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? }- -?? _p, ' ? . 1 MY IDEAL. suen a mistake as might easily lie must be dark and handsome, m3de by a less pure taste He must be tall and strong, a Is^oel received the commenda He must be brave and dashing. flush of p.ea3ure, she %\as an T3/> r>rvf tr\r% iatkt friendly witii this ii&u^uty si ^ vww *"" = though she did not intend to cnc Ho must be kind and loving, ritice a shade or her self-respect, He must be strong and true, friendship, and it was pieasar r?m^t 10^m! 1U ve' compliment from her, even up Or else he will not do. ondary topic of dress. In friendship he's unswerving, "It is the first time I have ev And has a social air, opportunity of pleasing myself "Whether in war he's serving, gard to expense,'' sbe replied, q Or love, he must be fair. doubtless my taste will improve A woman's face lie should respect, ^ and culture." ,, Altough he does not love it, . cor\t se6iI^?,w 11 cfn' ^aic And as for any cruel jest, with candor. I haven t told yc Why he shhould be above it. wedding gifts, have I:" sbe cont I a mother's pride in her oniv I do not wish him too extreme j marriage festivities. aj-" ways? , "I sLiall be delighted to hear," bhouid answer yes where er he can- cordialIv. uX ada:re Mrs. Nortc Be gentle in his wa\s. an(1 anj in suc^ baste t0 jaake h( TY;, /-.t,,-v,, 1A 'Wr* o 1 rir.*- or/1 I anpp. " XIJS IllAilU MiUUlU i/C aic* c o.la\a vii^uv, His heart be pure and free, The balm was soothing to th To labor, wait, command, obey, heart, and she replied cordially He should do readily. little laugh: "The admiration y-'.,. ,, then, for Lilly quite raves ovei .iM tact, he mus.: JC-^rr atnan, picture which you and Harve] Be earnest, tree and brave, captivated her, and it is a beautj A^;;^ ^aje mled the land' front rank in her list of gifts 0 d > the weak to sa\ e. followed a description of the vc 'Tis tru5 that my ideal is high, iroutueau, which occupied the r( And I may never see him, the morning. If I had ^nly been a man, In the afternoon more calle: I'd try, I'iti sure, to be him. Mrs. Harry Dwight among the ?^ prominent lady in the circle v "T" C~~\ 75 T) i T ? was expected to enter. I ^ | j I y _ She had tired, of Newport, sh< , had come home to rest; she wa ) or ( captivating little body, and, lil th o-j ? if ? breeze, cheered and cleared the r Willi SllOp t'O Mansion. wherever she went. Society failed to spoil her, and she -i-r- , _ . t* warm heart where nature had p m? Romaaatic Story Of & Dross direct communication with her 1 Maker's Rise in Life. brain, and her deeds of charitj - __ ? ness will perhaps never be esti ? - -sO?i. meets them again in thai i BY mrs. F? m. Howard. where even word i eun of cold water are not forgot ; a< -?? , ? ^ - " We shall have such a deligl ? -Copvnghted, 1889. _ ?^ tunity to get acquainted before commences," she said, brightly. "Certainly nothing but a desire to oblige knew how to knit I would put Mrs. Stanford could be an inducement, and apron and come over an( we should miss her very much," replied knitting, as grandmamma used Isabel, thoughtfully; she had not realized " But in lieu of knitting, plea how the little one had crept into her heart, formality and come in without "It would not be at all advisable," re- said Isabel, gracefully, meeting joined Mr. Falconer, decidedly; but hearing cordiality, ilrs. Stanford was Grace's light step in the hat!, "we will leave ever impressed with her new j it to her, and see if she wishes to go. How j^y make her way in society,; S it, Gracie?' as the child came in, and, as jn a very amiable frame of mine \ Jl iV.iV drew near, which 'act Mr. I LlsS ' I \ jCN. served with pleasure. . jj Fi"- "We will spend the evening i: y room,' " he said to Isabel in a 1 11 they passed out of the dining-ro "Very well," she said, lookin, i ti&Jl/c/s H \ nappy smile. "I have to spe inn ??/1/!* /- y I ilontford. a moment, ana wu 'lili gflfrA fe? (ff . .A .here." t-r-rj "This is our snuggery; whe: 5b Ae altar fires of home burning Hjk'j 11 /J* Vfk Falconer, as he threw open tl "/[ ^\ ViUWli I fij "* * P ushered his sister in. It was (Lyi}& ^ III j * to her, and she looked about yW-^^'^TTT.C<y?^Tvs & A.l|t prise; as well she might, foj u /y^ > Xyw nothing in her elegant home " > pared with it for beauty and p "F\(^?\ sign. W V^-FFiP' " It is Isabel's work," said M rVXjVv \v \V\l n a' '*-. "She and Gracie planned it all." , X-J'|nV^\ " \\ ll >' t -y"?' "Even to the portrait?" said // / \i M >' ford, inquiringly, as she paused V \ ); V picture in surprise. She had im i<e 'n\. J - 1 *' Mattie's face banished from the "IF THE LORD OF GLORY HAD COME OX EAETE o , . , . . IN YO-s TIME " * "That was her thought, also " plete surprise with the rest." Isabel held out her arms, nestled in her lap, " I surrender, Harvey.'' The s; Duttinff her arms confidingly about her with tears in her eyes toward 1 neck. "Would you like to go home with and placed her hand upon nis ar Aunt Emily and be her little girl for a ately. She had a tender heart time?" we have seen, it was surroun The child looked from one to the other heavy crust of worldliness. ""X doubtfully, and then at her aunt, who deed found a treasure among awaited her answer smilingly. together we will fight her batt " If you please, papa, I would rather stay be, before the world. with you and mamma,'' she answered, pat- The remainder of Airs. Star ting Isabel's cheek with her little white was very pleasant and she seen hand. . . to atone for her first unkindness "So you shall, dear," said Mr. Falconer, is any thin# in which I can be o: in a satisfied tone; he had little doubt of to you," she said the following tier reply when he put the question. they were sitting in the library. 44 Don't you remember what a lovely time with a little hesitation; she did ?*ou had when you were there last year:" be patronizing, but she was so said Airs. Stanford, coaxingly; 44 the rides to being so that she feared to bli in Central Park, and all the other nice unconsciously. things you enjoyed so much?" 441 am ignorant on some point 44 Yes, auntie," replied the chiid, readily, fess," replied Isabel, frankly, "but I didn't have mamma then." certain forms and ceremonies; \Tr? Stanford bit her lin in annoyance, which I have hitherto had no nee What was the chariri about this plain, un- assuming woman which brought her such \ % ~~ love and respect? she asked herself impa- \ _l 3J- | fl tiently. and the answer would have been \ V/W' . J apparent had she not been so blinded by j t ^ pride and prejudice that she would not see. -k jfl -\ ! I \j 7 "Shall we spend the evening in the ""'ijj i!