Anderson intelligencer.(Anderson, S.C.) 1904-01-06...
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PLATONIC .^>"yTV,7^,|f,yt'yyytf,y'y'yyfrf^ Annabel had many friends among men. "What cant it ia to say friend¬ ship between man aid woman is im¬ possible !" she would cry, with flash¬ ing eyes. "What degrading cant!" with a flushing cheek. She liked th*5 society of men. They gave her .o. new outlook* on life. She would enjoy it if they confided their love affairs to her. So she said. Some¬ how they had not as yet given her that enjoyment. She was twenty- two, with a piquant face and figuro and a man of the world style of con¬ versation that half veiled an un¬ fathomable innocence. It was a hot evening early in -June, and one of Annabel's friends had dropped in. They were sitting together in the miniature veranda, discussing a subject they had often ?discussed before. # "One comfort about my man to man style of friendship," said An¬ nabel, "one great comfort, is that one needn't be eternally bothering about one's looks and that sort of thing when one wants to have a ra¬ tional conversation. I don't know anything more aggravating than to talk one's best talk to a man, as I did out at dinner the other day, and to find him obviously speculating ns to whether one's hair's all one's own. Now, I don't think you or j any other of my special chums ! would even notice if I wore a sack ? when you came to see me. That's so refreshing." "It is," said the friend. 'Tor in¬ stance, some girls would be dread- ! fully put out if their shoe had a lit- tie hole in it, just at the tip, when a inan was there. But you"- "Where?" And Annabel jumped off her lounge chair with one bound and passed her pretty feet under agonized inspection. For one with whom appearance was "no object" she was wonderfully shod. *Ym so sorry," said' her friend. ¡ "I didn't mean to imply that you had a hole in your shoe; only that if you had it wouldn't trouble you in the least." "But it would," said Annabel, with dignity. "I never said one would care to exhibit slovenliness to one's friends, and a hole would be j slovenly." He smoked in pilence. . "How do you üefine a man's friendship for a woman?" he in¬ quired after the pause had lasted a long while. Annabel took her time before an- v ~" o "I think," she replied at last rath¬ er slowly, "it means, having her in¬ terests at heart so much that they oonld never bore you-so that her pain, or happiness would always be to you almost moro than y var own. lYou would never hear her lightly spoken of. You would save her all .you could. You would let nothing of hers he injured. Where you .could you would put velvet between lier and the rough things of the world, as Carlyle said." "Yes, hut he spoke pf his wife." Annabel did not seem to hear the words. She was looking over the roofs, the appallingly uniform roofs of West Kensington, to where a golden haze hung in the sky and wonderful dream music was being played and then blown into the bal¬ cony on a little G oft June breeze. «The gold sky was the light of the .great dusty exhibition, full of rowdy tWhitsuntida revelers, and the music was blaring from a brass band. But distance and tho summer and the quiet hour caught it nil up and left nothing of it hut what was heauti- s ful. It made Annabel feel restless. "Jfm going in," she said sudden¬ ly, springing to her feet. "Here goes for lighting the lamp." And sho whisked into her little drawing room with a movement anything but dreamy. Her friend followed resignedly, though he hajj been very comforta¬ ble where hérwas. Ha, was quite nsed to Annabel's frequent changes of mood, and by/ indulging = in no such himself he was often able to ¿ire her out and to get down to the forlorn little entity behind the Imanv poses,. The lamp was a high concern on ¡bamboo poles and quite beyond tho reach or Annabel's fivo feet of ?height. She aot a low chair and pre- ¡pared to climb upon it. "One moment/* 6ai# her compan¬ ion gravely. "We have decided that it is right to protect all that belongs ito our friend. Now, this chair be¬ longs to mine and will he more or {lesa injured W being stood upon «ven fcy her. Therefore"-- Ana b% 'lifted her up. After ono furious and unavailing twitch Annabel settled to the situ¬ ation with surprising ease. She lit the lamp and adjusted its red Shade and Boia "Thank you," with great demureness when he set her down. They got themselves into two armchairs, but she seemed to lind conversation something of an ei¬ fert, r.'/ "friendship has many advantages over-the other thing/' he said at last , "Yes?"-. "Yes. it has far less obligation about it. Now, one takes an inter¬ est in one's f riend's work. How's it -getting on; by thc2^y ?" "Oh, much as ns&ii," <said Anna- VI. "But, ono doesn't feel it weigh- «ög on ono's mui&foat sho should yr * have to work ut all. Now, with one's sweetheart how different! Sho should sit all day in silk attire and cross her little hands in hç» lap if she liked. Tho wind should not be allowed to blow too roughly nn her. Ridiculous, wouldn't it be?" ''Degrading/' said Annabel stout¬ ly- "Just so-degrading. Then there's that absurd notion that women want taking care of. With one's friend the fiction doesn't have to be kept up. She goes «lone to the theaters and meets ono at the door, and there's no nonsense about having to %ee her home. She takes her own bus and oil sho goes. Now, if she were-not one's friend she shouldn't go one step fey herself. There would always bo a tedious malo creature at her side elbowing off the passersby, and taking every unnecessary care of her. Sounds oppressive, Joesn't it?" "Yes/' said Annabel. A little wistfulness had crept into her voice, and some of the sti .diness had fad¬ ed. "Then there's not that terrible demand for sympathy. One expects one's friend to nt in with one's own particular mood, iust as one picks up a book that chimes in with it. Ii she doesn't happen to suit one day, off one goes. It isn't necessari¬ ly on one's mind that she may bo in trouble of her own, or, if she is, she can say so. There's no need for the 'I will dio ere she shall grieve* business." He hummed the words with a ludicrous exaggeration. Annabel shrank a little. She ridiculed sen¬ timent in public and cherished it as deeply in her heart as every other clever little feminine fool in the world. "Now, with one's sweetheart," he said, watching her, "one can tell she is sad while she is still smiling lier welcome. One knows every lit¬ tle trick of expression, almost ev¬ ery thought behind the curls. There is no going off then without com¬ forting. Out it must all come, and she must be petted into happiness again. Doesn't it sound puerile?" No answer from Annabel. The band at the exhibition was playing a particularly vulgar comic song. It came in at the window softened to a melody straight from paradise. He thought he heard a little sigh. He came and leaned over the back of her chair. "The mutual society, help and comfort the one ought to have of the other, both in prosperity and adversity," ho said, speaking low. "How does that sound, Annabel?" No answer. He, knelt down by her chair and got hold of both her hot small [bands. ''How does that sound, my dear?" "It sounds sweet," she said in a ¡voice that was only a breath. But the heard. "Is it as sweet as it sounds?" he fesked. That was long after, however. Treating the Bruise. A comedian in a Paris theater ¿Ade a great hit ont of a painful in¬ cident. While indulging in a bit of orseplay on the stage he struck his ead accidentally .against one of the illara of the scène upon the stage, he thud caused a flutter of sympa¬ thy to pass through the audience. fío. great harm done," said the median. "Just hand mea napkin, glass cf water and. a saltcellar." These were brought, and he sat down, folded the napkin in the. form ola bandage, dipped it in the glass and emptied the saltcellar on tho ^w«t part. Having thus prepared a compress according to prescription anti when every one expected- he would apply it to his forehead, he grâvely arose and tied: it round the pillar. '. _' A Polite Prisoner. , The lady who was visiting the jail hal been much impressed with the appearance and behavior of the pris¬ oners, and she took occasion to ex- prêts her approval to the warden. TThey seem ^9 .courteous as. any¬ body/' she said enthusiastically, "evini if they don't say anything." 