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BRAHMA. I tm thc mote in tlie sunbeam, and I am tba burning sun; "Beat beret" I whisper the atom; I call to th6 orb, "Boll ont" J am tbc blush ot (he morning, and I am the j evening breca?, . . I am thc.leaf's low murmur, the swell of thc ter rible s'.'?s; I am ibo net, the fowler, the bird and its fright ened cry, The mirror, the form reflected, thc sound and its echo, I; The lover's passionate pleading, the maiden's whimpered fear, Tlie warrior, the blade tltat Emites him, his moth er's heart wrung tour; I am iatojic?tion, grapes, wine brees and must ord \jrine. Thc giustj thc boat, tl:e tavern, the goulet of ? r?..:al One; I am tlie breath of the flute, 1 um thc wind of man. Gold's f litter, lite light of thc diamond and tho sra ??.'ari's luster wan, The rose, her poet nightingale, thc songs from hit throat that rise, Flint sparks, the taper, tho m^th that about it Hies; 1 am both pood and evil, the deed nnd the deed's intent. Temptation, Victim, sinner, crime, purdon, pun ishment ; I sm what wai, is, will be, creation's ascent and fall, Thc link, the chain of existence, beginning and end of all. . --Translated From Dschclalcddin Itumi by Bit ter. How tho Ugliest Sinn In the Regiment Won a Dusky Beauty. Ile was the ugliest man in the S'tceuth infantry. And he looked it. So the men called him Cross Dog, and sar? on the pay rolls he knew no other uanie. Cross Dog was in the prime of life, but looked older. He had put in about 12 years in the army and was at that point in a private soldier's career wher? he realizes that he has lost the knack of earning a livelihood lu civil life, but still yearns for its freedom. For it is only after about 15. years of service and numerous failures at civil voca tions that the average enlisted man ceases to vow that be will never take on .again and settles down to soldiering for life. Cross Dog's temper was peppered dynamite. He had thrashed or been thrashed by nine-tenths of the regi ment and was ready at a second's no tice to begin again. His tongue match ed bis temper, and bis face was seamed with surliness. There was only one thing in the world of which Cross Dob was afraid, and that was woman. "Shure," said Private Sevenspot, "av Cross Dog iver loved a woman he'd be scared so he'd cuss her to death and thia elope with a recruiting sergeant." Back in the States it bad been a fortunate thing for Cross Dog that he was not suscepti ble to the charms of the fair sex, for his personality was not an attractive one and his conversation was a jumble of cuss words and growls. But in the Philippines the world Is topside down, as a Chinaman calls it, and carious things happen. And It was in the Phil ippines, at the Hacienda de Sevilla, near Isabella, Negros, that Cross Dog won a woman's heart A company of the S'teenth Infantry was stationed at Isabella, and a de tachment of five mea, is charge of Pri vate ocven&poi, was sent to the hacien da to protect property in that region from the raids of Pap I rc i o bandits who swarmed In the nearby mountains. Cross Dog was one of the detachment. The Hacienda de Sevilla consisted of a big sugar mill, the blackened ruins of the plantation house, burned to the ground by the Pa pi rc los, and six native nipa shacks scattered along the west ern bank of the river Balinbagan. But this little hamlet supported a popula tion of 300 native amigos, most of whom, burned out of their homes by the P?pircios, camped In the big sugar mill under the protection of Private Sevenspot's little detachment. During the day they worked In the canefields and at night huddled together In the mill, around which the six Americans stood guard. Luisa, the woman in the case, for girls of 14 ore women where the, world is topside down, lived in a six by six nipa shack built la the box of a two wheeled cort that stood beneath the shelter of the sugar1 mill roof. On tho vening that Sovenspot's detachment _ rived at the hacienda old Pedro was absent. Old Pedro was Luisa's father. His crony, old jose, in the next village up the river, had received a month's pay from. Senor Holl jos that day, and Pedro bad gone to pass the evening with him and help drink a b?cket of tuba. At ll o'clock he canie Muster ing homeward with unsteady, but cat like steps in bllcsful Ignorance of the fact that the Americanos were in pos session of the ?iigor mill. Pedro's brown hide was chock of tu ba, and his soul was filled with great joy. In fact, he