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GOOD Ah Long the waiting?many tbo tear! Dull the sight?alive the fear ! Weak the will?the effort faint! Deep the sigh?low the plaint! Yet never a goal?but ends a way! Never a dark?but bear* a day ! Never a strong?but feels a pain! Never a fall?but brings a gain !? ?James Mar | TirTTHENIC H J BY MARCO "But I may count on you?" Tom asked. "You know you promised." "Yes," I replied, "I promised, and I'll keep my promise. I'll be your best man. Not that I wouldn't like to tret out of it." I went on; "but you w , insist, and I suppose that?" "Oh, come now," said Tom, "don't go in for cynicism; that's cheap. Of coarse, I'm willing to admit that from your point of view, perha'ps, Dorothy Melton may have treated you ^ badly enough, but I wouldn't curse the whole sex and rail at matrimony and all that. You'll- get over it in IgX;, time, yon know." m Tom is an old friend, and allows himself liberties. I kept my head, and replied calmly: "I am not cynical, and I'm not 'railing' at matrimony. Moreover, that little affair with the young woman you mention, which I have quite forgotten?" Tom smiled in a peculiarly trying | manner. "Which I have entirely forgotten?" I repeated. "And will forget anew every day you live," said Tom. "Has had nothing whatever to do with my dermination to devote myself entirely to my profession. I have already frittered away entirely too much of my life on what we are pleased to call 'society.' But of course I'll keep my promise to yon." "Now look here, old man," Tom began; but he saw, I suppose, some I thing ia inj face which warned him vthafc I was not to be moved. At any rate he laughed and shrugged his shoulders, and then said: "Well, I'll count on you for best man. June seventh is the day, and I hope you won't find it such an awful bore as you seem to expect." * The marriage was to come off at Biverton, and I congratulated myself that the guests, with few exceptions, would be Biverton folk whom I*did not know. I could do my duty by Tom, take a last farewell of butterfly society, and then settle down for good : upon the career which I fondly hoped would end upon the supreme bench. ] I would work, and work hard. Dorothy , Melton, .with whom I quarreled six j months ago, should never think that she had broken my heart, or shattered i my life, or anything of that sort, for she hadn't She simply had revealed , ? to me the fickleness of her sex and , brought me to the realization that a career, after all, is the only thing that ( can readly satisfy a man worth any- , thing. 1 As the time of Tom's wedding ap- \ proached I wrote him that I should i run down to Biverton 21 hours in advance in order to attend to all the 1 thousand and oue daties which de- j volve upon the best man; but at the < last moment my one really good client, a man rich and cranky, succeeded in ] erettiuc so hopelessly involved in an ] g| I remembered that I did not especially care to meet more people thaii was necessary, bnt still it was with Sf some misgivings that I followed my chipper, and I am afraid somewhat officious, uncle to his new town house. |p At five o'clock I found myself in Aunt Margaret's front parlor. Uncle William called up Tom by telephone, and after a few iniuutes' chat with him I felt somewhat reas' sured. Dinner was announced very early, and was soon over. As the ^ clock chimed six I went upstairs to make a hurried toilet. But where was my bag? I hurried downstairs again aud put the question to Uncle William. "By Jove!" he exclaimed, "we must j have left it. at the station!" 'cv He hurried down towu to fetch the bag, promising to return "before you' know I'm gone;" but the minutes slipped away, and the carriage drove up to the gate before he got back. He ..." finally came, however. "Here you are," he said, as he handed me the bag. "Now you want j to hurry, young man, or you'll be ; I fairly jumped into my clothes, trusting to luck for appearance. As I tied my cravat Uncle William tapped on the door. I injunction suit that nothing but immediate and earnest personal attention ] could keep him from going to jail for l contempt of court. I saved him from that ignominy, but only after spending 1 the entiro morning of the wedding \ day in court, and barely caught the last train by which I could reach Riv- i erton in time for the ceremony. Tom \ and his friends would have to look ( after the details of the wedding which ( I was compelled to neglect. < I had forgotten that Uncle William Clarkson lived at Biverton, or I might f have been prepared for him; but be- ] fore the train had fairly stopped at j the station Uncle William was at my i side, grasping my hand and reaching for my bag. "Here you are at last," 4 he was saying. "Fve been at every ] train that came in today. You've got j to go up to the house with me and get ] a little snack of something to eat be- < fore the wedding." < "But Tom?" I interposed. j "Oh, that's all right," said Uncle i William..