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THE SONS The .American IBoy H ga H.I. Cleveland The boy of the United States, who known little of kings and queens eave by reading, can have little idea of what a commotion is oreated through out all Europe when a tiny baby boy is born whoj is heir to a throne. While the American boy, whether he be the sou of the IVesident or the heir of a simple farmer; comes into the world welcomed only by the fam ily and immediate friends, the boy of foreign birth who is in line to suc ceed his father on tho throne, makes a tremendous stir and often a great deal of trouble. Yet, after all is said, he is only a boy who cannot realize through all his babyhood what a troublesome thing it is to be born to the right of a scepter and crown, and to come some day where his will, his conscience and his good or bad deeds must affect the lives of millions of people. On the whole, the American boy has the best of the bargain, for he does not have to he a ruler unless he de liberately seeks the Presidency; he oaD, if he is wholesome, active and brainy, take just the position in life he wishes and keep it, The royal baby cannot. His life to a large extent is mapped out for him long before he is born; and, until he actually becomes king, emperor or czar, there is not much that he can do of hi? own free will. As a baby, a ohild, a boy, a young man, thc course bc is to follow is marked out for him by law, custom and politics. In this couutry the non or sons of the President trot aroUnd just like ordinary boys, do just about as ordi narily healthy boys do, and have not the slightest chance to become Presi dent, unless by merit, hard work and their own brains, they eventually seek the offioe and win it by popular vote. Tho royal baby boy has a hard row ?o hoc. The Czar of Russia has a number of daughters, but, until a few months ago, no sou came tc him. By Russian law, no son appearing, if the Czar died, the throne passed to his brother. But when the baby Alexis appeared, the brother immediately lost his standing as heir, and the pink-and white thing lying in a crib reoeived all the honors. What do these honors mean in a country no targe as EuBsia or Great Britain or Germany? In the case of the baby Alexis it is estimated that, when his birth was1'announced, the following expensive and elaborate things happened. Ten thousand, or more cannon shots were fired throughout the Empire. One million or more soldiers salu ted. Twelve thousand telegrams were sent and received. . Three thousand churches were illu minated. Seven thousand church hells were wrung. The operations of over 200,000 men, making ?he Russian. army fighting Japan, Were suspended at least one hour toreoeive the news. Preparations were made for celebra tions, the christening ceremonies and congratulation fetes that will cost the government of Russia and the publie more than $1,000,000. All this over an eight-pou nd boy that as yet knows only his father and mother, and hasn't the slightest idea as to what enormous responeibility and trouble face him if he shall live to come of age and succeed his father. This expense recalls a remark Abraham Lincoln is said to have once made to bis Secretary of War: "It cost about ten dollars to get me into the world, ? and about a thousand dollars more to bring me up,to twenty years of age." Yet he became the ruler"bf 50,000, 000 people and unified the government he represented as itltid never been before. The night he was assassina ted tho total value of all the clothes upon him is said to have not.exceeded fifty dollars. Yet the presents which the oity of St. Petersburg has already made to the infant Alexis represent more than a hundred thousand dollars i? money. -. Baby boy s of royal blood are treated by Europeans a little differently than is the sejf-respeoting, self-making American boy who goes up to his honors by hard work and merit. Now, when a girl is born to the Czar of Russia, tho guns of the royal castle fire thirty-one times; but, if a son is born, they boom 101 times, as they did on August li? of last year. Tho child ; waa immediately named Alsxis in honor of its mother,, tho Czarian Alix. If he ever becomes Czar he will be Alexis IL; the first Alexis having been crowned in 1645.1 Tho baby, who cou?d hardly yet blink j bis eyes, was also immediately made colonel of a regimen^ and by this time ir has a string of titles attached -il. ? OF KINGS. as the Best of the Bar in. in Boys' World. to bis came as long as a country lane. In this country there are a great many mothers we are all interested in. In Europe the two most conspicuous mothers are the Czarina and the Em press of Germany; eaoh haa many children, each is a woman of noble character. The Empress of Germany will not let her boys and one daugh ter forget that even though they are in a royal family, they must work and learn how todo things. The daughter sews, knows bread making, oan knit, is a musician, and keeps regularly at her books. The boys have their books, ride horseback, swim and play tennis, ? I must not forget to tell you ono thing just here about these children that is interest