was so happy that he yearned "to butcher something, an old woman o ; a baby or a lame doff. As be came through the trail in the cane brake he slashed at the young stalks and grimaced blissfully as In Imagina tion he neatly clipped the leaders of unarmed foes with bis bolo sword. Cross Dog was on post? too, at the upper entrance to the sugar min. Thc first night on guard at a strange post with a small detachment and In a country swarming with treacherous foes ls a great trial tn ?SSTTSS. ?Especially so when it ls next to Impos sible to distinguish friend from foe. Moreover, Cross Dog had been Unfor tunate In hts details for a week back and bad been marched on an av?ras?? of 15 miles each day through muddy ricefields, which ts equivalent to 40 miles a doy on an American highway. Consequently Cross Dog's temper, usu ally peppered dynamite, was now saw edged lightning. Sevenspot had posted him with thc information that native amigos were not supposed to be abroad. of ter 9 o'clock and 4eft, the rest to his discretion. Cross Dog hacked with his bayonet at thc dried mud on hi? .leggings and stoJT?d across the nsrrow. clearing be tween the mUi and tho cauefleld. There came just thc semblance of a rusti? from the canebrake, and Cross. Dog stepped backing and dropped suddenly on ono "knot*. Tor at ni gum* rna u vnatnw bettor squatting than staml?ng. The nearer his eyes to the ground the high er and plainer objects are thrown up against tho horizon! The rustle lu thc'empfiehl grew loud er, and Cross Dog unlocked the safety on his Krag. Then, oblivious of his danger, old Pedro stopped noiselessly luto the clearing aud thc shadow of death. Cross Dog waited for the sec ond native to come out of the brake. If he came In the footsteps of his file leader, one bullet would do duty for two. And it ls a pity to waste ammu nition, and a dirty ii fie barrel makes work. IC old Jose had accompanied old Pedro home that night, there would have been two funeral drums to beat next day. But as old Pedro came alone Cross Dog hesitated a second and de cided to give the intruder a chance for his I i ft*. "liait!" he eriod. Old Pedro started and then In his fright raino on all the faster, ids wick ed looking bolo in band. That was too much for Cross Dog's temper and nerves, but bo was nn American and Instinctively bated to kill a half armed creature whose life he could take ns he would snuff a candle. Moreover, ho had an American contempt for the lighting qualities of these brown pyg mies and tlie disposition to play cat and mouse with them until they came right up to tlie bayonet's point. So Cross Dog's first shot made a kite of old Pedro's straw hat, his second spat tered the mud in front of him and tl)rec moro made shallow grooves in lils bare brown legs. There was one cartridge left lu Cross Dog's lille when Pedro baited, panting, at the bayonet's point. An inch more and that cartridge would have been the fluni period lu old Pedro's book of life, for Cross Dog was not only rattlesnake mad, but also grossly insulted. A bare legged Kakiack in his shirttail and a straw hat and armed with a four span bolo had dared to charge right up to his lille's mouth! Cross Dog felt that he ought to kill this fool creati r ?. It was according to orders. But some how he couldn't quite do it. So he Jabbed with his baj-onet through Pe dro's hide and gave him a choice selec tion of profanity and advice. "Blink blank (jab) you," he exclaim ed, "when Melieana say halt, you (jab) halt (Jab). Sa^cy? You'blink blank, caramba fool. If you (Jab) keep va moosin, blank you, when Melieana say (Jab) halt, Melieana boom-boom you, blink blank you, blank quick! Blink blank you (jab), when Melieana say halt, j ou stop quick every blauk tempo till MoIJcana malayoh (see) you with his blanked mala (eyes) and talkee ah kee (come here), blank you! You (Jab) savoy?" Then old Pedro, after explanations, was permitted to go to his nipa shack, and the four Americans off guard re turned to their blankets. After crawl ing into his shack Pedro ordered his daughter Luisa to make a light, and to emphasize the order he beat her with his fist in the face. And Luisa, being only a woman, made a great outcry. Then she got a big bundle of split bam boo and laid it upon the bed of coals In thc center of the mill and fanned the bamboo into a great flaming torch. Then old Pedro ordered her to dress his scratches and beat ber in the face to insure' obedience. The blaze of tho torch fell upon Cross