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"; U1T7 darling 1" Taus thy speech, which, as 1 heard, > Brought marvelous joy and wonderment, withal. If any other words of any tongue ?Or knovn or unlainillAr yet to man, " i earth or tar in any loftier sphere, :ld half the heavenly sweetness of these- two? Then, having wocdered so a space, I turned And wept, with fuller knowledge overwhelmed; j> i **0 Love, 0 Love, that you should love me soj . "What can I do, deor love, to make return? .->.'? Long was it dark, hut now is light; thine eyes Shall make a constant heaven, though days be gray! Late I was poor, let thou hast made me rich; What gold more precious than thy clustering ; V: hair? ?. ?. . "What shall I do, O Love, to make return?" ? - ? 'Long thus I wept; yet were they happy tears! Sweetheart, dost know what strong encompass meat . .Is thine where'er thou goest, henceforth, for aye? -I never feel thy parting warm embrace, " I never loose ma from thine arms to walk? However brief the tJmo should be?alone, "Without the uttering of a passionate prayer, "Which surely God most merciful must iaed, _:f7 A prayer so strong, so ardent that"u%ems 'jSa As if. for that the moment while I pray? . f.M My soul leaps from my body and becomes '.4M . - - Itself a cry to God, to guard thee, swift, ; s To uhield thee wberesbe'er thy pith may lead I _ ?Lily Curry. TALE: OF A TELEGRAM. - Mand Estabrook had just turned to re - _-4race her stepa up-the avenue, when, "V - r glancing round, she saw a young mac, -.emerging from the shadow of one of the . great billows that guarded the gate. As 1 he pulled oif his hat with a low how, the j - ?' sunlight brought out the burnished black ef his close ^ cat -hair, and threw Into -stronger .relief hia bronzed, handsome .''v-~'fhj^1? which a slight Bear on one cheek gave a. touch of the romantic and pict? uresque. So thought Maud, after her . brief, comprehensivesurvey. 'T beg your par^t^" said the stranger, '" fanning himself -with his straw hat as he . - ;': ?poke, "but can you tell me if Mr. Esta brook is here?"' '.'Oh,." thought Maud,; "one of Tom's , friends." Then, aloud, ^Yes-Tthat.is, ho ' lives here,!but ha'.isn!t.at home.to-day." i~J As. the newcomer stood irresolute, ov. ".'Mand gave him another quicklook, which dimmed, up his whole appeavance,rfrbm his. six feet, of stature and ? the light pedes . trian garb that set it off, to the knapsack hanging over his "broad shoulders. * Them she said, hesitatingly: "He may he hack - to-night, perhaps. Won't you come up to the house and rest* It is so warm! ' And my mother will be glad to see any friend ?of Tom's," The young ma.u returned her inqtdring glance as he. answered, also with some hesitationi "Thanks.. It. is very warm, certainly. I should be delighted to pay my respects- to?Mrs. Estabrook,. if she willr^nnitme." With that he put on his hat again, and - _the two walked along together under the blossoming, acacia trees, while he intro? duced himself as "Marston Folliott, just now pedestrinnizing in that region.. To which- she responded with the informa ; tion. that she was "Tom's sister."-: ? In this way they reached the house, where Mrs. Estabrook was dWiyered in the cool north parlor. She received her son's friend very hospitably, inviting him to await Tom's return, I which was ex? pected by the next morning at latest. .'Mr.. Folliott's manner was again hesi? tating, as ho half glanced, toward Maud. "I reallyought not to take advantage" ?4e began.' But. Mis. Estabrook, o - nervous, excit? able-' woman, given to starts and broken sentences, ;. interrupted him: "No, nol Pray don't say so. Really, it would re? lieve my mind, now. that my son is away; ?V and of course Peter must (fcoosa this very ... timer?- ' Maxid, Peter -hasn' t come back yet?.- not a man.on the place, and >-:?-?.th: -?:."-" Ii a solitary nei^boirhood! Bi. 1 tramps wouM have" us quite at .i ? . _icy." . So, the young man accepted the urgent invitation, and the nft-emoon wore away pleasantly, with music and conversation, , and strolling aboutthe grounds. : - It -was almost tea time! The two ladies. ; - with their guest were sitting on the breezy ' piazza when a. telegraph messenger- came' up.thc steps) delivered his yellow covered i\ ' missive and was off again like a shot out of sight -- . - j "From'Tbm,rprobaI^ 'brockV^ "Mr. Toltlott, ;ftu~win~excuse ' me?" " :'?"*?** **'?'*? '?? .-; She broke open the envelope, while the conversation between the. two. young peo-' pie went on. But it was suddenly inter? rupted, by an inarticulatej3ound from Mrs. Estabrook, and looking around, they saw ? her white and trembling. Maud ran to: ^^ejwnotner and put her arm about her. "I hope you have received no bad news"?began. Mr. Folliott. But as he advanced Mrs. Estabrook waved him back, with a poor attempt at a smile. "Oh, no, not bad at all?only a little?a li^er-unexpected.':' Then she conveyed a silent summons to Maud's anxious'eye, adding with the same forced lightness, "if you will excuse our leaving you alone for a moment, Mr. Folliott, I have a little household matter to arrange with my daughter. That is all, indeed. It is only for a moment?only a moment, I assure - you."- ? As they withdrew she sedulously re? turned Mr. Folliott's bow, all the while preserving a set smile strangely at va? riance .with her pale.face. But no sooner had they entered"the house than tit dropped away, as she turned to her daughter and said^?ra hollow wfcisper: "Maud,: that man-fe?a lJu^glarf,' Maud stared at this startling announce . ment. V'Whatman,mamma?" 'iThat man out there?that-: FoUiott, as he. calls himself. He. isn't a friend of Tom's. Just read this?from Amelia." ' Maud took the telegram, which was from.her married sister, living some fifty miles distant This was what it con? tained: "Have just learned from nursemaid of - suspicious stranger making her acquaint? ance. Asked all about The Willows and number of inmates. Seemed to know something of Tom. Tall, dark, gentle? manly looking, and has a scar on one :' cheek. Look out for him." 'Has a scar on- one cheek!" echoed ud, faintly, after on instant's blank silence. "Oh, Maud; what shall we dp?" moaned ?Estabrook,. sinking, into a seat. 1 we have actually invited him to tea *^?&lrglar! '? Well, for a friend, I thought he seemed very uncertain about Tom." ._ ."I noticed that too," answered Maud, with bent brow, recalling a certain un? readiness of tone and manner which had ..struckher as strange at the time. "Mam? ma," she continued, "we must send Brid ?iget or Maggie over to the village for help?-?? ; ? "No, " ahnest screamed Mrs. Estabrook, "not another person must leave the house 1 how could Peter choose the very day was gone? When he knows how ous I am, too!?and to think I told that desperado out there, that there ?wasn't a man about the place! Maud! Maud I what shaU. we dp !'