The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 08, 1892, Image 4
tfWATU or uaio, crrr or ivuno,? M
_ Lucas Count*. f
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that be ia the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney A
Co., doing buelneee lu the City of Toledo,
County and Htate aforesaid, and (bat said firm
will pay the sum of |100 for each and every
case of catarrh that cannot he cured by the
use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Fhank J. Cnissr.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in mr
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D., 188s.
A. W. Utxuoii.
'rv-' Notary PulAic.
Hall's Catarrh Curs Is taken Internally and
acta directly on the blood aud mucous surfaces
of the by stem. Send for testimonials, free.
F. ?1. Chenst a Co., Toledo, O. ~
rwsdWffyold by Druggists, 7ftc.
' Fortt-?i?ht stags oosohss carrying the
United States maU were hald up la this
country last year.
"Brown's Bronchial Taocun" are widely 1
known as an adm'rable reinedv tor Bronchitis,
Hoarseness, Coughs and Throat troubles.
Sold only in bote. i
Fort y-onk sleetrlo light plants have l>esn \
established In the Mouth during the past
three month*. ^
Hlx llallftfa in < hli-ngn.
The Cincinnati, iluniiltim mid Itnytoti H. It, ,
announce * reduction wf tic* fare Ix-t ween Cincinnati
nuil ('hlcngo to six liillurx. 'I'lils rule is
now In effect, and iii purchasing ticket* to the
World's Fair City sec that tliey read via tin- (
H. & I)., the Pullman Safety V eat 1 bit led ' inc.
with Dining (ta. _
[ The Massachusetts State Board of Agrleulture
report* the abandoned farms of that
State to botfOt).
Brown's Iron Hitters euros Dyspepsia, Malaria,
Hillousnes* and tlennial Itebl Ity. Olvee
Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves?
create*appetite. The bent tonic tor Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children. i
tr von would be correct In pronouncing
, Manitoba accent tho last syllable.
' FITS stopped free by I)a Kt.ias's Owat
Nkiivk Hbmtohbii. No (Its after first day's use.
Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2 trial bottle
free. Dr. Kilne. Wi Aroii bU. PhBa.. Pa.
If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thorn i>.
eon's Kye-wutor.Druggists sell at 25c.pel bottle
''*? ' ^ I
of I'rov (Innw, U. 1. I
Widely known us proprietor of DerrvV, Waterproof
Hiiruesi (til, tolls of Iiik terriMe
MifTerinuN from Koz'snu uivl his nnv l?y
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
"Qclitlcnii'ii. l-'lfli-f i ) tot, iik" tint tin atlm-k
of Infliiiniiititiii v rlii'ion illsin. |<>l|ii\v,<l ! >
Salt Rheum
l>ri*ftkliiK mit ??i? my rift la f In t. Tim humor *|iri?n?l all
owr my Ii^h, Imrk <in*I arm*, n final nni** ol
norm, Mttollrfi iiii?I llclilu : r lily, rati Iiik Inlriisr
ftuln If llir nUIII was I*r? k? n In x i -ilt 'iln* and illi
rhatKliiK rotlMlllllly. II !s liii|Nmslhlr to ili'Mrillir mv
f-l ynu'h of iini?iiy ii ml tnriiirr. I h|h*i?I
Thousands of Dollars
In flit ill* cmirlM to K?*t wit. ami wn "i** "to
mi<l ready to die. At tills t mm* I wa* irinhk to Ik*
down III Ihh|, Iifi<I to nit tip nil tin* liiiM*. Mid u w* j
nimble lo tviilk without i i-melie*. 1 ,,i"' lo
IrmWi.iTHtr ;rmr.-r r
puilll.i. I Ikvoii Ii> I iKIiik ' ' n J??Mnifnl Vy I
Stomach Was All Out of
Order
Hut the iti?*dkino soon ?oii?Mtf<| thi- nn?l in
U'eekn I ???u!d M*?* n ? liaiusi* In ih?? i oitdlltoti of Hi** *
humor whlfh neurit rovond m\ ho lt It tt at I
<lr veil to tin* surt.ni* lit tin- ' at .?|?ai ill.i tlic toi i*n
noon healed. niul Hi * tV- I II oil I tt u ooii j
lilde to i It ? up h i in I mr* air I ? t ti tin - . nil* I : liil|i|?\ '
III.in I tvn* I hud h ? ii t.ik iK' llo. .1 . s:ii* i|t nilla j *
for sot nit lit 'lilhv .Hid -liti ? lit.it flim, ' m iii I |
lint e tvii ii titi I !? 111. i t wh.h-tii it ii-1 v 11 \ li riml 1
m iiis art* * "tin i im?l tt t u
The Delight
Of lll> Holf fin*I ?l ?* ill lll> II 1*1 it 1*1'\ II I* llll|lOftsUllf
to toll. To nil iii> luisiites* irlrtulN In Vto*!?ui ami
o\ er tlie roinitiI i*i't tintnt'inl
Hood's Sarsaparilia
from personal oxperlenep." s. u, I>kri<y. i% Itrnd
ford Street. I'rovldenee. I< I
If vou nrf* ItllliMin lake lined'* I'lll*.
^MOTHEiRSi
j' FRIEND"
! Tn Yftiino !!
Makes Child Birth Easy ; J
Shortens Labor, J
Lessens Pain,
| | Endorsed by the Leading Phyiiclana. ?
' Poole to " Mothers" malltut FltFK. J
m BRADFIELO REGULATOR CO. |
! ! ATLANTA, OA. 1
; : SOLO BY ALL. DKUOOISTS. 2 !
MMeMeeaeaMMaaMaaaMaaaaaii
A Sample Cake of Soap ami 121 i
m?\M ?nita?B3^?,'al,'<l ioc.; i?"o
^h?|IRS 111 i k>>
Plf i Y%'m i - I ii< I lit Ink ami
IT * p fart*-"'l''1 Si ur-.l'ii,1
iiini'i.'i.
