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j! BERTIE'S 1 INDECISION By Ina Wright Hanson Copyright, 1D0C, by Homer Spraguc Martha's eyes wera troubled aa ah? bung up the receiver. "Just Uko Bertie," she mused, tak* lng up her coat, cap and goggles and going slowly up fko'atalrs. "Exactly like Bertie. T^hls moaning we were tc spend our last afternoon sailing; at noontime he sent u messenger to aa; ho had changed his mind and would -come In his automobile; now he t?l? phones that we win go on cur wheels to the redwoods." ..Unstable as water, but handsome as jx king-ought to be," was her thought -a few minutes later. They wera walk ing down the garden path to the bV -cycles walting at tho gate. . "Here's a flower for you," be said 4?ayly, stooping to pick a pelargonium. "'Fitting symbol of you is tills Martha Washington. Not a blt high toned, but -snailing alike on tho rich and the poor; -delicately colored, but sturdy for al) 4hat, my Martha." She responded absently to his chat ter. She was glad Ibo did not seem to -expect juch of her in tho way of .conversation. ? ? ? "I suppose you have been wondering Tivhy I changed my mind so often." They had walked up bills and wheel ?ed down them and over the level : places ?nd along the cool shady path to the redwoods. They were sitting where a streamlet leaped forward to JUss the feet of the ferns; where the redwoods gave out u soothing fra ?rance. ' A few stepp, away, was garish sunshine, but here!abade and coolness nod quiet Martha's troubled heart lightened, and she smiled winsomely into Bertie's face. ., l??) , "Why?* she queried. ; i "Because ? am going, to ask you something, und I wanted to choose tbs } ftest place for lt This is the best of .all, isn't lt, beloved? I Want you,to wavrj me, Martha, tonight and go sway with me or not go away. I don't liaow that I caro anything about see '.?ng Now York; anyway.'' . ^?ou Want me to/marry you tonight lor fear that by Christmas or Septem ;ber ar tomorroW you might change ?yonr mind} Thanks'for tho compll iment, and no? thank you, for the offer." $ .Bertie's; face wes white. She was T3??v5geiy glad abe had hurt him. He '-' mlcbt realize a little of her suffering. 1 .-^ ?J>o yon think ? waajfc a husband wvho changes bis mind on, a subject as .many times aa there are boura in a 1 %dayl What pleasure ia"tuero In you, Bertie Han --on, and what confidence -Can ene have? We were to read to Im ? prove our minds. Ton. b?gau With Wil aiam Tell at the arrow scene; then you -took a chapter In 'Merchant of Yeri i/ce:' next you thought .Burton Holmes' : travels"- . "Don't, Martha,*' Bertie interrupted. -"Probabiy I shall thank you some time, l>ut just now J can't stand any more, .than n homeopathic dose." "\. Tf?.Biertie had got furious with ber :wvi? be had cried-she .felt os if she would not haye been, surprised. to see > him cry. like a girl-she could have kept onJ pelting 14m .wilber., sharp -words, but to ?have him quiet and j . -white-that. waa gomftth?ng l?t? could not bear. Tears dropped ou the Martha . ? Washington in her co.d band. ", |? " -"Forgive me? dear ;1 didn't mean" "Pardon, me, Martha; X think yon meant exactly .what yon, sold. In the ,. ... jflash of your words ;I: eeo what I wp*n?. ?der. I have ; failed ito discover hereto -fore. Isn't there a saying that if you ?eau properly diagnose a cas? the cu re HP. half effected? ; 'If I overcome the Jfcult and make ; a man of myself may ' J. expect your favor, Martha?" . ; She shook her' besiL V ; ' "I can't have any faltb lui you, Bertie, r (?b?t.vafter all : yod -oro ;.not? to "blam*. - 'Ton can't be different. ' There uro too many Odds against you.? 'It's heredi ; .J^ry. My father knew.; your - father e ; *weil. Gemini br your birth ^aJ,g?i-?two ^.f orces . pulling In opposite' ?ire^ttonsv Then your fortune stands in your way arid even-yob*/ can noyi?r J . il expect a Napoleon of a Bertie.'' ;\^V . *"'| ' "Can any good come Out of Nasa-" , roth?.' ho said, bitterly.\"Bnt you re member the beat did come.ont pf Noxa ??'$:)xe&& it you cared for ino"- ' "I care, Bertie, if i that's u^ co^oU*r; . -xi?n. ; I could walt. y?a?\ for you, but"-r, "Well, that's enough. Bertie thresy -up i? ?ap: and caught it as lt came .down. : t?e xt? 'c&mp pac* l?t? hb> . ' smooth checks. /'Now I wiiifarefor?i ' ? into th? worldfAnd abbw you what a; ? , man's'will caa' do JU','spite or heredity 1 j ?nd astrology and all the rest;. You'll see, Maid Martha.