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the man
ager of our little
company of stroll
ers, and I, were <>n
the road to Ki!-
ui-irn iclt Ve had
left flroeno-k for
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page (tltaro
not mnch of it) to
b: ?ent ; ftcr us—
while w« tfallro 1 on to Paislev, wbo'e Pike
had a friend in the local tragelfan, Mr.
7aui!eaou—popularly known as ‘Lan^
w Ulle”—who would i* i 'oo&' for a sov-
Arvizn. A'ast -when wa got to Paisley, we
fonnl **La!i«r Wiflit^ \vrc “under tl«
weetb«r r h:m a c'f-aiul tli4 ' expected sov
ereign dtvimiio'] down to five shillings—
which was the entire amount of lus night’s
■bare for acting “B-Ttratn,” In the gloomy
but powerful tragedy of that name.
<>>Wlkui 'the play was Qvdr Mr. Jamieson
took us tO bis lodgings, ghve us a benrtv
welcome and a hot supper, af;er which 1
eat and listonod while the veteran'; acte 1
“their yotingencounters o’er again.Amidst
their pleasant remiuiscen<-es Pike happened
to urention the name of “Carl}'.” At the-
(trund ' Jnmieicn became ssd and silent.
After a while Pikeinttiijrtd: -
“Where is he the noof’ ''
“God knows!" rej lie 1 the other. “I’ve
not ween him for a month or mor,\ He aye
bnisde' out whtin' fee anuivorsp.ry of that
awful time comas round. He generally
stay.; away for a mouth or six weeks, and
conies'backi without a word, and resumes
his life where he left otT, jusc as :f nothing
had happened. Poor Curly I Poor F!o: a!
But there; what is it Jllstresi Macleth
says I——
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ShouM be '
donV
Bo sup unand clear cait—that is, if you mean
to go to Kilmarnock ta*inorrow. (Joo^l-bya,
young gortleman. 1 hoj^ yen’ll be iucloer
thrfti tht^ weather-I'eaterl old villain ah*
m'vself. Stick’ to text’-, study night
and d»y; and, who -kudivs, ypu may take
tho world bv sti rm one of these days.”
! ■ “I’ll try,” 1 said.
•Good lad! Good lad! R-nvunber, ‘there’s
no such word a-; fail.’ flood-bye, P.kc; good
luck to you at Kilmrrnoak.”
And so we took our leave of “Lang Wil-
apd'sought our humble bo.-.Ujiry, where
n minutes later 1 Iny fa^t asleep, not even
oienning of the infln -nee that accidental
encounter with Mr. Jamieson and another
yet to come were to have on my future des
tiny : “ '*
’ Next morning, aft"!’ vo bad paid our
•core, we had only eighteen pence left; but
what is money when you have youth,
health strength and ambition! Thank
Godi *1 hail all u-s for my com
panion, pcxir fellow, he had had so many
nibs of fortune that he was equal to any
fate. By tho way, hi ; Mime was not “Pike”
at all: he bad merely arrived at that
scbriquot from his marvellou; voracity, and
his extraordinary facial resemblance to the
pike fish. Ho had fulfilled on a short engage-
tu'>nt in Hnburgh or Glasgow some thirty
years before 1 met him, Lus nil the interreg
na m had been pnssrd vagaboh fixing about
in halls anl barns in the small townf of
Beotland, •.n , j > as always in debt, alivays
t ri difficulty, TniT Sui.rthow jjr othep be always
:ept afloat, always kejit a light heart, and
always had a pleasant vor 1 for everybody.
. Although it was in tho mouth of May, the
»n6\v!w as:on the ground;-fortunately for us
It bad boon frozen into a fine crisp con
sistency. Tho sun flushed the horizon with
a tender violet, lighting the hilltops with
fire, and making the distant road, w hich lay
before us. alive with rubies end emeralds
and other pvecipus stones, in great
mosses of go! 1 and silver. Of dourse, when
We came up with them our magic jewels
vanished—no. not quite vanished, they had
only gone n little further off; and so we fol
lowed lu their track, just as the people fol
low in the pursuit of pleasure in Noel
Patou's picture. *.t was. indeed, a lovely
morning, aud tho young blood - ran riot iu
my veins while the bir-is cbirpod and song
to us from every .hedge. I was in love with
my art. and the present ordoal seamed to
me the “rough brake through which, great
ness must pass.” mattered myself thftfc I
was another Edmund Kean in ombyro—to-
bides, was I not about to open at tho Theatre
lleval,' Kilmarnock, in Romeo! (Alas! this
Theatre Royal turned out to be a bam over
a stable I) I w as Romeo alread y. I must
confess my mind was sorely exercised as to
my future Juliet, Miss Madolino Montmo
rency. Was she short or tall, slim or stout,
dark or fair? (I may as well state at once
that she turned out to Is) old enough for my
mother, and woroa false “front,” so I think
it wps called.? I-was to have a guinea a
week and a benefit, all tho receipts, after
the shares and stock debt were taken up.