0^P?J^S j' U "inliMirv,
, '||||4|i|(,l| l? f oillc*
"August
Flower" i
" I am happy to state to vou and
to suffering humanity, that my wife ,
lias use I your wonderful re nicely, <
August Flower, for sick headache
ami palpitation of the heart, with
-?lisfactory results. For several years
she lias been a great .sufferer, has
been under the treatment of eminent
physicians in this city and Boston,
and found little relief. She was induced
to try August Flower, which
gave itii tiled a itc relief. We cannot
say to much for it." I,. C. Frost,
Springfield, Mass. or
jX K?r W ots we> will ?ewl by nmll ono of
" Bour fninoim ICiik mi I Kinbroifl.rlinj Ma
I I'hlni'S w lib t Hiy.i-?| m-?-.11.-~ ami pli-tun \
SECURE! i nliiloKiii'or Kiik ami Kiiibr<>ii|.-ry I'ai|
iitiim. i
AGENTS! s Ki-lall |ir|i-onf Marbliii' $l.l'l.
* K. IC OSS & CO.. In, O.
IACHTC mob* "ft ??r ft. ?.n I win ?li? f 4HH ruin
K tICII I *auuir '-or4?tn.brlU,l>r u>hN?nd mmllqinM I
Siuspl* froo. Territory. J7S B'w?y, N. r.
A TRIFLE. |?|
A kiss he look and a fwck#ard look, ''
And her heart grew suddenly lljiht'T,*
A I ride, you nay, to color a day.
Vet the dull grey morn *?-emed brighter.
For heart* are such that a tender touch ^
Ma* banish a look of sadness,
A email, bright thing can make tie elng, ,,
Lu? atiwwu nui caeca our gladneee.
N
Hie cheeriest ray along our way cg
la the little aot of klndnee*. ,u
An I the keenest sting eorue oareleae thing |((
That wee dono in a moment of blin Ineea. w
We ran bravely face life in a home where j,,
strife tfa
No foothold can discover,
tud ho lovers still If we only will,
'i hough youth's bright days art; c vor.
Mi, ;.h:irp ns swords cut the unkind words fu
That are tur b-vond recalling,
iVhen a face lies hid 'neuth a coffin lid, iti
And Mttsr tears arc I .** 11 i i??r, P"
IV?> fain would give tie- lives wo liva eo
To undo our nil" seoruiiiK; '''
I h- ii let us not iiiins tho smile in I kiss !?'
WLi'li ?c part in tli -li^litof morning. w
- Sun Francisco Call. 11
UOlMiK'.S THOUSAND j*
in
XJV ItOUMtT C. V. MKYIiltS.
Ol'EIt went along r?i
tIk; street with tlie ev
VIL'jf/^R strangest feeling lie \\
P\- ~ ' \irfn ' li't'l ever lia<i in his In
' " ffr lilt'- II'' wondered 01
if "?'?> with large hi
Jmi hiiiih of money in 01
their pockets felt M
^ sharp clectiie ?l<
^ < \ J !) <* r " flashed upon n g<
jeweler's <1 i s p I a y. ''
Willi a -oil of "low, Itoper felt, that he In
iiit*lit go int'i tlcit shop iiml huy itny I"
me of tli-- "littering things he pleaseil. 01
I'lien lie laughed. Imagine missus with it
lluit iliiiinoml istni on 11< i ealieo hreust! In
Yet it ne ''I not lie n rilieo h;oa<t. u
Ihil no. lie decided, mi-sus would do
ivithuiit iimiiomls iiml a silk dro>s. For f*
how eniil'l he tell her nhont tlm money? II
A hot feeling singed up into his face. ?ti
Hut wn.sn't I lie money his ? ei
lie couhl reason us well us any walk- <1
ing delegate he had ever heard, and his II
reasoning told him the thousand dol- tl
lars in his poeket. helouged to him. n
I Fn I ii 't lie worked faithfully for Dnyd <fe w
Jo. for twenty years? mid hadn't, old tr
ftoytl raid tin years hack that Kopcr T
hoitld he rciiienihered in his will to the U
Imic of ii thousand dolhirrt For why?
\\ oil, yoiin^ Tom hud comedown to tlio V
wdrirt tin' day old Boyd said that, and h
fsilIfii ovi'i hoard and sunk twice.
"A thousand to tlio mail who saves
him," cried old Boyd, like a yliost. II
But Impn was already in the water,
ill vim; under a hoat, and had the hoy on al
terra lirnia in live minute', niiraeulously ;l
cscapiny the eralt that threatened to > '
ran U toil 11 of them under. Old Boyd '
lunched then, unit said the ducking r
served I\mii riylil, and would teach him ''
to hcliave hiniscll ne\t time, and?(Hi! ''
eh' the inward? Well, he would reIiieuihei
Ivoper to the amount in his will; H
and now everybody yet. to work.
Uopcr had always eouuted on the '
thousand dollars, ami it made missus
proud, and Muliaaml .Mary Ivlitli sort of
lieireves. Old Boyd died a month 11^0,
ind missus and tile rjirls and Mar^
uncial t orients tpiifc as though they }
ivere relations, ami itoper had yot a doeiii
suit of hint k Ironi Isaac Blum, "
ouii I the corner, ami trembled every '
lay when In weut down to the ware
muse. ai
'In inhltd for notliiti'.;; foi when old 11
Flo\?I s will was opened it was found that
via vthiiiy went to (harit v, even I'oiu '
cue cm oil with a lew dollars. '?
ll wa l aid on lloj er, l'??i Mother
lone-, in the low.a ilil, iia I it on mi .ms '
net iauyiie I ? n the I nr. about people
who i \p"i it- | money ami did not. yet it.
Mi.- ii , and Melia ami Maiy K litli wane
rutin i cool too; and missus tol l him in
private now inurli in debt, they were, and ''
told il with a soil ol satisfaction. ''
Boj'ei eouhl not loryive old Boyd. It Sl
was not that he wanted to lie paid for
saviny the life of Tout?-perish the !l
thoiiyhi But the promise had been 'I
.. v.... .....i i... i...,i i.io ..i.i .....
