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The GRAND PROMOTER His Laundress Calls and A"\&K?s a Collection* MAJOIt CltOrOOT, grand promotor of all sorts mul comllttotis of schemes ami enterprises to better his financial condition, entered his olllco the other moriiiii);. leaving the door open behind liltn. He had scarcely hung up his bat when a woman stood before him. Like a tlasli of lightning he recognized | his old time laundress?the old time wfion she used to do up his shirts and trust him for pay?and he realized that she had hunted him down at last and meant to collect a bill of about $5. One thrill shot through him, and then he was as cool as Ice. "Madam, were you looking for the photographer or the corset makerV" he queried. "No, sir," she replied; "I am looking for Major Crofoot, and I have found him at last. Don't you remember me?" "Heally, now?why, really"? "Don't you remember me?" "Is it?can it be? is it possible tbat 'you are Mrs. Stubbing?" "I am Mrs. Stubbins. I am tlie woman yon bent out of $4.80 for doing your laundry. I bavo boon 011 your trnil over a year, ami I liavo run 3*011 to earth at last. I want my money." "Well, well, well!" exclaimed the major as lie held out his hand for a shake. "Mrs. Stubbins, I nib thrice glad to see 3*ou. Only yesterday I sent 4 out to Dakota to try to find where you were located. You don't know how often I have thought of >*ou and your kindness to me. For months and months 3*ou were like a mother to me. And have you Just come 011 from the west V" "Blarney!" she answered as she drew herself up and pointed a linger at him. "I am no longer a trusting, confiding laundress, but I have gone on the stage mm got my eyes opened, i nm no longer Mrs. Nancy Stubbing, but Miss Kosnlle Cat heart, ('alt iff, come down with the shekels or I will make it torrid for thee." "And so you have gone on the stage? By (leorge, what a coincidence?what a coincidence! I have a three act play right here in mv desk and was wondering where I could tind a woman to take the leading part. You have I Just the right tlgure?you look the I part?your fortune is made. Bight J here, without going any further, I offer J you .$100 per week to take the role. __ As I remarked before, what a coin AM LOOK I NO TOU MAJOIt CTIOFOOT." Mrs. Stubbins as sho balanced on or e foot. "I mu here for flic oof. Prod (lce or got ready for a dull thud." "Hy George. but what talcu' v_whnt acting!" whispered the raa.l' ov as i,c gazed in admiration. "S' ir.,\, n<>rnbardt isn't within forty ro(ls of you. I've got *20.000 ready ' t) put my play on the road an l niaf , you tll0 brightest star in America p you*n come in this afternoon I' (l" ,mv'e ft contract ready for you ..t?. .. iu ?iK?. iuii ii carry the count ry b* . ? .... , storm. Mcreuno. , . ,, , ..... _. ^ liast thou the rhino?my little !?4 SO , ,, ., . . . I call upon thee to hand It over, ' , ., ., . . ... .. .mi if thou ilost not then may the eo* , ,, , head' '^'Muences be upon thine own ' i'oii mean that little balance? r or. I'll pay, of course, but that will come later. 1 think I can make your salary $12o per week, and I'd like to begin the rehearsals at once. I'm also willing to advance you $.">00 for any stage wardrobe you may need. Can yon come in at 2 o'clock?'' "At 2 of the clock Mercurio wouhlst engage me," mused Mrs. Stubbins, with her finger on her nose, "but I know the artfulness of man and cannot be bamboor.led. Tad him stand forth like a man and pay me that which lie owest, and later on I will nnswer him." "Perhaps i eould make it S1.V) per week." said the major as lie toyed with Ids wateh chain. "Yon grow hotter and better. I don't want to make you egotistical, but Mary ^Anderson couldn't bold a candle to you. I'll have ! Villi- .1.1-1.? ? . I-'-.l ----- * ..i. . iwiii ixjuauia/.oo to ivniKiy : witlilii n year. Your role is tragedy, I and you want to stick to It. Shall wo ! say 12 o'clock? I want to get tho con- ! tract signed and hire a hall." "My answer to thee, Mercurlo, is * this!" hoarsely whispered Itosalla as she reached out and seized the major's coat collar and almost broko his neck as she gave a sudden yank. j "Hero?hold on: You are becoming , a little too strenuous. As I said be- j fore, the trifling balance between us ^ will lie paid, but lot us"? "Mercurlo, thou must cough up now r I 4 aqj^p???MMiiMMMM? Vf? J' we $J fiMre^HrnGK ^ %4 ^?sts ^cents ?