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ARP ON MATRIMONY o The Philosopher Writes on a Serious Subject BNTII PARTIES SECIRFLY BOUND Arp Says Harriage Is the Only PartII nership That Cannot Be Dissolved ? Responsibility. Married and gone. It is {lie same oM story. Love and courtship. Then comes the engagement ring and a Idcssed In- | terval of fond hopes and happy dreams, and then the happy day is fixed?the auspicious day that is never to In- forgotten?a day tlint brings happiness or misery and begins a new life. Then omes the license, the permit of tinlaw which says you may mat:;., you may enter into bonds. The stun- ai? proves It an I the law allows it. and it will c ost yon only a dollar and a quarter. Cheap Isn't It? And yet it may he very dear. Then routes the minister, and the happy pair stand up before him and make some solemn vows and listen to a prayer and a benediction, and they are one. In a moment the trusting maid has lost her name and her free will, and Is tied fast to a man. Well, he Is tied fast. too. so it is all l ight all round. I reckon, but somehow I always feel more concern about the > woman than the man. She Is u helpless sort of a creature an 1 tik? < the most risk, for she risks her all. I was ruminating over this, for there ' was a marriage going on at our good j friend Sam Jones' house, and their j pretty daughter. Laura, was changing I lic-r name and her home on litis tlie i last Hay of the year and going off to live with a man she hasn't known very long; hut 1 have diagnosed him from I hid fare and features and am satisfied with her choice. He is a big-hearted gentl'man, or else the signs fall. 1 i wanted to be present and give thorn , my blessing, but was not well enough ' to go?I've got the eleplianllosls from my tors to my knees, and can hardly ; - ^ meander across the room, but I am always Interested in the marriages of our young people. It is the most serious business In this life, and if the peril of It was known beforehand many of the young people would hesitate to niuke the change. The chains of matrimony and not bonds of marriage are the \ right words. When men make a partnership they can't get along w 11 if they art unlU.9 in disposition, or in moral principle or in business ways, but they ean dissolve anil separate at pleasure and try another man A man and his wife ought to be alike in al- j moat everything. In some things folks like their opposite*?their counter- i parts. A man with blue eyes goes distracted over a pretty girl with battel I eyes?J did. and I'm dlstraetey yet when I look into them, though I've been doing that for fifty-four years. Hut in mental and emotional qualities and in tastes and habits and polities and religion they should class together, j I never made any mistake about my choice of a partner for the dance of a life, but I've thought of it a thousand ' times that if Mrs. Arp had known I loved codfish and got up by daybreak every morning, she never would have had me. It wn? ? __ MIU nit iv iu m-i ] her, anyhow, and that would have been the feather to break the camel's bark. Well, I'm mortal glad she didn't know It. though 1 am free to nay that if I had known she slept until the secon 1 t inging of the first bell for breakfast and was fond of raw oysters. It would have had a dampening effect upon my ardor , for a few minutes, only a few. But I I have seen Home mighty clever people cat oysters raw and sleep late in tlx* I morning. But still a man and his wife . can harmonize and compromise a good many of these tilings, and it is a beautifn) Illustration of this to see Mrs. j *\Arp cooking codfish for me and fixing it aliynp so nice with eggs and cream, j and i\is a touching evidence of my undying devotion to tier to see trn wandering about the house lonely and; forelorn every morning for an hour or j two, and forbidding even the cat to wulk heavily while she sleeps. That I rod fish business comes to roe honestly . from my father's side, and my niothej j put up with it like a good, considerate