The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, November 16, 1887, Image 4
' ^SHEATH THE PINES,
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*.?y "v .sunless deeps of northern pines! ?;
\ jf - O broad,* snow laden arms of fir:
B|ik \ Dim aisles w?eye wolves slip to and fro.
And noiseless wild deer swiftly skirr !
O home of wind songs wild and grand,
, As suits thy mighty strains! O harp
Ss^a which the north wind lays his hand
I walk thy pungent glooms once more
And shout aiTrld thy stormful roar,
f
t As in deep seas a haven is found,
i No wintry tempest stirs, though high U
" ] As hills the marching waves upbound
, And break in hissing foam, so I ^
t * Walk here secure, though far above, -J
} Tbe storm king with his train of snows
Sweeps downward from the bitter north,
1 And shouts hoarse fury as he goes. .4?!
? I laugh in tones of chiming gleo
To see the shaking of his hair,
v. And hear from out his cloud of beard 'j? 5
His voice imperial sweep tbe air.
The dark phies lower their lofty Crests,
*:>?., As warriors bow when chieftain grim
^4. Ride by and shouts his stern behests,
! **v And with swift answers echo him.
Nrilamlin Garland in American magazine.
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A lADTS REVOLVER.
' She was too young apparently to bear
rule over the strange assemblage of Mexican
and half breed boys and girls, with a
sprinkling of American youth, not of the
most tractable kind, who constituted the
school in the Puente section. The schoolhouse
was almost as rude and unkempt
looking as the scholars. It was part
"redwood" and part adobe, and no attempt
had been made to give it a civilized
appearance. It. stood upon a piece
of half cleared land which bore a crop of
barley, carelessly reaped by the lazy
Spanish family who owned it, and whose
adobe hut was the nearest neighbor to the
schoolliouse, at a distance of nearly a
third t>f a mile.
. All round this patch of grain land
grew the wild mustard in immense profusion.
Here and there a cactus patch
flourished, a prickly wilderness, but the
the chief feature of i
" 'fy *~%iii ' i " ? ay
to the breeze their golden blooms, and a
r - desolation of its own when the flowers
and verdure are gone, and it spreads in
all directions a miniature forest?dry and
dead.
Beyond the "mustard, rocks and bowlders
began to crop up, which increased
in size and assumed shapes more and
more weird and gaunt as they lay nearer
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UJU7 UlUUtJU V/A IUV vauj vn?
A wilder scene could hardly be imagined.
' A stranger setting to the picture
of Stella, as she stood on the threshold of
the schoolhouse, in the shadow of the
projecting doorway, watching her last
scholars out cf sight.
Stella boarded with the Benites, a decent
Spanish family, living on the road
to San Bernardino, about half a mile
south of the schoolhouse. She knew that
Mien the children left she ought to go
with them; it was too lone!}- a place for
the young teacher to remain in when all
were gone; but, on the other hand, this
quiet hour or two were of such priceless
value to her. It was her only time for
thought, for writing undisturbed the
cheery letters which were to brighten
and bless the sick room of poor Tom at
Los Angeles.
Poor Tom,' her only brother, whose
young life was fading out-under the
blight of consumption.
The orphan brother and sister had come
from the city of thoir birth and love,
then: far eastern home, in quest of healing
for Tom. Both had been full of hope.
The climate was said to be a miracle
working one, and Stella, as strong in
courage as in love, never doubted that,
while the healing process was going on,
she would be able with brain or hands,
or both, to support their small establishment.
But Los Angeles seemed overcrowded
with young workers of all kinds,
and after many efforts and failures to obtain
remunerative work, Stella was
thankful at last, through the interest of
some school trustees, whom she had be'
sieged with'applications, to obtain-this
school, in all respects the least desirable
* in the county; the class of scholars, the j
small salary, the situation, everything
making it so unattractive that some formalities
might well be set aside in the
matter of certificates, and a teacher infinitely
too good for the place given
charge of the school.
The great drawback was leaving Tom;
the district was some thirty miles from
Los Angeles, and the cost of going there
" made latere breaches in the meager salary
which was to supply Vho sick lad's comforts.
When the children were ail gone and
the loneliness of the place came upon her
with that strange thrill, half pleasurable,
half dreadful, the sight and touch of her
little silver mounted revolver was a comfort
to her. She prayed that she might
never have to use it, but still it lay there
like a trusty friend on whom, in a possible
emergency, she might rely.