^0r nail 25 reata to C. J Wo hivo handle J Dt. Molhtt'a TF.KTHIXA (Tccthinc nnd trade es a pmprietnTy medicine, nnd our trade In it hi now amount to t.voorti ro? hundred ?ro?? per year, which is la civir.z I Ihe t;v>thers of the country, far they ?ay nothim: tiot sun or urerc ontoa so oaicklr the troublee incident ta lect THR I.AMAI nnd here. Canst thou not realize?dost tliou not sec?that I nut no longer the humble laundress of tlw washboard nnd ihe tint iron, but tin actress who has traveled and met up with the Artful Dodger? With one hand I grasp thy eoat collar and with the other thy luxuriant locks, antl prltliee, Mercuric"? "And what do you want?" j. "My oof. thou man of tricks." 4 "You shall have it this afternoon." "Talk not to me of time, Mercurlo, but place the ducats in my hand without delay." "And you'd sacrifice an engagement 1 nt $130 per to get $4.SO?" he indignantly demanded as Mrs. Stubbius held him with an iron grip. "I wouldst, Mercurlo. nnd therefore let us waste no more time. Shouldst. T r*1ni?>li inv ntliiit* Yioiwl in iliv Ini'Lq I " * "* " * * ? I tliou mayst be numbered with the bald- j heads." J The major paid. It took the last i cent he had. but lie handed it over and [ heaved a sigh of relief as Mrs. Stub- | bins loosened her clutch. " "i'is well." she said as she counted the sum. " 'Tis well. Mereurio, and now I go hence to my playfellows and tell them that the Artful Dodger is ! happy no more. Farewell?again farewell." The major stood aiNl looked after her j with rueful eountenavnce. When the echo of lieu footsteps lind died away he said to hit'iself: ' Mereurio was a blnkned fool, and I am dit.ro." M. QUAD. A ,Short Tale Jn Title Lilt Ik: Chapters i chapter i. T.lttle Elsie? Don't yoti think my I PH >a is a very nice nan? 'Little Alice?Yes; lie must be. Maul- | Out says she thinks he's the nicest man i she ever met. ^ \ . chapter ii- i Little Klsle (at home)--Oh. mamma, ; Alice told me this morning that her i mamma said she thought tmy papa the l nicest man she ever met! . I Elsie's Mother?!!!!! |-k [ chapter iii. Alice's fiitlior ir?u > .iira?..f - wi .1 UI1VIVC) ^ \ \ CHAPTER V. Elsie niul Alice (in chorus)?Well, well; a pretty moss we've made of It. Ami all 1 iccuusc we couldn't keep our I nasty little mouths shut.?Walter Tu- j Utzcr in New York Times. % v j The Story. ^ ^ ^ ! L i. i -l ' I used to be a great hand for flsh- I Ing when I was >nour ago, Bobby." "Well, i s'poso I'll have to take your I word for it. but $*nu sure have forgotton a whole lot about tlshin' since that ' time."?New York American. Cnmc r^r Jo)-. | "My darling, what delights you so? What is it that fills yrtwir eyes with the 1 glad light of happiness and"? I "Oh, Theobald, Just think! Cook is going to remain with us after all! Mrs. j (Joodparty. for whom s?ie was going to work, dropped dead last night. Oh, ? wasn't it Just too swjeet of her? And, you know, I had always fancied she disliked nie!"?Town Topics. lie Wnnlil He l.urlty. i Hi Tragedy?Ves, I'm with Illgstnr'3 < company now. I get a hundred a week. . I .owe Comedy?Say! You'd be in ( luck if you only got the difference. ' Hi Tragedy?'The difference? What do you mean? , Lowe Comedy?The difference be- t tween what you get and what you say you get.?Philadelphia Press. ! Of One Kind. , "You didn't have any luck?" she snid inquiringly when be returned from ids J ( fishing trip. i j "None at all," lie admitted. j ( Then she got a whiff of ids hrenth. "No wonder," she commented. "You I , must have taken all the bait your- I ? self."