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A GOOE The Soi j ' ./iinie? Buckhi "I declare, Lon, that Lorso would make a ?rst-rat\ match for yours; wouldn't it?" tyr. Henderson, the village storekeeper, stepped ont upon thc platform of his storo and laid a friendly hand on;tho shoulder of his youDg assistant, Alonzo Sawyer, 'Lou," as ho was universally called, was a great lover of bjorses-his father and grandfather had been so before him-and he had a loeal reputation for his knowledge of horseflesh and horse nature. Some months previ ously -hon bad bought a fine sorrel "Morgan" horse, which fully realized hid ideal of equine beauty, soundness, and speed; and his great desire since then had been to find a suitable mate for his pct, so that ho might hold the reins over as fine a span as ever pound ed the hard slate roads of Leicester County. Lon started, as if waking from the i-pell of an overpowering fascination, when Mr. Henderson touched him on ibo shoulder. A stranger had driven up to thc porch of the hotel, which immediately adjoined the village store, and was waiting for the proprie tor to come out. The stranger's horse was an exact counterpart of Lon's own-a shapely, glossy sorrel, with arching neok, small, well-set head, and thc delicate, clean-cut limbs of a "speeder." No wonder tho boy was fascinated. He could hardly trust his tenses. It almost seemed as if his strong desire must have taken the form of a waking dream. "Why, it seems to mo you look' ki od of dazed!" laughed Mr. Hender son. "Come, wake up, and see if you can't buy that horse before the man drives off. If you and your sorrel both lived tobo a hundred you'd never find such a match as that again." The front platforms of the storo and thc hotel not only adjoined but joined -to suit tho convenience of a former storekeeper who had owned and run both establishments-and Alonzo Saw yer walked rapidly along the planks and accosted tho stranger. Ho was a straightforward boy and, as usual, ho came directly to tho point. "Want to sell your horse, mister?" he asked. Thc man in the carriage looked np with a friendly but somewhat incredu lous smile. Lon was only seventeen and rather small for his age. "I don't know but what I would. Do you think you could find mo a buyer for him?" "I'll buy M- if bo's all right," re plied tho boy, with a slight flash of indignation in his eye. "I've got the money if I am young, and I've got the horse that'll match yours like the other yoi?, in a double egg." "Well, ho isn't all right," admitted the stranger, frankly. "So I suppose that settles it. I wouldn't cheat ary body in a horse trade, least of ali a boy. Is your horse all right?" "Yes," replied Lon, rather'curtly. The boy resented thc stranger's im plication that he was too young to protect himself in a horse trade. He jumped down from the platform*and walked round the sorrel, eyeing him critically. Meanwhile thc hotel keeper came out, in leisurely fashion, wiping his bands ou his shirtsleeves. - "Want to put up?" ho asked the. stranger. "That depends. How much farther is it to Danville?" "Ten and a half mile." di "Is it? Then I'd better stop here over night, I gues3. Well, how ia it, youDg man?'' he added, turning to LOD. "Fiod any faults?" "Getting a trifle large in the barrel for proportion," replied the boy. 'May I look sn his mouth?" "Ofoourao." Lon parted the lips of the sorrel, w?th firm, skillful bands. One glauco at thc teeth of the animal told him tho whole story, and he stepped back with a satisfied smile. "Well?'' demanded the stranger. "Cribber," responded Lon, briefly. "You Btruck it that time!'' cried thc man. "I seo you know a thing or two about horses. Como over to tho hotel after supper. I'd liko to have a talk with you.',' Lon nodded and went back to the store. In thc meantime tho hostler came and lcd the sorrel bnrso to tho karn. He was certainly a splendid specimen of horseflesh, thought Lon, ?adas for his single fault, why, for one who kscrr thc real canso cf crib bing, that *?ass't sc bad. Thc ycusg horse lover chuckled t,. himself as he returned to his duti?s at thc store. Bat suddenly the andie died from his lips and he looked sober again. He had never yet cheuted in any business transaction. Ho had vowed io his heart that he never would. Now, he .sked himself, would it be cheating to I STORY. .rel Span. tm in Forward. horses? What ia knowledge for, ex cept to give us au advantage in life? A -subtle temptation, truly, and yet the boy uneasily recognised that it was a temptation, a solicitation to wrong. He kept turning the matter over in his mind, until it was time to closo