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kjba t~~~ PKLe A Family Compallion, Dev7oted to Literature, Miscellany, News, Agricultir,Makts.c Vol. xvii. NEWBERRY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUJGUST ?4= 88.No 4 IS PUBILISHED NESDAY .1i0:ING, rry, S. C. and Proprietor. s.oo per .ium Invariably in Advance. vi~e paper is stopped at the expirationl 01 e for which it is pa:dl. r~The ?C mark denotes expiration of sub :rii tion. SWtches , locks, Jewelry. .7I '*"I~ "V' ,A the fiew Store onll otel Lot. ti I Itt-re tiow on htr:d a I::rge Und eiegnt ;kaorrie nt of WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELY, Silver and Plated Ware, VIOLIN AND GUITAR STRINGS, SPECTACLES AND SPECTACLE CAME, E 0IN6 ANM BIRTHDAY PRESENTS. IN ENDLESS VARIETY. .All orders by wail promp,ir attend'rd "n. Watchmaking and zcari ;g Done Cheaply $nd with Pispac1h. Cazll and ex rire my stock an~d prcEU R D S H L Z ~Nov. 21, 41-tf . PIisCel aaeos. wel esma jyowmsofngnduae. tore Uw NOeven Ifie yoang gaad sufferfi fr*M naYb TUTT'S PILLS INDORSED BY PHYSICIANS, CLERGYMEN, AND THE AFFLICTED EVERYWHERE. THE GREATEST MEDICAL TRIUMPH OF THE AGE. SYMPTOMS OF A TORPID LIVER. Loss of apetite,Nausea,boweIs costive, Pain in theHead,with a dull sensation in the back part, Pain under the shouder eblade, fliness after eating, with a disin clination to exertion of ody or mind, Irritability of temper, Low spirits, s of memory wit a feeling of having neg leefod some duty, weariness, Disziness, PFitteriig ofthe Heart, Dots before the eyes, Yellow Skin, Headaahe, Restless ness at night, highly colored Urine. IFTHrSE WAB INGSARE U!HEEDED, SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED. TUTT'S PILS are especiallyadaptedto such cases,one dose effects suchachange of feeling as to astonish the saferer. They Increase the Appetite, and cause the body to Take on Flesh. thus the systen.is nourthcd. and by tl wirTonic Actionon the Digestive Or-asu. Begnar Stools are pro duced. Price 2> cents. 33 Murray St., N.Y. TUTT'S HAIR DYE. GRAY HAIR orNW HISKERS changed to a GLossY BLAcK by a slngle a>plication of this DYS. It imparts a natural color, acts Instantaneously. Sold by lrugi=t+, or se:it by express on receipt of $1. Office, 35 Murray St., New York. W Ir. -RsIA\AsAL of Valuable information and Ue t Reeipceta I e maled FREE on application. STOMACH - a vrwh'elmig arav of testinyu, e-.r a~ eiod'of thirty years. 101 -*r: of th ive ~r,. tomca and bocwels *1'lel> al D 'grss n Dealers ~ROCKERY -AND GL ASSWARE. A nice assortmnent of CROCKERY ard [,ASSW ARE just received and for sale by F.* T. WRIGHT, Who still has only a few of those CHE AP [OVES ieft. Call quick it you want one. Who stiti coutmnues to carry on the TIN [UINESS in all its branches, and keeps a l line of inware and Stoves. And last, though not least, who will do II the RO)OFIN~G, GUTTERING and other B WORK he can get, just as cheap as he n ford it. Mar. 23, 47-1y. A PERFECT_DAISY! It is a perfect model of ~TRENGTH, NE ATNESS, COMFORT and DURABILITY' AT MODERATE COST. This Buggy is constructed of the very st select material, and is so perfect in nstruction (as well as simple) that there ithing to Get Out of Order ! The motion is so gentle as to enable the ost delicate invalid, as we!l as those in obust health, to travel with perfect ease. 0ALL AND BE CONVINCED, Manufactured and for sale at J. TAYLOR'Si CARRIAGE SHOPS, IPOSITE JAIL - - NEWBERRY, S, 0. Mar. 2, 9-6m. ~Outiit furnished free, with full in struc-tions for conducting the most profit able busin ess that any one can engatge in. The busiuness is so easy olearn, andl( our in-tructions are so simple nd plain, that any one can mal:e great rofts jfrom the very start. No one can ail who is willing to wvork. Women are as ueesful as men. Boys and iiir1a can earn rge sums Many have ma-le at the busi iess over one hundred dollars in a single reek. Nothing like it ever known