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MY POET I was busy one bright September morning packing my frunks for my fall removal from my uncle^B, hou|o in the couht&to ?* m^lgjfr front ed hotel oj?l Broadway tliat num bered me eacfywfrt?? ajnaorig its |n jaates when my cousin Adelaide came dancing into the rpom and commanded mo! to give ; up all thoughts of a journey fo* three months at least, j "And why, pray Y* I asked. "You know I have to go out west after I reach New York. Come what may, X must see an Indian summer on the prairies." "Bother the prairies and the In taking a letter from her apron pock et ami waving it in the air. "Look at the signature/' I did look, and I might have been looking to this day for all the in formation I gotfc but Adelaide grew impatient and, snatching the letter from my hand, exclaimed, "Listen, you goose!" and read the letter aloud. My Dear Friend?I am coming* into tho country for a month or two. My doctor positively forblda my staying in New York during the fall. Remembering our old schoolboy league. I Have selected W. as the place of my exile and shall be there on the 20th, wind and weather per mitting. "What do you think of that?" asked Adelaide, making large eyes at me over the top of the letter. "I have not heard anything yet to mako me postpone my journey.** "Wait a moment; PIl finish. 1 am, as ever, yours faithfully' "? "Well, go on." ?" Tames Quitman.' " "James Quitman! You are mad, Addie. He can never be coming here." "There is the letter. Father has always known him, it seems. It is the poet, and we are to have him stay here all the time. Father is to meet him at the station tonight and not let him go to the hotel on any account. Won't people stare when we walk into church next Sun day?" I closed the lid of my trunk in the twinkling of an eye. The poet I had so often longed to see, the man over whose tender verses I had made myself a Niobe scores of times ?was it possible that the same roof was going to shelter us both ? Dinner was a thing unthought of in the house that day, and my undo lunched meekly at one of the china closets off cold meat and bread and preserved strawberries, while Ad die and I actually ate rose leaves and sugar and cream as a suitable pendant to the work in which we were engaged. Nothing less ethe real would we partake while fitting up that poet's chamber. By 4 o'clock that afternoon our labors were ended. The house* was like bed of roses. Of course the train- w. i late that night. Trains alwayB art J ite when we are expecting any one by them, and Addie and I had time to work ourselves into a feverish state that gave us some very becoming red cheeks. We heard the whistie of the train, and five minutes after ward a carriage stopped before the gate. The poet had cornel He climbed out of the carriage like a crab, sidewise, and, coming up the graveled walk toward the front door, presented to our admiring eyes the figure of a stoutish, middle aged man, with dark eyes and hair and a very p?easant smile. He did not wear a Spanish cloak and a sombrero. He was clad in linen garments and thatched with a rough straw hat that had evidently seen service. We heard him as he came ip the walk. "Very pretty house, Tom; very pretty house. Those girls your daughters, hey? I see they've got those horrid city fashions?low neck and short sleeves. If I had a daughter, I'd sew her dress to her ears." Addie and I looked at each other in consternation and barely''man aged to give him a civil greeting as he crossed the threshold. Was tins the man who had raved about' hi9 Lydia? That bosom, white and fond and fatr, I would I were the enamored air To faint and fall in passing there. Low necks, indeed! I sat beside him at the tea table, as had been previously arranged, and saw that all things were within his reach. Never did Hindoo idol tax his vo tary more severely. I had hardly time to snatch a mouthful myself, though, forjthe matter of that, his appetite quite took ?way my own. He was a regular Dr. Johnson for tea, strawberry preserves pleased bim, and soda biscuits vanished be fore his attack as green things be fore the march .of a cloud of lo custs. Heaven knows he hod one qualification?a stomach! Tea over, we adjourned to the rose scented parlors, and the vol ume on the center table caught his eye. He took it up, turned over the TQges, laughing now , and then to himself, and finally tossed it back carelessly. "The unconsciousness of genius 1" whispered Addie in my ear just as be turned upon us. \ "Who owns this book?" I modestly answered that I had that great pleasure. . "Great pleasure, hey? She calls *t a pleacure, Tom! Hem! I sup pose j: ought to. feel complimented: but "I don't. Ydujiglady, will you do me one favor ?" "What is it, sir ?" "Put that stupid trash into tho fire." "Stupid trash!" cried Addie, aghast, snatching up the volume. "Yea;, I wrott it. I was a boy, and, by George, my publishers took it out xA my; desk