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SmuNCc. R-ear or more MBngL^er sao.her, with one another. An' all these years of married bliss That I bave shared with Hannah Have gone to prove the diffrucce 'Tv.'izt man an' ^oaan's manner. Notv Hannah has her garden bed*, An' tends her plants an' posies, "While I woed out my turnip plot, An' hoc my early roses. Then Hannah has her oats an' dogs, Her Poll an' pet canary, While I think nor . of uso'ul beasts Ter keep the farm an' dairy. We're both contented with our lot, I let her have her parrots. She never minds that I prefer The turnips, beets and carrots. Fer in this life the pretty things Are put beside the common, An' that's the reason why a man T- Was made to love a woman. ?Helen Chaffee, in Detroit Free Proes. AROMAN C E OF TWO BROTHERS. k BT *DGAK FAWCETT, \ Author tf aThe Cvnfemon of Claud," "The Evil That Men Bo," "A 2fww York Family," Ete. [Copyrighted by the Author.] CHAPTER IV. Soon, however, Dr. Thomdyke changed the current of talk in a way that was fraOjht for his hearer both ^ with jnterest an?l distraction. x:I should have and fVyIvan's whereabouts," relations of a friendly sort had rem&IHUff between your mother and myself after your father's death. But unhappily this was not the case." "I never knew," began Gerald. "Of course you never knew, my dear boy," was the interruption. "Why should either you or Sylvan have known? You were both too young. Your mother and I did not harmonize; let me end there, at my moment of be ginning. Soon after your father's death I went to America, In Chicago I became prosperous with a speed and to a degree that surprised myself. I obtained a good practice, but that was all. Funds which I invested in land soon bred me amazing profits. I'm rich, Gerald, and have no near kindred except an old aunt or two whom I should be doing an ill turn if I thrust any tnmg' nice luxury mk> ice pcitvcitu. tenor <->f their days. I loved your father, and I'm prepared to be a second father to Sylvan and yourself. In any case, pride or no pride (for I see a rebellious glitter creeping into yonr eyes) you must let me help you along through the rest of your studies, my boy, and afterward, who knows what may happen afterward? I shouldn't be surprised if I set up a partnership with you as my 'junior associate.' Wouldn't that be jolly, eh?" and Thorndyke smote Gerald on the shoulder, with the air of one who desires to whelm all scruples of the receiver in the giver'8 voluminous good-will. As a real fact, Ross Thoradyke had no further intention of practicing- again through the rest of his life-time. Perhaps he would never have returned to England "but for the purpose of seeking out Sylvan Maynard and placing in his Vinr>r?s t.hj?.t. of natters which his dying1 father had bequeathed him. But tow Thorudvke lingered in his native .and for several months, at the end of which, he and Gerald had become sworn friends. All Gerald's pride had melted into thinnest air. He perceived how disinterested was the goodness of his -5^"~" father's friend; he recognized Thorndyke's ngut to aid him; and for this ?. most kindly of new-comers he soon conceived an affection that was filial. When Thorndyke sailed for 2\ew York **?v% a-C r-\ r?Ao ?f trrac HI Lilt? iiULUiiXU. \JX LLkCL U OCbiXlt; J XV mow with the understanding' between Gerald and himself that the former should folT low him by the middle of spring1. Sylvan's twenty-fifth birthday would occur almost at the time of the doctor's arrival. Thorndyke wondered what sort of an impression Gerald's brother and sister-in-law would produce upon him. From certain letters of SyIvan's, sppi g?j?j i Cf/?lfib? Si ~40ff(f& / THOKSDTSE DELIVERED THE PACE3E. that he was fated never to care for this heir of the Maynards as he had already got to care for young- Gerald. And luS premonitions proved right. Sylvan was living, at this time, in a small house near the upper portion of Park avenue. He had a pretty home, which only needed the laughter and , foot-patterings of children to make it a charming' one. Tfcorndyke, a man wno > had never married, a man who in earlier life had suffered a piercing1 disappointr ~ ment with which this little chronicle of other affairs than his need not deal, and a man who now cared for all the lures of ^ womanhood about in the same way that he cared for the Murillo in the National Gallery or the noble statue of T T IT* ~P1 ?l/W "h H/} UViU JJftMiguvv MA IIW.WAAVV * AVVVWJ ?*? ? 110 sooner seen Lucia Maynard, the wife of Sylvan, than he pronounced her a woman replete with charm. She had abundant bronze-hued hair, with eyebrows and eyelashes that were dark as ink. Her eyes were large, liquid, beautiful: you had to look at them for some time before you knew whether black or yellowish-brown prevailed in them. As for her features, if they were not perfect, their relations, each to each, must have been delightfully so, ? for you forgot their defects in the subtle spell wrought by this peculiar concord. She had a warmth of tint that rarely deepened into rose. Her smile-, which flawless teeth by no means marred, seldom lit her face, but when 'p. its bright mystic funds were drawn UpOr. IT. CWCiv m me rvuiCiuwA?Aiw ref : echoes of dulcet soundsThorndyke promptly saw that she had married a man ,.,Ao had never stirred in her one passionate thrill. Not Egy that she seemed a woman who desired or demanded the homage which evokes passion. Her tall and well-molded E=?^^V. shape had the effect, both in movement and repose, of that placid dignity which bespe&fce a kind o< sexual indif " 1 'V -J r.V '!. 1 ? ' the farewell lines which Sv ference. And yet, as he watched her left him and which I dolh more keenly, he told himself that he on his twenty-fifth birth discovered in iier the unrest. 