The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, January 15, 1902, Image 5
. .
The Press and Banner
G^Pabllsbed every Wednesday at J2 a
ear In advanoe.
Wednesday, Jan. 15, 1902.
Th? Beat Onrimlintion.
We notice from the News and Courier tbat
a Dress club has been organized In Charleston
"for tbe purpose of bringing Into clove and
fraternal relations tbe newspaper workers ol
Charleston and vicinity, and for tbe promotion
of (be general welfare of tbecommunlty"
01 Charleston.
No club was ever organized for belter par.
poce. It Is Just such an organization as we
bave been favoring all tbe time, but we give
tbe brethren of Charleston all tbe credit fo
1U existence.
If Abbeville is part "of tbe community,"
we shall be pleased to Join, with the understanding
that we be allowed to offer several
good suggestions.
_ t
The Monument.
Remember tbe entertainment to be given
n?*L.Timriav niirht at ibe Court House under
tboanaplces ot the Daughters of tbe Oonfeder?
aoy. Admission '?> rents. Children and all
pupll?of the schools, IOoib. Toe proceed* are
to be devoted to tbe building of a Confederate
Monument.
A. R P. Chnrrh.
Tbe pastor will preach on tbe ^object,
"Looking Upward," next Sabbath at 11 A. M.
at tbe Associate Keformed Presbyterian
Church.
Tbe public la cordially Invited.
Lunipii.
In tbe absence of tbe electric lights lamps
bave been pot bark In tbe old pluces wblcb
they occupied before we bad electrlo light*.
"Blessings brlgbten as tbey vanish," wan not
aid ol electric I'gbtn. As compared wltb
electric Hgbta our lamps are poor ibdeed.
V/e shall hope for better days and brighter
nights.
Ltit.
Gold fro me spectlc lea between my residence
. f and Mr Hammond's tan yard. Tbe finder
will be rewarded If returned to
J. M. Oambrell.
Lost.
A young red milk oow, wide between tbe
?jborns. A suitable reward wt|I be given lor
{ pner return to Mrs. J. C. Klugb, Abbeville.
Wanted.
600 turkeya. 1,000 chickens, and all the
i uncus luttv iuiij ww umc?vm,
B, K. Beacbam, at the Miller Hotel.
Farm Wanted.
One to two hundred acres Improved and
good bnlldlntta at or near R. R. Station,
it. Address, Box, 08. Ualnesvllie, Qa.
MB. W. T. Bradley la In charge of tbe
beating apparatus lor tbe A. R P. cburob.
We ball bope Ibat tbe atmospheric oondl*
tloaa will be all tbat could be desired by
preacher or peopl*. Watch the bot air come
through tbe register next Sond'y morning.
If Mr. Bradley ancceeds in getting (be cburcb
warmed, bla commission will go further and
I. < - be will be entrusted with tbe painting or the
doors, and tbe walla. Bia ialter Job to be
*a a reward of merit on tbe first.
Rkt. Da. j. T. Chalmers, pastor of the
FlralA. R. P. Cborch ol Charlotte, Is lying
desperately 111 at bis h ?me In tbat city. Hi*
aged mother la also reported as belDg near
death's door. Man] friends sympathize wlib
tbem, and anxiously await lortber tiding*
from tbe afflicted home.
- ? ' - *" * - ? nr. ik.
Uinee I .VOOW 11 UJUOO ;:i iteubuuio iu*
finest fre?b, roeeted ooffeea on tblB market
and will prove wbat we aay if you will only
call at our store today or tomorrow while we
I have a lady there to make yon a bot cop and
explain how to make good coffee.
I* T. AT. M.Miller..
Peoplenever tire of looking at a locomotlveand
and train of care. Just so with nice
1 picture*; tbere Is always s fasolnatlon about
both. Be acre to call at Williams Studio ai
11 rat opportunity and see his collection of free
hand Crayona.
Nick Jkwelky.?If yon want nice Jewelry
of the oewent aud beat patterns, or If you
need spectaolea or watched, call on J. W. R>
kard., Hie gooda are both pretty and cheap.
He baa beautiful presents for loved ones it
Mill 8tock fob Sals.-I will offer for
aaleonSale i;?y in Peornary Ave abarea 01
the common stock of the Abbeville Cotton
. Mill. Mrs. W. A. Lee.
Bern emoer when op street to go to Williams
Studio and examine bis work, yon may waoi
to have a nice Portrait made before be leav ?s
? 1 aaMalu>?l(nn alLhflP in lllM.
at UU UO gUBI^UW^W o??-lo.MV?.V?
mdi or portraits.
Now is the lime to teat tbe Quality of L. T.
' AT. M. Milter's coffees. A lady will make
you a bot cop If you will onlj call at tbelr
city store to-day or to-morrow.
LT.4T. M. Miller.
Pbone 75 and 85.
Jakes Hkxppill of Cbeater la dead at 86
years.
v ' . Tba U- S. CUII 8ervlc? Commluioo will
bold examination* at several places lo eacb
stale during March and April, to secure
young men and women Jar tbe govern meat
servlo*. 9.889 parsons secured positions last
year tbrooab tbese examinations. Probably
10000 appointments will be made tbls year
All appointment* are for life and for most
positions only a common sebool education It
required. Salaries at appoln* ment vary from
$86u to 81200 a year wltb liberal promotion*
afterward. Politics la not considered. Tbere
Is less competition In tbe southern states
tban in otner parts of tbe oountry. Tbls
affords a good opportunity for people between'tf
and 45 years of age. Tboee desiring
'i places of tbls kind can get full Information
about tbem, free, by writing to tbe Oolum?-*
W naKlnnlnn
win ii vurrwpuiiucuuo vvi io**? w>uiu|ktvu.
v D. C., and aaklug for its' ClvU Service caia
logae, oomber three.
