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Experienced farmers have learned that
there is difference In tho shapes and
quality Of tho mei1y Plows now on the
inarket. A great many are imperfectly
tempered, OF inferior quality Of eteei,
and re.nhaping. To find tho largest as
Gortment or bost-selected aud most par
fecs shapes. properly tempered and I'm.
jnhed, call on Sullivan HdW. Co.
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Card Of Thanks.

Anderson, s. c., March %, 1902
DR.. r. Luther Parker, Clerk Myrtle
Camp, No. 90, w. o. W., Bolton,
8. G:
Dear Sir: wish to express my sincere
gratitude to the beneficent Order of
the Woodmen of the World for the full
payment of Claim No 4.74S Of my late
husband, Capt. J. F. Robertson, for
with which they settled this claim is
very commendable, and can't speak
otherwise than with the highest praise
of this noble Order. Again expressing
my gratefulness. am,
Very sincerely,
(Mrs. Alice Robertson.
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usually short when it comes to paying
their debts.
- Originality usually consists Of
repeating bright remarks to people
who never heard them before.
"A man is always telling bis wife
that his household expenses are high
er than any otaer man in town.
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MILLINERY !!
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After the rush of Opening Week our Millinery Derart.
ent again filed with the prettiest most attractive
Millinery to be found in the city.
Our opening March 25th another in eyerv
particular Never before have crowds TO visit
our store and each visitor decided it display of
swell Pattern Hats and h Street that we have had
on any previous Opening So very proud of the re-
suit and will find this department the others have
thoroughly up-todate.
We WANT YOUR MILLINERY BUSINESS.
And we especially invite you to call our city, and
LOOK through this department. whether you desire to pr
chase not.
You Will also find entire Stock Summer Dress Fa
br1csIrlmmngs, Lawns Organ dies. Muslns Etcfar in
advance OF previous showngs and tits your visit
US for of Summer Quite variety in the la
test Novelties The latest ideas in eysry
complete Stock of up.to.date Goods.
For Oxford Ties Slippers Shoes, Etc. we would advise
you see our line before purchasing elsewhere.
Remember, you always welcome to our Store and we
WILL oe glad to show different lines at all times
Write for Samples. Your orders solicited
Agents for Mccall Bazaar Patterns
Moore,Acker Go.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26

The Bernadottes, whom the first
Napoleon transferred from his own
army to the throne Of Norway and
Sweden, are returning to the demo-
cratic ranks whence they originally
sprung. The elder son, Oscar, some
time ago renounced his rights to the
throne to contract a marriage with one
inferior in rank, and now another son,
Eugene, who is following the profess
sion Of an artist, with a studio in the
Latin Quarter OF Paris, has applied for
the assent of his father to a marriage
with an American lady residing in the
French capital, and for permission to
resign his right also to the succession
to the throne.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26
Men Cheered Florence nightingale.

The late Sir John Steele, sculptor to
Queen Victoria, was modelling a bust
OF Florence Nightingale, when an Of.
hcer Of one Of the Highland regiments
which had suffered so cruelty in the
Crimean, heard that the bust had Just
been completed, and was in Sir Johns
studio. Many Of the men in his com.
pany had passed through the hospital
at Scutari, and he obtained permission
from the sculptor to bring some OF
them to see 1t. Accordingly a squad
OF men one day marched into the big
studio and stood in line.
They had no idea why they had been
mustered in so strange a place. With
out a word Of warning the bust was
uncovered, and then, as by one i'm.
pulse the men broke rank, and with
cries Of Miss Nightingale! Miss
Nightlngalew surrounded the model
and with hats of cheered the figure OF
their devoted nurse until the roof
rang.
30 spontaneous and hearty and so
inspiring was the whole scene that in
after days Sir John Steele declared
1t to be the greatest compliment Of his
life.-sunday Magazine.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26

