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m RECORDER, CHARLES E. R. DRAYTON, Manager. AIKEN S. C., TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, ISSG. VOLUME 6.—XUMUER 12, Save Your Money and Shop By Mail Professional Advertisements. D. S. Henderson. E. P. Henderson. Henderson Brothers, ATTORNEY’S AT L.VW, AlKKX, S. C. Will practice in the State and United States Courts for South Caro lina. Prompt attention given to col lections. 207 KING STRUT, CHARLESTON, S. C., - (Opposite Masonic Temple- O: Great Special Sale :0: -* 5,00 Pieces of Roger s A. A. Silver Plated Flat ware. &c., &c. :Q: «,000 pieces of Rogers A. A. SILVER-PLATED FLATWARE, bought at an immense reduction from regular prices, to close out certain pattern which they are not going to make again, and which I am selling at the following prices; My Regular) | My Regular Price. Price, i Price. Price. 250 sets Teaspoons $125 $2 00 100 Crumb Scrapers 2 00 4 50 4 00 i250 Sugar Shells 45 1 00 4 00: 500 Rutter Knives 45 1 00 8 75! 100 Pickle Forks 45 1 00 8 75J 1100 Oyster Forks 45 1 00 4 00; 250 Salt Spoons 25 50 3 00i 250 Mustard Spoons 35 75 2 00 500 Nut Picks 13 35 4 00, 500 Fruit Knives 25 50 4 00 i 50 doz t’ble k’ves.doz 3 50 5 00 4 00 150 doz T’ble K’ves 2 00 3 75 The above Goods are the very best quality of Silver, plated on Nickle Silver, and are perfect in every respect, and only sold at these Low Prices in order to §)ose the entire lot out quickly. Every piece is warranted to wear from five to ten years constant use in any family, if properly used. £5F~Send for Catalogue, giving prices of Watches, Jewelry and other pil verware, and buy where you get the best value for the Cash Money. JIMO. McELREE, Proprietor. 125 sets Tablespoons 2 50 loOsets Table Forks 2 50 75 “ Dessert Forks 2 25 75 “ Dessert Spoons 2 25 lUOSoup Ladles, each 2 00 100 Oyster Ladles 1 50 100 Gravy Ladles 100 Fish Knives 100 Cake Knives 100 Pie Knives Haviland tevenson, Attorney' at Law, Aiken, S. C. Special attention given to Collec tion. John Gary Evans, Attorn ey'-at-La yv. Will practice in the Counties of Aiken, Edgefield and Barnwell. John A. Mette, Attorney’ and Counsellor at Layv, Practices in all Courts of South Carolina, Aiken, S C. THE LAWS OF 1886. (mortgage its corporate property and franchises, to extend its railway and ! to lease connecting railways. A LIST OF’ THFl ACTS PASSED by! An Act to amend an Act entitled THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. “An Act to incorporate the Blackville land Alston Railroad Company, ap I proved December 24, 1885. New Railroads, New Banks and New 1 An Act to incorporate the Green- Cities mid Towns—-A Review of Htalville, Polk and Rutherford Railroad Work of the Legislature. ICompany. An Act to charter the Yemassee 'and Walterboro’ Railroad. An Act to validate and confirm cer- IK) 2 00 2 00 2 00 James Aldrich. Walter Ashley. Aldrich & Ashley, Attorneys at Layv, Aiken, S. C. Practice in the State and United States Courts for South (’arolina. LIFE, ACTVITY and BUSIENESS! AT- WM. MULHERIN & CO.’S -iOt- WE ARE RECEIVIMG LARGE SHIPMENTS OF BOOTS SHOES AND HATS, For Fall Trade. ■ tot We have received so much encouragement in our efforts to furnish the peo- le with a good class of BOOTS, SH JK ■» a nd HATS at moderate prices that we have taken special pains to get the best class of stock for our patrons. We have a large stock of wholesale trade, and we guarantee the LOWEST PRICES, Our retail stock includes Miller & Ohers, Stacy, Adams & Co, Zeigler Bros. Stribley & Co., aud many other desirable makes. For the great convenience of many patrons, we have opened a BRANCH STORK, at 523 Broad Street, four doors above the Augusta Hotel. This store is in charge of ■lurTi. .T -trr CUGOHsTILsriEIR,, who will be pleased to see his numerous friends and acquaintances. At both stores patrons can rely on polite attention, aud our best efforts to supply them With just what they need in our line. You are cordially invited to call. WM. MULHERIM & GO. (Two Stores, 623 Broad Street, four doors above Augusta Hotel, and) ) 919 Broad Street, sign of the Large Red Boot. i FALL OPENING -r-A-T:- MASONIC TEMPLE. -:0:- O UR STOCK IS NOW COMPLETE IN EVERY DEPARTMENT, AND casual or careful inspection will show it to be the handsomest and best assorted ever shown in this section. lu announcing that we are now thor oughly prepared for the Fall Trade, we will not go into descriptive details about the good-*, but simply say that everything Novel, Elegant and .Fash ionable in the Dry Goods Line can be seen on our counters and shelves. The Stock includes everything from low-priced, substantial goods to the very finest manufactured at home and abroad. We give a standing, unqualified guarantee on prices against every market in the United States; and anyone who doubts our ability to do this is earnest ly requested to put the matter to a practical test. Every guarantee we offer will be fully maintained. Whether you are ready to purchase at present or not, we cordially inY’ite you to call and examine the stock. DALY & ARMSTRONG, CORNER BROAD AND ELLIS, AUGUSTA, GA. We Are Ready, Williiii*; And Able To Please. COOKE'S CLOTHING & HAT STORE. 