The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, March 25, 1892, Image 4
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V ^nratlons Oltea Amite*.
U. What Is Ala ba* tine?
A. Alabaatino in a durable coating for wall
and ceilings.
U. Ia it toe name aa kaleomlnee?
A. It la entirely different from all other prep
arut lone on the market.
Q. Wherein doe* It differ from these kulso
mlnen on the market ?
A. It Is madu from a cement that goes througl
a process of setting on tho wall, und grown
harder with age.
O. What are kalaominea made from?
A. From whitings, chalks, clays or other Inert
powders for a later, and arc entirely deis-iident
itemglue to hold them on the wall.
O Vvliw do V'r.~
A. Hccuusc the glue, being animal matter.
decAys in u short lltne by exposure to ulr and
moleture, and ^he binding qualities of thr
matsrlal are then gone.
Q. Does the Alabaatlne contain any injurious
substauoe?
A. Alabaatine baa boen most carefully tea tod,
and Is reoommended by leading sanitarians
throughout the country, on nccounl of ita
sanltury nature.
Q. What has the same investigation shown
regarding wall paper?
A. Sanitarians condemn In strong terms tho
use of wall impcr for walls of living rooms on
account of tho |mixou used in its inaiiufactura,
Q. Can anything but plain work Is: done with
AlatwMlne?
A. Any kind of work, from plain tinting to
tin- most elaborate decora! hi^( can Is-done.
?<. mm tin i mum 111 mi i m-- uiU K ami 'limuntie
my linum*?
A. My writ iiiK I In1 A lulinul I in* I 'i > 1111 >.i n> ,i irumi
l{ii|ml*. Mli-li., fur lunik of Ifist rurt inle* ami
KtlRKCntiuhs, anil illiiMtritlinn nf nli-ln il-; alsii
showliiu blx art* of tlliteil wall ili-i^n-. Soul
free.
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liev. JanicH I'. a'trmn
of Lmver VI.,formerly of
D illoii. S. II
A Faithful Pastor
\s h?-\?\ m hi}jr\t hv \?in mi l (tin
opinion upon t "tup' n\il ns well ns spiriliiiil
unit I. i s is vihnl m nit! \ III- foil.111 is
I mill \ I ijviiuiti l??li^ I nil -lit i :i I in .Now
Kn^lnii'l, ii?i\v p.-n I iijj u.-ll .iirii'* I ivst. In
tlie l.t- inl iI nI t<iwiM>l' I nli'it, Vl,:
M*. I IIIMMI .V ? .1 . I.MWI || M iss
Wo li iv? iih?*i| | Ion I s.?i .s| mill;i lii mil f oilII\ f?
ii * xi i* \ >? .in i ? i, wJh if mil ImmoiIi. \\ li.o?\
Willi hiII.I im- , i. . 'inlit.-ti'li I Ii i ih i l'?i 11 Ir
vitrlmts ;* 111 i nl . ill in* -I all ?.f whan li.i \ ? i I ll.-'l
lo I In* Krvui Im-im-III I * \ li mi*.- \\ . can
Honestly nnd Cheerfully
inhi.-ml ii as tin- Ih-??| I?I?hhI pui iii.-i a ? l.avi
f\. i ( lis I \\ i- ha *'?- ii I ?>111 t?- I ?ii i . i . wiili ili?
Ih ii. II. i..i . If. i-l ..I .i i* * ii - ... >. i
I'lllb uit<l m|I\? < nutin \ a In,11?|??. Mi *i 11
?'nitn??i ?! ? w it11*>111 iiioni." it. \ i r i??
Better than Co?d
Mi ? ! i?. I'. t hi|*|i, nl Ivislniiilalt*. >l.i n . '*1
mil hv >i hi-h of h^i* mill lor \?*:m ha-? mil ?- *?!
with i iiiiiiIii^ hurt's on mil* nf in> l? k-4 > l v\ M-.-ir?
lltIO I lltlil |\Vo (.Ms || III; ?|| (;| |? ? |. |. 11 \ I. I.ill . s.|\ hlK I
with Ktilln Iim fr??mi trail".i* ii>* and liad l?ni
A Short Time to L:vo
KlK'lil IIM?MII|h IIKH at tin* ?lli IIMII? l.il l< m (if n
tn'lgliha w ho li.iil iimmI It \\ ftlh Ih-ii Hi I h -mm Ink
llltf IIo.mI ^.?r i|iai'Mla Tin* u Indo low ? r |?ai f ?>f my
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iii im'1 tor li?*ult l? Hiati i li ?*? Ih-?hi?m mm* o .
i li it?' l.ilf ii mo olii i i i ~ * i .'|m i <11 iih'i Dial i
iiwt all ?nx hii|?r?*v?'ii|i ii> to
Hood's Sarsaoarilla
llood '. an* | indi i?\ ?tul>lr iin.l urollio
I i si li% ( i !ii\ i .oralor aii?l '.illi.o 11?'.
Advice to "Women
ll you would protect vourself
lrom I'aintul, Profuse, Scanty,
Suppressed or Irregular Menstruation
you must use
! RR AHFIFI ICS
FEMALE 1
REGULATOR ]
Cahtickhtiixb, April 3I1,18MI.
Tlilf will CMtify that two members of my
Itmnexilat* family, aft*r having Hulfared for
your* from nciwtrual I rriuuiarlty,
beinjr trMtwl without benaflt by physicians,
wero at length completely cured by on? bottl#
Of HrudlleWt'A Ift'limlo KruilUlnr. l(?
effect l? truly wonderful. j. \Y. Sthasob.
dock to WOMAN " mailed FUKK. which oontwla*
information ou all femulo
BHADFIELD REGULATOR CO.
ATLANTA. OA
a&LK UK AW* i> it cooler a.
"August
Flower"
I have he*. 11 troubled v i111 d\
sia, hut alter a lair tiial oi Audits!