the store for the evening. Then, be fore ho went to his supper, he dropped in at the hotel. The stranger was waiting for him, aud they sat d)wn in a corner of tho publie room to disouss the matter whieh was just then upper most in the mind of both. "My name is Haekett, John Hack ett," began' the stranger, ''and the landlord tells me t.iat yours is Alonzo Sawyer, Lon for short, whieh I prefer. Now, Lon, I don't want to make any false representations or statements, even in a horso trade. Those who know mo call roe a square man, and I want to live up to that reputation, everywhere and under all circumstan ces. They tell me that you aro as honest a boy as ever was made, so I hope, if we como to any kind of a busi ness deal, it will not be a case of Greek meeting Greek. Now, Lon, you know and I know that my horse would be a valuable animal, if it weren't for that unfortunate habit of cribbing. But having that habit, which I suppose is incurable, ho is worth only a comparatively small sum. I wouldn't think of selling him if he weren't a cribber, that's eui e. But I wanta perfectly sound horse, and if yon are willing to take this one, knowing his fault, and give me eighty five dollars for him, it's a trade. What d'ye say?" Lon flushed and paled. A strange prickling sensation ran over his whole body, and his brain seemed whirling like a toy windmill. He knew that by a simple operation, which any ordi nary veterinarian could perform-an operation as familiar as A, B, G to himself and to his father and grand father beforo him-the most obsti nately cribbing horse could bo cured of his fault and made perfeotly sound. He knew that if Mr. Hackett's horse should he so treated, he would be as sound as his own, and worth every cent of the two hundred and fifty dol lars which he had paid, for his own. Here was a dazzling chance to take advantage of another's ignorance and get just tho horso ho wanted for the merest song. Lon started up io great agitation and walked to the window. Through t he dusk he oould see tho spiro of the village church, pure white against tho darkening sky and the first twinkling stars. Only a year ago, in that same little church, with a group of his fel lows, he had pledged himself to the Masters service. Alas! that his soul should so soon be shaken to its foun dations by the most servile and mean est of temptations, in an instant he whirled about and came back to Mr. Hackett. "Mr. Haokett," he cried, "I want you to know that I can cure your horse of cribbing, in twenty minutes, so that he will never do it again. The only reason why he gnaws tho manger, or any wood that beean get at, is because his teeth are too long. They force his. jaws apart and mako them ache. He gnaws to try to wear them down, I and, of course, the gnawing aud pull ! iog make him 'swallow wind, and, in time, he bloats and-gcts out of condi I tion. That is all that ails any crib I bing horse. Now, I can take a little veterinary saw and out your horse's teeth to the right length, and he will be cured-I know it. I was tempted to keep this knowledge- back, aud so cheat you and get your horso for a sobg. But, thank God! I've been kept from doing such a wrong. Now. you say you'd like to keep your horse, if only ho were sound. I can make him sound, if you'll stop over a day. If I don't sneceed, or if I injure him in any way, I'll buy him of you and give you a hundred dollars for him." Thero was a strange, glistening light in Mr. Hackett's eyes, as he put out his large, firm hand and folded Lon's in a cordial grusp that lasted folly a minute. Then he said: "Lon, my boy, I'm glad.for what you tell me aBout the horse, but I'm more glad for what you say about yourself." I'll stop over, ai you say. Good night!" . Lon's little veterinary saw -worked the oure whieh he claimed it would. The sorrel horse seemed to understand what was being done xor him, too, for u? kept perfectly lii??? during i?? operation. After two days' test, dur ing whieh .tho horse did po moro crib bing, Mr. Haokett walked into the store aud laid one hundred and sixty five dollars in bills on the counter be fore Loci. "That's for thc operation," i-:J nu uaiu. < "Bat I ncvor charge more than ten dollars," protested Lon. "Well.