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THE WAY OF "*c WO?. - D I ccii'i; some ivay I hav* ' /?f .* r '1 ' r\ rt nn ? T p > ^ fr 1 There are beautnul songs tnat we never; . .. 0 i \v:aott*. weaniv. sin?, I _ , , And names that are never spoken, i iS?oel rose and, goin< There are treasures guarded with jealous: drew out .roin a drawc care pe rs, unpaid bins, ccntr And kept as a secret token. olh"r ur.important-paper There are faded fl.vwers and lettf-rs dim official envelope. which s With the tears that have rained above ,;0h, auntie, come and! them, fully; "Uncle John had For the fickle words and faithless hearts "Are you sure, child That taught us how to love them. j voice trembled with eag< There are sighs that come in our joyous i possible?'' hours I It ""as possible; a glib To chasten our dreams of gladness, ! attacked John Harmon ? _ j i. . +/-> nnr nnuiurr a\-n< ! was unusuallv pliable. ar AJLLU iCUIS Uiai^tkU^ IV avuug VjV^ . . In hours of thoughtful sadness. him until, partly from : For, the biithest birds that sing in spring and partly from a very Will flit the waning summer, be rid ot tiu man's pi And lips that we kissed in fondest love taken out a policy of Will smile on the first new comer. _a little fortune ill this i Over the breast where the lilies rest He had felt ashamed In white hands st?Il forever, itated provision as soon : The roses of June will nod and blow. and depositee the poli< Unheeding the hearts that sever. without a word And lips that quiver in silent grief, ..gh Isabe;." what a All words of hope refusing, d ',, ied' Mrs Ha Will liehtlv turn to the fleeting joys rlX 7n That perish with the using. ;::r ,~?c * . n tamty. iicr apatay was Summer and wintci snows, no?* pvp^ tn ^nrirk^ Love and its sweet elysia;, a?*J h ? ?Thi#pwU1 Hope, ike a siren dim and fair, j ite a la sum, Quickening our fainting vision; nou- that there seems 1 Drooping spirit and failing pulse, , h ? Where untold memories hover, * Eyelids touched with the seal of death, f ^ u And the fitful dream is over. Plan wxth> sa'd *sabf\ the very best husband i y _ have come prepared to r *====* /\ a?C i-Vv ? \ * of the love and care y J- V?' J- ^ *' from infancy. All there - ? ' tn m:ikR un vour mind . wish to pursue, una the ^Voni Shop to Mansion. wanting." "Have you, then, mai able to allow you to d Tho^Bomantic Story of a Dress Harmon, looking into Maker's Rise in Life. - v-i-'h surprise. "Not only ab:e, but v she repeated her esr?v : By Mrs> p. W< HOWARD." Falconer before startin k ^ j . - - large sum he had given " "Isabel, child, I ought _ [Copyrighted, 2SS9. _ i))r[T ?eed I ought not," crii There was Daren- time to pacn the trunk emotion; "your gencrosi before the carriage would be at the door you a secret, which 1 h; to carry her to the station, and she hud lit- best to divulge until noi .1- .i A eii/1 TmKo UC time to T-Ulllii ilii% muj uui iuc unuirf .n. otwitui wu uuuv of the unexpected journey. Mr. Falconer turn. rook a roll of bills from his bill-book. "Yes, a secret. I ougl ' Isabel," he said, "I wish you to go amply money, dear child, for r< provided to do whatever is needed for your lated to me, and I have aunt, you can help her ?iow to advantage, such liberality." Please feel no restrictions whatever, and if "'Not related to you there is not enough ask for more, and leave "Auntie Harmon, what < her comfortable." "Just what I say, Is< "Mr. Falconer!" she said, in a trembling Harmon. "I have neve voice. of your parentage, feari "I do not wish any one who has loved and you uneasv and dissatisl befriended you to suffer need, when we have such abundance. I should he ashamed of "i j myself could I allow it." He spoke kindly , ! j and firmly. ' lean not tell you how gratifying it will -j j be to me to be able to relieve the distress I j j ! expect to find,'' she said, as she put the bills j j IT, away. ** ; } As the train whizzed along her mind took 3 ;; ' a retrospective turn. Only three short % ;i months ago, and sue had passed ove- this t??^? / J road a bride, in sucb a maze of strangeness \\ ] j i that she hardly realized that it was herself. TH* V~'\ J* " ~ Her book of experiences had been unfold- j } y/\ ing ever since, and what a delightful one it 1U4' ;> ? ,;' was, so widely different from any thing she ==y.\ \ "v r. had ever dreamed of, ana she thought of V-lv her husband with a warm thrill at her , V.v %X\ V'.'-ysT . _ ^ j j ?f I U\ " aears. *"iae &inut?s(i auu iuv?t> um?u?u wi I ?%&?"? ; men,''she murmured, "and Gracie, sweet 7c V ' 'J darling! could a mother ask for a lovelier ' ji: ->>. .Q- U > child?" I pV:VV" ? M f She was thoroughly rested now. Hindi jf_^i/ ' I ** , and body had been treated to such an en- ! tire change that she was once more buoyant i with life and enercry, and the peevishness I 'sow, aunty, tell m produced by the long routine of work and | ble hoiRe arid the hard mental aggravation, which had so worn > which I saw no wav to r upon her nervous system, had passed but now that vou have a away, and she was gomg to her aunt in her , sition t0 sustain ia socie need with every faculty on the alert, and you shouId know who V( with her tenderness aroused toward the a dropof my humble't frtpr.i ivhn hnH bfeon all the mother she had I T> ~ " * \ CXXX9. ever known. 4%You are good and kii A lady sat before her, holding a little girl true motber t0 me; TOi; in her arms; the child was peevish. ''Go rate yourself" said Isa' to sleep, dear," said the lady, kindly. "Lay oh, d"0 tell ^ of this str your head on my shoulder and take a nap." "We were just man '*Oh, auntie, I can t!' The child was al- Isabel, child, pardon m most sobbing with excitement andweari- nam*- Vnn ,i<? n rplativp " ness, for they had come a long journey. SVX/ ' interrupted "Auatiel" The word, so familiar, struck in o-iv. a vibrating chord in Isabel's heart, and re- "You can not realize minded her of the loving care her aunt had a kind -u,Jsband)' an'd g^ven her in the old days, before poverty t^c happiest of wives. and sorrow had come to v/rin? her heartand hanrUmnp thp'n ? chill her affect ions. t0 do at the tim? vou w'e] One time of sickncss she remembered in S'not had been fired at particular, when ilrs. Harmon had nursed previous Januarv, and ner xuyui. aau ua.v iur we? v nmw, ?iu gentleman came terc wit tears of joy rose to her eyes as she remem- Who v;as an invalid, and ' bered that she had it in her power to re- ^orth not only to escape pay, in some measure, her debt of grati- a Southern summer, bu tude. cite men t of the troubled Meanwhile Mrs. Harmon was sitting in jn her weak state, was p< her poor home iu a maze of sorrowful jje was 0f a rich and infl trouble; John Harmon had been unusually he could not have passed dissipated for the last six months, and her that early stage of the poor heart bad sank away down, out of an(j nothing but the dev sight of hope or courage, and she had ishea toward his wife wo prayed wildly that some'hinj might come to out of the fray. change the miserable routine. "They were accompani Something had come; he was acarpen- old black nurse, Maur ter, and in ascending a ladder in a state ol nUrsed and waited on yoi intoxication his foot slipped, and, falling, his injancV; but in spite o neck was broken, causing instantdeath, and v.