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tumorous Jlrpartmrut. Sl'MMEK FAREWELLS. Now the wild rush for home begins, and when one of the women, who have got to know each other very well, appears upon the porch of the country house or hotel, valise in hand, and while the impatient driver of the stage or carriage protests loudly and often, this sort of thing occurs: "Good-by, Miss Bemis (kiss). Goodie.. TVTStic forme ^L-icsA So SOITV tO UJ , lUug J leave you all! Good-bv, Mr. Brown ; kiss your daughter for me. All right, driver; we're comiug. Good-by, Miss Jeuks (kiss). Good-by, everybody. Come along, Katie ; all right, driver. Where's Miss Burt? Oh, dear! I've left my umbrella, and it's bad luck to go back ! Oh, thank you so much ! All right, driver! I declare, it's too bad to leave you all. You must call and see us some time?Newark, Ohio, you know. Good-by ! Good-by !" There's a flutter of handkerchiefs from the stage, a reply from the porch, and the vehicle has turned the corner. A quiet little man, who saw one of these performances the other day, said to his wife : "Maria, have we got to do that sort of thing when we go tomorrow ?" "Why, certainly we have !" was the reply. "You wouldn't be impolite, would you ?" "Yes, I would," said he, earnestly; "and I will, too. I'll never do that, and I tell you so right now. I'll say good-by to the whole lot in a general way, same as the deacon said grace over the whole barrel of pork; but I won't go round in any such fashion as that." "Then they'll be very much hurt, and so shall I," said his wife. "You always do want to sneak out of everything, and leave it for me to do." "Oh, all right," he said, doggedly. "I'll do it." So when they appeared on the porch, the next day, equipped for traveling, the husband laid his satchel in the 'bus, came back, seized the prettiest girl, gave her a rousing kiss, and said : "Good-by, Miss Field ; I really hate to leave you." Then he gyrated around like a bum. mingtop, shook hands with the men, hugged the landlady, and kissed two more pretty women?married, the6e? before their husbands could protest, or his panic-stricken wife interfere. Then he bounced into the omnibus, and said, as they were driven depotward : "Well, Maria, that was one time I didn't sneak, did I ?" t8T "Do you know," said the cheerful idiot, "that it is the easiest thing in the world to tell whether a man is going out on a journey or returning, by the . way he carries his valise ?" "I never thought of that," said the youngest boarder. "What is the difference ?" > The cheerful idiot settled himself more firmly in his chair and gloated a moment before answering. "It is just this way," he went on. "When a - ?aq*'woc hie vnlicft man in guiug an?j uu uu . toward the railroad station, and when he is coming back he carries it in the other direction." A Maiden's Mistake.?Bride?Did you recieve the piece of wedding cake I sent you ?" Schoolmate?"Yes, dear." "Now, tell me what kind of a husband you dreamed about." "I don't like to talk about it. He was an awful creature, with hoofs and horns and the most horrible face that you can imagine. Oh, it was terrible." "Mercy me! Did you put the cake under your pillow ?" "No, I ate it." Almost Wiped Out.?Florida natives like to rnuke game of inquisitive travelers. An Euglish cockney was talking with a "cracker." "Yes," said the Floridian, "we had an awful fire dowu town in Swamp City last week. Only 17 houses left standing." "My goodness! How many were there before ?" "Eighteen." OaT" Once upon a time Lord Melbourne visited the kitchen of the Reform Club (Soyer seems to have held a regular levee there in the afternoon), and remarked to the great chef that his handmaidens were remarkably good-lookiug. Soyer bowed with deep respect, and answered, with gravity, "Yes, ray lord; you see, we do not want plain cooks here." fe^'He's not what you would call strictly handsome," said the major, beaming though his glasses on a babyas he lay howling in his mother's arras; "but it's the kind of a face that grows on you." "It's not the kind of a face that grew on you," was the indignant and unexpected reply of the fond mother ; "you'd be better-looking if it had." 86?" "I wish to say to the congregation,"' said the minister, "that the pulpit is not responsible for the error of the printer on the tickets for the concert in the Sunday schoolroom. . The concert is for the benefit of the arch fund, not the arch fiend. We will now sing hymn six, 'To err is human, to forgive divine." S&F