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THE SPIRIT AND THE FLESH. Into tilla };lorions world I carno, Tlie freeborn ct tlic wind arid ?lanie. I bound to me for Kood or ill A body icrf to do my will. Though lie was frail and prone to rest, I smitched him from his mother's brea?; And bade liliu serve me. What wou!,; so?.1 I Lad a great King's work to do Wiong to muhe right, comfort to bring To those in trouble sorrowing. I needed one both swift and drong; Great was the load, the Journey long. Yet this my slave was weak and lame; Faltering ut my behest he came. So. when his strength was almost gor.c, I too!; thc bcourgc und ui?i'J him on. Vet hurry as I misht to keep Tl'.e minutes' pace, both fiiud ami sleep Sly slav? must ha\ .. Impatiently I saw thc glorious hours pay by. (I could not leave him, lor wc nui3t Hine hinds ol dust to weil; with dust.) At last hf fell and would not risc. He called me with imperious eyes And bade mc pause. This small white rojm. ti.is cot of snow. Ministering forms that come and go; I cn..ich here listening for his breath, And with my hands 1 hold back Death, My work neglected and undone. li* he but beckon, swift I run This worthless seri of mine lo save. How hard they toil who serve a Flavc! -L. ll. Ilridgiuan in Century. f Tile Pu'renniafs I Of tlie Admiraf ! o tr? ?-> ? A Pretty S'rotch of an Old Sailor *? and His Daughter. <? O tn O BY MARTHA GILBERT DICKINSON. As long ns Scrota could rcuicmbor there had always bceu yellow Hiles at the cud of thc garden walk, and as long as thc lilies could remember there had always becu Scrota blowing down the walk. "nero they are again. Samuel," she cried every spring, aud thc hard faced old gardener would go ou with his hoe ing and reply, "Py'rennlals. Miss Sweetn ; wheu they come, they stay." There was a vague spot somewhere in her memory of a day when It first occurred to her that she, too, was something of a "py'renulal." She knew no more than these goldeu playfellows how she came Into thc adm'cal's gar den aud. like them, spring after spring found her sunny head among the re turning dowers. But it was not until she was head and shoulders taller than the tallest white Easter Illy that she inquired further: "What ls a py'ren nlal. Samuel? What makes it a py'rcn ulal?" "A py'rcnnlal." said Samuel convinc ingly, "has character enough to go right along and keep going right ahead. It's got uo call to bc sown or trans planted or slipped; It blooms till it dies, and nest year it gets up and blooms again." The admiral's garden, all rose petals and butterfly wings, was tl glowing background for the girl flower breath ing ber youth fragrance out with theirs on thc summer air. Beyond lay some terraces, shaded by lofty elms, and a wide built house, well back from the road and three or four milos from the "shire" town of the rather lonely county. Ono stormy day when the admiral was smoking his pipe and raising his eyebrows occasionally at the fire-as If exchanging amusing memories-Sere ta followed his glance until it rested upon a photograph that always stood lu the same place on the high colonial man tel-an ocean liner, nose down, under full speed-and she spoke before her natural shyness checked her impulse. "It must be like a bird to cross the sea like that-like a bird crossing the open sky on a bright August day!" The ad miral smiled down at her, but his face had saddened as he touched thc shore of reality after his voyage on that sea of fancy where each must sall alone. "It is better to sit in a big chair and think about lt, little friend/' he replied. "These birds find darker skies than your meadow larks and run heavier risks." Then the look of weariness came back that Sereta dreaded, be cause she did not understand lt or how to drive it away. After ihnt day she never prompted his conversation or asked the thousand and one eager, irrel evant questions that ignorance natu rally craves of maturity; she learned by intuition that questions are cruel? be sides she was afraid of bringing the look that meant something she could not understand-something to be kept asleep If possible. But sometimes after ber lessons were done, or after his moderate dinner glass bad warmed his memories, the admiral would talk to her uninterrupt edly