Flower, ninftced front the vexatious
trouble?J. It. Voting', IlMigaters
Cullg^v;. liarrtiJii'uui* Mv. I bad
lieaihu ue one year steady. One hollle
of August Flower t tied me. It was
positively worth one hundred dollars
to me ? J. \\r Smith, P.M. ??:d (len.
Mcichaut, roA'tiseiul, Cut. I have
used it uiy-elt loi toiis'.ij>atiou and
dyspepsia an I it ouied me, it i-. the
bc.- l sei'.er t e\ei Handled ?C. Utigh,
Druggrd, Mev hanksbuig, i'a.
do you intend to guild a
* w hahntrr*. Nt*\vrl an I >. lit
of Ttirur I an 1 Klul#?h< il wmul ?%??rl< irvn. i? W * ?
vnainifai't ;n .-rs an?l hn\i* Ihr Inrpi I i tilt l:i the
HCmr *. ijfiUi* v\ i:l in v\ i-rv T*?w u a a 5 ' i?np|> lit
ill- | '|. t !| ( fiirnlHlici! try us
I'll it I'.lir i'li, U.iih iih! It.liul 1
Our 4th nn I A vtrcrt t i? \i.oTTk. N. <\
*? ?** ' ' ? A /iwnvr' .irr?ory*? * >*iMia
f ? * * R I P A N "* A Bl/ L E S f; -"l!
!>'!rtfy 111'- Mood. pro mil I f'i
, r.'. ini\l Tli>> Kin?-ii?l fnutlyZ
f I iiii iHi'lnf known for KiIioumi. ?,J
p / A >f!V ('omf Ipnllon, Ityxpruep.. K.ul*
?l^aB5W<AHVV |)it'sUi, lit-via. he, Heartburn, 1"W*
j jWfr^Sw of Appetite, Mental Ikipr.n.slod,#
l'alurul rnueetlon, Pimple*, hallow*
Complexion, Tired Keeling, and*
:rrtry xyoiptom or dueue resulting from Impure*
bloo'l lure by the Mninaeh. liver or inteeticeaf
J i<> j i fori-i ?' ii proper function* I'erxoUH pivi n to!
5 ore.- < ntu.c i ui hp filed t>v tnkli g a T A HI' I. K after J
T* m I.v imll. 1 in m*H. Ibot'l. IV Ail J
Irtrc-.Till. ' i-. v'l-. MK'M.i i .loSpruei ' ! Y J
A if ,i r r ; ?!; t I * 1! I' k p. r relit r i ofl' *
Bt.ii 39 r?i ^ PiPTS
DO NOT r.E OFCFI'.EC
with I'Hlon, K. ..ii'ipli, anil l'aln'.'i which wtwlo j
tin liaiHti, injure l!m lion. and Imrti off !
The KIstiiK ' ' hi hove l'< li.di ti Mflillant, Odor- I
lew, l)nra!>!?. and (no consumer pays Tor uo tin I
or glssa packs#* wl'.li every purchase.
? ?????
j CON SEC HAT ION.
' Though Kate my own name had decree J
Imperishable, high enrolled.
The human heart is one indeed.
My own heart's throbbing life hath to'd;
i And while that heart beat* free and bold,
1 To thee, O sorrowing world. I'll lire,
Leaving the laurel-leaf and gold!
All, all Is thine I have to give!
uiwurmen rion mwi
Of light and varmth my life enfold.
Could I forget tby bitter nee !,
Had world, whose unbiased lips are cold?
Poor world, like unkinged Lear of ol J,
Can IMvn thy shameful state retrieve,
Tby daughter's heart shall nought withhold
!
All, nil is thine I have to give!
?(.Irace K (Twinning,in Youth's Companion
A USUAL MORTGAGE.
HY MAKY II. HI.KinriT
() doubt t h p
. I place is your* by
M/wA I good rights,iiin't
l/TOi I 'a8on
/~f~\ ^I/ II The w i) m a u
if II" ",nt ;,sbcd Ihi?
ll 1R 'ift *0. nucstion, though
f jl ' yl |???t ber girl|[
I rl'hood, WllH Htlll
' <j-vo,,,,K. H,,,l there
/ s /V/X, I 0!/f b ?d been 11 time
/. \ j/jw '' e 11 buon
' u ^ bauds, in the in*
?' . fi?t nation of
JtT/K y ? " t h . h a d
thought tier pretty;
but her ill tilth today hud a shrewish
look, and then: was a vindictive snap in
her small black eyes. Her hair was
twisted so tightly that the wind was
powerless to rullle it, and in her starched
i alien gown and gingham apron there
was a "iim tidiness utirclicvd by collar
or libbon. She had been to the garden,
and she held mi her hand a stalK of rhubard,
from which she was pulling in a
preoccupied way the silky ro< I peel.
"t?h, I've got a sort ot a lien on It,
but that ain't ownin' it," said the man,
without looking up. lie was raking the
front yard.
"You hoi' the mortgage, don't y >u?"
raid the woman, luting otT a bit of the
i liubai b.
"S'posc I do?"
| "Why, tlit* int res'ain't h'en paid for
\ thn e year*. You Know that 'thout toy
tcllin' you."
'Wi ll?" staid the man, iiiditlcrcntty.
"Weill" repeated Ins wife, sharply,
*411???\ Ion;; you t?oin' to lot it run tin ho?"
.lazuli stopped raking, and looked at.
In i uneasily. "You don't lucnn, Mi
ramly, that you want inr to foreclose on
mi. own father ami mother?"
4'Why not? Itusiiless is business, relation
or no relation; an' if you did that,
It lie plaee'd lie ours to do as we please
Willi."
