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THE HOME ABOVE THE LITTLE COR NER STORE. The year is done; the books, with flattering voice, Tell me I'm rich, yet I cannot rejoice! This massive marble pile, this countless go'-l, Seem worthier* dirt lo.- which my life is so.J. How gladly would I giro it all to hr in-.; Once more into my lite its flowery spring To fe. 1 the thrill of h-.ppinets again That I so well remember! lt wa? when Louise was with me, and could wealth but buy The past all mine I'd viel ! without one sigh, To have, enjoy in boxful love once more, Our home above the little corner store. How poor we were! Mut what is poverty To youthful hearts that love devotedly? How hard we worked and planned am' schemed ? To realizo the Ulinga our hope had dreimedl In every thought and action cacti Lad share; J.ife was to UH a partnership^affair, Ter each Invested one true loving heart And bore of loas and gait: an cijual part; Not equal, no, for every loss and pain Kach craved to give the other Joy arid gain; ^'ie croaking hird of self ne'er hovered o'er ..ie ?lome above the little corner Blore. W hen trade was dull nnd . reditors severe, I'd walk hack to the staii? and wait to hear Ht r Bing of faith and hope; nnd, when she'd sung I thought it was an angel's heavenly tongue To guide mc through each dark financial Hood. 'Twas strange how perfectly she understood! When I'd deplore of ever gaining ground, J How gently would she draw my arm around Her waist and laughingly make me confess This life had been for us n grand Buc e.-,! Then how much brighter grew than e'er before . The home above thc little corner store! Ofttimes those blissful days como hark to me When loneliness plods ?TI too wearily. And memory brings Louise in spirit hore To change thia tomb into that home so dear. I hear her speak of duties of thc day, Of cheerless hours while I was away; Thc flowers in her hair, her neat attire, How proud I was that I should them inspire; She'd often take my hand between her two And say, "I'm happy if I just please you;" I kissed her when we parted at the door, At home above thc little corner 6tore. Like music borne away on summer's breeze From out thin lower life passed my Louise; Hut in my heart still lives her beauteous love To comfort while along earth's course 1 move. Successful, famous now I'm called, but, oh, My desolation none can ever know! Last night I sat before my lire and dreamed I was not old and rich-all changed I seemed; j I heard her laughter, then a rustling mar, And on my cheek-I started! 'Twas a .car That whispered ns it ran, "No, nevermore, The home above tho little corner store!" -Paul Lessing McKcnrick in Success. ? li'Tii'Sifiiiiill fi IF WM,- || "Dirty niggers," General Grub mum bled, mopping the perspiration from i his snub nosed countenance, for, al- ; though the tent Uap was raised to let : in whatever air was stirring, it was j very hot, and the general, like the rest ? of us, preferred, no matter how un- ' justis', to vent his wrath on some one be disliked. Outside the tent the light j night wind rustled through the tropical : undergrowth. about the camp, and j from the black cook's quarters the tin- j ny tinkle of a banjo danced into the ? darkness in curious contrast to thc j regular beat of sentries* feet. Lieutenant Laue broke the silence ! by rising from his stool at the farther j end of the room and walking with ' short, precise steps to where the goner- ' al sat, that he might hand him thc dis- j patches he had been copying. He was ! an estimable youug mau-tldn, bald about the temples, an oldish young face, ' with arched eyebrows and sun burned Roman nose, giving him the air of a harassed mosquito. His dispatches j were written with the scrupulous care j of a mind given to detail, the one ern- ! sure, crossed by a neat linc o? X's, j adding to the precision of tho whole. When the aid-dc-camp rose, Cassandra; ? General Grub's parrot and inseparable j companic x, who for the last half hour . had been hanging head downward ; from the ridgepole, straightened her- . self, cocked a vicious eye at him and , silently slid to the ground. She hated \ him nud waddled to thc attack OH ; soon ns his back was turned, every tail feather expressing her joyous wicked ness. A moment later Lieutenant Lane Jumped. "Ouch!" he said deliberately. "Fortunes of war," squawked the bird, "fortunes of war. Gur-rrr-rrr rrr-rrr-rrr." "It-it's that green parrot," Lane explained, as General Grub looked up quickly. "Found the calves of your legs, eh?" he asked, laughing. The thin aid-de-camp visibly stiffen ed and slowly turned a beetlike red; he was not a man of Impulse even when he blushed. "Keep 'um out of tho way. keep 'um out of the way," the general continued, half Impatiently. It always irritated him to hurt any one's feelings. "As If any one could koop his legs out of that green parrot's way," Laue grumbled to himself on his way back to the desk at the farther end of thc room, where every pen, pencil, rubber nnd scrap