This afternoon the air was still and
sultry, and the utter silence lay like a
weight upon her; the dull ugliness of the
schoolroom, as well as the breathless
heat, oppressed her. After waiting for
* awhile she leaned back and sighed impatiently,
and presently she gathered up
her writing, slipped the little revolver
into her sachel, tied on her liat, and set
off toward the canyon. Not many hundred
yards above the school house a ' 'live
oak," or ilex, had struck root among the
scattered rocks, and, finding seme hidden
runlet to nourish it, had spread abroad
itS dark branches, and made the one
spot of shade within reach when the
mustard was dried up by the scorching
sun. 4 ?
The way seemed longer than usual to
Stella. The sun beat down mercilessly,
though the afternoon was wearing on,
and once she sat down for a moment or
two under the scanty shade which the
mustard, not yet denuded of its light
foliage, afforded.
How black the shadow of the large,
i solitary tree lay on tj&e rocky ground!
Only those who have lived, in southern
California or a like climate can know the
" - i. delicious relief of passing out of the
</ burning sunshine into shade which seems
darker and cooler than anywhere else.
The belated breeze from the distant
ocean sprang up, as if to welcome Stella,
and a mocking bird suddenly began to
sing with the delirious enjoyment which
characterizes that unique birch
North of the oak tree, some twenty
paces distant, ran the road toward mo
janyon, now seldom if ever used, for thy
floods of the previous winter or two had
been more than usually violent, and had
in many places dislodged the rocks from
the canyon sides and blocked the way
even for riders. Formerly parties of
"prospectors'' or solitary gold seekers
had frequently passed that way into the
recesses of the mountains, which, in various
places along the range, were said to
bear promising indications of the precious
metal, llecently, however, they had
taken other roads or had abandoned the
quest altogether in that neighborhood.
Almost touching the great misshapen
trunk of the oak tree was a huge bowlder,
so hollowed out on its southern side
as to form a recessed seat where one
could rest absolutely screened from the
view of any who should chance to pass
along the road; but since Stella had
taught in the canyon school she had
never, while resting under the oak, seen
a wayfarer pass by.
The fresh breeze rustled the foliage, the
- mocking bird changed its note to one of
yet greater sweetness. The sunlight meLlowed
and the shadows grew longer. The
mountains began to put on those magical
tints which transform them from stony
giants?gaunt and arid?into foiyus of
surpassing loveliness.
Stella had left her seat, and, turning
'* northward, was giving them a lingering
farewell look, when?was not that the
^ sound of a footstep??just where the road
wound past a projecting reck. A footstep
and a. hurried, panting breath?
- '^V Involuntarily the girl shrank back into
TT^ her recess.
A There, unless indeed the footsteps
jjhould turn aside into the shadow, she
would be absolutely unseen. The solitude
liadNiomewduit strained lier nerves; her
heart violently.
footstep came nearer, nearer; was
n
close at hand'now; but did not pause.
The panting breath and now a smothered
groan caught Stella's ear distinctly.
Breathing hurriedly herself, she bent
forward as the step passed on. She
saw a slender, roughly dressed man,
travel stained, with a wallet strapped
upon his shoulder. She caught
one glimpse of a colorless face with a look
of haunted horror in it, and, before ahe
had time to wonder, she saw why.
Footsteps again, and this time two men
following that other. Two men, or were
they fiends?
Narrow, gleaming eyes, straight black
locks falling lialf over brown, devilish
faces, a swinging yet crouching gait,
nervous, claw like hands that swung
with a half fluttering motion, as though
by anticipation hovering over the prey,
now so near.
And what was this? One of them held
a coil of rope which even now he was
shaking, poising in air, then, with a
marvelous dexterity, flinging forward.
It fell, and in falling, circled round the
lxxly of the man before them.
Ah, merciful heaven! can that be a
human sound? That yell of hideous
triumph which inmgiea wicn rue cumting,
despairing cry of the victim!
For one moment Stella leaned against
.the tree, numb and breathless with horror?the
next?such a passion, such an
almost frenzy of righteous vengeance
seized her that her heart seemed bursting
in her bosom.
Alas! she was but a frail girl after all
?she trembled like an aspen in'the wind.
"God give me strength," she gasped as
her shaking hand closed on the little
weapon?the friend whose hour had come
at last.
The man had fallen forward on bis
face; the Indians stood over him; one
stooped to cut the wallet from his
shoulder. They must liave supposed its
contents of value, since even the master
passion, cruelty, gave way for a moment.
' Th?x they turned him over and mut^-tefed
disappointedly to one another, for
the level sunbeams fell on what seemed a
.lead face. The weather stained hat had
; fallen of and disclosed a broad fair forev&th
a mass of bright tangled hair.;
One of the Indians seized the loose
locks with one hand, in the other a dreadful
knife flashed back the sunlight for an
instant as it descended on the unconscious
head.
