The Anderson intelligencer. (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, April 27, 1898, Page 7, Image 7
A BACKLOG FANCY.
room i" tho 1088 burn ,wr'
^o ? he fitful flash I soo
thc wall tho ?anbeaiaa glow
"?googn tho green brancfaea of the tree,
meklog ?nattera, and I hoar
^xt?blue^'^0/tho wood'romote.
likeaapirlt, witching, gay.
^n?s a throbbing golden W*fk
A^lly drifting on ita way
^^,0n0lym!THt^ Weekly.
THE TEST CASE.
lt was Morton-I moan Montagu
?orton, the well known dealer in
frecious stones-who told me this
1 ry i waa talking to him in his
? y office and was struck by the
ffl?t incredibly careless way in
'bich be dealt with eome valuable
Yee, he owned that he was caro
la He assured me that he never
petered any lotter or parcel, how
et valuable, and yet had never
lost anything in the poet. He did
wt keep a light burning all night,
ir use an electric alarm of any kind,
jr give any special orders to the po
li^ yet he had never lost anything
by burglary. "And yet this place is
?rfectly simple-outer door, pas
ige, inner door to clerk's room,
ipening into my own office, which
nturn opona into the strong room,
[t's wonderful that the burglars nev
try it."
I suggested that he used precau
tions of bis own-watchmen, private
tetectives.
Montagu Morton smiled. "Ah,"
ie said, "ever hear of Roynal f"
I bad heard of bim. Seeing that
lynal advertised his detective
igency in every morning paper ev
xy day it would have been difficult
?ot to hear of him, and I said so.
Montagu Morton unlocked and
?pened a drawer in his writing table,
pe took out a leather tray, divided
Eto compartments, and from one of
?be compartments produced a green
lao, which he handed me. "What
you make of thati"
'An emerald."
'All green stones are emeralds to
Sou," said Morton. "It is not an
pnerald. It is an opal-a curious
[ort of opal-and worth whatever I
Man get for it. I would give ?7 or
18 for it myself, but then I never
?ive what a thing is worth, other
rise I could not live. However, that
mot the point. The point ia that
Bf it had not been for Roynal the
gtone would not have been in my
lession today."
And then Montagu Morton told
lethestory which 1 here tell again.
. . o o ca o
When a grocer has his silk nm
illa stolen by a tramp, be goes to
ie police. When an English count
lends a pearl necklace to her
ter-in-law and the. sister-in-law
?toras it with the four principal
rls removed and excellent imita
ions substituted, the' countess goes
|o Boynal. She wanta her pearls
st as much as the grocer want? his
Faurelia-probably even more-but
B countess does not want publicity
-Du scandai.^
Boynal, engaged on these pearls.
Balled on Morton for some informa
do, which Morton gave him with
jiia customary good nature. As he
jlked Roynal saw an opportunity
Hor extension of business. He most
ydivided his time between com
bining he had too much to db and
ndeavoring to get still more. He
nely worked on a case himself}. He
any amount of assistants, clever
Morally and trained by himself, to
Bo the actual work. It was only a
pa of exceptional difficulty and
pportance that would secure Boy
pi's personal attention.
It having become quite obvious to
Joynal that Montagu Morton roust
l frequently and urgently in need
.a detective agency to take care of
im. he took especial pains not to
jation the fact at the time, but on
K following day he instructed an
B?aary and dispatched him. The
^issary was very fashionably
[&&d> and in face was a little like
r*poleon. ?nd the csrd he sent is to
^Morton by the hands of Mr.
"Qu'a clerk bore thenameMr.
*ael Hoyvera and in the left
corner "Mr. Boy nat's Detect
Agency." Introduced into the
?ce of Mr. Morton, Mr. Hay
began hesitatingly.
? was aure that Mr. Morton
be glad to hear that the real
?a had been recovered and Mr.
?al was taking them to the
itess that morning. Mr. Boynal
desired Mr. Hay vera .to thank
Morton very warmly for (ho
lable information which he bad
tTly given,
?PT. Morton said politely that he
T? nappy to have been of any use.
? has ginee struck Mr. Boynal
bis detective agency would lie
???tant use to you, Mr. Morton,
lioor business. "
P*> And in what ways'*
? tracing the history of any gem
J you thought that necessary.
Wing ont the financial position
purchaser far more quickly,
"y and delicately than from tho
methods. In exercising the
1 supervision over any work
entrusted with the cutting or
? of valuable gems. In repro
IQg you at auctions and manipu?
P's" tho auction in your favor. In
wsanrt ways that would save
paaie, trouble and expense.'*
i laere aro only two objections.
i*Vrv!aUT tern* aro v?fy high.'*
PVhen WG worfc regularly for a
"?\?f business-much of the work
tho merest routine - our
ges are very moderate, excop
^Uy moderate."
"My second objection ia that 1 nm
by no means sure that you can take
caro of mo as well as I eau takocare
9f myself. You might bungle. In
a case of real difficulty-I'vo ono in
mind at this moment-you might
ta il jal together."
