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SUZETTE'S SOLUTION *Bj J. M. Davies Ogden CopyHsfiiU 1906, bu E. C. Pareta? It waa only a fow minutes until train -time, a nd.tho woman wno all tho morn ing1; bad been wandering restlessly ?bout the house forced her reluctant consciousness to the realization of the /act that soon, very soon, Suzette would be here.' Susette, after her four years at an eastern college, .was com ing home. And what was'she, Helena Crosby, going to spy to th>* girl? It ' Tvas in answer to Helena's own urgent appeal that the girl was coming-that .and Sanford's letter. Despite tho warmth of the sweet June day Helena shivered. W aqt was she to say? Sanford's letter spoke for itself. In ?clear, unmistakable terms it begged Suzette to give up that long dreamed , . . of year in Europo and como back and marry him. His anxiously nwalted j ?promotion had arrived. Ile was at lust ! in a position to ask the fulfillment of their boy and girl pledge. Helena Imew well enough what the letter con tained. Had she not practically dic tated the substance of lt? And Suzette's only answer had been ?. noncommittal telegram, "Starting for ?liome today." Did abe mean to marry Robert or did she not? That was the question which over and over again rose fever ishly to the ulster's mind. Since Su sette was sixteen and Robert twenty three, the two had been engaged; or, irather, there had been an understand ing between them. Then Suzette had "sono to college and Robert had follow -od bia regiment to tho Philippines. Had the trouble riegan, then, won dered Helena duily, when a triangular ?bain of correspondence .'.inked the three? Or .was lt not until Sanford bad come to Helena first to talk about rthe absent Suzette, then to argue and tease about her own concerns and, tast ily, to discuss that never tiring topic of conversation to a niau-himself ? Hel >ena could not tell, but lightly, unthink ingly, they bad drifted, along until all ?unwittingly a sudden shock laid baro (the trut^h to lover and elster that a new feeling, stronger, deeper, had taken the [place of that childish fJYecflon. Sanford, manlike, had wanted* to ad an lt tho truth and face tho conse tquences, but Helena, ber heart a fiery (turmoil of conflicting emotions, would . baot listen. She who, although only a [year and a half the elder, bad been al ways mother, nurse, every tiling to the -.cherished little sister-abe to be the one to destroy that slater's happiness, break forever ber faith in humankind? "Impossible!" cried Helena, ber gray ?yes dark with anguish, and from that .determination she could not be shaken, .despite Robert's most impassioned pleadings, - ': "I cannot burt Suzette," was her unswerving answer, and at last Rob bert, desperate, bad written Suzette. Since the thing must be met let It be met at once. Let them be married at ?nea and return to the Philippines. It "was the only remedy either could see. . ; ^ '. And so it was that Helena.Crosby -cou? d see nothing fair or lovely in the' " ' -clear,. warm sunshine, the rustling 'hird filled trees.' When would Suzette , . x?mei And what would be the end? fThis waal ; all her-tired 'brain could -carry. V There was a crisp footfall to the ?treet, ? sharp tinkle- of the bell, then the sound of Suzette's voice to a low interchange of words; a ^tr^tlng. Heavier roomtep, fTbe -d'ext moment " . the girl bad sprung into the room, fier arma closed about. Helena.- . : ,/: "Why, you darling!" abe cried. ""Why, Helena, dear," as ber quick eye : noted the signs of suffering in the .eiders race. Helena tried to emile, i "?t ls .nothing, sweetheart," she . an-" , ' j?wjered. "Only a touch of headache," felling back on woman'a never falling excuse. "Oh, Suzette I How glad I am Ito :aee;'ybut" ^ >jp m?j ^#&mM , ' Susette, laughed, hugging her close.. The girl's cheeks were flashed to a ?'. ?vivid pink; her blue eyes, her piquant \ -ail seemed allv^im^vWTw?&^olSif and joyousness. A breath from the brilliant; blossomy, outer world seemed ^to have strayed la with her. A ?ot> rose in Helen's throat. Hew soon- ah, tow scon would Robert forget I ! Suzette, tossing o? hat and gloves, turned suddenly and, catching tho older girl's hands, pulled her down toto the < v big chair, so often the. shelter for them both. Her eyes were serious now. ?'Tell, me what Itat? means," - aha :'?t:/; .