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AT THE ? By Martha PAOTV Mcculloch a nw I a william* Copyright, ISO&* by Ruby Douglas Mary-Cindy swung down tho Une, ?.waving end weaving, her hands - as high as her head, all the while chant .lng with the rest: ."Whirl about and wheel about. Rose Betsy Una! "Wheel about and twirl about, Ro-sa Bet? ey LJ-nal ... < 'Twirl about, whirl "bout. Ro-sa Bet-ey L.i-na! . X wont you for my d-a-r-l-l-n-g!" Ber chanting was thin and sweet, a Vflno thread of melody through the ramping, romping chorus, which the rhythmic footfalls, heavy or light, ac ?cented Into something Svelrd, almost ?barbaric. The motion, too, had o touch .of primitive savagery-lt was so free, BO unrestrained, so vividly vital. The row of player? rao. all tho big room's length, men one side, women the other, with the topmost couple ever ?changing as those who had stood head .awung down tho middle together, then separated, meeting and parting and ?winging as they met up tho sides ?again. The play waa no more than a -.reel, lacking only tho piping or the ..Addling. But good Mrs. Dowdell, who ?ueld dancing a deadly sin, stood hy looking on happily and laughing heart ily at the antics and shufflings of the in o re vigorous players. Mary-Cindy'a foot was as light as -.thistledo wu. Her mother thought proud ly how clumsy she made the other girls ? .took, unintentionally, of course. Mary Oindy would not think of willfully out shining them thus in ber own house at ?her very first party. Mrs. Dowdell had been doubtful over tbe'p?rty. Now she was very glad she .tad let Mary-Cindy havo her way. The -trouble- had been nothing to apeak of, ..and a3 for tho expense-well, she reck oned she could call in tho neighborhood 3'oung folk to feast and frolic this one night without asking anybody's leave. .What if she bad not quite paid back all -tiie money-she bad to borrow when her husband died? She owed lt to her brother, a bachelor, and as fond ns he ?could be ot Mnry-Cindy. Certainly he -wouldn't make her trouble. As for .other folks, let them say what they -.pleased. - Thus the good dame said to herself .openly in her upper mind. Down be Meath she felt that the party was worth -while because lt had brought young El berton again within range of Mary-Cin .dy'o eyes. He had seemed struck with her at the big meeting, now sis weeks back, but had somehow not come to 'Call, as she had confidently expected he -would. But nobody could say she? had jun nf ter him. His coming was, after -a sort,- accidental. She had but said to ,ouck Ed muda that he might fetch .whatever young men he chose,, and .Jack had chosen to bring Ellerton. : BUerton bad insisted upon being Ma try-Cindy's partner In all the plays. He Jaad said, too, he was going to make her take, him in to supper, so as to he -.sure of getting a full share of the good -things. All night he had been laugh Jug and as full of pranks as ? boy just "Ont of , schcol. Hs i;sd cvsxi Ijcezi ? -clous enough to dirag Mrs. Dowdell her* sself into one play-for a singlo round, .o? courso-and he had fallen into the ? Itvoy of ^ calling her Mammy ' Dowdell, -as..did all the other; boys, whom she Usad*about half brought up. - . ,- . ?, ' "Ain't he argay one? I Wonder how Als .wife'd like it ef. sho knowed bia .carryin's on!" Pamela Ricks said in" Mrs. ; Dowd?it^B. ipa*, nodding aa sh?: .spoke toward BMerton. ' ..v ? , ' '.: Pamela, :.ta^. n^ rvery pretty; Now;'^thirty, thtani?g, . fading, with her. soni on edge, she was ^spiteful withal, a gossip ofVh? first wa tfer. But Mrs. Dowdell waa a match 4for her. ' '{?. -. '*NobodyV wife has got any call to TOihd ber husbands bein' at my house, ^party or no party."'she said, with her -easiest smile. "But I bellera in bein? Sceerftik^ berton he'd have to put np mostly with M?ry-C^ I wouldn't have ? flhlm benuin' - around the. other gala. , i imowed Mary-Cindy*d keep him Out o' Pamela's Jaw dropped. ? "La, thought yon 6!i?!h't? know--no morCn the restl'' ehe o^calat^d. \ just then the rash toVaupper 'swept Afcer.