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/ /’ // 4 [HE DAHLINGTON NEWS, n I • A V M'tKM m lil.I.-Il K, K it \ i H 1 K' 1 h: a. ivi ivt o isr d , ! ii [.'t \M» KKX l**T Vnuiim in (>uo S'|Uttr(*. ti:' 1 -' iU' |, iii"n )oe Squiin*. st ' 'il l msrrt <ri 1 1 {^Tery mst>rii'*« ' ' (’ontra’it a-’v^i ti54>*!iH , nt.’-'i up'in ff.*' most reaHonait’f utu.s. Mar riagf N ■' art! Obit f* 11 exce^-iing six .iu 1 s. insortt'l trou. J [TIT 1 VOL. VI. NO 10 ■ k"R ls, i'kin. m i: is I'utNriiM.r. -rhuit is iught—yi:sti:iiuav. TiMjay. to-mokhuw. fokevkr. " DARLINGTON, S. 0, THURSDAY MAY 6, 1880. WHOLE NO. 278. [ Fr iii. ilie I'lokrn- Soniuifl. 1 THF I A KM FI’S' H 0 H KN 1.1 M»1N. In <N‘ntrn'. u hen Th- i i 1 ^ t" i j 1111 • InipfN a •‘iiiiii’11.1 From all i [if , v n \ " - n ' s k 'll :111 • 111K* The moroliuiiis liuann in tli' v ir Tbr11 Lena an l»y tin' on r-k in tra le. ly Ut 1, 1 a t ,,1' N.jveuibcr. NuW tu The jific*- i n ^oati'u h.ij r.at'ii, Itul iutkt tia.e to us in given To raise the legal 'f.. i^r Hut bar'ter yet w i!i bo t ho b! Inflicted stiii by guano. The country s curse, our C"ti.in The Totnon lantalizor 'Tit* faM. «nd scarce b tv- u o !. Tu j.u k bete,re a • C"' a bin. Remanding pay tni every t' (it 1 gus fertilizer The yeoman r. -u l oc'Uii' - a Jlis i-nly refuge ; s i lie gi ave. lie merely keeps alive tu save il IS t U II e r a 1 expensed The swindler sunit sal oui ie' lie holds our cultoti, cun un i Though unprepared, we n iw T The awful coiisetpiences. I he Perilous Pnx^le. [ Hob l>ut leite j While we whirl away on the Athuit u- u' li 11 real W estern, the utily road in tree America that in as bwati :ts it is long, the fat passenger atd ed me it I ‘ever W' tked out the Gtteen nu/zlo I tell him. with u ntmieless grit.tude in my voice, that l have done aim s* everything else that u I' dish and wick ed, hut 1 have neve;■ Lee une ad<iicied to the fifteen puzzle Then he pulled "o u "tu uf his pocket , and sett 1 down t<> it Lung and pa I Lieut iy l | ieflg' Is | critiwimns Presently the hiaketnuu j came in an 1 lentivd over the hhoulder'; I I of the crowd and looked and assisted, j • Hy and by the eon luctur eatne along i I shouting -tikis.' and he stopped to See ! I what 'Vas thu excitement lie pushed | his punch in hi" pocket, and leaned up | l with the re-t of the erowd and told the i | fat passenger what to do The excite- , I ment ran high and ha'd a dozen bitter | disputes ar ■'e. will'd) were only quelled I bv bitterer ones uribing over new points, j I The tram sped <.n Us thundering WiV. •1 down to it wr-ught. w lille the other p is iped hmi with suggestions and d i; tmn .pp- d Up a little ouductor 1 m >a i. ‘is ked that The Fun they had on the 1 ir>t of April. [(lamesville Kagle.l Mrs. S — -—, on Athens street, L as j pweet a little hit of a wee wile as there is in this or anv other town, and i> as {uil of fun and frolic a* a kitten. Her^ husband is a good enough m m in hi' way but he is not funny lit is one of these sober, solemn sock I •! >g<Tv wli ' ■ mouth seems always re tdy pucker d to *>ay Amen; and he ;;oe.*. slouching through the world w.tli hia hands m hi-- pockets, and if a good squa-e joke was t" ! get into him, it Would blow him up like a can of intro glycerine His patient, gweet-tempcred little wife manages, how ever, to work more or less harmlesj mis chief into him, and Le loves her so well, that he submits with a mu t of dogged grace to whatever -she does, and once or twice, so the neighbor^ say, lie has man pged to break the gram on the leather uf his face, and smile a sort -d cotitump live gnu, and then twitch his ears ;t■> ; though trying tu punt.'h tlieui for :j-U ; keeping guard over his ri.'ihies, J<aat Tuesday while he Was up town at the sheriff yi sal * try no to buy ti thre, j wheeled wa^or tor fiXty ce.it-s, his v.'i'e ^ concluded she would give him a hit of a ! shaking u[» wh. u he came h um th.il mglit. She fixed an old pistol which she found m the bureau drawer m one of the columns of the Laek p'rth. wrap ped an old army overcoat around it and having put a string to the trigger, ear pied it in at the w indow and awaited his coming After supper as they were sit ting by the tire sp akmg of tramps, and the many robberies and all that sort ol thing, Mrs. 8 stopped suddenly. ‘\Yhat is that 'A said she. ‘Sh—bh L said he. ‘Did you hear a noise on the back porch ?’ * Yes, l think I did ' ‘Do go and see what it is ' ‘Hush; I will,’ and picking up a heavy stick, he crept cautiously to the hack door, unfastened it and peered out There stood a mufHed figure on the ouleredge of the porch. ‘Who’s that A sharply. No answer. ‘Who’s that, I say /’ more sharply Still no answi r ‘Well, if you can’t talk. I’ll see if I can’t make you.’ said he flourishing his itiCK and litrode out into his porch, Bang ! ‘Amen,’ said S , as he struck the floor, ‘Oh, Lord, Millie ! Police ! Fire ! : Murder! ’Turn loo.se the d"g. I m a ' dead man. (J >d bye, darling.’ ‘Oh, mercy upon us !’ screamed Mrs , g ,‘what is the matter F •Oh, my darling. Fm foully murdered. Kiss me before I go, raise the children j the best you can and try — By thin time Mrs S could hold in no longer She nut down in a chair, held her sides and laughed till the tears | came S- *.!. -uMit at fimt that she 1 had gone crazy, but by this Lime Jones, ! who lives next door, arrived with a ligkf, aud Jlrt, 8 • tried to explain as best she could between her paroxysm of mirth how it had all come about. Before she got through, S had got back into the room and laid himseil out in an easy chair. For three solid hours he did not say a word, and \ > r little Mrs S , mute as a mousj, wa- waiting his august pleasaro At last he looked over at her and paid : ‘I say, Millie, if you can keep Jones' folks from saying anything about this thing, you can go up to DulWs to morrow and buy the handsomest black eilk in his store. Lome and kiss me anyhow, you mischievous rogue.’ Advertisiug Cheats, It has become so common to write the beginning of an elegant, Interesting ar ticle and then run it into some adv t r tisemont that wc avoid all such cheats , aud simply call attention to the merits 1 Hop Bitters in as plain honest terms as possible, to induce people to give them one trial, as no cue /knows their value will ever use ‘in} thing else. — /'/"i ii/auc AdrCf N.se/ . ‘J Shriner'b Indian Vermifuge is strictly a vegetable Compound, formulated par ticularly fur destroying aud expelling 1 worms Trv i coil may hi*,’ without looking and Hu iliy up itn p < to tit iy • V\ h it m tbund fool Moppin" - here for ■ Water, l reckon, replied the Lrakrtnati up from ( he puzzle (io out and see what he wants, and tell him to go on,' -aid the conductor returning to the puzzle The hi ikeman, alt r a feeble protect, anil one !,i-t. lingering look at the puz ill-*, which was i) 'W t irth'T than ever from c iniplelion. went out. I n the space o| u iiiinute lie came h-ick into tlo car. and shouted in a hu-ky, whispered. gho-t of i about : ■ Nleadviiie ! t ’ll :iige ears and f r.ink 11n ! 1 Ma lr iin mmu t* > f, - r din her ! A wail ot' rage and disapp nutment filled the ear. Whv didn’t t 1 is train stop at Allan tic 7 ’ roar- G the pa.s.-cnger with the san dy goalee i wanted to get out at i’.vansburg! howled the man with t hr >ampte-rasrs My .'1st r wanted to‘!' t on at Ailan- tic, atnl 1 saw her on the platjorm wlo u we eame t lit "ti^ h shouled th • woman w ilh l he rie -Ie on lorn d a 11 tnid I Something Worth Having. Miraculous inveuti -n are the ordi’r of | the day. Kven Kdisou has been sur- passed bv a genius who tv s vjvented what is called a “Married man’s Indica tor ” It is a w-mderfully sensitive arran gement of the ordinary thermometer, in , convenient pocket size, and is graded to a scale of e.bali-tic marks, which sh w the exact state of the domestic atmo* ph-Te at anv hour of the night The , hard-worked ami belated husband ar- i rivei home, say ah -nt midnight He takes out his ‘indicator.’ thrusts it in the | keyhole and leaves it there a few bee | on-I- Fulling it out quickly, he beans ! th-* dial hy the moonlight's fitful gleam | ing. If it marks ’S. A (s -uud asleep tlo poor husband pulls off his bout* noise- i Icsuiy ; uses Ins night-key with hated ! breath ! gives the door a quick shove to keep it from creakiog, steals tremblingly to b-*d, arid Wh• u Ins dear little wifey wakes up about two seconds afterwards and wants to know how long he has been home, he is so sound asleep that (Gabriel’s trump 't couldn’t wake him. It the indicator' .scores ‘A. A. I' B D 1\ W T ’ i awake, awful cr- Ss, but dor„ not know what time it is.) the bus band puts u tew m-ue grains of coffee in his mouth; opens the door boldly; walks in with a slum-bang air, hits his A Mitu of Ability, John Forrester was very correctly far, until a few days ago, he had 11 1 "!'ll.