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TM?TED BY A PAWN I i By A. E. Manning Foster. _ I f When a man 1B about to entertain a very charming girl whom be ls anxious to impress and suddenly finds that, with tho exception of a few coppers, he has no money In his pocket, he may surely be forgiven tue use of a few strung ejaculation:;. Such : was the plight of IJverard Hamlyn at 10 min utes to 1 on a certain Saturday after noon. lie had been so absorbed in reading the brief of an important case which was to be heard lu the courts on Monday-that he had forgotten the emptiness of his pocket. At 1 o'clock Alice Valentine, an American girl with whom lie had formed a deep friend ship, was coming to see what a bar rister's chambers In the Temple looked like, and she was also to be taken out to lunch. The worst was that there were only teu minutes to rectify the mistake. He wrote out a check hurriedly and then remembered that time would not per* mit him to go to the bank to cash it His clerk was gone, and thc Temple was wrapped In its usual Saturday afternoon peacefulness. Without a hat he rushed over to Harcourt buildings to sec. if his friend Anderson was in the chambers. He could rely upon bim for a couple of pounds. But the fates were against Hamlyn. Anderson was out and the doors were locked. Realizing that there was nothing for it but to go to the bank, he hurried along up the court into Fleet street, meaning to hail a hansom.; But as bc arrived there the clock struck 1, and he knew that he could not get to the bank and back under 20 minutes. Alice would nevar forgive bim If he were not at his rooms to receive her. ll Suddenly his eye was caught by the .^Ihree brass balls hanging over a shop almost opposite. Tbe sight suggested a new Idea to his mind, and he prompt ly acted upon it. In another moment he rushed across the road and, enter ing the shop, handed bis 80 guinea hunter over the counter. "How much?" said the clerk, eying the hatless and breathless Hamlyn somewhat suspiciously. "Oh, I only wanted a Aver," replied Everard hurriedly. . "Have you got a card on you?" asked the clerk, thinking that he was on the track of a swell mqbsman. Unversed In the ways of pawnbro kers, Hamlyn pulled out his case and handed him a card. "Ali right, slr," said the clerk, seeing the name and address and noticing the name corresponded with the Initials on the watch. "I beg your pardon, slr,"and he hastily filled up a ticket and count ed out ?5. "Have yon a penny for the ticket, please?" Hamlyn Impatiently thre^v down a copper and, fairly bolted out of the sho- The people In Fleet street stared at Jim with amazement, sud a g??ier arab with whom he had collided shout ed, "Who are yer sbovin of 7" as he crossed the roan. Now, it happened, that Alice Valen tine was Just at that moment passing down Fleet street on her way to the Temple She had. arrived somewhat earlier 1^an she had intended, for che upheld the traditions of womanhood with regard to unpunctuality. "It wonld never do,", she said to her self, "to bs ponctuai. He would think I was too Impatient." " , So, timing herself to arrive at the Temple about 1:15 o'clock, she was strolling leisurely along when she caught sight of Hamlyn rushing wild ly out of a pawnbroker's shop. For a moment the ludicrous side of the sit uation Btruck her very forcibly, and she laughed softly to herself. But gradually, as she realized the full sig nificance of the action, her amusement gave place to'plty. "Poor boy*r* she murmured. "I had not the faintest Idea he was hard up.. And to think that I have let bim spend such a lot of money In taking mo about. I must get even with him some bow.*' There waa a very tender spot h, her heart for tho tall, clever young barris ter, who had shown so plainly his pref erence for> her aboye all other women. Alice Valentine and ber aunt. Miss Salford, were making a tour of Europe, and had met Hamlyn first ot ail at a hotel tn Geneva. ' He bad - rendered them a number pf civilities and as he happened to be doing the same round of Switzerland as. they for tl month he was their almost dally companion. With the frankness of American wo men, they accepted his attentions graciously, and. Adding him a pleasant attendant, enrolled bim In their serv ices without further ado. Miss Salford generally accompanied Alice wherever she went and showed quite as much .eagerness to "do" every place thoroughly as her niece. ' It was only on rare occasions, when the elder lady was obliged to admit that she was "too tired for anything," that, Hamlyn had a chance of taking Misa Valentine ont alone. The constant companionship, how ever, had brought about the usual re sult. Hamlyn was not an Inflammable man., . He bad reached the mature age of S0-not unsought af ter-^wlthout having succumbed to feminine charms. But there was something about the fair American which fascinated him iv. spite of himself. Tc-'-ij, no DIR: came xnio his room, a perfect vision of freshness end loveli ness IQ the^limmy JBW^??