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The People's Journal PICKENS S. 0. Tranijorgrified. " What a lovely story," sighed Mol lie tQ herself as she closed the 11(1 of the hook she had just ilnished road ing, and settled back for a lazy swing. The title of the book was "Trans norgrilled," a big, grand, beautiful worc that had caught Mollie's fancy from the start, and the story proved equally fascinating. It was about a little princess, who had been an idle, good-for-nothing run-about, until a good fairy touched her with a magic wand and transformed her into a use III, lovable girl, whose praises wore in every onle's mouth. As Molho swung to and tro, staring at the vines above her head, she did some very hard thinking. Oh, lear," she murnured, ' 1 guess I need to be transmorgrified as much as any girl living. I never lift a linger about the house, and mamnma has just givell up1) trying to get any thing out of le; l'm late to breakfast and late to school, and haven't known a lesson for a imontl. What would they all say it I were to turn over a new leaf, and transmorgrify myself? Wouldn't it be a joke? It would be a lot of troubhl'- oh, an awful lot c,f trouble, but I need sometlug new to interest me; I've a great mind--1 will try it for a week as sure as my name is Mollie \lorton, I.et inc see; this is SaturIay, a good day to begun. Vell, here goes. Good-by, lazy Molhie.'' Wit.h a light laugh the young girl boulell from the hammock and ran muto the sittiig-roon, where her moth (r was busy at the sewing machine. A number of unihienmed sheets lay on a chair near oy. t{ MIanna, dear, let me do those, please, and you get out of doors for a breath of fresh a iI. The ii II back of thI, house is just, lovely with dogwood and honeysuckle hlossois, and it will imke 'ou heel brand niev to see it all 110W." S1iut the sewing, my dear, I'mu afraid you canttit I Ibit 1'n sure I t'att, nianina,'' in terrl tc 1 \lolliu. ''.Ilust fou try Inc. Comeic, give me your place." The youn g gil putlshcd1 her muother gently from the ch:ur and took it, herself. " I believe I will go, Mollie," said Mirs. Alorton, gratefully. ' I have beenl longig all week for a breath of the hillside, and I am very tired of the inachine. Thank you, miy little dauvhter.'' 'T'le kiss mother hlt on te girl's fresh chelck burned :' way clear through to her to::t::eic:. 11ow nauiy such -ewas might her young shtouldeis have taken ftrot the over-biurdlend nothe'. HIow tired and pale onotlier Ilookd. S'uddenl hot teatrs dtinliedI the Pr1tty b rownl eyes. ''lhe sewting wa:ts stllpil loulgh, but \IIIlie eiIpt saying, "' 'I'n ils-milor-gri - ld,"' amid kepIl at her tatsk muntil it was m~ther (::une hack fromi heri walk b'righit and1 suinihiniig, thie tirell look all gone from bier face. "Whait are you up1 to), J1oe?"' asiked I'dollic later, wheii she found her lit tle bro her on the front stepls scowling over a text hook. "'.1 mst, this hateful 0old 'rithmtetic I neveri will be ablle to dlo those ex aulples," lhe grumiled. "'(1, yes yoiu will, when you uiidelr slhind1 the rule, I ,et me *see what your trouble is9, *.'' 1havn in th1 le 110oor wItnt M ollic he sideI her brother, and anolt her hiour was ipenit mlakinig thle rule clea tiIo the boy's 11ond1, and shiowing~ himi where his trouble liay. 11i8 hiearty "' Thank y0ou, dear si5 ter; I aini sorry to Inuive been so much tr,eblIe to y11,'"i ut. thec giril to the qick. .lo1I Was Ihler only brother, and 811e wImtedl him to become a smiart ndl golod man, yet she lhad never let him "itrouble heir" bofore. "Wh'lewl It's awIlful hard-4 wvork to lie tranusmogiliheld," at, the end( of the firs daiy o f un10hslih liv!ng. '' But it is graind, atnal soinehiow, 1 amn halppier thaii I have been in a long tie. lounday mnorning, with the magic I spel11 upon her, M ioll ic spirangc from her bed ats soon1 as she awvoke, and d1ressed( I rapidly. Th'le little bed that had always