.' :/ "i think Fhave a plan, mamma," said Maud, raising j her head from her brown study. ' "Wait a moment." She flew rrpstairs and down again. . "Now come out on the piazza. He mustn't suspect anything." * "The two ladies rejoined their unwelcome guest,, and Mrs. Estabrook rushed into feverish conversation with him. But. her talk was of a singularly warlike kind, turning mainly upon revolvers and the proficiency attained in the use of these deadly weapons by Bridget and Maggie, two unsophisticated handmaidens, who in fact would not have known a toy pistol from a. .Gatling gun. Maid, in spite of hex"tension of anxiety, grew speechless with laughterjSehind her^an, as she lis? tened, furtively" watelling the stranger's 'face and noting his just controlled un? easiness. Finally, like one who takes a 'resolution, he began abruptly: '* ?i reaRy am in a very false position' ?- - "Oh, I beg your pardon, Mr. FoUiott," quickly Interposed Maud, fearing that in Ids rising suspicions she would lose her jcatefnBy prepared coup. "If you would Rke to remove any lingering dust of travel you" have just time before tea." The young man rose at this hint, and Mand, volunteering to show the way, ac? companied him up the broad staircase and smilingly indicated the room where his knapsack had been left. No sooner had be: stepped within than, quick as a flash, the girl shut the door and locked it on the outside, where she had already placed the, key. Then she leaned panting against the. wall and listened to the movements of the ?0?-af iWrinomente there was. perfect . stillness asif he were trying to realize the aning of that click , of the lock; then > heard him go to the door and turn tho jdJct flrstsoftly, thefc louder and louder, and clasped her hands tightly together, filing almost between laughter andnervousness. Then the rattling stopped and a voico said slowly: t '.?Miss Estabrook! Are yon still there?'' "Yes," nnswered Maud, holding her breath. ."You are ..not aware that you have locked me In?" Maud hesitated for an instant. But since the explanation, must come, it might as well come at once. "Yes," she answered, clearly; "I did it intention? ally," "In?deed!'' The blended accent of this word made her feel hysterical again. "Per ? haps yon would not mind telling me why yon "did it?" " "Because you are a burglar," answered the girl, concisely. There was an indistinct mutter which might or might not have been an expletive. Then, after a silence, the voice inquired, .quito formally, "And might I ask what you mean to do with me?" "Keep you shut up hero until my broth? er or the gardner comes back; and then"-g U : .: . "Yes, and then" "Then," replied Maud with a sudden inspiration, "we will let you go, if you . w^Qj^o peaceably." \ "There was a sound of suppressed laugh wgr'at this:JThen the voice rejoined Homely: <(ThaB^I will give you. any assurances you require.'' ~~ Maud went down to the dining room, where she busied herself in packing a basket. After this, returning up stairs, she called) tc^ hex prisoner: "Mr.?Mr. Folliotttt^ 1 "Tes??-_. "If you will open the closet you will find a rope. Please let it down andwewiU send you up some supper." ^-The, stranger;, obeyed, and a well filled ?j&slfiefcfcWas soon lifted through the win ^qpw^nto;. hs room, j Maud hospitably *-?pea*he hM everything he wished. "Thanks; not quite," was the delib? erate answer. "If I might ask for a couple of Tom's cigars?" "Tom, indeed^ ^The^wretchl" com? mented Tom's->ister'fo... herself. Then, aloud: '' Oh, c srfcmly, i? you will let the basket down again." At this point Mrs. Estabrook remon? strated. "Really, Maud, that is too muchtf',- f i i < I . J ' . i r^l^/manuija, janyjthing;' ti> keep him quiet and good tempered,'.' said Maud.. "And you know he was to have taken tea with us." "But if he should burn the house down, smoking themi>"'anxiously.suggested her mother. ?' /XJ - "Well, perhaps it's safer- to give him something to use his matches with," an? swered Maud, with a masterly stroke of logic. "And they, always do have matches," she concluded, indefinitely. Her reasoning carried the day, so the cigars went ''up and the rope came down, for-.this was. a point on which Maud was firmi She had no intention of leaving that rope in their burglarious visitor's possession. ? r . 'The .evening waned,' and still there was no sign of Peter's return. The two ladles did not dream of sleeping, but kept watch throughout the night in the room adjoin? ing that of their prisoner, bracing them? selves withj strong to Tfdr their task. It was weary work, however/ and the min . utes crept slowly into, the .small hours. \\ The hall clock had Just struck the quar? ter before 2, when the silence of the house was disturbed' hy va little sound which seemed preternaturally loud to their strained ears. Mrs. Estabrook sat erect to listen, -while Maud turned up the glimmering lamp. Again came the sound, ?iBgfat but diatinrty scratch,-scratch?file, file." "Maud,: whatis tnat r.oiseP" said Mrs. Estabrootwlththe. calmness of despair... Maud declined to commit herself prema? turely. ' "Maud," said her mother, "it's down at the. piazza window. It's?it's a con? federate of that man in there I Oh, don t tell me! I know!" Maud frowned thoughtfuUy. Her mother's idea seemed only too, plausible. y \ ?"He'lljket in and let tjhe other one out," ? qobr^ed*>Mrsv' l^tabrook,-' breathlessly, "and then they'll go through the house and rob and murder' us all. ' Oh, dear I Oh-hl" , ? 'Don't,' mfflnma,i dear r "pray don't," entreated Maud, as "'the poor lady, over? whelmed by her own picture, showed signs of becoming hysterical, and uttered several small screams.. Upon this the oc? cupant of the next room, who hitherto had given no.si?n of life, began to knock on the door' hetween the two chambers. Maud drew near, and the following con? versation took place: ? -"Miss Estabrookl"-" " " ; "Yes.'; . . . V'Exeufee rop, Trat is anything wrong?" ! , Maua hesitated. -Mrs. Estabrook mean? time had checked herself, and was hold? ing her breath to listen. Receiving no answer, he presently spoke again. "What is that noise I hear down stairs?" ~ A'We^dpnJt know," said Maud; "but"? ;*fBj&jtj jh&t? Is_that what is^larming. "you?" ?? Maud considered. ''W?;are afraid it is a?a burglar." I'SZiOM - "WliatI Another?" exclaimed thestran ger%:"';Then'he: checked himself.. "Don't ybTi'tlnnk you'd better send me to dispose of him? he suggested, with an admirable assumption of the boldness of innocence. "JVIaud!" sharply protested -Mrs. Esta? brook. "One moment, mamma,''. rejoined her daughter, "I atr^'not sure." She turned to the'^dcor again. "You are quite cer? tain he is not an?an?