The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, February 27, 1901, Page 7, Image 7
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
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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?
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