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..?.???.?.....?in'? JOHN E. BACON & THOS. J. ADAM ?/.At* iii VOLUME THOMPSON AND HEIJYDEL, Deniers lu Every Description of ANO SUPPLIES! 310 ckson Si., Ai?gassia, Ga. WINDOV/GLASS. The largest and best assorted stock of Glass in the city. ... . PUTTY. In bulk, also in boxes of 1 to f> lbs. White Lead and Zinc. Strictly Pure, mado by the Kentucky ! Lead aud Oil Co , which\ve guarantee ns | good as tho best* Also, the Veli known * "Sassau White Lead and pureFrenoh Zinc PREPARED PAINT. The celebrated Paint, made by Wads worth, Martiner. tte Longman, which we know to be good. BRASSES. Full line ol* Paint & Whitewash Brushes A large and assorted stock of Colors Sn Oil. Also, Dry Colors. White Damar, Coach, Copal, Furniture Japan, Asphaltnm, *c. Johnson's celebrated Prepared Kalso mine, all shades. OIL. Linseed Oil, Raw and Boiled. Builders' Hardware. A large varb ty of Lock'?. Kim and Mortice Locks. surface and Mortice Blind Hinees. All sizes and styles of Door Butts-: Insido Blind Butts, brasa and iron. A tine line 6:' Padlocks. Y alo Store 1> ?or Locks. Ya!o Night Latches: Screws io am- quantity and every size, and anything else you want ia the'iiard ware line. Doora, Sash and Blinds. The largest stock in Augusta, at bottcm ligures. Semi for price iist. JB?lers, Brackets and Mantels. And almost anything that can be made out of wood, weare prepared to make. lu any ouaciity, rough or dressed. '?:>- Wo pack and deliver all of our goods"frte of charge: Thoiapson & Heinde!, 310 JACiCS?X ?-PI? EE T. Dec. 28, is-d. iy4 Take Fenns Bit tiers for tho Liver or any Disease of the, Stomach. If you are not Real ly Relieved, your Money Refunded. June 2, \m.-tf 2C; The Wflliamston Female College. IT is conducted on what is called the "ONE-STUDY" PLAN, with aSemi Annualcpurse of-study, and, by a sys tem of Tuitional Premiums, its low rates are made still lower for all who average 85 per cent. No Public Exercises. No "Receptions." Graduation, which is al ways urivato. may occur eight times a year Por full information, write for an Illustrated Catalogue. Address. Rev. S. LANDER, Pres't., Nov. 2, ?SO -ly] Williamston, S. CV Stop ?A3?u?a sod Think. IS?Ik.?ltis*? in Bin?is Iron Bitters B Ifyou have DYSPEPSIA, I rn rt Bit-tar*? ^DIGESTION, or NEU E1 Ul* DiiltnoSRA?*CHA, IRON BITTERS (?wits care you. .j If your BLOOD is THIN. {_-." ni/,', or vou are weak, have no ?lUlt Ell tTBlS 3 Appetite, or ^ecl generally | M ?JlllviyJi DE?3JL1TATED, IRON !ron Bines' ?itter3 wii1 cure yo?' . ' .,! ?j If you have OCCASION imn KlitPKiAt DIZZINESS, or feel ri till. Uillui Oithat LIFE ISA BURDEN, n:**?-J1RON BITTERS will cure iron gitterst_ {mn D?<:fnro< If you ara a mother and HU!' L'?iltii*>thavc not nalk or strength 'to nurse your child, or auf or dis are lia BITTERS J , n. J to nurse your child, if Aft KtftSrOS?f Hysteria, it Vii liilitiJv)jcasf.s ?hat females ' bte to, try ?RON BIT roy rsx BE CURED. Pries ',.! a Bc-:, Lil 3ru*gict5 sell thom. THE BSO&N CHEMICAL CO., BALTIMORE. Orangebarg Land for Sale. 1 tZC\f\ ACRES of fine Farming! X O KJxJ' LaiKls in Orangeburg Co., I on South Edisto River, six milos from j Midway Station on the S. .C. Railroad, 400 under cultivation, the larger portion . of which ison tito river. The upland1 portion is fino for cotton, and the river ; hottoins suit corn admirably. On the j place is t^fine Dwelling House, 51 ft. by ' .IO. 0 rooms, 2 chimneys, 4 fir? places, 14 foot passage way, piazza in front and oil- j lars under tho house, which is six :'eet : -'(?if tho ground. A number of out-build ing*, Gin House, Gin tlead. fine well of 1 water, dec, (fcc. Will be sold cheap. Apply to B. G. M. DUNOVANT, j Rear Estate Agent. Fob. 3,1880. tl 9 FEE? AXD SALE STABLES ! UMldd Si ttttflPSTON. WE will keep HORSES aird MULES FOR SALE, at Edgelield C. H., S C., at all times until April 1st, ISSI. First class Stock, at reasonablo prices. Terms striclly cash. WillFced and care for stock atall hours. Wo invite the Drovers, and especially the good oitizens of Edgefield county, to call on 08 at Whitaker's old Stables. Ja?. IO, J?a?. 702 Broad S?ree?, ?O?