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AN ASTONISHMENT. There'? a mighty curious feller who is Urin ont our way; 'Ile never seems aa anxious as tho teat to have his B?y He listens to an argument as quiet u Un bo An never makes an effort to break In an referee. An once upon a time-os folks ls talkln 'bout lt yet We asked bim his opinion so'a to help decide a bet. 'It was on a general topic that excited high and low. This feller thought a minute; then he ?aid he didn't know. We'd heard a lot of people who had struggled to explain Each query. It 'u'd gire you palpitation of the brain To bear the way they figured. An their words wera of such length That try in to remember them was Jes* e waste ot strength. But the wisest of them never, with their great displays ot wit. Within my recollection made the memorable hit That be scored when, after thinkin very carefully an slow, Be faced tba situation an confessed be didn't know. ' -Washington Star. i: 1I8C?JI BU j ?, A SOUTH AFRICAN PASTORAL, I Night had just fallen upon the veldt. The short dusk had suddenly deepened Into a heavy, thick obscurity, impene trable for a space until there rose thc rim of a full moon over the edge of tho piala 'Vi?ch showed hard and clear cut against the great disk. The ant hills, that alone broke the monotonous flat ness, flung interminable inky shadows as the cold, white glare, electric in its fierce Intensity, shone out level across the plains. The sense of loneliness, of utter Isolation, was overwhelming. Thc heavens, sown with Are, seemed so re mote, and the bare earth, stretching away Into the dim, starry distance, so empty and limitless. It might have been the roof of some dead world. By the edge of the marsh a transport wagon had outspanned for the night, -and within the circle o* fireUght, where moon and flame struggled for the mas teryyloomed the wavering outlines of the trek oxen tethered to the dlssel boom and now and again the figure of a man. The only sounds were the crackling chirps of the bullfrogs in the vlei and the voices of two men who sat leaning back against the kaross of meerkat skins flung over om of the wagon wheels. "No!" repeated the elder man, the transport rider and owner of the wag on, raising his voice. "With us they shall not come-either she or the brat." "But look, Jakob," persisted the oth er, "It is now three weeks, four weeks, that we are on the trek, and she has j followed all the time and carried the : child too. How the poor girl lives I do not know. . Take only the child, ' Jakob." "How are we to eat? How is the j vrouw to eat?" demauded the Boer : querulously. "Are there not enough mouths to fill already ? And God knows j how much farther the span can go without water in this accursed coun try; they have enough to pull as it is. I And why should ? feed the wife and j child of every black schelm that ls fool ! enough to want them? Verdomte ! Bwartzkopf And he spat angrily Into the fire. "But the child," persisted Piet. "That ls small and eats but little, not a quar ter as much as a dog. Besides, Klaus ? may run away If the giri falls sick, and ! he alone knows the road and the drifts across the river." There was a moment's pause, "Weil, the brat, thea, in God's name," snapped j the other. "The girl can walk, as she . has walked these three weeks," he ' added and rolled himself in his rug to , avoid further surrender. Plet rose stiffly to his feet; the night ! -br?ese was growing chilL He knocked the ashes out of bis pipe, kicked some fuel Into the embers of the fire, and went around to the Other side of the wagon, where the -three Basuto boys were lying. "Klaus!" he called. "Here a mo tTisntr A errant from one of the blankets ! answered bim. j "Baas Jakob, says the baby , may tide with.the vrouw In the wagon, but the girl must still walk." There was a sudden movement at his feet and a dark figure rolled out of the blanket. . "No. boy; not Not that!" His hand was being covered with kisses. Plet ! ? drew1 lt sharply away' and, taking a ; strip of biltong from his pocket, thrust it into tho Basuto'8 grasp. "Here; this may help for tho girl. It, wag-all I could get," he said roughly,/And, turn? ?lng on his heel, ho went back to where his brother lay sleeping. Baas Plet was as averse to being generous as the transport rider, though for other rea? sons. For awhile Klaus lay still. Presently, carrying the piece of hard , .sun dried meat and his own supper of . boiled mealies, be crept, shivering, !' . from his blanket and went slowly out on to the silent veldt in the direction from which the wagon had corrie, as he had. gone every night to listen for the ' signal that told him Betta was there . among the ant .bills. Then' be would ' cheer her up and sit beside ber while ! she ate some of his poor rations, though they wero not enough for ber and the child. I Betts, was a good girt He knew that ?when he gave her fAther two oxen and . some wethers an " took her away .with him from the old kraal by the wagon drift across the Krel three years ago. She cad been ?rf?? ????