% ^ lv---L; it homeroom?" said Isabel to her husband, I *' J-Vcsal \ | inquiringly. ..5 llrs. Stanford had stepped l/l lT\C^"' out upon a small balcony, ostensibly to look j J H J V\ s^/l at a stand of flowers there, really tore- f J^ /) j ^HV cover from her vexation, which her native j -*j\ good sense told her was unladylike and ua- / 'auditor. ,4.t-A. "JVo," he replied, decidedly, "not until j / / our family wheels have an application ! / / / of the oil of kindness and love," and he yCwf/ i/ t looked significantly at the form on the bal- j il Vj p // I ;ony; "we want no jarring or discordance fe?*/ ' rNW //ii V tftere." 'j "Is there any thing I can say or do, Mr. frfa ' Jj$ JJ. p / Falconer?''in a low, pained voice. liP'- -r/ ' IJj At "No, my dear wife," he had never called )i /vj| Ji. I{ /,%\ / m her that before, and she looked up at him - ";27i gratefully. "Only be patient and natural. 'this is our snugger: Emily is not showing her better self, and I am sure a little patience and forbearance ' e folding of a can wjll bring it out ail right." " minutia of etiquette, for instanc Mrs. Stanford, even ttien, was struggling coner 3 education had also been r ? with herself, having the grace to be ashamed suc^ points, I observe." of her petulance. "I know I should love " Yes, indeed," laughed Sirs her with the rest," she said to herself, "if "Harvey cares no more for she had been one of our own rank in etiquettes than as if they did ?<viPtv. hnt~." and that little "but" was and then followed a condensed c enough to embitter all her thoughts. I of fashionable formsMrs. Stanford had two sides to her char- j " s'Jr? 5"?^ sP?n^ Christmas acter, one a selfish and worldly side, with airs. Stanford s last words an overwhelming respect for what theu carnage drove away. "Lilly would say or do, the other a charmingly ? hog^^a^d vve Shall r friendly and kindly one, which few could ,? ,, 1 _ resist. This better self was struggling for Weil, my dear,' said Mr. S pre-eminence, as she absenily looked into "e came home and founa his x usual place at the dinner tab] ?? M^s^Uin- "Morton," she replied, and l^g^ier shade a reiEiarija-0ie Woman." uwpjKJZztie has not Falconer ^f^auntfe " ^ 2,11 tiie notable things on e ce~t a pleasant Th? heated season was ov< .ermined'that there "should be no more "i'no ion for that evening at least, and Mr. Fal- Mrs. Colonel De Long, who had ' nnPr wnt.at.nnrp tnorder t.hft horses. vjAu i ^ " " " I".., .Uttb WLU'vLl iiU. fillWUCf uau The coo* evening air, after the heat of tae .vould in his wife, qualities of lay, and the beauty of the drive insensibly ^an mere external graces, rulmed Mrs. Stanford s ruffled feelines and Mrs. Harry Dwight who Uv6< ,rought out her better self, and she was also become an iaformai Visito ,articularly chatty and agreeable, xo Isa- enthusiastic in her praises of Mrs >el s relief, who responded at once to her Cards werc out for a very Sele 3 . which the Falconers were invited . Gracie delighted in riding, and expressed and Mrs. Dwight %vere out shopp aic happiness of her little heart by a flow of wcro you l sbould much pref :hilciish conversation as she nestled close dresso., kid<- said Mr3. Dwight, bv Isabel s siue, laying her cheek lovmglv s-vii against the soft velvet and chenille of her "Then of course I must submit wrap, and occasionally looking m her face h 1 d t Uke it as well ? , with a smile of satisfaction. h i T vr, .Mrs. Stanford I was not slow to observe ^ w(>r these s:<ms of affection, and, happilv, she ~ t was inspired by them to a desire to do her u^enin so small a matter a brother s wife jusuce at least, if no mere hi k sornetimes a womaa is The next morning she arose with a de- fashion." A rustle termination xo oe js:na iwara ice youbk . , , T i. i ? 1 hostess, and she succeeded so well that she ?ef S1^e caused Isa^ 10 100,1 u? was unexpectedly agreeable. She was sit- sh^v;is examining. ting in the drawing-room when Isabel en- ct?J! tered from a visit to Mrs. Montford's room. ant? 1 ,Pa? u , a That good woman had divined the state of and cordially held out her hand affairs intuitively, and her sympathies were -ady stood by her side, whose . with the young wife, and she could not re- Jld"ot n0ticc as shc took Mrs noTPtati0n * ^ aSig" dear Mrs. Falconer; sc ' "Don't you let her browbeat you one par- mect -vou;' cooed Mr* .Hc"'e? tide, Mrs. Falconer," and Isabel had re- to present to jou my friend,^ Mn plied smilingly, with a little pat of the good ? r5'-h^P woman's motherly shoulder: "Don't be T Mrs. Monteith s ejcs had bee alarmed. Mrs. Montford, on my account." Isabel s face m a cold ^.tare of i "Grade tells me you have* been having *,as, some new dresses made," Mrs. Stanford she looked for tn^hrst time in was saying, pleasantly. "I must confess tc 'ac<;' . caught the ~n\\ .n^mg a weakness for liking tc see pretty cos- P??fect10"tumes," and, in obedience to the hint, Isa- . E^ery trace of co.or left her f ' iT^o-nrM-irtri ns she met the lOO bel iea the way to her room, and there- ?"TT" "V""f t mainder oZ the mornin? ro spent in Sddengh?^ fo heap ui,oa her i looking over the new wardrobe anaui* but shes controlled herself enc cussing styles. knowledge the introduction by a -If joti will a^low mc to compument bu^ Mrs Mcnteith t0ssec you, said Sirs. Stanford, as she inspected scor;full 3nd gave n0 token the garnet velvet with the eve of an ex- . a d "t kport "I must say you tare: storm the ?j ^ Mr5. Falcon< mos.perfectustemyoursenctims.' She h id j ide ,:ic had naif expected to see a paudy display, Mrs gervev am p"Sitive Mrs. Colonel De Lor Have been j Isabel's face was a atudy, and Mrs. at it just as I do, and I am sure Dwight, too indignant to finish ber shop- one v ill refuse to foliow her lead ,tion with 8 ; ping, drew her array as r<?n as possible. Mr.