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THE HEADY BURGLAR j METHODS HE USES TO PUT THE PO ' LICE ON THE WRONG SCENT. ? Two Casca Where Coolness and Pres ence of Mind Were More LiCTectlve Than Fleetnesc of Foot In Evading the Officers of thc Lavr, "The crooks of Chicago don't believe in the running gnuie in attempting to escape when caught nt work," said a Chicago detective who was lu Wash ington Inst week, "and I'm rather in clined to believe that they've got the sensible end of it. A man who starts to ruu away from ono or more police men, uo matter whether he ls swifter of foot than a deer, ls bound to be col lared nine times out of ten, whether he makes lils dash at midday or lu thc middle of the night. He has to take the big chance of being headed off by other cops, aud he has to take chances on the bllud alleys that he's liable to run into. The crook, caught red hand ed, who keeps longest out of the ^clutches of the police, 1B the man who usos his head and who doesn't run. To illustrate: *A few months ago a well known Chicago housebreaker who has put lu numerous hefty stretches at .Toilet, de cided to crack a crib on Prairie ave nue, one of the swagger houses of thc town. He found that the whole fam ily occupying the house were going to tho theater ou a certain night, and he figured on all of the servants remain ing below stairs after the family's de parture. He made a second story job of it, climbing up a porch, and he got in without a bit of trouble. It was really something easy, and the fellow simply got pockets full of jewelry. The thing was passing off beautifully when a maidservant walked in on him while he was ransacking the dress ers 'n one of the ladies' boudoirs. She let out a scream and went a-klt!ng down the steps to where the menserv ants were. The crook sloped for the front door on the second floor and slip ped down the same porch stanchion that he had used In climbing up. He was pretty quick, and he was a couple of doors away, on the sidewalk, before a lot of servants burst out of the house and began to yell for the police. Now, If that crook had started to run there ls no manner of doubt that he would have been beaded off, and he would have stood more than an even chance of being shot Into the bargain If not by n cop, then by some citizen or other, for since the reign of footpad ' terror In Chicago a few years ago a majority of the citizens who stay out late o' nights pack guns around with them. Well, this thief didn't do any running stunt at all. There was an undertaker's wagou standing In front of a house about five doors away from the one he had robbed. No one was in the wagon. The crook saw his chance. He stepped aboard the wagon in a leisurely manner, gave a cluck to the horse and started to drive off at a lazy trot just as a couple of officers charged around the corner. He pulled the wagon up to talk to the cops. "'I guess somebody's been killed down in that house, the way they're yellln,' he said to the cops. " 'Have you seen any one running by here?' the policeman asked him. " 'Well, Just as I hopped aboard the wagon there was a duck chased out of that house and screwed down the other way,' replied the thief, and the police men took up their lope aud started for the robbed house. The thief drove down Prairie avenue with all the lei sure in life. He abandoned the wagon after going a mlle, and took a down town car. I nailed him a couple of months later when he was drunk, on suspicion of having a hand in a certain job, and be was boastful enough to own up to it and to tell me how he'd . got away on the occasion I've told you about "Still more recently there was an other well known Chicago second story man caught In the act of going through a house on one of thc prominent boule vards. The butler came In on him, and he punched the butler a swift one and backheeled him. Then he walked swiftly out of the house and down the steps, a number of the other servants meantime appearing at tai basement door and howling. Down In the next block a big gang of all night men were engaged in putting In new sewer pipes. The crook didn't take up any sprint, but he just made for the scene of the sewer pipe operations at a good walk ing clip. He was got up pretty roughly, and he jumped into the first ditch he came to, after having caught up a pick that was lying on the brink, and start ed in to work. "There was a Swede In the pit there with him, but tho Swede had the prop er Scandinavian stolidity, and he didn't pay any attention to his new digging companion. The crook plied his pick there for an hour, while cops plowed around, all over the street looking for the robber. When the excitement had all died down, he dropped his pick and stole silently away. There was rum In this one's head, too, when one of my sleuth pals got him, and he told chest Hy of the neat way he had given the cops the slip. So many of the Chicago crooks are adopting similar tactics nowadays that it is rare for a Chicago policeman to get a run for his money, in the half literal sense."