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VOL. XII. NO 3.
DARLINSTON, S. 0... THURSDAY; JANUARY 21, 1886.
WHOLE NO 676.
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clcfteli ^tur»).
In a Stage Coach/
it was midsummer in the mouu-
taiua ami Lilian Ferguson bad nev
ef se«H a fairer scene than the bit-
lows of blue fills that lay stretch
ed out before her, with here add
there the flash of a halt hidden
lake, or the ribbon like glitter of a
tiuy river.
She stood leaningagaiustthe rus
tic cedar post that formed the sup
port of the hotel piaeza, while her
modest little trunk and traveling-
bags were piled up at the rear.
“Don’t fret, miss.” said the laud-
lady, who was bustling in and out,
“The stage will be along soon.”
‘ Oh, 1 am in no hbrry for the
stage,” said Lilian pleasantly. “I
could stand and look at this beau
tiful landscape all iUy.” •
“Ain’t that strange, now!” re
flectively uttered Mrs. Peck, the
landlady. “Me and Peck, we nev
er think about it all.”
“is the state often as late as
thin f” said Lilian, glancing at her
neat little silver watch.
“Not generally,” add Mrs. Peck,
“But today they’re waiting, at
Wells Station, for the deaf arid-
dumb gentleman.”
“For whom f” said Lilian, in
amazement.
“For the deaf-and-dumb gentle
man, miss,” explained Mrs. Peck.
“A cousin erf our minister’s, up at
Crest liili. He’s been down to New
York for treat meul.;_.but deary me,
there ain’t no Ueatment can ever do
hid) any good. As dost as a stone
miss, and never spoke.au intellL
gent word since he was born. But
they dd say he’s a very learned
man, in spue of all bis drawbacks.”
•‘I’m afraid he won’t be a very
lively traveling companion,” said
Lilian, smiling.
“No, I calculate not,” said Mrs.
Peck, In a matter-of-fact sort of
way.
Just at that moment a box wag
on drove up; tire chariotteer hand
ed out a valise, and assisted a young
lady to alight.
“Has the stage gone)” she cried,
flinging aside her veil, and levell
ing a very pretty brunette face sha
ded by jetty fringes of Lair and
flushed with exciten eut.
“You’re just in time, miss,” said
Mrs. Peck, peering down the wind
ing road, which her experienced
eye could trace, when no one’s else
was of any avail, “it’s a coming
now
•" " if wtr:? 1
They are nnder the care of an aunt,
so Mrs. Grove told me; and there
is a handsome widower and inter
eating-voting Uacktle^ftt.Ojrea^ng
ton Hall.”
Lilian colored, notly,
“Neither of'whom lever expect
to meet,” said she.
* ’“It will be your own fafrilfclf)*?
don’t,” observed Miss Moitou.
“Why, my dear, here is yonr career
all chalked out'for you. Sentimeu
tal widower, v Ufa lots of money-
pretty governess—mutual fascina
Umi—growing devotion—finale, a
wedding! Hey! presto, your for
tune is made!”
“Eulalie, how can you talk sot”
had come out lo-seceive MW*s Eula
lie Morton, who fmd‘driveif over in
the Grove Bookery carriage to call,
a tall, handsome gentleman enter
ed the room, wirh Mrs. Hartleijjb
on liis ami.
“The deaf aud'duuib gentleman!”
Ldiau involuntarily exclaimed.
“Poor fellow, so it w !” said Miss
Morton, who advanced airily, shak
ing out the light t{Mtglti)j t)»y){ceM of
her dress. “How lie does liajt^t jis
to be-sure!” ’ ' .
“Ladies,” said the.de.af au»l-djimb
gentleman, ‘iyon uro mistaken. I
can hear and speak today, a* well
as anybody. I should have spoken
to you ft monrtMgfl . in-the ht'age
cried Lilian, flushed and indignant, j co-'eh, Tf It had not been for the uu;
“1 am not
expedition
fortunate cirent rata floe of my hav-
; ing just been to the dentist and had
my lower jaw broken in the extrac
! tion of a double tooth I perceive
that you were mistaking me for my
unfortunate friend Mr. Denton, a
try tor the widower, I shall! Grove deaf mute, who lives near herej
on a husband hunting
; I am simply trying to
earn my own living.”
