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MATR1] ere the Blame foi Td young woman who ^arfad one /for another left ttie bridegroom two weeks of raarriige, deciding liQ "ot really -love bim-another short her honeymoon in Europe conJes home alone alter less than months of marriage. anaiysifl of suoh ?ases is asked nee this is not a solitary instance, inquirer says: Since it must be admitted that wo do mistake and misinterpret their hearts and come to a sad awaken after marriage, what ought a bride o? If a girl has two lovers, and estly and solemnly trieB her best ecide which one she loves, and earnestly aims to love him, but , marriage finds that it really was other mao-what is the girl to do? again, in quite a different case UBI be admitted that a man who ! his best behavior during oourt sometimes reveals faults ot" ohar r temperament, disposition and worse, which not only disillusion bride, but make her think she not love him, and that to oon e on living with him is uneodur the first place, no girl who is ed to "earnestly and solemnly decide which of two men she loves either one sufficiently to e a good wife, unless the man she es is a paragon of taot and pa ?nd so unselfishly and devoted love with her that he applies elf to the task of teaohing her ve him. Even then he would be ly to fail. here is something very shallow, trivial, very superficial in the na of a woman who is driven to the ssity of studying her sentiments ach a case, and who thinkB to-day lores one man, to-morrow rn oro the other, and again to-morrow ing restores the first to favor, to discard him for the second the t day. at is not love at all. It is mere sh caprice in a very young wo , and should not be regarded se aly by any one. In an older wo it is an evidence of selfishness, of a nature incapable of a strong, feeling. ere are hundreds of women who to be loved where there is one loves. here are young girls who seem to er between two or even three suit merely to add zest to the wooing he secretly favored one; but the an who is unable to fully deoide ih two of men has the greater at tica for her is about as well equip for marriage as the sailing vessel out sails is equipped for sea. [ hen a man wins suoh a bride away all his rivals he is to be corn rated, as a rule; as would be the tain of the sailless craft who set h upon a long voyage.? a young woman makes up her d before the honeymoon is over 1 she bas no love for her husband, surely is wiser to face publie mi ut and ead the force then and e than she would be to drag on ugh years of misery, and finally in the divorce court, with two or e children to share her trouble, ireely a year passes that some h case as a deserting bride is not Qght to the public attention, a conventional circles oonrtship al s little real acquaintance between lovers. They meet at formal oo ons, olothed in their best man There is none of the opportu es for intimate knowledge of eaoh er s characteristics whioh exist in simpler walks of life; nor i+ih ?entionally reared young girl in respect educated on the natural s which produce ideal wives any e than is tte fashionable young liable to be an ideal husband, e very gorm of success in every ertaking is strong, intense feeling. 1 orator, the actor, tho poet, the enlor? tho musioian, the artisan, 0 feels his work, and is absorbed . is the one who succeeds in it. larriage is a profession which men women take up presumably for 1 and it is to influonoe future gen ?ions for good or ill; nless a woman and a man enter profession with absorbing inter ?ad an intense feeling of love and otion, it oannotbe made aauooess y may ??get alo og" after a fashion the relation viii be a farce, com u to the real drama of an earnest e marriage. 