711 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga. R A w T EADY because we have Selected with the utmost care Goods that com bine style with durabilty. In sulticient variety to make us feel cer tain of being able to please you? BLE because we have all the Latest and Best Styles and Fabrics in all sizes from the smallest boy to the largest man. Can Fit All! Prices on every piece the Lowest that can be made. ILLTNG, yes we should say so; noone can tell how Willing till they see these Goods and hear Prices. W. (Quitman Davis, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in the Courts of this Circuit. Specia attention given to collections. 0. C. Jordan, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. 31. B. Woodward, Attorney at Law, Aiken, S. C. Will practice in all this State. tiie Courts of Edw. J. Dickerson, Attorney’-at-Layv, Aiken, S. C. Will practice iu all the Courts of this State Dr. Z. A. Smith PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, VAUCLUSE, - - - S. C. ^’’Office near Depot. Dr. W B Courtney, Bentist. -OFFICK- Richland Avenue, Aiken, S. C. Next door to Henry Busch & Co. Dr. J. XL Burnett. Dentist. Below will be found a classified list of the Acts passed at the recent ses sion of the General Assembly—one hundred and forty-one in number. There are twenty-four public or gen eral Acts-, five appropriation Acts, and thirty-six Acts relating to county affairs. Besides, there are sixteen Acts relating to railroads, twelve to municipal charters, twenty-nine to miscellaneous charters, seven to stock law exemptions, two constitutional amendments, four relating to the sale of liquor and six of a miscellaneous character. afprofriations. An Act to make appropriations ftn the fiscal year commencing November 1, 1886. An Act to make appropriations foi the payment of the per diem and mileage and stationery certificates of the members of the General Assem bly, the salaries of the subordinate ofiicers aud employees thereof, and for other purposes herein named. Joint Resolution to provide for the payment of the expenses incurred by the board qf visitors of the South Car olina Military Academy in repairs of the Citadel buildings. Joint Resolution relating to the ser vices of the attorney general iu the revenue bond scrip cases. An Act to raise supplies and make appropriations for the fiscal year be ginning November 1, 1886. STOCK RAW. An Act to exempt certain portions of Lexington County from the opera- J,iou of Chapter XNXVII of the Gen eral Statutes of this State, relating to the stock law. An Act to exempt certain portions of Chesterfield County from the oper ation of Chapter XXXVII of the Gen eral Statutes, relating to the stock law. An Act to amend an Act to exempt certain counties herein named from the operation of the general stock law. An Act to exempt certain portions of Colleton County from the operation of the stock law. An Act to exempt certain portions of Georgetown County from the oper ation of the stock law. An Act to amend Chapter XXVII of the General Statutes, relating to the general stock law aud fencing stock. An Act to exempt certain portions of Hampton County from the opera tion of Chapter XXVil of the Gen eral Statutes, relating to the stock law. LIQUOR LICENSES. An Act to repeal an Act entitled an Act to prohibit the sale of spirituous or malt liquors within the county of Barnwell, approved December 21, -OFEICE AT- Graniteville, Aiken County, S. 0. Dr. B. H. Teague, Dentist. -OFFICE ON- Kichland Avenue, Aiken, S. 0. Geo. W. Williams. HOUSE, SION AND FRESCO PAINTER! Graining and Marbling a specialty. Old Furniture polished aud made as good as new. J3l~Oillce Up-stairs over Beckman’s Bank. Orders solicited. JamesA.Stothart, GRANITEVILLE, - S. C. -DEALER IN DRUGS. CHEMICALS PERFUM ERIES, TOILET SOAPS, HAIR BRUSHES AND CIGARS. The Stock is frequently replenished so that they are always fresh. Oui prices are reasonable, and we will bo glad not only to serve our friends o! Graniteville, but of the entire sur rounding Country. James A. Stotliart. H. F. Warneke, Baker and Confectioner AND DEALER Ii-I GROCERIES TOBACCO and CIGARS, TOYS, FIRE-WORKS, Etc. VI KEN, - - S. C Rainey’s Barber Slio]). O N Laurens Street, two doors south of the “Croft Block,” Hair Cut ting, Shampooing and Shaving done with care, and after the most approved method. 53^~The Trimming of Ladies’ Bangs Misses and children's Hair a specialty E. CAPERS RAINEY. ‘ VV. A. Reckling, ARTIST, Established 15 Years. 20,000 Negatives Preserved. Pictures taken by Instantaneous Process. Photographs of any of the prominent men of the State, can al- wavs be had at reasonable rates. Main St., opposite Grand Central Hotel, Columbia, S. C. 111ESE Prices run through every department Men’s ami Boy’s Suits’| Men’s and Boy’s Overcoats! Men’s ami Boys Hats, Underwear Neck wear, Trunks, Valises, Umbrellas Ac. «N:o., are all ofiered in the saim j way. We have the largest stock in our Wholesale Departmei l in this Market to select from. A. W. BLANCHARD, FUNERAL FUR XIS111N G WAREHOUSE. Curve St., Opposite Town Hall, Residence on Union. St., Aiken, S. C. