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?" - | " THE ABBEVILLE PRESS AND BANNER . ... _ - - . : ; . - ???. : . . ' BtW A.. LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24,1873. VOLUME XXI--NO. 24. < ; i i, 1 " "" ??????????????__?_____? ' 11 5 ! ' ..i> mmix & WE HAVE added all of the now NETS to our MILLINERS handsomely trimmed by MRS. MAI as & Milliner is too well-known in th room will be under the charge of be found to exhibit the- Stock, as v atyle at moderate prices. MILLER & April 16,1873,1-tf SPECIAI IF A LADY wants to bu}* a W1 where, she would do well to go WHITE B ? .1 1--I. .? T??-fnne!v'A Stnnlv f)1 au'i iwn ul tubu .? White Piques, Newport Stri] Croquetts, Yosemite; Lawns and Mulls, Nansooks, &c., &c. April 16, 187.% 1-tf J. B. & W. WILL BE NO. 2 GRAI Are prepared to show to their friends a Staple Dry &oofls, Eats, Shoes aid ] Also a Select Stoc lu the Dry Goods Line will be found, CALICOES, BLEAC1 BROWN SHI TICK I OSXABURGS, and many other tl: In the Grocery ! BACON, FLOUR, MOLASSES, NEW ORLEANS SYRU1 MACKEREL, RIC POWDER AND SHOT, and everythii i Also a complete Lot of C ORANGES; LEMONS, JELLIES, BR SARDINES, CRACKERS, SHE both French and Common. We have on hands RAGGING and 1 Come one! Come all!! we think we Sept. 18,1372, 53-tf * wnr inn M B T/TT\T CAnnlAUfc ivuuvm TfcTOW offer a LARGE and SUPER! J^j price from $140 to with all t WAGONS OF ALL SIZES, made by I Material in the country, an They also offer for sale A LIGHT CM LOW FOR CASH. They keep constantly on hand METi NY and WALNUT COFFINS, and otl Their hearse with one of the Firm w ALL WORK WARRANTED. WALLER 1 ' 4 ' MERCH. GREENWO ARE now offering to the public in t lino of all the Goods generally n< TIIEIR ! liave been selected with grea1 READY - MA! A FINE STOCK OF A good a Groceries, Hardware, C To which the attention of purchasers i* WALLEI * 19,1873< 45"tf SASSARD & CO Family Qroceries. WE are receiving and will keo constantly on hand, TEAS, SI -GAR, COFFEE, LARI), BACO> 'Oakland & Co.' Eagle Brand Sugar-Cu ed Hams, Soda, Rice, FLOUR (Bei Family.) SALT, SOAP, STARCI BLUEING, MILK LUNCH CRACI< ERS, MOLASSES, (Fine New Orleaw APPLES, CANDIES, and a Genen and (Complete Stock of FAMILY GRC CERIES. NO, 3 Cothran & Wilson's Range June 1,1873, 8-tf ?? i ** nn t ^ T"r 3_) iii IN I'lS J. jli x H. D. WILSOND. D: S OFFERS his professional services 1 the citizens of Abbeville and surrouw ingi country. All work done in fir elas?order, ?nd satisfaction guarantee' woce ovjo the New Post Office. maBEBMawuwr' z-m r*w law rim ! ? mi i.biu?5?? shapes and styles of IIATS AND BOXDKPATkTMKXT, which wo have had jG'IE SASSARD, whose taste and skill is community to sav more. Our sales[iSS JANE EAMEY, who will always t*ell as make and fit dresses in the best *** ****** MlfWA KUBLU J ?uw. NOTICE. I1TE DRESS, beforo purchasing elscto the store of (BOTHERS1 )es, 5, Striped Victoria, Organdies, White Grenadines, J. ROGERS, : FOUND AT IITE HAHGE. , select Stock of Fall Goods, consisting of Dnnta PnnnlronTr flmnpripc S, Provisions JUUIO, U1UUA.U1), Uiuuuuuu u xxunuiuuu. :k of Confectioneries. FIED AND RTINGS. COTTON PLAIDS, NGS, KEKSEYS, JEANS AND lings too numerous to mention. Line will be found, p, SUGAR, LARD, RIO and JAVA COFFEE, "E, SOAP, CANDLES, STARCH, SODA, ug in the Groctf-y line. lonfectioneries, consisting of BANANAS, COCOA NUTS, I ANDY PEACES, OYSTERS, ET CAKES, CANDIES, .'TES, which we will sell low. 1 ean suit you. G^AND REPAIRING. I I & RQBER^^^f OR STOCK of BUGGIES, ranging in he modern improvements in the business, the best MACHINISTS, and of the BEST id after the latest and best styles. LANE-NECK CARRIAGE, of good style, ^LIC BURIAL CASES, and MAHOGA- ; hers of cheaper style. < ill attend all funerals. < [Nov. 3,1871,28? rMoTHERT iNTS AT ; OD, S. C.,' heir new and handsome building, a full ;edt*d in this community. J; STOCK OF mm% i i < t care, and unusually attractive. DE CLOTHING. 