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OUR HOME COMMANDER. With laudations elate you may prate of the great Ot mankind Hut wer ; born to command, . Sing your lustiest chant to Napoleon and Grant, To I-f o and our Washington grand. Out your loudest acclaim will be tame when the same Is compared with thc name on the leaf Of our history's page that presents to the ago Our little commander in chief. He's a midget of men that hu ne'er wielded pen Or a sword in fierce battle's array, And though martial affairs are no part of bis cares, Yet . conquest ia hla every day,' For no foe to his whim braves a contest with him. But the struggle's decisive and brief. For there's none in thc list can thc power resist Of our little, commander in chief. You may call him a tyrant and try to decry Our gubiri&ailon to rule such as his. Dut there's that in his eyes that resistance defies. Be it craft or whatever it is. And e'en when in sleep ho seems deep, and we creep From bia thralldom for needed relief; If he move but hla thumb, we do dumbly suc cumb To our little commander In chief. J) J, would that the might of all rulers were quite Ot the sort I have pictured above, Where thc victor were he that was destined to be So crowned through concession of love, And would to each borne might the influence come We muse of all others with grief That would cause to espouse the pure motive that bows To a little commander In chief. -Boston Cscricr. r THE SLEEPING CAR ROBBERIES I OF '63 (P '61. ?I j> A Detective. Yarn o ?> By J. P. Barnitz? _ <&< > We had returned from the dining cai to the smoking compartment of our sleeper. There were Ave of us, all bound for Pacific coast points, and, having occupied the same car since leaving St. Paul, we bad become pret ty well acquainted with each other. There was but one other passenger In the car, an elderly, taciturn man, who, although exceedingly polite and gentle manly in his deportment, rarely joined in the conversation when we all gath ered in the smoking room. "Porter," one of us asked when the darky brought some cigars we bad or dered, "can you tell us the name of the gentleman In section 10?" "Yes, sab; his name is Mr. Short well. He trab?is a heap, he does, on dis yeal) line. He's de company's chief of de tectives an de only one of 'em we knows by sight. He's a-goln eb'ry place an no place all de time. But he's de whitest man on tips 1'ze eber seen 'deed an 'deed he Is^sah!" be replied In-* slnuatingly. We were passing through the great wheat district of North Dakota. The Immense expanse of ripe grain glisten ing in the slanting rays of the fast sinking sun seemed a vast golden sea stretching away to the northern hori zon. In the southwest a heavy thun derstorm was rifging, the lightning viv id and grand. The thunder rolled across4the plains like the distant rattle of musketry, and thc suu, dipping be hind the bank of black clouds, left a lurid glare athwart the sky. "Gentlemen, have you ever seen a finer sight than that?" remarked Mr. Short well as he came into the com partment and took a seat by the win dow. "I've seen such storms frequent ly in this section," he continued, "and -each time I Imagine I'm looking ot battling annies, the victorious forces sweeping on, leaving fire and destruc tion in their wake. The forces of na ture are truly marvelous, are they not?" From the subject of storms the con versation drifted to personal experi ences of a more or less remarkable na ture, and we noticed Mr. Sbortwell brightening up and listening intently to the accounts of our various adven tures. Just as Fred Hardy, a traveling salesman for a New York Jewelry house, finished relating how his trunk -of valuable samples had been mistaken . by a lot of train robbers for a book agent's outfit from the heft of it in a hold up on the Santa Fe two years be fore, Mr. Sbortwell straightened up from his lounging position on the heav ily upholstered seat and said: "I presume, being traveling men, you ?ll remember tho scries of mysterious robberies that occurred on the sleeping ?cars of various lines during the winter of IS83-4? At that time I was an em ployee of one of the best known de tective agencies In the country, and - when the sleeping car company which had suffered most from the depreda tions of the wily thief requested our agency to take hold of the matter I was given the case: .. ^When I took up the scent, the thief was operating on this Une, and my first move was to be employed by the sleep ing ear company as one of their con ductors. For six or seven weeks there were no> robberies reported, and I was working* along