-hichVne and the tend? when he was carried to his miserable home. iaviShed upon her, tl which he had left that morning with curses t;nue^ to fade, and he stc on/5 tVirtwtc t'no nnnr n-if<? f?Mt 55c if in tnmp - > 1 - .uu.u.v.w,-!- waytoiae ?ouiu, uuu i way sbe was responsible for the awful oc- here unrji after you were currence. she ivo did then be better She longed for, yet dreaded, Isabel's ad- t0 jace the excitement of vent in the shabby little cottage. She had home. written so little since her marriage that her "Searching for a quiet 1 aunt had little idea of what her manner of .he hotel was far from life was now, but she was sure of one thing, home for an invalid, he 1 that it would be painful to her to come into am} his earnest solicit the home, which had so long sheltered her, t0 furnjsh them rooms a and see the ravages drink had made, for morilhs, and in nine wee she had been obliged to part with every tjiev cainc you were borr thing of value in the house, an old secreta- "*Thcn I am of Southei ry and a shabby old bureau and. a battered be!, who was listening sewing-machine the only pieces of furni- earnest eagerness. lure left wiilcii were not actually indispen- .. yes actj vour name^ s"^'? ion. Your father was She remembered only too well the girl's thizer wilh the Southi a: last stay at home; iow her very soul rose should be, and we kept o up in rebellion against John Harmon's l0 rer)ress the words o course, and the bitter words and scornful burned to come out, out c looks which made it Relief when she went ?uests. jt was not for away, for he was not ~ man to bear iuter- ".our poor mother, t>oor ference, and Isabel's fierce disapproval only *not slron? en0uyh to ral drove him into more doggcl persistence in anjja our intense anxn wrong domp. iionul differences were She almost repented sending for her, as Til!ie> an(i we matched o: she thought it all over, and then .<* longing ,vcre no interests outsi> desire to see her, to lean upon her strong ^er g-ae onjv lived a f< young arm for support, would possess her," n.ar v;as fuliy U11(jcr ^a, and she could hardly await patiently thi father was almost dis* hour of her arrival. , j at* l:jS ioss and the She was not prepared then for the scene :ng her here, he saw To-?Vvut i., WmmItkt 9(1(1 pic rVvm t.. nt'rv Vipr in IS par.tly ottired in a rich traveling: suit, came such time as he c in at the humble door, and taking the poor and remove her to his ho tried and prematurely aged little woman ir was on a plantation neai her arms, petting and kissing her as she were wealthy, I knew, fr cried, tearfully: "Dear auntie; my poor, tion, though they did not sad hearted auntie." ing superior airs, as sc and I came to love your ( CHAPTER VII. _ very much. After she John Harmon was laid in a drunkard's ,vas" nj0,.c thaa ever anxi grave, and the tears which were shed were ;nt0 t JC war. but, of more for the 44 might have been "and for to be thought of taking: the wasted life so suddenly brought to a vou cven -f ho close than for sorrow that he had gone. I he lines with you ir. sa Indeed, a brighter atmosphere was even father's natural feeling 11 oe thA Ho- i _ i .i-4. r ? ,i.j m?.\ jiv* \ ?w;uK uo tuv voiu nc lvit yuu iu um vt came more tangible that no more blows or ^..v. leaving with me eurses were to be dealt out there, and the ::;o:iey to care for you be children began to loolc brighter, and lose the sanguine folly so mai their cowed, scared look, and ail planned that the war would soon and looked forward to the future, as if a 1JO V;ouid return and tak< great blaelc cloud had rolled off their hori- old Chloe pined and moui zor.. a* indeed there had. Alas! that any mistress, and grieved ov man should so conduct himself that the sjie was a mere shadow best and kindest thing he can do for his easy prey to the severity family is to die and free them from his ter in a cold climate, and presence. you and I were left alon< The children had gone to bed. and Isabel ' -Jiv poor, darling: ma: and her aunt were alone in the shabby little with a tear of pity for ^ room which was dignified by the name of si.e had never seen, "ai parlor. "Now, auntie, tell me all your :?ocr, brave papa!" plans,*' she said, taking the wrinkled, hard " -^Ccver came back, ai working hand of her aunt in hers. from h:m after that day, "1 don't know as I can, child," replied heart-broken at leavm Mrs. Harmon. 'This has come so sudden Isabel (you were named like it seems as if I'd had no time for any mother), and the grave < definite plans. I shall go along in the same he loved with an almost old way probably, working hard and having a3(j yet so eager and little.*' She had been unusually despondent f untrvmen m their sf this evening-, and life had a hard, far-away a?,".e that he was killed ir look to her. the war, and that his 1 " Are there any debts to pay,'" and Isa- miscarried in the exciter bei's voice had a reassuring business Hue. for I have never heard a 4* Yes, a few that I know of. I have strug- them." pled hard to keep from debt, but I could not -jt may be none of succeed,"' ar.d she sighed heavily. fortunes of war," said Is ' Didn't Uncle John have any business -but please tell me mor papers. Perhaps there are receipted bills or have so longed to knowo: unsettled accounts in the old secretary, it strange that you were Hadn't we" better look?" ing them, and now in "Perhaps so. 1*11 leave it all with you, ' loubied." ps 2 neither heart or '-You resemble your father,'' said Urs [ happy, a .c! the v. :o night,"' said the j Barn:on, raisin? her c'nin and looking in ; spee:ful distance f I her face, '-though your eyes and hair are i Tn-.n ti oublc ca: - - -.1 J?1. eho TTOK n r-prvhoanriful I hks atlil deiith. I 10 Xlie OIU UCSA, I :.nv I'JUl Hiuiuv. f.