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THE MAN IN T The Peculiar and not Pleaaan lina S A. M. Barnes, ii That had been tho greatest game year South Carolina sportsmen had known since tho president himself had come down as the guest of Geo. Ash ley and the Palmetto Club, and more than two score deer had been seen at ono stalking. From the swamps of the Cooper to the uplands beyond the Santce, deer, wild turkey, quail ran in Huch abundance as to make tin shooting of ihcni, especially the lat ter, a mere matter of choice. I got together my gun and dogs, and, at tended hy Amos, my serving hoy, re paired ti; tho Geld. 1 hunted for three day?, then, nomewhat surfeited,?for 1 had ?rreat .uck from start tobuish, 1 determined to rest for a day or so at thc tavern at Monk's Comer. 1 was sure I had my hearings sufficiently well to bo ena bled to find thc towQ with but little trouble. Weiset off at 3 o'clock in tho after noon, confidently expecting to reach the tavern at least by G o'clock, but getting off tho'way, it was sharp on t ' the hour of 8 ere wo arrived, tired, ?y?^ hungry, and bedraggled from the en counter with more than one trencher CUB -morass. I found the inn crowded, and to my dismay learned that there was a not single spare room. In addition to tho - sportsmen, tho lawyers, too, had gath ered, for court had opened only the day before. "Sorry, said the host, "but there isn't a room I could give you." Re stopped, seemed to consider a point for a moment or so, then aBked hesitatingly, "You wouldn't caro to share a room with another would you?" "Decidedly not," I returned em phatically. "Well, then,'.I ?uppose, sir, there's nothing else but.for you to take it sit ting up in themain room. A fire will bc kept burning all night. You are welcome, sir, of course. I thanked him and walked away. I knew there was no other resource, since this) was the only public house in the town. I passed through the door of the rather small office and out into the sain room. It was crowded, and some portions of the sompany therein assembled were not of the best. I very soon saw that if I pro vuicd eves comfortable silting apace I would have to elbow for it. I stood it until, ll o'clock, then, thoroughly worn ont, I came to the deoision that even a strange bed-fel low, however disagreeable, waa vastly pr?f?rable: tc this mixable make shift of sitting up to sleep. I walked back to the office. 'TH take the bed with the other fellow," I ) said to the landlord, with very muoh the air of meekness I had seen my _i-:_:_LMM1f rr lieu icsiguiug uLiavn Wf?l'l to the" ?wallowing of a minute globe fJSRtJfc^ quinine, f pills being her abomina Kw!: . ' r??<? ' y Why,-1 didn't ?expect you to share : tue bed with another, returned he pp/*, eiuiokly. "I was going to have a seo . o?d bed put up." * ll could have-hugged him in tbe ex? j|c?fls of joy the news gave me. '? f|i . I "Why didn't you tell no so at : -1 fijrat?" I cried. Wll&vSd "Why,5my dear tir, -I thought you ^jV. understood it. I said nothing about sharing a bed, but bb ari og a room." "All right, 'I'll share the room, no . ; matter if the other fellow be a tramp or gentleman." "You'll find him very much of a gentleman," paid tho landlord decid edly, "though a little ch! in bis wava and rather irregular ns to hours. Ho The season's first cold may be slight-may yield to early treatment, but the next cold will hang on longer; it will be more troublesome, too. Un necessary to take chances on that second one. Scott's Emulsion; is a preventive as well as a cure. Take when colds abound and ;? you'll have no cold. Take it when the cold is contracted and it checks in flamm a km, heals the membranes orv the throat and lung ^'drives the cold out. Sent?fa? frte s*mpte.. SCOTT &;B0WNE, Chemists . ^ '40S^|?',rwl <t?^ Hew'7?rk ?Cc. ?ossi,oo ; - ? . Aliaraffista HE OTHER BED t Experience of a South Caro [unter. a Columbia State. may bc in at 12 o'clock, or again bc may not make his appearance until 2 or o'clock in the morning. Some times he is out the entire night. At any rate, he isn't herc now. I will ask you, hir, to leave the door unbolt ed. Ile lias his key, or that is," cor recting ? himself, "it is bore in the office. Hut the key, of cour-e, will be useless, if the inside boil is .