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BILL ARP jVrp -troves Children Great Comic Ailanta (?< Tho best earthly antidote for meian cholly is to mix up with a lot if inno cent children aud join in their little sports. I have th? blues sometimes and this alwayy gives relief. They make mc forget myself. I don't know how a man gets along without them. When little troubles make me 8igb,| Or feeling sad and can't tell why, These children brlug serenity. George Francis Train is now an old man and has seen lots of trouble. He was an eloquent, gifted crank and made quite a noise in the world thirty and forty years ago, but was never a success, and so ho soured on thc | world and swore off from it. He de clared that man was a fraud, \ hypo crite, and woman was weak and help less and that little children were the only happy and uncontaminated crea tures in this wicked world and the on ly society he should mingle with as long as ho lived. It has now beeta a""?ut twenty-five years since he swore oil and from that timo his daily habit has been to visit some park in New York every day and take a basket of fections or fruits and all his pockets full and make headquarters on the same park bench and gather around him a score or two of little folks and feed them and play with them and listen to them as they laugh and romp and frolic. They all know him and love him and run to him when he comes like little chicks run to tho old hen's call. I saw him once and drew near with a friend to hear what he was telling Uv: children, but he spied us and stopped talking and soop moved away to another seat and thc children followed him. Before the civil war I heard him make an outdoor speech ' at Rochester to a very large audience j and ho advocated the policy of the ! government issuing ten thousaud mil- j lions of money so that every man j could have his pockets full and every j woman her bosom full and then, said ' he, we would build railroads and ca nals and docks and churches and ships and steamboats and monuments and live like kings and princes. "The gov ernment has the right to issue it and has thc presses to print it and why don't they do it and give it away to the people and make everybody hap py." Just then a countryman cried out: "But hold on Train, wouldent there be a collapse after awhile?" Train looked at him with contempt as he replied: "Why, of course there would. Any fool would know that, but the railroads and dooks and canals and churches wouldent* collapse. They would be there, wouldent they?" And the crowd yelled: "Hurrah for Train !" It was hard to tell whether ho was a fool or a philosopher. His redeeming trait is his fondness for children. These little chaps that come to my house are my daily annoyance and my daily comfort. They make trains on the floor with my books and mess up my table and draw ponies and dogs or make me do it. One of them terned over my -ink yesterday and seemed very sorry and said: "Grau'pa, I so sorry; I beg my pardon. I won't do it any more-will ??" aad she put her little arms around my neck and kissed me. She made me glad that she had spilled the ink. Some of them arc making speeches now and will back up against thc wall and make a bow and go through "Orphan Annie" ?and "Mary's Lamb" [and "Annie Bell" like a schoolboy, and then I love to glance at the mother to see tho sweet, proud look upon her face. That look seems to say that is my child; isn't she smart? And then I glance at my wife, the grandmother, and her con tented look seems to say: "My grand child; if it hadent been for me that child wouldent have been here." Well, that's afaot. There is never any doubt about who is the mother of a child. Blessed children; what do they care about our world of trouble-whether Goebel lives or .dies, or thc war in Africa >or tho Philippines, or how many negro postmasters McKinley ap points. They don't know how grieved I am that Senator Morgan is likely to bc defeated-that great and good man whom the nation delights to choeor. Yes, defeated by machine politics and unolcac methods. Verily, it reminds mc of what Car lysic said: "England has a population of 30,000,000-mostly fools." \l think . they might let him stay there until ho finished his life's great work and build tho Nicaragua oaoal. Oh ! the shame of it. I wish that I was a little child and dident know it. I am grieved, too, because our Senator, Bacon has bad a fall and broken his ribs, for we need his presence in the Senate, ond ..now while bois down in bed some more machine ^work will be laid to oust him. I tell you, my friend?, I have no patience with machine politics. Look at Kentucky. See bow tho S LETTER. .