The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, April 08, 1892, Image 4
Btaxe or Ohio, 1'ixr or Ioijepo. t
Lucas Count v, j
Frank J. Cheney make* oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of K. J. Cheney A
Co., doing business in the City of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said llrm
alii pay the sum of Sim for each and every
eaae of catarrh that cannot be cured bj the
use of Hail's Catarrh Cure.
THANK J. ClIKNEV.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
DrMenro. thin fit 1? lUv t\f lw?m>u?r A Ik IksA
I -?a? . A. W. OLE A SON,
1seal /
Rotary PrtMic.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally and
acta directly on tLe blood aud mucous surfaces
of the systeui. Seud for testimonials, free.
F. J. Chunky a Co., Toledo, O.
ff>J' '''I hy Druggists, 7fte.
Fortt-kioht stage ooaohas carrying the
United States maU were held up in this
country last year.
"Brown's Bronchial Troches" are widely
known as an adiukra'>le roinedv for Bronchitis,
Hoarseness, Coughs and Throat troubles.
Sold only in boxes.
' Forty-one electric light plants have been
established in the South during the past
three mouths.
Six Hollars 10 ( liieiign.
The C'inoinnati. Hamilton and I?.?\ t??t? H. R.
announce a reduction of tli fare 1st ween Cincinnati
and t 'hit-ago to >i\ lolhifs. This rate is
jinw In elfect. an'l in purt basing tiekets to tlic
World's Fair City see that tliev read via the L\,
11. ,V I)., tiie t'ullmau Safety Vest i baled iue,
tvith Dining t 'nrs.
' The Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture
reports the abandoned farms of that
State to be 'JUtS.
Brown's Iron Bitters rures Dvspcpsin.Malaria.
Biliousness and Ueueial L)obi ity. Gives
Strength, niils Digc-tinn, tones the nerves?
creates appetite. The best tonic tor Nursing
Mothers, weak women and children.
lr y5i would be correct in pronouncing
Manitoba accent the last syllable.
FITS stopped free by Dr. Ki.ine*8 Dbbat
Nerve Kk.stokku. No fits after first day's use.
Marvelous euros. Treatise and 82 trial bottle
free. Dr. KUae^Wl Arch BU. PhU*.. PaIf
afflicted with sore eyes use Dr.lsaac Thompson's
Eye-water.Druggists sell ut 25c.per bottle
Derry
of Prov donee. R. t.
Widely known as proprietor of Derry's IN nterproof
Harness Gil. tells of bis terrible
xufTerings from Eczema and bis euro l?v
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
"Gentlemen: Fiftee i > a'suno I h i I an attael*
of Inflammatory rheumatism. followed by
Salt Rheum
breaking out on my right It*Tlio humor spread all
over my leu*. back and arms, n foul mn** ol
horpN, Hwollon ami ?t?*likn 4 torr bly. causing Intense
pain If the skill was broken by sera toll I ug. ami dl*
charging cotlMnutly. It Is Impossible to describe my
13 years of a go 11 y nn ?l loriui-o. I spent
Thousands of Dollars
In fnt le rT<?rt.-? to lid uvll, an>l win dist oinaped
nil rrad.v tn tile. At tills I rue I w ns triable to lie
down tn bed, had to sit tip all tin* time, and was
tumble to walk ? it limit tin It-lies. I bud to
bold nr. .irnis aw.iv in.in niv Itodv, mid ha I to hnvo
' rtnmt.v a rrtenn'nrpo i mt? tottRo noon s snr?npaiilla.
I tiepan by t.ikltiK hall a teasponnfnl My
Stomach Was All Out of
Order
Lttit the medicine soon corrected this, anil tn six
weeks I < ou'd see a iliiuipe In ibe eondltlon of tlie
liuinor which nearly covered mv I tod v. it was
dr.ven tt. the snrfaee by the '-nrsnparllla. the sat es
ami healed. ntnl th ? iles t M oir. I was soe>n
able to t Ivi- 111 li iinl ices and i ill rlies, and a bapi.y
man I was. II.a ! b. . n '.ik ne llo. d's sat s i|> irllla
for seten nioiitbs. and sine.- ib.it time, ! tear-. I
hate w.nii no land.in w|i..h-vei and ini bps and
arms are soutr.i nml well.
The Delight
of myself and wpe at my uctivery It Is Impossible
to tell. To all my business friends In Boston and
over the country. I recommend
Hood's Sarsaparilla
from personal experience." s. fj. Pkriiv, t"> Brad
ford Street. Providence, It. I.
ft'vou are Hiliuti* take llood'n Pills.
