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Giovanni a_nd The Princess By ANNA CASE Conrockl, 1904. by Anna Cue Giovanni del Pnito, grandson of old Marie, stood at the crossing and waved the little red flag which warned travelers and chauffeurs that an excavation lay Just beyond. This excavation bad been a source of annoyance to the great city for many months, hut tliovanni had prayed that it might never be filled in, first, because so long as he waved the little red flag he would draw $1 a day, and then had come the princess. To be sure, back In sunny Italy be had dreamed of different things. lie had no conception of the noisy, shrieking city whose streets were filthy by comparison with the hard white roads of his Neapolitan home. Ho had dreamed of cities paved with gold and ol' a people who paid big prices to lads with good voices, but he had found the opera season closed and his grandmother skeptical of the commercial value of fresh, uutraincd voices. She had been in America five years, and of the little red flag and the dollar n day she was sore. Even of the princess be at times felt a bit uncertain, for be thought It odd that n princess should walk by his corner every morning with a portfolio under her arm. There were other young men, better versed in American ways, who also thouelit tho nriiwouu uh#?ni.i not walk and carry a portfolio, but the princess would not ride in their carriages nor allow them to carry her portfolio. She had gone in for art, and the young men interfered with the realization of her ambition. In Giovanni's mind, however, there was no question about her royal blood. It showed in her carriage, in her patrician features and her proudly carried little head, in the fit of the wonderful gray gown she always wore and In the violets at her belt. In time the young Italian was glad that she did not ride In a carriage, else it had not been giveu to him to see that she got safely across the street on his side of the tracks and to turn her over to the more stalwart policeman on the other ?tde. Giovanni did not tell his grandmother about the princess. Old Marie ran a uuarumg uouse lor Italian workmen, and constant intercourse with these men nnd the struggle to get her hoard money each week had rather killed sentiment, but under her vehement fault finding her love for Giovanni burned clearly and steadily. Spring caine, and tlic academy closed, much to the regret of Kate Cameron, otherwise the princess. She was just becoming interested in painting from life, so she persuaded her father to tit tip a studio in the attic of their town house, though she knew full fell that in less than a month the whole famwould flit to their country placo. One of tiie professors at the ncadomy agreed to call occasionally and criticise her work, and there remained only the question of models. A half dozen young men who heard her talk about it at a fashionable tea immediately of- I fered to act in this capacity, but she I ,n' ' >u?ucu Iiniuc 111VII BUXKCSllUUfi. xuey were sadly lacking In the artistic temperament, she said. The very next morning she stopped at Giovanni's crossing, lie had not seen her for nearly a week, and he was glad that a broken dray barred the j passage of both vehicles and pedestri- j ana. The princess carried no portfolio | this morning, but a little silver mounted memorandum l>ook tilled with the addresses of models. When she saw Giovanni she lost interest in the memorandum book. She had noticed him before as a graceful, lithe lad despite his rough garments, and now his eyes, (lowing with delight at sight of her, bis beautiful white teeth showing as he smiled, and the graceful gestures with which he continued to wave the flag, despite the fact that vehicles could neither come nor go, caught and held her Interest. Being a young woman of impulse, she then and there asked him to pose for her. Giovanni said. "Sure," ono of the few American bywords lie bait picked up, and lie said it so softly that it became almost a verbal caress. Ilis voice was the last touch. Miss Cameron was sure now that no other model would do. but unfortunately Giovanni had not understood a word she had said, lie would have said "sure" to nu> rtMjiH'Ni me princess inane or Him, and this much ho had authored from her words?tho princess had need of hiin and liis servicej. The girl looked puzzled, and a fellow workman, who understood both Italian and English, teppod forward and offered to net as Interpreter. The young lady desired the services of Giovanni at her home the following day. Giovanni regarded it as a royni command, hut, alas, there were his grandmother and the inexorable "Job." Then suddenly Ids face brightened. Two days more and there would be a fete day?what you call it. Decoration day??and there would he no work on the streets or anywhere in tho great city. Would that suit Iter excellency as well? The princess graciously assented. The Interpreter took the address, and the Interview was over. After the girl had gone the Interpreter In fluent Italian informed Giovanni that he was a lucky dog. The young lady had agreed to pay 1dm for the day's work, five times as much as he earned waving the flag. "A good day's work," said the Italian as he turned away. Rut Giovanni looked aftgr him scornfully. The fete day was a mJftfV aWBTHaritUHfrfW giainlujuUnf 1 ' \ ?.