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HOPE. Oh, weary hearts, ond sad, who silent grope Amid thc shadows ot ?orne wintry night. Whose depths, alas, obscure the spirit's light. Wait thou and watch for the sweet angel nopal Mayhap a streng h is hers beyond thy scope, And that gloriously winging her flight, She soon may crown thee with her thining bright And glad new vistas for thy vision ope. 'Tis hers to g.ve thc thought a golden wing, The slumbering buds of promise to awake, ' Till, like thc wilding blossoms ot the spring, From wintry soil the flowers of Joy shall break. And most musically the soul shall sing, Forgetting ell its sadness and its ache! -Lisa A. Fletcher in Woman's liome Compan ion. , ' THE LIB THAT WAS NOT TOLD "Is it good to tell a He?" Tony laughed. "Yes; coinetimes, maybe. Listen." Ile threw his head back and gazed at me through his half closed lids. I will not usc his broken English, for it was uot much broken, and he was .i good story teller. Said Tony: lier name was Marcia. She was blind. She lived here In this house, In Polk ptreet. You know the little window, hi~h up near the top? It was there. The rent Is cheap. From the -window one can see St Peter's and the lake-the lake where tho sun shines all day long, like in a big, wide mirror. Only little Marcia, who could not see it, Just sat quietly and drei rued of it or listened to the little birds, the spar rows, that fly around the edge of the roof, and the rattle from the street, the noise from the cars and wagons. Late at night her brother Luigi came home. He was a cook. She was not always blind. And that was good. She could regret-lt is bet ter than nothing. Dust in her eyes did it. They got red and swelled up. They burned and festered, and before the priest was called the work was done-she was blind. That was when she was 16 and pret ty, with eyes that were blue and gray, blue that was soft, gray that glittered. As I said, she was pretty. Her lips well, her lips were made to be kissed, lier hair was brown-that is, brown with gold. Ah, she was pretty I Well, when she was 20-that was a long time ?go. How long? Well, s. year, two y ears, I guess, but lt seems longer. Luigi came home one night and brought Terese-Terese, who was dress ed in black. And this is what Luigi said: "Sister, car?sima mia, here ls Te rese. She ls poor and unfortunate like thyself. Thee must be good friends." Now, Marcia could not see the black -tile black of Terese's dress and the black of Terese's hat-the grim and somber black. Besides, when one is blind there is but one misfortune, and that is the greatest in the world. Therefore poor, blind Marcia caught but one idea in the jumble of her broth er's words. And this is what she said ns she smiled and held out her hands: "Thou art blind. It ls too bad. Hast thou always been blind?" ' In the most simple way in the world .she said it. And thus it happened that Terese became blind-Terese, whose eyes were the best in the world-for when Luigi, smiling, opened his mouth to speak and saw Terese place her fin ger to her Ups and sign him to stop, he stopped, as you or I would have done, or any one eise. (For a. woman 4s'al ways right; at least so any woman will say, and sometimes it ls so.) Then Terese drew the blind girl into her arms and dissed her. "No, little one," she said, "i have not always been blind. But, like thee, ns Luigi bas told me, I have been unfortu nate, and I think we will be the great est friends In the world." And then she looked at Luigi, whose face was white, and ????ed sad whis kered: "Love ls blind, foolish." So that Luigi grew red again with the blood that came trooping into his face and tried to seise her hand. Only Terese drew lt back and laughed. And the poor Little blind girl, who felt the movement and heard the laugh, but did not at all guess what it was about, smiled sadly and said in a way one could not exactly explain, "Ah, thou art happyl" I might have said In the beginning that lt commenced just that way. Terese came to live in the house with Marcia and Luigi. Only she didn't have a room with a little window from which one conld see the lake. And they were happy-ali three. Terese worked. Every, morning Luigi guided ber down the stairs and to work, so he said, and every evening a little nay, for two pennies a day, brought ber" back, so she said. Then she and Marcia sat at the window and listened for Luigi. And this continued for awhile-until this thing happened, that Terese came home one evening with a Lighter, step than usual. ... "Madre sanctlssimal" she cried as she bent over Marcia and kissed her. "What thinkest thou, little one?" The blind girl grew pale and-her lips trembled as she turned her face up ward wonderingly. "Canst see?' she whispered. Terese laughed. "No, no, little One; not that," she said, "but I nave something for thee." And she dropped a necklace of gold and bide beads about the little ooo's neck. ' "I am fiad," said the blind girl ulm* Ply, but a tear glistened tn her nye, and ft-hen she bent ber head it dropped upon Terese's hand. "I am ?fa*?