*
Speed's LocrIi.
Five Drop* for tale by Tbe Speed Drat; Co.
Gla?tand putty can be bought cheapest at
The Speed Drug Co.
The Speed Drug Company la bead quarters
for pulnu and oils.
See ns when yon need drugs. Tbe Speed
| Drag Co.
Notice of Dissolution.
r rnHE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EXI
A latlng between W.Joel Smith and A. M.
I Smith, nnder tbe firm name of W. Joel
I Smith & Son, la tbla day dtwolved by motual
i oonBent. W. Joel Smith,
Deo. 81,1901. A. M. Smith.
Fartnereliip Notice.
t
W?\the undersigned, have this day formed
partnership for the purpose of conducting a
general mercantile business under the firm
name of A. M. Smith A Co.
A. M. Smith,
Jan. 1, 1902. S. J. Link.
Mv , ?
A Card.
In retiring from business I desire to thank a
generous public for the liberal Bupport be
f flowed upon me for the past thirty-six years,
and to bespeak for my successor?. Messrs. A.
M- Smith 6 Co, your continued confidence
and patronHge, bellevlnic that they are prepared
to sexv vou as faithfully In the future
an I have d< n the past.
Jan. 1,1902. W.Joel Smith.
Land Sale
?
In tbe Tovn of Mt. Carmei, S. C.
On Wednesday, January 15th,
Between tbe bours of 12 and 8 p. m., 1902, we,
the ODderslgned, will sell to tbe highest bid
der to the town of ML. uarmei. a u, an me
rights, titles and Interest of Union No. 1 of
Savannah Valley Association. Abbeville
CoojDly, 8. O., In a certain lot of land situated,
lying and being In the town of Mt. Carmel,
containing
One Aore and Thirty-Three Poles,
5,000 Shingles,
3,000 ft. Ltunber.
TERMS OF SALE?Cash. Purchaser to pay
for paper*. Plat exhibited on day of sale
with the privilege of making a private purchase.
N. T. Harmon,
J. Tolbert.
> ' Board Trustees.
C. W. C. Moragne, Secretary.
Pettlgrue, 6. C.
| : Y:V.
A BUSINESS GIRL.
Betty Holmes was an unsuccessfu
journalist, aud when both her pareut
died within a few weeks of each othei
her cousiu, Daniel Gilbertuhaw, too]
her to live in Little Gorston. Evei
then Dauiel was a big, slow, man
' with a placid manuer and silver-streak
ed hair, and years older thau his oul;
sister, Martha, who, was bis house
keeper. Jbie kepi the only genera
shop in the village, and lived in th
r cottage attached to it?so sinull a cot
taire that when he aunounced lha
Betty was to find a home under iti
roof, Miss Mattle really had some reason
for asking bim bow he propose(
to make room for the new comer.
1 "Woi, lass," Daniel answered, it
' his slow way, "t' place ain't big, surely
but Betty herself be only a bit o' i
wench."
"She'll grow," Miss Mat tie objected
"Belike, belike, Daniel' admitted
unruffled; "but 'twill not be so fas
we'll not ha' time t' get used t' it an
plau accordiu.' No chap's house wer<
ever robbed o' comfort 'cause t' orphai
were given shelter in it."
So he went off to London?far away
wonderful, confusing London, wiienci
be was glad to escape with the lltth
girl; and Betty came lo live at "t
shop" in Little Gorston. She gol
along with Daniel famously from th<
beginning; and on the Sunday aftej
her arrival, when she went to churcl
with bim, the villagers stared at th<
slim, black-frocked, pule-tactd little
creaiure, whose frail Augers restec
in the huge brown banc
vv" ?o v
of the clumsy gentleman, as they camt
up the church-yard path together
Miss Mattie came stalkiirg grimly be<
hiud?so grimly, that wbeu the child
glanced back, with a little smile, sh(
was too frightened by what she eaw tc
dare to repeat the experiment.
Miss Mattie did not. approve of Bet'
ty's coming, nor take to her. Her lift
was centered in ber brother, and froir
the first she resented and feared the
thought of the child coming betweec
him and herself. She was willing tc
make many, if not all sacrificed foi
him in her own severely practical way
aud she could not understand why h<
should desire anything else. But Dan
lei?easy-going, slowrthinking, slower
speaking Daniel?was firm, because h<
saw his duty clearly before him.
"It's right, lass,'' he said to his^sister.
'/T' little lass ba no kith nor kin
'cept you' an' I. We mun stan'b\
her."
And he did stand by Betty duriug
the years which saw her shoot up from
a short-frocked child to a tall girl bor
deriug on womanhood. She came tc
be his constant companion, his righi
hand, his oracle in all his commercial
perplexities. She bad inherited from
uer mother a* quick brain and an instinct
for figures and affairs to make
ber a veritable business girl. Matter^
which made her big, gray-haired cousio
groan in anguish or plod with futile
helplessness over columns of blotted
or involved accounts, were nothing tc
ber quick wits and keen eyes. Daniel
o<w>ar.tcH h*?r hfelD at the outset with
marveling trepidation, which resolved
into contented and absolute faith
Without Betty he was nothing; anc
lite girl always remembered wbo hat'
stood between herself and the world,
and treated him with all the respect
his own daughter might have paid.
