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A WOMAN'S WORK. When breakfast thing? are cleared away, Tue 6am* old problem'* rising, For ehe again alts donn to think Ot something appetizing. The dinner she must soon prepara Or giva thc cook directions, And great la the relief she feel* When she has made selections. When dinner things are cleared away, The problem that is upper Ia jut the same, with one word changed, "What can I get for supper t" She wants to give them son:ething new, And long is meditation Till choice is made, and thea begin? The work of preparation. When supper tb lus* ore cleared away, Agiin lier mind is worried, Tor then she thinks of breakfast time, Wien mca!s ?re often hurried. She ponders o'er it long until The question ii decided, Then bustles round till ?he makes eure "hat everything's provided. That "woma.Vs work is newt done" Hasofien been disputed, Iii., that elie's worried is a fact Aad cannoi be ?v?uicJ. Tlie wary over what to eat Ii greatest of these questions;? And glad she'd bs il some one els.? Would make the meal suggestions. -Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. itt snis Detective j A STOHY OF A VOCAL CLEW. X ? BY 8EACOAL. ? ?Yes; I am a detective." Tom Oakley, leaning over the back of n large stuffed chair in the club parlor, faced our little group with & cynical smilo playing over his lips. One or two of us had suspected something of the kind, but all of us were astonished at bis frank admission. He waited for BOioe comment, but none of us spoke. "A consulting detective, if you will, hut nevertheless a detective," he went* on. "I regret the necessity of the ad .mission, not for the reason that I am ashamed of my work, but because my usefulness ls likely to be somewhat im paired by knowledge of lt. I presume you have the prejudice against the work that is common. Deal with the knowledge I have given you here In the club as you see fit. I shall not de fend myself nor explain, no matter how in neb I may care for the loss of associ ations. However, detectives are not held in the disrepute they once were. When tbe principle of setting a thief to catch a thief, was In application, a de tective was not the sort of person one iuvited to dinner. That was the days pf Jonathan Wild and Vldocq. After all, in those days lt was the man him self and not his work that was In dis credit. Now, when plays are written to glorify spies and detectives, lt will hardly do to hold the latter In disre pute. However, I have discovered an especial aptitude." "We all thought you were practicing law," remarked one pf us. 'I faithfully tried to for three years," replied Tom, "and nearly starv ed. Clients were shy, having failed to perceive my great legal a ilittes. Some thing more than a year ugo accident discovered my detective abilities, and in the year following I made more of an income three times over than in the three preceding years." "Give us the accident. Tom," de manded Harwood. "You know Weltwerter, the brewer?" added Tom. "Well, something more than a year ago an employee sought me to brinn" a suit for damages against him for injuries received at the brew ery. Weltwerter is a good fellow, and I thought snore would result from an appeal to his sympathies than from a suit, especially as I wasn't altogether clear that contributory negligence could not be proved against my client. The brewer was away at his country seat at the time, but I wrote him and promptly received reply to tho effect that he would be at his city house on a certain night not far away, when-if I would call we would talk the matter over. His house was in Bedford ave nue, a double bouse, occupying several lots, with bia stable on the rear street. Arriving at the appointed time, I found Weltwerter and his wife in great dis tress and excitement. "Their house bad been robbed. How much timo had elapsed since the bur glary thej v oulu not tell, but it was some lime within two weeks, since the brewer had visited the house two weeks previously, and there were no signs cf robbery then. All of their plate was gone, which, together with .other valuables, made a substantial loss, but these things, however much value in money they represented, were nothing compared with the loss cf cer tain popers, over which Weltwerter made great moan, declaring that in it tho guiding purpose of his life was gone. "Immediately on the discovery of the robbery the brewer had sent for the police detectives and was waiting for them when I arrived. At my sugges tion all went over the house. We found a basement window nt the back of tho house broken and the rear door open. Evidently the thief or. thieves had made their entrance through the win dow and had opened the door from the inside. A spoon on the floor near the door, an article of little value outside of it, another on the walk leading to the carriage house led us to follow in that direction and oh the floor of that