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:: lilac I :: iblooms | ? K.cilh Gordon ^ f ( Copyright, I'M, hu T. ('. M< dure I Danbury, fresh from the wikls of the west, where for a year or more he had been busy taming rebellious nature? after the manner of civil engineers came dow n the steps that led from his club to the street, with his broad shoulders well back and the zest of living alive in his heart. Something of the wliolesoinetiess of nature's solitudes clung to him. showing in the clearness of his eyes and the breadth of Ills chest. Here was a aian, one saw at a glance, accustomed to wide horizons and great drafts of untainted air. May, that tender mixture of spring and summer, was casting its glamour over the city, and l>nnbury\s blond whirled through his veins with an intoxicating. boyish eagerness. It was a | good thing to bo alivo. to have come from that vast, still land bovond the Uookirs, where man sooms so small, to the more Intimate if los: lofty ailrac-, tlons of Now York. lie felt it keenly through every inch of his healthy, vigorous body. Then, too, he was on a holiday, the more sweet that it had been long delayed and hardly earned. The crisp patter of hoofs upon the asphalt, the whizzing <>f the automobiles, even the distant onrush of the ; elevated trains?all of it was delightful j to him. lie was in love with the urban idea. Then at the corner a faint, j sweet, vaguely familiar scent drifted ; across ids consciousness, and as at a \ magic touch Fifth avenue and its j Bights and sounds faded into the hack- j ground and an old fashioned garden i rose as suddenly before his mind's eye. There was a rambling white house which looked as comfortable as an old Bhoe and a wide driveway guarded on both sides by poplars as straight and tall as grenadiers. At the back of the lawn was a shadowy mass of shrubbery where the spikes of lilac bloom stood out richly against the green. "What could have made me think of the old place just now V" was the silent Interrogation that lie put to himself. But before he had time to analyze his train of thought his eye fell upon a pushcart at the edge of the sidewalk, upon which stood a tub crammed full of lilac blossoms. It was the scent of the lilacs that had transported him in spirit to the old scenes and the lilacs I that as a hoy he remembered be scorned because tliey were flowers and therefore only worthy the attention of women and girls. The alert Italian, with his parchment skin and bilious looking eyes, who saw in lilacs only another .way of getting money, hold out a hunch Insinuatingly. Danbury tossed him a dime and, selecting one of the soft, purplish Bpikes of bloom, hchj it to ids face and sniffed at it remlnisoently. Though he walked mechanically on- ! ward, in thought lio was far back in the years. II" felt the soft, springy sod under his hare feet once more, heard the big blaek and yellow bumble- j bees buzzing heavily over the sweetness of the flower.-!, tasted the wild strawberries that grew on the south slope of a certain hill that ho know well. These and many other things that had made life wonderful he thought of, remembering a bit sadly thnt tlw> u'ni'lfl itnt'Ai* like that again. Going a boy?that was the greatest thing! Guided by that sixth sense thai comca to those who tlwcll much in cities, ho paused at a crossing to allow a vehicle to pass. It was a victoria, and leaning lazily against the cushions was a girl of nineteen or twenty years, the sight of whom brought hi- thoughts quickly back to the present. Even in that irresponsible moment ho realized that, she could lay no especial claim to beauty. Hut the fresh, girlish face was very young and clear, and by a strange coincidence it looked out at ldin from a mass of lilac as pale and soft in color as the llower lie held In ilia hand. Ilcr light cloth gown, her lnrga hat, the parasol at her side, were all of that color. Daubury had a bewildered to'-Miii? that tth'i a eort of human flower, and he shared like a man in a trance, noting the dellcato pallor of her skin and the clear darkhass of her hair. Tholr er?? nssl and pasted. Hera 1 ware a blue to doep that th#y verged wpon pnrpla, aart Daubury, tr)y.? wa? the more a p?%it that he nerar atItmpVfd to writ* rtiima, draw a elgh if I Southern 1\a R THIS GREAT RAILWAY RUNS [j GREAT COUN' W CONVENIENTLY UNITING ALL THE B M OE THE SOUTH. I W.A.TURK. S. H. !I Paa???ntor Traffic Manager, Conor*I Washington. D. C. a* W. H. TAYLOE, Ass't Ccn'l Pasa. Ajoi of Iliclit. In ?<>!..< n.wp.na -e way s' > pitotuizod all the clinrm of life i i . a !)? scent of (lowers?the tendam <s of womanhood. She seemed the lilacs transmuted into femininity, and !