'Society" to day educates young to control and imbi uga te strong u?g; it is not "good form" to love ".ely, and any element of passion Igar, in the eyes of Dame Fashion e important phases of marriage, w relatioaa and maternity, are *??oussedby the modern young ito of the "eultured" ?lastes and ?other-only the socla! and finan MONY. ' XJnliappy Marriages es. cia!features. The average girl of the .''upper raits" of life io therefore dwarfed and stunted in her emotional quali ties and absolutely ignorant of the masculine nriure when she goes to the altar. Meanwhile the man whom she se lects for a husband has, as a rule, learned all he knows of feminine emo tione and passions from women in other walks of life. His father and his mother have nover talked to him upon such sub jects; they would consider it "highly improper." He has read French novels and wit nessed modern melodramas-and half unconsciously he hss formed an idea of all womankind in aooordanoe with these beroi oes of the stage and the novel. c He chooses a girl of spotless repu tation for his wife, yet he treats her as if she were a Sapho, a Du Barry or a Phryne, because he has never been educated by any wise, good, sensible man or woman in this subject of vital importance, and does not know that refinement and self-control are the guardian spirits who stand by the portal of nuptial happiness, and that to frighten them away is to trana form Paradise into Purgatory. Place the formal-minded girl of un developed emotions and absolute ig norance of human nature in thia pos sibie Paradise with the uncontrolled man devoid of ideals and without knowledge of the intricacies of chaste femininity-what but ohoas can ensue? And who is to blame but the fathers and mothers of both bride and groom? It is a cardinal sin to bring a girl ohild into the world, to rear her to womanhood and accompany her to the altar, ignorant of all that marriage, does, must and should mean. It is a cardinal sin to allow a son to reach manhood years without know ing all that pertains to good, pure, refined womanhood-all that chastity, wifehood and motherhood mean to a woman. It is a crime to stunt a girl's emo tional nature, and to allow a boy full use of all his masculine propensities, without '.vise counsel or guidance. And I boldly affirm it is upon the fathers and mothers of the land that nine-tenths of the blame for all the unhappy marriages of the world rests. The bride who has been naturally, sensibly and properly educated by her mother, the groom who has been the intimate friend and confidant cf his mother and of a broad-minded and refined father, will not disillusion or disgust or antagonize one another during the honeymoon, nor thereafter. It is the ridiculous false modesty of parents and their shameful indif ference io a 6ubjeot which is the root of all existence that makes so many marriages failures. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Itch ing Humors, Eczema, Scrofula, Etc. Send no money-simply write and try Botanic Blood Balm at our ex pense. A personal trial of Blood Balm is better than a thousand print ed testimonials, so don't hesitate to write for a free sample. If yen suffer from uloers, eczema, sorofuli, blood poison, cancer, eating sores, itehiog skin, pimples, boils, bone pains, swellings, rheumatism, catarrh, or any blood or skin disease, we advise you to take Botanio Blood Balm (B. B. B.) Especially recom mended for old, obstinate, deep-seated cases of malignant blood or akin dis eases, because Botanio Blood Balm (B. B. B.) kills the poison in the blood, cures where all else fails, heals every aove, makes the blood pure and rioh, gives the skin the rich glow of ?health. B. B. B., the most perfect blood purifier made. Thoroughly test ed for 30 years. Cost $1 per Targe bot tle at drug stores. To prove it cures, sample of Blood Balm sent free by writing Blood Btlra Go., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical ad vice sent in sealed letter. ^ This is an honest offer-medicine sent at onoe, prepaid. Sold in Anderson by Orr-Gaay Drug Co., Wilhite & Wil hite and Evans Phormaoy. - Barnes-"Your nephew, I under stand, has got through college at last? Shedd-"Yes, and what good did it do him? I don't believe he learned a thing the whole four years. Why, man, I don't believe if he could repeat the college yell." Tbl? ?jffnfttare ia on every box of tao genuine Laxative Broao-Qu?n?ne iw>iet? the remedy that ente? a eoM fn.em.?asr - Frieud-1'Hard np and been mar ried only two months?. Well, take oheer and remember love makes the world go round." Benediot (sadly) "Yea, but it doesn't make the milk man and the botcher boy go round." - Unless a man can see a alight improvement tn himself it's impos [ albie to convince him that the world I ia growins better. life tn the Desert. Travelers tell ns that at first sight our great Colorado Desert, with its heated wastes of atone