- young maa." roulied. Mr. Hackett, "it's my right, I suppose, to pay what I piense, and I please to pay ose hundred and sixty-five dollars. Now, you can either keep the money, or put eighty-five dollars with it and buy my horse. These are the only two alternatives; understand that." This explains how Alonzo Sawyer happens to be driving the finest span of sorrels in Leicester County. Mr. Hackett has not lost track of him, either. Striokly honest business men, with large commercial interests to manage, do not discover sound integ rity in a young .man and then forget it. There is a well-founded rumor that Lon is going down to the city in the spring to accept an important po sition in tho big wholesale establish ment of Hackett, Stevena & Co. Can't Make Cora Whisky With Texas Spring Water. CHARLOTTE, N. C., Nov. 12.-A distiller from a western North Caro lina county returned from a prospect ing tour to Texas last week. He wont to the Loue Star State to look into the advisability of establish ing a oom whisky manufacturing con cern in ono of the northern counties, where the topography of the country is about the same as in thia section, whore so muoh corn juice is turned out. But tho distiller was disap pointed. He found that it waa im possible to make corn whisky in Texas -at least in that section. Speaking of this North Carolinian's experience, a physician said to the Journal correspondent: "1 told the fellow that if he had just said something about it, he could easily have found out that the water of Texas would not bring about the chemical chango necessary to produce whisky from oom. But he said if he could find a locality whero tho stuff oould be made it would provo a mint, for corn ia oheap in Texas and the folks in Texas like spirits, so he went to a town in the northern part of the State and searched two counties for a cool spring, but waa unable to find one that would furnish the proper quality of water in anything like a sufficient quantity for a distillery, so he gave it up as a bad job. Ile said peoplo in thcEe counties told him that many attempts had been made to make whisky there and supply the good home demand, but for some reason it took only a short while to sufficiently convince thc maker of boozo that thc water of Texas was not created for tho purpose he wished to put it to. Tho distiller says if he just had a good Nor.h Carolina branch in Texas he would be a capitalist in a short time.' This sow-paw maker's experience is like tho tale told of the man who con cocted a scheme to take a lot of Amer ican bees to Cuba where they oould have a perpetual supply of honey, be cause the bees would be supplied with flowers for twelve months 13 the year. All went well at first, the honey was of good quality and sold well. But when the second crop was about half made the bees beoame lazy and after a da1 )r two thc owner noticed that they were not laying up any honey at all. He was perplexed for a while until tho thought came to him that tho bees, finding that the blossoms were per petual institutions, saw no necessity fer laying up honey, henea their use fulness to the ownor departed. Then the bright man is said to have said to himself that the absence of bee hives in Cuba was no longer . a strauge con dition of affairs to him.- J. C. Aber nathy in Atlanta Journal. ? This signature ls on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo=Quiniiie Tableta tho remedy that cares a cold in.ono doy ma * f - - Begin your day with a clean con science in every way. Cleanliness is honesty. DcWitt's Witch Hazel Salve will quickly heal thG worat burns and scalds, and not leave a sear. Usc it for piles r.nd skin diseases. Beware of worthless counterfeits. Evans' Pharmacy. - Prayer inspires us to do our duty, and doing our duty helps us to pray. Yon Know What You Are Taking When you takcG rove's'Tastclcss Chill Tonio because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is Dimply Iron and 'Quinine in a tasteless form. No Cure, No Pay. 50c. - A man never thinks what he says before he gets married, cor says what ho thinks afterward. DeWitt's Little Early Risers, thc best liver pills ever made. Easy to take and never gripe. Evans' Phar macy. - If a woman had a sense of humor sometimes she would seem more hu man. Makers and circulators of . counter feits commit fraud. Honest men will not deceive you into buying worthless counterfeits of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Tho original is infallible for curing piles, sores, eczema and all ski-; diseases. Evans' Pharmacy. - If women were half as sweet as they think they are, all the mon would hug up to them all the timo and not do any work. The Bett Prescription Fer Malaria Chills a?u Fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron and quinine in a tascless form. No cure. No nae Prier* fifi/? Temple of Fame. A Tempio of Famo is to be opened soon in New York, a goodly sum of money having been given for the pur pose. Whose names shall bo therein inscribed? and how shall tlioso names bo