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! VOL, XXVI. LEXINGTON, S. 0., FEBRUARY 2G, 189G. NO. 15.1
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GOODS,
TRUNKS AND VALISES,
ISO MAIN STEEET,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
Nov. 7?ly.
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Central time lutwe-u Columbia and
J<pk,soar!lle. Easti i time::: other point*, j
N(irl!)b<<niiil N . 3"J Xo. 3'? No. 38
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At. CatELohia j H> hfy 1105 a
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" Tvenlon 8 23 pi 2 58 p !
" Johnstons 8 4 >p| 3 lop
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Lv. < > - 7 -V: p 5 (>; a :> 05 p !
" WiiXisboro S 47 p 0 0!. a' 6 0>p .
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Liirdred. YcstibaiedPullman curs. August ;> to
Kcv York. Solid Vesilbtzlcd train with dining
cars and first cla-is coach nor*!; of Charlotte.
N--S. 25 and 30- U. S. Fas! Mail. Through
Ibtitmnu drawing room buffet s ioping car between
Jacks'):: vi:.c aad Now York. Also Pull- j
Lata sleeping cars l>etween Jacksonville and
Ciiicisuta'i via Ashcville.
I\os ..] and 32?-"New York and Flori la Short
Line Limited." Pullman compartment ear j
i. id observation car between New York and St. i
Augustine: also flrst-ciass coach. Pull man i
drawing room buffet sb-ening '-ar between New |
Yoikaad Tampa. Dining ear between New j
York and Washington and betwe.* 1 .Saiisbury j
r.aj sr. Ae.gU1 ine. SontliLnmd this train vyill
pi.v. panda- Pudman drawing room sleeping
ra;\ X??w Yorlt toC ohunbiac-: route toAttg tsta;
l>iis'-;ir ix-jnv handled south of Columbia by
t:uiv. N;>. 33, and northbound by train No. 38,
Augusta to New York.
S-h ? Xijs. 35 jj:i IJo not cn'er L'nion t8tation.
Columbia. but discharge md take passengers
and baggage at I-J'andiug s:- Station.
V.*. H. UHEB.W J. 51. Ci'LP.
<.4-. Supt.. V.4: -ibington. T. M.. V,ugton.
F. I. WSI.LRS. Supt., i4 rum! : i s C.
TY. A. TURK. :8. H. HA it! P.YICiC.
(4. P. A.. Washington. A. (4 p. A . Atlanta.
F. W. HUStMANN,
C-T72T AITS LCOSSHITH,
and dealer in
G?J:?S, ?i2T3LS, PISTOL CARTRIDGES
F:S?tNG TACKLE,
an1 all kinds of Sportsmen's Articles. J
which he has cow on exhibition and for i
ale ;:t his stcr '3%
Main Street, Near the Central Bank,
Columbia, S. C.
AGENT FOR HAZARD POWDER CO. |
Repairing dons at short notice.
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Paper and envelopes of all kinds
writing and pencil table s, pens, j
pencils, memorandum and pass
books, purses, banjo, violin and I
g li ar stri _ . and notionsg< nerally,
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THE ORCHESTRA.
Upon the mountain's morning side
The players, all in feathered coats,
Or. tree tops swing. in thickets hide,
And sound preliminary notes.
The violinists hen and there
Tune all their many strings unseen;
Long sloping tones are in the air,
With pizzicato bits between.
Hark, 'tis a flute's roulade so near
That revels gay and unafraid!
Arid there the clarinet rings clear
Its mellow trill from yonder glade.
The gentle tappings of a drum
Sound where the beeches thinner grow; j
Nearer a humorist is come
Upon his droll bassoon to blow.
And now a 'cello from afar
Breathes out its human, dim appeal?
A voice as from a distant star
Where mortals work their woe and weal.
Then down a sylvan aisle I gaze.
And to my musing sense it seem3
A leader mounts a stump and swaya
His baton like a man of dreams.
And here behold a marvel wrought 1
For marshaled in a concord sweet
The blending fragments all are brought
To tune and harmony complete.
Is it a masterpiece that men
Have heard before?and found it good?
Is this the Ehineland o'er again?
Am I with Siegfried in the wood?
Nay, for this priceless hour 'tis mine
To share with nature's audience
A symphony too rare and fine
For skill of human instruments.
Loader, what music hast thou stirred!
Players, still heed him every one!
And God be thanked for every bird
That sings beneath the summer sun.
?if. A. de Wolfe Howe, Jr., in Youth's Com* !
panion.
A BOOKKEEPER. I
"Err?what a fog!" said the good j
man stepping out into the street. Ho j
quickly turns up his coat collar, covers J
his mouth with his muffier, bends down j
his head, and, thrusting his hands into
his coat pockets, he sots out for the office, j
whistling on the way.
