The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 13, 1898, Page 7, Image 7
' IN THE OLD HOUSE.
Thc fruits are stored, tho fields aro bare,
The ground is hard, the skies aro gray.
"November's chill is in tho air.
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day.
The farmhouse stands in sheltered nook.
- 2is walls are filled with warmth and cheer.
Ita fires shine out with friendly look
To welcome all who enter here.
Pull forty years have come and gone
Since first this hearthstone's ruddy glow,
Fresh kindled, flung its light upon
Thanksgiving guests of long ago.
Long was the list of squires and dames.
Prom year to year how short it grew'
; Head out the old, familiar names
They heard here when his house was new.
Grandmother? Ave, sho went the first 1
Grandfather ; By her side ho rests.
The shade and sunlight, interspersed.
Have fallen long above their breasts.
Our aunts and uncle? Sundered wide.
Their graves lie east, their graves lie west.
As veteran goldies, scarred and tried,
' They fought their fight, they earned their
rest.
Our father? Dear and gentle heart ?
A nature sweet, beloved by ali.
How early turned his steps apart
To pass from human ken and call!
Our mother? Brisk and kindly soul!
How bravo she bore fate's every frown,
Nor rested till she reached the goal
Where all must lay their burdens down!
Our brother? Toward the setting sun,
Prom us remote, his home is made,
And many a year its course has run
Since here his boyish sports were played.
Put by the book I My heart is sore.
The night winds up the chimney flee.
The fires within gleam as before*.
But none are here, save you and-me!
But, elster, you and I again
Will heap the hearth and spread the board
And serve oar kindred now as then
With all that home and hearts afford.
The scattered remnants of our lino
We'll summon 'neath this roof onco more
And pedge, in rare affection's wine,
The memory of those days of yore.
God bess them all, the fond and true!
God keep them all, both here and there,
. ; Until the old becomes the new
Forever In his mansions fair!
-Marion Hicks Harmon in Youth's Compan
ion._
BORN ON FRIDAY.
Judge William Richards was busy
patting away his papers one bright
winter afternoon, preparatory to
leaving his office for the day, when
he was interrupted by the entrance
of a tall, well dressed young man,
who asdef he wished to consult him
on a very important mattdr. It was
the holiday season, and the judge
was the last one left in the large of
fice building, but he acceded to his
visitor's request and courteously of
fered him a chair.
The stranger took a cigar from
his pocket and lighted it, glancing
sharply about the room meanwhile,
and spoke in a-brisk, businesslike
manner.
"Judge Richards," he said, "be
fore telling you my name and busi
ness- /wish to mention a few inci
dents in your past life and also to
touch on your circumstances at pres
ent. I see you are surprised, but I
wish you to see that I know a good
deal about your affairs; then my
business with you will-be more read
ily understood. "
The judge nodded,- Wondering.
"At the age of 21, " the stranger
continued, "you commenced prac
ticing law in this city. A year later
you disappeared out west and were
gone two years. Almost immediate
ly after you came back you made a
great 'hit' with a brilliant speech,
and business began to come your
way. You settled down, worked
hard, and your success has been
great. You have a big practice, are
an ex-circuit judge,' and 18 months
ago you missed an election to con
gress by only a few hundred votes.
Another election comes up in six
months, and you are confident of
' winning. . Mining investments you
. made out in Colorado have yielded
enormous returns, and you are re
puted to be worth between $200,000
and $300,000. Your social position is
high, and-pardon me-in ten days
you are to be married to Miss Holt,
the only daughter of Senator Holt,
lihe most distinguished and aristo
cratic mau of this section of the
country. I am right so far, I be
lieve?"
"Yes," replied the lawyer, "right
enough, but I must say I fail to see
how my private history can affect
any legal business you may have
with me."
The stranger laughed easily.
*'Perhaps when you hear my busi
ness you may not call it strictly
.legal. Judge Richards"-he paused
to relight his cigar-"I am a little
hard up at present, and so I came to
you. I want $10,000."
"Oh, you dot" ejaculated the as
tonished judge.
"Exactly-$10,000. The day be
fore yesterday you deposited $15,000
in the First National bank. Most of
it, I believe, was to go for a certain
ornament you are to give to a cer
tain young lady, but I want $10,000
of it and must have it. Blackmail,
you understand."
"Well, I'll be d-di" said the
judge faintly.
"Yes," laughed his visitor. "You
certainly will be, socially and po
litically, if you do not provide for
my necessities."
"Well, you certainly are a cool
one," ejaculated the judge, slowly
recovering from his astonishment,
"but before I turn over this trifling
snm to you perhaps you will kindly
enlighten me as to the obligation I
am paying off with it."
The judge had recovered enough
tobe ironical, but hardly very angry
as yet.
"That's only fair. Hear ono part j
of my story that I omitted a mo
ment ago. While out west you mot
a certain May Robbins. Remember
her?"