and sand, ap pears to have no life of plant or ani mal within ita borders. It is the big, emptied borl cf a long-evaporated sea, and the soil ia R?U *? scorched. Many human lives have besa lost in attempting to cross ita burning soli tudes. As far as man can see, there is no water, no sustenance of any kind. Yet, when this terrible land of drought and duit storm is examined more close ly, we find desert plants growing and thriving, and desert animals in plenty. The caotus, the grease wood, the mes quite, the sage, the prickly pear, hold their own bravely, and mule deer and jaok rabbit, panther and wild-oat, an telope, coyote, rattlesnake, lizard, hor ned toad, vulture, quail, dove, and many other living creatures, manage very well iu their desert surroundings. For one thing, it sharpens their wits and improves their powers. There is no speoies in the desert that does net surpass in clevercese its relatives in moro favored surrounding. Nothing can live in the hard conditions of this stony, burning Sahara of a plaoe with out keeping all its faculties alert and on the stretch. The plant must learn to economize and store up moisture, or do without it at times altogether; the animal must be able to hunt inter minably over exhausting distances. Consequently, the desert life is one of the most interesting studies possible, so Dr. van Dyke tells us in his won derful volume on The Desert. Every thing is eduoated, armed, prepared, for a hard and busy life. Tho leBsoc of the desert, 'after all, is not one of barrenness, but of endurance and growth in spite of all possible adverse circumstances. Take the plant/?. They have two dangers-laok of moisture and the browsing of animals. They meet the first by . rigid economy. A learned profesoGr has demonstrated that the oaotus, for instanoe, understands geom etry, at least so far as using the ge ometrical form of growth that gives the largest bulk of tissue for the small est amount of evaporating surfaoe. The grease wood indulges in leaves, but they are small, and covered with a bright, sticky varnish <? that makes evaporation of moisture almost impos sible. No desert tree or bush or plant has large leaves; it knows better. The roots are often far larger than the plant, and are reservoirs of moisture. Cut a twig, and it is bone dry, appa rently ; out a root, and it is always moist. Those underground reservoirs will hold water from a rain for months, giving it out little by little to the growth above. Tho cacti also store water in the base and middle of their thick stems, and so do the prickly pears. It must learn defensive tac tics, or be rooted up and chewed to pieceB very soon. So everything that grows in the desert is armed thiok with thorn and spine, sharp and merciless. Only dire necessity can force any living creature to eat SBge, and grease wood is beyond even that. Further still, the majori ty of the plants distill poisons for their protection. The juice of one is fatally astringent, of another, nau seating, of a third, maddening. The animals are foroed, then, to live large ly on each other. Everything in the deBert hunts and is hunted in turn, and remarkably clever hide-and-seek they all play, too. Many of them ap pear to live practically without water; yet some moisture they must get, at intervals, from sources unobserved by man. The wild-cat goes for weeks with no other means of slaking thirst than the blood of birds or lizards. Where the lizard gets moisture is a problem again. Yet every one of thea -wild-oat,coy ote,lizard, rabbit-keeps np the strenuous life day in and day out, never relaxing the tension, since to do BO would be to starve in short order. The creatures that ire not armed are either swifter than their foes, or unfit to eat by reason of poison or unpleas ant flavor. The horned toad is spiny and hideous, and is so exaotly the col or of rock and sand, when he ohooses, that the unfastidious creatures that are willing to eat him cannot Bee him a yard's distance. , The jack rabbit and the antelope can out .ur. ooyote and panther and the squirrel is swifter than the wild-oat. Yet, in the end , tho prey is oanght somehow, for they all live, one upon the other, generation after generation and grow oleverer in the continual struggle with circumstances. All the while, every now and then, up in the