-. Monteith's stay at the H< x-ous to be j "For pity's sake, Mrs. Falconer, do tell not a long one; Aunt Katy ster-in-law, j me why that ili-bred woman should treat drop] ed a remark which showe .ge, or sac- you in that shameful way," she said, as j iame that in spite of her dia to gain her j soon as the carriage was in motion. velrevs her rei?n as kitchen * ? ' 1,Tl" : ? ? ?M coifl Tc O V\ol | lli 10 <i "it is <2, vcrv suui u omu on the sec- bitterly. "Mr. Falconer first met me behind fanu.y was not forgotten, and si a milliner? counter in New York where this departure in a huff. er had the woman was a frequent customer, and ' ,111 30 &,a^> sai<* ^*rS- ^er without re- where she delighted in heaping insults upon couI<i not bare gone to Mrs. Dui uietly, "and me as a shop-girl. He fancied me, and ?ut her, and I would not have with oppor- brought me here as his wife. in Wlt^ ^rs- Falconer aj "Perhaps, Mrs. Dwight, now that the w<?, _ . I the other, murder is out, your sympathies will be with Durand s gathering was >u of Lilly's Mrs. Monteith,'" and she looked sadly in her s^ccf>5s so far as Isabel s social sinvnrv/1 it tt?oc V??r fire1 inued, with friend's face. n?iuuw.uw,.? daughter's "You do me injustice, Mrs.'Falconer," re- trance into Philadelphia society plied Mrs. Dwight, warmly, laying her hand of a \esL of her position in said Isabel, on Isabel's, which was trembling with ex- She wasbeauti ui * d?essed ie mso much, citement. "I trust a fashionable life has before leaving home Mr. Falcon 2r acquaint- not ossified mv heart completely, and vou seruc ,cr^ . af<; ? t?ea? s' tnav rely upon mv friendship and support." d,^1C^ ?*hf ^1! ? ^ . * 1 . j - . to her alreadv elegant costume. I fh 1 ??heve, ?vr frier;dfh;p ? appreci- Societ as a rule< is verv also, with a ated," said Isabel gratefully, returning dodlc fl'ck of sl who follow is mutual the pressure of the friendly hand, "and now submisslvely over the wall wi r you; that that you have heard so much of my history, u and as Mrs Colonel De Lw 7 sent quite perhaps you would like to hear more," and ^ Dwi^ht and Mrs Hervev r; ft takes a she gave a brief sketch of the principal ?7 effusively as friend and toen events of her life up to the present. coner." societ'y at once ignored ^ or,ri a rx rr^l r.nfcn Mrs. t , x vwutua, " ' "" _.~7' 1 ~1,Y 1 I Lliuy tiau IltiiiU, aim (tuuu jmainder of Dwight, wheD sne had finished; "1 always j mousiy an(j heartily. liked Mr. Falconer, but I am sure that he is Falooner " Thev were rs came in, a perfectly grand man now." the home room the evening afte m, another "So am I." said Isabel, with a sigh. "If and Isabcl was rocking. Graci 7hich Isabel I could only love him as he so richly de- her daintiiy.embroidcred night , serves." . the child had fallen asleep with 1 ; said, and "You will ! Love can not help coming to a loving hand smoothing her s< s a bright, reward such a kind, unselfish character." thc ? step.mother looked t :e a bracing Mrs. Hervey and Mrs. Monteith, in the * ber? atmosphere meantime, had left the store. It was a pleasant picture, an had quite "Pray tell me what you can have against coner-s eye rested gratefully up carried her Mrs. Falconer," said Mrs. Hervey, coldly, replied: "What is it, Isabel?" laced it, in <>i think you owe me an apology for treat- .. j have been thinking of Lott bri?ht, busy ing a friend of mine so rudely." She was dav ? she said, gently. "I feel and kind* not at all afraid of Mrs. Monteith s elegant she had means to ha-, c proper imated until apparei or snoboisn manners; withiu her tendance her lamenes,.fc.iight t hereafter, own recollcction she had been forced to live You do not know how s>.^t an md modest n'niniv. havinc onlv been so prosperous for js_? an(i she looked in his fact ten. a few years. She had always visited Mr. ??she was all that kept me frc ltful oppor Hei'VCisiamily, and his young wife had hard and wicked there." the season never inquire3f*tiS2^^y^t gronnd the ac- ''Then I owe her a debt of , "If I only quaintance originate5ta-!,a8^gga^;- ^ he said, kindly. "I think the on a black uj atn n0^ accustomed to treatirfjpsl5|E^ quest vailed under that wistfi * m^* ?'r^s as equals," replied Mrs. MoDteitS^ ^JgoS^^^^ng, "and I hops to da" ^ disagreeable haughtiness; "your goim^9^P modest and fear se lay aside frjjrs_ FaiCOner, was nothing but a known." cerernony," common shop-girl when Mr. Falconer took 411 have bcf^&Sktiasw^y, her caller s ^cr Up an(j marrjed her, and I made up my were willing, I should oes^gi more than min(j ;vhcn I heard the disgraceful story her come and live with me," s >ister s abil- from Mme. Arnot, her employer, that if "Gracie is old enough to begi ana sne was ever j came t0 Philadelphia I would expose under a wise governess, who 1 as evening her." overtax her, and Lottie would alconer ob- "What disgraceful story?" demanded Mrs. gentle, patient teacher, as wel] Hervey; she was still too indignant with panion for me. Teaching was n the 'home Jirs. Montcith to take in the fact of Isabel's vocation, but she was obliged to ow voice, as iow estate in all its terrible significance. on account of her lameness." om- "Why, of coursc, she must have inveigled "A capital plan," replied Mr Z up, with a him into the marriage," replied Mrs. Mon- heartily. "I am glad you have ak to Mrs. tejth; "no man of his wealth would marry it." 1 join you a shop-girl unless unduly influenced." "Lottie is proud, as well as "Harvey Falconer isn't a man to be in- sumed Isabel; "and, while she , fpP veigled," asserted Mrs. Hervey, emphat- afford to come independently, >' jS ically. "The fact of her being a shop-girl not be willing to accept what wi ie door and WOU[<jn't influence him against her a mo- gladly give her unless she cou] a revelation ment ^ ^e fancied her otherwise." she were earning it in some way - thpiftSSo Pitv Mrs- Stanford," said Mrs. Mon- "An honorable feeling," sai " ZOZ? teith. "It must be a terrible blow to hava coner, warmly, " and I leave it t urTtv of^'de- such a mesalliance m the family." xasie 10 oner sucn lnuucemeai: ^ "Yes, poor Mrs. Stanford!" cried Mrs. manner as you think best." Hervey, ironically. "She came here and " I did not look for such hear ; * ' made them a visit, appeared with Mrs. Fal- tion in my plan," and Isabel loo Sirs Stan- coner in public, and went home perfectly kindly face with gratitude. "I before th< c^arme<^ with her sister-in-law, as I know to Lottie to-morrow." ia?ined fail on un(*oubted authority," in a triumphant "I do hope, my dear