>! glance involuntarily traveled f r>: i her to the blossom in his hand, while hers followed with a little, quick, unconscious dicker of appreciation. The carriage rolled on. and he went Irs way. with thoughts that were but a blissful Mar of lilac maidens and Idac bloom, ruder tlie thick foliage of the trees in Madison square he sat down to pull himself together. ' Itidiculousl" he argued sagely. "A in.iti of thirty eight to lose his iiead over the gl'iiq so of an ordinary girl In a pale tinted : own!" Then the wonderfnl per! lush eyes looked into liis again, and lie recalled the slender form iu hazy lilac and the dear young fresh* ncss of her brow and forgot to arguo at all. lie simply dreamed -strange, beantifu] dreams, in which the scent of flowers and a slender maiden in amofh\*d rohes Honied in soft, wordless confusion. At last lie roe :.; <] straightened himself with the qua':. sharp decision of manner which th * ' ? knew him had learned to recognize as a sign of determination. She was the woman! Absurd as It was. he felt exultantly positive of that. And for the rest well, he had a calm Coniidonce in himself. He would surely liml her and win her. As all observant persons must have noticed, fate dearly loves to l>e trusted. In this instance she rewarded I anbury's confidence by bringing him face to face with the victoria or.ee more as he emerged from the square. Ity her 4Uick avoidance of his glance ho saw* that the girl recognized hint. ancl at the knowledge a sudden glow* suffused hint. II* toll as it' their lives wore already upon iho loom of destiny. With- ' out a moment's hesitation he slopped n passing enh and. with a few* linrriod words to the driver, jumped In. *l>o yon happen to know* the Granvilles of East Twentieth street?" he in- j quired of Itnrtram. with whom he dined that night, for he had learned so innch in the intervening hours. Itartram nodded. stopping to hiow a few rings of smoke into the air before replying, an if it were a matter of no special importance. "Nice people." he observed at last, "hut rather ?niiot and old titney. Why?" "I should Kke to meet them," answered Dr.nhury. with a straight look that conveyed perfectly that no further explanation was forthcoming. And so. before many days elapsed, he was presented t<> the lady of his dreams in a room where the odor of lilacs was as heavy as it had been in the garden of his boyhood. As their eyes met be fancied that Miss Granville flushed ever so slightly and that her glance was puzzled and inquiring. There were several other guests pres- | ent, but at the end of a quarter of an hour Danhury and she were separated front them by enough space to make confidences possible. It was then tliat Faith Granville turned her clear eyes upon him and said naively: "Of course it Is you who have been Rending the lilacs? But how did you know who I was. and why have you done it?" There was a vague disapproval in her voire, but not enough to make him despair of forgiveness. Besides, her question proved that she was more child than woman and that in the midst of a society bound by precedent she dared to be herself. So lie threw prudence to the winds and after it diplomacy and convention and stood before her* the man that he was, telling her bow it had happened, how be had come back to Now York and how. even before he had seen them, the scent of the lilacs had taken him hack to his boyish days, how she had appeared suddenly, clothed in the very colors of his dream. All this he told her rapidly and earnestly and as onlv a < smiled, natural man could have clone. Then lie waited breathlessly for her to speak. I?y her answer he would know whether lie had read her aright. "O-oh!" she said, with a little gasp, j "It is too beautiful!" There was a suspicious humidity in her eyes, hut she lifted thein bravely to his and continued: "I am not worthy anything so po.ihul and beautiful as this, and vrfcen j on eoino to know mo you will f.nd it out. 1 should hate that?having you discover what a commonplace girl t am!" Phc stopped and tried to steady l.er somewhat tremulous lips., "But thai i** my risk," was the iuiswr, "and I nno not afraid. May we oail tfcis the beginning of the heginnlu.ri" And he smiled down at her with a look in his eyes that quioken?d the I instill sr of her heart deliriously. iLWAY WE RUN THE 1 THROUGH A BEST VESTI- | SHL*. BUlt ?*S I AND HAVE THE HARDWICK. BEST DINING Pa^cnt-or Agont. DC0' u,ninu I CAR SERVICE B U, Atlanta, Ca. w 1 HEALTH I ' "I don't thtnk wo conld keop 11 T house without Thcdford'a Black [ il Draught. Wo 1 avo used it In tho M| family iorovcr wo ycnro witlh tho I j best of results. I Save not had m jt doctor in the ht use for that length ^ of time. It in : ? doctor in itself and l [? always r-adv t.> a petwon well | and : appy."'?dASaB BALL, Jack- ? 3 eonville, 111. ______ Becnusc this great medicine i [2 relieves stoinaeJi pains. frees the j h* constipated bowels and invigor- j 5j nt'-H ! ?torpid liver and weak* |i eued kiducy3 | Me BtCIMt' IS is necessary in tho homo where & Tliedford's Black-Draught is S kept. Families living in the i? U country, miles from any physi? 