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j ASHES i ( By Crittenden Marriott ) f Crrpurtohl, IMS, />(/ /*. C. Eeutmrnt ) Como to m<\ I must see you. KATIO. The won Is on the telegraph blank dancc.l before Frank Ilowanl's eyes, keeping tune to the joyftil throbbing of bis heartstrings. "Come to ine," be echoed gleefully. "Thnt means yes. of course. Talk about luck! I.et's see! It's R o'clock now; If I eau catch the 0 o'clock train I ought to got there by tomorrow noon." 'Yes, sah, Miss Mason's In. sah. Walk right In, sah." The ol<l colored innu drew aside the thick portieres thnt hung In the doorway and admitted Frank to the parlor. The voices of lH?th had been low ami (lie man's footsteps made no sound on tlio soft carpet as lie advanced into the room? ndvaneed so silently that a girl, standing by the mautel, with her face rioting on her outfluug arm, did not hear his approach. Frank halted and gazed at her with devouring eyes. There she stood, she whom he had come a thousand miles to see. She hail sent for him and he had come. Henceforth she was his forever. Suddenly a mutiled sob reached his ear. "Oh. Frank," came a murmur. "I've lost you; lost you!" Half smiling, half grieving, the mar. started forward. "Oh, no, Kate," he exclaimed, "l'ou haven't lost me?nor shall you." With a startled cry the girl swung round. Then she threw up her hand, fending him off. "Mr. Howard!" she exclaimed. "Oh! <>k! Oh! I?I beg your pardon. You?you startled me. When?when did you arrive?" "This minute. Old Tom let me In. I?I couldn't help hearing what you said. Oh. Kate"? "You didn't. I didn't say anything. You heard nothing. Oh. If you are a gentleman you will forget everything you heard. Oh, I can't stand it! I can't stand it." Willi a sudden turn she tried to rush from the room. But Frank intercepted her. "Kate, Kate!" he cried. "I'll forget it If you want me to, though it was the sweetest thing I ever heard. But"? i runt'. t ease; inn win urivr me mad!" "Why so, Kate, darling? Don't you euro ft?r me nt all? I hoped when you te!egraph?d me"? "I telegraphed you! I didn't! I didn't! What do you mean?" "You didn't telegraph me! Then who did?" Instantly It Hashed on Frank that his letter nnist^aflCj li!/\iV.'.T taken advantage of it to moek him. "It was a eruel trick," he continued bitterly; "a cruel trick." "Trick!" echoed the girl, her eyes half blinded with scalding tears, which she tried desperately to crush back. "It was no trick. Kate telegraphed you, of course. Who else?" "Kate? What Kate?" "What Kate! My cousin, Kate Ilrock, of course." "Kate Brock! What in Cod's name had she to do answering my letter to you ?" "To me?" The girl faltered, and her cheek changed suddenly from red to white. "To me?" she whispered again. "To me? Oh!" With a gesture of despair she buried her face in her hands. With a single step, Frank was by her side and bad grasped her roughly in ills arms. "Yes," lie cried. "Yes, to you. To you, wliotu I have loved ever since the llrst minute I saw you. To you, who have been my star of hope for more than a year. To you, ?>f whom I have thought, for whom 1 have toiled, for whom I have? Oh, how could there be any mistake about it? 1 wrote to you and to you only. I"? "Your letter was addressed to Kate ltrcck," sobbed the girl. "It couldn't have been," insisted the man, pressing the yielding form closer and closer. "1 remembered the similarity of the names even when I was writing and took particular pains to make sure I addressed it to you?to you to you. Hut it doesn't matter now-nothing mutters now. .My darling. I have surprised your secret. Forgive me for It. though (?od knows how happy It makes me. Hut I give you mine in exchange. I love you 1 I love you!" Hut the girl pushed him back, freeing herself suddenly. "It is too late." she said hollowly? "too late. Your letter came to Kate, ami she accepted you. She loves you, Frank, almost as much as 1 do. I think, and she has accepted you. You must go through Willi it now. You will pretend you will marry her?" "Marry her! I will not! I'll do nothing so foolish. It was a mistake. I'll not ruin all our lives by pretending." "Hut you must"? "There is no need," interrupted a voice. And Kate Hrerk, white to the lips, but with a spot of bright color