air, the rain, that might make tho desert into a garden, falls-but seldom reaches the ground. The air is always dry, and the raindrop that has'to fall through eight thousand feet of it before reaching the earth never "gets there." It is evaporated, and carried up to ita parent cloud again. What a difference it would make to eaoh battling plant, each striving crea ture, below on the hot sands, if the rain reaobed the desert oftener-and yet, how muoh weaker, slower, duller, eaoh would be, after all ! What makea us do our beat befriends us best; and-BO the desert befriends its creatures, through all its denis!i and depriva tions, better than the swamp or the ! jungle.-Barbara Griffiths io Forward. Meaning of Love in Use Heme. There is something in manhood, whether of high or low degree, that rarely puts its tale of love it misses into words-, ont, if we could get at the hidden hearts of average men, we should see that the want of love *nd oheer at home senda them even more frequently than their love of drink to the saloon round the oorner. It may be a man's own failure to get on in life that has kept the overcrowded home to small and poor for comfort; it may be that overwork and overeare have robbed the wife of charm and left her so depleted of love that she hts scarce ly enough for the children; neverthe less, many a working man knows that he is valued for the weekly wages he .brings rather than for the tender oaro he feels for the wife and children de pendent upon him for support. How natural.it ia to grow silent, then mo rose, then hopeless, and then more or less indifferent. When the finer life is defrauded the coarser asserts itself and "home culture" is a failure so far as it touohes the head of the home. Mary Lowe Dickinson. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of His Dog, Moreover. "What's your dog's name, Unole Lazarus?" asked the man, according to Brooklyn Life. "Boss, dat purp hez got er Bible name." "A Bible name?" "Y??. a?h. Massa. He's got de same name as Las'ms dog got, wot we read 'bent in de Bibul as lay down afore de ricv man gate." "But the Bible daes not give the name of any dog. It only says that they came and licked Lazarus' sores." "Boss, ycr yent read um right." "Moreobor. I yerry my mi ali ss read um what hit says: "Moreobor de dog came and Hoked de sores.' Yent yera see? My name Laz'rus an' my dog name Moreober. Brcess de Lawd." _ Stops the Cough and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets eure a cold in one day. No eure, No Pay. Price 25 cents. - Professor .T. A. Holmes, State Geologist ofN?ith Carolina, indis ousBicg the item of expense chargea ble to the fact of farm horses being compelled to lie idle when they ahoulc be profitably engaged in hauling th< farm products to market on account o bad roads, places tho loss due to thi cause in fifty-six middle and weston j oounties of that State at $1,000,00 I per annum. County Mutual Benefit Association of America. The County Mutual Benefit Association of America ia now organizing the Anderson Division of 1,000 members. The membership fee ia $5.00, which covers the first advance death assessment. One Dollar for every member is deposited with Mr. James M. Fayne, the Seoretary and Treasurer of the An derson Division, and is held in The Bank of Anderson, subject to the order of Nelson K. Green, the President of the Anderson Division, to pay the first death loss by the Association. The Policy ia clear and simple, agreeing to pay the som of one dollar for every member in the Division upon the surrender of the Polioy and approval ot the proofs of death of a member in good standing, lt is a home organiza tion, managed by honorable, high-minded business men, for the benefit and proteotion of home people. It reduces life insurance proteotion to the mini mum of cost that the average of human life will allow. There are no big sal aried officers to pay, and there are no big annual premiums to be sent out of tho County into some rich Northern insurance company's pooket. All the money Btays right at home, and when it is paid out every member knows ex actly to whose benefit it goes in time of trouble. Until the first thousand members are secured applicants will be received up to 55 years of age, there after no member will be admitted over 30 years of age. We want