1 BOOTS AND SHOES. issortmcnt of rockery, and Glassware. invited. Give us a call. I & BROTHER. < . I Barnwell & Co J At the New Post Office. P AVE in store and to arrive, 1' J1.M 1,000 Bushels Corn, >> 10,000 lbs. Bacon, , r- All grades of Flour, at Meat and Grist, J [t Syrups and Molasses, I- Sugar anil Coffee, =0 Fish, Salt, Nails, il &c., &c., &c. . , > Feb. 10, 1872, 40-tf NOTICE TO DEBTORS OF Barnwell & Co. ALL persons indebted to the old firm of BARNWELL & CO., are earnestly'requested to come forward at once and settle their accounts with the new firm, who are authorized to receipt the sauie for the old firm. Barnwell & Co. > Feb. 26, 1873, 46-tf i- Advice to Cigar Smokers. rl' TO PEXNEY'S to buy 3'our ' (j ClOAKS. CITIZENS SAVINGS BANK Of South Carolina. ABBEVILLE, S. C. Officers : WM, MARTIN President. Col. J. B. PALMER,...Vice-President. A. G. BRENIZER, Oishier. Deposits of $1 andUpwarfls Received. interest at the rate of Seven per cent, per annum on Certificates of Deposit, and Six per cent. Compounded Semi-Annually on Accounts. EXCHANGE, GOLD AND SILVER BOUGHT AND SOLD. Collections and Remittances Promptly Made. ALL offers for discount must be ad dressed to the Assistant Cashier, stating the amount, time, personal security, and collaterals. Such written offers will meet prompt reply. DEPOSITORS wishing either to deposit or withdraw funds, must present their books, either in person or with written order to another. MERCHANTS at Greenwood, Ninety-Six, Cokesbury, Hodges, Due West, Lowndesville, and through the county generally, are invited to do their business with and through this Bank. Everyfacility will be afforded, and their business done promptly aud economically. TO THE POOft, who make but little, and of that little wish to save a little, no better method can be devised than that in practical operation here. firjjr BANK HOURS-From 7 a.m. to 8 a. m. ; 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. ; and on Saturdays or any public days until sunset. EDWARD L. PARKER, Assistant Cashier. July 9, 1S73, 13, 12m John Agnew, successor to Carroll & Spellman, Carriage Manufacturer, Corner of Washington and Sumter Streets. COLUMBIA, S. C. /WET ANUFACTURES keeps If a constantly on hand a full stock .1 UOCKAWATS, PHAETONS, BUG3IKS and WAGONS, all of which Is warranted as being at least equal to the jest made any where at the price. Agent for the celebrated MILBTJRN WAGON, made of timber seasoned at east three years. Every wagon warranted agaii;st breakage from defect in maerialor workmanship. Those wagons ire made of all sizes and are sold very ow JOHN AGNEW, Proprietor. AddressM. J. CALNAN, Agent. May 28, 1873, 7-1 y ro the Public and my Friends Especially. ? 1 i HAVING made a slight change in my business, which wili enable me hereafter to keep a mdre complete Stock of DRUGS and FANCY ARTICLES, together with a few other good* which I have not heretofore kept, I jcg to inform you one and all that I am itill at No. 4 "White's Block, ready and willing to sell and serve all who have :he money. I am compelled hereafter :o require cash for all goods on delivery ?do not forget this, and when sending orders and prescriptions, (which shall lave my prompt attention) to send the ;u?u, W. T. PENNEY. Feb 19, 1872-45-tf CHANGE OF SCEDULE. Ou and after Thursday, September the itli, 1S72, the Passenger trains on this lioad will be run as follows, daily, Sunlays excepted: (JOI.NG WKST, OH IT. Leave Columbia 7:15 a.m. " Alston 0:05 a.m. 11 Newberry 10:40 a.m. " Cokesbury 2:00 p.m. " Bel ton 8:50 p.m. ArriveUreenvilie 5:30p.m. OOIXU KAST, OK DOWN. Leave Greenville 7:30 a.m. " Jielton 9:30 a.m. " Cokesbury 11:15 a.m. " Abbeville 9:15 a.m. 11 O.'-J/i II Ml j.> t?\v ueily ..uu ^,iu, " Alston 4:20p.m. Arrive Columbia 6:00 p.m. Connect ut Alston with trains on the Spartanqurg and Union liailroad; jonnecting at Columbia, S. C., with Night Trains on the South Carolina liailroad, up and down ; also with Trains joing North and South 011 Charlotte. Columbia and Augusta liailroad, and Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. ABBEVILLE BRANCH. Train leaves Abbeville at U.15 A. M., connecting with Down Train from Ureenvilie. Leaves C'okesbury at 2.15 J'. M., connecting with Up Train from Columbia. Accommodation Train, Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Leaves Cokesburv at 11.15 A. M.., or on the arrival of the Down Train from IJreenville. Leaves Abbeville at 1 o'clock P. M.t connecting with Up Train from Columbia. ANDERSON BRANCH & BLUERIDOEDIV'N DOWN. Leave Walhalla 5:45 a.m. " Perryville 0:25 a.m. " Pendletou...? 