Dog's back so that he was a fine mark for a Papircios Remington and blinded bis eyes so he could not see five paces into the clear ing. And , Luisa's outcries deafened his ears to the secrets of the canon eld. For these reasons, and not because-ho reared to interfere with Pedro's meth ods of parental discipline, Crosa Dog deliberately violated regulations and deserted his post. ? He picked up a bundle of dry, split bamboo and marched through the sug ar mill to Pedro's nipa shack. He reached in and caught that disciple of Solomon by one ankle and dragged him forth after the fashion of a plantation negro who knows where the chickens roost. And Pedro howled, and Gross Dog swore, and 50 brown babies woke up and squalled, and a hundred mon grel dogs barked. "Shure," said Sevenspot, reporting the occurrence to bis lieutenant, who visited the hacienda the following day, "when I woke up I thought I were in purga thory the day of th er the' holo caust av ac insane asylum, a dog pound an an .orphan asylum. An Lu isa there, th' ould dlvll Pedro's daugh ter, sat by while Cross Dog larruped her dad an wept tears ay joy . an grati tude. I'm thlnkin 'twere th' first tolmo she Iver knew th' ould bandit to get his deserts. Tho other amigos say he. bas a brother an two sons with the Papir cios in th' mountains.** "If that's the case," said the lieuten ant, mounting his carabao, "you need not bother to bait him the next time be tries to come In after tapa. I don't want this detachment to get cut up ont of leniency to any native of doubtful . antecedents." When the detachment turned out for their chicory the morning after old Pe dro's chastisement, Luisa waa waiting for them with a baking powder can half full of carabao milk for Cross Dog's coffee. The men squatted on the edge of a sugar vat and gnawed their hard tack and drank their bitter chico ry. ?Gross 'Dog's scraggly beard bris tled with bad temper, and he choked In the effort to eat, drink and swear lo the same breath. With eyes that beam ed with gratitude and adm! ratios little Luisa timidly presented her offering of carabao milk. Groas Dog glared at her. ?"Bliak blank you," he growled, "what the blink blank do yea wast?" "SJ. senor," said Luisa, ducking ob eeqtiinitei~ m?? iio^ms int. caa so that Cross ! Dog * could see Its contents. ."Mucha gooda And Luisa pointed first at the milk and then to Gross Dog's cup. Then Gross Dog comprehended, and grabbed the'can and emptied It Into bia coffee. 'Til be blink blanked," he growled, "if tho blink blanked rag didn't bring me some blink blank milk!" Lull?, listened like an attentive pupil. Then, with a knowing air, she nodded her little head, and, pointing into the empty can, she said:.. "SI, senor; I savoy. Filipino,. loon kat; Melieana, dam milk. Si, I save? mucha Melieana poco tiempo." Cross Dog stopped In the middle of a gulp of coffee and stared at the little brown woman. "Well, Ml be hllnk blanked1," he ex claimed, "If the blink blanked nlggei ain't swearing at me In English !" "8<L el. ' senor." sbo chirped, coquet tlshTy lifting the yaru or rea cmrcu uwv served her as petticoat and dress skirt and exposing ratljer more tlmu a peep of pretty hare ankle. "I savoy. Seno rita-that me in Espa?ol. Dam nigger ! -that me Melicana. Si. I savoy mucha ! Mellcann poco tiempo." Cross Dog choked with irritation. "Well, I'll he blink blanked!" was all .he could say. For a week thereafter Luisa followed ac Cross Dog's heels like a faithful dog. much to that individual's outspo ken disgust. And meanwhile Luisa's vocabulary of English becume a thing of beauty and a joy forever to the sol diers. Then there ramo another Saturday ! night. Tills time old Pedro and Jose | wont to a village down the river to visit Juan, who bad received much ! money from Senor Holijos. And ftiey ! tarried late and drank a ?re.at deal of I tuba and also beno. And the more they drank tho braver they grew, until j lu tin? dark hour just before the dawn j tliey laughed scornfully as they spoke ? of tile white faced Americanos and I snapped their Ongera at nil "Maltas!" ! Thou Juan and Jose sallied forth to see j Pedro home and help bini bid defiance to the American "Halt!" And to In- j sure success they carried their sharpest bolos. lt was the early morning relief on ! guard. Cross Dog was on post 'J. at j the down river end of tho mill, nud lt | always stirred his bile to have his sleep broken just before daylight The air was chill and damp, and Cross Dog shivered