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to prohibit the sale of spirituous liquors in the town of Union, ap proved December 26, A. D. 1884. An Act to submit the question of license for the sale of spirituous, malt or intoxicating liquors iu Anderson and Laurens counties to the qualified electors thereof, and providing penal ties for the violation or evasion, or attempted evasion of the prohibition law if a majority of said electors Y’ote in favor thereof. An Act to authorize the sale of liquor in Berkely and Beaufort couu ties. public acts. An Act to ait end an Act prescrib ing the mode of divesting the right of dower of insane married women. Joint Resolution to extend the time for the payment of the raxes for the fiscal year commencing Novem ber 1, 188-5. An Act to provide for the formation of certain corporations under the gen eral laws. An Act to amend Section 200 of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to arrest and bail. An Act to regulate the time tor col lecting taxes by execution or distress. An Act to fix the time for holding of the Circuit Courts of this State. An Act to amend General Statutes, Title VIII, of the public health, Chapter XVIII, Section 948, in rela tion to quarantine. An Act to amend Section 2,160 of the General Statutes, relating to at torneys, solicitors and counsellors. An Act to punish the stealing of melons and fruit. An Act to create a fund to be desig nated "The Treasury Reserve Fund,” and to provide for the control of tne same. An Act to regulate the issuing and service of warrants in criminal cases. An Act to amend Section 618 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, relating to the repairs of highways. An Act to amend an Act entitled, "An Act to amend Section 1,330 of the General Statutes, in relation to parti tion,” approved December 28,1885. An Act to provide for transporting persons convicted to the Penitentiary by the Penitentiary guards An Act to establish the South Car olina Agricultural Farm and Stations. An Act to repeal Section 1,040 and to amend Section 1,042, Chapter XX, of the General Statutes, entitled. "Ol the University of South Carolina.” An Act to amend Sections 2,236 and 2.237 of the General Statutes in rela tion to juries. An Act to fix the fee for dieting prisoners iu county jails. An Act to amend an Act entitled an Act to regulate the admission of foreign insurance companies to do business in this State. An Act to prescribe the manner of appointing commissioners and the is suing of the writ for the admeasure ment of dower in the Circuit Courts. An Act to amend Section 1,339 of the General Statutes relating to hawkers and peddlers. An Act to amend Section 1,637 o! the General Statutes relating to the hunting of deer. An Act to amend Section 2,497 of the General Statutes of South Caroli na in relation to setting fire to grass. An A“t to regulate the public print ing in this State. RAILROADS. Ap Act to amend Section the General Statutes as to ning of trains on Sunday. An Act to amend an Act entitled “A” Act to amend an Act entitled *An Act to incorporate the Palmetto] Railroad Company,’approved Decern- ' her 21, 1382,” approved December 26,1 A. 1). 1834. An Act to amend the charter of the ! 1,476 of the run- For J, C. LUDLOW & CO. We Inriti A”. To E^ainl d?e. I TtOR SALE—A full line of Caskets . & Coffins in Wood, Metal or Cov ered with Cloth. Special attention is j Eutawville Railroad Company, asked to the Metalic Cases of the Xew York Metal Burial Case Company, Yvhich are unsurp issed in quality -/nd finish. Also to New Styles of Caskets. A highly polished Collin fully trim med for only $10. Inspection ol goods solicited. E. J. C. WOOD. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the Orange burg and Lewiedale Railroad Com pany,” approved December 26, 1885. An Act to confer certain rights up on the Port Royal and Western Caro lina Railway Company, to wit, to tain township and town subscriptions to the Atlantic and Northwestern Railroad Company. An Act to amend an Act to charter the South-Bound Railroad Company. An Act to authorize the Pelzer Manufacturing Company to subscribe to the capital stock of the Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railroad Company. An Act to amend an Act to charter the Chester and Camden Railroad Company. An Act to change the name and amend the charter of the Chester, Greenwood aud Abbeville Railroad Company. An Act to authorize the city coun cil of the city of Greenville to issue coupon bonds for the purpose of re funding $10,000 of the indebtedness ot said city, falling due in July, 1887 upon bonds issued in aid of the At lanta and Charlotte Air Line Rail way Company. An Act to incorporate the Edisto and Benches Ford Tramway Com pany. An Act to amend an Act to incor- parate the Newberry and Laurens Railroad Company and to validate all acts and contracts made in pursu ance of the same. COUNTY’ AFFAIRS. An Act to authorize the county commissioners of Orangeburg county to apply certain unexpended balances to general county purposes. ^oiut Resolution to authorize th< drawing of funds in the hands of the treasurer of the County of Oconee. An Act to enlarge the boundaries of school district S"o. 17, Fairfield cduuty, and make two school districts thereof. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to provide for the establish meat of a new school district in the county of Darlington, to be known as the school district of the town of Tirn- inonsville, and to authorize the levy and collection of a special school tax th^frein.” An Act relating to the compensa tion and duties of certain of the county officers in and for the county and city of Charleston. An Act to reduce the number of trial justices iu Kershaw county and ma^e the office a salaried one. An Act to authorize the city board of school commissioners of the city of Charleston to use certain funds in aid of the repairs maue necessary for the public school buildings by reason of the dairage by earthquake. All act to authorize the board of county commissioners of Greenville county to issue coupon bonds for the purpose of refunding the indebtedness of said county, fulling due in July. 1887, upon bonds issued in aid of the Atlanta and Richmond Air Line Rail- Wajf^ottiiiaoy, to borrow Jooooy to payTitf the same. An act to vest iu the Ci:y Council of Charleston the fee to a lot of land on the east side of King street, in the City of Charleston, for the purpose of erecting a police station house. An act to amend Section 1 of an act eutitled "An act to fix the time for the holding of the Courts in the Sev enth circuit, so far as the same re lates to the Counties of Newberry and Spartanburg.” An act to authorize the county treas urer of Berkeley county to pay the county bonds becoming due and pay able January, 1887. An act to establish a new school district in Marion county. An act to limit the number of trial justices iu certain counties in this State. An act to provide for the payment of certain past due school claims in Aiken county. An act to empower and direct the county board of examiners of George town county to close the public- schools of said county for the scholas tic year 1886-87. An act to authorize the State board of health to sell the present quaran tine station at Port Royal. An act to prescribe and fix the amount of the bond of the Probate Judge of Williamsburg county. An act to amend the law iu relation to county commissioners and county school commissioners. An act to regulate the number of trial justices in Chesterfield county. An act to authorize and require the county commissioners of York county to submit to the qualified voters ot inroad River township and Bullock Creek township the question of trans ferring the subscription heretofoie voted to the Georgetown and North Carolina Narrow Gauge Railroad to any other company after a limited period. An act to authorize and require the county commissioners of Horry coun ty to establish and keep in repair a public highway iu said county. An act to create a 'school district of that portion of Barnwell county lying within the corporate limits of the town of Barnwell. An act to prohibit the county com missioners of York county from granting aid to the outside poor ex cept as herein provided. An act to limit the number of trial justices in York county, fix their ter ritorial jurisdiction, and provide for their compensation, and to provide for two trial justices iu the city of Spartanburg. An act to amend an act entitled "an act for the establishment of a new school district in the county of Lex ington.” An act to authorize the town coun cil of Winnsboro’ to issue additional bonds for rebuilding and repairing Mount Zion College. An aet to authorize the county com missioners of Clarendon county to borrow money for building and re pairing bridges and the support of the poor. An aet relating to the reassessment of real property and the collection of taxes in certain portions of the coun ties of Charleston, Berkeley and Col leton. An act to amend an aet entitled “an act to repeal an ordinance to pre vent the erection »>f wo >den buildings, etc., in the City of Charle.-ton.” An aet to create a new school dis trict within the township of Barnwell in Barnwell county, to be known as ‘ the "Barnwell graded school dis-j trict,” and to authorize the levy and j collection of a local tax therein. An act to recharter the town of Georgetown. Joint Resolution to provide for the payment of a certain claim of Joseph R. Liles, county treasurer of Marl- j boro’. Joint Resolution authorizing and requiring the county school commis- j sioner of Williamsburg county to pay ] to W. D. Knox his school claim. An act to provide for the establish ment of a new school district in Marl- ] la -o’ county, and to authorize the levy and collection of a local tax therein. Joint Resolution to authorize and empower the county commissioners of Greenville, Anderson, Spartanburg and Union to borrow money for cer tain purposes. An act to authorize and require the county commissioners of Lancaster county to apply an unexpended bal ance in the hands of the treasurer to the payment of ordinary county ex penses. M U NIC I FA L C H A RT E RS. An act entitled "an act to incorpor ate the town of Rumphville. in the county of ( ’olleton.” approved De cember 26, A. D. U85. A