Without doubt a regular fog. Not so
very thick in tbo streets, because in the
heart of Paris fog, like snow, does not
stay long. It is pierced and torn by tho I
many roofs, absorbed by the walls, and i
gradually loses itself in the interior of j
dwellings, even when the doors are open, :
making the stairs slippery and the bal- J
listers moist, mtj iuuvcuuouii ui
vehicles and the passing to and fro of the
early crowd driven out to work by the
pressure of poverty cut it up, carry it
away, disperse it, dropping it on the
clothes of the office boys, wetting the
waterproofs of the shopgirls and dimming
their thin, sleazy veils.
But at tko docks, still silent and de- i
serted, on the bridges, the shore and the j
river, it is still a dense, heavy mist,
opaque, immovable, and the rising sun
behind the church of Notre Dame seems
shining like a night lamp through a
tarnished cover.
Despite the wind and the mist, our
good man follows the docks. He could
easily take another road to reach his office,
but the docks have a mysterious
attraction for him. He seems tc take
pleasure in walking along the parapets,
in grazing the stone balusters bearing
the elbow marks of loungers.
At that hour and in such weather the
loungers are few?only hero and there
do we see a woman carrying a basket of
clothes leaning against the parapet, or
some poor wretch resting upon his elbows
and gazing into tko water with a !
weary look. Our good man regards j
them a little closely?the water is so conveuicntly
near them?and there seems to
be in his mint, some strange connecting
thought as i> 3 locks at them and the
river. The river is not cheerful this
morning; the fog mounting between its
waves seems t o deaden the surface. The
black roofs en the shore, with pipes j
jutting out unevenly from the chimneys, !
give a dim re "lection of fog and smoke.
Our good man docs not seem to find this
at all melancholy. Ho is thoroughly
drenched with the drizzle, hut he plods
on with a pleasant smile at the corner
of his mouth.
Long, long ago, ho became accustomed
tothese foggy roomings on the Seine.
Besides, he knows that a little distance
farther on, at his office, he will find a
snug, well lined foot warmer, a good
fire in his stove and a warm plate for
his breakfast. These are the joys of a j
bookkeeper ? a prison like happiness i
known only to the poor stunted creatures
whose lives aro passed in dark corners.
"I must not forget to buy some apples,"
says cur good man to himself
from time to time. And he whistles and :
hastens along. You have rarely seen one j
hurry to his work more cheerfully.
Docks, and still nothing but docks, j
finally a bridge, and we are behind tho j
Notre Dame. Here the fog is much more
intense. It comes from three points at
once, almost blcts out the high towers
of the church, and gathers in a thick
mass at the angles cf iho bridge, as if
striving to conceal something.
Our good man stops. Ko is at his j
place cf work. Dimly in the dark shad- !
ows we can distinguish some forms on !
the sidewalk, bending over as if waiting
for some cue. And, much like the venders
at the hospital gates and public
squares, they have large flat baskets filled
with oranges, apples and crackers.
Ah, the beautiful apples, fresh and !
rosy in the mist!
Our good man fills his pockets, smil- j
ing at the apple woman, who shivers |
with the cold though her feet are en- i
cased in a foot warmer. Then he pushes i
through the fog and touches a door,
opens it aod crosses a small court, where :
a cart is standing, with the horse harnessed.
"Is the::o anything for us this morn- :
ing?" he asks, as he passes alcng.
"Yes, sir, and something very genteel j
too.''
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men ne quiCKiy enrc-rs n;s ornce. it
is very warm and comfortable there;
thy stove crackles in the corner, the foot |
warmer is in its place, and his armchair
is waiting for him close op to tho window
in a good light.
Tho fog makes a mellow curtain over
the ..iudow panes, giving a mild and
uniform light. Big ledgers with green
backs are ranged in order on their
Thi-sw Away His Cases.
Mr. 1>. Wiley, ex postmaster. Black |
Creek, X Y., was so badly afflicted
with rheumatism that he was only
able to bobble around with canes, I
and even then it caused him great
pain. After using Chamberlain's
Pain Balm he was so much improved
that he threw away bis canes. He 1
says this liniment did him more good i
than all other medicines and treat- !
ment put together. For sale at 50
cents per bottle by Julian E. Kauff- ,
?n?j?BBBB?BMI3BB1? .in?
Cure or Headache.
As a remedy for all forms of Head- i
acbe Electric bitters has proved to j
be the very best. It effects a perraanent
cure and the most dreaded i
habitual sick headaches 3ield to its ;
influence. We urge all who are j
afflicted to procure a bottle, and give j
this remedy a fair trial. In cases of !
habitual constipation Electric Bitters !
cures by giving the needed tone to ;
the bowels, and few case long resist
the use of this medicine. Try it
once. Large bottles only Fifty cents ,
at the Bazaar.
shelves. One would say a notary's offico
and study.
Our good u.in breathes at ease. Ho is
at home. Before beginning his work be
opens a large closet, tabes oat a pair of
heavy silk sleeves, which ho draws on
carefully; also a little red plate and j
6oine pieces cf sngar. He then peels his
apples with an air of satisfaction. The j
fact is, one could hardly lind a more
cheerful little office, better lighted or j
arranged iu such good order. But, sin- j
gularly enough, one hears the noise of j
water everywhere; it surrounds yon, j
envelops you, very much as if you were
in tho cabin of a steamer.