So, building these castles in tha air, 1
trotted along, full of the delightful aiiti.j-
G lions of youth and hope; while, as for
kc, he was as jolly as usual. About mid
day we stopped at a farmhouse a little out
of Abe niaini'road, yr’lbre ’pe negotiated a
lunch of oatcake and milk for sixpence out
of our little store. When wo had done
ample Justice to our frugal repast he took a
pull at h;s pipe, and thou we resurtied our
foul hey,' beguiling the time with snatches
of sung end theatrical reminiscence;, of
which he had an abundance. Incidentally
be menti oned the name of Curly; then he
stopped and changed the’ sifbject. Tins re-
mlnd- > d me of the Irtoh iu tho: conversation
on the preceding night, so 1 veiitp; e<l to in
quire who and what “Curly” was. * After
some hesitation P.ko told me the story I am
■bout to relate—a story remarkable enough
under auy circumstances, but rendered still
more remarkable by an incident which
kctually occttrired during: it* paiTution. Had
it not been for this strange colr.cideuc? t|ie
narrative would not have needed this in
duction. » o
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end. jAc'-y els l e taje. Others bad
er>, why rhculd o'-t boi
At that peried there were not—at least
not ip Curly’s sef—many irmn-iageable
young' ladies of large fortune, so bq con
templated teeking •‘fre.sb woods, and pos
tures new.? But tberr wns* difiloulty not
vrliolly tmcoanectrd with coih of the realm,
so ha was condemned to vegetate in “Auld
Reekie,” at least for the present.
Ho was now five or six and twenty, aud
had never den? a hand’s tarn to make fahft-
s ’If useful m his life: nor. in'leol, had h?
the slightest !nc?ntio:i of-so doing. Hi;
mL-iou was to b: o'nameulal, aud It know
it Could he only o tain on epport unity of
displaying hjs ni^nly boauty on the stage,
the women—li'eiressesespecially—would bow
down before and worhip him. EaLllmo.in-
spirat’on! He wc uld get up an mnato ir
per fortune'--j for the purpose of providiig
the Highlandors of the Hebrides with
breeches To illustratr? the ibipfirtance of
small clothes, the comody nf. “Tha Bo’le’s
Stratagem” waa relccted, spj Curly wa.
to Lo Doricouft He bad lighted 1 on bis
feJt. He was a born cciardiau—he had ani
mal spirits in abundance—his.laughter wa;
contagious, and he was sublimely and un-
conscicuslj’ iinpnden . That be was good
looking no oum could deny. In fact, when Si;
George Tcnchwo xl exclaimed: “Gonfounl
Uie dog. how handromo he looks!!* every
one indor.«d the opinion. Next day the
blocki'eatiwln tlie pa;«r.s prnaogueed him, a
yenius full-fiedged—that !n fact, he had
only to xh;w b.innelf in Lialon to extin
guish Charles Kemble, ELiistoh, Jones and
the rest of the London p>! yers. The red
dent light comedia^ a very distin
guished do tor, but, of course, he wasn’t t
co reps re with the now Doricourt!
Curly’s mother, a strict Presbyterian, bv
no means approved of her darling’s dis
gracing the house o? Campbell by exhibit
ing himself as a si age player, and severa’
differences of opinion a raw between them
on the subject. There jongia; culminate!
in a fit of apoplexy; which cut short the ole
'ady’s life and his mean; of living, as, o
course, hLs mother’s annuity terminated
with her existence. To do the lad justice,
he was very fond of bis mother, and her
loss was a great blow to him. Blie had lef
him a small hoard of tv.*., or tine? hundred
pounds, which she bad scraped together
with great d ffkulty; but bo soon mad*
“ducks and drakes’ of that, aul it wa
melting away rapidly when Harry John
ston, the “Scotch Roscius,’ a; he was called,
came down from Loud ea for a- few night
ie “star” in his native city. Johnston was
a very hund;ome man and a very fine actor.
F!:; acting was a revelation to Cm ly, w ho
fcneamo a red hot partisan, and distinguished
him elf by the demonstrative fervor of bis
admiration. On the last night of Lis engage
ment tho Roscius intimate 1 that ho hail
been driven cut of London iu consequence
of having taken the liberty to thrash that
“fa' Adonis of forty,” the Prince Regent,
for insulting his (Johnston’s) wife, and tha
lie had taken the theatres at Aberdeen and
Dundee, and was now goirsg to settle down
in management in his r ative land. Nexi
day Curly got one of the actors to intro
duce him to tho new manager, and suc
ceeded there and then in obtaining an on
gagemont. He bad achieved one step on the
road to fortune.
CHAPTER II.
LOTE AT FIRST SIGHT.