“The more goose you, to neglect
siich an opportunity as this,” said
Eulalie, laughing, “tf you don’t
Bookery is only half a mile from
Ghessiugton Hall, after all; and a
rich husbacd would solve the pro
blem of my life at once.”
“This is too ridiculous, Eulalie !”
said Liliau. “1 could not respect
myself it 1 were to plot and plan
like this. I know it is unjust; but
you have made me dislike Mr.
Ghessing’on already.”
“The more the better,” said Miss
Morton. “There will be all the
better chance tor me. They say he
is very handsome ; and one could
easily send the two children away |
to hoarding-school. I can assure I
you, I’ll have no old-maid aunts
and interesting uncles about the
premises.”
“Eulalie, let us talk of something
else,”said Lilian, resolutely. “Tel
me all that has happened to you
since graduation day.”
Eulalie laughed out a merry, ring- 1
ing Ihugb.
“Well, if you must know,” said
she,” said she ‘Tve been trying m.\
best to get a nice husband, but-1
without any success.”
“Is matrimony, then ibe end and
aim of all the world t” said Lilian,
with queenly disdain.
“As far as 1 am concerned—yes,”
acknowledged Miss Morton, with
charming fraiikt.ess.
But Liliau Ferguson, who had
been gazing at the newcomer earn
estly, now can e forward with an
eager smile and an outstretched
baud.
“Surely I am not mistaken,” said
she, “and this is Eulalia Morton ?”
“Liliau Ferguson 1 Oh, you dar
ling, l am so glad to see you !’’ cried
the stranger. “But where on earth
did you come from V’
And thus met the two lovely
girls who hail graduated just a year
ago from Madame De Tournaire’s
fashiouabe boarding school iu New
York, am! who had not seen eacli
other since.
Just at this momeut, however
there was no time for explanations.
The ponderous stage, relic of a for
gotten generation, rolled up, with a
creak of leathern curtains, tramp of
horse, and a general confusion of
arrival, to the broad wooden steps
of the hotel.
The sun was already down. In
the twilight, Eulalie and Lilian
could ouly discover that the stage
contained but one other occupant, a
man, who leaued back iu the tar
corner, with the top of his face par
tially hidden by alaige, wide-brim
med hat: and its lower part wrap
ped in the folds of a Persian silk
pocket handkerchief.
He inclined his head courteously
as they entered, ami moved a hand
some traveling case which lay on
the middle seat, as if to make reom
for them.
“Is there another passenger f”
said Miss Morton, with a little, ner
vous start.
“It’s only a deaf and-durnb gen
tleman,” Liliau explained, her eyes
full of soft pity. “The landlady told
me about him.”
“What a nuisance!” cried Eula
lie. “1 bad hoped we should have
the stage to ourselves. But now,
dear,” as she settled herself iu the
most comfortable corner, “tell me
what this unexpected encounter
means”
“It means,? says Lilian, with a
shy swil^, “that I am goiug-to be
nursery governess at Cbessington
Hall, up among the Adiroudacks—-
that is, if I give satisfaction. I was
engaged by letter from the Educa
tional Bureau, a week ago.”
“What a singular fcoincidence!”
said Misa Morton, shaking her cher
ry colored bonnet strings. “And I
am going to be companion to old
Mrs. Grove, of Grove Bookery, the
very next place to Chessiu: ton
Hall. How I do envy you, Lilian!”
“Envy me Eulalie 1”
‘•Yes. Haven’t jou heard about
it?” said the bnineite. “The dies-
siugton children, yonr futnre char
ges, are motherless, don’t^roa know?
“Pardon me, Eul li.*,”
ian, “but it seems to me that you
have degenerated Irightfully since
those dear old days at Madame de
Tournaire’s.”
Miss Morion yawned.
“How tedious all ibis is !” said
she. “Miss Ferguson turned U;c
turer, eh f How 1 wish that poor
fellow in the corner wasn’t deaf ami
dumb! I’d Hi t with him, just to
aggravate you, Lily.”
