CAROLINA, COUNT? OP ANOEKSON COURT OF COSIMOS PLEAS. G. If.Mahon, PUintlfl" agatina Mis. T?XIO Auna Starling unil Mm. ("ora Litton, IVfondantB - Suiiiinoin for Kc lief-Com ulai ut S.?r?t-d. To tho Defendants M ra. Tcxlj Anna Sterling and M ra. Cora Llgon : YOU aro hereby summoned und rciiuired to an swer tin- Complaint in this action, of which a U4py is herewith MT vi tl upon . on, and to acrvo a coj>y of your answer to tin- mul rmonlulut on tho cubieriber? at their odien, AndenV?n Court ltouKO, South Carolina, within twenty days afiter the Korvlco hereof, exclusivo of the day of andi service; and if you foil to answer tho . otnplalnt within the time aforesaid, tho Plaintiff In Ulta action will apply lo tho Court for the relief dn manded in tho Complaint. Dated Anderson, 8. r., August 19, A D., 1800. BONHAM A VVATKI^S, PlaiuthTa Ai to moy. [8KAL ] Jous C. WATi?ni8, c. c. c. r. To the aW-nt Defendant, Ur?. T?xle Ass? Ster Ung: You will take notico that tho Complaint In thin action wa? oled tn tha office cf tho Ciork of tba Court of said County oa the 19th day of August. 1H?9. I'.OMUAU A WATKIK8, PlalnUff'a Attornewu. August 'M. 1699 HI_6 CHARLESTON AMD WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA AMIAMDBTILLB SHOUT UM B Ia effect July 23,1899. 140 pm ? io pm 5 511 am 10 IS am i.v Augusta..I 9 40 nm Ar Groen wood.. ll 60 am Ar Anderson.!. Ar Laurens. 120 pm Ar OrcenYlllo. r. 00 pm Ar (Ut-nu "pr'ng-.i.? 4 05 pm Ar Hjiartanburi;.^. 10 pin Ar Saluda.. 5 fa pm Ar llebdereonviilti.i WI pin Ar Asheville.! 7 00 pm i.v Ashcvillo. a 2S am LT Spartan buri;. n .ii ?:n l,T Glenn Spring.j l.Hm uai LY Greenville.... 12 01 mu I.v Li:un;j.. | 1 07 fia IJV Anderdon. L v G r ev n wood.t.I '- S7 pm i. Ar Augusta....,.I RIO pm ll 10 am LY Calhoun lulis.: t < i pm Ar Raleigh.; 2 ic au Ar Norfolk. 7 30 G I. Ar rotorstiur;;. 6 00 un Ar ?:lo.hmnnd.1 K 15 am . ; 40 r ni 1 n'J pia 7 CO pia 7 00 at.i 1 ?10 pm 3 10 pm 3 55 pm 4 20 pm 5 20 pm 5 3.1 pta r CO pm 7 30 pu LT Charleston.-....t.I 23 am Lv Augusta. Ar Alleudttlo. Ar Fairfax. Ar Vomas?eo. Ar Beaufort. Ar Port Boy al. Ar Savannah.1 Ar Charleston.-.1 io (A am tl Ham U SO am Lr Port noy al. Lv Beaufort. Lv Yemasseo... Lv Fairfax. Lv Allendale.. Ar Aucmsta. 1 00 pm 1 ir- pm 2 SO jun r> cn aia 7 20 am 8 20 am 9 30 am ') 3!5 ai.i ll J? p.r-i Closo i-rnnectloa at Calhoun Fall* lor Allions Atlanta tad all poiuU on 8. A. L. Closa coanccllon at Au^iuta :"-?r Char!esti 1 S.aTanu&h and all pointu. Cliyoconnections at Groontvnod for all point. 1 . . S. A. I.., and C. All. Railwuy. an-1 al Spart anfcu r? with so.-.thern Railway. For any Information r, '..\ . -. . to ticket?, rate? c :hedale, etc., nddreea W. J. CRAIG, Gen. Psss. Ag?? t, Attg??! ?i,G ft L". M. Worth,Sol. Atfrnt. T. V. Knienon Tm'.f.c Manf.irer