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Laughing Gas For poct..

1t Is over hundred years since nj
trous oNidc-thc gas which so many OF
us associate with the dentists chair
was first Intentionally inhaled. The
experiment was made by Sir IIumphrv
Dnvy and was the result OF II rcport
published by 4 brother chemist That
laughing gas, called by him oxide of
cOntHSiOn.
Cautious experiments made with tho
diluted gas produced no i'll effects. and
Davy proceeded 10 inhalc considerable
quantities OF the pure gas. Contrary
To his expectations, the effects were
highly ploasurablc. Thrills Of pleasure
pervadcd his body, and his mind was
filled with IDEAS and emotions OF the
most exalted kind, which. however,
were very indistinct when the effect OF
the gas passed Off.
1t occurred to Sir IIumpbry Davv
that the gas might be useful In proInot
Ing poetic inspiration, and lie accord.
lnSly tried writing verso Willie under
It's influence. but the recorded rcsul,
hardly shows Il close connection be
tween the divine nlllatns ana troii>
oxide. Davy's experiments had the cf
feet Of making the inlnlr .ion OF
laughing gas for time highly fash
ionahlc. so that in 1902 Il French write,
aliudcs to it rs having hccomc Il M
tional vice in EnSland.-Golden Penny
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nrnde Them Even.

II have seen many funny incident
in knocking about" said G. ]. Griswold
of Denver, "but don't remember any
more amusing than one witnessed at
Friar's Point, Coahoma county, Miss.
some years ago. was In that part Of
the country on some business. and,
having nothing in particular to do for
the time being, went up to the little
courthouse to witness jury trial that
was going on there. One Of the Jurors.
rustic looking chap, kept going to
sleep in the box, which irritated the
presiding judge extremely. The judge
sent a court officer to awaken the
juror once or twice, but when he went
to sleep for the third time the judge
evidently thought patience had ceased
to be virtue. for. leaning over the rail,
he said to the juror with severity:
"'John Doe, I fine you $50 for per-
sistently sleeping in court
"'All right, judge replied Doe, that
makes us even on that game we had
last night
Inquiry developed that the night
previous had witnessed a poker game
at Friar's Point, from which the magis-
trate had risen n loser Of exactly $50 to
oe."-New York Tribune.
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AN Absentmfnded Mon

A local railroad official Is an extreme
ly nbsentminded man. He frequently
forgets to go to lunch, and it is usual
ly necessary to remind him that it Is
time for dinner. His wife, knowing
his little peculiarities, is his other self
and looks carefully after his affairs
at home. She sees to it that he does
not go down town with one yellow and
one black shoe and keeps his cuffs
carefully separated. The strange thing
about 1t Is that he never under any
circumstances forgets business af-
fair Of any sort or confuses Identities
or anything Of that kind in connection
with the railroad. but he will return
his slster-in-law's bow with n distant
stare or IN abseMtminded touch Of the
hat.
One day last summer he ran up to
the lakes to spend few hours with
his wife and family. She had arrang-
ed for game Of golf, OF which he is
passionately fond, and he spent the
afternoon playing foursome. winning
with his partner against, his wife and
another man. That night he got on the
train ut the little station, his wife and
the children having gone down with
him. He bade them fond farewell
and then. after he had settled his ef-
fects in tho sleeper, wrote n telegram,
which he addressed to his wife at st.
Louis. to this effect: "VYill be home
$50 Friday. Won golf game today."-
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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Lightning and Thup,1.r

By counting the number OF seconds
III the interval between lightning and
thunder 1t IS possible to figure approXi-
nately how far from tile observer is
the scene OF the storm. Sound travels
l,lOO feet Il second. SO multiply the
number OF seconds by 1.1Ou, which will
give the distance in feet from the point
where the lightning flashed
For example. II ten seconds have
elapsed the distance away will be H.
600 feet, or Il little over two miles. 1t
might be added that. rs light ana light
ming travel SO much faster than sound,
II one survives after hearing the crash
Ing peal he can be sure L.. Is safe. Re
membrancc of this will dissipntc ter
rOr
Thunder can be heard n relatively
short distance only. Strong cannon
aiding can be heard ns far Off as 20 or
70 miles, while thunder is usually not
farther away than ID or 10 miles. In
only exceptional instances does the in
terval between thunder and lightning
amount to 100 seconds. SO that the cx-
tremc distance Mt which thunder can
be heard may be put down as about q
miles.
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When Aunt Lucinda was getting to
be an old lady, she heard Of the dis
grace and downfall Of n man whom
she had known for many years.
"Well," she remarked. With sigh OF
relief, II always thought had n mar
row escape In not marrying him, and
now know it."
"Why, auntie," said young woman
who happened to be standing by, "you
were never engaged to marry that
man. were you?'
"Well, perhaps some wouldn't exact
ly call 1t an engagement, but he took
me to the singing class three times
running when l was girl, and that
was near enough to an engagement
to make me feel that I've had a very
narrow escape"
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HIS Idea of the English.