Liliau made no answer. Site
leaned her head out of the stage
window, and watched the- purple
but he had been detained until the.
next day, and with my bandaged
jaw, ft was impossible for me to
speak and explain matters.”
Eulalie Morton’s lace glowed scar
let. She literally knew not what
to say.. But Lilian Ferguson stood,
calm and unmoved.
“Then,” she said, smiling, “all
our sympathy was thrown away
upon yotf.” * -i i* ■
He rmdhfed his head. •,
“Exactly,” he said. “I fouml,
the next day, that it was necessary
to put mjself under the cate of ay.
AlbiUiy surgeon*''«o riMt I - haviS
a sort of exile ,lbra lew weeks.
Pardon my being so late to wel
come you to Ohessiugfon Hall. But
the welcome is none the h ss warm
because it is tardy.”
Eulalie Moffdii never came to
Gliessington Hall again, nor could
she so iMuch as ihink of Iter conver
sation in the stage, that higli’, with
out hot indignation nt herself.
‘•What a fool 1 wasr sh 1 ' ciii‘d.
Mr. Chessingfon, however, much
as he liked and admired Ltluiu Fer
guson, never asked her to marry
him
“When 1 was wjdowfyf once it
was forever,” he said. i
And Lilian never coveted the
prize ol'h s lieatfc; pernaps because
said Lil- 1 she was engaged to a ri-nng
young
clergyman, near Philad< Iphia.
If only I had Lil.i’s opportuni
Aorlon, “But.l
anre's when f spoke
out in\ mind so Ireely before the
deaf-and-dumb gentleman.*’ —f/r/e/i
For nut Uraoeu.
ties [' sajd ,Miss
wivtkeu my ebarn
Qmrn lirturia’s Cursiiatlun.
Grevilte wiites iu his memories oi
Queen Victoria’s coronation : “The
dithjrent actors in the ceremonial
were very iuiperfect in their parts,
and had neglected to rehearse them
r “l 1 " 'J"U .i'V i v .I’ 1 ■ ~
A Lejal ’Em.
When General Butler wns )n
qamqtaud at New Orleans, says an
cxpJpiiig\v i lMG made, it wiil im ie-
meuiljytod, many a vies; s for all
sorts/jf reasons. • a
One eccentric old gentleman,
iu his coinimyit4-apou the current
evemfs, and who bad been repeated
ly btit iife'ffectnally warned to hold,
his tongue, Was finally hauled be-
tdre tip 1 'co k.eyp l man of destiny.
It was shortly after the neyv s “f
Lee’s victory at Fredeilcksbury
had reached New Orleans, and the
Southerners were very jubihtit over
it/
i.“You,have been expressing yoiir-
seli Jtu a very disloyal' fashion, I
umivrstand, sir,”, said the general,
with ait unusually sour twist of his
business eye; “talking very nut-
rageousL’ i ud m a slyly calculated
tbjifjilucc ipisoliief,”
''Tiie old ge^tfgman otested
that he said nothing particularly
bad, aud suggest'd that he had
been inisiiifortued. But it was to
no purpose. Butler waxed more
aud m ire indignant, ami declared
tie would send him to Ship Island.
Aftvr ninch discussion, however,
the seiitrurce was [•evoked upon the
«Id tgentleuiaids , oimentiug to take
the oath, which he whs very K>th to
<l«r—- — • * ’
“Y\’elf.'general,” qneritHl' the old
gentleman,ai ter he had been sworn.
l
sA Jdyal ii^
dusk creep up the. immniain side, Dird John Thynne, who officiated
counting the stais as one by oue
they shone out. Anything was bet
ter tlmu Eulalie’s shallow chatter.
Grove Rookery was soon reached,
and Miss Morton bade her old
schoolmate an eflusive farewell.
