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BABY MINE.
There Is ne joy in the world like you.
No music sweet as your “goo ah-geo,”
No skies so eleer as your eyes of blue—
Babv, eh my baby
But when yen ground on the secret pin
And open yen* valve and howl like sin,
No geiu| °an equsl your little din,
Baby, oh my baby.
My heart is glad when your face I see.
My joy is full when you come to me,
I laugh with you in rom ping glee,
Baby, eh my baby.
And oftentimes m - midnight snore
Is broken by your sereamfug roar,
And till morning dawns we walk the floor.
Baby, oh my baby
jtpri).
The Eight Forty-five.
THE DARLINGTON
“FOR US PRINCIPLE IS PRINCIPLE—RIGHT IS RIGHT—YESTEHDAV, TO-DAY. TO MORROW, FOREVER."
A BRIGHTON IDYL.
Everybody outside tbe office of
Jonathan Oreyaark k Co., East In
dia merchants, of Bood Lane, City,
knew Mr. Jonathan Greyaark sim
ply aa a very well-to-do bachelor, of
five and forty—fresh-faced, well-
dressed, genial, and affable as a
man tolerably well fitted oat with
the good things of this life and an-
hampered by ties and enonrabran-
oes should be. Bat Mr. Philip Penn
whose days were passed within tbe
office, regarded bis wealthy and
pdpnlar employer from a somewhat
different point of view. Mr Penn,
bad by his steadiness and basineHs
knowledge in no small degree help
ed Jonathan tireysard to bis envi
able position in tbe commercial
world; be bad served the house
faithfully for upward of twenty
years yet be was still simply a clerk,
in which position, despite frequeut
prayers and petitions, Mr. Grey-
sard was apparently determined to
keep him nntil the time came for
dispeneingentirely with his services.
Altogether, poor Penn’s life was by
no means a happy ouc, for in uudi
tiou to hia com menial troubles, he
bad au eternally grinning domestic
skelefbu*, in tbe shape ot a black
guard brother, who had stood in the
ielou’s dock on a charge of exten
sive forgery, had passed many
years in prison, and who now could
ouly be kept quietly iu tbe back
ground by tbe allowance which the
unfortunate Penn made him out of
the exceedingly on derate salary be
drew from the Rood Lane office.
Greyaark knew this, and was also
aware that a tarnished name was
au almost insuperable bar to bis
clerk’s advance in any other line of
life; so he meanly took advantage
of the fact by getting a most unfair
amount of work out of Penn, and
paying him a miserably inadequate
salary for it.
Jonathan Greysark lived at
Brighton, and came up to town
every morning on the 8.45 express.
Iu this famous train be bad acquir
ed from long usage prescriptive
right to a particular seat in a par
ticular comparton ut ot a particular
carriage, and the guard suffered a
considerable reduction iu bis week
ly largesse if be allowed a stranger
to usurp this place.
But, tbe old guard having been
•hunted elsewhere, and a strange
official who knew not Jonathan,
having been substituted, it so hap
pened that one morning Greysark,
hia rug ou his arm and bis paper in
bis baud, swaggered gravely and
magisterially up to tbe carriage,
ouly to And bis particular compart
ment—and, in fact, his very seat—
oooopied. Under ordinary circum-
stauoes be would have resented
this unwarrantable intrusion, in an
nnmistakable manner, bat apou
this occasion, as tbe oooupsut was
a pretty, modestly dressed girl ot
ei» hteeu or tbereAbonts, bd could
only vent bis feelings in grunts and
noowls, and betake himself to an
other seat. But when, the next
morning, be fonud bis place simil
arly occupied, his position became
somewhat embarrassing, and only
the girl’s pleasant face cheeked au
dible expression of bis discontent.
Tbe same thing oocurred the morn-
4ng after, and tbe morning after
that, and the young 8.45 bucks,
who, of course, regarded tbe affair
as a capital Joke, remarked that tbe
great man, instead of ramping and
ragtag away to another carriage,
not o nly contentedly went into the
same one, bat passed a mneb great
er part of the boar and g quarter's
journey in looking at the girl over
tbe top of hia newspaper * than in
studying the eity article. In a fort
night's time it was observed that he
handed her out, carried her little
parcels, and saw her safely into an
omnibus for tbs Mansion Boose;
and in three weeks time it waa not
ed that be chatted aa easily and
familiarly with her as if he bad
known her for, yean.