^demanded; pmctiea?y. rWhy ls Rob ert in 8?ch; a hurry all at once? Ho ?peems to haye existed without me nita - : jarto f?irry weil," wlm a^atonsed little V , Haugh. "Why, then, this sodden eager? i/v'ness, vi- r '. ':>"'?>??>'.?: ^Hls promotion-his return to the Philippines," stammered!-Helena. It . . was going to be even bard?? than she: an invisible, intangible little stator bad '&$WUV&to ?"?CUR enough, . tho renouncing .???/.;;.;*altered, V^^^SKSSBB^^--'' ' :. J 9 "He mtokiXwiUgWtth hun to the ? :JPhlWppto?^" put . in Suzette keenly. . v . -'Jtr; : Tjj?f ? was iner^dnlods p^^est to . . ;?very. Rne^^^^|^^^^^ '' c'yr?t ^^ri .deer1, .as his wlfe"^.. :^pi, beati^r;ton^: fe*- . mel tra ; ab-; . . echoed Helena. "But " ^n^tov* Mc??:? 5^:s^^lnsi??^ i's 'chin;;*, tilted reaent abe; -awi' "Not aaongh ; for y. -After n?;i haven't seen j Mimi . ? ' <. .. . , ... .., ! ' -, , : : 7,.-'v ' suddenly. "You-you remember "Bk. Williams? I've written about bim." "Yea," answered Helena, surprised. Tbe little face waa-bidden now on ber shoulder. "Well-well"-came a muffled sound "he bas always known of my engage ment to Robert-eo when I told him that I was* coming home be-he would not let me come alone. He la older than I, a good deal," went on Ibu* voice. "He-be caves for mo very dearly, though. He wants to take me abroad, to let mo study" A sudden blind resentment surged through Helena. "But-but Robert," abe urged vehe mently. "Ho earea for you, too; you know be does. He bas not eo much to offer"-au unreasoning loyalty to tho absent soldier sweeping ber along. "He -ho"-eta rumoring as she remembered. A warm little arm crept about ber neck. "But you will help toe," begged the voice. **Y? a-you will tell him" "Tell him wbut?" uttered Helena sharply. There was fear, ?> linc st ter ror lu the cry. Suzette sat upright. "That-that I am married/ said Su zette distinctly. "Frederick would not take the risk of losing me. And-and so we were tu*?-..ried lu Denver. He brought me here. He is coming back In an hour. You-you are not nngry?" wistfully. "Married!" gasped Helena. For a moment she remained quite still, seek ing to absorb,' to realize, the wonderful fact "You-married!" "Yes," said Suzette meekly. "And-and you are happy?" her first thought, us ever, for Suzette. "Yes," said Suzette, a sparkle of laughter breaking forth. "And-and Robert?" ^"Robert I leave to you," said Su zette. "You must explain" But Helena, comprehending at last, sprang toward the telephone. Aa she watched, the girl's face changed, a now and wholly, sweet expression crept across the mobile features, r? ?aling unsuspected depths. "And did you two think that I could not understand?" She breathed, a ten der renunciation shadowing the blue eyes. "Did you think I could not guess the truth? Oh, sister, my dear est sister, I leave Robert-to you." HI? Substitution, - "My son ls taking algebra "under you this term, ls he not?" remarked the fond father to the new Boston High school teacher. "Well," answered the pedagogue, "your son has been ''exposed' to alge bra, but I doubt If he will take lt." The case of, the youth was not hope less,, for most Institutions now permit substitutions. A writer in the Boston Transcript recalls a youth who had not studied astronomy, - but bad' taken Greek history. A substitution was granted. He bad not studied trigonom etry, but be had received outside in struction. In practical electricity. The substitution was alto accepted. "But," said the principal, "you do not seem to have taken moral philoso phy, or anything I.could regard as an equivalent. How about lt?" "That came, you remember, in tho spring term, when I was out of school ox account of having the typhoid fever, and I did not know but that you would let me make the substitution.'* The effect of typhoid fever is excel lent on the system, but the principal could' not see its moral educational value. . ? . - TIM "Wv****; , . Views of life are apt to be tinged by surroundings and circumstances which may bo merely temporary. "Your son is of a cynical and pessimistic turn of mind, Tm sorry to s ec," remarked the supply minister to Mr. Lane of Center ? ville, Tvith Thoni ?o waa spending Bun day. .'T deplore that tendency in the young men; of today.