-w , r a bundle of pa-i woman, out your fatncr was plain, tnough j were laid in tbe g acts for labor and ; with a face of great intelligence and; fall whic'i resulted s, and lastly a long j strength: you are like him in character, too. little mot ler was ? he eagerly opened. ! I have both their pictures in a locket | for liue roning 1 see," she cried, joy-1 which was left in oil Chloe's care for; along, fe Mr. For* a life insurance." you, and I have always intended to most willing of me ?" Mrs. Harmon's give it to you, but the right time has and strong. ;r hope. "Can it be never seemed to come until now. I "Don't fret. Lott have been obliged to hide it, for it is very the bosom-board i insurance man had valuable, and I feared it would be sold with us be thankful tha one day when he the rest of our valuables," and a hot Diusn i no; 11 i cvuiu ouiy id had worked upon of shame stole over her face for the mem-1 could work with ; a sense of justice ory of the dead, and rising, she dragged out sighed as s>he wei natural desire to the old bureau, bringing out a box from be- for a fresh iron, ersistence, he had hind it, which she placed in Isabel's hand. -'How I wish I r a thousad dollars [t was an old-fashioned locket, of solid, said Lottie, as th time of need. \ have 1 houirht of hi of the unpremed-j v^-rr _, "Yes," replied A is he had made it, fr*" \ fruit and llowers s :y in the old desk r 7( 5 y , j) /f~\ / helped \-ou better 1 -ail i.iff pisj vis's." wonderful prov- j \ -l ' .'V^ t. "Doubtless she I rmon, as she read '/. \ ' ? // \\ \ her new life to t the welcome cer- i' \ j C 1 often, though," si* ; all gone now, and \ \ \ . ? j \ \ j' At that very moi .e with, the rays ol ' i \ \ ?I elegant carriage pay every debt and r~'" .3^-* I shabby tenement 1 resides. I can plan. -J y; . r ssJ aglow* with the to be something to ts. \} ; /; a V i ? *\\ ^ friend again, ran . , ~~ / / ' : i . ;M l\ ; / I . il door was ajar, she you have plenty to - </ U | } |, J1 ing, and before L< ]?\ fully. I ba\e "r /* '/ /.' .-A 1 i;( , k i i\ liend who or what n the world, and I V '/// 1 I !# if1 I ^ around the poor, epay you for a little f {, r , i . ^ jovfully: ?Lottie ou have given me if1 HQ tie Lottie, 1 have is for you to do is ^ r \Zfl with me!" what course you \ t'j., j ?Ji J/'j Til |! ' y&- .\ means shall not he ' 1 a' I i'{ { CH.A Vr'An// rv , | ; "Isabel, dear I< noil n. m^Tvhois ?- >' _ and Lottie looked o this?" said Mrs. it was as old-fashioseu .vith wan delight. Isabel's glad eyes heavy gold, set in a rim of small, sparkling ,*ou." diamonds, and suspended on a chain of rare "Yes. Mrs. Fait rilling, auntie," and value. It was indeed a beautiful girlish face pined for you," sa ersation with Mr. which looked out at Isabel as she touched Isabel's hand in i g, and named the the spring reverently; the other face was, the bright face wi her. as Mrs. Harmon had said, one of great "Then she shail not to take it, in- force Hi:tt character, and she could see her Isabel, with a hap] 2d the widow with own icsenTDiar.CS- KX. it _as she looked at it to take her home ty forces me to t si I. long and earnestly. v ?-? ? grow well and str ive never thought "This is indeed a revelation, Aunt Debby,'** and she patted tl v." she said, pressing the pictured face to her c0?xingly, for sh( I, surprised in her h s, "and" you were wise that you did not the im. tvll mo before, for it would have made the SV"U^ , ?tit not to take your unhappy pnases of my lot doubly unhappy 3"? could consent t sally you are not re if I had known they were not my birth- . ^orae with you, cn'ii harp hppn nmverless to rem-, tie, her pinched fa no claim oil you ior >*"> , ...... r eiiy ili^ wrong-, but now I am sure Mr. Fal- tnougnx. ,!" echoed Isabel, coner will never rest until he has found out "If you are at al lo you mean?'' all there is to know about my family." Isabel took a low s ibel," replied Mrs. "You sec now, my dear Isabel." said Mrs. explained her plan: r told you the storv Harmon, "chat it is not right for me to ac- "How can I let ;ng it would make cept this assistance from you, now that you "sne s the very lig ied with your hum- know the facts." tears rolled down 1 4,I only sec that I am the more indebted know it, Mrs ' jji to you, since there is not even the slight advantages; the 1 lies of blood which 1 supposed to bind me ance> plenty of oi to you." able t0 SO out, and if , "But I loved you, child, and so much that sltuation as soon ^ i" J I did not cad you by your own name, fear- attend to it." j ing that you would not love me as well if "It will bo a grar you tl'.d not believe yourself to be my kin- ^rs* Ford, more ck JC.- /O dreu," said Mrs. Harmon. "I fear I have ^er father will be /M'JvW been too selfish in my love, and I ought to ;vorrie? s? much / have orought you up as Isabel Carrington." for her as we wist "And don't I love you, too?" cried Isabel, "And now, dear aI'x?- impulsively, ignoring Mrs. Harmon's self can go?" vot. rnn T'Pfn 1T1G the hOIlOVCr YOU 2i;53su7o? you'comfortabie ^ - U >y after the ion-, weary years of trouble you Pf" of ^hc 4s=a, have endured; but 1 shall not listen to your ^ttlG ? ? A J objections," and she shook her head wil& /. fully, -as you will find out when I unfold *wldsome ?y Plans' siQce -vou ob3"ect t0 PlanninS for with a sigh, her ey 11' 1. '"'it was very pleasant to the widow to have ^^^Httle nfot a stronger will to plan and think for her, h.A ' ? . ^ :J[(f M and she submitted with gentle remon- Jhis m.amc c ? strances, while Isabel made the purchase ^ r ^hoo^e to load iz yocr plaxs." of a larger and more convenient house, re- x and the furnishing and stocking it with necessities , t th , humiliating work to last for months, and purchased new , ?' ,1 , irevent your doing; wardrobes entire for the children, who to setae, uo you husband and a po- looked upon her as if she was a veritable *aE travel with m :ty it is lit dug that fairy godmother, and, lastly, bought a new send for ilr. Falco >u are, and that not gewiii"- machine, with every modern im- ease you needed a >lood runs in your provCment, to take the place of the noisy, 41 Mr. Falconer! heavy-running, old "rattle-te-bang," as one Isabel, that jour id, and have been a of the children irreverently named the New York to help t shall not under- xrnrn-nut machine, which had" so Ions? done whom he has neve ^Ut' its unwilling duty in earning the familv Lottie raised he: ried John and T linn?" * looked in her friem e if I mrtimA tn think you can do a good deal of the em- "You do not ki broidered fancy work which is so fashiona- there was a world Isabel rienrp^nt hie now," said Isabel, as she looked at the her voice. "I do it , precat- embroidery attachment to the machine. could ride to the d nf-rhanc thot t??,? 