and* ."went mad oter it, wbflo they actually turned up mil noses at my ?report of the poorhm. .Wouldyoubelieveit?" My uncle looked sympathizing. Addie arranged tho ice cream glasses before him without a word. "But, sir, .look at tho fame you have won," I remarked. "Hem! Fame! It's a rag flut tering on a bush. I wouldn't givo a button for it. Five thousand dol lars a year will keep you well clothed and well fed. Fame won't." He helped himself to an ice. There was no reply. The two gentlemen resumed their political discussion, waxing so warm in tho defense of their favorite views that .thoy were in a fair way to clear the tray between them. Addie caught up tho contemned volume of poems and vanished from the room. I fol lowed her. She fled up. the stairs like a fairy, and I found.her in the poet's chamber, stripping the roses from the vases with frantic haste. "What on earth are you abcut?" I asked, halting on the threshold in amazement. "He shall not have one of them," she said, half crying. "His curtains, shall not be looped up with them. I have a great mind to tie them back with rope yarn. To think how we worked all the day to give him pleasure, and after all ho only cares aLout eating and drinking and be in? an alderman. Oh, it is too bad!" I burst out laughing and ran downstairs. The contrast betweon our dreams of the poet and the poet as he was was rich. I had to wait a moment in the hall to get my faco into "company order," and then, pushing open the half closed door, I went back into tho parlor. At first sight I thought it was empty. The chairs were pushed away from the table, and there was a faint smell of cigars. Had they actually been smoking there? K"o* I heard my uncle pacing up and down the garden, as was his wont each evening, and the fragrance of the weed came that way, but he was alone. Where was the poet ? I caught sight of him at lp't, sit ting at the open window with the rose colored curtains falling in soft folds around him. The moon was up, shining gloriously upon tho grassy yard beneath him. The night wind rustled in the leaves of tho maples above his head. Addie, com ing into the room, paused at the sight of my uplifted finger on tho threshold. It had been all a "sham" then. Our poet, though a hearty eater, still retained his love of the beauti ful. What on earth had made him talk such heresy when he sat rapt in enjoyment, never stirring, scarce ly breathing, as he watched, that glorious moon ? I would steal soft ly to his side, pause, try to convict him and. make him recant all the fibs ho had told about these beauti ful blossomings of his youth, the poems. The carpet was thick and soft, and- it muffled my footfall, effectual ly, end I stood beside him unno ticed. His face was hidden by his arm. I heard a choking 6ound?he was weeping. My heart melted in a gush of pity. I laid my hand upon his shoulder as sympathizingly as I could. He started a little. His head Bettlod down upon op? side, exposing his face. The mouth opened, and?he snored! The next morning I started on my trip to the west, and from that day to this I have never met a "poet."_ The Cruet Wife. A man who was. given to grum bling at ?verything and on every oc casion was attacked by inflamma tory rheumatism and was carefully nursed by his wife, who was very devoted to him in spite of his fault finding disposition.' His suffering caused her to burst into tears some times as she sat at his bedside. One day a friend of the invalid came in and asked him how he was getting on. "Badly, badly!" he exclaimed. "And it'e all my wife's fault." "Is it possible V* asked the friend in surprise. "Yes. Tr . doctor told me that 3amp places were bad for me, and there that woman sits and cries just to make the air moist in the room." Her Age. An Ohio congressman who was judge of the court of special pleas in his district for ten years was >nce trying a case in which a worn in was on the stand as a witness. low.old are you?" asked the at torney who was questioning her. The woman hesitated. "Don't hes tate," suggested thejlawyer. "The onger you 'hesitate tho older you yfll bo." . : Keep your vital organs in good con tition if you would have health clu ing the malarial season. Priokly Vsh Bitters cleanses and strengthens he stomach, liver and bowels and lelps the system to resist disease erras. Evans Pharmacy. * ? - ? ? Short?"If I had as much money s you have I wouldn't bo so blamed tingy with it." * Long?"My dear oy, that is tho \*ery reason you never i Ave it.'