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ISOLAI lON^ .. 'arid, wo said, o\it to rome' vast alone, wjiukriEC rou' pnJ n0 ?iore Lis own. . luclat tliat derp. beyond car harbor tonn:, re loaeli?te?a and silence arc his home. \ co it soernr.'j, yet there arc limes VT!:rn . Stand by his aalt companionable sea Ard ftrangely feel l?'faroa among; Ina kin, M bile we aland desolate in life'a dark inn. -Arthur Stringer in Ainslee's Magazine. i A HAUHTINK MELODY i 4_ ? 3 The Romaneo of a Stradivari o J Violin.' \ t SoTVOOT700WOOVTOOVTOOV?o8 .Wo haven't n brass farthing nor the worth of one In the whole wide world," Ktid Non. leveling in the picture she waa thawing with such exaggerated emphasis of her own and her father's destitution. She settled herself moro comfortably , p the stile, drawing lier fur edged H il< closely around her, and the man i . whom she spoke thought that this was certainly the very prettiest ns well :i> the most candid youug woman it had ever been his lot to meet. The crisp November air, with its touch of frost, had brought a glow of color to the fair paleness of her cheeks. "But how on earth do you manage?'.' ho stammered, vaguely sympathetic nut! disturbed. "Oh, we get along somehow," replied Nun airily, "and up to the present we have not been reduced to beg, borrow or steal. That will come later, I ex pect. You can't Imagino how easy lt is to live on nothing a year, Lord Ver ni mount." "I don't quite understand." be con tinued. "Has your father lost money iA*nlv r?r"_?-*.-' mai;, Ul "No; we have always been poor," said Nan, "as long os I can remember, aud each year father makes a little less. Ile ls a writer, you know, and an authority on some scientific matters that he dabbles In. So each year we descend a little lower In the scale. Ile saw the advertisement for this house of yours, and It was the cheapest thing he could hear of, and so he took ft. I had uever been to Ireland before, but I like it-yes, I like It very well." she .nlded graciously. . I nm glad you Uko it," said Lord Verrauiount gravely. "I am sorry to sjt.v I don't care for lt at all, and I only live here six mouths cut of the 12, be (.IIuso I think it is my duty." "Tell mc,*' said Kan, "why do you let tliis delightful old bouse to UH for such n nu re song? There must be some rea son." "There is." lie assented, "but I would rather not tell it to you." She insisted, so he went.on: "The house belonged to au eccentric cousin of my father. Ile lived to a great age a sort of hermit life, and the country-people declared he had sold hiuiself to tho devil; that Is all. There is a kind of au idea that thc place is uncanny, aud, as It had been standing empty a long time. I thought It best to let it go at a nominal rent." She was gazing into the distance, a rapt, dreamy look in her eyes. "How strange!" she said musingly. "A lonely oil man! Living and dying all by himself! I can fancy bim In the little turret room"- She broke ob suddenly, a flash of excitement coming into her face. , "Was he a musician, Lord Verramount? Bid be love music as I do?". "I believe he was," Verramount an swered slowly, studying the varied ex pressions of her face. "I never knew him myself, but I have heard be was a violin i; layer of no meun ability. Do you lovo.muslc, then, Miss Kilniayne?" She did not answer for a moment, but the roso flush deepened on her face, and her lips parted in a kind of ecstasy. - . . . "Love lt? I adore lt!" she said soft ly. "I could play all day and all night. My greatest ambition Is to play some day to thousands of people"-she wav ed her hands as though Indicating a crowded assembly - "on a genuine Stradivari. To carry them away with me, to make thom forget themselves, forget time, place-everything but the music. It would be heavenly!" "May I come, and hear you play one day?" he asked quietly. "Of course. If you care to,", said Nan, descending to earth. "I must be going now. Dad will be waiting for bis tea. Goodbyl" And with a careless word she bad jumped lightly down from the stile and was gone. "A singular girl," thought Verra mount os he watched her cross the held that intervened between him and Hnllylougb. "A very interesting girl! Plucky, too, I should think!" And so thinking of her he went homeward to Mount Regal, where his mother bad Imposed on him the duties of hoBt to a houseful of relations for the shooting season. For some days he was too busy to call on bis tenants at