\ Mcintosh. -fifi STERLING SILVERWARE, REED Sc BARTON'S Celebrated TRIPLE-PLATED WARE. CLOCKS, BRONZES & FINE FANCY GOODS. AUGUSTA, GA., NOV. 27, 1379. Iy51 ? MIK A Pf MEN'S, YOUTH'S and BOYS' CLOTHING, .AL. FULL STOCK. ALSO A LARGE STOCK. OF Boots ancl Blioea. Call and Price and you ^ii? see that they are cheap. Batesburg, S. C. Dec. 4.1SS0. Oma! J, L. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FURNITURE DEALERS, Wi JSTO. 717 Broad St., .A.\igrist?, Ga, IIAT a wonderful change in FURNITURE! Six months ago Augusta was ho HIGHEST Furniture. Market in the Stale; now it is (ho CHEAPEST! And J. L Bowles & Co 's Lead m Low Prices is the Cause. Our Stock is complete in every part??iilnr. t 'H AM BER SETS from $500down to '25. PARLOR SK IVS from 3 ?O "p to $2?O. Como and ?00 ns or write for Cuts and ^-ioes. Wo have all the Litest Styles and Novelties in our line Wo aro Agents for the . Hartford Woven Wiro Mattress Co and the "Improved NalibnaLAYirO,?! the wo best Springs mado. Wc have a foll line of ?hean Springsaud Mattresses; A No 'IXE FEATHERS. J. L. BOWLES & CO., Jar. 25. U.81-GmSS No. Ti7 BROAJ) ST., ?UOVSTA-, GA. lamtfac&irirs asid SJ?aBers ?II Gr A.-, Phaetons, f?oekaways and Plantation Wagons. A'FULL line of tho abrivo (foods now in store, which in quality, finish :?nd style ?rpass anv that bavo been brought into the StatO; We are nUo manufacturing our f AND : RD GRADES of Buggies, Wagon?, A?., that b;.v:> been KO long and fa r>rably known throughout the State,?and arc now hoing .sold at LOWER PRICES ian eau be reached by any oilier bouse. ??nfnftiircrs AgiuUxjvr Sale o? Slutlebnkcrs, Wii??i?rii ?Tnwi l'hinh??ion Wasons l siz3s which have stood the test for the last half .century, and to-day hoad the st'or light draft and great durability. Price? ss iowas required for wagons of iforior grades. TO THOSE TN WANT OF CHEAPER BUGQIES. WE ARE offering a large stock that ha* just been received from the best M au u loturers In Cincinnati, that have been made for us of better material, and are bet ?r painted and finished iban h ive ever been made for this section before. PRICES EXTRUMELY LOW. A full stock of Harness, Saddles, Oak and Hemlock Solo Leather, Calf Skins, ining Skins, Shoe Findings, Leather and Rubber Belting all sizes, Rubber Pac': ig, Collars, Bridle*, Harness, Findings, Shoe Tools. Ac. SOLE AGENTS for-Starr Hames and Trac? chains. Every pair warranted for ve years. , New York Belting and Packing Co's. SUPERIOR RUBBER BELTING, the 3St in the world. PAROTT'S VARNISHES, unequaled by any otlur make. ' The Szdc sering Phaeton, price $05.00 B.Uj The Side Spring Pian j Buggy, price $70.00 Tho best vehicles ever produced for tho money. Waight; 215 pounds. Send for catalog un and price list. And edi ?nd seo us when in tho City, and 9 convinced that our pri?es ari tower tl roi any uOuso i:i too hite.ie. Nov. 2, 1SS0.-4m4S] FtOB'T. H. MAY & CO., AUGUSTA, GA. iREY?BffllilT nd all diseases of the Kidneys, Bladder j and Urinary Organs hy wearing thc nproved Excelsior Kidney Pad j It is a Marvel of Healing and Relie f. IMPLE, SENSIBLE, DIRECT, i PAINLESS, POWERFUL. CttrcA where all else "falls. A Revelo.- \ ht and Revolution In Medicine. Ab ! rptlon or direct application, as opposed i unsatisfactory Internid medicines.- ! .nd for our tre:-.i iso en K i bu y I roubles, j nt free. Sold by druggists; or sent by | ail, on reeeip of price. A dil rcs This is the Orig-:T|<i"-liniv" Lilil? Pilli I rita.i l take no WU.I.?HS BLOCK, her. i OEYttOIT, Mich. Deb '?7, 1 SSO.-Om 47 I. Z7?:7" Al Wholesale in Charleston, S ile Di uggists. . , . - ?. \ ; V/ J*_, r Cures bj AbMtrptittU (Nature's way) J^LU?OlSEASES, ?lM THROAT DISEASES, Breathing Troubles. U6?STA BUILDING LOTS TO EXCHANGE FOR OTT ON LANDS! " II A V Fi 10 Building L >fs in Augusta, . in the upper part of the city, io ex lange for Cotton Latid', or Plantation, ands must bo convenient to Railroad. Applv to, or address. *. R. G. M. L'UNO Y A NT, Real Estate Agent, Edgell, id C. II..S. C. Doc. 22, lft<0._lf3_ The Cheapest in the South . -js Tin: iRGI.i NURSERY W. R. NELSON, Fropriftor. hrec-vonrold Apple Trees, 812 per TOO j no-yoar-otd Pcuch Tn cs, $12 per 1001 SEXf) FOR C1KCUI.AK. $S?> Trees sent per express and collect 11 delivery. Address tv. li. KELSON, it Drives into the system curative agents and healing medicines. It Drown Veroni the diseased parts tho poison J (hat canse death. 