-mothers"
i XFRIEND" I
i Makes Child Birth Easy, i
Shortens Labor, |
Lessens Pain,
] ; Endorsed by the Leading Physicians, f
'' Jfnolc to " Mother*" mailed Fit F! K. j
n BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. 4
! I ATLANTA, OA. S
; : SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. 2
sMMSMSSSMMasMesaatMssMaii
Sample Cake of Soap and 12f
I ><ima l o loLf>
,?r>' 1 BW>d iliM Hfi . sent
?*#WLdUAr^W i)|siikMii. like
ink a
I / >*XCAtIW)11 llnK!?.lleilii?"s <>f N<i-?-,SuIsHL^
|i?Tf1ii'nm liar. I'linplea.
a HO jV>^.Ti Jiilm II. \% ooillmrjr,
.inJI/rjflS U.'riiinl'iloylNl. I i ,"j \V.
l^'l ! ?!.. N"? Volkf'My.
j<yr 'onuiiiHii",i fit nt oiric*
"August
Flower"
"lam happy to state to you and
to suffering humanity, that my wife
r..,o .
uin ?i->vi ^v/ui tvuiiuci mi rem coy,
August Flower, for sick headache
ami palpitation of the heart, with
* ''rictofy'rcsilt't3. P5r several years
she has 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 iinmedaite relief. We cannot
say to much for it." L,. C. Frost,
Springfield, Mass. ft
Tft ^ Kor SO p!h we will urud hy ninll one of
" lour fnmouo Itiu? ami Km orolderlng Ma
I rlilni-H w Ith I nixed needle* and pleliiro
SECUREI rataloxue or Kiik and Kml?r.ildiry I'al'
? tern*.
AGENTS! '' H.?NeUII prleeof Mael;
?ULr|l;>i K. If OSS A CO., Toledo, O.
ACUTC mike 10# p?r CI. and irtal'M C1M rillM
ASI57J
If
A TRIFLE. |,1
A kiss he took and a backward look,
And her heart grew suddenly lighter;
A trifle, you say, to color a day.
Yet the dull grey morn seemed brighter. ^
For hearts are such that a tender touch
Mav banish a look of sadness;
A small, bright thing cad make us sing, ^
But a frown wilJ check our gladness.
N
The cheeriest ray along our way ct
Is the little act of kindness. ,u
An I the keenest sting some careless thing |j,
That was done in a moment of blin Iness. w
We run bravely face lifo in a home where j,.
strife tl
No foothold can discover, r<.
And be lovers still if we only will,
'though youth's bright days are cvor. g(
Ah, sharp as swords cut tho unkind words ft
That are tar beyond recalling,
When a face lies hid 'neath a eottin-lid, si
And bitter tears are falling, p
We fain would give th" lives we live Ci
To undo our idle scorning; t!
Then let us not miss tho sunle and kiss
When we part in the light of morning. w
?San Francisco Call. ?
mVAVS THOUSAND. *
BY KOUKUT C. V. MBYER8. y
_____ Ol'Elt went along n
tbe street with the e
V ?'M///K strangest feeling he w
T ^SS''9 evcr ba^ 'n b's b
^ ijp' b'c* he wondered o
if men with large a
sums of money in o
^y^r/rf^' g wk their pockets felt as L
y^%K^m.Le,lii1- b
[Jf I \ \T)\ \ V A sharp electric d
rC \ y ) ) ?\ light Hashed upon a g
jeweler's display. 11
With a sort of glow, Itoper felt that he h
might go into that shop ami buy any h
one of the glittering thiugs he pleased, o
Thcu ho laughed. Imagine missus with i'
that diamoml star on her calico breast! h
Yet it need not be a calico bread. u
Rut no. be decided, missus would do
without diamonds and a silk dress. Knr f
how could he tell her about tlio money? I
A hot feeling surged \i|> iuto his face. *t
But wasn't the money his? c
lie could reason as well as any walk- ci
ing delegate he had ever heard, and his 1
reasoning told him the thousand dol- t
lars in his pocket belonged to him. r
Ha in't he worked faithfully for Boyd & v
Co. fur twenty years? ami hadn't old t
i Bojd said ten years back that Roper '1
should be remembered iu bis will to the I
tune of a thousand dollars? For why?
Well, young Tom had comedown to the ^
wharf the day old Boyd said thut, and h
fallen overboard aud sunk twice.
