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A SI Of School Giirl Love ?Cxj^oi'ience in News am: On the Klint river, in the southern part of Georgia, is the town ol* Bain bridge, where sonic very charming people live; people who enjoy life hugely although not rich. Their tour naments uro especially good, exhibit ing fine horses und rare grace and talent in I lie management ?i" them. When quite a little girl I visited this place, spending almost a year. The home at which 1 stayed was hand some, commodious and with a large garden, where the cape jessamine and old sweet rose ran riot. The sehooi io which I was sent had as teacher an old gentleman?the rec tor of the Episcopal Church, which had but few members at that time. Boys as well as girls attended this school. We had a poBtofiice, where anonymous billet-doux were very gen erally exchanged, until it was found out that studies were neglected for the pen. The :<po8toffice" wub then immediately and indefinitely "discon tinued" to our great chogrin. *Ilcre I had my first and last experience in rouging. In buying the ink for my desk, which was shared with a class mate, Molly Brights, a girl somewhat niy senior, I had chosen red. Each day it was borrowed by one or other of the big girls. One day Molly said to me:. "I have at last discovered why your ink is so popular. They use it to red den their cheeks." Before I could express my astonish ment she went on: "At recess today let's you and 1 A-? I * ' * ?1/ if. I agreed, eo instead of playing, as usual, we secreted ourselves and cach "beautified" the other. Then to complete the deed, we heated pen oils and curled tho hair ou our fore* hoads. * On my way home I encountered a rather fierce lookiug cow. so climbed a fence to avoid a nearer meeting. I had forgotten all about tho red ink, when on iny arrival my aunt said; "Como here, you look feverish." She folt my pulse, she fanned me, still seeming very worried. Finally &he said: "Gall your unole, I think you had better see the doctor. I never saw you look bo flushed." I suddenly felt like a oriminal, re collecting tho use to which I had put the red ink, and at once confessed my vanity. "Well, well, don't do it again," she said. Shortly after I heard my uncle's hearty laughter and resolved nevor again, under acy circumstances, to risk suoh humiliation. He was a great tease and made most of the in cident to my iutenso disgust. Ruth Walters was my chum. Some how she found herself a favorito with our playfellows. Like most things in tho world, popularity has its unwel come as well as pleasant feature. Many a day she lost her position in class by being late in consequence of a would-be escort to school; a boy that she did not wish to offend, but whom w ehe instinctively disliked, would wait A on the corner for her. I would aot J the part of Sister Anne, telling her, ! however, of his "going," instead of "somebody's coming." It is queer what true instinots ohildren and dogs usually have. This boy stood well in ] his class, had good manners and ap I pearanoe and was invariably consider ate of her, yet she never liked him. Years after proved the child's in stinot was a true one. He was false to himself and friends, a great con trast to Wi?l Seott. Quite recently she wrote me tho fol lowing about the latter: "Among the other boys in sehooi was Willie Scott, my first admirer. He was usually at tho foot of his class, not but what he was bright, but ho never studied, seemed utterly in different to praise or blame from hit teacher, who did not understand him, I think. His home was no homo and ho ran wild, spent much of bin time in the woods, making friends of the birds and rabbits with whom he often shared bis meal. His hair Was red and his face muoh freckled, yet his eyes were good and kind in their ex pression?the only light grey eyes I ever liked. - ' "Although he was ; called the worst . boy in school and often got into fights with bigger boys, whom he generally whipped, he was very shy arid reserv ed, eaid little of himself even to me, .'who Beemed his most intimate friend. He was fond of fbwers and of ten took a small boy with him to the riverside and gathered hnge .bouquets of wild ?jwers, lilies, violets especially. They would then climb the posts on either side of. Our. gate, give a low whistle, ^watob till th?y saw:someone coming,, ^hen leaving the flower*, fvf my little fORY and Pranks and a Sad ^A-l'tor Years. I Cou.icr. - it would bo a bundle of candy instead j of flowers?which meant a great tsaori j tiee on hi.s part. j "My black t-quirrcl got out one day , and escaped to a large tree, the Her ; vante in vain tried to catch it. Willie came by. In a moment his jacket j wus oil and he up the tree. lie caught ' it, but Hob bit him terribly for it. 11c would not let go, Jiowcvcr, UDd de clared it was 'nothing,' handed me my pet, and war- of! before I could thank hiui. Our move to Kentucky was rather I sudden, and I omitted many things in I the hurry of preparing to leave. 