-' I THREEFOLD LIGHTNING. An Ancient Belief Coup'ed With Mod ern Scientific Decrees. The Etruscans of old- believed in three kinds of lightning?one inca pablo of doing any injury, another more mischievous in its character and consequently only to be issued with the consent of a quorum of twelve gods, and a third carrying mischief in its train and for which a regular decree was required from the highest divinities in the Etrus can sines. Curiously enough, mod ern scientists, following the lead taken by Arago, have.also decreed that the varieties of lightning are threefold. The first comprehends that in which the discharge appears like a long luminous line, bent into angles and zigzags and varying in complexion from white to blue, pur ple or red. This kind is kLown.as forked lightning, because it some times divides into two or more branches before reaching the earth. The second differs from the first in the range of surface over which the flash is diffused. From this cir cumstance the discharge ;a desig nated sheet lightning, and if any real parallel can be instituted'be tween the Etruscan and modern va rieties this may be said to corre spond with the innocuous ligjhtnirg which any single god of Etruria could launch at his pleasure. The third class are not only re markable for their eccentricities, but they have been made the sub ject of considerable contention. They differ so widely from the moro ordinary manifestations that many meteorologists hr.Te denied their right to be treated as legitimate lightnings. They neither assume the form*of long line3 on the one hand nor of sheets of flames on the other, but exhibit themselves as balls or globular lumps of fire*? Chambers" Journal. Ancient Foot Coverings. If we are to judge of the foot cov erings handed down to us as relics from the courts of France, Spain, England and Germany, we can but conclude that for an extremely long period of time, probably eight or ten centuries, the dressing of the human foot has been, even in the so called civilized countries, but slight ly different and only in degree from the customs of the followers of Con fucius for thousands of years. Fortunately for art, unfortunate ly for the history of civilization, so called, the artist of olden as well as modern times has not copied except in portraiture the cramped foot, the narrow toe, the elevated heel and the piDched instep, which have long accompanied the human foot. It seems reasonable to suppose, how ever, that the Roman artist and critic and the Grecian as well fully attempted to give us the perfect foot as found in the well developed Grecian woman of the day. The sandals worn at the time when Borne was in her ?plendor were undoubtedly so constructed as to afford ample opportunity for the development of the foot and exhibit the beauty of its conforma tion. Moral Effect of Diets. An exclusively pork diet tends in fallibly to. pessimism. Beef, if per severed in for months, makes a man strong, energetic and audacious, says Pearson's Weekly. A mutton i diet continued for any length of time tends to melancholia, while veal eaters gradually lose energy and-gayety. The free use of eggs and milk tends to make women healthy and vivacious. Butter used in excess renders its users phleg matic and lazy. Apples are excel lent for brain workers, and every body who has much intellectual work to do should eat them freely. Potatoes, on the contrary, render one dull, invidious and lazy when eaten constantly and. in excess. To preserve the memory even to an ad vanced age nothing ia better than mustard._ Great Men Who Danced. The ancients regarded dancing as a necessary accomplishment. Soc rates learned the art in his old age, whilo Plato in.his "Commonwealth*' advocated the establishment of dancing schools. The Romans cele brated their victories and pastoral festivals by elaborate dances. They excelled in pantomime dances, from which the ballet was evolved. The Emperor Domitian forbade the sen ators to dance and for so doing re moved several members from the senate. Grave statesmen and poli ticians of "high degree have excelled in tho oldest of the prts. r? Queer Inventions. In 1854 a patent was granted in France on a combination opera hat and bandbox, and during the ssmc year a mouth glue was invented for artistic purposes, such as sticking on photographs, negatives and for use on envelopes and postage stamps. The ingredients of the gum were cow's heel for adhesive ness and extract of vanilla, by which to avoid offense to the taste. ? to the Philippines beef is GO cents a pound, mutton 45, pork 60, veal 60, halibut 60, blue cod 55. sa' moo 85, pigeons $2 apiece, betf ton gu??. v I 50, geese $3 50 apiece, wild ducks $1.75 and taine ducks $2 25 apiece. The meats are all Australian frozen. Butter is $1 a pound aud milk is$4.50 a gallon. ' ? After a worthless old hor^o di** the owner begins t?