Hallylouglv but at last one afternoon lu the deepening twilight he found himself riding up the avenue. Half way up he encountered old Mr. Kilmayne, who stopped at sight of bim, saying: "I must ask you to excuse ray not turning back with you, but I have an important letter to post, and our only servant ls ont for the afternoon. My daughter will be pleased to welcome you, and I shall hope to get back be fore your visit is over. You will find ber in the little turret room." The house seemed strangely gloomy ?n d?dese rt ed as Lord Verramount made his way through the wide old hall and up the dark stairs to the little octag onal room midway In tbe turret and tapped nt the door for permission to enter. "What a lonely life for her." he thought remorsefully, comparing the warmth and lightness of Mount Begat, with Ita many guests, to this silent, cold home. There was uo answer to bia repeated knocks, and on opening the door and looking tn he thought at first the room was empty, until the firelight glow re pealed to him Nan's sleeping figure tn tn armchair. She had fallen asleep tvhlle abe was playing her violin appar ently, and even bia entrance bad not toused ber. nor did abc stir when ba *?rtly ?poke ber name, and at last be gently touched tho band that held tba ?lolln. Then abe sighed and woke. "Zoiur Cather teH ss 1 salgfct cont* In I '""? HUAI v\00. M'.' VUm UpOlOgC?Uauy. J "I nm so sorry to disturb you, Miss i Kllumyntv" Slio HUI sim fov a moment, ns though j listening to some other sound ibim bis j vr>v<?. . It \yv.H n dream, then," she said nt last; "tho most beautiful di earn I liri ve ever had. Do you know. Lord Yerra ruount, I thought that an old man, so old and bent und withered-I eau sec him now-stood where you aro, and that he was playing the most exquisito t?ne l have ever Imagined, something so perfect, so ideal, so entrancing, that I despaired of ever learning n. Oh, if i could only remember it! What waa lt?" She stood up and played a few bars, then stopped, tried nguiu and finally laid aside her violin with au impatient gesture. "I shall never got it!" elie said. "1 don't believe human hands over play ed such a symphony aa that. It is only in dreams one buds perfection." Then, laughing at ber own rhapso dies, she lit the lamp nod. remember ing the rules of hospitality, Insisted on making some tea for her guest. Nan herself, the dream nil dispelled, was laughing at bis enthusiasm, and when ber father returned from his walk and joined them a folio w tooting was established between Yen-amount and his tenants that would have taken mouths of more conveutionui intimacy to develop. Indeed, lt scorned to Yerrnmount when bo left them that he had never been so well entertained, and lie fouud himself hankering constantly during the days that followed for the informal gayety o* the little turret room tea party, lu place of the gathering at Mount Regal, where his mother, proud of a long line of ancestry, kept up au amount of state that bored bim to ex tinction. "Why don't you go and call on the Klltnaynes?" he ventured to say one day. "You might ask them over herc sometimes, If they would come." "My dear boy," said the dowager with ber usual decision, "those impos Bible people!" "What ls there against them?" de manded her son. with some warmth "The father ls a gentleman and ti scholar; thc daughter ls" "I am Indifferent to what they are oi are not," interrupted Lady Yerramoun ruthlessly. "Their circumstances d< not permit them to entertain or KO lott society; therefore lt wouldbequlte u.se less my adding them to an overcrowd ed visiting Hst." And I^ord Yerrniuotint know lils moth er too well to argue the matter further The facts of Nan's beauty and itieligi bility combined hod been quite sutil clent to prejudice Lady Verrninouut' worldly nature against her. Dut he opposition rather Increased than damri cued his own inclinations to go to Rill lylougii. and soon his appearance a teatime grew to be almost a dall, event to which Nan found herself looli lng forward ns the one ray of bright ness in an otherwise very dull life. Presouts of game and fruit and How ers found their way, too. from Motin Regal; new songs and magazines fo Nan, new books for Mr. Kilinuyut Yet, In spite of these distractions, Na seemed to droop and fade as the wir ter progressed. The pretty color n longer flashed Into her cheek, and th animation In voice and manner falle day by day, while there came at time a singular