7:10 a.m. " Anderson 8:10 a.m. Arrive JJellon 9.0U a.m. UP. Leave Belton 3:50 p.m. " Anderson 4:50p.m. " Pendleton 5:50 j>.m " Perryville 6:35 p.m. Arrive Wall) alia 7:15 p.m. Accommodation Train between Helton and Anderson 011 Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Leave Belton at 9.50 A. M., or on arrival of Down Train from Greenville. Leave Anderson al 2.00 P. M., connecting with Up Train from Columbia. THOS. DODAMEAD, Gen'l .Superintendent Jabhz Norton*, Gen'l Ticket Agen 4 "To Mate in Three Moves." Crimson the heart of the sea-coal fire, Bessie and I in the ruddy glow, Her mother reads, and the old grandsere Dreams of his youth in the "long ago." Quiet and warmth and love in the room, Now or never my suit to press ; Where the hyacinths shed a sweet perfume, "We play two games?one Jove; one chess. j Queen of the red, and queen of my ii tart, When will you wear my golden ring? Flushing her cheeks the roses start, Slyly she murmurs, "Check to your king." My pawns advance, press on and die; The bishops battle in lines oblique; My brave knights fall; but I can't tell why My heart grows strong as my game grows weak. Darling,'answer me, lift your eyes; Your mother sleeps, and the time approves, , Speak, sweet mouth, with a glad surprise, "You'll be mated, sir, in three more , moves." Then let this be one?and her dimpled i nana Looks all the fairer for the plain gold ring; In vain I rally my scattered band As again she checks my poor lost king. Nearer her gold-brown curls to mine, The chess-men seem in a dark eclipse, Check! Shall I die and make no sign? And I steal a kiss from her ripe red lips. Mate! And her joyous eyes proclaim AVho wins by love and who in chess ; And the pride of my life is the golden game, That was lost when I won my darling Bess. o VSY 99 "i WW JDfXXV* A AA! "I might as well decide first as last. I have got to earn my own bread and butter anyway; and if I happen to want any cheese or 1 sweetmeats with it, why, I must work the harder. Yes, Mrs. Harris, this room will do very nicelv." i It was a charming voice tliat spoke, half gaily, half sadly, and ; the good landlady looked wonder- : ingly at the sweet, pale face, and * the honest brown eyes that were raised so frankly to her own; the air and manner of the girl being so 1 unmistakably lady-like. "I think you'll be pleased with- J the apartment. There's a piano, vou see. in one recess, that poor Mr. Fay used to play on ; and you, I being a music teacher, you see it comes quite hand v." "Thank you, Mrs. Harris, it will be my convenient. You said, lpoor Mr. Fay.' Is the gentleman ill or dead V* Mrs. Harris sighed respectfully. "Worse than either. lie was foully murdered, they say, and his body was never recovered. Poor boy ! he seemed almost like my own." fi Maud Irvine: was trying the i piano while Airs. Harris spoke, : playing a low melody of minor i chords* When she bad finished : she turned around. "Oh! isn't dreadful? I don't1 wonder you said 'poor Mr. Fay.1 i And to think hp once placed on these very same keys! Well, Mrs. 1 I am not in the least afraid ot his 1 coming back?" i "Oh, 'sh! "sh!" and the fat forefinger .of the pleasant landlady went up warningly. "Miss Irving, don't talk like that, because they do : say this very room is haunted. I haven't got the conscience to let it to you without telling you." 1 Maud's eyes- opened widely, and then she laughed. 