In abort, it became very evident
that the wealthy bachelor of Bood
Laos was enamored of the young
lady. When bis attentions first be
came marked she aaeuraed tbe pro
per attitude of unprotected virtue
aud confined her answer to rather
cort monosyllables, bat when her
VOL. XU NO 9.
feminine perspicnity assured her
that her admirer’s behavior w.ts In
spired by tbe most honorable of in
tentions, she unbent and told him
that her name was Phyllis, that she
was a student at tbe South Ken
sington School of Art, and that she
resided at Brighton with her aunt.
•‘Miss Phyllis,"said Greysark one
morning, as they walked along the
London Bridge platform, u as seme
sort ot assurance that I ouly enter-
t-tin tbe most genuine feedugs of
respect aud—and admiration for
you, I think I should mention that
my name is Greysark, that I am the
head of one of tbe most respected
booses in tbe city of London, and
that, as I am qnite aware that au
acquaintance of this casual uature
is apt to give rise to erroneous im
pression iu tbe minds of people who
only judge by appearance, with
your permission, nothing will give
me greater pleasure than to call
npoa year aunt at Brighton "
At the mention of the name Grey
sark, the girl's color deepened some
what, and she raised her eyes to bis
face for a few seconds. Then she
said:
"I am sore that my aunt would
be delighted to make your acquaint
ance, Mr. Greysark."
Accordingly on the following
Sunday, Mr. Graysark, instead ot
performing his usual weekly duty
to society by au all afternoon lounge
ou the Green, betook hiu.self to Re
gency Square, and was ushered into
tbe presence of a smiling grey-hair-
ed lady, who might have stepped
from an ancestral picture frame,
and who received him with tbe
stately urbanity of a courtier of the
old school. Being a man of busi
ness, Jonathan Greysark lost no
time in beating about tbe bnsh, but
plunged at once in media* re* de
scribed the origin of his acquaint
ance with Phyllis, expressed him
self in sneb happy language, blew
bis own trumpet in such a pitas ml,
unassuming flianuer, declared his
devotion in sneb fervid phrases, in
fact, pat matters before the old
lady in such an attractive light,
that she was completely won over.
“Of course, Mi. Greysark,” she
said iu reply, “as I am only tbe
girl’s aunt, I have no direct author
ity in the matter. But if Phyllis
regards your suit as favorably as I
do, I crii only recommend that yon
should address a letter to her fat h
er in Louden, state the case as yon
have stated it to me, aud abide by
bis deciMou."
“But it is au extraordinary phase
of our acquaintance, said the mer
chant, “that I do not know your
niece’a surname yet."
Perhaps the old lady was struck
by the strsugeness of this avowal,
but at any rate she hesitated a mo
ment. seemed a littie confused, and
then replied : “Her name is FU m
mg, Mr. Greysark ; a letter address
ed to Mr. Robert Fleming aud giv
en to me will insure its safe des
patch."
“But would it not l>e better for
me to call upon Mr. Fleming my
sell" said Greysark. My business
experience has taught me that one
personal interview is worth a dozen
letters."
“So it is. as a general rule, Mr.
Greysark," replied the old lady. But
Mr. Fleoiitig’s movements are so un
certain, his business taking him so
fiequently away from home, that
tbe coarse 1 have snggested won hi,
I think, be the better."
Aud after a lift e general conver
sation, Mr. Greysark took leave, re
solved that be would without delay
formally propose to Phyllis, and if
her answer should be favorable, as
he bad uot tbe slightest reason to
doubt it would be, indite his letter
to Mr. Fleming.
Accordingly the next morning,
upon arrival at London Bridge, iu
stead of banding Phyllis iuto a Man
sion House omnibus, as usual, he
insisted that she should walk there
with him. And by the time King
William’s statue was reached he
bad poured nut hie soul to her, and
received her ready assent to bis pro
posal, conditional upon the appro
val ot her father.