-; away-supper which meant hot xoast turkey,' barbecued pig, nme kinds; ^f <?ko Mnd: fifei oif custard, not to iuim? hot coffee and brandy fruit, Mrs. Dowdell.bad?x!&ted nothing, but some? - !|li?W>^ un and down'the ?ong^^le s?e h^ iwifery pride St aeen^ to hoid naught bat dust and /ashes. ?he had lied bravely to Pamela, It ?-iras the, only thing to do if, she Would ?ave ; her :chtid : froth Pam?i?V add tongue; , Her heart weat flown, down. . ?j^'fr&s looked to the farther end of .the Toomandeaw .. |lk^j damask rosea aiSF starry eyes laughing at <sooiotS?ng fmk Bllerion 2iad said, then suddenly darUng nway tcom him to^greet a late arrival. "Yon doh*t 'iif?svac^y??\ho^^. nor a, J^ambi.of supper, VOTS horrid Bolly; .Slowpoke." she e??d to tho newcomer, with a amU? that took all ?tla# from the ttords. "Yon tried yonrlS^g . . :^^o^^,D^t;try..tO' ;mako'0^sea.c ' '. '"My esc?s? s?ids KseSfc SiT? Wnl?u* ?for ns\Mii^T''Bto&:-?rt?? said very ' low, aa AS spoke, stepping between ;iyoti'i^ . felrbnnd. '? it in tho roa4 and what to do (with It beOt? mo plomb arr? clean.'* -? . ^*tthat?ifrtko ls' itr Maiy-ctady. X thathad ?ot atackv iri tb? iiud' . ihla side the creek. > Tho. fc*fi?y -axle:' rising up and turning to fae* "Mn ??arion, I ??O?. $eB "Call him!" Mary-Ctadv said, wheel- I lng upon Billy. Sbo was white and trembling, but her voice rang clear. The stronger girl looked at her curi ously with eyes full of dancing. Ughte lights that matched well" the wavery color ba her cheeks. But abe said noth ing until Billy came back with young Ellerton, who started at sight of her, yet evidently not hi dismay. He caught both her hands and looked down at her with a working face, his eyes ask ing questions his Ups could not tome. "Frank! Oh, Frank! It's all right we're friends again-and free!" the stranger cried joyously, Staging her arms about his neck and hugging him tight "And ?'in so glad I almost love you," she went on. "They wanted to send for you-said I ought to walt until you came, but you know I bato wait ing. I simply had to come and tell you the good nows." "You darling Edith," Frank said af fectionately, patting her cheek Then he tu "Tied to the wondering pair beside him and explained, still keeping hold of Edith's hand. "We've had fearful trou: ble, all for nothing. You see, wo got married in a joke-not In the least meaning to do lt-two years back. When wo found out we were tied hard p.n? fast our people, wno -*v?r? delight ed to have us tied, tried hard to per suado us into accepting the situation. All we would agree to waa to walt awhile, a year pr such matter, before undertaking to set ourselves free. But tho longer we thought of tho tie the less we liked being bound, although we kept on being the best posslblo friends. And then there came a tune when we both found out things-things about ourselves and other people. We didn't. want a divorce. Indeed, we couldn't .well get it. Annulment was hardly practicable, BO WO wero at our wits' end. And tBen a blessed lawyer dug out tho chance of jactitation of mar riage, and somehow he has carried lt through,, and we're consequently ready to dance at each other's wedding." . "Yes," Edith said, nodding and blush ing, then holding out her hand to Mary Cindy. "Mine is next week. You must be sure to come. WU1 you do it?" "Certainly she will," Ellerton an swered before Mary-Cindy could apeak. "She'll come and be your matron of honor. You know I'm going to be Joe Bent's best man." "I'm glad you have It all settled," Mary-Cindy said, running away, but with a blush that promised all the most eager lover could ask. According* io tim Letter. | There aro some literal minded per sons who are never satisfied with the spirit of the law, but who consider it necessary tor enter Into compromises with the letter. Of such was On old citizen of Hopklnton, N. H., a