act to alter and amend the char ter of the town of Laurens. An act to amend an act to incorpor ate the town of Hampton. An act to renew and amend the charter of the Town of Winnsboro’. Act to amend Section 6 of an act entitled “an act to incorporate the town of Barnwell, approved March 1 1878. An act to incorporate the town of Harling City, Orangeburg County. An act to charter the town of York- ville. An act to incorporate the town of Fountain Inn, in Greenville County. An act to amend an act entitled “an act to incorporate the town o. Westminster, Oconee County. An act to amend the charter of the town of Chester, ratified aud approv ed December 22, 1885. An aet to amend the charter of the town of Kingstree. An act to confer certain powers upon the town council of Hodges in Abbeville County. MISCELLANEOt S CHARTERS. An Act to amend an Act entitled. “An Act to incorporate the Mount Pleasant and Sea View City Railway Company,” approved December 24, 1885. Act to amend the Etiwan Phos phate Company. Act to amend the charter of the Carolina Savings Bank of Charleston. An Act to incorporate the Atlant e Self-Endowment and Benevolent As sociation of America. An Act to charter tiie Summerville and St. John’s Railroad Company. An Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the News and Courier Company,” approved the 17th day of December, A. D. 18sl. An Act to incorporate tiie Bam berg Banking Company of Bamberg, S. C. Joint Resolutions to authorize the Peidmorit Manufacturing Compain to subscribe to the capital stock of the Atlantic, Greenville and Western Railway Company. An Aet to incorporate the Commer cial Savings Bank. An Aet to amend the charter of “Tiie Holy Communion Church In stitute” of Charleston. An Act to recharter Holley’s Ferry across Big Saluda River in Edgefield County. An Act to incorporate the Ameri can Savings Bank. An Act to recharter the Palmetto Job Printing Company. An Act to incorporate the Ashley Phosphate Company. An Act to amend an act entitled “An Act to Incorporate tiie Huguenot Mills.” An Act to amend the charter of the Charleston Base Ball Club. An act to amend and extend tlu charter of the New Brighton Hotel Ferry and Telegraph Company. An Act to charter the Bank ol Greenwood. An Act to amend Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 of an Act to charter the Peoples Savings Bank of Newberry. An Aet to charter the Spartanburg Encampment Association. An Act to incorporate the Bank ol Aiken. An Act to incorporate the CoufV<^V Construction Company, Act to incorporate the Aiken water supply and Gas Company. An Act to alter and amend the charter of the Young Men’s Loan and Trust Company of It »ck Hill, and to change the name thereof. An Act to incorporate the Fidelity Loan and Trust Company of Spartan burg. An Act to incorporate the Supreme Council of the Sons of Elect. An Act to amend Section 2 of an Act entitled. “An Act to incorporate the Wellingford Church and Acade my of Charleston,” approved Februa ry* 15, 1872, relating to the property and powers of said corporation. An Act to authorize the Charleston Calcine Marl Company to reduce its cayital stock. An Aet to incorporate the Orange burg Building and Loan Associatio: . CONST I TUT i ON A LAM EN DM ENTS. An Act to ratify the amendment to Article II of the Constitution of South Carolina by adding thereto a section, to he known as section 4 thereof, in lieu of Sections 4 and 5 of said Article as it now stands. An Act to ratify the amendment to Section 14 of Article 9 of the Constitu tion of the State. AN EDITOR’S CHRISTMAS. MISCELLANEOUS. An Act to amend Sections 18 of tin 2ode of Procedure, relating to the ime for holding the Circuit Courts n the first circuit. An Act to amend Section 481 of the General Statutes of the State < f outh Carolina, in reference to the alary of the Lieutenant-G ivernor. An Act to provide for the issue of u deficiency bond or stock to Octavius A. White, in satisfaction of the guar antee of the State on a certain bond of the Spartanburg and Union Rail road Company. An Aet to cancel the matriculation obligation of O. J. Bond and Thos. P. Harrison to the hoard of visitors of tin- Military Academy and to lefine the manner in which the said board ma.> hereafter deal with like cases. An Act to allow persons who shall have resided within this State for ten years since tiie war, and who have lost their legs and arms or have been permanently disabled in the legs-ur- ing military service, to obtain the in-' - efits of tiie Act to provide ; r.ific'a limbs, &c. An Act authorizing the comptroller general to reduce the assessment of j the real estate of Miss Nancy Berry. A Uretly Iln-iness. The House of Representatives e: i the South Car dina Legislature took j on an economic spasm the oiler day 1 and reduced the salary of tie* <-k*r!