The following illustrates Louis
Philippe's idea Of England and the
English. He one day asked Hugo If he
had ever been in England, and on re-
cciving negative reply continued:
"Well, when you do go-for you will
go-you will see how strange it is. 1t
resembles France in nothing Over
there are order, arrangement, SYM
metry, cleanliness. well moved lawns
and profound silence on the streets.
The passersby are as serious md ae
mute rs specters. When, being French
and alive, you speak in the street, these
specters look back mt you and murmur
with an inexpresslble mixture Of grav-
ity and disdain. French people! When
I was in London, was walking arm in
arm with my wife and sister.
1--WE were conyersing IN n not tno
:0uI lone or voice. for we are we'll bred
persons. you know. yet all the passers-
by, bourgeois and men Of the people,
turned to gaze at us, and we could hear
them growing behind us, Trench peo-
pie! French people! "-"Afemoirs Of
Victor Hugo"
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What the Spider snid.

II was spinning a web in the rose
vine" said the spider, "aud inc little
girl was sewing patchwork on the
doorstep. Her thread knotted. her
needle broke. and her eyes were full
Of tears. Il can't do IT, she said. Il
can't! I can't!'
"Then her mother came and bade her
look at me. Now, every time spun a
nice silky thread and tried tn fasten 1t
from .one branch to another the wind
blew and tore IT away.
This happened many times, but at
last made one that did not break and
fastened It close and spun other
threads to. join it. Then the mother
smiled.
"'What patient spiderv she said.
'The little girl smiled. too, and took
up her work. And when the sun went
down there was beautiful web in the
rose vine and n square Of beautiful
patchwork on the steps," - Weekly
Bouquet.
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there was no shelter from tne ,It,,.s,
downpour. The soldiers. always eager
and anxious to protect Mrs. Long. rig
ged up tarpaulin screen to shield her
from the rain when sleeping. but de-
spite their care she often woke up
drenched.
The news of the disasters at Laings-
mex and Majuba Hill was. OF course.
promptly communicated to them by the
enemy, accompanied by n peremptory
summons TO surrender But Licuten-
ant Long. though badly wounded him
self. lying helpless. with his faithful
wife nursing him night and day, sent
back the curt answer, II Shall hold out
TO the last" And the men. looking at
tnat prave woman. so patient and
cheerful under her terrible load of anx-
fety. set their teeth hard and swore the
Boers should never have Fort Mary
While there was man left to handle n
rifle.
And ever Oh the topnost roof the
old banner OF England blew" At first
Indeed. 1t WIS but n merchant ship's
ensign. How they holstcd a real union
jack ! will let Mrs. Long tell I'm her
own words:
Our ships ensign had become, what
with the wind and what with the hnl.
lets, perfect shred Moreover. we
were anxious to hoist real union jack.
A Geneva flag was discovered, but.
though sufficient red and white were
forthcoming to complete the crosses.
no blue was to be found Nothing
dauntod. the men came to me to in.
|
bit Of dark blue for the new flag, and.
TO their delight. l gave them Il serge
dress OF the desired color. a beautiful
union jack was very soon made and
hoistcd instead of the first Our ships
ensign. though exchanged, was not dis
cardcd. for under It's tattered shred our
brave fellows were carried to their
graves"
On the goth Of March the Beers kept
up furious canno,ade and fusillade
all night. But the next morning, to the
surprise Of the garrison. q white flag
was hoistcd over the enemy's lines, uud
under Its protection Lieutenant Baker
OF the SiStieth rifles brought them the
humiliating news that peace had been
concluded with the Bocrs So the gal.
liant defenders marched out from the
riddled and battered little fort which
FOR 81 days they had held against ten
times their number.
Mrs. Long was SO thin and pulled
down that her friends In Lydenbers
hardly knew her. The Beers cheered
her heartily rs she passed them on
her way into the town. and their COM
mander. riet Steyne. treated her with
the utmost courtesy. Indeed such q
chivalrous gentleman was this gallant
Boer that he sentenced one OF his men
to 25 lashes for shouting out during
the siege: Come out. Mrs. Long, and
make US some coffee. We are SO cold"
AT the same time he threatened double
the penalty II any further insult were
offered to the English lady.
Lieutenant Long and his men were
publicly complimented in general or
der 'for their successful and heroic
defense" But am disposed to think
that the largest share of the praise was
due to the brave woman who set them
so noble an example-Chambers Jour
Do1
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THE PARTING.