"I ain't so sure ahont thai. It's down
in black an while that, whether the
int'res' i paid or not, father's al'iiys to
have a home here. I'nele Itiehard use'
to Inn' the inortiiuiiu; an'when he died,
i . " *
some live or mx years ayjo, father got me
to take it, so's it wouldn't y?o out o' the
i laiuily ; Imt 'lain'l ever he'n chunked."
"Then 'twas made tmt 'for he married
auiusaid Miranda.
, 44 Well, w hat ??' that?"
"Nuthin'; only in that case she ain't
counted in. An'.she ain't your mother,
any way."
"She's the on I v mother I ever knew
anvtliiiio about, Miraudy. Slie's he'n a
luotiier to uie ever since I was three year
o.' a ri ;!11 down };ood one, too; an' as
lot In i not bein' eounled in, she's jus' us
eni b i i.it'nt here as if she was; 'cause
I i,lii i lathee col hurt in the brickkiln,
there was a :;oiul many years that he
u.cui'i utile to <|o much, an' all that time
! she krp' the int'res' paid up out ol lie!
own poekil. I'nele Itiehard tol' me so."
i Mil.lipl;i, wlin had stood nervously
niliMiir; tin- rhuharh stalk, made haste
lo elianee her taolies. "Oh, ol eotirse,
Jason, I'll al'ays expect you lo It ?iioiI
to lire. lint you know yourself 'taiu't
viiy pleasant. havin' two hemIs to it
I house, an' so Ioiij* as Mother Sands
thinks sin- owns it all, I dasn't stty it
i wor l i veil if everything yoos to rnek an*
: ruin. Hesiiies, she's yittin' too ol' to
have the enre."'
Jason listened with a sort of helpless
patience*. tie was mi easy tempered
man, ready to yield almost any point for
the sake of peaee, and his wife was well
aware of his weakness. It was to please
her that he had sold his farm; and
i though at tl.e time lie fully intended to
I>ii\ another, before In: eouhl deeide 011
' one >he had persuaded him to take a
I plaeethnt had heen otTercd him hy a city
trietid isdiummei in a wholesale oroeery
; store. It was a business that seemed to
her much more "oeutecl" than farming.
1
.Meaiivvliil'' lie had .nvepto I liis hi ?th *r's
invitation to I 1 ino* h's fund, ho.in for
: a visit. ".Ins' till | cm yet time lo look
lip a house," lie said.
It'll Mir.111 la had always eoveto 1 t!te
piitty eottaoe, ami hetore they had
lie n in it a week sic* hud de*
I'-imiiie I lo *;et possession of it.
j J.run iiad never told hi r of the
i inml Knowing that this plueu
woii'il eventually belong to him, he had
| not heen troubled l?y the fnet t!iat too
interest was not alwavs piomptly
I Mm in- ?;im inen.il tolks
double i, :111 1 it vcxi' I him licit Miruulu
i .i'i chance I to timi the papers lint iicr
, t'lM^oniii^j in rt'ojirtl to tlu* houspkccninn
-i ? iiic i vi ri |iia isablc. ills inotht'i' \\:ii
i |m t m vi nt v, il ivus ittin* she hil a rest.
ntnl she eoiil l have il well a? imt il
she woiihl <<11!\ eoiwnt to let ' tliian iy '
, take i naree ot t om.'s for a win e.
"i ii i?li \<>11 <i speak to h r "ootit it,"
i nil Mil' iti-! i. "Sa-'tlli' i ?.iil it'll
more likely to |o it il you peep ??oil it
'an il I tli<i."
.1'iMUi ?Ii<I not eovet the task, lull lie
knew the penally of tefnstil^.
"She's in the kitchen." Milan la re
' market), with another nibble at the
I rhuham stalk.
"No hiirii about it," i/ruinb'.c.l Jason,
lint present Iy. with ;m air of for.'.; I sur
nuuri, iic lain (iowii ins rake ninl went
i
nit i llie house. lie found his mothei
ilinkiIIbread.
*"Viiii -ee, mother, voire oettin'
! kin 1' . aio-i.; in yours," lie nrtfiiod, an*
J vou'd i?';_?}?i to let xoillt'lio | y else ilo tho
; lief? ol iIw Why don't you let
Muandv, lone as s'ne's here? She'* h
lir> ra'e lioiisokeep r, an' she'd rutlier
j do it 'an not."
!.;?!* old iniv lilted her hear)
j with a trouble.I iook. "Why. F shouldn't
know wli.it to ilo with invsell, .Iiwoii, if I
hadn't something to keep ine busy. I've
hI'u\s be'n use' to it, \<?ii know. It it,"
site |?jf??, ilniAiiio hi he,1 lip, ami
?iowly pattiu:* I?i loai six* was knead*
in#, "if Mirandy wants to take a t urn
it for a while, the can. I won't hind
her.'*
The daughter-in-law accepted (t
conceMiou with aecret triumph, and at
to toon managed to get entire control
the kitcheu that the deposed bouaewil
misting the homely cares that for
ninny years hn<l occupied her hands a
thoughts, wnui'i bcc? a .
strait had it not been for the children.
"1 loves gramina," said little Del
one day, an nhe mounted bergrandmot
. er's kuee.
"Me do, too," chimed the bah
clambering up Inside bcr sister,
"Makes me think, Heiba," wid h
husband, a sudden mint dimming h
glns-os, "of tiie times you use' to i
lioldin' Jany an* Ituth."
Ilesba's eyes alaogrew misty, for the
were two little graves in the far corn
of the garden; but the prattling childri
on her lap left her no time for reiuini
ccnce.
"Do put 'em down, an' let 'em 'ran
Vmwlva*. You coddle 'cm too much
fretted Miranda.
"Oh, I like to have 'em 'round me
said Desha.
lint .Miranda frowned. " They're gi
tin' 'mos' as bad as Jason." she coi
plained to herself. "They think there
nobody like that ol' woman."