3 eian, have been kept in liealth J for years with this medicine as I 2 their only doctor. Thedford's 5,1 3| Black-Draught cims bilious3 ness, dyspepsia, colds, chills and j-J fever, had blood, headaches, gs diarriioia, constipation, colic PI. and almost every other ailment M because the stomach, bowels H liver and kidneys so nearly conn trol the health. |T hliBF?i!D 5 j T! o end of the beginning came about ;i year later. The Hints luul made their appearance in the city once more, heapetl upon the pushcarts at the curb, whore their haughty sisters, the roses ssntl violets, would sometimes stare disdainfully nut at theiu from behind the j.i;i(; glass windows of the flower .-hops. Had you been passing through lhrst Twentieth street early in the nftoru on of a certain day you might have seen a big, athletic man and a slender, deep e.t ed girl descending the steps of one of the somber browns tone residences. The man was in the regulation tweeds, with his gloves grasped firmly in one hand, and the girl was gowned in lilac of a shade as elusive and beautiful as a memory. At the sight of the gorgeously decorated carriage that awaited them they halrttositated. Then as a shower of something fine, white and hard ns hailstones began to putter about their heads they dashed down precipitously and gladly availed themselves of Ks protection. Better Tlinn None. When a now famous actor wa3 a young man he was one day, while drlvJng. asked by a pedestrian how to get to a certain village. "You go," said the young netor, "down this road, and then you turn to tlio left, and afterward?but I nm going in that direction myself. Will you got in and let me drive you?" "Oh, T suppose so," said the stranger. "Poor company is better than none." TT. 1 1 ?- ? * ' " in- eiiiiiufu up uuu ioou uis soar, lie was tall and thin, with a very gruff, nule manner. The actor tried to entertain him and to get liim to talk, but he would say little. Once he drew out a well tilled case, selected a cigar and returned the ease to bis pocket again. He was insufferable. The young man whipped up his horse and mile after mile was covered In silence. It was beginning to grow dark. "Mow about that road to the left that I was to take?" exclaimed the stranger suddenly. "Ain't we come to it yet?" "Ob. we passed it six miles back," said the other. "Why didn't you tell me?" said the ; stranger. "Because I didn't want to lose your KOcietv I'oni* ormmnnv t-rvn l-n/int to bettor than nono," said the young man. llriNlifiilnoKN. ' Baslifulnoss is natural to youth. "Modesty is the graceful, calm, virtue of maturity; bnshfulness the charm of vivacious youth," and unless n young j man takes advantage of opportunities of entering society he will retain "an air of bnshfulness, which is in reality the want of habitual Intercourse with the world" (Wnverteyi. As long ago as | 1070 Aachara wrote that "if a young ; gentleman he bnrthfull and soon blush they call hiui a habbthe and ill brought up thyng." Deficient social education is therefore a cause of basbfulness. Habit also predisposes to It. A mer$ Indisposition to exert oneself, indulged in for too long a time, may eventually result In confirmed hash fulness. This Indifference may he due to a want of sympathy with the surroundings or may liar? 1H ertjftn in unalloyed selfishness?for many bashful men arc extrexnely rH fish?or may be fltre to vanity.?Gasmen's. When 4he I'luRue HiiRed. Sir Waltor Iterant tn one of his books saj'K of the nutlKir of "Robinson Cmsop" and "Journal of tbo Plaguei" "I?p Foe was born 1n the year lfidh Ills fRthor Ilred In Oripplernte, where, as we know, he had a simp. The child, therefore, ivm feur years of aire In the plague year. A child of frmr observes a great deal and may remember a ( great (leal. De Foe says: 'When any j one bonght a Joint of laeet be would not take It out uf the butcher's hand, hut took It off the Itooka himself. On the other liend, the butcher would not tonek the menry, but put It Into a pot full of vinegar whirh he kept for the 1 purpose.' Tlito must surely have been seen by the clUld and remembered. It I liapiH'uod la bis fiber's shop before his ' ejvttf* -j I IMAGINATION. InntimrfM ShonliiR How It 11m* Mxid? IVell Men Mick. The domination of imagination over tlie normal exercise of the faculties is no new idea. Samuel Rogers suffered from n violent cokl from the effects of what lie believed to be an open window at his back, which in reality was closed. An instance of this known to the medical faculty is more strange still. Two men stayed "lit a house in tvlilch an inmate had died of cholera. One man placed in the room in which , the patient had died was in ignorance of what hud occurred, lie slept well and was no worse. The other, wrongly told that the room in which he slept was that In which the cholera patient had died, spent a night of mental agony and in the morning was actually found to be suffering from this complaint. lie died of cholera. A similar instance was mentioned the ctlier day by a friend of the writer. Two London men stayed in the country at a house where scarlet fever