*ould not expect even the dollnr from | him. ? i * * * The great day dawned, and Giovuu ni, in the velvet suit he had brought from his Neapolitan home, arrived n\ the beautiful mansion 011 the avenue The princess had laid out a wealth ot draperies gathered during her last trip abroad, but when she saw the boy in his simple costume she forgot studied effects and could hardly wuit until she posed 1dm on the little platform. It was for Giovanni, indeed, a fete day for the two young people managed to understand each other, and Giovanni mellowed and glowed under the girl's charm of manner as he had never done since he came to America. Then long before he was tired eauie a servant with a cooling drink, lees and cakes? not such as they had on fete days at home, but nevertheless most delicious ?and when the evening shadows lengthened, and the young girl at last wearied, Giovanni understood that the audience was over. She offered him one of those erisp green hills which represented almost a week's work at the crossing, but Giovanni, drawing himself up proudly, declined it. Somehow the girl understood the motive of this refusal, ami then with a quick, impulsive movement she drew a pearl stickpin from the sailor knot at hoi collar and handed it to the hoy. Ho kissed it in extravagant Italian fashIon and bowed low before her. Tha day was indeed over. The princess went out of town. The little studio was closed. f?he came no more to the crossing, and the heat blistered the streets and burned into Giovanni's very heart. Rut the flag waved mechanically, and the memory of tlio fete day cnme to him oceaslounlly like n breath of fresh air, but it was not to be talked of, because no one else would believe that she was really a princess. Then came the day of (he lire In (he great office building a block away. And on that day it so happened that the princess had come to town to meet friends. She was crossing the city in a hansom, reaching Giovanni's corner simultaneously with the arrival of the lire engines. Giovanni was first to see that her driver had lost control of his horse, and that it was iilunging straight toward the excavation. The policeman on the other side of the street was having his own troubles. A slender, gray clad figure seemed to rise suddenly and leap out of the hansom. There were curses from the driver and bewildering shouts all around him, but the boy saw only the gray figure, and somehow lie caught it in his arms. lie felt himself going down, down, down, and then?night. * * ? * * They stood around his cot in the hospital, the girl refusing to rest or leave him for an instant. "IIe might wake? first," she said with a catch of her breath, "and I must speak to him." The old grandmother seemed to understand her words, and she understood even better the clasp of the girl's cold band on hars. The father of the princess sat at a little table with a long, narrow book in bis band. lie turned to tho doctor. "Ton say there in no hope? Well, 1 want the boy to know that we are going to look after the grandmother." Giovanni stirred. The princess saw the movement first and bent over hiui. In returning consciousness it seemed to Giovanni as if he must have waked tip in heaven. "Princess," he murmured, and the wonderful glow came into ids eyes again, impulsively tue girl neut over nuil kissed him. He felt as If lie wore floating in tlie air, but it was not because the princess had kissed him. lie remembered the fall?the blow?and he looked inquiringly from one to the other. His grandmother burst into tears, and wails in their native tongue fell from lier lips. Giovanni turned from her to the princess. The girl's eyes were dim with tears. Then it must be true, and just as he was so happy?alas! The sister, who spoke Italian, explained to hiin that the big, square shouldered man who hail written bis name on the long, slender piece of paper taken from the book was the father of the princess, and the little slip of paper meant that the old grandmother would no longer keep boarders, but could go back to Naples a rich woman as wealth counted among