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THE PARTING. Tnt), here, side by tide, Two that tarry thc ii<le. Giro us your bund, my hoy; Grasp* we warm and lon>j. Tlmnks for tho day when our hearts had Joy Our feet had speed and our lips a sonir. The sails are niling-give us your hand! Two and l\ o, And their hearts were true Hero's to us bot li. one left on the strand; One ct! in the harli conies never to land. Two, here, side by side, Two that tarry the tide. (Jive us a Lins, my girl; Life and !o\e are all. ThanUa for the piance mid the dance'6 whirl, Ter lin; smile and the sigh and thu sweet lids' lull. The feils are tilling-one mon kiss! Two sud two. Anti their li arts were true ThanKs fo- the heart a heart can misa. Here's to us Iwth, the end of the bliss! -John Vance Cheney in Cosmopolitan. f A HEROINE *| t AT LYDENEERG. f ? An Episode In the ^ AL Transvaal War cf ? * 1880-1. * I BY VY. WILMOTT DIXON. Ono forgets many things in 18 years, and probably tho story which I purpose retelling herc ls forgotten by all ?xcept the surviving actors in lt and their im mediate friends. But tho memory of such a signal iustnuce ol' British pluck should not bo allowed to die. On Sunday, the Otb of December, 1SS0, tho little town of Lydenhcrg, In the Transvaal, was in a state of un wonted excitement. The whole popu lation was out In its Sunday best to give a hearty send off to the Ninety fourth regimeut, which had been quar tered there for many months and waa now ordered to Pretoria. Both officers and men had made themselves ex tremely popular with all classes, and the expressions of regret at their de parture w<*ro uni ve? bali Numbers of the InhiVoItnuts accompanied the regi ment cn its way for five or six mile3. One lady ar>d gentleman-Lieutenant Walter Long, the Junior subaltern of the Ninety-fourth, and his pretty > oung wife-rode out as far as 15 miles. The colonel had paid the lieuteuant the high honor of leaving him in sole com mand of the troops left behind, a re sponsible position for a youngster of barely two and twenty. As the lieutenant and his wife turned their horses' heads and bade farewell to their comrades Colonel Anstruther called out: "Goodby, Mrs. Long! Look after Loug, and mind you're a good little ad jutant. Goodby, Long! Look after my garden for me; remember, 1 expect to find lt in as good order as I leave lt." Both the colonel and the lieutenant were enthusiastic gardeners. As the regiment tramped past Mrs. Long cried out: "Goodby, Ninety-fourth! God bless you!" And the men shouted back: "Goodby, our lady! God bless you, Mrs. Long!" It was a last farewell for many of them, though they little thought it, for a fortnight later Colonel Anstruther and more than half his men were killed at Bronkhorst Spruit. Out on the open veldt, about half a mile from the town, were eight mili tary huts, each 50 feet long by IS feet wide, built two abreast, with an Inter vening space of 30 ?ee?, the whole forming a parallelogram 78 yards In length by 20 in breadth. At the first rumor of disaffection among the Boers Lieutenant Long resolved to withdraw his men into these huts and throw up some kind of shelter round them, for up to this time they stood without the slightest lnclosure and utterly unpro tected. The force under his command consisted of 50 privates and three non commissioned officers of the Ninety fourth, seven privates and a sergeant of the Royal engineers, three privates and a conductor of the army service corps-In all, including Dr. Falvey of: the army medical department and Lieuteuant Long himself. GG officers and men. Mrs. Long, who had been living with her husband In a pretty little cottage embowered in roses and fruit trees at the lower end of the town, without a moment's hesitation decided to leave her comfortable home and take up her quarters with ber husband. Her many friends in Ly de nb erg tried In vain to dissuade her from the step. She was offered a warm welcome In half a doz en houses, but the brave little woman said that her place was beside her hus band. So the soldiers brought her be longings from the pretty cottage to one of the buts and showed their admira tion for her pluck by taking the great est pains In making her quarters as tasteful and comfortable as'possible. There was, however, but scant accom modation for a lady In the hut assigned to her, which sheltered under Its roof three horses (whose every movement was distinctly audible), besides herself and her husband. On