The lawyer mado no reply.
"Well, I had a talk with her some j
time ago, and she says that she is j
your wife. What do you mu
that?"
"Think of it? I think that it
unmitigated lie!"
"Oh, indeed! Well, what do
think of this?" And he took
his pocketbook a folded sheet of
paper and handed it to the ji
He read slowly :
MY DARLING MAY-I got to tho Point a
iv. the night and leave for the coast early
morning. I will send for you and tho
one in a few weeks. The sheriff manag
"wing" mc, but it is nothing serious,
affectionate husband, W. H
The judge looked keenly at
visitor. "Well?"
"This is your writing, I belie1
The judge nodded.
"And the initials of your n
form the signature. Now, wha
you suppose would happen
showed that note to Senator Ho
For reply the lawyer quickly
it into small bits and tossed tl
into the fire.
"Oh, that's all right!" said
other cheerfully. "You surelyd
suppose that I was a big enough
to give you the original, do y
That was a copy-tracing paper,
know. Now, judge"-and he d]
ped his bantering tone-"come d<
to business. You don't want Se
tor Holt to see that note. Give
f.l0,000, and in 24 hours the i
shall be in your possession, ai
will be out of the way. "
"Pshaw, man," said the law
contemptuously, "don't be a fi
Don't you suppose that a note 1
that can be explained away? If y
woman - what's her name, A
Hobbins?-has any documents, br
them out, and I may talk to y
but in the meantime I intend to
that you work out your term in
penitentiary."
"But you acknowledge your w:
ing?" asked the stranger, ignor:
the threat.
"Yes, I wrote that note, but if 3
know anything about it at all j
know that I wrote it for that geni
manly thief and all around sooi
drei, Harry Roberts, after the sh
iff had shot him through the ha
and he could not write for himseli
His visitor lighted a fresh cig
and gazed calmly up to the oeilin
'"Judge," he said, "I hardly <
pected you to give in just because
that note, but I thought I might
well try it at first-just as a 'feele
you might say. Now listen to n
We are alone here. No one is aron
to listen. I never like to bluff
when I hold a good hand. So I s
going to make honest confessic
and if my soul don't profit by
maybe my pocket will. I know
well as you do that that woman
not your wife, but I must have mo
ey, and I wouldn't hesitate to swe
that she is. Harry Roberts, wi
afterward married her, saved yo
life when you first came out to th
country, a 'tenderfoot.' So when J
got in trouble and had to skip out 1
came up to your cabin on the Poi:
with his hand all smashed to fli
dors, and you felt called on to wri
that note to his wife for him and
help him out of the country.-.-He w?
caught, however, and hung afte
ward, so he is out of the way.
"Now the case stands this way:
am a-tolerably well educated ma
myself, and it was no great troub
for me to take May's marriage ce
tificate and make William Hem
Roberts read William Herndon Rici
ards. If you remember May, yo
know she is unscrupulous. I had
friend in the clerk's office, and
managed to get in there and chang
the license the same way. So yo
see we have documents a-plent-)
You'll give me the $10,000 befoi
noon tomorrow or I will show you
note to Senator Holt and commenc
legal proceedings to compel you t
provide support for your wife, ne
Robbins."
The judge was mad clear through
now, and he rose up and started fo
his visitor with blood in his eye
The stranger sprang behind the ta
ble.
"Easy, now," he cried, "or I'l
let you have it through the pocket.'
And the lawyer saw that he wa
grasping a pistol in tho side pocke
of his coat. He was by no means ;
coward, but he did not care to rm
against a pistol bullet. He took hi
seat again.
"That's better," commented th?
stranger. . "There is no need of vio
lenee in this matter, I hope. I don'
want to hurt you. Just cool down 1
little and consider my propositioi
for a few minutes ; then tell me wha:
you think of it."
"I don't have to consider to tel!
you that you are the most unmiti
gated liar and ?scoundrel unhung 1'
said-the judge, keeping bis tempei
with difficulty. "But I don't suppose
that a man who is so shameless at
to confess himself tho lying black
guard that you have to me can be
affected by anything I can say, so I
will spare myself the trouble of ex
pressing my opinion of you. But you
are as great a fool as liar. Admit
ting that you have the license and
certificate-which I have no proof of
except the word of a confessed liar
-don't you know that it would be
the easiest thing in the world for
me to prove by dozens of poopl6 in
Red Gulch that Roberts and this wo
man were living together as mau
and wife and that I lived by myself ?