-an assistant of yours?" she asked in the politest terms she could select. "Let jgt$ggff?3 jyouiahall aee. Upon my honorHere the words were lost in*'stifledsound. ;' '.'Is theman_laughing?" dema^declAIrs. ESfabrook in angry amaze; then, as a new suspicion entered her,mind: "Maud, do you believe he is exact:y in his right mind?" "I don't think he can be," Maud an? swered doubtfuUy; but seeing her mother's growing alarm she hastened to add: ' 'But ' we evidently have a: certain-- control over him, and?really, mamma, I don't' know bat it-wcaald bo better- to let him drive the other away. No, but hear me out. They can't be accomplices, and if we must be in the power of either, why, I would much sooner trust this one. He is far superior to ordinary burglars," concluded Maud, with a fine air of connoisscurship in this particular branch of the dangerous classes. Her opinion, as usual, prevailed; and their prisoner was informed that if hi would not move until a given time he would be released. As he readily agreed to the conditions the girl stole out into tho passage, turned the key very softly, and then flew back into her own room, which she locked in hot haste. Here she knocked on the inner door, and at the appointed ?ig? heard the young, man dash through the corridor and down stairs. There was a sound of rattling glass, an altercation of voices, a pistol shot and then a brief period* of suspense,'-' during which the hearts of the two women stood still. Then steps returned along the passage, crossed through the next room, and stopped be? side the door of communication, where a rap resounded. "Miss Estabrook, I have come back," said a quiet voico. "And the?the man?" asked Maud, breathlessly. "Oh, I fancy he'll give yon no more trouble. Judging from the groan I heard ai he beat a retreat he won't feel in spirits for any more of this business to-night." "We?wo are very much obliged to yon," stammered Maud, rather at a loss what to. say under the circumstances. "Not at all. It was a pleasure to me. He was infringing on my rights, you know." Silence followed, broken by another rap. "Miss Estabrook, I am waiting to be locked in again." "Do you really mean"? began Maud. "Certainly. I must insist, if you please. I'll stay here till you give me tho word." "Be quick;- Maud," whispered Mrs. Estabrook, very distrustful of this ex? traordinary burglar. "The man is either a criminal or a lunatic. Run and turn the key, child, before he changes his mind." Thus urged, the girl made another sortie. Once more the key clicked in the lock, their prisoner was heard to cross tho floor, and then all was silence again. Not for long, however. Suddenly there 'was a confused clamor at the outside door, while the bell pealed loudly through the house. Maud and her mother sprang up and faced each other. "That man back again?" faltered Mrs. Estabrook. "Oh, mamma, no!" sold Maud, reas? suringly. "A burglar would never ring the bell. Why, it's Tom!" she cried, v4th sudden conviction. "It's my brother coine ''home/' she repeated, as a voice from the next room was heard, with re? newed proffersof. assistance. Tom it was, indeed, and very anxious about the safety of tho household. As tie brother and sister met in tho gray of the cari^dawn,he.;hastily explained how, ? havuig^wlleo^in to" s?er'Ameli?, she had given hiin no peace until he promised to n?tnrti at once to The Willows; how ho had done bo, in some vexation at what he considered her fussiness, until everything had suddenly been driven out of his mind by the sight of a blood stain on the piazza. At which Maud shuddered, and was about to relate her version of the night's ad? ventures when Mrs. Estabrook's voice was heard in reproachful accents from above. They hastened up stairs, and found the poor lady toclined to hysterics at being left alone. She began an inco? herent story, in which Peter and tho burglar were jumbled, to Tom's utter be? wilderment. "But who winged tho burglar, then?" he asked. "Was it you, Maud?" "Hush-sh!" breathed his mother, with wnrnlng finger upraised. "He's in there, you know." "In there! Why, I thought you said he was gone? And what on earth is Peter :in there for?" "No, no, not Peter, the?the burg? lar" "The burglar!" Tom jumped up. "You don't mean you've trapped tho fellow? Bravo!" And he was hurrying to tho door, when his sister laid a hand on his arm. "Oh, wait, Tom," she said. "That is the oddest part of it all."- And she told the tale of their strange guest. "It doesn't seem like his being a burglar, but I don't think ho can be in bis right mind;" she concluded. "By jovel.I should say not! Wanted - to be locked up again? Why, the man must be a first class crank. Well, I'll have a look at him." He left the room, and the two women heard the key turn in the lock. They held their breath to listen, but all they could distinguish in the next room was ? con? fused sound of voices and laughter. Presently Tom come; back, accompanied by the suppositions burglar. "My mother and sister, Mr. Folliott," said Tom, with a wave of the hand and a twinkle of the eye. "Mother, this is my friend Mr. Folliott, who seems to think there is some mystery that needs clearing -up." * Tho real burglar was never found. Therefore Tom Estabrook was unable to settle tho question if that "suspicious stranger" resembled Mr. Marston Folliott in anything beyond the soar. Even that had nearly disappeared before Mr. Folliott left The Willows, so that when Amelia first saw her future brother-in-law she gravely remarked that she could not imagine how; man^ma and Maud could have made suc"h'a singular mistake. She was sure she never could. Which, from the cause of the whole misunderstanding, was certainly rather trying. But then Amelia was trying sometimes, as people without a sense of humor are apt to be.? Kate Putnum Osgood in Harper's Bazar. Logan's l.ovo of Knncklo Down. "Senator Logan was very fond of play? ing with the children," said a lady who has for many years been a frequenter of the Logan household. "Tho senator used to get so absorbed when ho was playing with the little ones that he cared nothing for what was going on around him. He was very fond of his grandson, Lieut. Tucker's boy, about 6 S years old. I re? member that just one day before he was taken ?l he was playing marbles in a room with the boy. The game was pretty evenly matched and the general was ab? sorbed in it. While the game was at its . height the servant brought in a card to him. It was that of a prominent senator. The general, who was down on his knees at the time, and About, to shoot his marble, took the card, looked at it a moment, then said to the servant: - " 'Tell the senator to take a'seat and I'll be there in five minutes. - I-want to finish this game for the "boy is* ahead of me now.' "?Washington Letter. i Keep Yunr Thoughts rare. Your value and charm for others as a companion depends far more on what you think than on what you say. If your thought is all pure, clean, bright, confi? dent and courageous you are a value, and an increasing value, wherever you go. People will always be glad to see you. When you bring yourself (your thought), you bring au actuafpieasure to people. You bring also a power and strength to them. Your thought helps to strengthen their bodies. They feel better for seeing