of paper lay In Its accus tomed place, the bits of string he had conscientiously saved with great waste of time and patience piled neatly to gether In a Japanese basket. Lane was a preclslonlst; order and routine were the breath of lifo to him, and he was happiest when he could do thc same thing at the same hour of thc same day the year round. For another 20 minutes silence reign ed. Then General Grub raised his voice, and thc aid-dc-camp, who could never remember that a dog does not blt? every timo he barks, jumped nerv ously. "Orderly." In answer to General Grub's call o soldier stood at attention, bis well knit, taut figure blotting out the square of darkness left by the raised tent flap. "Tell Lieutenant Fielding to report for orders at once." The man saluted and disappeared. A moro ant later Fielding entered. He was a tall, slimly built fellow, with deep set eyes and a resolute chin. You felt on looking at him that he was a man whose steady hand on the bridle would give a nervous horse confidence under trying circumstances. Dressed in a loose coat, riding trousers and high boots, his lean face, natural!; dark, burned to a copper bronze by exposure, he might easily have passed, In the dim light of the tent, for a for eigner. "Sit down, sit down," General Gruli sahl, pointing with the toe of his boot to a camp stool near him. Then he scratched his bullet shaped head, cov ered with bristly, Iron gray hair, and dealt out the young man's orders. There were dispatches to be carried through the lines, and he had been se lected for the duty. "Hopo you've said your prayers; you ain't likely to come out of this sera pu with a whole skin," General Grub said. Then after a moment's hesitation he stuttered. "Hot. ain't lt?" He looked up with a pleased, childlike smile, that a cherub might have envied, stuck a elgar into his mouth, and. bunching the dispatches together, put them into a soiled linen envelope, tied it with a bit of pink tupe extracted from his pocket, sealed lt and handed it to Fielding. Pink tape mid battle were much more In General Grub's Une tba? red tf?pe and drawing rooms. When this was finished, he rose, the sword so much too huge for him in the time of peace, s<- much too small lu time ! af war. chinking at his side. ' "Good night, sir." Fielding said. "Good night, slr: good night, and these niggers be hanged." "As you like, sir," Fielding answered, smiling, and when his superior officer's hu nd. with Its grubby linger nails bit ten to the quick, grasped his and gave it a jerky shako he felt a sudden, over whelming enthusiasm for the task set him. It seemed glorious to ride through the enemies' line with every chance of being butchered by them nt their own convenience. Thu night on which ho began his return journey to General (j rub's encampment was propitious, for a cold, drizzly fog hud set in. For six lung hours Fielding picked his way through th*' wet underbrush, his mari! slipping on the boggy ground, while dripping branches that he could not seo struck him in the face with thc sting of a lash. At the monotonous gait necessary Ute hours seemed like eter nities spreading out into tho pall-like, expectant silence about him. He would have given everything he possessed to lill the woods with a shout or spur bia horse into a breakneck gallop-any thing seemed more bearable than the endless creeping forward, with nothing but the Interminabletirip, drip of the rain on the leaves to break the still ness. At the crossroads he mounted and rode on a little moro rapidly for n few moments. Then his horse stopped short, with a frightened whlflle. Field ing, erect, his hand on the trigger, peered Into the baining darkness, in the silence the watch in his pocket ticked out the time with nervous rapid ity, the minutes seeming to tumble over each other in their haste to get away. Seeing nothing, he was on the point ol' urging his mare forward when his ears, sharpened by the strain of tho past hours, caught tho niulUed sound made by feet on spongy grouud, and ns ho looked again the shadow at the side of the road moved and crept stealthily toward him. Ile raised his revolver, but, before he could fire, bia horse, shying violently, bolted. "Parada!" shouted a uumber of voices, while unnumbered "paradas" bent a wavering retreat into the forest Fielding turned quickly in the saddle, to be blinded for a moment by the glare of a dark lantern turned upou bim. When he had grown acustoined to the white light, be took in the Hem braudtlikc scene in the road behind bim. A group of half a dozen men, in slouch huts and long capes, stood hud died together at one side, while thc stream of yellow light from thu lantern held aloft by one of them foll upon tilt leader, standing a few feet lu advance and threw bis head and .shoulders Inte bold relief. Fielding to.ok deliberate aim and fired, as a bullet'carried awn j his hat. In answer the lantern fell tc the ground with a metallic clang ant darkness sprang toward bini over th? road. The men behind him