Two, here. side by side.
Two that tarry the tide.
Give US your hand, my boy;
Grasp we warm and long
Thanks for the day when our hearts had joy
Our feet had speed and our lips song.
The sails are 6.ling-give US your hand!
Two and two,
And their hearts were true
Here's TO US both. one left on the strand
One CT in the bark comes never TO land.
Two, here. side by side,
Two that tarry the tide.
Give us a kiss. my girl:
Life and love are all.
Thanks for the glance mid the dances whirl.
Fer tho smile and the sigh and the sweet lids
iul.
The sails are fiilins-one moro kiss.
Two snd ,wo.
And their hearts were true
Thanks fo- the heart a heart can misa.
Here's to Us both, the end of the bliss.
John Vance Cheney in Cosmopolitan.
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Tint DeDends.

"What is the difference between q
sharp man and smooth rascal?"
Frequently there Is no difference.
The term depends upon whether you
profit or lose by the operations Of the
man in stion."-Chicago Post.
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FOR SALE.

MY House and Lot of four acres on
Greenville st. Also, Mills and so acres
OF land 81 miles south Of Anderson. For
further particulars apply to me in my
Office or j. l. Tribbe, ESQ
A. G. STRICKLAND.
Sept 81, 1899 Il
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
f,NITRT flJr a,AAnsns<>>- =G-.D

COURT OF GzH:EiON PLEAs.
j. s. Fowler and Joseph N. Brown, as Assignee of
J. .. Fowler. Plaintiffs, againnt j. L. Saylors,
Defendant for Relief-Co!nplaint
not Served.
To the Defendant, J. L Saylors
VOU are hereby summoned and required to an.
Il swer the Complaint In this action which
10 filed In the Office OF the Clerk Of the Court OF
Common Pleas for said County, and to servo q
copy Of your answer TO the said Complaint on the
subscriber at his Office, ut Anderson C. H. s. C..
within twenty days after the service hereof, er-
elusive Of the day Of such service and IL Won
fall to answer the Complaint within the time
aforesaid, the Plaintiffs In this action will apply
to the Court for the relief demanded In the
Complaint.
JOSEPH N. BROWN,
Plaintlfs' Attorney, Anderson 5. c.
December 10TH A. D. l89p
lSEAL1 JOHN G.. WATKINS, c. &C r.
To the Defendant. ] L. saylors:
Take notice that the Complaint In this action
together with the Summons, Of which the fore.
going 10 copy, was filed In The Office the Clerk
OF the Court a. Anderson, in the County and State
aforesaid, ON the 10Th day Of December, 1899, and
that the object OF the action Is to force ose mort
gage executed by you to J. s. Fowler on one hun
dred acres Of Land. situaie In Anderson County,
In said State. dated December 14th, 1882
JOSEPH N. BROWN
PlaiDtiffs' Attorney, Anderson, ). C.
December IS. 1899 26
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FOR SALE.