1 T AA?nwlA? if nnifo on in. " \\ 11^, Jl tUIIBIUCl lb Mil ...ducement to take the room. I always wanted to 6ee a ghost?a real, fair ghost, you know." i Mrs. Harris looked in astonish- < ment at the bcight fair face that < was looking so curiously at her. I <\So you aiijt afraid?cli ? Well, i II can 't say as I'm exactly afraid j imyself, but then?then, I wouldn't I care to sleep right in the same bed j where anybody slept who had been j murdered. Oh, J know it aint a jpolicy to talk so," she said, regarding the merry shaking of Maud's! [finger; "but I said it once, and I'll j isav it again : I've got a tender con-; science, and I shan't abuse it." "I'm sure I thank you, Mrs. Harris; but really I think your story adds, a charm to the comfort of the room. Brussels carpet, marble-top walnut suit, a French rocker, gas, privilege of bath-room, fire, hot and cold water, a dear motherly landjlady, and?his ghoetsbip; all for | the reasonable price you mentioned! I Indeed, you must not put me out, if II am to go." Maud deliberately took off* her I furs and wraps, and drew the low, i l? ; ? i ; /i_ easy rocKing.cjnur dcbjuu ujw rugiu-j ter, with a dccidedly-at-home feeling about her that good Mrs. Harrirt evidently appreciated. "Bless your dear heart! Just sit still and rest you, and I'll send Mary Ann up with a mouthful to stay you till dinner." Somehow, Maud's spirits sudidenlly deserted her after her landlady left her. There came a gloom | over her sweet face, and there were j decided signs of tears in her eyes, .|as she leaned her head forward on i'lier hand and thought it all over. 11 t It was an* experience that had i' made very sudden, very alarming I changes in Maud Irving's life. But lit wns not so much her father's 1 death?she had never exactly loved her father; he had heen too severe and ultra iu his views?nor jet the loss of property, and home, tliat caused the heart-aches; the bitter weeping, that had left their imprint on ndr sweet face. But it was Frank "Western?handsome Frank ?whom Maud had loved above all earthly things, this lover of hers who had placed the gold ring on her finger that Maud was caressing ?and she sat tnere in rue rocicing chair }n a still agony ot memories that perpetually rushed over her. She' never had given up the ring; no, ndr she never would, even if Franty "Western had deserted her when iier property took mysterious i winga ! Fo*, of course, he had deserted 1 her; ;else what meant the long, long ailence that had lasted three months ? ] Heinever come near her in all l . * 1 l - I. J i.l! , tier tipais; ne never nuu aeni a iiue|< or a rtiessage to encourage her. Of 1 course he had jilted her, and any 1 girl of spirit would have flung his 1 letters into the lire, and his photo- I graph after them, and ground hie 1 ring to powder. But Maud was not of spirits, she 1 told herself; she could not bring * herself to destroy his precious let- * ters, that were such a golden link ' to her happy past. She tied tbem 1 up ill a blue ribbon?blue means < true, and Maud would be true to l her recreant lover, because he had won her heart from her, arid she could not help herself?and she left 1 his picture in its accustomed place 1 in her album, and stealthily kissed ] it every time sue saw it. 1 She was not a girl of spirit, she 1 told herself; but I will confess for her what she hardly knew herself, 1 that she was one of the truest, dear- ' est, sincerest girls that ever lover ( wooed and won. And I think I do 1 not blame her for clinging to her past as she did; it was all the an- 1 chor she had, and the future looked ] utterly dark and dreary to her. j So .her quiet, lonely life in the i great city commenced. She came in and went out, anci nonestiy earned her daily bread; she grew firm 1 in a belief that Frank Western had * died, or something, else he never 1 would have left her so long; and 1 then she began to mourn for him 1 as for one dead. 1 And all this while there had no ( ehost troubled her. "Poor Mr. ^ Fay" certainly was satisfactorily ' laid, so fur as Maud and her laud- ^ lady were concerned; and Maud ' bad almost forgotten such a legend . exiited, until one day Mr. Harris, 1 who was busy "brightening up" ! the room, mentioned it. "I don't suppose you've ever been annoyed, Miss Maud ? I de- ( elare I'd a'most forgotten about it . mvrelf nnlv T hnnnpnofl to think - '".i "---j j ? ?r_r ? about poor Mr. Fay more than i usual this afternoon. I suppose it's 1 because I'm polishing these silver globes; lie always .admired them 30. For my part give me the old fashioned gas-jets with chandeliers, ! and none o' these balls with four or five flames to 'em. There, does ^ that one shine ? it's kindo' scratch- 1 ed, I thought. Maybe it won't . show, though." , Maud was sitting in her favorite 1 chair, watching Mrs. Harris's vigorous polishing of the silver gas 1 otirl lic+oninrr fn flip nfl uuu limvutu^ w VMV , kindly gossip. 