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TAKE CARE ( "Never Kill Your se] I read a few hints in a newspaoer the other day that struck Jiny mind as a sound deliverance of good common sense. Some energetic house mother was rebuked for running out of doors with sleeves rolled up, head bare, no extra wrap ou shoulders, to look after some trifling domestic matter when overheated from a stove or ironing roou on a cold winter's day. She was told that every housewife and mother should feel that she is of too much consequence to her family to be laid up for a day, and such needless ex- j posurcs always caused more or less of suffering. Such imprudence -has been known to kill, while general housework rare ly does it. It is, perhaps, a clumcy old adage that ruus this way: "Never kill yourself to keep> yourself!" but there is wisdom in thc homely thought. There is no selfishness in taking reasonable caro of your own health and comfort and in making for self as many helps in your daily du ties as your means will permit. If. you make a slave of yourself be sure you will have no difficulty in finding a boss to drive and selfish people enough to allow you to make a martyr of yourself after this fashion. I have no wish to decry heroism that sort of unselfish zeal which steps in to make crooked paths plain in debt and disaster and to help along the unfortunate and the suffering out of unforseen difficulties; but the longer J. live the better I am satisfied that you can take care of yourself and at the same time do your proper share of domestic work without making a pack horse of your frame, or attempt ing to do everything that "every body else concludes not to do about the house." Women as a rule arc careless as to their feet. Thin shoes on cold floors and on cold, frozen back yards simply invite disease and create colds and in fluenzas. When we do rough work we must wear stout shoes, or at least gum overshoes. The mortality and fre quent cases of consumption among colored women since the war grows out of thin, sorry shoes and insufficient clothing. In slavery times ?they were provided with thiok soled coarse shoes and consumption was scarcely known amocg negroer. Every woman who ia exposed to cold in doing house work, milking and such other duties as fall to her share should be provided with a pair of stout, heavy sho?s, which could be changed "nd lighter ones put on altor the heavy work of the day is over. Suppose that extra pair costs some money, what of it? Take care of yourself. I have seen a nursing mother with little ones dangling at her heels, going about on cold days with half worn thin shoes, when I knew it would give her a oold, per haps a gathered breast, and make her and the baby ill, without almost a miraole for her escape from a spell of sickness. There is no earthly use in thus killing yourself. I have heard people say you must go around without taking care to make yourself tough, so you cac stand these hardships. Some few may be tough ened and live out their three score and ten years, but nine-tenths will land in the bed, sooner-or later with a ^ootor to come and maybe the une ' iker. Motherhood moans a great deal more than what to cat and wherewith to bc clothed. I have seen feeble women, whose state of health actually should have forbidden tho use of a heavy sewing machine; yo*, they would fatigue them selves rdmost to exhaustion with hur ried housework to get to that machine to hem rutiles, stich and befrill clothes for children without a single thought as to what suffering it would entail on their own feeble frames. "Oh! but my children must look ns nice as other people's children when they go to Behool and on Sundays." Yes, and your children can doo as some other 'silly mother's children have done; go sobbing after your coffin to*tho ceme tery and then go to the bad afterward because there was nobody they loved well enongh to obey and keep out of A_Ul - uwuyio. It is a serious question in my mind, whether a nursing mother should be allowed to deprive the baby of the strength and sustenance that goes with a rested, well oared for mother's milk after the fashion herein described. If the silly woman is prone to kill her Own silly self, she should be kept from entailing weakness and a feeble frame on the little child that came here without its own consent and de serves a living chance in the battle of life. When we recollect tho care that is lavished on tho dams of fine blooded stock, thai their colts and calves shall be strong and well developed, it makes JF YOURSELF. self to Keep Your If!