4"Il's nothing but a pleasure to turn this carriage, with you: that T w-iQ n ? f beauliful thing,'' said Mrs. Harmon, de- '-ho train, Mr. F Feivtd- i 'T lightedly, as she made the wheels spin home with our ca around, "and I have regular customers easy one." e tanr Th k enough to keep me in steady work." "I'm sure I can Fort \irrtA h*' I^bel had placed a sum in the bauk also, looking brighter i ? ? r*?f. ?hich, with the insurance, when it came, she tried her strei h WOuld cause lhe widow's bank book to pre- | fully. ho w i , , i seut <luite a respectable appearance, though I "Can you walk a he had brought her | th5a Ml.e Harr;inn did ^ot discover unll I herself on the loun the fierce heat or after Isabel had gone, and she found the u_With the aid of t to avoid the ex- certificate of deposit in an envelope under times which she, he:-pillow. \ jorlj able to bear. Isabel paid a reverent visit to the graves Ij f"(?5 uential xamuj*, or ^cr fair young mother and of faithfu. ;| jj~ imelmes, even in chloe, and with her own hands cleared . Rational troubles, away the weeds and planted a white rose yT| if i i c^er" on each sunken mound. A plain monu j j uld have kept him ment, bearing the words "My Mother,'1 with :he name and date, and a plain slab ' ed, of course,bvan fAr Phw? cmrs was her next labor of ? ; hiiSSsL a Chloe. who had jove< and s^e cou;d not help hoping that by i xv mother since her some 0f the strange happenings which so i?|! j fr,( f tne tender care often occur in life some of the Carringtons !l(l >r young husband might chance to find the stone, and by it AWU,h&A ie young wife con- know that the long-lost daughter of their ^pped here on their house was living and had placed it there. \W !i /IP iecided to rer^'.u '-Dear! dear! is it possible that vou and ~T\li Jl y/1 born hoping that Harvoy h;ivft parled s0 soon?- said Mrs. . ?- Ji abie to tra\ Ci, and Stanford, facetiously, as Isabel landed at e war times a ^er door tired and dusty with travel. ^ , , "Yes, indeed, we had a few words and v 7mT__5kv ' ooardmg p.ace, for parted." replied Isabel, laughingly, keep- fft .. being a pleasan ,n^ up t^e musj0ll) an j then she explained (JJ>l , happened upon us, tiie cjrcumstances which had led to her ap- R>! . - \ lation I consented pearance in New YorK a;one. nd ooard for a ev\ A few hours later they were sitting in k3 from tne time ^rs Stanford's own room beside an open "1 ^ve come to i -n birth?" said Isa- ff'J ** September and Isabel fit them under " had told her the story of her birth, and walked a few step! IU mc OWL J ??4". iIrs y^anxora had receivea it as a very "Thenif youthii T . ,,, . pleasant revelation, doing away -with the -n Qtov(. vas Isaoel Garring- shop-gir: side of the story completely. toiep-ranh to Mr F an ardent svmpa- '.Really quite a romance," she said, ap- u , Isabel - "and uXft" Closed V vinBly, "and, ol course Harvey will Ld to ladies, and 1 patriots" 'vch spare 00 Pa;r's t0?fin<1 oul >f tSe Cam?e- I have no doubt m i paxriousm wmen tons are yet living." ?nn.?T nrri h \onhowever ?or "1 Presume so," replied Isabel, absently. said Mrs. Ford f oua- thing was ^ am so anxious to know if myfataer is bel ,lnothin|r ( lv after vour birtht though it hardly seems probable." for Lottie, and tho nv for her all sec- la?Jery P?ssibdlty thnlled her thr0USh much, I am very gi forgotten for the au<3 through. ered in her eyes ag -er her as if there " W,hat a, mercy th,at Mrs: Harm0? con. " Mrs. Ford," an de her sick cham- W * t0 rkeP.thC l0CT for you' saic ately at the loving ew weeks and the MrS" Stanff0fd' tur"ing - he Precious rfh< be ungrateful, indc and though vour over)car?fully Wlth critical eyes; a dia tblessings wh -n0Dd locket was a very gratifying proof c: more than my ow necessity of feav- tbe, P^^oie standing_oi isauei-s assured it is a delis no bfctter wav and she appreciated it accordingly. "H and mT3eif, to do t drthcrii soil urtil -U b? "c?c.ssarr for >'ou 10 have *ome, waved her hand i ,7 v . thing with which to prove your identity, ll Httlp th. ouid come back -n,unfi?,i f?Pm" littie woman as tn< "ie which I think ^ !f j tnem. Mr. Ford entered Richmond Thev / T^ ^rs. Jlont;eith in Fh:,1a- with a full heart w; x - delphia, ' laughed ilrs. Stanford, "and she nPr. the npu-? nnr( om their con versa- doubtiess thought she was showing mo a the'house that Lc , show it by assum- favor in f.nishii,0P vou ? flou,se lDat ,u; > iranv neoDle do crusnin0 you. _ live with a rich fru lear vount:mamma Mrs. Stanford forgot that ilrs. Monteitb her that her nare died your father had but sh.own thc same sPirit she had her and they all rejoicc ousto th-ow him- self cherished. All these humble course it was not "Reai:-V'1 must contrive to let her heai less interested in ti i render babe like this delightfully romantic story of yours.' had in her days < could hive nassed Mrs" Stanford looked at il in a mercenarj been a blessing to fetv So with a and sociai light only' while Isabel's heart now that she was s at oartinr with was full of the sweet, strange joy of having anxious t0 add a iloe's and nv ioint ^oun(* ou^ the long-sought knowledge of stores to aid in her an amole sum of her parentage, and she changed the subject One brought in a rth pvopctini? with b-v telling her sister-in-law her plan in re bright ribbon, am tv'were euiltv of -ard t0 bottle F?r&- The ladv was in a came bringing a w' be over and that facelious humor, and cried, gayly: "I shall iast degree of nice - vou South Poor exPect t0 bear next tbat -vou and Harvev luxurV) Lottie coul :ncd for her vounc have starled an orPhan asylum, or at the gome were only er her home* untU teastan