Dauiel never meaut to drift apari
from his sister; but Miss Mattie, al
though devoted to him in her heart
and ready.to serve him as his hand
maid, lacked tbe gift of sympathy,
aud refused to take any part or interest
In the affairs of the abop. She lost nc
opportunity of saying, in her old'
laahioned, prim way, that sbe disapproved
of advanced women, and considered
that girls were wholly out 01
place in business, even if tbat business
only extended to looking after s
village shop. And, perhaps, Mist
Mattie felt more bitterly than she cared
to own, or even than she knew, hei
brother's unconscious tr&usfereuce of
r*?nnh nf hla alleffiance to the girl
whom she regarded as an intruder
She did not quarrel with Betty, bul
ever pretended to be her friend oi
glad to liave her in the house.
The latent hostility and tbinly veil
ed dislike made the girl uncomforta
ble and unhappy, and once she Bug
gested to Daniel that it would be bettei
if sbe went away?but only once. Sht
was startled by bis distress and terror
'Nay, uay, lass," he said, Martbe
doesn't know tbee yet. But her'll
learn?her'll learn. An' I couldn'i
bide wi'out thee now. What would
tbe shop be wi'out thee ?"
Ah, yes, Daniel well knew what tht
shop would be without Betty?tht
shop whence came the living of their
all, and which was to keep Miss Mattie
from want if she were left alone. Timet
were changing, new rivalries and competitors
were springing up like liont
in the path. The stately, leisurely
methods which bad been well enough
once and had worked like machinery,
would no longer do. To win succest
and make a way now was needed youtt
aud pushful tact?yes, tbe talents oi
?i.? K.tcinoaa airl whnm in his simnk
IUV WUC4MWV O* | ? m
pious heart be thanked God every daj
for Beading to him. Without Bettj
the shop would be nothiDg at all. H<
was growing old and tired, and Mist
Mattie knew nothing, and would scorr
to learn, even if it were not too late
Not that Miss Mattie ever thought s<
herself. She did not suppo-e, ol
course, that matters would go on in
definitely without a change, butcher
ishedavague notion that Daniel and
herself would eventually retire on ?
modest competence.
And even Betty, although she anx
iously watched the lines of thought
deepening on Daniel's face, did uol
fully realize all his secret care for the
sister who bad lived with him so lonji
without really knowing or understand
him.
So Betty remained to help Daule
and to cling to the hope of winning
Miss Mattie in the end?a forlorn hope
apparently, and without much chance
of realization. But, to compensate foi
this disappointment, iuto the girl'f
life came a new interest?to make
Daniel smile in bis slow way, and Bet
ty wonder sometimes, and to inspire
her with a fresh and lender thought
fulness, tbe significance of which sh<
scarcely understood at first. George
Marsh 'was the son of one of the farm
ers whose homestead lay beyond tb<
village, and he fell into a custom o
calling frequently at the shop. Danie
liked him for his straight forwari
character and steadiness; MissMatu
favored him with nothing but a moa
stately and reserved courtesy; anc
Betty?well, it was nobody's businesi
but her own what Betty thought.
Then Daniel died. He broke dowr
quite suddenly, and passed out of lift
1 ' J ?l 1 kit
just as simpiy as ne nau wamcu ui<
daily path in bis dull, kind way. A
little while before the end he pressec
Betty's Auger's and whispered to her
"Mattie '11 know?ber'll know some
times, lass. Stan' by her i't' hour o
tribulation. The shop's nowt wi'oul
thee."
His whisper was inaudible except t<
the closely bending girl, but bis ditr
eyes were not observant of the gray
sharp face at his bedside, and he geutJj
drew bis fingers from the strong
?
' N
t-' ;v- ; '/ " '
' ' * ' - ' ' ' '
" . ' * 4'. Pj. % V T.i f' 'r v!* !' '
young clasp tbat bad helped him
through so many years, and gropec
about until he touched his sisters hand
j Until after the funeral Miss Mattie
s was like one- dazed, but not softened,
. More grim than ever, goiug about with
I set lips and red, swoolen eyes, a paj
tbetic and yet an awe-inspiring figure
in her deep black. She repulsed all
I proffers of sympathy almost fiercely,
y and did not exchange half a dozen
j_ words with poor Betty.
I After Daniel had been laid to rest,
b however, and all was over, when they
_ were alone in the little kitchen and
t the >-hop wa< once more open, Miss
s Mattie said something that almost
. made Betty's heart standstill,
j "You?you don't wan't me here?"
the girl gasped when she could trust
, her voice. "You wish me to go away?"
"I think it will be best," Daniel's
j sister answered, in a hard dry tone.
"You and I have never agreed, Elizabeth
Holmes. I never liked you, and
I always thought my brother was mis|
taken in having you here. But I will
> not be unjust. You shall have time to
3 find something to do, and if you need
, any help you need not fear to ask for
it."
Betty'groped her way to her own
J tiny room. She was taken by surprise
j and bewildered, although she had not
> supposed, any more than Miss Mattie
l herself, that things would have gone
. on unchanged forever. Only the had
p not looked 'or such an abrupt disrup\
tion as this, and had hoped that in
, time she might win Miss Mattie'a lik>
ing and pay part of her debt to Daniel
I by being a help and comfort to 'bissis[
ter; and dow all was apparently so
, miserably over.