1 "Tney all shine finely. I'm sure J Mr. Fay wouldn't be able to find 1 fault if he was here. 'Mrs. Harris, wds he handsome ?" J "As a picture. I never see such J splendid eyes in a human's head as f Ins. As blue as the sky, and j'et as dark as a thunder-cloud." 1 A little pang caught Maud's heart. Frank's eyes were the handsomest ] she. ever had seen, and they coin- 1 uided somewhat with Mrs. Harris's ( description, although Maud always ' r>n 1 In/'l viftlof. "I knew a gentleman once with j such eyes; and lie had very dark golden hair, slightly curly, and . long side whiskers, and a moustache." ! "Well, I dcclnrc now !" and Mrs. : Harris's duster stopped in mid air. ] "Whj% ih/it answers to poor Mr. : Fay to a T. !{< had the sweetest) curly whiskers, and when he smiled ] ?he didn't smile often, though, for he had trouble on his mind, I know ; ?lie just showed his teeth a min- 1 ute, and they was as white and reg- ' ular as sugar corn." Maud was feeling strangely; 1 1 ?? ? ?? - - ? i\ r* l\01? . uieru was u vvjiu uuiicuiig m u^i heart, and a dizziness in her head. C-ouhl it be possible ??pshaw ! and one's name was Fay and the other Western. Of course, it was only one of a thousand cases of similar identity. And yet she was forced by some power that seemed outside; herself to show Mrs. Harris Frank! Western's photograph; but she was not prepared for the cry that came straight from Mrs. Harris's motherly heart. "God rest his soul! it's him ! It's his own blessed face, as lie looked the day ho went out from dinner, and never came back, nigh on to six months ago." Yfnml lnnlv-fld wildlv nn into Mrs. - V "T V llama's face; her limbs were trembling under her; nhe f'cJtae though some terrible weight ,vere flying through space, aiul would crush her in a second. "I don't underfttand. This is Frank Western." "And it's Mr. Fay, as sure as Scripture. Wait, wait a minute, Miss Maud. I've just thought of something. His name on my boarders' book is Frank Fay; I never thought of that before." "And my Frauk's name is Frank F. "Western. I never thought of that either. Oh, Mrs." Harris, it's the same; and you told me he was murdered! No wonder he never came; no wonder I've waited so long in vain. Oh, my darling!" Maud was passionately clasping his picture to tier breast, and Airs. Harris was wiping the tears from her own sympathetic eves. "Isn't it strange ?" sho said, directly ; and, then, seeing how utterly crushed into silence Maud was, she only waited to light the gas, and turn it down to a mellow twilight, and then stole softly out. Fer an hour Maud sat there, motionless, silent pressing her lover's picture close to her breast, and suffering, and trying to conquer the agony in her soul. Then, when the distant tinkle of the supperbell aroused her, she got wearily jp, and stood under the gas-light gazing at his face with yearning syes and quivering lips. " "I never blamed you?did I, darling ? I never dreamed of being mgry?did I, Frank? I thank Grod now that I was true always ; and I always will be true. But I svant to see you so, Ffauk, my dearsst one! Oh, come back, if only tor a glimpse of your dear face!" Iler murmured words would not have reached the door; and as it ?he knew how wild they were, she nniled drearily and replaced the picture in her album, and started toward the door tj descend into the dining-room. But of a sudden, as if touched by i magician's wand that transformed lier into marble, she paused, with iilated eyes, parted lips, and outstretched arms. And then, peering in dim shadow through the glass ventilator over tier room door, was a face perfect in its outlines, and looking her full in the eyes. And it was Frank "Western! ATon/l'a fnaninoforl wvpairPrA trill6(1 iUlVl^U Q Jlligviuuivvvt WW It W* W }n the shadowy face; her dry lips assayed to call his name; as in a lightmare, she struggled to act laturally. Then, flinging up her irras with a wild, inarticulate cry, jhe fell forward to the floor, in a iead faint; and so Mrs. Harris found her, as, terrified by the noise >f the fall, she hastened