^' . . .;?;.;?,-:. This "soddencb^ngo of isp?flt Was ??' l . like ci^ariibt?K-<Bvertie .that Martha .. ... . H:^e&^'\'::- : ';-. . /'-K, Vl'mi sorry can't: encourt : j It was'ayear before hews" carno, f rpm ~ . . Jhe absent Bertie., Martha might baye ; inquired f rom : bis": frlend^Vto',iier,'.iawn: : <dty, jou^r she ; was' too pto?d.^; He bad turned fra^^ < ???a be -had always .flitted. ; from one , tihnge cf . life" to x??eth^-'a Vb?Horny;' .? ?he; I thought ? scornfully, ^y-xs^o^l^ ' t?e waste toar? on bim? So she spent .'Jbfer days among be>.flowe>? and books; ?d li her nights wite not alway* peaceful she gave no elfin.:.'IVJHK ; . . -At tbeyear'a^aa^ tito" #tjltet cams,. '{.tb neV,.With nervous, trembling hast?, ."-?be. tore off ;,atrtng' and;-'pa^;''and. /tirougbt' forth '. Berke's' diary. -Mm^?m >^ iobbed as abetotmd ber nam? on every ^tj^fav -;' WtMA ra??a ^vitb him to New Y i ^MX> of his fortuno, plctdg^tifatftf? net to touch another penny >f tt .tut a ^??r bad gone. He bad eonght service immad??sely, beginiiing wim the z^t loathed them none knew better. than ^ino^t?^ A?^|acov? I kship ft?kdjgavc bim freely cwd*d. It waa ??-tfciB'tbat r,I ?m beginning," ho wrote, "on Ma caulay's history. I swear not to lake I up anything else till these volumes oro finished." "Can ho bo strong enough, the dear, brave boy?" Martha wondered as sho read eagerly on. but it waa when sho was smiling over some whimsical, hap py thought, written In Bertie's happy expression, that it came. "Failed ?" on a dozen pages. Tben ono boro bravely a Hue from Gold smith, "Our greatest glory consists not In never failing, but In rising every timo we fail." After that was the continuation of tho arduous routine. On tho last pago he had written, "If I do not win my Murtoa after all. I feel that I shall come somewhat nearer to deserving her!" Another six months drugged by. The diary contained no clew to his address save New York city, so that Martha could not send him encouragement and loving messages of which her heart was full. She felt tht t she deserved tho suspense, but it was fearfully hard to bear. "VY'beu lt seemed to her that she could endure it no longer, an omi nous yellow envelope carno to her. "Bert Harrlman seriously 111 in B. hospital; constantly calling Martha." Even in her distress Martha noticed "Bert," not "Bertie," mute tribute to bis winning battle .against birth signs, heredity mid fortune. Less than a week later Martha sat trembling lu the office of B. hospital while a ?weet faced nurse talked to give her time to regain her control. "It was 'Martha, Martha, Martha,' till Mr. Dean, his employer, decided to look through his belongings for a pos sible clew. We found your name and address and ventured to telegraph. He ls rational now, but naturally ex tremely weak. Yon may see him, but not for long." "How did he get the fever?" Martha quavered. . "Overwork. Mr. Dean saw that he was doing too much, but his advice was not heeded.' Mr. Harrison would reply that in B!S months ho would take a vacation. Then came the great storm. Mr.-Dean warned him, but ho would walk for two hours, no matter whal the weather. Of dogged persistency to en ?den Mr. Dean said he never saw his equal.". The nu ree's keen ?yea saw that Mar tha's trembling Hps had grown quiet, and she answered the smile in her wei eyes cheerily. . ? But when at last Martha was by hei lover's side she was the weaker of thc two. "I felt all day that you were coming dear,''; he said quietly. "You bay? waited for me, haven't you?" Fiercely restrained sobs choked bael her answer, out she laid her head ox Bertie's pillow; and he was content Next day they awaited the coming o: ice minister with prayer book ant rio*. % ' -, -., ' - *;' . . Seventeenth Century Pancsryrtc-.. George II. inquired why Milte? Jit not write his "Paradise Lost" in prose One sympathizes more with Stephen Duck, the peasant poet, who read th great epl? over "twice or thrice wit! a dictionary before he could under stand the language." We find ourselve somewhat at a. loss to understand th language Tn which were couched th fulsome panegyrics of the late seven teenth century. Dr. Hill selects tw which lt would he hard to "surpass.-Th first is Dryden's to Roscommon; How will sweet Ovid's ghost be pleased t hoar' '-- ????'<?