-I11 W JJW Our Missouri Letter. Our job department issupplied with every facility necessary to enable us to compel**, both m to price and quality of work, with evea those of the cities, and we guarsnte* satis faction in every parficular or charge nothing for our work. We are always prepared to fill orders at short notice for Bla n ks, Heada, Letter Ileud*. Curds, Hand bills rosters. Circulars, I’agiphlets, &c. All job work mqst be paid fov Cash on Delivery. [From the Southern Christiafe. Advocato-J^ named, hr, until a few days ago, be had a>, o ■ , , , li* life iu thu woods Stvcnil ™ e S f rln - ,S 0 P? nln e f ,W p,^ £ day, at-o he threw as.de Ins maul, cuo.e i M<re ^ } ““ , nem ‘ l,e dc, ‘^‘ i , ti,,- , .ud nnw handles .he i-wytened hy the com,og Spring wb.le what luthier nvk hammer. The story r.d.ufr n.y first _c.rc-«.,«_ Ihasebacl. ex- ..f .1 d.a's d iwufall shall he hr.efly rela- I * r0,Sf ' Deter en ]‘ , >' ed ^ “«• WW »«"»»«' -w whe th • ut <•! the against a chair, wants devil the chairs ain’t wav ; gets i ' ; scares his and intended hire ; refuses to lei her get up trike a match — never did like a at night, no how; remarks gruffly p.mse tu a timid querry that Tt s 1 ir < Ml (’itv M'jps twentv f - • - * t intentionally to k i k.-pt mad -m general prmeip wife out of her ernssness curta i n and in re ah -ut twenty five minutes after ten,’ and thin turns into Med with such an appa rently awful Mat : ul mind tlut the wife --I l.:> hos'im is afraid to speak of him — at which he is very sad. of course. There are numerous other marks on the indieater, bhowing just where it wili d • t-' ■ i"dg,- the h-dge dodge’ or tlie ‘.sick friend,’ or been standing ou the e- rner taking with .so and so for in -re than an dl. aid r (ieneral or Honorable this o*’ 1 m. yi-u know where, was in town, t'i go away on the two o’clock id he insisted so strongly that i -Ie P my stayed up to see him | ■•ugh lie was a great h re. and ! did it thiMMgh (■••urte^y lie iin -t a w I ully awful (d ull f he .j -igns i.n die dial is the one at ted. Shortly after arriving in the city he was attracted by k sign bearing the inscription, ‘Meals at All Hours’ Ko tering the place and meeting the pro prict -r, In- 8^;J .* I Vou keep a tavern here, don’t yog?’ ‘No. I keep a restaurant ’ T d -n’t jcuow mach about your new inarms; but you feed folks here, don’t V" ■ i' " * v j ' \ e s, sir : AYell. 1 want to board hero throe days. < r ! re kon until I get a job of i some kind I see your sign says meals at all hours You don’t mean that, do you’d 'Certainly I mean it. I’ll hoard you i three days for three dollars.’ i • An-1 give me mv meals at all hours?’ t ‘Yes. nr TF ro, take the three dollars- I nev- | er set iny .' -f up as a regular outer, but | F‘l buck agin you for die next three days I n,ink that I can stand her about that long It’s 11 o’clock. Give ' me something to eat.’ A meal was brought out and quickly iebpcratcly diap U u-hed ; and remarking that he would be back ou time, Mr F orrester lult At 1J o'clock he came back and ate aoain. 'You needn’t stare at me,’ he said to one of the waiters. ‘You are :i regular boarder, are you?' ■The refrularest one you’ve {jot. [ don't intend to miss a meal. I've {jot n chance now to git even for belt, hungry many a time At 1 o'clock John came back and re marked as he hung up his hat : ‘I’m on time It’s 1 o’clock. Fetch me somethin to cat. The waiter went away muttering and brought in a rather slim meal ‘Look a here,’ said John, ‘don’t try to go back on y--ur contract I reckon you did rather underrate my ability, but I'm a man ’ At 3 o'clock John came Lack aud took ■And 1, "hh( ■ w . man .0 Uou-k e man n-d to a gn ! in i icurva t n -w I II bet y "U a e *w lier oil Walking down th' lull: -a-l tr; du uelioii, w id!) a >ln•L-guii wailed so pii i! ully (bat the lu-wled in bympailuTie uni-.m J ust then i he * x p:, -s tin -m tot.irmiug into the i "a- h By chowder,’ he veiled. t) LT V1' U ! 1 l' tli«' t • • | ’ - ah- oit t wu m ark.' alu • vc L-ilii !’ 1 VL !/t . :i ; ' l.:’ U hint In w - : . . ) U li .' I'utni cujmj- Ga) , a 'Mi Im'Uic ; ih-itit !‘'U(■ a, m 1 Irum the d.i'ccliun • I Ga-l 1.' ' 1 uf the butcher sh-qi. with a r 'Gl of meat •L in tins In 1(1 !; ■jh m the air. .so that every one A:.G 1)L‘ 1,0 po .--.■8 cauiTui iai! to oce it , and Mn k> \ 1. •!•• ear i the in dicahu - ’ iu tl.e ku) hull he is ah ' most t 1 - weak ('.• 1 raw it 1 • ut. >Vuh ;_ r ur came hair on cini he reuGa it by tin ' faint iiuht ?treum 1114 in upon him over the eastern tu k now what tins means know il the Fxptess ('oiupany i d just like Id like tu has any rights on this road at all, and how a man i- g -in tu deliver or receive packages when - ’ Aud the mail agent pushed him nut of the way and stood bet-Te (lie conduc tor m all the gorgeous panoply of’ half dre.'