Jiiuy'iT. I "
And worse hndcotne; for only last 1
I'
week Hadgor, iP|uoscntiiig Co:, had inI'oniR'tl
11im ihat sixU'cii dollars a week h
foi a |u>iiii was |in|ui-l?r<>iH, and i
that huii-altor it would In* twadvo, and
Ihcio Ivor many who would l>t< glad ol
I III! |?la?a* for It'll.
Ho per liro.idt'd ovtw it , could not oat,
i nuul not -i< |. An I o >w hurt' hn had ?.
till' tin-maiid dollars in li's pot-hot. l). i
roiii.-f it wa > hi-, it old Itoyd ha I mado I -i
los will tint iia\ ton uai - ago thon- was t
not the i: i Ioa ot ilou'ot hut that a
thousand d<*11:11 s would have hot-n ho- ?
ijin- it '? ' I o> tin- mail w ho at tin- peril of
Itis u\\:i hit- tia I save I thai of Tom. *
I'hat tiio will had not been Hindu ton |
\i-ai> ago vta-- no fault of Hojioi's, it was x
ol-l lloyd'- In1111. No. it was Tom's
unit lorn, tin- st tpu.-rarv, win* liad >
in atiy niiin- l his latiior, and whoso ill ,
loin:; ha I sonrod the ohl man against ,,
l .. o. . .. ..
-.. ...H, any way VII roill't II V
I, il \v;is iii> tan 11 i?| |\<?| m r s. Wliil wn> ' y
i pill il i<' liiirily ' I > - i ii n.it iii-i'.l it 1
i- iiiui ii a^ i i 'mi rh * inn I ! A church '
111 1 ! It would toward Ii ii 1 Iina ! .
?i: i . a i lit mi t temple into wit'ch 11 poor ! ,,
if ! ! -( would never i:?i to look, said ^
Unpin. t^ueer. tiiat handsomely dressed ' j,
i Ji people ?limil I to a beautiful room t ,
i Mfc'i, ami l-rai about lost sleep |
itu! sort of tbino, and feel oo.nl ami
-n't- ! It \\w no i \ inly to :eavc money j1
"i sitrli tilings, ami \n o tlir walking
h-leyntc O'inl'la't ha\ onii tli.it iptickcr "
llian 11? 111 I. l imn- was Com Hoy.I < u' ('
IT willi a doll.u or two. Where \\a1
lio i linrity in tin' I lout wold to 'J
iio ol.l buy lastei tliau cvci now,
tml all tin- time liis father's
money w atli I t:'o towards k'i'|iino
ti| a baiiiboinr i luiri li. I o n i tl looked "
very rocky to-ilay when lie came 'town to '
ilie wharf. Tom would only b" chak
there till the en I of the month, then he "
would yo West, and Hadjier would be
.bid lo shake him. Tom h id looked
ipicvr when In- spoke to lb.per t i;> rv'.i
ami Krjit hi in till all the r Iiii I
one, and commiserated him on liaviu
hia waives cut down. t
"Ami you weren't, even nav there.- Ii
in the will," Iau_;li<- i 'I'o.n. "I w o." |
Koprr broke Irom tin* v"';- ! " ai ii
lbe door, and Hindi, for hum". When \
i.r: I Cached t lie eoinci, lie joili- i I .-el! . a
hiicMicr; he had done sonn-thin > in- it i i j "
l done in many years ? lo had leu tin- i I
11so to be lof'ke I ll|> by some on el?e. h
i'oui'h stopping liiio and tantali/in" liuu >
:l rattled hilii. So lie wen' a i . ' ?'
lorn bad not locked ui?, ol couisc; tb" ?'
r
nf waa empty, the gas burning ia tbe
Hco. lloper went to turn it down to a
ar, as it war usually left, for the Irene*
L of the watchman outside. Hi* band
iva on the key of the guv fixture, when
t? noticed that the tire-proof waa open,
e did not know how to lock it; that
ai Tom's function. Dared he leave
:z rl*vv ?iiui mat ure-proot openf
o; he moil atay he*e till tbe watchman
ur.e, at any rate, for there waa money
i tbe safe; there it lay?greenbacks?a
ttle pile, ilow careless rich people
ere with money! There was a paper
wide the notes. lie stooped down;
is paper said the money was the rent
r some of old Boyd's property, and had
me too late for the hank to receive it.
> this also would go to the church
nd.
ltopcr picked up the bundle. Ilow
rangely valuable these little bits of
iper were I He turned over the notes,
uniting them. VVhy, there uru just a
ousand dollars here, the amount old
yd had said lie would leave him in his
ill. Was this a posthumous righting of
wrong? The cold sweat carnu out on
s forehead. He looked round him.
o, there was no one there. Tom had
:en the last one there?impccuuio.us,
temperate Tom, tbe cut off, angry sou.
c would swear Tom hnd said good
glit to him on the step ?and who had
rer known Hundy ltopcr to lie? Melia
as delicate, and had an unpaid doctor's
II; Mary Kdith'a husband did not get
i well, a mere photographer's assistant,
id the photographer's shop one of those
i wheels; missus owed a good deal, and
i<i 111 wanted tiiu money for that suit of
l?iok ?ini'l hero his wages were cut
?wn. ills 11ps were pressed tightly to tlmr.
Iff; reached >?ud turned down
it: gas, then ipiickly liarcd it up to full
i'ad, and left tho counting house. Ah
is went out he dislodged u newspaper
i a chair, then reached down ami placed
just as he thought it had been. Then
0 went into the street, leaving the door
blocked, as lie had found it.
