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AT SANTINE'S I WITH CUPID By MIRIAM MORRIS C nfrli. 1904. Wr A. S. Rkkukoa Bardey almost chuckled aloud as he recalled his mother's words: "No good wOl come of jour starting in the business as a common employee. Your ?a tbar should take you in as a member f the firm.'* That was what she had said when, fraah from the trip abroad, which had fallowed his last year at college. Tom Hartley had started in his father's publishing house as a clerk In the stock room. Mr. Hardey bad two objects in lew in making Tom start at the bottom of the ladder. He wanted him to know the business, and he wanted him to know the people with whom he was to work for the first few years and ever whom he would be placed in the 1 years to come. As for Tom.himself, 1 bo didn't give a rap wticrc be started. While he didn't inherit all of his father's sociological theories, 1m did take a mighty pride In the business his fa __ ther had built up, and be meant to do bta part in keeping the family name to the fore In the business world. But he had also a keen sense of humor, and that was why he chuckled when he pictured the dismay of bis mother on learning that he had been requested to act on the committee selected to buy :? wedding present for the bookkeeper. One of the stenographers had asked Tom to act on the committee. She was ( watching him now In some anxiety. I Certainly. I'll be very glad "To "help buy a present for the.chap, TVbo Ise Is on ttyi owmbiitfee?" j ! "jfxiat Mtas Pemberton. Having a ' Kfimber wonld only make it more con-.. fWlng." I "It certainly would. And where will , I find Miss Pemberton?" "In the circulation department. I f thought every one knew Miss Pcmber- | ton. She's such a perfect lady. If you . don't mind going to the circulation : room, I will Introduce you." She was carrying a little box filled " with bills and coins, the result of the ' collection, and Tom followed her to ' the other side of the building. "Miss Pemberton, this is Mr. Har- j dey, and he's been kind enough to say ho will help you buy the present." A slender figure clad in gray turned ^ from the desk, and u pair of gray eyes . exactly the shade of the dress were 4 raised to meet his. Tom murmured something about the kindness being ! on the other side. He had been picturing a struggle over the present. * "This perfect lady," he imagined, 1 would select something in plush albaato rritf* decorations t>r ft silver piece with impossible colored ' glass lining. Now be was wondering ' whether in all the shops they could ' find anything which was delicate enough to please her taste. While this ' was galloping through his mind n well modulated voice remarked: "Your father has suggested that we take an hour or two off in (lie morning ' before the shops are crowded. If convenient, I'll meet you at McGrath & Murray's at 0 o'clock tomorrow." "I'm sure that's the very best arrangement." He would have said the same had she suggested their making a trip to Alaska to buy orchids. She returned to her work, and lie sauntered back to bis own department, wishing that she would be clever | enough to wear gray furs with that gray dress. He felt oddly pleased the next morning 011 entering the jewelry tore to find himself following in the wake of a flutterlnc crav fox boa. They looked at silverware, hollow and flat. They gravely discussed the virtues of candelabra nnd pudding dishes. Then she turned to bjm suddenly. "I suppose we are expected to buy something in silver, but I really think the bride and groom deserve better treatment." Her eyes were twinkling, "I have known so tuauy people to get wedding gifts of silver that cost more than the rugs on their tloors. They would really very much rather have had rugs." "All right," said Tom promptly, "we will get rugs." "No, no," said the girl, laughing. "I was not speaking literally, hut the girt he is to ninrry seems sensible, nnd she says they are going to have a liviug room instead of a parlor. I think she means to make the home comfortable tlrst and fancy afterward. Let's get them something perfectly restful for that living room." "Just the thing," assented Tom. "Where shall we go?" "To Santine's. They have such real things, and 1 think his little bride would simply hate imitations." Tom wanted to shake