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AFamity Coupaiion, Devoted to Literature, Miscellany, NeWs, Agriculture, Markets, &c. XX. NEWBERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1884. No. 28. TflfJIERAtD 1% 1 ' t.lt1FD EVE'FRY TUf1Rri,,c 1Tii: G~ It Newl,errj, S. C. 1-'..lt r an1: lI'r')l.ti i ter. - w r:. r i-a =:p:ed :. : :: cz.ira'ion of t ,." r w kih it i- p - T 1he % 1::. :unot, "'p:t tin:I of t. i n . EFULL SIZE PAPER PATTERNS. tell ..-. a ad- r!:. :tr ?ten 3 tA- .\[ i.. .et.!ra!r -w.'' 0 : . .:-t i-': . tm1 "ria: ya .Tt:F.=t '~V M.tt t :.r: i" tis: ]:.: a::.! + 22T SN' AI: '.*- -;.t tndid 'ra v-m m, tr =;:ttim ti uh n:: 1e . * '1.)o nt e :ttu '-l ''c' 't1 te a"for a . a ' rac.'. tt- u b'o' c weveo ee Ci a:ter.::-w "Fr: a : ' rr.to s 'T e O?u 'ict:e: :'prN.D t1; t .l %. Prr.!.:o.:tt;-h: " /r: i. 10' rnat aid -F e mt O y- io t uti . (3 e' tna t er j .tM'a tc . 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Ph m - ha,la A .iti ei~c in wn .4-- . p slip wre.or .lmot easi w e ftrally oo fupetn that - n -e - re <11Iaifl WoodNOdentne wh.h - .4 r e wek h:trgl 'sly~ fd ioe D:3ly Linime st.Apat, .'lmit .C Fcewrle JAi e hry -~3~c Mar. eff7t bv. been all er W4cx ra g.r:: a t bon Ala.d 'nvigIn3e l6t~ a 1p 4r 1e' - 1 - - 4'I t.i t7' - e e d reh w e;. s na thro ai!ytr~A? and wit so ~ie -iwth the ~*- .* .c~ h Tn tever ''hl St1 le& o, Aorla, min.nteh * ';..."Ih otrS UotPreparis at y A *d dv~Ilt1'Ws - n~ Jt~1a -- r een I for ia tW an d : - :npetS yB tti maw .oal 'vhihl Doc ' ide.ggl pt Tell the children ", inut rnt ar.: r:'. the err.ic silho tttc nictur.-. .: tLey 1:-: 1:- t isur to i sa. They will be 111,.:1 v..:!, th. s..ii n, I This Dace is owned by .BLApEW LL's BULL Of cnu:..' .e Mm terf:r-ont animal apreartn lo tl ettb["lr cr.f oenui14 lt1:a;.tof r'.ek WW' 1ull ih:rt,dmz: t -r sT"tac. Ewrys d6tl! i. ;w Ma'ith .a et: T. x:c"od . .. e- ::uins v.L.ut tL .r t f L" Bill. * rr l- - - Se me $"I1 .1\, L)r pl.osit that am1ount-wth 11. F. vi-, "i., s t to ny ':rder, gu I w\il return to vou a U. 8.Go Refer to Rev. J. A. Sli h, an jVVhetlqrt _oscI Prcsperity. 'am ~vIGi H; SLi;'Stmier CO.? Florida.: S - I rs IIe t~_.gr o r& -in Yig p- ie o gyp ** p h., ttj p - p -:.0 3 ,.. ,*- . A -M--- PLAOE-(. -I * ____ 1 t T?. Mi'4 r T 1fT'im.!Mrt ll('e Ie k"P.11Nitrd1", -(.. Is.id-' n I s -. e t'dW4 -.It U ideVi::e'rt-ht. ) . t iilf< . 'l : i--./ t e i.fIA At:zt . 1 B.H. Lovelace. Tgaan-4.1 for !1ihe ives of 01ll 1er b$1e4 . li oC t 1 - I te leMhun prioe. s-The fastct seming~It 1a>!, inl AmIo~j, : upn:3)e profits t.o .agebt -it people want it. 'Any one Cenhecome ececessf6T ent. T ermse free. Halltt C P rt4n . Maine.?.-. Th'et rno 1 ofiO ab'n UFTi.EWORU.B. C ATTG,S.A ~'hAti~oW ;tt'ops1 tine'Cu, mf:ulk or tde st'oittif"I '"daa HIo-t Fame 'or D)isastier has turnecd on a 'mingle contest. -A. Grand Send for fa l descuiptionm ai~dterms Ad d1r'r.4: .. . Q *Qg i CA gi- sha PA't'N I.:I''E It. i ll u iti :: i iii tu\ -i 1 \ . W ritt in: lI tt \ 1iu 1l, I m m , 1'!;:a,e..dI":I- ml tllni:t, \Icrt, (11h, 11w ,\ ini i ntu t:1't b ', t:i1 :, ,i . Iut j'l i l ir.- of1 heli l l i . " \V:u etl ,. ':r ti1 i" 1h, (ii i" l,.tt l. t i- 't t, IItn ll t " 1 .i l.i +: t;lv ',)ri( .1 I,l ait T 't 1 I wi! A Ia l b-::f r i1 :: ilul I u . .iid t mI i .:tki :', r ::I i llir fpo t:ud y i:. r, F I~ hti> li .ll , wt11 I li .i. h . .i,] i.s o l \\ ho\'t k t iny,ll,+ hea . 