A new reekles-mess came to him; he
It like slapping some one ou the back,
lo came to the jeweler's shop, and
sought of diamonds and missus. He
roused the street, and plunge I into a
ark narrow way under the cloudy sky.
lis head was burning; it wits almost us
tough he had been to one of the labor
lootings and stood treat to a dozen uien,
ho must stand treat in return, fie came
1 the tall house ho called his home,
here was Mother .lories iu tba hall with
ill.
' Bill," she said, "go get them onions.
7c ain't having money left to up. And
urry, for it's going to rain."
Ropei laughed, ami told her it was n
irge evening, lie went up to the third
oor. There was n buzz of voices there,
lary I'M it It must have come to spend the
Itcrnoon with her mother. There was
Iso a good smell; missus always had
em tiling nice for supper when Mary
id it h emtio. All at once lie heard the
no ot a baby. I (estoppel short; he
reined to have lived this moment lie
me; lie was coaling home, missus \va
111tug supper, and their first child \va
uigling nniutelligibilitics in the cradh
? little Buster. Then the foolishness ol
he thing struck him, and he threw oper
lie door. There was missus at the tire
line was Mary KJitli with her baby.
"Halloa, pop!" she said.
'That you, Maty K lit-h?" lie said in
mi look waihi."
" You'd be warm, to >," she retorted,
it your eyes wne broiling out of your
.....i ?
She lull tu i lie I her eyes upon him,
i'>| -In' !o ?k< I as though she lul l beeu
i \ itit;.
Mary Ivhlli was <1 in Hint; the blby.
'core i' i> a sort dI' awkwardness ii thy
iMi. itopfi* wiiii a'l'l loo'; lli" r'lihl.
"I.ook out tor her lia<vi," cries Miry
idit't; "it ain't strong '
" A- it I uevi r na 1 a kill in my arms,'
nighed llopci, i itlier boisterously,
lirowing tin- child in the air.
"Don't, Kopcr," said iiis wife from
lie tin ; "she ain't strong. She's han<
le I like?" She iliil not tinish tin
ontence, luit turned to tin* frying pan,
Mary Kdith looked conscious. "Wha
de I little (luster, anyway, mother?'
ucried she, gently.
"Spiuem meningilters," answered he
aether, "lie got it oil of the paste oi
he hill hoards at the corner. lie wouli
lay there.
Honor wondered why, in the name o
eaveu, they had been talking about lit
If Ihister!
"Where's Melia?" lie nske I, sharply
liallivuit in' with Smith?"
"She ain't that kind," said her sister
'and she won't m inn S nith till she cat
;et some n w clothes, she tohl lite, she':
ijistairs with Mrs. -loid in. Jim's ilea l
:t !a-'t. it's a nieivy, walking like
hit."
"Vis, In- Jiil go a little lame," ascntiil
Koper.
"It was loi'oinotfi t'lM-s," vohin-eeie
tlary K'lith, vohihii "li's a <pu or na in
01 a disease. Say, mother, 11i-1 hf evol
volk in oar shops
"Not as I evim hour-1 tell of," an
werod mis-us, wa?>, going ovm to tin
ahle, niiiioiiiifial that supper wa
eiuly.
"Won't wc wait loi Mi'lm!" aske?l
lary I'Mitii.
" M"lia*s ilelie itc," sf-l her mother,
ami pities then t tal hi siekness; heides,
S nith's -sister's ilehe it Ami she's
lore pityin' than evei to .lav because
on brought tlii'. Oil, Koper," slu
nirst out, "don't you know what daj
iiis is?"
Koper ha l (lie h?hy in hi- ir n- lookig
down 1111-> its lit If fa Mi I In
now w?mt day it was? It wa- the day
rlien he had a tlioiis.nl dollars m hioekei
Mi'sus leal the end in lie
and. She eame over to him Thecal,
is a pn Uin- o' |i 'ii I ist hoi i, pro
uooil irivn ri o; i <| |o.ienootype hi
Inry ! '< li'h's li idj.irti.
"It's little Ihi-ior's hir iliv," s:ti<i
lissus. "llcM of Icon tuo tty-eio'itl tony."
Itopor lookel at the tiny faee ^limps
n<4 out fto'.n t in; c ml.
"I think of lii 11 ovci an 1 over,'
iiiss?h was Ljo'ii-j on. "Sometime:
viii*ii I'm !>u-" t, I thi'iv of iti*ii; some
i tiei when I sen children on t in street
t Ititik ot hint. Mow uueer it is?hi
vventy eir'ht, anil m<* still thinkin' o
lini as a b iliy! lie \va, only throe
t >e't you r ?i"iubvr, Kopcr
>.v ho u-e I t-? wait up lo
on? I'.l lo nut in his pia-ois
i l lio u o I to |?ri\ o r it- nl, ami tli
i toy. Voit \\ ;i> t'no i?i'?y, Mary Knit t
oil most In* | i lor hi- pop, no like,
im so. lie <1 o<l hi hi? pop's units
! >ok in' up in his oyos. Don't ynu ro
lonito'r, It ?, or? Wo useil f?? ?r,? ti
iiurca awhile after that. Wo ttsed ti
' -i
' v" 'I;.
take you, Mary Edith?an<l go oak to th<
cemetery Duodtja; ?r# put clam-shell
all arouud the grave, and flsb-geranium
at the head ?d foot. We've never bee
able to get a atone." *
Roper, la a dated way, thought hoi
little Boater should hare a tombstone.
1* -?_.? u m
merabetin' it was his birthday?" aake
U1LWUI. <?
"Oh, don't mention it!" said Mai
Edith. "Dick took the photo. He sal
be'd never been able, to do much f?
you and pop, and be Woe real glad. 1
he only had three hundred dollars, 1
could buy out the nicest little stand."
Ilopcr thought, ah, Dick should hat
that stand, and Melia should get clothe
und marrv Smith.
"But, come, let's have supper," tai
rairsus. "Melia won't be loog gone now
Poor child! she's not so well todai
* Smith's sister was sayin' maybe 'lei
tricity M help her. Smith's sister wisbc
she could take it her own self."