Below ycu the Seine rolls and tumbles
at the arches of the bridge, making
heaps cf foam at this point, always clogged
by floating debris. Even in the
house itself, all around the office, thero
is a noise cf trickling water. I know not
why, but the sound makes ycu shiver.
It drops upon a hard surface and, re- j
bounding, falls upon a broad stone floor, i
Thero aro marble tables which make it
seem still more cold.
What do they wash at this strange
laundry? What ineffaceable stain? At
times, when tho trickling and pattering
cease, down below wo hear the sound
of solitary drops cf water, one by one,
like snow in a thaw or the beginning of
a shower. We might- think the fog was
condensing, gathering upon the walls
and continually dripping. It does not disturb
our good man. He is entirely taken
up with his apples, which aro beginning
to steam in the little red plate, giving
cut a faint perfume of burned sugar,
and tho pretty sour seems to prevent
Lim from hearing the sound of the water?that
horrible dripping !
"Are you ready, recorder?" says a,
hoarse voice from tho adjoining room.
Oar recorder casts a glance at his apples
and leaves them, with regret. Through
the half open door a current of cold air,
smelling of reeds and marshes, strikes
him, and r. vision of clothes hanging on
a lino ? raced mouses, worKingmen s
garments, a calico dress stretched at full i
length by the sleeves and dripping, j
dripping 1
Ho has finished and re-enters. He lays J
down upon tho tabic some small objects,
all wet, and gees to the stove to thaw
out his fingers, benumbed and reddened
by the cold.
"They must have been mad in such
weather as this," ho said shivering.
"What is the matter with them all?"
When he is again comfortably warm,
and when tho sugar melts and runs over
the side of the plate, ho breakfasts in a
corner of the office. While eating he
opens one of his great books and complacently
turns over the leaves. This big
book is beautifully kept; the lines are
straight and headed with blue ink, with
little reflections of gold powder and a
blotter for every page. Everything is in
perfect order.
Business seems to bo good. Our recorder
has tho contented air cf an accountant
locking over a good balance at
the end of tho year.
While He turns over the pages with
delight they open the ucors of the adjoining
room. There is the sound of a
crowd upon tho stcno pavement and
hushed voices as if in a church. .
"Oh, how young she is! What a pity!"
And there is a hushing and a whis- |
poring. What is it to our good man
whether she is young or not? He tranquilly
finishes his apples and draws toward
him the objects which he placed
on the table but a short time before.
A thimble full of sand, a pocketbook
containing a son, a little pair of rusted
scissors, so rusted that they never can j
be used again. Oh, something else! A I
working girl's book, all the pages stuck
together; atom, defaced letter?a fewwords
are still legible?"the child?no
money?a month as a nurse."
The bookkeeper shrugs his shoulders
as if to say, "I have seen all that before."
Then he takes his pen, blows
away care-fully the bread crumbs which
have fallen upon his book, makes a little
preparatory gesture beforo getting
his hand in the proper position, and
then, in large round letters, he writes,
"Felicie Rameau, metal burnisher, ago
?17 years."?From the French of Alphonse
Daudet in Short Stories.
Moving Indian Settlement.
Many a time, while the morning stars
were still shining, I have watched the !
mother dismantle the tent poles, wrench
them out of their earth sockets, and lash
them, two on a side, to a meek pony
that had outlived his skittish days, and
was now to bo trusted with tho little
ones, who would ride in a comfortable
nest made of the folded tent cover fastened
between the trailing poles. Before
ponies were obtainable dogs were the
burden bearers, and in some remote
places they aro still used. Great wero
the snarls and quarrels incident to a
dog train. Often an irritable fellow
would find himself on his back or
caught by his poles, so that ho became
frantic with impotent rage. When fording
a stream, the children and the pup- I
pies were carried over on the backs of j
women; the dogs and ponies had to ;
plunge Or themselves.?"Tribal Life !
Among tho Omabas," by Alico C. ;
i' letciier, in ueutnry.
Japanese Occultism.
You talk about the miracles of India, j
but Japanese occultism isn't to be de- !
spised. The Indian adept will throw ;
a rope into the air and lasso an iniugi- |
nary peg, tlun climb up the rope, throw !
ir still higher and climb a second time, j
after which ho will disappear altogether. !
That is very well, and I should like to !
see it done. Herrmann says he can dn- j
plicate most things, but I imagine he j
would be puzzled by this feat. The Japanese
adept is not behindhand with his
wonders. He has a ladder, and in place j
of the ordinary rungs he has 12 swords j
as sharp as razors. After a lot of incau
tations he begins to ruouut the ladder |
and doesn't stop until he reaches the uppermost
rung. I don't think I should
like to doit with bare feet, but it would !
be a delight to seo some one else do it j
whose feet are not as valuable as mine j
are?to me. The old song runs, "I don't
know how to do it, but you do."?iNew
York Herald.
SKETCHES BY M. QUAD j
It Ulade Him Tired.