"A thousand to the mau who saves 1
him,'' cried old Boyd, like a ghost. I'
But Roper was already in the water, ^
diving under a boat, and had the boy on !|
terra tiriua in tive minutes, miraculously !I
escaping the craft that threatened to s
suck both of them under. Old Boyd '
laughed then, aim said the ducking 1
served Tom rigiit, and would teach him *
to behave himself next time, aud?Oh! '
eh??the reward? Well, he would re- ?
member Roper to the amount in his will; ?
aud una everybody get to work.
Roper had always counted on the '
thousand dollars, and it made missus '
proud, atul Melin and Mary Edith sort of '
neiriMft':. w.ci lioyu uiea 11 montu ago,
and missus and the girls and _ Mary
luueral cortege quite as though they I
were relations, aud Kopcr had got a deceit
t suit of black from Isaac Blum, 1
round the corner, and trembled every '
j day wbeu he went down to the wareI
house. 1
Trembled for nothing; for when old '
! Boyd's will was opened it was found that
everything went to charity, even Tom
I I eins, cut olT with a few dollars. 1
I It was l arl on Hopcr, for Mother
Jones, in the lower Hit, iiu.l it on missus
' and luuiiiied ;i the stairs about nennlo
I - - ,?,? .
who expecte 1 money aud did not got it.
Mi- os aud Meha and Maty E litli were
| rather cool too; aud missus told him in
I private now much in debt they were, and
| told it with a sort of satisfaction.
Ifoper could not forgive old Boyd. It 1
. I was not that he wanted to be paid for
I saving the life of Tom?perish tho 1
I thought? But the promise had been 1
J given, and he had believed his old em|
ploycr. j
Aud worse had come; for only last '
1
week Badger, representing Co:, had in
toruieu una that sixteen dollars a week 1
for n porter was preposterous, and i
that hereafter it would be twelve, arid
there were many who would be glad of
the place for ten.
Ho per brooded over it; could not eat,
could not sleep. And now here he had
| the tiuuiMiml dollars in his pocket. Oi
course it was his, if old Hoyd had made
Ins will that day leu years ago there was
I not the shadow of doubt but that a
thousand dollars would have been be,
(pieatlied to the man who at the peri! of
j Ins own life bad saved that oi' Torn.
; That the will had not been made ten
j years ago was no fault of Koper's; it was
I old lloyd's fault. No; it was Tom's
j fault?Tom, the scapegrace, wiio had ,
1 in hi iy mined his father, and whose ill |
: doin:; had .soilre I the old man against (
j I In* world. Hut, any way you could fix
I o ii .... i....i. -< " > ??'
I > -II IVI|MT S. ? M!4T. was 1 ]
i a public charity t I> <I lie not need it !
' a< much as a church fuml t A church i
! tiiud ! It would go toward building a
| nia.nilicont trinple into which (In; poor |
and lost would never dare to look, said ,
| Itopcr. fencer, thai handsomely dressed j
1 li'-li people should go to a beautiful room |
J once a week, and hear about lo-t sleep
i and sort of thing, and feel pood and
' safe ! It was no charity to icavo money J
! 'or such things, and even the walking
delegate couldn't have seen that quicker 1
! tlinti lie did. There was Tom Boyd cut !
oil with a dollar or two. Where was
i 'lie charity in that ? Tom would go to *
! the old hoy faster than ever now,
' and all the finw> liiu 1 1
money would go towards keeping
up a handsome church. Tom had looked 1
very rocky to-day when he came down to 1
I lie wharf. Toin would only he clerk
there till the end of the mouth, then ho..'
* <tv>ttUL ?Q West,. and Badger ^.nouWIr be
?;lad to shake him. Tom had looked ,
queer when he spoke to Koper this cvrti .
mg, ami kept him till all the rest had .
;o?e, and commiserated him on having
his wagei cut down. t
"And you weren't even remembered I
in the will," laughed Torn. "I w.i*." I
Koper broke I mm the youn ; fell > v nt I
ilie door, and made for home. When j
i.u reached the corner, he pulle I himself >
together; he had done something lie had '
not done in many years?lie. had leu the '
house to ho looke I tip by some one el-e. I
I'nm's stopping iiiin and tantalizing loin t
lal rnttlod him. So he went iai, t
Tom bad not locked ut?. of course; the t
lac? was empty, the gas burning in tbe
Hco. Roper went to turn it down to a
ar, a? it was usually left, for the bencL
of the watchman outside. His hand
as on the key of the gas-fixture, when
i' noticed that the tire-proof was open,
e did not know bow to lock it; that
as Tom's function. Dared he leave
ic place with that tire-proof open?
o; he must stay hce till the watchman
ur.e, at auy rate, for there was money
i the 6afe; there it lay?greenbacks?a
ttle pile. How careless rich people
ere with money! There was a paper
eside the notes. Me stooped down;
10 paper said tbe money was the rout
>r some of old Boyd's property, and had
irne too late for the bank to receive it.
o this also would go to the church
md.