01 some may be, your mis can a cuaj thwarted ambition. Was it a craving -what I gave him. If that for wealth, for social prominence? He I?" decided to wait and discover. She inter- "Yes, yes," she broke ested him so acutely that he was haunt- eagerness that was violen ed by this idea of waiting and discover- show me that letter?that ing. ter. I?I have been think! Meanwhile Sylvan's welcomes were since: I can't keep my mine always warm. lie had indeed disap- ing on it. Did you not < pointed the doctor, and especially after most amazing message?" knowing andloving Gerald. Syvlan was "I might judge better," re no reflection of his brother?not even a dyke, "if I could know ^ pale and neutral one. He expressed for lie." Thorndvke all the conservatism of his "Why, didn't Tou kno^ mother and all (in the judgment of this tered. "I thought you vc new observer) his mothers rigid wrong- mate friend." headedncss. Thorndyke was in many ?j vvas?and at one tim ways a free-thinker, and Gerald's fear- . timate friend. Though hi less liberalisms had vastly pleased him. me what was inside that er He hardly knew what to answer, one gness its eontents." E ^ot* at) cnin rpfArATVP. to e.nA?%?<rfT y cj-\rr\fi fi'mA ci-nr his brother: these words: "Of course i "I suppose Gerald sow and then dream of Egbert Maynard"; greatly shocked you. He often shocked then the finest human intel me; But he had got to represent the gulled just in this way." severely radical element at Cambridge face fall, and then watched by the time I bade him good-bye." nervously bit her lips. "My husband believes in being Con- from your own experience ventionair * said his wife, before the ist," she said, and the rii doctor could frame a fitting response. pointment in her voice was Thorndyke started a little, and looked as would have been her ' at her. "And have you no such be- from the troubled glooms o lief?" he inquired. "T'm net a chemist." She gave a short, gay, non-committal hastened to replv; "I'm a p laugh. "Oh, I take things as I find them ; or try to.' Her looks brightened ag That "try to' haunted Thomdyke. you do not spcak with a He would sometimes watch Sylvan tainty, after all." and think how thoroughly his stooped my dear ia<iv! ,^3 frame and large, gray, restless eyes not b^'sure we had left the betokened that he had inherited his an(j ^he philosopher's ston father's body, and yet how dominant in far behind!" him v> as the Dions* conservative spirit fiiic 1 n of his mother: Being ignorant of what the packet confided him by Egbert for which he offers the ven Mavnard rcallv contained, Thorndyke n^nrarion-^vould voii ass wondered whether it might not work fmoossible?" trouble in the nature of this sensitive, "j would res." God-fearing soul. If it were, as he Lucia mused for a mrnne: suspected, certain tidings which con- g^ve yiCr hea4 so earnest cerncd that once-treasured elixir. might choke (in?r it not produce in Sylvan something of of h^Smitted flashes in th the same mental revolt and disarray { l^those from polished m? years ago wakened in the mother wl2carT" ?j$ut vou are statin?, pie so resembled? _ - words,'' she exclaimed, " Gs.- Sylvan s tvfimty-fifth birthday Mavnard was a madman." Thomdyke formally and privately de- "There are many sane livered the packet. Sylvan did not the world." vr.^T> if in Vii'c n*v>*<v?v>(v Th* vounc STir. the Pflim of 1 man seemed deeply impressed by the patiently with one cler very tidings of such a legacy. "Will "That is no answer. So: he tell his wife any thing concerning no more wonderful than it?" thought Thorndyke. "Well," he pro- invention have happened. To ceeded to muse, "if Lucia is left in the vital principle of all exi: ignorance of its contents it will be jus: nothing more extraordinary like his secretive, timorous tempera- to achieve the telegraph, tt ment."' At least, I can't undersl The elixir had always appealed to should be scoffed at before Thorndyke in no other light than that o Thorndyke laughed. "I a melancholy joke. He was a no less de it," he said. "But it is vout disciple of scienco than his dea< some one tell yon that he h; Kvin- lmt +>??+ 9nr o/xn.W?- -,1 ?? Vvrr maorio t AI.JLv,il\.l Iwww vt'vwv ?"j w-??-www till a^^.ai CiWLlO WJ iUVU^o N tion o:i the kind described to him by ! could see round a eorncr." Maynard on his death-bed could possi- t ?j Can imagine such an a bly be accredited with the potency do- ^g. constructed." elared of it was like calling the grass "One can imagine the : blue and the sky green. conceded Thomdyke, with Several more meetings occurred be- skeptic amusement gleam tween Sylvan and the doctor, and still his gray-bearded lips. "J no reference to the packet was made, suppose that your husband One evening Thomdyke presented him- to testing the truth or falsi self when the master of the house 1 his father so firmly believe< . ?? Lucia once more shook he L fJTjj i 6 ] SlgSI H i this time with a forlorn m i r^a vl&L 3ect* You don't know hiir VmM I |y^t ready afraid of that pre: 1 t though it were a cobra.." fe/w t A "Afraid of it?" \V^r\\ Z 1 "Assuredly." ^ 1 \^ JL) "And why?" quened rtC ^P'i-'OVy^ with a sudden recollection f \ li /dead friend's dead wife h fMz ported herself. ?Pf: - / "Why?" Lucia repeated. pi>\ 7 $^ quick little gesture of exas; ? c$8?jk* disgust. "He's a tremenc f *a ious man, this husband of : ff U@(:*y0Z you know that? Haven't y tSs/iw*?.?>'* ?*>&$$>^ thir": that from some sacrec -5 ial-.. ^pecthe would never c fej^f j E &.?"$?? papers. But he's already up somewhere, and regrets allowed me to gain a gl imps "I'm test fo^ op lot:,"*she sxn*. "You say that he's afraic asked Thorndyke, pierced chanced to be absents Knowing how ries of Georgina Maynard rare was any such oecurrenee unless havior. Sylvan went out in his wife's company, "Yes. They fill him the visitor said to Lucia, when she ap- I don't know if he has any *?^ ~ ?3 '""'^Awrlw "V^rn /%V?1 mfxr-cp]Q f T*i AT7 .Qnflro [ytraruu ?;uu & I avjuuoij J;AV;VI\,U vtivuiivuA M*W* ? v? tr>0 ' Hove odd that your lord should have remembers that his mothe: left home of an evening unaceompanicd onee told him of how his fa by his lady! I suppose you gave him infidel." full authority to desert you?" "Ah!" said her listener, dr Lucia dropped into an easy chair, breath. He felt as if some : "Oh! yes. Its a meeting of somo law- in the room, viewless andj vers' club, I believe, to which he be- "I see, Sylvan believes?" longs." "That there would be "And vou don't mind being left alone?" blasphemous about such She shrugged her firm and shapely ment," broke in Lucia, "eve shoulders. "I never care to be alone, possibly be made." She ros But I don't mind if Sylvan leaves me moment appeared to list* ?