> tell of tho ISan dollars he refused for him. NATURAL SMUGGLERS. Women Cannot or Will Not Under* stand the Customs Laws.. While he admits that our customs regulations are ' odious and more rigid than those of any other coun try in the world, William ?. Curtis declares that tho greater part of the trouble of which returning travelers complain is due to their own folly in endeavoring to elude the vig ilance of the inspectors, for people who aro detected in tricks always have to pay the penalty. He aaya : "People cannot be mado to under stand that every article they have *pui chased abroad, no matter what it is or who it is for or what they paid for it, must bo taxed according to the laws of congress. If it is only a glove or a photograph or a little memento of insignificant val ue, it is required to pay duty, just as if it were brought in by the carload. That law was made by congress and not by the inspector who meets you at the dock or the collector of cus toms, to whom he is subordinate, or tho secretary of the treasury, who frames the regulations. But aver age travelers seem to be unable to get it out of their minds, particu larly the women, that the inspectors who examine their trunks are im pertinent and offensive, intruders. "Travelers returning from Europe can get through tho customs easily and cheerfully it they will exercise a little patience and do honest and candid. If they are looking foi trouble, they can find plenty of it, but it is a great deal better for them to accept the situation, obey the law and avoid quarrels with the in spectors. "The latter are required to per form a disagreeable duty. They ar( employed by the government to pre vent smuggling, and their living as well as their reputation depend; upon their vigilance. Most of then aro experienced and shrewd detec fives, who are accustomed to dea with people who are trying to evad< the law and the payment of theii just dues. They are naturally sus picious. No one could serve manj months as a custom house inspecto; without having his faith ?n human ity and especially in the feminine gender entirely dispelled. Womei are natural smugglers. They can not or will not understand the law.' Sulphur In the Mineral Kingdom. Sulphur occurs very widely dis tributed in the mineral kingdom partly free and partly combin?e with other elements. The free sul phur is either found pure in regu larly formed crystals or intimately mixed with earthy matters. In it* native state sulphur is largely f ounc1 in Sicily and Italy and as a genera; rule in abundance in volcanic dis tricts. The brittleness of 6ulphui renders the cleavage imperfect. Sul phuric acid is an important combi nation and a very dangerous one ir inexperienced hands. Sulphur com bined with a number of elements, such as iron, copper, lead, etc., fur nishes the sulphides. In tho vege table kingdom sulphur is a small constituent of the albuminous bod ies aud of certain volatile irritant oils. Moreover, the vegetable juices contain it in the form of certain sulphates._ A Nico Hash. He came down to breakfast, and nothing was ready, 30 he rang the bell. "Mrs. Perkins," he said when the landlady appeared, "what is the meaning of this ? Why is breakfast not ready?" "Well, sir," replied Mrs. Perkins, "I got a nice bit of iish for you, but I'm sorry to say, sir, the cat"? "Confound the cat 1 Then let mc have the cold chicken." "I regret to say, sir, the cat"? "Well, then some eggs." "There are no eggs, sir. 'Hie cat"? "Hang it all! Then cook the cat, and we'll have it all at once 1" Doing a Good Deed. A poor scribbler who had written a lampoon against Diderot, the en cyclopedist, and wished to dedicate it to the Duke of Orleans came with it in his poverty to Diderot, and Diderot, pitying the creature, wr to tho dedication for him and so raised five and twenty louis d'or to save his famishing lampooner alive. Ho used to declare thai no amount of praise could have given him so much gratification as the sight of tho poor man's face a9 he received his pension, and no slanderer was ever more quickly converted into a devoted admirer. Slang In Shakespeare. Shakespeare is truly "not for an age, but for all time" in many ways. I find in "Winter's Tale," act iv, scene 4, Servant says to Polixenes, "They have a dance which the wenches say is a gallimanfry of Smbols, because they are not in't." , "Measure For Measure" Vincen tio, the duke, soliloquizes, act iv, scene 1, "O place and greatness, mil lions of false eyes are stuck upon thee."?Exchange. The best physic?Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Easy to take Pleasant in effect. For sale by Orr-Oray & Co. ? That cats can spread both scarlet fever and diptheria amoog humans has been a well eettled fact for some time, and now it is thought that chick ens a?