One or two little circa in stances
connected with his visit to Regen
cy Square on the previous day
struck Jonathan Greysark as being
carious as he sat iu his room at tbe
office playing listlessly with the
heap of unopened letters before
him. Of course be bad observe*!
tbe old lady’s besitatiou iu giving
tbe uarne of Fleming; and her sug
gestion that the letter should be
forwarded through her instead of
to a direct address was rather unu
sual. Perhaps Fleming was a strange
sort of man—n nder a cloud, or of
eoceutrio habits. At au» rate Phyl
lis waa a lady, as was her >• nut;
the surroundings of the rooms in
Regency Square showed refinement
it not opulence, and although mon
ey with a wife was no object witb
him, be preferred that the lady hon
ored by his eboiee aboold uot be a n
utter stranger to tbs styh of life to
wbieh as Mrs. Greyaark she wo .Id
be it trodoeed. But his ardent af
fection for the aimple raiuded,
bright feoed girl overcame what
ever little shades of doubt or scr i-
pie tbe above strange oiroumsteuees
might have awakened within him,
DARLINGTON, S. 0.. THURSDAY, MARCH 4,1886.
WHOLE NO 582.
and, after hnrriedly perusing his
business letters, he called Mr. Penn
in. gave him instructions to show
nobody into the private room for
an hour, and settled himself down
to indite tbe epistle to Mr. Fleming.
After such destruction of best cream
laid note, he pro'need the foliow-
iug:
Dear Sir . It is with no little
diffi leuoe that I address one who is
a complete strainier to me upon a
subject of such im|K>rtaDce as that
which now occupies my pen ; but I
am sure I judge you rightly when I
think that you will pardon tbe lib
erty I am taking by tbe time you
arrive at tbe end of the letter.
In short. I wish to obtain your
cousent to my marriage with your
charming daughter, Phyllis. As
this is to some extent a matter of
business, I may inform you that I
made the young lady’s acquaint
ance in the Brighton train, by which
we have been fellow-passengers dai
ly for some weeks past; that I then
obtained not ouly ber consent to my
proposal, but tbe entire approba
tion of her aunt, upon whom I had
tbe pleasure of calling, with your
daughter’s permission.
For your satisfaction I may add
that, although I am uot a very
young man, I am in the full vigor
of health and strength ; that I am
tbe sole and responsible bead of one
of tbe best known ana most respec
ted business houses iu tbe city of
London, and that I am in a position,
which you may verify, if you please
by tbe most minute investigation,
to maintain your daughter iu a fit
ting position as a lady.
The entire happiness of my life,
and I dare add that ofyonr daugh
ter’s rests upon your decision as to
whether she should be my wife or
not, and I implore you not to be in
fluenced in your opinion by the
somewhat |>ecullRr circumstances
under Which our meeting took place
and our consequent acquaintance
and intimacy were formed.
it you will kindly take a week to
cousnii-r this, to me, vital question,
1 shall be inexpressibly obliged;
and, thanking >on heartily in ad
vance for the sanction which I feel
certain you will accord, 1 am, my
dear sir,
Yuur obedient servant,
Jonathan Greysark.
Having read this two or three
timesover to assure himself that he
had not sai«l too mnch or too little,
Jonathan Greysark placed it in an
envelo|>e addressed to Robert Flem
iug. Esq , and that again in au eu
veiope which be pm posed to hand
the old lady at Brighton.
The week seemed interminable to
tbe enamored Jonathan Men re
marked that he appeared absent-
minded aud preoccupied, but two
or thn-e ol bis fellow passengers by
the 8 45, who were iu tbe same mar
ket, told the story of his capture by
die pretty girl iu the train, and so
accounted for bis peculiarity. He
himselt, however, was in a state of
anxiety to which he hail long been
a stranger. Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday passed, aud no answer
trom the mysterious Mr. Fleming
arrived. Perhaps the old lady bad
forgotten to forward hi-* missive.
Old ladi s, so strangely mi ulfnl ot
long past, occurrences, were, often
oblivious about matters present.