was reported. One, an unimaginative, healthy minded fellow, awoke.all right in tlie morning. The other, a nervous, sensitive man, was very ill?had not slept and had broken out into n terriKl,. _.l, !?1. I ?l. .1 i i , _ uiv i.ion i) 1111:11 uuiu uvviureu 10 ub scarlet fever. A wire to n London medical man was dispatched, and by the first train he hurried down. The supposed fever patient proved to have no fever at all beyond an imaginary' one. As a fact, there was no scarlet fever in the house, the case had been wrongly diagnosed, and the frightened visitor had tortuFcd himself into a violent rash, all \\ ithout cause.?St. James Guzetle. BASKET BALL. An American Gnmc With No Uncertainly nw to Ita Origin. flasket ball as a recreative game is unique in its origin for two reasons: First, it is our one positively sure, home American production; secondly, the name, date and place of its authorship are exactly known. Basket ball was born in the year 1891 at Springfield. Mass., and its author was James Naismith. The story is short enough to be interesting. In that town is a training school connected with the Young Men's Christian association and of course professors, among them a professor of psychology, who is paid to teach the young ideas how to think effectively. In one of his lectures he called attention to certain conditions upon which the brain oould with advantage be exercised and challenged his class to supply the requirements to meet them. The conditions were the invention of a now game which could be played indoors in a limited area by a defined and unalterable number of contestants and adapta Die to doui sexes. Upon tills hypothesis one of Ills pupils, James Naigmith, the same night evolved basket ball. It was put into practice the next day experimentally and found to meet the conditions and limitations laid down by the professor admirably. But It bad more than an academic value, as its spread as ono of our most appreciated pastimes attests.?Illustrated Sporting News. FodIIiik the Colonel. I doubt if tlio pranks of the present day subaltern are as pluekish as those of his predecessors. I can remember a story that went the rounds some years ago of a daring junior of the Grcuadicr guards who chaffed his colonel in a fashion that would not be tolerated today. But the colonel was not disposed to deal leniently with him. lie kept unusually late, or rather early, hours, so one day an early parade was ordered unexpectedly, and Ave minutes before the hour the colonel rode past the culprit's quarters. Cheerfully unconscious of impending doom, the latter leaned out of his bed room window In the airy garments of sleep to say good morning. The colonel chuckled and rode on, but to his surprise at the stroke of time the subaltern stepped out on parade fully dressed and all in order. He knew of the trap and had donned the looser garment over his uniform to take a rise out of his superior.?London Tatler. HIn View nntl Kern. He?As for mo, life Isn't worth the living without yon. She? Ae far me, the living yon earn hm't worth the Iffo. ?Cincinnati Oeirrmerehtl Tribune. tio sword bltOB so fiercely as an evil tengne.?SUney. Don't Have an ing D SW? are rec Ciinnli allU X; Don't pay 25c p by parties whc will be put in. I will guarantee Bailey Lumb I. ^ m .den Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. PERT PARAGRAPHS. Work is usually disagreeable only because it is work. An office boy is apt to think that the chorus girl lives in paradise. The people who say the least have the least to take back. Evil communications corrupt good aldermen. All play and no work makes Jack a great shirk. If one half of the world knew how the other half lived, the tirst half would be trying to beat the second half's game. A dentist's parlor is a spacious apartment. It almost always contains an acher or two. Consider before you promise, reconsider and then move to lay the matter f on the table. Boodle Is a mysterious something that the other party knows nil about. Pernicious activity is a disease incidental to small boys and political ad| versa rics. Brutus had been a modern jtc&I doctor, he would lyUiif^i have explained 'to Cfrsnr tbat h0 . was only perxM. forming an oner Vj ntlou for nppcnPj| -/ \ l" these times Ex%. j | the hinn who ln| j Bists on bis jk:o.