hands with himself. It was Just what a girl with gray eyes snd a gray frock should say. To Santine's they went They wandered from the Turkish room, with its heavy hangings, Its queer, foreign smells and its dim lights, to the Japanese room, with its gay colors. Its lacquers and Jfs Rort, luRtrous silks. ^ and wound up In the room where the mission furniture was on exhibition. They sat down in a quiet corner to dlacuss the matter. Tom leaned back luxuriously in n great armchair, and Miss Femberton sat severely upright in a short, stubby rocker. "I don't think we could improve on one of those low couches finished with nail beads," she said. Tom glanced toward it approvingly. "Then we will have a little rocker with low arms so that she can sew in it if she likes. It will all be In green and brown," she explained. "It is such a mistake to think that men always want their rooms In red. I hetlsve that men ilka rastfnl rooms J too. It's very tfl^si^^KjRch red here and there to fl^HKLyrarmth a man llkeo without dj^HjkrjP room Blaring like a theater HHHRki. All men don't hare bad taste^^*^ "Thank you," said Tom, nflL^u^ I twinkling. "I'm still more hon<Sq^bg|| finding myself on the comnilttee^^Hfl you." She flushed and changed the topic hastily. "I think we should get ono of those low tables to match. She could keep her sewing things or magazine on the top shelf and his smoking outfit down below." "Shall we get hlni one of those complete smoking sets in bronze to go with it?" "No," said the girl promptly, "we won't have money enough, and I think the average man hates those sets. Ho likes to pick up things for himself, odd pieces that will hold -real cigars. Tobacco sets are only good for show." "She hnth wisdom beyond her years." he murmured. She rose hastily and signaled to the clerk. In a few minutes the three pieces were skillfully arranged in a green hung corner. Miss Pombcrton Bteppcd back and studied the effect. "A couple of simply framed pictures above the couch, a soft toue<i pillow or two on it, one in her chair, and It will do very well." , "With the smoking outfit on the lower shelf. Don't forget that. And , a bit of sewing on the top. I'm quite sure she will embroider." "No," said the girl as If talking to herself. "She wlii make lovely little things out of lace and bits of silkthings that he will like to see her wear, bccanso she will have time to make herself pretty for him." A sudden silence fell between them. The clerk moved to a discreet distance. "And you'd have a lamp," said Tom softly, "not turned too high, and he'd smoke and rest." The girl nodded her head. "And she might rend aloud to tilm sometimes." . , "Oh, I'm quite sure she would, because they would like the same books." Then suddenly she flushed and turned iway. "It must be very late. We have spent such a lot of time"? "But think what lovely things we bave." All that afternoon between Tom Hartley's eyes and the accounts of the stock room moved a slender figure In i gray, and that'night he said to his father, "Who is Miss Pemberton?" "She is one of those unfortunate girlS brought up by a widowed mother in comparative luxury and then thrust ' jut into the world to oarn her way without any special training. She came Jere with the Idea of writing, but round the market crowded nnd wisely itudied stenography before she wasted icr money hunting for a position she could never get I consider her one of ny 'finds.'" * *- r* II m :Pz i- -. .7?rat oTtc rear latfr flier TTrrrt rotreth sr to buy furniture for nnotker living room. Mr. Hardey bad insisted on furnishing the home, and Mrs. Hardey had been reveling in the purchasing of linens, cut glass and silver, but upon one thing Tom had insisted. "We're going to have a living room," he had said, "and that we will furnish ourselves." She wore a gray dress for this second expedition, at Tom's request. They went back to Santine's and found the same clerk. They bought the same sort of couch, the same little rocker and the same little table, though Mrs. Hardey would have protested that it was all very much out of date. Then when the clerk had taken the order and left them alone Tom turned to her with a satisfled light in his eyes. "I'll put that old meerschaum of mine on the lower shelf, and you will have the magazine up above." The eyes