- shs ?^ "Ah, little one, art ' glad and yet weep?? cried Terese. "Is it the heck lacer' - "No, nor? cHed the little one. Sho dried her eyes and smiled as she fin gered tho necklace, ?lt Is not that. Thy step vms so light, ? thought thee might hare been cured of thy blind ness, and I felt so lonely." . "Thou dearest tittie one," said Te rese. And she clasped the blind girl tn her arms and laughed gayty. ' Yet Urns shone tho . woman-her fife? grew Pale, for she began to see what was to come, and she feared the end. Now, this ls how tho pit became ?<*per: when Beppo came, as ho did ?ne evening, with Luigi, ho brought his mandolin-which ls to say, Marcia .ang and Beppo cried: ''Brava, signo rina. Thov hast a wonderful voice.'' ?"hereat the little blind girl was de wuicu vus suu-au very ?au. ii racy could lia ve known! Hut bow could they have known unless they read the future, which Is what few people can even guess? So tbnt, not knowing, these things happened-that Beppo en me again and again and for many weeks afterward. In the evening they sat pn thc stairs and talked, or Beppo played hts man dolin while Marcia sang while lt was all dark and still, maybe a little noise from thc street. And on one of these nights, which were dire nights, the lit tle blind girl sat silent, ss if unhappy, and sighed. "What is it, little one?" asked Terese. "Art sad?" And the little one smiled. "Kay," she-said; "I am happy." Beppo laughed. "One must not sigh when one ls happy," he said. "I will play." The moon was half way in the sky. The night was soft. The music rose softly and reached the heart. "It is a love song," said Beppo. And he reach ed out and caught Tere-ii's hand. It was dark, and there was none to see except the blind girl, and Terese laugh ed and sm'led In Beppo's face. "It is a love song," she repeated, and Marcia, too, laughed. "Yes," she said, it is a love song." And she began, to sing. And this waa the pity of it-that they didn't guess, those two, Beppo and Te rese. Nor did they seem likely to find out, for not alono are those blind who cannot seo. And when lt was nil finished-when Beppo hod gone home-Marcia and Te rese sat silent and held each other's hands. "What ls it, little bird?" asked Te rese. And Marca sighed and held dowa her hesd and--cast down her eyes, as though they feared to meet those of Torese. Terese kissed the blind girl. "What is it, Marcia?" she whispered. "I nm in love," said the blind girl. She hung her bend on Terese's shoul der, and, though she had whispered, it sounded In the ears of the other like a thousand thunder claps. Terese grew white, and her eyes grew wide. "Oh," she cried, "you aro in lovel You arc in lovel" Then she grew whiter and held tho little blind girl off and looked at ber a long time silently and strangely. "Yes," said Marcia simply. "Terese, thlnkest thou Beppo likes mc?" Once there was a man who said: "Yes; it was I." And another was glad he lied. Once there was a woman who said: "Nay; I love not." And an other was glad she lied. Once-bat walt. Luigi came, and he and the little blind one went into their room, and Terese went to hers and threw herself upen her cot and cried almost all the night-at least dur'ug the time she was not busy packing up-for on the floor of her room she laid a big, stout cloth, and on this she piled all her things her Sunday dresses and her trinkets and the most of them were wet with her tears. Tightly she packed them and crept down stairs at 3 o'clock and disappeared in the gray of the morn ing. It was three days before they found her-Beppo and Luigi-though they searched "through the whole of each day. She had the most forlorn ex pression in the world and went with them quietly and meekly nor answered a word, walking between them with eyes downcast, as though she were dumb. Tears were in her eyes the whole way. but to everything she said, "I know nothing." And they all lied, every one of them. But Marcia was happy. "Mia car?s ima," she cried, "I was so afraid! Thee said not a word. And theo was blind." Terese laughed-that, ls, It sounded like a laugh. And she said? "Yes. I was blind, little bird, but there are eyes in the heart, and they have brought me back to thee." Then she triaged thc II ti lu blina girl and hugged her again and agata and cried between times. Thus lt went on as before. Nor could* any one of them have helped, though lt was sad. And as the end drew near they all became nappier and happier. "There will bo a serenata tonight at tas park,'- said. Beppo one evening. "We will all go." And be laughed gayly, for he had something on his mind, and he intended to speak. The serenata was like a fete. There were hundreds that sat beneath the trees nnd listened, as did Terese and Marcia. And Beppo sat between them. "It ls grand," said Marcia. "Yes," said Beppo asid Terese. "It is grand." And after it was all over they lingered, sit ting beneath the trees for an hour OE more, until the music of the night had crept Into their hearts and made them happy. 