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j-- -- THE EIGHTH GIRL _ ' ftf By BELLE MANIATES OwKrric?t, isca, by P. C. East moat VP ?JJ: :Whea John Walker waa loft a wid ower, although he was In the prime of manhood, with a comfortable Income <and good habits, it was universally Jpredlctod that he could never win a .second wife. j ?For what mannen of woman-that Is, toi? the typo \ fastidious John Walker ifould fancy t-could contemplate the jprospect of stepmother!ug aoven daugh ters ranging lu age from pert thlrcoen io precocious"four? If the children had boen boyn, John .Walker's prospects would have been jnore favorable, for a squad <'f boys .can be turned afield, but SCV?U s}r??> to hear and heed until they should come to ou nge v.-hea they would with ?their lords depart! John Walker was domestic, and after *wo years of wldowerhood he began *z .yearn for a goddess of his hearth and home. The affairs of his household bad not been administered so badly islnce his wife died. Tho cook was ca pable and honest and had been reign ing over the kitchen for eight years,, ?Tho seamstress, who had always spent ?si month each sprlbg aud autumn "sew ing up" for the young Walkers, contin ued her visits, with the added respon sibility of selecting and purchasing ?material. The eldest girl, Madge, was promis ing to be quite a practical little house keeper, but John Walker knew that a .wise feminine band and heart were es sential to the guidance of his active, tromping, unruly troop of youngsters. He began to call assiduously upon 'Cecilla Reyne, a, young woman re nowned for, her ihjeitect, practicality ?nd excellent judgment She'accepted ads attentions, though reservedly, and With a general air of careful consider ation and "weighing In the balance.'* ' His intentions were regarded si un jmlstakabl? when he invited her? with lier mother? to visit bis berne and drink ?iea one afternoon. Tbs children on this ifateful day had never bc-^n sb noiuy or [unattractive. Sven Madge waa bois It?rons and untidy. - ? John Walker did not know that lt pwas malice aforethought on the part {of his offspring. Madge was preco cious and acute cared. She had heard lt said that John Walker would marry Just as soon os ho could find any one ito have him.. She bad sized up Miss ' (Bayno as a home ruler, and In the (mother of Miss Boyne she scented a .Batumi enemy. ' i So she instigated and encouraged re jbelllon In her many sisters, and their [deportment carried the day. John [Walker escorted his; guests to their Ihome and returned -wita the firm in tention of administering unto bis own something stronger than rebuke. Ho found his flock white robed and ?weet voiced, awaiting with uplifted anouths bis good night caresa, and ho tfkrald not bring himself to mar their ..slumbers by so much as n word. : "if she only, could have seen them as >they ore now I" he thought with. a. re. fretful sigh. Madge's busy littio brain worked overtime that night on the solution of i the stepmother problem* A day h?r two attar tba eventful visit of Misa" Cecilla Boyne, ai John Waiker was Ipsssisfr>'? ?StUe uaik> he met two cr three kindergarten teachers walking rwith their,, young charges. Ho \ gave them, but'-a ? casual 'glance*, when his. attention Vas attracted by a deSIgbted ' icrj'ot'' V' - " The littlest and last child In the pro toeasl?n let go of the hand of the young jglrl with whom she. woe walking, and unshed up to .bim. ?Why.. TnV' Jhe. eaM, taking ber np fin his arms. >> Then he looked hesitatingly nt tho . tyonng teacher, who .was y%jj????g es . .slowly. . ? . :V/'-: , ?TTou must be. Mr. Walker," she said naively. ?1 am, OPofa kmderjgorten -. iteacher." .'. *Are your* he asked interestedly. KVZ - ?pla't know;;that Tot attended a-kin dergarten." r . "Didn't y ou J" she asked anxiously; ?.^.Modge. brought her to school yester* ?day and entered her as a pupil. I sup l? goosed lt wpls your Wish," i . ] "Of course lt ls," he replied prompt "oniy 1 hadn't thought of it before. . ]l om gladi Madge is so W?^?B^^^?^t ; ?T*ve learned tots, papa. I*m^l?S( /. pto.prick.yon.a card,'* assured Toti^M^' .fThoittk you, darling. Where is your ?Behool, Miss" "Worden,** she [ ssidi supplying the : ,^me. *'Tbe school ls on the comer of' ?Wood and Tbird^treets, three blocks r. i ftkilbw\; Are you fond of children,$t&[ 'hW?lker?1* Bhe asked, looking up at the j)rincps3 enthroned on his shoulder. . ~ "Naturally," bb said, with a whim is?cai.smile. . . .?.' 