for hours about that great un known place iie called lifo, until little thrills and shivers of excitement crept over her and she could riot sleep all night for remembrance and conjecture. When Sereta was 17,. an odd little rose Jar of humanity, all silences and dusky perfume, her world suddenly un derwent a crisis. There came a guest to the hall. This revolutionary visitor was a man without a wife and therefore presuma bly harmless and inoffensive. Sereta liked him almost as well as Samuel after a morning spent together while the admiral was busy and depending on ber to do the honors for his guest. They were out of doors, which makes all things possible to begin with, and the man on ber hands was old enough to appreciate her charm and iure her simplicity by his varied knowledge of .complexer womanhood. So she chatted and explained all down the garden, through the py'rennlals, laughed with Lim over the clumsy colts in thc pad ddock, showed him the view from the pasture bill, brought him home by the woods and was singing to him in the .uiiipiy drawing roc m when the admiral --returned. Somehow -the afternoon seemed very dong after the two well mounted fig ures dropped down the road together and were out of sight. Sereta among the roses pricked her fingers more than ?ommon. "Samuel, I should think the admiral would like a change," she said -fiercely -when she bad cut all the pink .buds and walked carefully around the -curved beds to begin od the red. Samuel stared as if he bad been chal lenged from the burning bush. "The admiral? Miss Sweetn, the admiral's a py'reuniul. Most of the men that come here ls jost blown away seed, halt sown or wind sown-come up first in one garden, then lor another. The admiral's rooted like a red laloc. He aun t need trnusp'.nnnu nov.-. aiuix likely strauge soil would kill bim out right." It was disappointing that ibo conver sation at dinner that uight should have I ia ken ti strictly technical turu. It rau I -nay. it fairly How-on naval equip ment, tactics and maneuvers till the sleepy hostess withdrew unnoticed. Left all to themselves, it burned out with big guns toward morning, when | the stranger suddenly opened attack I ou the old subject of the admiral's iso lation, urging the necessity of renewed contact with men. the familiar charm of old Bcencs. while the admiral listen ed ns if to faroff music unmoved: "I j am like that dear fellow? Stevenson, Hoger, my boy. 1. too. have 'lived and loved and closed the door.' " "Hut surely the Welt-gclst is not dead in you. admiral. Gray hairs do not make moss grown wits. There's not n mau lu the service to match you." "Thanks." interrupted the older man briefly. "Welt-lust ist vorbei. If I can avoid yVelt-sebwertss here in the over" grown corner of my pasture fastness, don't let .envy of my peace poison your happiness. I am too old. and Sereta"-? "Ah. yes. Sereta." broke in the younger. "She is at the other end of the patb. You and she are like the two Inst ??o?ais of the daisy rhyme we used to say our fate by-'pusslonement-pas de tout!' You live in your library and your thoughts. She lives in your shad ow and the companionship of that hy percritical old gardener." "Your voice betrays Irritation, Hog er," said the admiral blandly. "Sam uel did not forget himself, I hope?" "No-that ls. I tried to talk with him a bit about slips this morning. I was admiring his yellow lilies, hut he took no interest in my botanical researches. That is neither here nor there, how ever. Your ward has eyes that no rose bugs eau appreciate and a nature that would whiteu up some of the dark places of earth considerably if proper ly applied, oho ought to see less of herself and more of"- He began to say people of her own age, but euded worse by adding. "Tue things her motlier would have given her, fun and dancing, and" "Stop!" cried the admiral. "God for bid such a fate as lier mottler's was for her! Thus far her feet have trod in angel Innocence. She is happy as a boy,.high minded as a saint. She bas never tampered with her emotions nor felt the wasting reaction from pleas ure. She doesn't know her heart ex cept as she knows her lungs-by name. She is youth, graceful and unspoiled, classic as a Greek. You cannot make a folly of her. The marble is already