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 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 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?.