invalid's retreat," and she laughed and busv hands h< of herself and an heartil-v at the brilliancy of her idea. "But wardrobe in perfet of her" firs* win reall-v' Jokin~ askkV' she adaed< more seri' He trunk, and wl she too died and ously, "it will be nice for Grade if the girl riage again drove ' ' ' is intelligent and refined, and of course you helped down the rcma " said Isabel would not lhink of the lhing olherwise-" hands, eager to hel the voung mother '*ily dear sister, if you could only recover followed her from ' id civ father?mv from the idea that a person is necessarily "Shure, mim, a * I vulear and ill bred simply because she is back to yees as we] id we never heard Poor." said Isabel, with a deprecating beiikes," said Mr; when he left us so sinile" eJ'es 011 the corner g you, his little ******* swate heart, an'mi after your grand- liOh, mother, if you only knew how hard good leddy that giv >f his Alicia, whom it is for me to lie here and see you doing sj i to ks idolatrous passion, much for me." The speaker was Lottie Th Th;rd j earnest to join his Ford; she lay upon the lounge, in the one e ,r rusrgle. It is prob- room which answered for sitting-room, din- INDIANAPOLIS l the first battles of ing-room and parlor, and watched the ^rQ(| reoresentati etters to \is people patient mother as she polished the bosom of lent of the times, a line shirt she was ironing, for Mrs. Ford P&rty assembled i word from any of was obliged to do a great deal of fine laun- this city to-day arv work now that Lottie was sick and the ? ? . , coming campaign mem survived me expenses ucsvkl. , , ? <fotc abel. thoughtfully; She was a small, spare woman, with Lot- ? e of my parents, I tie's gentle spirit reflected in her thin face: chairman, and it [ them, and thought it had been pretty once, in the days long, cided to place af so reticent concern- long ago, when Mr. Ford, then a thrifty me- field next year, ; y interest is re- chanic, brought her to a cozy nest called fight in all the C( :.~x\ . home, and for many years they were sc the legislature. o:r?p-vcrty?l:epi a re- | F _\TA L I! A 1 LItO A 1) W '{M'K. f rom their door. , cie id. the form of sick- ji , u<?sc and" two lovelychildren THE ASHEViLLE SPECIAL CRASHES i rave, and Lottie hud the ,K.-r? - Pn.,?,,T .._ ..-, ! i m her lameness, and the INTO A FP.tlGHT i R/mN. | llie ' tvanlv n rlad to turn her faculty i vuv"j .0 advantage in helping Engineer Krism-nden and Fireman lirown j ^ 1, though the kindest and ;nt %vas no longer youi"g IiKtaQtIv Kilted?>The i?tory of tJie .^ole IMJpei . ,, , , , Survivor of the Eucine Crew?I Careie," sue said, as she fitted aent, ar nto another shirt "Let less Flagman and Conductor. the an it I can get the work to ? . . trains, see you getting better I CHARLESTON, C ., Aug. A fatal | seeD^ ^ x ligat heart."' And she and fearlul railroad accident occurred I 0f 5i'ara it iuto the little kitchen 0n Friday night at 11 40 p. m., at Ridge-! officials _-.i. ? p.irnHM i there ^ , VJJiC, UU UlC JillC U1 I lie ..'UUUI vmuiiuu I aignt near from Isabel, ' ' | frPi<rht e mother returned. "I Railway. It was out; of the most s<i- ? ?r so much of lite."' riotis occurences on the road in some Henr Irs. Ford, "that basket of time> ^jie unfortunate event is sin- most pc he sent vou cheered and , , , *1 :han a haif-dozen doctors' cerely regretted and by none more than |^rsh0If by the fellow-work men of Engineer las too many interests iu Iienry iirisseiulen and Fireman" Wes- ' hink of poor Lottie very ley G.Browne, who lost their lives in ,Vn ^onfrlitnr tho \vrur?l- P. A Hi tliMi milSt. flipfl uas con ^tUUlWUUUoULV UUV .. j* Q]- au, neat Mrs. Stanford's own instantaneously, and were hardly aware charce was at the front of the of the danger which threatened them ajj_ ?e_ iousc, and Isabel, her face before the end came. It was all done as ?vje|j delight of meeting her if in an instant. It was one of those u ^ up the stairs, and, as the unfortunate occurrence to which crim- ;s dairr stepped in without knock- inal blame w ill, with dilliculty, be at- 'A r Jttie could quite compre- tached to the proper parties. Yet it pcf: 'les it was, She had her arms does seem, from what has been heard of It pale little figure, crying the caSGj tjiat some one ou the obstruct- f ? you darling, precious lit- freight train is in a measure accome to take you home pft?ntnKin "_ , from what could be learned yesterPTER vm. day from eyewitnesses and others it mi >abel, is it indeed you?': h&ve been a terrible sight. The f"?, ^ in the face of her friend through train from Asheville, coming fft'f 4iIwas just wishing for , Charleston over the {South Carolina lioad, w;is due at Kidgeviile at 11.40. ?oner, Lottie has really is a last special train. Conductor rai~y j id Mrs. Foi-d, as she took aQd engineer alike had every reason to ea^t?<l13 aers,and looked up into suppose they had a clear track. 15ut ^ :h a wistful expression. alas, such was not the case, a dickering though pine no longer," replied little red light told them that danger n.ear , " "'oc "liflocl i-inf tnn lntp tr> nrpvpnf. t hft When, < jy smile, "ior a nave come nag ?uw?u, UUv t with me, where she is to catastrophe, and with a heart-sicken- ^usnec ong again, little mother." ing crash the trains came together. \fen-0 le wrinkled hand in her's Engineer Brissenden and Fireman S'tu ; knew there would be a Browne, who was a visitor on the en nig mother heart before gine, thought it saft r to jump and try hnnf^h oSt?~ coin?. a,nd save Lheir hut in so doing " Isabei^ScTtti'^ed Lot- ^ey met instant death, while W. li. iet^inTSXvrtir.the Johnson the regular lire man of the ?- engine, clung to the coal bin and to- ~.J~, v 1 able to be moved," and the story of the acci- cj(jen?' seat by Lottie's side and deatTii Ins two fneni.s lost their jj[^nry v ^ves* ? selfsin^ v? V.