strained look into her fact as though she were listening to som faroff sound. Her father, absorbed In study P.r* working against time for money thc was spent before It carno, failed to nc tice these signs in her, but Verraniour saw thom very plainly and wondere what the reason could be. One day he learned lt. He had ru In on his w * home from shooting am guided by me- sound of Nan's vlolh had gone straight up to the turret root to find her. She was playiug a fe notes over and over again with wear some Iteration, and whon he entere and she laid ber violin down to grce him he saw that her lips were qulvc; lng and her eyes full of tears. "What ls it, Nan?" he said involunti rlly and calling ber by ber Chrlstia name In bis distress. "It ls nothing." she faltered. "It i only"- She broke off *ud then .bun into passionate tears. "I shall neve find it out!" she sobbed. "Never! 1 haunts me always, night and da: Sometimes in my dreams I can eve play some of lt, but whoa I wake It I gone-gone! When I am away froi this room, I am restless to come boc to lt. I feel that the tune Is here, wltl in these walls, and that nowhere els will It come to me. Yet when I m here It still evades me. And now v. are going away, and I shall lose tl: chance of It forever!" "Going away!" bo echoed blank!; "When-and why?" "Father must go to Loudon," st said. "Some literary business of h has gone wrong, and be must bc thei to look after it, and I have made u my mind to try to enru some mone; It ls not fair be should do all the worl I shall try to get Into a ladies* strlu band as. first violin. Father is gobi to ask you to release him from the r mainder of our tenancy." "Of ccurse, I shall be delighted," sal Verrarnount, with patent Inslncsrit; While he was rapidly revolving in hi mind the various excuses be might ol fer to his mother for a visit to towi He would have liked to sternly refus Mr. Kllmaync's request about Ballj lough. Nevertheless, when the latte; coming in to tea, approached the sui ject, he found himself reluctantly at ceding, compelled by courtesy to dli guise his real feelings. That night a strange thing bappenei Naen pursued In her dreams by th! blunting fancy that bad seised he walked in her sleep down to the tum room and, waking there all alone 1 the dark, fainted with terror. In the morning, when she was foun lying there, cold and insensible, the thought she was dead, but with iv ?iewed animation came fever, and f< days she was very ill and went sei to dying, while la her delirium she ra' ed constantly of the melody that bs come to her only to mock her with lt beauty and pathos and then to leav her memory blank. At last the critical moment prase when the fever left her, though the r ?airing weakness threatened to tal the little Ufe thai remained to her. "Father," she said faintly. "I want 1 bo carrie^ *7wn to the turret room. ? In vain bc reasoned with hov, eulr< at lng h r to rust. ? ? ?,r?-t strong, i > pal tho thought of this dren in ont of ber head*. Slu? would not lu? appeased until bb? gained her own way ami luid been dressed omi curried down io the sofa in the little room she had learned to love so well. She loy there contented ly for some time; then prescutly rising, she cros*'.ed the room with feeble, fal- j terlng steps to the armchair. "It Was here that the dream first came to me," she said. "I wonder If Lord Verramount would sive me this chair if I asked him?" "You need not wonder," said a voice nt the door. "The chair ls yours from this moment. "I am so glad to soo you down again," he continued. "I have missed you hor ribly." "Have you? Aud will you really give me this chair? I have always liked it so much. There is something so rest ful about lt. I have often wondered why it has this quaint old tanest ry pane! In the back and whether some fair la dy worked lt for her own true love." I As she spoke she noticed that the edge of the oval panel projected on one side more than on the other and press ed it lightly Into nineo. To her sur prise. It fell forward, and behind it, in the hollow of the chair, lay something wrapped in a red silk handkerchief, j "Why, what Is this?" she said won j deringly. "Tho chair Is a casket, Lord Verramount, and contains a treasure." I And then she gave a little cry of amazed delight, for as she drew the wrapper away there lay In her hands a violin of exquisite shape and workman ship, with the magic name of Stradi vari inscribed on it and the