“1 see that the old lady has sent
the carriage to meet me,” said she
lor the Dian of Westminister, told
me that mtboJy knew what was to
be done except the archbishop ami
himself (who had rehearsed), Lord
Willoughby (who is experienced in
these matters) and tne Duke of
Wellington, ami consequently there
was a continual difficulty aud cm
“Good-bye, Lily. You must lie sure I nariHs-mcut, and the queen never
to introduce me to the hharmiug knew what she was to do next,
widower when I come over. Aw They made her leave her chair and
Rrvoir y darling!” j enter into St. Edward’s chapel be
Thi- deal-audd mb gentleman tore tbu prayers wer<p cotitkidddf;
left the stage very soon. Miss Fer- j i,iuc’.i to tlie discomfiture of the
guson wa ched with some interest, archbishop. i$he said to Jolia
hut no carriage of any description , Tbyune: ‘Pray tell ire what 1 am
seemed to lie waiting for him. ! to do, for they don’t know;’ ami at
He disappeared into the woods i the end, when the orb was- put into
like a shallow, and vanished from , her hapd, she-said to him : ‘What
her sight. ! am I to do with it I” ‘Your majes-
“I suppose, poor fellow, that he ty is to carry it, if yon please, in
lives near here,” thought she. “How volir hand.’ “Am I ?* she Said: “It
dreadful it must be, thus to be cut ^ very heavy.’ I'hemby ring was
off irom all companicnsliip with made fi f uei little Huger iustead of
one’s tellow being.” | the fourth, on which the rubrio ore-
But eveu w hole these reflections scribe* that it should be put. When
passed through her mind, the stage the archbishop wus to put it on, she
^topped again, before a glittering extended the tot mer^but by said it
tacade of lights, bait veiled in sway ; miist be on* the latter. She said it
ing summer lolliage—Ghessiugton f wa8 too small, and she could not
hall.
‘‘Here you are, miss,” said the
driver.
Through the summer evening
dusk, Liliau could see the marble-
railed terrace and the broad car
riage-drive, while two child-figures
danced up ami down, and uttered
joyful exclamations of welcomte^-
little B andie Ami Alike Chefsiuf-
ton.
“Are you the new governess f”
said they. “Are you Miss Fergu
son ? Welcome—welcome to the
Adiroudacks. We are glad that
you have come 1”
Aud iu an instant their arms i the Duke.of
were twined around Lilian’s neck.
At the end of a month Liliau Fer
guson felt complete y aud thor
uaghly at home with her new pu
pils
They had ranged the woods, ami
visited all the grottos and cascades;
they had su rounded her with au
atiiKJSpheie of the sweetest aflcc-
tiou.
Mrs. Hartleigh, their aunt, was
equally kind; aud Alfred Hart
leigh, the interesting young uncle,
hail already taken her into his con
fidence as to the beautiful bride be
was going to bring home mood.
But it certainly was very strange
that she had never seen Adrian
Gliessington himself, the father of
her lovely little pupils. Uuitf one
pleasant morning, when, ^just as she
generaj.; * f-' V
“Afiber thia uhth I’m- a
tlureyee Of the g.m-ru tmnft a* .you*
or any oue else t” - .y^V 9
“ f irq UMAtUMBd|k v.”
•Lfyid aVsiroyFm nowliberty
to talk I” . . -
•MJif^oo^tye^ there :eail be no
d11-J- - '-■‘y.-
« , TPBt!;Ahete,*geueralf eonfideuti- -
all^WttCa^vkaAio -tmlher. ilniu’f
old Bob rnTiTr
icksburg tbe y|li
r ^ Harried Above 'he rinuds.
