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ROMAN'S WEAPON. "?.?ii? I? i woman's weaponV ', ,i ;i i-hurmitiK Kiri. -,, .'',11 ; : - l??*r lashed shyly A,": il ? vuarant ? url. i u-!y KIIO murmuredT i.'.. i. - lani newly ?ml .i i..!!.: MWpieloh 'jj, '. w ipoii is a pout." .?.hin t- " woniaii'if weaponTM I :,!.',.,1 r. li v?;r true, j. . . .. i hm) to ?i liiniilt n ?,5l, IM s heavenly l ina. .; r y, jv? : Iii--? were part? iL ?".JJ j:i:iu-rm <>f (Utile, .. i ly li?' answered, ..'ii . I'Vatieii >s :i smile." w , -.- ii wm nu's weapon?" , .jj, I ?i p-ii r ?then. ,1,1, H inspir?t ion .di .. : ':?> ni his pi-n. i (Killie a thousand," i, : ?ti a? itunt?f ele?ri ? ir.vst wea pun, ? uta, i- a n av " -s'-< Louis l.opnhll . wv O?1 A STILL, i .... ; i'. ti?rs, riding 1]"?:I . . i ititioiishiuu conti tl? .-', . .. st uro and asked for :i mil wiis. Liken fruin tim shelf . .' . lutii of char, yellow ;. med our. r.-hnni in thin Kio', VDU see, . ' . :ari;i?d: -Mr. Jared. /? ' And thf < ii] t.ti:."s ; li : i iward tliu loungers in und "Kceknn it I tunk :i . , , i,?,'j ii::? -.ittli lim inoni'ndnuo - . ::: !:? ulishitll rs Hut fur QhV' .JJ, '.'Uli Mustn't bo b'U KUSpi j vi i-rs only laughed, lie was 1 immured, this mountain ter . ..,),? n, us they would say, v.., up. Then io was us Kile .. ?j iarvirig tiger. , _ ; . i ni's if you lind Homet hill ... ?uind," reniarkct? airs. Peters .jaul] evening. sutil thu captain, "I'm u,il ?\,'\:\ t hein ?lured boys. I can't ?i Vin nohow." , , I; ,r tim door, and a young fol , in ami shook hands eagerly i tlit' captain. His ntiiuc was Mnd i ,iI iain Petera had picked him up Sadiville and employed him "on I was jest a-speakin o' tho dareds, " aj,|. "rm pretty sure tbey'vo got a :?ewhar. They look me in tho powerful innocent to bo all Nn\v I've just got a notion in ni. ii ? only had anybody 1 conld y .- Maddox drew himself up alert, iiful asa listening sentinel. "What : [io iii ne oneway must bu done nn siiti Captain Peters slowly, and ?uA Maddox bai a long, whispered i'iic?, ?ow days Inter a peddler stopped at [;\s ami asked for il drink of wa ' iilil Motlier Bleyloek Kent Eliza to : i ir :i fresh bucketful, and .:? r, after refreshing himself, unpack. ,us 's if wo oughtn't ter trouble : . said, " 'causo wo can't buy ti ith. V fer tho pleasure, ma'am," said uni; peddler. M-kwns opened, and three pairs .rvs'tjrew big with delight. ??'Pyou'll wait till pa comes home, tiniko him buy me that collar, " said ifr, the younger of thu Bleyloek girls, .p'raps Dick Oscar'd buy you a pres ; li ? was lure," suggested Eliza, if tain t makin too free, I'd' liko 1 admire Dick Oscar's taste," ? the peddler with au admiring arv. icy responded with, "Oh, you !" mid a to.-s of her head, and old pr li ley lock said, "Tho boys most itally always paid Janey a good o' aiti titi oil. " e possessed tl bold prettiness, this ?itititi pink. Brown skinned, black ?I nd lipped and u way of dropping head cu her swelling neck and look mutiny from under her heavy vis. Kii. a was a thin slip of a girl, iliaikmr.ru but vacant look in her i eyes, aud a shy, nervous manner. TU tell you tho truth, ma'am," re laid tho peddler to the mother, "you Id take these giris o"' yearn to Nash 'i, un people in tho streets would fol ibem fur their good looks. An t's heaven's own truth. All yo' fam ii Lor nu; I'vo got three boys." 'All?t homo farniiu, I s'poser" Vans." Xow, 'bout theso goods o' mine," tbopi-ildler. "If you could put me ; kr a few days, we might make a .. I'm s tired 'a a lanie horse, hu li'.a't want mithin botter'n to rest st here." i'd lil;-! nut bin botter'n to take yon. ' iii'ain't no uso sayin n word till M?S bonis. Ho ain't no hand fnr agers." .Veil, I won't bo a stranger louger'a n hijlp, " said the agreeable peddler, y name's Pond-Morons Pond ville boy, but a rollin stone, you f; *'vo peddled books an sowing Wiles an uo end o'a lot of traps rj;'y Fond of travel, you see, but s steady as old timo. Never drink :i 1 travel. Promised my mother I Mn't.v 'fis a j-nod thing, "said Mother tock, with energy. "I do despise 3 ?fuddled mau. Whisky ain't lit "Mill '..nt to fatten hogs on." "her Bleylock came homo and be ??taro and a silent nod took littlo 8 of tba peddler. Ho was a tall ? tliiii, taciturn and yellow, and a ?eck so small that his head pro 1 tho appearance of being stuck on apia. "Slited his pipe, and after a sooth .nterval of smoking. "Peddler 'd ,n stop over a period," said his ff. puff. "Don't see no objection. " ff. puff. . Pond, as he had promised, soon lo bo a stranger. The old man wstd ou the grievances of taxes, tho old woman, after the manner otljor3, talked about her daughters. y Raia is eddicated," Bhe would 'been over to Cookville months f>ntha a-schoolin. Bnt lor, thar's folks yon can't weod the badness j on Janey's a spitfire, she is, fid Dick Oscar wants .to have her, eacta kinder curious about it .ht>t, blow cold. Dunno. Now, ^different Can't tell why, less'n I went to camp meetin an seil awhile bofo' she wos born. kd\Y Hbo's always .been doHcater an tr nke'n any of my children." 