_^ cf Temple, Hamlyn was conscious of tho certain shyness abd ?serve In her manner that he bad not noticed befdw*. "I don't believe I ought to como hero bor myself,** she asid aa she closed tit? door. ,M?; ^ondet- what &tmt ^therine would say to lt," "?on are lite," ?OdHamlyn. "S have boca, waiting impatiently fop you." "Ain i, reauyr replied Alice. "What la the time, then?" J i?o pulled at bis watch chain me ! chau?ca?ly, fc^getful of bia escapade, S and disclosed tho bare swivel. Ho col I o*ed slightly as be realized his mia I take; and felt her eyes upon him, but I answered Ugh tty: I "Alsoufc ?<5 minnies past 1,1 fancy." I . .Sue ;Wa? walking round tho room, ginnciug at tue ponderous looking book* and t?o paper? tied with pink tape, getting; us she expressed it, the "atmosphere" of tile place. "It must nc just lovely to work he:f.".slie said. ''Everything seeuis BO old und historic. I believe I should only, ha ve to sit here n few hours a day . nud I should become a lawyer by breathing the air." "Which reminds me," said Hamlyn, "that I have been breathing air quite long enough and want lunch. Where shall we go?" Alice Valentine hesitated. "Look here," she said at last. "I want to say something to you. You have been taking me about such a lot, and I have done nothing for you. I feel real mean. I want you to let mc stand you a lunch today." He shook his bead laughingly. "You I forget." he said, "that you are my guest. But I want you to say where you would like to go." He named a well known restaurant in Piccadilly, where she knew tho prices were ruinous. "No," she said; "don't let us go there. Will you take me to one of those little Bohemian places you told me of where you get a table d'hote lunch for 18 pence? I should love to go. It would be a new experience.'* "You look too smart," he replied, glancing at her admiringly, "but I tell you what I will da-we will split the difference and go to a kind of semi fashionable place where you shall see all sorts and conditions of peoplo and hear a band." Once or twice during lunch, when conversation flagged. Hamlyn noticed again the thoughtful expression on her face. At last he took the matter up. "Tell me," he said, "what you are thinking of." "I was thinking," she replied slowly, "of how I could help some one who baa been very good to me." "Not a difficult matter, surely, fot you." "It is, very difficult/' she said, "un der tho circumstances. The person 1 want to help is poor and, I think, very proud." She was looking down a*t the table cloth and studiously avoiding his eyes. "Can I bo of any assistance?" bc said. "You? Why"- She laughed. "Yes, perhaps you can. I will think about 11 and let you know." There was a new sympathy in hei voice and manner, and Hamlyn felt s mad desire to take her there and thor in his arms and cover her face witt kisses. But there was no opportunity then tc tell ber of his love. Immediately aftei lunch they were obliged to hurry off t< meet Miss Snfford at a matinee, one Hamlyn had no further chance of ? tete-a-tete with Alice, but be arrang?e satisfactorily a meeting for Mondas afternoon, .when be determined to pul bis fate to the test. "You will not forget," he said ai parting, "to let roe help you in the mat j ter you mentioned?" I "No," she replied, with a singulm I look on her face; "I will not forget." j As Everard walked home he recalled 1 her tones, her face, the fair, flusbet cheeks; sweet mouth, earnest brows and eyes of softest fire. There was tba ls ber look which satisfied hun. He was awakened from hts reverie by an urchin inquiring what o'clock 1 was. For the second time that day, h< mechanically tugged at his watcl chain. "Confound it!" he exclaimed as fr ??dilzed hts loss. "I never knew tba It was such a nuisance to be without * Wfc??ch. ? iaust get it our. first thing oi : Monday morning." I The. urchin, grasping the situation ran away, grinning. On Sunday Hamlyn again bethough { himself of the watch. ; "I had better study the ticket," h said, "and see what I shall have t pay." He fumbled In bis waistcoat pocket It waa not there! He tried tho othen with the same result; With growln uneasiness fae searched hi every pockc of the clothes be had