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i. I A QUAKER'S PRAYER. Oh, that my eyes might closed be To what becomes use not to see! That deafness might possess tuy ear i To what concerns me not to hear! That truth my tongue might always tic From ever speaking foolishly! That no vaiu though): might ever rest Or be conceived within my breast! Wash, Lord, and purify mv heart. And in ike it el an in every part; And when 'tis clean, I.or I, keep it so, For that is more than I can do. I ! 1 OOODOGGDODOOSOCOOOOQSOOSO^ 1 file fjew flocl'or. f o 6 O300203c30300300000000003a PHAT in the new doctor's name?" j inquired one of a group of girls of t h e druggist's "H o p k i n s," v/f//,. vn\ . ,sl> was the reply. f/ffljL "Is be mar-! ried?" asked au- ; , M* ? ! believe not." I "That settles it," saiil the third ; girl, Helen Clark. "The advent of a l handsome young doctor iu a little i town like this is an event not to be ' overlooked. Henceforth I am an ' iuvalid." "Kate, let you and rue becomo nurses," suggested Nettie Sanborn. "Helen, I'll dare you to go Lome, I make believe sick, tie up your head and sond for the doctor. It will be ' rare fan," ventured Ivnto Upton. "There isn't a soul at the house, ao the coast is clear. I'll do it, if you'll go with me." ^ "Agreed," responded both girls; _ "we had no intention of being left out." They were too intent on their fan j to notice the roguish twinkle in the J boy's eyes, aud he did not consider it j necessary to inform. them that the gentleman under consideration was j sitting iu the druggist's private office, heating every word. The doctor was wondering whether he ought to be angry or enter into the j spirit of the joke. "I'll go," lie decided as the rnesson- ; ger summoned him to Judge Clark's I residence. Helen was on the sofa among a pile of pillows and made a charming iu- j valid iu spite of the wet bandage on her forphead. Her two friends were j full of sympathy. "Such a fearful headache, doctor; I am almost wild; cau't you do something for it?" and the blue eyes turned to him pleadingly. " 1 ' **rtn n? " > ery wen uuue, iuc man's mental comment. He gravely felt her pulse, took her j temperature ami looked at her tougue. ' "i'onr pulse is regular; your tetu- i f peraturo is normal,'' he observed, | ( slowly. "Helen, dear, didn't yon say you had palpitation of the heart this morning, just dreadfully?*' iuquired Kate. : This was too much for Nettie; with a smothered laugh she turned to the j window. Helen did not answer, bat sank back Ion the pillows, closing her eyes. The doctor leaued forward and placed his ear over her heart. The j ldood rushed to her face; she felt like j a culprit and was tempted to confess j and best his pardon. But that would I never do. He would despise her lor such a bold trick. The physician looked thoughtful for a moment. "What will lie say? Oh, I wish he would go," sighed Helen to herself. "I understand your case, Miss Clark," he explaiuod; "it is nothing serious you will outgrow these attacks. I will leave a remedy which will relieve your headache iu a few hours." He opened his case and began preparing some powders iu a very professional way, but slyly watching the girls all the time. "There," as he finished the last powder, "take these every half hour; they are harmless. You are suffering from au acute attack of what the French call 'mechaucete.'" and he bowed himself out. " 'Mecbaucete,' quick, gins, get tuo French \lictiouary and see what this terrible malady is that I may outgrow! Do you suppose he is stupid enough to think I am very ill?" "I believe he saw through it. I never felt so meau in all my life," declared Nettie, as she ran her forefinger into the "Mech" column. "Here it is. Oh, girls," and her face was scarlet; "just read that!" "Give it to me," cried Helen. " 'Meehancete,' roguish trick, naughtiness," she read. "He will probably tell this," said Nettie, "and before night this escapade will be all over the town." "I'll never speak to him again," exclaimed Helen. "Meckancete, indeed! He's as mean as ho can be." ^ "I don't blame him one bit," protested Kate. "It shows his spirit." * The following day Helen met the doctor on the street. "I trust Miss Clark has recovered," he inquired, smilingly. "Perfectly, sir," was the haughty eply. The winter,with itsgayeties, passed, and everywhere Helen ignored him. Once he tried to defend himself, but rbe would not listen. r ' . "* i ff : "If you were a gentleman you won hi not refer to the humiliating circumstances," vras her reply, "ami I will never forgive you." "Helen, 1 think yon treat Dr. Hopkins shamefully," said Nettie. "I used to think he was in love with you; his eyes followed you about and had such a pained look when you snubbed him." "Nonsense! If ho wants to make ar idiot 01 himself 1 am not to blame." "He won't bore you any more, my sweet friend," assured Kate, "for ho