*+?a-? T4- ^io nAfp " aVir* nt. U<JW viiau. UiVii* XV XOJLl V WUUV. iiV. AAW .? , guv v. w Thorndyke pretended to appear dis- in a quick, lotv, warning1 a mayed. "What are these dreadful rev- most immediately Sylvan e: elations? You want other society thar The doctor stayed for ne SyIvan's?" longer, but during this tii She gave him the faintest smile of in- no resumption of the subj< difference, as though she ignored this his wife and Thorndyke ! question, or rather as though she chose gaged. "Ho wishes to le to put it capriciously aside. 'Tm very mentioned from this tim fond of life," she- said, slipping both tlio doctor told himself, hands behind her head and clasping heredity speaks here! I them there, so that her ba-ck-fallen difference between the brc sleeves evidenced the swelling pearl of so easy to imagine Gerald her arms, from neat wrist to dimpled to try the truth of what his elbow. ';But life as I long to have it asserted, instead of being ana Jcnow isn i zor me. o\ ivuu ecucs at tne outset vy pu^ry, i nothing at all about living, in my sense fears." of tlio word." As more days went on, tb "And pray tell me what is your sense piqued by SyIvan's continu of the word?" Not to volunteer one syllal ,-0h! to mix with people and enjoy a trust faithfully kept for your youth. He doesn't care to do that. Such a course was tinctur Besides, we haven't money enough to dis-relish-of crude manners, do it. He doesn't complaim about any ing of it more severe. I slimr.ess of the household purse. He Thorndyke's term of sojo lets me spend more dollars than I ought York had almost drawn to to spend. But we're nobodies?that is, had found that his investmc we're nobodies frorn my point of view." cral business interests as "And what is being a somebody here holder in and near Chicago in >"ew York?from your point oi convenient if not quite ir VIC v\ . lUIUAiU JOi UWX lUUgd xxx Vij "Having' lots of money?giving fine Bides, he had become fond entex-tainments. You're a nonentity town that has sprung up w here, if you don't. It doesn't make the & speed if perhaps with a: remotest difference who your grandfa- willingness to be a trifle t< ther was. If you haven't a big- bank by itself as a prodigy. Hi account you're sent to the wall." home-sick longings to ga: "And you're tired of being sent to the some of those very features wall?" . long ago, as an immigrant j Lucia Maynard sighed. "I'm tired of he had" roundly ridiculed, not living." He decided that he wot "And you think that not being fash- attempt to break the icc a lonaoiu li uot nv it, was ice ox uiu jouujj "Oh, no. But I think not knowing' freezing1: let it stay rigid if certain people?refined, attractive peo- Pressing letters came frc pie?is almost like death itself." and Thorndjke resolved Thorndyke drooped his head for a once. Before doing so he s< moment and pulled at his gray rnus- that Lis brother would s< tache. "Well, after all, is death so Xew York and that it woul horrible?" be better for Gerald to rci "Death?" she echoed, with a sudden month or so before going in fierceness of mien. "Oh, I think it is "As regards your brother's frightful! I do so hate the idea of dy- the question of practising 1 ing! Don't vou?" And as she leaned fession either here or in < toward him, vrith the light a near lamp continued, "that is a ma1 sending1 out the clear-cut grace and pal- shall want him wholly t< lor of her neck, throat and chin, it oc- himself. My friend. Dr. C] curred to him that she was extremely Thirtieth street, will alv beautifuL friend and counsellor. Cly< Not unnaturally he thought of the and a trifle too imaginative sealed manuscript which of late he had think for a physician. Br delivered to her husband. And then, monsely clever, has won while remembering this, he also recol- , repute as a specialist in lected the elixir (that "infernal non- ; eases, and promises me thai sense" as he had long ago got to call it) . Gerald in every possible wa which might very probably have formed Sylvan seemed to reflec the gist and pith of Egbert Maynard's while on the frank and gen bequest- I just heard. "Thank you i "If you so hate the doom of dying," | he presently said. "You h he said, inwardly stirred by the idea of 1 kind to Gerald that-I-ftsr? i-L UJ-iVi. J-LLiyi uu.-^c^, appr^CliltC 11 UlUbL gTaLCIllii might perhaps have read wi'.h interest I ""Confound the fellow!" N ... A Ivan's father i sa^ tc itself after quitting-' Sy Ivan's j *1 ! coor-s* p. "Ite couldn't give mo any ! CLEAR dav Or it ! nearly- or more gr? cful answer than 1 lotshow'vou tbat: can understand how his tore! is true, then abilitJ ;;a* already made him a lawyer The with fct -ong- promise of success. Thank And v.-ra] in, with nn fato fc the fe w men in this world who ^ ce. "He did are ECt born Cltber fllEt or P'alP- 1 bc" uctou^h sineTxlar le t- ffhi to liink that character is the one i static njr of it ever thin<? ve crave in our fellow-mortals, "VVatoht: I from dwell- ^bctbl '!t bc saintly or devilish." 0n ^ %nr,cui.-- ,> And then a self-accusing- smile On wi: Jc gleame 1 on Dr. Thonidyku's face as he 1 nearer: jplied Thorn- moved onward amid the ugly brown- j AluLg 114 vhat it was st?ne I'erkincss and '-stylishness'' of I How calm ? ifth a'cnue. ''After all." his musings One h.mi v?'' she fa!- proceet ed, "what character have /? If These h:ii: <?ro his inti- t: ere was a being- without the } The wor' vag-aes:. social individuality, such a cm now k e his vcrv in- biped i. Itcss Thoradvke." Creeps o 2 never told f JUbt he was right in just the Catch Gc tvelope. I can ^ocicl f.jnse of which lie had made menc continued ^ no".'