'yes, they're po-ite enough/' as- senfcd the jailer. "But I'm a little Busfcious of too fine manners/' 'jdoift see how you can be/' ex- claiftea the lady. "Well, I om/' declared, the ward¬ en, tanti Í have been ever since one of tne'smoothest of them broke ont of jail end left a note for me in whicp lie wrote, 1 hope you will pardon me for tjje liberty I am tak- ing.'f--Youth's CConipanion. Por Infests and Children. Ike KM You Have ASvifS BNght Bears the J^Jr; 'jffijtfl/ ^ * Signature of (^ka^^fém^é^ - It is not genèrilly known that in many parts of tho tfprld clay is eaten on broad as a Substitute for butter. This ia tanned "state butter," and is A GAME RATTLESNAKE. lt Fought to the Death While Sound¬ ing the Danger Signal. "Whenever I hear anybody speak o£ snokes it makes mc think of an exciting experience I had a number of. years ago with a big rattlesnake in Arkansas," said an old timor, "and I want to say that since that time I have had moro respect for the rattler than I ever had before. Of. course, it is a mere commonplace to speak of the rattlesnake's game¬ ness. It is game, else it would not be so fair. Gameness and fairness go together. I om in a position to say that the rattlesnake is both fair and game. I met thc reptile on the side of a hill. He made an effort to get away. I ran upon him before I was aware of his presenco ii* tho neighborhood. I was riding Ho had just crossed tho road, which was on the crown of tho hill. The hill sloped down into n ravine which .was some 300 yards from the road which tho snake had crossed* "I crawled out of my saddlo and began tho fight. I was on the lower tide. The snake was making for tho ravine. He was about nine feet long and as fino a specimen of his kind as I ever saw. I attacked him with sticks, poles and every other thing I could get my hands on. Ho would coil up and throw himself moro than his length down tho hill toward me. In the meantime ho was sounding the danger signal in a way I had never heard it sounded before. Yon could have heard the hum of his rat¬ tles half a mile from where tho fight was taking place. Inch by inch he forced me down toward tho ravine. I crippled him, but he kept right on just tho some, and though I would get right in his path he would crowd in on me until I was forced to get out of the way in order to escapo the danger of his fangs. Not once during ali this time did ho cease to worn me with his rattles that he was 7 mt on mischief if he could but get cios¿ enough to me to use his fangs. "Before the battle had ended I was in the ravine, the point toward which the snake was headed from the beginning of the fight. Once in the ravine, victory was an easy matter. I killed him in a short while. But I always felt ashamed of myself for doing it. A thing so game deserved to live. Besides, the snake had not harmed me. Really it was a piece of brutality that I am heartily ashamed of, and if I had the thing to pass through again I would not pass through it; that's uU. At any rate, since that time I have had more respect and more sympathy for snakes, ¿nd maybe after ail the game old rattler died a martyr to the reptilian c-uuse."-New Orleans Times-Democrat. A Tough Chicken. The other day a gentleman enter¬ ed a certain restaurant and ordered a chicken. Tho chicken was evident¬ ly tough, for when tho waiter came in he beheld the gentleman in a great state of wrath. "Waiter," he said, "this chicken is veryjeough." "Very sorry, sir. That chicken was always a peculiar hird. Why, .when we wanted to kill it we could not catch it, so at last we had to shoot it. It flew on the house tops, and"- "Ah, by Jove, that recounts for it! You must have shot the weath¬ ercock hy mistake."--London An¬ swers. . '_ Artful John. "John," said Dim Griggsley, "if you are too much of a coward to go down and scare those burglars out I'll go myself. I'll let them know that there is at least one man in the house." "Maria," said Mr. Griggsley as she started for the stairway, "I wouldn't go. It sounds like a mouse." After she had jumped back into bed and covered herself with, two quilts and a blanket Sir. Griggsley heard these words in low,' plaintive tonesV "If you love me, John, please do not desert me.". Light on a Dark Subject. "I- ste by the newspaper," says Smith, "that the whale that swal¬ lowed Jonah was recently killed in the Mediterranean, and in its stom¬ ach they found, written on parch¬ ment, the diary that- Jonah kept during the three days"- "You can't make me believe any of that stuff" interrupts Brown. "In the first place, how could Jonah Bee to write his diary?" "Why," says Smith, "don't you suppose the whale had pains in his stomach P'-Lippincott's. '.- "1: Si lenco For a Month. À curions custom prevails in Bul¬ garia which must be a hard penalty for the woman who loves to hear the sound of her own voice. All newly married women ore obliged to re¬ main dumb for a month after mar«! riage except when addressed hy their husbands. When it is desira¬ ble to remove this restriction per¬ manently the husband presenta her with a giff, and then she can chatter to her heart's coûtent. >??:]/' ..'