blazing on her cheeks, stepped Into tlio parlor. "I owe you both an apology," she continued as the two faced her. it wnsni my rinilt at first, but nftorward. Your letter was addressed correctly, Mr. Howard, addressed to Kate Mason, hut It was delivered to mo by mistake with some other mall and was opened by mo without noticing- You Ix'gnn 'Dear Kate,' and I had read it nearly through before I realized that something was wrong and looked at tin? envelope. Then I saw whnt had hnppened. My first Impulse was to go straight to Kate. My second was to take advantage of your proposal to help me In a plan of my own. I?I vf-t ... i quarreled?with a frleinl of mine?the other day und wanted to revenge myself. I?I- oh, It's hard to tell you tills, hut it Is my only excuse! 1 thought that if I could ninke him think I was engaged to some one I would Ik* eveu jvlth him, So 1 telegraphed to j'ou, Mr. Howard, and I hinted to him that?oh, you understand, don't you? You will forgive tue. won't you, Mr. Howard, and you. Kate?" The other girl had listened wrtli wide pet eyes, staring Into the other's fnce as if they would read her very soul. "Are you sure," site asked, "quite sure that?that the letter was really addressed to tue?" Kate Hrook laughed lightly. "Why of course." she answered, "of course it was addressed to you. You will forgive me. won't you?" she ended pleadingly. "Why?certainly," murmured Frank awkwardly, while Kate went straight to llie other and took her In her arms "Dour Kato." she iniirtnuml. Miss Brock freed herself gently, but decidedly. "Tliciv, there," slic exclaimed hurriedly. "I must go. I'll pr?*t your lot tor for you, Kato. I've?' I've burned your envelope, I fear, but I have the letter safe, and I'll get It for you at once." As the last words tumbled front her lips the trtrl hurried from the parlor, ami. aided by the banisters, made her way to her room. Onoe there, she sank into a ehair and pressed her hand to her heart. Then, mastering her emotion With an effort, she drew a letter from her breast, hurriedly slipped the Inelosttre from it and threw the empty envelope Into the open tiro that bh)zcd in the grate. "(Joodby, dear love." she murmured sofliy. "pood by, pood by." The tire caught the edge of the envelope and flamed tip and for a moment the address stood out. It read quite plainly. "Miss Kate Breck, First street. Lexington. Ivy." Then the whole, crumbled away to ashes. Mlml Yotir Kye. "Most persons," says an oculist, "regard tlie eye as something rather apart from the rest of their anatomy and not in much relation to It. They hardly realize that the condition of sight affects their general health and are surprised to be told that when glasses are needed the wearing of them may add to their avoirdupois, make them sleep better or improve uk-ii 1I|>|K'IUIK, nun la uur, us iiujr oculist or physician knows. An overworked eye nerve is as much of an agitator in the human system us any of the other nerves tinder abnormal pressure. Brain workers In particular should keep their eyes In the best possible condition and render them every possible aid. "One valuable help is sufficient rest. And right here it should be said tliut to rtop mlMj tbo stimulating conversation keeps up the strain on the optic nerve. Strong sighted persons, too, nhuse their eyes needlessly. No matter how well one can see. lie should never work In a cross light. The light should always be from behind if possible or from the left side alone. A green shade helps materially in persistent, close work, and cold water syringed over the closed lids Is a useful tonic."?New York Times. St. Patrick'* Pararntory. According to the mediaeval legend, there was an entrance to purgatory on the island of Lough l>erg, 611 the const of Ireland. It was simply tho mouth of a common cave or cavern, but St. Patrick is said to have built a monastery over it and to have secured the opening Willi an immense grated Iron door. The place became widely known as "St. Patrick's purgatory," and It was generally hollered that any one who had the courage to exploro the pit would be excused the trial of passing through the real purgatory after death. The fame of tho place was largely ?luo to a poem written In 1153 by Henry of Saltery which pretended to relate the