wife, th new wife'f tone' "aE(* * would advise you, Mrs. Mon- not doubt my readiness to aid teith, to keep your knowledge of Mrs. Fal- plan you may wish to make for and a com- coner t0 yourself, if you have no better of those who have befriended yo ' grounds to found your antagonism upon, gravely and earnestly. ister turned Falconer isn't the first man in our " Surely, what I have is your ier brother A-mcr*can aristocracy who has married a it is a pleasure to me to know ] m affection- poor ^r1' tbou?h it( *sn't every poor girl that I may gratify them. Did I though as that can rise from a *ow P?siti?n to a higher time since endow you with all ded with al oae with such grace as Mrs. Falconer has goods?" he added, more playful! ou have in- 3?ne>" s^e added, significantly. She looked up at him. Herdar vomen and Something in the latter allusion seemed tc with tears. "You are too kind les- if 'need touch Mrs. Monteith in a tender spot, for * ^o n?t feel as if I had any rigl she tossed her bead and said sometmng aowment 305 os: yror {job iford's visit sharply about "arrogance" and "upstarts," thejjavaf}!ug kindness you are < aed striving wilich Mrs. Hervey did not catch. ing me, when I recognize the fact , i(rj " What do you think, Aunt Katy," said not meet it with a love which a \ f assistance ^rs* Hervev, an hour later, as she was give; the sweet love which mai moraine as seatcd in a pleasant room at home, where for her to ask and receive her She spoke an iuvalid's chair,was drawn up to a sunny gifts." not wish tc window- * "My dear Isabel," he replied accustomed "We met that elegant Mrs. Falconer at ?<i do not wish to hasten you it inder into it Ca(iy's tilis morning, and Mrs. Monteith but I will confess that it will b gave her the cut direct in such an insolent hour when you can say, trut! s I will con- anner- 1 was 50 mortified I thought I from your heart: 'I love you "There Ve should sink^ Mrs- HariT D wight was with not, i beg, refuse me the pleasu in society in iIrs' Fa!coner> an.d her e3"es fairly flashed for you and of loving you in the d to educate ^re a" ^rs* Monteith." I assure you it is a privilege." ? " "What grounds does she claim to have "Do for me and with me as ? for such rudeness?" asked Aunt Katy, an she cried, with deep emotion, "c Ifi ? elderly woman with white hair and a sweet regret takinc me to your home. | | pale face, sanctified and made lovely by long ty-eak my heart had I reason tc J years of suffering. you repented our marriage. I ar | She had been left a childless widow under here," and she looked down on ] i t'ii uuuidiauucd *JX pc^/Uiittx oauli'-oo, c?uu axui _ JiiUC UJL LUC V/UiiU) auu uun^n j, j! j ace Hervey had taken her to his home when down her cheeks and dropped o ii* ij t he brought his young bride there, and she unconscious head. V;| bad been the family saint ever since. "Have no fears, Isabel," t i W, j "Why, she says Sirs. Falconer was a "your love for the child would! 1 shop-?irl in New York when Mr. Falconer that an impossibility. You bri ,f married her, and she doesn't associate with make my home a happy one a] 1 shop-girls," imitating Mrs. Monteith's arro- your tears, dear wife, and all wil J gant manner. .. we would have it." rj ' How long since?" said Aunt Katy, How littie one can tell what j laughing merrily in her low sweet voice; bring forth; the letter to Lottie j j "it seems to me I have seen Mrs. Dolly Mon- written, for just as Isabel had ? j teith when she considered a shop-girl very self at the desk, Mr. Falconer car j good societv, indeed." . a telegram from her aunt, annc 11 ! " Do tell me, Aunt Katy," said Mrs. Her- death of John Harmon, and as! :f/A vey, "who is Mrs. Monteith, and what is her come at once. tt ij connection with your family?" .. i, "Poor auntie," she said, wit Aunt Katy's low laugh rang out again as "though it is really a blessing, y< ? she replied :"Mydear Myrtle, Mrs. Monteith, such a shock to her, for shelovt ~ u^.+?* A ? ttt k r\ o c crv?i CJ tP I o o 1 t*?o -*?c> "K rvwi r-* cr o oro ir* of Vl (\ Itllld llctugut^y uaum ?AiV UVt/O" V v YVCfcO unvu; j uv^/iuq u^u^.^w 1 and such with the laboring classes, was once my would yet reform." ;e. Mr. Fal- kitchen girl. She began by washing pots "Do you wish me to go wit leglected on and kettles, but as she was neat and quick would you prefer going alone?'' I promoted her to the caro of the china- he smootheu her hair with a s; , Stanford, closet and dining-room after a time, where handsuch small she attacted the attention of a Young grocer's. ..-'* 1 think I had better go alone, not exist," clerk, who married her. Her family were slowly, after a moment's th< ompendium miserably poor, and I felt sorry "for the girl, might distress auntie to have and did all I could to help her, but she waj see her.in her sorrowful, straiten } withu3," always proud^-nd vain, and, after her mar stances." before tho riage, she cutloose from her family entirely, "True, your intuitions are finer and-P.a!ph and I d^not suppose she would recognize but I dread to have you take t ely on you one of her own sisters now." alone." "But how did Mr. Monteith get his "Do not fear for me," she repli tanford, as wealth?" asked Mrs. Hervev, after lifting 'I am accustomed to traveling life in her her hands tnd exclaiming in her astonish- shall do nicely." le, "what of ment at the story. "You will stop in New York er'swife?" " He had afaeulty for successful specula- Miss Ford home with you?" he she meant tion, not always strictly nonoraDie, eiuier, relatively. Falconer is I fear," replied Aunt Katy, "and finally "Yes, I think so," she replied, struck oil in the very height of the oil ex- at him with a pleased smile; "hi citement, and made a fortune in a hurry, you plan for me." ' after which they removed to New York and "if you find her badly off, I arth, Dolly Monteith set up for a fashionable meet you in New York, in orde: >irth." lady." her," he suggested. sr and the "An unendurable snob!" cxclaimed Mrs. "Thank you; I will telegraph pie were at Hervey, indignantly; "so that is the founda- time should I need your assistant lad made a tion of her extreme gentility?" is, and was "Depend upon It, my snob Dish friend, [To D6 CODtIHtl6fl.J terms with Your family thread you can't ascend ? ??? discovered Without good reason to apprehend Killed at ms^Post hoped she You may And It waxed (or oiled) at the farther RICHMOND, Ya., July 27.?1 more value - ?cnd ? n * ing at Jiellspring\ Pulaska Co By some plebeian vocation," > !'