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NO POCKETS IN A SHROUD. Ob, ye who bow at Mammon's shrine, Whose hearts with greed are growing cold. Who turn your backs on thiugs divine And worship but live god ot gold, Wliat will it proflt you when death Lays low the head so kingly proud And robs the wasted form ol breath? There ara no pockets in a shroud. Your thought* by day, your dreams by night. Arc but of grasping golden gain; Your guide is but the beacon light Of riches burning in your brain. You cast a)l nobler aims behind And struggle as a madding crowd To clutch the dollars, but you'll find There are no pockets in a shroud. Ye usurers; who grind ths poor ?ent-alhia cold, relentless neel, Wlio ?vtriiadow many a dooi With ild,ud ot misery and feel No sympathy to see them lie Beneath the hand o? sorrow eowed, Remember when you come to ('it There np no pockets in a shroud. What is Hip profit to tile man Whose life to Mammon has Wen given f A bridge ol gold can never span Tlie gulf?between the earth and heavenl What will it be to him to fmd 'flic wealth with which lie is endowed At death'*) i-'-ite must be left behind? There are no pockets in a shroud. This life is bul a rpan; today We're here, tomorrow wc arc gone. Have faded from thc earlti away Into eternity's: strange dawn; Yet in the hungry greed for gains Too many at Ibo gold shrine bowed Forget that when the life spark wanes There are no pockets in a shroud. -Denver Post HE MOSSpPERS.i How a Body of Canadian Troops Unintentionally . Invaded tho United States BY PEBCIE W. HABT. Copyright, looo, bu Ervin Wai-dman. Not for from a certain point on the long boundary line which divides the territories of American Jonnthan from those of British John is a fnir Cana dian town which contributes a squad ron of cavalry to that small but re markably efficient little protective army known as the active militia. The major commanding this squadron ls a fine fellow, take him by and largo, but he has one small fault. He ls a "little set in his ways," and "little" used In this connection is merely a qualification suggested by courtesy, for when be makes up his mind you could not convince him that he is not right with anything less than a Maxim at close range. A few months ago thc major com manding completed the cavalry school course necessary for the confirmation of his provisional commission and re turned home with brain pan brimming with military enthusiasm. Of course the squadron enjoyed the benefit of his new Ideas. After various minor Innovations came a deluge. Nothing would satisfy him but that the light dragoons must take a practice raid instead of camp ing at the town race course and enjoy ing dross parades, sham fights and flirtations with the young women vis itors like any volunteer corps. In spite of a semlmutlny, which was not entire ly confined to the rank and file, he car ried his point and proudly read off the department of =2iliiia.'s 'permlesion" to his assembled troopers. The whole town turned ont to wit ness the start and cheered them nobly. Even old John Qribbs, who can show service medals for half a dozen regular anny campaigns In foreign lands, de clared that lt 'looked like the real thing this time, sure enough." Every scarlet coated trooper. In addition to usual equipment, had a bag of oats, three days' food rations for himself, blankets and extra kit strapped to his saddle. There were camp kettles, cof feepots, frying pans and what not The small boys ran alongside of the de parting cavalcade and screamed with glee. The general crowd voiced noisy wishes for the success of the outing. The trooperu felt the martial blood stirring. All was joy and happiness, excepting perhaps among the well laden horses. But that Is a detail. Amid noisy jingle of accouterments, applause from the onlookers and much raising of dust from tb<? clumping hoofs uway went the Light dragoons. So long as they kept to the highways all was conventionally well, but of course the major commanding did not feel satisfied with this. He was out for the most realistic Imitation,possi ble of a wartime cavalry raid. And so oh the morning of the second day, while the men were sleepily and re luctantly making ready to abandon their bivouac, he called hts officers' around him and ?aid down the law, "Let us suppose that we are ordered to cut the enemy's line of communica tion at Blankvllle," explained, the ma jor commanding, at. the same time pointing to the topographical map spread out at his feet. "Bang up ideal Splendid! 