station and see If she is right" sug-
gested Mason, who was deadly pale
and much excited.
The investigating party soon re-
| turned, for they had met posse
which had surprised the robbers at
their work. The men they had cap
tured were two tramps who were eX-
actly as the girl had described them.
No one was moro astonished than
Mason himself, or more overjoyed
for it demonstrated as a fact. the
power that hc feared might be fiction
When on other occasions Ralph
Mason followed up this feat by 9th
ers quite as wonderful, employing
Margaret Lansing as n subject, her
family objected, They argued that it
would iniure her health, possibly
wreck her nerves, and that nothing
good would result from dabbling in
mysteries. Mason was greatly disap-
pointed, for he felt that the success
OF n great discovery depended on the
girl. What might he not accomplish
by her assistance? He might teach
her to read the stars, to fathom the Sc,
crets of inhnitude! And here he found
| himself unable TO cope with the first
edict OF parental authority.
The parents were undoubtedly right
They saw on their daughters part an.
other kind Of infatuatiOn, a growing
fondness for this young man whose
days were numbered. Science was
nothing when put in the scales with
their love for their child. Mason ap.
pealed to Margaret Lansing rs n sick
man always appeals TO n healthy, sym.
pathetic woman. First, pity, then
love. He who has brutal health can
never know the sweet recompenses Of
weakness. Your robust man has no
charm compared to the pleading love
of an invalid. Ralph had said to Mar.
garet that he could hypnotic her at
distance.
Il can bring you to me at any time
by calling you and willing you to
come. 1t will be impossible for you
not to obey me-"
She had smiled into his bright, com
pelliug eyes with a faith and belief
that were sublime, and held herself
in readiness TO 20 like a bird Of the
air when he called her, but nothing
came of it, for he had tried-Gnd
failed. His mind could not control
hers by any distant treatment, and he
had never been able TO reach her by
either telepathy or hypnosis.
One night when Mason was on duty
at his station he received a telegram
from Rawlins, ten miles down the
line.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26

Texas owns her own domain. A
vast area of 1t is pastoral and arid.
When used free and in common, the
iand became bleak and repellent, its
forage being destroyed. A steer could
barely live on a hundred acres. Less
than a decade ago, against the oppo-
sition Of the stockmen, Texas made a
leasing law. Now an area Of seven
teen acres supports a steer. The range
is restored, and a proposition to re-
peal the lease statute would convulse
the State, states a writer in the For
um.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26


and asleep. 1t was five miles to Bris-
coe and raining hard; NO horse could
make the distance in time to give the
alarm. And hundreds of sleeping men
and women were speeding to certain
death.
The young operator felt an uncon-
trollable weariness and lethargy creep.
ing over him, but he pulled himself TO-;
gether with a desperate effort that
made every nerve tingle and vlb-ate.
He was speaking aloud, although alone
in his office.
Margaret! Margaret! Margaret.
Get your fathers red lantern; go
down to the BriscOe River and swing
danger signal for the go express.
Go at once, l command you, my dear
love! Go, 90, go! In Gods name rise
from your sleep, Margaret, and go"
The night express came rushing
on to Briscoe station when Engineer
Preston saw far ahead Of him "A tiny
red spark glowing. Instinct in the
man read its meaning before It had
grown to proportions that signaled
danger. The train slowed up with
such unwilllngness of steam ana oriy-
ing wheel, suoh a mighty groaninc and
grinding of the whole outfit. that the
stubborn resistance threw passengers
out Of the berths and brought the
throbbing, shrieliins engine TO a stand.
still on the very brink Of destruction
where white-robed figure with un-
bound hair swung with persistence
and monotonous repetition the red Ian
tern that had averted death.
The train men wrapped Margaret
in blankets and carried her bewildered.
distraught, almost llfeless to. her hom,
where she fell unconscious INTO ner
mothers arms, while the grateful pas-
sengers filed the hours they must
wait with plaudits Of her brave deed
and talked Of the medal she should
have some day.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26