you. You are as a fountain of health and pleasure wherever you go.?Prentice Mul ford's "White Cross." A Fascinating Detective. _A dashing, young clerk. In a broker's oflico recently had some experience with a . pretty, vivnp ions girl attached to a private detective bureau. ?He ?vas living jat: a more rapid gait than his salary warranted. After-two-male'detectives had failed to get into tho young swell's confidence, the pretty operator took tho case. It was a delicate, not to say hazardous, undertak? ing. The most difficult step was j making the clerk-'s- acquaintance -witb^t'exriting his suspicions, but she accomplished that by buying some stocks and opening an account in tho office.. After a few visits and an encouraging smile or two, the clerk suggested a visit, to the theatre. The invitation was accepted and the lady !s address given, and after that there were champagne suppers, the opera and a gen? eral good time. The fact that the young man was spending too much money was soon evident, and one evening he called at his charmer's boarding house to learn that she had gone away, leaving no message or address. But in the course of the investigation the pretty detective had also discovered that tho culprit Was a generous chap and not a bad fellow in the main, although rather reckless, and she had begun to like him more-than-ehe cared to own to herself" So she induced the broker to promise that ! he would make" ho public exposure, but would toll the culprit of the error of his course and give him a chance to make restitution. That rapid young man is not yet aware that his detection and his par? don were both due to tho mysterious and fascinating speculator in stocks who shared his Champagne suppers anjisud denly' disappeared.?New York Cor. Chicago Herald. How a Joking Machine Works. A young man of my acquaintance who has always been considered an odd stick, not because he locks common sense, but because he has a strange habit of doing things in his own way, told me that hav? ing gone lately to live in a suburban town, and being unable to read in the cars with? out injury to his eyes, ho had hit upon the following expedient for passing the time on his journey to and fro. He sits apart from his friends, apparently wrapped in gloomy reflections, but really engaged in concocting humorous paragraphs which he sells. He has laid out his work quite after the manner of Anthony Trollope, sternly requiring of himself one joke for every trip, and go weU does he succeed that ho very rarely fails on a Saturday to post twelve items of merchantable quality. On Sunday of course he has a holiday. He told mo also, and I am curious to know if the experience of other profes? sional humorists is the same, that the business is done best in cloudy and stormy weather. On a fine morning, he says, his attention is distracted and he sometimes reaches Boston quite jokeless; whereas in a driving snow storm he often picks up two and even three very fair paragraphs during the journey, especially when the train is a little late. A succession of fine days last month nearly ruined him, but he expects to do very well in March and April.?Boston Post. The True Edible Bird's Neat. The true edible bird's nest swiftlet is a native of Ceylon and of the Malay region, and it builds in caves where materials for architecture are necessarily scanty or on sea cliffs of inaccessible height. More than most other swifts this tropical species is a confirmed highflyer, hawking for its food around the summits of the moun? tains and much indisposed to settle on tho ground upon any pretext. Hence it has learned to carry to the furthest possible limit tho family habit of making a nest quite literally "all out of its own head," without the slightest extraneous aid of any sort. The best and cleanest nests, which fetch the highest price, are composed entirely of puro mucus from the salivary glands. The material in its hardened state is brittle, fibrous, white and transparent, "very like pure gum arabic, or even glass," and the inner lining consists of nothing but small soft feathers'. Inferior nests, which command a smaller price in tho Chinese market, are composed in part of dry grasses, hair and down, welded to? gether by tho fibrous, gummy secretion. In short, as Mr. Darwin bluntly puts it, "Tho Chinese make soup of dried saliva." This sounds horrid enough, to be sure; but when wo ourselves givo up coloring jellies with defunct cochineal insects it will be time for u.s to cast tho first stone at the Oriental cuisine?Cornhill Maga? zine. The Austrian government has issued an Order prohibiting the playing of poker. LINCOLN AND STANTON. THEIR MEETING THE NIGHT OF THE BATTLE OP GETTYSBURG. The President in an Agony of Anxiety. The Socrotary of War Carries a Mid* night Dispatch to tho White Houio. Ecstacy. One evening at a crowded party given by Senator Dixon I was forced by the press into a corner, and on looking around found my next neighbor was Secretary Stanton. By and by Dixon carao along, and spying us, said: "Stanton, tell him the scene between Old Abo and you the night of the battle of Gettysburg.1' Stan? ton then related the following: Mr. Lincoln had been excessively solic? itous about the result of that battle. It was known that Lee had crossed into Pennsylvania, threatened Washington and that battle had been joined near Gettys? burg, upon wldch in all probability the fate of Washington and tho issue of tho war depended. The telegraphic wires ran into the war department, and dispatches had been received of the results of the first day's fi"ht, which showed how des? perate was the attack, the stubbornness of the defense and that the result was indecisive. AJ* AC.OXY OF ANXIETY. All that day and the next Mr. Lincoln was in nn agony of anxiety, running over, as was his wont, to the war office to as? certain for himself tho latest news instead of waiting for the reports to be sent him by his subordinates. Then came a long interval when nothing was heard from Meadc, and tho president was wrought up to an intense pitch of excitement. Night came on and Stanton, seeing the president worn out ?with care and anxiety, per? suaded him to return to the White House, promising if anything came over the wires during the night to give him immediate information. At last, toward midnight, came the electric flash of that great vic? tory which saved the Union. Stanton seized the dispatch and ran as fast as he could to the executive mansion, up the stairs and knocked at the room where the president was catching a fitful slumber. "Who is there?" ho heard in the voice of Mr. Lincoln. "Stanton." The door was opened and Mr. Lincoln appeared with a light in his hand peering through the crack of tho door, "In the shortest nightdress and longest legs," as Stanton said, he ever saw on a human being. Before Stanton, who was out o! breath, could say a word, the president, who had caught with unerring instinct the expression