'Foo hon or!" chirped a junior lieutenant who wits known to receive square envelopes bearing the postmark of the place. , "All the main roads are strongly pa trolled," went on the major command ing Impressively, "and lt will be neo* ossary to make a. cross country trip. Here's where we are now," pointing to the map, "and here ls Blankvllle. Ifs a fine chance for ns to get tn our rough riding." "I should Imagine so," remarked tho veterinary lieutenant grimly. "AU vir gin country apparently. No settlers, but plenty of stiff hills, thick woods and broad swamps. If the horses can stand It, rm sure I don't care." "But how in tho mischief will we And our woy?" asked the*senior cap tain, who was of -a practical torn of mind. "Don't belleT am? w; ?- ksoT much about that section." '-Here's the. map, and I'll plot our route by compass," declared tho major commanding sternly, producta g the lat ter article from his dispatch box. "Ifs one of tho hut things we took np at the cavalry school. ' The topographical instructor complimented nie on the rapid progress I made in this branch of tho voluntary studies." The senior captain continued to look dubious, but lt ls hard to reason with even ? faultless commanding officer. And the major 80 tho light dragoons deserted the broad though winding road leading to known p!oea? and kindly followed theti- commandant in hts beo line cross ??otintry tr?U. lt waa prosaic field and posture rid ing for tho first fow milos. Than cams l*was.<Mf Heult to nuil passago wiae enougn tur j man and beast. Tho column had to wriggle Its way nloug much after the : fashion of la sunhe. Regions of rocky ! bowlders mid impassable streams di verted them still further. Yet they held onward right lustily and traveled many miles, with occasional halts for rest and refreshment of chargers and men. About midnight, ns they waded knee deep In muck, leadlug their worn ! out steeds by the bridles, striviug to cxlrier.ie themselves from an apparent ly Interminable quagmire (which some body had forgotten to show on the of ficial map), all the rank and tile nud twelve-thirteenths of the olllcers made up their minds that the commandant guide was at fault. Ile, however, con tinued calm and serene, with sublime conndenc- In his new acquirement. Early ou the following morning, aft er ns good n night's repose ns it was possible to obtain in a mosquito In fested vale, the squadron met new trouble. Tho air became full of smoke und wood ashes. The breeze brought alone; with'it a sound of roaring and crackling which set the poor beasts to quivering and made the men impatient of delay. A forest lire evidently was raging in the neighborhood mid speed ing in their direct ion. It was a poor place for human beings, mounted or unmounted, to find themselves. Even the major commanding deemed it ad visable to change their course tem porarily, and they plugged along for several hours in an opposite direction to that from which the smoke seemed to be coming. Nevertheless the fir?* drew nearer, and with true pleasure they emerged out upon a promising road. "Which way now, slr?" asked the seidor captain, riding up to the com mandant and casting sheep's eyes at thc dusty thoroughfare, across which the members of the squadron were slowly urging their horses. "Pass the word to halt, dismount and slacken girths for a short rest," replied the major, "but don't let either of the trumpeters sound a call or I'll straugle them." "Eh? What?" ejaculated the sub ordinate. .Tin afraid that I've made a con founded mess of it!" groaned the su perior. "Oh, we're all right now!" cried the other cheerfully. "We can make quick time by sticking to this road, and It's bound to bring us out somewhere." "What do we look like?" demanded the major, with apparent irrelevancy. "Er-I beg your pardon, air," replied the senior captain, opening his eyes In astonishment at the question. "What with faces and clothes scratched and torn from brambles and branches and plenty of dirt from soot and mud caked all over horses and men we arc a pretty tough looking lot of soldiers of the queen! More like guerrillas or train robbers!" "Why, my dear fellow," began the senior captain remonstratingly. "Hush!" interrupted the major com manding. "I think I hear wheels com ing along the road! Quick! Get the men to cover! Everybody hide! We must not be seen!" Thunderstruck at the Incoherent speeches of the commandant and be ginning to suspect that his brain was affected, the senior captain did not make proper baste in executing