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WHERE WE PLAYED. J "You will gire something', I kr ! "Yes, I hare r.lready sii * ~ "* * * ? i rr^.^ Or &I1 tla? world, tUC C62trOSl spoi, j ?TrontY-TiT6 xci: ivi. Thit> memory fond gi\et< thought to-dav, y.-,u and fivr* for mothci Is one which ne r can be forgot, ! A , n . Where I with others used to play. v ^ Vltclic11 i ! ? My mind oft waaders to it vet; t'10 cr,rr "rs *~"-n rccut.. > And th?n, xs in the days of yore, twitch and she jabbed her fori; I meet with those I there hare met, food viciously. Two or throe And play before the sottage door. passed in perfect silence, th There often, whe* the sun was low, t Mitchell laid her kr.ifo an.! fo And evening shadows ran out iong, drew .n long breath. and said: As westward fast the light would go, "Iliran:. you're- a fool." And night-birds sang their mellow song, { Thc -f((.njb }m(i ] .,., !< rlischar We'd meet in childish glee to play its eiT,vt was wonderful. II The games so oft plaved o er and o er, .t, . . , .. ..... " - I with his kinfc and i"rrC 1:1 1: And pa?s the evening nours away . , . With joy before the cottage door. with his moutu an-; eyes ojx TIT... ,. , fixed. Sarah turned all ports With marbles, tops, and otner to\s, , ,11 ,,-v.r Tbat children always lore so well, and trembled all_ o.cn Mrs. Which add far more to youth's bright jo>s ; *c,t hersoj oirnmissiin^ so r;:r Than either tongue or "pen can tell, j she thought sure she would <. We played; glad songs in glee were sung? i altogether in a little while. Sw?et joys, we never more can see; 4'IIiram. vou're a fool," Aur Such pleasures are but for the 3 oung, 1 ell ro?c:,w~,i aftor ^ving a And only once we young can be. , QUS a,wnml. Vonve a Long years sine? then have passed away, j worse. You Ye p. fool to th And some of thoso whom tliere i metj vo*i Vi r *** * cr>)t pnv rvlirrion B?.ath the sod in silence .a,, & Winle others linger with 12: e yet. ... ; > . . The cottage stands the same to-day worse .h:w a .001 to tur ayn As in those happy days of yore, ir^0 'ir- nsvjum for these Tick And other children gladly play 3*our own child is an outcaf As we did then before its door. j world. without friends or mon * * * *- v p ? 1 ... m i m w * nvriiitpi TTTT^T yO**? lilillCi'Joru, \ OU il?l Wm? lifllliB'S mi as muc'i n-Iiffion ;.s.a hw.j SiaM rAIUJuSu r luiiifl. you haven't got as much he; stone." "Why?why. Mitchell," rfirn mered, having recovered a lit his astonishment. A STOW OF "Don't 'why' me, Hiram Mitchell went on. "I knew \ WESTERN LIFE talking" ahout. and you know I idea of you giving- money to co ?ST? heathen and paint the church thnt sort of tiling. when rour t TH OMAS P. MOXJTQi&r. may be starving-for food. It's and a mockery, and I wonder 1 CHAPTER XX. * don't damn you for it. The id< -4* avUt Mitchell speaks. helping1 to convert the heath' Hiram soon became as placid and ridiculous. If there is a wild r self-satisfied as ever, and the next Africa that is any more lit morning he went down town to his of- toward his offspring than fice with not 3 trace of the late dis- toward yours, then I say (iod p turbance cither showing in his features Jou may wince, Ilirain, or rankling in his conscience. For r several weeks everything went along & J | III smoothly with him, and every day he fell I'll ! morv and more in love with his charit- - ?- j-f i- ' able qualities and his Christian virtues. ? wSi* Tfii?>m was not a man to j * give way to any insignificant feeling-, fT*X and he did not allo-.v conscience to dc- 'vy / tor him for any great length of time. Vs? He at one time felt that he hadn't al- j! i_ways done jastTigHfr'mw he managed ?' --ttj'Shift the blame of his wrong'actions V'' AJl A** V' J *"" to some other person's shoulders, and r rlwT" <*- - Jr' succeeded, to his own satisfaction, in j exonerating-himself completely. i r.--^ >/- vLv. / But another bombshell was destined {\ [ V? /jj'ii \. ^" - to fall in the Blatchford camp, and it fell V-k4 ^ with terrible effect. This bombshell 7?- \f 1^:1 A - camein the shar>e of an elderly maiden lj . . ? b-y-7%* => ;f" ladv known as Miss Mitchell Blatchford, // ? ? sister to Hiram, who for some years 4 1f had lived entirely isolated from her brother. She decided to pay Hiram a " Hiram, you ItE A F00L visit, and. accordingly, one day some know it's the truth I'm speak weeks after the Christian aid society you suppose God is ?oing to giv meeting she alighted at Kiram's door. in Ileaven to a man who has : Hiram was not particularly glad to in his home or his he see his sister, for to tell the truth she his own chi'.d? Not mi fcad an uncomfortable way of speaking won't, and you can't bm* her mind that IIiram did not like. He into His favor, as you distinctly remembered several occasions \\ heeler s, witn tnc gut 01 co when she had freely spent her opinion I said, you are a fool and wors of him and his way of doing. and she about your religion! Why, th had not always considered him in the a particle of it in this house, a - light of an injured innocent. lie ain't a one of yoxi that l:no knew that she would soon discover the Christianity is. Not a single o relation existing between himself and of you knows any more about C his daughter, and he felt morally cer- ity than a pig.'" tain that her sympathies would be with Aunt Mitchell casta defian the latter, and that a "blowing up" for around as she ceascd speaking him would be the result. she came to Mrs. Blatchford Sarah was not glad to see Miss noted the shamed look of that Blatchford either: and she not only gave a contemptuous sniff, shared in Hiram's feelings, but she was trembled with rage r.nd shame inclined to look upon any of his people alized only too well the truth o ->-x whim thev nresumed to ter's words, but for ol] th.C \ visit the house that ought to be sacred {wouldn't ha"1*" ?""