4 THE ^ARLINGTON ***# ■ “IF FOR THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD WE VAN DO ANYTHING.” VOL.III. DAHLINGTON, SOUTH CAHOLINA, WEDNESDAY JANUAll^ 4, 18‘JJ. NO. FOR SKIN DISEASES Boils, carbuncle?, pimples, and sores—liaving their origin in impure blood—the most prompt and thorough remedy is AYER’S Sarsaparilla. It expels from the vital current every atom of poison, and under its health-giving influence, the flesh takes on new life, sores heal, and the skin becomes soft and fair. He sure you get AYER’S Sarsaparilla. "I was for years subject to erysipelas, I “More than thirty years ago the rim being unable to find a remedy. At of one of my ears began to trouble me', Erysipelas length, our family physician recom mended me to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and after taking two bottles, I was en tirely cured, the disease having never •hown itself since.” —E. B. Simpson, Loudon, Tcnn. "Two years nen I was. troubled with prescriptions »!i»l me no good. Pre- sslt.ibrum. It was all over my body, . sinning the tr. iible to 1,.; rearms, I hr. commencing with a stinging, painful sensation and a dis charge of almost im perceptible matter, which would form into a sort of scab, increase In size, loos en, and fall off, leaving the parts raw and sore. Snivel and the doctors’ THE NEW YEAR. and Nothing the doctors dill (or lur was of any avail. At last t took four Salf-Rheum gun to lake Ayer's Sarsaparilla. Iliad hardly commenced on tbo fifth bottle, hot I tea nf Ayor'a Baranparilla, and was ■ when tho car entirely honied and has romiilclely cured: I can sincerely rcc- mtmlttcd so since."—Isaac Clements, ommoibt this medicine te others, and (Wi years of age), Fort Ann, If. Y. MSlUlef It it splendid blood-purlficr,"— "Two bottles of Ayer's Bn rsn par! 11 ft JtuUn H. Durt, t'pper KostVlck, X. B. cured my baby of nil eruption which "Ayer's Sarsaparilla cured mo of covered ids body In one solid scab."-, scrofula."-.!. 0. Berry, Deerfield, Mo, Mrs. Kate Lanib, Orton, Utah, AYER’S Sarsaparilla by Dr, J. C, Aytr heei', As Isil ilie spring- that onro were desr; This e.i-hf t with sueh gems bo stored As shine in lives that love the Lord! -Lewistem Journal, Silk* milt* la all length*. CORSETS! Wc have *lx grade* of the It, & 8, corset*; best value for tho mony. The largest assortment of cream and black laces In all widths. We hdve dpefl up some very deilrahlo Point De Jones, Point De Gul pure and ✓ point Delrlandc In white and ecru. Our * MILLINERY is still eftmdiicted by iii** MAoolB Joses, Who has proven to the iddies that jy sUb can and trie* to please: JEJ tour oall is requested! E. C ROTHOLZ, MAIL 0IIDEH8 promptly attended to. one wno acunoWieugea ner own ocairry, whoso pulses lcaix!(l, whose brain teemed with chaotic, dazzling visions of an ex istence as jet unknown, but where women wore gowns like this and were— happy! “ 'Tuin’t no usel I might wish my heart out, and it wouldn't make a bit o’ dilf’rencc! I'll only be Deborah Tomp kins nil my life, and not in no ways like bountiful Miss Vane.” The abrupt opening of the door broke in upon her suppressed, tempestuous sobbing, nfld a horrified scream, with the sharp fall of a broom handle across tho threshold, had the effect of a fTiun- dcrclnp. _ "Lo' me set down!” shrieked Armt Ann. her gaunt and gretindierlike pro- poi li".is looming in li t-doorway, iron 'ray mil bobbin;; like wire springs. ry< lids fluiiering. upraised hands ipiiv- * ling in in.nor. ••Lc' me set down or I'll faint! Lo' me cct down, I say!” and although no one prevented she continued to flutter on tho threshold, emitting weals screams. Deh, absolutely colorless, leaned against Itio nimitel, her thick soled, ug’ • shoes protruding with pathetic inco- grnity from beneath tho shimmering, silken skirt. But she began to tremble, j /1 , while defiance and pride grew iu her eyoo, as a footstep so heavy that only a ■EVELYN MALCOlM.