** And tho min ister looked sober, even severe. ,.*^ell, ..; nowy I don't worry . about Jim;** said Mir. Lane, thoughtfully ca rvssins bia jaw, "You see. Addle Pipet hasn't fully made" up her mind yet to let him know that she Intends to have bim and not lion Howe. Soon as be gets his bearings on that point add the girl eettles down a blt, there won't be anything cynical or pessimistic left in Jun. '' %T p?:';\ j ^You're here the wrong week; that's all. Lon Howe had -this Saturday nlght?Vlf you were going to bo. here next Sunday, you'd notice -a consld'able lightening up in Jim's views. Hla I mother and, I do every other week>**~ Youth's Companion. ' : V. y. ?,'Aw VnplMMot Climat*.''.. ; Karachi, a port la northern India, baa a most unpleasant climate. Tho parched desert country behind Karachi bas"? terrine heafci Jocobabad, thirty miles away, often records 125 degrees F. The one mall train a day carries a weather season "for heed be, and in one year long ago twenty-three: IBu ropean engine drivers died while work ing their tratas. A long journey by train In the hot season ls pai?culariy -exhausting. Carriage windows ' are kept' abut ; to exclude' rth? beat and ? sometbnes ?ot only does the woodwork get hot to the touch, but even tho wa ter, carried:, in the. tanka on the roof can scarcely be endured with tho h*??u?_ ir " < $5?\0O? for the belief of the whit a auf? f orari by the Sao Fraocipco 'dis ?ste*, says the Moottreal Gaselte. Sad Fran abvso ha? had tho reputation cf being the home of tbs moat extreme, Anti? ChSss^ ?cstimeot in Amerios. Per? ;tbe3?n heading coals Of ?re on the Sau Fran o?seo Cs^o^i^nead. -./ . '".>?V. ::??g????^I?^\*r>4 TOMI wijl get Posy Ringt?. When posies inside wedding rings ?rere first Introduced does not seem to bo known. Time has covered that, as he does so many things, with tho moss es of oblivion, but wo laiow that from tho sixteenth century until the middle of tho eighteenth lt waa customary to have them engraved on rings. These posies or mottoes are seldom to be found with more than two Unes of verse and often with only one, but thor? are a few Instances KOOwn where three Unes are used. Some of these po sies aro very quaint and curious, and a few reach a high standard of poetic beauty. In 10*2 a small collection of rhymes was published with the title of "Love's Garland; or. Posies For Kings, Handkerchiefs and Gloves and Such Protty.Tokens That Levers Send Their Loves." It complus Borne posies that ure not to be.met with elsewhere and Is a very. Interesting- work, though but few peoplo seem to have hoard of lt. Tho South Kensington, museum has a good collection of . .posy rings, and among them wo find tho following: "Un'ted hearts, ?death only parts;" "Lev us share In joy and care," "Love nnd live happily." There ls a story to tho effect that Dr. John Thomas, who was bishop of Lincoln hi 17?3, caused to be .Inscribed Inside his fourth wife's wedding ring: * If I survive, I'll moko them five. -London Graphic. Snliunsnndl. Halllwell In bis "Dictionary of Ar chaisms and Provincialisms" describes salmongundy to be a mixture of ap ples, oniony, veal or chicken and pic kled herrings, minced fine and eaten with oil and vinegar; hence a nickname for a cook. HaUtwell-PhlHIpps' "Dictionary of Archaisms and Provincialisms" has: "Salmongundy-apples, onions, veal or chicken and pickled herrings, minced fine and eater i with oil and vinegar; lenee a nickname for a cook." Cf. also Grose's "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue." Bailey's "Dictionary" has "salmlngondln." Salmagundi, of course; made of pic kled herring minced up raw with pep per, vinegar, etc. From "Sea Words and Sea Phrases Used Along tho Suf folk Coast," by Edward Fitzgerald, communicated by bim to the East An glian News.