-Washington Star. A Pis; For an Emblem. The emblem of the county of Sussex, England, is a pig-a pig with amazing ?ara and long legs. Thc peasants have n way of making little pigs out of clay and selling them for 2 shillings to the -ever straying tourists. I have one be fore in? now, standing on his tall, ap parently trying to swallow half a box of matches. Across his forehead fs written the'Sussex motto. "He won't S>e dray.4' So, you may have Inferred, a pig In the county ls not looked upon ?s a particularly desirablo citizen. " -A monument reoentSy placed in a cemetery in Louisville, Ky., bears * inscriptions to the memory of James Austin, a soldier of the revolution; James Allen Austin, his son, a soldier of the war of 1812; James Grisby Aus tin, his grandson, a soldier of the war with Mexico, and James Riobard . Gathrifibt, bis great-grandson, a con federate soldier, who. waa killed at Murfroesboro, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1863. .111 were privates. The .Thread Tooth. "Some day I'm going to get up a lec ture and advertise It to be delivered be fore women only." said a dentist. "In that way I'll be sure tu draw a big cro wd, nnd when I get a whole grist of femininity within hearing distance I'm going to preach at them for all I'm worth. My text will be The Thread Tooth.' Why you women viii persist in doing such senseless things when you know the result is golug to be more or less harmful ls something I can't for the life of me understand, but it Is a fact that nine out of ten of you who uso the needle, be lt much or little, will go on biting as if nothing better than teeth had ever been invented for the purpose of severing thread. I veri ly believe that If a womau had a dozen pairs of shears within reach she would bite her thread Instead of clipping it, which really doesn't take a second lon ger. " 'But I don't bite hard,' my callers always protest when I expostulate with them. Great Scott, what au ar gument! Just as if a person had to bite clear through a millstone to break tho cnn mel ou a tooth. A thread ls a line, delicate thing, to he sure, but so are some saws and files, and all aro sure to cut their way through almost any substance if applied persistently. When I get my lecture ready, I'm go ing to say all this and a good ?leal more, and i'm going to wind up with the advice that I'm giving now to ev ery woman who handles a needle: 'Don't bite your thread. Cut lt or break it or do any other old thing with lt, but don't, if you value your incisors and your cuspids and your bicuspids, saw lt off with your teeth.' "-New York Sun. Thia lien Had Sense. My sister lived on a farm In Wood bury, Conn., and raised a great mauy fowls. One hen turkey was very un fortunate with her broods, losing them by taking them into the tall grass some distance away. She was an excellent mother, but lacked judgment. She mourned sincerely for them and for comfort would coax the broods of the other turkeys and hens to follow her. One morning about 4 o'clock mj' sis ter was awakened by a pecking at her face. Springing up, she found a hen on the bed. It was the mother of a young brood of chickens. She ponder ed a moment and then said to her hus band, "I believe that old turkey Is call ing Biddy's chickens away." Going to the door, the hen in ad vence, there Indeed was the childless fowl clucking to the chickens, which were toddling along after her. The mother hen had given the alarm, but the mystery was how she had gained an entrance to the house. Upon looking about it was found that a window had been left open In an up per hall, just below which was a shed. It was not very high, but the anxious mother had flown upon the shed and from there to the window, then, going down the stairs, which opened Into the kitchen, the door of which was open, had gone across the room into the bed room and awakened my sister. She rescued tho truant brood, gave the old turkey a sound scolding and restored them to their affectionate and natural parent. And hens are accused of being the most stupid of creatures.