the 10th of December they began throwing up works of defense round the hnts, and Mrs. Long delighted the men by working ns hard as any of them. On the 23d of December the ap palling news reached them of the mas sacre of the Ninety-fourth at Bronk horst spruit But, stunned though they were by the terrible tidings, they set to work more vigorously than ever to complete their defenses. When the tiny fort was finished, lt was christen ed Fort Mary, in honor of Mrs. Long, and Father Walsh, a Roman Catholic priest who had elected to cast in his lot with the little garrison, formally blessed lt. An envoy from the Boera, DIetrIck M*?!sr, spp??r?? on the vn tn of Decem ber with a proposal that the garrison should surrender and accept a safe conduct Into Natal. His surprise at the youthful appearance of the com mandant of the fort was great "Dat yountccrl" he exclaimed In contempt. But "dat younker" was not so green as Mr. Muller Imagined. He suggested writing to Pretoria for Instructions. Muller consented, and Lieutenant Long thus cleverly gained a idelay of five days, which he utilized in very mate rially atrengtheninp his defenses. On the 4th of January the Boers ap peared In force, some 700 of them, and formally demanded the surrender- of the fort, to which summons the young subaltern returned tho spirited reply, "It .ls inconsistent with my duty as a soldier to surrender my trust" An urgent a pp ;ui veas once more mau?? Mrs. Leng'-? friends in the town to in duce her to quit the fort and take up her residence lu one of the many homes placed at her disposal. Hut she stoutly refused; Two days afterward the attack com raeneed. For three hours and a half 700 Hoers kept up a continuous rifle tir?' upou the little fort at a range of .300 yards. In her own charmingly modest and simple narrative. Mrs. Long thus describes her feelings when slie lirst found herself under lire: "I must humbly confess that during the lirst hour of the tiring I was dread fully frightened and took refuge under a tabb- for Its imaginary shelter. Fa ther Walsh entering the hut at that moment with his breviary in his bund to look for me. and. not buding nie. as he expected, called me. 1 lifted the ta ble cover and poked my bead out. say ing. 'Here 1 am. father!' My position j struck me as so ludicrous that \ burst into a beat ty flt of laughter. Not till 4 p. m. was I able to ascertain that. | notwithstanding the terrible lire of the ( last four hours, not a man had been j wounded. My husband, knowing how anxious 1 should be as to his safety, j looked in as often as he could to cheer i me." j Hut she very soon overcame these ? natural terrors anti got so used to the j tiring, even when the Boers brought a ! couple of cannon to bear on the fort, i that she frequently sk.t right through ! the cannonade. j What with tending the sick and wounded and making sandbags, some- j times turning out as many ns four j dozen of them in a day. Mrs. Long's ? time was fully occupied. Think of her there, one woman, little more than j a girl, alone among CO men lighting for ? their lives against ten times their uum- ! ber! What wonder that the men fought ? like heroes with this daintily bred Eng- j llsh lady sharing all their dangers and I setting them au example of patience and courage and cheerfulness. She admitted that at flrst she felt the ab sence of any of her own sex keenly. But the soldiers were so devoted to her, so delicate in their solicitude and consideration for her, that she soon j lost the sense of loneliness. One day a strange messenger ar- : rived, a little black and tan terrier, j with a piece of paper folded in a rag ? tied round Its neck. It was a commu nication from some friendly townsfolk informing them that the Boers were quarreling among themselves, furious with Dletrlck Muller for being such a fool as to allow the English those five days to complete their defenses and adding as a hint that the defenders of the fort were firing too high, which hint, I need hardly say, was quickly taken. The garrison had nothing in the. shape of a gun with which to meet thu fire of the two G pounders that the j Boers had in position. But one day I Mrs. Long suggested to one of the j army service men that the "monkey" j of an Abyssinian pump which they had j might perhaps be utilized. The idea was promptly seized upon and ingen iously carried Into execution, and the Boers were very much amazed when a cylindrical shot weighing two pounds six ounces, formed