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BILL ARP: Bill J^rp Oets Left ITailed to "v -ri ria nw Cc Left, loft, left! That is an ominous Kord-I don't like it. Last Friday night I closed my mission down in Alabama-a most delightful week with balmy weather, moonlight nights and peoplo to cheer mo. I retired I happy to dream of home and thc little grandchildren and the light that would be shining in the wiudow for me on Saturday night. Tho porter was to call mc up in time to take the 2 o'clock train for Chatta nooga, but alasl he did not do it, and I awoke to find that thc train had pass ed and I was left, left, left, Oh! thc misery of it. Shakespeare says that j there is no philosopher who can endure ' the toothache patiently, and I will add, j or being left by a train when far from | home. There is a goneness about it, for the train has gone. IThc next '"rain would not connect?t j Chattanooga and I would have to stay j there till another 2 o'clock in the moruiug. But all's well that ends veli. About daylight I reached my homo. All was still and silent. The coed old dog was lying at thc door and g-filly wagged his bushy tail. The door was locked, but thc window sash was not, and I raised it slowly and softly and was soon in the Bitting I roora, where there was a good comfort- j able sofa. I knew that the door to our family bedroom was locked, and I heard some faint, familiar nasal sounds that assured mc that all was well. The diagnose was right. In a few minutes I was asleep and playing on the har monican myself. My heavy bass echoed to the tenor in the other room and awakened one of the girls, who whispered: "Mamma, mamma, there is somebody in the frontroom." "It's your papa," said she. "I know his trombone-be still and let him sleep far I expect he is almost worn out." It was 8 o'clock when somebody kiss ed me while I was dreaming of thc soldier boys drilling and the officer said left, left, left at every step. Housing up, I received the family em braces, and two little children came running in and climbed all overmeaud made me happy-oh, it beats war, or politics, or a dog law, or anything. I was escorted into the dining-room to breakfast, and saw at a glance that thc room had been repapered with a tinted olive green paper and the bordering matched it beautifully. The doors to the parlor were wide open, and that room had been repapered, too, and was lovely. Somehow I neVer could make as much ado over pleasant surprises as my female folks expect, but I did my host, and have expressed my admira tion many times since. Bc ore I left they had talked about tho old paper that had gotten dirty and was falling off, and said that if I would get thc paper they would put it on, and I as sented. lam glad that I did, for if II had been at home they would have put the harness on me and made me wait upon them all day, for I am the boy. I met a mau down iu Alabama who said that my letters were demoralizing tho women of this country and putting new burdens on the men. "Why," said ho, "just look at mc-I am fifty five years old and weigh nigh on to 200 pounds, and my wife wanted mc to" climb up a step.-ladder yesterday aud lix the curtains back, and I told her I couldn't, and I wouldn't, for the lad der was old and rickety andi might fall and break my neck or somo of my arms and legs. Well, sir, she laugh ed and said: 'Bill Arp climbs ladder.-, for his wife; and plants flowers, and strawberries, and nurses the grand children, too.' Yes, said I, that's what ho writes, but I don't believe a word of it. Ho thinks that you women are going to be allowed to vote pretty soon and he is just fixing to be elected. Now, see here, Mr. Arp, I fought four years in that dogond old war, and now I am gcttin' old and fat, and I'm not gwine to climb ladders and tend the flower garden just because you do; that is, if you really do it, which I don't believe." And the good, jolly old old veteran laughed immensely. Next dayl made acquaintance with a conductor on the Alabama Great Southern and he eomforted me by say ing that my letters gave good example and good cheer and pictured what home ought to be. Said he; "Wehave nine children ot onr honse-all under age, aid my greatest pleasure is in meeting them when roy train is off, and io helping them and