Perhaps—but he shuddered at tlie
thought aud cast it from him—for
Phyllis was too good, too much of a
lady, to be so base aud cruel; ou tbe
other baud, possibly Mr. Fleming
was instituting inquires. It was
natural that an affectionate father
should do so, aud every time Penn
brought iu a visitor’s uarae the mer-
chaur expec ed to bear “Mr. Rob
ert Farming" announced. Ou Fri
day afteruoou be called iu Mr. Penn.
“Kindly abut the door," be said;
“I have something of importance to
speak to you about."
Mt. Peuu obeyed, and anxiously
inspected bis employer’s face.
“Mr. Penn," began tbe merchant
with a preliminary clearing ot tbe
throat, “you have been in my ser
vice now for some years, and yon
have given me pretty general satis-
taction iu the performance ot your
duties”
Penn’s face brightened. Certain
ly a rise in salary was coming, per
baps something more substantial.
But all was dashed to tbe ground
witb tbe first word of the great
man’s next sentence.
“Bat," continued Greysark, “I
have been thinking tbe matter over
very seriously lately, and 1 have
arrived at tbe painful conclusion
that I most dispense with your ser
vices at tbe expiration of a mouth
from date."
Tbe poor clerk gasped and clutch-
ed the table for support, and would
have spoken but for a magisterial
wave of Mr. Greysark’s band.
,( lt is very evident to me," con
tinued bis employer, “that some
fiesh blood is needed in this easi
ness In fsc, 1 propose to take a
partner, and by so acting do away
with the necessity of paying a baud
some salary to a bead clerk."
“Mr. Greyaark!" almost shriek
ed poor Penn. “Dc heir me. 1
have be'ped you to make this bnsi
•ess. I have been in (bis office for
more than twenty years. Yoa have
sever ouee bad cau«e to find fault,
and I may conscientously say
that I have never given you occa
siou to. For more than one reason
I am precluded from the possibility
of getting another situation. My
name, as you know, is against me.
and |>eople would object to me on tbe
ground that I had a brother who
had been iu tbe police dock, more
over. I am not fitted to occupy a
clerk’s desk in any other business.
Think, sir, I implore you to think.
With one word you are turning au
honest man into the streets to beg,
for no fault of bis own. 1 do uot
wish to push myself forward undu
ly, Mr. Grey sark, but a : sneb a cri
sis as is this I am forced to remind
you that but for me you might pos
sibly uot have found business mat
ters work so smoothly as they have
If you discharge mo witb tbe notion
of iutfoduciug new bleed in to tbe
bouse, you will have to—”
“Mr. Penn,” interrupted tbe mer
chant, witb a waive of tbe baud,
“We mast iu this world be men of
business first and humanitarians
afterward. I have given your case
my falli-st consideration, and iu ac
knowledgment of your services, as
well as by way of compensation, I
propose to make you a weekly al
lowauce until you get employment.
But that you must go I have made
up my mind. You will please make
no further observations on tbe de
cision at which I have arrived, or I
shall be obliged to request yon to
leave mv presence. 1 think it bnt
fair to tell you, however, that the
principal reason for my deciding to
take a partner is that I am going to
be married—that is when tbe con
sent of the young lady’s father has
been obtained."
“Well, sir," said tbe clerk, “of all
periods iu lile, surely tbe eve of
marriage should most naturally in
spire kind actions. Yon are about
to make yourselt as happy as hu
man being can |>ossibly be, yet \ou
wish to inaugurate that period by
reducing to want and ruin an old
and tried servant. I know you too
well, sir—or, rather, I think too
well of yon—uot to lie sure that if
you oarry out this latter intention
y our conscience must prick you iu
alter lile.”
“Mr. Penn," said Greysark se
verely, “I told you not to bandy
words witb me, so let me hear no
more. I am now going to Brighton.
Do not omit to forward all letters
to my address there. You will
please tie particular in this. 1 must
say, Mr. Penn, that I am uot a lit
tle astouishad that, remembering,
as you must, what I have done for
you, and how with your tarnished
n ime yon might long ere this have
been begging your bread but for
me, yon should presume to offer me
advice on my own affairs. But 1
say no more.”