?Chicago Post. ?????? 1 .Married 1,1 fe. Lorott?You don't believe in divorce then? Hnyter?No, sir; I've got too much snortiii' blond. Lovett?What has that to do with it 1 (i Haytor I bolievo In a fight to the tin ,j Ish.?Catholic Standard and Times. j. a Nfhhfr. V Sergeant of Pollco (to captuin)?Thil ? 'ellow is charged wld klllin', sor-r. Captain (entering the charge)?Well, ' vhoin did lie kill? Man or woman? Sergeant?Nayther, sor-r. It wuz a ^ 'ayiualo impersonator. ? New Orlonni Clmes-l'euiocrat. I* IJ !TTrg Carss Cbolera-inTanium, VPQpWHV I Ditrrhoe.t.Dysen'. c: v, and tjg S WS the Bowtl Troubles cf NVjJne^S/B3Ai<$* D^otlon, iTTilSnSJHnS the Bowels, Strengthens at Drpggislr, 'tcctIing ^ . MOFFETT. M. D.. GT. LOf!'J, MO. ATI.*\TA. <#. *., Not, I!'. I;'.'. Powder*) ercr ?!nr* ltill'?llntri?lnet:<"i t.i Oii |uMtl is nt-MKlily IncrrssM : jrr.*r lijMf ui.t t our or ton i\T?ry atronTBTidcncr -f its ruert!a:t.| t'iouti.?( c>l<? It : 11 rlTrctUilty cour.ln et? tin eilc. ;a -,f tin; mnicii;') Ulna. it ft p.axktn nnro o<\. wi,0i->-?? i?... New Scholarships for Men Teachers at the South Carolina College. (.'It-line from Appropriation Act of CMLcral Assembly, 1903: "That one thousand six hundred and forty dollars he appropriated to.be used to provide forty-one scholarships In the Normal Department, one front each < ounty, of the value of forty dollars, besides the remission of tuition and matriculation fees, the beneficiaries to be selected under regulations to be prescribed bv the Hoard of Trustees." This means $10 in cash to the student, besides remission of $40 tuition and of $1S rAatriculntion term fee. Thus the scholarship student will receive from the College $r> a month for eight months to assist him in his necessary living 'expenses. HKOri.ATIONS BY THE BOARD. 1. Applicants shall be young men at least nineteen years of age. The purpose of the General Assembly being to encourage men teachers, preference will be given to those who furnish satisfactory evidence of having already taught for at least one session, and with success; but if from any county 'there be no suitable applicants who have taught, the scholarship of that county may bo awarded to a young man who only intends to teach. 2. Applications shall be made to the President of the College, at Columbia, before July 1st, upon prescribed blanks furnished by the President or by County Superintendents of Education, upon request. These blanks shall provide for information and references as to the applicant's age, physical condition, genoral character and ability, educational advantages, financial circumstances, teaching experience, and purpose in taking the special normal course. The information thus submitted will be regarded as n preliminary examination, and those who receive permits to stand the later examination will be credited with the combined results of these two examinations. 3. The later and formal examination shall be upon English Grammar and Composition, History and Geography, Arithmetic and Elementary Algebra. /Algebra, however, is not indispensable.) The Normal Scholarship Committee of the Faculty sha^ prepare the questiohs and mark the papers. The County Board of Education of each county is requested to conduct this exj .imination at the same time with tht , entrance and other scholarship exam' inutlons of the South Carolina College and of Winthrop College (which this year will bo on Friday, July 10th). The County Bexirel will ree-elve the questions from the President of the College, ant is requested to return the answers t? ships appointed from the BoardTlJT con from fie wV,lhl.a "tand,nK Committe. from the Faculty, shall select the schol urshlp students for each