betore. I1 who engage are surp)risedl at the eas~e rapidity with which thiey are able to ake money. You can engage in this busi ess (uring your spare timeC at great profit. o do not have to ines capital in it. We ake all the risk. Those who need reatly toney, should write to us at once. All fur bh.ad free. Address True & Co., Augusta, aine. Oct. 13, 4-1y. ALONZO RELESE~ liNG1 A?NI HAIR DRESSING SALIOON1S, ail Street next door to Dr, Geiger's Office, COLUMBIA. S. C. Room newly fitted and furnished, and gen - -- - oetrui. ITIl AY NOIr BE. It may not be our lot to wield The sickle in the ripened field; Nor ours to bear on summer eves The reader's song among the sheaves. Yet where our duty's task is wrought f In unison with God's gre::t thought, The near and future blend in one, And whatso'er is willed is done. And ours the grateful service whence Comes day by day the recompense; The hope, the trust, the purpose stayed, The fountain and the noon-day shade. [J. G. Whittier. [WRiITTEN FOR THE NEWBERRY UERALD.1 REFINED GOLD. BY DUDLEY HOPE. CHAPTER 1. 'Well, Edith ! we are nearly home, and I have my daughter at last, free from school.' 'Yes, father; but although i am so glad to be with you, yet my heart reverts very lovingly to the happy hours spent over my looks, and with my dear instructors and pupils. Such busy, peaceful days!I I almost dread for them to end.' I 'But, Edith, you can be just as 0 useful and happy in ministering t to your old father and little bro ther. Herbert is four years old r.ow, and during the three years that your mother has been inI Paradise, he has only known old Winnie's care. True, no one could ave nursed him more tenderly; but I wish you to superintend his C training now, and Maumer will e relieve you from any care about housekeeping.' r The train neared the station, ind Edith's heart bounded lightly 1 t sight df her father's thorough- F red horses in the photon, in vhich was held up her little bro- It hler ; his pearly complexion and golden curls showing fair against aumer's ebony visage. She was attired as always in a straight a >lack skirt and long white apron, a q x hite handkerchief crossed around ~ te* neck, while a plaided one of a eod and yellow was twisted deftlyb -oWvd her head.s Tber were soon whirled home. r'hrough tbe windows, lamplight and t.he ruddy glow of pine-knotsb n the open fireplace, streamed as a welcome. How natural it seem ~d to Edith to gaze upon the fam ly portraits, the massive furni ,ure-but old Maumer interrup)t ~d. 'Come, to supper, chile, you nust be most starved.' EdJith ' ~miled at the formidable array daumecr bad spread for her. 'Man ner, I s'ee you think I have my chool girl weakness for fried a hicken vet.' 'Yes, honey, old ' Naumer sat aside dat fancy cookh id her Frenchified ways to- s ight ;' glancing with satisfaction. ~tt t light rolls, golden butter, uent pe,erves, crisp doughnuts mnd fragrant tea. t Edith was not long to be left ithout a sense of her new.ly ac luired dignity. Next morningc er stately Aunt Catherine drove t UIp in style. Everything about a er was immaculate, and she ri scanned her niece wvith that criti izing gaze which always seemed P o freeze Edith. '1 have come to make arrangcments for your do- P ut, which will take placo with my daughbter Marian's, on the first a f next month. I see that you re ignorant of the finer points of ~ (1ress, so I will take that respon sibility off your hands ; but I hope " that you are capable of polish, hi nd will lose that beaming air of njoyment, as if everything were so tresh and niew to you.' Edithb a tho'ught om' ning so well calcu lated f o chaeck( -uch en IhSthuism as her ti unt's p)resenIce. Th'ie luzer went t on : 1 am relieved that you hiave a not a bad figure.' (Scant tribute j< to the beauty of Edith's lhtbe, n graceful form !) 