cut on straighter lines." For a time things went on in tho old routine. Except that the admiral smoked more and talked less no one would have guessed anything had hap pened. No one saw the battle fought or took account of self indulgence slain or carried drink to the dying convic tions or softened the going of well lov ed preferences, but sifter many days and nights the campaign ended ns sud denly as it liegan. and the admiral was every Inch a commander still as he went to Hud Sereta with surrender on his brow. It was bedtime, and he found her on the terrace bidding the stars good night, one of lier many quaint observances of childhood. I There was a touch of pagan wonder on her upturned face as she stood there. He stood beside her and breath ! ed a last long breath of complete con tent. "They look down on many a heart and country tonight," he began. "Think of the Alps-they must love such tall peaks best because they ave nearest-and then the sea that tosses their image back to them in a million shifting adorations, and the forest full of sleeping and waking beasts, and the flaring flowers of the tropics, the sullen desert and the hearts of men. You, too. little friend, would you like to be a star and have all the beauty and mis ery of the whole world spread before you?" Was he in earnest? There was some thing new in his manner. Oh, was be in earnest? She did not speak, only dropped her eyes to bis face, and her upper lip quivered slightly. Did he mean it? Strange desires pressed upon her; the world beyond the garden seemed calling as the merman called his wife in a poem of Arnold that was still ringing in ber ears. She was outside the behavior of custom now troubled, yet glad. "It ls time." he continued simply; "yes. it ls time.. I did not realize that you had outgrown the lilies." She could not keep the delight from her face, but she did not speak, and the admiral waited as If for a signal, then spoke on In the summer night "Your mother was Julia Ravlgnon. I loved her, bnt she married a diplomat, and I took up my career bi the navy. Everything came to me-everything except forgetfulness. When I met ber again years after In Paris, she ivas a widow, thanks to a rather irregular political intrigue involving the lives of more than one European envoy. She was the same brilliant, compelling creature. Only eyes that had grown keen with love long unfed couid read deeply enough to find the change In her, the loss of those gentler qualities that saften a thrilling girl Into a ra diant woman. She had preserved few illusions: perhaps I was the only ene. She was quoted and courted and cop ied, but in the spring she would marry me-for love. "That was a winter to warm dead summers by its memory. We nevei spoke of the years Intervening or theil experiences. Our fidelity was at leasi no Indiscretion. There must bu a God in whose mind such joy was conceived and fulfilled. Coming home from th? opera one night, when only a few weeks lay between us and our mar rlag?, a frantic runaway tore througl thc CK?w??a\ avenue, leaving many i wreck in its deadly wake. Julia wai carried into a mere boulevard cafe ant died In my arms, my face so close t< bera she never saw the squalid sur roundlngs of that hist holy hour, thougl I shall wear the terror stricken facei of the onlookers across my eyes for ever, heightened by sad dreams. Shi know me to the last. 'Sereta,' shi whispered, 'keep her safe from thi world. My world has not been al way i yours. Love ls more than'- Shi smiled with her soul. Her bps wen cold. Every haunt held a stab for mi there. From that night the flight o her flowers on the other women turnet me faint. I shivered when I met otu of the gay circle of her devoted lone coterie. Every mood of passion re turned to mock me now. The slsht o ?&JTv .. . . '? . ...y- . .i . ? i-.*..': . iv, Oilier lovers mude me fear ruyseii" in my shattered condition of will and nerves. I came home with you, dear. Life had given me all my boyish hopes In manhood's measure. 