up-stairs, flooded the room with light, and applied restoratives. "And you're certain you seen it?" Mrs. Harris asked, in awejtrvck tones, as she glanced at Maud's white, suffering face. "I know I saw him, Afrs. Harris. r>li if lip wmild nnK' come ae*ain !,J w") " J o "Ob, you mustn't talk so, child, [t aint a good sign to be able to see ghosts, and such. . Some people think it's a sign of death." Maud smiled faintly. "Well, sometimes I want to die. And now that I know ray Frank is iead, I want to go him. Perhaps [ am going to die; my head aches fearfully. Will you please lower the gas again ? It hurts my eyes." Maud turned on her pillow, and Mrs. Harris settled for a watch in the rocking chair. She must have fallen asleep. At my rate, she sprang from her chair svith a start at seeing Maud standing silently beside her, one finger >11 her lips, the other hand pointing to the glass'over the door. Mrs. Harris looked, and her lips blanched at the sight of Frank Pay's face peering at them in a silent, shadowy gaze. "Miss Maud, let me open the lr>r>r Tf mnv V>p u triflr" She crossed silently, swiftly to to the door, and suddenly opened it. Not a person was there ; not a sound was heard. Evidently no Dne had abruptly retreated. She closed the door, pale and trembling, and looked up again. There it was, unmistakably plain. 'Oh, this is dreadful! I declare [ feel as if a blast of air from a vault was blowing over me. Miss Maud, do take your eyes off, do! Here !?ghosts don't like' a bright light, they say, and I'm blessed if [ don't light every burner in this room." In a moment the face had gone. Mrs. Harris spoke the truth regarding Frank's ghost, at any rate. It didn't like a bright light. "It bcuts all I ever see. Well, all I hope is that it aint no warning nor notliin* to me! Come, Miss Maud, you're going to sleep in my room to-night. Hark! somebody's come in, judging by the rumpus the boarders arc making. I reckon they're uncommon glad to see whoever it is. You just go into my room and I'll run down." But Maud was utterly unable to obey the kind command. She sunk wearily down in her rocking chair, and covered her face ?vith one hand, that but partialty hid the big tears that dropped rapidly from her eyes. - 1 1 n+ntnno nAminor rnn. DIiu uuaru iv?vio?.vj?d wi>i...s v idly np-Btairs; she heard a joyous murmur of voices, as tlic diningroom door opened- She did not move nor look up, but wailed for the gentleman whose steps she heard to pass her door. And then, quicker than thought, some one dashed in across the room, and caught her in strong, caressing arms, that strained her. to his heart. "My little girl! my darling little Maud!" . 1 ; * For it was Frank himself?-Frank Fay "Western, in veritable fiesh and blood. And when she comprehended the sudden, glorious blessing that had come to her, Maud . lay in his arms, and cried for very agony of joy. * * * * IIow naturally everything was 6 explained! How the mystery of 1 the face, as well as Frank's long absence, and his rising only his s middle name, vanished wheu he t laughingly explaiued the one, and very tenderly told Maud of the t other. f He had never been false for a t moment lie had been telegraphed s to from India, by an uncle, to lose ^ not a moment's time in coming on . business that had been expected 1 for months. Frank learned that a J vessel sailed in an hour?the only 1 one for days. He wrote Maud a letter that he knew would satisfy 1 her, and, as well, prevent a painful ! leave-taking. The letter Maud . never received, aud that day her , father was carried home dead from : his office. Arrived at the city, a second tele- * gram met Frank, containing later TTe was to remain . AAH3H& UVblVitv* .'w .. there, use bis uncle's name, Frank Fay, and transact a peculiar affair as such ; then come on a specified time to India; remain only until a return vessel sailed, and then, several thousand dollars in pocket, come home to Maud and marriage. He had written to Maud often and often; but as she had left her village home for a week or so after her father's death, leaving no address, of course no letter resched her. And, all unconscious, they had both lived in the same city; and