When Daniel died George Marsh was
1 away on business for hi- father, and
I uo message came from him to Betty,
, although she expected it. There had
been no formal engagement between
them, but bis previous conduct had not
prepared her for his silence in her time
of trouble. But days passed and
brought no message. Only, as her
heart grew heavier, Miss Mattie had
become more sour, and had looked at
her with an uneasiness in which defiance
and struggling shame had been
mingled. :'
"Daniel had left no will. Apart from
the shop tnere had been little to be*
queath, and he had taken It for granted
that his sister and cousin would remain
together. Thus it happened that
there was no provision for Betty, l eyond
a few pounds which had been
, her mother's, and which Daniel had
rofiiHPri to roiifih. and had allowed her
r to keep as a nest egg in case of need.
| Had it been different and herself inde.
pendent, she might have found i t ea-ier
, to plead and reason with Miss Mattie;
; but, thiogs being as they were, she
I could uot persist after one answer she
, received.
. "My brother, Daniel, was always
, talking about your cleverness and tal'
ent for business. I don't think you
ought to need to ask for a homo and
; charity when you know there is no
room- ior you here."
, Betty turned away, with her face
I white and her lips pressed close to re,
strain a 6harp answer. She ielt she
I could not stop after that insult. But
she did not judge her cousin. , Her
j quick girl's iustinct told her that beI
Death all Miss Mattie's grimness and
sharp and bitter speeches there was a
' quivering pain and a crying out for
tne dead brother, who had beeu every,
thing in her circumscribed life, aud
whom another, although innocently,
bad seemed to draw away from her.
[ So it had come about that when Betty
bad seen her box lifted into the car[
rier's cart, and turued and taken her
t farewell at >be shop, a swift Impulse
caused her to go back and kiss the
' withered, cold cbeek.
. Miss Mattie flushed ever so little,
but (be girl was gone on her way to
the station aud to London; and, after
" a pause, Daniel's sister gave up startin?
onH Hrow horuAlf
| lujuvnu ?u? .?.M, ?v"
> up with more than u6ual firmness.
Some friends of her father, who had
f not forgptten her, had obtained Betty
I a situation in an office in the city. At
first she was given only the most sim!
pie duties; but, as time went on, her
value was understood, and she was entrusted
with.more important work, to
which she proved herself quite equal.
It came to be acknowledged lu the or'
fice that, if she chose to remain, Miss
! Holmes wa? much surer of her position
, and promotion than many who had
been there long before her.
I Yet, although she did her duty and
I kept a brave front to the world, her
L heart was heavy. She could not forget
I Daniel or tbe shop in Little Gorston,
nor help thinking sadly of Miss Mat,
tie, whom she knew must be growing
j old and lonely. She wrote two letters;
[ but tbe first was not answered, and tbe
, second was returned unopened, ad
j dressed in Miss Mattie's stiff handwriting.
Tben Betty sighed, but even
then could not forget Daniel's dying
words; and, except her own returned,
she bad no letters from her old home
From Little Gorston, therefore, came
no news, and she could not prevail on
herself to go there during the holidays,
although a longing to see Daniel'*
grave was Btrong on her. She felt that
she was not wanted by any one there,
and that she would only make her pain
harder to bear by the visit. To this
resolution she kept firm, until the
months lengthened into two years,
and tben something happened. r
j A great deal of the work in the office
f had to do with outside law matters,
and it was part of Betty's work to copy
confidential legal papers. It happened
[ therefore, that'one afternoon a bundle
. of red tape bound documents was
placed ou tier desk, and that within
five minutes afterwards she was in the
[ private office of the head of the firm.
> "I must go, sir," she said, "as soon as
, possible, lam very sorry, but if this
\ is true I cannot stop, indeed."
] The solicitor glanced at the paper she
held out. Its formal tenor wa8-?"ffi
cient to have made Daniel turn i nis
r grave, ln'set phrases and technicali'
ties it set forth that Miss Gilbertshaw,
[ of Little Gorston, was on the verge* of
' ruin, and that, unless she immediately
satisfied the claims of the pressing
creditors, she would be sold out and
reduced to beggary.
* Betty obtained leave, and went down
_ to Little Gorston next day. She reach"
ed her old hotne in tbe evening, and a
dismal welcome awaited her. 8uch a
dreary, miserable, almost empty little
' shop; such a bare, comfortless cottage;
e such a faded, weary, sick-at-heart
. Miss Mattie! Ah, no! Betty did not
. need to be told how it had all happened.
, Daniel's sister had known nothing of
t business?not even how to manage a
I nhop?and new rivals had risen to
fight pitilessly against her futile effort*
and her ignorance, until all was come
to the verge of ruin.
When Miss Mattie saw Betty com,
ing through the untidy shop into the
cheerless kitchen she put out her thin
1 hands to ward her off.
"Not you!" she said. "Not you?I
I cannot bear you here!"
> And then she would have fainted,
t had she not been caught in the strong
young arms whcse help she had thrust
) from heronce. Gently Betty restored
, her and helped her to lie down. The
two year* bad made her an old woman,
marked with struggling, and care, and
f lonely weariness. That night saw her
,
i boveriog between life and death, a
i moaning mconerentiy to neraeir
. she held fast to Betty's hand.
> To Betty's hand, which was no 1
gentle when the girl caught the moi
out words of delirium and unaerstc
what had been done.
i Betty did not return to the office
I the city. She was wanted at hot
she wfote, and the firm excused^ 1
and wondered how a bu-iness ?
could throw away her prospects
lightly. It was a long and weariso
struggle to win Miss Mattie back
life; and in another sense, an equa
i long and wearsome matter to avert i
threatened ruin. All the girl's
domitable courage, all her brains a
talent, and also ail her savings, w
needed to extort patience from 1
ureuuurs, to uuravei lue leariui laiif.
and to save the shop. Butitwasdoi
without help or faltering, and a c
came when matter* were almost
they had been in Daniel's days; a
Betty repeated nothing of what f
bad beard to Miss Mattie.