*.: Cores «Coli faQae S>*y, Gr^m 3 Days on every »«ac. 25* - When a woman tries to get her husband to s*y that her friend has a shapely waist he is à fool«to make her .mad by doing it. - Sinjs not cured by calling i$ uatues. ^9HI^9Bfl^H!ann&iBBBH9MHl*VH SPAIN'S PUBLIC RECORDS. An Institution Not Paralleled In Any Othor Country. There are many interesting place:? in the neighborhood of Salamanca. On thc carriage road from Vnllado- lid is'the old Roman city of Siman¬ cas, i&w reduced to a sleepy village of a few hundred inhabitants, in¬ closed in massive walls, which has been preserved from extinction by tho little business attracted hero by the archives of Spain. In tho carly part ot the sixteenth century Cardi¬ nal Ximines established at Siman¬ cas a house of public records. It was a statesmanlike thing to do, and it is a pity his example was not imitated by other countries. Hero in an enormous building erected for tho purpose are 33,000,000 docu¬ ments, divided into 80,000 classes, indexed and arranged in chronolog¬ ical order, reaching back as far ns tho introduction of the art of. writ¬ ing into tho kingdom and coming down to tho middle of tho last cen¬ tury. They were arranged under tho direction of Manuel Ayala, sec¬ retary of Charles V., and besido tho records of, state, the correspondence of ambassadors, tho reports of mili¬ tary commanders, governors of provinces and other agents of the government, are tons upon tons of Erivate correspondence of immense istorical value. There is no similar collection any¬ where in tho world, and upon tho shelves are records not only con¬ cerning Spain, but England, France, tho Netherlands, Germany and Aus¬ tria, of which many writers hnvo al¬ ready availed themselves. Washing¬ ton Irving and Prescott both spent months here and here obtained much of the material found in their his¬ tories. There is a large staff of clerks under tho direction of the chief of the archives, who are al¬ ways very obliging. They lead lone¬ ly lives and aro glad to welcome strangers. Nearly always there is some ono there, and often several people making investigations and copies of documents to be used in 6uits of law or historical writings. All documents dated earlier than the middle of the eighteenth cen¬ tury are shown at tho discretion of the custodian, but later archives cannot bo examined without a per¬ mit from the minister of the gov¬ ernment at Madrid. Ordinary visitors will be interest¬ ed in inspecting the original deed of capitulation by which the Alhambra was surrendered to Ferdinand and Isabella by Boabdil, the last of the Moorish kings; original dispatches of Gonzalo de Cordova, tho "gr.°.n capitaD," the greatest soldier of his age; the inventory of Queen Isa¬ bella's jewels which she offered to pawn to raise money for Columbus, but they were not needed; her mar¬ riage contract with Ferdinand, which united four kingdoms; her last will and testament, and also those of Charles V. and Philip II. None of the documents, however, relates to America. Those are all preserved in a similar manner in the Longa, the old chamber of commerce build¬ ing at Seville. - W. E. Curtis in Chicago Record-Herald. The Herolo Butler. During a church congress at Bris¬ tol tho lord mayor of the city gavo a reception to the members of tho congress. The place was crowded almost to suffocation, and one prom¬ inent clergyman from the north of England after having hoon duly pre¬ sented to the lord mayor and lady mayoress found himself carried on by the erush through various rooms until he was taken again into tho en¬ trance hall, where a stream of com¬ ers was still being presented. He could not escape one way or another. The butler asked his name, when he at once replied, "I've been in be¬ fore." Immediately the butler called out in a loud voice, ''The Rev. Mr. Been- in-beforel"-London News. Natural Enough. "I don't understand, your method at all," said Miss Obenity somewhat irately to the professor of physical culture. "I have just been talking to Miss Skinny Bones, and she says ¿hat your advice to her is exercise and diet.. Now, you have told me that diet and exercise are what I need. How can you possibly hope to ac¬ complish such different ends with the some means ?" "Simplest thing in the world, madam," answered tho r professor. "Your cases are exactly reversed. Ä mere reversion of the medicines is all that is necessary."-Detroit Free Press. What He Needed. Tho physician pondered the case for a. iew minutes before he ven¬ tured an opinion. "I think your husband needs a rest more than anything else,", he said at last. "If he could be con¬ vinced of that"- "But he refuses absolutely to lis¬ ten to me, doctor." "Well," returned tho physician thoughtfully, "thntfg a move in the right direction."-New York Times. OAMTORXJLa' Betr. ti» v»m«l<YflitoflAlWgW - A wise maa will wa tob h in; s alf as well as his children. - It is a sad religion that is never at-.ong unless its owner is sick. Reputation. is sometimes more valuable than character. - A luxury is something that only a lucky maa can afford.» j ¿fe THE GREEDY BLACKBIRD. His Capacity For Putting Away Food ls Enormous. Which is thc greediest o£ the birds-the rook, thc jackdaw* the blackbird, thc starling? I have ev¬ idence, writes Ai. Fred wishaw in Longman's, bearing upon the vorac¬ ity of each, but I almost think that for Iiis size tho blackbird contrives to put away tho largest amount of food. His capacity is enormous and most astonishing if we compare it with our own. Watch him on the lawn, busy over his incut course. A worm moves in his subterraneous home, an inch or so below the sur¬ face of tho ground. Mr. Blackbird hears him and is over the spot in au instant. Doun goes his yellow beak and up conies thc unfortunate wrig¬ gling victim. A gulp or two and ho is gone, a fair meal in itself, you would say, and equivalent to a pound of sausages at thc very lowest com¬ putation if consumed and consumer were both translated to correspond¬ ing dimensions. Dut our friend is not nearly sat¬ isfied. You may watch hinV unearth and devour half a dozen worms, aft¬ er which ho will repair to tho straw- berry beds for his entremet. Ile will fly along the net until ho reaches somo weak spot he knows of, but which you have not yet dis¬ covered. With a dive and a wriggle he is through and beginning a quiet half hour among your choicest ber¬ ries, during which time he will not regard tho circumstance that such fruit is worth a shilling a pound or near it. lie will "tuck in" until lie scarcely possesses tho energy to retire when requested to do so by the human owner of thc property, preferring to hide among the foli¬ age and lie low until, with thc help of that remarkably quick digestion of his, ho may feel able to move with comfort. During thai hour of lassi¬ tude the green eyed cat may come and peer through the net, suspect¬ ing his presence thcro maybe, but lie will take no cognizance of her. He is too lazy even to swear at her and prefers to lio and blink under his strawberry leaves. He feels liko the schoolboy in tho tuck shop who has had nine penn'otth of jam roll and is then invited- by tho'captain of the Junior House eleven to come and field out. Ho is "ßtodged" at last and incapable of exertion. - If there is nothing else to be jealous of a woman can be it about an old pipe with a oraokod stem. - About the only man who has a contempt for marrying for money is the man who han married without it. A Gallon cf TUPE I^INSEED Oil* mlxai vrfta a 8att°n °* yn^Vfvi 2 callona of tho VIBY ECST PATJOT? in tho WOULD ot your Mint bul. 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PLATONIC.^>"yTV,7^,|f,yt'yyytf,y'y'yyfrf^Annabel had many friends among
men. "What cant it ia to say friend¬ship between man aid woman is im¬possible !" she would cry, with flash¬ing eyes. "What degrading cant!"with a flushing cheek. She likedth*5 society of men. They gave her.o. new outlook* on life. She wouldenjoy it if they confided their loveaffairs to her. So she said. Some¬how they had not as yet given herthat enjoyment. She was twenty-two, with a piquant face and figuroand a man of the world style of con¬versation that half veiled an un¬
fathomable innocence.It was a hot evening early in
-June, and one of Annabel's friendshad dropped in. They were sittingtogether in the miniature veranda,discussing a subject they had often?discussed before.