-Their Presence is a >rt, Says He. justit ution, I State is torn and disgraced and I say ' now that no gentleman or patriot j would have done it. Goobel and Tay i lor and the whole concern should have said: "Well, I dident know that my candidacy was going to get up all this j bitter and daugerousofuss and make j cnomics that will never bj healed, i und so I will withdr;>v/ from the con test." I aseert boldly that a gentle man aud a patriot would have said that and doue it. It is a mean, contempti ble, selfish ambition that has produced all this trouble in that grand old State and revived its ancient name of the dark and bloody ground. I wish that I was another little child and dident know it. Hamlet said: "A politician would circumvent God." So I reckon this kind of corruption is no new thing. It goes back to the time when Brutus killed Caesar. Yes, it goes back to the time whencAbsalom tried to circumvent his own father and de pose him from the throne and Jacob cheated Esau out of his brirthright. Selfishness is thc cardinal sin of man kind-the trump card of tl e devil in seducing us to his allegiance. Thero is another antidote to melan choly; it is work, and I long to go at it. The winter has been long and hard and I am impatient for the time to come when the flowers shall appear on the earth and the singing of birds shall come aud the voice of the turtle be heard in the lands. I want to straighten up things in the garden and dress it off and sec how many roses have been killed. I want to fork up the ground and plant some more seeds. I planted peas a month ago and they are coming up, sweet violets are peep ing out and I found a solitary straw berry bloom. The elm tree buds are swelling, thc crows aro cawing in the tree tops and soon some imprudent peach trees will bo in bloom. . As the puct saith spring is gettiog ready to "unlock tho flowers and paint the laughing earth." But there is somc< bad with every good thing. My wife has just called my attention to the neighbors' chickens that have taken up in our garden and the neighbors' dogs that aro roaming over out lot and fighting in our back yard. They are colored mostly-tho owners, I mean and I'm going to deolare war; see if I don't. I nereby give warning to all owners of gallinaceous and canine ani mals to keep them at home or the raoe problem will break out in these parts. They say they passed a dog law and now they say it does not go into effect until May 1901, and never ii the grand juries don't indorse it. The law makers were politicians and wanted the negro vote and so they shoved the law into the grand juries. I see that the grand jury ci Gordon county have already killed the law. They like dogs and sausage-don't like mutton. "Beware of dogs," saith the script ure. The last legislature was a miser able abortion. If Carlysle were here to write its history he would say: "Tho last Georgia legislature had 220 members-mostly fools." Again I wish 'that I was a little ohild and dident know anything about these things. Wc al! knew too muon any how, such OB it is. Too much about the rascality and devilment that is going on in the world. I believe I will quit reading the daily papers and read only the weeklies and the magazines. BILL ABP. Rheumatism-Catarrh, are Blood Dis eases-Cure Free, It is tho deep-seated, obstinate cases of Catarrh and Rheumatism that B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm) cures. It matters not what other treatments, doctors, sprays, liniments, medicated, air, blood purifiers, have failed to do, B. B. B. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous mem brane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causea Rheu matism and Catarrh. B. B. B. is the only remedy strong enough to do this so there cap never bc a roturn pf the symptoms. Doh't give up hope but ask your druggist for B. B. B-Bc tanio Blood Balm or three Bs. Large bottle? SI, six bottles (full treatment) $5. B B. B. is an honest remedy that makes real cures of all blood dis eases a.rter everything CIAB fails. We have absolute confidence in Botauic ! Blood Bairn ; hene?, so you may test it. wc will send a Trial Bottle Free. rcr?onal medical advice free. Ad dress lilood Balm Co., 380 Mitchell St., Atlanta, Ga. For sale bv Hill Orr Drug Co. and Wilhitc & Wilhite. - Tho cotton plant in Paraguay grows the year . around favored throughout each season by conditions of soil and climate. After tho cotton is picked the plant is out down and another grown from the roots. Every two years both plants and roots are plowed up and