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unnnttnn******* wri^; ^ other ? ; UraLaB donald. * ItJfII ^V'*'''^ llY noWARD FIEIiDrrJQ. Bm^Wf*" J ? * ' *&i' n l COPTIUOHT, I8W1 A4 tt tt ts ts tt tful* ****** The girl whom Douald loved laat year was christened Frances, aud he used to Cftll her Fanny. AIho, be addressed hfir by various endearing terms, but that It of no consequence. Such words ?Pfi.1: fello low may call a girl "sweetheart" as .the rosult of a habit of speech ac quired before ho knew her, and she cannot detect the crime, but If he per sists la calling fter "dearest Fanny" when her name la Helen Bhe will In dict him for perjury. It Is painful to speak evil of a froman, but candor compels the state ment that Fanny was a dressmaker's dummy animated by a soul that would have been considered mercenary In a pawnbroker. Donald could not per ceive it. Everybody else knesv that her desertion of him and her marriage (with a man old enough to bo her grandfather ought to have been pub lished by the press under the head of "Financial Transactions." But Donald, jrho was a highly Imaginative person and had always surrounded Fanny ,Wlth a mist of illusions, believed that the occurrence was one of thoso subtle mysteries of love which, In the words of Lord Dundreary, no fellow can find out A man of simpler mind would have sent up a strong prayer of thanksgiv ing for a great deliverance, but it pleased this dreamer to Imagine that he had suffered a loss. * Fanny was a young lady with con siderable Hoclal pretensions, and, after she turned her back upon Donald, he .turned his upon society. lie wander ed Into artistic Bohemia, aud there he (met Helen, who was regarded in that region as an infant phenomenon. As a matter of fact, she was 22 years old Sind had worked hard under he very |t>est teachers since tho earnest day pvhen such Instruction could proQtably (begin, but she looked like a girl of 10 .who had never done anything moro Uerlous than chase butterflies In the tflelds. Hence Bohemia, which judges py* appearances even when the facta tin the case are perfectly well known, ^persisted In holding her to be an In spired child. ^Donald was more shocked than .pleased when tills idop.l of maidenly 'innocence Invited him to come to see Iber any time, adding tho Information |that she was living In a big building jfull of bachelors uf both sexes, In a little suit that was all her own. Her [quick eye caught the expression tout ?flitted across bis countenanco, and she iw?!i amused, perhaps a little piqued also. \ "I am chaperoned by a large bull dog," said she, "and when you see his teeth you will admit that the strictest social code could require no 'more." I At an early day Donah, mado the ac quaintance of this nir elty In chaper ons, and he was forced to confess that the animal was competent to preserve the decorum of any company accord ing to such Ideas as he might have on the subject. Yet the young man was still of the opinion that the me nage left much to be desired. He was so much older than Helen, having just turned 30, that direful milestone at the end of youth, that he ventured to give hor advice. I "You're going to be famous some 'day," said he, "and In my opinion it ?will be pretty soon. Then you'll want to get Into society, and this sort of thing will bo against you. If you only had an aunt or something like, that"? "Why In the world should I want to get Into society?" asked the girl. "Everybody wants to get into so ciety," said Donald. "That's where ?the money is, and, of course, your ultimate object In painting pictures is to sell them for the best possible prices. Moreover, though you are too iyoung to think of It yet, there is the 'question of matrimony." I "I meet a man or two, now and then," said Helen, "poor, but honest, most of them, and yet"? I "My, young friend," rejoined Donald, *never marry except for love, but re member, as an artist, that you can (view a groat deal more scenery from a bteaxn yacht than you can from the 'Jorsey City ferryboat." I "Oerberus," said Helen to the dog. rdo you hear what tho young man Is talking about?" I Oerberus growled. I "You do not practice what you (preach," continued the girl. "If you old, you would not bo here." I "Ob, Its all over with me," he re joined. "It makes no difference what i do now. Of course, you're not to bake offense at that. I come here be cause I wish most earnestly to be your friend; because you teach me many ?things; because I am happier here than ^tsewbere. When I say It Is all over y>if\th me, I mean that I have had a " Itter disappointment whloh has langed the course of all my ambl oos." rOf course, Helen could not conceal wish to know what that dlsap lent had bee , and she w \n bo ntly sympathelc that Donald told all about It He had said little to any one upon the subject since that most unfortunate calamity bad over taken him, and it was a great relief to unburden bis mind. It seemed to blm as If this Innocent child had been sent by a pitying Providence to be the re cipient of his confidence. Though he spoke with the utmoBt re ?pect of Fanny, and did not hint, nor indeed think, that she had acted from an unworthy motive, his story mado the facts abmudiy plain to Helen, and she wss filled with wrath, For the poor little girl was already In love with Donald, had already set his Image on s> lofty pinnacle, and she raged at the thought that her idol should havo lost his heart to the cotr'.onest of money hunters. Delicacy restrained her from ex pressing her real sentiments, and so she could say only that she was sorry lie had suffered so much pain. She said It so tenderly and so sincerely that It went straight to his heart, which was not really so seriously frac * tuxed as he bad supposed. After this experience there was a new Joy In life fof Donald. He could sit In Helen's studio and talk about Vienny. A beautiful 'girl wss Fanny, It oss would take Donatf's word for H