'fhoitmnds testify to its Virtue*. Dondespair until you bavo tried this Sensible, Easily Applied and RADI CA M. Y EFFECTUAL Remedy. Sold by Druggists, or sont by mail on receipt ot" Price, S?, by Sand for Tost i rn:-Mr ?a3lV? [flUg M niais and our book' n?mnn?? '.Tinco Millions al I Gill iat!)', Y,.,,' ? r*T WILLIAMS BLOCK, } car. fe ?ut free | 1}!.:r,:<,1T) Mu.k; . C., by DOWI-E & MOISE, Whole J-SZ3SM "-"Tmi Dec. 15, 'SO.-2m2] Auctista. (in. Kottee of Final DiseSnarge. "XN Saturday the 5th day of March, J ISSI, the undersigned will apply to ie Probate Judge fora Final Discharge, i Administratrix of Wm Betts, dee'd. SARAH BETTS, Adm'x. Fa*. 2, ISSI. ?Io GEORGIA PAINT 00., GA., OFFERS HEADY MIX BU PAINTS in small Cans, or by tbo Gallon, or by tito Barrel, at price? AS LOW as they can b? oougbtat WHOLESALE in NEW YORK. ' yc? <IC.AI.ITY THE VERY BEST. F?M' COLORS, in ali Shailcs. All styles CO?M AGE CCI,ORS. Iiudrfe and OuUitle WHITE. I? : XDSOMR, DURA BE and CHEAP Aleo, RICH. DARK DROWN, MET ALL!" PAINT/ for Roots, Bridges, Pi ne' , Wagons, and Plantation Ma chinery end Tools. $& PRICE LISTS and SAMPLE COLORS sent?n application. Address, "(?EORCr? PAIi\T ?0.i A it gusta, Ga. J. II. .'.i.L.XANDEH, PresU. ) C. Ci BENIS, Snp't. J De? 22, 1380. If:'. SOME DAY. j Some day, with heart and pulses st! With folded hands and sealed eye* j And tpiiet face turned to the skies j Not even thy touch shall wake one tl ' So still Til lie Some day. - ?r j And thou ?hall weep, and all fond m j Shall cross thy lips I mayjnot beai And yet, ali ! yet, thon'lt be as des i (For love shall live tho' lips aTe still As now thou art That day. i : ii'r . ? ! Ami I shall come and fill thy dream* With all sweet thoughts and: fat j gleams ? Of light and joy-'till thou shalt lot ; To cast aside this earthly thrall And come to me Son.e day. For even in that bright land I could not feel my joy complete, Some chord would jar all else so sv Without*thy g?ntlo hand So we shall moot Some tiny. THE MIL?TcB?M^EY4 _ -3 I THE STORY OF-A RRICKLAIRH 'TV-vs when I was courting int that, the accident Tm going td te you about happened.- But forth! same accident Idon't think Kati a I woultftie man an' wife this d)W< you see my lather was set againjthi match, Katie being only a lahoCr daughter, while he himself was-f/fi maw in the mills, getting good wa?e and thought a great deal of by Ih employers. An' ir it wasn't tor tie, I don't think I'd be here DO ut tell you about it, for it was she ba saved ray life, through hitting oi plan that never once came into [h heads of me or my comrades-sri or those you'd have thought '.voil know better than any of ns. I. was not brought up to my fail ?r's trade, having been taken, woe young by a brother of my motbey* i master bricklayer living ia tb Sown. When my uncle died I caiji li?me to Lifgarven for a bit, just t ?ee ray father, and finding that the vere at work on the new buildings a .he mills, I looked for employ men here, an' got it at once. Lisgarv? nil! is a Hour mill, an' a pretty plac t was in those days, with the rive unning just by thc old red bric) mildings, au' the big waterwheel al vays going round an' rouud. Th. iver tails into a larger one a Jjj.th ower down^an' the tide c&uies'?p t? ar as the mill,so 'tia in boats thal aost of the corn is brought in an' th? lour carried away. 'Tisn't half sc iretty a place now ; there are bif rbitewasbcd buildings alo g?ide o he old brick ones, thc big wheel i< topped; an' you hear the whirr o: he engines instead of the sound ol he water, but they makes a powei if mousy there, an' gives a deal ol raployment. As I was saying, I got taken on st , bricklayer. Katie's father wat i'orkiug there, too, and I used to see 1er bringing him his dinner, and, af er a bit, I hegan to think that I'd ike to have her bringing me-raine, oo. She was as pretty a girl then s you'd see anywhere-she's good ooking to this day-an' I poon bc 8rae that fond of her that I'd have loue anything a'most to get her. She terself was willing enough; 'twas ay father that made the difficulty. Ie was a proud man; a9 proud in his ray as any gentleman, an' he was iglit down mad at the .notion of my Harrying a 'aborer's daughter. To o sure, I was earning good wages, ,'i' might have married without aek ng atiy one's leave if I'd been so ii oded, but I didn't like to go again' lie old man that had always been ood to me. Beside, Katie was just a proud aa himself, an' would have othing to say to me unless he waa ati???ied. I got tbe owner to speak a bira, but sure 'twasn't a bit of use. "How.would you like, sir," he says a the owner, "if I had a daughter, a luv? Master Philip take up with er, an'wouldn't that be the same bing?'