'You are to wear s white gauze puffe~d over white o silk, fest.ooned with lily-of-the-val- b ly sprays; and your mot her's t pearls. You and Marian will .be dressed precisely alike.' s Edith's mind conjured up a vir, I tigular ; eyes, complexion and hair having the same tinge of dead yellow ; and inwardly hoped that Mari, n had improved, beincg her aelf devoid of that petty selfish less which delights in outshinin )thcrs. But on the appointed ight no greater foil to her own reshness could have been found ,han poor, unvivacio-us Marian )resented. Edith's draperies clung ovingly around her supple form, ttd seemed endowed with a por .ion of her own natural grace ; ier eyes were liquid and shining ike stars ; her rounded tapering 0rms were almost as white as the t )earls upon them ; and from the f ,oft lace about her neck, her head Lrose in dainty pose like a flower 1 tpon its stalk. Her cheeks glowed t vith health ; gleaming teeth and bundant lustrous hair indicated t ulluess of vitality ; and others did t kot find obnoxious the beaming ook which met Aunt. Catherine's lisaIpproval. i1er list of dances s vas quickly filled with names. I Us she glided over the floor, en- ( oying the exhilaration of move nent to the fine music, she was c nly checked by the wish that c larian inigh L have half the part ers who petitioned her. e Edith's firMt ball was only a relue to mamny entertainments f a' similar nature. The daugh er of Dr. Morton was sought verywhere. The happy giri iver r reamed that her father's long- 1 stablished wealth had anything > do with this homage ; nor did or eager suitors suspect them alves sufficiently to closely ana ze their own motives, but were t mntent to bask in her sweet pres nee. Balls, lawn-parties, moon ght-sails on the ricer, horseback ides, invitations to concert and 0 featre, beautiful bouquets, the - Lst song or periodical-followed t ach other in rapid succession. 1 dith's nature was permeated by t1 >e sunshiue of it all, her heart V ill of kindness for- SUCh warm -ien ds. But ber dream had a rude ~ wakening. Her father left her ' uite well, with his usual good C torning kiss and playful badin- S ~e, for his daily round among 0 is patienits. A terrible wiLd storm 2ddenly came up. He sought S ~fuge in an old building. The ~ ifters were blown upon him. An a our afterward hie was extricated ' y passers by and carried home sad. 'Friends pressed officious round' V dith, but her faithful heart clung a >hcr father in a passion of grief. ~ owever,youth and reason(which 0 ould thus have been God's b race) would have re-asserted g >ir power ; had not this misf or- " ie seemed a signal to bring on P flock of others, whose dark t -ings flapped about the girl's ~ cad like ravens, shutting out the ii inlIighc. Whben Pr. Morton's affairs were vestigated, it was discovered r at, weighed down by grief at e loss of bis wife, and absorbed ~ his profession, he had trans- b rred business matters into the 0 re of his brother, whom ho " -usted implicitly, who resided in city at some distance. Sad to g late, this brother proved a soundreI. Let us charitably sup- i ose that .he was not always so, 6 at that like Judas, the money I roved the touchstone, which re- tI saled the weakness of his nature, " d that be succumbed to i,be W mnptation of having the wealth E his power-. Hie recklessly n' uandered most of this, anid then ' ent awvay, nobody knew where- b e could not be traced.n CAAPTER III. Edith felt bewildered at first, rd could searcely take in the ot that her fairy money had irrned to wit her-ed leaves -i hat indereila's godmifot her was g(one, a well as equipage, line dresses,j ~wery, and all her parapher alia. She had nothing which - de could call her own but the. Id homestead ; and even t hat V r uncle, under a power of at >rney, had mortgaged. Now was the time wben the y.mpathy of friends would havea en a solace. But al.as! Edith .hat no response comes when we >eed it Most. Averted looks, cold :OumJlonplaces. just enough show )f kindness to evince the lack of ;ouI in it-were her daily portiotn. he knew she was the subject of 4urious comment, of wondering ,vhere she would go and what she c'ould do-without a finger lifted .o help in adjusting her burden. What a sad contrast to a few ;veeks ago, was Edith in her plain 'lack robes, with dark rings un. lcr her eyes caused by anxiety end want of sleep. Wearily she )iliowed her aching head on the ofa. Old naumer came respect 'lly forward and gently said Honey, look to Jesus-lie will ielp you.' 