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NEW YEAR F ?orothy Dix inNei This is the time of year when everybody, except reformers, begin to think about I reforming. themselves. Reformers are always so busy correct ing other people's *ius that, they hay no time to at Lend to their own vices, but the rest < f us are firmly xsBolvcd to turn over i new leaf with the new year. We are going to suppress our pet weaknesses) with an iron hand, and are ?oinglto take a fresh grip on all the virtues, and generally do the things we ought to do ?ad leave un done those things we ought not do so. Of course, New Year resolutions snare the Same fate as pie crust; they are made to be broken, but that is no argumontj against them. One doesn't refrain from putting on clean linen because it will get soiled and have to be sent to the'laundry again, and there is no reason in not turning over the new page because it, too, in time will be filled with mistakes, and blot ted with tears, and covered, with en tries we would give our'very heart's blood to erase. It must be admitted that the New Year's resolutions belong mostly to men. It has never been a pastime that appeals to women. They have been told they were angels so long they have come to believe it, and hen a woman admits she has a fault, is with no idea of correcting it. She is merely fishing for a compliment,' and expeots to be oontradicted. Agree with her and she ' bridles instantly with offense, and sets you; down as a spiteful old thing, so stupid you don't know shining perfection when you see it. A man is much more frank about his sins, anyway, than a woman. You will often he?rVione say: "I haVe been drinking too much; I am going to stop," or, "I used to bo a gambler, but I have reformed," but nobody ever - heard a woman come right out flat-footed and admit, "I have been a scandalmonger, but I have reformed," or, "I have been ruining my husband by my senseless extravagance, but I am going to mut/' In these days when wears dispu ting with man the monom/?y of all the.other good things of life there is no reason for leaving him in sole pos session of the New Year resolution. We have faults of our own- and we need the New Year resolution in our business, too. - Our weakness may not bo just the peculiar brand affect ed by our fathers, and'husbands, and brothers, but they k stand in just as muoh need , of reforming. Whiskey and profanity and gambling' and un faithfulness; are not th? only sins in the world. There are unreasonable |ness, and temper, and fretting, and nagging, and when the groat day comes, when the ledger in which hu man accounts are set down Is balanced, it is going to be hard to tell whioh has C?SSe? ths gtSSieSt ?.i??ry and broken up the most homes. Let's face the music, sisters, and e an inventory of the* faults that re peculiarly feminine, and turn our tt??tior to .them. Let's stop baok* iting and tittle-tattle, and the bar? ain counter habit, and scratching ( fbadk, and try to. be ' more.. like the superior Creatures we think we are, mud less like the poor, miserable, weak' Cornea wo aro. Of course, everybody has an idea of a world as I would reform it.'pft fconfesa I have; and, speaking for my pelf, I should like to See my entire ex unite in a grand sweeping New ear's resolution to try to look at life hrongh the clear speot?cles of com on sense instead of the smoked lassos of sentiment. That would be tidal wave of reform, - that^ jvould1 weep ? long ways.towards the millcn ium. Then we should have moro tomen looking before they leaped, ad fewer mangled aud bleeding at ho bottom of the precipice. We honld hear few?r >h???t-rcadiDg tales f women bamboozled out of fortunes hat they trusted to some male rela ive, with' no other security but the at* ho always had family pray* od asked a blessing Over the pork hops, and We should hear less of tea girls entering . Ejatrimony with tog fc*b::V of pleasing address, >of they knew nothing, / but who d out- to>s bigamists and Jail* V .^o&st/tfcio? that cat* pos _ I^oi^? to women is to fad^ut the brain *s jtts> as valuable an goo as-the heart, and the wisest solution aoy w^mars can form ss to Uivato her ^ . more d hnt *m^?j?s}ess.. I should ?ike to see ?v^ry wife swear s faulty end 'W^^^u^r^^^ reform him. ? should like to see r resolve to look as dainty and sweet d : attractive as abo ; did .when ?kn Y? trying to. wawy hlia and Mi take ^^b;pi?i^#,i^ j^?o ;^|?'i|T^i|;i?i?i: s'aft''3&4tt^ d?ys. ' $ac RESOLUTIONS. 