county upoi norie'ri ^tho examinations rc ported by he Faculty Committee. nne | the other information submitted ! nie proper announcements shall Ik i tniade through the President. After the first year the incumbenl V '''appointed, provided that, in Judgment of the Faculty, his aptness to teach, his nrorress tn | nn<l liis general character indicate that he is a suitable person to fulfill the purpose of the scholarship as provided /ox by the Oeneral Assembly. Children's lllnnders. A Philadelphia schoolteacher tells of these blunders of children in physiology examination papers: "Occupations which are injurious to the health are carbolic acid gas, which is impure blood." "When you have an illness it makes your health bad, as well as having a disease." "A stone mason's work is injurious because when lie is chipping he breathes in all the little chips, and then they are taken Into tlie lungs." "All mechanical work Is injurious to the health." The word "function" seemed to puzzle the children tremendously. Questions containing that word were answered ns follows: "The skin disclinrges a function ended perspiration." "The function of the heart Is between tlie lungs." "The heart's function is called thorax." ?Grnitt'n I.nek." I di<l not go out to see the surrender of General Leo. I remember well the event of General Grant's return after nil- surrender. i think there were not more tlinn three persons present when the general came In and took a seat at a table to write, tie looked tip with snnte expression of animation and rema rked: ".More of Grant's hiek!" This was an allusion to the newspaper critics who had been in the habit of calling Ills success luck. This little comment on the surrender >f Lee was the only word of exultation I ever heard from the victorious soltier. It was a very slight expression of triiiupli to follow such a stupendous icl.ieveuieht. bill wholly characteristic. -Natlo al .Maya::!ne. A ^urgirul Operation s always danger-us -do rot submit to he huikcoii'm knife until yon have tried ieWitt's Witch Hazel ??'?> T* " ll lire when everything else fails?it has one this in thousands of easts. Here i one of them: J sulTeied from bleeding nd protruding piles for twenty years, fas treated by different specialists and serl many remedies, but obtained no plldf until I used Do Witt's Witeb Hazel alve. Two boxes of this salve rurcd le eighteen months ago and 1 have ot had a touch of the piles since.?H. . Tinsdale. Snmnierton, S 0. For lind, Bleeding, Itching and Protruding ilea no remedy canals I)eWitt's Witch azel fcJalvo, Wold by F. Cj Duke, A Mnroln Jokr. I Ono of Lincoln's visitors in the early j (lays of his administration says: "lie walked Into tlio corridor with us, and. as he bade us good by and thanked for what he had told him, ho again brightened up for a moment nnd asked him In an abrupt kind of way, laying his hand as lie spoke with a queer but not uncivil familiarity on his shoulder, 'You haven't such a thing as a postmaster In your pock#*!, have you V " stared at him In astonishment and I thought a little In alarm, as If he suspected a sudden attack of insanity. Then Mr. Lincoln went 011: 'You see. it seems to be kind of unnatural that you shouldn't have at least a postmaster J11 your pocket. Everybody I've seen for days past has had foreign ministers and collectors and all kinds, and I thought you couldn't have got in hero without having at least a postmaster get Into your pocket.' "?"The True Abraham Lincoln." Knormnoa Stronarfh of Mnnhroomii. A curious Instance of tlio wonderful force exerted by growing vegetation is related in the Gardeners' Magazine. This force seems all the more remarkable when exerted by light and unsubstantial mushrooms, but does not appear so extraordinary when caused by the expansion of a hard wood tree. Some half liardy annuals were sown in a frame Just cleared of a winter crop