A yell of pain and fear, a wild leap into
j air. The knife fell to the ground, while
the hand which held it was pierced by
! the messenger of unseen vengeance.
Seizing the wallet the unwounded Indian
turned to fly, while the other, thrusting
the mangled hand into the bosom of
his ragged coat, followed him, groaning
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| them?vet another, a third buried itself
in thAirm that grasped the wallet, and
one more struck the shoulder of the
! Indian first wounded.
The wallet had dropped, while the two
ruffians, bleeding, groaning, and yet runI
ning for dear life, disappeared behind the
| projecting reck.
! Then Stella sank upon her knees and
sent up a voiceless cry of thankfulness to
the Great Avenger.
Dizzy and faint she stepped out of her
hiding place. It was not twenty 3-ards
to where the man lay motionless, with
the sunlight streaming on his bronzed
cheeks and fair forehead.
Was he dead?
She knelt down beside him and laid her
har.d lightly on his forehead.
No, lie had but swooned.
The necessity for action and the rapturous
thought that she had saved this
fellow being's life, acted like a sudden
i powerful -stimulant upon the girl. She
knew of a small stream among the rocks,
quite near at. hand, and, almost flying
thither, she filled her straw hat with the
water, returned and bathed with it the
unconscious face. Then she chafed the
hands?long supple hands, not those of a
vagrant.
! She watched with a breathless anxiety,
: which quite shut out all thought of self,
! for the first sign of returning animation,
t In some mysterious-way the thought of
Tom, poor Tom, mixed itself up with the
solicitude for this stranger?this fellow
mortal whom she had rescued from the
jaws of a horrible death.
It was a long death like swoon; but at
last the heavy eye lids quivered, opened
?and a pair of clear, startled eyes fixed
themselves on Stella's, which were brimming
over with tears. For a second or
two he lay thus, then the cloud of horror
swept over his face, and he started up,
looking wildly around.
"Wliere are they?" he cried. "And
who?who are you?"
"They are gone," sobbed Stella. The
1 "?" OT1/1 cVin TP9(
reacnon was wu ^icuti ouu * ?trembling
and weeping like a child.
"They are gone. I have saved you!"
Then again they looked at each other,
and the man suddenly clasped her hands
and pressed liis lips to them.
"You are an angel?an angel of mercy!
But how?how was it possible foi
you to save me! And how in the name
of heaven came you here?"
She {pointed out the spot where she had
been sitting, and showed him the weapon
which she liad used with such gooc
effect. And he could only utter broker
words of wonder and gratitude.
"And your wallet," she said, "look,
they dropped it yonder among the mus
tard."
"Ah! they did so. Well, a man's-life
is worth more than his possessions, and
yet I have risked mine many a time foi
the contents of that wj?Uet."
He walked to the sp.. and brought il
back to where she stood.
"See where the rascals cut the strap,"
and then he shuddered. "They in us'
have tracked me all the way frOm Sar
Bernardino. I saw then, lurking rounc
the inn there, where I stopped on mi
way from the mines. Then at eacl
stopping place, I saw and suspectec
them. Last night I started out at mid
night, thinking to outwit them. Cross
Hag the San Antonio, I found the wate:
vyry much deeper than I expected, go
naarly drowned myself, and spoiled in]
revolver. So I was helpless when '
found the wretches on my track again
about six miles east of this place,
was weak, too?weak for want of food
for I had had no chance to procure anj
today. But for you"?he turned to he:
again and faltered: "How can I eve:
thank you? Do you realize from wha
you have saved me?"
"Do not speak of it," she said, witl
an imploring gesture, "it is too horrible
to think of. Come with me. Do yot
see that roof yonder? That is nr
school house. I have some lunch there
which I forgot to eat today. Let mi
give it you."
He followed her without a word, eh*
stepping lightly along the stony places
then leading the way along the narrov
? l.
path through the mustara grove, m
walking wearily, but never moving hi
eyes from the form before him.
The}- entered the school house. Wha
had happened to it since Stella had lef
it? Some strange glamour had surely beei
at work.
There was such a bewitching sense o
hospitality in offering her way won
guest the one chair which the hous
toasted! in spreading a napkin on one o
! the rough desks, and placing on it th<
' bread and fruit, which she had brough
j with her in the morning, and even sonr
j milk in a bottle, which Senora Benit
had, by good fortune, given her.
"Now eat?do eat," she said. "I wil
leave you alone for a little while t
recover."
But lie entreated her to stay. II
wanted to ask her some questions. Wha
was the distance to Los Angeles?