'Oh, Maumer !'-and he poor girl's voice was choked ith sobs as she felt. her air-castles umble about her, and tried vainly o peer into the dreaded future. A littlo hand was slipped softly uto hers, and Herbert's childish -oice asked with wondering sy m )athv, 'sister, what makes you 'Bc cause. H 'rbert,' she exclaim d, 'I da not know how I will get ur daily bread.' -W by, sister ! I know that very day I say to the Lord, (ive s this day our daily bread, and To sends it.' Edith caught up and kissed the ile innocent, bi-, w.ords sinking nto her heart. With a look of esolve, she said, 'yes, I will do all can, and God will help me.' Her first determination was to I clinquish the homestead, 'tud af er extinguishing the mortgage ebt, from the residue of the sale o purchase an inexpensive cot age, suited to their change in ci.r unstances. She had to make herself deaf to Id Maumer's exclamations of hr or or entreaty, which made her sk yet harder. That evening be went sorrowfully over the Id place, whose every feature tas imprinted on her mind and eart, like the face of a fiind. Around her clustered many scred memories of her parents, ingled with childisb reminiscen es. How often whben a tiny child be used to sit under that large5 ak watching the chattering blueI Ls which the negroes super titiously thought went every 'riday to report in lower regions ithe falsehoods they had heard iortals tell. She bade a mute farewell to all round her ; the tall magnolia tree ith its glossy, dark green leaves ud large cr-eamy flowers, burden g the air with sweetness- the Id fashioned arbor on which loomed in their turn the fragran t, olden cups of the yellow jessa ine, the white honeysuckle, the urple maidens-bower, the orange umnpet-vine, and the feathery ~aves of the Indian-creeper with s velvety crimson star-flowers. She wandcred slowly down the og flagged walk, with its two '1 ws of tall white virginJIilies, >oking like angel sentinels in the toonlight. She strengthened her eart not ,to pine after the dear Id home, to put 'I must' before -l isb.' With head bowed upon theI ate, she did not hear app)roaching otsteps, until a soft, 'good even g, Miss Edith,' roused her. A ush passed over her pale featuries. was Hugh Wilson, a true gen eman, of noble life, and the only an who had ever kindled a armer feeling than friendship int dith's heart. 'Miss Edith, I have ot dared to show the sympathy 'ich overpowers me-you have een so cruelly cold in your man ir.' Her finely chisseled lips ore a bitter expression as she dd, 'why do you not pass by on e other side ? like the rest ?' thi, I know,' he said, with con antriated scorn in his voice, 'how iat. eraven Cleveland pcrsecute-d OU with attentious in hopes to etter his own miserable fortunes -and has now showed his true lors. 1 would like to administer istice to him ! But you will not arely visit the faults of such retches upon the heads of those ho love you ? I want you to be y queen-to rule over my life nd home, Edithb! say that you ill comne to me soon !' IIis winnin'g tones founid arcady echo in her owN" heart.. but she steeled herself :tnd resisted the hand which would have drawn her towards him. With height ened color. she rapidly exclaimed. 'you ask me from pity ! 