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r The Press and Banaei E^PablUhed every Wednesday at tS i r Id advaoc*. Wednesday, March 12,1902. ? Ik rarellaii Day at Ihr Expo*}lion On aeeonnt Mouih Carolina n?y at tbe Kx position Marrh *>th. 'be Charleston ant Weatern Carolina Hallway will offer *erj lo? rat* a from all polo la. Rat** from Urven wood will beM IS. Amleraon St 50, U>wndr.s vlll* Si.50, Calhoun Fall* H SO, Ml. Carm* ? 9450, MeCormlck 91.50 and corrmpoDdinit lo? fate* from all other aiatlona. Ticket* Will tx oo Ml* for train* of March I9tb and Juth villi final limit tbr** day* from date of aale. Thli will give all an opportunity of vlaitlnf tb< Exposition at a very amall coal. fall on Agent* for farther Information. W. J. Craig. General P^aaenger Agent. ??? Tear Uraerr Cm del II. "Sranaford'a "Clinon" Floor la mad* ol tli? h?t MitetHi wheat grown oo Kentucky anil. and la milled km much with retard to l?ir nutritive vaiue of l he floor aa lla eolnr and rtalnc qnakltfa. Am yoar (roerr tor Clll* too." K??rj AO-pound uck la put up in regular towelling. i-very ?acK making two rood loam. J. It. Oleno. J. M. Cocbran. I. T. 4 T. 3d. Millar, aod Mm. Lou Alewlne *! keep IU } Maw Trlrjibaar*. O. A. Nick lea. Beef Mk>k*l. Na Ki. G. W. Fuller, reaidaoee. No. HI Abbeville Furniture Fa pi or v. No OB. T. M. Oleoo, residence, No. 1H3. me^ts IlKXOVKD. 4 Kieeirte Llftu and Power IV>., 1.12 and 81 Bit! Wliltana. oaldence, 67. Abbeville Laundry, so. Laaa4ry Acrarjr. I dow hs*e I be agency for ibe Oalee Htearo Ltnndry, Greenviiie, H. c. II joo would like to bt?t them do your work gi?? roe your laundry. J. W. McKee, Jr. III.M Rr*?nl For return of mall sited Lsdlea watch with 1 gold cbaln. open laee and letters "L. W. P." ou back. Lnat laat Tburaday between real donre of C. V. Hammond and Mr. Wllenn on Main HtreeL Va U. Parker. March 11. 1902. 2l A. E P. Cfcarcfc, March M. Thepaalor will prearb next Habbalb moraine at tba Aaaoelale Relormed Preabyterlao Cnurch on the subject: "Concentration ol Christian Effort." Prion da and atraogers are cordially Invited. k * Mew Cetlmt* la Beat. A naw five (5) room cottage with batb room f and water atta?t>ed Just completed, to rent. Apply lo. L.T. Milter. The Abbeville Union Meeting will be beld With the Donalds Baptial r.hurcb, Haturda> aad Sunday. March 9 and 30. beginning at id a no. Aa In ureal lug prog rum has been prepared, aad a number of good addressee and Be r moo a are exported. It ie earnestly hoped that the cburcbea of the Union, and other*, will ha well repreaented. All will be heartily welcomed lo tbeae t-xerclat-a. Mr. a. 1^ Hull of the I'nleersltv of Georxl willMUwi iKian on lb* "OiBpaiio* m lb* Arm* of fforibera Vir*ioin, Friday evening, Msrcti Mlb In tbe Court Hooae, iu> IhcbwiiBtnftlw scboot library. Admission ldels. and 25eui At lb* pn>)tr martin* lo tbe Presbyterian eboreb to Diahl al H o'clock, br. Alfred H Moidcdi, or Brooklyn. N. Y.. will ipuk on Protestant Missions in Turkey. Ml Uaihy HivjioKa. of Athens, Oa., spent Salutday auU 8uuda> in tbe city. His mioj MM da were (lid lo ?ee him bark i|?lo. JltaaOoBjuc Lax Nivil. of Piiitr In lo Uw oily, tbe gcwl of ber aunt, Mr*. S. r. Kli Uogawortb. Mb. Lcthee Tate, of Anderaoo, spent sevarai day* lo Uiaciiy last mk vltb bis coosla. Mr. 0. T. Tata. Tas many friends of Mr. Ueone Cannon wilt be glad to know that ne la able to be am agaia, after a severe attack of pneumonia. I bavj secured tbe services of a first cis? ? waicb maker. Am now prepared to dean ? ? !? ?'?nr wati*h nn ahitrf notlfw. , AU'work iDtrutoMt. uTva ma a call. ' J. J. HtOOfl. Wall Paper?Having ccarcd tbe egencj lor AKnd Prati A Co., or New York, I am oiferlog Uio moat up-to-date line of Wall Papei and vail mouldings ever brought to Abbe vilHib Kev eampleejnet In. Olve roe a call. 1 woo Id be plena* d toabow you wbetber you boy or not. Ladlee when down town call and pee m> beaotllui line of Wall P*p?r and moulding*, tbey are rlgbt up to tbe minute. tin Kantjr. CANDIDATES. iWmw Mayer of Ike C'lly. We ar? authorised to announce J. L. Mc. Mltlan ae a candidate lor Mayor of tbe city oi Abbeville, aubject to tbe rulea of tbe Drmo era tic primary. l>r. 8. G. Tbompeon la announced aa a ceo dldate for re-ekcUoo to tbe office o( Major oi tbe city of Abbe*li e, aubject to tbe raleeoi Uia Democratic primary. t ~~ For AUfrM?a. W? are authorised to announce E. A Tbompaon ma a candidate lor Alderman from Ward Three (3). subject to tbe Democrats primary. Wall Pap#r?Uttle early you think? Oh Bo It lan't! It* tiro* to plan ahead and eoiut to iont> cooeloatoo aa lo bow many ro?mi yon will paper, be aura and aee my lloe be tor* buying. Geo. Penney. Pboneoreall at Prone** Drag store aod gat all Ibe Information you want about paper Tag jour booee. 10.00 Be ward. FIR RETURN OPHMALLH!ZEDLADiE> watch wltb gold chain, opeo (hoe and let tera "L. W. P." on bark. Uwt laat Tburedaj between residence of C. V. 11ammood and Mr. Wtlaon on MaluMtreel. Wm. H.Parker. March 11. 19W. St. k NOTICE ! Every little girl in Abbeville should get a ticket for tbe Bt?