6 Bleylock boys, easy, rollicking s. treated the peddler very mneh 0 bad been a harmless though un necessary cat auouc ruo irmi-n autrwmc I surprised v.-lu II Dirie < |a.v,r, dropping in ouolivening, inti.nm ?1 them tbat they were all u pack ol fouls for"takiuiu u stranger so free and easy." "Why, J ain't paid uomoro attention to tiie man u it Uo'd 'a' been a preach or," tniid Sam Bleylock. "Seeing's if thar ain't nu harm to him." "He's a very (Jud feurin nam." said Eliza softly, "an a powerful render o' tlie Bible. " " 'F you'll take my say so. you'll git quit o' him," enid Dick Oscar! "He's Rot such beautiful taste," said Motlier Bleylock. "lt's ?is good's goin to the city to look :<i bis things " "i si t- bo's n-riressin you up," said Oscar, willi n sneer at the now ribbers tin' girls won' round their HOI kif. .laney Sprang np. ll r face reddened, in an instant she had t un ht! tim rib bon and.-tamped ber loot on it. "That'? bow much 1 eure for lum mi J i - ?? ? i ? - botts!" sin- crii 'i. "Iii :;'t liv ijuito otr tho bandle, " Haid Mr. t bear ? . oily. Poor .Janey, sim had lu i'd to plea.-u !; r :. by ie r sei rn i '. ii.?1 peddler's: gift, but .-?io \yiiii i urning to tin- ednelur won that lui was a hurd man tople?se. edie was a passionate young a?.i!:.: and she bad thrown her-eli into Iiis armsWitha readiness thar itdibr;'' b.v --??Il ri' her griiecs. Ii" liked to si inj .and stn ke !:. r ?ijjcrtr.it dy and was ai our utisiitirlat?tor.v a lover ?.. .;;.:: . n ... . ?lily? fi und on tb.:' Cunt? :.) id. -li' li!.id hin?, sjiw v. :iii iii:? ey?:' thotisdit with ins thoughts. Natur. Uv fbi! turned against t(:?' 5 Idler, anil from t ii is ( imo set?her.-1 if to wa toil bim. That harmless yoting 1 em iii t! s llii ?Ultimo was doing what he could. 1 lo wandered al.out tii? country, selling Knell little things as th" people could buy, "pumping" the Id yloek boys amt mnkiag love tu tho Bleylock girls. Tim pumping process was rewarded with about as mueb success as would atti nd fishing fur a soul through tl," 1 yo 1 1 ?: ski I. t n. in the lovemaking ibero waa more hope Janey was accessible m flattery and encouraged him with little looks of lire. But there was something in ber eyes ho did not trust, and be was a wary mau, thu peddler. Besides, shu slapped bis faco when ho tried to kiss her. But bo soon grow to believe that Eliza-simple, unsuspicious, serious would be as clay in his hands. Chance favored Miss .laney, She was bathing ono warm day in tho creek that ran out from the spring when she saw miza ami riie peddler coming, like Jack and .lill, to fetch a pail of water. Be ing naked. Janey could mit get away, but sh*- slid along to a cool '??let over hung with tree branches and so bidden waiteil for them to du their errand. Of course they stopped to talk "That pink libbuti becomes your black bair mightily," said tho puddler. Eliza blushed. 14 We're just country girls, you know. Mr. Bond. Wo don't have many pretty things leonis as if thu boys don t have any money left after buy i 11 tho sugar ;:;i tlmir, au molasses au things. " "Meat, 1 s'pose,"said tho practical peddler "No; we raise our own o: Ba hus a powerful lue o' bogs." "So!" "But I expect you don't take much ?nteres"; 01 country lifo, Mr. Pond?'' "Why, icy dear"-ilud Mr. ' Pond slipped bis ario around bl I iza-"I'd like the best in ti: ? v rbi toseltlodown ina country just liku ibis. A fellow gits tired tram pi 11 111 und But I'd want two things :;. il; mo happy." Eliza looked itu bim '..iib happy con fidence. "First, a lil tie wi f< that was gentle in ber ways, an 1 \i I ndigions girl, an mm wirb bl.tr! 1? io set off the pink ribbins ? <. ? . h .:., an a licet fuor. an a red mon; ii Kore Mr Pom) to a full stor. with a ki.-s "An til" other thin ?" v;iih a bright blas!] Tho peddler . : ... ideal again. "Well, it's nntllin un . .1 KOUIO way t( make a livia Now, pay I married v sweet giri up tho Cumberland au mailt a little crop It'? 1 .