1 She flushed and laughed a little. j "Come: and visit> our".school some Vitlme,.thon." ' * "I will walk : there with you now," . : phe T^r^nded promptly, - setting Tot ?down on the sidewalk... ;> .'. ?.' j.;0?*ibe chlldu instantly^ appropriated ? ?hand of each V guardian ; and; skipped '. Milong between them. . :;.:::V>'WJ^^e?.'fite to and from sd^ooiy* ' asked; ipsmembcting the' automobiles ^;<ii?hd-trbne^ '\:\:':t!Ulk?ifc'1x&;o6 far.":'' ? \S*tiM8#*t?::iht*\ couM stop for me to so cordially B?w?ul??. thu e?i?ld'H ln vitaitioh to her teacher to como homo with thom to luncheon that she was forced tc comply. Madge's music hour was from 5:30 to % and she would not practice properly unless her teacher would consent to stay io dinner. The children all claim, ed her as a kindred spirit and roiled her "Bess," for which they were stern ly and Ineffectually reprimanded by their parent, who finally followed their example and called her by that numo himself. In tho month of July tho Walkers went to their summer cottage on a lake some twenty miles from tho city. "You need a vacation moro than any one,'* Bald John Walker abruptly to Bess ono day. "You must go with us." "Thank you very much," said the girl gratefully. "It's kind in you to ask nie, but of course I can't accept" "Winy not?" he demanded. "Your father is going west on nji extended business trip, and he won't need you." The girl blushes hesitated and then said frankly: "Why, you ROC, of course, It would really bo all right, but then you know people would talk-they wouldn't ap prove." She began to flounder in her explana tion, and John suddenly comprehen Jed. "I see," he laughed, nodding. "3ut you see you have, como to seem to me like one of my own-my eighth girl, I call you-but I suppose you aro grown up enough for a chaperon." "I am twenty years old," she said with dignity. "Jndeed! A great age. Well, I have a second cousin, a meek, elderly wid ow, whom the children rule firmly. I presume she would like a month or so at the cottage." 80 lt was finally arranged. From that time on John Walker sud denly regarded his children's teacher In a new light "I wonder If a. beautiful young like Bess could come to care for an old duffer like me," be pondered. "I bad supposed that she considered me an old maur A thrill stirred within him as be looked up at the fair young face gazing happily over the waters "of the Sake on Ino first night of their arrival. "Bessf he said suddenly. But the children' bad also called "Bess," and she was away for a romp on'tho beach. "She ls only a child, after aiy* foo thought, with a sigh. In the Walker boathouse was a <anoe which the children were forbidden to use/but Bess one Sunday morning ven* tured forth alone In lt She managed it very skillfully, but on her return a sudden wind carno up and made the lake choppy. 8he bad all she could do to keep her little craft right side up. John Walker, coming out on th? ve randa of the cottage, saw her dancer and rushed to the boatbftjae, intending to row out after ber. Another emotion besides anxiety surged within him, and be knew now that he loved this play mate of bis children. . She was making great progress with ber tiny canoe, and as he rowed out from the boathouse she was landing at the pier. It was a very merry, winsome face, alight with tiie excitement and danger, that was lifted to bis. In the reaction from bis fright he waa beginning to censsr9 be? when ho waa interrupted by Madge, who bad apL-^ared. upon tbo scene and wbn in. stantly leeented bsr father's lecture. ? ?.toa shall Wm^Sim?^0k cried ?otly. .*! wanted - ber-,-for.?' oar. .step mother, but Ti! sirs bee ?p . if you aren't going to bo nlqo to her." ' Bess turned red and pale by tums. 4 TU ra co yon to the house, Madge;" ehe cried, and they were away. . Be33," said John softly when ho had succeeded in getting an Interview, "as I Bald, I bad thougLi of you aa tay eighth giri; raot>t want to think of you as a. stepmother, bot I do want you to be my wife and a compasi?n ?o the girls because I love you. Will you try and care for me*?