> cult Baking Content to be hel?J at the Nicholson Furniture Store, Marcb 12th. The Buck Junior Range which they are to give away can be seen In their show window. It Is full ulckle plated and In valued at Ten I>ollars< Thwte contests a regular l'eaturt of advertising with Tbe Nicholson Furniture Stores, and the) have always been great huc? ceases. At the last one (held af Chester, S. C.#) nearly one huu area lime girix pamciputeu Refreshment* will be nerved t< 11 the little cooki*. Ticket* foi the Context can be had free al The Nlchobion Furniture 8tor? and all girl* under fourteen yean, and Including that age, in Abbeville and the Murroundinjj country are invited to take part The Context will be perHonallj conducted by Mr. Nicholson am xnr. t'erKiiiM, ui iii? diu-k mux and Kange Co. Helf deuial for the Rake of either ?eli or denial is but cutting the hand* of the spiritual body to increase its work . power. Who Uvea a life of love will stani fearless eveu before the white thron of judgment. L. (JESEK AL NEWS NOTES. ThiNBM Thnl W r All Nhnn'tl Knni 1 UMlltrrrtl I'riim Onr KxtbniiKr*. nr.ai?. Dr. Richard r-r-;<??i?n. Jr.. w?? found den In 111* room III Coin1'ibla on Ih?i Friday nigh lit* vra* i? diailnculained ? ?r hihI ? >< ?(? cIh'I . ttiid lixti ii vpry bright fulore before hun. II had uKcd chloroform to icel a?leep and (on an over done. llirAOAIN. ! On l**i hhu-?duy two hundred tbou*an dollar* worth ??i |>ro|H-rty wa* dralroted I ) Platufleid, N. J. iihk in texas. r i Fire broke <>at la?t Tburaday In theCrdi i bmkc mur Marble Fall*, Texas, and grei i lr*c* of \aluabie properly wan coiiaumei i Everything wan an dry mm tinder nod tbei i was no way oi check I ntc It. nKiHi'Kb. K'l wnrrt and John Q*ynor, who wore It dieted iu connection with Carter tor defraud lug)! he luvrrunirtil, tailed lit uppMron la? i Tl>ur*day. Their Mwds wereottertd furltli ed. I Mt.S WILL IHUXK. 1 <>a lut Thurtdiv and W?dur*d->y nighli revenue i.lllfcri dealroyrd five illlrll dlvtll | rrlfi in u twilnu or Orren vllie county es \ tootling from llrwiivlllc to Ctngir'n Head ' There *??*rw no arrvnut made during the tti ' lire raid. A IXtXS I' IK AIKKN. On laat Wednesday nl(bt Aiken wan vUl etl by anxmt dl*aMrou* tire which r*?;ilted I ttie dot root Ion of nine building-. Ttie blaz atarleil In an empty hou?e opposite the pa atlal rraidence of M?Jnr Mallery'a on Mali ?treet. A large reception w*a lu proirewa an the northern ?oclety ;people we?e oat la fu force. Jual afier the fire *? dlaoovervtl could be seen ladle* and gentlemen In fnl evening drem on the atreeU. , K.XHEXHIVK. Kagland calla for 7H.OOU.fJOO pound* for wa xueuaea la 8ouib Africa. A HEAVY LOSS. The lo?a to the Honthern railway by the w cent flood* U heavy; the lo*a between Morrli UiWQ and Aftbevllle la placed at ?W0 OCO. t'KICKM ADVANCED. Thirty boalery mill* In Nortb and Houi Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tenaeaae met In Cuariolie recently, and decided to ad vance the price ol yarn ous ecu I on ail nam oer*. KILLED II1MHKSK. The ca*bierof the wrecked bank at Klkbar Ill.,abut aud (killed tiliaaetf teat week. HI abortage la pat at tCJOUO.?Dally Record. COaUlilMHMAN UKOri'KU DEAD. Coogreaasnao Rufua Polk drooped deai lo tba botel lobby on laat Tburedav. He wa ? uati ve of TaODeMM-a and a relative of Pr? Ideal Polk. KoK TilK KILll'IXOH. A mea?uie la b-tore coogreaa to give tb Klllpaooa aelf government um >o aa tba wa i? over. Senator Hoar la puablng the tneni ur?. , COrUUATIO^ IMl KtA.MKU. It la aald that there are more people In J-icI auuvtilti than there were before Uie city wa iiou?l totally Ueatruyed l>y Ore, and thai tb permanent population baa been largely lu i! reaped' MAX O'KKI.I. WILL UO IIOMK. Paul Blouet. better known aa Max O'Kel the ,popular Journalist and lecturer, baa a lar recovered froui Itla recent wrloua lllnea tnat lie aalied lor Europe on YVrdueaday I iwutoe tne poult Ion of lendmg editor!* writer 01 ttie 1- tgaro. ; TO UK IMKIKD. l'reoldent Kooaevelt baa bpent aorae tlm ol lute lu tbe preparation ot tb?i manuacrlfi or bla new book, aoon to be Iwued from ai Ka?tern publUbimc bouae, on tbe deer c North America. Tnla volume la one of ?ertel and will be laanrd late lo tbe spring a in tbe early auminer. Tbe aerie* comprlM-n trnatlae on large game and forest reaerves al over North America. TUB PKIMCK'S LAST Sl'NDAY. Oo la?t^Sunday tbe 1'rlnce took^akfad c MrtaiDHl, * bf trone late and break (noted n hla leUure, Dot appearing In pupllooaUl Mi i afternoon. In lue morning, beginning a 11:30,; be' llotened to a oonoerl of lb? Aria MMMUr, of Brooklyn. After Ibeoonoerltber >?aa a luncheon at iba Uolvenltj elnb tba leated until inld-altaruoon, and In the'ev? . nlng bo dined with Sir. nod Mr*. Cornel lu VanderbliL Later be went to tbe New Yor! Yacbt Club U> an lulormai reception an tnence in bla hotel, tbe Waldorf Aalorla Newa and Courier. OCR kf.n tx cosimns. Mr. Talbert will retire to run (or Oovernm Mr ijkilmer la In run for I'ultad Slhikh Set ator.and all the other* will have iippcaltioi -xeeptMr. Scarborough. One of Mr. Kloltiy' rpuoeoli I* Mr. Wlleon, who ww a mbrobe o- ihe legislature for eight y*ar*.?News an Courier. the isthmian canal. If Ihe Dotted Hlatee obtatik a conc*?aloi from Cnaia itlca over i be name lurid cover* by tbeoooeeMlou of tbe Maritime Cable Con piny the company