Roper picked up the bundle. How
:rangely valuable these little bits ol
aper were! He turned over the notes,.
ounting thoin. Why, there aro just a
lousand dollars here, the amount old
ioyd had said he would leave hira in his
rill. Was this a posthumous righting of
wrong? The cold sweat came out on
is forehead. He looked round him.
fr? there was mi one there. Tom had
ecu the last one there?impecuuiaus,
1 temperate Tom, the cut off, angry sou.
[e would swear Tom had said good
igbtto him on the step?and who had
ver known Saudy Roper to lie? Melia
as delicate, and had an unpaid doctor's
ill; Mary Edith's husband did not get
u well, a mere photographer's assistant,
ud the photographer's 9hop one of those
n wheels; missus owed a good deal, and
limn wanted the money for that suit of
lack?and here his wages were cut
own. His lips were pressed tightly toother.
He reached and turned down
lie gas, then quickly llared it up to full
.end, uud left the counting house. As
c went out he dislodged a newspaper
n a chair, then reached dowu and placed
I just as lie thought it had been. Then
ic went into the street, leaviug the door
inlocked, as he had found it.
Anew recklessness caine to him; ho
elt like slapping some one oa the back.
Ie came to the jeweler's shop, and
bought of diamonds and missus, lie
rossed the street, and plunged into a
lark narrow way under the cloudy sky.
lis head was burning; it was almost as
hough he had been to one of the labor
uectings and stood treat to a dozen ineu,
vho must stand treat in returu. He came
o the tall house be called his home.
There was Mother Jones in ?ho hall with
Mil.
"Bill," she said, "go get them onions.
Ve ain't having money left to us. And
lurry, for it's going to rain."
Roper laughed, aud told her it was a
urge evening, lie went up to the third
loor. There was a buzz of voices there,
ilary Edith must have come to speud the
iteruoou with her mother. There was
ilso a good smell; missus always had
oincthing nice for supper when Mary
Iditli came. All at once he heard the
:oo of a baby, lie stopped short; he
ecuicd to have lived this moment boore;
he was coming home, missus was
etting supper, and their tirst child was
gurgling unintelligibilities in the cradle
?little Buster. Then the loolishuess of
he thing struck him, aud he threw open
lie door. There was missus at the lire;
;heie was Mary Edith with her baby.
"ilaiioa, pop!" she said.
"That you, Maty Edith?" ho said in
. ? j .. .??. ?
fou look warm."
"You'd be warm, too," sho retorted,
"if your eyes were broiling out of your
lead."
She had turned her eyes upon him,
lud she looke 1 as though she had been
: ! v iug.
Mary Edith was dan Ming the baby,
fiicrc was a sort of awkwardness ia the
room, itoper went aud took the child.
"Look out for her back," cries Mary
Edith; "it aiu'i strong."
"As if 1 never nad a kid in my arras,"
laugnei Mnpci, 1 ither uoisterously,
throwing the child in the air.
"Don't, Roper," said hi* wife from
the tire; "she ain't strong. She's bantile
i like?" She did not finish the
sentence, but turned to the frying pao.
M-iry Edith looked conscious. "What
lile I little Buster, anyway, mother?"'
queried slie, gently.
"Spiuem meningitters," answered her
mother. "He got it olf of the paste on
the bill boards at the corner. He would
lilay there.
Roper wondered why, in the name of
heaven, they had been tulkiug about little
Buster!
"Where's Melia?"' he askeJ, sharply.
"Gallivautin' with Smith?''
"She ain't that kind," said her lister;
"and she won't marry Smith till she cau
get some new clothes, she told me. .She's
upstairs with Mrs. Jordan. Jim's dead
at last. It's a mercy, walking like
that."
"Yes, he did go a little lame," assented
Koper.
"It was locomoter taxes," voluuleored
Mary Edith, volubly. "It's a queer name
lor a disease. Say, mother, did he ever
work in car shops?"
"Not as I ever heard tell of," answered
missus, who, going ovet to the
table, announced that supper was
ready.