their mother to fight the battle of life and be contented and enjoy what we have got and be thank ful to God for his tender mercies. Running a train half a night and half a day is hard work, but I enjoy my family and my homo all the more when I get with them, and they are.all the gladder to* see me." 1 liko that man and that kind bf talk. When our people realiso that home is the best place on earth, and the mother is its deafest inmate, we will then have an ideal common S LETTER. -[Port jr ol' the Hotel Vake Him. institution. wealth. Coloridie says: "A mother is a mother still, The holiest thing alive." Lyttleton says: "Tho lo\er in the husband may ho lost But the wife is dearer than tho bride." All the great poets have paid tribute to the home and to thc mother, for home is not home without a mother. Of course there are many married women who are not mothers, and do not wish to be. With them children are in truders, and the pity is that their mothers had not been of similar mind. In New England aud fashionable Northern circles the maternal instinct has been smothered, and has gone into "innoxious desuetude" as Mr. Cleve land would say. And good, gentle Tom Howard said that a Bostou moth er wouldn't have but one or two chil dren, and she wouldn't have any if she didn't want an heir to inherit tho estate. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote a re markable letter two years ago on the decay of the maternal instinct in New England, and the great increase of di vorces and voluntary separations. Mary Brent Reid has recently pub lished an article on the same subject as applicable to France. She says that the fashionable women of the period won't even dress like women. They despise hips and try to hide them. They prefer to be as slim as race horses, aud to conceal every sign of a ma ternal form. Children are intruders, they say; and.if by chance they have any they are put out to nurse and to be reared by uomothcrly hands. What an awful picture this is-what a sad descent from the motherhood of our mothers-what a counterpart to the Saviour's teaching when he 6aid: "Suffer little children toc?me unto me, for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Nearly all the great men of thc world have beeu nursed by noble mothers, and it rejoices meto know that Mrs. Sarah Butts, of Brunswiek, has a book now in press with Lippencott that will rescue from oblivion the mothers of many of Georgia's greatandgoodmen. Wi,th her it has been a labor of love. How our biographers from Moses down have lauded the great men but paid small tribute to their mothers. But the highest heaven is reserved for them, and an eternal fame that will not pass away like that the great men acquire in this changeable world. Alas, poor Dewey; how soon did his garlands wither. But wo still have Schley and Brumby and Hobson left, and a host of lesser lights that illumi nate tho Southern sky. BILL ARP. Blood Poison aud Cancer Cured by B.B.B. Trial bottle sent Free. Deadly Cancer of the face, neck, legs, lip, eating cancer or sores, cured by B. B. B.-Botanic Blood Balm. B. B. B cures by driving the deadly, virulent poisou, which causes cancer, out of tho blood. This is tho only cure and B. B. B. is the ouly remedy that can do this. In the same way B. B. B. cures Blood Poison whether inherited or acquired, produoing ul cers, painful swellings, blothes, pim ples, ?opper-colored spots, falling of the hair, sores in the throat or tongue, scrofula. B. B. B. has made hundreds of permanent cures, and is a thor oughly tested, powerful Blood Remo dy. Cures where ail else fails. Test ed for 30 years. To prove its earative powers we send a sample bottle freo to auy one who writes for it. Large bottles for sale by all druggists for SI, or G bottles (full treatment) $1. For sample bottle address Blood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. - When a girl is entertaining a young man in the front parlor-that's capital. But when she has to half sole his trousers after marriage-that's labor. My son has been troubled for many years with chronic diarrhoea- Some time ago I persuaded him to take some of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After using two bottles of the 25-cent size he was eured. I give this testimonial hoping some one similarly afflicted may read it and be benefited.