- ever ?l?c-?, and ' now, when the trek began. Baas Jakob would Hot let her rido in tho wagon or even conk? near ii. Klaus grasped the kerrit dangling from bia belt nt the reenlist! on of the cut across the mouth that tho drunken transport rider had given bim with hts sjambok When he.had asked bis per mission.- Besides, there Was tho baby, and be could . not nave left both of them behind, so farkf rom the kraal and her own people.. But Bahs Jakob was a hard man; he ?ld not understand such things.. " ! ?ver since they had i eft Burghers dorp, many weeks ago, she had walk ed ofter them, v the baby slung at her bock, and there were yet three weeks moro and tha desert strip to cross po-1 foro they reached tho-great belt and the river. But. th,e.baby, ^as ?j? rldo Jn the wagon noWwitn xuf rix? s rr, uua the girl would not be so tired. Ab! Baas Plet was a good man, bet ter tban Baas Jakob. He would belp. and later on be might even be rich enough to buy a few head of cuttle and some ponies, and they would all go back to the old place on the Ki el, and He started to his feet as the pipe of a honeybird came faintly out of the dis tance. Betta was there at last **.?... The wagon was creaking along under the burning noonday sun. The oxen stumbled lazily with lolling tongues, crawling at a snail's pace without fear of the flick of the lash, for every one was asleep except the little voerloper trudg ing In front of the two leaders, croon ing an endless native song to himself. The wind, more burning than the sun, carno In ceaseless gusts across the arid veldt, destitute of grass or tree, and, catching up great clouds of red dust, whirled them in eddying, choking masses about the v/agon and then swept them away until they vanished In tho shimmering heat haze. Now I and then a tortoise dragged his black and yellow shell out of the way of tho spau and lumbered heavily off tho track to a safe distance, there to re tire within himself until the unwonted ! apparition bad disappeared beyond his ! limited horizon, or a snake would shoot out a shining head from the shelter of some deserted ant heap as the rumble of wheels roused him from his nap, and far up in the clear, blue air floated a great vulture, without n tremor of his wide pinions, just as he had floated for many days past, watching and waiting. Suddenly there was a stir under the tilt. The curtain was flung aside and Baas Plet stepped out on to the fore part of tho wagon, yawning sleepily. "Boy," he shouted, "onsaddle the mare. I shall ride on to the water hole beyond the drift. It cannot be far off now." Klaus appeared from underneath thc wagon, where his blanket was slung hammock fashion in the daytime. "No, Baas Plet; the spruit should not be more than one hour's ride now, aqd the hole ls only two, three milo far ther." Presently he brought the mare around from the back of the wagon, where she had been tied up, tightened the girths and rolled up the ri em of the neck baiter. Baas Plet swung him self off the edge of the wagon into the sadie. "Tell the baas when he wakes np," he said, and with a shake of the reins cantered off through the dust. '.'It cannot be far off now," repeated Klaus to himself, as he watched him until he became invisible in the midst of the vast brown expanse of sun scorched hillside. It was now five days since they had left the last vlei, and he Ind given nearly all his share Qi the hot muddy water that the vrouw servid out to the girl for the last few day?, but that was very, very little, and she wi s Bick too. For a moment he stopped und looked backward. There, just t >pplng the last rise, miles and miles awiy, his keen sight could pick out a,ro.nst tho sky line the little black speck that had been behind them for so many weeks now, faltering on with parched lips through the heat and loneliness of thc plains, always dropping farther and farther