ing-the youngest ehild of a royal fam ily usually has the easiest time. Why? Well, there is little probability that he will ever be Emperor of Czar. The eldest brother is always the successor to the throne; if he dies, the next eldcDt, if the former does not leave children, and so on. Now, Prince Joachim, of Germany, is the youngest son of the Emperor, and has so many relatives ahead of him, that all he needs to think of is his work and bis play. He "ill never be burdened with the crcf n. He is a bright boy, of fine character, and is said to be much like his mother. In. Spain only a short time ago a royal boy, Alphonso, came to the throne to succeed his mother who had been Queen Begent until he should come of age. This boy had these responsibilities to faoe: A nation burdened with debt; the working and farming olasses of his country weak from taxes; the navy destroyed by tho United States; his army broken down; all the islands of the sea his country once owned taken by other governments. That is a heavy burden to put on any boy, royal or of the republic, and all the world is watching to see how ha peiform8 his duties. When he was proclaimed king at the age of eighteen years, the mere announce ment and the ceremonies connected with it cost his government all of two million dollars. Another boy of Europe who is royal in blood and grown into manhood is Prinoe Georg?, of Greece. He may some day rule that country whioh Homer, DeBtnosthenes, Pericles and others made famous. He has grown up in that country which Lord Byron helped to free from the Turks, and he is an amiable young man who prom ises to be a helpful ruler when the day comes that he shall take the throne. It must not be forgotten by the children interested in royal babies that, under the laws of some countries, a baby giri may become the ruler or queen. It is not so in all the coun tries, but in Holland, the sweet and simple Wilhelmina, after a happy girlhood, did become queen, and now ruleu that industrious land. I have told of some of the things that happened when the young heir to the throne cf Russia was born. Oth er strange happenings take plaoe in other oountries when royal babies nome into the world. I think there io ono province in Germany where, when they learn that the Emperor ii the father of a son, the ten oldest women in the province must march barefooted and bareheaded to ohuroh and offer thanks to God at the altar. France isa republic, like the United States, not so much fuss is made over babies there; but when it was a king dom and had royal rulers, the birth of an heir to the throne meant that every sailor in the royal .navy received a present of half a pound of tea. In Italy the sailors on the royal ships, whoo an heir comes, get, np matter where they may be, half a day's leave on shore. In England there is an almost ob solete custom that, upon the king's having a son, he may, for a whole day, cease his royal duties, not be king, and just have a good time asa private oitizon. Eoyal babies "are not born poor* The royal baby of Europe whioh, at the present time, has the left in come per year, gets at that $25,000 every twelve months, and some of them have incomes as high as $100,' 000 and $150,000 a year. They can not spend it all; they need, in fact, bat little of it; still, the money is ac cumulated for them, and; when they come of age or go to tho throne, thea it is given to them. ":.'> 3p^ith all the wealth and pomp which surround many of these babies* they have iii tome instances wretched timt2. A royal baby, after it reaches the ago wheio it can think,- must think ?8ptheri tell it to. That is, H must no? be too original in* its thoughts. An American baby would hardly like that. It cannot play with whomsoever it pleases; it cannot go wherever it chooses to; it cannot he just what it may wish to be. There is always kept before the royal baby this warning: "You may somo day be king; you must think only of that and prepare for it." Thc youngster may have all kinds of desires to go nutting, fishing, and to play as common children do, hut watohful tutors and attendants con stantly keep it reminded that royal children must not do these things be cause of their station in life But if tho children are doprived of many pleasures common to boys who never will be kings, their lives, after they are eight or ten years of age, aro busy ones. There aro few royal fam ilies of Earope now that permit their children to come up in idleness. As soon as they are old enough to Btudy, they receive a training ia books and book knowledge that is severe. As the tutor of the preseut Emperor of Germany once said to him: 'If you are to be Emperor you must know more than your people do and be ablo to rule them." 