new plants started, a finer grade of cotton resulting. The man who was "born tired" should uso Prickly Ash Bitters. It makes work a necessity to give vent to the energy and exuberance of spirits generated by functional activity lu the system. Sold by Evans Phar macy. W. 0. T. U. DEPARTMENT, j Conducted by tho ladies ot the W. C. I T. U. of Anderson, S. C. Total-Abstinence and Life Insurance. | It was in 18UU that the first life in surance company, thc 'United King dom Temperance and ^General Provi dent Institution, of London, begun experimenting along this line by plac iug those of its policy holders who were total abstainers iuja separate section from those who used intoxica ting liquors as a beverage. During the thirty-two ycors of the business of this company tho general average ratio of actual to expected deaths io thc total abstinence section has been 21 per cent, less than that in the gen eral Bcotion. During the past fifteen years the Scottish Temperance Life Association of Edinburgh has followed tho same policy. During all this'time thc aver age ratio of actual to expected claims in the total* abstinence section has been 47 per cent., while in the gener al section it has been 09-a'difference of 22 per cent in favor of the total abstinence section. Tho Life Insurance Company, . of London, also started out on the same plan, OT A :ii . r fifteen . years of exper imenting -ame results were soon visible. Thi^company has done-an extensive] busi noss, and tho general average ratio of actual to expected deaths in its total abstinence section has been 56.37 per cent., while in its general section the ratio has been 80.34 per cent.-a difference of 23.97 per cent, in favor of total absti nence. In 1890 when some capitalists in Australia wanted to organize the Aus tralian Temperance.and General Mu tual Life Assurance Society, they fol lowed the plan of the original London concern, and during thc first five years of its existence made a stronger showing ethan many of the', other companies in favor of total absti nence. The British Empire Mutual Life Assurance Company, organized ou still another plan, has also divided its policy hold; rs into two-classes, and the earnings of the ?total [abstinence section have been such that frequent special dividends have been declared in which the othor.'.policy holders did not participate. In New Zealand, Canada and New York the same plan has been followed with the same general result', fjjln recent years thorough investiga tions have been made by men promi nent in the life insurance business, and they all agree that the death rate is largely increased by tho use of alco holic liquors by their policy ?holders. And this is tho consensus of opinion among insurance men everywhere. It is said of thc Northwestern Life Insurance Company, of Milwaukee, that they refuse'tojinsure any one who is in any way conneoted with the beer business even though it be only a driver who hauls tho barrels, so con vinced are they that beer drinking shortens lifo and that association with the business of its manufacture leads to the beer drinking habit. In the faoe of ?this joverwhelming testimony from [men who ! have no special interest in temperance, "but who are looking sharply after the dol lar, he must be truly blind to the truth who refuses to ?believe that thc use of alcoholic? .beverages of j all kinds shorten life. There is no better medicine for the babies than Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy. Its pleasant taste and prompt and effectual cures make it a favorite with mothers and small children. It quickly cures their coughs and colds, preventing pneumonia or other serious consequences. It also cures croup and has been used in tens of thousands of cases without a single failure so far as wo have been able to learn. It not only cures oronp, but when given as soon aa tho croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. Io cases of whooping oough it liquefies tho tough mucus, making it easier to expecto rate, and lessens the severity and fre quency of the paroxysms of coughing, thus depriving that disease of all dan ferous consequences. For rsalc by Hll-Orr Drug Co. - "Isn't it odd that whenever Mr. Dinemore makes a present it always consists of gloves?" said Miss Gold thorpe. "He wants his presents to be always on hand," replied Miss Wilberforce. W? S. Philpot, Albany, Ga., says, "DeWitt's Little Early Risers did me more good than any pills I ever took." The famous little pills for constipation, biliousness and liver and bowei troubles. Evans Pharmacy. - Mother-"I wonder what we can do with