Ah, thought lioper, Melia sboul
have electricity; so should Smith's siste
"I wish you iivcd nearer us, mother,
said Mary iSdith. "There's a daisy Mj
down there, only it's tnore rent."
Ah, thought Roper, they'd take tl
daisy Hat. They were eating supjx
now, the baby swallowing its lists ou tl
lounge. But Roper had -not been abl
to say a word about the tombstone, th
photographer's stand, the electric treal
merit, nor the flat?and in his pocket wi
the mouey that might do everything.
If bis wife had only^been in one <
her tempers ho might have?whi
might he have done? Could 1
tell her about the money? Thero tvi
no fear iu him, but a strange bewilde
uient, like nothing else he had ever e:
jiorienced, and shining through it a
were two small clear lights?little Bu
tor's eyes as they had last looked in
his. Why had missus reminded him <
that? Why had Mary Edith rcmcmben
?"? rs ? j _s. ,1.. .. o rri.,
ii was nine nuiiers pirimmji iu<
the door opened, and pale Melia cat
in.
"Poor Mrs. Jordan!" she said. "Shi
( sure Jim*s iu heaven. Everybody's su
'heir dead goes there. Weli, Jim d
drink, but he whh kind. The last
spoke he asked his mother it she wouldi
please excuse him if he'd ever been crt
to her. And ho was honest; wouldi
take a piu that didn't belong to him."
4 HonestI" criocl her mother. "W
ain't honest? I catj say that much f
Von ltoper. I've t'?een a little cri
with you rarely* I, old ma
Sometimes I think things Upsets mo
purpose. Don't think of it, Dan, I?
t Iiut slio broke down again. "O
I)an, it's little Buster. He? May
it's because it's his birthday and Ma
Edith brought the picture; maybe i
because of poor Jim Jordan, but t
little fellow seoins so near to me to-da
I'm not. cry iu' because bo's dead. Hopi
don't think it. 8'poseti he'd lived. Hi
ho twouty-eight. Maybe he'd we
wrong. I often think of him whou 11
, a reelin' inau in the street, aud when
t man's a thief, or the like. It'd a bro
my heart if little Buster M turned o
I that n-way. Don't think me a foi
, ltoper."
She had come round to him, and n<
positively kissed hli&. The daughtt
exchanged glances aud smiled, and we
to the baby.
T1 ** wity "rinn't. mit
about that money you didn t got, dor
mind about the lower wages. We'll pi
through. Maybe we've been proud ov
gettiu' the money. Let's be proud wit
out it, for we can hold our heads higl
i we're honest, and nobody eau say \
nin't."
ruie icic mm auu went 10 cue girts.
Roper sat at the table. Honest! Dust
knew if he was honest or not. Jiui Jc
dan knew, old Boyd knew, all tho de
knew. Ouly the living did not. W
' i little Buster shrinking from liiin? Tht
was little Buster's picture. He reraei
>ered the time thy daguerreotype, tl
1 original of that picture, had been takei
It was the Fourth of Jul}', an I he ac
' missus and the baby had gone to seetl
parade.
I' Missus loved him, his girls loved hir
' nobody had much dtainst him. But 1
was poor, he" had oat. been treated rigk
i' and his children needed the assistance !
> would have been abse to atford them hi
1 ho been treated right. And yet?a
those pure shining little lights still shi
f iug in his eyes, would they fade awi
and mver be fouud by him in the liui
hereafter?
The women were murmuring ov
Mary lSdith's sleeping child, talkii
; about the hard times and the sorrow
i being poor.
s "Poor!" said Roper all at one
I " Who's poor? Only the thief's poor."
i He glared at them, and missus had
1 word ready foi him, when she happen
I to remember tho day.
"A thief!" he weut on. "I am
, thief!"
, i The women were pale.
"A thief!" he repeated. "Do yi
hear? A thief!"
Ifis wife strode over to him ai
caught him by tl a arm. "You lieI''s
s sternly said. "You are the mau I chc
I for a husband; you are the father of n
children I"
'i><*i mo go," lie cried, "or it'll lie t
woisc for you. I must go down to t
wharf, I toll you. I have something to <
there. I ? I didn't lock up,and the sao
open,and I saw a thousand dollars there
j j M issus rail and got his hat. "Go
; : she said, a strange look in her fac
! "GoI If need be, stay thero all nig
1 and watch. Don't come homo till th
money's safe. Here! take little Hustei
| picture with you?take it, I say. J
you hear me? Take it!"
Did she suspect the truth? He won
I never know. If she guessed at it, s
blamed herself and her old Maine
him.
She hustled him out, stood at t
head of the stairs till he had disappeare
lie could hardly get his breath. He to
through the streets. He reached t
wharf.
Vnn nunu ll.;.,. l.~ l.~-l
? wj v.?vi j mill- ai IIU UU'l It'll
' Not quite; in the office was a man.
lloper sfopped abruptly, angered
the sou!?rage for "the possitdc th
there, rage as dire :h man ever expe
p cured. lie peered through the gl
partition lettin upon the office, and (
f hack?the man was young Tom Boi
his head down upon his desk there.
, I/iunk, thought K >ger.
i lie went boldly in. Young T
, never moved, llogcr uttered his nan
j Then t'nc figure sprang up from the dei
! lie might itopcr by the throat, lint
I 1 hand slid away, and he laughed hyst
, j ieally.
"Sandy," li-a \ y"IV had sneli
a -care. W\r- >M \ That's it in y<
[> hand! 1 ?? ' id the tire-pr<
/ if i
i open, tad took the money with yon for
s safe-keeping. I?" He burst into a
a torrent of grief. "Sandy, I'm a scounQ
drel. I left that money there for a
blind. I meant to take it, and fasten
rt the guilt on you. You once saved my
life, add to the debt by forgiving a poor
...ctvu nuv r.nt 11 j irum mis night out
<j to be? Well, worth what you have
twice done for him." He put out his
J band, and caught Roper's. Buster's
picture was in Roper's hand, and was
clasped betwoen the two palms.