:iiteaHy,"saidMr. Hay vera, "that
was an objection I had not expected.
ia the last ten yeara we have not
cad one failure-not one. It's in all
mr advertisements - 'Mr. Roy nal
aevtr fails. . Now, just let me have
that caso you've got in your mind,
md if we do not succeed no oharge
shall be made at all. Just let ur
ihow you what we can do."
Mr. Morton walked np and down
lis room meditating.
"It's not fair on you," he said.
.You couldn't do it "
"Try us. What we can't do ir
hat way could be written on a three
lenny bit."
At last Mr. Morton was persuad?e
o put his ease: "This morning ]
lont my clerk to my bank in Lem
>ard street. In his absence I hat
mt on the table in my office a traj
lontaining 20 opals. One of thos<
vas curious-of no particular eize
tut of an even green color, looking
o tho uninitiated almost like ai
imorald. I happened to go into th
trong room for a minute. I was no
here more than a minute, and
leard no sound in this room to maki
ne suspicious, yet when I returnei
he green opal was gone.
"The other 19 remained intaot. O
ourse you see v but happened. Th
hief, whoever be or she was, cam
Q from the street and into m:
lerk's office, probably with som?
?rotext ready if the clerk had beei
bere and really intending to exam
ne the place with a view to bur
;lary Finding the clerk's roon
m pty, he peered into mine. Tha
vas empty also, and the opals wer
n the table. It was the work of
?ornent to snatch that opal and ge
ut into the street again. 1 wan
bat opal back, but 1 am perfect!;
ertain no ORO will ever get it fo
ue,"
"Is that your difficult casef" sai
ir. Hay vers, smiling. "It is th
aorefct child's play. You may cox
?der the opal back in that tra
gain. Let me, first of all, dispos
f your own theory. A thief wh
fas intending to burglarize you
lace would not spoil bis chances b
rat committing a comparativel
rifling theft "
"Sudden temptation," suggeste
forton.
"Then he would have taken '
pals, not one. The fact that th
tone was not an ordinary opt
oakes the case easy. The fact tbi
nly just that particular opal wt
ikon shows that the thief was n
rdinary thief and makes tbo cai
till easier. Don't you see tbut il
old of inquiry is narrowed down?
"I hadn't thought of that," sai
[orton rather more humbly.
"Very natural, but in our profe
ion we have to think of suoh thing
ad we do think of them."
"J felt Ro sure that the cs5S Ti
Bsperate," Morton owned, "that
ad quite decided not to apply to tl
o?ice."
"Well," said Mr. Hay vers genia
r, "they might have found it fi
ou. They're very painstaking. I':
y no means one of those who snei
t the police detectives. Of court
iey cannot get 'the best talen
hat's bought up. Mr. Roy nal O?
ery well afford to outbid anyboc
se for the best men. But to con
) business"-here Mr. Hay vers pr
need his pocketbook-"let me tal
awn the particulars."
Morton had no note of the size ai
eight of the opal. However, )
lade a rough sketch and gave M
ay vers the weight, approximate!
ad a minute description. He al
anded bim a piece of tinted glass
uide him as to the color. "Th
ill do perfectly," said Hayvei
[ should know the stone now i
iw ii." He obtained also a gre
aal of information about the clei
tr. Hay vera seemed particularly c
ons about the cleric
"Now, then," said Hay vera, *V
ill begin.with a little nrecantk
ry measure. A man will come frc
. thia afternoon, ostensibly to <
mine the electric lighting, in re
y to make sure that the stone
ot still in the office."
Mr. Morton objected. "My dc
nows something of the elect
asl ness. He will find out that ye
tan's a sham."
"But our man won't be a sba
0 will really be a practical el
ioian. We have assistants in
ades and all ranks of life. 1 m
ill you, Mr. Morton, confident ia
tat we have two duchesses inc
ty at this moment"
When Mr. Hay vera had gone, M
rn touched his bell, and his ole
nith, came in. Then Mr. Morl
d what may seem an indiacr
ling.
"Smith," he said, "you are goi
1 be suspected of having stolen
?ai."
"Certainly, sir," said Smith.
"That will be all at present."
Smith could not write short h ?
I work a typewriter. He spoke
nguagebut his own, and of tl
3 woe remarkably economic
Drhaps it was for this econ OE
?npled with one or two other qu
BS, that Morton valued him.
nat have valued him, for be p
?rn a salary ot ?200 a year.
The electrician came, examit
id exhausted himself in his effc
?make Smith talk. He received .
eec of information-that Sn
as going to the Earl's Court e:
tion that sight. .
At the exhibition Ta fair hai
ranger got into conversation v
nith. The- stenger did moat of
i
convers?t iou, while ?iunn drank
whisky and eoda at tho stranger's
expense. In a burst of confidenoo
tho stranger owned that he was a
collector of precious stones, had just
bought a couple and would like
Smith to look at them. Smith look
ed and said "Good night!" and in- j
continently wont up the great
wheel.