that looked Into his shone like stars. "And I'll read aloud to you because we like the same books." "And you will make the little silk and lace thlng-em-bubs that I shull lll'A A ono irwane " IV ?vV? / V/U TT tUl The Li? of (he Hair. Habits of a Riven animal can l>c traced in the variations of the hair currents, which bear very distinct relations to its habits of life. The sloth, for example, which, as Sydney Smith remarked, spends its life, like a young curate distantly related to a bishop, in n state of suspense, has a uniform downward tendency of hair slope. Then the complicated movements of ruminants have resulted In a more complex series of meeting and opposing currents of hair. * 'i In man himself the general practice of combing and tying up the hair has left its undoubted traces. It Is not without interest to learn that out of a hundred persons thirteen part their hair on the right side, nine in the middle and seventy-eight on the left. As a consequence the infant, guiltless of partings, nevertheless shows indications of these three fashions in corresponding proportions. Thnuxht Negroes Immortal. The simple minded natives of Hispnnlola imugincd that the negroes, who were imported in droves na slaves from western Africa by the companions or immediate followers of Columbus, wero immortal. The black man was as novelty to these West Indian islanders, < and their belief arose from the fact that the negroes were never seen to I snffer from any natural Infirmity, snob I an nffected the white man and tliggfl Islanders themselves. The American climate agreed with them better than their own unhealthy Oalnea^uaArffnin their remarkable vigor^AuBflMpor-', dinary longevity tin- t naturally roncInMM^^^^HHPe to* mortal. For a w or. heard of none criminals at the ' cntioners, and so they^JHfWl Ugi* the only way to pnt an ne^Bfe life was to hang htm. *"*&> ( ( *" \ ? V\ | Wood's Seeds, J [crimson Glover fallowing' 4< April or May in time to pliv.it corn * tl or other crops the name season. h< Crimson Clover prevents \vTutcr D leaching of the soil, is c<jUal iii/eri. $! tilizing value to p. good application ol of stable manure and wiiHvojliUrfully increase the jieid andoual- in itv of corn o? other crops which H] follow it. It also makes splendid t* winter and spring grazing, fine gi early green feed, or a good hay (|| crop. Even if the crop ia cut oil', yi the action of the roots and stubble improve the land to a marked degree. ' 11 Writ* for price ait.I special cIn u calar telling absut seeding ttc. T.W.Wood & Sons, Ssidtsan, ? RICHMOND, - vnt:*:".. o Wood's Descriptive FnlJ C?!r k about Aug ist 1st. tellar ? . t. tnd Vegruib'p < log. Mulic.t f" oo:ir-.J H ' * ; I In every town 0 L and village. [ ? may be had, | n Ef ?ca I i Npf Axle Iv rGreas?|? FosterJBulldlng, C. ~w o J. C LOUGH WALLACE. c ATORNEY AT LAW.. J t- t Hoom 12 UU aUiil H Piuii.r |j " II S. MEANS BEATT, ? ATTORNEY AT-LAW. [ No. 3, Law Range. i up-to-date family Grocery at 'my Store. Tobaccos and Cigars a specially. Bring your laundry to mo. J. T. SEXTON, Main Street. Union, S. C. CONTRACTORS' *? 9 a ' ami nrnf>i mm -^auiLutno ^ ?.d_will supplies. s??r *vm *? mm* <*** nwiii. V* ! GMI1RD IRON I0KSI SUPPLY? mmmmmmm. m II Mn, ????? H II? III M II " WV rtrY*i Wocdjs Ss-de. VIRGINIA GRAY Winter Oafe Sow Early for Oast Resells. Our Trado Mart I': and if. the best and cleanest quality that it is possible to procure. Hairy, or Winter Vetch, >\ t Sown with Winter Oats, maktrf tho largest possible yield of tie g Jj ?-' *:?. tls for fail ^P^PBwiny. I' is the most vaJaa Mo and helpful puhlicatiofi.of A the Kind ipsued in Amenta. || Mailed free on request. I t,w.wfloo&m OST* Early ftlaer* #j Tfw? * <*m It *i AN ORDINANCE ?or the Protection of Union Fire DepartnMgM^ Sec. 1. That if ith a fireman in the discharge of a it yt or loiter about the house used by te department, or meddle wit h the reels, < mh or apparatus of the Union Flr? j eparUneutHUUd person shall h? fined < j or be imprisoned ten days fot each ; ffenoe. 