The station agent at Canon City had !
a half grown cinnamon bear chained up j
to a post as a pet and a curiosity, and i
whilo the train waited thero for the cast
bound to come along many of tho passengers
crossed tho tracks to gaze at the i
living curiosity. Among them was a ;
girl faced young man with a lisp, whe !
viewed the bear for awhile and then j
went back to the agent and asked:
"Thir, I thee you have a bear over I
there."
"Yes, sir."
"Is ith a real bear?"
"Of course."
"If I should kill him, could I tele- j
graph to my ma in New York that 3 '
had thlain a savage monster of the
west?" '
" You cculd."
"How much to let me thoot at him
thix times?" continued the young man i
as he fished up a small revolver.
"Twenty dollars for six shots," replied
the agent. "I will accept, and
here is your moneth. Now, then, everybody
thand back while I slay the monster
in his tracks."
We moved back, and he advanced to
within ten feet of the bear and opened
fire. The beast stood broadside on, eating
some nuts thrown to him, and while
the six shots were being fired he did not
even raise his head. One bullet carried
away a bit of his fur, but every one of
the others weut over him.
"Have I tblain him?" asked the
young man as ho stood with empty
weapon in hand.
"He doesn't appear to bo slain," replied
the agent. "Want to try six more
at the same price?"
"No, thir, I guess not. I will go and
telegraph to ma tbath I started oath to
thlay a monster of tho west, but ho refused
to be thlain and tired me outh."
lie Was Waitlu(j.
He sat on a log in front of his shanty,
smoking some sort of leaves or weeds in
his homemade pipe, and when I rode
up aud saluted him I thought him the
most melaucholv individual I ever saw.
"Down oa your luck:" I queried as I
offered him somo smoking tobacco.
"Waal, no," he slowly replied.
"Lost my mewl by snake bite t'other
day. but sicii things ar' to be expected."
"You don't look well."
"Guess not. I'vo bin sick fur about
three months, and this is my fust day
out. Wo must expect sickness, however.
''
"Wife and children well?"
"Wife run away last week, and the
seven young uns ar' in thar with chills
and fever. I was kinder discouraged this
mcrnin, but I'm feelin quite chirky
now."
"I see you have no crops in," I said
as I looked over the rank fields.
"Not a crop, and I'm kinder glad on
it. I won't hev no hustlin to do this
fall."
"Haven't you any poultry or live
stock?"
"Isoap. Had to sell my cow last winter,
and the coyotes carried ofi thechickens.
Had two hogs, but they died cf
cholera. 2soap, no live stock to worry
about."
"This old shanty of yours is ready to
tumble down."
"Thai's a fact, stranger. She leaks
like an old beet and kin hardly stand
alone. Reckon the fust high wind will
blow her all in a heap."
"Provisions pretty scarce?" I persisted,
seeing he was willing to talk.
"Danno. All we live ou is johnnycake
and corn coffee. Shouldn't wonder,
though, if pervishuus was kinder
skeerce.''
"Your nearest neighbor must be all of
three miles away?"
"Three miles was the Highest, but
tin's A on rl r!"]?o riifrhesf: nno ia nn*.c
miles away."
"And don't you get lonely?"
"Never."
"But will v.gu tell mo what on earth
you are living for?"
"I will, stranger; I will,"he answered
as ho got up and threw a piece of sod
at a barking pup dog. "This 'ere claim
is wnth about $500."
" Yes."
"And she's mortgaged for ?G00."
"Yes."
"And tho money's all gone, and the
mortgago is to bo foreclosed nest
month."
"I see."
"Waal, I'm living to see tho fun
when the fule who lent $G00 on $500 |
wnth of land gits around yore to foreclose
ou me and take possession. After
that I'm goin out and let a snake bite
mo aud die."
A Good Time In New York.
As I was about to climb tho stairs cf
the Third avenue elevated at Twentythird
street tho other day a short, fat I
man came tumbling down with a great j
clatter and brought up with a smash j
which would have busted a barrel of
cider.
"That's too bad," I said as I helped
him to his feet aud picked up his hat for j
him.
"Oh, don't mind me," ho exclaimed j
in reply. "That's four times I've fell
down stairs today, and I haven't skassly
barked my shins over it. I come down
to New York 10 have a good time, and i
I ain't goin to kick about anything."
1160 you are seeing New York?"
"Seeinwitli both eyes. She's a buster ;
of a town, ain't she? Went strollin j
around last night, and a feller stole my '
watch, but I made no kick. That's what j
I expected when I started from home, |
you know."
"Have yon lost your overcoat?" I ask- 1
ed, seeing he had none with him.
"That's what I have, sir. Went into !
an eatin house t'other nisrht and hung ;
A Lifs Saved.
Jamestown. Term., October !">, 1S91. j
My daughter tried physicians and j
nearly all remedies for Female irreg- j
nlarities, but received no relief or |
benefit whatever. AYe had nearly |
despaired of her recovery when we
were induced by our postmaster, j
Mr. A. A Gooding, to try Gerstle's j
ttv., pano^tm nml f)ft?>r iisino four
X C11JU4V. JL UUUVVHi - 0
bottles she was entirely cured, for j
which I feel it wj duty to let it be
known to the world and suffering
humanity, for I believe she owes her !
life to the Panacea. A. J. MACE,
Sheriff' of Fentress County, Tenn.