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"One comfort about my man toman style of friendship," said An¬nabel, "one great comfort, is thatone needn't be eternally botheringabout one's looks and that sort ofthing when one wants to have a ra¬tional conversation. I don't knowanything more aggravating than totalk one's best talk to a man, as Idid out at dinner the other day, andto find him obviously speculatingns to whether one's hair's all one'sown. Now, I don't think you or jany other of my special chums !would even notice if I wore a sack ?
when you came to see me. That's so
refreshing.""It is," said the friend. 'Tor in¬
stance, some girls would be dread- !fully put out if their shoe had a lit-tie hole in it, just at the tip, when a
inan was there. But you"-"Where?" And Annabel jumped
off her lounge chair with one boundand passed her pretty feet underagonized inspection. For one withwhom appearance was "no object"she was wonderfully shod.*Ym so sorry," said' her friend. ¡
"I didn't mean to imply that youhad a hole in your shoe; only thatif you had it wouldn't trouble youin the least."
"But it would," said Annabel,with dignity. "I never said onewould care to exhibit slovenliness toone's friends, and a hole would be jslovenly."He smoked in pilence. .
"How do you üefine a man'sfriendship for a woman?" he in¬quired after the pause had lasted a
long while.Annabel took her time before an-
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"I think," she replied at last rath¬er slowly, "it means, having her in¬terests at heart so much that theyoonld never bore you-so that herpain, or happiness would always beto you almost moro than yvar own.lYou would never hear her lightlyspoken of. You would save her all.you could. You would let nothingof hers he injured. Where you.could you would put velvet betweenlier and the rough things of theworld, as Carlyle said."
"Yes, hut he spoke pf his wife."Annabel did not seem to hear the
words. She was looking over theroofs, the appallingly uniform roofsof West Kensington, to where a
golden haze hung in the sky andwonderful dream music was beingplayed and then blown into the bal¬cony on a little Goft June breeze.«The gold sky was the light of the.great dusty exhibition, full of rowdytWhitsuntida revelers, and the musicwas blaring from a brass band. Butdistance and tho summer and thequiet hour caught it nil up and leftnothing of it hut what was heauti-
s ful. It made Annabel feel restless."Jfm going in," she said sudden¬
ly, springing to her feet. "Heregoes for lighting the lamp." Andsho whisked into her little drawingroom with a movement anything butdreamy.Her friend followed resignedly,
though he hajj been very comforta¬ble where hérwas. Ha, was quitensed to Annabel's frequent changesof mood, and by/ indulging = in nosuch himself he was often able to¿ire her out and to get down to theforlorn little entity behind theImanv poses,.
The lamp was a high concern on¡bamboo poles and quite beyond thoreach or Annabel's fivo feet of?height. She aot a low chair and pre-¡pared to climb upon it.
"One moment/* 6ai# her compan¬ion gravely. "We have decided thatit is right to protect all that belongsito our friend. Now, this chair be¬longs to mine and will he more or{lesa injured W being stood upon«ven fcy her. Therefore"-- Ana b%'lifted her up.
After ono furious and unavailingtwitch Annabel settled to the situ¬ation with surprising ease. She litthe lamp and adjusted its red Shadeand Boia "Thank you," with greatdemureness when he set her down.They got themselves into two
armchairs, but she seemed to lindconversation something of an ei¬fert, r.'/
"friendship has many advantagesover-the other thing/' he said atlast ,
"Yes?"-."Yes. it has far less obligation
about it. Now, one takes an inter¬est in one's friend's work. How's it
-getting on; by thc2^y ?""Oh, much as ns&ii," <said Anna-
VI."But, ono doesn't feel it weigh-
«ög on ono's mui&foat shoshouldyr *
have to work ut all. Now, with one'ssweetheart how different! Shoshould sit all day in silk attire andcross her little hands in hç» lap ifshe liked. Tho wind should not beallowed to blow too roughly nn her.Ridiculous, wouldn't it be?"
''Degrading/' said Annabel stout¬ly-
"Just so-degrading. Then there'sthat absurd notion that women wanttaking care of. With one's friendthe fiction doesn't have to be keptup. She goes «lone to the theatersand meets ono at the door, andthere's no nonsense about having to%ee her home. She takes her ownbus and oil sho goes. Now, if shewere-not one's friend she shouldn'tgo one step fey herself. There wouldalways bo a tedious malo creature ather side elbowing off the passersby,and taking every unnecessary careof her. Sounds oppressive, Joesn'tit?"
"Yes/' said Annabel. A littlewistfulness had crept into her voice,and some of the sti .diness had fad¬ed."Then there's not that terrible
demand for sympathy. One expectsone's friend to nt in with one's ownparticular mood, iust as one picksup a book that chimes in with it.Ii she doesn't happen to suit oneday, off one goes. It isn't necessari¬ly on one's mind that she may boin trouble of her own, or, if she is,she can say so. There's no need forthe 'I will dio ere she shall grieve*business."He hummed the words with a
ludicrous exaggeration. Annabelshrank a little. She ridiculed sen¬timent in public and cherished it asdeeply in her heart as every otherclever little feminine fool in theworld."Now, with one's sweetheart,"
he said, watching her, "one can tellshe is sad while she is still smilinglier welcome. One knows every lit¬tle trick of expression, almost ev¬ery thought behind the curls. Thereis no going off then without com¬forting. Out it must all come, andshe must be petted into happinessagain. Doesn't it sound puerile?"No answer from Annabel. The
band at the exhibition was playinga particularly vulgar comic song.It came in at the window softenedto a melody straight from paradise.He thought he heard a little sigh.He came and leaned over the back
of her chair."The mutual society, help and
comfort the one ought to have ofthe other, both in prosperity andadversity," ho said, speaking low."How does that sound, Annabel?"No answer.He, knelt down by her chair and
got hold of both her hot small[bands.