house found several unimportant arti cles apparently thrown away. It seemed to me that a!! tho booty had been tn ns ported Us the stable and removed at leisure from there because more vms taken than two ?ne? eouli hare oa???e? away at once. Going back tb the house all the indications to me were that whoever the prjrtqn woe he waa famfl rriil* Uw interior: of :^the house, knew the location olVthe valuables ind had gone about his work with a preci sion born or that knowledge. Hb0 val uables-plate aad papers-had been locked m ? largo safe tn the dining *w>m. tfh? safe doors were open ?nd' ?ie lock uninjured, BO that it was dear the thief know the * combination. X Pointed out all three thing? to the hrewer. But ho was confounded. He could Ax on no person, for ohly. him self, his Wife and his daughter Leila knew the combination. His servants, deluding the coachman, had accompa nied him to his country place and had tot-been absent a.day or a night. "In the course of our oxs ruination we reached tho large music room on the ?her side of the hall and in the rear of the narlo?. As tho Weltvforters w?re v all musical lt was the principal gniner j lug place ot the family when at home, i There was a plano here, a harp, a vio loncello in a frame, a rack for violins ? and a closet in the rack. In fact, there? wore instruments about sufficient to supply a good sized orchestra. The brewer, who had been looking over these Instruments and had attempted to unlock the closet In the violin rack, suddenly made an outcry- Tho lock of this closet had been broken. Ho flung open the door excitedly "to find that it was empty. From his outcries and the words passing rapidly between him and his wife I gathered that a valuablo violin had been stolen, that it was an Amati for which he had paid a vast j sum rind tbat lt was his own pet iu struiucnt. "While tho brewer was lamenting his loss I observed on the niano several sheets of music. Though I know abso lutely nothing about music, I took them up and saw that it was not print ed, but manuscript, music and that on the bottom of one sheet, but partially covered with notes, was written these ! words : " 'The gentleman relieving you of ! some of your valuables begs to submit \ that there are here grave errors of ! composition. Go to your gmphophonc { and listen to how it ought to be.' "Abruptly asking the brewer if ho . . had a phonograph in the house, ho in differently pointed to n corner where I saw au Instrument. Going to lt, I found one with n recording appliance attached. On thc cylinder was a rec ord. Removing lt, I brushed oil the dust and, replacing it, set the machino in motion, when an agreeable air was ground out in what I thought rather a good baritone voice, to be suddenly changed to spoken words-these: if 'Compare the version I have sung into the 'phone with your manuscript, and you will see that you are wrong in your sixths and can detect your error.' "Weltwerter was quite evidently an noyed by my manipulation of the pho nograph, and so when I showed him the sheets of music he replied Impa tiently: " 'Yes, yes; it is my daughter Leila's work. She composes music. This wno done the day before we left for the country, tt ls not complete.' "But the words written at the bottom of the page, to which I directed his at tention, awakened him to Interest In fact, he was astounded, and he de- j manded that I should again put the , machine in n otion while he compared j the written music with it In this he i was joined by his wife, an accomplish- j ed pf?nis?, .is I afterward learned. Again and agola the record was played, j until th? voice was strongly impressed j on my memory. "The brewer could not recognize the ypice, but Mrs. Weltwerter seemed to find something familiar In it, though ' she could not fix it into association with any person. The brewer evidently I believed that the person who had writ- ? ten the words and sang to the machine were one and the same and that he was a musician. His indignation that a musician should be a thief and that that thief should be enough cf a musi cian to detect errors in his daughter's composition and be impudent enough to prove it was ludicrous. ? "While Weltwerter was mixing his Indignation at the critic with laments over the theft of his Amati by the crit ic I was closely examining the writing. It clearly indicated to me familiarity ! with the use of the pen together with the spoken words of the record, a habit cf grammatical expression. Gaining the attention of the brewer, I said that these things indicated that the burglar was a man of education, a trained sing er, of a baritone voice, familiar to a de gree at least, with the technical side of music, and that other indications show- [ ed that he was familiar with tho inte- j rior of the house and its habits and customs. Said I: " 'This ls no ordinary burglar, Mr. Weitwerter. The points I have made should be Clews to his detection and