-'Tve arranged it all with i your friend Tom, and I'll have you at t Christ church in plenty of time for the wedding. So come along; your j aunt's waiting for you." Really, what could I do? I looked ] about helplessly, hoping that Tom or some of his friends would appear and i lay claim to me, but Uncle William ] had evidently impressed upon them that he was going to have his own ; way with me, and they came not. 1 Of course, I should have been very glad to dine with Uncle William and Aunt Margaret, but when a fellow is , going to be best man at his best friend's wedding, and has only two a . r . If i. . #. . iv _ _ I , Hours ana a nan oeiore me ceremony, kf. lie is not exactly in the mood for visitg|pv ing even his nearest aud dearest rela; tires. I tried to say something of the |k: kind to Uncle William, but he retorted: 4?Oh, pshaw, now! There ain't a thing to do, and what's the use of your going to the hotel or to one of Tom's tV friends' houses where they are already f; running over with company? No use at all. Tour Aunt Margaret will give gk yon a nice little dinner right away, ' you can get on your wedding togs and |f?, ?et to the church in plenty of time C- without any of the fuming aud fussing the others will go through. There's a 'phone' in the house; you can let Tom |fp know you are here,and that's all that's v neoeesary." ID EVIL. ( For felt the evil?born the right! ^ Dense the darkness?keen the sight! I Grieved the weakness? gained thestrength! Strained the distance?home at length! God is in us?this the strife ! Victory through us?this is life! , The will to do?Is virtue done! 1 The grief to lose?is goodness won ! < k Baldwiu, in New York Independent ( i koftosei i ? Si' MORROW. I : "It's five minutes of seven!" lie ex- ] claimed. I couldn't say exactly what I wanted to say, so I couteuted myself by giving 1 -VI fill me cravat a vicious iwist. xnree ; minutes later I dashed down the hall, threw a good-by at Aunt Margaret and ' hurried into tlie yard. The coachman was driving away. 1 "Hi,there!" shouted Uncle William 1 from tho front steps, "Hold on there, J driver! Wilson, stop that hack!" Wilson was evidently Uncle Wil- j j liam's next-door neighbor. He was 1 leisurely proceeding from liis front ; gate to his own domicile. He turned j around slowly and looked at the car- 1 riage and then at Uncle William. "What for?" he asked. "What's < the matter with it?" 1 "Hi, there, driver!" shouted Uncle \ William again, as I tore down the path. The coacljman drew in his horses with an air of impatient expectancy. ' "What in the world do you mean?" 1 cried Uncle William, puffing in anger, ] behind me. 1 "Yes,what do you mean," I echoed, 1 "driving off without me?" 5 "Why, sir," said the evidently * greatly puzzled coachman, with a nod 1 of his head toward Mr. Wilson, "he * said for?" "Well, well, well!" cried Mr. Wil- * son,joininguson the sidewalk. "What J does all this mean, anyway? What * are you holding this carriage here s for?" J Uncle William began saying something under his breath, but was * checked by a feminine voice from the a carriage. 1 "Driver,'* it asked, "what's tile matter?" "Oh!" exclaimel Uncle William, a r light breaking in npon him, "you've made a mistake here, Wilson. This * is u carriage I ordered to take my * nephew to the wedding." "Oh, I gness not,1' said Mr. Wilson, r bristling up more than ever. "This v is a carriage I ordered to take my n niec; to the commencement." The two men glare 1 at each other * like wild animals, and I turned from * one to tli8 othe in hopeless perplex- f ity. ] "Drive on!" cried Mr. Wilson, and 1 the driver drew up the reins. * "Hold on!" cried Uncle William, * ami the driver loosened the reins. He c evidently enjoyed the situation. f1 The two men moved toward each 11 other, and theu Aunt Margaret came 11 Sown the path, hastening to the un- 8 tangling of Uncle William's mistakes, c as she had been doing throughout their married life. I "This is a muddle," she said to Mr. Wilson in her sweetest tones. "The jtablemon have probably got the two orders confused." j, "I don't know about that," said g Mr. Wilson, "but I've got the car- a riare." p ".But see here," put in Uncle Wil- 8( iam, "Dick's best man.aud be mustn't oe late at the wedding." "I can't help that," retorted Mr. . Wilson. "My niece mustn't be late at 11 the commencement, either." '' "I'll tell yon," cried Aunt Margaret, n with snddeu inspiration, "why cau't a they go together? The seminary is only a little ways beyond Christ 11 ;hurch. I know your niece won't " object if I explain."Annt Margaret dashed out into the " jtreet toward the carriage, and I foi- . nw?d. winintr mv mitiwl hrnu- hownil ? ' o ? ' ? ?- ? * ing my wilting linen and consumed with impatience. * In the next few seconds I heard *; Aunt Margaret making a harried ex- ij plaaation which concluded with "Aw- * fully ?ood of yon, I'm sure, but I knew you'd consent under the eir- . cumstances;" then the door was flung 1! :>pen, Uncle William gave me a push a From behind, while Aunt Margaret * murmured introductions, and I found u myself stepping into a carriage which 11 seemed filled with flowers and fluffy a white stuff, from the midst of which a peered tho face of?Dorothy Melton! ? "Why?Dick ? Mr.?" she cried, a half rising from her seat. " I started back with a confused at- * tempt at an apology, but Uncle Wil- c liam hastily slammed the door, and 8 with a commanding "Drive lively 8 now!" motioned the driver to start. * The horses were off with a jump, and c I sank into the seat opposite the young j1 woman whom six months ago I had 11 sworn never to see again. ^ It was the early dusk of what had c been a perfect June day. The street lamps were not yet lighted, but the bright moon shoue in at the carriage t windows, and I knew Dorothy could C see my hot, flushed face and my uer- t vousness aud embarrassment. . ^ "Miss MeltoD," I began, feeling e that I must say something, "I'm ex- e tremely sorry to intrude upon you in e tnis manner. I had no idea?" e "Oh, pray do not mention it," said c Dorothy. "I am, of course, extreme- ^ ly glad to be