--? -r S!s:??i?S augmented by a.British peart .? Cant goes almost farther in the set ond and blasphemy n good deal fal tlier. It ls Halifax's lament fe Charles H.: In Charles, sp good a man and king-, w ? see . r. . - : " ' .,. ? . . A double image of -the Deity.. Oh, had he more' resembled; ltl Oh,. .why Was ho not still more like and Could ru die? ? '.v v'^i?.'S ? . This teems unsurpassable. Yet i Dr. Hill had been concerned with tl poems of Mr. Richard Duke be Won] doubtless have secured.- an almo: equally startling couplet in memory .'< a monarch whose wit has .'been mot often extolled than his virtue: Good Titus could, but Charles could nevi . say- ?.' ". -V . Jv - ' ' .'-V Of all his royal lifo he lost a*'day. -Professor W.. P. <Trent In Forum. -; - " ' , . . * - Bli Ambition.' : . A hew vicar was being shown, rous Hie parish by his warden. "v. v.. V*'The:.naUve^-'?re':a. hardy lot; t?r be' said; "but ypu haven't Been _ Peti Sparks../ He's the quaintest ebaraet? th these parts." :;. ,.\ \ W " ./. . Thih Individual turned out to be tl sexton, and he was discovered rlnyk the church bell. "Is hot this bell ringing almost tc much^fpf/yoUf my . friend?*': asked ? t! trtcar sympathetically, noting the ,bei Igiiro of the old man. "Yon must bo arireat ager* ^Ye8slr, yesslr,'' mumbled the o fellow.; .: " 'OW many years I've toll? the beB I can't tellye.ybritilfy i>eg? alr^; it^ ,leil : on me. . i .'OwsoeV.e^,'. P< bolled tho heil for five vicars." ? ??D^jr;. mei'' ejaculated 'the; clerg ??3'iihc?mfortably. , < r^Ahd^?* continued the sefton, '?1%, aappy - when Pvc. made. vp .the- 'a iozen, I tWnk I'U retire ^nr^lii it?^'"*riiDef? . ' ?. ? - : - ^^^^^.Tkit^?'' C?ix?At?m. '.. Abyssinia baa three climates, a^coi infc^oltha altitude above tho sea. , the low country or valleys banani Sates, indigo, cotton and other troph plan ts . flourish. > Elephants.' ; libas. : raffet?, zebras and gazelles abound ? Intermediate ?one Tecalis ; tibe elUai >t ?icily or Of Andalusia. A? Sjift There is good pasture for flock* a aerda In the bfrbestifc^^ .?.>. ' , m '"what"'S'^^^i^ ,??va int? ' ''io / V^' : ;. "uMiiini^iH n.iu- ?'niiiii;iii?>>. "*'". Joe-But; roy dear ienow, tBjros* ?me eneugh to Justify yw?,ci?rtyi? ?*bd-~rt?? atra?a n?t Jo^-?h*n Wi a ?ovo. ? '.>?>> Medicine, o Throw out opium, said Dr. Holmes, which the Creator himself seems to prescribe, for wo often eeo tho scarlet poppy growing In the cornfields, as If lt were foreseen that whore ver thero ia hunger to be fed there must also bo pain to be soothed; throw out a few specifics which our ort did not discover and Is hardly needed to apply; throw out wine, which Is a food and tho vapors which produce the miracle of anaesthesia, and I firmly believe that If tho whole materia medica as uow used could ho sunk to the bottom of the sea lt would bo all tho bettor for mankind and all tho worse for the fishes. The shortest system of medical prac tice that I know of ls tho oldest, but not the worst It Is older than Hip pocrates, older than Chiron tho Cen taur. Nature taught lt to tho first ?nn*tlAV ??linn e*-? ann. i,.>.. Apatlwnm * l I'y (. i . * . A ?, ?JV.? . i. A.. . IIIOLUUIU child nutting some ugly pcb1?!? or lurid berry Into Its mouth. I know uot lu what laugungo lt was spoken, but I know that lu English lt would sound thus: "Spit lt out'." YVUen Yon Write Abroad. In writing to France or Italy, a post master pointed out tho other day, the address shoulc. bo printed, for the printed chr.ta*ters of French, Italian and English aro alike, but of the writ ten ones this ls not true. The capital letter T, for Instance, ls written In France and Italy Uko C. Tho top stroke ls made as with us, but tho downward b t roko curves to the right Instead of to the left Our C ls taken for a T abroad. Our T ls taken for I or J. It ls Important therefore to print Instead of to writo proper names on foreign letters. A letter addressed In writing to, for Instance, a man named Treat would be thought by the French nod Italian to be addressed to Ireat, and in the general delivery department of th? p?stofflee lt would be placed lu the X Instead of In the T compartment 'Thus when Mr. Treat called for his mail a search of compartment T would reveal nothing for bim, and bis letter, bidden among the I's, would never be delivered. . r ': Slade ' the Bear. Work. Bill Winters uses bia wit to save bis strength. During ? camping trip In