...?:owlcdged a to the Spicklers. She feared, moreover, j With a ciTort he contro that this strong-minded, woman would ' .vu to a certain extent, and w jar on her nerves, for sTkT had v^dor- able firmness said: stood from her husband how Miss "Mitchell, this is tnvhouse, a Mitchell "was inclined to give vent, in i you remain in it I wish you woi ao'uncertain terms, to her honest opin- decent respect for my feelings ions. Sarah felt that she was a good, feelinjrs of my family." saintly creature: yet she was not anxious "I shall not remain in this h that anyone should speak the truth other day. Hiram," Aunt Mi* about her in her presence. If she could plied. "I feel now, and I h 111 3 . 41, X 4.-.. ~ a .4. 4.1^ ~ 4. T iiCLVC naCl 11 cr uesu V m liiduci, liuui l;:c xii^u nuiir a clux uvu would have had Miss Mitchell's visit here. I could hardly hope- to fir postponed indefinitely. come to this house when your o Of course Hiram and Sarah made an is not welcome, and I would effort to welcomc her, but the effort remained here this long only I was very much constrained, and was find an occasion for showing y lacking" in warmth and feeling-. Miss a vou are. you have you Mitchell either did not notice this, or about you and you are hap ignored it for reasons of her own, and give money to this thing and tl proceeded to make herself at home in and vou imagine you ar her brothers house after her own pe- a Christian duty. You li euliar fashion. hypocritical professions at h Aunt Mitchell, as she was usually flattery abroad, and you think jailed by those who knew her well, was a g^xxl But mark rr :>f a cold, taciturn disposition. She was Hiram, the day will comc w distant and unsocial towaru those who will discover that vou have 1 1 a. # _3_ > a. 3 _ _ ... were ner oesi menus, liiiu towaru missed the Christian's walk in strangers, or those whom she disliked, the next world, if not in this, 2 she was frigid to the last degree. She of your daughter will had a knack of forming a pretty correct against you and make you t _ estimate of people on first sight, and never boen bom. The t ber first-formed opinion of Mrs. Blatch- come when the compliments ; ford was anything out flattering to that teries of Whecdler and the lady's Christian character. Mr. lilatcli- will not soothe your soul," ^ ford attempted to make up to her erratic "But, Mitchell, listen to mesistcr-in-law, but on each occasion met besran, onlv to be promptly sh. with su'.'h a cold repulse that she soon sister who went om I gave up the effort. "There is no excuse for your Aunt Mitchell preserved a quiet, cold Hiram, none at all. Your n ditmitv in her deDortmont to her mmr Hto Hnno wtatin- in i brother and his wife, ana avoided their ajrainst Your will, but she c< society as much as possible. v\ hen s.'ie have done greatly wrong1, since was forced into their presence, how- knowledge that John GreeD ii ever, she maintained the bearing of one honest, sober, industrious ma who is making a strong effort to hold wrong or not, her crime wa herself in check. By her constrained great that you were warranted s manner, she not only succeeded in ing- her an outcast, while you % making an icy atmosphere in the house, house with those who care for but she caused the household to feel so far as your dollars and cents ttMcomfortable, and ^ave Hiram a spell you think -God will forg: ex nervous fits. Every one felt that sha and take you to His b< would not keep up this rigid deport- long as you remain nent for many days, and they were as- to your daughter? Never, n sured that when she did break loose you ever espect to get to Hea there would be a terrible explosion. some cf the money you are sul Thus for a week Aunt M itehell kept here and there, and devote it ?the lamuy oa ine iieetuesci suspense, cimu s neeus. jseuer a movuss Mrs. Blatchford grew so nei*vous in the let the church go unpainted tl meantime that every unusual noise that child suffer one nomc caused her heart to cease beating, want. Now I've had my say, Blatchford worked himself up to such a and I hope my words will se' point of uneasiness that he stood in mo- thinking and acting more like mentory dread of some great misfor- tian and less like a heathen, tune. As for old Mrs. Spickler, Aunt before you throw away another Mitchell knocked her clear out of the the useless effort to buy favor ring at first sight. The icy oow and the jpU will act the part of a civilize xwtv ciiv, &o.,^ ?u?? ?u.vV i nufuawpu, raariwcN uvpt on the occasion of their introduction | 1Iav.mfr thus bought her iect was sufficient to terrorize her for all I finlsh and feelillg. her soul rcli. time to come- Mrs. Spickler was the raUrhtT burden. Aunt Mitchc possessor of considerable spirit, and | {rotn f,er and< givin? a ? many people had quailed before her | look of scorn an(I pity to thos< ga7.c. but she was not equal to Aunt ! ublo> swept from the room Mitchell s cutting glance. She tried to i hour later left Blatchford's hou aroid Aunt Mitchells eyes after that j u is sister s words had a tolll: first meeting, and if by chance she did Cn IJlatchford. Thevcuthimde< catch a glance from them she wilted j he could not rid himsolf of the and shrank until she felt that she w as , f^rtable feeding thev awaken but an atom of humanity?a mere speck rea;izo<i the truth of her wc of flesh and bxood. he grew small in his own est One morning the Blatchford house- He understood fully th? futilit hold were assembled at breakfast, liberal financial gifts to the chi when Aunt Mitchell came in a little j the heathen, and he was less late. A glance at her face as she cold- j to praise fuid pat himself than ly nodded her salutation was enough to j been for a long time. Sister HI reveal the met that her feelings were ; tried her old tactics to rallv struggling vehemently to break l?K>se. they lacked their old-time She sat down to the table with a snap, ar>d he left the house that mon and putting1 herself in the most rigid at- 5a(i, dejected utate of mind, titude. preserved a perfect silence. Reaching bin office lie slur. Blatchford was detailing to his wife the his business duties with unusi particulars of a plan for the repainting ^ atu, for a little while held and repairing of the church. but so*.1:! his thoughts wandered "It can bo done for a nundred dol- thu scene at home, and bctw lars,M he said, "and that amount can be aru} ^ >)upers there flitted pi< ? easily raised." - *?. - - ?