Jason's new business often took hi
i irom lieaic lor weeks at a time, ami
whs while lie was oil on one of the
expeditious that Miranda improved tl
opportunity to carry out u lou# elm
ished project.
"Seems to me, gran'int," she bega
warily, having joined Iter mothor-in-la
in the sitting room, armed with hi
knitting work, "you're lookln' kind*
peaked. If I's you, I'd take a |itt
trip .somewhere.*. .Jason says you've g<
a brother liviu* o\cr in Connecticut,
should think it M be nice for you to t
an visit him. Why don't you, now?"
"Well, 1 don' know. I never w.
inuel; of a lian' to go visitiu'," sai
Jiesbu, as unsuspieioiH as a baby. "An
though I don't doubt orother Willini
M be glad to see us; he's got such
family of his own, I should leel as i
we's i uposin on liirn."
".Might us well impose on Jtitu as c
folks that's 110 relation to you." Au
Miranda's nee lies clicked viciously.
ttesba looketi at her in wondc
"What do you mean, Miratidy. I didn
know's I was imposin' on anybody."
"I don'know what else ycu can cr
it,"said Miranda, with merciless delibcr
lion. "You know well enough that tl
int'res'on the mortgage 'ain't be'n pai
for years, an' Jiisoti could turn you 01
to nioriei if lie wanted to."
"'ruin u? out ! ' repealed llesha. "C
no, Mi randy, be couldn't do that, 'cau
father's to have a home hero as long
he lives; he's got that down in writin'
"Yes; but you an' father's two di
forent persons. Your name ain't p
down on the paper, an' I s on'y sayi
what We could till if we wmite 1 lit It
I'm cxpcctin' cotnp'ny from llio city no
week, 'twould oblcego iii?; cousid'riihlc
you'll jus' go over to your brother's ?
hIay ii .spoil. Viunu while you'u hw
father could sl'-rp on the cot in the h
bedroom "
mJi> nn' leave father I Is that wli
yon inonn, Mirandv?"'
"It was pitilul to see how white a
tremulous she grew.
"Why, you wouldn't want to take h
with you when your brother's got su
a family already? Whot'd bo the use
said Miranda. .She was very willing
have the old man stay; she depend ?!
him to bring all the wood ami water.
Ileslm I lined to the window to oather
I n eat h. Out side, gray clouds w<
lowering, ami spiteful gusts were sendi
little coveys of liro.vu leaves scurryi
through the air. Hut Ilesha saw oj
the tall gaunt ligure in the potato pa'.c
and tluowuig a shawl over her head s
inline I ou". The old man dropped
iioe and vn lit to i.irot her.
"If you go, Ilesha, | go too, you c
depend on that," lie said hotly, wiieu s
line told her trouble.
I tut alter talking it over, they dee'nl
that unless Miranda herself brought,
the subject they would not mention
again. IVriiaps before the week v
out .las.in would he ho.me. And I
i aud-hy Miranda, who had taken llesb
plana at the window, saw them comi
up from the potato patch baud iu liuu
the oln man walking very erect, his li
ii1 toss his shoulder, and the little c
wife clinging to him like a child.
"I s'posc I hey think they've got it
settle I," muttered the woman; "hi
.. ..Ml ?.... "
Two days later a letter came to lies
from her brother.
"She's !?? ? a writ in' to him," blurt
the nhl man. clinching iiis list.
Ilesh.i took 11 > ootiee of the remar
"lie sh" began, foliowiuy i
' lines slowly with lier dun eyes, "tli
I he'd like very iiuieh to have a visit fr<
me, a i' he hopes I'll come right awn
'fore i d<l weather sets in. lhit h
'Iraid I'll have to |.ut up with sleep
with one o' the children, they're so sin
o room."
" I'hen <?' course that puts an end
father's yoin\" said .Mirauda, coming
noiselessly from the kitchen, tho do
htiv.ng In en tett a j ir.
"An' to Iter goin', too, I guess," n
| s we ret I the old man.
j "t)h, you shouldn't say that, father
said Miranda. "It 'II he a red nice li
tie trip for Iter, a id do her I its o' good
The old man scowled, an I thump.
I the than with his cine. "Site ain't g
{ 111' to s'ir a step, not with my consaul
. he cried, angrily.
" Sh s'.i, father," whisper his wil
' "Don't let's hive any words about it
Miran la put her apron to her cy<
| "I'm ?uv<- | don't want to have
words," she wiiimpercd.
II sou si.?,> 1 up with her hand on li
i....1.... I*. > .....
ii'im'.im i s suo i.tier. "Wo won ( s
! anything more, Mirandy. I'll go
William'* as sn.ni i. I can got my thin
ready, an' stay till your coalman
gone."
Miranda walko I out of tho room wit
out answering. S'ie had gained t
, ilay, and there was nothing more to
I said, hut she still held her apron to I
eyes.
The old people had seldom hecn sej
' rated even for a day, and during t
time tint intervene I thev would s
| hand in linn I. hy the hour, trying f<
lor ily to lind mi .ic way of escape fn.
i Miranda's plan.
"It's no iw?, father," sighed iie*t
" Site's made up her mind to have t
go, an' to go 'fore dason c >;nes hom
an' she won't res' till she gets me out
the house.''
"Weil, she'll repent if," said the o
man, shaking his head.
"Don't, lather," entreated his wil
I
jlijgg^l j^iajgy ?. <r .
tiMl the children began to ooa
t? uktii
of DelfgL clinging to Heebe's skirts, u
'e, thejfttt baf? set up a wail, and rsfasec
ad l2^ atnpbmdthslittlecraatwas fori
J ?^wSit *" WM MWi '*< oo>'t vu
anjr %b toAn? to you, Mirandy," eb
lie said, turpi** .lo bar daughter-in-law
h- "butl ran'tlidtp fesrin' that aaparatin
father an*.roe as yoa'ra dots', the Lore
jt may see it to aptnto you from eome o
them jou loye/'V^
ier That was her farewellword.
lis Wheo Jaaoaoame home the following
,it week, ft was so easy matter for Mirandi
to make hiin believe that hi* mother had
ro gone of her own free will to visit he
er brother, the old man, obedient to hL
l,ii wife's entreat v. ke?nln?F !!??? ak-*??.
j" ??r.mrw?