"Won't wc wait for Melia?" asked
Mary Edith.
"M'dia's delicate," said her mother,
"and pities the n that ha; sickness; besides,
Smith's3ister's delie it \ And she's
more pityin' than ever to-day because
> 011 brought that. Oh, Roper," she
hurst out, "don't you know what day
ihis is?"
Roper had tlie baby in his ar.ns lookng
down into its little fajo. Did lie
mow wnat day it was? It was the day
vhen he had a lhous.nl dollars in his
tocket. Mnsus had the card in her
land. She came over to hiin. The card
vis a Dictum of 11 hi tir?t basiv. urn.
i ? E
lured from an old d a^uvrVeotype by
llary Klith's h isbaruJL *
"It's little Hurler's birthday," paid
nissus. ".Hfc'd of been t\ve>ity-oight tolay."
Roper looked at the tiny face glimpsng
out'fiom the curd.
"I think of hi n over and over,"
nissus was going on. "Sometimes
vhon I'm busiest, I think of iiitn; someimeu
when I see children on the street,
I think 01 hiin. How queer it is?he
wenty-oight, and me still thinkin' of
liin us a bat>y! He was only three.
Don't you remember, Roper,
low he used to wait up for
iou? I'd learnt him his prayers,
ind he u-c I to pray tor us all, aud the
> iby. You was tiio baby, Mary Kdit'i.
Hut most ho prayad for his pop, ne liked
>im so. He died in his pop's arms,
i-lookin' up in his eyes. Don't you rencuihor,
It ?,?er? We used to go to
aiurch awhile after that. We used to
.. va
? ^L,
take you, Mary Edith, and go out to the ?1
cemetery Sundays; w? put clara-sholls 8U
nil around the grave, and fish-geraniums tl
at the head and foot. We've never been di
able to get stone." * b
Roper, in a dazed way, thought how
little Buster should have a tombstone.
"Wasn't it kind of Mary Edith re- ^
tnemberin' it was his birthday?" asked ^
missus. -- v
"Oh, don't mention it!" said Mary ^
Edith. "Dick took the photo. He said 5
bo'd never been able)'to do muoh for 0
you and pop, and he was real glad. If
he only had three hundred dollars, he
could buy out the nicest little stand." .
Roper thought, ah, Dick should have 1
that stand, and Mclia should get clothes
and marry Smith. t]
"But, come, let's have supper," said jj
raiesus. "Melia won't be long gone now. ^
Poor child! she's not so well to-day. n
Smith's sister was say in' maybe 'lectricity'd
help her. Smith's sister wished a
she could take it her own self." S(
Ah, thought Roper, Melia should f(
have electricity; so should Smith's sister.
"I wish you lived nearer us, mother," j
said Mary Edith. "There's a daisy flat ti
down there, only it's more rent." a
Ah, thought Roper, they'd take the /
daisy flat. They were eating supper t
now, the baby swallowing its lists on th > f
lounge. But Roper had -not been able
to say a word about the tombstone, the} ,
photographer's stand, the electric treat-'
ment, nor the flat?and in his pocket was]
the money that might dp everything. ,
If bis wife had only*M>een in one of| .
her tempers he might b&ve?what^
t-. i? i J o l,?
Villain* IJU UdVO UV/UC T vvuivt uv
tell her about the money? Thero wrs
no fear iu him, but a strange bewildermcnt,
like nothing else he had ever experienced,
and shining through it all
were two small clear lights?little Buster's
eyes as they had last looked into .
liis. Why had missus reminded him of
that? Why had Mary Edith romembered
it was little Buster's birthday? Then
the door opened, and pale Melia came j
in.
"Poor Mrs. Jordan!" she said. "She's t
sure Jim's iu heaven. Everybody's sure <
their dead goes there. Weli, Jim did t
drink, but be was kind. The last he (
spoke he asked his mother it she wouldn't I
please excuse him if he'd ever been cross 1
to her. And he was honest; wouldn't i
take a piu that didn't belong to him.1' 1
1'Honest 1" cried her mother. "Whd '
ain't honest? I can say that much for '
Vou. Roper. I've >been a little crisp 1
with you raTcvyr~?*|jveu't I, old man? J
Sometimes I think things upsets mo apurpose.