1'ilu i"!. "'l ltk itik l h- --r, i iiu., : 1r boy. i .' 4 1:!t l,, hliwk the 1re 1 - .: , F'tr i t f r{i;.: hi t . i t A i: i I: 'y rport I p t I' i," w:u e o lid' h .:th t.'d j I'b - I s l.J. Now.lit iur. tow.ly. :itd lic: g tl tim t . tt:r,iirY! ln the .,1t h ..1 r. LNC OWJ ":rj w# pr t tl,i ttr. .l a 3\\ . lim b t l 1 .ai 1 r thi - - ' t i.b tir - ti t ~t' F tt" :ur, M. tv&ri, 3t6tt the:iria,lt qnt'ittV J'1il he repthd thet: Ullie" i i~ te l Y e lt i=f ''r Po t ,NI re" t1:3m titt ' t Iia ' rn 4 u Irt legt i' deinto p- pi~co 1 tp lihes w\lilth i od i hl;,,t\ amn of zt1-er t m. for a 1 rni ; on lit,ki at f t 1 !) t,r '. iCt'h.e lik -iIw:nder. e re s': ,ma "tt! tltr.e i y ik in ('ln" 1a.:>r it, De i 'll ti :tdan; r !e t . 'iij, th: l il i-r n 'k ha'.ltd -robi'11, _ tcr jkn u 11 - r it th " hr if:e wai gw.x4 AI 1.hu'INt!.e 1 -"it , 1e. :: t i i .n - i eol 1 edtl. o ft :1nd r.1,':i . 1i'n tn~ dlf sht t1.!gI . rIa;i sure h1ht hahy o ti or h ref * 0 e :t .t fl1 1"I;ih Tarlt.r of wn1t :a the g;,lden"t hair. T -enof frig I,;trin - uweette: te : i. o :m - n,i. ti ith ",:ly "Stocho the :retu-t:vuio lOCr(, theu 'frli 'b- e :neI ayrk um withI'bman mpir. *iI( wro I heyt e.g.me disrlic anwlkp hwc"stai,>mdll for.' ft win lws f:r-m tihi r~ 10 Shi i ngif( cwher i-i- h o h:n 'i: In he loit~ e' liiende'~ be "da' b --o t he 's togweege --W h-Ts euifty ye ir ago' aid 'Aunt moane -tohimai wh th''n hretl ofina' ine haver dfu'Ierry -time ---11e has .ot his indy-love to hbil go<nl .hyt to. 1 diar(' ay .' sug(gestett P'hilip (Grant. --hii1nt. tulrne"d on himt with hlaz in_; ey"es. Wte all ketpt back. They were like !rlt bes oft lire. - -C toinfun.l it sir !' he eriid. anld suppn4e I have ! wrhatt is that to \\'e :iIl luokel at. Ihilip; he was v'rv white, but, he shirugl-ed his yh( nlderrt imlielren t. '. :and wi-,-l%v frbicr( to) tlnswer". r ilo% th'- I u.mp(r croIled down ; r:'lpidlly 1" it, h:a(1 arIisc'n. "I :kn s(:rrv () . di8:lppoint,t( yOn gill." hesaid, !e-itlyv. -h It'iyoul will Iave to '' eium me." AmlI, howing. he walked ofl. 'h:t. ev'uin; Kiiloeh made his way t t,h ob! gardelner's cottage. II is fave was pale. I but he had a de t(rm'rtined loto iT t.he corners of his mtuth. an lie ca:rried his head well Ikl 'ona ba:ck and stepped lig;ht IV IOh>n. --he gi, i hal jest set her athers SlIupr b('forIe himt, a,nd hadl gone c,ut to rest. inl the garde.ltn and wattch the. still heaictsies of ti.e niZht -- rte air was fre, :aikl in thle h("avenr il Ifull rnoon was: hurrying tbr(,nghi it t :r-spl jang:d eourse. 'lhe re'ls in a nig_hI(ring stream rustlecdi ::t,,1 slivere(i in thei breeze, and1 a large nigt-mt"utth or I wo came sailit ulp and buieId against litty-s 'hitc kerchief on their way to thi tat:,l caille shining in the . -I-he (irl looked up to the sky and tea s filled her eyes. - -\'hy do yvon weep. Kitty-. said a voice at her side. -No need1 to turn to lo)ok fi,r the speaker ! The girl buried her face in her hands :nd sobbedc afresh. --ou are going away.' she said. Yes, I am going away,' said jnilobch; -hut, you will come with in. Kitt.y, for you love inc.' - -1 love von. but I shall not ac colpanV y'Ont. - ut you m:ust. I have spoken to th, ohi -riest and hue is ready to m:rr" us.' . "Kinlocb,' she said, looking up into his fae" with a swcet, serions smile. -you ave made Ine love Vou for T cnuhl not. help it; bult you can not m,take p