on his face, gave a shout of exultation, grabbed him with both arms around the waist and danced him around the chamber until they were both exhausted. UNTIL TOE DAY DAWNED. They then sat down upon a trunk and the president, who was still in his night? dress, read over and over again the tele? gram and then discussed with him the probabilities of the future and the re? sults of the victory until the day dawned. I Such a scene at midnight between two of the greatest Americans whom this gen? eration has produced, to whom an all wise Providence had committed in largest meas? ure the fate of republican liberty in this western world, may not afford a subject for the loftiest conceptions of tho poet or the painter, but more than any other inci? dent within my knowledge it shows tho human nature of these two great men, and brings them home to the hearthstones of tho plain people of whom Mr. Lincoln was, on whom he depended and whom he loved. It shows him brooding all through those three awful days, with an anxiety akin to agony which no one could share? worn and weary with the long and doubt? ful conflict between hope and fear?tread? ing the wine press for his people alone. And at last, when the. lightning flash had lifted the dark cloud, dancing like a school? boy in the ecstacy of delight and exhibit? ing a touch of that human nature which make all the world akin. ?Augustus Brandegee in New York Tribune. .... Silencing a Noisy Talker. I was greatly amused the other night by the delicate use to which a gentleman within ten feet of mo put a venerable scheme for silencing noisy talkers. He hod glared and hissed so persistently at a young man and a young woman behind him who chattered without ceasing that . from hissing the two men got to words, . and when the curtain fell on an intermis? sion there were explanations demanded. The man who wanted to hear the music turned around and said in the blandest tones, but so clearly that every one within ten feet could hear: "My dear sir, I was not hissing you, but those people upon tho stage, who sing so loud that I am pre "Yonted from catching a few parts of your Interesting conversation." The young man subsided amid general laughter, and left with his: girl for more congenial soci? ety * before tho curtain rose on the next act.?New York Cor. Brooklyn Eagle. A Trick Which Did Sob Work. ?? This case bears on Gen. McClellan's statement that returned prisoners who had allowed themselves to be captured got promotions through Mr. Lincoln's misapplied sympathies. A senator called at tho war office to urge that Col.-, of New York, be ex? changed, he had been so long a prisoner and many others were now being ex? changed. -Mr. Stanton said: '<I know all about Col.-'s case. Ho allowed himself to be captured to get exchanged and a fur? lough. He may stay down thero now and have a good time in prison."?Col. N. T. Hartshorn. Fashion in Novels. Novelists have gotten up a corner on weird and startling subjects and thrilling, ghastly tales now have the call. Novels have their fashion and tho novelist must cater to the current desire. The Howells James novels are losing their popularity; and those of tho class to which Steven? son's belong are gaining the public's ear. This change in the taste of novel readers occurs every few years, and if the libra? ries had kept a record of the character of tales called for most frequently during certain periods they could tell just how long a fashion lasted and when its turn came again. At all events, it .looks as if Poe's style of literature is going to havo another.?Professor Morgan. To Savo Drowning Horses. A Bangor ice man says that they never take a horse on the ice without tying a rope around his neck, so that if he gets into the water the rope may be tightened and tho animal choked. The strangled horse at once puffs up and rises to tho surface, and is then usually pulled out without much trouble, and when he is well away from the hole the noose is loosened and he gets his wind again. A few hours' hard work generally warms tho chilled horse thoroughly, and he is none tho worse for his cold bath.?Philadelphia Call. A Lacky Decoratlvo Idea. One of the most successful "fakes" ever worked in the artistic line was by a young Pittsburg engraver in Chicago. He was out of money and out of work. It was several years ago, just at tho beginning of the decorative art craze. One day he was passing a shell storo ?with a friend when an idea struck him. He was con? siderable of an artist as well as an en? graver. He went in and proposed to the proprietor to take some of the shells and paint a little landscape in each and sell them for mantel ornaments. The shrewd old proprietor snid that the thing would catch the popular fancy and finally arranged to pay $1 a piece for painting them. They took a dozen of the shells home and the pictures suited the old man. The shell paintings had a great sale, and in the next three months tho artists made a little over $1,200, and didn't work very hard either. At tho end of that period competition cut the price in half agnin and they went, out of the busi? ness, but it was a great snap for the amateurs while it lasted.?Pittsburg Dis? patch._ The Depreciation of English Land. The depreciation in the value of Eng? lish land is witnessed by one or two state? ments published last week. Wo arc, in the first place, told that within a radiU3 of twelve miles around Louth, in Lincoln? shire, there are now 22,400 acres of land without tenants. In the same shire the largest farm in Englnnd has been thrown on the owner's hands. It is 2,700 acres in extent and the tenant paid ?1 per acre. This year a reduction of Gt> per cent, was made to him, but finding, although an experienced and energetic farmer, that even at this reduction ho could not make two ends meet, ho bos thrown up* his farm.?London Court Journal. The man who is good naturcd all day does more for the race than ho who wins a battle.?Petersburg Index-Appeal. PARIS SCHOOLBOY PROCESSIONS. An Attompt on the Part of Parisian Boys to Intimidate the Government. There is no English equivalent for nio nomo. This French word means an alge brnical expression containing no sign plus or minus. But it also means in school? boys and students' slang a procession through the streets in a single file, got up in vindication of their dignity and rights, which have been ignored and trampled upon by their masters during the term. Tho cadets of the Ecole Polytcchnique have a monome at Christmas, when they walk up and down the principal thorough? fares to let off the overflowing spirits of youth at being released from the stern military discipline of that establishment. Their behavior is always most orderly, and their monome is now recognized as a time honored tradition. Some of the large Paris schools have imitated the Ecole Polyteclmique, but in a less becoming spirit. In their case the manifestation is as a rule organized byn few old boys