is to take Madge Stone to the lawn pa'dy to-night. Aren't you ashamed to leave him to the mercy of that freckled little thing, after he saved your life with his sugar powders?" and Kate laughed merrily. All the town was at the lawn parly; it was an animal affair given for tin; benelit of the public library and society attended in its best. Helen was' not her usual merry self. She sat in a leafy corner of the arbor away from the crowd. Why did it aunoy her that Dr. Hopkins should be attentive to Madge? Why was she unhappy? She would not allow herself to think of him. Had she not said ugain and again that she hated him? "Miss Helen," said a voice, which she knew well ami whose tones seut the color to her cheeks, ''you look lonely." "I am not. I prefer solitude, sometimes, at present, for instance." He sat down beside her. "Pardon me if I intrude; but I insist on knowing why you treat me so rudely. You will not even befriends, and " his voice was low and tender, "and I have even dared hope to he more. If you will only give mo a chauce." "Excuse me. doctor. I fear I shall take cold in this corner," and she lied into iho house. % That night the people were Toused by cries of tire aud shrill tones of alarm; the fire service was inefficient, anil the citizens lent a helping hand. Xo one was braver or more helpful than the young doctor; he feared 110 risk and heeded no caution. In his attempt to save a child from the flames he was struck by tho falling timbers, and they carried his unconscious form to Judge Clark's home near by. "Is it fate or Providence?" thought Helen, as she offered to watch beside him while her father summoned Dr. Goodspeed. "What if he dies?" she moaued. The doctor opened his eyes slowly. What made him so weak? Why this pain in his arm? Ho could not move it. Where was he? Was that Helen Clark? lie could hear the noise oi the liremen outside, and it dawned upon him that he must be hurt. Helen was aouroaching the coach, He closed his eyes, hardly daring to trust his vision. She knelt beside him. Tho blood surged through his body and strength returned to every muscle as he felt her lips touch his aud her hand upon his brow. The closed eyes opened aud met hers. "Oh, you aro not dead; I was so afraid you would never open your eyes and would never know -"aud she hid her face in her hands. He tried to rise, but suuk back with pain. "Don't move," she cried. "Yon are hurt. Dr. Godspeed will soon bo here." He stretched out his injared arm and drew her to hitn. "Helen, is it possible you love rue?" The touch of her lips upon his wa? the answer, but it meant more than words. "And you have been so cruel tome all these days. I thought you almost hated me." mo- T lorod von all the -> --- J-~ time, but was too proud to own it." The task of forgiving was beautiful. "Well, well, young man," said the doctor, as be bustled iuto the room: "this is a pretty state of affairs, r. broken arm, half a dozen bruises and eyebrows singed off; a haudsome figure you'll cut among the girls now. We'll puuish you by a few weeks of invalidism." "I might enjoy the punishment if i had a good nurse." The old man did not lose the glance he cast on Helen. "Probably you would; I suspect you'vo some heart trouble with all the rest, you young rascal," and he laughed knowingly. Chicago New*. A Baby Bnglticer. Tho littlo three-year-old soii of Engineer W. B. Evaua, of tho Fort John (Ore.) motor line, recently cave his father aud every employe along the entire line ef the road an excitinq time. He climbed into au eugine which was standing in the yard with full steam on and opened the throttle ! wide. His father, hearing the engine ! moving oiT, started in pursuit. Quickly he telephoned to the sta I tions ahead, but when t'ortsmouru, ! tho next station, was reached, no one ! dared to hoard tho engine as it than' | dered past, until within three bun , dred yards of the end of the line th< steam gave out and a heavy grad( slackened the speed. In 181)9 the iron imports of Germany . increased ?8,000,009 in value, i - ^ / ft - I CHANGES FOR THE BETTER. Advantage in the Levy of Taxes ar.d Otherwise. Important change in the school law., j At the iast session of the general as- i s; sembly theie was an act passed which | j, is of particular interest to the public jf, schools of the State. Speaking of it j -r Superintendent of Ivitwation McMahan '0 said: jc; "This is the season cf the year when ambitious and progressive neighbor- j Jiun:!:-; ire sceking t;> levy an extra tax " l'or the support of their schools in a ji;: n: re ut manner than ran he (lone j * with th?? ordinary constitutional tax ii aicne. The bit legislature changed the i p method < f procedure in the levy of p this tax. 1 shall be obliged if you will publish I he new law in order that all may know hew to make tjie levy legal- vly. The essentia! changes are: e "First. The petition to the