* - , [_ *{he Verdict of the w-i* -SS thai j john Walker bad eight girls now and' needed; a woman in bia bouse more than over. .. ' ?; Coau?l?to Letter WrHem j . Ono of the earliest of tb eso "guides," dated 1615, was styled ;4?A President For Young Penmen." lt was advertis ed as full of variety, delight and pleas ure.,. The fornitri quality it undoubted ly possessed, as will be seen from tibe following beadings: There is "A letter from a friend to a fantastical, conceit- j ed madcap,*' VA by tins letter : to a clamorous gentlewoman,'? with a "byt Ing" answer to the same, which must bave relieved the feelings, of the writ er; also a "Melancholy, dlscontentlve letter upon the frowne of a kinsman," and, aaa variation, "A-kind of quarrel some letter upon a frowne of a friend." A letter to: an *"unkle. to . borrow a horse," strikes ono as being of ?.?ore practical value than all tho rest put to gether and Infinitely to be preferred as .a model to tho epistie o|..?'Miss Molly , Smith to ber cousin, ffiving her aa nc : count bf a very remarkable Instance bf envy in one of her acqualntancp who ; lived In the city of Torki*>. 'How' a dis tracted scribe was to get! help or com fort from Misa Molly Smith ls more than,^ are prepared to say.-landon Graphic. :.?>..' rv^-v .-? ? A- n^-.&'-?t?re-old' china : bad a col lection that was 1be .envjr (oJtr her . visit ors. Oae'daj^a attie girl . caine with he5 ?m^^m^mM^ Sk Louis it cost a society wo rn** $500. to s?ap.a fWa?e waiter*s &?,.yn H lud: b^-ir-: U Weald XiaVe ^cte?cd INSECT ENGINEERING FEATS OF THE CARPENTER BEE AND THE TUMBLEBUQ. Tke Sexton Beetle ?- s= Sxyen Crnvcdissor - WondcTinl Skill of tia* Spider *?nd ?he Great Strain That 111? EUastlo Web Will Dear. Lui.G before man hud thought of tho saw the saw fly had used tho sanie tool, made utter tho samo fashion and used In the same way, for tho purpose of making slits lu tho hrauehes of trees so that sho might nave a secure place to deposit her eggs. The earpeuter bee, with only the tools which nature has given her, cuts a rouud hole, tho full diameter of her body, through thick boards and so makes a tunnel bj- which she can have a safe retreat in which to roar her young. The tnmblebug, with out derrick or machinery, rolls over largo musses of dirt many timos her own weight, and tho sexton beetle will in a few hours bury beneath tho ground tho carcass of a comparatively large animal. All these feats require a de gree of Instinct which lu u reasoning creature would bo called engineering skill, but none of them ls as wonder ful as the feats performed by tho spi der. This extraordinary little animal has tho faculty of propelling her threads directly against tho wind, aud by means of her slender cords sho can haul up and suspend bodies which are many times her own weight. Borne years ago a paragraph went the rounds of the papers in which lt was said that a spider had suspended an unfortunate mouse, raising lt from the ground and leaving lt to perish misera bly between heaven and earth. Would bo philosophers mado great fun of the statement and ridiculed it unmerciful ly. I know not how true lt was, but I know that lt might have been true. Borne years ago In the village of Ha vana In the state of New York a spider entangled a milk snake in ber threads and actually raised lt some distance from the ground, and this, too, In spite of the struggles of tho reptile, which waa alive. By what process of engineering i'd this comparatively small and feeble In sect succeed La overcoming and lifting up by mechanical means the mouse or the snake? The solution is easy enough if wo only give the question a little thought - The spider ls furnished with one of tho most efficient mechanical imple ments known to engineers-viz, a strong elastic thread. That the thread ls strong Is well known, indeed, there are few substances that will support a greater strain than the silk of the silk worm or the spider, careful experi ment having shown that for equal sizes the strength of these fibers exceeds that of common iron. But notwithstanding its strength the spider's thread would be useless as a mechanical power If it were not for Its elasticity. The spider has no blocks or pulleys, and the^fore it cannot cause the thread to divide up and run lu different directions, but the elasticity of the thread more than makes np for this and renders possible the lifting of an animal much heavier than a mouse or a snake. Thia may require a little explanation. Let us suppose that a child pan lift a'six pound weight one foot high and do th's twenty times a . minute. Fur nish him with 350 rubber bands, each capable of polling six pounds through ouo . root when stretched. Let these bands bo attached to a wooden plat form on which stands a pair of horses welshing 2,100 pounds, or father more ' than a ton. If new the child'will go to 1 work and stretch these rubber bands singly, hooking each one up aa lt la stretched, Ini less than twenty minutes he will have raised the pair of hones one foot Wo thus see that the elasticity of the rubber bands enables the child to di vide the weight of horsea