Don't you know"
"Now, judge," interrupted the
stranger in his turn, "I didn't try
any bluff on you, but up and told
the whole truth like an honest man,
and yet here you are a-bluffing al
ready. Nobody knew whether this
woman was married to Roberts 01
not, and nobody cared. The class of
women who live in a mining town
liko that was are not usually over
particular as to their morals. Be
sides. Red Gulch is a dead town now.
ana mts Deen e'ieaci rur nvo yea:
Where would you go to find a sing
man whom you know there sev
years ago? Now listen to inc. Sr
pose you don't give mo tho $10,00
What happens? I go to the senat
with my proofs; the senator puts 1
foot down on a certain marring
you say it is all a blackmails
lie; the senator says my eviden
looks pretty strong; that yi
must prove it a lie. Then y<
have a nice job on your hands. Y<
have got to hunt up a lot of peor,
that you have not heard of for yeai
and if you should happen to fit
some of them not one would be ah
to swear that the Robbins womi
was married to Roberts or was n
married to you. All of that wou
take time and money and accor
plish nothing in the end.
"On the other hand, give me tl
money-and $10,000 is ?heap, too,
tell you-and in 24 hours all tl
documents are in your possessio:
and I am out of the way. If ye
don't, think what my little stol
to the senator means for you."
The judge obediently thought, ai:
it was not pleasant thinking. I
did not believe that the woman cou.
win the case with her forged doci
ments, but this fellow was just tl
kind of a daredevil to go to the sei
atorwith his story and then to lav
The senator would certainly pos
pone the wedding, and there wou]
be a long delay. Even though h
daughter did not believe the storj
she would suffer. Of course thei
would be endless talk and gossi]
The story woujd be in the paper;
old pranks of his younger dav
would be raked up, and even thoug
he cleared . himself finally thei
would be a bitter sting left. Thei
would be many to say that whei
there was so much smoke ther
must be some fire. Then his polit
cal aspirations 1 The election waa t
oome off in six months. Nice can
paigu material this scandal woul
make for his opponents!
These thoughts and many mor
flashed through the judge's minti
and he glared at his visitor savage
ly. He hadn't a doubt that he mean
every word that hp said. Throug!
his light, bantering tone there ran ?
vein of earnestness and confidenc
that was more dangerous than an;
loud blustering would have been
He was confident that he had ;
"good thing" whether the judg
paid up now or not.
The judge's "good thing" seemec
to lie between paying out $10,000 ?
cash and having a big scrfndal on hi:
hands.
Suddenly a dmile flashed acros:
his face, and then the lips were com
pressed tightly. Tho strauger dir
not notice the change of expression
"Well," said the judge, "I mus
confess that this is a pretty tigh
place. Maybe we could discuss i
better over a drop of liquor."
He rose and opened a handsom<
mahogany cabinet that fitted snugly
over the low mantel. In anothej
minute whisky, water, sugar ant
glasses were placed hospitably ot
the table.
"Fill your glass," said the lawyei
graciously. "Ten thousand dollar*
is enough money to deserve some
consideration before being parted
with. Bring your chair around ii:
front of the table. It must be cold
back there."
He pulled his chair closo up to thc
fire, and the stranger did likewise,
so that they were sitting right in
front of the grate, with their face:'
not four feet from the smoldering
Hames.
An}- ono looking in would have
thought that they were two old
friends taking a social evening toddy
together.
"Now, then, sir, your scheme is
simply to blackmail me out of $10,
000, I believe?"
"Exactly, judge."
"And you think you have a pretty
good thing?"
"Suro of it."
"If I understand you rightly, you
say I must give you this money, or
you will go to Senator Holt and tell
him that I have a wife living out
west, and then you will go to law to
force me to give money to this wo
man, but if I give you the $10,00C
you promise to turn over the proofs
to me and leave the country?"
"Yes, that's just it."
"At the same timo you admit that
all these documents of yours are
forgeries and that that letter you
have of mine was written for anoth
er man who happened to have my
initials?"
"Oh, of course I know all that,
but if you :et it go to law I wouldn't
hesitate to swear just the opposite,
and I defy you to prove that I am
lying."
"Well, you certainly aro candid.
Aren't you a little afraid to acknowl
edge all this so boldly?"
"Not a bit of it. Of course I will
deny that I ever admitted anything
of tho kind. If I hadn't admitted it,
you would have known it just the
same, so what difference does it
make? It doesn't help you tiny, and
just makes things cloarer between
us. I admit that the wholo scheme
is a lio, but you can't prove it, and I
think that after a little considera
tion you will rather givo me what I
ask for than to try it."
"Maybe you aro right," muttered
the judge. "Just wait a minute."
He stepped over Hu? '.?ig desk in
tho corner, anti when ho turned ho
was grasping a pistol.
"Now, my young friend," said lie.
pointing it at the visitor's head,
"you sit where you arc and linton."
He reached in the cabinet over tho
mautol anil touched a sitt ing. There
was a phonograph concealed in tho
back of it. The judge bad started it
when lie got out the brandy, is ow
lie reversed it and attached a funnel
shaped device, and tho whole of tho
conversation came out in tones that
could bo heard all over the room.
The judgo sat in his chair, holding
his pistol and smiling pleasantly.