at:arrv you. -Oh, but Von xi!. darling. won't yon. Kilty' he went. -on. ea erly. -You kInow 1 can n,arrv now. becau;e I camne of' --' the of her dlay, and I La., .: Ihil t.r, than tnv pay now. Is that what you are thinking of"' 'Iow et nld I think tl:Qnt that?. WV v will y t nti untiderst,anld. Kin 01os Yen;:r proud old falther anT your silier-liaired - ,tately Smoiher, 'howt .could they he for,ne.f:th;ein sonts to marry lae fri.sh peasant ,irl' -- 'You have ntuhing to learflroul the lighest ily in the ltod. m1y 'r sonle a. nt (spected to nmrry --ut she shook her he:ud revolute %- hi i~ 'on yon lil htly f nWla vay I s1: haplpiness furi Ip ypg k- ui~ret in the future.' .4'l p opng iani .looked at tle ifrl -perple .1d. -here could she ha"ve harut~ - n h seln ents? t) expr~eS' i!ea: so freely? die th ~en said,. slowly and f ol imnly, as it taki ing an oath: 'Lo>k ycndr Ritt y-! TIhat is Ihe evenlingI s(al-. A-o .,iurely :ss it will shine in~ y.-ars..as sa:ecly 'j:il my love re main tinehav.d) for you. l$id me comle hack - when you will, Kitty. and if T ha't reth in my body andt .strength t do it, I will coe.))~ ComeU btack in' ten years, . Kill 1(och. I will he' tru to you, anId wait till ten i \vill try andl imlprove mlyelf-nialke mvself more worthy of:youir loye.e . Kep s yol ure, IK(ttv-remoikrT unchanged.' said the younlg nmanu louisly.l4 t w!en I canwe agamin I shall1 Imt s'e youj0 the hIst look I tookh 4wy1 agh' me,. mU~ y life, my lov e " he miurimliced, passionateIly; and ki~Sin'- her swreet :brow and m outh, fo1ling her-in one last cm hirhee lie sighued dad Teft her. -m turnmed tIA go inlto the cottagre A .large- downy~ . moth which had been -hing~i?t airnst the litt-le \v indOll sailed( 'ih Iefore her, circled thii ce round the . candle and flew up inIto its alri.1 brightness. The cande.thickered and went out; thle moth dlropfle.1 dotwnl with athlUd up n'th,e table. dead. - *Kitty with eyes blinded by tears and with :aakug. bands, relt, light. j~ ~ si h Jl ml3a pointing~ ginieaintly to the singed insect. -don't be. as foolisiti as that silly thing. Its eyes were dazzled, and it; had; no strength to rsiet the fat al fascination.' -'F'ather, sai4 the girl,. stoopiu,g down and kissingz his gray locks, 'on maty trust me,'" Here Aunt Bell stoppe~d. --Is it int resting, Shall I go - 01hi do, d id he come back?' snid the girl was joked and teased and had many oilers of marriage; but she wa ; tirm and would li-,ten to none. "Att last the young fellows gr1ew weary of their fruitless attempts at love making and the greater parl le ft her alone. "A few, more unkind. would ask when she expected her young gyen tleInan illne. and tannted her in eutting npehes ad insinuntisus. Nine years went by. and then therc, enulc the battle of Waterloo, when oficers and inen went down in id(lreds togeth("r. "Still no %%ord1 froni liinlocb, aid Kitty's heart, %thieb ha(l never failed in its lightness, nor her step in its speed, now san:k and faltered for the first tine. ?"Early in the nixt year=i1 Tact on New Years night --the ofnirs gave a ball. and 'every girl .and young man for rniles around was invittd. - -irls were in gr. at. (lenand, mni( I went down to my%" aulnt's house especially 'for that night. '-1 was anxious to see Kitty mv :el, anl to fiul out how the years had pas.4ed over her head. "<on think perhaps, twenty-sixc was rt?er olI to b" alldi a