and cursed ali creation by catalogue. Then he stopped and lis tened. The light breeze from the east never caused that rusti? in the cane field. Again Cross Dog crouched on one knee and threw the safety lock of his Krag. A half naked native stepped out into the clearing. Again Cross Dog waited to see If he came alone. An other and auother stepped out beside the first, and the three advanced crouching, with bolos lu hand. They mockingly echoed Cross Dog's chal lenge and came on, and then the haci enda awoke to the music of "Wow rprp! Tick-tuck-tuck-tick! Wow-rprp! Tick-tuck-tuck-tick! Wow-rprprp!" And this time Cross Dog's rifle had done Its deadly work, as three silent Kakiacks lyiug there in the gray morning testi .fled. Six men lu blue stood and looked down at the slain. And then there was a great uproar, and native men chattered, and native women shrieked, and native dogs barked, and native ba bies howled. Only the soldiers were silent and grave as they looked npou the dead, until a gray haired little brown woman came and knelt beside old Pedro and sought to close his eyes and compose his limbs. Then Cross Dog's eyes looked down to the ground, and he was ashamed of his handiwork, for the gray old woman was old Pe dro's wife and Luisa's mother?. It was while his eyelids were weighted down with shame and pity that little Luisa, pretty and coquettish, nestled up to his side and caressed his hairy, freckled fist and looked up at him with smiling lips and eyes moist with lovellght. Pressing his h^nd over her heart with both of hers, she said: "Me love you mucha. You boom-boom madre (pointing to her mother), and we matri mony. Esta?" For in the outlying Islands of the Philippines, where the world is topside down, the old folk pound out no rice and are the better for being killed. It Was thus that Cross Dog won one woman's heart. But Sevenspot's proph ecy came true, for he cursed her until his throat was sore and then exchanged with a soldier at Isabella to get oat of her sight. And now. when some young soldier boasts of his success with the fair sex, Cross Dog blurts scornfully: "Blink blank It! I can take my Krag: and 200 cartridges and go out and get enough women to start a harem. All you have to do to make 'em love you is to kill their mothers and fathers, blank lt!"-New York Sun. General Lasan'? QarncBtncas. "The late General Logan," sold Hey ward Church of Chicago, "was a most Intense man In his feelings and bis be liefs. He showed this In his public speeches. At one time I was a member of the reception committee at a small town where the general was to speak and consequently sat quite near him on the platform. I forget what was the topic, but the general was deeply interested lu lt and finally, lu empha sizing a point, banged his hand with tremendous force upon a hard wood table at his elbow. So strong a blow was lt that one of the bones of his hand was broken. He nevertheless courageously finished hl3 speech, but he had *o carry his hand In a splint for some time thereafter, and lt was a question of weeks before he wholly re covered Its use."-New York Tribune. Talk to Toar Hone. Some man, unknown to the writer hereof, has given to the world a saying that sticks, "Talk to your cow as you would to a lady." There ls a world of common sense In lt There ls more; there ls. good sound religion In lt What else ls lt but thc language of the Bible applied to animals, "A soft an swer turneth away wrath." A pleasant word, to a horse In time of trouble has prevented many a disaster where the horse bas learned that pleasant words mean a guarantee that danger from punishment Is not Imminent One morning a big, muscular groom said to his employer: "I can't exercise that horse any more. He will bolt and run at anything ba sees." The owner, a small man and 111 at the time, asked that the berso be hooked up. Step ping into the carriage he dm VA *. oeu pie ox mUes and then asked the groom to station along the road such objects as the horse was afraid of. This was; done, and the horse was driven by them quietly, back and forth, with leesa linea slapping on his back. The whole secret was In a voice that inspir ed confidence The man had been frightened at everything he saw that he supposed the horse would fear. The fear went to. tho horse like an electric message. Then came a punishing pull of the lines, with Jerking and the whip. Talk to' your* horse as to your sweet' heart-Buffalo Horse World. * - Farmers in nearly every north