The stranger's face was a study.
Surprise, rage, fear carno and went,
and were finally succeeded by a look
of comical disgust.
When the last word was finished,
tho lawyer could hold in no longor
and hurst into a hearty laugh. The
stranger glanced up in surprise, and
his look of cool impudence returned.
"Judge, I tell you what we'll do.
Give mo ?100, and we'll call it
square."
"Cool as ever, are you, my cheer
ful liar?" laughed the other. "Now
maybe you will tell mo why I should
not send you to the penitentiary?1
"Oh, you don't want to do that I
You are going to be married next
week, you know, and you would not
like to think that your marriage
meant the beginning of a long term
of suffering to one of your fellow
mortals. "
The judge was so pleased at get
ting out of what a little while beforo
had seemed a, tight place that he
laughed again.
"Well," said he, "you come back
here tomorrow at 9 o'clock and bring
all your little documents with you,
and we will see what is to be done.
In the meantime you need not try to
slip out ot town, for I am going to
put the police to watching you right
away, and, my boy, before you try
this kind of thing again let me ad
vise you to study up all the latest
appliances for thief catching," and
they walked down the stairs togeth
er.
Just as they reaohed the street a
handsome double seated sleigh dash
ed up, and a sweet voice said: "Oh,
William, we have been looking for
you 1 Come and take tea with us,
won't you?"
"Thanks! Delighted!" And the
judge threw away his cigar and
climbed in.
His late visitor plunged his hands
in his pockets and stood looking aft
er him blankly.
"D- my infernal luck!" he said.
"And it all comes of being born on
Friday!" - E. Jouett Simpson in
Honre Magazine.
Your Ancestors. '
Nearly every one has had more or
lees ancestors, and a mathematically
inclined genealogist has figured that
even a fellow that couldn't join any
thing but a church has had during
the last 25 generations no less than
45,470,S62 ancestors, of whom 22,
738,432 were living at the same time
25 generations back. Calling the av
erage lifetime of a generation 33 1-3
years, that would take us back to
the year of the Norman conquest,
1006. Each of us had at the time of
that historic event something like
22,000,000 ancestors roaming about
the various principalities and jun
gles of Europe, Asia and Africa, not
to mention the south sea islands
and Australia, and of these i Ms a
reasonable certainty that at least
one participated in the battle of
Senlac, either under Duke William
or King Harold.-Rochester Herald.
Strang-e Christmas Eve Custom.
/he London Mail describes the
still continued practice of serenad
ing the widows at Burnham-on
Crouch on Christmas eve. Each
widow has her five minutes of sing
ing and importance. When the
hymn is ended, the leader knocks at
the widow's door. It is at once
opened, the widow's hand is out
stretched, and into it is placed a
goodly amount in silver.
Can't Stoop to lt.
"It's a singular thing, but the
commission of crime seems confined
to certain kinds cf peoplo," said
Bluff, putting on an air of wisdom.
"Yes," rejoined Miggs. "That's
well known. It's confined to crimi
nals, of course."
"Certain persons are almost sure
to become criminals," continued
Bluff, ignoring tho interruption,
"while others aro never, or very
rarely, found in prison."
"Because they are too lucky,"
murmured Miggs.
"It may seem strange, but fat
men seldom commit crime. This ia
the assertion of criminologists."
"It doesn't seem strange at all tu
me," remarked the irrepressible
Miggs. "Everybody knows that it U
difficult for fat men to stoop to any
thing low."-Pearson's Weekly.
What Hurt.
Lily-Tho Widow Henpeck seems
terribly cut up over her husband's
death.
Pod-It wasn't so much Iiis death
(is his last words, I fancy.
Lily-Why soi What were they?
Pod-He said that ho was well
prepared for the worst.-New York
Journal.
Kunniujf No Risien.
"I seo that New York society wo
men claim to be descended from
kings."
"Yes, but they have taken good
caro to select kings that are very,
very dead. "-Chicago News.
mm . m
- " I feel ii my duty to give you a
truthful statement nf what Chamber
lain's Colic. I'holcra and Diarrhoea
Itemcdy dill." writes .1. S. Collin.- of
Moore. S. C. "1 had a chihl about
two years old thai had the diarrlm-a
for two months. I tii<-d all the hot
known remedies, but none gare the
least relief. When this remedy came
to hand, I gave it as directed, and in
two dar.- the child was completely
cured. " Sold by Hil! Orr Drug Cc.
FREED FROM JAIL BY DICE.
Prisoner Won Jailer's SiOO, Then Played
With $900 awi Liberty aa Stakes.
"Getting out of jail with a good
filo seems easy enough," said an ex
sheriff tho othor day, "but I don't
think I ever heard of but ono case
whero a xrrisoner made his escape
with a handful of dice. It happen
ed years ago in my county after I
had arrested a crack gambler from
the west for shooting a farmer.