A mW-rwe/iitinglook place hear
Milverton, Goloimio. Miss Mollie
Goiiuors. ol Jj ike Gity, and Mr. CL
(jar Ofo&h, of Atiimals Fi^rks, wore
married on ihcsiiinmijl uf the divide
at au alt ft fide o| over l3,0i)() feet,
(be party being ouaniiWsliocs Miss
Gounors agieefi fb meet Mr. Qlsen
•on tlie siiuiiuit. bringing her Jriumls
with Jmrf aud Mr. Olsen wjis to ap
proacli the summit, with his frieuds
coining up on the opposite side of
the mountain. The bride lett Lake
Gity uccoinpanied by her two broth
eis, and Olsen left Animas Forks
at tbe same hour accompanied by
tbe Rev. Father Ley, of Milverton,
and a few friends. The oniy way
01 Healing the hiiow coven d moun
tain was- on siiowshoes, and the
climbing was tatiguing Tire groom
and the ininis’er arrived first at the
desfgnated meeting'point, but they
did dirt have long to wait, lor, the
biide and her brother-* wefo soon
observed nearing the rqidtl, trudg
ing along dreeriiv. Miss Connors
so* med less fatigued than 1 any other
member of the party. After a short
rest Father Ley peffbrihed tiie wed
ding ceremony with as much im
pnessiveuess as if it liad taken
(dace in a oharch. The iniiiist(-i',
thp bride, tbe groom, and tbe wit
nesses to the maffriage grou|»* d
themselves together as close as the
Gauadfan snowsboes would permit;
the ceremony was gone through
with, champagne was drank as a
toast to the health ot the couple,
Rlid then the party jourueyod to the
home ef the iiride, where a banquet
was to be held.
Tunc Occupied by a Dream.
A paragraph published iu the
Philadelphia Ledger some time ago,
giving a calculation of the speed of
thought iu dreams based upon a
case that happened to present the
required data, has been widely
copied and has called out other
stories and estimates of the same
kind. A correspondent of the
Scientific Auierivan relates that dur-
get if ou. He said it was right to
put it there, and, as he insisted, she
yielded, but had first to I^ke ofi'
her other riu^b, aud then this was
forced on, but it hurt her v«ry much tl _ ...
and as soon as the commnny wr»A 1 ie Ijuuo Russian war a tel*
over she was obliged to bathe her
finger in iced water in order to get
it off. The noise aud coulusigii were
very great when the medals were
thrown about by Lord Murrey,
everybody seiaOibHng with all their
might and main to gef them, ami
muie more vigorously than the
Maids ot Honor. - Tuere was a great
demonstration of applause when
Wellington did hom
age. Lord Rolle, who is between
eighty and ninety, fell down as he
was getting up the steps of tbe
throne. His first impulse was to
rise, Mid wlien afterward ho came
again to do homagje she said. “Jllay
I not get up And meet him?? and
turn rose trom the tbroue and ad
vanced down one or two ot thesteps
to prevent his coming up, ai: net of
graeiotiauoss an I kindness which
made a great sensation. - i
A cynical old bachelor,-who firm-
iy believes that ail • women have
something to say ou ah subjects,
recently asked a teynale frieud;
“Well, madauie, what do you hold
ou this question ot female suffrage?”
To him the lady responded calmly ;
“Sir, I hold mjjr tongue,’’ *■
How They <i«-t There.
Did you ever listen to a young
couple working up to that point of
affectionate ii limaevat which they
call ope another by their Ghristiau
names ?
“It has been a lovely party, hasn’t
if. Miss Jackson ?”
“Lovely, Mr. Wilkins.”
“I have known you a long time,
Miss Jackson.
“And 1 have known you quite a
while.”
“I’ve often heard my sister speak
of y ou.”
“And my brother is always talk
ing about yon.”
“Ishef I hear so much about
you that 1 leel at home Willi you.”
“It’salovely night, isn’t it, Mr.
Wilkins f”
“Beautiful! I think Edith’s such
a pretty name.”
“Do you t 1 don’t like it.”
“Edith 1”
“What did you say ?”
“Oh, nothing. 1 was meiely re
peating tfie name.”
“! don’t like all men’s names. 1
like some. I like .Philip, and Ft-r-
dinaml, and”——
“What do you think of George ?”
‘•That’s your uapie. George !”
“1 beg yonr pardon ?”
“Ob, nothing. I was onlv re
pealing tin name.”
“What a lovely night it is, isn’t
it, Miss Edith.”
“Oh, there! George Wilkins;
what did you let me slip ou that
cobblestone for?”
“’Pop mv word
Miss Edith.”
“Wei, we are at
Mr. George.”
“1 hil very sorry.”
“‘Mo am I. I’m so much obliged
I’ve had such a
l didu’t do it,
home—or I am.