. Lut when all is s&id. how I ended with a >re potent as a factor of life is We cant>u it was a wild *L^e he richly brimming with kind- And ;vafi ;. Now and ncss, t ic brain full of fraternity, hu- ?Grace Ad< Iccts are be- tannitc'-iirdsn:, liclp! Those people who lie saw her ::ro "h.dividual." who have angles of \rV ' v uersoni Utv on which description can L HCi cL^ di.nj t. ? V ou speak hang* it. essays of portraiture, arc not I as a chem- by any means always the choicest to The Terr ig of disap- <?o\r, :eel with and for, make friends plain to him and -hcrish, in the surety of their tears if shed stand: n * cogent tests. Thomdyke li"*ht- t f her eyes. Jj denounced himself as eoloriess, but TSnr Thorndyke hls Pla('3 in whatever landscape of life ^ "n?r p 'hysician?or this or that observer might have placed with 1,0 X him we ald have resembled some strong 'o doanS ain. "Then -ndiu, 1-boughed tree which never in- ^ f nv re-al cer- trudes itself with the least saliency and harsh wo yet can not DC cxuea irom tnc picture ta^c ot tr if one could without calamity of discord, lie loft Toward hi elixir of life ^a3TDard household, on taking" his copt that < e both very journey to Chicago, with thoughts of with all tr Sylvan that were hurt though not at all nature; ye >f electricity malevolent. He perceived, from certain never. describes? parting words of LuciaX-4cUvered in n0\v we ? fonnula of asiue v- hilc hfef-nusoaud was preset greatest < ert that to be that air- iirs weighed onerously on her' "'^ssoa tlia "Spirit. "lie's more stubborn than ever," I wasicoi ' the yov.ag" wife had found time swiftly we were * " ' 1V,': her distressed under- out nt. ana xnen ~ c?> ? ; a negative tone echoed itself in his ears like a knell father ws -brown loops torture : into fantastic cries by tlie Cad luck-1 ie lamplight train-civmors of his westward trip. time and 1 ihogany. 1 indeed left Lucia in a very un- My three ? in so ma?y happy ?une of mind. The idea r>f the r-icd of 1 that Egbert no-nan:v:d elixir had taken hold of her house had imngii lion with a savage though oo~ ground \vl madmen in vert - ~ee. Not loving her husband, fort to s she h; thus far secretly exulted in the father v.-a; acr chsir i:n- posser-s on of a distinct power over him. stop work iched hand- s^ldon used, though relied on as a deep new house many things reserv- l fund. His firm refusal that had to i an r,**? his assumed SJ* uu again iuuk. uuuu uuc ,iW; w j,iS concentrate an<^ u;j auscript lately delivered him, in conscqi stonce?I see had fii > t astonished and then ired her. Father! * in it than A cold 06s grew up between them, each again, ^nd ie telephone, being ware of the other's reason for had begu :and why it presort .ng it. But Luuia was the first fortune ca i it is tried.'- to clla: .'-Te these mutual conditions. Iter young anc" don't scoff at dream ?\erc now full of the precious about it. like having c seeming which Sylvan chose to of the sr ad construct- naaintr. a .so piquing and mystic a si- claimed r )f which you lence. Did he then believe in its efiicacy? strength f rT" J rv-vcitir-o l/nnti'l. nau ir av;t[uuvu ^oiutv/ x h edge o- that head? The very thought to hire a alruos. :ook Lucia's breath away. Iler debt and , ? r husband, as she could not hclo feeh'ng father at ] miraculous, _ ' . ., , .. 'i , 4. .. ? ^ quite c :rtain, would scareeiv hesitate ! for the tin a smile ol -1 , , ., , - , , i , . in"- between ^etwe< "1 burying1 the bequest under washing- c But I don't Pro*ou ;<* sccresy and allowing just her- stay at ho will obiect a'! ne to P**0^ hy it, even were he my life's s itv of what sure ^ msant a genuine victor}' for Althoug ^ ? science The more that she brooded mother pa *r head and ovcr t ,c cliances of his PiGt7 taking as good to '+ - '.Ak this dc"-in-the-manger form, the more T.vas full o: otion. , . , ? #,,n? I i,?. 1 ' He's ai- SXle Iei*' ,Ut'r uclkco >xiai/ii rc<iii/.c u<_-j scription as 2is se: uPlds of a religious kind had not I ment at h< seldom bored her sincc their marriage; J tome. S< but the so affected her with shuddering ; the boys a moods of disgust and chagrin. j at a time Thorndyke, On r certain evening, four or five days j not be h? of how hi* after Thorndyke had departed, Lucia j and that s ad once de- and Sylvan sat together at dinner, j him of nr Dessert and coffee had been placed on j upon me a Slio made a the taMe: the servant had slipped from , Mother peration and the room. They had just been speak- j and locket lously relig- in? (both rather listlessly) of Gerald's ; realized t mine. Didn't intended voyage, when all at once it . was for he ou seen it? I pleased Lucia to say: j ner day 1 I sense of fil- "One can't help wondering- what yon ' that glow< lestroy tlioss will tell your brother when he a-sks you : made her locked them about that packet which Dr. Thorn- | told a mor that he ever dyke recently gave you.*' j that the ;e of them." Sylvan started, eolored, and then j fast going 1 of them?'' frowned a little. lie prided himself ' are uokno with memo- upon his gentlemanlike manners, and j blind to it .'s past be- she who listened to his voice had hardly the little 1 :j- ?'?J i-^t. fhon ! asked me ever n^aru. j.i raiaeu m smuiu wm&*> < rith horror, wher. iic now replied: I Natural faith in the "Tell Gerald? I have not thought of | and rebel est. But lie mentioning the subject to him. Why! and my ne r more than should I do so, pray?" parent. 1 thcr died an Luci.i began to slide one white finger- The Cha tip along the rim of her purple finger- of which awing a long bowl. "It would simply be natural il ranged to snectcrwere you did tell him; that is all." Victors, a et palpable. "I <"on*t agree with you," he an- j rival viuaj swered, stolidly. Of course : i something "Yoi didn't think it unnatural,'' she about for an achieve- said, "to rebuff me when I questioned place, but :n if it could you on the same subjcet." rived. Tl: and for a "I d'd not rebuff you. I gave you all past one, ; sn intently tho irformation it was right to give, soon as p length said More Than that, even. Better if I had to get thci vay; and al- preserved complete silence." 1 did nc atered. She flashed him a challenging look father, for arly an houi icross the pretty little table, with its hid my a ae there was . . Atwood, I \ f i } i'c' y? catch, am ect oa wmcn i > i \ ^777,, ; fi had boon on- Ma [U M ^Z \\ " 1 t it pass un- M ?