There was at last a pleasant evenli
when the ghost of Daniel's sister ca
downstairs, sharper featured than ev
but robbed of all her grlmness and
perity, and when she saw what I
been done, and knew that her ho
wa9 safe and tbat she was free from
the struggling, she burst into w
crying, and would have knelt at B
ty's feet had not the girl prevented
"You've t*ave me!" she said''You
been the me-senger of the Lord?t
messenger to the unworthy serva
But you don't know what I've don
"Yes, Lknow," answered Betty, gi
tly.
"You know?" repeated Mis* Matt
incredulously. "You know tbat wt
George Marsh wrote to you I kept
letters back, anil that when he v
seeking you I told him I didn't kn
where you were? Oh! Betty, Bet
mj wicked heart! I thought that }
had come between Daniel and me, a
I hated you, and I could not bear tl
aoythiDg should keep you near c
And when I was sorry afterwarc
was afraid, and dared not tell 1
truth. But I will." .
And ohe did, bravely and simp
when George Marsh came hasten]
to see her in answer to her messa
and it was Daniel's sister, after i
who put Betty's hand iu her love
and begged forgiveness from tb<
both.?End.
mm
A Man Who Dared.
How a young man who went.
Paris to study surge stood by i
principles, is told in The New Vol
As lie was bidding his friends gq<
by, his betrothed, obeying -a sudd
impulse, whispered as her parti
word:?
"Charlie, Dare to be a Daniel!"
"Only that old saw," said he, wb
a look of disappointment shadow
fa is face '
"That *ouly, Charlie; but it m
mean much to you," was her answ
Tho imnntv A morlna n f Koarnr
jl ut jvuug iAUJti IVMU| bii v wtai
a letter of introduction to distinguish
nobleman and scientist lu Pari*, v
soon received with marked klndlinc
In a few days he was the reciph
of an invitation to a small banquet
tbe count's residence, at which w<
present some of the savants of t
great city.
During the progress of the fea9t,. 1
host, filling his wine glass, proposed
toast "to tbe wives, daughters a
sweethearts of America," to which
Invited a response from bis youth
guest, motioning a servant meanwb
to fill tbe glass with tbe red wine.
What followed can be told in 1
young man's own words:?
"Mother," he wrote, "for a mom<
I was in agony of trepidation,
would rather have faced a canm
All bad risen, and in each was the c
of wine, which I bad been pledf
from my childhood not to "tou<
taste nor handle " My head swa
Suddenly I beard the words, "Dare
be a Daniel!" Tbey shot through i
bead Use an electric flash. instant
my resoulution was taken. I touch
my white glass?a servant filled
with water. Rising. I said, as well
1 could for the great, lump in i
throat?
4,I beg leave to say that to the typl
wife, daughter, sweetheart of Amerit
the purity of this, nature's own bev
age, illustrates the lives they aim
lead and the dangers which they se
to avoid. Permit me to use it in th
dear names."
"Following the example Count B
every white glans was instantly rah
and the toast drank."WHEN
YOU
TAKE MEDICINE
You do so because you
want to get well quickly.
Bring your . . .
PRESCRIPTIONS
to our Drug Store and
we will help all we can.
Your medicine will contain
exactly what the
Doctor directs, and it
will be compounded
from purest and best
Iresh drugs, uur prices ,
are much below the
average. All goods delivered
at your home
immediately, with no
extra charge for the
delivery.
Lei Us Fill
Yonr Prescriptions.
THE SPEED DRUG CO.
BftrkHdHle'n Locnln.
Get your garden seed from W. D. Barksdi
New supply Just Id.
You will need Home fertilizer for your (
den this year. Buy Royater's bone goods fi
W. D. Barksdale. Tbey are tbe best.
Q?J ....t r,rnnf anri rod null
When you need com, oats, meal, floor,
con or other supplies oall on us.
FreBh lot of garden seed.
Oet prices from W. D. Barkadale before;
buy your molasses.
Canned goods of all kinds can be fount
the store or W. D. Barkadale.
Car load of New Orleans molasses Just
celved.
Keep your eyes on DuPre's show wlndi
and get his prices on vases, dolls, aDd ol
Christmas goods.
We exchange school books. Speed Drug
Cure that, cold with Mil ford 'n Cold and G
Tablets. No cure, no pay, Phone 107. J
ford's drug store.
'
Jt ' .
?? HAPPY MARRIAGES. G0
688 None Are Entirely Free from Ocoas* Wo1
ill- alonal Small DlnAfreemeuU.
^ .An old couple in New Jersey a week 8
or more ago celebrated the sixty-eielit agr;
Iu anniversary of their wedding. The in :
Qei npwenanpr reoorta closed with the N.
statement: "They have never bad a Hai
f"1 quafrel." Frequeutly, indeed, almost wa(
80 invariably, couples on the occasion of rr
me their silver or golden wedding, declare ..
to that th^y never had a quarrel; tbatther
jfW serenity t f their compauionsbip Lever mel
tbe has been interrupted by harsh words mei
ln~ or the most trivial bickering. The
Never give any credit to such state- ex,
ments. The person who makes them spit
e may really believe them at the time, ohii
?le? and warmth and kindness of wine and gjjy
?e? infatuation intensified by the occasion
lay corrupt the memory of aged couples ?
a? and move them to boast of their good
?" fortuue. Noone should criticise this fail ^
5he ing, which is harmless and even teau- *n 8
tiful, but which, nevertheless, is trea- 'bit
?E? son of the cold truths. The old man of
me sits at the head of the table with hit* tair
er? old wife at bis side. Both have been the
toasted and it is necessary to reply. Ojg
,ad He rises and says: 14We have lived T
m.? together for a half century and have d
an Dever quarreled," ana the good wife, , ?