17 Orleans J?ieayun.Q. average American husband, when all is said, is a child-like creature, easily pleased, and the wife who cannot keep what she has caught deserves to lose it for her own selfish stupidity. I should like to see every woman who is at the head of a house put a taboo on the arguing habit and ruth lessly suppress it. Let her swear off fron* discussing unpleasant topics her self and keep her table sod hearth stone from being a battle ground, where political and financial and reli gious battles are fought out \ to a bloody finish. The arguing mania is the pest of many a home. It breeds temper, ill-nature, spiteful personali ties, rancor and hatred. Everybody is entitled to their own opinion, but if they can't agree it is nothing but common decency.to keep it to them selves. When a member of a family is determined to do something of which the others disapprove let them exercise their individual liberty and please themselves, but stop from keep ing the whole fsmily in a turmoil by discussing it beforehand. Nine tenths of the family jars oan be pre vented by this simple device. I should like to ses women swear off from worrying. It does'no good. It plows furrows in the checks, and pr? cipit?tes doctors' bills, and. the thing we worry over never happeno, any way. It is 'something we weren't looking for, and hadn't worried about a paxtiole,. that occurs. Of course, it's natural for every wife end mother to (bisk che is iu? pin that keops the universe together. But she isn't. She dies and another woman steps in and marries her husband and keeps her house and raises her children just as well as she could have done. Let's re?oive to tako life cheerfully and not to worry over the things we can't help or those we oan help. We shall be happier for it, and, after all, we might trust God to run the world Be mt.de. I should like to see women swear off from so much novel reading. Th? muoh-heralded free libraries are fast becoming a public menace, instead of a publie blessing. There are plenty of women * >ho spend their time doing nothing but devouring one novel after another, and who. live in one contin uai dobauoh of false ideals and false sentiment end highly spiced romance and sizzling passion that is every whit as demoralising, mentally sod morally, as any other jag. There is reason in all things and temperance in novel reading is just as much to be desired es temperance in drinking whiskey. I should like to see mothers resolve to braoo up and do their duty by their children. Because little Johnny is self-willed is no reason for not con trolling him. Beoeus* little Mary is determined on having her own way is so ??B?i? for indulging her in it. Ql course, it is^ hard to make children obey and toaoh them good manners. Most duties ere, but nobody but e coward shirks them on that account. Thfxe is no other thing on earth that stands in such urgent need of reform as.the way in which children aro rais ed. It is an issue that no mother oan* dodge. If the shiftless, lazy mother who lets her children grow up on the street, or any where else, so they don't worry her, or the over tender mother, who loves her children too well, to make them mind, had alone to suffer the; consequences of their\ folly and sin it would not matter so much. But every ono of us aro tho victims-of her errors, and it would be a matter for general rejoicing if the women, of the country would establish a new domes tic policy that would call for the ex tension of the spanking industry and the subjugation of tho infant terrors of the household. ' - I should like to eeo . young girls swoar off from talking slang that soils their pure Hps, and from trying to bo hoodlums instead of ladies. I should like to see club women swear off from espousing fool causes and reserve their strength for work that will count in th? g?nerai good. ; I should liko to see debnta t|^|^ swer off from writing gushing notes to actors end sentimental letters to men. :' It is worse than wrong. It is vulgar. X should Hke to see social atra|gler g?ve up Ae .rearing iE*B;^f trying to know peob?? who don't want to know diem, and of clinging frao-?eally' to society by ao eyelash. I should like to see women Swear off from telfiog their ; troubles to their frieadejaua- then; wondering how on urta such ? thing could ever v S?e^oa>^;v: ;< --v.. v I should like to see shog girls s ff from trying to beiimitatioWsocte ttie?;.?Un moppy? haVr sod pice ^?*-^!ry, and bo respectable work W^Jwoiteefi;;, -'-Ityiust as honorable t *nd b?Mod a cpuctcr }?i it-.'is^t tad in a ballroom, and ia deal '\?