hito 850 pieces of six pounds each, and, at the rate of a little less than one every three seconds, he lifts all these sepa rate pieces one foot so that tho child easily lifts this enormous weight E?ch spider's thread acta like one of tho elastic rubber bands. Let us sup*, pose, that the mouse or snake weighed half an ounce and, that each.thread la capable' of supporting a grain und a half. The spider would have to connect tho mouse with tho-point from which it was to be suspended with 150 threads, and if. the little, quadruped was once swung off his feet he would bo powerless. By pulling successively on each thread, and shortening it a Itt* tie, the mouse or.snake might be raised to ?ny height within the capacity of. th? building or structure in which the work was done. Bo that to those who have ridiculed the story we may justly say, "There are more things in beaven and earth than are dreamed of in your philosophy.** .? y . What object the spider could have had tn his work 1 am unable to seo. It may h?ve been a dread of the harm which tito mouse or snake might work or it may have been the hope that the iecaylng carcass wbuid attract files, which would furnish food for tho engi neer, j can vouch for .the truth of the shake Btory, however,, abd tho object of this article 1B to explain and render credible a very extraordinary feat of Insect engineering.-Follies of Science. Era of Act in m. The "era of Actlum," adopted during the early days of the Roman empire, commemorates the great victory-gained byr Octavius over the troops of Antony and Cleopatra, Jan; I, B. G. 80. It waa -offen used ?mong the Bomana both in ImOftf and ; colloquially, Just aa In England people speak of events ns oc curring before or after rho conquest cir no persona in this country frequently refer to events as having happened _ m :V-\*T0Ilar exclaimed the doeiiat teeth. "Can you not see /too' vmh^Ka^^^eeat**', -a 1? '^:' ^'^ft-iWs-of '.tkeMaee la - B??^?^ Bettor a blabbing oheek than heart.-.7: Wk STORY OF THE FLOOD THERE ARE MANY AND VARIED VER SIONS OP THE DELUGE. Tao Great Ere?* Ia ?Taronleled Hot Oalr In ?lie Taine Jd end Korac, but 2? tho IiCgeskla of Almost Every Race That Ever Lived on Earth. Ono of tho moat powerful and vivid descriptive portions of tho book of Gcnebls ls that devoted to tho wonder ful story of the deluge. Together with Iho accounts of Adam's fall, tho slay ing of Abel and tho turning of Lot's wlfo Into a pillar of Bait, every ono remembers from childhood how Noah was warned of the doom impending over the children of men and how ho constructed a hugo ark lu which bo did live, himself nud his family and two of every beast of tho Held and fowl of tho air, for tho spbce of 100 days, or until tho waters subsided and tho dry land appeared. But the Biblical recital of this terrible visitation of divino wrath Is by no means tho only ono. In fact, tho most skeptically inclined must believe that something ot tho sort actually occurred long ago, for lt baa been perpetuated not only In the Tal mud and Koran, but In tho legends of almost every nation and ruce that ever lived on the face of the earth, Including the Chinese, tho ancient Aztecs of Mexico, the Indian tribes of North and South America and even the savages of Africa. Tho story, of course, varies material ly in the multitudinous traditions, but tho gist of lt remains substantially the same-namely, that tho earth was once visited by a great flood In which nearly every living thing was overwhelmed and lost Thus in tho Koran we read that Noah constructed the ark with divine assistance and was railed at for his pains by the wicked. When the time prescribed for tho punishment of mankind arrived, water wac seen to flow from, tho burning oven of Noah's irtte, and Immediately ell the veins find arteries cf the earth broke and spurted out-water. Noah was then admonished in these words: "Tako and bring into the ark two couples of every kind of animal, malo and female, with all your family, except him who has been condemned by your mouth, and receive tho faith ful and even the unbelieving, but few only will enter." The Koran also says that the ark was built In two years and that It contained three stories, the upper one for the birds, tho middle one for the men and tho provisions and tho hold for the beasts. Canaan, the son of Ham, refused to he saved. There fore Noah cursed bim, and his posteri ty became black and were enslaved. The Persians assert that Ham m curred his father's malediction as well. When six months had passed the ark rested on