lld in her black gown and her best laces, ? :
et" beams on her children, her grand- bro1
children and assembled friends, and mej
confirms the falsehood with a nod. be]
;he Frequently, too, younger couples ast
Dl. ?SI..?a fViA noma flnflnn ohnnf
P UHUUlaic i<uo d?ui? iiwivu avwuu vuliujujyC
e- selves. In company they are very de-1- the
in" voted to each. She continually gives rest
him playful fillips on the cheek, and
le? "dearest^ is the coldest name by
l?n which he addresses her. From their
"'8 own stories It appears that their mar- at"
Fa8 ried life has been "uninterrupted beati- aPe
tude. They bask in each otner's glan- crui
ces and are exalted, transfigured by car<
r0" love. ton
'D<J Other young couples, who are Very larf
bat foud of each other, and who get on
I16* very well together, though not' with- ^r(
?1 out little quarrels, may be inclined to Mt
Lbe have the blues when they behold
. how extremely peaceably the first ^
'J*? young couple dwell together. ^Perhaps
lD8 a young wife will accuse herself of *Ie<
8?? being loo quick of temper and too We
a,,'? sharp of tongue. Perhaps both will the
>r H think that their marriage hasuot beeh nnt
em as successful as it might have- been, bv 1
, Then they may put their arms about
each other deplore past quarrels and Jee
past hardships, renew their vows of
love, and resolve to make'the future
to atoue tor what cannot be undone./ can
h*8 Such self-orimiuations will do no
06 harm. Such renewals of the vows of the
x^- affection wlil make a day or a week sid<
eQ more pleasant, perhaps, than it would ani
D? have been. It is wellfor husband and \
wife now and then beg pardon of each tiio
other.. But no young couple should believe
that, becaused they fall out once _jj
'ed in a while, exchange sharps word*, .
lose their tempers and spoil a dinner
ay by quarreling, their marriage Is a faller*
ure, at least, by comparison. Nothing '
?r could be more untrue or more unjust to
ied themselves. All married couples have ror
v&a bad their little bickerings, and when oni
(as. auy couple say they have lived togeth- gia
;nt er fifty years, or eveh ten ^ears, with-- tioa
at out a quarrel, they are either the one raa
exceptional couple out of one thousand, fI0
'be or tbey,say what is not true. Truet flnf
tbe Husband may never nave attempted tr.
"e to stab taU wife npr the wife plotted to -1'
* poison her husband, but be sure they J*10
?a have more than once scolded each ?ai
other, taunted each others, been angry wai
y*1 at each other, and, in short, quarreled be ]
>ild outright with each other. They bave A
been reconciled, of course; their life to;be
gether has been harmonious, except ?he
for occasional discords? they really love
5D? each other; but, believe this, they .
1 have had their quarrels. ; y
an. ? t der
up ? ~ anc
;ed tbe
oh, Economy and Snceeu.
One of tbe hardest lessons wich a <
to young man has to learh, who wishes 1
By io succeed in life, or to be financially |q ,
tJy independent, is the necessity of econier
omy in his expenditure. Doubly hard .ch
1C is the lesion to the youth who has a ,
88 rich or well-to-do father, who, before .
?y the son enters upon a career, provides ni8l
for all his warns. Economy means
^al self-denial,?the sacrifice or present ?an
Ja> gratification for a future and a greater Cre
er" good; and this to most men is not pleas- tak
^ ant. There is no royal road to riohes the
iek aDy more than to geometry. It is not
e'r what a man get? that constitutes his pr0
wealth, but what he saves. Wise men
jl in all ages have agreed that the only ,
sea way to become ricn, or evep indepen- e .
. dent, is to save the odds and ends, the ?DC
Hbreds and parings, to keep exact ac- 'ea<
count, to keep clear of everything with gre
"I the slightest aspect or savor of waste. Me:
The old worn-out saws about "taking ahe
care of the pennies," and "a pin a
day," and ''willful waste leading to
woeful want," which embody the
hoarded experience of many genera- _
tions, are as true now as centures ago, *
and men and women prosper just as Ine
they obey these lessons. A penny is a bjsi
very little thing yet the comfort of Jer
thousands and tens of thousands de- Vai
pends upon the use made of pennies, (ha
Iudustry without economy is as fatal
to the acquisition of wealth as idleness.
To produce diligently, and to take care ^
of the scraps and leavings, the margins _ ?
and remnants, is the one infallible,
nronpRH that nnntriiinteft D?"
not leas powerfully to the result 'than dra
tbe former. ma
Do you say that you get but little ? aft
Never mind: spend less than that little; gup
and next year you will get more, for
you will have tbe profit or interest
on the sum you save. Have you ever ^
reflected on the magical effect of email ^ ,
savings, continued for years, upon a .
man's fortune? Who, that is earning Dat
even a meager income cannot save 13 Bet
1-4 cents a day? Yet it has been com- bur
puted that this petty sum, which slips
through a man's fingers imperceptibly,
amounts, with compound interest, in j,
30 years, to $3950 and in 50 years, to pte
$14,500 ! If a man smokes a cigar daily, ^
that cost but 5J cents from the age of
20 to 70, he puffs away, to the damage .1"
of his heaitn probably, as well as of his r?.]
purse, positively, $5800.