jttd she had a walk like Juno's sjul a singing voice tliut made tho nlghtlu gnles turn Into green poll parrots with envy. it seemed to Helen that whenever Bho herself felt doubtful of her at tractions Fanny was an absolute Ideal. '1'hls was ttad enough, but she suffered worse, perhaps, when Donald described Fanny's beautiful hands and never gavo a hint or word that he thought Helen's pretty. Now, Helen knew they were pretty. She could prove It by all the canons of art, but what was the use If Donald did not know? And then her eyes! People whom she didn't care a penny about were always telling her that she had the finest eyes In the world, yet Donald j would sit there for au hour talking about Fanny's eyes aud looking Into Helen's as If he saw nothing but two little glass marbles. All this the unhappy girl bore for many weeks, but she rebelled at last. It was after they had become real good friends, so that she called him Donald and ho called her Helen?that Is, he called her Helen part of the time and Fanny the rest. "Please, please, don't call me Fan ny," she 6ald In a moment of despera tion. "If you can't think of my real name, Cleopatra will do?or Bridget. But Fanny I can't stand. Thero's a girl of that name that I hate." He said tbnt he was very sorry. Such slips were very annoying to htm as well as to her, but tho tongue was an unruly member. 'I was at a summer hotel once," he aald, "and there was a man at tho same table who couldn't depend upon himself in the matter of language. When he wanted to say 'Please pass tho butter,' he was Just as likely to say 'Co to blue blazes.' Aphasia, I think they call It. 1 must have a little touch of it, Fan?Helen. It's a shame, for you speak my name so sweetly. You never miscall me." She laughed softly, and her eyes looked thoughtful. "I have the advantage of you there," ehe said. "The last fellow that I was In love with was named Donald. It is the name that comes most readily to my lips." Donald looked at her nearly a min ute, his mouth open aa If he were **f HAVR TIIE ADVANTAGE OF YOC TUKKB," tillK SAID. going to speak. His first Idea was that she jested wltti him, but In an inatant ho suw that she was serious. He rose and paced the floor, still si lent. "Helen," he said at last, "do you re member the other day when you aaked me to look up something In your scrap book of quotations? Well, I saw a few lines In the back where you'd kept something like a diary. I didn't mean io see them, but my name naturally caught ray eye. The words I saw were somewhat ? er ? affectionate?that Is, they Indicated a rather more than friendly interest In Donald. "That was the other Donald," aald she. "He was a handsome fellow, ?nd I loved him, though be had many faults. I still think of him and keep some little things that remind me of him. There are some roses in the top drawer over there"? "Great Scottl Aren't those my roses?" "Bless the hoy I Do you think any roses of yours could be so dry?" "I didn't know," said Donald. "Flowers wither fast. I happened to notice the roses the other day. There are some violets"? "Oh, those are yours, and the long whlto ribbon?no, that's Ida. Is it, though? I've really forgotten." Donald ran his hand through the hair that surmounted his brow. It seemed to feel strangely damp. "Blessed heaven," he said, "let's get to the rights of this! I call you Fanny once In awhile, and that's not pleasant. But, by the sainted Moses, you never call mo by my name! It's always his and always must be. I?I say, Helen, couldn't you Invent a nickname for mo?" "There Is no name like Donald," she replied. "I always loved It. Why should you worry If I have used It before?" Ho came hastily across the room and took her bauds, holding them hard. "You don't lovo that fellow now, do you?" ho cried. "It's a rude question, but I must know." "Ho has passed entirely out of my life," said she. "What sort of a creature was he?" Donald demanded. "A handsome man," aho answered, musing, "as I have already told you, with such a fine figure; you've no Idea!" And she looked right through him, as If at a vision. "Saint? of paradise!" muttered Don ald. "This Is trying. Was there any thing about him that wasn't perfect?" "His soul was cankered with the love of money," aho replied, "and he had silly notions about marrying for all kinds of advantages except happiness. Such Ideas must noceasarlly have sep arated us." "Do you moan to tell me," crlod Don ald, "that there Is on earth a creature so preposterous as to give you up for the sake of money or social position, or ?or any of that nonsense? And did you love him, Helen?" "I always loved him. Donald." The young man seized hJs hat and put It on hind side before. "I'm going to take, a Uttle walk," he said. "I want to think this thing over. It gomes to mo suddenly that a good deal im? beeu happening la the last few weeks thot I didn't know about." 'Happening-.''' she. asked. "Where7" "Inside my poor carcass," Bald he. "Iii my so eallet heart, that doesn't keep posted OU Its own business. Oh, to think that I shouldn't (lud It out till right now when this other man comes In, by heaven, to take awuy my very Dame. I guess I'll walk around the park a bit." Ho laid bis hand upon the knob of the door. "You see," he said, turnlug, "I never fancied you n? havlug loved before. You're such a child." "But what of It, Donald, what of It?" He turned suddenly and seized her in his arms, lifting her face toward his. "Why, you little blue eyed angel of paradise sent to redeem my soul from black despair, don't you ko )W that 1 love you7" he cried. "It seems to mo yon must. Though, upon my word, I hudu't formulated the Idea myself up to live minutes ago. But when you spoke of loving that man and of priz ing my name because It used to belong to him"? "Donald," she Interrupted, "you drove me to It It Hashed acrosb me In a second that I'd have reveugo for Fanny. I've stood her week after week with the