'No! God is my hearer, no ! he replied. -My greatest earthly happiness would be to :all you wile. The world is empty to me without you. But Edith's pride still asserted itself. and she would not yield, though he pleaded fervently. As he walked away, the passionate vi brations of his voice still upon the air-the penetrating odor of the lilies sn.ote upon her senses ; and ever, to the end of her life, did their perfume instantly and vividly recall that hour and its sensations. CHAPTER IV. Ensconced in their simt.le little cottage in a neighboring town, Edith realized more keenly the change in her lite, but her brave spirit bore her resolutely through discouragements. She tried to close the book of her past, tind concentrate her forces on a pres ent of effort. 11er artistie gifts cat:e to' her aid, and she toled earlyt an; late, in every interval A]of t epoe fromttt dome sTie Ca1!0, to rerod,U+ICe' in drawin g;s o orn can vas the poetical images with which her brain teemed. For several years she led this busy life of constant strivin; to embody her finest conceptions, renouneing luxuries a:nd cultivating sum plicity. And fortune rewarded ber industry and perseverance, without which her genius would have been little worth.. She now :elt no anxiety about being able o gratify the simple wants of Elerbert and herself. She was sontented and seemingly cheer ul. As to happiness, she would mot question her heart; though n its depths she well knew there .vas one image concealed which ~he would faithfnily guard among dl life's changes. Meanwhile, Hlugh Wilson had yeen a restless traveller through ,he world. He had left his bomne > the morning subsequent to, the nterview recorded here, and had >eard nothing more of Edith. But although he enjoyed the >leasures which sprang up in bis ath in a sort of outward fashion, .hero wvas an under current of' >eartache all the time. At last, ie could no longer endure the re -urring combat of bopes, fears Lnd imaginings. He started home vard. On a certain afternoon in hLe same town where, unknown o0 him, Edith resided, Hugh paus d at a book-seller's windo w, ar -ested by a painting there. The Ired gate way represerated seem id trangely fam:iliar to him, over vhieb twined the clear cut leaves >f the ivy in rich luxuriance. Within the inclosure were almost >erectliy represen ted e-lusters of all white lilies. Under:neath was vritten: "Faji- lilies of eternal peace, Whose odors haunt my dreams." Iugh abruptly turned and in uired if the book-seller knew the rtist. 'Yes, her works are in reat demand. I often see her >ass, closely veiled, with her little >rother, but she will not know nany people, although muchb ought after.' It seemed ages to Iugh (though really only a short ,bilo) before lhe stood in Edith's >rsence-the sarae Edith, excep)t bat she had been moulded by ex-, erience and discipline into a no ler, sweeter creature than in her ~arly prosperity. His heart throb ed so tumultuously that he could carcely control himself to speak ~alml!y. Gliss Edith, pardon me or my abruptness, but wingis .orture to me. Have you tastedI nough of independet ce ? You re no0w, as always, the one wo nan in the world to me ! has lfy other comec between 's? En oraged by something he saw in er shy, yet radiant face, hisI ~trong arms gently encircled her .rem bling iorm, and her pressedu ipon her downcast eyelids thei" irst kiss of love. A man never attains ti-ce great ess by being perfietly satisfied vit h the result of each day''s wori? IisCelitnsn. BY .\L K Tw\.\ IN. When I vas a boy in a printin_ ofiee in .\is'oui2. louse-joilnted. longt-legged. two-headed, jeans eiad, countrified Cub of about 16 lounged in one day, and without renovirg his hands from the depthS of his trousers pockets, or taking off his faded ruin of a siouch hat, whose broken brim hung limp and ra ged about hi ears like a bug caten cabbage leaf. stared inldifferently around, then leaned Iis hip against the editor's table. crossed his mighty brogans, aimed at a distant fly from a cC vice inl his upper tee:h. laid him low, and said. with c(.mposure v' Whar's the blOs.' 