good many years, ago, and his juggling with ' his conscience ls recorded by Mr. Lord in the records of the town. The old man used to boast that he never went back on bis exact word, but bad no compunctions ta going round lt Once he wished to buy a cer tain tract of land, aad when tile owner named the price he exclaimed: VI won't give lt! I teU you I will never give iii** The owner did not yield nevertheless. A few days afterward the old man called again. He aald nothing about the land, but stepped tate the owner's barn and picked np a flail. "Whaite that?' he naked. .That? Oh, that's a flail." "So yon call that a flail, do yon? Well, what "would yon take for it?" Tba owner named A very, small sum.. . *NOW+ rh tell yon what -i'll do." con tinued the old man. ?TH give yon the price you'mentioned for your' land and this flails y And yon mustn't forget the, flail. It rnust .be included in the deed." So .the legal lnsbrament ^?a duly made out,'signed and delivered, record lng the purchase of a certain tract Of land situated thus and so. and bounded se feUo^.&od als^-aio^ . ^Mrs* Compton looked nf ; her patient ?but .hewildered husband.'tflth. an .ex-, pression of good natured; "superiority. "Dear me, George," she said, cheerfully, fl don't see the, use of tay. trying to ex plain to yon; hut I'm perfectly willing todo lt of course. >\ . ^ did intend, as yon say, to buy a j kitchen table, and I camc horne with a . hall, mirror. ' But it waa an absolutely Juitural change. "First : I looked at kitchen tables. Then . tho clerk called my attention to the kitchen cabinets,, with' drawers and' ; every tiling,. Then; I said how. much j they looked lute .bureaus,, except that j they had notglass. Th en b e Bh?wed roe one with a glass, and/then he said he had such a pretty bureau if ? cared toi lOOk St lt ! ' ' ..:/.": A .';] "Sol looked at that, and it was pr?t-, .iy, Kat the glasa : waa rather email. So j '?J?i?a he showed me a dresatag c?s# ."with a good slated mirror, and X said . VrtVit nice.'glasa lt wak.,. And ihtm f?* said,' 'If you "want to'aee ? ?ne piece of glass, jet me show,yon one of our new "And of worse. George, yon can on-, derstand that when I saw that bea uti .f-ai;(tatar?r ,t had .to have it; and /on know yon don't like mo to run np h?ls ; Sn new places, and I hadn't enough to fctry' a- kitchen table, too, eb-now ian?t lt clear ?H~Youtii^ ?fce Humral?p nirtl Flowep. '??I AUotedo avaaials. tho wonderful go -cased /?.hi^hihig%bird favor ot the piatas of eastern Turkey, eronda unique and alono among tho jrjany specimen ARTIFICIAL EYER. Tho First Ones Blade Were Worn Outside th? Socket. As early as 500 B. C. artificial eyes were runde by the priests of Rome and Etrypr, who practiced ns physicians and surgeons. Their methods of oyo mak ing are thus described: On a strip, of flesh tinted linen, two and a qunrter by ono and a quarter inches, the Hat aide of a piece of earthenware, model ed life S!KO and painted to represcut the human eye and eyelids, was ce mented. This linen, coated on the oth er side with some .adhesivo substance, waa placed over tho eyehole and pres?- j ed down. In brief, the artificial eyo was worn outside the socket and, though a clumsy substitute, was prob ably appreciated by the Romans uud Egyptians. In the ruins of Pompeii, destroyed lu TO A. D., au eye of this description was discovered. Not until the sixteenth century do wo hear of eyes at ali like those of today-that is, worn inside tho socket. A French surgeon, one Ambrolse Pare, invented three artificial eyes. One cou sisted of au oval plate covered with soft leather, on widch au eye waa painted. It was attached to the head by a strong steel band. It could have been neither sightly nor comfortable. The second device and the first known in history to be worn inside tho socket consisted of a hollow globe of gold deftly enameled. The third eye devised by this ingenious gentleman was a shell