date 1727. She stared at lt, breathless, fascinated, then, lifting it, drew the bow softly across the strings, tuned them and be gan to play, j Slowly, then. gradually with more confidence aud swiftness, she ployed until the room was filled with strains j so enchanting that it seemed as though the very essence of all harmony had been imprisoned within the hidden vio 1 lin and was exulting in its new liberty. I Lord Verramount watched her spell bound, scarcely able to believe bia senses at this extraordinary change. Net till the last sweet note had trem bled Into Bileace did Nan's rapt ex pression change or her nervous fingers relax their hold of the bow; then stretching out her hand to him, she cried : j "It is found! It has come back! I 1 remember now every note of it! It must have boen played on Ibis violin by. a piaster hand, I am sure of it! Perhaps by Stradivari himself! Ah. but"-her look changed suddenly-"tho violin ls yours, Lord Verramount ! lt must have belonged to the old mun, your cousin. Perhaps he, too, spent his life trying to remember the tune, and that was why the peuple called him mad. You must take lt." "The violin Is yours," Verramount sahl quickly. "I gave you the chair, with uo reservations. I ask of you only one favor in return-that you will rest now and get well, so that you may bc. strong enough, to fulfill your ambi tion and play as you have played to night to hundreds of people." The effect he had counted on reward ed him; the life and light flowed back into Nan's pale face as she murmured: i "To play on this exquisite violin-lt would be splendid! I must live for ! that!" I And she did. Nor hod she to wait ! very long for the success which had been her heart's desire.. The romance of the Ballylough violin and of the wonderful melody which had come to Miss Kllmayne with lt as an inspiration was talked about all over the country, and an enterprising concert manager at Dublin Invited her to perform there as a new "star." Then came Nan's hour of triumph. There was a hush of momentary silence when she finished her "Spirit Song," and then the whole audience rose to applaud her. When, flushed and sparkling, she returned at last to tile artists' room, Lord Verramount was the first to clasp her hand. "Nan," he said, his voice vibrating with the love he had so long repressed, "I want you to let me bring my mother here and Introduce her to you. She is among your audience, and she wishes to make up for the time she has lost In making your acquaintance." Nan did not answer. Her heart was too full for words. But as she raised glad eyes to his, he whispered under his breath: "She Is going to ask you to visit us. Nan, say yes, for my sake! I want you at Mount Regal-always!" And Nan, whispering softly, said, "I'll come."-Penuy Pictorial Magazine. Henani ca iSse Press. I have not the least hesitation In naming the press as the Institution of modern times whliib has already prov ed itself the most mischievous and threatens to become the most deadly enemy to International good will and peace and to the liberties of people. For tho one argument-the only argu ment-in favor of a fress press ls the enormous advantage of spreading tho truth broadcast. The truth, mind! But suppose it is not thc truth, but false hood-malignant, calculated, deliberate falsehood? How would lt be If one of our own papers, ono of those whose strength and position lie wholly in their known truthfulness, were to tnke up the sub ject seriously and devote a column every day to the exposure of Hes from the press? Such on exposure, steady, unrelenting, continuous, could not fall of producing a tremendous effect. Unless something is done to check the lying statements of the press, I see before me a long and terrible tyranny. -Slr Walter Besont In London Queen. Reward o? Industry. Faithful Housewife-Mrs. Candour, :s lt? I can't stop my sewing now. Tell ber Pm not at home. Bridget-Please, mum, I've been tell In BO many you're not at borne I wish you'd see some uv 'em. "Why, Bridget?" "I don't like the way they act. They look at each other and snicker co." "Mercy! Do they suspect I am at home?" "No, mum; I wish they did. I beard one av 'em say they wouldn't like your husband to know uv your goln'a on." "Goings on I What do they mean?" They think, ranna, you're the worst gadabout lu town T-Exchange Mnrka of the Mi-rclmn!. )?.?ii you ?.'vi r Dpt Sec thc queer little* lottery ou thc outside of the boxes | in