Mutual Friend?It really is shocking, dear, the way in which you and your husband quarrel and carryon. I wonder you don't separate from him. Iniured Wife?What! go away and leave him alone to do just as he likes? Not me! gST" ''The actions of gome of these Reformers,'" said the cornfield philosopher, "remind me much of the way my father used to pull weeds in the garden for about a minute, to show me how easy it was. Theu he would go ofl and sit down in the shade, and leavt me to keep at it all the forenoon." ..ii -Wayside (Bathriings. fta?" Railroad men say it will take two years to haul out this year's crop i of corn. figf" Out of 226,000 farms iu Denmark only 1,900 are more than 220 acres iu extent. f&aF Somebody wants to know if cradle-makers are not guilty of taking hush money. 8ST "Women," said the old lady, "are the biggest fools iu the world? execpt men." W8T The average walking pace of a healthy man or woman is said to be 75 steps a minute. 8ST If people were always as pleasant , as their photographs look, this would be a happier world. BST True piety like a beautiful wo man never appears at a disadvantage in every day dress. Adversity in the trial of princi> pie. Without it a man hardly knows wether he is honest or not. EST A Maine mother has an old slipper, still in use, which has spanked six generations of her family. BST Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion ; even a prudent enemy is preferable. tiaf There are people who resemble blotters, in the fact that the more impressions they recieve, the cloudier they become. 8oT The Empire State Express ran 436J miles in 407 minutes, from New York to East Buffalo, a rate of G4J miles per hour. $a&~ In Norway a law provides that no person shall be permitted to cut down a tree, unless he plants three saplings in its place. A firm faith is the best divinity ; a good life is the best philosophy ; a clear conscience is the best law ; honesty is the best policy ; and temperauae is the best physic. 83T To circulate an evil report about your brother, which you do not knowto be true, is only a less offense than to give currency to a story which you know to be false. t&T Oue who has been looking up statistics says the exportation of horlitcf U'OU lui iuc iiauai juui juov vuuvu ? 1*0 far in excess of any previous year iD the history of the country. 86?" Over 300,000 railroad men in this country are wearing a little button upon the lapels to their coats, bearing the letters UR. T. A.," which means Railroad Temperance Association. 8?* The Bible is a book for the needy. If we go to it with a well defined want, we will have little difficulty in getting at its treasure. If we go to it for nothing in particular, we will get what we go for. W3T A good honest laugh at a good honest joke or a bit of sarcasm, rubs out the gathering wrinkles of care ; but an ill-tempered joke is like a poisoned arrow ; which makes a wound and leaves its poison after it has been withdrawn. 86T Australian teachers must have varied accomplishments. In a Sydney paper recently appeard: "Wanted a man able to teach French and the , piano, and to look after a stud bull." 86T" A maiden writes: "Cau you tell me how to change the color of my hair, which all the young men tell me is red ?" Certainly we can. Get rich ; then they will call it golden or auburn. , Many a family who are scared half out of their senses at every thun- ' derstorm, will run a hundredfold greater risk from dirty wells and malarious swamp holes without a sign of alarm. S@T Old Mercator (to billy Ducks, just left school, who applies for situatiou as office boy, and produces testimonial from clergyman)?We don't want you on Sundays, ray good little hoy. Have a reference from any oue who knows you on week days? flST" The boss told Pat to paint a sign over the shaft, politely warning strangers of the danger. Pat thought it out carefully, and then painted on the fence iu bright vermilliou letters; "Strangers will plaze not fall down the shaft." eST Abraham Lincoln gave us the seeret of his greatness in those words: "Sir, my concerns is not whether God is on our side : my great concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right." This is the only safe position to occupy, yet how few seem toreulize ' it. | 8&" A doctor has discovered the curious fact that the skull of a man who died from delirium treineus contain alcoholic vapor. A small opening in the skull soon after death permits it to escape, when it can be ignited, and burns with a bluish flame. 