wife, and we children grew up with an idea that it was good. I've heard of a young couple who got married am' j went off to Augusta on a tour, and tin lener htuck ins rork into a codtlsh ball and took a bite. He choked It down like n hero, and when his beloved asked him what was th^ matter, replied? "Don't say anything about it. Mandy, but as sure as you arc born there Is something dead in th" bread." Well, we can make compromises about all such tilings as habits and tastes, but there are so in? things that won't compromise worth a cent, if a girl has been brought up to have a good deal of freedom, and thinks it no narm to g.> waltzing around with every gny, Lothario who loves to dance, and alter she gets a feller of her own. wants to keep at it and have polluted arms around her waist, she had Just as well sing farewell to conjugal love and domestic peace, for It Is against the otder of nature for a loving husband to Htand it, and he oughtn't. And now another busy year has gone | ?gone like the water that has passed . over the dain?gone never to return. ! It has carried many friends along with j It and left snil memories in the household, but on the whole It has been a good year to us all and Providence has been kind. Now Is the time to look bark and review the past, as did old Janus, for whom January was named. He was tho porter, the gute keeper, of heaven, and had two faces?one to look back and . the other forward Into the mysterious future. Numa Pompllius gave htm his ' name and his high office, for he was ? next in power to Jupitor. He added two months to the calendar and called one January for Janus and the other 1 February for the mother of Mars. Until then there were but eight months of forty-9tx days each. Numa Hdded two more, which gave them thirty-six days Bktt each, and January was the fourth month and remained so for more than " two thousand years. April was the first month and remained so until two hundred years ago. Why It was changed i cannot understand. for Apr'l in much more like the beginning of a new year than January. April comes from aperio. to open?the time when the earth opens and the grass comes up and the dowers bloom and the birds sing. Hut the names of almost everything s?eni to comfort that old mythology, and we conform to that old mythology, and we can't get rid of it. My gr ^-grandfather lived an l died under that old calendar when \pril was the firstt month of the year. Julius Caesar andj Augustus Caesar stuck in two u.orel months and made the year of twelve mouths of thirty days each, hut AprilI remained in the lirst month and ought 1 to be now. But whether Christmas he in December or in April, we love the old superstitions that cluster around this sea-; son of joy and gladness. I always, thought it a pretty idea for a man to J he weighed every Christmas or New \ Year?to put his acts and deeds in the] balances, the good on one side and the i bad on the other, and let him rise to heaven or fall below it as the scales might turn. This is not an orthodox .doctrine, for it is s:iiii tlml "II" 1? <I deed will outweigh a thousand good ones. Nevertheless. Relschazar was > weighed, and the scripture abound in such figures of speech. It will take miracles of grace to save us. anyhow, and we must all help one another, for the oevil is doing nis nest, naviu commit- 1 led murder; Solomon worshiped idol*; Cain killed his brother; Jacob cheated Ksau out of his birthright; Noah got drunk, and Peter denied his Master, but they al! repented and got foreglvenrss; and if there is any difference between folks now and and folks then. 1 don't know it. Then let us all lov our { Maker and he good to our fellow-men. - ltlll Aro in Atlanta Constitution. Inventor in Hard Luck. John KapieH. inventor of the dynamite gun. is now in the Home for Incurables :u New York, without re sourres and dependent upon Ids friends. Ilia wife is eompellod to take in sowing, one of the hoys is a tiekei chopper oil the elevated road, another j is in charge of a moving stairway, while a daughter, who lias shown remarkable artistic ability. Is supported by some friends In Troy. In other words, a man who revolutionized a certain branch of gunnery is in dire straits. ' "I he fellow who Ktill h.i* the lirst dollar he ever earned in pretty apt to hold on to the luct. I'atarrh Cannot nr enrol With local annlleatlmi" K.... _ ?