.s and hall working uniform ‘By George,’ he shouted, 'the Gov ernment shall he informed of this out rageous proceeding I* (here’s a special agent iu the State of Feunsyivauta he will he—’ But before he c -uld bay any more a telegraph messenger came in and told the conductor the Assistant Superin tendent Would like to see him and the engineer in his private office immediate ; ly. And it was that they went, and pera-heuture they danced upon the cur I pet ; yea. they stood m the perspiring I solitude of the sweat-box The uuxt morning the fat passenger [ beckoned me solemnly into the smoking car ‘Light that,’ he said, and I lit it Do you know.’ he said, ‘when I went | to bed la>t night the wails of more peo ple who wanted to get off. and the ago nizing faces of the people who wanted t » | get on iu that run from Greenville to Meudviilc just haunted me? Aud 1 diearned I died, and Went to heaven I thought I had just filt-eeu brains, and j all the way up the gate I Was try ug to | straighten theiB out, aud I tb .tight I ! Would go mad When I got up there the gate was wide "pen. and all -'-its .,f people were streaming in, ju-l as they I pleased 1 hadn’t the obec( to think 1 Mad a right to go in with ut any ere,fen tials or exaiginat. u, so I hung back looking f’»r St. Peter And while 1 was Waiting. 1 h -pc to die if Bub Inger- 11 dido t e-une along and walk right in, and he l-"-kt d as if he were mighty g! ;[ d ’ to get there Presently I-iw>i pe'-r right by the gate. hi> head bent down and his eyes bout og his knees 1 i ,U him my name and when' I \\.i 0 tV.nn. , and asked if I might go nj. He didn't -ay anything and. I begun t - fee! pnify streaked. S’u I said it o_uu. a little loudur. Still he madu n • reply, d'h-'ii I I shook him by the sbuunler. I t 1 was ■ g- tting pretty ar.xious and 1 b j .u t tell il a.I over again It frightened me i when rie shook me ufi bv II 1 n T —oh, get --lit of this ; yen an 1 y--ur name ; il you hadn’t h-.th- ! en d ue I -l have g-)t it the UeXt m->ve.’ ) N w the fat j/a^cenger said soieinn- ; ly ‘I ;tm never going t-. fuol with that (jem [ uzz.ii,' again Not unco m -ie ’ And he fell into a profound fii of ab straction. and we couldn’t rti'se a laugh from him all day. I l lulls, and .-w< at breaks out ou his m-ble i brow m dr -ps as large as walnuts, as he i >e**s the bulb of the indicator jammed I smack up acainst P li S li \\ F Y J | I 1 ' (red hot and still a heating and j waiting f >r you just inside the d-mr.’ i I he inventor of the instrument says that i when this terrible mi.-furtunn overtakes a man he feels that there is nothing left in this life worth living for, and appre ciates the full force of tho'-jo beautiful 1 lines ; “ Hi is worll is all a fleet in g show, For man’s deliiHion given." He Mings the meat out into the yard, and braces himself for the coming fray, | hut says nothing, for mil lung can L* said, j Be he ever so gifted a Mar, his nccom- I p. shment is more than valueless No | lodge, no sick friend, no talking on the I corner, no Fitting un to see the general 1 off. no swearing that he will never do It again — in fact, nothing will avail. It an absolutely indefensible case. He is a seat The proprietor came in and a-ked him what he wanted J want n v dinner, supper or break fast, just wli-t you are a mind to call it ’ ■You have ; , .dy eaten .:erc three times to lay.' ‘ 1 know that.’ •\\ Lv do you come again?' ‘l»ecause it’s 2 o’clock.’ ‘It’s n-'t supper time ’ • No, hut it s 2 o’clock time ’ •I don’t uityerstand you, ^ir V/hat do you 11lean?’ ‘Y"ur understanding may have been injured hy my surprising ability. I came here with the understanding that I was to have my meaL at all hours ’ •The contract ha.* been adhered to; you have Como irregularly.’ ‘No sir; I ve come here regular. It was the agreement that I was to have a meal every Inuir, and I am going to stand up to it if it packs my stomach as tight as a g'ecn watermelon. You are trying to impose upon me because I’m from the country. I have made arrange merits with a boy to wake me up every hour to night, and I ’m comin here to cat That’s my business now, and I'll act fair with you and cat every time Give no an oyster can of coffee aud some ball sassage ’ The proprietor handed the man three dollars and requested him to fcave. A fight ensued and John was led away by the police When lie completes his rock 18 pile engagement he xyill sue the restau rant for damages. Caught in fl'h/nuitr (f<lir(u Kven the j _ m m m {jhaB.lv {Jiiyety wilt, wl.luh, two hours, .