win m?k? a claim ugalui ' tbe Government ol five millions dollar*. i bnu lan h shock ku. Ou March 10. England wae ahocked by tb ?onouiicement that Ueueral Meihetiu ha i??d taken a prlaloner Ly the Hocn after bt i ing wounded. Tbla U conaldered one ol tb { irorat disasters of tbe Houlb Alrican war. mI'aktanucku lead*. In the corneal tor the beet county exblbl at the Exposition. Spartan burg leada wit Cheater a cloae seoond. with Darlington an Georgetown aa a tie for tbe tblrd. ON TO CUBA. Mlaa Alice Knoaevelt and party paase Colombia on Monday aflernoou on the Ke< York and Klorlda Exdreaa of tbe Houtberi tUllwayen mute to Cuba. Tb* young lad , h-d remaloed tuaide Ibd car all tbe wa; ' down and there bad been no callera ordem > onatratloo over tbe prealdent'e daugbter.' state. STRIKE fllKKATKNED . The mill district of Augusta are very muc worked up and very biue over tbe proepecl of one of the largest cotton strikes this aeotlo baa bad to deal wltb lo yeara. somtsfatiok withdkawx. President Roosevelt baa withdrawn tb 1 nomination ol Wm. (J. Chaffee to be po?i - master at Aiken because of a shortage lo tb ! accounts amounting to |S</0. J. If. Wren va. J. Allhrat Johassa. Ttoa Supreme Court, Id ao opinion died b Mr .fustloe Pope, baa wiped outtbe Judgmec aod proceedings upon wblcb depended th levy and sale made a year a(o (April sale day, 1UU1) of Mr. Jobnaon's Due West prnpe tv, Mr. Wreu, bavlug been tbe purchaser i lull wr, Mr. Jobnaon, believing that the Judgmer ' *u Invalid at the Hue It waa rendered, di , cllned to give bond for a may of the executlo ale, and be a I mo declined to accept a cond I llonal aettlug aalde of ibe Judgment. Tti Stale, of laal Wednesday, (March S). give* , xynopala of the opioloo died In tha rani. Iroin which tne following la a quotation : **lhe circuit Judge, having properly he! that the Judgment waa void, erred In Impoi lug term* upon the defeudant, the uou-pe formauce of wblcb abould validate the Jud| went. "The alleged Judgment waa not merely volt able but void?a distinction apparently ovei looked by Ibe circuit Judge. ' The circuit J udg? did uot pa?? u|>on an qtieation growing out of the defendant'*a| plication for a May of execution ; but ?ur application did not Involve anv aduilaalon < he validity of Ibe Judgment Impeached.' Gud'n Rifts bless as they are receive* they bletw twice as* they are i in parte* We get much by beseeching ; we Rt raoie by bestowing. To represn love is to dwarf it. To ei L press love is to double it. Keal spiritual rest is found only i ' motion. Hitch your wagon to a stai i not to a fixed star. r We are yet at school. We are lean lug palit nee, long-suffering, gentlent-si ' meek lies*, which we could hard I ' learu if wc had our irood things now I But there is an eternal holiday yet I ft 1.. L\.i. 11. |M| ,,u u,n j| miJuilv , ut-giu. Ul nam ici wo ?t ? ? . The older I grow?and now I titan on the brink of eternity?the iuoi come* back to rue that sentence in th Catechism which I learned when f child, and the fuller and deeper il r meaning becomes,"What is the chit - eud of man? To glorify (Sod and et joy Hiin forever. j Unless a tnau has rubbed up againi e the rough side of life he uever accou pliahes much. TURNIPS IX TIIE (ORN jl j ?,Tta NoihI CrnpN lirona Tocrlbrr. I Maw About the Middle ul July. I I have been vowing turnip need in |(1; my comfleM for nearly -iO yean. One' i.'year I Miwetl ."{u p<nindrt of feed on 30 i acnn and harvested about 10,000 hush? i el* of turnip* and a good crop of corn, says a writer in Orange Judd Farmer. Plant the corn in Htrah'ht rows and k?-ep the cultivator going until about Jj the middle of July, then how the turnip ?eed directly after the last cultivation. If two or' three dashing showers fall in a week or ho, no covering is needed' If my ground is ready and a Hhowersarein prospect, I hasten to -? how my seed. l7 no rain comm. the seed must be lightly covered, much a* you would clover seed. Two or three boards Tautened together aud drawn i- between the rows of corn cover the d '] seed very nicely. A strap leaved turnip of the best vnrietv will grow almost anywhere pro- -> it vided the plant ran get a start. I i- wani my turnips Tor feeding all the J :* way from September to February, and I want u lot ofthem. Bushel for bushel they are worth more than ipauRels duriug this lime. (*ive the cattle aud * i- sheep plenty of turni|M, and no medi? vine will be needed. ( Turnips should be stored am near the a stock as possible, ho they cat) be easily J( fed. Any place where vetitilatiou can i( be controlled and where fronts can be C ii kept out will answer. 'I have a cellar under the driveway of my bsrn IB by a 32 to 10 feet, which I have tilled with j roots more than once. He careful however, not to put any turnips iuto your cellar after they have beeu out on the s ground on a frosty night. A few bushels injured by freezing will start a heat that will destroy all of them. Cotton Plant. SHERIFFS SALE. Aug. W. Smith meatiest N. M. Benson?Exe- ^ ^ cot Ion. ** " By VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO ME I* directed, Id tbe above stated case, I will sell to tbe blgbflst bidder, at Habile Auctldta with- ft! 11 la tbe lega; boars of sale, at AbbevlllaC. H., ? * H. C.. on MONDAY, tbe 7tb day of April, A. W 1) , 190*. all the right, title and Interest of N. CI M. Benson In tbe following described prop. W e erty, to wit: All that tract or parcel of land fl r situate, lying and being In Abbeville County, ai Booth Carolina, containing D .. One Hundred and Thirty-Seven h " (137; Acres, t '* . ? . ? .. . ti more or imu, unu oounaeu 07 uoai 01 d. j. Beu?ou, Oule R. R?Ker?, Kootrr William* and , other landa of N. M. Itennon. "J I. (J ?m Al80, ? 