of any service whatever i to Mrs. Clarkson. and it would be too ^ bad for you to be late at the wed- i * ding." j t Dorothy was quite mistress of her- ! t self. She held a large bunch of roses j t in her arms, having gathered them up i a to make room for me; the color, which i I think leit her face for an instant i when she saw it was I who climbed t into her carriage, returned; her eyes sparkled, aud never had she looked so lovely. What a fool, 1 thought, bit- e terly, what a fool I had been to quar- i rel with her. ] "It's to be quite a large wedding, I ? believe?" she said, turning her face f full upon me. i The driver was evidently intent upon i reacbiug the church in time. He turned i a corner so sharply that just as I was ] about to stammer out a commonplace ] about the wedding we both were near- i ly thrown from our seats. Dorothy i threw up her hand, her roses fell in < confusion, and as I bent forward her 1 dainty fingers lightly brushed my i face? 1 "Oh, Dorothy! Dorothy!" I cried; 1 nnrl th?n? 1 I'm sure that I couldn't tell what I i said. I only kuow that the words I i had been holding back, the love that < I had been trying to sti8e for six 1 months, burst from me, and before we i reached the next corner Dorothy lifted 1 her shining eyes, and throngh tears said: "Oh,Dick! Dick!" and I knew everything was right, and wished that 1 Christ church was 20 miles away. The carriage pulled up at the church / iv JfcfeCv.- vi. .' S. loor in the nick of time, and dashed iway again to leave Dorothy at the foung ladies' seminary where she had oeeu teaching for a few months. I found Tom in the vestry, so supremely happy that he had not even noticed my tardiness?but, for that matter, I walked in the clouds all eveniug, and noticed nothing whatever that happeued at his wedding, 30 we are quits on that score. Dorothy and I will be married in Septembor, and Unc'e William, who insists that his "good management" brought it all about, has promised to Jet us up with a carriage of our owu ou the (lay of the wedding.?-Woman's Home Companion. SABLE ISLAND PONIES. Re*emb!e Those Found on lite Sculptures of Niney?h. A writer in Ainslee's Magazine says: "The story of animal life on Sable [slaud, Nova Scotia, is strange. Roaming the sandy wastes are nerds of wild poiiios guarded by patriarchal stallions. These ponies resemble the horses of the sculptures of Nineveh, aud approach the beholder seemingly eut of the framework of antiquity* They are stocky and romarkable for their long manes, which in instances have been known to grow to the length of three yards. The ponies are the remnant of a s'ock thought to have been left by some Portuguese fishermen ? 'Portingalls' the old records quaintly call thorn?who touched it the islaud on their fishing expeditions at even an earlier date than the Marquis de la Roche. At one time there were from 400 to 500 wild ponies en the island, but their number has been decreased by exportation, the severity of the winters, and, some people think, by the importation o4 mproved, domesticated stallions, ivhicli have made the stock less hardy, md cousoqueutly more susceptible :o death from exposure. There are iow between 80 aud 10.) wild ponies md about 30 for domestic nse. Mounted on ponies, the life-savers rallop ovor the dunes and among the lillocks on their long patrols, and the ifeboats are drawn to the scenes of ihipwreck by teams of live ponies, hree at the shaft and two leaders. Some of the wild pouiea are sent to Talifax every year or two, aud are lold at auction at an average price of rom ?15 to ?18. "The Portingalls also stocked the sland with cattle, wh ch increased so apidly that people from the mainland uade expeditions to the island aud reuriied with enough live stock to make i--*- a 4- Ann UOU ltl| n IllUSl | iuiuuu-ti ill uuu ime the island was quite overrun with abbits. Then two rat-infested Norregian vessels were wrecked there ind the rats, swimming ashore, begano exterminate the rabbits and to stack the government storeR. Cats rero then imported from Halifax to :ill the rats, aud after a while the cats ucrensed so in number that dogs were mported to kill the cats. Latterly he island was again overrun with rats rom wrecked vessels, and auother argo of cats was imported from Haliax. Once there were pigs on the sland; but they have been exterminated bocause they had become nouls feasting on the remains of astaways. Death in its most horrid arms is always the burden of Sable sland's story." QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The whistling tree which is found a the West Indies, in Nubia and the oudau, has a peculiarly shaped leaf ud pods with a split edge. The wind, assing through these produces the ound which gi\es the tree its name. Thirteen old horseshoes wero hangag last spring on the back of u garden all close to an old boiler which workleu were removing and leplacing by new one?a very noisy piece of work -when, iu no wise deterred by this, pair of wreus built their nest in the lidst of the cluster of horseshoes and hen brought up their young. The lother bird, having been found one av drowned in a nail of water, stand- i ?