-Spring field Republican. The Hale's Delusion. The pack mule ls quite as much an institution as the team mule and ls absolutely Indispensable ia tho moun tains. Mule packing ls a fino art. and with a weil trained animal and a skill ful packer you can safely transport anything from a plano to a bag of oats. When the packer has finished his job in an artistic manner, the animal may buck or back, kick or rear or roi!, but he cannot rid himself of his burden, and he finally gives it up In despair. After two or three experiences he will submit to his destiny and fall into line with the rest of the train every morn ing to receive his load from the pack er. A well trained pack mule is al ways proud of his load, and If by any means it gets loose he will step quietly out of line and wait until tho pack master comes along to tighten lt. The most serious objection to thc mule, which you sometimes find in hu man beings also, hi the delusion that h j can sing. One who has never heard a mule solo cannot appreciate the ex tent of his mistake; but, like every thing else about a mule, his song ls strictly original. It belongs to no oth er animal. No one can describe and no ono cnn Imitate it.-New York Mail and Express. To Clean Tapestry. Tapestry and cretonne may be clean ed and revived by this process: Cut up some soap Into shreds, allowing four ounces of soap to each quart of wa ter, and boll to a Jelly. .Have ready two tubs of pretty hot water. Add to this enough bolled soap to make a good lather. Add two handfuls of bran to prevent the colors running. Wash quickly with little rubbing, first in one and then In the other tub, and then rinse out In either salt and water or vinegar and water. Shake well to get rid of the bran and dry at once. Starch in a thin bolled starch, roll tightly In a clean cloth, mangle and then iron with a moderately hot Iron.-New York Press. . Plaster and Sound. Professor Nussbaum of Hanover has discovered that the plastering In the waihi seriously affects the acoustic prop erties of a room. Any admixture of ?and with the plaster spoils the revr rbation of musical tones. The best results are obtained by using pure gypsum that has been heated to a .white beat. He Never Washed. First Tramp-Nobody can say that yon have a submarine face. Second Tramp-What do yon mean ? First Tramp-It's never under wa ter.-New York World. The veteran lawyer of Dover, Me., Ephraim Flint, who died recently, was oneed fined by'a eounty justice of the peace Sot contempt' of court in telling the magistrate too bluntly what be thought of one of his deoisions. Mr. Flint was not taken abaok by the justice's order to nie clerk. "All right," be said. "I have got a note in my pocket against von whioh I have been trying to collect for the past 10 years, and I'll endorse the fine on it. I never expected to get that muon." THE WAY TO PROPOSE. What thc malden rind thc Matron Had to Say About lt. "I never could accept a proposal fro!'.' , a mau uuless the conditions were just j right." said the romantic maiden j thoughtfully. j "Of course not," replied the matter j of fact matron. "Ile must he thc right j mau in the first place, and ho must pro- j pose in the second. Those are thc con ditions that must be always just right before any sensible girl will think of marriage." "Oh, I don't mean that," returned the malden. "Ile must know how to pro pose. Do you know, I believe if I were really in love with a man and he didn't propose properly I should reject bim." "When it comes to proposals of mar riage," replied the inatrou. with de cision "any way is tho right way." "Oh, no, it isn't," asserted tho mald en. "Thc surroundings must bo appro priate. Everything must be lu har mony. If my Prince Channing proposes to me iu tlic house, he must be in n dress suit, aud he must be earnest but dignified. There must bo a certain case and elegance of manner, and his words must conform to his actions. If ho proposes to mo in thc woods or on the lawn, he may bo in negligee attire, out ing costume or something like that, und he may thou be more impassioned und vehement In his declarations. But I never could accept a man in negligee costume who proposed In the house." "Don't you be too sure about it," re turned the matron. "Oh, but I am," said thc maiden. "? j haveflguredltnlloutvcryearefully. Thc i scene must make a perfect picture. It j would just kill the romance if it didn't. 1 and I couldn't possibly accept him. j And his words and toue! Both must | breathe love and yet be iu conformity I with all the surroundings." "I've known lots of girls who thought that," said the matron reflectively. "Aud it didn't happen that way?" "N-o; hardly." . "But In your case?" The matron sighed. "I had the same idea," she said at last. "I