In the role bf a sleeping car; conductor hs completely in the dark as when I took bold of thc case. "One night In the middle of June, just after leaving a Biatlon, where we changed engines, I walked out upon the platform ot the rear Bleeper In or der to catch the breeze, aa the air in the car was stuffy and hot I lounged over the brake wheel, watching the lights of the town grow fainter, and fainter until nothing but a pale white glow on the sky marked Ita site. Sud denly some one touched me lightly on the arm, and an agitated voice Bald: , " 'Conductor, Pve been robbed of all my maneyl Even my watch ls gone*' "My detect! re instincts were arona*<? io au instant. The opportunity for which I bad been waiting had at last presented Itself. I. swung qalckiy around and followed my scantily dad *ML$s?=ger !sts t?? u?iu?y ?g?ied. body of tho car. s "He waa a short, stout man, proba bly 40 or 45 years of age, and waa tick? c-ted to Butte, where, lie said, he was going for the purpose of looking at a hotel property ho desired to buy. Ho claimed to have bad $22.000 in treasury notes and drafts in a wallet which bc had shoved In the pillowcase with the pillow, pinning up the open end and putting that end against the side of tho car. He occupied the drawing room, bnt, owing to the heat, had left the door open. "The pillowcase was tom where It had bceii pinned and waa found on tho. floor beside the berth; While we were '.iKCujsslng thc matter in excited Under j ?VUKB. ttl tue uruwmg room, HO as uot to disturb the otber passengers uutll cer tain the wallet bad not worked out ' amoug the bedclothes, we were star I tied by a yell, or, rather, whoop, from a berth about the center of the ear, and the occupant, a wealthy Montana cat tleman, sprang out, shouting: M Thieves! Murder! Conductor, I've been robbed! Where's my gun? Stop the train!' "Of course the car was hi an uproar In a minute, and I ran forward to have the train conductor help me subdue the excitement and search for the thief. "On my way to the front of the train I revved the porter, who was dozing In the toilet room, and ordered bim to lo .k the rear car door and then ptand y anni at the forward end, allowing no 'jne to enter or leave the car until I had returned with the train conductor. "When we came back, the lights had been turned on, and all the passengers were up dressing-no women were In the car that trip-each one looking carefully through his belongings to see whether anything was missing. Be yond the loss reported to me by tho passenger for Butte and that of the cattleman, which, he said, was a little more than $3,700, all In paper money, nothing was missing. "Although the loss of the prospective hotel buyer was seven times more than that of the cattleman, the latter was the most excited. Ile declared the money bad been in an envelope which he had pinned to his undershirt, and a long slit cut In the side of the outer shirt showed how the thief had secur ed his booty. "The same passengers were in the car as were there when we left Minne apolis, and I was positive no one had got on at any of the stations that night, as I bad locked the rear door at each stop, and either the porter or myself bad stood nt thc front door until the train bad started, when it, too, was locked. This precaution I had taken every night since assuming my posi tion as conductor. Every nook and cranny of the car was searched for the missing valuables, but to no purpose. "After much talk it was finally agreed that the two men who had been robbed should search the rest of us so that no suspicion might be fas tened on any occupant of the car. Whet ?he man from Butte had divest ed himself of bis clothes, lt was no ticed that bis chest presented a curi ous appearance. Across the breast was a long, livid scar, resembling a heavy I welt, and the cuticle below it hung in j thick folds to the waist, with here and ! there queer, knotty protuberances. ? This condition, the man said, had been I caused by an accident, he having been caught between a belt and a rapidly I revolving shaft in a factory where he worked In his earlier life. "It ls hardly necessary for me to say that this search was as fruitless in re sults ns wan the search of the car, but It bad the effect of easing each one's mind. No one now looked upon the other with distrust, except that the cattle dealer, I noticed, frowned rather malignantly upon the porter, which class of Individuals, as you well know, are usually suspected of being the per petrators of ~M sleeping car robberies. "I took tl 2 names and addresses of both men who had suffered losses and