* I believe that the owner didn't bink it would bo at all the s-tme hing; but my father wouldn't hear bo reason from him any more than rora rae; so Katie an' I had just noth ag for it but to wait in the hope of is coinin' rouud, an' very little hop? re had of that same.. As we were putting up a 6team en ;ine in tbe mill, we had of course to ave a big chimney, an' we got a man own from town to build it-one of hem chaps that build* chimneys-a^ othing else, and thinks nobody knows nything about it but theirselves. I /as working along with him, and,in leed, 'twas I that built the most of t, and a tight goad job it was. 'Twas inished by Christmas-ten year ag) his Christmas coming on-all but the igbtning conductor, and that was not ?ut up owing to the owner's wanting o Lna'ie inquiries when he'd go to own an' to see for himself what v'ould ba tho best kind to use. The iroprietor was a scientific sort of a ?entleman, an' bad ideas of his own -sometimes they'd be better than ither people's, sometimes maybe not o good. At any rate, there was a delay ibout the conductor, an' in the uaean ime tbe engines were ac work, an' he big chimney was smoking away ike bleftes.? Mr. Brown, fha strange workman, had gone away, say i 1 very condescending like, that he v sore Jim Forde (that' was me) wot be able to fasten the rod to the chi ney as well as he could do it hims He took all his scafFoldirig with hi but, before lie went, .av.iy, he. iked : beam with a pulley in it into the ? J of the chimney, an' left ;i long ro j hanging through it, so. that a ta could be hoisted up at any time ; a j there the rope hung dangling. yts\ j after week, uiitil the owner cia I home, bunging the .od along wi j him. Once it had come there was 1 good losing any more time in Jixii it, so one Saturday afternoon in JA uary, up I weet on. a plank, slung s curely at the ?nd of the rope, n tools along with me,' an' settled m self astride on the stone copin Twas rather late in the clay, but t! -looming had been too wet an" storrr to work, an' the owner wa* as i raj.;; -lieut to get thejobdone as if it iuulu been him eif that was hindering it a this time. I was as uracil at hore atop of the chimney as ? WAS on tl ground, au' I v/orked ou wiuiouton-? lookiug do'.in, until my job w;is -fit i.shed, ari' I was putting up my tool j Theu, ali o. it sudden, I he?ir;d a rai tiing noise, an' looking over, I sa* ' the plank going down very fast'; ri. ealied out: "Hullo, there! send tba up again, will you ?--' but r.he ojal; answer I got WAH. a loud laugh, lb all thc world like silly Jerry the.oaf ural's; and sure enough there he wai standing by the windlass, juinpipj an' clapping his hands. I looked about, for the mun vvbtOE business it was to manage thc wind I ?s, but uot ? sign of Iii AI was thr-rt an* in a minute I heard thc rattle o the pile again, nu' saw that the rop was running through it in tho '."ron direction. I male' a gr?b at it, tm 'twas j -rked out of my hand, an: be fore I could catch it ag-tin the enc had slipped through, nu' there I was more than a hundred feet from tin ground,- not knowing how in tb? world I was to get down, ?ii- Jern dancing an' capering below, CM!lin. out : "Come down an' thra?li rae now -Mr. Forde, won't you ?" Then I remembered that a lew dayi before ? had found this boy annoying "K?tie, an' had given him a out wit! ?twwitch I had in my baud. H? hat slunk away without a word at tht time; but it seems he remembered frh< blow, an' took this way of being re venged. . Well, at first I was scarcely fright ened, expecting somehow that once the people below knew of the fix 1 waa in, they'd find eorae way or otbei of getting me out of it. But, when I carne to think of it, deuce a bit ol a way could I hit cn myself, an' sure I knew more about ehimueys tb AP. any one oise in the place. 