\ ot l the Department of Agriculture from J $1,500 to $1,200. This is a picayune business and unworthy of the House. Mr. Luther A. Ransom, the able an I efficient <derk. has aeeoni.dished gr at go >d f r h s t de. H - s enis to have been the only official Singled out to practice economy upon. Personal j spleen appears to have prompted the ; reduction in his case. In place of re ducing the Legislature should in crease the salary of so talented and faithful an officer. Mr. Ransom wields a facile and vigorous pen, and his articles on South Carolina have been worth to the State more than the gnat-eyed economists can ever dream ot—Augusta Chronicle. This Is Mr. Worthington’s story jnst as he told it to a number of us one Christmas eve ning at his house. Mr. Worthington isn’t Mr. Wtirthington at all in real life, but a very famous man whose tongue and pen carry great weight: My first journal was a country wceldy in Doonvilit*. A “flourishing and fearless” jour nal, was the war my kindly disp<*spd contem poraries spoke of it in their “able’’ images. Its name was TL? Trumpet, and I speak only the plainest truth when I say that it gave forth no uncertain sound. I was a . cry young man and very ambitious. I thought I knew exactly what a forceful weekly newspaper should be, and I hadn’t the least doubt of my capacity to construct and manipulate such an engine of reform and advancement. That is the way of the very young, God bless them. Before they have had a hand to hand en counter with life they feel so strong aud con fident they believe they can do anything, and this very l>e)ief, mark you, is what makes the phenomenal successes wo bo often admire and wonder at. The Spaniards have a proverb, “He who expects good luck will get it,” and it is as true a sentence as ever was penned. Believe you can do anything, and you can, if any one can do it Success, like the art of swimming, is largely a matter of confidence. I worked very hard on The Trumpet 1 was business man, editor and staff. I had very decided idros in regard to bettering the world, and started out with the praiseworthy intention of extinguishing several “gian: wrongs," under which I plainly saw that so ciety suffered. We all -have the retomiatory spiritTuueh stronger in us in youth than later on, for the reason, perhaps, that we haven’t fully measured the strength of our antagonist, the existing system of things. I was sincerely anxious to thoroughly represent all worthy local interests. To that end I scoured Doon villc night and day, and “wrote up” all sort- of things that never before had be**n described by pen, or immortalized in type. I wan to! to wake up my fellow townsmen and women to the interests that lay close around them, and of all things I wanted them to properly appreciate The Trumpet. I intended to issue a magnificent Christina number of my beloved journal, twice it ordinary* size and brim full of the mos alluring holiday matter I could create am rake up. To perfect that number I almos ! worked myself into a decline. Looking bae! upon it now, from the standpoint of what i beg to be permitted to call mature commoi sense, I commend myself heartily for the in dustry, zeal and contideuco I nursed int< respectable development in tii )so old, ban working, moneyless days on The Trumpet. Among other attractive features for my Christmas paper i determined to write up tin very poor of Doonvillo. I could thus be tin means of conferring two benefactions—giv ing tup rich a chanae to taste of the blessinj of giving—for it is more blessed to give thai to receive—and also ojxm the way for tht poor to be helped. And on Christmas, you know, all hearts are said to be tenderer ami more generous, and many uro glad of an op portunity to do something for the needy. Doonville was a small place, and so very prosj>erou> that I scarcely knew where to g< to hunt [*eopte so poor that I dare intrude upon I hem and toll their wants in my “valu able aVd widely circulated” paper. Many of its citizens v.ere very rich, ami none whom 1 personally knew had fallen below decent and tolerable poverty. But down below DoouY mills, on the river bank, were some broken down houses about whose doors I had some times seen very ragged and very dirty chil dren playing. I determined to go thither and Investigate. I had this thought in my mind as 1 was go ing to office one morning just two days before Christmas. I determined to go out that afternoon and begin the search. I hadn’t gone far when I met “Calamity” Parker. That was what I called him when my speech was without bridle, for I held him in great contempt He was a tall, thin, broken down creature, who posed as a gentleman and moved about with a solemn, unhealthliil gait and dis tributed religious tracts. He ahvays seemed to mo a frightful excrescence Cn society, ol though bo had the discretion to say but little. It fretted my progressive spirit to see him crawling around thrusting his weak litera ture under more intelligent and busier peo pie’s eyes. “The day and genemtion are be yond tracts,” I said to myself, “and here is this threadbare fraud keeping up this relic of fogyism.” I despised him so heartily I could hardly speak a decent good morning as he passed mo. I think ho IkJt that I disliked him; but he had cultivated the unctuous af feetation of godliness and an appearance ol patience and sweetness under slights and taunts, and invariably returned a smile for a frown. That very habit made him detestable to me. I began to think about him as