For further information call at |
Julian E. Kauffmau's drug store and i
get free, a pamphlet entitled. "Ad- j
vice to Women and Other Useful Information/'
15.
er tip and asked the waiter if she'd be
stole if I didn't keep an eye on her. He
said she would, and while I was eatin
supper she was. Yes, sir, some feller
walked right nff with her a cool as ice,
but I ain't sayin a word. When I'm
iat fur a good time, I never kick."
"Haven't lost any money, have yea?"
"Yes, sir. I expect I have. Feller
over on Fourteenth street slapped mo on
the back and said housed to go to skule
with me and wanted to borry $5. I out
with the money and hain't seen him
sence. Yes, reckon I've lost that five,
but am I kickin? Not much! Expected
to lose my hull $37 before I've been
here two days, but I'm ahead of the
game. Feller beat me not over an hour
ago."
"How was that?"
"Poked mo in tho ribs and said he
used to know my brother Cyru3 and
then askod mo in to have a beer with
him. While I was talkin to another man
he slid out, and I had to pay. I don't
mind those things, though. I was in a
placo up here whero they was playin
keerds. Feller asked me to take a hand
afc poker, and tho fust thing I knowod
I'd lost $6. They sorter expected I'd
kick, but I didn't. Lands alive, but
what's the use of kickiu vhen you come
down to see New York?"
"But you onght to be more careful of
yourself," I protested.
"Oh, let thorn have fun with UnclG
Reuben if they wanter," he laughed in
reply. "Feller down here took my spectacles
off my nose as I was readin a sign
and walked off with 'em, but I didn't
holler nor chase him up. Be jest wanted
to have a little fun, you see, and I
wasn't goin to tear down line fences
about it. One of them cable kyars on
Broadway knocked me off the track tother
day, and more'n a dozen fellers wanted
me to lick tho conductor and sue tho
company. They didn't mean to run mc
down. It's jest their way, you know.
I expected to be run over at least four
times before I got out of town."
"Well, you take things pretty easy."
"Of course. When I'm to home and
things don't go right, I kus3 around
some, but I come down here to have a
good time, and I ain't goin to sass and
jaw and kick. Feller over on Sixth avenue
kicked me threo times, but did I
noner ana ratse a riot: isosir-c-e: 1
come down here expectiu to bo tooken
far some one else and kicked, and I jest
kept still till he found out his mistako
and apologized. Said he took me fur a
feller who stole his hat."
"Well, have a good time," I said as
I turned to go.
"You bet I will!" ho replied as ho
waved me farewell. "When I fell down
stairs, I busted my suspenders, tore the
back cut cf my vest and ripped a coattail
loose, but I'm all right?all right
?and I'll git sowed up and then hunt
fur a circus!"
Sticking to New York.
When the night tramp told me that
ho was hungry and had no money to pay
for food cr lodging?when ho added
that he had walked the streets of New
Y'ork day after day and could get no
work?when he grew pathetic and declared
his readiness to commit suicide
if things didn't change, I halted and
asked:
"Why don't you get out of Now
York?'"
"Whero'll I get to?"
"Go to the country; go over in Jersey.
Any fanner will give you yonr keep for
what you can do while winter lasts."
"You never tried it, (lid you?" he
queried.
"No."
"I'm sure of that. I have, however,
and I know how it works. I land in
Jersey City. There's ? policeman rightthere
who looks me over and yells:
" 'Wot yon a-doin here?'
" 'Lookin fur work.'
" 'Skip?git?travel, or it's three
months in jail.'
"I gits along np town," said the
tramp, "and I meets another copper,
and he veils:
" 'Wot is this I see before mo?'
" 'An unfortunate man a-lookin fur a
job.'
"'Git?hump?skate! If you ain't
out o' town in half an hour, it'll bo six
months in the jug.'
"I gits out o' town and into the country.
I sees the cows in tho barnyards
and the sheep gambolin in the medders,
and 1 hears tho farmer whistlin as he
splits fence rails or chops at the wood
pile. All is lovely, and I opens the gate
and walks in, and a dog as big as a hill
throws me down and chaws me np.
Then a woman throws a pail of hot water
over me, and a farmer comes runnin
with a club and yells out:
" 'Durn your hide, but what d'ye
mean?'
" 'I'm a-lookin fur work.'
" 'What work?'
" 'Any sort o' work.'
"'But thar hain't bin any work in
Jarscy sense 1SG0, and you orter know
it. Git up'u fly.'
"Then I goes along about a mile
farther and sees a feller at his gate
smokin his pipe. Ho hain't got no
milk o' human kindness in his eye, and
so I'm passin by when ho yells:
" ' Wot's the matter with you?'
" 'Nuthin.'
" ' Wot are you passin along here fur?' :
" 'A-lookin fur work.'
" 'Oh, you are! Waal, I've got it fur i
yon. Come along o' me.'