were still firlnj at random when his mare stumble! almost on to her knees. Before sh< could moro than recover herself Field log's pistol was knocked from bli bund, his arms were pinned to his side while ho was nearly lifted from tin saddle by the bearlike hug of a mai who lind ridden suddenly upon hill from tho side of the road. A short sharp struggle began, both men fight lug to win, the newcomer, who wa the fresher and more heavily built, get ting the better of the American. Ry ? sudden wrench Fielding freed his lef hand and struck out, with closed fist, a what in the darkness he took to be bi opponent's head. The fellow curse< him roundly, gripped tighter for a mc ment, then his hands loosened, ani Fielding knew from the dull thu made by a heavy body falling to th earth that he was free of his trouble some companion. Ills mare starte Into a breakneck gallop for home, th riderless horse following from shoe fright, thc rapid beat of Its hoofs ghostly echo of those of bis mare's. The worst of his scrape over, Fieldin had time to become conscious of a du ache In his shoulder and leg and o putting his hand Into his bool foun it full of blood. "Hello!" be said. "I'm hit. You mus run all the faster, Betty," be addet patting the mare's neck. ****??. "Love," said the junior surgeon; "i a mighty queer thing. It's inspirlnj but lt Isn't happy." He plunged Int his tub of cold vv/iter and came ot shaking like a Newfoundland. The or candle, flickering in the draft, sent b shadow-that of a pink and wkll young giant, whose countenance wt cheery and pleasant-dancing upon tl tent walls. When he wras dressed, t blew out the light, pulled up the tei flap and looked out at the silent cam; Life was not all beer and skittles, b thought, but a mass of cross purpose! when the girl for whom one care cared for another fellow, and the eui] ty feeling at the pit of his stomacl which every one has felt on occasion of great disappointment or after a lon fast, getting the better of bis sense c humor, he sighed ns only young peopl Who believe In tho enduring quality < their afflictions can sigh. The darkness about him was chan] lng to the cool, silvery light of tl; .dawn. Somewhere in the distance cock burst into a shrill crow, like a early risers proud of being the fin one up, and in the forest the drows tweedie of little birds grew with tl growing light. The junior surgeon had been bon one might say, with a silver knife, for and spoon In bis mouth and, ns tl only nephew of four rich maiden aunt had been systematically spoiled froi his youth up, but with little effect, f< viewed In the light of a spoiled darill: he was n complete failure. But lt lui made au optimist of him. His care? In the university nnd in the hospital ? Vienna, where he had been a goner; favorite, merely confirmed him In th view. On our declaration of war wit ?pain lio hail rcturuetl to tho Uni tod States postilaste to offer his services to the government and had had the good fortune to he sent to the front al most immediately. There ls. after all. rometking in good luck, though per baps more in good maimers. Hard worked as he was in General Grub's division, he still found time to he mis erable over the fact that Kathlyn Schuyler had refused to marry him for the excellent reason that she was going to marry some one else. She had con fided this fact to him under the inno cent impression thnt anything which made her so tremendously happy must be good news to him, and the poor Jun , lor surgeon was made to feel for the I first time the bitterness of tho old ad j age that what is one man's meat ls another man's poison. He sighed again j as he stuck his hand Into the (locket j where he kept one of the girl's short, \ characteristic notes, wondering who the lucky fellow was. for no name had i been given him. The rhythmical beat of faraway j horse's hoofs broke in upon his thoughts J abruptly. While he listened. Ids heart j hammering against Iiis ribs, for the ! sound coining out of the stillness of the early morning \v::s ?is thrilling ns a , midnight extra cried through deserted ; streets, the soft piping of birds in the t forest turned into an expectant silence, ; and it seemed to the junior surgeon i that he alone lu all the big, dim world ' around him was waiting for the soll : tary horseman. Pushing the tent Hap hastily aside. , he ran with long strides past the can ! vas colony to the clearing beyond. The j sentry, alert with the fear of the sonic I thing unknown which was drawing : nearer, saluted him as he put the quos ? tion which was in lils own mind: i "What is it?" ; "Something queer, sir. lasten to the birds." I "Was the general expecting news?" j ''Nothing's expected, sir; lt ain't ; nothing that we're expecting. Nothing ; buta ha'nt rides so deadly quick." "A ha'nt'." "One of thom as has been killed ! ugh!" The soldier drew iu his breath with a frightened, sucking sound as a bay mare, covered willi sweat, cauter ; ed into view. She stopped short on see ; lug the cn mp, then with a half