~ "I should think replied Sarah, bscribed ! skeleton, telling only too well tn* stui-y repli?<l the dc mvself ! of want and suffering1. For an hour or could I d ho.p you. Bu., I < r." " ' | more- he tried to banish his riveter ^orK;n? for noth;n- for ust+hen from his thoughts and concentrate his have no . .oney to pnj me, ,;n to mind npon the business lie had in hand. S,cafccl-T * t0 lir* 0I\ : int , ^ but In of all his effort, piet,m* of y ; ,!* ?"* ?? rainuV'S his eh:ui would tiance across mt? pa.p?_-r? on Aunt to distract him and add to his self- 'n 501110 to raise s< :-k down, accusations. 'or ^ don't kr At last, finding1 that it was impossible 6:JCCess II1- have, and to control bis wandering thoughts and encourag- you to hope for r jred. and Sx tliem where he wished, and lacing can on'-v tr-v' ^ *s not nt irarn sut unable to longer endure the thoughts ^nc to C0J ie am' scc ^le P and, anc his fancy bred, he threw down his pa- 'or sever :1 days, but if la: - - > ^ _ nate as to do anything for y '!<, trans pers anil pen ana ilea irom un; umw. ? of color- He walked mndly down the street, hav- i a , . ? Spickle in? no idea of his destination, having no 1 , an'vJou' doctor, san .idlv tha eare for his course, intent on but one Jent>v ?* he th? iisappcai thing*, and that was to escape the ha"d" J?ve already thoughts that haunted him. On and on uader, aT world of obl*ral1 it Mitch- he walked until he passed through the .,, ,,aia never able U ntemptu- town and out into the country, nor did . , , fool and he halt until he came to the river bank. ' n:'1ve^ min<* that, Gr? !r>i; that Then he sat down, and removing his ?.a? sai' , never mine' You're a hat felt his burning, throbbing brow. e re mman beings, ; 1 - ---- ^ mnrmnrprl. ,?re than hum? in doing :<i \mi ru u,A'i ll,j "v ~ incre s ii<;t,nuig iu ii> l/uu ur home "what have I done! My poor, lost child, ought to do." lcs while how could 1 over forget you so! How | "Peril ;ps not," said Johi ;t in the have I forgotten your mother and my ^vhat few do nevertheless ey. I tell promise to her. Oh, God, spare me and js doctor, and I cannot von t gut let me live to unuo what I ha'xe done, feelings. But this I can say aru. and Let me but sec my child once more and done more for us than any irt .is a receive her forgiveness for all of my son on 0.lrth> an(j my heart) - neglect and cruelty.' _ an(j my prayers are yours, m stam-. A long time he sat there gazing down j to us a st ranger, and you 1 tie from i into the deep flowing water, and more source of light to us. You I than once he was inclined to throw him- hv us like a Drother, and Aunt self into the current and find relief at \ Baved the life of my deare: vhat I'm once for his tortured soul. There, he j t>less you, doctor, God bless do. The thought, he could escape the awful i John could say no more, avert the thoughts that haunted him, and he Jug overmastered him, an and all fancied that the cold water would be down completely. The old m-n child welcome to his burning' brow. I5ut ! seriously disturbed, and fo . a shame finally the desire to see his daughter j fidgeted about nervously. :hat God once more and atone to her for his j modest man, and whatever a of vou cruel necrlect cot the better of him, ^e performed were perfoi en! It's arid he arose and went toward his of- j f0r the good tixcre was in ti^gcr in ficc. :athenish I As he walked unsteadily back he nt^ ^or sak? of the you are ' wondered why people stared at him so, might bring him. He ha. iity him. j little dreaming what a change a few Part a friend to John U but you . hours of mental anguish had worked in wife simply bccause he fel his outward appearance. He did not "Green," he said, laying ! know that his face had become hag- John & shouider, "don't tai . gard, and hist^vesbloodshot. lie did not Lets not make any fuss realize that the fires of hell that burned matters like that. I'm glai within him had scorched and seamed *n case ^avo n?t ^eeE axrffcS him outwardly. and 1 hoP? J*0" wife wil1? ? - prod. Now. see here, vou & lie was nearing his office when he ~_r /, met Rev. Wheedler, and that gentle- ? 8"?* a little man instantly noted- the great change } . a o sn c^ort an(i *> zs? in his valued parishioner, and imme- "-"ink we may be able tc diatcly sought to assist Brother jllatch- something. Continue my ] /?7f^ ford home. He approached to take the cording to directions, and /}*/ old man's arm, but IJlatchford waved happens before I return, le f~if him off, and almost fled from the spot. with that the old , Jl His action surprised Rev. "Wheedler wva7? followed by a thoi ? - * ' - ? insrs that flowed from J fDeyonu anytmnff, ana ne leit tnai. yeu- hg"^, tleman perfectly dumfoundcd Rev. ^ ^ d John w Vheedler looked after the fleeing Ma^cCifc to ^ what he figure for an instant, undecided what to thcbwav of nMng mone do, but finally he conc uded to follow. went ^ MiUa, offio i and . After a chase ofa couple of blocks he wait ^red an audience caught up with Blatchford. gentleman. He laid his c "Brother," he said, "you are 111. Al- forc Mills in its true lighi low me to sec you home. # for a small advance on his mg. Dc "Don't touch me," Blatchford fairly ..j W(,uld ^ glad to a c a place shrieked as he glared viciously upon Green," Mills replied, no place the minister. "Don't come near me. it impossible to do so. I art for You helped to do it. Go away from at first entirely "too mucl icu i-ic Jiy child is (lying 01 want, i ieei it. i f sccurftyf and I am fe yourself know it. And you helped to lead me nQt ^ ablo ^ reco, do into away from her and blind me to her can>t a(ivance another dolli ney. As rights and claims. Don't speak to mc "But I must nave it, Mili e. Talk again. I want my poor, wronged |etmy wife die for the wan ere ain't child. and I'm going to find her." _ understand?" nd there Then, before the astonished minister J 4,j un(jerstan<i perfectly ws what could collect his scattered senses, the ^ou ahould remember ne of all old man was gone. lie passed around nQ^ p-iacc 0f charity bul Christian- the corner and entered his office, where, -DT15-mess> i cannot undert sinking into a seat, ho buried his face othcr p<%0pic's burdens, no: t glance in his hands and wept. to the hungry. I am r 1C- ..