eastern State aro planting nut trees along with their peaohos and pears, and are utilizing the hillsides, where nothing else will grow, for nut or chards. COULDN'T HELP IT. ' r An Old Yankee'* Vam of Better Dar? Wo? rare fiction. \ c Au old mau waa ?awing wood In a ! Maino village the other day. lie bad taken a job and wa? putting iu his bo.st 1 ,. licks. A man who was going past stopped ! and looked over' the palings of tho ! fence. "Kind of tough work, isn't it, uncle?" . , asked the passer. ! ( Thc old man straightened up aud j stroked the sweat olT his forehead. "Waal, luiddlin tart," said lu?. "Sort ' of takes holt of my lumbago once in j ; awhile. I don't suppose I should mind it much if it hadn't boen for Hie i fact that I bad money once and didn't j have to do snob things ns this." "Is that SD? Had money':" j "Yus, that's right. You remember tho time tliey built the branch railroad j through here?" "Sure!" "Waal, 1 was dolli pretty well tbat ! time, and I subscribed to tho stock. \ Kinder thought there might bo :i ! chance tc? make a little something out j of tho deal. Bul tho first thing l j knowed they called for an assessment of tin? stock. Tlioy como round to nu? and wanted my assessment. " 'How much bo lt':' says I. " 'Sixty-four thousand five hr.ndrcil dolli1 rs.* says they. "'Waal.' says I, 'that's rather a stiff haul on a man. but I'll pay lt. But I give ye notice now that ye better not call on me again, for that will just about take the last cent I got.' Anil for a fact when I went homo and went Into the old chist and counted out my money that was Jest what i hail to a cent. But the rond never amounted to anything. Never got a cent back for all that money I put in. And hero 1 nm sawiu wood for a livln." When the stranger got down to thu store and stood warming ids bands at tile barrel stove, ho remarked upon the sad cofje of the old man sawing wood up the road. "That man never bad a cent ahead la all bis life," remarked tho storekeeper. "lie's nllus sawed wood for a livia." "Well, what did bc want to toll audi a tliunderiu story as that for?" asked the stranger. "Wa-a-al," replied the storekeeper, "Yankees have to sorter keep in prac tice for what maj' come up. Jest hav' to do lt. "When .von drive along, you'll proba blj' see an old fellow up bore workln round lu the barnyard. Ile wen rs Hor ace Groelej's for whiskers and a straw hat winter or summer. You'll know him when .von sec him. Stop and talk with him a little while. He's keepln In practice too." The stranger did so. They fell Into talk of the corruption of modern institutions and of the diui culty of believing those who are eu gaged In business operations. "Two weeks ago," said the old man, "I was sblnglin the Methodist par sonage down the road here a waj's, and the elder come out and saj's bc, 'The's a big brink in Boston failed.' " 'National bank?' says I. " 'National bank,' says he, aud he gave me the name. "Waal, slr, for awhile I never was so scared In my life. I jest jumped right down off the roof of that pa'sonago 'bout 30 feet. Was so excited I never felt it. "I run all the way home. I rushed Into the bedroom. Wife come a-runnlc after me. " 'For the land sakes,' says she, 'be you crassy?' " 'Putty near It,' says I. 'The So and-so national bank of Boston has failed up, and it's jest like, my luck to have a lot of bills of that bank In tho chlst here.' And I threw the cbist open and reached down for our box. I opened it. Waal, lt didn't have a sin gle bill on that bank-nor any other kind of a bill either. Never felt so re lieved la my life."-Lewiston Journal. Wire Topping. The tapping of a telegraph wire Is a modern form of highway robbery. In the old days the method was to way lay the courier on the road and to rob him of his purse or of his message. The formula of the modern highway man is not "Stand and deliver!" but simply "Deliver!" And he may get a message from the lightning courier which may be worth more to him than a well filled purse. But there ls nothing to be gamed by indiscriminate tapping. It is some, special message or Information that the thief ls looking for, possibly for its effect on the stock market or on other business ventures. Bnt the use of ci pher codes renders the tapping of tele graph wires of little avail even In time of war unless the code as well as the message hos been stolen. . For the tapping of power or light Iba es the modern highway man comes In out of the rain. He can do hts busi ness better Indoors