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AN HI -.0'oltVMT, NOb Hy T11O0t. p1.tg :ti' [ t.1 HER h a "t1" :1 i "1 :. st Iire O in I ' predit' ad. l 11:l 1 ti inferin i n it well 4 1 l IV I ti't il I I. lih\e141 , 1 I I .1 ii Ii :it tIN tn I I r o -I -l yI as te n1th19:111 O l' t: lith ..r-.lf-111 11 ;i f,. i:i. e 'a I t a 1 I Ii'l .' i .tt .Iar t' ele i i i n ii- .a e '' lit. a l; ) ee ii' les. gin Thaa wih. th. e'l' n: i a on.. Ii .T i't ma shin dit er lie tlee il a I iui t score. litu1 ; w lt -tTei I b iaii t isti whlit w fu gr l : ] d I n li ne'A'thh elin I 'd lil)Oi :: -(li - 1 11 au. 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"No. buta i i n t hewa. \'nd wha t at flle kn.ahill agrun f hra thar itoe t lliih tomne i do i aret .\1m beye tyt Oito a lit ut .wet fitge that that eway jer gn other."urt h1tiii d onitr an ite hit in.'' ca"'I guess tat ' je 'lout whatn ron hw re ao lgx it i, "Ain'g t iti tiou h t fLor no 'dte a. fut," ln donemjanytic o way."in "Yges. btat u, I ow oorbyn't hl tot a h t e thatfllertthatrd' it.oly hunl.sy don't you know' "Towle tore hfer oi, a'e ywarn Paip tated.enafle n'am r moa. Ily n ig t.da a.n . lo g ashllv , h s is fth JMBLIC BY THOMAS P. MONTFORT i P. "MONTFORT.' replied slowly. "iilt I 'low I'd ruthe halve soluLebody go ' 4ofg of te. 'lht m1:11n's killed oe feller, an I have a no tion he vouldn't hallg back in uch to drap allother If he thought the safety of his neck deinanded It." "'Waa 1you want to keep your eye peeled an look oliut th1t h donl't git a chlant to drap you." "That's :ill right l'ap. but you want to h ar in 1uind that h1'll he keplin his ey*e 4s 14d t1oo4 . 1-' Feller like that. all the tiin I sel tinl seneth. it) 11to hapn. 1W il. I' .I .m' t .\'Ilebb:,tir tho' all sot5l. Sain but4 I a t o M1.., hat liif 1I ould j st 1r4:ird tII to t- Z., 1:;11. ingl anid d : In alnt , 1 \14) t an j (81 r hbl. on thal . l.'ti . I wou ln't hang l1:l.-' nh to ttlit' Il .1 4 if t in lny h:and :n w it : nt i I tl l vt 4 har after il "\ ku yo woubl n't, Pl' . u't fo r. all t'tt'it lilt 11he l:1 uth r al som boyon ou." "\\asil. luiVO so(~lue ody, Ilhon. Sa.i . feelil ti.isoi l v e g. o 11, well ; noitt. "I tu1 t .11 w. Jason repli' d a:it s "ti "1 l4et k n 'ill goinl to ha e a riht 4s1art to dIt. tmlnorry." " I woldnIl't lit, u prw 'd1 have a Hight smuart to do. .inso,ii if' ykil ;gO aftler that feller. elt r'n li ely he1) 'l liI ira ige to tlk p pi'll un4 h4111114Y for ailile." "I iin't areanil ofth11a.t f llor. :is t 1'4 1 that lil 1 i441 1 0-14 1 In w'l 444 U . I': Salo'ii p oIrit. T 4air ' I ll' III itie l'il Iid off to it ton rry Il i (: itn I ' , olItr I (lilt 1 1) w Iay t4 iX It SIa' l 1 <411 1i 14) "That wnll't 4". .a son it w li't ni11 d). We 11 know y ti. in't in-ver so 1cr oxidq l. with w k 14 :ll that. Yiu Jost L;4 'lo g f :um dw1w, an on' s nlary '11(till-r unrwql 'l i~t it. Nohtql*Y but 1 1441ward ' 4'd r ') ."), :1n) we a11 ilo \t'll Il 1 :411 44 1' h11il' Afterait little hin m 1i ena lunwigli .la.s n t1Iit Illy ite t:,: and it whs arranged t b l 1 I .4 I1 h1 i'iti In 4et t 4114 1 d41 s itrl 11 1 I l- . N .ither. of thltii was- Iver 4enthuwiastiv ov '' tit,'l e takn and 1 -a; th114-y wallo-1l h14n1 - that night, theky hathII folt In their hei ti. that.1 they w(InhlI Im, -1:n1 If that 44re1'itar l11'd ni'everi cliln4. li.w vr. , they wt e in foll. it, ., 1144 i-ither or them h11l a ht, f4ba kint 4ut. Sito henet niorii r they,\ we-re astir j~rv.ta itglrtl7 -.i i /i 4 ' e . n' vn lv 't;{ill h4 I IV ~lIII:III-jiijIz2j~ II Iti'l aA l tf h wan der lit :llhui 1114' e Su li'. Sni' they 4 wal4 ritt i n that ivan11 i n a1 4 fwit Iin eiles' dlay. t((li walst .ius4 t in th44 e l''41ltit r 1( u n tin-: i s h r.54 tol l]ui sar whndi ''Ranks 1, um wal d It: . ,. ltot gto p4lue4 stud- ': it~ ''(".le noin 'u Min th !" tr altl it p e- l'ilt to nin.,' 811 't il4tldd" li ,t 1"ltilt t art. 