The clerk lingered r n in the room
as if iu hopes that some straw
might be lelt to clutch at, Then he
said : “Mr Greysark, you observed
just now that the fact of your mar-,
riage depends upon tbe consent of
tbe young lady’s father."
“Those were my words, Mr.
Penn," replied the merchant.
“It be should refuse his couseut?"
said Penn.
“Refuse, Mr. Penn! Refusel” ex
claimed Greysark. “Such a thing
is simply impossible, simply too
udicufous to be entertained for a
moment. Tbe bead of the bouse ot
Jouathau Greysark & Co., 1 should
imagiue, was a fit match lor any
one."
“So you may think, sir," said
Peuu quietly, “but fathers some
times hold strange opinions."
“Mr. Penn, you are insolent, sir!"
almost roared tbe merchant, ris
iug in his chair, and glaring at
at bis clerk with farioos eves.
Penn fumbled in bis pockets, and
continued, still quietly, “Well, sir,
in this case tbe father’s opinion does
happen to differ tr* m yours aud he
refuses his sanction to bis daugh
ter’s marriage."
Jonathan Greysnrk started from
bis ebair, bis face perfectly livid,
his eyes aud mouth wide opened
Penn drew forth a letter from his
pocket, unfolded it, and as if utter
ly unconscious of tue storm be had
raised, resumed :
“You have addressed this letter
to Mr. Robert Fleming, tbe fattier
of Phyllis, tbo young lady to whom
you have been paying your address
es. I, for family reasons, witb
which you are quite familiar, pre
ler to be known iu my circle of ac
quaintance as Robert Fleming.
Phyllis is my daughter, and I re—"
“No! no! don’t go on P shouted
Greysark iu a voice of supplication.
******
Iu the course of s few weeks
Phyllis Penn became Mrs. Jouathau
Greysark, aud tbe style of tbe Arm
iu Rood Laue was altered to Grey
sark, Peun k Co.—London Truth.
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The Thirteen Superstition.
M. Lesclide, tells us, among many
other things, that Victor Hugo con
fessed to the possession of only one
snperstiMou. Nothing ronld induce
him to form obeof thirteen at table.
Whenever a tlnrteeth arrived at the
last moment it was M Lesclide’s
business to pick up his hat aud de
part The vitality of this hoary
superstition, which no doubt origin
ally grew out of the story of the last
snpper and of the tragic events
winch so quickly followed it, is rO
markable. Any one who takes the
trouble to refer to the accepted
tables may see for bitnself what is
really tbe ex|iectalion of human
life. It will be found that, in order
to obtain a mathematical probabili
ty that one out of a given thirteen
healthy persons will expire during
tbe following twelve inon hs, the
average age of tbe thirteen must, in
default of the presence of one or
two ou tbe verge ot ceuteuariaiilsm,
be very great indeed. It must, in
fact, be about eigbty-eigbt years,
aud it is scarcely uecqMary to say
that, iu practice, tbe Quited years
ofa festive party of thirteen never
amount to the requsite 1144. The
annual rate of mortal! y among
males and females of all ages is only
one in forty-one, aud fo ty-oue,
therefore, instead of thirteen, should
be held to lie the unlucky number.
This has been demonstrated over
and over again; yet the number
thirteen still remaii s ominous to
thousands of excellent |>eop!e in all
classes of life. In Paris there are
stre. ts in which twelve bis does
duty instead of thirteen, and ;he
householders who thus ingenuously
sought to circumvent fate would
uot for the wo. Id let tbe pro(>er
number be painted upon tbelr doors.
8ouie yea*sago Prince Napoleon
tried to laugh his countrymen out
of the superstition, but his efforts
did uot benefit his cause, for, witb
characteristic perversity, be used
to invite twelve friends to carouse
witb him ou Good Friday, where
by he gravely scandalized right feel
ing people, whatever tJieir theolo
gical views. In America similar
but less aggressive attempts have
been made to correct popular error,
and numerous thirteen clubs have
been established, the members
I ledging themselves to dine thirteen
at table on ever opportunity. In
France, too, there is a thirteen club,
the headquarters of which are at
Seulis; audio Euglaud there is a
litlle coterie of thirteen meu who
diue together monthly at a house
numbered thirteen and pay 13s.
each for (heir dinner aud 13d. each
to the waiters. Yet still the super
stition is as lively as of yore, all
over Europe and America.—
link Paper.