-vrvH Hf)W IT ?Jr ;htof my eyes," and the But how did the acCideiiV^XlC^'f- ? several ier cheeks at the thought freight train in charge of CorulT^Pf age. .Ford, but think oi the Sam Ilerrm and Engineer George jest of medical attend- O'Brien was going west, towards itrdoor air, when she is Branchville. The through Asheville v0\n, a permanent and easy special with Conductor Gilbert and Enas she is well enough to gineer Brissenden had the right ot' way, p ? *r and was running on its fast schedule id thinp for her," replied on a supposedly clear track. The Ashe- . leerfullv, "and I am sure vjj}e special was due at Iiidgeville at IP? } * so thankful, for he has n.44 p# m. and arrived 011 time. The r:? . because we could not do freight train which was the occasion of , ied'" ^ -o the catastrophe arrived at 11.30 p.m. ? h< ,?uCuuu It was incumoent on me ireignt tram . wish, Isabel," replied Set out of the way of the regular b* ill of content at the pros- P^ss^Dger uTHin and give her u clear mt change. "I have but tra.ck- J-he regulations of the road re- ?in? 0E ; dijsscu oe notninp, von Quire that the passenger train should J es to a moving day." * have keen given a clear track fully ten Doay w ie will cut a poor figure minutes before the schedule time of . home," said Mrs. Ford, the passenger train. Fireman Browne, p., P es involuntarily resting who was sitting on the hox, was the dress. . hrst to see the red signal ot' danger. ?f^l,Jar her, I forbid one si?h in He cried in an excited manner. ^0U"J1.C [Isabel. '-Lottie is to be "Lookout, there is a re*l light!"' As structic r for the next 3'ear, and Fireman Johnson, the survivor ex- , "ies' - .. ? ? ? leston. i her down with pretty pressed it, an oil i ne engine saw . like, I shall brook no in- TIIE FLJCKEIilNG KED LIGHT train W ere is vet one question at the identical moment. Engineer ? J?3 think, Lottie, dear, you lirissenden, who at the lime was sitting v assistance, or shall I ?n bis box. applied the air brakes. ^ aer: he wished mo to, in xheir danger was imminent. Young ""ine. gentleman's care." Browne was the lirst to jump from the ru Do you mean to say, train, fie was soon followed by ths ?ave.Wi husband would come to engineer. In a few seconds came the ^ourier take care of a poor girl terrible crash?the trains had collided. r seen in his life;" ami Two lives had been lost.ami considera- \ew I .1..rw. n Ck 4-U?? *SCli on One eiDOW and UIC Udmaj;c nau uccu uuuc tuc LUia pia is face in her surprise, and rolling stock. The freight train cows, a iow Mr. Falconer," and had only gotten about eight of its cars ed that or pride and respect in on the switch, and about twt-nty re- green ir iean just that, but if you mained on the mainline. About four meal a: epot in Mrs. Stanford's of the freight boxes were telescoped, to the p r father to assist you inio Willing! ands and anxious hearts were water, aleoner will meet us at soon at work looking for the missing, a dozen Triage, which is a very Young Ijrowne was fount1 near a Stuart' switch stand dead. Engineer Brissen- this pla said Lottie; she was den was lying near the track between lyexcit( md better already, and t}ie cab anci tender, in the last agonies, iog, as i i*th carefully and hope- j>oth men }ia(i fect the DIFD ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY. DOrted A all?" as Lottie raised young urowne m jumping must thepois my crutches," and she have struck against the switch stand ' and broken Ins neck. The engineer |! was badly crushed about the hip and N. W / body, and no doubt died from internal lumbia, * j injuries received from the jump. It direct l >- must be remembered that "Old lielia- mission We" Urissenden, was making the fast Piano, -r schedule, and lie was running at a for its speed of from forty to forty-live miles touch a -kfo? an hour. " " Hamlic Capt. S. C. Gilbert, the conductor of right I SVI"1 IT the passenger train, was thrown witti fiamnu \ [P considerable force from his seat. lie ling Orj / <* * l I a* received a slight injury about the head, guaranl rij?i ij\Vli|l 'I 1 Neither of the brakemen nor any of the trial, e> I passengers on the train were at all in- factorv. I7)r-\Tfl jured. They were all very naturally /AL n , _ badly frightened and somewhat de" moralized. JiOMi 1 lil ^eac* bodies were brought to the twenty% \\ a city yesterday morning at 11 o'clock has fall( ? v'/i Vlwv \L\ ancl sent to Undertaker Kehkopf's, in and Mai N \l\\\ M Woolfe street, to be prepared for bu- rat, are \ ' * t ) A^\ ria^ breast b \ - " v the survivor's story. dree pe< V ^- The fireman of the ill-fated train, Mr. nve st0P ? u'." ' ? ? AV. 13. Johnson, was perhaps the only ake yoc home witn me. eyewitness to the unfortuhate accident. Ilheui her slender arms and He was seen at his boarding house yes Pains a 5. terday morning by the reporter for the knees, ; ik you can be ready we Sunday News, to whom he gave a con attackei ow afternoon and I will nected and intelligent account of the This q 'alconer to meet us," re- accident. With a pencil and paper he cleansir as railway officials are so drew an outline ot the situation, rne strengti especially invalid ladies, station he described as being on the : shall get tiong nicely." east side of the side track on which the Rheui less you, Mrs. Falconer," freight ought to have gone. About vannah allowing her to the hall eight cars were on the side track and so bad ;ould be more opportune the remainder of the train was on the the bed ugii I shali miss her so main line. The collision was at ac he triec ateful," and tears gath- angle. Only the front wheels of the Do relie: ^i1-, . engine were derailed. "We were,''he P. (Pric d Isabel looked affection- said, "about four car lengths from the siumj, a httipv?m'4n '?i snouid stationj and the station is about eight neaicn. ich'have co'ie^o rae for 0r ten car Ien*ths f :nlhe switch w n selfish t easure- rest where accident occurred, before we rhtf both to ^. Falconer the ll>lr?iaa with the red light. Wo?i c his for Lo'.'.ie," and she We were at almost the point where we ^^?ut .vith a smile at the pale saw th^,ll?llt <IS lt was ? very dickering g?oa b i carriap*o drove awaj*. one. J.he brakes were imroeciately ap- t I tnankfull.v into the plan plitd. 