'h ? "\\i'itl hilrte ndoolisen, 1 guoeg it(. 1).1l 1in 1be it Iht 44sted ( istant. Thew hix l peu' wru gwly.4' hii r c t'Ie l tei Suilt hi ystrewnely 510kI1 on the1o In ' fac 1 le." Ik ht'liev ti t'l.'hi"-a " v worI (of1t aknitn 'Iit tak lio,'b now ar Al'han woi' , Bit' so."u he "e d'otseen Loucesy meet thalnotil reply bu th e woods?" owthhi "Tell me, ams ir t.ue >? "AIt that you .i lii her tell bInut slit "Yes,.that' (rIe toI, Itn ad n tt-il II re lidrntly. it t e.Then h1 :1di. Atu wore hp' fully. "1 But shet wouhdn't let II!i teIIo her. Simu. :!In she Iohal himn it 11111.'t g.. 1 "Ilit s eit' lives h1im." Simu ielet "til sle t olti hlh1 so! Oh,1 , y 1 .o ..! "I'ut she's (rue to yeu. Siuin. for all ef thit. I'd sw'ar she's as( Itue to you as1 t'\'4er ftly W411t:1b \ -: it lieu' hIts 1111141.' "I h'li 4ve" thwt.'" . t 4t ..an lid w' n'.4: il (. Y ' ( i'. I one t It'. N . I InlI t V A-11 1 t ''\ o - i. III 10%I.s S I . '' \ t't' I i \\ . '14'.1 oll. :111dt e ~ ~ ~ fl a nh -hu le I 44'4 41 1', loln il. s t h 4 1" 4 14'o . hh in ~'.r i' 1-:l 1 ". bv.-d ri v I I %, PCl U N 1 -\ 1;4. 1 \ i ll- tid bT .1 11.1l''' ! s i '1''.' 0 nt44 : . . 1 1,4''' 444841 44 I4-il~ln n p : , . ' .:.'i : !1 44'i s .'41 I :! I .\h FI ' :111I 14 1 1 1 1'l 1 0 Iinebb 11l4 hly 1 4i '4 1 - . N llg h s\' I 4 4111 1-11 ' E . '-- i-;;\11'4 ' II 4''4h~l 1. 4 p 10."~l 44\4t 1 . 1 4 1 11441\ . 14t411l - '- 44 4 ' ll | . 1 ;s I: 1111 '114. It i st -''11 4 44! . 4I'lt I . i ie "I I I 4i l t 5 ; lt i il i *) o i in '44 441 '4i4' .14414tic ita L04 4 ~l oh hlhshats when'. IgIt': dow 44h44r 'ns all. them "Co4 "' 441 4:4will, 4 Jo at an but11 I 'm1.4 'fearedI it ain4': itht." 4 t4 11'114 " Tibly, if 't a1 n't that wha141. t can 11lI be, I'd' lkefo you.1 to4.4 tell' me?"I':11 ofwil 'xctmethuridou t me "iil''owdy,111 boyse:' howdy?" fele' he lled. ''ou an Aun Tily .1-mak in, ut" ii "AJlI h, i Iear as11 t w~ yearin elekettsb, Sam.i Yssi-e! J1esti gos sprynn asa cou1le1o grasshi oes. toy tIl belt "11rnIln, 143ain." (3?"hecll "o111 41 1143 1111C1 outrekor? "1.11d 4a-1massy53, yesF." "Why', yo'reI' jest goin to uip aDf talt 11n1, whlether 01' 10, anl haul mue off dlown' t har' to the county seat to set ON to ai .iuriy. AInI't that so?" "4Not tis timent, .Mlr. T1urner." Jonathanl~'s face fell. Samn's words were ai cru'iel dlISapp)ontment, a disap poi'tmnent that can be fully appreclat ed b~y every one who has seen the fondest hope of his life suddenly blot ted out. Sam saw the effect of his ro, ply and in an effort to cheer the old man Bald: "Your timne'll conme ylt, Uncle Jona. than. Yen, air. Them fellers down thar ain't goin to be able to glt on 'thnitt you munh longer. an bomt tb uit thIng you know they'll he sun, LIp he'e IftTr you. Lord. you'll be II setlti Ol to it Jiiry tas big as you plle fore we all know It." Thioigi Turtte- felt his alsapioi iielit keeily., he did Ilnot allow it to hIt better of is ('urIosity. W itl1 igh of resignaition lhe saId: "Waill. t rlia aStl tribulationsa v 1tt 11s till in this life, s0 thnr aW to use a-griv inl. llut if you aint't (o tv'- ytwt' to 9l nlite to set on to it ji evai't flgger tit whlat you litd go "We valt to svp .