Don't tHink of it, Dan, I?" j
But she broke down again. "Oh,
Dan, it's little Buster. lie? Maybe
it's bccAUS8 it's his birthday aDd Mary
Edith brought the picture; maybe it's i
becuuse of poor Jim Jordan, but the i
little fellow seems so near to me to-day. I
I'm not cryiu' because he's dead. Roper, i
don't think it. S'postfn he'd lived. He'd i
uo twecty-eignt. nayue ue a went i
wrong. I often think of hira when I see 1
r reelin' man in the street, and when a
man's a thief, or the like. It'd a broke 1
my heart if little Buster 'd turned out
that a-way. Don't think me a fool,
Roper."
She had come round to him, and now
positively kissed hiifp. The daughters
cicb?ygcd glances ana smiled, and went
to the baby.
?"Oiin.V.wilA. hiaBflfa. "don't mind
about that money you didn't get, don't
mind about the lower wages. We'll pull
through. Maybe we've been proud over
gettin' the money. Let's be proud without
it, for we cuu hold our heads high;
we're honest, and nobody can say we
ain't."
Sim left him and went to the girls.
Roper sat at the table. Honest! Buster
knew if he was honest or not. Jim Jordan
knew, old Boyd knew, all the dead
knew. Only the living did not. Was
little Buster shrinking from him? There
was little Buster's picture. He remembered
the time the daguerreotype, the
original of that picture, had been taken.
It was the Fourth of July, an 1 he and
missus and the baby had gone to seethe
parade.
Missus loved him, his girls loved him,
nobody bad much .gainst him. But he
was poor, he"had ncr? been treated right,
and his children needed the assistance he
would have been aWe to afford them had
he been treated right. And yet?aht
those pure shining little lights still shining
in his oyes, would they fade away
and njver be fouud by him in the huge
hereafter?
The women were< murmuring ovei
Murv Edith's Klcuninrr child, tnlWinir
??j -i r> 1 o
about the hard times and the sorrow of
being poor.
"Poor!" 9aid Roper all at once.
"Who's poor? Only the thief's poor."
He glared at them, and missus had a
word roady for him, when she happened
to remember the day.
"A thief!" he went on. "I am a
thief!"
The women were pale.
"A thief!" he repeated. "Do you
hear? A thief!"
I lis wife strode over to him and
caught him by the arw. "You lieI"she
sternly said. "You are the man I chose
for a husbaud; you are the father of my
children I"
"Let me go," ho cried, "or it'll be the
woiso for you. I must go down to the
wharf, I tell you. I have something to do
there. I?I didn't lock up,and the safe's
open,and I saw a thousand dollars there."
Missus ran and got his bat. "Got"
she said, a strange look in her face.
"Got If need be, stay there all night
and watch. Don't come home till that
tnonoy's safe. Here! take little Buster's
picture with you?tako it, I say. Do
you bear me? Take it!"
Did she suspeot the truth? He would
never know. If she guessed at it, she
blnincd herself and her old blame of
him.
Hhe hustled him out, stood at tho
head of the stairs till ho bad disappeared.
Ho could hardly get lis breath. He tore
through tho streets. lie reached the
wharf.
Yes, eveiything was as he had left it.
Not quite; In the office was n man.
_* i -??? - i i
iwjrnr angered 10
tho sou!?rage for^tlio possible thief
there, rage as dire a* man ever experienced.
Ho peered through tho glass
partition lettin; upon the office, ana fell
back?tho man was joung Torn Boyd,
his head down upon his desk there.
Drunk, thought Roger.
Ho went, boldly in. Young Tom
never moved. Rogel uttered his name.
Then the figure sprang up from the doak.
lie caught ltopor ,by tiio throat, but his
band slid away, and ho laughed hysterically.
J
"Randy," hi I'Tre had such a
fcaro. Too J That's it in your
"
pen, aa(l took tho money with you for
Jc-keopiug. I?" IIo burst into a
trrent of grief. "Sandy, I'm a scounrel.
I left that money there for a
lind. I uicant to tako it, and fasten
10 guilt on you. You once saved my
fe, add to the debt by forgiving a poor
retch who will try from this night out
> be? Well, worth what you have
vice done for him." He put out his
and, and caught Roper's. Buster's
icture w.&s in Roper's hand, and was ,,
lasped bctwoen tbo two palms. I
-"Put tho money back into the safe,"
dd young Tom.
Then the storo was looked, and the
vo went outside. Young Tom lighted
cigar. +
"Good-night," he said, quietly* And
he two separated. But he called to
toper, and came back and shook him
y the hand once more; then moved
ipidly away.
Roper stood for a little while looking
fter him in the dnrkuess. Father und
on both to ill-treat htm! He almost
orgot what he had done.
Just then he glauced up to the sky.