1 Sec. 2. That should any person knowigly Rive or cause to be given any false I arm of fi<e by means of the fire alai m i deplume or otherwise, he shall be fined ] s or be imprisoned ten days for each J < [fence: Provided, that alarm for the < urpose of testing the fire alarm, tele-1 ' hone or the apparatus of the company j iay b- given by tlie chief or any one 1 nder his direction. Sec 3. That am horicy is herebv given ' le mayor to offer a reward of $100, or ( as, for the apprehension and conviction f Hiiy person or persons who shall , nowingly Ri /e or cause to be Riven any ( ilse alarm of fire by means of the fire la-ro t-lephone or otherwise 1 Se-*. 4 That if any person interfere ( tilb the fire alaim telephone, or injure oy of the poles, wires, boxes, or other pparatus connected with said telephone, mill nerson shall be fined $5 or be imrisoneoTen-rfwya^for each offence. Sec. 5. Thai in the" event of go alarm f fire the apparatus of the fire departlent shall have the right of way upon lie streets, lanes, alleys, squares and ail road crossings in going to any fire, or eing upon sqch streets, lanes, alleys, [juares, or failroad crossiugs, any person bstructiug or neglectiug to make wn\ nr any of such apparatus shall be fined >5 or be imprisoned ten days for each ffence. Stc 0. That itsball not be lawful for ,ny person whomsoever to ride or drm tfniiiolo I hrniiflth t Ko at root O lunuo ? I i vriuvic v?iu okivtw. iniiro, hirys or equates in which the Ore departoent is assembled for the purpose of exInguishing a (ire, and should any person ttempt to ride or drive as aforesaid, h?ball be deemed guilty under this ordiance and shall be fined $ > or be imrisoiied ten days for each offence. Sec. 7 That it shall not be lawful for ?y peisons to congregate in the streets, squares next to the fire, Werfere with the fire depart ny person violating this ordi11 be fined $o. or be imprisoned or each offence. That the chief, assistant chief nd foreman and assistant foreman ot his company be, and they are hereb) nvested with all powers of a polioe fiicer of the town, in so far as to uiak> i rests in the tovn for the violatiou o ny of the provisions of this chapter. 9. ThHt during the coutiuuance of an) lie the chief or assistant chief or am uember of the fire department, or the mtyor, shull have power to call out am nd all persons to assist in extinguishing he same, or in pulling down oi blowing m,apy building,-or in removing am luuding, or removing any goons or tuflitqre from any building on fire or ii. langer to some place of safety, or to a*ist in making arrests. Any person ailing to obey any order given for am ifrn.be purposes aforesaid shall, upoi ionviction before the mayor be fined $\ ?r be imprisoned ten days, provided, tha 10 building shall be pulled down nor n iny way destroyed without the advic* <>] he mayor, or any or all officers of th? Kv as may be present. bat in case of a fire it shah of the mayor to attend ano ol the police department bja removal or ex|M>suie ol Wall detail a suffi lent nuniMCjg^HtiZKUS not members of the fie BWyttnebt, who shall constitute at Pmiry polioe force, whose duty n thaII be. under the direction of th. nayor, to guatd al) exposed pi open y ?id ho detain all susp ci?>us and dis.nlerly persons, and to do whatever may lx* lawfully done to protect the rights ot Lite citizens and preserve the public peace duiiug the continuance of such tire. In case the mayor is not piestnl. the duties above set. out shall devolve u|hm the chief of police. Sec. 10. Any person, or persons, riding 011 hose wagon without consent ot any officer of the tire company, or catcbiner the hose wagon going or coming from a fire, or au alarm of fire, shall be lined $5 or be imprisoned ten days for each offense. Done and ratified in council chamber this 7th day of November, 1901. 11. L. McNally, Mayor. W. D, Ahtiiuu, Clerk and Treas. . I 50-3t SOUTHERN RAILWAY, THE SOUTH S GREATEST SYSTEM. UNEXCELLED DINING CAH&YSTEM. THROUGH PULLMAN SUEPING CAHS ON ALL T {ROUGH TRAINS CONVtNIENT SCHEDULES ON 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 Division Pass#nfmM0^ Charleston, S. C. I. M. Wallace. M. L. Fellers. WALLACE & FELLEKS, Tempossry ol&ve^pt^le^&C^1 I Ml v j <* < ?;W Tf* 'mi . f M ?? ' i...:; - frilMifr f'i" ' VERY itOTftG. This Hardly Expresses What Union People Think of It. J**"* An itchiness of the kkin 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 lo Mill Street, nays: "I hail a very bad sore on my left leg, which bothered me for the pa^t ten or twelve years. I consulted iiffcrent physicians about it, and they Bach gave me some salve for it, but it would not heal np.