the Maine woods Bill was easily the laziest man In the party. Finally bis exas perated comrades told bim that If he did not kill something besides time they would pack him off borne. The next morning Bill borrowed a rifle and went of? up the mountains. Two hours later, the men In camp saw Bill run ning down again as fast as he could come, and close behind bim waa a bear. The men watched the chase, with load ed rifles ready. On reaching camp Bill turned and shot the bear. Whoo the men could stop laughing ono of them said, "Bill, wbat on earth possessed you to run that distance with the bear BO close when you might have killed him on tba bill r.nd saved your breath?'* Bill smiled slowly, "what"a the use of killing a bear in the mountains and lugging bim In when you can run bim In?" be ashed.-Boston Herald. Moora Consider VB Dirty. A habit of our own which wo con sider far. more cleanly than eating ? with our fingers is looked upon by the Moors as filthy-that Is, washing our.' hands or fnco in a basin and, still , more, ta kl ric? ? "bain where ?ieV water is not running. The cleaner we become, j they say, the^r^er^je^y^ter >?o nr^. Tushing __w ?th. must necessarily be- S cyme, and "eventually we step forth as J cleansed from water which is no longer clean. A Moor to wash bia bands bas the water poured from a vessel over them and never by any chance dips them into the dirty waten The Kamo, ' way Mi- tbetr bathav Tho water ia thrown over their bodies ont of bright brass bowls and flows away through holes In tile marble or tile floor.-Mod era Society. : , T!io Harvard Croas. Tho iron cross burnished with gold which ls over one of tho entrances to the Harvard college library (Gore hall) waa nt, the time of, tito. 1745 si?ge ot XoUisburg taken from a Catholic chap el there and brought to Massachusetts : ns ono of the spoils of victory. In 187? justin - Winsor, the librarian of Har vard college library, found it lu the cellar of the library and h?.d lt glided and placed in the position which lt now occupies. .. "???C ? [},'?: 'Daring, and Dexterous. , ; .^or a feat of dexterity and nerve lt .would be difficult to surpass that of the Borges m an of South Africa, who walks quietly up to a puff n dd er n nd delib erately sets his bare foot on its neck. In Its struggles to escapo and attempts to bite its assailant the poison, gland secretes a largo amount of the venom. This ls just what the Bosjesroan wants. Killing the snake, he eats tho body and uses the poison for his arrows. Ivoweli . Motto. lb a eulogy which appeared. in tho Century Magazine just^after Lowell's death aro these words:^Thls ls low ell's legacy OB a* patriot, not the sentir ment, 'My country,, right, or wrong,' but 'My country-lt Shall ,nev?r bo wrong lr I can help it? " . .?* Dteamiae. ?;, Husb/ind (admiringly) - There'? no tm trying to. disguise tho fact that you aro smarter than I am, my dear. Wife (complacently)-Tho fact, my love, has never, been In dlsgnlso among these mwvu, ?'* : - mm ^p?';k'' :4.^i If the po?plo who keep diaries are ; ?A.?fcy . caa* nf rh*$g?. ?5~ ?hlsh ?ot be ?ured wiih Df. ?)rumfi?oad's v the agenoy and ?i?in?Co.,84 N?Mltt A FRIGHTENED ACTRESS, Wlien Molturan Han For Uer Life ?'rom Her Father. Mnllbran was nu exceptional woman as well ns a great sluger, o 1 she hud an interesting and spontaneous tem perament. Tho daughter of Gnrclu, elie had u harsh oud di?lcult master In her own father. When she was sixteen ho ono day came to her room and without any kind of preparation said t-> her, "You will mako your first appoaranco with me ou Saturday in 'Otello.' " It gave her exactly six daj-B for prep aration. Tho child, terrified nearly into speechlessness, Btaruiuerod that she could not possibly do it-what he asked was impossible?. Rut Garcia could take no contradiction. AU ho answered was: "You'll make your first appear ance on Saturday, and bo perfect. If not, lu the last scene, when I nm sup posed to plunge my dagger Into your breast, I'll do so In real earnest." Tho frightened girl had to mnko the best of ' lt. Her success was absolute, but one little piece of realism lu her neting nt tho end was a delicious though entirely unconscious piece of retaliation upon her father for a rather brutal method. Her Desdemona hud been exquisite; she had mnde her what she was herself, a child, innocent and submissive and adoring. But In the last