behind as evening drew bi. He heard the snores of the transport rider and his vrouw as they slept com fortably under, the tilt. If they could only feel what Betta felt-yet It was easier for her now that she bad not the baby to carry, and the water was close in front, and after that only two o? three days' trek before the desert end ed. And, comforted by the thought, Klaus walked on after the wagon and returned to bis blanket. The baby was certainly the most con tented of all, lying In an empty sugar box under the shade of tho tilt, engag ed In colling the soft end of the 18 foot lash round and round its chubby arms. It grew fatter and merrier every day. The vrouw rather liked lt, black as it was, for she had no children of her own. AU at once came a warning shout from the voerloper. They were right on the edge cf the drift, and tte lead ers began to pick their way slowly down the steep bank over the loose rocks and sand. Klaus waa busy pat ting the heavy iron shoe drag under one of the bind wheels, while Baas Ja kob, tn a bad temper at having his sleep disturbed, sat upon the front of the wagon, swearing at him and tho .other boys for being losy. , Now sliding sideways over a smootb shelving rock, now plunging down over a ledge with a jar that wrenched every bolt and wheel spoke, the heavy wag on crashed down the bank, only tc come to a dead stop at the bottom, im bedded, in ?sand np to the axles. The span were knotted In a tangled mob ol "clashing horns and twisted yoke reins, snuffing and pawing up the sand witta Impatient hoofs. Instinct told them that water was there, but lt was far, far below, for the last rains had fallen many months back. "Verdom te ru lucks!" raged the an gry baas, beside himself. "Twist theil tails! Get that Iron spike there. Hen drik. That will make the devils move !" . Bat It waa of no rise. The span o ni j became more hopelessly entangled. lu Tfrin Klaus dashed in among them, sjambok in hand, kicking h&'-j and slashing there, while Hendrik and thc voerloper called upon the beasts bj nam* tsi u vscd them forward. VVatei they knew .was there, and water thej would have. "The whip! Why don't yon take th? whip, you schelms? Where ls it?' roared tho hxtnti***a Br^r, zi?'uig ano glaring about tho vs agon. As he went forward be stumbled ovei the baby sad its box, ??motiir?g lt ant sending the child rolling across th? floor of the wagon, where lt lay In c ball on a heap of altin?, crowing witt delight. People so soldo t? played games With it The Boer thrust the. empty box bael against tho side. with his foot ant" snatched up the bamboo whip handle Poising lt carefully above his head Ii both hands, he gave a little preliminary flourish, but tho end was caught ii something-the brat again, curso lt ! it opened wide eyes of pleasure at h'r.o, holding up ita dimpled wrists wound round with the end of tho lash With a savag?? oath he kicked it oil the end of the wagon Into tho mida toi the struggling cattle and brought th< great ^d^^ ^ with al ms force. Again ana n gara-a. uir-ourv. I and whizzed down with a crack like a rifle shot, cutting into the steaming Hunks of thc plunging mob until they bellowed again. Scarred and bleeding, deafened by the report of the whip and the hoarse yells of the men, tho mad dened beasts straightened out, and with Klaus and the voerloper tugging at the leaders' heads, strained, panting ap the farther bank of tho drift, the wagon creaking through tho rocky river bcd behind them and then trailed wearily forward into the dusk. And when all was still the lizards came out of the crevices, only to scut tle back with a whisk of their tails. There was water In the drift now-red water, dripping softly down between the stones and sinking into the thirsty sand. Overhead sailed a vulture In ever narrowing circles. And then the night felL lt was late that evening before Klaus crawled stealthily away from the wagon, taking a full beaker of fresh water from tho pool and his sup per. The baas was very angry with him because thc wagon had stuck in the drift, though how could ho help it If the oxen would not be driven, and be had forbidden hi m to leave the-wagon to see Betta. But no baas could keep him from doing that, no matter how many hidings he got for lt. He walked back as far as the edge of the drift and sat there walting. He could not see ar tonight, for there was no moon, or y the half light of tho stars, and t ie bottom of tho drift yawned black at his feet. A