86T" It is said that New York policemen may be swinging rubber clubs before long. The commissioners are considering an iuvention of a Connecticut doctor, who says that the rubber club has all the stunning effects of wooden weapons and will not break heads. 8?" Oil barrels are nlmost invariably painted blue. The reason for this is not appareut to the uninformed, but i a manufacturer who makes a specialty of this kind of cooperage, says that it , is because blue has been found by ( experience to be more effective for | keeping in the oil thuu any other pig S0T Red has always been a favorite military color. Its employment dates from the time of Lycurgus, the Spartan, who commanded hisariny to he arrayed in red tunics in order that new recruits might not he dismayed at the sight of hlood. Its first use in the British army dates from 1526, when the yeomen of the guard were dressed in red. 60?? In the public library of a subur ban town the librarian was talking, one day, with a subscriber, of the great preponderance of fiction drawn out i over any other class of books. The ' small boy who assists her broke in: 1' "Yes," he observed, quaintly, "I've : noticed that the story "books are the only ones that I never have to dust." I A Atrial THE UNKNOWN. BY A SEPTUAGENERIAN. Republished from the Yorkville Enquirer of 1871, by Request. CHAPTER IV. Sam and John Randolph McCollough, as the latter, too, was called, grew apace ; were hard on their clothes, thoughtless and boisterous, as boy natures are apt to be : but with all, generous, affectionate and obedient lads. The nine days' wonder at the desertion of the child was long since over. Strange/^, coming in, mistook the children for twin-brothers, and Mrs. McCollough never corrected the impression. Each year, Mr. McCollough received, by mail, a similar remittance to the one already mentioned, and it became a matter of course to the worthy man. Regularly, on salesday in August, he went up to Chester to get it, and never came back empty handed. The letter always waited him containing the 850-bill, and the italicized words: "Take care of the child." In all, there was but one difference? this was in the postmarks?they were never the same. One year the letter was from New York, another New Orleans, then from Nashville, and, perhaps, the next from Savannah. The donor evidently intended to baffle all inquiry. The two boys did not dream but they were brothers. The unknown was called by the foster-father's name, and the treatment of the children was so entirely the same, the most jealous scrutiny could not have discerned a shadow of partiality to one above the other. There was also a general resemblance between the children. Both had dark hair and dark eyes and a regularity of features, and the little boy, with others, supposed himself the son of those he entitled father and mother. The farmer and his wife taught the boys a little at home to give them a start; and when they were 5>, a good teacher opened a neighborhood school, to which Mr. McCollough sent them. Sam soon learned to out-wrestle and jump farther than any boy in school, and left the studying pretty much to John Randolph. The latter was not wanting in fun and frolic; but as the farmer said, "he seemed naturally to take to book learning," and really loved his lessons. He got them with great avidity and soon out stripped his seniors. The progress the child made and the pride evinced in him as a brag scholar, would have excited general envy in the school, had not the little fellow been so merry and unassuming?ready to help a mate with a hard sum, or whisper the right spelling of a hard word; but this made "all right," and he was admired by the school. However, there were one or two exceptions to the general rule. The next neighbor's son?Tim Downing? could not get over John Randolph being always head in the spelling class ana having the chief praises of the schoolmaster to anyone who called in to see the exercises of the school. This boy took advantage of any little occasion which might arise in their daily intercourse, to aggravate John Randolph by ill-natured !i<rrrcouuintiu At t.llA anillA time. H whole some fear of Sam McCoilough's hard fists kept him from pushing things too far. He was not afraid of John Randolph ; but his coward heart, (although he was the larger) rather quailed in view of a fight with Sam, and he well knew the latter would not let John Randolph get the worst of a rencounter, without taking it on his own hands. Each Saturday, Mr. MeCollough sent