by attacking the electric meter, confusing its calcula tions and thus getting more current than he pays for. Such at least seems to be the Implication of recent statutes. -Forum. Where Raskin Learned English. The book which begot English prose still remains its supreme type. The English Bible ls the true school'of Eng lish literature. It possesses every quality of our language in Its supreme form, except for scientific precision, practical affairs and philosophic anal ysis. If you care to know the best that cur literature can give In simple, noble prose, mark. io?rn and inwardly digest the Holy Scriptures In the English 'tongue. Ruskin as* a precocious boy of 5 began reading with his mother the Bible through from beginning to end and over and over again and got from lt his marvelous Instinct and faculty for noble, vital, always fascinating ex pression.-Frederic Harrison's "Liter ary Estimates." CASTOR IA Por Infant? and Children. Tbs Kind You Have Always Bought Signatura of - A suit to rooover twenty-five cents occupied tho attention of tho court in Genova, N. for two days. CHE STAGE MANAGER ?OME OF THU WOES WITH WHICH HE HAS TO WRESTLE. rite Hurd l am.- Hu Hu? When Ho 1M Mauaiflnfr, Por u Hoi>ort?>ry comim ii>-Tlic Annoyance*: Tbnt Attoutl tho Nuiueroaa Ki-Uonrrml*. "The publie knows nothing ot all of Ibo hardships of ti stage manager/' .'ou lided an autor to ti reporter. "Rep ertory companies geucrully close theil' sugagcnieuls about the middle ot May tad front that ti mu until Ute ti cst or middle *.?r August do nothing. Then they begin rehearsals, two a day. lt is theu thu hardships of tl??? sta;-;?' manager begin. Tin* windi' repertory of tin* company is thrown upon bim Ju a heap, ami hu is compelled to sit up Into thu small hours OL' the morning preparing thu plays for rehearsal the next day. Hu takes thu manuscript as it comes to bim. The manager ot' the company tells him that there are so many ladies, usually three, and so many gentlemen, usually live, to play the drama. Rut when the stagu man ager hniks Into the play bu linds eight or ten male characters and possibly four or live T?male. Rut of course be is a genius and eau (Ix up such a little thing as that all right. He goes to work, lie lias one man play two or three parts; another speaks thu lines of two or more characters as one. Then he draws his lead pened through other lines. The play is all cut up and chopped to ploces, hut don't blame I ? : tn. Ile can't help it. There are only throe women and live men to play it. "Ile thinks be has done bis work well. Ile lays that play aside and takes up another, using his blue pencil and cutting and doubling np characters as in the llrst. These two plays are then ready for rehearsal. "Rut lie has no sooner said this to himself than a low rumbling sound is beard iu the east. That ls the author of the play turning over in lils grave. "The stage manager puts the hashed up manuscript under his pillow, think ing that will retain his ideas of ti mas terly production. Actors an? all super stitious even in small matters, but that rumbling sound keeps up until day light. Ile dreams-dren?is many differ ent dreams, but they are nil to one point, and that is of his skill in Improv ing upon the author. "Then he conies to the rehearsal nest, day a veritable crosspatch. The flrst rehearsal is .1 w and monotonous to all concerned. It ls a mere reading re hearsal whereby the cast locate their positions and get an idea of the parts ?bey are about to interpret. They usu ally run through about twb or three acts and reserve the rest until after dinner, when they finish that play and shirt upou another. They have 'first rehearsals' of about three plays and then go back to the first. They are generally called for 10 o'clock, but of course in all communities and organl cations there are stragglers who are oblivious to tho rights of others.- The stage manager is mad. Rchearsnl starts. The man who opens the scene comes in at the wrong place, and the stage manager says, '1 told you so and so,' to which the actor replies. 