the top of Mount Djondl (Ararat), after having made the circuit of the world. Tab ari Baya that two sorts of animals left the ark which had not en tered lr-the pig and the cat Concern ing the latter wo have this interesting piece of information: When the rats be gan to make trouble the voyagers com plained to Noah. Whereupon tho patri arch "passed his hand down the back of the Hon, who sneezed, and the cat Icnpsd out of ita nose. And the cat ate 'the rats." According to the Talmud, Noah and bis family and one pair of each kind of beast were to be saved in the ark, but of every cleon beast seven were te en ter In. The rhinoceros, however, had to be left out, for the simple but suffi cient reason that its neck alone was three miles loog. Nevertheless all the rabbinic writers agTeo that the rhi noceros survived tho flood; hence it is reasonable to suppose that tho huge beast was taken In tow by a rope at tached to Its horn. Some authorities likewise declare that Noah extended his hospitality to another outsider In the shape of Og, the giant, who climb ed on the roof of the ark and received his daily food through a u??e bored in. the side of the vessel. Ararat has been known under this name for 8,000 years, and an Armenian writer declares that an entire country was no called after Aral the Fair, an ancient Armenian king, who lived about 1750 B. c. Ho fell In a blocky battle with the Babylonians, and the scene of bis death was thenceforth known as Arai-Arat, or the Fall of Aral. Josephus refere to the mountain as Nasuona and declares that the re mains of the ark were there to be seen carefully preserved. Almost all the Asiatic traditions Closely resemble the Biblical account Berosus in his Chaldee history (B. C. 200) sneaks of ten kings, who appear to correspond to the ten patriarchs In Genesis before the flood. The last of these kings was called Xisuthrus. Be roans relates that "Kronos appeared to Xisuthrus In a dream and warned him that all men would be destroyed by a deluge on the 15th of the month D?o slos and commanded him. to write down all the learning and science of men and to hide lt, in the sun city Slparls and then to build a ship and eater it along with his family and rela tives and nearest friends and to take Into lt with bim food and drink and beasts and winged fowl. When he wat asked whither he was about to sall, he was biddon to reply, To the gods to pray thom that mea may prosper/" I Xisuthrus did as ho was commanded, ' and when tho flood showed sign'/ of i abating he sent out three birds In suc cession. Tho first and second cams f back, the latter with mud on Ita feet but the third returned not Soon after i this the ship was stranded on a moun tain, and Xisuthrus disembarked with his family, offered thanks to the gods and vanished. Subsequently tho re maining survivor? heard hi3 votes in .to?.:aea fear God end to take his writings out of Stparif CASTOR IA For In&nte and Children. ?fia Kind Yoa H^TB Always BougSt .GIGN* A \>;..?>* : -. 11 ^W?^^^?^ th??R fHi Humanity ?Hat when a man jr old enough to marry he ia seldom old enough to) BEN HARDIN'S CLOTHES. Thor Mar HUT? Changed tb? Courue of America? History. Si? rrular tho colucldcnce ond desorv lnk ji>nUou that three presidents of tho T?nl?od bt? toa elected to tho wot'^'s highes', ottice nt ?vo successive presidential elections should have had closo and direct personal connection with Kentucky, saye the Louisville Herald. Abraham Lincoln, elected In 1800 and ia 1804, was boru iu Hardin couaty. Ulysses S. Grant, electa! pics Ident iu 1808 and i87fl, attended tho celebrated Maysvlllo academy, con ducted by Jacob W. Hand and William \V. lilchesou, of thu'?, beautiful and his torio little city. Among the school mates of General Grant nt Mnysvlllo wore tho late Hon. Walter Newman Hnldciunu of Louisvale, founder of tho Cour 1er-Journal; Hon. Thomas II. Nel son, IJ tilted States minister to Mexico; tho Hon. William Henry Wadsworth of the Mexican claims commission: Richard H. Collins, historian of Ken tucky, and many others. General Grant ul ways entorta III;HI ? warm feel ing" for Kentucky ami delighted when president to give official recognition lo eons of tho old commonwealth on whoso t?o?i he hud spent happy days. So well, Indeed, did General Grant think of Kentuckians that as far hack aa tho election of 1800 lio voted for John Cabell Brockluridge, then re* garded ns first o? Kentucky's favorito sons, for president of tho United States. Not many aro aware that James Buchanan of Pennsylvania, elected president lu 1850, was