^ ^ _COPV H'CHT IOTQ ' N THK chill of the Oc- tober twilight the fire of twigs in tlio huge front fireplace nt Holly farm was us welcome ns tv rosy fnce. Del) snt lioforo It mid impatiently kicked liel 1 small, rough hoots against the clnwfooted andiron. Her delicate black brows above Intense violet eye* met in n frown, ns if she meditated mu tiny. Her tirms, wrapped in a gray woolen shawl, were defiantly folded upon her bosom. Napoleon surveying his nnny did not give a better idea of sublime, slumbering strength than little Drh us she snt there. Poor, passionate, motherless little Dob! She was so unhappy—or she thought she was, which as far as suffer ing counts Is quite the same thing. "1 hate myself—jest! I hate most everything! Aunt Ann sez there'* nnth- . in wnth a cuaa on Ibis nirth, but Miss Ami, holding her skirt back, us if even Mirabel Vane has showed mo it ain't sol | * lt u / 0 '' r distance Deb might eon- She's goin hack to the city tomorrow— tamfmite her. ‘‘Look at that exposure hack to the place she calls athonyter, |u f l mss(,u i at that ungodly disclosure— whore she nukes believe she'* somebody 0 ' 1 ’ vanity—vanity! Heaven forbid that ehind a row of lights. Bite'll for- }»>• dead sister should look down on this ere sad sight—her own offspring gone over to the waslmp of Baal. Deborah, Deborah—you air a lost soull Worm of 1 "LOOK AT UEtl, HIIUJl." cowhide boot could make it sovtnded on tho stairs, "What in thunder’s the row?” cried a hearty nasal voice, mid Deb was con fronted by ber lover. "Look at her, Hiram!” yelled Aunt else, behind a row of lights, git tills old farm where her doctor sent her to drink tbo milk; she'll forgit me fur all sho sez I'm so putty, nn I guess she'll bo plaguy glad to forgit Aunt Ami, with her nagging and Scripture mixed together so it's hard to tell one from t'other. 1 ' The ticlio of longing darkened Deb's eyes ns she leaned closer, as if the blaz ing twigs could furnish an answer to the questions tormenting her. "Tho cityl How 1 wish I could go jest onct! Hiram sez he'll take mo there ou our weddin journey—but," and .the pretty nose gave a scornful tilt upward, "1 don't know ns I'd care to see It when I'm inanied to Hiram! I don't know as 1 want to marry Hiram at all— therel Hu ain't like city folks no rnor'u me." As If this imdncioU* statement even shocked tho twigs! They crackled the louder and sent up fiercer orange and purple flames that transfigured the love ly, rebellious face watching them, the dnst, whar will that vain heart of yourn land you?” "LordyP was all Hiram could sny ns ho stood dazed, but full to the lips with admiration, suffering from a sudden con sciousness of her loveliness and his own Uncouth ugliness. allow, and 1 told Miss Vane to git out; that I might 'a' known a curse would tome'from reutin my room to a play acting, godless critter who could wear such clo’cs, but” “But Debi” interrupted Hiram fierce ly. "What about her?” and he fairly shook Aunt Ann until her false teeth rattled. "She’s gone with thatVano woman: Deb’s gone!” “Deb!” came in a heart broken, qttiv- ering#ery from Hiram's white lips, and lie clusiied his great, strong arms hard across his breast, as if longing to shut her dose within that shelter. Echoes of tho strife and sin of great cities had stolen to tho green solitude wbciv his lifr had Loci, >p,.'i,i. and i. was l.yN'. w Vol k, lii.it far.ih place of AiltiT iin.l pain, llnit little j>l, Imd 'I"'. Suddenly hweve-j t,hit.,wed and flashed. "I'm goin to git Deh mid bring her back!" lie said. "Ef you can, Hiram—oh, ef it ain't too late. And tell her I won't never MEANING OF t^E MONTHS. iv They Clinic to Ate Na tion of tho I'rcseVt Cal anuary begins tho Vyeai K 1 xl. * «. “I’M THE HIRAM WHOSE HEART WOULD DREAK." preach again," walled