The farmer was not killed, and the
westerner was shut up in jail until
court convened. The chances were
that he would be sent to the peni
tentiary for half a dozen years at
least. He went under the name cf
Mike Hunkier. That, however, was
an alias.
"While I was going over the
building one morning a stranger
came up and asked to see Hunkier.
He said that Hunkier was an ac
quaintance of his and he wanted to
talk with him about securing the
services of a lawyer to defend him.
I let the man in, but told Robinson,
the jailer, to watch him.
"The following morning while I
was at breakfast a boy rushed in
and told me that Hunkier had es
caped. When I made an investiga
tion, I discovered that Robinson had
also disappeared. Later in the day
I found a note from Robinson ad
dressed to me. He asked me to for
give him, said it was an affair of
honor and could not be helped. The
escape was investigated by tho
grand jury and after a long wrangle
I was completely exonerated, as a
trusted employee had played me
false.
"The years rolled on and the es
cape had ceased to cause any com
ment. Some time afterward I got a
telegram from Tennessee saying
that Robinson was dead and that ho
had made a request that I be noti
fied. Five days later I received a
letter written by Robinson previous
to his death in which he told me
the whole story of the escape.
"It seems the man who went to
see Hunkier as his friend was a not
ed crook. He carried the prisoner
a set of poker dioe and a roll of bills
amounting to about $500. That
night, while Robinson was patroling
the jail, Hunkier, who got to talk
ing with him, asked if he did not
want to shoot a few hands. The
cubes were brought out, and Robin
son said he was the luckiest man
with them in town. The jailer got
$50 out of his wallet to start on, and
despite his luck ho lost. Ho went
back for another wad, and in due
time that drifted over to Hunkier.
Robinson had $400 in all, and he
promptly brought it out. In an
hour's time the last of his three !
years' savings was gone. Noticing
his dejection, Hunkier after awhile
said :
" 'Robinson, I will make this
proposition. I will give yon a
chance to win your money back and
mine, too, on one throw. I'll put
up ?000, and if you win, you get all.
If I win, you let me escarbe tonight.'
"Robinson thought over the mat
ter for 15 minutes, and finally
agreed to play one poker hand to
tho fill. Robinson won tho toss,
and had to play first. He pitched
out the dice and then looked down
on two pairs, queens and jacks. He
kept the queens and then took tho
three other cubes for the second
throw. He got another pair of
jacks and an ace. He cursed his
luck, but threw again to the queens.
He turned another queen and a pair
of aces.
"Hunkier took the dice to bea t
the full. Ho rattled thom long and
carefully, and when they hit the
jail floor he smiled as he saw three
tens. Another ten would set him
free, with $1100 in his pockets. On
the second throw he made a pair of
jacks, but they did not free him.
Robinson held his breath on tho
third toss, and to his sorrow ho saw
the lucky ten turn. He told Hunk
ier he was free, but that he had
made himself an outcast. At 1
o'clock the next morning tho two
slipped away, Robinson refusing to
accept a dollar from Hunkier."-:
Charleston Letter in New York Sun. I
Hoity Toity.
Seldeninhis "TableTalk" writes:
"In Queen Elizabeth's time gravity
and state were kept up. In King
James' time things were pretty well.
But in King Charles' time there has
been nothing but French-more and
the cushion dance, omnium gather
um, tolly polly, hoito comotoito. " j
This phrase in modern French is
haut comme toit.
The lato Dr. Blower, in his "Dic
tionary of Phrase and Fable," says:
"The most probable derivation I
know is this: What we call'seesaw'
used to be called * hoi ty toity,' hoity
being connected with hoit (to lear;
np), our 'high,' 'height,' and toity
being 't'other lioit'-i. e., first one
side holts, then tho other side."
Notes and Queries.
Two of a Kind.
"I told my employer I had only 10
cents to my name."
"What did he say ?"
"He tried to borrow it of me."
Chicago Record.
The two-year-old son ol' \\ . L.
Furguson, of Holton, Miss., had whoop
ing cough. "After several physi
cians hail prescribed for him, without
giving relief.' writes Mr. Furgason,
"I persuaded my wife to try a 2f> cent
houle of Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy. The (?rsi "lose had the desired
effect, and in forty-cighl hours he was
entirely free from all cough. I con
sider your remedy tho best in the mar
ket, especially for children and recom
mend it at all times." The 25c. and
f>Qc. sizes for sale by Hill Orr Prog Co.
! -"Buzz*' is a rather lively game
The guests are seated around the din
ing table. The one at the head of th<
table begins by saying .'one." th<
next "'two," and so on ; only<the sev
cntli person and every multitude oi
seven must remember to say "buzz'
instead. If they fail to lo this the}
drop out of the ring, and ?ihe next be
gins with ''one" again. Tho sj>crt oi
thc game is to remember "seven" oi
the multiple, viz., fourteen, twenty
one, twenty-eight, thirty-five, and s(
on. Thc one who holds out the long
cst is presented with a prize, and th<
first to fall out of the ring wins tb<
booby prize.