beena left to 01b1 Mammiiy duale to look liter, was neatly mate up and the room1 put in per'fet order by its girlish (.eeupant. On time for breakfast, on1 tne for school MolliO was inl gay, humor, and it Beemued much easier to lo her dut,y than ever before. Mollie'5 schlm,nates looked( on1 with wonlder as their idle, gigglhng leader direw out 1her books and fell to work with an air that meCant business. Of a bright, receptive mmd11, t,he girl learnedl easily and was surprised at herself to h1iud that only an eff ort was nleededl to keep her abreast with the best pupils of the 80chool. What a memlorable week that waah To turn right-about fromi being a hieedless, idle, fun-loving " TLom boy" to ant attentive, induistrious young woman was a tremnend(ous uundertaking, andI was not, accoml)iedl with out some discouragemlents and1( failures; but w.henever the temiuptationi came to dIrop ill the 0111 ways Mollie would say t,o herself: " llememb)er, Moiho Morton, you are tranlsmlorgrifledl stick it, out for a few more (lays."' It was wondlerfull how the change inl the girl hall affected the home. TIhe sweping that had beeni to the miothi or such a burden, was child's play to strong, rollicking Mollie; the general houiso work, that took 01(1 Mammny Jlulo so much from the kitchen, was soon1 accompishedl when shated by willing, girlish handa. It was sister who found the children's school books and pre pared their luncheons; who put papa's slippers and handkerchief whore lhe could find themn; who tilled the vases with flowers, and the old house with the cheer of her bright, happy youth. When Saturday -night came again, Molhe threw herselIf into the ham mock to take a review of the week just past, Her teacher had said to her: " Mollie, dear, I am so grat,ified at your work this week. You have a fine mind and wdl make a brilliant and ' soful woman if you continue to work as you are doing now." Mother had twice calltd her " my little comfort," and papa's hand had rested lovingly on her head, and his lips touched her car as he whispered: ? My precious little daughter." Oh, how hard, how-sweet it was to he good I How disappointed everybody would be tomorrow when the old Mollie came back, when The girl sprang from the hammock and rushed into the house to get away from the unwelcome thoughts that caime crowding. Up the stairs she went, two steps at a time, until she heard her name mentioned below. Mammy Jule was speaking to some one in the kitchen. "She says she's mogy1led, but 1 epecs dat's jest a new name for sauc tified, case dat chlde's got 'ligion, shore's you born; dat's what she is; old-time 'ligion, at dat." Mollie waited to hoar no more. She ran up into her little room, fell down beside her bed in the darkness, and buried her hot face in ber hands. " Oh, God," she sobbed, " I have been acting a lie all the week. I have been pretending to be something I was not, and I know, and thou knowest, that 1 ai just the name bad, good-for n(;hing Mollie I have always been. Oh, God, transiorgrify my heart, please, and make it sweet and pure, and help Ine to be a good girl from the right motive." The dear Father, always bending to catch the faintest prayer of Iis- erring children, must have heard and answered the earnest cry of his little kneeling child, for Mollie continued to be the light and comfort of her home, and grew into a beautiful and useful womanhood. lRA A1 FREE )E141VERtY. Wide ExtelNiol n111(1 Incrense(1 Cost of the Service. 