"" much credit to herself tor haVTAg managed
it so well. Her visiters came and
isp went, but she said not a word about
IIetba's coming home. Not even the old
man's pleading eyes could move her.
One morning in November, while Mb
randa was busy in the ldtohen,little Nan
t- Wi.;idered into the yard,and :rmi I hern
self for half an.hour chatiPU t'l1; ctiioks
ens. The ground was covered witt
siusb, aud that night the child was
seized with diphtheria.
For thrco dars the lay tossing and
moaning,auc. almost the only words that
10 passed her lips wera, "Gamine! I ont
gumma." ** "
"Baby can't have gran'ma. Gran'raa's
11? gone," said Miranda. "Monamer's hert
w to take care o* Nan."
er Hut ahe was not skilful at nursing.
ur Nnn grew rapidly worse, still tuoauinp
for "gamma;" and death came with th(
^ suddenness characteristic of the disease.
' Jason reached home the day befon
!? the funeral. He was almost heart
broken. 41 You'd ought to sent fo
H mother," he said at once.
'I "I don't know what for," Mirande
' protested, in an injured voice. "Tin
n doctor au' mo did everything that couk
a ho done, an' there wouldn't bo an]
1 earthly use seiidin' for her now."
A day or two later little Delia came
"J nnd leaned against her knee as sho sat
sewing. "I want my graiutua," said the
child, with a long-drawn sigh. I wan'
r* her to tell me stories."
"Delic seems to think she hoi's a mort
gage on mother," said the old man
"an' I guess it's logaler 'an the one som<
a" other lo'iks hoi'."
', Miranda winced, but she was too wis'
to make him any answer. "Go to gran'
1 pa," she said to Delia. "He'll tell yoi
.. 'bout Jack the Giant killer."
"I doesn't want to hear 'bout Jack '<
su Giant-killer," said tho child, perversely
p? "Gramma she tolled inc stories 'bou
. little chillen lovo one anuver."
* Her grandfather took her on his knee
"That was said for grown-up folks a
ut well as for little children," he remarked
xt looking furtively at Miranda, "au' i
incaus that everybody ought to bo lovii
i an' kiml to each other."
" Gramma was lovin' an' kind," sai<
aU Delia.
The old man laid his cheek agaiui
i;lt hers, hut ho drew back with a startle
face.
n(j "Why, Mirandy, this child's sick I
he exclaimed. "She's got a ragii
{ro fover."
Mirafiua tnret*" ber sewing, an
/ jv snatched the child uway from hiu
t0 Cclia was her idol.
on 44I wont gramma," repeated tho littl
one, drowsily.
Just then Jason came in.
"Go tcleirranh for mother." cric
urt *? ? '
Miranda. 4-Toll her not to wait f<;
11 ir anything."
,1 y When the doctor came the ucxt aftci
I, noon, he found his little patient nestle
,1^ in llesba's lap, while close beside them
jjjj his chin on his cane, and hi9 face bean
ing like a lover's, sat the old man.
!U, 4'Ah, she is better," said the doctoi
j1(, "She is getting on finely."
"We're all better," piped the old mar
l0lj blinking behind his glasses,
up "We've got our gramma back," sal
, j, the child, contentedly.?Jiarjiftr'a B:v.ai
Saved From 8nlei<lc by His !>o~.
h'* An intelligent pet dog owned l>
n<> Louis Schmidt, ot Cnmdom, N. J., ha
J, prevented mm iTom committing suicide
00 Schmidt is just recovering from a scriou
,1,1 attack of typhoid fever, which left hie
very nervous and subject to fits of mcl
Hll ancho'iia. lie was seized with one o
those spells Monday night, and whil
' his wife was asleep stole to the kitchen
l}i Here he procured a rope, and, makin<
a noose, tied one end to an iron hook ii
the wall. Then procuring a chair h
L'' adjusted the rope, and kicking awaj th
^ chair swung himself off, as he thought
. " I into into eternitr. Rut. unknown t
Schmidt, his faithful dog had lollowet
II him, ami instinctively knowing some
"" thing was wrong the intelligent allium
' / went hark into the bedroom whin in
L' * pitifully. Finally he awoke Mra. Schniid
by tugging at the bed clothing and rub
,r bing his cold nose in her face, and sh
followed the dog down stairs as soon a
? she missed her husband. There sh
III found him hanging from tlxe hook. Sh
>r managed to cut him down in time t
save his life.?Philadelphia Tiinos.
iu
? interesting History or a Piece of Wood
Suspended on the west wall of th
? Library of the University of Pennsyl
? i vania, Philadelphia, is u sruuii piece o
decayed wood, which has an iuterestinj
,, history. It wits obtained front that par
of Westminster Hall which was built ii
the reigu of William Kufus. This wa
the hall iu which so many stirring event
were enacted. Here it was that th
eloquence of Ihirko rang out in the Ira
111 pcachmeut of Warreu Hastings. 1
October, 1S90, the beams were expose
l0t during some repairs. Mr. Dulton, c
^ London, was o.i tiie scatfold when th
' piece of chestnut beam was sawed oil
'* He caught it ami presented it to Mi
* Frederick Treves, F. H. C. ri., wnogav
it to Dr. J. William White, by whom i
1 lias just been presented to the Pennsyl
" vania University Library.?New Orleau
Times-Democrat.
icr
n- Hrasslioppcr Traps.
lid
It is singular that those who, in th
il*i West, su Ter so much from grasshopper
>r. ?io not /jive more attention to a mctho
)H) of raptuio which lias been in use fc
many ages in the grasshopper stricke
?a. icgions 01 the Old World. As is we
n0 known, the grasshoppers can easily b
i0i driven like sheep in front of anyon
o' dr viug them, and by extending Ion
lines oL^rather closely woven fishing n<
id *he grasshoppers may be driven int
to those iiAts and easily captured.?SI
(e. Louis lieptiblic.