of round crowbar . Iron cased in lead, came crashing in among them. "Mrs. Long's gun," as it was christened, proved a very valuable addition to the armament of Fort Mary. The huts were riddled through and through with round shot and rifle bul lets, and the escapes from death wsre so miraculous that Lieutenant Long twice had the men assembled for a special thanksgiving service conducted by Father Walsh. On one occasion a cannon shot struck the wall within an Inch of Mrs. Long's head and covered her with dust and debris. Another time the hut in which she lived came down about her ears, and her escape from being crushed in the ruins was marvelous. But she must ' needs, womanlike, go back to rescue J her "things" and expressed truly fem inine sorrow to find her best bonnet j smashed as flat as a pancake and only j one cup, two saucers and a couple of j plates loft of al! her cherished crock- ! ery. Meanwhile the men kept up their spirits with music and dancing. "Hold the Port," with a strictly local appliea- j tlon, was a favorite chorus, and the men invented a version of the famous j jingo song: Wc don't want to fight, but, by Jingo, if we do, We've got the pluck, we've got the men and am munition toot We've fought the Zulu king and Sekekuni, too, And tho Boers shaU never get into Fort Mary. And they never did, though they tried their utmost to drive out the gallant defenders with cannon and rifles, and, what was worse, "Greek fire" shot In metallic tubes into the thatch of the roofs. Perhaps if the Boers could only have summoned np courage to make a determined assault while the huts were blazing and half the garrison occupied in putting out the flames they might have captured the fort. But they did Dot care to meet the stubborn defend ers of Fort Maryland to hand. So they contented themselves with potting at the gallant fellows who fearlessly ex- ; posed themselves in their efforts to ex- j tingulsh the fire. Those efforts were ' successful, though they cost the lives ' of two brave men who could ill be ! spared. But the garrison were not content With standing only on the defensive. They made plucky little night sorties, ! which scared the Boers considerably ! end caused them some loss. Twice Conductor Parsons of the nrmy serv ice corps sallied out alono in the dark and pitched hand grenades in among the enemy, which produced a perfect panic among them. There were vigor ous sapping and mining, too, on tha part of the Royal engineers, who made ? things jr iive?y tor the besiegers. Then the water ran short-a pint a day for each man was all that could be spared, and this, though supplemented with a pint bottle of ale from the stores, was terribly short rations of drink In the hottest month of an Afri can summer. Plucky Mrs. Long found tho privation of water for washing more trying than even the thirst, and her Joy was Intense When, after many days of this privation, she discovered a.big bath sponge in its oilcloth casu, still damp. One daily wipe she and her husband allowed themselves as a luxury and then locked the sponge up. At last the rain, which for many weary hours they had matched delug ing thc hills around, condescended to visit them, and then they had rather more water than they wanted, for, the huts being all roofless since the fire, l?ietc? was no shelter rroni mu piuiesa downpour. Tl)e soldiers, always eager and anxious to protect Mrs. Long, rig ged up a tarpaulin screen to shield her from the rain when sleeping, but de spite their care she often woke up drenched. Thc news of the disasters at Lnlngs nek and Majuba Hill was. of course, promptly communicated to them by the enemy, accompanied by a peremptory summons to surrender. But Lieuten ant Long, though badly wounded him self, lying helpless, with his faithful wife nursing him night and day, sent back the curt answer, "I shalt hold out to the last." And the mon, looking at that brave woman, so patient and cheerful under her terrible load of anx iety, set their teeth hard and swore the Boers should never have Fort Mary j while there was a mau left to handle a ! rifle. "And ever on the topmost roof the j old banner of England blew." At tlrst. Indeed, it wn.s but a merchant ship's ensign. How they hoisted a real union jack J will let Mrs. Long tell In her own words: "Our ship's ensign had become, what with the wind and what with thy bul? lets, a perfect shred. Moreover, wc were anxious to hoist a real union jack. A Geneva ikig was discovered, but, though