-e often responsible for the pres ence of diphtheria. In North Wales it has been observed that several out breaks of that disease immediately followed an ?pid?mie of "roup," which is a fatal chicken disease. h GREEDINESS AND HASTE. I Two Evils That Destroy Thousand* o1 M?n Every Year. * I Beecher's advice to his son makes I good reading: You must not get into debt, I Avoid debt as you would the devil, I Slake it a fundamental rule: Cash I or nothing. Make few promises. Beligiousi) I observe the smallest promise. A I man who means to keep his prom I iso can't afford to mako many. I Be scrupulously careful in al I statements. Aim at accuracy anc I perfect frankness; no guesswork? I either nothing or exact truth. When working for others, sin! I yourself out of sight; seek their in I terest. Make yourself necessary t< I those who employ you by industry 1 fidelity and scrupulous integrity I Selfishness is fatal. I Hold yourself responsible for i I higher standard than anybody els ! expects of you. Demand more o I yourself than anybody expects o I you. Keep your own standard high I Never pity yourself. Be a hard mas I ter to yourself, but lenient to every II body else. I Concentrate your force on you ' I own business; do not turn off. B j constant, steadfast, persevering. The art of making one's fortun 1 is to spend nothing. In this coue ' I try any intelligent and industriou ? I young man may become rich if h i j stops all leaks and is not in a hurrj " J Do not make haste ; be patient. . J Do not speculate or gambh i ! Steady, patient industry is both th * j surest and the safest way. Greed ' j ness and haste are two devils tht J destroy thousands every year. ) I Headdresalng Among the Romana. I The ancient Romans were moi j I simple in their attire and so contii i J ued for a long period, but after i J time fashion came to reign supren - j among them, just as it does with i II today. J j In the early Roman days the w< r j men, following eastern tradition - were seldom seen abroad, and whe ' they did go out wore their fact * veiled, but as richness and luxui - increased the household labors we. ? delegated to slaves, and dress ar i show became the chief object of an - bition. ' The simplicity of their home li and the number of bakers and coc shops enabled even the poorer clas " es to spend much of their rime ? the streets, market places and at tl I public games. It is noticeable that this day tl " poorest Roman woman, no matt 7 now coarse her garments, will i: J variablv have her hair neat, plait< ' and elaborately coiled and fastern with showy beaded pins, which ca " of her bountiful tresses she deriv* : directly from her ancestress of ai cient times, for the ancients spei more time in the elaborate dressir 1 of the hair than in any other adotf ment.?Spare Moments. ? The Barnacle Qooae. Down until tlm middle of tl L eighteenth century many suppose to bo educated people in the worl ; actually believed that the barnac i or brant goose was hatched fro. i the parasitic shell known to conchc ogists as the barnacle or as scienti icaily the barnecula. Holinshed, tl English historian who flourish* [ just before Shakespeare's appea ance in English literature, in wri ing of the barnacle goose says, ' 1 have seen these barnacles hangir ' upon roots, timbers, etc., with tl feathers hanging out of the she two. inches." Drayton's "Herbal Sublished seventeen years after tl eath of Holinshed, refers to tl wonderful barnacle goose as fo lows: "In the north of Scotlac there are certain trees whereon c1 grow shellfishes, which, falling inl the water, do becomo fowles whoi 1 we call barnacles and in the nort of England brant geese ; in Lai cashire, tree geese or shell geese."' Cows on the Roof. The funniest thing yet discover* in the management of cows is tl Peruvian fashion of keeping thei on top of the house. The big ran bling houses of Lima have adol roofs, flat as a board floor, and thei are hundreds of them in the sul urbs of that proud old <;ity whic Bervo the purposes of a barnyar< The mules and horsed are housed i the lower rooms of the house?fc in Spanish America il is not gene] ally the fashion for humans to ir habit the ground floor?while o the top fowk\ pigs and goats ai raised, and the <?ow spends her day there, having be^u carried up whe a calf._ Bunker ^d. A golfing magaune tells a stor of a man who applied for the sec retaryship of a club. ^ "xou understand," said the cap tain, "that we want a secretary wh is thoroughly accustomed to manag ing men. "In that case," answered the ap plicant sadly, "I'm afraid it's no me you want, but my wife/' He was bunkered.?London Globe m ? mm*? ? "That new neighbor of ours mua be a very wasteful woman." he com mooted. "Why? ' aho asked "Be cause.,' he replied, "nhe'a throwioi that voice of her'? all about the ueigh b?rhood in;>tt*ad <>f caving it up fo use as a file." ? The woman who knows ho* t< prondo her husband with a goo< breakfast needn't w.irrv about pro v id iog intellectual vom *hi|> fo him. FOUGHT WITH POTATOES, j A Duel In Which a Preacher Demol ished a Desperado. A duelist, like many another man who takes himself too seriously, can sometimes be more powerfully influenced by ridicule than by any thing else. A story current in Ken tucky tells how Bill Bowman, who was a noted circuit preacher and a muscular Christian many years ago, once used this effective weapon with good results. At ono of his meetings a local desperado created a disturbanco and on heing publicly rebuked by Bow man sent him a challenge to fight* Bowman, as tho challenged party, had tho choice of weapons. Ho selected a half bushel of Irish potatoes