''How does that sound, my dear?""It sounds sweet," she said in a
¡voice that was only a breath. Butthe heard."Is it as sweet as it sounds?" he
fesked.That was long after, however.
Treating the Bruise.A comedian in a Paris theater
¿Ade a great hit ont of a painful in¬cident. While indulging in a bit oforseplay on the stage he struck hisead accidentally .against one of theillara of the scène upon the stage,he thud caused a flutter of sympa¬thy to pass through the audience.fío. great harm done," said themedian. "Just hand mea napkin,glass cf water and. a saltcellar."
These were brought, and he satdown, folded the napkin in the.formola bandage, dipped it in the glassand emptied the saltcellar on tho^w«t part. Having thus prepared acompress according to prescriptionanti when every one expected- hewould apply it to his forehead, hegrâvely arose and tied: it round thepillar. '. _'
A Polite Prisoner. ,
The lady who was visiting the jailhal been much impressed with theappearance and behavior of the pris¬oners, and she took occasion to ex-
prêts her approval to the warden.TThey seem ^9 .courteous as. any¬body/' she said enthusiastically,"evini if they don't say anything."'yes, they're po-ite enough/' as-
senfcd the jailer. "But I'm a littleBusfcious of too fine manners/'
'jdoift see how you can be/' ex-claiftea the lady.
"Well, I om/' declared, the ward¬en, tanti Í have been ever since oneof tne'smoothest of them broke ontof jail end left a note for me inwhicp lie wrote, 1 hope you willpardon me for tjje liberty I am tak-ing.'f--Youth's CConipanion.
Por Infests and Children.Ike KM You Have ASvifS BNghtBears the J^Jr; 'jffijtfl/ ^ *
Signature of (^ka^^fém^é^- It is not genèrilly known that in
many parts of tho tfprld clay is eatenon broad as a Substitute for butter.This ia tanned "state butter," and is
A GAME RATTLESNAKE.lt Fought to the Death While Sound¬
ing the Danger Signal."Whenever I hear anybody speak
o£ snokes it makes mc think of an
exciting experience I had a numberof. years ago with a big rattlesnakein Arkansas," said an old timor,"and I want to say that since thattime I have had moro respect for therattler than I ever had before. Of.course, it is a mere commonplace tospeak of the rattlesnake's game¬ness. It is game, else it would notbe so fair. Gameness and fairnessgo together. I om in a position tosay that the rattlesnake is both fairand game. I met thc reptile on theside of a hill. He made an effort toget away. I ran upon him before Iwas aware of his presenco ii* thoneighborhood. I was riding Hohad just crossed tho road, whichwas on the crown of tho hill. Thehill sloped down into n ravine which.was some 300 yards from the roadwhich tho snake had crossed*
"I crawled out of my saddlo andbegan tho fight. I was on the lowertide. The snake was making for thoravine. He was about nine feet longand as fino a specimen of his kind asI ever saw. I attacked him withsticks, poles and every other thingI could get my hands on. Ho wouldcoil up and throw himself moro thanhis length down tho hill toward me.In the meantime ho was soundingthe danger signal in a way I hadnever heard it sounded before. Yoncould have heard the hum of his rat¬tles half a mile from where tho fightwas taking place. Inch by inch heforced me down toward tho ravine.I crippled him, but he kept right onjust tho some, and though I wouldget right in his path he would crowdin on me until I was forced to getout of the way in order to escapothe danger of his fangs. Not once
during ali this time did ho cease toworn me with his rattles that he was7 mt on mischief if he could but getcios¿ enough to me to use his fangs.
"Before the battle had ended Iwas in the ravine, the point towardwhich the snake was headed fromthe beginning of the fight. Oncein the ravine, victory was an easymatter. I killed him in a shortwhile. But I always felt ashamedof myself for doing it. A thing sogame deserved to live. Besides, thesnake had not harmed me. Reallyit was a piece of brutality that I amheartily ashamed of, and if I had thething to pass through again I wouldnot pass through it; that's uU. Atany rate, since that time I have hadmore respect and more sympathyfor snakes, ¿nd maybe after ail thegame old rattler died a martyr tothe reptilian c-uuse."-New OrleansTimes-Democrat.
A Tough Chicken.The other day a gentleman enter¬
ed a certain restaurant and ordereda chicken. Tho chicken was evident¬ly tough, for when tho waiter camein he beheld the gentleman in agreat state of wrath.
"Waiter," he said, "this chicken isveryjeough.""Very sorry, sir. That chicken
was always a peculiar hird. Why,.when we wanted to kill it we couldnot catch it, so at last we had toshoot it. It flew on the house tops,and"-
"Ah, by Jove, that recounts forit! You must have shot the weath¬ercock hy mistake."--London An¬swers. .'_
Artful John."John," said Dim Griggsley, "if
you are too much of a coward to godown and scare those burglars outI'll go myself. I'll let them knowthat there is at least one man in thehouse."
"Maria," said Mr. Griggsley as shestarted for the stairway, "I wouldn'tgo. It sounds like a mouse."
After she had jumped back intobed and covered herself with, twoquilts and a blanket Sir. Griggsleyheard these words in low,' plaintivetonesV
"If you love me, John, please donot desert me.".
Light on a Dark Subject."I- ste by the newspaper," saysSmith, "that the whale that swal¬
lowed Jonah was recently killed inthe Mediterranean, and in its stom¬ach they found, written on parch¬ment, the diary that- Jonah keptduring the three days"-"You can't make me believe anyof that stuff" interrupts Brown."In the first place, how could JonahBee to write his diary?""Why," says Smith, "don't you
suppose the whale had pains in hisstomach P'-Lippincott's.
'.- "1:Si lenco For a Month.