county il board -of educatLn shall be by one- ;>] third of the resident voters and a like ? proportion of the resident freeholders i. of the age cf 21 years, while formerly 1 this petition had to be signed by only jw six freeholders of the age of 21 years, rr "Second, The mess meeting to order r< the election is dispensed with, and the n "board cf education orders the election (| up: n the petition signed above inJi- J , rated. j "Third. An elector must have paid i v taxes, but upon no special amount of |r< property, whereas heretofore he could j n r.ot vote at this election up.1cj3 he paid taxes upon $100 worth of property. j j "An extra levy is evidently of very . little value to a poor community. A } State tax alone can render these the j h help they need. By the county 3 mill | b Tax now the towns contribute to the jh support of the outlying schools. But 0 for a town or a prosperous district, an j s, extra levy is always effective and car- ! " j ries with it the charm (to the selfish) 'n ! that it does not have to be divided with | ; poor neighbors." ' ( U The following is the section of the i | law as it now reads: p Section 34 That the voters or dec- j c ! tcrs of any school district who return : ^ j real or personal property for taxation ! are authorized to levy and collect an t< I annual tax to supplement any special j li j or ether constitutional or other tax for ' (; like purposes in the following manner: Upon the written petition cr request of ; ^ at least one-third of the resident voters ] n and a like pr jportion of the resident ! j. ; freeholders o* the age cf 21 years being j ?j I filed with the county beard of educa- 1 j tion, asking for the same and stating [ ! the rate cf tue tax levy proposed.which , I shall not exceed 4 mills, the said ' county board of education shall or- J h j der the board cf trustees of said school j h I distric t to hold an election at some i t'i i place within the district after giving ! K j notice of the time and place thereof | jj i for at least two weeks in some news- i fi] : paper published within the county and j t( ( by posting notice thereof in at least a ' frhree public places within such school t ! district fcr such length of time, unless i c there be no newspaper published with- j a i in the county in which event the post- : v ing of the notices as above shall suffice. ! ! at which said election only such elec- ! l tors as return real or personal property w ! for taxatlcn and who exhibit their tax g 1 receipts and registration certificates as r, I inquired :n general elections shall be | j | allowed to vote. At said election the i j board of trustees shall act as managers 1 j ar l the election shall be conducted as E ! is provided by law for the conduct of ' , general electicn=. At slid election each j, ; uecior xavuring u:t* pi .pjneu icvy suan i ^ casta ballot containing the word "yes'' j ! printed or written thercn, and each | (lector opposed to said levy shall cast ; a ballot containing the word ' no" \ printed cr written thereon. That with- I G in ten days after such election, if a ma - v i jorlty of those voting shall vote for | s I such levy, the board cf trustees shall j v ; furni.?h the county auditor with a j b statement of the amount so levied and : d the auditor shall enter the same in the ' *> tax duplicates and he shall annually. ! tl each year thereafter, enter said amount ! t' in the tax duplicates until the same I fc is increased, decreased or repealed by ! c sniH favnavers at an election called for ! a that purpose and he is notified that fne j a same has bcon increased, decreased or ; a repealed, and if increased, or decreased j d he shall annually enter it as before, ; e which election shall be called and no- 11 tice given in the same way and man- : v ner as is herein provided for the call- j p : ins? of meetings to make the levy and I e I the giving of the notice that it has k ; been made and the county treasurer : ti shall eollect the same as other county j t ' and State taxes. Such levy shall be a ! i lien on the property in such school dii ! I trict, which shall be subject thereto in | j case of default of payment. That said : tax- so collected shall be paid by the j c , county treasurer upon warrants drawn P , by the board of trustees countersigned j ( by the county superintendent cf etluca- s tion: Provided. That any surplus of i <such levy rema'ning in the hands cf 1 $ the county treasurer at the expiration or any fiscal year shall be paid out as t other school funds cf the district. Ea h * | taxpayer, when he pays any tax for | school purposes voted under the pro| vision of this section, shall have the ' right to designate to which school in said school district he -wishes the mon- 1 cy paid by him to go. and the treasurer c shall keep a note of such designation j and the money be applied as thus des- "( ignated. When no des'gna'ion is made by the taxpayer at the time of such ' payment the money sb'll be exncndel : ' i as other school finds in s-eh district: \ ' . Provided, That nothing herein contain, j : . ed shall lie r-cn tmei to change the ' J , manner now provided by law for fiv* 1 , collection and paying out of special ! taxes in any school district now e> 1 tabMshed by any special act of the general assembly and organized therein;} der. I Approved Feb. l?m 1900. 