their people. The boy did not seem to hear. He was looking into the face of the princess. There were tears in her beautiful eyes?because he was dying. They led the girl away. The old grandmother, the piece of green paper with its wonderful characters crumpled in her hand, knelt beside the cot. The doctor, who had watched the boy's face in those last moments, turned to the priest. "The gods wore good to the boy." And the priest, who had also watched the glow on the boy's face and who knew many phases of the Italian nature, crossed himself and said: "The groat God is always good to his children." Minute Mechanical Construction. That minute mechanical construction can Iny claim to considerable antiquity is evidenced by the works of Pliny and Adrian, who relate that Myrmicides constructed out of ivory a ship with all her appi.irtonnnees and a chariot with four wtieols and four horses, both so small that a bee could hide either of them with its wings. A. stiKI morn wonderful work is that of Mark Senllot, a London locksmith, | who in 1H70 manufactured a lock consisting of eleven different pieces of steel, iron and brass, which, together with tli?- tstr-y belonging to It, weighed only on* grain. The same artist constructed a chain of gold containing forty-three llrfis which he fastened to the lock and key, and upon these being attached to thq neck of a flea the Insect ^ vrm ablo to draw them with ease. * -/ ' ????1? ?. ? mmmmmmmmmmmm p W?0'*>K ????*;"* | Crimson Clove;' Sown at the last working of the Corn or Cotton Crop, can be plowed under the following April or May in time topiaiu corn or other crops the same :-t .ison. Crimson Clover prevents winkr leaching of the soil, is in fertilizing value to a >-1: ; !'.. ai5bn of Mini>le manure a; 1 wi;I ntlcrfully increase the > iel 1 and itv of corn o; th r evo;. which follow it. It : > ; .a'.ctv - ,y rwiid winter and f-F : a early green fea.5, or a irsy crop. Even if ih ; ; < e?f, the action of the r n an is". 1 improve the 1 md t a mark; 1 gree. Write for price a . i Spcci.it u cular t?I!ing ooo::' ei .itkv,; : . T.W.Wood & So:;: I R1CHI8C3D, ; Wood'? Descria'l- c about Aug.). ! 1 - . f. and Vegclnb -> * ing. DBEZ^r.; I Isritcss^L * < : I.xikii .*. l 'wiro ly ..'i'U f.iv \ k'nr. L\l /hXSA < "%" . i<i li.'-sr. poor looking bar* |p^8 \ : >3 tike new. Miulo of L heavy bodied oil. es- bpfll ,, 1'i i.Vily prepared to with- H??JI |:y, stand tlio \vcatlit-r. IPgl Ik Sold everywhere tBff'l in cans?all iiizeti. r.ijda by STANDARD Gil C3. \f& SCAIFE Sc HAMBLIN ^ ATTORNEYS AT LAW> roster^BLiildin^. Union, S. C J. CLOUGH WALLACE. ATOBNEY AT LAW. ltoom 12 up stairs Foster Ruikiii'S S MEANS BEATY, ATTORNEY AT-LAW. No. 3, Law Range. sTOPiNih DPir ' vy a i mi ^ my l\L< n 1_ You will alwuys find a full line of FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFEE, MEAT, LARD, CANNED AND BOTTLED GOODS, i. FRESH ^VEGETABLES and everytningl to be found in a up-to-date family Grocery at in Store. Tobaccos and Cigars -pcciulty. ilrmg your laundry me. J. T. SEXTON, Main Street. . Union, S. ( aONTRICTOBS' ? ^BUILDERS' ^ ??_MILL SUPPLIES CM?a* , itMt JttiBi tjMtmmmm mm* Ck* 1 Bell*. >U4?, Wt?r?V,?. Y*?k?, T?W*r* # ':? ! Wirv ea( M**?: <, fit-?,*. >a4 ktjwp?, ??4kt. Ptf -jV ?>* ?*. 5kT.Ia #.< '.Of Eci?M r*<rv f?j JT??* f?MM?? iMBIRD IRON WOW-1 V C* J???1II I'U . \ A. . ^ I.BkC *. /.:? . MI-..? * 1 VIRGIN/A GRAY I Wiilfft' 1::':,. I Sow Early For ;; Z:u\\i, ^ Our Trail" M *'inil i.4 the beat ami vit < .u:lity that it is pos- ibi ; . > - - jure. Hairy, or Wf-.i .< Vilsii, Sown with Wi. l r Oats, makes the large.-.!, pi. Vie yield of the best and u ; . utnlioua hay. Wr'to for p:: . WOOD'S DESCfWIVE ULl CATALOG Tells all about ( cds for fall sowing, ibc most valuable and hclpfel publication of the bind i?s'.-. ) in America. Mailed free >:! request. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Stedsfttp; Richmond, Yi. iH^^rjerr. ^mmmmmmm ?flgar* IU.rty Bisera | Km ftonotM tittto nUtfe dm | AN ORDINANCE For the Protection of Union Fire Department. Sec. 1. That if any peison interfere with a liretnau in the discharge of a duly, or loiter about the house used by the department, or meddle with I he reels, hose or apparatus of the Union Fire Department, said person shall be dued $5 or be imprisoned teu days foi each offenoo. Sec. 2. That should any person knowingly give or cause to be given any false alarm of li-e by means of the lire aiaim telephone or otherwise, he shall be lined S"? or tie imprisoned ten days for eac . (Tence: Provided, that alarm for the purpose of testing the lire alarm, telephone or the apparatus of the company may b-? given by the chief or any one under his direction. Sec 3. That authority is herehv given