Johnny? He has such a way of tiexaggcrating everything. He is always making a mountain ont of a molo hill." Father-"I think, my dear, we had better make him an auc tioneer." Geo. Barbe, Men do tu. Va., says, "Nothing did mo so much good as Ko dol Dyspepsia Cure. One dose reliev ed, a few bottles cured roc." It di gests what you eat and always cures dyspepsia. Evans Pharmacy. - Rabbits have become a plague at Stuttgart, whore they have multiplied so fast that they threaten to ruin the gardens and the famous surrounding vineyards. A bounty of 12 cents is now paid for each dead rabbit. South Carolina Exposition Of?The In- ' dustrlcs and Itesonrcc? Of The State. I ? ? i To thc people of South Carolina. It is proposed to hold an Expos?- ; ( tion in the city of .Charleston in 1001 ? which will bc thoroughly representa tive of the industrial and utaterial re sources of the State. The Governor und the General Assembly, thc Sena tors and Representatives from this State in Congress, the Mayor and thc City Council of Charleston and all the local commercial and business orgaui 2-*ions of this city have given their unqualified endorsement to the pro ject. lu the discharge of their duty as a committee charged with thc organiza tion of thc preliminary work of the Exposition, the undersigned invite thc earnest co-operation of the manu facturers and farmers, and all who arc ' interested io the material develop ment of South Carolina. The Exposition will not,"! however, be limited to material things < nly. The Fine Arts aud everything pertain ing to tho advance of Science and Edu cation will bc thc prominent features of it; and the Committee,'beg all?who are working for and contributing to the progress of the State on these lines, to lend to thc enterprise their invaluable support. It is proposed that the South Caro lina Exposition 'Bball illustrate in all of its departments the wonderful var iety and wealth of the resources of the State. A full display of the I State's crude and manufactured - pro ducts ?will advertise to the business I and investing public thc opportunities ' which it offers for the employment of I capital, and the support of au ever in? creasing population. With the cor dial co-operation of the - people of the State, tho Exposition will be of incal culable benefit to every section of South Carolina and the whole '.'South. The plans of the Exposition cannot be fully determined'at present, but its scope and purpose arc outlined in the following list of exhibits of which it would be ooustituted: Agriculture-Cotton, tobacco, food and its accessories. Horticulture and floriculture, for estry and forest products, phosphate rock and its products, -fish, fisheries, fish products aud apparatus for fishing, mines, manufactures, machinery of all kinds, including agricultural imple ment?. Transportation Exhibits-Railway, ships, vehicles, automobiles, bicycles and electric appliances. Graphio Arts-Topography, litho graphy, steel and copper ?plate print ing, drawing, book-binding,j&c. Fine Arts-Painting, sculpture and decoration. Liberal Arts-Engineering, publio works, constructive architecture. Education-Special exhibits from Clemson .College, Winthrop Normal and Industrial College and other State institutions. County Exhibits-Good roads, sec tions of roads, road machinery, broad tired vehioles. U. S.' Government t Exhibits-Ex hibits from Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. The Committee are prepared to work with all who will aid in making the Exposition complete jin all its de partments^and creditable to the'_State. Suggestions from all who^are interest ed in the development of the material resources of the State ?M?d is the pro motion of its progress in ali directions will be gratefully received. Thc Committee would be* particularly ob liged for informationell regard to an; exhibits that might?be made. (JYour earnest co-operation is solici ted. Wi th'the zealous aid of thc peo pie throughout tho State, tho Com mittee confidently believes that ac Exposition can be projected '?and car ried through whioh will bo of credit tc the State, and that -will accomplish thc great good for the different inter ests of the State that is hoped for anc expected. Very respectfully yours, NICHOLAS S. HILL, Jul, Chairman. E. L. TESSIER, JNO. A. SMITH, JNO. II. AVERILL, Corresponding Secretary. mm m mm A Great Blessing-Something in the Read of Everybody. What w uld you think of a man win was sick and constantly lived in read of tialvatiou, yet because hehadfailei in other directions refuses to take tin blessing that is before him ? Thi was the case with Mr. John S. Cook of Atlanta. "I have been sufTcrin with dyspepsia for ten years. I be gan taking Ty ncr's Dyspepsia Reined; and gained fifteen pound.