> '.ir- to git ic tr market 1 might turn is into whisky, but lately gov'nieiu *?? turned meddler, an is a-brea I; in fiills ri vat au lof through tho oountr; "Tbey do bulo \ 1 s unotiiucB," sait Eliza in a half .. iiis* er, "so 't 1 bloodhound could hardly, scent 'em. Ai n very good business ii- is, au thu bog live un tho mash. ' ' "Do yon know o' any snell stills, itn little durlilt?" But she drew back a little. "Bf I di know o' any, "sim said, "1'vo prom i sei not to tell o' 'em." "Not tn tho mau ::s is: goin to bo you husband?" "Not to him until ho is my hus band." And blushing, but; resoluto Eli/.a filled her pail and started for th house. Under tho wntor Janey clinched ho hands. "Dick was right," Rho thought "an I see his ga nie. Ho's a spy, ai Eliza's a fool. " Hbo knew that she had heard cnnugl to justify bc r lover in his suspicions enough to put them all on their guan] A passionate exultation rived her blue as she thought of tho servico sho short! render Dick Oscar, his praise, tho rc ward of his rudo kisses. ^ But, alus fur Janey! Something ba milled her sweetheart's temper whe: they next met. Beforo sha could nj proach tho subject ot which sho wi foll stiugiug words bad passed betwee them. "Dick," Enid Janey hoarsely, "d'ye mean that you're goin back from yoi word; that you ain't a-goin to mari me?" "Marry h-ll" said Mr. Oscar, at he walked off. "I want to speak to you, " ?aid Jaut that night to tho peddler. "Gan ye git np in the momiu befo' tho folks atirrin?" "Of course I can, when it's to me a gal like yon." Privately he wondered at her pall and lurid eyes. Morning carno. As tho stars we drowsily getting ont of tho sun's wa Janey and the peddler met by tl spring. "You needn't lio to mo, " said si harshly. "I've found you out. Yon' up tho Cumberland spy in for wilde stills. I'll tnko you to ono." "But, my dear, is this a trnp? I' nothin but a poor, harmless peddler. ' j "Come, then, my harmless peddler, I said tho girl, with a sneer, "an I 1 show you sometbin tomako your mon water." ' - She struck through tho woods, and hy followed, ultimately blessing und wouduring at his luck. What thread led bur In? knew not. Fallen lnj-s lay in tho way, thickets opposed, douse foliage hit! all sij*ns of paths, but ou she went, above, around, amid, athwart obstacles of every kind. And finally, girdled and guarded by trees and rocks, was tho hidden still, where the corn was chang ed into the flowing moonshine that maketh JJ lad the heart of mau. The peddler could hardly keep back a shout. He had won bis spurs. It was 1 a much larger concern than he had ex- | pected. Sonn hoes were rooting about ? tin' sm) de II earth. The monotonous drip ping < f water mingled with the grunts of tin s i * poi ric animals. date y leaned againsta ruck breathing heavily. The peddler th light hu would about na soon touch a wildcat as sneak to Ju r. Nevertheless he did. ''B'loug ?' your I ilks':'' hu sahl. .'"'J' !. 'ii nus io Dick Oscar, nu yon know it." ?lid tin- ii reidy "Nov; Vin gidu ! indi hVduo.V "Yo' don't knowof miy moro;such," ! ;!. in-..ti.it; ped lier, "lyia lound Jcuse t !" hi "I've dono (Mioiij.di. Ali look horn. Keen youl' ;< ignu between your teeth. 1 . ..' . i fetched you h. re. an you Wi .''. . e : utllj i o sun ups with ; I J t ? : : 1 ?....yin . vi . M: .' nd wiis ti tolerable woodsman, rd; ll: ld' 'upi.. i:t Vi : is and hiss, attd tu i! moa iti?iii still without trimble, Ti . . .-H til tin:-, -the i:i..yloek I mys, fh . i i*.i, v natl young t isciir. They v.ero havd work and. surprised, were ..:>??'.?.. fed without I he firing of u gun. Who > s crestfallen as thu t.'iliny, mailing, ino' u^hiners? Who sn jubilant as tilt; . og whiskered captain? Ho wini! ; i avi sung e. | a aa had he known !;.)?... As ii wa.:, ho chewed a Jjreat deal ii' tol'ticcii and unbuttoned his Manuel shirt i r expansion. 'ii-; i .-oner:? were halted at thu Bley luel; ? a! in 1 ir baggage and gui id bys. They wi re to go to the penitentiary*. Mr?. Kleylock and Kl ii', a wept and moaned their late; but .laney was still, lier brown lids veiling thu dull lire of her eye.-. ".laney, my gill," raid Oscar, draw ing la r apart, "1 spoke np rough to you t'other day. lint don't you mind it. 'Twarn't mithin but jealousy." Her eyes softi ned. Mountain pinks, as well as some fino ladies, consider jealousy as tribute to their charms. "Perhaps I'll never como back," said he. She seized him by thu arm. "Hick, what can they du to you':" "Dunno. Most likely I'll kill some body tryin to git away au bu strung." .laney horst into tears. ".Shouldn't wonder if you married one o' the. .hinds, " ho said, piling ?in .he gloom. "Dick Oscar, I promised to marry y in, nu 1 don't go back from my word." "No, an 1 don't, " cried Dick. "There ain't ?is pretty a shaped girl ns you ut! :i?" < timberland, un il' ever I do git itu whispered thu rest in danny's ear, r.rid sim clung to him, blushing a deep, ri .ai rnsu. " \S jest ono thing I want ta know," said old Bleyloek as they tramped tc Nashville. "How'd you lind us?" Thu captain laughed. "Been entertaiuiu a peddler, haven't