I went along. He had only been in Doonville a couple of years, and I had never heard of his doing anything but distribute tracts and preach on the street corners down by the mills. I concluded that it was time ho wa: abolished. Accordingly my first work on reaching the office was to write a half column editorial article on “religious frauds,” in which the practice of tiuct distributing received merited castigation. I drew a picture of tbo typical tract man, of wlAch Parker was the "model, which wasn’t calculated to make his path in Doonville any smoother. This incisive, and I may say "able,” article, which was certainly a flaming sword of righteous wrath against the tract fraternity, was to adorn the Christmas num ber. Then I started out in my search for pov erty in a self satisfied spirit. It is delightful to do something that wins one’s own appro bation. I found the row of old bouses all locked and tenantless save one, the last one and the worst one. It was in a state of dilapidation so hopeless that its owner hadn’t even thought it worth while to shut it up. The result was that it was tenanted without his permission having been asked. A family of dull brained, sallow skinned, chronically indigent, half dead creatures who had been crawling westward in worn out wagons drawn by dying horses, had taken possession of it by pen.fission of necessity. Tficy bad reached Doonville just as their horses sue*- cumbed to tho inexorable, and there they were, sick, freezing, starving and dying in a state of destitution unspeakable. I saw through the windows that the house was inhabited, though the only figure I could see moving about was more ghostlike than human. On pretense of borrowing a match I knocked for admittance. A mute'n! : uch a thing was a far off, undreamed of luxury to the family within. There was neither fire nor food in the house, and tho wind, the rain and the snow came in at will through the glassless windows. Haven’t you noticed that the very elements conspire with poverty to make his victims wretched? A skeleton man sick unto death lay on the floor, his head on a bundle of dry leaves. Two famished children, ill and feeble, were on the semblance of a bed in another corner of the room. A very old woman sat helpless by .the side of t’.ie sick children, whoso c maci- ated and ini icrablo mother groped about feebly trying to give help to tho ■ u. r.;. The only one who seemed to have any life to speak of 1 ft was a wan and ragged little girl with delicate features and big. old < yes. I got lire and food for than), and did all I could for their immediate relief. Then I rushed to the office of Tins Trumpet and wrote such an account of them a; would bo sure to send the good people of Doonville to their door with abundant reikf. It was a long and graphic article, and realistic to a startling degree. We were nut illustrating newspapers then as now, so I could only pic ture the suffering of tills family in words. However, I gave the artic le tremendous head lines and a prominent place. The Trumpet was Lsued the next day, which was the day before Christmas, and it wont forth on its work of arousing the pit}' of ifoonvillo for the family in the old house by the river. I was very bu.->y ail that day and could not go to see them. But when night came and I lay down to rest 1 had the satisfaction of feeling that they were provided lor, nud that I had been the instigating cause of their relief. I fancied the surprise and sorrow the benevo lent Mrs. Barclay w ould feel when she visited them, carrying aid, as she was sure to do after reading my article. And how dis tressed, I thought, Mr. Archibald Doon would be when he realized that so sad a case of want existed in the town of which lie was so proud. And others—ever so many others —would bo equally interested and equally helpful. In imagination ♦ saw the philan thropists of the the community, one after an other, going down to the old house by the river side carrying aid and sympathy. The next morning was Christmas. It was cold and clear, with a sharp wind blowing- traditional Christmas weather, called cheery in stories, I think, but very uncomfortable foi those who are thinly clad. After break fast I started down to nee my poor friends by the river. I wanted to help them, but all I could do would lie but a cipher in compari son w ith what had already been done. But 1 thrilled with tho pleasure I would expe rience in seeing their improved condition, knowing I bad had a hand in it. How forlorn and desolate the house was, even ns seen from afar off! And oh! tho dreariness of Christmas to those within! A man approached tho bouse Just ahead of me. A second glance told me that it was the tract distributor. I felt a spasm of wrath at sifpt of him. How dare he mock thorn wretched people with his printed twaddle at suit the ureciousness of their souls when their bodies needed food, and fire and cloth ing? THE THIN LITTLE OIRL OPENED THE DOOR. He knocked, and the thin little girl witfc the pale, delicate face opened the door, came out, and shut it behind her. The tract dis tributor took oil his hat, she looked up at him, and I knew she spoke, though 1 