_r., ,..- < itdinu r<?u'it the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to euro It you must take internal remedies. Hall's CatarVlx Cure is taken internally, atnl acta directly on flic blood and mucous surface. Hall a Catarrh Cure in not a quack medicine, it was proscribed by one of the best pliysl- ' elans in this country for years, and is a regular proscription. It is composed of the boat tonics known, combined witli kite best blood purifiers, noting directly on themu-i eons .surfaces. The perfect combination of the two Ingredients is what produces such wonderful results In curing catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. Cits sky A Co., Props.. Toledo, O. Sold by druggists, price, 75c. Hull's Family Tills are the in -;. 'Die eyes may be the mirrors of the soul, 1 and. furthermore, they can satisfy .1 woman that her hat is on straight r.iiglieh ha* been made a compulsory subject of stiulv in Austrian schools. ' _ FITS permanently cured.No dtsor nerv "up:ness after lirat day's use of 1?r. vim -> Circa: Nerveltci ti rer.jZ t rliil t>ott leaud I feat is.- f pee Dr. 15.11. Klixk, Ltd., '.'Ml Arch .st.. PUila.. I'a. The Cr.ir of Kus?la lias established a tenhour working day. Mrs. Winslow's.Soothing Syrup forchiidroa teotldQg.soUoailiogam^, rodueesiufiam ua llou. allays uaiu.euro* wiu<1 ?*oU>*. -.1\ a !> >ti i? Fowil rural, found in Fiji, is the host. hliiMing stnhe in tin- world. I'iso'sCurnistlio best medicine wo ever used for all (UToo: inns of throat unit Ittu^s. Wm. (), Kndslkv. Vaubureh. Ind.. IVb. 10, 1'JOO. Of the 1000 parts of the moon, 570 arc visible to us on the earth. THE P1NKHAM CURES ATTRACTING GREAT ATTENTION AMONG THINKING WOMEN. Mrs. Frances Stafford, of 243 E. IHth St., N.Y. City, adds her testimony to the hundreds of thou! sands on Mrs. Pinktiam's files. When Lydia K. l'inkham's Kcme| dies were lirst hit rod need skeptics | all over the country l'rowned upon their curative claims, but as year ! after year lias rolled by and tlio i ? * * I iiluc flyiiit'iiwill) 1111(1 IH'CU | cured by the new discovery has ! since grown into a vast anny of ' hundreds of thousands, doubts and | skepticisms have Ih'cu swept away us by a mighty Hood, until to-day 1 the great good 'that Lydia K. Pink bum's Vegetable Compound and her other medicines are doing among the women of America is attracting the attention of many of our lending scientists, physician* and thinking people. Merit alone could win such fame; wise, therefore, is the woman who for a cure relies upon i^ydia E. Pinkham'sVegetable Compound. PROMINENT PET ropj^ I ^ y| C.B.CHAME V^yl OF WASH l, * C'. 1$. I'hamherliu, M. L)., writes Iron * J " Mii??i/ rose* have coinr limitf ' /??s binr/I if.I and at rru. 'I'hi- r ? /or catarrh and ? i/enrral tonic.' Medical Kxmntner I1. !W. Tirnaury, I Or. IJeweHyu .Ionian, Mtdiral Kxatninrr oi I" S. Treasury Ditparliiient. graduate oi ? ? *?*??? ??? ?* Columbia (.'ollrgc, l'oitil. has. ' U&tZ * 'following to J a m t "a\ o? IViuuu: f V k Allow me t<? t JL^bL A*& * express my KratiSrJBQ^g^4|> * tude to you lor A thebenelit derived WHV'y%i, ? I'roiu your won /\T ? derful remedy. * ? Oni' ihort month ; .flik' '^ri^UVu, Dr. L. Jordan. J no? eon-mlnr my -rlf wel1 n?*n WHY SUFFER HEADACHE OR LA GRIPPE? CURE YOURSELF WITH CAPUDINE NO BAD EFFECTS. Sold at n II Drvia stores WANTED 25O Yoving Men M once to quality for ??oo?l | <?ltfou? which w? will iruarniiter In wltlflit under a $5,000 Inposlt to promptly ptocUii' llie.n I he Ga.