the strange order, especially as it struck him that over a hundred troopers, wita saddles half off their sweating steeds, could not find close ambush in a hur ry. So the bulk of the squadron wai on the road in plain view when the mysterious cause of their comman dant's perturbation appeared at the bend. It was a rattletrap of a buggy drawn by a similar specimen of a nag and holding a single individual, ap parently a well to do farmer. At sight of the soldiery the newcom er pulled the poor horse up on lti haunches and without pausing for o Second glance turned his vehicle sc short that the off wheels went high ofl the ground and, lashing cruelly at thc plunging quadruped, scurried out ol sight again, as If fiends were after him "Now, we've done it J" growled th< major commanding. "At least I*vt done it," he added In a aemiapolcgetii tone. . 'Tve lost my way and brought you over the border. We're lu th< United States now." "Hey!" snorted the captain. "Yes, and that fellow in the buggj has gone off to report us to the author ities most likely," went on the othei gloomily. "I suppose you can imaglm what that means. With all due defer ence to the great republic, they an mighty touchy about such things ai finding an armed body of British aol dlery on their territory. They're no' likely to listen to explanations foi awhile. Shouldn't wonder if they mad? on international affair out of it t Ou? government will have to reprimand tu anyway. I'll be broke, of course, ant1 probably , the squadron disbanded." "What can we do?" voiced tho senloi captain pensively. "Do? Nothing," replied the majo: commanding concisely. "But, as we'ri rin for a lamb, we might as well taki the whole sheep and start back homi by this road." "Well, that's better than lt mlgh be," put in the other philosophically. "I don't know," went on the majo; relentlessly. "We will have to pasi through Dashtown and maybe get ai rested by the civil authorities and b jailed as suspicious characters." "It'll have to be a pretty, smart Yan .kee constable that can serve a. warran on us wails we're galloping," affirms* the senior captain. Just at this moment a shower o blazing sticks, hot coals and woo* g?hss sst tu? Lora en to pren ri nc *?hi!e tbs apyroaching clouds of amok and Increasing heat gave warning thu lt was no time to linger. The li ttl mounted column waa formed up li ranks and moved ahead at a brisk trot But word - of their predicament ha< been passed among them, and the face of' the troopera wore a by no mean nappy expression. Debouching fror the thickest part bf the forest abeu half an hour tater, they carno upon th outlying white houses and red barns o the American village of Dashtown The road Which they were traveiln. formed the main and only street of th hamlet, .tho buildings lining lt' upoi either hand for a mlle or more. At th crest of s little hill near tho center o tho place a lot of farm wagons, some o them loaded with tay and grain, wer drawn across the roadway. The Canadians were cot left In doab loug na io me iinontions Dr me peopiouii whoso domains they wore trespassing. Several villagers stepped boldly out lu front of-thc barricade and opened lire with rifles and long barreled ducking guns. The flrst bullet cut a gash in the plump cheek of Trumpeter Ned, aud the healthy young fellow started In to bleed like a stuck pig. "Steady, mou I Liait!" cried the ma jor commanding, with tears of anguish pouring down his cheeks, although his voice was like a rock. Tho troopers reined in their chargers. Several bullets came pinging through the air, but luckily the distance was too great for accurate aim, and all the missiles after the first chance shot went wide or fell short of the mark. "I want to acknowledge to you that It's all my fault getting you Into this mess." bellowed the major wildly, "but for the honor of the service, we must take the medicine together. Bight about lace! Slow and easy! That's it. Retire at a walk!" AH if on parade, the Light dragoons had pivoted their chargers in the nar row roadway, and they fell back at the slowest pace possible to their tightly reined steeds. As soon as they were again in the shelter of the woods the column halted. The surgeon lieuten ant proceeded to bind up tho trivial wound of the elated young Held musi cian. The major commanding swore roundly and in the intervals held forth to his assembled otlleers. "1 can't understand sucli a hostile re ception," he rattled away indignantly. "Our nations are^ not at war, nor la there any danger of