% Morions. .,:> :. V > The message of the: New year-to ali | \%\:-^ao1t??w| *?tfn^ $oodtf^ X ?ndtttd like to see u? $li live ?p to[\i aad keep our r?solutions. A Game of Freeze out. ' j A gentleman who had come from Colombia e&ys that there ie weeping end wailing and gnashing of teeth on the part of the member of tbe dispen sary board who formerly enjoyed the fat pickings and wa*? living a life of luxury and fast beoomiog a modern Croesus. The trouble arose from the two other members of the board form ing a coalition against him and- con trolling all tho purchases, rendering this member's vote of no commercial or marketable value. Ab there are only three members of the board two constitute a decisive majority and the third member is wholly impotent. Hav ing the riches of "directing'-' tbe dis pensary turn to ashoa in bis bands has almost broken tbe heart of this mem ber an-i ho is said to bo behind the resolutions calling for an investigation of the management of the dispensary, and he hopes to be the means of hav ing his associates brought to book and the former state of affairs whea he en joyed the'rightful emoluments of his position restored. He is tired stay ing out in tbe cold and feeding on husks at $400 a year. As this mem ber is a good fellow, it seems a pity that the other two members should have treated bim so inconsiderately. They should have at least divided the graft into thirds and given him bis part. Otherwise what is membership on the board worth??Spartanburg Journal. Astonished" His Mother. - Harold's conversational powers and choice of words arc in their formative stage, and bis mother is finding it a rather diffioult matter to train them into the straight and]narrow path, of ele gance. He is a son of a well-known violinist of tbe city and himself some thing of a musical prodigy, but, con trary to all belief, this docs not keep Harold from pos?e??isg as appetite the like of which belongs only to all other boys of hio substantial build. | I The Thanksgiving and Christmas turkeys, therefore,. are his delight. He had finished his first boutiful sup per on Thanksgiving day when be turned to his mother: "Ma," bo said, "please give me seme moro stuffin'." | M "Harold," said his mother, "that doesn't sound nice. You must say dressiog." la the evening the remains of the turkey were brought to the table. Again J?arcld finished bis first serv ing, and then he.looked at his mother, hesitated, and said: , "Ma, please give me some mor' of the clothes that oome out of that I o*e." ? Chioago Record-Herald. ., A Dream With a Moral. A rich lady dreamed that she went to heaven, and Utero saw a mansion being built, say? the Chiesgo Post. "Whim io that for?" she asked of the guide. "But he lives in the tiniest cottage on earth, with barely room for his fam ily. He might live better if he did. not give away so much to the mise rable poor folks.'.' Farther on eh? saw a lis y cottage, being built. "And who is that for?" she ask?d. "That is for you." "But I have lived in a mansion o jarth. I would not know how to live n a cottage." The words she heard in reply were nil of meaning. "The Master Builder s doing his best with the material ibat is being sent up." Then she awoke, resolving to lay up reasure in heaven. m. - Bobbie's Present, -:? It mothers birthday; and Bobbie vas very anxious to ?ive her a pres et, but unfortunately 'Bobbie had no noney. "I say, mother," he ejaoulafced, "would my drawing slate be any use ioyour" "No, dear," replied his parents, with t smile. : "Well, do you think you'd like to- ( lave mv tin steamboat?" inquired the .; imall youth anxiously. 1 VNo, tkink you, little man," an wered mother. . "Well, p'haps I could do som'fing '. 'or youj" he continued. And then a ; isppy thought struck bim. ' ( _"I say. mother,V he exclaimed en- 1 huSiasUoally, "I tell you what. 1% ;ake a dos? of castor oil for you vith- ! >ut crying.'? Hew he Spelled it f i A BrookHn physician, whose memo- < y for names is very poor, reoen^? i isd a patient in bis Office for whom he sas asked to fill out ah application j 'or some position'. ''v??ptVwiBhio^^^ :J letrsy tho fact that he had forgotten the man's name,iie casually inquired va he raised-^is pen above the paper: y "By the way^how do you spell your Same?'' The man gave him a carious glance 1 md said, "J-o-a-s-?-~Jones;" ? Half the things people say sie re- i petted lafer. >The finw?jiaVplank in the wo nan's platform is pin money. Columbia Soluble Guano. Made from fish. and. animal matter. Has no equal as a O otton Fertilizer. COLUMBIA TTAIETO COMPANY, NORFOLK, VA. ?