tile shops rind wonder What t!ey meant? Tor instance, wbou the girl at the glove counter banded yod tho tan sixes, did you not note on the edge of tin? box a legend soinethiug like this, "Tl-Gee," or something on that &rder? To be sure you have. Those marks menu something. They tay to the clerk or to the chief of the store: "I was bought for 75 cents, and I am selling for $1. Look at IIIP; and observe my proper pride," or words tu that effect. Ten letters are required to carry out the plau-that is. a lotter for each uumerul from 1 to 0. Thc terms most in use arc "gas fixture," "black horse." "misfortune." "Importance." "Black stone," "tish tackle," "cash profit," "so friendly," "gainful Job," "joiners* tax," "brown sugar." "now, bo sharp," "olu cldator" and "of Industry." Each of these words or phrases cou ta::::; ten hitlers ano only ten letters, and there is no lotter repeated. Sup pose tho private mark to be "brown sugar" and the article tagged a cut j glass decanter. There ls apt to be Borne such combination ns this on lt. "War-Nsr." lu case two letters como together, lt | ls frequently the practico to avoid repe titious b> using some other lotter which does not appear lu thc key word. Tor instance, if lt were desired to ex press $4.77 in thc "brown sugar" mark ing "wuu" would be the ordinary way, but to keep from repenting a "blind" letter, say x, is 'ntroduced, and the slgu therefore would be "wux."-New York Herald. To Avoid Chapped Hnnd*. To avoid chapped hands all that ls needed ls that the hands should be thoroughly rinsed in running water aft er they have been washed with soap. The hands. Indeed, should never be washed lu still water. This practice, so common as to be almost universal, is chiefly responsible for the roughen ing of thc hands aud for producing tho uucomfortable so called "chapped" con dition of those useful members, a con dition directly resultant from the alkali remaining In the water from tho soap. To prevent this the hand washing should be accomplished under a run ning faucet, which ls also. Uko tho rain or shower bath, much moro wholesome as well as moro tidy than an., other pinn. Some radicals In this matter believe that lt would bc n service to mankind if plumbers could be induced to omit the plugs from washbowls, n procedure not likely to bo accomplished at thc present stage of popular education. In tho contemplation of water the human mind seems to revert nt once lo still water, a trait we have probably Inher ited from our savage ancestors, who hud no opportunity of applying water save from ponds, rivets and lake.;. Money expended In pure s.;:ip. it should bc added, ls well laid out. Tba purest soup to be had ls none too good, and care should be taken to secure lt, but whatever soap ls used soo that thc band3 are thoroughly rinsed and after ward perfectly dried.-Providence Jour nal. Laaghter os a Cure. At a banquet of the National Whole sale Druggists* association in Chicago the Rev. Frank Crane compared tho respective remedial qualities of laugh ter. Some of his epigrams wore these: "Man is thc only animal that was made to laugh, and ns science teaches that laughter ls sure hoon to health lt Is a Bin for us to substitute excessive drug taking for laughter. "Laughter Increases the blood circu lation. "It enlarges tho heart. "lt expands the lungs. "It jiggers the diaphragm. "It promotes the dloculation of tho spleen. "I once knew a man who laughed so much that when he died they had to cut his liver out and kill it with n club. "Beware of theologians who have no sense of mirth. They are not altogeth er human. "Keep your chin up. "Don't take your troubles to bed with you. Hang them on a chair with your trousers or drop them In a glass of wa ter with your teeth." A Mnoenm of Pawn Tickets. London possesses many fine muse ums which no "country cousin" who values his opportunities would miss seeing. There Is one, however, which is not In the guidebooks and lins no visitors, because scarce any one knows of its ex'.