made a full report to the sleeping car company and the detective agency, also sending messages to the foremen of all repair gangs as far east as Minneapolis to hunt along the track for any wallets that might have been thrown from the train by the thief. "Despite all efforts to clear up the robbery, it remained as deep a mys tery as had the preceding ones. The List I beard of tbs incident was thai the stockman had entered suit against both the railroad and sleeping car com panies, while N. O. Curtin, the name given by the man, who, when I came to think of it, rather complacently lost a small fortune, had dropped out ot sight. "The more I thought of him and ol his actions the more lt grew upon mc that the man waB crooked and must have been in some way connected wltL ? the theft of the stockman's money and had really never been robbed himself. But then, again, if he was the guilty party, what could he have done witt the money r Ah, that was the mystery! And I then and there resolved to go or the track of . Carlin, if possible, and have him shadowed. "Two weeks after this experience 1 received a telegram from the agency to report at the head office In Chicagc without delay. Upon my arrival there I was told of a robbery which had oe curred lu a sleeper on one of the south western roads and was ordered to thc office of General Manager Sterling ol the line at St. Louis. "In looking over the report made tc that officer relative to the case and from the description given by one oi thc passengers who had been robbed of another passenger whom the vlctin: claimed he had seen by tho dim lamp light peering through the slightly part ted curtains Into his berth, I recognized Curtin. "Thc man bad been searched; but, a? In the case when ho was my passenger there was nothing found en him, .inti he was allowed to go, loudly protesting against the treatment he had received and-vowing ho.would secure repara tion through the courts. VI wrote up as good a description ol the fellow as I could from memory and had several hundred circulars printed. These were sent to beads, of detective departments of all the large railway lines in the-country, with Instructions to have Curlln arrested on suspicion of being the thief in this latest robbery and. In case of bia apprehension, to no tify Ccr.x??? Manager Sterling, wbo would take steps to have bim brought to Kan&te.'ln which state the crime had boen committed. "A little nw? -th?s a ?sosta after ward the gentleman was captured Ic New Orleans aa he waa about to pur chase a ticket for Atlanta. In duo course of time lie was taken to Topeka, where he was identified by the passen ger who bad accused him of theft and waa committed to jail for the action of the grand Jury. "Upon my advice a photograph of the man stripped to the waist waa taken and forwarded to me. Sure enough, lt was Curtin. Our agency had half 'tone cuts made of tho photographs, and An other act of circulars were printed, which were sent to our correspondents in Europe. "Within six weeks a reply came from London saying the? party referred to. in tue. cjrcular, was undoubtedly .. FY . S, Cushby, a uotorious earaua noxci um-i, known as 'Franklin, the Kangaroo Man,' from thc fa et thal bc bad been exhibiting himself in museums, having a pouch of ?kin on bis breast similar to that found on the female kangaroo. "We were advised to have bim exam ined by a physician, when ho would likely give In and confess bis crime, as he had done In Leeds, England, some years previous. "This advice was acted upon, and tho rogue really did confess. He stated that after robbing a victim he had spotted he dropped the plunder In the pouch he had caused to grow on his breast and that before being tripped up in England bad secured quite a snug sum of money. "He was careful not to exhibit his peculiar formation in this country and had hoped to pick up a fortune, when ? he Interned to go to his homo In Aus tralia. I believe the fellow would have succeeded, too, bad it not been for the 'tip' we got from tho English author ities. Nothing could ever be found on him, and lt would have been an ex extremely bard matter Indeed to con vict him. "Upon being pressed for an explana tion as to how he had caused the growth of thc pouch on his body bc said that while studying medicine in Melbourne he bad seen In a side show of a circus au elastic skin mon, which condition, the freak had told him, was brought about by a continual pulling and stretching of the cuticle. "He began to experiment upon him self, and, Anding how loose the skin was getting, the novel idea of produc ing a kangaroollkc pouch on bis