'There Is a song in tho night," said Beppo, "and there is a song within my heart, but it Is unsung." "I will sing it for thee,'.' said Mar cia, and she smiled. "Thou art good," said Beppo. "And, gos-thou shalt sing for tue and make me happy." -And, though, he spoke to Marcia, he looked at Terese; and love shone tn his eyes. And Terese looked at him, and love shone in her eyes. But her face was white nevertheless, and her eyes were downcast. They remain ed downcast during the whole of Mar cia's song, and when Beppo clasped her hand she did not emile. When be pillowed her head upon his breast, she did not look up-that is, until he strain ed her to bis heart and held np her 'head until be looked into her eyes and csked, "Wilt thou bo.mine?" Then, tho ugo her face was drawn and hag? gard, she smiled. ^And.wbMi fe? ?rsss z?. ?cir civS? ??u tuute? aga'i she smil ed once more, though sadly, and threw ber arma around bis neck and .answer ed," Yes.'.' But she ch?kp/i; y witt - sob in ber throat rrbon l?vest meT said Beppo. He Kooked at her drawn face and thin lins and read the love within ber eyes, so that for a moment ho waa ?wed. "Thon iovest me," be said. And Terese hang Ump within hJs arm* and dropped bet bead. "Yes/! she said, "I lore thee." Then, jost as poor' blind Marcia's song carno to nu end, they kissed. And why tho sound of lt should haye been BO loud I do not know. Maybe lt wai not so loud, after all, bot it reached the ears of tho lit Ho blind girl like the roar of a mountain torn asunder, though It waa but tho tearing apart ot Uer owr. 4Ut*o heart she beard. Tho last. fn'iifc chord quivered . unheard in ber th'/oat and ended ia a,choke. Shs ,a i hi ?a ou< of ; tone po: ring at them tts tnougn listening, UZ.X l?trre r??M? I nothing moro to hear, for Terese's heatl j WOB burled hi Beppo's artus, while j Beppo caressed her hair. "Marcia," said Beppo at last. "Terese end 1" "No, no!" cried Terese. She threw her head back and pressed her hand across his mouth. But the little blind girl understood and rose to ber feet with her face all white, and as sho spun round her hands wero flung high above her head, so that they fell in Beppo's face as he caught her and laid her tenderly on thc ground. Terese cried as Beppo turned to ber with bis face all puzzled. "She loves thee." Site sobbed and j kissed tho poor white face of the little one. "Sher loves* thee, and I must go 1 away." But Beppo did not understand this. "Lovest thou me?" he asked. "Yes, yes," answered Terese; "thou knowest that." j "Then," said Beppo-he smiled-"that it all." When Marcia opened her eyes, her face was wet with tears, and tho whole of the talo was being sobbed into her cars. But she only smiled, and when she rose she grasped the guiding An gers of the two with hands that shook no more than docs yours or mine, and when she walked up tho stairs to the little room with the window that over looks the lake her steps were as firm as though nothing had happened at all, 1 though Terese cried all the way down > again despite the kisses and caresses* of Beppo. "Is lt kind to tell a He?" asked Tony. "Well, I don't know. Maybe, some times." Then he dropped into his bro ken English. "You got another cigar, yes V*-Exchange. Dlsentlvo Powers of tbe Oatrleh. The digestive powers of the ostrich have long ago passed into a proverb. The birds will swallow almost any thing that they can get into their beaks. They ure amusingly greedy and will gulp down whole oranges more rapidly than they can take them Into their stomachs, so that half a dozen may be seen passing down their long necks at the same time, each orange producing a queer looking protuber ance. When visitors stand near tho fence of one cf the Inclosures, tho birds will peck in a most persistent manner nt any bright object, such as the head of an umbrella or a walking cane, a watch chain, locket, brooch or button. It does not surprise us to be told by the attendant that Indigestion Is the prevalent malady among ostriches and usually ls responsible for their death. It ls said that an attempt ls sometimes made to relieve their systems of an ac cumulation of indigestible matter by . administering half a gallon of castor oil In one dose.