was aot near enough to hear what she said. I no ticed, too, that she raised her hand in ges> ture—a solemn and intensely dramatic ges ture, it seemed to me, for one so young to make unconsciously. A queer sort of chill crept over me. Tho tract distributor opened the door and went in. but she stood outride, and was still standing there when I reached the door. Somehow, when I was quite near ber I could find no words to utter. She seemed to understand, and pointing to the door, said: “You can go in if you want to. „ Father died this morning 1” < , I stood speechless in the presence of that child’s tearless sorrow. “But help came to you yesterdayf I said, my heart sinking as a possibility I 4-»d never thought of flashed into my mind. “Yes, he—the man who hasluet oooain— came ana was very kind. He stirfBd oy father all night, and was only away a little while; but father died while he was gone.” “And—did—did—nobody else come yester day?” I stammered. "Nobody else,” said the child, looking jip surprised at the question. I felt ashamed to go in and face the tract distributor in the presence of the dead ho had comforted and whom I had left for others to «om fort—others who never came. He greeted me with gentle kindness, and as I clasped his hand in that woeful dwelling I inwardly bent before him in self-abasement. We went out together to plan for the funeral and procure further aid for the liv ing. “You did a good work when you wrote about these ]xjople,” ho said, “and I thank you, for otherwise I should not have known of their existence in tims to be of help when they needed it most.” With what shame I remembered my article on religious frauds, of which I had been so proud only two days before. From that hour wo became warm friends. As I learned to know him well I looked back in amazement at my former conclusions in regard to him. “Calamity” Parker, indeed! It would have been more fitting had I named him Beneficent Parker. His life was a bene diction—unobtrusive and self-denying; he gave of his abundant sympathy and slender worldly means without reserve. Nor was his never failing patience and sweetness of spirit tho cloak of hypocrisy, but tho result of years of spiritual aspiration and discipline, which I have never yet begun to attain. His habit of distributing tracts was merely the outward manifestation of a helpful spirit—a habit contracted in a bygone day among sirr.plo Iieople. It hurt no one. For aught I know it may have benefited some. Why should I assume that because a man had an inoffen sive habit, of winch I disapproval, that ho was a fit subject to be insulted in tho public prints, derided behind his liack and sneered at when ho was present? It was tho igno rance of youth, my children—youth, over-eon- lident youth, which thinks it knows every thing and often knows nothing. I had not then learned that each one has his own wny of doing good, and has his rights, too. Neitb' r had I learned that it is foolish and wicked to judge people whose real lives wo do not know and cannot know—or to judge at all. It was some time before I got over my sur prise at the apathy of tho philanthropists of Doonvillo in regard to that wretched family. I was at a loss to understand how they could eat their Christmas dinners in comfort, niter reading about the distress of tho poor souls in the old house. I did not then know that Iieople unused to seeing poverty are Mower to lend a helping hand than they who see it everyday; that when we have not the poor always with us we forget how to lie benevo lent and sometimes grow very selfish. Gertrude Garrison. An American Cow In Paris. At just one period of the <Jay n little before and a little after 5 o’clock jn the evening politics is a general subject of conversation and really attracts a passing attention. Then the boulevards are chat tering with politics, but it takes little to divert the attention of talkers tp some thing else. For instance, the topic this afternoon is the sow “d’Aineriqfie.” A big and natural looking cow has been built in front of a cafe. The milkmaid is a neat girl who speaks French with r.n English accent. When she pulls at tho udder a stream of milk punch fills a glass. The Parisian dandies find this diverting to both their minds and palates. “Franco lias sent Bartholdi's goddess to America.” says a placard, “and America gratefully sends in return a milkmaid.”—Paris Cor. Philadephia Times. , A Dentist and a Prince. A curious little story was told me Illus trative of the snobbishness of I-ondon society an of the real kindnessof heart in the family of the Prince of Wales. There* is in lyondon an American dentist who is very skillful iu his profession, and among other people lias attended the Princess of Wales. He was invited to one of the an nual garden parties at Marlborough l ouse r.nd met there nearly fifty of his patients. They cut him to a man. Soon after he found himself face to face with tho prince and princess, and they at once gave him the most cordial reception and shook him warmly by the hand. At once every one cf the fifty patients pressed up to the lucky dentist and shook bauds with equaB warm tii.—Sheffield Independent.