your Which one o' your gals 'd bc make up to?" Father and brothers swore. Dick Os car nodded to his discernment with hu i:mu triumph. A few days later ii yonnggirl walker into Nashville who had never been in i city before. She asked hut one qucstioi: -tho way lu thu governor's house. That accessible mansion was readily found* (lours were swung open, and, au unnuced by a slcupy darky, Jane} Bleyloek stood in thu governor's pres euee. With a lino and courteous manuel that gentleman listened, struck by lu i figure, her lull video and passionuti eyes. He promised to usu his iullncnci with tho president to procuro a pardoi for Dick Oscar and ibo Bluylocks, am .Taney was allowed to ga tc the prisoi with thu cheering news. Tho mountain girl was heard of ii high circles. Hearts beat warmly ii lovely southern bosoms, and they madi a h er oin o of Janey. '?Why don't you marry here?" said i bountiful enthusiast, who bad called i seo Janey, and kissed her because sh knew so well how to love. "Marry her and I'll give you a wedding dress." "So we will, " oaid Dick Oscar, whe: be Wiis out of prison. And Janey went homo a Wlfo, as i tho stars had been diamonds and strun, liku a larkspur chain for her neck-ta thur, brothers, husband, sheltering bc ia their love. Mrs. Bluylock nud Eliza ran to mes them. Eliza thought perhaps soino on els? would come with them. Had no her lover left ber with u kisB and promise to como bael;? Tho pink ribbon was round her neel Her lips were parted in a happy, vacai smile. Tho old fath.er was in advance. Il thrust out bis arm as Eliza drew cen: "Don't y<a; speak to mo!" "Puppy !" "D-ii year tritt lin tongue! Kct away from my hands!" Thu smile had gone. The vacant hu spread over the face that turned bel] lcssly to ber brothers. "Yon ought to bo whipped liko nigger," said Sam Bleyloek. "What you tull that peddler 'bout Oscar's st i for? Might 'a' known he wus fool: yon." "I didn't toll whero tho still was.' "Hob, you lio too." And her futhe passing by, struck her with tho back his hand. ! "Shame on you, pappy!" and Jam ran to her sister, over whoso lips tl blond was pouring, j Her bnsbnnd drew Janey awa I "Don't touch her," ho 6aid, with look of disgust. "Sho ain't lit. " A wild, terrified look swept ov Janey's face. Shonld sbo grasp at il Wind blowing in the treetops above lu She ennght Dick Oscar's arm, holdii I it fiercely. Hero was something to chis i to cling to. Her soul shriveled in h ardent body. Afterward Eliza Bleyloek seemed ; wither away. She repeated her deni i of having boon a traitor, but no o I ever believed her. Shu worked har and was used roughly. She had nov been strong. Sometimes shu stole aw; and nursed Janey's baby, who seem to lovo her. But never when Dick (. I oar was at homo. ' Ono dav. sittinc bv tho suntu: alor too weak siueo a lunn time to worK, sue leaned her ili ad against a treo and with ono moan, too faint to startle thu King-* i ag birds, she died. Her mot bor nut! Janey dressed her cleanly und tied around her neck a pink ribbuu that they found in ber Bible, And sbo waa buried, with very little saiil about it, in tho valley.-Sherwood Bonner in Argonaut. A Fortunate Itt?ply. Tho Duke of Ossunu, who during bis long career as viceroy of Naples was distinguished ns much for his sound pood sense in small mutters ?is in those buger t mest i nus of statesmanship wdiich made him one of the foremost men of Europe, euee paid a visit tu thc" Cap? galley at Barcelona. As hu passed in and out among I ho crew of slaves hu questioned several ol them regarding their offenses for widen they wero sn laboriously paying the \> nalties. Each had pb nty nf ?xi uses. Omi san: ho had beeil stint tiaro from spite; (mother as serted that tho judge who sentenced him hail been bri! I ; still another de clared that his being there was all a mistake. Al hist tho tinko carnot-.?a stout lit?.!.? black fellow . : whoso h ? as?: d: "Atiti what mo y?u hero for, my " My lord. " ri plied tito skive, " I i an not di ny that I ?uti justly j ur in hire, ?or I wanted money, and sb took a :,*ir< . hear Tarragi na ; > k?i p mo from starving. " Upon hearing this tho dula* gavo bim two or three Mows across the should- r. with bis :-;n(k, saying as ho did so: "Von rogue, what, aro you doing among su many honest, innocent nu n: (Jet you our of their company." Thu thief, who was so surprised that ho scarcely comprehended what was go. ing on, was then set at liberty, while tho ri st wero left to labor at thu oar. Harpi r's Bound Table. IJOVH utiil "len. Dull boy- often becomu clever and successful mci, but this is simply on account of thu fact that dull boys aro only slow boys, and it takes moro time for their brains to grow than