On the following day, while Smith
was at Morton's office, a fair liai red
stranger called at Smith's lodgings
to correct the gas meter. " '? did
a deal of pokin about," said the
landlady. "Ah I' ' said Smith.
Then P. week elapsed, during which
the workings of Mr. Roynal's agents
were wrapped in darkness. At the
end of that time Mr. Hay vers called
for a list of Morton's customers, la
dies especially, who were iu the
habit of buying opals.
"You have a clew I" asked Mor
ton.
"We are drawing the nets closer.
Patience for a day or two." And
Mr. Hay vers, who seemed very busy,
left hurriedly.
Mr. Morton exorcised patience for
a day or two. A month passed with
out any nows of the green opal.
Ono's patience cannot last forever,
and Morton wrote a short, sharp let
ter to Roynal, ordering him to re
linquish' the case, saying that he
would hand it on to the police and
greatly regretting that he had not
done so at first. The letter prompt
ly produced an apologetic reply. The
case had suddenly developed fea
tures of exceptional difficulty, but
Mr. Roynal was now giving it his
persona] attention, and it had so far
progressed that a satisfactory ter
ruination could be guaranteed in 24
hours.
Early on the following morning
Morton received a telegram: "Opal
recovered. Please call at your con
venience. Roynal." Morton found
it convenient to call at once and was
shown into Roynal's private room.
"Your case was the most difficult
I have had to deal with for three
years,"' said Mr. Roynal, "though
the difficulty did not lie in tho direc
tion you imagined. You cannot
prosecute, and I will not give you
the name of the thief. But you
wanted your opal, and here it is."
"If you don't tell me how you got
it, I don't see bow I'm to bo quite
sure it's mine."
"It answers your description, anti
-but wait a minute." Roynal wroto
hastily co a sheet of note paper ?nd
handed it to Morton. "There is my
guarantee that if your legal claim
to that stone is disputed I will pay
you ?50. Is that satisfactory ?"
Morton put the opal in bis waist
coat pocket with the guarantee.
"It is very kind of you," bc said.
"I have had your bill made out,"
Roynal went on, "and I have also
had it receipted. I take thia UH a
test case and make no charge."
"It is indeed good of you," said
Morton.
"All 1 ask-and expect-is that
you will employ us regularly in tho
*_A-?.
And then over Morton's fat and
usually solemn face thora came au
unholy grin.
"1 sbali never employ you again,
Mr. Roynal, because you have fail
ed in this case. The story which I
told your Mr. Hay ver? was a fabri
cation from beginning to end. 1
have never had an opal stolen. The
whole thing wau ari effort of the
imagination, a test for you, and you
have failed."
"1 could never have believed."
said Mr. Roynal warmly, "that you
could have acted in such bad faith."
"Mr. Roynal, of what use to mo
would a private detective be who
failed to suspect where suspicion
was justified? And what am I to
think of a private detective who un
dertakes to find a certain stone, fails
and procures a substitute which he
attempts to palm off on his olient f
It must have cost you much time
and money7 to find an opal exaotly
answering to that descriptif '
"You will return that steno at
once," Mr, Roynal said sharply.
"I think not. I have your guar
antee in siy pocket. Good morning,
Mr. Roynal." - Boston Guardian
and Lincolnshire (England) Inde
pendent.
. Comforting.
Mrs. Cullen-An ia this y er new.
baby, Mrs. Doolanf Well, weill
Mrs. Doolan-They say, here in
the coort thot he luks loike me Do1
yez fink so, ma'am t
Mrs. Collen-Well, to tell the
troot, ha does look a dale like ye,'
but whin he gets phwiakers all over
his face it'll change tho rezimblance
sp that it'll not be noticed at aU, at
al!, BO Ol wouldn't nooind if Oi was
ye, Mrs. Doolan. - Detroit free
Press. _
Why Be BM|.
Forain is telling a story to Chase
after dinner, and in the course of ii
remarks:
"Then I rang violently fer my
servant."
"What," somebody interrupts,
"have yon got a servant ? "
"No," said Forain, "but I've got
a tell t"-~Figaro^ ^_
- The two-year-old son of W. L.
Furgason, of Bolton, Miss., had whoop
ing cough. "After several physi
cians had prescribed for him, without
giving relief," writes Mr. Furgason,
"I persuaded my wife to try a 25 cont
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Reme
dy. The first dose had the desired
effect, and in forty-eight hours bc was
entirely free from all cough. I con
sider your remedy the heat in the mar
ket, especially for children and recom
mend it a& all times." Tho 25c. and
50c. sixes for sale by Hill-Orr Drug Co.
THE SCHEME WENT ASTRAY.
An Easy Way lo Ort Your Tva Acre Lot
Vue Vp.
A curious sight met my gaze as I
turned into the rood that lends to '
Covina. In a ten nero lot there were ;
about 100 men und women of all uges
and sizes working with feverish j
haste tearing and uprooting the
ground.