-' I one sick at heart to know how uiauy poor children arc left to flounder along, without a care as to their exist ence, Cor their future welfare. Children will become diseased when they have diseased parentage. Wo have seen cancer, goitre, consumption, scrofula and other diseases transmit ted. How many other diseases and predispositions to disease are trans mitted wc cannot tell, maybe will never know, but when womankind gets fully awake to the responsibilities of maternity, I tell you mothers will then know they cannot make beasts of bur den of themselves and also do their known duty to their offspring. It will be a sad reckoning, if, when thc open book in the judgment shows, tho neglect of children in vital points, when silly women wore out their strength on trifles and neglected to ? give to the unborn child its bounden right and privilege of a sound mind in a Bound body. Take care of yourself, mother. Far better that little chil dren should not come herc at all than to be forced into life weighted down with a diseased mind or body. It is because I have lived so long in this world and have seen so many families in which hereditary failings have been transmitted that I speak to you so earnestly on the subject of care for children before they can possibly care for themselves. I do not object to work-constant, unflagging industry-where all the family must work to make a living, but I do protest against thc overwork that so many women, especially farm wo men, undertake and which should not be hctwork, when her offspring is obliged to^be the loser by her ill health and enfeebled condition. All reforms have come by teaching | people to think. Thought awakened j will.bring-ncw resolves and new meth ods into action. When mothers look in upon what it means to be the pro genitors of men and women, who in turn will fasten the same features of mind and body on those to come after them, then they will under stand the necessity for care of one's self. - mm m~mmm~-? A Great Blessing-Something in the Reach pf Everybody. What w mid yon think of a man who was sick and constantly lived itt reach of salvation, yet because hehadfailed in other directions refuses to take the blessing that is before him ? This was the case with Mr.'John 8. Cook, of Atlanta. "I have been suffering with dyspepsia for ten years. I be gan taking Ty der's Dyspepsia. "Remedy and gained fifteen pounds in thirty days. I commend it to the public as a great blessing. I can eat supper, go to bed- and sleep like a babe-some thing I oould not do before." Prioe 50o. per bottle. For sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co. and Wilhiie & Wilhite. - When a woman begins to oall her husband "darling" when they have company, she is generally trying not to let them see that he has done some thing that he knows ho will oatoh it for after they go home. "After doctors failed to cure me of pneumonia I used One Minute Cough Cara and three bottles of it cured. It is also the best remedy on earth for whooping cough. It cured my grand children of the worst cases," writes Jno. Berry, Loganton, Pa. It is the only harmless remedy that gives im mediate results. Cures coughs, colds, croup and throat and tung troubles. It prevents consumption. Children always like it. Mothers endorse it, Evans Pharmacy. - Some arc so excessively acute at detecting imperfections that they scarcely notice excellencies. In look ing at a peacock's train they would fix on every spot where the feathers were worn or the colors faded, and see nothing else. "I had bronchitis every winter for years and no medicine gave me perma nent relief till I began to take One Minute Cough Cure. I know it is the best cough medicine made," says J. Koontz, Corry, Pa. It quick y cures coughs, colds, croup, asthma, grippe and throat and lung troubles. It is the children's favorite remedy. Cures quickly. Evans Pharmacy. - Since the Civil War the South has spent $100,000,000 ou schools for colored pupils. Throughout thc South there is quite as much opportunity for tho respectable black man as the white. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is un equalled for piles, injuries and skin diseases. It is the original Witch Hazel Salve. Beware of all counter feits. Evans Pharmacy. - "I should like to know when you are going to pay that bill. I can't come here every day in tho week." "What day would suit you best?" "Saturday." "Very well, then you oan call every Saturday." The man ?ho was "born tired" should us? Prickly Ash Bitters. It makes work a necessity to give vent to the energy and exuberance of spirits generated by functional activity in the] system. Sold by Evans Phar macy. W. 0. T. U. DEPARTMENT. Conducted by tho ladies of the W. C. T. U. of Anderson, S. C. The Cry of Moderation. Moderation is counseled. Moderation! Who counsels moderation? Have we not tried temporizing poli cies with this wild beast of nameless possession long enough? Have we not sought to tamo him ? with moral suasion, to melt him with tho tear? of broken-hearted woman hood and childhood, by appeals to any latent humanity that might yet bc in him, by tho bornes he has desolated, and by the victims, by millions, he has immolated? Have we not resorted to measures of mild repressio? only to seo how fu tile they are? Il?i? wo. uot bound him with the withes of low license and high license, I and hampered him with local option and obtrusive legislation? TTavc we not worn ourselves