prowling jackal snarled close by, and at his ap proach a great vulture, gorged with the remains of some wornout trek ox that had fallen there to die, though he did not remember noticing it, had flapped heavily off into the night. Klaus waited for many hours, but the girl did not come. Of course, hav ing the baby to carry again would make her take longer, for Baas Jakob had told him how he had seen it roll off the wagon that morning trying to reach a big tortoise on the road and crawl after it unhurt, and how he had watched it there until Betta had pick ed it up when she came along. Still, she would catch them up next evening, and he left the water beaker and thc food tied up In a piece of rag under o heap of stones lu the middle of ?he road, so that the aasvogeJs could not get at them, and Betta might find them there In the morning. But Betta did not catch the wagon up next evening or the*next. Four days afterward they had pass ed the edge of the desert and out jpnnned among the shady tamarisks and the willows by the banks of the Great river. "Never mind, Klaus," said Baas Piet kindly, patting him on the shoulder. "Hunger is a bad death, but it is God's will. Besides," he added, with a smile, "there are yet many good girls In Ba sutoland. But you will stay with Baas Jakob and mo yet a bit?" "I stay with you-and Baas Jakob," answered Klaus simply. "He treats nie as well ns any other baas."-Pall Mall Magazine. What the British Soldier lu Fl?htine For. 1 There was a residuum of horrid real j ity In the reply of the warrior at the ! front whose parents had asked him for heip to keep them out of the work house. He told them, as we related, to vnlt Gil he returned, when they could all "go to the workhouse togeth er." Writing from Modder river; a ; corporal In the Black Watch complains that out of 7 shillings a week he must pay 1 shilling for a small pot of inn and the s?me sum for 18 very small biscuits. Milk costs 1 shilling a tin, ? and then there is tobacco. No wonder the workhouse looms ominously!-Lon don Chronicle. A Marvel of L'iocomfort. The monitor, which used to be the terror of the navy in the matter of dis comfort to Its crew, will have to yield that unquestionable distinction to the torpedo boat destroyer, la witch the demands upon the officers and raen are enormous. Comfort, at; it Is understood in a big shin- [a unknown. SVC? ?? what is known as moderate weather cooking is almost an impossibility. The whole structure vibrates and trembles under the strokes of the engines and the kick of the propellers.-Army and Navy Journal. ,_ DCB reen of Respect. , "I see that the Atchlson Globe says that a good breadmaker is more re spected than a good whist player.' " "But not more respected than a good poker player. Think of the dough he bandies !"-?Cleveland Plain Dealer. A HniaUo Sleigh Ride. George Fuller vigorously describes his first sleigh ride behind a trio of Rus sian fliers: "After spending two weeks in St Petersburg In company with the general In charge of the Imperial stud I proceeded to Krenovol, which ls 800 miles southwest of St. Petersburg. We were met at the railway station with the reg? lotion winter conveyance, a low sleigh, with three horses hitched abreast, a trotter in the center and a runner on each side. Then commenced the journey to the stud, and I never will forget that trip. After we were seated In the sleigh and were comfort ably wrapped up In the fur robes the driver, who drives his team etaodlng upright, gave an Indian warwhoop. and WS TTe?? ou. "The first jump took away my breath. The snow flew In every direc tion, and as we whizzed around cor ners the sleigh would tide on one ruc ?H?V ??d '- ?xpcvicu every moment to bo spilled oht and have my neck bro? ken. The driver never ceased his whooping, and altogether 1 think 1 rode faster on that trip than I ever did before Sn my life. When i finally land ed at the stud, more dead than alive, I saidj.'No more Kassian sleigh rides for Uncle George.'"