such a catastrophe just now, so far as I know. It's bad enough to be liable to civil arrest herc and disciplining at home, without run ning the risk of being shot down on sight. I don't think there can be any more miserable feeling than this of be ing under Aro without hope of retalia tion. Those fellows" "If you will pardon me, slr," Inter rupted the senior captalu. "I would point out that something must be done, and that very quickly. We have this forest fire drawing up rapidly on oui rear and these armed villagers in front Retreat by either flank I take .to be out of the question, considering the trouble we've already had In navigating through the woods." "Just so," put lu the major command lng, his face slightly flushing as he spoke. "We will send a flag of truce forward. Have it made ready." But something white that might serve for the signal of peace was hart to find among that flannel shirtec squadron. The lint rolls of the sur geon lieutenant were the nearest thin; to the color wanted, but they were f trifle too gray for the purpose. Tki major solved the problem by dismount lng, unbuckling his sword and revolve! belts and banding them and their at tached weapons to an orderly! In spit< j of the protests of his confreres, h< . started to trudge along the road lead lng into the village. 'Tve got you here, and I'm the om to get you out," he announced sue cinctly, If not grammatically. "The: won't shoot a lone and unarmed man even If he has no white flag. Yoi know that as well as I do. But, o: course, it io my duty to make provlsloi even for the unexpected. If anythlnj should happen to me," he went on pausing a moment to turn and directly address tho senior captain, "you wii be in command. Surrender freely ti the opposing forces and lay all th* blame upon my amateur pilotage." And he went on his way. "Begorra! If anything does happei to the major, I don't intend to give my self up so easy," growled a quarter master sergeant, resting carbina oil th pommel of hts saddle and proceedini to fill the magasine from bis cartridg belt A dozen or more of the men at one followed his rash example. The off ce rs were too intent upon the recedln, figure of their self appointed emlssar; to notice or check them. The major strode along unharmed although not unnoticed, as several gu; barrels gleaming from behind piles o cordwood and other vantage points at tested, until he was within 20 or 3 paces of the wagon barricade. Then j sturdy youug farmer came forwar and cried: 1 "How*dy, stranger? What might b your business?" Although the major was puffing fa breath by reason of combined excite ment and walking exertion, he endear ored to shout an explanation of mai tera, but was interrupted by the othei who "cal'ated he'd best see Po Smith." The officer was accordlngl ushered In behind the barricade an brought before a tall and elderly mai who sat upon the top of an up eade cracker box, with bis feet sprawled ot in front A long barreled rifle leane against his left shoulder, while his tw bands were employed in whittling th i slivers from a piece of clear pine wit a keen edged hunting knife. All aroun him were grouped the men, women an children of the village. . ?dany were armed with rifles an guns, while the balance had cartridg belts, powder flasks and bullet pouchc .strung about them and evidently acte as a sort of ammunition reserve. "Glad to meet y er, mister," remar kc the elder after the major had been ii troduced by the young farmer. But li said this without so much as paus in or taking his eyes from off the whl tUng operations. - The major commanding told the tal of how they had all unknowingly s tra; ed Into tho territories of the Unite States in.as few words as possible an respectfully asked permission for h troop , and himself to pass on tn the I own conn try unmolested.' "lt sounds straight enough, strai ger," replied Pop Smith as soon as tl speaker had finished, "but Til j OJ cross Question another witness. l'\ had my doubts about"- Stopple short in hts evident misgivings ac hurling the stick of wood upon whlc he had been whittling bato an adjacei garden patch, he shut np tho knife as called at the top of his lungs: "Seti Seth Larkins! Where be you?" "Hero I be," a nasal voice replie and a worthy whom the major con mandlng had Uttle difficulty tn recoj nlotug as the occupant of tho bugs which had so hastily retreated c catching sight of their array steppe foi wald. "Naow, Seth, you told us. that ye saw a whole British army loaded dow with plunder and looking