"He's a constable, and he takes me
before a court at Elizabeth, and the
jedge looks at me and sez:
" 'H'm! I see! Young man, hev you
got a thousand dollars in your pocket?'
" 'No, sir.'
" 'Hev you got money in the bank?
a farm?own auy bonds?'
" 'No, sir.'
" 'H'm ! Worst case of total deprav
ity I've seen in five years! So you are j
? lockin fur work?hard work?'
" 'Yes, sir.'
" 'Work to sweat the color outer you: j
suspenders and make your ha'r curl?'
" 'That's me, sir.'
" 'Then I'm overjoyed to know that I
kin accommodate you. Prisoner at the I
bar, stand up. You ain't goiu to stand
rip to a drink, but to a sentence of nino
months in the county jail at hard work!' j
" 'What fur?'
" 'Fur leavin a good thing in New
York and lookiu fur work in New Jersey
! Remove the caitiff!"?M. Quad in i
Detroit Free Press.
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Medicated cough drops and the
best cough syrup, for sale at the
Bazaar.
One difference between a dog and
a boy is that when a dog find ascent
he jloesn t spend it for candy.
Tillman Defends Him:elf.
Challenges a Reply to His Recent
Facts and Arguments.
Senator B. R. Tillman has written
: the following letter to the New York
! World:
"My uniform rule has been to treat
criticisms with silence. I break that
rule now for a purpose, and that is
to challenge those who have found so
j much to condemn in my recent speech
in the Senate to a trial before the
; jury of their readers, in which I can
have at least a show of justice. The
| New York Times editorially terms
i me "a filthy baboon," the New York
Evening Post "a political Anarchist,"
The World has used the word"blaiherskite,"
the Philadelphia Record calls
me "the chieftain of Anarchists" and
the Globe of St. Paul savs, "this fellow
brings to the Senate, the unsav
ory record he made in his State, a
character tattooed with dishonesty."
"These are a few of the parliamentary
and elegant phrases emi
ployed by the polite and refined editors
of some of the leading newspapers
as applied to mystlf. They
have not read my speech, they dare
not publish it in full, and, basing
their criticisms upon a few garbled
extracts in which I used strong language
to express my indignation and
contempt, they ask the people of the
j country to render a verdict against
me as a course, brutal, ignorant
! blackguard.
"All the words and phrases which
j occur in the speech to which they
take exception do not exceed a dozen.
They neither add to nor take from
the arguments and facts as presented.
I Not a single one of them is unparliamentary,
and frequently, in the
; same Senate, language as violent, as
course as brutal has been uttered in
! the past by a dozen men whose names
are written high in our country's history.
"If my language was unparlia1
mentary and indecent, why did no
j Senator call me to crdei! If the
j charges were not true, why has no
j Senator answered them"? Is it un;
parliamentary to tell the truth! Are
we sunk to that low estate that false
A -3 ? ? i- -1- -?? n 1 /llO I
noou ami ireacnery auu umuai
honesty cannot be mentioned withi
out calling down an avalanche of
I abuse and slander? What other
! Senators have whispered among
; themselves I have spoken aloud and
; in plain words. What a majority of
the people of the country have
: thought arid felt I have uttered.
I "This is the sum of my offending,
and the hireling editors and reporters
who now degrade the so called
freedom of the press to so despicai
ble a level may flatter themselves
that they create and control public
opinion, but the thousands of letj
ters that have poured in on me from
every quarter of the Union, mostly
from the North, and from men engaged
in every pursuit in life, have
-given me assurances that the scales
are falling from the eyes of the people,
and that the truth, bravely told,
has a sweet and wholesome sound.
The American people as a whole, the
'great common people,'love the truth,
and they love their country. They
dispise traitors and thieves and cowards.
It is a large mass to move,
but the leven is at work and the issue
is joined, and the result will be made
known on the day of election.
"So far as I am individually concerned,
and so far as my speech is
concerned, I care nothing for the j
abuse heaped on me, and thank my J
critics for directing attention to my |
utterances. When my facts and ar- j
guments have been disproved I will j
apologize. Until then decency de j
mands that men who abuse me for
speaking the truth should let their
readers see it and judge for themselves.
or reserve their epithets for
men of their own kind who dread
the truth and love cowardice.
"If their is no need of reform, reform
will not come. If I represent
I nothing but ignorance and anarchy,
wbv was I elected Governor of S u h
Carolina twice by such overwhelm- |
ing majorities? For four years, as j
executive, fought and abused by corporation
and banl s and their hireling
newspapers, why did my State send
me to the Senate by a vote of 131
out of a total of lfiO in the General
Assembly? Daring these four yea~s
the State advancedjin material growth
and increase of taxable values more
rapidly than any previous period in
I it? history. I spent So00,000 in the
erection and equipment of two of the
largest colleges for the industrial,
technical and normal training in the
South?one for each sex. And the
Constitutional convention, with which
I had a great deal to do, fixed consti
tutional taxes so as to double the free j
school fund: the saloons have been
banished from the State, while three- j
fourths of the people, if not more,
are firm supporters of the newmethods
of handling the liquor
traffic. These facts, which are history,
cannot be sneezed at nor obliterated.