I ”
Mr. Wilkins.”
graph operator at Medalia, Mo.,
A-as receiving a prews dispatch in
which rhe natte ol Gortschakofi
frequently appeared. The operator
became so familiar with thissueces
siou of sounds that as soon as tbe
first syllable of tbe name had been
leeched he went to sleep* had a
long aud elaborate <dreatu about u
hunting trip in the Indian territory,
occupy ing several days, aud finally
during Che division of the game
woke up in time to take the final
syllable of Gorlsuhakcfi’s name
aud tiie rest of the message. It is
calculated that the,time occupied
by this dream was forty-f( ur one-
hftudrediha ot a second. Tbe story
is equally good, It will be observed,
whetber.it is takeu us a contribu
tion to science or to uew.sj>upcr
humor.— Trvy Timet.
i /Ropy milk is ascribed to several
eausea, but bud food, which dis
turbs the cow’s health, is the most
frequent cause. The trouble, how
ever produced, may generally be
remedied by a dose of sixteen oun
ces of epsom salts and a daby dose
of bypophospbate of soda lor a
week.
f->r your escort,
lovely time.”
“And so have
“Good night,
“Good mglr, Miss Jackson.”
“Good night.”
“Good night.”
“Good uifilit—Edith.”
“Good night 1 -George.”
Vinegar Made of Sawdust,
A sign in a Third avenue grocery
window reads: “Pure Russet Gi-
der, Ie. a Quait.”
“Tlia’ cider was never moved by
a breath ot country air,” said a
man in a blue check jacket, who
was passing the window, “and it
was never any nearer an ap; le
<hau it is now as it stands iu the
laurel, at tiie lear of the grocery.”
“‘Made ol sulphuric acid and
glucose, thou,” suggested a com
panion.
“No, tjiii’s too expenrive.”
“ W aat is it made ot !”
“Mawiliist. 1 work in the shop
wlieie it’s made. Pure app!e cider
is worth ibirty cents a gallon.
Sawdust cider costs about one
fourth of that. We take the saw
dust from a coup e of wood yards—
hemlock, hickory, m; pie—every
kind, just as it comes. We dump
it into a big retort and heat it with
a coal fire. Jusi forty seven per
cent, of what boils over is crude
vinegar. It lias to be purified a
bit and boiled down a little, but it
is pretty good vinegar. When the
wood [Caches a certain point in the
hearing process it becomes charcoal,
and is cooled off and sold to filtei
makers. We can beat the grangers
on the vinegar business and not
halt try.”—AV»r York Sun.
After Han) Days.
On a Michigan Central Train the
other day, a prominent citizen ol
Detroit, who had a seat in the smok
ing car, crossed over to a young
man who, was vigorously putting
away and asked for a light. The
lavor was granted, and the promi
nent Detroiter observed:
“Live in the citv ?”
“Yes.”
“Going to Chicago?”
“Yes.”
•Aren’t you iu the grocery busi
ness I”
“No. sir.”
“Ail! I (bought I had met you
before at some time or other. Your
face looks familiar.”
“I—I used to court your daugh-
t r!” stammered the young map.
“Oh ho ! About three years agof*
“Yes.”
“And i give you tho bounce?”
“You did.”
“AhI I believe Ido recall the cir
cumstances. I don’t know but 1
kicked you ?”
“Yes, you did!”
;‘Ab ! Well. 1 bounced aud kick
ed so many that 1 can’t be expected
to remember uames and faces. 1
take advantage of this occasion to
beg your pardon and vou’ve lully
recovered from the effect*. Have a
cheroot!”
Words of Wisdom
When you bury an old anlmosi- j
ty, never mind a tombstone.
Lite is girded all around with a
zodiac ol sciences, the contributions
of men who have ptiisbedto add
their point of light to our sky.
To be w ise to day and foolish to
morrow is the fate at most men ; fo
be foolisb to day and w ise to mor
row is the genius ot wisdom.
Those who talk the most know
the least; there is not truth eiioti^h
in the world to furnish one first
class ta ker with a mouth’s gabble.
There are few tilings in life more
interesting than an unresisted in
terchange of ideas w ith a congenial
spirit, aud there are few things
more rare.
Life has no wretchedness equal (o
an ill assorted marriage—it is the
sepulchre ol the heart, haunted by
the ghost of past affections aud
hopes got e forever.