'I for got.' "Thus lt Is all the way through the play. Each actcy or actress is trou bled with defective memory. The stage manager is mad. "At the third rehearsal they are ex pected to know their parts. But no matter how well a person knows his part fully two-thirds of the time he will have to lie called when his cue comes. He ls off smoking or telling what a hit he has made in such and such a part or is criticising the stage manager's Ideas of stage business-In some manner airing his own Ideas to the discomfiture of the others. "And thc ladies are always off in the wings, paying no attention to the re hearsal. Their conversation ls usually about dress. The stage manager ls more annoyed by the nonattentton of tho ladles than of the gentlemen, for to the ladles he must always be cour teous, while to the gentlemen he some times uses language which !s coo point ed to breed respect .and good feeling. "As to the study of the lines, every actor can tell a funny story. They gen erally study their parts In their rooms at the hotel. Of course they study aloud, and the man In the next room thinks he has a crazy man for a neigh bor. "Soon the opening night comes, and the actors go to tho theater to win fresh laurels and each to regulate the others In their respective parts. The first night always goes smoothly. ?There the abominable rehearsals keep up for four weeks whether needed or not There ls only one thing that will arouse the Ire of a comedian more than an extra rehearsal after these four weeks aro np-that Is to have somo. of his 'horseplay' cut out" Omaha World-Herald. Con Hear, bot Not See. "When people read that armies arc engaging each other at 2,000 yards dis tance, they think the combatants can see each other, but they cannot" said an officer. "At that distance it ls im possible to distinguish between a man and a horse, and at 1,200 yards, espe cially where there Is any dost it re quires the best kind of eyes to tell In fantry from cavalry. At OOO yards the movements become clearer, although lt ls not until they get within 750 yards of each other that the heads of the col umns cnn be Eade out w??u anything Uko certainty. Infantry can be seen in tho sunlight much more easily than cavalry or artillery because less dust Is raised. Besides, Infantry are dis tinguished by the glitter of their mus kets. At 2,000 yards, however, every thing ls unsatisfactory, even with the aid of fleldglasse8, for a marching col umn in dry weather raises a great deal of dust"-Cincinnati Enquirer. :- A remarkable action at law has been commenced in Kansas, where Mrs. Oathenno'Suiith is sucing the city'of Columbus for $15,000 damages on the ground that through the neg lect of the proper authorities to en force tho prohibition law, her hus band had become a habitual drunkard. Thc case has aroused much interest among the legal fraternity of tho west - A man wookia true to himself is a friend to everybody. Society Lenders. Cardinal Gibbons, in n recent ser ?n in the Cathedral at Baltimore, lid that "society leaders in tho high f walks of life" were the worst cne lies of the female sex. He said: linder the influence of such tcach rs, wc Cud woman, especially in high r .circles, neglecting her household utics, never at peace unless she is in .crpotual motion; never at peace un ces ?he is in a state of morbid excite neut. Shu never feels at homo unless he is abroad. When she is at home j ! he home is irksome to her. She ; a hates und frets under the restraints iritl responsibilities of domestic life. lier heart is abroad, lt is exulting ii imagination io some social triumph >r revelling in some scene of gnyiety iud dissipation. Her atMietod ho lland comes home to lind it empty or jecupiod hy a woman whu.*c bear; is .mpty of ulVectioii for him. Sin' is ill at case. Henee ari-es disputes, liiarrels, recriminations, estrange ments, or tho last act in the drama is ! often divorce. As to "woman's rights I women," the Cardinal Haid: "They r'd> women of all that is amiable and gentle, tender mid attractive; they rob her of her innate grace of character and give her nothing in return but ? masculine boldness and brazen ef frontery. They were habitually preaching about woman's rights and prerogatives and have not a word to say about her duties and responsibili ties. They withdraw her from those sacred obligations which properly be long to her sex and lill her with am bition to usurp positions for which neither (?oil nor nature over intended her." _ A Telephone Knlgmu. "1 recently hoard," said the inquis live man who had tho facility of liri TILT able to be in two places at once, "the following conversation over the tide phone: " 'Who are you, please?" " 'Watt.' " 'What's your name, please?' " 'Watt's my name.' " 'Yes, what's your name?" " 'I say u.v naiqe is Watt. You're. Jones?" " 'Noorna Knott.' " 'Will you tell ino your name?' " ?Will Knott.' " 'Why won't you?' 