-London Notes and Que ries. The Champion Parrot. A woman In a London Hothouse was accused of singing hymns to her par rots for the benefit of their souls. This recalls io the London Chronicle the most accomplished parrot In history. It belonged to Colonel Dennis O'Kelly and was famed for Its whistling of the Ono Hundred and Fourth Psalm. When the coloneb died In 1787 a large propor tion of his obituary notice in tho Gen tleman's Magazine was devoted to this remarkable bird, which got another considerable notice of its own when lt died fifteen years later In Half Moon street PlccadUly. This parrot could also whistle "God Save the King" and "The Banks of the Dee" and would go back and coi1 re ct itself If lt got a note wrong. It could evon answer ques tions, and Its master was said to havo refused COO guineas a year to show it In public. Chimneys. Chimneys are modern-that Is, chim neys with fireplaces and flues. None of the Roman rubis shows chimneys like ours. There are nono in the re stored buildings ?n /Herculaneum r d ] Pompeii. Roman architects complain ed that their decorations were Brooked np. A kitchen in Rome was always sooty. Braziers were used In the living rooms. Tho chimney of antiquity con sisted of a bole in the roof. Tho wealthy Bogfess cssd -carefully dried wood? , which would burn In the room without soot Tho modern chimney was first used In Europe In the four teenth century. The oldest certain ac count of a chimney places lt In Venice 1- . mm **r* I . . A was*** Trna. A A fish exerts Its great propulsive power with Its tall, not with Its fins. The paddle wheel won made on the fin theory of propulsion, and the screw propeller had Its origin In noting tho action of the tail..-, It Is, how shown that the fins of tba tall actually per form mai evolutions described by the propeller blades abd that tho floh in Its sinuous, motion through tbs. water depends on the torsional of th? fall to give lt power. .' Hos** air1 W3T?V : The home shy wife la a peculiar prod uct of the tune. She rises late and hur ries from nome the moment abo ff dressed. To have luncheon, tea or din ner at bomb appear? to her to be In tolerable, ', and abo seldom reappears tost** except to return to bod. "What ls homer was asked at a west end dinner table recently. "The p?aos tsmrre tho Bigots ure kept," was the imm?diate answers-London Truth. : **Do you think that marring? is a fail ure, Mr. Askln 3" .said Miss ^Ider to a young man whom she knew to bo on-. -*?I.l?v?n*t gotL^toat far yet," was the r*?nk reply, *'h?t ?*m pretty weil con vinced that courtship ls bankruptcy." London Tit-Bits. ' . - B?m Eattmii Sci ikt Coat. :,; Strange effects have strange causes. What ?ave most English families of the upper class the gout waa tho treaty that brought ia tho heavy wines of ?ainca t?o>hs>.ty for noa In '^W^ljte^h. . " ? - ;; j successful ono'? whole " 'Mpres??it lisPM :^^^i^'^^t^wipiatt^ lsst yesr ^y s>tesfcrailway osrsin Waihri logion 207 would have escaped iojufy set>eforo either boarding or qqittiog the. airs, [ 1^$^ that ' kind . ??Tnot o peculiarity p? the national '^iptta!;^^;;-,;. '_,. 1 : ~^l?'yty&''aro in the wrong .. *>?scs, t y 5ut'^^;i??M r,v .. The Trace ol God. One of the moat curious of tho many ?peer moulue vu 1 customs was that known as "tho truce of God." From what wo have been able to learn of it the custom appears to ba ;e originated as au outgrowth of a desl/o to protect tho common people to some extent at least against'the lawless. tyranny of tue feudal lords of tho middle a>;ea.. It was first decreed at'.a church synod which convened at I lou ssl lion In tho year 3027. By this decree It was pro vided that no man should attack bia enemy between Saturday evening at nones and Monday morning at the hour of prime. About the year 1032 a similar compact wus entered Into be tweon tho church and tho barons of England. Tho church forbade barons to make any attack upon each other between sunset on Wednesday night and sunrise dh'the following Monday or upon'oliy feast or fast day. "The same truce made provision that -no man should be 'disturbed while labor ing nt his trade Or while -going to or iroui a plaeq of worship. 'Lost a Ilnllrnuil. "A champagne dinner once cost St. Joseph, Mo., the Union Pacific rail road," said nar old railroad official. .'The Union Pacific aid 1 ll was up for consideration tn congress In the early sixties. It fixed St. Joseph as the eastern terminus of tho road. While the bill was under consideration a ban. quet was held at St. Joseph. It waa attended by many of the leading men of the town. After they had filled up on champagne n question nroso as to which flag should float from the city hall. The Confederate flag was finally decided on, and in ibo morning tho stars and stripes were hauled down and tho stars and bars hoisted. The news reached Washington that very doy, while thc Union Pacific bill waa atill under consideration. Senator Pomeroy moved that the name St. Jo seph, Mo., be stricken from the bill aud Omaha, Neb., be substituted. The amendment carried and St. Joseph thereby lost the Union Pacific."