Anarchists don't write such
history.
"I have never shrunk from the
lashings of newspaper scribblers in
the arena of State poli ics and will
not do so in the broader field to
which my commission fiom the pc-o- I
pic- has transft r.ed me. If it is to be j
the fate of this great republic to sink j
to the level of Rome when the Prae- i
torian guards were wont to put the !
emperorship up to the highest bidder;
if congress is to become or '
remain the cow-ardly tool and purchasable
agent of the wealthy; if the j
Federal judiciary are to undermine
and destroy the Constitution, as fore
told by Jefferson: if our liberties are
to be lost through supine ignorance j
aud venality, I, as a sentinel on the J
watch tower, holding a sacred trust, i
cannot be charged with having j
assisted my country to its degreda- j
tion by giving a note of warning."
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I Nice golden mountain butter, at j
' the Bazaar. i
.
j Happenings Along th9 Hirer j
Side.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
The next item we find on the j
farmer's program is to prepare the i
lands for turning and then we find
l him, euttiog briars and bushes.
Boys you can soon get a chance to
try your manhood, from the looks of
the new ground that is being
cleared.
Most of the schools have been
| stopped on account of measles but
i the Star is still casting its educational
rays upon the many pupils
who attend.
A freshet in the river from the recent
rain broke Amick's and Holly's
chains, though neither of them lost
their flats.
A paity of young folks from belli
sides of the river took a pleasure
trip to the Little Mountain last Friday,
and on their return said it was
quite a tiresome job to inspect as
small a thing as a mountain. Guess
they will try it again shortly.
Miss Ella Corley of Brookland is
the guest of her cousin, Miss Anna
Wessinger. It is quite a pleasure
for her to entertain her cousin and
her friends, and I feel sure there will
be two sad hearts at their parting.
Bad enough, boys, if you don't
know how to lend your arm to your
girl wheu escorting her home from a
sociable at night.
We sorrowfully note the untimely
death of Miss AnDa Ivoon. Her
death was caused by a relapse of the
measles with pneumonia. She
promised to be one of Lexington's
fairest daughters. Though she was
only about 19 years of age her life
was spent in the true service of God;
she was loved by all who knew her
and was ever ready to lend a helping
j hand in case of necessity. She leaves
a father, mother, brothers, sisters
j and a number of relatives and friends
j to mourn her loss. Her remains
were interred at Rehobeth M. E.
church cemetery Sunday at 3 p. m.
^So funeral service was held, as two
others of the family were sick in bed
with, measles. We extend our heart
felt sympathies to the bereaved
family and may God compose them.
Ella, S. C, Feb. 1G-96 Andy.
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[ Why not be well?
Sick stomach comes from poor food;
poor nourishment, means poor health,
poor comfort. Shaker Digestive
Cordial means health and a well
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If we could examine our stomach
we would understand why it is that
so little will put it out of urder.
But, unless we are doctors, we
never see our stomach. We only feel
it. We would feel it less if we took
Shaker Digestive Cordial.
Shaker Digestive Cordial makes
your stomach digest all the nourishing
food you eat, relieves all the
symptoms of indigestion, acts as a j
tonic and soon makes you well and
strong again.
The more you take, the less you
will feel of your stomach.
At druggists. Trial bottle 10
cents.
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Dots from Sslwood.
To the Editor of tbe Dip patch:
"We en joyed the beautiful weather
after the snow. We hope it will con- I
tinue fair.
"With the exception of measles, i
there is very little sickness in this
community.
Miss Martha Bouknight of Irrao
returned home Tuesday after a two
weeks1 visit to her sister, Mrs. William
Stack.
We are very sorry to say that Mr.
James Meetze is but very little better.
The Rev. Mr. Deaton pre tched a
delightful sermon at St. Micbzel.
Mr. and Mrs. John Stack paid a \
brief visit to her mother, Mrs. Pink- j
ney Fulmcr.
Miss Sallie Stack and Miss Martha
Bouknight spent Saturday night with
Mrs. Irvin Stack.
Next week the building of Salem
church will begin.
Mrs. Jesse Meetze spent a few days !
with her mother last week.
D ROTIIY.
Dots from Lowor Fork.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
A little more news after delay n j j
for sometime. No tn:p set, no bird .
expected to be caught.
A beautiful morning' after a nice !
little snow yesterday.
Preparations are being made for j
farming and gardening.
Quilting seems to be the occupa- !
tion of some of the neighbors, and
it is a very good one, too: but raises
a little suspicion when these quiltings
are attended so largely by young ladies,
or I should have said single
ones.
Mr. H. C. Xunamaker is still on
the sick list. She expects to visit Dr.
Crosson.
J.1-- ?1??A
Measles are among tut: wuiuitu .
people.
St. Andrew's school seems to be in )
a flourishing condition with Mr. W"i!- ;
lie Garrett as teacher. He is entitled j
to the honor for its success. He is ;
boarding with Mr. G. F. Leitzsey.
Mr. W. Vv". Spence has recently j
purchased two young mules.