1 Jk"; i JACKsOiNS GUILTY OF MURDtR. ithers Implicated Hay be Brought to JusticJ by Solicitor Johnston. Chesterfield, Specai. The m:st senatkr.jl trial ever recorded in the h:.?zvy of Chesterfield ccnnty !us roir.e 3 en end. Harvey aivl John Jackson ive Loon found guilty of tLo murder f Ciixsie Boon. Tho jury reeomraend1 mercy and their nocks are saved, hey escaped the gallows by the skin f their teeth and will spend tho rest r ttieir lives in the State penitentiary nlees a now trial is granted or execti\e c'emyni v shorten.-; the term. Both iarvov and John Jackson. art: young tea. All day Thurslay the arguments j ere in progress. It was late in the | venir.g when the case wa> given to j to jury. The jury did cot reach a con- ; lusicn until L' o'clock i.i the morning, j 'hen it was announced that, the jury j ad agreed the officers of the court j ere summoned and the two Jacksons j lurched in. The jury filed out of their ' ;om and when the elerk said in a i ic.it imprer-ive tone. "Gentlemen of le jury, have you agreed upon a verier.'" there was stillness like death, j /hen he read the words "guilty, with j jcommendation to mercy,'' the still- | ess was painful. Those worth sealed i Mled the fate of Harvey and Jcha i ickscn. Remnants of Ca-sic Hoaa's clothing, i er shoes, a finger burned to midnight lackness, pocket book and a straw ; at with edges burnt*! ofT formed one ' f the most sickening spectacles ever j ?en. in the county. The silent wit- : esses served like voices speaking j era the dead. What torture she suf- I ;red will never be known. Judge Klugh sentenced Eli Hugh .irker to life imprisonment in the , tate penitentiary for the murder of fade Hampton Burn, and he also sen- j ?nccd John and Harvey Jackson to fe imprisonment for the murder of assie Bean. This ends the ea.se for the present, i ut it is believed that others are coaected with this f^ul murder, and it is oped that if sue.h is the case they will e brought to justice. . i Smallpox Under Control. Florence, Special. Dr. P. B. Bacot, oalth officer for the State Board of ealth, returned home last night from | le tout h western counties, where mallpox has engaged his attention, j >r. Bac-t has been in full charge of the ' mallpox situation at Yenus-see, Bluff.n, and thereabout. He found the larming report3 to be without founda- , ion. as there were cDly one or two j ascs. These were prcmp:ly isolated nd quarantined, and all persons in the ; ioinity were vaccinated "ay him. Dr. i lacot thinks the smallpox situation in i ae State now aecidculy better than it } 'as a month or two ago. The cases in juth Carolina are nuching like those j eported from Georgia and North Caro- j ina, where the pest seems to be of a ery malignant type. He hopes as the uinraer approaches and with the large | umber ct vacc.nations tat ave been tade tat te disease will die out entireir. Dr. Bacot will be ere for a few ays before stalling out on anuter trip. Mrs. Graddick's Trial. Columbia, S. C., Special. Mrs. Bell S. Iraddick, a white woman 23 years old, | ;as tried Friday, on the charge of pnloning her husband. At midnight no erdict had been reached, but guilty of lanslaughter is possible. Gradick j led i< c-aruary 12. r\>r imee ua/s \>*j- ; icians had treated him far grip, j hough there weie extraordinary sympoms. The corpse became livid and piojched. Suspicions circumstanced aused ap autopsy. Dr. 0. Y. Owings, chemist, after several days' tpstiug, nncunced that the stomach contained j sufficient amount of poison to cause : eata. Mrs. Giaddiok was arrested on j uspicion, as she al ne gave Graddick ; ledicine. Eldreuge Dawkins, a young 1 .rhite man, was arrested ns an accomlice, but was released after the coronr's inquest. His wheieabouts are unnown new. A n egress, Mat tie Fisher, edified ua: Mrs. Giaddick had a l>ot\o. nfhinW olid n HirPll A (lTUS. ic 11U.U nutva wv w_ Colored Postmaster Short. Rome, Ga., Special Tom Sheppard, olored. p:3tmas;er at Ccubbeetown, a rcoperous nogro village in this Fioyd) county, was arrested ?by Iapectar Bany, and taken to Dakon lor ommitment lor trial. He is abo..t UOd short in his po .tal accounts, mamy through money orders sent by 'him o firms ail over the country wnen he iu<d no money to liquidate same. A Heavy Loss in Aiken. Aiken, Special.?Mr. Henry Hahn, or many years the leading merchant it this city, died Thursday, in the 83t.i car cf his age. Mr. Haha was a nat . e :f Germany, but eany in life came