sufficient red and white were forthcoming to complete the crosses, no blue was to be found. Nothing daunted, the men came to me to In quire if I possessed such a thing as a bit of dark blue for the new Hag. and, to their delight. I gave them a serge dress of the desired color. A beautiful union Jack was very soon made and hoisted instead of the first. Our ship's ensign, though exchanged, was not dis carded, for under its tattered shred our brave fellows were carried to their graves." On the ?Oth of March the Boers kept up n furious cauno tade and fusillade all night. But the next morning, to the surprise of the garrison, a white flag was hoisted over the enemy's lines, uud under Its protection Lieutenant Baker of the Slstleth rifles brought them the humiliating news that peace had been concluded with the Boers. So the gal lant defenders marched out from the riddled and battered little fort which for 84 days they had held against ten times their number. Mrs. Long was so thin and pulled down that her friends in Lydenberg hardly knew her. The Boers cheered her heartily as she passed them on ber way Into the town, and their com mander, Fiet Steyne, treated ber with the utmost courtesy. Iudeed such a chivalrous gentleman was this gallant Boer that he sentenced one of bis men to 25 lashes for shouting out during the siege: "Come out, Mrs. Long, and make us some coffee. We ore so cold." At the same time be threatened double the penalty If any further insult were offered to the English lady. Lieutenant Long and his men were publicly complimented in a general or der "for their successful and heroic defense." But I am disposed to think that the largest share of the praise was due to the brave woman who set them so noble an example.-Chambers' Jour nal. California'*. Demands. California first Invented a serious need of steamboats in the United States and for a generation practically monopolized them. By a poetic Injus tice she has to this day very nearly the worst steamboats. She invented long distance railroading-Indeed, one may probably say the American rail road system. There was not nor has been any other reason for mileages over 3,000. California called for a rail road three times as long ns the v orld had ever seen and, getting It, gave back the sinews to vein the east with railroads-tlie 6lnews and the impetus. It Is hardly necessary to remark that transcontinental railroading Is a tech nic by itself, and that precisely as American methods actually direct con tinental ones, so the long. lean, single track, sand ballasted railroads across ouv continent are still tutors to the snort, fat. perfected roadbeds of the narrow states.--Harper's. Tim* Dependa. "What Is the difference between a sharp man and a smooth rascal?" "Frequently there ls no difference. The term depends upon whether you profit or lose by the operations of the man In question."-Chicago Post. Made Them liven. "I have seen many a funny incident in knocking ubout," said C. J. Griswold of Denver, "but I don't remember any more amusing, than oue I witnessed at Friar's Point, Coahoma county, Miss., some years ago. I was In that part of the country on some business, and, having nothing In particular to do for the time being, I went up to the little courthouse to witness'a jury trial that was going on there. One of the Jurors, a rustic looking chap, kept going to sleep in the box, which irritated the presiding Judge extremely. The judge sent a court officer to awaken the juror once or twice, but when he went to sleep for the third time the Judge evidently thought patience had ceased to be a virtue, for, leaulng over the rall, bc said to the juror with severity: "'John'Doe, I fine you $50 for per sistently Bleeping In court.' " 'All right, judge,' replied Doe, 'that makes us even on that game we had last night.' "Inquiry developed that the night previous "had witnessed a poker game ut Friar's Point, from which the magis trate had risen a loser of exactly $50 to Doe."-New York Tribune. What the Spider Said. "I was spinning a web in the rose vlne:" ?*?!d thc spider, "und ihe little girl was sewing patchwork on the doorstep. Her thread knotted, her needle broke, and her eyes were full of tears. 'I can't do lt,' she said. 