1 al ways regretted not letting Willie know: I am eure it hurt him. Years passed, I had crossed the bridge where "the child and maiden meet," when ono day a card was brought pie, bearing the name?Lieut. William Scott, U. S. N.?I at once recalled my child friend, and wondered if 'twere possible thai it oould be he. Aud eo it was. I A tall man with rich mahogany col ored hair, and low, mellow voice greeted mo with evident pleasure It seemed a natural thing to answer his questions as to myself, pant, prcscut and future. Time had shown mo many a tho i among tho roses of life. His sympathetic interest was such that I soon told him what was but I just known to myself; that I had given my heart und pledged my hand to a poor but scholarly man, who was then trying to get a professorship in a large college, a position which no was well fitted to fill, but fosrod the iuaueucc neccsBary to got it would be held by a wealthy lawyer for his son, who was inefficient and indolent. While I talked ho arose, folded hia hands be hind his back and walked up and down the room, asking many questions, and seeming much ooncerocd. Finally he said he must go. Clasping my hands for a minute, and looking straight into my eyes, in a husky voice, ho said: "God bless you, little Queen, God bless you!" It i7 a s all so sudden, it seemed liko a dream. I felt suddenly sad aud wished I could rcoall him, and ask of his life and plans, how long ho would bo in town, etc Thinking I would see him again, however, I r.oon be? came selfishly monopolized with my own plans. Unusual circumstance, my lover did not come that, night, and I went to my room feeling sad and de pressed. My dreams were confused? sometimes it was Alfred and Bometimes it was Will Scott who claimed me as hia bride. On tho next day I received a note from Alfred full of exu! cation. He waB now euro of the professorship Ho had to leave towu ia suoh haute that ho had nob been able to let me know that he would not oall on the previous evening. Ho hoped in a few weoks now that I would consent to beoome his wife. The dayti flew by. In the exoitoment of pro pari a? for in wedding, I forgot to wonder that I did not boo Lieut. Scott again. I mentioned that an old sohool friend had.called, thatWBB all. Some two years after I was startled by seeing in a New York paper the heading of a column, "Tho Heroism of Will Scott." On reading the ao count I loarcod that in a railroad aooi dent many lives had been lost. Mr. Soott had beon muoh injured in try ing to Bave others, and when the sur geon had gone to aid him he said: "Not till every jfoinan and child has beon attended, thoD oome to me." In obeying hia ?ordere time had gone, and he had lost too muoh blood to recuperate. So passed as brave a man and true a heart as ever lived. In his bieast ooat pocket wa9 found, the paper continued, the photograph of a very young girl, on the back of which was written, "My little Queen, God bless herl" When Alfred oame home ho found me weeping, and exolaimcd in sur prise. I pointed to the name in the paper and he said in astonishment: "Why, did you see him? It was due to hia influence that I obtained my position in the State college. Mr. Rice told me of it afterwards. The day before tho election Miv Soott called on him and said: 'I am told that you are the shrewdest lawyer in town. I want Alfred Moore to have the professor ship he has applied for in your col lege. You know tho men. Cost what it Will, it must be gotten. I go West tomorrow; let me know tonight what I owe you and anything within reason I will pay.' "Mr. Rice said he used his infla enoe. It is not pleasant to think that suoh things are done, where merit alone should tell, but often, alas, suoh is the case. At any rate, Scott 8aw it through and told Rice to 'say nothing about it to any one now; later oo, per haps, you may,* he said. *I don't wapt ; any thanks/ said he. 'Past dreamed that he was in any way a ncolcd with you, or that you had met. 1 thought probably that die was one of the m Liny men my father had aided in his prosperous days. Why pet, you are Bobbing, and no wonder, he was a hero, and far more worthy of a wo man like you than your husband, who in only a humdrum ? every day sort of a ma.i. Had I only known, and yet I can't help being glad that I didu't." And ho was I, though way down, at the bottom of my heart, I felt that of all who had cared for me, Will Scott, my boy lover, was probably the only one who had never, even for a mo ment, had auother face in his memory. The words "little queen" in his rich, feeling voice are often with me, and we both earnestly hope that our little son, who has come since those days, may have the noble virtues, as well as the name of my school mate, Will Scott. Josephine (Khett) Bacot. -?'