tho old woman ns sho clung to his band; “wo air all worms of the dust, but I’ll never call ber thet. Deb never usetor like to be called a worm!” "I’ll git her—or die myself!" and Hiram was gono. Half past 11 o'clock. Tho bell that gave tbo one beat had a mournful sound. Tho old year was dying, snowflakes pattering in ley kisses upon its old, scarred face. Tho great noisy pantomimo at tho Crystal opera house had been played for the last time, and at tho narrow, dark stage door a group of discharged chorus girls stood shivering. They disappeared in twos and throes until only one was left. It was Deb— but how changed 1 Something hard and reckless had come to her young face, tho lips and eyes still smirched with tho grease paint, her brows bent. . As she waited there a coupe drew up John C. White, Darlington, South Carolina. ^ „ . * * Stoves, Tinware, Pumps, Piping, House Furnishing Goods, Bolts, Tobacco 'r\ I Flues, &c. U ail taiia On Ste, mill i n Plm M \ Mb, .If) ll Itf*! 1 w M>nl w rM ’ *■' ■ ■ m r+* J . * A- MW luk w. Deb”— he commenced, but the girl, * atdho curb, and a man much older than gtnng to open revolt, threw up her little head and stamped her foot. "Don’t you commence preachin, Hiram Pond, I won’t stand It from you. What ef I did put oa one of Miss Vane’s dresses 1 Guess it's no affair of yourn 1 I love ’eml I love Miss Vane. 1 wish I was her—I wish 1 never seen you—nor Aunt Ann— nor this old, stupid place!” Sho broke into wild sobbing and flung herself on her knees beside tho bed.' "Ob, how I wish I was dead!” she cried in heartfelt bitterness. There is a look that death brings to tho human face—there is a look that love brings—-and neither can bo counter- foited. It was ibis look of love that flashed over Hiram's rugged face, giving it for a moment a pathetic beauty abso lutely real while it lasted. Deb's words went through him like u knife. Unable to speak ho wont slowly from the room to shut out tho sight of that sobbing, kneeling figure, ty forget her words, if possible. Bnt ho could not forget. As he strode blindly along llio road ho saw the truth so plainly—Deb was growing cold to him —sho was changed. “Dob—Deb—that look on your face to night stabbed me! Taiu't liko us ef I wnz alivo quite. I'd rather you'd killed me, Deb—killed mo with those dear lit tle hands—than look at mo ag’in as you did tonight!" A sob broke in his throat. He stopped at a familiar stile ou the edge of the "AIN'T SUE LOVELY?" The outside door dosed sharply and brought Deh to her feet with a btmuco In time to sec a natty, feminine figure iu blue serge pass the window, "Ain't sho lovely—jest?" sighed Deb, not dreaming that her own face was so much lovelier than Miss Vnlie's, whoso coloring on cheeks, eyelashes and hair was *o distinctly manufactured. For a moment Deh stood in thought) tjieli obeying a sudden impulse sho slippctl from the room, jnst dodging Aunt Ami lit the foot Of the stairs, Stealthily, ns if she Were Committing a crime, she dropped to her knees before Miss Vane's door and took the key from beneath the mat. When she stood within the room iter eyes were excited as a cat's; the pulsations of her heart ached her throat. Oh, how sweetly tho place smelled of vloletsl How pretty tho toilet table was draped with luce and ribbonsl Deb crept to tbo Wardrobe and cau tiously opened tho doors. A shimmer of silks of delicate colors met her en raptured gaze. With almost religious aWe she leaned her flushed cheek against them and gave a great sigh. In oil her life sho had never had more than two gowns—one to Work in mid one for Sun days, There were fully twenty—and such gowns! With trembling fingers Deb took one from its hook, mastered its Intricacies and stood arrayed In it before the mir ror, regarding her reflection with rap ture, almost with veneration. It was the first time sho had worn 4 low necked gown, and tho effect of her wi^jbroat and shoulders iu contrast tfl ner little sttiibnrned face was positively dazzling, A smile rippled over her lips as sho recalled grandiloquent phrases which sho had often overheard Miss Vane ro- j citing. Sho struck an attitude of hau teur and iu a sepulchral whisper kissed l "Knther wonld I lie dead at your feet, Sir Algcrnou, than desoycrate my fath- I w‘s secret inem'ry by Ueotuin your bridsl Hcatest tliotif Aunt Ann's shrill, voice rnso in a shriek. "Debl Detfisfl Dtoh!" But sho paiH mHfCfd. 