pleased j whinny at being among friends again allowed the sentry to catch lier bridle. Her rider hung an inert mass from the I saddle, aud the junior surgeon wonder i ed as he lifted him down what had ! kept him from falling under the horse's hoofs. ! "By Jove!" he exclaimed suddenly as the man's face came into view, and the ; sentry added, us though it were a sol emn respouse: "Lieutenant Fielding, sir! The pity of it!" When everything necessary had been done for Fielding, the junior surgeon picked up the coat he Lad to cut away from the wound in his arm and in so doing spilt the contents of one of the inner pockets on to the floor. Some pa pers, bound together by nn elastic, which snapped with tho jar of tho fall, were scattered to right and left, and on stooping to pick them up he gave a start of surprise at the sight of a small photograph, lying face upward under lils hand. "Kathlyn!" he exclaimed in bewilderment. "How the devil?" He stared at lt a moment, then absently , turned it over aud read the writing on the back. "Only come back, my dearest," it ran, "and I will marry you on uothiug a year or do anything else you want me to. I know now whether 1 love you, und. oh, Dick, I do! Don't let them ; kill you. I would ever so much rather you ran away at thu tlrst shot-so long i as j ou rau back to me." The junior surgeon turned toward the man on tile cot. "So it was Field ing!" he said gently. The tears In his eyes suddenly blotted out thu scene about him, but not tho vivid remem brance of a slim, tallish young girl, whose face and ligure, fresh and erect as daffodils, held out the alluring hope of fuller beauty later on-the hope ; which makes spring so adorable, j An hour later the junior surgeon was ushered into General Grub's tent, i where that testy little fighter sat eat ing his breakfast of soft bolled eggs, ; toast and coffee, while Cassandra wab bled abot'.t the table in search of ! crumbs. To see the general eat eggs ? was a monstrous spectacle, for lt Is a j disheartening fact that good table man i ners and great nc i rarely dwell to j gothcr. They han known each other I -nany years-were. In fact, friends of long standing-since it had been on tho auspicious occasion of the junior sur geon's first pair of breeches that Gen I oral Grub bad offered his hand and j heart to Miss Lucretia, thc junior sur geon's youngest aunt. For purely per? i sonni rensens Miss Lucretia had rei fused to marry, but she had not the power to keel) that pigheaded off cor from considering her ever after as the only womnu In the world. "How the deuce did you find Field ing?" he asked when the junior sur geon had spoken. The young, fellow told his tale with a simple brevity nat ural to him, yet at the end the listening general was conscious that Fielding de served every honor that could be con ferred upon him. "Bad wounds?" ho asked testily. . "Yes," said the junior surgeon. "Goin to die?" "Die?" squawked Cassandra. "Die?" She burst into an affected giggle and addbd. "It's the fortunes of war-tue fortunes of war!" The junior surgeon turned upon her savagely. "Blank that bird!"-Snort Stories. A Slatter ot Color. Wanderer (returned after several years)--Well, well, I'm mighty glad to see you. How are you, and how are all the good people? Stayathome-Oh, we're all right and getting along as well as could be ex pected. Wanderer-And how is the Widow Green? Stayathome-She Isn't so Green as she was. Wanderer-What's the matter? She Isn't gray, 1 hope? Stayathome-No; she's Brown. Wanderer-Brown? Stayathome-Yes; married Samuel J. about.five years.ago. and she's been the Widow Brown for the last two years. Wanderer- You don't say? Stayathome-Yes. Wanderer-Well, by gosh, if she's willing to change color again, I'll ask her as sure ns my name's Black. PELTING TI IK EARTH. A CONSTANT SHOWER OF METEORS INTO OUR ATMOSPHERE. Sumo of the Lurker Ono? Which tlenclied tho Kurth I'neoueumeil. Fragment of a Comet'? Tall-Tho Inteuae Cold of Space Felt l?y .Mun. Thc atmosph?re forms au armor 1 which Is almost Unpenetrable to the j meteors that are coustuntly pelting \ the earth. About 2*000 of these wau , tlerers in space !?it our atmosphere ev- I cry -1 hours. Mot of tho meteors aro small. They come rushing through j space, strike ibo atmosphere, and thc ? friction ugninsi the molecules of air ! heats them lo :t white heat and sets , them ablaze. Sometimes part ot' one : may reach Hie earth; hut, as a rub1, j they are cousin ed, and the dust alone, I cosmic dust, tin ps upon tho surface. One of the earliest known meteors j fell in 204 B. C. m Phrygia, where for ' a long time it was worshiped, lt was carried to item . and Avas supposed to he a tnessengi r from the gods. Livy describes a shower of meteoric stones. The people were greatly alarmed, and . the senators were demoralized and de clared a nine days' festival to propiti ate the gods. There is at Mecca a meteorite which fell In tiOU A. I >. and ls still worshiped by the faithful. In Chinese literature there ls men tion