experience of Sir Oyayue Miles, who had embraced the opportunity of expiating his crimes in Its darksome depths. In the year 11SM1 a monk from Holland visited the celebrated shrine nnd afterward declared that what was claimed for it was a "travesty on religion" and that the so called "purgatory" "differed in no respect from dozens of other known caverns." This news was conveyed to the pope, who ordered the monastery destroyed nnd i the cavern closed tip. Tills order was carried out to the letter on St. Patrick's day, 14U7. lie Wnntcil n ttebnte. Squire Ihiykorn was a close fisted old gentleman who seldom wasted any money in traveling about the country for the purpose of enjoying himself, but he had heard a great deal concernJug the beauties of a trip down the St. Lawrence river, and, having made a number of lucky trades one summer, he determined to make the journey If it did not cost too much. With this end In view he went to a ticket office nnd Innnlwwl ?" *-? ?? ? ....v. Mjuiivw ?n IU IUO price of a round trip, going by boat nnd returning l?y rail. The agent told him. "Shall I bco the Thousand Islands?" "Yes,'sir." "Well, I'll take It," said the squire. lie bought hln ticket nnd went nway. About two weeks Inter he put In nn appearance at the ticket oftlce again. "Didn't you tell me," he naked, "that if 1 made that trip down the St. Lawrence river I'd nee the Thousand Inlands?" "Certainly," answered the ticket agent. "Well, I hadn't anything else to do, | nnd I put In my time counting 'em. All I saw was a little over 300. I want | two thirds of my money bark." * 1 ? ??? ? T 7 T' Humor and Philosophy 11 By DUNCAN H. SMITH J i > .. , . 0 THE FLEETING MOMENT. _ t 'TIs gone, 'tis gone forever. The moment thnt Is past. Lost In that whirling eddy, Eternity, the vast. 1 Bat why should we regret it Or sadly of it speak? ! There'll l?e another coming ! And several more next week. And. pray, who would delay It Or bid the moment stay? We might as well be cheerful And speed It on Its way. Of course the gent Is priceless. But, pray, what would you do If it should take a notion 1 To loaf an hour or two? 1 We see the moment going And say: "Alas, that one! We never shall behold It l Again. Its race Is run." 1 But If It stayed nn hour Instead of sixty winks 'Twould be too long till breakfast 1 Ami ulso between drinks. i Then do not get excited, AlthoiiRh the moments fly, For If you waste a couple I Another one Is nigh. 1 And really It Is silly To take the thing to heart. For they're so much like brothers 1 You can't tell them apart. I ( What Would You Call It ? I "Here is a man who went three 1 months without food." ' "Three mouths without food!" 1 "Yes, he only had hotel fare in all that time." Making It Easy. /anOTHER \ TTf I ".Teaks' large family of daughters are all married." "Yes. He made it a point to huve gout during the courting period." Why 1 The fountains of the mighty deep Are breaking up. they say. Hut why should we In sorrow weep Or let our hair turn gray? T^.^^&uWfri?l}lrdCCk' We'll race away, and nock and neck We'll split the atmosphere. ! Awful Risk. "He seems to bear a charmed life." "What's the answer?" "He called his wife down in company and I noticed he was still alive the next day." Thorough Soak. He soaked his watch and overcoat To buy him board and bread. And, having nothing elso to pawn, He went and soaked his head. Recipe For Humorist. "lie is the funniest man I ever met." "What he says or the way lie says it?" "Neither. The way he has his hulr cut." PERT PARAGRAPHS. The amateur photographer is no respecter of persons. I.a ugh and the world luugh3 with you, except that half of it that has dyspepsiu. People who think there are no classes in this country should rend the circulars of a correspondence school. There are classes there in every blume thing you can think of. Somebody will come along and break the world of the habit of eating pie by Inventing one that is healthy. Sometimes it is the fellow who gets married who is really disappointed in love. A man is as young as he feels and u woman is us young us she says she Is. When a thirsty man can afford nothing but a plain drunk the Judge generally furnishes the trimmings. I y o u'kO* A man may bo the master of bin house, but, as a usual tiling, he'd