À curions custom prevails in Bul¬garia which must be a hard penaltyfor the woman who loves to hear thesound of her own voice. All newlymarried women ore obliged to re¬main dumb for a month after mar«!riage except when addressed hytheir husbands. When it is desira¬ble to remove this restriction per¬manently the husband presenta herwith a giff, and then she can chatterto her heart's coûtent. >??:]/'
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Cores«Coli faQae S>*y,Gr^m 3 Dayson every»«ac. 25*
- When a woman tries to get herhusband to s*y that her friend has ashapely waist he is à fool«to make her.mad by doing it.- Sinjs not cured by calling i$
uatues.^9HI^9Bfl^H!ann&iBBBH9MHl*VH
SPAIN'S PUBLIC RECORDS.An Institution Not Paralleled In Any
Othor Country.There are many interesting place:?in the neighborhood of Salamanca.
On thc carriage road from Vnllado-lid is'the old Roman city of Siman¬cas, i&w reduced to a sleepy villageof a few hundred inhabitants, in¬closed in massive walls, which hasbeen preserved from extinction bytho little business attracted hero bythe archives of Spain. In tho carlypart ot the sixteenth century Cardi¬nal Ximines established at Siman¬cas a house of public records. Itwas a statesmanlike thing to do,and it is a pity his example was notimitated by other countries. Heroin an enormous building erected fortho purpose are 33,000,000 docu¬ments, divided into 80,000 classes,indexed and arranged in chronolog¬ical order, reaching back as far nstho introduction of the art of. writ¬ing into tho kingdom and comingdown to tho middle of tho last cen¬tury. They were arranged undertho direction of Manuel Ayala, sec¬retary of Charles V., and besido thorecords of, state, the correspondenceof ambassadors, tho reports of mili¬tary commanders, governors ofprovinces and other agents of thegovernment, are tons upon tons of
Erivate correspondence of immenseistorical value.There is no similar collection any¬where in tho world, and upon tho
shelves are records not only con¬cerning Spain, but England, France,tho Netherlands, Germany and Aus¬tria, of which many writers hnvo al¬ready availed themselves. Washing¬ton Irving and Prescott both spentmonths here and here obtained muchof the material found in their his¬tories. There is a large staff ofclerks under tho direction of thechief of the archives, who are al¬ways very obliging. They lead lone¬ly lives and aro glad to welcomestrangers. Nearly always there issome ono there, and often severalpeople making investigations andcopies of documents to be used in6uits of law or historical writings.All documents dated earlier thanthe middle of the eighteenth cen¬tury are shown at tho discretion ofthe custodian, but later archivescannot bo examined without a per¬mit from the minister of the gov¬ernment at Madrid.
Ordinary visitors will be interest¬ed in inspecting the original deed ofcapitulation by which the Alhambrawas surrendered to Ferdinand andIsabella by Boabdil, the last of theMoorish kings; original dispatchesof Gonzalo de Cordova, tho "gr.°.ncapitaD," the greatest soldier of hisage; the inventory of Queen Isa¬bella's jewels which she offered topawn to raise money for Columbus,but they were not needed; her mar¬riage contract with Ferdinand,whichunited four kingdoms; her last willand testament, and also those ofCharles V. and Philip II. None ofthe documents, however, relates toAmerica. Those are all preservedin a similar manner in the Longa,the old chamber of commerce build¬ing at Seville.- W. E. Curtis inChicago Record-Herald.
The Herolo Butler.
During a church congress at Bris¬tol tho lord mayor of the city gavoa reception to the members of thocongress. The place was crowdedalmost to suffocation, and one prom¬inent clergyman from the north ofEngland after having hoon duly pre¬sented to the lord mayor and ladymayoress found himself carried onby the erush through various roomsuntil he was taken again into tho en¬trance hall, where a stream of com¬ers was still being presented. Hecould not escape one way or another.The butler asked his name, when heat once replied, "I've been in be¬fore."
Immediately the butler called outin a loud voice, ''The Rev. Mr. Been-in-beforel"-London News.
Natural Enough."I don't understand, your method
at all," said Miss Obenity somewhatirately to the professor of physicalculture. "I have just been talkingto Miss Skinny Bones, and she says¿hat your advice to her is exerciseand diet.. Now, you have told methat diet and exercise are whatIneed.How can you possibly hope to ac¬complish such different ends withthe some means ?"
"Simplest thing in the world,madam," answered thor professor."Your cases are exactly reversed.
Ä mere reversion of the medicinesis all that is necessary."-DetroitFree Press.
What He Needed.Tho physician pondered the case
for a. iew minutes before he ven¬tured an opinion.
"I think your husband needs arest more than anything else,", hesaid at last. "If he could be con¬vinced of that"-"But he refuses absolutely to lis¬
ten to me, doctor.""Well," returned tho physicianthoughtfully, "thntfg a move in the
right direction."-New York Times.OAMTORXJLa'
Betr.ti» v»m«l<YflitoflAlWgW- A wise maa will wa tob h in; s alf
as well as his children.- It is a sad religion that is never
at-.ong unless its owner is sick.Reputation. is sometimes more
valuable than character.- A luxury is something that only
a lucky maa can afford.» j ¿fe
THE GREEDY BLACKBIRD.His Capacity For Putting Away Food
ls Enormous.Which is thc greediest o£ the
birds-the rook, thc jackdaw* theblackbird, thc starling? I have ev¬idence, writes Ai. Fred wishaw inLongman's, bearing upon the vorac¬
ity of each, but I almost think thatfor Iiis size tho blackbird contrivesto put away tho largest amount offood. His capacity is enormous andmost astonishing if we compare itwith our own. Watch him on thelawn, busy over his incut course. Aworm moves in his subterraneoushome, an inch or so below the sur¬face of tho ground. Mr. Blackbirdhears him and is over the spot in auinstant. Doun goes his yellow beakand up conies thc unfortunate wrig¬gling victim. A gulp or two and hois gone, a fair meal in itself, youwould say, and equivalent to a poundof sausages at thc very lowest com¬
putation if consumed and consumerwere both translated to correspond¬ing dimensions.