- =? 1r mmtoii Aunt. TTatv. smilinC. "Saxe COUld OH tll6 rtOriOlK cUlU V\ CSttjrD r, and'was not have described our American aristoc- engine of the passenger train< Falconer, racv better and it looks to me extremely ing over the tiestie, fell ove ct partv to iQ a country wliere fortunes are bankment and loged on its sic , and Isabel beir>S made and lost ever.v daJ'? t0 m" neer 11. 0. Smith, who stood a ?ing. "If I dulge in such feelings of u;tra gen- wag crUshed to death bet wee er the un- tility. I always read it as a positive an(j boiler. The tireman es "it is more symptom that at some timo the person who iumplngr Xo other damage 1 has such a horror of work or working to it, even peop^ has been one Of tho class himself." Primary Election In Barn eplied Isa- "What a dreadful thing it is to be born BARNWELL, Julv 27.?H. without common sense," s:ghed Mrs. ha? ^ ^ ^ Hq] Id," smiled ~ * primary to fill Dr. S. S. Owe . ? ? j l ' yj t and W. S. Bamberg to fill th 3? JV ,! ! -v,: 't. 'I ' Senator D. E. Paul Sojournei cnto ' -y1 V-aP 1: position to either on the last |Vfrom the ?~^T"* -sO y 1 Aiigaivuw??yuucuw?ui I >' - -?>. w' ' , . 7T~* PC\j : Rheumatism is cured bv j had met (J* 1 i ? j u *.. t . aeside her * -? ft' % i < ' Rams and aches in the back, i . ner, 0:c;<-Ji * i V i -> - . .. .. \ Another f-r.r^pV > knees, ankles, hips, and wri [ace Isabel ir^W/ attacked and conquered by - Hervey's ^lTTu ? H ' /'^ ^his ^reat medicine, by i r?'^ V /fr/t ' cleaDsinf? properties, builds > happy to -v fj\ t- ' strengthens the whole body " Allow me 7 //]> Monteith, Tfi-^y// f \ Rheumatism.?James Paxt vt;w ^^^ / i | vannah, Ga., says he had Rh n faxed on - /P^7?"V Y'TvVr ^ I so bad that he could not n ecotrmtion, \ | \ \y f ;/ry' A i ; the bed or dress without help ? f. nam1e? L?-;//*" ^ I v ' 5 he tried many remedies, bu co| Ih^iX'S/ /1 &/0// ; no relief until he began the u; Stare m its ?u- ^Lj p. (prickly Ash, Poke Root a ace in her "what a dreadful thing to be born with- v*u!fu' ad<^ ^w0 bottles restor( k, and was out common sense." ,* health. .his woman Hervev; "actually, auntie, 1 shall be The importance of purif n the past, shamed to look Mrs. Falconer in the face." blood c.tnnot be over-estia IU^ * ao7 "I would suggest to you, now that Mrs. without pure blood you cao co.d.ycivii jionteith has made such a display of the good healh. P. P. P. (Prl I her head matter that it can not fail to cause remark," Poke Koot and Pottassium) i . or having resumed Aunt Katy, "that you and other ulous blood purifier, perforn ? " of her frieiu;s? whose position in society is cures in six months than all i incontrovertible, take special pains to in- parillas and so-called blood I, mortinea troduce ard stand by her." . / pUt, together. ? "That we will," replied Mrs. Hervey. "I SKI MILESTONE IN HISTORY. |^?u2?* I , idle boast. With un LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE OF we trace the golden th careiessiy step hy step thro. d the proud CLEMSON COLLEGE- turles which lie entoml past, until the sound Three Thousand People Brave the Ele- heard falling in the ea ae took her erected upon the th naents to Witness the Impressive Cere- Qrnan the Jebusite. vey; "for i mony_addre?e8 by gov. tiilman. ened by the gavel in tl -and's with- Solomon has come sou brought her Grand Master Jzlar, Maj. Buist and vaulted COUrtS Of timf jaia lor the Pre9ldeut Polk. tervening centuries, t t, tt ^ T , the silent shores of et? ; a complete Fort H ill, S. C., July 28?Today is Then followed a <*1 appearance a red letter day in the history of South free Masonry, and ?i t formal en- Carolina. It marks consummation of said:" * ? *. and some-1 the dearest wish of the farmers, the \y'ft ar? here assembl the future, backbone and sinew of the Palmetto theVomerstoneof'an i L White, and state. Today, in the presence of a huge we pray God may de. ler had pre- crowd, and with solemn Masonic rites. The institution Is bein exquisitely the corner-stone or Clemson college, the tone ground-the ha shins: touch realization of the dream and hear* s de- trlous Calboun a rum sire of the most illustrious of all the clusters memories \\ iuch like a fatn0us sons of South Carolina, John pr0Ve the youths ot their leader q Calhoun, wasliid. ages to come, w nin thout ques- The skies were dull and grey, and at names adorn tue pageis. aided by intervals from morn to eve, the rain our grand old s^ate introduced fel. a plash, dampening the ardor <?f with' ut a peer, ami ill , Mrs. Fai- the ST)ectators and putting the roads in mortal page May tni the rumors il0rrit>le condition. Notwithstanding where good and wise i her unani- .. t an(j sioppy weather, people come to dissemOle kn . poured into Tort Hill all the forenoon, culcate friendship mo sitting in of the visitors from other PHv im-e i hut then ie robed in PJ*rts of the state bad collected at Fen- abundant, pursued in -dress and dleton. -Every vehicle and every horse antj ijear much fruit the touch of anci mule in tliat t0WD were Pressed God and the great p >ft hair, as into service to convey tne crowd over state. So mote it be. houghtfully the four miles to Fort Hill and what the speech-: nasty, sloppy four miles they were. After the benedk id Mr. Fal- The long continued rains had degen- nounced the crowd ad; on it, as he erated all the roads leading to Fort foundation to a stand Hill into mud puddles, and yet through rieai by. Seats ha< :ie Ford to- these roads pushed thousands of eager for lar^e numuers. 'I sure that if people, some on foot, others on horse or 3(ooo people on the g medical at- mule, and the balance in every variety Was raining only aboi be cured, and species of vehicle that could be crowd, a }arge portioi d good she thought of. Even ox carts could be ternd to the speakin j wistfully, seen in the long procession that wound were in the various >m growing through the valleys and over the hill- stand were the trustee tops to historic Fort Hill. Excellent the members of the (j .gratitude," stock, most of it was, too, for the farm- polk, president or the re is a re- ers 0? pendleton are famous for the ers' Alliance; Senator ii look," he jjne horses and mules they raise and ton; Adji tant and li you are not own ^jany persons rode distances of Farley, Congressman to make it twenty and thirty miles to be present, stone, llev. Dr. Wilsor . .. A nappy crowa 11 was assemuicu au jege ana a numoer 1 ,you the grounds. Almost everybody was guished gentlemen. rJ splashed from head to foot with sticky (jol- Simpson then it >he~repje<i. clay mud. The rain persisted in nor Tillman, who spol 11 learning, yet nobody seemed to mind governor tillm; these sWbacks"t$4,he P^fect pleasures 1 have been selectec , bacs ? 