So she sat down on the nearest schoc
bench, and told him that it was too Jat
to reach the Puente station that night
If lie could spend the night in the schoc
house lie was heartily welcome. Th
p.-ople living near were all poor, an<
their houses very small. The Benito
where she boarded would give bin
( breakfast.
How late it was! The sun was nearl;
- down. The Benitos would be wonderinj
at her non-appearance. She had bee:
talking to this stranger as she had neve
talked to any one before. There was th
wondrous tie of a saved life bet wee:
them.
jr
"You have not psked my name," he
I said, as she rose to go; "do you not care
| to know the name of the man who is
i your debtor for his life?"
"How strange that I 6hould not have
I thought of asking you."
"My name is Archie Stanley. Yours,
i I see, is Hartey, but I would like to
know the name your brother calls you?
if I may?"
She iooked up at him with the eyes
which quelled and softened her unruly
' scholars.
"My name is Stella."
"Stella"?he said softly. "Stella?a
star."
In the morning Archie Stanley did not
appear at breakfast time at the Benitos'
cottage. Stella was not surprised. She
felt that their farewell had been spoken,
when she left him standing at the school
house door looking after her.
In fact, after a few hours' rest, he had
walked in the moonlight to Puente and
taken the train before daybreak to Los
Angeles.
Not many months after that summer
day when the Indians were defrauded of
a white man's scalp and a wallet of gold,
the contents of the wallet were converted
into one of the most beautiful ranches in
the wide and smiling valley of San Gabriel.
Orange groves and vineyards,
gray green olives, broad leaved figs were
there, with mellow apricots and luscious
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peaches. A stxetcn 01 nun <uiima iw mo
meek eyed cows?a broad lawn of velvety
blue grass, shaded by luxuriant
willows and pepper trees, and by a group
of eucalyptus tree3, sending their wonderful
growth up and up into the glowing
skies. And in the shadiest spot a fair,
white villa with broad piazzas, up which,
with magical rapidity, climbing roses and
other exquisite creeping plants were already
spreading their delicate tracery.
Archie Stanley is the master of this
beautiful home, and?you have already
rightly guessed that its mistress is Stella.
And Tom. poor Tom, is here likewise,
if not to regain health, at least to pass by
gentlest stages, and shielded by tenderest
. love, to the end of this life's journey.?
' T.'.M. Browne in Home Chimes.
Oliver Goldsmith's Grave.
There is a movement in London to
raise a public subscription for the purpose
of keeping Goldsmith's grave in the
Temple churchyard in repair. At present
the grave is covered with a plain
slab containing the words, "Here lies
Oliver Goldsmith," together with the
dates of his birth and death. The grave
is visited by numbers of persons daily,
but up to tliis nobody seems to have
thought of doing anything to put it into
a decent state of repair.?Home Journal.
Some quick witted genius, sizing up
the crying want of Los Angeles, lws
shipped from Chicago a consignment of
ready made houses. They are joined,
framed, and painted, and all they require
Is some carpenter to set them up, when
they are ready for occupancy.? Chicage
News.
BLACKBIRDS OF NEW JERSEY.
The Exciting Sport Recently Had Alcng
the Upper Shrewsbury.
There has been excellent blackbird
shooting above Red Bank on the Shrewsbury
for several weeks, but the birds are
now thinned out or driven off by tlie guns.
In the height of the season these birds
assemble in the reeds on either side of the
river in swarms that must include millions.
The Sportsmen have only half an
hour?the thirty minutes before dark?
in which to shoot them, but during that
time the flocks that sail overhead blacken
the air like great clouds. The gunDers
who have taken their stations in the characteristic
clumsy batteaux which the shallow
water demands either hug one of the
walls of reeds or heap green boughs upon
their boats to deceive the birds^In either
I case, the duik ot the Diras wm ny aose
' to the earth over the sportsmen and one
or more flocks will drop into the reeds
close at hand. They fly so close together
that the slaughter is apt to be considerable
if a good close shot is obtained. The
blackbird is worth the game. He is between
a sparrow and robbin in size, and
feeds on corn and chestnuts. He is a
gourmet among birds.
To the man who is lying in wait for
the birds the scene is exciting, but to one
who simply happens in tliat part of the
river at that time it is most beautiful and
novel. As the flocks of birds drop into the
thickets of reeds and cling to the straight
1 and densely crowded stalks they look like
black fruit* in tropic profusion in an ori
chard of trees unknown to fact or
I fiction. As they drop upon their perches
they begin to chatter, and it is no exag'
geration to say that they fill the air for a
, great distance with their limpid, plain,
tive little notes. To an unsophisticated
sportsman the sight of a long, dense wall
of reeds or grass, dotted black with plump
birds is not only tempting, but one tliat
, he feels sure tliat he can profit by. He
rows noiselessly to where he sees the
I birds, making his beat creep in utter
silence to the edge of the grassy wall. As
I he begins to attain the position detert
mined on?pshaw! there is a little rustle
and the nearest birds disappear. Never,
mind, lie remarks to himself, there are
[ heaps more of them further along. He
grasps his oars again and renews his
, silent motion, but, thunder and Mars!