*? ?.5hTtw fr .esi ypgn wrry Lnd what a ~ . (I ?U jl^V"^ Father c thers! It is . H [|y ??&;]? Jtwasriaa full of ardor % < J 1 V 5 father has k ; :j A */?ther hp browbeaten 110 m0\a" .... K? '* >' < . /; t^in" "bo superstitious ie doctor felt A was room cd reticence. )?? As soon >le regarding ^ fp* ? . |. * & started to many years! g cuiet as I ed with the p:& I ; * ' J %r&$ noticed mi .tosaynoth- ^:. ?|| 3> " ' J f : "Wor.'t ;y tti3 time V!i ' ter. ILnry urn in New ? voice. ?"i a close. lie *r~5" and it is sc mtsandgea- lucia srka^fG UP FIX>m the chair verv *h:rsi n. nronortr- V/itb a : mado it in- glimrr.ers of silver and glass. ""Why th'* na"1 < n possible to jroulr it have been better?" she asked, out into th c East. I>e- '"Whs-.-i has caused you to rate me as ute's wo-1 <-i the huge nnwe/thy of your confidences?" pump and' ith so magic "It isn't that." he retorted, brusquely * ??vy- .. V a orer-great enou? for him, and tossing his head coo] ""L^ x> impressed with show of the most unusual in- i s felt actual 'olercnce. 'I explained to you: lex- j "Th? V- I 2C again on plain d fully. Your curiosity is unwar- I ,7-; 'C i! of it which "anted: it's rapacious, in fact." ; ^ Englishman, Sha <rave a high, chill laugh. -\ne- <r cause I'm interested in what struck me 1 0f~our dr ild make no asth: great work of a striking intel- j quart of vith Sylvan. Icct" ! it was aire man's own He smiled sourly. "Of an impious . mr mVvrc he so willed, mind.- * SL i \7 my >m Chicago, ? re speakingofyour own father." j the bat ? to start at "Yvs?more's the pity." 'able ' * lid to Sylran ''Aid then you hold his accomplish-! "Oh tha x>n arrive in mer.t as merely impious? You don't { pm ina h. d of course r-uk t as a fine and successful stroke ! saucilv an. ^ ?' *.? n t i fj i n Qi rr"h t 9*' j -r c * n nam tnere a ^ a* ito the West. ITo answered, at flrst, with a dogged j water and feelings on shake of the head. "I don't know any j toa Youi lis new pro thing about the brain-power it displays, j and help n Chic aero," he ^"or do I want to know. I've hidden ! that much iter which I the thing1 away?locked it up. I ought! dear?" > decide for to ha"e burned it. It smells of Egbert | "Oh, yes [ydc, in East Mayrird's atheism. Only the fact of! bouad a ic ravs be his his bung my father has prevented me ; though, an :le*is voung, from destroying it. Some day I shall. to stop it. I sometimes Some day I "feel that I shall." j out in a r it ho is im- Luc ia sprang up from her chair, with j started fcr a brilliant sparkling eyes and trembling lips, j My moth nervous dis- "You shall not: You must net."" slio I to my disn t he will aid exclarmcd. < ^ i 5*ue ^ .3*." He stared at her as though ?a-} look from t for a brief founo -d by her vehemence. '"InB^e : brilliant e ialsentences of God, he returned, ' Yvha^na^ pul^e to tu: rery mueh/V \ou'va been a differ- ! then and ti avejtf*^y e!fw5maii fori days. Is it those cursed ' rrame ;n c ftSrehcmust piecer of paper? For a good while I've 1 hotv pale ? v." suspc ted thoy d bewitch you. Now . and * Thoradyke -"m * ="re ey !" < side jR 1 (To ' BjS 1 . ' y* . *p."j',JI '*/' T" ii.e Uoor * f:cr me. I darted siowlv SHJNiNG AFTER RAIN. i toward the spri'.-t without a sin^ls Jo -T^Thins. 1 mo. though l ^vll kuew the t. uuV "rif S o: an stiiyst, . tier jrlan;-.- c: tnoac joroty, reproacn j softy thrills, eyes 'vns i olio'.v In;* rae *is I went, ps tLc v.-orld in aabc-r mist. j iJnt the tompter i;> always near t t -.vor! 1 it seems to night, i wavering mind. The thought of .\rl ;d by ray thouctt oi v.-oo; : I v.as ioai.ijr camc back with redoub. ne. ::?.u fr~:n ay freight i for-?e j neared the spring", and ] ierl.& colorings come and go. j iaL;?nat:on to,vard the poor mot! spires fs.Il silvery white. I who had ":a:<nowin?]j kept me at hoi >ws 'oucioi to ru-idy j'ct, J increased in the same.- proportion. strr ,7E't,la: G'istens bright I "Vou c?ri .t0 a;i(] play ball and th i wu.di:!''. sauaow a uuw. , . , . eome l>ao .i r.nd get the water as soon it is. and yet in trutii the gam, is over," he whisper apo a wild storm s* ?pt That will do just as well. She wo 3 and valleys; wiius-. la rutn , ,, , . J ,d was bowed-lie havens wept. tell your father aud he will never ? it out." hat chanpe.'the goiden mist In a moment the pail was hidden rerr.M and skv again; , , , . , * . JT g volleys, sunsoi kwseJ, th;: ferns hcsiue the spring and I -a id's "clear shining after rain. off across the fields as hard as I coi I i--n TVn minnies later I reached 1 !? "^'v^efSo^paln: hot and breathless, to 15 i calm!? take o::r part, j r- ^as jait in time to prevent the pa : "ci-nr shininjr after rain.'' from beginning* without mc, and w: ;lc Pccrce. in Woman's Journal vjlly Atv.ood for catclicr. ?*? The match was lorg- and close, hut DISOBEDIENCE. ' cadcd a\last 1 caujht a magnifiw game aau was so excited that I ne1 once thought oi the poor sick motl A T+Or- + nr.tmncr tn fUPROh 1 IU10 JT AIUC Cii-I -.-".i ....... ^ noon's Pleasure. thirst but the nauseous well water d in;? the long, hot afternoon. Uvays afraid of father, but At four o'clock I battened hoc little mother it was another flushed with triumph and entirely f< a:her was hard and siem getiUi of my disobedience, and bu ildren, and when he told me noisily ir.'.o the house, crying out: hin2 I just stepped; but bh^ "Mother, mother, we beat'em! rentle and loving- to s:sy a beat "em! The Victors arc victors d, aud I of to n took advan- longer, and everybody says I caught laet in i;n:ier i iiirscuci;. spiouuiu f >uic. m I felt little emotion ox- j}U? there was no answer. ' *1 )f fear, while I lored mother kitchen was silent and forsaken, so v ie strength of my passionate, the sittinsr-room. Where could tho lit t her I often disobeyed; him, mother be? I soon ascertained that she was i 11 I remember my last and about t.:io house, and thought, with lisobedienee and the bitter Binkin? heart, that perhaps she 1 11 received in ccuaecjuenw. gone fo: he water herself. Ah! I tri. fourteen at Ihe time, and me;aboro<: my disobedience then, a livtogr-Qn a farm some dis- bitterly did I regret it. ; of the tiere !.n-V j I fairiv- flow down the path to t is an overseer iiTvm?