Every man who would get on in the er ^
world?every man who would avoid a dur
alntMoh humilinfincr Hpnpnricnpo nnnn rnfl
I others?should contrive to live within j
his means, and, on account of poesi- grg
ble illnesp, to add to them. Not to do
__ this is the very essence of dishonesy for ..
the man who does not keep his expen- ?1J
diture ' within his income, must, ?e.P
. sooner or later, be living upon the mil
' means of some one else. the
tar- the)
otn ? aSST
WE'RE FOURTH IN POPULATION.
ba
Onr Total Now It 84,333,069?CbIoa, Porl
you Great Rrltaln and Rnatla BlKftcr. Hav
Alai
j?, Washington, Jan. 8.?The censu* bureau Is- Gua
sued a report to-dav giving the population of Am
the continental United States, Alaska and Pert
re- tbe Insular DosoesHlona. Hawaii. Porto Rlno. *
the Pbllllpplne Islands, Guam and American '
Samoa.
Tbe twelfth census extended over only two Tot)
of tbeae outlying districts. Alaska and Ha- ft
iws wail, but the census office has obtained tbe ma?
her beat available Information regarding th? pop- cora
ulatlon of tbe otber portions of the United it
Slates and prepared tbe following table, show- the
Ing the present population of the entire Bboi
rip- (Jolted States: Unl
Sill- Continental United 8tates 15,991,575 ^a8
Philippine Islands 0,961,389 tlor
' ri 'ji-. V*
' i
=========^^
VERNMEN.T ROADMAKING.
rk of Construction Supplemented by
Lectnre* by an Expert.
everal weeks ago the department of
iculture began its first experiment
roadbuilding at New Brunswick,
J., under the direction of E. B. ,
xison, special agent of the office of ,
1 inquiry. ^ / i
he model road beiDg considered la i
first of several which the govern'
it is to baild at the garions experi>t
stations throughout the oountry.
) government furnishes a rock crash- 1
screen, engine to drive steam roller,
lading wagon and road grading ma- [
le and two skilled operators. The ,
furnishes the material, carta and j
jrers. v
he road will be of macadam pattern. <
inferior .grade of. traprock is found
ibundance near New Brunswiok and
i is being used in the substructure
the road; The superstructure is obted
from the traprock deposits in
neighborhood of Plainfield and the
nges.
'he model pavement will have a
th of about nine inches and the fonnion
be made of small, wedge shaped,
ken stones of as nearly the same dilsions
as possible. The roadbed will
prepared by thoroughly rolling with
earn roller weighing'about ten tons,
iry hole will be carefully filled with
same material. that composes the
; of the roadbed, and the finished
3a section will be lormed oy two
des of one loot in 80 feet from the
?, uniting at the center; with the:
* slightly rounded. Font inches of
shed stone will be spread on the
3fnlly prepared roadbed to form the
ndation of the sabstrhotnre.. The
wait of these stones will be qrashed
fine as to be able to, easily pas*
Dngh a two inch ring, and the smallwill
be about half an inoh in diam*
This foundation "Will then be sprin3,
making the stone as wet as possiwitbout
softening the roadbed, and.
roller passed over it a'few times
il the stone is only sligh tly disturbed
the teams returning with the empty
ts. The first foundation is not made
per than four incheu, because it has
n found that a greater thickness
ses the; stones to "elbow" together,
iring off their sharp corners, makiif^
"bonding, *h which is the great dejratum,
a very slow process, if not
Impossibility.
Vhen the first foundation has been
roughly sprinkled, a second coat of
ilar stone three inohes in thickness
1 be applied. After the stone has
n well'' bonded" to this ex tent it will
tin be sprinkled, and while very wtf
:hin coating of traprock screenings
1 be most carefully spread over the
face, just thick enough to fill the
ill spaces between the stones.- The
j of the stones of this last applicai,
which is called in the parlance of
dbuilding the "binder," will be
m half an inch in diameter to the
.at dust. When the work has reached
i stage, it will be left untouched in
dry state as Jprig as practicable to
den and bind. The application of
ter and the passage of vehioles will
prevented as long as practicable.
ia the work proeresses Mr. & B.rrison,
who is direoting the work for
department of agriculture, will dear
lectures explaining the process of
ing the road. Butgers college s tuits
in the agricultural department
I fanners will be invited to attend
lectures and witneaB the work.
Seneral Grant Favored Good'Road*.
Nearly 20 years ago General Giant,
enumerating necessary lines of pubimprovements,
named the publio
ools and highways. Once, when he
[ General Sheridan were in a remisent
mood, the old commander said
'Little Phil,'' speaking of the letter's
ious ride to the battle - of Cedar
lek: "Sheridan, if that battle had
en place after a prolonged raih and
re bad not been a good pike from
aohester, you would never have been
moted to the head of the United
tfla nrmv. Yon would not have reach
the battlefield to oheer your men,
I there would have been a great.deI
for the Union forces instead of a
at viotory. That would have left
ade and Thomas a long' distance
ad of you in the line of promotion."
Jew York Tribune.
Keep the Road Dry.
P. A. Dunham, who has been promptly
identified with the farfamed
tem of modern highways of New
sey, at a meeting of the Connecticut
lley Highway association, stated
t poor material well pat, together
i be made to produoe better results
n first olass material carelessly put
ether. Nothing is more fatal to daility
than the drainage of the road,
and more particularly the subinage,
which is often neglected. A
oadam road cannot be left to itself
er a completion, bat needs constant
lervision.
Both Hard and Easy.
Jood roads are about the easiest thing
ihe world to make, once undertaken,
about Ibe hardest thing there is to
officials to take hold of.?-Parkers-'
g (W. Va.) Sentinel.
Wheel Track*.