to White's upper mills,* a bag of corn to be ground for the week's bread, and the boys took it turn about to go with it. They always liked to go, for it was a great place of rendezvous at the end of the week for men and hoys, and the frequenters of the mill made their time pass with jokes and jumping, pitching horseshoes, and wrestling, which, of course, made it very pleasant. John Randolph was about 11, when, one Saturday, he was sent to mill, and just before him, with a "turn," was Tim Downing. Some wrestling was going on, and Tim proposed to John Randolph they should try a twist with one another. The younger boy declined on account of Tim's superior age and weight. Tim threw out a taunt of his being afraid, and one word led to another, John Randolph displaying a good deal of patience. Tim did not appreciate it; but mistook it for cowardice, assumed quite the bully, and at last shook u:.. ?... ??.? o..... 1 In* I?l,n liia uni in but; aiiMwitsi u?rj o hwuk Randolph now thought that "forbearance ceased to be a virtue," and doubling his fist struck the big boy a good strong blow. Tim returned it, and blow followed blow in quick succession. The bystanders watched the fight with interest, intending to interfere soon and prevent John Ran* dolph getting hurt, for they saw he struck the first blow. They had also seen how Tim provoked him, and admired his pluck. To their surprise, Tim was getting rather the worst, when he struck his foot against a root, fell, and rolled several feet on the sidling ground before ho could recover himself. John Randolph wiped the blood from his nose, ready for another onset; but Tim. instead of renewing the fight, walked oil'in another direction muttering savagely. The men patted John Randolph's back, called him a hero, and laughed heartily at Tim Downing for his discomfiture. As soon as the meal was ready, John Randolph got it on his horse and started for home. Justus he was riding off one of the Kelsey boys called, "Stop, a little, John Randolph ; my meal will be done, directly, and we can go on together." "No," said the boy addressed, "Mother will be uneasy any how, it's getting so late; and fat her always says as soon as our meal is ready, we must come right on home." "Father! mother!" mimicked Tim Downing, who was standing near, sore and surly. "You think yourself somebody, don't you? 'Father! mother! indeed ! You are no more the son of old Sam McCollough and his wife than lam. You area nice young one to be putting on airs and don't know who your daddy is." One or two bystanders said "shame" to Tim; but John Randolph rode on silent and heartsick. The pitying looks of those around confirmed to him the truth of the tale. He could not but urge old gray on faster than her wont, and hardly took time, after Jake took off the bag, to carry her to the stall where the feed waited, so excited were his feelings and intense his desire to go to Mrs. McG'ullough for sytnthy. Mr. and Mrs. McCollough sat in the piazza ; the latter with little Hosef an infant daughter, whose advent, tin; year before, gave the boys so much delight it quite obscured the quieter demonstrations of the parents. Mr. McCollough was smoking iiis evening pipe,Sain on the steps, whistling, as he whittled at the triggers of a "dead fall." Asthey sat oiiietlv, talking now and then, John Randolph rushed in and without preface exclaimed? "Oh! mother, Tim Downing says you are not my mother?that I'm not father's son." Rreakingdown, he put his head on Mrs. MeCollough's kneo and burst into a passion of tears. The good couple were completely taken aback ; but the good woman tirst recovered. "Who told you such a tale, John Randolph ?" "Didn't you hear him say, mother?Tim Downing! That boy's the biggest liar. Nevermind! I'll bounce him, Monday, and make him blue," said young Sain, much excited. On lag Fishing Creek. Now, I believe, called Crawford's mill. f.Mrs. Wylle, of Chester. "Pooh ! pooh, boys! Don't letme hear j any more of this nonsense. Tim is a very > bad boy?not worth your notice. Why t John Randolph, continued the farmer, as i the little boy's sobs were unabated, "Rose is laughing at you to mind such a tale." { "Yes, come, come," said Mrs. McCol- ' lough. Hush crying now?you are too < big for that. Here Rose, kiss 'bubba \ Johnnie,' and tell him to hush." t "Thus by evading questions, making t light of the source from which the tale .