'I can't! I can't!' "Then her mother came and bade her look at me. Now, every timo I spun a nice silky thread and tried to fasten lt from ono branch to another the wind blew and tore lt away. "This happened many times, but at Inst I made one that did not break and fastened lt close and span other threads to.join lt. Then the mother smiled. " 'What n patient spider!' she said. "Tho little girl smiled, too, and took up her work. And when the sun went down there n-as a beautiful web In the rose vino and a square of beautiful patchwork on thc steps." - Weekly Bouquet. OLD TIME DINNERS. Tue War thc Well to Do In the Sonta Lived Before the Wnp. Au old fashioned gentleman growing ? eloquent on the subject of southern j hospitality und the viands that were set before friends and neighbors when ? invited to a feast, a reporter said: "Will you slate your recollections of what was served on such occasions il' I writ? it down for you?" "Of course I will." was the reply. '"I eau see such a table in my mind's eye ? right now. First, there was soup, of ? course. If it was cold weather, we had j oyster soup, or perhaps li-jh. If it was ; in tlie midst of the vegetable season, wu had rieh, high colored beet M..up. ' with plenty of tomatoes, okra, grated ! corn and such like, wi ll proportioned and well seasoned willi pepper ami a lillie onion. " w hen the soup plates wen? taken off, and after the tureen was set aside, then a line home raised liant took its place In front of the hostess. I eau I discern the delicious davor right now | lu my recollection. Sometimes the skin ! was peeled off ?md the outside pletiti- I fully sprinkled or dusted "Kith black pepper, and that delicious meat was j good as long as a piece was '.eft on the ! none. For my part, 1 liked it best willi j thc skin left on, because the meat was j cured so perfectly that even the skin j was toothsome and preserved the i juices until the meat was consumed. "At tho other end of the table, in J front of the host, you would see a line mast turkey-If the season was winter or early spring-garnished with pars ley and slices of cold bolled eggs. The dressing was rich, nonie of bread crumbs If you had them, otherwise a pan was tilled with thick, rieh balter, plenty of eggs, plenty of butter, dain tily seasoned, and cooked until tho Btutfingwasof the right consistency, and then the fowl was packed full, and lit tle cakes of the dressing, baked along in the pan, to garnish the sides of the greqt turkey dish. If the time was mid summer, the turkey was replaced by huge dishes full of fried chicken and baked chicken, sometimes with the fowd 'smothered.' The chicken menu was varied If the time was ripe for kid meat or fat mutton, as lt happened. Late in the fall a shoulder of fat pig or a whole young pig was seen, roasted to a turn. "All along down the table you would find bowls of apple sauce, green or dried; stewed peaches, sweet and choice; rice, every grain standing alone; pickles of all kinds, potatoes, butter, honey, light bread, nice beaten biscuit and such desserts. Mince plr-s, apple and peach pies, the crusts crisp and flaky; apple dumplings, rich with sugar, spice and butter; cakes that wore cakes sure enough, sponge Jelly and pound cake that took an hour to make and three to cook, fruit cake that was better six months after It was made than at first, Jellies, preserves, boiled custards and syllabub that it makes my mouth now water to recall them in such bountiful profusion. Gra cious plenty was in the kitchen as well as the house, and no chef in a million aire's kitchen is as much gratified as the old time cook, whose head kerchief or turban waa as white as her fresh apron was spotless whenever her mis tress called her name and introduced bei- to the ladies who lingered at the table after the men folks had gone to the piazza or the parlor fire for an act or dinner smoke."-Atlanta Journal. An Absentminded Man. A local railroad official ls an extreme ly absentminded man. He frequently forgets to go to lunch, and lt is usual ly necessary to remind him that It is time for dinner. His wife, knowing his little peculiarities, is his other self and looks carefully after his affairs at home. She sees to it that he does not go down town with one yellow and one black shoe and keeps his cuffs carefully separated. The strange thing about lt ls that he never under any circumstances forgets a business af fair of any sort or confuses Identities or anything of that kind in connection with the railroad, but he will return his sister-in-law's bow with a distant stare cr an absentminded touch of the hat. One day last summer he ran up to the lakes to spend a few hours with his wife and family. She had arrang ed for a game of golf, of which he is passionately fond, and he spent the afternoon playing foursome, winning with his partner against, his wife and another man. That night he got on the train at the little station, his wife and the children having gone down with him. He bade them a fond farewell and then, after he had settled his ef fects in tho. sleeper, wrote a telegram, which he addressed to his wife at St. Louis, to this effect: "Will be home 8:30 Friday. Wou golf game today." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Illa Iden of the English. The following illustrates Louis Philippe's idea of England and the English. He ono day asked Hugo if he had ever been in England, and on re ceiving a negative reply continued: "Well, when yon do go-for you will go-you will see how strange lt Is. It resembles France in nothing. Over there are order, arrangement, sym metry, cleanliness, well mowed lawns and profound silence on thc streets. The passersby are as serious and n2 mute as specters. When, being French and alive, you speak in the street, these specters look back at you and murmur with an inexpressible mixture of grav ity and disdain, 'French people!' When I was in London, I was walking arm In arm with my wife and sister. "We were conversing in a not too loud ioue or voice, for we are well bred persons, you know, yet all the passers*, by, bourgeois and men of the people, turned to gaze at ns, and we could hear them growling behind us, 'French peo ple! French people!' "--"Memoirs of Victor Hugo." CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears tho Signature of - At Wardbury, Norway thc long est day lasts from May 21 to July 22 without interruption. LnuKlitntT Gan For I'octa. It ls over a hu mired years since ni- | trous oxide-thc gas which so ninny of j j us associate with the dentist's chair was first intentionally Inhaled. Tho experiment was made hy Sir Humphry I J Davy ami was the result of a report ( published by a brother chemist that laughing gas. called by him oxide ?>f ? septen, was the cause and l>;isis ot all t contagion. I t i'Minions experiments made with tho S j diluted gas produced no ill effects, and ? j Davy proceeded to Inhale considerable j quantities of th?' puto nus. Contrary j i to his expectations, the effects were : highly pleasurable. Thrills of pleasure pervaded his body, and his mind was I ; lilied with ideas mid emotions of tho i must exalted kimi, which, however, j were very Indistinct when the effect of : tho gas passed ott'. lt occurred to Sir Humphry Pavy j that the ^as might he useful in promot ing poetic inspiration, and hi? accord ingly tried writing verse while moler I its Inliucnce, but tin? recorded result j hardly shows a close connection be tween tho divine alllatus and ' .irons j oxide. Davy's experiments had tho ef fect of making the inhale,ion of laughing gas for n time highly fash ionable, s?? that in 1802 a french writer alludes to it as having become a na tional vice in England.-Gulden Penny. Llirh tn I nig mu? Thunder. Dy counting tho number of seconds in tho interval between lightning and thunder it ls possible to tigure approxi mately how far from the observer is the scene of Hie storm. Sound travels 1,1 IX? feet a second, so multiply tho number of seconds by 1,100, which will give tho distance in feet from the point where the lightning Hashed. For example, if ten seconds havo elapsed the distance away will he 11, 000 feet, or a little over two miles, lt might bc added that, as light and light ning travel so much faster than sound, if one survives after hearing the crash ing peal he can be sure Lo ls safe. Re membrance of this will dissipate ter ror. Thunder can be heard a relatively short distance only. Strong cannon ading can be heard ns far off os 70 or 73 miles, while thunder ls usually not farther away than 12 or 15 miles. In only exceptional instances does tho in terval between thunder aud lightning amount to 100 seconds, so that tho ex treme distance nt which thunder can be heard may be put down as about 21 miles. A Narrow Encape. When .Aunt Lucinda was getting to be an old lady, she heard of tho dis grace and downfall of a man whom she had known for ninny years. "Well," she remarked, with a sigh o? relief, "I always thought I had a nar row escape In not marrying him, and now I know it." "Why, auntie," said a young woman who happened to be standing by, "you were never engaged to marry that man, were you?" "Well, perhaps some wouldn't