a3 big as his fist for each man and stipulated that his oppo nent must stand fifteen paces dis tant and that only ono potato at a time should bo taken from tho measure. The desperado was furious at be ing thus insulted and made an in dignant protest, but Bowman re minded him that the challenged man had a right to choose his own weapons and threatened to de nounce tho desperado as a coward if he failed to come to time. As thero was no way out of the box but to fight, the desperado consented. The light took place on tho out skirts of the town. Everybody was present to boo tho fun. The sec onds arranged tho two men in posi tion, by the sido of each being i half bushel measure filled with po tatocs as hard as bricks. Bowman threw the first potato It struck his opponent and flew int< a hundred pieces. A yell of deligh went up from the crowd. That dis concerted the desperado, and hi potato flew wide of tho mark. Bowman watched his chance. Ev cry time the desperado stooped fo a potato another potato took him ii the side. The sixth potato struc] him in the short ribs, knocking th wind completely out of. him an doubling him up on the grass. The people were almost craz with laughter, but Bowman looke as sober as if he had just finishc preaching a funeral sermon. Th desperado was taken home and pu to bed, and there he stayed for moi than a week before he recovcrc from the effect of his potato due It was * long time before anothc duel took place in that region. Youth's Companion. t t a le is 0 s, !U es ry re id ri fe )k s in 10 ic er u >d ?d ro es ri it lg a 10 ?d Ld le m 1 f 10 id r t 1 lg ?e 11 ? 10 ?e 1 id lo to in h l Id ie l >e o ) h h n ?r f i n e 'S n ? The worst mosquito infeste neighborhood in tho world is the coa! of Borneo. At certain seasons, it : said, the streams of that region ai unnavigable because of the clouds < mosquitoes. Beauty Triumphs, 'Tim m Pvlomlmm* Yrmamurm. No woman objecta to being beautiful. Beauty io woman's charm, joy, pride and strength- The world has a'ways petted and adored beautiful women. A pretty woman dreads maternity for fear of losing this pow er ana influence over men. 'Vvnat can be done to perpetuate the race and keep womon beautiful? There la a balm universally used by cultured and i?rcultured women in tho crisis. Husbands wjll'do well to Investigate this remedy in order to reassure their wives on the point of ease with which children can be born and aU baauty of form and figure retained. Mothers Friend is the simple name by which this Invaluable remedy is known. It will diminish all pain allied to motherhood. Used throughout pregnancy it wiU dispel morning sickness, cure sore breasts, make elastic all tendons and fibres called upon to hold in position the expanding burden. Muscles soften under Its soot \\U\k influence and the patient anticipates favorably the Issue, in tho comfort thus bestowed. Mother's Friend is a Uniment for ex ternal application. Women's own pretty fingern rub It gently on the parts so severely taxed, and it la Instantly absorbed and so lubricates the parts. Your druggist sails It for SI per bottle. You may nave our book "Motherhood" 11rss). THE BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, OA. 1 WOFFORD COLLEGE. Nisarlanbarg, W. C. H. N. SN YD EH. M. A., Present. Full College Courses. Favorabl surroundings. The best influences. Necessary expenses from 8160 t< 8175 for the year. For Catalogue o other information, apply to J. A. GAME WELL, Secretary. Wofford College Fitting School. Npartanfrnrg, 8. C. Elegant new building. Careful at tentton to individual student. Boarc and tuition for year, 8110. All in formation given by A. M. DuPRE. Head Master. July 0,1002_3_> SOUTH CAROLINA MILITARY ACADEMY. TWO Vacancies in tbe State Iieneflcla ry Scholarship are to be awarded on com petitive examinations for thin, Anderson Co'jntv. Blank forms of application should be applied for at once to Col. C. 8. Oadsden, Chairman Board of Visitors. Ttuso applica'lonn, t'ullv made out. m?*t ta in the hand* of the Chairmen on tbe ytst July iu-order to rt^eWe attention. C. S. QAD9DEN, Chairman Board Visitors. 7 Is Yellow Poison In your blood? Physician* call it malarial germ. It can he seen chang ing red blood yellow under a micro scope. It works day and night. First, it turns your complexion yellow. Chill*, aching sensations creep down your back bone. You feel weak and worthle&b. Roberts' Chill Tonic Enters the blood, drives out the yellow foison and stops the trouble at ouce. t not only prevents but completely cures chills, fevers, night sweats and malaria. The manufacturers know all about this yellow poison, and have perfected Roberts' Tonic to drive it out, nourish your system, restore appe tite, purify the blood. It ha9 cured thousands of cases of chills fevers and malaria. It will cure you or your money back. This is fair. Try it. Price, 25c. ORB, GRAY & CO. EVANS PHARM AC 7. 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