should enable you to settle on some one or more persons to be suspected. In fact' said I under sudden inspiration, 'I should not be surprised if at the end you would find that the man coveted your Amati and that he entered the house for the purpose of securing that In the first place.' . "Mrs. Weltwerter was Impressed and asked if I were a detective. Before I could reply her husband broke in with the explanation that I was a lawyer and it seemed to me la a tone implying that therefore there was no reason for giving consequence to my words. Be fore I could sustain myself by argu ment the police detectives summoned by Mr. Weltwerter made their appear ance. After learning all the brewer could tell them they went about an ex amination of the premises after their methods and concluded that the bur glary was tho work of professionals, though they differed among them selves as to what professionals they were. I took Issue with them and air ed the theories I had advanced to Mr. Weitwert.r.- I showed them the writ ing on the music sheet and ground out the tune for them and wound up with suggesting that this man, avowing himself to be the one who fiad.taken the valuables, possessed accomplish ments not usually the acquirements of the professional burglar. "These astute men resented tay no tions-treated them with Infinite scorn,' even Intimated that I had written the words on the sheet to holster up my po sition and said that they were quito certain thai inquiry of MiS3 Wei rever ter would elicit that the phonograph record had been made in her presence, bj a friendly critic-perhaps her In structor. Weltwerter seemed to wah- j ble to their side, perhaps because the idea nt ?** ei??cstsd -irr?ucmh and .* ' burglar in ono and the same person ! was too incongruous ?or him to grasp : with belief, but his wife inclined to my view. I was nettled, and the scorn with which I was treated made a de tective of me, for, convinced that the j police detectives would never find the man on the Unes they adopted, I then and there determined to make the in quiry myself. "One of the first things I did was to . persuade Mrs. Weltwerter, to send for \ her daughter I?ellar with whom I had a conversation Immediately on her arriv al. One police notion was dissipated at once. Sho had never submitted her, composition to the criticism of anybody < and knew of no corrections sung to the . phonograph. Sho was piqued over the assertion of error in her work, and os she listened attentively to the record, ', holding ?or written music m eouipari Kon, I watched her narrowly. Almost immediately a dull, red flush crept over her face, but whether it was due to a recognition of the vole? or to a convic tion that she had been detected lu error I could not determine, but when the sudden change to the spoken words took place a sort of startled light sprang Into her eyes. She hesitated lu reply to my question If she recognised the voice, finally saying that sho did not; that at first lt'seemed familiar, but thc impression faded as she listened. I was not satisfied. It seemed to me as though the young Woman could have said more if sho were Inclined-that she had something of suspicion. I pressed this view upon her, but she es caped coucluslous by asserting that a tone or two of the recorded volee had suggested a person, hut only a tone or two; that lt was simply absurd to asso ciate tlie person with the deed of bur glary. "Fortunately for me I had plenty of time to make Inquiries, but notwith standing that I devoted all my timo to the work I made no headway. Firmly convinced that thc burglar was a pro fessional musician, I worked on that line, attending all places where I could hear baritone singers. I tried to make tito acquaintance of all musicians who had been in tlie habit of gathering at the Weltwerter house, but lt was sum mer time, and I could reach but a few. "One day, at the cud of three weeks of this discouraging work, I was sit ting in my office quite despondent, when I was called up on the telephone by my sister. We had been conversing but a moment when some one cut In ou us on a crossed line. I was about to demand of the central office to protect us in our possession of thc line, when I was startled by unothervolce- tho ono of the record on the Weltwerter phono graph-the one I had been looking for, dreaming of, for three weeks, and I lis tened breathlessly. The subject of the talk of the two who had cut in was the orchestration of some musical score at a theater for which the voice was at work. It ended with a remark of 'the voice* that the other could communi cate at any time with him by telephone and giving his telephone number. "I closed my talk with my sister as quickly as I decently could and hasten ed to the central office. Learning the name of the subscriber who had the number 'the voice* had given, I was surprised to find lt was that of a drug gist on the hill. This did not bear out