> came, and diverting the boy's mind, the ' child's fears were allayed, and he moved > on happily with the healthful current of 1 the good family with whom his lot was t cast. i Mr. McCollough rode over to his neighbor Downing's and asked him to instruct r ills soil not 10 say ;m vunug nunc ui mc ? kind, as he preferred John Randolph r should not know the truth till he was i older; and he wished to tell him then, t himself, the sad fact that who or what he \ was, was unknown. 1 At this period, the Rev. Mr. Walker, t the pastor of the Rethesda church, had a < classic school in operation. It was only 1 about six miles from Mr. McCollough's, and he determined to send Nam and John t Randolph, (when they were l?i) there. 1 In ploughing season they were to hoard < with Mr. Walker; and when the horses 1 were having nothing to do on the farm, i the boys were to ride from home to c school. In Mr. Walker's congregation there 1 lived a Mr. Goldsmith, with quite a family ' of daughters. The eldest, Miss Letitia f (commonly called Letty to'her great dis- i gust) was a lady of age unknown to all t polite. She certainly had not arrived at 1 years of discretion, although parenthetical I lines about her mouth, and asterisks around her eyes, might have misguided 1 the uniniated in their judgment. She < had an uncle, (General Smithson) who was a member of congress from one of the # upper districts, and from his greatness, 1 Miss Letitia drew lustre to herself, and felt she was the herioue of the neighbor- f hood. Pardon me, shade of Letitia! I ' should have said vicinage! She read 'The Children of the Abbey,' 'Evelina, 'Santa t Sebastiano, or the Young Protector." I < fear she was more familiar with their pages i than those of her Bible, and, in turn, im- t agined herself to be Amanda, Evelina and ' Julia, acting each character as she conceiv- t ed it. She reveled in a mystery, and the 1 whispered tale of John Randolph McCol- < lough's unknown origin, awoke to a higher ' degree the sentimental maiden's interest 1 in him when he first entered Mr. Walker's academv. and the romance she wove y around tho youthful unknown, threw the disguise and long dissimulation of the 'Young Protector,' quite in the shade. On all opportunities, Miss Letty devoted herself to the youth. Most boys would have been shy and teased by her particular attentions; but the schoolboy's gibs were easily turned aside by John Randolph's merry humor, who entered with zest into the spirit of the thing and played the second part to Miss Letty's first, to the entertainment of all 'lookers-on in Vienna.' This amusing flirtation was carried on until just before his two years'course ended at Mr. Walker's. On what small I hinges often turn the gate of our destiny. The execution of a merry thought was the accident which revealen to him the true incident of his birth. The knowledge of which, or rather want of further knowledge, blighted the best years of his life. During the session of congress, a wagon passing from Washington to the southward, brought from General Sinithson to the Goldsmith family, a box of presents. No letter accompanied it; but the wagoner explained he was in a hurry to get on and could not wait for a letter. The general sent word he was well, and would write soon by mail; and on each article in the box lie had put the name of the one for whom he had selected it. * On opening it, Miss Letitia's name was attached to a beautiful article. At first, to her, as well as the rest of the family, - - 1 T*. tnc present was a nonuescnpi. n ??u? about 10 inches in length, composed of green inorocco and pull's of green satin, 3 alternately running its length. It was ' open at one end with four narrow green ? ribbons run in a casing near the edge. ' The opposite end was closed and finished 1 off with a handsome tassel of green and t gold. The strings drew the fair Letitia to the conclusion it was a bonnet. On 5 trying it on, it was a perfect fit; and the whole family coincided with her judg- e nient in regard to the article. i JThe next Sunday was a big meeting at " Bethcsda, and Miss Letty tied it on knot- J ting the ribbons under her chin with a * great degree of satisfaction in her fashion- * I able appearance, thinking amiably, of the 1 envy her less stylish neighbors must feel; and consciously, of the impression she v was bound to make this day on John v Randolph. The new fashioned head-gear, with j grandeur, struck all beholders with e wondering admiration ! The wearer's ? head gave many a selfsatisfied toss at the ? thought of her own elegance and fashion, and the school boys, umong whom were f. Sain McCollough and John Randolph, r