girl--" do vou, Kittv. "\'el!. 1 i-lt alrnst, the samne as I did whe:i I was sixteen, and quite as ready to enjoy a dance or iiitationI, ' an ;sre you. "Kiat D:'y-that was her name -went to ilelp the ladies unshal 1 them.elves. alld to be .ready with needle andi thread white an unhap py damsel with torn -skirt or flounce shoul r ciuire her a asis tance i "She was thet: twenty-cight. and the young girlish b :;itv had de. veloped. into the most lovely of wo. uwn- Only when her face was at rt;st, and yon caught t'.e suspicion of'an.:nxious heart upon it ,tould you have guessed her age. "She wore a pale tea-rose-tinted gown, with .ruttles of lace of her oww making at the neck and sleeves. It yas a wild and stormy night without, but it only served to en hanee the brightness and anina tion ot the scene within. -T"'he dancing of the high-heeled shoes and the silvery laughter rose higher thap the wail of ,be wind. andithe tinkling wine-cups. dr.wned all sound of rain. "Suddenly tWere wa: a lull; we stopped in our dances; a chill blast 'seemed to have entered the r(xm; we turned and saw u silent.. lark tigure standing in.the doorway. .ie wri tall and Ia:ndsome, but his lar*e.black ("inak. carefniliv sluu;g Cover hi:s ;ouler. a.s drip ping with rain and yipking. large pools on the floor. I i1s )y ,ooted an.l,aurred, were if!ucl to tho :"Jiust at tit momnt,l;e. st'rukl . anud the year *18l' had' broken. Some of the ' aEex(iI. abii irlsq screnaied and ran heiimd their partn~ers. *"WI as it an appn i~ tion? Way it an~ ill omenI i ahie (chiing1 ' yer? -.. iim tolI rrgt/ oi '01 qrood Kitif ht t hat ii omm~it w a, bingm nu in a ju' uh iendi hire a t another round, trwhn'hg Wih a wild c ry. Kiniloi b, ihe. 11 1 1-.ew you1 w~oui( ldinm bavk T An\ Enimiid - a cratsh of b)reaking. grlas-for she let the vessel slip frain her hands shme h,ounded u to hi' s jdl andt then.i dis.appeareiel. in the fol:h- of the great cloak, "Il1 Ls plenid,i 'A nia t Be ll !" said he r iree drai ni a deep breath; "hijd iif she married lhhn then. I do not see.h sh3 ie shlouldl not hlave done so before . .r lhb sl e was a Wise grirl, lit tIe oni she' knew'iit 'w ouh.1 test his co!'4in.si.e' ad 9-(0-C if lie really lov'etder.i ' yomi"man's love at twenty one . sh!e knew very well) wouid -nut be hisi choice at thirty "Xhat lk eame nf them. Aunt?" "~Ol, they- narried and~ traveled about a gooI Jeuil, and finally botha died "ont in' Tndia -within a few months or ea6h-6thier. There was one, son, and I beligve he is -in the army also.' - iUaouS.. A stEMMRWKABLE AFFiAIRI .(coUor odu~rrEL. BErETi Trwo UFFiel:.'Rs WIlCH:LAsTED NINETEEN Ode of the mtet remnarkable duels (or seried6f dnis)'of ny Age w as the affair etvee two Fren'ch offi eers named Fornier ant&' Dupont. This del was commiene6 "in 174!) and lasted nineteen years." Foumr riier had challenged and kilele a voung mari nained Bluim, it' Stras iutrg. under distressing circum stamiees; and Ge neral Moreau. the commandant, 'wt had issuod -erds fo? a sbiree, wh'dth was to take pf'ace upon thef- ening of the day of hidm's fuiner1, had ?rpted to his 'chiM ar aftAff (in~m 'jet 1Eh'ok the commllnl;c"n"nment of thi' -nrrival of guest - . that 1.1C pr"Sence of Fouruicr iight mar the character of the fest iv ities. S'. when Fcour1" nier app1e:1re,d he was; deni:'d adhnis sin by iipont. who was at 'once c"halllen,vc.:an(1 foughit (with