^ at every foot of the boat's progress there
. is that same little rustle in the reeds and
a few yards more of the ripe and winged
j. fruit disappears. The birds appear to
Irop below the parted tops of the reeds,
? where they have been perching, into the
^ dense under part, where they cannot be
j seen. Some say, however, that they also
j move back into safer quarters.
r The sportsman sees that his is a losing
j game, and knowing that startled birds
j often rise when settled down in that way,
utters a yell or simply coughs. The ruse
succeeds as far as disturbing the birds is
r concerned; They do rise, but not above
t the reeds. They ny Between cue waving
j tops and are gone while their pursuer
f waits for them to give him a shot. If lie
does send a despairing shot after them
f and is afterward of the opinion that lie
saw one or two fall, he will learn some^
thing else that he did not know, which is
r that he must have thigh hoots or he can
L. never get through the deep mud in which
t the reeds grow to pick up his quarry.
Either boots or else a dog.?New York
1 Sun.
Professor Bell's Scientific Library.
1
7 Professor Bell lias nearly completed the
repairs upon liis house made necessary by
2 the fire which nearly destroyed it last
winter. Professor Bell has very ljttle ocB
casion to worry over such a misfortune
from a financial standpoint. His wife
? has $20,000,000 of Boil Telephone stock,
0 and her father has as many more, which
s constitute about two-thirds of the stock
of the company. Probably the .family
^ will never come to want. But Professor
? Bell is very much distressed by the burn1
ing of his house. Next to the loss of his
wife or children, probably nothing could
f liavo disturbed liim so much. It was not
^ on account of the value of the house, ale
though it was said to be worth $150,000,
f but it was because his library was
e burned. There are not many thousands
I of books in Professor Bell's library. The
g number is said to be somewhere near 10,0
000 volumes. But probably there never
was a better private scientific library col]
lected.
0 Professor Bell employed two of the best
bookbinders to lie had in New York city.
e one of them an old and experienced
k English workman, and the other one of
the best German bookbinders in this
,1 country. These two men worked for
e several months in restoring the valuable
| books to something like their original
j 1 condition. Many of them were burned.
e Most of them were badly charred and
rj ' smoked, and all of them were soaked
^ with water from the fire engines. Their
a work was a most lalxrrious and wearisome
one. Thousands of books were
y unstitched, each page pressed carefully,
v i and the volume again bound, cut and
n finished. Professor Bell paid these men
r_4^adL-J$lO?a day during the time they
e ! were at work. lie now considers that liif
q library is restored to very nearly its con
' dition before the fire.?New York Sun.
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cigarette packages, Lynchburg has
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court of that city has brought in indictmeuts
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pose of sale, exhibition and circula
tion Ihe said priut, picture and de
8cription then and there manifestly
intending to corrupt the morals o
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ATTOKJm* A H D lllliftSiSLLUB
Practices in :ill llic Courts of tbc St.it
except iLe Probate Court.
OFFICE LEXIFfiTeSTS'. C.
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La^ llg "S" Mb ila
THE CHEAT
DEPOT OF THE SOUTH
f
Inholioving. I5e!;.--]dus R3 votro. Immense!
So it i?. a?.! ril cctsd iu c~i c.ra iSn.>ic and Art
gs^Kss'SFissas m obgasg
in which -we ica*! ?<i, S AI- buyers
from SSoto ? : -bn^rasjcnt poIA
I,IVI5 IKHiSJi-I ftifht yr-uTrdT i> h:c:c LL-.Cing
sen don't fevoa wilt uo or.o btt. ? See enr
SRMB SOIffflS SALE
C-nn:nc*:ciiig J enr. - 3;0*H) PiSNO^ aad
OllinfJ * io ho fold by O A 1. Sfdc/li-ki Uvg.iins
! Prices \rcy dev.::. Tt;."3:s easier than ever.
PSAHGS 221-O ??C Monthly.
ORGANS S3 to ?3 Monthly.
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BMSl
SfflT" ?iV/ F
until ftos. 1, ii-j hianihiy Payments.
$ $ interest Buy in duns,
Ju/y,August, or September .end
pay when crops copse in.
Wrlvft f-.s- Circii-rs.
. KSSSS'tfikSSR
Lowest Prices known.