Mrs. Boyd Bearden paid a brief j
visit to ber mother, Mrs. Sue Huff- j
man, last wet k.
Mrs. G. F. Leitzsey spent Saturday
aud Sunday with her sister, Mrs. i
Joe Riddle.
Mr. Wooderd Kill, of Saudy Rud, |
with his sweet and charming daugh- j
ter, Miss Sallie, visited his sister, j
Mrs. H. C. Nunawaker, last week. '
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Address
G. M. HARMAN, Editor,
i? win wiiii mi ii i ii iiiimi hi ii
Their visit was a pleasant, but unexpected
surprise. "We hope their
visit will prove a pleasant one by
coming again soon.
There was a surprise sociable at
Mrs. Sue Huffman's last Friday night,
given in honor of Miss Saliie Hill.
All seemed to enjoy it much. Tito
crowd was unusually sociable, and
the evening pleasantly passed in
games.
Mrs. W. "W. Spence and youngest
T: : - i.r-. tuj * ~ \" ?
auu, umjuiif, ieii, x riuay ior -'Newberry
to visit her mother, Mrs. M. H.
Davidson, who is quite ill.
Mrs. Polk Younginer received the
said news of the death of her sister,
Mrs. Height. AYe extend our sympathy
to Mrs. Younginer in her sad
bereavement. Pe\rl.
Lexington, S. C, Feb. 18, 1896.
Troubled with Bizsiness.
St. Lukes S. C. Feb. 1, 1896. I
have been taking Hood's Sarsaparilla
for some time. I was alilicted with
dizziness, and would often feel like
falling, before I began taking this
medicine, but I find that this medicine
helped me and gave me a good
appetite." Mrs. H. R. Hawkins.
Hood's Pills act harmoniously with
Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Dots from the Beach.
To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Farmers are through sowing oats.
Small grain is looking tolerably
well.
AYe are having very disagreeable
weather, especially on measle folks.
Mr. Willie Ta)ior is running a turpentine
farm. I hope that he wiil
prosper as AYillie is a good and honest
fellow.
Mr. AAr. AY. Kaminer is preparing
to build a new kitchen and dining
room to his new house.
AT.. A ?/l 1) 4-U - T>?1.
jjxi. auuicn X UiltLl UlIll'U a A.'
shire hog which weighed JGO pounds.
Kurrab, boys, aud try your luck. Who
can beat Andrew?
Measles are ever in this section.
Some people ran themselves nearly
to death and had to stop right in the
middle of measles to rest.
Miss Mimie Lindler and Miss
Blanche Kaiser are able to be up
again after their battle with measles.
Messrs. Itobert Kleckly and James
Licdler are looking hale and hearty
since their recovery from measles.
Times are hard, but still they
marry. .
Mr. George Franklow is keeping
bachelor's hall out on his sand hill
plantation. Never mind, George,
this is leap year and some girl may ^
give you a call.
Look out, bachelors, don't be
broken hearted, there are blight days
before you. This is leap year.
I beard three girls say that some
bright morning they were going to
oodi^lo rrvuv ImVCOO Onrl CTrt r>nf.
calling. Look out, boys, those three
critters will be chawing some body's
fence.
Miss Anna Harrcan is still in
Edgefield visiting friends and relatives.
John has beat Jake out of his best
girl; so look out, Jake, you will have
to try your luck again.
Diamond Dick, the Dead Shot,
Cuparior to Aii Other.
Gerento, Miss , May Gib, 1892.
Although I never used any secret
remedies before, I prescribe St.
Joseph's Sarsapaiilla in my practice
as I would any prescription of iny
own compounding, and any physician
who will do the same will be
greatly pleased at the results
achieved. In my opinion it is superior
to all others and has been especially
useful to me in Rheumatic
and Scrofulous cases.
R. M. KITTREL, M. D.
For further information call at
Julian E. KaufTmann's drug store
and ask for a pamphlet entitled,
"A Treatise on the Blood.'' 15.
Hilton ETotes.
Ta Emfnr af I'm Disnnlch.
^ ? " w* ?~ i?
Plenty of rain, and nice so ft roads.
Measels are still raging.
Small grain is looking fine.
Mr. G. E. Billings of N. C, is in
this locality instructing some of the
farmers how to raise tobacco. Quite
a number have made arrangements
to plant, and it is believed that it will
pay better than to raise so much
cotton.
As it is leap year some of the girls
thought they would be cunning,
send their brothers to court the
young men while others try their
luck at social lis.
Mr. X S. Derrick who has long
suffered from an a co^s, died at his
home, Tuesday, Feb. 11th. His
funeral services were conducted by
the Bev. S. C. Hallentine, and his remains
we:e buried in the tit. Thomas
grave yard.
Mr. J. Daniel Wessinger has
erected a new corn mil!.
Mr. "And}", I admire your poetry,
and if you come over here, you and
I will try our luck with some of tLe
Hiltm belles.
G rls have heretofore dene the
slighting in full, but alas! Leap year
has brought about vice versa.
May the Dispatch ever prosper is
fliA f.ovnocf u-ich ('CrTD.
Feb. 16, 1896.
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