1 do not believe Engineer Jiris- nlous ,b hen he came home to din- senden had time to reverse the engine cur?? ir ;ad like wildfire through if he did I do not think it would Panllas >ttie was to go away and have prevented the collision. Both my put tog1 end who was to do all for friend .Browne and J Jrissenden jumped nts were too poor to do, from ol'f the same side, th? east side of Ciiicj :d in her good fortune. the cab. I would have followed them, Gougar, neighbors were more or but could not do so. To have jumped will foil he pale little invalid, who from the west side I would have run Ohio di ->f rnmnarative streneth the risk of being thrown under the low tai all of them in turn, and freight cars. The other men were on workme poiug away they were the east side. I thought of steadying at McK mite from their scanty myself by the lever rod, but feared" the campaig preparations. jar would throw the furnace door open collar, another a piece of on me. 1 when Mrs. McCarthy A <;iill' FOn DEAR LIFE. S>KAT'. bite aprca ironed to the < [ Can never tell what prompted me ernarae ty and her only article of t0 do so, but 1 caught hold of the frame- to deatl: d not refram-from tears, work, used to keep the coal banked up, fatally I able to offer assistance, and held to it as tightly as I could. Tne S'AOOO iiped to put the slender crash came and I was almost complete- night. t order and pack the lit- covered with lumps of coal. -My ien Mrs. Stanford s car- nn?orc n<5 vnn sfp. are cut ud bv the A/HV M?n;r'-1Chv"<!rrnnir'a^ coal an(i ni v le?s are badly bruised in If p a^hoLSS";"! s0me wa?- 1 8"? "l!t of he?P 0f J the humble "home ' coal as soon as 1 cculd. The furnace fr< n' Miss Lottie '11 come door ha(i bteu t!irown ?l'cn and u here Si 1 and strong as anybody f th< coal ^as not over st 3. McCarthy, wiping her l"e.en m?b?s ,from lJie of lh? of her apron: "bless her hcking ot the flames from the furnace. iy all the saints bless the ^ IIEIIE is THK f lagman 1 r1 es her the chance." ^r- *' ohnson did not know what had continued.] become of the llagman. who had been H known as "Iioo/.er." lie was not at the ^rty in Indiana. scene when the inquest was being held, ri t?1v oa _Thrpn imn- neither was the conductor of the train, r< v ? - ---- he said. ves of the 1 eople s Mr. Johnson will no doubt be able to in State convention in be out in a few davs. With much This t and organized for the emotion and ater in his eye he .aid: i^medH = . "1 m going out to see u esley (Drowne) being tr T. W. Ferre, presi- if x have to hobble there. lie was a -were at : Alliance, was made brother to me, and the btst friend I was unanimously de- ever had. We used to siet-p together _ ull State ticket in the and have always been such good ^vaiua and to mxvke a special friends." The lireman gave his testi- oRAn aunties for members of mony before the coroner's jury at Ridge- i ville before coming to Charleston. ?? ( * ":hss^ r.-aioa tlie headlight of ths L9*- ?r* 'W' ry ' train was not sew, was b^use I Pjjjgtt P2JS tfi8 FTOl! ibsTuctfd ?>y a box car on the fi, ,, J * ick immediately ahead of the TUA ftr i17 n bb Repeated, so do not di B "Strike While the Iron is B passenger engine, ^ o lb, was Write for Catakhaie now, and si araaged. Her car box was split paper you saw this"advertisement unibrr of bumpers smashed. Remember that I sellevervtlii at the "nviueck. goes to furnishing ? home?mam intendent Aptipw went on a Bine some things and buying other train to the scene of the acci- Blargest possible lots, which enable id had the road cleared before |wipe out all competition. rival of any of the passenger IheREAREAFEW OF MY S Of course, as can be readily I LING BARGAINS ere c-annot be even a suspicion | ANo.7Flattop Cooking Sto< e attached to any of the higher ?SiZe, 15x17 inch oven, fitted with 2 of the road. ?\ hatever wrong got ware, delivered at your own vas it appears belongs to the all freight charges paid by i train. ?only Twelve Dollars. harby brissexden. " Again, 1 will sell you a 5 hole v J. Brissenden was one of the SRange ioxl3 inch oven, I8x2t> inch jpular and well known engin- Bted with 21 pieces of ware, tor the South Carolina llailwav. glEEN DOLLARS, and pay then - - - - - * - bonm- hprwit hundreds of friends outside or b>? ? I circles. Starting out in tlie 1^0 NOT FAY ^ TWO PKICE I workshops as a mere lad he 1 YOUK GOODS, tinued at railroading all his life. ? 1 will send you a nice plush Far Diit teu years he has been in gwalnut iraine, either in combina of a locomotive, and was gener Branded, the most stylish colors ic arded as one of the safest and JtoyouraailroadRation, freight] t engineers on the road. It was l. * iv^if on October",188" made what Lad ftiead, j wmwA ) ied to be toe fastest run with ?khi* 4 cane seat cuairs. 1 eaue st eorge Gleary, from Columbia to oack rocker aiiior lb.50, and pa> ton, that has ever been made on to your depot. lern road. Tht; train left Co- Or 1 will send you an elegit ii at 1.02 i\ M., with engine 16, the ?uit witji large glass, lull warble ne in Friday night's accident, $30, ana pay freight. led into the Charleston depot at -Nice window siiade on spring roiJ iking the distance of one hun- Elegant Jargewainuta da> clock, d thirty miles in one hundred [Walnut lounge, enty minutes, including eight ; f^ace curtains per window, nnin0 the engine which v> as de- j coaming 22, two feet 01 noor rot \t i.anc.ev s on the lii&ht of th6 iwarp h^nsHSjind factory buildings lake. | parts oi Augusta, making in aii ,t four years ago he saw what he i gest business oi tins kind under o t to be a bunciie on the track ageinent in the southern States, owesville. Imagine his horror stor?sand warehouses are crowdi ilas, it was too late and he had i the choicest productions of the oe 1 a poor little child, who had ries.My catalogue containing lhui laying on the track, to death. 01 ?wus win ^ ^ned it you wn obinson, the horrified mother, jsay where you saw mis advertiser ; danger when it was too late. |i>a* rreiKnt- Address, the sturdy engineer went to his | L. F. PAUGET e, too, had a 'little child about fpropnetor i'adgett's .Furniture le age of tne tot he had killed. | aliU carpet store, it up in his arms and pressing a 11110-1112 .broad street, AHiL&'J 1 its cheek, he wept like a babe, e told his wife of the terrible acof that day. They say that | ^ na that ftif.sil j* c 'j* ? JLJT IJrissendeo leaves a wife and k A children. He was 42 years of ' ^ ST "*TIle WESLEY ?|J^-^?Swnewas a promising ?T<&; T |OCf| maff'of about 24 years of age. 't| ' ' all?L> i a son of Sergeant-at-arms J. D. $ "*< '-"* < ? ?, of the House of Representa- $ 3im inmaaait ^omVaS?es\^leftOT?n | ^ WOMAN s and was returning to Charles- jg kA^^^A-p.^atTninM hoi ninor I .Tfc .J' p P'irify and ritalla ,'JG cugiuc A iiviojr uxguv, ^.? woo.,tortvit*-a.iroo<lapfwt,inatia glv nd J ohnson, the regular fa rein an, i whoie^em tone ani strength. 