of meteors which fell lu OM 1?. C. The oldest known meteorite which was seen to tall is now oil exhibition at lOusisheiiu. Alsace. Germany. In 1402 lt came crashing down through the air with a roar that prostrated tho peasantry wi1 h fright. It burled it self deeply in the earth. It weighed 200 pounds ami hangs today in the parish church. The Chupaderos meteorite, which weighed 2.") tons, fell in Chihuahua. Mexico. The largest meteorite known ? Is the Peary stone, which weighs ap proximately loo tons. The stone of Canon Diable weighs at least ten tons ard exploded high in air, the pieces be ing found all over Hie surrounding country. In Italy several instances are known of thc hiss of life from meieor Ites. A peasant was silting in his cabin ami was killed by an iron mass that crashed thrungli the rout'. The act was regarded as a visitation of divine anger. % Tile city of Milan ls perhaps the on- | ly one that has been struck by a j meteorite. A meteorite of several I pounds' weight fell in the heart of j that city In the year 1000, on the au thority of Paolo Maria Tc/.zayo. and i struck a Franciscan monk. More remarkable are the falls at sea. ! That a ship should be struck would ? seem an extraordinary chance, yet a ! Swedish ship was so struck, the stoue ! killing two of the crew. On Dee. 1. | 1S:H;. tile ship Walkaimniiig was sail ing from New York to Bremen when ! her officers noticed a brilliant meted' j that appeared to be bearing down on i the vessel from southeast to northwest. ! Tt passed with a loud roar and hissing ! sound ami plunged into the sea ahead of the ship. That it was a meteor of large sfrzo was evident, for a few min- ! utes later the ship was struck by a j tidal wave. j Even moro remarkable was the ex- ? perience of the British ship Cawdor. | which reached San Francisco Nov. 20. j 1S97. During a severe storm a large ; and brilliant meteor was observed , rushing down upon the ship, and with ? a roar and filling the air with fumes of , sulphur it passed between tho masts of the ship and fell Into the sea not HO feet from the rall. One of tho greatest curiosities pos- , sessed by man today is a supposed ; fragment of a comet in Mazapil, Mex- ! leo. The fragment ls believed to be a part of the tail of Biela's comet. In 1S40 sinnet liing happened in space. A wreck occurred. Biela's comet may have collided with another comet. In any case, the comet divided, and many living observers remember seeing the j two parts gradually separating. Some fatality pursued one part of I the comet, ami it met Its fate In lu llnite space, literally went to pieces rod became a wreck upon the shore iocs sea of space. Astronomers predict ed that If the comet itself did not ap pear in 1872 its wreckage would be- j come visible as shooting stars, and this prediction was realized apparent ly, as on Nov. 27, 1872, there burst from the heavens a cloud of shooting stars. During the display one piece dropped upon the earth and was se cured at Mazapil, Mexico, and was de clared to lie a part of the great comet. The average meteorite Immediately after its fall is Intensely hot, but at least one, which was handled Immedi ately after falling, still held the in tense cold of space. A few men can say that they have experienced this. A meteorite exploded above Dhurmsa la, Kangra and Punjab, India. In 1800, and a section was picked up Immedi ately by some natives, who dropped lt with expressions of pain. The explo sion had exposed the Interior of the meteor, which had been chilled by the intense cold of space and was so cold that Its effect was like a burn. This fragment ls now to be seen in thc Field museum. Of lt Dr. Farington. the curator, said, "This is perhaps the on ly Instance known where the cold of space has become perceptible to human senses."-New York Sun. Unwelcome Suitor. "Well, Miss Grace, time was. time ls, but time shall be no more." Miss Grace-Why, Mr. Stacy, I hope you don't intend to remain till thc clock runs down! It's an eight day time piece!-Jewelers' Weekly. . Actually Inanltlng. Conductor (hastily)-How old ls that id) lld? Young Mother (Indignantly)-Do I look old enough to have a child old enough to pay fare?-New York Weekly CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of - There is nothing that sweetens a bitter heart so surely or so quickly as prayer. A Change Suggested. If possible tho purchase, bottling and sole ?f liquor nt thc State dispen sary should be stopped. As asimplo, practical, profitable and effective substitute, we suggest: Instead ot'absolute prohibition, let each county and municipality decido by vote whether liquor shall be sold tts a beverage. If tho vote lie ' Yes," lot the revenue for State, couniy anti cit v he derived from re von tic -tamps placed on euch bottlo'sold. This requires rn? outlay by the State, but its revenue is certain. It lakes thc liquor seller in proportion ! to his sales, and removes thc.'strong i inducement to push sales at all ha/ arils. Under this plan the State should : furnish to tho Stale und county tu as- | tirer of each county ami to tho tivasur- ; or of each city, revenue stamps ol dil'* ? f?lent kinds ami values. I .ol the tli ponsor bo elected by tho people ?md li censed by the State. Such a mau would have thc support of thousands) who elected him and much of thean- j tagon ism to the dispensaries would cease. Ir would remove also Ibo pos- j sibility of any governor using t he dis- ? pensiiry force ns Tn political machine | for his personal nd vantage.