-AIa. Bus. College, mac'on, (,i:om;i v. Genuine stamped C C C. Nevrr sold la balk. Beware of the dealer wbo tries to sell "somciblng jnst as good." l winch {metallic : [P~^^W[URING our 30 > I i discovered man^ ELSKj I no one could le Rrofly A discoveries in th 6i i i^a experience manu to embody man Metallic Cartridges for rifles 2 II superior in many ways to all < Winchester cartridges in all and exact in size; being m manner by skilled experts. 1 , INSIST UPON HAVING WINCH Judicial Advice. | Curious advice is sometime:: Riven by magistrates in Eugland. A gentleman recently appeared before a mag istrnte named Kennedy anil complained that one of his neighbqrs had covered bis windows with placards about a local election. "I want you to issue an order, your worship," he adjed. "compelling him to remove the placards and to clean the wlndbws." "That's what he ought to do," replies! Mr. Kennedy, "but. if be refuses you'll have to do it yourself." "But suppose he does It again?" ash ed the plaintiff. "In that rase," said Mr. Kennedy, softly, "the beat thing for you to do la to have a large pitcher of water ready and to empty it over him ns soon as you see him approach amy of the windows." d?^DROPSY fe ?T: W 10 0AYS'TH?ATII?;,T FR?L rJ Hare mad# Dropiy audita com* V plication! a ipaeln'./ for twautT T y?ir?wlttL ? mo*t wondarftU X.' - ( ?oeooj?. H?vo cwrad many thjtu Jw and cuti. ?2. S. C. GI2SVG 80K8, Sot B Atlanta, Oa. i pay aroT CAsn fox MIt?OONTY LAND WARRANTS I Iminjtq aoldlera of any war. Alao BoMiora* Addts=*ra*SKmr>.o.ic,T^'r-. SICIANS I MME_^-RB-S4. NGTON.D.C. X \J ^\VWV%WWWWVWWVVWV\'\%%\%%%?J i I4tli and i' Sts., Washington. I) C.t * r in J/ observation, ic/irrr I'rriuiu J rj'nrr Ichecrjullff rrcommcnd. It J ? f. It. til AM Mill I.I M. IK * * * kWWMWVWWWVWl ??*??%???**?*??* I .iiui I after months of suffering. FellowI sufferers, IVrunH will cure you."?Dr. 1 Llewellyn .Ionian. tlco. (.'. Ilaveimr, M. 1).. of Anacostia, H. L'? writes: The Porunu Medicine Co., Columbus, ().: Centlemen "In mv pvactire I have had ino'aoion to frequent iy presenile your valnalile modieilie and have found its use benetieiul. especially in eases oi catarrh."?I tleorge C. Havener. M. I). If you dq not derive prompt and satisfactory results from the use ol IVruiia, write at oinf to l)r. Ilartninn, giving a full .statement of your case. and he will lie pleased to give you his valuable advice gratis. Address Dr. Ilsrtmiwi, President of The Hut man Sanitarium, Columbus, O. Twenty-two Phlradelphiaa. The man from Philadelphia who was Fending a registered letter from the i New York pot. t office last week was j astonished when the man at the wiuI dow pushed it hack to him. and told him to write "Pa." on the envelope. ' "There are twenty-two Philadelphia '.n this country." he said, "and some of I them are places of importance. A woman from Philadelphia. Ky.. was ( mttch ofTended the other day when I asked her if she Intended a letter for ; the Pennsylvania Philadelphia.. VVe have a great deal of trouble In this way with Philadelphia (Peun > per sons. Hut there are others. Brook, lynite's are almost as had. There are as many Brooklyn" in the United States as there are Philadelphias, but very few persons who live in the i orough across the bridge know it."? New York Times. Marry for nionc.- and divorce for wii.it it doesn't giv->. S FihTFnl 1 ILaJF 5 fL. ] CAR T.R I DGES. rears of gun " making, we have r things about ammunition that ;arn in any other way. Our ;! lis line, together with years of facturing ammunition, enable us y fine points in Winchester md revolvers which make them Dther brands upon the market, calibers are accurate, sure-fire ade and loaded in a modern If you want the best ; j ESTER MAKE OF CARTRIDGES. I W's.ijsa *1 M < * UNION MADt ' W. L. Oouglai m.ikos and sells more men's S3.BO and 13.00 shoes than any other two manufacturers In the world, which I proves their superiority; ? ; they are worn by more f j peopli In all stations of / Wp, life than any other make. A Bwiiiish \V. I.. Douglas Kfc 1m : Utlie largest-manufacturer j/ffj Mf*Jv I produce Ills shops at a fVJ I lower mt than other conj icnii. which vnn1ik'< biiii^HPn^|&?>f.'f to sell shoes for S.'1..VI and A, ?.{.