0 f< ti All tbat tract or parcel or land altuate, lying and being In County and State aforeaald, con- p talnlng e One Hundred (100) Acres, f. H more or leu, bounded by Fouler William*, Ed a a William* and otber lauds of N. M. Benaou. * Also, " All that olber tract or parrel of land altuaie, ^ lying and being in Hlate and County aforeil Kald.containing ^ 1 One Hundred and Forty (140) " Acres, ? ? 1 more or lei*, bounded by land# of John o ^ Kvaaa, lua Melts and other land* of N. M. a I Bennon. d levied od and to be nold a* the property of e N. M. Benson to aatlafy tbe aforesaid Ex ecu- ti tlou and eoata. <i TERMS?Caah. U r. C. J. LYON. P Sheriff Abbeville County. O V March 8. 1003. ? d K SHERIFFS SALE. ' it J J. C. Prewly aa Admlnlatrator of Kxtateof A. * it L Ulllenple, deccaaed, against Hannah ? Brown Kxeccllou. P By virtue ok an kxecution to mk 8 ? directed, In the above Mated owe, 1 will Mill a to the highest bidder. at Public Auction, with* * e In the UkkI hour* ol ?alr, at Abbeville C. H., ? S. oo MONDAY, Ibe "th day of April. A. P., 1!?8, all Ihe rlKht, till*- and tnlereel of d II Hannah Hrown in the following described { b property to wlt: All that tract or parcel of d 'and altaale lying and being In theConnty ol C Abbeville, S. C? containing ? i Thirty-One and One-Third (311-3) r " a 1 ?. Acres, ii V I ' more or leaa, and bounded by land* of Sail na . - I)mvie and Jatnea Roaeman, being the lot anrveyed by G. A. Donglaa. Levied on and to be void aa the property of h Hannah Brown, to satisfy the aforesaid Exe- . q cut Inn and coats. 1 TERMS?Cash. V c. j. lyon. Sheriff Abbeville County. e March 7tb, 1902. u e # t WHEN YOU I * TAKE MEDICINE ' b f( You do so because you * \ want to get well quick- q ly. Bring your ... e a PRESCRIPTIONS i 'e [' to our Drug Store and j. we will help all we can. * Your medicine will conl tain exactly what the ^ Doctor directs, and it will be co in p ou nded ' from purest and best i I; fresh drugs. Our prices d ' arc much below the ji \ H A.. ,1? ri avud^c. /\u uu- i livered at your home lij immediately, with no Jj extra charge for the |? " delivery. | 1*1 I'm Fill * lour Prm-rlplfoiiH. I THE CDCCn RDIIA Ml \u I - - I j F. MILLIARD, > .'.TAILOR,:. 1 ? HAH moved, and occupies the room* up-1., malm In Kdox'i Hall, and la now pro ?t pared to do at! fclndaol repalrluic uiil cImo , ' log of gentlemen's cJolhec on atiort outloe. ,i Hamplaa of noiU alwajra on band. (Jbarge I, rnonahte I Sow is the Fare If it isn't entirely satis suggestion. Let us send y tive Patent Flonr, a few cai June Peas. Lemon Cling Pi mon, Sausage with tomato &c. And we will then lea or not the fare has been ii Remember onr Dray is r< goods at a moment's notic* A.. M. Sm Ei. M. TA HAVE I NTO THEIR NEW HTORE ON WASH INC servo their customers with a nice lino of allies Dress. Goods, Lawns, I>i Shirtings, Staple l>ry hevlots, Cotton C'licck Glnghai In notion* we have Corsets, I.sees, Half I full line of Groceries at very low priced. ( OUR MOTTO : "Most C We also have a large stock of Hboes that Hi IUi HER EASTER BONNET. "I mult Pave g'ovea aud thing* for Gutter, Hill; you ought to have more use lhau to ask me at such a time >r a few paltry cent* I happened to Drrow of you." "It wan thirty dollars-all I had ; ad I have needed it very much, [oratia, for the last seven or eight eeks," said Billa?a charming young reature, "seventeen and stately, 1th limpid gray eyes and delicately iir face framed in shining masses of iky yellow hair. . Hhespone gently; but the truth is ot always agreeable to a person who as done something wrong or unkind, ^nd to be thus reminded of a neglect* J Indebtedness aroused Horatia Darryl > instaut and unreasonable anger. "You are very impertinent, Kill," lie exclaimed crossly. "Aud I wooer at your presumption in speaking f the money after all we have doue >r you." "Ob?oh!" cried llilla, too surrised and hurt to say any more. "We took you into the house as a harity," Horatia asserted stormiiy. We have fed you, and sheltered you, nd treated you an one of us, and if I ept the money altogether, it would uly be about fair." Killa might have retorted that she ad done the work of two or three ?rvants since she bad been an inmate f the household, aud they had offered er neither thank* nor wages for her nceaainn labor, and that it wan her datives instead of herself who were uilty of preemption. "But she did not say it, uot for lack f courage, but because she considered wrangle lo ue degrading* Hut her ingenious* young face showd Homething of her thoughts aa obe urned suddenly away ; and ber quiet ignity only enraged tbe otber the aore. "Stay wbere you are," iMiss Darryl rdertu sharply, as she