-hot. This is ?he only favor I have to of you. sir. in return for th' liberty I take of putting you in a room with him." ''If,'' he contintit'd, "you feel the least uneasiness, you can leave with me, for deposit in the office safir, any valuables you may have." "1 have nothing of special valu*1," I replied, ''except my watch und pocket book." "As 1 spoke, I took these articles from my pocket and handed them to him. Ile called a servant, and I beard an order given for an extra bed in No. 17, Mr. Barcroft's room, as it was desig nated. C In tho course of ?0 minutes or BO the same servant returned to conduct mo to the apartment. It was a room, I judged, about 16 by 14 feet, and on the second floor of the houae. The coiling was rather low, - ad the apartment had a crowded ap pearance. Mr. Barcroft seemed to have quite a matter of belongings. Some of them had been pushed has tily together to make room for tho other bed. The two beds stood almost foot to foot. I wondered why they lad been so arranged, and supposed Lnat, in tho hasto with whieh tho other bed had been added to the room, very little thought had boen taken as to the position. There was just enough room to pass between them. At that time I paid but little atten tion to tho details of tho two beds, be yond ibo point that they were some what similar, low foot boards, high head boards, and of rather a modern make. "At what time do you suppoae Mr. Baroroft will come in?" I aBked some what carelessly of the servant as I mo tioned him toset thesmall lamp he carried on the mantel. "Dero ?int no tollin', sir. He like ly to in de nea'. Bim a gen'lemon ox great uncertainness, air. Him a strange gen'lemon, too," he continued without further solicitation; "ho al ways talkin', tal kin' to hisse* f an* makin' motion wid his han's. An' w'en yon speak to him, sir, many*a de time he don't neber answer." Theae remarks were certainly not of tbs sature to altnot me to my coming roommate. But I determined not to let tho negro's idle gossip have any weight with ma. I told him to dose tho door aa he went out. That waa the one thing about which, I must confess, I felt really nervous. Why had this prom ise been exacted, that I leave the door unbolted? Mr. Baroroft could easily have knocked, and I could have risen to admit him. I was not such a sound Bleeper I would not have heard bim. But I resolved to think no more about it. So I made my prepara tions and went off to bed, after dim ming the lamp on tho mantel. I thought it no more than kindness that I leave it burning for my neighbor. I must OOCK'SB, too, to a little feeling of curiosity oonoerning this neighbor. I preferred to study him, even by fee ble lamplight, than to guess at his lineaments io the dark. I must have fallen asleep soon after my head- touched the pillow. How 1*?T?C I slept I have no idea. Allst once, I became ^conscious that I was sitting up in hod, and that there were peculiar noises in the room. Some one had entered. I waa positive, for I had heard the door creak, then open and close again. That -someone was now stirring about, walking with soft foot-fal 1. '*"\ rii-*\ ' '.. ^ The room, by the way, was in total darkness. The treacherous lamp had gone ont. Doubtless, Uk* those pf the foolish virgins, its oil needed re plenishing. 1 wondered why Mr. Bsrcroft did not light it, for, of cour a?, it was he who had entered. Was it ont of regsrd for me? Did he fesr the light might waken me? Was he" ereeping off to bed in the dark so a? not to disturb me? I would reas sute him. I spoke to him. There wss no re ply. I spoke sgsin. Still no reply. Was the j>oor?nian really deaf, or only surly? X remembered, what the ser vant had said about his paying no at tention when spoken to, sod decided it must bethe former. With a feel iog of pity for the poor gentleman io *is infirmity? I lay down again ind went off to sleep. '*. > The flun was just beginning to tinge the window .panes when -I awakened the next morning. My first thought, as bad been my last, was ot tbe gen tleman in tho oiher bed. I decided I i i 1 I I i I I I < t v f 1 I s X I c f a I B would raine myself and take a cautious view of him. I knew I could easily do thin, as the footboards of both beds were low. Un veoturiog this what was my astooishmeut to find him do ing the Barrie by mc! I was not only surprised, but somewhat aogry. How dared he? I ?-cowled at him, boping to make him succumb. This tcowl was returned with compound interest. What a villainouM-lookiDg wretch he wa&! No wonder he waa spoken of as queer and as keeping late hours! I could guess at bis calling without trouble. If be didn't patronize the highroads, then I was uo judge of ap pearances. Highwayman was written on every line of his face. And to think I bad been for the night at the morey uf such a villain in the roo Ol with Iii tn! I was indeed rejoiced that I liad left my watch and purse in thc hotel safe. I wondered be hadn't cut. my thr .a'., i .