upon whom time liangs heavily, who have noth? ing to fear for themselves and who care not If their juniors get into scrapes. The day before the school breaks up it is usual for the master to send a notice round the classes warning the boys against taking part In any Christmas pro? cession under heavy penalties. But his words are lost on the mischievous char? acters who arrange to meet their seniors, the ringleaders, at some place of call di? rectly the gates are thrown open. The boys, yelling and whooping, form into In? dian file, and shape their course in zigzag through the most crowded thoroughfares, winding like a sea monster from pave? ment to pavement so as to utterly ob? struct traffic. The file is sometimes broken by the police, but after an interval re? sumes the march. Meanwhile, ushers have been following them taking down tho names of the agitators. The punishment at French schools for laziness or bad be? havior is a cruel one, and must be in? jurious to the health. It is two to eight hoars' detention on Sunday, to be cm ployed in writing off so many hundreds of lines by way of an imposition. This pun? ishment is also Incurred for not earning a certain average of marks. It effectually puts out any spark of intelligence left in a boy, or else makes a desperado of him. The other day a gang of such madcaps, alwut 200 strong, went in a monome to tho ministry of public instruction, shout? ing, "Shame to Goblet! Shame to Bcrthe lotl" on the way. It appears that the new minister had been expected to give them a few extra days' holiday on the occasion of his coming into power, and the school? boys, disappointed, inasmuch as the New Year's holiday is of five days only, sought to frighten M. Berthelot into granting a longer one. As nobody, however, ap? peared at the windows of the government office the party went off to a rather low cafe at Montmartre. There they had a merry drinking bout and spent their last coppers. Several speakers hurled defiance in impromptu speeches at M. Berthelot, head masters and ushers, but before long the listeners, struck with qualms of con? science, or possibly afraid of tho conse? quences of their escapade, dispersed quietly and went to their homes.?Paris Cor. London News. AN INTERVIEW WITH DICKENS. Tho Advice the Great Anthor Gave an Ambitious Young Newspaper Reporter. In a musty little dressing room just off the stage of St. James' hall, in Buffalo, Charles Dickens gave an ambitious young newspaper reporter his first lesson in in? terviewing. That was more than twenty years ago and during Mr. Dickens' lnst visit to this country. Tho great novelist gave two public readings in Buffalo, and on the day after his first reading in that city ho went to Niagara Falls with a party of friends. It was to obtain his "impressions" of tho falls that the am? bitious young reporter sought Mr. Dick? ens a few minutes before the raising of the curtain on his second night's entertain? ment. As luck would have it the dis? tinguished author was alone in the dress? ing room. He was sitting nt a rude pine table reading a newspaper by the light of a sputtering candle. "What is it, young man?" he said, somewhat gruffly, as soon as he became aware of the reporter's presence. "I am a reporter for The Buffalo Ex? press," said the intruder, with forced calmness. "Yes, yesl well, what is it?" exclaimed Mr. Dickens, in a tone so freezing that tho reporter shivered and instinctively turned toward the door in expectation of an admonition to "Get out!" "Well, what do you want?" repeated the great Boz. "Wh-wh-what do you think of Niagara Falls?" stammered the reporter. "None of your "? began the famous novelist with rising asperity. "I beg your pardon, excuse me; I thought"?nervously interjected the re? porter, as he edged toward the door. "Wait a moment. Come here!" Mr. Dickens' demeanor and tone had changed completely. The reporter looked up in surprise. Tho expression of annoyance in the face of tho novelist had given way to one of hmused interest. "So you were sent to Interview me, wero yon?" said ho pleasantly. "Well, I hope you will ex? cuse my candor in saying that your paper could not have sent a person less likely to succeed, oven if I wero willing to bo inter? viewed, which I am not. My young friend let mo give you a word of advice. When you want to interview a man don't act as if you wero afraid of him, nud don't throw a net at him as though you were seeking a fish in invisible depths. N? man whose opinions are worth publishing will respond to a wholesale invitation to nnbosom himself. Don't ask weak or frivolous questions! You must have an intelligent plan of campaign when you go interviewing. First of all you must know just what you want to say and your questions must be sufficiently incisive to awaken the interest of tho porson to whom they are addressed Once you get a man interested in a subject it will re? quire only a little ingenuity to keep him talking. After what I have seen to-day I cannot help feeling an interest in Niagara Falls, but if you will excuse me for saying so, you lack the ingenuity to set mo talk? ing on the subject. I wish you well, how evor. Goodnight." Mr. Dicken's "impressions" of Niagara Falls were not printed in any Buffalo newspaper the next day, but his pithy re? marks on the subject of interviewing were printed on the tablets of that young re? porter's memory?in red ink, as it were.? New York Times. Cockroaches on tho Race Coarse. "Bet you ?10 on my bug!" "Five to two on the little 'un!" Such were tho cries that greeted the ears of a reporter as ho passed tho door of a Cadillac square saloou and caused him to turn back and enter. It was a curious sight that met his eyes. On tho floor were drawn two concentric circles with chalk, one six, tho other about twelve feet in diameter. Within the inner circle stooped two men who held each a teacup, bottom upward, on the floor, their rims in contact and as near tho middle of the circle as possible. Between the inner and outer circle stood a flashily dressed man with an open watch in his hand and with? out the outer circle wero eighteen or twenty excited spectators. "Are you ready?" asked the man with the watch. ? "Wo are," answered they of the cups. "One, two, three, go!" said the time? keeper. The two men in tho inner circle simul laneously raised the cups and stepped be? yond the line, revealing two cockroaches, ono considerably larger than the other. The bugs seemed at first to bo thoroughly confused, running about in circles and darting first in one direction and then in another. Suddenly, however, tho smaller roach took a beo lino toward the bar and crossed the chalk lino while the other in? sect was still seeking its hearings. The greatest confusion prevailed, as each trainer deftly covered his roach with a cup and secured it, tho captor of the smaller one exclaiming: "Three out of live and the money is mine."