/ A ' I Qg near, ber mate teuded and cared or their young until they were fledged nd flown. The horseshoes containing he nest still hang on the wall at Ererborpe Hall, Brough, East Yorkshire, England. In the Bay of Plenty, New Zealaud, * one of the most extraordinary islnds in the world. It is called White sland, and consists mainly of sulphur lixed with gypsum and a few other linerals. Over the island, which is bout three miles in circumference," nd which rises between 800 feet and 00 feet above the sea, floats continuity an immeuse cloud of vapor, ataiuing 'an elevation of 10,000 feet, u the centre is a boiling lake of acidharged water, covering 50 acres, aud urrounded with blowholes from which team and sulphurous fumes are emited with great force and noise. With are, a boat can be navigated on the ike. The surphur from White Islaud s very pure, but little effort has yet ioen made to procure it systematially. One of the most remarkable of all he sound producing tishes is found in yhina seas, and an account of its acions has been given by Lieutenant Vhite of the British navy. He was ngaged in some special work at the ntrance of a river, and came to anhor one night in shallow water. Presntly strange sounds b?gnn to be heard oming up from the bottom. They eere described as resembling the clangng of bells and the beating of drums. Che men were demoralized and attribited the noises to spirits, it being said hat a crew of pirates had gone down here, bnt the officers wore convinced hat the noise was caused by some sea mimals, and investigation showed that t came from a school of fish that nade the sounds by clapping theif eeth together. One of the most peculiar accidents iver heard of happened to a colored man lear New Store, Ya., a few days ago. ?d Jones took his gun and set out for i day of sport. He was not looking or large game, but he had not been n the woods long before he saw an mmense deer coming at a tremendous ate of speed immediately toyard him. Be at once fell upon his knees, preparatory to a shot, and when the deer Rras wifhin 20 feet of him fired and nissed his aim. The deer had acquired such tremendous momentum hat it could not check itself, and yith the next leap landed upon the punter. It knocked him down and arnised him badly upon the breast ivith one hiud foot, the other going nto the negro's mouth, knocking out \ number of his teeth, tearing a part yf his gums away, and passing down ais throat. The whole thing was oyer '? * ? -1 1 lvn 4 It A AAtM A 4 A ID a-U uub r? uou tomo ivj the deer was gone. It Dspendi. "Don't you lore an old-fashioned inowstorm, Pauline ?" "Yes, if the man who takes me out has a new-fashioned sleigh." DINQAAPTS DAT. Orlgta of (be Tbaaksglvlnj Wbich tfce Boert Observe oo Dec to. Cable despatches from South Africa have stated that the Boers held religious services on "Dingaan's Day," in commemoration of their victory over the Zulus. Chief Chaka of the Zulus was assassinated in 1828 by his broth* er Dingnan. The latter was very unfriendly toward the English and ordered two other chiefs known as "Fynn" and "Cane" to come to his Kraal. These chiefs, who understood the bloodthirsty nature of Dingaan, declined, and the new chief sent out a force to fetch them in. Fighting ensued and afterward Chief Fynn was recognized as the "Great Chief of the Natal Kaffirs." About this time, perhaps in 1831, the Boers anneorerl on the scene. Tho.V were trekking to the northward from Gape Colony, and their leader, Retief, applied to Dingaan for a grant of territory, which was promised on condition that the Boers should recover for Dingaan some cattle that had been stolen from his people. This was done and Retief with about a hundred men reutrned to Dingaan's Kraal. The Boer commander and his men were received with great ceremony and there was a feast in their honor. At the conclusion of the feast, when the Beers were filled with food and wine, the Zulus fell on them and killed every man in the party. At the same time the Zulus sent parties out in Natal with instructions to slay every white man. woman and child that could be found. The Boers were surprised in small parties and It is estimated that 000 of them were killed. One result of this raid was the naming of the village of Woenen (near Ladysmlth) which In Dutch means "weeping." , Afterward the Boers sent out a punitive expedition from Durban, but the party was ambushed by the Zulus and cut to pieces. Finally, in the winter of 1838. about 300 Boers under Andreas Pretortus. afterward President of the South African Republic, boldly advanced on Dingaan's country and on Sunday, December 10. encountered a Zulu army of 12,000 men. The Zulus were utterly routed and left 3.000 dead on the field. The power of Dingaan was broken and ever since the Boers celebrate December 16 as a day of thanksgiving. Had the Dead Wood on Her. "I will," she exclaimed. "I will not live with you another day!" "You'll leave me, will you?" he calmly asked. "Yes; I will." "When?" "Now?right off?this minute." "You'll go away?" "Yes, sir." "I wouldn't if I were you." "But I will, and I defy you to prevent me. I have suffered at your hands as long as I can put up with it." "Oh, I shan't try to stop you," he quietly replied. "I'll simply report to the police that my wife has mysteriously disappeared. They'll want your description, and I will give it. You wear No. 7 shoes; you have an extra large mouth; you walk stiff in your knees; your nose turns up at the end; eyes rather on the squint; voice like a a " "Wretch, you wouldn't dare do that," she screamed. "I certainly will, and Ihe description will go ia all the papers." They glared at each other a moment in silence. Then it was plain to be seen he had the dead wood on her.? Ohio State Journal. New Use for Wlreli-dH Telegraphy. Wireless telegraphy has had a new demonsMation of usefulness by the captain of a lightship, who used it aUer ordinary signals had failed, to notify the shore authorises of danger. In a lite manner Hostetter's stomach Bitters, the famous dyi-pepsla cure, acts when all other medicines fall. Its superiority Is quickly felt in the renewal of strength. It. regulates the bowels, improves the appetite, on.I ..nrua liuHrPBtlnn. 