&l'icc. It belongs to tho county council and ls a museum of pawn tickets. They were acquired by the council In the course of an Inquiry some considerable time ago in ?o thc question of establishing municipal pawnshops. Some of the documents are mean looking things, others so magnificent that pawning one's watch must be almost a pleasure. Such ls the ticket In use nt Naples, nm pl o in size, elaborate In design and gorgeous In color. An Impecunious Dick Swly eller receiving such a document in re turn for his Sunday clothes eau scarce ly feel that he has done any tiling mean, but rather that 'ie has received a handsome testimonial. - London Chronicle. Obedient to Orders. "You must push matters a little, James," said a chemist to his new boy. "By calling a customer's attention to this article and that article you often effect a sale." "Yea, air," responded the new boy, and then he hastened to walt upon an elderly person who wanted a stamp. "Anything else, mum," Inquired the ambitious boy politely-"hair dye, cos metic, face powder, rheumatic drops, belladonna, mole destroyer" The elderly lady deals over tba way now.-London Tit-Bits. CASTOR IA For Infante and Children. Tia ?M Yw Hilf Always Bwgfct Bears the Signature of - London has 803 maia and branch poatoffioea. - Over 3,000,000 needles axe in use every day. LAIUS OF THE GERMS UNSUSPECTED MICROSCOPIC CAV ERNS IN WHICH THEY LURK. Tho Kate With Which They May Ue Absorbed Into (he System and (bc Necessity That Exists For Care and Scrupulous Cleanliness. i i Even 60 simple a matter an borrow ing a lead pencil may lead io the dis- j seiuluatiou of disease lu a family, j Among children especially "swapping" \ pencils ls one method of showing good j fellow-ship, and thc child who swaps is B0iuetluie8 the Innocent cause of trans mitting sore throat, skin disease cr diphtheria to bia best friend. The usc of public pencils ls also no doubt re sponsible for the transmission of dis ease from ono to another, the danger being far greater when a person moi*- j tens the lead in the mouth. Aside from beliiK a oiiliy habit, this isa dangerous ono In auy case, for thc lead ls compar- ? atlvely rough and has cavities which j are to the germs as vast eaves in which i they lurk and from which they may be ; transferred to the mucous membranes through which disease enters most ; readily into the system. As for penholders, they are much ! more commonly used by many persons, i ard the danger of transmission ot dis- ! ease germs by them is there)' re great er. At the hotel counter mid the hank j desk penholders are handled by thou sands lu the course of a few days, and j of this number some may and do lia ve skin diseases at least which may lie contagious uuU are thus transferable to others. It would not be a great tax upon the larger establishments at least to Lave cheap penholders lu such quan tity that each person could have a new one, but the remedy ts much simpler. Fountain pens are cheap enough nowa days to allow every business mau and woman to own one. but If that Is not possible a poeket penholder Is certainly within the means of all. Wotting pa per, too, on public desks bears Its own evidence of soiling many hands, and from Its absorbing nature it is especial ly congenial to germ elements. As for public combs and brushes, the danger is too evident and disgusting to need advice against their use. and the same applies to public towels-a publie convenience, perhaps, but a common I source even today of the Itch or worse I diseases. To wipe the hands upon I i hem ts natl enough, but to wipe the face and eyes Is courting serious trou ble. Common drinking cups may be a source of infection as well as of a cool ing or exhilarating draft, as the caso may be, and titis applies .inst as much if not moro so to communion cups used, it is true, in tl holy cause, bul none thc less likely to serve i most wicked pur pose. In fact, any article touched by the Hps or ha mis that passes from ono person to another may convey conta gions vims or infections germs. Nor ts lt accessary to even touch such arti cles. Library books are no doubt often, con veyers of disenso, and although libra rians have been frequently urged by sa ulla ria ns to adopt some method of disinfecting books few if any have seen lit to do so, although there ls ;i cheni), harmless and efficacious method of so doing by formaldehyde. Even articles that are in a sense pri vate property ore possible factors In disease causation. Postage stamps, for example, and other gummed articles, notably tho flap of an envelope, arc fertile Heids for the growth of germs thnt may be blown or otherwise Im panted upon the gummed surface, the danger being increased from the liabil ity tbat the tongue may be cut by the j paper edge lu moistening them. The person who uses his tongue to moisten stamps nud the like may be Infected cir Inoculated ns