\'. Melvin." s *t'plied. All thoughts of the .ltry Iid tlp I lI-y tie "setti t n t11 Io" it Iassel r L'urner' lik'e a tinsh. "Lord w-massy ." lie ovuled ex0ItIed hav yl ou uit (omr th t stoti 'likt till gone au foluid ' out sohll 'i hat ellt'.' "I aiitl' said o.Ithi t ' o nit l ythiig, h1a:14 I ham kd oft 1tu "N o, but1 .\on ul (1:, oi hi-. N oln n h' 001 l omit mr t se11 m it , h lm" . Ohl, n . ofl n"l vhle t' Iss u lt h i 41la \~ in, .t hom';" f ii n . I \ fell om t n 1' - ha 1 t I no O\" a n m-i n I m " 'm 's ,. *' . ss ii ain'.i s t n in o. ~ ~ ~ ;~li 1u1 ltpuibtip e y m ...~~ ) IS , )i I. . I I -a I ''s t' iftctler wInts to otol 'w is Itit. rNosin round in the ground in't none of our uiness, not I ' v1r his ntst phunh smack smoc >ol' up to his eyes at It. but at the sa imnt b ody hats a right to thintk jt vhat Ihe tggoe lIase't. aI i tIl 'tr. case he's got to think one of t lings." "Whit thIngs is the mt', Mr. t urner? "One tof thti thlugs Is lhe's got 'litve that Ofeltr a mis'able dad bu O), hi lei le nIn't, an the other lOfn tilhigs Is lie's got to 'llevie tl eiller a mid hs'a dad burA o hnk ras vllch I lb'lieve Ilhe is. t what p .es aie is what i tile litioni you C "Oh, It's nothin worth -Mentonn." "(I, a i',ch 'ht" 't l il t e "Not Isrticularly.'" "hlin it oni't make much dffere whthert'i you see hiim or' not. I reckoi "Wintl. yes, we'd sorter like to 1 himiti. lIt it looks a rIght smn t I wie zi't a-goi to."' "Why so'" "'(' ust It looks mnoughtlly lke nin't i-goi ltal i. out whar he's at. "Ld -It alt, mane, 1 ncn tell 3 tha. Yes, sir-we' I enn tell you ti Jest. as slick as a hutton."' "Buit you1 don't do It."' "'Snkeis ni en cterpillar's, nIn't I n-g to tell you?1'" "1Idumo, i'm shore. Don't look ma like you1're -goli t), tog. "Gre-t:it po~-sums ani per-simmnons netve'r see niobody in sich a pet ni stewi ns ple~t hiaivt got to be. A niobodty got tliime to do notthln no mn seemiis lik. A fetlbI-r'Ill oe ai-ridlin yere-t to It' fence an ask a qiuest Tihen if l dont't jest jumpll out tal n' my nieck nI-anIs werlii him ho11 gits riled up an i 'lows I anIn't never goh tell hnim nothint. Lord anmassy, I ml seed the li ke, ani 1 reckon It'd1 be p)1 hazrd to tell wihat the woril's a-co to anyblow.'" "T'mi not ImnpatIent, Uncle Jonath; Sami replied, "'but I wiould kinder to know as soon na possIble wh'lar1 I i'n's a t." "'lo be shore you would, Sam. L I know that. It sftan's to reason wh'len you've comec all the way yetre to see hilii yo'd't want to k whar' to find hIma. T1hat's nat'ral." "Au y-ou're a-goin to tell us, you ?" "Why, Lord a-mnassy, Sam, to shore I amt. But, as I was n-sayi enn't make out what's ever got folks. Nowi, thair was that Mel l ust tIme lae comec yere lie got all sweat atn a swlvet 'cautse I gid a y or two to hIm 'tore I asked him In house. Then thar was that other yo feller, that Walite. Reckon you ain't seed( nothin of him over thnr'1 Hockett's $1111l, have y'ou?" "I guess not. Who Is lie?" "Lord a-massy, I aIn't never gola tell you. He wias all In a sweat 11 swivet, too, tin lie wouldn't tell nothint, 'eeptini that his name Walite an lhe was down yere loc rouind for mineral. Reckon if I'd people (luestloons an pr1y into their h ness I'd find out more 'bout 'em, somehow that's sotmethln I can't You know that, Sam, you an Jason, jest as