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THE POLITICAL CALDRON
r
1 What Is Occuring In Theee Unitec
I State*.
*
1 Getting Baady For the Greet Bat
ties of the Autumn
usmpsign.
A People's Pertjr wm formed et Mon
roe, N. C\, laat week.
I Omaba, N sb.,?The State
i* convention of the People's indepe ideut
perty will be held st Kearney, April 3.
Governor Buchanan, of Tennessee hai
j announced himself as a candidate for re
I nomination.
1 Rhode Inland Republican convention
r wan held Tuesdnv aih! !he sentiment
I was iu fuvor of Harrison. This gives
: him five States thus far.
Rai.eiuh, N. C.?Capt. K. It. Pee
bles has announced his caudidacy for th<
i Democratic nomination for Atto:ney
General, Other candidates for the nomination
are Frank Osborne of Charlo'te,
Colouel Paul B Means of Cabarrus, Ed
k Chambers Smith of Raleigh, and C. L.
Pettigrew of Plymouth.
: Grand Rapids, Micii.?Gov. Wiuans
i in an interview expresses himself as de
i -iring to see Cleveland the party candidate
for President. But ho adds that it
is his belief that neither Cleveland nor
Kill will secure tho nomination.
If the candidate is t ? come from
Jhe WesLlie think# I1oh? intt? ...ul
tT irom the East, then Gorman hn? th?
j West chance.
Xakhwlli;, Tenn ?At at meeting ol
the Democratic State Executive Commitr
tee, it was decided to hold separate con
| ventioiw for the selection of delegates to
the Chicago Convention and for the noin
9 inatiou of canidates for governor. Both
c inventions will meet in Nashville, the
iii>t on Thursday, May iltttli, and the
ubernutorial convention on Tuesday,
k \iigust 20th.
B Poutland, Mr.?There is a movement
I on foot lookiug for the formation ol
- ^oi ieties ull over the State pledged to
igitato for a resubmission of tho pro(
Siihitory law to the voters for reco sideraiinn.
A document in circulation states
that the prohibitory law is detrimental
' *o the business, social and moral interest
of the State of Maiuc, and calls for itrepeal,
while expressing a strong interests
fur the cause of temperance, which is re
? tirded, not helped, by the operations of
3 the present system.
Lakewood, N. J.?Ex-President Cleve
9 land was seen at his home here to-night
by a representative of the United Pres.'
1 and asked if there was any truth in th<
story published iu the New York Tele
0 graph that he had written i
letter declining to he renominated foi
t the presidency, which lie was about t<
i . t.i!_ ?i
lllllKU IHIIHIC wntii Ultimo, w n?m -'in
Cleveland informed of her husband's in
s tention, dissuaded him from his purpose
Mr. Cleveland denied the story in tul?
it and said it was uiado out of the whoh
,? cloth.
Col. L. L. Polk, president of th
d Farmers' Alliance, was asked in Hal
eigh, N. C., a few days ago if he was ii
st the Third Party movement He said ii
reply that as far as he was concerned h
1,1 was foot-loose from all parties. He add
it ed, however, that the Northwest is 01
" fire for the Third Party movement. H
P had several conferences and < aucusc
with Alliancemen during his visit ' > Hal
d ?igb.
The First American Railroad.
The construction of the Haltimorc A
fiio Railroad, r.ith a branch leading t<:
iVashington was begun in the early pari
of Ccn. .Jackson's administration ; audit
.vas ridiculed l?y some, while others were
tosil ive that it would never he of ant
i lractical use. At first the cars wen
Irawn by horses, and for at.meacit
' vas propelled by sails, which, with i
air wind, made fifteen miles an hour,
>ut finally a locomotive was constitu te,
ind driven by Petet Cooper. It was i
combination of be'.'.s and cogs, witli a
' dower kept in motion by a cord attachci
to 011c of the wheels. English loco
1 motive guilders had asserted that no en
r" gine could be built to turn a curve of
less than OifO fcof, but some of the curve?
oa the Baltimore A Ohio I tail road were
only 200 feet, yet Mr. Cooper's engine
ran around them.?Detroit Free Press.
0 Long Survival of a Habit.
j An inexplicable habit in a church at
Valsbol, Russia, lias at last been explained.
When the men went to the altai
* to receive the sjcrament and then rcturned
to the body of t lie church each
uiadc a genuflection in the direction of
e the women, always o.i the same spot.
0 No one for along while hi i known why
' this was done. Latelv one of the wadt
^ was being cleane 1, and a picture of the
Virgin was discovered which had been
j covered up for four bundled years !>j
the whitewash. The genuflections orig^
inally made to this picture had been continued
by the force of habit for en*
turies after it bad disappeared.?Boslor
? Transcript.
o
e Hi; California Ham*.
? Some of the biggest d uns in the
world aie in California. The Merced
3am is sixty feet high, with a oan.i- iiv of
' 6,500,000,000 gallons, spread over
a acros. The sweet water hum near Sun
. Diego, is ninety feet high, and ha-; a
f capacity of 6,000,000,000 gallons. onvj
ering 725 acres, and the Dear Valley
t dam is sixty feet high, with a ea*iacity
a of 10,000,000,000 gallons, covering
a 2250 acres,?New York Commercial Ada
vertiser.