-Good Words. Tiler Never Do. "There ls such a thing as somnam bulism, of course?" queried the anx ious looking young man as he appear ed at the lawyer's office. I "Certainly," was the reply. I "But do somnambulists ever write letters?" "Never beard of it." I "A somnambulist wouldn't write 250 I love letters in a year, would be, and ? each and. every one of them asking the girl to marry him and threatening . suicide if be didn't?" "Never!" "Then there's no help for me, and ?you may seo the girl and .8ettie the breach of promise suit orr tbe best terms you can."-Washington Post. Be Waa Frond, '.'Lady," said Meandering Mike, "did yon remind me. dat doro was some wood in yer yard ready to be chop ped?" "I said sp." "Lady, didn't you know Gere wasn't any exercise in de world better dan ! choppin wood?" "Yes." "Well, lady. I needs de exercise, an I knows It 'nd do me good. But I'm too proud to come here an use yer back yard fur a gymnasium widout pay in /ou st cent fur ii."-Washington Star. Better Than Nothing. "Uncle Gabe Luuklnhead of the Spreadeagle neighborhood," wrote the editor of The Bumbleton Bugle, "drop ped in last Monday morning and paid us SI on subscription. Come again, Un cle Gabe." "P. S.-The dollar proves to be a counterfeit. We thought lt was when we took it, but as lt was the first one Uncle Gabe bad paid us for seven years we concluded we would rather have that than nothing."-Chicago Tribune. Hardly Needed tbe Pension. Thc following tnstince of what may be. called illegitimate- thrift comes on good authority. An old woman whose mother bad been a servant in a well known family and who bad received a monthly pension for some years past from tho same family appealed to the family for a large contribution to help her to enter a home, she claiming'she had $70 toward the admission fee. It was given to her, and she entered the home. So ino time after her priest call ed upon the family and asked lt they were aware that the woman had de ceived them about. having saved up somo money. "Ob, no," was the reply; "sho told us she had saved up S70 to aid in paying, for her admission." The priest responded. "She has saved not only 870, but 57,000, and I havo made her send hwv te 70s ^500 10 repay the sums she has procured from you dur ing all "these years by her deceitful statements." The restitution vas made,- -Charities. Wfeat Baa Wasted. They aro telling a story tn Parla of an American woman who tried to make use of a rather doubtful grade of Amer ican OUendorff French tn tho hoto!, although all the employees spoke'Eng Usb. Finally one of the walters asked the manager for a leave of absence, andr the ma?tre d'hotel himself went up to solve the mystery. After a violent tirado against tho Incivility of the gar con she declared that his French .Was so frayed ont at the edges that he did not understand what "a bottle of em bonpoint'' was. And lt took the man ager 20 minutes to discover that she had intended to ask for stout. - This world is too small to afford-a plsoo of safety to. the mau who dis obeysQod. . THE HOT WATER BUTTON. A Country Couple Which. Accepted thc Direction? Literally. This ls a tale of pressing tlie button. Blaiuc Viles of Skpwhegan tells lt to me. I don't know where he got the facts; couldn't have been In Skowhe gan, of course. But, wherever It was, a couple from the country came to tho hotel of which thc talc ls told. Of course this may have happened In Bob Haines' hotel lu Skowucgan, but I doubt it, for Bob has told me many times that it is a liberal education for man, woman or child to stop in hts hotel Ave minutes. Bural parties in question asked to be shown to a room; boy escorted them up; left them standing in tho center of thc room looking around. Over the electric push button, of course, was the usual card directing a guest to ring once for Ice water, twice for hot water, eic. It Is evident that the first business of the new arrivals was to study the card. In about five minutes the bell on the annunciator in tho olllce commenced to ring - priu-n-ng, prin-n-ug, priu-n-ug, prln-n-ug!