well as 1 (do." "Shore," Satm replIed. "But you ka whar Melv In Is, so you enni tell us '1 that ani jest let the oilier feller go." "lBeekon lihat's 'bout all you uins n-keerini for anyhow. ain't It?" "Y'es, jest at prestent."' "'e'enra lIke you inust lhe wiantlr "Are you goin to t('ll wh'lar lie's at' "Lord n-massy, ani't 1 to1(d you o an over' I wias? But to save my nec can't make out whlat thar caai be presslin for you uns to BeO himt abt Guess mehiby, thlough, you thInk t ain't a blamaied lilt of mny busIness." "WanI, amehby that's so." "Then why d1(Idn't you say 80 at ft But you want to knlowi whar Melvin don't you?'" "Yes, that's what we walit to kno' "Wtatil, In that enfse, I'll jest tell y He's over acrost Coon Run." "Over acr'ost Coon Run?" "Them thle words I spoke." "Yes, but whnr'houits over thiar?" "Lord n-miassy', I doan't know." "But y'ou said y'ou could tell us wI he's at." "Waal haint I? Inu "Iord,if ihi'i tellin us nothin. le iar oniught be in a thousan' places over ILO thur'." "Guess thpt's so, but I ain't responsI nt. bio for that, as I ean see." get "An that's all you can tell us?" a "Ever' speck'. say, Sam, reckon you ain't flggerin onl tradin Melvin outeln 'l his hoss?" fl't Sani turnell about and started of'. Me, "Comte on,. Jason," lie said. "Thar's Iry no lisp foolin 'way no more time here." Alk "Whar you goin?" Jason asked, turn ing aboult also. ki "Over nerost ('ool Itun." "Won't he n1t use," Jason grumbled. t "lought as well iutint for a fIlen in a 10 nn aere eornield as to hunt for anybody over tlilar." iy. Nevertlieless they rode on until they I'm werv near III ,Ieikls' piace., and as it th11'y appron"hVl the house they saw chd 111 sitting oil i wood pile, With mut hi ienId restling kiln his hands. rn "w'l JeSt ask (Ad III If he's seed W.. nnythiing of Alelvin rounti here," Sam "No 1ut to io i11t." .Jlnson repliled. N- "wI'hy ?" "CreAt 11an1l. Sl. cnn't youl see le's . s Itt in 1 th1:r w:iitin for his ager to who114ut anot word they turned A nid rotle hatek toward iteckett's Mill. II I te tul inlti l e i il tl lieen at t tlt N1111 i:t gonte agaii. It would ha ve lieen betiteri for him perhiap., and bttter for S11m linnk1ls certinly, if hle h 1ini iellelltt Iitere until S i and Jia [TO iE CONTi'INUED.J CHARLES BROADWAY ROUSS a The Blind Merchant and Million aire of New York City. w People who happen to he on Fifth avenue, Now Yoik, between 7 and 8 e o'clock every evening can see an old fashioned carriage with two seats driv ' g rapidly uptown. On the back seat ' site an old gentleman comfortably placed, .) well wrapped up with furs and a slouch i't hat drawn down over his eyes. Beside him is a younger man with an open ut newspaper spread upon his knees and id. an electric lamp In his hsnd. His mouth .ty is close to his comnpanion's car so that it the latter can hear distinctly as he reads the evening papers above the rattle of i the wheels of thousandq of carriages and ti delivery wagons over the rough stone " pavement. Between 6 and 7 o'clock st every morning the same sight may be ls witnessed by people who get out so to early. The old gentleman in the carriage is Charles Broadway Rouse, a blind man to who has the largest wholesale notion rn store in New York city, and that is the way he gets the news of the busy world ie says he has no time to have the news at papers read to him except while he is III, riding between his home and his store. vI- In 1865 Mr. Rouss came to