'outmastor (encial Payne will ask Congress at the coming session to ap propriate $12,000,000 for rural free tlelivery. For the fiscal year 1901 the sum of $l,750,000 was made available for the pnurpose. For the fiscal year 1902 these ligures were moro than doubled. I'he postal ollicials have available for Whe present year $7,500,000. This will not cover the expenses of the iervice, as from present indications Lhero will be a (lelicit of about $300, J00. On .liily 1, 1903, 14,000 rural routes wvill be in operation in the United states. It is estimated that it will .ake $,000,000 to maintain the ser vice next year. In addition to this, runds will be necessary to make the sxtensions demanded(, and for this pur )Oe $:3,000,000 additional will be u ked by Postmaster General Payne, iaking the total $12,000,000. On July I last there were nearly 9,500 routes in operation; on September 15 the number had increased to 10,678; I, as stated above, the total by the '11d of the liscal year will reach at least 1 ',000. These figures have excited alarm luong those who believe that rural *reo dcelivery will eventually become o0 ponderous as to swamp the service. I'hiose who are immediately in charge >f it view the future with complacency. Itural free dlelivery appropriations ire higher now than ever," said an )llicial today, " and they will continue .o grow for some time to come. Those rho claim that rural free delivery has ;rown too rapidlly shouldJ consider mi ~onnecction with the large appropria ions for this service that the Post )liCe D epartmenut, will this year come cry near a solvent showing; in fact, he delict, will be0 smaller than it, ha.s een1 for years. It is true that. this i.e utlt Is duo1 mn large part to the changed hiassi lcation of second-1class mail mat or. In time rural t ree dlelivery will >c put on such a basis, however, that t will come as near being a payinig in restmnent as any other branch of the crvice. It pe1)rsedles fourt,h-class >lllces, star rout,es and mail messenger cryice, and it is our belief that oven ually it will come so iiear paying that 10 more complaints will be heard.'' PltOM A RACIIlILOli's VIEW. IIapp)y are they who don't want, the hings they can't get. IIis Sat,anic majesty acts as receiver or moral bankrupts. Speaking of gloves, three of a kind bren't ini it, with two pairs. T1hie lucky imn is the lucky one vho sees and1( grasp)s an oppjortuniity. No, Cordelia, we can't, all 1)0 hero Vorshippe(r$ ; some1 of us mluist, be Mainy a woman who makes a man a mfighty poor ifo maikes him a rich huisbandl. DO ai man11 a favor and( lie will con 81u1cr you uindehr Oerlaistinig obligations to him. When Cupid visits Boston lie dis Cards his b)ow and1( arrow and( uses a Many a man who couldn't, train a (log decently, imagines that, lie is an idleal child trainer. Though the pen may be mightier than t,he sword, it can't come up to the scrat.ch whon pitted against th ink eraser. A hundred years ago meon married younger than they (do now-but wo men dlidni't object to dhomlg their own housework then. Truly the prominent wonmn's hus. band is to be pit,ied, but, fort,unately for nmost marriedl men who lay second 11h1d1e t,he orchestras to which they be l'ng give but few public performances. The negro preacher, June 8. Mobley, of Columbia, who - In reconstruction (lays was auditor of Union County and afterwardls a member of the Legislature from that count,y, announces that he is a1 canidalte for appointment of collec tor of the p)ort of Charleston to succeed the late Col. Ri. M. Wallace. Hie Is buat one of many who will apIply for this desirable place. Gladys-hlow did you enjoy Mrs. Upperton's reception? Ethel-Oh, great! I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was the mioat complete falure I ever saw! IN A I[UMOROUS VEIN. Ilaploy-There seemed to be som< excitement at your house last night. 