Eaclcnt ToMwTneooibfo.
' Fir.eat sr,strt;?ncr.t;;
Fine Stools and Covers
i Alt Freight Paid,
Fifioon Bays* Trial.
F'.i!! G;:t?rr.toe.
Scyja.-o Ooa'.tng ASways, ? !
, fciDOOy Sarsd.
Writ** to
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mwzm dCusE, mwm,
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' ^arsond your order to or call on
.r. ir. TrtUdriF,
] MANAGER
COLUMBIA BRANCH HOUS.
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' j itlnmlatcK the t?rj?i?" Hver, ?^rcn;-tli?
em the digestive :>x. rtxclaics tijo
boueln, ami aro uncqnula! ii? ai;
; ANTI-BILIOUS MEOSGIHEi
In malarial dairk't-i ihoir virtues aro
; widely recognized, a?*tiiey jmwisms p?cnllar
properties in freeing the system
from tliat poison. I'.icg;uatiy sugar
coated. Boso small. Prlcv, 23cU.
' . Sold Everywhere.
Office, 44 Murray St., New York,
* Alar 23-ly
I | MACHINERY. J
' {engines steam & water!
i boilers pipeand fitting!
- sawmills brass valves i
- grist mills saws i
. footton presses files i
, eskaftinq injectors 9
f! {pulleys pumps ?
I HANGERS WAIfcK WhttLi
COTTON GINS CASTINGS
GEARING BRASS ANDIRON
= i h Full Slork of Supplies, Cheap & -Good.
| BELTING, PACKING and OIL
jAt Bottom Prices
I Ami in Stock for
3 PROMPT DELIVERY.
- a JJ-arvRepairs Promptly DooelfSa
! [GEO. R.I;0M6ARD&C0,
- 1 Foiuitlry; Maehine and Boiler TVorJts.
jAUQUlSTA^^A.,
' };| ABOife PASSENGER* DEPOT.
| Jan 5-1 y
PATENTS
Obtained, and all other business in the U.
S. Patent Office attended to for Moderate
is Fees. Onr office is opposite the U. S.
(' Patent Office, and we can obtain Patents in
? less time than those remote from Washington.
Send Model or Drawing, We advise
as to patentability free of charge; and we
make no charge unless je obtain patent.
When patent is granted a drawing of your
invention, with claims, your name and address.
will be published in the United
p Slates Patent Office Gazette, a paper of imL
rnen.se circulation, and the only one that
publishes this fbee
d We refer here, to the Postmaster, the
Snpt. of Money Order Div., and to officials
of the U. S. Patent Office. For circular,
advice, tern s, and references to actual
clients in Your own State or conntv, write
to " 0. A. SNOW & CO.,
Opposite Patent Office, Washington. D. C.
oct 24?tf
- Watches
f d
GENTS' AND LADIES' GOLD
and Silver. First-class Timekeepers
of all grades and prices.
a LOCKS
Of all 6tyles at astonishingly low
prices,
9 t
r J" e-\xrelx3T.
3 j An endless variety in the latest
fashions, at bottom figure*.
SILVER PLATED WARE
Of all kinds is being sold almost
as cheap as dirt.
a
r SPOONS AN9 FORKS.
i. Now is.the. time to buy. Money
is scarce, tin. nard, aud we will
give cash customers rock-bed
i prices.
All kinds of Repair Work done.
Awarded a silver medal for watch
m
work.
: P. H. LACHICOTTE & CO.,
H'J AlAJLiN Sl'KKJC/A.
COLUMBIA, !S. C.
Oct.')?ly
~ARBUCKLES'
name on a package of COFFEE is a
guarantee of excellenceARIOSA
COFFEE is kept in all first-class
storos from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
COFFEE
is nevor good when exposed to the air.
Always buy this brand in hermetically
sealed. ONE POUND PACKAGES,
mar 9?ly
Fi ml . (tOSEM AWN
' ' > *1
E~ 6an and .Lock Smith,
-{ and dealer in }
GUNS. TISTOLS, FISHING TACKLE,
and all kinds of Sportsmen's- Aitides,
which he has now on exhibition and for
sale at his store.
Main Street, Near the Central Bank,
Columbia, S. C.
Agent for Hazard Powder Company.
^y-ltepairing doDe at short notice-^^
Apr. 25?6m.
WAGONS!
SP8I5S & PliSTATIOS WSGOSS,
LOG CARTS AND BUGGIES
Made and Repaired.
woik done under my personal
supervision. My wagons are superior to
any bought from the V/est.
PHILIP MOTZ...
Assembly, between Gervais and Lady Sts ,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Apl 27-tf
Commercial Bank,
160 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. CC.