-I'icdmonl llvatlliyht. - In cons?quence ol' iusullicient support, thc Kev. l>r. Good linn had been compelled to resign and was about to accept a call from a church in an other city "Von will carry, with you to your new field of 1 thor, doctor," ? said thc leading elder of the Hock, ''our most earnest hopes for your future success ami prosperity." "I believe you. Brother Niggerslcy," replied the doctor, ''and thal i- about all I shall have to carry.' ' - Thc government pen ion roll con tains !)'JL,f)l'J nantes. - livery -hip in tire british navy I has its temp- rance society. - About fd) ki mis of hark are used in the manufacture of paper. - Sometimes a man has to pay deadly fm- success ai t-, r fairly earning it. . - - - A WOMAN TO THE RESCUE. Often the world has thrilled at tin- story of that wonderful heroine, l?tace Hailing, whose strong hand- and plucKV spirit les cued so many perishing souls from watery craves. Hut there are hundreds of <?:!:. i heroines that thc world knows nothing about. Women in every day life cany the natural burdens nf wifehood and mother hood, added1 tit all the cares of a busy housekeeper, with a courage and cheerful ness thal Grace Darling herself might ad mire. They comfort their husbands in times of trouble and sickness; nurse and watch over their children, and ill fact res cue the whole family from a sea of difficul ties, which otherwise would* overwhelm them. Such a wife and mother, though she has no gold medals to show for it. is in the true sense of the word thc noblest kind of a heroine. Many women have within them the spirit of heroism without the physical capacity to carry it out. They long to be a comfort and help to their husbands and children but are constantly weighed down by some weakness or disease which saps their vital forces, having them wretched and power less to fulfill their highest ambition. " I was hardly ont of school when l married " said a handsome young brooklyn woman to an acquaintance. "i had ticen studying hard, I was tull of ambition,-1 wanted to bc accom plished. I wanted to he a musician, a linguist and a society woman alt at once. Thcu 1 fell in love amt became a wile and motlier. "My mistake wa- I tried to accomplish too much and didn't take care of my health and I broke down. I might have been saved world's of suffering if 1 had been more carelnl and used a little common sense i hat eil to tell my motlier how miserable I felt before I married. I thought she would just pooh ! pooh ! nt me. I think mothers understand more about such troubles now-a-davs than they used to. 1 would never allow a daughter of "mine to marry, being no stronger than I was then. " My husband was so kind and considerate 1 didn't want to bc complaining all the time. Ile insisted on the doctor coming to see me-a real good old doctor too. Ile gave me medicine for my digestion and my headache and something to help mv henrt action. 1 somehow could not bear to tell him what the real trouble was. I knew he would insist on au examination and I dreaded it so. "My married sister told me I ought to write j to Dr. Pierce of lluffalo. tint felt so guilty to do j that without telling my husband. Cut she wrote for mc nnd received a kind, sensible letter tell j iug mc how to give myself simple treatment nt I home. This helped inc; and then she got me I three bottles ol Dr. Pierce's Favorite I'rescrip i lion and 1 beg in to take it. Pretty soon my hus I'bnnd said 'something is doing yon good "sure: i You're ever so much stronger and blighter.' I Then I had to tell Ililli everything. ' " Hirst he frowned a little ami shook his head ; i then lie just laughed and said 'well the proof ot I thc pudding ts in the eating! If Ibis little woman is made well and strong by anybody's 'Prescription ' no matter what his name ls, (".ixl bless him, whether he lives in lluffalo or right next door." And I wat made perfectly strong and well l>y this treatment, as I never had been before in niy life." This is a true experience; it is one of thousands which shows that a physician like Dr. Pierce who has devoted a life-time of special prac tice to treating ailments pe culiar to women can prescribe for them by mail just as effectively as if thc patient was in his office, and a thousand times more effectively than the average doctor whose attention ia merely given to general practice. The above is not a fairy story. It is not the story of one person. It is the story of thousands of women. It is a composite ?iicture in which one can trace face behind ace, lined with suffering, channeled by tears. It is a story as true as thc parable of the Prodigal Son, which w is not the story of one young man but the story of the type which repeats itself generation after generation and is rv* common to Ku rope as to Asia, to Africa as to America. Is it your story? Your story either in whole or in part? There's hope for you. There's help for you. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has cured so many cases where life was a daily burden under which the weak and weary body staggered on to the grave, that it can be recommended with the utmost assurance in every case of female disorder. A cure rarely fails to result from the conscientious use of thc ''Favorite Pre scription." Ulceration and inflammation, irregularities, displacements, and uterine disorders in general, all yield quickly to the action of this real and radical rem edy. As the disease is healed the symp toms pass away: pain in the side, difficult breathing, floating specks before the eyes, nausea, weariness and melancholy. The appetite returns, the blood is vitalized, and life which was heretofore a mere existence becomes a hearty, happy condition. THREE PAPERS A WEEK * * $2.00. * * ! * This paper mid thc Atienta ?> Twicc-a-Week Joni uni for 'p * * * $2.00. * is only a symptom -not a disease. So are Backache, Nervousness, Dizziness and tho Hines. They all come from an unhealthy state of the men strual organs. If you sillier from any of these symptoms if you feel tired and languid in the morning and wish you could lie in boil another hour or two -it there is a bad taste in tho mouth, and no appetite - if there is pain i:i tin- side, back or abdomen- KR AIRFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR will bring about . sure cure. The doctor may ..all your trouble some high sounding Latin name, but never mimi the name. The trouble is in the menstrual organs, and Brad fi cid's Female Regulator will restore you to health and regulate the menses like clockwork. Sold by drugciit* fiwji ? I itt!? A frc Ultutrntr.1 book willlie %riil to ait) ?. IM.MI ii r;nr%i li? niailtil to THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, GA. 9 \ : MASTER'S SALK. ST A Th i > V SOU I ll CAROLINA, A mu v i i.i.r. t ?O N rv. /// the Court ut (.\miuion Plaut. Ku m mu?* T. lirown ?'<>. nod tithers, Plaint i H'M, v.". H. Bcrrinn Allin. David K. t'?II dey, UH Allen ?V dailey, Kid II rah ! \V. Allen, et ul.. Ilelcmhtnts.- -Hebel. BY virtue ut an order ol sub* muda in thu iihovu slated HH?.H I w ill offer for salo ?i; AnderHiui I'mirl tl??us??, S. C., at publie outcry < n Milosday io .laiiuary, ItlllO, t I'ueMihiv, January '.2.' within tim legal 'nour* ni wale, ihn following de scribed property,' duale in sahl Stale and lo the Uounty ol' Anderson, to wit : All that Ti net or Parcel of Baud, known us the M.nild'ni Traci, euntaining Ono Hundred ?un? Sevcid> -two acre*, more ur I uss, bimmil-.t Uv lauds, of .lames Wniblow, Kat ate . TIIOIIIMH A Sherard, ami ethers. Terina nf ?ale -One bali cash, balance ?>n a ?'redit cf twelve unuith , willi inter ?>st fruin dav of sale, to lie secured by bund and morliMuc. Purchaser t<> have leave to pay nil nedi. Perchas? r to pay for papers. WA LT UK L. MILLICH, Ma-t-r. Die 0, 1H?U? '?it :? Weaver Organs. YOB will lind munt I he ALLIANCE ftTOltIC with a select aleck ?if Fine Pianos And Organs. 1 am prepared tn sell on easy terms to re sponsible parlies I am ?tili selling thu NEW IB ?MIC ?.* \CH ? N iC at ?.ill.no cash, or n a'ighl aii -..iCM mi time. M. L. WILLI-'. Pres?iyterian College, (dinton, O. SICCUS I) TIC BM beuins .Ian. 2!?, HMM?, t-iltntent* icci'ived at ?ny time, .Un tried htlinu, Tuiliuii, lioaid Kiel Itonni reut ?rom .lan. 'i lu .lune."?, 1000, furoiilv sil.'.i o Same, from .Jan. 20 tn .lune ."?, $52.(HJ. Classical, sjiiieiditic and Cummcr eial cour.es. For eitwl -gim ur illturina kimi ul any kimi addi ?-?a W. T. MATTHEW-"1, <?r A E. SPENC'EK. Dex- 1?. IS?.;!? 25 (i Notice of Final Settlement. THE nmlersignwd, \?linbiistrator oJ Estate of E. I). Mc A linter, tlec'd, here by gives notice thar, he will ?rn the Kith day of January, I0?0, apply to the Judge of Probate fur Anderson County, S. C., fur a Final Settlement ?if said Es tate, and H discharge from bis ellice as Administrator. S. H. 'i IMS, Adin'r. Dee 13. l^so _2f?_ fi SPECIAL ?ALE OF PIANOSANDORGAN FOR THE XKXr THIRTY DAYS C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE "WU I H.