pictured some quiet nook, the birds twittering, thc sun shining brightly aud all the world joyous as he poured well rounded sentences throbbing with love into my ear. Or else I saw him sinking ou one knee In front of the divan upon which I was sitting and looking mc straight in the eyes with a long, lingering look of love, while he said: 'Oh, adorable one, be mine! Say that this is not to be n world of Stygian darkness for me, but that the sunlight of true love shall shine ever brightly as we go through Ufo hand in hand!' " "Oh, beautiful! Lovely!" cried the maiden. "That's just the way I've pictured lt. And when your Prince Charming did come what did he say?" The matron-sighed again. "He wa s taking mo home under an umbrella lu a rainstorm," she explain ed. "I was wet, and he was wet. My hair was stringy, and there was mud on his trousers, and we were altogether two of the most unprepossessing look ing mortals you ever saw. When he was about to leave me at the door, he suddenly exclaimed, 'Say, I'd like to carry that umbrella over you all the time.' M 'What?' I said In some surprise. ".Oh, to put It in plain words,' he said, 'let's get married. How about lt?' " "How dreadful 1" exclaimed the maiden. "Wasn't lt?" "Such an inappropriate place and time!" "Yes, indeed." "And such prosaic words!" "Most prosaic." "Oh, I couldn't accept a man under those circumstances." "If he was the right man, you would, never thelees." "Oh, I couldn't do lt possibly," pro tested the malden. "I'd feel that I'd lost half my life. Why, In a case like that he couldn't even fold you In his arms and all that when you said d" "Walt a minute," interrupted the matron. "Not so fast. You'll know a I lot more about men than you do now j when you accept one, no matter how? when or where ii may be. There are some features of the occasion they nev- j er overlook, but don't you build your hopes too high on everything else be lng In harmony."-New York Sun. Colonel Atkinson's Wit. One of tho judges of the Wayne cir cuit court tells of au incident in the bar practice of the late Colonel John At- '; klnson that Illustrates his quickness to hurl a Parthian shaft and the biting j sarcasm of his irony. He was opposed in the case on trial by all the power and resources of , James H. Pound, and they were fight- ; lng like giants for every point of ad- ' vantage. Pound had won a majority ; of the Jousts, the colonel was nettled, \ and was lying low for a chance to de- 1 liver a swinging blow. "It came," says the Judge, "when I decided a point against Pound. It bad been fiercely argued by both attorneys, I j and in deciding lt as I did I stated my reasons at length, giving authorities. ! I saw Pound shake his head at one of my conclusions, his Hps moved, and I supposed he had made some comment, ! so when I concluded my decision I asked : j " 'What did you say. Mr. Pound7 M j "Quick ns a shot and In his most cut ting tones of intense sarcasm the colo nel replied: " 'Mr. Pound did not speak, your honor. He merely shook his head. There ls nothing In it.' "-Detroit Tribune. Hld He Grasp Her Meaning? Miss Vavasour de Paynk - Captain Ridley! Why, I never expected to see you here! I thought you were gone to fight those horrid Boers! Captain. Ridley-Haw! Little pessi mist!-Punch. - A good joke which Congressman John Allen is supposed to have sprung on himself during the recent Mississippi senatorial campaign is now going the rounds. Hois report ed to have been telling about a visit to his old home, where he met one of the old family servants. "Laway. Mars' John, I'se glad to see ye," said one old negress, "an7 so glad to know dat yon'se still got yer same old po sihun." "What's that?" asked Mr. Allen. "Why. rnnnin' fur office, o' tf oose. AN OLI) IPSWICH LAW IT WAS FRAMED TO PREVENT MO NOPOLY AND OPPRESSION. Early Attempt of u MnnimcliuHPttB Town to tlcirulate Price?-What lt Coat to Have u Urave Du? and to Procnrc a Coffin, Tho Essex instituto of Salon), Mass., has a quaintly printed poster in its col lection of objects Illustrating the early hlstoiy of tili? country. This poster em bodies a law of 1777 that was an at tempt of the municipal authorities of the town of Ipswich, lu Massachusetts, to fix prices in that towu. The enactment of this law ls proba bly the tirst instance, in this country at least, of a governing body to take lu hand the regulation of prices to be paid for labor and commodities. The headlines of this curious colo nial bill ruad us follows: The PHICK ACT ,-, on, THE V/?* V.V List ol the Prices ''.BS * ix TIO: TOWS or '.)?? . IPSWICH, for tho Prevention of Monopoly an<l Oppression. At a mooting ol Selectmen nt.