-Breeder's Gazette. - Sam Jones attributes all tho trouble in Kentucky to tho whiskey made in thai State. He says if a rab would take two drinks of Kentucky whiskey he would spit in a dog's face. It must be bad stuff. - Mark Twain was recently asked what were bis. boyish ambitions. .'First," he replied, "I wanted tobe a circus clown,' but I modified that and decided to bo a Mississippi con gressman. THEY LIKE THE COLD. Animals That Hall Snowy Winter . Time With Great Jor. When tho grip of frost tightens on tho land and turns tho soppy garden bods and clayey plow lands to iron, j tender hearts are sorry for tho song birds whose delicato beaks cannot ! pierce the frozen soil. And many imagine that all wild creatures feel the bitter cold and suffer alike. But this is a mistake. For many of tho furred, and somo even of tho feath ered, tribes the frost and snow have no terrors. The hawks grow fat in snow time. The kestral finds tho snow a capital background against which to view the small fry he feeds on, while tho sparrow hawk soars over tho clumps of uuderbrush, watching for the sparrows as they slip In and out of shelter. All the weasel tribe rejoice. To nono moro than to tho domestic pussy does the cold bring Joy. It is her gamo season. Wild birds of many sorts, in the summer shy inhabitants of the woodlands, swann into subur ban gardens and prove easier prey thon the sparrow. Dogs revel in the clear, bright days of frost Even short coated fox ter riers never seem to feel tho cold, lv.rt scamper madly over the stiff grast* and St. Bernards lose their summer sleepiness and roll delightedly in thc powdery snow. The short, dark winter days of Can ada's great northwest hold no terrors for at least one creature. This ls tho wolverene, an ugly, bearliko beast, hat ed aud feared by all the trappers. Un seen himself, he follows thc hunters and watches them as they set their traps, which they do in a long line ex tending sometimes as much ns 30 miles througli the dcuso evergreen forest. These he visits before the gray winter dawn has broken and takes away tito bait, himself far too cunning to risk capture. Or, if the trap already holds a captive mink or ermine, this, too, ho tears away and devours at a safe dis tance. Many aro the stories told of this, the greediest, most powerful and suspicious creature of Its size known. In the far north of thc same vast solitudes the musk ox lives and flour ishes all the year around. Fifty below zero does not matter to this quaint ani mal with his Immensely thick, furry coat His sharp hoofs are suited to perfection for scraping away the deep snow and laying bare the thick lichen and moBS below lt Nothing but warmth worries the little musk ox. Mere freezing point is to him a Turkish bath. Another victim to warmth ls thc llama, yet it lives In latitudes which maps mark as tropical. It seeks a nice, cold place high on the windy table lands of the Andes, and there provea itself of great value to the natives. Water and food do not seem to worry the llama, which carries Its burden easily where even mules pant with dis tress in tho thin atmosphere of tho glnnt mountains. The camel of the mountains, as the llama is called, small as he ls, will carry a load of 1O0 pounds. Dozens of different creatures happily doze the winter away-bats and bears, dormice and many others. One of thc ieust known, and yet most interesting of these, ls the hamster. This little brute ls the most savage and unsoci able creature known. Each In a sepa rate hole far underground, the hamster alternately sleeps on a couch of dry grass or wakes to stuff himself almost to bursting with the great store of corn and beans he has laid up In his wirrte: larder. Winter is. for him ?he season to rest and grow fat-Philadelphia In quirer. One Against the Mean Han. A capital joke is related of a mau who positively made a fine art of meanness. When traveling, as be very often did, he would keep railway por ters busily attending to his Inggage, and then purposely defer the much de served perquisite till the starting of the train made Its payment practically im possible. One morning, however, when about to journey to Birmingham, be executed this maneuver once too often on the same man. "Dear; dear, 1 am so sorry!" he said, as the train gave a lurch forward. "I quite forgot to get change." "And I'm mle sorry, too, slr," waa tho porter's dry retort "I quite forgot about that brown portmantay of yours -Ifs lyln on tho platform."-London Answers. Unappreciated. j "Another thing," said the street rali way advocate In a tone of protest, "a slight thing, perhaps, but it all goes to ehow how we are discriminated against and how little our philanthropy ls ap preciated." "Your philanthropy!" echoed the critical citizen, as he gasped and clutched a railing. "Yea, sir. You hire dog catchers and secure high salaried people to control their movements and see that stray canines are properly slain. It costs a lot of money. Now, our cars have hit and slaughtered countless stray dogs, for which service we have never col lected a single penny. And yet we have never had so much as a vote of thanks , from a citizens' association."