- - ^ .Most Widely Spread AnimaK The threo autmals that arc mo*l widely spread over the earth are the cow, the horse and the pig. These animals did not spread through their own efforts, but were developed by man and gradually rendered adaptable to practicallycevery place-,where man himself can live. Cattle entered America simultane ously with its discovery, f,or Columbus introduced Spanish steers and cows in 1498. In 1525 they were intro duced into Mexico, which offered idoal conditions for them. From Mexico they spread into Texas, where the new conditions of range and feeding de veloped a raco of cattle that became known as Texas cattle, and these ani mals are typical of the range-bred cat tle of America now. The pig had its origin in India, and its first conquest wa? that of Eastern Asia and the archipelagoes of the eastern seas. China fell an early vic t???i to the love of the pig. Records show that the cultivation of the grunt ing porker was a high art in that land as long ago as 3000 years before Christ. Ooo of the greatest of the Chinose feast diys is known by the name "Pig." The Koran forbids the use of pork, just as tho Mosaic law does; hence the pig is not raised in countries where tho Mohammedan law xule3. But in all othor parts of the world the porker is aB popular as the cow or the horsi ? and there arc as many varieties of pg, due to local causes and to different ways of breeding in different countries as there are varieties of horses and cattle. It has always been a matter of won der (o naturalists and economists thai tho camel did not become so widely spread as any of these three animals in tho course of its thousands of years of existence as a domestic animal. The camel combines the advantages of ox and horse as draught animal and burden oarrier; it is of high food value; its gives excellent milk; its de mands in the form of food and water are exceedingly modest, add its hair is of jfreat value. While tho camel prob ably could not bear ?ll tho extremes of climate that th?-horse or oow can bear, it is by no means a difficult ani mal to aoolimato, as is shown by the fact that it is used as a draught ani mal in the colder partB of Siberia, on the Russian nud TurkeBtan steppes, in the Himalayas, in Africa and Aus tralia. It is well kpown that wild camels, which had descended from domestic camels, that had been turned loose, were to be found in some of the west ern sand plains of the United States until recest years, and occasions. \ there are stones that a herd of them exists in Arizona. The dromedary is the plaVuo same), while the beast with two humps in the favorite for mountain, use. In Sokotra the latter oamel climbs up steep steps hewn into tho face of the rook, and in ?11 places where they ire used as mountain olimbers they are almost as sure-footed as mules. Preshewalski, the Russian explorer, found wild camels in the worst moun tain .egiona of Asia, in plaoes so dan gerous that the human foot oould , not find a hold. the Penalty Was Remitted A regular patron had had his watch cleaned "at a jeweler's. When he re oeived it and asked for the bill tho jeweler told him it was $1.75,. This tho patron knew" was less than the u?ual charge. ''Haven't you always charged me f 2 horotoforo?" "I think I. have." "Why do I got it cheaper this time?" ' \ The jeweler hesitated. ?W H ? he said, fit can. do no barm ill you now. Do you remem ber bringing this watch to mo a month ?r two ago to ask mo what was vibe natter with it." "Yes." VAfter you had gone aw?y I found there was nothing tho matter With it. Sou had forgotten to wind it. I w? *fraid to tell you so, for I once lost a ?ood customer by tolling him of a sim ilar oversight. So I wound it up and ftutrged you a trifle for doing tt, and Mit is the first chance t have had to aake it iyp to yoo/^yout?i?S^a?" THE AZTECS OF OLD. rlot Oily Great Soldiers, but Great Cul tivators as Weil. 