chest took possession of him, and, being of a roving disposition, he determined to become a freak, if possible. By travel ing about and exhibiting himself he could easily earn enough money to de fray expenses. "After getting the skin thoroughly loosened up over his chest be made an Incision In length about five Inches di rectly across the breast bone in line with the fifth rib. Pulling the wound apart, he packed lt with antiseptic gauze, each day nulling more and more upon the skin at that point and at each renewal of the gauze forcing a greater quantity into the aperture. "Finally, after over a year's tedious work, more or less suffering and sever al narrow escapes from blood poison ing, his will power triumphed. The desired result was obtained, and be set out to exhibit himself as the 'Great Australian Freak, Franklin, the Kan garoo Man.' "As may be Imagined, bis success was phenomenal, and he became wealthy beyond his fondest dreams; but, like many other people, money was bis ruin. "He soon became so addicted to drink that he failed to fulfill his engage ments, and his managers forsook him one after another. It was not long un til he took to thieving, and had it not been that he was known as a freak in England it is hardly likely that he would ever have been convicted in that country. "Like others, too, ot the criminal class, he chose that life after he once entered it in preference to an honest pursuit of wealth partly from the ex* citement connected with lt and partly from the loss of self respect. "It ts strange, but unless he distend ed the pouch no one would have thought the appearance of his chest due to anything bet the accidental cause he stated. The upper part of the wound hung over the lowe; edge and seemed simply a great, horrid scar. "Well, friends, we're ge??iug to my destination, and I'll bid you gcedby. By the way, Lashby's term In the Kan sas penitentiary will expire In a few months. If any of you want to go into the show business, there's a chance." Philadelphia Press. ' A Slanty Shave. "The quickest shave I ever got," re marked the buyer for an oil mill, "was while I was in Texas a couple of years or so ago. I was wearing a full beard at the time and got a clean shave in less than a minute." An incredulous smile .stole over the countenance of more than one of his listeners and was breaking Into a laugh, when the oil mill man contin ued: "You see I was caught In one of those terrific sandstorms they have down there, and the thickest of the swiftly moving sand caught me full 'n the face. That sand blast played the barber act on me, and Instead >r my being the possessor of a Vandyke beard my face was as devoid of hair as a boy's. "It cut my whiskers off as clean as a razor could, but did not Injure my face In the least."-Memphis Scimitar. A War to Kill Time. * "I have hit," observed a friend, "up on the very best way of killing time. You know my work takes me on street cars a great deal. I also come In In the morning and go out at night in the train. Any commuter will tell you that it is an awful bore. You either spoil your eyes reading or sit there with your bauds in your lap, looking all around, as one who has never been in a car before. Well, I've got the only real method now, and if ideas were patentable 1 wouldn't have to work much longer." The Inventor lighted a cigarette. "This Is bow I do It," be finally went on. " vt hen i get in a car or train and have any distance to go, I get as com fortable a seat ac I possibly can. And then I get all nettled and either close my eyes or look at the back of the seat In front of me. So as not tn fn. tsm??>l the tram ot my thoughts, you see. And then"-he paused dreamily "I think of what I would do If I bad $50.000 and had to spend lt in a week. That doesn't sound mucn If you've never tried lt, but just start that train of thought some time, and you'll be Immensely surprised at the way time w11\ dy."