The only party who did not ap
pear to be excited was an old man
seated on a bowlder in the shade of
a pepper tree, calmly smoking n
corncob pipe.
"Howdy, stranger i" be exclaimed
ss he removed bis pipe. "Yerrather
late, but hit ain't been found yet, so
if yor wanter start in ye kin."
"What hasn't been found?"
"Them yaller boys, stranger.
Thar's $100,000 out thar in thet yer
field."
"How did it git therei"
"Hit wuz planted thar by the old
Spanish fathers ovor 200 years ago,
an hit's all in 920 gold boys, an hit
goes ter the man who finds hit."
".Nonsense! Don't you know that
there wasn't such a thing as a $20
goldpiece in tboso days!"
The old man grinned at me and
tbon said:
"I see thet yer on, stranger, but
don't give bit away. Yer Bee, thot
ton acres belongs ter rae, an I want
er put spuds in bit, so I jos' started
thet yer yarn ter git tho field dug
up. I reckon thet hit will all be dug
up by sundown."
I smiled and rode on.
In the evening I passed tho same
spot again. The excitement seemed
to have increased and centered on
one spot in the middle of the field.
A huge bonfire lighted up the scene,
and tbe dirt was Hying in all direc
tions.
As I was watching the novel scene
I was hailed by the old man from a
spot near by. I walked over to him
and discovered that he was tied to a
tree.
"For Gawd's sake, untie me, |
stranger!" hw cried.
"What is the matter?" I asked.
"Matter?" whined tbo old man.
"The matter is thet I'm an old fule!
After ye left this mornin I got to
worryin fer fear they wouldn't git
the place dug up before sundown, so
I went ovor an addod another hun
dred thousan ter sorter cheer them
up.
"Waal, darn my hide, while I wuz
a-boppin ?round thar a-wa vin my
arms an a-shoutin to them ter work
faster ? lost a $20 goldpiece, an one
of them fules found hit, un hit set
the whole lot plump crazy, an I wuz
the craziest of 'em all a-tryin ter
make them believe thet thet yaller
boy wuz mine.
"F?rst I tried argument, but they
wouldn't listen. Then I tried swear
in, but they wouldn't listen ter thet.
Then I tried foutin, but they hadn't
time ter fout, so they tied me ter
this tree. Stranger, they've got a
hole over yonder thet'a 50 feet deep
an goin deeper every minute an only
GaTu kuuwB when they are goin ter
stop.
"They'vo ruined the Seid, an
they've ruined me, 'cause thet yaller
boy wuz all I had. But, stranger, I
ain't told ye the worst yet. I thought
thet my ole woman needed a little
exercise, so I didn't let her in on tho
Boheme, an she's over yander ez
crazy ez the rest, a-clutebin an claw
in at the dirt like a wild hyena. An
when night came she went an sot
fire ter the bouse, BO thet they could
hev a light ter work by ?
"Stranger, I'm a ruined man, an
if the old woman gits on ter the
scheme I'll be a dead one) Fer
Gawd'c sake, untie me, so thet I kin
leave the country !"
I untied him, and he started down
the road on a olean jump, and for
aught 1 know he is running yet.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Queer Things to Pomp.
There are sometimes brought up
by centrifugal .pumps-which are
used for dredging, for pumping up
coal from sunken vessels and for
various other purposes-things that
Beera strange to be handled ?ven by
such pumps as these, designed to
pump coal, and so on. An 8 inch
centrifugal pump need by a wreck
ing company of this city to pump
coal with has brought up a piece of
pig iron weighing 36 pounds.
A pump with a 38 inch suction
used in dredging at the Mississippi
river jetties brought up two mush
room anchors, one of them weigh
ing 80 pounds. It brought up ends
cf. spiles 12 inches in diameter and
28 inches long. It pumped up sharks.
A part of one pumped np on one oc
casion was 6 feet long.
Another 8 inch pump used for coal
pumped np pieces of board 15 inches
long and a car coupling 12 inches
long.
Large pumps used in dredging in
the improvement of New York har
bor brought up cannon-balls and
various other heavy objects, includ
ing the end of a tall shaft weighing
75 pounds.-New York Sun.
? n?Sttit to Bloom.
Mr. Spokes - What blooming
cheeks Nellie Fosdick has !
Mr. Spykes-She is tho flower of
the family.-Detroit Free Press.
- "I feel it wy tin ty to give you a
truthful statement of what Chamber
loin's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy did," writes .1. S. Collin?, of
Moore, S. C. "I had a child about
'.wo years old that had the diarrhoa
'or two months. I tried all tho best
?nowu. remedies, but none gave the
cast relief. When, this remedy eauue
LO hand, I gave it as directed, and in
;wo days tuc child waa completely
?ured." Sold by Hill-Orr Drag Co.
Not Fully Appreciated.