?Detroit Free Press. TrnctH in India. Last year the North India Tract society put into circulation 214,P51 vernacular books and tracts, most of the tracts of from fifteen to fifty pages. Of these the most popular, judged by sales, was a tract of eighteen pages, containing a selection of Hindi hymns. Over 5,000 copies of this were sold during eleven months.?Brook? lyn Eagle. A "Hoarse Voico" Wanted. A singular "want" i3 that of Maestro Capclli, of Florence, tho composer of tho new opera "Evilia," who is anxious to find and engage a basso with a coarse, harsh and hoarse voice, for the recital of a brief musical monologue, on the strongly realistic rendering of which the composer ptakes hjs success.?New York Graphic, IN THE MANCOS CANYON. Helles of n People Who Have Faded from the V.arlh?What a Prospector Saw. The largest cliff house is worthy o? a better description than 1 can give, but I will try to describe it in my own way. It is situate in Bear canyon (so named by prospectors), about three miles from tho Mancos canyon, on tho west side. From the bottom of the canyon it requires about one and one-half miles' walk from a point immediately below it to reach it. In climbing.the cliffs on the route I took I found footsteps cut in the rock, and think the people who lived here must have gone up in the same way that I did. "When I arrived I found a perpendicular cliff about forty feet high, which I climbed, by the aid of a rope which I threw on to a small cedar, at the risk of breaking my neck, but was well repaid for my troubles by finding n building at least 2?0 feet in length, six stories in height in the front, and from four to six rooms deep into the cliff. This seems to have been a chief's house, or perhaps a Pan Electric director, or perhaps a boodle man.' The rooms were finely plastered with gypsum, which had a beautiful pink cast. In one room were stone lasts, rudely shaped, but after the fashion of tho shoemaker's last of to-day. Another room had arrow heads, stone axes and hatchets. There are also two weaving rooms. In one there is a rude kind of loom, in the other shuttles und other implements for weaving; but as I do not understand weaving as well as tho ancients, I cannot describe them. I found specimens of cloth resembling coarse linen. At ono end I found a chicken house with roosts for chickens. I also found jugs of pottery made to resemble our white mountain quail, and think perhaps that the mountain quail was at one time tho domestic fowl of these people. There is also a room in which venison has been smoked. Every building has a round water tank, from ten to fifteen feet across, and the larger buildings us many ns three. The tanks vary in depth from five to ten feet. The kitchens of these buildings seem to have been built weaker than any other part, as they have nearly all tumbled down, while the other pnrts of tho buildings are strong. There aro bushels of broken pottery in the parts fallen down, so I naturally supposed them to be kitchens. I never found a building in which the kitchen was standing, but I do not doubt but there are some of them left standing. If ono could be found that had not fallen, I think that there would be a great deal of pottery found. In every ruin can be found corn cobs and husks, squash rinds, bone knives, and curious articles that I could not make out for what use they were intended. There are one or more grannries connected with every building. They have doors and windows in which slabs of slate arc fitted to such n nicety that a mouse could never get into them. There are also cellars in which I found large jars covered with smooth, flat stones. What they contained I can only surmise. The buildings were heated with a rude kind of furnace, a passageway built of stone and cement inside running the full length of the lower floor, as I supposed for carrying heat to different apartments. Tho walls in somo places arc covered with paintings in which red colors predominate!. Pictures of men, women, animals and birds.? San Miguel (Colo.) Cor. Denver Tribune. For Girls "Who Play tho Piano. A contemporary says tho world does nob know, much less does it reward, one-half of its benefactors. It is to be hoped thai; a better return than ingratitude will bo reaped by the Stuttgart Inventor?Schann? enbach by name?who has devised a con? trivance for deadening the sound of pi? anos. This contrivance, to which tho simple name of "mute" has been given, consists of the application of fine fiannel to the frame which is found between the strings and hammers of an upright piano. Herr Schauzenbach claims that by the use of his apparatus, which, it is satisfactory to read, is inexpensive?sound can be graduated almost to inaudibility, and yet the quality of the tone is not lost. A trial of the invention has recently been made before a company of musicians at Stutt? gart and the result appears to have been a success. The piano mute having been in? vented, all that now remains to bo done is to secure for it as wide adoption as pos? sible.?Exchange. New York's Days of Distress. " During the prevalence of tho yellow fever, (1708) when not in attendance on the sick, I was busily employed in malcing nails for the coffinraakers. A carpenter in Warren street kept twelve men con? stantly employed in making whito wood coffins, not painted, which he sold for $5 . each. Two-stout lads, with a hand? cart load, went daily through tho streets, stopping at every corner and crying out: 'Coffins, coffins, all sizes, only $5.' In many instances tho coffin stood under the bed of tho patient for days and weeks waiting for him. Some recovered and paid tho carpenter for their own coffins. Undertakers, as a profession, were not known in New .York at that period.? Grant Thorburn. Exponslvo Collection of Pearls. The most expensive collection of pearls on record is that owned by the Countess of Dudley, which is far more valuable than the celebrated pearls belonging to tho queen. Tho countess has a coronet of pearls. The top is composed of pear shaped pearls. There is a vary large one Iii the center, and the others are graduated in size down to the smallest. In order to get these pear shaped pearls in the requisito sizes and colors the jewelers were obliged to buy such an enormous quantity of pearls that when the famous necklace was completed, with earrings, bracelets, and brooch and finger ring to match, they had ?73,000 worth of odd pearls left. A Silk Knit Garter. A novel custom still prevails among ladies in somo parts which will commend itself to maiden ladies growing old. It is said that she who puts on a silk knit gar? ter the first day of the year and wears it continuously will certainly marry during the year. It is said that the mother of a young lady, being very much pleased with tho silken garter worn by a young lady for this purpose, proposed to knit a ,; fel? low " for it; but the young lady declined, saying she had sufficient, confidence in tho bewitching circlet and preferred tho