swords :a:d touindled Foirnicr. In1 a l:onth (r two they I6ough t :ainll, anl )11 ponlt. was woon,lc'm. In ul,diatel1y upon th e recoverv of the latter the c"omiba1t:tauts :g,ain 1met, and loth Ie ccive'dl sere aid danlgerous VOunils. I(f'ore retiring, froum the fil,l. howe(V, r. they had an n!agree mI1ent d1ra I-wn u1p and saorn to that wcnv. er aftcrward they came with in oe hiunIrel miles of cach ot.hcr each should travel fifty mniles? to w;ard the other :ni(d ren~ew and eon tinue the fight until at least one of theml was la:cedl hor., (l, roi,t>ct. In the tean time th"5 corresponded with each other, met and fonh,t t nauty times diring ten or I v I ye-ars, alwVays shaking hands. and scn-til)cs diin together aftcr their fghttC. At length both herame geeral citlivers, and1 during the year I1'3 v wre ordered to Switzer I,tid. I)ipo,1 t arriv(l at the p4-st at night, i,t 1u) at the best inn.:md learuedC !ho1 tlv aitcr his arrival that. Fournier occupid an adioiuing a p:artincit- A f1')w lin,lnts t!t we e at it agail. swori I hand. and the 'ih t was temiporarily ended lv Iu pont rnuning his steel through his antagonist's neck and pinning Four nicr :gainst the wall. While in this situation Fournier challengcd" I)uponit. for :a meeting on the 1o1low in- dlay. "Early in the morning, with pistols. in the woods ne:r N.uilly'" cried Dupont, greatly to the. aston1ishment of Fourni:r. who was a listingllishel shot. "GUood !'" replied 'the latter. "Hear me," added Dupont; -1 am about. to engage in matrimony. and have (onlnclded that'this matter of ours must first l permnanen-tly- cttied so I propose that we each arm onr selves with a pair of loaded pistols. go into the woocds together. then separate and walk oil in -opposite direct ions one: hundred i-n.. then turn and tire at will. '' The proposi tion was accept:.d by Fournier, and the combatants met the followi!'g morning, went to the woods togeth er. separated. paced off one hun dired steps. t rned 'and' eonimencedl to advauce. hostilely. Dupont, while on his hand.' and -knees, got sight of Fournier behind a tree. and at ence tol nl a like p)osition. lie then tuek out -a flap Of his foat. as if in a kneeling posi;ioit. and in an instant a bnl!t went through it froin' Fournier. Then I)upornt hng his cap on the mll !' 'of ins pistol: and by degrees' stu-1k it out to one side' until at ler 'th Fourllier llazed" away. lIupont ther stepl)ed out, froi lhehlind tl tree ami advanced u1pont his attfl ished antagoitist with drawn weapi ons and saLid : Genieral. voor life is 'in' my hands but I do not care to take it. I wanut thid matter to end, however. right itere; ant.l in ease~ o a fresh dlistnrhaniuce.i1*ant vonm to ner e 'hose si!Zht oif the fact that the wen w'eapions--antI hat I am entitled L the tirst two shts-distanee. threr fet. -iThis inicl(int took plas ninueteeni years art - the first meet ing., between the tw"' otfleers. during wh~itch the h/dVQirht each olthe bance. ill ma b' afbled,1 in con elus - in,t ever broioke 4out bietween thuem, v.hiebm was ve'd niatural wiluen it in itimenh-ered t Ihat Duon IlIiwi en titled to the tinst two sh1s. 'In 185I8 M. deC l 'enle. a Parisiaau j tnnai 'w:- -balenged by at ihole' regl inwnt.Iiii't o 1fogt coroves ii oncernin1.' tie aut hor shi'm f Iu n ' d41 e N esle."Mr mai in n' 'theater- 4u is fata( l <htH af'e firing. he ' d, sha'kintg hi heamd 'id s:miling: " (l mourg !' ha:n~ mni.