-Philadelphia Inquirer. CASTOR IA Foi* Infanta and Children. The Kind Yea Hate Always Bought Bears tho Signature of - There are men who resemble a rockingobair in the fact that although they are constantly on tho move they never get ahead. HIS CLOSEST CALL. AND AFiER ALL IT TURNED TO BE NO CALL AT ALL. The Reformed l'oaeher. However, Ia of the Opinion That There Ia Little Difference Between Deina* Killed and Deiner Scared to Deaih, Thc closest call 1 ever had, remarked the reformed poacher, turned out to be no call at all, but for a time I was sure old Gabriel bad bis trumpet tuned up for me, and, after all, there ain't a mighty sight of difference between get ting killed and getting scared to'death. And that's about what, happened to me. It wns In thc early eighties, tho first winter I trapped in Allegash waters, and, although up to the 1st of February there wasn't six Inches of snow In thc woods, I bad salted down in my shack the prettiest lot of furs I've sejon before or since. And out of 200 skins, some thing like 70 were otter. Funny thing, too, that run ot otter. I took every one of them from a short linc of traps set back of a small stream of dead water. Tho other traps took everything that carno along, beaver, Asher, mink and ermine, but these half dozeu, somehow or other, would spring only on lo the leg of an otter. And 1 didn't kick a blt, for thc skins were worth then Just $15 apiece. Well, come the 1st of February and about time for a big suowstorm, I got uneasy, ns trappers will; wanted some thing more exciting, I guess, and one fine morning I bundled my furs on to a big sled and set out for Kineo. There wasn't any snow to speak of on thc river, and I made pretty good time up Churchill lake and about dark reached the thoroughfare Into Eagle lake, where I built a fire and got a blt ot supper. It was a fine night, but n little breezy, and a big circle around the moon told me of snow, and lots o? lt, not far away. So I figured 'twould be a good Idea to gel to the seitlemen. about as soon as I could, and, packing up again, I set out down the lake. The wind was at my back and just boosted me along, but the sled traveled faster and kept bumping into my feet. Says I to myself, Why don't you usc the wind? And I did. Running ashore. I cut a stout pole and two crosspieces and soon had a first class sail set and was flying down the middle of Eagle lake, a-smoking my pipe as happy as any old salt coming into port before a fair wind. There wasn't anything fot me to do but steer clear of Pillsbury Island-not a bard job-so I burrowed under the furs and sort of dozed off, thinking of the good times those otter skius were going to bring me. The wind kept rising, but tbc old sled kept right along with it. That didn't worry me any, however, for there was no danger, and the faster wc went the better I liked lt. Well, wc were drawing under the bead of the island when the sled struck a wrinkle that sqrt of jarred some life into mc and, rousing up, I looked about to get my bearings. Gee whiz! What I saw drove all thc day dreams' out of me. Hight ahead, not 1,000 yards away, was a stretch of black, open water reaching clear across the lake, nnri the sled rushing right into It ns fast as half a gale could drive it. Throwing myself forward on my knees, I grabbed the mast to unship It, but I bad done too good a job putting it up to be undone in a minute. I puiied and pushed with all my strength' but lt wouldn't give an Inch. Then I tackled the ropes that held the blanket, but they were drawn so tight you couldn't start them, although my nails were torn off to the quick. And all this time the sled was driving and swaying along at race horse speed toward thc awful, black gulf, yawning ahead. I could almost bear the waves breaking along the ice front. Every moment I expected to go through never to come up. "Cut tbe ropeB," came to me, and like a flash my hand sought my belt. But the sheath was empty. I had used the knife to cut tobacco, and lt was somewhere beneath mc among thc skins. Too late to hunt for it, too late even to jump for safety, for at that instant the white Ice at my side faded away Into blackness, and throwing myself forward on my face among my, precious otter skins I awaited tho fatal plunge. How long 1 lay there 1 don't know. It seemed hours, but lt was only sec onds. I began to wonder If I bad real ly gone to the bottom and never knew It If 1 was really drowned why, 1 was not cold and wet and strangling. Then came a sudden shock -a crash and I was hurled, mote dead than alive, from the sled. For a time I knew nothing. I was too near dead from fright to think. Then I mustered courage to look around. No, I wasn't at the bottom of the lake or floating on the Icy wa ters, but I was lying mighty well bruised and shaken up on the rocky shores of Pillsbury island. It wasn't open water after all-that awful black space. It was simply, black icc across the channel that bad formed after thc other and since the last fall of snow. But lt fooled me terribly. And this Is my closest call no call at all, you see. But I tell you there is mighty little choice between being killed and being scared to death. -Bangor Whig and Courier. Has Bia At?var.tnGco. Pilson-I don't believe there is much difference between genius and Insan-1 ity. Dilson-Ob, yes, there is a heap. The lunatic Is sure of. his board and' clothes.