2m of the occosion. StS^rt> broad- trustees of tne Clem her chSS shouldered men, bonnie wins"3ffiS-]a2??^ tend you a welcome t cive it ud comely matrons, and men whose haiT^??oric homeoi Calho was whitened with the snows of many ^viji^famous as Ion Falconer winters, and whose faces shone with you mee^ere t0 wit: mentioned the wisdom of learning and experience, nies which all were bright and smiling. Their anct mechanicaTColleg i poor," re- sunny faces seemed to iill the place ot clouds lower ai 5 could not the hidden king of day. This weather is butty 1 She would The chemical laboratory is the only gie which preceded tl e would so building of Clemson college which has 0f this college. This id feel as if been completed. It is a very pretty established by chance, structure. It was filled all day with the most desperate coi .d Mr. Fal- curious spectators, who wished to see history; a tight for the 0 your good the place in which hereafter South Car- the common people ai s in such a olina boys will learn to analyze the soil f0r them of practic ?1 e and find" out what is necessary to bring gratulate you that th ty co-opera- lt to higher productive powers. triumphantly for the 1 ked into his The mechanical building is very near- Around the cornerWill write itt r.ar*i tf t r\r\ qholfrprpil IjiTiTP lr?wl 4-v-\ A t" monr V? IJ uu wvv, o ~ Jrtiu tU'UOY LUO.UJ AXVj .. crowds during the frequent showers, pirations are twined, at you will rj^g h0Use 0f the secretary and treasur- r00t 0f the struggle fo you in any er 0? ^oarQ 0f trusteess, and one of that men should not t ?,bene.^ the professors cottages have been com- ^ men and then let u, nesaia, p^ted, ^11 the buildings are of brick, knowledge of pursuit a ?ic? 'w and put up in handsome. and substan- should be trained in tl ' wishes itial style* u u selves. This college is nnt o ?wt The venerable old building wbich was practical education at mv woridiv h?me Calhoun and Clemson, was tbat any boy in SjutL v the. central object of interest. It was he be diligent, shall bt keyes filled filled a11 day with Persons admiring the "fhe people of South to me and ol(i pictures and furniture. A hand- ricultural. and are tc it to the en- some oil painting of the benevolent by conditions almost , hut of Clemson, and an antique harpsichord, template. The lands ' _ -hn_ upon which Calhoun's daughters used brought in competitio that I can to PlaF'were especially admired. soil of the West. The _ifp chnuid masonic ceremonies. state can see not an io res It easy About 11 o'clock the Grand Lodge of raising of cotton. Tb husband's Ancient Free Masons, of South Caroli- more than simply to t na, met in the mechanical Duncung farm without diversu eraveiy Pendleton lodge. The following pression like the pre i'the leasti members of the grand lodge were pres cotton threatens unpz e a happy ent: L- T. Izler, grand master, Black- eVen for the most indi hfully and ville; J. T. Barron, as deputy grand college will have a m< but do master, Columbia; E. P. Dendy, senior ment, where all brancfc re of doing grand warden, Walhalla; C. E. Sawyer, and like trades wil meantime, junior grand warden, Aiken; II. D. Cor- taught. The forernei bett, as grand treasurer, Maysville; v*ere brought from th you will," Charles Inglesby, grand secretary, Char- tiiey had technical inly do not leston; Rev. D. W. Hiott, grand chap- own people working It would lain, Williawston; J. C. Watkins, senior are underlings. Likei > fear that grand deacon, Pendleton; W.N. Mar- chine shop. Our pe< n so happy chant, senior grand deacon, Granite- lowed agriculture and the sweet ville: T. F. Hill, junior grand deacon, prepared for other edi t tears ran Anderson; S. J. McElroy, junior grand one million people i n the fair, deacon, Greenville; Col. A. J. Litton, on the fields; yet these grand marshal, Pendleton; J. L. C. Du- how to recuperate the: ie replied, pree, grand pursuivant, Abbeville; 11. make them compete ilone make p0rcher, grand steward, Seneca;-J. helds of the West. 1 ;8ure" "uu li. <4uinDy, grand steward, aikcd; j&. train men so mat it w iso, so arv q. uop^s. grand tiler, Pendleton. sary to send to Yan i yet oe as ^any members of various lodges, chanics, and so that , particularly the Pendleton and Seneca how to strengthen oui u-aT npver lodges, met with the grand lodge and How is all this to be d< Pftfod hpr joined in the ceremonies demonstration; iirst.i ne ill With The ^as?ns and the trustees of the strated to the studeni mncine the college marched from the Mechanical 0f the state that it is pi kin"- her to building to the foundation the main supplies at home, and 1 . college building, which wili crown the ly than the same could h a sigh, t" * jst hill in Port Hill. rotation of crops will ?t it will be tiie corner-stone, means of improviog :d him, and a huge block of Carolina granite, was farmers. ^ that, ha suspended over the place where it was Stock-raising shouli to rest. A platform around it was oc- wealth all over the st; h yo or cupied by the Masons and trustees, tion should be given he s?. as Grand Master Izlar conducted the cere- and all reliance should ympatbetic monies. Grand Chaplain Hiott made cotton. the opening prayer which was a solemn Military training v " s'.je said, invocation to the Supreme Architect students, not only beca jught; "it of the universe to accord his blessing by the law, but to in a stranger 0n the college; to bless the grand lodge, order. All the boys wil .edcircum- and the cause of education, and to en in uniform, so that n large the minds and broaden the hearts feel ashamed because than mine; 0f the people of the state that they might wear broadclo he journey might in the future be more liberal to poor clothes. Ilich ai the cause of