An indication Of the trend of public
opinion in France may be seen in the
movement which is now on foot in
that country to abolish all titles of no.
bility in the republic. The opponents
Of titles of the nobility in France
point to the fact that France is a re,
public and argue that a nobility is as
much out Of place there as 1t is in the
United States. After the general elec.
tlon a bill will be introduced in the
French Parliament, declaring all titles
illegal; and a strong effort will be
made to pass the measure. 1t is esti.
mated that about half a million
Frencmen prefix the title of Count
TO their names; and 1t is certain that
a large proportion of these titles are
assumed, and have no significance in
the blood or traditions of their bear.
ers. The attempt will be made to ap
ply the French national motto in o
new direction by doing away with the
nobility
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26
SOLID PETROLEUM.
Queer Mine That Was Worked with
Profit For Several Years.


Profit For Several Years.
The Cairo field in West Virginia con
lains n relic OF the earliest production
Of illuminating and lubricating oil
wonderful deposit of solidified pc
,roleum-bitumen some call it, whether
lightly so will not be known until the
result of certain tests now being made
by Eastern chemists is announced
Oil companies from this and other
cities are operating around Cairo,
Ritchie County, with success. The
fluid is about the same quality found
here, but some difficulty with water
is experienced The oil and water seem
TO mix, contrary to all theory, and in
summer the raw products OF the wells
must be steamed before the water
will settle. In winter the uff is aw.
ful to handle. Oil is to be found at
depth Of about 1900 feet
Six miles from Devils Hole, at Nc
Farland's schoolhouse, where once was
Il prosperous settlement, now quite de-
serteA, is the old Ritchie coal mine
or b,umen deposit Early in 1850 it
became Hnown that there was n strange
OutcroppDg OF what was termed coal.
Instead Of lying fiat underground, as
most coal mines do, here was one, the
wondering prospectOrs found that
stood on edge. A silver of it burned
like torch and left no ash. A shovel
full of it would blaze like grease and
no kindling was needed.
$. II. Wilson, now a resident Of
Parkersburg, was among those who in-
vestigated the peculiar vein, and he
organized company for development.
He is still one of the owners and his
son, Edward Wilson, is associated with
him in lumber and coal interests. At
ter some experimenting it was found
that the new raw product was unfit
for fuel. BY melting or distilling it
was seen that oil could be produced,
and that there was less than ten per
cent. waste.
A company was formed and narrow
gauge railway thirteen miles long was
built connecting with the Baltimore
and Ohio at Cairo. Expensive machin-
cry was placed in position, and opera
ton was begun, going on for eighteen
years uninterrupted by the Civil War
save for short time. Great caldrons
and retorts with engines and boilers
were unloaded from the new trains,
and thrifty town sprang up. 1t was
probably the first boom town in olldom
for Pithole was just then beginning
1t paid to distil the stuff, for oil was
selling as liniment by the pint for what
q barrel costs now.
Some extended explorations proved
that the queer vein was about three
quarters of a mile long, and three to
six feet wide. Down each side were
perpendicular walls of sandstone, how
far down no one knows. Active work
ilg penetrated 365 feet, and then it was
abandoned owing to crude methods Of
mining employed and the cheapness
of oil elsewhere. The costly watts are
"usting into scrap; cobwebs cover the
office windows, and copperheads crawl
about the vitals Of the furnaces and
engines,-Pittsburg Gazette.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26

1t is a sex to learn from, no doubt
but sometimes it is perplexlng, OBJ
serves the New York Sun. Here was
poor Colonel Nairence Of Hyeres in
the beautiful south Of France. Ht
had done his work in the gendarmerle
had been retired, and was hoping to
end his life in comfort in his villa
with his wife. They had been long
married and were attached to each
other Unluckily Nine. Nairence was
ambitious for her husband; Il Sena.
torship became vacant and she urged
him to become a candidate. The Col.
Onel knew better than to do that; III
had run for office once and had been
defeated, and he didn't care for poll.
tics any more. So there were ami.
mated discussions in that family till
one day Nine Nairence walked into
her own parlor with revolver in heI
hand and shot the Colonel dead. Then
she rang for a servant and told him
to call in the police. They will prob.
ably call this an emotional crime in
France. The murderer may be ex.
tolled as a woman Brutus Of political
duty. 1t Is not altogether safe to be
Il husband in France.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26
NIrglnia Constitution OnKs-