'llVlt. nuu v wj vw vv?*v^. ? - m Yes, At Last Accounts. Percy?Where were you on your vacation last slimmer? Harold?Ob, I went to Niagara Falls. Percy?What! Js that place running yet? ?Chicago Journal. All goods are alike to Putnam Fadeless Dyes,as they color all fibers at one boiling. Sold by all druggists. How He Was Paid. "You're a nice lad." remarked tbe minister to a boy who wasehopping wood. "Does your mother give you anything for chopping firewood?" "No," repiied the boy. with a meaning look; "but 1 get something if 1 don't do it." How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & ( o . Toledo, O. We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years.and believe him perlectly honorable In nil business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligation made by their firm. West A ! rcax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, Ohio. Walding. Rinnan <fe Martin, Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. Ohio. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are the best. I cannot speak toohigblyof Piso'sCure for Consumption.?M rs. Frank Mobrs, 215 VY. Ski St., New York, Oct. 23, 1894. Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation, allays pain, cures wind colic. 25c. a bottle. His l)ream Came True. Hogan?Do yon belave in dreams. Mike? Du-can?Faith an' 1 do. Lash night I dremt I was awake, an' in the mornin' me dream kem thrue.?Princeton Tiger. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever Is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It Is simply iron and quinine In a tasteless form. No cure?no pay. Price 50c. Fatted Calf For One. Bride (who has eloped): "Here is a telegram from papa." Bridegroom (anxiously): "What does he sav?" Bride: "All is forgiven, providing yon don't come hack.*'? ollier's Weekly. Spring Humors of the. Blood Como to a certain percentage of all the people. Probably 75 per cent, of these people are cured every year by Hood's Saieaparilla, and we hope by this advertisement to get the other 25 per cent, to take Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has made more people well, effected more wonderful cures than any other medicine in the world. Its strength as a blood purifier is demonstrated by its marvelous cures of Scrofula SaltRh?um Scald Head Boils, Pimples All kindsofHumor Psoriasis Blood Poisoning Rheumatism Catarrh: Malaria, Etc. All of which are prevalent at this season. You need Hood's Sarsaparilla now. It will do you wonderful good. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest^ Blood Medicine. ? M AAAlVAAAAAiv. [for farm and garden. | llrtttlinj; Greoil Wood. Don't bant green wood. Don't, j Half at least of the w eight of green j wood is water, and if one will only ; split and pen the winter fuel two [ weeks before it is needed he will not : have to haul the water. It will dry out. Save time in hauling, and the patience of cooks by drying the ftiel ; before hauling it. If yott haul it ? 1 ..... *!..? I- if W LI CII y IKCI1 IUO I'UUiV 1UU.11 UI1I u IV green, and greeli wood itljtires the ; stove, and impairs the cooking and j wastes the foo.l, Seasoned wood i9 a j great time and patience saver aboilt I the kitchen. Soft woods are better | for the stove than hard; do not make so fierce a heat to burn ihe food before it getB thoroughly cooked. Bent Foil for Tomato Plant?. Sere is a hint worth remembering for tomato plants: One of tne experiment stations has said that a mixture of peat and coal ashes is the best soil to set the tomato plant into in the greenhouse. If so, when, plants are set in the field why not mix aqtiautity j of coal ashes into the h 11 before set- : ting the plant or put a mulch of it ' a.ounl them aftorward? Wo think i the best results would bo attained by | mixing it in the hill, as it makes the ground light and porous, aud naturally ; would cause larger growth of the j feeding roots. Gardeners often desire j to set their tomatoes 011 moist, strong ! soil, almost peat in its nature,and the ; mixing of coal ashes with it might preveut the vines growing too rank and force more development of fruit. ?American Agriculturist, Mo ld Cfenmerv Uutfer The butter maker is an important persou. A good butter maker is rare. Ho is hard to get and hard to keep. | He must be skilled in all the practical | details and also in all the science of j butfer making. He must be able to j make butter if it is necessary and ttn- ! derstaud all the scientific processes j involved iu the manufacture. In ad1- j dition he must have tact, that i?, the art of rubbiug people the right way. Few positions call for more patience and politeness. He must be able to ignore complaiuts which are constant* ly coming to his ears. He must be ; able to politely but forcibly point out j to the careless patron that he must : use more care in producing his milk, j Above all, he must be honest and I progressive. Conservatism will not I answer in the modern dairy. The I conservative is the man who hides in ! tho bushes until the fighting is over | and then comes out and does the j shouting after the victory is won. j Primarily, he must insist upon cleau- ' liness in every particular, not only in j the creamery but. at the homes of the j patrons. He must be an upright man ! who