like vci .S^rUs, didn't your? Inquired the eldi "Well, there was a piing of thom." I answered tho rustic surlily. "And they tired n lot of cannon and | rifles nt you?" went on. Pop relentless ly, with dry humor lu lils tone. "No, I never said that," retorted the other quickly. "I said they was get tlug ready to when I dusted off so quick ns uot to give them any chance." "Hut you saw in the papers that there was going to be war between England and Ameriky before long?" "Yes, I've read that lots of times, and BO'VC you." "Seth Larklus," went on Pop Smith Indignantly, "you've told some pretty tall hunting and lishlng yarns in your day, but I vum If this last rigamarole don't layover the whole biting of them." Then, turning suddenly upon the major commandingr "Hut, mister, there's one tliinp moro needs to be cleared up. What's all that smoke behind you? If it hadn't been for that, we'd only laughed at Seth and his Btrlng of wild talk, lt looks most tarnation like as If .somebody bad been setting lire to houses and barns and standing crops. I'm not peing to take no*' "The woods are blazing, and the tire is eomlng this way," hastily interrupt ed tlie officer. "There'll be houses and barns and standing crops burning hi real earnest, and right around here, too, if something is not done lu a burry." "Gosh nil hemlocks!" ejaculated more than one.of tho malo auditors. ! "Have you nny spare axes?" went on the Canadian. "Hull gross new ones juBt come in," i replied Pop, nodding across the street i toward a store building which bore a . sign reading. "Ebenezer J. Smith. Post ; oifice." j "Then I can help you fight the Ure ! with a hundred good men," cried the ; major commanding, at once stripping ? off his uniform coat and climbing on ? top of one of the wagons of the barrl ! eade in order to signal to his troopers i to come on. "We'll try a match to see ! which Bide can set the chips flying the fastest." I It was a great day. The combined ', forces of the townsmen and Light dra goons soon cleared a broad strip of woodland to fence off the advancing flames. The women and children made j such a fuss over the wounded trumpet er that the boy ls nearly spoiled for or ! dinary life. The troopers were feasted j and entertained to the verge of ncute ; gastritis. Moreover, they were passed free and clear to their own borders ' and everybody sworn to silence con : cerning their mishap. A certain rural company of a certain state national1 guard has accepted an invitation to ln I vade Canada secretly next summer, > and, If all goes as it should, somo of I them will meet brothers In law as well as in arms among the Light dragoons. -New York Press. The Critical Moment. "Would you mind telling me how you became a successful man?" asked the visitor. ! "Why, I couldn't talk about that now," answered the man with a wor ried look. "Ifs too early In life." "But you have made a fortune and , engineered great enterprises and se cured the confidence and applause of your people and" "Oh, yes. But that's all in my regu ; lar work. Haven't you heard about j what we're doing now?" "Why-er-I can't say that I have." I "We're going to give a party. If ll i be one of the biggest ever given, and j you'll have to walt till my wife sees I how I behave before ifs decided j whether I'm a success or not."-Wash* ! Ington Star. The Lost Dear. I "The little dear is lost again," she said as coon as she got home. "Oh. that pugi" "Yes. that pug. If you must talk like a brute, and I want you to advertise , for him." And this ls the advertisement aa lt appeared: "Lost-A sausage shaped yellow dog, ! answering when hungry to the name of Baby. A reward will be paid for his return to 37 Blank street dead or alive."-Household Words. Jas;? aa Floats. There are various things used as floats in fishing, from the pretty little painted floats of cork up to good sized Jugs, these last being used in jugging for catfish in western rivers. The jug used as a float is tightly corked, and j the rope or line that serves as a Ash line is tied to the handle, the hook at the other end, on the bottom being , bated with a frog or other attractive 1 morsel. The jug may be used as a * float for a single Une, or two jugs may be placed as floats, one at either end of a' trot line, from which a number of baited lines depend. A big catfish of the kind not uncom mon in western rivers, weighing 50 or 100 or more pounds, would even make a Jug bounce lively in the water, and a comparatively small fish would give it motion, whereupon the fisherman, who might be on tho bank walting develop ments, would put off in his skiff and take up the Une.