-se1lhim. A writer says. iThe canwl is the most perfet -imcinC n (m fur legs that"*e ha:ve any knowhle of." 1sAcred treasulre, indeed. to thle Arah is this *pu(ding-footd pride of the desert." The exrsso on th fate of a~ ('amel Is rather pathetic. lIfis eyes aIre Il.g(' and liquid. -and ahone them are deep) cavities large enoug to hold I hon lagg. The aquziliine noCsC, with - long, slanting nostriis that he can closc tighitly against the salid storms and hot bunrning~ winds oh the dIeserts. give a very sorrow futl exDressionm to the face. The under iip is pouting and puekfrinug anid you 'are nmot at all surprised when flie poor beast buirsts tnto) tears find cries lon-g and l6ud like a vexedI child. The f'eet of the c-amel.are of very singular conlstrutctionl, withi a tough, elastic sole, soft and spongy as thtey fall noiselessly on the earth and spread out utnder .liis tottering weight. Thiis fotrm of ti - foot pre vents the animal from sinking in the sand, and lhe is very sure-footed 'on all sorts or.ground. auravun is 1et"w( n t wo and three miles an hour, and the camel jogs on. hour aftcr Lour, at the same pa e, anId se( as to be almost as tresyh at ii-lht as in the mornir when ihe starte:I on his travels. The Arabians say of the came). --Job's beast is a monument of God's ruery.'. T camel heds his hair once a year, and cnrpets and tent-cloths :re imade from it; it is also woven into c"loth. S,me of it is exceed in lv fine and soft, though it is usu ally coarse .1il rough, and is usr( h;>r l:king co ats for the camel drivers; anil iuge water bottles. leather saks,. also sandals, ropes :ni thongs. are made of its skin. Sl ('('E.!.S----A% II SDI(N. About fiorty years ago, a little nirl named Alary Ann Brown lived in an obscure village of Yorkshire, li1gland. ier father was a poor :..arrr, and she adii no edncation rip to her twelfth year. But the .irI had cxtraordinarv beauty, a singular force of will, and great. ambIIitI(41. She resolved to b)e -a great lady," :h'1(I as London is the field in which all the English people look for adventure, she p,ersuade/l her uncle to take her up to the great" city in his cart, for a two days,, visit. As soon as they had reacltl London Bridge she dropped froth the back of tie cart and disappe:ted. At this tiine she was lenniless. sire could not write her nime. and shle spIke with the rich Yorkshire limrr. which is as unintelligible to Londoners a: the dialect of the Zulus. Seven years later she reappeared! under a roml-ntie nang upon the stage of a leading Lonnl'oii theater, and won the plaudits of the town. not <mly for her remarkable beauty but for tihe exceptional' p>frity and pathos with which she rendered Shakespeare's text. In th !e Imeantine she made her self a prof^ient in three ?arvuages, 11a(1 learned the literature of her owni country. and the manners of well ired people. how it was'done or hv what n:eals she won her suc ess, n10 our' -but herself knew. There was t& fact. ttnd it proved the extraodinarv for.e of intellect arid will whicll had heen Liven to .Mrt- Ann Brown. and wcric;i might hit'e made her life great useful, andt,I happy-it she hari so chosen. She leealn a ggl'ent actress, well known in ersry uglisir speaking coittry". fur the splender of her heauty, her n1iTt.. her 'livislt gen eroitt. an'd the h!nres with whic she led 'a to-destrnetion(. How