tho others. It is steady work, ceaseless endeavor, thar, tells. Then, again, wo forget that a bright buy may be handicapped by other qualities. Hu may not have thu physical strength or energy of thu other, [ while tho dull hoy is carried forward , by never failing energy and strength, j for it is often his dullness at school ? which makes tho dull boy's subsequent success sn conspicuous. How many dull boys have become still duller men ! Liku t hu old reproach about ministers' sons, ono hright buy that turns out ill is made to stand fur tlio whole class, and ono dull boy that turns out well glorifies his wholn class. Notwithstanding all our invent ions, all our progress, thu old Scripture doctrine still holds good-that men reap what they sow and cannot gather grapes o? thistles nor ligs of thorns. It eau be set duwn, therefore, as au established nile that bright boys generally do turn out to ho bright men, and dull boys general ly do turn out to bu dull men.-Good Housekeeping. Impertinence of (ic II I UN. Dr. Johnson unco called anon Mr. Carrick in London und was shown into his study. Unfortunately, a door being open, be strayed into au adjoining roo;v, which contained tho novels and lighter works which had been presented as tributes to thu highly admired actor. Johnson lirst read a bit from ono and then another, and threw them down, strewing thu floor with thu expensive volumes. Garrick was angry at finding Johnson there and said: "This is a pri vate cabinet aud uu company is admit ted here. " "But," sind Johnson, with imperti nent coolness, "I was determined to ex amino your valuables,'which I find cou sist of threo sorts-stuff, trash and uou seuse. " Tilt? Seeontl (?cnenitlon. Caller-Au, Horace, bow do you do? Whc-ru is your father? Young Son (ot literary celebrity) I Ho's in the library pulling off u Bonnet. , -Chicago Tribuuo. JllliC-t'l* ltOII.1l?. It stands on the Via Si. Sebastiano, and thc sculptured hat. "cappello, " tho ancient cognizance of tho Capulet?, seen over the gateway of a poor, second rato inn. alone maries tho home when- dwelt ono of tho "two households, both alike in dignity," whoso feud afford.-! tho staple of Shakespeare's tal?. Tall honsi A had covered every foot of Capulet's gur don. < )n<- could not say with Juliet, "The orchard w;.lls aro high and hard to climb, '/ for no garden, rn? orchard, no walls wore tin re tn be seen un either side. Front ing on tho street, surround ed by shops and dwellings, here was the spot where followed thick and fast thu scones of tho "fearful passage" of that ? "death marked love" which tho great 1 dramatist describes. We ventured into tho open inclosnre, and lingered for awhile amid the squalid surroundings nf this wretched tavern. Some quarrelsome inmates wert? busied i?i a corner of tho courtyard in settling their disputes. Amid tho war nf words wo rena mitered thal no ono i?? modi rn days "bath forbade this bandying in Verona.*' There were one < two wag ons at ono side, from which Ur: jaded st. eds bad boen unharnessed. Ni ar the entrance, and in the only decent par! of this old ruin, two women nat, <>;i" knitting. The other answered our i 11 I qui rios and pointed ont our way to the j next object of our ouest.- Lippineott's. I ur I.nuTi Of Agriculture. Can you explain, so that a child j can understand, why water puta out ? liro or why some young squash plants bring their shells out of tho j ground and others do noti Can you j show tho difference between a loaf bud and a fruit bud of an apple or tell whero all the houseflies como from? Probably you cannot; prob ably you don't know. The chief . clerk of the College of Agriculture at Cornell university, Ithaca, inti mates that he knows and says that. Biieh matters may bo made very in teresting to children. Parents and teachers who send him their names will got information as to the assist ance which the College of Agricul ture at Ithaca has undertaken to give, freo of cost, to persons who want to distribute knowledge of this sort among tho young.-Harper's Weekly. ORIGIN OF sritX?MES PREFIXES OF VARIOUS KINDS AND 1 WHAT TH1-.Y MEAN. Some of Hit? I.mMil llcMlunut lons of Aitclciif TIMM-N I "rn tn Which llnve l)?*Kl-?MMltMl ?li?? IVt-sniiiil XoilK'Ul'tU turo ?if (he l'r?'H?'ii( lln>. In nearly every country whore per Bonal nouieiiclaturo lias assumed a sure nud settled basis-that is, where ti sou* end or surname bas become a heredi tary possession in the family-we shall lind that that portion ot it which is of local origin hears by far the largest pm portion to tho whole. Prefixes nf vari? ons hinds were at li rsi freely used to declare more particularly whence th" nominee was sprung Thus ;: he were j com:' fruin s mn toxin < r city lui would 1 . William of V> rh or John ol' l'-.dtnti, ? familiarly prom u:.?.. 