chosen? were tho two practical qucs tiono. Th ich were settled by th~ choice of a> hundred men-jurists, college presidents, publicists end editors-to aot as a jury. Kaoh of the hundred voters is to vote for ono hundred i names to be inscribed in the Temple, and no namo is to be accepted unless it received 51 votes, a majority of the whole. As many votes can bo taken as are uecessary to complete thc j list. So far only thirty have been chosen. I and twenty more must be selected dur ing the year 1901. AU tho names aro to be of Americans. It is wholly a templo of American fame. The thirty thus far ohosen aro as follows, in the order of ?ho votes received: George Washington.97 Abraham Lincoln.9G Daniel Webster. OG Benjamin Franklin. 91 U. S. Grant. 92 i John Marshall.91 Thomas Jefferson. GO B. W. Emerson. 87 Robert Fulton. 35 H. W. Longfellow. 85 Washington Irving. 82 Jonathan? Edwards. 81 S. F. B. Morse..,... . 80 D. G. Farragut. 79 Henry Clay. 74 Nathaniel Hawthorne. 73 George Peabody.72 R. E. Lee. 69 Peter Cooper. G9 Eli Whitney . 67 J. J. Audubon. 67 Horace Mann. 67 . H. W. Beecher.. . 66 James Kent. 65 Joseph Story. 64 John Adams. 61 W. E. Chauniug. 58 Elias Howe. 53 Gilbert Stuart. 52 Asa Gray . 51 Gentle reader, you namo is not lhere, not because you ZVQ not great, but be eaure you are still livin?. Only dead men are eligible in this elec tion. Had a different hundred judges been appointed, thero certainly would have been a different result. We can think of several names of dead Americans who were, we arc sure, greater than some whose names appear in thc|abovc list; for example, Acion i ram Judson, Joseph Henry, John C. Calhoun, Martin B. Anderson, Francia Way land, Benjamin West aud others. These names may bo chosen later, however, and it may bo that when the whole hundred arc selected they will fairly repreaent American greatness. Thero aro, however, somo names in*thc above list which wc would place below tho 100th mark in the rank of Ameri can greatness. After all, the fame of our mighty deed docs not depend on their names being inscribed in the New York Tem ple of Fame, but upon the world's appreciation of what they ' have done. . Only ono hundred of our many mil lions of people will have their names written in that marble Temple of Fame; but every oae, by repentance toward God and faith towarr our Lord Jesus Christ, can have his or her name written in the Lamb's Book of Lifo. That marble templo v/ill crum ble in the coming centuries, and the names written there will bc effaced, while thc names written in the Book of Life will gleam forever in all the glory of heaven.- Western Recorder. Trial treatment of B. B. B. free by addressing BLOOD BALM COM PANY, Atlanta, Ga. Describe your trouble, and wo will include free med ical advice. B. 3. B. never fails to cure quickly and permanently, after all fails. Thoroughly tested for thir ty yetis. Over 3,000 voluntary testi monials of cures by -B. B. B. Hill Orr Drug Co., Wilhite & Wilhitc, and Evans Pharmacy.'' - Tho most sensiblo womau in the world will talk baby talk to her hus band and say "Bess his ole heart!'' long after he has got baldheadcd. To Cure A Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo-Quiniue Tab lets. All druggists refund the money if it fails to oure. E. W. Grove's sig nature is on each box. 25q. - Get a woman good mad and Bile will tell you everything she knows about you that you didn't know ?he know before. OATS, OATS, AN] WE ARE HEADQUARTERS Three Thousand Bushels of TEX/ One Car of that famo?a HENRY only Oat that will positively stand any Have just rtceived Two Cara of fin Have just received Three Cars of bogs, and ?t comes much cheaper than < Yours respectfully Om D - To nao your friend whet) ><u have ijfi?d forbin), und ilion to*s li i tis asido -whet) bo can nu louger serve your interests, is base ingratitude A scientific authority states thht by suturatiug a bullet with vaseline its flight may be easily followed with the eye from the time it leaves ibo "un and it stiikes the target. Thc oourso of thc bullet ia marked by a ring of smoko, caused by thu vaseline being ignited on leaving the muzzle of thc gun. * INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION These arc twin, evils which work serious mi chief in thc human body. They sap the strength, destroy energy and impoverish the blood. As a result of these ailments, the system gradu> ally boc .n?s disordered and thc con? stitution weakened so that the body toses vlta?ily and is unfit to stand thc Strain of hard or continuous labor; thus, the victim offers a shining mark for kidney disease, lung trouble or the