^1 -'-J - > " .. j. 0.0 | - my vjou, my wou, KluttUCU ble for the suffering amo last, and j "what have I done? How cruel, how ^crS| snci j cannot afford t< lady, she j heartless have I acted toward my own cvervthing 1 possess to alle Hiram j nesh and blood?my only child. How j said j am for you . lie re- j blind and brutal I have been, and how thize w5th yOU Good day.' f his sis- ; bitter is the awakening to the enormity John attempted to speak vorld he ! 0f my sin. Oh, for one sight of my ills hurried hira out of th nything. child, one word of forgiveness from her -n^.. lied him- iipS. I must find her. I must search "There are customers ith tolcr- the country from end to end for her." Qrr>em> ftUd I have At that instant the door opened and a %raate ? nd while clerk came in. lie approached the old lnVm nAY+ T;aitpd the ba ilia snow man diffidently, for he could not help n(> success there. T1 and the seeing the great change that had come &n lhc placeg wherc thore over him. lie laid a telegram on the ^ of money, bt ouse an- desk and without a word withdrew. ^ ^ unavailing. Th< chell re- jjiatcMord opened the telegram at once chf>nce left and he wou tave felt an^ rcad; go, with faltering courage, wanted "Come immediately. Do not delay ^ 02jce 0f Mr. Scraggs. K mm under an-*' circumstances. The most "Scraggs offered to ai \vn cmici important matter of your life. Come T h thought, "and perhap quick. Sckaggs." itnow fcan tir his at le nnwhM The old man sprang to his feet man j}nt trhen he reached So ir.Rrant. and rasneu wiicuy out. . - r Pickles " * *" '' "e found a young man in py. You -j. CIIAPTEK XXL Scraggs was nowhere ab< hat, thing1 gi<sey seeds mor^ mosey axd gets it. h*8 inquiry for Scraggs the e doing Louise thought it best to say nothing gave ^reen this answer; .sten to ; to her parents of Ilarry Pearson's pro- "Sorry you wero not a 1 ome and j posal. She very naturally concluded that earlier, Mr. Green, as Mr. I you are : the matter was at an end, and knowing 3UBt gone away. There go ly word,; the anxiety that weighed on her father's now. Lie will not be back 'hen you mind already, she was loth to add week." woefully! anything to it. John had not forgotten For on instant John sta life. In I at the young man, and his rour neg-' 8craS^rs' words, but after watching rvnd he"felt as if the earth v rise up - Pearson closely on the occasion of his from under his feet. His vish vou I v^s^' saw nothing to warrant him im for raising money was gone ?rr>rt TT-ili ! adopting Scraggs' idea. His deport- nothing before his sick wif< and fiat- I rcent wa* alvraJ8 that of a perfect gen- fr0m want. The clerk no' Pickleses ' ^ernan' an^ there was absolutely noth- manner and was alarmed a' ing in it to indicate any intentions, "Mr. Green," ho said, " gjpau! honorable or otherwise, relative to W u. Take a seat and res ut up by k?ui5C- Can't I do something for ya Two weeks passed quietly away after "No," replied John, as conduct, into the nearest seat. "I daughter in a nioment." marrying , r- - There was more than disi ould" not and d;'--oura?emcnt aUine i you ac- ? ///?' L3L was sick, weak and hungn 3 a^ good, ^ |.. "" L>^'K IJ,'""g nt from ^ A\ \ W M\ n^^MA and that ' 41 S^T cxws ?ab MB!" _ : r 1 jL I dollar in Harry's proposal, and dtirinjf the time < *?* of God, i ne mac.c sovt-rai visits w urcvu a, .. d father. ! "wars bringing with him some delica- 1,0 TAX* TE writes."' i cies for the sick woman. IIo often ex- he had overtaxed his strenj ure to a ! pressed a wish to render John more for his sick wife. He had g of a i substantial aid, and John had always diet, had lo*t sleep night 11 arose ; accepted th? wish for the deed. He was pale, haggard aui ithering j *)r- ^ascorn ma<le regular daily visits was sick in body aa well as i at the to his patient, but as yet the improve- "Was your business with . and an mcnt in her condition was scarcely per- j rery particular?" tho clerk ise. ; oeptible. The fever was losing its t John recovered himself a li ng effect ' Po^er. it is true, but it had had a long "Yes," said John, "it is ?piy, and run, and her blood as burned up by it great importance to me." A IU1COXXX* ' d,iiU v 00 aiiu 1VVV4V. tilC v/MJCCU Ln. Ilio >?ik? cm ied He '" "^ie is in a fa*r waT to recover'" thing of the necessity that >rd*s, and doctor announced: "but she is so near to Reek the loan, imation t^ic ver?e ?raTC thai it would "i ^vish you had come v of his require but little to placc her in it. She Scragg-left," the clerk re] urch and needs strength, and we must endeavor am sur,j he would hare gi inclined *? build up her constitution. Good f'xxl | assistance you want. But he had the thing she stands most in need of | now. lie has no money he: atchford now?good., wholesome diet and plenty handle or I would take tl hira, but j making the advance. If ; eilieacy, "Yes," said John, "but that, I fear, I ; along tor a fow days, ho ain"- m a shall not t>e able to give her. I have ; certain you can count oa raised the last dollar that I can raise? favor when he returns." [<_ed mortgaged everything that I can mort- j "If I can do no better I: a~ 1 ener- ?"abc' aiul now it is all gone, and there ; wait," John replied, a* he to them- t not a Iaorsc^ ?* l0CK^ *ke house. I j fice, "but God only knows i ^ [ don't know what in tbe name of God I to keep the breath o? LL& i ?en. him [ ara to next- * cannot sit here and j we have food." 'tnres of see ?* hunger, 1 know j John returned to his 1 . . ] of no way to prevent it. What am I t? j home, but the thought of | do, doctor? What can I do?" . ? j with no no^r or prorii W .. r ^ v i;-f r great disappointment to aim, ana he i rfi)7PT3 F ' >ctor, it ^ 1 hardly ms>ke up his mind ^ .t , rUt'ufll . tl.Tl c<*+ rl/Mx-n ?