Upon joining the company at Dundo?,
Donald opened in Doricourt 'anA at ouce
made a groat hit. Now “Lang Wiliio” was
tho tragedian pf the compeny. Although
the stronger an 1, more manly character, he
“cottoned” to Curly at one?,* aijd, notwith-
stan ling hi; fi ivolity and weakness, be cam?
greatly attached to lu;'’. They occupied
the same apflrtmeats, and soon were firm
friends—“friends at the age when’friends
are brothers.” Decidedly Ma;ter Cindy’s
linCs were east in pleasant places. Every
body was kind aud Considerate— for the
young beggar had a mQ;t •ingratiating way
with b in—ani despite his egotism, which
habitually asserted itself with frank aud
perfect self-belief, he was petted and spoiled
by both tho men and women in tho com
pany, juttas if bo had b;ea a great, hand
some Newfpundlaud dog. Johnston put
him forward by degress—“nursed” him
gradually into an important lino of business
—concha i him up in several of his own
parts, spread abroad the report that be was
a irftftrebf fortune, who liad taken to the
stage as a pastime; m^le a friend of
h.m aud took him into sccioty, wborq^ka,
became as great a success socially as he was
artistically. At Aberdeen he ' was even
more popular than in Dundee. The ladia;
admired bun especially—indeed he was the
idol of the hour. At that time, before the
railways were in existence, the advent of
the players in a country town was an im
portant event.
Sir-. Mac A Ulster, tjio factor of the Duke of
6 , a man of Ihrga wealth and considcr-
able local influence, had an on^ daughter,
who, besides being a gfeab bealtj . was an
heiress in her own righy being entitled on
her majority to an income of ton or twelve
thousand a year, bequeathed to her abso
lutely by her mother. Flora MaeAUister was
hot-blooded, impetuous and utterly uncon
ventional. She ftdl in love with Curly at
first sight. Every time be acted she occu
pied a conspicucus place in the boxes. The
popular rumors as to his position in society
may probably have increased her infatua
tion. However that may be, every drop of
blood iu her veins thrilled at the sound of
his voice; she thought oi him by day; she
dreamed of him by night. On his parr, hi
wa; attracted by bar beauty and her dl;*
tinguished demeanor, and the lint thing bj
aid every night when he came on the stage
was to look up to her box.
Flora was by no means a typical High
land girl—not, at lea ;t, as we understand
ilrim—for she was dark as nigh*, with an
abundance of dark brown hair, a beautiful
oval face, wonderful largj gray eyes, which
flashed with fire cr melted into tears with
equal facility. Her figure was tall and
tsri.-i.-*
ibci f;
that ver
JtOSVYer,
sLou. rproiR y UMpaelapt, ri
bin (remit’; tmifoctW^hl. a^Hpial
fl.»s*t:ug ntxref Its brow iu nimbus
—his head and aHuldcrs twering oyer
everybody. Ilesida these personal advan
tages, be was lu? onA^man in the place who
knew how to handlist woman in -a waltz,
and as it was a new jlanco be wa; conse
quently the one most fa demand. He aul
Flora hod be n in the i-xm for three mortal
heurs, continually ‘meeting, almost touch
ing each other. Lnt uever once daring to
•ak. Ha omy waitjd his chanci. At last
came. Johnston had just fijishel the
lancers with Miss MaeAUister, and they
were promenading the room together, when
they came fsc . to fac? with Curly. Before
the manager liad time to escape Donald re-
qu?st d an ia'r.*luctiou, and when th? next
w ail z struck vp Flora was whirling about
in his arras, li was tho old, old story, that
has been toll a hunirel, ye.i, a
hundred thousand times. Of coarse
th?y had kuaem each other all
their lives, perhaps In some p.her lif*,
etc. Regaruleu^ oi everythiiig and every-
tody, they danced togotlior for the rest ot
the eveiiiug. Society took note of this, an 1
aeciety was shocked. Johnston shook his
head. Mr. Daniel D. emp ter, who had hem
selected t-y Mr. Mac Allis.era; his future son-
in-law, was not a dancing party, and he
sfa'-iuk his list furtively, and longed to make
it acquainted with Curly’s head. Then, for •
be was “canny,” Dec in ps ter inquired of
Flora “if she didn’t feel tired. Mi ght ha not
order the carriage?” “No, she wa; not tired,
tho ball had only just begu-.r, and Mr.
Deempster need net order the carriage.” So
saying she returned to the waltz and to
Curly. The Laird of Strat famine; was a
giant of six feet two, with th j eye of a hawk,
and the Leak of an eagle; a huge chest, a
biawny pair of arms and a list lika a sledge
hamsuer. A dangerous person whon put ou.
of the way. He was put out of the way
uow. Casting a baleful glare on hi; rival,
be made all sail for the card-room, where lie
found bis father-hi-law that was to be in the
“nine ho!t*> ” Obviously In couidu’t intor-
nipt him then, but whin tho rubber was
over and MaeAUister had lost the game,
through his partner having revoke j, lies Hip
ster related his grievance to ears already,
unfortunately, dispos-'d to auger. The two
men returned to the ballroom h tstily, and
sought Flora, who wa; at that instant about
to bigin another dance.