net, when Othello strode toward her with uplifted dag ger, la Malibrnn, truly frightened out of her wits, ran away from him and made for windows ond doors, frantic ally trying to escape. Wheu her father nt last caught hold of her, sB real had tho whole thing becomo that, seizing the hand with which he was supposed to murder her, oho bit it till it bled. Garcia gave a cry of pain, which the nudlenee took for a cry of rogo, and tho net ended In deafening applause for father and daughter. The Incident reveals la Mallbran. She was never, in one sense of the word, on actress nt oil There wno no studied counterfeit of emotion!?, but a woman with an extraordinary power of lo&lng herself In the emotions of othera>-T. P.'s Weekly, FORCED TO EAT BOOKS. Haman ?peinas "Who \Vere Compelled to Devour Uteratarc. Amone the cavv.es. that contribute to the destruction of books, says an Ital ian wilier, Amerlco Scarlatti, there ls. one very curious one that may be called blbllopbagta. No reference Is Intended to thu mice that once, destroyed In England on entire edition of Castell's "Lexicon Heptaglotton," but to human beings who have literally devoured hooks. . in iii i\) Barnnho Visconti compelled two papal delegates to eat the bull of Excommunication which they had brought him, together with its silken cords and leaden seal. As the bull was written on parchment, says the Scien tific American, not paper, lt was all the more difficult to digest, A similar anecdote was related by Oelrlch in his "Dlssertatlo de Blbllo thecarum et Librorum FnrJs'.' (1750) of an Austrian general wbo had signed a note for 2,000 florins and when .lt .fell due compelled his Creditors to .eat lt. Tbs Tartars when becks fa!! Into their possession, eat them that they may acquire the knowledge contains^, in thom. . ' ."* A Scandinavian writer, the author of a poiitic-?i book, was compelled to choose between being beheaded or eat ing his manuscript bolled in broth. Isaac Volmar, vho wrote some spicy satires against Bernard, duke of Saxv ony, was not allowed the courtesy of the kitchen, but was forced to swallow "them uncooked. . Still worse was the fate of Philip Oldenburger, a jurist of great renown, who was condemned not only td eat ? pamphlet of his writings, but alao to be flogged during his repast, with or ders that the flogging should not cease until he had swallowed the last crumb. Terror Saved Her. A tale of a paralytic and a stroke of lightning: For twenty-two years a wo man had been ^paralyzed, unable to leave her room. One night when she happened to be alone In the house a fierce storm broke. Tho poor woman was terrified by the thunder and the blinding glare of the lightning. With an effort of which no one had believed ber capable she struggled from her bed and to the house of a neighbor. Barely had erle reached safety when the place she had. just left was struck by light ning. The room In which sh o had lived so long was rent in two and every thing in it was burned or smashed. Power of locomotion had been restored to the cripple just tn time to save her life.-Chicago News. Her AdvnniQgo. Mistress (after many remonstrances on unpunctuality)-Really, Mary, you must try to bo more punctual about serving the meals.' When they aro late your master blames me. Mary Ah, well, mum, of course I can go, but you're a prisoner for life I- London^ Punch. , . ' '/ ?'?':;'?' ' 0*<?picf<>??. . Mr. BUkins (looking np from the pa p?1)--Tho eminent physician. Dr. Greathead, says there ls no exercise so conducive to. health In woman ns ordinary housework. Mrs. Bllklns Huh! PU bet he's married.-tlt-BIts. Annie* Improve Ci ar ?rc. Possibly the pest way7 to improve cigars ls te; place very thin slices* of appto between them. Thia ls a familiar practico among connoisseurs. Any old apple will dev-NeF> York Press. ?> ".'..".'.?v. '/ ? ''"' l'. 1 fi i j '?** i "'. '< ? Nothing hardens tnt? heart and eon fdence like the acquisition of a for tune at tho expenso of othersw-Burla meechi. .: ? Tor Inlauts and Children. .Beare the* 23? '.^^^^<?f?ii?