fixed iier gorunlike stare upon tbe unoffending irl. *'I want you to rip tbe lace breel leu from my purple velvet dress and ransfer them to tbe green moire " Killa seated herself resignedly at the irork-table, and drew out her needle ase and little gold-thimble from Lht iretty pocket of her dainty apron. "I ain myself wanted at the church, ly taste in tbe floral decorations it I ways indispensable." Horatia said, rith' an altered and condescend I up ir. Killa made no response. That sudien change from the sneering to the mtrouizing repelled her. "And afterwarda." Miss Darryl ontinued, without apparent irritation t the youg girl's silence?"and afteryards 1 must call at Madame Toque'i iarlors aud order a little change in m> lanital F tvill hatfA iffOAn Hni JOBICI Wl IIICIi | A, ?? ? ? ?V vv?? Wi J? nstead of the humming bird. Cievt taudolph thinks the fashion of wearpi rds for ornaments it cruel and silly." The gown of petuna purple velvet lipped suddenly from Rilla's delicate I tigers, and ber scissors droped clink ag upon tbe polished cherry of the rork-table. "Who?who thinks so?" she falter' d, with a doubt that she had heard right "How ill-bred you are Rill, not to ttend to what one is saying," the oung lady remarked, with an air of i >eisou imparling some valuable aud enignaut information. "I spoke of C'leve Randolph?he hai een abseut for nearly two years, travel ng; and he has returned to me at last -the dear fellow ! He has alwavi een so fond of me, that I wish to deer to his taste even in trifles, and ven though be has some dreadful ueer whims about things." Her last words were wasted oo mpty air. Rilly's charming little head had ropped low on ber breast, and the retty hands had dropped limpid on ither side. s;liu lifwl uiviinnwl ftw.iv m milptlv s u dove sinks to earth with u broken ring. Her faint wax only of a moment'* uration ; ahe recovered almoat Itefore lie other had |>erceived it. Hut from her milk-while throat to he w>ft ring* of yellow hair about hei row, her lovely face was colorless a* he drifting hiiow. And from under the long fringe ol ark la?he*, her big gray eye* looked lathetically ntartled. '( looduettfl, Kill, what 011 earth aiIh 011? You don't mean to pretend eing ill juHt because you are exiiected it do a bit of work I hope?" Horatiu emanded aharply, with a frown ol ia*cent Huapleion. ltilla hardly i-aw the frown ; and careely heurd the tdiarp iuaoleul l>eech, nor did 8he attempt to utter a y liable. Huf Rhe breathed a long quivering igb of relief ax her tormeutor, with u .'lance ot the little onyx clock on the nantel, turned hastily and walked iut of tilt* room. Thus left alone, the youngiiirl lookd very forloru In the large hare sewntr-r<uim. hh nhe sat there with hei lead bent low over her task, and the low (earn dropping one .by one ovei ler pule cheeks. lint she was noon master < f hei 'motion; it was not until her tash ?-as llulshed, and until she was saft u theseelusion of her own poor little diamber, that the power of repression at Your House? factory allow us to make a on a barrel of our Superlaqs each of Sugar Corn, Early eaches, Colombia River Salsauce, Okra and Tomatoes, tve it to you as to whether nproved. >ady at all times to deliver 5. Try us. i+Vi Mr r*r\ .XUJJL VV. TE CO., MOVED ITON HTREET, AND AUK NOW READY TO New .Spring UwhJi of all kliiUa. mities, Percale*, Goo<Ih, Drills, Sheeting, in*, Bleaching?, lleriticking, Etc. Koee. Hhlru, Uorterwetr. etc. We alao have 31*11 111 A Mil and KA unnvln^t loods for Least Money." wo are cloMug out at vary low prlcc*. . TATE A CO. failed her, and the pent up flood bbrit forth beyond control. "He is here?my prince?my life's dear lord! Han he forgotten ? Or does he remember Mill ? Alas! foi the happy days which have pawed away evermore!" ahe murmured brokenly, with her fair head bowed upon the ababby little bed, beaidc nfKlah dka ko/1 I*pamiI# ?? knee*. The long months seem to roll back* ward, and she was again the simple child whose sieepinsr heart had jusl awakened to the thrill and sweetnea of loving. In those days Cleve Randolph seem' ed only to live and breathe for her; and to him she rendered all the wor ship and trust of her fresh young heart. The beautiful dream was not of loni duration. It was in the late autumn, when the last leaves were falling and dyluj before the cruel froet, that they mei one day at the country house of afrlend whose guests they both chanced to tx at the same time. The first spring blossoms were bud ding when they passed out of eact other's lives, and rilence and mysterj settled like a blsck and impenetrable cloud between tneir divided lives. Rilla hail never been favored with wealth and the blessiugs of parent* love had been denied her, and sh< watt bereaved of both father and moth er In her earliest infancy. All ber life she bad lived in tb< family of an uncle, an honorable anc generous man, who had educated her aud lavished upon her every advant age and benefit his rather limltei means would permit. It was with the hope of bettering i his fortune that be undertook th< ; superintendence of a business house ii ' a far away foreign city. His wife anc son accompanied him, but Rilla, most ! ly by her own desire, was