-l Committees oi Corresirandcncc, Inspection and Safety, tn Ipsu ii li, February 10, 1777. Here arc thc rates at which cloth ing was to be sohl: "Stockings.-Men's liest Yarn Stock ings at ds. II pair and lu that propor tion foran Inferior quality. "Men's Shoos.-Men's Host Shoes, made lu this Town, of the common sort, nt S.s. a pair, and for other shoes in proportion to their size and quality. "Calamanco Shoes.-Women's best C. Ditto, at (3s. u pair. "Leather Shoes. - Women's shoes made of good Leather, at Gs. 4d. a pair, and other shoes in proportion to their size and quality, ami for making shoes In the same proportion." Ye ancient tavern keeper of Ipswich was by this law obliged to charge lils guest for a breakfast or a supper one shilling, and for a dinner "of boiled and roasted meats, with other articles equivalent, exclusive of wine," one shilling six pence. For lodging the charge was to be four pence. The rate for hack hire was fixed at eight pence a milo and for the hire of a "single horse" five pence a mile. A barber's pay for shaving by the year, entitling a person to one shave a week, was to be six shillings eight pence. "Transient customers" were to pay the barber "four coppers a time." The prices of alcoholic drinks were given In greatest detail: "West-India Flip.-Flip made of West-India rum, at lOd. a mug or bowl. "New-England Flip.-Flip made of New-England rum, at Sd. a mug or bowl. "West-India Toddy.-Toddr made of West-India rum. lOd. a mug or bowl. "New-England Toddy.-Sd. "Distillers.-For distilling Rum from Molasses, 4d. a gallon." To dig a grave for a "grown person," tolling one bell and attendance upon the funeral, a sexton's charge was to be five shillings, "and for children in proportion." And furthermore to do away with extortion in funeral charges the price of a coffin was legally deter mined by the good fathers of this old town-"a rialn Pine Coffin, blackened, for a grown person. Os. and lesser ones in proportion," was their decree on this subject. The rate to be paid to laborers and to craftsmen was fixed and quaintly worded thus: "Laborers.-Laborers at 2s. 8d. a day, from the tenth day of April to the first day of July; and for mowing, 3s. 4d. a day; and for other Labor from the first day of July to the last day of September, that ls equivalent for hardness at 3s. 4d. a day and found ns usual; and Labor at other seasons of the year in proportion according to an cient custom. "House Carpenters.-House Carpen ters, at 3s. Od. a day, and found as usual. Joiners, at 3s. 4d. a day, and found as usual. "Curriers.-For currying a Dlckera bie Hide, 4s and other Hides in pro portion. "Taylors.-For making a common suit of Cloaths, 20s., aud other Cloaths, In proportion. And by the day, at 3s. a *ay." The prices on meats and prov'slons wore fixed thus: "Beef, grass-fed, 3d. a pound. "Beef, stall-fed, 4d. a pound. "Lamb. 4d. a pound. "Mutton, 4d. a pound. "Veal, 4d. a pound. "Fresh Pork. Gd. a pound, "Ducks, Gd. a pound. "Turkeys, Gd. a pound. "Fresh Cod, ld. a pound. "Milk, at 2d. a quart." That there were no bakeshops and that every family made their own bread Is evident from thc fact that there was no price fixed on bread, but on the raw material-flour, which wa* rated thu >: "Flour Imported from Southern States. 30s. a hundred. "Home Flour made In the State, 25s. ditto."-New York Evening Post. Bad For the Mice. AU houses are more or less overrun with mice, and as the tiny creatures are capable of doing a great deal of mischief lt Is only natural that the careful housewife should try to get rid of them. A very simple and in genious plan consists of standing a small tub of water on a chair almost on a ievei with the pantry or cup board shelf the mice most frequent and then sprinkling the water thickly with oats. The oats float on the wa ter and impart such an appearance of solidity to the surface that the unsus pecting mice, having a liking for oats, venturo apon it at once and of conree are drowned.-Woman's Life. CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the //.