\r? }"?io TT"} n?/-\r> 'TO 7A/1 ! , ouv uvy?* u i/j * wjjvi* my patients Tacantly across the street at the display THE GONZ^LE and I JiaAC 0j ^5^ ^ front of a grocerv store. i x,, I haven t a ,f~ . , t *, ? , TV , "There is plenty over there, he ! :f,e a ^ar" thought, "to keep off suffering; vet for nt manage a . / , ,, r ? a. oars>?j.n -.r >* 0 the want of a few dollars I must go ~ 3u3C money , ... , . b, , - hungTv whilo my wife dies of want. I veiops ?c*o a iow what Iii * 1 T ^ cannot jro back to mv home empty- , I can t . .j . . . .r . .*.J Hot^i Lobby \ ,. f _ handed ana ?it down there to wait for Ln-r inS'* starvation. There is food in the land : Ended yfhhl xfssary or ftD(| j mu3t have it. God forgive me, saticnt ajram . .. t * 1 1 ^ , 1 ollml?a, > . * but if I can ateal some food 111 do it." 1 w.,tll>T1 ,.r- fi in so Iortu- ^cii ion or n?*r. n. tmi Never in all his life had the thought ; oeeurrtd btrtvre UU 1 11 WU1C . of such a cnrne come through John j 0t t.ho Stat?-, at 1 John fer- Grccn's mind. Never before had he ; fciv.i agent <-f tl old doctor's contemplated, even lightly, the cominis-1 one side, aisl J placed mc 8*on 6UC^ a (^eec^ *'^n^ nerer before villr, and Samp cms to tou won'd he have dreamed that the time lei'ks iv.-pectti . "L ' would come when he should seriously senate, on 'he ( . ' . contemplate turning thief. Hut no one , The law rtq ,, .1 ?i j knows to what extent hunger will t wolegi-l.-it! ve ' t f, t drive him until he has felt its pangs. \ ertisfmems 01 , r ' John Green resolved to become a thief Pnn^V!8>t,:e md I am no . ,, tr , , uimbia having what I do. m the cjes of Uio world. J_Ie resoled . v 5 to taKe oy iorcc ana steaiui tuai wmcu .?T>i.ir?nn aat anybody J ... , LtruiiLiug ' ne J vras necessary to preserve life, and ^ ]>0(j a "but it's wilich hc could 8ecnre by no Oth0r !he house, and ' Mv heart m-ans* this determination , positor. llodg ^ firmly fixed in his mind he arose to put iujit night the *Pre^* it in execution. But scarcely had he vertising to the ti?U iaVe come to his feet when a strango man ? communicari ? ^r" accosted him, saying: ! U:at according my an s "My friend, you hare a very fair Register bad th ^ou came ? ^ there." . To-day ti.e i iave been a TZ, ? , T , , . ,, editorial calln , . , , "^tes," replied John, mechanically. HU"ai . have stood r ?? .. . 1 _ famous swind : you have ! "Would you sell them?' the straujer tlat.rant aDi w st one. God ! ? v , t v i ~ 9aid that Rod# ? "Yes, replied John, eagerly grasping had lied delib< J +V10 <vr\Tv?rtnYi>tT7 nf fr^ttinc some I .il + ,i i for his feel-. 2^7*7""v witu uncut l, j d he broke ' forS^^ting ?rwything else in hates, and doctor was the thought of his wife. "Do you want which he suppt r awhile he j to buy them?" the Register's < lie was a I "I want to buy a wagon and team to ?*S large as the good deed* take my family back to Missouri, and ^so 3&id that ( rmed solely if you will soil yours at a reasonable j^g and endor i them, and " price I may take them. What do you rV*v.e krc.ceii | want for them?" ' / . leS! a I?? i "I don't know," replied John. "I had rpni,t>it?nn a?, ? ,.e not thought of selling them. But I sup- rpnut-ition wlii reen and his ? , . . ,6 , , j reputation win t it his ,1,1 tv Posc thcy ou?ht 1)0 a hundred ' possess." hi hand ! and dolkrs-" I Oray ;-.nd F, ^ I The man shook his head. John saw j outrageous p< k Liiuu way. | the-action and said: i?-m^nL uns u over tnfling ! ?How much TOU gire, then?" A L. v?n*al* i my effort? j ,TU give you seventy-five," the man crow CH-d io i unavailing,, Ued. ..It u a ^1 sum, I know, but "1 Jotei >on be recov-; money ^ vaiuable in this country, and ^ea ^ must make evervthing else, save food, is cheap ment3 frorn wj money, and . That-8 all x can afr0rd to offer you. G )I)Zalt.s sal< ctween us I j j0hja was in no mood for caviling, and anxious to see > accomplish B0 without further parley he accepted thiDg I hareb remedies ac- fchc man,s offcT^ an(1 the money and day. You, or if anything team changed hands. whoever is re t me know. -?^0 i0nfrer forced to the necessity of the advertisi doctor went! &^r food> John started off home- and the Stat isand bless- j ^ ^nsidcrabiy lighter of heart. ter h ? ? ffj 0 Green s j "Poor Mary need not starve now, he the biate lia ^ ATtf ! tftOUgnt> 3,3 no vraiKcn ticivivj ;?i^ , . i prairie. "This money will buy food to ister bas half could do in *., . , ,, stat,u t^lls ;i w' ^ tia ??. tide us over a few more months, and hv ? !"- u y. He first Gonzales rep ifter a Ion? | it was an ou<r > with that j the State to ha ondition be- A'' ^ ^ ?^?cC w paper with doI loan. . //[l\fj?5 Gray asked i .ccommodate Yr '7 v^-'v'1 hll'lll his coniuiunicc but i and r- ?4< ;i ; t? ;ib,?.at,tM?1 let vou hare f ft ffTT^MaUWsii-v'' iiM roto the lobby, ' u V V/vP.. - . >.-rn? er s voice camt 1 +?? *7nf't 5J JjfcrJf ' Lv''f"f *"'/ /' W sai d so there a: arful that I, M jv ? j_Nyf . Have I a frien rer on it. I [ f;f; i\ fa \ '-j-JZy ' At this appe *' I cannot [ %- wTSatd''^ toifo^D. fe -% -A ?mn;c^idM Gr&ll' R'/ II %% ./? ;f f; Jrv-c-=^^=r-' and drew his p , Mr. Green, vj/l Y-iiyft, W[ ( who says that that this is J j$r. y-ff/ f /1 I f 7"\? liiir." i a place of '? \ J>j\ < v*; L Atthisjunc' ake to bear I * .?' I ~~ ^TT> ' up and shoutet r to furnish V"' $*' I ~?any mail who ; notresponsi- Cl d?d liar." ng the set- N. G. Gonza ) give avrav "would tou bkll tumi?" the 'aid, and upon ri??A it. An i GEP. ASKED. him 10 the fa? Mr. rope is s and sympa- that time I will be able to go away ani to haye made 1 secure employment." pistol when he further, but jn contemplation of the good the on other, e office, say- money would .bring- to his loved oneS, . ? womei i John completely forgot the fact that he ' ? * r. " lHp in waiting, ; ha(i committed a grave crimc against I f;nT17ojPoVvp<? no time to ^e iaw jn securing the money an he j