'Twas getting hte, too; there wouldn't be much more than am-iher ha f hour of day light, an* the wind wnsriLing--I could hear it whistling through the trees. By this time people knew what had happened, un' a crowd was col lecting; I could see them comin r from ail parts, for ol' course 1 had a view all about. I eaw a boy go up to the door of the counting-house, an' pres ently young Squire Phillip came run ning out-running as if for iiis life. When he came, he took the command like, an' began giving directions, an' the people, who had only t-taied at first now ran here an' there as he sent them. Fir*t they brought ont a long ladder, au' fixed it on the roof below the chimney. I could have told them that 'twas too short know ing as I did the length of every lad der in the place: but somehow, though I heard their shouts plainly, I could not make them hear mino; it seemed as if thc voices went up "like smoke. Then there was a greatdelay while they went for a longer ladder, and lhi3, too, didn't reach h ll way. A man climbed up it, however, an' call ed out to know . had I a bit of etring in my pocket that I could let down. Not a bit could I find. I had had a big ball only the day before, but I had taken it out of my pocket an' put .it on a shelf at home. I took off my braces, an' fastened them an' my pocket handkereief together: but they didn't near reach thc top of the lad der, BO that plan had to be given up. All this time the wind was rising, an' I was getting numb with cold, an' ! stiff and cramped from being so long .i-n the one position. There was a big '? -clock right over the gateway just op p?sito, an' I saw that it only wanted j twenty minutes of live, an' once the j darkness set irj, what little hope I [ had would be gone. The young squire seemed to havel gone away by this time, but there | was ray father among ti"? crowd ; an' ; who should 1 see, standing next him, an' holding on by his arm, but Ka- j tie ! They had forgotten everything \ but the fright about me, nn' he seem- j ed to be talking to her, an' comfort* j ing her. After a bit 1 saw I he young equire again ; he had a big thing in j I his hand looking like pocket-hand- j I kerchiefs stretched over a frame, nu' ; I saw that it was a kite, an' I hat they meant to send a string up to mo itt that way. But you never in all your life Baw such an unmanageable kite. First 'twas too heavy, an' then 'twas too light, and then the time I seemed to lose making a tail to si< it ! I heard after that part of same tail was made bf bank-n Squire Philip took out of his poi when he. couid get nothing else qi enougli He got them all back la for not a man, woman or child in place would have touched one of tl when they saw him using them that way. .When the kite did go up at the wind was so high that they co not manage it properly. It came v near ms once, an' I made a snatcL the siring, nearly over-reaching r, self in doing so; but I missed it, just then there came a terrible g of wind, the string broke, an' kite was carried away, an' stuck 1 in the branches of a big tree ben i tho proprietor's hous9. I looked 01 at the clock to see how much, til was left me, au' I found that I coi not see. the hands any longer; I darkness had come on in the last-f minutes. Then I give up all ho for I knew I could never hold on I morning. l ilied to think o.f deah.^an' make myself .ready for it, but' couldn't-not ? prayer, nor. a go word could I call to'mind, only, j ing over an' over again in my he the way 'twould sill happen-how t people would go away one by br how I'd be left alone in the darkin and the howling wind, an' how last I'd not be able to hold on lon er, an' fall, an' be found in the mor ing all crushed out of shape. Tl people below seemed to have givi up all thought of helping me no1 an' were standing quite quiet. 'Twas so dark by this time that could not distinguish the faces at a I could jn^t make out Squire Phili in his dark shit among the white mil men, an' poor Katie. She was croud ing down on the grbnnd now, hi apion over-her bead. 