pattern eye, much like that in use today, except that it was of gold and enamel. Parc's inventions were followed by eyes of painted porcelains and colored pearl white, which became very pop ular. They were succeeded by eyes of glass, which soon took the place of all others and command popular favor to this day. Glass eyes were Invented about the year 1570 and were crudo productions of inferior workmanship, the iris and pupil being hand painted in a far from lifelike manner. Shakespeare mentions glass eyes In "King Lear," where the king advises tho blinded traitor Gloucester to "get thee glass eyes and seem to see." QUEER OLD RUSSIA. Tlie Firing of Stoacoir In tho Time of Ivan the Terrible. . One who traveled through Russia In 1G98 wrote in Latin an interesting ac count of what he saw. This was aft erward translated Into English in part as follows: "The Muscovites are gener ally of a very strong constitution, both very tall and bulky. Above one-half of the year is taken up with their fasts, when the-common people feed upon nothing else but cabbage and cucum bers, and these raw, only pickled." The writer, Henry William Ludolf, has leanings trrrnrd vegetarianism, for he added, 'This is an evident sign of their natural vigor, though it' must also be allowed that they promote the di; ?stlon by the brandy and leeks which they uso in large quantities, and questionless correct the viscous humors arising in the stomach by such indigestible nour ishments." a Giles Fletcher, an English traveler, saw Moscow fired by an army of Tar tars hi 1571 in the absence of Czar Ivan the Terrible. Ho writes, "There was nothing but whirlwinds and such a noise as though the heavens would have fallen." According to Fletcher, numerous persons were burned to death, while crowds struggling to es cape from the flames met, and the ensu ing crush resulted iii thousands of fa talities. He asserts that "there perished at that time by the fire and the press the humber, of 800,000 people or more." This estimate, of course, was excessive, ? As a means of getting rid of the dead bodies, says Fletcher, the Czar Ivan ordered them eh his return j "to be ?xvoyr?. mto^.the Moskva,1 and the corpses dammed the deep and rapid river and .caused lt. to, overflow ita hanks. . '-..'<." , ?*Conn?eIor Therefore.? Sergeant- Kelly, a celebrity of the Irish bar, bad a remokablo habit of drawing conclusions directly at vari ance with; bis. premises and was con* sequently nicknamed "Counselor There fore." In court onvone occasion' he thus addressed the Jury: "The case is . 'sp. clear, gentlemen, that; you cannot possibly misunderstand lt; and I should pay your understandings a very poor compliment If I dwelt upon lt for an other minute, Therefore I' shall at once proceed to explain lt to ypu as minutely as possible." . . ??ir.'-- :> -:- 'V -, ? A Mohammedan Custom. ; The Mohammedans baye the Custom, when they receive' a present, of thank VingGod Awe, then tho giver. If you do ithem .ft .favor they will , say, "I thank I Ged; for your kindness to me." Some ! may comply-rather thoughtlessly with this custom, which they have Inherited from their fathers, nut many certainly say it with their whole heart Arnon? 'Friends.' ,'-.;;?? J ' 'fWhewj What, Lottie Brown engag ed? .That proves what I've always sald-that, ho matter bow plain and StfuK tempered a girl may" be, there's 'always' a fool ready to marry her. Who's the poor, inan?". ' . amr-Life. ' ? ?.'?'..ThO Camel '? Ham v. I ? " The camel was the last of tte ?ni* mais t? ; enter ; tho ark... "Hey* there, you,** called Noah, ; "?et * hump on yourself"l" -Then the camel promptly. ! got its beck up, and that's hov/ lt bap ! pened.-Philadelphia Record. Tho power of fortune ls confessed only by; the the happy ' ?V?pui? - ??i their success io prudence " ' ^ ' ?' ? '.;.' * m >? ' ' ' ; ; 'i ; - A woman is afraid a mzn in try* I^>to.:??irVr ^th; her ,when she slips down and ho helps ber up. ;----:x?s; beet way tb iiye^for an'otb* er World ii to litro this world for .