VQ 0AAE.
FARM, containing 2i9 acres. II miles
n Southwest from the City of Ander-
son. All scientifically terraced and in
good state Of cultivation. 4.roora cot
tage, (new,) two tenant houses and big
log barn on the place. Price $1,000 per
acre, spot cash. For further particulars
call on or address
JOHN j. NORRIS, Anderson, s. G.
Oct 25. 1899 Is
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AT glance that the work done nt THE
ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY ia of
a superior order. There Is not speck or
spot to mar the beauty or perfection of
finish. Starched and unstarched goods
are alike carefully treated, and reach our
patrons In highly satisfactory condition.
way we send for your work?
Our friends and customers in the coun-
try can alwavs leave their Laundry at
l.. G. Brown & Bro'e. Store, which Ia our
central office-ne xt door above the Post
Office.
ANDERSON STEAM LAUNDRY co,
202 East Boundary st.
r. A. MAYFIELD,
Supt. and Treas.
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the gallant fellows who fearieSSly eX-
posed themselves In their efforts to ex-
tinguish the fire. Those efforts were
successful. though they cost the lives
Of two brave men who could i'll be
spared.
But the garrison were not content
with standing only on the defensive.
They made plucky little night sorties,
which scared the Beers considerably
end cuused them some loss. Twice
Conductor Parsons of the army serv-
Ice corps sailed out alone In the dark
and pitched hand grenades in among
the enemy. which produced a perfect
panic among them. There were vigor-
GUS sapping and mining, too. on tse
part OF the Royal engineers. who made
things very lively Tor the besiegers.
Then the water ran short-a pint a
day for each man was all that could be
spared, md this. though supplemented
with q pint bottle Of ale from the
stores, was terribly short rations Of
drink in the hottest month Of IN Afri-
can summer. Plucky Mrs. Long found
the privation Of water for washing
more trying than even the thirst, and
her Joy was Intense when. after many
days OF this privation, she discovered
a big bath sponge in it's oilcloth case.
still damp. One daily wipe she and
her husband allowed themselves as q
luxury and then locked the sponge up.
At last the rain, which for many
weary hours they had MATCHED delug-
Ing the hills around, condescended to
visit thern, and then they had rather
more water than they wanted, for, the
huts being oil roofless since the Gre,
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The YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE, YOKOHAMA.

The Bank buys and receives for col
lection Bills of Exchange, issues Drafts
and Letters of Credit, and transacts a
general banking business.
Agency Yokohama Specie Bank.
INTEREST ALLOWED.
On fixed deposits for IL months, 4 per
cent per annum.
On fixed deposits for months, 9k per
cent per annum.
On fixed deposits for 8 months, 8 per
cent per annum.
Interest Allowed by the Head Office at
Yokohama.
On current deposits, 2-1O sen per day.
On fixed deposits for II months, 5h per
cent per annum.
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$4,000. 600 For SENTIMENT.

New Yorks is the most expensive mu-
nicipal government in the world. Last
year, according to Controller Coler, the
city received and paid out again, for
all purposes, more than 5000, 900, 000 The
great city of London, with a million
more inhabitants was run at an expense
500 900, 900 less than New York. and Par
is, with it's vast and varied municipal
services, pertaining to education, clean
Illness, health, charity, banking, and it's
almost paternal care for its citizens,
far in advance of the American metrop-
oils in this respect, cost $1S000,0 900 less
than New York last year. Indeed, the
combined expenses of Boston, Chicago,
and Philadelphia in 1899 were only ST.
600 900 more than those of New York.
The city expenses amounted to $40 Sc
per capita on the estimated population
of 3,500,000. Mr.. Coler, who gives these
interesting facts in Appleton's Popular
Science Monthly (May) says that 1.-THE
combined annual expenditures of the
six largest States in the Union are less
than those of the city of New York, and
the financial transactions of the latter
are equal in amount to one-SeVenth of
those of the national government" In
spite of these enormous expenditures,
however the credit of the city is sec
ond only to that of the federal govern
ment.
About SIS, 900, 900, Mr.. Coler reckons, is
paid every year for the qualification Of
a sentiment, the sentiment that de-
manded the consolidation of ninety or
more municipalities into a Greater
New York"
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All entries to be made with the Sec
rotary before p. m, on Wednesday,
June 6, 1900.
Entrance fee to be ten per cent of
purse, unless otherwise specified.
All races to be run or trotted under
the rules of the California Jockey Club,
and the National Trotting Association.
All riders and drivers to appear In
colors.
At least three to enter and two to
start.
All horses are expected to start unless
withdrawn by 9 o'clock a. m, June 8,
1900.
General admission, including grand
stand, $1.0O.
No extra charge for carriages inside
Enclosure.
Additional charge of $3.50 for adj
mission to saddling paddock.
Quarter stretch badges, $500.
Program subject to change.
Per Order Committee,
PAUL r. ISENBERG,
Sec'y Hawaiian Jockey Club.
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presented to the Empress Catherine Of
Russia, and sent to Paris, together with
the one destined for Louis XVI.
The description OF the medal has been
found In one Of the official reports OF
Prince Barlatinsky, who was at the
time Russian ambassador at the court
Of Versailles. The text of the report
runs as follows:
THE head represents American lib
erty, with the usual emblem--a Phry-
gian cap on the end of pike. Under
meath Is the date, July 4, 1856, the day
on which the United States published
their Declaration of Independence. on
the reverse side Of the medal the Unit
ed States are represented as an infant
Hercules bearing the shield which, ac-
cording to Theocritus, served him as a
cradle and strangling with his hands
two serpents which are intended to
symbolic the English armies taken
prisoners at Saratoga and Yorktown.
A leopard, the symbol of England
throws itself upon the child, while a
Minerva bearing a-shield with the arms
OF France is coming to the rescue. The
motto is a verse from Horace to the
effect that the child would not show
so much courage were 1t not for the
help of God"
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DEMOCRACY.
Old Democracy Has Passed Away.
This is a New One