** FOR SALE BY ANDERSON, S. C. His Authority. v I A back president called one day on ! Governor John G. MoCnllongb of Vermont. "Governor," he said, "I want to recommend to your notice Sebastian Sutro. This young man would full a place of trust with discretion and in tegrity." "Ho is a good man, eh?" the gov ernor asked. "He io one of the boot of men," said the bank president solemnly. "Moral, high 'minded, generous to a fauItM With a laugh the governor interup ted the bank president. "This fervid praise,*' he said, "re minds me of a oase wherein I appear ed in San Franoisoo." He laughed again. Then he went on: "It was a will oase. We were try iug to break the will of an elderly gen tleman who, ignoring his relations, had left the bulk of his property to a total stranger. Tt p-r? of our case to prove that the dead man had been eooentrio, irregular, oruel, dissi pated, and, after we had proved this point, the defence summoned a wit ness in rebuttal.. "The first question put to the de fence's witness was: What do you know about the character of the de ceased?' And the man answered, sir, in words like these: " 'Ho was a man without blame, be loved and respeoted of men, pure in all his thoughts, and'? . "But, I interrupted the witness. " 'Where,' I said, 'did you learn all that?' " 'I got it,' the man answered, 'from the tombstone.' " Lincoln's Account of t Stingy Man. "Did you ever hear Mr. Linooln's lightning-rod story?" asked Speaker Oannoa of some friends who were spin ning yarns, says the Washington Times. "Well, it's a good one. "Mr. Lincoln said he had attended meeting, at a country church where one of the stingiest creatures on God's footstool went through the make-me good idea he was worshipping the Sa viour. The minister asked-for a frce eontribution to enable tho church fa thers to bu; a Hght?i??-?v? for the edifice. . " 'Surely you are willing to lend to the Lord/ said the minister.. *Is He not the owner of the cattle on a thou sand hills? Will He not repay. "That was-tho chance of the old miser to get in his work by giving a reason for not contributing. Rising in his seat, he said: " 'You say the Lord is the owner of the cattle on a thousand hills. Then why can't He sell some of the oattle and buy ? lightning-rod?" WINTER MEAT EATING. The Poor Stomach's Tale of Woe. Just Now Mi-o-na is Needed. At ihis season of the year thous ands of people are already showing th? ill symptoms that are Sure to re sult from the usual winter diet. In docv* life, meat-eating, hearty food, lack of exercise, overwork, and poor ventilation spell "sickness," and poor health, 7 " . If the stomach cannot do its work properly, ill health is sure to follow. Mi-o-na is the one medicine that as sures a natural digestion, that strengthens the stomach, tb?t soothes afid heals all irritation, congestion, at?d inflammation in the stomach or bowels. It is this that makes it. a setUin and guaranteed cure for all Stomach troubles. 'If the digestion is impaired, the Mood is Impoverished and becomes filled with poisonous impurities, de ranging the whole system and causing sickness and sofferioff. Mi-o-na, act ing upon tho Btotnaoh and digestive argans cores sleeplessness, nervous troubl?s, he?dsohe?, backaches, and general weakness and debility. il you are weak and ailing the chances are' that it is doe to a diseased stomach, bat you can be cured by afting Mi-o-na. Ask Evans Pharmacy, tho ?o?iabie drag firm, to show you the streng guarantee under which Mi-o-na is sold. Mi-o-na costs bv.i 50c a box. If it does not help you, the price is absolutely nothing. Valuable Property For Sale. By virtue of the authority conferred by a resolution adopted at a meeting ot the Stockholders of the Willlamston Fe male College Company held at Wil liamaton, 8. C, on the 3Ut day of December last, theDlreotoraofsald Com pany hereby otters lor aale on Salesday in February next, within the usual hours of public saiea, in front of the Court House, In the City of Anderson, S. C, all the Real Estate of said Com pany, eltuate In thn town of WilHamilton, County of Anderson, State aforesaid, con taining flye (5) acres, more or lees, and bounded on tho South by Main street, on the Weat by Beta te of George \V. Ander son, deceased, Minor street intervening, on tbe North by property of 8. Lander & Son, and on the East by lands of S. J. Duckworth and the Estate of Thomas Crymea, deceased. This la one of the finest hotel propertied in the State. This property wbl bo moie fully described on the day of aale by a plat ol the same, to be then exhibited, wMoh will indicate shape, courses and distances. Terms of Sale? One-half cash, and tho balance on a credit of twelve months, with Interest from day of sale at the rate of 8 per cent, per annum until paid in full, Interest to be computed and paid annually, and if not paid annually, to be added to and become part of tho princi pal, and