'llw Aztecs of old were not only great soldiers, but also diligent cul tivators of the soil, and had acquired considerable proficiency in agricul ture, although they had no horses, oxen or other animals of draft. To thi- day the men earn their living chiefly as day laborers in the fields now owned by the Mexicans. The staple product now, as of yore, is the maize and next to it the maguey or agave., the sweet sap of which is the principal material for the fa mous Mexican pulque. Some species are cultivated as veg etables, others for the sake <>f their leaves, which yield a -trong ?ber that can '4? woven into fabrics; hence the raying that the agave sup plies the people with drink, food and elothing. The men have little ambi tion to excel i j 1 handicraft. Farriery and carpentry an: about the only trades they care to lake up. Iu the cities ihey work as porters, carriers or peddlers in a small way. Like ail southern Indians, their complexion is of a ruddy chocolate brown, and they are not particularly good looking. Most of the women now have large hands and feet, prob ably the inheritance of generations of hurd workers. And they are strong. Jn the warehouse of a wine merchant an Aztec porter was seen to take a cask of claret on his buck and carry it quite a distance. The load certainly weighed not less than 100 pounds, and no white man would have thought of lifting it. The law requires the people in the cities to forsake the Indian breechdoth and poncho and assume the regulation garb of the poor working class of Mexico?the wide, loose trousers of cotton cloth or manta, with jacket to match?but the nrecchcloth is worn outside of the trousers and thereby replaces the civilized suspenders.?Southern Workman. A Boy's Shrewd Guaas. s\ DQy was utscoyercu uy own* er of an orchard in the act of steal ing apples. The boy happened to see the owner in time to make a get away. Here, boy," called tho own er to the boy, who was ?tktag the gravel down the pike, "craio back, and you can have all the apples you can eat and all you can carry away." Instead of going back, however, the boy kept right on going. Meeting another man in the road, who had heard the owner of the orchard call, the man asked him why he did hot go back. "Well," said the boy, "I did think for a minute I would go back, and then I looked again and saw that the fellow had one hand behind his back, and it sort o' flash ed through my mind that mebbe he wuz a durned liar 1"?^Kansas City Journal. What Son 0 Mon Fail to Sco. That they have left their news papers scattered over the floor. That cigar ashes have to be clean ed up. That the soiled linen has to be put in the laundry bag. That yesterday's clothing has to be hung up. That wives grow uninteresting be cause they have no time for reading or society. -/ That there are hundreds of little things which husbands could do to lighten the work of the home. That by so doing both husband and wife would be happier. That to find out what these little things are needs'but two open eyea and one generous, thoughtful heart. ?Chicago Journal. A Convenient Loan. It is said that a man whose; mu sical talent was as widely known as his impecunious condition once ac costed a friend on the street, drew him into'a doorway and requested a loan of $25. "When do you think you'll be able to repay it?" a Eked the friend, to whom it was by no means a new experience. "This time," said the readv bor rower, with an engaging smile, "I hoped you'd be willing to make it a 'Kathleen Mavourneen'loan." "A what?" demanded the prac tical man. "A 'Kathleen MavoumeenMoan," said hia expensive friend. "It may be for years, and it may be for ever.'" _____ A Gratuitous Protest. A Philadelphia commercial trav eler whog was stranded in a Georgia village sat on the porch of tho small ihn patiently awaiting tho an nouncement of dinner. At noon, says the Philadelphia !Press, a dar ky appeared, ?t the door and rang a big hand bell. Immediately tho "coon" dbg, which had been asleep in the sun shine, awoke, raiaed his no?* toward the sky and howled loud nd dolo* rously. Th? darky stopped ringing the bell and scowled at the dog. .S^Y?? ?het n-pi;? he shouted. "Yo! don* haf ta dis dinnah! 'Sides, whar*s yo* mannatis, dawg?" ? Poorly dressed lies are as bad as the oudo troth; ?-Charity ebyer* a multitude of sint when it begins at homo. h- The man who wants it. well done must blow hia own horn. ' ? When ? 'm&n gets loaded he bo* gins to shoot off his mouth. \? A young widow ia never satisfied orit?? b - e c?n ualt heraelf an ex How 'Iber l.t'Mc iih'?t Honte. Through ihr gambling instinct. C They let their inrurar;ce run out. -They bought things they did not need because (hey were cheap. They did irot u*? good judgment or riglit proportion in their expendi tures. They nub.scribed for everything they could pay for on the iuptallment plan. Money enough went down in drink and' up in unoke to have saved the home. They did not realize how easy it is to get into debt and how hard to get out. They tried to do what others expect ed of them rather that what they could nfford. They thought it small to infi.it on having an agreement or