consignee - to the care of the Darrvls. Until a few days before ber depart ure for her new home, Cleve Randolph I had sought her society constantly, anc with a lovers eagerness. f But suddenly became on more, om ! did he t?eod any explanation uf hii i oeeming neglect. They bad parted laat after a merrj . party, when he bad walaed back witt i ber to her owo door. , It was a walk which would remait ; vivid and thrilling in ber memory un til her last heartbeat should be stillec forever. ) The old moon, an opal crescent Hwuug l*>w in the west. The bif I white stars glowed like sparks of liv i ing tin me. The subtile smells and Hounds of Hpring were all about them i And they loitered on their way, silenl ' with excess of ecstacy; while th? i ntouy street, with its walla of bricli : and iron, was au enchanted path through a wonderland of delight. ' At the end of that rapturous walk . for the first time in all that bappj > winter, he drew her clone within hii arms, and kissed her responsive lii>8. ) "My own, my best and dearest,'' h< whimpered. And to Rilla, the most solemn be 1 trotnai vows could not have beet more sacred than that kl*s. She be lieved that it had sealed them to eact > other for all time. i And from that hour she had nevei I seen him and never beard from him. X* ?.. uu tnult tl.ura I. iiuw , ?o 9UC nuui w vuric ifccpi 11 i the shabby little room, the memory o that ki(M Hhamed her to the soul. Of course he had never really cared i for her! Very likely he had l?eer amused by her simplicity in believing I that he was serious in his seeming I partiality for ber! Oh, how could she meet him again i and endure the agony ot it ? Woulc lie notice bow changed she was 1 > How mean ana shabby were the gar ( ments which useu to be so fa&tidiousi} i elegant? The pain of meeting him might Im lens acute if she could ouly make tier self beautiful and dainty in hi- sight' A girl could compel a man t< i respect and atimire her, even if h< does not love her ! She wondered at herself that hei 1 mind should recur to that trilling mat' ter of self adornment when her hearl i wa? so tortured, her life's desolation m complete and ho bitterly lealized. She was learning, poor child, thai it is trillen, that it is the mo*t frivolout concerns of the world, which some'! timt?M hireUH from our sorrow, and sc keep the heart from breaking, i "He is Horatia's lover now, and I rjmi|>|x?se I cannot avoid him entirely, |Hii?l I cannot let him nee me looking too shabbyshe said to heroelf forI lornly, uh Hhe at length o|>ened the '! door to her little closet which coutaiii' l|ed her depleted wardrol>e. ''Hut my j black Hilk ttown is nice vet, and per; hap* I can evolve an Kaater bonnet i out of my own ingenuity and plenty '{of excellent odds and ends. My taatc 11 in such matters isn't bail, if I do ?a> 1 it myself." J A fragment of rich black velvet, ? | wrap of palest pink satin, and i ny (>i expensive niacK nice, coin 1 ,iM>?e the material** from which hIh r' produced the uigently needed bonnet i Hut it w:i? a very creditable work 'land Uilla viewed it with pardonablt i | satiHfuctiou. "Only I inuHt have an aigrette, o ?i something of the sort," she though) I . J r LJ Jg5 I ' I perplexedly, "and I have nothiug uu-J lens I use that silver butterfly. It wax her one and only gift from . ; Oleve Randolph. j "But if he doe* not love, if he never | cared for me, an I must believe, he has forgotten all al)out It, and it isn't an j 9 expensive article," wax the thought j which quieted her delicate scruple*j? alHtut using it so conspicuously. ' I The ornament was of filagree silver, set with bload red Bohemian garnets, a aud much larger than the butterfly's j natural size. Poised above a bunch of delicate | * pink oxalis flowers, it made an ex- j quisite decoration for Rilla's Master! bonnet. But she was not at all eager to di?-j nlnv her nrettv hoadirear amone all I the grand millinery, which brightened I the sombre old church on that Kaster e morning. "[ dare My you would be anxiouH enough to go if nobody wanted you," t Horatla grumbled. "Hut you are to a carry my wrap and umbrella, and that t Mettles your freak of staying at home." g Horntia bad never ventured liefore t ty demand a maid's service of tier x young relative, and for an instant v Killa's great, limpid gray eye* flashed j lire. \ Rut after all, what did it matter? j What did anything matter since love i had failed her? She stilled the indignant refusal on t her lip*. And although abe sigbed a i little rebelliously, idle picked up tbe articles and then followed her cousin t i from the house. I >1 <1.., .1 mill r ? ITA|JCVI \yic*c, UJU ucai IVIIU** v ??