is a valuable addition to any com- j . munity, for he will bo more or less Intimately associated with the people of the neighborhood.?J. Yau Wagener in an address before the recent New York state dairy moeting. Coop for Youiijj Chirk*. A model coop for the hen and yonng chicks may be constructed at practically no cost by taking an ordinary soap or canned goods box, and sawing out an opening in end large enough to admit the hen. In front of this construct a slat coop about three or four feet square, so that the ben may come from the box and have the freedom of the coop as desi ed. The chicks will pass iu and out of the coop and will forage around for quite a distance, but will promptly run to shelter at the first approach of danger. The drinking water cup and the feed box should be placed on outside of the slat coop, as otherwise the hen will j scratch them over. . laths, if con- i veuient, make splendid material for the coop, two-inch scantling being used for the corner posts, and oneinch strips for two top sides.ou which to nail the top laths. Of course, if we do not object to cost, nice little houses, with eloping roofs, may be made, but for all practical purposes, the common square box will fill the bilk, and we can raise just as many and just as healthy chicks in this way as with the more elaborate outfits. Don't fancy that the chicks will grow faster if allowed to roam all over a ten acre lot with the hen. They will not, and the danger of having them caught in araiDstorm or drenched in the early morning dews is overcome when the hen is thus confined. ! Six or eight weeks of this confine- \ ment will not injure the hen,' by which time she will have begun to lay and the chicks will be large enongh to hustle for themselves.?Home and Farm. Rapid Development of Lamb*. A change of pasture in the fall is good, so they will come into the sheds in fair condition. Have plenty of room in the shed. A room 20x20 feet makes a nice one for 12 or 15 ewes. Have the doors open toward the south j so the sun can shine in. Keep them : closed at night and in rainy weather. Give them plenty of nice, fresh water j every day, with good clean timothy and clover bay, or rowen, and as the lambing time approaches aloug in January and February, feed them a fair amount of grain, shelled corn, etc., unground. Always keep their 3alt boxes filled with salt and sulphur flour enough to color it. It is a firstrate thing to have a new-milch cow |nst at this time, and a battle with a rubber nipple handy, so if a lamb needs a little milk it can be easily 'PU AHA AHA A 1 AT-O a Am rt that 1UULC AID ai? O ov/mo luuv aeed nursing. The shepherd can tell by his notebook which ewes are due first, so they cau be separated from the rest until the lamb is strong enough to follow the mother and she will own it. A little pen in one corner, where the ewe can see the others and they cannot get to her, is all right As soon as the ewes begin to lamb, feed them more milk-producing I feeds. Oats, buckwheat, wheat bran, j all they will eat up clean, and plenty j of fresh water with the chill taken off. 1 Give the hay feed at the same hour ' each morning about daylight, then at nine or ten o'clock give some corn and oats mixed, or buckwheat or apples, turnips, etc.; at noon, more hay if they have cleaned the racks; at three, some grain or bran, then at dark more , bay. Give all they need regularly, j but don't overfeed. They will need ; exercise and turning into the yards if i the weather is fair. After the lambs are all dropped and are strong, they will want a shallow | trough to eat it by themselves. Fix a ! creep-hole in the fence or rack, and { after the older oues have been enticed j through a time or two tho others will j 60011 learn the way. They will need j a little ground stuff, corn and oats, or rye, wheat bran, middlings or linseed i meal, etc. Be careful to give just what they can dieest easily, and not overfeed. But if they are healthy they will consume a good deal and get into the manger and pick off the clover heads, timothy, etc., and eat with their mothers, and thus gain pretty rapidly. They must be in the sun all they possibly can, and as the warm weather approaches,turned into greet] pastures, or rye, so they will be ready for market when four or iive months old. Begin to sell as soon as they will weigh 60 pounds apiece. The main point is to get them started quickly. They will need personal and careful attention, so watch the ewes as they drop the lambs, help them if necessary, get the lamb to stand hp and nurse, see that the ewe has plehty of milk, aud start it for the lamu. Gene ally the lamb is all right as Soou as it is dry aud warmed iir? arid hrta its atninnpli full, lint S0U16 "f - ? times there are twius or triplets. Then tlie milk bottle comes into play and some have to be raised on the bottle; The boWels will require watching; see that they are in the right condition,neither bound tip nor too loose. A little castor oil for the one, or lamb's cordial for the other, will correct them,?Charles M. Boresford, in American Agriculturist Ill-l!alnnee<t Fertilizer*. An ill-balanced or incomplete fertilizer is one which does not supply all three of the elements of plant food, phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash. Sometimes a material may furnish one, or even two of the essential ingredients, but if all threo are not present the mixture may be regarded as incomplete,and what the plant fails to tlnd in the iertilizor it must look for in the soil, with the result that if the