exact ly call It an engagement, but he took mc to thc singing class three times running when I was a girl, and that was near enough to an engagement to make me feel that I've had a very harrow escape." C?AN BEJSEEN; At a glance that the work done at THE ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY la of a au parlor order. There Is not a speck or KpottomHrthe beauty or perfoctlon of finish. Starched and unstarched gooda arealike carefully treated, and reach our patrons in a highly satisfactory condition. ^?ay we&end for your work? Our friends and customers in the coun try nan al wave leave their Laundry at I?. C. Brown & Bro'e. Store, which is our rentrai < Mee-m xl door above the Post Office. ANDERSON ?TEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treaa. PHONE NO. 20. D. 8. VANDIVER. E. P. VANMVER. J. J. MAJOR. VAMMBB0S.? MAM DEALERS IN Fine Baggies. Phaetons, Surreys. Wagons, Harness Lap Hobes and Whips, WE want your trade, and promise both to take care of yon and to appreciate the trade. Drop round and Bee our pretty, nllok ino of work. If we can't sell you we will appreciate he opportunity and atill be friends. Your? for Boggier, VAN DIVER BROS. A MAJOR. FOB SALE. ABOTTT Nino Hundred Acres KINE LAND in Fork Township, be tween row F??rry and Hutton's Ford. MRS. O. M. OHEMNAULT, Anderson, S. C. Oct 25, 1899 18 Pi???ty CM ld tren ** We nave three children. Before thc ?lrth of the last one my wife used lour bot ks of MOTHER'S FRIfcND. 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Rend for *'U- free illustrate.1 boole wrlttel exptc^-iv for u-cpcctaiu mother**. SPECIAL SALE OF PIANOSANDORGANS. Foil Till: NEXT THIRTY DAYS THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE Will Holl any of the following Ulah Grade PIANOS and ORGANS at prices a? low OH can be obtained from the Manufactu rers direct : KNABE, WEBER, IVERS & POND,0. CROWN, WHEELOCK. LAKE SIDE and RICHMOND. Also, THE ? KOWS?, KST?Y and FA BRAND & V?TE? O&ttANH. Prospective purchasers will And it to their interest to call and inspect my Stock or write for price.". We also represent tho leading makes Sewing Machines At Rock Bottom figurer-. Respectful Iv, THEJ). AGREED MUSIC HOUSE Presbyterian College, Clinton, & C. SECOND TERM begins: Jan. 20, P.lOO. Students received at any time. Ma triculation. Tuition, Roard anti Knom rent trom Jau. 2 to June 5, moil, for onlv go2.00. Hame, from Jan. 21? to June 5, $52.00. Classical, Pcientilio and Commer cial courser*. For dialogue or informa tion of any kind addnws W. T. MATTHEWS, or A E. SPENCER. Dec 13. 1600 25 G BO YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyono sending a sketch and description mas. 'Illicitly ascertain our opinion free whether au invention ts probnbljr patentable. Communlca i urns nt rlctly conuilontlal. Handbook on Patenta sent freo. Oldest nuoncy for Recuring patenta. l'atanta takon through Munn St Co. recclvi e ix dal notice, without charge, In tho Scientific America!!. A handsomelr lltartrated weeklr. Tinrent cir culation of any arlentlHo Journal. Terms. f3 a year: f our rauntb?, mh Sold by all nawedoaler*. MUNN & Co.381Bro,*"yNew York Branch Office. 626 F BU Washington. D. C. JNoTlCJhi To Administrators, Executors, Guardians, And Trustees. ALL Administrators, Executors.Guar diatiH nod Trustees aro hereby noti fied lo make their Annual Returns'to this office durin.tr the months of January and February, as required bv law. R. Y. H. NANCE, Judge of Probate. Jan 3, 1000 28 5 ; PATENTS ,?5SF$ \ *Z"'.ZZ A3 ?0 r-AifcNTABILITY BfORE ' ? Notice in "Inventivo Ago" BflBmla>lB' . Boo'i "How to obtain Patenta" gj HcSnOS) ' Chane? mod?rate. Ko fe? till patent ls second. ' Letters strictly confidential. Address. ' c. ?. SIGQSRS, Patent L?OTer. Ws?htngtort, 0. C. Notice. ALL persons aro hereby notified that they must pot do work in the county without first contracting with the Supervisor, County Commissioners, or with the one of the sub-Township com missioners, and no claim hereafter will bo approved by -the Roard of County Commissioners until it is O. K., bv the person Authorizing work to| bo done. And claim must be tiled in every instance on or before Salesday ?n ea- h month, with the ?Clerk of tho Roard to insure action at any ; meeting. Horealter no checks will bo.issued on day of boird meeting. J. N. VAN DIVER, 1 '.' Co. Supervisor. ~" JOHN C. ti A NTT, JOnN T. ASHLEY, Roard Co. Com. J. F. CLARDY, Clork Board. "(COTTON ^Culture" is thc name of a valu able illustrat ed pamphlet which should be in the hanns oi every planter who raises Cotton. The hook is sent F KKK. iiaiii?: .m.l milli MAN KAU Wt ?UK; Katun i St.. New V?l mn Weaver Oriais. Aroi: will lint) moat tho A 5.5.1 \ ft 4 V. ftTOltr. willi a holed sleek ..f Fine Pianos And Organs. 