ray theory, but I traveled to the store to find lt one of the superior sort. It required the exercise of no little skill to discover who had talked through the telephone au hour previously on a mu sical subject, but lt came out In the cpd, and I was told that lt was a pro fessional musician kuown ns Elmer Molesworth, occupy lug apartments on a floor above tlie store. "Inquiries in the neighborhood show ed that the musician was held In es teem as a> industrious, upright man. I learned, however, that moro than once he had been one of a (stringed quartet at musical gatherings nt Weltwcrter's. Armed with this fact, I sought Miss Weltwerter and forced her to the ad mission that she had recognized Moles worth's voice In that of thc record, but was not willing to believe lt. From her also I learned a valuable fact. She had as a precious relic a sheet or two of original manuscript hy Mozart, which she kept in the safe In the din ing room. "On the occasion of a musical at their house once she bad talked to Molesworth of this, and taking tho mu sician to the safe had opened lt before him to show it I saw now how Moles worth had obtained the combination and knowledge of the contents of the safe. By a little strategy in a few days I obtained a note from Molesworth, so that I was enabled to make a compari son with the writing on the muBlc sheet and to see a marked resemblance. "It now seemed ripe for an arrest, but here Welt wer ter stepped in. He feared if arrest were made his papers would be lost, and he preferred the re covery before everything -said he would sacrifice everything for them his plate, valuables and even his loved Amati. He begged me to undertake their recovery. So I began my detect ive career by compounding a felony. I visited Molesworth in his apartments end bluntly charged him with the bur glary. He was cool and self possessed. He denied my charge indignantly, but I told him the story of his deed and the methods of its accomplishment step by step and how I had been led to fis up on him. All this *T^o my eyes hod been busy about t room. ?aJi as cended- the stairs * had heard the sound o* a -lolln, but I saw none. Be side his desk was a shawl on thc floor, and something seemed to be under it. Soddenly I sprang up and lifted that shawl. Under it was.a violin. Moles worth turned pale, and I, lifting the in strument and pointing to a mark on it, said dramatically, 'It was the tempta tion to possess this Amati that led you into tho crime.' He wilted nt once. I followed up my advantage by promis ing him on behalf of Weltwerter Im munity, silence and safety If he would return what he had taken, and he broke down and confessed. ^'Thnt afternoon I returned the priz ed papers and the Amati to thc brewer. The plate had been disposed of or de stroyed, and Weltwerter, highly pleas ed over his recoveries, let lt go. He gave me a handsome fee. . "This started me on my career, for Weltwerter, with an exaggerated idea of my abilities, called .me to ferret out a leak In the funds of a bank of w*!ch he was o. director and in which I WAS successful. This led to similar em ployments, until now I am a full fledg ed cosseting detective, who puts the public officer, on the right track, though i maintain my lawyer's shingle on Court street as before. "Weltwcrter's papers? Ob, neither ron nor I would care, for them. They were proofs of hts rights io an estate of rocks and trees and a ruined castle in Germany and to the title of the fam ily fro ra which he was descended. > To obtain the money with which to sup port them he had brewed beer In this country. He has sold out to a trust, I ?>ell eve, and Is'going to Germany soon." -Brooklyn Eagle. - Dogs in Hamburg, Germany, are taxed according io size-tho bigger :?*e dog, tho higher tht tax. :- Love.is c. longing for something rou can't got it gets you. ? CUNNING WILDCAT. HE PROVED HIMSELF TO BE AS TRICKY AS ANY FOX. The Clerer Way Ia Whick Be Out witted n Pack of Hound? Fairly Entitled Him to HI? Freedom, bat He Felled to Witt It Atter AU. In many parts of Tennessee bunting wildcats ls as popular a sport as the fox chase. The wildcat ls as tricky aa the fox. Ho has still a more dogged way of sticking to the thickest cover and tho most rugged ground, and when once overtaken bo will generally tight till, he dies. Some years ago I witnessed n wild- ? cat perform au uct of cunning quite ns remarkable ns any I have heard attrib uted to tho fox. With six other young men I was camped near tho headwa ters of Buffalo creek, not far from the Alabama line, when wo determined to try a wildcat chase and for that pur pose went to a thickly wooded strip of country lying between the Buffalo and one of its tributary streams. In thc dense woods there are occasional small openings connected by a few old reads which wc could traverse on horseback. Only at Ibo lower end of this s.i.ip of woods were there any caves or heles to which tho wildcats