-.uppox d it was only becau-e be wai afraid to under the circumstances. The ri^ks were too pr<:at. Wc continued to scowl at each other. What would bc do next? I war? de termined I'd speak to him. "Why do you stare at me in that impertinent way'/'' I asked. He only opened and shut his mouth as though to mock mc. I could stand uo more. I unclosed my lips to use a more vigorous toue in addressing him when-I sneezed. Where was my handkerchief? I reached for it, keeping my eye upon the villainous countenance of tho man in the other bed. What movement was that? He was surely reaching under the pillow; of course it was for his pistol. I had DO weapon at hand. Only my gun was in the room; and that I had carelessly left leaning in a corner. In a mo ment I would be entirely ab the mercy of the villiao; he could have bis pistol drawn on me. I must act, and act quickly. Near my pillow lay my wa ter flask? I bad placed it there to have it convenient, as I frequently tlraok water through the night. This [ grasped swiftly and hurled it at the man in tho other bed. I would either IcQock that pistol out of his hand, or stun him so he couldn't use it. There was a sound of breaking glass, and the man in the other bed vanished as completely as though he lad been ground to dust and blown iway on the air. At the samo mo aunt, with a yelp of fear my favorite iunting dog, Beppo, came from under he bed and approached me. I stated at him stupidly, and then it the empty bod before me. I saw it ill plainly. Beppo was the intruder, ,he one I had heard moving about loftly the night beforo, the gentle nan to whom I had spoken without limiting any reply. He had left Amos o oome in search of me. Fiodiog the 1 leer sj sr, for the careless servant had 'ailed to latch it securely, he had lushed it open and entered, the door winging to behind him. The sly ogue had refrained from coming to ne, for fear I'd drive him ont again. I shook myself frea of the bed ilothes and stood upon my feet to lontemplate the damage done to the ?thor bed. A handsome mirror that idorned the contre of the head-board fas smashed into a thousand pieces, n making wrathful fling nt the man n the other bed, I had simply thrown it my own reflection in the glass. I nust confess to a feeling of wounded trido when X recalled that I had tamped myself as villain and high wayman. Later in tho day I learned that Mr. iaroroft had not come in at all that light. Ho had sat up with a sick riend. Tho . part I'll remember longest .bout this little episode is the bill I tad to pay for this little fliug at my att. Hard. -?fl-r.> U? Advice to Boys. A writer in the American Boy has hose sensible things to say in ?uh tan oe: , "Modesty is as admirable a trait in i man as in a woman,, and the wise toy will find it to bis distinot advan ege to be quiet and modest in min ier. "Any boy will find it uti ll more to tis advantage to rely on God's word br direction in all the important af eite in life. i '*The sohlest men in the world lave felt respect end deference to ether- and mother to be their daty ?ot only in boyhood but when boy iood days were far behind . them? It s a bad sign when a boy begins to ihow disrespect to his parents. . "The boy who forme the habit of nuning tho streets at night is eure to all in with evil com panions, for the letter clase of boys will be in their ?wu homes at night. "The world hes, never known hotter >r manlier men than/ th oso who have >een faithful attendants at both Jhuroh and Sunday School. Beal )iety ie the foundation of all ebano* er, and: the sootier at religion ie tever respected by. those whoso re peet it ie worth while to have.'* , . . ; . ;-. .; ; ..>?>; ??^ ; ' ' ? '.