‘Can't (Jo Hack on Lent." I pluvious, he had said to thoboysthat he , r , . . . , , ■ . . . i nree mmiBters sal in the p ulpit of a {juissi'il lie ti see it out now—mijjnt as , , , o i r r , ,i , , , , , 1 i(.tsbur{j church ou a buuduy recently well he killed tor a sheep as a iamb — | , . .. _t._ e .. I""l :>!! Va,ikh-d. The iudicator having uid hin; ilu' ux rut situatii'M of tfiinijs, t he kn ws jus. what to do. and that is ii"thui_'. hut pel into bi d al once and wrap 1 lie il.njurv of his couch about him. pu l tl.e pillow over his ears and wait I,,, his wife's b.eath to L'ive out It’s awful while it lasts, but it lias ius ii-e in reliving the unlhrmnate husband’s mind 'if part nf i'i load The indie.iter is a {jreat invention, and ne family should be without one For sale at all stores where they are kept John (Jilplu anil Ella Stanforu. .Fihti t, opm was thin, callow and I aw/, wani ; Flla stanfird, bonnie, buxom and liivuie TIu'V wor/rud on t.eiehbar- iu{j lat'U.s at .Middletown, (' .nr, , ami one day they went h-lore th** ’s(|u.re I and were martied 1 ho text thin" on I the proaramme was the wedditiu tour j Neither had money. liolh liad {joml stout dh"us Keepnifj exeelletit step as I h 'th hearts heat at one. they bi t out to I let y Il'U l k rising youog art.st who ,s one of the workers in said church, walked bravely to the pulpit before service an4 gave one of the ministers a notice to read be- loic benediction. The services were about being closed when the young ar list went forward to remind the minister that he must not forget the notice ot the temperance n. uting down tiwu. The minister bugged pardon fur his remiss, ness, took the slip of paper from his vest pocket, read it, looked dajed, rubbed his eyes, thou smiled i'heu he pissed it to a biuthur minister, lie smiled. Then he passed it to the minister, and he smiled. Then N" 1 remarked that he would like to speak advanced to the pul pit, received M e notice, finked at it, colored very tu.!. an I looked as though he v/.iuld like to jump through the win .low He had given the minister a no tiee ol a tempi ranee muutin ; which read something like this • !• 1.Ml ■l.rllN : I am go sorry 1 cau’t u eoine to see me as frequently as | ud irksome then by the many changes of animals I had to make—different n^‘m- | bers supplying a horse for a month-— and the piuch mud am) rare through which l had to go. The winter, was giving way to Spring's iniueoce All nature telt it. while t rejoic^iti it aa o@t or before or since J w^- ItWiag in a lane on the Groeo vv.d e?i*cuit, when I saw the first violets and heard the first birds of that Spring. Yielding to the joy ol the moment, 1 said aloud : The wil I Sowers are springing, springing, Freeh joys to bring ; The w ild birds are singing, singing, Harbingers of tipring ! March haj gouo whistling by. I saw a regular ‘sand storm,’ during our boisterous month. The wind blew stead ily and strong all night and all the next I day. In the morning 1 walked up to Outer )'ema|e College, It stands on a high hill. As I reached the top of the lull, 1 could alim-st lie sideways on the wind I could nut walk in gn upright position From ibis hill-top there is an extensive view of the Missouri river and beyond. As 1 came out 1 found the view all hid by a heavy cloud. All that afternoon there was a dull, dunnish as pect. The sun shone very feebly—as if it was eclipsed, reminding one el the to tal eclipse iu 1870. The wild appear ance was caused by immense clouds of sand lifted up by the wiuds^in the plain* four ana five hundred miles away, and swept along till ihty reached even here and farther east This wa» said to bo ihe farthest cast one of these sand storms was ever known to (ravel, dying out, generally, before they reach Missouri, Hut March has blown itself away, and here is April, with its tears and smiles, under whose genial influence the grass and buds are awaking. The peach trees are just in bloom, immense quantities of apples am grown here and shipped West. The Lexington Jlistrict Conference is just over. It embraced March 31st and April 2nd. The District Conference is goner lly held ‘.n the middle of the week- it w, if any ol the preacho stay ing to enjoy Sunday's rer Jiees In go ing to and from Warensburg, the seat of the Lexington District Conference, I had my first view of an immense prairie. How vast aud open ! Ijetweeu Lexing ton and Sedalia is some of the finest farming country in the State, if not in the world. Iknutifql in its undulation, and varied with its green fields of wheat, and dark, newly broken ground I found myscll thinking of what Uncle Tom would say, iu looking at such a skillful farming on such exquFito farms VYar- retisburg is west of iedalia, and is noted for its blue sand otonu quarries and its free Normal school. The latter i« a large and handsome building, with between