^c^lL|sor;ngi ar.j rs j soared it I saw a n ;ad followed him for f?_,are lying- bcaitie the wall, 10 was quite heavily in debt. tn?^fpff??;!are of the blazing sun. ">Ldi r sisters had ono by one w?s mo?f-.r inserlaj consumption, the ^ kr. i'r".tant fW^to^liag at 1 taken fire and burned t,. the w ira?i0rhlJr???teik icn uninsured and u;. th.; cf- a<1 ^ fo-forf-irenj^ avo somt o. tso Surnmire Kme ^.. she%cmaijvi(I ua.,oa5cio j badly injured ana nad to | of ttars aad theE the lo. lor some time. ho when the , , ,d J ^ ^ s was or.at and furn-sued he ... < ... , , sue up into mv :ace wjtn 1 bcninu u .wod deal. and we ?>n,*r.ohfn\ look lin ctice the *tri?icst economy depths." ic^ce* , . "Fcrjv.-c me, mother; only this ti ia<: gone oack into thy radl j wji never do s o again!" I sobb 1 ;?rS She tr; *1 to answer me, a shud< n, wheu vet anotaer mis- , , , .. , .. . ' , T , shook ho.* slight frame, and then I .mc to u?, though I was too ,, . .? . , , 1; _ , ? , blood burst througn her drawn hps [ tiiouchrless to realize much , . * ? . ., . , a bright scarlet stream. Anotaer sni Author began to thow signs , f, ., , , . . ..lifi der thrc';oed througn her emaciat tme iatal disease that had , . , ? , , , t ^ i < form, thfcn her head drooped and t cy three .sister*, and her . .. , , , ,'A ?f. 3 - -^i beautirul eves half closed. aticd finite rapiclJv. .... , , . . . ^ ,, , * -14.*,! t <1 " ith a wild cry I Led irom the S] r, she would not allow father . . , .? . . ,v . . , ana rushed to the nearost neignbo c".ri :;_m ion?? as wo were m . , , T, , , TL - 1 -- ?"? ri*yr TY1!niV she could keip about, and j as! consented to get along was back ogam watu -our Mro ic being without one if the tat. 0 "? V T"! aE '"S?', ouid be ;,ut out and ! would 4 3!j' I?otncr ? **? Waf -A r,-< on an improvised stretcher, and t?nd me aca nclp. 1 uat is now , , ' , ly borne "jack to tnc hense of \vn; ' \ _ she had always been the light and t , as lave said, i -oved my jr-i]arfj;ail aEjCl; while my father an< sswnately I was not always phy,i,.ian ?er0 hastur. iCmm0n( ne. a;, s ea d nave been. I jjoth came immediately, but they w* i weand spirits and dri es* Sl:e w-s gone. : eonuition, and the coitano- T ? mother's pure, lori, >mewas p.ven very .rksorne fclamolw, jjte ^ 0Ter. Vhat wa!1[ ) ; otjato slip away with lh.. in thc hot saa> togatl nu leave her aione lor hours with ftc oSort ,he mado in climhi knowmK myl?therw^|0Tsrth0,vaU h3d ^ too ^ , jmc Irom the imiiimnigny, |her rcnrininJ? strCi^th. My cm he io\ed mc too v>'ell to tell j wieked d.sobedience had killed her. j ^e, -uCv. an oo rmg own , availed for hotirs with frantic gr , weil-merited punishment. , . . .. . 6. ,r , ,, , . and renentance when they told me t stiil kept about tne house ,... ~ , . .. ' . ? , , e, - ? , , - bitter truth, but it came too la 1 after ner worn, and 1 never , . , , T * -j 7 , , .. ever urx>n earth might I atone tor i intil afterward how hard it , L. . . ., , i c., . , .cmel neyiect, for those beautiful ej ;r. vSiie ffrew paler and thm- . ? , , tit * , i .1 i mi k i were closed forever. 1 had refused 1 o\- day, and u.e brilliant red , . , , , . , , , j ,.J ii-i u i llast req\:est, and her last look h ;d ritiallv in h-;r cheeks and , 1 . , , . . . . , , , , been one of sad and tenuer reproa* looic so lovely would have I . T r t. --i j ? . , ; . 12s o wonder I felt like a murderer, e experienced eye taan mine i , I ~ ~ rcrtH ClTino fnof. I gentle, loving woman was! ; where sickness and sorrow | afternoon, yet the last look I saw wn. As for me, I remained : n-v mother's eyes haunts me to-aay. all, and citen grumbled at I ahva-vs xvUL 1 can ncver for?ct tl thing's that-she occasionally [ F1? unf:lial conduct embittered t j- j last moments ot an idolized parent, a ly enough, I grew more wild I fhat my own time shall oome lious with every indulgence, la^' 1 Clt>* .not gleet daily became more ap- bauds, I shall be confronted Jut the end was near. the ^mmng record of my sinful w; _ . . ,, -MTu wardness. God grant that when mpions, a boys' ease nail 3lu b ! . . , 1 ? ' , , , , meet z.. r mother s ransomed spirit, I was the catener, had ar- , , , . /, . , 3*ond the pearly gates of the ]S< piay a match game with the T , % \ a-u 1 J , . , i Jerusalem, I may not see the reproa^ team from a neighboring and : , . , .J , i, , ^ ? ful Iook I remember so well s <e, one ueanesu^vt^ra^ . shmi i;1 the icailteous ejesl-0. it ? all we boys could talk Y * in GoodaU.s Slm a week oefore the event took r.- la..k t1ie ctayp.eLuail3a.r- ?Aaron Burr resigned from the pr< te was to oe^in at ..aif- aralv- by reassn of ill health >nd I would have to start as j nS9# In 1S00 he and Jeffcrson ea otsible after uinner in order scventy-tlirce electoral votes : eip. se.rson. tjle 0?c0 0f president of the Unit t.dare mention the match to Sute5. The choice ,vas thus left 1 knew he would surely for- conjrress> v,hich) on the thirty-si* tteading' it. My rival Billy baliot< oho,e Jefferson for preside wuulu be oniy too fflad to aad Burr for vice president. 1 it ;te did I m:?nt lose my n the nine and that I could vim-uusiook io-to think of. >'o; I must be V.'as;; fNOTOX. Jar. l:',.?Tbe Hoi e-irch, be the consequcueea comrniU on eoina^e. weights i would. measure icet and organ'zad today. * ame home to his dinner, and diseased informally the subject of 1' rly one o'cl. ck that day be- coii-asc. A rc-so:ulion was ialrodui started back to his work. by Mr. i lercc of TeaQ8S-.ee, instruct d beer. feebler than ever all tec committee to report, without del; vs. but I never noticed any- a bill icr lYee aud un3 i.ailed com: ut that. The coming bail of silver. The resolution was discus; 1 my head so fuH that there f0r a while, bet went over without for ruthinp else. ticn usri Wednesday uoxt. the regu n:: f.i'.her '.vas out of si?rht 1 meeting clav of the co-miil.ee. 1 slip out tho backdoor. bat fre?i coin tijft iseaibf vs at the comniV. ! "was about it ray mother were mjjh pleased with the tpinii f. advance i oaring the discudsios I you got mo some fresh v.