good, relia ble agents in every township in Anderson County at onoe. Persona desiring to become agents for their township will write or call on THOS. W. NORRIS, manager of agents for Anderson County. _ 19-4 GROWING ! WE have enlarged our Store room and added to our Stove and Tin busi ness GLASS and CROCKERY, and would be pleased to have you call and inspect Goods aid get prices. We sell the best Cook Stoves, Ranges and Heaters on the market. Would call pptcio} attention to the Air Tight Wood Burner. It will burn knots, chunks, chips, corn-cobs, roots, trash of any kind, and gives the greatest amount of heat with less fuel than any Stove in ex istence. 8@? We contract for Roofing, Gut tering, Plumbing and Electric Wiring. Yours for business, ARCHER & NORRIS. TAKE Do not Fail to try our Specially Prepared 8 1-2 2-2 Petrified Bone Fertilizers for Grain. We have all grades of Ammoniated Fertil izers and Acid Phosphates, also Kainit, Ni trate of Soda and Muriate of Potash; all put up in n?w bags; thoroughly pulverized, and no better can be found in the market. We shall be pleased to have your order. ANDERSON PHOSPHATE HHP Oil CO. Coras C&olera-Infantum, Diarrhoea,Dysentery, and the Bowel Troubles of Children of Any Age. Aids Digestion, Regulates the Bowels, Strengthens Costs tody 25 cents at Druggists, *r&^^ i Or mall 85 cents to C. ?I. MOPFKTT, M. D., ST. LOUIS. MO. OrvJCB OP D. H. HARDT, Secretary of G tito, Ausnn, Tex., NOT. SI, 1900. . I lum MM Or. Moffitt's TEETHIN A a splendid remedy and eld for my tea thins children. When my eldest pey wej a, teething child. CT?TT succeeding dey WK oed ns that wo would ueTltably loee him. I happened upon TEETHIN A, and oe-ran at once ad ml nil te ring ft to him, and his lmfcroroment was marked In 24 bonn, and from that day on he recuperated. X hara con s tan tiy kept Hand neod Usin?e with toy children, and hare taken great jpiearore In sounding lu praises to aU mothers oC young children. X found lt Lnraluabla eran after Uta teething HUS. D. H. HARDY. |> BLACKSMITH AND WOODWORK SHOPS ! T.3E undersigned, having succeeded to the business of Frank Johnson & Co., will continue it at the old stand, and solicits tho patronage of the public. Repairing and Repainting promptly executed. We make a specialty of "Goodyear," Rubber and Steel Horse Shoeing General Blacksmith and Woodwork. Only experienced and skilled workmen employed. We have now ready for sale Home-made, Hand-made Farm Wagon that we especially invite your attention to. We put on Goodyear Rubber Tires. Yours for business Church Street, Opposite Jail. J. P. TODD. LESSER & COMPANY. Remarkable Pricing of New Fall Goods. A mammoth oolleotion of the very bent Fail and Winter Goods at E33ER'S. A store fall of New* Bright and Fashionable M^rchandioe at prices that oannot be equalled. Monster showing of new Dress Good?, Coun ters piled high with fresh, new Dry Goods, Domostio Notions, Hats. Shoes, Clothing and Gents* Furnishing Goods. The whole priced only as LESSER can prioe it. For the last 40 years the leaders of low prices and #,<e recognis ed trading plaoe of Anderson County. NEW FALL BARGAINS IN OUR NOTION DEPART MENT. 100 Dozen Ladles Perfect Fitting Ribbed Und VT oat? at only. jjizo 50 Doten Ladle? Perfect Fitting Union Salt? at only.... itfc 28 Doten Ladies White Hemstitched Handkerchiefs, worth 8c. at only.?. 2c 100 Doten Ladle? Extra Heavy Home Knit Hoce, Talue 10c, at only. 7c 18 Doten InfanU Worsted Hoods, real Talue 26c, a? only. 16c ?o Doten Ladles All Wool Fascinator., real Taluo 40c, at only. 24c 80 Palra Extra Heavy io 4 White and ?rey Ulan Let*, at only Per P?ir. 65c 10 Dor.en Ladies Flannelette I'nderskirta, ready nude a i only. 24o 600 yards Table Die Cloth, first >|u?tlty at only ._. 18c 10 Dozen Ladles Black Parasols at only._. 28c 28 White Counterpane*, ready hemmed, extra large site, at only. 79c New Fall Bargains in our Dry Goods Department. 8 cents Outings In dark and light shades at only. 47;o Best Apron l?iugbama in brown, blue and green at only.". 4):o 10 cent ? Kiting. Tery wide and heavy, at only._. Ic 26 Pieces Curtain Swtaaea, white ground ?rita red, blue, green figurej at only . 10c 10 Piece All Wool Eul^?owu. In all colors, at only.". 2Sc 60 Pieces new Flaurellelte, in all tho latest doringa, at only. 7'$e 20 Pieces doubla widlU Colton Piada, beautiful designs at only . \))/? 