Locording to the statement of the
sident of the Missouri Good fioads
Dciation, the people of that state
nt $490,000 dnriug 1896 for road
provement, while it cost them just
0,000 for roads supervisors. In othvords,
it cost the state $1,090,000
ing the year for $490,000 worth of
d improvement.
n France there are ?i4,000 miles of
fc class roads built by the governat,
and about an equal number of
es have been built by the different
artments, as well as thousands of
es built by smaller divisions. From
beginuing of the work to the end
re is a system, and responsibility i*
ired.
Lo Rico 953.243
rail 151,000
ska ...., 63,692
,m 9,000
erlcan Samoa - 6,100
ions Id military and naval serrloe
outside continental United
states 91,219
il 84,233,069
>e estimate for the Philippine Islands Is
le by the Statistician to the Philippine
imlsslon In a letter to the census office,
le total population of the United States at
clone of Ibe nineteenth century was
at 84.250.000. As the population of the
ted States at the beglnnlngof the century
about five and a third millions, the nai
has grown nearly slxteenfold in one bun
Wow tit# Gerfuu i nmrj-.ij ij>;
Ing room, and *6 first glanoe 1 entlrfcly
failed to recognfze him lii the' padded %
monster that ntow staggered dnrasUjjBto; H the,
room, supported on eaob side by his $3
seoond and sword'bearer. The thick a/mor' - S
of leather and wadding with whkJb he/wie ?, ^
bolstered entirely protected his body and ' ' ^
limbs. His neck was rigidly inoaeed in a i
high, thick collar of silk and whJpc?pd^9^^^H
and his eyea Were protected by Iroa gog? - ,
gles as large as small teacups, from wbicb ,
a strap passed rocrnd the ears to be buckled -
at the baok of the head. His second Wae <- %
somewhat similarly equipped, And in ad- *
ditlon wore a lather cap with a strong , ;1 2
Iwm nAnk. Thfi of.hp-r nrlnolnal nresentlT r'.'?
entered the room-and took up
afc one'sword's length from Zimmetman. 'i||
standing?a man of genial totxropftr, , 'M
with fat, amorphous faoe in which
*IOU NUtt M ?UV,WMWI;.UUI|?W ?MU ? I'll*
vainly-to restrain the howling ^
the woman on the other side of h&?
marked audibly thafc.a oage wu the yrbpes .
place for savages like Wna^
Roanuind kicks fromliliVBtei Johupy;
rtel'^ she wailed as the gtmg&aii with
the oompany asserted himself. He had wj
been trying In vatojoreedjile^mcraipg
"lama father myself, and I will be happy ' k
to chastise your oherub In behalf of hla ab*e?
Obl'no, yoa won't; cot If Iknowltt"
said Jobnn/'a mother, rising In her wrath Jj2M
jute a ngruHB. xuerw uu k.iawiiiiqu aT- . i-wgrg
log dare lay a finger on that boy?hia-own
father or any other ngly pld cafcatnonnt J
who thinks heknowB it all!" And she
shut off debate by going into the next car
and taking the sweet Infant with bar.?
Chicago Tlmtis-Herald. ,
The Origin of Mr. nnd Vrr.
Zh earlier times the ordinary man was
simply ^William or John?that la to aay, ha .
had only a Christian name without any
kind of ''handle'1 before It or snrnanaa
after it, says thg Philadelphia Becord.
Some moans of distinguishing one John
or William from another John or William
became necessary. Nicknames derived
from a man's trade or his dwelling plaee
or from some personal peculiarity wars
taoked on to bis Christian name, and plain <39
John became John Smith. Aa yet than
were no "misters" in the land.
Some John Smith aoonmnlated more
wealth than the bulk of his fellows?be- came
perhaps a landed proprietor or an
employer of hired labor. Then he began . jjgj
to be called in ine jMonnan-xxtuiiui ui hi . ?
day the "maistre" of this place or that,
of these workmen or of those.
In time tho "maistre, " or "maiiter,"
as It soon became, got taaked cu before
bis name, and he became Maiiter Smith' '-v
and his wife was Malstress Smith.
Gradually the sense of possession ws?
lost sight of, and the title was oonfecred
upon any kind?by mere possession' of of?
wealth or holding some position of more
or lea oonglderatton acd lmpqrtmoc. .. ;
.
NIc? For Xerroui People.
A party of Cambridge professors on one
occasion undertook, for a scientific object, V
to penetrate Into the depths of a Cornish.
mine. ^
One of tbe number relates tbe following
startling incident of his visit: On bis
tsoent In the ordinary manner, by means
of a buoket and with a miner for a fellow '
passenger, he perceived, as he thought, unmistakable
symptoms of tbe fralltiy of the
rope.
"How often do you change your ropes,
my good man?" he Inquired when about
half way from tbe bottom of ths awful
abyss. , V ;< 't'v
"We obange them every three months,
sir," replied the man In the buoket,."and
we shall ohange this one tomorrow If .we </
nutnnanffltnHar. trlr "?Pan farm' fffwlrlt
? 1
The greatest potato eaters a re the people V;
of Germany and Belgium. The consumption
of this vegetable avenges 100 poundi
per annum for each person.
According to the offlolal reports of the
Japanese government the Island empire
contains 62,620 teachers.
^ m ,
> ' /xjL
dred years.
There are only three countries which now
haven ereater Donnlatlnn than the United
States, China, the British Empire and the
Russian Empire. China and the British Em- v
plre have each of them probably between
850 000,000 aod 400,000,000, or together* nearly
one-half of the total population of the earth.
The Russian Empire, with about 181,000,000
peodle, has more than as many again as tho
U nlted States and has been Increasing during
the century Just closed with greater rapidity
than any other European power. ,
_ %i
Don't forget that now is th? tim* v saar
* JOMMB VK