^ pos| wilt;take your' o^f?B?t possibly ?me otk of a hua eill generatr f?ith cnoa?b to use She Feared For ihe Young Mans Safely After he had fallen upon his kueca and kissed her hand she said: "Before I answer yes or no there aro some things I would like to ask you. Do you over drink or gamble?" "No," he eagerly replied. "I do not know what the tasto of liquor la. I have never dollied my Ups with tobac co. I have never uttered a profuuo word lu my life. I have never even played euchre where a prlzu was at Itako." Sho looked at him thoughtfully for a moment, drew a long sigh and then gashed: "Have you ever broken a woman's heartV" "Ah. how can you ask mo that?" ho almost reproachfully answered, "if I had over spoken words of lovo to nn other I would not deem myself worthy to touch the hom of your garment. I have never cured for any ono but you. I huve never kissed any woman except my mother. I have never pl von any girl cause to utter ono sorrowful sigh. Yours is the first dear, soft little bund that I have ever held lu my own. Never before tonight have I looked luto auy girl's eyes us I am looking Into your deep, soulful eyes. Never" "Ob, dear," she Impatiently Interrupt ed, drawing her hand away from him, "lt's after 8 o'clock, and you shouldn't be so far away from homo at this time of night. Walt a minute, please, and I'll seo if I cau't got my brother Tom to go with you. Your mamma must be terribly worried." - Chicago Record Herald. Brain and Mo?cle. The superintendent of a factory went Into the storehouse one day and Baw tho storekeeper tugging away at a big caso of goods. HU face was red, and the muscles of his neck were bulging out. "Hold on there, Jack," cried tho su perintendent, "allow me to demonstrate to you the power of brain over muscle." He then grabbed a hook that was on a shelf and stuck lt In the case, gave a quick jerk and toppled over Into a pile of rubbish. He got up and looked at the storekeeper and said, "Blame lt, the handle waa loose." "Yes, slr," replied Jack, "that's why I didn't use lt."-Houutou Post Hla Comment, Timothy Huggins was not precisely a brilliant scholar, and as tho old fash ioned methods of correction seemed to act like water on a duck's back lt was decided to supplement the usual by sending a report ot bis misdoings home io his parents. "Well, Huggins," was the master's next morning query, "did you give your father my report?" "Yesslr," was the sullen answer. "And what did he say y " 'E said e'd Uko to wring your bliss* ed neck for you," was tho genial reply. -KTo more reports regarding Infraction of discipline have been sent to that parent.-Answers. Hooked, bnt Not (Yet) Landed. The Unwilling Airship Passenger These 'ere navigable balloons is begin in' to get a confounded nuisance. Sketch._ 1 Worrylna*. "They say that a woman always knowe when a man ls going to pro pose," observed the man with tho In growing mustache. "She docs," affirms th* lady with the contemplativo eyes. "That must nt times worry her, doesn't it?" "Not half so much as the other side of the picture. She also knows when a man ls not going to propose."-Chi cago Tribune. Bl? Little Scheme. Pennlbs-My boss has worked me ten hours a day for eight years, but I'm going to get oven with bim. Inkerton-How are you going to do lt? Pennlbs-I'm going to marry his daughter, fhen I'll work him twenty four hours a day as long as bo lives. Chicago News. The Oct There Boy LUUo Johnny Jonos ho was The ?martert boy of all. He was the smartest boy because . lie pitched tuo finest ball. Little Johnny Jones could swim To beat us. out of Steht? And, say, 'twas only fun for him To git Into a fight! And couldn't he shin up a tree Ahead of alt the rest! And run-seowhltlkor. but ho In races waa the best! Utile Johnny Jenes ls now A congressman, and, say. Ho makes hts" mark, for somehow hs Works as he used to play.. -New Torfe Vrees. - A company bas been formed in Berlin for the purpose of selling water from the Ki vcr Jordan for the purpose of baptism,. The water is to sell at ?6 .marks (13 60) a bottle, and avery pastor who sells a bottle of it is to be entitled to a discount of 4 marks, taya the New York Globe. - Whether Hobson or Hooh will* receive the nomination for the pre ai - decoy at the national kissers' conven tion depends upon whether the kiss will pr* for a wholesaler of retailer. MICHAEL ANGELO. Tho ?Tembl? Start In Life ot tlie Fa. mool Monter. Two boya were hording swlno In Italy. They woro evidently discussing some very Importo nt subject, for they were cnrnest nt lt A mnn approach ed, and tho boys separated, each for his own side of tho pasture. Tho man was angry and was shaking his hand at thom. The boys suki nothing; they drove their swine in and were