“Com?, ETora,” said MacAUistor. “Time’s
up—carriagj js waiting.”
4 Bo Korr.*, papa,’’ she replial, sweetly,
•*Lut I’m engaged to Mr. Campbell for tho
next waltz. Let mo introduce him to you.”
Curly blandly murmured iu Ills most in
sinuating maimer, “Delighted—delighted—
I’m sure.” Too music struck up aud away
they weut, “pursuing, encircling, caress
ing.” MaeAUister stool dazed and dumb-
tpunded; at last h? muttered:
“Well, d. his impudenci!" .
Deempster said nothing, but made up bis
mind, if ever he got the chance, that he
would break every bona in Cm ly’s skin.
During tha waltz tha lovers arranged
their plan of action. Flora’s maid, Jennie
MacPherson, had a brother, a oarpaater in
the theatre, who c&uld be relied on as a
faith'ul messenger. Having established
this trusty medium for communication, the
rest was easy.
The dance being over, Curly escorted
Flora to her father, but neither the “stern
parent” nor his intended son-in-law vouch
safed the slightest recognition as they
turned aud left the room.
When tho MacAlllsters reached homo a
terrible scone occurred. The old gentleman
had had too much wine or whisky, or both,
and he asserted tho paternal authority in a.
manner which sot Flora’s Highland blood in
a flame. She turned round and faced him,
giving him almost as good as he sent, and
wound up by saying:
“At any rate, in three months’ time I shall
be my own mistress, and free from either
coercion or insult!”.
The old man replied:
“Very well; but till those three months
are over you are under Ay control, and by
G 1 you don’t crow yonder doorstep
without my permission. Don’t let there Le
auy mistake absut thatl”
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CHAPTER I.
DONALD'S DKBUV.
As I despair of reproducing Pike’s happy
knack of spinning a'yoi’u, I must tell his
t*le iu my own prosaic way.
Many years ago Donald Campbell was a
writer to The jjiguet, in Edinburgh. As
for his writing, Be did nothing but compose
verses, and very ba l ones they were. Hu
was young, well born, we4 bred, of pleas
ant and engaging inann°rs, vefy handsome,
and very idle. “Ho was tho only son of his
mother, and she was a widow”—left with n
email annuity bequeathed by her husband,
wdistinguished officer, w ho fell at ^Vaierloo.
f^onald -A ns an assiduous diner b it, great at
balls and parties, played a cai'itnl game at
billiards, went to tho theatre frequently,
end sedulous! / cultivated the acquainteuoe
of tho players, among whom ho posed him-
eelf as a man with expectations in person
he was a young Apollo, tall and straight as
a dart, fair couiplcxkmed, a pure Grek
face, straight nose, eyes blue as supnlures
and bright as diamonls, a head of sunny
hair which foil In a mass of golden curls
about his neck. Yes, the hair was very
beautiful, but unfortunately there was not
much worth speaking about undor it His
face aud his hair were very much admired-.
tho latter obtained for him the sobriquet
of “Curly,” a cognomen winch clung to him
throughout his life. •.> ••. ’•
This interesting young gentleman gener
ally began the day by shaking hands with
Idmeelf, and admiring his hamlsom? face in
the glass. Then be cond^scen Jed to permit
the poor fond mother to worship him during
hie breakfast after which he sal lie l ont for
hie morning game of billiards. In the nftor-
hoon be minnol himself in Princes street,
'to give the girls a treat,” os he modestly
put It. After that an early dinner (in those
days late dinners were not in vogue), thou
the theatre or the dance, whichever pre
sented the greater attraction.
r Usually his poor stupid bead bad room
only for one idea; but at last h-j managed to
nnuggla in two at one and th? mma time.
Hia first idea was, oo the strength of his
handsome face and comely rnrea*;, to make
U wealthy marring?. In order to enable
him to carry rut this Irgbly Ian labl? obj-ct,
he managed, tfanugn ul> *«*ibor s name and
prtill
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She ocu(j)icti a oonspici. x.a place in thi
boxes.
stately, but superbly rounde l. “Iu joining
contrasts lieth Love’s delight.” Naturally
tho fair-haired Curly’s heart went out to
this dark-haired beauty. “The- eye can be
as vc?al as the tongue,” and though ne
word had passed between them ih?y under
stood each other perfectly. H s difficulty,
however, was to obtain an introduction,
for although Johnston was a frequent visi
tor at Mac All isteFs house he had never once
invited Curly to accompany hind Mac Alii*,
ter ruttndcI liis daughter's hand for his
young frisnd pauiel Deempster, t!ie Laird
of Sirathmine>, whoso estate adj iued his
o»vu. As for ashing the young lady’; con
sent that was quite superfluous—if she
didn’t know her own mind her father did.