little did Maud dream that Frank liacl gone time alter ume 10 her old home to learn traces of her. c Then a month after he had sailed * for India. Fate brought her to his ? very room to wait for him, while f he sailed over sear to her. ; "But the ghostly face, Frank?" ; Maud whispered, when he had fin- } ished. * f "It was never intended to alarm ; jou, dear, or any one. See here, . Maud." I He lowered ths gas. and pointed to the ventilator. There it was agaiD, and Maud and Mrs. Harris gave a little cry. I Frank laughed. r "Have you ever noticed that one of these globes is scratched, Mrs. J Harris ? This one. "Well, those scratches are a rude outline ot my ' face that I nfade one evening, for f an experiment. By a certain f amount of light, like #this" ?and he screwed down the ! flame?"the outline 13 reflected on 1 the glass yonder, provided"?Frank ? laughingly bowed to Mrs. Harris? < "both glass and globe are perfectly i clean and highly polished, as is the ( case at present. If you turn on the i gas higher, the radiatiou of light is 1 too great; in other words, his ghost- j ship refuses to appear." f As he finished he turned on a full t head of gas, and with a pin scratched ^ more lines, glancing at Maud as he did so. j "JNow, 1 abaii cxorcise me evu upir- ^ it. Sec. Mrs. Harris; see, Maud." , He tamed the light down again : and pointed to the ventilator. Thero, J apparently leaning on his shoulder, ] was a shadowy face?so very like * Maud's as to elicit delighted applause, i "Now you are convinced ? I am e convinced, darling, of one thing," he f whispered, and sensible Mrs. Harris ( suddenly-remembered her clescrted t table?' and that is, that we aro the c happiest lovers in all the world?eh, Maud?" \ Isn't our story done? | ( TvnTA T?T:nm?R ? ITS MANUFAC- I ture.?India Rubber, in the condi- 1 tion in which it is when first im- I ported, has much irregularity of < texture, and it is also contaminated i with much dirt and refuse. To t separate these, the India rubber is ? cut into very small fragments, and i then steeped in warm water, by \ j which the dirt is precipitated. The I j fragments are dried and thrown ? [into a kind of kneading machine, where immense pressure is employ- I ed to bring them to one homoge- c neous mass. There is in this knead- i ing process evidence afforded of a f jvery remarkable difference between ( 'gutta percha and India rubber; the 1 j former requires to be heated to a c |soft state before being piacea in tne ? | kneading mill, but tlic India rubber, 1 i though put in cold, becomcs so hot < | by the agitation that it can not safely t !be touched by the hand?it being t necessary to supply the machine 1 with cold water, which is made < nearly to boil with caloric driven 1 out of the elastic maes. So thor- 1 oughly is the mass pressed, rolled, ? pricked, cut and kneaded by this 1 operation, that all dirt, air, water ' and steam are expelled, and it pre- j senta the appearonce of a dark i colored, uniform and smooth mass, i It is then put into cast iron moulds 1 of great strength, aud brought by 1 hydraulic or screw pressure to the ' form of blocks, slabs or cylinders, 1 according to the purpose to which 1 it is to be applied. Mississippi lias a statute that punishes and removes from ofHcc i : all officials that arc guilty of being 1 drunk. This is a most excellent < ; law, and, if enforced, should clotir j the courts of men who, haying no power to govern themselves, should not be intrusted with the power to govern others. . I WORKS RATHER THAN WORDS^ * THE NARROW GAUGE RAIL- 1 ROAD. Editor Abbeville Press and Banner: South Carolina has political reiown and distinction enough to lecure her, an important name in, 4 American history, yet to.bewrittetr ?so that* this generation may wall ay, "We would rather works hau words from oar leaders." The ime is at hand when American armera, as a body, will insist that he "cumulative" system of voting lation of "American Begublkansm," that it may never be eajtl hat a minority of the citizens shall >e virtually disfranchised, because hey are the majority. With their )riuciples fairly engrafted in the ^ latiocal political system of the LTnited States, all