soil does not contain it, the crop has to suffer accordingly, On the other hand, if the ingredieut which is missing in the fertilizer is present in the soil, it will gradually become exhausted through continued cropping, Rud the yield naturally falls off in proportion, It is atl established fact in fertilizing, that one element of plant food cannot replace another. Each^lias its special function to perform. To illustrate: If there is enough phosphoric acid and nitrogen in tho soil to produce a 200 bushel crop of Irish potatoes, and only enough potash to make a 100 btishel crop, the yield Would not go above the latter figure. The element preseut in the smallest proportion is what regulates the extent of the yield. In other words, we meet, in feeding tho plants, the old maxim: "A chain is not stronger than itB weakest link." From what has been said, it can be seen at once that it is both wise and economical to feed crops like animals. No ono wottld think of giving a horse or cow a one-sided food and expect to get a full day's work from it. Every hard-working animal must have proper food aud plenty of it. As said before, the three iugredieuts to make up a complete food for plants are phosphoric acid, nitrogen and potash. Manufacturers embody all three in their mixtures, and the pro? portions vary to suit the crops, some requiring more of one than another. The principal point to bear in mind is that one sided fertilization seldom, if ever, pays in the long run. It is mnch easier to keep np the fertility of soils by using whatis needed annually to meet the demands of the growing crop than to build np land which has become rnu down or exhausted.? Farm, Field aud Fireside. Chunks of Wisdom. A cow mast be a hearty eater to be a good producer. Driving cows in a Lurry is a money losing operation. A scrub farmer keeps scrttb cows, Scrub cows will make a scrttb farmer, Cows do not eat alike nor act alike, nud the wise dairyman will make dne allowance for all peculiarities. The best dairy cow is the one that produces the most butter fat every twelve months on the least feed. Every farmer should have a toolhouse and every implement about the farm should be housed wheu not in use. Keep a cow waiting for her feed or to be milked and she worries, and a worrying cow is uot profitable. Be on time with milking and feeding, Farmers who think the dairy methods of their fathers good enough for them had better not attempt dairying in these days. Up-to-date dairying only is profitable. ' In many cases a man may have good cows and not know it, because he has always fed them just enough to get a poor yield. Fefore condemning a cow, thoroughly test her by increasing the quantity and enhancing the , quality of her feed. ! Many young men make a mistake in cultivating an autipathy for rural purJ suits. Certainly there is no more independent life known among men,and if the farmer who is out of debt and owns a home is not happy, then we would not know where to turn in search of happiness. French as She Is Spoke In America. An Indiauapolis man thinks he can tell where people hail from by the way they pronounce "table d'hote." He lives in a hotel where a table d'hote dinner is served at a certain hour daily, this fact being duly advertised by means of a card in the elevator. When people get into the elevator they j usually ask the attendant where the meal is to be partaken of, and the j philosopher referred to makes it his business to ride up and down, listen! ing and taking notes of the various pronunciations of the terms. Here is the table he has produced: Chicago, "tabble day hote." Louisville, "tabuldote." Des Moines, "tay-bul de hotey." Omaha, "table dough." Indianapolis, "table de hote." Grand Rapids, "tabble dotty." Sioux City, "tabble de hot." This is interesting, but it would be more so if it showed how the people of New York and St.Louis get around the trouble. It may serve, also, to bring about a settlement that Sioux City is "the most literary town west of Chicago," thus ending a contention that has heretofore threatened to be interminable. In connection with the Indianapolis man's luminous little scheme it may not be out of place to set forth the observations of a Chicago merchant who says he can tell where people live lir-a.l lw tlioir mnrmnfifltion Ul Xiuvc ntvu wj of "bric-a-brac." The Philadelphian, be says, calls it "bree-a-braw,"the St. Louis man asks for "bricky-bro,"New York people refer to it as "brawabraw," the Milwaukee lady wants "brick-brack," and tbe customer from Indiana says, "I'd like to look at oue of .tbem things you put in tbe coiner to set brirk-a-braw on."?Chicago Times-Herald A Clear Field. "What is a historian?" Uncla Phineas. "A historian is a man who lives long enough to write things up without getting contradicted."