worn on the Sat urday, but the pawn ticket was not t be found. "I must have left lt at my chambers, he decided at last "It ls very careles of me. I bene my clerk won't find lt On Monday morning be got nj; oar! er than usual and drove down to tb Temple In a hansom. His derk faa already arrived. Hamlyn searched a over the table carefully, then In all th drawers, but could not find tho ticke Kiuaiiy he summoned the clerk, "Have you moved any papersr' fa asked rather Irritably. "No, sir; I ho ven* t touched a jMng." "You haven't by any chance found ticket i suppose?" pursued Hamlyn. "No, slr. What kind of a ticket faa?? yon lost?" "It doesn't matter," he replied imp) tlently. "It's of no Importance." Patting on his hat, Hamlyn narrie Into Fleet street to the pawnshop. "I want to redeem the watch I le: here on Saturday," he announced. I "Where ls your ticket, elr?" said tl man. "I have mislaid lt," replied Hamlyi "But Ifs all right Yon remember m I expect The watch belongs to m and T want lt now." I "I am very sorry? sir, bat yon can have lt without tho ticket" j Hamlyn muttered an exclamation < ? Impatience. "But auppose I have lost it Wh thea?" N "I will give you a form of dec?as tkra to be made before a magistrate." j : "Ie there.no other wsy?" ??!d Hst: J lyn, realising the trouble and anno ance this would cause. j ^o, aiiy^aald tho pawnbroker, am of raid there ls not." There waa no time to waste. He fal to be th court early, as his case w among the first on tho lists., It was i uso stopping to argue the matter. I < finosfe. go before a magistrate and ?ii too declaration aa soon,as posalb Returning to tia chambers, ho put i ; fats robes and waa soon tost In con te: ? plation of tho buain?f* In hasd. About an hoar after his visit to t pawnbroker's shop Alice Volenti drove np in a cab to the saino do? She had found the pawn ticket ly I on Hamlyn'* table on the Saturd afternoon and had appropriated* meaning to redeem the watch and sc lt back to bim as soon as possible. S i was? ratler nervous at going into t ' shop,.'but- ah6 was not the kind of g ? I tue way of any project shu wisiuui to : carry through ; so, putting on an air of ; unusual haughtiness, she entered tho ? little compartment and handed Izx tho ! ticket. "I want thc watch, please," she said, j The pawnbroker's assistant looked i her up and down carefully. When lie | had,, as it were, sized her completely, he Inquired dryly, "Where did you get this?" Alice flared up Indignantly. "That is no business of yours. Tell mo what I have to pay and give me tho watch." "Not so fast," said the young man. "You must answer ono or two ques tions first" Ho went away and after a whispered confabulation returned with a gray bearded old man, who was polite, but firm. "I nm sorry, madam, but I cannot al low you to redeem this pledge until you inform me how this ticket came In to your possession." "I found it" said Alice. "Allow m'o to Inform you, then," said the pawnbroker sternly, "that you are committing a very grave offense. By attempting to obtain the watch you loy yourself open to criminal proceedings." "But" said Alice, "I am a friend of the gentleman to whom the watch be longs." "Come,.come," replied tho man; "that won't do ot all. A gentleman who called himself Mr. Hamlyn, waa here about an hour ago endeavoring to get the watch himself." 9 "Mr. Hamlyn been here this morn ing!" cried Alice. She had never sus pected that be would be able to redeem his watch so soon. "Better send for a policeman," sug gested the assistant "Hold your tongue I" said his master. Then, turning to Alice Valentine, be said: "I do not wish to be hard upon you, but I Insist on an explanation. 1 Will send over to the address on the ticket, and If your story is true Mr. Hamlyn will corroborate lt Harvey, send tho boy over to Que?n's Bench walk and ask Mr. Hamlyn to come here immediately." "Mr. Hamlyn coming here!" cried Alice unguardedly. "Oh, I muse go at once!" "I cannot allow It" said the pawn broker. "You must wait If you re fuse, I have no option but to call a po liceman." If looks could khV the pawnbroker would have died on the spot ns Alice, with the air of a tragedy queen, sub mitted to the indignity of being es corted to the back parlor, while Har vey kept watch and ward over her. A quarter of an hour later Everard Hamlyn jumped out of a hansom and hurried Into the shop. He was an Im petuous person, and he had not waited ts> change his robes, but had come straight away in wig and gown from the law courts. He was met in the passage by Harvey, who had been awaiting his arrival with keen Interest "There's a