out with crusades and petitions and re monstrances? Have we not, despairing of any suc cess with thc beast himself, exhausted all possible methods of rescuing his victims, only ?o find him, at the end of a hundred yean of unsuccessful ef fort, still im ranched and defiant? It is seventy years 6ince the great Beecher stirred Boston and the nation with his startling appeal. For half a century thc impassioned Gough has gone up and down thc land, creating, by his appeals, that would move a heart of stone, moral senti ment. Thousands of others have plead and wept and prayed. For twenty years women have knelt on curb-stones and entreated. The State still pampers the beast, and turns him loose to raven and de stroy. Where he had hovels he has built palaces. The low groggery has flowed out into the gilded saloon. The scurvy miscreant, once despised but patronized, has become thc ac knowledged gentleman of fashion. He lu>s moved from his obscure quarters iuto the street where decent citizens live, and is toasted and feted by well-bred men and women. He has formed an ostentatious league, and banks millions to defend his disreputable profession. He calls conventions, and sits, with parade, in deliberation of his rights and immunities, and the public press busies itself with reports of his pro ceedings and speaks of him with re spect. Moderation ! No! Who talks of moderation in the toils of a boa constrictor? ' We have temporized too long. It is time we talk and act like mes. A murderer, cold, heartless, cruel,is among us. Not the assassin of one, or of a family. His victims count by millions. His butcheries are progressing daily, and nightly within sight of our dwell ings. The screams of his victims, if we would listen, would chase away sleep from our eyes. He knows the fact; weknqw it. His sole and only business for which he lives, and by which he lives, is first to debauch youth and innocence, and then to hurry the dishonored hulk away into tho drunkard's grave, and pamper himself and his family upon the price of his villainies. The toe-oalli of the Aztec war-god, upon which the quivering hearts of thousands were laid, was a shrine of beauty compared with the horrors of this modern demon of destruction the rumb?le. We mon stand by and see it, and raise no hand; nay, worse yet, vote the right, and take the assassin of vir tue and life by thc hand and treat him as our equal. The annals of human history furnish no parallel of stupidity and monstros ity. Moderation ! No, no! There is but one way; it is plain and simple. Treat the criminal as he deserves; let criminal law do its function; put him in the culprit's dock, which is the only place to which he is entitled; carry him by the dook, by sentence of law. to the felon's cell or to the gang cf striped convicts, who aro his only fit associates. Let this process bc tho most sum mary possible; let tho law take hold of the factor on simple cvideuce of his business; let the evidence of criminal intent be the presence of the article; put it under ban of right of search when its presence is suspected. Deal with it precisely as we deal with theft, murder, abduction, and classes of crime whioh grade with it, but aro far below it in atrocity. In a nation whose legislation is con trolled by .universal suffrage and direct vote if half the voters have not sunk below the lovel of men, it cannot be long until we aro delivered from this insufferable shame. j BISHOP R. S. FOSTEU A War Story. Colonel "Gib" Wright, of Cobbs' Legion, afterwards Judge Wright, of the Albany circuit, has been tho hero of many a spicy yarn, but hero is one that never got in priut. lt was relat ed by Bob Dougherty, a one-armed Confed, in the tax collector's office iu tho i^tate house yesterday. Colonel Wright's command had just taken possession of a Pennsylva nia town, during thc Gettysburg cam paign, uud au engagement with the euemy, who were known to bo in the immediate vicinity was hourly expect ed. Thc colonel sat his old scare-crow of a horse, thc very pieturc'.of uncon cern, a long broomstraw between his teeth. Suddenly a Confederate brigadier galloped to his side, consternation depicted upon his countenance, and i)oioted toward tho end of thc street they were on, which was over the brow of a hill, exclaimed breathlessly: "Colonel Wright, do you know, sir, that thc Yankees arc entering this town in force, and that this very moment their advance column is at the end of this street?" Colonel "Gib" Wright removed the brooni6traw deliberately from his mouth. Ile had a queer way of hold ing his head to one side, and hunch ing one shoulder. Ile did this in an exaggerated degree upon this occasion, and squinting toward the excited su perior officer, drawled calmly: "No, sir, I did not know it, and don't caro a d-; and if you happen back up that way, just inform them that I am at this end and am coming that way."