many happy hones she catered, to leave them a wreck. onY: she and God knew' " b. d-ied 4tih.d-nly. in t-e height. other f:amn/Wtl tAwrnhe; in a Paris enfe, from atisease br?Onrlt on 1-y inul4cence ~a the t ate: ind after she wais deaid hei- hralv was wrap ped in a qurift iatid hanuled to the mrorgne.' lert -iolee life was :a drama. and ,ins w 4 its end. ' 'tre. is' force 'in tire proverb --D ,rti ini.4 /sonm"n (Speak onrhy good of the" deand) But'when the !iitter aind po*er ef a wasted life'dllure t'e voimg~ inlt'othe same nrhal, it. is otly just at its close to show threm the~ opprtu nities wasted in it. its truecaraere anid its urn irhllowed enld. TI.'NE. C-hEAT DEt::ErT.. .. r..n wi r' .IcrT li:: or 1-: ' I.t sclENE1 IN saliAF 1 . ac* ross thet 'eat . Enhara. Iesert ini Aien thu,dteeilw in i\evr Or . iLrI.s( : R Uiding flye bundLrred mertres in adan vce ofl our litt'e Inroop rots; 'ui- way over the deadI level of a,~ te diunral solitude. For thec last t a miae ha lijt lri horse ... a wallk, ltruin rloti(rnle-4' i his saddle,' anj1.si.uging iii .is oi tongueii a pfelaincholy, long-dlrawn. hat,t w itl s nigultriis'of Oriental rhyme. X1 W ImtaLe ,irs. pace. I en all ot sndden' le starts off at a trot, sta::din inm his stirru.ps e --eet. with ,Lu.s greatt burnous floatitg behinid him. And 1 ye all trot after him i rntill hid'rawn rein again to rcecouneuce a gertler pace. I ask rmy comnrade: thesi naked wvastes without, a single mark to show tie.way But he andvereJ. -There are only tire b)ones of camels." And ini fact. every qnarter of an hour, we came agross so.mo enror mous bone gpawed by beasts, cook ed hv: the sn -all white. in strong relie~f against the oand. Sometimes' it was p3art 9f a leg, some times part of a jaw, sometimes a portion of thre vertebral column. The cara-. vans leave behind them every ani mal that eatinot keep up; and the jackals do not carry all the remains a way. inefrsveraidays we contin uWelUh O tntttan veysgEA bi i ADVERTISING RATES. Adverttsenients insertcd at the rate of 51.00 oper square (one inch) for first insertior, and :.0 cents for each subsequent insertior. Double column advertisements ten per ceo*, on above. Xottees of meetins, obintaries and.ibntts of respect, same rates per square as ordinary ad vertisements. Speclal Notices in Local column 15 cent per Iine. Advertisements not marked with the num ber of insertions -will be kegt in ilt forbid Scimderotrc jt4e' wi* ..a ,dver tisers, r-i liberalAeJl? 4 e rates DONE WITII NEATNESS AND DISPATCH TERMS CASH. ways in the saddle. always behind the sane Arab, n!most without speaking. Now, one afterroon; as we were npproaching Bou-Saada, I saw, afar ofl, liefore as, us great dark mass, iniic ~ lr 'r by te^nurae--thie P fori1 of whieh' - oniihed 'me.. At our approach too vultures flew away. It was a carcass, atill slimy in spite of the heat.-glossy as th,ough . varnished. witk pu.trid blood. The chest alone remained; the limbs had douhtlcss been torn off and carried awa by thne voraci ons devourers of the dead. >Ab! There are travelers ahead of u.s-! said the lieutenant, , Some hours later we entered a ravine, a sort of defile. a frightful fur:,ace, hordered lry 'binge rocks toothed like a saw-slhr.pointed, ragged. rabid, in revolt. atit. were against tho,imnplac4aly 'erotious sky. Anot cl, or se was lying there. Aip a e aZ that had been devouriit