-'v1 - / a poipid of flesh Will BOO tO it that the butchAdam kg, smarter ?r'f 8caleS arC Jar, any of his de- balanced. rcc.ulants. since he teas ? the only man icho really The ueory or r.cd the earth. . that we eat too much does not nppenl to the restaurant keepers. It is very comfortable to reflect that it is a long time to next swearing off day. 1 ? The Man With the Goods. You meet with a fellow urbane and polite; He fascinates all who come under his sway; He talks on all subjects from morning till night And then keeps It up till the break of the day; But talk's not expensive, I've long understood; I'd much like to know can the fellow make good. Large talkers aro common as leaves of the held; They come in all fashions and patterns and brands; Their exploits are marvels, although self revealed; They speak in all tongues and they hail from all lands; But I'm from Missouri, right out of the woods. So show me the man who delivers the goods. In some other country, a far distant clime. They cut all the ice from the rivers and lakes; Beside that light labor they always had time At all of the contests to capture the cakes; But all of this happened so far, far away, I'd like to inquire can they make good today? The man who comes forward when it is his turn And hands you the package, all wool, a yard wide, May not at first meeting have language to burn Or tell his adventures with ill concealed pride; That man to my bosom I fold as my own Who's there with the goods when you ring up his phone. At Bargain Prices. Now Clerk?Do we mark these $-1 i goods down to $3.99 for the bargain sale? Manager?What's the matter with you? Do you think we hold bnrgaln sales for the purpose of losing money? Mark them down to $4-00. iy Connections I! one Until Yon! eiving a large stool lave employed an ex er foot for having oon > will be gone, when We are in the busin< all work. er and Manuf L ilAXR,^**-" Office Bank Building Union, S. ,0 THE SAMOYEDS. A Alontrollnn Riice Thnt Sometimes llcMorts to Cauntbaltsm. Snmoyeds, n race of Mongolians inhabiting the shoros of the arctic ocean, maintain themselves by bunting and fishing. Thoy make use of tlie samo implements in bone abd stone, besides cherishing the same superstitions, as were current in the stone age among the inhabitants of western Europe. They clothe themselves in reindeer skins. In fine wentlior they wear the hair outside, and when it is wet the tunic is reversed. This interesting race is gradually dying out owing partly to the scourge of smallpox which makes i ravages among them and also to their j fondness for raw spirits, which lends I tlipm to degradation and mlgbry, ns the ( Russian merchants take advnntnge of this to cheat them when bartering for valuable skins and walrus teeth. In j fact, to such an extent do these traders ' dupe them that the Samoyeds sometimes are reduced to a State of famine and have recourse to cannibalism. This seems to account for the name Samoycd, which was given them by the Russians and which signifies in their Innguago self eating. Every year in mid-Lent these queer looking people travel down in their reindoer sledgca from Archangel to St. Petersburg and take up their abode temporarily on tho frozen river Neva, whore they boild themselves circular huts composed of a framework of poles, over which are stretched reindeer Rkins. Here they traffic for the products of civilization. Wnaliington Named It. The question, "Who named the Empire State?" is often asked, but seldom properly answered. Gcheral Washington is the man to whom that and many other honors belong. In his reply to the "address of the common council of Kew York city" the great general said: "1 pray that heaven bestow its choicest blessings on your city; that a well regulated and beneficial commerce may enrich yoiir citizens, and that youf state, at present the seat of empire, may set such examples of wisdom apd liberality as shall have a tendency to strengthen and give a permanency to the Union nt home and credit; and Yeapcctablllty nbroad." Tills 1b, of course, an Inferential alItisloh, but was the origin of NVw York's popular name nevertheless. Ancient Jewden* Association. Birmingham jewelers hnve been famed since the middle of the seven- _ tcenth century. When Charles Jl. brought with him to England the French fashion of wearing metallic ornaments Birmingham .at once took the lead In supplying them, and the City then commenced'ft career of prosperity which has never save fbr brief periods suffered abatement. Even Southey, who conld scarcely find sufficiently censorious language to describo # Birmingham, allowed that it "excelled every other place in the world for watch chains, necklaces, bracelets, buttons, buckles and snuffboxes," though, he said, "they were dearly purchased at the expense of health and morality."?London Chronicle. Notice to Debtors and Creditors All persons having claims against the estate of the late E Frank Vaughan aie hereby uoMA-hI to present same to tie undersigned, prorrerly attested, on or Irefore .lone 1st, 1004; and all persons In ueuieu m h.iiu Hstau? ?i e nereoy nounco to malce settlement with the undersigned immediately. William Vauqiian, u. c vaitoiiax, Qualified Kxecutors. Or Hyduick & Sawykk. it 4t Attorneys. Stops Cough and Works off the Col Laxative Bromo-Quiniue Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no pay, prio Yf> cents. (V-ly. <? Cfrs&m./W This signature Is on every box of ttje genuine Laxative Brotno-Quinine Tablets the roipedy that cure* * eold la mm (isr lade or Plumb-1 See Ds. k of plumbing | nlnmUaw - w VAJUIAMWi | neotions made the plumbing 3ss to stay and acturing Co. J I