There aro others besides prophets
who are not rated nt their truo worth
in their own country. A boy who I
grew almost to man's estate in a i ]
8eniirural community went out into
the great world a jd bectuno famous
as a lecturer and writer. Unspoiled j
by fame, his heart often nirnod to
his boyhood homo. On one occasion
he found that in passing from ono
lecturing point to another ho would
go through the old town and that he 1
would have time to pass a whole
day there. Accordingly ho wrote to
one of tho principal mon of the
township SB follows:
DKAR frniicMD-Being about to pass througb
my native town and having a day nt my dis
posal, I should be greatly pluuaud to groot my
old friends and oorapanionH of earlier days,
.nd 1 know ot no better way to do this than
to make an appointment to talk to thom at the
old brick sohoolbouto next Thursday ovonlng.
1 aimil bo happy to givo thom my bvet lecture
entirely freo ot charge. Invite everybody.
Youru faithfully, -- -.
Having thus arranged to do the
bless you my children act, as those
versed in latter day slang would
say, bis sensations may bo imagined
when he received, two or th reo days
later, this letter in responso :
DKAR 8IR-Your favor of nth inst, roo'd. In
reply would nay that I have conferred with
thu trustees of thu School Disrt. No ll in re
gards to opening tho l?ldn noxt ThurHduy
evng. for n lecture, and thuy request mo to
say that tho aame will not bo convenient.
With great respct, yours truly,
AasAi.oM Sn A CK EI, ron D.
"For a week after I got that let
ter," said the famous lecturer in
telling of the incident aftorward,
"I had a curious foeling, UK if I wero
about four sizes too small for my
clotbeB."-Youth's Companion.
Perpetual MotioD.
8cieutists bavo for a long time
past recognized the impossibility of
perpetual motion. About a hundred
years ugo tho Academic Royale des
Sciences at Paris passed a resolu
tion that it would no longer en
tertain letters upon this subject,
and it included with it the quad
rat nra of the circle, tho trisection of
the arc and tho duplication nf the
cube. But in spite of this there wore
taken out of England and France
alone during the ten years ending
1870 no less than 110 patents for per
petual motion. It is hardly to be
expected that the chevalier d'indus
trie should keep hie talents clear
from perpetual motion, and so nu
merous swindles have been perpetu
ated with reference to it.
One of them was discovered in
1846 by a famous engineer in Paris.
The exhibitor had his machina upon
a table on a bare stage, but the
practiced ear of the engineer detect
ed tho alternation of speed and slow
ness which is invariably present
when a crank is worked by hand.
He and his companion sprang upon
the stage, and in spite of the exhib
itor overturned tho table, and found
a pair of wires running down inside
one of its legs. These, on being fol
lowed, were found to stretch under
the stage and out to a back yard,
where perpetual motion in persona
was found holding ? piece of bread
in one hand and turning a crank
with the other.-London Standard.
Dow He Sold His Story.
An author who had been unsuc
cessful in getting a story accepted,
though he had kept it going for
three years, noticing tbat the man
uscript was badly worn by constant
transmission in the mails, forward
ed it by express to the last available
publication on his list, valuing it at
$75.
He was in luck this time. The
story was lost en route, and no trace
of it could be found.
Some time afterward u friend,
who knew the unfortunate history
of the story, asked :
"Did you ever get that article of
yours off!"
"Just sold itf ' replied the joyful
author.
"And how much did you get for
it!"
"Seventy-five dollars. It was
bought by the express company I"
Atlanta Constitution.
A Faithful Teether.
Marcel, a noted dancing rn sst sr
ssu posture master, was us much in
love with his art as if he had been a
great painter or musician. He could
not pardon the least inelegance of
posture.
In his latter days he was in re?
du oed circumstances and severely
afflicted with the gout A young
lady, one of his pupils, got her fa
ther to obtain him a pension from
the king, and she was deputed to
present it to him. Sbe ran up to his
chair, her eyes sparkling with joy,
and put it into his hand.
He immediately thrust it from
him and said, "Go and take it up,
miss, and present it to me as I have
taught you. " .
She burst into tears, but obeyed.
"I consent to take if now, and I
thank yon, but your elbow was set
quite rounded enough."-Youth's
Companion.
There's the Bab.
"Pooh t I know a story that's just
as good as that," exclaimed the
bore.
"Undoubtedly," they replied, "it
you could only tell it as well."
Chicago Post.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears ?he
Signature of
- It wes very utfjrellaut iu the old
bachelor, who wea told that a certain lady
had "one foot in the grave," to aak "If
tboro wasn't room for both feet ?"
AK Sor I? of Paragraphs.
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tl?
oh
- It costs some people more to
keep up appearances thun it docs to
live.
A torpid livor robs von of ambition and
ruina your health. DeWltt'a Little Ear
ly Hlser* cleanse the livor, ?uro constipa
rlo!? snd all stomsch and liver troubl?e.
Evans Pharmacy.
- You caunot provo that you aro
good hy merely-proving that another
man is bad.