-Kan sas City Journal. A Shlftlnar Landmark. In the first years of navigation on western waters, says the author of "Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri Uiver," pilots were forced to use all sorts of signals and marks to decide their courses. One had a cus tom of running a certain crossing If he carno to It at night by the aid of a dog. Tho animal belonged to a family living In a house at the foot of the crossing directly in tho course of the bend. Whenever a boat was coming this dog ran out to the bank, always In exactly the same place, which was In line with the channel, and barked his loudest. The pilot ran toward tho J sound of the barking with the utmost confidence. Unhappily the dog one night took a notion to chango his stand and barked a little higher up. Tho next morning the boat was a hopeless wreck on a sand bar, Into which the pilot had run at full speed. Oar Lead Fenelia. Many a boy ls mode happy, these days by a present of half a dozen pen cils with- his name printed thereon In gold letters. Perhaps the name "lead pencil" will last through all time and eternity. The original pencil was really made of lead, and on the rough paper of the time made a clearly discernible mark. Germany led In Ita manufac ture. Our earliest Importations were mu eu sought arter, and none conid bo bought with other money than gold coln. A common "lead" pencil waa al most worth ita weight In gold, nd a man who got a supply had to be well recommended. When a New York mer chant advertised the arrival of a con signment of "lead penciia" the rush to buy was pellmell. This seems incredi ble to us young roosters, who can buy a dosen pencils today for 10 cents. New York Press. Th? Mnrderoue T*yut. Of all creatures the angler is the least offender in the crime of killing. The very game he seeks, though beau tiful and gentle to the eye and at times noble In deed and purpose? ia tba moat brutal killer of all the . races-the lovely trout in tts attacks upon gaudy flies, the valiant baas and pike in de vouring their smaller brethren and the multitudinous asa fishes not alone In their feeding upon one another, bot In their wanton ^murder of the millions upon millions of victims of their pure love of slaughter.-Country lifo In .America. ,'. .? . . ; Tbs nearest approach to the holding of fi Judicial inquiry Into the cause of death id England occurred as long ago as tho year 1200, when, according to an old writer on the subject, "six and twenty venerable persons were sum moned together to hear and consider the testimony of any .who could speak ; with authority regarding the death of ft digger la tho fields named Karita Bolsover." , ;.. "; ;: ii . ' FooA Fer tua Dead. Corn; and bread are still offered by the pious Basques of the Pyrenees to tho dear departed on their death anni versary. A traveler In Spain describes how at Bas Sebastian he has often seen some poor. fisherman's daughter praying ta a church for a dead rela rice "amid baskets full of fruit, loaves ofr bread and corn and kneeling upon the tomb of her ancestors." ' Exact. Bridegroom (who is receiving his bride's dowry)-Ten dollars ls still wanting. Father-in-law-What? . Oh, my daughter swallowed that $10 when abo waa a child.