'opley (dejectdly)-Yes, we had t deuce of a timne. lapicy- --A douco of a time, oh? Poploy-Yes, twins. Physician (at hospital)-" How 'i you happen to fall from the top of th( ladder?" Pationt--" A pretty woman wan passing and while trying to get a goo( look at her I slipped and fell." Physician--"Ali, the same old stor3 -a woman at the bottom of it." Ted- -Is that girl who married th( old fellow satisfied with the match sh t(dle? Ned --Yes. Ile wasn't worth ai much as ho claimod, but as he turne< out to be 10 years older than he own0< up to, she considered it about a stand off. " 1)id yez hear a.bout Mrs. Mulli gan's son runnin' for office?" " Oi did not. Phawt koind av olca is he runnin' for?" " Th' pos, office. lIe is a specia delivery bhoy." Recently an inquisitive woman was talking to James Whitcomb Itiloy of how poorly paid was the profession o literature. " But, Mr. Riley," sai< she, " surely you have no cause fo couplaining. YOU must be a ver rich man. I understand you got ; dollar a word for all you write.' " Yo-e-es, madam," said R1iley, wit his slow (lawl, " but sometimus I si all day and can't think of a word." "Now, that I think of it," remarke the passenger with the skull cap " there used to be a little place on thii line they called ' Kis station,' but il must he somethig else now, I haven' heard the conductor call it out." " We're pretty close to it, I think,' replied the passenger with the goatee " lut it isn't Kiss station any more They've changed the nlame, but re tamed the Idea. It's now " " Happy Junction" bawled out th( conductor as the train slackened itb speed for the next stop. The young wonan who had return ed from a month's vacation at the sea shore was putting her chum aboard th train. The chum was going back t< stay another week. " Any messages?" asked the chun through the car window. " Let inc see," said the gill reflect ively. " Romember mo to Mr. A Tell Mrs. B. I inquired for her. (iv( my regards to Mr. C. and Mrs. 1). Am be sure to tell Mrs. E. that I sent m3 love." "U m-l," said the chum to herself as the smoke of the moving train be ganl to pour in the window, " I guess ] can figure out how those people stan in Peggy's esteem." A miserly landlord was going 'roun( collecting his rents. At one house h was greatly interested in a little girl. who watched open-mnolthe(l and openi eyed the business of paying over th( money and accepting the receipt. H1 pattedi her on the headl andl startedl .< scarch bin pockets, saying: "I must, see what, I have got foi you." Coat and vest p)ockets lhe searched,l and( at last brought, from a romote corner of one of tile latter, nicely en belliehedl with the fluffy accumiulation of months, a p)e)pporment. As he handed it to t,he girl lhe said: " And now what will you (10 with that, ?" The little girl looked at it, then at him, and repliled. " Wash it." In a certain Pennaylvania village where there in but 0one t,rolley car, and that a novelty, *h> handsomo youno citizon, who in its conductor, is regard. cdl as commnon property by his friends, Lhe passengers. Men, women and children are an neighbors to him, and tis sometimes gives rise to a p)ictu. resque conlfusion of his p)ublic and pri valte functions. lie is asnked for t,he loan of fares as of ten as a country postmaster is aeked to advance sttmps, anud, alt,hough he in exp)ectedl to run his car by schedule, he0 is also expect.ed to hold it quit,e 10 or 15 minlutes on those frantic occa 5101ns when a belle is behlindhand with her toilet for a soiree at thle other 01nd of town. Tender infants aro putt in his arms to be delivered at thleir dosti Old Age Vigorous DV THU USB OP DR. PIERCE'S GOLDEN MEDICAL atI atffered for six years with bon whtchatime an indigesin during eiciauns, bu il eoyed several phy. case,"writ rroul net reach muy f itt aS iga,en o4 1O@le 1 of cold tnt 'rti was no help for me, chud n ertain'od en my atomifaehu thed fltoorE y would fall helpless to mnenced taking Drs agoce' IGom. Medical Discoveryran iter ellt, and improved frenm te str.Ater taking twelve bottles *of the ersc, cry ' Iwas uable to do light work, and have been improving ever sine.I ami now in good health for one of my asfe-6 arsl. Iowe it all to Doctor A Cough " I have made a most thorough trial of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and am prepared to say that for all dis eases of the lungs it never disap points." J. Early Finley, Ironton, O. Ayer's Cherry Pectoral won t cure rheumatism ; we never said it would. It won't cure dyspepsia; we never claimed it. But it will cure coughs and colds of all kinds. We first said this sixty years ago; we've been saying it ever since. Three sizes: 25c., SOc., Si. All druggils. Consult your doctor. r if h ae take it theta dut at) h0~ eays. If ho tolls you not to take it, then dt tako i t. ie knows. Leave It wIit him. W nrowilling.