were duly impressed by the towering ? aspect of the new style bonnet, and the ? latter, in a spare moment, drew on a blank t leaf in his hymnbook, for his sister Rose's v benefit, a picture of Miss Letty as she en- 0 tered the church with her new bonnet on. j All peculiarities were a little exagger- | !itr>d hut thf> draught was so like it could ? hardly ho termed a oarricature. The fine bonnet General Smithson had e sent Letty Goldsmith from Washington, , was the talk of the congregation for two ^ weeks. No one thought of trying to imitate ,, it?all concluded it would take a connois- c snre's hand to construct it. Several persons (. who had not attended meeting the day of its advent, caine out the next Sunday of preaching to see it. Alas! Miss Letty t again entered the sanctuary, her old bon- {, net on her head and the new one suspend- j, ed by the green ribbons from her arm. s The mail had come during the week and j brought General Smithson's letter. Anew light was shod on Letty's present. He ^ said, "I hope Letty will like her reticule; they are very fashionable, and curried by ,, all the ladies in Washington." v The ludicious mistake was irresistable , to John Randolph, who delighted in a joke, and instead of attending to good l>r. Alexander (who preached that day for Mr. Walker,) he took out his pencil and u drew on another leaf in his hymnbook, ^ Miss Letty's new style and wrote under it? "Come look on this picture, then at that, And see the reticule turned to a hat." After the first sermon, there was the usual intermission between morning and * evening services, and M iss Lctitia beckon- " ed the young man to her side, warmly inviting him to "partake ol'thesvlvan eoli.1 ,i.. I,..,i ..oU O lamm iiui );ciiiiu jmiuut/ mui jriui'Hicu, The youth was nothing loth, for Mrs. i Goldsmith's nature was as practical as Letitia's was poetical, and her good things ? were quite noted. lie, therefore, went with a good grace, forward to the benches j on which the lunch was spread. A hearty repast usually induces thirst, and Miss t Letty was not too etheral to feed the "inner man" on her niothcr'sduiuties. Hav- ] ing finished a succesful attack on bread and butter, turkey, ham, pig, pie and pas- 'j try, she turned to'her cavalier? "Will Mr. McC'ollough transmit to me o a draught of the crystal fluid, Deity, in His beneficence, provides for all his creatures, 1 on every hill and dale, in every cot or vale." To hide his almost irrepressible amusement, the young man bent hastily forward to procure the cup of water, and as he did j so, his hymn book fell out of his pocket at Miss Letitia's feet. In a kind of ecstasy she grasped the book which belonged to "him." When lie turned to hand her the water, she had opened it, and her eye was just resting on his too faithful representa- r tions of herself. The burlesque was too The incident related is no embellishment of > fancy, hut a thing of actual occurrence. For obvious reasons, real names of the parties are 11 not given, though the details are closely oh- o served. lalpable, even for her not to see it, and she cut oil" any attempt at an apology by he artist, by pouring forth the vials of her .vratli on his liead. "No geniletiian would ever have been piility ??f such an indecorum," she cried. 'The action proclaimed how base his irigin! Mr. McCullough had need beivare; the child he had so generously l'osered was a serpent, and would yet sting lie hand which had fed it. I deserve all," the concluded, with a last burst of scorn, 'for permitting an unknown creature, inch as you are, to come into my presence. He gone! nameless thing that you are, to lie shades of obscurity from whence you sprung!" The iron entered the young man's soul. I'he countenances of those around, so ighast at the onset, the remembrance of Pirn Downing's words, uttered so long igo, confirmed her passionate vituperaions. In confusion of countenance he ivithdrew, and getting his horse, started lomeward at full speed, the surging bought burning in his brain, urging him inward to learn the truth, even though he eared to know it. As before, alter Tim Downing's taunt, low again John Ranpolnh rushed in on dr.and Mrs. MeCollougli without a word if preparation, and tremblingly asked to enow if the tale was true, "that he was lot their son." The faithful foxtcr-parmtx 110 longer sought to disguise the fact. "John Randolph," said Mr. MeC'olough, "the hour lias come when it is inly right that you should know all, as ar as I can tell, relating to your birth. It