- The simplest public railroad nov
operated is thought to bc one bctweer
Atami and Odawara, in Japan. It i:
a narrow-guage road, and is run b"
man power. Thc cars have seats fo
four persons each, who sit back t<
back. A train consists of two o
three cars, and is drawn up hill b"
half a dozen coolies ; at the top of thi
incline the coolies jump on the plat
forms and the train runs down to th
terminus by gravity, with the speed o
an express. It is said there has neve
been an accident on the road.
- The Best Liniment.-"Chamber
Iain's Pain Balm is the finest on earth.'
write Edwards & Parker, of Plains
Ga. This is the verdict of all wh(
use it. For rheumatism, lame back
sprains, swellings, and the numerou.?
slight ailments and accidents commor
to every household, this Liniment has
no equal. "With it in the house, i
great deal of pain and suffering maj
be avoided. For sale by Hill-On
Drug Co.
- "It's funny how marriage wil
change a man," said Fogg the othei
day. "There is Mouser, for example,
Before he was married, a glance ol
May Taintor would intoxicate him, sc
he used to say. Now when he comes
home late at night and meets Mrs.
Mouser, nee Taintor, the sight of hei
actually sobers him.''
- Charles E. Ashe, of Cardville,
Me., is posing as a second Noah in
Penobscot County. Having predicted
a flood, which he says will inundate
the entire northeastern section of the
county, he is now engaged in the con
struction of an ark in which to escape
with his family and his household
goods. Mr.. Ashe has been predicting
floods for the past eighteen years, and
his reputation as a prophet is not of a
character to justify his neighbors in
taking similar precautions to keep out
of the swim.
- "Johnson wants to borrow some
money of me. Do you know anything
about him?'' "I know him as well as
I do you. I wouldn't let him have a
cent!"
....?JIMI,.--sn-immi, .li ii -i i ?????? *%?*?,? ini?-ix-^P^I i i ?? ? ?
Woman's Diseases
Are as peculiar as; AA
unavoidable, and J?S
cannot be discuss- /*y
ed or treated as we ^M?n? y
do those to which Jffift^
the entire human
family are subject. }Tffi??*x '
Menstruation sus- ilW^^?~
tains such import- jbwffl . nih
ant relations to her wfflU ' f I \*fa
health, that when Wf jj ? W'
Suppressed, ?rregu- -J'll {. j l\
lar or Painful, Jm fl ll \ V\
she soon becomes \\\ 1 Jr
languid, nervous
and irritable, the bloom leaves her
cheek- and very grave complica
tions arise unless. Regularity and
Vigor are restored to these organs'.
Bradfield's?one?
?r^t * most noted
Jr CITiaiC physicians
of the South,
Regulator btroftrt?h?
sort prevail more extensively than
in any other section, and has never
failed to correct disordered Men
struation. It restores health and
strength to the suffering- woman.
"We have for the past thirty years handled
Bradfleld'e Female Regulator, both at whole
sale and retail, and in no instance has it failed
Co give satisfaction. We sell more of it than all
other similar remedies combined."
LAMAR, RANKIN & LAMAR,
Atlanta, Macon and Albany, Ga.
THE BRADFIELD RECULATOR CO., ATLANTA. GA.
Sold by all Druggists at $1.00 per liottle.
BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD
H. C. BEATTIE, Receiver.
Time Table No. 7.-affective March 1,18?IS.
Between Anderson and Walhalla
WBKTHOUNO EASTBOUND.
No. 12 STATIONS No. ll.
First Clase, First Class,
Daily. Daily.
P. M.-Leave Arrive A. M.
H 3 35.Anderson.lt 00
f 3..V5.Denver.10.40
f 4 06.Auton.10 31
n 4.14.Pendleton.10.22
f 4.?3.Cherry's Crowing.10.13
f 4.29.Adara's Crooning.10.07
s 4 47.?eneoa.9 49
i .?ill.Wpst Union.9.20
?. r,.!7 Ar.Walhalla.Lr
No. fi, Mixed, No. 5, Mixed.
Daily, Except Daily, Except
Sanday. Sunday. i
KASTHOIIN'I?. WKSTBOUNP. J
P. M.-Arrive Leave- P M. j
ft fi.U'i.Anderson.ll 10 ?
I' ? .'.?.Denver.ll 3S
I 5.43.Antun.U 5b j
s .". 31.Pendleton.12 02;
1" ll?.Cherry's Crossing.12 14 |
f ,r)ll. Adams' Crossing.1*?.*22 '
H \A7 1 .Seneca.J 12 46 I
H 1 IO.Seneca. ? 1 4.r>
s :: .">S.WeRt Union. 2 09 i
s .Walhalla. 2.H) j
(s) Remlar station ; (f) Flag station.