-giving the bot water call over and over. The number shown Avas thc number of the room occupied by the rural parties. The boy rushed into the washroom and drew a pitcher of hot water. Still thc bell kept sounding steadily, two rings In quick succession. " "Git a move on!" shouted tho clerk to the boy. "Them parties in slumteen must be considerably fussed up on the hot water question. They must have cold feet." The boy was already half way up stairs, running like a deer. The bell still kept ringing. The clerk, crazed by tho noise of the bell, stood up in a chair, saying things in rapid succession, and held his hand on the gong, dulling Its sound. The boy toro Into the room, with his pitcher of hot water slopping. The new arrivals, man and wife, were standing before the electric button. Tbelr eyes were on the enrd. The man held a bowl carefully under the button, with his head turned away, so that tho hot water wouldn't squirt in his eyes, and the woman was pressing the but ton with regular stroke. They were doing their best to get hot ?rater strict ly according to directions. "Here, stop that!" yelled the boy to the woman. "Here's your hot water!" The man with the bowl lowered that article and looked at the boy. "What," says he-the man from the rural districts-"d'ye have to bring it in a pitcher in the old fashioned way? Waal, I snum! What's the trouble with yer waterworks here? I've been pressin this button accordin to the rewles here on the card, and there hain't a darned drop of hot water come out yit. When things ain't workin, ye ought to hang up a sign snyln 'Out of Order.' That's the way they do on the weighln machine np to Sile Cobb's gro cery store." And when the bellboy carno out of his swoon lie told the clerk, and the clerk went gravely up stairs with a tiny card on which ho had written, "Not Working." He carried a spike nnd. a hammer, and after gaining admission to room slumteen he nailed up the card with the spike. The guest surveyed his work with in terest. "There, that's business!" said the man from the rural districts. "Ef she ain't workin, say so, and ef lt's geln to trouble ye any to fetch water up here me and the woman will come down ter the sink and wash up. Jest as soon dew It's not."-Lewiston Journal. Lesend of St. Winifred's Well. The following legend is supposed to have given its name to St. Winifred's well, once the moat celebrated hnly well In Great Britain: Winifred, a no ble British malden of the seventh cen tury, was beloved by a certain Prince Cradocus. She repulsed his snit, and he in revenge cut off her bead. The prince was Immediately struck dead, and the earth, opening, sw Bowed him. Winifred's head rolled down the hill, and from the spot where it rested a spring gushed forth, St. Bueno picked up the head and reunited it to the body, so that Winifred lived for many years a life of great sanctity, and the spring to which her name was given became famous for Its curative powers. The well was located In Holywell, County Flint, England, and was re garded with great veneration during the middle ages, being visited by thou sands that believed implicitly ' in the healing virtues of the water. It ls now in a stnte of neglect. A courthouse was constructed over the famous well by the Countess of Richmond, mother of Henry VII. Want He Wished. "I want some more chicken," said Bobbie at tho dinner table. "I think you have had as mach as is good for yon, dear," said Bobbie's mother. "I want more," said Bobble. "You can't have any more now, but here is a wishbone that yon and mam ma can pall. That will bc fun. You pull ono side and I'll pull tho othtfr, and whoever gets the longest cn J will have, a wish como true. Why, Bob bie, you've got it. What was yonr wish?' "I wished for some more chicken," said Bobble promptly.-Boston Herald. A Historic Cove. After the crccuiiou of u?arles i and tho restoration of the Stuarts to royal power Edward Whalley and William Goff e. two of the judges that condemn* ed the unhappy monarch to tba scaf fold, Were compelled to deo from Eng land. They came to America, and for a time they bid in a rock cavern near Nov" Haven. This biding place baa since been known as the "Regicides' cave*' and'is ono of tho interesting spot? tn that locality. - Kind words are benedictions. They aro not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and cour tesy ; blessings bolb to the speaker and hearer of them. - Herold-"If I should attempt to kisa you, do you think yonr dog would bite me?" Ethel---" Well-er-he bas never bitten any of my other gen tleman friends." - The more faith men have in God, Lho more faiththey will have in one another. AN ORIENTAL TIDBIT. GINSENG IS DEEMED A LUXURY BY CELESTIAL GRANDEES. Thc Hoot In China Ia Worth More Thau It? Wel&tht In Gold, und In Korea It In Death to Export It Without Imperial Permission. It is not n well kuowu fact that a largo percentage of the shipments of ginseng (Arnlia ginseng) which go an nually to China is contributed by the forests of northern Ohio. Nevertheless it is true. Large districts there were and still are comparatively well stocked with tho herb, and many residents have made huudreds of dollars by gath ering the roots lu years gone by. The first sign of spring calls tho ginseng diggers from their homes, ami many of them arc already af .lil, seeking prob ably the most precious plant that grows. A