woman in here," he said, pointing to the parlor, "who says she's a friend of .Yours and has found your .pawn ticket but I suspect" . "Out of the way!" cried Hamlyn, thrusting the oGcious young man on one side and rushing Into the room. "Alice, by ail thafs wonderful!" ha exclaimed, and then, seeing that her bosom was heaving convulsively, bo put bia arm around ber and inquired tenderly what had happened. "They have been so rade and insist ing," she sobbed. Hamlyn waited for no further ex planation, but seising Harvey by the throat shook hun until the ^^rtnaate youth had noe a breath in bia body. Then, turning to the older man, he cried sternly, "What do you mean by insulting thia lady?" . The pawnbroker, discovering bia mis take, waa all apologies, but Hamlyn's temper was still up. Nothing could justify rudeness to a lady, he said, and he Insisted on an ab ' ject apology from the crestfallen assist ant Then he took Alice back to his rooms In the Temple. When they were alone, be put bis arm around her and said im pulsively: "Oh, my darting, how sweet of you to try to get my watch back for me, Did you do lt because yon care? Tell me, darling-I love you!" "It was very silly of me> I know,"** abe said softly, and shyly, "but 1 thought you were poor, and-oh. I wanted to help you." "I am not poor," he said smilingly; "nt least not very poor. I have a thou sand a year, and we might manage on that" He toot; out the watch and held it before ber eyes. , "I shall never look at lt" ho enid, "without thinking that I won yon through it"--Royal Magasine. Vaia? ot Dramatic Criticism? Franklin Fy les, writing of "The First Night of a Play" In New York in The Ladies' Home Journal, saya that most of the men who write of plays and act ing are able and honest This, that or the other critic may have his whims and caprices, his likes and dislikes, and these feelings break out lu his writ ings. But the overage of judicial fair ness Is high. The writers are adequate ly paid by their employers and, as a rule, they are left untrammeled In their honest judgments. Their work is done, under hard conditions, and trained, men only can do lt with facility. The performance ls never over before ll o'clock. Usually lt hists half an hour longer and not Infrequently drags along until 12. As the "copy", must be lo the office, three or four miles away, not later than 1 o'clock, there la a ne cwraiiy for quick tkought and composi tion. The critics are irifinantui toith wo public, but their judgment is not conclusive. If they were to combine to make av poor play succeed or a good play fail, they could Niiot do it. The most they could do would be to send people to the theater or keep them away during the first week or so. Aft er that tbs play would depend upon it self. . .. _ _ - CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. Taa Ki?? Y*s tUn Ahmt BugU Signaturo of ^^^^^^^^^^g - Tho best way to fill your cup of ! joy ia by making others ?appy, OUIt HABITS OF LIFE.I THEY TEND TO TRANSFORM MEN INTO MERE AUTOMATONS. .Nothing: In Moro Conducive to Life In | a Rut Tbnn Mvlmv lu ?lie Same War, j Dav by Dar "Without Chnnac-Tlio ? Dencilt of Novelty. A man with n habit of life whose parts are made up of repetitions of acts | day by day and year by year may lu j timo become almost automatic. He who BO lives may have some powers | of adaptation to new chauges or may not, but in either case thc habit of life which cramps his thoughts, restricts his narrow lield of action to certain places and acts through an indefinite time nnd engenders prejudices against all else that ls different, comes from Uviug in a groove instead of living In thc world. All men arc more or less subject to thc dominion of habit, but there is a wide difference between the habits of thought and action which glvo men greater breadth of view mentally with greater usefulness in the material af fairs of life and those which reduce men to a life within a horizon limited by their bornes and their business in terests. In an environment of life made up of repetitions of daily acts which are unchangeable, a man will necessarily become more or less automatic la thought and action. His standards of measurements and values are all with in bis own narrow world. Things out side his little horizon are seen through glasses which distort. The sailor, long at sea, bas a supreme contempt for thc landsman, and the older the sailor and the more he ls nt sea the more firmly is he convinced that thc landsman ls nn inferior creature, worthy of nothing but contempt. Tho environment of the sailor lins so engrossed his mind and his