effectually as if the poi son were injected. The time will como when the individ ual will have his Individual objects of daily use. Even In the household lt Is wiso to have one's own towel, soap, sponge nnd tho like for the toilet. Sure ly every one nowadays has his or her own toothbrush nud comb and brush. At the table the fad of having Individ ual cups nud saucers and other ware is a sensible one, though not a neces sary one In most cases, but If there Is any person In the family affected with disease, especially consumption and the like, lt Is absolutely necessary that that person have his or her own dishes of such a distinctive pattern that they cannot he mistaken. Kissing has been a much discussed question, and while sentiment defends the practice hygiene Is In favor of abol ishing lt, at least as a mark of public affection. Many nu infant who has been given a kiss of affection has In j reality been given the kiss of death, j and in adult life serious diseases if not fatal ones have been transmitted by j the kiss of one supposed to be pure, yet saturated with disease. Doubtless thc crusade against kissing has been car ried to au absurdity, but promiscuous kissing, aside from Its Indelicacy, Is dangerous. j Tho food that we eat may be a cause of Infection. Avoid a filthy provision store ns you would the plague. Meat that Is mauled over a dirty block, han died with dirty hands and cut with n soiled and rusty knife may be harm less, but the percentage of danger lu H ls for greater than lu thnt sohl under more Inviting circumstances. So with bread, cake and the like. Dirty sur roundings mean germ danger.-Indian apolis Journal. Sold Bricked. "Many a man who has a good oppor tunity," said the city boarder, "loses money simply because he hasn't suffi cient confidence." "By cracky," exclaimed Uncle Rube Clovcrtop. "I lost a lot o' money onct because I had too dash dinged much confidence!"-Philadelphia Press. - \m* *> mm. - Persia has a navy of just ono ves sel. - Mexico is four times larger than France. DR. A. 6 TODD, rowescad Building, Morie Halo Strc?, ANDERSON, 8. C. OFFERS tmpr *vod traatuieut for Rup ture Piles, 8kla D'ea SHH, and (?mi ito-U inar? Troubles. Spacial treatment or facial blemishes of ladles aud cull inia. Jan IS, ?SOI ss 8m Every woman loves to think of the I timo when a soft little body, all her I own, will nestle in her bosom, fully ! satisfying tho yearning which Hes In I the heart of every good woman. But I yet there is a black cloud hovering about the pretty picture in her mind which fills her with terror. The dread of childbirth takes away much of the joy of motherhood. And yet it need not bo so. For sometime there has bien lipon the market, well-known and rc .-ora:, tended by physicians, a liniment called Mother's friend which makes childbirth as simple and easy as nature intended it. lt is a strengthening, penetrating liniment, which the sk a readily absorbs, lt gives the muscles ela sticky and vigor, prevents sore bre.'.j..;. morning Pick- | ness and tho less cf the jutish figure. A" inte".lti?nt mother in llutl? r, l'a Bn\ s: " \ ro.ItouotdM.il . i1 . i ?. ?.-4{ again,! ooh!obtainUli ttlotut I l.ad io nay $?*. per bottlu n>r i1.." Get Mother's Friend at tho drag Store. $tper bottle. THE BRADHELI) REGULATOR CO., 1 Write for our free-Must ratcd book, " Belora I I + ? iiaby ?M liurii." \ S. G. BRUCE, DENTIST. IN BUOYLFS 1UJIIiDINtJ, over Nich olson's 8tore, below lin? IJrttik of An derdon. I have 2f> your? ex nor i cu cn in my pro fession, and will h'i pleased to work lor any who want Plates niatlo. Fillingdone, nuil I make a speeinlty o? Extracting Teeth W'th"tit pain anti with no alter p i n. Jan 23. lt mi 81 NOTICE. WILL !.?' ?" tho lowest rrsponslbh bidder on Wednesday, 27th February nt ll o'clock e. tn. tho building ol' n 11r. i?ni over Twenty s'x M Ho OM?-k nt Tuns \it!l Also, on Saturday, 2nd dav td March, at ll o'clock ?.. ru. Ibo building of u Bridge over li ti I'rei k, nen- Drew Sim milis1 residen . o Marlin T ?wnsh'p? Al* , Ilia L t ding ? r 11-,...ii-in;; of fl llml;;'< over Hencoop ttreidc, no?i rosi i o ><.'. < f li N. Mm" ii, lvi|" ? tiSaturday .2 tl Mureb, ut :t p. tn. Ileso vit:n ri,dr tojiiceepl or r< j '.-t nov urallbid". .1. N. VAN 1>1 VKl!, i o. Supm visor A. I'. F? b 12, l'Md ai *1 a tr rr ^ l< rr O l-l 2. H *? *J ? ?tj W g rt, C ^ CI ? O ? - 5-5' $ o3 ?: < I* ? 3 = IT ?? j S cr. ?! I ?? ? s- 9 b ? Ci .T S f 1.1 5?3? ft 3 3 S ES" ? 