Give not thy tongue too great
liberty, lest it take thee prisoner.
A word unspoken is, like tin- sword
in the scabbard, thine ; if vented,
thy sword is iu another’s hand.
As fate is inexorable, ami not to
be moved with tears or reproaches,
au excess of sorrow is as foolish as
profuse laughter; while ou the oth.
er hand, not t* mourn as all is in
sensibility.
An E ttiprUInx, Sellable Huuse.
Willcox & Co., can always be re
lied upon, not only to carry iu stock
the best of everything, hu to secure
the Agency for sucli articles as
have well-known merit, and are
popul ir with the people, thereby
suHtaiuing tbe reputation of being
always enterprising, anti ever re
liable. Having secured the Agency
lor the celebrated Dr. King’s New
Discovery lor Consumption, will
sell it ou a positive guaiautee. It
w ill surely cure any aud every ai
lection ol Throat, Lungs, and Ghest,
aud to show our confidence, we in
vite you to call and get a Trial
Bottie Free.
A Mining fltorjr.
Eight years ago, four miners sat
one night in a tentat an Austin ian
digging discussing their future
plans aud deploring their ill fortune.
For weary months they had worked
the mine without getting more than
a bare living. At length they de
cided to leave the spot, though not
without regret. Three ot them were
iu the mine taking a last lo k
around, when oue said to Ids m iri s
“Good-by ; I’ll give you a fare we I
blow,” and witli that Ids pick sent
the splinters of quartz iu all quar
ters. His trained eye spied a gilt
t< r on one ot the bits that lauded
at Ids feet. He picked it up, ex
amimed it, and found it to be gold.
He at once proceeded to work wnh
a will. Hischums saw tbal some
thing out of the common course had
happened, and they, too, applied
their picks vigorously. With sileni
resolve they worked ou until they
unearthed a big nugget. Then a
tierce, glad yell of joy reached the
ears of the fourth man at (he wind
h-ss at the mine top. “What’s
amiss?” he shouted down. “Wind
up, ” was the reply, and when he did
so the lump of pure gold met his
gaze. They called it “The Wei-
Cash on Delivery.
i i . j . . i.i*
HinOROtV
Glut lies observer—Tailor*.
With Patti the making oi $5,000
is a mere song.
Excuse the girl who eloped with
her coachman—‘I was driven To
it.”
A Boston firm advertises “shoe*
for elopement.” They don’t squeak.
A man with a cold in his head la
like a waterfall. He is catsrrb-
racked.
The United States Mint Is tha
only ousiness place which can make
money without advertising.
To keep apples from decay ing
put them in a cool place—where
there is a large family of children.
In Thibet a woman may have four
husbands. In tins country it is as
much as a woman can do to cut
wood for one.
Some ne asks how the gieat
men ol this country began life.
We are under the impression that
they generally liegau life Ml in
fants.
“Buttons are coming in again,*
says an exchange June*, who
Listens his suspenders to his troua-
era with a shingle nail, says, “It’s
about time. They have Umid com
ing off long enough,”
It is hopeless for a short man to
ever expect to be a tall man, bat o
tall man can easily become a abort
man This fact is so obvious that
it is scarcely worth meutiouiug.
Tbe most depressing news we
have had for a lou* time is tbs re
port that Asiatic cholera and Oscar
Wilde will reach America next jeer,
Strict quarantine regulations
against Oscar should be enforced.
The author ol the “Story ot a
spoken of as the
but then an
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Rn«kl*»i Araiea Salve.
The best Salve in the world for
Guts, Bruises, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, Tetter, Ghapped
Hands, Ghilblaiua, Corns, aud all
Skin Eruptions, aud positively
cures Plies, or no pay required. It
is guaranteed to give perfect satis-
faction, or money refunded. Price
25 cents per box. For sale by Will-
cox A Go.
Tbe band isot Turkish invention.
conic," and obtained thirty thou
sand dollars fori . The claim where
the nugget was got is now covered
with tiie fine sheets of the tbriviug
tow u of Ballarat.
Xu Auiwcr Hunted.