, "Put the money back into the safe,"
i? f J T
hiu jruuag turn.
Then the store was looked, end the
two weat outside. Young Tom lighted
6 a cigar.
9 "Good-night," he said, quietly, and
the two beparated. But he called to
Roper, and came back and shook him
by the hand once more; then moved
P* rapidly away.
Ro|?er stood for a little while looking
'd ufter him in the darkness. Father and
sen both to ill-treat him! lie almost
d forgot what be bad done.
r- Just then ho glauce 1 up to the sky.
Two stars looked out from the clouds
** there. Ho thought of Buster's eyes,
nud the guilt that bad assailed him,
A.nd Tom had said he would henceforth
-r try to be worth what he had twice done
11 - for him. He!
"Lord help us both," he said,
^ I brokenly^ "youug Torn and me!"
i His rough hand tightly clasping the
W! little picture, he 6tuiubled on, anxiou<
,ii to Ket to uaissus and his girls. ? Harper'i
51 I ?
lit, _
,ai A TRAIN HELD UP.
us
r" Th? Mail Car Robbed and the Pos
tal Clerk Wounded.
Bikminoiiam, Ala The passenge
traiu which left here at midnight for At
j lanta on 'he (leorgia I'ucitic Hailroai
. wr*o Ur.ld up by masked robbers at
J< o'clock a. ui.. near Weenn, ten mile
LD east of here. As the train moved swa
ae from the station a robber boarded the en
Sine and covt-red the enbiueef with a li
e, compelling him to slop on a trestle
ro One niau stood guard o\*r the enginec
id and tlremau. while several others openc
he tire 011 the iuoide of tlie train in order t
i't frighteu the passenge is. Another robin
iss kuocked on the door of the mail car, dc
a't tnaudiug admittance, which was refused
He then broke open the door, tiring :i
lid the postal clerk, who was slightly wound
or ed. Every registered letter In tlie*cai
Sp supposed to contain about two thousau
nl dollars, was taken. The eulire robber
was done in eight minutes, during whic
time several of the gang kept up a tirin
~ inside the train, aud tlagmau Qitiuc
Adams came near being killed. The et
b*' gineci says the robber cm the engine w as
ry white man and the postal cleik says tin
t 8 the man who robbed liiin was a midattc
ho Officers with bloodhounds aie close o
iy. the trail of the robbcis. There was u
2r, express car in the ti.-iin. Eighty lie
s'd registered packages weie taken from tl:
mt mail car, two ol wli ch were found by
jee ramp tire in the woods near by. l)o<
, n followed the tinil of tin lobln rs to Iioi
dale, where the bandits sin e iw<? muli
from a man named Smith, and tlec
Three men composed the party. The u
' liceis nie in hot pursuit and will r
doubt cAptuie the lohbns. 1) I
Hughes is the nume of the p stal cler
"*3 who was woundeI by the tobbeis.
nt M,
The Bluebird.
iij You way expect him anytime afte
' * tlie sun na^es the winter sbmtce. n
his musical engagements it is not a mat
er ter of dates, but opportunity. It i
k" never a matter of impot(unity. Wh
3? ever heard of a bluebird's snug out o
vo season I It may be cold and snowy tc
morrow, but his wings tremble in th
nervous ecstasy of the present, and li
Qr sings of the bit of spiiug that now is
When the storm comes then he is silent
lie may the before its breath, or, if it i
late in the season, he will fold his wing
!rc unstring his lute, and nocomplainingl
wait till the vernal tin and wind ; ha
'? come again. But let the merest slit ?
i. sunlight gndi the cloud, and he warhh
id forth iiis greetings. He has been a<
le cusod of trying to force the season. Bu
it is not that. He is such a lover of th
n, very promises of nature that he is i
Ire happy in hope as fruition,
it, 1 found a group once shivering again;
he a March snow-storm, late, as the su
ad was sinking, and stopped to watc
hi theiu pitying their distress. Suddenl
n- there was some commotion, which I at
ay ' trihutcd to ruy presence ana scrutiny?
go low conversational chatter, a iptiverin
of wings, a few (lilting chauges of posi
ei tiun, ami then a gurgle of spring meloil
ag among the suow drops. Astonished,
of turned to where the sun should be, an
there, on (he liori/v n's ri n, its half dis
;e. was burning like a beacon. I'woininuti
later it was uut ?#{ sight, lue air wa
a gloomv, tiie snow fell on, but tin* inoi
ed row was a blue-bird day, indeed.?S
Louis Globe- Demoi tat.
a
For Tobaeeo Raisers.
Washinoton, 1> t Mi Buchanai
cui of Virginia, from the House eoinmitti
011 judiciary, repotted t<? the Mouse wit
ad the recommendation that it pass a hi
he repealing the sei tion of the revi ed sta
,se utes which reijtiires farmers selling le;
tobacco to furnish t > officers of the go
ettrmetil a statement of all sales hi id
jlc the number of bogheads 01 pounds, wil
he 'he name of tin person, to whom soli
jo and the place to which the tobaeeo w
shipped, under penalty of line and ii
c," pris'ininent. The e unmittee are ol tl
' i pinion that there is no good reas<
why these persons should be required
:e- give this evidence, keep or render .a
ht counts, make nlVulavits 01 l?e subject
nt line and imprisonment not imposed up<
r ^ Ilthf*! Ml'KDlK i 11 f I # I Clin 111 lilt (t V millll II
' ..... I-. -
Do sit uutcd.