-New York Sun. He Toole Baolc Bia Seat. A woman got In, and a polite man rose to give her his seat, raising his hat and asking her if she would not sit down. The woman plumped herself down in the vacant seat without a word of thanks, and I saw the color flush up in the young man's cheeks, i In a minute he hastily looked over the books which he carried under his arm, and then? speaking to the woman to whom he had given bis seat, he said: '"I beg your pardon, w I ????ak I len my pocketbook on that seat." The woman arose to let him see, and he quietly slipped Into the seat himself, saying "Thank you" and immediately burying his nose In a big geometry. Brooklyn Times. Ho Heil a Sharp Toagne. . The Waterbury American quotes a friend .of the late Theodore Bacon as saying that he waa a true chip of the old Bacon, block of New Haven and that "he was probably the only man who went into the civil war and came ont of lt. after four years of brilliant service, holding the same commission, that of captain, as when he entered. The fact was he had s? openly andi mercilessly ridiculed the malfeasance) and incapacity of his superior officers' that his promotion was more than hu man nature was equal to. No man. who said sueh stinging things could] have expected even a brevet" WHERE ONE HOBO RODE. ! - j It Wat? t'ndcr tito Locomotive l'Ilot, I anti ile Uceante Korry. A St. Lotils railroad mau, while talk- j lug with a reporter, related a curious . Incident of his early road life which happened while he was braking on the j Missouri Pacific out of St. Louis. "In 1893," said he, "1 was running on | a freight between St. LOUIH and Seda- i lia, Mo., and it was during that winter that I ran across something that laid lt over all I ever saw in tile way of ho boing. Now, of course, I've soon bums riding in all ways and places imagina ble, and to see a man hanging to tho rods of a fast freight or perched on tho pilot ia not surprising to mo. but tids well, let nie tell you. "Wo had been some time out of Seda lia, hitting a pretty good gail toward St. Louis. That winter Ibu hobos along tho lino of tho 'Mop' wore a fright, and tho whole crew was k'ept busy chasing thom olT tho train. As far as 1 was concerned personally, they could have all Imd 'transportation,' for 1 have boon mi the road myself and believe that when a man is willing t?> take I such big oliances of lifo and limb to got j over tlio country a follow need not put himself out of bis way to lind him. Hut, then, the company lind different views in regard to the matter, and wo hail to chase them or lose out. That night-ami it was cold enough to freeze the whiskers off a polar bear- I made over a dozen p<>or follows unload 'rom tho 'decks' and rods and felt sorry for every one of them when they hit thu grit through the snow. Of course this sounds to you like a 'pipe,' coming from an old shack, but It's so. "Well, lt wasn't long before we pull ed into 'Jeff' City, and while the engi neer oiled around I started out. witli two of the crew to chase hobos. .lust as we got to the end of the train Old Brennan, the finest 'eagle eye' who ever jerked a throttle,-called to Dan Hines, Ids fireman, to back up, so that ho could oil and wipe his links. Dan was cleaning his fire nt tho time; so, giving it a Anal swipe with his slash bar, lie backed up: but, being a little careless, he pulled back too far, bringing the pilot half way over the pile of redhot coals he had Just raked from the lire box. "Just about that time 1 thought old man Brennan was going to throw a flt, and I got a pretty severe shock myself. Before Dan could let go the throttle lt seemed to mo bedlam had broke loose uuder that engine. " 'Lemmeout'.'yelled someone. 'Lom* 1 me out! Move her up! Oh, Lord-, I'm burulu up!' The sounds caine from un der the pilot. Hushing round to thc front, vc saw a hobo, not on the pilot, but squirming around on the cross braces underneath it, yelling for all that was In him. ' "In a moment Den had moved the machine up so as to put the poor fel low away from the Ure, and while he beat out with his dirty paws his blaz ing coattails he still eused,-coughing all the while like an engine coming up a grade. " 'How in Sam Hill,' roared old Bren nan, not relishing the dressing down tue hobo gave him-'how In Sam Hill did you git under my pilot?' "T got here when dis bloomin tea kettle was over de pit at Bedalia, but youse fellows necdn' try to barbecue me for dai, need you? "Oh, but old Brennan was w ra thy! 