<- A women won td ??t admit theta th oe ie too small for her se long aa it ??iU':herfb*?i?V-:Y? / Sublime Bravery. The einkieg of the Japanese cruiser Takasago daring the Russo Japanese war was a heart touching proof of the heroic possibilities of human nature. IQ the teeth '>f a freezing gale the cruiser struck a mine, which blew a six foot hole io its hull. The water rushed in with tremendous force. No help was io sight. The capt?la ?UDJ rnoocd the orew. "No one must leave the ship" he said quietly, "until she sinks. We will ehare the fate of the vessel together." There was no flinching. They san?5 their national anthem, cheered their emperor and calmly, drawn up in due order, waited minute hy minute until the .ship went down. Nev.rly 400 lives were lost. lu 1H;VJ the Birkenhead, a British troop steamer, waa wrecked ofF the Cape of Good Hope. After putting the women and children into the boals thc men formed on deck and in full dress uniform, with colors flying, went <lo\vn ut their post, 100 of them. The "llirkenhead diill" Lad become a watchword in thc British navy. Not many years ago the crew of the American Vandalia faced death in the same splendid spirit. Of all the bhips gathered in the bottle shaped harbor of Samoa the English Calliope was the only one able to force its way out io the face of the hurricane which swept the waters. As she crept past the Vandalia, lying shattered on a reef, the Yankee crew manned the sides, the band played "Tho Star Spangled Banner," and the brave men about to die saluted the brave men who weie fighting their way to life and safety. There is a quality of courage in euch encounters with inevitable death that must be ranked above the bravery .shown ia tho excitement of active bat tle with a human foe. He is not the bravest man who has no fear, but rather he who, feeliog it all the time, yet overcome the impulse to cowardice and moves steadily forward to what ever fatal duty awaitB him. When the British warship Camper down accidentally rammed the Vic toria the meo OQ the doomed vessel kept steadily at work without panic or disorder until admiral and all went down together. It was to this catas trophe Kipling referred when he wrote: It makes you think better o' you an* your friends an' the work you may have to do Wheo you thii.k ??* the sinking Victor ier's filies-soldiers an' Bailors too! -Youth's Companion. A Banking Conundrum. A western exchange publishes the following conundrum: A banker saun tering home for his dinner ssw a $10 bi!! cs tbs curbstone^ H* nieked it up and took the number, io. order to find the owner. While at borne his wife remarked that the butcher had seat io a bill amounting to $10. The only money he had with him was the bill ha had found, which he gave to her, and she paid the butoher. The butoher paid it to a farm tr for a calf, and the farmer paid it to a merchant, who, io turn, paid it to a washerwo man, and she, owing the banker a note of $10, vent to the banker and paid the note. The banker recognized the billas the one he bad found, and which, up to that time had paid $50 of debi. OQ careful ' investigation he di-covered that the bill waa a counter feit. Now, will some of our friends tell up what has been lust in this transaction, and by whom? -- It is really worth all of the an noyance of being broke wheo some people come around trying to borrow money from you. - A woman will not admit that a shoe ?% too small for her as long as it admits her foot. - Men who caldo't orgsoiie a peanut stand know just how the pas tor should run the church. Oldest of ali Crop Pents. Few people know that the Hessian fly is one of the oldest of all the crop pests io this country, and that ito name was given it as a result of the fact that it was brought to the United States in the straw included in the im pedimenta of the Hessian troops sent over against the American revolu tionists by George III io 1776 It was first noticed on Long Island about ^25'years ago, and has since spread co-extensively with the prog ress of civilization and wheat growing -west, north and south. Sometimes it completely destroys the growing wheat? in certain ?ec..ons, and the average loas it causes is about 40,000, 000 bushels annually, or about G or 7 per cont of the total crop. The en tomological bureau has studied it long and closely, and the recommeu datioud made to wheat growers have undoubtedly kept the damage far be low what it would otherwise have been; and yet, in spito of the best ef forts of the scientist r.od the farmers who act on their ad rice, the il y got beyond control during the season of four years ago and destroyed fully 80 per ceut of the crop in the infested region, tho resultant loss being in the neighborhood of $35,000,000 or $40, 000,000. This extraordinary and un fortunate development was due to weather conditions favorable to the pest and to an unusual scarcity of its parasitic enemy. The parasite, wbich formed inside the body of the fly, has been secured in large numbers by the entomologists and liberated in several wheat-growing States, and muoh good has resulted.