understanding put iu writing. ?Orison Sweet Mardeu in Success. Notice. AM persona urn wurixni not to hu?t. cr ther-im treapHss mi my place. Tbosb <lK.r<;Karuitig thi* not.hu? w?H h* nrorje cuted H. B. MAXWELL, P*iHlietou,e. C. D. o 21, 1WH "' ' 27 3 m f ' ; 'JT >/; ';/ WILL TO?? BE ONE? There are about seven million . peo ple in the U. H. who hnve savings ac count.?. Tbc?6 accounts show an av erage of 8400 racb; seventy out ot every hundred person* starting savings accouuts with one dollar keep them going, and in a t-hort time have seve eral hundred dollars. if yon will open au account wi h the Sav'.ng De partment of the Hank of Auderson there are seventy chancea out of a hundred of >our sooner or later hav ing the* average. THE BANK OF ANDERSON, The ddeit nnd.Strongest Bank in the County. WE WANT ALL INTERESTED IN machinery to have our NAME before th3h DURING 1905 Write us stating what kind of Machinery you use or will install; and wo will mail you FREE OF ALL COST a handsome and USEFUt. packet diary and atlas or a large commercial calendar Oibbes Machinery Company, columbia, 9. c. a stock op horse power mat presses to be olosso out. at SPECIAL PRICES WELL B?L?UCE?. Your cceorroto oanuot well,get io a tan gle If your money la deposited with and ail payments madv through thev iFarmess' Loan and Tttfst Company, Anderson, 8. C. I . It la our bualaow* to take care of .your business the bsr.kin^p^ft. >jf it?ana.we do it wit* aoouraoy that comes from ex perience. Thw Brak's pa?t bist* t? 1b a guarantee tor the future. Deposits of cuv aaaount received; Iniereat paid on dopoalt?. Good bor* row era and {good depositors wanted. BE HUMANE! Get y onr faithful Horse .'ft- Bh&NK&T to keep him war^:' these cold day We have tii?m iront 76?. VIT* IS s OfF.CJKBNS, HO?8BY, Ae. fieit-p^??)*' P'l<* paid in Oaah o 13 v North MstoSL. WHEN VCSJ HAVE LOST ?fl YOUR CRIP^ on tho affaira of life and tout burfoow seems dall and your WIT8 are dull?C%ke from 3 to 5 By. dale's Liver Tablet*, one at ? time, no liour apart, and you will be surprised the uexs morning to see how bright and clear et-eryt***1"? v m bo. You will Lt gin your day's work with tso muc't added vim and vigor tlitt you will naturally incrc-ise your business cucoess by the weight of persorudit.- ym will be able to ?if use Into every detail. The formula of Rydale's Liver Tablots Is oue oi~ the most effet Ut a eombloations known to modern medical s< deuce. Put your liver in good working order, and nine-tenths of your other ailments will disappear. <>|i-n what you think to be dyspep*!*. heart trouble, or chroute co:.j:ipoiion Is merely one of tho Idiosyn crasies of a tloj^yliver. Whf > jour liver gets dopey, you feel dopey all over, anil It iu ltoblctcrnai rest itself in a multitude of ways,^lll you Imagine you wive a litt! of every disease going. Don^t wait till you get in thin condition, I it tako Rydole't, Liver Tablets the first iQMtS, Tablets in a convenient box, IW'f'd by tho RADICAL REM EBV CO., Hickory, N. C. FOB SALE BY EV???i PHARMACY. Car Load Studebafcer Wagons just arrived. Car of Kentucky, Old Hickory and Tennessee Wagons to> arrive. Also, three cars of Buggies, Carriages, Surreys and pleas ure Vehicles generally. Call and see us. FRETWELL- ?ANKS GO. We have just received a Fresh lot of x or irai! rianting. Come to us for all,of your ORR, & CO., Prescription Druggists. B. P. VANDIVEB. D. S. VANDIVER. J. J. MAJiR. VANDIVER Wm & MJCB, ?, DEALBHSlnSr -? BUGGIES, WAGONS AND HARNESS. We bave * splendid lias of BUGGfe ?ud Joi?KKiSSS cheap, ane? want to sell you. I We have some good WAGONS cheal . . - -ALS<| f^^fA FEW FINE M BAKES, At Speciaiprice. \ COME TO BEE US. Yours truly, VANDIVIR BROS. & MAJOR. OKlGABOi HOGr Have just received oh? C '.Load of. HOG PEED; ^MM (Shorts) at vety close prie . Cqmo before they are all gone. Now is the time f throwing? Around yontf premises to revent a case of fever or. some other disease, that will cat you very much more than the price of a barrel oJ Lime ($1.00.) We have a fresh shipment in stock, ta I will be glad to send you some; :'If yea watem^lstdbuUdiog s barn or any other building, see os before^gyih? your? As wo seil the very best qualjes or ly. * ' ?. ?.{kNP'SRSON.:; C STiS?CL??O te O ver Farmers ^ torchants : Baak;. JS?JIAL;attantiott?lveu fotho nfonor '*s of Doutai worS. Crowns, Bridgea orce?Rln Inlays, auch aa are douai? ?Vktnd? ofplante? m ado. ?oid Filt iW?itt"- artluou*l "teetii a?y time after PSSsarQ wade, isy?ren 0M> and Local Aaactthsttoa. Kiln lor tbft Painlean Extraction of iosttu ^I^n*and,disea?sdgnax9 treated. AU o?llfi to.tho oountry a?d ueaj&v t?toa for tha^AHlloes B?tosci'i?ti ot. tb pvornnt?y etknded to hy a *wmf*B*' aas??ant.