?Indianapolis Journal. Tales from the Sovth Africa# Prait The son of Mr. E. Lunn, of Klrkgate, Wakefield, writes as follows: 1 "I was In company with a sergeant In charge of some wounded Boer prisoners. One of these was lying on a stretcher and was being carried in when he whipped out a revolver and aimed at an officer near. The sergeant was carrying his gua on his shoulder with the barrel in front of him. He quickly dashed the revolver out of the Boer's hand, clubbed his own rifle as he would a striking hammer, and dashed the prisoner's brains out where to*- ttn tr-fiQ not satisfied with one j blow, but had three, and beat the man's head to a pulp. The captain did not see what the prisoner had done, so ordered the sergeant's arrest. A comrade slipped out of the marching line, and asking to be excused, saying he thought the sergeant's circumstances needed some explanation, and told the captain how things stood. The captain gave the order for the sergeant's release, congratulating him. and thanking him for saving his life." The same writer continues: "I saw a Lancer who pitied an old Boer l)ccause of his gray hair and whiskers. The Lancer said that when he pushed him out of the way, he could not give him the thrust because at the moment he thought of his old father. Well, the Lancer got five yards or so past him. when the old boy aimed and fired at his preserver, but the bullet missed. A comrade, who saw the act, rode back, and thrust the Boer through the heart with his lance, giving him a second thrust to make sure."?Westminster (England) Gavette. To My Friends in Georgia, Many of whom have known of my long suffering from that dreadful affliction, Eczema: "I am prond to testify to the. wonderful merits of Tetterine, which has cured uae as sound as a gold dollar, after spending moro than $400.00 * * i for other remedies without tne sugni-1 est relief. Wm. M. Tumlin, Manager Mutual Keserre Fund Life Association." 50c. box at druggists or by mail from J. T. Shuptriue, 8av*nnah, Ga. Waiter Meant Ho Reflection. A mail dressed in the height of style and with a set of manners calculated to crush any Individual he considered beneath him, entered a Broadway restaurant the other day and ordered a veal cntlet. When the waiter brought his luncheon the dandy inspected the dish closely, and then put on his monocle to get a better'look at it. Turning to the unhappy waiter, he demanded In tones loud enough to be heard all over the room: "Do you call that a veal cutlet? Why, such a cutlet as that Is an insult to any self-respecting calf In the country." The waiter trembled and turned white, but in a moment recovered himself, and said in a very respectful, apologetic tonei "I didn't mean to insult jrou, sir."? New York Mail aild Express, Having Her Way. "Kiss and let's make up," pleaded the handsome hero. "No," responded the fair heroine. "I think we'd better make up and then kiss. Time is limited behind the scenes."?Ohio State Journal. To Care a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Bromo QtrnftX* 1mslet9. All rflfnnrf th? If it fftllg to Cltfe. E. W. Gbovk's signature Is on each bjx. 23c. The Unattainable. The Kihi: assembles :h* royal architect*. 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Your dealer^ JL ft ^ should keeo them ? if /J&. not, we will send a pair vL-g&SRfo W M on receipt of price and ajc.^7*^ to 1 "t"1 *or carriage. State kind of leather, ,,;T Neif si*e, and vridth, plain or cap toe. Cat. free, oftcmm W. L DOUGLAS SHOE CO., Brockton, Mass. AGENTS! AGENTS! AGENTS? The grandest and/art at telling book ever published L? DARKNESS: DAYLIGHT or LI all rs and SHADOWS OF NEW YORK LIFE WITH HCTRODUCTIOH BY REV. LYMAN ABBOTT. Splendidly illustrated with 250 superb engravings from jUvth-lignt photorraphM of real Ufe. Ministers aar: -'.tod speel it." F. very one laughs and cnea over it, and Agents ar* sellinglt by tAoveaiMte.Or-lOOO more Agen s wanted all through the South?men and viim?n. $ IOO to <j200 a month made. Fend for Terms to Agents. Address HARTFOltO Pl'BJUMIIMi CO.) Hartford, Conn, TYPEWRITERS. Write for our bargain list. Rebuilt machines good as new (for work.) cheap. Machines shipped for examination. Largest, best and cheapest stock In tbo countrj. We rent typewriters. THE TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE, 208 North 9th St., St. Loaiit UTo *SS&Sh DISEASES. * rA fritt food for T>* mm. BRAIN.NCRVCS.9Sir Vt? MIBOCS-BUW^ TRAVELING SALESMEN WANTED. Me^Uoa this .-jJA Backaches of :;. Women are wearying beyond des orlpilon and they Indicate real trouble somewherow Efforts to beer the dull Immia/a. hut they K?M? ? ??w _ do mot overcome it and . the backaches continue until the cause Is removed* , Lydh E. PtaUum", V.Sttbk Compoonrf | U? ' I 1 ????J i/oos lA/s more certainly than any other medicine* It has been doing it for thirty years* it is a woman's medicine for wo~ w man's Ills* It has* done much for the health of American women* Read the grateful letters from m women constantly appearing In this paper* Mrs* Pinkham counsels women free of charge* Her address is Lynn9 . <% Massr 1 i grow with- / out Potash, /in y 3.dc of Grass, every grain 'jL of Corn, all Fruits jj^yPI and Vegetables j |jH must have it. If LJW enough is supplied you can count on a full crop? if too little, the growth will be "scrubby." Send for our books telling sH about composition of fertilisers best adapted for all crop*. They coat 700 nothing. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St.. New York in 1 Mi stopped ran * & FtrawMwtly Cared hf I I W^VE^ORfR m m X?7.uiftiftmdM'tw. 9 pweul w ?* ?mil; frrwfat ?4 " 92 TttlALr BOTTLE rajBK t? r.t ptuon wfo Mf ??pnii.w wly w ?"f CWr?, notofll*?em*wnry roUof.feeaS mm IHtardart. RplHwr. '"lVUi^f Dchilitr. Kxbaa*cioa. DB. K. H. KHJfE,M? 8*1 Arch Street. Philadelphia. r-oda*ttP. MONEY for OLD SOLDIERS Union soldiers and widows of soldiers who made homestead entries before June 22.1S74 of less thaa 160 acres (no matter if abandoned or rdinqniwed) if they bare not sold their additional homestead i. rights, should address, wfth full particulars?gi*? ' y ; log district, fltc. ZZE27 X. 007?f WaiUagtO, 8. A OPIUM - MORPHINE habits cured ?t home.- NO CUBE, NO PAY, Correspondence confldetitinj. 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