-There should bc as little merit in loving ?woman for- her beauty ?a ? scan for his prosperity, bo-h belog' eojiaaKy aubjeot toeheoge. y k?"lfc-pbpoorn: 'tie father of. all se Trrrfrr\Tr-m nu A nw A Trmei UV;lUU? ?JEiA D?^AIV??O THERE ARE FIFTY VARIETIES, ALL OF THEM VENOMOUS. With the Exception of the Cobra. And Uuahmawter ot Alric?, No Serpent on Lund K111& 80 Quickly and T?r ri bl y ?? bo Those ot the Ocean. Fearlessness ls ouo of tho most strik ing characteristics of Rea Quakes, and lt adds greatly to tho dauger that ls to be apprehended fro?? them, for it often leads thein to attack fishermen and swimmers, and even to climb up the anchor chains and through tho hawse holes and attack the crow, aud as the bite of every ono of the fifty known varieties ia fatal there is groat fear felt of them In the'ocean spaces which they Inhabit. These fifty varieties are nil classified, under tho general title of thanato ' phidia. Nono of them ls able to live anywhere except in ocean water. Every I variety and subvariety ls as poisonous ? ns the cobra or tho bushmaster of Af? . rica. Indeed, with the exception of . theso two land varieties, lhere ls no ! snake on land that kills so swiftly and so terribly as do the sea snakes. Ow ! lng to their fatal weapons and their j ease and celerity in swimming there are practically no enemies which de stroy enough of them to diminish their numbers. Almost all the thunutophldln arc beautifully colored, even more gorgeous than any of the land snakes, with the possible exception of the coral, /irass and carpet enakes. They are banded, striped, speckled and blotched with green, olive, yellow, blue and black and 1 present a most brilliant spectacle as I tliey aro seen swimming below the sur i face of the transparent blue of the Indi j an ocean. When they are swimming at ? tho ordinary rate of speed they seem j to undulate all over. They do not wind through tho water as the eel does, but ; their locomotion resembles that of the caterpillar except that It ls far more graceful, aud ns they move and twist tho colors play along their sides and backs as they do on the dolphin. When they dash nt their prey at full speed they move like an arraw, with their heads and necks thrust straight before them If they are swimming under the surface, or, if they are dnrtlng nlong I tho top of the water, with their heads elevated Just enough to clear the j waves. When they are racing along t thus their sole menus of locomotion is ; their broad, paddle shaped tall, which i is peculiar io all the sea snakes und forms the only striking difference be , tweeu theui nnd thp ordlnnry innd ser pent j ? This puddle is used liko a steamer's ! screw and has immense power. Bent sideways lt will stop the snake Imme diately as if the crenture had anchored suddenly. When dozlug or resting over reefs, which are common in the coral . banks, snakes bold fast to the rocks or : bottom with their broad tails and will often sway in this way for hours in calm weather, j Men may have recovered from the i bites of these serpents, but there are j certainly nono on record. Most of , their victims arc Maiay and other na , tlvo fishermen, and ?hore dwellers and j physicians rarely get to see them. Statistics aro not kept hi that part of the world, so it is Impossible to ascertain bow many are kill 3d In this ; way each year. Travelers say that . there ls hardly n fishing village which ! bas net its tale of Har.ti 1 tn tgii^ j Scientists once held to tho opinion i that the deadliness of the bite was due I not to the venom, like that of the land . enakes, but to some property that . caused blood poison, as does the blto ; of many fishes which are not poisonous in themselves. But this opinlou was changed after the medical men on board the British warship Algerina had . made careful observations of a sailor who bad been bitten. They