rather not have his wife's attention called to the matter. To lieur congressmen talk before election you would think they were going to have nothing but fried octopus for breakfast as soon aa they got to Washington. Circumstances must be feuilfline, because uian Is the creature of circumstances. - A STRANGE INSECT. rhe Awcto Is Half Plant and la Fonnil In Kew Zealand. The aweto, as the Maoris, or natives ?f New Zealand, call It, or Ilipinlls vlescons, as naturalists term it, is found n New Zealand and is n vegetable caerplllar of from three to four Inches In engtb, and so far science hue not been ible to say whether It is a vegetable or in insect. It is always found at the 'oot of large myrtle trees that hnvejeautiful red tlowers on their stems ind a bcautiful creeping clematis as white as the snow. The Maoris call li'.s tree by the name of rata. The iweto buries itself among the roots of he rata a few inches below the ground ind there lives until it is full grown, when It undergoes a most wonderful 'linage. The spore of a vegetable fuujcus, termed by nnturnllsts Sophoeria obertsil, fastens itself to the neck of he caterpillar just betwoen the head ind the first ring and then grows upward to the height of from six to eight inches/* Many people assert that there is never more than one stem, but such is not the eus^, for some have been found with two stems, although very rarely. The stem shoots up out of the ground above where the caterpillar is living nbout two or three Inches. Below the earth il .grows into the nweto until it tills up every possible space within the outer skin without changing the form of the Insect in the slightest way whatsoever, hut simply substituting a vegetable matter for animal matter. As soon as this takes place both the plant ami caterpillar become dry and hard and die, but retain exactly the same form as when alive. The whole has a brown color, and the insect appears a wooden caterpillar with a huge horn standing up from the back of Its neck. How the caterpillar manages to propagate its si>ecies no one can tell. Usually the caterpillar becomes a chrysalis, the chrysalis changes into a moth, the moth lays eggs, and these eggs again become caterpillars, and so on without stopping. Many reasons are given why the plant shoots up from the back of the neck of the nweto. One is that the nweto has a slimy substance oozing out from its nock, which while tliQ.pweto is boring at the foot of the rata tree l'or its only food catches the seeds of.the fungus and holds it fast there till the latter begins to grow. When It lias sucked all the vegetable life out of the aweto it must naturally die, for it finds 110 further nourishment. The aweto is often-found in large numbers. GOOD THINGS TO KNOW. That "it is less pain to learn in youth than to go ignoruut In old ngo." That to make long lived friendships one must i>e slow in making them. That the man t woman who gains a trifle menub is meaner thun the trifle. That it takes two to prolong a family quarrel; one can therefore always terminate it. That if we thought ail we said we'd be wise, but if we said all we thought we'd be foolish. That if she cannot throw brightness over her home, it is best not to yirow a wet blanket over it. That filling a house with bargains keeps a couple from owning the house in which they place them. That proud people very seldom have friends. In prosperity they knew nobody, and in adversity nobody knows tlieui.?Woman's I?lfe. It* Senaon Never End*. "The hardest thing to get in a country hotel," said the traveling man, "is decent fruit. Meat and vegetables are generally pretty good, but at the best hotels in the small towns It is practically imiwsslhle to get good melons, peaches or grapes. "The other morning I was in the leading hotel of a flourishing up state town. The breakfast bill of fare read as usual, 'Fruit in season.' The season of cantaloupes and other good things was at its height, but what do you suppose they had? Prunes! Ob, the perennial prune?always in season, and the crop is never a failure!"