-Wash ! ington Star. IHo One Ulah. Mother - I'm surprised at you! 1 Couldn't you tell he was going to kiss I you? Daughter-Yes, ma, but there was no one for me to tell except him, and ho knew lt already.-Philadelphia Press, BnfSclent Reason. Fannie-Tf you arc so positiv? that Harry loves you, why, for goodness sake, don't you accept bim and get married? Jane-He won't ask me.-Detroit Free Press. - A wonderfully retentive memory is possessed by Charles Dorr, of San Francisco. After sceiog a play once ho can recite almost word for word. ,- Thcro is io ilussia a supc?sti tous prejudice against helping ouc's : neighbor to salt at table on account of ? the liability to quarrels thereby in curred. .- A hen that mothers kittens is one of tho animal curiosities of Iowa. Reason F.nouau. "So j-our engagement ls broken?" said thc girl In gray. "Yes," replied the girl in brown, frowning at the recollection. . "What was the matter?" "He basely deceived me," answered * tho girl'lu brown. "You see, lt was t this way: I asked bim ono day to prom- ' Iso me that ho never again would j smoke cigarettes, and he promised. Then I nuked him to refrain from tho use of tobacco In any form, and ho 1 promised to do that. Later I told him I had a horror of any one who touched liquor, and ho agreed never to touch lt. After that I suggested that I thought clubs had a bad Influence on young men, and I should expect him to give them up, and bc said ho would. 1 also took up thc subject of gambling und made him promise that he would stop playing poker and buying pools on tho races." "Well, you didn't demand anything of him, did you?" said the girl in gray. "I suppose lie deceived you in tho mat ter." "He did." "Broke his promises, did he?" "Oh, no. I could have forgiven that. But just when I was congratulating myself that I at least had reformed one young man I found that he didn't need any reforming. He wasn't addicted to a single one of the habits I made him promise to break. It was a terrible shock, and I broke the engagement, right away. There was no longer any thing In lt to make lt Interesting." Chicago Post. Store Respectful. Among the stories told of Charles Lever, thc witty novelist, is ono which coucerus the days when he was British consul nt Trlost. He had accompanied his daughter to London for a little social enjoyment and had neglected to go through tho formality of asking for a leave of nb seuco. On his arrival in Loudon ho was Invited to dinner by Lord Lytton, who was delighted to see him. When ho arrived at Lord Lytton's house, his host said: "I'm so glad you have come! You will meet your chief, Clarendon"-the minister of foreign af fairs. Thc novelist, much embarrassed, be gan to give reasons why bo must tear himself away, but before be could make his escapo Lord Clarendon was announced and almost at once espied him. "Ah, Mr. Lever," he said blandly. "I didn't know you were in England-in fact, I was not even aware that you had asked for leave of ubsencc from Trlest." "No-o, my lord," stammered the nov elist, disconcerted for a second, but no more than that; "no, my lord, I thought lt would be more respectful to your lordship to come and ask for lt in per son!"-Youth's Companlou. Studien In Small Change. "It takes all sorts of people to make a earful," said the conductor of a Market street trolley cnr. "If lt wasn't so exasperating, it might lie amusing to study the methods different people have of paying their fares. "For Insinu?e, there's the man who never carries his small change loose in his pocket for fear of loslug some of it He has a little purse, and lt takes him longer to fish out a nickel, especial ly if be has gloves ou, than lt takes a woman to collect five pennies from the various compartments of her pocket book. Then there's the follow who hates to break a quarter or a half dol lar and goes through his pockets look ing for an elusive nickel. On the other hand, some men will invariably offer a $2 bill and sometimes a $5 bill, and if you refuse to accept lt they will fork over a 5 cent piece with the reluctance of a much abused individual. "There Is one old chap who rides down with me every morning and who has never yet given mo a tarnished coln. He always bas n pocketful of brand new nickels. I