^^t." Signature of C?Za&^<?2c*& - Finger nails, like hair, grow faster in summer than in winter. - A political oandidate should wear oanvas shoes. Properly l'un I shed. A iuan who shows no pity for the fatherless and widows, though pro tected by human law. is according to thc divino law, an oppressor. Tho Lifo of Henry A. Wise tells of the iscomfiturc of such a person: There was an auction salo in the little house, and ono after another the widow's few possessions fell bcueath the hammer. IVescntly tho auction eer took up a large bowl which hap pened tobe full of sugar, and tho poor woman, anxious to save its contents, hastened into the next room to lind something in which to put them. Just os she returned the auctioneer cried, "Sold!" and the purchaser in sisted that thc BUgar was his. Thc widow pleaded for tho little that was so much to her, but the mau was ob durate, and murmurs of indignation arose from thc crowd. Angry at this demonstration, thc man turned, aud his eye rested on Mr. Wise. "Mr. Wisc," he said, "you are a lawyer. Am 1 right or not? If you say I am not 1 will give back the sugar. If you say 1 am entitled to it, I'll koop it." "My friend," replied Wise, in his gentlest tone, "you put Ja delicate and unpleasant responsibility on me. Would you not better decide the mat for yourself?" "No," replied tho fellow, curtly. "I know what your opinion is going to bc, and I want you to give it so that thia whole crowd eau h-.'ar it." "Then," said Wise, "I advise you that the sugar is yours. Thc widow cannot take it from you. She has no redress." "Aha!" cried the man, turning to the spectators, "what did I tell you?" "Stop!" thundered Wise, whoso manner at once changed. "I've ad vised you at your persistent request, as I can prove by these people. It remains for me to '.tell you that I charge you five dollars, for my advice, and I demand immediate payment. If you trillo with mc in tho matter of payment you will most certainly regret it." The man turned scarlet, and fum , hiing in his wallet, produced a five dollar bill. Tho crowd yelled its ap proval, but suddenly became silent as Mr. Wise walked up to tho widow and said: "This money is mine. I have earned it honestly. Take it and buy more sugar for your children." Scavenger of Hie Veldt. Although the term "vulture" has been used for all time as a term of the vilest opprobrium, no one who knows the bird, its appearance and its habita could doubt for a moment that it expresses a depth of degradation which is barely conceivable. Throughout South Africa is found the aasvogel. Gio anywhere you like on the veidt, and sooner or later and in all probability the former you will find the remains of his ghast ly meal. There are hundreds of thousands of oxen used in thc trans port and trekking service. Many of them die from exhaustion, want of water, or "cruelty ?from their Boer masters. Or they may cat of tho poisonous tulp, a bulbous plant grow ing in marshy places. A kurneyor, or teamster, soon knows if any one or more of his oxen have been eating tulp. The neok of the ox swells, his eyes oloso up, ho gives short, sharp coughs, and his case is generally hopeless. Sometimes, however, he may be saved, and this by a peculiar homeopathic sort of rem edy. If thc bulb of the tulp plant is crushed into pulp, mashed with hot water, and forced boiling hot down the throat of the ox ho may recover. Thc quickness of thc eye of thc aas vogel is simply astounding. An ox falls out of t ic team, evidently ill, he is outspanned from his yoko fellow, aud ho goos down to thc spruit or stream. The sky above and away to tho horizon on all sides is absolutely clear and cloudless. Hardly has the breath left tho body of the poor ox than you may observe far,far away up in the sky, a tiny black speck, then another, and another, and another, until there are twenty of them. Gradually they get larger and larger, circling round in ever dimin ishing circles all thc while they de scend. The dead ox forms the centre of the circumference of their fight. Within a few minutes the grisly horde swoop down upon tho still warm beast, and commence their ghoulish task. An hour afterward there is nothing in the spruit but a bundle of bleach ed white bones, that might have been there for months. Thc sky is clear sad spcckless again. Tho aasvogel has scavengered the veidt.-London Mail. Bridge Notice. WILL be let to the lowest responsible bidder on the 7th day of Decem ber next at ll o'dook a. ta. at the bridge place, the building of a bridge over Car ree Creek, on the road leading to Pendle ton, near tho Larkin Newton old place in Garvin township. Also, on the Oth day of December at ll o'clock a. m. at bridge place, the building of a bridge over Nears Creek, near J. L. deer's, on road leading from Anderson to Shirley's Store. In Broadaway Township. Abo, on tho 12th December at ll o'clock, at bridge place, the building of bridge over Rocky River, known as ''Emerson's Bridge," near E. F. Reed's, in V?rennos and Martha town ship*. Plans and specifications made known at the letting, reserving the right to reject any or all bids. Saoceasful bid ders will be required to give bond for tho faith fu 1 performance of the work. 