New York an from Winchester, Va , with $1 80 as his capital. lie Is now one of the richest merchants in thiat city, and his wealth is estimated all the way from $5,000 000 to $20,000,000. Hanging in the oint con spicuous place in his store, just where Ce ; every one can read it, is a large framed ' card beating this inscription : ee IE wilO BILT, OWNS AND oCU PeEs 'r TIs MAIMEL OF ulitil, iRtUN AND) OlANIT, 18 YEAltS AXoO wALKT' THlE STRtETS O1F we NEW YoIIK PENILEs AND) $51,000 IN D)ET: ONLY TIO PIo\'E 'THiAT '0u 'TilE ('APlITAL.ISTiS OF TO-ISAY mat WER Poolt MEN '20 YE:ARS Atoo, AND IIAT MANY A l"ELO FA( INt. PovERTY TO-DAY MAY 114 A n CAIT1ALxs'T A QUAli.'TEli OF A CENTURY llENCE. Ii"I 11 wiJ.L. - PLUCK ADURNED) wlII AMIiT .1eh ION BAlKD ilY ONOR liit1TEu WILL ALWAYS COMAND SUcES EVEN ,w wli'loUTp~ TilE ALUMITY DOLARU. 1 ,a Mr. lRouss always spells phonetically in't to save time and labor. Another sign, >re, which discloses the fundamental rules of upi his business, is seen in every direction, on. andi reads eak NET CASh all hAY AFTIER EXAMINATION to 1No DIscoUNT. ver which means that he always p~ays cash itty likeI diel ord, . l f you have it,you that know it. You iow know all 4 about the LIn't heavy feeling in the stomach, the be formation of gas, the nto nausea, sick headache, and general wecakness of n a the whole body. 'ord You Can't have it a week the without your blood 4 ung being impure and your iout + nerves all exhausted. There's just one remedy for you to ~as too, There's nothing new 4 w about it. Your grand out parents took it. 'Twas ae an old Sarsaparilla before other sarsaparillas wvere4 known. It made the word to "Sarsaparilla" famous ,,over the whole world. ver There's no other sarsa k I parilla like it. In age and so power to cure it's "The lut. leader of them all." bnt 11.00 a botile. All drurgists. Ayer's Pills cure constipation. "A fier suiffering terrilIy I was st7 indli ,to try youir Xarsaparilla. I to'okmlhreo htwttles andt now feeil like as t n an. I would advise all my I fellow ca ture +^ try this med icine for it has stoodh the test of time and -its curative power cannot be ex DU. coiled." I. D. Gooi, Jan. 30, 18991. Blrowntown, Va. WII. the Dooto., anh <esire the bet te i laosi aver an ossiht reovwrite the doctor - ply, withll etreceive a promhpt ro. ar n "''o. YER, .Lowou a O~iA lotght, and which has beea ias borne the signature of is been mado xinder his per atpervisionk suice Its finfaney. no oi to dece(ive you inl this. ati( "Just-as-good " are but; ki an(l enilger the health of rience against Experiment. ASTORIA titute for Castor Oil, Paro Syrups. It is Pleasant. It >rphilne nor other Narcotic arantee. It destroys Worms Cures Disrrhoea aid Wint 'roubles, ctres Constipation ites the Food, regulates the I healthy and natural sleep. e Mother's Friend. 7ORIA ALWAYS Signature of ie Always Bought ver 30 Years. PARAV STRECET, NEW VORI( CITV. It costs more to load and unload ships at London than at any other large prt in the world. Ships which can discharge in three 'lays at Liver pool or New York take fourteen at Londoo, owing to lack of facilities. I (licials of the United States Stee corporation have contirmed the infor mation circulated that the net earnings of the big corporation for the month of March, over and above the interest on the underlying honds, amounted to 19.270,000, or at the rate of S111,240, 000 a year. The heirs of a. man who was recently muridered in Western