J. Iredell, James Iredell,
Manager. Asst. Cashier.
Transacts a General Banking Business.
Receives Deposits. Makes special terms
for time deposits. Makes Collections at
cheapest rates. Safety Deposit Boxes to
rent. Jan 5-ly
' DR. J. M. QUATTLEBAUM
uDz:i<rrT,is,zi,
Office over Stanley's China Hall.
COLUMBIA, S. C.
$ May Id? ly
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"v*?~ **[ " '
HOW LOST I HOW RESTORED!
Just published, a new edition at Dr.
Culverwoll's Celebrated Essay on tho radical
cure of Si*rniatthorrhoo or Seiuinal
Weakness, Iuvoluntary Seminal Losses,
Impotency, Mental and Physical Incapaety,
Impedimenta to Marriage, etc ; also. Consumption,
Epilepsy and Fits, induced by
self-indulgence, or sexual extravagance.- ?fcc.
Tho celebrated author, in this admirable
essay,, clearly demonstrates lroiu a thirty
years' successful practice, that the alarming
consequences of self-abuse may be
radically cured; pointing out a mode of
cure at once simple, certain, gud effectual,
by means of which every sufferer, no matter
what his condition may be, ? ay cure
himself cheaply, privately and radically.
lis lecture should be in the hands
of every youth and every n an in the land.
Sent under seal, in a plain envelope, to
any address, on receipt of four cents, or
two postage stamps. Address
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL CO.,
41 Ann St., Kev York, ff. Y.
P. O. Box, 450 nov. 3?ly
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BAR ROOM.
Wines, Lienors, Beer, Cigars
and Tobacco.
WE HAVE FITTED UP OUR BAR
Room, separating it from onr general business.
and supplied it with the very best
goods. We guarantee our stock in this line
to equal any kept in a first-class saloon,
and our prices will always be found reck
bottom.
Pure N. C. Corn Whiskey, and the best
Liquors for medicinal purposes a specialty.
Never buy before you give us a call.
2v?eetze <?c SorLs,
LEXINGTON, S. C.
Next to General Merchandise Store on
tho corner. ^9-tf
$1
13
The POLICE GAZETTE will oe maueu,
i securely wrapped, to any address in the
United States for three months on receipt of
- OINJE DOLLAR.
Liberal discount allowed to postmasters,
agen s and clubs. Sample copies mailed
free.
Address all orders to
Feb 9-tf Fbanxlin Squabz, N. Y.
Terms. Cash With Order.
Stoves shipped from factory including 3d
pieces. A Flat Top $15. No. 7 Cook
Stove for $9., oven 15x17, weight 220 lbs.
A Flat Top $22, No. 8 Cook Stove for $14^
oven 17x18, weight 280 lbs. Warranted to
give perfect satisfaction.
J. D. KATTEliKEE, Chester, S. C.
dec 22
pit,*" jlt || lyj1] iiwiiBMBjajn
I Jg If so, nod for DOG BUYERS',!
fl?*iC5eS& oonUininc colored pistes, ta
100 engmringm of different treed*.
Utf&i?%?k? prices they are worth, and where taH
bay them. Directions for Training R
Dogs and Breeding Ferrets; Mailed El
tor 15 Cent*. Alio Cats of Degfl
H Furnishing Goods of all afcxk g
9 Then send for Practical POUL. I
iTKY BOOK. 100pases; beanlltiful
colored plate; engravings lei
of nearly all kinds of fowls; deecnp- ^t. w,B
B tkms of toe breeds; bow to eaponize; ATflB4 m
Bj plans for poultry booses: information jHrr&l B
H eboot incubators, and w bero to bay PDKWm H
B?tgi from best stock Q
R per witting. Boot for 16 Ccnts.^WP^^i
d0kIf (M, yon seed the BOOK OF CAGE a
I TCL 111UDS. 120 pages. lbO Mas- 19
H BeaatuoTcolored Pinto, n
M friyXf Treatment ana breeding of all kinai Ga*e ?1
I M l# birds, for ploasare ana profit. Diseases ft
H j Jjff and their cure. How to bnild and stock H
g v||f an Aviary. All aboat Parrots. Prices of D
*jfl lBHP;all kinds birds, cares, etc. Mailed form
I W m 15 (Jcnts. Toe Three Books, 401'tb BJ
$ / ASSOCIATED FANCIER8, > B
Rf 237 South Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. M
jane 1?ly
J. WOLF EARHARDT,
LEXINGTON, S. C.t
DE VLEB IV
WINES, LIQUORS, BEER, CIGARS
and Tobacco, Oysters, Sardines, Salmons,
Pickles, Brand}' Peaches, etc. Try me beforo
baying. Lowest prices for good
goods is mv motto. My bar is always snp
plied with the best.