patience of a saint, and you couldn't stand a much less painful ordeal for ten minutes. Swear that you love me, Donald, and dou't call me Fanny by mistake while you'ro swearing It, nor prulse her eyes whllo you're looking Into mine. Do that, and I'll confess that the other Donald Is your old self as you were at first, with all your foolish notions, and tho Donald 1 love best Is you today, now, now!" Turnip Howlnif. To be valuable either for tho kitchen or for Btock ttirnfpa should be grown quickly. This means good soil and plenty of moisture. Good soil does not quite mean rich soil, though richness Is an Important clement. More Impor tant, however, Is good tilth, produced by frequent previous stirring. This is the reason that turnips do well on po tato ground from which early potatoes have been removed. In the cool, moist clluinto of the British Isles turnips are usually sown In spring. Here, with our much higher summer temperature, It is best to de fer the sowing until July or August. This leaves but a short season for growth, and hence the necessity for the liest conditions of soil. Some of the best kinds for kitchen are White Egg and Purple Top Strap Leaf, the former rather preferable. Cloudy weather Is most desirable for sowing. In hot sunshine the seed Is often injured so that It falls to ger minate, a good time is Immediately after a shower which has not left the soil too wet to work well. Immediate ly liefere a rain Is a good time, If the rain does not fall to come, but If the rain Is too heavy the Been Is liable to be washed out of place. Care Is required In order to avoid tho common error of having ttie plants so numerous us to crowd each other. As soon as the seed Is sown it should be lightly covered with a rake or by drawing brush over the surface.?Na tional Stockman. Mounter* of the Old Age. Aldrovandus' "Monstrorum THstorla" was printed In Bologna In 10-12, 35 years after his death, and was put forth In good faith as a contribution to Datural history. Aldrovandus thought tie was teaching muuklud all about the remarkable creatures to be found In distant climes. It almost looks as though he anticipated tho "rubber aeck" by his strange combination of a uian with the neck of a crane. He was not satisfied, however, with giving his readers th'.s marvel to grat ify their appetite for the wonderful. He presented a picture of a woman with the wings a.id claws of a bird, and, having conceived this marvelous bird woman, he reversed the process and made pictures of a boy with a bird's head and horses, goats, pigs and lions with human faces. Nor was Aldrovandus alone in the creation of monsters stranger than ever were seen on land or sen. Thero were Marco l'olo, Mandevllle and Plu to, who, while relating much that was valuable and true of foreign lauds, had no hesitation In Including stories and pictures of men and animals born of a vlvld Imagination. Witness tho plc turo of a man liko that described by Shakespeare "Men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders." What a credulous ago for writers and readers alike! Tito Item* For Connidcrntfon. It is a mooted question whether al falfa enn be grown on the best rice soils In the coast country. Ittce requires a practically water tight subsoil; alfal fa needs a porous subsoil. On a good alfalfa soil the expense of flooding for rice would bo excessive. On good rice lauds the alfalfa will not bo ablo to penetrate the underlying hardpan, and tho hot summer sun will kill it out, both root and branch. If there Is any way to reconcile these nritagonlsms, W0 have not discovered It. A tenant farmer near blast Bernard. Colorado county, Tex., makes a special ty of BOrghtim hay, shipping his prod tict to Houston. His average crop for four years lias been six tons per acre and the average prlco $8.00. Ho pays, cash In advance, $2 per acre. A simple sum In addition and subtraction will show whether ho Is farming profitably or not. He says he could make moro money by feeding hogs, but he makes money easier from sorghum hay. Ho cultivates sandy pralrlo loam.?Texas Farm and Itaneh. Cottonseed Holla ami Meal. Cottonseed bulls are used as fuel In the engines of oil mills and very large ly as food for cattle. They are worth from one half to two thirds as much as grass bay and aro an excellent and handy diluent with which to feed cot tonseed meal. Hundreds of thousands of cattle and large numbers of sheep are each whiter fattened on hulls atid meal at and In the vicinity of tho oil mills of the south. Milk cows are also foci on rations made up largely of hulls and meal. The rations fed to fattening cattle nro three to four pounds at first, which aro gradually Increased to ctx, eight and even ten pounds per head each day and all tho hulls the animals will eat. The proportions have varied from two to sir pounds of hulls to one pound of meal, the best results having been obtained on three to four pounds of hulls to ono of meal. For long feed ing periods and rapid gains this Is a most excellent ration. In dry seasons nitrate of soda on strawberries often gives surprising re sults, says Rural New Yorker. It pro u ably pays better to use the nitrate alono rather than a complete, fertilizer. You can use 150 pounds per acre in late July or August. This w 111 force a heavy growth before fall. It would bo a mistake to uso only nitrate this summer. You will then have fine, thrifty plants, bnt few fruit buds. We would prefer a complete fertiliser for late summer arJ fall. INFLUENCES POM WOMAN. | In this age t>f the evolution of wu- i man's powers, we hearse much About Iboir tniluouco. it la women's lutlu- | eucu in the home circle, in society, in , the school room, anil DOW liiere is talk i about her lullueuco at the pol! . I nm glad the world is waking up to a higher i appreciation of woman's worth, und I hope that as she becomes more eon- i scions of her power, slit* will be more i rait lul about the use she mukcs of