a resident dur ing an interesting period o' Hardin county, which had giveu birth to the great American destined to succeed him In tho presidency. It was in 1813 that James Buchanan took up his rca idence at Ellzabethtown. Flvo years before, In tho very county of which Ellsabethtown was then and ls now tho county seat, had been born a child, Abraham Linet in, destined to achieve higher honors and a greater name in history than even Buchanan himself, considered in his day one of the most fortunate of American public men. Buchanan's fr. th or had purchased as an investment some property noar Ellsabethtown. Giving lt to his son, he bade bim settle in tho now land of promise and grow up with it Buchan an, then threo and twonty, a collogo gr*? mate and a lawyer, had little fit ness for tho rough and ready sides of frontier life. Attending the first term of court after his arrival, he noticed among the visiting lawyers tho colo, bruted Ben Hardin, in a nuit of un bleached tow linen, Ul fitting and bad ly built, giving its gifted wearer a clownish appearer, :e. Buchanan felt surprised to see this ungainly looking personage take a seat among tho law yera. A case was called the third day of the term In which the pleadings wore very intricate, and after the strictest English forms before the days of Chit ty. The future president's wonder was inexpressible when be saw Hardin take hold of this case with astonishing skill and force. The arguments of the rough looking Kentucky lawyer wero masterpieces of learning, logic and clearness. Sofort he left the courtroom that day young Buchanan resolved that whore such, iii favored looking lawyers possessed so much learning and power there was small show for a budding Pennsylvania tenderfoot. Ra&er than struggle for success at the bar with such giants as Hardin and his col leagues he would go back to his native Keystone commonwealth. Meeting Mr. Hardin afterward in congress, 1821* 23, Mr. Buchanan declared that ha west, te Kentucky expecting to be a great man there, that so many lawyers he came tn contact with wara nia equals and so many again his superiors that he gave lt np. Thus Ben Hardin's Ul fitting suit of unbleached tow Unen may nave chang ed tho whole course of American his tory. Chief Bte* In CM? Amt? To make utility the vehicle of beauty Is a chief end In civil art, says the Century. Use and beauty have too commonly been regarded as necessarily separated attributes! Things of utility must be commonplace, and lt ls imma terial if the commonplace be ugly; its very ugliness makes us appreclato all the mote the beauty of things rare, kept precious and apart-that 1B the view the multitude has been led to take, and from which even many ar tists aro not exempt. It was an old fashioned custom to Isolate all the nico things of the household In* tho best room, which was too precious to live In. But tho modern pructlce ls to make the whole bouse as beautiful as possible. We now see that just be cause the "best room" went used, Ita contents deemed beautiful, really made lt a chamber of horrors. A forced fa miliarity with ugliness dulls tho taste for beauty. So Unless tho eyes are wonted to the beautiful by seeing It on every side, resident In tho most com mon things, beauty at Its best cannot be given to the things sot apart to wenr It as a garment of state, as in statues, monuments and public buildings. ? A Novel Itnce. A novel race was Introduced n* a Madras fair. It was a handicap of all animals bred in the country, the com petitors Including buffaloes, elephants, a goat, ram, emu, elk, besides ponies and horses. The elephants were placed as if moving in a marriage procession and went over the course at a quick walk. The ram and goat, ridden by little boys, ran well, and the buffaloes went at a good gallop, bot. the emu would not stir, neither would tba elk, until tho end of rho race, when lt took fright and darted down the course at great speed.- Finally a ram was the winner, a horse coming In second and a buKaio third, -, i --.?e??<-?