A Medical Law Unconetitutlonnl
ho Richmond. V a. Ill the llnstin
of ('ourt Judge Wilt div ided that th< In
upon which Dr. Flower. <d Bo-ton, w
he tried for the practice of tiedicmo in I
id. State without a license was iincon-tit
ire tional. The physic ians throughout t
ho State are deeply interested in the cas
Briefly stated, his honor decides that I!
it Flower cannot be prosecuted, because 1
is a non-resident and i- only in the St a
for a few days. It Dr F'owcr had cot
into this State intending to ic-idc In
he would have had tostand tlie exaiuit
tion required I?\ law.
ass
ell The I it ii tint era hie t'hrvsuul li otuu
The Japanese cite 2<?fl color varied
of 'lit < iiiysaniheiiuun, of winch sixt
three are yellow, eighty-seven whit
1,111 thirty-'wo pm pie, thirty re I, thirty o
lle' pale pink, twelve russet and fourteen
?'v mixed colors, A fancy prevails in l
',ls country lit ti in this do ver the same tu
cr' i- never exactly reproduced, and that
thi^ it resembles t ie endless variety
1 !l die bu.naii countenance, -harden a
votcM.
J of
Tkf Oilr Oa* Ivcr frial*4.
, CA!? TOO VTMD Til WORD?
Tb??? la a 3 Inch display advert Inement In I
tbla paper, thU week, which baa no two worda
alike except one word. The same la true of
each new one appearing each week, from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This bouse ptacee a
"Crescent" on everything they make and publish.
Book for If, een?l them the name of the
1 '.L, .. .! ieiurn you soon, bsautirvL
LtTioouraaoruirLn runs.
Kt'saiA haa prohibited the exportation of
wheat from Finland
Ik TO if Back Aches, or yoo are all worn out,
rood for nothing. It is general debility.
Brown s Iron Bitters will core yoo, ""Ht you
Strong, cleanse your liver, and give a good appetite?tonea
the nerves.
Hwionant Norway are preparing to enter
the derma* arlti-protectionist league.
? i\r' M- A- slurry, Wilmington. Del., w rites:
I had one of tny severe ht.idaches and was
persuaded to try your vuluubie (Bradycrotinc)
medicine. I never had anything to do me so
much good for headut he."
Tun OerramnjReicbstag appropriated 32VV
C00 for tlie Chicago World's Fair.
The Skill and Knowledge
Essential to the production of the in>st perfect
and popular laxative rcmody known have
enable 1 the California Fig Syrup Co. to
achieve a great success in the reputation of
its remedy. Syrup ot Figs, as it Is conceded
to be the universal laxative. For sale by all
druggists.
Thk lirakemen want a uniform car ooup1
ling adopted.
> Ths worst ease* ot female wsakneea readlI v
yield to Dr. Swan's Pastiles. Samples free
' Ur. Swan, Beaver Daui. Wia
Ma TOR Matthews estimates that Boston,
Mass.. will need $13,000,000 for this year's
running ex|>ensee.
br.tr h \m'h 1'ilts will care constipation.
?. .1... I. I.,11 onnl and the liver ill good
tvo/king order; price 25 cents a box.
A Nebraska farmer baa been aoqutttad !
f of killing a book agent who persisted In |
forcing bin Ixiolc nu him.
' Obstinate B]
I HAD TERRIBLE ECZE
and limbs swollen and scaly like a dead fish.
MY SIGHT. After treatment by five physicia
' S. S._S. AND IT Ct'UED ME. My 9kitl is soft
l' gone.?R. N. MITCHELL, Macon, Ga.
? 1 know the above statement to be true. r
> 1 was for some time troubled with an obsi
|. over my face and breast. I consulted physicia
it At the suggestion of a friend I used Swift's S
I Was two years ago, and I have had no return c
S. S. S. 's sa^cst a,,J remed
J cures by removing the cause, and at the same \
^ Send for our Treatise, mailed free.
h
g The casting out of the clevil
y of disease was once a sign
a of authority.
lt Now we take a little more
'a time about it and cast out
10 devils by thousands?we do
it by knowledge.
a Is not a man who is taken
;s possession of by the germ of
!; consumption possessed of a
I. devil ?
|0 A little book on careful
i. living and Scott's Emulsion
k of cod-liver oil will tell you
how to exorcise him if it can
be done.
Fr*? _
Scon* & IJownb, ClicMists, i >3 South jth Avenue,
3 New York.
Your druggist keeps Scull's Emulsion of cod-liver j
^ oil-.-til druggists everywhere do. (i,
0 Ely's Cream Balm
? wiiiii miE c9tATAR^0l i
; CATARRHFil
I I't t. ? r.? < t int. |
j' Apply Balm Into each nostril.
" Kt.Y MP'S Warron St.. \ \ ?^i)
?
> TAKE ^Tutt'sTiny
Pills?
IH ~ Tlu? f!r*t time often astonlahes tire* In^
valid, rIvIiib elasticity of mind, buoy- ^
B iiiif v of body. kooiI (IlKeitlon, reK<ilu>' V
" limvcla iiikI aollrt fle?li. 1'rlco, 85i'ts.
r
t)
y m Ptao'a Remedy fbr Catarrh la the HI
[, Beat. Kaalont to 1'se. and Cheapest.
|^Mq H 3HH
' i Sold by druKglslt* or scut by mail, BK
Hi 60c. K. T. IIaioltlne, Warren, Pa.
BSEDE
W. L. DOUGLA
n
I v. For gantlemeD la ? line C
^*N. the beat leather produced lr
1,1 tacks or rrni threada to hu
to ^\V C\ smooth lnaldn as a hand newt
r\ fitting and durable as cuati
r5>A"\ \ $4 OO to $5 00, aDd acKnowli
Best in the Woi
For GENTLEMEN.
Ssz A A ?enuina gjg#
g? 9sUU Hand-8ewed.