life-crushing malarial fever. An ccsy and certain means of warding off this condition is within the reach of every one. PRICKLY ASH Ithe System Regulator, is the remedy. I A few doses whenever the ?'gesti?n Is 9 disturbed, or when the bowels fail to H move regularly, will remove the diffi- EH cutty and stimulate the vital organs H to a better and more complete per* I formance of meir duties. With vigor H .nd regularity in the stomach, liver, H kidneys and bowels, there can be no I loss of strength or energy, thc blood Bj will be pure and nourishing, and the H capacity of thc body for work thereby I maintained at Uic highest standard. Send icr a bottle to-day. Keep it Hf always in the house. A hall wine? I : I glassful when the stomach feels I Hj bloated, when thc breath is bad, or EH I the bowels constipated, will quickly I I restore the feeling of vigor and cheer? M Bg fulness. j j B DRUGGISTS SELL' IT B & AT SI.OO. PER ML \ ?\ BOTTLE. /; Evans Pharmacy, Special AgentQ.fi Trustee's Sale. BY virtus of Deed of Trust executed to rue by Jas. W. Crawford, dated January 20, 1900, and recordod lo tho Clerk'? office for Anderson County, in B wk "TTT," p.?e 587, I will seri to tho highest bidder before the Court House door at Anderson, 8. C., on Halesday in December next, (Monday, December 3, 1900,) at tb? usual hour of public eales, tbe following described Tract of Land, to wit : All that certain Tract of Land-, hltuato in Anderdon County, ard containing seventy-six (76) acres, more or letti, ad joining land* of JJ. S. Watson, J. II. Mas toru and oth?n?, and being Hamn Tract deedtd Jas. W. Crawford by H. K. Craw ford. Terms ??f Sil^-Ono-ba?t cash, balance on n credit nf twc-lvo months, with leave for purc haser to puy all ca*b ; er**d|t por tion to bo ?-ecured by bond of purchaser arid mortgage on tho premises, l'ur obaser to \ny extra for pupers and h *,!B Li K ii. HO LEEMAN, Trustee.' Nov 7, 10?W 20 1 Executors' Sale. BY virtue of tho pov?er invested in na bv a Will made by J. 8. Ackt-r, we will offer for tale to the highest bidder at An derson Court House, oh ?Jalosdav in I)a ccmber next, all tho Heal Estato belong ing to Haiti J. S. Acker, containing 111 acref, divided as follow? : Tract No. 1, containing 2* acres, bound ed by lands of Harvey Leverett and J. M. Acker. Tract No. 2, containing 45 aaren, bound ed y lands of J. M. Acker and B T. Aoker. Tract No. 3 containing 42 aerey, bound ed by lands of IL T. Acker aud Mrs. Maggie Norri?. Lot No. 4. containing one acre, bound ed by Mr?. Maggie Norris and Tract No.3. Lot No. 5, containing three acres, boun ded by J. G. Henderson, B. T. Acker and M rn. Maggie Noirls. Terms-Cash. Purchaser to pay for papers and alain pa. vv\ H. ACKER, J. M ACKER. Nov 14. 1000 2 1 3 D RICE FLOUR. for all KINDS of GRAIN. kS RED RUST PROOF OATS. OAT (or Winter Grazing Oat.) Tko kind of weather. e FEED O \TS at lowest prices. ' RICE FLOUR for fattening your ?ny other feed an(1 is much better? . ??DCKOO? & BRO. The King Among Plows, 19.S.B. The Genuine Oliver Chilled Plow LL leads theFarming World for the reason that no other does the work is well. Keep abreast of the inarch of progress by using thc OLIVER A :omplete line of the various sizes ol' thec-e Plows, ns well as all the latest itu. proved Agricultural Implements. Machinery, Pulleys, Machine Supplies. Pipe Fittines,^ BeltingT; Heavy and Sholf Hardware, Now in stock, bought a, lose Spot Cash Prices, which enables us to save you money on your purchases of anything in tho Hardware line. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO. Glenn Springs Mineral Water -FOR SALE AT EVANS' PHARMACY. THE GLENN STRINGS WATER bas been known for over a bund rod year?, and rdoognized by the bout Physicians in tho land as a nure cure for diseases of tho Liver, KidueyB, Bladder, Bowels and Blood. Romo of ita remarkable cures were brought before ihe notice of the public in the Charleston Medical Journal in 1855. MI>SRK. EVANS PHARMACY-GKNTS: I have been a sufferer from indigestion for several yean?, sod have found the uso of your Glenn Springs Water of great benefit to me, and can confidently recommend it to any suffering from ilko troubles. It. E. ALLEN. M?TJBIC LOVERS Are i:nt hu s i nhl ie Admirers of tho Celebrated IVERS & POND AND WHEELOCK P?ANOS. They ure of thc highest grado of Instru ment. The best in every respect-touch, tone, durability, finish-all of tho most superior character. Como in and learn how. easily you may own one of either I make. FARRAND & VOTEY, EST EY and CROWN ORGANS will delight you and last a life-time or two. 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