'J. N. VANDIVER, Co. Sup'r. A. 0. Nov 20,1899 2? 2 - lion- is another of thu innumer able stories of President Kruger. A quotion about a division of fouie pro perty, as to which two brothers had a dispute, was referred to him, and it was agreed that his judgment should bo accepted. After hearing both sides, said he to tho elder one: "I de cide that you, being the senior, shall have tho dividing ?d' this property, but." he added, with a twinkle in hie eye, "I also decide that your brother shall have his choice of the two por tions!" - A girl docs not object to being called a "maiden," but it's queer how she objects to having "lady" added. - Lime manufacturers of the South will he organized into a $2,500,0110 eombinc. ALL WOMEN AGREE. A druggist in Macon, Ga., says: *'t have sold a large quantity of Mother's Friend, and have never known an in stance where it has failed to produce the good results claimed for it. All women agree that it makes labor shorter and less painful." Mother's Friend is not a chance remedy. Its good effects are readily experienced by all expectant mothers who use it. Years ago it passed the experimental stage. While it always shortens tabor and lessens the pains of delivery, it is also of the greatest benefit during the earlier months of pregnancy. Morning sickness and nervousness are readily overcome, and the lin iment relaxes the strained muscles, permitting them to expand without causing distress. Mother's Fnend gives great recuperative power to the mother, and her recovery is sure and rapid. Danger from rising and swelled breasts is done away with completely. Sold by druggtets tor $1 . bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA. OA. Band lot oas fte? Ulam ned book (ot expectant mothar*. WE GAVE Credit only to those who pay.but for fear your mem ory is a little shaky will remind you we need our money. Let us put on Heavy Wagon Wheels for you. PAUL E. STEPHENS. W. G. McGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE-riront Rjom, over Fairness and Merchants Bank ANDERSON, b. G. fl. 1898_83_ FOB SALE. FARM, containing 210 acres, ll miles Southwest from the City ot Ander son. All scientifically terraced and in good state of cultivation. 4-roora cot tage, (new,) two tenant houses and big log bara on the place. Prloe $10.00 per acre, spot cash. For further particulars cs.ll os or address JOHN J. NORRIS, Anderson,S. C. Oct 25,1809 _ 18_ EOE SALE. My IIOUBB and Lot of four acron on ?reenvide St. Also, Milla and 80 acres of land ?IJ tn UGH south of Anderson. For further particulars apply to mo in my oOlcoor J. L Trlbble, E*q. A. C. STRICKLAND. Sept 27. 1800 14 _ FOR SALE. ABOUT Nine Hundred Acres FINK LAND in Fork Township, be tween now Ffrry and Hatton's Ford. MRS. O. M. CHKNNAULT, Anderson, s. C. ^ct2.V8J?_18_ - YJ?kM??, 60 YEARS' agBHH& EXPERIENCE yggt "s?i'7;: HSlfflESHHHRiKlSHEi t?S^fV* DESIGNS r ryvw* COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone nendlnjr a sketch npd danerlptlon mo? quickly ascertain our opinion freo whether an invention IR probably patentable. Comniunlra imus ?it rielly ci mt) dentl.il. Handbook on I'at en ta scut f roe. Oldost fluency for Becurlntfpalent?. I'.-ttonta taken through Munn A Co. receive iyf dal notlct, without charge, la the Scientific American. A handsomely lUustratod weekly. TjiroMt ejr LUls.tlr.7i o? any Buieniiuo journal. Terms. ?3 a year : four mon t hs, SL Sold by all newsdealer*. inUNHSCo-r-^'-NewYcik _Brandi 033ce, 025 V St., Washington. I). C._ BANKERS and BROKERS. GEO. SKALIER & CO., CONSOL, STOCK EXCHANGE BLDG, 60-62 Broadway, - New York. LOTS OF MONEY CAN be made through speculation with deposit of $30.00 [thirty dollars] upward [or 3 per cent, marola upward] on the Stock Exchange. The greatest fortunes have been made through speculations in Stocks, Wheat or Cotton. If you aro interested to know how spor ulations are conducted, notify us and we will send you information and market otter free'of oharge. Uaual oominiaaion charged for exe cuting orders. Government, Municipal and Railroad bonds quotations furnished on applica tion for purchase, sala and exchange. Oct. 2?, 1800 18 Om CHOICE Vegetables will always find a ready marker-but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the great secret hov/ to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well balanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least S% Potash. Send for our books, which furnish full information. We send them free of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau Rt., New York. CAREY, ??IcC'?LLOTJGH, & MARTIN, Attorneys at Law, .ii AMox ?4' T Kn E'IJ s-:. ATV??BiOC?OS, S. V. J LOUIS GRAY, Offlcu and Telephone : HILL-ORR DRUG CO , AN DICKSON, s. c. D.s. VANIMVKH. E 1*. VANPIVKM YWVER8?i.