proved that tho snakes were directly poison ous and that they carry fangs charged with venom exactly like the cobra.. The open ocean ls the home of the Bea snakes. They do not even ascend the rivers. Their favorite haunts are I the arma of the sea, which separate the Islands Of China, India abd the i south Pacific seas. They don't stay . near the shores, but remain at some distance, from the land. They are Inca pable of much movement on land, and ofter wriggling about and biting sav agely they will stay still tm they die. They are. found in many parts of tho world - lu the Indian and Pacific oceans, from Capo of Good Hope and Madagascar io the western shores of Panama and from New Zealand to Japan? in the bay of Bougal and the sea around Nleobars, Molucca, Timor and New Guinea.-New York Herold. Doable Flowers; j N?ariy all the doublo flowers of gar dens were first.found wild. Doublo buttercups, double primroses, double daisies, doublo roses and many other things were first discovered among their wild fellows and introduced into tho gardens. Tho florist, however, can j produce double flowers. He watches , this tendency in nature. If a flower usually has five petals, and he dis covers that some of the stamens have somewhat of n pet a l-l ike character, the 1 pollen te taken from these flowers and others in a normal condition fertilized With this pollen. The tendency, once started, is then given to the progeny. Almost any species of plant will in thia way be capable of producing double flowers. It Is surprising that, with this knowledge, more attempts nt this line ot } Improvement in ordinary garden flowers aro not'made. There ls ns much difference between genuine patience and sullen endurance no between tho emile of love and the malicious gnashing or the teeth.-w. s. PlUmer: :....*'- ' . ir". ->i ,: '.:- TIT child who orios for cake may live to beg for bread. ~ Between an ordinary cold and the grip ibo difference is the siso of the doctor's bili.. - As a rnie the imaginative poot ls one who imagines he can exe h ango his poetry for real money. v$^.',Tbere would he ylnt mora ton in , beioe a married mao if it Was agai ' the law. '~"3 i -The business of a eradlo manu - - ' S . .' ? ' "\':\ .. : '.' \ Tb?? Lesser Evil. Orlu?n o? Modern Ktlaaette. Tbls custom orlginnted in the elev enth century, when, assassination be ing unhealtlilly frequent, married men courteously encouraged their wives to go before them.-Sketch. A Wrong Idea. "I say, auntie, what's thnt funny man with the red cont?" "He's been hunting, dear." "Oh! Ho hasn't caught much, bas he. auntie?"-Punch. "Accepta With Pleasure." I fe ' - Mitta ' ? Mr. Crow-Como on, Marla; there's a nico old gentleman waving to us to como down and eat some seeds.-New York World. S--! Brotherly Love. "Throw that cigar away, my boy." "I'd let yer havo it in er minute, but blood ls thicker dan water. Mo brudder here asked first" A Cooa Plnce^ Old Gentleman on well at achoo!, my boy-got a good place In yourclasH, eh? Jones, Minor-Yes, air; next the e to vet -Tatler. - After a man has acquired a eer-j tain amount or wisdom he would rath- j er add tn it than male? a display of what little he has. -If a girl's father don't like a man she is sure he is nice* ' - If men took on years as slowly as women no girl would ever get out of baby clothes. - Unless a girl has on her best < stockings abu looks awful in the pho I ?rtfr-onVi ?aVrvn At ?ta* Vi a*. A --*? "7 --- --.