-a- jt-Ciuia:;. and th-fy think they will b? she said, in a low, gentle little or ao trouble in reporting a f 'hat in tho t'liokct is stiiic, coiua^c "iill. Vheiher or notit vill p j v.-ar:a this afternoon. I am viae ior unlimited cjvis.i'c. ihsy wiil ] tv." say. T:.c question of giving hearii frown on my fact- T canjrht ou a iret. coinage bi:I v^ts not disems m.-riiy up and went hastily | Hail t e resoiuaoa cl *\[r. Tierce be ; yard. It was only a, mia- pressed 'o a vofc?, judging ironi the < < to fill the bucket at the pvessicr-.* of tho member?. it would h? T 1 1 ? - ? * ?- ? " T'.xitM ,'f <3 t/\ ^ O Of! 1 ~.vas sooa Jiieii i; t ! U'v.-- ; .CU l>> a ?uic u !.< v. uti isn't you get mo t ome nice, party we. In an into: view aiier y water, (lea;.*?" said my aojr<uri<: :?iit of ine committee, 2 s I came in with rcy paiL Liair?, .hiiirmar, expressed bis enl 1 water is so hard I cannot cmildei ce i;i the purpose aaJ ability 1';easc get some: it won't Lac con: >,iuee 10 report at an early c ery long-." a bi;l p' vi-nng tor ?.he tree and unliii poring where wc pot most fed ccisa. ? of silver. inking1 water was nearly a . ? ?"~,7T7? . ., ,, _ , Accident to a Brid.il Couple, a mile across the Seles and PtrE1.L0, Co| Jaa 15._John Sm ady a quarter p.*stone. In ^ V;fe;; k"0*n U un^ariaD, and Mri. I " ~ ? J cvu j ww iuu u-iicauj 0'isii we tt imr.eci iu marriage i uesu self absent, and Billy behind rTf3 on their way home on Santa Such thoughts were unendur- avenue in a bacs, accompanied , Am:y Martin, who had oftuiiaied t water is good enough and besS ma i at the wtddiag. When n irry. Don't be sovfussy,'" I the cro sing uf the avenue an J J severed. Santa Ft; tracks t.ne driver noticed :cnry, I don't like the well pasaengw tra*n approaching, a-d i it makes me feel unwell, tri';p"<?U ?o pai>s ui front, of 1-. father wants you to stay soewentd & 10. you know. Can't Ton do Spii^ m an opposite directi , J _ . , - .. L nt- na> k was coaiple.eJy cemolisi for 3 oui poor, sick mother, ^ ^jartjn anil ,he brj^e thrown an ;itf wheels of rh<; eneiae. Both v< ; a suppose I can. icuare ii;i, ly nMHgled and caouot r<rC0'?vr. :l!ow sha'n't have any fun. .1 ?1,t-ot-c- n-ir fiOLTllllf of A Contractor. Give us the old pail," I burst | WHEELING, Va., Jan. 14.?^. age as I caught it up and Carey, vf ilie b!^r contracting firm the doora,Tain. * i3aigc, C arey & Co., of Watscn. 01 .er never said a word in reply met death in a horrible manner I ispeetful and brutal speech, mornm-.'. He was scandis^ on a trei rave me such a reproachful at the Wheeling Creek bridge. supei her unnaturally large and tending '.he wort, when the trestle g; yes that I felt a strong im- precipitating him ioio the ^re rn back and ask her pardon 1 .vrrnty l^et below. A stcne weigh iere if I had to lose the ^?U tons (*11 over him, pinning the b( ons^jg^^ I noti^rf^^B@BU^ytiom. Tte creek was runn ^MKPHQdtidflHHng^n9H|^k trcrts at rescue were u iir": iuuv amounting to i< j^y j 1\ *? IJo.i>f* iu Sirixii. | l0k : New Volts, Jan. 10.?Tue null jj jn- i ^leamsbip SesuaDcwhkn nrrivta | ful at. tjufcriait uc- \V? :u?;>.<hv bioi ?in i 'v m " j B ~z l aa ; ? ? cs. aw* ?t teni:-le >tor. 5 0 a ! oi ;-Ui1eri: : ant u ru'i xc>.crt vtl-. -.v itv>r ^ iat j at?l ou-:e ? ai~ir lutimou :o. cp;*,>] ic,j | ttnic oi 3 !Io?v :-? rr -riih a leuH/ivl.i-ii j ; rate of . r?i-raii!j as coon rvs^in^ uipci- I t\ lc'r J Qamhucu some t:me. Th-.i goverumeut: <0j :3e ; seor. a mil iary g^verEor to replace the j ? | foimer ?.o". rnov : f ilv provide. Tee j ^ on ' people rcgurdf.il LMsasauaoCOi i\rauny j ?J as j and oppri?sic!i. When (in Decemoer | 3 ^ j 17ih the m;htui v governor appeared I* i ein*pnnrt<(?rl hv lr< nr.s i!;& r{>voluuouarv t n t ?? -j i? - . . t j feeling of :.he yeop'e broke Jocse and a j storm wa> soon raging. The soldier > in endeavored lo disperse the eiiiz-.ns and ; _.as were ptiie'J witL j-tones aud other inissi-! I les The t.ruer un came to lira ol Uie j I .jjR \ mob and <x\. ti e lirst volley a uozju cili- , "c'j 1 zees fell dead, v Lil<; a number were r.g j wounded. The revolutionists gave ?vay, ^ a but quickly pre; ared to make renewed resistance. The troops charged on tbem .1 ,1_ c.ra?t trtilivor A 1 ., auu UWVC UCUUi'.La C-UVV/U ^ i pitched baiths took piace ou oue of the l plsza-s. The re^olutioBisis made ;i 7C^ courageous fight. out the iraiaca iruops j were too iauch for then. Wbeathctir- , 'e,r iog ceased it wav fcu-id that thirty had ! Ui" been killed cu.ri^httnd t>eveui}live or i one hundred wouuded. ae, j 5r" Kaedlv? of Ejjypt Dead. .1 rst Cairo, Jan. 7.? Egypt, Git.d thrs "erfniL-g oi" influenza j < we whicn superinduced caruiac and oth."?r co complications. His death was sudden V i a and took the community by surprise, '; aithough it wag known that he was >1 .iie seriousiy ill. His condition tcok a sud- ^ dtn change for the worse Idte this after- |j noon and at 7 o'clock i is death was announced. |! >"? Bo"YOU fflBE Q I Lad reSP 3?.?>SSr Off' ?W.\ | :he j % 30- 1 *>> 5,' ; ln * It . a _dEN an. TKii THOMAS S'i&AM ~ e ' . i1 *" ve- | j ,nd It is the most perfect system in use. ui* ) he teudlng co'ten from wagons, cteaniiig and or- I delivering 1 iDtc jpnt or staiis. Jetton j dtiss n?t pf ss through tan and press re- * 1 owji-ounn i .11 !dv nf-r Tf i.">.Vf>s tlTTlft ! ? mo j aui >aon?v. ' | ' ed I S TALJOTT & SONS' j ide?l XGINLS AND BOILERS, STATION :h2 XART A:i? PORTABLE. OLD BO- j ' v* YABBOTTS bA'VV MALLS, 131 'ROVED ' . FRICTION AND ROBE FELD r - 8911:4 Tf) SfinO r ICS v ~ I I E? LUMSilrS AND TAN WINKLE COT >ed TON <--LN3 AND COTTON PKESSEH. P c-r- I icli Yrc offf.' Saw ".iiil ilsn and Gienors | .jja tac most complete outfits that cau bf ? j w beught ?.sa at bt<tt -u- prices. * in. * |V. C. BADHAM. f i 1 0 ? '! t v r?i> ? T ?.V,'\TT 5 V / a2.;> A , I irg no , , -. i J fG? Columbia, b. L. a el, THE TALBOTT ENGINE IS Hi* ~ BEST ief Feb 19-1 v. * f he j te. THE LAiiGES'I STOCK, sy : ras MOST SSI?.LED workmen, ier . I - J 4,-YWR,?T PRTf'. V1 na | v ^ - . Jh. I *! Ssfill iarcilaa Sal forts, I in * ? F. S. BY ATT, I zid at I'K&PRiS-iTOR. xle by iy- Is tlie be*t place in Soutb Caro.Uia cj i I Southern otates to secure satisfaction ir h. American aud Iw.'