Preacher and Landlord.
The Lewiston (Me.' Journal tells
this story: VYuen the Rev. Dr.
Tuppau was tbe agent of the Ameri
can Home Mission Society he once
made a trip tlirongh tbe northeast
ern part of Maine ou horseback. Ou
arriving at Mattawamkeag, where
lie was pleasantly entertained, lie
was told he had better remain over
night there, as tbe place which lie
intended to make his next station
was rather rough and uncomfort
able, and the lardlord was a rude,
blasphemous man who might not
use him well. But Dr. Tappsu was
auxious to carry oat bis itinerary
as he had planned it, and journey
ed on. He arrived at his destina
tion at dusk. The landlord c me
out, greeted bim cordially, took his
horse and put him up, hastened iu
to help entertain his reverend guest,
prepared a nice warm supper for
him, aud was ss polite as a light
uitigrod agent.
Just before Dr. Tappau retired
the landlord and all bis family, ar
ranged iu procession according to
their ages, tiled into tbe room with
much decorum, aud tbe doctor was
asked to lea* them iu lamily wor
ship, which he cheerfully did.
The next moruiug, after the doc
tor had dressed, tbe host, bis wife,
his boys, and bis girls, all neatly
attire*!, cams iu again aud tbe same
request was made and granted.
After a good breakfast tbe doc
toi’s nag was brought to tbe door,
saddled and bridled, aud the good
man prepared to go his way. He
asked for his bill.
“Not a cent," said the landl rd,
cheerily.
The doctor thought this re|>ly was
Strange trout a landlord preceded
by such su ill-reputation, aud said,
“Why! i must pay you for my eu
tertuiiiiuent"
“You duu’t owe me a oeut," said
the !• nkeeper. “Tbe fact is that
tiu peddler*, butchers, drovers, Ash
men, aud all classes of people come
here to stop witb me, aud 1 make U
a point to take my pay iu their own
dine whenever 1 can. I’ve done the
same by you. You have paid. Good
morning, sir!"
The good old divine used to
tell this aueodote himself with great
relish,
A child tossing in its sleep in-
dieates worms. An army of them
•re at work eating the vitals away.
One dose of Shrine’s Indian Vermi.
fage will destroy them and ears its
lite.
Compromising With a Hog.
‘•Good mornln’, Marse Dick,".
said Aaron Morse as be stepped
into tbe store of Richard Kelly,
down iu Mississippi, aud doffed hia
hat, holding it in his hands behind
bim.
“Good morning, A iron. What
can I d<> for you this moruiug f
said Mr. Kelly.
“Da’se got me again, Marse
Dick.”
“Who’s got you f"
“Der gran’ gurer.”
“What have you been doing f*
“Nudin, fo’ God, Marse Dick "
“You must have done something
wroug, Dick, or the graud jury
ceituiuly would not have indicted
you.”
“Fo’ God, Marse Dick, I bain’t
done iiuffio’."
“We i, what do they say you have
done!’
* Da’scuse me er compromising
wi’d a bog."
‘I knew you had beeu at some
devilment, Aaron. You’ve been
stealing a bog, aud if yon are con
victed, tbe court will divorce you
from your wife for two years and
send you to the penitentiary.
“Hit willf"
“Yes.”
“1 golly, Marse Dick, dal’s good.’’
“Whall goiug to tbe peniten
tiary for two years good T"
“Not dat part ao much, but
der udder part, dat what tickle
me "
“Whatother parti"
“Gitting dat deforcement from
derole ooman—dat what plees dis
nigger."