1 William a Yolk I or J elm ti Iwilti tu This, ? i course, i-. J met in If'raucu by de, :i*< il was also en j 'uglish >oil during . . : ly .Ve ena t ?nu -. If, on the otiier haiid, Hie situation j only of the abode gaye tin pct.- nudity of ii;. millee. Ii i na- etipg !:;;!.. was vaiil at -t iain:.: to tl;" hunier; or ra pr ICM tim sp; rilltet; or r lativttasp r ci' th < silo iiseji, Tir:- We ii j I Suiih cntri ?. as .lohn Ahoye ! rn ik ? " Ad? lira A bi tv? :owii or '! ir ...;.. !li!hii!i?-wiitrr, ur dabil Beneath tia ; ivyn. I'hu werd lliitiu i.i fiiund iittii. is- I io tho personal miine m t??.' folhaSving ways: (aciliain tim Lane, lau ma a la Lan .. .lohn dela Lane, .lohn dc Lan .. Man t.-. en lc Lane, l'h i l ippu tito Lana au.I Thomas bli pi r ! .aim. ??f : he ii- finito terms us d 'sumo aro purely Norman, saaai purely Latin, a few un admixture of tho two, aili j lim i"-t are Saxon, atti) I ing tho elm f ene. Th:.-, attn wa , "at the, 'f answering in iii.? Norman do la. del "T du, ?uni was familiarly contract) d by our lorehttlnrs into tho other forms ol at" and ?itt, nr. for tho sake of euphony, when a vo\v? 1 prccuded tho ?amo proper, extended to "uttm." This attn or ult was occasion ally incorporated with the sobriquet of locality and thus became a recognized part of tho surname itself. Thus such a Uutuo as John alto Wood, or dilbert attn Woed, has hcqut at bed us not mere ly tho familiar W md, hut Art woad and Atwood also, lu a like manner atte Ridge has become Attridge; atte-Fielil, Attichl. while such other designations as ntto-Town, atte-Mill. utte-Worth, alto-Tree and atto-Clil?o aro nowadays Attou, Athill, Atworth, A tl ree and At el i iii-. Stiel? a name ns Do la Denu or Alta Den, of frequent oeeurrcneu formerly, and as Dean or Den. equally familiar now, is worthy of particularity A ihn was a simia n and wooded vale, where cattle might lind ul i Lo covert, and pan ture. Wu have a remcmhraui.f thu linn ie in Brockton, thu wolf in Wulfen den, tli" fox in Foxdou, thu ram in Ramsden, the hare ?ii Harden .ucl tim dee:'in 1) alden, lluekdeu or Hugden, Haydn and Iluden, or Lowden. Thu moro domesticated animals abide willi us in Horsdeii. Oxendeu, Cowden, Bor den und Siigdm, or Sowden. Swinden, Evorsdi n and Ogden, ut lirst written t?o Hogedeiie. Tho lee afforded sin Uer to all maimer of donn stie. live s tock and sonto few ol' thu wilder quarry. Tho equino species has given us Horsley, tho bovino Cow i ley, Kinlet) and Oxlee or Oxley; tho deer. Hartley, Rowley, Buckley ami Hindley; the hare, Harley, and tin; sheen, Shipley. Characteristic of tho i trees which inclosed it we gel Ashley, Elmsley, Oakley, Lindley or Berkeley. Our Hargreaves hail fmm thu grovo where tho hares are plentiful, and our ? Cougreuves represent tho saino in thu coney. Our Cloughs represent tho nar row tissures between thu hills. To thu . sanio root wu owe uar ('lives, ('lido, , Cleves and (dowe-, besides endless Clif fords, Clevelands, Turn iel i Il es, Sut \ clill'es, I Intel i Ifs, Fnircloughs, ute. Another branch of local surnames throws a light upon tim migratory hab its anil roving tendencies ol' our forofa* ; thors. Thus such ti nemo ns Beh r lo j Nuwu or Gilbert lo Nuwcuinon or Wal I ter lo Noweimm declares tu ns nt oneo its origin. Then them is no villago or i hamlet in England which has not suh I scribed in this manner to our tiomen \ cloture, as Ralph do Debenham or Miles . do Ashford. A passing from ono part of tho British empire tn another has buen ! a prolific source of names. Thus wu ! lind Henry de Irlanud, Adam do Irland, : Huger le Escot and Mnurico lo Soot. I Other countiies also furnished many nanies. Thu Arters, mice registered du Artoys, came from Artois, tho Gnskins and Oascoignes, from Cascony, while to Champagne wu aro indebted fur tho 1 Champueys. To Lombardy and thu Jews wo owe thu Lombards, Lound ards nnd Lubbards. From lu A luman ur do Almauin or lu Alenmuud have sprung j our Alemaus, Ahnaines mid Alima?a and through thu French probably our : Dal m a i ties, Dalmans and Dolmans. I A class of surnames which occupies no mean placo is that bequeathed by thu dignitaries and ollicers of mcdkcvnl times. These include king, priest, abbot, prior and many ot lu .-r.s. In consider im* thu surnames <d' occupation, wo remem ber that every villagu had its thatcher, to make and mend tim roo:.