zaies' called" ou ! had. But at last it came back to him, j him. Gonzal nk but met an^ w^th a sudden and terrible shock j because Pope':: ien be tried j,e was made to feel the full conse-- j arms and he was a bare quences of his act. Ho stopped in his ! some way the it his efforts bracks and a cold shivor ran orer him. (neither doing ;re was but "Great God!" ho murmured "I hare i "tiler. uonz< Id try that. soi(3 mortgaged property, and opened a j struck ovi-r thi he went to vc&y to the state prison for myself, hand:) of soine What am I to do? What c^n I do?" . ^jeari i me once," And he sat down and buriod his face jCfu, PRf! ' s he will do in his hands and tried to think: hut he C ' salt." ! could think of nothing- and see notk- lol?'him to thi raggs otuce ing but the prists :door yawning before had none and charge, and hint, " . _ gle between P< >ut; and to [To be wntiaasd.J zai<ls g0t ^eae young man will The Staten KenponU ? fra! . ... Richmond. Virginia, Nov. 18,-Mrs. Jefferson Davis and ht-r daughter. Miss r Scrags has V/iimie, left the city to-day for Mem- A-?-Gonzales es hia train phis> ^enn. Tne Richmond Dispatch ai$ .1S ??en< for near a to morrow in an editorial on Mrs.Davis ip a+-TJ * will say: -The Southern States ought some 01 <>ODZ red blankly to vote a pension to Mrs. Jefferson Da- iracfh ,1Dto head reeled ris and Virgioia should lead the move- ?, i.were raa slipping inent. It is nothing but fair and pro- ineanair c: last chance P<;r that we shovld put her upon the excitement, an ;.and he saw ^me footing that the United States au.r/v;, AJ ,13 3 but death Government places the widows of its ^D"J* JlV' Liord John's 1 residents. The duty devolves upon 5Uts ror PfcrJu t ^ th? States that composed tho Confeder- ^ a> t aoy is a thing of the past. It can't be Columbia, * flncounter folk jv- a very COSUy prcueueni, iui uo, ji.ao- -- A?001 ; much as there never will be another pight\3 fight u< Confederacy, and therefore n':Vfr an- it was between he dropped oilier widow of a Confederate Presi- Tighe, corresf vrill be all dent." Courier. Gon; -?:?:?rr?:? and Courier a r*aiin?s *n Mexico. - . f pu^NGO, Mexico, Nov. 25 -The to- the words "A. v a tal failure of the corn and bean crops hands, savin? 1 f. for days jn state, owing to the drouth,is Tighe'it was a kmmm . causing intense suffering among the Tight; r us^-d h J,\ ,J poor. The price of corn has risen to an Gonzales in t m immense figure, selling in some parts from his nose of the state at over one dollar per bush- hjtt/ng Tghe fl The laboring element of Durango jng a gash'whi fa;ive neither work nor feed. The betj The two m?i K ' ^ ter classes, who are so fortunate as to noor> They s \ $$"' $3! ^ave *00t'? are compelled to guard their 0;i16r for a Sfc, \ supplies closHy to prevent toe famish- separated. ed"horde from robbiogthem. Oniy tne After beina ? </f I si --r severe measures of the government sol- ?you are iny , ^SC-p' fi dier3keePthePe?Plelnsubjecti0Q- fight you in an* ?|H| wniKicht. aad you have j ' Charleston, S. C., Nov. 20? The . .wiriz|lles,rep 'Wfo solicitors of all the banks here held a '? 1 hgnt ou | ;" meeting to-day which lasted several imyt | hours. The proceedings were secret. , ine tight o j but it is said that steps will b? taken to r , make a light on the iine of the Xevr- r?sentativ^s at \%"t berry Bsnk case recently decided by the s*ene uc-v *? n t?,ia/eaiH thaahi _ bhortly the N -.josgr ,i auge iXUUAUl 1, XL id aiov emu Vm??v v.,v L^^'" Comptroller General has written a red y.ur.n brougnt ~ " J; hot letter to the County Auditor, in of "^houao, fc at if at, ' which attention is called to Sections ert*?Greenviil* r+v i? ~ ":^9.acd :i0 of tbe Gfceral Statutes, Th*~R^ rth In caring which provides imprisonment for per- ?rr one on short sons refusing to make true returns ur after night. for making false returns. correspondent ^ Ila ~ iq jK]n ooul Patilio Ao<ja!tt?d. X Ce* 8 IS ??DIC, Mr. Scra<r? Aygusta, Gx, Nov. 18.?The trial of ! l'1C 1 asked. 1-ouis H. Pa'illo for the killing of Char- reoepon) >*&! ttu ir"s R Hudson was ended tooiJht at 8:10 n?rtherQ provu o'clock, when the jury, after being out siaerable alarr a matter of an hour and ;en minutes. returnd a ver- neighborhood, aid he stated diet of not guilty. The verdict was just in? in masses u d told some* what Air. Patilo expected, and what it joined en route > forced him ' "ould hare been in the opinion of the the people and public. Mr. x'atillo thanktKi the jury squadrons of tt him. I r* have aireadi before Mr. iyr ..wv. , # plied, "for J *r',J he received the congratulations (fition to bai d en you the ^!0ia ruaa7 friends. troops classed: it i3 too lata Sen nation In Clinrl?Hton. ftnV, the rebel ro that I cam CHARLESTON", 5>. C., >7ov. 20.?There number o! ruaa ie liberty of is something of a sensation in the strength and ai you can get sessions Court to-day. The grand jury mg. All the werer, I ai* ) ' their presentment charged speciiical- bare been m*s.' birn for th? *>'that prisoners wer<i k*p in jail with out warrant of law. Solicitor Jervey - --- - to-dav asked and got leare from Judge Ciiatta>*< o ^ \r mall Hare te lt- iU* left th f. itnerspoon to put on record a state- uaj M-vu-.a# n uw oi? -went showing that there was absoiutelj her*,asawmli ovr vro axe n0 trutb in the charges and claiming ly killing two a us ua_esa f,acj proyeQ to a committee of pnetor, T. P hr grand jurv that the statements of wbeel?r had t team to g? :tie prisoners in question were fals* Battens had going back long before they handed in their prt- places. Porte rwn TWO Xw?::v? Initiutttlv Killed. 1 YY V AiiU i YY U. Tacoma. Washir!itor ,XoT. 25 ?On? of Ts.e worst accidfits i.o the history ol S BROTHERS ND THE thP Northern Pactf-e Railroad occurred at ij )Oq to-day a- Car.on staf-oo. or VOCt_rRK5. wrr-ri Rive% abo::*. 100 m:les trasc oi i Thc- ni?s. A'vmt .sixty workmen wer< *w?T!?pti- Cl *ra!)iKloB D*- J ''' ibt* 1 Ji,aiity t:iC T- t-Gric Liiui' j sik- ? ro re-air v. .-.shouts on a brand: MiXfti Kow-Socffle 1(1 ? of tfle U'rflO lih<% -Hid willlf thus .