Kainas har e offered $500 reward for the capture and conviction of the murderer, add ing the followinag significant clause to their advertisement: "' Or we will pay the same amount if he is killed in re sisting capture." An Oklahoma country postmaster sent, the followiig notice to the postal dlepartmednt: "' Suir i wish to notify you that on necxt Wednesday this oflic will be1 sht as i amll gonie (lear hunt.. You kini fire me if you see il; but I'll give you apint er that i'm the only -man in the nayborhood that kin rede and rite.'' The Kansas City Journal remarks: "When a man gets canght in the ma chainery of a revival ant is whirled aroundl a shaft at the rate of a mile a minute, he nev'er knows where he will lamd when he flies (oif ilto space. TPho revival ait, Fort. Scott, wvhich madle one hundred and eight Methodists, also maede one Morman, three Christian Scientists, two Catholics, live Episco palianis alnd a large number of Bap tists, Presby tea inns and Conerea tional ists.' Our Spring Lines Of .Shoes.. Are now being opened up, anld we find them prettier and better thani weL had even hoped for. We get them direct from the world's best mianuf actur ers. If you will favoz us with a look welcanl certainly~please you. Some very d esira ble win ter Shoes still going at yteat ly reduced prices. Pride & Patton ~j~Greenvilie, ,' S. C *i 3KILLS --jlOTON ObUG3 ' eSPIDER,~ FLl&, FLEA, AND AL/ /NSECT L/E A DEATH TO|INSECTS IO AND 25 C EN TS.E 'NA LL D EA L sR.S , DeCA D'OL T ON C//M/C4A, CoQ ..*AhTMORE: M4\ . If Dcatha l~uat, in JIOt for sale hyor pe er, wo will upon receip t of 25 cents f 3ltvn the large p'acaeby mail post On farmtr g land. asy paymnonts. No ammIi8sions chargod. ilorrower pays ao ual coat of perfecting loan. InIterest 7 per ent. up, accorctiang to aecurity. a NO. lH. PALMIC E &, SON (Jol um bla. H. 'O )0'ITIONs POSITIO~s i! NO .OBJECT. antee of postions inake GyftJiJCua' norcolled. Enter any time. atl re dLUeBI O8U 0.l USE800iEE Tlie Kind You Have Always I in iie for over 30 yeirs, I j~g~w~w~e Allow All Counterfelts, Imitations Experiments taat trifle witl .ufaints and Children-Exl)e What is C Oastoria is a lharmless sub. gorie, Dirops aid Sootling contains ieither Opium, M Suabstainee. its age is its gu 111141 allays Feverishmiess. It Colie. It velleves Teetling' and Flatullencey. It assin11111 Stomaich and Bowels, givini The Claildren's Panacea-TI: CENUINE CAS1 Bears the eas the The Kind Yol Ha In Use For 0 THE CENTAUR COMPANV, TV M for everything he buys the day that the goods are delivered and neither gives nor asks discounts. Another peculi arity of Mr. Rouss is to pay his em ployes every night. At the close of the business, at 6 o'clock, winter and summer-and everybody is expected to work eleven hours a day-the clerks, porters and others on the pay roll go to the cashier and receive their day's wages in an envelope, so that when Mr. Rouss closes his store at night he owes no ian a dollar. le is always the first to ar rive in the morning and is found daily at his desk before 7. He is always the last, except the watchman, t') leave the building %t night, and although lie is blind and has many mil ions of dollars, he puts in twelve hours of solid work aix days in the week. Another sign that is seen in every di rection for the information of his cus tomers is : NO CRI-DIT ONE BILL AT A TIME. SIX DAYS OUR BES'T'' TNIM. NEV1ER THill'I'RY Mr Rouss considers one week a suf ficent time