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n Brii or All
^ To cleanse the ?y.-tem in a gontlo nnd truly
'' bencthlnl manner, when tho Springtime
* comes, use the truo and perfect remedy,
Syrup of Figs. One oottko will answer for nil
6 the fntnily and costs only 50 cents; tho large
t sire ft. 'fry It and be pleased. Manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co. only.
.. ~
Thk GorraanJRaicbstag'appropriated 1250,000
for the Chicago World's Fair.
The Only One Ever Printed.
can vor f|.\|> thk vttlltllv
These Is a 3 inch di-play adver i<emont in
0 this paper, this vs.-.-V, which };;;- no two word
alise except one word. T;.o sa ne i-< true o'
9 each new one appearing etu-h week. from I'lu
fj l>r. Ilarter Meiln irie <'o. Tliislmn-c p: > - .i
"< 'reset-ut" on every I hint; I lies nut ke and cult
?r lisli. I.ook lor it. send thein then nm oi t lit
_ word nnd they \\ih return sou a >os. io \' it
jj rrx. sens ->r s sstpi.ts t km .
16 Inki.uknza Is interfering with the succesi
of the season at French an 1 Italian wider
reports
8 Trstkd nv Time. For bronchial a (Tee lions,
:t Coughs, otc., Btcoss n'h HiruNciiiTttociiKs
liavo t-rotvtl tneir i llieaey tiy a test e< many
vears. l'rice "5 ets.
' NiTVRAt gas hae l?e*n fonn-i noor Sail
Lake City, Utah.
Haw's This ff
We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for
any esse of catarrh that cannot be cored by
, taking Mali's Catarrh Cory.
1 T. J. Cuemey a Co., Props., ToledmO.
We, the undersigned. have known P. J.
Cheney for the last 16 year*, and believe him
Krfectly honorable In all business transacts,
end financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their Arm.
\v cm- 6c Tmi ax. Wholesale Druggists. Toledo.
Wai.diko, Kik.iui A Mabtu, Wholesale
. Druggist*. Toledo. O.
Hall's < H.arrh Cure Is taken internally, actIiik
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price 75c. per l>ottle. Bold by all druggists.
Tan grip fe apruadteg throughout the
Bast.
Bebchau'b ?'ILLS take the place of an entire
I medicine chest, and should be kept for use
in every family. 2ft oents a bo*.
Fibrcx Area, heating the earth white,hare
been found near the surface near Warrensburg.
Mo.
Ukown's Iron Hitters cures Dyspepsia, Mat
Inria, Biliousness and Ueneial Debt ity. Gives
Strength, aids I tine-lion, tones the nerves?
creates apir-titc. The bust tonic for Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
Sweden and Norway are preparing to enter
the German anti-protectionist league.
Mr. J. H. Kstill, President Morning N'ews Co..
Savannah, <ia.. *ays: ' A meinlx-r of my family
who ha., ia-en a martyr to neuralgic headachca
? >''rtrs- '??' found in Brodycrotinc an
Iiifalluhlc remedy fur hcadm lies."
oilak Caspar, Wyoming, a valuable vela
i of ooal has been fouud just beneath tiie grass
rortta
The woral cw?> of female weakness rradilt
yield to Dr. Swan's Pantiles. Samples fre>>
Dr. Swan, Beaver Dam, Wla.
The manufacture of beet sugar is attaining
large proportions in Nebraska.
Mala.ua curedand eradicated fr nn tlie
i riches I he blood, tonus the iieriee, ii ii^KfVige'siion.
Acts like a charm on persons in general
ill health, giving new energy and strength.
Ik you would bo correct in pronouncing
Manitoba accent the last syllable.
FITS stopped free by Dtt. Ki.ine's
i Nkicvk Rkstokkh. No llts after first day's use.
Marv elous cures. Treatise and $2 triul bottle
free. Dr. Klino. !*t|l Arch St., I'bila.. Pa.
1 If atllictcd with ?>ro eyes use I)r.Isaac Thoinpbon's
I-.yc-water.Druggists sell at 25c.per bottle
Boils! Pimp]
AND ERUPTIONS ON THE BODY, are
that nature is making efforts to throw it out.
changes the character of the blood, so that til
tlv* pores of the skin, and the poison is also f
i C. \V. Hopkins, Postmaster at East Lar
had been confined lo bed fourteen months wi
< by Swift's Specific. The boy is fourteen yea
' statement to be true.
R. R R has a wonderful effect on Ch
debilitated child. Send for our Book on the
SWIJ
There is ease for those far
gone in consumption?not
recovery?ease.
There is cure for those not
far gone.
There is prevention?better
than cure ?for those who
are threatened.
Let us send you a book on
careful living and Scott's
Emulsion of cod-liver oil,
even if you are only a little
thin.
Free.
Scoit & Bc./ijh, Chemists, ijoSowh 5th Avenue.
New York.
Ycur 1 u's Emuls'? 11 of t od-liv cr
' oil?all dr.iggisu everywht:e do. fi.
? jo
t .
YOU WILL SAVE MONEY.tkijMJP i.il
Time, I'niii, Trouble O'"qUI
[ ^ a VA nn..
CATARRH RjwftvutfifiJ
1 Ely's Cream BalmB /^.'i
| Apply Halm into each nostril,
1 I ! ' A irr.'ii > _ ' >?x t.Qc'
YOU NEED NOT FEAR
' eln>t people will know your liuir ii ilyed If
you mm* Unit perfect imitation of nature,
; Tutt's Hair Dye
It imp irts a ul?*?y color nml fre.sli life totlio
liair. 1'riee, VI. Oilier, ill) 1'ark l'luce, N. V.
HNU 12
hold by nil dralcn
w. L. mm
For gontleroen Is a fine
v iiiti l>?tsi itsaiiiei produced
i tacKa or wax threads to h
yV v\ smooth ln3ido ??s a bind bov
r\ fitting and d-irohlo as cos
\ $4.00 to $5 0 , rii' fciin ?\
I] Best in the vVa
For GENTLEMEN.