Dut our friend is not nearly sat¬isfied. You may watch hinV unearthand devour half a dozen worms, aft¬er which ho will repair to tho straw-berry beds for his entremet. Ilewill fly along the net until horeaches somo weak spot he knowsof, but which you have not yet dis¬covered. With a dive and a wrigglehe is through and beginning a quiethalf hour among your choicest ber¬ries, during which time he will notregard tho circumstance that suchfruit is worth a shilling a poundor near it. lie will "tuck in" untillie scarcely possesses tho energy toretire when requested to do so bythe human owner of thc property,preferring to hide among the foli¬age and lie low until, with thc helpof that remarkably quick digestionof his, ho may feel able to move withcomfort. During thai hour of lassi¬tude the green eyed cat may comeand peer through the net, suspect¬ing his presence thcro maybe, butlie will take no cognizance of her.He is too lazy even to swear at herand prefers to lio and blink underhis strawberry leaves. He feels likothe schoolboy in tho tuck shop whohas had nine penn'otth of jam rolland is then invited- by tho'captainof the Junior House eleven to comeand field out. Ho is "ßtodged" atlast and incapable of exertion.- If there is nothing else to be
jealous of a woman can be it about anold pipe with a oraokod stem.- About the only man who has a
contempt for marrying for money isthe man who han married without it.
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Assessment Notice.AUDITOR'S Of FICE, ANDBBSOV, & a
This offiee viii ba open to receive Returns ofP«r*onal Property for Tsxstloo (or Ibo neatFiscal Year, from tho first doy of Jsnusry. IBM,to Ibo tttb doy of Februar» following Includive.Baal Eatote otando 00 before, but au transfer of
Beal Estato made ataco loot return ahould banoud upon the retur- blank «hon ll ting.TaoTowaahlp Aaaosois aro required by law toHat for all tho»« that fall to make their own ra-totrae within the tine sreacribed. Uenoo thedifficulty of the delinquent* ee-oplng the Si peroant penalty, aa well aa the froqntnoy of errora re¬trainoj fran thia practice. By all meana mokoyour OWV return* and tbeaoby acre expemo andtrouble.Kx-Confederase Soldiers orar 60 y«in of ago are
exempt from Foll Tax. All other malea betweenibe sgea of 21 and AO yean, except abose incapableof «arning a support from being Maimed or fromany other canso aball be demead taxable poliaFor tho convenience nf Taxpayer- we will aleo
bara Beauties to take Boturna at the tallowingUmts and pl . coo:Holland, Tuesday. January Ï2.Mofiatteville, Wednesday, January LS.ITO, Thursday, January lo.Moseley, Friday, January. IS*.A E' Hcuddy's, Saturday, January ad"Burt, Monday, January iaeuire»llle, Tuesday. January li.niBkaealaa' MUI, Wednesday, January 30.dayton, Monday, Jwmry ll.Bishop's Branch. Saturday, January 29.Pita Forks, Monday, Janua-y 38.Antun, Tuesday, January is.Wiatt's Btora, WednesdayJanuary iaCedar Wreath, Friday. January IS-a.nvJamea' 8tore, Friday, Jarr»ry IS-p* m.WIringoon's Boato, Thu /oday. January 14,Eg.uemy. Tuesday,Jar.narr 12.Pendleton. Friday and Sat laday, January 10
and 16, to J. T. Munter.TowavUle. Friday, Janncry IB.
UoUOaPaXh, Moxday^nd Vuesday January 18and If or np to February attn, to J. J. Trusaeil.
Belton, Friday and Saturday, Janu«ry 20 a d 80*Pladmoat, Monday and Tuesday, January 28
andas.Pclsar, Monday.Tuoaday and Wednesday, Jan¬
uary IB, 19 and J), or up to February 20 to JohnB Bonna*.Willlamsioo.Wednooday aid Thursday, January
ST and 28.80 per cont. Penalty^J^BOUSMAH.
Awrl tor.
CITY LOTS FOR SAL -rn
SITUATED on and noar Nort't Vain3':eei. Five mlnutoa^walk Coo-' tl" »<>
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ANDERSON, S C.
kW OHico over Poet OlHce Building.ORSENE & GREENE,ATTORNEYS AT "LAW.
ANDEK&ON, - - - ». c.Office over Farmers and Merchante Bank.Monoy to Lend on Roa! Kstato Security.Oct 14. 190» 17 .-kn
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BUNK OF ANDERSON.J. A. BROCK, President.
JOS. N. BROWN, Vice Prosldent,li. F. MAULDIN. Cashier.
TUE largost, strongest Bank In tboCounty.
Interest Faid on DepositsBy spoolal agreomeut.
With unsurpassed facilities and rosonr*ces we are at all times prepared to aooommodato our customers.Jan 10,1900 29
PBODIBS* Bank of Merson.ANDERSON, H. C.
We respectfully solicit a shareof your business.
MOlHÍÍIEOPIUM, WHISKEY, AND ALL
DRUG HABITS
Cured Without Pain at Your Home.THE BEST OF SANATORIUM FACILI¬
TIES IF DESIRED.
If you aro addicted to thoco hiblts you thinkyou will (jell it. You won't; you can't unaided .,nut you eau bo cured and restored tc your formorhealth and vigor without pain or the loaa of aahour from your busluesa at a moderate coat. Themedicine builds up your health, reatoroa yoursystem to its normal condition ; you foe! like adlflorent person from ino beginnlug of treatment,LEAVING OFF THE OPIATES AFTER THEFIRtiT DOSE. You will soon he convinced andfully aatlsfled in your own mind that you will bocorea.Mr. T. M. Brown, of DcQueen, Ark., says :"Over Bevon years ogo I was cured of the opiumbablt br your medici uo, mid hcvvo continued in the
very best or health moco."Dr. W. M.Tunstall, of livingston, Va., says:"I am glad to say tbat I flrml . bullovo that I am
entirely and permanently cured of the DrinkHabit, aa I have never even ao much aa wanted adrink In any form alnoo J took yeur eradicator,now eighteen months »»rv It r:zz tho hoot doiiarsI CT;, auvsovea."Mrs. Virginia Townsend, of Shreveport, La.,writes :"No more oelum I have taken no other reme¬
dy than yours, and I make no mistake when I aaythat my bealla ls better now than it ever waa inmy Isfe, and I owe it to you and your roes edy. Ithas boen t*elve years sinoe I was eured by yourtreatment "
For particulars address Dr. Ii. M. WOOLLEY,1101 Lowadec build i OK, Atlanta, Ua», who will sendyou lil J book on thoio diseases FUI-JS.
BANNER 3 FL LYBtho moat healing Miva In the world.
Général Repair Shop.ALL kinda of Blacksmithing, Wood
Work, Painting, Trimming, RubbwiTirea and Bobber Horseshoeing. Alldone at abort notioe by firat-elaas work¬men. We don't olalm to be the onlyfirat-olasa workmen in town, but au goodas any in the South. Cur work snows'OF itself. Work and I Prloea guaranteed.Gall and ase our work and get piloe*.Bring your Baggies and have them re¬paired iud made aa nloe and good aa DA«for Spring and dummer drive*.