Johnston, from behind the curtains of his
box, frequently observed the optical duets
which nightly took place between the young
people; ho saw how the land lay, aul ho
thought it his duty as a man of honor to
lend no counteuancs to this sort of non
sense. Love, however, laughs at all pre
cautions—surmounts all obstacles; and, of
course, in the fulness of time. Curly and
Flora met.
There was a grand ball given at the assem
bly rooms upon some public occasion, aud
everybody, who was anybody, was there.
The belle of tho ball beyond dispute was
Flora, aud it was equally unquestionable
that tho “swell” of th? ball was Curly. Yes,
ho was decidedly “the star of the goodly
company,” the cynosure of all eyes—ad-
m red by all the women, detested by all the
men.
A’non~ the former there jnw but on?
Honduras* Climate, xtesourcee and People.
Horlfiliras is the country most favored
of nil the Central American countries in
the matter of climate, natural resources,
etc. All minerals arc found in abundance,
the coast produces'nearly every variety
of tropical fruit, and millions of acres are
covered with mahogany, rosewood, satin-
wood, logwood-find yiauy other valuable
trees, anti the ciVnee, tobafcco and sugar
are not surpassed by those of any other
country. Gold, 11:13 fine, can be washed
out of the river-beds, and silver, copper,
iron niwl lead'are found in abundance.
Along the northern coast line the oli-
mate is apt to bq malarfbus, but this only
applies to a strip fifty miles wide. Inland,
it is much healthier than our southern
states. Yellow fever, cholera, »mall-por
or any .such scourges are unknown. Save
in th* capital, there is little society, of
course, but the foreigners in Honduras
are too busy ior society, anyway. Mining
and stock-raising are the principal indus
tries. The government is exceedingly
liberal, and to the right person Large con
cessions will be made. The stock-raising
is very profitable. At no time in the 3 r ear
is the grass less than six inches high, and
during the rainy season it grows two feet..
The beef is snperior to Texas beef, and is
of good liber and quite juicy. It brings
better prices than Chicago beef does here.
The natives are peaceable and fairly in
dustrious. Heretofore the Europeans have
controlled the Central American trade,
and they have the lion’s share of it yet.
There are nine English firms in Belize,
with invested capital of more than $3,000,-
000 each. Now, however, Americans are
pulling ont A good share of the trade. A
Grand Rapids firm has large concessions
of timber-lands, and h* shipping tons and
tons of mahogany and rosewood to this
country. The same men have organized
a fruit company and send bananas, plan
tains, etc., by the boatload.—Chicago
News Interview.
Sl»eo<ly Hovsea an;I Recent Iticliea.
I have been led to wonder why it is that
speedy homes and recent riches so often
go together. Let ns not call names, but
every one knowsjiere that those slender
legged, spiderish looking beasts which
tear up and down the middle of the road,
between the lines of the more seduta
drivers, belong to tlui.“butcher, baker and
candlestiekmaker” class in soc iety. The
mail who Is firkt oil the road is way in the
rear on the carpet.
I wonder why this is. Refinement cer
tainly does not kill the taste for speed.
No doubt the daintiest dame would enjoy
a rate of speed which would send her
blood rushing at double time through her
veins. And Tennyson, Farrar and Brown
ing each would prefer a place behind
equine lightning to a comfortable lounge
behind the sedate fajnily pair. And yet
this taste for speed is never publicly
acknowledged. Even the dandies of the
town scorn a horse which trots fast,
though there is ho objection to one which
runs fast. Thfsis a social problem. Let
some Darwin collect the facts, classify
and give us conclusions, telling us the
connection between fast trotting and
vulgarity.—Boston Cor. Kansas City
Times. -
Old Missions on the San Antonin.
To Aae there is sometin’g remarkably in
teresting in the churches, those indhtt-
monts of the pious men who lived here in
former times, and who devoted their
whole energies to civilizing and Chris
tianizing the savages. They left com
fortable homes on tho other side of the
Atlantic ocean, or at least many of them
did, and, coming here, gave their whole
energies and lives to the advancement of
beings, but little removed iu their habits
from wild beasts themselves. With the
aid of these men they erected buildings
which are now models of beauty. They
cut stone aud carved stone, made bricks
and adobes; hewed planks and beams out
of trees bordering tlie streams tor rafters
and dpors, and then constructed proper
dwelling places for the men and women
they had converted. When we know
what an aversion the Indian has for all
kinds of labor we are astonished at the re
sults obtained !»y these priests. This was
no holiday task, but the continued work
of months aud years.—Texas Cor. Chicago
Times.