-THOMAS C. BOW ER, Glencoe, O. For sale by Hill Orr Drug Co. - The remains of a gigautio pre historic animal, which naturalists at Santa Ge, N. M., are unable to class ify, has been found at Tesuque. Its upper jsw consisto of twenty layers of bones overlapping each other, each provided with twelve teeth like hu man molars. As a cure for rheumatism Chamber lain's Pain Balm is gaining a wide reputation. D. B. Johnston, of Rich mond, Ind., has been troubled with that ailment since 1862. In speaking of it he says: "I never found any thing that would relieve me until I nsod Chamberlain's Pain Balm. It aot3 like magic with me. My foot was swollen and paining me very much, but one good application of Pain Balm relieved me. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. - "Do you suppose your father will consent co our engagement, Cla rissa?" "I don't think he will; but we eec enjoy courting while he ie making ap his mind.'* W. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by tho ladies of tho W. C. T, L'. of Anderson, .S. C. My lindbergs Keeper. Kornaus 14:i:M.*>. HV KEV. THOMAS NI HLD. Oh, for the grace that wills to bear The burdens of a weaker brother! The grace that gladly shuns whate'er Might provo a pitfall to another. Though I should have a giant's might, To stand where weaker ones would s stumble,* I would not exercise my right, Hut walk in safety with the humble. Lord, save from tho weak conceit That scorns to practice self-denial, Lest my example tempt the feet Of others into deadly trial. Engrave the fact upon my heart Yen, every day engrave it deeper That I must act a brother's part, And so become my brother's keeper. -Herald and Presbyter. -* o ? Felt he was Stroug. A brilliant young man, thirty years ago., /as begiuning to form the habit of iudulgcuce in the wine cup. He kucw that other men were druukards, but ho felt that he himself was stroug and would never be anything but clear-eyed and strong of nerve and firm of flesh. The years went by. He bas had hon or and position. He bas become a drunkard with it all, and his honors have been for nothing. Whiskey and wine have done for him what thoy have done for all thc rest and what they will do for all who are foolish enough to be deceived by them. If he could, he would deter young men from following in his footsteps, but bc will not influence them. They will think of him simply as an old drunkard, and say that he was a fool not to have con trolled himself a little; and they will follow him ou to death.-Herald and Presbyter. -ie- - Wants None but Teetotalers. ID the Island of Anticosti, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, a Frenchman, M. Henri Monier, has established what is regarded as the largest private game reserve in the world He bought thc island, which is 140 miles long by 28 broad, for -32,000, or six cent? au acre, and then opened up negotiations with Canadian bunters and trappers for stockiug it with red deer, caribou, moose, beavers, and various speci mens of the American fox. M. Me uier ia also developing the agricultur al resources of his possession, and is encouraging people to go out and set tle on his property. These have to renounce alcoholic beverages, and be strict teetotalers.-League Journal. There are several persons in Los Angeles, Cal., engaged in the liquor business who never tasted intoxica ting liquor. They know the danger and avoid it, but arc unscrupulous enough to make money out of those who do not realize their position. The Russian Method. The Russian Government has adopt ed a somewhat drastic measure in or der to suppress drunkenness in St. Petersburg. It has taken away from twenty-five thousand shops the right to sell alcoholio liquors, and it has re placed these by five thousand estab lishments, placed under control of the State, and located at equal distances apart. These cstuMishmcnts are di roctcd by young women. Thc liquor is delivered in bottles, ?o which is af fixed a government mark. The con summer can obtain only one bottle in each shop, and if, when he visits an other establishrr ^ot, Jie shows the least sign of intoxication, no liquor will be rcrved out to him.