quiet as a mouse nbout it. Tho man had said they should stay out until dark, and thc sun had not oven sot yet. After they had driven tho swine to their re spectivo places each crept to his room, took his clothes mid tied them In a bundle. This done, they both crept down and ran to the road which led to Home. One's natue was Peter; the other Michael Angelo. Both were poor boys. They tramped and tramped, and tho first thing they did when they roached Home was to ^o to church. After they had rested and prayed they looked for employment. Peter received employment ns the cook's boy In some cnrdinal's house, but Michael could find nothing to do, so ho almost de spaired. Ho wont to bis friend Peter, who gave him something to eat and at night secretly let him into his room in the attic to sloop. This went on for a long time, Peter content to let his friend do this and Michael content nlso. Michael when in church had seen some flue pictures. Ono which fasci nated him was "Christ Ascending to I Heaven." Taking bits of charcoal, he ! went to Peter's room and drew pic ! tures on tho white walls. Ono day the cardinal bad occasion to go to the room. Michael had nicanwhllo secured employment in the cardinal's kitchen. Tho cardinal, upon seeing all tho pic tures, was dumfounded with their accurateness. He called Peter and Michael upstairs and asked who had drawn them. Michael confessed ho had, but said he thought he could rub them out again. The cardinal explain ed to him that lt wne all tight so fer j as the wall was concerned. He took j Michael and sent him to a drawing | master and gave Peter a better posi tion. And .Michael worked bard at his drawings, learned diligently and be came the renowned Michael Angelo, ono of the greatest painters of his time. VEGETABLES ?8 MEDICINE. Asparagus stimulates tho kidneys. Water cress is an excellent blood pu I rifler. I Parsnips possess tho same virtues as I sarsaparilla. . * j Carrots aro good for those havlag a tendency to gout. Celery contains sulphur and helps to ward off rheumatism. Celery Is a nerve tonic; onions also aro a toalc for tho nerves. Tomatoes aro good for a tor i liver, but should be avoided by goo;, people. Beets are fattening and good for peo ple who want to put on flesh; BO are potatoes. ; Lettuce bas a soothing effect on tho nerves and Is excellent for sufferers from insomnia.* . Spinach bas great aperient qualities and ls far bettor than medicine for suf ferers from constipation, -??rvifr* _ -?-Vi* Hatching Epe>? In ttae Month. gome curious, OJ-amples of tho egg laying habits of certain frogs aro re lated by naturalists. Tho femalo of oho species, a species which was re cently exhibited at a meeting of the Zoological society, carries tho eggs about In her mouth until they are hatched. When the young emerge they are tadpoles, but fully formed, though, of course, diminutive fr^rrs; An Amer ican tree frog, again, has a pouch along tho whole extent ot Its back, In which the eggs aro carried until hatch ed. It ls the Nototrema marsuplatum of. zoologists, *ho name referring to this curious uablt. The caso of the Surinam toad Is equally curious. In this species tho male places tho eggs, ono by one, In hollows In tho loose skin on, tho back of tho female, where they are developed.-London Globe. Walting- io Be Found. Lost one evening in a side street off Chating Cross, a small terrier cam? for tho next six days at nightfall to the same spot, walting to bo "found" and scanning engerly every passerby. The constable on the beat got to know her wistful little face and the bright sliver collar she wore quito well, but she was never to be seen by daylight. It was only on tho sixth evening, half starved and weak with waiting, that she al lowed herself to be captured and taken to the dogs' homo at Battersea, where she was eventually claimed by her owner.