i he mayor to offer a reward of ?100, or ess, for the apprehension and c mviction of any pet sou or persons who shall knowingly gwe or cause to be given any false alarm of lire by means of the lire nla'in telephone or otherwise Se\ 4 That if any person interfere with the (ire alarm telephone, or injure any of the poles, wires, boxes, or other appal alus connected with said telephone, sucli person shall be (hied $5 or be imprisoned ten day8 for each offence. Sec. 5. That in the event of an alarm of fne the apparatus of the fire department shall have the right of way upon the streets, lanes, alleys, squares and railroad crossings in going to any fire, or being upon such streets, lanes, alleys, squares, or railroad crossings, any person obstructing or neglecting to make wa> for any of such apparatus shall be fined $5 or be imprisoned ten days for each offence. Sec 0. That it shall not lie lawful for any person whomsoever to ride or drive a vehicle through the streets, lanes, alleys or equates in which the lire depart-1 nient is assembles! for the purpose of extinguishing a Are, and should any person attempt 10 ride or drive us aforesaid, In shall be deemed guilty nndrr this ordinance and shall tie lined $1 or be imprisoned ten days for eicii offence. !<ic 7 That it shall not l)e lawful foi any peisons to congregate in the streets, lanes, alleys or squares next, to the lire, so as to interfere with the fire depart ment. Any person violating this otdtnance shall be flued $o. or be imprisoned i ten days for each offence. Sec. 8. That the chief, assistant chiet and foreman and assistant foreman ot this couipatiy be, and ihey are herebv invested with all powers of a police oflicer of the town, m so far as to iDakar rest a in the tov\n tor the violation o any of the provisions of this chapter. 9 That during the continuance of au> lite the chief or a-sislant chief or an> member of the tire department, or lla mayor, shall have power It) call out an\ and all persons to assist in extinguishing the sauie, or in pulling down oi blowing up any building, or m removing any building, or removing any goods or fui iiiture from any building on lire or in danger to some place of safety, or to as-1 sist in making arrests. Any person I tailing to obey any order g?v?u for an.\ of the purposes aforesaid shall, upon 1 conviction befote the mayor tie lined or be imprisoned ten days, provided, ilia' 110 bui.dmg shall be pulled down nor n any way destroyed without the advice ol v the mayor, or any or all ofHceis of the ) tire company as may be present. Sec. 9. That in case of a lire it shall be the duty of the mayor to attend anu take chaige of the police department In case of the removal or exposuie ol property, lie .shall detail a sulli i.-nt number of ciuz-jus not member-* of the t)<department, who shall constitute hi auxiliary in?lice force, whose duty u shall be, under the directiou of th? ill mayor, to guaid all exposed pioperty. and so detain all 8usp cn.ua and dismderly persons, and to do whatever may " be lawfully done to protect the rights ot to ihe citizens and presetve the publicpeace dining the continuance of such tire. In ease the mayor is not piestnt. the duties above set out shall devolve upon the chief of police. ^ Sec. 10. Any person, or persons, ridingon hose wagon without consent ol any officer of the tire company, or catching the hose wagon going or coming from a Hie, or an alarm of the, shall tie fined $.1 or be imprisoned ten days foi each offense. Done and ratified in council chamber this 7th day of November, l'.tU I. ' It. L. McNally, Mayor. ? W. 1). Authuu, Clerk and Tteaa. * :.0-3t %s 5 southTrn railway, THE SOUTH S GREATEST KYSTFM iinfypmimi nm. ~ v ullknULLLLU Ulir INGoAHsYsTEM. 1 HHUUuH PULLMAN SLEEPING CARS ON ALL TIKGUGH TRAINS. CUNVtNIEnT SCHEDULES UN ALL LOCAL TRAINS. WINTER TOURIST RATES are now in effect to all Florida points. . for full information as to rates, routes, etc,, consult nearest Southern Railway Ticket.Agent, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. Notice of Election. On account of the resignation of VV. O- Nelson, Disjien.ier fur Beer Dispell sary No. 2 will he elected Dec. 3lut to Till the unexpired term. Ail applica? lions must he died with the undersigned on or before the 11th inst. T. k. fostbb, 50 -4t Chm. Co. Bd. Control, \ \ VERY ANNOYING. This Hardly Expresses What Union People Think of It. An itchiness of the skin is annoying. Little danger in itching skin diseases. But they make you miserable, Doan's Ointment is a never-failing cure for Piles, Eczema, all itching troubles. Union citizens endorse it. J. B. Neal, mill operator, of 15 Mill Street, says: "I had a very bad sore on my left leg, which bothered me for the past ten or twelve years. I consulted different physicians about it, and they each gave me some salve for it, but it would not heal up. It itched all the time and was very annoying and I have scratched it until it would bleed, and then it would discharge a yellowish matter for days and weeks at a time and be very sore. I learned of Doan's Ointment and procured a box at the Holmes Pharmacy. I found it to be a most valuable salve. It has cured up the sore entirely and only left the scar." For sale by all dealers. Price 5<>c pe' box. Foster-.Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?DOAN'S?and take no other. $10 TO TEXAS. ONE-WAY COLONIST RATES DECEMBER 13 AND 27. VIA COTTON BELT ROUTE. On December 13th and 27th i904, the Cotton Belt Route will nell one way Colonist tickets from Memphis to points in Texas at rate of $10, ticket good ;u ohair cars any coaches. The territory to wntcti uko. rates apply includes Texnrkana. Greenville, Paris, Bonham Sherman, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Witchita Falls, Amarilla, Ty'er, ('ors'cina, Waco, Marshall. Palestine, Longview, HiUsbom. Brown wood, San Angelo, Austin, San Antonio, Copus l hrisI ti, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont and intermediate points. Wr'te for maps, deseriptivliterature and any further information concerning rates. L. P. SMITH, T. P. A. Cotton Belt Route, Atlanta, Ga. Do The BEST THINfi See TURNER & MAYFIELD For Furniture, Stoves, Clocks, Trunks, Pictures, Rugs and everything that pertains to the furnishing of your house. We can save you money. CASH OR INSTALLMENT 36 pound Feather Bed for $10.00. Pillows, 6 pounds to pair, $1.50. 10 pounds to pair $2.50 Next door to C. E. Lipscomb, Wholesale Grocery, GIVE US A CALL. While I Am Waiting for my stock to arrive Send Me Your Furniture to repair, your Mattress to do over and your Carpets to clean and renew. My Work is First Class as my past record of fifteen years in Union in this line of business stands for itselt. Fred C. Milling, Next door to T. A. Murrab. J. A. BROWN, DI2ALI3R IN REAL ESTATE, STOCKS AND BONDS. HOUSE RENTING AND COLLECT INCI A SPECIALTY. Office on Bachelor Street. ?0 ly. Fhla alynatare la on arery box of the gamiloi Laxative Brotuo-Quinine Table* jb? Mo?d/ tbatjpmn f FREE RAILROAD t, ! . ? TO? Spartanburg and Ratiro TO ANY PERSON buying the amount of %2M and over at our AUCTION SALE of Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Clocks and Silverware being conducted M opposite Hotel Argyle be- m tween now and December 25th. ; J. B. Bennett I Co. Prop. | David Rauh, Auctioneer* W/i> vr v. IIQTC I IUYC1 our place of business H tCT stand formerly occupied by The Union Grocery Co, Our line of JFUR N ITURE is" complete, our pricee ex- : ceedingly low, end our terxee to suit purchaser. *9 Don't Make a Mistake *? and buy before looking over our stock. We solicit your patronage and to please you * is our aim. 1 Herring Furniture Look \t riy Price? Consider the Qualities. I make special efforts to procure the beat of everything for my trade, in DRY GOODS, NOTION?, SHOES, CLOTHING,, HATS, CAPS, ETC. So you will save money and secure better goods by a visit to my store. Call early find let U9 show you through the various lines. Prices and Qualities ars ** my heel salesmen. Mv . ^ only Arguments are Qualities above prices bslow. Yours for Better Yalues, GEO. W. GOING. BIG VALUES ., _? --IN SHOES AT - Ji The Cash Bargain Stare Infant Soft Sole Shoes from ?6e to 60c the pair. Ask for the Gold Standard, sizes from 6 tt . 9, made of Chrome Tanned Goat Skin, and each outer sole . inner sole and counter in one solid piece of sole leather, price 50c the pair. This is the best child's shoe that has ever t>ee? ; sold in Union for that money. vL? Hrs. D. N. Wilburn 1 '"J _ J. M. Wallace. H. L. Fallara* I I WALLACE & FELLERS, ,4 ' V DENTISTS.4*- J I Crown and Bridge work a Specialty. | I Temporary office Peoples Bank 41-tf I 1 Final Discharge. \ | Notice is hereby given that BUtoe R, I VI Aycock, Guardian of the Estate of I Elizabeth Holcomb, now Banders, bee 1 . & applied to Jason M. Greer, Judge of Probate, in and for the Connty of Union, \ for a tinal discharge as such Gnardian. It Is Ordered, Th.it the 26th d .y of / I December, A. D., 11)04, i>e fixed for hear' I V } ingof 1'eiitioii, and a final settlement of / / / said Estate. W A Jason M. Qriir, i m\ Probsts J odge, J 1 Union County. 8. O. ' | Published ia Tin Umoa Timm*, Ho ember 26lb, 1U04. 0-4L House and Lot for Hale. I offer my dwelling hoase and let on South Street lor sale. Terms sf sale, one third cash, balance on Ona t and two years time, with the privilege of paying all oash. 0- M??. Ooat N. Moun,