attention, and he has come to know his trade so well, with the immense benefits and value of ships constantly to his mind's eye, that the rest of the world suffers by the comparison as ho views lt. Ou the other hand, the landsmen cousider with amusement thc whims of thc sail or, though they may have equally ri diculous Ideas concerning each other. The farmer may believe that the dwellers In cities are effeminate and given to certain financial jugglings which are unjust to him. If he lives lu a rut, he will grow to believe that bis prejudices are facts as immutable as the laws of matter. Habit may become so strong after a time that it is beyond the power of the man to break it. He thinks In certain lines as he has been habituated to think, reasons after a certain habitual fashion and reaches conclusions be has already established and believed from habit. Nothing Is more conducive to life l? a rut than living in the same way day by day without change. A man rises, eats, works, returns home, sleeps, meets th? sauie people and hears the same things said in the same way day after day till there ls no stimulus to thought or action. There ls no novelty because there Is no change. There Is no great breadth of mental horizon needed to the man who lives tn a rut. He may be prejudiced in favor of BO living because the rut ls In evi dence before him, while all other ruts must Mecessariiy be worse because be does not vise them and cannot see them. Sections drift into a rut as men da The west may, by self communing, ex alt Itself above the east The east may by like process consider that elsewhere all else ls lacking in the essentials of civilization. The south may look upon the north as a section Ulled with men who swap jackknives and whittle out gimcracks, while the north, on.the oth er band, may be sure that the chief in dustry of the south ts the making of mint Juleps and the oppression of the humble black man. The man in a rut and the section In a rut are lifted out of their narrowness by change of environment Railroads and steamboats are breaking up the mts of sectionalism and Individualism. People go east and south and north and west and find there ls so grorjad tor prejudice and that there wac much that was misunderstood and much mora to admire. The growth of sport bas In like, man ner served the purpose of broadening views* destroying prejudices, correct ing opinions and cultivating a greater charity, for men and women who Jour ney to waters where fish are caught or cruise in yachts or penetrate Into the wild haunts of game break away from the narrow lines which mature Into narrow lives and thus avoid the dwarf ed life of him whose horizon never changea and which bounds bis own house and his own interests. All that ls to be said of travel as an agency of enlightenment broadening and cultivation of tolerance may be said of the sports of rod and gun and more. For the sportsman tourist gets closer to the heart of the stranger com munity into which he penetrates In bis expeditions than does the ordinary traveler, whether on business or pleas ore bent and this Intimacy gives a .sympathetic insight Into the lives and characters of those with whom he min gles. The friendships which hold be tween visiting sportsman and host may app?ar Individually of slight Impor tance In this , respect but collectively they have a tremendous Influence which ls for good.-Forest and Stream. Mr. Hubby-Did yon ennm the joung woman who wanted a cook's place? She seemed to me to be Just the person yon would like. Mrs. Hubby~3he looked well enough, bot her recommendation from her last place was altogether too nattering. I am sure ehe was dismissed In a barry. -Boston Transcript |Ho asst IR the World. We believe Chuiaoeriains Cough Remedy is the best in the world. A few weeks ago we' suffered with a se vere cold and a troublesome cough, end having read their advertisements in oar owa and other papers wo pur chased a bottle to see if it would ef fect na. It cured as before the bottle was more than half need. It io the best medicine ontforcolds and coughs. -The Herald. Andersonv?Ho, Ind. For salo by Hill-Orr Drug Co. INDEXING THE LAWS. MEMORIZING DEVICES IN THE GOV ERNMENT BUREAUS. Hie Method by Willoh the Mirna ut ', ' LegJalatlon Which Cuni;n>?.i Kn net* bach Year IM L'ntanuied and Sent to Ita Proper Dcnartznout. In view of the Immense mass of leg islation which congress enacts from j year to year, much of it simply iu the form ot half hidden clauses attached j to appropriation bills, strangers often wonder how any ouo can keep track of tho details aud make sure that some