Feb. 3?3nj
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HARDWARE, GROCERIES, |Pjj
TOOIS, GRIST,
WAGONS, FEED,
PA""?. FRUITS,
0ll> CHEESE, -4
LIME, FISH,
Shot, Powder, Caps,. &c. ' f
We Buy Close, Ship Promptly, Work Hard and ]
be- Undersold, by Any Market. We Guarantee Priees^^r
and Goods. We have the Largest and Most Complete
Stock and Store in this Section, and Invite our Lexington
Friends to Come and See. We wilt Save you Money.
t-iOieiCDEi: 6Z LOTXTBAITCE,
COLUMBIA HOTEL BLOCK.
Jan 1?ly "
JOHN C. DIAL HAR0^|RE GO., /
' ' IMPORTERS AND DEALER^"' * ^
Hardware and Cutlery.
(c) /.
Agents for Thomas' Smoothing Mar rows, Watt
Plows and Lucas' Ready Mixed
Gloss Paints.
OILS OF ALL KINDS.
LIGHT MACHINEET OIL A SPECIALTY.
NEW GOODS AND LOW PRICES. ?"
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Mar. 10?ly
WE CRONENBERG,
(SUCCESSOR TQ G. DIERCKS & CO)
' - - ? DEALYRIN? /
Groceries, Wines, Liquors,^ Tobacco, Etc., ?\No.
I1C MAIN STKEET,
POT .TT"K /TT5T A <=! <""!
%Sr A full stock of first-class family groceries at lowest prices.
First-class Restaurant always supplied with the best the market affords. . r
Saloon always supplied with choice Wines, Liquors, Beer, Cigars, etc,
sep 21?ly
W?M?W??fH ?????? ??> ?II ? ? ? ?I ? ! ?I?? ? ?
TO THE PEOPLE
-:OFiLEXINGTON!
C. F, JACKSON. MANAGER, .
OIF '"HTTT!;
1BU 01SII BY S!iS STOtt '
' Is receiving daily a NEW STOCK of FALL and WINTER DRY GOODS and NOTIONS
which he will offer at prices that cannot be beat by others FAR OR NEAR. He can
afford to do this, and WILL DO IT, as he only sells lor CASH, and no other way.
Come one, como all, and see for yourseil what is said IS SO, and yon will make by it.
120 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C, j
N. B.-Ready made CLOTHING will be sold at Cost
Feb. 13?ly.
TOYS AND FANCY GOODS, ~~]
?AT? * I
bazaae,
> lexington, s. c.
Work Boxes and Sachels, China and Glass Vases,
Shell and Glass Boxes, China Trinket Boxes,
Photograph and Autograph Albums, Glass and China Hugs from 5 to 50c. each,
Picture Books, Toilet and Tea Sets,
Accordeons and Harmonicas, India Rubber Balls, Glass Marbles,
China and Wax Dolls from 5c. up. Tin Horns, Wagons, Horses, Tops, etc.
Stationery and School Boohs. |
Letter and Note Paper, all grades, Appleton, Swintou, McGuffey, Sanford and
Legal and Fool's Cap Paper, other School Books,
* Fancy Colored and Gilt Edge Note Paper, Slates and Pencils, Load Pencils,
Envelopes, white and colored, at all prises, Copy Books, Book Bags, etc.
The Security Mutual Benefit Society
OF NEW YORK,
rfcTCOIRIFOE^JrEID, DECEMBER, ISSi.
ONLY TWELVE ASSESSMENTS
Have been levied from 1881 to 1886, averaging three a year, and making the cost for
Assessments to a member forty years of age, LESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR,
for each Thousand Dollars of Insurance. ' _>
Tha Knoinoosa r>f thin has thrown donni? the ruist year to ten times its former
size, and now averages nearly A MILIJ VN DOLLARS A .MONTH.
? c, S. BRADFORD. Agt.,
ETBRTOTdN,
Mar 9?8m
DON'T BE HUMBUGGED!
BUT GO TO " " t .
DAVID JONES',
COLUMBIA, S. C., s
AND BUT YOUR ^ ?_
DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
C-^EBEEOTS, Etc.,
And ron will always be pleased. Every department filled with NEW GOODS and
nr?*i<i*d nv?r br nolite and attentive salesmen. mav!8-ly
CANDIES OF ALL KINDS.
FRUITS,
CRACKERS ARC CAKES, j
At I larmairs Bazaar, _ J
Lexingtoji.
CXCARS, creSS
AT lfHE 33, A