-: in thirt, days. I commend it to thc public a a great blessing. I can eat supper, g to bed and sleep like a ba' e-some thing I Could not do before." Prie 50c. per bottle. For salo by Hill-Or Drug Co. and Wilhito & Wilhitc. - "I understand," said thc neigl bor, "that your husband is a dram j tic critic." "No," replied the littl woman bitterly; "he is even worf than that. He is a household critic. DcWitt's Witch Hazel Salvo is ui equalled for piles, injuries and ski diseases. It io the original Witc Hazel Salve. Bowarc of all counte feils. Evans Pharmacy. Some Ways Answered. Ls ii nut surprising what a number .i' little things wo do without knowing ho reason? Why, for instance, ?io.widows wear .aps? Perhaps you may say because ' hey make them look pretty and in- i Lores ting. Hut the real reason is that when the Romans were in England [ they shaved their hoads as a sigu of mourning. Of course, u woman couldn't let herself bc seen with a bald head, so she made herself a pretty cap. And now, though thc oecessity of wearing it has pussed away, the oap remains. Why do we have bowson thc left side of our buts? In olden times, when men were much in thc open air and hats couldn't be bought for half a dollar, it was thc habit to tio a cord around the crown and let thc ends fall rm the left side to bc grasped on the arising of a squall. They fell on thc left side so they might bo grasped by thc left hand, tho right beiug more usefully engaged. Later on, tho ends got to bc tied in a bow, and later still, they became useless, yet thc bow has remained, and will probably remain till the uext deluge cv somethiug of that sort. What is the .meaning of thc crosses or Xs on a barrel of beer? They sig nify degrees of quality nowadays. But originally they were put on by those'ancient monks as n'sort of trade mark. Thoy were crossed thoBc days, and meant a sort of oath on thc cross, sworn by thc manufacturer that his barrel contained goodjliquor. Why are] bells tolled for thc dead? This has become'so familiar a practice that a funeral without it would appear un-Ghristian. Yet the reason is quite barbarous. Bells wcre'tolled long ago, when people were being buried, in order to frighten away evil spirits who lived in thc air. Why do fair ladies break a bottle of wine on the ship they arc christening? Merely another survival of barbario custom. lu the days of sacrifico to the gods it was customary tn pet some poor victim when a boat was 'being launched jind to cut'his throat over the prow, so that his blood baptized it. Why'are dignitaries deafened- by a salute when they visit a foreign} port? It seems a curious sort of welcome, this firing off of guns, but it seems the custom arose in a veri' responsible way. Originally a town or a warship I fired off their guns on thc approach of important and- friendly strangers to show that they had such faith in thc visitors, peaceful* intentions they didn't think it necessary to keep their guns loaded, Why do we sometimes throw a shoe after a bride? The reason is not very Domplimentary. From- of old it ?has been the habit of mothers to chastise their children .with a) shoe. Hence the custom arose of the father of a bride making a present to the bride groom of a shoe as al sign that it was to bo his right to keep herein ?order. Philadelphia Enquirer. "Going to Bed" Etiquette. It is always a debatable point of etiquette whether hostess or guest make first movement to'go to bed, and thus break up tho evening gathering. The guest may be overcome with fa tigue from a day's journey, thc I host may be fidgeting under the strain of entertaining. Hud longing for thegutat io show some signs by which.' he ,ean gracefully and hospitably suggest ''that it is growing late," yet neither juite likes to appear, as they think, impolite. In fact, many visitors have suffered agonies in tri iD8 to be agree able, while the host and hostess were loing their best to suppress their pawns and to "make conversation' until chance offered a solution to the lifficulty. There is, however, but me rule to be [followed in this rela tionship of host and hostess and thc lionr of retirement. The host or host ess must always take thc initiative ind say an appropriate word as to thc lateness of tho hour and the desirabil ity of going to bcd. . mm *t mmm - Khcumacide is a throughout, per manent, constitutional cure for rheu matism. The acids io thc blood which ?ause the disease are thoroughly cradi