The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, December 20, 1899, Page 7, Image 7
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.
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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
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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.