8kfl grew lerl* 9UI warn as M. W? Pflr K herself and very fashionably attired wont toward hor. “Dear little girl, have I kept you long?” he asked in a drawling tone. "Tell me—are you discharged?" “Yes,” canto iu a bard, bitter sigh from Deb's lips. "Yes—there's nothin but starvation now or goin homo to ho —pitied," and tho last word came with Indescribabln bitterness. Her companion drew her close to him and looked into her face. "There's something else—there's my lovel Buy tho word I’m longing to hear and I’ll take yon fur away. Say it!” “No, no!” sho whispered, her face pal ing under the rouge. "Oh, I couldn't!” "It would kill Aunt Ann! And—and —Hiram—it would break his heart.” “Nonsense, dear, Ton'll just disap pear and they need never know”— : Then something heavenly jxnired in a misty ray from little Dob's eyes. And even if they never knew I wonld know—I, myself,” she whispered. The snow mtifiled the footsteps of passersbv, and she.did not hear the man who bad approached and who stood very quiet in tho shadowy angle of a poach. Ho only waited to hear her last words; then ho sprang forward and caught her to him, looking the fashion able stranger in tho face. I’m the Hiram whoso heart would break—got anything lo say to mo?” he asked in a voice of fury. No, there was nothing to say. Re treat war, best. In a moment Deh was alone with Hiram,' tho snow falling around them liko a veil. Oli, Deb, I bo'n lookin for you every- wlmr!" ho whispered, framing the shamed little foco in his big, tender hands and hungrily kissing tho pleading mouth. "At last tonight, when I’d most given up, I reckernized you us you marched around in that yuller jacket. Oh, Deb, I love you yet! Do you love mei Will you como home this very night?” Deb nestled closer, bnt shook herhead. "I'm not Worth your love, Hiram! 1 be’n so bad—to run away liko that.” You're worth my love—ef I love you I” said Hiram conclusively, and that seemed to settle tho matter. Over the wind swept, snowy street the music of tho New Year chimes came stealing so sweet they made Deb cry. But they were happy tears, and she drew Hiram's face down and kissed it. "I'll alius love bells,” said Hiram, 'Hark! Bounds 's ef they war sayin, SWb yourn—yourn—yourn—forever 1* ” “WHAT 18 IT?" HE GASPED, red October woods, and covering his face with his old soft hat prayed that it might not be true—this awful thing— that Deb no longer loved him. It was the cold gray and blue twilight of the next day when Hiram again went Hotter Hi's 0 i'e a tt&x fa S“i argued out Deb’s cause, and bo bad for given her absolutely. 1 'Twos jest a longing for fine clo'es and things liko that sech as makes gals fruckious at times that made ber say what she did to me. P'raps tonight, arter she'* bed bar cry out, she'll sny tg'in she love* m*—dear, sweet, littl Debl" Aunt Ami met klm in tbo doorway. She woe its pale as u piece of bleached linen, and sho looked at Hiram with eyes that chilled him to tho eore of his heart, "AUht Ann! What lo it?" hd gasped "Ob, lliram,don't Uamemel I waru’t to blamel" she groaned, holding out shiv- tiring, Ubueallug hand*, "J WM Uiftdi l The Persian llntlics on New Year’s. On the 21st of March, according to our chronology, tho Persians arouse from their usual apathy and roam about in glee. Tho men full upon each