'we stars looked out from the clouds
hero. He thought of Buster's eyes,
ud the guilt that bad assailed him,
Lnd Tom had said he would henceforth
ry to be worth what be had twice done
or him. He!
"Lord help us both," he said,
irokenl^ 4'youug To:n and me!
Ilia Tough hand tightly clasping the
ittlo picture, he stumbled on, anxioua
o get to uiiasus and his girls. ? Harper's
iVeekly.
A TRAIhTHELD UP.
Ch? Mail Car Robbed and the Postal
Clerk Wounded.
Birmingham, Ala ? The passenger
rain which left here at midnight for Atauta
on the Georgia PaciHc Railroad
vas held up by masked robbers at 1
>'clock a. ui., uear Weems, ten miles
:ast of here. As the train moved away
roin the st-ition a robber boarded the en
Sine and covered the cngineet with a lie,
compelling him to stop on a trestle.
3ne man stood guard o\?r the engineer
ind fireman, while several others opened
ire on the inside of the train in order to
Tighten the passengeis. Another robber
mocked on the door of the mail car, do
nandiug admittance, which was refused.
He then broke open the door, firing at
.he postal clerk, who was slightly Woiind:d.
Every registered letter lu tlie-car,
supposed to contain about two thousand
lollars, was takeu. The entire robbery
was douc in eight minutes, during which
time several of the gang kept Up a tiring
inside the train, and tlagmau Qiiiucy
Adains came near being killed. The engineer
says the robber on the engine was a
ii'liil a mini mwl ilio aiAbf ill flral/ cave ftlinf
tbc man who robbed him was a mulatto.
Officers with bloodhounds ate close on
the trail of the robbers. There was 110
express car in the train. Eighty-five
registered packages were taken from the
mail car, two of wlrch were found by a
ramp fire. in the woods near by. Dogs
followed the trail of the robbers to Irondale,
where the bandits sto'e two mules
from a man named Smith, and fled.
Three men composed the party. The officers
ate in hot pursuit and will ud
doubt captuic the robbers. I) II.
Hughes is the name of the p stal clerk
who was wound? 1 by the robbers.
Tho Bluebird.
You may expect him anytime after
the sun passes the winter solstice. In
his musical engagements it is not a matter
of dates, but opportunity. It is
never a matter of impoi(unity. Who
ever heard of a bluebird's song out ol
season ? It may be cold aud snowy tomorrow,
but his wings tremble io tho
nervous ecstasy of the present, and he
sings of the bit of sptiug that now is.
When the storm comes then he is silent,
lie may tke before its breath, or, if it is
late in the season, he will fold his wiug,
unstring his lute, and uncomplainingly
wait till the vernal sun and wind shall
come again. But let the merest slit of
sunlight gash the cloud, and he warbles
forth his greetings, lie has beeu accused
of trying to force the season. But
it is not that. He is such a lover of tho
very promises of nature that he is as
twniiB in iinr>f> na fruition.
1 found a group once shivering ngainst
a March snow-9torm, late, as the sun
was sinking, and stopped to watch
them pitting their distress. Suddenly
there was some commotion, which I attributed
to my presence and scrutiny?a
low conversational chatter, a quivering
of wings, a few flitting changes of position,
and then a gurgle of spring melody
among the snow drop?. Astonished, I
turned to where the sun should be, and
there, on the horizon's rim, its half-disk
was burning like a beacon. Two minutes
later it was out of sight, the air was
gloomy, the snow fell on, but the morrow
was a blue-bird day, indeed.?St.
Louis Globe-Deinociat.
For Tobacco Ruisere.
Wasiiinoton. I), iMr. Buchanan,
of Virginia, from the Mouse committee
on judiciary, reported to the Mouse with
the recommendation that it pass a bill
repealing the section of the rcvi cd statutes
which requires farmers selling leaf
tobacco to furnish t? officers of the govenrment
a statement of all sales nude,
the number of bogheads or pounds, with
the name of the person, to whom sold,
and the place to which the tobacco was
shipped, under penalty of tine and imprisonment.
The r >mmittee urn of the
opinion that there is no good reasou
why these persons should be required to
give this evidence, keep or render accounts,
make affidavits or be subject to
line and imprisonment not imposed upon
other persons in the community similarly
situated.
A Medical Law Unconstitutional.
Richmond, Va.?In the Hustings
Court Judge Witt decided that the law
upon which Dr. Flower, of Boston, was
tried for the practice of nvdicinc in the
State without a license was unconstitutional.