-Columbus (O.) State Journal. Ms;s ia Hia Aa-raatnga. "Dicky, people should live to help one another." "Yes, ma; but I'd get more pie *t you'd ..let me help my self. "-Chicago Kceord. --Prom 40,000 to 50,000 young men from the rural districts annually go to New York alone. Ten thousaud invade Philadelphia. Twenty thous and eater Chicago. They flock into every largo city in thc United States. - A fox hard pressed by hounds, ' during a hunt on Long Island last week, ran across a pond covered by a sheet of icc so thin that when tho hounds came into it it broke, precipi tating them into the water aid break ing up tho chase. Guilty Women S in nj; ;? I err,. I "We never have much trouble in find- I I lug out n woman who ia guilty of smuggling," remarked a deputy mar* filial of Detroit. "The trouble with women smugglers ls they are not at I vase. The customs officer snots them I \ easily. There ls something in their I ] very galt that betrays them. A womau 11 may be brought herc charged with bav- I f lng smuggled goods, and she may tell I ' a very smooth story, declaring her In- 11 uocence until there seems no way ol J ! suspecting her further. "But when she gets up we watch j j her. If she ls innocent, sho will walk I away easily aud naturally, but If she I is guilty she will try so hard to bo nat ural that she will Invariably fall. She will start off quite slowly, so fearful I that she will appear to bc In a hurry that her nervousness gets the best of her, and she will suddenly make such I a change lu her gait that we at once recall her. 14 'Here, madam,* we say, 'please J come back n moment. There ls a little matter we forgot.' She returns crest- j fallen and perhaps Indignant. Then I we say: 'Look here, madam, you did I this thing. Confess lt, make a clean breast and settle up all scores.' And 1 she will do it nearly every time, ni- J though some sputtering ls the usual I accompaniment."-Detroit News-Trlb- J .une Gninbltnc Honaea In London. There were in 1724 in London alone j I 35 well known gambling houses. Near- I ly all our most respectable west end 1 clubs were originally gambling houses, I OB the Cocoa Tree, which is still flour ishing as a club. One night late lu the eighteenth century there was a cast at Lazard the difference of which was ?180,000. That present pink of perfection "White's" was perhaps the most ap palling gambling don in Europe. "Thc young men of the nge," says Walpole, "lose there ?10,000, ?15,000, ?20,000, In aa evening." The play of this club was only for rouleaux of ?50 each, and generally there was ?10,000 In gold on the table. The gamesters began by pulling off their embroidered clothes aud put on frieze garments or turned their coats Inside out for luck. They put on pieces of leather to save their lace untiles and, to guard their eyes from the light and to prevent tum bling their hair, wore high crowned Btraw hats with broad brims and some times masks to conceal their emotions. -Saturday Review. Silk Spinning Spiders. Consul Plumacher of Maracaibo re ports that large silk spinning spiders are found In the palm trees of Vene zuela. Some produce white and some yellow silk. The consul understands that the silk bas been made into hand kerchiefs. A copy of the report, to gether with a specimen of silk which accompanied It, wns referred to thc department of agriculture. The en tomologist says that silk produced lu this way cannot bo mude valuable commercially because of the trouble some necessity of keeping the spider*, separated to prevent their devouring each other. Their food being Insects, this also Involves considerable labor in supplying them. Aitempte to utilize the silk of a Madagascar spider of the same species some years ngo resulted In the discovery that the product was more expensive than ordinary silk.-? St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Torra Named For Rata. R. J. Sharpe ndmits that Rat Port age, the name of his home city in On tario, ls not euphonious. "But it Is unique," he adds. "The town was named for just what the words convey, a portage for rats. It is on the Winnipeg river, just below thc outlet of tho Lake of the Woods. Long ago, before the country was set tled as lt Is now, there was a portage at the point where tho town is built for the thousands of muskrats that passed from the river to the lake In winter and back again to the river In spring. At the outlet of the lake there ls a waterfall 10 or 20 feet high that the rats could not pass over, so they went around, making the portage. Well, that was before my time, but I have heard old timers tell of seeing the rats by thousands taking days to the portage."