in the gardens of an English park and the lights closed to hasten germination. Some days afterward signs of cracking were observed in the brickwork, and gradually a block weighing in the aggregate one nnd one-half hundredweight was pushed out of position. After cutting out several bricks a mnss of mushrooms was found 3 pounds C ounces In weight growing in the centei of the wall. The mycelium had rm freely in the mortar and on the Innei face of the bricks. Just About llcdtimc lake a Little Karlv ltiser?it will run constipation, biliousness and livei troubles. De Witt's Little Early lliseis are different from other pills. They dc not gripe or break down the mucoui membranes of the stomach, liver am bowels, but cure by gently arousing tin secretions and giving strength to thos( organs. .Sold by K. C. Duke. Royalty anil Ctienn. Cards have been the amusement ol kings and queens for centuries, super | seding latterly the royal game of chess which lilled up the leisure moments o William the Conqueror, Queen Eliza both and Charles 1. The litter was si I absorbed in ids favorite pastime whei i the news reached him that Scotlntu 1 had determined to sell him to the Eng ] lish_ parliament that, though wel ; Queen Victoria tUM '! cards, though during her old age sh i found diversion by playing "patience. A keen chess player, the great Nape leon would not submit to be beater I and if lie round ids skill ineffectlvi would throw board and chessmen an grily on the ground. Moderation In Rierclor, Exercise which is well within tin powers of the body is salutary for nl and probably necessary for some, bu exercise by which those powers ar< overstrained Is too often not only th< precursor, but quite unmistakably tlx cause, of serious illness or of bodily oi iihmiuii iniuire. "Wiiy." inquired Sala <1 i 11. "should the weal; display his Infe riorit.v in the presence of tlio strong?" The question is as pertinent in our own day as it was in that on which it was uttered.? I.ondon Hospital. The Place to Knock. "It will come out all right In time,' he told his wife. "Fortune knocks nl every man's door once, and some day she'll knock at mine." "It won't help you any." returned his wife. "If fortune wants to lind you she'll have to go to tlie club and send in her card." - Chicago I'ost. II a row threatens you don't let it go so far that you become hitter and are willing to hurt yourself in order to hurt your enemy.?Atchison C J lobe. The Voutulalion of Health. Nourishment is the foundation of health?life?strength. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure is the one great medicine that enables the stomach and digestive organs to digest, assimilate and transform all foods into the kind of blood that nourisho* the nerves and feeds the tissues. Kodol hiys the foundation of health. Nature does the rest- Indigesti >n, Dyapepsia, and all disorders of the stomach and digestive organs are cured bv the use of Kodol. Sold !by F. C. Puke. Norwegian Cnrt* For DrnnkrnnrM. In Norway drunkenness Is punished by imprisonment. As soon as a man is incarcerated Hie delinquent has a loaf and wine morning and evening. The bread is served in a wooden bowl full of wine, In which it has been soaking for an hour. The first day the drunkard swallows his allowance willingly enough. The second day It seems less pleasing. At the end of eight or ten days prisoners have been known to abstain altogether from the food thus pitilessly presented. This course of treatment finished, the drunkard, except In rare Instances, is radically cured. The Sir Politician. "XTM... * " t. 11; uon i you m"Ke ft pinln, straightforward statement nbout whether or uot you menu to be n en ml Idate?" "What's tl>e use?" answered the prudent politiehin. ".lust nt present tho only thing tnnt's keeping nie before the public Is the doubt on that question."