'All of n stu den I saw her leap up with a gre? cry, an' clap her hands, an* eil1.' ot something. Then there was a coi fused sort of shout as if every one i the crowd was saying the same thin at the sa e time; an' then Fquii Philip, making a sign to pilenee then put his two hands up to bis rnoutl an'sung out in a voice that enm up to me above the noi?3 of th wind : \ "Take off your stocking and rayt it ; the thread will reach the ground. At first I didn't understand birr being dazed like, but then the meat ing came on me ?ike a message fror heaven. I got eli one of my sock with some trouble-nico new one they were, foo, of Katie's own knit ting, that she had given me for 1 Christmas box-an' with the helpc my teeth I loosened one end of th thread. It gave readily enough al ter that, an' when I had a good pied cf it ripped I lied my knife to titi end of it to make it heavy, an' let i drop, ripping more au' more of th* sock rs it went down. Then I felt il stop, au' presently there came a shoo telling me to wind it up again. Very slowly an' carefully I did it, fearing the string would, break, an' when the last bit of it cima up, there was a piece of .strong twine tied to the end of it. The twiue in jts turn brought the rope I had qone np by, an' then I felt that I Wc-.s safe. I managed somehow - to put it through the pulley, an* to haul up the plenk, an' as soon as they had fastened the other end to the wind lass bslow, they gave rae thc word'to come down. I was so numb an' stiff that leonid not fis myself on the plank, but 1 managed somehow to cling to the ropes with my hands. Down, down I came, every turn of the windlass mak ing the voices below seem nearer an' when I was within a few feet bf the ground there were a down pairs of arms ready to catch me, an' a scoie of hands held out to mi, an' a hun dred voices to welcome me. An' there was my father wailing for me, un' Philip saying ; "But for the girl he'd have been up there still. Not one of us would have thought of the stocking; 'twas thc brightest idea I've come across this many a day. She has saved his life, Forde, ami you can't refuse your consent any longer.'" But when f looked round for Ka tie, she was nowhere to be seen. She must have slipped off as f-oon as she ShW 1 was safe. The young squire hurried my fath er an' mc away.T didn'.t . quite know where, I was so da^ed, but in a min ute or two I lound myself in a warm lighted dining-room at the master's house, an' Master Philip shaking hands with my father. . As soon as i could, I made my escape, an' went down to Katie's cottage. I hadn't been there five minutes when there was a knock at the door, and in walks ray father. He went straight up to Katie, holding out his hand. '"Katie, my girl," he said, "I've j come to ask your pardon for anything I've ever soid or done against you, au' if you an' Jim are. still- of . the same mind. I won't hinder you from j marryiug. 'Tis you have the best! right to him, for you've saved hie life." i ! ? i "And 'tis proud an' glad T am that I was able.to do thai same, Forde," said Katie., ? "And you'll marry hiia; won't j my dear ?'* "If you're satisfied, sir." "I am, my'dear, quite satisfied. And with that he kissed her; 1 from that day tothis, be arid:.?\? have been the best of friends, lives with us for the last year or .fie was getting a little past his wo an' the proprietor, pensioned/bim He is very happy with us, an'- b< never tired of tellingthe children t story ot' the way ?U"a0 cleverness, saved :nry life.-. TBK SOUTH ATLANTIC Olm NEW UPE TO BE INFUSED IN THE BLUE RIDGE RAI LRU Al A Project tb Complete the Th roo Line witta. New York and Boat Capital -(JouiUtion ol' the. ROB?: What Remains to do? The Blue Ridge Railroad Compai of South Carolina was chartered that State, Georgia, North Caroli and Tennessee in 1852. Thc ro was to extend from Anderson,'S. i to Knoxville, Tenn., a distance 106 miles. Tbe enterprise was t business dream of John: C. Calhou and has been the pet scheme -of t TrenhrOms, the Gourdins, the Ham tone and;the leading mea ot Soul Carolina ever since the ?road W.H 'frc pro jected. Tbe ol je t of the ince porators was to connect Chariest* with the great North jrc-st by a dire line of rails whichjyvould shorten.tl distance to Chicago and Cineinnti over the existing- linis by about ?? miles. On the South Carolina ai Georgia end of tbe line over $4.00( U?0 were expended before the' civ war put an end to the work. ?: tli sum the State