- It itched all the Lime.and was very annoying and 1 have scratched it until it would bleed, und then it would discharge a yellowish matter for days and weeks at a time sod be very sore. I learned of Doan's Ointment and procured a box At the Holmes Pharmacy. I found it to be a tnost valuable salve. It has cared un the sore entirely an.l only left the scar." For sale by all dealers. Price 6<>c per box. Foster-Mil burn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?DOANT'S?and take no other. jnrto texas. ONE-WAY COLONIST RATES DECEMBER 13 AND 27. VIA COTTON BELT ROUTE. Ou December 13th and 27th i904, the Cotton Belt Route will ^ell one way Colonist tickets from Memphis to point? in Texas at rate of $10. t.ickpte good in chair cars any coaches. The territory to which these rates apply includes Texarkana, Green ville, Paris, Hon ham, Sherman, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Witchita Falls, Amarilla, Ty'er, ('orsicina, Waco, Marshall, Palestine, Longview, Hillsboro, Brown wood, San Angelo, Austin, San Antonio, Copua t hristi, Houston, Galveston, Beaumont and intermediate points. Write for maps, descriptive literature and any further information concerning rates. I?. P. SMITH, T. Pi aJ Cotton Belt Route, Atlanta, Ga. Do The BEST THING See TURNER & MAYFIELD For Furniture, Stoves, Clocks, Trunks, Pictures, Rugs and everyI 4 2 M /V 4-leo4- m /v 2 M ? biiui? umi |7crutins> 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 4 Am WAiJing for my stock to arrive J Send Me Your Furniture to repair, your Mattress to do over and your Carpets to cleati 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. Murrah. J. A. BROWN, v ^ DEALER IN rbfcl estate, stocks and ^ bonds. house renting and collecting a specialty. Office on Bachelor Street. nu the unexpired term. All application* most be filed with the undersigned on or before the 11th insc. T. K. Foam, (Ml 9km. 9b (ferttlr FREE RAILROAD FAi\t -TO? Spartanburg andfietir* TO ANY PERSON buying the amovat ef $M and over at our AUCTION SALE of * Watches, Diamonds, ft Jewelry, Clocks and 611* verware being coidicttd opposite Hotel Argyle ho* tween now qnd December 25th. - ; J. B. Bennett A Ce. Prep. David Rauh, Asetieassr. We Have Moved our plaee of business to tW J. stand formerly oeemied hp j The Union Grocery Co. Ost line of FUR N ITURE is" complete, our prices exceedingly low, and our terms to suit purchaser. Don't Make a Mistaka and buy before looking erst our stock. We solicit year patronage and te please yes * is our aim. Herring Furniture Cc. Look \t flv Prices * Consider the QualltlM. I make special efforts to procure the beat of everything for my trade, in DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, SHOES, CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, ETC. 80 you will save money n nd secure better geods ,bv k. > .a visit to my store. Call "early and let us show you through the various lines. Prices and Qualities are my best salesmen. My only arguments are Qualities above prices below. Yours for Better Value*, GEO. W. GOING. BIO VALUES IN SHOES f ; f AT The Cash Bargain Stora [nfant Soft Sole Shoes from 26c to 60c the pair. Ask for the Gold Standard, sizes from 6 to 9, made of Chrome Tanned Goat Skin, and each outer sole inner sole and counter is oae solid piece of sole leather, price * 60c the. pair. . heel' - child's shoe that haa ever beta sold in Union for that money. n rs. D. N. Wilburn NOTICE! To the Taxpayers of Union County. I will be at tht following placet for the purpose of taking tax returns of personal property as designated below: West Springs, Jan. 9th, 1906, at Betsill's Store. Gibbs, Jan. 10th, 1906, at Linder's old store. Cross Keys, Jan. 11th, 1906. Medulla, Jan. 12th, i90?. Goshen Hill and Black Bock, Jan. 13lh, 1905. Santuc, Jan. 14th, 1906*?-;: ~ Lock hart, Jan. 16th, 1906. Adamaburg, Jan. 17th, 1906. Kelton, Jan. I8thv1906. , Jonesville, Jan. 19th, 1906.' * Union, Jan. 20, 21, 23, 1906. Carlisle. Jan. 24th, 1906. Monarch, Jan. 26th,'1006. Kuflalo, Jan. 2?th, 1005. Union, in office from Jan. 27th, to Feb. 20th. On that day th? time expiree for taking returns. All who fail to rn^ke their returns in said time, will he charged 60 per rent. penalty. 62-0t Jon* O. Fiii, Auditor.