“Then, 1 understand that you are
willing to serve two years in the
l>enitentiary to get rid of your
wife V
“Dat’s der conclusion of bit, for
er ooman dat don’t take no intrust
in her husband, ami don’t do nuffln
fer he’s ’apo t. and forces him to
skarmish iu der wooda for rashans
gat no bisniss wid er basbaudi"
Aaron waa tried the following
week and the judge gave him fonr,
instead of two years, and now be
wants his wile to sell her two cows
to pay a lawyer to appeal bis case
to thi* Supreme ( ourt. But she
rather likes the divorce herself,
especially as it costa her nothiug.—
Detroit Free Pre**.
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Willcox & (Jo., can always be re
lied u|»on, not ouly to carry in stock
tbe best of every thing, but to secure
the Agency for such articles as
have well-known merit, aud are
(mpular witb ths people, thereby
sustain ug tbe reputation of being
always enterprising, aud ever re
liable. Having secured the Agency
for the celebrated Dr. King’s New
Discovery for Consumption, will sell
it on a positive guarantee. It will
aurely cure any aud every uffectiou
of Throat, Lungs, and Cheat, aud
fo show our confidence, we invite
you to call and get a Trial Bottle
Free.
The Doles.
It is rep< rted by «vible that Bis
marck has begun (lie work of sweep
iug the Poles out ot Prussia. The
Prince has always had a hard list
for the defence of Germany, but he
never before put the loaded cestus
ou hia hand that be might etrike
to kid.
Poland has bad a strange, sad
history. Of all the Powers ouly
Austria lias ever had a hospitable
word for ber. IShe has beeu a font-
bait, kicked by Russia toward Prus
sia, aud in turn kicked by Prussia
toward Russia. She has s wild and
passionate love of freedom which
risks life as though it were worth
less, but she bus little practical aud
executive ability. Alwaya wrong
ed, and always teekiug her right*
by iusurreetien—that is the story of
her uational life.
Iu the middle of the sighteesth
century her broad seres spread from
the Baltic to the Black Bea. Now
she has nothiug except her uu
tamed freusy of disapointmeut.
Restless, excitable, maddened by
generations of oppression, she is tbe
mauiao of the Continent.
Bismarck, who never conciliates,
has issued a w rit ot eviction for a
whole fieople, who must be ou tbe
march by April —N. Y. Herald.
An Answer Wasted.
Can any one bring os s case of
Kidney or Liver Complaint that
Electric Bitters will uot speedily
cure? We say they can uot, ss
thousands ot cases already perment-
ly cured and who are daily recom
mending Electric Bitters, wi!lprove.
Bright’s Disease. Diabetes, Weak
Back, or any urinary complaint
qmckiy cured. They purify the
bloo , regulate the bowels, aud set*
directly ou tbe diseased parts.
Every bottle guaranteed. For sale
at flbe a bottle by Willeox k Co.
It tstbe custom la Milwaukee for
each ot the 13 breweries ip send a
keg of beer to each newspaper office
every holiday. Tbe straggle ot the
little office to esny its hold of beer
•rwellasRastronger-beaded neigh
bor sometimes leads to dizzy news
papers next day, eabi llisbed - with
tremendous swelled heads.
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JOB BMBTiiM
Our job dsportawal Mnuppllod with overf
focUlty novoaury to enable ea «a caaprta
both aato^dcf aa*] quality of Wort, witb et*a
iboac ef the eiliaa, and w« gnaraatee aalU*
faction in every particular or charge nothing
for our work. Wa are alwaya prepared to
fill or*ier» at abort aotiee for Blaska, Rill
Heada, Uttar Haoda, Carda, land fctlltf
Poitera, Ciraulara, Paatphlele, Aa.
All job work ■act ha paid far
Cash on Delivery*
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.YEWS ITEMS. ^
The county commissioners of
Kershaw County have contracted
for a poorbousc to cost $1,150, r
The school commissioner of Ah*
hevilie County has made arrange
ments with the Abbeville National
Bank to have the pay certificates
of teachers cashed at the lowest
possible discount, one per cent, s
mouth.
Ou March 20 an election will ba’
held in Catawba townsfifi^ ol York
County, ou the qonsUou of tW
township making a subs-riptiou
of $75,000 in aid of the Charles*
ton, Cincinnati atid Chicago Rail
road.