1 HUI prepared to sell on easy terms to re spiUlhlhlu purlioH I Mill M.Um? tho NKW HOME MACHINK nt $30.00 cash, or ii (dight ad vance un t inn-. _ M. L. WILLIS. CAREY, MCCULLOUGH, & MARTIN, Attorneys at Law, .11 ANON IC TK!*ID*LK, ANEKCICSON, N. C. W. G. McGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE-'"ront K ??ir, ovor Farmer* "tni Mo chant* Bum ANDF.K80N, W. C. >...'. li. 1898 33 MONEY TO LOAN, ON FARMING LANDS. Easy pny menlH. No com missions charged. RoY rower paya actual cost ot perfecting loan. In loren t M per cent. J NO. R. PALMER cc SON, Columbia, S. O Oct ll, 1S90. 10 dm Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against the Estate of Andrew Hunter, deceas ed, are hereby notilled to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make pavment. J. L. FARMER, One of the Executore. Jan 3, 1900_28_3_ FOB SALE. FARM, containing 249 acres, ll miles Southwest from the City of Ander son. All scientifically terraced and In good ??late of cultivation 4-room cot tage, (new,) two tenant-houses and big log barn on the place. Price f 10.00 per acre, spot cash. For further particulars call on or address JOHN J. NORRIS, Anderson,S.C. Oct 25,1899 18_ " FOB~S?L?7~ M v House and Lot of four acres on Greenville St. Also, Milla and HO acres of land 3} miles south of Anderson. For further particular apply to rae in my ofllce or J. L Trihble, Esq A. C. STRICKLAND. Sept 27, 1809_14_ THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP ANDERSON. COU KT OF COMMON FLEAS. . B. Fowler and Joseph N. Itrowo, as Aoslgnco of J. H. Fowler, I'luiutlH's, against J. L. Saylors, Dofendan?.- Su m mous for Belief- Complaint not Sorted. To tho Defendant, J. L Hay lora : YOU are hereby summoned and required to an swer the Complaint lu this action, which ls flhd in the ofllce of the Clerk of Hie Court of Common Pleas for said County, and to servo a copy of your answer to the said Complaint on the sutiscrlborat his office, at Anderson CU., S.C, riihin twenty days after the service hereof, ex clusive of the day of such service; and if yon fat! to answer the Complaint within tho time aforesaid, the Plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiff:)' Attorney, Anderten, ti. C. December 16tb, A. D. 181)8. [SKAL] JOHN C. WATKINS, eec P. To tho Defendant, J L. Saytors : Take notice that the Complaint in thin action togbtber with the Summons, of which tho fore going ls a copy, was hied lu the office of the Clerk of tho Court mi Anderson, in the County and State aforesaid, on the lStb day of December, 1S9'J, and that the 'inject of tho action is to forecosu a mort rage executed by you to J. H. Fowler on one hun Ired acres of Land, ?Ituate in Anderson County, in Bald State,dated December Uth, 1889. JOSEPH N. BROWN, Plaintiffs' attorney, Anderson, S. C. December 15.1899 20 <*. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY AUGUSTA AMI ASM K VI LLK SHOK I LINK In effect Dec. lat, 1899. LT Augusta.. Ar Greenwood. Ar Anderson. Ar Laurens. Ar Greenville. Ar Gionn Pprlngs. Ar 8|iartanburg. Ar Saluda. Ar Hendersonvillo. Ar Asheville. 9 40 am 12 15 am 1 20 pm " !!0 Jim 4 05 pm 3 10 pm 6 S3 pm 9)3 pm 7 00 pm 1 40 pu C 10 pia S :!."> am iu ia am 9 00 an. LT Asheville. 8 20 am . LT .?partanburg. ll 45 am 4 10 pm LT Glenn Springs. 10 00 am. LT?reenTllle. 12 01 p u 8 00 pm LT Laurens. 1 87 yin 7 15 pm LT Anderson....-- . ?? S3 am LT Cudi Kuiw.I 2 87 pmi.,. Ar August*.1 S 10 pm 10 48 tam LT Anderson. 6 35 pm .MN Ar Elberton. 12 07 pm. Ar Athena. 1 15 pa .-. Ar Atlaata.~.-. 8 50 pm. LT Anderson....*?. 6 85 am . Ar Augusta.-..... 10 48 om . Ar Port Royal... 8 30 pm . Ar Beaufort..... 8 15 pm. Ar Charleston (Sou).-. 8 00 pm . Ar Savannah (Central). 6 SO pm . Close connection at Calhoun Falls for all points on 8. A. L. Ballway, and at Spartanhurg for Sou. Railway. For any Information relative to tickets, or schedules, etc., address _ W. J. CBAIG, Gen. Pass. Agent, Auguita.Ga T. M. 4Sm?raon .Traffic Manajrer. J. Reeso Fant, Ag -ut, Anderson, S. C. l l I H |'tV|'|"tMl'->1'<'1'?a"Il'>,llll,,l,,l,'l'j; THREE PAPERS A WEEK J $2.00. + This paper and the Atlanta * + Twicc-n-Wcek Joumnl for * * $2.00. * *4 111 Kill t l ?.<??< l l 111 i i ! I*?