-Belfast Witness. New Zealaud Drink Care. In New Zealand a man who drinks too much for his own good may be summoned before any justice of thc peace on complaint of any member of his family or other person interested. Witnesses are then heard, and if it can be proved that he "misspends, wastes and lessens his estate, general ly injures his health and endangers ind interrupts the peaco and happi ness of bis family," the magistrate will issue a written order to all deal ers within his jurisdiction forbidding them to furnish him with any intoxi cating liquors for a period of 12 months. There is hope for the tippler who will read a temperance paper. He is open to conviction. The constant dropping of water will wear away a stone. There is not a vice or a disease or a calamity of any kind that has not its frequent rise in the public house. __________ It takes bnt a minute to overcome tickling in the throat and to stop a cough by the use of One Minute 'Gough Cure. This remedy quickly euros all forma of throat and lung troubles. Harmless and pleasant to take. It prevents consumption. A famous specific for grippe and its after effects. Ivans Pharmacy. No Use For ('lolhrs. Capt. Fred G. Littlehales, of the ! British steamer Kurdistan, in port J with a cargo of nitrate from the west j coast of South America, gave an inter esting account of his long voyage, just completed to a reporter. The Kurdis tan is now in the Cramps' dry dock. The Kurdistan sailed in the .Spring of 1899 for Montevidear and thence in ballast proceeded through thc Straits of Magellan to the west coast. On July 20, the Kurdistan, after discharg ing at Montevideo, weighed auchor for Caronel. Capt. Littlehales had deter mined to go through the Straits of Ma gellan, both for thc reason that he might shorten his voyage aud avoid the stormy Cape Horn. To do so it was necessary to take on a pilot, and j this devolved upou an American named 1 Gaskiel, who was found out of work in i Montevideo and who was well acquaint- j ed with the southern extremity of | South America. Thc Kurdistan's run was a slow one. i Capt. Littlehales ha ? little cause to j hurry, and ho availed himself of the excellent opportunity afforded to j study those comparatively unknown ! recions. By far the most interesting experi enees occurred after pasing through thc Straits of Magellan and beading j up the west coast. Near thc southern ? extremity of Patagonia, on the Pacific side, are myriads of islands. Thcycx tend for several hundred miles up the coast, and are separated from the main land by a channel about twelve miles long. The Kurdistan would run in the daytime and anchor at night. The crew found that the islands were in habited by a wild set of savages, hith erto unrecorded in books of travel dealing with South America. The re markable feature about the latter is their immunity from cold. lt was lattitudc 51. south, that thc natives first came under thc observa tion of Capt. Littlehales. Ile told a reporter yesterday afternoon that at that time it was su cold that the spray was frozen on thc rigging. Never theless, despite this weather, tho na tive men were naked except for a loin cloth of fur. and all that the women wore was a long otter skin capo fasten ed around the shoulders. Both men and women were finely developed, al though rather short in Jtature. Their features were sharper and more intel ligent than those of the Esquimaux. Miss Annie E. Gunning, Tyre, Mich., says, "1 suffered a long time from dyspepsia; lost flesh and became very weak. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure completely cured me." It digests what you eat and cures all forms of stomach trouble, lt never fails to give immediate relief in thc worst cases. Evans Pharmacy. - Fancy his chagrin: Ile was writing to his girl and to his washer woman. Got the letters mixed. The latter was surprised at the sweet missive and the other-well how would she feel at reading, "If you don't quit wrinkling up my shirt bosom I'll try someone else." "One Minute Cough Cure is the best remedy I ever used for coughs and colds. It is unequalled for whooping cough. Children ali like it," writes H. N. Williams, Gentryvillc, Ind. Never fails. It is the only harmless remedy that gives immediate results. Cures coughs, colds, hoarse ness, croup, pneumonia, bronchitis and all throat and lung troubles. Its early use