* overtake roe. One of liin most delightful attentions wan his fashion of meeting roe on the way, and walking with me to church, said Horatia, who could recall a single event of the kind. On this occasion she did not get a glimpse of the young mau until after the services, and then he showed no inclination to approach her, nor any , sign that he wu aware of her exis. tence. He stood a little apart, bis face I strangely pale, and his blue eyes fixed I upon a tall beautiful girl, who seemed I curiously eager to reach the street, and , wore an Kaster bonnet ornamented . with a silver butterfly. It was upon the ornament, in fact . that the strange and |>assionately in* , tent look was directed, for the girl's [ face was turned from him. , Suddenly he started forward with Impatient strides, his eyes riveted on . the sparkling sliver buttterfly as if he . feared that it might mi its gem sei [ wingn Hud fiy away. . He overtook Rilia just as sbe turned the nearest comer. , "Oh, Rilla ! oh, love ! it is you ! I feared I might be mistaken. I had no , more hope* of meeting you in this t life!" be exclaimed in a low voice l vibrating with emotion. I "People drift apart 00 easily." said , Rilla, trying to speaking with cool concern, although she was half . strangled by her riotious heart-beats. , "You haven't changed toward me' f sweetheart ?" he inquired doubtfully. . "Ah, if you knew bow unhappy I have been, trying to find my loet one." , Then he explained how be was sum' , I moned away just before the cbauge in ] , ber home was effected, how he was . . detained from mouth to month, and , he came back at last to discover she , ? was goue, uo one seemed to know ( j whitber. , "I wrote until I was discouraged by j ' getting no letters from you," be con- | ' " " * < 1 & m., I . I eluded." "urn 1 niu uui cuuou umj i ( search. 1 should have started again , . to-morrow bad I uol found you here. I, ; It was your Easter bouuet, or, rather, j j the silver butterfly, which revealed { I your presence. Only for that, sweet. heart, we might have been kept apart ] I much longer?perhaps forever. Are j you glad to see me again love ? 1 Was sbe glad ? j , The proud little bead with its weight i I of silky,yellow curls was shyly up- t lifted. Tlie lovely gray eyes, wet with i tears, flashed into bis own a look more i eloquent than speech. i Her owu door had closed behind \ them, and Randolph bent hfs flue 1 head and pressed upon her sweet lips I the seal of their renewed betrothal. ' "It is the Kasterof our dead hap- < plneas," he said presently, "and we ] must treasure that silver butterfly an a 1 priceless memento of the day." < Horatia declared sbe was delighted ; but, to a confidante sne remarked : "I should have been C'leve's wife only for that girl. But the more I charity one shows some people, the i lean thanks one may expect." j JUST ; REMEMBEM! WE ! ARE ; HEADQUARTERS ; FOR r EVERYTHING , IN 'FARM ! IMPLEMENTS [AND , TOOLS ! 1 OF ! ; EVERY ! . DESCRIPTION- j ; 'NUF SAID. l< ; Abbeyille Hardware CO. . _ Notice of Registration.!' i M ' /) |' " "N TIIK 1Mb. 12th AND llth OK MAItl'li ' ' the book* for ltncl*trntl?>ti for the city will he opi-n lit tlio C'.'erk'H oftlce from 9 till t o'clock each day. j S. 0. Thomson, Mayor. |) James Chalmers, Clerk. Feb. JS, IWrj. 31 ( fruition'* l,ornln. New xepliyr anil gingham in all color* at ' Haddon V Have yon imm-o tboae beautiful ciiambray* : ? at liaddon'*. ' The lar^cot awortmvDt and IflneM <jual- . Ity of larcN and ecuhrolderle* at 11 addon'*. 1 Cher It mu*llnc and dWnttle* at nil price* ut ( 1 Haddon'a. 1 White pl'jue* and law* ut price* to all ut i - Iluddon'*. I j White organdie*. mull* and KuicIUh loug i clotli* at liaddou'*. >1 Hop HuckluK for ladle* kkirt* ut liaddou1*. I I f I, Heavy *klrt nood* for *hort *klru to be' | r found ut liaddou'*. jj ; If you want nlc? atatlooery cheap, go to1, Mllford* I>rtlf Store. 1 BENEATH THE 80ft J miw the mortal laid bmiatli Ik* ni With carves eroaa abtrre bar hriart knew tba Immortal apirit waa with Ool A bright, pore aool had gained eternal H* trst of a band of friend* to paaa away. Her bony, awful Ufa on earth la dona. ndod foraver la our toilsome day. Fur her tho promised rest haa now begun. tood and board the solemn anarafta fall, "! am the resurrection and tbu life." txL whoee groat mercy watches o*er all. Had fan my friend from oak oar wrthfr strife. 10 left her lying in her peaceful bed Until tba Owning of that laat grant day, muling in one who long ago hath said That be will wipe all bitter Man away. ?Florenoe FWock Sa Academy. , POWER OF ORATORY. Ii li a floe thing that word* have power d burn and (hat In the flame of eloquence , deul of trnuipery and stuffy notions are cadlly consumed. *It tuw been Mid that irtiuiue oratory It gone, but now and then . J he spirit of the mightiest power that t iiovus musses of men shows its everlasting * itulity in a notable way. With sincere ;* tcrsoual conviction to support him a man rith a go??d voioo and that gift of adding >hru*e unto phrase which is Indefinable aay enchain a great convention, hold thou- ^ ands of men pliant to his thought and eellngx, or he may charm and chesr his > kundreds In a banqueting halL Tbe secret of genuine orafcxy, of the earl . . JS hat moves and stirs all hearers to itispoaIve emotion, is always to he found at the enter of a storm of honest Reeling oo the tart of the orator. It Is concealed la the ' liddcn places of the Interior life and Is the noro effective when its restraint is shown ftj iven in the whirl of Impassioned words or koble marshaling of phase after phresa >ri vato views and narrow contentions, per- ,M onal wishes, never have a ehanoe far ?tlositlon In oratory that moTee men and $8 vomen. It must express large principles argcly, or its Influence never remains, nor ias the fame of any orator eodursd except >f those who spoke far the largest oonvloion and desire of the mind of man. Tbe earliest movement which freed Bos- v* xm from England, although JLorcl Horttt jsod to anora his countryman that "no >tber province will in the leastoonntenaaea iho rebellions Bosfeonlans/' waa kept alhre jy the orators of Boston. The orations on ihe massacre, dell rend In the Old Briefc :hurch, on the site of Cornhill squam, or :.