-. From this we gi t tho surnames Thatcher, Thacker and Thackery or Thackeray. A hi Iyer vas also u rooter, and wo havu Hillyer, Hillier, Hellier, Hellyer, Hulm?n ami Hcilman. A curious memorial of a past state nf lifo abides with us in our Board ? maits, Boorders, Bordmaus and Bor ders. They wura tho tenants of lauds j which their lord kept expressly for th? I maintenance of his table, the rental bo ; ing paid in kind; -Boston Herald. Strati tte. Mr. Crimson beak-Did you ever think What a funny thing a lemon is? Mrs. Crimson beak-Why funny? "You know how sour it is?" "Oh, yes!" "Well, people tako 'em to make 'em ?ing sweetly."-Yonkers Statesman. mm . -^mm CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tho Signature of - The Sweet Voting Thing-Hut i why should not women enter politics? ; Thc Savage ?Bachelor-Too many boss? I es there now. <;??;.?? . ttl Till' fol hiv, 111 ; i i : x i |; |>,.< * * ;. ; .t i tuii.'" i f .1 y..;?:r; ?:;i_. ? . : ?. .?o. at"!, nlw.ili.t ly mitrailla ; . .. , ,,. 11.:?*.--*.11 willoh t!i>' I i IMi ii i r- tit . . .< . IIIJI. nient. When a pa; ?1 lo*! lowed its master fy- . puning it.-i nose down nt i n> i - -i lr. tin . i-s p ith nf thi' gnni, n. I .ut ? r it wy.s . ti 1,1 pie!; up thc scent nf it- IIUIMI i is hutu s iihl nmi run it for IW11 III iii - !<? .:>.- m-rt . gravelly footpaths near Lou.! ... it ?v.,.. taught tn aniu-o itsid! hy Ililli , : . ty |||H track and (hiding him m a i 11 : w which it did very successfully, ?md n? Eastbourne downs tan a thi'i mihi I I * ? lUM-win-n ihr ground wit . <? nd fr? t n ; and sn >\v NV.is lying ia th- !. w--. ! Wiil: a strong wind hluwillg ..." ? thu trad it ran parallel with this, I at fr- ni rill yards in l ui yards to h ew.r.d. at >'.;?'li a headlong paru t lal i* 111 1 ' than cai " v. i at In ad . vi r hi ids i:i : howdvil'; ... I.i'." al:-:- t all I luodhmilids. 1hi* vf, ? a ;.? at". . animal and very t< nehni '. . wi p.hi ? : i slippers, ..mind*' ' <! j aaa ol' it s pw si arri rd struck ::.< a t : i- i: ' . I ship with the police, whoso ;.:-.. at th . ! - "' !.-. iiiVju ailv liar !. ?ind vya.i li : - m -I. : : - !|i .'.l l.' luirgl.tts,. who I had '. f. :. i . .. . .- .. : il hillls- ? in tjin ill i in-.. .; t:i ..i..-...- . j in f:-. . st,.ry.rn" 1 . l?dtaji motin? '? ; v .!. \V .':... 1 ail r?:-:li-:.:. a-:. .1. hu j! ?vi r, a - ?Yij'p .! ; with wt ai 1 atv I . ? ai!- : ii .. o!" cuurugp, ? :..? ni dit; %. in'.-- th" : 1 ? -11 : Wi I-1 ' ::i ati'.iif i i ; a s . . .??. !...! \>iirhl I jina) i ly. i'..wv, -in n : aal '.-.::? us, ', a uipibtir. W tt! tl .. !t I". prkiSutl i tin- i \i repto : ight. (le says; Mi t nf lite V iv w.- > . i l al ?::; J he lank Which had ! a iii' e.n op and win i.- at short interval : .ii:i's W: roi M ait d ready pt spirt up hud-tire if oe CasUlU should eal!. l ia- \-' ilk . i Siled j sah? and, quid, hu; lucre wry? . i t j sinus; I ! rig lu spart - li glin ! ly tho shin j iug neon whore one's !'gur< eaton oui distinctly and might ha. . lo mi i a v- ry good mark for any! illy its loo ti. . ur I uildings. Mr. ti reason, us a minister of r ligion, and J, 1 In- lat la r of 1 family, thought, it advisable to rinss t'..--" patelles at ilouhio ipiick, hut nothing would induce .lohn Power to accelerate his saunter. "What are you afraid of?" cried he. "Oh." said I vaguely, wishing to justify my action, "Ido not earn about, myself !" "Th- ii pienso to say," continued nur imperturbable companion, stopping in one ol' th-- I right patclu < to dispute tim ! point, "for whoso sake you .?..rtiit!" j lt was a pertinent qs:i\stio,7, but. wo I dill not discuss it. No woman ?.an bc too careful ?'f j her condition during th?- period be fore lier little-ones aro born. Neglect or improper treatment then endan gers ber life and that of tho child. It lies with her whether she shall sui?cr unnecessarily, or whether tho ordeal shall liv- made comparatively easy. She had better du nothing than do something V.TI mg. MOTHER'S ! is thc <me and thc ?inly preparation j that is safe to uso. ii m ti liniment I thai pt net rates from thc outside. I External applications are eternally right. Internal tn dai;:'.:; arc radi cally wrong. They aro more than i humbug:;- they endanger Hie. j Motin r's Friend helps the muscle:; i to relax ami expand naturally-rc ! Heves morning sickness-removes the cause of nervousness and head ache prevents hard anti rising breasts-shortens labor and lessens thc pains-and helps the patient to rapid recovery. From a letter by a Shreveport, La., woir.au: "I have leen using your wonderful remedy, Mother's Friend, for the last two months, and lind it j just as recommended." Driii:KistM sell it at C>1 per hettie. THF. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA, (JA. teat fer mir f??fritt ts st rated book, .'l??.'iuc Ituliy i. I!.'.'<..'' 