? Washington Star. '1- ?? ? . i 1 Dfflce Bank Building Union* 8. O walk )ES OF X p Tit iiiiiiii eitnin I ?^imuiL tiHriiTl ? "The Largest ! Manufacturer of I Fertilizers on Earth" I Forty odd 1 \ Manufacturing plants f ^DR. I. M. ! m -DENT Crown and Bridge < Work a Specialty. i ? -v >* J> ? ii CRACK GOES THE Wl i IN COME THE ORDE 1 fe?apaWiM(tai r:ci.l5 the very best grai FERTILIZERS AT the very lowest c< I It piys to fertilize your lands * THE VIRGINIA-CAR0L1NV CHEMICAL COMPANVJ& , PRODUCTS. ( tVj?RYWHERE| The Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co. 1 CHARLESTON. 8. C. 1 Pleased to flake 1 , Of laundry f'j U gj 1 woi k. j&M .,j& ' ii0tvlb0^ Ti' p^fQs not seek to a})r preciate te$| f^TTIHpT t PERFECTION! iMliiUll I THE U-NEED-A S II e Surpassin; ?, who like well Jauiufei ? MILLING done at tl ? 18~4t JACOB AW . THE Ltt i ^R?es ON THE 5UMM SOUTHERN ? ?Complc TlJEI Mailed ^Railway w.a.t??. ^ Pass. Traffic Mgr. WASHINGTON, D.C. A BIT OF PANTOMIME. [ Max O'Rell'a Opinion of Foar F*roplri Given In Gesture*. "When Max O'ltell cninc to Montreal some years ago," said n man from that city to a Detroit Journal contributor, -i "wo fixed up a little Joke on him. We | had noticed how grncefully ho could unite a caustic criticism with a compliment, a faculty that enabled him to ? say the sharpest things without offending the people he was criticising. We were going to put the facility to a test. . "We had him lunch with us, and ^ there were at the table besides himself I an Englishman, n Scotchman, an Irish- _ man and a French-Canadian. When ! we got our guest off his guard wo denuuuled an honest opinion of the differj ent races we represented. As tho opinIon had to be given in the presence of | nil ffint* !*** ? * ...v- nniiuiioii ior 111111 wan n 1 rather delicate one. l.ut It no\#r seemed to trouble lilm, and bo gave Ills opln- pc ion without a moment's hesitation. br " 'The Scotchman,' he said, and ho cr clinched his right hand tightly and on protomlod to try to force it open with St. ids loft. 'Tho Englishman'? and ho rui went through tho same performance, opening the hand at tho end after an | f apparent struggle. 'The Irishman'? p8 and ho held out his hand wide open, ftI1 with Iho palm upward. 'The French- nic man'? and he made a ^motion with ^ both hands as If he were emptying them on the table. H "There was not a word of cxplunn- H tlon, hnt we nil understood thoroughly H and had a hearty laugh. Max O'llcll K hud maintained his ropututlou." E "~v^^ Wholesale purchasers Largest importers v Concentration of Management i 1 the Acquaintance Not how quickly we can And by urceas Jl mSJ ing effort ?nd PR My /fl rW ^mProvec^ mK^li" j /J j Y ods we bave J ^Lf II made the work ** done at TEAM LAUNDRY gly Good. ^ - hmiaekeepera and all lliore ren shirts antrcoiiars. lie same old stand* RICE. IE FOR BUSINESS, IE FOR PLEASURE, IE FOR ALL THE BEST ER RESORT5 t te Summer Resort Folder Free to Any Address. J S. H. Hardwick, W. H.TAVLOB. t Cen'l Pass. Agent, Asst. Gan'l Pais. Act. . WASHINGTON, D.C. ATLANTA. OA. _ 1 BRICK! BRICK!' BR1CKII1 For ?ale in any \ quantity. t 'he Rodger Brick Works.j TOR SAUK CHEAP' One 15 II P. Boiler and Engine (doiched) one Brick KBching, 20,00C ?ily capacity. i he Rodger Brick Works. Life and Accident Insurance. Tho Aet.t n Life Insurance writ eel iliciea not onlv for l i?? *? _ , .... ...?u i uueiunil it also policies that protect you in? se of accident or sickness. Thel t iy Old Line Company in the Unltecl 9 wtos to do this. Kates are verj| isonublo. This company is welll own and comment is uunecsaary.l un representing the above Com-I ny and will be pleased to call on* y one wi?hing insurance. Writ# I at Carlisle, 8. C. j Mi-tf W. F. Hatfr, Agent. I 1^1 HAIR^BALSAM ISBehwi n>Ml brtmiDii the tialr. f BW l*PMn..l?a a luxuriant rrnwlh ^MIN vcr Valla to Baatorc Or?y iWH Hair to ita Youthful Color. -^ Curva aralp dlwaaM * hair za m %