it. I Wo nil desire to have some influence, i It is but natural wu should. Hut while woman must hi; always exertlug I an Inlluouce over others, from wheuco shall she receive any herself. Is she lo be a soil of electric battery gener ating new force all the time ? I have been interested in these aril cles on "home Innuouce," "Woman's Influence," "A Mother's Inlhience," and others, aud thought them we considered. But not iufrequently 1 feel the need of some ChGCriUg inllu Olice for Woman, and wonder whore it is to be got. Of course there is comfort in I lie love of husband and trie tub, if one is fortunate enough lo have these. There is pleasure in doing for those we love, especially if they appreciate it. There is consolation in the sympathy of dear oues, when we feel discouraged aim sore-tried and often sorc-t uvd. Then there is seme satisfaction in knowing we are doing our duty?doing faith fully and well, whothor any mortal re gards it or not. We are human enough to appreciate words of encouragement, and even a little praise, but it seems the lot of some never to hear these till I alter we die. Having our needs and conveniences supplied, is. in a measure, conducive to a happy frame of mind, but we must not depend upon these for happiness. We ought not to be Inllucncod too much by our surroundings. While it is well to enjoy all the good and beau tiful in things about us, wt should not give up lo despair and impatience if we cannot have as much as we want, j Mut there are Winnen who have none of these advantages. What are they to do? Il is bard for one who has pot been in a similar place to recommend what i< hist, so 1 will leave it for some more experienced sister to sug gest. Some of us, however, haviug all these benefits, awaken several morn ings in the year to lind that something still is wrong, something is Inckiug still lo make the day's business work with right good will. A few are so happily disposed they can avoid most of these, but the lest seem not so for tunate. Whether they tue not is for each one, lo prove for herself. Finding myself a member of (lie latter class, I begun to work a reform I looked for the cause of "everything going wrong" some days, that 1 might avoid it, aud noticed (hat many of them were begun by Unding some faull or speaking a hasty word. My system labeled under the shock of such a greeting the whole, day long, so that everything seemed lo work "cross '_riain." Other mornings I would show some kindness, accidentally, or sec anew some beauty or cause foi thankfulness, and this gave such n pleasant beginning lo the no.v c*ay. So I resolved to tiy every morning lo waken with some happy, contenting thought, that would help to give me a better appreciation of life and its con ditions. Each one can learn for her self what will best have this iullucnec upon her own disposition. My next observation was that some limes when things are running smooth ly we suddenly meet a cioss that tries our patience sorely. Then if we give up to complaining, the day's enjoy ment is marred sadly. Hut if we con trol our spirits and make the best of existing circumstances we will have added to our peace and pleasure, and feel stronger t > meet the next trial, for there will certainly come olhcis. She who expects all smooth sailing in this world may suddenly lind her hopes wrecked. That sailor makes the safest run who prepares for the storms. Then sometimes when we are dis couraged it nu?y be well to icmember the old advice to contrast our circ in stances with some that are v orse. This will not add to our store, but may make u.s feel more thankful and contented. So "to sum up," some oi the. pleas ant iulluenecH for woman are mutual love, and sympathy of dear ones ex pressed, not repressed ; patience that restrains the hasty word ; appreciation of the good and beautiful in all about us, and thankfulness lor the blessings we have. Ilesides these is the won derful consolation to be found in our Christian faith and hope. "More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. ' wherefore let thy voice ItlBO like a fountain, through nigh I and day , For what are men heller than Hhcep or goats That nourish a blind life within the hrain if, knowing ?od, they liftjiot hands of prayer both for themselves and those who call thcin friends! for ho the whole round world is every way Kound by the Kehlen chains ahout the feet of God. There nrc times when a hoise knows more than a mail; when instinct is superior to reason. The hot so fights against being forced over the brink of a precipice which lie can see in the dark hut which la veiled from the man's eyes. It is often the same with a man's body; it fights against carry ing the man over the brink of the preci pice, disease. When the heart beat.-: irreg ularly: when there are pains in the head, ringing in the ears, COUgn, indigestion, loss of appetite and lack of energy?some or all of these symp toms- the body is on the biink of danger and is crying " halt I " No man need lie cariied over the fatal brink of disease if he will heed Nature's warning and accept her help. This help in its most concen trated and perfect form is contained in Dr. Tierce's Ooldcn Medical Discovery. This gl eat a" rative cxtrncl completely modifies every ammonal condition of the disordered dlguMive or alimentary functions, it makes the : totnaeh strong, the blood rich and healthy, builds up the nerve centers and so regulates the functions of all the vital or gans, that they co operate perfectly for the health of the entire system. "Golden Medical Discovery" contains no alcohol, whisky or other intoxicant. Mr. Ceo. Mintcr, of 3J.V7 Thompson Street. Philadelphia, Pa,, writes : "Sonic time ago I was terribly rim down. Numerous ailments had been coming; upon me one by one. I de cided lo try '('.olden Medical Discovery' And the 'Pleasant Pellet*.' The benefit derived was l>e. yond my fondest hopes; I took five bottles of the 