1 never roach ed the high altar of my holy of holies, but I'have heard the music of tho great organ ns I stood ou tho threshold. "It was not until lately that I realiz ed the time had come to do more than listen and walt. The blood of your mother ls lu your veins too. We will go soon, little friend, and make ac quaintance with the best of her world and mine." Rut Scrota's arms were crossed upon her breast, and In a voice too sweet for any mortal woman save her mother's child she ?,aid. "1 will not go'." At thc end of n\ hour's struggle she still per sisted: ' I will uot go. I caro nothing for a world that betrayed you and broke your heart. I nm not afraid, but I will not go'." Samuel found her singing a "furrln" song over the honeysuckles next morn ing and waited to be drawn luto con versation. "Morning, Samuel." There was his chance without compromise of dignity. "Good morning. Miss SwcotO. Hot day. 1 guess." Then in a queer voice, quite unlike tho usual gruff Samuel: "It'll bc lonesome enough uot to bear you singin. Miss S weeta. Some say you and thc admiral are tired of roots and goin away." "Going away?" repeated Sereta. "Why, Samuel, you said yourself only a little while ago that the admiral was a py'rcnnial. and I am another. Wo are golug into partnership with thc yellow lilies forever and ever." The old man made a motion of incredulity and, shaking his head as he did when I rain was prophesied In a drought, re marked: "May bc true of the admiral. Miss Swecta, but I expect that other soldier fellow'll be back herc before fall 1 lookin aft jr some more yellow Illy slips-like as not. Ile said he took a very particular Interest In py'reuninls. I should think he would. He'll be the 1 first man that ever raised a bulb from a slip." And Roger did come back many times, but he went straight to the ad miral when advice was needed, for the kind of flower he wanted was nev er illustrated ia the gaudiest catalogue of Samuel's '".val admiration. Nor will the yellow lil.es watch In vain at the end of the garden walk next spring, for Sereta has -given her lover to un derstand that she is a py'rennlal of the admiral, however satisfied he may be to live os mere "blown away seed." Perhaps she hopes he will take root some day. Anyway, she smiles when Samuel whistles, "My hope Is built on nothing less." "Scrota Is too young," says the admiral, "and I am too old." Martha Gilbert Dickinson in Spring field Republican. Carly Days of Colorado Mlnlnrr. As illustrating tho local conditions nt thc time of the commencement of oper ations by the pioneer smelter in Colora do It may bc stated that every single firebrick used lu its construction cost SI, having to bc brought by wagon about GOO miles from the nearest point on tho Missouri river and to that point by railroad from St. Louis. The iron cost 22' cents 'per p "nd. The pay of skilled labor was ?8 per day and of common labor $4 per day, and the charge of smelilr.g ranged from ?20 to $45 per ton. There was no railroad nearer than the Missouri river, about GOO miles away. Wagon transporta tion was high, as also were all the nec essaries of life. Moreover the "matte," thc product of the plant, In tho ab sence of any local means of separating or refining, had to be hauled to the Missouri river in wagons, thence by railroad to New York and thence to Swansea, Wales, where it was sepa rated and the gold, silver and copper rened. . Today there are nine smelting plants In Colorado. The aggregate dally ca pacity is 4,000 tons, and about 4,000 men are employed.-Engineering Mag azine. It Doesn't Pay to De Captured. It will doubtless surprise most peo ple to learn that any soldier of the British army who Is captured by tho enemy gets his pay stopped at once. Therefore the 1.000 English warriors who are now playing football Inside the race track at Pretoria are in no sense of the word wsge earners. A further provision of the army regula tions allows an Investigation to be made after a soldier has recovered his liberty, and the authorities may. If they see flt, turn over the back pay to the released prisoner. There ls no obligation on their part to do this, however. Dangeri of ?lluminrifIns Gas. Numerous accidents occnr annually in the use of gas for lighting, cooking or heating through either carelessness or Ignorance. The largest number of accidents probably occur from ignorant persons either blowing out the gas or turning it off and subsequently turning the cock on sufficiently for the gas to escape unnoticed. Many other accidents are