would he likely to retreat. Our chase began ou a cloudy, driz zling morning, a capital time for tho hunt, .for in such weather the game is easily started and thc trail ls strong. Throe of our party, including myself, took positions near the junction of the two streams in the edge of a small space that was clear of undergrowth, but set with smaller trees. Tho other four, taking the dogs, went Borne two miles up the river to start the game, which would probably pass near our position, either to take refuge in a neighboring bluff on the river bank or, as was more likely, to dodgo the hounds by winding among thc rocks and then doubling on their trail. We had waited fully two hours, when we heard the distinct cry of a bound and soon afterward a full chorus of the dogs. They were coming toward our place of concealment, although as yet far off, and to judge from their cry the trail was growing hotter every mo ment. After a run of some 20 minutes the steady baying was succeeded by a din of short, sharp yelps, and then wo knew thc pack had sighted the game. We kept perfectly quiet among the bushes, our guns ready for action, and when the hounds were about a quarter of a mile distant we heard a rustling among thc bushes between us and thd dogs, a succession of light, springing leaps, and then an enormous wildcat bounded into the clearing. We should have fired but that our curiosity was roused by the eccentric movements of the creature. For an instant he looked back In the direction of thc hounds; then, making several active springs to the left, he returned to his trail and made as many springs to the right. Then turning ho jumped upon the trunk of a leaning chestnut tree which, having been blown down, had been broken off at some 40 feet from the root. Tho break was seven or eight feet from the ground, and the leaning trunk vas pointing in tho di rection from which the hounds were coming. The cat ran quickly to the upper end, but Instead of leaping off, as we ex pected, he scrambled underneath the trunk and crawled out upon a broken limb that projected two or three feet from the lower side. Hero he sat, close crouched, with his great yellow eyes glaring fiercely. Pretty soon the dogs came up In full cry on the trail. Three old hounds led the pack, and these were a little puz zled when they came to where the cat had turned aside. .The other hounds, most of them being young, scattered over the open place, all the while bay ing lustily, but without striking the trait?t aU. Tho leaders, haying made several sTaHs Tn different* directions,' finally struck the trail and were forth with joined by the others. Up the trunk they went with sonorous bay one right after the other. Under the end of the log on the bro ken limb still crouched the wildcat, motionless as atone, except as ho t--nt his fierce yellow eyes around him and moved his short tall slowly from side to side. Only the thickness of the log was between him and the foremost hound. Still ho did not move, but on ly crouched closer to the limb. His pursuers paused but for a moment on the log and then leaped to tho ground In quick succession. After a little con fusion In searching for the trail they started off at full speed on the back track and were soon some distance from the place. The cat did not move from his place until the hounds were well ont of sight. Then, raising his head, he cau tiously looked round, and, finding no enemies in sight, he sprang lightly to the ground and started to make off another way. I wished to reward the animal's sagacity by allowing it to'*es cape unhurt, but a shot from one of the party stopped Its course.-Youth's Companion. Broke Her Name In Two. The society reporter of a dally paper had been detailed to procuro .the names of prominent persons hi attendance at a. performance of grand opera. "I beg pardon, madar. ," she said? ap proaching one of tho occupants of a private box, "bot will you oblige mo by giving me votir ??rse?" "Mrs. Archibald Jo Neeze," replied the lady. Tard?n nm" *??e!iisd ?? reporter. -I did not quite catch the last name." "JoNeeae." "May I ask how you spell it?" "Certainly. J-o-n-e-s, Jo Neese," ?naughtily answered the occupant of the box, and the reporter retired to the foyer to fan herself. - A divice for swindling the post office baa jost been discovered at Brussels. It consisia in pasting a piece of thin transparent paper over postage stamps after these have been affixed to the letters. This transpar ent paper reoeives the postmark. When the letter reaches its destina tion the transparent paper is removed by dampening, and there is the stamp unused and ready for further employ ment. The practice has been extensive with respect to sismps of high value. MIGHT HAVE KILLED HIM. Bat ltajah, the Mad Kit-pliant. Gently faulted Lie ni ou Away. Tho Inst notable uet in the career of ' Rajah, thc man hilling elephant, before ' his peaceful death la tho winter