1 AUGUSTA III
Augusta,
Georgia.
i si
Hotel!
COLUMBIA,
S. C.
T ABLE supplied with the BEST.
Rooms large and well furnished.
tWEatcs reasonable.
-PRIVATE
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5 V3 a y F 5^.* i« a v w v> ■
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A.S’MYSl
COR. JOHN & WALKER STS..
SUMMER VALLE,
NEAR AUG Tj ST A, GEORGIA.
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Dealers of
^LTTO-TJST^L, ChA__
The Celebrated Estcy, Smith American, Carpenter
and Chicago Cottage Organs. *
WE HANDLE ONLY THE BEST!!
THE DECKER, ESTEY AND EVERETT PIANOS.
Need no Praise, Being the Leading Instruments of the Couuu v.
The Domestic,
Davis, New Home,
and Household
Sewing Machines
ARE THE '
Finest Made in the World:
CASH OR INSTALLMENTS.
* Write for Price List and Discounts
|lg|. 200 Second-Hand Sewing Machines
ZTT in Good Order at $5.CO, $10.00 and
as; ’ $15.00 each.
924 BROAD STREET AUGUSTA, GA.
S. C
ELEVATOR AND
ELECTRIC BELLS.
House fresh and clean throughout.
Table best in the South.
Pavilion Transfer Coaches and
Wagons;
reduced.
Graniteviile Hotel.
MRS. N. E.- SEM, Proprietress.
Table furnished with the best, and
driving parties from Aiken furnished
| with iuneli at short notice.
SHOES ARE WANTED EVERYWHERE TRY MUL-
HERIN & CO. DON’T DISPAIR!
XO MORE HIGH PRICES.
FOR
Shoes Simpers and Hats !
We have received our Hprinu Stock which was purchased with Cash, fron
the best Factories of the North and East, We succeeded in securing man\
great Bargains. You know our reputation for selling FIRST-CLASlr
GOODS AT LOW PRICES. Now is your opportunity, you will fee
badly when you find that you have paid $1.50 for a pair of Shoes thht Wm.
Mulherin & Co. would have sold you for $1.00. •»
note Some of Our Bargains :
Infants’ Kid Buttoned, soft soie Shoes, 0 to 3 10c
Infant’s Kid Lace, soft sole Shoes, 1 to 5 „ 25c
Child’s Kid Lace, Shoes, 5 to 7. 50c
Child’s Pebble Grain Luce Shoes 8 to 12 (ioe.
Misses’Pebble Grain I ace.Shoes 11 to 2 75c
Misses’ Pebble Grain Buttoned Shoes 12 to 2 Hl.Oi
Ladies’ Web Slippers, 2 to 8 15e
LadieBfrPebble Grain Slippers3 to 8 • 50c
Ladies’ Kid Croquet Slippers 3 to 7 50c
Ladies’ Kid Opera Slippers 3 to 7 75c
Ladies’ Cloth Gaiters Slippers 3 to 0 . .75c
Ladies’ Glove Grain Lace Shoes 3 to 8 fl.Oi
Ladies’ Pebble Grain Bottoned H to 8 $1.0f
Ladies’ Kid Buttoned Shoes, Worked Holes 3 to 8 ,$1.2.‘
Mens’Calf Ties 6 to 11 $1.0
Mens’ Dress Shoes. - * $1.00 to 2.5-
Boys’ Wool Hats .....< 15c. to 50c
Gents’ Hats : - 35c. to $2.5>
Gouts’ and Boys’ Straw Hats \ 5c. to $1.€K
Every day & a Gala Day in our Establishments, with the numerous eus
tomers after the Bonanzas we advertise. So come along and get your shan
of the Bargains. . .
Orders by mail receive prompt and careful attention.
WM. MULHERIN & CO.
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*rwra cirri'22 Broad Street Opposite the Monument,
i wo gjg Broad Street, Sign of the Large Red Boot, Augusta, Ga
u i
L. E. DOOLTTTLF, Proprietor.
J ' ARGE and well ventilhited rooms,
A centrally located near railroad
crossing; headquarters fot commer
cial men; best $2 house in the South ;
telegraph ohice in building; electric
lights. Special rates by the week or
month.
S. L. WRIGHT & SON, Prop’rs.,
Diamonds! Watclies! Jeweiry!!
NE IF UUOIbS! LO WEST PRICE S!
.Snceessor to JAIfES E. C00K7
’m
AVE received from Northern and Eastern Markets a ftill and i
^selected stock of—
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General Merchandise
For tlie Fall and Winter trade. "We have a larger stock of Ladies’
Goods than ever before. All grades of Repellants, Cassimeres and «
Bleaching, Flannels, and Domestics In abundance. An extraordinary
stock of first-class Books and Shoes, including th<$ wall known Bay
Standard Screw (roods and the Clement Wiel & Ball Custom Work.