Will also >-t >p at tlie following stations .
lo tak? on or let off passengers : Phin- J
nevs, .lames' and Sandy Springs. ?
No 12 connects with Southern Railway.
No 12 at -\ nderson.
No ?i connects wit]? Southern Railway I
Nos. 12, 37 anil 3S at Seneca.
J. R. ANDERSON, Supt. !
- Some of tlic machines for making
matches which are used in these days
make 200 revolutions a minute each,
and turn out about 2,500,000 matches
daily, or aboot 900,000,000 annually.
Pitts
Carminative
Aids Digestion,
Regulates the Bowels,
Cures Cholera Infantum,
Cholera Morbus,
Diarrhoea, Dysentery,
Teething Children,
And all diseases of the Stomach
and Bowels. It is pleasant
to the taste and
NEVER FAILS 1
to give satisfaction
A Few Doses will Demonstrate
its Superlative Virtues.
^SSB^TDOUBLE DAIIY
SERVICE
TO
ATLANTA, CHARLOTTE,
WILMINGTON,
NEW ORLEANS
AND
NEW YORK. BOSTON.
RICHMOND-.
WASHINGTON, NORFOLK.
_PORTSMOUTH.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT FEB. 7, 1896.
SOUTHBOUND
No. 403. No. 4L
Lv New York, via Penn R. R.*ll 00 am ?9 OD pm
Lv Philadelphia, 1 12 pru tl 03 am
LvBiltimore " 3 15 pm 2 38 am
Lv Washington, " 4 40 pm 4 80 am
Lv Bichmond, A. C. L."...12 56 am *1 89 am
Lv Norfolk. Tia's. A. L. *8 30 pm~~*9 05am
Lv Portsmouth, ". 8 43 pm 9 20am
LT Weldon,
Ar Henderson,
Ar Durham,
LT Durham,
..*11 28 pm*ll 55 am
12 56 a m ?1 83 pm
. fl 82 am f4 09 pm
. f5 20 pm fll 10 am
Ar Raleigh, via 8. A. L.
Ar Sanford, ** .
Ar Southern Pinei "
Ar Hamlet, " ,
ArWadesboro, "
Ar Monroe, M
*2 16 am
5 85 am
4 2Jam
6 10 am
ff 64 am
, 6 4J am
?3 31pm
5 08 pm
6 SB pu
6 68 pm
8 lt pm
9 ?pm
Ar Charlotte,
.8 SO sm ?10 25pm
Ar Ciaester,
?8 10 am 10 47 pm
LT Columbia, C. N. A L. B. B...^...?^.. >6 00 pro
Ar Clinton 8. A L. .-.- rt 4* am *?f ?im
Ar Greenwood " .".. 10 85 am 1 ft? am
Ar Abbeville, ..... ll Off am 1 40am
Ar Elberton, .? .12 07 pm 2 41 am
Ar Athena, .? . 115 pm 3 45 am
Ar Winder, " . 1 58 pm 4 3(kam
Ar Atlanta, S A L. (Cen.Time) 2 50 pm 5 28Hm
NORTHBOUND.
LT Atlanta,S.A L.(Cen.
LT Winder, "
LT Athens, "
LT Elberton, **
Lv Abbeville, "
Lv Greenwood, "
Lv ( linton, "
Ar Columbia, C. N. ? L
No. AW..
Time) *12 00 n'n
. 2 40 pm
.? . 3 16 pm
. 4 15 pm
......... 5 15 pm
. 5 41 pm
. 6 31 pm
No. 88.
.7 50 pm
10 42 pm
11 26 pm
12 38 am
1 40 am
2 09 am
3 05 am
B. R...*4 30 p m *7 45 am
LT Chester, S. A. L . S 13 pm 4 3?am
Xv harlotte. " ".*10 25 pm ~*8 30 am
LT Monroe,
[ Lv Hamlet,
! Ar Wilmington
1 LT Southern Pines,
Lv Kaleigh,
1 Ar Hendeason
; Ar Durham, '
i LT Durham
9 40 pm 6 05 am
ll 28 pm 8 15 am
J5 30 am 12 3d ppm
12 14 am
*2 16 am
3 28 am
9 20 am
ll 35 am
I CO pm
f4 OTpm
tn io ah
*3 00 pm
6 50 pm
II 10 n>
12 483u
3 45 atv
?6 53 ap,
Ar Weldon,
i Ar Richmond A. C. L......
! Ar Washington, Penn. R. R..
j Ar Baltimore, " ......
! Ar Philadelphia, " ......
1 Ar New York, .,
17 ? 2 am
f5_20 pm
'4 55 rm
. 8 15 am
12 31 pm
, 1 48 pm
. 3 50 pm
*6 23 pm
Ar Portsmouth S. A. L.. 7 30 am 5 50pm
Ar Norfolk " .". *7 50am 6 05 pm
?Daily, fDaily, Ex. Sunday. +Daily Ex. Monda;.