100 yards of Kcmnunts o.rCheviots, extra heavy value 10c al only . 6c Ono Lot Hemnants aud 8i'cet Lengths in all wool Red Flannol at only. 12l? 500 yards Dark Style* In Percales, last colors, nt only. 7c 1000 yards Extra Heavy Calton Flannel at ft, (I, 7,0 and 10c yard. 800 yard Wool Piad Dre*? (jovis, rea! value 25c, at onlro.. l'??o New Fall Lino ol' Up-to-date Ladies Cloaks and Reefers. Wo were fortunate to purchase while in New York five hundred sam ples of up-to dato Ladies Cloaks, mado of thc very best material. When in need of any CLOAKS it will pay you to sec our linc before purchasing as we will save you 50 per cent, on the dollar. One lot Ladle* Fino Cloaka, all colora, Silk Lined, at only. 81.50 One lot Ladles Fine Tan Cloaks, made of French Diagonal, at only. 82.26 One lot Ladles Black Cloaks, made of Fino Beaver, Silk Lined, al only. S2.9B One lot Ladles Extra Heavy Melton Cloaks, all eolors, Silk Lined, at only.- 83.48 One lot Ladles Black Bonclay Jackets, Silk Llued. at only. 83.48 One lot Ladies Black and Tan Kersey Jackets, Silk Lined, at only.". 84.26 One lot Exi ra Fine Sample Line Russian Blouse Jackets, value 810,. 84.80 Ono lot Child's Heavy Beefers, in all sizes, at only. 26c One lot Child's Cheviot Reefers, in all color* and sizes, at only. 76c One lot Child's Extra Heavy Melton Reefers, beautifully trimmed, at only. 98c NEW FALL LINE OF MILLINERY. We oder 260 Ladles Elegantly Trimmed Hat?, 'any shape and color, at only. 08c o.'ie Lot Richly Trimmed Children's Hau at ouly. 48c Do not buy any Ladies Hats until you seo our immense variety of ele gantly TRIMMED HATS which will be sold AT A SACRIFICE. NEW SHOES. NEW FALL LINE OF SHOES. Our immense Shoe trade has forced us to increase our Shoe stock. We sell only solid leather Shoes at the very lowest prices. Our Shoo stock is now complete. We purchased all of our Shoes from the largest manufactures in the United States and guarantee any Shoe that goes out of our Store. Ooo Lot Ladies Dongola Shoes, all solid leather, at only.75c One Lot Ladies Grain Button and Lace Shoes, all solid, at only . 75o One Lot Ladies Vesting Top Shoe?, all sizes and solid leather, at only... 85o One Lot Men's Brogan Shoes, cable screwed, all leather, at only. 75o One Lot Ladies' Fine Dongola Suoes, sootch bottom, value $2, at only. ..$1.48 One Lot Gentlemen's Yici Kid Shoes, guaranteed all solid, at only.$1.50 One Lot Boy's Brogan Shoes, all solid, 3 to 5A, at only.50o NEW LINE CLOTHING AND GENTS* FURNISHINGS* 100 Dozen Gents Fleece Line Shirts, well worth 50c, at only. 35o 10 Dozen Gents all wool Undershirts, regular value $1.50, at only. ?5c New Line Gents Hats of any style and color, from 25o to $2.00. New Line of Gents Single Coats; valuo $2, at only.$1.48 New Lino Gents Trousers, just received, worth $1.50 and $2, at only... $1.00 New Line Chesterfield Gents Blue Flannel Suits, real value $10, at only $7.50 Free, Free, Free-Haud Painted China FREE. A House-wifo's delight, a nicely arranged table. Buy your Goods of US and get a set of hand painted CHINA FREE. Ask for Coupons for free Premiums. Yours always truly, UNDER MA8ONI0 TEMPLE,, LEADING STORK OP ANDERSON. Why Not Gi^e Your House a Coat of TIC PAINT ? You can put it on yourself-it is already mixed-and to paint your house would not cost you more tb an Five oi? ?ix Dollars! SOLD BY Orr**Gray & Co. HOME SEEKER EXCURSION RATES VIA. The Western and Atlantic Railway and Nashville, Chat tanooga and St. Louis Ballway, To points' in Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Missouri. Solid vesti buled trains between Atlanta and Memphis. Only one change of cars to piincipal western cities. Very low rates to all points North, Northwest and West. Best service and quickest time via the Scenic Battlefield Route. For schedules, rates, maps or any information, write JOHN E. SATTERFIELD, Traveling Passenger Agent, No. 1 Brown Building, Atlanta, Ga. Sept 10, 1902 _ H 0 H B a o M &-4 O ? szi K . tu a cd td ? td G O < H M OD O e 6 ? < Sd i_i O ?j M O M OD 12 > k M hi E ZS M ? > d 3 . a rr? 5 Gm w s z o co o (-1 ll (H cs a ?j CELEBRATED Acme Paint and Cernent Cure. Specially used on Tin Roofs and Iron Work of auy kind. For sale by ACME PAINT & CEMENT. CO. Reference : F. B. GR?YTON & CO., Druggists, Anderson, B. 0.1