four or five hundred pupils [lerp I saw for the first time ou a large scale the co education of the sexes, i took great pleasure iu visiting the school, seeiog and hearing a good deal in favor ant) in opposition to co education. Whut'aBea of upturned faces,’ as I stood up to open the day’s work with a Ijible lesson aud prayer Large quantities of stone are shipped to dilfei ent parts of the State and also beyond its borders A Isy delegate buggy to see the an ex-Coufederato soldier—hud mingled in camp life with the Adgers, F.lltsons, Martins, of South Carolina So we were friendg. But jUCt to think — jn the latp war—cow a successful stock farmer, aud—nvt Wtr- ried. 1 told him. if l were not in a glass house. I would read him a lecture. The stone in these quarries is drilled out by stcam Every stroke of the drill cuts ao inch deep and three inches long. There seems to be uo end to the stone. Occa sionally in drilling they come to a place so hard it has to be blasted Other wise, drills easily. These hard places aro galled hy the miners 'Nigger-heads ’ The same term is used for dertain hard places in the coal mines. >1 he color in the latter suits the term r, but both are a reflection on Sambo’s skull. Guo. Wms Walker. bi ,i rnytuii, il / , April 5, 1880. Trwt.'i Worst ol All. an who said be was trying to get l*<Dooey to reach Toledo,yesterday entered an an office on Gri-wold street and told his story and added that his name was Caesar. ‘Any relation to Julius or Augustus?’ (jugrried the citizen, 'Well, no, 1 want (o be aQ( ^ square about this thing, I tell yofc hoo estly_that I am not related to either ’ ‘Then, I can’t help you ary, you are nothing but a commow sort of plug, and it won’t make any 4l§«y;nce whether ‘yow a«k get to Toledo or wot. If you were rrt^teef to the great Jul'uis I »h ogld feel duty bonnd to help you. The roan backed out without another word, and entering the office next door he waited up to the occupant with (he remart: 'My name it Caesar and I am closely related to Juliua and Augustus Can you spare me teu cents to help me get to Toledo ?’ Sir, you are a base deceiver!’ replied the other. ‘You are no more related to the Cgtsurs than I am ! Had you come in here and told roe a straight truthful story l should have given you a quarter! Y T ou cao go, sir !’ The mao went, and he determined to tell the truth. Halting the first mao that came along, he said : •1 have been telling folds that my name was Capsar. and that I was trying to collect money enough to ta&e roe to Toledo. Now, the real truth of the mat ter is that l am oamed ClarC-, and I wanted the money to buy whisCey. That’s the solemn truth, and can you help me with ten opnts?' ‘Ten cents! ‘Why you base liar and deceiver, I’ll hand you over to (he po lice !’ exclaimed the other T’ve told you the truth !’ ‘And it’s enough to send you up for six months! Don't you dare asC me for money took me out iu his juarries. Ho was 4 Ijoulglana Storm. ' 1 he storm fell like a burst of infernal ' applause A whiff like fifty witches wal/, to Woodbury to vi-it .luhnV old to/,'-. \\ to!ou-lay night found them on the ro.d piuhing on through the snow Ml da) I liursilay they pressed on. and night lull they stopped at a htlle inn hy Hie roadside. John was very much (go hack ou Lent. I shall see you olten- u-ed up on Friday because of iho long | er, I Imp,', when the holy season has ual/, hut lida lent him 4 shoulder, and i gone where the woodbine twinoth. Y ours, with friendship, That noli; " was omitted. tut pip 1 and iiiainma think 1 ought to rnvivu ovun my dear friends during the Lenten season It's awfullv d'sacrueahle ;l mu positively cruel, but ! Grow-Eh ere was a then V I. know We Episcopalians eat.T wlnll . ....J t |, c fl.W uk on ‘ ' " Twenty fivo thou.-amf quailj are bein^r iinporlctl from FnjIauJ iu ho *" r at lib- “m v iu IVnnsvlvtiQi i & • (ho wo Lime t llir was ootitinuod As the two approacht'd within lour or five tilth's ofWitodbury. John ^avo out. and per.--" 11.' who /and-v uN/ced whuL was the inattcr heard only from Flla a request l - h-irr-'W a wheelbarrow At a borniL' farmer learnei I pedestrians had just been married, lit I lent them abarr -w.and tenderly pl ieiu^ the ^room in (his the bride wheeled him in (iiumph f-i the old folk in Woodbury. 