'Discovery' and used 'he ' Pellets' when neces sary. During the Mine of taking Ihe five tattles a* directed, I gained in weight i\ pounds, weigh ing more tlinn ever in my life; bringing me health and Strength, and removing these ailments, vir.: Palpitation of the heart, sleepless nights, press ing nud iptittiug pains in the head, ringing in the ears, with partial deafness and throbbing, n nagging cough, indigestion, depression of spirits, loss of energy, constipation, a Hi. .1 feeling upon risinv and through the day, appetite poor, sight defective, very nervous, etc. Those golden tat tle t cA your 'Discovery' and the 'Pellets' re moved all those troubles, and more, and made me as well at fitly as I have ever have been In my life." SOME OF AUNT MARY'S FX L'ERIM I*) NTS. The following from the Mayflower is very interesting nud amusing, it contains a warning to let ?voll CliOUgb alone. If your plants are doing well <lo not try experiments unless on plants you are Willing to lose : One of my keenest delights was to visit my Aunt Mary at some time dur ing the Hummer. 1 had dcno so for many years past, and 1 returned lo the city only to look forward lo tin; time when I should agaiu lind myself under her humble but comfortable roof. One summer 1 came upon her partly unawares and found her in a de jected mood. I was surprised at this ?Aunt Mary was usually so happy. "Why, Aunt Mary,'' I could not help crying out, "you look troubled. What is Ihe matter liefere she answered I had to sit down and have a glass of milk and a doughnut. You may save had milk like that, but a doughnut- never. I defy anyone lo produce a doughnut that will equal one of Aunt Mary's. They are par excellence. Aller I had partaken id" tho simple repasl Aunt Mary led the way out into the garden. I followed meekly. Coining loa wire Mower Bland, she hailed, pointing a trembling linger at what stood upon il. "Did you ever?" she asked. I had to acknowledge that I "never." "Kf I wasn't so all-fired foolish it never would a' happened," she began to explain. "I'm always in fur any kind of improvements, you know. It was through me that they drilled fur gas and found it. They've all been lhankin' me ever since fur tho comfort it's given thein. Wed, my plants were doiu' nicely, they looked thrifty, and they blossomed. John started lo lake one o' them city newspaper?one o' them that's got 'Won en's Pages,' Children's Pages,' 'Household Pages,' and'Floral Hints.' It was'Floral Hints' that done if. I road 'cm all. I started j to do em. I done 'cm. There's tho result !" Wo both stood looking in silence. "It's my idee," she went on, "that them that writes lloral hints fur city newspapers never saw no Mowers at all, and don't know a Carnation from a Kose. Maybe, it's them that sweep the lloors and clean out the spittoons as does the lloral hints when they have a lew spare minutes.'' "lint why did you do what they wrote a person ought to do?'' I asked, "Surely no one knows belter than you how to take cart: of plants. Yours al ways look thrifty, they arc always blossoming." "I'm great fur experiments, you know," aim rambled on. "It was queer things thoy told a person lo do, hut. I did '?'in, tool thai 1 was." "You lake tho Mayllowcr, Aunt Mary, ''ouH you ?'' 1 asked. "That's a reliable, publication." "()h yes, I take that," she replied, "lint .lohn says newspapers are up-to datcr." When I looked at Ihe Hower stand l thmight they were "tip-lo-datest." Aunt Mary didn't say anything for some lime, so 1 walked up to the staml and, touching a tall plant thai had but one leal at its summit, I ask ed : "And is this your beautiful liiibber plant?" "That's it," Aunt Mary answered, " 'For worms in the soil,' " she con tinued, quoting from the "Floral Hints" she had read, " 'make a strong solution of baking soda and water. Apply twice a week. Tho worms will come hissing lo the surface, writhe I and then die in great agony, after I which they may be gathered up and tbrown away.' " Aunt Mary folded her arms and looked askance at the Rubber plant. "I didn't gather up no worms," she went on, "but 1 did gather up leaves. And now there's only one more to gather up. It looks as if it wail led lo he gathered right away," and she torn li ed it lovingly. My eyes next rested upon another plant thai was as had olY as the llubbci' plant just mentioned. "Surely this is not your Coral llegOOia?" I asked. " 'A Cora! Begonia will bloom more freely,' " sll I fell to quoting again, " 'if a little cayenne pepper is put into the water with which it is watered. This also has a tendency to make the blossom more brilliant in hue." I felt like laughing, hut the look on Aunt Mary's face prevented inc. "Maybe it would make the llowcrs more brilliunt," she said sadly, "but I'll never lind this out. It's past (lowering." "You had such a beautiful Palm. Where is that?" I next asked. "t. got scale on," she said. "I used to ,-ick it off until I read of some thing that vas better. I don't remem ber what it was, hut John got it from the drug store. 1 just put it on, and do you know, it Ott the heart right out o' that plant." Aunt Mary sighed. I could not help doing the same. "And your Cacti?" I questioned, merely lo break the paintul silence thai followed. "done- -all gone," she said, wearily. "And your Orange tree " Tears now stood in Aunt Mary's eyes, and 1 led her away. I was sorry I had mentioned the Orange tree. It had always been her pet. It, too, had succumbed. Then she took me to the beds she had sown with seed. Here everything was delightful to behold. The array of colors was gorgeous, the quantity of blooms wonderful. Something like the old look came back to Aunt Mary's face. Her eyes, too, regained their brilliancy. "It's lucky them Moral bin'.:-' didn't say anything 'bout seed plants," she said, "or I wouldn't have these to fall back on. I guess them writers don't know plants go to seeds." We returned to the house. While. Aunt Alary