'I :m tihe boss,' said the editor. toillow iir this curious bit of arChi tec rule wonderingly along Ut) t(' its e;ock face with his eye. 'Don't want anybody to learn th e business-'taiin't likely ?' 'Wcil, I don't know. Would you like tc learn it?' Pap's so pa, he can't run ire no mo. so I want to git a show somers if I can, 'taint no difiunce what. I am strong and hearty, and I don't turn i.y bck on no kind of work, hard Iur soft.' "Do von think you would ike to learn the prIIling business !' Well, I don't re'y k'yer a darn what I do learn, so's I get a chance fur to make my way. I'd just as sovn learn print a's any Ihig 'Can you read ?' 'Yes-middlin'.' 'Write ?' 'Well, I've seed people could lay over me thar.' 'Cipher?' 'Not good enough to keep store, I don't reckon ; but as far a, twelve-times.twelve I ain't no sloueb. 'Tother side of that is whbat gits me.' 'Where is your home ?' 'I'm f'm old Shelby.' 'What's your father's religious denomination ?' 'Him ? Oh. he's a blacksmith.' 'Yo, no-I don't mean his trade. What's bis religious denomina tion ?' 'Oh, didnr't understand you befo'. He's a freemason.' 'What no-you don't get my meaning yet. What I mean is, :does he belong to a t.y ch urch ?' 'Now~ you're talking! Couldn't make out what you ."as tryin' to git throu gh yo' head no niay. Belong to a church ? V',by, boss, he's been the pizenist kind of a Free-will Bapt is' for -orty year. There ain't any pizerer ones'n' what lhe is. If they sai dany diffrunt, they wouldn't say it whar I wuz-not mnuch they wouldn't. 'WaTlt is your reliigion ?' 'Well. boss, you've kind o' go me, thar.' 'WV hat is you r name ?' -Nicodemus D)odge.' emu.W'l(ie'e' think maybe you'll do, Nico ~ny way. 'All right.' 'When would you like to be gin ?' 'N o . So, within ten minutes after we had first glimpsed this inondescrip, le was one of us. and with his coat off and hard at it. Be yond the end of onr estab lishmnent which was furthest from the street was a deserted garden, pathless, and thickly grown with the bloomy and villainous 'jimp soni'cee and its common friend, the stately' sunflower, in the midst of this mournful spot was a locayed and aged littleC 'frame' ho use with bu t onec room, one windiow, and1 no9 eeling: it had )cenl a smioke-h~0~os a generation jefore, Nicjodemnus was given this oniely and ghast,y den as a bed :hamber. The viIlagre srmrties recognized i treasure in Nicodemus right awa-a butt to play jokes on. [t was easy to see that he was neonceiv ably green and confiding. 1 iNorge7 Jones had the honor of j .erp.tatinlg the IrimL joke on kitm - I AI1)IEIISIAG RATES. 1.~ ~ ' f<t :tlL tT- ,- t (( a; thie ratr"' 1. 1 u t:ii'( l :( il('h l(r 1 rrt l:t'i Ii T',*i ("C):;:1r:n a:verrkeaneI nts ni pi er ~ 1 a;\,:e-es ith i,Oc"u: ('(.lntn 1I" Cenlt per line. \(t1' i,:-'int s Tn'S ;i ki w te iiuurn 1(3I' of ;):. ,:N P Ie k("r; in tiil forbid and chtar':r(i ,t; ,')ir!ipait"-. tisers wi: ii(r: (id?til ;i nson albove rartes. JO B PR IX"1 TIG i)m. 111H N- F..TNF;- AND\I DISPATCH1 TERM,S CASH. he g~ave i:;n :h c"i,rar With a fire ~-akrin it ;tit R'llked to the er"i)"d to) coinre: theC thing exploded :,"sei .*ii _1( swc It away the bulk of N icodemuis' vebrows and ey, ;ashe-i. lie simply said i consider these kindl of seeg_ pirs (!a!lger""orne.T' and seemed to sn.snc"t ilnt i . ll'. '1he next even. inr be way laid Geor9ze andl poured tt i,tcket c)i i(' water ocer him. One day while \ieodemus wai in s?irnii Ig, P'orn McElroy 'tied' his ciothes, \~ico'ernus made a bonfire of TLoml's by was' of retal iation. Atirnd Joke ?"~s play'ed upon Nicodem us a day o:r two later-he walked up the middie aisle of the. village churchl Sur)uday night. with a Stairin g llan;-hil in )Cned be twiseen !his shoulders. fThe joker set the rcnf)a1il,der of the night, aftter c!t trch, in the cellar of a tit';t'lid h o1:s(:. andN i cod emus sat on the cellar door till toward tlrt":kf:rst time to mfake sureo that . i;e prisoner rempenreed that,