jated. It is also thc best blood purifier, laxative and tonic. Evans Pharmacy. - Mr. Pokus-There's the only Kroman i rt this town whose affairs ain't lossipcd about at the sewin' circle needn't*. Mr. Citiman-How does ?he escupe? Mr. Pokus-By good nauagctnerit-she allers gita there ihcad of any of thc rest of 'em. - Some men seem to bo troubled .vith fatly degeneration ?d' morals. KAMNOL. t HEADACHE, NEURALGIA, LA GRIPPE. "Relieves all pain. 25c. all Druggists. THESE .j ? HAVE NEVER Tried The^reaT system reculator PRICKLY Am BITTERS. Because they think it ?a nasty and bitter, disagreeable! To the stomach and violer?T ir) action. A6K THESE TUB iii OF J. A. MtOCK, President. Jos. N. HKOWN, Vico Presideni. B. F. MAULDIN, Cashier. THU Urgent, strongest Dunk in the County. I Interest Paid on Deposits :T_jj^wpecial agreement. ZZZ^Z ; With uus'urpaWdlfactHties and resour I cit* we aro at ult tiroes prepared to ae coiummiatn our cutdomors. ; Jan IO, 111(10 'JU They will tell you it is not at all disagreeable. [And as a cure for Indi?esTioa] ^Constipation, Kidney disorders it bun excelled. Evans Pharmacy, Special Agents. Like to remind our cus tomers who have not set tled last year's Accounts that it is impossible for. us to wait; longer. ?We1 are betteriprepared than ever to do Carriage, Buggy and Wagon Repairs with neat ness and dispatch. PAUL E. STEPHENS. j Quattlebaiini & Cochran, Attorneys at Law, i i Anderson, - - - - S. C. I ! tt@f" Offices removed j to People's j Bank Building, ground floor. I Jan 2-1, 1D0O 31 l -THE ANDERSON - Mutual Fire Insurance Co? Wrote its first Policy Sept. 23, 1896, and has made only two assessments since it commenced business. This is a great deal cheaper than you can get fire insurance elsewhere. If interested see KEV. J. J. BECK, Agent. Nothing Succeeds Like Success! WE beg to auncuneo lo our IIIOIMIH that the year just closed hus Riven us the lar gest business wo ever eu joy od. Fur this result wo aro truly grateful to those who contributed ?von to ii -..mull degree. It IUIH always been our aim to build up a permanent business on principien of square, honest eilort and true merit. Wo have succeeded, and new \Vo aro going to spread ! Wo sro going to increase our bus iness fifty per cent, this year, sud wo beg tho support of our old friends. J?ew friends will Hock to us whoo th ay learn cur method* and tho quality of Goods we soil, and this tliey uro rapidly learning. Why DCUII'N I'ulciit Flour is to-day on the tongue of ?very housewife lu th? County, because it is her friend. Every body who wears >tiof H that ?re Miiois uro loud in their praises of our Store. And when peu pl o want puro We?* Or?enUN Ny rup they always send to us because they know wo keep the best. *Thnn why not ox purni ? Wo are expansionists for trade only, and wo ask a look al our Goods wheo you get ready to buy. DEAN & RATLIFFE. Oil A MH AEUn Af* 8H -The finest pulverized lo town, and the highest uUMltU MF?U ML? BU analysis in tho t?tulo. Our prices are on rock bottom. I? & R. CLA&ENCK Cs no H Ns. RUTLKOOE OBBORNK. Stoves, Stoves! Iron King Stoves, Elmo Stoves* Liberty Stoves, Peerless Iron King Stoves, And other good makes Stoves and Ranges. A big line of TINWARE, GLASSWARE, CROCKERY and CHI NAWARE. Also, anything in the line of Kitchen Furnishing Goods-such aa Buck ets, Trays, Rolling Pins, Sifters, &c. Thanking our friends and customers for their post patronage and wish ing for continuance of same, Yours truly, OSBORNE & OSBORNE. Why You Should Buy Parian Paints! BECAUSE They Beautify, Protect and Preserve your property. BECAUSE PARIAN PAINTS Adhere to wood tin, iron, galvauiz?d iron, stone or tile. BECAUSE PARIAN PAINTS Are guaranteed not to crack, chalk, pe<jl, rub off nor blistt BECAUSE PARIAN PAINTS Are not affected by salt water or sea breezes. BECAUSE PARIAN PAINTS Are not affected by ammonia, carbonic, sulphurous or other gases. BECAUSE J PARIAN PAINTS _ Produce a high gloss, cover perfectly, are thc handsomest and most durable Paints ever placed upcn'Jtho market. Every gallon guaranteed, ?old only by F. B. GRAYTON & CO. O <? ? CO 8* H Is 8 B|s a d? ".iga ? ?Pg % SS J I ? W pd s S ? BOYS" STEAM LAUNDRY i The Most Complete and Up-to-Date Laundry in the State. Every Machine the latest improved, and uesigued to do most porfectwork Under the superintendence ol' an experienced Laundryman, with a corps of skilled assistants. Every piece of work carefully inspected, and no sorry work allowed to pass from Laundry. PRICES LOW. Quality of work unexcelled. Givo us a trial. W. P. BAKU, Rusinces Mander. Located at rear of r'ant's Book Store.