?New York Press. The I'oor Moon. Natives in Kulawnyo, South Africa, have a curious belief concerning the moon. They say that lie has two wives, one of whom treats him well and the other badly. During the tlrst nuarter he goes over the hills* to the Zambezi nml lives with his first wife, whom they call Keep the Door Open. She feeds him so .well thai lie gets fat and full and round. Rut on his way baek he stays at the hut of the second wifeShut the Door Tight?who starves and ill treats him, so it is a very thin and woebegone moon that finally returns to start his travels afresh. D*nd Sea Fruit. "Did you have a good time at tho wedding?" "Not very," replied Miss Passay. "I got quite interested In a young man who seemed to have just lovely manners, and really?but, oh, psliaw, what's the use talking about it! After It was all over I learned that he was a detective who had been hired to watch the presents."?Chicago liecordII era hi. n?r. Hyker?I hear you have left the bank In which you were formerly employed. Pyker?Yee; tlirec weeks hko. I'm in business for myself. Ilyker?So? Whnt nre you ?l?>ltiprV Pykor---LookinK for another Job.?Chicago News. Not Day* Knongh. v "Believe me, dearest, 1 love you^toetter every day." V "Oh. Jack, why aren't there mote flaje?"?Life. \ VALUE OF TRIFLES. RnnlU of Incidents In Cnreeri 01 Well Known People. Tkorwnldsen, tlio great Dutch sculp tor, after working for more than fou months uurecognized in ltpme, deter mined in despair to return home am lay down the sculptor'** chisel forever A chance error by a careless clerk li drawing his passport detained hin twenty-four hoUrs. During that inter val of wnitiug Mr. Hope walked iuti the studio, admired his ''Jason" in cla; and aroused the desitondlng Dnne'j hope by ordering n copy in marble. Tliorwaldsen unpacked liis to ?ls am uever afterward in his long caree lacked patronage. Itachel, the great tragedienne, wa when n child a street singer and a such might linve passed into woman hood and old age had not a party o critics dining together chanced 4o hoa her loud, clear voice beneath their win dow. They observed the child's won derful face and eyes and in a kindl, spirit proposed . to her protectors t place her in the conservatory r.a a pr pil. Sir Walte* 'talcigh would probnhl have remained out of favor with tli court had Elizabeth on her walk to tli Tower chanced to take a path les -muddy. Every reader of history know the storv of how the irallant Sir Walte spread his cloak beneath the royal and was rewarded with his sovereign' smile and speedy restoration to fa.vor. Potemkin, the favorite of Catherin II. irud founder of tlie powerful llui shin family whieli bears his name would doubtless have renmined an ol scare soldier had not a trivial ladder ?a chance, in fact?changed his dei tiny. After Catherine had deposed hr weak husband and herself assumed tli scepter she was accustomed to p.u'acl tli" streets Of St, Petersburg at tL head of her troops. One day Potemki notice 1 that her sword bore no kno lie bohlly stepped forward, braving tit knout for his insubordination. aud o fer; d I.is. The czarina accepted it au< struck by the handsome lieutenan asked his name and regiment and if L would not llfce to serve her in the pa ace. 111m I'ny Was Itnhrd. Genius that may grow to grei things must have been born in the o flee hoy of whom the St. Louis Pos Dispatch tells this story: TTie "host was bending over n table lookiug i the directory. The new otflee boy sll (>jd ui> quietly and put u note in h hand. The boss read: "Honored Sir Your pants is ripped." Citation to Kindred and Creditoi . State ?f South Carolina, ) County of Union. i lly Jason M Greer, Esq.. Probate Judj Whereas S. Means Heaty has ma< suit to ine to grant him Letters of A ministration on the Estate of and effec of Isaac Dogan, Deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and a monish all and singular the kindn and creditors of the said Isaac Doga deceased, ?liat they be and appes before me, in the Court of Probate, be held at Union C. H., South Carol in on the 13th day of October, next, aft publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in tl forenoon, to show cause, if any tht have, why the said Administrate should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal tli 27th day of September, Anno Domi: 1905. Jason M. Greer, Probate Judge. Published on the 20th day oj Septet her, 1805, in The UKion Times. 