the whole bear interest at the same rato until the whole la paid in full. The credit portion to be secured by a bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises, which instrument shall provide for th? paylhent oi 10 per o???. attorney's fees, in addition to principal end interest, in the event th*t it beoomea nootssary to institute suit to collect the credit portion of tbe purchase money. Purchasers to pay extra for papers, and to bave leave to anticipate payment on the credit portion at any time. GEORGE W. SULLIVAN, Pres. W. T. LAM DER, Seot'y. Jan 11,1005 _30_4 BE HUMANE! Get your faithful Horse a BLANKET to keep him warm these cold days. We have them from 75c. up. H. 6. JORHSOfl&S0HS. EVERYTHING 1 IF that name stands for square dealings and truly artistic? PIANOS, That's what our name stands for. Call and inspect our handsome array of? ? and ? oi^c3--a.isrs. the r. C. A. REED Music House, ANDERSON, * *- 8. O. _. ; -if.vvr'' -fi ,/ ? " \ ? Notico Final Settlement. PFIHR uudorsigned, Executor of X tbe Estate of 8.1 M. Goer, deceas ed, hereby give* notice that be will on Monday, February 13tb, 1005, apply to the lodge of Probate for Anderson Connty for a Final Settlement of said Estate, and a discharge from his office filBxeoutor.^N M. GEER, Executor. Jan 11,1005,_SO . 5 :" .. :' ;.-:?:?:?:?"? Notice to Administrators, -j Executors, Guardians Aud Trustees. ALL Administrators, Executors, Guar dians and Trustoea are hereby nodded to Siake their annual Returns to this offloo oring tbe months of January and Feb ruary, 9U reqnlrcxl by law. B. V. H. NANCE, Jude* of Probate. Jan 11,1005 30 5 Good, Flat Land, in good state of cultivation and well im proved. . Wanted to Sell. 132 acres, Hall Township?40 acres in bottom lands that will yield 100Cv bushels corn. Fair improvement. 148 acres, Savannah Township, known as Evergreen place. Well im proved, good orchard. 84 acres, Hopewell Township. Teaant house, barn, &c. 45 acres in - cultivation, balance woods and old fields. 152 acres, Kock Mills Township. Price 01200. 961 acres, Broadway Township. Well improved. Price 02500 871 acres, Varennes Township?improved. 200 acres, Fork Township. JOS. J. FBETWELIV ANDERSON, S. 47?. MOTT'8 PENNYROYAL PILLS omiesiona,increase vig . .1. or and banish "painty of menstruation." They are "LIFE SAVERS" to girls at womanhood, aiding development of organs and body. Not known remedy for women equals them. Cannot dc harm?life, becomes a pleasure. &1.00 PER BOX BY MAIL. Sollt? by druggists. DR. MOTT'S CHEMICAL CO., Cleveland, Ohio. FOB BALE BY EVANS PHftBHaCT. Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Framing, Shingles, Lime, Cement, Lathes, Brick, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mantels, Turned and Scroll Work, Devoe's Paint, Lead, Oil, Turpentine, Bard Oil, Glass, Putty, Ete. EVERYTHING ?SS the builder. IMPORTANT ! INVESTIGATE when iiv need of any kind of? BUILDING MATERIAL. See me. If I don't sell yoo I'll make the other fellow SELL YOU RIGHT. "VT". Xj. IE ANDERSON. 8. C. m??mW??? . - This Establishment has been Selling FTTRlsTITURE IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. Daring all that time competitors* have eome and goae. but we have remainod right here. We have always sold % Cheaper than any others, and during those long years we have not had one die? satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes ooour, and if at any. time y&* found.that a oustomer was dissatisfied we did not rest until we had made hms satisfied. This polioy, rigidly adhered to, has made as friends, true and last ing, and we can say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the conn* deoce of the people of this section. We have a larger Stock of Goods thieve season than we have ever had, and we pledge you our word that we have never ? sold'. Furniture at as oIobo a margin of profit as we are doing now. This is < proven by the fact that we are selling Furniture not only all over Anderson ? County hut in every Town in the .Piedmont section. Come and see us. Yonrr parents saved money by bayior from us, and you and your children can save money by buying 1 ore t?o. We carry EVERYTHING in the Furniture line? 0, F* TOLLY & SON, Depot Street The Old.Reliable.Furniture'.Dealers MOYBD! WE have moved ourShopand office below. Peoples' Bank, in iront of Mr. J. J. Fret well's Stables. We respectfully ask all our friends that need any Beefing done, or any kind of Reprir work, Engine Stacks, Evaporators,, or any kind of Tin or Gravel Booting ;o call on us. as we are prepared to do It'promptly and in best mnoner^Heoliciting jour BosT^tfully, *e *nWV . & DIVYEE.