the result of the bad practice of turning down a gas flame, particularly In a bedroom. This is always ill advised, for such a turned down flame may be either blown out by a draft of air from nn open win dow, or else it may be extinguished by a sudden variation or reduction lu tbe pressure. When this happens In a small bedroom without ventilation, there ls groat danger of asphyxiation particularly so if water gas is used. Much can bc done to avert this danger by n proper arrangement of the gas piping in bouses. Another dangerous custom is to shut off the gas at thc main service or at the gas meter during thc night, and numerous accidents, some of them fn have resuiU-si from it. It Is almost equally bad to turn off the gas at the meter during tho day.-Cassler's. ? '-! Comparative. "Walter, this steak is badly burn ed." "Yes, slr; but you hadn't oughter make a fuss, sir; that man over there's got one broiled to a crisp, sir." -Detroit Free Press. CASTOR BA Por Infants and Children. The Kind Yon Have Always Bought Bears the ??tfTT^T Signaturo of ??m?ftt'?M?*?4* Origin of Marriage Customs. The oldest known love letter io the world is io thc British Museum, lt j is a proposal of marriage made to an Egyptian Princess, and.it was written 3,000 years ago. It is in the form of j an inscribed brick, and is therefore j uot only tho oldest, but also the most substantial love letter in exist- j euee. j The first silver wedding dates back j to the time of Hugh Capet. Two 1 servants had/grown gray in his ser- j vice, a man and a woman, and what could lie give them us a reward? Call ing the woman, he said: "'Your ser vice is great, greater than this man's whose service i-, great enough, for the woman always finds work harder than a man, and, therefore, I will give you a reward. At your age 1 know of none better than a dowry and a husband. The dowry is here-this farm from this time forth belongs to you. li' this man who has worked with you for i five and twenty years is willing : to marry you. then thc husband is \ ready." "Your majesty," <ai? the old SIT- j vant, "how is it possible that we should marry, having already silver hairs." "Then it shall be a silver wedding," and the king gave thc couple silver enough to keep them in plenty. This soon became known all over France, and it became a fashion after twenty five years of married life to celebrate a silver wedding. The practice of the wife's assuming thc husband's name at marriage is a Roman custom. Julia married to Pompey became Julia of Pompey. lu latter times married women signed their names in the same manner, but omitted the "of." In Iceland the op posite has been the custom. There the husband assumes the wife's name. The word wedding is derived from the wed or security which the Anglo Saxon bridegroom gave at espousals for the due performance of his con tract. This wed was held by trustees and io addition to it tho bridegroom wore au espousal ring. As for the wedding ring, it was first designed by Prometheus, according to tradition, j and fashioned out of adamant and \ iron by Tubal Cain, and was given ! by Adam to his son to this end, that bc therewith should espouse a wife. The wedding cake is the remains of a custom whereby a Roman bride held ; in her left baud three wheat ears, and j many centuries later an English bride ? wore a chaplet of wheat. Thc brides ! maids threw grains of corn or small j bits of cake upon thc heads of thc j newly married and the guests picked j up tho pieces and ate them. Tho wedding cake did not come into gener j al use until the last century, and was I then compoied of solid blocks laid to j gether, iced all over, so that when the j outer crust was broken over thc bride's head, the cakes inside fell on the floor and were distributed among the guests. Bridal favors are of Dan ish origin. Thc true lover's knot was first designed by Danish hearts, and derived its designation from the Danish truelofa-"I plight my troth." Thc throwiag of the supper comes from the custom of the father of the bride giving a shoe to tho new hus band in tokcu of transference of pow er over her, the bridegroom lightly tapping the bride's head with it. Thc best man is a survivor of thc band of friends who accompanied thc suitor in his wife-winning and