education. God was asked alike. The poor shall ed, quietly. mvp to the trustees that they the rich Dulled down. 0 e' and might select true and God-fearing men establish'that simoa' and brine to be the faculty of Clemson and that that we fought so h; said, inter- thety teacl? the >'outb establish. At the couclusion of the praver the pjVe years ago t^ie ic looking up stone was lowered into position and a tural mechanical colle ow readily "ox in *t- ia the State Agricultui contents of tub box. politicians of the state had better The followimg things wfre placed in trie semblance of such r to assist the bo^: the Univeasity at Mr. Clemson's diploma as graduate of scorned our idea, and a to you in the lloyal School of Mines at Paris; campaigns; but we d ;e." sketch of the life John C. Calhoun, by Last year the grand t Mr. Clemson; phrenological chart of and won. The beque: Mr. Clemson, by Fowler; sketch of the son gave us the oppo life of Mr. Clemsen, by Col. It. W. ning the light. Still it .'his morn- Simpson; record of the entire proceed- ter tremendous struge - ?TooKoiia t.ph v? j?. ioritv of four or five i Y? lUgS I" U1C i/oot; ui . _ ... ? ' "' W. Simpson, executor; copies of several deciding vote of the li Koad, the newspapers; names of the trustees and or in the senate, ifterpass- executive committee of Clemson Col- Many who fought us r an em- lege, photoprahs of the trustees; 84 in now our strongest frit ie. Eogi- continental money donated by J. B. there was no need or t his post, Watson of Seneca; officers of the Grand tution. n the cab Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of The best answer to icaped by South Carolina; names of officers and that no .v six months b >vas doDe. members of Pendleton Lodge, A. F. M.; will be open, there are names of Ancient Free Masons at work for entrance' This is on the building; names of officers and of the state want chea ?1. crum members of Barnett lodge. A. F. M., of education. Nor is the T>;0rn^ntt-n namps nf offififtrs and mem- thAt. t.hi* rolleiye will use (It U1U nuvtuvuu, ^ _ ns's place bers Seneca lodge; gold, silver and people of the Piedmon' e Diace of copper coins of the United States; his- read the number of aj r. *Xoop- tory of Pendleton by D. U. Sloan; various counties- Abb primary, specimens of Confederate money; syn- burg GO. Kdgefiekl 4: >ut 550 ' optical history of Clemson college; and Anderson 3'J, Pickens 2 ten cent pieces, cigars, flowers and well 34. Clarendon 1 P. P. f. trinkets donated by spectators. Xewberry 28. Laurens shoulders TIIE COIiN> AVIIv*E AND 0IL* These ligures show , , ' The box was then covered with a people will reap even r sis are an raar^ie slab. Then a huge horn of corn the college than the u] tt' h ' a and a sllver S?blet of wine aad oil were The success of the b ?nH handed the grand master, and by him fact that they are beir 1 UP poured over the stones. The corn typi* half or two thirds ord fled plenty, the wine refreshment and to the fact that five of on of Sa- 0*1 J0^'the biess^nff vvas in- K. W. Simpson, Col. JU ' .yoked to shower over this land. Grand li. E. Bo wen, Col. J. I eumatism ^jaster Izlar then spoke as follows: George Johnsr.one, wl ami grand master's address. tlv visited the college trprpivpd Men and brethren here assembled: much trouble to ther seofP P it known unto you that we who tended the work, nrl Potas have conducted the ceremonies you The weather today i: ""him " have witnessed to-day, are true and of the conditions in So ~ ~ - ?l. - T Cfof lawful members of the order or Ancient iU tLLC (_ U1LCU ctai Free Masons, tiue to the laws of our result only in more ying the country, and observant ot the powers knowledge. 1 imploi lated, for that be and bound by solemn obliga- among you on points not enjoy tions to erect magniticent buildings, be fer. JLav aside the ckly Ash, serviceable to the brethren and taught quarrels of the la^y s 9 mirac- to love God and keep His command- hy unity can the hap, ling more meats. We stand before you to-day Una press forward In ffcesarsa- the representatives of the oldest or- perity. f pfcxiliers jganized body of men known to the his- Capt. Tillman tHea \ tory of the world, save that of the tor G. Lamb as antiquity which I first opposed th ; college, but who, when ?s is no dream or he found that t le people of South Caroerring precision ! lina wanted the college, like a statesread of Masonry ! man and gentleman came forward to ugh the dim cen-: its support. Mai JBuist made an eloquent aed in the eternal i speech. [ of the gavel is J The rain wh ch was falling probably st in the temple dampened enthusiasm, for Governor .reshing floor of! Tillman was received and heard withThe echo awak- out applause. 1 ' ttto c frc/in fl rr le nana 01 iviug^ i ofuaiui jjuui/ ?ao iK-^umu; mwi i nding down the ' rapted with- applause. It was" noted ?, through the in- j and commented upon as a refutation of o'be lost only on the oft repeated slander that there is ;rnity. j illfeeling between the up country and owing eulogy of low country' that the Charleston lawn conclusion lie yer received more applause than any other speaker. ted to-day to lay Governor Tillman introduced Presinstitution which dent Polk, saying: that he had started ;erve to prosper, au agitation iu North Carolina for au ig erected on his- agricultural and mechanical college me of the illus- one year later than the work was begun le. around which in South Carolina, and yet the North hich should im- Carolina college has been in operation Carolina for all one year already. ) many honored Col. Polk was enthusiastically re> of the history of ceived and delivered a long and highly Calhoun alone is instructive address. This ended the u mi Dates the im- public speaking, and the people spent become a place the balance of the day in wanderiDg nea will for ages over the grounds and patronizing the owledge and in- lemonade and ice cream stands. Im* * ' ^ ' ** * ? - " " " v.? ll a.l f Wl a l\n l?_ rality and Drom- procupiu picuic p<tn,irs uucu one uujr labors may be wies and carriages and buildings. The great harmony trustees, distinguished visitors and to the glory of press representatives were most hosrosperity ot' the pitably dined in the Calhoun-CIemson Amen. residence by Professor and Mrs. Strode. makixo. Ia the afternoon the crowd broke up; jtion was pro- the trustees returned to Pendleton journed from the where today they will hold a business which was erect- meeting and elect professors for the i been arranged college. 