of South Carol ina'an the City fit .Charleston contri bute $3,000,000, and thc balance was rait ed by voluntary* subscriptions an mos tgage bond?, which are now th only existing liens- oii the- road.:* 1 Sooth Carolina 43 miles'of the roa were completed, connecting Ande: sjn with Wal lin Ha, and this sectk of the road has been in good runniii ordei ever since. ''. Beyond W?lhall the road vyas gr?ded as far as.,ih Blue Ridge Mountains, and a tunne 0.000 feet ia length, wa? begu through the mountains. About4,5G feet of this tunnel were comple- ei 450 feet being bored through flii rock. By means., of the tunnel th grade over the mountains has bee reduced to 70 feet to the mile, whic ins an easier grade than that of any ( tile other railroads crossing the Bio Ridge and the Alleghenies. In th State of Georgia two small tunnel Were part of the original plan of th road. Ono ol them is entirely com pleted, and the other is very near! so. A large part ot' the grading i Georgia is also completed. The roa< runs directly through the Rabnn G<jr which admits of a passage throng] the mountains at a comparatively trifling expense. On the northwes tern end of the line eighteen miles c road were completed from Knoxvill to Maryville, Tenn,, and thia portioi has been in running order ev?? sino it was built. At this end ot the 'roa*, about $1,000,000 were expended bj the State of Tenneesee, under the In ternal Improvement Act. Ono' hun dred and thirty-five "miles ol the road as originally surveyed, remain to b< constructed. The work was .being rapidly pioeecuted when the civil wai higas, and that put a veto on tho en terprise which ha* not been renewed up to the present time. A numbei of New York and Boston capitalists are now preparing to- take possessio!) of the charter, and push the roar! through to completion. A prominent South Carolina citizen now in New York told a Tithes re porter some very interesting incta io regard to the Bine Ridge Railroad and the roads with which it will com pete for business if it is built as orig? itally designed. He said; "The mort gage liens on this property consist ot ii rat-mortgage bonds to. the amount o' $236,000, with inter?s* since 1801 and second mortgage bonds to the amount of $593.000. In 1S54 a fi ret mortgage loan ol' $2,000,000 was au thorized by the company, but under this authority bonds to the amouut 0! $230,000 only were issued. In the a*me year the Legislature of South Carolina guaranteed bonds to the company to complete the road to the amount of $1,000,000. This guaran tee was never used, but in 1868 the Legislature confirmed it, aod added $3,000,000 to t he guarantee, provided SD much was necessary to pay the outstanding first mortgage bor.dn and tho floating debt of the company and to complete the road. 'Owing to the panic of 1S73, only $508,000 ot these second mortgage bonds gumotred by the State were. e*er- issued, and the balance of the State guarantee w -eturned to the 3tate treasury and cancelled. The State guarantee on the second mortgage bonds was declared constitutional by Judge Mel ton, of the Court of Common Plew of Richland County, before the in dorsement waa made. TheB? mort gages are a first and second lien OD th.i entire road, with air the rights and franchises of theoompany, except . o?-'the Tennessee end pf the 'lin?, where the State of Tennessee Has a prior lien on the 18 miles of omplt ted road, for the$-1,000,000 advai.eed uuo^er the internaL. improvement, act. * The importance of..the. action about to be taken toward the completion ot' the road will bc-.appreciated by those w:ho understand the iystem of rail- ^ roads connecting the great'Northwest with the Southeastern./Atlantic port'*. The Louisville and Nashville and the ^ Kentucky. Central . Railroad co copa- _ .nies have recently combined: with the Knoxville and Ohio.- Gjmpany, -and agreed, to. build their roads to the -Tennessee line, so -as: to :fo rm a-direct connection with.''Knoxville,- and con tracts'br the work.' ara about to ...oe ! awarded, The: Cincinnati SOUL: .finds itself at Chattanooga depeu.jfflfc:' du,-the ..Louis-viU'eVaVxl; Nashville^:: .