other’s necks, kiss and caress each other and vow eternal brotherly love. The Per sian laborer and peddler, who ordinari ly does not mind if his hands and feet are of tho hno of night, takes a bath and has his hair cut, mid if*the sun is hot he has his head shorn clear of hirsute adornment. Balancing himself on the ground by bolding 011 to bis toes, he de livers himself over to the hair butcher, who is usually a tousorial artist of no mean development, Indeed it is said that several of these public barbers have become aulte rich, notwithstanding thi:‘ they perform their hardest labor ou tku great holiday. _ First Wheat Ih Atnorlea. The first Wheat raised in the New World Was sown on the Island of Isa bella in January, 1404, and on March DO the ears were gathered,—St. Louis Re- ouldit;. Named—Kvolu* Calendar. January begins tho \year and looks both ways—toward the\year just past and that just coming. If was therefore named by tho Romans for; their god of war, Janus. Ho hr. I tw > faces, npd was therefore called Jan Bifrons, which may bo freely transit,ted'"Holy Two-front.” Originally thisV was only the eleventh month, and tIie\foiift pre ceding were named from Septoim, 1 is siVemingly pro lure’of energy. that they have equal length, mil dressed to men time is precious. Sometimes tho use of u typewriter vorablo symptoms, questions about tho Again, sho finds it m her mind, and turns t lug ou uu author to how to write. Then alio an experiment iu tronti! vasses by letter for tv wort! tion book that sho muy g to do so. But always her "case indirectly tho tbemo of the n I written pages. All things pi and to como are relattyl to h afflictions, In the words of proverb, “Tho t un shines that answered at almost ost of them are ad- womeu to whom may see panion. id asserts that the uld relieve r.ufa- uska a hundred erent machines, isary to divert literature, rely- lier what and wives to make ut, ami cau- sulscrip- the money ircctly or liy closely present iri, uis ersian world her wounds.”—YoUtU's\Com On Colled In;; Autographs. His hrlu-lit eyes beam ami his tresses elcnm— Shot with the sunshine's darts That mark ids way through the ge.tes of day— As Ibo dying year departs, And tho vacant throne U now his own. And his kingdom is human hearts. Tho songs ho sings and the joy ho brings Are wonderful, sweet and rare. Ami the future glows like a fragrant rnso ’Neath the wand that ho waves In air. And with kit es sweet, and with smiles, \v« greet Tho beautiful, glad New Your, And rover the liiv.d ot tho 01,1 Year, dead, With a cold, cold shroud of snow. Life la sweet, hut time Is Hoot, And tho years must come and 'D— The beautiful years, with their smiles tint! tears, The years that wo all love so, VljvJ /W! ( / “ A, d-Vf ■ ■ J :hp eVi'dlvy y, j (sy Kisses find (cars for ils joys and its cares— Tho year whose steps have par-sed Into silence sweet, where no fall of feet is heard in the Dim niaJ Vast. love the New— The most elementary form "f the \ tninger s letter i.-kof course the appltca- I Fr;mk y,, summit in Ladies’ II iou for au autograpli. sjrbis application — - - • » Put log /bind. str tion for au autogrtp'ii. -^Tltisappl is now reduced to such a Sjt|5tym,tliat it causes little inconvenience nml not bo refused. There is usually scut with tho request a blank card on which the name is to bo written, with an en velope stamped and addressed for its re turn. Nothing can be more unobtrusive or mechanical, though the lino of pro priety is at once passed, wo may say, where two cards are tent, the second one being obviously for exchange pur poses or perhaps for sale. Tho wary author never, 1 suspect, writes on both cards, since he does not aim to help cut a mere business trans action. Where any applicant goes far ther and asks tin original letter or copied passage,The affair becomes more serious, and some authors and public men ignore such requests altogether, as being much more serious consumers of time.