-Gbioago Chronicle. Lucky for tho Colonel. A number of army offiaers in Wash ington were one day exchanging sto ries of the campaign in-Cuba during the summer of 1898. Gae of them was reminded of an occasion when a vol unteer officer thought to give his men an object lesson in personal bravery without much risk to himself. The American regiment had been brought io to' position, occupying ? sunken road near Santiago. Spanish batteries were busily engaged in pour ing shot and shell into the surround ing territory. This fire, however, was passing over the regiment hidden in the roadway, so that really lhere was little danger to thom. Still the officer mentioned thought the opportunity a good one to do a bit of "posing," so he climbed a bank of slight grade and stood behind a big tree. It was hot long before a shell struok th' tree, scattering bark and splinter* in all di rections. The officer who tells the story overhead the following conver sation betwen two cf tho privates in the road beneath: "Say, Bill, it was a lucky thing for the colonel that the tree was there." "Sore thing!" responded the second private; "but you can bet your life if it hadn't been for the ties, the colonel would never have been there in the first plaool" How Bees KnibaJni. Bees oan embalm aa.well as any un dertaker. AU intruders oh their hives are blain and embalmed carefully. If a worm, or a roach, ur any insect blunders into a hive the . eta will fall upon him and slay, bim with their stings. To get thc corpse out would be a difficult); therefore, embalming it, they let it remain. The embalming process of. tho bees is simple. It consists in covering the corpse with a hermetic coat of puro wax. Within this airtight envelope the body remains fresh. It cannot iu anyway contaminate the hive. When a snail blunders in among the bees they cannot kill on account of tbs protection ot his shell. So they em balm him alive. .They , cover him, shell and all, with snowy wax. He is a prisoner whom.only death releases.1 -Minneapolis Journal. .??>.' '? i Vi Min" M i ? III . lin ' --'-i ll' i Blind Headache 1 ll? * ^??M^ Augusta, ^m^mm^^'<yM m blind, sick headaches and backaches, and' ?&Mge ffi no relief unt^ ^ ^ j * I ?eel4iHe;?rte##0?rh?n, and wish t: ? recommend it ?to all si ck woiii?n? for Like the Rest of us. ''George, dear," ?he said a night or or two before the wedding, do you think it possible that our love and our married life can become the common place, coldly practica) love and life of the married people we see around us? Oh, George, my heart would breok if I thought so!" "But it will not be so," said George passionately. "We love each other too tenderly, too fondly for that. Our love is not the ordinary kind, my darling, and our lives will not be so. Ah, no, no, my angel; that oan never be! ' And the other day she said: "leay, George, bow would you like pork for dinner will apple sauce? You would? All right, then, and don't you forgot that feeding battle for the baby, or I'll send you back after it, and mind that you don't keep dinner waiting." And he, with a falling off of the pas sion of ten years ago, roplied: "AU right, Lou, and I wish you'd sew a button on thc back part of those strip ed trousers of mine. You'll find them hanging over a chair in our room. Don't have ?hc park as dry as last time, and you watch the baby's cold. That watering of th e. eyes . JO!; a like measles to mo. Goodby." Abolish the Blinders. We find an item ia the Savannah Weekly Newe, which we oan heartily eudorse. We have not used blinders on a horse for years. If we have to take a new bridle with blinders, we out them off before using it. The best handlers of horses are con demning blinders. The purpose of blinders is to shut off from view the objeot from behind thal might causo the horse to become alarmed and try to run away. As to this, blinders have proven more disastrous than beneficial. If a horse passes st me objeot that is not fully understood by him and causes fright, the shutting off from view of this stfereorow by blinders only in creases the fear. Any horse of ordinary good sense can soot; be taught not to scare at Hags, cars, oovered wagons, umbrellas, etc., by letting him see them and understand them. Give the horse the full power of all his senses; let him see, hoar, .and smell if need be, to Satisfy his fears. - Not So ii all. - John, who lived in a Pennsylvania village, was thought to be very stupid, states the Philadelphia Ledger. He