The first municipal election 'of
the newly incorporated town ef
Glenn Springs on February 8 ra>
suited in the election of intendauf,
S. D. Smith; wardens. H. E. Wil.
liams, Paul Simpson, Ed. Zimmer;
malt aud Glenn Bearden.
? . * I* * ■. .•'. ' *> ' . ?
A nnmbsr of farmers iu Chester,
as well as in other counties, ar*
purchasing tobacco seed prepare*
tory to growing the weed. Tbe
Chester Bsdetis says ; “W# tnsy
not be goiug wide of ths mark fa
predicting that within three years
Chester will be a lively tobacOO
market.”
The Rev. H. B. I’ratt bus resign
ed the pastorate of the Presbyterian
Church at Lancaster to accept •
call from the Americas Bible
Society, to devote his undivided
time and strength to tbe work of
preparing a new and more aoce|>«
table and correct version of the
Scriptures iu tbe Spanish lungu*
•g* . •( .. »
At tbe recent meeting of tbs
stockholders of tbe George tows
Telegraph Company a dividend ol
7 |ier cent, was declared. A pro-
sition to lease the line aud pay
per cent, on the stock was declin
ed by the stockholders. Tbe fob
lowing officers were elected t Presi
dent, R. E. Fraser; secretary aud
treasurer, 8. 8 Futser ; directors.
R. E. Fraser, B. I. Hazard, L 8,
Eh rich and 8. 8 Fraser.
Au accident occurred on tbe Wil
mington, Colnmbia and Augusta
Railroad Friday week, which re
sulted in the breaking of a portion
of tbe iron bridge across tUe North*
east River between Wilmington aud
Florence. No ous Vas injured,
however, and there will uot lie any
interruption from it in the through
travel between here aud Uis Norik
Tbe disaster was due to sn ac
cident which derailed the local
treight train which left Wilmingtqs
at 6 o'clock Friday morning, llie
train was derailed just before cater
ing tbe bridge over the Northeast
River at Hilton, and ouc of the cats
struck the end column of the bridge
with such force that it kuoeked
down one of t he spans. Tbe bridga
is constructed ot ivuu and will be
rejiaired immediately.
Why is a newspaper like a pretty
woman t To he |>erfect it must he
the embodiment of many types Its
form is made up. It is alwaya
chased, tin ugh inclined b» be gid
dy. It enjoys a good press; the
more rapid tbe better It has.a
weakness for gossip. Talks a good
deal. Oau stand some pruiset, and
it’s awfal proud of s uew dree***—
Jejfernon Bee.
Don’t talk about yourself, either
to believers or to uuoon verted peo
ple It is a waste of tims and ef
fort. If we want bettevem to know
where we are iu Divine things, let
us tell them what we know of (hs
Lord Jesus.
People who “went South for the
winter" this year have found it. 4
It is said. “Be laaghs best who
laughs isst." It may be so; bat be
has less time to enjoy himself. <
“What is a foshionable hotel P*
“One Where you get what yoa don't
want, and have to pav for what yea
don’t get."
It is a Southern negro snpereCb
tiou that if a twig or broah gets
caught iu a woman’s dress and ip
dragged after her it is a sign that
she has a sweet heart.
“Now, sir. you are better," said a
Boston faith doctor to a imiicnt he
had been treating; “tel! me jugl
bow you feel.” “Web » replied i be
victim, “I feel like a dor tied foe);
bow SDosh is your bUl H
Why (reading the paper)—I ree
that only fisar Ntt le Newark boys
started for Paris* oa ths reiuru #f
the partytbe nomber was swelled
to five. Husband—Is that so f At|d
yet some people will not WlfoVe
that the new dhteovsvy Mbownts to
anything. * ..,u ■ . '. ?
: When Diek Thompson,’of liwtie-
ua, was made Seeretvrv ot lb- Navy
some one called open Mr*. Thomp
son to congratulate her upon her
husbandYefevaffoo to tbe bead of
the Navy Department. Mm can hi
hardly balmvo that the nows whs
tn»e, and said tuber visMor kit!
Richard isn't At tp he
the Navy—he esRte
Uvy-he csit even ta.im