was getting supper I sat out on the steps with Uncle John. I saw him thrust his hand into his pocket several limes, glance into Hit! kitchen through the open doorway, then withdraw il again, and look at m< qucerly. "What is the mailer, Uncle .lohn ?" I finally asked. "Didn't bIio tell you 'bout the plants ?" he askctl. "Yes," I replied. "Well, I got one 0' them newspapers in my pocket now, but I'm 'fraid to git it out. She won't allow one in the House. When I want to read I have to go out to the burn and up in the hay-loft. There I lay down in the hay and rend by tho light that comes through tho cracks." When I returned lo tho city I pur chased a collection of plants and had them sent to lake the place of those ruined by Aunt Mary's experiments. A few days later I received a letter from her, in which she expressed her thanks effusively and vowed never ngain to "expirimetit." ?Tho Ooorgla railroad is construct ing an ologant vestibule train in its shops at Augusta and is to equip It throughout. BOUND TO MEET. ! Tb?i fart that most of the marriages ItrOj taking all things Into cnnsidera- ; lion, lit to la- made, convti ICS us thai they are divinely arranged. Almost ever) cradle has an alnuily toward some other cradle. They may he on tin- < pposilo sides of the earth. But one ell lid gels out of this cradle and another child gots out ot that cradle, and with their llrst steps they Btnrl for each other. Tin y may diverge from the straight path, going toward the north or si nth or cast or WC8t. They may fall down, hut the two rise facing each other. Tiny an; approaching all through infancy. The one all through the yoai'8 of boyhood is going to meet the one who is coming through all the years of girlhood to meet him. The decision of parents as to wdiat is best concerning them, and the changes of fortune may for a lime seem to arrest the (wo journeys. But on they go. They may never have heard of each Other, but Ihc two pilgrimages which started at the two cradles are lioariug. After eighteen or twenty or thirty years the two come within sight. At first glance they may feel a dislike, ami they may slacken their step. Vet somt thing that the world calls late, or that religion calls Providence, urges them on and on. They must meet, They come near enough to join hands in social acquaintance, after awhile to join hands in friendship, alter awhile to join hearts. The delegate from the one cradle COIUC8 up the east aisle of the church with her father, the dele gate from the other cradle comes up the west aisle of the church. The two long journeys end at the snow drift of the bridal veil. The two chains made out of many years are forged together by the gold link which the groom puts upon the third linger of the hfl hand. One on earth! May they he one in heaven! Christian Herald. I\ ru i m i. <u tiii. Ideal Wom an. - In the course of a university lecture delivered at Boston, Miss Caroline Hazard, president of Wcsleyan col lege, bad this to say of the influence of the ideal woman. "There are three ways in w hich wo men are pre-eminent. They are bimh i s together of society, they are the beuuti liers of life, and they arc the observ ers of morals. Thus women must stand for conservatism, for grace, for purity, and in these three directions must have a special training. Wise conservatism must be founded on law, and law must leach obedi ence, which lies at the loot of all growth. Those who are to interpret beauty must have knowledge of what is beautiful, and the training of the per ceptive fnculth s has to he undertaken in a very thorough and serious way. No one can reproduce what he is not absolute master of,and beauty to wield any inlluence on life and character must he deeply absorbed and enter into the personality of it-> exponent. Meant\ must pass into duty. This is t he supreme task of all education, the training of the soul. How shall duly govern con duct V Wli.it fruit oi personalil> shall hi' the product of training? It is wo I men wdio must answer many of these I questions, for women are the guardians of morals. Women ought to he spirit ual leaders of the world." Why let L all y o ii i" T neigh-' bors and friends I think you ? must be t w cnty years older than you are? Yet it's impossible to look, young with the color of 70 years in the hair. It's sad to see young persons look prematurely old in this way. Sad be cause it's all unneces sary ; lor g r a y hair may always be rc For over ball* a cen- f" tury this has been the standard hair prepara tion. It is an elegant dressing; stops fall ing of the hair; makes the hair grow; and cleanses the scalp from dandruff. $l .00 a bottle, au drugglets. "I have been listing Ayer'a llftlr Vlgoi ' -r ovei v year* and I can heart tl\ i' ? minuend e in I ho public M tlio Ii' i n or tonlu In oxlntnnoo." Ml- (I. I., A I.HI llvoN, April 21, IMKI. Eutor,TOJC. A A If yon <!>> riot Obtain fill Hie. Iipneflts von nipeetO"! from tlio Vlioir, wrlt? thu DoctOI nil 'Hi il Address, PR, ' e. AVER, Lowell, Matt. < < 4 4 PITT'S Olren dyspepsia, Indigostion, and all stomach or bowel troubles, collo or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidney trouhlcn, had blond and all aortn o Bores, risings or felons, CUtl and burns. Il in an good antiseptic, When locally apidio.1 an any thine on the market. Try It and you will praise it lo Other! if your druggist doesn't koep it, write to Pitts' Antiseptic Invigorator Co. THOMSON, QA., in ( .\ RPKNTKK BROS., i}-?re>villo. H r Eaiily,Quickly, Permanently Restored MAGNETIC NERVINE antee tot un- Iusomnfa, Pits, Dizziness, Hysteria, Nervous Debility, Lost Vitality, Seminal bosses, ('ailing Memory -the result of Over-work, Worry, Sickness, Rrrort <?