~~ J. C. AYER Co., Lowel, Mass. i nation, and trustful old ladies board t his vehicle with requests to be taken to regions where no track has ever r been surveyed. But it was a lady riding with three children, who took him most deeply in to her confidence. Receiving from her a dollar bill for fares, he asked: t " 18 this the srallestyou have?" No," she replied, with a mother's smile. " 1 have one six months old I at home." To prevent the extinction of many valuable species of big game in South , Africa, a project is on foot to establish regulations for their preservation. Camps are to be established for the brooding of certain species, in order that the country may be restocked With game. HAVE YOU A D.AlJG'I'li1 'I'O SEr Chicora GREENVIL A Presbyterian School, whose pattern is Music, Art, and Elocution Schools I State. Degree Courses taught by Specialists. Beautiful Auditorium-large Pipe Org otc. Pure water-line sewerage. SEVENTY-sI N BOARUDING PUPILs OUIlH IICES ARE VERY LOW for ti Next Sessionx Begin For beautifully illust,rated Catalogu S. R. F Kellalm Cancer Hospital, 1ath and Bank Streets, ... We Care.. . Cancers, Tumors and Chronic Sores Without the Use of the Knife. ALL INNAMTNATIONS FRlE. Come and see what we have done, an't are doin1g. It then you are not sat Isfied that we do all we CLAIM, we will pay all of your hNXPENSES. Special Prico On KI1ND l'RGARTEiN ORLGANS for one month only, $5.00, 6(10.00, and $70. 00. DelIvered at your depotA $5.00) to aL3ompany order. This Is ahead of any olfer ever made for spot cash. WrIte for terms. L. A. McCord, M'gr. McCORD MERCTA NDIS!M CO., Lau rena, S. C. Charles G. Leslie, WHIOLESALE: DEALER IN -Fish and Ovsters 18 & 20 MARKET ST., CHIARLESTON, S. C. (.onsignments of ('ountry Produce are respectfully so'icited, Poultry, Vggs, &c. FI'sh packed In barrels and bioxes for country trade a sp)eialty. Order Your Fish from, and ship your Produce to R. T. Daniels & Co., Wholosalo and Retail Fish and( Produce 506 KING ST., CHARtLESTON, S. C.( Order Your Fresh Fish and Oysters l frc,m The Terry Fish Co., Charlestop, S. C., or Tihe Columbia Fish and Ice Hi Co., Columbia, S. C., and write to them for price list. F. S. TIEJRR Y, Manager. P1 Fr. 0. J. Oliveros ul EYR, EAR, NOSE andt THROAT PUt of 8peetabelee Quaranstee4. Om11e 1424 and 1426 MarIon Street, A COMINW EDITORIAL. MAIIIAOE. --" There is but one more week of single blessedness for the editor of this paper," says the editor of the Highland Videtto, in a quaint announcement of hiis own marriage. " A young woman has consented to take our name and share with us the burdens and joys of life. She is Miss Elsie Kitzmiller, youngest daughter of Mrs. Lavina Kitzmniller. Her father was Frank Kitz miller, a veteran of the civil war, who died one year ago. The time set for the ceremony is next Wednesday at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at the home of Mrs. Kitzmiller. A number of friends have been invited-but not nearly all. The house would not hold one-third of all those ' we ' should have been pleased to see present. (This is not the editor we-' we ' having assumed a new significance.) But there will be enough, we hope, to till the house and see that the job is well (one. There will be no atten dants. ' We ' will be the whole show. There will be no tears--everyone will be glact to see us (cditorial us) finally married. There will be a happy, hand. some couple, the handsomeness being contributed by the other half. No one's life is complete who lives alone ; no, of