tr '.way Then. aV we'p'sed out of the ravine it -gray enp , of something >eiorc as moycf; and slowly, at the eni of a 'disprolortionatel; long deck, I saw the'had of an agoniz ing animel rise up. IIe was lying there-bad been lying fof three or four days. perhaps--on,bis side. dly. ing of fatigue and thirst. Ilis lpng nenbcra, that seemed inert, broken, all mixed up togathcti, were sti',tch ed upon the fiery soil. And; 'hear ing us coming, he had lifted up his head, like a light uouae, His fore. head, already guawed by the sun, was but one wound-a great rutning sore; and his '4signed gaze followed Is. lie didr4t ntter a moan-did not make the least effort to rise. One would have thotight, that;as he had seen so many of ;:is brothers die in their long voyages tfiroigh cesolation. he knew too well' the nereilessness of man. Now it was is turn-titat was all! And we But when I looked back a long, long time afterward, I saw sti'l ris nug utp from the sand the lofty neek of the ab'andoned bteast, wate'ning to the end the la.st living creatures he could ever behold, passing.hbe vondl the horizon. A n hour later it w'asa ddg crouch ini close to a rock, with ja1ws wide * pen and fangs glittering-incapa W)e of moving a paw--with eyes fixed Ilpont two yultuires who sat not. far oi. pluming themselves while wait ingz for his, deah. hII was so ps essed <Kth terror of those terribly paLee:t~ lirds - waiting for his. lesh, hat he iiver tu,rned :.is hearl, and( lid not even feel the 2annesC thet a saphire illun(r at him. Anda suddenily. at the outiet of ttnothei defile. T saw' the oasis be fore mnet It was an' appetition never .to be firgtt*p- One hag ra'.ersed end less pla'.ns. eli inhed moutins- all raggyz. hald. en!ied. withont ever seing a tree.a p1Iiant, a singlp, green eaf; an'i lo !-righit beforaou, r.t our ve V fe'et. isonl tidrina -mar s >f sombre .verdnre--se it were, a ake of foliage extend.ing upon the sand. . Then fm-thqr on, the desert ecomnmences, lengthenin g infinitely o thh inufefinable ho'ri?on' where it nixes with the skvy -Father." said la little tfir1, "why oes every body speak sn much of' poor E-'s goodness? We never erd otf her doing anything re markale. -M * child." said her father, -what.'iA the lamp doing?' -Not.hibg.' - -You are riglit, my ochl .it is not doing, anything. Nevertheless, t is .lig;hting upl glie whole room. - T.et~ your light so shine before men," s:itl One,' '"tiat they may see your good works, and glorify our Fai her who is int heaven.' A eitizen' of: Macon: Ga.. who kept up ! is New. Yenu's cairs until afJ-r 'lark. says that a dog on the front stoop is a very poor' substitute for a dloor mat. He dosn't remem her whetihdr he-sat down on thie sub stitute er 'not, hnt his pantaloons seem to be somewhat Wo)rn- out be hind. - Inseriptionl on a ~tombstone in Clumbhia, Tenn; "Escaped the. bulets of the enemy to be assassin ated by a cawardly pup-a. kind iisband, and atfeetionate father." A gentleman havin, a horse that ran away and b)role his wife's neck aneighbor sought t.o buy the ani malas a means of divdre2. "N o. no," Eaid his..owner; "I intend to marry egalimyse),f b4fore. 190g. A. buaaning quetin--How- much is the gas bill. It . is a col.d gay when the chunk of ice doesn't get left., Sp)ongeceake isc*gts made with borrowed eggs.'2 A big, thing on ice-the North Pole., A. good1 iooking liss i# as good ad ne