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They are more than humbugs-they endanger life. Mother's Friend helps the muscles to relax and expand naturally-re lieves morning sickness-removes the cause of nervousness and head ache-prevents hard and rising breasts-shortens labor and lessens the pains-and helps the patient to rapid recovery. From a letter by a Shreveport, La., woman: "I have been using your wonderful remedy. Mother's Friend, for the last two months, and find it just as recommended." Druggists sell lt at SI per bottle THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, OA. Send for our Ire? Utastretcd baofe uBsfe?? S?by is ?torn." MB*-_,_ Notice to Creditors. ALL persona having demande against the Estate of Sidney Burt?, deceas ed, aro hereby notified io present taam, properly proven, to the undesigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make oavraent. S. L. ESKEW, Bx't. Feb 7, 1900_33_3* STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNTY. By B. T. H. Nance, Judge of Probate. Whereas, Mrs. M. I. Smith has applied to me to grant her Letters of Ad ministration on the Estate and effects of J. L. Smith, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon ish all kindred and creditors of the said J. L. Smith, deoeased, to lie and ap pear before me In Court of Probate, to be held at Anderson Court House, on the 8th >l<iy of Mnrch, 1900, after pub lication hereof, to show cause, if any they have, why tho said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 19th day of February, 1900. R. Y. H. NANCE, Probate Judge. Feb 21, 1900 35 ? 4 CHOICE Vegetables will always find a ready iarket-but only that farmer in raise them who has studied ie great secret how to ob lin both quality and quantity y the judicious use of well danced fertilizers. No fertil '.er for Vegetables can produce . large yield unless it contains it least 8% Potash. Send for )ur b ^oks, which furnish full nformation. We send them ree of charco. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. S PLC! AL f\LE OF PJ?N?SMIDOR?MSS 1^ OH Till? NEXT THIRTY DAYS THE C. ft. REED iHUSiC HOUSE s?,? ;r~r~~::\...... ... ?.? ...-'5. ri rr Will?Hell any of tho following Hinh Grad? PIANOS and ORGANS ?it prices a? low HH can bo obtained iron? the Manufactu rera direct : KNABE, WEISE it, IVE1?S Av !?ONI>,' CROWN, WHEK?.OCK, LAKE SII>K uud RSC H 39ONO. A inn, THE < ItOWN, ESTE Y and F A fit Kl A NI? ?fc VOTE Y OIIUANS. Prospectivo purcbHserH will find it to their in lorant to call und inspect my Stock or write for price*. Wo nlno represent tho lending makes Sewing Machines At Rock Bottom ligaros, Respectfully, THE C. A. REEO MUSIC HOUSE. U&e v "madewilhpure?rnNlbHLICORlcel Unwfpawed forcure cf CSUGhVCeLDS ^ *NO |Q ? PACKAGES 9 In decorated Tin Boxes-Pocket size.af ?25 O pc* BOX? Sold byDruaqists everywhere, of* sent -JZ y P/?P?ioon receipt ot pnce? ?&Kw&^J ?r663 Broadway ? NO/YORK. MONEY JO LOAN, ON FARMING LANDS. Easy pay ments. No commissions obarged. Bor rower paya aotnal cost of perfecting loan. Interest 8 per cent. JNO. B. PALMER & SON, Columbia, S. O Oct. ll, 1899._16_6m Dr3, Strickland & King, DENTISTSi OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. ?kuf Gasand Cocaine used for Extract ingTeed^___ CAREY, MCCULLOUGH, & MARTIN, Attorneys at Law, MASONIC TEMPLE, ANDERSON, S. C. w. a MCGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE-Front Room, over Farmen and Merchant? Bank ANDERSON, 8. G. NOTICE. THE Stockholders of the Anderson Yarn and Knitting Mill are notified to meet at the Co uri House at Anderson, P. C., at 12 o'clock m., on Tuesday, the 13th day of Marob, l%0, to consider a resolution of the Board of Directors of said Corporation that the Capital Stock thereof be increased from Fifty Thousand Dollars tu a maximum amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars, and that the name of said Corporation be changed to RiVERSiDK MANUFACTURING COMPANY. D. P. McBREYER, President, Feb 14, 1900_84_4 Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administrator of the l?state of R. T. Chamblee, deo'd, hereby gives notice that he will on the 23rd day of March, 1900, apply to tho Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office as Admlnistra tor. W.fH. CHAMBLEE, Adm'r. Feb 21, 1900_35_5 , - Mipi||?PA DESIGNS j ; PATtMT5?i8?oS!s: ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY fRPf* ' ? Notlco In "Inventivo Ago" BiKPiP - Boole "Uow to obtain Patenta" | BB NB ?SB '