<*) coual in every JS~ jfejV? iv. way to those sold eUpwhere for Si and So.on WA* \V. I j. Doii^las ?d..vi mssSJK vtf i.'//flrP' I and $!l shoes are worn by tliounandsof menu ho I' have l?een payinsSl and sr?,not bclictine they could j?et a tir.-t-class sins* for or Sii.nn. He has convinced them that tlie 'tyle, tit, Iand wear of his $11.,V) and Sl.tX) shoes is just :vs good. l'laced side by side it is impossible to nee any difference. A trial will convince. .\orlri* lnrrciiM* (5rW S iicn; HKl.'iOiI.SMJl/i | In lfn?irfra? t JUO.OO \ mln of * ill in Four Wart. I W. L. DOUCLA6 14.00 CILT EDCE LINE, Worth SO.OO Compared with Other Makes. The bex! Imparted mil American leather/., Ileyl'i j Patent Calf. Em met. Box Calf.Cnlf. Vict Kid. Corona Colt, and National Kanoaroo. Fait I'vlor I urlcl*. Pauiinn mnulnt have w. I.. WUOLA8 vuUIIJII nam'* ami price Htamj <s.l on >>ottou>. Stioer hp mail. extra, /lint, t'otalottfrer. W. 1.. Iiol l.I.AM, llltot IvTWK, MAM. 2 Heat Cooirti fyrup. Tastes lS(?xl. Use H i J_: . S l r C GETTING AT THE TRUTH. Porter of Burned Establishment at Last Made a Shrewd Guess. Some time ago an unquestionably suspicious lire occurred in a ready- | made clothes store that was carried on in a certain locality 01' New York. The lire was immediately reported to : the office of the company with which ) the building and its contents were insured, and an inspector was dispatched to make the necessary investigations. The senior partner of the < lotliinir firm was first waited upon and questioned, and he. .Mr. Abrahams, by name, informed the insurance official that it was his opinion that tin* fire was due to the electric light. He considered. in fact, that in some way the (glow-lamp wires had fused. Mr. Abrahams* partner, who happened to be a Mr. Moses, was separately interviewed on the subject, and he also attributed tit" disaster to electricity, but incautiously particularised sparks from the are-lights as the direct cause of the mischief. Whilst returning to the office the inspector happened to encounter Patrick Murphy, who held the position j of porter to the conflagrated establishment. and thought he might now get an inkling of the true state of things. | "Now. look here. Pat," said lie. I "what is really your own view of this awkward fire at Abrahams' shop? I Your two governors seem to look at it |in different ways. Mr. Abrahams says it was the glow-lights and Mr. Moses says it was the are lights. What do you think about it ?" "Faith," replied the son of Erin, reflectively. "Oi'm inclined to fancy it must have been the Israelites!" He Confessed. John 11. Fow. ex-state representa| live, has a story which be tells to tao point that there was no excuse for those independent Republicans who returned to the Quay fold; that political conditions are un< hanged since last November. This is Fow's story: "A man jumped off a train at a station in the West one day, and asked for a lawyer. A young man j stepped up and said, 'I'm a lawyer." "'I ^ant the best in the town,' ex, plained the stranger. I " 'Well, I'm the one,' persisted the attorney. " 'What proof have you?' " 'Proof,' shouted the. lawyer, 'you ! don't need proof. I admit it.' "? ' Philadelphia Ledger. The Standard Rh ?T A VIUDH because able plivsici ij| U1 AnUnt\U cure lor rheumatism 3 ? . = physician recently sa prescription that will cure rheumatism, 5{! ilics do incalculable harm to the digc j SI pletelv overcomes this diHiculty?bene! digestion-? hence it can be taken tor an be, to effect a permanent cure." ^ T'-.e Do. tor quoted covers the case . zictly I g _ S Ali Druggists, #i.oo, P Bobbitt Chemical Co., A FAMILY POISON BOOK. ! Recommended for Persons Not Too Excited to Use It. I "It would be an excellent idea for every family to have a little book giving briefly prompt antidotes for various poisons," said a prominent New York doctor- " Phvalotiirw L-r...... - J ** "" VtlOli tnere arc scores of cases of accidental poisoning never heard of outside of the family concerned. 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