<1 it tbe Old South church, wen attended by . ;;; immense crowds at peopW. It hoe been K-ell sold that these patrioOo orations an 9 \ protective shield to our constitution. 'There are few men of oonseqpenoe among ia who did not mtnmwvw their fames by "t i in oration on the 6th of March," wrote John Qulncy Adams And 1b thees days, M when, by aid of descendants of the "rebel- ' .J iloua Bostonians," the Stan and stripes lave waved In peace at AJdcrtbot, oratory ^ is lending Its time honored aid In the promotion of artdtratlon between the To the day and the deed ' ;: j Strike the barpctriogs of flory. Let the tongue of the eloquent J Hallow the story. " > ; ?Boston Transcript, j. m Food end Character. That certain kinds of food affect a man meotally, morally and physically is well known. It Is by no means Impossible that porridge has contributed largely to the :haracteristlcs of the Scotch; that it makes their men brare, brawny and shrewd, nod their woman hUthsnmo and bonny* end their whoto nation ploas. A proteearaf physiology Insists that the Inferiority of ' the Celts is due to their universal nee of ' the potato as the chief staple of diet Be ' lays that no man can live on potatoes and : unount to anything. An exclusive diet of potatoes has no doubt contributed largely , to many of the characteristics of tbo Irish. ' f-, Beef and beer thfough many geocnlloM , . tmve no doubt had their Influence on the Englishman. They have made him stub* i .') txjra, opinionated, sslf assertive and a good j KffktoP ttla Intellant. 11 Ira hla fassr. la DoSh itrong and heavy, and not lnfwqnUy M tinged with bitterneaa. The French, with their notoblo variegated dial, ara aqoaliy irhlmacal in their mlnda. Thla la abo the caiia with the Americana, who hare ; perbapi the moat farmtlla mlnda aawaU aa the moat abundant bill at faro of any na-1 Lion. Wa will not go ao far aa to define ( ji< which ia the canae and which la the effect, | ; but we4nslat that the diet of the atecage , Londoner la far from being the bast to* hla 4 physical and mental health.?London Ho1,1 ,.?* Wbcoct the AeotnT f rjra The male flower* of the oakarsgalhend In diatant clusters round a long, awaylng italk. They approach much neaiar to the* conventional idea of a flower individually. Instead of being mere aggregation el j in then, or oeilS) on " "pt scotest i those of the oak an possessed of distinct. itnrllke, hairy calxoes, each marked of | Into six or seven lobes and containing tan t ilender stamens, with two celled anthsra { Then the female flowers, which an usually two or three, near each other, baft not connected, consist each of an ovary, with three short carved styles, and Invested by ? calyx that adheres closely to it and becomes the bosk, or shell, of the aeon. The whole, except the styles, is held In a cop formed of many small overlapping scales, which afterward lose their individuality | snd shrink into mere roughness ou the outride of the cap that holds the acorn, for | only one of the six ovules contained In the ovary develops into an acorn (seed or oara of the ac, or oak).?Good Won'a. I zr . V1 M Oddly Shaped Spfdsm. f The most peculiar spiders in the world, i is well as the largest ones, inhabit the is- j land of Sumatra. They are of all ooooaivibie forms and colors, and some of them ipln threads almost as large and strong aa (bo grocer's twine. Some queerly shaped spiders have square bodies poised on long red logs, and others have crooked green uid vellow leas which lupport heart shspsd bodies. One of the very oddest of tbe lot I had a body that looks like that of a young j turtle, ths "shell" having round knobs 1 Hid pear shaped projections all ow It?J St. Louis Republla 3 Cariosity Are?sd. | "Papa, what makes this cheoas bmUj "The process by which it was oursd, I presunia" . 1 (After some moments of profound cogitation.) "Papa, what would it small like if It hadn't been cured?"?Chicago Tribune. The "era of the martyr*," a famous era In use In the early church, commemorates the tenth and lust gtvst pcrsooution by " ? ao nai A t\ I UlOCieUAQ, MglUUiOK f?u JO, ao-u *?. | The dollar goldplecc waa authorlMd by ict of congroM March 3, 1MK, aud ita ooinig* wu btgun in tlia auu yea*. ' The only recipe for peace of mind in ( o follow th? ttriptual injunction, "Be ' outent with that which we have." j Iteligion in of the higheMt uxe in eu iehing life. instilling hope* and raisiiK the dignity of work and giviug a racreduexo to patient drudgery. ^ . y When I He** people who are worw ? * iU.t It f l.? J nan i am, i coiieiuue uiui u i uuu [he same had influence around me all my life that tbey have had I would probably have been worn? than they now are. . 4