The physicians throughout the
i3tate are deeply interested in the case.
Briefly stated, his honor decides that Dr.
Flower cannot be prosecuted, because he
is a non-resident and is only in the State
for a few days. If Dr Flower had come
into this State ruUndum u? lain
he would have had to stand the examina
tion required by law.
The Innumerable Chrysanthemum.
The Japanese cite color varietici
of the chrysanthemum, of which sixtythree
are yellow, oightv-seven white,
thirty-t wo purple, thirty red, thirty-one
pale pink, twelve njsset aud fourteen of
mixed colors. A fancy prevails in the
country that in this flower the same tint
is never exactly reproduced, and that in
this it resembles tie endless variety of
the human countenance,?Garden and
Forest,
Ths Only One Ever Printed.
caw too itwd tub wohd?
These la a 3 Inch display advertisement In
this paper, this week, which has no two wordsalike
except one word. The same Is true of
each new one appearing each week, from The
Dr. Ilarter Medicine Co. This house places a
Crescent" on everything they make and publish.
Look for If. send tnem the name of the
word and they will return you boob, bkautiful
MTHOOKArftS or bamplvs fkbe.
Russia has prohibited the exportation of
wheat from Finland.
It your Back Aches, or you are all worn out,
rood for nothing. It Is general debility.
Brown's Iron Bitters will cure you, make you
strong, cleanse your liver, ana give a good appetite?tones
the nerves.
Sweden and Norway are preparing to enter
the German atttLprotectiomst lo-iguo.
.Air. >1. A. Slurry, Wilmington, Del., writes:
I had one of my severe headaches and was
persuaded to try your valuable (Bradycrotino)
medicine. 1 never had anything to ao me so
much good for headache."
Th* GermanJReicbstagappropriated f85<VC00
for the Chicago World's Fair.
The Skill nod Knowledge
Essential to the production of tile most perfect
and papular laxative rcmody known have
enable I tho California Fig Syrup Co. to
achieve a great success iutho reputation of
its remedy. Syrup of Figs, as it is conceded
to be the universal laxative. For sale by all
druggists.
The brakeuvu want a uniform car coupling
adopted.
The worst cases of female weakness readily
yield to Dr. Swan's Pastiles. Samples fre?
Dr. swin, weaver Data, ti ia.
Ma tor matthiws estimates that Boston,
Mass., will need 113,000,000 for this year's
running expenses.
Bkeciiam's I'llijs will ctlre constipation,
keep the blood cool and the liver in good
Wonting order; price 25 cents a box.
A Nkhrabea farmer has been aoqutUsd
of killing a book agent who persisted in
foreinn hi* l<oolc on him.
Obstinate B]
1 HAD TERRIBLE ECZE
and limbs swollen and scaly like a dead fish.
MY SIGHT. After treatment by live physicia
S. s. S. AND IT CURED me. My skin is soft
gone.?R. N. Mitchell, Macon, Ga.
1 know the above statement to be true.t
was for some time troubled with an obs
over my face and breast. I consulted physicia
At the suggestion of a friend I used Swift's S
Was two years ago, and I have had no return <
S. S. S. I*1? 4afc,t an(l best rcmed
cures by removing the cause, and at the same
Swiil for our Treatise, mailed free.
The casting out of the devil
of disease was once a sign
of authority.
Now we take a little more i
time about it and cast out
devils by thousands?we do
it by knowledge.
Is not a man who is taken 1
possession of by the germ of j
consumption possessed of a
devi! ?
A little book on cakei ul
living and Scott's Emulsion
of cod-liver oil wiii teii you
how to exorcise him if it can
be done.
Free
Scott k Bowks, Chemists, i >? South <lh Avenue.
New York.
Your druggist keeps Scott's Emulsion of cod-liver
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H Plan's Remedy tor Catarrh Is the
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orts of diseases. Don't take any
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You pay only for tho good you
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The Worst cases yield to the11
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properties of Dr. Sage's Catarrh
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can, and do, promise to pay
$500 for a ease of Catarrh in the A
Head which they cannot cure. ^
Lood Humor.
Mfor eighteen YEARS?was>
in bed six months at a time?body
The itching was terrible, and finally LOST
ins, and other remedies without relief, I took
and smooth, and the teiriblc trouble is aK
?9. 3. Harmon, Mucon, Ga.
tinate BASH OR HUMOR, that spread
ns, and used many remedies without a care,
ipccifie, which completely cure! n>e. Thia
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ly for all troubles of the Blood and Skin. It
time builds up the general health.
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