was sent to a mill baa day and the miller enid: "John, some people say you are a foo!. How, toil me- what you know, and what you don't know." "Well.'V rspliei John, "I know miller'o hogs aro fat." "ifos, that's weil, John. Now what don't y ou kn cw ?" "I don't know whose corn fats em!" - Holland's Mago eic?, PII.Bg, PI ?LES, PULES I Dr. Williams? Indias : Pile Olstaasat will oura Blind, Bleeding. Ulcerated and Itching Plies. It abaorbs the tumors, allays tho itching at once, acts os a poul tice, give* instead relief. Dr. Williams' Indian Pile Ointment la prepared-for Piles, ?nd Robing of tho private parta. - Every box is guaranteed. . Sold by Owl Drag Co., Anderson, ?. ?.? by saaif. ibr < 60s. sad 81.00. Williams' M'i'g. Co., Proprietor*, Cleveland, Ohio. . >' - Sherburn M. Becker, the young Bepubli?ao mayor of Milwaukee,, in- V treduced a new style of campaigning when just before eleotnn day he dis tributed 5,000 corncob pipes and.as ' many paokages of tobacco. . Y 'y"'-r.. Met? who couldn't.organize a pea* ?j nut ??and know just how the pastor s?veuld ruo the church. '." ?\-'^[ A Husband's Rights. Chrgymcn are not always eraoti eal, bul there are times whe> ;heir advice is good. Here is thr. ?ates regarding a husband's rights: "Sir," be said, as he strode into the clergyman's study, "you are the mau who tied the koot, I be lieve?" "?. beg your pardon," said the olergyman, looking up from his ser mon. "You performed the marrisgo cere mony for me didn't you?" "Yea, certainly, Mr. Willings* What, may I ask-" "Then you knuw what the rights of a husband are?" "Why, yes, iu a general way." "And the rights of a wife?" "Of course." "Well, now, sir," said the caher" drawing a chair up to the clergyman's desk aud taking a seat, "has a wife a liceu8e to torture her hus band?" "Certainly not." "If she makes his lifo miserable he has redress, of course?" "Yes, but I should advise-" "Never mind your advioo now. We will come to that later. My wife oomplains that I dotr't shave often enough." "Oh, that's a small matter."' "It is, air? Is it? Just wait. H informed her that that was my affair., and then she told tho ohildren to cry when I kissed them, so she could say that my rough, unshaven ohin hurt, them." "That hardly showed a Chris ti nu "Just wait a minutel Yesterdays morning I found them playing with the oylinder of a broken musiobox. You know how that seems to the touoh?" "Certainly." "Well, she had taught them to oalb it papa's ohrnl" . "Really, sir, 1 must admit-" "Now,, wait till Tm finished. To day ono of them got on my knee, pass ed his hand over my chin and oallecfr il 'papa's musiobox.' Now, sir, ? . ask you, a Christian mau, and as the minister who tied the knot, what shall Ido?" "Get Bhayed," replied tho clergy man, softly, as he returned to hie? work. Health in Anderson? Evans Pharmacy Say Care of Dicjes? tion Solves Problem of Long life. Evans Pharmacy believe thtjfc tho problem of long life ;'isk solved by proper esra c? the d?g?ativa crains.. Let the stomach get out of condition* and soon there will be nervousness, ir* ritatiotf, furred tongue, specks before the eyes, weakness, debility, indiges tion, and other physical and mental tranby, that directly ref nit from "> weakened stomich. ?? all tho vital organs, the Btomsoh> ss the most frequently abused, and* hence, the one which most frequent!^: remedy like Mi-o-na stomach tablets, which ls sold on an absolute guarantee to strengthen ?he digestive systemV |i? in assimilation bf food, and cure all troubles caused by indigestion,. au important step bas been taken towards solving the ' question bf good health; and long life.. Evans Pharmacya>l^ Mi-b-niaon in?; absoluto guarantee to ; refund tue, money if it does not ourei 'A' lari , box of the tablets cost o b?i 50 cents,,, itit helps you; ,nothing if:it#?lS;.^;k; ? <?liS- ;';^?F*Ti . . 'Hffe C0NPU3^NC&fr greatest de* ^f|V h. &j?A-' ..' T?I rent of success. The first in?fley : :f?lf^1 v J **?2^v? . m?W\ first hundred Bayed is a- ' ^?a?^^^>fefete, ru?? m Ja<t?er by whir a you a*ye~ .. ^yg^MB^I fi^': ^' ^ . second, the second th* third, cte ,?#8$^ feeiJDS P?flc?? in th* /JeZ^ & BaDk g^?s yo? reputation and credit i?sF*" WSJA lit-* XSSI; , Dqiji? yoursavings with tki??v T?r SSM" ^ -'^:;^unS?^?>'?Mi^?i%ti'^ TWs Es^Us?imenfe ha* !>?*n fltOi^J. ' Di ANDERSON for sore lhau forty yaaj?. Buring all that timo oonpetito? have come std gone bet we have remained right here. We have always sold Oh^perthsa cay others, and d??ll??to*^