course not. To develop into a surly, crabbed, soul-shrivelled old bach elor, or dwindle away an old maid, full of vinegar and fool notions-what un happier fate I To form a complete and useful life marriage is a necessity as well as a luxury. Yet those consid erations are mere side issues. '1lie first consideration is to find someone you can love, respect, admire. Love is apart from logic. It is capricious. It frowns upon wealth, tramples over dif ferences of age, breaks down any es tablished rules of procedence and astounds the coolly 83 stematic. We are it. Tume passes slowly." Many a Prince uf Good Fellows loses his title ven his pocketbook runs dry. W TO SCHOOL ? WHY NOT TRY Corlege, L E, S. 0.? the Christian Ilonie. mot surpassed by any college in the an Gas, Steain Heat, Bath Rooms, enrolled from Six States. ie superior advantages offered. S September 23rd. , address 'RESTON, President. Women as Well as Mdn Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, dis courages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor and cheerfulness soon S . disappear whe~n the kid rneys are out of order - ' or diseased. Kidney trouble has -become so prevalent that It is not uncommon -for a child to be born afflicted with weak kid neys. ifthe child urin --- . : ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, when the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it. t he cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the k~idneys and bladder and not to a habit as moest ;.ople suppose. Women as well as men are made mis ~rable with kidney and bladder trouble, md both need the same great remedy. r'he mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root Is soon realized, it is sold >y druggists, In fifty :ent and one dollar .izes. You may have a sample bottle by mail ree, also pamphlet tell- nomse or saup.nooi. ng all about it, I ncludhng many of the housands of testImenial letters received rom sufferers cured. in writing Dr. Kilmer 1 Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and nention this paper. [VY Mg MAULDIN, Attorney at Law. Pickens. S. 0, ~ractico in all theCourts. Office over Earle's DrugStore DR. J. P. CA RLIs L E| --DENTIST, Groenvillo, S. C. Office over Add isons D)rug Store. ap12-19tf. ANDERSON BABB, 'onitractor and Bailder ... H[AVNKawOnITU, C. Ei. RCOBINSON WA. P'AngKm, P'ickons, 8. 0 GIroenvillo. 8. 0. ay HeRWortli, Par'ker & Rbinson, At tforney-at-jLaw, ekena 0. HT., - - South Carolina P ractice in all Courts,. Attend to a tinesa promptly. W-'Mono~v to loan. M. P. CA LHOUN. Attorney at L,aw, [3 West Conrt St. GRtEENVILE, 8. (1 Prael leo IN all the courts, State and daral. 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WH1-ITI MARBLE MN Lim t hetae and Cemntnopa Paint, Ols antoVrninhss ooifng, neathing per in al clas SouudM theaster Lim andful e ment CompWa nyJis 2Lat Br a y,e Careston . Panolman-agenereH. Deaer i(n HairE, Ter Cot -i IASTORIA For Infants and Children. the Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the oignature of - In * Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA O[ENTAUN COMPANV. N[W VONIt OITY. at Cost! thing. ;es in o1r bu.iness, we will sell Bugies, haetons and Wagons ite Sacrifice! iiir wvorl for it, buit coitno atud see for yvour (e (carry thle H;l3oek , C ourLtand, Tlysion & e-, &e-, ais sIriet 11igh (irade Waegona, the the I )h insbloro, TPaylor andi Chai tatnoga. of all1 kin1d.4, an1d wo are go.iing t) Hell our etty well over' but we have a few bargains clerk hire, own our own repository andJ we have for cash or good1 paper. Polite e iil>n eII antul See us. Wa are aliways LES & McBRAYER, - JlIElENVI4laii, S. C. W ILL E. W1J1TE C: & C o., all kInds of rD GRANITE nione buut fistclass kmani hte work. tail card wvith our addreltss ill bring, a man P (u li au lo 1iiu enun give I he lowest ['E & 00., Ander'soni, S. C. a~C'h1 * betrta n oh r o' u xdar Cmpny - CHALETON 1- 0