prevents consumption. - In the summer the Northern Hemisphere is turned more perpen dicularly toward the sun, hence it is warmer in summer than in winter, when that hemisphere is turned more sideways to thc nun. In the summer the earth is more distant from the sun than in wiuter. Mr. J. Slicer, Sedalia, Mo., saved his child's life by One Minute Cough Cure. Doctors had given her up to die with ??roup. It's an infallible cure fur coughs, colds, grippe, pneu monia, bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. Believes at once. Kvans Pharmacy. THE PL&CE FOR BICYCLES. SU Have your repairs done by tl and guarantee it. THOMSON MERCI ^RE WIDE OPEN FOR BUSINESS ii Between Masonic Temp And respectfully and earnestly invite you of Goods and get acquainted with their fully pay you for the lew feet you have to \ Wi? sre ??o?rtc: er??? by f?r the best S you more tor your money than anybody, this isn't a true statement. Splendid high-grade line of SHOE* GOODS. Get our pr loo* arui see if they ar? We are going to handle at. BOTTOM BAGGING aid TIES, BACON, LARD, PRICES. We h'ftrtllv appreciate your liberal tra appreciation for that trade. Come to are n lt more than ever before. You ?til And u Free City Delivery. Phone 75. Prom Yours gratefully, POSITIONS. POSITI OBTAINED readily after taking a cot Banking, Typewritings etc., at the Southern Shorthand and ATJLA.N1 Enter now. 8,000 Graduates. C?talo, sin? Took His Advire. A bashful youth in Harlem fell in love last summer at tho seashore .villi a girl from Cleveland, but he could never screw up coutage enough to pro pose. This caused him much anguish of soul and made thc girl despise him a little for a ninny. After vacation was over and they were separated, a novel fell into his hands, in which thc hero won his bride by making so brusque and offhand a proposal that it startled her intoconsenting before she had time to think. The Harlem man thought he would adopt that plan, so after much cogita tion and the writing of many letters, only to tear thom up at once, he evolved and sent her this: "Dear Girl: Let's get engaged." He con sidered that a masterpiece, until her answer, which was "Dear Boy: Took your advice last night. Got en gaged to Jack. Whom will you get engaged to?" Then he kicked that novel all around his room -Arie York Tr Hm tie. J. B. Clark, Peoria, 111., says, "Surgeons wanted to operate on me for piles, but 1 cured them with Bc Witt's Witch Hazel Salve." lt is in fallible for piles and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits. IO vans Phar macy. - "I understand there are some firms that always give a young em ploye a raise of salary when he mar ries," she said, "lt is a strange fact," replied tho cynical bachelor, "that there arc men so constituted that they enjoy encouraging other men to get into trouble." "I was nearly dead with dyspepsia, tried doctors, visited mineral springs, and grew worse. 1 used Kodol Dys pepsia Cure. That cured mc." lt digests what you eat. Cures indiges tion, sour stomach, heartburn and all forms of dyspepsia, l'.vaus Pharmacy. - Thc town of Lewis, England, has a woman grave digger, who has attend ed to all thc work in cemetery for 1?? years. Purify the sewers of the body and ptimulate the digestive organs to main tain health, streugth and energy. Prickly Ash Bitters is a tonic for thc kidneys, liver, stomach and bowels. Por sale by Evans Pharmacy. - A herring weighing six or seven ounces is provided with about 1511,0 00 eggs. Constipation leads to liver trouble, and torpid liver to Bright's disease. Prickly Ash Bittern is a certain cure at any stage of thc disorder. Sold by Fi\aus Pharmacy. - Nothing hurts a dignified man more than to have a nonentity cali him by his first namo. KAMNOL HEADACHE, ( I NEURALGIA, 1 LA GRIPPE. 5 Relieves all pain. 2 25c. all Druggists, i Drs. Strickland & King, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. \ytf (las ind Cocain? used for Extract i m T???