'So tho children study the languages and the scienoe of government. They strive to fit themselves for tho hard work of life which is before them. It is said that the young Grown Prinoe of Germany has gone so far in his studice that at the present time he can tell offhand: The strength of the different navies of the world; of the different armies; the orops of each world oountry; what bin own country produces the most of and laoks tho moot; tho population and aroa of all the principal nations; give outlines of tho character of the government of each; and, with all this, speak several languages, shoot, swim and ride well, and aot as a kind of private secretary for his father, the Emperor. Now for the average American boy to have all this knowledge and make good use of it before he is twenty-one years of age, would seem like a great undertaking. Tho American boy should remem ber, though, that all this knowledge worked into the brains of royal chil dren does not make them good nor wholesome children, and later, strong men, if they have not character. The common boy is tho equal of the royal boy, in this if not in other things; that neither can lie, form bad habits, j be selfish, heidie, without paying the ! same penalty. The royal boy that lives a useless life comes to the same uuhappy end as docB the boy of every day life who cannot see that honesty end work make for the best. Tlc unhappy end of King Alezander or Servia shows to what fate a boy may come, who will not learn to oontrol himself so that, in the years to come, he may be able to kindly, wisely and with a helping hand, govern others. To most boys few opportunities to govern others como, but it is a long gain on life and its real purpose to be able to rule yourself. Kot What fie Meant. A farmer recently paid, a visit to a neighbor, says the Chicago Journal, and as he passed along by thc side of the fields he made a mental note of the feet that ' no scarecrows were visible. Meeting his neighbor almost immediately, he opened conversation, as follows. "Good morning, Mr. Oates. I see you have no scarecrows in your fields. How do you. manage to do without them?" "Oh, well enough," was the inno cent reply. "You see, I don't need 'em, for I'm in the fields all day my self." His Deduction. Colgate Hoyt tells a good story of a South Carolina darky's first experi ence fftth the wiles of modern finance. Sam was the colored gentleman's name, and his errand to the bank Cf the town near which he lived was to borrow $.10 to move his crop. The teller has referred him to the cashier and the cashier to the president him self, and that official had smilingly agreed that the agricultural good of the land needed suoh help, and that Sam shonld certainly have his money. .A note was drawn forthwith, but when tho discount clerk got through with it the farmer received just $7.50. . As he walked np the street trying to figure, things out, a white neighbor met him. <'Hello, Sam," said ht; "what's wrong?" "Nuffiu'tall, sir," said 8?m. "Ob, come, now; there surely is. Yon look as if you'd .lost a friend. What is it?" ."Wolli boss, hit's dis,. I jest bin down to de bank fer a bit o* money to move do crap, an' Mister Hall he done say he'd loan me $10 fer a month. Den he charge me $2.50 for hit, an',I jes* reach de 'elusion dat if I'd- a' asked fer dat $10 for fo' months I would ha' got nuffin."-Philadelphia Ledger., Be?,, t?? ? ^lae.Kiad jen Haw Ahu^s BougU Killed By Lightning. Georgetown, April 30.-Mrs J. Har leston Read wai struck by lightning and instantly killed during a severe thunderstorm Sc'srday afternoon at Maryville, near Georgetown. Miss Elizabeth Read was severely shocked, but will recover. Col. J. Harlcstou Read and Miss Mary Adams of Colum bia, who were in the same room, es caped without injury. Col. Read, Mrs. Read and Miss Read were sitting on a sofa near the wall and Miss Adams in a chair near the centre of the room, wh?n the fa tal flash descended into the house. Mi. W. M. Gaillard of Georgetown was quickly summoned and adminis tered to Miss Read. The death of Mrs Read is a terrible blow to her family and this community. No sadder occurrence has over happen ed here. She was universally loved, ! a Christian woman of the most beauti ful type of character, a leader in all deeds of charity and good works. Tho deepest sympathy of all goes out to the sorely afflicted and bereaved family.-Special to State. Straightening Things. Patrick Maginis went to confession, and among many other sins, con fessed to thc good father that ho had stolen Mrs. Mulcahy's pig, thc IOBB of whioh had been a great blow to the poor woman. The priest looked at Pat very severely and said: "Stolo Mrs. Muloahy's pig, did ye? "That's very bad, Patrick-very bad. Don't you know, Pat, that to steal a pig is a heinous Bin, and to steal Mrs. Mulcahy's pig is worse? What will ye say in the day of judgment when Mrs. Mulcahy confronts yo before the Lord an' charges ye with stealin' her pig-what'll ye say?" Pat looked rather glum at this on slaught, but at this point ho picked up ?nd said: "Sure, yer riverinoe, Mrs. Mulcahy won't be there," "Indade; an' why not, Pat Maginis? Mrs. Mulcahy will be there and the pig'll ba there, an' when yer asked why ye stole tho widdy's pig, what'll ye say, I'm wantin* to know?" "Will Mrs. Mulcahy be there?" asked Pat, a great idea illuminating his face. "She will." said tho good father se verely. "And will the pig be there?" "Certainly." "Then begorra," said Pat, I'll say 'Mrs. Mulcahy, there's your pig.' " A Question Decided. "Which," said the man who