Cau any one bring us a case ot
Kidney or Liver G* mplaiut tha
Electric Bitters will not speedily
cure? We say they can not, as
thousands of cases already perman
ently cured and who are daily re
commending Electric Billers, will
piove. Bright’s Disease, Diabetes,
Weak Back, or any urinary com
plaint quickly cured. They purify
the blood, regulate tbe (rowels, and
act directly on the diseased parts.
Every bottle guaranteed. For sale
at 50c. a bottle by Wtl'.eox A Go.
X lean I hisf
A great newspaper readdr was
out huutiui rec* utly, and a storm
cotmug up he crept into a hollow
tree log for shelter. After the storm
abated he endeavored to crawl out
but found that tbc‘ log had swelled
so that it was impossible to make
bis exit. He endeavored • to com
press bimsei ss muefi as irossible,
but with indifferent success. He
thought about all tbe mean tiling*
he had ever done, until dually his
mil d reverted to the fact that, in
stead of buying his paper like a man
he was in the habit of borrowing
from his neighbor. On this he felt
so mnall that he si pped out with
out au effort.—Columbia Record.
Go' ntry Town” is
coming novelist;
phouographer could write a tbril
ling ston of a country towu if b«
would take the trouble to. listen at
tbe key hole when a sewing society
meets.
An Illinois lady Is said to bav*
collected a string of hut tons twenty-
four feet long. This accounts fop
so many men in the state with their
suspenders attached to their pants
with a sidnglc nail.
Cannibal king to missionary t
1 think that the (test thing I cau
do is eat y ou.” Missionary (in earn
est protest): “Ido not agree with
you, sir.” Cannibal king: “Well,
I muNtu’t eat anything that doesn’t
igree with me ”
Mistress: “I really caniio 4 put
up with your voracious eppetita
any longer, J tmes. Why, even the
bear.ts of the field know when
rhej’ve had enough, but you never
do.” James: “1’lease, em, you
never tried me.”
“Why don’t you to to work?*
said a charitable lady the other day
to a tramp, belore whom she bad
Maced a nicely cooked meal. “I
would,” replied the vagrant, “if I
had the tools.” “What sort of tools
do y ou want ?” asked bis hostess,
“‘A knife aud fork.”
The gre.it demand for SbriueFs
Indian Vermifuge is solely due to
iis intriusic value. Thousands use
it to day iu preference to any other,
and say that it destroys and expels
worms effectually.
Dull ml clofh suits are in great
favor for young ladies.
A bright red bird ou a black or
brown bonnet is fashionably.
Harper comity, Kansas, has elec
ted the Widow Bice its county
clerk.
A young married ‘ouple In Hun
gary recently made tbeir wedding
tour, a long one, ou tricycles.
The iuteresting faet baa just leak
ed out that Georgia chartered, built
and conducted the first fesialecol
lege iu the world.
Some women cling to tfcuir owu
houses like the honeysuckle over
thedoor, aud, like H, sweeten ai!
the region with the sutle fragraor#
of their goodness.
Cloak clasps are voiy beautiful
iu designs, con n (witig made of tha
teeth of animals, and all tha met sis
sic levied upon lo ooutribate It
their beauty and durability.
Iu Egy pt they have au original
way of avenging and insult and rc-
stm i ug self-respect If a dragoman
licks a camel-driver tbe camel-
driver does not resent it, but th
wacks tbe donkey boy, and the
donkey-boy lieats the donkey to
restore his sense of self-reiipect, and
the donkey kicks s dog. aud then
the frao as is settled.
The bread now baked at Naples
is of precisely the same abx|M as
the loaves found at Poiu|*eii that
were put iu tbe oven 2<H)U years
ago.
Mr. 8. E. Barnwell, of Georg*
town, has purchased a fine no*
plantHtion ou Pon-Pon, wb* re Is
will engage in planting next year.
Tbe Rev. Mr. Dunwoody. who
lor many yean has served »h#
Presbyterian cougnqtatioa sf Wab
his tailing health.
The area sown In mnall grain 1s
Chesterfield County this winter la
much larger than erec before. The
prospects an
1 yield.