At the suggestion OF Congressman
Harry Lee Maynard the Agricultural
Department at Washington will sup.
ply each member of the Virginia Con-
stitutional Convention with a young
oak tree for them to set out in com.
memoration Of the convention. 1t is "A
happy thought, and we hope the trees
VIII all grow and be reverently pointed
to in future years. We believe in
everything that will bring to mind the
planting Of trees, which the people Of
this country will, before many years,
have to look after Systematically or
suffer serious deprivation -Staunton
Va) News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26

The Medical Record contends that
1t is impossible to lay down any hard
and fast rule of eating or drinking
for a body of people. The personal
factor must be in every case taken in
to consideration-in truth, it COM
mands the situation. What suits one
person may be harmful to another,
and if the individual be possessed Of
ordinary common sense, he will not be
long before he finds out what food or
drink agrees with him, and regulate
his diet ac@Tdingly. A dyspeptlc
who eats to excess, or partakes Of
food which disagrees with him, will
in the nature Of things, suffer; and,
if he be wise, will alter his mode Of
life.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26

NalpQ Mason was cOusulDpllNG Z
You knew It by the bright hopeful eye
the dull pale skin, and the nervous ir
ritable cough that accentuated hi'
slightest speech and racked his at
tenuated frame. And his tempera
mental vivacity was due to the same
d.ead disease that while consuming
life dazzles the senses with golden Wis.
ions of longevity.
Mason was night telegraph operator
at a small station on the Illinois Cen,
tral Railroad between Chicago and
New Orleans, in a locality where pine
forests modified the air with a tonic
OF balsam for hurt lungs and the dry,
sandy soil furnished q chance for open.
air exercise. Mason owned a good
horse and at hours when he was duty
free he rode his race for life with zast
and satisfaction. Like all consump.
tives his spirits increased as his nealth
declined, and he saw with feverish in.
tensity a long vista of future pros
perity.
Something peculiar in the mental
makeup Of the young operator was
both interesting and battling to new
acquaintances, but 1t was merely the
expression Of 4 cult which is not yet
one of the exact sciences, but which
has immense undeyeloped possibili.
ties.
Ralph Mason was a student Of
psychic phenomena, firm believer in
telepathy and an ardent investigator
into every new occult theory. He was
himself a hypnotist possessing ma.
tural gift, cultivated and developed by
study and practice. At Harvey sta.
ton he had small opportunity to i'm.
prove this faculty, but there was one
family living a few miles down the
line where he found willing convert
to his peculiar views, and what was
more important Il valuable subject to
carry them out successfully.
Margaret Lansing, a girl of eigh.
teen, became infatuated with the
strange new power and gave Mason
her intelligent cooperation when at an
evening entertainment at the little dis.
trict schoolhouse, before he went on
duty, he gave an exhibition of his skill
and easily sent her into a profound
hypnotic sleep. Her family and
friends were present and gave their
consent, looking upon it as q part of
the evenings entertainment and see.
ing nothing serious in the perform.
ance. They were merely amused and
incredulous when, laying his hand on
her forehead with a light touch, he
said:
10 over to the station, go into the
once, and tell me what you see there. ."
de did not know that she could or
would submit to the test; she had
doubtless been there at some time and
might describe IT from memory. and
the test would be of no value. She
did not Tespond quickly, and he re.
peated the command. After a moment
she began to shiver as with fear.
What do you see?"
Two men who look like robbers.
They are breaking open a DESK
can you describe the menY"
"One is young and one is old. They
wear caps and have handkerchIefs
tied over the lower part Of their
faces"
Look through the handkerchlefs
and tell me what you see."
"The one who is young has a ree
mustache and one eye is gone. The
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26
AUSTRALIAN SEA FISHING.
Angling For sohnapper, Nannygni, Nor
wong and shark.