&a Marfcia vVoik. \l feu a? of ew <: Si Cemetery Work Jul* ?speciality. ; _ | ' li T7 7" I TA8T.STS, * Si ESADSTONE*, * od b ' MONUMENTS, &c. tt to t< :tn Send for prices ana-f ull information. s< :nt F. H. KYATT L ti use Aprilsly COLUMBIA. S. C. | tl me I | First Class Work, c, s; ?? g ay. jO i?e jec> Very Low Prices, 3C- I JC. liar ?? 'he T2e Bti^giep. Carriages, Ko&d Carts, \Vagcns, >ns arc., War- -.3ted J>.eoc<i to noLe. ~ -his j 17C retro Inquire vf neare-t dealer in t>ie>9 goods., not s?r seud Jor Catalogue?Mentioning thif yrh paper. V I on ! v ex- l-i 0 L I F R A N D r, K ^ u ti >ve :;;; i- uggv company. ?! lilC r., ilr | ;U* E.-ck Ilil!. S. C. , of ie lay " vpsstk v 3lt- A at; r *44* S *y A'?'* *- -' *|fefc' * Lh; f ^ i UPPSAM BROS.. Pror-r'^or?. ; Cyug^ists, Uwa&fz Block- SAy?.v:<??? GA. vr : ~ ? * mnjLutt: >?.J| :gaew:CTS-jiM:i^-tj;ryC." _ > - - X' Fi|ri! FS|S ite it It a A Grv-'Af >Iv? vf: 1H* V ^GAl>?| i?ii i&&tV r~ hv". % !.<V<, ".>" ?/? W -i'l.-ztv. :Hr -sj-sai." ?gH \T>:'.ti <V Ci'atoue Whj| (*apei .'? '? ? * - hfe ?f :jfci ?l?f ?? JOifiiSMUiga ; ??;?.- S8. ;i'aCLUr-^H ing soasc t!:ir.Ai an<: bujlax '-tin s in ihe^H Isrges; oo:.?ib.V lots, ybleh >s ras ?! wip* oa? s i c<?r*:petltffii; 8 S tliiii, Os v:i* Vl\SLBT-| A JSv. T f ici toj Coo^m,. itore, fui.E 5iz?s, i5xi7 iiiCii oveii, uu?u v,itb :-l pieccdS >? ffz.u. ceiivsjred at jv;r depot,g * .1 J-..0 'jj t?, forB JUiJ I WolVe Uulictid. i wiii scL _> uu u j noit UOOii.il; rj iiaii&t ici'.3 inca oveii, l?: > : wy, at- 5 ltd witii L'i pitot>s oi vyai^; 10; TH1B a ijiEii LfO ULAiit,&-U; *: K- 'eigbt teg roar depvi. 8 DO JXC'i FAY TWO Jc Ki'J J5 FO&l 1'OUii (ar'J<JL?l> ' tt'ill mn o nt-.? Mirsli Fa iflr SUlt-l ft-aiiiui irtiiie, eitiitri m cu-i-oiL-iiiou or| I baaded, i*r< ciusi; styi;sh cc ? ?> t.)r 33.50,| to >ou- .laiiruaa statioi:. fr. i^ai ;>aid. ? 1 will alio sell you a a;.ft iiedrumos tnl| I JOiisistiuj; Ox Bureau mih &1 J bead Betbcc&d., 1 WaMistiiid, - >Jeiitre3 i&oie, 4 c;?n.c seax cu?ji*?, i ..'^.uc -^vt ^du.3 * buci rocki-.i fciiict It-.jO, lreifaS :o /oui-dfeyot. | i O: i wm seuU jou iiedroGina m jUit Willi iargb glas^. zoii lory ? ?o5> xrcrftiii. ' n___ - ?ruTe v.muow biiade on suri::A rcttifv-^T^ 9 ifi^suai jiirw iniii u?.* a: rioci:. 4.64g N. V Yi bi?Ut io-iage, I.6?|, Lti.cs cUiUuns otfi wiiieow, l.dW icatLier ae^criDe evcrjtuiag ma-maiia 4B iaveaureaiejii, but iiavo^a. i '^incuse 6t3re| :untammg 22,(300 leet 01 fio-jf ruuM, witn| ware nouses and factory auuarngoin theiS suits oi Augusia, caaKing ii> bii the iar-4 je&t business or this.KLaa under oae m&n-g igement in tie fcoutnem Slates. Tiiesei J &or&i&tiu warenousca are ei?wuc? niuig ine ctt?i<*st productions of tii? best faecO-| rics. jiv 'xtuuogiiti coziAimsr. iUu>xiatlojisg )l ^CccUS 'iili. c'v iiiili'iU il yc i will i?l?tt?ij'u siijf juu saw ii-i.-* advc-itiafciiituC. IS . aci&K. p-oviicro: raugett's jftuciture, Stove= >?it V/ Jvi o<st Jj'vOft; ; '."'Ml - !";ror . . L;u'r?r. AJ.;UlfSTA, (xA.J J'-? H:;is ALLExm# ?am v u ? c-c-., ijlsc^ujir Swt,It:2(;:, SttiaJtit'-n, iJ.ilarl*, old CUIc::. -xva rK.V^ til CwtV" v.-- ? ^ if ^=3 i p m ?| r.r.r. lartisn K' ;r>: cSress? i?"~ic!-?" 3o5j35SJ mr an pcuirtd scivhOM bMllBl 3 'j"-:c .-f.,'l:r, {;s to S|'SSRf CURES i'Kf.lAUHIA, *TT ' "T^'VSS" vjc<jir{c: umlc SdTn8k : v.t, ?<*?. P. F.,PricV.y Aii. Bote Bw? * Pf^iston, ::?>ri:->i; I.Tr^-^s Sleek, SAVANai^Gtti lefilf FilPLEIMPSOYID k tx*: ?i-.r^t pi-:k ro y ACT5JJJL TEST. At the gin of Mr. F. H. Roberta in Richmd County, just before starting bis Safloi llevator cue bale had been ginned oy tae h Id method. Just afrer starting th? Eleva>r another bale was ginned from the sawa ?9 i!e. Without knowi: * This iact the cotton uyer offered one cent per pcund more f? H le bale ginned with the use of the Eleva>r. Bead the statements of the buyer and slier: fl COPT. wM This will certify that of two samples oi fl| 5ttoi5 offered us today by Mr. Bo wan Bose le market value of one exceeded thai of H :e other by one cent per pound. rsio-n^i. i r>. CRA WFOBD & S02CS. Thiss will certify that the two bales ol H jlton offered as above were b?th from tb? line piie of s^cd cotton, aud ginned in thn ;me gin. One was carried A.o the gia in fl askets and on? through the bailor Seed ottoc Elevator. (Signed.) J. 5. fiOSE. fl Tiio b'..st Gies, Presstvi, Eieyators. Ingincs .?nd the best machinery of all 1 iuds. for sale by W. H. GiBiJEb. Jb.. & CO,. COLOMBIA. S. 0. Lieesviile College. CO-EDUCATIOHAL M 3KIMARY, ACADEMIC. COLLEGI . ATE and COMMERCIAL'^URSEiS; ocai and Instrumental ilu;ie, Art, Elocu- H on, Physical Culture, Cookin*. Dress Cut- S ng, Domestic Economy, Weekly Bfbla J hniHue ViTIP T"iirA' TilPTlfc. last 3<? r ISO Pupils trora thi "recti counties, H tr?Dg moral aad reiigous mfluenoc. ar rooo) nearer than "seven miles B Hcnita'ui location. 700 Hbova thi? v?I of tiiR sea. WO feet above Columbia, IS feet above Aiken. Elegant building.? ones ladies can board witr.'the President.? uly College in the Slate that makes pro-flfl? ition 10: young ladies to r-tiuce expenses? t doing aomestie work. Seventeen young^^^H .QiesxiQeu luis way jastytAi. ?r literary course and ward for tenH oaths. 5100 to 5139; music. *3t; book&e?p-B| z, *20. Next session o^ns beptecabe* id. For cataiogue address Q L. B. RAINES, A. M., Pre -ideat, V Sep 9-3iaos _Leesyi;i?. 8. 0 CHILD" BIRTH MADE EASY! I <l Mothers' Friend " is a scientific^ H ally prepared Liniment, every ingre- rS dient of recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro- &H fession. These ingredients are com- fl bir.ed in a manner hitherto unknown -MOTHERS' I . FniFNn" .a '& ?si \ m WILL DO all that is claimed for it AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, - fl Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to fl Lite of Mother and GJld. Bode I to " Mothsrs " mailed FREE, cootaini^s^Tiiable information