natural coming of tho "fellow.?All tho Year Round. How to Kill Cats. After much consultation with veteri? nary surgeons and experts, no better or more merciful method of killing cats has been found than to put with a long handled wooden spoon about half a tea spoonful of pure cyanide of potassium on the cat's tongue as near the throat ns pos? sible. The suffering is only for a few seconds. Great care must bu used to get pure cyanide of potassium, and to keep it tightly corked.?New York Graphic. Tobogganing In Canada. Said a Canadian to a scribe recently: "Tobogganing is essentially a Canadian sport. Not because Canada is the land of winter snows, but because Canadian life, Canadian manners are not the manners of the ' states.' You may say all you please about our slowness, our want of enter? prise; that we out-English the English in our snobbishness; still, the fact remains that we manage to get a great deal of en? joyment out of life. Of course a great deal is said about tho fast life of Ameri? cans; but I believe with tho majority the trouble lies moro in tho long hours of work iu which you indulge. I can't see where the rapid lifo conies in, unless it bo the slow, steady grind for 300 day in tho year. Now, tobogganing, like a great many other of our sports, cannot bo taken up at odd hours. To thoroughly enjoy a tobogganing party one should have the whole afternoon and evening; and when you get into bed at night you feel as if you had really been doing some? thing worth talking about. Tho average Canadian works, as a rule, about half tho day. The remainder is pretty well taken up with sports of some kind or another, especially in winter.?Buffalo Express. Tho Siamese "Way. In the simplicity of its doctoring methods few nations aro much in advance of tho Siamese. A great number of diseases arc popularly supposed to be tho result of spirit possession. The doctor in charge of a case of t his kind ties n string around tho room in view of the patient, decorates it with pieces of paper containing mysterious hieroglyphics, and then, brandishing a knife, commands the spirit to come out. Clay images arc also used for tho spirits to enter, and when satisfied tbntthey have done so, the images arc wheeled out of town upon carts. When the patient is convinced that the evil spirit has le'l his mind becomes tranquilizcd, and ho stands a better chance for recovery.?Herald of Health. ? A good example for farmers is shown by an Abbeville man, who says that he has beer, married forty-eight years and bin wife has never eaten a pound of bacon nor a morfel of bread that was not raised at home, unless it was when she was away on a visit. Buchien's Arnaca Halve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt ltbeum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi? tively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac? tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Hill Bros., Ander? son, S. C. Absolutely Pure. Tliis powder never varies. A marvel of purity, strength and wholesomeness. More economical than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in competition with the multitude of low test, short weight alum or phosphate powders. Sold only in cans- Royal Bakiko Powder Co., 1W> Wall St., New York. 42?ly BIMGH AMTC'J, N.V. THE INVALIDS BENEFACTOR. 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C. ?nderst)!), 4;1?Iv PIEDMONT AIR?LIAE, Ititltmoiid tV Dunviilc K. 85., COIT/HBIA & 6BFENTILLE DIVISION. CONDENSED SOH EDULE. IN EFFECT DECEMBER 19, 1836. (Trains run on Tilth Meridian time.) Southbound. Lto Walli?lltt.... SfMlCPB_ Anderson.-. Spartatib'rg Ahhevillc... Lanrens. Crecnville.. (ireon wood Ninety-Sis Nowberry. Arr. Columbia... Augusta.... No. 52 I ? .20 a ib I ?00 am I K'.-I?aml l?.00m ; 10.45 am 1 fc.2flam] 9.25 am I 12.44 pm i i.lOplil 3.01pm! 5.15 pmj 9.20 pm 1 Northbound. Lve. cni;itlIT.i:."..:ii N>'u I11TIV..I 1 Ninety-Six (irecnwo'd Arr. (?reenville Laurens.... I Abbeville'. 4, Snnrt'nbr'g 4, Anderson?! 4 Sen* Cii.j 6, ?? Walhalla...! ?? Atlanta.110. ? ini am 01 pill 'J0 pin 42 pm B3pm ,55 pm 35 pm 35 pin 50 pm 02 pm 35 pm 40 pm No. 53 makes close connection for Atlanta. No. 52 makes close connection for Augusta and Charleston at Columbia, .Ias. L. Taylob, Cicn'l Pass. Agcct. 1?. Cakdwkkl, Ass't Pass. Agt., Columbia, S. C Sot. Haas, XtaUlc Manager. FURNITURE! FURNITURE! Will be sold Cheaper than Ever at G. F. TOLLY'S FURNITURE STORE! THERE you can find the most Elegant assortment of all kinds of Furnitnre, from the cheapest to the finest, in the whole up-country. Sold Cheaper than anywhere in the State or out of It. Full and complete Room Suits from $16.00 to $3o0.00. Elegant Plush Parlor Suits at ?45.00. Lounges from $5.00 to $13.00. Washstands from $1.25 to $12.00. Wardrobes from $9.50 to $50.00. Bedsteads (hard wood) from $2.25 to $30.00. Chairs from 45c to $2.00; Hocking Chair from $1.25 to $10.00, And EVERYTHING ELSE IN PROPORTION. I will duplicate New York, Baltimore, Charleston or Augusta prices. Everybody invited to come and see my Gocds and be convinced. 1ST* P. S.?Persons indebted to me must pty up immediately and save trouble. Cau't indulge any longer. Oct 14,1886 G. F. TOLLY, Depot Street. 14 H THE EARTHQUAKE AS SHOOK DOWN PRICES on everything, and of course has affected my Stock of? Harness, Bridles, Collars, Saddles, Whips, Etc. My stock is larger than it has ever been, and I must dispose of it. I use the VERY BEST material, and guarantee every piece of work that leaves my Shop. My work is scattered all over the County. Ask any person who 1b using it about it. Here are some of ray prices: HaDd-raade Bug^y Harness from $10.00 up. Hand made Double Buggy Haruess from $18.00 to $4o.00. Give me a call, and I will convince vou that my work and prices can't be beat in the State. Over WILHITE & WILHITE'S DRUG STORE on Granite Row. Persons indebted to me must pay up hy 15th November. Oct 7, 18S6 13 JAMES M. PAYNE. This Space is Reserved for BARTON & SMITH, CONTRACTORS and B?ILDERS, AND DEALERS IN All kinds of Lumber, Moldings, Shingles, &c, BLUE RIDGE YARD. Oct 28,1886 16 3m SnTIEW Photograph Gallery JTTED up with a handsome Landscape Background, painted to order by a fi n Artist in the City of Baltimore, together with many other of the latest improved accessories, enables MAXWELL'S GALLERY to turn out FINE PICTURES in all the latest styles. PANELS A SPECIALTY. Ogk, Call and see some of our new work. We guarantee satisfaction. May 6, 1886 J- BYRON JEWELL, Photographer. 43 I ? H. !TS ' o\i|S?<M H.3 ? S Z 2 ~-.a ? r>-?? m ?rSvs = c c j ~2==o?r?3, rrt fco eb Y at- ?i- - a's 9_2: ?? 5 ???'2*1 ^%r\' - ,^=?S- sis ?2. ? ca Ella? s' re s-pjq ? h ?5J 3 2, * ?? = -^S -< 5<2.". 2 T On- gfc o _ S. - = ~ a? - o g ? |! 2 <s U. wo 'a. OS a v-,_ ^ o 2.? II IH is* g Svj 3 3 3 0 s _ -"a ?2 *? * , ifjfg T-M ftn =:>S? 2,? P S3 5 ? g ?00 2 a c a C 2 NS^ Cured by S. S. S. CAUTION. 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