--Denver Republican. The Bighorn. Among tlie wonderful stories of the bighorn that are current the most absurd ls that of their pitching them selves headlong down precipices, strik ing the sharp rocks with their horns and thereby breaking their fall. Fre mont (a great explorer) ls, alas! one of the first to start this ridiculous rumor In thc account of his travels (1842), I when describing the "mountain goat," as ho calls thc bighorn. Ile says that "the use of those huge horns seems to be to protect the animal's head in pitching down precipices to avoid pur suing wolves." How history docs re peat herself! Pietro CIrneo, tho fif teenth century chronicler of Corsica, fcays that the mouflon throw them selves down precipices head first and break tho fall by their horns.-Baillie Grahnian's "Game and Life In the Far West." Her Papa's Stock In Trade. The Rev. Joseph Whyte, a prominent Methodist divine, now stationed in northern California, has an exception ally bright little daughter. One day himself and wife, with this little las sie, aged 4 years, were* riding In the cars. Two little boys, the agna of r?oni m ere lal travelers, were talking to the little girls about their respective papas and what they did. j One little lad said, "My napa sc Ila shoes," and the other said* "Mine sells paper, and," turning to the little girl, "what does your papa sell?" For a moment the child hesitated, put, not to be outdone by boys, she re plied with the air of a duchess, "My papa selli talk."-Los Angeles Times. - The "bloodiest battle of tho cen tury" was that of Borodino, a Russian village where Napoleon fought the Bussianson September 7,1812. Near ly 80.000 men were placed hors dc combat. - Tho Pension Bureau estimates that there are 1,032,418 surviving sol diers of the Givil war, excluding de serters. About 312,000 of these are un pensioned. . Tho average age of tho survivor ia 60 years. ll A druggist in Macon, Ga., says: "S lave sold a large quantity of Mother'? Prient!, and nava never known an in dance where it has failed to produce the pod results claimed for it. AU women igree that it makes labor shorter and less -Sinful." Mother's Friend is not a chance remedy. Its good effects are readily experienced by all expectant mothers who use it. Years ago it passed the experimental stage. While U always shortens labor and lessens the pains of delivery, it is also of the greatest benefit during the earlier months of pregnancy. Morning sickness and nervousness are readily overcome, and the liniment relaxes the strained muscles, permitting them to expand without causingdistress. Mother's Friend gives great recuperative power to the mother, and her recovery is sure and rapid. Danger from rising and swelled breasts is done away with completely. Sold by druggists tor $1 a bottle. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO ATLANTA, QA. tsnrt lot oui Cite llluttiltcd book (ot ope.Urn moilun, i with pure SPANISH LICORICES linswpaaed for cure of C?.UGhVC?LD?> 0*"? IO9 PACKAGES^ ?^?(jl?ERINElABL?TJ> Highly recommendedjby Medical Profession In decorated Tin Boxes- Pocket t><ze?. $ Per BOX * gqiMs everywhere . or ?,er\t rebater on rtfceipt of price* ? 863 Brosdway . NEWYOWK? Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OP ANDEKHON. In thc Court of Common Picas. Joo Brown, Plaintiff, against J. H. Ad ams, J. J. Hammond, J. A. Carter, T. N. ?colt, as Surviving Trustees of tbe Independent Order of Good Samar itan Lodge, No. 90, D?fendant?.-Fore closure. IN obedience to the order of Court granted herein, I will sell on Kales day in April next, ia front of too Court Homo in tho City of Anderson, P, C., during the usual hours of sale, the prem ises described as follows, to wit : Ail that Tract or Parcel of Land, situ ate in tho County of Anderson, and Hiato aforesaid, containing one and one-eighth (1ft) acre?, more or less, on Earle Bridge Road, about eight miles West of tbe City of Anderson, bounded on the North by lands of Rance Scott, on tba East by lands of Martin Mos?, on the Soutb by Esrle Bridge Road, on the Weet by lands of WU). Bolt, the Bald one-eighth of an acre being part of the Tract of Land for merly owned by Rance Scott and Han nabS^ott, conveyed to them by Marti.? Moss, and conveyed by them to J. S. Adams, et ah, Trustees of the Indepen dent Order of Good Samaritan Lodge, No. 00, by Deed dated 20th day of Janua ry, 1804, the said lot of Land being in Rock Mills Township, County and Bta'e aforesaid. Terms of Sale-Casb. Purchaser to pay for papers and stamps. R. Y. H. NANCE, Judge of Probato as Special Referee. March 14. 