quar< < ters of Lemon Bros.' circus at Argen- i tino was an act of mercy. While he ] was in one of thc vicions inoofes that preceded his final delirium, wheu he was tugging at his great chains in an j attempt to break away and destroy things, when even his regular attend ants kept at a safe distance and cast furtive glances nt the furious moulter lu dread nud expectation of seeing hun break from his fastenings, Rajah, thirsting for blood, spared a lnunau life that he knew was entirely at his mercy. Attaches ot' the circus whe witnessed the incident declare that Frank Lemon, their employer, will never he nearer to death and live to i tell of it than ho was on this occasion. | I Why Rajah did not kill him ns he had ? i killed Frank Fisher, bis former keeper, : i and eight other mon when he lind him \ ! lu Iiis p.?wer and wns lu the killing ! j mood will remain ooo of tho mysteri?s j i tu tin' circus fraternity, j All that day the men employed nt tho ! ! quarters were nervous. Rajah was ! act lug as he did a year before, when j he drew tho stakes to which lie was chained out of the ?round and plunged I through the corrugated Iron wall of the building as "Little Edna," the bare back rider, crashed through the paper covered hoops held up by the clowns. He was acting very much as he did the night before he crushed Fisher's life out. The horses balked lu the training ring and pricked up their ears and snorted nt the partltlou that sepa rated them from tho restless monster. The resounding blows he struck upon tho ground with his great trunk and the crackling and splintering of thick planks as he pried them up with his abbreviated tusks were ominous sounds In the ears of those who were familiar with Rajah's career. "Ele phant Fatty," who had been instructed to put things lu order in thc stall, threw up lils job and was seen no more. "Daft Bill," who hod set up n loud laugh as Fisher gasped his life out under the elephant's feet, had one of his hilarious Bpells again, and that foreboded trouble. But two men had ever been able to do anything with Rajah "when tho lit was on him." They were Frank Fish er and Frank Lemon. The latter al ways believed Rajah felt kindly to ward him and would uot harm him. But Rajah had loved Fisher when tho keeper was sober and feared him when he was druuk and then had killed him. Still Mr. Lemon had no fear. Rajah was down on his knees, rip ping up a plank with his tusks. "Up, Raj, up!" shouted Lemon, and Rajah arose. This act of obedience in creased the master's confidence, and ho stepped closer. The elephant swung his trunk in thc air and brought it down against the ground at Mr. Lem on's feet with a sound Uko that given by a heavy stroke on a bass drum. "Raj, Rajah! Behave yourself!" cried the showman. Again the trunk was raised lu tho air, and a great roar reverberated through the building. It cuded with a suggestion of a whine. The roust abouts held their breath. The elephant lowered his trunk slowly, while his eyes blinked and showed red where they should have been white. Then he lunged forward and with a side movement of thc trunk gently hut firmly pushed the mau away. It was not the pleading of the men that caused Mr. Lemon to retreat. Ho saw a new meaning in tho elephant's manner toward him. By his action tho great brute said: "Keep away, Frank. I don't want to hurt you." The next moment he pounded the floor viciously with his trunk and then drove his blunted tusks against the planks and splintered them.-Kansas City Star. A Name For Her? ...?.? He ls a little Boston boy, and he hos recently been introduced to tho mys teries of "The Arabian Nights" by bis mother. He has been greatly delighted by tho marvelous taies, and they have been constantly in his mind. The small boy's mother is not the thin, eyegla8sed and Intellectual woman sometimes said to be the representative Boston matron. On thc contrary, sho ls fair, plump, and it would not be po lite to say whether or not she is 40. But at any rate she ls plump and quite plump, and thc- little boy. being a Boston boy, perpetrated a Joke the other day. "Mother," he said, speaking to her seriously, "I have a new name for you." "What Is lt, dear?" she asked. "Fatl-ma," he answered, with an em phasis on the first syllable, a broad smile breaking over his face.