her citizens 11 De amply-secured in their rights. rhn rmlv wnrVn r?P n. mflfprinT ni>i :ure that our forefathers have haniljd down in the South, are worn-out :obacco and*cotton fields and a jountry cut up with gullies, and ;he most rascally apologies for roads ^ f ;hat were ever seen in a Christian 4SJ jountry. It may be properly asked, 'What was the reason of this? JjL Why this policy ? They were edur jated ana. intelligent men." The inswer is, that tney were bigoted md selfish, springing out of the ndependent, isolated life they lived >n their retired plantations. They mjoyed the pleasures of a life that jrooiced little control from the conventionalities ot society. . They vere hospitable as a class, but it vas without inconvenience and for he gratification of pride. The aim >f the past few generations of Our >rogenitor8 is a matter rather of n>;ret than pride when we review the U In'U Arc nnd ramoiii. vOUit VI tXJCXl lauvioj miu >er that their great aspirations wei v o leave "broad acres" and "much abor," instead of "subetanti"! . tomes" and public improvement.-, hat would have added much to the lappiness and comfort of their lescendants, now scattered from he Atlantic to the Pacific. Voung men of the South, am! ispeciklly of South Carolina, 1? t lot our children and their children eel that we of this generation only ived for the gratification of our >wn pride, and had no thought for he unborn generations that would / !ome after us. As God's intelligent creatures, we are in dutv >ound to try and imp rove'the counry we earn our bread in. "We are norally bound to rebuild, as fer a? n our power lies, the waste .plaiep, md to reclaim the tens of thousands )f land that our ancestors ruined n the cultivation of tobacco, cotton, ;tc. "We are in duty bound to proride homes that will carry affectioriite remembrances with ua beyond he erave, for no countiy can thrive tnd be virtuous where the people ire not attracted to and proud of heir hom<Mk The ne^Wiighways of the. nine;eenth century, though entirely different from those common in the ;ime of our ancestors, are as absoutely for the public use, And civilzation without good roads and easy ntercourse between the citizens of i common country, is a state of society not now easily realized, rhe public improvements of the lay are eminently worthy of the ittention of every good citizen 'By your works shall ye be judg^, md not by your words." Do not ly off at a tangent because you do iot, like the man at the head of this mterprise or that. Weigh the natter well, if the work is calcuated to he a public benefit; sup>ort it with all your good will, energy and works. Help in the manigement. You may be.poor, but here aie many poorer than you ire, and if you . cannot aid by nouey, do so by manual labor ; if )hysically unable, do so with your jen. There is always some way for t willing heart to aid a good work. One of these public works is now jressing upon us. It means injreased civilization; it means bengon a "great national highway" rom Europe and other foreign :ounties to the West, to the Paciilc. .t is tne trunk: line or narrow rauge road proposed to be constructed frojli Foot Point, Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, as lirect as possible to the Ohio River, ;hence to Chicago, and ultimately ;o Lake Superior, at Duluth(?), :be present terminus of the Northern Pacific Railroad. This lookn ike a big thing to recommond to :he attention of a small State like South Carolina, which is comparatively poor, but remember that tvhen the acorn is put into the ground, for some time it looks like it was rotted, and a bad chance for i shady oak, and yet there it is in a few years. The nation needs two ->r three narrow gauge trunk lines n.of miKt. nnened. as turnDikes, free to the public custom, at established rates; an<l the distance from Lake Superior to the Atlantic at Foot Point, S. C., is not only shorter by many miles than to the more Northern ports, but is through ,i more lavorable route, necessitating less outlay of money, than any other. There is an important meeting at the Warm Springs, X. C., 30th September. Try and be there! licsneef fully, \V IX no Tlx LAWT02?.