-Atlanta Journal. Oranges at Clemson. Secretary Wilson of the Agricultur al Department, it is announced, has written to Clemson College, South Carolina, concerning tho experiments made by the department in the hy bridization of oranges. Ic is stated at the department that some sixty different species have been budded, and two of each kind will be sent to Clemson College for testing purposes. It is the belief of Secretary Wilson, the department officials who have giv en much attention to these interest ing experiments, that the experi ments to be made will be of great benefit to South Carolina. For some time the department has been experi menting in the matter of producing a hybrid orango which would withstand the frost and blights incident to cli mates further north than Florida and at the same time possess thc sweetness and flavor of tho fruit grown further South. They have also experimented in the same mauner with pineapples, citrus, and even with wheat. They have already produced oranges which can be raised in South Carolina, but heretofore they havo been rather smaller than the fruit grown in Flor ida. The department hopes that the tests to be made in the near future at Clemson College will result in the raising of a bardy fruit. The depart ment officials who have studied the matter claim chat this can be done and that a fruit can be produced whioh oan be grown as far north as North Carolina. The experiments at Clemson College will be watched by the department officials and by Sec retary Wilson, who is much interest ed in the subject, very closely, as it will also doubtless be by the faculty of Clemson College, who hope to gain additional light upon the subject of hybridization through the tests to be made there. He Divided the Soap. Bob J. was, in most respects, an exemplary Christian soldier, and kept tho Decalogue holy, except in one particular-he believed that "clean liness was next to godliness," and would steal soap. The army of Gen eral Early was nearing Washington City, and Bob saw a bucket of soft soap, which he confiscated and took to camp. It was tho work of but a few minutes to find a creek, divest himself of his dusty clothes, and, after a generous smear of the saponi fier, to plunge into the grateful water. A disappointed look overspread his features as ho? emerged from the water, but this was quickly concealed behind a contented smile thrown out to a group of soldiers who were ap pealing to him for a "divide" of tho soap. Bob hesitated for a long time but finally told them not to uso it all, and then hied himself to camp, where i he startled his messmates by screams of maniacal laughter, which, of course, they did not understand, until Bob "double-quicked" from camp, closely followed by a crowd of half-dressed soldiers, on whose exposed shoulders great drops of greasy water stood out liko beads. Bob had stolen u bucket of wagon-grease instead of soap, and the obliged bathers wanted to find the "feller who didn't want them to usc all the soap."-Lost Cause. -mm mt mm- - - Marriage is never entirely a fail ure except to thc woman who entirely fails to get married. - If you condemn in others what you tolortae in yourself, thcu you are a hypocrite. More Respectful. Among the stories told of Charles Lever, the witty novelist, is one which concerns the days when he was British consul at Trieste. Ile had accompanied his daughter i to London for a little social enjoy ment, and had neglected to go through toe formality of ashing for a leave of absence On his arrival in London ho was invited to dinner by Lord Lytton, who ivas delighted tn see him. When he arrived at Lord Lytton's house his host said: "I'm so glad you could come! You will meet your chief, Clarendon"-the minister of foreign affairs. The novelist, much ? nibarrassed, began to give reasons why he must tear himself away, but before he could make his escape Lord Clarendon was announced, aud almost at once espied I him. "Ah, Mr. Lever," he said, blandly, "I didn't kuow you were id England iu fact, 1 was not eveu aware that you had even asked for leave from Trieste." "No-o, my lord," stammered tho novelist, disconcerted for a second, but no more than that; "no. my lord; I thought it would bo more respectful to your lordship to come and ask for it in person." Aged Couple .Married. BOWMAN, GA., Feb. 7.-One of thc most remarkable marriages that has ever been known in this section oc curred yesterday morning at 10:30 o'clock, near Bowman. It wascrc markable on account of the agc of the contracting parties. The groom was just 80 years old yesterday, and thc bride was just 51. Another i cmarkablc feature about this marriage is the fact that no time was lost by prolonging thc courtship, which dates from February 2nd; so the courtship lasted for just four days. The contracting panics wire Mr. Solomon Scegar and Mrs. dunc Win chester. Mr. Scegar is tho father of our townsman, Mr. J. A. Scegar, and has been a citizeu of Bowman about eight months. Previous to his resideuce in Bowman he resided in Orango Coun ty, Fla., and still has property in that State, which consists of ten acres of land, -.part of