- f j ? - Smail brothers could toll a mana lot eboni thoir sister t&at ho will nev ar find out until be manias har. -- Wheo Bilkina was away from homo ho got a letter from his wife that pussies him. It andad: "Baby ia well, and lots brighter than sha usad 4o ba. Hoping jon are tba same, ? remain, . Your Loving Wife?1 -~ Bfo*t people will gladly do any thing you want them to-if you re THE MACHINIST. BI? Work Ran voa Prom a Needle ie a Battleship. "There IB. Dcrbapa, no other trade and very few professions," writes Wil liam Haddow In tho Technical World Magazine, "that require the high order of intelligence, tho study, tho applica tion, tho real hard headed common sense, tho surgeon's delicacy of icvoh, for Instance, in fitting of fine work, tba?" tho machinist's ii ado demands to glvo tho excellent work and tho inter changeability of parts found in tho Inodora ri tlc or sewing machino. Tho rango of bia work is from a ueedlo to a battleship; from automatic machin ery that 'would talk French had lt ono more movement' to measuring ma ch lues guaranteed not to vary moro than the fifty-thousandth part of an Inch fr.uu tiie absolute. This precision will perhaps bo better appreciated whou it ls remembered that 1?0 times tills limit of variation Is only equal to tho diameter of the average human hair. Standard p.ng and ring gauges, to take a specific example, ure BO accurately fitted to each other than the expansion due to tho warmth of the hand, if tho plug bo hold In it for a few moments, Will make it Impossible to Insert tho plug in tho ring, while if tho Ling bo expanded In tho sumo way tho plug will drop clear through lt. "When the machinist has become skillful enough to fulfill tho above re quirements ho may receivo from $2.50 per day up to whatever ho can make hlmse'i' worth and provo it" OIL PAINTINGS. With a Little Care Th c-y Hay Kaally Be Cleaned. Many a good picture that has looked dark and dirty for years from haying been exposed to tho dust can easily be Cleaned and freshened In a very oinj plo way. The picture should be taken from its frame and dusted carefully with a soft cloth. Peel a largo potato and cut lt In half, go over the whole picture with a sponge that bas boen dipped in tepid water, then with the flat* aide of the potato rub the Burface of tho picture with a light circular movement being careful not to press too heavily on the canvas. Tho potato Will soon begin to loosen tho dirt and tho colors underneath will begin to show brighter. When all tho stains and dirt have been removed tho pic ture should bo sponged a ga ls In warra water, care being taken to wash off any starch that may have been left from tho potato. In case the picture ls badly cracked as little water as posslblo should bo used, as it ls apt to ooze under the paint and do aome Injury. Many oil paintings are Injured by the dampness from the walls on which ?h; y aro bung. The dampness is apt to cause tba canvas to decay, and there ?ire few canvases made to resist its attacks. To prevent this particular form of decay the back of tho canvas should bo painted when perfectly dry with white lead. Marla Mitchell and the Beer Maa. Marla Mitchell, tho famous astrono mer, waa once directed by her phy sician to use lager beer as a tonic. On the way to visit ber sister, Mrs. joanna Kendall of Cambridge, Mass., she stop ped at a saloon and purchased a bottle of beer and afterward ashed her broth er-in-law to open It for her. The Mitch ell family, according to the Boston Her ald, spoke among themselves after the Quaker custom. "Where did thee get lt Marla?" questioned her elster. "At the saloon on tho corner," replied Misa Mitchell serenely. "Why, Marla! Doesn't thee know respectable women don't go Into such places?" "Oh," said Misa Mitchell, in the manner of ona who has done all that could bo requir ed, "I told tho man he ought to bo thoroughly ashamed of bia traffic.** New York Tribune. Schoolboy An OTT er?. Hero are some "howlers" of British schoolboys: "Chaucer,** wo are told, "wrote a middle class English;'* "Ev ery German goes to school at an carly .age, however old he ls;" "An axis ls an imaginary line on which tho earth ls supposed to take Its dally ? routine;'* "Tho Pharisees were people who liked to show off their goodness by praying in synonymes;'* "A/ sower went forth to sow, and as be sowed he fell by the wayside, and thieves sprang up and choked him;" "The larynx ls the voice box and shuts when we swallow lt" An Efi?le'? Bill of Fare. The voracity, of the eagle and similar birds of prey la well known, but the contents of a nest which waa recently discovered In the Alps by a Swiss hunter show the following remarkable variety in the daily menu: A hare, twenty-seven chamois' feet four pi geons' feet thirty pheasants' feet elev en heads of fowls, eighteen heads of grouse and the remains of a number ot rabbits, marmots and squirrels. London Chronicle. A Politician'? Way. Somebody suggests that the boy who ran away from home because ho didn't get enough pie has tho instincts of a great politician. Wrong. The politician would have stayed at home, stolen the pie and made his mother think she bad| eaten it herself.