spade and bag over Iiis j shoulder identify tho mun who seeks ginseng from other men. Ile goes to rk'h woodlands nuil then singles out thc butternut trees, under which the herb Is most commonly found. The roots of the plant, sometimes fleshy tubers the size of a forefinger, are of that shape and easily go to make j up a pound of the matter desired. "When dried, they bring from $3 to $10 I a pouud, according to their size, -thc older and larger the higher the price. Although gathering the roots ls a prof itable business, that of selling direct to tho consumer ls much more profit able. In China It ls sold by thc ounce and ofttimes brings as high as $200 an ounce, that weight lu all cases bringing more than the pound upon the Ameri can market. With the Celestials it is a prize, and upon perfect specimens as high as $2,G00 has been lavished. Willi them it is supposed to possess a super natural power to strengthen and Invig orate the weakening tissues, so that the eater will live to be 100 years old. And not only ls the power thus ascrib ed, but to the poor mentally lt Imparts knowledge and, above all, prepares ?*-e olivo eyed prince for a long and .xurlous sojourn on earth. In fact, the ginseng root ls almost sacred to the Chinaman of the upper class, and to present lt to one's friend is a homage difficult of appreciation by the sons of the west who gather lt In the woods. The entire growth of the herb ls protected by the govern ment in the Chinese empire. At ono time the emperor detailed 10,000 Tar tars to gather all that could be found in his domain. Eacli man was obliged to give two pounds to his majesty, and for what he succeeded In gathering aft erward be was repaid by Its weight in silver. This, however, was no more than one-eighth of its value, and soon it was exchanged eveuly for its weight In gold, as is often the case at the present time. The American crop does not compare at all favorably with that of Koren. In that country, however, It ls found practicable to raise it in gardens, and here lt is impossible to produce good roots by so doing. It Is a crime pun ishable by death for a Korean to sell ginseng outside of his own country without imperial permission. Thus protected it forms one of the staple products of Korea aud is much appre ciated by tho Chinese owing to its su perior flavor. There is naturally a prejudice on the part of the Chinero to receive from the west aus'thing so highly regarded by them. Up to the dawn of the nineteenth century lt was exported from America in small quan tities, but as early as 1830 the ship ments amounted to nearly $100,000-in one year. There seems to bc an idea prevalent in this country that the Chinese pow der the roots and smoke them. This is an error. It is never used as a quietus. Thc commoner emanes eat ic much as we do the common licorice root, but' those who employ It most are the gran dees and even the royal households. A truly oriental and luxurious man ner of administering the powdered root obtains among the higher classes. By the highest caste the treatment ls tak en daring a period of 40 days once in two years. The patient Is taken to a beautiful garden where flowers are blooming, birds singing, water spar-' kling from, a fountain and usually where mustc Is to "Ce heard" through thc' hours of tho day. In this retreat he is told nothing of the outside world and Is allowed to receive no letters from friends for fear they might contain un pleasant news. Herc be Is fed the ginseng powder, a soft yellow stuff with a slightly aromatic flavor. As a natural consequence of his rest from trouble and worry tho patient comes forth in brighter spirit, and In this way it is sounded abroad that It was the ginseng treatment which made him 80. It Is a singular fact that the namo given the plant by the Chinese and the North American Indian is strongly, similar. Both names suggest tho fan cied resemblance of a root to tho form of the human body, the tuber being oft times split into two divisions resem bling the limbs of a man. On account of this similarity to a man's form tho supernatural powers were ascribed to ir, and there is much evidence to show that it was in high favor with the In dians on the same account-Pittsburg Dispatch. "Wt** >ir Antlanlty of "A Reffnlar Shindy." The antiquity of many familiar terms ls surprising when It Is knows. Hiny people are not aware that "What the dickens!" occurs In Shakespeare, but fewer still will be prepared to hear that tho phrase "A regalar shindy" ls 'found In an author's nota to a poem called "Tho Popish Kingdom," pub lished in 1570. A writer in Tba Athe naeum" quotes this note, which refers to the celebration of Maundy Thurs day: "Midnight services are held in church, tho lights are pnt oat and a regular shindy follows, men being beaten and wounded."