which is in orange groves, about ten miles from Orlando. Ho has been married twice before this, but to-day seemed us jolly as a boy and enjoyed the occasion immense ly' Mrs. Winchester was a widow, and lived with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Secgar. After the ceremony, which was per formed in a beautiful manner by Rev. E. B. Qoss, the bridal party came to Bowman, where Mrs. J. A. Scegar had prepared a real feast of good things fer those who were fortunate enough to bo present. Mr. and Mrs. Solomon Seegar have ; the best wishes of the entire communi ty, hoping that they may live yet many years to brighten and make hap py the evening of their lives. - Chairman Jones approves of holding the Democratic national con vention on July 2. - Illinois monument dealers want a law enabling them to seize tomb stones for bad debts MEN ??D WOMEN Suffering from Chronic Diseases are invited io WRITE TO DR. PIERCE and Consult Him by Letter Free of Charge. All communications arc held as sacredly confidential and all answers arc sent in plain envelopes, with out printing upon them. Address DR. R. V. PIERCE. BUFFALO, N. Y. Qnattlebaum & Cochran, Attorneys at Law, Anderson, - - - - S. C. H6y Offices removed to People's Bank Building, ground floor. ' Jan 24,1900 31 4 Y DO YOU FEEL ... ^??L BILIOUS, DROWSY, 'fiV^XW/fP\T7? H7 TOB& LOW SPIRITED, [p 8J9 IS |/ M W ^?ffi&| BRAIN WEARY ? ?Ul VU AA JL* J. ^jjj|fffl RELIEVES AHD INVIGORATES. I It cleanses thc liver and bowels, strengthens thc kidney:, and aids digestion, thuj thc system ts regulated and thc ?)f? J kbody fortified to resist disease. ifflflflSlr A VALUABLE REMEDY TO KEEP IH THE HOUSE... ?A V SOLD DY ALL DRUGC3STS. ^^^^SHST EVANS PHARMACY, Social Agents. Why You Should Buy Parian Paints! BECAUSE They Beautify, Protect and Preserve vom- properly. BECAUSE " PARIAN PAINTS Adhere to woo.?, tin, iron, galvani/.?d iron, stone or tile. BECAUSE PARSAU! PAINTS Aro guarautced not to crack, chalk, peel, rub oil nor blister. BECAUSE PARIAN PAINTS ? re not affected by salt water or sea breezes. BECAUSE PARIAN PAINTS Are not affected by ammonia, carbonic, sulphurous or other gases. BECAUSE PARIAN PAINTS Produce a high gloss, cover perfectly, are thc handsomest and most durable Paints ever placed upcn'kthe market. Every gallon guaranteed. Sold only bv _F. B. GR?YTON & CO. A A Ai A ? A A A ih A 4 iA iA A. A. A. A. tmm jh. dfr> .Ai dft, ?fr. A r^t "The Best Company-The Best Policy." THE MUTUAL BENEFIT UFE HIKE CO., OF NEWARK. N. J. This Company lias berni in successful business for fifty-four yearn ; lina paid policy-holder* over $105,OOO,OOO, and now hau cash assets of ov? $67,01)0,000. lt ???8UOH tho plainest and hont policy on tho market. After TWO annual promiumH have been paid it . " . xr T1 ir ir ? L Cash Value. 3. Extended Insurance. ."). In.<xnt?8 II ?,.1 2 Loan Value. 4. Paid-up Insurance, urtfttty. A INO D'ajs Large Annual 0>i vUDeudM. M. M. MATTISON, State Agent for South Carolina, ANDERSON, S. C., over P. O. i^. Resident Agent for PIKE, HEALTH and ACCIDENT Insurance. 4 BOYS' STEAM LAUNDRY ! The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Laundry in the State. livery Machine the latest improved, and resigned to do most perfectwork Under thc superintendence of an experienced Laundryman, with a corps of skilled assistants, livery piece of work carefully inspected, and no Forry work allowed to pass from Laundry. PRICKS LOW. Quality of work unexcelled. O ive us a trial. W. F. BARK, ?lufjinesb Manager. Located at rear ol' Fant'M Book Store. THU - KAMNOL. HEADACHE, NEURALGIA, LA GRIPPE. Believes all pain. 25c. all Druggists. WE WOULD Like to remind our cus tomers who have not set tled last year's Accounts that it is impossible for us to wait longer. We are better prepared than ever to do Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Repairs with neat ness and dispatch. PAUL E. STEPHENS. BANK OF ANDERSON. A. BROCK, President. JOS. N. DROWN, Vice President. IL P. MAULD1N, Cashier. THE largest, strongest Rink in the County. Interest Paid on Deposits Dy special agreement. With unsurpassed facilities and resour ces wo aro at all times prppared to ac commodate our customern. Jan IO, 11(00 2!? WARNING. ALL persons are hereby warned tot to trespass or huut on any of our Lands in Anderson County, under pen altv of law. Rev. C. L Stewart, E. H. Welborn, Ja*. W. Williams, John Garrett, Irvin Oarrptt. IL F. McDavld. Jan 81, WOO 32 4? I have a considerable num ber o? small unpaid Accounts on my books. I am notifying each one of amount due, and unless paid I am going to place them in officer's hand for col lection. J. S. FOWLER. Jan 3. litOO HS Notice to Trespassere. ALL persons are hereby warned not to hunt, fish or otherwise trespass ou Lands owned or controlled by the un dersigned. A. J. Stringer, W. C. Rowen, IL IL Greer, P 1?. Mltobell. W. N. Cox, M. E. Mitchell, J. J. Kelly, H. A. Grffln, O. K. Breazesle, O. K. Poore, T. C. Pooro. W. F. Smith, C. B. Lewis. R. A. Lewis Jan? 31,1000 32 4