Yours for business,J. P. TODD.
P. S.-Horse 8hoeing a Speoialty.March ll, 1003 88
Foley's Money end Toreurea colds, prevents pneumonia.
When yon come fco spend the day always remember we h-.vo feeding andhitching plastan, and are always glad tosee von como, always ready to do yourwork at a reasonable prloe. And yourHorseshoeing-don't fall to let ns doltIf yon went your horae to travel rijçht.You will find me below Jail on the cor¬ner. Yon oan see my sign.
W. af. WALLACE.
KIDNEYmm! iiii nmrrnt a. ii. i ea a -
are the most fatal of all dis¬eases.
Mil CVIO KIDNEY CURE to lfyLC I d 6uarafitaad Roaddfor money refunded. Containsremedies recognized by emi¬nent physicians as the best forKidney and Bladder trouble*»
PRICE 50c and $1.00.FOR SALE BY EVANS' PHARMACY
CITATION.State ofSouth Carolina,
County of Anderson.In the matter of the estate of Hiram
Cooley, deceased.
A petition having been duly filed inthis Court by Elizabeth T. Langston,Braying that letters of administration deonie non with the will annexed of the
estate of Hiram Cooley, deceased, begranted to ber.Now these are to oise and admonish al
and singular the kindred and cr ¡vi Ito"ofthoaald Hiram Cooley, deceased,apoear before me at my. office in ibo clof Anderson, Stat-» and County aforetalon the lltb day of J » »nary, A. I). H'nt ll o'clock lo «th»» fore >out, gad *hcause, If any they etta, wby tho «aidndnlMnttion should not be grantathe said petitioner. ¿5 ¿-~R.Y. H.NANC
J ndUM of Probat« A oderson 0«
$ ,ÁfeoldeÍT\Rúle ?>,of/Agriculture :
Be Rood toyouf land and your cropwill bc good.^Plenty of
PotashmtJiefertilizerspellsquality ( A..--aJ Iand quantity In the har- » ^| WSji.rAvest. Write un andwe will send you,free, by next mail,our money winningbooks.OERM.'.N KALI WORKS,New Vurk-93 Nassau St.
BELTON HIGH SCHOOL IPREPARES for College and offer* »
thoroughly practical course for Btudex.taunable to take a Colleg« education.Tuition rates reasonableNext session begins Sept. 7, 1003.For further information, wvKe to
A. G. HOLMES, PrlnoioalAug 10, 1003_Boltoo.'S. KUf
M0NEYT0 LOAN. ¿WE ran negotiate Loans on improvedEsrm Ltuds (or sums exoseding 83 OP
on reasonable tarmp, on th') installmnnvplan. It is worth the whim of personacontemplating borrowing money to seoUM. Bring your land panors with you.BONHAM it WATKINS,
Olileo in People's Bank,8opt 30, 1903_JO^_
Anderson County MutualBen-efit Associaion ofAmerica.The Anderson County Mutual BenefitAdHoohitlou of America writes the cheap*ont inHurauce of the day. The plan ls to
tako one thousand people, men and wo¬men, blud thurn together lu a businessway to help each other lu time of needand trouble. You only pay when onedlea. If you jain now your first paymon"pays you up until January, 1004, uniesewe lose one of our members, If the nano,ofProvidenoe should sever the uUverthread that holds the life of ona ot ourloved ones, friend or neighbor, whowould hesitate a moment on paying thelittle HUm of One Dollar and ten cauta toreplaoe the amount? and pay expensespaid out on death claim. Consider thematter, examine and study our planYou are reoelvlng iuBuranoe o protectyour family at actual cost. Don't atondback, itt our agencies write you up atonce.
If there ls auything y ou wish to knowlu regard to the poiloy bill on any of thoagents and they will take pleasure Inexplaining the poiloy to you. Remem¬ber this ls the only onportnnity CVSÏpresented io you st actual coat. Youowe it to your family, you owe it to your¬self to secure their protection in case yonare taken away from them. If you areover thirty years of age this ls the onlychance you will have of getting in.After 1,000 members have boen securedno one over thirty gets in, and he onlyto replace a deceased member.
N. R. GREEN, Pres.J. M. PAYNE, Seo. and Treas.
Here is our Ne^ Tre Sett
We worked so successfully laBfeason,Sets 'em cold, right os thc wjfol, andkeeps the dish right, too. /With plenty good soasone/lumbe?,improved machinery, wei/selectedstocL of different sises, ¿apes and
parto, we give you tho ser/o.you ex¬pect in short time. Overling Car*riages and Buggies from ftt to finialis our specialty. /
PAUL E. SfPHENS.
Foley's Kidd'**makes kidneys and/.
TAX m'itrç-irlgjäf-THE Books for the cafi;Sal County TtXM will bt¿p.lötb, 1902. to Decamber »rnnorn .IBU nary lat, 1904, toMcollect with the penalty-Si -
Fobruary 2 per cent, andjB^' ¡t¿,_,loth wlvh 7 per cent ÂiîiKfiïïîMarch Elocutions will Â5ÎHKÎÏIJ he rate of Tax irritó?;*?' iSftHtat* Taxes.Ä^l'. ^V*Ordinary Couo.y.J*^gfcPaat Indebt^nosJTr01816th ofPublic Roads.Jg.. <
3 na7*«. f tlatrk .. f ladel». _ si )age D S ~\\to.-,te» / 1/Û4 mil. / JPdaitlonaPJSs / t \S tiog total t¿T7 y JT Ltua, coiiegels ^ir*; Git levy for da-.V*^00* V.tt required jjrm»la« oa-Ixty yèara/» .?°.eot r~fUf a au#f&r 1 froni being L .
macs, äiu thoae a ho aera¬te ajirTas, to pay a Polly . , ... rn-à?o ages of eighteen «nd
re abl» to work tho publicio worked, except Preach-»Ogtsgatioas, and psraoa» 1itwoeo tho SutM, School Iare exempted from road flt may pay a tax of One rfat the same time OUUJX 1ilabtown, Mt. Airy, Pied- \:ton, Helton and Hone»Uoe later theUmelwUlIS<mt. PAYNE. Co. Tasas:
FMey*s Honey and Taríhlldrentsa!e,sure* Nomajatem,
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