of thc minor laws aro executed. When a bill ls lu tito last stages preceding completion, ono member after another thinks of something he wishes to throw into It before the final vote ls taken. It is perhaps a proviso that tho secretary of tho treasury shall do this, or that the secretary of the interior shall do that. Up springs another member, who wishes to make sure that the duty shall uot be neglected and who therefore adds ai? amendment that the secretary shall report to con gress at each session so and so. And thus it goes into the permanent law of the land, adding ono more to thc multitude of tasks already assigned to the cabinet officer In question. In suring the compilation ot one more public document which few persons outside will ever read and at which not j one congressman In GO will ever glance. ! But the work will be done and tho report made, as ordered by congress, for there is no one to utter a protest. It is not the business of tho head of a department to ask the reason why. lt Is enough for him that the lawmaking power has issued its command and fur nished him with the men and the mon ey required to do tho work. The clerks who toll painfully through the process of collecting the data and preparing the report do not bother their brains with tho conundrum, Who is going to read lt when it is finished and in print? They are there simply to obey orders and draw their salaries. But how doc? any one keep track of the odds and ends of laws tucked away in budget bills and the like? When the accumu lation of statistics for a whole session Is bound up in a fat book In the chron ological order of their approval by the president, how is any one to dig out the details that the secretary of the treasury and the secretary of the in terior must know? This is the work of digest clerks and Indexers, who take each enactment and cut it Into bits. One blt In the leg islative appropriation act, another In tho sundry civil act, a third lu an ur gent deficiency act, a fourth In a gen eral deficiency act and a fifth perhaps In a special statute, all relate to one Subject and belong together. Each subject has Its proper place under one of the broad bends, legislative, execu tive or judicial, and again under one of the subcategories as pertaining to the senate or tba department of the In terior or the circuit court of appeals or what not. When, therefore, all the fragmenta of legislation for a session are shifted about and regrouped ac cording to topics and the topics arrang ed in their normal order, we bave a very simple but effective digest for ref erence on any subject touched by con gress. With a pretty exbanstlve index add ed we can do either of two !aiugs=~ consult the Index for tl?e specif.c title of a certain subject or search tbs body of tho book for the subject Itself, in Its place In a certain invariable order of topical sequence. For example, if we wish to ascertain how mnch lt bas cost to light the New York post?nico build ing for a certain year, we may either look in the index under "New York" or we may turn in the digest itself to the executive branch of the govern ment, there find the appropriations for the treasury and In the group of public buildings under treasury jurisdiction follow the paragraphs down till we come to the particular building In which we are Interested. * So much for tho convenience o'.' tho officers charged by law with such and such duties. With the orderly distri bution of functions between tho sev eral bureaus and divisions of each de partment there ls no difficulty in each functionary's learning from the digest just what he ls to do and usually how he ls to do it. Bot what shall keep congress remind ed of the reports and recommendations which lt-has ordered all these persons to prepare? Here comes another mem orizing device. A standing rule of the house of representatives requires the clerk of that body to submit at the be ginning of every session a list of the reports which any of the laws say shall be made to congress during that ses sion. He incloses the Hst in a formal letter of transmittal to the speaker, and letter aud list are printed together os a document. Each page ls ruled In four columns, the first containing the title of the o dicer and the nature of the report required of him, the second a reference to the volume of laws author izing the report, the third a citation of section or page and the fourth the date rt which the report Is expected or the period within which lt may be present ed or the frequency with which lt ls al ways necessary to have a certain class of reports ready.