- --? fWTVlERE have been great changes lu tho city of Manila since tho JL era of Spanish occupation. One of the Institutions established by Americans that have earned popu larity ls the Aro department. Much of tho efficiency which tho Manila Are fighters have attained is duo to tho work of that veteran fireman, Hugh Bonner, who waa recently appointed deputy fire coin missioner of New York city for the borough of Manhattan. It bas bern p.i\{A that Bonner comes near er to being the embodiment of the story book fire lighter than any other living man. Ile ls sixty-six years of age, and when ho was a youth fire fighting was not an occupation of itself. Even the city of New York, his birthplace, bad no paid fire department. Bonner learned thc tinsmith's trade ns a young man, but ns a boy be always ran with tho engines when a fire was to be put out, and ns soon as bo was old enough he Joined a volunteer company nnd roso to be a captain In the volunteer department While ho was fighting a fire with his company one day he and bis men wero notified that Uicy had boon made mombers of the newly or ganized paid department. He continu ed in tho service about thirty-five years and for over ten years was chief of the department, raising lt to a state of efficiency that made lt famous tho world over. About a half dozen years ago be resigned nnd was commissioned shortly afterward to go to Manila and undertake the establishment of Ameri can methods of fire fighting In the cap ital of tile Philippines. During the 301) years or so that the dons ruled lu Manila they had not dono much toward establishing n Aro department. In a city of nearly 300, OOO peoplo there were only a few an tlQuated hand engines manned by vol unteers. All this bas beeu chauged HU OH BONNER AND MANIDA METHODS BEr ? FOIlE ITU IUFHOVED THEM. by tho work Bonner did in his stay Of from two to three years lu tho city. Today the Are department ls the pet SI of property owners, who no longer watch In blank despair the burning of their bul laings when a fire breaks out. There are over 150 paid men In the de partment About 85 per. cent of tho force are natives, but tho officers are Americans, and many of the officers and men are former United States sol diers, a fact which maltes for good dis cipline. There are fire houses, steam and chemical engines and all other ap purtenances of an np to date depart ment Thu first uin6 that Bonner ?Hu lils new service were called on to at tend a fire In Manila there was great excitement in the Philippine city. A blaze nad started in the store of a mer chant on the Escolta, the leading street Shopkeepers by the hundred ran out into tho street fearing that their stocks of goods would be consum ed. Amid a clanging of strange bells and a clatter of hoofs the new firemen made a record In reaching tho scene. They obeyed their orders like soldiers, tho fire was put out In less than half an hour, and Manila did not get over the sensation In a week. One time when Bonner was chief of the Now York fire department a fire broke out on election night on Broad way. A force of thirty men were on the fourth and fifth Aoors of the burn ing building pouring water on the fi?mes when tbe wall on one side of the structure from the roof to the pave ment fell outward. There was a whirl wind of flame and smoke, and the men at work in the building fighting the Are prepared to jump to the ground, think ing that otherwise .they would be bur led In the ruins. The windows were liped with men ready to leap to a fate that might be death. Bonner ls noted for bis knowledge of the construction of blindings. He knew that though one wall had fallen out the others would probably stand. So ho shouted to the panic stricken men: "Stay where you ore. You're all tight** The men had so much con fl- [ dence in his judgment and were nude? each good discipline that they obeyed, end thus their lives were saved. - Don't get discouraged. No man is really down and out until the under taker getB busy. ? Vvv- ' >- Xt sometimes happens - that a modest mao employs a press agent to do his boosting for him. - - No matter, how muoh a mau owes he is always ready to liquidate if in ! vited tc faoe the bartender. - Did yon ever encounter a laiy man who didn't attribnte all bis trials a=d triba??ticss tc bad ?uow? People's Bani o? into? ANDEBSOff, H. C. Wo resp "ctf ully solicit a share ot your business. Kl LL THE COU G HI AND CURE TUB