-m iThlch L*or?c1 UxJt, Bat I r(^ *& ^ high blufi" s^V [ t-ral thousand yards of sh-ls rocs. sud ittie u*ni*sf. j (jeuiy tumbied o- those benrarh. in r wv oj vh* c r, stantly killing twelve, wrecking aboul V; ;* -'?>"Cw.Anr for hot 300 yards of roaab-d. carrying two mt-r v < w' iQt(' tlue riVer and burying severa } oth-rs, some of whom it will be impo& id A L. Gonza^s, gen- Jbl,. t u le same paptr, on cbe . Walter Gray, of Gn^en- vi3n*? uu?l ?rjxcs. >s-.m I'ope. of Newberry, \T. TftUMr. il'4 Wait street C? ively of the house and !urnrMa, S. C., sells i'laaos and Organs )thr-r. jure-'t iroco factorv. No a/r-ntV comaires that clerks of the nihu.ions. The celebrated Ohlekerinjc bodies shall award ad- L'ia;-.o. Mathushek Piano, celebrated * proposals tor the .State for its oeansess ? ' tone, lightness o: daily newspaper in Co- touch and lustiag dualities, ilascn & the largest circulation, yamiin Upright F.aao. .Sterling Up deputed she duty of <Je- ..sgiit Piancs, frco. $223 up. Masor. <S question of circulation ijahiilii Organs surpassed by none.fiiter gers, assistant clerk of nng Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument an old Register com- guaranteed r'or six'years. Fifteen days ers made his report and triai, expends both ways, ii not s;.i;s' clerks awarded the ad- foetorr. sk>id ca Instalments. ' Register and forwarded _?- ???;? on fo the State, saying A uvciono m minijsiwppi. to Kodger's report the Msridiax. Miss., Nor. 26?a specie largest circulation. ial to ihelxtws h:om Newton, Miss. >tate contained a revere says a cyclone struck the town of Lhw ig the award an "in- rence about 3 o'clock p. m., and ble* le," and the report "a down toe Methodise church, aiso thf ilful lie." The editorial house of Dr. Davis, killing his little gir ers "in making his report and injuring Mrs. Davw. Other houses jrateiy and maliciously were* blovrn down, but the full exten injure" the State, which of the injury is not known at this time . benefit the Register, Xo particulars are gathered as to thi )rts," and that he knew dain?g? done br it uefore reaching ani circulation was not half after leaving Lawrence. ! State's. The ?iitorial BO YOU WISE TO their oatns to perioral nd have carried out a defraud the State of its J to give the Renter a e OF ToI R OW.T cn it could not otherwise ape were charged with ( irtisanship and fraud. latter culminated when s met General Gray in ibby of the Grand Ceo- nifiN SSI '5*E THOMAS STKAJ ie occurrences that foisrvatively given accord)3t dispassionate state- pRgss AND SEED OOTTOK tnesses obtainable. i to Gray: '*1 have been you to leii you some- ELJSYATOB. een raying about you all Pope, or Rodgers, or sponsible for awarding ^ to the Register, it is the most perfect system Is use, w ement that the xi^gis- leading cotton from wagons, cleaning am eater circulation than delivering it into prins or stalls. (5?tt? r d liar and a fraud. n#t jass through fan and press r< ,v*i 11 assert that the Reg- qsiresne pulley n?r belts. It saves tim the circulation of the and mon^y. illful lie." ieated this, and said that rei * t tjnrpm c, CJfilVrQ' age on the tax payers of 8 H I.Ktl| J, DUiiC ,ve the award given to a ; half the State's circula- ' If Gonzales had received : ENGINES A>TP BOILERS, STATIC: ition. ART ASD PORTABLE. OLD 150ime N. Gr. Gonzales came and, hearing h^s broth- TALBOrrs SATT MILLS, IMfKOTHJ 1 nn i-a n1m irrav lilcd n?T/wrm\r a vttv d/m)t? _A 5_rt _i? ?. 1L._aA rxviuiiun u iwi JJ x- xut-ij-* d faere! ' T0 al a number of persons ushed up, and tbe cry LUMMUS AND TAX WINJELB COT ;s, lota of tbem." TON GINS AND COTTON PRESS E>*] Ij threw of his overcoat TTe offer Saw Mill Men and Ginnoi )istol and said "Any man the mast complete outfits that caa b I am a fraud is a d?d l?*Gshs a*d at fcottom prices. ture .Sampson Pope cam# 3 "That's what I say, and t~t -t-j * tvtt a "t\/r accuses me of fraud is a V . vA i*S A, I J H A In y I?s asked him what he GENERAL AGENT, l ms repeating it sirauit e with his left hand. Colombia, S. C. laid by two eye witnesses two attempts to draw a TIB TALBOTT ENGJDfB IS rH] and GoDzales closed in BEST _ .- , , jm . Feb 19-lr. i fed to the floor, clinch , Gonzales on top belabr go^ed LtgsSoon CO WOH SAMPLE I8PE0TE] t to him to stop gougiug es states that he did this ?; friends had hold of his could do nothing. In men were soon parted, c'E*T FiiR POr.^iD much damage to me lies oelieves that he was . e hand by a stick in the A Ti:nL a E?X. one in trie crowd. time A. E. Gonzales had Gray, who stood with GoLzales advanced one At th? jia ef Mr. F. 5- Roberts ia Ric* ray a d?d eovrard and land County, lust before starting his Sailc row away his pistol, as he Elevator one Bale had bean ginned by th light it out. Trie 3trug- *14 method. Just after starting th* Eleva 3pe aDd the other Gon- ter another bal* was ginned fr*m the !?a? two separated, and Gen- Pile- Withaul k**winj this fact the cett? lined io a corner of the Wf ,of<red c?ui per p*und more It r firm minn'M ,tun^incr tb?bale finned with the us* of the Elevj JiSTff p? ** ??*- ?* Wl? ? continued to curse Gray ' COPT. is, telling him he could Tkls Trill certify that ef twe samples a :? nf rh?ni "t t.hlsl tiur:6 *?tfAn mW+r+d n* totlavbr Mr. Rowail ROS ales friends had been at tha Earket ralua of on* exceeded that c ;he hotel an-1 the two tke ?ther by ono cent perjxrand. taken up stairs. [Signed.) d. CKA.vt^bKD a son* rented the most intense COPT. d nothing else is talked Thiss ^ill c?rtifr that the two bale, c probable that tomorrow e*14** asabcr# wer. bcth from tb fcjS^g* ry are talked or. baskets and ?n? throaxi the Sailor Se# iOTiTEli llOW ??ttoa El?rator. Sc . Nor. 25.?Another (Signed.) _ J. R^ ROSE. )vriDgon the heels of last l1*# best Gins, Presses, Jilovaton ;cuned today. This time Snjiurs ?uad the> best machinery of a] . A.E. Gonzales and M. F. kinds, for sale by >ondent of the Netrs and 7f. h. GJLEBES, Jb.. & CO,, sal8s produced a Xews Columbia. s. . nd read Tighe's account E. Gonzales raised both Leesville College le was uaarmed," he told d?d lie. Immediately is right hand and struck COEDUCATIONAL, he face, drawing blood EfS PRIMARY, ACADEMIC, COLLEGJ ^ I'.L A1 fy ' -t ATE and COMMERCIAL COURSE? ' - * a -I *? - 1 T? cu uieu vocal aDa insirumeuiai au, iiwu l clinched and fell to the tion, Physical Culture, Cooking, Dress Cut truck and gouged each tiag, Domestie Economy, Weekly Bibl 3rt time when they were studies. 