1 a i Assessment Notice. A 1/11 ITO K'S Ol'l'U'K. A N luassos, S. I '. rpilIS OFFICE WI bb BB OPEN TO JL BECKI VB BEI URN'S OF PRK SOSA I. PBOPKKTY tor taxation for lim next ?SCHI year front ibo first day of j January, I .st in, to thu -Otb ot Kobruary i tnllowing, 'tielusive. All trans let H ot* REAL ESTATE made . sinco hist year's assessment must hu { carefully noted on tho return Use uum ' b--r ot ti-res Omight or .-.->!d and fro tn whom ae(|U;.t*i d or to whom sold. I "udor tie- new iissessitig la VH tie : tr>\vn.?bip :??M*?iMirs uni rcquir'*d t? timki: Tux Kuturu*! : .' ?ll llibsn that fsiil <.> ' makii tlioir own re; ti run \\:'A-. isibetiuie preserihed hy law, iiad lioueutundiUieul ty ni delinquents eseajiing Lim : enaity tho law. K\.CONFKI>KB "iTK SOI.I?: ?:U"s . over .Vi veais <>: a ;o un exempt tr-iat POLL TAX. AU other oet!"N iietw eil lint mit's -il J! and lin ve irs, KXCKI' I' 'KIOSK INCA PA BLK'<?!.' KA KN I.NO I A S I'PPO KT F KO M BKI.NO M AIM KI) OK FROM ANY OTU KU t'AUSK, wball . be deo m od t-*xahlo polls. Forttie convonieneo nf taxpayer* we will also have doptities tn take roturiiH at tim following titties and places: Baylis McConnell's, Saturday, Janu ary 14. Stair, Monday, January hi. Btoreville, Ttiesilay. .bm nary 17. Clinkscalea1 Mill, Wednesday, Janu ary ls tiuyton, Thursday, January lil. Hisiiop's Branch, Friday, January '.?. Five Korks, Thursday, January I!' Autun, Monday, January l?t. Wyatt's Htore, Monday, January ll ?. Coilar Wreath, Tuesday, January 24. Wilmington's Store, Wednesday*, Janu ary ??. Equality, Thursday. January 2r?. Peadletou, Friday, January -7. Townville, Friday, January 'J7. Tugaloo, Saturday, January ?S. Monea Path, M-uiday and Tuesday, January 3oanil 'M. Helton, We-liiesday and Thursday. '' Foin nary I ami 2. Piedmont, Friday ami Saturday, Keb j nifry :> and 1. Pelzer, Monday. Tiiendaj' an I Wedin H j dav, February ti, 7 ami 8. I Willlsinatoii, ThurMilay an?L Friday, i Fiibruary !) und IO. (L N. C. HOLKMAN, ' Dee. 14, lSVi. Auditor A. C. /yOlJOR and ilavor of fruits, %j si/.e, quality anil iip |!i';inii)i i: of vegetables weight ami plumpness of grain, ure all produced by Potash. properly combined willi Phos pin ric Acid and Nitrogen, and lilu rally appliedj will improve . ?! .incl incrca.se yield UM I . 5:1; V' O.I Ul VI Cl'! ij ?, . . . . . i -i n illi ? .. 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Iii - I': appoint lilt-nl . in in- ? a li IK ?Ml \.M A W > I lin ll I I'M i il ARS* ?ui.Mce Zfevv: Tripos MACKS AlliMll.li'llill! :i -:.,'l. 1 ? J . I ' i-. . 11 i" -.Iv a" irriiini i n.' ?>,'.'.!. .-.i >..- nu ?...-?ii.?? |ir'<ilin|i|v imi ?'in ti'.. .. aa M'in-i.itrirtlV'-.ii:llili:nl..il. M:.i: l'UVuta .tittil I. Cl-l.'.-l lil l-l" V l-l -i. . ::<. IVn.-'its tultiMi MirniiL-ii Munn . r......... vi vv A linnilumiolv iltiiMtriili'il ?VIM !.!?. Kiirvc-I cir . ulai mn nf iinv HI-ICIIIIIII- Intirinil. 'l'itrniM. f it a ??.ir: rniimiinit li"?. <.!. Snlil by ul! nowtiilifiilor.*. MUNN 8 Co.36,BioadwayNevv York liruni li lullet.', iI* St., Washington, I?. C. CHARLESTON AND WESTERN CAROLINA RAILWAY. AU(irsr.\ .-.NI? AS? K VI l.t.5. siuuti i TTTt. I a ?.truel .'.-,! ;n-t 7. ! SJ.*'. .. \ ifiitit*.! -i a ; 1 i-i ric Ar liri .-i. ?'?tot]. ll ?0 aili]. . '. - Ai. ! rt ut. A r I. i- r.'ii?. Ar i ir. ca villi-. A r i 'l -an -priii^-;. Ar .i, .in ailin:.;. Ar Salm!?. Ar Iteiiilitruituvillu. Ar Asliuvillij. .; li; .!.... .. n i niii . I 1 i I III '. *'.?.; J. ;: . ? filia tmi .. V lill i lu i H lim ti ?a? '. > ii ii l.v Auhirvillo. s .'.> ...H . I.y -p-.tii.inii -r^.. it li,.un ; OS (au l.v i i Icu n Sn riii^n. li. ii lin. l.v (i reen ville.ji.'in .?ni 4 'Kl pm l.v laurens. ' ' jun. iii>0 pin l.v AndiTHon.I.j 7 00 nm l.v I i roe ii wood.? 2 37 pni|.M?MM A r A : i f? u s I a.! 5 in inn 11 in am Lv Cul hon n Falla. 4 44 pm]..1... Ar Ka Ililli.I - I ii aui . ArNorfoik. I T.'iOHml. Ar I'etoniburg..>..' C0<)aiii|._ Ar Richmond.I 3 15 am I. l.v AiiftutitA. 1. 2 55 pta Ar Allandale. . 5 00 pm Ar Krtiriiix.. 5 15 pm Ar Yciiia-ssco.? 9 45 am fi 20 pm Arlloatifort. 10 50 ai? 7 20 pm Ar I'ort Royal.-.! 1105 am 7 35 pm Ar Havan nat;.I. 7 85 pm ArCharlcslon. . S 10 pm 1.7 Charleston.I.j fi no am l.v Savannah.'.I fi 50 am Port Boyal.-.I l-?opm| K un sm l.v Beaufort. I 55 pm I s loam Lv Ycmassco.; SOS pm I 1' 45 am l.v Fairfax. !. j 10M am l.v Allendale.1.1 ll 05 am Ar Ancona. I to pm iii"* connection at Calhoun Kalis ?..r Athena AtUnvand all points on s. A. I.. CltWi" i-oniiiH-tiitii at Augusta for Cliarlostou -??ir Hinch and alt point?. ?'IOHO I oiiiiectiona ai (?rei ii wood for all poi n is? oti s. A. l,.,-in 11'. A ii Hallway, ati-I at Spartanbtirg with Southern Railway. Forany Information relative to tickets rates, m. h ni uk-, otc, add reas W. .J. CHAKI, lien. IVss. Anent, AiiKusUi.Ga. K. M . North,Sol. AK-MIL. T. M. Bmersou.Trathc ManaRor.