Nos. 403 and 402 "The Atlanta Special/' Solid
Vestibuled Train, of Pullman Sleepers and Coach,
es between Washington and Atlanta, also Pull -
? man Sleepers between Portsmouth and Chester, o
? C.
i Nos. 41 and 38, "The S. A. L Express," Solid
I Train, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers between
! Portsmouth and Atlanta.
For Pickets, Sleepers, etc., apply to
B. A. Newland, Gen'l. Agent Pass Dent.
Wm. B. Clements, T. P. A., 6 Kimball House
Atlanta, Ga
E. St John, vice-President and Gen'l. Manger
V. E. McBee General Superintendent.
li. W. B. Glover, Traffic Manager.
T J. Anderson, Gen'l. Passenger Agent.
General Officers, Portsmouth, Va.
CHARLESTON AND WESTERN
CAROLINA RAILWAY
AUGUSTA AND ASHEVILLE SPORT LINE
In effect February 7,1897.
LT Augusta.
Ar Greenwood.
I Ar Anderson.
I Ar Laurens.
? Ar Greenville.
I Ar Glenn Springs....
I Ar Spartanburg..
! Ar Saluda.
Ar HendersonTille.
ArAsheTille..
9 40 am
1217 pm
115 pm
3 00 pm
4 05 pm
3 00 pm
5 23 pm
5 51 pm
7 00 pm
140 pm
6 10 pu
7 00 am
1615 am
9 SS am
LT Asheville.
LT Spartanburg....
LT Glenn Springs.
LT GreenTille.
LT Laurens.?...
LT Anderson.
LT Greenwood?.
Ar Augusta.
LT Calhoun Falls..
Ar Raleigh.
Ar Norfolk.
Ar Petersburg.
Ar Richmond.
LT Augusta.
Ar Allendale.
Ar Fairfax.
Ar Yemsssee.
Ar Beaufort.
Ar Port Royal.
Ar Savannah.
Ar Charleston.
Lv Charleston.
LT Savannah.
LT Port Royal.
LT Beaufort.
LT Ycmassee.
LT Fairfax.
LT Allendale.
Ar Augusta.
8 20 am
ll 45 am
10 00 am
11 55 am
1 SO pm
4 00 pm
4 00"pm
7 10 pu
7 00 am
2 23 pmi.r
6 00 pm ll 10 am
4 44 pm.
2 16 am
7 30 a? m_..
6 00 am
8 Karn.
9 30 am
10 35 am
10 50 am
15 p m
2) pu
35 p m
2 55 pm
5 00 pm
5 15 pm
620 am
7 20 pm
7 30 pm
8 00 pm
8 08 pm
6 50 am
6 50 am
815 am
S 25 am
9 25 am
10 3fi am
1047 am
12 56 pm
Clos? connection at Calhoun Falls tor Athena.
Atlanta and all poi ats on S. A. L.
Close connection at Augusta for Charleston,
Savannah and all points.
Close con nee tiona at Greenwood for all pointa en
S. A. L., and C. A G. Railway, ani at Spartanburg
with Southern Railway.
For any information rolatire to tickets, rates,
schedule, etc., address
W. J. CRAIG, Gea. Pass. Agent, Augusta, Ga.
K. M. North, Sol. Af en t.
T. M. Emerson, Trame Manager.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT,
WILMINGTON. N. C., Dec. 20,1897.
Fast Line Between Charleston and Col
umbia and Upper South Carolina, North
Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
GOING WEST,
*No. 52.
GOING EAST
No. 53.
7 00 am Lv.Charleston.Ar
8 2? am Lv.Lanes.Ar
9 35 am Lv.Sumter.Ar
10 55 am Ar.Columbia.Lv
11 6S am Ar.Prosperity.Lv
12 10pm Ar.Newberry.Lv
12 58 pm j Ar.Hinton.Lv
1 10pm Ar.Laurens.Lv
4 21pm Ar.Greenville.Lv
3 10 pm Ar.Spartauburg.Lv
fi 12pm Ar.Winnsboro, S. C.Lv
8 20 pm A r.Charlotte. N. C.Lv
6 06 pm Ar.. Uendersonville. N. <\..Lv
7 00 pm Ar.Asheville. N. C.Lv
9 15 pm
7 3G pm
6 20 pm
5 00 pm
3 13 pm
2 57 pm
2 10 pm
1 45 pm
10 30 ara
11 40 am
ll 41 Am
9 35 am
9 IS am
S 20 am
fDallv. , " , ,
Nos. 52 and 53 Solid Trains between Charleston
andCelumbia.S.C. H. M. ?MM*
Gen'l. Passenger Agent.
J P.. KawLKar, General Manager. >
T. ?V ?EMBRI?N. Traine Manage*