kept watch for him over tho bride's tribe, while tao lover sought the opportuni ty to carry off his prize. The honey moon journey is the hurried flight of the husband with his wife to escape the vengeance of tho pursuing tribe. The presents given thc bridesmaids and ushers aro simply a relic of the rough bribery used by the ancient bridegroom among his personal friends so that they would assist in the cap ture of his chosen bride when the day arrived on which hc]had determined to carry her off. In the fifteenth cen tury a brido-if one of thc aristocracy -often received twenty rings from her relatives and six from the bridegroom -two when hi became interested in her, two for thc espousal and two when they were married.-New York Sun. - The British war office is sending i every availabe gun, no jnatter how ancient, to thc front. - "Women must consider it a dreadful fate to be an old maid," mus ed Mr Chug-ater. "They do, Jo siah," said Mrs. Chugwatcr. "What terrible sticks they sometimes marry to escape it." AndJJosiah rubbed his chin and said nothing. - The refusal of tho Transvaal gov ernment to allow the United States consul at Pretoria to represent the interests of Great Britain during the war is regarded at Washington as a violation of civilized custom and will probably be made tho subjeot of a vig orous protest ou the part of this gov ernment. - In Japan, it is said, there arc ap ple trees growing four inches in height, which bear fruit freely about the size of currants. : Social Life in Newspapers. The News and Courier remarks that no St. Cecilia ball in Charleston has j t becu "written up" for a newspaper e since This iscau error. Sever- j u al of the balls were "written up" for b a New York society paper in 1SS7 SS i and there was a social earth.make in v consequence. That is a curious story. I The committee of the society cxatuin- i v cd tile membership one by one on honor, but thc leakage remained a mystery until accident discovered it. A man who had once, a long time ago, been a brilliant and familiar lig ure at the balls returned to Charles ton after many wanderings and strug- j I ules with the liquors of many eities, | < having lost all a tuan should value, j except his thirst. Ile took refuge iii j the garret of au old friend and luikod j there many months, his presence un- . known to any but the family. The j "ladies of this family, returning from 1 thc balls, talked, as girls will, over j the people who were there and how , they looked and what they won1. Tho maa fruin thc garret remembered it all and with tho help of a servant secret ly forwarded to New York the only account ot" St. Cecilla balls printed in moro than a century, and rec? i ved his ; checks. There was in bim enough of ? thc memory of what he had been to make him ashamed of his work and ho j carefully covered .ii.' crime against thc traditions of the people who shel- i tcrcd bim. Wc sympathize cordially with the , repugnance of the St. Cecilia to the parade of its balls in the newspapers. I Thc theory is that the people who at tcud go to entertain and give pleasure to each other, not to advertise them selves to thc general public. In our view social life is deprived of its sweetest charm by newspaper notorie ty. The general public has no right to know the details of what goes on within a man's own house or among friends whogaiher to enjoy themselves with each other. Thc purpose of so cial functious should be pleasure; when they are put in thc newspapers thc purpose becomes parade, and it is all vulgarized and made cheap and boastful. The real pleasure is spoil ed. We would as lief have a general mob let into a private house or urged to a social gathering as to have either displayed for miscellaneous perusal the morning after. Maj' it be another century before a St. Cecilia is again "written up." - (frecnvilte Nicies. Women Live Longer. Thc proportion of women among centenarians is nearly twice that ot* men. A group of people cited by one of thc numerous authors of works on the subject shows that out of Gi! per sons who were 100 years old and up ward, there were 43 women and 23 men. In Londou'the last census show ed 21 centenarians, 5 man and 10 wo meu. The fact that nearly all tho centenarians are poor seems to prove that