-London Globe. -!- ra m mm - The heart which can esrry the burdens and sorrows of even the moat forsaken, which can make room for the griefs and toils and earea of the hap less multitude, is filled without meas ure with the life and love of God. - Benham-"When I commenced courting you yon said you could cook." Mrs. Benham-U? could then. You courted roo ten years; hon long do you suppose a woman is going to re tain her fae vii tics?" i -i ?-- - - ' Lifo Is Longer. Within hulf a oeutury the average ingth of life has beeu extended over j en years. For a long time it was | \[ t 'A3 years, and that is regarded as ho length of a generation, but now it s close to 45. lt is noticeable that nth tho lengthening of the average of ife has come thc lengthening of tho ige of nient:;' uud physical activity. \ rho statistics prove that mental and . t ibysical vitality arc not mere matters ? " )f years, but that they depend upon j c udicious conservation of the vital orces. There can be traced in contempo raneous history a noticeable increase n the length of human vitality. In Ibis day we lind men undertaking ?rreat enterprises at an age when their forbears were in their dotage, and proving themselves capable of long uud sustaiued effort equal to that of tho most lusty youth. The number of graybeards on bicycles gives evidence that the agc of full physical vitality has been advanced greatly. The age at which men in our day go into en terprises demanding concentration of thought, physical strength, buoyancy of spirits and the sustained courage that can como only from sound health proves that the man of mature age is able to do his full share of the world's work. The Buglar's Terror. A burglar, well known to the polico of the larger cities, who was recently taken into custody, told a reporter that "a little dog" was more terrifying to tho "profession" than any burglar alarm or detective. ''Guns be blowed!" said ho. "I'm dead willin to take a chance wid a tly cop, too, and tho tinklers and sich ain't troublin me a bit. Bul a bit of a dorgl Yessir, I hates them little 'purps' worao'n poison. The big fel lers-St. Bernards and them-you kin make friends with. Give them a bit of meat and they're all right. But when one of them little dorgs comes at you, a-barkiu and yelping, you got to skin out quick or you finds the hull house a top of you. "There ain't no nnkin friends with them. They know you don't b'long there, aud they're just a-goin to git you out or know thc reason why ! The 'Come, Fido, nice doggy,' racket ain't a-goin to help you at all. There's only one thing to do when them little fel lers gets to hollerin round your heels.. Just git out as fast as you kin git! Nine times out of ten that ain't fast enuff, neither!"-Ni'io York Mail and /.J.ri>rc8s. - An incident occurred at the re demption bureau of the treasury which ought to be a warning to wives. A woman in New England placed $48 in bank bills in the oven of tho kitchen stove in order to hide it from her hus band. She forgot to toke it out, and in the morning he kindled a hot fire and reduced the money to a crisp be fore his wife remembered where it was. She piokctl up the ashcB, enough to half fill a wineglass, put them in a lillie box. and sent them down to Washington to be redeemed. The experts, by the use of magnifying glasses, identified the bills to the amount of $36 and sent her that money, but it cost her $12 to fool her husband, and she will probably not try it again. Every Month there are thousands of wo men who nearly suffer death from irregular menses. Some times the 4* period!: comes too often - sometimes not often enough-sometimes the flow is too scant, and again it is too profuse. Each symptom shows that Nature needs help, and that there is trouble in the or gans concerned. Be careful when in any of the above con ditions. Don't take any and every nostrum advertised to cure female troubles. BRADFIELD'S FEMALE REGULATOR is the one safe and sure medicine for irregular or pain ful menstruation. It cures all the ailments that are caused by irregularity, such as leucor rhoea, failing of the womb, nervo?an?ss; pains i?vhe head, back, breasts, shoulders, sides, hips and limbs. By regulating the menses so that they occur every twenty-eighth day, all those aches disappear together, just before your time comes, get a bottle and see how much good it will do you. Druggists sell it at $i. Send for oar free book. " Perfect Health for Women." THU BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLAST A, QA. NOTICE. A meeting of the Stockholders of the EL Wllllamaton Mills la hereby called or Saturday, Juno SO, lbOO. at 12 o'olook c., at the ornoo of the Wllllamaton Fa