'Come out o' dat, ye dirty porch climb er, or I'll set yo back over the ?re.' " 'How c'n I git out wld dis track under me?' the hobo yelled back. Tink I c'n dig frough HT "Brennan saw that lt was Impossible for him to come from under the pilot till another roundhouse was reached. This enterprising 'tourist' had crawled Into the pilot while the engine stood over the pit In the Sedaba roundhouse and of course could not get out till an other pit was placed under him. Al though be had plenty of room to sit, it was a very hazardous place to ride, for in ti wreck death would be certain. When we reached Chamois, 25 miles farther on, where there was a round house, the poor devil was released. I But he won n sight to see. His coat tails were burned off, his whiskers and hair were sluged, one of his 'lamps' was groggy from sulphur smoke and flying grit, and, on the whole, to quote old man Brennan, he looked like a .raveled top spring on a rainy day.' " Memphis Scimitar. Faeta About Compasses. Much as the average schoolboy reads about tho mariner's compass, when it comes to the point he knows very lit tle about lt It ls divided into 32 parts, of ll degrees 15 minutes each. The needle Is on ita lower surface. Tho magnetized needle ls fixed to tho lower port of the card, which revolves with the needle and is usually suspended on a central cap of agate, the point of sus pension being a similar hard material. The compass Is kept horizontal by supports on glmbols. In Iron or steel vessels the needle deviates from the true north and Bouth, but this ts par tially compensated for by placing steel magnets near the compass to overcome the pull of tho ship. On tho Inside of the compass box Is a vertical line, and the pivot of the card being in the same plane as the ship's keel the point on the circumference of the card opposite to the vertical line shows the angle the ship makes with the magnetic meridian.-Philadelphia Record. She r^incvcrwl. "Persevere, persevere!" said an old lady to her maid. "It ls the only way you can accomplish great things." Cr.e day eight apple dumplings were sent down stairs, and they all disap peared. "Sally, where are those dumplings?" "I managed to get through them alli ma'am," said Sally. "Why, how on earth did you manage to eat so many dumplings?" "By perseverance, ma'am." CASTOR IA For Infants and Children, The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of - A writer calculates that it takes eight times the strength togo upstairs that is required for tho sime distance on the level. -Tho Kassian government recently borrowed $2."?,OOO,(loo dollars in New York, must pf which will be spent in this country for railroad material to j be used on tho Trans-Siberian Hail j road. - A clear conscience make a good pillow. is only a symptom-not a disease. So ave Backache, Nervousness, Dizziness and thc Blues. They all come from au unhealthy state of the men strual organs. 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PURSUANT to a resolution of th? Board of Directors of the Fldelitj Building and Loan Association, adoptee on Uaroo 27tb, 1000, notice is hereby glv eu that a meeting of the Stockholders o ?aid Association wib ba held at the oin" cei of Quatllebaum ?fe Cochran, In the Cltj of Anderson, S. C., on Thursday, Apr! 20, 1?00, at 12 o'clock m., for the purpoai of considering a resolution proposing at Amendment to the Charter of said Asso elation by increasing its Capital Stool from $20,000 to 9100,000. All Stockhold ers are urged to attend in person or '.?3 proxy. G. W. EVANS, President. March 28, 1000_40_4__ To the Stockholders of thc Anderson Telephone Co. YOU are hereby notified that at t meeting of the Dlreotors of eald Company, held ?t Anderson, S. C. or the 2Uth day of Msrob, 1000, a resolution was unanimously adopted recommend ing to the Stockholders au increase 01 the Capital Stock of said Company from Two Thousand Dollars to tho sam 01 Sixteen Thousand Dollars, and directing the President to call a meeting of said block holders to consider this propos! tion. In obedience to tho mandate ol said resolution a meeting of the Stock holders of said Company is hereby called for TUESDAY, MAY let. 1900,' at Un Company's office in the City of Ander son, 8. C., at 10 o'clock a m., for the pur pose of deciding'this question as to in crease of Capital as indicated, r Lei every Stockholder be present, either ic person or by proxy, If possible. R. E. LIGON. President