( Vouln or Over-indulgence. Prloa 60c. ami SI; fl boxes i|6. Kor quick, positive mi'l lasting results In Sexus) Weakness, Impptcucy, Nervous Debility and Lost Vitality, UM.Bj.UB larkl SpEOIAL?double il lone lo every part Cheapest and beat. strength?will give strength anil lone to eve and effect a ne loo Pills f j; by mail. permanent cure. FREE/?a bottle of the famous Japanese Idper Pellet? will be given with a fi box or more of Mac actlc Nervine. Iree. Sold only by ? w Sold by Dr. B. Fi Poscy, 1,aureus. A Belgian mothod of pieserving wood from decay consists in exhaust ing the air from its pOrCS, find tliliog them with a uiellcd mixture of two parts ot gtlltall [icrcha and one |>uri of parailin. WHY DR. HATHAWAY CURES. Reasons for His Marvelon? Success? Ills New, Free Hook. Dr. nathaway's method of treatment Is no experi ment. It 11 the result ?>f twenty \eais of expert enco In the most exten sive practice of any specialist In Iiis line III the world. Ho wasgrad' uated from one of the best medical collogea in the country ami perfect ed hl? medical aad surgi cal education i>y exton _ alve hospital practice. Kill 1% 111 Iiis professional career ho made dlBCOV* .1 les which placed hltn at tho head ol his profos I ion ;is a s(.ialist In treating what are generally known as private diseases ol men ami women. I IPs system ol Ireatmoilt lio has more and moro perfected each year until today his cures are so Invariable as to bo tho marvel of tho medical profe.'-sl >u. KnJoyltiK the largosl practice of any specialist in the world lie still maintains a system of nomi nal fcos which uiakos it possible tor all to obtain his services. Dr. Hathaway treats and cures i.ossof vitality, VarlcocotO, Stricture. Plood PolsotllllK In Us dlf foretit stitgeSi Klieiuiiatlsni, Weak Hack. Nerv ousness, all manner of Urinary complaints Ulcers, Sores und skin Diseases. Brigitta Disease ami all forms of Kidney Troubles. I'*' treatniout f..r uudertotied men restores lost vitality and makes the patient a strong, well, vigorous man. Dr. Hathaway'fl success In tllO treatment ot Varlcocele and Siric uro without the aid of kulfo or cautery Is phenomenal. The patient Is treated by this method at his own homo without pain oi loss ol lime from business. This Is positively tin only treatment which cures without an operation Dr. Hathaway calls tho particular attention Ol sullerers from Varlcocele and Stricture to pages 27,28, 'JO. :tO and 31 of his new book, entitled, ??.Manliness, Vigor, Health," a copy of which will he sent tree on application. Write today for free hook and symptom blank, mentioning your c< mplalnt. J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M. D. i>r. Ilntliuwuy .v Co., 22k.soutii llroad Street, Miuntn.Ga. MENTION'11113 l'Al'Klt WHEN Wit IT I NO. Double Daily Service Between New York, Tampa, Atlanta, Now Orleans, and Points South and West. In Bkkkct Junk :id, ihoo. BOOTH BOUND. No. 103. No. il hv'New York. P. It. K. .. I 00pm M I5arr l.v Philadelphia," ?? 3 i'llpiii 72ituu |i\ I'.altimore, " . DO iplil 0 34am l.v New Ymk, n.Y P.A'n 800am m- pm \.\ Plilladolp la, " 10! 0am 11 20pm l.v Nev. Yoi k () IIS, .('<>. i ;t t Upm l,\ Uni li more U S P Oi.lo 30pm l,v Waali'ton, N A W SD .. 0 30pm hv Washington, P. i: i; . v OOpm 10 56.vn i.vRichmond, S.A 1.10 40pm 2 .'t pm l.vPo orsbttrg " li.'JSpm 330pm l.v Portsmouth s. A. i. ~*d 2Upm*H 30an l.vWeldon . 12 06am 1201pm l.\ Itldgewuy Junction.. 2 26mu 120pm Ar llondoreon.. .' 203am *2 13pm Ar Haieigll. 4 00am 001pm ArSo Pines. 6 37am 012pm a rl i amlel. >'< M>am T 30pw I.vColumbia .. ..lO.Tam l25"Um ArSuvanali. 2 8tlptu OOOain ArJaeksonvillo. 7 lOptn I) lOain ArTaiupa. .... f> .'uiam r- .'?upin l.v Wilmington, ^. A. .~. ~. .Mo?pm Art'harlottc s. A. i,...... ?' 0 31 am* 10 20pm ArUhcatcrS?I. . It 62am 10 06pm A r Clinton.il 00a in 12 tram Ar.Uroenwood.il 12am l 07am Ar Abbeville.19 07 pm l 07am Ar Athena. I -18pm 3 43am Ar Atlanta.. . ? ? ?.4 oopm li ojam Ar Augusta, 11 it W 15 .... .'? 10pin . Ar Maeon, Cof on.. 7 20pinll in .m Ar Montgomery, a & \V P. !i 20pm 11 00am Ar.Mobile, i, & (?.... .. o">am I 1 'pin A i Sow Qrlciius, l.\' N 7 40am 8 30pm Ar Nashville, N t' .V St I.. ii lOaitl U 65pill Ar Memphis, '? .. 4 OOpm ? loam no in u r< > n i> No. 402. No. SU l.v Memphis, N (' .V ? i...12 46pm K 45am l.v Nashville, ?? . 1130am 0 10pm l.v New Orleans. i. X- V . . . 7 l.'pui 7 4.1iun l?\ Mobile, ?? ..I2 20aml2 2iaui l.\ Montgomery, A \- W I' ii 20am 11 20am l.v Macen, C of (in.. .7. 8~??ain l 2opTu I \ A "Kn^ibJ^_\V_('. <) 40am ... l.v Atlanta S.A.L.* i nopm'u 0 ipm Ar AthciiB. 2 60pm li 23pm Ar Abbeville. r> 16pm 1 16am Ar (ireenwood. 4 44pm 2 06am Ar Clinton. 0 3npm 2 H8am Ar Cheater. ii28pm 1 ;joam l.v Charlotte s A i,.? U30pm*? 00am hv SVllmlngt.s a i..... *ij u:>pm A r ii amlel s A I. p u .pm 'J .11 in A r So Pinea sa 1.?lo 10pm* 1006am a r Raleigh.11 40pm 11 5flaw Ar Henderson . I2 6f>ain 1 13pm Lv Ridge way .'unction . 3 00am 140pm Ar VVeidon. 1 30am 3 0a,.ui Ar Portsmouth 1 ... . .. 7 ixiam t> fiOptr ArPctersbnrg. I ftTlim 1 tOpTll ArKichmonu, A.C. 1. 6 16am 640pm ArWashingtouviaPennKIi 8 16am 030pm Vrllaltimore " 10 08am II 35pm Ar Philadelphia " 12 30pm 260am ArNew York. ?? 3 03pm B 13am Ar Philadelphia,N Y & Nt64tipm a loam Ar Now York,_ti 3Spm 7 43am Ar Wagh'ton N \ WS II. 7 00am Ar Baltimore, H s P c<. |U 46an A r New N oi k, O D S S ('?. i I nopm 11 laity K.x. Bunrtay. Dining ears between New York ami Richmond, and Hamlet aud Savannah, on Trains Noh. 403 ami 402. both trains make immediate connection at Atlanta for Montgomery, Mobile. New Orleans. i cxaa, I 'alifornin^j|ijKico, I I.an a nooga. Nashville, McinplJkFWacon, I'loi ids Vor Tickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to (i. Mi i'. HAT 1'10, T. P. A., Trvon Street, < 'harlotto, N. C. K.. St. JOHN, Vico Preeideni ami Uoneral Manager. H. W. B. OLOVKK, Trafllc Manager. Uharlosteu and Wostorn ?arollua R. K Auoista ani> ABUBVILI.K short Link. In effect May l'7, 1000, hv Augusta. 5 iu (i i r.0 ,, Ar (ireenwood.Ii l? j, . " Anderson. U lo p "2SLaurens . 1 20 p t, :>?;, a ," Ureenvllle. 3 00 p 10 16 a 'ItQIenu Springs ,... 4 30 |. "ilSpartanburg. ;i in p (i no a " Saluda. 