A CLOTHING DEPARTMENT which is full and complete in qu»l
tyle and prices. A stoek of HATS and CAPS in which we c^ntsuitl
fit any man, boy or child who may favor us with a call. An extenl
GROCERY Department, in which will be found the choicest Family 1
c>tics and Plantation Supplies. Hardware, Tinware, Glassware
Crockery cheaper than ever.
-. Having purchased these goods during the past dull season at remarktl
low.figures, we propose to sell them at prices which will fully satisfy |
losest buyers. —H
IAS. L. QtTINBYACO.
DP .A. ID <3- IE T T ,
THE MAMMOTH FURNITURE STORE MAN, BEOS TO CALL AT
TENTION TO THE FOLLOWING AWFULLY LOW PRICES— *
GOODS GUARANTEED:
> very
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Good Haircloth or Fancy Ramie, at $27.50; a Large Assort
ment of Poplar Bed-room Suites, full Marble Top, at $32;
or, in Wood Top, from 16.50 to £5 dollars.
A No. 7 Flat Top Cooking Qt-oye, with 50 pieces, for 13 dollars; N^k^Step
Stove, 25 pieces, $8.75. ”51HLi
Every kind and every articleof every kind in the Furniture, Bedding ant) j
Stove Line; also, a full lino of Wiudow Shades, Carpets, I$ugB, Clocks, Ric-
aires, etc. : ‘ I
In Undertaking Department you can find Cofflnsond Caskets, Gentlemen’^
Robes, Ladies’ Robes, Odd Fellow’s and Mason’s Trimmings, and a full,
>f all other trimmings. ' ^ - v ~*«
Any information will be cheerfully given. Write for full particulars and
prices.
L. F. PADGETT’S
Furniture Store. ?
1110 and 1112 BROAD STREET, - AUGUSTA, GA. 4J
. C. BLIGH,
-IMPORTER AND JOBBER OF-
BRACKETS, CHANDELIERS'
.4k
.and-—*
House Furnishing Goods.
905 BROAD STREE
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
T H K
AT GOOD YE AITS
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CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND A FULL LINE OF
Medium and Cheaper Grades of Open and Top
ZBTTO-a-IISSL,
At Lower Prices than at any other House this side of Cincinnati. Thi
Work is all-made to order, "Lighter Running and Better Finished that
(he class of work generally sold as Standard Vehicles. But I have jusl
received a Full Line of Fine
Family Carriages, Phaetons and Cabriolet!'
Just received another shipment of those Fine OPEN AND TOPBUG
GIE8, made upon special orders, by the best manufacturers North and East
Nothing being used in the construction of these vehicles but the bes*
materials, and in Quality, Style and Finish, are unequalled by auy otuer now
on the market. In stock a Full Line of
SADDLE AM) HARJIESS—ALL GRADES.
Which I will oiler at Lower Prices than have ever before been known
in the history of the business. Milburn, Studebaker and Standard Plantation
Wagons, all sues. Ohk and Hetnlbck Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Shoe Find
ings, Carriage and Wagon Materials, Harness Leather, 'Belt Lacing oi
superior quality, Rubber and Leather Belting. Also a fqll line of
lE-I.AIEUID'WLAIRIE] *
Guns. Shells, Powder, Shot, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plow Points foi
all makes, Nails, Axes,*Hoes, Pick?, aiid Mattocks, Pitch Forks, Shovels.
Spades, Steelyards and Scale Beams, Grind Stones, Rakes, Paddocks, Car
penter Tools, Files, Hinges, Window Sash, Doors and Btthds, Farm am'
Church Bells, which I am offering at LOWEST t^ASH PRIGNES.
A, I?, COODYEA&, Agent,
(Successor to R. II. MAY & CO.)
AUGUSTA, GA., opposite Georgia Railroad Bank.
Attlie Old StAud, 704Broad St., -----
Augusta Ga.
Standard American Watches,
(Every watch warranted to give per
fect satisfaction to purchaser.)
Maine, Todd & Co.’s Gold
IP JSHTSI
D. Julius King's Combination
jS.- •> £1 jO d 1 rj .r,!! *-* o ?
(The best—an im,•••.ei.se assortment in
store; I am enabled To suit patties by
mail, when inconvenient to visit the
store.)
The largest and best stock of Jew
elry ever brought to Aiken.
Goods all marked in plain figures
and only one price asked.
Personal attentipn given to watch-
work. Fine ami difficult work solic
ited. »t prices of National Jewelers’
Association.
Rainey’s Barber Simp.
I
O N Laurens Street, one door south
of the “Croft Block.” Hair Cut-
j tins, Shampooing and Shaving done j
with care, and after the most approv- ’
od method.
iraTThe Trimming of Ladies Bangs,
Misses and Children’s Hair a Special
ity.