@NhRANHh ANA oNhbhHBNAf ANNhhs k"Nf -@~A
wong and shark.
Sea fishing IS the Alpha and Omega
Of most fishing in Australia. We leave
Sydney harbor about midnight in a
small tug, so as to be on the further
fishing grounds at daybreak. Now we
are out between the heads, and at last
a chilly dawn creeps over the sea. We
are at rest, too, broadside to the rollers,
and it is good to go up the narrow
companion and on deck and find the
lines we left neatly coled in corners
over night. The two deck hands are
busy cutting up the bait, score or so
Of mullet, yellowtails and squld. We
are ready, and our eight leads go al
most together over the side, all on the
same quarter, so that the lines may
stream clear of the tug and of each
other. Down they go, and still down,
good forty fathoms, and the moment
the lead touches bottom we hold on. A
moment or two passes and some one is
into a good fish, which is hauled and
played on the thin line with great care
and patience, and proves to be a sill
very morwong Of six or seven pounds
weight-a handsome enough fish to
the stranger, vet dubbed, with a sneer,
wrong color" by its captor and his
Australian friends
The discontented one seems in luck's
way, for no sooner has he again balted
his hoolis-each line, ought to have
said, carries two and a heavy lead
that he is once more fighting with an
even larger fish, but the line sheers
away ominously near the surface, and
there Is general cry OF Shark as it
is indeed seen that one Of these white.
bellied, shovel-snouted brutes has both
his hooks But the tackle is strong;
there is nothing in reason to part so
long as the shark cannot get the line
between its teeth, and it is at last
lifted bodily on the deck, five feet and
more of It, and soon clearing breath
ing space with the great sweeping
strokes of its tail
The first fish that I am destined to
NobNh III AlCot Sllhlls.6 NdltIS is us GU
rious in name as in appearance.
"Nannygai" it is called, which irresist.
IDLY, though doubtless good aboriginal
reminds one of nannygoat, and it is Of
a brilliant scarlet, with huge protrud.
ing black eyes. Very good eating is
this same nannygal. but more valuable
on account Of its invariably indicating
the presence of big schnapper No
sooner, indeed, have l hauled my nan
nygai than one or two of the party in.
stantly haul in their lines to see that
The bats are right, and that a good op.
portunity may not be lost For we are
not anchored in one spot The Pacific
is TOO deep the ground too rough. the
swells from the south too sudden and
violent to admit Of such a plan. On
the contrary, we drive with the tide
over the reefs kind Of schnapper bat.
tue, and are thus enabled to go to the
fish when they will not come to us.
Good schnapper are now caught on all
sides, and | must say that my first
really heavy schnapper warrants all
the hopes that had based on a some
what long and intimate acquaintance
with his feebler cousin, the red Dream
Of the English channel.-London Tray.
eler.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26

The London Daily Mail says there
are still such heavy demands for
horses in South Africa that there is
no real reserve at the Cape The
British War Office is becoming
alarmed at the heavy cost of providing
horses. and has again enjoined General
Kitchener to greater care in the ex-
penditure Of horse flesh, as the market
is rapidly rising.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-26
Don't spare All the rrees.

There is no slight ignorance in the
cry that is so often raised with regard
to the removal or cutting down of trees
in the parks, and it has recently been
displaying itself with certain trees
that have been already, OF are to be,
got rid Of in the course Of carrying
out the Piccadilly widening. As n
matter Of fact, most of them were so
close together, that their branches in.
termingled, and any one acquainted
with the subject knows that this is
most Injurious to the proper growth
Of the individual tree. The truth is
that in the public parks. as in most
private properties, plantations require.
from time TO time, TO be thlnned out
1t Is rumored shat it has been found
necessary TO remove some 100 odd
trees from the gardens Of Buckingham
Palace and in Lord Rathmore's time
drastic measures had to be taken with
the overggowth IN the Chestnut ave.
nue. In the Regents Park with splendid
results that Grc now abundanuy an.
parent On Chestnut sunday.-Pall Me-
Gazette.