-New York Times. * On the Safe Side. - A distinguished officer of tho federal side came to visit a southern planter after the war, and they talked about the shifts to which people were reduc ed in order to save their property. Chloe was called. "Tell the, general where we preserved our silver plate." Without hesitation sho answered, "Under some planks in the loft." The master was astonished. "Why, I don't remember that. Was lt really sor ;:uh, yes, massa." When the guest was gone out, Chloe was call M ?gain. "I c?a'? wake ii out? X remember nothing about the loft-" "Why, master, f was not going to tell the truth. The plate was buried in tha garden. Who knows there may be an other war, and then them rascally Tan-' kees would come and search our gar den, and we should loso our plate." Cornhill Magazine. - Aa a real estate holder and house owner, our Uncle Sam is quito an im portant personage. Leaving out of the consideration the public buildings of Washington, and those elsewhere employed by the army and navy, the sum of $154,775,384 has been expend ed for public buildings and grounds since the foundation of the govern ment; and it will be necessary to ex Eend $24,000,000 more upon those uiMiogs before all of thom aro com pleted Frightened to Death. \VlLKE8BARRE, PA , Juno 7. -Mrs. b\ A. Bedford, wife of a prominent I tr Dining engineer, was frightened to loath by her husband at au carly hour ibis morning. Mr. Bedford eutercd bis house by the kitchen door at 2 o'clock. His wife, thinking him a burglar, fell dead tn her fright. He had been detained until an uu usual hour, and Mrs. Bedford had be come very nervous over his absence. Shortly before 2 o'clock hbo descended to the kitchen to make certain that all the doors and windows were fastened. At this moment Mr. Bedford quietly 1 1 opened the door and stepped in. Iiis \ sudden appearance ove; whelmed his ! wife . with tenor. Slu- screamed and, ft-ll to the flood, dead. \V. \Y. I'efley.iui Idaho volunteer in the Spanish war. i? probably the first man who has had live inclu - add ed to his heig'it by law. When hi was enlisted for service in ih< Philip- ? pines his height was put down it; the records of the War Department a> ."1 j feet iii inches, when, as a matter of j fact, it was ? feet IOS inches. In I order to make the record.- correct, several alli dav i ts made by his officers were sent to Washington, and Senator Shoup of Idaho, introduced a bill into the Senate, which was passed, oflicial ly declaring that private Polly's height was 10S inches. - "When," shouted thc orator, 'when will come that blessed day when every man shall get all he earns?" "It'll come along about thc time," fiercely back-answered the man in the crowd, who wos there for that purpose, "it will come when every mau earns all be gets!" - "How much is this thermome ter?" "Seventy-five cents." "Why, I got one just like it here a couple of days ago for 40 cents." "What time in thc day did you buy it?" "About 8 o'clock in the morning." "Ab, well, it is 12 o'clock now; thermometers arc always higher at noon." - Within the last year an aucicnt grave was discovered near Home and opened. In it was fouud the skeleton of a woman with a completo set ol' false teeth, displaying admirable workmanship and wrought out of solid gold. - "Do you like young Mr. Clif ford's looks?" "Yes, I do, very much." "Don't his cars seem rather long?" "Yes, they are rather loDg; but you must remember that I'm a Missoury girl, and dad made his for tune trading mules." - The thimble was first called the "thumb boll," because it was used on the thumb instead of tho finger, as at present. Thc word soon evoluted in to thumble. Tho word thimble is comparatively modern. - Thc new law in New York State that letters left by suicides shall not be made public will do away with the ooward who makes all sorts of accusa tions against those whom he leaves behind him. - Mr. Newed-"I wish you would try your hand at baking a sponge cake, my dear. I'm very fond of them." Mrs. Newed-"Very well. I'll go over to the drug store thc first thing in the morning and get a fresh sponge." - No man is fit to be a husband till he has got over being a lover. Out in Kansas lives a happy wife. She writes: " I have used Mother's Friend before two confinements. The last time I had twins, and was in labor only a few min utes. Suffered very little." The reason why Mother's Friend dqes expectant mothers so much good is because it is an external liniment, to be applied upon the outside, where much of the strain comes. It helps be cause the pores of the skin readily absorb it, and it comes into direct contact with and is absorbed by the parts involved. Morning sickness is quickly banished, and nervousness is kept completely away. The sense of dread and foreboding ia no? experienced, even during labor Itself. Confinement is short snd almost without pain. Recovery is quick and sure. Best of til. Mother's Friend benefits the unborn Jost ss much as the expectant mother, and when the little one comes il will be strong, lusty snd healthy. Draggfcrtfl aaO Mothar'* Friend for SI a bottle. Send for oar frc o hook on tb* .abject, finely lUnttraUd. THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, OA. NOTICE. Ameeting of the Stockholders of the Williamston M?h) la hereby called for Saturday, Jane 30, 1900. at 12 o'clock m., at the office of tho Williamston Fe male College, Williamston,'8. C., for the fmrpoae of considering the propriety of ?creasing the Capital Stock of the said Williamston Milla fro tn One Hundred Thousand