for all his customers in the country to recelve their purchases. and ho expects the goods to be paid for as soon1 as they reach their destinlation. City customers are reqjuired to pa~y cash He burned his ledger eighteen years~ ago and now carries on his enormous busi ness, amounting to many millions a year, with only two bookkeepers. who simply record the piurchases of out-of-town cuis tomers anid credit them with the pay when it is received. "A fellowv was fool enough to trust Ime whien I first camuie to New York and I trusted others," adM. os n $51,000, paid it up dollar for dolr, never trustedl anybody again and( never permit anybody to trust n e." Mr. Rtouss' peculiar name is his trado mark, lie was born in Frederick, Md clerked in a country store at Winchester, Va. camne to New York with an ambition to emulate A. T. Stewart ; got a stock of goods and opened a small shop in Broad. way, but customers were slow inl coming and he painted a big sign, " Chmarles Broadway Rouss," to attract curiosity, which he believes was the foundation of his success in life. Overwork cost him his eyesight, but he continues to manage his business and knows everything that is going on in his great store. When askei a hat he considered the greatest of virtues, Mr. Rouss replied : " Honesty ; that covers everything." " And what is the greatest of vices ?" was asked. "Idleness ; that is the source of all vice A busy mani has no time to be bad." Mr. Rouss is a practical phlilanthro phist, and has given away large sums of money. He always gives a dollar to everybody who asks for aid or sends him a begging letter. " You wouldl not want to prinlt that fact." was suggested. "Why not ?" "Because it wouldI bring upon you multitudes of applications for nmoney " "Let them come. if a dishonest man11 robs me he willl suffer for it, not I ; if I refuse a worthy man the aidl lie needs, I will suffer for it as well as ho.I would rather give $10,000 to people who do not need it than refuse $1 to a man who does." -Probably no other magazines are road by so many pe iple as the cop~ies of The Ladies' [Honio Joureat that go to a Connecticut lady. After readiing each number she forwards it to a sister in Scotland, where it is read by the house hold( andl neiglhors, and~ carefully laid away till the end( of the year. The twelve copies are then given to the stewardless of a 8hctland Island steamer, who retainis them until read by her and( all the crew. Then they are left at a remote Shetland Island town, where they serve as a sort of circulating library, passing from hiouse to house for a year or more, until they aro literally worn out. in its journeys each magazine flids its way inlto scores of homes and is eagerly scanned b~y hundreds of eyes. -Census bulletins often contain enter tainment for those whlo can appreciate it. For instance, one has Just been issued on the Industry of refining petro leumn. It shows that in the census year the entire pietroleum relining industry of the United States emp'oyedi 14,316 wage earners and paidh them $6,717,087 in wages. Last. year the Standard Oil Company alone declared dlv idends of '20 per cent. on $100,000,000 of the common< stock -48,000,000 dIvided among thme holders of the common shares In addi tion to the dividends on $10,000.000 of. preferred stock. If John D Rlockefeller owns 31 per cent. of the stock of this comp~any, as ho is said to do, his share of the $48,000,000 dividend was $14, - 980000 no