-Boston Transcript First Ceuta In Kaoiai. Tanner Bros., who came to Kansas shortly#after tho civil war and estab lished a store at Humboldt, which they ran until they became Immensely wealthy, was the firm tbftt first intro duced the use of pennies In assfeisg chango in Kansas. Prior to Its ar rival the nickel was thc smallest change used in the state. The Tanners brought In 20,000 pennies and estab-j llshed the custom of making the right' change to the penny, which now pre val?a all over the state.-Topeka Letter in Kansas City Journal. - "Why, Harry, what is the matter V asked a lady of her small nephew, who was oryiog bitterly. "M-mamma whipped ni-me." sobbed the little fel low, "an I'm oryin' 'c-cause I wasn't b-born an orphan." - Garrie-"Tell me, L-ate, how was it you did not marry Mr. Tyler?' ' Kate -"He told mil was the.only woman hoover loved. Ifs man will Ho to you beforo marriage, what stones t he tell aflerwarar ?Hi The Heal IloIiO. Ordinarily the hotels will feed tho j .eal hoboes. Otherwise the real hobo tvlll go away and spread evil reports , if that house all along the country, j ( [Ie hlwnys does that carelessly. No ; DUO would believe a hobo's venomous I report, but he throws out little s.vin pathizlng statements that so and KO ls Having hard luck beeayse bugs have gvt-4nto his house, etc. Of course that doesn't affect trade1 BO ?:.* tis the hobo ls concerned. Hut the v% :ts very speedily get among the trn> I ug class that pays. The true hobo doesn't w jt money. IIo has no wish to leave . ls Ufo of freedom. In that Ufo he gits all his shiftless nature demands, lit Intends to carry a quarter of a dollar, so that If arrested he may escape tho charge of being a vngraut. Outside of that quarter money ls of no account. The possession of too much of thc colu of the realm would attach suspicion to him wore he arrested. And a hobo never can tell when he is to be search ed. Whenever there has been any rob- j bery along the line of railroad all the hoboes nre rounded up. A hobo there fore who was carrying a roll would get Into trouble tho first day. Moreover, If tho fraternity knew of his wealth he would be relieved of his money In short j order by the gang. The hobo with 25 cents In his pocket can go his way re joicing.-^Lewiston Journal. Why She Loved Htm Bo. The memoirs of Jules Massenet bring up an Incident of his courtship told by Coquelln. It seems that when Liszt. Sgambatl and Massenet were studying together In Rome they all became fas cinated with the daughter of au aristo cratic Frenchman. The trio spent their spare time composing and playing themes to tho object of their affec tions. One evening the young woman showed marked favor to Massenet, and he proposed to her after having asked her father's consent. Ile follow ed her to Parla in a few days, where ho was accepted by lier, and the mar riage soou took place. One day Massenet said to his bride before a party of friends: "My dear, do you remember the day you first showed me that you preferred mo to Sgambatl and Liszt?" "Yes." "Well, do you know, besides proving to me that you loved me lt also gnve me great joy to know that you believed I played so well, even excelling the others?" "Oh. but lt wasn't that!" answered his wife quickly. "It was because you played so badly that my love went out to you." J It is sahl that the great composer never referred to the Incident again. Saturday Evening Post. Cities Ballt on Iain ada. The Belgian city of G hen?, is built on 20 Islands, most of which are bordered by magnificent quays. The islands are connected by 80 bridges, having as many canals or waterways as streets, Ghent is the capital of East Flanders, lies on tho Scheldt and the Ley, or Lys, as well as on the Insignificant Lleve and Moere, which flow through the city In numerous arms. The Italian city of Venice ls built on a still more numerous cluster of email islands, numbering between 70 and 75, In the northwest pctJon of the Adri atic. Owing to the .owness of the Is lande the etty seems to scat upon the sea. Amsterdam te divided by the Amstel and numerous canals into 100 email is lands, connected by moro than SOO bridges. Almost the whole city, which extends In the shape of a crescent, le founded on plies driven 40 or 50 feet through soft peat and sand to a firm substratum of cloy.