Olu Democracy mas dSSGu away
This is a New One.
The Hartford Times thinks there will
be no more Democratic victories in this
country until leaders like David B.
Hill are consulted about the winning of
them. The Times is a Democratic
newspaper of the old-fashioned sort,
which found itself left without a par
ty by the transformation act that was
played at Chicago four years ago,
when the Democratic party of old dis
appeared and a new Democratic party
came into being. 1t has been difficult
for many Democrats to realize exactly
what happened when Mr.. Bryan was
nominated, and many of them are not
ready yet to admit that to all intents
and purposes the Democracy emerged
from that operation a new party under
the old name. Were it not for the sem
timental hold which the name itself
has upon many persons the Chicago
convention would have been amply JUS
titled in adopting a new one, and that
course of action would have been far
more honest. OF Democracy, as Dem
Ocracy was known at any period prior
to 1896, whether it was good or bad,
there is practically nothing left. What
we have is really the Populist party
succeeding the grab of the Democratic
name. Possibly such leaders as David
b. Hill and such newspapers as the
Times can grab the name back, but Of
this there does not seem to us to be
much chance. 1t is a new era and the
old one has gone by not to return
New Bedford Republican Standard.
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"a awaiian
Electric
Company.

The cleanest, brightest, safest and really
IA the long run, the cheapest and best light
3escent electric light. Safe; nothing could
ee safer. few days ago a prominent gem
Sae office of the Electric Company and said:
Give me figures for wiring my house, and
want it done at once; more lamps for me.
Last night a lamp tipped over and it came so
near setting fire to the house and burning my
children and take no more risks"
This Is the sentiment of quite a number in
The past few weeks, who have ordered their
nouses fitted with the perfect light.
Just think it over and make up your mind
s1at you want the best and safest light; send
hem what you want
We have complete stock of everything in
rs line and have just received lot of the
very latest designs.
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LAFAYETTE sTATUE.

Archbishop Ireland is to give the adj
dress at the unwilling of the Lafayette
monument on July 4 in Paris. 1t will
be spoken in French. Ambassador
Porter will act as president. The pre-
sentation speech will be delivered by
Commissioner Peck The actual I'M
yelling will be done by forty-seven AM
erican girls pulling tri-colored cords.
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All CHEW BROS.

Groceries, Island and California
FRUITS. poultry. vegetables. King and
Nuuanu streets.
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A RARE MEDAL.
Presented by the United States to Louis
XVI.

lie Journal des Debates and some 9TH
er Paris papers, in commenting upon
President McKinley's gift to President
Loubet of the first of the Lafayette dol
lars struck at the United states mint,
recall a similar gift made to Louis XVI
by Franklin in 1888, which consisted of
a medal struck to commemorate the aid
accorded by France to the United
States during the American revolution.
A copy of the same medal was also
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Fine Job Printing, Star Office.