$C AA Genuine
Hand-Scwcd. J$>1
A A Hand-Sewed
4?UU Welt Shoo. It&S '
$0 PA Polico and
Oa*)vl Farmer.
$a g* r\ Extra Value if .
! *2.50 Calf Shoe. |||
$4) Working* 'f
man's Shoe. x"
*2.00 0oo1w,8*L.
BEC^-take no si
IT IS A DUTY you owe to you
i times, to yet the most value tor your tu
" wear if \ ou purchase \V. I.. Douglas* S
a greater v Mmc for the moiirv t'u.oi any
CAUTION, or. Vho*botN
1 ronsamor against high prices an
who acknowledge tho superiority
ing to substitute other makes for t
i ulont, and subject to prosocution
falso pretoncos. W. L. DOUGLAS,
11 iii>i 11>i viile id \iini i'Iiii'c *iml tlir
> ' iiiiicii, |>o-fnt? lire, AUKNi'S \\ ivi'fr
where I ht?\e uo u?c>bi nod adverilwe lb en
8a*;' 'v f**L i ?<
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A utedy tcomqm
? the one who's overworked, nervous,
and debilitated. What the
needs is Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-'
ecription. It's made exactly to fit
her case ? an invigorating, restorative
tonic, and a soothing and*
strengthening nervine, giving tone
and vigor to the whole system. But1
it isn't a mere stimulant. It's a?
legitimate medicine, that an experienced
physician has carefully prepared,
for woman's ailments. AH
the functional derangements, chronio
weaknesses, and painful disorders
peculiar to tho sex, are corrected
ami cured by it.
And because it's a certain remedy,
it can he made a guaranteed one.
If it fails to give satisfaction, inany
cuf1 vnUj^h'ive vour moncv hank
The best pill costs less than any
other. Costs less, but does more.
They're smaller, too, and easier to
take. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets'
are the best pills. They regulate'
{jerfcclly the liver, stomach, and
>owcls. ,
Les! Blotch.es,
indications of Poison in the Blood, and show
S. 3. S. will assist in this good work. It
e poison bearing geims speedily leave through
breed out. I
noinc, Mc., writes that Mrs. Kelly's son, who
til an Abscess, lias been cured sound and well
rs old, lives next door to me, and I know the
ildren, and should be given to every weak and
Blood and Skin.
T SPECIFIC COMPANY, Atlanta, Ga.
m ap||TC m?kelOOpar Ct. CASHranM . AGENTS.i>my
00rMlj.belU.br uehMudmedbHaM^fe
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CABINET PHOTOGRAPHS
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1 If ail n 1 nrn The best and cheapest place
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lintL I ill L.II |i|v-i hcnt fur 10c. postage.
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Piso'a Remedy for Catarrh la tha
f J" Hf.it, Kaslest to T sc. and Cheapest, [fl
bold by drugglsls or sent by mall, Hj
60c- K. T. llazeltlne, Warren, I'a.
WOODBURY'S FACIAL SOAP.
l or the Hkla, 8?tn and CuBplexka. Rek-ult
of iOyonra experience IForsale
/ at Druggists or by oiall, W?. Sample
f f^^^HCoknana !2Ap. tiook o.i Dermatology
Beauty, (lllus.l; on Skin, Scalp,'
Ey ScsJb. RHR5 Nervous and lllood diaeose and their
\/ " - fKJ treatment, sent sealed for
| tMJ UISKlOfltKHKSTS like BIRTII RAHKS,
C7 .!?, WarU, India Ink and
Barki, 8f?r?, l'lllln.., iirdan* af .low, 8b.
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m IRON
Atonic
! 'Will purify BLOOD, rrgtilata
THfflg UIDNKVS, rcmovo LIVKR
ToWMH disorder, liulM strength, renew
appetite, restore health and
vlgorofyouth. Dyspepsia.
YffiBA. Indigestion, that tired feeltEBa
IngaiRrtliitely eradicated.
Min i brightened, brain
jiower Increased.
| fl HIPA hones, nerrea, mos0
IIIIpV cles, receive new force.
LRUILll collar i? their sox, using It, (fn?
??a ofc. speedy cure. Returns
rose bloom on checks,beautifies Complexion*
Hold everywhere. All genuine goods bear
*' Crescent.' * bead uu '& cent stamp for 32>pam
pamphlet. 0 9
OR. HARTER MEDICINE CO., St, loula. Nf,
. Accept no Hilballt"'
IS S3.00 SHOE
Calt Shoo, made aoomless. of y
la this countiy Tliero ore no
urt the feet, and Is mode as / S
i'ed shoe. It Is as stylish, easy /, ) f
'ommode shoes costing from / I J
"odgoij to be the I J Txf?
rid for the price. A
For LADIES.
ri fin Hnnd*
mbvv Sewed.
*2.50 Be"n.?g.i..
j *2.00 c,"D"dg.i..
*1.75 MISSEB.
For BOYS' & YOUTH'S.
*2 $c *1.75
SCHOOL SHOES.
UBSTITUTES. "JE3?
trself nurl your family, Muring those hard
oncy. You can coonotni/.c in your footihocs,
which, without <|ittstion, rri.n^::*
other inahcs.
LAS' name an.-* tho price Is stamped
am of each shoo, which protects tho
cl inferior shoes, fteware of dealers
of W. L. Douglas' Shoes by attempt:hem.
Such substitutions aro fraudby
law, for obtaining monoy under
Brockton, Mass.
f? ' '.?i *' -" ??i?u li'ml. nt/.e mill nulili
t* III glw i'\i Irialvc in l?-io wliuc ilrnleta
ii Ire# to paver.
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