-reach-:the- Atlantiaporis of tbeiSoxith feast? and in order to'make itself in dependent,' the Cincinnati Southern already sn? veyed'aline from Em ory Gap directly east to Knoxville, a distance of ??.miles.So. you sen thVthree great Western and Souther ?1 corporations . are .making, haste->. to reach Knoxville,: the ^Northwestern end of the li-ue-Hidge -R^iiro d-NAc .Ahderaori, the Southeastern etrd, there are' two railroad'. connections .With Ch?rTestoh, Port lid val and S>.v.:n nsh. One' is ovyi;.the Greenville ami Columbia Railroad, which h .vs recent ly been pur.chti?3d'by.theC>yde party, of this city, arud.:the?3tewarts, of Rich ! mond, Ya; . Theother is by way of the-Savannah Val!ey',;1whicit is to fm '.Uni lt;'and the route this way wi H ta '50 miles shorter tha?'"'by ttie ^(rreeii- ?j .'Ville Road. thc 'Eligeneld,'Trenton and Aiken R-.tlroad is rapidly..Ap proaching completion. . .Tue South Carolina Railroad., the great, co* r?o ru t-ion of the State, isai)ont to pas* .into 'ttie hands of Ne'w^York au IB J-tm capitalists. 'Js.should be remeo\ber ed,'-',-continued the speaker, "that the oniy completed : ??vlrbvl- frortf'the North'weat^o^'ttie :'?bnT.K?'?st' is tho ^attapooga'and. AtU??i, nm. con trolled by the LonwviUe a?&^rgh. villo -Company. -'Th'^fr?i^h t rnVs:ili%3 'cf this line ?s^o^reat thu-, the trains Lalinost touch each, cither^.and. th?f?i cilit.ies.irjr doing the business-of the section are totally inadequate. The completion, of tb ? Blue R'dgk Ko'Ad will supply a want thathaslo.og been feit. It will bo a tr ink' lioc, ."?ii*y, ~ able to compete with the Chat talega and Atlanta line, and will reduce the distance from Chic-igo and Cincinnati ! tx-.the Southeast.'porte: by. di bout two hundred.miles. The parties cun troll- . l ing the Blue- Ridge Road nt both ends are now' organizing for its rapid completion. ' Thc estimated cost.01 the work is $0,000,000. -New Ywl: [Ttine*; -.' r. .b;.e. .1 FashioD flotes. Mailes lace is again fashionable*. Moire antique ribbons- are again-in fashion. ' '. Tin?es and finger cosies ari the r-et ? ?amen for little muffd. .'. ; Gloves for the-deepest mournir-g are of the undressed kid. '. I ..' The'pretty fashion cf shirred yokes ! will be revivedCor thin dresses', in'the I Spring. .. . -. i Slender young ' ladies should ' we*r 'shoulder capes, with gay satin 1 lin [ iogs', for house dresses. . ' '. - .'" . '. i Very elegant, peignoir? are made .of white cashmere with revers, culfs .and brocade collar, embroidered-?in bright colors. if* ? ; The generality s>? dresses are now worn'so'short that it is tt'hsolutely j necessary that the stockings should . exactly .match ones-cost time. . Cream white, apricot, salmon.-l?v .ender,- mauve.: -heliolroue -ajtd-:^me ' tbyst aie'very fashionable' Vulors Tor evening.dresses^..- Pale bin- and rase colors are never oiH:pf date, : . The hats worn now are quite dar^e and'gerierany heavy,'but still they make a Very nest appearance in nie majority of instances. The principal trimming for the different shapes are ostrich plum?? ol' great ?en^tt?::-^* Young ladies usually nr.* Pp'posid tb wearing aprons, but those of 'satin or moire antique are very fashionable 'when worn with dressy home toilet1. I They have one pocket trimmed with lace, and a trimming to match, at the bottom. The most fashionable Fiench.g?oves are. composed of alterna*e .bandsjof kid and, lace, which shV^WstPlt?p'hand _2 and arm, as well as the glitter of Jew elled rings, to perfection. This foih \ ion accords well wrrh the l?-ce cleeves and lace trimmings now in vogue. A New York .'.fashion writer" rays: "There is a; corked'' tendency to I wards abolishing all white undc-r ! clothing as much as possible.'. I>t i ticoats of .satin, plush and flaimel-are coming into favor, While stockings ot' j solid dark colois, red, brown,; navy bluo and plum,- with embroidered clocks in white or contrasting shader are extremely popular. -Flannel pet ticoats, if white, are not considered appropriate for winter. They should be red, pink,, blue, o.r heliotrope. . Mast si n?lehisbn'?i J}r?t^Jt is^wfth real pleasure that I add my tcMiiuiooy to the great virtues of your *;*:Jtouralgine'' as a specific for neuralgia and s'?k oead acho. Such a remedy is a blessibg, and ah sufferers should keep it ou hau d. iff ? Iv IDG KI. v, ? i 130 Cathedral Street, JJaltim?ro. ?>ld by Dr. W, E.'l.v^crr. ' [:?m7 ' ? ?