—T. W. Higgiuson in Harper's Bazar. A Zfiirtyr to tlio Cause. . 1 rs* (9 Lady of the House—Aren’t yon aware that the custom of paying calls on New Year's day has entirely gone out? Tramp—1 am, madam, but that does not deter me. As long as there is u drop of blood in my veins I am going to leave no stone unturned to bring it buck again. Closo Quarter^* n ' <■ * J S' S-f-ziJ’ nh Ll ^ -My tailor has a delicate what has ho done il ; Clara—I hung up my stocking Christ- aas eve, and what do you think I got iu it? A beautiful umbrella. Maude—It must have been a pretty t.iaihf. in a street car tno outer ctay two ■from- en were talking of a sick friend when a little girl sitting at the side of one of them interrupted With! "Mamma, what is tho point of death? Will It hurt Mrs. Locke?” Bo many such expressions arc widely misleading to the groping! literal «Wd Vwk Tlweii The glowworm lays eggs which, it Is said, are themselves luminous. How ever, the young hatched from them are not possessed of those peculiar proper ties until after the first transformation. Elk hunters in western Washington are so Insatiate in their greed for antlers and skins that the extermination of the elk in tho forests of that section of the state is greatly feared, A number of the houses la Berlin are numbered with luminous figures, which Otm be eanlly obeerved at tiiglRj. Featherstone- scitso of humor. Ringway—Why, now? Featlierskme - Ho has scut me a calen dar for 1884. Win n (in; Nrw Year ftegins. Among uiosl i rk'iitul peopl- s the year is lunar and-'begins with lli" fir. i full moon of December. In England, from the Fourteenth century totho change of calendar in 17the legal year began on March 2'i. and after the change was made much confusion in dates resulted before the matter was fully understood Even yet it historical issue is soiuetinn a clouded by the ciifierenco in modes of • reckoning, and it is thus made 'incer- tain whether ttn event took place iu tno year named or in Hint following. The present beginning of Ut > year on Jan. 1, in tho middle of lot a natural but tin entire’ art* ing point. The Grcc ,Uy began with tho win • did the year of most ii" e.us. Among tho Latin Chtisrimt couatrifis there Were seven different dates for be ginning the new yetti. March 1, Jan. 1, Dec. 2.1, March 25, used in two ways— firsti by beginning the year nine months sooner than at present; second, by be ginning it three months later—at Easter and on the feast of ascension. Tho usage of tho same country has also varied at different times. In France under the Merovingians the year began on March 1; the Cerloviu- giaiis began their year on Dec. 25, and tho Capetiuns i.t Easter. The Ro mans, till Caesar's time, began tho year on March 1, and an illustration of the reluctance to change names is seen in tho fact that, although tho names Sep tember, October, November and De cember originally denoted the number the month, -hey are now grossly in- (Vplic&hle. Tbo Egyptians, Chaldeans, Per.-ians, hyriauH, Phoenicians andjCartlinginians begin their year in the autumn, a.-i did tho Jews their civil 57 ay, No Ncp-1 of Rules. It was one Of tlio faculty in St. Law- renco college who many years agi^tri''^ swered the question of a horrified Eng lish lady as to what form of discipline tho school adopted when men aM women were allowed to study together: " "The college has no rules, madam. Tho young women don’t require any, and they discipline the'young men with their very presence. We really Imvs notluug to do about It ” Six brothers of the Frost family at Kansu*' City own the following odd lot of names: Jack Frost, Winter Frost, White Frost, Cold Ftoit, Early Fr«\ a&4 ttuow Fmh. . . J THIS PAGE CONTAINS FLAWS AND OTHER DEFECTS WHICH MAY APPEAR ON THE FILM. X