The farmer, the mechanic sud the blcy
Ice rider ar? liable to unexpected nuts and
bruises. DoWitt'a Witch lUxel Halve is
the beat thing to koop on hand. It heals
qulokly, and ia a well known cute for
pile?. * Evans Pharmacy.
- If a man doesn't laugh when he
sees a girl trying to sharpen a pencil
he is in love with her.
Thirty-five years make s generation
That IR how loner Adolph Fisher, of
K-mesville, O., suffered from piles. H?
was cured by uelDg three twx es of De
Wilt's Witch Hasel Bil ve. Kvaoe Phar
macy.
- Bridegroom-"Where shall wc
go, dearest-Niagara Falls or Wash
ington?" Brido-"We might go to
both places and sec which we Uk*
best."
lt is a great leap from the o?d fashioned
doses or hliio-mnsa and nauseous phvetc
to the plessant little pill? known HH De
witt's Little E?rly Hlsora. Thev cure
constipation, sick hendadlo and bilious
ness. Evana Ptiarmany.
- "It's no usc to feel mc wrist,
docthor," ?aid Pat, when the physi
cian began to feel his pulse; "thc
pain is not there surr-it's in my hid
entirely."
Thousands of aurY>rers from grippe
have been restored to health by 0>e Min
ute <\>uuh t'ure. It quickly aurescough?,
o Ids, bronchitis, pneuumniH, gr ppe,
??t h mn. nivi all throat and lung diseases.
Evans Pharmacy.
- At the recent postal Congress at
tention waH called to the fact that.
two-thirdB of all tho letters which
pass through the postof?ces of thc
world are written by and scot to peo
plo who speak English.
A little boy asked for a bottle of "g?"
np in the morning aa taut *%m you nan "
Tho druggist remtgniswt a hons- hob'
name for "Dewitt's Little E?H v Risers,"
and gave him a bottle of those fammi*
little pilla for onnetipatton, sick headsche,
liver and stomach troubles, ti vans Phar
macy.
- Tommy-I wish I had the job of
makin'the calendar*. Johnny-Why ?
Tommy-I'd fix it so all the school
months would have twenty-eight days,
like February, and all thc vacation
months would be as long as 1 could
make 'em.
M. !.. Yoonm, Cameron, PH., nays: "I
waa a sufferer for ten years, irving mont
all kinda of pile remedies, hut without
success Dewitt's Witch Hasel Naiv?
was recommended to me. I used one
box. It has effected a permanent cure."
As a permanent cure for piles Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Salve has no equal. Evan?
Pharmacy.
- A German scientist ia of opinion
that women will have beards sometime
in the remote future.
- All eternity will regret tho loss
of a single day. Invest yonr moments
well. They are precious jewels.
MflTUEDI^??n
Bf IV I IB lal Si of meaning
and about which such tender and
holy recollections cluster as that
of " MOTHER "-she who watched
over our helpless infancy and guid
ed our first tottering step. Yet
the life of every Expectant Moth
er is beset with danger and all ef
fort should be made to avoid it.
nn ?s a so assists nature
Mnf ?lfir Q in the change tak
IflUllIOl ? mg place that
mm m ? tne Expectant
Lrinnn Mother isena
?fl IK BB El bled to lookfor
? fl BV?W Ward without
dread, suffering or gloomy fore
bodings, to the hour when she
experiences the joy of Motherhood.
Its use insures safety to the lives
of both Mother and Child, and she
is found stronger after than before
confinement-in short, it "makes
Childbirth natural and easy," as
so many have said. Don't bc
persuaded to use anything but
MOTHERS FRIEND
" My wife suffered more in ten min
utes with either of her other two chil
dren than abe did altogether with ber
last, having previously used four bot*
ties of .Motber'? Friend.' IS ia a
blessing to any ona expecting to be
some a MOTHER," sayas customer.
UBNDBBSON DALS, Carrai, Illinois.
Of DrargUts at 81-00, or seat by mall on receipt
?f pr! oe. Write for book containing test i mor. i ela
ina val ash le Information for all Metters, free.
lae Bradfield Beaaletor Co., Atlas ta. Gs.
BLUE RIDGE RAILROAD
H. C. UK ATTIE, Keooivor.
Time Table No. 7.-Effective March 1,1808.
**?!2 Between Anderson and Walhalla
WBMTBOONO RABTBOTJSP.
So. 12 STATIONS No. II
Kirai Clase, Pirat Claw,
Dailv. Dallv.
P M.-Leave Arrive A. M.v
i S3?. Anderson.1100
r 3.58.Denver.i?4?
r 4 OS.Auton.10 81
i 4.14.Pendleton.18.22
r 4M.Cherry's Crow ?DR.10.18
r 4.28.Adam's Crossing.10.07
i 4 47.Fenene.8 48
i ft ll.W"at Union .0.29
i ft.17 Ar.Walhalla.^ .J*v_ft.i0
Syo. 0, Mixed, So. 6, Mixed,
Daily, Except Daily, Except
Siindav Sunday.