think ho must get them from the subtreosUry." Philadelphia Record. Twelfth Day Customs. The festival of Twelfth day has an unfamiliar sound to most of us, but for many years the night of Jan. 6,12 days after Christmas, has been commemo rated with special services. This day Is in memory of the visit of the magi to the child Jesus, their journey being supposed to nave occupied that length of time from the appearance of the star until their arrival at the manger. It ls known as "old Christmas," dat ing from the old style calendar still used by the Russian chUrch. In every European country this day ls remem bered with gayety. In the Isle of Man "barn dances" are given, every parish hiring a fiddler. In Germany Twelfth day ls called "Three Kings' day" and in France "Bean King's day." The feature of Twelfth day ls the baking of a cake which contains ono bean. When the cake ls cut and tho pieces divided, he who finds the bean In his slice ls declared king, and ho must arrange all amusements until thc following Twelfth day, when the new king ls chosen. Patience and Sympathy. There ls nothing harder for a young mother than to find herself suddenly so placed that she is unable to come and go freely, as was ber wont in thc early married days before tho baby came, while the father comes and goes as ever and is not tied down at all. The father must be very patient and sympathetic while the mother adjusts herself to this new* lifo of hers, as a sweet woman soon will learn to do, for if he Is thoughtless here he ls plant ing seeds of failure which will grow to gigantic proportions. He must keep In touch with the mother In these days, that they may walk together later and all through even to the end.-Ladles' Home Journal. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Haie Always Bought Bears tho Signaturo of - Thimbles have been found in prc : historic mounds, with every evidence ! of haying been made by machinery sim ilar to our own. A Historic Flag. Tho South Carolina Veterans will j .ako to thc Confederate llcuniou at ' Louisville, May 30 to Juno 3, the fa- . nous flag of the Palmetto regiment. Hie flag probably hat a moro interest ing history than any flag in thc coun try. Tho flag was presented to the S. C. regiment by Gen. Scott at the City of Mexico, to be carried in lieu of thc tattered banner which had been pre sentid to the regiment by tho ladies of. Charleston in 1846. It was the ! tirst flag planted on tho walls of the ? City of Mexico, having been hauled , up by thc South Carolinians three hours before any other division enter ed tho city. Thc historic flag was loaned to tho 2nd S. C. regiment in thc late war and carried to Cuba. It was hoisted over Morro Castle. The flag is probably the only ono in the United States that was carried in thc two foreign wars that thc United States has engaged in, and it is tho only flag that has been hoisted over thc capitals of the two i countries with which the United | States went to war. lt was brought back from Havana iu a powder sack and returned to the Palmetto regiment survivors. The original flag of the regiment was stolen by Sherman's command when it passed through Chester, S. C. - Chattanooga Times. - - mn . rn? Why He Did Not Want to (?o. A German-peasant family had made all their arrangements to emigrate to thc United States. On the day before tho family was to take its departure, tho eldest 60U, Hans, who was an enormous eater, indicated that he did not caro to go West. "Has some village maiden beguiled thee to remain behind?" asked thc father. "Nothing of thc kind," promptly retorted Hans. "Why, then, dost thou not wish to go with us?" "I've been talking to tho school master, and-" "Well, what did he say?" "Ho says that when it is 12 o'clock with us herc in Germany, in-" "Well?'' "He snys that when it is 12 o'clock with us herc, in America it is 4 itt the morning.'' "1 don't want to go to a place where I have to wait so long for my dinner," and thc poor fellow completely broke down at the mere thought of it. " - Tit-Bits. - A shoemaker was the other day fitting a customer with a pair of boots, when the buyer observed that he had but one objection to them, which was that the soles were a little tjo thick. "If thatis all," repljed Crispin, "put Of. thc boots, and thc objection will gradually wear away." - If one is so unfortunate as to find a fish bone lodged in thc throat, the white of an egg, if swallowed at onco, will generally remove it. Ul