2fine teachers. Enrollment, las ye"r 186. Pupils fro* thirreen oountle? : separated Tighe saia: Strong moral and religous influence. >T >h?sical superior, but I'll ^ar room nearer than seven miles. ? way a gentlemen ouffht' Healthful location, 700 feet abor? th 'Ot if to do " tev#I of th? 3pa- 400 fMt abovo lipd thut Tifrhp MinM nat 123 feet ab0T? Aiken. Elegant buildinj V, I? , Tomng ladies can board with the Presidenl ul ^ Oaly College in the Stat* that makes pre chose. risioa for young ladies to reduce expense ccurred just outside the by doing domestic work. Seventeen youn mber of the house of rep- j ladies aided this way last year. Expense ./-I ipcrislntors rush- I for literary course and board for te: months. to ?130; music, $3#; bookkeec reafcer Representative ip?> Nfxfc session ooens Septemb* the affni r to the attention For ?ntaloj?ao address tut action was pontoon- L. B. MAYNBS, A. M., , vPff(! * President, ' ' S?p j-saoo Leesrillo. 8. C ralnttoa la Cblas. ? First Class Work in China of the United on the best anthoiitj. to pt"S(,^yr?Dnfb? v e?y ices, so that there is conn felt at P?kin< and its J5*sjies, Ca:ria2<s, R?ti Carte, Wajonj The rebels are adranc- jt?., war?-%ated Sociad to aon#. poo Pekin, and are being bj reinforcements from Ii?i.irn ?f si??rm! i<nl?r ii! fftad! from th. array. Several m le so-culled reiular ctral- .aptr< r joined the rebelt, in ad- . ' . . ^ ^ s ot deserters fr?m the HOLLFR ^ A ft S E R S ? ! J . - i /- , V \ ^ - ? ??? MWUrf ; ftipi Pays fts fi#t j [ I I A. Gr.SAT O^.FEK THAT KAV V ? -'.OAl^B i f | R5FKiT?D. SO DO I-'C DK AY. 5 : I H "Wt* i Wnrr cTWn Rf f_" ? !W rile for Catalogue now. au ?saj wh:f paper you :-av? this adSferhser-'-at * !. I /.txenjivr -thHt"! sellcver Jhir .'thatg <c t'ft to^urrx'nnjr a Iioim- -u -?n? ictur-| ':n{ somf thitgs And buying O'./Si: .n theg largest possible jots, w'nic:: er^blc- Jie teg wipe cut all competition. | IHEKEAKEA FEW Ob' MV SsTABTg | L1.SG BARGAINS i 5 A No. 7 Flat U>p Cooking dcov- , fusil fsiz? 17 inch uvea, tilled ws-. 'j 21 piece; ? " | ?of ware, delivered at youi o-v n -'.epot S -< j Sad .rei^ai charges paid b; tu , fori |oni> Twelve j_>o:!ars. ? > A^am, i prill sell you .5 uoie v- ooklr- I gJlang* lo.xia inch oven, 1SX26 i:.-? 1-=p, iit ? ? ^ted with 21 pieces ol v/are, iuc Lilii ? P- DOLLAKb, and pay tl.o nv ;Ut to? )Ur depot. | O NOT FAY TWO MiLOKfc FO?* YOUKfeOOL'S. t '' 5 I will send you a nic* plush: 'ar.:; ;- suit, * ? walnut frame, either iu '.oaiinuaf on or? : |'banded, the most stylish eoioiifo. oa.M.i * I ft? your jaiiroad station, Ueigut p. :d. s ? % 1 will also sell you a met Bsnrcatos unr aconsistins 01 Bureau with fcias6: ; iu^n* 3iiead Bedstead, 1 Waatiaiamt, 1 iJexiirej stable, i cane seat chairs, i cai.e seal auasf 1 |baek rocker alitor 16.50, ana pa> ;reigk| |t? your depot. ? a Or I will send jou an eiagaut iknroom ?, Bsuit with large glass, fuil marine iop, ior ^ m 1 pad, ana pay freight. ? r |jSlce wina?w snade on sonnz roller $ oof , slegant large waini ,t8 day clock. 4.04 [ tf ainut leuage, T.col | ;Lac? curtains per winuow, [ 1 i caaaot describe everjtiilag in a sm&iil . advertisement, Dut nave an immense atoni iconuiain;, 22,600 feet ef ilooi rcom, witiJ 3 J war? houses and factory buildings m other] i "parts of Augusta, making in ail th6 iar-j Ufist business of tlxis kind under ono man-] - ?agement in th? Southern States. Ihe^ * ?L0rteiancl warehouses are crowded wills I Stne choices; productions of the ocst facto-j sries. idj catalogue containing illustration^ |of ^oo<is wiii be mailed if you will kindi*! g^sy where you saw thlsadveiusemcnt. ij ireighfc. Address, L. f. ?AuGITT, fProprietor i'adgett'a Furniture, Store! } S ana carpet More, \ I.lli'-lll- Bivad street., AUGUSTA, oA.| aaaa?m iwijj.*mihi w? . I AMD ?r ~?1 ? If1: .'if; ft F'CT*. { - !: i H hf&ir'T e - v W'ScJLir r.si Ltf-rSrJ '*i irl 7! 'A iu ? ^rrxid','ciao!a !3?r^ Sc^ii, O!oiii:lar Ertli'sf., Miiirl*, old Ch--:ck U'.ccn tint iav? ffc'<tad all trtaia^a:. Ctttnb, 51 i "eS S ^ ^moerf 1 P SJS \ K K ft BioosPoism ? >~S3? ^ I?t>r, S^d H.<*d, tv,? tw.^ ^ C-?r.^ J Lad:?i T?io?f ?y?t?mi cr? polwctd ltd Trt<x* t!o?d it fik e.i ii^y.rj ?,3.'.'ttfta. doe to aieattroal IrtfgtiUritlo. P* _ M , ifflnc 6URESI m . i win Malaria jJm _ ~ OT "so wecrtenaT mic ind S3?-; '-^?i n n-:-c<r^>y:*? ll^r. P.,Prskly Aib, Pjto Bo* JB II ^ vy^.v-.V A-- fi I.'ippmaa'e Block, SA7ASSAH. 03* THB LARGEST STOCK. fflj i1 MOST SKILLED WOftXJTES. jSH t- I fl e jfcOWIST FKims V M a 3 Soili Carolina Mi life j r. jet. nr^rr, ^ JH * H PR?p?rsffoa. < Is the best plac? i* South Carojlaa > e Southern States to secure satisfacti?a la e Americas and Itafiaa Marble Work, AH flB a iinds ?f Cemetery Work JS a spestelity. 11 I TAJSI^TS, HBA?570KEft, l| MOIHJMSSYS, &c. Kj Send for ^riees asd^ *li iateraiaticrs. .? ii F. H. HYATT- ? J ApjfiSU COLUMBIA. S. 0. 0 Advici. 10 W"GSI? If vou would protcet youfsaif ? r * t ii.-r. c lroro ramiui, rroiu.se, ? : Suppressed or Irregular Men^ j; struation you must use jj 5 IbRADFIELD^I 1 - FEMALE ; 1 1 REGULATOR j f, CARTEfisrrrr^ April 23,1SSSC ' ^ t2J9 tdll certify that two meifcbei-s ?f my S7 Immediate family, after harimcsniTered fo* .? purs from Utenrtriial Irh>culftrlty> *|S| * frtthnnf. bv nli vrlH)?.wa. d -rare at length ?ompletelr c it bottl# ef Bradfleld'n FemaJo JKe^nletor. IS effect is truly TroodsrfuL J. v*JL SruASffft 3ooi to " VT05fX5 " raaflerl FREE, .'which cHJBUftiJ valuable irJcmantfn on ail ferial# diacMW. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO., (. ATLANTA, OA J FOB MALE BY ALL DflV&GlWS, UPPVAR S3W.. jR Uppoaa's Btodfl