1 V | VL ,•/</. relieved hy ta/jttj^ the me Speedy in io ac- Suflerers, read this; — IT you are at- ict-’d with ururaL'ia or headache, you ifet. when 1 vatj be speedily that the ! Specific Neural tloti. entirely free from opium mid other narcotics, u r-unmends itself m bein^ as innocent as etluionl. Hi nt, Nankin A Lamar, Wh-d esile Agents, At anta A whiff like flo.iie! up the canvass curtain of the ^ I gallery and a fierce black cloud, draw ing the uuioii under its cloak, belched lorlb a stream of fire that seemed to flood the ground; a peal of thunder followed ns il the sky had fallen in, the house j quivered, the great oaks groaned, and every lesser thing bowed down before the awful blast. Every lip held its breath lor a in nute—or an hour, no one sudden lull of the came down Ijave you heard it thunder and rain in those Louisiana lowlands 1 Every clap seems to crack the World D has rained a 'iioment : you peer througli the black [■line—your house is ay island, all tfie land is .-ea. — Srrilnt r. The tramp sat down on a C"ld Stone block, took his last chew of tobacco, aud mused : ‘Eve lied aud I’ve told the truth. I ve told the truth and I’ve lied. I made as much one v, ay as the other, and nothing out of either. Looks now as if I’d got to play deaf and mute or go to work!’ An Ordinary Home Transactiui). This is what the painters call ‘an in ter.or.’ Lading .he other d“J on a Ifttle business with a gentleman at his house, in the course of which the gentleman needed some change for a note, he cried out to his wife up stairs Have you any change ?' The answer came from above, ‘Y’es, in the purse.’ Then a silence of some length, ‘Where's yoqr purse?’said the patient gentleman, at last ‘-Q11 the mantel-piece.’ 4fter rummaging among old letters, then in a jar, containing a corn-cob pipe, a card of buttons, sticks of broken sealing-wax and two or three vials of homeopathic medicine, the bus band gently remarked, ‘It isn’t here.’ Tt must be. If it isn’t there I don't know where it is.’ ‘Ferhaps it is on the bath-tub 'or in the attic,’ said he, by way of assisting her memory. ‘O, I know,’ said she triumphantly ‘It’s io my work-basket ’ ‘Where’s the work basket ?' T don’t know ; ask Sarah ' Sarah, the house-maid, on being cross- .xamined answered that it was up stairs in the sewing machine cover. The sew- iog machine cover was foonfl to be full of cotton, silk scrape, buttons aud other paraphernalia for the construction of a dress Finally the work basket was dis covered on the ottoman, but no pocket- book. O, I know,' said the perseveping dame ; ‘it’s io the pocket of that dress I took off last night.’ But the pocket book wag qot there. Then followed a long consultation with the servants. ‘Y'ou bad it yesterday afternoon when you paid Smith that quarter.' ‘Let's see; where was that?’ said the anxious wife T went into the hall af ter my hat. No, my hat wasn't there ; it was up in the bed poo®. ¥e» I O, 1 guess I put it into my white dress pock et. Yes, Yes; here it ie ’ On being opened the pocket boojo was found to contain two car tickets and a postage stamp and the visitor came away with his affairs still oneettled. Honor from Europe. It is canccded on all sides that Dr. Ayer’s pills are above comparison with other medicines Uniting the best elements ',-nown to the chemist, they are particularly effeetive against the numerous stomachic disur ders for which they are recommended ns a cure. These pills are so mild, yet searohing, that they are often prescrib ed by doctors who otherwise do not favor patent medicines. Indeed, with the fruits of Dr -dyer’s genius in the shape of Dills, Sarsaparilla, Ague Cure, and Cherry Pectoral, one might with impunity travel thpuugh the swamps of tropical America, or follow Stanley ou his travels through the interior of Afri ca,-— Amsterdam Niemcs \sun den Dag 1 know a Indy who had no ugly wart on her nose removed by the use of Cons- sens Lightning Liniment For corps and bun in- )t is tip tup. Use it for rheumatism and sorethruat also and bo cured. For sale hv Dr John Boyd, A Losing Job. A prominent physician of Pittsburg sr.id jokingly to a lady patient who was couipUining of her continued ill health, and of hia inability to cure her. ‘try Hop Bitters I’ The lady took it in earnest and used the Bitters, from which she obtained permanent health She now iaughs at the doctor for his juke, but he A Good Husbnnd. ‘Nothing,’ said a sweet smiling, joyfu) woman iu a domestic circ'e, ‘adds s-j much |u my happiness as a kind luck oj a kind act Irum my husband. Oh, boty charming after a hard day’s tojl at the wash tub or in cooking over a hot fire for the baryest haods, or io the die-, ch rge of any other domestic duty, or. after a sleepless night with a sick babe, is a kind word, or a smile even, from the husband and father.' H usbaods. if you ace defects, or thingg which you wish were not so, in you* wives, try kindness and aye if )hat don’( d^tbem more good than all the Onkioi) words aud cross looks Jog. ftyer gave them. T often think,’ continued this happy wife, T have the best husband in the world. He is good aud kind to me iq sickness and in health, ip joy and tn sor row Wc are happier than when ws were married, nearly twenty years ago, He never acolds me, nor brings a long catalogue of complaints against me, buf comes in from bis daily labor jo a good humor, with a smile on his lips, auc) says, Now. Susana, you have donp enough to day ; put up your worG’ Theq he seizes little Nancy, and we si; dowq side by side, and chat in the cool oven log breeze.’ What woman in the worlt) would not make such a husband a good wife ? Do you want health? Why will yq die ? Death, or what is worse, is the inevitable result of continued suspension of the menstrual flow. It is a "onflitiop which should not be trifled with. Im mediate relief is the only safeguard ngaiost constitutional ruin, jn al) pajes of suppression, suspension or oiher ir regularity of the -‘courses,’’ Bradfield's Female Regulator is the only sure rem edy It acts by giving tone to the ner vous centers, improving the blood and determining directly to the orgqns menstruation. It is a legitimate's*^ scription, and the most intQlligeotffliy« sicians use it Prepared by Df. J. Brad- field. Atlanta, Ga. ?1 50 per bpltle. Sold by Jonn A. Boyd, Daflington, S. 0. Notasklha, Ai,a., July 7,1877. Bradfield’s Female Regulator has beep thoroughly tested by me in a great va riety of cases, and I am fully convinced that it is unrivaled for all class of di*r eases which it claims to cure. ^iar )1 eow-2m J. 0. Hqussi, M. Jj. Curious Prayer^. ‘There used to fie an old colored sig; ter iu the borough of Franklin, Pa.’ tfip tall, thin passenger says, ‘who was very uoctious iu ‘pra r,’ and one time during a revival season she got down on her knees, waved her hands in the air, and shouted, ‘Come down, O, sperrit of tfce Mabpter: pump down, (J, good Ford, com* right down thru dc rpof, aq’ r|( pay fur de shingles !’ ‘Lou remember,’ said the gad paggeq- ger, ‘the good brother in Greenburg, Indiana, who was called on to lead iq prayer at some meeting, and epened hig petition by saying : ‘Unaccustomed ag we are to public speaking, Q Rord, and being entirely unprepared, we vyill still endeavor to make a fety rambling re marks ’ ‘And the Kansas preachpr,’ fbfl maq on the wood box said, ‘that noble Pppp* tiss tells abont, who referred in hig pray-: er to the political condition of the coun : try, during a very exciting canvass, and added : ‘For the particulars and detail; of which, 0, Lord, wc refer thpe tq thg columns of the morning papers,’ The Missing Saw Mill. The other day T G met an old frient) who was formerly a prosperous young lumberman up North, but whose bad habits of drintcing resulted as they ofteq do, though he lias since reformed ^qd ig trying to do bettey. ‘How are you ?’ said T G ‘Pretty well, thauK you, but Eve jus) beeq fo a doctor to haye fijm Iook at my throat ?’ ‘What’s t)ie matter?’ ‘Well, the doc'or couldn't give mp any eocourangcnient At least be couldn’t fiod what I wanted him to Bud.’ ‘What did you expect hiqi to find?’ ‘V asKed him to Iook down my throaf for'ihe saw tp*- 1 ! and farm that had gone dew (f there-' ‘And did he see anything of it ?’ ‘No, but he advised me if I ever got another mill to run it by water — Detruft Free Press Cut offi Rig SweetliearPs Fingej:, A young man, cletK in a grocery in Atlaqta, the other day was yery qmi t) excited by receiving a visit from Fir lady love at his place ol busioesa. The twain soon were engaged in earnest con* versation, aud she thoughtlessly placed her finger beneath the instrument used for cutting ofl' tobaccq, aud Known ag the euillotino. About this time bo der sired to give eQqjliagis to a rernarK bp he was malting and gtrucK the tob-Opq cutter a terrific blow, which had ffip effect of sovereign the young lady’* finger gt the first joint. She did *ot yell nor faint, but quietly reinarKcd to the yoqng man that he had cqt off her ‘sewing finger,’ thereby delicately hint- inq that he nad deprived her of her chief means of gaining a gubsitteuofi. All of which comes of maKmg love in a grocery store ‘Ffillnw-trahlers,’ said a ‘pullqd’ preacher, 'ef I been eatin »pple 8 for weeK, an den Iook to dripK'n * r a monf, I couldn’t feel more swelled tip 1 Darlington. !> 1 ’ mar! !-eow Tr.v tri' t. is not so well pleased with it, as it cost I flan ) am dis minnit wid pride and wan- him a good patient —Harrishu,g Pn [ nity at epeing such a full tendance if at seeing (Fs eu nin,’