'here were fully a sad ceremonial. grounds, but as it followed the joyful laying of the cornerit one-half of the stone of Clemson college today. The 1 was ladies, lis- afternoon train from Atlanta brought g. The balance to Calhoun, a little station a mile from houses. On the Fort Hill, thy body of Mrs. Andrew P. ? ^1? ?1'- n>itkmin nrlin in Atlanta VP<?fPr ;s ui me uuncxc, vmuunu, huv vx?vu a** trand ledge, Col. day. She was the wife of a son of John National Farm- C. Calhoun ard the mother of John and Buist, of Charles- Fatrick Calhoun. nspector General IIer remains were laM to rest in the George John- old Calhoun burying ground at Fort i of Converse col- Hill. The funeral was attended by the of o'her distin- relatives of the deceased, who came to Calhoun in Patrick Calhoun's private itroduced Gover- car. the trustees of Clemson college and ;e as follows: a large concourse of sympatnizing lK's welcome. friends.?Charleston World. 1 in behalf of the ? - son college to exo Fort Hill, the 5 . 77 .. un, a name which < .? ^ JJ s *2 JTfeAhJS8 ^3 tTr?N?Sf6.ilO- k ^ B rxhis agricultural ' id the skies weep. ^ TUH Ij'.VlO pical of the strug- t ?-?-? be establishment f I MAft AND WOMAN. aflicts in political C : emancipation of a ; P will purify aid vitalize your I id the providing SI bloc, cr.-a.t?-a good appr-t.tean<i give your 8 !ducation. Icon- J ??.* nuf a <5rriiTa!? cnrlpft {3 ? A promim-nt railroad f.;,:-a:.f^ndenttU ? 6 arugsrie cilucQ. 5* SavAnnah.siiiffericgivitb * ? ?. . r>vj>v?p ? COmmOIl p60pi6. / si.i, and KUeumatism sa; * . . i.'; .? stone which was r. ?. t. he never reit so wen in hi* lire, i!.' t j pes and grand as- ? ci^-ays" ^^p.'p'p^'ivefcT",' ri"'*'---U'J >i The idea at the s* rf you are tired OHt fr . .??co \ r this college was S close confinement, take >e trained simply | _ t to tight for a ^ p P p s; but ihat men it pursuits them- I; If you are feellnsr in the spring 3 intended to give arkl out of sorts, take such a slight cost j Q n Q i Carolina, if only I p. p, fm i able to obtain ir. 'j Carolina are ag- If your digestive orgtns need toning up, is >-day surrounded -J 1 terrible to con- ig p D D 1 are old and worn; i . I. I. n with the virgin If-ou suffer with headache, incUgeation, ? i tarmers of this *| debility and weakness, take g ita of profit in the n n n g :is college will do a r I r i ;each men how to | ication. Any de- 3 If you suffer with rervoua prostration, 3 'Sent low Drice Of Si Eervea unstrung and a general let down 3 iralleled poverty, | ?f the_^8te^>tAko astrious. "So this | Q p O S 3chanical depart- | ? I. I. L.e3,0^ engineering ? F0r Blood Poison. Rheumatism, Scrof- ? .1 be practically a ula, Old Sores, llalaria, Chronic Female ? 1 Of our factories t CompLainta, lake | e North because | n n n ? knowledge. Our | r. I. I . ?' in our factories 5 g sisein every ma- | Prickly Ash, Poke Root 3 3ple blindly fol- ? j ? N our leaders never ^ End Potassium. 3 S The best bloM purifier in the **orld. P ire dependent up- ^ a i Deopie know not LIPPMAN BROS., Wholesale Druggists, ? ir-delda s0 as to f 1 with the virgin * a ."his college will ill not be neces- ???????? keedorn for me J)Q YOU WISH TO they may know ri M v Anf lon/^o L WUJLU UUt lauuo. Dne? By practical ? w. t is to be demon- OF lofi R OWI\ ts and the people racticable to raise , ilo it more cheap- wI:% <>* *Ebe bought. Then be taught as a THEN BUI" THE THOMAS STEAM the codition of PRESS AND SEED COTTON d be a source of ate. More atten- ELEVATOR. this bv farmers, T,. , _ net be placed on , "1S the most perfect system in use, un* loading cotton from wagons, cleaning and ... . . delivering it into gins or stalls, (jotton riu oe given tne does not pass through fan and press reuise it is required quires no pullev nor belts. It saves tsme culcate habits of and monpy. 1 be clothed alike. TALBOTT & SONS' in, ana ne oniy ]<be lifted tiD a^d ENGINES ANT) BOILERS, STATIONif necessary to AEY AND roRTABLE- 0LD D?pure democracy TALBOTTS SAW MILLS, IMPROVED ard last year to FRICTION AND ROPE FEED . . ?200 TO ?600 ze was broached LUMMUS AND VAN WINKLE COTral Society The TON GINS AND COTTON PRESSES. We offer Saw Mill Men and Ginnors (t?m ^ the most complete outfits that can be b??s,ltaodat>*? K& JJrJSaft V. C: BADHAM. 'U^WIV 1TUW 1VUJUV " - ? J 3t of T. G. Clemrtunity for win- GENERAL AGENT, whs accepted af- (^""rtTTT^PTA ^ r fie only by a ma- Columbia, b. C. n the house and THE TALBOTT ENGINE IS L'HK eutenant-govern- BEST Feb 19-ly. most fiercely are IMS First Glass Work. Gfure'the colleee V ery LoW Prices. 52S applications proof that bDvs Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts, Wagons, ip an] practical Jtc*' Warranted Second to none. /-? eyri lor ?r? f)iaco ftA/V^C ! allegation true juuijuuc ?i ucmwi,???,! m ?, . only benefit the or seC(i for Catalogue?Mentioning thi? t section. I will PaPef^plications from eville *51, Orange- HOLLER & ANDERSON 2. Greenville 2*3, 5. Ocnee28, Barest Hampton 18, BUGGY" CO.. ROCK HILL. S. 26, Sumter 24. ? ??ui j that low country .oLDYICE TO T7 flTVTRTT nore benefit from >r t j * * 3 country boys. If You would Protect yourself uildings and the from Painful, Profuse, Scanty, ]g tuilcjat one- Suppressed or Irregular Meninary cost is due struation you must use the trustees, Col. i. K. Xorris, Col. ~ Orr aod Hoa. BRADFIELD'S % to have constan- ? i grounds and at FFM F ? nselves superin- l Li inLL * 5 not only typical REGULATOR 1 u t h Carol i n a, b ut i ?__J es. I hope it will CiT?rx<.vi;.LE, April 2C, 1886. light and mQ?? Thi=> wili certify that two members of my e more f" 4lhmediate-family, after having suffered for e ii ure tirtfity years from Ittenatrual Irregularity, \\nej*..,n rn:i rlif. l?,? without benefitbY physicians. W". J UKlLLfy ^TCKercring and were at length completely cured by one bottle camDaiffn Onlv Of Bradfleld's Female Regulator. Its , 3 Of South Caro- effect is truly wonderful. J. W. Stbasgk. thp rar>o fnr nrnc Book to " TTOilAN*" mailed FREE, which contain* i/iic irtuc iia piUb- valuable Information on all female diseases. introduced Sena- , BRADF! 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