KASTBOUBU. WSBTSODND.
P. M.-Arrive Leave-P M.
i 6.10.Anderson.1110
' ft 5ft.Denver.ll 88
r 5.4S.Antun.1160
i 5 81.Pendleton.12 02
. ft 19.Cberrv'e Crowing.12 14
' 5 11.Adams' Crossing.12.22
I 4.47 i .Seneca. I 12 46
i 4 10} .Senses.t 1 45
i a ,18.We?t Union. 2 00
i a.10.Walhalla. 210
(al Renier station ; (f) Klag station
Will also atop at the following stations
o take on or lei off passengers : Ph in'
?pvs, Jatn*s' and 8andy Springs.
No 12 connects with Southern Railway
io 12 at Anderson. "SSS ? "><
No 6 connecta with Southern Railway
foo. 12, 37 and .18 at Soneos.
J. R ANDERSON, Supt.
- An amateur punster informs UH
at some houses have wingH, and ko
is often seen a houHC fly. Wo
ought no part of a house save the
imnov fl u.c.
Pitts'
Carminative
Aids Digestion.
Regulates the Bowels,
Cures Cholera Infantum.
Cholera Morbus.
? Diarrhoea, Dysentery,
; Teething: Children,
\ And all diseases of tho Stomach
[ and Bowels. It is pleasant
[ to tho taste and
NEVER FAILS
to give satisfaction.
A Few Doses will Demoostrate :
Hs Superlative Virtues.
wllMlTBI
DOUBLE DAI"/
SERVICE
Ti?
A'1. ANTA, ?HAHI.OTTB.
VILMS NC. TOW,
NSW ORLBANH
AND
NHW YOIt? IIOMTON.
RI?IIMON?.
W AMII I NC. TON. ftORPOLK.
POKTNMnllTII.
SrilKDULK IN BFFECT FBB. 7, 189?.
HOUTHBOONu _
No. ?t. tt?.t?T
.v Nf? York, ?lo Poon a. B.*lt Wim *t CA on
.v Phlled-'phla, ll? pm 19 OB sss
-v H.Hi.II..r.- " S ti pm 8 SD ?si
.T W?j-hlnKton, " 4 40 pm 4 89 SIB
,t Kieh'iKind, A. C. L.-19 M sm ?I 99 ran
.v Norfolk vit. 8. A. L. ?8 SO pro~*9 fifi?
.T Porteiuuutb. " . 8 45 pm a CTw?
.? WaMi.n, " ....TZ>ir28 pm?7l~IS ara
tr UendcMoo, " . IS SR s m ?1 ?b mn
lr Durham. " . |7 S3 ?in li S pm
it Our ham. _" .fS 20 pm fil 10 sta
>r Raleigh, ita 8. A. L.?3 18 am ?9 94 pm
ir s'.ford, ". 3 89 sm S 09 an
tr ?muharn Pines " .?._. 4 Xi sm 9 09 pat
ir Ha i ku, " . 6 10 am Q6S pm
ir WadfatMiro, . 9 69 sm 8 ll aa
ir Monro?),_ " ........... 8 ??am 9 99ara
trCbsrlntte._- ..... ?8 80 tan ?lcTt%*?
lr Chester, _ _.' ..?8 10 am 10 47 pm
.v rolu.i bis,O. V IL. B B...-.fl? 00am
>r Clinton s~?~iI ZT.. 9 ?vin *iz issss
irOr fHoood " . 10 81 sm 1 OT ats
lr Abbeville, *. . ll OB am 1 99stn
kr Bloerton, ". 13 <r7 pm 1 41 aaa
r Athena, " . 118 pm 9-SI ssa
Lr Winder, ". | ea pm 4 89??
irAt?s-'.s.g A L.(Can.Tim?)a60pm 8 99sm
_KO&XHBOOND._
voTiiS: No".aT~
.v A.Unta,S.AL.(Cen.Time)*13 OOn'n *7 OB pm
.v Winder, " . 9 40 pm 10 Slam
i* Athena, *' . 9 16 pm ll 98 am
if Elberton, " ........ 4 18 pm 19 98 aaa
.T Abbeville, " . 6 16 pm I lg SSI
.v Greenwood, M . 6 41pm 9 99 om
iT . hnton,_ . 6 91 pm 9 Pasta
ir Colombia.C. N. A L. B B...*4 80 p m ?7 48 sn
?v Cheats', 8. A. L ...... 9 ll pto" 4 88am
iv barlotts._** =.?10 99 pm "*9 SOsm
.7 Monroe, " -. 9 40 psi 9 B?sT
.v Hamlet,_? .li 99 am 9 gi Sm
it WUmlnatoa ? .". g 90 ssa 19 jgjg
.v Southern Placa, " ........ 19 14 am 9 99aaa
,v Haleigh, M ......... ?I io bm ll SI sm
ir Hesdesaoa_** .. 8 98 sm 1 00 pm
ir Durham, " _." t7~?lam M VE?