UBed to belong to a debating society, "ex ercises the greater influence, love of reward or fear of punishment ?" "Love of reward," answered the member of the grand jury. '\Nearly every investigation of graft shows that the fear of r nishment is scarcely in evidence a -JV'-Wash ington Star. - Nine times out of ten when a man buys a horse he is sold. - A much-admired girl does not always make an admirable wife. Au old bachelor says that a fool and his money are soon wedded. - A woman's pronunciation of de pot depends on her station in lifo. -r There are as many ways to win a woman's heart as there are wo men. - But the more a man boasts of his honesty the more he doesn't prove it. - A woman always tries to figure out from the way the envelope is ad dressed whether the letter contains good news or bsd news. . - One of the relaxations of .home, after you have worked down town all day io to try to solve the servant prob lem with your family. -"It's dangerous not to notice a new dres3 your wife has, because she thinks you are not interested, and it's dangerous to notice beoausc it may be a new one you forgot to notice be fore. --Some people arc so lucky they can't oven get engaged without having it broken. - Even the man who knows how hard it is to/ piok the winner in a horse race acts as if it was too easy to pick a wife. . -It is awful nice the way women can run in ribbons where nobody is expected to see them in such a way that you oan't help seeing them. rr There is an awful lot of fun ic fooling yourself i'nto'bolieving you are hating it when you aren't, SYMPTCTOTH? Little Ailments that Should ba Lt Wi Anyone who has any of tho many symptoms caused by poor digestion should take special care to avoid con ditions where disease germs are like ly to bo present. Any of the follow ing symp'oms are good evidence of stomach t.., ables. Acidity Nausea ^ ? Spining up of foc? Gripe? Collo Coaled tongue XTeavlntMit alon;ach Boar Usia In the mouth Se Jin ec? In urine Diarrhoea Klftht ?weat* i Narrousoata Read actio Siek headache Lot? of flesh Vertigo or di tAntts Heartburn Drowalam A WHITE HOUSE SCENE. Thc Army That Mr?, Harrison Showed to Mrs. Butterworth; When Mrs. Caroline Harrison was the first lady of the land she gave the renovation of the White Houso her personal supervision, and some of her methods were unique. Mrs Ben Butterworth told a story af one I of her ideas, the working of which I Elie witnessed once upon makiug a* early morning call. Finding Mr. McKee in thc red parlor alone she inquired for her mother. " 'Where is mamma?' Why, in the basement. You will generally find her in the basement, too, until she is perfectly sure there nre no more worlds ty conquer." "Well, 1 will look for her," said the visitor, and descending to thc lower corridor she soon located her iii the kitchen. "Come iii," said Mr??. Harrison "that is, if you can cross that chasm of dirt and creeping things of all kinds/' pointing to the floor, where lay, in evidence of her prowess, my riada of defunct water bugs, etc., that had been slaughtered under her direction. "And now come up into tho din ing room," she said after she had explained certain of her contemplat ed improvements. "I want lo show you something else." Going upstairs they entered the family dining room, and tho visitor, standing in front of the mantel, Baid: "What is it? I do not see any thing new." "Turn around," said the presi dent's wife, and doing so Mrs. But terworth at last noticed two good ?ized sponges hanging over the man telpiece. "Well, I see some sponges. What sro they for?" But just then she ob served two thick, brown streaks about an inch wide reaching from the mantel to > lie sinniges, and they seemed to be in motion. "Why, what is that?" she asked. "That is two solid armies of rod ants," said Mrs. Harrison. "Those sponges have been saturated with sweetened water, and the ants are traveling up to them for a feast, and as soon as they have pretty well covered the sponges they will be plunged into hot water, ants and all, then washed and sweetened again. They have been changed four times already this morning, and n3 yet there seems no perceptible diminu tion of their number. But time and patience work wonders sometimes, and arc a sure remedy if, kent, up long enough."-Housekeeper. Ho Knew His Sister. , Little Dick-Is this the house you and Sis is to live in when you is mar ried ? Mr. Nicefello - Yea, my boy. What do you think of it ? " 'Tain't half big enough." "Your sister, myself and a servant will constitute the family, as a rule. I am sure there is plenty of room for us and spare rooms for the rela tives." "Yes, plenty for the family, but tho family don't count. What you want is strangers, all the time too." "Ha, ho ! Why should I wish to entertain strangers, my boy ? I om not going to keep a hotel." " 'Cause Sis will always be real kind and polite to you when stran gers is about." Oysters In tho Time of Sallust. The highly digestible quality of the oyster considered as food was known at a very early period. WThen Sergius Orata "ennobled tho Lu crine oysters" the British variety was unknown to the Romans, but Sallust, at lea?t fifty years before Christ, says of the Britons that there is some good in them af ter all, as they produce an oyster. Sergius had his neds off Baise and made a profit out of them, as they were much in request as a prelude to a banquet and were esteemed besides for their medicinal virtues. "They nourish wonderfully," we are told, "and solicit rest," being moro heal ing tha? ?tty^?rng or mixture that the apothecaries can compound. Londot?