-St. James* Gazette. Her Gift. A Lancashire vicar was asked by tho choir to call upon old Betty, who was deaf, but who insisted in joining In the solo of the anthem, and to ask her only to sing In the hymns. Ho shouted Into her ear, "Betty, I've been requested to speak to you nbout your singing'." At last she caught tho word "singing" and replied: "Not to mo bo tho praise, slr. It's a 'gift.' " Juatlee. "Why Is Justice represented with a bandage over her brow?" "There ls a classical reason for it," said tho lawyer, "but to my mind it serves chiefly tb Impress the frequency with which Justice gets a black eye." Washington Star. Teacher-Mary, make a sentence with "dogma" as subject. Mary (after careful thought)-The dogma bas three puppies. - Among the ourious things t^at arrest attention on arriving in Mosoow is the absence of whips among drivers of cabs, carriages.and ali sorts of ve hicles. There ia a law prohibiting their ase. There is not a single whip ta ase in Moscow, says the Baltimore Amerieso. The excellent condition of the horses attests the benefit .of this humane, law. - Being good doesn't pay, but the worst of it ls neither doss being bsd. 7 People's Bai ef Mn. AN OE lift ON, 8" C. We respectfully solicit a share ol your business. Kl LL THE GOUGH AND CURS THB L?SBCS 5 w,TH Dr. King's New Discovery rnn rfONSUMPTJON Prie? FOR I OUGHSand *n?&$1.00 ^JOLDS Fr?* Trial. Surest and Quickest Cur* {or all THROAT and LUNG THOUS* LES, or MONEY BACK. ATTORNEY AT LAW, O Bice In Old Benson Building, jp' Money to Loan on Real Estate. WALLPAPERING. ~~ A fall assortaient ot Wall Paper, In eluding Tapestry, satin finish, Ingrata and bath room Tile. The largest stock ever carried tn Anderson'. Room mould* log to matob all paper. All orders filled on ebert notice. Three of the best paper bangers In tho city. Wo also do work out of the city. Q. Ii. ARNOLD, Phone No. 20 B. SOI Depot attest Notice to Creditors. AU persona having dalma against the Estates of Mary Earle and Fletcher Latlmer, deceased, aro hereby notified to present them, properly proven, to tbs nnderalgnod within thirty days after publioation herof for payment. R. Y. H. NANOK, Judge cf Probate as Special Referee. Feb 21,1906 86 5 TOttW? HAIR 8AL8AK3 im sod bMotifiM tho t Fromotw ft bnuxlin* g?OTfCi. Ila var VfcUa to Restore. 9> " Tear Charleston] [& Western Carolina Railway. Arrival and Departure of Tra?na, Ander son, S. C. y Effective April 14,1908. DEPARTURES: 7.27 a. m. No. 12. dally, except Sunday, for dorm?ale and Interme ! uiat ??tions, srrlve MuCor? mick ll 15a. m. 4:10 p. m. No 0, dally, for Augusta, etc., connecting at Augusta with all , lines diverging, and at McCor mick wi tb C. & W. O. train No, 4 for Greenwood and interme diate stations. Arrive Calhoun Falls 5 42 p. m., Angosta 8.25 p. m. ARRIVALS: f&Tralns arrive Union Depot Anderson, . No. 5, dally, from Augusta^ McOormlok, Ca.uSsn Fails and icier luodi?ts aUtiOw 11.00 n. m.; No. 21, dat'y. except Sunday, from McCormick and intermediate sta tions 5.05 p. m. W. B. Steele, U. T. A., Anderson, S. C. Geo. T. Bryan, G. A.. Greenville, S. C. Ernest Williams, O.P.A. > Augusta, Ga* H. M. Emerson, Traillo Manager. Blue Ridge Railroad, Effective Nov. 39,1908. .WESTBOUND. No. ll (dally)-Leave Belton 8.50 p. m; Anderson 4.15 p. n>. ; Pendleton 4.47 p. m. ; Cherry 4 54 p. m. ; Seneca 5.81 p. m : arrive Walhalla 6.55 p. m. No. 9 (dally except Sunday)-Leave Belton 10.45 a. m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Pendleton 11.82 a. m.; Cherry 11.89 a. m.* arrive at Seneca 11.57 a. m. No. 5 (Sunday only)-Leave Belton* 11.45 a. m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; P?. dinton 11.82 a. m.; Oberry 11.39 a. n;.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla 1.2, p. m. No. 7 (dallv exoept Sunday)-Leave Anderson 10.30 a. m.; Pendleton 10,59 a. m ; Oberry 11.09 a m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla 1.40 p tn. No. 3 (dally)-Leave Belton 9.15 p. n*/ arrive Anderson 9.42 p. m. ? .' No. 23 (daily exoept Sae lay)-Leave* \ ', ? Belton 9.00 a. m.; arrive Auderaou 8.S0 ? i '? am. EA8B0TJND, i- J No. 12 (daily)-Leave Walhalla 8.35 a#V , m.; Seneca 8.58 a. m ; Oheriy 9.17 a. m.;* Pendleton 9.25 a. m.; Anderson 10.00 a.' . m.; arrive Belton 10.25 a. m. - No. 15 (dally exoept Sunday)-Leave* Seneca 2.00 p. m.; Cherry 2.19 p. m.; Pen dleton 2 26 p. m.; Anderson 310 p. m.;: arrive Belton 3.35 p. m. No. 6 (Sunday only)-Leave Anderson * 3.10 p. m.; arrive Belton 3 35 p. m. { No 8 (dahy)-Leave Walhalla 3.10 p. , m.; Seneca 6.31 p. m.; Cherry 6.59 p. m,;5 .'\. Pendleton 6.12 p. m.; Anderson 7.30 p. 4. m.; arrive Belton 7.58 p. m. } I ; %i No. 24 (dally exoept Sunday)-Leave, . Anderson 7.50 a. m.; arrive Belton &3? a. m. H. C. BEATTIE, Pres.. ;. Greenville, S O J. R. ANDERSON, Supt Anderson, 3. O. SO "SAR? EXPERIENCE PATENT 3 A h*?<Uotn??y ni--; - ruUUon of B^y ?elanuao Jocrn ' T,.'irj foos* vumtfca, el? Booth?