iv Durham _" ......ii 90pa fll is?f
iTWeMoni " -._?4 69 am ?. WS*
ir Riehmond A.S.I..... 9 IS sm 9 89 ES
ir Wasb!?2tes, r?nu. IL 3 __ 13 SI eas IS 99 S
ir Baltimore, " ......... 1 48 pan M ?Sgn
ir Philadelphia, " ......... 9 89 pan 9 99aw
ii New York,_.?6 99 pm ?6 99 sn
ir Portsmoath S.A. L.".. 7 80 am 8 Ss
r Norfolk " 60 am 0 03 tam
Dally. tPaSy, BJC. 8andsy. jDsiJy Bn.is\>sa9aw
No?. 409 and 408 "The Atienta Sp?cial;? Solid
esUbeled Train, of Pallman Keepois sad fnan
i between Washington sod atlanta, sis? Poll
ita Btospots between Portsmouth and Cassis*,?
Noa 41 sod 88, "The S. A. L Ksrprws." Betid
'rain, Coaches and Pullman Sleepers Istweea
ortsmouth sad Atlanta.
For Pickets, Sleepers, eta., apply to
B. A. Newland, Gen'!. Agent Psss Dent.
Wm. B. Clscuenta, T.P. A.,6 Kimball Raas?
Usais, Us.
H. Ht John, Vlse-Prendent and Gen'}. Masser
V. g. UcCao General Haperlntendent.
II. W. B.Glover, Truffle Manager
T J. Anderson, Qaa'l. Psaaeog** Ageat.
ieneral Officers, Portsmouth, Va._
H AH LEST0W AND WESTERN
CAROLINA RAILWAY
CG CST A AN? ABBHVIIX92 SBOBr URB
In eSeet February 7,189T.
v Augusts?...?
r Greenwood..
r Anderson.M...
r laurens.
r GreanvUla.
rGleoa Springs-..
r Spartanburg......
r Saluda..
r Hendersonvllls.
r AsbsvUls.
9 40 am
1917 pm
116 pm
900 pm
406 pm
9 00 pm
639 pm
6 Bi pm
7 00 pm
149 pta
. ?.pan
709 am
10 SI ssa
var.
v Asheville. 8 30 am-.....
vHpertanbarg.... 1149 am ?aac~
vntec8crt=?S.... 10 00 ami.,-.-"?
v Greenville.~. ll 85 am 4 Jg gsa
v Laarens.". 180 pm 7 99 an
v Anderson. 790 sra
v Greenwood....... 3 88 pm).?.*-?.
r Asgasta..M. 6 00 pm ll m nm
vCtdboaa FaJLta..
vaataV*-.
r Wertola............
a Petoasborg......
r BseknoadT.
niest sonnscUonst Cslhoun Falls tot Ale?as,
lents and sit points on 8. A. L.
dose eoansottoa at Augusta for Charleston,
vconan ead all points.
acas soBBSsUens at Greenwood for sH nnisJaaa
A. IV,and C. A O. Railway, sn? stSpoJasaMkg
th southern Ballway.
Paraay InPwaatler. relative to tiake^s, ?stea,
ieuale, eta., address
W. J. OBAIO. Gen. Pass. Agent, Augusls.Ss.
S M. North, Sol. Agent.
r. M. BBnereon, Trame Msasgsr._
.TLANTIC COAST LINE.
TrtAvric DHPARVMBJIIT,
WELMINOTON. N. C., Dec 20,10*7.
ml Line Between Charleston and Col
umbia and Upper South Carolina, North
Carolina.
CONDENSED SCHEDULE.
UNO waar. OOINO BAST
.No. Ki. No. SB.
00 sm
28 am
86 am
66 am
68 am
10 pm
50 pm
10pm
2d pm
10 pm
13 pm
211 pm
08 pm
t>0 pm
I.v.Charleston-.Ar 9 89 pm
Lv....Lanes.. -.Ar 7 SS pm
Lv_.Sumter.Ar 9 20 aaa
Ar.Columbia.Lv 6 OD pm
Ar.Prosperity.Lv 8 19 pa
Ar-.Newberry.Lv 3 M pu
Ar.Clinton....Lv | 2 10 as*
Ar.Laurens....Lv 141pm
Ar.........Greenville.Lv ?oso am
Ar.Spsrtstfourg.Lv ll 4) am
Ar.Wlnnsbofo, S. C.Lv ll 41 am
Ar.Charlotte. N. C.Lv 9 as am
Ar., ileadorsoaville, N. CLv ?IS a?
Ar.Asheville. N. C.?.v 8 ?) ssc
lea. 63 and 63 Balid Trains between Charleston
J Columbia,8. C.
. H. M. ESUB9M.
Gea1!. Pssmnsn* ajjftu.
J. R. Kumar?. Gear?ral Manager.
MiSMBSSOV, TrafSc Manager