" $>f A A Hand-Sewed j*SDfi
,s *fral/U Welt Shoo. OftJ ^
Po,'ce anrt ^3^
SO CAExtrftVaIue
h. Z.9U Calf 8hoe. pljSg
',C $A AC Working- jtjfljfrm
1,c AiA?/ man's Shoe. ^4fC,xi
;; #2.oo a??dv';L<0Qmm
?fit*- TAKE NO SI
IT IS A DUTY von owe to youi
I<! | time*. in r?i-i >?.> mo:', v.vlur for vntir inc
y- weai if you pnnh isr \V 1. Dounlos' SI
r, a greater value for tin mom v than auv i
CAUTION. s;k.Dg?
|10 cortsumor against high prices arte
)t who ncknowlorigo tho superiority <
ing to substitute other makes for tl
1,1 ulent, and subject to prosecution
false pretences. W. L. DOUGLAS,
II iiftl lor I n \oiii itliirc v tml ?9ir<
% nii1# if. I'oMwur irrr, \\ \M'K
"knr 1 h#*P ?(? ! til ilrerilat lli?u
^mi
The eltd is planted
when yon feel " run down " mad*
" used-up." Malarial, typhoid o*
bilious fevers spring from it?all1
torts of diseases. Don't take any
risk. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical'
Discovery invigorates the system
an/1 m>s>rviilj /I ic.i'i c/i Tf of oida tV) A
IIU uioc4?o\r. it otaivo tuv
torpid liver into healthful action,'
purities and enriches the blood, andi
restores health and vigor. As an
appetizing, restorative tonic, it seta
at work all the processes of digestion
and nutrition, and builds up
flesh and strength. . For all diseases
that come from a disordered liver
and impure blood, skin, scalp and
Scrofulous affections, it's the only"
remedy that's guaranteed. If it
doesn't benefit or cure in every
case, you have your money back.
You pay only for the good y<ra
get* _
The tfri'rst cases yield to tha1
mild, soothing, cleansing and healing
properties of Dr. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy. That's why the proprie-tors
can, and do, promise to pay
#500 for a case of Catarrh in the .
Head which they cannot cure. 1
Lood Humor.
II A FOR ElGIITbEN YLAKS?\VAS>
illil in bed six months at a time?')0(^
'Ihe itching was terrible, ami finally I.OS'I
ns, and other remedies without relief, I took
and smooth, and the teinblc trouble i* all
?S. 9. Harmon, Mucon, G<t.
tinate RASH OR HUMOR, that spread
ns, and used many remedies w ithout a cnrc.
pccifie, which completely cured me. Thia
if the trouble.?E. 11.Wells, Citttittfitld, Va.
y for all troubles of the Blood and Skin. It
time builds up the general health.
SWIFT SPEC! FIG CO., Atlanta, Ga. '
1*1 a I n nrn Tho boat nn?t cheapest plaov *7*
Wfll I FflFrKt" t?>y s hn? ?mhp
llriLt. I ill l>l 1 |,|t.. Bent for I Oc. pfatam*
Tboa. J. Myeia, I'A 1Q Market St., l'blla., Fn>
I ' * ***** * VIP*A N S6J AVJ L E S*
Jm the atomarli. !i\or rind Ijowela.T
jtBtuV purify the blood. ?if Mfe aud of.T
/ol reelitul Hie l? ?l irem.nil fauiJIyt
I/oJ Zl^^jiuMUi'lui' km .vii for Hiliousueiv.J
fi^^..,<7/Co?stii.ntton. fivspcuaia, Koul?
aldialtfUV^ F.-cMh, 111 odHehe. il. arthum. l-omn
of Apr .'lent il I'eprf-Mlod,#
t'ntnfiil Digest iou, I'liupbs, Sallow#
Coniult lion, ft rod 1-Yelintr. and*
teicrr rvmptotn or dXficiiG' ivftiHIntr from Inipurej
fbloed, or a Failure br the i toinaeh. liver or Intentiuea?
Zt ) f. rfoi-ra tbrlr proper for ?-t. n CifTOM srlyen t?T
Zover-eatinir pro benefited b> . ikinital AIU l.r.aftapj
leach inouI Pilc?\b> moil. l?'? ?h*s : ' ?"*vi?-i??i nu
Xdre.-s TnK KtPAT^S CHEJ1II o .10 Spruce St ,N.Y.?
Ag.nL Wnnt pil? M'.MYY p?r < cut proSt. ?
i fiC -iEfX-* * ;j ; jf~ 55?!5
Kb . *g|^Hg*w?jg^*e
RELIEVES all Stomach Distress.
REMOVES Nausea, Bctiho of FallneML
Congest ion, fain.
REVIVES Faii ISO ENERGY.
RESTORES Normul Circulation, and
Warms to Tok Tirs.
R. HARTER MEDICINE CO.. 01. Loot*. ? ?:
?. N V. I I
tmej^rT
f?iV9RS598^Qil
S W SHOE
3alf Shoe. made uoamleBn, of s
i title country There ato no /
rt the feet, and In aiude an / i
sd ahoe It la oh fttyllHh. eaby /. If
am made bUocb coating from / I _// A
Brtged to bo the I 1 1*
rid for the price. \lvy
Tk For LADIES.
\ *3.00 """'Vw.a.
^ p! ?2.50 r"'n Ko,..
tL, \ J So AO Cn,f an(l
I vv Dongola.
mKN&J Si 7C t'?r
I^PDKT^H^ /o hisses.
^ For BOYS'& YOUTH S.
$2 * S|-75
Sl/HUUl SHUtS.
IBSTITUTES. *tS2>8E
rsclf and voiir f.miil* ' riv.k tin m 'run ^
>ncy. Von i in i < <Miniiii/?- m youi f.vt.
lioes, \vhi<h, without f|m*stinn, reprc-ciit
[ither in iki"-.
-AS* nnmo nnd tho price Is stamped
m of each shoo, which protects tho
I inferior shoos. Beware of dealers
)f W. L. Douglas'Shoes by attempthem.
Such substitutions are fraudby
law, for obtaining money under
Brockton, Mass.
I l in 1'ii'liin. ?i iiIiik lil ml. ?ler n ml ttiilili
II. V\ 111 n i?? ikiliialvii aa l? to alio* dculero
I (JOt til l?bfl IIMU.