Anderson Telephone Co. March 28, 1000 40 4 NOTICE. THE Stockholders of the Cox Manu facturing Co. are hereby notified that at a meeting of the Board of Direc tors of ?aid Corporation on the 14th inst., a resolution was adopted that the Capital Stock of said Corporation be increased from Fifty Thousand Dollars to the max imum amount of Two Hundred Thou sand Dollars'; and in pursuance of said action the Stockholders ere notified to meet at Anderson C. H., P. C., on Tues day, April 24, 1000, at 10 o'clock a. m., for the purpose of considering said reso lution and the Inereaae of the Capital Stock as proposed to said maximum amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. Immediately opon the adiournment ol the Special meeting there will be held the regular Annual Meeting of the Stock holders to transact such business as may come before them. W. F. COX. Pre?, and Trw** ? *_V? ... .ort'? ... 1 . ?.isrea ??I, i*>w/ ?iu *. NOTICE. I have a considerable num ber of small unpaid Accounts on my books. I am notifying each one of amount due. and unless paid I am going to place ?hem in officer's hand for col lection. J. S. FOWLER. Jan 3.1000 28 Notice to Creditors. ALL persons having demands against the Estate ol W. L. Prince, deceas ed, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned, within the time prescribed by law, and those Indebted to make payment. GEO. E. PRINCE, J. M. RICHARDSON, . 1 ] Executors. ?larch 21,1900 80 8 4 6f c Culture" is the name of a valu able illustrat ed pamphlet which should be in the hands ot every planter who raises Cotton. The book is sent F KKK. .-ictul liante iiiiil atldri'? ? lo GERMAN KALI WORKS. 93 Na -ri Si , NV?' Wirk. SPECIAL - V ?.?'? o?r PI?NOSANDORG?NS. I .i? ?>U THE NEXT THIRTY DA VS C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE mm-nt Will Hollany of the following High Grado PIANOS and ORGANS at prices a? low an CHU Ix) 'liiiai ned from tho Manufactu rers direct : - KNABE, WEBER. BVEHS & POND; CROWN, WHEELOCK, LAKE SIDE and RICHMOND. Also, THE ? ROWN, ESTE Y and FA lt lt AND ?c VOTEY ORGANS. Prospective purchasers will find it to their interest to call and inspect my Stock or writ? for prices. We also represent the leading makes Sewing Machines At Hook Bottom tigures. Respectfully, THE C. A. REU MUSIC HOUSE. ' A n JJI VKIl. E P. VANDIVER J. J. MAJOR. DEALTSRS IN Fine Buggies, Phaaetons, Surreys, Wagons, Harneas Lap Robes and Whips, High Grade Fertilizers, Bagging and Ties. ONE hundred fine received. Come and look through them. They are^beautlea, and we will treat you right If you need one. Car load "Birdseli" Wagons ou.hand the beat Wagons built. Car White Hickory Wagons to arrive soon. Yours, for vehicles, VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR. ~ MONEY TO LOAN, ON FARM i wu LANDS. Easy pay ments. No commissions charged. Bor rower pays actual cost of perfecting loan. Interest 8 per cent. JNO. B. PALMER <fc SON, Columbia, S. C Oct. ll, 1899. 10 Om GAREY, MCCULLOUGH, & MARTIN, Attorneys at Law, MASONIC TEMPLE, ANDERSON, S. C. W. G. McGEB, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE-^ront H >oir, ovor Farmer? and Merchants Bank ANDERSON, S. G. Special Meeting of Stockhold ers of the "Anderson Cotton Mill." ASPEC IA L M EE TING of the Stock holders of the "Anderson Cotton Mill" ls hereby called to meet at the Bank of Anderson, in the City of Ander son, S. C., on FRIDAY, Otb day or April next, for the purpose of adding to, alter ing and amending the By-Laws of said Corporation, and for saoh?other business as incident to the same, as authorized by the Charter, and the Amendments there to, and of Artlole 15 of tho Bv-Laws. .J A. BRorK. Pr?sidant. And?rn??, March 7, 1900. 37-C STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDKKRON COUKTT. By li. 1'. ll. Nance, Judge of Probate. Whereas, D. L. Barnes has applied to me to grant him Letters of Ad ministration on the Estate sud effects of J. T. Barnes, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon ish all kindred and creditors of the said J. T. Barnes, deceased, to be and ap pear before me in Court of Probate, to bo held at Anderson Court House, on the 10th day of April, 1900, after pub lication homof, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 24th day of March, 1900. R. Y. H. NANCE, Probate Judge. March 28,1900 40 ' 2 ; PATENTS-H - ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY ff"M"|? - Notico In "Inventivo Ago" ffKpp ? Kook "How to obULa Patenta" B Ol Ott Ba Charge* modsratm. No^t^^^^^WCtrrO?.