-Philadelphia Northi American. The Walter. Diner-Ia lt customary to tip the, waiter In thia restaurant? Walter-! Why-ah-yes, alf. Diner-Then hand] me a tip. I've waited three-quarteral of an hour for that steak I ordered. The M aa Who Baa Fallad. Even the man who baa failed la en-, titled to coaslderation. He serves a' Bohle purpose aa an object leeann i, -Dhicftfro Eecord-Herald. Kneumatltaa >? ? .le quietly relieved and promptly cured by Dr. Drummond's Lightning Remedies. The internal remedy- ia Sleaaaot to take, sots immediately, oes hot diBturh digestion, ia for rheumatism only io all Ita torturing forms. The external preparation re stores stiff joints, draw m o ord s and hardened mu BO les. If your dr aggi at has ?io? th?se remedies in etook, do not take anything else. Bend $5 io the Drummond medicine Ob., New York, and the foll treatment of two Hr**.battle* wi H H* ?*n? to r?tir eic. People's Bani of Merson. ANDERSON, S. C. We respectfully solicit a share _ ot your business. KILLTHBCOUCHI AND CURE THE UJMC8J w,YH Dr. King s I New Disfievory I ___ /CONSUMPTION Price I FOR fi OUGHSand 60c & 51.00 g ISOLDS Free Trial. | Surest and Quickest Cure for alli - THROAT and LUNG TROUS-B LES, or MONEY BACK. THOMAS ALLEN, ATTORNEY AT liAW. Office in Old Benson Building? Money to Loan on Real Estate. WALL PAPERING. ~~ A full assortment of Wall Paper, in cluding Tapestry, satin finish, ingrain and bath room Tile. The largest stock ever carried In Anderson. Boom mould ing to match a.l paper. All orders filled on shirt notice. Three of the best paper hangers la the olty. We also do work ont of the city. Q. Ii. ARNOLD, Phone No. 20 B. 801 Depot street Notice to Creditors. AU persons having claims against the Estates of Mary Earle and Fletcher Latlmer, deceased, are hereby notified to present thom, properly provan, to the undersigned within thirty days after publication horof for payment. R. Y. H. NANOS,. Judge of Probate as Speolal Referee. Feb 21,1906 80 5 ?B}8bJMp>?P*?? *a? bMottfl?a_ tho __ he2q. jj Charleston 11& Western Carolins Railway. Arrival and Departure of Trains, Ander? son, S. O. Effective April 14,1906. - . TE ?ta DEPARTURES: 7.27 a. aa. No. 22, dally, except Sunday, for McCormick ssd IstSxX?? ?lato stations, arrive McCor mick ll 15 s. m. 4:10 p. m. No6, daily, for Angosta, eta? connecting at Angosta with all lines diverging, and at McCor mick with C. & W. C. train No. 4 for Greenwood and interme* d?ate stations. Arrive Calhoun Falls 5.42 p. m., Angosta 8.25 p. m. ARRIVALS: a Trains arrive Union Dapot Anderson? Ho. o, dally, fro? AngSma, Hcuormiok, Calhoun Falls and intermediate stations 11.00 a. Orj No. 21, dal'y, except Sunday, from McCormick and intermediat* sp lices 5.05 p. m. W. B. Steele, U. T. A., Anderson, 8. 'J. Geo. T. Bryan, G. A., Greenville. 8. C. Ernest Williams, O.P.A. Augusts Ga. H. M. Emerson, Trafilo Manager. Blue Bidgd Railroad. Effective Nov. 29, 1003. .WESTBOUND. No. ll (daily)-Leave Belton 8.50 p. m; Anderson 4.15 p. m. ; Pendleton 4.47 p. m. ; Cherry 4.54 p. m. ; beneca 5.81 p. m.; arrive Walhalla 5.65 p. m. No.O (daily except Sunday)-Laave Belton 10.45 a. m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Pendleton 11.32 a. m.; Cherry 11.89 a. m.? arrive at Senooa 11.57 a. m. No. 0 (Sunday only)-Leave Belton 11.45 a. m.; Anderson 11.07 a. m.; Poi? d luton 11.32 a. m.; Cherry 11.89 a. m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla Ht, p. m. No. 7 (dally except Sunday)- Leave Anderson 10.30 a. m.; Pendleton 10.59 a. m.; Cherry 11.09 a. m.; Seneca 1.05 p. m.; arrive Walhalla 1.40 p m. No. 3 (dally)-Leave Belton 9.15 p. a?., arrive Anderson 9.42 p. m. No. 23 (dally except 8nc lay)-Leave Belton 9.00 a. m.; arrive Atiderson 9.80 EASBOTJND. ' No. 12 (dally)-Leave Walhalla 8.85 a. m.; Seneca 8.58 a. m.; Chen y 9.17 a. m.; Pendleton 9.25 a. m.;1 Anderson 10.00 a. m.; arrive Belton 10.25 a. m. No. 15 (dally except Sunday)-Leave Seneca 2.CO p. ta.; Cherry 2.19 p. m.; Pen dleton 2 26 p. m.; Anderson ?J.10 p m.; arrive Belton 3.35 p. m. No. 0 (Sunday only)-Leave Anderson 3.10 p. m.; arriva Belton 3 35 p. m. No 8 (daily)-Leave Walhalla 8.10 p. m.; Seneca 5.31 p. m.; Cherry 5.59 p. m.; Pendleton 6.12 p. m.; Anderson 7.30 p. m.; arrive Belton 7.. 8 p. m. No. 24 (daily sxoept Sunday)-Leave Anderson 7.50 a. m.; arrive Belton 8.29 m. H. C. BEATTIE, Pres., Greenville, S O J. R. ANDERSON, Supt. Anderson, d. C. BO *'CA?r EXPERIENCE ^ $mmm jr rwwrt fonrTOonta*,ai.