1900 _ 38_ 3 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDEIISON. In the Court Common Pleas. J. S. Fowler and Joseph N. Brown, as Assign?e of J. S. Fowler, Plaintiff, against J. L. Saylors, Defendant. Foreclosure. IN obedience to the order of Court granted herein I will sell on Sales day in April next, lu front of tbe Court House, in the City of Anderson, S. C., during the usual hour of sale, the Land desert bod as follow?, to wit : AU that certain Tract or parcel of Lind containing ono hundred acres, moro or less, situate, Ij iug and being in tbe Coun ty and State aforesaid, on branches of Seneca River, and on the old Slcan Fer ry Road. Terms of Jaie-Cash. To be complied with in thirty minutes or ro-sold until a bona fide purchaser can be bad. Pur chaser or purchasers to pay extia for papera and stumpy. R. Y. IL NANCK, Judge of Probate as Spociftl Re-l'eno. March 14, 1000 38 Judge of Probate's Sale. STAT!-; OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERDON. In the Court of Common Picas. B. A. Bolt, as A8sigueo, and E. P. Sloan and J. R. Vandiver, aa Assignee of B. \. Bolt, Plaintiff, against Daniel W. Willis, Beieodant.-Foreclosure. XN obedience to the order of sale grant ed herein I will sell on Sal ead ay in April next, in front of the Court House. City of Anderson. 8. C., during the usual hour nf ??le, tho presases described as folio WP, to wit: All that Tract of Land, containing one hundred and twenty-five (125) acre?, moro or less, situate in Centreville Township, Anderson County, la said State, on wa ter of Generoatee Creek, known as Tract No. 2 of the Pr?vost Land, adjoining lands of Mr?. Amanda J. Allen and oth ers, being the same conveyed by Edward P. Sloan and J. F. Vandlvor to Daniel W. Willis. Terms of Sale-Cash. To be complied with within ono honr, or re-sold until a bona fide purchaser can comply with terms of said sale. R. Y. H. NANCE, Judge of Probate as Special Referee. Marob 14, 1900 38 3 Administrator's Sale. TBE balance of tbe Personal Estate of . A. B. Tower?, deceased, oonslsMng of some nice Parlor, Dining Room and other Household Furniture, together with tho Choses in Action, Notesand Ac counts and Judgments, belonging to bis Estate and appraised doubtful or worth lese, will be sold nt public outcry on Baledav, the 2nd April, 1900, at Anderdon O. H., S. C. Terms of Sale-Casb. T. C. LIGON, Adm'r. March 14,1900 88 3 ? O T A S H gives coloy. *. flavor and firmness to ll fruits. No good fruit ?in be raised without Potash. Fertilizers containing at leas?. 5 to 10% of Potash will give best results on all fruits. 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OFFICE IN MASONIC TEMPLE. 9S- Gas and Cocaine used for Extract ing Teeth. _ CAREY, * . MCCULLOUGH, & MARTIN, Attorneys at Law, MASONIC TEMPLE, ANDERSON, S. C. W. 0, McGEE, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE!-front li jon;, over Farmers sud Me.chants Bank ANDERSON, S. C. NOTICE. THE Stockholders of the Anderson Yarn and Knitting Mill are notified to meet at the Court House at Anderson, P. C., at 12 o'clock m., on Tuesday, the 13th day of March, 1??00, to consider a resolution of the' Board of Directora of said Corporation that the Cipital rito?k thereof be increased from Fifty Thousand Dollar? to a maximum amount of Two Hundred Thnusc.cd Do]lum, and thal the name of ?aid Corporation bn changed to RlVKKSIOK M AN U KAt'Tt r HI Nu OoMPA'NV D. P. McBREYEK, ProsidcnU Feb 14, 1900 :;i . i Notice of Final Settlement. TTIK undersigned. Administrator of the Estate of H. T. C.'.~mLlet>t deo'd, hereby gives nc tico that ho viii on tho 23rd dav of March, 1900, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office cs Administra tor. W. H. CHAM BLEE, Adm'r. Feb 21, 1900_85_5 Notice to Creditors, ALL persona having demands against the Estate of James A. Drake, deceas ed, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to tho undersign cd, ? Itu in the time prescribed by law, and those indebted to make payment. THOMAS F. DRAKE, JOHN R. DRAKE, JESSE T. DRAKE, Executors, March 7, 1900_37_8 Notice Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Executors of tho Estate of Elijah Farmer, deceas ed, hereby gives notice that they will on the sorb, day March, 1900, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson Coun ty for a Final Settlement of salo. Estate, and a discharge from their office aa Exec utor*. N. O. FARMER, J. Ii. FARM Ert, Fob 28, 1900-30-5 Executor?. \ P?TENTS??8?OKS ? 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