-Fliegende Blatter. ' tBasSattal neqn tremen ta. C;v*A*mao must know a great desi to bs a good diplomat." , "Yea, and be able not to tell lt? Ashiest the World.. ...i-.'; .' Dr. Drumm?cd'v I?h???j?ii? Treat ment has cured more rheumatics dur ing the psst 20 yesrs than all other ready-to uso remedies combined. Ra . cord books of tho Drummond Medicine Co., Nsw York, svs dpeb io inspection in competition with til other manu f scorer* tb prove this. If you want to go on suffering from rheumatism, don't get Drummond's for it will caro Kow Dolphins Piny. Tho waters of the gulf of California teem vritli other wealth than pearla, Hero e re fish of o*. sry description. Tho tuna Ia abundant, and tho gamy Span ish mackerel is everywhere. Tho dol phin eeerns monarch of all tho gulf. lu the vicinity of tho great lalaod of Carmen they are encountered by tho thousand. Ono school, comprising 'many*"hundreds," were encountered by the steamer ou vrhlcn tho writer was a passenger a ehort distance from the beautiful bny of Escondido. They wero a half mlle distant when they observed un going In tho opposite direction. Sud denly tho leaders, lu a clonrly evinced spirit of rollicking Bea dog fun, turned every ono of them and gave chase to the steadier. "It was perfectly evident they enjoyed tho performance'ns much ns tho spectators. For a little^ whllo tho noise -wns ?deafening, ns If a thou sand gamins of thu. streets hud been turned loose iii a go-os-you-ploaso bath-.' . house. "Then", huvjng proved their abil ity to.catch up with thO-'stcnmeV, they as suddenly veered and sped south ward.-Sunset Magazine. AM 1'.ld<T llroUipr. In a case hi thu orphans' court of nu eastern city one of the principal wit nesses was naked if lie had any broth ers or sisters. * I han n brother," lie replied, "but lie died 150 years aso." 0 "Whit? A hundred and fifty years ngoV" echoed the judge, with au im plied rebuke for a possible jest. "Yes. I am telling you tho truth. My father was married at nineteen years of age. Within tho year a son was boru to him, who shortly afterward died. Becoming a widower beforo ho was thirty, my father married again at tho age of seventy-five. I was born next year. I am at present ninety-four years old. If you will make the neces sary calculation by adding my age, ninety-four, to tho number fifty-six, which ls the difference between seven ty-five and nineteen, tho ages of my father at tho time of his respective marriages, tho result will be exactly 150. So lt ls just a century and a half since my brother died." - a Let tho Children Piar* It ls too often truo of the unhappy children who are forced to riso too ear ly In their classes that they aro con ceited ail the forenoon of life and stu pid all its afternoon. Tho vigor and freshness which should have been stor ed up for tho purposes of tho hard struggle for existence in practical lifo have been washed out of thorn by pre cocious mental debauchery-by glut tony and lesson I libbi..,,. Their facul ties aro worn out by tho strain put apon their callow brains, and they are demoralized by worthless childish tri umphs before tho real work of life be gins. I have no compassion for sloth, but youth has more need for Intellectu al rest than agc, and the cheerfulness, the tenacity of purpose, the power of work, which mako many a successful man what he ts, must often be placed to the credit not of his hours of Indus try, but to that of his hours of Idleness lu boyhood.-Huxley. Rosera na a Storr Teller. Char!? ' Dickens used to describe the way lr, ich Samuel Rogers, the poet, told di Jt table stories when grown old anu feeble. A manservant stood o behind Rogers' chair, and at appropri ate intervals would thus admonish his master: "Tell Mr. Dickens, slr, the sto ry of the Hon. Charles Townshend and beautiful Miss Cursen." Thc cid poet would start In a slow chant: "The Hon. Charles Townshend became enam ored of Miss Curzon. She was bee* yewtiful. He be-rlbed her maid to con ceal him In her cheo-amber and when she arrived to dress for a ball emerged from bia hiding place. She looked at bim fixedly, then said, 'Why don't you begin?* She took bim for the 'air* dresser." . . . -..?.i? Two Wara ta? PB?!