-11 woy of the ful In w in g Hijih (irado PIANOS and OHO A SS at prices a? low aa can bo obtained from the Manufactu rera direct : - KN ABB, WEBER, I VE KS cv POND,* ?5ROWN, WHEELOCK. LAKE SIDE ami KICII MOND. Also, TIS K < KOWX, ICMTBCY and FA URAN I? A VOTBCY ORGAN**. Prospective purchasers will find it to their int?r?t tn call and inspect my Stuck or write for price*. We abo represent the eading makes Sewing Machines At Buck B itt'?ni figures. Respectfulb., THE C A. REED MUSIO HOUSE. L ft TEMTT? TRADE-MARKS ? rill CN I o'^oSS" r ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY fl*figg* r Notice "Inventive \i,'c " Ba BC Jp M? I- llook''UowtoobUiiii Patents" p BB By Bo ^ Chargea modrrntf. No foo till nntcnt is secured. I Letters strict!v confldentlnl. AthlrcRS. t E. G. SIGGERS. Paient lawyer. Washington, D.C. NO crop can grow with jut Potash. livery blade of Grass, every grain jf Corn, all Fruits incl Vegetable's mist have it. It" enough is supplied you can count on a full crop- - ii too little, the growth will bc " scrubby." Si'iitl int oin hooks lulling all ai'oiu composition nf iTtili/fts b?bt adapted tor ii! iimis. Tiley ? ost y i iii lilting. .1 KM VN K \l 1 WORKS, it Nassau St Nt ? Votlc. CAREY, MCCULLOUGH. & MARTIN, Attorneys at Law, .11A SOX 14.' T K M 1*1.1 GC. ANIiKICNOX, M. W. G. McGBB, . SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE- - rom uni Mo chants Bun ?vor Faunen? AK DI-: lt HON, >. I sus MONEY TO LOAN, ON FA HM INO LANDS. Easy pny tiitiiitH. No rom missions charged. Bor rower pays actual cost tit' perfecting loni). Interest S per cent. .INO. I?. I'M.MICH Si StiN. ( 'ol II in bis, S C i ?ct. 11. 18!?!?. ii; lim FOR SALE. Ij^AKM, containing l*lil acres, ll miles . Southwest from tho City ot Antler ion. All soiontlllcally terraced and in izood statt? of cultivation. I-room cot tage, i now, ) two tenant houses ami big log bani on tho place, Price $10.00 per itere, spot cash. For further particulars call on or addrosH JOHN J. NORRIS, Anderson,?. C. Oct 25, IX!?!? is FOR SALE. My llousn and Lot of four aore+t on Oreenvillo St. Also, Mills and Hi) acres nf laud :i4 milos south bf Anderson. For further particulars apply to me in my ellice or J. L Tribble, K?q A. C. STRICKLAND. Sept -J7. 1 SO?i M FOR SALE. ABOUT Nine Hnndrod Acre? FINE LANI) in Fork Township, be tween now I'Vrry anti Hatton's Ford. MRS. O'. M. CHENNAULT, Andoraon, S. C. Oct U?, IS!IV IK NOTICE. BY vi rino of authority vested in mo hy tho Will of W. C. Brown, de coaned, I will e.?d? to the highest bidder at Anderson C. If., B. C, on Monday, tbs first, day of January. P.KtO, a Tract of Land lying on Togalo Uiver, in Fork Township, containing fourteen acre?, more or loss. Terms-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers ami stamps ANNA L. BY KD, F.x'x Dec 0, IHSnl 21 -I NOTICE. ALL persons aro hereby warned not to hunt, fish, shoot, snare, trap, net, nut timber or otherwise trespass on any lands owoul or controlled hy either of tho undersigned. Versons disregarding this notice will he prosecuted to tho full extent of the law. J. P. Led better. P. S. Muhaffey, J. A. Stevenson, H. K. Vandiver, T. J. Dalrymple, J. A. Burgess, W. Thaddeus Hunt, W. Iv. Sharp, M. D. Mays, A. Hunter, J. D. Babb, J. T. Gaines, E. V. Earle. James A. Gantt. Deed, IS!?!) 1W 4* BO YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYR.GHTS &c. Anvntio s 'Ultimi " >?!?<''eh mut description mn> qtilekly aaeertniit our opinion free whether itu Invention tit probably patentable. Communlca. Ilona Rtrlct ly coiitldcuiliil. Handbookon l'ntenta neill Iren. oldest iiueitry for Hecnrni|i putouts. I'.ii eui H taken tlirotik'h Munn & Ce. recel vt rprefal flutter, without chnrgo. In tho Scientific American. A hnnrtsomply tlMstrated weelilv. T.nnzcst cir culation of any arlentlUe journal. Terms. *:t n year: four months. (1. Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN &Co.36,Broadway-New York Brauch Office. G25 K St.. Washington. D. C. CHARLESTON A PID WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY AUGUSTA AMU ASUKVIIXK SH OKI' LIN ? In effect Dec. lat, 1801). Lv Augusta. 9 40 an? I 40 pm ArGrccuwood. 1150 a tn . Ar Anderson. 6 10 pm Ar Laurens. 1 20 pm 5 ?M tun Ar Greenville. 3 00 pm 10 15 am Ar (donn springs. 4 05 pm . ArSpartanburg. 3 10 pm ? 9 00 ai\ Ar Saluda. 5 33 pin . Ar Hendersonvllle. 0 OS pm . Ar Asheville. 7 00 pm . Lv Asheville.............. 828 am . LT Spar tan burg.?. ll 45 am 3 40 pm LT Glenn Springs....i. 10 0u am . LT Green ville.. ? < ?. 12 01 am 4 00 pm LT Laurens. 1 S7 pm 7 00 pm LT Anderson.~.. tl 35 am LT Green wood. 2 37 pin i. Ar Auguota. 5 10 put lits am LT Calhoun Falls. 4 4? pm i.MW Ar Raleigh. 2 if? am . Ar Norfolk. 7 80 atu . Ar Petersburg. 6 00 am ._ Ar Richmond. 8 15 am 1.... LT Augusta. -.I 135 pm Ar Allendale. 3 S3 pm Ar Forfar. S 47 pm Ar Yemosseo. la 05 am 4 50 pm ArReaufort. . tl 15 am S .10 pm Ar Port Royal._. 1130am! r, 0i i m Savannah.I.j 7 00 pm LT Port Boyal.; IftOpm 5 4 ) oin l.r He.uif.irt. llfipra ?Viiiara LT Yemasseo.' 2 30 pta fi SD am LT Fairfax. 7 Vt mn Lv Allendale..- 8??7 am Ar \ngiiiia. 10 i?S am flos? r-**niiPPtiojii at Calhoun Falls lor Allions Atlantauatl all pul ita on S. A. L ? "oso ronneedoo at Augusta for Charleston Marali uah .'?i-l .-.1! point ? flos.- con neel lons Rt Green woo I for ?til poluta on S, A l. .anil*. \ G Rill way, ?tn I al Spartanburg ? i it ?outhorn Railway, Kor any Information relative i l?etela ratos M Ind II lc, etc.. ail?l esa W J.CRAIG.Gen.P:*?. Agent Augc.st.-.Ga*. K. M Mort h.Sol. Ag<?nt. T. M. Emerson .Tra.'.ic Manager.