Or swallow bread crust without chewing ?be rough bread will generally dis lodge the. bone. - The whistling tree which is found in the West Indies, in Nubia and tho Soudon, has a peculiarly shaped leaf and pods with a split edge. The ?iud, passiog through th eec, produces the sound which gives the treo its name. Every Month there are thousands of wo men who nearly suffer death from irregular menses. Some times the " period " comes too often - sometimes not often enough-sometimes the flow is too scant, and again it is too profuse. Each symptom shows that Nature needs help, and that there is trouble in tho or gans concerned. Be careful when in any of the above con ditions. Don't take any and every nostrum advertised to cure female troubles. BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR A ig the ene safe ?hu sure medicine for irregular or pain ful menstruation. It cures all the ailments that are caused by irregularity, such as leucor rhcea, falling ot the womb, nervo?????" ; ps?ns la tho head, back, breasts, shoulders, sides, hips and limbs. By regulating the menses so that they occur every twenty-eighth day, all those aches disappear together. Just before your time comes, get a bottle and see how much good it will do you. Druggists sell it at $i. Send for our free book, "Perfect Health for Women." THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLAHTA, GA. Notice Final Settlement. TIIE undernigned. Executors of tho Estate of Elijah Funner, deceas ed, herohv glv*H notice that they will on tho 30:'h day March, 1000. apply to the Judge of Probato for Anderson Couu ty for a Final Settlement of mud Entate, and a discharge from their office an Exec utorp. N. O. FARMER, J. Li. FARM EU, Feb 28, 1900-30-5 Executor?. 1IQICE Vegetables will always find a ready market-but only that farmer can raise them who has studied the great secret how to ob tain both quality and quantity by the judicious use of well balanced fertilizers. No fertil izer for Vegetables can produce a large yield unless it contains at least 8% Potash. Send for our books, which furnish full information. We send them free of charge. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. PIANOSANDORGANS. lb OH T11K NEXT THIRTY DAY'S THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE Will nell any of the following High Grade PIANOS and ORG\NH at prices an low HH can be obtainod from the Manufactu rers direct : KN AUK, WEBER, IVE US & POND/, CROWN, WHEELOCK, LAKE SIDE*""* RICHMOND. MHO, THK < K?WN, KSTEY and P.tKHANI) A VOTKY ORGAN?. Prospectivo purchasers will find it to their Interest to ?all and Inspect my Stock or wrlt'i for prices. Wo Kino represent tho leading makes Sewing Machines At Hook Bottom ligaron. IteKjH'Clfull- , THE C. A. REEO MUSK. HOUSE. ra COCOA l?si MONEYjrO LOAN, ON FARMING L\NDS. Easy pay ments. No commissions charged. Bor rower pays actual cost of perfecting loan. Interest 8 per cent. JNO. B. PALMER <fe SON, Columbio, S C Oct. ll, 1809. 10 Cm Bra. Strickland & King, DENTISTS. OFFICE IN MASOHIC TEMPLE. ?kmf- Gas and Cocaine uatd for Extract lng Teeth._ CARLY, MCCULLOUGH, & MARTIN, Attorneys at Law, MASONIC TEMPLE, ANDERSON, S. C. w. rT MCGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE-f'ront H JOU?, over Farmers Dnd Me chanta Bank ANDERSON. ?s C. NOTICE. THE Stockholdora of tho Anderson Yarn and Knitting Mill are notified to meet at the Court House at Anderson, P. C., al 12 o'clock m., on Tuesday, the 13th day of March. lOOO, to co?siuer a resolution of the* Board of Directora of aaid Corporation that the Capital Clock thereof be increased from Fifty Thousand Dollars to a m?ximum amonnt of Two Hundred Thousand Dollarn, and that the name of said Corporation be changed to RIVERSIOK MANUFACTURING COMPANY D. P. McBREYER, President Feb 14. 1900_84 _4_ Notice of Final Settlement. THF. undersigned, Administrator of the Estate of R. T. Chamblee, deo'd, hereby .gives notlco that he viii on the 23ril day of March, 1900, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Fiual Settlement of Haid Estate, and a discharge from his office KS Administra tor. W. II. CHAMRLEK, Adm'r. Feb 21, 1?00 33 ."> ^-g. DESIGNS A 'DATCUTCI TRADE-MARKS 4 : PATEN I ?"?.CTS""! . ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY H"DSPC J > Notice io "Inventivo Atfo " flUKP V* 1 > nook "How to obtain Patents" Q BBBBBBH 1 ' Charon moderate. Ho fee till patent la secured. 1 . 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