5 p 2 y? * t3 D ? . o ? oT ^ CL. FOR RATES ABD MAPS ALL POINTS NORTH AND WEST ADDRESS FRED D. BUSH, District Passenger Agent, Louisville & Nas?ville R. R. No. 1 Urowii lluUfllnc, Opposite Uu.?it Drpol, ATLANTA, - - CA 'No Trouble to Answer Questions." VIGOR OF MEN Easily, Quickly and Permanently Restored. MAGNEPTNERVINE Is sold with a written guarantee lo Cure Intote nia. Kits. Pizzlnens. l?jate ia. Nervous I'ebilhy, Lost Vltalii) Sei. inn! . ossed, Kaili UK Memory - tho result of ???er-work, Worry .Su ki eas, Krrori of Youth or Or erindulgpnce. Price St; ft boxe? 85. By mail in plain package to any address O'J receipt of price. Bold only hy KV A Nt PHARMACY, Anderson, s. C. FOR SALE. THE HASKELL ESTATE, containing Lh?-oe thousand (3.000) acres, more or leas, 'yins on th? waters of Little River, uno situated in the Platwonda noci?n, iu Ab boville County, will be Hold either aa a who'? or lo traots. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad rn nu through tho place and has ts Flatt Station ou thiw property A Uno old dwelling of ton rooina, in good repnir. Proponv oxceptlnnallv ?.H wa rred and wooded. Partie? wiabing lr? formation will eal' ou or co tu in un lemo tv th L. C. HASKELL, Agent, Abe j. v\ le, S. C. Nov 28, 19_23_Sm Babita Oar?! ot my Santo? lum, la BO 4a Y a. Uundroda reXaranoaa. 36 jean . apaoialty. Book on iw-,f.,; mi ???jka. Adarvas O. M. WOOLi-av, W.O., Atlanta, Ga. V Every cotton planter should write for our val uablc illustrated pamphlet, "Colton Culture." It is sent free. Send ?ame lind aiMn - ; i . UKKMAN KALI WORKS, .N , lu st., N. Y. Peoples Bank of Anderson Moved into their Banking House, and are open for busi ness and respectfully solicits thf. patronage of the public. Interest paid on time deposits by agreement. - THE - BANK OF UNPERSON. J. A. BROCK, President. JOS. N BROWN, Vico President. B. P. MAUI.DIN, CHHhier. TH IO largest, strongest Bunk in the County. Interest Paid on Deposits By special agreement. With unsurpassed facilities and reaour coa we are at all timos prepared to ac eommodatn our customere. Jun 10, 1000_20_ BUGGY REPAIRS Let us Repair your Buggy or Carriage from start to fin ish with high grade Wheels or double stitched Curtains, so as to look nearly like new, and give several years extra ser vice, Remember, repairing of all kind promptly done. PAUL E. STEPHENS. An All-around Satisfaction is assured to those who Patronize , . ". . ? flinn A url arin rm Otnnm T nnnnSn OUR WORK is uniformly excellent, not merely occasionally good. What care and skill can do to give satisfaction is done. Fino work on goods of every description ia dono here. The Finish, either high gloss or domestic, on Shirts, Col._?ra and Cufia is especially meritori ous. ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY CO. 202 East Boundary St. R. A. MAYFIELD, Supt. ?nd Treas. PHONE NO. 20. iaa, heave ordora at D. C. Brown ?fe Bro'a. Store. REAL ESTATE AGENCY. TUE undersigned have formod a Real Kilato Agency nuder tho name of Tribble it Edwarde, for tho purpose of negotiatiog ?aha or purchases of Real Eatato, both in tho City and County, and alao attondiog to the renting and collect ing of renta of such property 'Several do?irablo Houses und Lots tor Kale now. M. P TR IB Bl.E. H. II. EDWARDS. Jan 23, 1901 JI_ AnostaCo?fcial Collup, Al (.i STA, GA. BUSINESS, Shorthand, Typewriting and Academic departments Lite rary 8onisty, Leutoio Courses, Boarding Hall. Positions secured for every grad unie tor this year wishing a position. MONEY TO LOAN ! N REAL ESTATE. Long limo if security ia good. Fine Farm Land?; for Little Money. Huong Farms ir Bickens for half the price nf Anderdon lands. Call and eoe our Hat ot them ; will aid huyera to get what they want, and lend them half of purchase money. B. P. MARTIN, Attornoy at Law, Maacnic Temple, Anderson, 8. C. Notice of Final Settlement. THE undersigned, Executors of the Estate of M. Melton, deioaaod, hereOv gives notice that trey \ill ou the loth day March, 1JK)1, apply to the .Turtle of Probate for Anderson i'ouuty for a Ftual Settlement of nani Estate, and a discharge from their oftlce ns Executors. D. R. MELTON, W. W. MELTON, Ext-cutore. Feb 13. 1901 34 5? O [PATENTS--*? f ADVICE AS TO PATENTABILITY PQPP V Notice ID " IDVCUUT* Ago" VLvCB^V ? Hook ..Mowtoobtsinrsltouis" fl BBBBBU h Okargt* vruxUraU. No tem till r*??-t 1= ==rii. ' f h? urn etricUv oonfldesUsL s ri iii sss. EA 9*\(i*w.Pi^y*m^mt. tas^s^toiTo. e. j