39Notice of Meeting of Stockholders. Notice is hereby given that a meetii of the stockholders of The Peopl Supply Co. will be held at the office i the said company in the town of Unio South Carolina, on the 16th day of O tober, A. D. 1905, at 5 o'clock p. r That the purpose of said stockliolde meeting is to increase the capital sto( of the said The Peoples Supply Cor pany ten thousand dollars so that tl capital stock of said The Peoples Su nlv no?>?t oKa! I 1"? ' rv vv/iu^an; Diian Uf tllirty WlOUHAl dollars. By order of the Board of D rectors. D. Fant Gili.iam, John A. Fant, 38-lt Treas. & Mgr. Free Famous Fruit Farms of Texas. Arkansas, Louisiana, and the grei South-west reached by the Cottc Belt Route. You can purchase vei cheap round trip "Home Seeker" ticl eta at Atlanta, Birmingham, Annistoi Montgomery and certain other poin any first or third Tuesday. Tlcke hear a final return limit of 21 day and allow stop overs any point west < Memphis. Ask for tickets to read t Memphis and The Cotton Belt. Wril L. P. Smith, Trav Pass. Ag Atlanta, Ga. Match-Making in Unioi Not love matchs, not matche to extract fire from, bi; matches nevertheless. For instance, our Dry Good match the season, our Cloth ! ing match the high art tailo made, our Hats match th contour of your face, ou Groceries match your taste We match high quality an low prices, no mismatche hero PAmu I U/n ^^1 -; Iiviv* v>vyin^ * # rye D4JIIU your trade solely on the meri of our goods. ? Yours for safe, satisfactory business, GEO. W. GOING m? ? . . * Union & Glenn Springs f Railroad Co. Time Table Effective Aug. 1, 1005. r - Leave Union 7. a. m. 1.00, 4.00 and 1 $8.10 p.m. Arrive Buffalo 7.15 a. m. 1.15, 4.15 ' and $ 8.25 p. in. Leave Buffalo 8.15 a. in. 1.45, 5.00 and 1 $8.30 p. m. Arrive Union 8.30 a. in. 2.00, 6.15 and 0 $ 8.45 p. m. y Leave Union 9.00 a. m. and 5.25 p. m. s Pass Neal Shoals 9.50 a m. and 0.10 p. m. Arrive Pride 10.15 a. m. 1 and 6.35 p. ni. Leave Pride 10.35 a. m. and 0.50 p. in. Pass Neal Shoals 11.00 a. in. 'anil ? 7.10 p.m. Arrive Union 11.50 a. s m. and 8.00 p. m. g All trains daily unless otherwise ' noted. Week days only. 1 $ Saturdays and Sundays only. Connection made at Pride witff Seaboard Air Line thrqp'gh 'trains South bound in the morning and North bound in the evening. / ? Interchangeable mileage sold by the i- Seaboard Air Line will be honored by ' the U. & G. S. H. U. ^ y ' M. B. SUMMER, e Gen. Pass. Agent. o 19 Cheap Rates to Texas. s )- Arkansas, Louisiana, and the Southit west, Each first and third Tuesday i- you can purchase tickets at Atlanta, ,r Birmingham, Anniston, Montgomery, ie and certain other points to tlie i Great South-west and return by Momphis and the Cotton Belt route at 10 greatly reduced rates. Tickets allow 11 stop overs any place west of Memphis, t- and are good to return any day withle in 21 days after purchase. Write me f- to make arrangements and see that your tiekets read by Memphis and the t' Cotton Belt route. L P. Smith, V" ' Traveling Passenger Agent, . 203 Equitable Bldg, Atlanta, Ga. il* ? lt WALLACE & BARRON f- ATTORNEYS AT LAW. t,? j. clough wallace. p. 1). iiarron. It Pj3 Ollice?Rooms 12 and 13, up stairs, op_ posite Hotel Union. Practice in the Statu and United States Courts. 24-ly rs SCAIFE & .HAMBLIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. ?e le d- FOSTER BUILDING, UNION, S. C. :ts - < . . X * D. H. MONTGOMERY, M. D. n, ' PRACTICING PHYSICIAN. Office in Opera House Building. ,0 Day calls left at Duke Drug Co. jy Residence Phone 147. >n ll-12tp F. C. DUKE, "* Representing the Best and Most Liberal Life, Health and Accident ~* Insurance Companies in the world. OFFICE: Room 4, Nicholson Building. es J. A. BROWN, .DEALER IN REAL ESTATE, STOCKS AND BONDS. 10 HOUSE RENTING AND COLLECTING fd A SPECIALTY. i_ OFFICE ON BACHELOR STREET? _ BOILERS AND ENGINES. Tanks, Stacks, Stand ^Pipes, and Sheet Iron Work; Shaft y ing, Pulleys, Gearing, Boxes, Mangers, etc. Mill Castings. Cast every day; work 200 ta hands. !i Lombard Foundry Machine and Z Boiler Work and Supply Store, w ' Augusta. Georgia i KigpHL ^ i I THE "BOSS" COTTON PKSSSI S | I SIMPLEST, STRONMST, M?T } it : I THK MURRAY ClNNINO 8Y?T?M 11 U Gins, Feeders, Condensers, lis. | GIBBES MACHINERY CO. V 1 Celwetbls, S. C? Bring your job work to The Times. We can please you.