s, at best, but little more, my boy, than hat under this roof you lirst saw light, n vain have I tried to learn who or what rour parents were or are." Then kindly the old man repeated the jure meiuenis Known w wie lenuei, londusion adding: "'Your hist birthday jrought the letter ; but it contained $500 ind a new sentence. It was, "Send the joy to South Carolina college.' " ^Father, can you not tell anything to five me a clue by which I may find my nother?" "No, my poor boy! I have used all he means I could to discover, but witb>ut success. I had'intemled this week to in part to you this knowledge, which odav was so cruelly told you in harsh vords. You are now old enough to bear he truth with philosophy. You know, ull well, the love with which your infan:y and growth have been nutured, will ive in our hearts toward you, my child, ill we are laid in ourgraves." "But my mother loved me! You say vhen you named me, she kissed me and vept over ine! Some cruel destiny drove ler from me, surely; and that she has not :eased to love and remember me, her yearly enclosures show." . "Yes, John Randolph, I've always told mshand I believed that poor young thing oved vou. At the time, I did not notice jarticularly her actions; but many of hem have since come back to me, and here was certainly a great trouble at vork in her heart all the while she was jere: and like a haunt has come back to ne, her last words?"take care of my >aby till I get back"?till it seems to me, n trying to make good my promise, I've ilmostcome to thinking more of you than ny Sammy." "If I have loved you so, mother, and pou cared so much for me, what would be he joy of my own mother and myself, if ifter all this sad long time, we could be e-united. I will $et out tomorrow, and be sole of my foot shall know no rest till [ find her, for I am sure I will at last." "No, John Randolph, you must finish pour education?the money is in my trust 'or that purpose." "Father, I cannot study! Take the noney and send Sam to college. I see 1 f J 1.1 1? ,.A.wl low, way you sum you cuuiu uijijr genu >ne. Let Sam go?I cannot." "But you must. The money is in my lands for you. For the purpose it was lent, it must be used. You have no more ight to give it to me for Sam's benefit ban I have to take it." "How can I study ? I will believe my roung mother was a good woman, yet lere I stand unknown, a thing of scorn ind an object of pity to every one who ias a name. There can lie no rest for me ill I unravel this mystery of my paren- ' age." "John Randolph, have I not been to rou the same lather I have to Sam? yTow, I claim from you the same obediinee I would from him. I lay my solemn njunetion on you to finish your education, is your friends have provided you should, do it for your own good, strengthened >y a sense of duty I owe myself and you, o guide you rightly, while under age, as ' would Sam." I "Your father is right, my son. Goon ( vith your studies. I've always thought ( vlien you had got through college, your j >eople would be apt to claim you. They ] lave seemed so particular for you to j earn, and it does look as if they had an , ye on you somehow, to know how you , ;et on," for how else would they have . mown you were ready to go to college ?" ' The tact ot' the woman spoke in tnese lomely words. There was a show of ( euson in what she said, and a hope , jlowed again in the wounded heart of j he suffering hoy. Hero was an incenive held forth to do his duty, and go on nth his collegiate course. Perhaps, (he oneeived,) it might depend on his college ife, whether he won lu he acknowledged < ?y those to whom he rightfully belonged \ r not. 5 With an increasing assiduity, he prepar- i d for his approaching examination. The J nerry humor which had embellished his laily life was gone, and a grave earnest- ] less marked his demeanor, and a reservd manner was apparent in his inter- < ourse with all except the family who had j dopted him as their own. 1 Mrs. MefoUough's heart felt deeply for ( he hoy. He was very dear to her, and ] aeh day she grew more gentle and caressng toward him. Sain seemed to feel the hock of the announcement as much as ohn Randolph, for the secret had been . :ept as inviolably from one as the other. ' ?he adopted son showed increased tender- 1 icss for all; hut the cloud was very heavy I ver him, and the only rays penetrating < re re the hopes suggested by his foster- 1 uother. 