LUMCSJ w,T" Dr. King's j Nsw Discovery /"fONSUMPTION Price I ?FOR I OUGHSand 6Ge&$1.0?l I IDOLOS Free Trial, i g Surest and Quickest Cure for all r 1 THROAT and LUHQ TROTJB-1 [MM MONEY BACK. | THOMAS ALLEN, ; A'RFORNEY AT LAW, Oi?lce in Old Benson Banding* i \ Money to Loan on Real Estate. W4LL PAPERING. - ^jfr A fun assortment ot Walt Papar, in eluding Tapestry, satin ?niab, ingrain and bath room Tile. The largeat stock ever carried in Andernon. Room mould ing to matob all paper. AU orders filled on abort notioe. Three of tbo beat papor bangers In the olty. We also do work out of the olty. Q. L. /> *NOLD, Phone No. 20 B. 301 Depot street Notice to Creditors. AU persona having claims against the Estates of Mary Earle and Fletcher Inti mor, deoeased, are hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within thirty days after publication herof for payment. K. Y. H. NANCE, J nd uo cf Probato as Special Referee. Feb 21.1908 86 6 PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM _ Glennie, and beautifies the halb I Promote A luxuriant growth. NOT or Fails to Beato ro Qs*y I Kair to Ita Youthful Color. Cure? scalp uiu&je* & hair fallir?a. ?Qc,?nd, 1.00nt PrmrgUt, _ Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. Arrival and Departure of Trains, Ander son, S. C. Effective January 10,1900. DEPARTURES: 7.27 a. m. No. 22, daily exoept Sunday, for McCormick and interme diate stations, arrive McCor mick ll 15 a. m. 4:10 p. m. No 6, duiiv, for Augusta, Al lendale, Fairfax, Savannah, WaycroBB, JaoksonviUe and Florida points, connecting at AoguBta with C. cfc W. C. train No. 40. carrying through Pull man Bleeping Oar Servico to . Jacksonville, and at McCor f mick with O. & W. O. train No. 4, for Greenwood and interme diate stations. Arrive Calhoun FatlB5.42p m.. Augusta 8 25 p. m., Allendale 12.27 a. m.. Fair fax 12.89 a. m.. Savannah 2.50 n. m , Jacksonville 6.40 a. m. ARRIVALS: Trains arrive Union Depot Anderson, No. 5, dally, from August?, McCormick, Calhoun Falls and intermediate ata?or^s 11.00 a. m.; No. 21, daPy. exoept Sunday, from McCormick and intermediate ela tion a 8.05 p. m. ?L W. B. Steele^ ?. T. A., . Anderson, S. C. Geo. T. Bryan, G. A., Greenville, S.e. Ernest WUlhuhs, O.P.A. Augusta, GB. B. M. Emerson, _Traffic Manager. Blue Ridge Railroad. EfToctlvo Nov. 2D, tOOl, .WESTBOUND. No. li (dany)-Leave Belton 8.50 pv m; Anderson 4.1& p. rn. ; Pendleton 4.47 p. m. ; Cherry 4 54 p. m. ; beneca 5.81 p. m ; arrive Walhalla 6.55 p. m. No. 0 (dally except Sunday)-Leave Belton 10.45 a. m.; Anderson 11.07.a. m.; Pendleton 11.82 a m.; Cherry 11.89 a. m? arrlve at Seneca 11.57 a. m. No. 5 (Sunday only)-Leave Belton* 11.45 a. m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Pas? dloton 11.82 a. m.; Cherry 11.89 a. mg Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla LS, p. m. No. 7 (daily exoept Sonday)-Leave Anderson 10.30 a. m.; Pendleton 10.59 aw m.; Cherry 11.09a. m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; . arrive Walhalla 1.40 pm. ?f? No. 8 (dally)-Leave Belton 9.16 p, n,^ arrive Anderson 9.42 p. m. . ? \ No. 23 (daily exoept Bat tay)-Loav? Belton 9.00 a. m.; arrive Anderson 0.8O a m. . 'V EA8BOTJND, No. 12 (daily)-Leave Walhalla 8.85 aw m.; Seneca 8.58 a. m.; Cheriy 9.17 a?j~ Pendleton 9.25 a. m.; Anderson 10.C m.; arrive Belton 10.25 a. m. No, 15 (dally exoept Sunday)-1 Seneca 2.00 p. m.; Cherry 2.19 p. m.; . dleton 2.26 p. m.; Anderson 810 p. arrive Belton 8.35 p. m. - : No. 0 (Sunday only)-Laave Andarlos 3.10 p. m.; arrive Bel ton 3 85 p. m. J- ? No 8 (dally)-Leave Walhalla 3.1(1 pv m.; Seneca 5.31 p. m.; Cherry 5.59 p. rm., Pendleton 6.12 p. m.; Anderson 7.30 p. m.; arrive Belton 7.58 p. m. i No. 24 (dally except Sunday)-Leave " Anderson 7.50 a. m.: arrive Belton 8,^ a. m. H. O. BEATTIE, Pres.,I ? Greenville, S 0 ?. J. R. ANDERSON, SupL ? '_Anderson, 8.0.'^ j SO "-EARS' EXPERIENCE ? Scktttific jfiacricait ? ..a-: four monia, SI. ajMWWfSW.