6 3S p ' .... " Hcndersonvllle.u on p .... " Aalte vi llo. 0 16 p l.v Ashevllle. 7 00 a 'T.IIondorsoiiviUe.Il i7ja .. " Kbit Kock. ii i| ? " Sllltulli. q ' ] " ' " Tryon.10 2o*a '", " Spartanburg ...... n 45a 1 10 11 " Oleiui Hjirin^h..In no ,4 " Qreenville? ? . 12 01 p 1 00 p " htniroiis. 1 ;i7 p v (),i , " Anderson .. . .. 0 36 a " Hi enwooil. . ;i7 p 1 Ar Auguata./, 10 p l?-!; H l.v Augusta. 1 55'., Ar Albiiidalo. i *,s .. " Kairfux. I 1:' , ? YemaMee.10 05 a .0 i'r> \, " Beaufort.II 16 a 8 16 u " Port Koyal.11 ?0 a i; ;?i , Bavannah . . 7 26 n " HIittrloHtoii .... 7 "{'(, J, Hv , Charleston. 6 60 a .Port Koyal . 1 ui'i',*, (J 35 a . .?"?urort. 16 p ii 38 a ,\ emasiefl. .. -j -M) 7 2(t " Fairfax. s ;{;{ " \ Hi I 1 ? I .1 I e.( ti t \ ii A Auguata. . 10 45 a 1,V;I"?P "' Lra,'" ?iose.eonne??on atUallicun Falls for all points on 8 \ j Clus? oonneetlon at (ireenwood for ui'i points *m.M. A. L. ami ?. & 0. Hailwav Hud nt Spartanburg with Southern lUil-' way. Vor auy Information relative|toJ tieTotT rat??, sobednles, et?., address W, J . On a i.i, Qon. l'aaa. AonnU T.M. KMaaaoH.Trafno I ah/ger JAPAN 15 HIB pi ^jb CURB \ N. v\ Complete lu .limnt, COM?l<ttM ?? i' pposi roKi Bs, <- n?sui?? et ointmentiwuy Boxes ol Ointment. A never-falling cuisjsw |1r of every nature and degree. U nuikc? ?joparatv? with the knife, which i? painful, and one* i in death, unnecessary. endura Samples Ire? $1 Ho*. No Cure, No Pay. Jy Sent by mall. OINTMENT, Jtfto- ?nd *^?? CONSTIPATION Zt^TdZ'^SfS: , , 'Vi? K und STOMACH REGULATyKta^ hi.UO? it Kill ik. Small, mild .and PgWf? I" ,UV : espe? ,..ll> adapted for chUdreti'afjass. t dos? ? 25 < eut FR-F - \ \ i.i ..f thc?etamoaallUlolVBaJ?a?U ,, , , v eu Vv .1.1 > 1 box ..1 more ol Pile Cw* n,,,:>? hi CKNUIHB FSB?H jATAjaM flB* l i Kl Sill* only by SoUl by Dr B. r. Posey, Laurens. 60ut:ihrm RAILWA of v?sifBkrav June 10.1009. |)>|ngf!'-,i ft?d 'ajj Rugfr Dally. noon. "N" night Trains leave Kuigrtlle, dally axosps Sunday, fOT Oamden 10:15 a. m.and 4:46 p as. Hutu/rr Ja? iaftVi. "c?i.!(iu tor KnujvlUo, e>lly except ?andoy. ?:&> a in. aad 3160 p. m. Aliv for Sujoa Ut dally exoar I Sunday 10w a p. **1 4i4Jj ?> m. Returatt ^ leave Stunter ot 0:40 a. m. ajgjl T lOO p. m., making conpeotlon at KJurjvtue with train qbetween Columbia and Chorleataa. ??s leave Spartan bur Ion daily for Glenriole. Jimunl'la and Intormediata , and (I :lo p. jftn eayill e*TJfc4^e>a& tto points at ?>?*. Trains leave Toeeoa, <\ a., for Klborto._ . daily 8:40 p. in. oaoaat Juuday, 7 )0>> a. so. Returning leave &T Mi urn lug leave ?xoopt Sunday, 1 ;8U p. in,, rjanV?.g 40&aas> Hon at Tooooa with train! between bsrton dally P'.OO a> a*> - <ioa?M> - Atlanta. ftreonvllle and tho Bant. Chesapeake Line Steamers la dally aasrvia* betwoon Norfo.k and Baltimore. Nob.in*nd88? Dajly. Waibtngton andaaata wast im Ventil .> la Lunj tod. Through PaUtiaaa ?Ieoplng cars between New Tor? and N?W Of Man?, Via Washington, Atlanta and Montj try, and also between New York and Mobsj,, vlaWB*htngton,Atlanta and Birmingham, A flegant VtJLLMAN 1,1 Bit All Y OH dirt TION&AJrti between Atlanta und Nftwxork. Firstoles? thoroughfare conches bstwsen Washington and Atlanta. Leavlqa Wash ington e?eb Monday, Wadnasday andTfrtday n . teesday an A fMda* ? tourist Bleeping oar will run through between W ueblngton And San Vianelsoi? vritaa?? )]nlng oars sorve au meals an " drnwing-i ooni aleapijeg .. j?s ?reensboro aeotlon at Norfolk way . edw>hg< ua ibuigton a. uli an d , Olreonnboj ig-room slaapusg c rith Pullman If. u. all lOOt_ fklao at Atlanta wtt? . Qhattnuooga and Olnolnnatl, Noa, W ajjd iW?United States Fast WaJl run* solid bstwaan Washington and New ?rlaana, being ooiaposa<l or ooaohea. through wtthool ?hange for piassngers of all olarssa F^Ulrna drawing-room sleoplng ofr?hetww?n New Yor and New Orlanna. via Atlanta and Moatcamery and between Oharlqtta and Atlanta. Dlar tna; oars serve all raealt enrout?. Jsos. IV, 8.1, 84 and 12? Pullman aleeota bat wosn Rlohmond and Oh*riot te, via pi southbound Noa. 11 and 88, uorthboun^ . Hend IB. Ooi.nootlou at Atlanta with tbrough ruiinmu Drawing-room sleeping oar fp? Ja?? sonvilloi also Pullman sleeping oar for Brane wtok. Conn van noli an made at Spartanburf with o'?d ^?n?injitl; "aleo at '^'hfr^-V? fe^en.^ier-. ff* WsShlOftOn, U. ?. Vraahingtoa, ? a >'^^ ^L0^\ Made -4 Wo11 * THE j?A, ^ Of Mi . .kEAT ?oroTT _ HINDIPO KEsioREs VITALITY a Man of Me. rjRENCIl REM EDV protluc in 30 days. ( !,,<?> Arduous /> the .-iliove rr?ull . . fbilitv. Impotent \ 1 ancocelf, Fatting Memory. Sto| s iili drains utid losses caused by ein rs ..I youth, It wards oll In .ty fln*l Consumpiion, S oung Mi 11 ir.':iin M..n " "I and < "l Men rcc.n.i N..ut1 ,1 \ igor. Ii i\es \ Igor a id size t.. shrunk 111 01 nans, und fit3 .1 ma ti.i business or marriage. Ear.ily carried in I'ie v? st pocket. hueCA pTC 6Boae?f?.s4 l ? mail, in plain pa. V- QU \, | >. .,. .? w ,11 Uitce. I)K. JEAN (1 HAhPt, Pari? .inen k'.i.n. Sohl by I).-. B. l'\ Posey, Laurons. ATLANTIC COAST LINH\ PABBICNQBR DKl'A KTM ?NT. NViliniiit;t(in, N. <'.. Jllly 2nd, 1000, FAST LINE - MKTWKKN - C'harleaton and Columbia ailU Uppo] f.louth Carolina, and North Carolina. l.'ONDKNrIKD Ht'MKDIII.H in etfoet July Int, 1900. doing Won, (loirig Ka.it. No. r>'2. No, 6.1. 7 ooum* l.y ? Oharleston ....At 8 :M|>in .i.anoB. .Hiimlcr. Ar.. ??Columbia. ... I?? .Prosperity. .Nowberry. .Clinton. .... Laurent.... _Oroonvillo. ... .Bpartanburg_ .. Winnsboro, b, (!.. ..Chftrlotte, N. O.. llendoraonville N.C. .. Aahovillo.N.O... k 3-1 9 h? 11 I) 12 17 pm 12 :?i 1 28 1 85 .'HlO 3 10 7 O'tprn ?1 in 6 11 pin ti 16 ? Daily. Nob. f>2 an? 53 lolld trains between CliarleHton and (Ircenvillo via Atlantic; CoaBt Line, Cohimbin, Ncwhorry A l.au Kn* R. K. und Charleston A Weal Carolina H.M. KMKK8ON,' Qon'l Pasaengor Aul ?, B KKNLY, T. M. KMKRBON, Uon'l Managar. Tratilo Managti 11 4 t r> 35 1 16 ?Jt 1? 2 24 1 (13 I :t> 12 ui 11 l'am iu htam s 10 8 ixiam 7 0i