nale College, WHUamston, S. C., for the >urposeof considering the propriety of ncreaslng the Capital ?tock of the said Vlllismston Mills from One Hundred thousand Dollars to Two Hundred 'hunsand Doliars. Let every etockuold r be present either in person or by ?roxy. Thia ls of the utmost importance. By order of tho Board of Director*. G. W. SULLIVAN, Pres. and Trees. M?y 80,1000 49 4 Reduced Untos un the Southorn. Tho .Southern Hallway will sell .side ip tickets from Charleston, S. C., at ito ot' one first-class faro for the round rip to St. Augustine, Fla., Pensacola, la., Mobile, Ala., New Orleans, La., Icridian, Miss., Birmingham, Ala., 'hat tanonga, Tenn., Bristol. Tenn., \ bite Sulphur Springs, Va., Washing on, 1>. C., Norfolk, Va., and intcrmc liate points. Tickets will be sold July 1.1H0Q, with final limit July 20, 1000. o holders of return portions of round np tickets sold to Charleston, account ?J Animal Meeting National Education il Association. Such return portions it round trip tickets tobe deposited vith agents from whom side trip tick !ts are purchased. Agents will issue, eceipts tor tickets deposited and upon ireseutntionof said receipts will return o original purchasers the return pot ions of round trip tickets deposited. Persons residing at non-coupon stat ions desiring to avail themselves of lu se reduced rates and purchase con ion tickets will lu- required to give tim ?gent at their station nt least two or bree days in advance ol' Hie proposed .rip in order that he may he enabled to )btain through tickets, etc. For detailed information apply to my Agent of the Southern Railway or its connections. S. H. HARDWICK. A. G. l\ A., Atlanta, (Ja. PROF T R. LANGSTON, ANDERSON, S. O , CUKES RY VITA!, MAGNETISM. ALL clauses ot Diseases, acute and chronic, promptly, painlessly and permanently, and without tho usa of medicine or surgery. Having just completed a thorough course of instruction, theoretical and clinical in the Science and Art of Healing by Vital Magnetism, (the Weltmer meth od,) I beg leave to offer my services to the sick and atllicted of Anderson and vicinity. I am thoroughly prepared to treat all classes of disease?, especially those affecting the nervous organism, by this new method. ABSENT TREATMENT. Persons living at remote distances may be successfully treated by this method by what is termed Absent Treatment, by correspondence. All communications whatever, either personal or by letter, will be scrupulous ly treated as confidential. OttlceH-Thompson Building,Southeast of Public Square. Call on or address PHOF. T. H. LANQ8TON, Anderson, r>. C. I have already a number of flattering testimonials of marvelous curoB per formed by me. May io, 1900 47 An All-round Satisfaction i9 assured to those who Patronize. The AMerson Steam LannOry. OUR WORK is uniformly excellent not merely occasionally good. What care and skill can do to give satisfaction is done. Fine work on gooda of every description is dens here. The Finish, either high gloss or domestic, on Shirts, Collars and Cutid is especially meritori ous. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. and Trsas. PHONE NO, ao. fefe. Leave orders ot D. C. Brown A Bro'*, Store. FARM LANDS May )ust as well be sold during Spring and Summer as in Fall and Winter. No need to wait until crops are made and marketed to ''took around." We bave a large list of well-selected Farms, and likely have just what you want. Weare also answering inquiries every day, and if you have Farm Lands to sell we would likely And 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 dato of taking possession, and like details. In some cases, if early sale is made, we can oller great inducements in releasing rents.to purchaser. 128 acree, near Hone* I'atb, up-to-date condition. Can bo bought low now. 1G8 acres, Fork, bottom price. (40 to 50 acres bottom-good condition.) 190 acree, Fork. 125 acreH, Fork. 2500 acres in Oconee. Eleven settle ments. Already surveyed into six tracts. Timber valuable. The above aro only a few. FRIERSON & SHIRLEY, People's Bank Building; A nd erees, S. C, Winthrop GeHegs Scholarships And Entrance Examination. THE Examination for the award of va cant Scholarships in Winthrop Col lege and for tbs admission of new al? dante will bs held at the County Court House on Friday, July 20th, at 9 s, va. Applicants must not be less than fifteen yews of age. When Scholarships are va cated after Joly 20th they will be award gto those making the highest average at ts examination. The oost of attend* anos, Including board, furnished room, beat, light and washing, ia only $3.50 per month. For further information ana a catalogue address Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rockhill, S. C. May 23, 1000 48