-* li. Two groups of persons were seated Lu a railway station, according to Llp plncotf a Magazine. One consisted of n fashionably attired?palr, the other of a pair who looked aa If they were from the country. They bad been there only a few minutes when a girl came In whose complexion #vas as nearly per fect aa anything in thia world ever is. While she was buying her ticket the young man remarked to the ladies with bim: ' "Isn't Miss Craneford a beauty? Her complexion ls ns perfect as a rose." At tho aame time the other man clutched hlti wife's arm and whispered: "Lord, Nan, hasn't that gal got a purry hide?" Bterso and Garrick:. Sterne, who had the reputation of treating bia wife very badly, waa ono day talking to Garrick In a sentimental way In praise of conjugal fidelity and love. "The husband," he declared, "who beba vea unkindly to bia wife de serves to have bis house burned over blshesd." .Tn ?iat case," replied Garrick, "X hope your bouse ls Insured." An Exception. "Which Ia the first and most Impor tant sacrament?" asked ? Sunday school teacher of a girl preparing for confirmation. "Marriage," was the "prompt response. "No, baptism ls the first and most Important sacrament," the teacher corrected. "Not In our family," said tho pupil haughtily. "W? are respectable." Precisely Located. . "Where were the kings of England crowned?" waa the question on an ex amination paper. "On their heads," wrote a boy In the space left for the answer. No gentleman ever finds lt necessary to proclaim bia character In the asser tion that be la a gentleman,-Duluth News-Tribune. - A Msine man makes leather cf cstSsh shins. -- What, must strike, I do not ssy .rith fear, but with awe, the. mind of any reflecting being, is this-that in that other world, of whioh we know so little, we h ?Ve no ons on whom we ?so rely bat God only. Let ns some times be alone- with Him in this world, for the * tims will ecus who'd wa shall bs alone with Him.-Ben j a? - Wtt ; ; ; ; | . A LITTLE NONSENSE. Clever Sayings From the Mouths of Youngsters. Tho Governess-What happened when tho man killed tho goose that laid tho golden egg, Maggie ? Little Maggie-Why, I guess his goose was cooked. Johnny - My mamma can euro people by the laying on of hands. Tommy-I don't believe it. Johnny-Well, it's o fact, just tho same. She eui rao of tho cigarette habit- that w?. Little Harry-Mamma, does God know ali our thoughts? MammaV-^-Yes, dear.' . . ; .". ? Litt lo .]lWrv--?-T ion why can't I tJunk:my prayers instead vi saying ..'eui ? ' Small Hobby - gay, papa, what makes.giralTos have such long nooks? Pup;v~Goil ?inve them long necks So;* they cou M renell the leaves of tho palm, which only grow at tho top of tho tree. Small Hobby-Well, why didn't ("?od make tho leaves grow lower down ?-Chicago Nows. Facts In tho Case. First Stranger-Do you consider marriage a failure? Second Stranger-I have found it vo. First Stranger-How* long have you been married? Second Stranger - I have novel been up against the matrimonial game at all. I proposed to five dif ferent girls, but they all handed mo tho frigid mitt.-Detroit Tribune. Intemperate at That. "Yes," said the voluble crank, "I used to be BR bad as you, but I made up my mind to quit smoking and I did." "You don't Bay!" replied thc un regenerate man. "I guess a mar who can quit smoking could quit al most anything" "Oh, yes. I" "Except talking about it."-Min neapolis Journal. At the Jungle Restaurant. Tho Lion-All the waiters seen particularly attentive to thal strange ostrich over yonder. Tho Tigress-YeB. I believe thej read in tho Jungle News this morn ing that ostrich tipa are unusuallj high this season. - Philadelphie Press. .< . !-.--Tcfifc. . ' Hopeful. "What do you think of all thit clamor for the arrest of prominent people ?" asked Meandering Mike. "Maybe it'll have a good effect/ answered Plodding Pete, "in makin police officers kind an' considerate toward ns regular patrons."-Wash ington Star. _ Change. Gunner - Cogger used to have such an exasperating horse laugh. , Guyer-It has ali changed since he bought an automobile. Gunner-H'm! Now I.suppose ho has the "horseless laugh."-Chi cago NewB. ?. . :, . Miseries of Trade? Druggist (awakened at 2 a. m.) WTiat do you wish ?. '. Voice, (ot tho door)-If youTI lei me look in your directory to se? how to address this latter lil buy a postage stamp of you.-New York Weekly. _; ; Contrasts. "Women certainly do run to ex tremes in their eating." .Tor instance?" "Well, yonder is a girl eating an gel,cako with deviled ham/'-Louis ville Courier-Journal. Disgusted. "Como, now, Willie," said his mother, "you must have your neck washed.'* "Aw, say," protested Willie, "who invented neck washin* anyway?" Pittsburg Post. Alas, Not Se. "On, it must be fine to bo a poet!** exclaimed tho sweet thing. "It-ought to be more," replied the practical one. "It ought to be fine -nd imprisonment.