to .he United States, tet.ling in Charleston. After the war lie removed to Alien. and wita the exeep ion of four rears spent in the Confederate army, :s a member of the German artillery., ias since rcs.de ho.e. The funeral w.ll )e'held in the Episc.pal church at 4.30 Friday. No flore Damage Expected. Austin, Texas, Special.?The wa:crs ire receding rap d.y and no further lamago is expected from the flood. ? Ftther Needed Attention. A very small girl sat at a table ia the middle of the hotel dining room tvith her father and mother, relates the Washington Post. Father was obviously a business man, and he ate as if he had spent all his life in a suburban town, where people always eat on the jump and dash off.to catch the train wit 11 tne pastry course in tneir hands. The child watched with growing disfavor the way he made things fiv. At length she turned to her mother. "Mother," she said in her rhrill, high, carrying voice, "can't you do something to father to make him stop eating so fast? You spanked me for it." And father's dinner suddenly choked him. A NATION ON HORSEBACK. ' 0 Most of tb: Bo?rj Go Into Battle wit!; Two Steeds. One of the mysteries of the first part of the campaign in South Africa was the unexplained disappearance of a lioer commando from a field as if it had vanished into thin air. Julian Ralph in the London Mail has found, the explanation. lie says: "It is wonderful how the formation of the country aids and perhaps inspires the Hoer methods of warfare. You have heard how the burgher comes to the, battle with two horses, a poor one to. carry him to the tight ami the best steed he has to be kept fresh until it is needed to carry him swiftly away. Usually we have seen the Boers run down the far sides of the koples they have been defending, to find their, best horses knee-haltered on the veldt, and to mount and ride them away. At Belmont, when a thousand or more were in full llight, they all suddenly disappeared in a mysterious way. "We found that all had ridden into what they call a 'slult.' which is broad; and deep enough to hide a cavalry regi-" inent. w In this gutter or ravine theymade their way to the next place of. rendezvous. On the island at Modder T>;...v. .1 rnvino nr r?nttoP ovists. """ " ........ ^ It is 30 feet wide and 1.1 feet deep. We v found its bottom covered with hay and otlier fodder, and we knew that In it. out of harm's way and yet close at' hand, they had kept their horses in readiness for their retreat. t "After every battle the veldt has been dotted with Boer horses in consequence of this custom of bringing two horses for each well-to-do man, and In consequence of the loss of riders by death and wounding. But both previous battlefields combined showed no such number of riderless horses as Modder River. There were literally * . 1 1_ I l.n,l Iw mlna in llUIKircU!* Ul luriii. l uuu ?aai uuuc iu the light. but In the first half-hour of the next morning I took my choice of four, and might have made my pick from a hundred, saddled and bridled, before I had goue over half the field." SI Going to Bed in lou.*. Going to bed in Iudia is a very dif fereut process irom going to ueu at home, 'io begin with, it is a fir less formal process. There is no shutting the door, no cutting yourself off from the outer world, uo going upstairs and finally no getting into bed. You merely lie down on your bed, which, with its bedding, is so simple as to be worth describing. The bed is a wooden frame with webbing laced across it, o.wi r.nnti hed has a thin cotton mat tress. Over this one sheev is spread, and two pillows go to each bed. That'* ?11! Scottish Ainorlcnu. A Literary Secret. A man was discussing literature with a second-baad bookseller in Paternoster Row yesterday, and a bystander overheard the following conversation ' "By the by, who is the author of 'Ecoe Homo'?" The bookseller paused for a moment and rubbed his chin rellectively. "Well," he said, "that's hardly a fair question. There's only a few of us as have the secret, and it's not supposed to be known."' The inquirer immediately apologized for his ri.-h question, and the bookseller forgave him. London Globe. Stomach Troub'es In Spring Are that bilious feeling, bad taste iu the mouth, dull headache, sleeplessness, poor appetite. No matter how careful you are about eating, everything you take into year stomach turns sour, causes distress, pains and unpleasant gases. Don't you understand what these symptoms signals of distress meau? They are the cries of the stomach for help! It is being overworked. It needs the peculiar tonic qualities and digestive strength to be found in UonH's Sarsaoarilla I W ? The best stomach ami blood remedies known to the medical profession are combined in the medicine, and thousands of grateful letters telling its cures prove it to be the greatest medicine for all stomach troubles ever vet discovered. , So. 16.