2 met his death. "5l OUDg drowne * a prominent rnilrtwl m: fri'itenf en a fireman on the road for # Savannah suffering with n me. He had recently been ruu- | spw1$?5S?ffi?SeU hl bis lif i the wetermelon trains and was, a fe<-is ac n he could livefcrf.sr if in iid, soon to be promoted. His s always get p. p.p." ill be sent to Columbia. f?j if you are tired out fr ... iinging the bodies home. & cloto coufldemedt> athfti; incident occurred at p ft n ille yesterday morning when the fm i. I . passenger train stopped there. jb ? tj w ?, tor Verdrey had receivedI in- | * ' >ns to stop and take the dead S aboard and bring them to Char- | p B D The passengers aboard the $ J I i itnessed the sad sight and it was your digestive oi^tnaneedtoni ny minutes before tears were ? take g down the cheeks of every-one gj rj H n wenty or more lady passengers c r r r train, and even the conductor ja " " * ose who had known the men <3 If you suffer with headache, indip ay to their feelings.?Xews and fl debility and weakness, take IP p p Dastardly Trick. 3 A.RK. Aug. G.?C. X. Stuart, Of 3 If you suffer with rervoua prostj ce, owns a fine herd of Holstein | of * general let nd on Saturday it was discover- a ^ some one had placed Paris | p 0 D 1 the pasture. It was mixed in ' * nd spread along a path leading | For Blood PoJson Rheumatism, ilace where the COWS Obtained g ula, Old Sores, Malaria, Chronic F Four of the cows have died, ana a wmpuucui, more are expected to die. Mr. a n n D supplies milk to the residents of ? fB fm ce, and his customers were great- a id when they heard of the poisoo- g Prickly Ash, Poke R it was feared the milk might at- a J m. Xo cases of sickness are re- I ? and Potassium. however. There is no clue to 8 _ . ... . ? . An prc g The best blood purifier In the worl LIPPMAN BROS., Wholesal* Druj PiJinou and Organs. ^ Sola Proprietors, . Trump, 134 Main Street Co- ; tonus'a Block. Savannah, G , S. 0., sells Pianos and Organs, ' rom factory. No agents' com- .. is. The celebrated Chickering WTJV \fflfp TTQP f|ITR Mathushek Piano, celebrated If III liUl UOla UUfl clearness cf tone, lightness of nd lasting qualities. Mason & i Upright Piano. Sterling Up'iauos, from $225 up. Mason & MURRAY'S IfiCN Y1X i Organs surpasseo by none, btergan3, ?50 up. Every Instrument Leed for six years. Fifteen days' :penses both ways, lr noi satis-- T? A . Sold oa Instalments. A Fatal Floods. 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COLUMBIA Kjy ivsn, x'OKe xwui. auu j. uw?nci two bottles restored him to DO YOU WISH importance of purifying the bk MOSS OP Yol'R C tnnot be over-estimated, for ; pure blood vou cannot enjoy lealh. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, UI* HolsF" oot and Pottassium) is a miraclood purifier, performing more THEN BUY THE THOMAS i six months than all the sarsa- Avn c-Fwn pnw and so-called blood puritiers rKi-Sb AM) oui. Gther. ELEVATOR. Will Follow McKJnley. .GO, Aug. 5.?Mrs. Helen M. t It is,the mostj>erfect system in i the Indiana prohibitionist, JoauiuK cuiwh uwi n^uo, u ovv Maj.McKinley all through delivering it into gins or stalls, iring the campaign and talk does not pass through fan and p iff and increased wages for yno sav 'ii. She says she proposes to be y" :iniey's heels all through the 'n TALBOTT & SOI Burned to Death. rLK, Wash., July 31.?A butch- ENGINES AND BOILERS, ST. d George Williams was burned ART AND PORTABLE. OLI i and a negro cook and bis wife _ ? . , ? B - Tii.nnrps SAW MILLS. IMP] nirrmi in a lite which consumed "^tttinv" a vn"Wv worth of property here last ?200 TO 8600 ~~ ttt ~ LUMMUS AND VAN WINKL ICE TO W OHEH TON GINS AND COTTON PI you would protect yourself 0ffer gaw jjju jjen an(j 3m Painful, Profuse, Scanty, the most complete outfits that iDDressed or Irregular Men- bought and at Pri<*3 ruation you must use y q -r^ ^ "QTT A RADFIELD'S fj GENERAL AG] FFMAI F 1 Columbia, 1 Li i] L * T1IE TALBOTT ENGINE 1 REGULATOR ] B^blWj, Carters ville, April 26,18S0. . rill certify that two members of my jMfeS* * % .-4 ^ ! ?> J; C ite-family, alter baring suffered for , - \ ^ Wonrfriml IrrejrularitT. 8 ="?jc \T *yV * < k' ,*ly- ^ ?J sated without benefit by physicians', 8 ?*f .ga^ ? J j length completely cured by one bottle 5 i ">T?V Ifleld's Female Kejrulator. Its i4<aa? '1 W truly wonderful. J. W. Stbaxge. <JSbf ' TTOMAN " mailed FP.EB, which contain* ble Information on all female diseases. IV [ "^41 iFIELD REGULATOR CO.. ATLANTA. GA. S3XE BY ALL BBVQGI8T3. rjjNOTICK! J SLAY, B W i 0T-" Si ? ly wha;J j \ in. S | \ ng thatl i Before assuring your liactur-g 1 s in the* Jife. or investing vour raon. \ is me toj \ ey, examine the Twenty- \ TAKT-1 J ? ,,1 Tear Tontine Policies of \ re, fulip \ l piecesS i< depot, s " k: M, tor| THE EQUITABLE i CookiuS ^ X LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY * i lb FOh \ of the; \ lor suit, .tiou oi SS*i United States, rnua uilB >, 1 liigLg i >urreS ? ,, , i j) IB roucies maturing in m ;at tiUQl ' i reigba 1891 realize cash returns ?^ to the owners, of amounts ^ro^| varying trom 120 to 176 per p' | cent, of the money paid in, er $ 00*1 besides the advantages of \ 4.uij the Assurance during the A whole period of twenty . a small! years. JS sioiel The following is one mi, witii| of the manv actual cases inoUicil maturing this year: Ulc iaiue maii-i Endowment Policy No. 64,925. iiicw:! issued in 1871, at age 27. Amount, ?5,000. ;d. with Premium, ?239.90. Total Premiums Paid, si inoto ^7Q8. .tratiuiia 1 KiiiUij -pj r-\ imul. x Jt{ESULTj^ i ; Tl ! at end of 1 ontine Period in 1891: j I, otovc uAj CASH SURRENDER VALUE, ?8,449.45, j ' (Equal to ?176-10 for each ?10o paid in premiums, which is equivalent to a reHt'MOTH turn of all premiums paid, . gj with interest at 7K I*r ^ifti a cent, per annum.) Or, in r/*TT l>AU ffiA a (Equal to ?405.80 for each ?100 paid in premiums.) OR, \ 2 A LIFE ANNUITY of ?633 55 J s your j One fact is worth a thousand theories Jfl 6your \ There is no Assurance extant in any com- S lent a: ' Pany which compares with this. The S mnep j Equitable is the strongest company in the n v i' world and transact? tLe largest business. ?> For fuitlier information address or apply - Si to the nearest acest of the Society, or write' - I direct to IB W. J. RODDEY, n GENERAL AG EAT, 1 April 8-3m HOCK H ILIj, S. C. THE LARGEST STOCK. iMOST SKILLED WOK&MKN. 1 LOWEST prices; % | Siitl Carolina Marble Warter-g[ j F. H. 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