*". .i NDRIES, ETC. tem. They do first-class work, CYCLE WORKS, THE BICYCLE PEOPLE. rIANTS, u their elegant New Store-room ile and thc New Bank, toeall and seo them, inspaot their Stock way of doing business. We promise t) val li otr the Square to ?et to us. _ trink "-c bavd ?v?i" carried, and promise We mean business. Try UH and see if }, BOOTS, HAT.? and STAPLE DRY ? not right. PRICES, COHN, OATS, BRAN. HAY, and other Hea*ry Goods, at SELLING ide in the psst, and promise to show our s in our new place. We will appreciate s oleely quartered, ptness in every thin-;. VANDIVER BROS. ONS. POSITIONS ! trae la Book-keeping, Shorthand, 1 Business University, JA, Gr A. gae Free. J WEAK: KBDIW E VS arc dangerous ^??^.l # are favorable" to thc appearance of Bright's ?iSeaSG* W I Prickly Ash Bitters I $h Hea,s thc Kidneys. Cleanses and regulates 3? ?m the Liver- Strengthens thc digestion and W M removes constipated conditions in the Bowels. M k? - .- # IT IS TOUR MEDICINES i\ ONE. A SYSTEM TONIC PAR-EXCELLENCE. ^ #- ?0 ^ PMCE 51-00 PER BOTTLE. PREPARED BY PRICKLY ASII BITTERS CO. ?ta ^ 80LOHY AI.|,nnni(JISTfl rfrt* EVANS PHARMACY, Stoecial Afrits. Are You ? LOOKING FOR K fl fl h fl I THIS WEEK? If so, wc have all kinds of Bargains in all Departments. FOR this week and next week we will give you CUT PRICKS ou CAPES, JACKETS, BLANKETS, HEAVY GOODS. In fact, wc give you special prices mi everything, and you can't afford to look over these prices If you buy your ORESS GOODS, Tit IM M I XtiS and MILLINERY From us we give you only the latest styles. A splendid lino of FRINGES, FURS, etc., in Trimmings. We have un entire new line .d' UNDERWEAR, FLANNELS, and Winter Goods of all kinds. Shoes for KverylDody, And at {?rices never heard of before. OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT Is complete. Call in und see us before buying. Your? truly, MOORE, ACKER & CO., HAST SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE-COKNEK STORE. Free City Delivery. JOHN A. HAYES Sells HYNDS' Home-mad* SHOES-Home-made Leather, Honest Work, Honest Loather, Honest Prices. rfi^HIC larg'-st Shoo Factory and Tannery Soutb. Tho BEST SHOES nmdo in tho j. \ 'oral. Tho only combined Sin?? Factory and Tannery m tho United States. A Solid, First-clae?, A No. 1, Best Gainesville Shoes. If you want choajt, shoddy. o.q>or shoos don't buy these-ours will not nuit you, but if you want the bust Shnos m popular prices buy ours, they will piense you. The prices range from Fifty cent? to Ftvo Dollars a pair; any prim you want. Thoy ar? the cheapest bncniihii they aro Hu? he?rf; made of our own puro Oak-bark Tanned Loather, "Soft, Elastic and Strong." Nothing equals it for wear, and that is what you want. Try one pair and .yon will buy thom again. Buy our best quality. $4.00 and $5.00 Shoes for $3.00 and $3.50. With $6.751 LET'S SEE ! Yo? <*nai fgo to - OSBORNE L OSBORN'S And get a good COOKING STOVE with 32 pieces of nice, smooth and use ful ware, guaranteed to give satisfaction Wo also have the IRON KING, ELMO, LIBERTY STEEL RANGES, and other good makes of Stoves. The biggest Stove House in the City. Chinaware, Glassware, Tinware and Crockery. S&f' PRICES RIGHT. Come and see for yourself, mid let us show you through. Yours truly, OSBORN 15 & OSBORNE. vfa fj^t mmm\ ?%i mmm. *^ Ai ?V A -A. A A. .^V^A^O ^ " The Best Company-Tile iU st Policy." ? \ THE MUTUAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE CO., [ 4 O F N E WAHK.N. J. ? 4 This Company has boon in successful business for fifty-four years; has T J paid polioy-holdors over $105,000,000, ?"d now ha? cash H&t*e*s of ow p * $07,000,000. It ihsues tho plainest and best policy on tho market. After TWO W 4 annual urumiuins have hoon paid it- j ""." AVTI'L'U ? I? Ca* h Value. Extended Insurance. 5. Inonete.Hr ? < .. ... i - Loan Valu?. 4. Paid-up Insurance. tabtlity. Z 4 Also l*u)M Ijiirge Annual Dividend?, r 4 M. M. MATTISON, L 4 State Agent for South Carolina, ANDERSON, S. C., over P. O. T i Resident Agent for FIRE, HEALTH and ACCIDENT Insurance. F ?H 9 m ?ut fi t-M g Sa 0 tt? 0 Ja? W P3 Z < L H co 0 a ? < > H M H 0 co a a r1 H W M O n H 21 H CD . o o M 55 BOYS' STEAM LAUNDRY ! The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Laundry in the State. Every Machine the latest improved, and designed to do most perfect work Under the superintendence of an experienced Laundryman, with a corps of skilled assistants. Every pieco of work carefully inspected, and no sorry work allowed to pass from Laundry. _t PRICES LOW. Quality of work unexcolled. Give us a trial. W. F. BARB, Business Manage7. Located at rear of Font's Book Store.