-Tit-Bits. - Tue report that Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna, has died at Con stantinople, was untrue. I Beautiful! ?Women i There are few women as beau- 8 5 tiful os they might be. Powder | g and paint and cosmetics don't | m make good looks. Beauty is 8 ? simply an impossibility without 2 g health. Beautiful women are | . few because healthy womeu are ? g few. The way to have a fair g g face and a well-rounded figure g g ia to take n i Mflet?'s i ?Female Repkmor j SThia ia that old and time-tried g medicine that cures all female 1 ? troubles and weaknesses and S ?1 drains. It makes no difference g what tho doctors call the trou- g ble, if there.is anything the 8 g matter in the distinctly feminine S . organs, Bradfleld's Fe* i > male Regulator will help " 5 and cure it. It is good for ir- g g regular or painful menstruation; g ss for leucorchcea, for falling of the 5 g womb,, for nervousness, head- g g ache, backache and dizziness, g 5 Take it and get well. Thon a 3 yrtnr old-time girlish featureo s g and figuro will be restored. g 8 S?U bydrnsgttta for SI a bottle 5 ? THB BRADFIELD REGULATOR 00. S 1 . ATLABTA, OA. MONEY ! WE HAVE MONEY TO LEND on Land In this County on easy term*. Wo have some valuable City and Coun try Real Estate for sale, and can lend a reasonable amount on purohaao price of esme, If desired. SIMPSON & HOOD, Attorneve. Apr? ll, 1900_42_8_ NOTICE. ALL persons are hereby waru (Kl not to moko any paths or roads, oat soy timber, commit any depredations of any sort or trespss? in any manner or way on . toy lauds In Anderson County. I mean what I say and will prosecute any tres passer to the fall oxtent or the lew. J. E. HORION. April 18,1900 .43.. ,-. , .;4 T^rO crop can 1 ^1 grow with3 J OT* out* Potash. Ifcffl?k Every blade of THURNS Grass, every grain 1H1J9R' of Corn, all Fruits MKjjNSK and Vegetables 1 TfflB must have ic. If LJEB enou^'i is supplied you can count on a full crop if too little, the growth will be " scrubby." Send ior our books telling all about composition of fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They cost you nothing. GERMAN KALI WORKS,. ,j Nassau St.. New York. SPECIAL T-,VIUR O IT PIANOSANDORGHNS. TT?U THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS - THE C. ft. REED MUSIC HOUSE Will noll any of the following I U^h Grade PIANOS nod ORGANS nt pHcBBaalow aa cnn bo obtained from the Manufactu rers direct : - KNABE, WEBER. IVEKS & POND, CROWN, WHEELOCK. IJAKE S|T>Ea?d RI CH MONI). Also, THE < BOWN, SSTEVand F AUK AND A VOTE Y ORO ANS. Prospectivo purchasers will lind it to their Interes; to call and inspect iny Stock or writ? for prices. We also represent the leading tnakeB Sewing Machines At Rook Bottom figures. Respectfully, THE C. A. REED MUSIC HOUSE. D. S. YAN?iVBB. E. P. VAKOIVBB. J. J. MAJOR. YAHDIVfiR BBOS. & IAJ0B DEALERS IN Fine Buggies, Phaotons, Surreys, Wagons, Harness Lap Bobes and Whips, High Grade Fertilizers, Bagging and Ties, ONEhundted fine new Boggles; just received. Come and look through them. They arelbeautles, and ?re will treat yon right if you need one. Oar load "Blrdaell" W?gona on band the beat Wagons built. Car White Hickory Wogona to arrive soon. Yours, for vehicles, VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR. ~ W. G. McGEB, SURGEON DENTIST. OFFICE- thront Rjotr, over Farmers end Merchants Bank ANDERSON, b. O. 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 them in officer's hand for col lection. J. S. FOWLER. Jan 3,1000 29 Notice Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Executor of the Estate of R. F. Wyatt, deceas ed, hereby giveB notice that he will on the 10th day of May, 1000, apply to the Jndge of Probate for Anderson Coun ty for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from bis office as Execu tor. J. W. ROSAMOND, Ex'r April 18, 1000 48_5_ Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Administratrix of Estate of James O. Moore, deo'd, herabv 5i vea notice tbatahe ^111 on the 12 th ay of May, 1000, apply to the Judge of Probate for Anderson County for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from her office aa Administra trix. MARY A. MCGKK Adm's. April ll, ISw_42 ' 6 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ANDERSON COUNT? By IL Y. B. Nance, Judge of Probate. WHEREAS, Mary McCauley has has applied to me to grant her Letters of Administration on the Estate and effects of Abram McCauley, deceased. These are therefore to cite and admon ish nil kindred and creditors of the said Abram McCauley, deo'd. to be and appear before me in Court cf Probate, io be neut at Anderson C. H. on the 4th day of May, 1900, after publication hereof, to snow cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my band, this 17th day of April, 1000.. It. Y. BT NANCE, Probate Judge. April 18,1000 > ^ 43 2 PATENTS? : sss"" ?aasBfflj" F KEE i - Book "How loob?Un Pat?ate" f IDHH;