Dollars to Two Hundred Thousand Dollars. Let every stock bold er be present either In person or by proxy. This is of the utmost importance. By order of the Board of Dlreoton?. G. W. SULLIVAN, Pres. and Treas. M?y 30, 1000 49 4 . Reduced Raten on thc Southern. Thc Southern Railway will sell sid? in tickets from Charleston, S. C., at ?to of one hist-class tare for the round 'ip to St. Augustine, Fla., Pensacola, la.. Mobile, Ala., New Orleans, La., late points. Tickets will be sold July 1. woo, with liual limit July 2?, WOO. 0 holders of return imi tions of round np tickets sold to Charleston, account t Annual Meeting National Kducation 1 Association. Such return portions it round nip tickets to he deposited wth agents hom whom sid?' trip tick its arv purchased. Agents will issue eceipts lor tickets deposited and upon ireseutation of said receipts will return o original purchasers thu return pur ions ol round trip tickets deposited. Persons residing al non-coupon stn - ions desiring to avail themselves ut liest! reduced rates and purchase con lon tickets will he required to give the igent at their station ?ii least' two or luce days in advance of the proposed rip in oider that he may lie enabled to dilain through tickets, Vie Tor detailed iiiforiuatio] apply to my Agent of tho Southern ; I way ni its eonuections. S. II. HM.;., U K. A. t?. I'. A.. Atlanta, tia. PROF T R. LANGSTON. AN DICKSON, S. C t CURES BY VITA li MAGNETISM. ALL classes ol Diseases, acute and chronic, promptly, painlessly and permanently, and without tho use of medicine or Kursors*. Having just completed a thorough course of instruction, theoretical and clinlciil in the Soienco and Art of Healing by Vital Magnetism,(the Weltmer meth od,) I beg leave to offer my services to the sick and aftlicted of Anderson and vicinity. I am thoroughly prepared to treat all daises of diseases, especially tboso affecting the nervous organism, by this new method. ABSENT TREATMENT. Persons living at remote distances may be successfully treated by this method hy what is termed Absent Treatment, by correspondence. All communications whatever, either personal or hy letter, will be scrupulous ly treated as confidential. Onices-Thompson Building, Southeast of Public Square. Call on or address PROP. T. R. LANGSTON, Anderson, f-". C. I have already a number of flattering testimonials of marvelous cures per formed hy me. May li?, 1900 IT An All-around Satisfaction is assured to those who Patronize. Ol 1 OUR WORK la uniformly excellent, cot morely occasionally good. What care and skill can do to give satisfaction is done. Fine work on gooda of every description is done here. The Finish, either high gloss or domestic, on Shirts, Collars and Cuff-? ia especially meritori ous. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY GO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A- MAYFIELD, Supt. and Treas. PHONE NO. 20. Igm^ Leave orders at D. C. Brown <fe Bro's. Store. FARM LANDS May lust as well be sold during Spring and Summer as in Fall and Wi der. No need to wait until crops oro raudo and marketed to "look around." We have a large list of well-selected Farms, aud likely have just wbat you want. We are also answering inquiries every day, and if you have Farm Lands to sell wo would likely find the purchaser you are looking for. We can, In most cases, easily ad just any questions that may arise with reference to rent for the year, or interest on purchase money or date of taking poBSOBsion, and like details. In some caso?, If early sale is made, wo can ofter great Inducements In releasing roots to purchaser. 128 acres, near Honoa 1'ath, up-to-date condition. Can bo bought low now. 1(38 acres, Fork, bottom price. (40 to 50 acres bottom-good condition.) 190 acres, Fork. 125 acres, Fork. 2500 aores in Ooonee. Eleven settle ments. Already sur voyed into six tracts. Timber valuable. The above are only a few. FRIERSON & SHIRLEY, People's Bank Building, Anderson, S. C. Win thr?p Cu?eejo scholarships And Entrance Examination. THE Examination for the award o? va cant Scholarships in Winthrop Col lege and for tba admission of now atu denta wlU be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 20th, at 0 a, m. Applicants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When Scholarships are va cated after July 20th they will be award ed to those making the highest average at this examination. The cost of attend ance, Including board, furnished room, boat, light and washing, is only $8.50 per month. For further Information and a catalogue address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rockhill, S. C. May 23, 1900 48 _ ?AT?NTSS? > ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY PD|?C >NoUcoln "Inventivo Afro" PHrtf" ? Book "How to obUia Patents" fi a a BEB KM ' Charge? moderate. No foo UH patent ia secured, r ?Bttaraatrlirtlyoonndenttar. Addroaa, ' ?E. J.8IGQ?R9^Pafant La^cr.y/ttBhlnoton.O.C.