*' - Milwaukee Sentinel. - It ia but a step from the sublime t) the ridiculous, and the shortest wai to make it is to step on a banana peel. - It makes a maa pretty cross ta have hir wife act aa if he had a good temper. . - It ia really worth all of the aanoy anoe of being broke when some people eome around trying to borrow money from you. . > \ - Three things io govern--iemper, conduct and tonga e. Peoi's M of Anim ANDEBBC29, 8. C. We respectfully aolioit a share ot your business. .?jC?L L THB C? SJ G 1=1 *?ND,CUS?E TKB LUNGS WITH /CONSUMPTION Price FDR I OUGHSand 60c & $1.00 ^yOLDS Freo Trial. Suroat and Quickest Oura for all THROAT and LUNG TR SUB LES, or MONEY BACK. THOMAS ALLEN, ATTORNEY AT liAW. Omeo in Old Benson Building, Money to Loan on Real Estate. W4LL PAPERING. A full assortment ot Wall Paper, in cluding Tapestry, satin flolsb, ingrain and bath room Tile. The largest stock ever carried in Anderson. Room mould* log to match all paper. All orders Ailed on uh crt notice. Three of the best paper hangers ia the city. We also do work out of the city. . Q. L. ARNOLD, Phone No. 20 B. 301 Depot street Notice to Creditors. AU persons having claims against the Estates of Mary Earle and Fletcher Lat i ai or, deceased, are hereby not! fled to present them, properly proven, to the undersigned within thirty days after publication herof for payment. R. Y. H. NANCE, Judge t f Prcbato as Speolal Referee. Feb 21,1000 80 ^ 6 ~" PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM, CTbant?* ind. beautifies toa batt . Promote* m Injuria nf ?itnrth. ? Novor ralla to Beater? Gama JB?lr to lt* Youthful Color. Guru *c*!p ditc&Kj k hair Millos. C0o,ttod 81.00 et UroCTlrta Charleston & Western Carolina Railway. Arrival and Departure of Tralno, Ander son, S. C. Effective April 14,1906, DEPARTURES: 7.27 a, m. No. 22, dally, except Sunday, for McCormick and Interme diate stations, arrive McCor mick ll 15 a. m. 4:10 p. m. No 6, daily, for Augusta, eta, connecting st Augusta with all liesa diverging, and at MoOor mlc / with C. <fc W. O. train No. 4 for Greenwood and Interme diate stations. Arrive Calhoun Falla 6.42 p. m., Augusts 8.89 pm. ARRIVALS: Train? arrive Union Depot Anderson, No. 6, dally, from Augusta, McCormick, Calhoun Falla and intermediate stations 11.00 a. m.; No. 21, del'y, except Sunday, from McCorssisk asd i?t?rmodisie sta tions 5.05 p. m. .;. w. W. B. Steele, U. T. A., Anderson, 8.0. Geo. T. Bryan, G. A.. . Greenville,S.O. Ernest Williams, O.P.A. Augusta, Ga? H.M.Emerson, . _Traffic Manager. ; Blue Ridge Ba?road, Ef?tctUo Nov. 29,1903. .?WESTBOUND. No. ll (dally)-Leave Belton 8.60 p. m; Anderson 4.15. p. nr. ; Pendleton 4.47 p. m.i Cherry 4 54 p. m.; bansoa 6.81 p. rn ; arrive walhalla 6.56 p. m. , No. 9- (dally except Sunday)-Leave Belton 10.48 a, m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Pendleton 11.82 a. m.; Cherry 1L39 a. na? arrive at Seneca 11.67 a. m. ? . No. 5 (Sunday only)-Leave Bel to? 11.46a.m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; For? dleton 11.82 a. m.; Cherry 11.89 a, ma Seneca 1.06 p. m.; arri ve ^Walhalla L2, pw m. No. 7 (dally except Sunday)-Leave Anderson 10.80 a. m.; Pendleton 10.69 a? m.; Cherry 11.09 a. m.; Seneca 1,05 p. m.} arrive Walhalla 1.40 p m. * : : ' No. 8 (dally)-Leave Belton 9.16 p. r*., arrive Anderson 9.42 p. rn. No. 23 (dally exoept Sat lay)-Leave Belton 9.00 a. m.; arriva Anderson 9.80 *m' EA8B0UND, No. 12 (dally)-Leave Walhalla 8.35 a? m.; S?neca 8.58 a. m ; Chen y 9.17 a. m.; Pendleton 9.25 a. m.; Anderson. 10.00 a? m.; arrive Belton 10.25 a,?; ; No. 15 (daily except Sunday)-Leave Seneca 2.00 p. m.; Cherry 2.19 p. m.; Pen dleton 2.26 p. m.; Anderson 8 io p. m.; arrive Belton 3.35 p. tact;' No. 6 (Sunday only)-Leave Anderson 3.10 p. m.; arrive Belton 8 85 p. m. No 8 (daily)-Leave Walhalla 3.10 p. m.; Seneca 6.31 p. m.; Cherry 6.59 p. m.? Fendleton 6.12 p. m.; Anderson 7.30 p. m.; arrive Belton 7.68 p. m. . No. 24 (dally except Sunday)-Leave Anderson 7.60 a. m.: arrive Belton 8.29 a. m. H. C. BEATTIE, Pres., . . Greenville, S O OT. R. ANDERSON, Supt. Anderson, 3. C. BO "'BARS* EXPERIENCE > ? TRADS M ARHSJ Desto?? 2 CcpvmoHTO Aal mutton ot MIT tS*5luiyLf?CSifa .*-*r: fnor noouu, St, SiMSrs*^ 'vi? T St- W?*b