&ffl?J0B. DEALERS IN Fine Buggies, Phaotons, Surreys, Wagons, Harness Lap Robes and Whips, AUE lu their elegant new Repository over Vandiver Bron. Store Between Masonic Hall and New Bank. If you need anything in our line we have the gondn, the guarantee and the price t>> pleHHe. Wo highly Hpnreciate all the trade giv en UH, and aro trying to give the very best HuggloM that can bo sold for the price. A nico lot of Now, Cheap Doggies on hand. TOe price will positively erur prlRe you. Yours for Bugglop, VAN DIVER BROS. & MAJOR. COTTON GOING UP. Pianoo, Organs, Sewing Ma chines still Cheap. A 10-Stop Organ, two Bett? Reeds for f??.OO. High Grade Planea for $200 and up. The btwt Sewing Machines only $30. Good Machines $'J0. Machine NeedlOB 20c. dozen. Best tiperm Oil 5c. I am in tho business to save yon mon ey. Can sell on easy ter mt'. Remem ber, if you want Second Hand Goods I oannot supply yon. Everything new. M. L. WILLIS, Broyles Block, South Mein St. MONEY JO LOAN, ON FARMING LANDS. Easy pay ments. No commissions charged. Bor rower pays actual cost of perfecting loan. Interest 8 per cent. JNO. B. PALMER <fe SON, Columbia, S. C Pot, ll. 1H1*>._10_Ona THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNT y OF ANDERSON. COURT Ol' COMMON PLEAH, B. A. Holt, a* Assignee of Edward I'. Sloan and Jas. B. Vandiver, and Edward P.Sloan and Jas. It Vandiver as Assignee of B. A. Bolt, Plaintiffs, against Daniel W. Willis, Defendant.-Sommons for Belief-Complaint not Bsrved. To tho Defendant, Daniel W. Willis : "vT./U aro hereby summoned and required to ao X swer the Complaint lu this action, which ls flhd in the office or tho Clerk or the Court ot" Common Plea? for said County, and (Sh servo a cony of your answer to the said Complaint on the subscriber at bia otilen, over the Bank of Anderson, at Andersen C. la. 8. C., within twenty days after tho service horcof, exclusive of the day of such service; and lt you fall to answer the Complaint within the thur aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in thia action will apply to the Court for tho relief de manded in tue Complaint. JOSEPH N. BKOWN, PlalntlflV Attorney. Anderson, S. C. October 27, A. D. 189i. [SBAL] JOHN C. WATKMH, C.CC V. To the Dofendant, Danlul W. Willis : Take notice that the Complaint In thia action (together with thu Suininouf, of which the fore going ls a copy,? was fl I vd in thc office of tho Clerk of the Court of Common Ploasof Anderson Coun ter, at Anderson Court Homo, in the Htate of South Carolina, tho 27th day of October, ISO!), and the object oT p ;L i il action is to foreclose mortgage exe cuted by j on to Edward P. Sloan and Jas lt. Van dlverou i?/> acres of I/nul in Centreville Town ship, County and State aforesaid, on waters or (Jenerostce ('reek, adjoining lands of Amanda J. Allen and ether?. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiffs1 Attorney, Anderson,8. C. October 27, l sui? 10 r, CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AUGUSTA ANO ASQK VILLE SHORT LINK In effect July 23,1899. Lv Augusta.. Ar Greenwood. Ar Andorson. Ar Laurons. Ar Greenville.m. Ar Glenn Springs. Ar Spartan bu rn. Ar Saluda. Ar Hendorsonvllle. Ar Asheville. 9 40 am ll SO am 1 20 pm 3 00 pm 4 05 pm 8 10 pm 5 83 pm G 03 pm 7 00 pm 9 00i LT Aahevllto LT H partan bu . LT Glenn Springs. LT Greenville. LT Laurens. LT Anderson. LT Greenwoods..... Ar Augusta. LT Calhoun Falls., Ar Raleigh. Ar Norfolk. Ar Petersburg. Ar Richmond. 0 ?o amt. 11 45 am 3 40 pm 10 00 am . ?2 01 sm! 400pia 1 87 pm 7 00 pm .I 7 00 am 2 87 pm i. S 10 pm ll 10 alb 4 44 pm 2 16 am 7 30 am 6 00 am 8 15 am LT Augusta., Ar Allendale. Ar Fairfax. Ar Yemassee., Ar Beaufort.....^. Ar Port Boy ah... Ar Savannah. Ar Charleston. 10 05 am 11 IS am 1180 am 1 20 pps 810 pm SSS pm 4 20 pm 5 20 pm 585 pm 700 pm 7 80 ma LT Charlesion. LT Port noy al........ LT Beaufort.?... LT Yemassee. Lv Fairfax......... LT Allendale..M. Ar Augusta. 100 pm 18 pm 2 80 pm 6 28 ata 6 SR ata 7 20 sm 8 20 am 920 am 985 am ll 2?am Cl OM connection at Calhoun FaHs tor Athens Atlanta ind all pol a ts on 8. A. L. Close connection at Augusta, for Charleston Savannah and all points. ' Close connections at Greonwood for all points on 8. A. L.,and C. A G. Raliway, and at Spartan barg with Southern Railway. For any Information relative to tlckota, ratea schedule, etc., address W. J. CRAIG, Gan.Pasa. Agon t, An gusts .fla". E. M.North,Sol. Aeont. T. M. Emerson Traffic Msn aro r.