the rich arc at some disadvantage in tho matter of long life. OF the fe male centenarians it may be said that the very nature of their occupations protects them so much in the bouse, where they arc shielded from adverse influences of atmospheric changes and accidental causes of death to which so many men aro subject. - Mrs. Leland Stanford has now disposed of all thc great fortuuc be queathed to her by her late husband, having recently signed deeds transfer ring all of her real estate to thc trus tees of Leland Stanford University. She had already given to thc universi ty all the personal property of the senator's estate, the value of it being about $15,000,000. Under a contract with the trustees she receives au an nuity of $25,000. The Way to Hull Eggs. ri If you want hoft boiled eggs cooked o perfection, don't boil them! An gg that is Hctuully boiled, bc it two limites, three miuutes, or any other rief ''syllable of recorded time," may udceil have a ??oft yolk; but the white rill be leathery and indigestible. Ure is the perfect met lou!; Let thc kater-sufficient in depth to cover thc l! .egg-bo brought to a hard boil, then drop in the eggs, ?nd iuimcdi ucly remove the vessel from the tin lt should not. boil an instant ofter lim 'ggs are in. Leithe eggs remain MI the hot water ll! or IT) minnies-a l t ile time, more or less, will make no lii?erenee. When opened, thu'.viiites will be found deliciously soft, as well is the yolks, and equally digestible. - Tilt' AV?t MI tm r. - - The first euirency used in this country was the Indian wampum, lt was made of shells, and ei nsi-ted td' the shells id' testaceous fishes :i quar ter of an inch lon:' and ;;i diameter about one-fourth of an ine'i. drilled so as?n be st rune on -i ihrem! Tlie I beads (d'a white color ratfl half ,| thc value of the black or violet, ami passed -is I he t < ; a i valen t . :< fart hint; in transactions hct\veen lint indians atol tlie plantel - ?HE FIRST BABY. Us Coming is Looked Forward to With l?ctli Joy and Fear and its Safo Arrival is Hailed Vith Pride and Delight by All Tho arrival of tho first baby In tho household is tin? happiest and most im portant event o? married lifo. Tho young wife who is to become a mother delights to think of tho happiness in storo for her when tho little ono shall nestle upon her breast .-.nd latterly she shall hear it lisp the sweet and holy name, "mother." But her happy anticipation quickly van ishes when she realizes tho terrible pain and suffering through which she must pasB while bringing tho litt lo ono into the world. An indescribable fear of tho danger attendant upon tito ordeal soon dissipates her joyfulness. Thousands of women havo learned by cxporinnco that them is absolutely no necessity for the sufferings which at tend child-birth; they know that by the uso of "Mother's Friend"-a scien tific liniment-for n few weeks befora tho trying hour, expectant mothers can so preparo themselves for tho final hour that tho pain and suffering of tho dreaded event are entirely obviated and it is Barely passed through with com paratively littlo discomfort. All women aro interested, and es pecially expectant mothers who for the first time have to undergo this trial, in such a remedy ; for they know the pain and suffering, to say nothing of tho dan ger, which is in store for them. "Moth er's Friend" is woman's greatest bles sing, for it takes her Bafely through tho severest ordeal of her life. Every woman should be glud to read tho littlo book "Before 3*aby is Born," which contains information "bf great value to all. Il will be Bent free to any ono who sendi their address to Tho Bradfield Regu lator Co., Atlanta, Ga. GABEY, MCCULLOUGH, & M?ST?N, Attorneys at Law, M AMOXI?! TEMPLE. ANDERSON, 8. C. W G McGEE. SURGEON DEtsTIST OFFICE- - roni ll -MI , over Farmer? ?nd Mn chant* lt*/.K RUNNING SORE HIS ANKLE. Affor CSv YoiiTQ nf InfonCO Obstinate sores and ulcers which mm CIA i Colo Ul IIHCIIdC refuse to heal under ordinary treat Suffering, Promptly Cured D? C O entire circulation is in a depraved condition. They Dj OI ui ui uro a sovcro drain upon tho system, and aro con stantly sapping away tho vitality. In overy case tho poison must bo eliminated from tho blood, and no amount of external treatment can have any olYoct. Thero is no uncertainty about tho merits of S. S. S. j overy claim made for it is backed up strongly by convincing ^gB***** tostimon}' of tV>so who have benn cured by it jjMrWf^fBk <iiid know ot its virtues ' y experience. SK^^^A Mr. L. J. Chark, of Orango Courthouse,Va., writes: Btt^B&WHM, " For six years I had an obstinate, running ulcer on my gS KraSrNw, ankle, which at times caused mo intense suffering. I waa ?SKa^aBLjf ita co disabled for a long while that I waa wholly unfit for ?