E. CAPERS RAINEY.
JOSEPH BIKKMAN,
MEECH AM TAILOR,
f»18 Broad street, Augusta, Georgia., *
Would respectfully anounee to his frteuds and the public that he has now
on hand and is daily receiving, a select stock of
Spring and Summer Styles,
Consisting of SIQTTNGS and TRO U SE It ING 3, etc., which he will make
up in the Latest Style at Lowest Prices. Satisfaction guaranteed in every
particular.
BATRETT MANUFACTURING CO.
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IS NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH NEWSPAPERS WIVW '
FINE -NFWS PAPER!
>ared to furnish the trade with
BOOK, MAXILLA and WRAPPING VAPIft!
.. t3T PATRONIZE HOME ENTERPRISE! :\;
r. G. BARRETT, Pesideut, - - - ADt«<JSTA, GA.
R-
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• '•
lOSEPH R. ROilERUSON.
Frank E. Taylor.
Geo. W. Williams J
lOiFBTSONJAYLOR&WIUIAMS
COTTON FACTORS AM GMIRAL AdiNT .
m
-OF THE-
ASHEPOO PHOSPHATE CO.
CENTRAL WHARF,
CHARLSETON, S. Q.
! SMSOMIUJ GOODS r:
ENRY BUSCTI & CO. '
Have on hand for the Fall and Winter Trade: Dry Goods, Notions,
Fancy Goods, Gent’s Furniihing Goods. Boots and Shoes, Hats, •
Clothing, Crockery, Glassware and
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
We keep Choice Linos in all our departments, which are well selected.
We ask our friends to give us a chance and wc guarantee good Goods,'
living prices and polite treatment.
HENRY BUSCH & CO.
Wessels Corner, Aiken, S. C.
lt~.Tr
L. D. Fuiierton,
Dealer w
.^HEATING RANGjkS AND STOVES
— ' ^ -
m\
C28 BROADSTREET.
Heating Stoves for
iCburches Schools and Residences.
A Full tkipply of Cooking Utensil
Always an Hand.
Call and see "Mantels and Grates,
D. L. FULLERTON,
- AUGUSTA, GA
After a tongue has once got luc
hf lying. It Is out to be imaghuol no Vi
It’jKASt impoeslble ft y to recLairr is.
[OCH$t SON’S
Celebrated Fashion Catmlene
SENT WEEK.WtS?« .
Kkh. to iny address, lltostretes snd lists ^
erery thin? for Ladles’. Gents', Childrens’
and Infants’ wear and Hou^ke'-; !n'~
Good*, at prices lower than those of any
honee in tha United States, (’smpleto
I sntieractien ouaranfeed. or inonry rv-
II. L. F. KOCII
l funtieil. . _
|6th Are. Oi ’JOth Ht.
L MIN,
f. City.
OTTO F. WlETEliS,
WIfOT.ESAI.s2 GROCER AND DEALER IN —
UQOURS, CISARS & TBBACG8I
Role agenl.-i for I. T. an.t'tj. tt. FROSTS eeleltrctpd SJ^IA-lATSTNf
FLOUR, aud THORN BROTHERS’ celebrated BUTTER CR ACKERS.
fgPOfllceant1’8aiean¥>tn •»1 E.iht Bay; WarciiouHO*;, N*»3. 10^-i, 110, 11?
Il l and 110 Eart Bay, CHARLESTON. £■ C.
FRED VOGT,
- MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN-
Tiinvare House Fui%jshing Goods, Stoves an(i(
Hardware.
PAINTS. OILS, VARNISHES, BRUSHES,
Hoofing, Guttering and Repairing a S^cialty. ,
AIKEN, - - - - -^sT
the mm mm i
MAN yFCTUKED BY
S. H. MATTHEWS.
TOpposite tht> Ashley Hon«e) - - AfKEN, SOUTH CAROLINA.
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Which for streogtli, durability and finish cannot bo surpassed. Pljmteraand
farmers will linn it to their interest to call and examine our work. ImproVeg
axle-cutting machine for taking up lost motiori.without the cost of new axles
Buggies for sale Repairing of all kinds promptly attended to. Improves
hame-string fasteners for sale. Blacksmilning and horse-shoe Rig a specialty
with us. AU work promptly attended to. Satlvfaetion guaranteed.
Watches
and Clocksl
repaired.
Pleasure and frollt io All!-*rr
JOHN II. EE AllY,
mxm,
729 Broad Street, Opposite Central Hofei, * k
Watcbca
and Ciocka
Repaired.
Augusta, Ga. %
THIRTY YEARS experience in fitlinff lenses ib -Speetaoles makes the
Optician Department Oomph te(
Sole Ageut for Diamond Spectacles. Dealer iu Reliable Jewelry,.
Also Silver-Plaved Waro at tno I^wcBt Prices.
^" Personal atLntion tawrarHfgf
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