5 TO MS CCXTINUKD XKXT FRIDAY. t. v. moork. W. B. MOORE. [ iv/B MOORE & CO.; NOW IS THE TIME. ; Crimson Clover Seed of , Choicest Quality. REMEMBER, there are two or lirec grades and we POSITIVELY I AVE THE BEST hat we can buy. Sow Is the Time < To sow a one crop Clover that will grow ' i in nearly any kind of land, tig money saved by using it. W. B. MOORE A CO. jpir Deep Well Pumps and Hydraulic Engines. See us about them. W. B. M. A Co. S. >1. Mr \E KI. it CO. rHE undersigned have opened an office . in the old Exchange Bank, and will t o a GENERAL BANKING BUSI- < r ESS, buy and sell exchange, receive s eposits, etc., and respectfully ask a share > f your patronage. S. M. McNEEL A CO. I If you see it in Strauss's Ad, IT'S SO ! WANTED 9,999 PAIRS OF OLD SHOES! NO MATTER WHAT THE CONDITION, I WANT THEM! And Will Pay 9 Cents CASH for Every Pair. WANTED ON OCTOBER 7,8 AND 9! Several weeks ago I announced j a Special Shoe Sale for October. Read the conditions: I have about $9,000 worth of Shoes on hands, . and this stock includes all sizes from a baby's No. 2, to a woman's No. 10, and range in prices from 25 cents up to $6 a pair. I have every style and shape, and I can ? say, without fear of contradiction, that I have the largest stock of Shoes ever shown in Yorkville. Now, as I have said above, I 1 /"\ -1- -1 Oil. want 10 ouy on uciouer 7111, oin and 9th, 9,999 pairs of Old Shoes, and will pay 9 cents cash # for every pair, and on one condition. You must buy a pairfrom me, which means that on every pair of Shoes you will receive a CASH REBATE OF 9 CENTS, and you take the old shoes away, I don't want them; but I'll keep them if it don't matter to you. y Now, please remember, that my prices during this special sale will be just as LOW as before or after the sale,1 and my prices are lower than vou will be offered by anybody else, as I bought most of my shoes before prices 'riz.' REMEMBER : THE DATE. The REBATE OF 9 CENTS on every pair of shoes you buy. My prices will be as LOW as anybody's. I propose to LEAD in shoes. H. C. STRAUSS. / Agent for Coats's Spool Cotton. If you see it in Strauss's Ad, IT'S SO! J. H. RIDDLE. BAGGING & TIES "WW imt tlio naino n * onr firm dni'no? huci. JL ness in this community, that I know if; but for a long time I have noticed :hat they were closely associated together, especially at this season of the year, when ;he fleecy staple has "squared" itself and is preparing an "opening" for market. In fact these two commodities are almost tiseperable. Where you find BAGGING, :here you will find TIES. Especially is ;bis true at RIDDLE'S, where 21,000 pounds?nearly ELEVEN TONS?have feitieu "ii uitrii w\\u uuu ?.> iui , BAGGING, 1 have yards, yes hundreds if yards, verily I believe miles. When pou want either, or both, call on me for igures. SHINGLES AND LIME. We keep on hand a large supply of SHINGLES and LIME, and when you ivant either of the above articles, you will save money by coining to us. We get Shingles and Lime by the carload, and we lon't expect to let the supply run short. ^ RUBBER AND LEATHER BELTING 3f various widths, for Gins, Sawmills ind other machinery, always on hand at jottom prices, and parties who need goods >f this kind, can do no better than consult no before purchasing. MY FLOUR IS BEST. And some people claim that their flour 'is as good as Riddle's," which is aciiiowledging the superiority of ours. We >ought our flour when it was at the lowist notch, consequently, we can, mpre so ,han ever, make it to your interest to conHilt us about flour. BEFORE I FORGET, [ will say that I am still selling TWENrv POUNDS OK GRANLATED SU- .4 JAR Kill? ONE DOLLAR, mid utmost. is many pounds of anything else as you may want. You see that we sell such quantities of everything that we have no miie to look altera few pounds of stuff. J. H. RIDDLE. J. W. DOESON." THAT BIG EYGI) NEEDLE, THE CROWN, the largest eyed needle. Made for old and young. Sold by J. W. DOBSOX. SALMON. I HAVE just received a lot of the finest COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON put >n any market. Try one can and you will W want another soon. Also spiced Sardines in half an quarter pound cans. HARD \V AKFi, HI. A S* W A K K, AND CHINAWARE, cheap! cheap!! Only "Jo cents for a set of Soup plates. J. \V. DOJJSt )N. S. M. & L. GEO. GRIST, * FIltE INSURANCE iL&E3\TTS. ALL BUSINESS entrusted to us will receive our prompt attention, and he polices will he carefully and accurately vritten in strong and reliable companies, ^ it as low rates as prudence, experience nul practical business sense will permit. >. When you want indemnity against loss * jy tire call on us.