^S?^urday Beview. Quilty Anyhow. Sergeant Sharp was as regimental as it is possible for a man to be. "'Shuni" he cried to his squad. "Quick march! Left wheel! Halt! Take Murphy's name for talking in the ranks." "But he wasn't talking," protest ed a corporal who was standing near. "Wasn't ho?" roared Sergeant Sharp, "Don't matter then. Cro?s it out, and then put him in the guardroom for deceiving mc." London Telegraph. mm r i~ -- -. A woman looks on facts like rubbers, bicycles and other things that ought to be kept on thc hack stoop. CIN VITE GERMS. loked After If One Wants to Keep * ?ll. These little ailments, which indi cate a weak stomach and imperfect digestion, should be looked after by the use of Mi-o-na, if one want9 to keep well. A tablet of this remark able remedy taken before each meal, will BO strengthen the stomach and digestive organs that natural weight will be restored and perfect health and strength regained. Ask Etais Pharmacy to bbo*v you the Mi o-na guarantee. Rydale's Tonic a new, scientific remedy for tho > * *od and Nerves tho blood by eliminating tito vrosto Altor Impurities and by destroying n'orolK'S that Infest the blood. It UUXHI by restoring and multiply* i n-ti corpu*olen, making tho blood rich i .vi. lt restores and stimulates the nerves, eniising a full free flow of nerve fore?? through out the entire nerve system, lt nj?eed?ly cured unstrung nerves, nervousness, nervous proB traliou, and all dlsenises of the nervous system. 1 a read cure for ? Malaria, v RYDALE'8 TONIC is a specific for aU foro? i of Malaria, lt acts on a new principio. It kill? the microbes that produco Malaria. Tho causo ! being removed, th? disease quickly disappears? j RYD?LE'B TONIC IS guaranteed to euro tho ' most obstinate cases of Malarial Fever, Chills ' and Fever, Ague, et<\ Wo authorize all dealers handling our remedies to refund tho purchase ' price for every bottle, of KYDALE*S TONIO that does not give satisfaction. RADICAL REMEDY COMPANY. HICKORY. N. C. FOR SALE BY EVANS PHARMACY. Wanted to Buy. Good, Flat Land, in good state of cultivation and well im proved. . Wanted to Sell. 132 acres, Hall Township-40 aerea in bottom lauds that will yield 100O bushels coru. Fair improvement. 148 acre?, Savannah Township, known as Evergreen place. Well im proved, good orchard. 84 acres, Hopewell Township. Tenant house, barn, ?fcc. 45 acres u*. cultivation, balance woods aud old field?. 152 acree, Rock Mills Township. Price 81200. 00i acres, Broadway Township. Well improved. Price $2500? 87J acre?, Varenues Township-improved. 2?0 acres, Fork Township. JOS. J. FRETWELL, ANDERSON, 8. C, THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM! Unexcelled Dining Car Service. . Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on alllTrains. _ ConvenientlSchedules on all LocallTra ins. WINTER TOURIST RATES are now ^effect to all Florida; Points For full information as to rates, routes, etc.,f[consult2 nearest Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. G. o ? Sap gsa BF.Bj 0 td Q >> M ?d O ri a M H OD O a ? H M Q H OD > < > W 0 > 4 S SS w O s 2 CO . o o 4 M S te G On, UH C T h i H Establishment lias bceu Selling IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. During all that time competitors have come and gone, but we have remained right hero. We have always sold Cheaper than any others, and during those long years we have not had one dis satisfied customer. Mistakes will sometimes occur, and if,at any time wo found that a customer waa dissatisfied wo did not rest u???il ban h:na satisfied. This policy, rigidly adhered to, has made us fneuds, true and last ing, and we can eay with prid<\ but without boasting, that we have thc confi denceof the people ?-f this Section; We have a lnr^r Stock of i?oods **?w season than we have ever had, and wo pledge you our word that we have mv?-r sold Furniture at as dose a margin of profit as we are doing now. Thia .t* proven by the fact that we are selling Furoiture. not only all over Anderson County but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Come and seo us. Your parents.saved money by buying from us, and you and your children can save money by buying tore loo. We carry EVERYTHING in tho Furniture line, C F. TOLLY &:SON, Depot Street. The.01dl.Rcliablc.FurnituretDcaloT8 . . _1_) MOVED ! WE have moved our Shop and oiHce below Peoples' Bank, in front oi Mr. J. J. Fretw?ll's Stables. Wo respectfully ask all our friends^ that need any Roofing done, or any kind of Repair work, Engine Stacks, Evaporators or any kind of Tin or Gravel Roofing to call on us. as we are prepared todo it! promptly and In best maonerJf Soliciting'your patronage, wo are, Respectfully, BUBRIS8 & DI WER.