$B? la fi? business. One of the best doctors treated me constantly f5?feBg Kvjy but did mo no good. I then tried various blood remedies, ^fttfffl BBLj^?B? without the least bonet?t. S. S. S. waa so highly recom- ^MUB W&*\/o?k. mended that I concluded to try it, and the effect waa ffBr&?3 /Mk \ wonderful. It seemed to get right at the seat of tho raA^^^PB diseaso and force tho poison out, and I was soon com- ^^SR^^Bfc??^S? pletely ourod.'' Swift's Specific 8. 8. 8. FOR THE BLOOD --drives out every trace of impurity in the blood, and in this way cures permanently the mo?t obstinate, deep-seated sore or ulcer. It is the only blood remedy guaranteed purely vegetable, and con tains not a particle of potash, mercury, or other mineral. S. S. S. cures* Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula, Cancer, Catarrh, Eczema, Rheumatism, Sores, Ulcers, Boils, or any other blood trouble. Insist upon S. S. S. ; nothing can take its place. Valuable books mailed free by Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Qa. 4 NO crop can grow with ut Potash. '.very blade of ^ irass, every grain >f Corn, all Fruits nd Vegetables mist have it. If ?nongh is supplied :ou can count on a full crop_ f too little, the growth will be ' scrubby." Sm.l tor .mr boole* telling all about r (imposition of ertili/crs bc?! adapted for all crops. They cost you lathing. i KR MAN KAI.I WORKS ft? St. New York, ('AN ?ir. SEfcN At u glance that tho wot k donu at THE ANDKHSON STEAM LAUNDRY is of a HO por lor order. Th-re is uot a speck or *pot to mar the leanly or porfo< lion of l'inirth. Starched Hud unstarched poods arealike carefully treated, and roach our patrons in a highly- Halisfautory condition. May wo send for your work? Our fr leu tl H and customers in the coun try cnn nlwavH leave their Laundry at 1?. C. Drown & BroV. Store, which in our central (lillee-next door above the Post Ofllce. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CD. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. M AY Fl HLD, Supt. and Treas. PHONIC NO. 20. SPECIAL SALE OF PIANOS ANDORGANS. FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAY'S C. a. REED MUSIC HOUSE S Will sell nuy of tho following H?ph Grade PIANOS and ORGANS at prices as low BR can he obtained from tho Manufactu rers dlreot : - KNABE, WEBE?. I VE KS & POND,". WHEELOCK, LAKE SIDE and RICHMOND. Also, THE ? Ht?WW, ESTEY and FARRAND A VOTEY ORGANS. Prospectivo purchasers will lind it to their Interest to call sud inspect my Stock or write for price?. We also represent the leading makes Sewing Machines At Rock Bottom figures. Respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. WI0NEYJT0 LOAN, ON FARMING LANDS. Ea*y pay ments. No commissions chanced. Bor rower pays actual cost of perfecting loan. Interest ? per cent. J NO. B. PALMER & SON, Columbia, S. C Oct. ll, 1800._JG_Om D.S. VANDIVEU. E. P. VANDIVER. J. J. MAJOR. VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR. DEALERS IN Fine Buggies, Phaotons, Surreys, Wagons, Harness Lap Robes and Whips, WE want your trade, and promise both to take caro nf you and to appreciate tho trade. Drop round and see our pretty, slick ire of work. If wo can't nell yon wo will appreciate ho opportunity and s'.ill bo fronds. Y'ours for Biggins, VANDIVEU BROS. & MAJOR. Bx s. Strickland & King! OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. B&- GBB and Cocaine used for Extract ing Teeth. _ PATENTS-ifS^] ? ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY gPIlEE j . Notice in "Inventive Ago" BiKBPP] . Book "How to obtain Patenta" B ?????? 1 Charges moderate. No fee till patent te secured. 1 Lettern ?tricUy confidential. Address. . J E. 0. SIGGERS. Petent Lawyer, Wssltlngton, 0.C. j ? - *- '*-**?-"*?*?* ' ? * ?.Hmm -